Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1915 — Gossip From the Provinces. [ARTICLE]

Gossip From the Provinces.

Lt may be the case soon that European belligerents would rather die in the last ditch than go home at peace to face their debts. —Louisville Courier-Journal. —o —u- - Of course, the California girls who invited the President to the exposition never mentioned the climate at all.-—lndianapolis News. O ; O By the way, how many pork bar’l army posts did Colonel Roosevelt abolish while he was President? Poston Transcript. ■ o •-o Wonder if President Carranza will hate this country as bitterly as Revolutionist Carranza hated it?—Florda Times-Union. —o—o— . ; Carranza can show his good will by beginning with the bandits on the border. —Baltimore American.

—o—oThe kaiser may be called a "peace-at-my-price” man.—Pittsburg Post. —o —o — Villa’s recent activities are probably intended to convey the announcement that while we may not .recognize him he doesn't intend to let us Forget him. —Philadelphia Inquirer. —o —o — Thus far General Huerta’s remarks on the recognition of General Carranza have not been made public, which perhaps is just as well.—Chicago News. —o—o — Something dreadful was to have happened to Mr. Archibald, we were told; and it has. His affair has been forgotten.—St. Louis Globe-Demo-irat.i y / —-o o—-

Colonel Roosevelt is scolding England for not doing ’her duty in the war. He is about the most active oi all the allies—St. Louis Post-Dis-pajtch. —o—o- —- It is now claimed that President Wilson once sang in a college quartette, which shows how impossible it is to live down a youthful indiscre-tion.-—Washington Post. —o—o—- ‘ Dean Johnson, of the New York I niversiity, wants the "heaviest tax put on married men.” Huh! Isn’t that where it is at present?—Philadelphia Inquirer.

—o —o—. King Ferdinand says that Bulgaria has nd quarrel with the allies. Just gding to fight ’em for the pure love of scrapping?—-Memphis Commercial Appeal. —o—o / ' ■■'■■ , . Carranza can get all the arms he needs from this country, but he'll have to furnish his own brains.— t harleston News and Courier. A sentry dbg belonging to one of the French line regiments has been mentioned in official dispatches. By barking loudly it saved an advance post from being surprised and wipeo out. Bakers wtho sell short-weight bread in New Zealand during war time, and who are successfully pros ecuted, are compelled to advertise the fact in the newspapers.