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Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
HOW VICTORY WILL seswon
National Discrimination to Put Every
Ounce Of Strength Into Righteous
Cause viii Bring Triumph.

Suppose we send 10000 bombing air.
planes over Germany. They alone will
not win the war. Ten thousand or
fifty thousand tanks alone will not win
the war. A thousand land battleships
or thousand other fearful land cruis-
ers alone will not win the war. Rain
ing death and destruction upon the
civil population as a rule has only one
result: 1t infiames the people to
greater deeds, to greater sacrifices, to
greater hate, to greater determination
to win the war. France, England and
Italy are shining examples of this. No.
any one invention is not likely to win
the war. Some day, perhaps. someone
will invent an atomic ray which is
capable Of pulveriz,ng whole regiments
at stroke. Nothing of this sort is
impossible. But it is not very prob
able. Rather 1t is the whole-hearted
devotion of the no4combatants to a
great and just cause that will win the
war. The nation that can throw into
the scales the greatest amount of war
implements, the heaviest weight of
metal. the greatest amount of fighters,
coupled with prodigious use of all of
the best war inventions, will win in
the end-providing that every man and
woman behind the lines constantly
thinks and dreams of war and victory
and is prepared to put every last ounce
of strength as well as all worldly be-
longings into the righteous cause with
out stint or restraint. The greatest
war Invention is the fiery, undying will
to win.-Electrical Experimenter.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
Potash From Mil Dust.

Extraction Of potash from the dust
from cement manufacture is claimed
MS a possibility. James ID. Rhodes. a
Pittsburgh manufacturer. made the
discovery. and at his own expense has
arranged to erect large experimental
plant adjoining the plant Of a cement
company at Castalia. o., for the pur-
pose OF experimenting Tor 40 days.
Mr. Rhodes said he could extract
from the dust and waste Of the ce-
ment mills large quantities Of potash
for fertilizer that will be of great
benefit to the country In increasing
he supply.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
He Ordered Pie.

My brother was telling me Of a num-
Der Of humorous incidents which took
place mt camp. This one cost the vic
tim, young rookie. a week ends visit
to the gunrdhouse. He had been made
believe by a few fellows who were In
for some sport that II he wanted pie
all he had to do was. order 1t. When
meal time came around the rookie or
dered pie. OF course he didn't get It,
so he raised rumpus. After a few
moments his commanding officer was
heard to say, "You're In the army now.
Perhaps we had better show you the
guardhouse first."-Chicago Tribune.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
All Fighting Men Brothers.

"A young American army private
came QUITO gilded Broadway florists
the other afternoon carrying a very
large and expensive bouquet tied up
In waxed paper and walked toward one
OF those stunty baby doll roadsters at
the curb.
AS he was crossing the sidewalk
along came another American army
private, undeniably of Italian descent,
and known along Broadway for his
ability to WELD the polishing rag ut a
Herald square shoe shining parlor. The
two stopped to exchange greetings.
"'Lo, Fish Facei"
"'Lo. Wop! Where you goin'9"
ITO see me brudder!"
Jump In and save carfare." Where
upon this strangely assorted pair.
brothers by the greatest tie man can
devise. travelled away together.-New
York Sun.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
FEW STATE LINES CHANGED
Sentiment Has Proved Too Strong,
Even When Good Business Rea-
sons Gould Be Advanced.

From time to time PROPOSALS are
made to change the boundaries of
states. One is the scheme to transfer
part of western Florida, extending
for $50 miles on the sea coast. to the
state of Alabama, and another project
is to annex the northern neck of Idaho
to the state of Washington,
In support of the proposed change
In each case the chief argument adj
Vanced is that it would place the re-
gion to be transferred in the state
with which it is most closely allied in
interests. Most of the business of Pen
sacola, the leading city of west Flor
ida, is with Alabama, and IL if were
part of that state its importance
would doubtless be heightened. II is
also considerably nearer Montgomery
than Tallahassee and nearer Birming-
ham than Jacksonville.
- Proposals for rectifyinr boundaries
as well as for dividing states have
been many, the changes actually maele
few. Where historic associations
gather around divisional line they
are not easily effaced. whatever may
be the commercial considerations work.
ing in that direction. In cases in which
railway connections have made the
business relations of a region closer
with another state than with its own
the remedy is found in the construc-
ton OF new lines. Political geography
enters somewhat into railway build
ing.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
Two Brave seamen Commended.

