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THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG.
They will hear it in Berlin, U right
Surprised? No, everybody over here was
looking for it - '
We know who started the war, and we also
know who Is going to end it .
' "Can't fight," eh? Well, the boys put up a
pretty fair imitation of the real thing.
The stock market barometer registers a vic
tory for America and the allies. Then it must
be so. . - - ;
' The kaiser is pretty busy just now receiving
"I regret to report" j messages. '.-He'll get the
alibis later, ' ' ' :- ' j .
"Where breathes the foe But falls before
us, with freedom's soil beneath our feet, and
freedom's banner streaming o'er tis?"
Hays, Roosevelt, Root and Taft make a very
attractive quartet for a republican gathering. It
cmes pretty near being four of a kind.
The prisonersNmanimpusly second the motion
for a new city jail for Omaha. If it is to be a
workhouse, however, they all vote "No."
. Yes, the sinking of the Lusitania was the fir
ing on Fort Sumter of this war, but it took a lot
of people in Washington a long time to wake up
o the fact i, ; ' 5 ,k I : ' ;
Who was it expressing fear there might be
such a shortage of volunteers that resort to the
draft would have to be had. to, get candidates for
all the offices to be fillled at this year's election?
Only 20,000 kaiserites on this side bought
German war bonds, a pretty good sign that
most of them thought more of the big Ameri
can dollarf which is always worth 100 cents,
than: they did of Deutschland's chance of win
ning the war. ' '
" The high cost of traveling is seriously in
terfering; with the t usual 'cross-country excur
.. fipjjjj fit the big theatrical companies so ,that
'-. Interior I cities like Omaha are not likely to
have ; many good theatrical attractions during
, the coming season. ' We can hear the movie
wan mumble "I should worry." V
. The democrats admit that their gerrymander,
of the county commissioner districts is part of
their game of politics, but the stealthy under
handed way of doing in secret at the eleventh
hour savors altogether too much of turning out
the lights to switch the decks. If we mistake
not, they will discover Jthat the public likes fair
play. . - . - ' . ' '
"In spite of "the fact that it would hurt him
politically, Mr. Stephens fought the embargo
on munitions with, all his might" writes an
apologist for the congressman for the Third
Nebraska district. Is it a fair inference that
Senator ; Hitchcock introduced and championed
the kaiser's embargo bilt merely to "tickle the
Germans" voting for him? V
' The Gilt Star.'
Everyone shares the grief of the parents of
Quentin Roosevelt over his sad fate and must
admire the heroic resignation that voices satis
faction that the young man got into the fight
and died for his country. At the same time
tve must realize that the hearts of every parent
whose son may sacrifice his life to the great
cause must suffer the same pangs, and that; in
Making the risks of battle there is no distinction
between rich and poor, high end low, ' the
' famous and the unknown. The same meed of
sympathy and the, same tribute of grateful
recognition should . go to every nousenoia
where a blue star in the service flag is changed
to a gilt star. Every name on the roll of honor
tommands the nation's homage and entitles
the parents to the ' silent sympathy of every
patriotic - American. v
OUR BOYS WILL FINISH THE JOB.
It has been understood that in order to
expedite action the American troops on the,
west front have been brigaded with the British
and French troops, although, as it appears, they
must have been assigned to particular sectors
of the line. At any rate, Uncle Sam's boy"
have not been scattered sufficiently to lose
their identity or to fail of receiving credit as
Americans for successful repulse of the Ger
man onslaught and brilliantly following up
their opportunity by an advance. The results
furnish the proof that the enthusiasm, re
sourcefulness and intrepid courage of the
Americans are practically irresistible when
fighting as a unit, and the example which they
have set for the soldiers of our allies must be
particularly stimulating and helpful.
