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JUNE CIRCULATION
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to then. Address changed aa often aa requested.
THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG.
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It'i the ituck pig that squeals.
Mr. Hitchbranch is madl Thafs very evident.
Work or fight goes in Great Britain, too, ac
cording to Lloyd George.
The "Golden Rod" highway ought to have an
especial appeal to hay fever sufferer.
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Just four yean ago today that the fire brand
pf war began to emit Its deadly flames.
Omaha'i park system hai co'st a lot of money,
but it ii one of the best investment! the city ever
Every crook The Bee ever exposed and de
nounced has sought a cover by shouting, "Rose
water is a bad rnatu2
Rabbi Steven Wise is setting a gooiTexample
for hit congregation, as well as others. Practical
work wilt win the war.
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No evidence is required to prove that the
kaiser now has a .more wholesome respect for
Americans than ne ever naa.
One of the "Jacks" denies that he intends to
break up the "Jims" convention. t He had a fat
chance to start, and besides he wants votes.
The inopportune call of the commodore to the
eolors seriously interferes with the plans of our
bolshevik republicans. Couldn't the senator fix
that up, too? : '-' ' I
The kaiser warns hi people the worst Is to
come. He might have foreseen that four years
ago, when he was promising a paradise to those
who had his favor. ; .
. Republicans setting up democratic candidates
and democrats setting up republican candidates
present the same ditterence that exists oetween
tweedle dum and tweedle dee. -
Kansas wheels into line with 102,000,000 bush
els of wheat for the year's harvest Those figures
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America is doing to win the war.
and his term in the senate does not expire for
four years." World-Herald. ;
Neither is the editor of The Bee a candidate
for any political office, fcet the senator occupies
a public position in which tie invites constant
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scrutiny ana criticism 01 me recora ne mattes.
Heed the President's Advice.
The admonition contained in the president's
message on the subject of the mob spirit de
serves careful attention, Its application lays far
deeper than the oft-repeated advice to let the
courts deal with offenders. ; By implication, at
least, the president directs hjs monitory remarks
to people whose ultra-tealous activity along lines
of patriotic endeavor frequently leads them into
extravagances. These are quite as much of a
menace to our domestic tranquility as the ini
dividuals whose disloyalty takes on the form of
open expression. , And in this class must .be
included some well-disposed but poorly advised
persons, who are' now agitating for a move to
set on foot a system of espionage that will give
to the immature not only the right to pass judg
ment, but to assess and inflict penalties for what
ever they decide to be offenses against the gov
ernment When juries are disagreeing as to the
guilt of those formally accused of infraction of
the elaborate and all-comprehending law, when
courts are discharging these after all proof
against them has been'offered, the plain citizen
may well hesitate before finally determining if
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inc iaw 19 ouirageo. xemperance oi conduct
is quite as much of an attribute of true patriotism
. as is the more demonstrative behavior, of - the
impulsive man, whose motive may be excellent,
but whose judgment is quite apt to be bad. We
must have, democracy safe for the world, too.
FOCH AND THE BIG OFFENSIVE.
Speculation as to the scope of the great battle
the Allies are now pressing north of the Marne
is given a definite turn by reason of word sent
out from Washington. Observers of the general
staff have not as yet committed themselves ab
solutely as to the program for General Foch, but
their expressions may well be taken as intended
to prepare the public for far greater movements
than have yet been reported. This still is re
ferred to Foch, on whose judgment depends the
blow.
Two things are clear. While the German
resistance is sufficiently stiff to avert a rout, the
Allies are strong enough to exert pressure against
which the foe steadily gives way. The boast of
the German general staff in April, that the war
had been changed from one of position to one
of movement, and, therefore, in favor of the in
vader, is answered by Foch's splendidly timed
and accurately delivered counter-stroke. Over
night the offensive passed, and it now is up to
the ( victorious Allies to determine if this shall
be the opening of the great drive -on the outcome
of which the future of the war must depend.
