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, Thi. it the day the naval flyers "hop off" to
' Europe, weather permitting.
What's the matter with Nebraska? Come on
in on the Victory loan it is .either bonds .or
taxes.' - ' .i.
The day pots who went swimming with the
'brass pots at Paris are now scuttling back to
v shore. .
Everything was red enough at Budapest on
May day, but how is that color going to feed
the hungry?
. Italy is quietly reaching out to clutch the
olive branch gingerly extended from Paris.
Don't interrupt.
Chicago will welcome the "wobblies" in con
vention assembled, and yet they wonder at a
crime wave over there. v
New Hampshire ought to' be able to enlist
Kansas without any great difficulty under the
banner of General Wood.
' Tht mayor is all ready to take over the gas
plant, but he ought to know how long it takes
to unroll the legal red tape.
( Ak-Sar-Ben now looms up as a million-dollar
' proposition; it has been worth many times that
to Omaha and the territory it serves.
A "state of siege" has been declared at Petro
$ grad, which may cause some folks to wonder
.' what else has been going on up there.
- If signing the petition would carry the
bonds, the work is already over. The big job
' will be to get the farmers to consent.
"Tom" Marshall has changed his mind on
his way from Arizona to Philadelphia, and now
is for tht League of Nations, soul and
.breeches.
Aa low maiden sues her soldier husband
for divorce because he lied to her about his en
listment How a "hero" drops when he is dis
covered! Local bakers it reasons for advance in
price of bread, but it Is not going to be easy
, to make Omaha consumers think they are not
already paying enough.
j Accounts of lively fighting in the Murmansk
region indicate that the boys up there know
what they were sent for, although some dif
ference of opinion persists at home.
According to Baron Makino, Japan Is willing
to let China hold the Shantung peninsula while
the Japs loot It That may fool Peking, but it
will make the rest of the world smile. . '
Mexico's minister of finance proposes
repudiation as a general practice, He will be
surprised if he over comes to understand how
the world looks on a national deadbeat.
Somebody in the Navy department must have
-read a popular national weekly; at any rate the
heroie officers and crew of the destroyer Shaw
eventually get recognition for their gallantry.
Ireland still wants all or nothing, but if its
enthusiasts will take a squint at what was
handed to Italy, China and Belgium, they may
get a notion of what is likely to come to them.
A tax of 100 per cent on dirk knives might
have raised considerable revenue at one time in
our eoontry'i history, but happily the "skene
dhn" is no longer a part of the gentleman's
wardrobe,.' . . "
kicreastd rates on steel from Pittsburgh to
the Pacific coast have been upheld by the su
preme court, which may be a pointer to the
North Dakota enthusiasts who talk about knock-
ing out the entire order.
r Six hours after the Great Northern entered
: the harbor at Brest it was on its way back to
' Yankeeland with a full load of soldier boys, a'
proof that we can get out as fast as we got in,
now that the job is over. " ' - . -
"Matt" Tinley and his boys are finding it al
; most as hard to get away from the New York
camp as they did to get started home from
franca. They need not worry over the wel
come Iowa has in store for them.
No German War craft for Us
i' It is reported now from Paris that the Ger
man naval fleet will be. partitioned to the allies
and not destroyed. It seemed like a policy of
wastefulness to advocate the sinking of the war
ships in the deep seas. World peace must look
more or less to such ships for insurance. The
German war craft will prove useful for he
purpose.
: The American people don't care for any of
the Qerman ships. They have the money and
.the genius to build their own ships. They did
not go into the late war for material gain. They
will keep their record clean by refusing to ac
cept confiscated goods of any kind. It is doubt
ful if American naval men would be content to
serve on a German-made warship even though
it flew the American colors.
No partition of 'German ships that can be
made will be such as to perturb tho peace of
mind of this country. British" naval superiority
might be accentuated, but that is something
the American people have learned to think about
with serenity. Japan's sea power might be
brought more nearly on a parity with that of
the United States, but that need not be at all
disquieting, and as for France and Italy there
will be no begrudging them as many ships as
they can get in the "melon-cutting" or as m.-fny
. as they wish to have. Minneapolis'Tribune.
JOBS FOR RELEASED SODIERS. -.
What the released soldier principally wants
is a job; either. the one he left, or a better one.
