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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
Our Duty and Destiny.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ] wonder if any one could write
q better statement Of the real aspiration
Of genuine Americans duty at the pres
en-. time than Mr. Piers splendid paper in
The Tribune Of yesterday. What a pity
10 is that We need such an awakening! Why
mould not we be at least half as loyal 70
our duty and destiny as the Germans arc to
their country's interests, We seem 20 be
f,ad T. II. BARTLETT.
Choco-ua y. H., Oct Is, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
To Mr.. Stephen Phillips Admirers.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir Mr. Stephen Phillips has so many ad-
mircrs IN the United States that hope you
viii allow NO TO ask them TO communicate
with me. the publisher OF The Poetry Re-
view" edited by the eminent poet-dramatist.
with view TO joining in a practical express
sion OF recognition and appreciation Of his
genius. ERSklNE MACDONALD.
London, England, Sept go 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19

brute )whcre he can DO no HARM. and
protect the wife and children. already so
hardly used. from further brutality at the
inexorable. though seemingly impersonal,
hands Of circumstance.
DAISY SANIAL GILL.
Douglaston. l.. l., Oct. 10, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
Dollars and Our Dead.


eravi,y Of these differences made it i'm
possible TO open any discussion with Great
Britain until the German incident was
closed
r. the Lusitania massacre more than
q hundred American citizens. including
many women and children. were wantoniy
murdered. The crime against humanity
was indefensible; the offence against a
friendly neutral state passed anything
in previous precedents. It was justih-
able cause for war, had this country
chosen to take up arms.
But this country did not choose TO take
up arms. Il contentcd itself with demand
ing that the act be disavowed, that Ger
many make proper remuneration, so far
as it was possible and dosist from further
murderous operations.
Now. so far as The Tribune knows, there
has never been any German compliance
with orr demands. The case between the
limited States and Germany growing out
Of the Iusitaria crime stands exactly
whore it did on the morning when we first
faced the news Of the killing
T, +bis e,ato ~ facts what face can the
1r,;,od states make 20 the British in
orr d;fererce with them? They have
,r,erforod with our legitimate trade; they
bove i,terruntod bindered. forbidden
,r,o~;oor commerce Accent the Ameri-
-. ..so o.. f.. stroroas- and there is no
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D.. .ou wa ,r,ro ye have failed 70
e.. -o,,ro+;,, eor murder
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u-.r..5o.o 49, po,;s will
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.o.,.,od ~ ,,;corons
- go, .,..,, 40 +,;zors
la.,. c,,-,o, A,,orica, voters
.,..-..o.t.. ~. ..,.;oo,y of opr nrotos, 70
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
The Anniversary of Appomattox.
From the New RenuhIic.

HIOul Ihe Nt" fhGpuOllc.
We celebrate this year something more
army at Appomattox. We celebrate the
wipfng out of a terrible possibiIity-the
erection of a national frontier through the
heart of this country 1t is the anniver-
sary of an escape. Had the north failed.
we now might well be living on q CONT
nent divided into armed camps. separated
by bristling boundaries, across which an
CRY cultures and petty nationa1isms could
hurl defiances at each other. We have es-
capped that. On a territory vaster thar
that OF Europe. with resources as varied
and with people of the same stock, we
have organized an internal peace. We
have quarreleG, we shall quarrel. But we
shall NOT fight.
We have solved these questions OF ac-
cess to the sea, of strategic frontiers. OF
churches and of races. No doubt fortune
has been uncon1monly good to Us, and BY
the standards of what was possible we
have no ground whatever for compiacency.
Amidst overiowing plenty we have per-
mitted hideous poverty and absurd riches
to live side by side, We. have INDUCED in
O scramble for wealth which has Welded
much ugliness, much barrenness and large
stretches of Tnediocrity. We have had lit
tie provision-our soil, our forests. cur
mines and our human stock have been
rutillessly exploited.
But we have organized a peace in which
better things can be made to grow: we
a scale never before successfully attempt-
ed: we have established more liberty and
more opportunity than ever existed on
SO great a section OF the earth's surface.
If there IS an American tradition. thai
is what it is.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
Russians or Water WAGON.