A decisive defeat of the Germans before win
ter sets in will shorten the job by many months.
Foch may not have possessed the reserves one
of the great experts now denominate "myth
ical," but he has a unified army of great strength
and magnificent morale. The enemy has lately
made great expenditures of men and munitions,
which he cannot quickly replace. It neeU not
surprise any, then, if the movement planned for
September, or even later be advanced to July,
and the sweep across the Marne be swiftly de
veloped into a general attack.
V The Railroads After 'the War.
Though the task of winning the war takes
precedence of all else, after-the-war, questions
cannot be wholly ignored or put off, as witness
the differences that have arisen over the contract
between the government and the railroad owners
for the use of their property.
This contract, designed to carry out in specific
terms the understanding had at the time the gov
ernment took over the roads, is predicated upon
return at the end of the war period. The chief
objection made by the representatives of the rail
road owners is that it does not reserve for them
claims for damages because of diversion of traffic
to other routes during government operation and
the general disruption of former traffic condi
tions and arrangements. "When the government
hands the roads back to their owners," is the pre
lude to the argument which proceeds upon the
assumption that the basis of restoration should
be return to the situation prior to the war.
But, even accepting it as settled that the gov
ernment will let go, no one intimately conversant
with the railroad worlo, so far as we know, has
the remotest idea that the roads will ever be pit
back exactly where they were when the govern
ment took them over. No one believes that they
will ever go back to the competitive duplications
and "wasteful rivalry now gradually being dis
carded. No one believes they will ever be al
lowed to go back to unrestricted stock-jobbing
or preferential rate-making.
V What the railroad map will look like later
cannot be definitely foretold, but we are inclined
to believe it will look something like a re
arrangement of the United States into approxi
mately a score of traffic divisions corresponding
more or less with our present railway mail divi
sions, and that all the1 railroads in each division,
whether the ownership be consolidated or re
main as it is, will be operated under a centralized
management, subject to strict government con
trol, with through or Snter-divisional traffic under
control of some official authority possessing na
tion-wide jurisdiction.
.J While we cannot now turn aside from the im
perative demands of the war to settle this com
plicated problem, yet, it is impossible to keep it
wholly out- of the present task or to run the rail
roads as government lines without some general
notion as to where they are to head in, how much
of the "present work of reconstruction and reor
ganization is to be permanent and what is the
ultimate goal. What is to be done with the rail
roads after the war is bound soon to become a
very big and a very live question.
. i Ludendorff is a good gleaner, whether he be
much of a success as a general.. He sent his
troops into Russia armed with threshing ma
chines as well as guns to collect the kaiser's share
of the scanty wheat crop. Is it necessary to
state that the bolsheviki get what the soldiers
think they ought to have?
If Ban Johnson and his associates sincerelv
wish to perpetuate the popularity of base ball
they will not try to continue the sport as a busi
ness in- face of the decision that it is a non
essential Patriotism as well as the good of the
game points the other way.
"Thirty thousand Germans captured extra 1"
shouted the newsboy, leaving some curiosity as to
the size of the regular portion if that number
is lagniappe.
. The Rhine, is much nearer and more easily ap
proached than Paris along the way the crown
prince is now advancing.
Views, Reviews Intemews
Something About the Personality of the Poet Who
, , Became Propagandist
which
The limelight has again fallen on George
Sylvester Viereck of "The Fatherland" fame,
whose part in the German propaganda work
in this country is under government scrutiny.
I made the acquaintance of Viereck as a
member. of an excursion party gotten up for
the Mexican centennial, which made us trav
eling companions for a period of three weeks.
That was eight years ago, when he was prob
ably not more than25. He was at that time
one of the associate editors of Current Lit
erature, for which he conducted the depart
ment devoted to book reviews and poetry,
and was himself a budding literary genius,
who had already attracted some attention.
