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Liquor Traffic in
Spite of Prohibition

1.-THE prohibition laws have
q minimized the liquor traffic,
but in New York and other large
cities bartenders are still busy.
In the metropolis liquor is made
and served while the thirsty waits.
The quality of whisky may not be
equal to the best of other days. \ 1t
is of the prune juice variety, but it
is better than nothing, according to
the tipping class.
The boldness with which vendors
ply their trade and "get by with it'
shows that public sentiment is not
strong In favor of drastic prohibition.
In smaller communities. where
Imoonshine is in vogue, liquor is scarce
and high per quart. But in New York
the liquor trade goes on with COM
paratively little hindrance.
Prohibition does prohibit through
out the country, but it will be a lone
time before the visitor to New York
cannot procure high ball, cocktail
or whisky straight, if he be willing
to pay the price.
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DESPERATE DAYS

From the New York Evening Sun.
lit is ali very we'll for the butcher and
II the baker to raise prices; for the
laundryman and the printer to quit
work. To edit the old proverb Bit
one mans meat-the butcher's-is ans
other mans poison-thc consumers. when
ne pays for it. Eat grass and grow
wise, like Northumberland. AS for clean
clothes the two million doughboys can
instruct the rest of us in the art of do
ing without indefinitely. Readers OF
books and magazines may reread and
mediate upon the old ones too long for
got, while they wait for the typesetters
to resume work on the inspirations OF
today.
These Interruptions of habit may be
turned to good account in the way of dis
cipline. But here comes calamity
without comfort, unforeseen and hardly
to be credited now that it is upon US
the strike of drug clerks This is not,
as some will at once lightly suggest, a
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From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
~ NOE more Admiral Kolchak is
w preparing for retreat in 81
~ IBERIA, and is even taking steps
to makepossible the speedy evac-
uation of his capital. Omsk. At the
same time the Reds are making suostan-
tiaI progress against Yudenitch in the
Petrograd region. Instead of being about
to capture the former Russian capital,
Of all the anti-bolshevst leadevs only
Denikine is at present holding his own.
In forming it's estimates of Russian at
fairs the outer world is too prone 10 DC
swayed by its sympathies and desires.
The significance of any setback of the
Reds is magnified while a bolshevist
victory is minimized. A few weeks ago
bolshevism seemed to be on its last legs
Today the Red armies are victorious on
two of the three important fronts, ana
the overthrow of Lenine appears remote
One fact stands out too clearly to be
misunderstood Lenine and Trotzky have
developed a fighting army. The disor~
ganized Reds who threw down their arms
and fled at the mere approach OF the
Germans have been whipped back into
genuine efficiency. The men who were
too cowardly to fight against the enemy
of Russia have no lack of stomach for
fighting their brother Russians. They
fight obstinately. and seem to have the
benefit of competent leadership.
The world is slowly learning that Len
inc and Trotzky are geniuscs. They have
transformed a disorderly rabble into a
real army. The Red army seems actually
inspired by enthusiasm and its recent
successes are reminiscent of the victories
of the ragamuffin French army of the
early days of the first republic.
There yet remains one substantial basis
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y 4 =
Date That Will Ever Be
Memorable in History

NNE year ago today the hearts
" of humanity were thrilled by
the announcement that the armistice
had been signed. After more than
four years of the bloodiest struggle
ever waged by mankind the end came
with the inevitable defeat of the
Central Powers.
Strange as it may seem, there was
joy even in Germany, for the whole
world was weary of bloodshed. In
the allied countries the dreadful sac
rifices, the weeks and months of
anxiety, were all forgotten in the
hour Of victory. There were two rea-
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BOSWELL AND JOHNSON

