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Conducted from INI to 1913, Forty-eight
rearm, under the Editorship of
__ WILLIAM WALLACE SCREWS.
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JANUARY, 1917.
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60.18,183
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Total..... 676,813
Returns ...................... 30,234
Net Total . 656,688
Daily Average, January, 1917... 17,969
Sunday Average, January, 1917. 20,783
. J. L. Bouhtiw Circulation Manager of The
Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn.
Says:
The foregoing statement of The Adver
tiser's circulation for the Month of Jan
uary, 1917, Is true and correct and compiled
after returns and spoiled copies have been de
ducted.
THE ADVERTISER CO.,
J. L. BOESHANS,
Circulation Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this
Third day of February, 1917.
(SEAL.) R. C. PHELPS.
Notary Public, Montgomery County, Alabama
▲GAINST"THE HOHENZOLLERNS.
, Provided Oreat Britain can hold out, and
'■he seems to be able to hold out, the terms
- upon which peace will be made dre clear.
Thdy art set forth In this dispatch of Mon- ,
day from London:
Addressing a meeting In London to
night, the speaker of the House of Com
mons, the Right Honorable James Wil
liam Lowther, declared that it was Impos
sible for British statesmen to make any
*. agreement with the German government
as now constituted.
It would be necessary before signing
any peace or any agreement, he said, to
'■ insist that It must be with a government
different In essence and constitution from
the present one.
Students of the war and Its conditions
realise that the crux of, the great Issue is
here stated—the existence of Germany and
the German people Is not at stake. But the
continuance of Hohenzollern dynasty and Its
present government la at stake. If the Allies
can win anything better than a draw, the
Hohensollern dynasty will be overthrown,
with it will go the very able and very com
petent German government, which the Allies
hold responsible for the war.
That Is the one great question which will
be determined before the representatives of
the belligerent nations sit around the peace
table—the continuance of Hohenzollern rule.
The Allies are trying to <y)nvlnce some sec
tions of the German people, but with 411 euc
cesa that they are lighting not for "the de
struction of Germany,” but dor the overthrow
of the present Imperial governme^.
This will be the basic issue .although other
grave problems will call for settlement. If
' the Allies are ever able to enforce their de
mands, France will Insist upon Alsace ar.d
Lorraine .and perhaps the Allies will want
. to return Bchleswleg-Holsteln to little Den
mark. but there could not under any con
ceivable circumstances be a raid on German
territory, for annexation by any of the Al
lies, although Russia would look for a slice
of Old Poland, as well as Constantinople.
All this, however. Is qgiere speculation. The
victor and the vanquished In this war have
sot jret appeared. We only know that the
crisis will come this summer or before, and
that before August 1st next, the world will
see, perhaps In the distance, the end of the
war and It will see which side will be vlc
torloua
“Ths man .who want* the earth can go
•▼an and taka the whole of Europe for a
■tarter and we will ralae no objection."—Opp
Messenger. Alabama real estate Is better.
European land. Judging from the recently
published photographs, looks too much as if
it had been overrun by prairie dogs to make
it attracttva
The Pearl of the Antilles had better watch
her step. Uncle Sam likes pearls, even
though he doesn't like to take them.
If this war keeps up the price of hero
medals will advance along with elde bacon.
“What’* the matter with St. Louis as a
winter resort?”—St. Louis Republic. We
should say, ofthand; that probably it Is too
cold.
The Kaiser doubtless wishes now that he
had never started out on that snake-digging
enterprise.
Senator Hughes • of New Jersey says we
■re too fat to fight. In time, however, war
would probably reduce tis sufficiently.
Hampton Roads and New Tork harbor are
fenced by steel nets, but Montgomery, which
lies on the rolling Alabamh river, is pro
tected only by fleh nets made of hickory
staves.
They have been calling him ’'Old" Champ
Clark for years, but only last week did he
become a grand-daddy.
In the two-paragrgph article tn'yesterdays
paper In which we chided The Albany Ad
vertiser for adopting simplified spelling, the
Hon. Lino scored three “bulla” Perhaps It
would be better If we, too, adopted the sim
plified form of spelling.
REVIVING THE SPELLING BEE.
Out in Washington a 8tate-wlde spelling
tournament has been eet for March I. The
spelling bee is to be confined to school chil
dren in the sixth and eighth grades. Early
in this month elimination contests began in
the various local communities. FJrom these
contests the most proficient spellers are to
be entered In the county contests. And then
the great championship struggle will be made
in the auditorium of Olympia. A small ad
mission fee will be charged, "but mostly for
the purpose of regulating the attendance,”
explains The Christian Science Mon'ltor, "and
handsome prizes will te awarded." A dia
mond medal Is one of the prizes.
