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r 1 1 ( I if n 1 i i i . li 'I The Omaha Bea DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD B08EWATEB VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHIMQ COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Animated Press, ot willed Tb Bet is a member, it oetanNO entitled to the bm for publicum of all news dispatches credited to tt or not otlienrlM credited IB tble psper. ud also tb local nri published brin AU ntbu of publication Ot out special AHpatfies are aim reserved. OoU-The Be tfolldlBt. Vulb Omaha JS18 N. St. Council Bluffs-H N. Miuj Liuoota -Little Building. OFFICES Chicago People's Oet Bulldlna, New Tork W Fifth Are. m bu Louie New on or Watataftoa 1JU O Bt JULY CIRCULATION Daily 68,265 Sunday 59,312 A rent elieoletloo tar Uie nonUL eobtcrlbed tad sworn to b DwtgM Wiltlsms. nrculelloo Hum Subscriber leaving th city should nave) Th Bm nailed to them. Addresa changed often as requested. rHE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG III 111 1 Keep your eye on Big Jeff. Now we can begin to see what Foch was wait ing for two months ago. No primary election contest ever came out to suit everybody exactly. May we not express the hope that the weather man has relented at last? No one is talking "business as usual" any more because it is not as usual. It would seem that the so-called "committee of 500" lost a cipher or two somewhere. The demand for a new deal in the control of the county board continues to b urgent Haig is certainly redeeming any losses the British suffered when Heinie made his mad rush in April. But what can the hyphenated World-Herald say against Norris that is not equally applicable to Hitchcock? Our municipal ice plant is said to be ready to begin manufacturing icewhich must mean that the heated season is over. Hope is held out for the early resurrection of the sugar bowL When it does come back, though, rest assured it will not look so fat and generous as it used to. 1 , Lincoln Highway tourists cannot complain of the beautiful signboards put up by the Omaha Auto club, but they cannot drive autos on sign boards in plate of a roadway. A lot of new war establishments special training schools, reconstruction and convalescent hospitals re being located by the government in different cities. Where does Omaha come in? The kaiser's complaint about the bombing of Frankfort sounds a little strained to people who have noted the persistent attacks on field and base hospitals, ambulance trains, hospital ships and the like.; Secretary Daniels has honored some of the de serving heroes of the' navy, but his list is still far from complete. When the lid is taken off and the story is finally told in full, Americans will be more than ever proud of the boys who have gone to sea. Mr. McAdoo expresses surprise that his high rates have not reduced traver appreciably. Well, if that is what he is looking for he might push the price a little higher, or -turn the job over to Hoover, who knows how to decrease consump tion by getting the people to save. German Propaganda at Home. ' Expressions accredited to the Cologne Zeitung are of a character to support the belief that the German government still is deliberately seeking to deceive its subjects. This paper is said to have published an article dealing with the Amer ican participation in the war, showing by analysis and computation the inability of this country to land 300,000 men a month in France. One bit of truth is discovered in the conclusions of the Zeitung, and that is that the full strength of the United States will not be called into action be fore 1919. However, the rest of its calculations are of the same sort as those which told the German people that the U-boat would shut Eng land off from the world and starve the British into aubmission in three months. It is incon ceivable that the German general staff is not aware of the presence of America on the battle line in such force as to turn the balance of war against the Hun; the kaiser and his cabinet and his generals know the truth, but will not let it come to the knowledge of the people, who are headed for a terrible awakening. THE NOMINATION OF NORRIS. While the returns of the primary election are still incomplete, it is plain that George W. Norris has received the republican nomination for United States senator in spite of his discreditable war record. People must not be permitted to gain the im pression, however, from the mere fact of Senator Norris' renomination that the republicans of Ne braska have voted an endorsement of his declara tion that by the entrance of the United States into the war. for humanity we put the dollar mark upon the American flag. The nomination of Norris is a minority nomi nation, a nomination by about 35 per cent of the number of votes