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The Presidents Title.

In spite Of our traditions and our pre.
lenses Americans dearly love a title.
It's a fair guess that a larger part of,
the mail that goes to the White House
is addressed to His E~xcellency" or
His Eminence" or His Honor" As
a matter Of fact his title is The Presi-
dent Of the United States. That is title
so great that the fathers decided that to
add to it would be to detract from it.
The fathers We're wise. Taking their
cue from the federal practice the CON
stitution makers nor the statute maxi
ers Of New York ever gave the chief
executive Of this commonwealth other
title than the governor Of New York.
Every governor of the state has been
content with that. Address him so In
letter or in speech and you are right.
Decorate him with an 'excellency'' or
an 'honor' and you are wrong. The
governor Of Massachusetts is His Elk.
cellency by warrant Of the constitution
OF 17sO, but he is the only excellency
We have in America.-New York Sun.
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N%APoLEoN's MAXIM.
II Can Be Traced Back to Tacitus In
the Second Century.

Il Can Be Traced Back to Tacjtus In
the Second Century.
Napoleon's maxim was. II Is said.
that Providence Is on the side Of the
big battalions. but by what right it has
become the property Of the little cor
poral' Is not quite clear. Though he
may have acted upon 1t, he did not in
tent 1t, and it is his merely by right Of
conquest.
In the first place. we can trace II
back to Tacitus, who, in the fourth
book Of his history, written somewhere
In the second century, says, "Deos for
tioribus adesse" ('The gods are on the
side of the stronger. From Tacitus
we jump to NJ. Bussy-Rabutin. a French
lttterateur, who lived in the seventeenth
century. God is generally on the side
of the large battalions against the lit
tie he wrote. From him or more prob.
ably from her mother wit Mime. de Sc
v1gne. his contemporary, wrote, For
tune Is always on the side Of the lar
gest b%attalions."
Some fifty years later came VoltGire,
who wrote in Il letter to NJ. lie Richie.
ut Is said that God Is always on the
side Of the heaviest b%attalions." That
letter was written in 1910, when Napo-
con was but one year old. Thus We
come to him whose maxim it is said to
be, but here the reference books help
us but little and help Napoleon less.
providence is always on the side Of
the last reserve" is given as his YER
sion Of the trite phrase, and even this
Is not credited to him freely, but only
attributed to Napoleon I."-Westmin-
ster Gazette.
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Mrs. Grants Retort,

The Grant administration brought q
brilliant throng of military officers to
the capital. and the young people Of
the presidents family-he had q
daughter and several sons-made the
White House gay. Mrs. Grant was
plain In appearance, unpretentious in
manner. but genuinely hospitable and
quicker witted than she was generally
given credit for being.
Addressed in French by a young dips
lomat at one OF her receptions, she res
sponded in English.
".Ah!" said the bumptious foreigner.
attempting to be facetious. MADAME
does not speak French? How surpris-
ing! In Europe all the ladies of the
upper class speak French and general-
ly two OF three other languages be-
Sides"
Il know" said Mrs. Grant dryly, land
can understand why this must be on
a continent divided into so man small
kingdoms, some of them smaller than
our smallest states, each speaking a
different language, but in our great,
united country, M language only is
spoken from end to end Of it. We need
no other"
The abashed foreigner retired.-Ex.
change.
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GUNP0WDER PLANTS.
Many Precautions Must Be Taken to
Avoid Accidents.

