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It Is asserted on the highest
authority that diplomatic relations with
oysters will be broken off In live das.
We can wave the flag, but In dolus
o we need not waive our ilshts to
watch suspicious Individuals luiU.1 ;
about the treasury at Harrlsburg.
It keeps us busy wondering at
what particular Kate our distinguished
foreign visitors wl'l knock. Dalfour and
his party selected a side door at Vance
boro, and now the French commissioners
all right up the Potomac to the main
entrance.
The action of certuln Kansas
patriots In going barefoot as a measure
Of war economy makes us wonder
whether It Is nobler fur the lest of us
to volunteer along Hint line or to wait
Until tho mounting cost of leather has
conscripted the whole nation Into shoe
lessness. The rumor that an Imperial family
council In Berlin has urged the Kaiser
to abdicate would be more Impressive
If we didn't feel sure that a domestic
parley of this kind would do no more
than merely substitute one Impossible
Hohenzollern for another as the ruler
Of Germany.
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tit senator v.are and tne citizens
Hp narcotic committee have prime tn nrt
agreement on the drug bill, and action
fi. Is promised. A year and a ha f of (lis-
&.& intarAtr1 tnll Iviq Anrlnri In (lio nrmitln.
tlon of what Is declared to be a model bill.
There can be only one reason to vote
'' aa-alnst it alliance with thn wp.iltliv
leaders of the "dope syndicate."
Already a revolution has been ef
fected In America by the war In tho total
dlsappearanco of the old party lines.
"When a Republican Is the President's
spokesman for army selection, opposed
by Speaker Clark and the Democratic
chairman of tho House Committee on
Military Affairs, there Is no longer any i
meaning In the words "Democratic" and
"Republican."
Senator La Follette has dealt some
sturdy blows to American ,prldo in
consistently .advocating every possible
evasion of our duty In the crisis of civil
ization. But no more false and humiliat
ing doctrine could he have announced
than his present theory that nil Ameri
cans ,are bom slackers and that every
one who possibly can And an excuse to
keep out of uniform will do so.
Characterizing as "absurd" the ie
port that an American dreadnought had
captured a German U-boat, a naval of
ficer added, "Battleships do not nowadays
monkey around submarines." But, as we
t seem to recall Instances of submarines
occasionally "monkeying" around battle
ships, the silliness of finding these two
types of war craft together does not ap
pear quite so obvious after all.
Marshal Joffre. ca"led upon in his
old age to conduct the most perilous
and hazardous retreat in history, which
ended in the victory of the Marne, re
ceives today from all Americans as warm
, a, welcome as, if the spirit of Lafayette
;, had taken human form to visit our shores
for a third time. The master strategist
jWhas been a dominant figure at a dozen
. .great military conferences during tha
k;.$ war and will give Invaluable information
" to our officers. But to the people this
PVRtuat De a sealed book. To them he comes
rjen uvr oi wuuiury personilieu. He, llrie
PjuiiiiMui, ib uiui rare, oriunate man
iwdo can truly be called "a walking flag."
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8- fr,- ai nrsi glance it seems strange
," tnat our entry into tne war could affect
naval developments in the Baltic, and
Ja. ketour' natrol duties alonir nm- a.n,n,...H
Nfri the consequent release of the British
.wqt French squadrons here may have a
; wy material Influence on Germany's
mxx-tea ,plan to ailnck Riga from the
gmii: ,H Je conceivably part of Teuton
,4ftraiy totlure Entente var craft into
m smttle In .the Baltic -Tuts nniH m,i.
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may have Its effect In certain ways not
Immediately obvious.
'A TRUNKFUL OFJVUSTAKEJS'
NO NATION entering a fray was ever
armed with so many practical warn
ings against error ns Is tho United States.
In the luggago of the Ualfour commis
sion there Is a trunkful of documents re
cording British mistakes. Talluio on tho
part of Washington authorities to heed
these blunders wutltd be nothing short of
criminal.
Under ordinary cltcumstunces a bel
llgeient Is entitled to certain privileges of
"muddling through." Hut Amerlcu's sit
uation In the war Is not ordinary. It Is
the most exceptional in history. Kngland
muddled with mishandled volunteering.