He is entitled to this, and he is asking no
more. Thousands of the boys were asked to
sacrifice their entire material interests when they
went into the army. Many of these have re
turned to find that somebody else is holding
down the job and drawing the pay he left Jus
tice here requires but one thing.
However, unemployment of the returned
soldier is not entirely due to the failure of em
ployers to restore the men to the payroll. In
many cases, no payroll exists. Business has
not recovered from the shock of war, and in
dustry is not moving at high speed. If condi
tions were normal in this regard, we would
have a labor shortage, very likely, and not a
threat of serious unemployment conditions.
Certain basic industries are in a state of
stagnation because of failure of the government
to provide properly for the transition from war
to peace. Congress adjourned without pro
viding for the change, and the president reso
lutely refrained from calling the extra session he
knew was inevitable.
It is all very well for the government to ask
ministers to plead for the restoration of re
leased soldiers to their old jobs, but it would be
a lot nearer the point if they would intercede
with the president, asking him to convene con
gress that needed steps may be swiftly taken to
relieve the situation and get the business of the
United, States back onto the clear track of the
main line again. v
Belgium and the "Big Three."
Belgium will sign the peace treaty. It could
not do otherwise, but the news of the signing
will not be heralded to the dwellers in that
land by the ringing of the church bells. The
belfries of Belgium long ago were denuded, that
Germany might use the metal in war material.
In time Belgium will get part payment from
Germany of the war indemnity, but Belgium's
industries are not being restored, because the
Germans carried away machinery and all, and it
is not being restored. Belgian towns and Bel
gian farms, battered into bits by the Hun, may
be restored eventually, but at present millions
of 'Belgians are subsisting on what American
charity provides for them.
It was Belgium that laid the first straw in
the way of the kaiser's oncoming military ma
chine. Only a straw, to be sure, but it halted
the rush at Liege, and gave France and England
time to rally Bravely the Belgians set them
selves in the path of an army they knew could
and would crush them. They accepted the
threat of the autocrat at Berlin,! and they felt
the full force of the terror. Nowhere was the
chapter of horror more terribly written than in
Belgium. And long ago the Entente powers
pledged to Belgium the fullest reparation and
indemnity.
Perhaps the bargain that has been made at
Paris is the best that is obtainable. Gemany's
ability to pay appears to be limited. Within
that limitation compensation is to be asked to
the uttermost. But, after all this is considered
fully, those whose sympathy has so freely gone
out to Belgium through these years of suffering
and horror must yet feel that the justice done is
scanty, and that generosity might have gone a
little farther in the effort to restore to the peo
ple of Belgium all that was wrested from them.
Italy, Poetry and Common Sense.
Gabriele d'Annunzio waxed very poetic in his
eloquent plea for Italy at Rome, but he merely
was practicing his profession. What is needed
now is less of hyperbole and more of plain com
mon sense on both sides, and the agreement
can be reached that will hring peace. If the
Italians continue to listen to songs about their
wrongs, they will come eventually to believe
they have been deprived of something that is
really worth while. The country prospered for
a century with Fiume in the hands of Austria,
and it does seem reasonable that it can get on
a little while with the city controlled by the
Jugoslavs, especially as the latter will scarcely
be able to menace Italy in any material way.
Having Trieste and Pola arid the other towns in
the "irredenta" restored, and being assured of
free access to any of the region back of them,
Italy's substantial interests appear to have been
realized. As to the principle, that is a ques
tion which will long be discussed. For the
moment the Italians are asked to make a con
cession, and may do so in a spirit more gracious
than the flare-up last week forecasted.
Justice for Disabled Soldiers.
One of the first things to come before the
next congress will be an amendment to the
War Risk insurance act that some of its pro
visions may be made clearer. In the matter of
compensation for the totally disabled a dispute
has come up in the bureau as to the exact mean
ing of the law. Under one interpretation the
maximum is set at $30 per month, with an extra
allowance of $20 for attendance in case the vic
tim is bedridden. The other places the maxi
mum at $100 per month, with no allowance for
attendance. This works out similarly as to the
compensation for partial disability. The man
who has lost a leg, for example, under the one
interpretation will receive but $27 per month;
under the other he will get nearly $90. It is
set up by the one group that the $30 per month
allowance is for temporary total disability and
does npt deal with the continuing helpless sit
uation of the injured soldier. The law was
passed in haste, and contains a number 'of dis
crepancies or obscure points, which must be
set right by corrective amendment.
