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SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1915.
LAND OF PEACE AND PROSPER
ITY
Every tenth Briton has enlisted.
Every tenth Frenchman is at the
front. Every tenth Belgian is dead.
What does the United States know
of trouble?
If I could afford it I would charter
the Mauretania and Lusitania and
convey a party of 5,000 American ad
vertisers to Europe for a trip of edu
cation. I would give them a week
in London, a week in Paris and a
week in Antwerp.
I would let them look at the United
States from the scene of war. I
would give them a look at real trou
ble. I would let them see trains, ten
at a time, five minutes apart, packed
with the maimed and the dying.
I would let them hear, from frag
mentary survivors, the incredible
story of battlefields 150 miles wide
and armies that are greater than the
entire population of Texas.
I would let them see graves 100
yards long and full, and Belgium, the
country that was, nothing now but
12,000 square miles of wreckage.
Then, when they began to under
stand, *o some slight extent, the mag
nitude and the awfulness of the war,
I would say to them:
"Now, go back and appreciate the
United States Realize your opportun
ities. Don’t start digging trenches
when nobody is firing at you. Don’t
fall down when you have not been
hit. Don’t be blind to the most glor
ious chance you ever had in your life.
"Go back and advertise. Get rea ly
for the most tremendous business
boom that any nation ever had. Build
■your factories bigger. Train more
salesmen. Borrow more money. Go
ahead, and thank God that you are
alive and that your family is alive,
and that you are living in a land
that is at peace, at a time when nea -
ly the whole world !s at war.”—As
sociated Advertiser.
WHY NOT?
War is war. Also hell.
The acknowledged atrocities have
been excused by saying that war is
do picnic; people must expect hard
ships.
Airships have sailed over cities and
have dropped bombs, slaying inoffen
sive people and children.
Towns of no military value have
oeen exterminated, me women ann
their babies tumbled out into the
highway, to show the terror of the
warrior’s arm.
The story of the Cossacks’ march
is as horrible a bit of fact as a Chi
nese white wolf incursion.
It is now being reported that Ger
many is getting ready a Zeppelin in
vasion into England. The aircraft
are to drop explosives down, upon
non-combatants and their homes.
Kill and destroy seems to be the
general order. Let in the floods:
drown ’em. Tear them with shrap
nel. Envelop them with poisonous
gases. Rip them up with bayonets.
Sneak up under water and torpedft
their boats. Sow mines in the sea.
Kill. KOI anyhow, anywhere, anj
time, but kill.
But while bloodthirsty ferocity has
been carried to a further degreee
than ever before, it has not reached
a limit. One means of destroying the
enemy has been overlooked.
It is the germ.
An interesting article by John B.
Huber in Harper’s Weekly shows the
relative destructiveness of the bul
let and the microbe. He gives an in
cident of 1846, where Gaffa in the
Crimea was besieged by the Tartars.
"The bubonic plague broke out
among the besiegers and killed off
many more than the besieged could
possibly have disposed of, thousands
dally. Then a brilliant idea occurred
to one of the invading generals: In
stead of loading their engines wltn
stone and metal they rammed into
them and thus catapulted into the
city the bodies of their plague-strick
en, bacteria-rldden dead. Whereupon
the Gaffans became so plague-strick
en that they abandoned their city
and introduced the plague into Con
stantinople, whence in due course it
made its way into Europe.”
Are not the European contestants
overlooking something? It costs $2,
500 to shoot off one of these great
howitzers. Think of the amount of
typhoid bacilli that would buy, which
adroitly sprinkled over the enemy
would do far more damage than
steel.
Why not fill up your cup of damna
tion, noble warriors? Organize a
cholera corps to go die in the foe’s
camp and spread ruin.
Then there is the bubonic plague,
there is smallpox, and doubtless
enough lepers could be impressed to
do effective glorious work for God
and the king.
Plain lead and gun powder are de
cidedly amateurish. Up! Advance!
The devil calls you. Use the germ.
Let there be no bound to your
heinous malignity, that when your
day of judgment comes there may be
t o palliation.
And, by the way, why not use the
women? They can shoot guns, carry
ammunition, and kill generally, and
whenever they have had a chance ,to
fight they have been fiercer than
males.
And children! ft is said there
are too many of them, anyhow.
Why should you stop anywhere in
your insane diabolism? You sneer at
sentiment. You ruthlessly sacrifice
.10,000 lives to gain a strategic advan
tage!
Why do you neglect germs?—D.\
Frank Crane.
germaTarI
AT ITALY’S BORDER
(Continued from page 1.)
have been selected in case the super
ior members of the enemy make nec
essary a retirement.
Lille’s Vain Plea for Food.
PARIS, Jan. 9.—To the many oth
er horrors which the German inva
sion has brought to the inhabitants
of Lille is now to be added that of
famine. The citizens of the northern
fortress town, which has been in the
possession of the Germans for some
months, are now destitute of food and
fuel, and the city has already paid
an enormous war tax to the invad
ers. Its textile industries have been
ruined and 1,200 of its houses have
been destroyed.
