OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON.
Oregon Equity Hews
P. W, MEREDITH, Editor.
We wish you all a merry Xnias.
And we wish our wish would make
it so.
We believe it is best to all look for
ward to a happy new year.
Let us all eat, drink and be merry
(those that can) for tomorrow we may
be out of dough.
County union meeting Jan. 9.
What wUl Clackamas County say for
federation, consolidation or procras
tination.
Some time ago you all read of the
big wheat crop and you have listened
patiently to the noise of the big cot
ton crop, the wool clip was large and
spuds any way you like them Why
hunger? Why poverty among those
who produced it I
There is nothing for we farmers
to do but raise food and clothes, but
next year we must organize and do
our own selling and buying. In other
words transact our own business with
more success than we ever have. All
farmers should federate and stand
shoulder to shoulder like men and an
injury to one should be the concern of
all.
Rural credit is the most important
measure for farmers to discuss and
become familiar with. Federation is
nearly as important and comes second
on the list. We should have a co
operative corporation law where each
member has but one vote. The Wis
consin law is the best but Oregon
should make a few improvements in
it just to have the best.
The National Grange passed reso
lutions favoring government owner
ship of telephone and telegraph lines.
The Equity editor proposes to combine
all rural phones in a system for a
starter. An officer of the Farmers
Union writes that he endorses the
move and if agitation is what we want
they are the people that; can do it.
That's co-operation
We have before us the taxation
and revenue systems of all the states
and the District of Columbia.
They are all so near alikethat it is
hard to tell one from any of the oth
ers. We find that in order to lower
tem Government is a poor invest
ment for taxpayers.
There is something wrong with our
system of farming when it fails to pay
a profit. There is something wrong
with our credit system when money
costs more than business can pay for
its use. When these things happen
business comes to a standstill. Ev
erybody knows there is something
wrong. Is it a' mystery?
The taxpayers' meeting was well
attended during the greater part of
the day. We regret that farmers had
to leave the meeting before the budg
et was completed, it being quite late
when the meeting adjourned.
There seemed to be harmony and
cooperation between the city and coun
try taxpayers.
Nearly every thing that could be
done was done to reduce taxes. The
farmers are thankful to such men as
Mr. Harvy Cross and J. 0. Staats for
their assistance. It is said that Ore
gon has the highest tax rate of any
state. A good many state laws
will have to be repealed before any
substantial decrease in taxation is ac
complishd. Over in Australia the government
loans its credi to farmers. The state
has built several hundred creameries
and even bought cattle for farmers.
Australia has its representative, Mr.
J. C. Morrell of the Public Works de
partment over here studying our pub
lic buildings. Mr. Morrell said ten
years ago they had no creameries and
today they have several hundred state
nwn.d creameries, the state ships the
butter over state owned railways and
sells it through government agents (
The state makes no profit but lets all
profit possible go to the farmers. In
1912 Victoria sold 16 1-2 million dol
lars worth of butter. The state also
sells the exported fruit
The U. S, owns the telegraph lines
In Alaska, Porto Rico and Hawaii.
Post Master Burleson wants them
operated by the Post Office Depart
ment. The wires in Alaska are op
erated by the war department The
Equity editors' campaign for farmer
lines, to be operated in co-operation
by the post office department, is
meeting with approval everywhere.
Some facts and figures will appear
next week.
We registered as a Republican but
we are very much pleased with Pres
ident Wilson's message. We need
government-owned ships to carry
mail, passengers and freight.- We
need a democratic army, not an aris
tocratic militaryism. Arm and drill
tho common people, who have to do
the fighting. Let them retain their
arms until civilization supplants bar
barism. The Farmers' Union of Canada
asks the govemmen to protect their
stock and machinery from seizure
form the banks and others. Canada
in some parts has had an almost
total failure of crops. Many farmers
already have been deprived of all
they possessed by hard hearted cred
itors. A million dollar railroad without
watered stock and without Wall St
money is being built by farmers of
Michigan on a co-operative plan. It
will operate from Saginaw to Musk
egon, vhere it connects with a steam
ship line. Farmers of southern
Michigan and northern Illinois own
and operate a railroad.
it. C. Milliken, monetary statist
for Successful arming, bays "iVo
man can serve two masters, ino man
can sell credit for profit and as an
aid to agriculture at the same time.