This Is different from the old-fashioned
spelling bee. "It is rather an elaboration
of the schoolroom spelling bee," says The
Monitor, which has Informed itself in detail
of the Washington event.
There is a set of by-laws governing the
Olympia contest. The words "given out"
are to be taken from a speller specially
chosen for the occasion. Each participant
is to write 100 words. An oral test follows.
Contestants are not to be "turned down"
(made to sit down) “as it Is the announced
purpose to save all from unnecessary embar
rassment, and to prevent undue excitement.”
Whereupon our Boston contemporary
launches into the making of a picture of ye
olden spelling bee, thus:
How different! Embarrassment and
excitement were main . features of the
spellin' bee of the grandfathers and
grandmothers. So .long as the work of
elimination was in its early stages the
proceedings were comparatively tame.
When the mlssey began to cause a thin
ning of the circle, and the contest began
to narrow down to recognized experts,
and attempts were made to correct
"slips,” and cries of "unfair" came from
the partisans, on rulings of the judges,
then was the time when the audience
I- stood upon chairs, when each miss was
greeted with laughter and each hit with
cheers, and when people who had always
been friends began to draw apart.
While nothing in the early days was
more conducive to social Intercourse than
the preliminaries of a spellin' bee. It was
the very general belief that no small
community could afford to hold morj than
ojte contest In a single generation. The
early contests for the spellin' bee brought
young people together almost as certainly
and as satisfactorily as the slngln' school,
and if the proceedings could only be
stopped short of the actual contest, no
undesirable results would follow; but
there were always a la/ge number of
people in a community who found it dif
ficult to accept the Intellectual rating
that followed. Those who had always
been regarded as superior, that Is, found
it difficult to overcome the humiliation ,
attendant upon the .missing of words
which their social Inferiors spelled off
hand and correctly. It was as if the pub
structure of society were giving way,
and it often required years to restore
the equilibrium and bring assurance that
chaos was not at hand.
The Washington idea is altogether worth
while both from ' the standpoint of enter
tainment and from the standpoint of the
speller. It should revise an interest in cor
rect spelling; for, what looks worse In print
or in a letter than a misspelled word? A
great many Informed people have greatly
raised the question whether the younger
generation today is as proficient In spelling
as the generation gone before. If the pres
ent generation Is less proficient in spelling
than its predecessor, then it is in a bad way,
and spelling lJees should be revived every
where.
OUR GOVERNMENT EXONERATED.
When the Rules Committee of the House of
Representatives reports the results of Its In
quiry Into the charges that there was a
"leak” of the President’s purpose to*send a
peace note, It will give Its findings, according
to The New York World, substantially In
this way:
There was a "leak.”
No official of the government was re
sponsible for It.
No relative or friend of any official was
responsible. «
No official, nor any one close to any of
ficial. profited by the advance informa
tion.
Large profits were taken in various
cities of the country as a result of the
advance Information.
Two newspaper men have been found at
fault, and hereafter will probably be denied
the privileges of the press gallery.
Nobody with an open mind believed for a
moment that the Insinuations and Implica
tions of the Lawsons and the Woods were
just or well founded. The honor of our gov
ernment was impugned by reckless, irre
sponsible men. Our government has been
exonerated not only in the eyes of the in
vestigating committee, but In the'eyes of all
Americans who read the daily reports of the
investigation.
diplomacy and publicity.
While the prolonged, and more or leas
spectacular investigation into the "leak”
from the diplomatic noti of the American
government to Germany has been in progress,
we have wondered why some persoh did not
object to the challenge of the leak by in
vestigation, on the grounds that, the leak was
nothing more than an attempt at "the open
door diplomacy," and an antagonism to “sec
ret diplomacy."
It has occurred to us that we have seen
countless articles In progressive journals de
manding wide open and above board diplo
macy. The public surely cannot have for
gotten that certain of our light thinking
leaders have gravely told them that “secret
diplomacy" was responsible for the war—a
statement untrue on its face, but one used
by sdme of our best advertised pacifists.
Now that a can opener was applied to
diplomacy, now that some stock speculators
broke open the secret, why should all this
bother be made about a diplomatic leak?