M. Charles De la Salle, the heroic
mayor of Lille, who has remained at
his post throughout, in an eloquent
letter recently addressed to Gen. von
Heindrich, the German commander,
pleaded for relief for his starving
fellow citizens. In reply Gen. von
Heindrich set out to show that if the
Lille women and children lacked
bread,’ England, and not Germany,
was to blame. Germany herself, add
ed the commander of Lille, possess
ed sufficient resources for her army
and her civilian population and Eng
land, in attempting to prevent the
arrival of overseas produce, with the
view of starving out Germany, was
only inflicting suffering upon inhabi
[ tants of the occupied towns of France
and Belgium. The starving popula
tion, he said, would have to put up
with the consequences for the Ger
man government could not undertake
the feeding of the French and Bel
gian civilians under its jurisdiction as
long as England closed the seas to
the importation of foodstuffs.
Having delivered himself thus Gen.
von Heindrich told the Mayor of Lille
that he had bettter apply for assist
ance to the Swiss government, prom
ising that the German government
would support the request to the ut
most of its power. If the mayor re
fused to seek help from the Swiss
government then as far as the Ger
'man commandant of Lille was con
cerned the people of that city were
free to starve.
The Orpheum Pictures.
The following pictures at the Or
pheum tonight:
“Two Little Waife,” Lincoln Car
ter’s thrilling melodrama in two reels.
"The Girls and Dad,’’ a bright com
edy drama.
"Almost a Rescue,” a scream com
edy.
Thoughtful Dog.
They were swapping dog stories.
Abner Morgan hud “all the beBt of it"
with his yarns of the extraordinary
intelligence exhibited by a collie be
longing to his uncle. The others grew
restive. Finally Job Perkins deemed
the moment appropriate wherein to
spring a tale that would cap all tbe
others.
“That was a purty clever dawg, Ab,”
drawled be, “an’ 1 make no doubt he
was Jest as knowln’ us you let on; but,
say. be wasn’t a marker to a dawg my
old man owned. Boys, tbe devotion of
that dawg to the old man was shore
amazin'. Onct be beard the old man
say be was pressed for money, so be
Went an' died tbe day before the dog
tax was due!” — St Louis Post-Dis
patch.
MILITARY ARCHERS.
Bows and Arrowa Were Uaed In Battle
Up to a Century Ago.
We think of the bow and nrrow as
medieval weapons of war abandoned
by the nations of Europe four-or live
centuries ago. The bowmen of Crecy
are the last of any prominence in Eng
lish history. Yet it is only about 100
years since soldiers fought with bows
and arrows in European wars, and
that, too, on the fields of southern Bel
gium.
It was in 1813, when all Europe was
armed against Napoleon. Every one of
the allied nations brought every possi
ble resource of men and means to fur
ther this end. Among them was Rus
sia. To the war she sent soldiers from
the newly conquered tribes that dwelt
upon the steppes of Asia—Bokharans
and Turkomans and Tartars and other
half savage peoples. Many of these
regiments were armed with bows and
arrows.
Jomlni, the military historian, speaks
of a great number of these that fought
side by side with the Prussians in
eastern Germany and in Belgium, and
he says that these bowmen held their
own against the French infantry.
Their aim, he says, was surprisingly
good, and they could shoot an arrow
with effect almost as far as a musket
ball was effective, but in those days
that was not much more than 100
yards.—Exchnnge.
THE ART OF MUSIC.
One Must Thoroughly Understand It to
Really Enjoy It.
Berlioz says: "Music is the art of
moving, by a systematic combination
of sounds, the affections of intelligent,
receptive and cultivated beings.”
Weber states: "Music is to the arts
what love is to man. In truth, it Is
love itself; the purest, loftiest language
of passion, portraying it in a thousand
shades of color and feeling.”
Ruskiu declares: "Music is the first,
the simplest, the most effective of all
lusuuiuumd ui uiuiai luauutuuu.
Have you ever thought what a deso
late place the world would be without
music? nave you ever realized that
the entire civilized world now looks
upon music as one of the great essen
tials in the education of the cultured
man and woman?
Few persons know thnt the greatest
delight of music comes through the un
derstanding of it The highest in mu
sic is not revealed to the student until
the student has earned the right to en
joy It. With the right once earned the
student has a wonderful power at his
command, a power with which he can
carry his listeners to the height of joy
or to the depth of sadness. With mu
sic it is possible to exercise control
over all the emotions of man.—Alfred
Edward Freckelton. Jr., in New York
Tribune.
How He Looked.
One summer when William M. Ev
arts was at his country home in Wind
sor. Vt. a farmer who had followed
his political career In the newspapers
for many years was extremely anxious
to see him in the flesh and drove eight
een miles Into town in order to catch
a glimpse of his idol.
Senator Evarts at that time was be
ing entertained constantly, dining out
almost every night, and as he drove
out of his grounds to an appointment
one evening the farmer was lying in
wait for him in the road. The latter,
seeing the pale, ascetic face and mea
ger form of the famous statesman,
was disappointed.
"Well, I declare." he exclaimed,
“looks as if he’d always boarded!”