He contributed a centennial ode composed
for the occasion and supplied the only mis
hap of the trip when - he turned his ankle
badly at Vera Cruz, which drew from an
other member of the party, George Buch
anan Fife, a reference to him as "the boy
poet who sprained an unmetrical foot."
Shortly after, the European war had
broken I happened to be -in New York and
dropped in on Viereck to say "Hello" to him.
On my rtturn to Omaha I gave in this col
umn this sketch of him as I observed him
on that visit: ,
Viereck is young, just turning 30, and
in volubility and, mannerisms "echt deutch."
He is a blue-eyed blond of slight build,
little taller than myself, yet in motion a
human cyclone, a rapid-fire gun with con
tinuous outpouring upon the enemy. The
Fatherland establishment is a veritable
beehive of bewildering activity, not only
with respect to the publication itself, but
on all sorts of side issues.
"I am just inundated with letters from
all over the country offering suggestions
or asking questions, and I cannot possibly
attend personally to my corespondence.
I have already had two public debates on
the war and have another scheduled and
could keep busy talking all the time if I
would," explained Mr. Viereck.
While I was there he was besieged by
a reporter for one of the New York news
papers for advice how to get certain in
formation difficult of access, was called up
by phone from the German Red Cross
headquarters and received a report of the
war movies that are being put out as part
of the German educational campaign. He
told me then what has since appeared in the
dispatches that he had been solicited to
help out a scheme to get American pass
ports for German spy service, but had
positively refused to have anything to do
with it..
"Fatherland's career has been simply
phenomenal," said Mr. Viereck. "It was
started merejy as an experiment to coun
teract the distortion of public opinion about
Germany in the war, but was so eagerly
caught up, and has grown so rapidly in
circulation and influence, that I see no
limit to its possibilities."
"What about your other publication,
The International?" I inquired.
"Oh, I had almost forgotten that en
tirely. You see, Fatherland is a weekly,
and the International a monthly. So I,
have left the latter to others to get out'
for me. It is supposed to appear by the
6th of each month. Last month the 6th
passed without its appearance, but a few
days' delay is not serious with a monthly.
Fatherland is issued weekly, and must
come out on time." a
he
1913 convention proceedings,
wrote as follows:
"I have no ticket to the convention yet
Shall it be said to the shame of the repubr
lican party that the greatest American
poet asked for admission to its convention
and was shown the door? What will pos
terity say? a i
In the whole course of American His
tory I can thin of but one incident which
would paralleluch a refusal, namely, the
treatment Edgar Allen Poe received from
the politicians when they kicked him out
in Baltimore and he died in the gutter. -I
shall not die in the gutter, but, seriously, I
want to go to Chicago.
"While I am prayjng for Teddy night
and day, I promise you that I will not
stampede the convention."
"No, I am not such an admirer of Col
onel Roosevelt as I used to be," frankly
declared Viereck the other day. "He is
not the big mas we thought he was. We
asked him to make a statement that would
do the Germans justice in the Belgian mat
ter, and he declined. He missed his great
est opportunity."
This was in the winter of 1915, since when
I have neither seen nor heard from Mr. Vier
eck except as he has figured in the public
prints. f
Young Mr'. Viereck is also a poet, and,
in fact, had achieved a high reputation in
literature before he attained his majority.
He had been advertised by his publishers
as "a poet of passion." His volumes do not
quite fill a five-foot bookshelf yet, but he
has made a good start at it.
In his emotional enthusiasm he was a
violent adherent of Colonel Rosevelt for
a third term, and I have yet his appeal to
me for an opportunity to look in on the
Mineralized Battlefields
France should have a new industry aftenlOur people are already going without wheat
this war, especially if the expenditure of shells
continues another' yef r or two. Each side,
it is said, has used since March 21, over 3,000,
000 tons of steel in various sorts of shells.
The aggregate of steel buried in the battle
zone almost might make that strip a Mesaba
mine. 1 And the metal to be reclaimed would
not be raw ore, or even pig iron, but finished
steel.