cast; a nomination secured only through a division of the opposition between several candidates; a nomination due wholly to the limitations of the primary. On the face of the figures Norris would have been ignominously defeated had he had one competitor instead of four; had the nomination been made by conven tion in which the patriotic win-the-war delegates could have had an opportunity to unite, or even had it been by a primary which permitted a sec ond choice expression, for he would have been first choice of scarcely a third and second choice of none. The nomination of Norris, in our opinion most unfortunate, leaves the republicans confronted with a condition rather than a theory which they will have to meet as best they may. The fact that he has a place upon an otherwise exception ally good ticket promises complications whose seriousness will depend upon the alternatives that may be presented. Commander-in-Chief Adams. For the third time Omaha has been honored by the Grand Army of the Republic selecting one of its citizens to be commander-in-chief. That this distinction is appreciated will not be doubted. Nebraska has largely been built up by soldiers who marched 'under Old Glory from '61 to '65, and many who took service since then have sound here homes in which they have done well as the years passed by. Most of the soldiers who came to the state in its infancy were the young and vigorous, the alert and enterprising, whose characters had been developed under the disciplinary schooling of hard service in the army. These have provided a solid nucleus for the citizenship of the state, and from them we have drawn governors, sena tors, congressmen and other public servants, while their influence in their own great organiza tion has always been felt. Captain C E. Adams, now commander-in-chief of the Grand Army, is one of these men. His byalty and devotion to his country was estab lished when he enlisted at the age of 17, and his education under "Pap" Thomas, from Chicka mauga to Savannah, was thorough and complete. He won his commission as captain on the field, and the honors that have come to him in his after life have been deserved. The Bee congratulates the Grand Army on its choice, and for the members in Nebraska ven tures to express their great gratification that a well-loved comrade should be so signally honored by the national body. Who Will Lead in Russia? Declaration of war gn the United States by the bolsheviki lacks soma of the impressiveness it might have held a few weeks ago. Events have so moved in that realm of disorder that no longer does the Lenine-Trotzky element, by whatever of its several names it may be pre sented, carry any real weight. Even the Ger mans have discarded the soviet, the workman's council, the general assembly and similar groups as agencies for carrying out the kaiser's will, and are acting for themselves. This fact was made plain to the Allies, and with the additional need of some definite center for directing the activities of the forces of order, the landings at Vladivostok and on the Murman coast was made. Resistance is offered by the "Red Guard," a body of mercen aries in bolshevik .pay, who have seryed to ter rorize Russians rather than to secure their free dom. That is the situation today. Before the undertaking of the relief expeditions can be made effective leadership must be estab lished among the Russians themselves. It is cer tain that none who were at the head of the rev olution can meet this; Miliukoff and his asso ciates, Kerensky and his comrades, and Lenine and Trotzky and. their crew have been self-eliminated The individuals or group around whose personality the new Russia is to be built have not yet appeared. Somewhere among the "intelligentzia" are men of learning, experience, sound judgment and patriotism, to whom the people can turn in con fidence, and on whom the Allies can rely. These will be heard from when it becomes known that the "terror" has passed and that Russia's fight for very existence is to be supported from with out by the great democracies of the world. Treachery cannot always prevail, and the man who will revive life in Russia will soon appear. Omaha friends of Major General Grote Hutch eson know that a mighty good officer and gen tleman has won promotion. OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1918. It is Up to America to Win! "Th$ Sooner We Do It the Fewer of Us Will Die" Philadelphia Public Ledger. There can never be any dispute as to which of the allies won the war. They will each and all have won it. There is not one of the actively belligerent allies who could have been spared without at least risking the direst disaster. When it comes to the prin cipal powers on the allied side, the omission of any one of them would have precipitated certain and lasting disaster. Least