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Ardmorc. W ednesday I'cbruary IX 1!HK
handicap the transportation pile on
costs and create dissatisfaction with the
government's share in I li" business.
1'resident Garretson of the conductors
makes similar assert inn.".
.Most citizens will he disposed to doubt
these accusations. 1 1 is incredible that
any body of our representative business
l .on in a time of crisis like this should
be so regardless of honor and patriotism
.. 1i i.iitpr into sole h a Plot. Kvotl if
Hi. iv were no agreement about it. mere
sporadic efforts on the part of in-
dl i.'uals -o thwart the siicccss of the
railroads in war time would be no less
than treasonable. And wo do not be-
lieve our l.ivj railroad men are traitors
Nevertheless the trainmen's charges
tend to arouse suspicions t ha t there
may be managers who are not doing
all they can to relieve the freight situa-
tion. I respite tile weather and all other
evil factors the inexpert citizen Minis
it hard to understand why the railroads
should nut be doing better than they
are. The public will be interested in
hearing what the responsible operators
iia e to say.
Political Observations.
Scissors and Paste.
At last Congressman Mason of llli
tiois has said something for which lie
deserves commendation. "Kor (bid's
sake let's iiit lighting each other mid
i.'iv
lias
light the kaiser'
who heretofore
extreme pacillst.
Critics ol the
minded by the
they are taking
ministration tie
the mistakes will not
pial to the country.
only suor
ke success.
s the emigre
been rated
-sman
as an
1'ort Smith (Ark. I Southwest Ameri-
can: The real name of l.enine is lad-
mir Ilyitch 1'ulyanoff. Sounds like a
barbed-wire fence across an Arizona
canyon.
administration are re-
Washington Star that
chances. "If the ad-
spite mistakes scores
count in the aii-
The public will
nothing succeeds
ai
Oil and Cas Journal: It is possible to
quire a round sum in a square deal.
and
It looks
frrapher "a:
citied to driv
Tin: wedge.
" says a newspaper para-
- if the Hermans have do
that wedge between lliein
t ! . and their 1
i '. assistance "
The reference
ib'tnio of pmicsl
dusirial (enters.
to hav le
sale
aiser w ithuut any out-
J to
Ink
T
the
cs in
recent i pi-
(cm in. in in-
b
to nnv
wi i t : i i
all
b
use strikes M'l'lll
oppressed but we mav
a' sum" I cat the spirit which in
1 Ihetll j pot Sllppiesseil. It is
to appear again giiiiiin-' power
C the MedLIe deeper and deeper
g the cleft until the kais'-r and
w.;r lords large and small stand
:i i it
side and the Germ. ill penp;
li
tl'cr.
il' very It
-.lill'J milepi
crm wcige
st of the war.
ey n l.ermany as a
lit Wilson's diplomat ic
It
poi
tw
an in
gained
result of
rues-aue-
IllillU OUt the Colli lift of illielcsls be
li th" I'riissian militarists ami the
i. and tile of the (lerinan nation. All
i inn-serving un l government Im.ssc
SHRAPNEL.
Trolzky
:r .:. t foul.
s cither a
in- maybe
at man or a
jth.
Speaking of the 'self-determination
f subject nationalities" it is worthy
of note that tln L'nit"d States after
loi.ii" i he lianish West Indies has
given the 10. ODD inhabitants the privi-le-.
of keeping their lianish citizen-
-diin if thov like and .mil 100 of thorn
i...... .lone so. We mav consider that
v.e have .a pretty clear title I" tin
i- lands.
It was a Democratic senator. Cham
berlain who said that the adnunlsti
lion hud "fallen down" in the present
war. It was a Republican senator
I'.orah who said that "I must say that
m in v opinion it is a mistake io say
that America has broken down In th
war
Governor Edge of New Jersey who is
vested with the authority to appoint
I'nited Stales senator In the scat tnad
vacant 1)V the deatli of W illiain lltign
being stronclv urged lo name David
I'.aird. a South Jersey Kepuhliean lead
Mr. Hughes' term would have ex
pired on March -I r.H!'
St. Joseph (Mo.) News-1'ress: Cut-
ting the cuffs off men's trousers won't
make them any shorter.
Dallas (Texas) News: Considering
how many wives a Turk soldier has
probably he call hardly kiss them all
goodhy without catching some kind of
disease.
( i uthrie
posed to
that cold
What would In
fresh opes were
Leader: New York is sup-
he shocked at the discovery
dnrage eggs are sedd as fresh.
amazing would be if
sold as cold storage.
From OAdir
Editorial Pas
Wednesday. February 13 1918.
THE(OTEAT AMERICAN FAMILY
This would indeed be
world if a few people
amounted to half as much a.s some
people think thov ilo.
Tulsa AVnrld.
ureal litt!
(let out Illo woman vole in
:ressional districts March
that there are no political
inning women:
the New York
the four
.'! Sec
lackers
This is the slogan of
Cily woman siilfraue
party which Is bonding every energy to
t out "a whopping vote and down
lorever the antisullrage s) tor.