That is what the people of this country
wanted, shirt sleeve, open door, above board
and no secret diplomacy—at least that is
what certain of our agitators told us that
the people wanted. But »• soon as the prin
ciple Is put Into’ effect. Congress U stirred
from center to circumference, the newspapers
have a new sensation and the country begins
to wonder If the game is worth the candle.
This unpleasant Incident has proved, how
ever. that our light thinkers are wrong as
usual. It has proved that diplomacy must
hage a certain secrecy; that the two go to
gether and cannot exist apart. As the worHl
stands today, any nation that foolishly tried
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to work out Its purpoao through publicly
proclaimed diplomacy would soon bo the dupe
of a nation which followed eatabllahed forme.
The incident le only Important, aa allow
ing how foolish are aome of the- doctrlnea
preaaed upon the American people.
We gather from the following paragraph
that aomehGdy In Andaluaia has made the
editor, of Tho Andaluaia Standard mad about
something: “Alabama la a Southern State
through and through, and hay Southern cps
toma, and also haa newapapers owned .and
edited by Southern gentlemen/who were born
and reared In the South, therefore ali editors
who cannbt get to' a Southern gentleman's
office through the front entrance, should
come to the back door, and should, according
to Southenr custom, humbly remove their
hats, before {entering."
We are moving forward aa a >ace when we
never hear even a land-lubber pronounco it
Mardi "Grass."
Charles Edward feussell says Ruthlessness
la a winner-as a Loud Nols^, byt as an in
strument for bringing the Allies to their
knees it is. a "bum poor show,” and should
be .recalled. Get the hook!
"Fletcher, Gets Glad Hand."—Headline.
Watch your back, Mr. Aipbaasador, watch
your back
The soldiers should be brought to Mont*
gomery for demobilisation. This Is the most
central point of Importance In Alabama. It
will be more convenient for the boys to reach
their homes from Montgomery than from any
other point.
Is Mr. Crabtree, president of the Tennessee
Senate, like that?
The buds are crying for a' place In the sun.
The all-cotton farmer Is. the boll weevil's
big brother.
• Our none Is h’lsted. It 10 in quest of the
dogwood blbssoms.
It was “The Fatherland.” Following the
break It became "The New World." It is still
The Fatherland, however.
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For several months whenever the English,
the Germans, the French or the Austrians
would capture 200 or 300 prisoners It has
been regarded as a matter of Important news
—In contrast with other days when the Rus
sians were capturing four or five army Corps
a week, as It they were no more than so many
colds.
Captain E. G. Shepherd, formerly of Ala
bama, but now with the British army, does
not seem to know that he has been sufficiently
wounded to Come home and tell us all .about
it As game a soldier as there Is In Europe'
and a writer of talent. Captain Shepherd pre
sents an interesting figure whose ultimate
return to Alabama la hoped for by his friends
here. Captain Shepherd Is an Englishman.
"Is It an overt act for a woman .to come
to breakfast In a dressing gown and with
curl papers still on her hair?"—Anniston Star.
If she does it without warning It la
The optimistic Tuscaloosa News Is of the
opinion that when she gets that canning
plant we shall War no more of the question,
"what's the matter with Birmingham?” May
be not; but keep an eye on the old-estab
lished canting plant In Birmingham.
The Diversified
_Farmer
Omr Litany.
From free burning coal, open pipe plumb
ing and open face grates; from calamity
howlers, ten per cent interest and people
who don’t pay- their debts, O Lord, deliver
us.
Cera.
And don't forget that corn this year will
I*»y bigger than it has ever paid. Every in
dication is for a year of high-priced grain.
While we are reducing the cotton acreage
In the weevil territory why not Increase the
corn acreage? Doubling the corn production
of Alabama would not be going too far In
a year like this if we-ktep on increasing the
hogs and cattle.
No Favoritism.
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Washington, D. C., Feb. 18, 1917.
The Secretary of Agriculture gave out a
statement today to refute the report that
States desiring to obtain money for roads
under the Federal Aid Road Act, which ap
propriates 385,000,000, must build only ex
pensive r ads, and to make It clear that no
particular kind of material will be required
or favored by the Department of Agriculture
to the detriment of other materials.
^ “There is not the slightest truth In such a
report,” said Secretary Houston. “This de
partment, which is charged with the adminis
tration of the Federal Aid Road Act, has
placed absolutely no restrictions, either direct
or implied, upon the kinds of highways to
be constructed. States may submit for ap
proval any kind of road, even an earth road,
and approval will be given If the construc
tion be substantial In character, suitable for
traffic needs, and meets the trerms of the
Federal Act. To give State legislators and
highway officials the impression that this
department favors only costly types of road
or discriminates in favor of any particular
material, results not only In spreading mis
information, but in placing barriers,'in the
way of States which wish to avail themselves
of Federal Aid in road construction."
