Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1916 — Page 6

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, MONDAY, MAY S, 1916.

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vlncad that the state must aubatitut* economy for politic* in Ha good roads administration. The Republicans have gone on record as favoring co-operation with the federal government not only In the building of mail roads but of highways In “general use," but atlll remain far from interstate In character. However, the main thing i» reform In our state system, and the wording of both plsnks strengthens the hope that the movement to establish a state highway engineering office may become nonpartisan when It reaches the legislature.

clause. The administration has favored also well represented If the list affords

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OUR CASE AGAINST GERMANY

It must be remembered that in our recent ttoto w# did not ask Germany to make any sacrifices, and that In her answer she gave up nothing to which *h* could be said to have any right. We simply demanded that the German government eaase to violate international law and to affront the law of humanity, and that government gave assurances that It would eeese to do these things. The Imperial government never had the shadow of a right to do them, and there Is, therefore no sacrifice In giving up what was never

’ KNIFING THE MERIT SYSTEM

There can no longer be any doubt that many of the influential Democrats — whether they are also “deserving'’ we do not assume to say —are bent on knifing the merit system. We have already called attention to the vicious section of the Chamberlain army bill authorizing the appointment, without civil service examination, of enlisted men who have passed into the reserve to positions in the

war department, and other departments.

There is a proposal to make the same sort of favored class out of certain immigration inspectors. And now it has been found that there is a rider to the rural credits bill exempting from examin-

a good roads bill. Rural credit legislation is In such shape that it may require considerable change. The progress of the child labor bill is doubtful, but the measure has yet to be disposed of. The bills mentioned have generally the support of administration congressmen. An exception Is the Burnett immigration bill, which is In disfavor with many because of the literacy test. Finally, there is the rivers and harbors bill, which is now- before the senate. No matter how much time the house has consumed on this measure, past experience show's that senators insist on an itemised review, which, of course, is proper, but would be more satisfactory if economical results were apparent.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS In discussing, or even considering, the foreign affairs of the country it should always be remembered that there Is usually jnuch back of the diplomatic correspondence of which those on the outside have no knowledge. Many who read the German note of last week suspected something of the sort. There were few' newspapers that discussed the note that did not realise that much of it was meant for home consumption, and understand that it w'as necessary _for the German

” . . . government to placate public opinion

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within the empire. “The tone, said the

was the anniversary of the

Th*r* Is no sentiment favorable to the theory

wa ought to buy Germany by up-

our rights against Grant

Britain, much less the German theory of these rights, from ainking illegally another Lusitania. That would ba a monstrous proposition. That awful May day

vivid in the minds of have Americans forgot-

ten that there has as yet been no atonement for it. The terrible account Is yet to be settled. We refer to it now only tor the purpose of making clear the absurdity of thinking that Germany has surrendered any right, or of imagining that this government will bargain on the subject, or ever admit that, in abandoning thfe mode of warfare there is any yielding of a right for which compensation can be said to be due. The fact that the German note is open to this construction - a construction that our government very wisely end cherttably refuses to put on it - greatly enr-

tn our negotiations with For, not only Great Brit-

eral farm loan board. There is hardly a bill presented to congress these days In which one may not reasonably expect to

And some provision of this sort.

Unless the people really think it would be a good thing to revive the spoils system they should protest, and in the most vigorous way, against these attempts to flank the statute and the rules in aid thereof that were designed to kill it. All that the reactionaries are after is loot. They care nothing for the efficiency of the public service. Office, as they see It. is nothing but a Job with a salary attached. The greater the number of places outside the classified service the greater is the "number of “reward*'' that senators and representatives can bestow on the faithful. The fact that the place* belong to the,people, who pay the salaries, and are entitled to honest and skilled service, doe* not weigh In the slightest degree

with the pap distributers.

There must be a determined stand against this reversion to the horrible conditions of forty year* ago.* conditions that were so notoriously bad that even a spoils congress did not dare to continue them. We are certainly headed In that direction. The Chamberlain army bill and the rural credit* bill must be purged of the spoils features. And every further effort to break down the merit system must be fought with the utmost determination. Otherwise we *hall-, before we realise it bo back under the dominion of the old spoils feudalism. Here Is a chance for "forward-looking men" to render a

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WEATHER AND THE CROPS From weekly weather reports given out by the department of agriculture at Washington, It is evident that the discontent felt by local farmers with prevailing weather conditions la shared by farmer* all over th* country with the exception of th* Pacific slope, where condition* have been about normal. In southern states where corn has been planted cool weather has prevented the proper germination of the seeds, and in northern states, where corn as a rule is planted much later, the unseasonably damp and cool weather will delay the planting from one to two weeks. As if further to even matter* up, It ie reported that cut worms are doing aome damage to southern corn. - While plowing for spring wheat has also been delayed, it has progressed better in the middle west than in the northeastern states, but In the southern spring wheat belt, where the wheat has for some time been planted, it Is reported as doing well. In th# southwest, however, the Hessian fly has made its appearance with the usual results and the usual protests against the inability of the government to discover some specific remedy. Rome district* have suffered from frosts, but rye, flax and cotton are reported as doing well. The cotton crop is being watched with interest because of the recent activity which has generally strengthened prices and led to the hope that aouthern planters will share some of the prosperity of the northern grain

growers.

