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REVOLUTION A IT'S
PRUSSIA

No more severe charges have been made
against the ruling power OF the great
central empire" OF Europe than those ut
tered by these German voices, They cry
out that this power has shattered our
homes. darkened our lives, robbed us Of
u bravest sous and set the whole civil
lied world against u.s." They charge II
with having by foul corruption deceived
the Turkish nation and comprised Its
rum" n they declare that to their last
hours the kaiser, Von Tirpitz and Beth
man-Hollweg will carry upon them the
brand Of shame for the unparalleled ruin
they have wrought and the misery Into
which they have plunged the world by
their barbarism on land and sea.
Like q Smoking Volcano.
The significance Of this language lies in
the fact that 1t does not come from enc
mics OF Germany, or even from men or
German blood who We're exiled by this
very Prussian militarism in time past and
have shared In the blessings OF democratic
government in other lands. 1t Is uttered
by devoted sons or the fatherland who
long for UGH blessings In the home OF
their race and their kindred. They are
making an earnest appeal to every demo-
cratic Saxon, Bavarian. Hanoverian and
Wurtemburger to join hands with all who
realize the u~nspeakable crime of unpro-
voked war Ind to persevere In demanding
the evacuation OF Brabant, Flanders and
Luxembourg n the cessation OF bloody
outrage in Alsace and Lorraine" "r
One can only wonder how much OF this
spirit OF revolt Is still s1umbering be-
numbed under the surface OF the states
which constitute the empire Of Germany,
ready to break out II some great climax
should be reached to cause an eruption. It
has been suppressed, but Il has not be-
come extinct. A generation has grown up
under the moldfng influence of the Prus-
sian system OF government, derived from
the medieval time, and on the surface II is
cased with iron and adorned with i'm
perfal splendor. But there may yet be
something volcanic underneath. It can
only rumble while the armies are tram
ping over the fields and holding their
ground against enemies who have been
aroused to madness In their own defense
and In a determination to expel the de-
mons OF war from their borders n ex-
tinguish the fires In which they revel and
threaten the peace OF the world and the
welfare OF mankind.
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Use the Sumner Mornings.
Erom the DAYTON News

We have gotten ourselves into about the
worst habit that ever happened, In the
matter OF sleep. We have arranged our
Impossible to get TO bed before II or IL
o'clock. ind that necessitates our remain
ing IN bed Until z or 5 o'clock I'm the morn
Ing. So we lose the best part Of the day,
enpeciaIIy at this season OF the year.
AZ this time, the most productive part
OF the day ought to be from 4 TO 8 o'clock
IN the morning, "A MA ought to be able
e q better Work ana more OF Nc curing
Of the day. And he would be able to do
II. IL he could only retire early enough
20 enable him to secure the necessary
HE are such that IT is impossible with
This evening meal comes along at from
9 TO z oyclock. Then al o or two Is
puftersns around NTH darkness tails
about the earth. which is now well along
toward !. The paper must be read. of
course. before one ~retires. and that takes
amusement, a picture show or a social cab
from friends. or upon friends, 1t IL IL
o'clock before one AN turn in" So when
4 o'clock comes next morning, one has
arise ct 4 and feel like doing a days work.
Now and then, however, a fellow will
be found who Is wise enough-or foolish
s1ougi a~ePeIdirs 2 The point g view
up earlier han his fellows, and IS better
dtted FOR the daily tasks. Naturally he
succeeds better than his fellows. and when
age comes upon him he Is o~ccupying. an
people who do not understand that HIS
success has been due TO his early retiring
End hiE early rising, begin talking about
row lucky he has been in life, how every
thing to which he turned his hand brought
success. how all OF his adventures turned
90 money or brought him fame.
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FAMOUS PARIS TENOR
Joy or PRISON CAMP

