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A Parallel.

II A deliberately fires gun in the direc-
ton of and is hit the law holds respon-
sible, no matter if his real target is merely
meat for the family larder.
In thickly populated communities promis-
cuous shooting is prohibited by law because
of the danger that innocent bystanders will
get hurt and the wisdom of such regulations
never is questioned
Still some people contend that worker
has a right to strike, even if in doing SO he
compels others not a party to his controversy
to 90 hungry and cold and to suffer financial
losses far greater than the striker can pos
sibly hope to gain.
man quitting work in full knowledge
that he is bringing want and loss TO others
not interested directly in his quarrel-perhaps
themselves worse off than he and certainly
unable to. help him-puts himself in about the
same attitude toward society as A. shooting
at meat, and uncertain whether he will get it.
but fully aware that he is going to hit B,
1t is hard to see why the law should up
hold the one and condemn the other
There are ways to kill meat without shoot
ing up the neighbors. There ought to be ways
for parties to industrial disputes to attain
their objects without striking at the vital in
terests OF whole communities and forcing the
weak and the innocent to bear the heavy end
Of the burden.
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AMELIA.

Amelia is derived from that re-
narkabls word anal. which has
formed the root of SO many proper
names. 1t appears in practically
every language and means work. u
AS early as the days of the Vikings,
it was incorporated into masculine
and feminine names.
The first Amilias was an armour
er in the court Of King Nielung
Aumlung, another of the early
versions. appears in the Book OF
Heroes" as naming Aumlung the
Strong and there was a Duke Ame-
lung recorded in Danish ballad
lore.
Amala was the earliest feminine
name formed from Anal. 1t was j
tavorite i'll Lombardy. but soon per-
petrated Germany where it found
vogue S Amalie. Meantime. France
and Italy had adopted the Latin
Aemilia and through the similar
ity in sound. the two names were
thought to be identical. France
compromised the difference be-
tween Aemilia and Amalie and pro-
duced Amelie. the name which has
such vogue there today
Amelia is the English version. 1.
has replaced all other forms-even
in Germany-the French Amelie
alone surviving.
The amethyst is Ameiia's Tails
manic stone. 1t will guard its
weare- from danger and protect
her from contagion. According to
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Reports are received of radical cuts in
prices of pershable commodities in certain
localities as result of the freight embargo
growing out OF the switchmen's strike. I'm
able to get goods either into or out of the big
them for what they can get. Of course con-
sumers where perishables are in transit will
gain temporarily. In the end. however the
people generally will suffer from scarcity and
the advance in prices where distribution is
nterfered with will more than Offset the cut
in prices where there is a surplus That is
too much like burning Rome to make a
holiday --.....
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Where johnson Gets His Support

Writing from Texas a correspondent takes
issue with the position of The Argus with re-
spect to Senator Hiram Johnson and the inter
probation placed upon the result of the Michi-
gan primaries. The writer contends that if
the senator is bolshevist bolshevsm is what
this country needs and adds:
I'VE need only look into and examine John
sons record to find that he has always stood
for the rule of the people instead of capitalistic
control. On such platform was he 'eected
governor and senator and the promises he then
made to the people he has fulfilled. We need
more men of his caliber to fight the cause of
the people.
1T is true that we may not fully agree with
his ultra irreconcilable stand on the League Of
Nations and treaty question, but far be it from
US to suspect him of being a boshevist mot
your Interpretation of it,"
The Argus does not charge that the senator
Is bolshevst but it does believe that he is de-
liberately soliciting the support of people of
bolshevistic leanings and if nominated and
elected he would be under obligations to live
up to their expectations
Senator Johnson may, as the correspondent
says. be real champion Of the people. Me
may have made an admirable record in Cali
fornia Neither the one nor the other, how
ever, gives him much of an edge upon his
rivals for the nomination. All the other can
didates are also proclaimed as friends of the
people" and each points with pride to what
he has done to prove what he will do
johnson did not carry that hotbed of radi-
calism. Detroit. by $4,000 because of the glow
ing descriptions printed or written during the
campaign of the things he did while governor.
nor yet of his championing the cause of the
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as We. and as glad as We when at
last at the end of a long drawn
afternoon, we saw an Afghan SEN
try.