Vv e believe our prerent system of
credit is a curse to agriculture in
stead of an aid. With bountiful
crops farmers cannot pay for the use
ot ihe latle credit they get.
Senator Harry Lane of Oregon is
getting a good deal of notoriety for
oeing too democratic for some of the
Democrats. tie refuses to have any
thing to do with their secret caucuses
to make laws for the people. He be
lieves in open day light government.
We have had too much secret diplom
acy, which has the brand of aristo
cracy.
Our State Equity is going to pass
through another stage of its growth
at our February meeting. We have
outgrown our present restrictions.
Just how we are to expand depends
on a full representation at our Feb
ruary meeting, livery local should
have its delegate there on time. '
Up in Mt. Pleasant they have Do
nation Land Claim lines differing
somewhat from section lines, and the
road survey seems to be independent
of either. Our highway is almost
paved with hidden corner stones and
different surveyors angling from
these several lines terminate at dif
ferent points. Farmers will have no
more rock to donate for public roads
as they fear they will be required for
corners for the next surveyor.
The following letter has been re
ceived by the Equity editor from the
editor of the Topeka Daily Capital,
which paper is working for the cen
tralization of the rural telephone sys
tems: Topeka, Kan., Dec. 4.
Mr. P. W. Meredith:
I have your letter of December
7th and was much interested in your
idea of centralization of rural tele
phone systems. It seems to me this
is a good thing and I will be pleased
to do what I can to help in the move
ment. Will be glad to hear from
you again.
. With best regards, I am,
Very respectfully,
Arthur Capper.
LOGAN
E. C. Gerber has been keeping his
auto truck busy for a while. He
takes a load of farm produce to Port
land and brings back a load of feed
for dairymen or of goods for store
keepers. Born to Mr. .and Mrs. D. C. Fouts,
on Dec. 15th, a son.
Mrs. Earl Gerber has gone for a
Christmas visit with her parents in
southern Oregon.
"During November Clear Creek
Creamery made 45,632 lbs. of butter
from 110,000 lbs o'f cream. The to
tal proceeds were $15,730, a neat sum
to distribute among farmers. Have
just completed the secretary's office,
and Mr. Anderson is now occupying
the new quarters.
A. M. Kirchem was surveying here
last Monday.
C. " C. Robbins was out from Port
land last Sunday and reports the un
employed problem as an important
question. Men are going around the
residence districts looking for work.
Fred Gerber and a force of men
have been finishing the cut to the
Barton bridge, and when this appears
it will be ready for travel.
Adolph Benson had the misfortune
to get a finger stripped to the bone
while working with the scraper at
the bridge cut on Friday of last week.
He went to Portland to have it dress
ed. ,
D. H. Bonney has done some good
work on the telephone line in Logan.
Where but one wire was carried, the
poles were reinforced with treated
cedar fence posts- and otherwise good,
treated cedar poles were used, which
it is expected will cut out expensive
repair work for many years.
Carl Kirchem will change ..his
cream route across the new bridge
now.
Clear Creek Creamery will soon
have a full force of assistants it
seems. The chief buttermaker, A. R.
Smith and wife, are rejoicing over
the birth of a son, weight 8 lbs.
Mrs. E. Griffith, from Eugene,
has been visiting relatives.
FOR SALE Or trade for a cow.
Registered Poland China and grade
pigs. N. Eichner, Rt 2, Box 7,
Oregon City.
You must have printed wrappers
for your butter. It is law. This of
fice prints them.
Summons
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for Clackamas County.
Marion Palleson, Plaintiff,
vs.
