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McHENRY PI,AEPfDEALEB, MeHETSTRT, IT.L. TtV jfltH M Ml 1111 Mil t MtH M 4 i: Prom Illinois ;; ' .. y&L* C:i I::; t •" i • '. "S • < M I I M I M M I I M M M M M » I Chicago.--An important mile post in the development of the Torrens system ot land registration in Cook county was reached with the handing down by the supreme court of a decision pronouncing the "compulsory amend­ ment" unconstitutional. Soon after the receipt of copies of the decision Chicago attorneys interested in the case declared that a stronger effort than ever would be made in the near future to render registration under the Torrens act compulsory. The "com­ pulsory amendment," which became a law in 1910, was originally intended to require administrators, executors and trustees of estates in the probate court to register lands of the estates repre­ sented by them under the Torrens sys­ tem. This reached a third, reading in the senate and was met with such op­ position that its proponents were able to get It through only by putting in the provision that the probate Judge might waive the requirement if in his Judgment it would work a hardship. Springfield.--Work on the Chicago- Springfield highway, for which Sanga­ mon county voted a bond issue of $500,000, probably will be commenced next spring, in view Of the fact that the government urges the resumption of road building on federal aid roads as soon as possible. The federal gov­ ernment In 1918 appropriated to the state of Illinois $3,300,000 and the state pledged itself to provide an equal amount in accordance with the provisions of the law. Several mil­ lions of dollars are now In the state treasury for state aid roads, it is said. Frank I. Bennett, director of the state department of public works, declares that work on roads to be constructed out of the $60,000,000 bond issue, ap­ proved at the general election in No­ vember, will be commenced as soon as cost of construction is reasonable and definite locations can be made, to­ gether with other necessary engineer­ ing work. Urbana.--A series of don'ts to the keepers of sheep has recently been Is­ sued by the college of agriculture at the University of Illinois. The "don'ts" follow: 1. Don't keep sheep on wet land; 2. Don't feed moldy or spoiled hay, roots, silage or grain; • 3. Don't forget to keep salt and fresh water before the sheep; 4. Don't neglect the eheep in winter. Keep them in good condition; 5. Don't forget to tag the ewes before breeding and lambing times; 6. Don't forget exercising the bred ewe; 7. Don't let the lamb go too long without sucking; 8. Don't neglect to feed the lamb grain as soon as It starts eating; 9. Don't let" parasites kill your lamb for lack of some fresh green pasture; 10. Don't shear your ewes until warm weather comes; 11. Don't tie your fleeces with anything but wool or paper twine; 12. Don't hesitate to ask any questions of the county agent Springfield.--An advisory board of nine members to have charge of the state fair, together with a manager, probably will be named by Governor Lowden in a- short time. Under the provisions of the administrative code act, the state board of agriculture passed out of existence and in the fu­ ture the advisory board, of which Charles G. Adklns, director of agricul­ ture, will be the head. The state board of agriculture has-wound up its business. Reports from the state fair of 1918 have been approved. B. M. DaVison, secretary of the agriculture board,. probably will be named fair manager. Bloomington-.--The Illinois legisla­ ture will be asked to enact a new pen­ sion law for members of the fire de­ partments of the various cities of the state. Chief Henry Mayer of the Bloomington department advocates a continuance of a tax levy of three- tenths of a mill for the pension fund until.a new law is adopted. He has drafted a resolution to be presented to the next session of the state lawmak­ ers, asking them to favor a continu­ ance of the present levy. Chief Mayer expects to submit the proposition to all the fire departments of the state. Springfield.--As a reward for "meri­ torious conduct while upon industrial parole" fn and near the United States arsenal at Rock Island, more than 100 prisoners paroled from Illinois penal Institutions were permitted to return to their homes to spend Christmas. Some of the men reside In other states. Belvidere.--In raising a fond of $50,- 000 for the building of a new hospital here the booster committee Is to have the aid of the Boone County Pig club, each member of which will raise a pig next summer and donate the amount received from Its sale next fall to the hospital fund. 1 Bloomington.--Food administrators of McLean and other counties of Bll- nols will be out of a job beginning with the new year, according to word received here, only the Chicago organ­ ization being maintained. Camp Grant, Roekford.--While a large percentage of the men brought to Camp Grant to be mustered out of the army are accepting their honora­ ble discharges without hesitation there are many men who have gained such a hankering for army life during their period of service, brief as it might have been in many instances, that they have elected to continue to serve Un­ cle Sam. Rochelle.