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TUESDAY. Jl T LY I*. 1916.
"7oungster. you don’t know what it i* to be
without a family, without a home, without a
mmtry. And if you nre ever tempted to say a
word or do a thing that shall put a bar between
you and your family, your home and your
country, pray God in His mercy to take you that
instant home to His own heaven. Stick by your
family, boy; forget that yon have a self üb.le
you do everything for thrm. Think of your home,
hoy; I crite and send and talk about it. Iwt it be
nearer to your thought the farther you hat e to
travel from it; and rush to it when you are free.
And for your country, boy, never dream a dream
hut Os tewing her as she bids you, though that
service carry you through a thousand hells. So
matter . tchat happens to you. no matter who
flatters you or who abuses you. never look at
another flag, never let a night pass but you pray
Gad to bless the Stars and Stripes. Remember
that you belong to your own country as you
belong to your own mother; stand by her as you
Would stand by your own mother ." —Edward
JBvsrett Hal*.
I --
Here’s a Sensation from
the Border That Many a
Fellow May Be Part Os.
We wish to gently point out—with all
dfue regard for the admitted yearning of
the American public for sensation and
its chronic predilection for heroics—that
the estimable newspaper correspondents
down El Paso way are serving it up in
overdoses.
For instance, a captain of militia sends
Ml account of the arrival of his com
mand at the border under the lurid
kaading:
“Captain’s diary tells of conditions far
worse than pictured in wildest dreams.”
Attentively scanning said diary, which
towers the period of one day—the first
—we And that the principal entries are
as follows:
4:46 a. m., breakfast —Oransss hard
boiled eggs, corned-beef hash, bread, jam,
fresh butter, coffee.
12, dinner — Beef stew, stewed toma
toes, freshly baked bread, jam and cof
fcw
12 to 3 p. m. — Rest. (El Paso’s siesta
period).
6, supper — Roast beef, boiled potatoes,
stewed tomatoes, bread, butter, coffee.
Now, we don’t doubt but the conditions
in the National Guard along the border
am, to say the least, uncomfortable.
We have heard of that El Paso coun
try, and it’s no land of milk and honey.
And we have a presentiment, or a
hunch, to be strictly El Paso-esque, that
before our citizen-soldiers get home they
Wll] meet with hardships which will make
a pillow of cactus as welcome as the
flowers that bloom in the spring.
But if the conditions, as set forth in
the aforesaid diary, are “far worse than
pictured in the wildest dreams” of the
militia boys, then they must be having
the rosiest of pipe dreams and should be
mmkened as gently and as expeditiously
~DS possible, for their own good.
A little of the yellow stuff tints the war
tales most attractively; too much, not!
only scares the folks back home into con
niption fits, but has a had psychological
affect on the young soldiers.
Lets save some of our molly-coddling ■
for the real hard times.
And we close this friendly chiding with
the remark that the worst hardships of
the aoldier boys aren’t a marker to the
woea of the correspondent who doesn’t
tend in this same sensation stuff, at that.
Having: Been the Thing
America First Repudiated,
It Can Hardly Be the Thing
Those persons clamoring for military
trmininf to “capitalize the fighting in
stinct, make of it a productive educa
tional investment and compel it to yield
dividends in physical and moral disci
pline.'' the view of Dr. Willard S. Small,
meently expressed, must realize, IF
YHEY THINK AT ALL, that the physi-
Xfßland moral discipline of military train
tfhp Is merely to make of men a body of
units who obey the word of
£amHor officer, no matter how unjust,
tyrannical or prejudiced he may be.
They must realize that America has be
come what it is, along the line of prog
ress, from the recognition of the inalien
able rights of the INDIVIDUAL and that
it is the only country which has started
on that basis.
That militarism is in direct opposition
to this and would undermine ur most
cherished principles; that it completely
cuts off initiative; that a man is no long
er a man but a THING, to obey orders,
fire a gun and probably get killed, can l*?
seen by the blind.