Chris Palleson, Defendant
To Chris Palleson,. Defendant:
In the name of the State of Ore
gon you are hereby required to ap
pear and answer the complaint filed
against you in the above entitled
suit within six weeks from the date
of the first publication of this sum
mons, to-wit: on or before the 6th
day of February, 1915, and if you
fail so to appear and answer, for
want thereof the plaintiff will apply
to the above entitled Court for the
relief prayed for in her complaint to
wit: a decree of absolute divorce from
you on the ground of desertion and
also on the ground of cruel and inhu
man treatment This summons is pub
lished pursuant to an order made and
entered by the Honorable J. U. Camp
bell, Judge of the above entitled
Court, and dated the 19th day of De
cember, 1914.
Hayes & Wangerien,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
First publication Dee. 24th.
Last publication Feb. 4th, 1918.
THE WAR GAME AND
HOW IT IS PLAYED
Let the People Vote on War and
there will be no More Wars
"Peace on earth good will among
men." Oh prunes! "We must have
a stronger army" pipes the chorus
of newspapers. We must be pre
pared against invasion." Oh hadesl
"We must have a bigger navy,'
shouts the paid strumpet of the arm-
amnet trust in our congress. - Oh
Sheol!
Oh yes, "we need a lot of fortifi
cations and coast guns," whines the
patriot, and all this time the chap
lain winds up his stupid prayer with
"for Christ's sake." Yes, "for
Christ's sake" let us have a lot of
expensive machinery to murder a lot
of other Christians. Oh, we don't in
tend to use this stuff as an aggres
sor, only in defence, we are assured
by the hirelings of war material mak
ers. Kaiser Bill is also fighting in
defense. So is that temperance an
gel, the Czar, ditto Johnny Bull and
Johnny Crapaud.
Let us take a look at our wise gov
ernments, those Christian gentlemen
whom God in His infinite wisdom and
possibly stuffed ballot boxes are or
dained to rule over us. We are told
if it were not for these rulers life and
property would not be safe. Really
are the promoters poking us or can
it be possible they cannot see a fact .'
More lives and property have been
destroyed in Europe since Aug 6th
than all the holdups or ordinary
thugs could accomplish in a thous
and years, yet all this is prayed over
by a lot of religious flunkeys, and all
the rulers will tell, us they are for
neace .lust like the promoters of
army and navy do here in this coun
try and just as truthful.
How would this suit you for a pic
ture? Kill all the crowned heads of
Europe, together with their whole
families, send an explosive shell thru
their shanties and destroy all their
oersonal property? Do the same to
the official family of the president
in Washington: then dig a long
trench about six feet wide and dump
their mangled carcasses and those of
the wind warriors in Congress, hel
ter skelter in along with the legs and
bowels of army mules. Oh the pic
ture is too horrible is it? Such full
bellied, nicely dressed plug-hatted
gentlemen to be thus treated? You
would like to hang me to suggest any
such a thing, yet that is what they
suggest for other men. That is -what
you propose also. Then why not lor
them? Furthermore wouldn't it be
fine if all the army chaplains could
be sent to heaven, at once so they
would crowd one another of the cel
lestial roosting poles. I'll bet a cor
ner lot in New Jerusalem a fine lot
of fellows would suddenly become
hard of hearing were God to "call
them to preach." Modern history will
give very few instances where crown
ed heads lost their lives through war.
These are always .protected by the
conquorers and put in some safe place
where they do not sou tneir royai
hands at work. We have had a few
wars in this country,' yet so far as I
am aware none of the war makers'
i. e.; those who have the royal power
to "proclaim war" have ever served in
the trenches and lost a life or limb
there. That "glory" is reserved for
the common herd. The other bunch
stay at home and make patriotic
speeches and patriotic money out of
the miseryof thee ommon people.
In our civil war when we had two
very able presidents at the same time
neither one was a leader. JNo, tney
like Falstaff could be of more
use alive than dead. Why not; sure
ly a dead man will not accomulish
much. Let us follow that wise ex
ample and, not get in front of guns.
There is one question that I would
like to emphasise let no war be pro
claimed only by a vote of the people.