same way. which is typical johnson
utterance, being witty and untrue.
Nobody reads Johnson today. Becky
Sharp made a, very proper disposal of
his dictionary when she threw it over
the wall of the boarding school John
son seems to have written it for the pur-
pose of dedicating it to, lord. His
Lives of the Poets" seems to have
been written to rescue the names of
some third rate poets from oblivion, and
to have been unsuccessful in that OBJ
ject. Undoubtedly his own fame would
have met the fate of theirs except for
Boswell. Macaulay admired Johnson ex-
travagantly, yet if we read either of the
biographical sketches Macaulay wrote of
him-the one written for the Encyclope-
dia Britannica and the one written in
reply to Croker-and take from them
those parts that obviously are Boswell
liam, what is left will readily be seen
to be Macaulay, not johnson.
Everybody who has ever written about
Johnson seems to have succeeded only in
heightening the fame of Boswell. Yet
about the politest thing Macaulay can
say of Boswell is that he was an impor-
tant simpleton. Booty Bozzy seems to
have been that, half tipsy chatterbox
dancing about the uncouth old pedant he
had attached himself to, pricking and
batting and irritating him into saying
something he could write down in his
notes. Johnson in an armchair by the
fire, with tea to guzzle, attentive listen
ers and Bozzy near seems to have been
a conversationalist, or controversialist,
of some parts But that he ever enriched
English literature a. much by a hun
dredth part as it has been enriched by
those who wrote about him, cannot, we
affirm be maintained
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From the Kansas City Star.
-

From the Kansas City Star.
6ClHE estate of Auchinleck, known
as fine country place, is on the
market, and ought to find a buyer
in these times when homes are at a
premium. 1t is, perhaps a little out of
the way, being in Ayrshire, which is in
Scotland-near Edinburg, we believe. A
fuller description of the place may be
found in the estate advertisements of
British publications.
Auchinleck doesn't mean much unless
it should happen to recall to the reader
that it was the birthplace of James Bos-
well. Boswell started quite a train of
circumstances. He made DR.. Johnson ia
nous by writing a book about him in
which the doctors appear much greater
than he does in his own books. Then
John Wilson Croker came along, being
previously to fortune and to fame un-
known, and by editing Boswell's life of
Johnson in such a manner as to move
the wrath of Thomas Darlington Macau-
lay, brought forth a Gliding from him
that has left Cookers name in a spot
light generations have not dimmed. Bos-
WELL Johnson and Croker, it has always
seemed to US, got a great deal more out
Of their connection than any of them de-
served. Macaulay is the only one who
would have left name had none Of the
others ever existed.
A single anecdote out of thousand
that are told about him will give an in
sight into the character of Boswell. AS
boy he departed from the politics of
his family and prayed for the Stuart
pretender until his uncle gave him
shilling to pray for King George, which
he accordingly did. Johnson said of this
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* x 4
Mississippi Valley
Exposition Proposed.