If the Krupps could manufacture a set
of machines that could be manipulated
like men, they would gladly do it.
Personal qualities, morals, any of the
things which go toward the building up
of mankind are utterly foreign to mili
tary training.
Under it man divests himself of him
self to all intents and purposes.
How, then, is he to have his “fighting
instinct capitalized?”
It takes the prize fight for that, and
we seem not to glory in that form of
capitalization.
We admit that we fail to follow Dr.
; Small’s reasoning.
We admit that we do not think he has
i any.
\Ve hope very much, that the teachers
he was addressing when he spoke it. will
not follow it, either.
Also we do not agree that the “ineradi
i cable fighting instinct” which he talks
! about, can only be expended by physical
| force and in killing men.
It has a moral side (though not the
1 one he means) and without it we would
sink into ineptitude, but military train
ing is not the place to develop it along
| healthful lines. *
It must lx? developed along individual
l initiative and endeavor and the school of
LIFE is the only training school neces
sary. A ....
What man or woman, grown to middle
age but has learned the lessor of disci
pline both physical and moral?
Who has not had his fingers burned
on the coals of youthful ignorance or
folly ?
Who has not learned the beauty and
happiness in self-sacrifice through the
love of someone dearer than lilo?
Who has not gained courage and stead
fastness through hardships endured
while laboring for his bread?
We need no military training to bring
out these things.
Tt is a stupid way to attempt it.
We would rob a man of all freedom in
order to teach him to be a useful, capi-!
talized” citizen, whereas we declare that
in order to be of any use to the country ■
we must be free and equal.
It is a slave morality.
It is the very thing America first re
pudiated. and Americans who subscribe
to it had hotter firs* deposit their Amer
icanism in Independence Hall, beside the
liberty bell, and go on without it.
No return checks will be given.
From Another Pointot View
hy C. T. S.
According to a moving picture pro
ducer. baldheaded men cannot be used in
film work. This is good summer news,
we presume, for the man who operates
the spot light.
• * *
Did you notice that John D. Rockefel
ler has given $50,000 of our money to
help the fight on infantile paralysis?
« • ■
, “Surprised. Phyllis, in this day and
age. that you are not familiar with the
duties on the race track of a jockey, as
indicated by your query. They have
jockeys, naturally, to take care of the
gaits.
• • •
Before and After Shaking Hands With
Charlie Fairbanks.
BEFORE AFTER
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90 ■ 90......
80 I 80
70 I 70
60 a 60
50 50
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The following official report from
Rome:
The enemy has been at.rongly reinforced
in ibis rector and launched ncvernl violent
counter-attacks. All were repulsed with
heavy loan to hint.
Whaddatheymean, to him?
• * •
The driver of the auto in the latest De
troit fatality has sworn to a written
statement that he was driving five miles
an hour. He seems to have been driving
altogether too slowly.
• ’• •
It may not be a had Idea to have the
sharks muzzled, also.
• * •
Fifty thousand dollars has i»een offered
in I/>ndon for the l)est false hand. It is
! our opinion that he probably *s serving
time.
• m •
Did it stop or skip?
DETROIT TIMES
We Know Just How You Feel, John.
(Cor> r, k hl - 19»6 by H T ijgsSfegif IS
Uncle Sams Mail Bag
I New Branch of Postoffice Service Manages 100,000 Persona.
WASHINGTON. D. C., July 18
It tak«*» lui'.OuO persons to care for
the conte. .ts of Uncle Sams mall
bags' This ligare covers the post
offices of the first, second and third
classes and includes city mall car
rlers.
All this vast army was placed un
der anew generalship July 1. ac
cording to provisions of the “legls
latlve. executive and judicial act,'
approved last May. Fifty-six thou
sand postoffices were transferred by
this act to anew "division of post
office service."
This organisation absorbs several
former branches It is under imme
diate charge of Oen. Supt Goodwin
D. Ellsworth, of North Carolina, and
Assistant Gen. Supt. William 8.
Ryan, of New York.
