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"Bingo" Byng keeps right on banging.
"T. R.V utterance still is cle.ir and resonant
f-n ihe war issue.
The boys in blue and the boys in gray are
proud of the boys in khaki.
' If there is anything else Willie McAdoo
wants, he should lt his wishes be known.
' Ak-Sar-Ben without the ball will be a nov
elty, but anything can be looked for in war time.
Why not appoint a mediator to adjust the is
sue between Secretary. McAdoo and Chairman
Kitchin?
Captured German letters may of may not be
genuine, but most of them read as though in-.
tended for propaganda.
It's only the lull before the big drive in the
political campaign which will be fully under way
in four or five weeks,' if not sooner.
, Now that our muny water works is furnish
; ing frozen fluid, the next innovation may be to
supply it also ready-heated for the hot water
faucet "
f Lincoln is fronting an announcement of a good,
stiff increase m electric lighting and current rates.
That V something Omaha so far has fortunately
escaped. ' ' : '
The danger it that running for governor may
become as much of a habit with "Brother Char
ley" as did running for president with
."William J."' ' i" - " '
Of the making of books in America there rmay
' be an'end, until after, the war, according tothe
War, boar'l, decision. This action may help
folks tcget caught up with the authors.
' ' .A fine lineup bf autoists ' continues to say
i "good morning, judge," each , day in Omaha.
' Some day these lolks will get to understand the
iramc laws ana, Keep out 01 court, n is tucapcr
f,
and safer. - J f
The peculiar Michigan "primary law would
meet the requirements of some Nebraska poli
ticians' who are now compelled to go out and' se
cure camouflage indorsements , in , order to run
as candidates for more than one party,
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One of. Adam Smith's fundamental maxims of
taxation is that as every tax must be paid out of
' revenue, it should be so levied and so collected
as to interfere as little as possible with the con
tinuance of production. ' Congress should be
gently reminded that principle holds as good to
day as it did when formulated by the father of
political economy. I
. t An Incident of Warfare. f
A misfortune, deplorable, but apparently un
avoidable, has just overtaken a crew on board a
submarine chaser. Mistaken by an armed mer
chantman for a submarine, the little vessel was
quickly shelled and sunk, with the loss of most
of them on board. The incident will empha-
size the difficulties that attend navigation in Var
times. Submarines have operated off our home
coasts sufficiently to. fairly. bring them within
the' war zones. Accordingly the vigilance of all
mariners has been increased and especially after
nightfall Is it keen and incessant Vessels move
about wifhout the lights that ordinarily distin
guish them because 'any of the usual signals is
an invitation to attack from a submarine. A
: sense of insecurity, "born of this condition, is the
chiefest oft Germiij COnlnbutions to the life of
sea-faring jnen. The ultimate victory over the
Hun will again make the seas bf the world safe
for all who wish to use them, but until that is
achieved navigation of the Atlantic must be car
ried on with due regard to the possible presence
of a U-boat, and defensive action taken accord-
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CONSERVING COMMERCIAL CREDIT.
The timely action of the Federal Reserve
Board, recommending to the regional banks a
conservation of commercial credit, should have
a steadying effect on business of the country.
Some apprehension has been felt because of a
speculative mood that has developed rapidly with
the present summer. As the military situation in
Europe has improved, and the general conditions
at home have shown a more favorable aspect, a
tendency to venture into new and uncertain
fields of enterprise has taken hold of Americans,
who have sought to capitalize war prosperity in
anticipation of the future. That a grave danger
lies in this direction is apparent, and established
business has felt the unfavorable influence of the
movement, which has been the more menacing
because of its insidious nature. That' the federal
board has found it desirable to warn against any
extension of commercial or industrial undertak
ing not directly connected with or essential to the
winning of the war should be sufficient warning
to business men and investors of the need for
conservative action. The impending fourth Lib
erty loan will provide a splendid investment for
any idle money, while reasonable conservation of
credit will make the more certain that it will be
promptly taken up. And no borrower should
have preference over Uncle Sam.
