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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-02
MISCELLANEOUS

WILL take in washing at my home
No. 207 N. Centre st. MOP
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-02
YOUR NAME NEED NOT APPEAR IN THE ADVERT EMT UNLESS YOU WISH 1T
WANTED, (Continued)

Don't matter If broken. | pay 81
to SIS per set. Also cash for old
gold, silver, and broken jewelry.
Send by parcel post and receive
check by return mail Will hold
goods 10 days for senders approval
Of my offer. l.. Mazer, 2007 9th
St, Philadelphia, Pa. M21*
WANTED-People to let the public
know what they want to buy. The
best and cheapest way to do this is
to put an ad in this column. 1t win
probably bring very quick results
The rate is printed above.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18
Tyrannical Autocrats.
BY B. A. ULRICH.

William II. king of Prussia, and
the constitutional president of the
German empire. with the nominal
title of emperor proved at first
to be an advocate of peace. and was
a popular ruler up to the com-
mencement of the var precipitated
with savage haste, after long pre-.
meditation and preparation. His
entire peace pretentions were de-
ceptive and hypocritical. He and
the autocratic rulers of the twenty.
five states of Germany, meeting
secretly in the bundesrath, behind
locked doors, deliberately planned
the hellish scheme of deIuging
Europe in blood, fire and desola-
ton. They have surpassed the
most treacherous devices of Mac
chiavelli, as depicted in his cele
brated, brutal book, The Prince"
So far the German states, headed
by the emperor-king. William H.
have been the most destructive, in.
human, tyrannical and treacherous
enemies of the human race which
the world has ever known
Emperor William II, under the
German constitution, possesses the
power to control these forces, to
stop or continue the carnage. and
to enforce civilized methods of war
fare He has misused and still is
misusing the powers given into his
hands, without any effort on his
part, through the previous labors
and devices of Bismarck and the
former kings of Prussia He has
trod the continent of Europe like
an impersonation of Satan, the
arch-demon of destruction, tramp
ling men, women and children in
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18

the blood soaked mire, beneath his
cloven hoof.
The great conflict now raging in
Europe between the central powers
and the United Suites anh it allies
is a war Of democracy against des-
potic military autOcracy, which
fights to rule the world.
This new entente, including the
United States. is not Ouly fighting
its own battles, but it is also indi-
rectly fighting the cause of democ-
racy. including Germany, heretofore
dominated by the Hohenzollern dy-
nasty, which has gradually absorb
ed the greater part of the German
empire.
In book entitled The Psychol-
ogy of the Kaiser" by Morton
Prince, it is stated that in the con-
seriousness of the kaiser there is
nothing that is more dominant
than his increasing and violent an
tipathy to the great body Of citizens
constituting no less than one third
of the empire, namely, the social
democrats
The empire of Germany is ruled
by the representatives of the old
Hohenzollern family, with centu-
rieS of aggressive wars to its credit.
or discredit. through Prussia. which
they control and which comprises
two thirds of Germany The ques-
ton now arises. eau Prussia and the
other German states stem the riS-
ing tide of democracy which is
sweeping all before ii? Are not
the people of the central powers
weary Of the rule and oppression of
kings, emperOrs aud cZars?
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18
The Soldiers Mother.

My pen falters in the presence of
this subject-the soldiers mother.
The thought of Mother always
transforms me into a better man.
Mighty is the unending influence
of Mother.
On the blue mountains of our
dim, distant childhood you and
can look back and see the path
that Mother marked out for us
And how far from the way we
have eonel
Oh, what a wonderful Gift God
made to the world when He sent
the mother to man!
Somewhere l have read some
thing about the sins of fathers be-
ing visited on their children.
Somewhere in France the wire
less of affection is working right
low between mother and son.
A mothers gentle, sincere and
silent prayer goes straight to the
throne of God and then back to her
boy. 1t can't miss.
You tell me heaven is a long
way off. and it is if a boys mother
is there.
Do you know, | believe one letter
from a mother to her soldier son is
worth more than a sermon from
Cape Cod to Cape Colony.
If a boy, in this terrible struggle,
should forget his God during a fight
and only remember his mother
when wounded or dying. l am just
en- ough acquainted with God to be
able to assure the boy that it will
be well with his soul
In this war there is one human
that makes the supreme sacrifice
the soldiers mother.-The Silent
Partner.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18
The Blue Triangle.