Surely in such an important problem
as war the people who are to do the
fighting and dying should have a right
to decide the issue, then all who vot
ed for war would be compelled to go
to war and those who voted against
war might remain at home until the
others were in the held. &ee any
thing wrong with that idea?. Would
these newspaper scribblers who would
like to rip up the war upon Mexico
sing the intervention song? I guess
hardly. These would hardly ever
dare fight an advertiser with a dab
of ink, let alone lay in a trench.
For over a year there was great
peace talk, oh, yes, they were nearly
all for peace in congress, but all this
time preparations for war was going
ahead. Peace conferences were held
at the Hague and the delegates had
to be hauled to the hotels, they were
so full of the stuff, but all this was
merely rank hypocrisy at which the
political crook is the past master in;
so that when war came it was like
lightening from a clear sky and dumb
founded us all. If we are in faver
of peace let us give some truthful
demonstration of the fact and stop
preparing for war.
We hear a 'lot about intervention in
Mexico, an ex-presidential ass is bray
ing about priests and nuns being kill
ed and outraged all of which is per
haps true. We hear a lot about sim
iliar outrages in Europe on a grander
scale, by his official friends and class
but he don't seem to mind it a bit
There were a lot of outrages reported
from the coal mines in Colorado but
it does not appear that Teddy took
any interest in that, neither did the
"cross of gold" geek, who puts in his
time at "chaw-talk" and interviews.
Can you guess why ? If not the ans
wer is easy. The real government of
Hail Columbia, the . capitalists, were
running this affair and the women
and children who were massacred
there were only of the working class
so what's the worry?
The hunger skelton stalks abroad
this land but the political bums in
Washington permit the food shipped
out and brag about our prosperity
and build more battleships and pray
for peace. Just how much vaude
ville a president can put up without
disgusting his party following has
never been determined.
One problem that stumps me is
this how can we here applaud the
piosnerity derived from the misery
entailed by this horrible war. On all
sides we hear of a crreat business re
vival because of the destruction in
Europe. This view is shared by peo
ple in all walks in life. It comes
from the press from the pulpit, the
bank, the merchant, the mechanic,
the wage worker and farmer. "The
trail of the Serpent is over them all"
That is the capitalistic view point, to
coin the misery of others into money
for ourselves. This idea is repug
nant to me why should we enjoy
while others suffer? I can not re
concile to that idea. It is utterly
needless. This ever fruitful earth
brings forth in abundance for all crea
tures. This demonstrates the use
lessness of a political government;
useless is too mild a term, vileness is
more to the point, in that no politic
al government exists, except its main
occupation in destruction. Also the
ideal of the capitalistic system thrives
upon the misery of the many to the
benefit of the few. Yet this system
is upheld by the majority of man-
king because we have been taught to
j i at u i: i
UU U uy uivov wuu uvtj in iuaui y aim
ease. When once the race will com
prehend the situation they will abol
ish both the political state and the
capitalistic economic system and with
it crime and poverty then establish an
industrial form of society where life
and happiness are secure to all hu
man beings.
John F. Stark.
EAGLE CREEK
Mrs. A. D. McMillan was the guest
of friends in Portland a few days re
cently. Mrs. Katie Douglass has gone to
Stevenson, Wash, to spend the holi
days of the Christmas season with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Sweeney.
A. W. Cooke and wife of Damas
cus, were the week-end guests' of
Mrs. Howlett.
Mr. Cooke was the auctioneer at
Guy Woodle's auction sale Saturday.
Claude Woodle, a ccompanied by
Mr. Dillon, of Estacada, attended the
auction sale at Guy Woodle's Sat
urday. Walter Douglas, accompanied by
his daughters, Mildred and Florice,
and H. S. Gibson, made a return trip
to Portland in his Ford Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Woodle and
Charlie Clester attended' the basket
ball game at Estacada Saturday
evening.
Eagle Creek Grange met Saturday
with about 50 of its members present.
There were also a few visitors.
After partaking of a fine dinner, the
following officers were elected: Wor
thy Master, M. C. Glover; Overseer,
F. W. Bates; Lecturer, Mrs. S. E.
Bates; Steward, Geo. Smith; As
sistant Steward, Will Still; Chap
lain, Mrs. L. Glover; Treasurer, H.