of all can the United States the last of the great allied powers to enter the arena lay claim to any monopoly in war winning. France, Britain, Russia and Italy to say nothing of the smaller nations stopped the gap for virtually three years be fore we were minded and ready to strike a serious blow. Now that we have a clear vision of the situation and perceive the ap palling menace that hung over us, unrealized, from the moment that the bandit chiefs of Berlin decided that the time was ripe to set out upon their long-planned slave raid across the civilized world, we cannot find language to express our gratitude to the nations that held the pass while we were slowly awaken ing to our danger and arming for our de fense. Had France faltered, for Instance, nothing could have saved -us. Had Britain hesitated, Mitteleuropa would have been "Europa" by this time, and we should have lived and traded and prospered only as the kaiser permitted. We turn aside to say these things now, because we do not dare risk being misunder stood, as we heartily indorse the dictum of General March when he told the senate com mittee. "It is up to us to win the war, and we can win it" He was faced toward the fu ture when he said that not toward the past. Even then he does not mean that we can win the war alone. All the efforts of all our al lies will be needed to enable us to deliver that blow to the jaw which will bring the giant down. But what he does mean is that America is the only fresh fighting nation in the field that it is the only nation with plenty of unexploited resources and a vast reservoir of man-power that, therefore, America must furnish the force, military, financial and economic, which is to give the allies that last reserve which wins all battles and all wars. It should also be remembered that we are absolutely the last of the re serves. The first were the British, the sec ond the Italians, then ourselves. If we fail? It is just as well for our people to get this truth in their minds sooner instead of later. It is no question of our doing just enough to win the war. We must do all we can and as soon as we can. America is the "Blucher" of this Waterloo. Despotism and freedom are locked in a deadly conflict on a doubtful field, the advantage swaying now this way and now that But the American forces are marching in on the flank of tyranny's line of battle. Foch has already said to his men: "Up, Guards, and at 'em!" but not until Pershing's guns were plowing gaps in the enemy ranks. We shall not weigh the delicate ques tionundecided to this day even as to Wa terloowhether the new "Wellington" could have won without the new "Blucher." But it is perfectly evident that the new and the old Bluchers were needed at all events to do two things: to save life by a speedy victory and to make the victory complete, crushing and final. Waterloo might not have been decisive if Napoleon could have drawn his forces off, repulsed but not routed. Cer tainly this "Waterloo" will not be decisive if the kaiser can retire in good order, foiled this time, but strong enough to prepare an other tiger spring. The American people will save fcjndreds of thousands of American lives the lives of our boys, our bravest and best beloved if they take this war-winning business up in true American style and put it through with typical dash, team-work and nation-wide sys tem. We should fabricate victory as we "fabricate" ships. Every citizen should do his share of the task so well and so promptly that the sections can be assembled from a million sources and fitted together with that miraculous precision which is the miracle of Hog Island. We have been told plainly enough that it is our surplusage which must now fill up and bear down the allied end of the scale. Sev eral hints have come from British sources notably that last statement by Lord Milner that our British cousins have combed their industries for man-power quite up to, if not beyond, the safety line. Plucky, resilient, unconquerable France has borne the deadly drain of more than four years of devastating war in its busiest industrial districts, and it is impossible and would be monstrous to look to it for much more man-power or eco nomic sacrifice. Italy has had more than three years of it. We simply must adminis ter the coup de grace. That is our priceless privilege. Let us save our boys alive save the na tion from slow years of war-disorganization save France from further torture and all our allies fom bleeding to death by putting our whole power into a winning "punch" at the earliest possible moment. Thrills of Artillery Fliers Unsung Heroes Who Direct Big Guns to the Right Spot E. T. Brondson in Popular Mechanics. Every war story has its air ace or aces, every reader knows the names and achieve ments of his heroes, and can tell tales of