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~ has 6s7 automobiles within its con-
fines
Connolly also says that cyclones in
Kansas have pretty much gone out of
fashion. just as the hoopskir did. while
Srasshoppers are rarely seen. In other
words, the Sunfiower state is literally
bursting with its blessings, and is in a
condition which is described by the
French as the embarrassment of
riches"
Apropos of the talk that the present
was is regarded by some as portent
OF the end of the world. he tells of an
old colored man and his wife who lived
in the early part of the last century
at the time of the falling Of the stars
The old woman happened to awaken
and saw through her cabin window the
night sky streaked with the stream
ing meteors.
Cit up from dar. Reuben" the wom-
an yelled. as she gave her dusky spouse
a kick in the ribs; git up. l tells you,
II is Judgment day coming
Look a here" repined Reuben, as he
pulled up the cover; "ain't you got no
sinse7 How kin Judgment day be
a-ccming in de night?'
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which weather forecasts might be put,
the knowledge of the atmospheric con-
ditions that might be expected to pre-
vail over the North sea and the English
channel may be cited. With weather
forecasting at it's present standard of
accuracy, the information it affords
may be depended upon for short periods
with reasonable certainty, and for the
short time required for swift dashes
across those bodies of water. fair
average of Representation is attained.
OF special interest, then. is such Il
statement as that of Lionel w. Lyde in
his THE Continent of Europe:
THE low temperature and consequent
high pressure force the whole air cur
rents into lines of least resistance
which come to be called the 'cyclonic
tracks We thus have a constant sue
cession of more or less violent storms
passing up the English channel form
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The Warriors Lance.

