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the berries and cream for breakfast were spoiled. They ought to have icebox doors that fasten properly in- stead of such f1imsy catches!
 And then when we did start back with all of us in that one car and ou1 wet suits and everything, some watei must have got into the machinery or maybe it was when wave swash- ed over it when Harry was diving from the tanneau down at the beach anyhow it wouldn't go and we had to walk two miles home through the pitch dark.
 Ethel and came in just as quiet ly," Caroline concluded, but the fam fly didn't seem to appreciate 1t be- cause MT. and Mrs. Phillips both had mysteries when they saw us-and most of the other cottages had lights in them, too. It took Ethel and me so long to explain that it was too late to go to bed after that. The cook was getting breakfast By that time. Sc that's why I do feel kind of sleepy
 Well, you can go to bed at oncep said Caroline's stunned mother. q need peace and quiet in which to compose a letter of apology to Mrs Phillips!"
 "Oh. my Spodness!" said Caroline disguestedly. You're just as fussy as the mothers over re!"--Chieago News.
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viding this short cut for the vessels of the navy. Likewise it was understood that it would be of inestimable bene- 1t to the commerce of the world.
 There was little or no thought of making it a revenue producer, but in view of the heavy expenditures there is no reason why 1t should not be so regulated as far as the rates arc con cerned that the income received there from will be sufficient to meet the op- erating expenses and the interest charges on the capital involved
 This is one of the things which Gen. eral Goethals has advocated even to the extent of putting the canal on a paying basis. This he holds can be done by fixing the tolls of the vessels in accordance with their earning ca pacity, and 1t seems to be common sense that the receipts from the canal should be sufficient to prevent the pil- ing up of a yearly deficit. There is no good reason why all the benefit should go to the steamship lines.
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THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society

Abyssinia-'When the daily press of America published the brief an- nouncement recently that a great bat tie had been fought in Abyssinia 25 miles outside the capital, resulting in a complete victory for the new gov- ernment, the average reader" says a war geography bulletin issued by the National Geographic Society, did not realize that this battle affected S.000,- 900 people living in a country larger than the combined areas of France, Holland, Belgium, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
 And inasmuch as the despatches failed to give the name of the capital, few Americans could recall it-Adis Ababa, the city founded by that re- markable black monarch, MeneHk II, in 1892, the third year of his eventful reign which extended over 8 period of a quarter of a century.
 "Abyssinia is a wholely inland na- tion, being cut off from the Red Sea and the Gulf of Alden by French and Italian possessions varying in width from 40 to 250 miles, To the north is the Italian possession of Eritrea, to the east British, French and Italian Somaliland territories, to the south British East Africa, and to the west the Anglo Egyptian Sudan. The whole empire, which was formerly known as
 
 though most of the interior has such a high elevation that the climate is temperate and healthful.
 "Adis Abaha has an elevation of more than a mile and a quarter above l sealevel, so that although it is in the same latitude as the Isthnian sea- port of Panama, it enjoys a most sell ubrious climate.
 Except for it's royal residence and grounds, which occupy a hill cer.i- manding a view of the country in all directions, the city resembles a tenn than the capital of a vast kingdom, for white tents and mean huts cover the country in circle whose diameter is about three miles. No railroad con- meets this city of 40, 900 inhabitants highways" of the country are scarce with the outside world, while the ly more than narrow trails travelled by pack mules and donkeys. Even Har- rar, (population estimated at 50,000) the only other settlement in the kingdom having more than 5000 in- habitants, has not yet been reached by the railway which is being con- structed from Jibuti, the French Som aliland seaport on the Gulf of Alden Harrar is 230 miles inland from Jib- uti, and Adis Ababa is 220 miles still further west.
 ."of the four general groups of peo- pies innabiting Abysslnia the two most important are the Gallas, pas toral and agricultural tribe compris- ing fully half the population, and the Shoans, the Yarlike governing class The Tigrians are lighter in color than their fellow -countrymen and retain many evidences of the1r Semitic ori- gin. The Dankalis are a practically independent people of the Moham- medan faith, whereas the other groups have been Christian since the fourth century, being allied with the Alexan- drian Church.
 Education has made slow progress
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THE SUBMARINE ACTIVITY.