The
Italians have given up spaghetti.
Tiie Germans have given li!) beer. 1 he
I'iksPims Ice "ivell III) Vudka. The
I'rciich have given up rolls. When vv
et around to real sacrilir? we know
id i:.to will trive up but how
about the rest of us?
McAlectcr News-Capital: It is a Rood
indication. The ( lerinan people have
begun to iit.sist upon learning' from
heir rulers where they are at.
Gainesville iTexasI Register: I he man
who is making so much luss over the
little favor you did for him may be
baiting his hook for a binder favor.
Washington Star: One thing to bo
said of every workhouse is that it n
easy for people of ordinary law-abiding
inclinations lo keep out of.
Some of the N'evv Yo' k society women
...... I i dreadfully hP.-'ct by having
rid.- to I'alm ll.ach. I'la. in orilinarv
u'.lmaii drawing rooms iuslead of pri-
aie cars. They may have to come
aok in uux cars.
Joseph 1'. Tumulty secretary to the
pros dent has stopped all talk that lie
'Xpeoted to enter the senatorial race in
New' Jersey. In a formal statement
Mr. Tumulty declared he was not a can-
lidate for appointment as senator from
New Jersey nor' would he be a candi
te at the election in November lb-
iid lie considered il more important
for him to remain as secretary lo the
dent.
I udinnapolis
rouehless da
uram
(Ind.) News:
lit into the re
Would a
sular pro
Kansas Cily (Mo.) Star:
calilies. piipavvs are called
pies j ait even mat
the .second time.
In some lo-
custard up-
won't fool a man
Mi
: strap.
op for
en I he
pc.lpl.
1 1 .III'
(man c.iilo;:; straightway bcau to
Iryini; to drive
kais. r and lib
llele SUI-lKestllll was
majesty. It was almost
suiiipt nous and impioii:
p. Mil
kais
Wil
c In tw
' The
a-. Ic-c
nine pr.
r had tried I.
ni;a
r
n
n.l
e
to l:r
pi I
po-al
sum
The.
jiclh
A lliel
lov cs
aid."
here
ilol lal
; awa
ill tak
: !l the
t.
t in
ca 1 i
i linn
beinc
our y.
the i;
w hoi
ood ol
i man
i lb-
a vi
t iii.se i le- rnans are lo 1 : '
ei hoes have died nut. Il.llll
at that forbidden vvedi:e.
e a regular Thor's lianini :
ji b. Cut the ( lerinan pen
such a hammer at their di-
ll. y only know it. It is the
i! of all Ihc.r little hammer-
ulilv ;.ot to hamuli r all to
of
He
. 'U
at the I'n
but al tin
own hoie
do it.
ir Urilisl
foe-i -
(.0(11) ( HI. I
I'.e I'ddl)
Hill t be : el V '
not at ours.
i; iiik:h.ii
el 111 I:
kai-r
Hi-
some must
l
oft. II.
to
thrifty-
of us
thrifty-
II' Vol
the fun
"I at lie
11 will
Hid Hie
some o
MIs .M
id all ol
Sprinu. if y
colli
didu
our
In't
lal
kab
take
fun
' ii -
islale.
us mil
bit
I 1 1 U 1 1 I
:ed llleat
fllllel'.il
PI
lib''
III.
must field
. all of II:
t save
ml do i
"If we don't win
buries K. Hughes
lin'criMice whether a
i Democrat or a K
tills war says
it will make line
man calls himscll
publican."
l'.oslon has ::
Peters who re
tarv ot toe tn
Tin- railroad administration is said
... contemplating the cuitailmenl
asscnr.vr trains runnin:'
VVe'f a patriotic nation
War J used to say "This is 2 mutch.
I'lu ie ii a limit to human endurane.
.low can we ever K"t alotiB
.h h luxe trains to I'alm
lo
of
to I'londu
but a.s A.
wil bout
il-acir.
L new mayor. Andrf'W .1.
d.vrned as assistant serre
asury to make the race
havinir been installed. Ill less than an
hour after beiun sworn in his ax was
switmim; and ollicial heads of the
Mavor Surlev reuime were rollins into
the basket l'residenl Wilson sent the
illovvins leleL-ram: "My warmest con
rratulations and cnnlident u-ood wishes.
May the city reap the lull fruit of your
line quality."
Ada News: There
Ilrilish spies updo
streets ot llerlm.
;tre no American
lurid walking the
Cherokee 1 Republican : Despite tne
fact that thousands of animals nave
been shinned out ot the sHate .vussouil
I have no trouble in preserving her
reputation as a mule stane so ion as
die keeps Jim Keed in WashitiKton.
A ip.od many
w i 1 1 i 1 1 tf aljout
k now amoni;
PaiiaKe lire i
of the "military
tin' war don't
other- thinus-
. 1 1 in you'.')
experts
seem b
what a
Ohio lias a Liberty truck plant
Lima
.hii h will soon produce
in .nth.
larilcn
I lirls
M.aviru;
hniild.