--Carl Sverkerson of Ro- chelle marketed 135 hogs In Byron and received a check far $5,108. This Is Ihe largest individual shipment ever made from that'place. Springfield.--Offices of the Illinois Tuebeculosis association have been moved from Chicago to Springfield. The change, it is said, is expected to greatly enhance the association's fight on the white plague In Illinois. It will give the physicians and nurses a more •centralized location, which Is the chief reasen for the removal, an announce­ ment says. Elgin.--Because there Is no availa­ ble money to pay the publication costs, more than 100 Elgin corpora­ tions, recently dissolved by order of the attorney general, will coAiioup to exist In law. If not 1b fact. ' lyf *» Peoria.--Recommendations demand* tag the abolition of the Illinois public utilities commission \Vere adopted by the mayors or representatives of 40 downstate cities, who met at the call of Mayo Charles A. Beers of Aledo t*> consider methods of securing home rule for the cities over public service corporations. Nearly every official fa­ vored taking the control of the cor­ porations from the state. Opinion was divided as to whether the utilities com­ mission should be abolished entirely or whether the present law should be amended to restrict its power to in­ crease rate* in violation of existing contracts between the cities and the companies. A permanent organization was formed .with, Robert L. Watson, city attorney of Aledo, as chairman. A committee of seven to take charge of the fight will be apoplnted by him. Chicago.--The Municipal League of Illinois at its closing session here ad­ vocated home rule for public utilities and at the constitutional convention promised to work for a constitution which will release municipalities from constant attendance on the legislature to get what they need. The following officers were elected: H. L. Pearsons, Evanston, president; John E. Hurley, Aurora, first vice president; George EL Crichton, Herrin, second vice presi­ dent ; L. H. Hall, Morris, third vice president; John A. Falrlle, Urbana, secretary-treasurer; Clifford G. Roe, Chicago, general counsel; W. G, Ad­ klns, Chicago, statistician. Springfield.--An automatic mar« rlage law in Illinois will be urged at the next general assembly by the Na­ tional Council of Women Voters, ac­ cording to word received here. A bill .will be Introduced providing that the mother of a child born out of wedlock may name the rqan to the state's at­ torney and that a trial shall be held at which the mother and the man charged may be witnesses. If the de­ fendant' Is found guilty then he and the woman are husband and wife with­ out further ceremony ,,and the child has a name and recognized support under such a law. "It is the child we are working for," says Dr. Lucy Walte of Chicago, one of the advocates of automatic marriages. "We have let this thing of illegitimate children go too long. Illinois is far behind the times. The war has made the prob­ lem more acute. It Is one of the world's big problems and Is being taken up In every state." Chicago.--One hundred heads of in­ dustries in the Calumet district organ* ized the Calumet Manufacturers' as­ sociation, composed of Gary, Ham­ mond, East Chicago, Whiting, Harvey, West Pullman,, Hegewisch, Grand Crossing and Pullman factory presi­ dents. The Industrial development of the region as affected by transporta­ tion, navigation, sanitation, housing and labor is its purpose. The officers .nominated are as follows: President, W. B. Koney, Hammond; vice presi­ dent, Albert Mohr, South Chicago; secretary, Henry W. Lee, South Chi­ cago ; directors, Silas J. Llewellyn, Chicago and East Chicago; William M. Ryan, Hegewisch; L. M Vilas, Har­ vey ; A. C. Clark, Grand Crossing. Springfield.--Illinois National Guard regiments will be reorganized when the men composing them return from France and the old units will be pre­ served as far as possible. It was an­ nounced at the office of Adjt. Gen. Frank S. Dickson, following receipt of word from Washington that a decision of the judge advocate general would wipe out the National Guard as it ex­ isted before the war. At present Illi­ nois has three National Guard regi­ ments and eight reserve militia regiments organized for service dur­ ing the absence of the units which were drafted into federal service for overseas duty. Camp Grant, Roekford.--"Plans to discharge 2,000 soldiers a day are now being consummated and will be lh ef­ fect the first of the year," said Capt Earl B.. Stone, personnel adjutant. Original plans of the personnel sec­ tion called for the discarge of 500 sol­ diers a day, but on account of the thousands now arriving from other camps to be mustered out under the 350-mile rule, it has been found neces­ sary to increase the daily output Duquoin.--Christmas was a merry one for employees of the Security Coal Mining company of St. Louis and Chi­ cago, operating large mines at Liv­ ingston and Duquoin. The company, the first of the southern Illinois coal concerns, cut a "melon" among its em­ ployees. Checks ranging from $100 to $3,600 were received by Duquoin employees. The bonus is by far th« largest ever given by any coal com­ pany in this field. Springfield.