. France, of course, for a hundred years to
come will be entertaining tourists of all na
tions curious to behold the historic scenes of
the greatest of military struggles. Inns,
transportation, guidance, will afford the
Irench an income from all the earth, which
will flock to see Rheims. Noyon, Verdun,
Soissons, Bapaume, Vimy Ridge, the Chemin
des Dames, and the whole connecting line.
Americans will wish to see the fields where
our soldiers distinguished themselves and to
lay wreaths upon the graves of our heroes
who died for France, for civilization, for
democracy and for the Stars and Stripes.
. France will need' the money, God bless
her, and all who have the wherewithal to
perform the pilgrimage wilL rejoice that she
who barred the Hun with the bodies of her
sons, is at least having her pockets replen
ished. But the battle zone, if lost for decades to
agriculture, ought to prove valuable as a
mine and a storehouse. Literally the major
portion of the steel produced by four indus
trial nations will have been sown in that
zone fpr a term of years The dead weight
of the stuff is simply stupendous, enough, in
fact, to mineralize every acre that has been
fought over. Drenched in steel those square
miles of battlefield have been, until the recla
mation of the metal shduld amount to millions
of dollars in worthy The Germans who have
Exploited the captured mines of Briey are
transferring the- product in a refined shape to
the Picardese countryside. Rheims, perhaps,
can be rebuilt from the price of the metals
shot into her. Minneapolis Journal
, I notice another book just come from the
press by Thomas Capek, who some years
ago held forth in Omaha as a rising young
Bohemian lawyer. The title of the book is
"Bohemian Bibliography," and it is compiled
to make a finding list of writings In English
relating to Bohemia and the Czechs. While
there are many familiar names mentioned in
the volume, the only one besides that of the
author of habitat here is that of Rose Ros
icky, whose "Bohemian Cif$k Book" is listed
as a contribution for which credit is claimed
for Bohemian authorship. Mr. Capek is now
living in New York, as I am informed, where
he has been successful as a lawyer and in
recognized leadership of the people of Bo
hemian ancestry.
Who says clergymen have no sense of
humor?
In a group that included two members of
the cloth, one of them from out of town, the
host recently passed cigars.
"No, thank you. I never smoke on the
Sabbath."
"Needless then to offer you anything to
drink on the Sabbath?"
"Oh, I never drink intoxicants at all."
"Well, you don't do anything bad on the
Sabbath, do you?"
"Only preach," exclaimed the other sky
Crop Prospects
The food supply for a year to come is a
matter of unparalleled interest this season,
and it depends largely upon the grain and
vegetable crops of the United States, for
animal food is a secondary product from the
soil. The July forecast of the' Department
of Agriculture, drawn from conditions pre
vailing at the end of June, indicates a con
siderable falling off in the prospect for wheat
compared with a month earlier. The esti
mate now in bushels is 891,000,000, compared
with 931,000,000 then, a reduction of 40,000,
000 bushels. Of this 30,000,000 applies to
winter wheat, and that is already pretty well
harvested. There is not likely to be much
recovery in spring wheat and may even be a
further reduction.
Even so, this will be a crop exceeded only
once in the record of the department, when
prices were brought low, while now they
are sure to range high. We shall still have
to save for export, as the requirement for
armies abroad is still increasing, and the
way from other sources is still obstructed,
as never before and bearing it bravely for
the sake of the soldiers at the great front
of conflict. But our people appreciate com
as a food product. That promises to be
more plentiful than ever but it will not bear
transport abroad in any great quantity.
There is also good promise for barlev. rve
and potatoes, and every indication that for
the coming winter and spring we shall have
less occasion for scare dieting than in the
year past, while affording greater relief to
the allies abroad, it food is to win the war
the prospect is brightening in that respect
as well as others. New York Journal of
Commerce.