That
so to
plant's
-peak.
.".00
win
trucks
d truck
in 1'ortland. Die. are said to be
thrift stamps tattooed on then
is. to boost the sale ot stamps.
I iicidentally
.-alii.- io th
..-o w ith the
It
adds ;
hoiiKlciM
matrimonial
The stamps
".iris.
Virginians honor
dispatch savs.
love. And a few
iii.-rs honored the
And how
I.
memory of Lincoln
Mow the world do
weeks ai;o North
memory of Hubert
the world do move
t.
imp Travi
1 1 1 t
if fold
III. I
liialify
ml a cha
'amp l'.ow
buy man
buv- ti.rif:
it I.
if
hi"
ai.d war
1'
you can
'MIL'S --limps.
le I'irii'ty rnavbe veil don'l
r. f : 1 1 war vai::vs stamps and
o end it. .Mav be v on could main - i
war Lett r than ol her-. ICvei ;
ie .mi buy u war stamp vou earn tin
hi to think a crilici-in. Maybe you
' i hat coiiLM-.'s-i has ri..-.o I he vv in.'.
lavuioii qu
man.
Sam
stion. I
imp int
.'Ulllenl
; N t'i
v. mi Ira
.very
ill!'
pey.
time v mi s
thrift i
oll.- cnriL'l
c- and I'
lie thrifty
.th.
e II
"weci.o of naoer" has come
t in that llun-rkraine peac
n was and is for ('.ennany
is 1 win. tails you lose." and tin
i'i..-.oii:ios didn't see the fraud.
.b.iVie
ol t v
ranee
ovviun
arne.
wants to become one of tin
i. .'-. Is lie should have it.
would honor herself by l"1
ti.e rib ion on I he hero oi me
i-v- In
w i;i:n
Till-mi T.m
upon toe I. o
us a Million!!
war. There
mi: i ()!;i
s. Wiliielm
1 of Ib.-is a
ale helper i
was a time
his
l.li-r
but
thai
l:m
an Aaron
It was
Isiael v.
I'haraoh.
The liist
- that
they
lie i
I iff.
the I.
must
licit h
llll.l'S.
i- not . 1 1 1 1 1 1 -
i v more cv i l.
i I he pre-cri:
when he p.!.;
id was on Ihrj
realize bv I his
r a .Vl.ees no:
rent w
e .eel MIL'
s we read
thim: tht
lien the people of
deliverance from
about il in Lxodiis.
happened to tin
Kxyptians was when tin- waters of the
river turned to blood and the fish died
and the rivers stank. Seven days latei
Aaron stretched forth his hand and
the froys came 11)1 and covered tin
Ami the old sultan of Turk'
io was deposed some years a
..1 li is not seemly to speak ill o!
.. dead and we won't but liviiiK. th
... I 11 I e UMIS OIIO O f the most illsmelliim
.f .I..- Toeat which has yet in-
ted Asia or the world.
And for a first el
m l one who radiates c
herever lie Hoes lloVV
II. ovarii Tuft suit you?
patriotic citizei
heery sunshine
dots William
.Declarim; that it is hih lime that
Senator Hitchcock should quit playini.'
politics a NenrasKu lariners ciuo nas
.1 resolutions dciiouiicii'L' the spirit
ind action of the senator in his crili
ism of the administration. Kurthcr
more live Nebraska labor orrMi luxations
have sent telegrams to the srnaror coo-
lemnir.L' him for his stand toward the
idniinlst ration and siiL'tp'stiiii" that he
leyote his enercies to "liL'htim; (In
aiser instead of I 'resident Wilson."
The recent legislative apportionment
if the Seventh and Kk'htli conuression
al districts in 1 '.rook Iv u which the
Democrats declare was a L'erryinau-
lor." has been upheld by the court
--pecial elections are to lie neiu in tticsr
listricts-. heretofore Democratic. but
now probably K. -publican to nil vaean-
fes caused by the resignation of two
Democrats on March a. The result of
these cicctions may decide the politic:.
uilrol of the house and may affect the
aipport the president will receive Irnin
the house in the administration ol the
internal and forfiun afl'aii's uf the
oiintrv.
far back as Sept. X HUT Charles
I-:. Ilutihes. then the Heptihlican candi
ate for president of tin- I'uited State
speakm.L" ol the presuieius power a:
ommander of the army ami navy said-
"It was not in the contemplation ol th.
institution that the command of
forces and the conduct id campumm
ould be in chary;.' of a council or that
to this there should be a division of
authority and responsibility. The pros
-sedition of war demands in the liiKhest
:ree the promptness directness and
unity of action in military operation:-
which alone can proceed from tne exec
utive." It follows therefore that n
Mr Ilnches were now a member of
iinL't'ess ne wouni vine amioisi in.- pi--
nosed war cabinet bill now lielore con
tress.