Maybe when.it is all over with, and the wire
muddle is cleared away, some inquisitive inves
tigator will dig dip enough in the rubbish to
find out what became of "Dave" Lewis, the
.wonderful expert who was put in charge at the
jump off and then mysteriously disappeared.
Italians who are leaving for home with
pockets lined with good hard American dollars
will serve to form additional links between the
two countries which even such episodes as
-Fiume can not break
Woman is. accorded a chance to hold a job
under the League of Nations secretariat, which
is really no concession at all, for she is holding
place under every civilized government that
amounts to anything.
The railroad administration has announced
a 2-cent rate for delegates to the new veterans'
meeting at St, Louis, .which slight concession
will be gratefully acknowledged. The service
well can stand it.
After Reaching Versailles
v From the Kansas City Star.
Step by step the Germans who do every
thing that way have followed the undeviating
program all German programs are that
laid down by them in 1914, until now they have
arrived at their grand objective. They are at
Versailles. That is where they started for.
They are there to make a treaty. That was
their purpose when they started. How those
German plans do work out, to be surel it
shows what you can doby following a system.
But in some respects this second visit of the
Germans to Versailles differs from the first,
although, broadly, it was intended that the sec
ond should be a practical duplication of the
first. But all plans have to be made somewhat
elastic, and if German planning has a fault
which is, perhaps, presumptuous to suggest
it is that the necessity and convenience of such
elasticity is too frequently overlooked. Never
theless the Germans did, in this case if a
trifle late recognize that some modification
of details was indicated by circumstances. They
saw that times had changed since 1871. The
Versailles hotels were under new management
and were catering to new trade. British and
American guests had all the best rooms and
had reached an understanding with the head
waiters. French taste predominated in the
decorations and arrangements of the Hall of
Mirrors where 48 years ago German artistic
standards prevailed.
Under these circumstances the Germans de
cided' not to insist upon the former arrange
ments. They wouldn't insist that the Prussian
king should occupy the raised platform. For
one thing, there wasn't any Prussian king.
They wouldn't insist that a German historical
painter should depict them in haughty and com
manding attitudes, laying down their terms.
They didn't bring any sveh attitudes with them.
They decided, in fact, that instead of imposing
a peace they would accept one. They don't
even know what is going to be in it, for they
were not invited to be present except at the
signing. They have heard rumors of two or
three provisions in it that might be disconcert
ing if they believed them true, but they can't
believe it. It is not in their open and trusting
natures to believe that they will be dealt harsh
ly with. They trust, they are very sure, that
their faith in human nature and in the gen
erosity and chivalry of the great peoples they
had it in mind to rob, and if possible to exter
minate, will not be shattered. That simple
faith they cling to when pretty much all else
kaiser, kings and loot is lost. If that were
snatched away it would be a cold world.
That trustfulness was touchingly illustrated
by one of their number who expressed a hope,
on the delegation's arrival, that the peace to be
concluded would be satisfactory to everybody.
Can the peace congress resist such winsome
ness? With the exceptions noted the ceremonies
at Versailles in honor of the distinguished visi
tors will be identical with those of 1871. The
visitors will march down the same hall of the
palace and see themselves reflected in the same
mirrors that reflected Bismarck and Moltke anI
old William I. They are gone and their empire
is gone, as a breath passes. It is a thought the
Germans may dwell on as they pass. They may
see and recognize, if they have studied their
historical paintings, the place where the table
stood on which Bismarck rested his hand as he
posed. Perhaps the table on which they will
sign will stand in the same place. Perhaps the
chair on which Thiers sat, slumped and despair
ing, was in the same place one of them will sit
we nominate for the place the distinguished
Count von Brockdorff-Rentzau, whose name and
title seem to require trimming down to the size
of his job. We never did care for these hy
phenates. For the rest Versailles will know how to take
care of them. It has the historic sense. They
are where they wanted to be. where they said
they were going. Doubtless they are, content in
the knowledge that another German prophecy
has been signally fulfilled.
