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PURE POLITICS.

/0UNG VOTERS well within the conscrption age can easily
recall the days when the direct primary system proclaimed
the to political righteousness and the all
political ills Street orators and newspaper
proclaimed the wondrous merits Of this nosrum Its takers num-
bered legions and its testimonials unlimited
As the time approaches for selecting candidate for Maor
little is heard about this first principle method letting the people
make their choice On the contrary, created in the
Fusion committee by the prospect of Justice Crpsey of BROOKLYN
resorng to the discarded system and entering regular Republican
prparies Says the Tribune
Honorable with the Cropsoy boom amicably side
tracked is what the Manhattan leaders
full measures be employed this be
within reasonable committee has decided
a counter
Tins counter move Is call for meeting Of the seapponted
Fusion nominating committee tomorrow afternoon TO consider
according to Chairman William amn Chds "he question of can
didac for the elective offices represented on the Board of Estimate
When the elected leaders Of rammany Hall frame polca
ticket II Is made Of "hand picked candidates Of the boss
Heading off rival candidates by advance nomination was lror
in the dayso David B. Hill the snap convention" method
But these the days Of direct primaries and pure otc
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their hose upon It, and one stream
struck the third rail. Instantly the
current was communicated TO the
water and thence to the metallic
nozzle. almost killing the man who
held II. Since that time New York
fremen do not turn water on an ele-
waited road fire until the power has
been cut off in the deadly third rail.
Working fro,n this incident. the in
ventor in question decided that it
would be feasible to throw electrified
streams OF water upon enemy forces
and spread CONSERVATION among
them. He discovered that salt water
would be much more effective than
fresh water, and has perfected an
apparatus for shooting electrified
water to a distance OF 100 feet, which
would be quite sufficient. ny his
method it also may he possible to
equip an armored motor car so that
IL could be turned into a veritable
sprinkling cart OF death. II is un-.
derstood that the plan may soon have
a practical test.
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EMBARGO LEAKS.

~ERMITTING neutral nations to sell their supplies Ger
many while grubsake them. though the food is for
and children only will make sieve Of our embargo
1t humanity For every Teuonc noncombatan
nourshed by this charitable method Allied life will be sacrificed
the fighting front 1t prolongaton Of the war
In DAYS OF desperation, every civilian, non-com
batant every consideration of humanity will be stripped by tho
sutocracy for the necessities of miitarism.
After Belgium Lusana after the lying deceit Of sub
pledges anybody believe for moment promise
agreement the German Government might maker
German submarines have regard for the food Of British
and children those nura either when they sink supply ships
those bearing relief starving Began German aeropane
dropping bombs on London seemed to have picked out for special
slaughter children for they have been the principal
victims
The humanitarian loophoe the United
is reported make in the embargo for benefit Of the helpless popua
on OF Germany Just much food available for the
Prusn army and this army that the Allies beat either
front in the peace The ndenbug the Luden-
doris and the Baoc will to it that the army gets the first and
best regardless os and children Americas neutral oodsuff
will feed mee Boches at the front than innocents home
The greatest charity. highest humanity all the
world to bring this conflict to the quickest possible close
After three Of experience the only apparent to do
crush PrussIAn mlasm with relentless severity.
mercful method prOOnsAiOn Of the
for beIgerents and neuras alike.
In New York harbor numbers Of neutral ships loaded
waiting CARGO all anxious get away and the Germans
anxious than the for their departure Every pound
Of food material they land Holland Sweden
the possibility at least of equal amount available for the Central
Powers.
But strangely many of these ships still linger in port
though the embargo does become effective next Monday Certainly
nothing the United has them the delay We
not stopped them, BUT THE BRITISH HAVE.
That sly string England tied to neutral ships requiring safe
conduct and clean bill of adng pass through her blockade
the other side of the Atlantic has been pulled au final days
of cng conaband There have been unexpected ship
obtaining the proper cerfaon Investigations
very strict SO the Dutch and Scandinavian ships still
in the harbor.
The United States takes responsibility for exports within
few days On the srcnes of its embargo neuras depends
large extent whether Germany continue the through
winter
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By Roy L. McCardell
The Jarr Family

