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Apro€» Rhine In S9 Minutes.
Prom the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Every schoolboy who has got far
chough Into "Caesar" to learn that aside
from "all Gaul being divided into three
parts," Creaar built a bridge across the
Rhine in 10 days, will be Interested In the
statement that American engineers threw
a pontoon bridge across the Rhine re
cently in 59 minutes. The American' feat
was done as a part of the preliminary
maneuvers which put all the army of oc
cupation on its tiptoes, since the army
acted
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Radium Heating.
From the Electrical Experimenter.
To Kent—Ten-ro#m suburban home.
.' Three baths. Bun, sleeping and break
fast porches. Radium heating system
(20 pounds)
To find this advertisement, look in the
classified columns of any metropolitan
newspaper five or six centuries hence.
Our great-great-grandchildren 16 times
removed will be worrying about paying
the rent on some such dwelling. Have
you paid your "radium rent" will be a
comiMn slogan then.
Twenty'pouhdis of 'radium givfes off an
amount of heat in six months equivalent
to that sacured by burning four and one
half tori* of coal of the best Pocahontas
or anthracite coal. The 10-room house
mentioned above would be adequately
heated, however, on 20 pounds, because
a radium heating plant would be 100 per
cent efficient. Even with hot water and
hard coal from SO to 90 per cent of the
heat our plants generate goes up the
chimney. A radium system would have
.no chimney. Every single heat unit would
be comierved for the Interior of the
house and distributed by any ordinary
medium, such as register, radiator or the
tike.
Town of What's-lts-Name.
Little Town of What's-lts-name!
»You've been there I know
There's a Town of What's-ita-name
Everywhere you go.
Sometimes onjfce mountain top,
Sometimes in the plain
Bee It as you motor through, V,
See It from the train.
What's-lts-name is always found
Set In rustic frame,
And you always, always say:
"Wonder what's Its name?" £.
Little. Town of What's-lts-name!
All are quite alike
Now and then they have "a fire,
Never have a strike.
Now arid then a baby's born.
Then somebody dies
That to why old What's-lts-name
Never growa in vise.
Pictures In the albums, too.
Look about the same-r
Ifcot ta» things' seldom: chkngo
(a Km In .What's-lts-nai^s.
littto iTbwn' df 'What'a-lta-haiiMl
in the Weekly call
Ladies' AM proclaims a fete
At Odd Fellows' hall,
•ale bills decorate the treea.
Ton will find one, too,
Near the old paatofflce sign:
"Box. Rent Now
Use JC-Rays ori Steel.
From the London Times.
X-ra,vs, which have hitherto been used only to disclose defccts and
injuries hidden from sight within the human frame, are now to be
used to examine inanimate materials like steel and timber. One ob
vious application of the X-rays is to the examination of metal cast
ings for defects, such as blowholes, which cannot be revealed by exter
nal inspection, and yet mysteriously impair the strength of the fin
ished article. Jf the eastings are not too large, each of them may
be subjected to routine testing by the rays, and it may be found that
by some alteration in the' method of easting, blowholes, that occur
regularly at some particular point, can be eliminated. The rays may
also be employed to study the effect of adding different quantities of
aluminum to steel, and thus to ascertain the proportion most suitable
for the production of sound castings.
The method has its limitations, because at presenr the rays can
be made to penetrate only a few inches, about four at the most, of
ordinary steel, and a still smaller thickness of special alloy steels. But
great improvements have been made in recent years by the aid of the
•Coolidge X-ray tube and of exciting currents at very high electrical
pressures. Further advances may be looked for not only in this por
tion of the apparatus, but also in the method employed for detecting
the rays after their passage through the material under investigation,
whether by photographic plate, the fluorescent screen, or the phe
nomena of ionization.
If it was about to cross the
Rhine in force and occupy the interior of
Germany in the Interest of law and order
in case the peace treaty fell through. This
bridge building feat, therefore, which
beat the German practice by two hours,
wan not without its Immediate effect and
was typical of the kind of thing that the
American engineers were In the habit of
doing during the war.