People and Events
The campaign for economy in materials
for personal wear during the war begins
with an agreement by shoe manufacturers to
limit the height of women's shoes after Oc
tober 1, next.
George Sylvester Viereck "planted" his
letter files, according to his testimony. Scraps
of paper dropped in the woods for guiding
the retraced steps of wanderers are part of
the technic of fairy tales.
Miss Rhoda Palmer, the only surviving
member of the original suffrage convention
which was held in Seneca Falls' in 1849, re
cently celebrated her 103d birthday at her
home near Geneva, N. Y.
To notify his mother of his safe arrival
at camp, Bud Naumann released a homing
pigeon that he had carried with him. In
four hours after he arrived at Fort Thomas,
Covington, Ky., his mother in Pittsburgh
was notified.
The New York World heads a movement
for a municipal memorial as a fitting tribute
to the life and death of Mayor John Purroy
Mitchel, former mayor and aviator. The
Times applauds the action. Both papers start
the fund with $1,000 each.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
President Wilson approved tha
formation of a War Industries board
to supervise expenditures.
Washington announced that the
voluntary enlistment! in all branches
of the service since the United States
entered the war totaled 658,885. !
Tlie Day We- Celebrate. 4
Thomas W. Wiles, practicing lawyer,
born 1870.
Sam E. Schweitzer, of the Nebraska
Electrlo Light and Power company,
bom 1862. . i
Cyrus Dean Glover, of Glover &
Spain, born 1886.
: M. U Endrea, treasurer of Omaha
and Douglas county, born 1875.
Rear Admiral John M. Hawley, U.
S. a., retired, born at Northhampton,
Mas., 72 years ago.
Ballington Booth, head of the Volun
teer of America, born la England, C
. years ago. . vi.- :
Mary Anderson de Navarro, one of
foremost American actresses, bora at
Sacramento, Ca.)., 69 years ago.
This Day tn History. - . i . K
1793 The French garrison surrend
ered Valenciennes to the allies under
the Duke of York, s , ;
183 7 The Roman Catholic diocese
of Dubuque was established. ,
1868 Livingstone discovered Lake
Eemba, ISO miles long, lying near the
center of the African continent
1 SI 5--German forces were stopped
wKt and south of Utai
Just 30 Years Ago Today
John Eyler and wife have returned
from tnelr trip through Colorado and
Utah. lt--.r .
Mrs. Cv 8. Whitney gave a five
o'clock tea In honor of Mrs. Hayne
and Mrs. Garrow, who were her guests
for a few days. Among those present
were the Meadames Wakeley, Vaill.
Riall, Gilbert, Sloan, Nichols, John,
son, Boyd, Benson and Haller.
Miss Befle Colman o t Cleveland Is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Edward
Rosewater. ;
W. E. Annin has gone to Washing
ton, D. C, whrere he will remain un
til the adjournment of congress.
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Ross left for
their -New York home after a stay
of several days tn Omaha.
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- A single whale of ordinary alze will
yield 10 tons of meat, or an equivalent
of that obtained from 80 head of
cattle.
Science and Invention
A corporation in Denmark makes
a business of cleaning and disinfect
ing" telephones.
The Swedish navy will experiment
with ithe use of both fuel and oils
madefrom native shales.
For aviators a Frenchman has In
vented paper underwear, light In
weight and heat retaining.
One agriculture college and three
experiment stations are maintained by
the government of Norway.
Platinum is so ductile that a wire
1,800 miles lonfe could be drawn from
a single Troy ounce of the metal.
Sand of different colors can be fed
through a, new pencil for children to
enable them to draw outline pictures.
A patent has been Issued for a silk
gauze face shield to keep dust from
the eyes and noses of automobllists.
Air brushes driven by electric power
paint or varnish furniture three times
as rapidly as the work can be done
by hand. ,
A process for coloring light-hued
pineapples by injecting cane sugar
syrup, has been patented by a resident
of Honolulu.
