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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
BIRTH u. S. NAVY

Uncle Sans navy, which has SO Oft
en- given proof of it's yalor and which
in this war is playing so great role,
had its start ia years ago, when con-
sress authorized the construction or
purchase of six friEates. The war ves
sells of the Revolution had been de-
stroycd or sold, and in 1898 the infant
Republic was utterly without a navy.
On March 81, 1894, congress re-
spondcd 10 this need by appfopriating
100000 for six frgates, but it was
thriftily provided that work on the yes
sells should cease in the event of a
peace with Algiers being secured. In
1875 a treaty was made with that
country,
The construction of the vessels was
suspended. which emboldened the Of
ficers of English cruisers in boarding
American ships and impressing Yankee
seamen into the English service, declar-
ing that such men as they took had
been dcserters from the British navy
Congress then awoke to the serious
ness of the situation and ordered the
work on three of the frigates to pro
coed. In 1897 the Constitution, the
Constellation and the United States
took to the water. BY 1872, when the
war with England broke out. the navy
had been increased to twenty vessels.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
OLDEST WOMAN

In the city of Poscn, in the German
province of the same name, the oldest
woman in the world is about to enter
upon the one hundred and thirty fourth
year of her life, unless death has over
taken her since the receipt of the
latest news from that part of Europe.
She is Frau Gretchen Dutllicwitz, and
she has spent practically all her life
in poSen, She was a young woman
when Napoleon and his lcgions swept
like "A Conflagration over Europe. and
has lived to HCc Il similar catastrophe
ruGuif almost the entire civilized
world, Frederick the Great was still
alive when Frau DutllieWit2 was born,
and only a few years before NoltairC
had gone to his long rest. The German
empire of today was then an aggrega
tion of petty, warning states. and the
American Union had just been born
out of the travail of revolution. Three
centuries the eighteenth, the nine
tccnth and the twrntieth-thiS woman
has S"eu and Within the compass of
her lifetime Il new civilization has
sprung up IN x.urupe ana America, a
civilization NOW in the balance, and
threatened icy the Land which gave her
birth,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
WHERE WAS MIR. FORD.

Among the news events of
passing interest, We note the ar
rival III Miles City. followed by
the speedy departure, of ] \. Me
GiNnn, an organizer of the Nom
Partisan league. This gentleman,
we are informed. was waited upon
by a committee Of local business
men, advised to abandon his
meeting and to continue his Jour-
ney without unnecessary delay
Mr.. McGlynn evidently regarded
the advice as wholesome, because
he left on the next train golns
west. He had been attempting Il
hold meetings in eastern Mon
tana for the previous ten day
and invariably had met with al
experience similar to that a
Miles City, and on several oeea
sions had narrowly escaped vic
lence. That he had seen ligh
was plain, because before tn
NestbOund train arrived. he an
bounced his resignation to tn
Eon-Partisan league.
This story is not 50 far from tn
eillaQlnl.,-zsa,Ac As & lie. mlssin,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

VIII ere can and have found enough odd
chores so far to keep me quite busy. I
have decided to adopt two French Gus
tonts: sleep with the windows omen
just a crack. with my head buried un-
der the clothes, and wash only at rare
intervals. One is much more COM
Portable than with our affected ideas Of
sanitation. Except about three days
when the thermometer dropped well be-
low freezing it hasn't been very cold. :.
Our livestock has been increased by
II goats. but we have sold three and
hope to sell more soon. am trying
to wcUk off two mechants beasts that
butt and bite, but the peasants are
canny and will take the best each time.
Soon we are to have some rabbits
and l am trying to find a place for
them. It's hard to find feed for ami
mails, but it can be done, though the
prices are high.
We have had a soldier and slow
and aged horse given:us by the military
authorities. The horse is not faster
than walking, but saves strength and
shoe leather and it gives us an air of
luxury and elegance to drive out with
a COCKER.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
WHY PRICE WAS LOW.