THE lance has been more or less
ridculed by military experts, on
the ground that it is out of date and
cumbersome. but the weapon still has
It's advocates, who point out its value
in shock tactics and in cavalry charges.
In the German troops, for instance, tho
lance in the hands of the Prussan
uhlans remains a formidable weapon.
Recently attention has been invited
to the fact that the lance point often
makes too deep a wound for the shaft
to be withdrawn quickly, and that
therefore the lancer must run the risk
of having 1t wrenched from his grasp
in the charge. In view OF this expert
ments have been made with a new kind
of lance carrying a ball below the base
of the lance head. 1t is said that the
new arm Is just as effective in disa-
bling an enemy and is free from many
disadvantages.
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er or later, with the task of construct
ing trenches and quarters for shelter
from the elements and from the as
saults of the enemy. With the ground
is a tremendous one. Even the dis
posa1 of dead bodies might prove a
serious problem to be solved only by
cremation,
X
Camp sanitation. however is easier
to provide for in winter than in sum-
mer. While winter brings danger of
frost bite. pneumonia and rheumatism,
and other disorders most imminent in
summer, The absence of flies and other
insects in winter is considerable ad-
vantage in maintaining hygiene
1.-THE winter diet of the men and of
the horses ought to differ from that of
summer. The men are apt to require
more meat. for example, and the horses
more grain. The gross amounts of
supplies, however, are not so liable to
change"
If anything were needed to prove the
importance of weather as a factor in
military calculations. it could be found
In the recent suppression of all weather
reports and forecasts by the belligerent
parties. The United States weather bu-
reau at Washington has been wholly
without the meteorological data from
abroad that are required for the MAX
ing of reliable forecasts
PREVIOUS to the inception of war
these reports of data were received
daily by the bureau at Washington,
which in turn communicated similar
data to the European nations With
the beginning of hostilities, however,
inf
ton ceased abruptly on the part of the
contending peoples.
The European weather forecasts, like
those OF this country, are intended to
estimate the weather for only few
days in advance, but even these were
discontinued as affording possible in
formation OF value to the enemy
AS an example of the effective use to
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yv7RITERS on the war are making
w FREQUENT use of the word
Nemesis word that is nearly
as old as written language, but one
which not everybody even yet can de-
fine or correctly pronounce. 1t has
for a long time been popular word
with writer's on crime and writers of
melodrama but writers on the war.
which history may judge to be the
greatest of crimes, have taken a fancy
to Nemesis and are giving that lady
a wealth of free advertising. If Meme
sis were an actress and the war cor
respondents were her press agents they
could say very little more about her
than they do.
Nemesis is every where in Europe and
in certain parts of Asia. In England
and in France they write of Nemesis
overtaking Germany and in Germany
and Austria they write of Nemesis over
taking England and the other allies
Nemesis presses close upon the Russ,
according to the Teuton, and according
to the Slav, Nemesis dogs hard upon the
Teuton heels.
Nemesis bulks large in the literature
Of antiquity. Homer frequently mem
tons her. for all authorities agree that
Nemesis was woman, or, at any rate, Il
goddess. and Hesiod shows d decided
Partially for this beautiful. law-abid-
ing, but somewhat revengeful, dame
Most persons-in fact all persons who
have read Homer and Hesoid and Horace
and Virgil-must have remarked upon
the space dedicated by those famous au-
thors to gods and goddesses, immortals,
heroes, nymphs. satyrs and like interest
ing folk. These writer's seem to feel
warm literary attachment for Nemesis,
and often invoked her name. Nemesis.
besides many other attributes. had
faculty for getting back at any one
who had strayed from the narrow way
OF rectttude.
There is considerable disagreement as
to the parentage of Nemesis. She Is
most commonly referred to as the
daughter of Night, though it has been
said also that she was the daughter of
Erebus or of Oceanus. Nemesis was in
some parts of the world known by an
other name. BY some she was called
Adrasteia, which meant that she was
one from whom there was no escape.
Men who have closely studied her, or
at least have studied the many refer
eneeS to her in classic lore, sa y that she
was the personitieation of moral rever-
ence for the law. or the natural fear
OF committing a culpable action, and
son is she often mentioned along with
Aides. or Shame. Homer always treats
of Nemesis as the personification of
divine justice or retribution
Herodotus and Pindar, who, with their
usual literary excellence treated of this
wonderful woman, seemed to consider
her as kind of fatal divinity. for wrote
William Smith in his vast work on
Greek and Roman biography and myth
ology:
She directs human affairs in such
manner as to restore the right proper
tons or equilibrium wherever it has
been disturbed: she measures out happi-
ness and unhappness, and he who Is
blessed with too many or too frequent
gifts of fortune is visited by her with
losses and suffering in order that he
may become humble and feel that there
are bounds beyond which human happi-
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Birthday of the Goddess of Liberty

slave recently emancipated by Lin
coins proclamation, and had always
shown unusual Intelligence. On re-
ceiving permission to get the goddess
apart he set up block and tackle
gave the young lady a good shaking
and with such energy that the five see
tons soon showed their seams clearly
and could he discovered.
At noon sharp December the work
of hoisting the head was begun. the
other four sections being already
placed on top of the dome. In TWEEN
ty minutes it was resting on the other
part of the figure, flag was broken
out from its tip and down on the
ground q national salute of thirteen
guns was fired Simultaneously by thir
teen stations. Thus was celebrated the
birth of our goddess, who is now COM
pleting her fifty first year of watching
over our civ.
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no means constant quality. The gull
stream, which plays an important part
in the development of the weather of
the channel, has also a large influence
upon the coasts of Europe, but the
formations of the continent in large
measure modify the effect of that
wonderful river of the sea.
Europe has three elevated regions,
the central plateau of France. the Alps
and the Carpathians. These to a large
extent influence the climatic conditions
of the western part of the continent.
The lowlands of the Rhone and the
Pc and the Hungarian plains have eX-
ceptional long spells of warm weather,
which is markedly continental. Other
depressions surrounded by mountains,
like the middle Rhine plain and both
valleys south of the Caucasus noun
tains, have favorable climates at all
seasons. The influence of coastal noun
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VIE colossal statue of the Goddess
of Liberty which surmounts the

