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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
JOHN BARLEYCORN
TAKING THE COUNT
w. e. McEWen.
(Former Labor Commissioner, in Du
luth Labor Worldly

W. 70 "bSI"SHs
(Former Labor Commissioner, in Du.
luth Labor Worldly
John Barleycorn is fast elm bling ON
the water wagon with the rest of US
old tanks, by compulsion If not from
choice. He was handed several Sc
we're wallops this week and in places
on his wasted carcass where he little
expected it.
Old John has gotten more out of the
traffic than any of us who played the
game with him. When we lost he
won. Now he is losing and the whole
nation is rejoicing in his downfall.
He has few sympathizers outside of
his hackers, seconds and time keep
ers, and even they will turn against
him when he takes the final count and
they discover how much more salts
factory it is to ply their energies in
1ife-giving rather than In death-dealing
avocations.
Barleycorn is versatile old roost-
er. He has written comedies and
tragedies, burlesques and melodra-
mas, all at the same time and with
the same pen dipped in the same con-
coction he has produced more mon.
ologue artists than all other agencies
on earth, their incoherent rambling
soliloquies resounding through prison
cells and insane wards of every cline.
He has made buns out of bankers;
merchants and professional men. He
has taken top-notch factory workers
from their machines, mechanics from
their benches, laborers from fields,
and clerks from their desks and sent
them emaciated in body and crushed
in spirit to the gates of hell, and
gloated over their ruin He has turned
palaces into novels as If by magic.
He has transformed happy cottages
into miserable huts with the mere
waving of his poisonous wand. Jeal-
Gus Of the bloom apd beauty of youth
he has fiendishly plucked the bios.
SONS before their time, and looked on
unconcerned while the human plants
wasted and died. Like the man with
SA0 "AIACA GU Ill, u0 has SLOOu uQ.
moved at the widows and orphans he
has made. He has drowned cheers
with tears, turned joys into sorrows,
brought suffering where happiness
and prosperity dwelt, and cheated life
OF It's sweetness and fragrance.
This monster whom men defend, az
some do his living prototype across
the Rhine, is now being called before
the bar of judgment to answer for
his multi-crimes. The South has tried
and convicted him. The West has
sent him to perdition with loud &C.
claim. The North has pronounced
his doom. 1t is left to the East to
complete the job and drive him from
the nation entirely. Massachusetts,
the staid old conservative Bay state,
has spoken. All New England will
render the same verdict, as will the
people Of Minnesota next November.
Goodbye, John Barleycorn, we see
your finish. You are soon to be mum.
oered among the evils that were.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Devil and the Deep Sea.

The source of this expressive but
rather cryptical proverb is not easily
determined. 1t is usually held to have
some connection with the miracle Of
the casting out of devils at Cadara and
the rushing of the possessed swine into
the waters. In Clark's Paraemiologia,
published in 1859, it is quoted as BE,
tween the devil and the Dead Sea. "
The meaning, of course, is that there is
a choice only between two terrible al
ternatives, and the allusion may be to
some long-forgotten incident of legend
or fiction.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Disease Due to Dietetic Errors,

Disease Due to Dietetic Errors.
1 have come to the conclusion that
more than half the disease which en-
bitters life is due to avoidable errors
in diet }. and that more mischief, in
the form of actual disease, of impaired
vigor, and Of shortened life, accrues to
civilized man from erroneous habits Of
eating than from the habitual use of
alcoholic drink, considerable as I know
that evil to be.-Sir Henry Thomp-
son, M. D.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Poor Forms Of Bread.

Early records Of the north Euro.
pean peoples. particularly in Scan
dinavia, show that the poor subsisted
partly on bread made Of nothing more
substantial than ground moss. But
this had such slight nutritive value
that it was almost worthless as food.
Potato -four bread is also a familiar
makeshift Of other days. When the
ground potatoes are mixed with. rye
g wheat the bread Il not unpalatable.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Nature the Nurse.