Germans Cling to Hope of Victory.
Americans should not permit themselves to be
deluded by reports that the morale of the Ger
man people is breaking down. Flenty of proof
is at hand that the contrary is trueL and that a
considerable part of the leaders there yet de
cline to accept anything short of victory. ' This
feeling is not exclusive to the army, but per
vades civil life in all its walks. While the news
papers of Ge'rmany generally are under control
of the government, carefully keeping their ut
terances attuned to the official note, even those
whose independence has brought them into con
tact with the authorities at various times, such
as ;,Vorwaerts, steadfastly contend for Teutonic
supremacy. One of the latest exhibitions of this
is the demand from George Gerhardt that the
treaty of Brest-Litovsk be extended to include
Siberia, or, as he phrases it, the "Asiatic bloc
attached to Russia." That such a proposal
should be seriously made in face of military re
verses strikes outsiders as evidence of the fatu
ous nature of German thought, but it must also
be accepted as evidence that the German mind
clings tenaciously to the hope of victory. The
kaiser's people are not yet ready to admit even
the possibility of defeat, and the utmost they
will concede is a compromise in which their in
terests shall be uppermost. Letters captured on
the battle-1 field may breathe despair, but that
spirit has not sufficiently permeated the Hunnish
nation to appreciably affect its determination to
persist in war. .
Americans Are Nationalists.
The commanding thought oi Colonel Roose
velt's speech at Springfield, 111., is that Americans
are nationalists, that we have national aspira
tions and a national destiny. What we ask for
ourselves we are willing to give others, because
we are anxious to help other nations, and to live
in amity with all. But we are not to be caught
up and immersed in the jellyfish envelope of
"internationalism." : Our characteristics are too
clearly marked and our national aspect too well
developed to permit this. In order to preserve
the" things that are distinctly ' American, and
worthy of preservation, it is not necessary to
withhold ourselves from altruistic effort or ethical
advance. America is not a hermit nation. Our
communication with the world is full and frank,
and we give and receive and grow because of our
liberal interchange of thought and experience.
But. through it all we have maintained those pe
culiar ways of life, of institutions and of aims
that have distinguished us as a people from the
first. One of these peculiarities is a patient tol
erance of visitors who come to our shores with
visions or vagaries, not the least of whrch is the
"international." We are probably destined to
hear a great deal from him within the immediate
future, but no fear as to an abandonment of the
national quality of Americanism need be appre
hended on this account The "common sense of
most" still will prevail. 1 '
Schweiger, who sunk the Lusitania, is, now
said to be captive to the French navy, having
been taken with 75 of his pals when a big subma
rine was destroyed! in the Adriatic. If it really
be ,him, the courts piay have a chance to deter
mine if the wholesale murder he committed was
an act of war or a gross crime against all law.
German depots back of the line are now get
ting much needed attention from the Allies, and
the results are telling on the foe. The Hun is
having a hard time to find a hole deep enough to
hide in and be safe.
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A New Jersey candidate for congress is said
to be on the ballot for a similar position in Illi
nois, after trying it in Nebraska. That man is
entitled to something.
Economy is the watohword now, according to
Herbert Hoover. That does not sound so sweet
as conservation, perhaps, but it is a good slogan.
General Pershing On the Job
"Black Jack's" Capacity for Work and Talent as a Listener
"Here we are in a bjg machine, and there
goes the commander-in-chief of the American
army, walking along in the rain, talking to a
private."
1 looked up quickly in time to see the
tall, soldierly figure of General John J. Persh
ing as he passed our car, listening with such
absorbed attention to what the private was
saying that he was utterly oblivious to the
barrage of salutes from all sides. The pri
vate was doing all the talking, and General
Pershing, as usual, was listening. It was
very evident that this private had some im
portant information to divulge, and Pershing
was absorbing it as the sand absorbs the
eager sea.
