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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27

A SALVATION ARMY worker reports
that eight Chicago families are LIVING On
oatmeal alone, without milk or sugar
This should make a Scotchman smile'
says B. L. T., and 1t recalls to us 'no
story Of the Scotch lad met at Cas.e
Garden (for the story's older than Eii,s
island by relative who carried MN oA
to a restaurant for breakfast. Noo'
whatll We haze, Jock?" Oatmeal say
he. And again at lunchtime, 'whatn -
hae. Jock?" oatmeal" says he. Inv
same at dinner Tor supper, II you nav
no style about you) mon. jock Wilma
We care for something else?" "Lofn mon
is there anything else?"
And the late Tom Martindaie 'ns
sturdy hunter and most enei 5etlo ~
septuagenarians, once told us that whsn
his parents first arrived from the noi.,
OF england and settled in Canada n'
father bought a side Of beef and pailo'
Of cornmeal TO sustain the family uu.
ing the winter months. and Il was =
they had. w
Paxs the sherry We cant nsAF
Ia - I'd. .I1 * TT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
If the police have at last decide,

If the police have at last decided
10 enforce the ordinance against "hitch.
ing on" to vehicles in the street, the
number of fatal accidents ought to be
reduced. Mr.. Cattell could doubtless tell
offhand how many boys are killed each
year by jumping from a wagon on which
they were stealing a ride In the past
the police have paid no attention to them
and the boys have been in the habit of
hitching on in sight of an officer on the
sidewalk. Now the officers are ordered
to arrest all such for their own protec.
ton,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
All Points of the Compass
Rubaiyat of a Commuter

Would you some Dollars we'll and wisely
spend?
Then get Camera. I would tell YOU.
Friend
You can make Pictures of your House
and Folks;
IT is a Hobby can recommend.
LXXXV
Just yesterday I took a Family Group
OF Ma and Children posed on our Front
Stoop,
All holding hands 1t was lovely sight
And in the Distance showed the Chicken
Coop. .....
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
ADD FAMOUS TRIPLETs

Men, women and children.
Rag. tag and bobtail.
Nation, State and city.
Body, soul and breeches.
Lock, stock and barrel
Hanged, drawn and quartered
Friends, Romans, 'countrymn'
Large, small and medium.
Tit-tat-toe.
Ready! Aim Fire!
Nose, mouth and ears.
T. A. d.
Three sheets in the wind.
The three Graces.
Three days of grace.
Three men in a boat.
Three shakes.
Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27

retailers took advantage Of the crisis and
in an intelligent spirit Of self-interest
offered to cooperate with the city in the
work, either by lending some Of their
machinery OF distribution or by cutting
out tho middleman themselves and max
ing their stores medium for getting
the food directly from the producer to
the consumer,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
Tom Days Column
BEDFELLOWS

Amt no one so glad as me
When theys lady companv
Come to Uisit as an stdy
All that night until IT'S dan.
Amt much sleepin' room at all
In our house--ifs made so small
But my pa hen altoays ,'io,o
We KIN "double-up SOMEHOW"
Men tohen all my prayers ts so,d
Ma she tucks me into bed
'Wdy, 'iody ouer on one side.
Men I feel real satisfied
To be sleepy an to 90
Right spdn0 Of, because I kno,,
When i todke fmst thing IN see
wa be pa IN bed toith me-.
Men for Jtsp! tell you tohot.
ATS the time hare q lot.
i fist crdtcl on Pa an shake
Hts ole head TIL he's otcake.
Fnst hen lay real stiH an piav
He's asleep an goin' to stan
Men he'll raise up IN the air.
Groiol an cut up Ike a bear
Come to eat me up, an /
Laugh an Squedl an peH. Oh, nu
We fist run things, me an po.
Harm lots o. fun, TIL ma.
In the neTt room, see: "You hons
Best 0it dressed an quit that noise.
'ofsht erery night at ice
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27

a firm and true understanding of our
mutual duties as intelligent and con-
scientous neutras in deed as well as in
word, we will press forward together and
fervently strive with an honest and sincere
purpose and with an immeasuraby superior
effectiveness to bring peace and happiness
back into the hearts and homes of all of the
people in Europe. EQUITY.
Philadelphia, February 22
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
An so.ooo.ton warship. with eigt

