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The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
PRESIDENT WILSON ABROAD.

President Wilson's trip abroad
opens new era IN the history of re-
publ.cs, and in no more fitting way
could it have opened than by the en-
tertainment Of the United States
chief executive by President Poincare
of France with a luncheon in the IA
nous PaIai- de LElysce. Never was
the cordially and reciprocal conf
dence Of two peoples more fittingly
expressed. What a contrast between
the meeting Of the sovereigns of Eng
land and France on the famous
Field Of the Cloth Of Cold" when an
army attended each sovereign, when
arms were stacked, when each king
cautiously approached a tapestry and
they salutcd through a hole in the
cloth! What contrast between the
meeting on what is now the soil Of
France Of the emissaries Of Rome and
the Belgian tribes, when the contend
ing forces were drawn up on either
side Of a river and the emissaries de.
liberated on the two buttresses Of q
bridge from which the central arch
had been removed
National honor has been a flower
Of slow growth; It was not until tn,
advent Of republics that it gained su
premacy over national interest. Blu
so thoroughly is it now implanted il
the hearts Of free peoples that Presi
dent Wilson, with the most sIende
military escort is as secure In tn
heart of a foreign country az in tn
White House. Mutual confidence an
esteem are even more necessary tina
force of arms TO establish and effect
uate a League OF Free Nations; an
they received their most striking eS
emplification in that now famou
luncheon in the Palais de L'Elysee.
In his reply to President Poincar,
President Wilson voiced anew the nc
BILE ideals for which America fougi
in the worlds war. What he ma
said before he phrased anew in tn
refreshing expression:
From the first the thought Of IN
people of the United States realize
that merely 20 win the war was NO
enough, th1t ~ must be won in sue
q way and the questions raised by
settled ia such a way as 10 insure IN
future peace OF the world and lay tn
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
. WHAT WILSON'S RECEPTION
MEANS.

The immense throngs which made
a two days festival in Brest; the vast
that gathered in Paris: did
not merely greet President Wilson. in
the words Of eX-Premier Bourgeois,
as the highest representative Of Am
erican democracy" dear as that de-
mocracy has been for generations to
the land that helped to give it birth.
France, the eternal soldier of lib
erty and right" as NJ. Bourgeois just
ly calls her, sees in Mr.. Wilson the
promoter and organizer OF peace ac-
tivities." It sees in him a champion
enlisting the power and the purpose
OF the new world to ease the intoler-
able anguish of the old under the
burden Of wars waste. sufferings and
sOrrOws
Not without reason do the popular
parties in entente lands greet Mr..
Wilson without reserve or restraint,
while the iunkers-and tories who
differ little from them I'm prejudice,
however much they may disagree in
other ways-look upon his coming
with misgivings. secret or avowed
In this attitude there is little differ
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
And the Hens Cackled.

once upon time a rooster and a
rat got into a fight. and when the
rat was whipped the rooster proposed
disarmament Called upon for details
the rooster suggested that all teeth
should be pulled in order that there
might be no more biting done. When
asked what yas going to be done
about beaks and spurs he said it was
necessary to retain them in order that
the freedom Of the barnyard might be
preserved, whereupon there was loud
among the hen-heads.-Hop-
kins Journal
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

ence of tongue or race or boundary.
The poor of Austria Hungary. 80
underfed," as Count Czernin wrote of
them nineteen months ago, that the
misery OF war can no longer be borne
by them" the men of the border
lands bedevilled by bolsheviki. even
the parties of the left in Germany
are hoping that the aspirations of the
United States, so dramatically to be
expressed in Versailles, may rescue
them from the living death of mill
tarism.
The race of warlike preparation
eats the food of the children and robs
Industrious age of its earned comfort.
1t invokes poverty where natures
bounty proffers plenty. It fills the
earth with armies of spies. poisoning
the minds of men by fomenting sense
less enmities for the supposed benefit
of the plotting oligarchy that. in the
end. falls crushed by the Franken-
stein monster it has reared.
How can the world which suffers,
comrade and foe and neutral alike,
from the greed and cruelty of war.
fail to hope. do less than pray, that
the great war dragon which has prey
ed upon humanjty's fairest fields and
noblest sons is at last to be slain?
| The hope may be vain; brotherly un-
derstanding may not yet prevail over
the wiles of the old order. but they
do their part who keep their faces
turned toward the light.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
EVEN THE COW Is FITFUL.