With Pershing in Manchuria
In the winter of 190S Pershinsr (then a can-
tain) was sent to Manchuria as an attache with
the Japanese army, where I happened to see a
good deal of him. He was then 44, in the full
vigor of manhood, looking taller than his actual
height because of the way that he bore him
self. In fact, I had considered him very tall
until one day I made a comparison and found
that he was not actually six feet high; he only
looked six feet high. There is something in
that when you are going to lead men, too.
The smiles whi.-.h rippled over his face and
twinkled from his blue eyes when he held out
his hand in greeting said: "It's a fine world.
Isn't it great to be living in it?" I think of him
putting his head into my tent door in the midst
of a downpour in the Manchurian rainy season
and exclaiming in a cheery voice that carried
sunshine with it: "How about a walk?"
In his case the Roosevelt order about taking
exercise was entirely superfluous.- As we were
two of a small group of Americans with the
army in Manchuria we reeled off many miles
together. When he looked into the tent door,
I may add that he saw every object in it, not
through an effort at inspection, but just as an
incident to his extraordinary faculty of observa
tion. If I received a new book, no matter what the
subject, I knew that he would like to read it.
He was the kind of officer who is companionable
to a civilian. When any question came up he
would say: "Let's analyze it," and stripping it
of theory, would reduce it to simple human ele
ments. Sometimes the process of reduction
was so complete that the subject evaporated
under his logic. He saw everything in simple,
definite outlines. There was nothing that did
not interest him, and men interested him most.
He studied men through their hearts as well as
their brains. . And he was from Missouri. He
wanted to be shown. He always wanted first
hand information Frederick Palmer in Col
lier's Weekly.
The Day We Celebrate.
Charles A. Richey of Richey Sand com
pany, born 1873.
Cornelius Claassen, Peters Trust company,
born 1882.
S. P. Bostwick, real estate, loans and rentals,
born 1860.
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, U. S.' N.,
retired, famous as the discoverer of the North
Pole, born at Cresson, Pa., 63 years ago.
Oscar W. Underwood, senior United States
senator from Alabama, born at Louisville, Ky.,
57 years ago.
Philander C. Knox, United States senator
from Pennsylvania, born at Brownsville, Pa.,
66 years ago.
John T. McCufcheon, celebrated cartoonist
and war correspondent, born in Tippecanoe
county, Iindiana, 49 years ago. t .
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Agreement was reached between John S.
Prince and Marve Beardsley, witnessed by W.
L. Mardis and S. G. V. Griswold, to match lady
bicyclers and equestrians in a race at the Coli
seum. .
An entertainment, under the direction of
Miss Jennie House, was given at the First Con
gregational church, in which the following girls
took part: Laura Congdon, Geneva Brown,
Margaret Burnham, May Weaver, Kittte Hob
bie, Lizzie Allan, Helen McConnell, Nellie
Ware, Louise Tukey, Adelaide Whitney, Grace
Williams, Laura Bruner, Jessie Blake, Phoebe
Smith, Eva Crowell, Alice Wilkins and Harlin
Curtis.'
Hon. Thomas IT. Benton, state auditor, is at
the Murray.
A heavy wind blew in a large plate glass
window at J. H. Spellman's gas fitting estab
lishment, 1212 Douglas street.
E. R. Garcynski delivered a lecture before
the Western Art association atJLiniger hall.
Friend of the Soldiei
Replies will be given in this
column to questions relating
to the soldier and his prob
lems, in and out of the army.
Names will not be printed. .
Ask T h e B to Answer.
Casualties in American Army.
I M. R. It Is not possible at, this
time to state the total number of
casualties In the American army.
New lists are being issued from time
to time by the War department the
latest being on April 28, which con
tained 81 names. This brought the
total for the army up to 281,219, in
cluding casualties of all forms. The
total for the army and marine corps
is now 287,154. A summary of cas
ualties in the army up to April 28 is
appended:
Previously Reported
Reported. April S8. Total.