An S0,O0o-ton warship, with eight
een.inch guns, which the Navy Depart
ment says is the biggest that can now be
passed through the Panama Canal. would
make Balboa, who first crossed the 18TH
mus, sit up and take notice. Indeed if
the late Admiral Mahan, who said that
10,0oo-ton ships were the maximum de.
sirable. knows of the progress which has
been made in building big ships he will
be almost as greatly surprised as Balboa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
The success of the State Constabu

The success Of the State Constabu-
larry in bringing an end to the robberies
in and about Penllyn calls attention to
one of the most important functions Of
this unrivaled body of men. There is an
impression abroad that its chief function
is to suppress rioting strikers, but as a
matter Of fact It is engaged all the time
In protecting the people Of the State
from all sorts of lawbreakers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27

1t is among the possibilities that
Germany is attempting to provoke Hol-
land to resist interference with her ship
ping in order to give the German troops
an opportunity to make war upon the
Netherlands. German statesmen have
said for years that Germany without Hol-
land is like house without front door.
German ambition has long looked in the
direction of this country through which
the Rhine finds its way to the North Sea.
The sinking of seven Dutch merchant
ships bound for Holland ports is without
any excuse. Germany has made a show
Of apologizing, but the apologies do not
raise the ships and only increase the in
dienation of the Dutch. Are we to have
anew peace plan on the basis of the war
map with Holland made another Belgium?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
The order from the State !

The order from the State Depart
ment that no Information be made public
concerning the clearance of vessels from
this port and New York is censorship of
news at the source, to which no patriotic
American interested in the safety of
ships at sea will seriously object.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
SAM LOYD's PUZZLE

wXLJTIAT'S the date, Bobby?" inquired
wv his mother one day last Septem.
ber. Bobby, who was studying the calen.
dar replied: II observe that IL we ada
up the dates that have already passed
this month and subtract that total from
the sum total of the dates to come This
month, the difference will be the date
,f the day after the day after tomorrow .
What was the date upon which Bobby
made his speech? -
Answer to Yesterdays Puzzle
EvoRTY dollars was lost on that cow
u deal Cow cost 9l2. food .S7s. total
51ts. Cow ard milk brought s7s,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
JERSEY QUAIL"

There is something suspicious about Mr..
Henry Ford's project of moving one Of his
plants to the Jersey meadows Immediately
after announcing he is to build "hivyer''
submarines Perhaps the new terrors of
the seas will be armor-plated mosquitoes?-
New York Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27

E. S. R-Lake Tticaca, on the boundary
line between Peru and Bolivia, has the
highest altitude among the lakes of South
America. It is 1880 feet above sea level,
lying in a plateau east of the Andes
Mountains.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
The plan of the city TO buy pro.

The plan of the city 10 buy pro-
visions and sell them at cost has been
made in response to AM undoubted demand
1t is admittedly a temporary measure
TO meet an emergency. No one ex.
poets it to solve the highcost-of-living
problem. 1t is expected. however, to
knock the bottom out OF any speculative
corners that may have been formed. No
such corner could survive twenty.four
hours with the city buying in the open
market and selling food at cut prices. 1t
= possible TO get potatoes and apples on
The farm and bring them to the city and
xefail them without profit at much less
thar TIE prevailing retail prices. We can
>ut cut the middlernan's profit tempo
rnri1y aud ease the pressure upon the
nmilies Of moderate means until the
@ofos Of food In tho country are distrib.
In the centers where they are
ol We do not suppose any one ex-
more then this from the plan. We
= .euppose that the broad-minded
= ,:t'es: I ss,sst,oa '.:.'sa ! On
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
AND Is READY FOR ANOTHER

1t was entirely appropriate that the first
American liner TO leave Europe since
Frightfulness sought comand of the seas
should be the Philadelphia. Philadelphia
has figured at a good many critical turns in
American history-LOuisvile Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
ALICE IN BUNRERLAND

(B. L. r., In Golf Illustrated, for FebrndrW
"It forty pros torote forty books,
Besides aUhat books there are,
DO you suppose" the Walrus Sdtd'
"I'd play this course In pdrr'
81 doubt H." said the Carpenter,
And lit fresh cigar
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27