An Indianapolis dentist is the in.
ventor ot an electric device with which
teeth caii be tested to ascertain if their
nerves are alive. ,
A new vacuum cleaner for groom
ing horses terminates in a glove,' be.
tween the finfrers of which are
brushes to loosen the dust as its wear
er passes bis hand over a horse.
Out of the Ordinary
Taii; Ranch. CaJ.. forbids nubile
spooning" -y young persons.
Eight ef the olive trees in the his
toric Garden of Olives in Jerusalem
are more than l.oou years old.
" A standard cord Is 128 cubic feet of
wood, but if it be crooked wood It
will contain only about 80 cubic feet.
A Portla:-d (Me.) man has a room
papered with Louisiana lottery tick
ets, which cost him $20,000 and never
brought In a cent t
The Japanese are the only people
whn hnvn Aver undertaken thn nvsta-
natlo planting an J harvsting of sea
weed ana tiner marine vegeiauon.
' It Is estimated that less than 2,000,
000 acres of land in British East
Africa are cultivated out of a total
acreage of more than 166,000,000,
British scientists have found a spe
cies ot pygmy elephant In the. Congo
of which U.e adult animals grow to a
height of only five and a half feet
British Columbia produces each
year 816,000,000 worth of fish, of
which two-thirds la salmon, and has
begun -to can herring for army sup
plies. In designating the banks of a river
the terms right and left are used al
ways with referencj to the position
of one who Is facing in the direction
of the river's flow.
The phoenix was the emblem of the
.empress and brides were sometimes
allowed ' ear tn the shape of a
headdress. This bird vas supposed
to be very graceful and elegant and
to possess a benevolent disposition.
Twice Told Tales
Shakespeare Calls for. His Mail.
The well known London teacher of
singing, William Shakespeare, now so
journing in Los Angeles, was recently
a guest of Frederick Bacon at the lat
ter's home in Pomona. Now Mr.
Shakespeare's ruddy, smiling face Is
the persbnlflcatlon of geniality, and
his rather hlghpitched speaking voice
is in keeping with his looks. The story
goes that shortly after his arrival
In Pomona he stepped up to the post
office window and inquired:
"I say, my dear sir! Would you
kindly tell me if you have any letters
for William Shakespeare, care of Mr.
Bacon?" The young man at the win
dow eyed the smiling countenance,
took note of the voice and remember
ing the epidemic of Shakespeare ter
centenary celebrations breaking out all
over the country, he answerd:
"See here, old fellow! You can't
pull off any of those stunts on me!"
Pacific Coast Musician.
bail In Servitude.
"So you were onee a slave, eh?"
"Yas, suh," said Uncle Ned.
"And after the war you got ytour
freedom, eh?"
"No, Bah." said Ned, gloomily, "I
didn't get my freedom, sah. After
de war I done got married." Esro
pean Edition of the New York Herald.
Lacking In Range.
"Does the new soprano's voice fill
the church?"
"No; I noticed some vacant seats up
In the gallery." Boston Transcript.
Around the World
There are in Western Persia white
camels only five feet In height
More than 75 per cent of the trade
of Egypt is with the British possesions.
There is a famine In laundry soap
in Copenhagen and other Danish
cities. -
Musk is one product of world com
merce in which China practically en
joys a monopoly.
The Bank of England has at least
32 ways which it employs in detect
ing forged notes. -
Hindus venerate the common mari
gold, and frequently adorn their idols
witl wreaths of its golden flowers.
The deepfest mine in 'the world is
said to be the St , John Del Rey cop
per mine in Brazil, which has a depth
of 6,800 feet.
The secrets of producing dwarf trees
in Japan are handed down from
father to son in a few families, and
are guarded with scrupulous care.
Portugal was fromerly known as
Lusitanla. The present name is de
rived from Port Callo, the ancient
name of the town now known as
Oporto.
