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Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1914,
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The Aim et the Ferelgß Laogaase Papers
of Anerlca
To HELP PRESERVE THE IDEALS AND SACKED TRAD
ITIONS OR THIB, OUR ADOPTED COUNTRY, THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA; To REVERE ITS LAWS AND IN
SPIRE OTHERS TO OBEY THEM; To STRTVE UNCEASING
LY TO QUICKEN THE PUBLIC'S SENSE OP , CIVIC DUTY;
IN ALL WAYS TO AID IN MAKING THIS COUNTRY GREAT
ER AND BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT.
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Endurano*.
The pilgrim fathers were undoubted
ly heroic men, facing, as they did, with
dauntless courage, Are, frost, famine
and the red menace of Indian ruthless
ness. But the pilgrim mothers were
more heroic still, for they endured also
all these things and had in addition to
stand the pilgrim fathers as well.—
Life.
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| Facts Versus I
| Fallacies £
i\3 FACT is a real state of things. FALLACY is an appar- M
•J~ ently genuine but really illogical statement or argument. t
•jg Tlh . nS
;• c k mun from "making his % [
|"J own spirits for his home v\
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A N interesting and timely address was delivered in W *
vi J Cleveland recently by Colonel Pabst. Extracts from !♦>;
LjF the high i.ghts of that speech follow:
£1 ill "TPHE prohibitionists assume that all of the people R
• V* A in the dry states are opposed to the license system, fcT
ijjlS and they make the extravagant claim that the majority tM i
Sl*l of the people have already registered their approval of
tuja the prohibition principle. The record of the vote of the h
l7 states that hrve voted for prohibition gives a total ;
r;*| majority of 334,000 for it, while the 13 states that have W\
f; ..<2 voted it down, gave a total majority of 052,000 against L \
r!' j* ii—or a net difference of 258,000 in oppclition to pro- 2 i
tip'l hibitory laws. In this connection may V mentioned Br j
■.he misren rr.s»r 16 t-i on of facts in rcg° * ' * ' 'to, recent y |
la. in adopting pro] . Ontario, T|]
v rta and other Province = •iy i not ex- p j
but have sp< * '/ provided
nay continue to ir.sk beers for L ;
jV"Vi r.i:e to t! :• - l v. \1 consumer." E 5 '
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un< . »rm of gov- JB
;-3 ; -rc tt oouH rot be brought about as the result
u'.ur vcte of the country at large, though this, P
r) e, v.'Cii:!d mean an overwhelming majority L |j]
it. It can only come through compulsion which
;y -.v be directed by spars.' 1 ;* inhabited rural states,
r-o -s the for more populous and wealthy urban states. j« I''
ro • r/ can be reasoned from experience gathered
. > .-en< ra\ior.~ of experience, backed by ail the jft:
•• ii w, the abolition of the legalized p n
f- ;• r.-' y ,~r3 would mean ics r-. p- - menc
'y an r.i" I '* -"fncture and sale si \ ensive Jh
• not only to exclude possi- p !».
..." bTity of ! u>r t e actual drink evil, but certain
lo iutcrsify its worst forms."
• IE immediate of rational prohibition would b rt *
be the wiping ou beer rs a beverage, and, if
y| h-man experience is any guide, this would be followed pk'
"( i ; - vhe rapid development of home distillation of spirits. L®n
3t is conceded that the law cannot prohibit man from
i"J making his own spirits*for his home consumption." 5? f 3
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' I\T only has Prohibition proved itself a FALLACY
>. r , A inasmuch as it never does prohibit, but as Colonel dp,'!
• Pabst has pointed out the FACT remains that even in p:j <
'the event of National Prohibition, "the law cannot pro- K-.i:
hibit man from making his own spirits for his home &■
v .| jnsumption."
I\j\ Pennsylvania State Brewers' Association ?v"
•ijfl iLfi
! V, 106 M .
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Things ot the Past.
Betty had been punished. Her aunt
did not know that, and when she came
Into the room and found Betty sitting
disconsolately before the window she
said: "Why, look at our little Betty.