In this connection a statement is worth
quoting, made about three weeks ago by Lloyd
George in the House of Commons, "that the
brigading of the Americans with the allied
divisions was on the distinct understanding
that when the new comb-out (in Great
Britain) to supply their losses materialized the
men who came in would take the places of the
Americans,- so that the tetter could form their
own divisions,"
This means that we are soon to have an
American army in France as a distinctive part
of the allied forces, just as we have a British
army and a French army, all, of course, work
ing together and under direction from a single
head carrying out the plans of the allied war
council. That will doubtless come just as soon
as the British and French recruiting re
plenishes their military strength and our own
fighting force is enlarged by bringing in the
reserves already in training on the other side.
The prediction that the American army will be
the deciding factor.in finishing the job of driv
ing back the Hun is therefore not at all
fanciful.
Republicans Pledged to the War.
The most notable gathering of republicans
in many months was that assembled at Sara
toga, where the New York state convention of
the party was held. From this has gone out
such a clear and unmistakable message to the
voters of the. country as must demolish the
last vestige of democratic pretense that suc
cess in the war depends on the continuance
of that party in power in congress. Theodore
Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Elihu Root and
Will II. Hays, able and energetic leaders, in
speeches whose quality of lofty patriotism has
never been surpassed, pointed out the impera
tive necessity of sending to congress men who
are definitely pledged to an aggressive and un
remitting policy in connection with the war.
None of these speakers in any way detracted
from what has been accomplished by the presi
dent, nor did they, dwell on mistake made by
the democrats. But they did earnestly em-'
phasize the need of a congress tht can be
trusted to go on with the great undertaking
to which the country is devoted, to the ultimate
and conclusive victory to which republicans are
pledged. This is the attitude of the party, na
tionally and locally, and the spirit in which it
will ask support of the people. No clearer
answer could, be given to the insinuation of
the democrats that the republicans are not to
be depended on in congress, nor could a more
certain precursor of victory be had than this
confidence in attack on , demonstrated incom
petency. '
i Austrian Worda and Deeds.
Premier von Seydler rather testily comments
on the course of the Entente Allies, blaming
them for the continuation of the war. He de
clares himself unmoved by circumstances, full
of confidence in the "unshakable devotion to
the .dynasty, the loyalty of the citizens to the
state and the firm internal cohesion of our state."
In a narrow sense he is justified, for th people
he represents are devoted and loyal to the Aus
trian dynasty. His summing up does not include
millions of Csrecho-Slovak, Jugo-Slavs and Latins
held in subjection by the comparatively small
group of Germans and Magyars that is united by
the cohesive force of plunder. These submerged
nations are neither loyal nor devoted to the Aus
trian dynasty and are stirred to the very depths
of their never-extinguished national aspirations
by the "internal propaganda" of which the pre
mier complains.
In viewing the olive branch Baron Burian
holds out the pictur of subjected Bosnia, Her
zogovina and Montenegro and sequestered Ser
bia looms up big. The Adriatic was. turned into
an Austrian lake through the simple process of
seizing Bosnia and Herzogovina and putting
Montenegro where it had to submit to dictation
prior to being swallowed whole. This shut in
Serbia, effectually establishing the economic sub
mersion of that unhappy cduntry. Austria sought
its "window on the Adriatic" by the same means
Germany intended to get a ; "place in the sun,"
through force. And this condition is sought to
be continued by Austria in all its pretensions
at seeking peace empire founded on conquest.
Emperor Carl's phrase-makers are practiced
dodgers, but the issue is too plain to be evaded
by the subterfuges they bring forward. Later
on they will learn what open diplomacy means.