~ -. LEMMHm
Gottingen, Germany, (by mail)--A
Parts opera tenor, clad In wooden
shoes. dirty mud streaked trousers and
a thread bare sweater vest. singing
arias from La Tosca, Mignon and the
Barber OF. Seville on a rude wooden
stage whose scenery consisted or
n rudely painted drop and a few
strips OF colored paper, to an audience
OF 500 French and Belgian soldiers, all
OF them as dirty as he, was one Of he
entertaining incidents which The AS
Isolated Press correspondent encounter
ed on his visit to the great war pris-
oners' camp at Goettingen.
Jean Mainly, until last August tenor
of the Opera de la Gate Lyrique," In
Paris, was h singer. 1t Is doubtful IL
In his best role he ever sang better
than he Is singing now, seven or more
times a week. that prison life may be
more ~endurable for the thousands OF his
fellow prisoners.
The opera at Goettingen has fits own
orchestra which consists OF pianist on
the stage In his shirt sleeves and down
In khaki as %violinists and cornetists,
Belgfans as flutists, Frenchmen as
~eellists and a French lawyer as leader.
It Is noteworthy that the Russians,
who are present in the camp in large
numbers, neither are represented among
the musicians nor attend the concerts
to any extent. As In every other camp,
they prove to be willing, automatic,
husky workers who have little in
terest In anything but eating all they
can get when they come back to camp
at night. and In loafing in duh salts.
faction afterward.
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Dunaburrsr railway station at Riga.

From the New York Journal OF Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin.
In spite OF a policy of suppression In
Germany evidence Is revealed almost
every day OF the awakening Of a spirit
OF revolt that has been in q hypnotic
slumber 1t appeared In the recently pub
lished manifesto of the social democrat
cy, but was curbed by the obsession so
assidiously kept up by the imperial gov
eminent that the empire was forced Into
the war for the defense Of its very ex-
istence. 1t Is boldly asserted by a com
mittee Of the German Humanity league,
which In more safely dated at Rotterdam.
That the members of that body are free
from the obsession Ii shown by the as
sertion that they are convinced" that
there has been mo conspiracy by any
government or any nation against Ger
many n that on the contrary 1t Is
only by the victory OF the allied armies
as guardians of humanity hat we our
selves shall be emancipased from the ac-
cursed yoke OF Prussian militarism."
Enlightened democrats In all u
tries" II Is declared, must assist In
breaking that yoke before German states
can regain the pathway Of peace" AS
evidence that those whose sentiments are
expressed In this new manifesto can
look facts plainly in the face" and see
them as they are seen by all who are not
obsessed, such familiar ~facts" are thus
stated: mo state coveted our land or
menaced German integrity. our ships
were free to sail and were welcomed on
every ocean. Our citizens enjoyed the
fullest civil rights in all parts OF the
world. Our Industrial output found a
ready market in every quarter of the
globe. Commerce was increasing year
by year"
A Brand Of Shame For Kaiser.
A year ago nobody would be found
even in Germany to dispute these facts.
AS further evidence that there are Ger
mans who see and feel as others do, the
desire is expressed that outraged Bel
gium, Luxembourg and France be restored
to tranquility and the liberation OF POI
land and Bohemia from the letters Of
servitude." How far this feeling may
exist cannot now be judged, because, ac-
cording to- THIS same German authority.
''by false declarations the press Is COM
PEELED to deceive the fatherland and our
compatriots continue to be slaughtered
In the trenches. BY golden gifts mem-
bers Of the reichstag and publicists have
been seduced to betray the peoples cause
they nave sworn to defend"
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with guns and turned into privateerB
in case OF war. But navies cannot be
improvised in these days. IL a country
as large and important as urs Is to
have q navy at all, It can afford to
have one strong enough to serve ade-
quately those purposes we have in
view In the maintenance OF any sort OF
naval establishment. We should either
have a navy OF N Importance at all.
like China or Mexico. or else we should
have one Commensurate with
deeds, in the opinion OF those best
qualified to judge. II we had possessed
only two or three more battleships In
1908 Admiral Cervera would not have
sailed to our side OF the Atlantic, and
we should have settled the Cuban
question with Spain by peaceful ne
igotiation. Unftness for self-defense
does not make for peace In a warlike
world. Until the world Is organized
for the avoidance OF war, and the pro-
lection OF the weak against the strong,
1t Is the duty of the United States to
be well prepared
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economizing. We are spending two and q
half. possibly even three, millions every
day. We are borrowing sums that would
have been thought utterly impossible and
incredible II months q And yet peo-
Pile are living as 'extravagantly as they
lived In the piping times of peace.
There are new demands for recruiting.
There are evon hysterical demands for
compulsory service. And yet we are told
In the same breath that the army IL ex-
posed 10 Unnecessary loss OF life because
there II not a sufficient supply OF NUM-
tions. And people, for ell that, will not
recognize that there 10 q scarcity OF
trained men to turn out the munitions that
are needed.
In the same way, while great fortunes
are being made by those who are working
for the government what may be called
peace business Is practically at q stand
still. Even the trades that we always
have conducted we are neglecttngs On
the other hand, we are buying fabulous
quantities from the United States, ArRen-
tina and other countrieG
Debts are being run up In enormous
amounts, and nobody seems to ask him
self: How Ii the bill TO be paid when the
day OF reckoning comes7 We shall prob
ably muddle through, to use the accus-
toned phrase. But Is II not time that we
saw the folly Of muddling through, and
made up our minds to act as business mel
in a country which prtdes itself on being
exceptionally good In business2
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War and Necessity.

