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ence" on their matriculation cards. had
Pennsylvania not interrupted her main
tenance OF the State schoolship, at least
a portion Of such material would now be
at hand. Even the less brilliant pupils
with two years maritime training behind
them, could have been easily turned out
as competent officers for the vast new
merchant feet which America must man.
Captain Sergeant, one OF our local
steamboat inspectors, insists that there
are still scores Of practical men who are
good timber from which to make masters
and mates" The quantity Of reflections
however, furnishes the dark side of the
story and reads a stern lesson to a State
and city pre-emnent in shipbuildng, yet
lamentaby delinquent in the equally i'm
portant field Of ship-sailing.
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A SHORTAGE OF SAILORS

TINFAMILIARITY with "a wet sheet
" and a flowing sea" barred a number
of ambitious young men from entry into
the Governments navigation school for
merchant marine officers inaugurated at
the Franklin Institute last night. Core.
spondence systems for studying ana In.
rerpreting the smiles and frowns OF old
Neptune play no part in Uncle Sans
strictly practical curriculum.
"Aoby Dick" "The Cruise Of the Cache.
lot" Captains Courageous" and Two
Years Before the Mast" may be master.
pieces instinct with accuracy, but as text
books they are herewith fatty discredited.
LAse-two years OF its invaluable lessons
upon the high seas Is the prime en-.
trance qualification In the present
instance. The ruling Is wise. but its very
eoundness serves to emphasize our long
continued neglect OF the art OF seafaring
Time was, notably just previous TO the
Ci4ll War. whom many thousands ol
hrieht young native Americans could
h.o. t'IIlI4n wears q ocean enpof|
|
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"sAMMEES" is RIGHT

WHERE did the name "sammees
w come from? The answer is found ii
the following cable dispatch from on
in Paris:
The war correspondents nicltnamed the
American soldiers "Sammees." General
Pershing has made II official lie has
told me that he thinks the name salts
factory.
Even before the first American troops
reached France the war Correspondents
Association discussed the nicknames for
the soldiers OF Uncle Sam. All the troops
have nlcknames; they just about have
TO have them Everybody knows the
English soldier is called Tommy The
French fighting man has come TO be
called "Poilu,' from his hairy appearance
after he has had a few days Of hghting
with no time to shave. Even the GER
mans have been given nicl<names, with
n kind Of soldierly affection for the enemy.
They are called Fritz
A good many names were proposed
for the Americans. Some suggested
Yankee" but that was rejected, because
there was time when all Americans
were not Yankees" l finally proposed
"Sammee" The Americans are all sons
of Unclo Sam.
When tried TO Interview General
PerRhing he trst interviewed me- "SNlIb
tho origin of the nickname "Sammee.
l told him ! had suggested II,
81 think It is the best name that could
be found" said the General 81 like 1t
and the men will like IT. 1t just fits
It Is most satisfactory, and | am sure
It is the name by which our troops will
be known for the rest Of the war and
afterward."
The nickname that has already becom'
historic was coined by Henri Bazin.
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CARTHAGE MUST BE DESTRoYED