The human body is so adjusted that
when attacked, it automatically de-
tends itself, and when wounded it pulls
out it's f1rst-aid kit to repair the injury.
And living organisms of the lower ami
NAL world and the vegetable world are
balanced just so.-Minneapolis Jour-
nal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Work Must Be Resnected-

WV" ''ooe DC stSoPS0SS0s
Any painter will tell you that the
sketch he begins carelessly, with a
slovenly scamping of paints, ends by
disgusting him and is frequently left
unfinished. Any embroiderer will adj
NIT the same experience. Work to be
a pleasure must be respected. It must
be approached as a dignifled and an
honorable affair.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Why Women Bear Pain.

Women bear pain better than men,
as is we'll known, but DR.. E. O'Neill
Kane says that their tranquility is
often deceptive, being stoical submits
sion rather than lack of feeling. He
believes women are less often affected
by shock than men; they endure sur
gical operations better and pass under
anesthesia more rapidly, quietly and
safely.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Dreaded Parthian Cavalry.

The most famous cavalrymen of an
tiqufty were the Parthians. Their in
vasion Of Judea, 40 Il. c., resulted in
such terrible devastation of the coun-
try that 100 years later the terrors of
the Parthian invasion gave the Apostle
John the idea for one of his most vivid
pictures.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Use Of OxaIic Acid

In using oxalic acid to remove any
ink stain always follow with a few
drops Of javelle water, which counter
acts and neutralizes the oxalic acid.
Then rinse with boiling water to re.
move both of these chemicals, so thai
the fiber will remain untouched.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
True Friendship,

A true friendship is one Of human
kinds sweetest ties, and it should be
sacred1y regarded. That sterling soul
who always has a smile for us-who
sees in us only what is fine and COM
mendable-should not, and will not, If
we are made of the right stuff, be-
annoyed by our over-familiarity.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
When the Cowboy Painted

Young Lady (on her first visit West)
what do you have that coil of line
on your saddle for?" Cowboy-"Tha
line, as you call it, lady, we use for
catching cattle and horses" Young
lndy-"How interesting! And what
90 you use for bait?"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
AN ABSERD1TY

Colonel Roosevelt recently said "There
is nothing more absurd than the belief
that the closing of the saloon will cause
working men to lose their jobs. There are
rev things more important to our social
advancement than the loosing Of me grip
OF the liquor interests upon the labor
movement. The saloon represents see
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Has Almost Constant Rainfall.

Has Almost Constant RainfaI1.
Curiously enough, it is in India that
we find the wettest town in the whole
world, according to a British agricul-
tural expert in India. The town,
where there Is an almost constant rain
fall, is called Cherapunji, in Assam.
Its average rainfall is 600 inches or
30 feet a year, which is nearly foot
a week,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Bacon's Tribute to Books.

6acon's Tribute to Books,
They are true friends that will nei.
Their fiatter nor dissemble. Be you but
true to yourself, applying that which
they teach unto the party grieved, and
you shall need no other comfort nor
counsel.-Bacon ION Books
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26

Pity the Sorrows Of the Poor!
1t is reported that $5.OOO,0OO worth
of jewelry was stolen in New York last
year. Horrible! Now we shall have
to spend lot Of time worrying over
the sorrows Of the poor people from
whom it was stolen.-Dayton News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
CLASSIFYING Them.

Jane has classmates in kindergarten
named Brown, White, and Green. Her
mother asked her what their names
were and Jane answered: "Mary,
Jean, and Louise, and their last names
is just different colors."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
First Dill Pickle.

Roberta had her first dill pickle re-
Gently. The next day at school Miss
Bass had her little pupils paint DAFT
fodil. A few days later Roberta said:
Mother, was that daffodil pickle I
hadT-lndianapolis News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
STOCK FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Three year old bay road
" horse, trained double and SINGLE
Write Box 273. AtWater. 436
FOR SALE-TwO full blCOded Short
=. horn bull calves; one is year old
and other SIX months August Skat-
=. tos, Rte. IS, Willmar. 432
FOR SALE S. H. Bull, Wallace Az,
157, three years old. Cannot use in
s my herd any more. Might trade for
yearling. Chas. Johnson, Box II,
Rt., Q, Willmar. 347
FOR SALE-Six good work horses,
E} from to IL years old, sound; also
three sets harness. Call 1851, city;
y Call after six o'clock J. G. Griggs.
a4a 437
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26