Assuming an air of sage Importance
the fat plumber calculated:
War is a necessity"
Pooh! How do you make that
outf" demanded the thin carpenter.
deprecatingly.
did you read that Edison is going
to devote his energies to American
protective measures in time of war;
yep. What Of it?"
THAT proves my contention"
"How2"
war makes invention necessary.
doesn't it?"
II suppose So"
And necessity is the mother Of IN
ventionT"
"Huh!"
Therefore war and necessity are
synonymous."S
The thin carpenter is still thinking
1t oyer.--Youngstown Telegram.
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CLEARLY NO MILK FOR HIM
Travellers Hopes Of Nourishment Dis
appeared az Woman's Explana-
lions Came to an End.

A traveller from the North, walking
through the mountains Of North Caro-
lima, came on a cabin that gave un-
usual evidence of rural industry, says
Harper's Magazine. Although 1t was
only ten o'clock in the morning, the
traveller decided to stop and ask for
r~efreshment, since he might not come
on anything sc promising for many
miles.
A tall, apparently ill-fed woman
came to the door. She looked at the
traveller in amazement, and seemed
to be resentful when he made known
his wants.
We've ct" she said In a reproach.
full tone. Toms gone to town to fetch
cornmeal."
The traveller suggested a glass OF
milk. III
Again the woman shook her head,
while her sallow yisage heightened.
Tom went and forgot to milk the
COW. He won't be back till evenin'."
That seemed to be the travellers op-
portunity, both to show his good ma
ture and obtain a glass of milk.
I'D be glad to milk her for you"
he offered. Il was brought up on a
farm"
Again the woman shook her head.
"Ye CANT, stranger" And this time
her resentment was tinged with futile
regret. "Tom rid the COW to town"
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THE cHlLD's BATH.

Icopyright. 1916, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Now, as we all know, the child who
is prettiest at the party is the clean
child, yet simple as the word bath"
sounds there Is many a mother who
knows nothing about the proper way
to, battle her child. In, every bathroom
there should be a soft bit Of rug before
the tub for the child to step on when
getting out and q bath towel over that.
YOU have seen the kiddie shudder, when
tumsiing out OF the warm plunge on
the cold tiled or wooden floor, and this
means not only the memory Of the un-
pleasant moment next time, but the
possibility Of chill that may result in
cold. Then there are the soap, the
brush and scrubs small nails, and h
towel that wipes dry. II mothers only
knew how unwelcome they may make
these necessary luxuries they would
turn over a new leaf, for / have seen
mammas employ laundry soaps on
small faces, use brushes with wooden
bristles on tende finger and toe nails
and do the final wiping down with new
huckaback towels which were almost
as harsh as sandpaper.
For small faces and ears there are
the old damask tablecloths and nap
kins that car be torn up and hemmed
for wash cloths and lace towels; but
even with these please remember not
TO gouge too hard into little ears and
eyes. The quality or the soap Is a
very important matter to consider, for
II Is quite easy to damage a child's skin
with q cheap grade OF oar and once
some imperfection Is started up II Is
hard to cure. For all round use on
little faces, scalps and bodies a soap
jelly made by scraping a six-inch
length Of CASTLE a n boiling IL to
a pulp in a quart of water Ii desirable.
This can be kept in a preserve jar with
a screw top, and the tiniest q of the
soft soap be used at a time.
Both soda and sea salt are sweeten-
Ing to the flesh. while a bag Of oat-
meal or bran agitated In the bath will
leave the skin soft and smooth as satin
and whiten 1t besides. The toilet water
should be Of a simple n refreshing
sort, and / can think Of nothing better
for this than a mixture made OF equal
portions OF toilet ammonia and violet
water. When this is used pour a little
in the hand and apply II to h small
body after II has been bathed and
dried, taking care. however, to keep IL
clear OF the child's eyes, as to get the
least ammonia in the eyes Is agony In
the extreme. For the powder there are
scented talcums which are both deli
cious and cheap, but q cupful of corn
starch pounded to a ust and sweet
n e with natural flowers would do
as well.
The proper time TO wash a child Is
two hours after eating or half an
hour at least before the ext meal.
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Pomp of Beauty.