Thus while there Is some ground for grumbling over the delay, there appears to be, on the whole, a fairly favorable outlook. The uncertainties of the weather are sufficiently widespread to affect nearly the whole country, and the local indications are that If the sun can help the soil along a little the crops, though late, will get a good start. Those who are declaring that because last year the summer was unusually wet there Is likely to be a dry summer this year may be fooled, but there Is a persistent belief that wet and dry summers alternate.

New York Sun, “Is manifestly intended for Berlin; the substance for Washington.” But there waa something more to be considered by the administration. In The News dispatch of Saturday was this: The German note, made public yesterday, does not by any means contain all the Information that has come to this government from Berlin during the last twenty-four hours. Late yesterday afternoon President Wilson received a message from Emperor William. The message came by way of the United States embassy at Berlin to the state department here. While official information as to the contents of this personal message from the kaiser to the President Is withheld, It can be stated on the best of authority that the emperor sincerely expressed the hope that the two countries might continue to maintain friendly relations. It would cause no surprise if eventually It should turn out that the emperor indicated In his message that the German government Intends to live up to the promises set forth in the new orders to submarine commanders. Manifestly that is an Important document In the case, but one of which no one In tNs country —* outside of official circles — had any information at the. time the note was made public. But the President had thle knowledge, and so was in a better position to make up his mind than any one else could be. There are few cases involving foreign affairs in which outside, and especially amateur Judgment, should not be tempered by the reflection that perhaps ail the facts necessary to the formation of a sound conclusion are not known. That is almost always the case. Yet there are some who do not hesitate to express the most positive opinions. Citizens and newspapers must do the best they can, and they not only have the right, but are in duty bound to say what they think. All that is meant is that there should be some reserve in announcing conclusions on such questions as those presented by the German note. Often, of course, there Is nothing back that, if known, would change the view of an intelligent maji. There was no reason, for Instance, to suppose that there could be any possible justification of the_German submarine campaign. But broadly speaking, it is always safe to assume that those In charge of important negotiations are a good deal better informed than our old friend, "the man in the street," can possibly be. President Wilson knows, for instance, what the conversation w’as between the kaiser and Ambassador Gerard, and he also knows something of the state of the kaiser’s mind as revealed in the imperial letter.

an index to the character of the gathering, the convention promises to be one of great national importance. Much interest is attached to the reports which the superintendents in states where prohibition has lately been introduced will make. The Indiana Anti-Saloon League made a satisfactory showing in its last annua! statements. These indicate that temperance sentiment in the state is increasing. There are some valuable conr trasts between conditions as they are now, and as they were immediately after the county unit local option law was re-

pealed.

In connection with the approaching convention something may be said about-the liquor business and advertising. Certain of the states have passed laws denying newspapers the privilege of publishing advertisements of intoxicating drinks. “Prohibition" of this sort ha* not worked very smoothly. Against, this enforced retriction, however, there is noticed a pronounced tendency among the larger and more responsible newspapers to reject voluntarily all liquor advertising. When an advertising medium of its own accord declines profitable business, a substantial general growth of both the temperance and the clean advertising ideas is indi-

cated.

ANOTHER MEXICAN RAID Last week saw another raid of Mexican bandits into American territory, resulting In the killing of three soldiers and a ten-year-old boy, and the kidnapping of two American citizens. How many of the marauders were killed is.not known, but it is believed that the number is large. They are being hotly pursued both by soldiers and a force of citizens. The supposition Is that the bandits were Villistas. Unless Carranza men were engaged in the affair, it is hard to see how there can be any weakening of the possibility of Joint action between this government and the de facto government of Mexico. Bather it should be strengthened. For we have nowadded proof that Carranza can not maintain order in the northern part of Mexico, or safeguard American territory against murderous attack. Agreement or no agreement, our troops must for the present remain in Mexico. More were sent in Saturday on the heels of the raiders. Though we may not have to embark in the great enterprise of cleaning up the whole of Mexico, it is becoming increasingly clear that we shall have to restore peace and order in that part of the country from which attacks can be so easily set in motion against American territory. The position assumed by the American conferees has, therefore, been enormously strengthened. If the Carranza government will honestly and In good fuith co-operate with the American forces, so much the better. That, of course, is the hope of all who wish well to those who are endeavoring to improve conditions in Mexico.. Certainly it has been abundantly yroved that the Carranza government — unless it Is treacherously acting with the bandits — has practically no control over the northern part of the country. That being the case, this government will be under the necessity of controlling It. For the question now is, not one of protecting Americans in Mexico, but of protecting them on American soil. There is at the present time no Mexican government in the territory adjoining the American frontier.

