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set aside enough money for all these
voluntary recruits, but there will he
probably enough greatly TO increase
the enlistments.
The recently enacted Hay-Chamber-
lain law for the reorganization Of the
army embodies recommendations which
the General Staff has been ~endeavor.ng
to have adopted for years, II in
creases the regular army to 226, 900
men; provides a National Guard
40, 600 strong; creates a reserve army
" trained officers and men for the
time Of need. and allows also for
volunteers.
Although the National Guard Is not
absolutely Federalized It is placed un-
der Government control In war and re-
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~ PREPAREDNESS. like an electric
- current. throbs to-day through
the body polite. II is giving
~ patriotism dynamic force. TO de-
mocracy a vitalizing ideal, It's puisa-
ton has aroused the dormant sense
OF personal sacrifice and stimulated a
Tagging public spirit. Every ganglion
Of the national life feels its influence,
Ind even legislative atrophy has yielded
70 the revivifying stimulus OF the will!
OF the people. What was mere con-
Germ for safety has been transformed
.nto a reborn Americanism which is
Gnglins through every nerve Of the
nation and is imparting to every fibre
. frmer one
Although there il much to he hone
Before the entire country is aroused to
a policy of arming against possible
depreciation. such progress has been
made that those who have labored so
Eeadfastly in the cause for the last
two years feel that their work has
e'rnA fruit, 1t ia the purpose OF this
epec.a al number to call attention IN
What has heen accomplished and to
point the way to greater achievement
by presenting the views Of leaders In
This movement for the preservation OF
the national freedom and Of demo.
cratic institutions. The Secretary Of
War, the Secretary Of the Navy and
Uther prominent ofhcials have sspe-
c.a!ly prepared contributions for these
pages.
The onrush Of the European war
FOUND This country with little realiza.
ton Of us inadequate provision for
national defence, 1t was a tradition.
uivorn even a century ago and as
sailed by the very founders OF the re-
public, that the oceans were liquid
barriers against aggression. Although
craft Of war patrolled u own coasts.
and a naval battle was fought within
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Have your forefathers served their
country In the army or navy in time of
national danger?
Are you as loyal as they?
Have you ever made a personal sac
rifce for the flag of your country?
Are you physically Mt for field SER
wee?
Modern war comes with a rush.
Are you ready now?
Have you the training TO lead men
into danger?
Try yourself Out. Show where You
stand. Set an example.
Written by a cttisen cadet At the
Fort O~olethorpe. Georgia, training
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the waters Of a republic of the South
ern Cross. there were millions who be-
lieved that the fact that half a world
was AZ war had no bearing on our
W destiny.
Then came the slow assembling Of
the dynamo OF preparedness. built up
month after month by leaders Of
thought and opinion who saw the ma
t!onal peril and spoke openly Of their
broader vision. So content was the
country in the pursui, Of materia!
things, in Its business. its various IN.
ternal enterprises. that there were few
who realized that the army was only
a disarticula'ed skeleton and that the
homes Of the white squadron bleached
in Isolated yards.
To rouse the nation 10 its duty there
came into being such organizations as
the National Security League, the
Navy League. the Military Training
piibS HFN'N 'hAi'll. NV aIleTICdU lS-
fence Society and many others whose
members with unselhsh devotion and
patriotic ardor threw themselves into
the new cause. They gave their
money and themselves without stint.
The result has been a quickening Of
the communal life, the passing Of con-
structive laws, and the development OF
. sentiment which IL hlling every city
and every hamlet with the urge Of
united Am~ericanism.
Ono OF the great aids Of prepared.
ness was the P%lattsburg idea, which
resulted in the voluntary enrolment OF
business and professional men in
camps where they were drilled by
army ofacers. They gave up a month
Of their time aid spent their own
money, The camp at Plattsburg wa
the Of many others being
formed under Government, State. city
and even private auspices.
This year II is expected that be-
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Of universal military training in the
United States, AZ proposed in a new
bill introduced by Senator Chamber
lain OF Oregon, who would make every
able bodied youth spend six months
in drill after he has attained the age
Of IS. and then follow the course which
has given to Switzerland and AUS
tralia a loyal citizeOry trained to arms
Another sim of the times are the
estimates made for Notifications, the
largest Congress has ever granted for
such q purpose.
The Navy Department Ia progress
Ing toward preparedness. Its building
programme is being much discussed in
connection with the engagement OF the
British and German grand fleets In
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ceives substantial Government AID N
peace. Many military experts, among
them Gen. Wood. once Chief Of staff
and now commander Of the Eastern
Department. have been earnest advo-
Gates Of Federal control. Major-Gen,
John r. Organ discusses the relation
Of militia and regular army az com
mnnder Of the New York National
Guard.
The democracy OF service has been a
lesson which has been brought home
to this country by the European war.
where the flower Of the a~r!stocracy
and the peasant alike hazard their
lives in battle under the universal mill
tary obligation. In the pages which
follow are found arguments in favor
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tween 10000 and 10000 men IN all
parts Of the country will have taken
part In the Federal camps which have
for their object the training Of officers
who may serve In a national emer-
gency. The bringing together OF all
CLASSES as comrades in arms has
proven an aid to democracy, for the
dog tent Is a great leveller.
This democratic spirit will he pro-
NOTED still further. in the opinion OF
the General Staff. by the army re-
organization bill, under which An APP
preparation can he made to pay men
who 60 to the training camps, so that
the drill can be had by those who
would not financially be able to at
tend. The Government will hardly
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Cump and tptdcly circulated on SOU
rcnir post cards through the South.
II will he right American policy to
provide a system by which every citi-
zen who will volunteer for the training
will he made familiar with the use Of
utodern arms, the rudiments OF drli'
re. manpuvre and the maintenance
and sanitation OF WOOdrOU
VI iiSOn.
To be prepared for war is n Of the
most effectual means Of preserving
peace. A free people ought not only
to he armed but disciplined, tn meet
which end a uniform and we'll digested
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In this question Of national defence
lies a test Of democracy, whether 1t
Is worthy to live, whether II has the
foresight, the sc%lf-control, the spirit
# unity which will lead 1t to take pre-
cautions It must take II it II to sur
vive at all In a world 30 uncertain
and so per!lous as this.--Henry Cabot
Lodge.
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PERTINENT VIEWS ON THE POLICY OF PREPAREDNESS