--The state department of registration and education Is seek­ ing Information relative to 'itinerant physicians In Illinois. In a letter sent out to all county medical societies the department requests data concerning these practitioners. Washington, D. C.--The Illinois traction system was authorized by the Interstate commerce commission to in­ crease passenger fares to a rate not exceeding 3 cents a mile, and to s^Il 500 and 1,000 mileage books ai and $25 respectively. Qulncy.--Traveling men here a: Springfield are organizing in on e to have trains on the Illinois Ceti and Wabash railroads restored to th former schedules because the pi service Is Interfering with their b ness. Sterling.--The; city of Sterling ma now proceed with the erection of I proposed new bridge over Rock river, the supreme court having decided in the city's favor the case brought by the county of Whiteide in an effort to resist payment of one-half the cost of the structure. The county will be obliged to pay its share. Chicago.--Bribes of $5,000 eaeh have been offered to two members of the house of representatives of the Illi­ nois general assembly to block the ratification of the federal prohibition amendment, according 1 to charges made by E. J. Davis, Chicago district superintendent, and F. Scott McBride, state superintendent of the Anti-Sa­ loon League of Illinois. Carllnviile.--A meeting of the live stock breeders and stockmen of the County was held here recently, when an organization was perfected. Robert Whitley, **»«!***& president 7 - * * fe -5*-^:,. <•*!•"' -4 "• i*- '".V y * NJA A: RETURNING YANKS A HOMESICK LOT X vr- :bW. 'if Nover Want to Look Statue of Ulwr ̂ X'i • Again. J4, JOE WILD TO GET ASHORE "Whan ! Get the United States Under My feet I'm Going to Stay Ther%* Said One Homesick Sol- J**.'." ^ dUj^- - . ,.;*r New York.--To understand the feel­ ings of the Americans boys released from the war and pouring back into the United States as fast as steamers can bring them from Europe, one must have known the pangs of acute IxamO' Stekness. They are downright homesick. ' r You read it In the hungry eyes that peer from the troopships when the gov­ ernment revenue cutter with Its little handful of Americans in civilian clothes ^uns alongside. From every inch of space along the gunwale, from yardarms and rigging, from the top*- most pile of life rafts to the bottom­ most porthole, are yearning faces. They know the coming of the cutter is a sign of deliverance after the trans­ port at the threshold ofhome has been detained, at overnight quarantine off Fort Hamilton. Now they will be able to go on up the bay. Paint "Ee-yow" Grows to Wild Yell. At first a faint "ee-yow 1" comes from one or two throats, and then rip­ ples along the deck, increasing In vol­ ume and shrillness till it becomes a wild whoop, reverberating across the bay. A month ago it would have served f6r a battle cry. Today it is a shout of boyish delight, of greeting for the little cutter load of civilians--the first group of Americans the soldiers have seen In months. Somewhere In that shout there is a plaintive note, and you get its mean­ ing if you are one of those first civil­ ians who board the transports as the group on the United States cutter Im­ migrant do, scrambling up a ladder while the boats are under way, for the troopships lose no time in starting their wheels at the signal from the customs. officers. "Does it feel good to get back?" you ask the first boy who grabs your hand on deck. "Good?" he repeats fervently. "Gosh! Nothing ever felt so good In the world. You can tell 'em all when I get the tTnited States Under my feet It's going to stay there. Some bird said when he got back from the war he never wanted to look the statue of liberty in the face again. That's me. In a little bit she's going to see me coming home for the last time.". It was Tom O'Donnell of Chicago who made that long speech. He was one of the'" third constructional com­ pany aerial service, who came home <on the British boat Orca, and he and more than 10,000 other "Yanks" re­ turned from Europe this week and are now at Camp Mills, L t> waiting to be mustered out As these troopships come through the Narrows into the upper bay the sun is rising like a huge red ball above the roofs of Brooklyn, silhouetting its spires and towering buildings and glint ing across the rippling bay. Through an avenue of bristling masts the trans­ port/hears its soldier cargo on toward the North river till^Fort Hamilton has been blurred into the morning mist and the masonry giants of lower Broadway stand out* against the north­ ern sky. • "Glad I'm an American.1* jfMMl the homecoming soldiers, offi­ cers and men aUke, lean against the rail and drink in the beauty of it all as If they never could get enough. An old-time bark swings at anchor close by, her four masts and square rigging in picturesque contrast to the craxy- qulk camouflage of half a dozen ocean barges moored near her. Ferries load­ ed with New Yorkers going to work scurry by, while their passengers wave handkerchiefs and cheer the home­ ward-bound soldiers. An officer of the aviation corps-- these first troops to come back are nearly all of the air service-stakes a long, deep breath. . "The most wonderful roadstead In the world. It's glorious. I'm glad I'm an American," he said. "You said something, brother," said a private who was leaning dver the rail at his. elbow. FALL OF STATUE ENDS HUN LUCK London.