Chickasha Express: (J ood humor
a loiiL' wav toward tnakinu' the
lavs wniK nn liter.
Wapanucka I'ress: '1 ho ciiaractei
isiies of voiitli will enoure ajs iuum a;
.Id inen cnKao ill cliildisii i(iarri-ls.
DON'T ItK A "CLACK KR."
St. Joseph (Mo.) News-l'ress: In the
current issue of Collier's Weekly ap-
pears an article anent some war time
problems rifiht here at home. The ar-
ticle deals with "The Clacker" by
which is meant that person who sits
about the comfortable fires of home and
continually "clacks" of the horrors of
warfare of the daneers in our military
cantonments of the indignities to which
our boys arc beiriK subjected of the He
ellicient manlier in which the war is
beim; conducted and so on ad infinitum.
And it is true just as the author of
that article says that every time you
'ive utterance to one of these "clacks"
you are aiding ( lennany just as sureiy
as though you were carrying a musket
for her armies for you are aidinn in
sprcadiiur a gospel of unrest and false-
lood and are playing directly into the
hands of the kaiser.
Don't be a "flacker." Put your
boulder to the wheel and push don't
retard progress Py (iruKK'n along ie-
ii:id. The boys in the camps are being
well raroil tor most oi mem in mucu
better shape than they would be at
home. The death rate in the camps is
probably lower than it is right here in
Si. Joseph. With every report of a death
imp a sniveling whine arises from
the (lertnan propagandist the ' ciack-
rs" am! yet it is ineunccivab'.e that
in a bunch of 40000 men such as there
re in each of these camps there should
be no deaths. Can you imagine a city
.f that size without a death?
Washington was criticized and all
but made to resign. Lincoln wa villi-
lied and cursed. Every war president
ivhom we have ever had lias been
ibliged to suffer in the same manner.
Let us learn a lesson from history and
forget partisanship forget to gossip and
forget to spread idle tales which have
absolutely no basis for foundation.
This war is going to be won we are
aire of that. War is not a holiday but
there is no exeu.se for magnifying its
horrors; they are great enough without
hal. No one is being shot in our mili-
tary ramus the men at Washington
ire doing everything possible to plaer
this country in a slate of real prepara
tion fo rthe ultimate victory which
must come; your boys and ours are be-
ing treated squarely and fairly by the
government and every time you con
demn without offering a remedy you
are aiding the German cause.
Constructive criticism is always wel-
ome always justifiable but destruc
live criticism which merely tears down
without rebuilding or offering a means
o doing is contemptible and merely
indicates the caliber ol the one who
iffcrs it.
By E. E. Han-lmai! of the Vigilant.
has toiled for the the family face and that every boy is
all there and ready they won i po-
believe me.
"Then there is another thing
one ever saw a family yet where
tain members did all the worK
certain others loafed that
from internal Tights. They
at it. Put them all at work
The Men Who Came Back
pad inn
Copyri
:hted by th
Hecruiting
Uritish-O
Mission.)
WHERE SHOULD WE
FIGHT?
When the last word is said In repot'
e Hi. Tuscania victims it will bi
oiMid th.T the death list will be small:
.11 of which will prove dbappointing I"
iteiliii. To sink a ship carrying more
-indii American troops and not
the majority ol them vvn
. calamity.
niKHTsi'i:iiN;
AND SPKNI) niKIITIM.
Ellis 1'
irker
'I'igs
Uutli
s Pig
r Author ol
.k -.1 on by the kaiser
land. They died ami wore gathered in
heaps and the land stank.
Then came the visitation of lice tin
very dust of the earth turning b
M-rtr.in; also the catile of Egypt died
died not one. A grievous swarm oi
but the cattle of the . Iiildreii of Isiae
Hies came before the cattle died atu
after that affliction the Egyptians broki
out with boils and blains. There fid
lowed hail and fire that smote every
thing excepting the flax and barley
but even that was doomed to destruc
tioil when Moses stretched forth ills
ind over the land of Egypt and an
east wind brought the swarm of locusts
to cat all that remained of the green
things.
All this was followed by th- thick
darkness of three days after which the
first born of all Egypt was smitten.
In all the tilings that were done to
the land of the obdurate l'haroah were
aplenty. The kaiser has no such power.
"Me und Gott" he used to say hut
lately lie makes no references to the
Almighty.
o
A RAILKOAU CONSPIRACY.
It is a serious charge that the rail-
road brotherhoods have brought
against the railroad managers In their
testimony before the federal wage com
mission.
Although the roads have pu-ssed tin
!.. federal control their actual opera-
tion remains in the hands of the men
o formerly ran them. President Lee
nf the railway trainmen declares that
"the old management" is engaged in
nnaaniraev to prevent the success of
i eminent operation and to discredit
the Adamson wage law. lie alleges
ft grant n.lsuse of rolling stock delay
i. the hundlinir of trains and crews
Lid mbchii'vous changes in personnel
1 'ertinie he savs has been enormously
f '..rensB.I without fonespoiuli ng ud-
vantage to freight movements. Every
rt.s ! suutarU. U belug IDUde lo
Can you
iml have
mowledge?