Has the sahib ever seen an At
CHAN sentry?
This one was gray and old and
sat on his gray pony like a. huddled
ape with tattered umbrella over
his shoulder and his rife across
his knees. He looked less like a
sentry than a dead man dug up and
set there to scare the birds away
But he was efficient, no doubt of
that. He had seen US and passed
on word of US the minute we show
ed on the skyline. and the hills all
about him were full of armed men
waiting to give us a hot reception
If necessary and to bar farther
progress in any case.
Aye, sahib, down in India. 1t
was a long road. but the Afghans
were very kind to us. providing us
with food and blankets and giving
some of us new horses for our
weary ones, and so we came at
last to Landi Kotal at the head of
the khyber, where a long-legged
English sahib heard our story and
said "Shabash." to Ranjoor Singh
that means We'll done." And SO
We marched down the kryber. they
signaling ahead that We were COM
ing. We slept at Ali Masjib be-
cause neither horses nor men could
move another yard, but at dawn
next day We we're off again. And
because they had notice Of our com
ing, they turned out the troops. a
division strong, to greet US, and we
took the salute of a whole division
as we had once taken the salute O,
two in Flanders. Ranjoor Singh
sitting his charger like a graver
image. and we-one hundred three.
and-thirty men and the prisoner
Tugendheim, who had left India
eight hundred Strengthening in
the saddle from sickness and ia.
tigue while roar went up in Khy.
Der throat such as scarcely hone
to hear again before l die. Once
in a lifetime. sahih. once is enough
They had their bands with them
The same tune burst on our ears
that had greeted US that first nigh
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of our charge in Flanders. and we
great beared men-we wept like
little ones. They played 1T Is a
Long, Long Way to Tipperary."
Then because We were cavalry
and entitled to the same, they gave
us Bonnie Dundee" and the horses
cantered to it; but some of us roll
ed from the saddle in sheer weak
ness. Then We halted in something
like line, and general rode up
to shake hands with Ranjoor Singh
and to say things in our tongue
that may not be repeated, for thew
we're words from heart to heart
And | remember little more, for I
too, swooned and fell from tAe
saddle.
The shadows darkened and grew
one into another. Hira Singh sat
drawing silently in the dust, with
his injured feet stretched out in
front of him. A monkey in the
giant tree above us shook down a
''|sAS oho"Ci vi t"iSS dlu QlEI. A
trumpet blared. There began much
business of closing tents and re-
ducing the camp to superhuman
tidiness.
so, sahib." he said at last. "thev
come to carry me in. 1t is time nv
tale is ended. Ranjoor Singh thew
have made bahadur. God grant
him his desire. May my son be
such man as he, when his day
comes.
Me. They say shall be made
commissioned officer-the law is
changed since this great war be-
gan. Yet what did l do COMPARED
to what Ranjoor Singh did? Each
! is his own witness and God alone
is Judge. Does the sahib know
what this war is all about?
believe no two men fight for
the same thing. 1t is a war in
each mans heart. each man fight.
ing as the spirit moves him. So
they come for me. Salaam. sahib'
Bohut salaaV. May God grant the
sahib peace. Peace to the sahib's
grandsons and great -grandsons
With each arm thus around a
troopers neck will the sahjb pra-
cious1y excuse me from salutine -
1.-THE End.l
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Heart, Gok4O1nQ
II11,tLDTObIO11l1C ',
] oy L MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am,
married woman 81 years old. My
husband is very cruel, almost IN
humanto me. We were married II
wears ago and he has been drunk
almost every day, Sunday included.
As soon as he enters the house he
starts to find fault with me, accus-
ing me of things | never would
dream of. | have stood that for II
long wears and | am at the end OF
nv wits and strength. He used to
beat me until my body was sore all
over and marked with blue. yellow
and green sore spots.
l have no children. l keep my
house spotless, raise chickens and
a beautiful garden. | am IN poor
health, but he expects me to paint
the rooms and wants me to go to
work, which is perfectly absurd, as
We are we'll off.
One of my sisters was driven in
sane by her husband, and my hus-
band says he will do the same. He
! says he will never rest until | can
| join my sister in the asylum.
l cannot go on this way any more,
| but still l don't believe in divorce.