THE COUNTY AGENT Until th* last few years the county agent was practically unknown in America, The educational work done was accomplished through the department of agriculture or agricultural colleges in the different states, usually working on the farmer from a distance through pamphlets. correspondence, etc. The county agent movement represents the growth of the idea that the most good can be accomplished through local organization coming in closer contact with the farmer. There are now in the United .States 313 counties employing paid county agents, or advisers, whose work comprehends silos, crops, live stock, cultural and tillage methods, better roads and is nowbeing enlarged to include activities in connection with the schools and social conditions In the county. Sixteen states —Indiana, Wisconsin, New York. Minnesota. Michigan, North Dakota. New Jersey, Ohio. Utah, Oregon. Washington, Vermont, Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Illinois—have laws providing for county agents. These advisers visit the farms in their counties during the summer, give lectures, help the farmer with his problems and bring to him in concrete form the results of the latest scientific experiments conducted by the agricultural colleges. What the county agent has done for tHe farmer is described by Robert H. Moulton in the Outlook. The farmer, he says, has been jaught to recognize each of the soil types of the county by sight; to know each of the numerous insect pests, and the means of its extermination; to make seed tests and to discover the variety best adapted for their peculiar need. He has been taught the value of rotation, leguminous crops and commercial fertilizers. Through the medium of the county adviser s office the farmers are brought together in a social Intercourse which was led. In many cases, to the formation of co-operative organizations. In one county in Illinois farmers organized a seed pool, each sending in a list of the seeds needed. The discount from the list prices obtained by this method is said to have been almost sufficient to pay the coiinty agent's salary- for the year. That county has also established a co-operative slaughter house and a community laundry. The 156 county agents who reported to the department of agriculture last year showed that benefits directly traceable to their w’ork were worth several millions of dollars. They were responsible for the construction of 1,804 silos, the improvement of 614 farm buildings, the installation of forty water supply systems and improvement in sanitary condition and appearance of home grounds on 597 farms. This work was incidental to advising with farmers, making soil analyses, and working out rotation and drainage problems. Their success and the fact that in nearly all cases they are employed by the farmer, who bears part of the salary expense, indicates that the attitude of the average farmer toward scientific agricultural methods is changing, or that in the past he has been misrepresented.

IRISH WALKING STICKS

r»r itNGm or the stsuox now appears certain that congress will

STRAW HAT DAY There are straw hats and straw- hats. One kind Is worn by women, and about it there Is little to be eeid except that it is beautiful, more beautiful or most beautiful. depending somewhat on the wearer and somewhat on the hat, and that it makes its appearance any time between Christmas and Easter, but generally about ground hog day. About men’s straw hats, however, there is much to be ■aid. They are light and cool pieces of headgear supposed to be worn In the summer, but there is a vast difference of opinion as to when summer begins and ends; particularly when, speaking of straw hate, It begins. The matter Is easily settled In gome localities, for custom has decreed that straw hats shall make their first appearance when one college team meets another on the diamond, or when the hatters get together and thrust them upon a waiting public. In New York there is a large public movement on foot to introduce straw hats on the day of the preparedness parade, May 13, and if the scheme works there will be general rejoicing among many, for the number of men who have sought places in the parade is already so large that the police

. shave had to call a halt. This, it would

n In MMlon. probnbly until the early j 9 ^ m> wouM n, , oppomm , tv to of August It Is pooslhls ,h.t s re-1 a hat ro „ (el . ence a „ (| ... mltht ke Arointed for ths June con-1 n | trty UecMe upon „ date, ear M, ,3. rentione. »,,t thlsjeould depend largely | wMrt ^ uk , place lmoBl

the - unwritten laws.

That there is need for sach a law is palpable. No man wants to ire the first, : and still no man w-ants to be much bejhlnd the fashion. It has been maintained {that th* first time a man w ears a strawhat in the spring he is a little giddy, and | perhaps he is also for the same reason a little oversensitive about the attention

of on the senate- If the session continues all

it will not end until almost two!

months after the conventions. The pros- j

this year is even more doubtful than , was four years ago. Congress has al- :

^ ready been under way for more than five

months, but little has been accomplished.

The greatest work remains to be done, <

that Is, passage of the array and navy reorganlsation bills, and the subject of national defense has become so confused that It 1# hard to tell when a settlement

will be reached.

Th# house, which usually moves faster than the senate, is much nearer the end of the proposed program, but there is every prospect for further disagreement. i n addition to the army and navy hills, Gil* there is the shipping bill, which the adition clings to. notwithstanding

support all over the counconservation bills, notably the Utilization of water pending. The Fema and

Shields btlla. before being passed, respecby the house and the senate, were altered. The opposition to both giving much concern to those are honestly desirous of reaching some agreement whereby natural re-

sources will be protected.

1? the army and navy bills necessitate larger “expenditure*, something must be don* to provide the money. This subject scarcely touched upon seriously, it has. of couree, entered into

debates. One step in this ditfae repeal ot the tree sugar

It is quite true that many motormen pay little attention to traffic signals. In fact, they Ignore them in a way that looks very much like an affront to the traffic officers. They also have a habit, in their eagerness to get forward — presumably to make the schedule —of stopping their cars across the footways at street Intersections and blocking foot traffic while they are sparring for an openingi All of which would tend further to confirm the official theory, long ago announced, that the street car company ought to have a boss. ■* According to Bradstreet's, business is just so terribly rushed that It hasn't time to bother with disturbed international relations. labor friction or the Irregular crop situation. So it woulii seem that these pernicious disturbers of the peace might aa well give up their efforts.