times prepared to defend the rights
with which they are blessed and TO
surpass all others In submitting TO
sacrifices to make such preparations
United States, James Monroe.
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PREPAREDNESS A DUTY.
BY NEWTON D.. BAKER, Secretary Of W.,

Every sound and patriotic appeal to the American people on the
-5 ect of preparedness has my hearty support. Surely there can be
no higher duty Of our citizens than to lend their support and coopera-
ton to the defence of America. 1t is a democratic principle that every
citizen should be willing to contribute his personal service to this COM
mon cause.
Preparedness @ means more than a latent willingness to de-
fend our homes should we he called upon to do 20. The war in Europe
has shown that intelligent preparation demands time and forethought
far in advance of the outbreak of hostiities. Neither the implements
Of modern warfare MOI the training of men to use them can be con-
jured up by miracle should the necessity unfortunately arise for US to
defend our heritage.
We cannot close eyes to the fact that America might be called
upon to defend the rights Of her citizens. No one doubts that every
spark of American manhood and energy would rally I, the task. But
without intelligent preparation, based on conditions Of modern war
fare, our defence might mean only destruction by a better prepared
enemy.
We must face facts as they re and not q 8 we wish them 70 be-
Consequently W remember the possibility of war, however much we
may pray for peace. And preparedness, insuring the happiness and
well being of our people in time of peace and providing for our safety
in the unwekome emergency Of war. should, believe, find general
Endorsement throughout the country.
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pan Is requisite Washington in
speech before CongrcS January 5,
1890.

