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Will FLINT or PRAY.

Washington.-A minister of the Cos
pei, who will either fight or pray. In
whichever eanrity hp is most needed
IN time Of war. has offered his services
to Maj. Gen. George Barnett. com
manlnnt Of the United States marIne
corps. He is Rev. Ferdinand +. Schultz.
pastor Of the Church Of Christ Dis.
rIples. chillicothe. o.. II prnctieal en-.
gineer ns we'll as minister.
In offering his services Rev. Schultz
expressed willingness to serve in the
freroom of n bnttleship nr us chaplain
of marines In the field.
The patriotic and versatile Ohio pas.
Tor ls ffiy-seven years Of age. hut snys
he is hnle and hearty and ready to re-
spond to a call to serve "Old Glory
NJ any time.
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THEY BELIEVED
IN AMERICA

tine hundred and forty years ago sume half.
hundred men. sent by their communities to con
cert measures for securing their 'rights MS Eng
lIshmen. hpcame convinced that these could not
he obtained save by ceasing To be british sub
1ects" and declaring themselves american cti.
zpns."
Let us look behind the formal phrases Of the
immnr'ul Declaration to the faith Of these men
and OF the people for whom they spoke. What
Mis the faith Tint ntnde vital their appeal for
the Justice Of their cause and the righteousness
Of their undertakings
They believed In themselves: In their ability to
do right md Justice. They believed in the com.
petence If sinlwnrt manhood to govern Itself and
to provide for the common welfare. They he
lievcd tiIry could mike better arrangements In
government than men had made before them.
They believed In themselves. In their people In
America.
Americans OF late have done great deal Of
faut-tindlng with America. There is not sn much
now ms year or two ago. The spectacle across
the Atlnntic tends IN lush IT, and to give new
point to the saying thaf "oiher countries" are
whit make Americans so proud Of their own
In the light OF that spectacle and Of our own
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The president Of the congress. John Hancock
WIN the secretary, Charles Thomson. alone signed
the autograph jefferson document on that date
Immediately ufterwurd II was hurried 10 the Off.
'lhI printer for congress, John Dunlap, to put Ia
type ana Set"rnl copies were made. BY next
morning lie printed copies of Jeffersons nerlarl.
ZION NJ Independence were in Huncnck's hands
When he canc 10 write the proceedings for the
Fourth Of lnly 1776. Into the Journal of Con.
gress, Churles Thomson secretary Of the congress
left blank srier for the Declaration and II is this
hrnadside which NOW appears wafered into the
spnce left for II In the Journal
This broalside WIS sent ont TO the governors Of
the states, In The Continental army, and II is the
pnper from which the Declaration Of Tndependencp
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Every Woman Wants
Dutch Establish New Mark.

The drainage Of the inland lake OF
5000 acres formed north of Anlster-
dam by the disastrous floods Of Janu-
ary last has been completed. save for
one or two of the deeper 'polders"
,r basins In the area In question. The
construction and installation. Of the
siant pumping plant on the restored
Iuider Zee dikes was carried out In
four weeks. and the actual pumping
took another four so that the problem
If removing something like 2O3,000.O0O
cubic meters of water was dea4t with
in a matter Of two months only. So
FAR as Dutch engineers are aware. this
= an ,inelualedfeat In any other cOun-
try In the world. The advance mnde
" modern photographic engineering
nay be gathered from the fact that af-
er the floods Of February. 1925. the
Training took until July. 1896. lasting
hus period of II months.
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OF GREAT MOMENT IN HISTORY.

The declaration of American independence was
of uneqlaled moment In history As the result
of that fact. the United Stntes Of America hns
risen to n greatness which has changed the face
of the world. In n little less thnn seven score
Of years Il has changed us from nation Of peo-
pie scattered thlnly along the eonst Of the At
iantie. to nation Of over u hundred millions of
people stretching over the whole continent from
the Atlnntic to the Pacific. md even into the
lands beyond the seas. Moreover. in wealth md
In material energy. ms In numbers. II now fur sur
passes the mother country from which II sprang
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TRIBUTE TO THE DECLARATION.