Two men of the United States navy
have recently been commended for
risking their lives to save shipmates.
Turner S. Lux, boatswain's mate, ma
tional naval volunteers, saved paint
er who fell overheard from the United
States Steamer Houston. A life belt
had been thrown to the man, but he
failed to grasp it and was going down
for the second time when Lux came
to his rescue. Lux gave as his nearest
kin G. II. Lux, 1927 valence street,
Birmingham, Ala. A similar service
was performed by Chief Boatswain
John NJ. Penix, whose mother, Mrs.
Mary Stout. lives In Kingston, Ala.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
live ALL TOO FAST
Many Constantly IN a Fever Of
Movement.
One Of Mans Greatest Mistakes IL 70
Allow Himself to BE Constantly
Under Pressure and Intense
Nervous Strain.

Some of us are trying to live our
lives all at once. We would cramp the
slow development of years into the
coming month or week we would COM
press the work of an hour into the
next five minutes. Nature patient,
tireless, cunning laborer that she is
does not favor this plan. She takes her
time-"Because 1t is hers ~ some one
makes prompt answer. "She has COM
mand of all the time there is. She can
be as deliberate as she chooses. We
must make haste because our little
lives are so soon clipped off. The dark
ness too early rounds our day. Our
work must be put through with speed
and under pressure or we shall not fin
ish."
The bes, work even by these feeble
mortal hands and minds of ours Is
done not in fever but in calm. Art
(and the exception proves the rule)
achieves most nObly when 1t achieves
with tranquility. The personal cir
cumstances of the artist may be dis
tressing. He rises above them. His
dream translates him to the skies
above his mundane environment His
passion for the truth leads him to for
get that he is poor and hungry and
misunderstood. He writes his book or
paints his picture or compOses his
sonata in n land where 1t is always
summer and the skies are blue and
tears are never shed and none ever
dies. BY the force of a creative imag-
nation, he establishes for himself a
new Heaven and a new earth, and his
spirit is tranquil because it is trium-
plant over the pinching and gnawing
circumstances.
Artist or artisan. each of us must
learn to make the pilgrimage step at
time. Let not an anxious forecast
corrugate the brow with the thought
of morrow sufficient unto itself.
Epicurean delight lives for the mo-
ment; a mans more serious purpose
in existence would often do well to fol-
low the example. We can be sure as
to what we wish to do with our lives !;
we can have great and generous ain.
we can appoint goal and know the
point we wish to reach and the way by
"hNu We arc piptteuiHS. Dut liit
miles we measure forward with the
spiritual eye are not to be o'erleaped
in the next second. We must plOd We
must he content with a wayside inn to-
night. and the next night, and many
nights, perhaps, before we reach our
haven and our home. a.
1t will not do to disparage this good
ly earth as yale of tears for all the
sorrow and ALI the blackness that we
see. The earth is full of fallible peO-
pie like ourselves. trying and coming
to grief and rising to give battle again
in the inextinguishable hope of victory.
We are more alike than we realize.
We are a marching army, with leaders
whom we must obey. Like good SOL
diers we must keep the cadence with
the rest. If we grow careless and
straggle, we dislocate the whole pro-
ceeding. We came into this world
bound to be submissive to its dis
cipline. To defy the natural laws is
only to be miserable and to make mis-
cry for others. If war shall teach us
to respond with promptness to COM
mand. out of its horrors will be borp
blessing.-Philadelp Public Led
ger.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
NOW FISH in INLAND WATERS
German submarines Have Driven
Hardy Dutch Sailors From Their
Occupation In the North Ssa.