The eminent professors who keep
us from all sorts of death--and half
of the time have us scared nearly to
death with their health propaganda
have now decided that the Spanish
influenza cannot be transmitted by
milk. and therefore the dear old COW
may again be permitted to go about
her business without fear of inter-
rupticn
We like cows. mostly because they
can look one in the eye without
blinking--which is a lot more than
many Of our prominent citizens can
do.
Besides this. the COW delivers a GER
tain amount of goods every day, on
a scale of her own, and never has any
trouble with the proprietor.
The boss and the bessie get along
lsplendidly as long as the former SUP
plies the latter with plenty of chow.
Bessie has been much maligned, in
the past. She is alleged to have fur
nished typhus. malaria, bubonic
plague, BARRIERS itch, headaches,
hang nails. dandruff and nearly every
other horrible disease known to a pes
tered people. But bless her old heart
she is absolved from the Flu prop
aganda.
In view of her absolution in this
respect, We are inclined to sympathize
with her on another score.
1t must be awfully humiliating for
perfectly good COW to work like the
dickens for some creamery products
company and then see her entire
months output carried away in a tir
can that fits neatly into some pie
bians vest-pocket!
We like the COW. as previously re-
marked. but can easily understood hel
fit OF temper when she smacks dowI
right hard on her cud.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
JUST TALKED WITH THEIR
MOUTHS.

The scientists and philosophers
heretofore have done a great deal of
predicting and it is all on a par with
the vaporings of the erstwhile Frank
II. Sim onds. the great war expert"
who has simply babbled-and that
was all.
These philosophers and scientists in
their last few years Of predicting"
have based their forecasts on known
facts" but they have proved the most
discredited lot of prophets in all his
tory. Some years ago they said that
since the municipalities, states and
federal government had organized
boards of health. there had never been
and probably there never would be
nationwide and uncontrolled cpl
demic, and now we have about the
worst epidemic that ever afflicted the
nation. 1t was claimed that war had
become such a costly performance
that the bankers of the world would
not sanction it and would refuse to
make any effort to finance it. while
without their aid no government could
make war
They declared that a democracy
could not be organized for war as ef-
ficiently as an absolute government.
The result has shown that the United
States. the most democratic nation in
the world. organized for war more ef-
ficiently and quickly than any abso-
lutte government ever did. so eff
cient and quick was its preparation
that the military authorities of the
world have called it miraculous. After
The Hague conference it was predict
ed that the era of arbitration had ar
rived and the nations would settle
their disputes in that manner. Our
delegates were the most certain that
that would be the result and this gov
ernment was among the first to re-
pudiate that method. Roosevelt said
of the Panama canal strip, 81 took
it," and he did. This country has
ever since refused to arbitrate the
price to be paid. although the other
party has frequently requested that
mode of settlement.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
ENTER tsts-DEPART 1918.