From the Century Magazine.
HIt Is a healthy human impulse to de-
fy h influence OF Gree. And there Is,
indeed. q barefaced pomp OF beauty
beauty hat cannot enter a room with
out giving the whole house a shock;
beauty that. as Mr.. Kipling vigorous
'ly says, hits you right between the
eyes and knocks you flat'-of which the
mere existence carries a challenge to
stand up against that avalanche. I do
well remember q certain opening night
when Miss Maxine Elliott sat throned
in q stage box, and the emotions OF the
whole audience beat and broke upon
that imperturbable statue, icily regular,
s~plendidly null. About that beauty the
shiyering mortal mind fluttered in
hope Of some reassuring blemish,
slipped along the glacier without find
ing q crack. and, blinded by excessive
light, fell away, baffled. IL was nat
ural to revolt against that"
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Why JEFFERSON DAVIS
WAS NEVER TRIED

From the Columbus Dispatch.

M BTOfn the COluulDuS
DO you know why Jefferson Davis was
pever tried and convicted In the civil
kourts OF reason against the United
Ptatesf III your thought In the matter
N not clear. you will be interested in
y contribution by Hon. ID. *. Watson, OF
this city. to q recent number OF the Yale
Law Journal On May 8, 1866, Mr.. Da-
Wis was indicted by the grand jury of
the federal district court OF Virginia
In May. OF the following year he was
produced In court by the commandment OF
FORTRESS Monroe and surrendered 70 the
ued until November, 1868, when Mr.. Da-
vis counsel filed an AFFIDAVIT, recit.ng
the fact that Jefferson Davis was I'm
tha year 1916, previous to the alleged
commission OF the offenses charged, a
member OF congress and took the oath
70 support the constitution OF the United
The affidavit raised q constitutional
auestion. the claim of counsel being that
Section s. Article XIV, just adopted as
an amendment, described the only pun
iahment permissible in the case of a con-
Hreasman who had subsequently commit
ted -treason-that Is, disqualification for
holding any office under the United
States or any OF the states.
The judges, on December 5, announced
their disagreement, which fact was GER
tsfied to the supreme court Of the United
States, and the latter eve decided IL.
The presidents proclamation of amnesty
followed, the Indictment in the district
oourt was laid away, and the matter was
dismissed from the docket OF the SUI
Nrane court February Is. 1853.
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What was N the RarreIY.

McTavish was accused OF having
Illicit whisky in his possession. A re-
luctant witness admitted that he knew
OF a suspicious barrel going to the ac-
cused.
Nov" said the prosecuting coun-
sci, warningly, remember. you are
on oath. What was in the bagrel?"
"Weel," replied the witness. there
was McTavish' marked on a'e end OF
the barrel, and whisky on the other,
but being On oath, your honor, l
oouldna say whether It was whisky
or McTavish that was in the barrel"
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The Abstemious pIaz.

From the ianapoi NeWS.
Porfirio Diaz, former president OF Mex-
leo, who died recently at the age Of IS.
years, was the grandson of an Indian
woman. He cited as an example OF
longevity due TO temperance an uncle
who he averred lived TO be 102 years old
Because his liPs had never touched .
tai abstainer. Le Crt de Paris says that
one day when he was seriously Ill his
physician prescribed that he should drink
some fingers OF flne champagne" New
er a drop OF that poison In my body" ex-
claimed Dtax. zone has no need or II to
regain health; and still less to give him
In 1ss5 when imprisoned by Bazains IN
the fortress Of Pueblo, Diaz escaped by
jumping through bis cell window, the bars
OF which he had sawed He tell on the
sentinel who was asleep at the foot OF
b wall The fugitive took he awak-
ened soldier by the arm and shaking him
said .fWretched a you sleep while
on dutyl Don't you, know that General
Porhrio Diaz IL imprisoned up there? IL
he escapes II will be bad for you. They'd
take you out and shoot you that's all
The soldier put his heels together and as
the general salnted, presented arms, after
which Diaz, with much dignity. withdrew.
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o.rman influence Dominatod Russia.
from sAThe World Storm and Beyond. q
By Edwin Davies Schoonmaker.

