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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-25

them. / live on IL farm and like farm life
fine. My mother takes The Journal and my
favoritc piece is the letter box AMI "Onc
Woman'S story" What do. you cousins think
of this awful war? ] think it serious thing
! have two brothers in the camps-Onc at Ma
con and one at Atlanta. My oldest brother is
coming home a furlough in a few days, and
you all know I will be glad. Say, what do
you cousins do for pastimc. l help saw wood
and help with the house work. As for pets /
haven't amy. How many of you have my birth
day, September 49, ! was born in 1899. Now,
y hD can guess my age. Now, please, Aunt
Julia, print this if it is worth while. WIN
close with riddle: Between heaven and earth
and not ON q tree. with best regards l remain,
your new niece and cousin,
EMMA MANILA PHILLIPS.
Springvile, Ala, Il. l.
L. S.-Would like to correspond with any
of you cousins.
Dear Auntic and Cousins: / will write for my
second time. The first time I did not succeed
but will try again, as the old rule says, try,
try, again. L am going to schOl now. My
teacher is Miss Claude w. Martin, and ! sure
love her. / am twelve years old and in the
sixth grade. Auntie ! am certainly glad that
you nave so many joining your club. Come
Ggain, Naomi Griner; our letter was fine
will snatch my letter again. ! know he got
the other one. VIII close by asking a riddle;
Higher than IA house; higher than tree; on
what could that pretty thing be- Your cousin
DOnadSonyille, Ga. IRENE MILLER
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impression was the frmness with which he declared
he would carry through his policy against
every opposition. together with the warmth with
which he defended the reichstag against the criti
cism OF the Herrenhaus.
The Liberal parties the members OF the Central
party, and the Independent Conservatives stood
while the chancellor was speaking and interrupted
him repeatedly with prolonged applause. The
house felt in every sentence of the chanceors
speech that ne was dealing with subject which ne
had deeply at heart and that he regarded the
ment of the delivery OF his speech as a decisive
one in his career statesman"
Tho Manchester Guardian regards the chancel.
lor's speech as the direct result OF the Russian
revolution, and remarks:
III the Russian people win and establish their
liberty upon an impregnable basis. then they will
have given Il aspect to civilization. Already
its first workings visible In the speech OF the
German chancellor. in which he promises an in
ternal political reorganization to Germany and a
less ilibera franchise to Prussia. The revolution
In Russia promises to isolate Germany as the one
bureaucratic. dcspotic and nVtarist power in tho
European world, not only during the war but after
1t unless Germany follows similar course"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-08
SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1917.
EASTER.

Christians the world today observing
the anniversary of the resurrection of Jesus Christ
In these days when brother Is aligned against
brother when the whole world is literally arraycd
in battle formation the question arises to where
the Christianity of the human has disappeared.
The past teaches us. however, that anything very
much worth while is only attained through suffer
ing Christ gave his life in atonemcnt for the sins
OF the world and it may be that from the blood
soaked fields of Europe will spring international
Christianity, international brotherhood which
will draw together the nations OF the world in
compact which will lead to a lasting peace.
II would that such outcome would be
ample pay for the untold suffering and misery
which is being endured At least it Is ap
proprate subject for hope and prayer on this morn
ing when all dark except for the shaft of
light from Calvary which, although with dimnhed
power, continues to pierce the gloom.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-08
THE WEST WIND.

It's n warm wind the west wind full OF birds cries;
hear the wind but tears are in my eyes.
For 1t comes from the west lands, the old brown
hills
And Aprirs in the west wind and daffods.
It's n fine land the west land
There Is cool green grass there where men may lie
at rest.
And the thr,shes are In song there. fluting from
the nest.
Twin you not come home, brother? You have been
long away.
IT'S April and blossom time and white is the spray;
And bright is the sum- brother. and warm is the rain
Win you not come home brother, home to us again?
The young is green. brother. where the rab-
bits
It's blue sky, and white clouds, and warm rain and
It's the white road wcstwards Is the road I must
To the green grass the cool grass. and rest for
heart and head.
To the violets and the brown brooks and the
thrnShcs song
In the fine land, the west land, the land where
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-08
CONSUMPTION.