.oil to a ' '
use n hammer and a saw
vou anv other mechanic;!.
If so Uncle Sam want:
in building ships. Gooi
wages and comfortable dwelling house
will be your portion and if you are
no' a skilled mechanic you can join the
labor squad and get the same treat-
. i as the other classes. Hegister
villi the chairman of the county coun
ii of defense in the county in which
.o l happen to reside.
When parliament opened yesterday m
London ii was decided that under the
nresent distressing conditions over the
I'.ritish empire and the earth that th'
ual gorgeous titular robes and gilde.
wgavvs would not be worn by 'my
lords and ladies. In view of the tact
that tons of thousands of human being.
London and Hritain generally are
-jffering for nourishing food the de
cis on to forego Haunting tins si-arici
in the face of the common herd was
.vise one.
That Washington County slogan of
100 hens and 100 eggs daily for each
if the aforesaid 100 hens is based we
suppose on the fact that a hen that
can lay and wont lay ougni io ue
made to lay. It is our opinion however
that some of these hens will have to
bo fed parched corn and run up hill
before they decide to get busy.
Senator T'licrman of Illinois rends into
th. record of the senate that message
of Carran.a felicitating the kaiser on
his birthday anniversary und the
Illinois statesman holds up to scorn
this Mexican friend of the llun mur
derer and agent of Satan. And it was
this same Carran-yi that owes his skin
to America to the United States in
recognizing him and allov-ing him to
buy bullets with which to shoot Up
Villa and Ids host. An old adage seems
to (it this rase: "Take a freezing viper
in your bosom and when he gets warm
he will bite you "
Peter Patriot had a. penny. Sammy
lacker had a cent.
l'.ter out his tiennv ill his pocket
until be had tvventv-five and then IK
bought a thrift stamp.
Thus Peter had saved twenty-five
ills for himself; lie had loaned twenty
five cents to the government: ne nan
permitted the government to buy
tvventv-five cents worth of goods or
services to win the war; he had helped
business himself his country. He was
Peter Patriot.
Sammy Slacker spent his cent for
otne silly insigr.nicam suni sw.-.-i
.! .mm. iiiiL'. ana saveii nomiou u."
it beln the government and wa
simply selfish Sammy Slacker.
Peter's purchase paves paths to per
manent prosponty; Sammy s stny spend
ing signifies sorrow some day.
Moral I'.uy war savings stamps.
Pipe Major George Kav onetime
piper in the Argyie Miiiicniiiw
ligiilanders of Scotland now en
listed in the Canadian Dlack Watvh.
is the Pied Piper of Chicago. He
and his men of the kiltie band
have piped hundreds of recruits to
Chicago depots of the llritish-
Canadian recruiting mission. "Thn
Uatlalions for U.ritain" was the
mark he set for himself when lie
set about "doing Ins nil in recruit
ing and pitched business to the
winds lie expects soon to reach his
mark.
John I. Hunter the bass drum
mer learned ins hicks io .Hum-
ming when he was drummer for
the "pipes" of the Highland light
infantry in Scotland.
Nearly half a million people have
heard the returned officers spealv at
the recruiting rallies and other
meetings of the British Canadian
recruiting mission at which Pipe
Major Kay and his bagpippers and
drummers have thrilled the crowd
by the spirit of their quicksteps and
I ho beat of their drums.
No Scot can resist the pibroch when
il- ..11 M .IIS IS I I 1 1 I ..lOII . .. e' -
many Scots have volunteered. Let the
; ...U 'em und thev L'O. 1 Dl t It
not Scots alone. All nationality
. il. i. son crowd round our Man-
and when we play and when I stcj
.. i ... ...11. ... lnm there
mi on a newsstanu io i.mv ...
.oevnl f s n t he crown which
ell nif thev are soon to go.
vvbit f Die kids at home.' they
;k "and what is there for the wife
Then 1 tell them how me sepanmni
.o f '.-. a month s paid anil
iiw the funds affilialed with the t a
a ban patriotic fund are administered
1 . I. .1. eleiT.lel-S
y devoted women aim no " ... .!-
if the American ucii v i"s-.
i. ve one to let another man
.. r .. '. T 'titty "Vn
your lighting i"i jr. i
n ..i- answer. "Then come aim join up.
"hcv need vou."
Good luck to all the brave lellovvs
.... .... i ..in. l
.l. Pave sad 1 Will ail'l so;"."
on if thev were not American citizens
They have nearly three
ib.iM.
I'bese men no like men. I feel repaid
. . . e r
When I offered my services lira ui
...ut for meetiiiL's last July we caugni
I. crowd am soon we taaneu nn.--.
onier recruiting. One of our bana n.i
..i. .... ir!. overseas. urunno.-i
' T l.
