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q. A. r.. Confederate and Spar ish
war veterans In FL Paso are planning
to form n veterans brigade Of 1000 or
more men to serve as auxiliary troops
with the United States army.-El Paso
despatch.
This is A~ner.canism with the right
ring IN it. No doubt there are old
Johnny Rebs and old Boys in Blue
who could still draw n bead on an
enemy. As for the spanish war vet
Grams many OF them are yet in the
prime of life, and they viii want TO
he in the thick Of II II war canno be
honOrably avoided.
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FTOW Nc Huntingdon NtVS
Mayor Cox was aston!shed Monlay
morning when he opened u special d.!!v.
Org lcttcr which contained n brief note and
$3.50 In gold certificates. The note. which
bore neither date nor signature and Was
pen'i.lei in a nervous hand. read
"iiave discovered that, owing to a mis-
take made long ago. $3.50 belong. to tho
town. just use with ordinary taxes"
The letter was mailed at the local post
CHiee.
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A La FOlictte.Furuscth Testimonial.

From ~" far away r!r:cus. through
ErcHing Post. come the latest joyful
,idiug> concerning tn" workings of
the La Toilette Legislative marine
masterpiece. The narrator in this
instance is Captain l.. w. BAILow of
the steamer b>wcgo. This mariner
Is described ny the correspondent rs
belonging Ito the best Of the old New
England stock of scafaring men,
having nothing M all despotic or
harsh in his manner and with rather
II benevolent and humorous twinkle
In his gray eyes
In all the ere aboard the O>wcgu
there was not II single American citi-
zen. Danes. Swcdrs, Russians. Span
iards, Mohammedans, all these wcrc
In evidence. and every man jack in
this chronological museum knew tn"
following section of the In Follctt"
law, knew that he was II beneficiary
under II just aS much as though he
were n citizen of the United States
instead Of an alien. knew al this and
governed himself accordingly:
Every seaman on a vessel OF the
United States shall be entitled TO re-
ceive or demand from the master of the
vessel 10 which he belongs one-half part
OF the wages which he shall have then
earned at every port whore such vessel,
after tho voyage has been commenced.
shall load or deliver cargo before the
voyage is ended, and all stipulations in
the contract TO the contrary shall be
void Provided. such a demand shall
not be made before the expiration of,
nor oftener than once in five days. Any
failure on the part OF the master 10
comply with this demand shall release
the seaman from his contract"
At every port ut which the Oswcso
called the crew demanded their pay
and went ashore. After twenty.four
lspui wv nv -h'S' '"i
red and white lights sailors and fire
men came aboard roaring drunk and
tried tn murder the steward and cook.
At the Pirirus they again demanded
their pay under the law and started
IN on a prolonged drunk, coming
aboard occasionally for n meal, and
having. when they felt lik" II. an old
lomr free fight and riot frolic. A
fireman here made II murlcrous at
.nck on one of the engineers and
hereafter rnnm"l about the port. to
'eturn aboard 1T pleasure.
But thcr" was II interesting vari-
,tion in IN" rullicking La Toilette fes-
ivitics. \ merry gang Of ruyslerers
niStook n British ship for the OS-
Ncgo and boarded her to tn" usual
accompaniment, Of dnmning the officer
n charg" and starting n riot. The
British merchant marine does not eI.
10Y the La Toilette boon. II fact which
vas called to the attention Of the
merrymakcrs by walloping them over
the head with Delaying pins and
chucking them bodily overheard, to
be fished out later and put under the
Tgls of our own Law for the Promo.
ton Of Anarchy and Riot mt Sea.
Commenting on his experience Cap
tain BAmow said:
1T Is a. though the foreign enlisted
mon IN sur army and navy had been a.
lowed 70 make tho laws which should
sov9rn their ofhcers and the general dis
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When the Allies raise the blockade
they must be very sure of the
friendly neutrality of the Greeks. Di-
plomacy, however. has been nightly
aided by the Mercy Of the soldier of
the hour, ALEXIS BRusIIOrr.
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serum treatments Il viii b . Ueat
card in favor Of tbs svN that shines
for ALL Up TO the present time che
great majority Of the medical profession
have kept bllnders on the poor devil
laity. &C."