Krnnco muddled with defective euiilp
ment and outmoded trust In tho ability
of fortified places to withstand attacks of
the new, gigantic, yet fairly mobile, artil
lery, a confidence Immediately forgone
when Matibeugu went suddenly crashing
dow n.
All the Allies muddled through lack ot
Intelligent co-operation In war stiategy
und through tardiness In organizing In
dustrial lesourccs, Doubtless the French
commission ns well us Ha four's bilngs
Its catulogue of fallacies.
At tho outset of tho Civil War we had
no safe guldo against misconceptions. The
magnitude of tho struggle and Its far
reaching possibilities wr-ie all new to us.
Uotli North und South learned bitter "lei
sons thiough four eais of ctuel tilul
tireek myth tells how Pandora opened
the fateful box filled with all the ctio'-s
of mankind. Ignoianco of what the chest
contained partly prompted her act. Wo
aic neither so guileless nor so helpless as
she. We have the unprecedented light
to lift tho lid, e.amlno minutely all the
lecords of mistaken endeavor anil then
seal fast the strong-box so that none of
the germs of Incompetence ate seatteicd
among us.
Nay, more than this mere right Is
America's, for, supremely favored, we are
under tile surest obligation not to copy
the early blunders of our companions In
arnn. Our eyes ure open. With vision
s-o acute there is not tho faintest excuse
for not hitting hard, for not making every
blow till.
INEVITABLE CONFLICT
LST November the West, with the
I advantage of a somewhat greater re
moteness than that which the Kast
enjoyed, t,aw clearly enough that we had
no cause for war. It voted aguinst defi
nitely facing the nation toward voluntary
participation In the most fiightful human
calamity that modern history records.
Black as were the atroclths of Germany,
tho West could see In them no moie
cause for war than we had had a heme
of times for crimes committed by Itussla
and Tut key against humanity. Ours was
not the iole of a swashbuckling giant to
stride across the eaith collecting oIN
wherever they appealed.
That was last November., In Februa-y
Germany turned loose her submarines to
prey Indiscriminately upon the shipping
of the world. This not only forced the
United States to vindicate the policies
enunciated by It in the Lusltiiula cone
spondence. but It did moie. it compelled
our Government to leach instantly 11 de
clslon of the most momentous Importance
to the whole human race.
We may Imagine the Piesldent's ica
sonins to have been very simple und verv
direct, pei haps as follows: "It Is openly
stated In Berlin that Germany will 'get'
the United States so soon as her hands
are fiee ill Kurope. There Is giave dan
ger that submarlno activity may free Ger
many's hands by securing for her com
plete victory or virtual domination ot
Europe. In that ease, we, although unpre
pared, would have to fight her alone. By
throw lug our support to the Allies now,
we can assure the defeat of Germany, and
thus assure peace to the United States for
a long period to come. We have got to
whip Germany sooner or later. Wo can
do It better with than without help. Not
only does the defense of our present rights
compel us to fight, but the situation has
actually become one of self-preservation."
Democracy united will win; democracy
divided may lose.
The West did not vote for war. It did
not want war. nor did the country ns a
whole. But In February It ceased to be a
question of what we wanted or did not-1
want. Events wltlf tho surcness of fate
sucked us Into the whirlpool. Wo nie li'
because wo had to be In. It Is because
wo love peace that wo must fight. It Is
because we have a President who can see
further than his nose that we have been
brought to see that we must light. ,
FIVE TOWNS
I ENS, Doual. Cambral, St. Quentln,
J Laon! Mere names of half-ruined
towns, "railroad centers," It the rlpped-up
mils and tics which an enemy In retreat
leaves behind him can still be called rail
roads, towns doomed to erasure so that
no hut shall shelter so much as a hquad
of Allied soldiers these are not much to
win, and ye the names will stand out In
the fortnight to come as the symbols of
victory or defeat.
The fight has como to the suburbs of
Lens and St. Quentln. There are a few
weary miles to go to capture the others.