Topheavy talked when she insisted
on marrying that verse llbre poet.
She's living her own life in her own
way now, demonstrating how 70 pre-
serve preserves for a patent preserve
Jar company while her husband
keeps nagging at her that what she
makes isn't sufficient TO support him
In the style he was accustomed to-"
Never mind Estelle Topheavy or
Cora Hickett or anybody else,' said
Mr.. Jarr. Let us have our own
good old fashioned home made rows
that only concern ourselves, dont
let us quarrel about other peoples
nffairs-thats what l was getting at"
WHO ever asked you TO do any
hing else?" Mrs. Jarr inquired
sharply Jack silver Is your friend.
All ever did to him was 20 be civh
to him when you brought him to this
house-as ] am toward all your
friends. But as Cora HiclSett met
Jack silver through us. she expects
us 10 get back her letters for her"
"Then she'll be disappointed" said
Mr.. Jarr. I'm little Charley Tend
to- His own Affairs. am! Let her
send back his letters and ask for
hers"
"She has sent back all his letters,
except five or six she wants to keep"
said Mrs. Jarr. Jack Silver is so
very cautious about what he writes
that Cora thinks she better keep half
dozen OF the most fervld ones, and
she has sent him back all his things
all his presents, too, except the
scarfpiu and the gold cigarette case
she took from him. For she says II
the cigarette case is solid gold she
can take of his initials and put on
capt, Tynfoyle's. as an engagement
present"
"She sure has n nerve. gless
] that's why Jack Silver keeps her let
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C1he New York B,cnlng Worhl

Copyright 1917. by The Press Publishing 90.
CThs New York B'cnlns Worh)
CCXV YELL, come, my dear. let US
w get back 10 earth again"
said Mr.. Jarr, after little
small calibre fare up. For Mr.. Jarr
wanted peace without indemnity OF
territorial acquisition, all the rest OF
the world being at war
What do you mean; get back to
carth?'" asked Mrs Jarr acidly. "Do
you think existence with you Is
heavenly"
II wouldn't go so far as to say that"
said Mr.. Jarr. but the ante statu quo
for mine, so to speak, Don't you
know we really never have any
quarrels OF our own--or AT least W.
very seldom have them-our quarrels
are other peoples quarrels,"
Speak for yourself" said Mrs, Jarr.
81 do not quarrel what do you mean
about other peoples quarrels?"
well, haven't we had a little tiff
because YOU have asked me to get
Jack silver to give back Cora Hick-
letts letters. now that Cora doesn't
believe he ever intended to propose
and she thinks Captain Tynfoyle will.
becahse Captain Tynfoyle thinks II
he has wife he won't have to go 10
war"
II didn't ask you to ask Jack Silver
for the letters, ] only said it would
be nice thing for YOU to get them,
Mrs. Jarr declared.
let her ask for her own letters
why should we mix mp In ~" replied
Mr. Jarr 81 have troubles enough OF
my own Cora Hlckctt Is able "a
attend 20 her own affairs. don't
want to be mixed up In other peoples
concerns, ! want to live my own lift
in my own way, 30 TO speak"
That's It again!" declared Mrs
lJarr sharply. That's the way Estellt
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ters--he wants his things back. And
you say she took them from him."
Weren't they engaged7" asked
Mrs. Jarr. Besides. what right had
he 10 a diamond stickpin and a gold
cigarette case? hate to see a man
wearing Jewelry."
81 don't see where we have cause
TO Interfere" remarked Mr.. Jarr.
Yet I'll do anything you want me TO
do. even go TO the front in this mat
ter, but l really don't see why Cora
Hlckett and Jack Silver can't tend to
the matter. You aren't sore at Jack
because he still remains a bird OF
freedom bachelor. are your"
mo. am mott" said Mrs. Jarr de-
cisively. Besides. know a nicer
girl for him than Cora Hickett-but
| WOULD like 10 see what she did
write to him. She pretends she's so
circumspect!"
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How | Helped NV Husband
She Wrote Insurance When He Was Sick.