As proof Of his contention that
vaccination has never in the slight.
est degree aided In lessening small.
pOx," offered In q printed circular he
sends us, he cites q news clipping
that the oficers Of the steamer San
turce. which arrived yesterday. re.
port that there has been an cpl.
demic Of smallpox in San Juan, Porto
Rico. where 100 cnses occurred, but
the percentage Of deaths was re-
fnarkably small. The entire crew Of
the steamer WINS vaccinated before
leaving San Juan" EVERY one had
been vaccinated." writes our CORE
spondent, "and the pro-vaccinationists
have been Boosting Of the beauty Of
the treatment"
1t would appear from this state.
ment that u correspondent is hoist
by his IVA petard. for he proves that
vaccination renders the hitherto fatal
disease mild and that the officers Of
q ship regard It as an %immunizing
measure. all Of which probably Is
more convincing than the charge Of
criminal ignorance. vicious graft or
culpable Indifference" which he aims
at all who differ with him.
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II has been found that the Kilt is not
suitable for trench work In rainy and
cold weather and has caused inconve
nience.-OttdCd despatch.
The kits must havc caused a good
deal Of swearing in Flanders. How
ever. the Canadian Militia Department
is right in excepting the pipers. A
piper in trousers wouldn't he worth
looking at or listening to.
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sl.5OO.O 900 Gold Arrives,

The American steamship Nr .'.'
arrived from Liverpool Nes''ru'. "
"A shipment nj 81 300, 600 in e''i ~ "',
reported that the gold was .'
in payment OF munitions contra '.
Carson Andrews, u rcprc-r'''
the Bank OF England, was tho .'.y pas
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The Colonel seems 20 have thrown
the rest cure prescribed for him
out OF the window. lie chops wood.
walks five miles and esumes his
literary labors all in one day. We
suspect that the alarum on the Dor
der is a tonic TO him.
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VINO.
General T~REyINo's failure to give
up the American soldiers captured nj
Carrizai bellies his words.
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f'o" MP tfhiTNd |rIiHHP
The disheartening news /, yourhsafcd
that the grizzly bear Is extinct In Cali
fornia. The grizzly has figured large IN
stories and tradition. and It's loss VIII be
keenly f"lt, though none has been seen
for these many years.
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Coach RoBRr r. HERRicK seems to
be the Haughton OF the water at Har-
ward. So long as HERRicK IL the au-
tocrat Of rowing the crews he teaches
will be formidable. IL they do not al
ways win.
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Defining the Funda me mt al Issue.

The ~intcllcctunls Of CHARLES Evans
HrGHEs seem to be working smoothly.
Observe the Hughes mind In operation
during his impromptu address to his
fellow alumni Of Brown University:
w have the American spirit. That
Is a fire that each generation must
feed. II Ia not to be fed In the class
room by such a nice balancing that CON
viction is notorious by its absence. 1t is
to be fed by men who have thought it
out, who have reasoned it out from
every point Of view, but finally believe
something
Although this was said with par.
ticulnr appropriateness Ia the envi.
rOnment In which It was uttered, II
suggests that the definition of the
paramount issue of this Presidential
campaign will proceed satisfactorily.
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BISHOP BRENT TELLS
OF MORO PROGRESS
Agricultural School rstah.
lished and Carpentry and
Mechanics Also Taught.
WORK rs N~ON-SECTARIAy

The Right Rev. Charles II Bre,. ,,.
in addition to his duties ms Rishon NJ,
Episcopal Church in the ph.l.pnl-o, -
been carrying on for the past ,hrc. v.,,.
non-sectarian social seryic. no.
among the Moros. the only Mohsr~.
dams under tho American flag. dce,.,,
there have been gratifying results ~.
the EFFORTS TO bring these proud rar,.,
who have lived isolated lives. In c,r,,,,
with the entire world.
When we started our Moro co-,
DR.. Brent said. we aimed 20 20, -,
people together and train head. h,ns,
and heart at the same time ard ,ncu,
cate Christian motives. ideals and #,
fuences. Our method OF approach w.,
by earnest endeavor to live the Chr,s,,,
life among the people rather than that n.
doctrinal propaganda. Our expere,c.
has been adequate to demonstrate ,ha,
our method OF approach was tho r,ss,
one and the Moro now at leas, resr.c,,
and In considerable measure eutla,.,
the Christians conduct. citizenship ana
virtues"
Bishop Brent and his coworkers Ar.
now planning to equip the Moro VIII A
trade which he can apply among his ov-
people and are turning his attention 70
the soil and the amazing fertility ~ MI.
country.
