Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1918 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

England is perfectly willing to listen to proposals tor a reasonable peace, but she Will not lay down the bayonet while she listens for them. You doubtless are familiar with the fact that you must eat a peck of dirt before you die. But do you know that to be patriotic you must eat a bushel of old potatoes this spring? It is reported that Austria has signed a twenty-five year treaty with Germany. Time is the only commodity that Austria has, plenty of, and she is naturally generous with it. Ilow would you like to pay $1.7" per copy for.a daily morning paper? People in Washington who are willing to pay the price can get the New York Tribune by aeroplane mail service. There seetiis to be some diversity of opinion about what the American soldier is to be called. But whether he is to be. known as Sammy or Binddie or Yank he is your boy and my boy all the same, / \"■ Our American boys at the front wake up at night if the cannonading stops. What shall we do when they come home to insure them sound sleep? Naturally they cannot all live next door to boiler factories.

T>resident Wilson Says, ‘ ‘The - is knitting the country together and knitting the world together.’’ The women who have been working for the Red Cross have been laboring Under the impression that they were doing that. The army mule is to be prevented from braying. This can be aceonvplished by Severing some muscles in its tail, as the raising of the tail is an indispensable accompaniment to the bray. This reminds us of Mark Twain’s story of the man who tied a stone to the tail of his neighbor’s mule so that he himself could enjoy some rest at night. You weren’t drafted, Bud: . you were SELECTED. Selected to help pay a debt that has long been unpaid - a debt for services that have made this the grand country it is: a debt incurred in making YOU the enlightened being you are: a debt that has piled benefits mountain high—-your debt to government and civilization. Do you appreciate the (honor shown you in the selection? Or have your creditors cast their pearls before swine? Your actions will decide. Subscribe for The Democrat.