The historian I'nckle was cordial and sweeping
In HIS praise Of the Declaration. Tie said among
other things: "rhat Noble Declaration ought to
be hung up In the nursery of every king and
blnznned on the porch of every royal pance."
II such were tho hrilant historians ilnn. u
was MS Professor Tyler remarked. "because the
Declnrntlcl hns become The classic STATEMENT Vt
political truths which must Mt last nholisS kings
altogether else tcarh them to identify their ex
Istence with the dignity and happiness Of human
nature"
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-06-29

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and told my husband about it. /
said Il know nothing will help me but
will try this ! found myself improv-
ing from the very first bottle, and in two
weeks time l was able to sit down and
eat hearty breakfast with my hus-
band, which | had not done for two years.
! am now in the best of health and
did not have the operation. Mrs.
JOHN A. KoENIG, 502 Flushing Avenue,
Astoria, N. Y.
Every one breads the surgeons knife
and the operating table Sometimes
nothing else will do; but many times
doctors say they are necessary when
they are not. Letter after letter comes
to the Pinkham Laboratory, telling how
operations were advised and were not
performed; r,if performed, did no good,
but Ly liza E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
poundwas used and good health followed
II you want advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
lconfidentiaD, Lynn, Mass.
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SPORTING ITEMS

Roger Bresnnhan m,lst be sorely dis.
appointed AZ not being able to set fire
fn the nssmiution.
There Is not n baseball magnnte In
the country thai would moi like to
hold waivers on the weather man.
Rondenu is new face In the Wash.
ington lineup. This rmkie right field.
er Is u product Of the American nsso-
ciatlon.
Nevertheless. the Washington team
shows liternry appreciation by saying
a kind word for the hest rellars.
Mnnager Griffith 10 working his star
pitcher. Walter johnson overtime.
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Modest Girl.

He-And what do you want for your
birthday?
She-lteally. don't want anything.
But ] know you'll buy me something
terribly nice and expensive and new,
you're such "A dear, reckless boy
Princeton Tiger.
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WOMAN AVOIDS
OPERATION
Medicine Which Made Sur.
geon's Work Unnecessary.
Astoria, N. Y.-"For two years I
was feeling i'll and took all kinds Of

WulC. i YVES get
ingworse everyday.
/ had chills, my head
would ache, ! was
always tired Icould
not walk straight
because Of the pain
in myback and | had
pains in my stom-
ach. / went to q
doctor and he said |
must go under an
operation, but l did
not 60. / read in
the paper about
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Bloodless Battle.

"A soldier home from the wars, you
ny?"
That's the man.
HAS he been fighting in Euro1e?"
Dear me. no. Fighting in Europe
il the widest folly He's been lead
ing vice squad In distant citv."
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was read to the people July s. when the Liberty
hell wns ring md the first public celebration was
made In honor Of the event
Signed Augusta q
"Juy ~ congress ordered Tint the Declaration
passed the 4th he fairly engrossed II was
very beautifully done on parchment. This Is the
document which received the signatures of a the
members Of the Continental congress nresen, In
Independence hall August .. i776. BY this time.
however the membership hnd changed sghty, so
that the "sgners" were not identical with the
body Of deerates who had declared for Independ
cprp n month before Presumably It was nj this
time that Hancock making his great familiar sig
nature. |estinrly remarked that j. Bull could
see II without his spectnces. One ar two of the
signatures we're not actually affixed until Inter
date ihrn August ..
This Is the treasured Declaration of lndepend.
enre now in possession nf the department Of
state" said Doctor Hunt. IT Is kept In hermetic-
nIly seuIed ense, which is opened only by special
order for very especial reasons. II is faded and II
would have been better If this enerossed copy had
been male on paper rather than parchment. II Is
So faded thai few Of the signatures are recognlz-
able. Nothing can now be done which will perma-
nenty benefit II.
II believe the main cause Of the fading was the
impression taken In lsa3 by order Of President
Monroe Two hundred faesimllics were then made
TO give copy tn each Of the then living sgners
and others Taking the impression removed the
ink"
,ists III trstsss
history let all true Americans today highly re-
solve on n new birth within their own souls Of
thp faiths NJ tIosp mon yeurs npp of fatfh In
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history let all true Americans today highly re-
solve on n new birth within their own sons Of
the faiths Of those men lao years ago. of faith In
themselves and Of faith In America.
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PARLEYING
WITH RIDERS.