A shabby man entered a small gen.
eral store in Scotch village and
asked the owner, n genuine Scot who
was known far and wide for his
"pawky" humor, if he might have an
empty soap box.
"Al right" said the shopkeeper, I'VE
can have one; but the price is two
pence
"Tuppence!" calculated the appli-
cant That's too much money alto
gether. | can get them for less than
that"
Less than twopence? You're
dreaming man." replied the other, who
disliked nothing SO much as haggling
"Where can ye &c, them for less?'
Down at your neighbours, Tam
sons" was the rejoinder.
oh" replied the man behind the
counter, apparently much relieved; nc
doubt We would get them for less there
but | was never fool enough to leave
my boxes outside on the pavement al
night youths Companion.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
Leather
Scarcity Turns Attention
to Fish and Frogs.

In the hunt for new sources of
leather strange things are turning up.
1t has been ascertained that the skins
Of frogs and tOads can be tanned and
turned to account for card cases and
other fancy articles.
The government fisheries bureau
says that the skin of the Goldfish fur
nishes an excellent leather, tough as
parchment and very durable. The
same is true of salmon skin, which
the Indians along the Yukon river, in
Alaska, have long utilized for clothing.
Eel skins are employed in Europe
for binding books, and in Egypt shoe
soles are made from the skins of GER
tain fishes caught in the Red Sea.
Sturgeon skin affords a handsome
ornamental leather, and the hide of
the armored garfish is much valued
in Europe, being covered with horny
plates that can be polished to an
ivory like finish.
The skin Of the wolf fish-a ferocious
little creature that often attacks
persons who venture in wading along
the rocky seashorc of New England
is now being used for card cases and
shopping bags.
The green leather called "slagreen,"
remarkable for its wearing quality
and imperviousness to water, is made
from the hide % the angel shark" of
the Mediterranean.
In Tartary dried and oiled fish skins
serve as 4 substitute for glass in win
dows, being sufficiently translucent for
the purpose
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

We go muddling along up here quite
as if there were no war though must
admit we got bit excited some few
about for a few hours and two aero
planes hammered all night. There is
a gasoline station near here that is
very truly sought after. as we'll as new
laid railroad tracks and a rebuilt sta
ton. Then for whole week we heard
the incessant booming around Cambria
and toward st. Quentin. That makes
us a bit ANXIOUS TO keep our trunks
packed.
We had some very cold days last
week. The wet is always with us and
for that reason I am looking forward
to my new stockings. . :. Shoes
also are needed. In fact the Unit needs
clothes and shoes as no destitute refu-
gees in Northern France ever could.
We are busy preparing Christmas for
about 1900 people; as this is not the
most convenient place to shop we have
decided to take the trucks to Amiens
next week for a wild shopping bat. Our
own Christmas will be equally wild for
we have invited all the Americans. Ca
nadians and British in the vicinity to
help us cheer up.
If they al accept we will have about
400, but we really expect about 100 to
feed. Fortunately rice is plentiful
The Canadian foresters have been oul
constant benefactors with lumber and
other blessings. There are several
companies hereabouts and they are
showing the French a little of what car
be done with a few million feet of lum-
Der. Really we are the most fortu.
nate people in the world. for our expe-
| riences here bring us in contact will
| all kinds of people Don't for an in
! slant fancy our relief work is confined
| to the French peasants.
-
am trying TO make myself usefu
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

chapter. Where, we may inquire,
was Acknowledgement Ford all
this time? Ill, very likely, or
called into conference at st. Paul
by Tovnlcy and his Bolshcvlk
staff. Otherwise Mr.. Ford, lcav~
| ing his office in charge of Il clerk,
would have been hotfooting at the
heels Of McGlynn in eastern Mon
lana, telling the people Of the DIFF
fercnt towns that they were yio-
lating The rights Of free speech,
that they We're lawbrcakers, in
capable Of attending TO their own
affairs, incompetent to detect
| loyalty from disloya!ty, and with
no right to determine whether
they should be compelled to lis
ten to a Socialistic messenger
from the disIoyalIst TownIoy.
Yes, we miss Ford in The news
of this itinerary. We wonder
whether he, too, has seen a new
light. Whether in his wild ambi-
ton for political prefcrment he
has not, in the past, gone wrong
in his calculations Of The voting
strength Of the pro-Amcricans Of
Montana. Perhaps he has de-
cided that there are very many
more Of them than he thought,
and that, after all, it may not have
been IA good political play for the
attorney general Of this common
wealth to have left his office to
act as a body guard for the So
|cialistic mountebanks,o Townley
and to have threatened with dire
results the people who refused to
listen to them.
There is hope, even for Ford,
if the war lasts long enough.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
CATS BLAMED FOR FIRES.