their accomplishments that make the jousts of Arthur's knights pale in comparison. There is no wish in any quarter to detract from the glory of the aces. May some greater Mallory or Tennyson chronicle their exploits in full word color I The regrettable part con nected with giving the aces their full due is that their spectacular splendor obscures our judgment in respect to other branches of the service branches in which death is even less easily balked, though there is nothing what ever of grandstand nature in the work. Who, for instance, knows the name of one Introducing General Liggett Relatively few Americans ever heard of General Hunter Liggett, or remembered ever hearing of him, until his name suddenly loomed big in the news a few days ago- as the commander of our first army corps or ganized in France a force of six divisions, or about 220,000 men. The ' army knows General Liggett, if the public does not, and with its great respect for him it has the phrase, "Liggett luck" not to belittle his achievements, but to indicate faith that he will always "get there" in the future as in the past. When he was Major Liggett he was in command of a battalion that a leaky old transport carried, or tried to carry, to the Philippines. "When the ship was all but sink ing help reached it and saved those on board. An eyewitness tells how the soldiers, "waist deep in the water of the hold, were pumping and bailing for dear life, and right in the midst of them, giving firm, determined aid as well as direction, stood a tall, power ful man, with the jaw of a snapping turtle and the obvious disposition of one who would not unduly hurry if he was about to catch the last train for heaven." That officer was Majcr Liggett, and he won promotion for his work in the next two years among the Moros. Then he played the game of war at the war college in Washington, and became the president of that institution working be hind the scenes, but doing a work that counts much now. In 1913 the country had a glimpse of him while he had charge of the camp of the veterans of north and south at Gettysburg a most favorable glimpse. A little later he took charge of things on the Texas border, when Admiral Fletcher went to Vera Cruz, and from there to San Francisco, at the head of the Western de partment. He was a brigadier general when the call to France came, the call that has now made him rank next to General Pershing there. General Liggett is a Pennsylvanian, a West Pointer, in the class of 79, and is 61 years old. fie is described by an army asso ciate as "a soldier of the type found in the fiction of knighthood days, gentle and with rare graces, and yet one of the toughest propositions in the field that the country has ever known." Boston Herald. artillery flier? Who, in the lay public, has read even a terse description of his work? It is probable that few can answer in the affirmative, for this airman is a member of no "flying circus." He never seeks out duels among the tufts of cirrus cloud; indeed, he engages in actual combat rarely, and then always against his will. Most of his flights are limited to 20 minutes' length, and are made at a height of from 200 to 3,000 feet from the ground. He has definite business to perform in this limited space of time, and he is compelled to ignore enemy fliers, no matter what they may do to him. True, he does carry one machine gun, but this is for use only when Fritz's air craft seem about to prevent him from carrying out his pur pose. Attached to one of the mortar batteries was the artillery flier Lieuteant C. With his observer, his map and his orders he took flight in a heavy Caudron plane. The whole program had been set forth in C's orders. The five ISO's would fire in turn, each dropping three projectiles on the target during each turn. C.'s observer must send constant wireless messages to correct the fire of each gun. Ideally that is, if there had been no Germans in the vicinity it would have taken only from one to three cor rections for each gun. The Germans knew well the weakness of this system, however. An air craft possesses only very weak wireless and the powerful land machines are able to drown out all mes sages sent, once they tune up to the same wave length. C.'s observer was able to get only the first message through on the 200 meter wave-length tuning of his apparatus when a multitude of crashing sparks in his aerials told him that the Germans had caught him. There remained only one thing to do. Swinging about, the Caudron put back in the western curve of the figure 8. Dropping to a height of 300 feet, it swept over the firing battery. C.'s observer scribbled the correc tion messages on a slip of paper .inserted them in a signal arrow and dropped it. Just as the two started back with a sec ond correction for gun No. 1, which had de viated 30 