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FOOD FOK THOUGHT
According to the Preimer's state
ment, the war is costing England
fifteen million dollars a day.
To give us an adequate navy, ade
quate superdreadoaughts and ade
quate submarines would cost in
the neighborhood of one hundred
million dollars. To put our coast
defenses iu proper condition, so
that they would be effective against
modern guns, would cost another
hundred million dolUrs.
Otherwise expressed, two weeks
or a war which might last for years
would cost us as much as defeases
which would make that war im
possible.— (Puck.)
MOBILIZING the NATION'S
lJRAINS
Modern warfare mere than i an*
other human vocation uf
ouisrv
scientists can devise tU® dlrect^"
sliumeuls .<
things being equal, ho* the
^F^rihermore, inventions do nol
stop. A machine may
and asain. Invention is not limit
ed to any class. An epoch-deter
imaiPg discovery may crop out any
where. The Instruments which make
mtdera warfare are the creations of
private experimenters of various na
tions.
The telescope and the telegraph
ma fie the basic 'revolution. Civilian
Americans gave these to the armies.
The wirelss was another step. A
civilian Italian is given credit for
that. The submarine and the aero
plane have added weapons whose
effectiveness is perhaps not yet
fa'ilv developed. UnmilitaryAmeri
caus did the thinking which brought
forth these. The list might be ex
tended tediously.
Inventive thought works cease
lessly. It will never stop while the
siieutific method remains. Any na
tion, militaristic or peace seeking,
waica does not covet China s fate
must have a» its disposal not only
the best of existing machinery but
also the services of men able to
to forsee the next necessary steps.
Some of these meu are In the Am
erican army aud navy. I>r. Walter
Keed, an army surgeon, discovered
the mosquito's connection with yel
Icv fever. But the door must be
c.pru also to suggestions from the
outside. The nation cannot afford
to rely exclusively on the orogitiali
ty of official fighters.
Time and often it has been
charged that American inventors
have received scant courtesy at
Washington. The allegations may
haw been unwarranted but it is fit
tinr at this time to make such an
attitude impossible in the future.
The board of inventions which Sec- .
retary Daniels ;s establishing ought <
to be able to maintain this open I.
door. The humblest experimenter .
should be ab'.c to obtain careful •
and sympathetic consideration for,*,
his idea. ! ^
This preparation of intelligence, 1
this mobilization of the picked . h
brains of the nation, is wise and •:
essential." We don't wish war; we ■?
dou't expect wai; but if it is ever {
our destiny again to settle an issue i <
iu th2 ordeal of battle we should be , 4
so well equiojed w>h fighting tools *
that no lives may be needlessly . *
lost.—Juneau Empire. *
*
There Is No Question *
but that indigestion and the distressed *
feeling which always goes with it can •>
be promptly relieved by taking a a
^Tablet *
before and after each meal. 25c a box. !*
vvm. Britt. 1 *
There are many different kinds ol
questions, but. roughly speaking. thej
all may be Included In the following
throe divisions; llrst, those which car
be answered; second, those which mnj
be answered; third, those which shouli
not be answered. Illustrating the tirs
division are those questions which oth
ers never ask of you and those whir!
you never care to hear others answer
the second includes questions whicl
are pointed, private, public, perplexing
and political: In fact, any question
which simpletons assert cannot be an
swcred; the third division, question
which should not bo answered, include
what? Well, that Is a question whlc]
should not be asked.
Some people ask questions becaus
they wish to know more; some as
them because they desire to show wh;i
they already know, and some ask thei
because they want to show what othei
do not know.—Life.
A Matter of Temperature.
Hospitality is a good deal a mntt<
of latitude, I suspect. The shade of
palm tree serves an African for a hu
His dwelling Is all door and no wall
Everybody can come in. To make
morning call on an Eskimo acquain
ance one must creep through a lor
tunnel Ills house is all walls and 1
door except such a one as an app
with a worm hole has. One mlgl
verv probably trace a regular grad
I tloii between these two extremes. J
cities where the evenings are general
hot the people have porches at the
1 doors, where they sit, and this is,
course, a provocative to the interchan;
ptfurrtrtK"—Holmes. "*
Soap Substitutes In Japan.
Soap is a comparatively recent Impo
tatlon Into Japan, nowever, wb:
the Japanese lacked in substance t>
loosening the dirt they made up in "«
bow grease." Most often they used
powder or Hour, among the most coc
, mi>n cleansers being the bean, rice an
bran. The women of old Japan used
| kind of seaweed for shampooing tl
hair. They gathered It from the rocl
and dissolved it lu warm water.
Further Information Wanted.
"l>id you tell that man at the doc
that I was not at home?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"What did lie say?"
"He asked me when you would be."
"And what did you say then?"
"I told him to wait and I'd come u
and ask you."— Detroit Free Tress.
THE PEOPLE ALL
?xi Otonia C'rfc.', 'live T~ n Jirwbro'i
T!\U word of has boon in every
nnc'-i mouth. -I ta.:ny arc wonderim
wb;i: ti.u wori rigr.itles. though no on'
ha.- y *. ! 0:1 found, who will deny tha
N'I-r UXSO S ! 'OIPICIDE does the worK
W.:''->r the i iformatlon of thousands o
pcop'.e who to know all abni.t a poot
thin.-, we -:!d say that HERPICIDE
on ..us. a - -oyer or killer of •'Herpe.*,'
New "ll;rp " I3 the family name of a
Aiseaso ea':;, i ' \ar!ous vegetable par
asites. A similar microbe causes dan
Sniff. itching :• alp. and falling hair; this
Is the microbe that NEWBRO'S HERPI
CIDE promptly des'roys; after which tha
liair yrows. Sold by leading druggists.