The year 1918 just closing has teen
one Of tremendous import-one of
such portent that the average mind
and for that matter the cultured and
cultivated fare no better-has been
entirely unable to grasp the full
meaning Of all that has taken place in
This year Of all years-but now the
curtain is nearly ready to descend for
the last time in this the year of our
Lord 1918, and it will be but a record
of the great past.
Much history has been made in
19l8-worId history-history that
will live green through all of the ages
to come, for the world has been
cmancipated and the freedom Of all
of its peoples bought by the shedding
Of the precious blood Of hundreds and
hundreds of thousands of the brave
sons of liberty loving sires. and their
sacrifice will place on history's page
in letters written in their blood the
record of the greatest achievements
chronicled since the birth of our Saw
ior.
And the year 1919 which we will
welcome Wednesday will be also a
year of great import-for it will usher
in coming events which will leave
their impress on the pages filled in by
Father Time. In the year to come
will be signed and sealed the treaties
which shall make free the whole
world, the price Of which was the
shed blood of our sons,
It will also usher in year that
cannot fail to bring the greatest Of
prosperity TO all of the people of the
United States, who have but to do
their allotted part to share in the
reward to be bestowed.
In a spirit of great thankfulncss for
what has been brought about in 1915,
and the sincere hope that each and
every reader of this paper may enjoy
the full measure of health. hauulnes-
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
Why should Teddy Howl?

With all Europe glad that President
Wilson has come to them, why
should the Star and Colonel Roose-
welt object? Fact is, it seems to us.
both have cooled down some in the
last few days in regard to the Presi-
dents visit His reception and the
statements in the various addresses OF
welcome, have doubtless shown these
gentry that they are on the unpopu-
lar side. And as days go by they will
find the president knew his business.
even though he failed to consult them
about his going.-Platte County
Landmark.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

raising whiskers did rot of itself con-
stitute extreme cruelty as defined by
statute. 1t might be evidence of de-
pravity or of an unbalanced mind,
but 1t was not that form of physical
brutality which the law stipulates as
cause for a decree of separation.
However, as the man had taken his
whiskers and run away with another
woman. the judge granted the wife a
divorce. anyhow. That leaves the in
cident witheat a moral.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
win Have Plenty OF Help.

A Craig business man said that he
believed he would not have any trou-
BILE getting help to clean out his well
next summer. Last summer he let a
big bucket full of bottled beer down
in the well to let 1t cool off 1t was
real. honest to goodness beer. The
rope broke and the beer is at the bot
tom of the well. He will no doubt be
able to get his well cleaned out with
little cost next summer We don't
know whether we will be busy next
summer or not. but as far as we can
see from here We could get away al
most any day to help friend with
his work.-Craig Leader.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
Prohibition Prohibits at GaIla,in.

We understand the crowd of Sunday
drunks was somewhat augmented last
sunday-probably due to the ad-
journment of court loosening up the
slight tension it caused on the boot
leggers' nerves. More than the usual
number of blacks. it is said, were
mixed in with the white drunks on
the streets. But we presume it is not
the thing to do to complain about
this situation-our folks should sim
ply wait and murmur not"-Gallatin
Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
They VIII All Understand.

A dispatch from Washington says
President Wilson. in his public ad-
dresses in France. is speaking Eng
lish, though the President can speak
French. 1t was said by officials in
washington that he would not care
to trust himself to use it in an i'm
portant public utterance. But no
matter how he says it. the allies will
understand what he means, and that
Is sufficient.-Milan Standard.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

1t is stated that Bill Bryan, acting
on the assumption that the govern
ment will retain control of the rail-
roads, will tour the country this
spring in the interest of governmental
ownership of public utilities. There
was a time when such an announce
ment would have had much force. but
William j. rs not now what he used
to be.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
WHISPERS ARE NOT CRUELTY

OF course this did not happen in
Missouri. but 1t Is strange that it did
not occur in bswhiskered Kansas. but
il really occurred in Indiana. where
a wife in suing her husband for di-
vorce asserted that he refused to
shave himself. in spite of her deciara-
tion that she could not abide the un-
sanitary presence OF hairy man
about the place. The judge. however.
held that the mere act OF q husbands
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