German Bonds and Propaganda Treason
How Kaiserites In America Furnished Funds to Finance
Hun Spies
Boston Transcript
One by one the methods employed by the
German government in its attempts to
"mould public opinion" in the United States
are coming to light. Some people have
asked whether the German imperial govern
ment was simple and trustful enough to send
millions of good German gold to this coun
try on the chance of influencing public opin
ion through the columns of a single ratherr
obscure newspaper. The answer is that the
German government did not have to send
the money across the sea. It was kindly
put up by American Germans in exchange
for war bonds, which were freely offered at
the time; and as fast as the money was ob1
tained for these bonds the. proceeds were
placed at the disposition of Ambassador
Bernstorff and the German financial agent in
New York, Dr. H. Albert, to be expended
for propaganda purposes. It is evident that
the money that was paid to Bolo Pasha for
the purchase or corruption of certain news
papers in France came from the same source,
for Bolo came to New ,York j0 ge jti anj it
was transferred to him by Bernstorff's order
or through his influence.
It has already been proved that Bernstorff
and Albert had numerous pensioners or de
pendents throughout this country. The
method they employed was seldom that of
direct bribery. Advantage was cleverly
taktn of any leaning or weakness toward the
Germans, or any prejudice or animosity
against Germany's opponents, that any ed
itor, writer or compiler of information might
possess. . German advocacy was masked un
der the title of articles about the "freedom
of the seas," or some other well-sounding
slogan. Columns of carefully prepared mat
ter eulogizing German governmental meth
ods and social organization, pictures illus
trating the power and might of the German
armies, portraits of and biographical inci
dents relating to the kaiser and his family,
and a vast amount of matter merely hostile
,1 T"i . I a a ., '
to tne critisn government ana people, were
furnished to the propaganda by a regular
staff of publicity experts, and very much of
this material was used in the American pa
pers without any Jknowledge on the patt of
those who used it of its origin and purpose.
In those papers and magazines which had
passed directly under the control of the Ger
man agents as, for instance, the New York
Evening Mail there was a great and fre
quent pretense of stout American loyalty,
and even of a warlike spirit as regards Ger
many; but side by side with these articles of
empty and harmless bluster many columns
of matter were published which was de
signed to cultivate either sympathy with the
German government or fear of its might, or
to undermine the efforts of patriotic Amer
icans to prepare for the nation's defense.
And all the time the funds for this propa
ganda were being supplied, in largest part,
by the purchasers of German war bonds in
America. Those people were no doubt
mainly American citizens. So long as
America was not at war with Germany, they
had an undoubted legal right to buy the
bonds. But at every moment of the time,
from the first days of 1915 forward, it was
perfectly apparent that a clash between our
country and Germany was inevitable, and
that every detail of assistance to the German
government, every contribution to the Ger
man influence, was a, direct attack upon the
strength of the United States in the contest
that was to come. All this should have been
apparent to every American. The loyal cit
izen, indeed, scented hostility to his own
country in every such attempt, and spurned
its offers and its influences as he would have
spurned the hand of the foulest fiend. But
nevertheless it kept on pushing its ramifica
tions here and liere. Many of those rami
fications have already been disclosed through
the Evening Mail revelations. Many men
with honorable American names have been
shown in the ac of sugar-coating German
poison pills for American consumption. The
names of many more such will come out in
the investigations of the intrigue, judicial
and very likely congressional, which are to
take place. This German-American corrup
tion should be p.obed to the bottom. It is
desirable that the American people shalj
learn who were for them and who were
againsti them when the Lusitania butchery
was being prepared.
Uncle Sam in Warehouse Business
Nature of the Work of Providing for the Army
in France
Stars and Stripes, Official Paper of American Forces.
Uncle Sam has gone into the warehouse
and storage business. He has gone in heavy.
Without using superlatives ( too promiscu
ously, it may be said that he is building the
biggest system of warehouses in the world
and one of the largest railroad yards in the
world to serve it. It is an adjunct of one
of the new American base ports and one of
the biggest construction jobs in the S. O. S.
The warehouse system, when completed,
will consist of 116 storehouses, each' 50 feet
wide and 400 or 500 ittt long, and five huge
warehouses, each 240x500 feet. It will con
tain army supplies sufficient to sustain 1,000,
000 men for 45 days.