Undoubtedly the war department is proceeding
along the right line to raise and equip an army of
the size demanded by the present crisis If the
war should last another year. two years, United
States troops would undoubtedly be called upon to
take their places in the trenches and If the pro-
gram outlined is pushed through it should mean
that within year the army OF the United States
would be formidable fighting force
CONSUMPTION in place OF the volunteer SYSTEM
That again is as it should be. Every war has
proved that the method of raising an army OF VOL
nntccrs Is inefficient and that finally conscrpton
must be called into play. The United States is
adopting the right system in placing the burden of
the the shoulders OF rich and poor alike
Universal training and CONSUMPTION mean thai
every man Of military age will be called to tht
colors 1t will not exempt the street corner loafer
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-08

Missoua's citizens are responding to the call of
the secretary of agriculture better than to that of
the recruiting office. The statement Of house,
wife that flowers all right If you ara sick. but
nothing satisfies like beans and potatoes if you are
hungry" is certainly expressive and one which
should be carefully considered by everyone wAo has,
or can obtain piece of ground on which to raise
at least enough vegetables to keep his own family
supplied and in this manner not only combat the
high cost OF living. but also release for the govern
ment's much Of the food supply possible.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-08
BRET HARTE AND CALIFORNIA.

Bret Harte is the writer of undouhted genius
who made California and it's pioneers known around
the world" sasy George IIamn Fitch-in his recent
book about men Of letters in the United States.
His activity As years. yet in all that time
he seldom chose any other scene for his stories
than the early California which he knew so well.
Only side of that pioneer life he painted with
such remarkable clearness and force that every
readers it with his eyes. It was the purely
adventurous life of the California mining camps
that Bret Harte exploited with the same fidelity
that Kipng has pictured tho life of the English
man in India.
AT IS Hartc left Albany. his native city. and
went to California. 1t was his good fortune to be
school teacher and express messenger In the
foothill counties of California in the late fiftes the
period which witnessed the decline and end OF
placer mining. Less than year Harte spent IN
this land Of the pioneer miners. yet in that short
time he gained Impressions Of scenes and charac-
tcrs upon which he drew for 40 years. while
| working in an alien land among alien people.
1.-THE poetical output of Bret Harte conf
paratvcly small, but his Is OF high quality
Like his prose 1t reveals the hand Of the master
! craftsman. Many of the spanish legends of early
California liarte has put into beautiful verse. His
is the best bit of poetry on San Francisco. ::
The Heather Chinee-the most famous Of his
, poems-was written in the meter of Swinburne's
'Atalanta In Calydon which has since become
popular with humorous bards."
| ''IIarte possessed in supreme degree the faculty
Of describing place or character in n paragraph
which clngs to the memory Above all he seemed
to have before his eyes n vision California $
foothills. with their dust laden air. their pungent
odors of pine and bay. and their background Of the
snow crowned mountain wall Of the Sierra Navada.
Endless was the variety Of the tales he wove about
these California scenes, but what makes them ap-
neal fnll tn dor Xl,o
far western land that he celebrates IL the 10y that
he exhibits in the telling and the freshness and en-
thnsasm of his pictures Of ting state that he loved
and made the whole world love with him."
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-08
PHOTOGRAPHY ON WAR
LIMITED TO SEVEN SETS

I.ondon-A committe of librarians
here is preparing photography OF
war books, their aim being to make 1t
eventually nothing less than COM
plete catalog of everything published
anywhere in the world on the subject
of war. Only seven sets OF the COM
plete catalog are to be made. one OF
which will go to the congressional H.
brary in Washington.
The same committee has n plan FOR
establishing after the war a library
and museum devoted entirely to the
war, and SO far as possible containing
all the books, pamphlets and papers
listed in the catalog.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-08
GERALDINE FARRAR
PROVES PATRIOTISM