It was one of those "misty, moisty morn
ings" that one encounters so frequently in
France, and the scene was the general head
quarters of the A. E. F., usually referred to
in letters, telegrams and conversation by the
doughboys as the G. H. Q. The place was a
small French town not far from the Amer
ican front, where the big boss of the A. E. F.
was billeted in a romantic-looking old French
chateau within close touch of G. H. Q. In
the middle of the road, as far as the eye could
reach, were khaki-clad American boys toiling
like Italian laborers in an effort to mend this
road and put it into better shape for the
never-ceasing flow of traffic that daily swept
past G. H. Q.
These toiling doughboys would straighten
up as General Pershing passed them, stand
rigidly erect and salute their commander with
military precision. He was by this tirfre
aware of the fact that the barrage of salutes
had completely inclosed him, for his hand
kept going up to his cap with the automatic
precision of an automaton. Life to General
Pershing that morning was just one darned
salute after another.
Somehow the work progressed faster and
more efficiently after Pershing had passed.
His personality had left something electric
in the atmosphere that lingered there and in
spired the workers to do their best This is
a little way that Pershing has. It is entirely
unconscious. He doesn't strive to impress
his personality upon anyone, and there is
surely no one in France who would assert
that the American commander possesses that
quality which we define as "personal magnet
ism." He hasn't a bit of that In fact, a
certain detaohed aloofness always accompan
ies him. I can't imagine anyone going up ta
"Black Tack" Pershing and slapping him on
the back. But, nevertheless, his personality
is a strong force in the American army, and
it is a force that encourages efficiency and
hard work. Pershing is just what he should
be. He is the big boss of the A. E. F. As
a speeder-up of men he has no equal in
France.
The sky-looking young Americana who
first set foot upon French soil were indeed
the pick of our finest manhood. Clean
limbed and athletic, fired with patriotic zeal
to help the hard-fighting Frenchmen who had
been defying the kaiser's hordes for so
many years, the newest allies in the cause of
world democracy were eagerly anxious to
demonstrate their mettle in a bout with the
Hun. Like Tob's charger, they had scented
the battle afar off, and the odor of it was
pleasing in their nostrils. Their intensive
training in America had revealed much to
them. They knew the things that the Hun
knew and feared them not. A large propor
tion of them came of American pioneer stock
and their forebears had outfought the Indian
on his own camping ground. They were
confident of taking every new trick that the
boche had in his bag and ultimately using it
against him.
It was this sort of men that General
Pershing was bossing in France, and it was
his job to turn our magnificent fighting ma
terial into a battling machine . that would
beat back the boche with irresistible blows.
The big boss had not been in Frapce a week
before he was on the job seeing ' things,
planning things, doing things. From the
time of his arrival things began to-happen
of big import to America. We .were no
longer in the position of an innocent by
stander, likely to be struck at any moment
by that big bully, Germany. No, we were
actively in the fight at last, and, God willing,
the big bully was in for a pair of black eyes
from lusty American fists that would serve
merely as a reminder of the more smashing
defeat that was inevitably to come to "this
intolerable thing" that had ruthlessly sacri
ficed honor, decency and self-respect in a
nightmare scramble for power.
It was characteristic of General Persh
ing's personality that he was listening with
both ears and all of his pores open to what
that private was telling him, on the misty
morning that I first beheld him in action.
Listening is a favorite "stunt" with Pershing
if such a word as "stunt" be not too undig
nified to apply to the commander-in-chief.
Wherever he is, or with whomever, he is, it
is ,the other man that does most of the talk
ing. The consensus of opinion among army
men is that Pershing is the most loquacious
man with his ears in the world. He parts
with words like a man sending a telegram.
All of his conversation is telegraphically
brief and straight to the point The old
adage, "Don't use two words if one will do,"
seems to be his maxim in life.