H. Hoffmeister; Secretary, Mrs.
M. C. Glover; Gate-keeper . August
Gerhardus; Ceres, Mrs. L. A. Gib
son; Pomona, Jennie Smith; Flora.
Myrtle Hoffmeister; Lady Assistant
Steward. Minnie Steinman. All of
ficers were re-elected except Gate
keeper, Pomona and Flora.
C. T. Dickinson and wife, of Os
wego. M. V. Thomas, of Sandy, and
Miss Echo Wade, of Garfield Grange,
were Grange visitors Saturday.
Mending a Broken Nose.
Dr. 0. A. I.atlirop of nnstou reports
to the Boston Medlcul and Surgical
Journal on ii remarkable operation by
which be straightened a tmsebnll piny
er's nose that had been smashed by a
bat He cut a strip of bone two Inch
es long and a quarter of an Inch wide
from the lnuer edge of the man's shoul
der blade and Inserted this In his nose.
Four weeks Inter the graft had entire
ly healed and the nose bad assumed
its normal shape and color.
Tim Iti West Afrioa.
Because of the scarcity of clocks In
West Afrlea events are timed by the
regular dally ocenrrences. For exnm
pie, a native wrote thnt she had receiv
ed news of her sister's sickness "a lit
tle while before the guinea fowls
talk" that Is, about 6 o'clock to the
morning
Greet Endurance.
"An elephant Is one of the strongest
as well as one of the most patient ani
mals on earth," said the student of
natural history
"He has to be," replied Mr. Urowcb
er. "Think of all the circuses he Is
compelled to look nt" Washington
Stnr.
Where Atlantlo le Narrowect.
Between Brazil and Guinea the At
lantle ocean is only about 1.H00 miles
wide. From Newfoundland to Ireland,
the narrowest breadth north of tho
equator, Is nearly twice ae for. From
New York to the nenrcst point of
Trance Is nearly three times ns far
Fashion.
"What makes the fnshlon?" a fash
lonable woman once asked the great
designer Worth.
"What 1 make and yon wenr-that Is
the fashion, mnrtnm." he replied
Evil grows and etrengthens' by en
durance.-Cicero
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, A . A X
PRESENCE OF MIND.
It Saved General de Segur From the
Fury of the Kalmucks.
In Napoleon's campaign In Russia
one of his generals, Philippe de Segur,
had a peculiar adventure with a band
of Kalmucks The Kalmucks are wan
dering tribes of southeastern Russia.
They are tierce warriors, and their
light cavalry forms on Important part
of Russian armies. De Segur's pres
ence of mind saved him from being
killed by them when the most desper
ate fighting could not have done so.
The French had attacked a body of
Russians and put them to flight, when
Segur suddenly discovered that he and
a few French dragoons had become
separated from the French army and
were being carried away with the re
treating party.
He and bis men were surrounded by
a band of Kalmucks. The situation
seemed so hopeless that the men gave
themselves op and, disregarding bis
orders, passively allowed themselves
to be struck down. De Segur deter
mined to sell bis life dearly and contln
oed to fight A Kalmuck lance struck
him from his horse. He Jumped to his
feet and, getting behind Ills horse, con
tinued the struggle. It was a hopeless
contest however, and in a few mo
ments be would have been killed bad
not a happy thought occurred to him.
The Kalmuck leader, a tine looking
Cossack, remained calm while his men
were carried away with the fury of
battle. The expression on his haughty
countenance Indicated that he scorned
to murder a vanquished foe, and from
time to time he called, "Nlkale, nlkalel"
De Segur guessed that this wos an
order to cease fighting. He shouted ltr
periously to the Kalmucks that sur
rounded him, "Nlkalel"
Immediately the fury died out of
their faces, and they paused, motion
less with astonishment Their fury
once checked, Segur's life was saved
by their chief.
. He learned afterward that the word
meant "Do not strike" and that while
the Impetuous KnlmucUs had not heed
ed the command' of their chief they
were puzzled und disturbed at hearing
this word of theli native dialect froiri
the mouth of one whom they supposed
to be an enemy
De Segur was Kept a prisoner until u
peace between France and Russia was
arranged some months inter-. Ex
change.