In France, until the introduction of
postage stamps and the rule of double
postage for unpaid letters, it was con
sidered ill-bred to prepay a letter ad
dressed j to a friend.
With no other tool than an old knife
or a piece of broken glass, the natives
of Torres Straits, Queensland, make
many beautiful ornaments out of tor
toise and pearl shells.
In Mexico there grows a wild shrub
named "candelillo," the stetms of
which yield from three to five per
cent of a fine , hard wax suitable for
coating phonograph cylinders.
France suggests that the name "Eau
de Cologne," which is claimed as a
French product, be shorn of Its Ger
man character and that this popular
perfume be renamed "Eau de Prov
ence." .'-
Canada -possesses a forest larger in
area than the whole of England, Scot
land and Wales put together. This
forest is in the Hudson Bay region
and is a thousand by seventeen hun
dred miles in extent
MIDSUMMER MERRIMENT. '
"You drive awfully fast, don't yon."
'Tea. I hit 70 yesterday." '
"Did yon kill any ot tham T" Lampoon.
"I never eaw a woman to full of energy."
"Nor I. Why, merely correcting her mis
takes keeps two men busy." Life.
"Can you prove to me that you're not
superstitious ?"
"Sure."
"Fine Len' me IS centa." Froth.
Hewitt Gruet Isn't much of a talker.
Jewett No; I guess he has put his power
of speech in his wife's name. Judge. i
Cholly They, say, you know, that what
a man eats he becomes.
Mlas Keen DetB me ! Ton must be eat
ing practically nothing. Boston Transcript
i
"Going to stay home all summer 7"
"I'm obliged to. I've got a load of coal
tn the cellar and I can't afford a private
watchman." Washington Evening Star.
Potter (playing poker) I call. What
have you got? ,
Taylor Three presidents.
Potter Just jbeats my three suffs. Buf
falo Express.
Tommy Drink to me only with thine
eyes, men petit.
Celeste Say, who in you think this Is
a W. C. T. U. convention or are you broke?
Pelican.
Mrs. Styles Isn't her dress a poem?
Mr. Styles Tes, dear, and it haa a char
acteristic that I enjoy In poems.
"Whafa that, pray?"
"It's short." Tonkers Statesman.
The Girl If you love ma aa -you say yon
do. why are you so anxious to kiss Elsie?
The Man Well, you see, every fellow tn
our set has kissed her, and I dnn't want to
seem snobbish. Minneapolis Tribune.
A TOAST.
Laugh and jest and flashing jewel!
Fumes of wine, alluring, cruel,
Mingle : with the. perfumed stillness ef the
languid midnight hour.
Hold the crystal goblet htgherl
Mark its wine of lurid fire.
Sparkling with reflected glory of a thou
sand candle powerl
Drink not from that cup ot sadness I
Here's a vessel filled with gladness,
Molten sunshine bubbling up In rimpltng,
dimpling rills.
From the riven rock It gushes;
Down the glistening sides it rushes,
From the storage vaults of nature, 'neath
the everlasting hills.
Catch the lucid, laughing treasure,
Given w(th no stinted measure.
And quaff the glowing nectar with thanks
giving In your heart.
From a cup of nature's tracing.
With delicately interlacing
Veins that passing seasons fashioned aa a
miracle of art
Hold it 'up that all may view It I
Let the sunlight sparkle through ltl '
All glowing with the hidden firea forgot
ten suns have stored!
There was never nectar sweeter;
Never goblet fashioned neater,
Than the clear llfe.glvlng water In the old
brown gourd.
DAVID RITCHIE.
Omaha, Neb.
Center Shots
Milwaukee Sentinel: And novf .
some congressmen are sharpeninc
their wits on the whetstone of casuist
try in order to sho their constituents
the difference between an anti-wac
vote and a pro-German vote.
Minneapolis Journal: The Brooklyn
Eagl6 says that trousers should be
turned and worn on both sides. It
wse 11 ii r i ii v i up i v i wa.i i iial luj, -
coats" flourished, but they were never
very popular.