In spite of the fact that many people
are fond of cats, a number of charges
are made against this unresponsive do
nestle animal. 1t has been pointed
out that they are carriers of disease
germs and enemies of hirdlife, in addi-
ton to the old allegation that they
draw the breath Of infants from the
lattcr's lungs.
y new count has been added to the
indictment. Cats may have hecn re-
spunsiblc for fires supposed to be in
cendiary or due to spontaneous COM
bustion. II is we'll known that fric-
ton will generate electricity in a cats
fur, and, according to a recently pub
lished statement this electricity is ca
pable of igniting illuminating gas.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
FIRST VETERINARY COLLEGE.

Tho first school of veterinary mcdi-
Gin" in IN" world was opened in 1I42
at Lyons, France. by Claude Bourcclat.
originally Il lawyer, he abandoned that
profession after having gained an I'M
just suit Tor client, and devoted him
self to the study Of the diseases of ami
mails. The school he established soon
received the title of the royal school
and became famous throughout Eu-
roro
As a youth Bourgclat had served in
n cavalry regiment and this was the
beginning Of his love for horses. Tn,
London Veterinary college, the first OF
its kind in England. was founded a,
Camden town in 1871. and the New
York Veterinary college in 1857
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
COLLEGE GIRLS TELL
OF WORK m FRANCE

Probably no exclusive wom-
ans college in America has
more former students in war
work than has Smith college
Of Northampton, Mass. Letters
written by these girls and
woman in France are sof pecu-
liar interest Just now due to the
great struggle that is taking
place on the western front.
Some Of them were in the zone
embraced in the big offensive
conducted by the Germans. Por-
tions Of these letters will be
reproduced from time to time in
this column Of The Muscular.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
PAPER MACHE SOLDIERS.

\ papier mache figure of an Ameri-
can soldier, which at so yards or more
could not be distinguished from a
flesh and blood fighter, has been in
vented by ]. Burgess, student officer
at Fort Sheridan. Ill.,, says Popular
Science Monthly. 1t could be used
as a decoy to draw the fire of the Ger
mans and make them expose them
selves to the aim of our sharpshooters,
or might be employed to deceive them
as to the number OF soldiers holding a
Particular trench. -.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
The Most Striking Things
I Saw on Is Battle Fronts
in the Great World War
American War Correspondent Who Has Seen More Actual
Fighting Than Any Other Man, Tells Story
Of His Experiences.
BY D. Thomas Curtin.
PART II.
IV-Kulur in Being in Alsace-Muhouse, Alsace Novem-
hnr

road n
by o a
bayonc the
bu
of
exam of
said. am
and were ROY t
The captain meeIyshr shoulders
of
troublesome prob
Asace
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

Ludendorff said The Germans
had won the big battle but he did
not know what the results would
be. This opinion reminds one of
our Montana contemporaries of
the oft quoted verdict of the
physician who said the operation
had been successful but the pa
tent had died.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
IS Years Ago
What Missoula Was Doing
on This Date in 1893.