Pay What Yoa Owe.
One ef the best tests of a man's character
and his true .realization of responsibilities
Is his desire and his effort to pay his debts.
, There is something lacking, and seriously
lacking. In the man who does not try his
level best to meet all his debts promptly.
There is lacking a true sense at responsibili
ty, knowledge of the value of credit, a re
gard for the rights and dues of other people
—and a sense of honesty.
No man Is truly honest who does not make
his best effort to pay his debts when they
are due—he in neither h&nest with himself
nor'wlth the fellow he owes. He is getting
something for nothing, which always weak
ens character.
. Buying without the real intention of pay
ing when the money is due is our greatest
drawback In business. It fastens on us the
"credit system" that pulls down and holds
down everybody who Is ,a part of It. Ond
man failing to pay prevents several men
from paying their creditors and there you
have the endless chain that weakens credit,
character, and the whole fabric of agricul
ture and business. *
Paying debts promptly strengthens char
acter, self respect, credit, and business. Debt
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And it Isn't Hot Air
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—News Item. '
"If anybody attacks the United States, believe me, Tm going; to fight and fight hard.” The aame willingness to finance his Ideals
that made Henry Ford send a peace ship to Europe backs his offer of a $100,000,000 loan to the government, without interest, and the
use of his entire factory, with Its 46,000 employes.
paying la one of the beat testa of a man.
A barrel of money In good hoi:3 this year.
Heaven what a year In which the farmery
can “clean up!”
Start draining now.
—L. M.
Letters to Lditor |
THE! GERMAN SIDE. I
Editor The Advertiser:
I know that It la very dangerous at, this
time jo say, or write anything that la not a
parrot-Uke repetition of the pro-Brltlsh
press, but there are Just a few questions
that crowd themselves . to the front wiyt |
those whose brain Is not encased In a hull
of sheet Iron.
From the standpoint of humanity, where
Is there any difference between sinking
ships by U-boats, and the same operatlt^i
performed by means of sub-sea mines? Why
has our government from the start laid such
stress on the matter of undersea craft, and j
maintains silence on the much more danger
ous,^ and ten times more contemptible and
cowardly practice of laying mines?
In studying .the German memorandum on
the recent blockade order, both in the origi
nal and in the translations, I find that sub
sea craft are not even mentioned, the exact
language Is that Germany proposes to main
tain this blockade "with all available
weapons,”.and there Is a specific warning as
to mines. Speaking of the route to Falmouth
left open to neutral passenger trafllc. It
says: “On this route no German mines will
be laid.” I am not discussing the attitude
of either belligerent In this matter. It is
our own attitude that I would like to see
explained. Why has President Wilson made
no mention of the mine danger and its law
lefbness, when he appeared before Congress
relative to the German blockade order? Why
has the American press In discussing the
order laid such stress on submarines, and
studiously abstained from warning our peo
ple against mines? Was it accident or In
tentfon that the entire portion of the Ger
man order dealing with mines has been left
out of all the diplomatic correspondence and
the news reports?
We have repeatedly put It jip to the world
—and you must remember that it la the
world, and not the United States alone, who
will finally write the history of this war—
that we are actuated In our position by hu
manitarian considerations only; where does
the difference to the victims and to humanity
come In, whether a ship Is sent do\vn by a
mine or by a torpedo? Why, In this con
nection has never any mention been made
In the press reports, that over a month ago
the British Admiralty advised the State De
partment at Washington that certain areas
In the No.th Sea constituted a "danger zone”
to neutral shipping. It was a well known
fact that this “danger zone” was nothing
less than a string of mines laid by England
clear across the North Sea. as much an Inter
national waterway as Is the Atlantic or
Pacific. But we raised no kick and simply
took the course of. prudence and kept away.
It may be—notice, I say "may be"—that this
explains why our people are allowed to face
this mine risk without the least warning
on our part. Or is it because one Is more
humane than the other? We pause here for
an answer.
H. L. ZOBEU
A LIBEL. ON SKWSPAPEHS.
Brooklyn Eagle.