In this day of the lurking submarine
the waters of the North sea are q
marked danger zone for tAe fsherDau
Of the Netherlands, and consequently
the rivers and inner seas Of Holland
are thronged with brown-sailed fishing
Asmacks, all eagerly pursuing the elu-
sive herring, salmon. pike and carp.
Until the boats tanks or barrels are
filed the determined fisherman sticks
at his job. If good haul is soon
made he may steer the craft up some
canal to an inland town to market
his catch. He gets out the sign,
"Fish for Sale" and fastens it to the
mast, draws the boat up to the canals
edge, and is soon besieged by house
wives anxious to inspect his wares.
The fish, as If conscious of theiI pend
ing fate, swim uneasily about in the
tank, while thrifty Dutch matrons
follow certain ones excitedly with a
forefinger, and the seller endeavors to
locate the desired fish in the swarm
ing tub.
On summer evening when a fleet
of the good ships has made port after
a hard day's'work, fishing village is
one of the most picturesque sights in
Holland. Sails patched or torn and
Tapping rise and fall in the harbor
with the motion of the waves. The
brawny Dutch fisherman, revived by
supper and the evening piIhe, is curing
fish and exchanging stories with neigh
bors on the dock, while his wife sits
before her cottage mending nets, or
perhaps adjoining torn sail with a
vivid red patch.
There is little rest for these hard
working searnen and their wives. Fish
have long been to Holland what rice
is to China or the potato to America.
With its food supply ebbing danger
ously low, Holland looks more than
ever TO her fisher folk to feed the
people. 81 ts4a
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28

Siamese importers are purchasing
more cutlery than they did formerly
and there should be an opportunity for
the sale Of American supplies. Japan
has profited by the increased demand.
The value Of cutlery imports from
Japan advanced from $50 In 1914-15 to
$12,734 in 1016-17. American machine
tools are widely used in Slam and Wig.
orous selling campaigns should be
planned for the purpose Of introducing
other lines Of cutlery after the war;
New York Journal Of Commerce.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
JUST LIKE TIMES OF PEACE
Correspondents Finds That In Warfare
Il 10 the "LIttIe Things" That
Really Count.

A few hundred yards to the rear w
came upon a soldier sitting on stump.
From the waist up he was as naked as
a skinned rabbit. In his hand he held
his shirt turned inside out. and he was
studying the garment as intently as a
young son Of one or the best families
stealing chapter Of forbidden dime
novel. But the expression was more
that Of man digesting bad news.
"What are you doing, SOM" the cap
tain called out.
The soldier on the stump slowly
raised his eyes and looked us over. His
expression was that of a detached and
world-weary man breaking under the
burden of secret sorrow. We didn't
seem to ease his mind much, for he
sighed deeply and returned to his in
tent inspection.
"I'm readin' over the personal col
umn o. my shirt to see II there were
any new arrivals las night" he an
swered the captains question finally.
II think i must be in convention, the
way they're fiockin' in on me. If I'd
been a small town a week ago, I'd be
big city by now"
"Are you finding any,"
"Findin' any? I amt lost any yet 7"
He raised his tired eyes and studied
me carefully.
"You're a newspaper reporter, amt
your"
ayes"
you lookin' for news to print?"
"Sure."
"Well, listen. Did old General Mis-
fortune ever billet whole army corps
o. starvin' coolies on your personality
an leave 'em there to fatten up an
multiply an replenish your shirt7"
1--WE had 'em.'
The soldier Immediately lost all in
terest in me and took up his duties
anew.
"Goo-by,"' he mumbled. eff you've
: had 'em, you know all the news there
is to know around here"
In war as in peace it's the little
things that count William Slavens
McNutt, in Golfers Weekly.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
First Drink Merely j. SAMPLE.

1t was hot day, and two sailors
had just been released from long
spell of duty on mine-sweeper. They
made bee-line for the first public
house they saw, and one of them Or
dered two quarts of ale. The men
emptied their mugs in one draught
while the barmaid looked on in un-
disguised admiration.
The man who had paid stood for a
second or two wiping his lips medi-
tatively, and then turned to his COM
rade with grin.
"'Tain't so bad, Bill, is itY he re-
marked. "Shall we ave some 7"-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
or te MIaht Move Here.