Technical victory may be said to have
been won by the Allies In the results nl
ready obtained. But It Is not a technical
success that lifts up the hearts ot a peo
ple. Verdun captured, though at the cost
of twice as many German casualties as
there were French, would have been a
great victory that would have thrilled all
Middle Europe. Verdun fcuved, though
the cost were twice what it was, is an Im
perishable triumph, an immortal and
magic name, the Gettysburg of the war.
Never since Verdun have the French fal
tered. Never since Verdun have the
Germans fought with their old spirit.
So with the flVd famous towns that now
hang In the balance. Their meaning
floats aloft like Jeanne d'Arc's gonfulon.
They were always fortresses, dating from
Roman times. There is the old Cathedral
of Our Lady at Laon, finished in ,1225.
"Laudunum," tle Romans called, the city.
The others have their churches that
sprang'up in that Jewel of (he centuries,
the. thirteenth. Their combined Donuia.
tioB J or was 160,000, , .
I A; city ,that la lovel, cari. like the term
THE COST OF WAR
Taxes on Cotton, Wool and Dogs
i Among Those Planned to
Raise Needed Revenue
Special Correspondence Evening Ledger
WASHINGTON. April 25.
CONCJRBSS has given tho President
power to conduct tho war the greatest
financial power ever given at one time to
any one ruler by any nation and It expects
to gho him more power, power to spend bil
lions, power to raise armies, power to en
force what hi substance is martial law
throughout the United States. There have
been some misgivings about the tremendous
power thus conferred upon the President,
lest the spirit of autocracy might ultimately
enthrall the people, but Congress has fallen
In with what now appears to be tho popular
sentiment and hns become resigned to the
belief that prompt compliance with the
Pi event's representations of tho needs of
the hour l the surest and safet course to
bring about a speedy and successful ter
mination of the war.
Taxes Follow Fast
Taxes will now follow fast upon the heeli
of war. The President must be backed by
men and money, and the thought pievalls
tliat If money In .sufficient quantity Is raised
Immediately the necessity for sending troops
abioad may not he so Insistent liaising
tlie money mid lending It to the European
Allies will nt least stiengtlien them until
Ainetlciii soldiers can bt properly trained
and equipped for woik In the field. The loan
bills have passed, the problem of taxation
arises and tho first step will he to raise
ipward of 1, 800,000,000 by direct taxes to
meet In part the $2, 000, 000. 000 of certificate!
of Indebtedness iiuthnilzcd for pirsslng war
demand" The Secretary of the Treasury
has submitted certain suggestions to the
Ways nnd Means Committee of the House,
which will proceed at once to frame a bill
putting these nnd other suggestions Into
effect. As was to be expected, the Income
tax and the excess profits tax arc to be In
(leased. Stamp taxes and a variety of
other souires, from glucose to gasoline, are
to he tapped Automobiles, musical Instru
ments and thentie tickets are not to escape.
Liquor and tobacco, tiansportation and
freight lecelpis are to be Included. Most
significant of the Secretary's suggestions,
howexcr, are those relating to Imports.
Kexenue Is to be raited upon hides, wool,
ciudo lubber, cotton nnd many other ar
ticles, t,ome of which have been conspicuous
on the Democratic free list. The proposed
tnx on coffee and tea Is new, these house
hold commodities having enjoyed a long pc
liod of exemption In tariff measures.
"The Other Fellow" Preferred
The Secretary's recommendations, which
aie not necessarily final, have produced an
nalanche of protest. Just as thero are
plenty of hints from enthusiastic patriots
that their "wles' relatives" should enlist,
so there Is no limit to the commercial pa
triots who are now coming forward to ex
plain why they ought not to bo taxed and
why some "ntlier fellow" should be. The
out-and-out army man favors conscription
as a scientific military proposition. He is
cold-blooded about It. K-cause he knows
the men are needed lr. the service. The
national guardsman, rs a rule, favors con
scription, because l is not a square deal
fur him to make a sacrillce as a volunteer
whl'o able-bodied men remain behind to
leap the profits of war or to look after the
widows and orphans. In the matter of
taxes, business men are beginning to real
ize that they must be met, only some of
them are Insisting that they should be uni
versal and should be passed on down the
line with no favorites. Just as conscription
Is expected to play no favorites with men.