1 1 uiiler and Johnston linn i an -on.-.. o
and are waiting for the time When we
leave recruiting for duty
P.Y HERBERT QUICK'.
United Slates Kami Loan l umiius
si()t r.
Where should we go to trial m
in which our most sacred inter
are at stake? In one place only
We should aiipear in the court where
the great Issue is on trial.
The welfare of the whole world is on
ial in Kruno today. Germany hi
ct out to maivc liTsen nnsires oi mi
world iust as Napoleon did in his nay
Germany must be fought
Kor years dad
i boys and girls without their doing a
thing to aid. He has seen bia sons and
daughters grow up strong and beauti
ful but oh haw careless indifferent
and impertinent. The old man has put
up with a lot has been patient in-
dulgent and kind but the more he has
indulged the young folks the more
r-aucy and inconsiderate they have
grown.
Now dad is in a fix where he needs
help must have help and he has turned
to the boys. Some of them help him
gladly some with an effort to conceal
their disgust and disinclination while
others openly are rebelling at the ta.sks
set them. They grumble and mutter
and talk to the neighbors about his fail-
ure to keep things going in the old
way. without annoying them. 'Jttl
looks at the willing ones and warms to
them. He watches the unwilling. I
but dutiful sadly. He looks at
the rebellious with a new feel
ing welling up in his heart. "If I
were starting over again at the bot-
tom." he says "I would teach every
hild to work and make them do It.
There would never he any more of this
stuff where Jim carries his own load
ind that of Percival. There would be
no more of having Cuthbert loll In a
hummock and strum a banjo while Jack
carried in his share of the wood and
milked tho brindle cov for hirn. I'd
make Algernon responsible for just as
much labor as Jake was doing.
Then I wouldn't have to feel my
face get hot when a friend asked me
what part of the family burden Waldo
was carrying and how long before
Cosmo would be breaking fifty-fifty with
I Job. I vould know that any time
there was a hard Job or an unpleasant
one on hand that I could grab the
first hoy that came through the door
il ml tell him to get busy. There would
be an even break all around.
Then I would know that I could
bank on the family strength as a unit
at any time that a neighbor tried to
No
cer-
while
was free
are always
keep them
equally occupied and there is four
times the good feeling and harmony.
The boy who feels that he is a useful
unit in the family always thinks a lot
more of the family than the one who
is loafing ever does. I expect that I
will stir up a lot of ugly feeling when
I start in making all the boys work
but 1 must stand it as best I can for
the boys' sakes us much as my own.
So here goes for a late reformation
but a complete one and in the future
this family can be run on the basis of
making the unwilling do their snare
not letting the willing tarry double
loads."
Poor old End? Samuel. Until every
man and woman has been made to see
where lies the wisest course there will
be grumblers. 1 meet them every nay.
1 know one who grumbled loudly and
bitterly becaus? her boy was inuuceu
to enlist in the artillery. She could
not see any right nor justice In it.
She felt that the act of the govern-
ment had been cruel and uncalled for.
Then the boy came home from the can-
tonment ami gave his mother a course
of lectures extending over three days
his time of furlough.
"Look at me mother" he began "f
was round-shouldered hollow-chested
couldn't stand square on my feet had
no muscle and was supremely selllsh.
I had little stamina and no wind."
So he went on telling her what lie
had lacked and she saw what he had
lacked and she saw what he had now.
Then he gave her enthusiastic ac-
counts of what he did and how he had
been made a sergeant and how the
commandant had given him a lew
words of commendation and what a
line lot of fellows the other boys were
and how the spirit of patriotism was
everv day. I ne nay aiu-r no
pasture his goats in our lettuce bed or
his mules in our sweet corn. If the I growing
hack to his duties I met tier.
so well in his
neighbors knftu. that pverv hnv iniwetlt hack to
the family was backing me to a finish
ind had li is sleeves rolled up for ac
tion and if they all knew that every
boy in the bunch ' was just as well
trained a scrapper as Jim and Hob and
Tim and Jake they would rope their
goats and mules and hobble them.
"The family has got to come to it or i
get picked on by every pup and heel-
biting cur in Christendom. They have
to come to it or get walked on and
spit on and used as slop jar by every
filthy autocrat who sets up a dictator-
ship in our village. When they know
that a. poke at George is like slapping
NATIONAL I ACTS AND FK.l KKS.
Some of the men doing special work
in the rolling mills of the United States
Steel Corporation are earning from $?0
to $30 a day.
Detailed figures on automobile regis-
trations in the United States in 1!1"
show a total of 5148.062 motor cars for
the year a gain of 1.635007 over 1916.
do
"in
nit.
A QUESTION.
P.v Clinton Scollard of the igilames.
There have been powers malignant and
malign
About us during these discordant
days
atanic workings features saturnine
Veiled in a friendly haze.