"This report claims that in some
parts Of Mexico II only rains once or
twice year."
"Plcase keep that report away from
my husband. He's 30 pigheaded that
he'd 20 there Immediately ah6 start an
umbrella factory"
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
"sIlver BuIIets.w

When Mr.. Lloyd George used the ex.
preston ''silver bullets" he probably
took the idea from some Welsh
legend about witches. 1t was once
believed both In Wnles and Scot
land that only silver bullets could
nurt witch when disguised a. a
hare.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
An 0mjtator.

Jack Our curAte has been appoint.
ed an army chaplain.
Ethyl--Weil. he may have It in him,
hut don't believe he ever can be ~
funny a. the original Charley.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
Inconsistent.

Doctor-Well, now remember what
i said. Just take your wife and start
on vacation.
Paticnf-But. doctor. YOU spoke cf
fest.-Boston Transcript.
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SUPPLY Of STEEL
FOR WAR PROGRAM
OF j. S. ASSURED

Plenty of Bteel for war work is
now assured. Until the war pro-
gram, weeks behind in steel produc-
ton. Is caught up with. non-war
work must wait for its steel.
This is the situation as outlined
at the war industries board here to-
day.
While the pledge OF steel men made
to the Government in New York last
week eliminates the necessity of open
and sweeping Government reQuisi-
tioning and operation OF the larger
plants. officials frallly admit that
some mills are inclined to disregard
the war needs OF the Government and
have supplied steel to lesser essen
tial needs. while Government con-
tracts walt. Communicating in such
cases will be open and swift it is
indicated.
This week officials seized 5000 tons
OF steel in one yard and gave II to a
war plant which had been forced to
close because OF steel shortage.
Automobile men were due here
Monday for conference are to be
among the frs, hit by the steel
shortage. officials. II is known. are
convinced that manufacture OF pleas
ure cars during the war should be
restricted drastically. IL not entirely
abandoned.
The enemy we are lighting is not
making pleasure cars" one official
declared. England quit Il three
days after war was declared. Over
nifty thousand workmen in italian
auto factories are making tin hats :"
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TO EXCHANGE PRISONERS.

MOSCOW. April % delayed
The exchange Of prisoners with Ger
many will soon begin. A special com
mission charged with this work has
arrived here with Count Won 9Iirbech.
the new German ambassador to Rus
STA There are 1900. 900 Russians IN
German hands, while 100000 Ger
mans are held in Russia. The nrst to
be exchanged will be women. boys
under sixteen. and men more than
fifty and invalids.
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NEGRO FOOTPADS
ASSAULT WOMEN
AND ROB DOCTOR

FoOtpads sluEEed a druggist with
an iron pipe. robbed him OF SIS as he
lay unconscious on the street and as
saulted and choked a white woman
in an effort TO steal her handbag
early today. Another negro attempt
ed to assault a woman in her home
when she provided him with a glass
OF water yesterday afternoon.
After closing his drug store at sol
p street northwest, Dr. Powell Pick
EFT Withers was walking to his home
at 1le Bates street northwest, when
be was set upon by three men. One
OF the highwnymen struck him a
blow on the head with the pipe and
he fell In a heap to the pavement.
When he recovered, he found the rob-
bers had taken SIS from his pockets.
Mrs Thomas 4. Shreve, Az Twelfth
street northeast. was seized shortly
after midnight by two negroes on
Twelfth street, between c and d
streets. who attempted to take her
handbag.
That the robbers did not succeed
in getting Mrs. Shreve's money was
due to her pluck and tho timely ap-
pearance on the scene OF Private +.
G. McTash. OF Camp Meigs, and Frank
II. Doyle, 80 Thirteenth street north
east, who gave chase The highway
men elhded them, having started to
run when the two men came in sight.
When Mrs. Shreve attempted TO make
an cutlery while struggling to prevent the
negroes from taking her handbag. one
OF them seized her by the threat, while
the other placed his hand over her
mouth. She was dragged several feet in
the struggle and her face was scratched
by the finger nails OF one OF the robbers.
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forced her into the kitchen Of her home.
Mrs. Chitty screamed for help. and the
negro ran from the hause.
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By FUZZY WOODRUFF.

