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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
TILE pIlIZE IOAIllE.

George Fitch in American Maya
Zine)
We have To admire his ingenuity.
He kills time so scientifically They
say II takes two hours to do himself
up in the morning after he gets out of
bed. and that he has almost as many
beautifylng tools as an actress lie
doesn't get downtown before 10. IT
takes him from fifteen minutes to half
on hour to buy his morning cigar
That is. ne talks to McMugsins, the
druggist as long as Mac will stand for
Il. Mac has a regular schedule, II
De Ianccy buys a l0-cent cigar Mac
will talk with him fifteen minutes. If
he buys q l5-cent cigar he will talk
half an hour If business isn't too
brisk Mac keeps box OF Lucent CT
CARS especially for De Lancey, but he
says II is an awful risk, If De Lancey
were to die on him he couldn't sell
those cigars in hundred years
The tellers at the bank are good
for fifteen minutes or SO after De
I.ancey has bought his cigar. he
strolls in and gossips with them un-
I'll his father begins to snort omlnous-
Is in his little railed-off pen marked
president" simpson, the tailor, likes
De Iancey. and they talk clothes for
half an hour almost every morning.
Then it's noon, and this is his hardest
problem, because everyone goes 10
dinuer at noon except the Payleys and
Singers, who have luncheon mt ]. If
De I.ancey can find Sam Singer he Is
all right But sam. who used to loaf
enthusiastically with him, has rosy
ideas about Mabel Andrews now, and
he is working hard in his fathers
bank and en- the farms. II was bit
ter day for be Lancey went to work.
1t almost shook his faith in idleness.
But he stood firm.
Luncheon kills two hours for De
Lancey and then he goes up to the
Homeburg Commercial club and
shoots the pool balls around the table
until $3.50, waiting eagerly for some
one to stop working and come to play
with him. Sometimes they come and
sometimes hey don't. If they don't,
he goes down t. the hotel and talks
with a travelling man. ! often see him
in the LOBBY Of the Delmonico, sitting
in magnificent ease. blowing large
smoke rings and talking with an air
of unconscious grandeur to some
eager-eyed drummer, who is delighted
but mystifled at the ease with which
he is breaking into the first families.
Dc Lancey has a quiet way of talking
about the east and the great people
thereof which fools even MS sOme-
times
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21

deadlockcd until the fine hand Of
diplomacy shall unlock It. Greece Is
ready to enter the war SO is Ruma-
MIA But Bulgaria holds the key 20
ConsiantInople. the route used BY
Russia In the Turko-Russian war
when peace was declared under tile
walls Of constanilnople, To be sure
the Balkan allies ana Greece made
no effective headway against the
Tchntalia foris. but the trouble was
that The Turks were In command OF
the 1lacl sen coast and the forts could
not be outflanked The Russians
command the Black sea now, and the
operation through Bulgaria would be
simple.
Big as the price demanded by Bull
sarla may be. sooner or later the al
lies will find a way TO pay Il and Con-
will be captured and the
Dardanelles opened, probably be-
tween this and Christmas.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21

larger than those we now drop from
neroplanes) and great rocks. The av-
erage ballista could manage stones up
to 600 pounds before Archimcdes put
his mind TO 1t. For the defense of Syr-
acuse he devised engines to throw
stones weighing 1.S00 pounds to a
distance of 500 yards on direct range
and eco yards through a curved ira
iectory.
As weapons OF defense against the
ram there We're two faVorites. Both
Of them doubtless owed much i'm
rrpvcmcnt To Arehimedes. One was a
sort of buffer or pad. lowered down
the side Of the wall 10 tall between
the stones and the end of the ram.
Another was that old favorite. the
grapnel, SO adapted that IL could be
thrust down to grasp and hold the
swinging head
There was one very modern weapon
Of warfare In those days, with which,
however, Archimedes had nothing to
do. 1t was the distortion of news,
such as was practiccd against Ger
many at the beginning of the war,
when the Teuton nations had no
means of communication with Amer
lea. If the inhabitants of Syracuse,
after revolving against king whom
Rome hated, had not been deceived
into thinking The Romans still threat
ened their independence the war
would never have come
on the surface, Archimedes' death
was worthy of any Belgian. Accord
ing to the generally accepted legend
Roman soldiers who entered the city
immediately after its fall found the
mathematician in his garden absorbed
in a geometrlcal drawing IN the sand.
Perhaps they thought It the design of
some new war weapon Perhaps they
forgot the commands their general
had given for Archlmcdes' safety At
any rate, they slew him as he medi-
tated
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21