IF THERE Is to be war, it's Congress-,
and not Wilson's, of course. Come. gen.
tlemen, how say your The clerk. will
call the roll
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27

OF COURSE, you don't know what an
antigram is. How could you? lts
lying anagram. that's all. There's par
ticularly good specimen by Fred Lot IN
the February number of the Eastern
Enigma:
AM RANK WIT
The answer Is Mark Twain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27

The Sharpsburg jitney bus left Hagers
town with two crates of onions on pehi"u
and no armed guard on board, 49,,
-Hagerstown Daily Maih
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27

GRANT RICE put one over the fence
at the flag pole in his poem, ITO Honus
Wagner at Forty-three." II you didn't
read it in last evenings best paper, by
all means dig it up out of the back
kitchen and go to it, It's bully Bit
But, oh!
There's something hurts as so
In this unsym pathetic ddy,
when ace, 1oHh frightening eye, essay
To praise a lad ice used to Enotc-
Primordidl pancher Of the ball
And lon9.lred daddy Of them all.
II is to 1rdtch the scorn that groiCs
Round eUery youthful lip and nose
And hear our otcn brdSh progeny
Ercldim: Pop AnSon? Who 1cds he?"
All! that's 1chat Stinos as dncients-,oe
Who neUer more, alas! may see
Hans Wagner pldy--dt torty.threei
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27

Uncle Sam has learned to make
RoQuefort cheese, but a lot of his neph-
ews have not yet learned how to eat it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
Chess King

p. K.---A king never actually is taken in
a chess game. The game ends when tba
king cannot be protected or cannot move
without being taken.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
What Do You Know?

Queries Of general interest tcfIl be dnsUered
IN this column. Ten questions. the dnstUers to
ictich evorU, peH-inf0rnIed person should knoiO.
are asked duilD.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
AM RANK WIT
ADD WAR NEWS

The answer is Mark Twain"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27

Philsdeipbis, Tuesday. February 81. 1917.
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19
NEW SOURCES OF TAXATION.

Washington. = Administration sug-
gestions as to possible new sources of
taxation through which to raise ap-
proximately one-half of the estimated
cost of the first year of the war, or
$1,SO7. .250,0O0 were submitted by Sec
retary McAdoo. The other half Of the
cost is to be provided by $2,000,000 900
of the bonds authorized by, the war
revenue bill.
Outstanding in the suggestions are
greatly increased income and excess
profit tax rates, taxing of many i'm
portant articles now admitted free,
and stamp, liquor, amusement, sugar,
coffee, tobacco, soft drinks, freight
and passenger transportation receipts
and automobile taxes.
Probably the most far-reaching pro
posal concerns income taxes. The sec
retary estimates that so per cent in
crease on both individuals and corpor-
ations for 1916, collecta5le next June.
would yield 100000 additional.
For 1917 he points out that to lower
income tax exemption from $4,000 to
$1,000 for unmarried persons, from 81.
600 to $4,000 for married persons,
would produce $340.00o.oo0.
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19

edy: In periodical pains, bearing down
sensations, organic displacements, and
every kindred ailment, and in all the
nervous disorders caused by functional
arrangements.
An easily procured vegetable pill l.
made up Of May-apple, the dried Juice Of
made into tiny pellet and coated with
sugar. It was first put into ready-to-use
form by DR.. Pierce nearly so years ago
Almost every drug store in this country
sells these vegetable pellets In walls 70,
25c-simply ask for DR.. Pierce's Pleasan
Pellets. They have DIR. B. v. Pierce stamp
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19
School Boy enIi.ts In U. 8. Nav,

Littleton.-Will Gunther, a pupil in
the high school here, has Joined tho
United States navy. and departed for
San Francisco to take up his work.
The authorities have promised he will
receive his graduation diploma in
June, the same as those who continue
In school to the end Of the year. Citi-
Gems gave the young man a reception,
during which he was presented with
purse Of money to defray his ex-
penses while on the way to the coast
and In The oorvice.
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19
Five rhoueand PIotters Arrested.