There are a few large producers who are
not saying much, Including the cotton raiser
and the grain grower. Each of these has
been doing ery well on exports, but Is
rather Inclined to put the taxes on the big
Industries not directly allied to tho farm.
Moreover, the Cgnstitution forbids a tax on
exports, so that cotton and grain going out
of the country will have to be reached In
some other way than through the custom
house. If reached at all.
Some Stray Tax Suggestions
While thcio Is no present prospect of a
tariff bill, the tariff Is likely to figure In
the tax debate. The Treasury Secretary's
recommendations aro of themselves suf
ficient tq start something on this line. Take
wool, for Instance. Wool has always been
a good taxpayer when subjected to a tariff.
Under the protective system it Is good for
approximately M0, 000,000 per annum,
which Is the amount the Secretary thinks
we could now raise on raw wool Imports,
republicans will probably not object to
placing wool back on the dutiable list, from
which It was taken by the Undeiwood law.
The climate of Australia Is more favorable
for raising wool than the climate of Mon
tana, and It can be raised there less ex
pensively, so that the American wool
grower would bo benefited by a duty on
raw wool, even if the Democrats should be
responsible for It The wool question, how
ever, has induced many side suggestions,
one ot which Is that If the United States Is
to compete fairly with England for the
wool trade It will be necessary to Impose
a tax on dogs. Dogs are the natural
enemies of sheep and have bo discouraged
American farmers that the sheep Industry
has been seriously affected In this country.
Tha dog tax may be regarded as frivolous
for the moment, but Bheep herders do not
so regard It, since many of them are out
spoken in tho belief that the dog Is as
prejudicial to the sheep Industry as Is free
trade itself. A dog tax in war times comes
along In better faith, perhaps, than thaft
other suggestion that bachelors shall be
first conscripted for war service, since to
remain In the single state Is a direct chal
lenge to civilization.
Cotton Could Help
One often hears of cotton as a llkelf
source of revenue, but ever and anon arises
the constitutional question ot the export
tax. Granted that no export tax can be
levied on cotton going out of the country,
still cotton is easily traced In the bale, and
It is reported that cotton has never been
more profitable 'than during the laBt year,
ltelattvely, cotton Is as Important In war
as wool or munitions, and many persons be
llee that cotton ought to bear a fairer
share ot taxes man 11 aoes. xoe Secre
tary of the Treasury anticipates about
$4,000,000 of revenue from a levy of two
cents a pound on foreign 'cotton coming
Into the United States, but he makes no
suggestion about American cotton, which Is
one of the greatest of our monopolies. The
average production In the United States In
recent years has ben about 13.000.000 bales
of more than 500 pounds each. With cot
ton selling at about twenty cents a pound,
it will be Been at once how productive
a field cotton presents for war-tax pur
poies. It Is only fair to say, however, that
the proposal to tax cotton before It gets to
the point of export comes only from folk
aoart from the cotton States. It would
not meet with approval where the dom
inant party In Congress is In "undisputed
Sol ot ta tylln. r
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BPnisa in the Hlood
It, when iprtno it in tho blood
('Tin of Irish Hood I'm spcaktn'),
All the peace o' tacTieoriood
Olad ic'd ba to be forsakin'
For the hope o' jov that lies
In a pair o' sparkUn' eve
Wishful to possess ie,
Take your chance o' paradise
An' heaven bless let
If, when spring is in the blood,
Other appetites awaken
An' ye feel a thirst that could,
Maybe, bear a little slakin'
If to clear your throat o' dust
Mountain dew uHll case ye, Just
Sure, I'd never chide ye.
Take your tipple if ye must
An' wisdom guide ycl
If, when spring Is in the blood,
M'cary on your toil, ye're tiishin'
You could wander through the wood
Where the other lads arc flshln';
If such sport as ye could know
Where the Irish rivers flow
Waters here can lend ye,
Seize your day of pleasure; go,
An' luck attend ycl
If when ipting is in the blood,
Playboy pranks nor eyes o' woman
Stir your heart strings as they should,
Faith, ye're somethin' less than human!