What can l do?
A BROKEN HEARTED WOMAN.
You can leave your husband with
out getting divorce. He may come
to his senses later and realize how
much you have meant to him. Ii
you accepted a position as house
keeper you would not have to work
harder than you do now, and you
would have peace
Since intoxicating drinks have
been taken away, your husband will
not be able to drink indefinitely
His source OF supply will come to
an end. When he no longer drinks
/ he will be kinder. Leave him now
in hopes that he will change while
you are away and that he will want
you to come back. Before taking
/ any step it would be wise to con-
suit lawyer. 1t would be unwise
:, give him grounds to divorce you.
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press to watch him he exercised 70,
years almost the despotic power OF
Roman governor over all the vast
country lying between the western
boundary of the new state Of Ohio
and the Rocky mountains. Tempt.
ing opportunities for personal gains
came to him, among them an offer
of half the land in and about ST.
Louis. But he left the Office with
hands as clean and pockets as
empty as when he entered it.
Early in his term there rose
among the Indians a prophet, who
spread abroad the welcome gospel
that the Master of Life was himsel,
a red man and was about TO restore
his people 20 their rightful suprem-
acy over their white interiors, who
should be trampled under foot By
the side of this religious fanatic
stood his warrior brother, Te-
cumseh. That pair of savage cru
saders were restrained for years
from taking the war path by Harri-
sons bold and skillful diplomacy
and by the general faith in his
word and his character.
The Indians were aroused at
last by rumors of the approaching
war of 1872, and they struck ths
long DELAYED blow But Harrison.
with his 500 frontieTsmen, got
rather the better Of them in fam.
Gus little skirmish at Tippecanoc,
Ind. With the actual opening Of
hostilities between the Americans
and the British. the savases became
the allies OF the British, and the
entire future of the great middle
west Was at stake.
At Harrison's request, Oliver
Hazard Perry was sent out to build
and fight squadron Of ships. II
was to the general that the victor
ious naval commander dispatched
from the battle of Lake Erie his
celebrated message. We have m5i
the enemy and they are ours
That naval victory was followed
up in the fall with an army victory
at the battle of the Thames, when
Harrison drove the allied forces OF
the foe from the shores as Perry
had driven them from the waters o.
the lake. With only 5000 men le
had carried the war into Canada,
Tecumseh was slain, and his ally,
the British general. was put 10
flight, Goa British troops and all
the British artillery and stores IN
the west were captured,
The battle of the Thames was
little battle in point of numbers en-
gagged. but it was big in its Efforts
it gave The American army the con
trol Of Ontario and freed forever
the middle west from the amDi-
lions of the British and from the
dread Of the Indians. 1t was one
OF the few bright spots On the
American war map, and HARRISON
was received in triumph on MS
visit TO The east. The people Wild-
" hailed him as the victor IN tAe
most decisive military engagement
Ct the war. but Jealous politicians
at Washington drove him from the
army-and ultimately into th'
White house.
published by special arrangement
paper Syndicate.
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@. Do soils necessarily wear out:
G. E. NJ.
A. Certain soils in Europe that
have been farmed for a thousand
years are as good as the new
ground in America. There are 10
elements that are necessary to the
growth of crops. OF these carbon.
hydrogen, oxygen. iron and sulphur
seem always present in the guam
titles necessary and ineXhaustible.
The FIVE that may be exhausted are
potassium, magnesium, nltrates,
PHOSPHORUS and calcium. Soils
should be analysed to determine
which OF these materials are needed
and the proper fertilizer or crop
rotation used. Thus may the worst
of so-called worn out soils be
brought up to standard.
G. Can the old principle CT bar
ter be applied to. the present trade
situation? II. T.
A. The exchange Of commodities
for commodities without the use
Of. money is actually being prac-
ticed in International trade today.
Certain traders are loading ships
with materials known TO be in de-
mard in foreign countries. are Jak
ing them to those countries and
arc exchanging them for goods
that are known TO be salable over
there. The transaction is pure bar
ter and circumvents the difficulties
presented by the exchange sltua-
ton.
| @. Was Admiral Sims bern in
the United States? K. G. +.