The warehouses are springing up at the
rate of several a day and what is important
they are filled with flour and bacon and
ordnance and quartermaster's supplies almost
as soon as they are completed. It is calcu
lated that there is already enough food in a
certain group of these buildings to cause the
ringing of every bell in Germany for four
days if Germany had it.
A total of 4,500 men is working on the
Price Cutting m Trade
The public is so in love with price-cutting
that the Federal Trade commission is bold
in condemnation of it as an "unfair" trade
practice. Last week the commission dis
missed the complaint against a tobacco com
pany at "unfair" because it refused to sell
to a firm which refused to maintain prices.
The commission also ordered a leading mail
order house to desist from advertising cut
prices on the ground that the size of its bus
iness enabled it to do so. The fact was
that the company sold $780,000 of sugar at
a loss' of $196,000, and looked for its profit in
the degree to which the "bait" was taken by
bargain hunters. If advertisements of that
sort are taboo, and if a reputation as a price
cutter is enough to bar him from rank wrth
other buyers, long steps have been taken to
ward the establishment of prices on a na
tional basis.
The action of the commission is surpris
ing, for it has been Rooked to for popular ac
tion. It thus takes issue with many decisions
of the courts sustaining price-cutting as a
legitimate device to attract trade. The con
flict between the commission and the courts
is no more marked than that within trade
circles, there being strong factions in support
both of price-cutting and price maintenance.
If price maintenance is stopped bv local
price-cutting there will fre a loss of goods
which will not be produced for local markets,
and which cannot be produced for national
markets at local cut prices. Millions are
spent in establishing national markets for
trade-marked goods which it would be a loss
to the public to be deprived of. On the other
hand, other millions are spent in attracting
buyers by more or less delusive but unde-
niMu attractive put nrirra. The OrofitS, Of
course, are made on other goods, and the,
local sellers are indirterent to tne ios aim
embarrassment of nationalized products.
Tt nrMtw marrrl. and midht aS Well
be settled by the common sense of the bar
gain hunters as by the action oi courts anu
nunmieclnnt Trie tnrVitV of SUcll action
suggests that bargain hunters have been de
ficient in price judgment, and that they have
needed governmental guardianship of their
interests against those who would Pofit by
their fondness for being humbugged. ew
York Times.
warehouse system and the railroad trackage
which will be used for the transport of sup
plies in and out. There are Americans, white
and black, and workmen civilian and other
wiserepresenting nearly 20 other nations.
There are steam shovels, cranes, pile drivers,
switch engines, concrete mixers and all the
other machines used on a big construction
job, even to a saw and planing mill to cut
and dress the lumber which comes fresh
from the hands of a regiment of American
woodsmen working in the forests of France.
Nearly 100 miles of railroad track have
been laid and there is more to go down. The
men are laying American steel and driving
real American spikes, and they are making
twice the progress they would if they were
using French rails under the French method.
Th troops and workmen on the job are
quartered in a camp at one end of the yard,
with the exception of some units of Ameriean
colored troops who are enjoying the early
summer in tents, and the German prisoners.
The main camp is laid out with streets and
blocks of barracks.
The German prisoners live in tents also.
When not at work they are confined to quar
ters, the confinement being made secure by
a barbed wire fence which encircles their
quarters and a squad or so of English sol
diers on guard duty. The English troops are
in charge of the prisoners. They also act as
foremen. The Germans were captured by
the British, and that is one reason why the
Tommies are guarding them now
The speed with which the Americans have
progsessed with the construction of the yard
is a constant marvel to the French popula
tion. Peasants come( for miles to see the
steam shovels devouring a hill and see track
laying gangs put down rails that are fastened
with "nails."
But the big revelation has been to the
1,000 German prisoners working on the job.
When first they arrived they were inclined
to be a little insolent and not averse to mak
ing predictions as to what was going to hap
pen to America in this war. In the few
weeks since their arival, however, they have
undergone a decided psychological change.