The new division will disburse ap
propriations amounting to $150,000.-
000 for th»* ensuing fiscal year This
vast sum is required to cover the
salaries of postmasters, supervisory
officers, clerks, city carriers, etc.,
the rental and equipment of offices
not in federal buildings, maintenance
of vehicles for delivery, collection
and transportation of mails writhln
cities, etc.
The total appropriation for the
entire postal service for the fiscal
year 1917 will be approximately
$322,000,000. Almost half of this is
required for work done under the
“division of postofflre service" It
Is spent In amounts varying from $1
to more than $5,000, and the hand
ling of this amount involves a tre
mendous volume of correspondence
Besides keeping of files and rec
ords, the work of the new depart
ment Includes the assignments, ap
pointments, adjustments of salaries,
Investigation and consideration of
charges, granting leave of absence,
and the promulgation of rules and
regulations.
During the fiscal year ending June
30. 1918, the salaries of over 9,000
postmasters were changed and ad
justed, 8.600 carriers and clerks were
promoted, 1.400 additional clerks
and 1,600 additional carriers were
appointed.
The government owns 411 mall
autos. The original cost of these
machines was more than $500,000.
The expense of operating them, In
cluding drivers’ salariea. garages
and upkeep, is about $640,000 per
The Keep Well Column
FORBIDDEN FOODS.
There are some food* that help
and Botn«* that hinder hahy‘a fight
•iiram-p
sausage, duck,
goose, meat atewa and dresatng*
from roasted tnoata,
All fried vein-tables are dangerous
for baby. Ro are icreen corn, cue urn
her, fried egg plant, fried onlona and
canned vegetablea
Any kind of hot bread la unfit
for young children, flrlddle rakea
alao are tabooed.
Uread or cake with dried frnlta or
annum, a sum less than that spent
for the same service under the for
mer contract system.
Before the organization of the di
vision of po.-tofflee service, the va
rious functions of moving mails in
cities and towns was managed by
two sections of the postofflee de
partment. The new division In
cludes all the work of handling
malls in cities and towns.
At the railway stations the juris
diction passes to the railway mall
service, which belongs to the bureau
of the second assistant postmaster
general.
Sane Sommer Suggested
Now that the Fourth has gone by
with its indubitable proofs of the
advantages 6f caution and common
sense, why not carry the sane idea
on throughout the entire summer
season? Why not make it. in brief,
a sane summer?
Every summer has its lists of ac
cidents and even fatalities by sea
and shore. Just as the Fourth of
July has Many of them—perhaps
most of them —are of a preventable
nature. Untried swimmers venture
out too far. boats are not handled
as carefully as they should be, ca
noes are taken too far from shore
by Inexperienced persons, and dis
aster often results.
Everyone who goes or stays on
a vacation should make up his or
her mind to omit no reasonable pre
caution to make the summer of
1914 the saneat on record —Chicago
Herald.
Demand Clean Money
Dirty paper money long has been
known to carry disease germs.
The purchasing power of a filthy
bill is as great as that of a clean
one, but there la no excuse for the
existence of a dirty bill.
The next time your bank hands
you bills reeking with filth, ask why
they haven’t been washed.
The treasury department has a
machine that thoroughly cleanses
dirty paper money.—Cleveland
Press
*weet frnetlnga also are bad for
little tota.
lee cream la too rich. It cbilla
the stomach and pavea the way for
cholera Infantum.
'’andy upaeta baby's digestion.
l*astry, pie or preserved frulta
also are dangerous.
Coffee, tea, beer, elder, wine and
whi*ky muat give way to cooled
boiled v.ater and properly modified
milk
Dry or "ready-to-eat" cereals a'ao
nr»« bad for young children and
babiet in particular.
Not until baby la all years old
should be have batter on hta biVad
C hildren need the protection ot
cleanliness even more than grown
children.
—By Webster.
Her Proposal
"George,” *he began, "a* it is leay
year— ■"
The young man started and turned
pale.
"As it Is l**ap year." she continued.