She looks ready to cry. What is go
ing to happen, I wonder?"
Betty looked up and then said sol
emnly, "It has happened."—Exchange.
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VON HINDEKBURG.
Chief of the Ger
man General Staff.
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Field Marshal von Hindenburg, chief
of the great general staff of the German
army and Germany's leading general
in the present war, is in his seventieth
year. The German <eople idolize him.
PINKNEY'S PLACE IN HISTORY
His Fame as the Greatest Lawyer the
United States Has Produced
Is Secure.
Even that tritest of truisms, the
ephemerality of a lawyer's fame, offers
no adequate explanation of the obscur
ity in which sleeps the genius of Wil- i
Ham Pinkney. For Pinkney was not
merely a great lawyer. According to
testimony that leaves no room for
doubt or controversy, he was the very)
greatest lawyer that this country has
ever produced.
Nor was this all. He served his coun
try with distinction and success In the
jiabyrinths of diplomacy, at the cabinet
table, In the halls of congress and even;
on the field of battle. Above all, at a
most critical point of our history, when
the clamor of contending sections dis
turbed the tranquillity of the Sage of
Monti cello, "like a fire bell ringing in
the night," to use Jefferson's own ex
pressive phrase, It was Pinkney who
rose to the occasion and recalled sena
tors to a sense of their duty and pa
triotism.
Of him John Marshall said that he.;
was the greatest man he had ever seen |
In a court of justice. Of him Taney
wrote in 1854: "I have heard almost
all the great advocates of the United
States, both of the past and present
generation, but I have seen none equal
to him." Of him Story remarked:
"His clear and forcible manner of put
ting his cases before the court, his
powerful and commanding eloquence,
occasionally illumined with sparkling
lights, but always logical and appro
priate and, above all, his accurate and
discriminating law knowledge, which
he pours out with wonderful precision,
give him, In my opinion, a great su
periority over every man whom I have
known."
When such a court unanimously con
curs In rendering Judgment, bold In
deed the man who claims an appeaL—
H. H. Hagan In Case and Comment
Finding the Range.
It is orie thing to spot a hostile bat
tery and another problem altogether to
hit it. The locality may be well known,
but the range difficult to determine. To
simplify matters in this respect,
"tracer" shells are used. Into the base
of the shell a metal case Is screwed
containing a material which is self-ig
niting as the projectile rushes through
space. For night operations the ma
terial used in the "tracer" bursts into
a brilliant flame, but by day the
"tracer" leaves a trail of dense black
smoke. By this means the gunners are
nble to watch and time the shell right •
up to the moment the explosion takes
place, and by knowing the locality in
which the shell bursts, the adjustment
fro the range of the target is compara
tively a simple matter.
Hard on the Burglar.
"I hear that the home of Scribbins,
the writer, was entered last night and
a number of manuscripts stolen."
"Is that so? I suppose Scribbins
has set the police on track of *he
thief."
"Oh. he says that if the fellow has j
any better success in placing the stuff
than he has had himself, he's only too
glad to let him try it." —Farm Life.
A Humane Person.
"What do you think of the move
ment to ameliorate the living condi
tions of gold fish in captivity?"
Tm strongly In favor of it. I
never go out and leave the cat in the
room where my gold fish are that I
don't imagine they look at me through
the side ot their globe with appealing
eyes.'
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NEW AUSTRIAN ENVOY.
Count Tarnowski Arrives In Amer
ica After British Hold Him Up.
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Photo by American Press Association.
Questions put to Count Adam Tar
nowski von Tarnow, the new Austrian
ambassador to the United States, who
arrived the day after Germany de
clared for a ruthless submarine war
fare, showed he was ignorant of the
new state of affairs The British re
fused at first to give the count safe
conduct, but later reconsidered its de
i cision.
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SIR EDWARD P. MORRIS.
Premier of Newfoundland to
Attend Conference In London.
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In speaking of the coming conference
of the heads of British dominions Lloyo
George said, "We took the step urgent
ly inviting the dominions' premiers to
lead in the war council despite the fact
that it might cause much inconven
ience locally because we desired their
advice and assistance." Sir Edward P
Morris is one of those called, being pre
mier of Newfoundland.