From their camps they can see tha Amer
ican docks of the base port and tile main
American railways leading to the interior
and the front, and the main United States
line of rail transport passes within a few
hundred feet of them. They see ships dock
and discharge varied cargoes, not singly, but
by the dozen and the score. They see train
loads of cheering, singing American soldiers
go by by day and hear them by night, riding
in American cars pulled by American loco
motives. They are dumbfounded by the American
effort and seeing, from their vantage point,
the fruits of American activity; they have
sadly admitted that Germany has been
grossly deceived about the part the United
States is playing in the war.
If there is any favoritism in the treatment
of the 4,500 men employed on the job, it is
to the German prisoners. They live com
fortably in tents, have cots to sleep on and
mattresses with straw in them. They are
issued the regular army ration and have the
privilege ofanswering sick call every morn
ing, but they seldom take advantage of it.
After a recent medical inspection of the men
their physical condition was reported as ex
cellenta striking fact in comparison with
the latest informaton on the condition of
allied prisoners in Germany.
One Tear Ago Today In the War.
Prince Lvoff, Russian premier, re
signed and was .succeeded by Ker-
Drawing of draft numbers for the
new national army started by Seere
Ury of War Baker, drawing No. 2B.
The Day We Celebrate. . ;
, W, S. "WrlBh t treasurer and man
sger of tha Wright & Wilhelmy com
pany, born 1855. '.-
Sidney W. Smith of the law firm
of McGllton, Gaines & Smith, born
1875.-, ; v '
Henry A. Thompson of Thompson,
" Belden A Co., born 1848. ,
Frank P. Walsh, former chairman
of the Federal Industrial Relations
commission, . born In , St. Louis 64
years ago. 1
Rt. Rev, Thomas F. Davles, Episco
pal bishop of western Massachusetts,
' born in Philadelphia it years ago.
Tbl Day In History. r.
18J4 Colonel Benjamin Harrison,
fterward president ! distinguished
himself at battle of Peach Tree Creek.
is 68 Tne i secretary i state an
nounced that three-fourths of the
nates had ratified the Fourteenth
amendment.
1815 Russians cnecked the Anstro
German advance from the northward
of Warsaw. '. :
I91 French resumed offensive on
both sides of the Somme and captured
ix miles ol German trenches, ,
J ust 30 Years Ago Today
The stations on the Belt line be
tween Omaha and Seymour park are
as follows: Druid Hill, between Oak
Chatham and Bedford Place; Harnam
street between Walnut Hill and West
Side, and West Lawn, between West
Side and Mascot
The horse car company has aban
doned Twentieth street and Its track
is being torn up. Graders are at work
and in places will lower the street
three feet , ; j
J. R. Grlffltts, chief clerk In the
general passenger and -ticket office of
the B. & M., has returned from a trip
out west
3. S. Mullen has moved to his new
residence at Albright
Three of C. E. Mayne's carriages
were sold at sheriff's sale and brought
a nttie over suv.
G. F. Swift was in the city looking
aiier nu pacamg interests
Center Shots
Kansas City Star: Those Katy
bandits must have been reading the
leading German authors on loot.
Baltimore American: The kaiser
now has the Spanish Influenza, But
wait until he gets the American grip
In his throat! ,
Brooklyn Eagle: Sicily also is
grateful, and Palermo Is to have a
"Wilson avenue." It may be favored
as a residence street by natives who
have made their fortunes selling fruit
In America.
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times: It is
understood that the leading subject
of discourse at German potato bakes
In celebration of the fourth anniver
sary of the empire's gallant defense
apalnst the attack of Belgium will be
"The American Army Is It Really
Here?"
New Tork World: A drive has
been started In New England for re
cruits for the Jewish Legion, which Is
to jguard Palestine. There Is senti
ment and the lure of adventure, and
beyond that an impulse of patriotism
In the project for a body of Jewish
soldiers to do guard duty in the old
home of the race. There should ' J
no lack of recruits. .