~ ULTIVATING closer relation
" ship between the Mississippi
valley and Latin-America is to be the
object of an annual exposition in
some city CT the valley. An organiza-
ton to this end is now under way.
The plan proposed will be to as
semble annually, or oftener, in some
city in the Mississippi valley, for the
period of two weeks, the, exhibits of
states showing their agricultural,
mineral and timber resources; exhibits
of cities, showing their advantages
and opportunities, their river terminal
facilities, their port and dock facili-
ties; exhibits of the product of midi
vidual manufacturing enterprises of
the Mississippi valley and of foreign
countries with which reciprocal trade
relations are desired.
To enlist the cooperation of the
United States government, and par
ticularly its commerce department;
the governments of the various states
of the Mississippi valley, and it's vari-
GUS organizations as chambers of
commerce, manufacturing associa-
tions, etc.
To bring buyers to the exposition,
and especially attract the attention
of foreign buyers.
To advertise the exposition in for
eign countries, particularly those of
Latin America; and to make a spe-
cial effort to assemble and exhibit
the resources and products of Latin
America.
To provide for the securing Of
bonded warehouse privileges by
which goods from foreign countries
for exhibit purposes shall be placed
in the exposition duty Free
These are the cites that are asked
to cooperate in the movement: Min
neapolis, st. Paul, Chicago, Des
Moines, Milwaukee, Detroit, Toledo,
Cleveland, Omaha, Cincinnati, Dayton,
st. Louis, Kansas City, Nashville,
Louisville, Memphis, Birmingham,
Mobile, New Orleans, Houston, Little
Rock, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Calves
ton, Lincoln, Topeka, Shreveport,
Vicksburg, Indianapolis, Evansville,
Grand Rapids, Denver, Cheyenne,
Butte, Bismarck, Sioux Falls, Pensa-
cola, Wheeling, Pittsburg.
The scheme is good one and if
carried out should result in great
good.
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sons for universal thanksgiving-the
war was over and it had resulted in
crushing the militaristic ambition of
Germany tc dominate the world.
It is fitting and proper that today
be observed in America, in a spirit
of prayer and gratitude. We were
late in realizing our duty and in as
Stunning the burdens it imposed on us,
but we have the satisfaction of know
ing that when we did move, we
moved to some purpose. Our dollars
and our foodstuffs sustained the
allies and our soldiers struck the
decisive blow which freed Europe and
America from the menace of Prus-
sianism.
Only one year since the momentous
tidings were flashed from France
that the end had come! 1t was a
bitter hour for Germany's militarists,
but it meant the dawning of a new
era for the people whom they had
duped and led to the slaughter, for
the revolution in the fatherland is
beginning to assume an appearance
of permanency. What it meant for
the rest of humanity yet remains to
be seen. The United States Senate
still wrangles over ratification of the
peace treaty. There are rumblings of
unrest at home and abroad. The all
important work of reconstruction has
not made the hoped-for progress, yet
this is no time for pessimism.
For those who keep the forward
view there is promise in the future.
The clouds will roll away. After an
orgy of blood and violence, the mem
DRY of which is still fresh in our
minds, we are going to settle down,
we and our neighbors across the sea,
and we are going to build more Sc
curely for the years to come.
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BAN,yOS

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
The Christian Science Monitor notes
that the banjo is going out of vogue.
Which reminds us that there have been
some very good banjo players in the past.
1t is here remembered that the only
cowboy that a certain wiregrass county
ever produced was something of trick
player. He came home from the Texas
Panhandlye one fail, bringing his COW
pony his Texas saddle. his .n-calibre
six-shooter. and his banjo. He lorded it
over the other young men in the COM
munity because he could play sentimental
western pieces and sing them while rid
ing at fun gallop. The girls like it;
but the boys didn't care much for it.
Then came the automobile and the
modern cattle ranch. That left the he
roic cowboy minstrel out in the cold, and
so he got married. returned to Alabama
and for Is years has been running two
mule farm.
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THE SONG OF THE SURF

By Margaret Thorington Preston.
As old as the world am L
l sing as 1 reach the land;
Eternal am I, but die
And fall on the shining sand.
I rise in a happy breath,
l break in the gladstone rush,
Then, ripping along to death.
Am lost in the sudden hush.
Adown in the depths with ships
sink to my seaoorn task
OF hushing the dying lips,
Replacing the living mask.
Aloft in my strong white arms
/ cradle the dear dead face
Secure from the seas alarms.
| find it resting place.
l leap and dance and flow
TIC gladden. the hearts of men:
No matter how far go
always return again.
l wander from land to land.
intent on my restless way,
Obeying the great command
And thus until Judgment Day.
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THE FIGHTINGREDS