What yc need's another birth;
Though, indeed, 'twould not be uoifi
All the tioublc to remake ye.
Fit for neither heaven nor earth,
The dlvull take yc!
And speaking of fishing, as many of
our fellow workers are, rather wistfully,
these days, thero Is rare news In Robert
II. Dodd's cleat anco sale catalog. A set
of the first five editions of Izaak Wal
ton his book, "The Compleat Angler," Is
offered for sale. Apart from the re
minder that this work, born before the
day of the best seller, had the uncommon
achievement of five editions In the
twenty-thtee years between 1653 and
ICTfi, we lead this note, which should
an est the fisherman on his way to the
fishing-tackle shop: "Uniformly inclosed
in fine blown levant morocco solander
cases, forming altogether n most at
tractive set of the first Ilvo editions ot
this classic at a moderate price. Re
duced from $4500 to $2000."
Ha! The Plot Thickens!
SIR THOMAS BARCLAY, recounting
In last Sunday's New York Times some
lecollectlons of an Interview he had with
Proxy Wilson In 1003, tluows additional
lackluster upon a raco question long en
veloped In clouds of confusion:
Wilson told me, If I remember aright,
that his father had been born at Bel
fast, a Scotcli colony In Ireland, that his
grandfather had been born In Ireland
and that he himself, to be sure, had
been born In the United States.
Till! BAXXER TllEY LOVE
Bars that were born of the flame fiom
the guns.
Bars that are purer than myriad suns,
Burs of the Banner they loved.
Stars that are one with the hosts in the
sky.
Stars with a glory that comes from on
high.
Stars of the Banner they loved.
TAfc at its sweetest, ungrudging they
gave.
Life, that the bars in their glory might
wave,
Life for the Banner they loved.
All, they have given, what mote could
they do,
All, for the stars that were plucked from
the blue.
All for the Banner they loved.
MACKIE.
Boss: Have you met that recruiting oMl
cer at Independence Square? He's a hum
mer. He talks poetry at 'em:
"War at last! You eighteen past?
You're Just the one. my lad!
You've no dependent? A descendant
Of a true American dad?
Uncle Sam needs you, young man ;
So hurry, right away ;
Come In here and volunteer
And fight for the U. S. A. I" ZIBBI.E.
COUNSELOR-AT-LAW LEVIN re
ports: "I was talking to Sol Malsberger,
clerk of Miscellaneous Court, when a foreign-looking
gentleman came in and
asked if this was where ho got his
'civilized' papers."
New Comet Is Discivcrcd
Head In o. o. d.
"Is dfstiuerrd," fcez you,
Of this "comet" that's flyln'?
Sure, that word gives a clue
There's no slnse In denyln'.
Wld wan glass (or a few)
Jlsht to help us In spyln',
We may find the star, too,
Is an Irish wan, tryln
To appear to be new. t
Sure the rascal is lyin'!
He's ns ould as Boru
Aye! the king o' them, Brian
Give the dlvvll his due;
'Tis that rascal, O'RION.
"How the war does change things,"
ruminates 0. volunteer rumlnator, who
writes his initials A. L. M. "Dlarrionds
were once considered n gilt-edge invest
ment, but all the 'gilt' seems now to be
the kind we associate with the Kaiser.
What I'm trying to say Is this: In the
window of a pawnbroker's shop near my
home in South Fourth street I saw this:
'Genuine diamond, guaranteed one year,
$35 "
Boston Nursery Rhymes
Ot Waldo dearest, your prevarication
Makes me plethoric quite with indigna-
Hon.
Yet when the fellne,maketh peregrination
Itldtculus mus will have Us recreation.
V. V.
If your front name happened to be
Louise and somebody knocked your eye
out, wouldn't your last name Just
naturally be Huff? And wouldn't you
Just itch to knock the freckles off who
ever put this (watch It close or It will
hop away from you) in a morn, contemp.?