The. Baltimore Sun in commenting
upon the Mexican situation adMse:
patience upon the part of the Unltes
States.
We believe in patience in nations a 2!
well as in individuals, but what mors
can be done on this line by the
United States in regard to Mexico is
difficult to understand American citl,
zens have been massacreed and oul
towns raided, and, SO far, conditions
show no improvement. Mexican
bandits, if not in the majority, II
the land of the Montezumas, defy the
authorities of their own country and
make mirth at the expense of the
United States Some are disposed to
question the sincerity of Carranza,
while others prefer to believe ne IS
acting in concert with the United
States. The fact remains, however,
that the situation is still acute and as
chronic as in the days Of Huerta.
While this reyolutionist occupied the
executive chair an American boat was
fred upon in the harbor of Vera
Cruz, and the demands that the act be
disavowed and the flag saluted has
never been compiled with.
The people of the United States
have long since become weary OF
reading handbiII headlines in the
newspapers telling of unsatisfactory
negotiations with Mexico. The time
has come when this land of revolts
should be made to keep order upon
the American continent. There is
but one way to accomplish this great
desideratum and that is to use the
big stick and bind her over to keep
the peace.
Several years ago when Huerta
had impudently announced to the
world that he had overthrow the
of Madero, who had been
and after boat from an
man-of-war had been fired
upon, the Gazette believed that the
United States should have interven-
ed and and so expressed itself. AS
time goes on we are more convinced
than ever that eventually the United
States will be forced to do what it
should have done at that time.
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A GENERAL
ALLIED OFFENSIVE.

News comes from Vienna Of the
prospective Inauguration by the Rus
slams of a new and formidable drive
into Galicia which was successfully
invaded by the Russians early in the
war. The Vienna report relates that
the Russian forces are massed on the
Galicia frontier and that. they are
showing increased activity. 1t will
be recalled that the Russians early
in the struggle over-ran Galicia and
swept irresistibly southeastward I'M
til they reached the Carpathian noun
tains. There the Austrians, supple
mented by Germans, turned their
f; flank and forced them steadily back
ward until they lost Prezmsyl, and
all the Galician cities captured in
, their advance. To make matters.
, worse, the Russians ran short of am
munition and were hammered stead
/ lily backward by Won Hindenburg
and Won >Mackensen until Poland was
overrun and the heart of Russia was
menanced.
The Danyille Register suggests that
there is reason to anticipate that the
Russians are now supplied not only
/ with an ample force of seasoned
troops, but that they have an abund-
ance of artillery and plenty of am
munition for sustained offensive.
(; While the precise purpose of the pro-
pective new offensive is not disclosed
! there is reason to believe that the
Russians are determined to attempt
another formidable invasion of Cali
! cha, presumably with forces sufficient
to hold the ground they may gain.
Simultaneous with the Vienna fore
cast of another Russian offensive on
the Galician front comes news from
the Austrian capital that the Italians
have renewed their offensive in Gori-
F; zia. These developments in the cast
together with the steady and patient
massing and distribution along the
/ western front of formidable forces
of British and French, supplemented
/ by Russians indicates the approach OF
the great general allied offensive
from every quarter in which we be-
ieve the allies are cooperating. Such
a general offensive after careful and
deliberate preparation cannot fail to
subject the German defensive power
to the severest test which has yet
Fbecn applied. 1t will mean the turn
ing-point of the entire war, we con,
! fidently believe.
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shop illustrated even in that grin
business the spirit of German eff
cheney and thoroughness. The can:
presented the appearances of gaso-
line containers, and the work of the
German artist probably never would
have been brought to light had he not
been called off by the war to another
task of frightfulness. During his alb
sence his landlord entered the house
which was vacant, and made the dis
covery.
The ingenuity, skill and care dis,
played by this German husband de-
serve the highest praise and would
have awakened the admiration of De
Quincy, Compared with this master
workman the criminals described in
his "Murder As Fine Art" were
mere prentice hands, Other nations
have their Bluebeards, but they are
bunglers at the game when meas
ured by the scientific GOODNESS and
preparedness of the Teuton crafts
man. What can the world achieve
against a nation whose very criminals
develop so abnormal an intellectu-
atty and sagacity?
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THE MOTIVE FOR PEACE.
Baltimore 4American)