“and you have been calling regular
ly now four nights a week for a
long, long time, George I propose—”
"I'm not in a position to marry on
my sa!ar> .” George broke In hurried
ly
"Exactly, George.” the girl pur
sued. ' and so. aa it is leap year. I
propose that you lay off and gife
some of the more eligible boys a
chance.” —Boston Transcript.
You’re Next
Victor Vaught, a barber, ha* an
nounced "You're next," to the wait
ing lj*t of patron* at the barber
*hop of Ferrand A Peterson for
many year*.
He heard the same call this week,
but not for sharing While he »a»
busily engaged on a customer, the
telephone bell tingled. Vaught an
swered Then he put up hi* razor,
took off hi* white coat and started
for the door, leaving hi* patron half
ahared.
'Tm next," he told hi* boa*
“T’re got to report at the armory,"
and he hastened up the street to
join hi* company. A fellow work
man completed the unfinished share
St. Paul Dispatch.
France Moved Up Clock
When the clock* in Franoe were
advanced one hour, with the excep
tlon of Greece, Turkey. Switzerland
and Run*la, nearly all of Europe of
ficially was under the new "sare
an hour of daylight" scheme.
Germany wa* the first country to
adopt thl* scheme. England and
Italy soon followed; then the Scan
dinavian countries and finally
France Joined the group also.
With the new scheme of advancing
the clocks one hour It Is o'clock
In London at. noon here, nine min
utes after In the afternoon !n Pa
ris, six minute* to 7 fn the after
noon In Berlin and ten minutes to
7 in Rome.—New York Herald.
Warranted by Ctreumstaneea.
Mr*. Knagg—When you speak to
me don’t >ou dare to use such sharp
words!
Mr. Knagg- But. my dear, when I
speak to you, sharp words are the
only ones I can get !n edgewise.
Father—" Johnny, did you forget
to feed the dog this morning’"
Johnny—"No, sir, but I didn't
think he needed Anything."
Father—" You haven't given him
any meat since yesterday morning,
hare you?"
Johnny—"No, sir But sister's
beau was here last night, and I
don’t think the dog Is very hnngry."
One rs the surprises ir. connec
tion with the war Is the effect It
has had upon the czarina of Rujftta.
For 'ears she ha* suffered from
nervous prostration, whlrh the great
specialists In Europe have failed to
cure Dut the war has achieved th*'
Impossible, and the czarina l* now
quite her old a«lf ft U yupposed
that the demands made upon her
time and attention are realty re
sponsible for the cure.
The Daily Reminder j
TODAY’S ANSIVBRS ARIES
1111 —William Makepeace Thack
eray, famous English novelist, born
m Calcutta India. Died in London
Dec 24. lldS.
I ISO--Fire destroyed moet of the
city of Cracow. In Austrian Poland
1111—Firet overlnnd coach arrived
at Leavenworth, Km, 17 day# from
Han Francisco.
llll—The Italian fleet began an at.
tack on the Island of Liesa. belong
In* to *the Asatrian province of Dal
matia.
l»7o—Michael Davltt John W||.
•on sere convicted of tr*a*on-f»lonv
i* a re*uLt of their connection with
the Fenian movement.
1173 Henlto Juarex. Mexican preet.
dent and patriot, died In the City of
Mexico. Born March 31, I*oß.
1177—At tbe reaueet of the gover
nor of west Y Irglnls. President
Heyee ordered Federal troops to Mar
tinebur* to quell the railroad strike
riots.
1880— Jubilee In Belgium In cele
bration of national Independence
1881— Tercentenary of the destruc
tion of the Spanish armada ralebrat
ed at Plymouth. England
18*8—Stefan Stambuloff. Bulgarian
statesman, assassinated at Sofia
1191—American squadron destroy
ed three Spanish merchantmen and
live gunboats In engagements off
Manta nil to, Cuba
I*o9—Don Carloa. pretender to the
Spanish throne, died In I*ombnrdy
OXE YEAR tr.ll TODAY I* THE
WAR
Berlin reported Russian front
pierced north of Warsaw.