To he exposed To some h%ardships is
good for young men. It overcomos
that softness and Incidence. and that
'"nseless pride which in the course OF
con tract and gives them a greater
manllness and energy of character
John Andrews. prorost ~ the rnirrr-
SifU Of Pennsylvania, lSlO-l3.
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II there he a people IN earth whose
more especial duty 1t is to be at all
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MILLIONS FOR THE NAVY.
BY JOSEPHUS DANIELS,
Secretary of the Navy,

BY JOSEPHUS DANIELS,
Secretary of the Navy.
That the present administration of the Government. of which I
have the honor to be a part, believes in preparedness is evident from
its generosity for the increase Of the navy. Money talks" During
the past three years there has been appropriated for the building Of
new ships $751; .945,535. This amount for three wears is more nv
slO2,6O ,29 than for the four years of the Taft Administration; it il
more by S94.447.s29 than for the four years of the Roosevelt Admin.
istration. and it is more by SOL, i 4O, 233 than for the four wears Of
the combined Mckinley Roosevelt Administration.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-03
Natural Tendency Is Toward Sweat Labor
By CHARLES L. BAINE, Boston, Mass.

soaed efficiency the spgup advocates sometimes called prouc ton engineers who willing let themselves employer for fancy price their representations that they show him how get work out of labor for less money.
 Whether efficiency proper efficiency socaed benefit labor depends purpose behind the efficiency 1t difficult for layman understand that the turning of larger quantity of work the floor economic advantage capital facilities they furnish that end their ben eft If labor paid proportion the amount each accompshes benefit labor especially if added facilities make se accomplish work with equal ned amount of effort industry industry they tries Therefore speaking of the shoe industry with which what familiar and which pecewor largely prevails the condition ought that when the the workman increased through added facilities furnished by the the earnings of the operative ought larger Unfortunately however the general rule has that when shoe manufacturer has machine that will do work he asks for lower the added production with
 gain himself and leave the worker than before, and perhaps off,
 If the employer enough force adjustment favorable to himself he does it and the union gain worker of justice he gets it, and otherwise
 Personally that the oealed efficiency benefit labor that tendency sweat labor and reward It therefore becomes destructive of the better relations that might if both employers employees disposed to deal fairly with each other
 appears the that far all efficiency systems of consideration the ampoant human clement without which whole scheme fails of constructive climax Man quantity which create differences of opinion this muchud subject
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-03
Eqyptian Style in Dresses.

Dresses have gradually been getting lower at the neck and shorter at the hem for some time until now it is pro. posed to do away with troublesome gowns altogether. The latest style is Egyptian, or la Cleopatra. It consists of many yards of ribbon wrapped around the form, a few pearls and numerous safety pins. Wherever the ribbon is shy stenciling takes it's place. Any old design will do. A few dabs of paint and bronze powder blown over 1t and there you are, in the latest eve. hing outfit. This new style has been introduced by the Russian ballet If it ever gets foothold it will send many ladies tailors, modistes and dressmak. CTS back to the tubs. Already it is said Fifth avenue house has laid in large supply of stenciled designs of paint and of gold and bronze dust, and it is asserted in this store that fash. ionable women have already sent their maids there to learn how to do the stenciling.-New York Sun.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-03
GOOD FORMULA FOR
 BROOD SOW RATION
Combination of Corn, Alfalfa and Meat Meal Tankage Recom-
 mended by an Expert.

Corn, alfalfa and meat meal tank age make very exceptionally good trio of brood SOW feeds if happily combined. This is the opinion of John NJ. Evvard, the Iowa hog feed ing expert. He suggests giving the sows enough corn to keep them in good condition, adding alfalfa in a rack and giving them about one-fifth to one-fourth of pound of the meat meal tankage daily.
 The alfalfa may be ground and mixed with the corn. using 100 pounds of each, and the mixture then fed from self-feeders. An average gilt of 250 pounds will eat about five to six pounds of this daily, SO to get the necessary tankage into it, mix with every 100 pounds about five pounds of the meat product. If the sows get too fat, increase the proportion of ground alfalfa accordingly. The re- suits should be happy ones at farrow- ing time.
 Don't forget" adds MT. Evvard, "the common salt at free will and plenty of good wholesome water"
 Corn may not be plentiful in this state this year and all farmers may not have alfalfa hay. However, they also may benefit from the foregoing suggestions. They may feed barley instead of the corn and clover hay in- stead of the alfalfa hay and expect al most equally good results. Meat meal, though it may cost $50 per ton, is a relatively economical feed for balanc- ing such highly carbonaceous feeds as corn and barley. It is a very highly concentrated feed.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-03
ChIoroamine Latest Antlseptic.