Soft-toncucd hvpocricios these have
whispered low;
And traitor heresies these have
clamored loud;
There have been hand:? to deal tne
treacherous blow
Like lightr.Intf from a cloud.
We have been patient and are patient
still
And vet. mv brothers comes there
not u time
When patience and forebearance and
goodwill
Are little short of crime?
science
Brazil produces
the world s yearly
tion.
Japan is credited
of oi;iu"ii
total world pr
being 50647702 pounds.
where there
i chance of defeating her just as
Napoleon had to be fought a Hundred
years ago. When tne nations gum.-i.-n
it Leipsic to give him his first (iefet
that was the proper place to tir.-ni .-Napoleon.
When they came together
sigain to give mm ins noai uk-iuc...
at Waterloo that was the exact place
u meet the Corsican.
It was a home fight for every nation
irraved In arms against him. If tiny
im- of them hail said "We will wait
imil Napoleon comes to our gates or
nir shores; when lie comes we will fight
hinr; until then it is not our iigiu. mat
natiin would have been contributing to
the enslavement of the world by Na-
poleon and sooner or later he would
have appeared at their gates and not
even the gates of hell could have pre-
vailed against him.
Germany must be fought where her
irmies am found.
She must not win a foot of territory
in this war.
If she does she will be able to point
to the war as a victory anu wie un
man people Will neneve ner.
After the war there is only one hope
for the future of the world. That hope
ies in lh Gorman people. In a ue
feated Germany the people will sooner
or later unseat the llohr-nzollerns and the
junkers and then take from the hands
of that Insufferable crew of egomaniacs
nm! iiiiinierrs the sword with which
th"V threaten the whole world. A vie
torious lloherr.ollern dynasty will hold
tho German people In the thraldom of
the triumohs they will claim to have
... ... .anA....-..lb
won. 1 lie i iei niiu irnini' an- .ii.-.-i'nu.'.
rs ravaging tht worlk under the hyp
notic suggestion ot tne migniiesi nun
merist that ever made subject the human
mind Thev are mad with mob psycho!
. homicidal mania. The French
under N'apoieon nwded deleat anu ie-
ceived it. OtherwfeJ they would have
blighted the whole enrth. The Germans
need defeat and they must get it.
otherwise they will iiress down on tne
brow of humanity a crown of thorns
more agonizing than that of Attila the
llun.
Germany must bi defeated now In
Krance. and not after she appears at
our doors swollen with the pride of vic
tory and with our present allies flogged
Into her ranks as her allies.
The great cause Is on trial now. At
iny other time it will be too late. The
place is 1 ranee. Germany is reeling
down to defeat. If we ald tne mignt
of our blows to those of our allies she
will fall. Unless she falls we meet her
next und we may have to meet her
tlone.
The man who argues that we should
. ... I 1. .:...- ... ..l.kvnu tn Ot.
a production i await ocr coouo io on. o ... ...
pounds of silk in 1010. the (tack us has not thought about it or
production for that year if he has thought about it ho either is
a fool or ho wishes Germany to win.
Let us case listening to the unthink-
li'i' to fools nnd to traitors. Let .is
tlL'hf this out in Krance alongside our
allies.
battalions of
The balance of trade In favor of the
I'nited States has nearly doubled in the
last two years' amounting to $11 "7-.V
000.000 in 1917 as compared with $L-
776000000 in 1915.
According to the census bureau there
are now in the United States about
4662000 enemy aliens made up as fol-
lows: Germany 2.349000; Austria 1.-
:!76.000; Hungary. 73800"; Turkey 1SS-
000; P.ulgariu. 11000.
The deciduous fruit industries of the
I'nited States suffer a loss from insect
depredations each year of nearly $1.000.
000000. The one that causes one -fifth
of the loss is the codling moth. San
Jose scale stands second.
The new tax law passed by congress
Oct. 3 1917 increases the tax on in
comes already taxed and imposes a tax
on many Incomes not taxed before. K.v-
ery person not the head of a family
with a net annual income of more than
$1000 is subject to the tax.
Gold imports amounted to $53S000006
in 1917 against $686000000 in 1916;
imports amounted to $372000000 com-
pared with $156000000 in 1916. Silver
imports amounted to $53000000 against
$32000000 in 1916 and exports were
valued at $S400000C against $71000-
000 for 1916.
"1 never saw him look
whole life. He looks four inches taller
and his shoulders are so square and his
muscle is big and hard. He is so en-
thusiastic that he had me and his
father so excited that we wanted to get
out and march with him. He has gained
so much and I fail to see where he has
lost anything I wanted him to keep.
His mind is taking hold of bigger and
better tilings he looks at religion with
more appreciation his whole mental
attitude is improved. Take him out?
Not if I could do it with a word. I
am proud of him right there!"
KKVKUSION.
Paid Lo the wealthy Indian:
" Tis plain we had the better plan
And wiser social order;
We had no poor we all were rich
In health and happiness and sich
No rigid tribal border.
"We had small sickness and less crime
No clocks to vex us wiln t.ie time
No real estate no taxes.
