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"OLD GLORV"
"America For Americans"
BECOMES IRKSOME AT TIMES
No Matter What the Nature of One'»
Occupation. Its Routine Will Oc
casionally Weary.
Are the re times when your work be
comes Intolerably irksome? Yes? Well,
<i'>u't jump at the conclusion that you
re in the wrong place when this huj>>
I't ns once In awhile. That will be true
whatever wort you choose. Mo matter
how well adapted you are to your occu
pation. there will come times when
your thoughts will wander, and the
routine will weary you, and you will
feel that any other work would be
preferable to that which you have
chosen. One of the best-known woman
writers of the lust generation wrote
un tmpassioued warning to literary as
pirants. telling them to do any work,
even scrubbing floors, in preference to
Taking tip a literary career. Undoubt
edly she wrote at a time when her
— n work seemed unspeakably Irk
some. but ,'f sh>* hnd been cornered,
she would probably have acknowledged
t the profession of authorship ha»
considerable to commend it when com
pared with sorubbing floors.
This occasional impatience with our
vocation Is Inevitable. No matter how
congenial It Is. there are times when It
will seem a ">urden. The people who
c! nge their occupation every time it
(•••gins to bore thern. are the tramps of
the business world.
As to Remarkable Longevity.
\\'e h:ive all re.-id of Thomas Parr,
who lived to be one hundred and fifty
two. Likewise of the countess of Des
mond. one hundred and forty-five;
Jlu rearer. I'utten. one hundred and
thirty-seven; Thomas liuiume, one
hundred and sixty-four; John Kovin.
"nt^iunilred and seventy-two; and I'e
ter Tortoa. who reached the age of one
hundred and eighty-five. But these
i-as«s uf extraordinary longevity lack
proof.
In the days when those persons
lived no accurate chronological records
were kept, and dates of occurrences
were usually fixed by associating them
in memory with other events believed
to have happened about the same time.
A Hum's identity was liable to be con
fused with that of a grandfather of
the same name.
Nowadays nobody lives to any such
ages. Why imagine that the extreme
li:: its of longevity have shrunk within
the last two or three centuries?
Hero of Naval Disaster.
The man with the smile and the
cheery word, the one who can lift the
spirits of his fellows lu the hour of
'lunger—here Is the man of heroism.
And it Is for just this quality that
praise Is dven to Lieut. John K. Rich
ards, U. S. N\. who was one of the
officers on the torpedo destroyer Jacob
Jones. The reports of her slaking
brought a thrilling story of her com
mander, her officers and his men. of
their bravery and loyalty to the last
moment, all egual to the best tradi
tions of the American navy. Lieut.
Richards, the gunnery officer, was left
in charge of all the rafts. At this post
it was noticed that through all the or
deal he was cool and cheerful, putting
heart into the men about him and mak
ing them all more able to stand the
strain. Lieut. Richards is a native of
lronton, 'O.. and was born In 1891. He
entered -the naval academy In 1907,
and five years Inter whs made ensign.
In 1'JlS he became a junior lieutenant
and was temporarily appoiuted lieuten
ant lu 1917. _
IN DUEL TO DEATH'
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Brave Old Buck Proved Himself
True Knight
Exhibition of Woodland Chivalry That
«. ImpreMcd Hunters In tht Florida
, Everglades So Much They
' Spared the Victor'* Life.
A couple of hunters on the border
of the Florida Everglades were sur
prised to hear the wild snorts and
whistles of a buck In fight, "mingled
with the plaintive bleats of a doe In
distress—a combination of sounds that
was unaccountable. The men crept
cautiously up. and In five minutes
reached the edge of an open glade.
In th# center crouched a doe, wild
with terror. By her side was a fawn
only a few hours old, still too weak
to follow Its mother, while the old
buck, with bristling hair, and anUers
lowered, stood by, snorting In rage and
defiance. His eyes, green with rage,
followed some object moving In the
palmetto scrub on the border of the
glade.
Looking carefully, the hunter* saw
a young panther passing backward
and forward In an effort to turn the
Hank of the defense and get at the
fawn. A wiser beast would have aban
doned the attack as soon as such a
I defender went on guard, but this
panther was evidently 1b the full flush
of his first strength, and without ex
perience of the prowess of an old buck
at bay.
| Forward and back he crawled, spit
ting and snarling, only to find the
buck always between him and the doe.
At last he crouched for the spring.
The buck, snorting grimly, braced all
his muscles for the coming crash; he
j appreciated his danger, but dared the
I worst. The doe whimpered and closed
| her eyes, but did uot desert her fawn.
The pantner rose id we air nuu
came down within ten feet of the buck.
Then the buck went into the air, and
falling with his feet together on the
struggling cat. seemed to stab him
through and through. Immediately the
buck rose again and landed a dozen
feet away. Then he lowered his head
and plunged at the panther.
There was a confusion of flying dirt
and grass, and again the deer sprang
away. There were now deep cuts ot»
his head and neck, and his antlers were
splashed with red.
The panther now tried to creep
away, but again the buck leaped, stab
bed with his feet together and sprang
away. The cat now lay gasping, while
the buck watched him with his hair
stiffened into a mane and eyes that
nearly bulged from hl» head. Then the
hunters walked forward.