With all that wireless telegraphing and telephoning between Washington and warships in various parts of the world, It is evident that no commander will ever again enjoy the advantages that accrued to Commodore Dewey when he cut the cable at Manila.

The two perfect babies out of 3,000 examined in New York were named John Ryan and Anna Hennessy. You ' can't keep the Irish down. Perhaps in our reply to Germany It would be sufficient to remind her of the well-known adage to the effect that If one will be good one will be happy.

Whatever other effect the senate’s proposed cloture rule would have, it would be a great relief to the Congressional Record and its few, but patient, readers.

I wish to say as to the state of Indiana that I doubt if there is another state in the Union which has spent more money or that has constructed more miles of good roads than has that state. — Senator Taggart’s maiden speech. And just look at the miles and miles of splendid highways that we haven’t got!

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which the thing attracts. A definite date, however, would permit a man to stride forth tn h!a glistening new- straw with all the joy a woman seems to find Jn hers. Furthermore, the hatters would be spared the agony of spying on their competitor® throughout the spring.

It is hard to understand how, in this enlightened day and age, anybody can have so little, sense as those Mexicans who make raids across the border.

At any rate, the use of movie pictures in this year's campaign would undoubtedly increase the attendance at the meetings even if it didn’t Increase the interest of the attendants in politics. President Jiminez, of Haiti, has resigned | and the peculiar feature of the situation is that there are really men who want to succeed him. •

CHICAGO AND THE DUNES [Chicago Herald] The movement of the outdoor clubs of Chicago for th# conservation of the dunes region of northern Indiana should appeal to the thoughtful citizens of that state, and no doubt will when properly presented to them. In fact, it Is fairly safe to say that Indiana would have acted on the question already were the dunes region not somewhat remote from the state's centers of population and more active civic thought. It Is doubtful If the majority of the people of Indiana realize what an unusual region their state contains in the—dunes country, both In respect to Its flora and In Its practical exemption so far from human interference with natural conditions The district along the lake shore from Uary eastward to Michigan City is about the most primitive bU of wilderness that still remains in the middle west so close to a great city and busy lines of traffic. That it has not long ago been occupied by settlers it owes to the eternity of Its soil, its lack of anything even resembling a natural harbor for shipping, and its destitution of natural products of market value. Its timber is of little use in Industry. About the only thing that men can get money for out of it ia janl, useful chiefly for railway embank moots and ths like. However, the railways ought to be able to get plenty of “miing stuff'' elsewhere and their convenience seems no good reason for permitting the destruction of the most notable bit of wilderness left in Indiana and near Illinois Among the things that posterity is entitled to know Is something of the kind of—country that was contended .with by the explorers and pioneers who won the west for civilisation. As an illustration of history, if for no other reason, the dunes snould be preserved. Home Garden Movement [New York Press] There are various angles from which to praise the home garden work, which teaches things that can not be learned inside a classroom. The youth gets the joy of “seeing things grow." He acquires a capital countarirrltant for the supposedly artificial atmosphere of the apartment house. He comes into touch with the laws of nature, the, pulse of living things, the creative forces. He works in good, wholesome earth. He Jearns something of where his food comes from. Hs loses the illusion of the tin can, hermetically sealed, germ proof, wax paper school of household economy. Many of us must live in cities, and living In them dees not bring half the evils that the “back to the farm" advocates would have us believe. But w-e make the cities difficult to> ll\e in by not doing the things that these home garden children are doing—holding our fe*t on the ground and keeping in touch with mother

earth.

TNE ANTI-SALOON CONVENTION The convention of the Anti-Saloon League of America, which is to be held in Indianapolis, June 36-39, is expected to attract to the city a large number of persons. Twelve thousand participated in last year’s meeting at Atlantic City. The advantages In the way of a sea resort which Atlantic City possesses are more than offset by the convenient location of Indianapolis. The program contains a long list of speakers of national reputation. Among these are Governors, former Governor*, at least one United States senator, congressmen and former congressmen Many Antl-Saloon League workers and superintendents from the - northwest and the Pacific coast states will speak, and the eastern, aouthern and central states are

Considering the weather, yesterday appears to have been remarkably free from serious automobile accidents.

Have we cracked under the strain of that early season winning streak?

It Is understood that the campaign will be adequately financed for all legitimate requirements. — Washington dispatch. Tut, tut! Was any campaign ever financed for any other purpose?

Don't be overconfident. It Is still probably too soon to pack the furnace away In moth balls for the summer. ;

Richmond manufacturers and business men see politics In the public service commission? Why, the very idea! That national congress of farmers that ia to be held here this fall is also likely to be quit* some automobile show. After having caused considerabia delay earlier in the season, the weath«Aureau has apparently adopted the spefng up plan of managing vegetation.