German Helmets.
German military helmets, though
made of steel, ure as light almost ns
a cloth cap or a straw bat, and more
comfortable than a bowler. Round tho
Inside, where the helmet tout-lies. Is a
ring of metal "leaf springs" bound
with leather, which lightly clips the
head to keep the helmet on without
heavy pressure. The brass spike or
knob thnt crowned the helmet Is made
useful as well as ornamental. There
are large holes In it which give very
good ventilation to the Inside of the
helmet-much better than the pin
holes that are supposed to ventilate a
bowler In fact the Germans seem to
have succeeded lu making a reully
comfortable bowler out of paper tbln
steel. Manchester Guordlan. '
A Military Compliment.
During the South African war an
order was issued to the men of the
Highland regiments that they must
cover up their t tartan kilts as they
made too good targets for the enemy
The order proved very unpopular und
caused a great deal of dissatisfaction
among the soldiers concerned. Wbeu
Sir George White heard this bethought
of a way out of the difficulty.
"Let them cover up only the front
of their kilts," be said. "The enemy
will never see the other side." Lon
don Answers.
"Cranks" Catalogued.
A catalogue of murderers Is one of
the curiosities In the offices of the
Dnlted States secret service In Wash
ington. In this catalogue all the
"cranks" In this country ore listed,
first alphabetically nndei their names
and aliases and, secondly, under the
particular forms taken by theli nbses
slons. The catalogue Is kept up by
contributions from the police of every
town and city where a i-rnnli Is found
Purifying the Air
A pitcher of cold water placed on
the table of an occupied room will nb
sOrb all the gases with which the room
Is filled from the rcspu-utiuu of those
eating or sleeping In It In a few
hours this pitcher of pure water will
make the ah of the room pure, while
the water Itseir will become totally un
fit for use.
Butter wrappers, you must have
them. Get them at the Courier.
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quickly healed with Arnica Salve.
It prevents infection, is antiseptic,
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Establishment
The only resident undertaking estab
lishment in Clackamas County. Car
rying a complete stock of undertak
ing supplies. Chapel for funeral ser
vices. Attendants night and day
lady assistant.
PHONE MAIN 123 A-37
OREGON CITY
WARSHIP DESIGNS
Work Involved In the Planning of
a Dreadnought.
A TASK OF MANY PROBLEMS.
The Monster Armored 'Naval Battery
Must Be Steady In a Heavy Sea , Else
She la Not a Good Gun Platform.
Wonderful Aocuracy In Results.
Talk of a Chinese puzzle. It Is notb
tag to the problem set before a naval
designer who has to build a battleship.
Here be has a steel structure of such
and such a length and breadth and
depth, and Into this space, which Is
controlled by hard and fast measure
ments, he bus .to fit so much coal, so
much armament room for so much am
munition, quarters for so many men,
space' for engines of a certatn power
and also allow for an immense weight
of armor.
Take the original Dreadnought, for
Instance. The task which was given to
Sir Philip Watts was to plan a battle
ship capable of steaming 4.000 miles at
21 knots, with room for 800 officers and
men and able to carry ten twelve-inch
guns with eighty rounds of ammiinl
tlon for each
She bad also to be enormously, heav
ily armored. This armor alone when
the sum was worked out was found to
weigh nearly 10,000 tons and the neces
sary coal to weigh 2,500 tons. The
guns and tbiftr mountings weighed
1,600 tons, their ammunition 450 tons.
When you add to this that the boil
ers and machinery of the first Dread
nought were calculated to weigh not
less than 1,200 tons the reader may be
gin to get some faint Idea of the diffi
culties before the designer.
We have not even mentioned the
smaller but quite Important details,
such as boats some of them large
steam launches sixty feet long an
chors and cables of gigantic size and
weight, torpedoes, etc.
To be a good navnl designer a man
must be far more than' a mere naval
architect He must have the most ex
tensive knowledge of all sorts of craft
and be blessed with a large share of
Imagination Into the bargain.
Now take the Dreadnought again.