Germans crossed the Bug river
near Sokal.
British reported the recapture of
around loet to the Germans north of
Ypraa.
Italian cruiser Giuseppe Oanhaldl
sunk in the Adriatic by Austrian sub
marine.
TODtr* BIRTHDAY*
Mrs Richard Derby, formerly M'sa
Ethel Roosevelt, born in New York
city 24 years ago today.
Prince Victor Napoleon, the Bona
partlst pretender to the throne of
France, norn St years »go tndav
Dr Samuel W Stratton, director of
the t' s bureau of standards, h.'i
at Litchfield 111., 5S years sgn to.lav
Bishop Joseph 8 Key. of the Meth.
odist Episcopal church. «outh. horn
at La Grange. Oa, *7 years *ro to
day
Rose Pastor Stokes, noted s»tt *-
ment worker end advocate of S>-
ctaliam. born In *u»oik. Russia,
years ago today
fames Young. representative in
congress of the Third Texas distrlc*
born in Rusk county, Tex.. 60 veers
iago today
I'hHrb-s fChick) Evans holder of
j the nations! open golf championship
born at Indianapolis z f < ag > to-
I lay.
Alv »h T Mever celebrated run
■ ner of the 1 rlsh-Amerlrsn A C, New
York, born In N.-x\ York city -*
i years ag< t>>d;»v
Harry <Sllm S«!e«-, note.j base
ball pl-\»r. who h.i« lust announ -d
] his retirement fr>>ni the game h >rn
’ar Meridian. Miss. 31 years ago to
day.
A Poem a Day
lot H ROT A AII YOt
lou have figured a lot on his young
career.
You hu\ e dreamed and planned sr .
thought;
You have pictured him manly and
full Os cheer.
With a will for the flght you've
fought.
But he'|| never come up to the
dreams you dre.im
And he never will do his part.
Till you get tight down In hts heart
with him
And take him right Into your
heart.
You cannot one minute believe he
will care
What hopes you have formed of
his life
If you haven't meant anything unto
him yet
As far As'he's con* In Ms strife;
Tou cannot look forward to having
him rise
To positions of honor and trust
If you v* never been comrade* with
light in your eyes
And with bare toes kicking th*
dust.
Why, maybe you never have known
that Le-
Wn« ember st home with you
Os ■ \ ttle group of the tender and
free.
Asa man with a family should do
You can t expect him, whatever may
com*.
To fulfill every promise your heart
Has made for him there In life * |u,ex
hum,
Cnlesa you have made Mm a part
Baltimore jtun.
Pointed Paragraphs
Never Judge women *nd cigar* by
their wrapper*.
Perhaps the best way to kill fal*e
hood la to let It He
It’s a case of love’* labor lost un
less It gets Into the union
It’s Impossible for a woman to
preserve a secret so It will keep
Being popular consist* largely in
remembering what to forget
Bometlme* a cigar draw* better
than the actor ft la named after.
It takea more than a visit from
hi* wife’s mother to make a man
happy.
It’s as risky to praise a woman’s
husband to her face as It 1* to
criticise him.
You may not get all that i* com
ing to yon In thl* world, but look
out for the next.
The good Samaritan didn’t wait
to be Introduced to the man who
had fallen among thieve*.
Not Totally Depraved.
The Desk flefgeant—Why did you
throw away the gun after you ajtirk
up the man?
The Culprit— 'Cause It’s Against
the 4 aw to carry concealed weapons
and you wouldn’t have me break all
the laws, would you?
Toronto has completed anew in
dust rial school costing $1,000,000.
The Old Gardener Says
No garden maker need hesitate
to plant gladioli bulb* and dahlia
root* even yet. If he happens to
have any on hand They will al
most certainly make blooming
plants and will give some of (he
finest flowers of the season. Dah
lias can be made to bloom early;
but. after all, they *re really fall
flowers, and that Is the season
when they sre at their best. Asa
rule they thrive without any
watering, provided they are giv
en regular cultivation
TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1916
Avery human letter lies before me.