said they were anarchists One
was my brother. Another was my
sweetheart. | came here tonight to
forget. But l will remember.
want nothing now but to carry on
their work, and to do that must
study and Learnt must learn Eng
lish and many other things. want
to 60 in all the classes. If the fore
man at the factory knows | do that,
he will help. He will let me work
days."
In the dark, the hunger. the cold,
and the terror of Petrograd, the Blue
Triangle is sending out its shining
invitation to the bewildered women
and young girls of Russia. 1t is Of
ferins little oasis in the midst of
the chaos where they may come
and rest and relax, play games,
listen to music. study English,
French. steonoeraphy, bookkeeping,
or music, and as one tired girl ex-
pressed it, forget for the moment
that they are in Petrograd. Most
of the girls who gather at the sign
of the Blue Triangle are bookkeepers
and stenographers. but scattered
among them are factory girls, domes,
tics, and girls who never have work
ed.
In Pedroerad and elsewhere in
Russia" says Miss Clarissa Spencer,
world secretary of the Y. W. C. A.
who started the work in Russia
girls formerly employed in govern.
ment offices come to us who have
struck aginst the bolshevists
They're out of job. They're hungry
One girl told me she couldn't take
gymnasium work. 1t gave her
such dn appetite. But they refuse
to return to work for the bolshevists.'
Miss Helen Ogden, one of the Y
W. G.. A. secretaries who was forced
to leave Pedroerad on account oil
the German advance, writes home
that: It's like living on the screen
of a melodrama to be in Russia
Bullets and shooting are almost as
familiar street sounds here as the
clane of the street car and the honk
of the automobile at home. Here
we learn to live and work under
frequent shooting and street battles
aud to flee only when we are told
by the authorities that we must
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18
The Home Town.

1t is interesting to talk with 0ffic-
ials of boards of trade and business
mems associations, and get their
ideas on how to build up a town.
You will learn of all kinds of propO
sitionS for getting new enterprises
Men with experience in board of
trade work often say that the town
that makes the most progress is
aOt to be the one that made ali
around town improvement its first
aim. 1t may not have done all that
could be wished in offering induce
ments to new enterprises. But if it
has kept plugging for good schools
and roads. civic neatness and beauti-
fication and all that, it is bound to
reap its harvest.
The man who wants to start a
new industry or remove an old one
has all kinds of propositions put up
to him. In one place it is free rent,
in another exemption from taxes, in
third stock subscriptions, When
he comes to beside he gives lot of
though to the general character of
the town as a place to live in.
If a community has good public
institutions and advantages, if it is
progressive and open TO new ideas,
if it is neatly and attractively kept
up. its reputation will spread long
dist ance as bright and advancing
place. The man who contemplates
change of business location will
be apt to inquire about town of
this kind. He will be attracted by
the good schools for his children, the
helpful and pleasant associations
found there. If he can get any fav-
orable business deal, he will choose
that kind of town over a less attrac
tive one that offered a little better
financial inducements.
A reputation of this kind is not
to be made by spasmodic efforts
Ii takes community spirit and town
loyalty over a period of years. Peo-
pie must sink personal ends and
factional differences and all work
together for one purpose. When
they do that, you can't set any limits
to the growth of that community.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18
Grip in Army Camps.

The handling Of the influenza
cases in the army camps is a big
proposition Ole might say the
disease should never have secured
the hold II mas among the soldiers.
They are living Il healthful life
out OF doors. Taey should be men
who would naturally resist infec-
ton.
Yet an enormous number of
soldiers have had the sCOurge, and
a very large number have died. The
shortage of nurses has been one
great difficulty No matter how
good medical skill is available, if
patients sick with a dangerous
disease are not attended to, a great
many of them will die.
Fresh air is said to be the best
preventive. The soldiers have had
that, yet they contract the disease
Probably they get it at night in the
barracks The officers ought to see
that these sleeping quarters are
given free ventilation Ii would
seem avisable to start the fires ear
ly, where the weather is cold, so
doors aud windows can be open
freely
The question whether any blame
is to be placed for the hold this
disease secured in the camps is
one that will have to be consid.
cred later. This epidemic has been
as beneficial to the Huns as win
ming a great battle 1t must have
greatly interfered with the military
training. The families of all the
boys in the camps will want to
know whether these sad fatalities
were the result of any lack of equip
ment or skill.
The boys often have to work in
the rain with wet clothes and feet.
There is a question if the work was
not too severe at a time when dan
gerous disease was prevalent. These
are matters on which no outsider
can pronounce positive judgment,
but they call for investigation.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18
We Register Protest.