J. Hampton Moore, formerly a reporter on
The Philadelphia Public Ledger, is serving
his seventh term as a member of the Houce
of Hepresentatlves. He has been president
of the National Republican League. He has
a grip on the Third Congress District of
Pennsylvania, which is in Philadelphia. He
is old enough and big enough and ought to
know better than to accuse the newspaper
press of the United States of being bribed by
British gold to back a war oif Germany. In
essence the charge is a libel. In essence
the Moore speech in the House was unworth^
of an American. Among other things the
man said:
, I wish the great editorial writers,
whether subsidized or not, would note
the fact that there Is a revival of the
Independent spirit of Americanism’in this1
old House of Representatives that pro
stand Its ground against ahy
stampeding, whether It be inspired by
.. i or German lucre.
These remarks were part of a hot pacifist
declamation, a pro-German declamation, a
declamation that flouted the policy of our
President and shrieked for peace at any price.
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Mann of Illinois and-Moore of Pennsylvania,
however, stand almost by themselves. The
mas; of minority party men In. the House
are as loyal to the President as the Dem9
crats, more' loyal perhaps than the Democrats
who cling to the Bryan notions. There Is
no danger that Moore will win over a ma
jority or a-substantial minority to hts views,
but his speech will doubtless give vast satis
faction to Berlin and Berlin's few but noisy
champions on this side of the ocean.
‘‘WE’EN* MISTER BEEJAX If'WAS TH>
BRIDE."
(A souvenir of "Made-ln-Montgomery
Show.” at the Auditorium during the month
of January, 1917, when Mr. Leo Bejack act
ed as the Bride.) ,
'Ave ye ’eard th' bloomin’ story
H’of th’ weddln’ h’at th' show—
W’en Mon’gomery, fawthaw Monty
Gave 'Is dawtaw don'cher know,—
To be married to h'a youth sir,
'Usky, bright h'and bold ye see,
H and 'is name h'is blasted good sir- -
“Mister H'Oppor-tu-nl-ty!”
H’o th’ scene h'was ’earty, blithesome,
W’en they stood there side h’and side.
Lookin' joy with lights h’a shinin’
W’en Mister Beejak h’was thfr bride.
Mister Beejax ’o h’was ■blushin',
'Hwas smilin' h’as ’e danced,—
H'and th’ crowd h’was standin' cheerin’
H'and th’ bride-groom simply glanced.
H'a ’is bride-clothes h'was most charmin'—
W’ite h'as winter’s snow-drift line!
Draped 'is bride-veil h'was with h'orange,
Blossoms h'of th' rarest kln'.^
H’o 'twas great t'watch th’ weddln’
H’all h'ln fun, ’twas bluff beside,—
H’was' this Joinin’ 'earts so stunnln
W'en Mistea Beejax h'was th’ bride*.
' —JOHN PROCTOR MILLS.
MRS. HAWTHORNE’S PARROT.
Frank Willis Barnett In Birmingham Age
Herald.
I was living In the home of one of the
South's most eloquent preachers, Dr. J. B.
Hawthorne. His wife bought a parrot. It
soon became a pet. sfte thought the world
of It Doctor had to go to Florida for his
health. She .wanted to accompany him, but
didn't want to leave polly with her son
Charley. At last after giving him many di
rections and making him promise to take
the parrot to a bird doctor, If be got sick,
she reluctantly left.
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Soon th« bird loat hts appetite and
straightway he went to the doctor and apent
a week, but wit. out mending. One night af
ter dinner in strolled Charley with the sick
bird. Around the table we discussed his case.
I had no remedy to suggest. Finally Charley
looked at me and said, "Frank. I know what
that bird wants. I've had the same feeling.
He craves a drink." No sooner said than
done. Pouring out : teaspoonful of brandy,
he poured It down polly’a throat.’
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Tou may think you have seen some drunk
en .fellows who act'd foolishly, but If you
had watched the antics of that rum-soused
parrot as he paraded up and do^n the ta
ble, with tangled legs and silly efforts to
keep from falling, all the while cocking his
head on one side, babbling his silly parrot
talk, I believe you would have said It was
enough to make the veriest dipsomaniac vol
untarily sign a pledge„ After a little he fell
on hts back, turned up his -Ird toes and
died the <’ ath of a drunkard.
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My, but It was funny while 11 was going
on, but the tragic end brought Charley sharp
ly to the fact that he would have to be able
to face 1... sorrowing mother with a dead
pet. He appealed to me for help. How could
I refuse? When Mrs. Hawthor.e returned,
Charley told of taking the bird to the doc
tor, etc. He then gave me the wink. It was
up to me to save him. "Mrs. Hawthorne,"
said I, "(harley did his best for polly. If
it will be any comfort for you to know, I
want to say that I was at polly's death, and
If ever a bird died happy, he did.” It made
us both feel ashamed when sheUhanked us
for our care and attention.