Farthest North Railroad [American Contractor] A railroad Is projected for Finnish Lapland in order to make available deposits of iron ore in that region. The Aral portion to b« built, if the scheme materializes, probably will be from the village of Rovanlemi. connected by rail already with the port of Keml, on the Gulf of Bothnia, and Sukuvaara. eighty-seven miles distant. From Sukuvaara further ex- j tensions of th# line may be built to the mouth of the Neida riv#r. on the Arctic ocean, whence Finland would be enabled to export iron ore alb the year round. Eleven miles of thla link would be In Nor-

Ttv* souvenir traffic from Ireland has been curtailed by the war, but the collectors hope for an early resumption. The most genuinely Irish of all the articles says'Wasley Frost, consul at Cork, are the walking sticks, principally blackthorn, which are grown and finished in large quantities. The curios carved from what purports to be Irish bog oak are, as a matter of fact, almost wholly produced from ebony or dyed hardwoods, although ordinarily the carving is Irish. These trinkets comprise match boxes, stamp containers, miniature kettles, toy harps, etc- The inexpensive jewelry featuring Connemara marble and other Irish stones is not usually of Irish workmanship, the marble being often the only thing Irish about the Connemara jewelry. The picture postcards of Ireland are not produced in the country to any extent. Although trade has fallen off, prices have not declined. One reason has been the desire of Irish soldiers for tokens from the home land. At the Christmas season, of course, these articles are in huge demand, and they are also sent on St. Patrick's day and at other tiipes. The blackthorn stick is the brigade symbol of the Dublin Fusiliers, being carried even by the officers on dress parade. Many other Irish military units have a partiality for these Irish sticks, and it may be stated authoritatively that several fairly large consignments of blackthorns have gone out to France, as well as to encampments in England, from Cork, Dublin and Belfast. The officers have in several instances purchased job lots of sticks for their men. The Irish blackthorn (prunus spinosa) is identical with the sloe bush, usually of underwood hight, and grows along the edge of ditches and streams. It should not be confused with the whitethorn or hawthorn (cratsegus oxyaeantha), which bears ( haws instead of sloes, and which is mainly of English growth. The blackthorn occasionally grows in England, but the Irish specimens grow more slowly and have a tougher, stouter texture of grain. The male plant has only a single thorn to each bud on its shaft, whereas the female plant has three spines to each node. For this reason the female, or three-thorned, sticks are regarded by connoisseurs to be more beautiful for display purposes; and many persons, even among the Irish country people, believe that the female plant is a distinct species and that a slngle-thorned, or male stick, is not a true blackthorn. A single thorn stick is not only perfectly genuine blackthorn, but is more serviceable and has therefore always been more commonly used. The blackthorn sticks are cut in the late autumn or early winter, when the sap is at its lowest ebb. There is an Irish country maxim, however, that "the proper time to cut a blackthorn, for the best results, is the moment you see it." In the crude state the sticks net their gatherers anywhere from a few' cents up to $2.50 or $3. The usual value is about 25 cents, and the fancy prices are given only for rare specimens of the threethorned or sword-shaped sticks. The country people have various homely ways for Improving the gloss and color of the sticks—one, it is said, by thrusting them for several days into a heap of oxidizing manure. The sticks are sold by the dozen or by the gross - "!© country shopkeepers or to agents from the cities, and in most cases And their way presently to one of the affiliated establishments in Cork, Dublin or Belfast. The sticks are then seasoned or dried for six months before they are fit for steaming. They are then steamed and permanently shaped. They are often slightly stained before varnishing. For the tourist trade blackthorns are sometimes made up in short lengths as “shillalahs” and into short bludgeons with huge knobs of root on the end. When to Buy [Houston Poet] Every young man who works for a living should buy an automobile after he has a home free of debt, a wife, baby and a snug sum In the bank.

NOTE COMPLICATIONS It was a long time ago, but then, as now , it was a question of notes. Too many notes had been w ritten, but there was still one other note to write. It was then, as it is now, said to be a. matter of principle, although it was more certainly a matter of principal. That principal. It should be remembered, was not a diplomat. He was only a psychologist, but as a psychologist, he discovered the importance of note writing. He decided that note writing an it was harmlessly, although a bit flirtatiously. carried on in the high school, should become a serious business, involving honor and principle and future punishment and things like that. His Inethod was simple and effective. When a note was detected as it was making its secretive way from stubby fingers to dainty ones or back again, the writer was summoned to the principal's office and diplomatic. relations were suspended until a different sort of note w-aa forthcoming. The note demanded was a solemn promise, duly signed, stating that the writer promised never to whisper or write another note forever and ever. It was a difficult

business.

Anybody that has read the notes from Germany knows that It Is not the custom to make promises right out like that principal expected those high school culprits to do. Of course, it might be a convenient thing if we could make Gefrnany write a note promising to be perfectly good all the time, but the amazing way in which Germany can write notes promising and not promising, would have gladdened the imagination of any , of those high school note writers. Certainly there is no connection and it is absurd that those serious and history making notes of Germany should remind a very ordinary person of those hours in the principal's office. Nev ertheless, there is somehow a feeling of understanding, a mixed desire that that same principal might have had a chance to make Germany "come through" and at the same time a wish that in those old days Germany might have had a chance to get the best of the principal. One of those high scffiodl villains spent four martyred days in the principal's office, determined that he, would never promise anything that he could not fulfill, nobly persuaded that if he should promise never to whisper or write another note and then did whisper or write notes, it would mean that he was without honor. When he had. at last, driven the principal to the edge of patience w-lth his talk about honor, he wrote with great show of condescension a note saying that he would “try very hard" not to whisper or write notes forever. And so it is that, although ail that was a very long time ago he can still appreciate the difficulties of note writing and get a certain peculiar pleasure

out of it.