A. He was born at Fort Hope,
Ontario. Canada. Oct. Is, 1855 He
was appointed to the United States
naval academy from the state of
PENNSYLVANIA in 1880.
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Today's Events

Irvine L. Lenroot. United states
senator from Wisconsin, IS 10 p'
the principal sneaker at diTnec -
be given in Boston tonight by az
Swedish-American Republican ciuV
of Massachusetts,.
Today is the date set for a near
ing in the federal court ii oan
Francisco Of Jack Dempsey, les
champion heavyweight pugilist. aaa
his manager, Jack kearns, beta ..
whom are charged with conspiracy
to avoid the draft.
The Massachusetts state convfh-
ton OF the United Spanish War 'e'
Grams assembled az Fitch5urg 70,
day and continues in session u!~i
Tuesday.
In Washington, D. c.. will tahe
place the marriage today OF MIS-
Marie Christie, daughter OF AiFs'
Pierre Christie Stevens Of that guy
and Frederick c. Hicks, represen-
tative in congress of the First Ne"
York district
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After enduring so much you are
at least entitled to the money he
will leave.
Dear Mrs. thompson: | am II
and | care for a young man of %
He has often told NE that he loves
me. ! do not go out with him.
Do you think he loves me-?
/, Mother does not allow ME to care
TO, him although l do not talk To
her about him. What shall | do
ANXIOUS WAITING.
The young IMAM does not love
you seriously or he would want to
take you places. l think it would
be better for you to talk frankly
to your mother about him. Tie
more you keep your love to YOUR
self. the deeper ii will grow, which
is not a very good thing for a girl
of II.
You need experience and variety
before youlAcan choose wisely. Be
a wise little girl now and postpone
your thoughts of love until you arc
| in your EOS. You can do this if
you push aside thoughts of the
young man and busy yourself with
something.
! Dear Mrs. Thompson: What
would be appropriate for a three
course June wedding supper for
people OF moderate means? ii
| more convenient to serve 1.-TWO
| courses, what should be served?
Would it be necessary for print
| ed invitations when only immed-
late relatives are TO be present..
| KITTY.
A three-course supper is not Al
all necessary. If you want SOME
thing simple and yet sufficient.
serve chicken salad, rolls and
olives for the first course, and ice
| cream, cake, coffee and nuts for the
! second.
/ Printed invitations are not nee
tessary. Either write notes or in
yite your guests verbally.
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Acute INDIGESTION.

Acute l00l&cSuOn.
The old-time coroner used to
view the remains and, not dis
covering any signs Of violence,
reach the satisfactory and econom-
ical conclusion that death had
been caused by heart failure
! The modern -coroner's physician or
| pathologist. not being gifted with
second sight, is unable to deter
mine what may have caused the
sudden and unexpected death with
out making post-mortem dissec-
ton.
Every hospital inferno knows
that Tony's invariable complaint,
no matter what ails the man, is
"mucho dolore" in the region of the
epigastrum; and that the symptom
which brings Mike Misknovisky to
the hospital, no matter what ails
Mike. is "mucho bole in belly" In
short, all the devils of disease con-
centrate their chief attention, it
would seem, on the pit Of the stom-
| ach.
Mr.. Wiseheimer of this country
doesn't put on sad face and groan
over his hole or sdolore. He pur-
chases choice selection of con-
coctions purporting to remove in
digestion or to improve digestion;
! after these have been consumed in
vain he invests in the latest sys-
TEN of juggling the bills of fare
with a view to preventing inferno
cine warfare between various
kinds of food.
Just wee bit of pain in the pit
of the stomach, oh. just enough to
make one answer shortly and
Sharply the ordinary foolish ques-
tons ones family must have an
swered. may sometimes be a pro-
test of the alimentary tube against
an overload or too hasty feeding
or possibly mixture of feed that
violates the simple dictates of in
stinct.
When this abdominal discomfort
becomes frequent or regular hab-
it, or when it amounts to real dis
tress. or when it is annoying
enough to call for any remedy 9TH
er than time, then you may be sure
it is not indigestion. 1t may be
almost anything but not indiges-
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The march continued. The Wass-
muss men were below the pass.
but were denied passage, accord
ing to the report, and the company
slipped around to the rear. But
Ranjoor Singh was not there, be-
ing thought too valuable to waste
near the border. There was no
doubt Wassmuss was prisoner
among the kurds.