Washington.-More than 5000 sus-
pected Germans have been arrested in
this country, and the number is ex-
pected soon to reach 10000. Fifty-two
OF the sixty-five known master spies"
have been taken Several men who
are seeking commissions as reserve
officers of the army are said to be
under suspicion. A German spy blew
up the Eddystone plant, says an Of
ficial report filed. The police have
arrested several. and are searching
for the master plotter. whose diabol
Scal crime killed 100 In Pennsylvania
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19


Washington. April 17.-"The Su-
preme test Of the nation has come.
We must all speak, act, and serve to-
gether!" In these solemn words Presi-
dent WilsCl concludes an address to
the nation issued from the White
House Sunday night, in which he ap-
peals to my Fellow Countrymen" Of
both sexes, to enroll themselves in a
vast Service army" to marshal and
increase the economic resources OF
the United States for the most effect
i've use in the war with Germany.
I'VE are fighting" says the Presi-
dent, "for what we believe and wish
to be the rights Of mankind, and for
the future peace and security OF the
world. To do this great thing worth.
lily and successfully, we must devote
gard to profit or material advantage
and with an energy and intelligence
that will rise to the level of the en-
terprise ITSELF"
As soon as Congress passes the ad-
ministration army bill providing for
"selective conscription" to military
service, the nations man-power will
be appraised and apportioned, 2,O00,-
900 being told off or reserved for the
fighting forces and the remainder be-
ing assigned to the economic service
army"
thousands, nay hundreds of thous-
ands, of men, otherwise liable to mill
tary SERVICE" says the President, will
of right and necessity be excused
from that service and assigned to the
fundamental, sustaining work of the
fields and factories and mines, and
they will be as much a part of the
great patriotic forces Of the nation as
the men under fire"
The Presidents appeal for the ma
tion's defense may be thus summar-
lied:
To Farmers:- the produc.
tion of your land and cooperate in
the sale and distribution of your
products.
To Men and Boys:-Turn in hosts to
the farms to help cultivate and har-
vest the vast crops imperatively
needed.
To MiddIemen:-F unusual
profits and Organize and expedite
shipments Of supplies.
To Railway Men:-See to it that
there shall be no Construction of any
kind; no inefficiency or slackened
power" of the arteries Of the nations
life"
To Merehants:-Take for your mot
to small profits and quick service"
To shipbuIlders:-S e d construc-
ton of ships, for 'the life of the war
depends upon you."
To MIners:-I you "slacken or fail,
armies and statesmen are helpless"
To Manufacturing N MS
and perfect every process" for your
Service is absolutely Indispensable
to the nation.
To Fundamentally creating and cul-
tivating gardens you can help great
ly to solve the problem Of feeding the
nation"
To sewives:-Eliminate waste
fulness and extravaganza.
To Editors and Advertising Agen-
eIss:-Give widespread circulation
and repetition to this appeal.
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19

from 1t at one time
while in Vancouver,
but overcame it by
n persistent use Of
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Finally l was COM
pletely cured. I oc-
casionally use the
remedy now in or
der to keep the kid
news regulated, /
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that 1t
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19
Died Of Premature Old Age /!
oats growing.


How many times we hear Of compara-
lively young persons passing away when
they should have lived to be 70 or 80 years
of age. This fatal work is usually attri-
buted to the kidneys, as, when the kidneys
degenerate, it causes auto-intoxication.
The more injurious the poisons passing
thru the kidneys the quicker will those
noble organs be degenerated, and the
sooner they decay.
It is thus the wisest policy, to prevent
premature old age and promote long life,
to tighten the work Of the kidneys. This
can be done by drinking plenty Of pure
water all day long, and occasionally tax
ing q little Anuric before meals. This
can be obtained at almost any drug store.
You will find Anuric more potent than
ithia for it dissolves uric acid a. water
does sugar.
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19

have the highest praise for Dodd's. Be
sure to get "DODD'S," the name with
the three DIS for deranged, disordered,
diseased kidneys, just as Mr.. Fergu-
son did. No similar named article will
do.-Adv.
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19
THE 3 DIS IN DoDD's

Mr.. Robert w. Ferguson, bingham,
Mass. writes: I suffered from kid
ney disorder for years. Had incessant
backache and trouble. Nearly died
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19

The supports for recently con-
structed New Zealand wharf include
2O-ton concrete piles 100 feet long.
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19

Smile on wash day. That's when you u.
Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes whittier thar
snow. All grocers. Adv.
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19