TNHRoUGH twenty-one centuries the sci'
l. of great phrase has rung down ~
ages and has been repeated today IN y
amended form. Carthage must be ~
stroyed" has become ''Prusslan milltarlm
must be destroyed" The world could ~
hold both the Roman and the Csrthaslnian
ideas of civilization at the same time. ~
day It cannot hold civilization and Fi~
sianism at the same time, One must y
under. Thus the ancient formula apph"
more or less inappropriately to every slu''
ton that has arisen In the world Hh0
pagan days, has at last come into It's o',
In a situation similar to that which iao~
the civilization of the second century
fore Christ.
The two civilizations of Rome and W
thage did not clash until 264 b. g ho-
was spreading north and south, ana ~ y.
the settling of southern Italy when pr0S..' ~
the republic into contact with the -.
thaginians, who had seized Sicily. AZ " "
end of a twenty-three-year war the fun. nn.
forces gave up Sicily and paid the koms., k.,
a large sum OF money, There was a as.pt 49,
evil, however, In the Carthaginian svs
than that Of imperialism. There was no. !.
the African coast metropolis the high mo.s =.
standard of Rome, which improves. v
countries subdued by the republic W. w
Carthage touched she seems to have rs.. oen.s
Her troops were barbarian mercenAI'.-
Her best citizens sought only TO alas
riches Her religion was ignoble ana c'u.'
The second Punic war was the y,
mendous onslaught OF Hannibal, who souss
10 revenge the defeat which his native y.
had undergone, Hannibal crossed the ~
defeated the Romans on Italian SOL \. a
brought Rome TO the brink OF ruin. BIt y
conqueror did not follow up his succe'-
and his troops were finally compelled 10 Y,
treat BY the Roman victory at zams' Z.
b. C., the enemy was overthrown ana w
fned to It's African possessions
A peace party developed In Rome IN y. J.
next half century, while the republic
recovering from It's severe losses II ~, y.
against this party that Marcus Poreius -,
hurled his TRADES. He insisted that Cartn-i
be leveied. Every speech he delveIeo
the Roman Senate he ended Win
formula Carthage must be destroyed.
matter how far the idea was removed ~
the subject matter Of his oration. he 2.
his way and N i46 the city was cap,rI
AND destroyed. II was destroyed 20 e.'I'
that today few ruins mark the site q ~
for asvon centuries had been tne NeH
Or London 81 ile time
sronoruo.o', rfflrI, IN ~ pat, ~ ~
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The p. r. t. continues to incr

The P. r. T. continues to increase
its profits while the city waits. The plan
for rapid transit was based on the expec-
tation that the city would get returns
from the great growth Of the community.
However, the company is squeezing all
the tulce out OF the fruit. Three years ago
$500 900 would have assured the fun CO.
operation Of the company. A few months
aro 1880 900 was SUFFICIENT. By the time
the city gets ready 70 make a lease twice
that,am6nni may be the issue. The com.
pany ol'e|ais can anord % LAUGH.
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OUR vOTELESS CITIZENS
MOBILIZE

THu5 week tho nation undertakes the
l. mobilization Of its women 1t is re-
lAted that when the second Scipio, by
force and guile combined, had won his
way into heroic Carthage, TO the defense
Of which tho women had dedicated even
the hair from their heads, the leader Of
xhe Carthaginians. kissed the feet OF the
! invader, but his unconquerable wife.
soorning servitude, reproached him for
his conduct even as she flung her chill
drsn and herself into the flames OF a
burning temple.
The burden borne by women In war
y part OF whatever glorious history there
is in war; but this is the first time, we
believe, that a great republic, at the be-
ginning of a conflict, has undertaken to
enroll and mobilize the feminine part of
the population and place definitely on its
shoulders responsibility for the success
full exercise Of one Of the most important
functions of belllgerency. To such a
recognition of woman's rights and duties
,as a full citizen have we come in the
last few years.
The theory that the housewife is the
woman OF fundamental importance in this
crisis, and that through her exercise OF
economy will come the chief contribution
Of the sex to the prosecution of the war is
sound, but not sufficiently comprehensive.
That she will save millions in money and
thousands in lives by frugality goes with
out saying. The waste Of the American
which at last we are about to free our
selves. Yet II is not only as regulator
of food consumption that woman as
sumes enormous Importance.
Tomorrow the nation may need, say,
fits elevator boys on the front. There is
delicate machinery used in the making
of munitions which a woman's better
than a mans hands can manipulate.
The surgeons at the front and at home
are helpless without nurses. These are
physical works to which other nations
have already called their women. But
even they are subordinate to the spiritual
function of women in war times; for
the latter are, in fact, the backbone
OF the country's determination. The
wife who gives her husband to the
cause and the mother who donates
pillars Of the whole structure of war.
Without their encouragement and ap-
proval mutiny might readily raise its
head. The man may live with soul so
dead that he does not love his native
land. but homo spells enthusiasms in
woman's breast suoh as few men have
ever known. 1t is the thing that she has
made and into tho fabric OF which she
has woven her very being. She will not
give 1t up, nor will she hold in her heart
anything but scorn for husband or son
who fails to defend with mind and muscle
that possession.
We have said that this Is a woman's
war because in It she has proved her
right to full citizenship. and because her
future rests in a successful termination
of It. The Government unofficially but
surely puts its seal OF approval on that
view. 1t mobiliEes the women because it
knows that 1t cannot win without them.
The event Is a definite milestone in the
history OF woman's progress, and means
that her emancipation in the United
States. including Pennsylvania. is def
nitely assured.
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A SONG OF ,TONIO