Then a new bargain was suggest
ed. The Kurdish chief was to re-
ceive the gold. and the company
the hostages. and 10 men as guides
for he was anxious to be about
fighting the Turks. But the COM
pany kept the gold and said good
bye to the chief From this point
the text of the book is quoted:
To tell of all that journey across
Persia would be but to remember
weaFiness-weariness of horse and
men. Sometimes we were attack
ed more often We were run away
from. We grew sick. our wounds
festerad and our hearts ached
Horses died and the vultures ate
them. Men died. and we buried OF
burned their bodies according. OF
not as We had fuel. We dried, as
it were, like the bone-dry trail We
followed. and only Ranjoor Singh's
heart was stout; only he was
brave: only he had a song on his
lips. He coaxed US, and cheered
us, and rallied us. The strength
of the regiment was but his
strength, and as for the other par
fy. who hung on our flank. or lag
ged behind US or preceded US by
half day, their Kurds deserted by
fives and tens until there was
scarcely a corporal's guard re-
naming.
They must have been as weary
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HIRASINGH
By
TALBOT MUNDY
FBOBBS
MERRILL

1.-The acute shortage of print paper
makes 1t necessary TO merely summarize
the concluding chapters of "Hira Singh
publication of which in serial form was
hegun IN the Daily Union prior to its
ABSORPTION by The Argus. This will be
the final installment, Note,
The tale was left off with the
party proceeding through the wilds
OF Persia. beset by danger of Turk
ing enemies and with discord in
their own ranks. BY the time the
Tigris was reached the differences
within the party had been compos-
ed and each member was anxious
to serve his friends and make
trouble for the Turks. The CITY Of
Mosul was given very large
berth. but 20 miles to the north a
convoy OF mules loaded with food
was captured and the escort Of so
Turkish infantrymen captured
They escaped the next morning.
however. Every group'of men was
questioned about the Wassmuss,
and Ill would glance toward the
mountains. whittier the company
WAS riding. A Kurdish chief was
met later. and in 4 discussion with
Rantoor Singh gave much informa-
ton and the Kurd was promised
all the gold if he would ride back
to Wassmuss and say that the gold
would not come for 80 days. and
agree that he and. his men would
bc;fhe escort to Afghanistan. Ran
joor, Singh promised to guard the
PASS. Hostages were arranged for.
and the chief started on. Soon he
returned and demanded the gold at
once. At last the bargain stood
Ethaf the Kurd should have all the
01d except one chest, on the sew
|nth dsy after Persia was reached'
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Q. Has there ever been a law in
this country regulating the length
of women's skirts? H. B.
A. In 1860 by an act Of the gen.
eral court Of Che Massachusetts,
colony, the Puritans prohibited
short sleeves, and required that
ladies dresses should be made long
enough to hide their shoe buckles
This act also prohibited the wear
ing of ''immoderate great breeches,
knots of ribbon, broad shoulder
bands. silk roses, double rufs and
cuffs"
@. What rs the origin and signi-
ticance OF Ash Wednesday? A.. S.
A Ash Wednesday. which is the
first day OF Lent. is SO called frem
the Roman Catholic practice OF
placing ashes upon the forehead as
a sign OF penitcnce. Though the
custom can be traced back as far
as the 10th century, it was sane
toned by Pope Celestine III in
1871. The ashes used on Ash We'd
nesday are made by burning palms
consecrated on the previous Palm
Sunday. Though observed in the
Protestant Episcopal church. Ash
Wednesday is not attended with
any particular ceremony.
Q. When was the first lodge of
Odd Fellows established in the
United Stateao l.. NJ. S.
In no,ombar IS0f Solomon
Chambers and his son. who were
/ English mechanics from the south
of London. organized the first
lodge OF Odd Fellows, in New York
city. It 5 called The Shakes
peare lodge. No. l. and at the mi
tiaI meeting had only five members.
Three years later six lodges had
been established in New York
Citv.