General Pershing parts with words so
grudgingly, in fact, that it is like work for
him to make a speech in public, when he
knows that he is expected to say more than
10 words. When he made a speech in 'the
Picpus cemetery in Paris on the Fourth of
July, 1917, it wasn't really a speech at all. It
was a verbal telegram.
"I hone, and I would like to say it, that
here on the soil of France and in the school
of the French heroes, our American soldiers
may learn to battle and to vanquish for the
liberty of the world."
That's all there was there wasn't any
more.
Standing before the tomb of the great
Lafayette in this same cemetery, General
Pershing said: "Lafayette, we're herel"
Could an entire volume have said more
than that?
Edwin C. Ranck in New York Tunes.
"I congratulate you; I envy you," he said
diffidently to a wounded doughboy in a base
hospital one of the first Americans to suffer
for world freedom on French soil. But what
fulsome compliment could have pleased that
doughboy more than to hear the big boss of
the A. E. F. say he envied him a doughboy?
On another occasion, after having be
stowed the Distinguished Service cross upon
Sergeant Peterson, an American soldier who
was mortally wounded after unusual gallan
try in action. General Pershing wrote this
telegraphic praise:
"Request you express my personal sym
pathy to nearest living relatives of Sergeant
Peterson. After being mortally wounded
srr9nr Ptrsmi ffavr detailed instructions
to the wounded and gave first gas test, in
order to save the lives ot tne men aooui mm.
He was a gallant soldier, and I have awarded
him a Distinguished Service Cross. Persh-
n8- " ...
His very name is as laconic as his woras,
and there is a certain connotation in the
mnH rViaf i militarv fffififnrv itself. And
when he says what he has to say he quits
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wnicn is someining xnai many ouicr ycuyic
would do well to emulate. Even when
Prctiinor terrifieH America hv nrofferinST
all of our resources on foreign soil to the
r-rench government, mere was notning mel
odramatic in the way he did it In the course
of a meeting held at the front on March 29,
1918, which was attended by General retain,
Premier Plemenrean and f. T.oiirheur. Gen
eral Pershing went up to General Foch and
said, simply and unostentatiously:
"I have come to tell you that the Amer
ican people would consider it a great honor
for our troops to be engaged in the present
battle; I ask you for this in their name and
my own.
"Infantry, artillery, aviation, all tnat we
have, is yours; use it as you wish. More will
come, in numbers equal to requirements.
"I have come especially to tell you that
the American people will be proud to take
part in the greatest and finest battle of his-
torv."
There is no man in the A. E. F. who
nrnrtra half a hard a Persbinff. His caoa-
city for continuous, persistent effort seems
exhaustible. That is why he often appears
in the capacity of a slave-driver to some of
his subordinates. Being able to accompnsn
so much himself, he cannot understand whv
ntfier men rannnt "stand the caff." An old
negro "mammy" once said about Taft when
he was president of the United Mates tnat
"he looks like a man who is regular at his
meals." Pershing looks like a man who is
regular at his work.
"Yon Pershing has a lean and hungry
look," said a Shakespearean doughboy, look
in nr. frnm tii road-menHinor work to fol
low the commander-in-chief with his eyes.i
1 a . .1 ' it
"Yes, but he gets tnere just tne same,
replied a comrade, who didn't know Shakes
peare from sciatica.
Swollen Food Prices
The tremendous increase in the cost of
the necessities of life is corroborated by
statistics collected by the bureau of markets
of the Department of Agriculture. Every
householder knows the cost of living is much
higher than it was, though few realize that
since June, 1913, food prices in the United
States have advanced 66 per cent Yet the
figures published by the Department of Ag
riculture show that this is true, and that
durinar the vear ended Tune IS last there was
an average advance of 7 per cent in 28 arti
cles of food listed, in this list ot a arncies
the greatest advance noted was 28 per cent
in round steak.