In the May American Magazine Cap
tain FortsEcEe writes an ar
tlcie entitled, battling for Warsaw"
1t Is an account o. the great war on
h eastern frontier Of Germany. Fol-
lowing is an extract:
When Russia went to grar the car
with a stroke of hfg pen put IS0. 800 .000
people on the water wagon And. be-
lieye me. this water wagon .ikon' Is no
biun. II Is harder TO get q drink in
Russia today than fl Is At Lake Mo-
honk. How wise MAS This ed1ct Of the
ruler is now shown sa the condition of
his army. Their fighting effectiveness
is higher than that 81 the French and
fully equal TO the ErggGga, measured by
the physical fitness os the aaats COM
posing the forces. Or tae Gather hand.
the German soldiers z#aeay all carry
TASKS Of whisky or ossgsr spirits ivan
the Siberian knows this. and i fear that
h famous edfet 81 s0ssseggsaes broken
when a batch of prisoners 81 gathered
in. The TASKS are certainty coatssband
of war"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
cLlNCHED IN HIS MEMORY
Small Chance of Charles Abner For
getting the Day That Meant
Everything to Him.

-.r4HHL
Some time since Charles Abner
courted and married the beautiful Eel.
len Estelle. One evening several
months later they were seated in their
oozy little den, Ellen Estelle reading
n popular novel and Charles Abner
looking over the sporting page.
Charley, DEAR" finally remarked
the little wife, do you recall the time
you proposed to me?"
why, yes" rather indifferently an.
swered Charles Abner, II think / re
member It,"
"Of course, you do" returned Ellen
Nstelle. ut was in an automobile. l
shall never forget the lovely words
you spoke, and the noble sacrifices
you promised to make. 1t must have
cost you something to say those
things"
ut did, Ellen Estelle," responded
Charles Abner, with a reflective sigh,
1T cost me about two weeks salary
10 hire the automobile ."-Philadelphia
Telegraph.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
From the Farm to the Table.
From Die Albany Argus.

fTOIH LpE ALBANY ATEug,
The 'farm-to-table" service of the mar
Gel post continues to develop. and con-
sidertnS the fact that 1t was inaugurated
only a little over a year ago the Increase
In the amount of produce shipped direct
from the producers to consumers is en-
couraging and leads to the hope that Ii
will be still more of a factor In lowering
the cost of living in many cities before
another year Is passed.
When the postofice department fnaug-
urated the "farm-to-tabIe" service 1T was
established at first in only 10 cities. The
progress there has been made Ia shown
by the announcement hat 1t has been ex-
tended to IS cities.
Reports from the postmasters of these
gradually becoming more popular and
that 1t is proving q help to both the pro-
Queer and consumer. There ought to he
at least twice as many cities with this
service within the next six months.
Postmaster William K. Kelly. of BROOK
Ign, devised q plan TO promote the farm
~-to-table" service that has proved helpful
and is worthy of adoption In other cities
He says 1t proved a success at the very
outset. His method was to mali q LIST ri
farmers desiring to sell their PRODUCTS in
Brooklyn by parcel post to the principals
of all the parochial and public schools ia
the city. These lists were given to the
homes.
Too many city CONSUMERS fall to realize
what a small saving on each product OBJ
tanned from the farm means In a year.
Two cents a dozen on eggs, a cent or two
a pound on butter and similar savings on
much, but IL account is kept It will be
that In the average family they
mount UP to a. very respectable sum In
he course OF IL months.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
Psychology Of Practice.

The question of short versus long
periods of practice in training the hu.
man muscles for any particular kind
OF work is obviously n having far.
reaching application. Some interest.
Ing experiments on this subject have
been carried out by DR.. X. S. Lashley
OF Johns Hopkins university. Acquisi-
tion OF skill In archery was selected
as the subject of observation. Twenty
unframed persons were divided into
three groups. One group shot five
arrows with the English longbow per
day; another, twenty shots per day;
and the third. forty shots. The re
suits showed ~conclusively that the
group shooting only five times a day
improved In accuracy with less *
penditure Of time in practice than was
required by either of the other groups
for the same amount of improvement.
A re rt on the experiment says
The relatively greater efficiency OF
short periods of practice continuing
for many days is in accordance with
the results OF the study of animals
and OF speech habits in man, and I'm
dicates that in training to muscular
feats, In both animals and men, the
length Of practice periods required is
usually too great for maximum eff
cheney. Scientific American.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
Tho Doctors Triumph.