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It is not always the strong men in
supreme power who bring their coun-
tries TO the edge Of a Look. for
example. at-well. at CARRANzA.
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Agricultural school Opened,

AGRICULTURAL Sch0OI opcned.
On January IL last nm Agricultural
school was opened on the island q Jolo
described as ono ~ tho most beautiful
islands In the world. More than 80
Moros, representing every class - 70.
clety and including prlncesseS and N.
Sultan's representatives.. attended the
ceremonies, The attendance WAS I'm.
portant. as II showed the Moros' conf.
dcnce in the work.
W propose in connection VIII ne
agricultural school, Bishop Rron, sad.
"to have groups ~ Moro families IN
model houses. rent free. They will work
the land and stock farm under VS..
direction and their children VII. r. into
boarding schools. The girls will b.
taught how 70 he good housckeencrs art
mothers. The boys will learn airicul.
ture. carpentry, mechanics, Sc There
Will be Fairgrounds and tho Moros Will
be taught 10 amuse themselves. We
now have forty boys In the agriculture
school from all classes of Moro society.
This is n beginning which promises q
great future"
Bishop Brent told Of much Of lis work
at two lunchcons during the week a,
which he was accorded "A hearty welcome
on his return To this country after AZ
absence of three years. The first took
place at the Bankers Club IN THURSDAY
and cx-Prcsident Taft delivered the adj
dress Of welcome. The second luncheon
accompanied by n Moro conference, vS
given at the Colony club Icy Mrs. Ma.
than,el Bowditch Potter. Gcors. War.
ton Pepper OF Philadelphia presided a;
the conference. at which address, wy.
made by Major-,ion. wood Az 'i.'se
W Wickcrshain. formerly United So
Acknowledgement All tho spCtkrr. .r
both occasions paid high tr!hu''> 20
Bishop Rren, ana dwelt on m" Iu--IU.
ties of his great work among tho N.''s
who up 20 the time he founded a modern
Tuskcgee among them We're the mN
warllke race OF people in the word
Among Those Who Aided.
Among those rroscu' ~ ~. '-o'v
club luncheon ard oorf'''rr- 0'''
George Wharton Pepper, Cen af. N-'
Leonard Wood. George w Wt.k'.,'t"
Mrs. Lorlllard Spencer. Mrs. Horny WV.
throp Gray. Mr.. and Mrs " orne
Wilson. Mr.. and Mrs. II Mlyh'y W7'r.
wright. Allison Armour, Mrr Eha
Root. Jr, pr, Nathaniel Bowi'.F Pot
ter. MIR. and Mrs barclay l'rs0',
William n Rowland. Mr. l''y =
Shepard. Miss Eliza AspiuwaN Mr. sri
Mrs. Mott, Hr. Louis r Gri"''0. l.Ee-'oH
Winthrop. Mss Dorothy Cheney Mrs
Clarke. Theodore T. Green. Nj He'.a
s. North. Mrs. Albert S.ou'eu' Mss
Emily :. Perkins, Miss Anne N'i'vai'',
Cuylcr. Mrs. William j.. Srh'cf, p, Mrs..
Oren Root.
Among 'hoss present a. tho H0's'rs
Club luncheon were
Edward j, Adams. L y Rc'h", WI.
lam T.. BOnhrigh'. + Brown. lawes
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courtesy of the Turk lighting man. A dozen
instances could be mentioned. Truces sug-
sested by the Turks to allow both sides to bury
their dead; dozen more of occasions where Red
Cross flags ana flags of truce carefully
spected.
When the Turks plunged into the war by
the Germans English business men Of fighting age
in Constantinople Immediately offered their
ices to the king. although amicable relations
with the Turks In one instance one Of these
Englishmen. who was assigned to the fleet at
the Dardanees Interpreter with the rank of
lieutenant, sent forward to meet Turkish
officer advancing under n flag of truce.
