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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
THE FOOD PROBLEM
It la inconceivable to us that any
l«rer oX his country can refuse to
co-operate with, the Government in
every attempt to economize in
those articles of food we should
irost carefully conserve. How little
tHa aaciifice lor us to reduce our
Indulgence ia meats, fats, and oth
er food products so greatly need
•K* for our soldiers and aliles! And
yet merchants report hundreds of
tbeir cuetomers who seem only in
tent on laying by in store for
thtjr own selfish ends the largest
pi«sible supply of the very things
w» should ha most anxious to send
abroad. He is a traitor to bis
cousfry who fails her in this respect
w well as the man who deliberate
lit be'rays her to her foes.
RUSSIAN ARMISTICE
The (".ispatchee announcing that
tJ»# Bolsheviki had arranged a
'ruoe with Germany, and that Len
Ine and Trotzky threatened to re
pudiate the country's debt to the al
lied nations, indicate that there is
a» yet no sign of improvement in
the Russian situation. The Bolshev
Ikl leaders may not be able to com
mand the Russian nation, but it ap
ae*rs certain that they are in a po
sition to do - great deal of harm
to the allied cause. Aside from
ttte opportunity given Germany to
use the troops now holding the
Russian line, elsewhere in the war
•one, there is the grave danger th»t
ike million prisoners of war held
by the Slays may be released. Thi
reinforcement of the Teutonic ar
au»*3 undoubtedly would prolong the
wtr beyond the expectations of al
lied leaders, who had counted upon
a passive assitsance from
Russia.
Already the entente allies are
treparing to take measures to
counteract the mischief done by
Trctt*/ and Lenine. Shipments of
supplies from this country have
been stopped, and there will be no
farther loans until it is ascertained
that our help will not be given to
the pro-Germans in Northern Russia
There is a vague hope that Gen.
Kaladlnes, the man of the Don
Cossacks, who is reported to be in
control of the southern provinces
Of Russia, will be able to establish
som^tjiiag like discipline, and that
a*, least part ol the Russian forces
irlll be kapt facing the Germans.
However, the news that the negotia
tion* for the armistice were pro
gressing oa "all fronts" now held
by Russians i3 disquieting. While
the Russians for a long time hare
don» no fighting, the presence of
larje forces in the face of the en
emy made it necessary to keep manjj
divisions on guard. The dismissal,
of Russian soldiers from further
service will make it no longer neces
sary for Germany to maintain more
than a skeleton of its forces on the
Astern front.
It may be taken for granted that
the entente leaders will not be idle
igMU tfte disintegration of their"
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STORIES FROM THE GERMAN
NEWSPAPERS
IKE HARVEST IX SAXONY
The Magdeburgische Zeitung re
col vtus from its Dreacen correspond
ent the following report, derived
from an authoritative source:
The great expectations at first
held of the harvest have unfortun
ately not been fulfilled. The great
drought in May and June did con
siderable harm. Oats and barlej:
have failed; rye and wheat reach a
medium harvest. Particularly un
favorable is the harvest arour.d
Leipzig; in the hillv districts it is
bet'«ir. The potatoes offer the
hest prospects, so that they will !
cover the deficit lu corn. The
kohlrabi crop is bad; the fodder
harvest in general is also not spec-1
ially good. On the other hand, the
present rains will be very good tor
fodder roots . Experts hope that
no attempt will be made to hasten
potato deliveries, as this year, ow
ing to the long winter, the pota
toes were planted late and must
t:*arefgre remain in !af- ground iong
|er man usual.
WHAT GERMANY IS EATING
Adele N. Phillips in the Atlantic.
Chunks of dried sea lion meat
w?re shipped into the country In
tbo manner of jerked beef. Soaked
for a number of hours, and cut
; ^ -
Beauty on th* Stag*.
Whereas Ethel Barrymore, Maxint
Uliott aud Lillian Uussell succeeded In
spite of their beauty, the third raters
will not, aitLough they way get a tem
porary position ; opularity which
will pass for success. But it never lasts
more than n few years. Anybody in the
profession can tell you of numerous in
stances of girls who b^ve l>een given
easy leading jiarts after "incredibly lit
tle experience because of their good
looks. As soon as- they arrive at that
point they st:;v there until their looks
fade anil iheir usefulness vanishes.
They think t!:eir position is .secure and
that work is no l«;^er necessary for
then). Now. ns a nuittcr of fact, the
history of the stage has shown that
ihere is nothing the American public
grows tiriil of co quickly as a pretty
face. There must 1 e something behind
the fate. A woman eau no more be
come an aetrers wiihout working and
studying, cultivating hor voice and
learning to u?e it r.s n violinist does his
instrument, acquiring the teehulgue of
her trade, than she can become a paint
er without sring t > her lifevlasses and
studyiug colors.—Jane fowl lu Every
iKxly's Magazine.
Unexplored Arm In Canada.