Bbe Is 4S0 feet long. If her bull bnd
been built of the snnie shape as pre
vlous battleships shfe would hove been
very unhandy. Her great length would
hflve prevented her from turnfng
quickly, as Is always necessary In a
sea fight
Sir Philip got over this difficulty by
shortening her keel base. Under water
she Is very like a racing yacht being
much shorter below water than above
Another clever dodge of her designer
was to fit two rudders abreast well un
der the stern. The same dodge has
been adopted Lu all the Dreadnoughts,
with the result that they are wonder
fully quick to answer their helms.
Quite apart from the marvelous In
ternnl fittings of a great warship and
the utilization of every Inch of space
Inside the bull, the bull Itself is a nerve
straining problem. A battleship must
not only be fast she must also be u
good sea boat
This Is all Important for If she Is
uot steady In a heavy sea she Is not a
good gun platform.
To guln the requisite combination of
speed and steadiness encb new war
ship, as soon as her plans are complete,
Is built up In model, and these models
nre tested In a big tank 600 or COO feet
long. The models, which are. built ab
solutely to seule, are drawn through
the water at certain speeds, and the
waves which they innke are measured
by a clever apparatus too technical to
be here described.
The designing of a new type of bat
tleship Is not a one man Job. When a
new departure Is to be made the mem
bers of the board of admiralty call to
gether a number of naval experts, and
the opinion of each Is asked and dis
cussed. When the general design has
been approved then the director of
naval construction and his assistants
get to work.
The extraordinary accuracy of biicd
work may be gathered from the fol
lowing: I
The Majestic, of 15,000 tons, wns de
signed by Sir William White. When
finished and armed she was exactly, to
a very few pounds, the weight which
he bad estimated beforehand, while
her center of gravity was within 'two
Inches of the point which he had pre
viously fixed on. London Answers.
Military Age In Montenegro.
In Montenegro In peace times the
military age runs between the gen
crous limits of sixteen and sixty five,
and on the first rumor of war the vet
eran and the schoolboy alike (lock to
the flag. And a story Is told (in sober
works of history) of one warrior of
eighty, who, on being told he was too
old, drew bis pistol and shot himself
as being of no further use to bis coud
try. London Cbroulcle.
Not Accommodating,
"Why did you quit dealing with
Squills, the druggist?"'
"Ue wasn't accommodating." replied
the girl addressed "The other day I
phoned for him to send urouml a two
cent stamp and he refused."- Kaunas
City Journal.
Lucky Mermaid.
Of course the tncnimld may have
other little feminine weaknesses, but
she does not wear tight shoes (ialves
ton News.
We do not know how cheap the seed
of happiness ure or we should scatter
them of timer.-Lowell.
Unhappy Physically, Dull
The Liver, sluggish and inactive,
first shows itself in a mental state
unhappy and critical. Never ise
there joy in living, as when the Stom
ach and Liver are doing their work.
Keep your liver active and healtyh
by using Dr. King's New Life Pills.
They empty the Bowels freely, tone
up your stomach, cure your consti
pation and purify the Blood. 25c at
Druggist. Bucklen's Arnica Salve ex
cellent for Piles.
A MILITARY DANDY.
Ruzsky'i Daintiness Under Fire the
8tart of His Rise to Fame.
General Ruzsky, who commanded
the Russian array that overran Gall
cla and became in consequence the
hero of the day In Russia, was con
spicuous as a young lieutenant for the
daintiness and elegance of his dress.
In the Turko-Russian war of 1877
Ruzsky, then a young lieutenant serv
ed as ald-de-camp on the staff of one
of the Russian generals. In the heal
of the battle of Plevna he wns order
ed to take a dispatch to the command
er In chief, the famous Skobelev. He
found Skobelev standing hi a rather
exposed position, surrounded by his
young Ruzsky delivered his dis
patch a shell from n Turkish hatter)
struck the ground near by and. e.
plodlng, flung a shower of dust and
dirt over the party. .Most of the otli
cers Involuntarily ducked their Heads
but young Ruzsky stood firm and
erect Then, as calmly as If he were
in a ballroom, be drew from his pock
et a spotless linen, handkerchief and
flecked the dust from his Immaculate
uniform.