Imagine the lieutenants surprise find the
Turkish officer of his respected friends of
Constantinople. The truce quickly arranged they
chatted for few moments and while the lieu
tenant returning to his lines stray shrap-
mel burst him. The next day profuse apol-
ogy for the accident reached him from the "un-
speakable' Turk.
The New Zealand and Australian forces. them
selves amateurs at the game of fighting from
natural cover found much to learn from the
Turks. who individuals showed great ingenu-
ty and sportsmanship In their ruses Often
Turk. completely disguised bush or small
by tying greens about him, picked Off many
Tommy before the game was discovered
At point in the Anzac region Turkish
sniper was giving the English some trouble, and
Irishman. who was u good shot was told OF
to deal with him. For the next few minutes the
two, at great distance. took turns In trying
to account for each other.
At last the Turk wounded the lrishman. Then
those who were watching the craftsmanship con-
test the Turk creep cautiously from his shell
ter, lea wing his rifle behind him. He crossed the
space to his enemy and assisted him in binding
up his wounds from the emergency kit with which
each British soldier Is supplied. Then the two
men shared a drink Of water and some smokes
and the Turk crept back to his trench.
1t Is long. long way from the Turk "set in au-
thority" and entering into pacts with Germany to
In a coffeehouse smoking n nargile reclining
by his "sweet waters" making kef or even fight
ing war in the trenches for cause in which
he himself is sure to lose no matter which side
wins.
ican residents in Constantnople during the con-
fict have found the native newspapers full Of
officially inspired articles designed to stir up pop-
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her of tf1ometers advanced by the TURKS III .le
news dispatches would nave p'"
army somewhere in Scand'ha''"'
No nation could possibly have conduc.eu war
f,ra on !, more aboyeboard and clean-handed man
ner than the Turks" said Norman Wlkihson' 'ne
English artist. after visit to Gaihpo"' ~ .
sand mites that the Turks should nave peen sui''
of such fendtsh acts as the Armenian massacres' )
for had ii not been for this the Turk wouio nave
emerged from this trial with a character from
which the stain of lust and cruelty had oeeh ei-
fectively removed
Visitors to the hospitals of Constantinopie have
been almost mobbed by slightly wounded soioiers
in their eagerness share the wild movers
brought in from the banks of the Bosporus. When
the owers are distributed the inevitable cigarettes
come next.
If no other incident could be cited to Danish the
adjective "unspeakable' in connection with the
Turk, the following rented by an American VINO
served in a Turkish hospital would sumce:
"A young Australian Of twenty with a nasty
shrapnel wound in the thigh, CHANGED TO De tne
only Britisher placed In II Turkish hospitai az
Beylerbey on the Asiatic shore Of the bosporus
As the news of this lone English-speaking BOY ni-
,erad through the native village the old hanoums
the elder women-outdid themselves In visiting
the lad and bearing him flowers and sweets.
perhaps he has a mother In Engand VINO ID
waiting for him." was the remark OF one OF tnem
So much attention was given the Australian that
the other wounded In the hospital took to groanine
tremendously whenever visitors would entes. in
the hone Of attracting part Of the attention Of
course their motive was evident, for the wounded
Turk Is the last man ii the world to give way to
his feelings under pain
The Turkish doctor in charge was actually too
kind TO the lad. for in his solicitude to remove
everv fragment of the shrapnel he kept opening
the wound every few days. until the boy could
stsnd II no longer and succumbed.
He was buried with full military honors, and
of,or the Turkish custom, the coffin was borne
nf n
from, Beylerbey the English cemetery at Hal
dar Pacha There. beneath the expresses that
shelter the English troops killed in the Crimean
wor-men whom Florence Nightingale could not
savo-they laid the Australian away. Rev. Rob
ert Frew. the English pastor beloved alike by
rho Turks and British read the burial service
The lad had . Christian funeral, with a company
nf Noslem troops as a guard of honor"
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AzZ2AYTU'L<xT CE1zzEa Is Az4e HusxZgN- =

S"S t'l' Snch sporting proposition could not be
turned down by true Britisher
rom the very entrance of Turkey into this
"orlo "ar-a step repulsive to n people already
heartily sick of being drafted into tho ropks-
the English press has taken a different attitude to-
NaFn 'helF turkish foes than 1t has toward the
1eatohS, cleaning of the leading periodicals
reveals countless incidents of the Turks chiv-
airy as fighters and above-board methods when
not under the direct observation of their German
officers
Il have such admiration for the Turks" wrote
Brlt1Sh officer serving in Mesopotamia to the
London Morning Post" February Z "the pukka
Turks. | mean. not the Kurdish savages who
butcher Arnenans the Bagdad Turco- Arabs.