Gordon Jones, Financier, Dead.
Denver.-Gordon Jones, president of
the United States National Bank, died
at hospital here following an opera
ton for stomach trouble.
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19
W. N. u, DENVER, NO. 1e-1s17.
wTTnYoURHANDs TIED by some cbron,c

"female complaint" or
weakness, what can
you expect? There's
nothing you can accom-
plish-n0thing you can
enjoy. And no good
reason for 1t. Doctor
Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription will cure you,
safely and certainly, II
you'll give 1t faithful
use. For every one Of
these womanly troub-
les. this is the OnlV rem .
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19

A red sunrise, with clouds lowering
later in the morning, indicates rain.
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19

As locomotive puffs, the ear can
count up only to ten second-then
all that is heard is continuous roar.
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19
Its Class.

Its Glass.
"Wasn't 1t a scene when the Smiths
brought all their old battered furni-
ture out Of the house?"
"Yes, quite a moving picture"
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19
Couldn't Say Much.

CouIoh't say MUCH.
"You have sworn to tell nothing but
the truth"
Nothing but the truth, your
honor?"
Precisely"
"Then, judge, with that limitation
upon me I might as well warn you
that I'm not going to have much to
say"
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19
On High Gear Does the
Work of Four Big Horses
WORKS DAY AND NIGHT
PULLFORD only $135.O 90
F. O. B., Quincy, Illinois

Attached to any Ford or practically
any other car in 30 minutes. Re-
moved in less time. No holes to drill.
All steel construction. Note steel
wheels, 10 inches wide. Does all
your heavy hauling - coal, wheat,
hay, potatoes docs your plowing,
narrowing, seeding, harvesting, etc.
Lugs can be removed from wheels,
and . larger sprocket Is furnished for
road hauling. Live agents wanted in
every county in Colorado, Wyoming,
New Mexico and Western Nebraska.
Write or Mire at once for circular, Q
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19
Wise Ma.

Wise Ma.
Mabel-Rainbow chaser, Is he?
Ma-Why, he'd chase a cloud for the
silver lining.
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19
A Difference.

A Difference.
"How much are potatoes worth
now?"
They're worth no more now than
they ever were, but they're costing
about six times as much"
Cheyenne record., 1917-04-19
us. TO Be ONE IN WAR
SUPREME TEST HAS COME, SAYS
WILSON, APPEALING TO ALL
TO SAVE THE NATION.
Aid Of Every citizen Needed to Make
Victory Certain, He Declares.
Fighting Forces Only Part Of
Those That Must Wage
War for Liberty.

Newspaper Union News Service.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-20
On Writing Letters.

II was told by Capt. HAIRY Light the
other day." writes a Canadian major.
shat there is a new style In trench
letters. The censor's duties have
been reduced by many per cent. The
soldier now has the sense OF the situ-
alton engrained in his thinking. He
sees through the need of keeping quiet
even on matters that call for some
criticism. There is more humor and
matter-of-factness about his letters.
One of my men, who can't write very
well, was telling me the other day that
n letter a week is all that he can
summon up his courage to write, and
he gave this as a The people
at home don't, can't understand life
here. We have got to go through IL.
Why tease them with anxieties-they
have enough to put up with In paci-
fists and political grumblers.' And I
think he is right. Don't your
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-20
Women Battle with Hose.

Galesburg.-An apple tree is the In
nocent cause of a neighborhood row
in Galesburg. between two families
living on adjoining lots. There is an
apple tree near the line and the
branches hang over each lot. This
dispute is over who own the next lot.
Both parties claim the fruit. There
apples on the ground On the lot next
to where the tree is growing. The
lady who lives on this lot had placed
the apples in a pile and was STOPPING
over in the act of placing them in her
apron when her labor vas interrupt
ed by a stream of water from a hose
in the hands OF the lady who claims
the fruit. as the tree is on her lot. The
water was too strong an argument
and the lady who was gathering the
apples was forced to surrender the
fort and seek the setter OF her kitch-
en-. The wielder of the hose was
satisfied with the success OF her at
tacks and returned to her home and
was quietly cogitating over the sue
cess of her attack when to her sur
prise she was attacked from the rear
by a stream of water through the win
dow, the woman next door being the
attacking party. A hasty exit to an
other room was made and both par
ties are now threatening to invoke the
law, but the argument as to who owns
the apples remains unsettled.