—* GASOLINE AND THRIFT

Wordsworth

A hundred y*er# er# he to uanhood cam*. Song from celestial bight* had wandered

*lo»n. *

Put oft her robe of *uniight, tiew and flam#. And donned a modish dree* to charm the

Town.

Thenceforth she but festooned the porch of

thinr#;

Apt at life'* lore. Incurious what life m#ant. Dextrou* of hand, »h* struck her lute'* few string*. Ignobly perfect, barrenly content. « • « • *. * e The human ma*que ah# watchad. with dveamles* eysa in whose clear *haUowa lurked no trembling

shade:

The star*, unkenned by her, might set end rt**. Unmarked by her, the da tale* bloom and fade

The ago grew sated with her aterile wit.

Herself waxed weary on her loveleaa throna. Men felt life** tide, the sweep and aurge of it,

And craved a living voice, a natural tone «•••*•* In e’.vtah speech the Dreamer told his Ule

Of marvelous ocean* swept by fateful wing*— The Seer strayed not from earth's hitmen nale,

But the mysterious face of common things He mirrored aa the moon In Rydal Mere

thle* bhte;

t* mirrored, when the breathleta hight hang*

Strangely remote »be teems and wondrous near. And by aome nameless dlfferenc# born cnew.

- William Watson.

[Country Gentleman] Care and thrift in the use of the average car may result In aavtngs of $50 to $100 a year in maintenance coats. Car# of bearings, care of tires, care of lubrication, a few hours o a month to keep the motor clean and the cylinders free from carbon will gave more than the car owner would Imagine. New devices to increase fuel efficiency are being tested out with promising result*. While gasoline was away down In price the majority became wasters, consciously or unconsciously. We went the long way round because fuel waa ao cheap, giving no thought to tire wear, wear of all parts, increased depreciation. Thrift waa the ; last thing to enter our head*. Hlgh-coet fuel is going to compel unconscious acta of thrift that will Immensely more than pay for the increased cost of fuel, allowing even for that high cost to reach up to a safety valve check lever, where it will come Into competition with substitute fuels. The net results of gasoline thrift will be more miles to the gallon, more miles to the tires and to every working part of the machine's mechanism, and, to multiply even further, more value to every mile. That is the real crux and crisis of the gasoline situation if you will make a careful analysis of the facts.

wegian territory. The total length of the line,

which would be one of the fattheat north in : fa re ?ZThe ordinary practice and rule* of the

F. C. D.—There are two papers published at Cushing, Okla., the Cltiaen. dally, and the Independent, weekly, Do not know their advertising rates. G. H. R.. City—Fleas# print In Saturday's News the ro*m entitled "The Face on the Bar Room Floor.'*—It appeared In The News on March IS, 191*. E. E.. Elnora—A friend and I had an argument concerning whether Steel Arm Taylor, the colored hall player, la playing ball or managing a team this season -He is ''managing an Indianapolis baseball dub F. I,. W., Liberty, and F. S., Jasonvllle— Please print the names of all the members of the United States senate.-The list is too long to print here, but it may he seen in any library or be obtained by addressing a request to your repreaentative in congreaa. R. W. g.. Beech Grove-Picase print a poem about the President*, beginning: George Washington, first President, by Adams was succeeded; Tom Jefferson waa next the choice because he pleaded. —Several persons have been found who remember fragments of such a poem, but no complete copy In print has been found. However, perhaps some reader can recall it. H. F., Bedford—Please publish a song which contains the following verse: How- flitting are the momenta here. How soon the day ia gone. The morning sun «oon reaches noon. The night comes hastening on. —No reference to a verse of this kind has oeen found, but perhaps some reader remembers the title, first line or name of author. L. D.—Does opening u cigar box sufficiently destroy the revenue stamp or must it be further destroyed’-The cancellation of the stamp is all the destruction required, (il Could the President prohibit the selling of munitions and auppiies if he so dceired?-Not unless expressly authorised to do so by congress. f3) Pleas# give a brief outline of the work of Pasteur, th* celebrated French chemiet.—Discoveries and demonstrations which revolutionized the scientific world could not be adequately treated h#re. but you can find books concerning them in the public li-

brary.

Conductor—If a passenger on an Interurban car gives a $20 bill to a conductor In payment of his fare, and the conductor ia unable to make the proper change, and the passenger gets off before the car reaches a place where the conductor can get change, what should be done? Can the conductor keep the bill and return the change later, or must he return the bill to the passenger without getting

the world, would be 290 miles.

Feminine Architecture [Kansas City Journal] "My wife has planned a gem of a place " "What # her idea?" “An eight-room bouse with 131 cloeeta." Passing the Word [Philadelphia Telegraph] We may not believe one-half we hear, but w# don’t hesitate to tell it all.