for hope of Russian salvation This is
the great southern army of Denikine,
which is most menacing to the Moscow
gang and which is, as yet unbeaten.
Lenne and Trotzky. despite the bolshe-
visit victories in other theatres, keep their
eyes constantly fixed on the southern
storm cloud. and are feverishly prepar-
ing for a last stand at Tula. Yuden-
itchs initial success was brilliant and
the hopes of Russa's we'll wishers, but
those who have most closely watched
the development of the Russian tragedy
are convinced that Denikine's success or
failure must decide the issue.
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mere matter of disturbing the eauanim-
ity of the querulous invalid. 1t will not
do to quote Shakespeare on the advis-
ability of throwing physic to the dogs.
For this is not primarily matter of
physic. 1t is far more serious than
that.
The drug clerks union is aiming at the
vitals of the modern drug store, its heart
and luIfgs-the candy counter and the
soda fountain With what diabolical
cleverness they have waited till the ma
ton leaned most heavily on their sus-
tanning counters in the dry days of pro-
hibition. Well, they know that the pub
lie is dependent upon them for the very
elements of life, for nourishment, for
stimulation. The soda fountain and its
adjacent candy counter are the town
pump, the tavern, the corner grocery, the
sewing circle of days gone by. The very
fabric of our social and political life is
woven here. Can the nation support
This final blow?
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THE PROFESSORS AUTOGRAPH

t TONI the Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The late Professor Haeckel put one
over on Mr.. Carnegie a decade or so ago.
1t happened thus: Aud Andrew was a
great admirer of Haeckel, who was about
to become student at Jena to get for
nm the professors autograph. 1t ar
rived a few weeks later in this form:
Ernest Haeckel acknowledges the re-
ceipt from Andrew Carnegie of a Zeiss
microscope for the biological laboratory
of the jena university"
A microscope. needless to say, arrived
with Mr.. Carnegie's compliments, at
jena, within a few weeks.
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A MUSICAL TONGUE.

Would you consider Jabwind an elo
quent speaker
mot as platform orator"
'No?"
But in leading up to touch I have
met few men who are his equals"
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American Orchestra
to Tour Europe

1NHE New York Symphony society,
u Walter Damrosch conductor,
will make transcontinental tour next
spring and will then go to Europe and
appear in the principal cities as the
guest of the allied nations.
This will be a distinguished honor,
as it will be the first American or
chestra to compete with the famous
symphony organizations of the old
world. Damrosch has had great
orchestra for many years past, but it
is better now than ever. He will
carry an orchestra of eighty pieces.
Among the principal orchestras of
Europe are the Philharmonic of Lon
don, the two great orchestras of
Paris, the Philharmonic of Berlin and
the Gemandhaus of Leipsic. They are
excellent orchestras.
Time was when the orchestras of
the United States were weak in COM
Iparison with either of them, but con-
ditlons have changed. While Europe
still boasts of high-class orchestras.
there are six or seven in this coun-
try superior to any of those in
Europe; and Damrosch's is one of
them. 1t goes without saying that
the New York Symphony will return
with flying colors.
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A SLIGHT GOODNESS ENsUEs.

A SLIGHT GOODNESS ENsUES.
1.-THE always and the Gadspurs don't
speak"
only Mrs. Jibway and Mrs Gadspur.
The two ostensible heads of the families
are still friendly"
what caused this rift in the lute?"
Mrs. Jibway habitually speaks of lit
tie Tommy Gadspur's violin as fiddle
and Mrs. Gadspur thought she detected
a trace of superciliousness in her tones.
NURSE, THE STOMACH PUMP.
''Three ambulances dashed up to res
idence in my neighborhood last night"
"Ah! A tragedy of some kind?"
almost. A gentleman thought he had
discovered a way to make whisky in
the home"
But was mistaken"
'He so decided about 30 seconds after
he and two of his friends sampled the
stuff" PAUL COOK.
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THE OBVIOUS CONCLUSION.

From the Detroit News
A jury of women in Cleveland found
woman defendant guilty. She must
have been a peach.
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BEGINNING THE DAY-o God,
my experiences judge me. The
emergencies of life come to find me
out. Each day looks into my soul
with thousand eyes. Mind, hand,
heart-every part of me-is under
scrutiny. Fate pours in the acid
and waits. Yet not fate, but God.
And Thou movest NOT only to try,
but to train.-H. Nj. E.
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

ALL's RIGHT WITH THE WORLD.
The times are out of joint, you say?
Your times may be-forsooth, not hers
Since she received as gift today
A costly, glistening set of furA
No wreck of worlds, no cosmic jar,
No mighty event that occurs
Can draw her joyous fancy far
Away from that new set of furs-
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Shortage of Salt