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Watch Your Pop.
Pep is a slang word invented to con
vey the idea of those who are always
up and about, who are full of "ginger,"
who never go to sleep at the switch.
When you are full of pep you can go
a long way toward doing almost any
thing. But pep runs out If your
stomach goes back on you because you
don't know how to take care of it; If
you consort with weak minded people,
taking on the color of their weak
mindedness; if you burn the candle at
both ends, then your pep runs low.
Watch your pep.—Life.
Hoard on tho rngnway.
We ought to be mighty glad when
heaven comes down to see us, but
that's the time some folks run away.
Folks miss happiness by sittin' still
an' waittn' for It to come an' pay the
rent an' cancel the mortgage. But
happiness is no free gift, an' it ain't
on the bargain counter.—Atlanta Con
stitution.
j. What Ho Advised.
A young man unhappily married and
practically penniless took his tale of
woe to a prominent divorce attorney
In Chicago and concluded with this.
"I'm too poor to pay much for a di
j vorce, but my wife makes my life mis
erable. After I get home at 6 o'clock
in the evening I get no peace until I
go to sleep. What would you advise?"
"After considering all the facts In
your case." said the lawyer, "1 would
iuggest that you get a job which re
quires you to work all night."—Ex-"
change.
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A Curlaaity In Nomanolature.
The negroes In the British West In
dian island of Grenada find it very dif
ficult to keep track of their descent and
their relatives because of a curious
custom they follow In naming children.
The father's Christian name is given to
the son for his surname. Thus If a
man is named John Jones his s»m may
be called James John and that son's
son Robert James, and so on to the
end of the chapter. Naturally in a few
generations families get into a hope
less muddle, and nobody knows exact
ly to whom he is related.
Too Sara to Shake.
"Did you take the mixture I gave
you?"
"To tell you the truth, I did not, doc
tor."
"Why not?"
"Well, I fancy you made a little mis
take. You gave me ague mixtura. It
aaya, 'Shake before taking,' and mj
complaint Is rheumatism."—Pall Mall
Gazette.
The Orohld.
The orchfti Is a peculiar plant, for,
strange as it may seem, there Is no
distinctively orchid odor. One smells
like the violet, others like the rose, the
hyacinth, the daffodlL Orchids are the
monkeys, the mimics of the vegetable
world, in odor as well as form and
tint No other flower resembles an or
chid, but orchids are forever aping
butterflies, pansles, roots, spiders, pitch
plants, birds and what not And they
are not absolutely certain to look Just
the same twice in succession.
LOOKY HERE, WM J. ERYA'.\
—Photo By Paul Thompson. New York City.
These English and Japanese naval officers are drinking a toast to tho
British-Jap alliance. And It's not grape juice that they are quaffing. No
sirree! A neat argument against prohibition Is the fact that the Germany
French and English armies, which have borne the brunt of the fighting, allow
their soldiers to use liquor.
Ml. Ordeal.
The sympathetic neighbor asked:
"Is your little brother ill tht» morn
ing, Johnnie? I heard him crying in
the most heartrending way."
! "No, not exactly," Johnnie explain
ed, "but Willie pulled down a Jar of
molasses on himself in the pantry, and
mother has been trying to comb his
hair."—New York Globe.
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Some Reeemblanoe.
"Lightning rods in one respect are
like waiters."
"What's that?"
"They won't give good service unless
they are well tipped." Baltimore
American.
■uryinfl the Hatehet.
Tfeis expression, meaning "let by
gones be bygones," is derived from a
custom once in vogue among the North
American Indians. According to a
command of the "great spirit," they
were obliged, when they smoked the
pipe of peai-e, to bury in the ground
their tomahawks, scalping knives and
war clubs in token that all enmity
was at an end.
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tt+NDNESS.
VVhon we consider the reeutts ::
:: it bringe I wonder why It le we
::: are not all kinder than we are. :ii
<:> How eaeily it ie done! How ln<
• etantaneouely it aote! How In- jit
jjj fallibly it ie remembered!— ii!
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