that ] wonder more and more how they ever
came into the war at all. They did a thing after
Ctesphon that commands recognition
"a bargeoad OF 300 of our wounded stuck in
the mud and with some medical personnel on
board had TO BE- abandoned The Turks towed
the barge downstream, and under Of the
white flag the whole lot including the medi-
cal personnel. back To the British camp unharmed
In any way
Il know of two wounded British officers left
out the night after the battle who were found by
the Turks In both cases the Turks took away
all their equipment haversack, belt, revolver. pa
pers and field glasses. but both men say they
were not harmed in any way. In the Of
man they gave him water drink, loosened his
coat and made him more comfortable. They left
both for our people to collect the next morning.
1t is the Arabs who maltreat our wounded and
commit all sorts of atrocities"
Recent dispatches from that far distant front
brief escape general notice-have dis
closed the same attitude between the lines Of
the meager official reports. After the fall Of
Kut-el-Amara the Turkish commander gave General
Towushend back his sword. Later reports
nounced the exchange of disabled prisoners. sug-
gested hy the Turks,
From another theater of the where the
Turks have been lighting the story Of
incident of the common soldiers attitude. In
letter published In the London Times of February
British officer wrote from Safoniki:
Imagine this war! Some of people went
out on a reconnaissance in front of the line where
there were a number of Turks. The latter
as courteous possible and showed them the
best places for geese and helped to stalk them I"
From the Gallipoli peninsula, however, have
come the most tales of the individual bravery and
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and becoming when she saw sheet flame ourst the
heard the little girls and amid falling embers and smoke dense
arm an or
fla
the of the n the
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ular feeling against the
British when the under
lying sentiment has tend
ed dangerously against
Germ a n US aspirations
One preposterous news
story related in great de-
tail how, during the Turk
ish feast Of Bairam, the
Turkish troops tn e "
cigarettes over into the
British trenches, and now
the British retaliated by
throwing back smokes
which would explode and
iniure the faces of the
Moslem troops.
The writer remembers
the startling dispatches
to the press in the Turk
ish capital during the first
Balkan war. In the week
that the Bul lgnri a n 8
pusbed the Turks back TO
Tchataldja the total num-
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home at Mckees Rocks was destroyed
BY fire.
Veda was in a first-floor bedroom
when the fire began. AS the flames,
which started on the second floor, ate
their way quickly through the thin
partitions and floors of the dry frame
building, the child remained in the
room. for the moment forgotten by the
frantic mother and the excited neigh
bors.
Then, discovering it was difficult
to breathe In the fast-thickening smoke
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tHe WIZ, at petCe VIII tfIH WUrIu. de
was even singing. Suddenly he
stopped; small garter snake had
wriggled across his path.
The song ended. The man closed
his eyes, and laughed foolishly. Then
he opened them again. This time
there were two snakes on the walk
The man threw his hat at them,
laughed nervously, and walked on.
And every few feet he saw more
snakes.
Three college students, walking
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about the Hanks OF both
armies, they raided first one
side and then the other.
choosing opportunities for Sc
curing the most plunder with
the least risk to themselves.
Those tactics naturally
proved so annoying to both
sides that one commander
sent his opponent the follow
ing message:
Il am thoroughly tired of
these Bedouin robbers and
their treachery. You must
be also. Let US. therefore.
make truce with one an
other for two or three days
ana mete out to these Arabs
such punishment as will put
an end to their tricks"
1he author of this unusual
request was not the British
commander, but the nm
speakable' Turk ! The Turk
VINO writes of this Incident
does not add what answer
WIS given, but 1t Is safe to
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had
to a
sought further Through
alleging that Wczek had DESTROYED all of his
another like baby
nev again"
him
ourh wedding
fol his tn band.
for a leader rt-broken Louie
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CAKE NOT UP TO HIS EXPECTATIONS


young man went to and ordered had
the who'll to have the
it"-Indanapols News