Roston.-The composure of Boston
was restored the other night by Miss
Geraldine Farrar, the opera singer and
moving picture star. The voice of
rumor. which is seldom quiet about
stage people, had greatly disturbed the
American public by reporting that
Miss Farrar was pro- German in her
sympathies. Early in the war she had
said that she loved the Germans and
hoped they would defeat their en-
emies. and a few weeks ago she re-
fused to rise when The Star Spangled
Banner was played in a New York
theatcr. At least. stories of this kind
got into the papers.
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Now these disquieting rumors have
been laid at rest. At Boston theater
where photoplay in which Miss Far
being shown, the actress herself sat in
a box draped with flags. During the
performance Miss Farrar stepped to
the front of her box and sang 1.-The
Star Spangled Banner" presumably
having no difficulty with the high
notes, as lesser singers do. The mayor
Of Boston beamed on the occasion
Miss Farrars patriotism cannot again
be suspected.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-08
GERMANY NEXT.

The great effect of the present war has been re-
peatedly commented upon. 1t has been rather
thoroughly reviewed in newspapers. magazines and
other periodicals. Still as it is the important hap
pening of the war It is worthy Of first place in the
consideration of the many tremendous changes
which have been and are going in the world
today.
THE Twilight of the Kings" has been proclaimed
ever since the Russian duma ceased to be make
believe body and became the Russian government
in fact instead of name With the march of the
Romanoffs into this twilight zone has come a new
dawn-not only to Russia but to every nation
which has suffered the i'll effects of autocratc gov
eminent. Perhaps the kaiser is not entirely to
blame for the present horrors being enacted in Eu-
rope, but if nc is not the military caste and mill
tarism rampant is and this was built up under his
guidance and with his consent
1t would appear that the day Is not far distant
when the Hohenzollern family will join the pro-
cession which led by the Russian is vending
its way into oblivion. The latest advices from
Germany are to the effect that even such strong
pro-govecnment papers as the Vorwaerts have de-
clared that instant modernizaon of the German
government is necessary as military and politi-
cal necessity. In many quarters this is being
taken to indicate the beginning OF sweeping
change in form of government. The kaiser may
take to heart the lesson he should have learned
from the fate of the car who might still be nom-
naliy at the head of the Russian government had
he not flouted popular demands ana by description
of the duma inflaned the sentiment of the people
to point where it would have none of him or his
kind.
The sentiment of the Teutons is crystallizng
rapidly and if monarchial form Of government still
prevails in Germany when the last cannon has
doomed and tho last soldier has given up his life
for he knows not what it will be limited that in
comparison with the present condition it win not
be recognizable.
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will It permit the millionaircs son to shirk his
duty to flag and country

Representative Milers action in reading into the
zimmerman note section which Secretary Ian
sing denies was there is not to be condoned. That
is something against which the government should
guard Feeling should not be aroused by innuendo
and misstatement OF fact. The American people
will demand to know the truth at all times and
eagerness to believe the worst Of the enemy should
not be allowed to bring forth as facts that which
Is fancy.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-08
HORSES AND MEN IN WAR; WOMEN AND ELEPHANTS DO woRK

Elephants and women are not com.
mon sights in the fields of Britain In
peace times, but the scarcity OF
horses and men is directly responsible
for the combination here shown. In
India elephants are preferred to horses
for most work. The big beast may
make such hit with John Bull that
the horse may find himself out of u
Job in Britain when he returns.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-08

Improve Jour work and it will i'm
prove you.
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When man is selfish he shows
himself n poor judge of men.
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Montana Notes