It will be renumbered that while It took
Ca-Har 10 days to bridge the Rhine, he was
actuated by the principle which was ob
served by our own engineers. That Is.
he wished to do something which would
impress the Germans with the engineer
ing ability of tho Roman legionaries and
the dignity and the might and power of
Rome Itself.
I»T)h«.'H''
with the Listown Reda:
-Soot for What's-lts-name!
Little Town of What'a-its-name!
Those who gli'oty run
,-lih your shaded thoroughfares
fOsaalot.of fun.
t%o cltl,ea have the gold,
.fsinshasss and fai^op^
ttto Wha*'*-lts-name.J
£3$
is a Swiss Journalist's de
soldier* "They
^aifciwelt fed. wfll "h»d.
-. .. hips.
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Lack of Confidence.
Prom the Columbia (S. C.) State.
The teacher was teaching his class in
a mental arithmetic lesson. After "tables"
had been repeated he commenced giving
a series of mental sums, and presently
asked an intelligent little Scot:
"How many marbles would you get
if I gave 20 to be divided between you and
Johnny McGregor?"
"After a moment's hesitation the young
ster answered:
"I canna tell, sir."
"How's that?" queried the teacher.
"Well, sir," said he, "ye sec, it's a'
accordin.' If ye gie 'etn when we're both
here we'd have 10 each but if ye gie
'em tae Johnny when I wasna present,
I'd only get about five while if ye gie
'em tae me tae share when Johnny wasna
here. I dinna ken whether he'd hae ony
at a'!"
Spoke Too Sc*m.
a
Frqipi the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The following story is told of a greatly
beloved judge whose. home is at Clarks
ville, Tenn.
An obstreperous citizen was haled to
court, charged with having ridden his
horse through a store, with resultant
damage to a stock of merchandise. At
the end of the trial the judge said, "I
will fine the defendant $2?."
"Got it right here in my jeans, judge,"
answered the defendant briskly.
*"And 30 days," continued the judge.
"Wive you got that in your jeans?"
It Smacked of Osculation.
From London Tit-Bits.
Inspector—Do you teach observation?
Teacher—Yes.
Inspector—Then I will test the class.
Now, children, shut your eyes and sit
jfttni.,
The inspiectfOr made a slow whist
ling sort of noise and followed with,
"Now, children, what did I do?"
For some time there wts no answer,
but ultimately one little bby piped out:
"Kissed teacher."
A Florlcultural Dug.
From the Cincinnati Times-Star.'
"My dear Mrs. Croesus, may I not put
your name down for tickets to Professor
Pundit's course of lectures On Buddhism?"
"Oh, by all means! You know how
passionately fond I am of flowers!"
Lasy Worm.
From London Ttl.-Btts.
Two miners went on a fishing expedi
tion. But they were novices at the game.
"Hoo are ye gettin' on Jor:k?"aaked one.
"Och, simply rotten!" wsis the reply.
"I don't believe my bloomin' worm's
trying."
As Dad Saw 'Em.
From the Birmingham Age-Herald.
"Have the Bllthersbys named their new
twins yet?"
"Yes, but they were not g'lVen the
names applied to them by Mr. Bllthersby
when they first arrived."
"What did he call the precious pair?*
"Trouble and More Of It" -Vi
Cumulative.
From the Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
A story Is told about a cltlsen whoss
daughter Is about to be married, and who
has been trying to get a line on what tho
expense of the rather elaborate ceremony
will be. He approached friend of Ms.
seeking Information.
"Morris ha said, "your oldest daugh
ter was'• married a^out five years ago,
wasn't she? WOutd you mind telling mo
about how much the wedding cost you?"
"Not at all. Sam," was the answer.
"Altogether, about 9S.400 a year.'V-'--
Not to BO Msiwpirad.