During the five-year period mentioned the
cost of milk has increased 44 per cent, butter
45 per cent and eggs 55 per centThese are
three staples which may be classed as abso
lute necessities in every household, and the
steady advances, they have made in price in
dicate the burden which has grown increas
ingly heavier upon the people.
An intimation has been given that Mr.
Hoover, the food administrator, proposes to
devote more of his attention to retail prices;
that the abundant crops of the current year
having assured a plentiful food supply for
the United States and its allies, the food ad
ministration intends to protect the American
people from food profiteers. Efforts along
this line will be welcomed by the public. The
people are ready to assume any burdens
which the war makes necessary, but they are
decidedly unwilling to be the victims of un
scrupulous dealers who adhere to the obso
lete policy of charging all the traffic will bear.
Washington Post.
People and Events
Relievlnc Uncle Sam. as a railroad man
ager, is an easy one, the manager of a
"fenre" in Terev f!itv worked un considera
ble business buying silks and other goods
- m m . Aan .
stolen trom treignt cars, a w-ryear sentence
with a $5,000 fine tacked on for good measure
giye the profiteer ample time to think over
another guess.
Puck is no more, ah tnat was leu 01
it reposes in New York's newspaper grave
yard. In the last quarter of the nineteenth
century Puck shone resplendent and wield
ed considerable influence. Those were the
days of the colored cartoon, when the pens
of Gillam, Keppler and Bunner overflowed
with wit and vigor in picture and prose.
With these high lights gone, Puck waned.
The Sunday colored supplement did the rest.
George Graham Rice, the later-day Wal
lingford in the toils of New York, -had a
valet on his payroll at $250 per week. Come
easy, go easy. Imagine, fellow workers, the
pained feelings of that valet when he goes
against a lean pay envelope on a Saturday
night And nothing to drink but waterl
The Plane News halts a drive at the fly
ing front long enough to remark that service
with the colors ortcrs rare inducements to
the baldheaded man. He may salute with
out uncovering the bare spot.
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One Tear Ago Today la the War.
Ueavy rains halted action on west
ern front ; . . , , .' f- .
' Austrian civilians were ordered to
leave Trieste.
President WUion's rejection ot Pope
Benedict' peace plea waa made pub-
Tbe Day We Celebrate,
iCharlee & Elgutter, attorney-at-law,
born 1861.
Frank B. Johnson, head ef the
1 0maha Printing company, born 1860.
John W. Towle, civil engineer and
contractor, born 1871.
Charles 8. Whitman, who aspires to
a third term aa governor of . New
York, bora at Norwich, Conn., 60
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Bellamy Storer, former United
, States ambassador to Austria-Hun
gary, born at Cincinnati 71 years ago.
This Day In History.
1T74 Elizabeth Ann Seton. foun
dress and first superior of the Sisters
of Chanty in the united States, born
ia New York. Died at Emmlttsburg,
31a January. 4, iszi.
1(31 Lucy Webb Hayes, wife of
' the nineteenth president - born at
I Chlllicothe, O. '. Died at Fremont O.,
June za, 1889. " .
IH4 Five German warships sunk
- oy tne tsruisn on Heligoland. .
JSli Ambaaador von Bernstorft
promised full satisfaction for sinking
Just SO Years Ago Today
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed with the county clerk of the Con
gregational synagogue. The officers
are: President M. Hornlck; vice
president, A. Monsky; secretary, J.
Demartsky: trustees, J.. Bernstein, T.
Talmud and M. Talmud.
A delegation of Omaha Odd Fellows
left for Los Angeles to attend the
grand encampment of that order to
b held at that place.
Ted D. Marks, business manager of
the Rice's Corsair and Evangeline
burlesque companies, ia In the city
maKing arrangements 1 ror the pro
ductlon of piece at the Grand.
The Union Pacific will commence to
run trains of 20 coaches to within one
block of the "Siege of Sebastopol" and
the fair in a few days.
rne Florence , election lor mayor
Sidelights on the War
The annual value of war pensions
granted in New Zealand Is 1,364,143.