Having returned from Hawaii,
where he stated the "Bottle Imp," Mar
shall' Neilan, the Laeky director, has
taken Jack Ftekferi and Louse Huff
and the reef aT'tHe, "Freckles" com
urtd lanta' Otani TatUv to 4o tha
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THE VOICE OP
THE PEOPLE
A Request for the Removal of
'Bismarck's Statue A De
fense of Editorial
Writers
7'Mf lJFpntt'it in ftee to alt m-ckma nho
Mtsh to r, ptst their opinions on bubiccts of
current intnttc. it is an open forum and the
,'trnfitt t.ediff ussuuies no icuponsibllttu for
tlte ru ws of u corroipomtLHta, i,rttrrv mint
he fiiunttt t7 M' name ami uttdm of the
urtter, itoe uiitssarilu for psbllintian, but as
uuaratttic of vood faith,
BISMARCK'S STATUE
To the llitltor of tne Krenlng Ledger:
Sir For jears before tho declaration ot
war on the Imperial German Government
by the United States, and even now, tho
statute of Count Otto Bismarck, the Impe
rial Chancellor of the German C!oernment,
Is situated in front of what was a few years
ago "The lllerslde Mansion," on Ridge ave
nue, between Manayunk and the Falls of
the Schuylkill.
Now that our (!o eminent has broken off
all relations with the German Government
and Is on a war footing wo feel that the
statue of this man, who did nothing for the
United .tales or for humanity, but who
worked only for the establishment of "Prus
sian militarism," which Is so destructive to
all mankind, should be at once removed by
true and loyal Americans to prove that
we cannot tolerate anybody or anything that
Is contrary to our democratic Ideals. V
THREE UNITED STATES CITIZENS OlX
POLISH DESCENT.
Philadelphia, April 23.
ENLISTMENT OF NEWSPAPERMEN
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir When 1 was a boy I learned an
epigram which ran, "You In your corner
and I In mine." I think that should an
swer the friendly critics who arc asking
why editorial writers hae not enlisted.
Perhaps these critics aro not aware that
Beneath the rule of men entirely great
The pen is nugniier than the sword.
We are not living In the Middle A4..
(although some of the atrocities of our
enemies belong to that era), and tho peo
ple demand knowledge of current events.
Editorial writers mold the public sentiment.
The power of the press is the greatest force
In tho world. Reporters and editorial writ
ers are the men who are preaching pre
paredness and patriotism today. Silence
nnd liberty cannot exist together. Our
Government cannot wage war and keep
the people In Ignorance of the facts. t No,
the newspapers must spread the messago
unto the entire country. Well can the
Journalist say, "This Is my task: In depths
of unstarred night to keep
Faith on her, lofty throne."
Let not thole whose task Is but toflght
feel any reselitment against the editorial
writer. In' after years those who have
survived grim war will be counted among
earth's chosen few; and those who fell
will long bo remembered. Years after
ward wlllvthclr graves be decorated with
flags 'and a salute fired across their last
earthly resting place at least onco every
year. But- what of those who stayed at
home, not as slackers, but to preach pa
triotism and courage, to assuage the an
guish of a mother's broken heart with
beautiful and loving eulogies of those who
died for liberty and Justice? In some al
most unknown grave will they rest, mourned
by but a few, and no salute will be flred
oer their graves. Yet they' were not
afraid; they merely obeyed the Master
Captain, and Instead of fighting with a
sword they used a pen, and valiantly fousrht
against Jingoism, anarchy and Internal
trouble. AJways with a message of true
patriotism.
Garrison, an editor and writer, was Im
prisoned, was mobbed and Buffered hu
miliation because he was convinced that
ho was right. He was a soldier of thtf pen.
and on the first day of January, 1863. the
shack'es fell from the xvrlsta ot .the black
man after "250 years ot unrequited toll."
And yet we find but a few lines devoted to
uarrison in me niBiory 01 mis struggle.
Whlttler, Lowell and the many others who
by their writings stirred the sentiment of
the people into action are only considered
as literary characters. Yet they were the
real leaders In the struggle. , The soldier
js the man we honor, but we must not
forget, the nm jwho take ear of MtMla
keep the people In harmony with the men
out on. the firing line.
Every man has his task In tho world's
change of front. The trained mechanic, the
farmer and the men who mold publlo opin
ion aro not wanted on the front. They have
their tasks to do. But it more men are
needed, editorial writers and other mem
bers of tho writing craft will hammer their
pens Into swords beforo wo will let the
farmer use his plow for a military weapon.