solicit business. was a little diff
dent about approaching men, but
from the start did well with women.
EDWARD used to tell me- that / was
a convincing talker when / put my
mind 10 II. / always used 10 think he
was joking, for he usually said It
when / asked him for money to run
the house. but after l had succeeded
In getting two war nurses and three
public school teachers to take out
pohcles | began TO realize that per
maps l could talk TO some effect af-
ter all.
| understood better than I used 20
why Edward reached home tired so
often. for business did not come Just
OF Itself. had to so out after 1t and
work very hard TO got IL too. But
was keeping the homo together and
even paying my husbands bills at the
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EDWARDS position was being
held open for him by the com
pany, but he had already beon
away six weeks and know that this
could not go on indefinitely Bills
were piling up every day and before
very long our small amount Of saw
ings would be gone.
When the doctor said that my hus-
band should go TO an expensive sani-
tarium where he could have tho
proper treatment that would give him
a chance 20 recover from his illness,
very severe form OF infiammatory
rheumatism, | knew that l must do
something TO make money
l thought II all over carefully end
IL seemed 10 me that ] could bost
make the amount | needed to sup
port the family and help my nus
band by carrying on the business ne
was already in. The thing 10 40 was
TO get the company TO agree 70 TINS.
Edward was ono Of the principal
agents OF tho largest casualty COM
panies in the state,
Outwardly bold but inwardly tremb-
ling | went TO the head Otrlce OF inc
concern and asked the President TO
let me write accident insurance in
Edwards place for awhile-I told
them l knew could be successful In
getting women 20 take out policies,
branch of the business they hhd
LONG heen after. The President was
Very kind and after q little talk
agreed 70 let me try, though he did
moi seem very enthusiastic about II.
I at once got out circular latter
Announcing that l was going on with
NV husband's agency and was fully
qualified TO write any now business.
/ sent this 10 all Edwards friends
and acquaintances and also to all
business and professional women
! whose names | could find in the direc-
tory. | also went out right away 70
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modern efficiency movement in
4 single paragraph" remarked
an expert. zone phase OF 1t, to
be sure. is a closer attention to detail
than has previously been eXerted. But
to define 1t as a study OF details Is
planning, intensive education OF the
workers, scientific system OF pay
ment, adequate equipment, straight
line progress OF work In process all
10 throw light upon the new science.
And yet every day some radical reform
or improvement Is made which is not
covered by terms previously used.
broadly speaking, efficiency is an
Idea, an attitude Of mind II Is the
substitution OF Systematic, carefully
considered methods for those which
are haphazard ana rule-o'-thumb.
Here is an example Of the old and
the new methods in sales manage
ment. A certain oid-school manufac-
turer put timo-saying office device
lupon the market. He proceeded alons
the orthodox lines of his traditions
advertised for agents, eXerted no dis
elimination in selection, turned a
1 horde loose ON commission basis. so
per cent. when the order WAS received,
the balance when IT was paid for. and
sat back 20 await returns.
"'Returns' was right The agents
nut a machine in on trial whether or
not the prospect needed It, collected
lhalf the commission and passed on
! to the next. Upon checking up at
the end OF two months 1t developed
that for every seven machines sold
five we're returned, with the result
that tho selling cost equalled the
cross sales.
"A sales manager equipped with
Imodern efficiency ideas was secured
lie promptly fired most OF the agent,
and proceeded to hire new crew, Sc
lccting them only after a careful
study Of their records. Thus he start.
ed with good timber, Next he care,
fully trained them as to how to dem.
onstrate and sell the device. Follow
ing this, he apportiped each man 4
territory on the basis OF number o
possible prospects, appointed distric
managers, ana set weekly minimum
volume OF sales which a man had I,
, meet 10 hold his job,
THE campaign promptly began Il
show results and within a short tim
good balance began 20 roll up oI
the right side OF the ledger"
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plant IN him And "Meekness' his middle 4
But now that Beloved comforts
net are Que married And TO- different
Go tol He that
tenace In quick lunch exceeding
concerning his appette difference
He that canned thnEs
and nagon OF
nlgnungales tongues for his dlges.ons sake
Behold he that safetypin
demandeth that laundes
went forth in whole
Lo he that slept beds of careless
his sheet and his down. pill
lows softer than zephyrs.
Verify he that aherewt
to cothe himself
studs placed
as by magic and walk
razors TO ny from their places his
Lo leaking refrigerator sticking
madness;
morning paper arouseth the FIRE of his wrath.
Verify verify, mlkmen O
unto soldiers rising
Behold hawes benK.
OF stained glass without ngs House
maids
charwomen who things Doors and
windows must oiled hinges
For behold knoweh in his heart
that Wife is workerofmace
beings into stained saints; who
house system and need change
Verify verify HOME demandeh that Il shall
indeed be heaven-upon-earth!
Tell perceivest silver threads among
the gold OF
For THIS another age EARLIER than uenl
Selah.
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ITO enter house by one door and
leave by another is TO invite
bad luck. Those who never
shut the door after them will never
own a house. To trip over a chair
is a sign you will not be married dur
ing the year, II chair Is twirled
around on one leg it will bring bad
luck II Is unlucky 20 sit on table.
II YOU step over a broom which Is
on the floor you may expect bad luck
To take a hoe, spade rake or any kind
Of gardcn tool through the house will
bring bad luck Dirt must never be
swept out Of the house after nlghtfall
or bad luck Will result. It is also un-
lucky to take ashes out after dark.
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sanitarium before two months were
over.
wrote the first war policy in our
state for soldier whose company
was ordered 10 prepare for a call To
the front. This pleased me greatly;
not because OF the commission, which
was small as the premium was high.
but because II was the first war
rider our company had written In
this part of the country. This helps
me to mako good with tho home
Office.
Edward is getting better very rap
idly now and in a month more will
be able TO so 10 work again, but
when he docs ! think ! shall keep the
woman's section OF the business, for
the children are in school all day and
do not need me at home and l like
having my own money.
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Popular Superstitions