Eet 1Dds an Irish Maggie
Dat catch nry hearta first,
An max ct jomp eensida me
So Ike eet 0oHd burst,
Dough cen nlv breast tCdS seen9in' birds
M dombd tongue IDds STEEL,
Baycduse ! had not An0ldice tcords
For tai her hotO / feel;
She's 0on', for dat had not tOords
For tai her hoI1 feel.
NotO com's italian Rosa
For max me loUe her more.
Dd IeetId birds eensidd me
Seen0 louder dan bdytore.
But, OF am so sdddd mani
My dombd tongue ees STEEL:
hdUe no tDords Itdlidn
For tai her hOto feel;
Not even tOords italian
For tai her hol0 feel.
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Given the

Given the proper terminal facilities.
there is no limit TO the volume of for
eign trade that will pass through Phila-
delphia. We are in the very infancy of
terminal development and the port that
is widest awake will get the melon.
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New York city is more sensitive than a.
generally supposed. She hastily withdra,,
her horse-drawn street cars from servics
Just before the arrival Of the delegates ~
the Press Humorists' convention.-Roebss1
ter Post-Express.
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What difference does 1t make II the
Constitution is stretched a bit now and
then by the Governor? Lawlessness in
high office has been a characteristic of
our Government for many weary years,
and viii continue TO be so long as we
have government by the gang instead of
government by the people
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oregon hop dealers fear the food-control
bill will ruin them, which was the line az
talk Of the brewers few years aro- MT
most Of them haFo found eonnefhlnn fn1t ~
GOOD The hon dealers might irr the ~
teto line tp'a yeAl-P Portland ofe4pnIan'
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The transit of VIII Lou from Lebanon
TO New York frightened this office on
Saturday morning. "on my way to the
summer school at Columbia University, ("
said he II expect to take one course
under John Dewey and I'm undecided
about the second, although I'm consider
ing a course in versifcation under DR..
w. NJ. Patterson. am particularly i'm
pressed by the fact that, according to the
catalogue. "a special laboratory has been
arranged for experiments IN this course .
Referring, possibly, 20 the place where
the mechanician Ia verse takes The meters
apart and puts EN- together tealn
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Bordentown, across the river, bursts out
with a pageant today. It's an interest
ing old town. Joseph Bonaparte, King Of
Spain, once lived there. Madrid papers
please copy) Quien sabe7
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1t was about time for the Cover

II was ABOUT time TOT the Govern
ment to investigate the moral surround
ings of training stations and camps. The
country does not expect miracles. but 1t
does expect its youth to have some pro-
lection against the vice vendors who
fasten themselves on every army.
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. There are three American Territsha
Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico.
2. The mutlny Of the Bounty occurred %
British ship Of that name near the segn
Sea island Of Tahiti In 1889. The mul
neers, under Fletcher, set the. captain ~
eighteen Of the crew adrift In an opl
boat, then took Tahltlan wives ana "
tied In Pitcairn Island, some 1900 nils
the southwest, where their deseendasa
still dwell today. Many years after y
mutlnY England took the little coEnnss
wealth under her protection.
8. william Henry Harrison, Zachary. IM1
Abraham Lincoln, James A. GARFIELD =
william Mckinley were the Ameno'
Presidents who died In ONCE.
4. The Great Wall Of China nearly foI.t
latitude 40 from Shanl5ai-kwan along
northern frontier Of four provinces. "
about 400 miles long and was begN
elt II. c. as defense against norna
tribes.
s. The Paris BastiIe was stOrmed on July
1880.
9. Incunabuln are editions Of books and ~
InRs that antedate the year 1900. "
word is the plural Of the Latin ineus'
bulum, meaning cradle.
I. The index finger Is the first finger,
3. Senator Chamberlain Is from OREGON
0. "LaDsus llnEuae" II 80 slip Of the tonsus
The words are Latin.
10. Phoenix Is the capital OF Arizona.
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No doubt things are muddled and
all that, but the fact remains that the
first two districts in the United States TO
send their complete registration lists to
Washington were the Second and Thirty
second, OF Philadelphia
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NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