yards too far toward 3 o'clock, the Caudron was bumped from below by the un mistakable explosion of an "H. E." The Germans, seeing that the machine was in distress, trained several of the anti aircraft guns on Ca plane. As he wabbled away a bullet cut through the flesh on his thigh, others riddled the gasoline tank, while one vicious burst tore away part of one pro peller blade. The engine stopped, and with out sufficient height or headway to coast back to his batter, C. brought his plane to earth on top of an allied barbed-wire gate which protected one of the passages leading from the support to the reserve trench. One by one, as planes are put out of ac tion, other Caudrons take their place, con trolling the fire until the batteries of the Huns that have been marked out are unmis takably silenced. One Year Ago Today In the War. French enlarged Verdun gains by capture bf Mill 104. I General Petaln praised the Lafay- ette squadron lor Ua spirit ot eelf ' sacrifice. The shipping1 board aakafl (or ; $1,345,000,000 In addition to the f money already appropriated. The Day We Celebrate. Frederick Conn, rabbi of Temple 1 Israel, born 1873. f J. W. Dillon, member of tha Omaha ? police department born 1884. liear Admiral John C. Watson, U. J 8. N., retired, born at Frankfort, Ky., 76 yeara ago. This Day In History. . 1759 William Wllberforce, who led the movement for the abolition of slavery in the British dominions, born at Hull, England. Died In London July 29, 1833. ' 1811 Switzerland furnished 8,000 soldiers in aid of France 1914 Bombardment of Teingtau by the Japanese. 1814 Battle of Bladensburg and capture of the city of Washington by the British. 1848 The ship Ocean Monarch of Boston burned near Liverpool, with a loss of 170 lives. 1862 General Bragg, wKh an army of 50,000 men, advanced for the in vasion of Kentucky. 1915 London reported a successful landing of allied troops at Suvla Bay. r 1 , ' ' - , t J ust 30 Years Ago Today A marirage license was granted to John H. Tlbke and Miss Lizzie Styer. The court docket for next term has 1,589 cases. Nebraska City will celebrate the opening of the new steel bridge across the Missouri and has invited the Omaha Board of Trade to take part. Max Meyer left to attend the deep water convention at Denver as a dele gate from Omaha. John Boyd, one of Omaha's delegates, is already in Denver and O. M. Nattlnger will leave In a day or two. The Baum Iron company filed arti cles of incorporation with the county clerk. The object of the corporation is the handling of heavy jron and hardware. Their capital stock Is $100,000 and the incorporators are Daniel. James E. and David Baum. Sidelights on the War The parts of a biplane total 20,000, while in a hydroplane there are over 44,000. The United States Is estimated to have spent over $150,000,000 in the rehabilitation of the Frcinch railways. The present shortage in paper is not without a parallel in history. Ac cording to historians, "it was decreed In the reign of Tiberius, because of the scarcity of papyrus, a commission of senators should be appointed to control its distribution, otherwise all civilized life was in disorder." Before the Franco-Prussian war the town of Mulhausen, in Alsace, pos sessed a remarkable statue of the Em. peror Napoleon, and such were the popular demonstrations in front of this memorial that the Germans or dered its removal. It was relegated, therefore, to an obscure courtyard and forgotten until a few years ago, when a patriot rescued it and had it renovated and erected In his own grounds, pending the day when it should be restored to its original site. "Nicknames are not manufactured," says Stars and Stripes, published by the American forces in France. "When they are the 'nick' doesn't stick. Ten thousand of the world's greatest thinkers working 1ft hnnrs a day for 10 years couldn't plaster a1 nicKname on the American army that would stick 10 minutes. For the American army has already received its nickname over here that nothing can shake loose. That nickname is Yanks. Nothing more, nothing less, nothing else." Editorial Shrapnel Minneapolis Tribune: "Beyond the Alps lies Italy," but beyond the clouds lies victory. Speed up the war In the air. Washington Post: Rumors of U boats in the Atlantic are offset by the knowledge concerning the increasing number that will Btay there perma nently. Louisville Courier-Journal: As a war revenue raiser a tax is to be laid upon near beer. If It were only any where near beer many patriots In dry territory would be glad to help raise that war revenue. Baltimore American: The Ger man press has discovered that the Brest treaty is not worth the bones of a single German soldier. That Is because it has been reduced to a scrap of paper by the Russians. New York World: The opening of recruiting offices In Jerusalem and