Killed in action... 33,073 3 32,075
Lost at sea TS2 0 733
Died of wounds... 13.4S1 2 1S.4RS
Died of accident... 4,437 17 4.4I4
Died of disease .. 2J.S41 25 22,867
Total 73,643
Wounded (85 per
cent returned to
duty) 18.!1
Missing; and pris
oners (not In- J
eluding- prisoner!
released and re
turned) 4,440
Prisoners released
and returned . . . 4,534
48 73.511
tt 198.659
4.444
4,534
Total 281,138
81 281.21
Terms of Enlistment
A Soldier's Wife Men who volun
teered for service in the army are of
two classes, those who enlisted for
three years, under the regular army
laws, an those who enlisted for the
duration of the war: the latter may
be retained in the service only for
a period of four months after the
declaration of peace; drafted men
are held only for the same period.
Veterinary evacuation section No. 8
was stationed at headquarters of the
Second army, at Toul. No orders
have been issued for its Immediate
return, but as the Second army is
broken up and its divisions will all
be on the way home within 60 days,
it is reasonable to look for the early
return of the service units attached.
Many Questions Answered.
Mrs. L. M. Inquiries concerning
individual soldiers should be ad
dressed to the adjutant general of
the army, Washington, D. C. The
1101st aero replacement squadron is
in the service of supply of the army
and is not on the list for immediate
return to the home station. Its pres
ent address is A. P. O. 7 31-A, which
is located at Colombey-les-Belles
( Meurthe-et-Moselle ) .
A Reader The 34th infantry is
part of the Seventh division, and is
in the army of occupation; It has not
been assigned a date for return to
America. Its present address is A.
P. O. 793.
E. M. I,. The 134th infantry was
part of the 34th division; this di
vision was one of the first order
home, and many of its units sailed
for America in January and Feb
ruary; the 134th infantry was left
behind, and is Btill at A. P. O. 912.
Can not tell wheri it will leave
Franco, but it is now likely to be
sent across at any time. Watch Tho
Bee for announcement.
L. M. P. The 320th machine gun
battalion was part of the 82d di
vision, which was on the sailing list
for April, and most of which al
ready has landed on this side. We
have no word that the machine gun
unit was held in France, and news
of its safe arrival may be looked for
at any time, yatch The Bee for an
nouncement. Worried Mother Soldiers who en-
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Peggy turned
Misted for the duration of the war
I may be retained in the service for a
period of four months after the
declaration of peace. This will ap
ply to your son now In the Philip
pines; enlistments are now being
taken to replace these men in the
regular establishment We have no
word as to the time when the 109th
engineers will be returned to
America.
A Subscriber The ambulance men
serving at Camp Hospital No. 67
have not yet been assigned to early
convoy home.
Mrs. W. B. L. The 80th field ar
tillery, being part of the1 Seventh
division, is in the, army of occupa
tion and, not yet under orders for
return to America.
A Soldier's Mother No orders
have been issued for the return of
the motor truck unit you mention.
As it is attached to the Third army,
which is in the army of occupation,
it will probably be held in Germany
indefinitely. Return of this army
depends on the signing of the peace
treaty.
C. J. N. The 89th regiment, R. T.
C, now at Verneuil, (A. P. O. 772),
has not yet received orders for re
turn home.
D. W. A. No date has yet been
fixed for the sailing of the First
army artillery park forces, as such,
although this unit has been broken
up and many of the batteries sta
tioned there have been sent home.
Park battery C has not yet sailed.
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. C. We can
give you no information as to when
an individual soldier will leave
France for home; the transporta
tion corps unit you mention is at
La Rochelle; these service units are
likely to be the last out of France,
as they are being held to' clean up
after the combat units get away.
S. F. H. The 326th infantry is
part of the 8 2d division, which was
on the sailing schedule for April." Its
arrival in this country ought to be
announced shortly. Watch The Bee
for word.
Mrs. P. J. r3., Callaway The 59th
infantry is part of the Fourth di
vision, now in the army of occupa
tion; its headquarters are at Remich,
and its address is A. P. O. 746. These
organizations are likely to be held in
Europe indefinitely. ,
DAILY CARTOONETTE
I'll wear my ufHiTtr
Flannel suit m to the
OFFICE TOaRY!
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asked Peggy. "They ara Just mak
ing a dinner out of bark."
"But they'll eat and eat, and eat
until the trees are stripped bare,
then the trees will die. That
greedy gang will rain the whole for
est unless you stop them, Princess
Peggy."