It is expected to exceed 2,000,000 by
the end of the year.
"The steel bath exerts its effects on
everyone and splashes over the home
of the proletariat as well as over the
playroom In the family of tne count
concludes the Berlin publication.
Softool children In Munich recently
were employed stripping the trees and
bushes in the public parks in order
that the leaves might be converted
into a substitute for hay, of which
there is almost a total lack.
A rlrhlv Illuminated aridrsM nlamnil
by nearly 600 professors of law In
France, England, Belgium, Italy, Ser
bia, Roumania, Portugal, Japan and
Russia has been handed to the Amer
ican ambassador in Paris , for trans
mission to President Wilson.
In view of the' cost of travel there,
little chance of profitably patronizing
cut-rate barbers on the fighting frond.
Plane News, published by American
aviators in France, quotes shaves at
10 cents; hair cuts, 15 cents; hairL
tonics, zu cents; racial massage, &u
cents. Tips positively forbidden.
At' a critical moment in the recent
great battle along the Marne General
retain saved the situation by . dls
patching every available aeroplane on
nis rront to attack and disperse a
great hostile concentration which was
preparing behind the German lines.
The classic and brilliantly successful
stroke set the seal on a new role of
usefulness for the aeroplane that of
a purely offensive weapon.
Right to the' Point !
Mlnneannllii Tribune: "Down on
your knees," says Maximilian Harden
to the German people, uenerai x ocn
will be saying the same thing in a
few months.
Baltimore American: They are
paying $300 for suits in Vienna and
$60 for shoes, with the winter coming
on. That ultimatum to Serbia is com
ing very high.
Philadelphia Ledger: If the ftaiser
thinks that he can use the Free Ma
sons of Germany to promote a peace
drive among their brethren In the al
lied nations he is reckoning without
his host '
Washington Post: Some of the
civilian boches in the hinterland of
Hungerland have heard of the threat
of forcible feeding of suffs in Wash
ington and are wondering how they
can swim to this happy land.
New York World: German opinion
which objects to the use of shotguns
as violating the" rules of war will no
doubt indorse the attempts to drug
American soldiers In camp as m Keep
ing with the most honorable tradi
tions of warfare.
New York Herald: "How can you
unscramble an egg?" The question
asked by the late J. P. Morgan apro
pos of the great steel merger is being
recalled with some uneasiness apropos
of the proposal to merge all the tele
phone companies with the Bell sys
tem under government control. The
chance of these properties being re
stored to their owners after the war Is
very slender.
Twice Told Tales
Seven Miles Away.
An American colonel, newly arrived
In France, on his first tour of inspec
tion, approached a sentinel squatting
behind a hedge and started to ques
tion him. The Yankee shot back a
reply in husky whisper. Immedi
ately the colonel flattened "out on the
ground with more haste than dignity.
After exchanging a few breathless
whispers with the sentinel, the col
onel whispered:
"How far are the Huns from here?"
"About seven miles," the sentinel
whispered back.
"Then why the are you whis
pering?" the officer stormed.
"Been like this for weegs; godda
heluva gold," replied the soldier, wip
ing his nose. Stars and Stripes.
Allied Base Ball.
The more things the draft officials
do to base ball here the better it flour
shes in London, according to Richard
Hatteras of that thriving community.
Mr. Hatteras says the game Is getting
a firm hold on every nationality In the
British capital.
"Why, recently." quoth he. "1 saw
a game In which East Indians were
playing. One of these approcahed the
plate at a crucial moment and cried
aloud:
"Allah, give thou me strength to
nake a hit
"He struck out
I "The next man up waa an Irishman.
He spat on the plate, made faces at
the pitcher and yelled:
"You know me, AU He made a
home run." New York Tribune.
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Better Pay for City Guardians.