8lT OMISSION.
Sometimes the task of cultivating the spirit
i of submission is an exhausting and discour
aging one. We grow weary of always try
ing to make the best of what comes to us
and we grow hopeless at the non-realization
of our desires, but it is in the depths of these
trials that, we are able to find the greatest
assistance. It is lit the renunciation of our
own hopes and the surrender of our own
Ideas as to what Is best for us that we some
, times rise to greater heights than we had ,
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ever dreamed of. because unconsciously when
we surrender of our own accord there is
nothing left to do but to throw ourselves
upon the mercy of One who Is always near
at hand to give that blessed comfort which
He alone can give. It Is when we stop fight*
ing against the Inevitable that we really be
gin to grow Into our proper stature. Until
that time we .had wrong Ideas and'wrong
Impressions to guide us, because we de
pended too much upon our own faulty view
point and upon our own erroneous Judgment. >
It Is ./hen we admit that we are liable to
make mistakes that we begin, to grow weary
of what seems to be a hopeless struggle, but.
on the oitber hand. It is Just at such times
that we r.rj quite likely to fling ourselves
upon the unconscious Influences of the mo
ment and leek to a higher power for help
out of our difficulties. In other words, we
become .‘tired of protesting and resenting, of %
fighting and failing. We recognize fate
when It comes, and with this recognition
eomes also the higher prerogative of being '
able to submit with ready grace to the de
crees of One who orders discipline where it
is most needed. We may plead for release
from the trials that overcome us in Vain, but
when we find It in our hearts to say, “Thy
will not mine be done” we .awaken to our
heart's desires after all.”—Anonymous.
19 IT WORTH WHILE f
It is worth while that we Jostle a brother
Bearing his load on the rough road of life?
Is It worth while that we Jeer ct each other
In blackness of heart?—that we war to the
knife?
God <plty us all as we Jostle each other
God pardon us all for the triumphs we feel
When a fellow goes down; poor, heart-broken
, brother.
Pierced to the heart; words are keener than
steel, - ,
And mightier far for woe.or for weal.
Were It not well in this brief little Journey,
On over tfre Isthmus, down into the tide.
That we L^ve him a fleh Instead of a serpent.
Ere folding the hands to be and abide
For ever and aye In dust at his side?
IJbok at the roses saluting each .other;
Look at tl-.j herds all at peace on the plain.
Man, and man only, makes war on his
brother,
And dotes In hts heart on his peril and
pain—
Shamed by the brutes that go down on the
plain.
—Joaquin Miller.
* LOOK SUCCESSFUL.
To be successful, you must look success
ful. If. you will carry yourself with a self- '
confident air, it Inspires others with the be
lief In your ability and your success. Tou
get to believe In It yourself. You begin to
walk as If you were master of yourself.
You will believe in your ability to do things
and you are confident of results.
It does not take a keen observer to pick
out a successful dealer. If he Is prosperous,
every step, every movement, every look, in
dicates It. There Is a great deal In assum
ing the part of the character you desire to
play In this drama of life.
There Is nothing negative about the posi
tive man. He is a success, and, Iljte Her
cules, he has conquered the moment he looks
upon ' you. This Is personal magnetism;
cultivate it, then you will not need bolster
ing up. Learn to stand alone. Your very
elleftce should carry power. Learn the value
of reserve force.
Self-confidence Is the power to marshal
all the faculties and unite their, strength In
one mighty cable. It matters, not what your
talents may bet what your abilities or ambi
tions may be, if you are lacking in self-con
fidence you. can never use them to the best
advantage. Self-trust Is as necessary as
ability.
Concentrate your faculties and your good
qualities. Carry yourself with a self-confi
dent atr, and you will win still more confl- •
dence. Failure or success has tts true worth
In these two iittle words: "I can't.” or "1
will.” Look successful!—Author Unknown.
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THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE STARS
AND STRIPES.
There's something In the Stars and Stripes to
set the heart to beating.
There's something In the flag to make us
• cheer;
Strips
There's something In the Stars and
to set the lips repeating
The names of men wlfo died to keep It here.
There’s something in the Stars and Strips
besides a little shouting.
Besides the tune the passing player pipes—
A duty » the Stars and Stripes to
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