&. 4. Johnson. Jake Reinhard ana
Fred Gilbert went to Helena this morn
Ing to serve upon the panel Of the
United States grand jurors.
Fred Stoddard is the happy possessor
OF a handsome silk quilt, it being pre-
sented to him yesterday for throwing
forty-five in some kind of a game
played with little ivory cubes.
The election is passing off quietly
and but little excitement prevails. A
pretty full ballot is being polled and
the indications point to the election of
Harding, in the Frs: ward: Stevens in
the Second; johnson. in the Third, and
Howell in the Fourth and Angevine for
mayor. In the other wards it points to
a sweeping Republican victory.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
JUST AN OUTING,

Bayley entered the employment
agency hurriedly. barely pausing to
wipe the perspiration from his brow.
Have you cook who will go to the
count,.y?" he questioned anxiously.
The manager turned and opened a
door leading into an adjoining room
and called out:
us there anybody here who would
like to spend a day in the country ?'-
Chicago News
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

The Huns should lose no time
in getting all the glory from this
war. The high tide in France is
close to the ebb turn and before
long The kaiser will be guessing
whether his Christmas dinner
will be served at Berlin or ST.
Helena.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
A STARTLING SUIT.

fatience-"I understand Peggy is
working on her bathing suit for next
summer"
Patrice-1 guess that's right. I
SOW her knitting something today
Yonkers Statesman.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
Vim Galcia With the Austrians-Kassa January, 1915


Frost
in
whispered Vienna
7
the all the This belief
wasge neral and abs
has vanished
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

How swift they are when they he
gin; how slow they are when once
they're in" Dedicated to the Anal
gamated Association of Office Boys
Albany knickerbeeker Press.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

Wait until the American Eagle
gets a tOehold on the black eagle
OF Prussia and watch the feath-
ers fly all the way to Berlin.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
STYLES IN LITERATURE,

Qld-fashioned literature: THE Rev
cries of a Bachelor" New style liter
allure: The Revelation of a Wife" -.
Louisville Courier journal.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

One of the best signs of our
preparation for war is The grow
ing mortality of German news
papers in America. - ~..p 4.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

Nobody dreamed that one man
could cause so much trouble on
|thls earth, until the kaiser broke
the worlds record.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10
HAVE ABIDING FAITH,

There are also those who. when they
believe anything, don't care whether
they know anything ahont it or not. -
Ascaisea &sloase,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

The kaiscr's explanation of an
occasional reverse is that Gott
cannot be at every point on the
western line.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

Ar" YOU still giving up the
things that You gave UP in Lcnt9
That is u war test.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

Perhaps old Won llindcnburg
VIII tell rs where he will be on
the Fourth of July.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

This war will prove no excep-
ton to the rule that nothing is
ever settled until it is settled
right.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

Before opening her prisons to
graft criminals for war, Germany
should use up the ones that are
out.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

"lh"N shall not pass" and "N ,
can lick 'cm."
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-10

Madam, the Huns have been
here" She said: Eyes. Do you
see that spot on the floor?" The
captain said: II stepped back and
saw the spot on the floor, which |
knew was blood, which the poor
woman could not scour from the
pine board of her floor with her
brush, on her knees. / said: Yes,
madam, 1t Is blood She said:
Eyes, that is where a German SOL
der stamped the head off my II
months old baby"
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-12-27
POINTED OUT AMERICAS DUTY
Henry w. Grady's Conception OF work
to Which the Great Republic Has
Been Assigned.

A mighty duty and mighty inspira-
hon impel every one Of us to lose IN
,atriotlc conception whatever es'
ranges, whatever divides. We. sir,
ire Americans, and we fight for hu-
nan liberty. To redeem the
q rth from kingcraft and oppression
this Is our mission. And we shali
,ot fail. Our history has been
constant and expanding miracle from
jamestown and Plymouth Rock all
he way-aye, even from the hour
when, from the volceless and trackiess
ocean. n new world rose TO the sight
of the inspired sailor. Lei
MS resolve 10 crown the miracle OF
our past with the spectacle OF re-
public compact. united. indissoluble In
the bonds of love, loving from the
likes to the gulf. the wounds OF war
healed In every heart as on every hill.
eerene and resplendent nj the summit
bf human achievement and earthly
klory. blazing out the path and max
kng clear the way up which all the IA
IONS 4 the earth must come In Gods
.ppoInted :ime.--llenry W. Grady In
2RS0.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-12-27
TWO RACES LONG INTIMATE
Scotsman and Frenchmsn Seemed
to Have Hao Many Characters
ties in Common.

