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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-04
Method a Failure

Appeal to the higher ideals, their
honor, their affections, the young
teacher had been instructed, and she
thought she would try it out on small
Bill.
"lf you do not study more, can't
promote you, and you will be separated
from your friends, who will go to the
next grade" she said.
Huh! These kids amt my friends.
Say, Miss Lee, | got friend what
rides with the ash man." Bill began
with pride, but was interrupted.
isn't one of the little girls your
sweetheart, though ?" Miss Lee ques-
toned.
"Aw, teller can have a girl, can't
he? 2" Bill demanded, his ears red.
Certainly; it's very nice that he
should. How will you like, it however,
TO see her go away from the room 2"
Bill shrugged in a manner which
Miss Lee was forced to regard as
typical of the unregenerate male.
"Aw, by next year." he said, there
II be fresh flock o. chickens runnin'
'round.-Judge.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-04

Ralph Bisbee, student at Mont
pelier Seminary and left tackle on the
football team, is at Heaton hospital as
the result of fractured leg, received
during practice. Bisbee was playing
in his accustomed position and suffer-
ed the injury when he attempted to
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram b. Hawkins
observed their 50th wedding anniver-
sary October 18th at their home ir
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-04
Out for the Cash

Edith; So you're going TO marry thai
rude old Mr. Roxleigh. | don't sec
how you can stand his ways.
Marie: | can stand his ways, my
dear, by remembering about his
means.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-04
Brief But Eloquent

Meek cought man kissing his
wife the other day"
what did Meek say"
"'And he doesn't have to-"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-04
Why Dads Go Dippy

PA, was Joan of Arc Noah's wife ?"
"A moment later).
PA. does ink come from the BLACK
Sea ?"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-14
SENIOR BEREAN.

ministration. but an increase OF hard
times. "Whips"-with which light
chastisement was inflicted. scorpions
were whips whose lashes We're stuffed
with rough sand and fixed with metal
points, so that the sting was very
painful. These words were used figur-
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, no doubt, to hear some rea-
sonable announcement. Rehoboam was
prepared as to his n and what he
would say. Answered 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 tanner. 1t is the
glory Of the king TO be the servant
and father Of his people, their defender
and 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 or dissent, as
though 1t was inevitable. Like many
a tyrant since. Rehoboam was rudely
disillusioned, and his senseless speech
preclpitated nearly 400 years Of strife
and misery. THE cause 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 a liberty loving people,
and they were bound to each other by
the brotherly covenant. They could
not, therefore, submit to tyranny, least
OF all when the king was a fool.
"Hearkened not unto them" He would
not stand to reason. because he was in
hated by self conceit. The people were
not slow to show their colors. and they
did so In a spirited way. What Dor
ton have We I'm David?' Eleven tribes
here emphatically renounced their allie
glance to the dynasty of David. ITO
your tents. U Israel" This was a two
ioid appeal; get ready to resist the
tyrant and return to your homes. Re-
hoboam was so dull that he did not
take them seriously; he sent Adoniram
to throw oil upon the troubled waters
ana get the men back to work. Tbev
were so indignant that they stoned him
TO death II would surely have done
the same to Rehoboam had he not o..
capped to Jerusalem in his chariot.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-14
The p~residsnt's Title.

In spite OF u traditions and our pre-
lenses Americans dearly love a title.
It's n fair guess that a larger part OF
the mail that goes to the White House
Is addressed to His Excellency' or
His Eminence'' or Ellis 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 10
add to 1t would be to detract from II.
The fathers were wise. Taking their
cue from the federal practice the CON
~stitution makers nor the statute max
ers of New York ever ave 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 III
letter or In speech and you are right
Decorate him with an "excellency OF
an "honor'' and you are wrong. Inc
governor of Massachusetts Is His EA'
cellency by warrant Of the constitution
OF 1TSO. but he Is the only excellehe!
We have In America.-New York Sun
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-14
GUNP0WOER PLANTS.
Many Precautions Must Be Taken 10
Avoid Accidents.

Workers In g%unpowder plants when
eve a 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 explosions-and hence on the
workmen's clothes the buttons must all
be OF bone.
The workmen's clothes must be pock.
etless so that they may not carry
matches or knives. and a workman. no
matter how dandifed his tastes. must
not wear turned up trousers since In
turnups grit Is harbored. and grit 10 q
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 OF cas-
lily. The doors all open outward to
make escape easy. and the plant Is usu'
ally surrounded with a stream Of wa
ter, into which the hands are trained
to dive at the first sign OF danger.-Cin-
cinnati Commercial Enquirer.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-14
Golden Text.-"Pride goeth befc-
destruction prov. xvi, 49,.