from the air with hand Of iron to
upset and sink the largest gallcys.
In,enting the Trench.
I'm repelling attacks from land. the
krupp of classic days faced an art
OF offehse that was marvelously de-
veioped. Then, as now. 1t was gener-
ally admitted that. given time, no
.fortiflcatlons could stand against the
engines of attack. These were the
catapult and ballsta, the ram the
tower" the rat" the tortoise" and
that Oldest and newest weapon, the
trench.
, The Greeks were the first masters
OF the science of offensive war They
invented the approach trenches, which
tlourished In European dispatches un-
der the German title, laufgraben.
They were used principally TO get
close enough TO the walls of a town
to start suhterranean tunnels TO un-
dtrmine the walls. Tile tortoise" a
rude hut of woven branches or leather
covered planks was quicker but
less secure method. handful Of
men could hide beneath 1t and push
their improNised roof forward till it
touched the wallis. but an unkind en-
envy. such as Archimedes. might be
mfking with a srapnel To catch It's
edge and overturn t.
a much safer method was the rat, =
This had more length than the tor
toise. 1t was, in fact, a hut pushed
forward at the end of long, covered
tunnel through which constant COM
munication with the headquarters
could be kept up.
RN means of the long tunnel, rat
could be used ia swing a ram or heavy
metal and wooden beam against the
lower stones Of the wall The ram
WAS in mary VANS the most Important
instrument Of siege. the breach il cre-
ated meant the probable fail of the
city TO make its use doubly effee-
tive. II was often carried in the bot
tom story Of great towers ON wheels
which We're showed against the walls
by soldiers concealed within. From
the top. draw bridges were let down
O. the city wall and attacks could thus
b. delivered not only through the
breach caused BY the ram, but on the
hattlements above.
Throwing Ton of Rock.
And while stleh operations were go
Ing forward. both sides depended on
those other engines, the catapult and
halllsta. 20 films burning arrows.
Greek fire. steel darts considerably
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
SAN DIEGO MAKES GOOD.

The hopes Of New Mexico FOR eX
cellent advertising of the states re
sources at the san Diego exposition
is being realized beyond expectation
With the vacation period throngS
began to arrive at san Diego, and
thanks to the splendid constructive
work Of Colonel rwilchell who orlgi-
mated the idea OF "The Cathedral OF
the Desert" ANA the reproduction OF
the resources ana attractions of the
state by means of moving pictures
about forty per cent of the visitors
60 through the New Mexico building
The plan originated by Colonel
rwitchell has been carried out with
splendid ability by Col 4. Il. Koehler
Jr, Ia charge Of the New Mexico in
terests at san Diego, Colonel Koehler
is natural publicity man. lie has
the knack Of meeting ana impressing
people aud the energy and tact that
are necessary to success in line
which requires special talent Public
lily men are born, not made
Governor Mcdonald Is to be con
graduated for the personnel OF tn,
exposition board, and the board is TO
be congratulated for the good sense
il displayed in making Colonel Twlt-
chell president and general manager,
because lie has had lifelong expert
ence In the boosting game and knows
New Mexico as II Is known to no
other man in the world as It never
was known to any other man.
The people OF New Mexico have a
rIght to he proud OF the work done
BY rwltehell and Koehler al san Di-
ego. There has been little interference
with their way of doing things Gov
ernor Mcdonald would not stand
such Interference Neither would the
people Of the state.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21