Avoid Accidents.
Workers in g%unpowder plants when.
ever Il storm comes up adjourn to the
watch houses surrounding the plant
proper and enjoy themselves till the
storm is over.
Lightning Is not the only danger
dreaded IN gunpowder plants, however.
Metal is dreaded-its hard surface may
cause e~xplosions-and hence on the
WOrkmen's clothes the buttons must all
be of bone.
The Workmen's clothes must be Dock-
etless SO that they may not carry
matches or knives. and Il workman, no
matter how dnnditied his tastes, must
not wear turned up trousers since in
turnups grit Is harbored. and grit in a
%gunpoWder mill is as dangerous almost
as fire.
In all the buildings of these plants
not a nail head or any sort of iron ma
terial is exposed. The roofs. too, are
made very slight. SO that in the event
Of an explosion they will blow Off cas-.
lily. The doors all open outward to
make escape easy, and the plant is usu-
ally surrounded with 4 stream of wa.
ter, into which the hands are trained
to dive at the first sign of d~anger.-Cin.
cinnati Commercial Enquirer.
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Verses G-11.-A bad decision.
The wisest king Of Israel also showed
himself to be one of the most foolish.
He vas able to utter proverbs of Wis
dom, but in actual practice failed to
use their wisdom for himself. He
showed himself to be lacking in fore
sight; his seltishness and worldliness
dimmed Ills vision; and he left his
kingdom in a distracted condition. 1t
Is as though the national structure had
been bathed in kerosene, for match
was enough to start the contlagration.
The news of the death of Solomon was
promptly communicated to Jeroboam,
the rebel exile, and he returned from
Egypt to lead a peoples movement
for the redress Of grievances. Reho-
boam succeeded his father Solomon,
but he vas Il witleSs youth about TWEEN
ty-one years Of age. unframed for the
responsibilities of rulership. \ con-
vention was held at Shechem, the
modern Nablus, Mt the northeast Of
Mount Gerizim, the most important
city In the land of Ephraim. They
wanted eXorbitant taxation and forced
labor to cease. Relieved of these in
tolerable conditions. they will serve
him with loyalty. Rehoboam showed
his wisdom when he asked them three
days for a decision.
Consulting with the old men," These
were the experienced men who had
seen service under Solomon and who
were familiar with the existing situa-
ton. "1f thou wilt be Il servant unto
this people" They counsel him to be
considerable. to deal sympathetically
and to do nothing rashly, but to show
them that he has their best welfare at
heart and would serve their highest in
t%erests. '"They will be thy servants"
In this way he can win them and have
their permanent support. These sug-
g%estiOns We're not satisfactory to Re
hoboam, and so he turned to 1.-The
young men that Were grown up with
him." who We're OF his W age and
and irresponsible. These foolhardy fell
lows knew little and cared nothing at
all for the people. They We're hardly
the right kind Of advisers. 1t was to
he expected that they would encourage
%highhanded proceedings. They did not
realize that they We're all seated upon
q social volcano that was SOon to burst
with II violent eruption and engulf
them in desolation. my little finger
shall be thicker than my fathers
loins." What arrogance is assumed in
this boastful assertion. which is also
n despotic threat! II will add to your
woke" There was certainly to be no
prospect of relief under the new ad-
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Sunday School Lesson
SENIOR EREAN