destruction prov. xvi, 49,.
Verses ella bad decision.
The wisest king of Israel also showed
himself to be one of the most foolish.
He was 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 selfishness and worldliness
dimmed his vision; and he left his
kingdom In a distracted condition. 1t
is as though the national structure had
been bathed in kerosene, for N match
was enough to start the c~onfiagration.
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 was a witless youth about TWEEN
ty-one years Of age. unframed for the
responsibilities Of rulership. A con-
yention was held at Shechem, the
modern Nablus, at 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
seer service under Solomon and who
were familiar with the existing situa-
ton. IF thou wilt be a 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
terests. They will be thy servants"
In this way he can win them and have
their permanent support. These sug-
gestions were not satisfactory to Re-
hoboam. and so he turned to "the
young men that We're grown up with
him. who were of his own age and
who showed themselves to be ~insolent
and irresponsible. These foolhardy fel-
lows knew little and cared nothing at
all for the people. They were hardly
the right kind Of advisers. 1t was to
be expected that they would encourage
h~ighhanded proceedings. They did not
realize that they Were all seated upon
a social volcano that was soon to burst
with a 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
a despotic threat, II viii add to your
yoke" There was certainly TO be no
prospect Of relief under the new ad.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-14
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 a
daughter and several sons-made the
White House gay. Mrs. Grant was
plain In appearance, unpretentious In
manner, but genuinely h~ospitable and
quicker witted than she was generally
given credit for being.
Addressed in French by a young dip
lomat at one OF her receptions, she re-
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 or three other languages be-
sides"
II know" said Mrs. Grant dryly, land
can understand why this must be on
a continent divided into so many small
Kingdoms. some of them smaller than
our smallest states, each speaking q
different language. but in our great
united country, one language only Is
spoken from end to end of II. We need
no other"
The abashed foreigner retired.-Ex
change.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-14

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 botn
night and day. We are making uni
forms. airships. submarines. guns-in
fact. everything which people Of a
neutral country are permitted 10
supply In time of war. In
years time. because of these orders
and others. our financial status has
been revolutionized. We now find our
selves a credit nation instead Of u
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
rev~olutionized 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 at 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
wal area. Al night England is shroud-
ed In darkness as a 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
beleaguered city. Anti-aircraft guns
are mounted everywhere, and powerful
s~earchlights sweep the sky at night.
Parisians 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 its 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-
N. 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 gun 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 on its foundations. The earth
normally leans at n % degrees 81 min
utes 20 seconds angle. Who can say
that 1t doesn't now tilt at As degrees?
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-14
N~APoLEoN's MAXIM.


2EIXMn A.
the Second Century.
Napoleon's maxim was. IL a -.
that Providence Is on the side ~
big battalions. but by what right /,
become the property Of the 'little 49,
poral' is not quite clear. Thoush !.
may have acted upon IL. he did not Z
vent 1t. and 1t Is his merely by r,ebt :.
conquest.
In the first place. we can tracs
back to Tacitus. who In the for~.s
book Of hts history, written somewh.s.
In the second century. says, "Deos fo,.
tioribus adesse" c''The gods are ON N.
side Of the stronger. From Tac,tus
we jump to NJ. Busy Rabutin. a Frepch
litterateur. who lived Ia the seventeersh
century. God is generally on the s,ds
Of the large battalions against the m.
tie" he wrote. From him or more proh
ably from her mother wit Nine. de g.
vigne, his contemporary. wrote. For.
tune Is always on the side Of the lar.
gest battalions."
Some fifty years later came voltair,
who wrote In a letter to NJ. lie Rich
ut Is said that God Is always on the
side OF the heaviest battalions." Thar
letter was written In ITO, when Napo.
leon was but one year old. Thus We
come to him whose maxim II 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.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-14
What sb. Had Shed Hold.

1t was the happiest moment OF tnsn
lives. He had Just proposed. ana sne
had grab-er-adcepted him. -
Then he took ID tiny leather case ifo"
his pocket and Slipped a sparkling gu,
clet on her finger. while u oea
with pride. =.
I'm afraid it's rather loose. dariins,
he murmured. f.Shall I take 1t paeA
and have it made smaller?. acid.
The damsel shook her head dec''
edly. ..n
mo. Rupert. " she said eaiins.
engagement ring is an engas Aonnd
ring. even n I have TO wear it aroun'
my neck.'-Lonldon Telegraph.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-14