A very c^Uiiuoii iiu; resaiou heUl,even
by Canadians l.s that there is little Ca
nadian territory left to explore except
on the Arctic I..lands. But as. far back
as 1MH1 r»r. tie «\'e I'awson had calcu
lated tb:st there w re then about 1,000,
ivm square milt s of unexplored terri
tory in Canada, aliosit iXRVtOO square
miles iu western C anada, the rest lying
in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
Charles Caiaseii of the geological
survey of Canada re. eutly revised Dr.
Dawson's remhiug for wcat
ern Canada I he figures of about C42.0<X>
sqrare miles, while the unexplored area
of northern 'Jilelec Is represented l>y
2.HMJ00 square miles.
The total area of Canada i» re»-koned
at 3,72f>.0t!5 si|uaro utiles, of which 520,
800 square miles are embraced in the
islands of the Arctle ocean. The unex
plored urea iCamse!l figures) of 901,000
square miles represents almost 28 per
cent of the (o!ul area of the country.—
Exchange.
Ocean Cannib«U.
Sneb tierce carnivorous tisbea as exist
in the depths of the ocean are un
known at tbe surface. There is a
"black swaHover" which devours other
finny creatures tell tiuies as big as it
4elf. literally climbing over its victim,
first with cue jaw .and then with the
other. Another species is nearly all
m«>3th. and. having no power of loco
notion. it lies buried lu the soft cxrae
<it the bottom, its liead alone .protrud
ing, ready to engulf any prey that may
wander into its carnivorous java. There
is a ferocious ki|:d of shark resembling
a huge eel. AH of these monsters are
black as Ink. Some of them are per
fectly blind, while other* have enor
mous, goggling eyes. Xa ray of sun
light ever pierces the dark, unfathoen
ed caves lu which tbe.v dwell. Each
species is gobbled by tbe species uen
bigger, for there is no vegetable life to
feed on.
Russia is finding it is not so
easv to make peace with) Germany
as she first thought. A nation that
has uo peace at homo caa make no
lasting peace with a powerful en
emy.
former ally's army goes on. Al
ready warnings have been given
that treachery is certain to have a
ser?ous effect on the war. The de
mands of the Bolsheviki for imme
diate peace will not be heeded,
ar.d the entente allien doubtless will
tak<> such protective steps as may
to necessary.—Seattle P>-J»
into small pieces, it was made in
to a stew with onions. Some peo
ole thickened the gravy and served
it with spetzel, a South German
dui-'l'ling made of flour, but, alas,
uo eggs as in the past. After one
or *wo attacks of nausea, people
caaio to like the concoctin. It
filed a vacuum, ani that is every
thing when one's head is light
from a still lighter diet. The same
meat corned and called robbin's
fleiscb was sold, and served in
slices at 4 marks a pound. It was
a very good imitation of corned
beef, better than Btewed, and could
be eaten cold on bread. As the
potatoes became, scarce, the bread
which had been doled out on allow
ance began to deteriorate in qual
ity. A3 long as it was composed of
20 per cent of potato flour it
was not bad, and served toi satisfy J
tlie children when spread with mall)
extract, in place of sugar or sirup,
or the famous kriegsmarmalad, a
marmalade made of s&cchat ine, beets
tomatoes and turnips, colored red.
With the reduction of the potato
flour in tho bread, coarser grains
were added; but now 5 per cent
sawdust and 5 per cent flour ground
from straw are used. In conse
quence people are suffering great
ly irom anemia; stomach troubles
ar<> on the increase, especially ul
cers of the stomach, and thread
worms.
Ant Strength.
Au Knglisli scientist weighed n sinnll
aiit anil a dead grasshopper which it
reus dragging to its nest. The weight
of the grasshopper was found to l>e
sixty times greater than that of the
ant. The force exerted by the nnt In
dragging the grasshopper along the
roud was therefore proportionately
equal to that of « 111:111 weighing 150
pounds pulling a load of four and one
half tons or a horse of 1.2U0 pounds a
load of thirty-six tons.
The Noblest Public Virtue.
That patriotism which, catching its
inspirations from the immortal Cod and
leaving at itn Immeasurable distance
below all lesser, groveling personal in
terests and feelings, animates and
prompts to d»xNi«i of self sacrifice, of
valor, of devotion and of death itself—
that is public virtue: that is the noblest,
the subliiuest of all publie virtues.
| Hour? Clay.
Ho Knew Cotter,
Gentleman Why don't you get out
and hustle? Hard worn never killed
anybody. Uastns You're mistooken
dere. boss. 1'se lost fouh wives dat
way."— Hoston Transcript.
She Knew.
Mother -<»li, Mary, \vhy do you wipe
your month witli the hack of your
hand? Mary —'Cos it's so much cleaner
than the front, i.oiidon Punch.
A commomvealth ought to be i 111111 or
tal and forever renew its youth.—
Cicero.
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