Question of Direction.
“When I started out In life,” said
Mr. Dustin Stax, “I was full of Ideal
istic theories. I was determined that
I would never take an unfnir advant
age of any man.”
“But you had to sacrifice some of
your Ideals.” suggested Miss Cayenne.
“Oh. yes. A man must be practical,
you know. I have reached a point
where I can afford to be Indifferent to
criticism. I began at the bottom and
worked my way up.”
"Perhaps. But are you sure you
didn’t begin at the top and slide down ?”
—Washington Star.
Muenaterberg Maetered.
Dad (from tbe hall)—Why, Marjorie,
•tow dim the light Is In here!
Freddy (tbe dance, not a college
graduate In vain)—Yes. sir. Professor
Muenaterberg has a theory that bril
liant light benumbs tbe intellect. We
are experimenting to dnd the degree of
Illumination by which the attention is
kept vivid and tbe mental functions
active.—London Standard.
Only One Flavor.
“I never take any other davor In Ice
cream or soda water than vanilla,"
said the Boston girl to her New York
cousin.
"Are you so fond of it bb that?"
“Not exactly, but it is obtained from
a bean, you know."—St Louis Post
Dispatch.
A Family Jar.
"I suppose you know I came near
marrying Jim Wombat before I mar
ried you."
“Yes. I know it" said the goaded bus
band. "He rubs it into me every time
be gets a chance."—Kansas City Jour
nal.
Then He Was Fired.
Father—I cannot give you my daugb
tea. my dear sir. I am mtghty portion.
Inr in such things. Sultor-Oh, pshaw!
Now. 1 am not In the least so.—Mag
gendorfer Blatter.
What Is not necessary Is dear at a
penny—Oato.
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MEAT BONES.
Many Ways In Which They May Be
Utilized as Nourishing Food.
One of the food experts of the United
States department of agriculture says
thnt almost any meat bones can be
used in soupmaking and if the meat is
not all removed from them the soup is
better. But some bones, especially the
rib bones, If they have a little meat left
on them, can be grilled or roasted into
very palatable dishes.
The "sparerib” of southern cooks Is
made of the rib bones from a roast of
pork and makes a favorite dish when
well browned. The braised ribs of beef
often served in high class restaurants
are made from the bones cut from rib
roasts. In this connection it may be
noted that many of the dishes popular
In good hotels are mude of portions of
meat such as are frequently thrown
away in private houses, but which
with proper cooking and seasoning
make attractive dishes and give most
acceptable variety to the menu.
An old recipe for “broiled bones" di
rects that the bones (beef ribs or sir
loin bones on which the meat is not
left too thick in any parti be sprinkled
witb salt and pepper tcayennel and
broiled over a clear fire until browned
Another example of the use of bones
is boiled marrowbone. The bones are
cut in convenient lengths, the ends cov
ered with a little piece of dough over
which a floured cloth is tied and cooked
in boiling water for two hours. After
removing the cloth and dough the
bones are plaeed upright on toast and
served. Prepared as above, the bones
may also be baked in a deep dish.
Marrow is sometimes removed from
bones after cooking and seasoned and
served on toast.—Pittsburgh Press.
RICHEST ISLAND ON EARTH.
Yet Java, With Ita Amazing Crops,
Hardly Pays the Dutoh.
“Java has a population of more than
40,000,000. It Is a Dutch possession
and the richest island on earth,” says
a man who has spent most of bis life
there. “The governor general has nine
palaces In different parts of the island
and a regiment of soldiers to escort
him from one to another. Two-flfths
of the sugar of the world Is produced
In Java. Labor costs little or nothing.
The natives work for something like
$2.50 a year. The principal products
are sugar, cotton, rice, cagu nuts and
dtronella. Of the total population
there are probably 30,000.000 Javanese,
and the rest are Chinese and Portu
guese. The white population numbers
about 150,000, mostly Dutch, and there
are few Americans. The Immensity of
the production of Java may be esti
mated from the fact that the Internal
revenue is nearly $200,000,000.
“Notwithstanding the big population,
the richness of the soil and the great
productivity Java Is hardly a paying
possession to the Dutch. It takes all
that Java yields to pay the expenses
of fighting the natives of the other Is
lands. like Flores, where the Inhabit
ants are savages, mostly bead hunt
ers. Borneo Is the largest island In
the south sea. but its population Is
amall compared with that of Java.
“Dnder the conditions of civilisation
It Is surprising, perhaps, that the
standard of morals among the natives
is high, yet It is a fact Violation of
.the marriage contract is almost un
heard otn-Washington Post
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WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez. Alaska, Jan. 9, 1915.
STATION Above Below Snow, In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
ionnelly . 25 2 Cloudy, high winds, no trail.
dcCallum . 10 18 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
jogan . 7 12 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
lulkana . 11 12 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
tapper Center _ 16 9 Clear, calm, trail good.
tanslna . 10 20 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Telkhell . 2 18 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
leaver Dam . 2 | 26 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
lummlt . 25 40 Cloudy, calm, trail drifted.
IVortman’s . 19 25 Clear, calm, trail good.