From sources that bear the MARKS
of authenticity comes the story OF
the speech made by the German chan
cellor at the secret sitting OF the
General Committee of the Reichstag.
In this speech Bethmann-Hollweg is
said to have told his associates that a
breech with the United States was
a real peril to Germany; that 1t
would give comfort to the foes of the
empire and that sentimental conSld-
erations and irritation over the tone
of the American note must be laid
aside for the end of utility-for Ger
many must do everything to win the
war.
The Chancellor told the members
of the committee that the submarines
could not effect their purpose of
starving out England and that in
case the United States became IN
volved in the war other neutral pow
ers would likely come in also. Such
were some of the practical consider
ations. AS for~the last-there is not
shadow of doubt but that the A
B. C. South American powers would
have insisted upon placing their re-
sources at the disposal of the United
States in case of need. Some of the
European neutrals would likewise
have Joined the United States upor
the issue of humanity and neutra
rights.
So it appears that the inducement:
for making the concessions that were
made were not good will to this
country, not sense of obligation t.
humanity, but weighing of German
utility. The Chancellor pointed tc
the reservation of right to alter it:
attitude that Germany has made
This may prove a fatal omission TO
Germany as it will rob it of the con
sideration, otherwise its right to asl
from this country when it will nee'
it's good offices most. For the reser
walton takes from the concessions
every element of frank consent.
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MOTHERS DAY"
Communicated

Much has been written and much
has been said along sentimental
lines about mother Someone has
said, "God could not be everywhere,
so he gave us Mothers" There is q
mighty power in a mothers hand
and there is mighty power in a
mothers kiss-inspiratlon, courage
hope, ambition. One kiss made Ben
iamin West painter-the memory
Of which chung to him through life.
Ind tasss is q power Il & MotAsc's
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FATE OF THE
IRISH PATRIOTS.
Treason doth never prosper:
" What's the reason?
Why, if it prosper,
N1,kL .l..t.a ell IT, froo CON ..