Jaffa for the enlistment of the Jews of Palestine to reinforce the Jewish battalions from England has been "marked by great enthusiasm." Is Palestine to be finally put on the map again as a nation? Brooklyn Eacle: General March says that 4,000,000 American soldiers in France by next June will enable the allies to break the German line at will. And when the line is once broken we do not want It to come to gether again. Divide and conquer was an old Roman motto that Napol eon borrowed, and one in which Foch and all good strategists still believe. Twice Told Tales Taken at His Word. It Is a common thing to encounter clerks and secretaries who are more important than their bosses, typified in the age-old story of the woman who asked, "Who Is that gorgeously unfformed man over there?" and was answered "that is the general's secre tary." "And who Is the plain little man?" "The general." was the reply. And now comes Champ Clark with a modern version In the person of a congressman's secretary gifted with extremely supercilious manners. Once when a visitor ventured a protest and tried to put him in his proper place the secretary drew himself up and said, "I want you to understand that I'm the big gun around here." "In th .t case, I'll discharge you," cut in the congressman, who chanced to come at the opportune moment Washington Post Right Out Loud. The master shipbuilder, Charles M. Schwab, was discussing the trend of the times with a friend, who re marked: "Do you follow the food regula tion, Charlie, or are they meant for only the little fellow?" Schwab laughed. To tell the truth." ha said, "the food savings policy has been a great thing for me. Now I can go Into a restaurant and order corned beef and cabbage and boiled potatoes right out loud and nobody 'hinks anything of it" Pittsburgh Post How to Honor Heroes. Chllllcothe. O., Aug. 17. To the Editor of The Bee: I have been thinking today how Omaha, could fitly honor our boys who are giving their all "to make whole damn world democratic party." Or, rather, would It not be best for Douglas county to undertake this scheme? My idea is this: Let the county select some one of the highways leading from the city, say Center, Dodge or Military avenue. Change its name to "Avenue of the Allies" or "Allied Boulevard," or some such fitting name. Then for every boy who has entered the active service for Uncle Sam let an elm or some other thrifty, long lived tree be planted on either side of the avenue. A tablet with his name upon it could be placed either on the tree or near to it If he falls in the service there should be a special tablet to commemorate that fact. By that means Douglas county would not only be doing a fit service to the memory of our splendid fel lows, but it would stimulate the pa triotic sentiment In adidtion to this, we would be building an embowered highway, whese arching branches would eventually meet overhead in token of the embrace of human broth erhood, which America today so well typifies. L. J. QUINBY. At the Grand Army Gathering. Portland, Ore., Aug. 19. To the Editor of The Bee: This is the first national encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, that I have attended. There is a large number of the old veterans here, almost every state be ing represented. I am surprised to find so many who are up on their pins, as the saying goes, physically, while mentally they are as bright as a dollar and up to the minute on all of the great ques tions of the hour. Many of them are wearing service pins, with one, two or three stars. The good people of Portland have opened their homes and are giving the visitors a right royal welcome. The official train of Nebraska delegation did not arrive till 6 o'clock Monday evening, being 24 hours late owing to a wreck on the road. I met Col. John Keith, who came in with the California delegates. He is an old resident of Omaha, but at present is residing at Hollywood, near Ijos Angeles. Captain Adams of Omaha is a can didate for national commander and it looks like he will be elected by accla mation. Portland has Improved wonderfully since my visit here 25 years ago. In a ride over the city I am reminded many times of Omaha by the large number of service flags In the win dows showing that homes are being kept, and their boys are in France or on the way. Uncle Sam is disbursing millions for the construction of ships in all the coast cities. Not scores, but hundreds, are being built There is a large training camp at Vancouver, 12 miles distant on the Washington side of the Columbia river, where thousands of our boys are in training. EDWIN M. SEARLE. Weakness In Primary Law. Elba, Neb., Aug. 22 To the Editor of The Bee: The recent primary elec tion illustrates the necessity for an amendment of the primary law, and the next legislature should give it at