While you people here are complain
ing about the sugar shortage, we are suf-
fering from a salt shortage in south
Alabama" said H. Y. Wilson, who is
spending a few days in Birmingham,
''and this situation is great deal worse
than the sugar shortage, for unless we
can secure salt we will be unable to
have any home-cured meat
I'VE win be forced to sell our stock
on foot and this will make the farmers
and cattle raisers buy the meat and
lard that they have always made for
themselves. You people who live in the
city don't realize what this will mean to
us, for the majority of farmers usually
kin sufficient number of hogs to make
lard enough to last all year, to say moth
ing of our meats
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JUST ABOUT DONE FOR.
m the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
The fact that LaFollette has come to
their rescueeis a very good indication
that the treaty obstructionists have
come to the end of their rope
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BILLS IN THE MOVIES NOW.

From the Chicago News.
McAdoo has invested in the new Texas
oil fields. He may become rich enough
to buy another patch for those historic
trousers or he may lose the trousers.
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SOMETHING TO LIVE ron

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Even If you lost the race, don't give
up and die Luck may be hard, yet life
is sweet. There's pumpkin pie,
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Washington Bureau. 500 Davidson
building.
European Bureau, 10 King street.
Covent Garden, London. w. Z. Z
Eastern business office, World build
ing. New York city; western business
office, Tribune building, Chicago. Inc
S. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents
for foreign advertising.
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From the Des Moines Register
Russia" says one writer, has fewer
physicians than any other country" How
ever, Russia's ailment is one that doc
tors cannot cure
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ND NOT OURS.

From the Boston Globe.
Thank heaven, the first King to ad-
dress Congress was . foreign king.
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THE COMMON PRACTICE.

THE COMMON PRACTICE
The sordidness of humankind
Is something to lament;
No matter where you go you'll find
Some landlord raising rent,
Some grocer with a wicked leer
Intent to boost a price,
Some butcher. baker profiteer
With heart as cold as ice.
Who yet will smile a gentle smile
And wear a look benign,
But, greedy man, thinks all the while,
Il might as well get mine"
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE


instead of going out to lunch today"
said o. l.. Bum, II dropped into a drug
store, which also sells sandwiches and
light lunches, and bought a minced ham
and egg sandwich. Imagine my sur
prise when 1 got back to my office and
tore the wrapper off to find that it bore
the advertisement of firm in another
city some distance from Birmingham.
When I realized that the sandwich
had been put up nearly 200 miles away
from here and shipped in I knew it could
not be very fresh, and then I thought
of that egg. 1t took me half an hour to
get it down, and 1 resolved then to more
closely inspect sandwiches before pur-
chasing them hereafter.
1.-THE question kept recurring to me,
however, why cannot some one in Biz
mingham go into the sandwich business
and furnish fresh ones to dealers daily?
think it would pay and then the per-
son eating one of them could reasonably
expect it to be fresh.''
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SOUNDED THREATENING.

This stock will make me rich in six
months?"
IF it doesn't, 1 don't want you to ever
speak to me again." replied the glib
salesman.
"Umphr' said the prospective victim
that might be the very thing I'd want
to do"
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Many Volunteers

Il had a busy time last week as / was
commandment to speak in Mississippi
in our great Baptist drive said DR..
James E. DiIlard, pastor of the Southside
Baptist church. 81 visited and spoke in
II towns or cities and had a great time
in addressing the Blue Mountain college,
the Baptist institution for young women
in Mississippi
1.-THE meeting was blessed in the fact
that in the audience were number Of
students from a school for boys and
young men. When a plea was made for
those who were ready to offer themselves
for mission work or to take up the study
for the ministry there were more than 30
volunteering. The best thing about the
campaign for the SIC, 100000 campaign is
that it is awakening the hearts and the
consciences of the people"
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der act of Congress, March 5, 1878.
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