IRON .1The World storm and Beyond
by Edwin Davies Schoonmaker.
The real Russian people lie almost un-
seen under a foreign overlap which has
somehow got itself recognized among the
nations az Russia, and which began to be
deposited more 1000 years ago when
Ruric. the Norseman. was his followers,
rulers Of the land. Then for more than
two centuries the land was under the
heed o. the Tartars, another conQnering
people who. lefr behind them n deep de-
posft or violence-an crime. And almost
Immediately after the expulsion of the
Tartars there began a third period OF fors
SIg % mh,nh ,. una. Rsscsd1s Ptr
the Great has persistently warred against
tho ideals OF this peaeeful people. which
became the source Of the repressiye bur-
kAucratic system and which. as an nctiye
influence In Russian politics. II Responsible
tor many of those crimes that the world
has i~gnorantly laid at the door OF the
thss tie present house 81 Romanofi.
which has held the scepter for 800 years
And n we except -Pobiedonostsef. the
fanatical Procurator of the Holy Synod,
Count Witte has been the abiest cham
Dion OF the reactiOnaFy movement. He II
was who fought the establishment OF the
provincial assemblies and who. In a mani
feat TO the car. expressed his conviction
that there was no way OF ruling the peas
aud except by the knout, And Plehve. the
another Baltic German I do not men
ton these facts as q reflection upon the
German people. for they, too. have suf-
Tered at the hands OF these same oppres-
thai neither upon her borders nor within
her interior can all the dnhumanity OF
Russia be fairly charged 70 the Russian
Tolstoy Is the living voice OF the Russian
DeoDle. as Lincoln Is the living voice OF
the American people. Tosstoy is the glori-
ned Russian peasant .uttering HIS heart
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What Is carneoie WORTH

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
When runors were flashed over the
land again one day recently that Andrew
Carnegie was dead the query on every
body's lips was: How much money did
he leave"
Mr.. Carnegie himself made the immor-
tai remark that II is a crime to die rich
being one crime which most OF US will
escape without violent effort.
But how much Is Carnegie WORTH
Since he sold his steel works the in
come from the bonds he received in pay
ment has amounted to $40, 100000. Hence
the Laird might a spent t,000,000 q
year to maintain his frugal household
and still have all OF his original fortune
intact #r M#'. WI HM -h
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Simulated Affection.

"How effusively sweet that Mrs.
Blondey is to you, Jonesy." said With
erell. What's up? Any tender little
romance there?"
mo, indeed-why, that woman hates
me-" said Jonsey.
"she doesn't show IT." said With
erell.
mo; but she knows ] know how old
she is--we were born On the same
day" said Jonesy, "anA she's afraid
I'll tell somebody"
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Lesson Erom a eeauar.

at was a street heggar who made
me feel my insigniAcance," said for
mer United States Senator Chauncey
M. Depew, and he did it in a gracious
way. I was a tribe out of sorts when
/ said to him, You can't hold me up
mot rel as a good example, he
replied, lifting his hat."-Youth's
Companion a
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The fact that a nan is downcast
doesn't necessarily mean that he Ia
in trouble. II may be that he has
caught sight of himself in that mir.
ror
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proof Positive.

Diggs-Mrs. Biggs is unusually kind
to her husband.
Mrs. Diggs-How do you kROwG
Diggs-He tells me she never sings
when he il at home.
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THANK con.

Thank God every morning
when you get up that you have
something to do that day which
must be done. whether you like
1t or not.
Being forced to work. and
forced TO do your pest, will
breed IN you temperance and
self-control. diligence and
strength of win. cheerfulness
and content, and 100 virtues
which the idle win never know.
Kingsley.
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Being restrained by law from whip
ping his wife, about the only amuse-
ment a married man has b kicking
his dog.
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SUBMERGED but Deadly.

Knicker-Isn't Jones a summer
pest2
Bocker-Hs is the submarine under
the hot wave.