When the buck saw them he must
have realized that he was completely
in theif power. His proud crest fell,
und he lost all the swelling part of the
victory; but still he showed no Inten
tion of deserting the doe. but moved
off and stood beside her. She crouched
down again with the fawn.
The hunters walked over quietly and
examined- the panther. He was very
badly cut up. Both shoulders were
broken, and the antlers had passed re
peatedly through his body. During the
examination the buck stood quietly in
plain view, and no gladiator saluting
Caesar and conscious of being about to
die ever showed more dignity.
Without a word the hunters walked
off the field and left the old knight
alone in his glory. -Had he not Shown
knightly qualities—the chivalry that
protects the weak, the courage
that braves all odds In a good cause,
and finally a dignified submission to
what seemed the inevitable?
Praised for Devotion to Duty.
When the city of Norfolk, Vs.. was
threatened with the complete destruc
tion by fire of Its thriving business
section early In January, every avail
able flre-fighting force at hand and
from, nearby towns was called Into the
battle^ At the height of the tire the
enlisted men of the United States
navy on duty at the navy yard and In
the harbor were called on to help not
only In subduing the flames but con
trolling the crowds. To a man they
gave a splendid account of themselves.
Among these men was John Joseph
McLoughlin, a chief boatswain's mate.
Although he had worked all night, had
narrow escapes and was drenched to
the skin with Ice-cold water, McLough
lin declined a relief, .when It was of
fered and remained on duty continu
ously until the danger was passed.
For this conspicuous service he has
been commended by Secretary of the
Navy Daniels. McLoughlin enlisted
In the navy In 1908 at New fork.
Had Enough Eggs.
First Barber—I bet that fellow It a
bum actor.
8econd Barber—Why?
First Barber—When I asked him If
he wanted an egg shampoo he put on
his hat and walked right out
Immense Export of Oils.
More mineral oils were exported
from the United States during the fis
cal year 1917 than ever before, the
total amounting to 2,749,438,434 gal
lons.
Either One.
He—He's got an awflllly red nose,
but he swears he never touched a drop
In his life.
Sh*—Maybe It's water color.
No Danger.
"Don't take me out In the breakers.
I f**l so dliiy."
"Then it's all right, if your head'i
swimming."
PASSING OF USELESS PARKS
8ritlsh Government Has Done Well In
Converting Vast Tracts Into Areas
of Cultivation.
Since Willlum the Conqueror first
laid waste to a smiling countryside to
make a deer park, and forbade com
mon men to hunt In that great tract
he called his "New Forest," millions of
acres of fertile English land have
served no purpose useful to the race.
The nobles of medieval times, and their
children's children after them, loved
above all things the chase, and they
paid scant heed to those beneath them
who sought to draw their living from
the soil, if there were room for deer,
and foxes, aud hures, aud moor and
marshland for falcons to sour above,
or gentlemen to shoot over, they did
not care.
England wns prosperous and secure.
Many years ago her governments defi
nitely abandoned the Idea of making
the land self-supporting. The seas were
safe to British commerce, and none be
lieved the time would come when the
nation's needs would compel the us9
of pleasure parklunds. The country
grew old gracefully, and enjoyed It
It was not decadent, only too well con
tent
All this the war has changed, and
for the better. Britannia still rules
the waves, but beneath the waves It*
unseen terrors, menacing the nation's
commerce, Its food supply, Its very
life. The nation cannot trust its sea
borne trade now. It must utilize every
possible means to provide the neces
sary sustenance for Its armies, and for
those who supply the fighting men.
And the British government rises to
the occasion.
Before the war Lloyd George fought
long and well to compel the breaking
up of old estates, to make possible the
cultivation of laud long Idle, to give
the laborer u chance at the soil. lie
failed, for the British are conservative
by instinct, and the old way seemed
easiest They have learned their lea
son now.
In three v>:ns past the uritisn sot
ernriient has taken over outright no
less than 1,000,WO acres of British soil,
purchasing some, renting more. It has,
indeed, found necessary the establish
ment of a great department to handle
this work of national regeneration. It
Is a great change, and one that should
not be regretted. The English which
makes peace will not be the England of
Its fathers, but a better one, less at
tractive. it may be, to tourists, less
beautiful to look upon externally, but,
surely, far more of an Inspiration to It#
neighbors which travel, in company,
the road to real democracy.
HEALTHY PLANTS
Require the Moat Careful Attention a*
Well urn Good Noll.
Did you ever see a rosebush which—
despite the most be^ettient environment
of soil—of sunshine—ar.d of atmosphere,
-seemed never to achieve a healthy
frowth.
A ton of manure will not help a plant
that has a canker eating out Its heart.
Tou must destroy the cause before yotl
can remove the effect.
You cannot cure Dandruff and Bald
ness by nibbing: on hair lotions, and
lubbln- in vaseline, etc.
To' must look to the cause of the
trouble—It's a germ at the roots of
your hair which causes It to fall out.
Vewbro's Herplclde destroys the perm,
«m! healthy hair Is the sure result.
Sold by leading- druggists. Send 10c. In
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Detroit. Jliok.
uur Dollar bottle, guaranteed.
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acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
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patient strength by building up the con
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