There can be nothing surprising in the fact that reports from Washington are to the effect that a serious view is being taken of the submarine warfare which Germany is conducting. Within the past few weeks there has been in- creased reason for belief that that country has disregarded its pledges and that 1t is resorting to the policy which was in vogue when the Lusi- tania was sunk.
 There is the Marina case about which nothing has been done, and which as far as is known is still in the investigation stage. This has been followed by the torpedoing of the Ara bia in the Mediterranean, which was sent to the bottom, if reports are true without warning, despite the fact that it was a liner on which there were 450 passengers, and now comes the story of the Hawaiian-American steamship Columbian sending out wireless calls for help because it was being shelled by a submarine.
 Americans lost their lives on the Marina, one American 1t is believed was aboard the Arabia and the Co., lumbian Is owned in New York, Is un- der American registry and flies the Stars and Stripes.
 ! These affairs do not show that any great amount of care Is being exer- cised to respect the promises made tc this country. Rather does 1t look as If 1t considered that it could do about as it pleased as long as 1t was willing to answer notes and mako more prom lses, in keeping with the course=Whict xt-has followed in the past.
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STORIES OF THE WAR
Sensation of Being Shot.

A commissioned officer in the
 British Army has written the follow
 ing sketch of what he felt when ne
 was caught in machine gun fire ana
 of the care bestowed upon him by the
 army surgeon who came to his assist
 ance:
 q don't know" he says what most
 men feel like when they are wounded.
 What I felt was that I had been hit
 by a tremendous iron hammer, and
 then twisted with a sickening sort of
 wrench so that my back banged on
 the ground and my feet struggled as
 though they didn't belong to me. For
 a second or two my breath wouldn't
 come I thought This is death and hoped 1t wouldn't take long. By and by, as nothing happened, I thought l couldn't be dying. tried to turn on my side. but the pain stopped me dead. There was nothing to do but lie still on my back. After a few minutes two men in my platoon crawl past at a few yards distance. They saw me and seemed to be laughing, but they didn't stop. Probably they their being so cruel. 'It's being cut off from human be- ings that's as bad as anything when ones wounded. and when a lad wrig- gled up to me and asked what was up I loved him. said. Not dying, ] think, but pretty bad and he wrig- gled on. What else could he dof Then I raised my knees to ease the pain in my stomach, and at once bullets came over: so I put them down.
 tTt didn't bother me much when the Germans began smelling the trench about eighty to 100 yards behind me
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nature and sternly cold climate born of the high Alps.
 Prom the standpoint of material value, Bessarabia would be worth more to Rouman1a than Pennsylvania. It is one of the richest provinces of Rus sia, and with the Pruth on the one side and the Dniester on the other, it is ideally watered, no place within its boundaries being more than 40 miles from a navigable stream. Kishinef.
 which is remembered with horror as the scene of the frightful Jewish mas sacre a few years ago, is it's capital.
 The southeastern corner of the prov ince lies only Q dozen miles or so from
 the great Black Sea port of Odessa - the New York of Southern Russia
 'tBukowina is an Austrian crown land traversed by offehoots of the Carpathians, and famous for its horses and cattle. It has many fine
 forests, numerous rich mines, and its people have been thrifty and industri- ous. It has belonged to Austria for
 nearly a century and a half, having
 been ceded to that country by Turkey in 1777. It is populated by veritable congress of races, with the Slav and
 the Rounanian well in the maJority.''
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PINE BLISTER RUST.