From the DaUar- News.
There Was a trial at CDyote Gulch. la
tho middle of the case a witness had
to be sworn. The cleric leaned over and
whispered to the Judge In a hoarse voice:
"The sheriffs goat dons chawed up the
bible," he announced.
"Well, I reckon the WitnssaTIl haw to
kiss the goat." be said. "Justice ain't
golh' to be hampered by no ex parte hap
"a"
vj.v Their
X" rum Answars,
^Njtnqultr Is What brings about
marriages," declared the father of three
single daughters Jn dtdpwrtlo mood.
"Yeer' murmured hiawifa.
"It works this way. hom among the
menwho call moot frequently at a house
the 4btight«ira of the houss naturally se-
Uliat QMS," said ths mother sadly,
.5 foar our girl^ars |oowwl toihanry
b^tt ciKlMtwa
Hard on Malaria, V
the WiMaitw 'ttar
much abp»|:Wtod*,Ol
HOW DID HE DO IT?
During- the night I had been awalt
pned several times by the coughing of
ft. man sleeping In a berth across the
aisle of the sleeping car. I fell to
Policing the quality of his cough anil
.peculating as to the cause of it. It
V'-vs a nervous, dry cough. It brought
up nothing and it was clear that it was
not intended to do so. Each bark was
staccato in type. The barks were in
chains of six and eight, each following
its predecessor quickly. There was not
time enou«n between the barks to get
much air in behind phlegm or to do
anything to promote raising. This de
cided me that the person had a throat
probably due to smoking.
The next morning I got to the dress
ing room first. Presently along came
"'J
acr°ss-the—aisle
friend. He proved
to be a young boy, say, of 20 ysars. His
•were heavy. He deposited his
©Jung on a. seat, took out a, cigaret
and smoked up, almost dozing during
the process. This job finished, he con
cluded it was time to dress. He lit
another cigaret and started dressing.
he
was
washing his hands there
was nothing out of the ordinary. He
held his cigaret in his lips. He man
aged to get his neck and ears washed
without disturbing his cigaret. Then
he delicately touched the weed with his
lingers, deposited it on the edge of the
stand, quickly washed his face, re
sumed smoking and used a towel in the
drying process while so engaged.
By this time he was fully awake and
ne had made up his mind to shave be
fore breakfast. Still smoking, he lath
ered his face and shaved. To shave
his upper Hp he drew back his lower
jaw, tilted his cigaret downward, lath
ered the lip and scraped away. When
it came to the lower lip he protruded
the lower Jaw, drew in his upper lip,
tilted the cigaret up and kept it dry.
It would not take many generations
for this tribe to develop into giant ant
eaters, though they would never be
come prehensile enough with their lips
to belong to the elephant tribe.
AH the while that he bathed and
shaved he smoked and incidently in
haled. He smoked on the way to the
diner, but not while, he was at the
table. Leaving the dfning car he lit a
cigaret and went after it again. Here
my record ends, for soon after my
destination was reached.
How much harm was this amount
of smoking doing? It was causing the
cough, but that is not liable to develop
into any lung disease. The cough was
disturbing his sleep and preventing
him from starting the day fresh. 1
doubt if any physical examiner would
have rejected him on account of any
organic defect due to tobacco. If lie
keeps up his present rate of use of the
drug he may expect to feel the effects
in his eyes or heart in time.
That he is addicted to the use of the*
drug was certain. I should say that
there was not much pep or push to the
boy and probably not much of charac
ter. It is just as likely that these
qualities were the reasons that he was
a cigaret fiend as they were effects of
the drug.
No. He did not brush his teeth.
8enator Lodge's "Discovery."
From the New York Post.
In the mysterious copy of the German
treaty which Senator Lodge is reported
to have discovered appears a sensational
"labor addendum" which he says will
startle both capital and labor when it
becomes known. The public history of
this labor section is as follows: It was
debated openly by delegates from all the
allied nations, and the discussion, with Its
results, was published In the news cables.