Emerson In one Of his sententious
sayings that stick like burns in the
memory. noted that prophecy was not
something to be lightly entered on,
TITS not every day |
Fitted am TO prophecy"
Moments Of special insight seem
60 come TO some choice natures and
there is a sort OF spontaneous clair
voyance of the possibilities OF the flu
ture, but for the ordinary man.
prophecy is distinctly porilous
When the occupation OF oregon
was under discussion In the United
states senato In 1926, one statesman
argued that the region never could
become q state in the union because
OF It's remoteness. lie said no man
could represent the valley Of the Co
lumbla river, which then rolled TO the
ocean unvexed "and heard no sound
save It's own dashngs." for the rea-
son that such representative would be
q whole year making the overland
journey to Washington ana back. It
would be easier. he said, to reach
Washington by rounding Cape Horn.
when Alaska was purchased from
l,ussia, Stewards folly" was con
demnod as pure waste Of 5000, 600,
aud the only reason that the bill ever
passed congress was because It was
generally understood that Il was In
payment for the appearance Of the
Russian fleet In New York harbor at
a limo when Great Britain was threat
ening to intervene In the interest OF
the confederacy But now we see the
government spending Ave times the
price of Alaska for the construction
of q railway from Seward into the In
terror.
Prophecies OF the outcome of the
European war or Of what we would
do IL we had to intervene In Mexico,
are easily made for the soul OF the
wide world" IL dreaming OF things to
come. But they have to be taken with
mental reservations. Colonel House.
who has Just returned from II tour OF
the warning countries Of Europe. was
asked on his return "lIow long Is the
war going to last?" lie replied; you
know Just as wcl as do, or as well
az Sir Edward Grey or Delcasse or
Won Jagow"
lie was right. The war Is now out
OF the hands OF the men who start
ed H. so far as ending It is concern
ed The laws that govern the moral
world are just as nexorable as the
laws that govern the physical world.
The men responsible for the begin
ming of the present struggle In Eu-
rope can no more end II than the man
who has started an Alpine avalanche
can stop It by interposlng his puny
powers to It's progress.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
The Storyteiiers
Saved.

Saved.
Miss Jane Adams Of Hull house,
at a farewell banquet in Chicago pre-
vious to her departure for The Hague,
said of higher education,
"Apd the higher education of my
sex will rebound on men beneliciallN,
too. 1t will often prevent them from
making fools of themselves. There
a case in point of a young fellow IN
Chicago who, in a fit Of mad jealousy.
swallowed vial of poison and fell
lfeless at his sweetheart's feet.
"But the beautiful girl was a medi-
cal student. After one swift glance at
the PROSTATE form on the rug. she
ran TO the dining room, returning
with u pitcher that contained quart
OF the following mixture
Half q cup of turpentine. one cup
Of milk. one-half cup of soapsuds. a
teaspoonful Of ammonia, a demitasse
Of black coffee four ounces Of salt.
half-ounce pepper, tcaspoontul of
mustard. gill of vinegar, the whites
Of six eggs, juice of three lemons, one
ounce castor oil.
"She poured this mixture down the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
ONO AS \ LITERARY CENTER.
(RObert Herriek in the New Repub-


Mary S. Watts, the novelist, has
planted herself squarely on ONO; she
takes measure of Ohio, and not the
other way about as so often has hap
pened In our literary history. And it
Is her calm assurance that Cincinnati
or Columbus is as good place as any
not merely to start but to return to
after discursive sweep of the world
outside that specially rouses my adj
miration for this novelist. To treat
New York Paris and Boston also
casually, rs II it were no more than a
province of tie real world which re-
wolves about ohio, is a triumph not of
humor but Of insight into the national
life of America, We have had ''locali
ties presented romantioally, with all
possible appeals to our patriotic senti-
mentality, but too rarely has local
ity been presented in serious chronicle
as solid world of the figrst magni-
tude in itself Il hope that in this re-
gard Mrs. Watts is the harhnger of
a hand Of novelists who shall deal
with the many scattered elements of
our American scene as simply and
naturally as IL each were the literary
center. of the universe.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
WORTH KNOWING.

How many male and female ances-
tors were required to bring you into
the world First II was necessary that
you should have a father and mother.
That makes two human beings. Each
Of them must have q father and
mother That makes four more hui
man beings. Again, each of them
must have had father and mother,
making eight more human beings. So
on we 20 back To the time of Jesus
Christ, fifty-six generations
The calculation thus resulting
shows that l39,235,0lI4S9,5Si,976
births must have taken place to bring
you into this word-you who read
these lnes All thlnce the birth Of
Chrlst--not the beginning of time.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
THE DAnDANEllEs.