Omaha, Aug. 26. To the Editor of
The Bee: As a citizen and heavy
taxpayer of Omaha I favor better
wages for the firemen and policemen
and hope you will use your influence
to secure same for them. I am also
in favor of these men having one day
a week off In which under ordinary
circumstances they would not have
to report for duty.
FRANK J. CAREY.
Delivery of "Many" Ice.
Omaha, Aug. 27. To the Editor
of The Bee: I was interested in your
editorial suggesting that delivery of
muny ice be extended so as to in
clude the community in its benefits. I
do not wish to be considered as criti
cising present arrangements, for con
ceivably they are the best that could
be made in the time at the disposal
of the Water board. Yet it seems to
me that the men who make up that
body should have had the vision to
see that the benefits of the municipal
Ice plant will be applied within a
rather narrow range under their pres
ent plan. Now it Is possible only tor
those who live comparatively close to
the small distributing depots to get
any good from the service, in which
all the people are Interested.
I can see in the municipal ice plant
a possible emancipation from control
of the local Ice trust, but only when
the service is extended to be city
wide and not confined to certain small
sections. Experience this summer has
shown Omaha folks the danger of
depending on previous sources of sup
ply. Also a lesson has been given in
the difficulty of getUn" Ice to small
consumers In the outskirts.
'Let the wise men who make up our
Water board give this attention. A
careful survey of the city's needs and
some comprehensive planning for the
coming summer, with a litt'e vigorous
action, ought to bring relief.
It is not asked that the city sell Ice
at a loss; in fact, folks will be willing
to pay as much to the city as they
have paid to the Ice trust, but they
would like to have a thoroughly de
pendable source, one that cannot be
Interfered with at the whim of a big
cold storage company or a packing
house. Let us have "muny" Ice for
all- OLD FOGY.
Needed Change In Primary Law.
Deshler, Neb., Aug. 26. To the Ed
itor of The Bee: I have Just read
the results of the soldiers' primary
vote and It emphasizes the necessity
of a change In our primary law.
Six hundred nAvpntv-fiavon
were cast for candidates on the re
publican ticket. Of tMs number
George W. Norris received only 200,
or less than one-third, and yet he
becomes the 'nominee of the party.
Such a result calls for an amendment
of the primary law so that no man
who has been repudiated by the party
can be foisted ' on the party as its
nominee by a minority vote.
GEORGE WALSH.
' SUNNY GEMS.
"Two aoups, waiter one tomato and one
bean."
"He filled that order literally," laid the
other diner a little later on.
"How ao?"
"I got Just one bean." LouUvllle Courier-Journal.
Como out and walk. The last few dropi
of lisht , t,
Drain silently out of the cloudy blue:
Tba trees ara full of the dark-atoopinl
ntcht.
The flelde are wet with dew.
All's quiet In the wood, but far away,
Down the htllilde and out across .t
plain.
Movee, with Ions train of white that marKf
Its way.
The aoftly panting- train.
Com through the clearing. Hardly noa
we see
The flowers, save dark or light against
the grass.
Or glimmering silver on a scented trea
That tremblea as we pass.
Hark now! So far, so far ,
that distant song see
Move not the rustling grasses with youi
feet,
The dusk is full of sounds, that all aloni
The muttering boughs repeat.
So far, ao faint, we left our heads In
doubt.
Wind, or the blood that beats within
our ears.
Has feigned a dubious and elusive note.
Such as a dreamer hears.
Again again! The faint louno
rise and fall.
So far the enchanted tree, the song so
low.
A drowsy thrush? A waking nightingale 1
Silence. We do not know.
EDWARD SHANKS.
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Cholly And was my present a surprise
to your alster?
Willie You bet! Sis said aha never
thought you'd send her anything ao cheap.
Pearson's Weekly.
Manager (of Hlckvllle Academy of Music)
How many girls with your company?
Advance Agent (evasively) Wa adver
tise 25.
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