- Pfropfhebephrenia.
Pfropfhebephrenia is q term used by
Observation-Disclosures to describe form
Of mental weakness. :
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26

Non-conservation Of Negatives.
On back road near White Plains
) an offer to pay for glass of milk met
with this reply: II never make no
practice Of charging nobody nothing
for no mill. !" Il. ID .... Il S.. .ssst
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26

Knew Whereof They Spoke.
Old-fashiOned editors were right. II
was always time to call a halt on
omething.-TOledo Blade.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Ono AdvantaoA.

The fellow who tells all he knows
has one good point-he viii never do
anything wrong II he tells about 1t
before and after.-Farm Life. .IE#
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Dancer Rrauuarf Faces.

Danger Braggart Faces.
"De person dat brags on hisse'f," said
Uncle Eben, "is mighty apt to find his
self in de position of a man dat adver-
tises big wifout bein' able to deliver de
goods"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Wisdom In Council

"to0VU III V00u8St
No man is SO wise but he may easily
err II he takes no other counsel than
his own. He that was taught only, BY
himself had fool for a master.-Ben
Johnson. r.'
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26

Need You Worry About ThIs7
The edges on the $50 gold piecea
Wear holes In your pockst.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Postponement.

Postponement.
Every duty which is hidden to wait
returns with fresh duties at its back
Kingsley.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26

Optimistic Thought.
Riches amassed in haste will vanish,
but those collected little by little will
multiply.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Courtesy.

Courtesy.
Courtesy is one of the properties Of
God, who gives his sun and rain to the
just and the unjust by courtesy; and
courtesy is the sister OF charity, BY
which hatred is extingufshed and love
IL cherished Francis OF Assist.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Yes, When?

Yes, When?
"There is nothing said when rents
are lowered" said real estate agent.
Well bite. When are they lowered?
Or, when were they lowered?-Read-
ing Telegram.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
For q Rusty Screw.

Hold red-hot iron to the head Of
the screw for short time and then
use the screw-driver while the screw
Is still hot. It can be removed easily.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
Testing Pineapples.

The ripeness OF q pineapple may be
tested by pulling its leaves. II they
do not pluck readily the pineapple is
not ready TO be used.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26

Optimistic Thought
True royalty consists not In eraai
p0mp but in great virtue. s.. 81.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26
For a RAINY nax

For Rainy Day.
What is laid by for a rainy day is
useful no less if the sun continues to
shine.-Albany Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26

HOUSES FOR SALE-On the Install
ment plan. II interested in buying
home'it will pay you to call at our
Office and get full particulars. An
, derson Land Co., Willmar, Mime
sofa. 635
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26

pay expense and remove animal.
John Carlson, Sec. 80, Mamre. 430
ATTENTION THRESHERMEN-
complete threshing outfit in good re-
pair, 1890 separator, rs h. p. engine.
Big bargain. Cash preferred, might
consider trade. Inquire The Elk
change Land co. 435
AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME
THE OWNER OF A FARM-Will
sell southwest quarter of section
eight, St. Johns Township, at $50
per acre, one thousand dollars cash !;
balance to run ten years at five per
cent-Ascher Howard, 3145 Calhoun
Blvd, Minneapolis, MINI. 387
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26

FOR RENT-Two unfinished rooms
for light housekeeping; all modern;
and one furnished sleeping room.
Phone 1873, Osborne. BIG
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26

FOR SALE-The Harrison store, To-
Gated nine miles north west of At
water. Having been called for U. S..
service this store must be sold at
once. E. G. Pagel, Atwater, Route
s., APT
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26

FOR RENT-TwO furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. Inquire at 1O4,
East Litchfield Ave. Phone 299.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-25