/ Having cast aside the well-worn and
battle-scarred habIliments OF civil life
/ to put on a suit Of clothes and q pair OF
shoes and some unmentionables. all the
! gifts Of my uncle with the goatee. here
by forswear ell allegiance ever had
for the newspaper business, and use the
personal pronoun.
I entered the armies Of the United
States Sunday as a private In the head
quarters company OF the F1fty-hrst in
fAntry. stationed at Camp Forest, Chick
amauga Park, Ga I know 2SS1 people,
or as Ambrose Bierce would have it, per
sons, in Birmingham In the last three
hours have answered 2,S8l times the
more or less banal question, why did
you Join the army" In self-protection, I
am forced to resort to public print and
the personal pronoun.
In the first place I didn't know any
good and sufficient reason why shouldn't
be IN the army which seems to be good
enough reason TO be in there. have no
dependents. couldn't pillow on a bet
I am uneQuipped by habit. training and
natural inepitude TO do anything for the
country in the war industries. The
Great Jehovah knows I haven't got any
money 20 aid the cause. am physically
sound and not seriously unbalanced
mentally. How the devil could keep
out?
Needed the Shoes.
In the second place. needed a pair
Of shoes. and at the present price of
shoe leather 1 couldn't see any more
chance OF getting a pair than of as
cending to the armament OF heaven
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IN q chariot OF fire, according to the
prediction OF Elijah OF old. went
in the army and got two pair. think
they must have been aces and kings.
I am sure they were the biggest pair
in the deck.
It has been my custom to whisper
hoarsely Lights" when 1 am purchas-
ing shoes, and the clerk asks me my
size. The army man decided first that
1 ought to wear mine and half"
tried them on and he mentioned
needed "ten and half" am wearing
that size now. Tho army certainly has
an early broadening influence.
In the third place have always had
a desire to be a husky. For years /
roomed with a full blooded Ojibway
halfback, whose skull was as thick
and solid as a battleshlp's armor, but
he could turn the furniture into kind
ling wood without the aid OF q toma-
hawk, and on one occasion when we
were athirst he carried q key of beer
up three flights OF stairs on his
shoulder.
Is Good Investment.
Since war was declared have seen
a lot OF men knew as aenemic molly
coddles in civil life become hardy a.
mountaineers, strong As horseradish.
and healthy as billy goats in a re-
markedly short space Of time. All of
this became father to the thought that
II the army didn't kill you It would
cure you. which is ell any doctor has
ever been able 10 do from Old DR..
Munyon to Mayo Brothers. Where
fore the army looks like a pretty good
investment.
Another question that 1 have an
swered some 1895 times is why did
you enlist as q privste?"
The answer is easy. The Govern
ment is not given to enlisting major
generals or second lieutenants or frst
sergeants or anything but privRteB.
In the second place I couldn't be
a major general or a second lieu
tenant or a first sergeant or an Eng
fish corporal OF they have them).
know rather less about military busi-
ness than an Eskimo knows about
inshoots. and l don't know OF any
way OF learning except from the bot
tom. I have seen lots OF great news
paper men who started out as cub
reporters, but / never saw a man
Jump into the business from any 9TH
er profession and ever amount to a
hang.
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j. S. AIRMAN FELLS
ENEMY, BUT ISLOST
BEHIND FOE LINES

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. May 4.-Charles W. Chap
man, jr., OF Waterloo. Iowa. fell yes
terday behind the German lines with
his plane in flames. bringing down
with him the enemy with whom he
was engaged in a desperate night.
Five American pilats. In fast Dur-
suit machines. were patrolling over
the American lines when they encoun-
tered a German formation Of an
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equal number Of airplanes and
promptly attacked
Chapman singled out one Of the
enemy single-seaters and they moved
on, battling desperately. Suddenly
both the machines were seen TO burst
in flames and almost at the same
time plunged to the earth behind the
German lines.
The four remaining American pilots
chased the other enemy machines
back over their territory, but all 81
them escaped The four American
machines returned safely.
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FUZZY WOODRUFF
TELLS REASONS
FOR ENLISTING

Fuzzy WoodTU1, kHotrn t0hererer the
flag toares over the home Of the brave
and the land Of the free, has enlisted
as private soldier in the United States
army aud IN the JoIEol0iH0 statement in
the Birmingham NeIrs he tells ,0hy he
did 80
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