Our sins were few and small because
We did not chidlenge men with laws
Now then the simple facts is.
"When all your 'isms' you have tried
And failed by my plan you'll abide
You'll thank the noble lied Man;
My only grief is that I'll blow
K.re 1 can say. 'I told you so!"
I fear I'll be a dead man."
Chicago News.
IiAIiY IJONOS.
A thrift stamp costs 25 cents.
Sixteen thrift stamps and 13
rents or $4.13 this month buys a
war savings stamp.
The government redeems the
war savings stamp at $5 on Jan.
1 1923.
Your profit Is 87 cents or four
per cent interest compounded
quarterly.
Buy stamps at postofflces banks
and patriotic stores.
You are saving money for the
future and helping the govern-
ment win the war.
l'egin buying today.
A1DMOEE EN OTHEE! TEAMS
From the Files ol The Ardmoreite.
ONE EAIt A(iO.
Americans were leaving Germany and
reported that they were glad of the op-
portunity and said that the govern-
ment had cut the meat allowance to
one-half pound per week for each per
son.
at the
AROUND TIIK WORLD.
s.-.n. lew established a domestii
I'hool for girls at Mavangei
about
total
23 per rent of
rubber produe-
r:.e.nt r.ritain imports 30.000000
.....is f coffee annually lor imme cou
I"""
sumption.
with
Turkey is to take a census of its pop-
..I. ..-I.I..1. is now rollglliy fsiiioiii. ..
II 1.1 I ... o . ...... -
... i i. i... leiim
it "I in . i ii Key is no; o".j
r..in which possesses no oiiicuii
statistics of population.
Ping
of
eighteen
5500000
c.ermnnv. accepting men
and fortv-llve Inclusive nas
.idlers In tho field. Germany s per-
manent disablements are said to
iriiniuin nf nt the rate of 1.000000 a
lilUUVUV w. -
year.
We
the serpent nor
do not spare
excuse
The deadly tiger leaping from
lair;
wonder would it not be well to
A halter here and there!
its
Anotrta Is using an artificial coffee
..i.i.i u made from llgs dried either in
the sun or evaporating pans ground
Into powder and then compressed into
i tablets to be dissolved ill hot wafsr
when desired.
THE WAR MENU.
a song of Johnny cake graham
bread and rye
Kish and eggs and fowl and fruit less
of cake and pie
WheatU-ss meatless sweetless meals
the kaisers strength will punc
ture;
Isn't that the proper thing at Just
this present Juncture?
Kansas City (Mo.) St
America's foreign trade surpassed all
records in 1917 amounting to $917S'
000000. The gain over 1916 was nearly
$1300000
TEN YEARS AGO.
Judge "Wallace of Kansas City Mo.
announced that he would be a candidate
for governor of Missouri.
The United States offered to furnish
the Cuban government with guns nnd
ammunition to suppress a revolution.
W. H. Webb of North Dakota was
here investigating the oil fields.
Villa's troops were just three miles
from the line near Columbus N. M.
and were being watched by United
States airplane observers.
A bill was introduced in the Ttxts
legislature to regulate the price of
cotton.
FIVE YEARS AGO.
Spencer D. Mitchell one of the best
known men of Carter County died and
his remains were drcised in a suit of
Confederate gray and laid to rest In
Hose Hill.
The people of Mexico City were sub- j
jected to the hail of lead and iron In
the city and were trying to escape.
A threatened strike of 3400) railrcnd
men was settled by arbitration at New
York.
A bill was passed by the Oklahoma
legislature to protect ignorant and In-
experienced Indians.
The American ambassadar at Mexico
City was Instructed to draw on the
state department for the protection of
the American people there.
State Auditor Leo Meyer resigned his
position and Joseph McCelland'B ap-
pointment was made at once by Gov-
ernor Cruce
Miss DeZavala surrendered the Ala-
mo at San Antonio Texas to the state
which had passed a bill for the repair
ing of tho building.
The Creek Nation was in arms de-
manding that the government cive
them money Inntead of land.
Pen H. Colbert of Tishomingo for-
mer United States marshal for the
southern district of Indian Territory
was in the city.
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
It was reported that a rich vein of
gold had been struck in the hills west
of Waxahachie Texas.
The Spanish government made a re-
quest that the Clydebank Shipbuilding
Company push the work on the Span-
ish vessels.
The house and senate were busily en-
gaged in the work of the Indian affairs
with the live tribes In Indian Territory.
An announcement was made that the
United States battleships Texas and
Nashville were en route to Galveston.
The Crock schoolbuilding was burned.
The fire was started from a dilapidated
stove.
The Alaska Territory was in control
of a band of gamblers of which a man
by the name of Kay was the leader
who killed a deputy United States mar-
shal Crown.
Cause and Cure
Boston Transcript: Doctor Tou need
to be treated for the whisky habit.
Casey Cegorra doctor that's how 1
got it.
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