tention. Upon the issue of the selection of a United States senator by the repub lican party one issue was paramount. That issue was whether or not the record of George W. Norris should be endured. His record was condemned by more than two-thirds of the re publican party, but owing to the un fortunate division of votes he was nominated as a hopeless minority candidate. In this community every pro-German Vote was cast for him. Many democrats left their party evi dently to vote for Norris. The votes in such counties as Hall and Merrick show that this was quite general. With this solid vote he secured an endorse ment of less than one-third of the party. The law should be amended so that no person could become the nominee unless he received a majority of the votes cast on that office. In case of a failure so to do, another primary should be held with the minority can didates eliminated. In this manner a condition such as confronts us now would not exist A man whose record has been condemned by more than two-thirds of his party would not be selected as the candidate of the party. JAMES WOLFE. TART TRIFLES. "Did you aver have th feellns that you have met a person before and perhapi had un unpleaaant experience In the dim paat?" "I often have that feeling in hiring a eook." Kansas City Journal. The lady applicant for a government po sition hesitated so long over her first ques tion that the gentleman in charge looked over her shoulder to see what the first Question on the paper might be. It was: "How old are you?'' Pittsburgh Post Boarder Didn't you tell ma yon aould sleep under blankets at night In this place? Owner So you can when it's cold enough. San Francisco Chronicle. "Edward, what do I hear, that you have disobeyed your grandmother, who told you Just now not to Jump down these steps?" "Grandma didn't tell me not to, papa; she only came to the door and said: 'I wouldn't Jump down those steps, boye, and I shouldn't think she would an old lady like her." Stray Stories. Mother Tommy Tucker Is the worst boy In school. Sammy, and I want you to keep Just as far away from blm as you possibly can. Sammy I do, ma. He stays" at the head of the class most all the Ume. London Answers. "Now, gentlemen of the Jury," began th old lawyer. Hearing a cough from his partner, ha stopped abruptly. "I beg pardon Now, ladles and gentle men of the Jury." New York Globe. "Twice Smith refused a drink on con scientious grounds." "Then the third objection ought to Bar persuaded him to take It." "How so?" "Don't three scruples make a dram? Baltimore American. "Jubbs certainly Is an optimist" "What makes you think so?" When I condoled with him on his slim prospect of getting winter coal he said h still could be glad he didn't have to worry about going without summer Ice." Detroit Free Press. ANCESTRAL PRIDE. Green married the Wldder Brown one day When the checker players were all away. And he didn't have nothln' else to do But marry her, as he promised to: And he says to her: "Wldder, you'll shar my Joys And sorrera, I reckon, but them three boys Is your"n, by gracious I make no claim To them, I tell ye! They got your nam; I'm marryln' you. Jlat you. I be; I ain't a-weddln' no family." Well, Green he married the Wldder Browa, And she had a farm right clost to town; When his health was good he'd work a spell. But he warn't often a-feelln' well. So she run It mostly, with Tom and Jo And Bill they handled the rake and hoa And plow and harrer and milked the cows. While Green, he traveled between the housa And the grocery store where he played and spent Consid'able unearned Increment Well, them Brown boys grew and grew and grew. Nineteen and twenty and twenty-two. But all of 'em Browns, not Greens, you know, 'Cus Green, he took pains to tell 'em ao; Then the war come and on they went, all three. Right outen the Wldder's family; They wasn't backward or slow or skeered, Jist kissed the VVidder and volunteered. And Green come back from checkers and town And nobody home but the Wldder Brown. Well, w had a meetln' the follerln' day, With a speaker to apeak and a band to piy. And flags a-flyln' and bunttn' too. And everybody a feller knew Was right on deck, and we built a stand Fer the speaker and parents and choir and band; And Green druv In with the Wldder Brown Now Green, of course druv In to town And hitched his hosses aud arched his neck And marched right up on the stand, by heck. And he shook the speaker right by the hand, ; And nodded acrost at the cornet band, And smiled at thi choir with his cheat a-swell And a 3-star button in his lapel; "Our boys Is gone," he says; "our three Tuo right blame outen our family!" And all of us fellers gasped a spell; And old Jerry Hawkins, he Fays: ''Oh, hell." But there was Green, with his chest a-swell. 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