NeH Tork Times: America had
much to do with creating tn supreme
war council at Versailles. It was
America's voice that pleaded success
fully for unity of command on the
western front. In the light of these
incontestible farts, how can America
stand in the path when its allies desire
military as well as economic help for
the unfortunate Ruslsan peof ,
Odd Bits of Life
nf the subscriptions
to the latest Liberty loan came in
thrdugh women.
Mobile infirmaries, operated hy
ara m be established behind
the United States lines in France.
A dictaphone small enough to be
n nna'a nncket has been ln-
Vttt l IvU w.-w - . .
vented and patented by a man in
Washington. m m
Henry Hall, a wyanuoue couniy
(Ohio) farmer, has painted every
fence around his big farm either red,
white or blue.
k ...,nWinr fun recently Invented
is attached to the back of a rocking
chair and whirled over an occupant's
head as he rocks.,
i in New Turk restaurant
who thought Marching Through Geor
gia was the national anthem tried to
make a man from Georgia stand up
while it was being piayea.
A slang box wa- started In a Great
n.imrfnn atiui.1 household some
time ago and every user of a slang
word at meal time naa to put a ceui
In the box. It was voted that the
money be given, to the Red Cross
fund and nearly 1 3 was fourid In the
box. .
The custom of wearing orange
blossoms at weddings is of compara
tively recent date. It came to us, like
most other fashions In dress, from the
French, who In their turn derived it
from Spain. In the latter country it
had long prevailed, and Is said to
have been originally of. Moorish
origin, t K, i
Twice Told Tales
Warding Off the Kick.
The conversatlo In the lobby of a
Washington club turned to efficiency,
when this little anecdote was contrib
uted by Congressman Charles P.
Coady of Maryland:
"The other morning tne proprietor
bf a machine shop was summoned to
the telephone, anJ taking dov.n the
receiver he heard somthing more
than a buzz on the wire.
" 'What's the matter With you?' an
erlly demanded a voice. 'Didn't you
ay that you would send a man around
to fix my aoor Den yesieraay f My
wife remained in aW day and nobody
came! If you don't want to repair
the thing, say so, and I
" Why, I did send somebody
around,' the proprietor finally man
aged to break in. 'Jim,' said he,
turning to his assistant 'didn't you go
around to Mr. Brown's yesterday aft
ernoon to ao tnat jour
" 'Tea,' answered Jim. 'I went
around all right and rung the bell for
10 minutes, but nobody came to the
door, so I concluded they had all gone
out" " Baltimore American.
Doing the Boss. .
A plumber and a painter were
working in the same house. The
painter arrived late and the plumber
laid to him: .
"Tou're late this morning."
"Yes," said the painter, "I had to
stop' and have my hair cut"
"You didn't do it on your employ
er's time, did you?" said the plumber.
"Sure, I did," said the painter; "it
grew on his time." Everybody's
Magazine,
Commlsloner Shumway Explains,
Lincoln, July 17. To the Editor of
The Bee: I noticed a headline in
your valuable paper which did me an
injustice, and know you would not,
personally, wish to do that I call
your attention td it partly for that,
but principally for the reason that I
wish the potash situation to be en
tirely nonpolltical, as I have under
taken to make the reappraisement of
school lands. j.
We have tried to give equal courtesy
and service to all In this matter and
have no Interest in who are the suc
cessful contestants for the deposits
on state lands, just so they are square
with the state.
The supreme court In the Fawn
Lake Ranch Company against Cum
bow case, made the following state
ment: ,
"The plaintiff is entitled to the use
and occupation of the land until the
legislature sees fit to confer upon
the board power to vest others with
the right to enter upon the lands
and remove minerals therefrom.".
The legislature later enacted such a
law. This law was attacked in the
district court of Lancaster county,
which enjoined the state from issuing
a mineral lease to any other than the
agricultural lessee during the life of
his lease. This seems to be in direct
opposition to the finding of the su
preme court. An appeal has been
taken to harmonize these opposite
views. The supreme court has set a
hearing for October 1.