Incomplete summaries of the text were
cabled and published. The complete offi
cial text was printed by the committee on
public information and released to Ameri
can newspapers on April 28 some of them
copied It in full. Mr. Gompers, on his re
turn from Paris, commented on It pub
licly, and an article discussion it appeared
in th$ American. Federatlonist. Brock
dorff-Rantsau objected to its terms, and
Clemenceau replied to htm, both .notes
being published in the press. The Evening
Post, as well as many other dallies, has
printed several editorial comments on the
matter. Now the' "addendum" comes as
a surprise to Senator Lodge. If he IB as
closely informed about other elements of
the peace as he waa .of this, his scholarly
leadership will be a beacon light to the re
publicans.
West Should Units.
From the San Francisco Chroalcle
At a. recent jnee^lng of senators, from
the western states, each senator having
first explained tho national legislation
dqslred by hls constituents, It was agreed
by all that western delegations should
stand together for the accomplishment of
western desires..
It tho west does not act as a unit on
western questions wo shall never get Jus
tice from the east. Having a numerical
majority In congress, the east Insists on
settling our problems for us., We accuse
none of thorn of a deliberate desire to'be
unjust to the'west, but their Judgment
Is eontrolled by tlielr environment which
Is of the east, eas$e». All our distinc
tive problems are "fcconomlc problems,
which can clearly understood only
by thooe to Immediate contact with them,
ft has been si .conflict between theoreti
cal conceptions and practical experience,
bj whjch theory has had. the most votes.
Bastern men' stttle eastern problems In
accordance with eastern desires. They
have settled western problems from what
they Imagine to be a lofty conception
of the "gsitanal welfare.". which, as a
rule, works out to be contrary to western
They have been able to do thia
by reason of lick of cohesion in the west
's Drums.
tho Indlang^olla News.'
I 'lf amr one has the drums of the Royal
Scots rusiUlers, thought to have been
tost Ja"f this country in tm, when that
^Hent regiment came over on the
bonnes* of t$e Ttfag, the reglmont will
*«nr muoh appreciate news concerning
their whereabouts, .officers ot the Ngi
through ondal chan
Wh la kiiB bw tlw war deoartment
co tfte fato et the says
regt
Brlttsfi
to the supMtor
tif,
Britons' Liberal Leader.
H. H. Asquith, In his recent greM
speech announcing' that the war. -is
over and there ia. no longer reason for
the party truce in England, spoke of
the League of Nations in this lan
guage:
Finally, as all history shows, there ca«
be no lasting or fruitful peace if It in%j
volves the permanent ostracism and im-!
pioverlshment of any of the nations of the
world. Every belligerent on both sides,
every belligerent has undergone gigantic
suffering and sustained almost immeas
urable waste. It Is In the Interests of
all that at the earliest opportunity each
of us. under the appropriate safeguards
which- the new peace will provide, should
be able to restart our industries, develop
our resources, and to recreate our social
and economic life. (Cheers.) What is
the condition? What is the conclusion
to which these considerations lead? Surely
it is to set on foot, without a moment's
avoidable delay, and as a' living and
working machine, the League of Nations.
I do not hesitate to say that. In my opin
ion, by far the greatest lushlevement of
tho Paris conference Is the elaboration
In a practical shape of this great and
beneficent conception (cheers), and let
me add, by way of parenthesis, that. In
that matter, we of the British empire
owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the
Invaluable labors of my noble friend.and
late colleague. Lord Robert Cecil.
(Cheers.)