The American Forestry association Is making a widespread appeal in be- half of the white pines throughout the country. It is endeavoring to arouse interest in the waging of more de- termined fight against the blister rust which is raising havoc with the pines wherever 1t gets and retains a foot hold.
 This disease appears to have a grip upon all of New England, number of the eastern and some of the north ern states, and it has extended across the border into Canada, and in these localities; it is progressing, and when it is realized that this trouble is threatening the destruction of trees which are valued at $a61. 1000, 600, of which s75,o00.o00 worth are in New England. it can be appreciated that the association's efforts are devoted to an excellent cause.
 In the case of the pine blister rust, as in that of the chestnut tree blight there is no known cure. All that can be done must be done in the way of prevention such as 8 rigid quarantine, the destruction of infected trees and the gooseberry and currant bushes on which tine spores are known to exist. By so doing the spread of the disease can be prevented, which holds out more encouragement, than in the case of the chestnut blight for it has been shown that the destruction of trees affected with that disease does not apparently make any difference with its progress.
 With so much at stake in valuable trees there should be incentive enough on the part of the owners to make a determined fight and from all indica- tions it cannot be started any too SoOn
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WHAT THE NEW POLAND FACES.

There are of course those in Poland who are gratif1ed by the action which has been taken by Germany and Aus tria in setting up new kingdom of Poland in a small part of what was originally Polish territory. They are apparently showing appreciation for small favors, but they have food for thought as to just what it all means by the fact that a Teuton prince is to become king of that territory, the ap- parent fact that the Poles are expected to pay for the action which has been taken by joining the central powers in resisting the enemy, and by the sit uation which is to be faced in regard to maintenance.
 Heretofore while Poles have been lighting on both sides in the hopes that the promises which have been held out to them for fulfillment after the war would be kept, those sections which have now been set off as a kingdom have been suffering untold ravages from the war. They have been denied the food supplies which they have raised and they have not been permitted to receive the assist ance which the outside world was willing to forward to them for their relief. But with the new Poland standing under the wing of the cen tral powers and complying with Stheir requirements in the way of recruits for the armies. it is to be expected that those same benefactors must be looked 70 to see that relief is given to overcome the existing conditions, to say nothing of the fact that their &C., ceptance of the Teuton gift must of necessity line this new kingdom up as the enemy of Russia.
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

On the authority of MT. Rudyard
 Kipling, we are led to believe that "the doorkeepers of Zion" do not al- ways stand n helmet and whole armor, and so forth; and we are con- firmed in our belief that the door
 keepers are not always on the 1ob by the announcement of the raid per- in the British channel -Hartford Times.
 In Germany the kitchens have been stript of copper and brass to provide
 material for shells. In New York city the cemeteries, are being stript of bronze ornaments, railings and tomb stone nameplates for the same pur-
 pose. Boys are stealing them and sell
 ing them to junk dealers, and they
 are said to be finding their way into
 the munition factories If the war
 keeps on long enough. nothing will be sacred anywhere.-Waterbu Repub- lican. The compensation commissioner continue to have nice points put UT l to them for decision. Commissioner Beers of New Haven made one recent | ly that resulted in an appeal to the superior court. Ida Engstrom asked | for an award on account of the deatE of her husband, Oscar Engstrom, ar employee of the L. Candee Co. The crux of the matter is that the wife | was estranged from her husband al l the time of his death. The award was given his mother. The Candee Company appealed on the ground that no compensation should be paid al all, and the widow claimed It should go to her.-Bristol Press.
 A court decision which nullif1es . jitney ordinance In Waterbury, Con- necticut, is expected to be followed by a state law in which the powers ot
 municipalities will be clearly defined
 The provision for a one thousand dol lar bond for the protection of pas sengers, to which the jitney men ob- jected, was not approved by the court on the ground that the city charter did mt permit the bonding of public carriages. This interpretation of the charter means that cities and towns desiring to regulate the jitney must have authority from the state. The
 jitney does not seem destined to, put electric railways out of business. but if has legitimate place in the field ot transportation. Regulation is desir-
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SPECIAL YALE LETTER