War removes all class; every man to
his place.
HENRY RIDGAWAY ZELLBY.
Paulsboro, N. J., April 22.
WOULD COERCE IDLERS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir How to get men for the army and
navy? I believe in killing four or five birds
with one stone.
First. All men who have not or will not
work.
Second. All married men who are sepa
rated from or will not support their wives
and families.
Third, All men who are Indulging In de
grading habits.
Fouith. All men who allow their wives
to work, taking livelihood from those that
really need It.
Tho above mentioned men should bo com
pelled to Join tho army or navy, which Is
the fifth bird. BERT.
Rocklcdge, Pa., April 24.
AN ORACULAR ROCK
m
The Himalayas are the home of count
less gods, spirits and witches, and any
thing at all out of the common Is at once
attributed to supernatural agency. A cer
tain enormous rocking stone, so they tell
yen, possesses several miraculous proper
ties. For Instance, It a small portion of
It Is chipped oft and put Into the milk, a
much larger yield of butter may be ex
pected. On tho top of the boulder will al
ways bo found a large number of small
pebbles. The story the natives tell about
these Is that, If a man Is expecting an ad
dition to his family, tho rocking stone will
prophesy for him tho i-ex of the child. The
method of procedure Is delightfully simple.
Tho man stands some llttlo distance away
and throws a pebble on to the top of tho
stone. If It remains tlKjre, the child will
be a boy; If It falls fff, a girl. They do
not tell you how often the prophecy proves
false. Wide World Magazine.
LA MARSEILLAISE
Ye sons of France, awake to glory I
Hark! What myriads round you rise!
Your children, wives nnd grandslres hoary;
Behold their tears and hear their cries I
Shall hateful tyrants mischief breeding.
With hireling hosts, a ruffian band,
Affright and desolate the land.
While peace and liberty lie bleeding?
To arms, to arms, ye brave I
Th' avenging sword unsheathe;
March on, march on,
All hearts resolved on liberty or death.
Now, now the dangerous storm Is rolling
Which treacherous kings, confederate
raise: '
The dogs of war, let loose, aro howling
And, lo ! our fields and cities blaze.
And shall we baBely view the ruin,
While lawless force with guilty stride
Spreads desolation far and wide.
With crimes and blood his hands hnbru'na-7
To arms, to arms, ye brave 1
Th' avenging sword unsheathe ;
March on, march on,
All hearts resolved on liberty or death.
1
With luxury and pride surrounded
The vile. Insatiate despots dare.
Their thirst, of power and gold unbounded
To mete and vend the light and air
Like beasts of burden they would load us
Like gods, would bid their slaves adore t
But man Is man and who is more?
Then Bhall they longer lash and goad us?
To arms, to arms, ye brave I
iTh" avenging sword unsheathe :
March on, march on,
AH hearts' resolved on liberty or death.
O Liberty I Can man resign thee
Havlne onca flt thv ..- - '
Can dungeons, bolts and bars confine th;.
Or whips thy noble spirit tame7 '
Too long the world has wept bewailing
That falsehood's dagger tyranh? -uL
And all their arts are unavailing
To arms, to arms, ye brave I
Th" avenging sword unsheathe:
j 'Maroh on. mr-h mj
.Viu kutJ IlJ."'T I . .
What Do You Know?
Queries 0 central Interest will Is antusertt ii
in i column. Ten questions, ins onsiesr N i
which even tceU-inormed person should knxt, ,
ara nuiertt HtiUi 1
. QUIZ
1. What did British Forelsn Minister Dalfow
mean when lie said that the war cannot
viu milium, itn Apponamx i v r,
. Who Is Sarah Bernhardt nnd whr Is she th Vi
llh IjVftf nf nn4lllli1na onnnsm . 4
'' v-K Vi BIM tlVUIHt lUlliCIII IIVH ,,
S. Is the most northerly point In the t'nltel Ji
In WllKhlnelon? i
4. Wild Is link Hmlif.9 IsH,
B. What h the dlAVreneo between (he Tort- 'S
Mi title "pasha" and "bey"? S
A ll. .. t .... ..... '.SBBj.i
, ".. "Penny snocKer" In EncIandT VT'
What anil where Is It? Ml
8. Name the one nation of the Central rowers litl.
t"j" aipiomatlo connection with ths'
0. Tit w,.ls irutj- . M
i ' "... """ reporwa as iTor- ,-s
B ,,1?ontltiitIon for his country. Whers if
'" KhUa and how Is the name prs.