Another new antiseptic is reported from the war zone. It's name is chlor- oamine, and it was first pre- pared in 1905 by Doctor Chattaway, who, however, did not suspect it's antiseptic properties. Dr. H. D. Dakin (who introduced the sodium hypo- chlorite solution mixed with boric acid for the disinfection of wounds) Dr. J. B. Cohen and Dr. J. Kenyon, re- port in the British Medical Journal that the germicidal action of chloroa. mine is about four times that of so- dium hypochlorite, is less irritating and can be used at a concentration five to ten times as great
 Chloroamine is obtained by adding sodium hypochlorite to toluene sul- phonamide. It Is colorless, crystalline, and when in solution can be kept for many months. It is not corrosive or toxic and does not coagulate protein.
 Staff Surgeon A. P. Fisher reports several cases of serious wounds of the mouth and jaw treated with chloroa- mine, and says they are distinctly en. couraging."
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-03
Worlds Greatest Racehorse,

The distinction is claimed by Amer. ica for Meddler, the best all-round horse in the world, who has never been beaten in race, and whose sons and daughters have won nearly half a million sterling.
 Meddler is the son of the wondrous St. Gatien and the great Busybody, turf luminaries of 25 years ago. Clar, ence Fl. Mackay bought Meddler from the estate of the late William c. Whit ney for G10,000 The stallion's rec. ord year was 1904, when his progeny won e44,000 for the season, Last year in England alone they won e17,- 040 in 65 races. The other day in New York, Glasgow. chestnut year. ling daughter, brought G1,100 at a sale of Mackay horses, some of them Meddler's offspring. In all, 15 were sold for s10,000 Meddler was born in England 26 years ago.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-03
MAKING MONEY WITH
 WETHERS AND LAMBS
Get Animals to Market Soon as Fit-When Pastures Are
 Short Feed Grain.

Get all wethers and lambs in the market as soon as fit. A good article never goes a-begging in good mar ket.
 No animal is profitable when stand ing sti1 in condition. There is profit in growth
 A mere maintenance system of feeding is losing game.
 If the pastures are short. feed grain in troughs, in the pasture. Feed regularly.
 A very small quantity of grain given daily and regularly often turns the scale from loss to profit.
 Keep the flock tagged or maggots may breed under the filth.
 Examine the horns and around the ears.
 Turpentine dropped in holes and on sores will dislodge magots; then smear with tar.
 The flock must have shade and shel- ter during the hot days of August. Be sure 1t is provided.
 Unless you have fed roots you can not realize how valuable they are for all stock, particularly sheep.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-03

Possibly this is the wrong way to look at it, but it seems to me that in our efforts to develop the dairy busi- ness we are about to lose sight of the fact that growing and fattening beef ! cattle is big part of cattle raising l hear lots of discussion of dairying. Someone is always trying to start a creamery or dairy" writes s. A. Per ry of Missouri in Farm Progress, but the beefcattle business does not get so much attention"
 Undoubtedly this is wrong. We can't all go into the dairying or cream-sell- ing business. There are great stretches of good cattle growing and fattening country in every state where the dairy ing end of the business cannot amount to very much for a long time to come. There are no markets for the cream, the milk and the butter Rail- road transportation is poor and there are no buyers in reach of the cream. Where man has enough land for reasonable amount of pasture and can go ahead raising plenty of grain and AoioSC at luS SdliiC lll1le AS AecQ uOt count himself out of the cattle busi- ness even if there is no trolley line running through his place and no rail- road depot handy to take care of sur plus cream. What he can do is to buy up calves, raise all he can from the cows on his home place and turn these youngsters into big steers with the help of his pastures, his forage and his silo.
 The silo is one of the pieces of equipment on the dairy farm that the beef grower can use to a great ad- vantage. It will help make beef and will do it cheaply. With a couple of well-filled silos the beef grower can get through short pasture periods in dry summers and can keep his young stuff growing right along through the winter. He won't have to spend all his possible profits for "cake" and oth- CT "store feeds" in order to do so Any farmer who wants to go a little deeper into steer feeding as a plain money making proposition ought to fit himself out with plenty of silo room right in the beginning, no matter how much pasture land and forage he may have in sight
 For two or three years back men who have had a good many cattle
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-03
Insure Supply of Pure Drinking Water
By SAMUEL C. DIXON Commissioner of H.al.h
 of Pennsylvania

