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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.
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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.
And them three stars In his coat lapel.
J. W. Foley In Saturday Evening Post
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