Two persons who dry their hands on
the same towel at the same time will
quarrel. II is unlucky TO get into bed
over another person.
To have good sleep place your shoes
with the toes from the bed, Then. TO
have good luck next morning, rise on
tho right side.
II is very unlucky 10 break looking
glass II is also unlucky 10 look into
mirror over another persons
shoulder,
Decorations OF peacock feathers In
the house are unluclSy Some say there
Win be no birth in the house, others
that the daughters OF the house viii
not get married
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reprinted from Popular
Mechanics.
The simplicity OF It's design
is shown in the picture. A saw,
a hammer, a screw driver, three
or four dozen screws, some
smoothly planed boards. a pot
Of stain and some manila rope
arc all the materials required.
The handy mans wife may be
called upon 10 fashion the
cushion Cor the seaO.
A unique feature is included
by adding a top board. at
tached with springy hinges, as
a head rest.
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Kermit Roosevelt quickly obtained a discharge from
United States military service at Pattsburg training camp 10
join the British There thousands Of wetraned
American boys in British and French eager to be trans
ferred TO Gen Persbngs force in France obstruction and
ca red tape holds them The quicker they are taken under
the Stars and Stripes the better boys will learn from
them how TO fight in the trenches.
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Letters From the PEOPLE

Red Cross. have in mind particu-
larry an editorial in your Issue o.
June E5 entitled Red Cross Fund
Near the Goal OF 100000, O0O," which
was most helpful Your cooperation
" OF very great value IN the work we
are tryln6 to do
II. =. DAWSON.
Chairman, Red Cross Council
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ThanLs From RED Or

ThankH From Hed Cross.
10 tie Editor Of The Eveulng WoAd
With Red Cross Week behind us,
and our faces turned toward the great
work ahead, one OF the first things
want TO do is 10 express TO you our
sincere appreciation Of the assistance
rendered by your paper "a helping the
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Home. Made Porch Swing

around the house
the comforts
hand
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Elihu Root and his fellow members the American mis-
sion to Russia to have done very good lob II on m
way home they Will stop off In Japan and out the fl M
ton there relations with the United States we cn rrr m
undivided attention to the Kaiser.
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For, verify. verify. such things may be-and
there's a reasoni
Behold, while my Beloved was a Bachelor he lived
as bachelor. and content.
Yea, his patience beyond belief and his en-
durance knew boundsl
Though the rain fell upon his roof and poured with
In his windows, though the refrigerator of his bachelor
nat leaked, though It's doors were wont TO stick and
Its windows ratified, though the trolley and the
neighhnra 1z.aLn him q dan.n thnrn COM
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Wednesday, July II, ]
Sayings of Mrs. Solomon
BY Helen Rowland.