Until that time do you think It
would be wise for us to issue leases
to any parties? Do you think we can
lawfuly do so, or without contempt
cither for one court or the other?
And, also, would it not involve a con
tempt of the legislature, which direct
ed us to pursue certain policies in the
issuance of mineral leases?
We have accomplished something
in the way of reappraising. Co
operation of other members of the
board would have accomplished more
60 per cent more, I believe but
perhaps I am too radical.
With .relation to mineral leasing,
however, I am personally sponsor for
the rules adopted and the laws en
acted. In every element I have la
bored for the interests of the state
and country and speeding up of pro
duction. The state board has co
operated in this work. If there are
errors, mine is almost the entire re
sponsibility. Naturally Krause, Brlggs, Hampton
and some others who expected to get
potash from state lands without pay
ing the state are opposed to the new
policy. We kept them from getting
state resources for nothing. Now
they say the are willing to pay, but
want preferred rights which the new
act prevents them from securing.
This long letter is for the reason
if friends are impressed with the idea
that I am "holding up" the Interests
of the state (and they will be if the
opinion of The Bee, or errors In The
Bee, makes it so appear) "a vindica
tion" would be an empty honor.
If one political party makes an is
sue against, one of the best things
done by another party simply be
cause It's the least understood, or is
so complex .hat the, purposes may be
made to appear in bad light it re
duces the possibility of getting the
good thing done.
G. L. SHUMWAT,
Commissioner of Public Lands.
praud and happy father. Tou'd battar meaa
ura bit cheat again. I have two eona wM
are captalna In the arar now." Btrmlngi
ham Age-Herald. -
Colonel Didn't, jrou hear me flva th
command to tlx bayonets T
Private Tea, colonel, but my baronet la
all right; there'a nothing wrong about It to.
be fixed. Tonkera Stateiman.
"Not an oppressive summer thus far."
"Not at all."
"How do you explain the cool weathet
we've been having from time to time?"
'I don't attempt to explain, it - 1 .lual
enjoy it'' Louisville Courier Journal.
Willie They gave Bump a medal for tap.
ping the German trenches' telegraph wire,
and securing valuable Information.
Glllls I'm not surprised. He was the beai
listener we had on our party Una out aJ
Suburbvllle. Judge.
Mr. Peck Goodby, my deart Til tele
graph you aa soon as I reach Chicago.
Mrs. Peck Don't bother, dear. I won't
need money so soon at that. Life.
"THAT'S MY BOY."
When the news came home of hla first fine
fight.
Where the boya "lit mto 'em," left and
right.
And acored In the battle's blazing track
Where the hardest work waa to "hold 'em
back" '
When the news came home, of all words we
said -'
(Prouder than any written or read!)
Hers told the story of still, deep Joy;
That's My Boy!"
We knew how It was when she let him go
(For all that the mothers hide It so!)
Knew, when he Snswered, quirk to the call.
That that one woman was giving her all;
Dreama of battles were In her eyes,
But he didn't go under rainy Bkies!
No time for tears where they cheered foi
Joy.
"Thafa Her Boy!"
Lord, aend the good newa over the foam
To the waiting women whose love makea
"Home!" " '
And send them safe to 'the hearts again
That are fighting the battles along with
the men!
That a world of mothers may proudly aay.
'n the glory light of the Victory Day,
While the heart of the nation thrills with
Joy:
"That's My Boy!"
Atlanta Constitution.
TART TRIFLES.
First German Statesman (apprehensively-
Pt you think there Is anything In this
reported American Invasion?
Second Ditto (gloomily) There're millions
In It Baltimore American.
"I don't suppose your measurements have
changed any since I made your last suit,"
remarked the tailor.
"I don't know about that," replied tha
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VOTE FOR N. P. DODGE,
Republican Candidate for
Congress
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