After raising materially the rate
of postage on second class mail
matter, the postoffice department
is giving the newspapers and mag.
azines the worst service in its his
tory. 1t is safe to say that where
newspapers are sent through the
mail singly and not in bundles con
tanning number, not half of them
are ever received by the persons to
whom they are sent. Papers sent
to advertisers for checking purposes
upon which newspapers must de-
pend for compensation for advertiS.
ing carried, rarely ever reach the
advertising agency. This results in
forcing the agency to write for
copies not received and the publica.
ton must send duplicate copies,
sometimes as many as three times
This has forced newspapers to send
copies first class in order to make
proof of publication and obtain pay
for advertising, Whether this seri
Gus shortcoming of the postoffice
department, the efficiency of which
was once source of pride, is caus-
ed by the increased labor put upon
the employees by the war. or is the
result of the present senseless zone
system perpetrated upon the publ.
cations of the country by some
gourdheaded expert in the depart
ment, is of course impossible to say
The fact remains, however, that the
newspapers with increased postal
rates are getting no service worth
the name. At the same time they
are burdened with demands in the
way of itemiZed statements that re-
quires the services of expert &C.
countant to keep up.
AS to the zone system it is rid
die that no one can solve; it is even
a nut that post office employees
find hard to crack after long study
and then they can not be blamed
for arriving at no conclusion re.
garding what the experts at Wash
ington really mean for the posta
guide never deviates into sense il
its explanations and book of 10
garithms has nothing on the guide
when il comes to endeavoring tc
ascertain what zone a town oil
city is in.
Every publication would prefer
to pay a fiat rate rather than wres
tie with the mystery of the zone
saystem-a system the attempted
fathoming of which has turned tn
hair of many a newspaper maj
prematurely gray, besides shatter
ing all his hops to get past St. Pete
at the celestial gate.
The newspapers pray for relic
from this old man of the sea anC
this milestone that has been wished
upon them. They come as suppl
cants, for the postoffice department
is the most arbitrary one in the ma
tional system of administration and
the postmaster general is answera
BILE to none, the United States Su
preme Court not excepted. The
President is the only individual t.
whom the department is answera
ble.-COlumbia Tribune.
The Missouri farmer is a careful
thinker, as a class. He is conserva
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18

Maybe the Kaiser thought he
would have a better chance for a
sympathetic hearing of his plea for
peace in America because he has
burned no towns in this country.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18

When we hear the gloomy ones
predicting that the war is certain to
continue five or six years longer, re-
member that they are the same
ones who, during the Hun drive last
summer, solemnly declared that the
fall of the Channel ports. Amiens
and Paris was only a question of
time. These people are not pro-
German; they are loyal Americans,
but they cannot get rid of the idea
that the Huns are supermen and
cannot be defeated.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18