New Haven, Nov. 9.-The Yale team
 of ten men defeated Princeton 20
 points to S5 in their annual cross
 country run over the new Yale course
 Saturday afternoon. Captain J. W.
 Overton, 1917, of the University team,
 led the field of runners almost from
 the start, finishing first over the six
 miles course in 36 minutes 26 1-5 sec-
 onds. D. R. ShotwelL of Princeton,
 finished second, about 100 yards be-
 hind Ocerton. L. D. Levine, Yale, was
 close third. Captain Copeland of
 an injury. In addition to first and third places, Yale runners finished in fourth, fifth, seventh, eleventh,
 twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth places respectively. The first concert by the New Haven
 symphony orchestra was held in
 lessor Parker, who has conducted this orchestra since it's beginning over twenty years ago, is directing this year.
 The management was particularly
 fortunate in securing Mime. Povla F'risch, the Danish dramatic soprano,
 as soloist. This was her first appear
 ance in New Haven. Mime. Frisch sang in Europe from Petrograd to Paris with brilliant success, and the cr1t1CS nave y1ed with each other in proclaiming her unusual voice and l powers of interpretation.
 The freshman football team defeat ed Andover TO in a close and hard fought game Saturday.
 The 1920 eleven was especially strong on end runs and line-plunging but several bad fumbles in the early part of the game probably held tho score down. Captain Kempton again starred in long gains around end and in running back kicks and Hixon broke through the Andover line time and again. Prizer at end did some splendid tackling and caught two for ward passes for gains of Ia yards. The 1 freshmen's touchdown was made on 1 a plunge through center by Hixon, after Kempton and he had carried the | ball down the field from Yale's 40-yard 1 line.
 "Ours", a military comedy by T. W. Robertson, an English dramatist, has been selected as the play which the University Dramatic Association will present on it's Christmas trip during the holidays. The final choice has been made after months of cons1dera- tion and discussion. At recent joint l meeting of the Executive and Advisory committees, it was unanimously voted to discard all other plays under con- sideration and comence work at once on Ours"
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ONLY POWERFUL
 MEDICINE WILL END RHEUMA

It matters not whether you have had agonizing pains from rheumatism for 20 years or distressing twitchings for 20 weeks. Rheuma is strong enough and mighty and powerful enough to drive rheumatic poisons from your body and abolish all misery or money back.
 Lee & Osgood and all druggists sell Rheuma on a no-cure-no-pay basis for not more than 50 cents a bottle and after you take a half teaspoonful once a day for two days you should know that at last you have obtained a remedy that will conquer rheuma- tfsm.
 For over five years throughout America Rheuma has been prescribed by broad-minded physicians and has released thousands from agony, pain and despair.
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MAKING IT PAY.