From the washington Ilnes.
The greatest victory in Europe's war has
been won by the surgeon and physician
over wounds and disease. In former wars
the heaviest loss of life was caused by
and lack of surgical aid. 1t was true as
late as the South African war, but now
the reverse obtains. The far larger num-
Der are lost to military service by shot
and shell.
The medical and surgical service is or
ganized no less efficiently than the arm
tory is attached to each division Of an
army, and wherever the presence of mi
crobes is discovered. in the drinking water
or blood Of the soldiers, anti,serum treat
which threatened the allied armies In
France, was averted. and except in Ser
bia, where typhus RACES, there has been
no virulent outbreak Of disease.
The war also has brought out discov-
cries that work as a sort OF antldote to
war. Professors La, Chaincheand ana
Vale, French psychologists. have dis
covered an antitoxin 20 prevent infection
of wounds, which is hailed as the most
notable advancement since Listers anti
septic was giyeE to the world. The tissue
surrounding the wound is strengthened
and cicatrization promoted by the new
antitoxin.
Professor Bergonie, another Frenchman,
mas discovered an electric magnet Tor
bringing bullets to the surface. which has
been introduced in the military hospitals
DR.. Weinberg. of the Pasteur institute,
has made an advance IN the treatment or
blood poisoning. and DR.. Joseph Stake, or
New York, now in charge OF q french
military hospital, has contributed q new
traction splint. AT DR.. Blake's sugges-
uon, universities In America have been
invited TO send to France units for the
study of problems connected with the war.
and some already have responded.
Perhaps the most precious discovery is
that of DR.. Harry Plotz, of New York,
not yet %, who has been acclaimed as a
scientific investigator by the New York
pathological society. He isolated the oac-
illus OF typhus fever. and discovered an
ahtltyphus vaccine. Members or 1as
kockefeiler expedition, who left recently
Tor Serbia to combat typhus there, wers
lnhocu!ated with this vaccine, and Will en-
p!oy IL IN their campaign against the
prague sweeping that Balkan country.
When the history OF the medical serv-
Ice of the war shall have been written,
America will be accorded credit for the
liberal part she has played IN it Ameri-
can surgeons are with every army, they
are in scores OF military hospitals. and
they have accepted death. when meeting
It, IN a matter OF fact way. as true heroes
must. Headed by Dr.. Carrel, the list OF
American scientists contributing their
genius, their entire service and their lives,
II need be, TO the brotherhood Of men.
not TO any particular nation, nor cause
other than that OF humanity, constitutes
a nobility superior 10 any that can be
created by roya! word or legislative act.
1t is the nobility OF the hears, the worth
lest OF all.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
Kill All Criekets.

From the Farm and Fireside.
The superstition that killing a cricket
will bring bad luck is responsible for
much damage done to clothes, curtains
n fabrics.
Lights in dwellings, attract the large
black crickets in the night time, and,
unless killed, in some way they soon
become a serious pest. Crickets have
also been known to destroy rubber
goods.
George A. Dean, state entomologist
for Kansas. gives the following cricket
poison:
Bran, 1 pound.
Paris green, 1 ounce.
Syrup, 3 ounces.
Small orange dncluding peelingl.
Water, 11a pints.
In preparing this poison, first mix
the bran and Paris green. Squeeze the
Juice of the orange into the water and
chop the pulp and peel into fine bits.
Then add them to the water. Dissolve
the syrup (Which can be any kin OF
syrup) in the water and wet the bran
and Paris green with the mixture, STIR
ring so as to dampen the mash thor
oughly.
Put small amounts of his mash in
shallow pans and place in closets, be-
hind furniture. in basement, and any
other places where crickets have been
seen. Remember that this mash is a
strong poison. Keep children and house
hold pets away from rooms whers
placed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
Rum and the Army.
from the Journal of American Medical
~ ASSoCia ft0n