cleans as persistent and as vague
as Russia's hope of liberty. A
hundred Russian girls and six
young men we're guests of the first
Young Women's Christian associa-
tion in all Russia. 1t was a gala
afternoon tea but it was dark be-
cause the winter days end at three
O'Clock and there is restriction on
the use of candles and kerosene as
well as of electricity.
The girls were making merry
even in the gloom of winter. the
twilight and the tragedy of war
One slender white faced girl with
purple. Swallowed eyes was merrier
than all the rest. Her wit and ring
ing laugh were contagious.
"Sonya is wonderful tonight" one
girl whispered to another as she
stirred gently into her tea the one
lump of sugar doled out carefully
for the party. The Y. W. c. A
secretaries had been saving the
sugar for months-putting aside at
each meal one of the two Jumps
served with the coffee in the res.
taurant, that there might be a bit
of sweet for this first party There
was no bread
"Sonya is not drinking her tea"
her pale little admirer went OIL,
yet she tainted this morning at the
factory and the forewoman said she
was hungry"
We're all hungry" was the mo-
notonous reply. 1T wasn't that "
Something stopped the laughter
and talk suddenly but the hush
that fell in the dimly lit room was
as joyous as the gaiety. One Of
Russia's greatest singers stood by
the piano and lifted up her glorious
voice filled with the tears and heart
break that people at peace call
thrills.
They went away early when the
music was done-these sad-eyed,
half starved little guests of the Blue
Triangle-for danger turks in the
dark of PetrOgrad streets, rObberies
aud murders-sharp little by-pro.
ducts of nations chaos and a
world at war.
Sonya fingered after the others
W ere gone. She was standing close
by the secretary-hostess chair when
she turned from saying goodnight
to the last one of the other girls.
The laughter had died out of the
girls eyes and the gaiety from her
voice.
will you give me note to the
factory superintendent" she asked.
telling him I'm attending classes
here at night?" She spoke in French
for she knew no English, and the
secretary, no Russian.
Yes, if it will help you" The
secretary was glad to give her such
a note but she was curious. Tell
me why"
IF he knows the girls are going
to night classes he won't put us on
the night shift. He will let US work
days so we can come. Yesterday
asked for the night shift. Today !
have changed my mind"
The secretary wondered. SOnya
had not been in any of the classes.
Had the bright little party given her
an interest in the work of the as.
sOciation? Had the friendliness OF
the American secretaries reached
her? Was it the music that had
given her an impetus to study to-
ward something beyond factory?
What is 1t that interests your
the secretary asked her. You are
not in any of the classes now. are
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18

Remembering that history repeats
itself, The Springfield Leader dis
courses as follows: "A man named
Maximillian has now started out to
run the German Government. The
last European of that name who
tried his hand on American affairs
was lined up against the wall in
Mexico and shot"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18

The Missouri farmer is a careful
thinker, as a class. He is conserva.
tive, 1t is true-and he should be-
The farmer is, generally speaking
as good a business man as any
other class He is a producer, a
manufacturer turning his products
into cattle and hogs and sheep, a
wholesaler and a retailer. The Mis-
souri, farmer practices more practi-
cal common sense, more courage,
more grit, more gallantry. more
stick-to.it-ive. ness than any other
trade, calling or profession in this
commonwealth.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1918-10-04

Une representation de burlesque ct
de vaudeville des plus attrayantes Sc
ra donnee au gayety la semaine pro-
chaine, alors que les cid Lifters" Y
tiendront l'affiche. LIE but de repre-
sentation est d'amuser sans choquer
ct rien de suggestif ny sera WI nj
entendu, de sorte que les danes peu-
vent Y assister sans Granite. Lew
Talbot qui dirige cette representation
SEES fait une excellente reputation ct
Pom dit quill s'est entoure d'artistes
de grand talent. On y vera les bril-
lantes etoiles du burlesque Y compris
Harry Lang qui ma pas besoin din
PRODUCTION aupres du pnblic amateur
du burlesque. I'm choeur bien costume
aide a rendre cette representation Pu-
ne des meilleures de la saison. Non
content de son success de la saison
derniere Lew Talbot a depense de
grandes sommes pour ameliorer sa
troupe de la saison derniere qui, croy-
alton. ne laissait rien a desirer.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1918-10-04