"HE colossal statue of the Goddess
of Liberty which surmounts the
Capitol dome will be just fifty
one years old Wednesday. December ..
1t was in 1863 that she was formally in
stalled on her lofty perch.
The statue, which was erected when
guns were booming In a civil war con-
test, when Washington was under mil
itary rule, is now ending her first mile
stone of her second half of a century
amid scenes of peace and plenty. She
was the work of the sculptor. Thomas
Crawford, and was cast at Bladensburg,
Md
Though woman does not like to
give her age, Miss Columbia is help
less in the matter now, for not only
that, but her weight, is fully known.
She tips the beam at 1885 pounds and
is nineteen feet six inches in height
Her form Is entirely of bronze, and the
points on her crown are tipped with
gold
OF course, she. has several times been
struck by lightning. Yet this did no
damage. as she was prepared for such
accidents When she is cleaned, which
Is done during the recess OF Congress.
it requires several Wallets to perform
the operation.
teresting one. 1t seems that the statue
was cast in FIVE sections and these
placed together in front of the Capitol
year before being placed on top of
the dome. The work of settling the
sections was in charge of an Italian
laborer. who managed his task SO skill
fully that 1t was impossible to discern
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WASHING THE FACE OF THE GOD
DESS OF LIBERTY.

where the cracks were. Consequently
il could not be taken apart.
Much time and effort was spent. but
to no purpose, when the Italian told
the foreman that he would show where
the seams were if he were given a
good, permanent government position.
This was Indignantly refused, but that
did not solve the question, and il
looked as If the goddess were destined
to spend the remainder of her days ig-
unanimously on the ground facing her
intended pedestal.
A young colored man, who had
worked about the statue. volunteered
to solve the problem He had been
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ing almost as sure a line Of defense for
England as the channel itself"

ing almost as sure a line Of defense for
England as the channel itself"
r 4
For this reason many believe that an
invasion of England by the kaisers
Zeppelins would be practically an i'm
possibility. Even at the best the chan
mel in winter is most tempestuous. At
its worst. when to the sudden storms is
added the fog, the channel is danger
that only the most reckless would
tempt
continent where fighting is reasonably
expected to occur during the winter il
quite equable compared with the vio-
lent fluctuations of atmospheric condi-
tons in the British channel, it is by
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to mitigate or defy the rigors of win
ter in the present conflict is a problem
upon which the military chieftains
have not spoken for the public ear. 1t
may be safely concluded, however, that
while man has achieved such triumphs
over the elements the successful
operation of the aeroplane and the diri-
gible balloon and the submarine tor
pedo boat. he cannot defy absolutely
the hardships of the closed season.
1t is generally believed that the eX-
tensiveness of this winters operations
will be measured by the ordinary prac-
of transportation in the continental ar
mics can be put The development of
the dirigible balloons carrying power
may prove to be paramount factor in
the determination OF this winters is
sues.
At the same time the motor tractors
which have been used with such signal
advantage in the transportation of ar
show themselves to be SO far superior
to the usual difficulties of winter travel
as to make open campaigning possible
during a great part of the supposedly
closed season.
In this respect. too, 1t must be re-
membered that the road systems of the
territory now being fought over, while
at first among the finest in the world,
have been severely cut up by the heavy
artillery and motor tractors.
1t would seem. indeed. that Germany,
at least, appreciates the value of the
dirigible balloon for transportation of
military stores, for experts are disin-
clined to believe that Germany's recent
rush orders for the construction of
more of these craft to increase her air
feet to 100 were merely for bomb drop
ping and accommodating The fact that
the German dirigibles of the latest Yep
pelin type are much larger than their
predecessors appears to corroborate
this theory.
If ;his carrying power of the dirigi-
BILE balloon, then, is not exaggerated,
II may prove to be quite feasible for
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"AIiCe" Was Well.