was given the portfolio Of war, and Del
casse, considered the man in France
most dreaded by Germany, was Sc
lected to fill 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 proceeding 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 Italy's stand In
the war. Greece, although neutral,
has had to change its premier, who
vas anxious to see his country come
In for some of the spoils, 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 a 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 war, led Premier Asquith
to take the redical step he did. The
dropping Of Churchill to al 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, were 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 SEN to Ger
many in protest against the Lusitania's
sinking with its thousand or so Of
noncombatants astounded the world.
Sinking Of the Lusitania.
1t has been said that It would have
been less damaging to Germany to
have lost ten army corps than to have
CHANGED sacrificing the confidence Of
the world by sinking the L~usitania.
with its nonbelligerents aboard. The
year 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 a roar
ing fame If some like incident were
attempted by any Of the powers at
war.
England has by no means escaped
the ire of America. Our commerce
has been held up as in 1912, but our
protests now have been met with as
surances, which have to an extent been
put into practice. that our shipping
shall receive most careful considera-
lion.
The submarine "war zone" decree de-
clared by 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 a remarkable para
dox which the world war produced.
The trade Of the world has been Sc
affected in a year. The exports
from Germany and Austria are almost
nil. while the imports are equally af-
The principal imports of Eng
land from this country r to a sur
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-14

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 contenders have loated loan
after loan until each country Is a d
died with an Indebtedness which would
have been considered folly If n had
talked Of 1t as possible before the wal.
In England the house of commons has
voted So 900 with which to pros
ecute the France Is now spend
ing $400,000,O00 a month. The credit
she has voted since the beginning Of
the war IL over three times as much as
she had to pay Germany after the close
Of the Franco Prussian 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, Louvain
and Malines remains crumbled heaps.
In East Prussia, which the Russian
hordes overran, the country has been
leveled as have been Poland and Cali
cha. Each has felt the deadly hail Of de-
struction as the armies swayed to and
fro through its territory. 1t will take
ten-yes, more than ten-years to build
up this devastation which n year Of
war 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 government
controls the food supply. People Of
little talent in that direction before the
"a have become farmers ON a small
scale to assist in producing from the
soil. In all the warning countries man.
.ufactories formerly used in prosecution
Of the peaceful trades have been TAX
over for the manufacture Of NUM-
lions.
Changes In Political Arena.
But con~troverting this unnatural in
has been the loss to the world
from the closing down Of peaceful in
dustries. With millions of men under
arms, men called away from their
usual trades, something has to suffer.
has been deprived In the
year past of incalculable labor. II
there are 100000 men In the field or
prepared to go In it means that prac-
that many men have ceased to
produce and that the countries at war
not only stand still. but decline.
Think what schemes must be devised
to feed and clothe these men when
the only ones using the pillow and keep
Ing the nation going are those who are
unable to shoulder a gun-women, chill
and men beyond military age.
This surely is revolutionary.
Vast changes have taken place in
he worlds political arena because of
he war. Cabinets have resigned and
thers been shufied about. France at
he beginning Of the conflict made an
almost complete change. Millerand
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-14
Earth Has Been Shaken on Its
Very Foundations Everywhere
We See Marked Changes--Few
Sections of the Earth Have
Escaped the Burning Breath Of
IMars--TerribIe Loss to Hu-
.manity Can Never Be TotaIed.
sy JAMES scHRElsER.

NAL Va W0As AaS -
~ brought forth? This Is the
~ question which comes to mind
" as the anniversary Of the
worlds greatest wal has come and
coma No little change has been
wrought. Not a country has escaped;
not q nation but has come under the
tnfueoce Of Mars. Everywhere we
nnd 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
a. against ten that are out Of 1t for
the present VIII these enter tool
Some are on the verge. while it seems
that others might be permitted to re-
tain their neutrality. Nevertheless
every one Of them Is prepared to the
utmost for what might C
The tremendous losses Of the bel
ngersnts up to date a hardly be to-
tailed. Look at what has happened on
the seas alone! The entire shipping Of
the German empire. that enormous
deet Of merchantmen which ranked as
the third greatest Of the nations of the
world has completely disappeared OF
the seven cas- Not a ship flying the
German nag 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 q serious
loas being visited on the ships Of the al
He'd powers. Ship after ship of England,
France and Russia were 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 wal.
This loss has been greatly augmented
By the work Of the deadly submarine,
which has revolutionized the whole
system Of waging naval warfare. And
III this in n year.. In that compare
lively short space of time-one year
the world itself has been revolution
he'd
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 20 befuddled the mind of the av-
erage person that he il hardly salts
ned now unless he finds in his news
paper every morning some new startler.
Never In the history Of the world
has wal been fought on so vast a scale.
In one year Of war. If we are to be-
heve the records Of the Red Cross So
c1ety, the fearful slaughter exceeds the
total Of the Confederate army during
our civil war by hundreds Of thou
Over 100000 lives have been
estimated as the sacrifice In dead alone
before the altar Of Mars. Everything
II computed In millions and billions
where before we were satisfied to talk
hundreds Of thousands. The pris-
oners, wounded and missing are also
In even numerals.
Following is the Red Cross complete
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