The average woman finds II inpossIhIs
Binghamton Press.
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The denial of passports to wives of
officers OF our forces in France brings
"The Girl I Left Behind Me" strictly up
to date as a war song.
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conscription Of all valets for mora uss.
ful service would not worry the most OF ua
a bit-Nashville Banner. " uA
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The Pekin that China's boy En-
peror got was all he got.
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Let us all soldier in some way
but not on our Jobs.
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Simple Arithmetic

Bill says to Jack: Got raised to SIS
yesterday, Jack" Jack says to Bill:
"Attaboy! Bully for you"
Some time later Bill says to Jack: Got
raised to twenty last week" Jack says
to Bill: "Glad to hear it. You sure de.
served it,"
Later Bill says to Jack: "Gettin TWEEN
ty-h' now" Jack says: "Twenty.h'?
For you?"
Then one day Bill says Boss lacked
me up to thirty last Friday" Jack says (:
"Zazzo? Lucky stiff"
Q.-At what point did Bills salary
pass Jacks?
YOUNG COUPLE ARE
WELCOMED BY FRIENDS
Mr.. and Mrs. Bickel Have Come Up From
Birmingham for a
Time
Head In o. o. d. D.
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YOUNG COUPLE ARE
WELCOMED BY FRIEND

whadymean time?
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THAT man is not truly brave who is
afraid either to seem or to be, when it
suits him, a coward" Edgar Allan Poe
said that, but what were the tiny wars
of his day to this cataclysmal upheaval?
Warren sheaf., 1917-12-12
STRANDQ DQUJIST

Miss Alma johnson returned from
Brantford, n. D., last week.
On Monday afternoon the Mission
Friends congregation met at the place
which they lately purchased from Mrs.
b. G. Raymond, and Witnessed the
dedication performances which were
carried out by Rev. Lundell, Rev.
Erickson and Lindholm. The new
cemetery is located just across the road
on the north side Of the Augustana
church cemetery.
Miss Esther Kinzler, Of Brantford, N.
D., is visiting at s. e. Johnsons.
Olaf AmundsOn, Of Grand Forks,
visited at Otto Amundson's last week. Is
On Saturday evening the Ladies' Aid
Of the English Lutheran church will
give everybody chance to buy an
apron. From seven o'clock to nine
o'clock lunch will be sold, and after
that the sale Of aprons will begin Be
sure to come and bring crowd with
you. The society is new and your as
sistance will be highly appreciated.
Mrs. Person and daughter, from Ken
nedy, visited with Rasmusen's last
Warren sheaf., 1917-12-12
NELS HONiNESS SHOT BY HUNTER
Nels Homnes, Of Near Middle River,
Shot by Hunter Mistaken
For Deer.

On Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 29)
occurred horrible accident In the
shooting of Nels Honness, who resides
near the Peter Wallin farm nothreast
of this place. Mr.. Homness was return
ing home for his dinner after having
been cutting wood and had stepped off
the road into the brush to look at some
deer tracks when John Johnson of
Strandquist, who had been tracking
deer all day, mistook him for deer
and shot him.
1t was purely accidental, for Mr..
johnson hesitated twice before taking
the final shot. Mr.. Homness was
dressed entirely in khaki and it was a
very foolhardy thing for him to step
directly into deer track Mr. John
son is an old hunter and exercised
every possible precaution before shoot
ing. The bullet entered the body be
tween the shoulder blades and came out
from the chest, causing instant death.
The coroner's inquest was held at
Sanders school house on Thursday
The jury decided that the shooting was
purely accidental.
Mr.. HOmness leaves a wife to mourn
his untimely death, having been mar
ried two years. s.The Middle River Pic.
neer.
Warren sheaf., 1917-12-12
WHAT is YOUR ANSWER
TO THIS DAIRY PROBLEM?