WHATS IHe tedSoA
Why, if it prosper,
Noie dare call it treason.
Fourteen leaders of the recent re-
volt in Ireland have already paid the
penalty of their action by having
been put to death by the British au-
thorities. The cry has gone up not
only in Ireland but in England also
for cessation of the slaughter. The
shooting of an editor who, it is claim
ed, was in no way responsible for the
outbreak, has sent gloom over large
portion of the Emerald Isle. These de-
luded sons of Erin allowed themselves
to be buncoed by Germany and a
degenerate British subject of proml-
rence. His friends ARE attempting
to show insanity in his defense. and
he may escape the silken rope which
he prefers to the hemp.
The case. of Sir Roger Easement re-
calls serious chapter in English
history when Lord George Gordon
instigateG a movement against the
Catholic Church. This misguided in
dividual fourished about the time
the American colonies concluded TO
throw off the yoke of Great Britain.
Gordon and his band destroyed
churches set re to Newgate pris-
on attacked the Bank of England
and other public buildings and For I
time his mob had complete posses
sion of the city of London. During
the sway of the rioters about l"c
persons were killed and wounded.
This rash man after a subsequent
chcckcrcd lie was allowed to die
l.caceably in his bed, it being alieg-
cd that he was not guilty of treason.
The fate of the Irish patriots
whose revolt was doomed to end in
complete failure recalls to mind the
tcmcrity of our forcfathers who
gathered in Philadelphia July 4, l776,
and placed their names to the decla
ration of Independence. School cn!l-
dren and thoughtless adults fail to
realize the great risks taken by the
fathers of the republic. Wnilc they
were welding the quill the shadow
of the gibbct was lowering over each.
But, in their case, treason prospcrcd;
hence none dare call it treason.
The wrong under which Ireland
has crowned runs back into the CEN
turtles. While technically her great
men who have at timos attempted
to bring about more aatisfaG.ory con-
Gitions in that country arc termed
traitors, they are in reality no more
guilty of treason than were the for,
mer British subjects who declared the
American colonies free. and indcpcn'
dent, The, reyolteEs rfaflaimct al
Irish republic, bat it was - doomed ned .te
die ahorning. In time : moro 'igot,
Gus offspring may he bsaasl' to tas
birth.
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song too, its the sweetest music ip
all the world.
We thank God some of us have,
and have had, good old=fashioned
mothers whose white and maybe
jewelled hands, have felt the clasp Of
her baby's fingers-a dear old fash
.oned, sweet-voiced mother, with eyes
n which the love light shows, and
whose brown hair, threaded with sill
yer, lies smooth upon her faded
cheeks, but with heart as full Of
owe as when she Graded her baby
;hild, though the winters of seventy
Or eighty years have sifted their
SHOWS over her venerable head, those
lear hands, worn with toll, that
gently guided our footsteps in child
hood and smoothed our pillows in sick
less, ever reaching out to US in yearn-
ne tenderness, when her sweet spirit
vas baptized in the pearly spray of
he river. How blessed is the memory
If an old-fashioned Mother! We can
eel the magic touch of mothers love,
what an inspiration to us in mothers
oye! How noble, pure and tender; it
truly "a flame enkindled from
,bove to bless our hearts and lives"
Youth fades. love droops, and the
caves of friendship fall-but
nother's love;-A mothers secret out
ives them all. and. is an inspiration
md benediction to Us through all the
,icissitudes of life. 1t floats to us
rom the long ago, like the beautiful
,erfume of some woodland blossom,
md remains like the perfume OF dried
oses, and fingers like the strains of
). sweet melody-how precious their
aemory. A mothers love never dies,
tut lives on in the heart and lives of
,er children.
The music of other voices may be
ost-but the enchanting memory of
ler's will ever remain, and will echo
n our souls forever. Other faces
yiil fade away and be forgotten, but !
hers will shine on until the light from
,caven's portals shall glorify our own.
When in the fitful pauses of busy
life; cares, and responsibilities, our
feet wander back to the old home,
humble though it he, cross the we'll
worn threshold and stand once more
in the old quaint room, halloWed by
her presence--how the feelings Of
childish innocence and dependence |
comes over us-and we kneel down
in the sunshine streaming through !
he window, just where long years ago, /
we knelt and lisped "Our Father"
md how many times when the temp
ter lured us on, has the memory of
those sacred hours, that mothers /
words, her faith and praying saved !
US from sin-and saved our charac-
tiers and lives!
Years have passed and filled great
drifts over, between her and us, but
hey have not hidden from our sight
the pure unselfsh love. Oh, for a
Christian Motherhood!
"a mother is rnotner still-the
hottest thing alive!" IS. B. W..
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WHOOPING COUGH

One of the most successful prepare
tions in use for this disease Is Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, S. W. Nc!
Clinton, :Blandon Springs, Ala, writes
"Our baby had whooping cough as
bad as most any baby could have 1T.
I gave him Charnberlain,s Cough
Remedy and it soon got him we'll"
Ubtdinable everywhere.
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PUBLISHED DAILY.

By Alexandria Gazette Corporation.
SIT King Street
ROBERT S. BARRETT. President
and General Manager.
HOWARD w. SMITH, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Entered at the Postofice Of Alexan-
dria, Virginia as second class matter.
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EFFICIENCY.
Baltimore SUM

(B Issltialg , SIM IS
The German sRllueheard;wY4ho dispqs-,
ed of six or seven of his ten, murdered:
wives by putting their bodies into
Dramatically ssa!sd cans r H. work
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