fTOm the JOuT1di ol AtIltIlCdl EsltClCdi
Association.
An interesting discussion has been going
on in the British Medical journal. Sir
Victor Horsley, condemning the custom Of
trenches, asserted that alcohol. even in
small quantities. caused a loss of heat, a
fall of body temperature, and a dulling
of the special senses, and not only was of
no assistance to the soldier in resisting the
effects of fatigue, strain, exposure to cold
weather, but actually decreased his effec-
tiveness. Horsley reviews the history Of
rum in the British army from the time of
Marlborough to the present day and Sums
up the scientific evidence against 1t. as
well as the history of Its use in armies in
India, Egypt, the Crimea, our American
civil war, and in South Africa. He affirms
that alcohol Is not a safeguard to health.
but is on the contrary a positive detr!-
ment. He states that the army authorities
lave contracted for a supply of 100000 gall
Ions of rum and that more than 100000 gal
Ions had been sent to France for the use
He urges the substitution of warm and
nourishing drinks such as hot soup, milk.
coffee, chocolate, ETC., in place Of rum.
Seeing that warm nourishment enables a
man to shoot better and encourages him
to go forward, whereas rum makes him
shoot badly and inclines him to sit still or
even go back
The statement on the part of Horsley's
critics that a small ration of rum does not
impair the effectiveness of the soldier. he
replied to by reference to experiments
made by the Swedish army authorities
who discovered that one-half the British
rum ration caused a deterioration of so per
cent in accuracy of rifle shooting, and to
the practical experience which has led the
British naval officers to take their squad
rons out of harbor for at least "a hours
before target practice and gun trials. in
order to secure the highest possible scores;
The Journal of the American Medical
Association is of the opinion that Sir
Victor Horsley's presentation of the case
contains demonstrable facts that Will re-
mira SOfpnthtnp mora thln personal at
tacks and general statements of denial to
refute.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
Tariff sse-savsins Destruction.

From the Milwaukee Journal.
James j. Hi, railroad builder IMAM
cleT. has stated 8 profound truth when ne
says that the country ought not 10 be
subjected 10 another wholesale oyerturn-
Ing of tariff schedules with its Inevitable
period Of doubt and hesitation Every re-
er for good or bad. has depressed bust
ness for at leasI two years History
shows that this trouble has grown out
downward.
THIS captains OF American Industry have
plans Tor capturing the government again
IN 1915 through the subsequent medium OF
the republican party. In Iaar haste 10
seize control and again hoist tariff sched-
ules, they plead Tor the full dinner pail'
ana an adequate tariff ye- they are
manages OF all sorts are temporarily bad
for business.
OF course. tariff hSozts5 manufacturers
are willing 10 suffer far E time Il they
can have things t5sar cwu way Eat=r. But
they should not : VIII 1oE D. given the
opportunity 10 wreck ehs tide OF growing
business which Is nCw becoming more en-
couragtng every day
There is no shEeE6sT business man IN
America today than James !. EIE. HIS
counsel TO let the tariff alone IS sound.
nor MY because il world give business
mother blight Of two years. bur even
more because the WILSON tariff Is admit
teddy the most reasonable and tust tariff
that has ever been placed On the statute
@ = -1@a -A-E 4EA EA1- L1IIES EOE z
fair trial. Undoubtedly business gan and
viii easily accommodate Itself 10 this tar
If and the nation VIII obtain under ii the
greatest prosperity sTsT Enown-progper-
ity which Will put some emphasis on the
interests Of the consumer and worker as
well as on the bulg1rg purses Of rnfligon-
aire manufacturers.
The tariff should be let aloa@ Give the
country a rest and business z chance TO
r~ecuperate. There can De M uarTranar-
prosperity. BE Mr.. HtIi paint CIT. 50 long
as there Is q continual law in
tariff legislation.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20