Try this problem on the boy or girl
from the farm; it is warranted more
interesting than .hare-and-hound'' or
t'men- midday ditches' problems.
Wisconsin has approximately 1,8OO,-
600 dairy cows; their average produc-
tion Of butter is not greater than 200
pounds. In % COW testing associations
in the state, S3 cows produced butter
fat equivalent Of over $50 pounds of
butter Considering the average price
Of butter as 40 cents pound, how
much wealth would be added to the
state if every COW produced as well as
those on the honor rolls of the various
COW testing associations.
With the average production at zoe
pounds, the state has possible butter
product worth $144, 100000. But il
/ every COW were the equal of the "foul
hundred of Wisconsin cow-dom, the
total would be over $4O3, ,OO0, 900, an ad
dition to the wealth Of the state OF
$685. 600, 900.
Warren sheaf., 1917-12-12
WEAK KIDNEYS MAKE WEAK
BODIES
Kidney Diseases Cause Many Achea
and Ills Of Warren People.

As one weak link weakens chain,
so may weak kidneys weaken the
whole body and hasten the final
breaking-down.
/ OYerwork, strains, colds and other
causes injure the kidneys and gem
orally when their activity is lessen
ed the whole body suffers.
Aches and pains and languor and
urinary ills frequently come, and
there is an ever increasing tendency
towards dropsy, gravel or fatal
Bright's disease. When the kidneys
fail there is no real help for the
sufferer except kidney help.
Doan's Kidney Pills act directly
on the kidneys.
No need to take the statement
Of someone living far away as evi-
dence.
Here is case right in this To-
cality.
a.. A. olds, s41 So. Ash St. !.
Crookston, Mimi, says. II am al
ways pleased to recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills, because Of the great
benefit I had from them. I confirm
all ever said about this remedy.
/ have had more relief from Doan's
Kidney Pills than from any other
medicine have ever used"
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-th same
that Mr.. Olds had. Foster Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. y.
Warren sheaf., 1917-12-12

kin see woman walkin' slowly down
t tn front gate. AS he gifts nearer he
recognizes his mother. How white an
frail she looks an how unsteady her
thin tired hands are as she unfastens
tn gate. Purity soon his brothers an
sisters are about him, an what vel.
come Annie feels easier now an they
all walk up t.. tn house-a tall, un-
painted house with summer kitchen.
Name is home from tn city where
she works. Her hair is yeller an she's
built like carrot. She's millinery
buyer an very up-t'-date. Brother
Henry is at home from New York. He's
his pap's favorite an travels on tn
road an gifts salary an commission,
He belongs t all tn lodges an looks
fine an single.
Bob takes peep in tn ole parlor
Th' same musty smell is there an TIL
glass cane Is Jest where he left 1t years
ago. Th' curious little box made o.
varnished peach seeds still sets off th
center table. On tn underside O. th
lid, protected by glass, is a lock O.
chestnut hair, Bob's mothers hair, an
in tn box are some ole faded daguer.
reotypes in clumsy cases held secure
by brass hooks. Bob gently closes th
door an joins th' family in th' sittin
room.
TIL old two-leaf table, where we sci
down t. dinner, kin hardly stand
beneath tn weight o. dark col.
ored preserves in primitive dishes an
turkey an things. TIL ole blue tureen
that Bob's mother went t. housekeep.
in with is on tn table filed with
mashed p'taters. Th' castor an th
bone-handled butter knife, too, recall
tn ole happy days at home, an Henry
remarks, Pap, a dinner like this
would be worth seventy-f1ve dollars IL
New York -
After dinner tn folks all walk ou1
t. tn barn t. see tn new calf-all ex
cept mother. BY three o'clock she has
tn dinin' room an kitchen tidied an
slowly climbs upstairs t. her room fe,
a rest-th' same little, low ceilin'e ed
back bedroom overlookin" tn curran1
bushes an 'tf' smoke house.
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