The Idea or this, this country in . building pose of opening up a waterway across the isthmus for the aid 1t would be to shipping. It was recognized that it would be of inestimable advantage to this country in increasing tho factii- ties for trade between the east and the west coasts. of shortening the dis tances for foreign trade with many of the countries on the Pacific and for the added protection that would be possible for our coast lines by pro-
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with heavies. One heard them start ing a long way off, and coming to- ward one with a glorious rush, like the swift rustling of enormous and in cerdfbly powerful piuions. Then there was a rhump, and I was cov- cred with earth. After about the thirtieth thump something hit me in the stomach and took my wind. I thought, Thank Heaven, it's over this time,' but 1t was only an extra heavy sod of earth.
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Can anyone imagine the people of Mexico conducting such an orderly election as that which took place in ker says that some of our early pa- triots were no better than the Villa bandits of the present day.
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Lloyd George is now charged with having put daInpsr on the peace plans of Germany. Whether he de-
 serves the credit Of ft or not there Is
 no doubt about the fact that he made it plain that peace could not be ar
 ranged now except on the allies terms.
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There are of course whole lot of
 politicians throughout the country who will doubtless realize that now is an excellent time to leave the game for keeps.
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up but those who are holding the ! stakes are forced to adopt the watch
 full waiting policy. whether they like | 1t or not
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There is a lesson for a great many in the disclosure which comes from Rhode Island city to the effect thai $25.000 fire was caused by an ac-
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If as claimed there was an Ameri- can citizen on the Arabia and it was sunk without warning, 1t looks like an-
 other chance for the resumption of note writing,
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There are a lot of political prophets who will have to wait for four years before they get a similar chance to recover their former regulations.
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able, provided it does not deprive the public of the advantages of the special service for which the jitney is pecu-
 iarly adapted. The Connecticut de- cision Is valuable in that it points the way to a definite settlement of the the jitney question by state authority along lines that insure service and Providence Bulletin.
 As long as the grown people who walk the tracks are not arrested just
 so long will children take chances on
 the iron highways and there will be
 fatalities like that of yesterday when a boys life was snuffed out. The rail- road is doing its best to keep persons off the tracks. It is constantly issuing
 warnings and notices are posted all
 along the road where people are like ly to take to the tracks. The police
 have other things to concern them selves and people who wish to take short cuts use the tracks. Until there understand that the tracks are not sidewalks such accidents as that of yesterday will continue to happen. The children go on the tracks because older persons do and because they are not sufficiently warned. The fact that 1t is dangerous and against the law to
 walk the tracks has not been really
 impressed upon them. If the railrr 2 d
 would put extra police here for a t:-ae and arrest everybody who walks ire tracks the practice would soon end. The ordinary mortal has to have
 things hammered into his head by force or at least by a show of it be- fore it really makes an impression on him.-Meriden Journal.
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The European war of course could not expect much attention until thu national election was determined.
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The announcement which Is made
 that the department of justice is to
 probe the high cost of living comes several years too late.
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Villa has died. 1t doesn't seem to change his characteristics one iota.
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The man on the corner says: There are some political prophets who would make some excellent trench fighters.
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Election predictions on one side ap. pear to have suffered about as SC. verely as those on the other.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

the hungry fly adds recruits daily to the swatting squad.
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Why Are the Babies Rarred7
 Wonder whether babies are barred from the parcel post as poisonous animals, insects and reptiles'' or as 'infernal machines. ."-Pittsburgh Dis patch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15

II was down at FlO'S FandangO,
Which is just inside the line,
Where the cowboys flock on pay day
For their women and their wine.
There was Joe, the Greaser smugg Ter
And shavetail from the point
Who was more or less enamOured
OF a lady in the joint
There were twenty thirsty prlvateS
From the latest Villa chase,
Who had slipped the provost sergeant
And were hiding in the place.
But the queerest in the outfit
Was little East Side rat
With college boy regalia
And a dinky dice-box hat.
He was pale and narrow-chested
And he seemed to cringe and shrink
When the crowd were firing pistols
AS the signal for drink.
They had dumped him in the desert
From the passing Golden State;
Said he'd come to drive an auto,
But he wasn't talking straight.
But the queerest thing about him
Was a small, new-fangled gun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15
THE EFFICIENT GJNMAN; A TALE OF THE BORDER
Illustrations by WILL CRAWFORD.

illustrations BY WILL ChAWFOhD.
Then the crowd from Deming gathered,
Fighting drunk and whisky mad,
Every man of them killer.
Bad men? Yes, and poison bad.
Flo, she tried to hide the stranger
Cause she didn't want the scene
That she seemed to know was coming,
But that bunch was GreaSer mean.
Well, they gathered round the victim
And they started with the fun,
Pulling jokes about his makeup,
And they asked to see the gun
But he took it kind of quiet
With a shifty, nervous stare
Till | got queer present'ment
1t was time to get the air.
Flo, who'd seen hundred mix-ups,
Also seemed to get the bunch
For | saw her tip signal
To the women of her bunch.
Get that kids frijole shooter"
Says the meanest cowboy then,
"For the thing is plumb offensive
To lot of fighting men,"
But the runt he crooked his finger
And the little popgun popped
And the girls and soldiers scattered
AS the biggest cowboy dropped.