There Is not one of the problems which
I enumerated a few moments ago the
solution of which does not depend upon
tho effective authority of the league. The
redaction of armaments—not only In one
quarter, but everywhere It is no good
reducing it in one place if you do not
reduce it all around—to a scale which
WO! put an end to the gamble In com
petitive force will be one of the first and
most urgent of its duties. Hardly less
Important Is the setting up without de
lay of workable machinery for the antici
pation, as wen as for the settlement, of
Internal disputes. The common and col
lective will must have for Its "^"tlon
a common .and collective force. The door
should be open always to any state that
Is ready in good faith to enter in. There
must be that -sense of equality of right
and of privilege between great and small
states which alone can Insure confidence
and .give to a league the breadth, not of
a machine, but of a living organization.
Uk that Is accomplished, well and good.
In my opinion it is tha' ljmch pin' of the
whole thing. The peace will not become
a lasting 'peace. Its provisions, will be
come dead letters, tranquility will, in the
future as In the past, boat tha mercy or
a chapter of accidents, unless as Its tint
and most effective result you see tie
creation as the living and, working and
dominating force of this free organisation
partnership -of all tho nations of the
world.
L.
.The Now Spring In Flanders.
The spring that comes to Flanders^
Ooes by on silent feet,
l*st they should wake, remembering
How once the spring was sweet.
And streamy that flow lift Flanders
Past yoppy ttsM-and hOl
Are sOyer streams and shining,.
Bat ihooghtNL-attains and stall.
%»o wlad ttet him la naadon
Aetmm tho Uafeaaiav air.
I. W. W. Ago irst Labor Unions.
In the United States the preachers of discontent say, "All shall share
•tually." In Russia, it was found that this could not be. Lenine in his speech
*n April. 191S, published by the seditious Seattle Union Record, said "At
present, when the epoch of the necessity of 'Red Guard' attacks (which means
organized assassination) is in the main completed and completed victoriously, it
is becoming urgent i"or the proletarian state authority (Lenine to make use
of bourgeois specialists.
"The specialists are inevitably bourgeoise.
"We have not yet created an environment which would put at our disposal
the specialists.
"We were forced r.ow to make use of the old bourgeois ipjthod and agreed
to a very high remuneration for the services of bourgeois specialists.
"This is a detection of the Paris Commune and of any proletarian rule
which demand the reduction of salaries to the standard of remuneration of the
average workers.
"Attracting bourgeois specialists by extremely high salaries is a defect.
"Let us assume that these great star specialists must be paid 25,000 rubles
each, or perhaps 50,000 rubles, os even made four times as large.
We must have a thousand first class scientists and specialists to direct
the work of the people."
This is from Lenine's own speech. •».
He admits that uniformity of pay is impossible., ijs.|3
He admits that he will not allow free press.
He admits that he has murdered to terrify.
He admits that he does not allow free speech.
He admits that the equality of pay cannot be put into effect.
He recommends hiring at enormous salaries tho old managers of business.
He admits the failure of his government.
In other parts of his work he admits that the system of accounting and
production is a joke and convicted out of his own mouth on every page, point)
out unconsciously a warning to the real liberty loving people of the world.
He admits that he is an autocrat that his government cannot live if th«
wishes of the whole people are consulted. He admits starvation and sufferinf
and want, and goes on to say-:
"No transition without compulsion and dictatorship."
Speaking of the instability of his government he says, "It takes time an4
an iron hand to get rid of this."
Despite his admission of thousands of murders, he says, "And our rule it
too mild, quite frequently resembling jam rather than iron.
"People who believe differently must be combatted by compulsion." ..
In other words, Russia has no government, but the government of an auto
cm tic murderer. Some of this same crowd of aliens have come to our shorei
and actually have a dream that the workmen of the United States will join ii
any such hair brained undertaking.
Of course, a number will, but just as sure as there is a God in heaven, the
will be deported just as sure as this is a real "he man's" country, those whi
try force and violence, will be incarcerated and punished.
Labor will form the main guard against the red menace in this country, il
labor is true to its traditions. Some bolshevist leaders such as a number ii
Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, have proven traitors to the A. F. of L„ bui
over this whole land, of course, these Jurtases are very few.