'Kansas City Star: It Is also likely .
that the profiteers counted on taking
a good deal of newspaper roasting
oeiore iney stanea oui gouging. wo
they need is something they hadn't
prepared for. ; - ; 1
Kansas City Star: The German sol
diers who are surrendering in such,
large numbers evidently want a' place
in the sun, too, and believe they know
a better way to get it than by waiting
for the kaiser to nna it lor tnem.
Brooklyn Eagle: The ultimate test
of patriotic sacrifice will be made if
tobacco rationing is tried. "Give me
the luxuries of life, I can dispense
witn its necessities, ' is a common
enough sentiment among Americans ,
every wnere. -
Louisville Courier-Journal: Mem--bers
of the Austrian, nobility are said
to be selling their estates. Their
birthright was sold when old Fran
Josef let the Hohenzollern dictate the
unatter.
Christian Science Monitor: Front
such accounts as have recently been -published
concerning the acquisition
of American newsnanera bv Germanr.
it would seem that some of those
dailies that were so long unable t
see clearly why. the United states
should involve itself in "a war in
which it was in no wise concerned
had their vision Impaired by looking
too intently toward the German emi
bassy at Washington. '
TAKE HAIR OUT
NOT OFF THE SKIil
Hal to fcemi t S-ew
mum and atltTcr mtTTr
removed froaa the enrtoe
akin. The oaiy eaaaaaeaeauM way
to resseve hair Is to attack ttaa
drr tke akla. DeMlraele, tke arla
Lai aaaltary UejaM, tkto kr
absorption. .
Omly ceaalae DeM trade aaa a
money-hack fwaraatea la eaea
paekace. At toUet eosustera fa
SOe, $1 aa SJ aiaea, or ky asaO
fro at aa la alalm wraaaer es sa
FREE koo nmallei fa aM
eealeel eaelope aa f .
Miracle, laetk St. aa Park ire.
Hew York. ,
11
Try
IHHALATim
For Your
Hay Fever
Then you will begin to enjoy ,
your summers again. Simple
Convenient Effective Just.'
carry the little Inhaler with a '
few drops of Inhalatum In it
Complete Outfit, $1.10.
At leading drug stores or we
will send it by mail upon receipt
of price. "
The Inhalatum Chemical Co.,
Colorado Springs, Colorado. '1
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N. P. Dodge's Record ;
in State Legislature
"Supported every - '-progressiva
measure and was one of Senate lead
ersa genuine progressive." -Oma
ha Daily News statement at close oi
1913 legislature. Advertisement.
T
Ipo (Service
Onr creed of service is ! Every funeral
that we are in charge of must be handled
in the same dignified, quiet, elegant and
satisfactory manner, as if we were ar
ranging a last farewell for the greatest
person in history. We will serve you
well.
N. P. SWANSON
Funeral Parlor. (Establishes! 18M)
17 th and Cuming Sts. Tat Ooaglae 1060.
Hospe
3
Says:
Days
For thfe
July Piano. Drive :
MondayTuesday--Wednesday
GRAND PIANOS, UPRIGHT PIANOS. New and nearly new '
instruments are fast going. Our July Piano Selling is making '
record. Why? For we are giving our best stock (for cash and
time payments) on what soon will be known as exceptional val- -ues.
Soon you will say, "How did they do it."
New and used Kranich & Bach, Kimball, Cable-Nelson, Hospe. J
Steinway, Wagner, Emerson, Howard, Hinze Pianos.
Ariston Players, Whitney Players, Boudoir Players, Apollo
Players, Kimball Players, Hospe Players.
Many of them worth, twice the sale price, with prices ranging "
from $165, $185, ?210, $225, $250, $275, ?300
and so on up. 1
Some selling as low as $L50 weekly and up and for -cash.
Our time price is our cash price.
Remember, Three More Days for the big July Sale. '
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