ministration, but an increase Of hard
times. "Whips''-with which light
chastisement was inflicted. scorpions"
We're whips whose lashes We're stuffed
with rough sand and fixed with metal
points, SO that the sting was very
painful. These words We're used fgur-
atively to describe the severity and
cruelty that would mark his rule.
Verses 12-15.-The answer Of folly.
On the day appointed the people re-
turned with Jeroboam at their head,
expecting, nc doubt, to hear some req
sonable announcement. Rehoboam was
prepared as to his name and what he
would say. Unanswered the people
roughly" This attitude was incredible.
We wonder what he was thinking
about and whether he was so bereft Of
his senses that he acted in this utterly
insane and fatal manner 1t is the
glory Of the king to be the servant
and father of his people. their defender
n leader, but this foolish man thought
the people We're his tools, to be used
as his fancy dictated. The fact is that
Rehoboam was brought up in the hot
house atmosphere of the harem, where
the slaves waited on the members Of
the royal family. He must have as
sumed that the people would bow to
his will without murmur OF dissent, as
though it was inevitable. Like many
a tyrant since, Rehoboam was rudely
disillusioned, and his senseless speech
precipitated nearly 400 years Of strife
and misery. 1.-The aus was from the
Lord Evil deeds cannot produce good
results. Solomon sowed the seed, and
his son reaped the harvest. The hand
Of God was thus seen in this disaster,
for it is in accordance with his will
that transgression shall be punished.
Verse 16.-The reply Of defiance.
Israel was 4 liberty loving people,
and they We're bound to each other by
the brotherly covenant. They could
not. therefore. submit to tyranny, least
OF all when the king was q fool.
"Hearkened not unto Them" He would
not stand to reason. because he was in-
fated by self conceit. The people We're
A"e "Ao" " SAo" 'ueAI co!oIS. AAlu tuey
did so in a spirited way. what por-
tion have we in David?" Eleven tribes
here emphatically renowned their ale
glance to the dynasty Of David. ITO
your tents, O Israel" This was a two.
fold appeal: get ready to resist the
tyrant and return to your homes. Re-
hoboam was so duh hat he did not
a k them seriously; he sent Adoniram
to throw oil upon the troubled waters
and get the men back to work. They
We're SO indignant that they stoned him
to death and would surely have done
b same to Rehoboam had he not es.
capped to Jerusalem in his chariot.
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prising extent munitions Of war. Big
plants in this country have been turn
ed over to the making of war material.
Steel works and arms factories are
working with increased force both
night and day. We are making uni
forms, airships, submarines, guns-in
fact. everything which people Of Il
neutral country are permitted to
supply in time of war. In one
years time. because Of these orders
and others. IL financial status has
been revolutionized. We now find our
selves a credit nation instead of IL
debit one. We are now on the right
side of the balance sheet for the first
time in our history.
One year of war has to an extent
re~volutionized our merchant marine.
Ship after ship has adopted American
registration. The stars and stripes are
now seen IN many ports of the world.
but We are still far from the position
We held ut the middle Of the nineteenth
century.
South America has found itself bur-
dened with new problems. With the
cessation of German trade the Latin
republics had to look to us. We have
endeavored to supply them. but up to
the present have not proved equal to
the occasion. Trade with England and
France has increased there.
Revolutionary methods Of living
have been adopted by the people in the
war area. At night England is shroud.
cd in darkness as Il protection against
Zeppelin raids. Saloons are closed at
an early hour, while recruiting bands
and posters are seen everywhere.
Wounded are entering the country by
the thousands and being dispatched to
the many hospitals. London is like a
hcleasuered city. A%nti-aircraft guns
are mounted everywhere, and powerful
searchlights sweep the sky ut night.
l'arisians live under much the same
conditions. as do also the people Of
Rome. Vienna and other fortified cities
of Europe.
The dread typhus plague in a years
time has turned Servia from a little
nation full Of confidence to a camp Of
disease and death. The strength Of
the Dardanelles have been shown to
us as being almost impregnable.
Even dark Africa has not escaped
the ravages of war.
The T%ransvaal has had it's revolt.
The German-African colonies have
been attacked. Egypt and other states
have undergone transition. Asia has
seen Japan's increased power. Her
capture Of Kiauchau from Germany
and now her attempts to dominate Chi
ma are results Of the war. India, too,
has seen revolt.
The earth has been completely shak-
en-. Few places have beer left un-
touched. Not least in the change is
the new methods Of fighting. Look at
the trench warfare, the big guns which
shoot twenty miles or more, built with
in the year past. The work of the Yep
pelin. submarine and the big arms Of
warfare have all helped to shake the
world OF its foundations. The earth
normally leans at a % degrees 81 min.
utes 20 seconds angle. Who can say
that it doesn't now tilt at As degrees?
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In a year the national debt of the
nations involved has climbed by bill
ions. Germany. Austria. France. Eng
land, Russia. also Italy as Well as the
smaller contenuers have t1oatcd loan
after loan until each country is sad
died with an Indebtedness which would
have been considered folly it one had