Representative J.
NJ. Evans of Mon
tana boasts of liv-
ing in a part of the
country whose ap-
Piles are so fine that
they have often
been shipped to the
court of the kaiser.
Cherries in his part
of the country, so
he asserts, grow as
big as green gage
plums. But in spite
OF the delights of
living in such a
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Not Unanimous.
Representative

representative J.
A. Key of Ohio is
from the town of
Marion. which can
boast of being the
village which put
the Panama canal
on the map. For it
was in Marion that
the shovels which
dug their way
across from the At
lantic to the Pa
cif1c We're made.
This village may
not sing of ito
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Maybe So.
During

During the long
summer session of
Congress a number
Of representatives
a n d 8 e n a I tor 9
bought or leased
farms in Virginia.
There they retired
after the long days
work to labor in
their vineyards or
orchards, or what
ever they happened
to have
In the Senate
lobby one day a
1en were dlscuSSjpD
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part of Europe which has
Xnk furnished the stage for the
first three months of the
most stupendous war in the
history of the world, the attention of
war experts and military men generally
Is being centered on the probable effects
that zero weather. with its billiards., it's
SHOWS, rains and sleets. its frozen rivers
and muddy roads. will have on the opera
lions of the several armies.
Few persons-even those who fol-
low !ntently the movements of the
kaiser and the ailies-pause to realize
what tremendous part the weather
may play in the drama now being en-
acted on the continent of Europe; how
the gravest results depend on the
atmospheric conditions that are liable
10 obtain this winter.
That the strategists of the fighting
forces have considered these possi-
bilities and are laying their plans ac-
cordingly has been evident ever since
the commencement of hostilities. In
all the maneuvers is plainly written
the purpose to obtain the most ad-
vantageous winter quarters before the
Ice season is full upon them.
These winter bases of operation are
considered by experts to be of vital
moment. The possible and variant eff
fects of weather upon armies and their
maneuvers in any season are nearly as
numerous and tickle as the atmos-
pher.c conditions themselves. Cold and
heat. SLOW. rain. hail, sleet and wind
with their resultant distresses to man
and beast and their arrangement of
mechanism, OF supply and ammunition
trains, artillery an, in these days.
of air craft of all kinds. have to be es-
timated as a factor of high poten-
TALLY in the plans Of the strategists
on the land. while on sea they make
hostile operations u problem OF the
gravest difficulty in northern waters
To what extent science may be able
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His Diversion.

Representative S.
+. Bowdle of Ohio,
from N 1 c h o l a s
L on gworth's old
district, is some
what of a mechan-
ic. His hobby is
making tops. and
the collection he
has made in that
line Is remarkable,
most OF them of his
own manufacture.
One is fashioned
ON the gyroscope
principle and spun
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The RECONNAISSANCE =
by Ma5oMxG

Probable Effect of
Cold, Snow and Wind
on the Contesting
Forces Every De-
partment of Armies
and Navies Will Be
Affected - Handling
of Guns and Supplies.
Sanitation Will Be
More Easy to Accom-
plish - The Weather
Will Play Important
Part.
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the summer migration. Senator Ollie
James listened with interest to the ros-
spoke: Ho
If what you gentlemen saw 10 +rus -
ne remarked, II should suspect that
Virginia has resigned her position AZ
the mother of Presidents and has taken
on the job of stepmother to congress-
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Judgment Day at Night.