10. What does, "antediluvian" mean?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. WllF fn n vwnmllH.A ...
.i ." ""-imch nivalis war isr ,
national advancement or , uccumuUUoa 4
of power. , S
. inere are 010 acres In a square mile. V
i?.nl,f, meBn on hl "lfl f t At-
lantlfl (ltnn nm .....u..i - a ,, -
;,lc,,n,1 means on the other side. Ths
..... niwmD is pronounced "sis."
. Senators Hiram W. Johnson and James D,
1'Uelun urn from California.
Tht"-nSI!?i ?.f t'B'llan Government U
temporarily at Havre. France, to whlik
tt
--.:-- ira wucn 1110 Hermans oeea- ,fr
dim. JrUMel8' tl,e eapKnl of the klnf a
e save It to she and I" Is Incorrect he- .
i?wI5 '& .p.r"pol,.t,0,, "'"" Bh,l'ld f
t VAX "s "Stem" 2 i
ateHL' ." Crt?!! Vi
n.tr "?"" " ower snips, is coa
Sronce. ' En,l,nd Bni CtM'
8" 'y.?' ,M.0i"u?hr ta Austrla-Hnnrary. tie
' Xu-flUfhS!!. '525???.'"" 'l"
n -----.. empire. .
0i?,an.i. ' Pronounced "ayer-o-plans," J
Sn-fth-i-JXSS!. .. Bret & M
". miu vr ltltt "fip" IS Drv
nounced distinctly.
10. Fli.li cannot live out of water because tbs
orran. with which the? b?ealhe atsorJ
oxtsen from water and not from air.
fir SSflV'S nwl id SB ml. mM m . ..
-.H...,v uija vis
1. IC L. -TllA .lllthnlva A.1IB.HM. "VI
en?i tMnrlno Corns '" ".400 men. Tottljfl
ie aaa . . " lu -P"' - were nearly f
15,000, making a shortage of nearly !50 ,i
Citizcnshin
V D' .S,TA mlnor born abroad of alien K
',,""' oecomes a citizen of the United ,t
estates automatlr.iiiv .,.!,., i,i ii,n.. t,.' 4
.nmAn - 1., 1 " "a ,,.fc. " MBj
-" emzen. it you were of age when --,
your father became a citizen it will b 11
""-'"""J' r you 10 take out cltlzensniB ,
('"I'iDI
Arras Cambrai
"lightly more than twenty miles In a direct j
....v. uciure uie war thero was a fine roau
WAV rnnnnniU. i .ui.. ... llhi
some of the heaviest lighting In northernj
vstlv.tLlllS iiihhh puma mir tin M U 1 Ui .' I
-. .-..w ut-uumng aiong xnis nignway, coum--,
leSS a lartTA nnrtUn U .n Y.r,m htH
?i!8 V,e.a' Arras hasxbeen captured bW
" .runea, out uambrai is held by tnji
uermans.
Entente Envoys v
A W. The date of the visit to PhllH
aciphla of the French war commissioner! J
m mis country has not been fixed. TJ
French commissioners have accepted tfi
cny s invitation, but it has not been
nounced whether or not the British jtpr
cnittuves would Join In the visit.
Brazil's ArmV
v. u. r igures Tor Brazil's army
Peacft Rtrn.T.h ninnn ,- ...Ami KIT. J
rr m . ... '
-- --- ..., ww,v WV II IV it f 4 eOVt W-f, -- J
000; war strength, 680,000. There rt
about 4.JOO.00O unorganized men of mlff-a
tary age In the republic which has 3
population of about 24.000.000 Dersons.
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Norfolk anil Weatern f'J
C. JO. M. The more Important termle
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