talked Of it as possible before the war.
In England the house of commons has
voted $4,000, OCO. GOO With which to pros
ecute the war. France is now spend
ing S4oO, 100000 a month. The credit
she has voted since the beginning of
the war is over three times as much as
OF the Franco-Irussiun war. With the
prohibition on vodka in Russia and the
consequent loss of revenue from that
source she had had to employ other
means Of getting money. Her national
debt, too, has been added to by billions.
Damage In War Area.
In the countries where the armies
have played their games terrible dam
age has been effected. Whole villages
have been laid waste, and it will take
years to rebuild them. In Belgium
fearful damage has been done, but the
continued occupation of this territory
by the German armies has brought an
era of rebuilding. Still the beautiful
Gothic architecture of Liege, Louyain
and Malines remains crumbled heaps.
IN East Prussia, which the Russian
hordes overran, the country has been
leveled as have been Poland and Cali
ella. Each has felt the deadly hail of de-
struction as the armies swayel to and
ITO through its territory. 1t will take
ten-yes. more than ten-years to build
up this devastation which one wear Of
wal has brought.
The economic conditions Of the coun-
tries at war have undergone a remark
able transition since last August. In
Germany and Austria the
controls the food supply. People of
little talent in that direction before the
war have become farmers on Il small
scale TO assist in producing from the
SOL. In all the warning countries man
ufactories formerly used in prosrcution
or the peaceful trades have bepn tank
en- over for the manufacture of mimi
tons.
Changes In Political Arena.
iut ~controverting this unnatural in
oustry has been the loss to the world
from the closing down of peaceful in
dustrles. With millions of men under
arms men called away from their
usual trades. something has to suffer.
humanity has been deprived i'm tho
year past OF inculculuble labor If
there are 100000 men in the fi.l1 ~.
prepared to 20 in it means that o,oc-
tleally That many men have ceased m
produce and that the countries at war
not only stand still, but decline
1hlik what schemes must Dc devised
to feed and clothe these men who,
the only ones usiAg the pillow and kprn-
ing the nation going are those who oro
unable to shoulder q gun-women chill
dren and men beyond military age,
Ihls surely is revolutionary.
vast changes have taken place in
the worlds political arena bccouso of
the war. Cabinets have resigned and
others been shutfied about. Franco o+
the beginning Of the conflict mode an
almost complete change. Millerand
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vas given the portfolio of war, and Del
casse, considered the man in France
mos dreaded by Germany. was Sc
lected to Till the foreign office. Ger
many has not gone through %unscathed
in this either. Russia made a shift in
War ministers quite recently. Italy
during the storm preceding her en-
trance into the holocaust was con
stantly weighing her cabinet in the
balance until the present premier was
given the vote of confidence which
practically decided 1taly's stand in
h war. Greece, although neutral,
has had to change its premier, who
was anxious to see his country come
in for some of the spells, if there
should be any, in the Dardanelles cam
paign. Spain and Portugal have had
their trouble. In Portugal there is a
new president, the other having re-
signed indirectly because of the war.
England has. however, been hit hard
er in this respect than any other coun-
try. There Il coalition cabinet has
been formed Of the several political
parties. The criticism of Winston
Churchill, minister of marine, and then
Lord Northcliffe's newspaper cam
paign, pounding Lord Kitchener for
his method Of handling his work as
minister OF u led Premier Asquith
to take the redical step he did. The
dropping OF Churchill to an office far
less in Importance and the creation Of
an entirely new department, that Of
minister Of munitions, with David
Lloyd George. the chancellor Of the eX-
cheQuer, as head, We're the two most
noticeable shifts. The influence of the
war on the political personnel of the
world even reached us. The resigna-
ton Of William Jennings Bryan as our
second note was being sent to Ger
many in protest against the L%usitaniu's
sinking with its thousand or SO Of
noncombatants astounded the world.
Sinking Of the L~usitania.
It has been said that 1t would have
been less damaging to Germany to
have lost ten army corps than to have
CHANGED sacrificing the confidence Of
Vie Nollu w SlIlhAIS luc 4-uS1luIlu,
with its acknowledgements aboard. The
ear Of war has brought home to us
how easily we could be drawn in. The
spark still left from the Lusitania af-
fair would soon be famed into Il roar
ing flame il some like incident We're
attempted by any Of the powers at
war.
England has by no means escaped
the ire of America. Our
has been held up as in 1872, but our
protests now have been met with as
s%urances, which have to an extent been
put into practice, that our shipping
shall receive most careful considera-
ton.
The submarine "war Zone' decree de-
clared 10y Germany around the British
isles and the entire blockading Of Ger
many by Great Britain have been rev
authorizing factors. These will stand
out in history as Il remarkable para
doX which the world var produced.
The trade Of the world has been Sc
riously affected in a year. The exports
from Germany and Austria are almost
nil. while the imports are equally at
fected. The principal imports of Eng
land from this country are to a sur
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What She Had Shed hold.