Representative j.
r. Connolly Of Kan
sas Is not one of
those who predict a
gloomy future on
account of the war.
His state has pro-
duced crops that
burst the barns
and incumber the
earth. In one
county of only
$500 people there
were 100000 BUSH
els of wheat raised,
I'D chic eorNo AN,tn
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under a glass case in a vacuum, where
it has revolVed for an hour and a half
at one spinning. Moreover, he spins
them,
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masses of foot soldiers, operating I'M
der cover of the tremendously long
range artillery now In use, to be
thrown forward far greater distances
than ordinary bases of supplies might
seem to warrant, complete dependence
being placed upon the balloon to fetch
on supplies unhampered by any OBJ
stacles afforded to wheel vehicles by
swollen rivers or mired roads.
In estimating the carrying capacity
of balloons IL must be borne in mind
that the contraction of gas because of
cold will lessen their lifting powers
army aviation. in pointing out that
deficiency of balloons in cold weather,
say also that the harmful effect of win
ter upon the operation of asroplanes
will be even greater. because not only
will the mechanism of the aeroplane
be subject to arrangement in extreme
~ low temperatures, but also Its occu-
pants will be more exposed to the eie-
ments. What dangers such tempera-
lures impose upon aeroplanists mas
been proved by some of the record alti-
tude flights.
A we'll known ordnance expert of the
War Department gives it as his opin-
ion that the outcome of the war will
depend in very large measure on
which side has the best winter SOL
diers." In offering this opinion he
called attention to the various difficult
ties with which the different branches
of the army would be confronted in
winter warfare.
in the last analysis" he said. cit is
the man behind the gun. Heavy ord
nance and light arms can be fired with
more frequency in cold temperatures.
according to theory. AT the same time,
If the weather Is so extreme that the
men are compelled to wear gloves. as
well as other heavy garments. their
effective manipulation of the guns be-
comes difficult and even impossible.
IF the army moves from permanent
winter quarters, it is confronted, soon
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FIFTH winter closing in on that
part of Europe which has
furnished the stage for the
first three months of the
most stupendous war In the
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number of statesmen were discussing
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TV7RITERS on the war are making
w frequent use OF the WORD
Nemesis a word that is nearly
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-09

President Wilson's declaration of national
policy yesterday will rank high among presi-
Dental messages. 1t is direct, forceful, sound
and sincere.
Opponents of the Wilson administration who
read little of the European press comment
would be surprised to know how favoraby the
presidents stand for peace has impressed the
leading men and leading journals of the Old
World The Old World nations long versed in
diplomacy, realize that sooner or later the time
will come when they must turn to some power
fui neutral nation as an agent for peace. And
they realize that the United Statesis the only
neutral country of sufficient international
standing to accept this duty. The president s
consistent attitude has been against involving
this country in war. 1t was first brought to
International notice during the Mexican trou-
bles; it was emphasized at the outbreak of the
European war. 1t was reiterated when, few
days ago, Turkish forts fired on American
sailors. The world knows now that the firing
was not hostile act, but for few hours the
settlement rose to dangerous point and false
move by the administration might have pre-
eipitated grave crisis.
Americans of bellicose spirit criticise the
president because, they say, American citizens
are not sufficiently protected Yet the great
mass Of the American people undoubtedly feel
that the policy of forbearance is the wisest
policy. When the European war famed up, the
results of the presidents Mexican policy we're
greeted with huge acclaim, in which, it was
noticeable, many of the newspapers joined that
had hitherto condemned this very policy.
Hawaii justly differs with President Wilson s
tariff policy and with other administrative
policies Free sugar is wreaking havoc here
1li>ttshould net blind our eyes to the interna-
tional situatidn the wisdom of IAN attitude
which is convincing Britain, Germany Japan
and Russia alike that our national friendship
IS sincere and steadfast ana that we intend to.
stay out Of the fsht and De ready to perform
xpstly greater mission than that of achieving
military glory the mission of world peace, a
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10 YOUR TURN.

.
Christmas time win soon be here,
9, Burdened with the YuIetide Joys;
Bringing with It aIIsgoods cheer, "
Also tons Of dolls and toys 81. & 4
How the alittle eyes do shine,
And pretty lips say, rob my" :.
Others ti wish II was mine" IL 1
Then perhaps you ahearf sigh. Is
Gazing in a window bright, al.
During the nfid-week, just gone; 2;su
BY me stood a little mite,
With look, oh, most forIorn;
At her home will Santa calf
Her quiyering lips said "No;p
Christmas morn tl1ere'd be no doll
To set her eyes all aglow. =.
So, come along, you big fife,
With loose, joy-money to burn;
And nary chick or wife, .s-
Right now Is your happy turn.
Many, like this little girl,
Are in this city today;
Be good fellow" for once,
You will find that II will pay. g.
You have the money and heart,
So why should you longer pause?
All that you want 10 . start;
Go, on; be her Santa Claus.
And besides, just stop and think,
How ail-fired fine twill look;
Tabled with everlasting ink,
On a page in that Big Book.
a.. = -. - Merrill. ;