-Quel Grange enhancement de IA
t~alites!... Enfin, mon pauvre garcon,
cette intrigue que l'on dirait ourdie
CONNIE a plaisir par un hasard me-
chant, nou en- lemons lie fiji conduc-
teur; aussi, soyez sans crainte, 81 en-
chevetree soft ellie, nous la debrouille
rons. Donnez-moi maintenant vos ms
tructions detaillees. Je vais partir Get
apres-midi pour Villiers, ct certaine-
ment demain, au plus tard, je serai
de retour.
LIE Floch fournit a Maitre Courtois
les renseibnements les plus circons-
tancies %concernant lie fonctionnement
du m canisme de la cachette; puts,
bien que Sc dominant lie plus possible,
incapable de dissimuler l'anxi te qui
lie. d vorait:
All! maftre, ~puissiez-vous r ussir!
MATS, je ne sails pourquoi,-j'ai peur,
L. oui, il faut que je vous lavoue,
j'ai peur!....
-Seul, oui, puisque lie pauvre COM
te de Trefontaine nest plus!
Eth bien, %alors!... Voyons, mon
enfant, reprenez confiance, nous tou.
chons au terme de nos epreuves. -.
A ~demain!....
CONNIE de vieux amis; ~l'avocat sortit
of Tie F1och deme,1ra seu1 dams sa eel
iule.
-Demain!... murmura til; que
m'apportera demain?..:.
VII
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1918-10-04
u nrennier svr,,uf0n1e des n,aladies des fen1knes c'esf Ia
faiblesse generate.
Alors uu'iI y a pauvrefe du sang ne ck'erchez pas aslfFe
ren1ede que les Pill lies ROUGES.

A p6poque de mon marriage, y6tais
d6ja anemique, 6puis6e par plu-
sieurs annees de travail dams les
manufactures. Loin de prendre des
forces ensuite je devenais de plus en-
plus fable ct j'avais des douleurs
dams les jambes, lie dos ct la t6te. Je
manquais d'app6tit ct en- plus Pes-
tomac souffrait. J'6tais plus SOU
vent couch6e que debout ct ne pou-
yais absolument rien faire. Je me-
tais fait soigner par un medecin,
mais mon 6tat restait lie meme. Mon
mari qui s'inqui6tait, ALA me cher
cher auelques bottles de Pilules Rou-
ges solvent recommandees par des
amies. Apres quelques semaines'
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Nine @. Demer

Nine U. DemerS
repris des Pilules Rouges ct en- al
obtenu les m6mes bons resultats.
Pour moi il ny a pas de meilleur re-
mede que les Pilules Rouges pour
les femmes qui mont pas de sang ct
souffrent de faiblesse. Nine O. De-
mers, 2 South Main, Webster, Mass.
CONSULTATIONS GRATUITES.-
Consultations gratuites LII No 274
rue Saint-Denis, tous les jours, ex-
cepte les dimanches ct jours de fete,
de 9 heures du matin a 8 heures du
soir. Les femmes malades, qui ne
peuvent venir voir notre medecin,
sont invites a lui ecrire.
Les Pi1ules Rouges sont en- vente
chez tous les m%archands de remedies
au prix de SOC une bofte, $3.50 six
bottles. Files ne sont jamais ven
dues autrement QUEEN bottles de so
pilules, jamais au 100; chaque bofte
porte q I'm bout lie nom de la COM
pagnie Chimique Franco-America1ne
limitee ct un numero de contr6le.
Refusez toute Substitution. Lorsque
vous hernandez les Pilules Rouges,
n'acceptez jamais I'M autre produit
que ION vous recommanderait COM
me Giant aussi bon. DefieZ-vous des
colporteurs. Les Pilules Rouges ne
sont jamais vendues de. porte en-
porte,
81 vous ne pouvez vous procurer
les Pilules Rouges pour les Fenmes
Pales ct Fables dams votre localite,
ecrivez-nous, nous vous les enver-
rons sur reception Gu prix.
Toutes les lettres doivent etre
.adressees: COMPAGNIE CHIMIQUE
FRANCO AMERICANA Qimitee),
274, rue Saint-Denis, Montreal.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1918-10-04

Mile Philomene, absente de Mime
apolis depuis decembre dernier est re-
venue la semaine derniere. Ellie a d'a-
bord passe Ihiver dams lie sud; en- mai
dernier, ellie Sc rendait dams
IEtat du Maine avec sa
soeur Nine Leighton qu'elle accom-
pagnait. Quelques semaines plus tard
ellie partait pour lie Canada ct etait a
Ste Aanne de Beaupre versSla fin de
juliet en- compagnie de son oncle M.
Daigle de Detroit, Mich. Durant leur
sejour au Canada lis ont visite une
soeur de M. Daigle agee de 81 ans.
De la Mile Daigle revint par Chicago,
OH ellie demeura quelque temps avec
sa soeur ct sa niece Nine ct Mile Lyon
ct enfin a Minneapolis.