A flock OF German submarines
has reached the Dardanelles and
has driven the allied fleets to cover.
leaving the land forces fighting des-
peraiely, unsupported, for the posi-
tons they hold on the Gallipoli pen
The Greeks who know conditions
about Constantinople, declare that the
sultans capital never can be taken
except through bulgaria. and the Bull
graians are demanding cesslons OF
territory from serbia Greece and Ru-
mania as the price Of Joining the al
lies.
Runania, Il is said would be viii
ing 10 yield the territory wrested
from the Bnlgars in the Balkan war
following peace with the Turks, hut
the Greeks and the serbians refuse
TO give up an inch Of ground won by
them unless there shall be ample
from other territory
when the general readjustment is
made.
Thus The war in the near east Is
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
With Scissors and Paste
KOMlNTIC MODERN WAR.

(Ncw York Evening SUM
II the chlorine gas is ready,
And the vitriol, too advance!
Gallant poisonous, go steady
Oh. for wars romance!
What thrill of high emotion
When a fooman falls and squirms
Dying from poisoned potion
Forward, typhoid germs.
Gallant chemists and romantic.
onward, onward, poison troop
Dope the wells and drive them fran
tic
Heroes, give them Group!
What in all the world so thrilling
AS the clash of warrior hate,
Chemists, forward to the killing!
Germs, inocuatei
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21

choice. Vie who does anything be-
cause ii Is the custom, makts no
choice. He who does anything be-
cause II Ii the custom, makes no
choice. lie gains no practice either In
discerning or desiring what Is best.
The mental and moral, like the mus
cuar powers. are improved only by
being used The faculties are called
into no exercise by doing thing
merely because others do It, no more
than by believing thing only because
others believe It.
He who lets the world, or even his
own portion of II, choose his plan of
life for him, has no need of any other
faculty than the ape-like one Of imi-
tatlon. He who chooses his plan for
himself employees all his faculties.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
The sarcastic Answer.

Senator Works said in Los Angeles
the other day.
Let no man ever lift his voice
against immigration restriction. 1t Is
thanks to such restriction that we
maintain our high wages. How would
YOU like to see your country inundat-
ed with advertisements like the Eng
fish one which asked for an expert
enoed insurance clerk at a salary Of
$3.50 a year?
But that adeyrtisement-$3 a week
for an experienced man-was too
much even for England; and the adj
vertiser got a lot of sarcastic answers
like the following:
Dear Sir: | would respectfully
apply for the position you offer ! am
expert in Insurance in all It's branches
In addition. | converse fluently in
Gum Arabic, Gorgonson, Zola and
Billingsgate | write shorthand, long
hand, left hand and right hand.
can supply my own typewriter, If
necessary, and / may mention that /
typewrite half an hour In 10 minutes
the record for Great Britain. /
would be willing also TO let you have
The services, gratis. if my large fam
lily of boys. and If agreeable to you
my wife would be pleased to clean
your office regularly without extra
charge. The cost of postage for your
answer to this application can be de-
Quoted from my salary. Please note
that, if you have a back yard would
make bricks in my spare time
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
Ozark Skies Must Clear. "
BY CELIA THdXTER.

BECAUSE hold it sinful to despond
- And will not let the bitterness Of life
Blind me with burning tears, but look beyond
Its umult and its strife;
Because lift my head above the mist
Where the sun shines and the broad breezes blow
BY every ray and every raindrop kissed
That Gods love doth bestow--
Think YOU | find no bitterness at ALL
No burden to be borne like Christians pack?
Think there ready tears to fall
Because | keep them back ig
Why should hug LIES ills with cold reserve
TO curse myself and all who love me? Nay,
thousand times more good than deserve
God gives me every day
And in each one of these rebelious tears,
Kept bravely back he makes rainbow shine;
Grateful | take his slightest gft--no fears
Nor any doubt mine
Dark skies must clear and when the clouds are past
One golden day redeems weary year;
Patient ] listen that sweet at last
VIII sound his voice of cheer
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
A Universal Vice.