he had intercepted the inclosed minia-
ture for the sake of it's diamonds.
Then, for fear Of discovery, he had
kept back all the letters on both sides
Not knowing Mr.. Brooke's address,, ]
forward the packet to you. / am, ma.
dam, your obedient servant,
II. c. Burton, M. r. c. s."
Her first coherent thought was one
of JOY that her love was ex@onerated
from all blame. He had been true to
her, n no doubt also he was still
living.
Then eagerly she turned to examine
the letters.
There were all her poor. pitiful
words. begging him to write and re-
lieye her anxiety, and there were an
his to her, the least of which would
nave hiled her with joy and thankfuI-
ness.
For he also wrote wondering at he,
silence. and with all his wasted warmth
Of love that flooded her being with ioy
Then his last letter:
If you no longer love me, I am
worth nothing. Your always loving
dilI deVoted Rodney"
Bitter tears fell and blistered the pa
per. Till a hopeless rage dried them ere
they fell.
That Infamous mani" she cried to
herseli. How can God permit that for
the sake Of a few paltry diamonds two
lives should be ruined? Oh, my love,
my love, did you think I could ever
cease to love your?
Perhaps he still lives. His name
has never been amongst the killed.
will seek him out. Il / spend my last
penny In the actI will find him. and
l will say And then her glance
fell on her wedding dress, spread ont
on her bed. in readiness for the NOR
row, and at the thought, of the gallant
gentleman whose heart was even nov,
filed with q joyful awe at the thought
ina tomorrow she would be his, froze
n words that had involuntarily burst
from her lips.
But. E%ustace! I have pledged him
my word, n he has waited with So
much love and patience. Rodney NAV
be dead after all. Have 1 the right t.
put him to the open shame of a mar
riage broken Off at the eleventh honr
while spend my youth and m,
strength IN searching for one I may
never find? And vet, OH, my lave
Rodney, my love, my love," And h
sank sosbing on her bed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
RIGHT MAN FOR THE POSITION
tlons and the Job Was His as a
Matter Of Course.

Oliver 0. Agler, lately deceased, had
occasion to go to a hardwood lumber
yard at Cairo, where he and Fred w.
Upham were In business. The floods
had caused some annoyance by depos-
iting mud from the Ohio and Missis-
sippl rivers on the planks in storage.
Mr.. Agler was not long in compil-
Ing a crew Of negroes to wash the
sotled stock. Various ones were as
signed to hold the planks and there
was a Job for one man to hold the
hose.
Who is going to take charge of
the hose? asked the proprietor.
A long black man uncoiled himself.
"Ah reckon Abs de washinest niggah
nroun' here" he said-and he quail.
fed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
self out of the question. he honestly

self out of the question, he honestly
wished only to see her happy.
One morning he rode over to see her
and say goodbye" for he was off with
the /. Y. to fight the Beers.
oh" cried she, her face lighting up
with a momentary. hope, perhaps you
will hear what has become of him out
there. I fear something dreadful must
have happened to him. Do, do n out
for me and let me know"
"Of course / Will" he cried with fer-
yor, quite forgetting for the moment
that Africa was a large place, and that
he was not going out as a private IN
Quiry agent, but as a soldier.
The he wrote from Reithock, and the
very name stirred her heart with pain.
eve have reached here at last, ana
the more sarguine say the war is over,
but those who know the Beers say diff
ferently. I have made all possible IN.
ouirles, and have at last found out all
there is to learn about poor Rodney.
His servants deserted him when the
war was declared, and ms place was
one Of the first to be destroyed.
stHe was rescued and taken In by a
family of Beers with whom he had been
very friendly, but the household was
soon broken up, the horses n men
commandment. and the woman folk
scattered"
For a time Mildred was overcome by
her grief. Surely her beloved Rodney
had been killed. But hope which
.ssprings eternaF' whispered there were
no proofs. and h began to entertain
| the idea that he WAS still alive.
Could 1t be possible he had ceased to
love her? Perhaps given his heart tc
| some brave Boer maiden who had sue
cored him In his need. possibly saved
| his life? No. no, a thousand times no
Rather would she hear he did died
| fighting against The enemy. true to his
country and to her.
The war dragged on its weary length
| but ended at last, and once more
| Eustace Elborotigh stood in the library
OF the old Manor. war worn anl
| bronzed, his rugged features. nev
handsome. had gained the dignity Of
the man who had looked death in ths
face, and was not afraid.
Indeed. Mildred:f, he vas saying
there AN be no hope: 1t is nearl,
\ three years now since you heard from
him, it cannot be that he is stfn in thu
land or the living
NO" said Mildred slowly. II am sur,
J you are right. n yet-and yet