Berlin, Monday, Dec 23, Night (By the A. P.)-The German foreign office and the chancellery adjoining 1t, which is at present the seat of the govern ment. were biockaded for an L0ur and a half this afternoon by a squad of sailors which had been doing guard duty there for the past nlon.h.
 The navy men who were about to be replaced by a republican soldier guard and sent back to Kiel objected to the new ruling. As protest against the action of the military commander small squads of sailors attempted demonstrations in the various parts of the downtown district
 At a guardhouse in the Inter den Linden the sailors clashed wta mam- hers of the new reDunlican guards Shots were exchanged and ii is report cd there were number of casualties
 A bullet entered the class room in the University of Berlin of Professor Winer Sombart, a well known eco romist, but no damage vas done The presence of the sailors in Berlin has been source 5f dissatisfaction among l! t oops returnil.; from the frCl'f mad friction frequently is tak,ng place. Suspicion also is general that the bluejackets have leanings toward the Spartacus group.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-25
Documents Disclose
 Who Caused War
Papers Found in the Archives of the German Foreign Mnister-German Emper- or Comes, First.

Washington Dec Responsibility for the war and it's prolongation is ascribed by MT. Kautsky, commissary of the people at the German foreign office, to the following in order:
 First, the German emperor and the crown prince; second, General Luders- dorff and Admiral von Tirpitz; third, the great industrial concerns, and fourth, the Pan-Germans. This view of MT. Kautsky, who is examining documents in the archives of the for eign minister, was given to a corre- spondent of the Petit parisienne in an interview. quotations from which reached Washington today ill official despatches.
 The official documents so far as ex- amined, Kautsky said. prove the truth of statements made by Dr. Muelhon. director of the Krupp factories and by Prince sLichnowski, German ambas- sador to England, at the outbreak of the war, both of whom have laid the war at Germany's doors.
 The first part of the docurents re- lating to the cause of the wa will he made public within a month, Kautsky said, and at the same time the Aus trian government will publish some ot the documents found in the archives of the Ballplaty
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-25
.Sec'y Bakers Views on National Guard 
Says as An Army Reserve It Would Have to Be Re- constructed From the Ground Up.

Washington, 1pec. 24--1f congress aeternlres Rtinue the national guard as the reserve Of the na- tion, SecreS aker said today, the guard seEo Nll have 10 he recon stituted he ground up Federal izatio1e guard for war service. the Apartment has held on the opiNs s Brigadier General Samuel T. s acting judge advocate gen e ll wipe out of existence the
 4ized regiments. When the men
 discharged they vii: retire to
 ian life without any obligation e~E Eler to the federal or state govern ments to continue in national guard service.
 MT. Baker expressed u.e helief that the problem of the national guard is bound up closely with the question of what congress may do latcr in framing Legislation to establish a rermanent military policy. Existing law pro vides for the regulars and the nation al guard. Should some system of universal military training be worked out, however, army officers said, it is probable that the national guard would cease to exist. The war department has not as yet made any reccmmenda- lions on the subject, having content ed itself thus far with seeking appro- priations only for the regular army in the coming fiscal year.
 There are many National Guards or ganized since the war by the various states which are not efec;ed by the war departments ruling. In some cas- es federal recognition has beer obtain ed, bringing the units under the fed
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-25
"EATS" AND ENTERTAINER
 FON MEN AT COBLENZ

Coblenz, Monday, Dec. 23.-(By The A. P) Fourteen carloads of Christ mas packages from the United States
 arribed here today. These are for di-
 visions along the line and distribution
 will be started immediately by means
 of motor trucks and the railroads.
 Hundreds of soldiers have been press
 cd into service to assist the civilian
 mail employees during the Christmas lush. Word reached the transportation bureau of the Third Army today that
 more than 200 Knights of Columbus l and '. NJ. c. A. entertainers are on
 the way to the occupied territory by special train te give entertainments at various points on Christmas eve and Christmas day.
 To add to the C1eer of the soldiers | on Christmas orders have been issued that drills will he dispensed with on Christmas and for d week there will l be drills only in the morning. With 1 their afternoons free. the soldiers are planning many sightseeing trips.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-25
aralization of the act of 1a1S