4 Belgian, F1llpinO ana a RUSSIAN joined the
Montana guard simultaneously in Helena.
Claim for being first to the lid off of Spring
in northern Montana Is made by 4. D. Pruitt OF
Fife who has been breaking ground since April 4.
and will seed next week. ..F ..
A homesteadcr near Billings has been flying
German flag his house. II he does not
move it something will happen to him suddenly.
say his neighbors. and the sheriff and county at
torney will not interfere.
Eight and two-tcnths per cent of the population
of the province of Alberta. Canada, adjoining Mon
the north, has been recruited into the army
Miss Rankin has been besiegcd by photographers
at Washington says n dispatch to the Anaconda
Standard To date she has not had time to get
her picture taken (in studio), but 1t is said she
has given in and will perform this duty imme-
dia tely.
The old political sdewhccler Adelino was slated
to make Its annual trip Saturday night from Great
Falls to Lame Duck Island. The affair is an n
n,,al and gives candidates defeated at the city
election opportunity to check up the political
liars and cutthroats that caused their defeat.
Rozeman Is taking back seat in evidencng pa
triotsm. Resides two huge mass meetings, the
city has contributed its quota OF men to the state
guard and expects to give 20 men to the navy.
Diplomas have been granted three months in ad.
vance to all high school youths who have enlisted.
The Pearse Connolly club of Butte named after
two of the men who led the Sim Fcnn rebellion in
Dublin last year and were executed. plans a rous-
ing celebration Sunday of the first anniversary of
the revolt.
Seventeen year old Mrs. Oulette Of Butte was
turned over to the custody Of the humane officer
this week by order of the court. Directly after
wards she met her husband, soaked" him in the
eye and threatened to kill him when she got free
opportunity. He had testified that she was abb
sorbing high balls in the company of other men,
The Billings city council has ordered a comb-
nation police patrol wagon and ambulance 1t
has a limousine body and interior electric lights
Last March record set for the copper out
put Of the Washoe reduction works at Anaconda
~ 5000 pounds.
Every T. W. w. in Billings is behind the bars of
the city JAIL the chief of police has proudly an
nounccd
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-08

A homesteadcr Billings has been flying n
German flag his house. II he does not re-
move it something will happen to him suddenly,
say his neghbors. and the sheriff and county at
torney will not interfere.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-08

Montana guard simultaneously in Helena
Claim for being first to take the lid off of Spring
in northern Montana Is made by A. d. Pruitt Of
Fife who has been breaking ground since April l.
and will seed next week.
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Every T. W. w. in Billings is behind the bars OF
the city Jail, the chief of police has proudly an
nounccd.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-08

Last March record was set for the copper out
put Of the Washoe reduction works at Anaconda
27.6OO,OO0 pounds.
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Eight and two tcnths per cent of the population
Of the province of Alberta. Canada, adjoining Mon
the north, has been recruited into the
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The old political sdewhecler Adeline was slate'
to make Its annual trip Saturday night from Grca
Falls to Lame Duck Island The affair is an
nual and gives candidates defeated at the cit
election opportunity to check up the politica
liars and cutthroats that caused their defeat.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-08

The Billings city council has ordered a combi-
nation auto police patrol wagon and ambulance. II
has a limousine body and interior electric lights.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-28
Noise For NIGHT Rlrds,

During the mango season in India
much injury is done to the fruit by
night birds, particularly the so called
flying foxes, and to keep these off with
the minimum of Inconvenience to them
selves the natives have invented an in
teresting contrivance. First of all they
bedeck long bamboo pole plentifully
with tin cans and other noise produc-
ing utensils and fix this up among the
branches Of one Of the fruit trees. To
this they tie cord reaching down to
the ground, and the other end of this
cord they tie around their own ankle.
BY this means they can lie in bed and
while resting the rest of their body can
work the noise maker with their legs
Buffalo Express.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-28
Sardinia.

The resemblance Of Italy to a booted
leg ending in pronounced toe and
heel is familiar to everybody, but how
many of those who have glanced at
Sardinia on the map have observed
the likeness Of the island to a foot
print? Yet two of its oldest Greek
names were Ichnusa (from "ichnos," a
footmark) and Sandaliotis from san
daPo. If these names had not yielded
to Sardinia (said to be derived from
Sardus, son Of Hercules) what should
we be calling sardines today? And
what of the "sardonic" laugh, which
commentaries that island herb which
distorted the features into a GRIM
London Express.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-28
Two Folk sona..