That's true." said the knight
gravely. "I've heard of porcupines
doing thousands of dollars worth of
damage to growing timber. They
must be stopped. King Bird, this is
your Job. Get busy."
"Not with porcupines," answered
King Bird promptly and positively.
"They are not in my line."
"All you have to do is to fly up
there and drive them out of the
trees," urged the knight
"And while I'm driving them out,
they'll drive me full of quills. No,
thank you, I've seen these ehaps
whip wildcats, dogs, and even bears.
I'm not going to get near their ter
rible tails as long as I have wings
to keep away." And off he flew to a
safe distance. "
"See all those bird nests up in the
trees they are filled with baby
blr is. Wc must save them," declared
Peggy.
"Sure we will save them, fair
Princess," answered the knight. "My
gallant steed will shake the trees,
and I'll stone the porcupine, that
ought to bring them down in a hur
ry." The gallant ateed winked at Peg
gy. Peggy tried hard to think where
she had seen Just that kind of a
wink before, but before she could
remember, things began to happen
so quickly that her thoughts Jumped
back to the problem of the porcu
pines. The gallant steed began to kick
the trunk of one tree, .beating a
lively tattoo upon it At the same
time the knight hurled stone after
stone at the blackish-brown crea
tures, some of the stones going
straight to the niark.
The porcupines quit eating and
looked down. Their bodies seemed
to swell up to twice .their original
size. Their tails began to swing men
acingly back and forth.
Instead of retreating under the
attack of the knight, they started to
come down the trees.
"Good!" whispered the knight,
"You stand here, and I'll cut them
to pieces as they reach the ground."
lie strode Into the woods to meet
the descending porcupines. As Peggy
eagerly watched him, Reddy Wood
pecker shrieked a warning.
"Look out. Princess Peggy! The
porcupines are surrounding you."
Peggy glanced behind her. There
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
(King- Bird, ambitious to become ruler
of Blrdland, Is put to thro teals by the
.Mysterious Knight, who acts ,as Peggy's
champion.)
CHAPTER III.
The Raiding Porcupines.
PORCUPINES in Blrdland! Here
was a peril new to Peggy. She
had never seen one of these odd
animals and had no Idea of what
harm they could do to the birds. But
tho cries for help were so urgent
that she and the Mysterious Knight
ran as fast as they could to the glen
where the trouble seemed to be lo
cated. There they found dozens of birds
fluttering around in wild excite
ment "What's the matter? Where are
the porcupines? What are they do
ing?" the knight shouted these
questions all in one breath.
"See them on those maples!" an
swerad Reddy Woodpecker. "They
are eating the bark and killing the
trees. Unless they are stopped we
will have no nesting places left."
Sure enough high up in the tops of
the trees were strange, blackish
brown creatures busily stripping
the bark from the branches and gob
bling it down. They were Innocent
enough looking with bristly hair,
snappy eyes, and krinkly noses, and
seemed to be having the happiest
kind of a feast.
"What harm are they doing?"
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to run, but she was
too late.
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last member of the Grand Army of
the Republic."
JONATHAN EDWARDS.
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MUCH IN LITTLE.
The tall silk hat first came into
common use in Paris in 1797.
During the war the British life
boat service saved more than 5,000
lives.
Many of the waiters employed In
New York hotels earn as high as
$250 a month.
A Japanese newspaper thinks that
the pay of Japanese soldiers is too
small, although it Is 78 cents a
month for first and second-class pri
vates and 98 cents a month for cor
porals. The postmaster at Covington, Ind.,
cashing some war savings stamps
for a woman, noticed that one place
on the certificate, where a )5 stamp
had been pasted, was badly torn
and mutilated. He inquired what
had become of the missing $5 cer
tificate. "Baby ate it," she replied.
Mrs. Catherine McCarter of Chi
cago, after searching for 18 years for
her husband, who she says deserted
her, recently moved into a north
side apartment building and saw on
one of the letter boxes In the hall
way the name of W. W. McCarter.
It was her missing husband.
One South African tanning con
cern has largely Increased its output
of "upper" leather by the Introduc
tion of a special dressing machine.
There should be a valuable opening
for this class of equipment in the
union, . says the British and South
African Export Gazette.
The production of hemp and flax
in Baden is said to have increased
twentyfold during the war. For
merly these crops were raised by
small farmers for purely local use.