Hia Picture Tla not upon the title page we find Hia picture; but hia subtle art ha* wrought On every page hia living presence, caught More truly than a thousand prints can bind. Unconsciously he paint* for all mankind The beauty of a eou! which bravely fought TO gain the bight* and depths of puraet thought With which he richly clothed hia matchless mind. The light of God’s eternal goodness wreathes Majestic beamy round his kindly -face. A noble spirit of contentment breathes A sana# of awe as in some holy place; Ai.d lo—hia living presence now bequeathe# On us a double portion of his grace.—Faal WUsy Wear.

company require the return of the money, but there Is neither a direct statute nor a kaown de<-t#icn hearing directly on the question. If the passenger was merely trying to use a large bill as a pass and afterward received his change, it would seem, that there was no ground tor complaint. It was held in Canadian court that a conductor was not obliged to be a traveling hank in order to

change large bills.

Delphi-Did this city ever have any other name than Ha present one?—It never had any other name than Delphi, but it came verynear having a different one. Carroll countv was created by an act of the legislature Jan uary 7, 1*2*. which defined Ha boundaries and said that H should be knewn and designate 1 bv the name and title of Carroll, in honor of ■ harlee Carroll, of Carrollton, the only surviving signer of tbe Declaration of Indspendance." The signer of the Declaration of Independenm wrote his name Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, to distinguish him from another Charles Carroll, of that period. The act creating the county named commissioners to locate the county seat and on the XMh of May, 1*2*, they reported that they had Established th# county seat and named it Carrollton, Under the circumatancea thla would seem to have i^en an appropriate name hut for some reason or ether it was net satisfactory to th# people, and « special session of the county commissioners wa* railed to consider the queatlo: of changing It, On the I4tb of May the com-l ml*sioners met again and changed the name to Delphi. __ .

Greentown—Is there a premium on a silver dollar coined In 1SS4?—No. P. W. S . City—Who wrote ths editorial in The News of May 2, 191S, entitled “Our Country"?—The editor of The News. A J.. City—What significance attaches to the fact that rabbits are associated with Easter?—The origin of the legend that rabbits lay eggs for Easter ami perform other wonders dates back Into remote German times and may be classed with the Santa Claus

story.

R I,. T., City—Please give particulars about the automobile route to Buffalo, N.Y.— Space Is lacking for a comprehensive description, but automobile books giving minute directions and descriptions of the character of the roads may be seen a' any automobile supply store or at a book store. News Reader—Pleas# print a poem for which I have looked In vain in the city library of which the first line is. The Sabbath day was ending In a village by the sea. —There are several copies of the poem in the city library, some Under the title, “The Drowning Singer," and some under the title “The Ia»st Hymn." APPlV *t the reference

room.

Reader-How- did th# United States com# to buy Alaska from ‘Russfa? Was there any inside history or diplomacy connected with the transaction?—There wa# no inside history except that Alaska was a remote and undesirable possession for Russia and she was very willing to part with It on honorable terms. She would have gone to war to defend It against seizure by an enemy, but when Secretary of Stat# Seward, on the 23d of Mardh. 1S«7. offered $7,WW) for it, hi# offer was promptly accepted. R. B. S.—Who w-a# It that said ' W# must all hang together or w# shall all hang sepa-rately"?-The saying I* attributed tn Benjamin Frsnklin. one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and it sounds like him, for though a grave and dignified peraon, he was given to epigrammatic sayings. It was he who said: “Time is money,” 'Three remove* are as bad as a fire." “Experience keeps a dear school, but foola will learn in no other." and He who by the plow would thrive Himself must either hold or drive. Reader. City—When an alien has attained the age of twenty-one years and baa lived In this country ten years, what la, the quickest way he may become an American cltiaen ?— Take tne matter up with tht chairman of a political party, giving full information as to parentage, etc- <2) If a person make# a declaration to become a citizen of the Unite 1 States upon reaching the age of twenty-one, must he waft two year# mors before it# can hold a civil service position or before he can vote?—A person of foreign birth and voting age, having resided in the United States one year and the ataje. six months, and having declared his intention of becoming a citizen. iz entitled to vote in Indiana. Eligibility for civil servlca position# varies with the department under which employment Is nought, and information as to, qualifications for each is furnished free of charge. E. L. P’eae# explain situation of the United States and Germany tn case diplomatic relations were broken. WouM there be absolutely no trade or mail between the two nations?—The natural action of friendly powers Is to exchange ministers or ambassadors a* a means of maintaining friendly intercourse The breaking of diplomatic relations implies misunderstanding or bad feeling between the governments and a suspension of official Intercourse but It would not necessarily affect trade or mall communica.tion between the coun. tries. It might lead up to war or it might reault In a better understanding between the ctmntries. "When states have prevlou.-ly determined upon war," ray* an authority on international law. “the withdrawal of the dipl- inatJc tepreasnlatlve# on both sides tg an Invariable preliminary or concomitant of the first acts of hostility. But unless such a revive baa been taken. It Is possible that the pleasure shown by the cessation of diploattc intercourse may pas# over without A j nature of peaceful relation*." I

More than 50 per cent, of the people of Rwitzerlirrd save money habitually. Natives of Algeria bury with their dead all the medicines uaed in their last iltneas. The Chamber of Commerce of Buffalo. N. Y, has pone on record as opposed to tag days. British life Insurance companies, ao far. have paid more than $20.000,OMl In loases on war victims. Indoor horseshoes haa this winter been the official recreation nt Metz, thla Meta being in Kansas. Competition of American linoleum factories Is every year decreasing Scotland’s export to this country. An agricultural census of Uruguay has been postponed because of the losses occasioned by an invasion of locusts. Michigan, with eighty-six automobile factories, leads the United Ftates; New York is second, with sixty factories. StaUstus show that the number of automobile accidents Is decreasing steadily as compared with the number of machlneg

tn use.