1t was the happiest moment Of their,
lives. He had just proposed, and she.
had grab-er-acceptcd him.
Then he took a tiny leather case from
his pocket and slipped Il sparkling cir
clet on her finger, While she beamedl
with pride.
I'm afraid it's rather loose, darling,"s
he murmured. SHALL l take it back;
and have 1t made smaller??"
The damsel shook her head decid..
eddy.
mo, Rupert she said calmly. Gan
engagement ring is an engagement
ring. even II l have to wear it around
my neck."-London Telegraph.
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BY M scHREIBER.

4 YEAR Of war. What has 1t
"a brought forth? This is the
~ question which to mind
as the anniversary of the
worlds greatest war has come and
gone. No little change has been
wrought. Not a country has escaped;
not Il nation but has come under the
influence of Mars. Everywhere we
find ruin, devastation, agitation. eX-
element and their allies. political.
moral, social and economic disturb
ances. Europe is in an entire state of
upset. Ten nations are at war there
us against ten that are out of it for
the present. Will these enter too?
Some are on the verge, while it seems
that others might be permitted to re-
tain their neutrality. Nevertheless
every n of them is prepared to the
utmost for what might occur.
The tremendous losses Of the bel
ligerents up to date can hardly be to-
tailed. Look at what has happened on
the seas alone! The entire shipping of
the German empire, that enormous
feet Of merchantmen which ranked as
b third greatest of the nations of the
world has completely disappeared off
the seven seas. Not a ship flying the
German flag can now be found doing
business in any part Of the world, and
that IN the short space Of a year. But
this hasn't happened without a serious
loss being visited on the ships Of the al
lied powers. Ship after ship of England,
France and Russia We're sunk by Ger
man sea raiders before these In turn
were sent to the bottom or interned in
neutral ports for the rest Of the war.
This loss has been greatly augmented
by the work Of the deadly submarine,
which has revolutionized the whole
system Of waging naval warfare. And
all this In n year. In that compare
lively short space of time-one year
the world itself has been revolution
tied.
100000 Have Been Killed.
Event after event has followed each
other with the rapidity of a piston rod
IN full tilt. The maze of happenings
has so befuddled the mind of the av-
erage person that he is hardly salts
bed now unless he finds in his news
paper every morning some new STARTER.
Never in the history Of the world
has war been fought on so vast a scale.
In n year of war, if we are to be-
l1eve the records Of the Red Cross So
ciety, the fearful slaughter exceeds the
total OF the Confederate army during
our civil war by hundreds Of thou
sands. Over 100000 lives have been
estimated as the sacrifice in dead alone
before the altar Of Mars. Everything
Is computed in millions and billions
where before we We're satisfied to talk
In hundreds Of thousands. The pris-
oners, wounded and missing are also
figured In eve numerals.
Following is the Red Cross complete
table:
Germany. Austria. France,
Slightly wounded 10000 / 5000 u.s. 600
Seriously wound
co .............. $1,000 Sc, 600 $4,000
xT1SOnerS ........ I33,UO 1So, 900 495. OM
Total ..........1.5720OO 1,225,oNO 2,116,O 900
Gt.Britain. Russia. Totals.
Dead ....."..... 10000 733 5000 2,146,OCo
Slightly wounded 1850 100000 3.7s1,o 600
Seriously wound
ed ...."......... $4,000 $4,000 10000
- --- ----
VHNtne 400 n n n onn n "A n a.
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4 YEAR Of war! What has 1t
~ brought forth? This is the
~ question which comes to mind |
-0 as the nppiyarSarv Of tho
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Thorpe Showing Up Well In Minors.
Regular playing is helping Jim
Thorpe. The former Giant is rapping
the ball in great fashion for Jersey
CITY,
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Herzog Laughs at the Giants.

Herzog Laughs at the Giants.
Charley Herzog says the Giants are
done. and the Braves won't win the
National league pennant either. The
Braves, says HerZog, would make a
good International league team. That
is true enough. but Stallings' past ex-
p%erience in that league is no guarantee
that they would win the pennant in it.
Jack Hennessy. from the stockyards,
six feet six inches in his stockings,
wants a crack at Jess Willard for the
heavyweight championship Of the
world.
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!: Gossip of the
!: World Of Sport ;

kopf May Become Another Baker.
With Home Run Baker out of the line
up Of the Philadelphia Athletics, Kopf
is playing the difficult third bag in fine
shape. He is also hitting the ball when
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Photo by American Press Association.
Some Day He Might Be Called Homo
Run kopf.
Il hit is needed. In a recent game
against st. Louis Oldring, Kopf and
Murphy starred at the bat, each max
ing two hits off Weilman.
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Earth Has Been Shaken on Its
Very Foundations Everywhere
We See Marked Changes--Few
Sections of the Earth Have
Escaped the Burning Breath Of
Mars--Terrib|e Loss to HUI
mainly Can Never Be TotaIed.
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Golden Text.-"Pride goeth before
destruction prov. xvi, 49,.