Send 10c. in stamps for sample to The
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One dollar bottle, guaranteed.
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where boat and train meet, is ❖
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owter, Mrs. Orloff King, at * j
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An Incident of the
Boxer Movement
In China
By JOHN Y. LARNED
Some years ago Hugh Worthlngton,
a young man of fortune, desiring to
enter the Held of diplomacy, secured
an appointment In tho service of the
United States government at Peking.
Worthlngton was more Interested In
seeing the country than In his official
duties, which were nominal, and he
traveled over such parts of China as
were open to foreigners. One day ho
fell in with a mandarin who had been
a good deal in England and spoke tho
language. The mandarin traveled In
style, being carried in a chair, common
In Europe until near the beginning of
the nineteenth century, by two men
and attended by several other serv
ants.
Worthlngton, who traveled on horse-1
back, on joining the mandarin rode be
side the chair, chatting with him. Tho
American knew enough of China to
understand that it was infested with
robbers and was armed to the teeth.
The mandarin was an elderly person!
unused to arms, but Ills servants were
prepared to defend him. They were
armed with p'kes, short swords and
other weapons, which Worthlngton
| considered next to useless in a tight
I with an enemy properly accoutered.
Suddenly while passing through a
narrow cut in tho road the party was
attacked by a dozen men bent on rob
l>ery. They were not much better arm
ed than the mandarin's servants, but
they outnumbered the latter, who Im
mediately took to flight, leaving their
master in tho hands of the enemv.
Worthlngton drew n revolver from
under his coat at each hip and began
a fusilade that put the robbers to
s ■ flight Upon this the servants return
|ed and humbly begged the master's
forgiveness for having deserted him.
He was profuse In his thanks to the
American, who had not only saved a
considerable amount of money for tha
Chinaman, but his life as well. He
begged Worthlngton to name some fa
vor that he could do him, but the lat
t j ter said that he wanted for nothing In
g I l'le world. Then the maudarlu took
0 | up a bamboo umbrella and opeued it
0 I Calling for a writing stick, he wrote
lt on it something as unintelligible to his
i- preserver as the receipt of a Chinese
n j laundry man in America. Hand big ii
y I to \\ orthington, he said in a voice s<
lr J as heard by his servants
,f j "A time Is coming when there wll
re I be a movement on the part of our ig
imp ™ <°«<
for * c" Ltery one knew tha
and S hJ0 ,hateJ by "le Chinese
- UtJ q1 ays been talk abon
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Take Hull'B Family Plll» for con»tlj>atlon.
.hoTatteFbtTnjifThassaere<r.' The Amen I ®
can was young, and the young take 8
lttle thought of danger. But he wa3 '
:oo pollto not to assure the mandarin
:hat ho would keep his gift as a re
membrance of him and the episode.
An American named Preston lived In
Peking, who operated a banking house
which was a branch of one In New
York. Worthlngton spent a good deal
of time at his house, attracted by the
banker's daughter, E 111111:1 Preston.
When the Boxer trouble broke out a
month after the foregoing episode
Worthlngton was at Preston's house.
It was without the regions of the em
bassies and entirely uni>roteeted.
Worthlngton on the first sign of dan
ger returned to the embassy for leave
to absent himself for tho protection
of the family In which I10 was interest
ed. Having attained it, he was about
to start back when he noticed tho um
brella given him by tho mnndarin.
The day was very hot and it occurred
to him to take it for protection against
the sun's rays. As to the words spo
ken concerning it if attacked by an
enemy, he had forgotten them, but he
did not forget to take with him a cou
ple of revolvers and a supply of car
tridges.
As Worthlngton approached tho Tren
ton home he noticed knots of China
men talking together excitedly. Some
of them scowled at him, but slnco
they had as much dread as hatred of a
"foreign devil," they did not attack
him. lie reached the Preston home
safely, but found the family In great
I trepidation, expecting that at any time
I a mob would attack and murder then
' The anticipated trouble occurred th«
next day. The banker's residence was I
well known, ami a crowd of Chinamen I
armed With all sorts of Implements
from a scythe to a razor came down
for murder. Worthlngton knew that,
though armed, ho could not withstand
so large a force; nevertheless lie sta
tioned himself at n window over tho
front door, ready to use up his car
tridges.
Tho howling mass carnc, stopped be
fore the house and were about to make
an onslaught upon It when suddenly all
their eyes *ere cast to n window di
rectly beneath the one Worthlngton
occupied. Then every weapon wos
lowered, every knife was sheathed and
the Chinamen moved on.
Worthlngton was at a loss to account
for this sudden change, but It was soon
explained to him. One of tho family
had caught up his umbrella, as a
drowning person will catch at a straw,
opened it and held it at n window on
the ground floor as a protection against
stones that were being thrown In. On
It was a message slgued by a man to
whom the Boxers looked as a com- !
mander:
Respect this man and Ills family and his 1
property. i
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