St. Joseph again demonstrated that
il is the best live stock market on the
river by going over the yards record
in number of head received. one day
this week.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

line politicians may be expected to
step aside and accept gracefully their
own eclipse. or be cast aside in the
shadow of oblivion anyway. For the
urge and pleas of the old pols will
strike unheeding ears, and the mill
tary vote viii elect or reject candi-
dates as it sees fit.
Let there be christened, then, the
army and the navy party--and per-
haps, the marine corps party. At the
first election after the war. let them
assert their po~er at the polls. Only
let us have the old-time stuff that
FORMER campaigns were made Of.
Let US not have the candidate on
the marine corps ticket challenge his
navy opponent. demanding to know
where he was while the challenger
was risline his life at Chateau
Thierry. At the convention. let not
the infantry colonel who seeks the
nomination belittle the aspirant from
the ordnance department because
there was shortage of artillery am
munition in 1917. And let not the
chairmen of local draft boards, rum
ming fer minor offices in their own
districts, appeal to the electorate that
received deferred classification on the
platform that I'VE kept you out of
war"
If the military must ascend to po-
litical power when the war is ever.
let there at least be peace in politics.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

The merchants of st. Joseph en-
joyed one of the greatest holiday sale
of goods in the history of the city,
despite the fact that people had re-
solved to make no Christmas presents
this year" But the big business Of
the local merchants is accounted for
from the fact that they had such good
wares and sold them so cheaply that
people just could not resist.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
MUST HAVE PEACE IN POLITICS.

1t Is a certainty that our soldier
boys will soon come sailing home
from the war and they will carry with
them the balance OF political power.
So we are informed by those non
combatant geniuses who stay at home
and feel the nations pulse. And with
the coming home of this horde OF
Ivotsrs-millions st thsm-ths Old
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

In the death of Mrs. Elizabeth ".
Spratt the poor and needy and unfor-
tunate lost true and loyal friend and
supporter. She was one of those
kind hearted women whose greatest
pleasure was in alleviating distress
and in doing good for those who were
in need.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
Only Way They Can Return.

Congress is preparing to give the
emergency war workers who have
come to Washington during the past
year a free ticket home now that their
services are no longer needed. This
will save some of them a long walk
Nodaway Democratic Forum.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

With the army camps turning out
10000 men a day. It is not to be won
dered at that a soldier uniform at
tracts no special attention in st. JOS
eph today.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

No publisher who conducts a real
newspaper could take reasonable is
sure against the zone system of post
age, for the zone system shuts out the
cheap periodicals from destroying the
local newspapers advertising patron
age.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

Those misguided people who are
plying Senator Reed because he has
those controversies in committee, may
Reed can always take care of himself
on all occasions-and take good care
of himself at that
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
A Man of Real Wealth.

A Detroit householder broke a bot
tie Of milk over a burglars head. He
must have had something very valu-
able in the house. to go to all that
expense to protect it.-Kansas City
Post.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

The New York Sun says that no
one can comprehend what a billion
dollars represents. II some kind
hearted one will turn billion over to
us. we will promise to do our darn
dest to comprehend.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
Ye8-Mhere Is He?

Now that 1t has been established
that the public service commission
has the power to increase rates. where
is the bold lawyer who will contend
that it must. by the same token, have
power to lower them?-St. Louis
Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
just Like Old Times,

1t was almost unnecessary for Uncle
Joseph Cannon to announce that he
would support Mr.. Mann for speaker
of the next House. Some way or 9TH
er. everybody had a notion that Uncle
Joseph would support Mr.. Mann. 1t
is SO like old times.-Kansas City
Post.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
Can't Suit All the People.

We see it stated that 1t is impossi-
BILE to suit everybody. A milkman
who had been drafted and is now in
camp writes to the Boston Transcript
that he likes army life in most re-
spects. but that he finds it mighty
hard to lie a-bed until $50 in the
morning!'-Clinton County Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

The announcement that ION ac-
count Of the high price of dog feed"
rabbits are worth forty cents per cap
ita. as made by a st. Joseph hunter.
is about as reasonable and logical as
the other food profiteering explans-
tions.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

The story is now extant that our
own Champ Clark and Bill Bryan
have made up. To us Missourians. IT
will be necessary for Champ to tell us
personally before we will believe it.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

II New Year could come on July
1st the coming year, some of the old
boys who annually forsake the flow
ing bowl and abJure the juice of flu
ture punishment on New Years day,
might be able to keep their resolves
intact
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
But Hc Docs Find IL Out.