The Baden Chamber of Commerce
expects a still greater acreage to be
devoted to flax and hemp when nor
mal conditions are restored.
The Grand Army of, the Republic
I Omaha, May 5. To the Editor of
The Bee: Your editorial tbday on
the Grand Army, for which I thank
you, reminds me of a short speech
which I had framed and hung on
the wall of our hall; I do not know
who the author was I wish I was:
"No child can be born into the
Grand Army of the Republic. No
proclamation of president, edict of
king' or czar, can command admis
sion. No university or institution of
learning can confer a degree which
will authorize the holder to enter. No
act of congress or parliament can
secure recognition. The wealth of
the Vanderbilts cannot purchase the
position. Its doors swing open only
on presentation of a bit of paper,
torn, worn, begrimed it may be, that
certifies to an honorable discharge
from tho armies or navies of the
nation during the war against rebel
lion, and unlike all other organiza
tions no new blood can came in.
There are no growing ranks from
which recruits may be drawn into
the Grand Army of the Republic.
With the consummation of peace
through victory its rolls were closed
forever.
"Its ranks are steadily and swift
ly growing thinner and the cease
less tramp of its marching columns
is with ever lessening tread. The
gaps in the picket lines grow wider.
Day by day details are made from
the reserve, summoned into the
shadowy unknown, to return to
touch elbows no more, till by and by
only a. solitary sentinel shall stand
guard waiting until the bugle call
from beyond shall muster out the
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even keeps the engine running
smoothly?
What oil stays on the Job the year
round?
What oil burns up clean doesn't
clutter the engine with caiDon
plugs up power leaks?
Polarinettie oil that smooths away all friction '
troubles. .
Look foi the sign when you need oil And don't
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What did Willie see in the far east?
Draw from one to two and so on to the
end.
was a half circle of porcupines back
ing toward her, their quill-laden
tails foremost.
"Run!" screamed Reddy Wood
pecker1 There is poison in their
quills."
Peggy turned to run, but she was
too late. The porcupines were clos
ing in on either side. She couldn't
possibly dodge those menacing
tails.
IN THE BEST OF HUMOR.
When finally offered a salary raise after
years of poor pay, a University of Cali
fornia professor said: "Never mind; I've
changed Jobs with the janitor."
"Did your mother ask you what t'me you
came in?"
"Yes,' I told her quarter of twelve "
"But It was after one when left the
place."
"Well, quarter of twelve 1 three Isn't
It?" Tale Record.
Teacher "Can any little boy tell roe
what Is meant by 'divers disease?'"
Harry "res, teacher, I know."
Teacher "Well, Harry?".
Harry 'Tlease "teacher, fish Ultes."
London Tit Bits.
Mr. Lerret This arttele. ' "Forty-five
Ways to Cut the Grocer's Bill, ought to
be valuable.
Mrs. Lerret (sadly) It would te l.ival
uable If even one of the ways wou'.d work.
Ginger.-
"Many a man." said Egbert, "lias been
ruined by prosperity."
"That may be," replied Algy. "but If
I'd got to face ruin I'd sooiver fun- it timt
way than through adversity." Minneapolis
Tribune.
. HEP! ;
Will ye look at Patrick Murphy: see him
marchln' down th' street
Hep! with th' lft foot Hon;
With th' rifle on his shoulder and brogaiiM
on his feet ,'
Hepl with th' l-.ft foot Hefc!
Th' cross upon the chlst iv him, th' Oer-
man-chastn' man,
Hla bulgy British britches an' his tunic
all av tan! . 1
Have ye seen a lad to beat him since th!i
shootln' match began ? -Hep
He's fornlnat us! Hep!
Will ye look at Patrick Murphy with his
face of stern commend! " ;
Hop! with th' left foot Hep!
Will ye eee.hls shoulders swingln' to th'
music av th' band!
Hep! with th' left foot Hep!
Will ye hear th' people cheerln' him for
what he's been an' done!
So they cheered for Julius Caesar an' that
lad, Napoleon;
So they cheered ua when we marohed
wy In eigbteen-slxty-one;
So they're cheerln' Patrick Murphy, me
own true battlln' son.
Hep! He's me Boughel Hep!
Roland F. Andrews, In Life.
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