A smile of derision passed over the
faces of the staff officers, but Skobelev
looked at the young lieutenant wltb
sudden Interest and asked his name.
"You will remain with me as a mem
ber of my staff," he said to the as
tonished young officer. "I am In need
of such men as you."
Years after, when Ruzsky's service
had proved the correctness of General
Skobelev's estimate of his abilities, the
general told the Incident of the burst
ing shell to the czar.
"When a soldier has such a keen re
gard for his appearance before his
fellow man that no danger can make
him unconcerned about the figure he
cuts," explained Skobelev, "he makes
a dependable leader of men. lie will
suffer death rather than permit any
regard for his personal safety to im
pair the impression of Inferiority that
he Is so anxious to make upon his fel
low man. Even though he be a cow
ard at heart he will alwayr play the
part of a brave man In his desire to
have men consider blm possessed of
superior qualities.
"In Ruzsky I am doubly fortunate,''
concluded the veteran general, "for
Ruzsky is both a dandy and a brave
man." Youth's Companion.
OUR WILD PONIES.
"Jina-go-tigs" Are the Only Herds We
Have In This Country.
"Look to me like Jlng-go-tlgs." said
the veteran horseman at a horse sale
at Durland's when a batch of Virginia
ponies, stubby, scrubby and scraggy,
came into the ring to go under the
hammer of the auctioneer.
"Jlng-go-tlg's a new , one to me.
What are they something In the horse
line?"
"Very much the only wild ponies
bred In the United States so far as I
khow, und I've bought horses In about
all the markets of the country. A Jlng-go-tlg
beats anything In the world for
a wild, scrawny and disreputable pony.
But tame 'em and they're fine. When
ever you Bee a pony trap In Baltimore,
Washington, Annapolis or any of the
towns In Virginia or Maryland It's a
100 to 1 shot they are Jlng-go-tlgs.
Driven to the swellest of turnouts they
nre, and you may often see them In the
parks In Philadelphia and the suburbs
of that city with children driving or
riding them, Just as they do in the cit
ies farther to the south."
",Tlng-go-tlgs" happen to be Cblnco
teagues nnd come from the long, nar
row, sandy nnd stumpage covered Is
land of thut name to the northeast of
the upper point of Virginia where the
line meets thnt of the stnte of Mary
land. Adjoining it la the Island of As
sateague. it Is from the waters off the
shore of the first mentioned Island that
the famous Cbliieotengue oysters come
New York Times.
A Mystery of Nature.
The worldwide fame and dlstlnetlon
of the sweetbrler rose are due to Its
fragrant foliage. The leaves have rus
set glands on their undersides, which
secrete aromatic oil; hence the dell
clous perfume of the foliage. No other'
rose In the world has sweet scented
foliage. The perfume of all other roses
Is1 In the petals In the leaves. There
are many types of brier roses with
Bmnii ntnlc hloHnomn nnd nther charac
teristics exactly like the true sweet
brier, but not one with aromatic foil
age. This Is one of the unexplalued
mysteries of nature.-Buburban Life.
Yellowstone Park.
Yellowstone park has on area of
2,142,720 acres. The park Is In Mon
tana, Wyoming and Idnho and was
established In 1872. The only park on
earth that can compare with the Yel
lowstone In size Is the one In New
British Columbia. Jasper park, taken
over by the authorities of the new
Northwestern territory, has an area of
3,200,000 acres about the size of the
state of Connecticut-New York Amer
lean.
A Common Curiosity.
"Willie, why weren't you In school
yesterday aftcruoonV"
"Do you wunt to know too?"
"Of course."
"Oh. gee, tencberl Pa nnd ma kept
me busy all evening explaining tbat"
Detrolt I'ree Press, .
Inverse Eugenics.
"They suy that action and reaction
are always equal."
"Yes; one of my ancestors worked
himself to death, and I'm the reac
tion "-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
it you nave any to sea gei my pnee
before you soli
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