eralization of the act of 1916.
 The great mass of the guard how ever. was merged into the temporary forces of the army Of the United States for the war, thereby completely losing it's identity. These regiments includ- ing every nj = ric militar::' organiza- ton in the country. some of them with records dating back to the revolution ary war and many of them being sur rivals of Civil var voluntefr ergani- cations, must under the ruling be re- constituted, recruited to necessary strength and again presented to the federal government for recognition be fore it can take q place III the feder al government for recognition before Fit can take place in tne federalized | national guard.
 Another cement of uncertainty in | the guard situation, it was said to- l day, is the question of thc extent to 1 which divisions which saw service i'll France have been diluted hy replace ments from National Army troops. Tn the case of Regiments like some of the l New York or New England units in divisions which took part n he fight 1 ing almost Ircm the first. officers sSid now probably contain less than 90 per
 cent. of their original personnel. 1 lIOSSGS N6TG ,llduG SOOu N lln iU0l 1IOlli various parts of the country and who l have no NatNna! Guard status what
 ever. Officers were assigned from the
 training camps at home CT abroad and | the returnin., divisions or regiments
 while being the interiors Of the tradi-
 tions of the old national guard units
 which composed them and which, hay l ing f1ayoring of the officers and men 1 in their ranks who came from the old
 state service probably will tear very little resemblance to the units that en trained for camp after the guard was 1 drafted in July, 1917.
 MT. Baker said he anticipated that
 state authorities generally would not | attempt to reconstruct any of the old regiments or national guard until aft
 CT the divisions into which they had been merged returned from France II wo.ld seem desirable, he thought, that
 men to be discharged from thocse di-
 visions, be given a chance to re-enlist
 in the guard This would enable. he
 said, the reconstructed regiments tC
 be in fact as well as in name a con
 tinuation of the old organ;ztrio witt
 every right to carry the names of the
 historic battles in France-of Chateal
 Thierry the second Marne, the
 OuQue, the Tesle, St. Mih;el. Argonnt Forest, Sedan, Cote. Chatillion an( other places the divisioEs made ia nous, on their banners.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-25
DANIELS TELLS WHY NAVY
 SHOULD BE WELCOMED HOME

Washington, Dec. 24--Confidence that the American people will greet the officers and men of the returning batueship squadron with pride and congratulations" and as valiant vic tors" was expressed by Secretary Dan- lels tonight on the eve of his depar- ture for New York 10 review the homecoming naval units. The Ameri- can dreadnoughts though denied the opportunity of winning a great sea victory, did more, said the secretary, for they cooperated in receiving the surrender of the entire German fleet.
 Secretary Daniels and many govern ment and diplomatic officials will leave tomorrow afternoon for New York. The presidential yacht Mayf1ower. from which the naval secretary and his party will review the returning Aattleships, Thursday, now is en route tt New York.
 Tn welcoming home the powerful American dreadnoughts which have been engaged overseas during the war" said Secretary Daniels, "the American people will greet the officers and men with pride and congratula- tons. The powerful ships, the equal of any in the world in cooperation with the powerful British fleet. gave such predominance of seapower in the North Sea that the German fleet dared not invite suicide by coming out and offering battle. They did not try con- clusions because they knew there rever was fleet in being that could have had chance of victory against the British and American fleet work ing together with the same signals | and the same strategy as if they were Of the naval power of a single nation | Their mission was as single as if they had represented only one instead ot 1 the two great English-speaking na- tions. Their united service typifiej and cemented the ties between OH, | country and Great Britain. Their si. | lent vigils protected commerce, SC. | cured safe passage of troops and SUD. 1 plies, and effectually bottled up tho German fleet rendering it as impoten
 for harm as if it had never been con structed.
 Sea power once again demonstrates it's primacy in making land victorie! 1 possible. While the American dread
 noughts, an. important part of tn
 worlds greatest armada, were no
 given an opportunity to win a grea
 sea victory. they did more; they co operated in receiving the surrendere, German fleet which capitulated to tn
 superior force of the allied fleets, an,
 they will be received at home with al
 the honors given to valient victors."