By a new French process aluminum can be so substantially nickel plated that the metal can bs hammered and bent without cracking. In a Paris aerodynamic laboratory for testing model aeroplanes wind speeds up to nieventy-one miles an hour are produced by Ingenious machinery. A Vienna statistician figures that ths Austrian infantry haa fired l,500,090,000 cartridges, and the artillery 12.000.000 shells since the beginning of the war. An Egyptian nobleman’s tomb, built 4,500 years ago, and preserved In its entirety. has teen placed on exhlbitiou^n the Metropolitan Museumof Art in New York city. Bohemia is preparing to buy blooded mares in North and South America as HTKSh as opportunity arises and to dispose of them at auction to breeders and farmers In various parts of the empire. After an exhausth'e aeries of tests a group of Chicago engineers decided that proper fenders on automobiles will reduce the number of persons run over when struck to 2 per cent., and th# number of seriously injured to 25 per cent. Navigators say that the highest tld# in the world is in the Bay of Fundy, between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The tide there sometimes rises to th# hight of seventy-one feet, and the Increase Is occasionally as much a* a foot every five minutes. • -~- The emlneivt English physicist, Thomson, explains the phenomenon giving radium Its name as a gradual loss of some of the ions of its atomic systems, and thus 1/ explained the evidence that Its rays behave more like matter than like ths waves of heat and light. . Ten sacks of hubnerlte, of tungsten ore. taken recently from a Colorado mins, proved so rich In that much desired mineral that they brought $800, an average of about 80 cents a pound, which goes toward explaining why tungsten has become so magic a word in that mountain and mining commonwealth. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Is arranging for the dedication next June of its great new- plant across ths Charles river In Cambridge The full membership of undergraduates will remain for the event, which Is made additionally important because it ia the fiftieth * anniversary of the famous scientific

school.

The splitting up of tM Rothschild family, of Frankfort. Into‘ British, French and other branches has been an Interesting. though not remarkable phenomenon of the last ISA years of finance, and wss recently instanced by the fact that a small French cruiser, that recently removed Germans from a Spanish liner, was formerly a Rothschild yacht The millinery art and dancing ar# among ths innovations that will be Intro- * duced this summer at the mimmei tension of the University of California- Dean Hart, of the summer school, has arranged for Miss G. Louise Ayres, a pattern-hat designer of New- York, to show the women the art of millinery. And from far-off Warsaw, in Poland, will come Edward Kurylo, master of the Imperial Russian ballet. ! M me Melba announces that she will sotn establish herself on an estate near Son Francisco, w-here she will dsvote herself to teaching young girls without means to sing. "So many voices ar# ruined each year by the wrong kind of training ” she is quoted as saying, "that I feel that I simply must put out a restraining hand. I ihall regard the glrlg as my wards," she adds, “and shall consider it a privilege to teach them person-

ally "

Mexican names that are euphonious in Spanish are awkward when pronounced as in English Th* vowels have the same sound as In German. J has the sound of a strongly aspirated H, and the H Is rnt te. The double R Se rolled, and th# doubt* L Is followed by the consonant sound of Y The accent is on the ultimai# when the word ends in a consonant usually on'the penultimate when ending in a vowel. Exceptions are Indicated by use of the accent mark. Sergeant Frank P. Vayo. company quartermaster at Ft. McKtniey, Portland. Ms., is oringin* up his children In a soldierlike way, and four of them. Frank, age ten; Percy, nine, Harold, seven, and Reginald, alx, are well drilled and live as they might were they in the army. Each boy has a cot similar to that used in the barrack.* and is expected to be In bed by 7:30 an I to be ready early In the morning to help about the house. The boys go through the setting-up drills of the regular army. , , The Japanese dentist, like the heathen Chinee, Is peculiar. He refuses to use any thine except his fingers in pulling teeth He first acquires strength by pulling jut, with the finger and thumb of his right hand, a number of wooden pegs which have been Inserted into holes In a plank. Ther a tougher log with tougher pegs 1* tried, and he is kept at this for a year After th»; he operates on a slab of mar We, which contains pegs of the hardest wood deeply driven In. Then he is qualified to go into business A good workman will seise a patient with his left hand, and draw out five or six teeth with his rlifht without stopping to rest. Jules Bols, distinguished French poet, dramatist, and journalist, has arrived in this country oma mission of sentiment, as he describes it, to distinguish it from the missions of many compatriot* who have preceded him. He comes to offer the privilege of a month's season of the full company of the Theater Francals next October Never before has his gojernmert consented to permit the institution to leave France. M Bols also comes to arrange for the education in this country. after the war, of many young Frenchmen. It is desired that they senro_ ipprenticeKhips in the great banking eatahliahimnta of the country. In tta steei mills, on its farms, and in its agricultural colleges. .

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