The I. W. W.'s are not a lalsor union. The I. W. W.'s are opposed to afl
labor unions. Their policy i$ tb« destruction of all industries and the over
throw of all government. They do not strike and quit.the job they strike on
the job, against the job, and agair st the employer. If conditions do not suit the
union labor man he goes on stride, leaving industry idle until someone takes
his" place or until he returns to '*crk. The I. W. W. does not strike for better
wages or better conditions. The 1. W. W. strikes on the job, doing what injury
he can, such as putting emery dust in machinery, spikes in logs, etc., in ordet
that industry may be made unprofitable.
The first doctrine a new member is taught, is the doctrine of cowardice. He
is taught U» destroy what he can -to burn all he can, but to protect himself in
all emergencies, and thus it is that •'organization has in its membership,
cowardly assassins and destroyers of and property.
The I. W. W. decided long ago, after consultation and under the direction
of bolshevists from foreign lands, that the best way to overthrow our govern-1
ment was to gain possession of the tabor movement in this country. I might
say in passing that am not particularly popular with tho I. W. but the
head of the American Federation ef Labor, 8amuel Gompera, is very much
more hated.
Canada Seeks New Emblem.
From the Christian Science Monitor.
Probably feeling that now is a good
time to bring
a
thlWfallen.
-x r- rt
national symbol up to
date, the Canadian government is Con
sidering the adoption of a new coat ol
arms. A committee has been appointed
to pass judgment on the designs that may
be submitted, and a good deal of study
is doubtless going forward to create one
which will eventually meet the approval
of the English College of Heralds and
{he final authorisation of a royal war- vi
rant declaring it the official arms of
Canada. The present coat of arms was
adopted in 1868, and Includes the four
provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Sco
tia, and New Brunswick. To these prov
inces the new coat of arms must adj
JWnce Edward Island. British Columbia.
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta so
tke forthcoming design will provide some
tfcing of a problem for the designer whose
8«lution of It must be approved by the
earl marshal, three kings at arms, six
heralds, and three pursuivants, who-:
make up the College of S.
The Lowest Depth.'
From the Chicago Tribune.
A dispatch from Fort Leavenworth de
scribing the activities of William D. Hay
wood and other I. W. w.s now
confined
thet# says 'the average criminal hates«
an I. W. W. and a conscientious objector."
we think there could hardly be a more
uT
0n the
L"lere
&re
not
to
York^Sty
*•_
repugnance
with which the "C. O." and the I. W. W.,
are regarded in America. When even out
criminals look upon them aa traitors there
is not much more to be said. After all!
the average criminal Is less subversive
of civilization, and he has a right tc
depths to which he has'
VP- Tho National Qutlook.
From Forbes u-rrlnt
'oltowto•
Including even
the larger cities, work Is available for
every man who wants a Job. Indeed,, tho
almost universal complaint is that capa
ble. steady workers cannot be had.
veritable housing'.
marly every city, including 7
fntfr8 Cb«cago and In-
acut®
to New
Third—Active preparations are under'
way to launiai what promises *p prove an'
h00™' the conclu-
reached
*y architects,
builders and others that the cost of ma
ta'th!! iLn°5. .Ukely
to
dr°P
they
drastically'
in _the near future.
n,m^!!MiteUJ,LblI*lne8a is reported as
^tboogh moat* manufactur
buyers are holding off wher
ever oosslble.
?untry'" supply of food anl
largest in Its history, and?
ff? wytog rich from the unpar-
receiving for hogs
we"
of
aa for their wheat
Ewywbere the agrl-
cultural communities are. evidencing signc
great prosperity.
.AO Armenian ofOctal begs America tt
sptandld shipments ol
SAy"* American army food
mission and the American Sad Crosa
tslrsf written by Amer
to bo fropped by airplanes in thf
•Mpow na&s. We must light ideal
O* railroad and transport
to a wrook, Send us some of th«
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