Walter ScDtt found his most en-
trancinc field in the ScOttiSh-French.
Quentin Duryard reveals the intimacy
of the two Elces. The literature OF
the centuries between 1900 and lIOO
marks the Eject of the Cal"donian
character on the cltiZenry OF the pa
trio. The speech of the provihclals
attested the prevalence of ScottlSh
Characteristic: proud as a SCOTS
man." 'Cut clean through Ike
Scotch plignard." II was long
n Legend that the dagger which plerceu
the heart of Henri III was OF Scoich
workmanship. Rabelais called the
speech Of the Caledonians Sc"'iish,
French" Rramtome makes record "i
the Scottish influence. For CEN
t.ry the Scots nocked to Paris 10 at-
tend the University of France. Streets
and quarters of the city were haiheu
"Scot" or Scottish II came 10 pass
liz time that the Caledonlan s"Hoi-
ars" turned from students into teach'
ers, because the pride of the Sorbohhe
faculties for their mastery IN iiiuihi-
,ating abstrusitles. Marguerite OF
Scotland, who became the wite OF
Louis NJ. immersed herself late INTO
the night for years to master the
French tongue. to learn the charac-
t.-istIcs of the plain people. She wns'
like Marie Stuart. enar;3red or poesy
and sought out modest youths gifted
with the divine spark to confer ease.
Il not honors, on them.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-12-27

Women all over the world realize
more and more that their work ar home
helped the men at the Front. II in
volved great sacrifices. hard work and
unusual physical strength. Women at
home should study nursing for the
home. A good way TO learn Is TO
ask your druggist for copy or
send SOC TO publishers of the Med
ical Adviser" 663 Main St., Buffalo,
N. Y, and get copy Of their 1000 page
book bound in cloth, with chapters on
First Aid, Taking Care Of the Sick or
Wounded, Physiology, Hygiene, Anato-
my, Sex Problems, Mother and Babe.
Nobody, man or woman, can do good
work when health is impaired. II
woman is nervous or has dizzy spells.
suffers from awful pains at regular or
Irregular intervals she should turn to .
tonic made up of herbs, and without alcohol.
which makes weak women strong and sick
women well. 1t is DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. Send DR.. Pierce, Buffalo.
N. Y, 10 cents for trial package.
C,ssslard. Ohio.-"Dr. Piercs's Favorits Pre-
seription cured me OF womans weakness whoa
everything else had failed. suffered for ovSs
twelve years. | would have severe backschss
and pains in my side. i WAS very nervous. sui
fered with suppression. and was very miserable.
could not get any relief until took the 'Favorits
Prescription and it completely cured me and !
have never had any return Of this weakness. l
am very healthy. 'FAvorite Prescription y ths
best womAn's medicine I have ever taken
-Ars Della N. knisIey. 1914 w. 21h ~.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-12-27
Kindred Spirits.

A wcll-known society performer vol
unteered to entertain roomful OF the
Colney Hatch lunntic asylum. and
made up very successful little mono
logue show. entirely humorous. The
audience I'm the main gave symptoms or
being slightly bored. hut one highly In
telligent maninc saw the whole thing
in proper light and, clapping the tai
entcd actor on the shoulder, said:
"Glad you've come, old fellow. You
and will get along fine. The other
dlppies here are So dashed dignifled.
What say Is II n man Is mad he
needn't put on airs about itf-Lon-
don Opinlon.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-12-27
Five Persons Killed Near Atlantic ds

Atlantic city. y. J Five pcri,ns
were Killed when = large touring -ar
.kiddrd on the frn>i coated planks and
plunged through The wo"dcn railing
,f the second drawhridge on the
Meadow boulevard. between this city
ard riraSnntNillr. The auium,t bile
crashed through the railing aud dfop
ped ~ feet To- ia" waters uf 1.-THE
ihnrnurhfare beneath It, All We're
dead when cNtricatrd halt hour later.