I Pres 20 s New ,ai
NJ Daughter seest thou silver threads the gold OF my
wi couture, S.,. ..
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Business
Efficiency
By II. J. Barrett
A Sales Campaign.

fkTT is very difficult TO define the
modern efficiency movement In
\ a single paragraph" remarked
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Perceivest thou a
hoad9
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ERMTING neutral nations to sell their supplies TO Ger
many, while grubake them, though the food is for
women and children only will make sieve Of embargo
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-31

Tie world is full Of comulaiucrs.
Some complain of IN health. many of
i'll Fortune and most of all of in luck.
\ pound Of pluck is worth a ton of
Tuck. II is not perfect world. Who
is well every day throughout the year
without an ache, a pain or Il cough?
Who is perfect in physique. in tenn
per, in deed aud word and conscience?
What man or woman is without a
weakness or reason at times for mis-
givings or cause at times for repent
ance?
1t is a world of foibles, fads ana ia
natics. IL we were all perfect the
preachers would be needless. Heaven
would be on earth.
There is comfort in the thought that
the striking differences we find AMONG
men aud women make the world ut
tractive. If all were alike the moaoto-
ny would be unbearablc.
Think Of these things when you feel
like rcpin,ng over i'll health, i'll fortune.
III Treatment or i'll luck.
Misery loves company. ana there are
,lways Others. john A. Slp.ghcy In
,.cSlic'S.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-31
Explosions Kill Without Wounds.

How the explosions Of heavy shells
can XIII persons without apparent
wounds is explained by Or J. I.epne
IN note presented 10 the Academic dc
Medicine He says: This effect is due
to a perturbation Of the nervous cen.
ters, arising from the explosion Of the
heavy shells and the consecutive ac.
TONS which are produced. Such per
turlatldns are caused by a sudden dis
tension Of the circulatory system of tt
human body. due to Il sudden pressure
exercised upon the whole surface nf
the body. This pressure reaches
maximum upon the abdominal region
from which all the yiseeral blood /.
driven toward the interior portion OF
the body
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-31
Where Latin 10 Still Spo ken.

IN the central part Of the Balkans
Ear up in the mountains between Bull.
garia. Servia and Turkey, there Is 4
community of mountaineers among
whom strangers seldom 70. During
me ascendancy Of the Roman empire
Roman colony was founded here ana
then forgotten on account of its re-
moteness. For the reason that the
descendants of those ancient colonists
nave never mixed with the people
about them they retain their original
characteristics, even to the language.
an several villages the Latin that the
peasants speak is so plain that stu.
dents OF classic authors can understand
them.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-31

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POWER or FAITH.

Faith 10 not horn Tor days Of
sunshine only. Faish dca3 not
find her trucss and erca.cat pow
" when the ean3hino appears.
It is the attribute OF faith to ae-
l'eve in good in spite Of oyi; Il
is the attribute Of faith TO believe
" the light although she Is en-.
sironed by the darkness.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-31

"a DFtUNlnu IN Otafu,
/ Tea is 10 be found in every tent and
iwelliu5 in Siam. There is always a
kettle "a the TIRE filed with tea and
rr'parcl for drinking, which is done
a} ahd.as milk, butter AMI salt This
is 'heir way OF d.ins this Leverage. 4
'crullor mode oi hospitality is shown
~ th2 . people in reference to thell
Tea % IS always II thu disposal Of ev.
Dry str, user and traveller. He need not
as! for il. Neither is il expected that
ac Sho,td. but he must have his own
eTp. This is Imperative. AND accorl-
Ng!y every one carries ascup with
him at al, times Some of these uten-
sis are marvclS OF Workmanship aud
are highly vaiued.
The Turnpike Era.
between The years 1880 and 1910 In.
nu,1erabie plans were made for the
creation of turnpikes in the United
$;a,eS. There had been enc great sue
cess Tie Lancaster turnpike in Penn.
ayHania. and then came countless 9th
@: projects. In ISL New York had l37
chartered roads. with total length of
'.'@o miles, and the sum required tu
build them Amounted 10 S1,500N00. An
'ra IT canal digging and then Of rail.
road Guhding followed this period. but
ne canal promoters and railroad men
Ind great difficulty in advancing their
Zones. They We're considered insane
" 'icn they insisted that the mountains
fLd plains could he conquered by these
means OF transportation. Exchange.
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90 NOT Bc SELFISH.

Try rev and then 20 do good
to Others. II we i've 70 and for
ourselves only Our life must
necessarily be small and poor
life since it iS limited to our sit
uation and our powers. But IL
we forget ourselves and open
our doors OF work, thought and
sympathy into the great over
flowing life of the whcle world
we step into SO large and full en-
existence that we can never ex-
haust or tire Of il.