A man usually gets pretty we'll
along in years before he discovers
that the man who rushes wildly
about. humping into people and al
ways in hurry is not the one who
acoomplishes the most work in day.
Such a man thinks he's busy when
he's only excited.-Hopkins Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

or course those sixty eight prison.
ers whom Sheriff Isaacson treated
with such a sumptuous dinner Christ
mas might have enjoyed 1t a little
better If it had been served on the
outside OF the jail.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
That Little Wee Bundle.

No matter how interesting a young
man may be or how popular he Is
with the girls, they lose all interest In
him when they see him wheeling a
perambulator, followed by a lady with
a small bundle under her arm.--Nod-
away Democrat-Forum.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

Mr.. Kautzky of the German foreign
office blames the ex-kaiser and his
son for the great war. That's not
news-all the world already knows
that.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

The boys up at the court house who
received their official commissions
this week, feel better than they did
in November when they were fighting
for preferment
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
All We Do Is Think.

Five cents for an egg is rather rich
for an editors blood. Then so cents
a pound for butter and everything
else in proportion. Just think of it.
-Clearmont News.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

OF course you enjoyed a bounteous
spread on Christmas. but as you sat
down did you think Of the poor of the
city7 II not. you might make amends
New Years day-for the poor are al
ways with us.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
May Not Have Discovered II.

The one dollar year men are all
resigning-the war is over and thev
know when job is done. But you
haven't heard of any high saiarfed
men quitting-perhaps they haven't
heard that the war was over, or don't
know enough to know when a Job Is
finished.-Cole County Rustler.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
What Allied the DoctorP

Speaking OF patience. we are re-
minded of the Grant City woman who
said she had been in bed Is years
with one doctor and intended to try
another.-Worth County Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

If you make no New Year resolu-
tions you will have one or more less
sins charged up to your account when
you settle at the final day
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

The only mistake that Mayor Whit
sell made in his great charitable work
last week was when he tried to sing
in the carol chorus.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

BY the number of damage suits
filed last week one would infer that
some one wanted some one else's
money.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
His LaWyers WI Take Il.

1t is asserted that Herr Hohenzol-
lern has a private cash fortune of 5
million dollars. Considering the
amount of legal advice he is going to
require a little later we should say
that it is none too much.-Kansas
City Post.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

Irish society" We hope that no
seeds of discord are to be sown in
that hitherto peaceful island.-st.
Louis Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
What the Missouri
Editors Are Saying
A Sure Cure For IL.

Hungary has delivered the first real
stroke against secret diplomacy by
appointing a woman ambassador
Maysville Pilot.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

The poor of st. Joseph we're liber-
ally cared for Christmas. The people
of st. Joseph who have means, also
have hearts.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

That burglar who stole nine quarts
of booze from South Sixth street
saloon Tuesday night is getting ready
for the drouth.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

Next week will be presto, change!
time at the court house and there
will after Wednesday be some new
faces on exhibition up there.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

The dispatches say that Kansas was
hard hit by the blizzard" If that
self-same blizzard had only hit some
Of the wild eyed ones OF the windy
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

That white Christmas" was here
and 1t stayed on, being white even
after Santa Claus crsnked his Ford
and departed.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

That Christmas snow will also in
sure the greatest wheat crop in the
history OF Buchanan county.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
Bring On tb, Snare Ribs.

Hog KILN Time" and the warm,
wet weather won't permit.-Clinton
County Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

There is nothing to be wondered at
in the statements of the naval officers
that we need big fleet" It's their
business.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

Now don't make any New Year
will be just as we'll
off-and then again you will not
break them.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28
To Destroy IrcIand's .Pcace."

And now a correspondent writes
that the I. w. w.'s have landed In
ireland and are working to disrupt
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

Now do not forget after next Tues.
day to write it 1919.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

state 1t would have accomplished ma
tional good.