I read your editorials daily,” suyu the
writer, a young man, ‘‘and have been
especially interested in those that touch
upon ambition and opportunity.
Now I would like you to answer me
just one question. What is a young man
to do when he reaches the age of twenty
one with no special training? He has
lots of ambition, besides ability to work,
but he linds that this talk about courage
and will-power is nothing but rot For
wherever he seeks an opportunity to
start from the bottom no one pays at
tention. The very men who preach op
portunity and rising to high position in
life by hard work refuse to make a place
for him. They tell you about using your
brains, but at the same time they don’t
give you a chance to use them.
“Can you explain how in the world
there is an opportunity in such a case?”
Well, in the first place, living all those
years until twrenty-one without training is
a crime. Hut perhaps it was not your
fault. If you ever have children, how
ever. see that you do not wrong them as
your parents and the state, and possibly
yourself, wronged you.
Still, at twenty-one you have the world
before you. Perhaps these hints
help you:
1. Don’t be impatient. It’s a life job
you’re tackling. Set your jaw. Plan for
years, not for tomorrow only. Attack
success with the same terrific determina
tion the Germans used at Verdun.
Remember that your real success
takes place inside of your mind. It’s
not facts, nor others’ acts, nor events,
that matter. Nothing matters in th«
long run but the tcmi>er of your spirit.
Keep thinking success; and the more you
are rebuffed the harder you must think it.
3. You seem sorry for yourself. That
looks bad. Flee thoughts of self-pity as
you would the devil. Are you alive and
kicking, and have you a clear head and
two good hands, and are you out of jail?
If so, you’re in luck.
4. Study. I’ll venture to say you
waste enough spare time in four years to
make a doctor’s degree. Find out what
you want to do. Say it’s engineering,
lake up a course of study in that direc
tion. There are good correspondence
school courses. Or go talk to the principal
of your high school, or some professor in
a college, and get advice as to how to
read.
5. Do well what you can find to do.
Do it with all your skill and enthusiasm.
Do it better than any one else can do it.
Do it—and keep your eye open for some
thing better. Be efficient. Every fac
tory, store, and farm in the world is
hungry for the man who can do the busi
ness and not make excuses.
”Cr»-atlon'» cry gri?* up
from nn» lo rh-ated ag*-,
Give u* th*- m**n who do th* work
For
6. Don’t fret. Don’t worry. Have
faith. Believe in yourself. Believe in
the world. Believe in the Eternal Jus
tice. If you do, the stars will fight for
you. And if you don’t believe, if you
complain and get it into your head that
this world is down on you, why, it will
come down on you and smash you, and
you’ll get what you believed in. Every
body does.
7. Be persistent. Fortune’s a fickle
jade. If she does not say yes the first
five times you ask her, ask her twenty
five times. After a while she will favor
you, for she loves importunity.
8. Get the luck idea out of your mind.
There is such a thing as luck. But that
is not what you are looking for. What
you want is success. And there’s no luck
about that. It’s just as certain as the
com crop to those who know how to
raise it.
9. Don’t expect anything of anybody
but yourself.
10. And keep cheerful. It’s all in a
lifetime. Meanwhile there are dough
nuts and coffee. And the pleasant sun
is shining. I suspect you are missing a
lot of happiness as you go along because
you don’t know it when you see it.
Do you remember what Lincoln said?
It was this:
“I have noticed that most people in
this world are about as happy as they
have made up their minds to be.
DIFFERENT NOW.
How marriage changes a man
Doesn’t It? Take my husband—ho u*ed to
offer me a penny for my Oumght. and now he
often offers me fifty dollar* to *hu» up.
AFTER THE BLOW.
Did you ever lose much time house hunting?
Oh, yea; we lived out west at one time, and
wa had a cyclone. I spent six days looking for
my house.
Ten Success Hunches.
BY DR. FRANK CRANE
4 Copy right, 1816, by Frank Crane)