America is proud in the possession OF
not a few composers Of note.
Their beautiful compositions have
saved the United States from being
placed completely in the shade by the
foreign composers and makes this ma
ton musical factor which cannot now
be omitted from any reckoning. All
these are important in the history and
development Of American music IN Its
higher and newer forms.
But for the simple, heartfelt folk
tunes, the most typical examples of folk
song that America has thus far nour-
ished, we must turn to those of Stephen
c. Foster and award the palm to his
"Suwanee River" and "My Old Ken
lucky Home "-Philadelphia Record.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-28

"Is your son making any progress In
his professlon?' asked friend of a
Cleveland business man whose college
bred son has Just left his alma mater
to 20 to work for his pater.
Yes" sighed the father, "he is max
ing good deal of progress. He has
been In the office for two years now,
and he's beginning to learn the rudi-
ments of some Of the things he thought
he could teach me when he was first
graduated from the university.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-28
The RelIs of pavos.

The first thing that stri' IS the stran-
ger in Davos, Switzerland. and strikes
him unpleasantly, is the bells. Not
only does every COW, goat and sheep
wear it's bell but When they are all
shut up for the winter, and we hope for
little rest, then comes the internal,
eternal din from every cart, carriage,
sleigh, omnibus and all other kinds Of
vehicle which ply for hire or other
wise. No doubt they become a neces-
sity on the silent highways as winter
progresses, but that does not render
them one bit more palatable.
GAIA and Samson.
GAIA Is among the oldest towns In
the world. 1t was one Of the five
princely Philistine cities, and mention
of it occurs frequently in Bible his
tory. Figuring prominently in the wars
between the Israelites and the Philis-
tines, 1t is intimately associated with
the story Of Samson. Indeed, to this
day there Is pointed out strange iso-
lated hill to the south of the city called
Ell Muntar 1.-The watch tower" which
Is claimed to be the hill to which Sam
son carried the doors of the gate of the
city and the two posts land went away
with them, bar and ALL, on the night
when the Phillstines of GAIA lay In
wait to slay him.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-28

The Flag and the Law.

The federal law forbids the putting
of any advertisement on the flag or
using the Gag to decorate an article
exposed for sale, any receptacle or box.
Newspapers may use the flag for pa
triotic purposes. and even in Iowa.
where there is state law against mis-
use of the flag. the newspapers may so
use the flag for editorial purposes in
the interests of patriotism. but not to
lend force or emphasis to advertise
ments for commercial purposes. Mas
sachusetts has stringent law against
the use of the flag for advertising pur-
poses. 1t is not even permissible to
put flag on the cover of magazine.
philadelphia Press.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-28
piacoverv Of speed Of Ljqht,


One of the greatest discoveries of
science is due to observation Of the
eclipses of Jupiter's moons. 1t was
found that when the earth was in the
part of its orbit nearest to Jupiter
these eclipses occurred sixteen minutes
earlier than when it was in the far
thermost part whereas by all rules of
astronomy they should have occurred
at the same minute each time. 1t was
deduced from this that the light was
not instantaneous and consequently
took sixteen minutes to traverse the
diameter of the earth's orbit, a dis
lance Of about 2O0,OOO.0OO miles, thus
giving to light velocity Of 10000
miles second. which was accurately
shown later by other experiments.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-28
The Name "DaIzieI."

The well known newspaper proprie-
tor Sir Henry DalZiel bears name
whose pronunciation offers deal Of
difficulty to Englishmen.
Even In Scotland the practice varies.
Some owners of the name call them
selves "Dal-yejl." some "Dalzell," some
II al-zeel" and some simply "DL,"
while the late George Dalziel often al
luded to himself as "DaZZle."
Professor Dalziel of Edinburgh pre-
ferred the second pronunciation and in
his later years always dropped the 'i'
when signing his name.
When challenged about 1t he replied:
why notI If an i offend thee pluck
it out. "-London Mirror.