West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-06-15

btVeCe ought 10 Try llttle Selt-HoN-
ernment for change.
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Preparedness is having an umbrella
at each end of the days work.
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Very often the weather bureau de.
livers the rain along with the invoice.
Latterly the peace dove has begun
to coo great deal like a gamecock
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Certainly. as Mr.. Wilson says, the
world is eager for peace. but the bel
ligerent nations are going to be ex-
tremely coy about confessing It.
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The American men who put Car
rama up TO 1t. think they are wor-
riers OF Wilson; but they're not
they're traitors to their country.
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The struggle with selHshness is the
greatest OF all conflicts.
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Ihe old guard is always prepared -
especially for the worst.
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But who can blame those Texan
militiamen for refusing to leave the
state with the watermelon season
right in the ofring?
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You needn't waste too much sympa-
thy on Mexico. She won't have three
national conventions on her hands I'm
one month.
From the busy mans point OF view.
impounding all bores would be grand
daylight saving device.
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Many thinking people admire the
title of the League to Enforce Peace
because it sounds like efficiency.
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IT villa were true patriot he would
go and occupy his ready-made tomb
and solve a vexing problem.
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Besides setting the clock. an eff
cient generation should teach a great
er conservatism to the thermometer.
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DO you wonder that the chiropod-
lists are sitting up and taking notice
now that so many parades are impend-
ing?
Now that warning nations have quit
slaughtering neutrals on the high
seas. rifing the mail bags also will
have to stop.
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or course IT is impossible to manele
preparedness parade by staging a
thunderstorm, for genuine readiness is
waterproof
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Those mail seizures meet our idea OF
a British offensive.
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II peace is on the way. 1t certainly
won't be arrested for speeding.
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Funny, but the anti-preparedness
folks are still using lightning rods.
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Certainly is tough on somebody 10
say DR.. Waite was tried by a jury of
his peers
Put on all your optimism. June is
smiling again.
June is a great month when II ar
rives on schedule time.
Vital issues" are what some people
side-step, and what the Colonel eats.
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These early morning hours are de-
lightful. but one loses sleep trying to
enjoy them
Don't look a dark horse in the
mouth nor any kind Of a mule in the
heels.
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A mans ability should be rated by
what he finishes and not by what he
begins.
f.
a girl is naturally IN love with her
self after she and the man OF her
choice arc made one.
The average lazy man gets along 80
well in this Old world that he encour-
ages idleness in others.
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However, in the matter Of sweeping
victories over American mail pouches.
the British navy is still supreme.
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"Ollie James to be permanent chair
man" says an inspired headline. II
depends I'm great measure, however.
on the size and staunchness OF the
chair.
Another pathetic little feature OF the
situation is recalling that that British
battle cruiser was named InWnci-
BILE"
f.
America will build FIVE battle cruls-
ers in one year In the North Sea last
week five battle cruisers were sunk I'm
| one day
f.
How long" asks the philadelphia
Evening Ledger. Should q girl OF is
wear her skirts?" Well, on-hand. we
should say all day long,