Tipping is as impossible to eradi-
cate as toppling Alfred Vanderbilt
had frequently been tipped When he
drove his coach from London to
Brighton. ignorant English passengers
would hand him half crown at the
rides end
The kaiser was once tipped for
showing q French tourist through the
grounds of his marble palace on the
island of Corfu. The king of England
was once tipped, too--a tip of 20 cen
times, or two 2-cent pieces.
The king. when Prince of Wales,
was in Paris, watching i'm the Luxem-
bourg gardens a scientist experiment
ing with model balloon. Something
went wrong with his model and the
scientist. turning to the quiet looking
young man with beard said:
Hero. take this so contime piece,
and get me 80 centimes worth OF
spirits of wine"
THE bearded stranger hurried of
He soon returned. GREATNESS. The
scientist seized the bottle from his
hand
you may keep the change he
said graciously And the future king
Of England departed contentedly with
his four sous.
Results from journal Want Ads.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21

cured, writes Mrs.
Sarah Baker of Not
tinghill, Mo. "Our
IN e C b ant bought
some of Chamber
lain S medic ines
last fail and also re.
ceived some free trial
samples of Chamber.
lain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. He
gave us some of them
and ! wanted my us
band to try them. He
said it would do NO
good. His stomach
had been troubling
him worse than ever.
At last on Friday l
told him if he would
not take those tablets
| was going to send for
a Doctor and he said
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21

Many newspapers are now point
ing out that not a single editorial can
be found In the United states approx
ing the position of Air, Bryan, all of
which shows that lot OF people do
not read the Sierra County Ere Press,
edited by Mr.. Edward ID. Tlttmann.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21

Miss Braddon, the English novel.
list who has just died" said a publish
err, made 100000 out of her books
her publishers share being $1,000.
600
Miss Braddon's greatest success
she once told me. was due to her
avoidance i'm her books, of truth
Truth, she said, Is the one thing the
average noval reader doesn't want
For truth, you see, is unpleasant
"She illustrated her point by wife
who asked her husband:
George, how do you like the new
shade I've had my hair done?'
Wei, my dear George began, To
tell the truth
"Stop right there, George. his
wife interrupted. stop right where
YOU are. When you begin like that. |
don't want to hear you
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
II,EI,DO,I.

For weakness, in freedom, grows
stronger than strength with a
chain:
And error in freedom will come to-
lamenting his stain,
TIL freely repenting he whiten his
spirit again.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
ClITTIiE.

Matthew Afnulu.D
Culture looks beyond machinery,
culture hates hatred; culture has one
great passion-the passion for sweet
ness and light. II has one even yet
greater, the passion for making them
all prevail. 1t is not satisfied till We
all come to a perfect man; it knows
that the sweetness and light of the
few must be imperfect until the raw
and unkindly masses of humanity are
touched with sweetness and lige,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21

he would take them. By Monday he was
like another man. The blues were gone,
no more trouble with his stomach, and
the best part is that the trouble has not
returned. | cannot praise Chamber
lain's Tablets too highly" .
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21

Young mans throat and he shool
himself and sprung to his feet with n
snort His life was saved.
Reginald the girl said 'alwavs
tell me beforehand, when you tale
poison again, whether it's an acid or
an alkali. Then ! won't have To nd.
minister simultaneously. as in this IN.
stance, the antidotes for BOTH"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
TnE EXERClsE on CnoICE.
tJohn Stuart Mills.

NJUHH CVudII MINIS.
The human faculties of perception,
judgment, discriminative feeling, men
tai activity, and evcn moral prefer.
ence. are exercised only in Making a
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21

AS the prices of wheat and hour go
down IN the northwest, they advance
here owing to the freight rates, which
have not advanced. OF course.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21

man returning from Alaska says
meals at hotels there cost $3.50 each,
and there is no war In Alaska. either.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
How She
Cured Her Husband

For FIVE years my hust and suffered
with his stomach. The medicine he took
only gave relief for a while, nothing
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21

Mr.. Bryan has resorted TO the Ger
man method Of using poisoned gaa in
his warfare.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
PERKS or PROPHECY.

Emerson In one Of his sententious
sayings that stick like burns In the
memory. noted that prophecy was not
something to be lightly entered on;
I'LL 49,.