THE YANKEE PUNCH
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"Put It In the War," Says Gen
eral Squier.
AIRPLANES WINNING FACTOR.
Regimenta and Brigade* of Winged
Cavalry Could Blind tha Eyaa of Ger
many Until Her Gunnere, Deprived of
Range Findera, Would Be Put Out of
Buainea*.
Washington.—"Put the Yankee punch
into the war," is the way Brigadier
General Squier, who directs the avia
tion service, expressed it in discussing
the great airplane program which, if
passed by congress, will involve the
appropriation of something like $600,-
000,000 in the beginning.
By "Yankee punch" General Squier
means "a characteristically American
way of working to get big results."
"Airplanes," said General Squier,
"are the logical fighting machines for
Americans, because we are an imag
© by CUnedinst.
BRIOADIEK GENERAX SQUIER.
inative people, and when our imagina
tion strikes fire nothing can stop us.
The game ideally suits the American
temperament, and every young Ameri
can worthy of the name should be
! keen to Join our flying army.
"An army in the air, regiments and
I brigades of winged cavalry, mounted
;on gas driven flying horses, could
blind tbe eyes of Germany until her
gunners, absolutely deprived of range
finders, would be put out of business
by the allied artillery. The magnifi
cently obvious thing is to km ck out
Germany's eyes by a thrust through
the air. But my idea would be some
thing vastly larger than a thrust. An
inundation of airplanes would better
express the idea in its magnitude.
"Sweep the Germans from the sky,
blind the Prussian cannon, and the
time would be ripe to release an enor
mous flock of flying fighters to raid
and destroy military camps, ammuni
tion depots and military establish
ments of all kinds. The firing upon
troops by machine guns from air
planes is becomming commoner and
more accurate. Once given an upper
, hand the flying machine becomes a
frightful engine of destruction."
TWINS PUZZLE TEACHERS.
Eight Paira Prove a Source of Worry
to Teachera.
Omaha, Neb. Whether Jimmy is
Jimmy or his brother Johnny and
Johnny really Johnny or just Jimmy
is the question that constantly con
fronts teachers at the Webster school.
Eight pairs of twins in the school are
the cause of the complexity of the sit
uation.
Three pairs are boys, three girls and
two "fifty fifty."
In Miss Erline Jeskallek's third
grade class are three pairs—Newell
and Donald Davis, Lucile and Lillian
Poulson and Walter and Wade White.
In each case the twins are as much
alike as peas in a pod.
In confidence it is whispered that
the twins have changed seats in their
classrooms without any one being a
bit the wiser excepting themselves.
The seating arrangement, Miss Jeskal
lek admits, is the only means by which
she can tell one of a pair from the
! other.
Choctaws Volunteer For Service.
Mobile, Ala.—One hundred Choctaw
Indians in Baldwin, Escambia and
Monroe counties, Ala., have
ed their services to the army. J. W.
| Roberts, postmaster at Raburn, Ala.,
I came here to arrange for the muster
i in of the tfoops.
No, Indeed.
"There's no place like home, you
| know."
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum, "but
i home doesr't always pay the salary
i that Washington does."—Washington
{ Star.
; -
Hl* OrdeeL.
The sympathetic neighbor asked:
"Is your little brother 111 this 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.
It is not our wrong actions which it
requires courage to confess so much as
those that are ridiculous and foolish.—
Rousseau.
Burying the Hatchet.
This 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 peace, to bury in the ground
their tomahawks, scalping knives and
war clubs in token that aU enmity
was at an end.
I
PLANTED TREE YEARS
AGO TO MAKE COFFIN
Chicago.—Fifty years ago "Wal
ter Bushnell of Carrollton, 111.,
planted a walnut on his farm and
announced that he would have
his coffin made from the tree.
Three years ago he had the tree
cut down and sawed into slabs.
Bushnell is now eighty years
old. The walnut wood, having
been properly aged, has been
made into a coffin.
I
V oter's
Catechism
D. Have you read the Consti
tution of the United States?
R. Yes.
D. What form of Govern
ment is this?
R. Republic.
D. .What is the Constitution
of the United States?
R. It is the fundamental law
of this country.
D. Who makes the laws of
the United States?
R. The Congress.
D. What does Congress con
sist of?
R. Senate and House of Rep
resentatives.
D. Who is our State Senator?
R. Wilbur P. Graff.
D. Wh& is the chief executive
of the United States?
R. President.
D. For how long is the Presi
dent of the United States elect
ed?
R. Four years.
D. Who takes the place of
the President in case he dies?
R. The Vice President.
D. What is his name?
R. Thomas R. Marshall.
D. By whom is the President
of the United States elected?
R. By the electors.
D. By whom are the electors
chosen ?
R. By the people.
D. Who makes the laws for
the State of Pennsylvania.
R. The Legislature.
D. What does the Legislature
consist of?
R. Senate and Assembly.
D. Who is our Assembly
man?
R. Wilmer H. Wood.
D. How many States in the
union ?
R. Forty-eight.
D. When was the Declaration
! of Independence signed ?
R. July 4, 1776.
D. By whom was it written?
R, Thomas Jefferson.
D. Which is the capital of the
United States?
R. Washington.
D. Which is the capital of the
state of Pennsylvania.
R. Harrisburg.
D. How many Senators has
each state in the United States?
R. Two.
D. Who are our U. S. Sena
tors?
R. Boise Penrose and George
T. Oliver.
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ed?
R. By the people.
D. For how long?
R. Six years.
D. How many representa
tives are there ?
R. 435. According to the
population one to every 211,000,
(the ratio fixed by Congress af
ter each decennial census.)
D. For how long are they
elected ?
. R. Two years.
D. Who is our Congressman ?
R. Nathan L. Strong.
D. How many electoral votes
has the state of Pennsylvania?
R. Thirty-eight.
D. Who is the chief execu
tive of the state of Pennsyl
vania?
R. The Governor.
D. For how long is he elect
ed?
R. 4 years.
D. Who is the Governor?
R. Martin G. Brumbaugh.
D. Do you believe in organ
ized government?
R. Yes.
D. Are you opposed to or
ganized government?
R. No.
D. Are you an anarchist?
R. Nc. -
D. What is an anarchist?
R. A person who does not be
lieve in organized government.
D. Are you a bigamist or
poligamist ?
R. No.
D. What is a bigamist or po
lygamist?
R. One who believes in hav
ing more than onawife.
D. Do you belong to any se
cret society who teaches to dis
believe in organized govern
ment?
R. No.
D. Have you ever violated
any laws of the United States?
R. No.
D. Who makes the ordinances
for the City?
R. The board of aldermen.
D. Do you intend to remain
permanently in the U. S.?
R. Yes.
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