pure regardless of the conditions which shipped and delivered advisable investigate points they open to question
 Suppose however, that the company supplying the has safe guarded its customers possible and delivered of unqu tioned purity The fact remains that then the other pre- cautions of little
 Great quantities of supplied gallon and hafgalon bottles for domestic These closed with ordinary cok In using the water from the bottles these cok usually extracted with the hands and held the hand until the stuck back into the bottle This be done dozen before the water completely exhausted Coming with the hands often contaminated by the hands, which uncean Nau rally whatever rubbed off the the neck of the bo be washed poured through it.
 This simple matter, but those who willing extra trouble and expense themselves pure supply the act all their pains naught and pure before 1t S consumed
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-03
FIRST TO "TAKE THE BISCUIT"
History Relates How French Baker Was the Means of Originating
 Well-knoWn Term.

To take the biscuit is common phrase. But who was the first person to be So distinguished?
 He was a baker by trade and he re- ceived it from French count, says a writer in Stray Stories. The count lived in the times when a French nobleman could, If he chose, send an outrider to a neighboring town that he intended Gonoring with his pres ence, saying he required an omelette made with a thousand eggs, and the innkeeper had to produce one or suf- fer for it.
 This outriding business is a tremen- dous asset in making people get busy on your behalf.
 In this way the biscuit was discov- cred. certain French noble sent the aforementioned outrider with the command that a cake was to be pre- pared for him that would taste differ. ent from all other cakes.
 The baker, on receiving the order, mixed up-a and wasted - several pounds of flour and fruit, but they all tasted much of muchness In de- spair, he left the last batch of under done dough in sheer fright, as time was getting on, and went to consult with baker No. 2.
 During his absence, his young son wandered into the bakehouse, and see ing batch of underdone dough set T it into small cakes, then baked them. When done to crisp, golden brown, he took them out and gazed on them with pardonable pride.
 In the meantime the father. being no wiser as to the production of a new cake, returned looking the ghost of his old self-to use a quite original expression.
 When he saw the little yellow bis. cults he was speeches. with astonish- ment and wanted to know whence they came. The son explained and invited his sire to taste one. They were so delicious that all fear left his coun. tenance
 He waited the coming of the august count with impatience. In due course the gentleman arrived, with the usual aristocratic hunger and thirst on him. The cakes were so to his liking that he ate the lot and gave the baker the Grand Order of the Biscuit into the bargain.
 Some people are half baked. The word biscuit" means twice baked '
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-03

gathered up in their pastures in this vicinity have had to slap their steers on the market right in the middle of the summer. They were running short of pasture because of the dry weather and had no money to buy feed to car " them over late summer, fall and part of the winter These men are sort of discouraged about cattle growing and feeding, but a few silos would have put different face on the whole problem. These canned pastures" could have been opened when the grass got short and the pastures began to turn brown and they would have carried the yearlings. twoyear-olds and bigger steers right on up to dry feeds.
 A few good steers on the average sized farm would prove to be mort gage filters and bank account makers. There Is always a great deal of forage going to waste. They would take care Of this in a money-making manner. Corn is sold as a money crop or the average farm, but it would be great deal better to turn this corn into beef and sell it in that shape. By putting little more attention on the better seeding and care of farm pastures they could be made to give better summer support to more cattle than they now take care of.
 Alfalfa, soy beans. cowpeas, etc, would help to do the rest The farm