--All the world knows the story of the Madonna which was dis­ lodged by German shell fire from its perch on the tower of the parish church at Albert during the first mad rush of the Huns through France In 1914. The statue did not fall, nor was It greatly damaged, but the base was so shattered that It hung precariously over' the main road from Amiens to Bapaume, which passes under the very walls of the beautiful old church. For some reason, when the red tide of war swept westward through Albert, the Hun did not coinplete the destruc­ tion of the tower, and the statue still maintained its strange poise after the invaders had been roiled back at the battle of the Marne. > Days of Great Hope. Those were the days of great hope. France was fighting with skill and de­ termination. Britain was steadily In­ creasing her small but wonderful army, and the Russians were advanc­ ing almost at a gallop through East Prussia. In fact, there were optimists who thought Germany would sue for peace before Christmas--Christmas, 1914! Some hint of the trend of popu­ lar thought was given by the quaint RETURNING YANKS WELCOMED HOME The first troops to return to their beloved country are seen here on their way to Camp Mills leaving the ferry boat at Long Island City and passing through the crowds that gathered in great numbers to greet them. MUNICH AGAIN IS DANCING Bavarian Capital Changed Uttte ^ w%, , . People Piter Than Thetr Wont,*rt ' Appeaf to Be Warmly Dressed. Munich.--Munich took* much less changed after four years of war than those who knew it would have thought possible. The city appears far livelier and gayer than three years ago. Part of this impression is unquestionably due to the profuslon~of Bavarian-Ger­ man flags everywhere, emphasized by the red banners of the socialists. Although fairly dark in the evening, because coal must be saved, the streets are crowded during the early hours, itaurants are open and a fairly pal- ble Imitation of beer Is served. 'Every postage stamp one licks has SLAIN IN CZAR'S ARMS a strange disagreeable taste because of the use of some substitute. Bicycle tires have been replaced by colls of steel. The streets are as dean as ever and with stores as beautiful, although filled with articles the prices of which would have been unbelievable four years ago. The suffering seems to fall heavily on the poor people. Food now Is more plentiful because the signing of the armistice brought out stocks which have been held in reserve. The people are perhaps paler than their wont, but the street crowds appear to be warmly dressed. The city has resumed dancing, which has occasioned a terrific editorial out­ burst from a portion of the press. For­ mer Imperial Chancellor von Hertllng*s organ, the Bavarian Courier, says: "Our enemies will be robbed of the last vestige of pity if they hear of this. Are they not right?" conceit which grew up In the hearts of the people, namely, that when the Vir­ gin of Albert fell (as fall she must, in the opinion of all who saw the statue) the war would end In a victory for France and her allies. But the war did not end, nor did the statue fall, and the opposing armies settled down to nearly four years of trench war­ fare. The Germans, who certainly never miss a point in their efforts to under- mine their opponents' morale, seized on the legend. Varying it to suit their purpose they spread the story far and wide that when the statue fell France would lose the war. Now, the town of Albert possesses a most patriotic and efficient parish priest. No sooner did the Hun version of the story reach his ears than he sought out a skilled blacksmith. The two ascended the half-ruined tower, surveyed the broken base, and .so braced and riveted the statue to Its recumbent position that fall It could not until the tower itself gave way. Hun Again In Albert So for many a day every British Tommy who marched to the front along the road to Bapaume raised his wondering eyes to the Madonna high above his head and few there were of any denomination who failed to find ID Its strange attitude a species of benign benediction. At last, during those black days of last March and April, the seemingly impossible hap­ pened. The British line bent before the fury of a German assault, aided as it was by long-continued fog, arid the Hun was once again In Albert When the British retired the statne was still Intact, but, whether by ac­ cident or design Is aot yet known, the (Vrmans brought down the tower, and with it fell the virgin and child. And here comes the strange part of the story, to which latest development public attention is now directed for the first time. Hardly a yard farther did the German advance progress. < From that day onward the green- gray hordes were pressed back, slowly at first, but with an ever-Increasing ce­ lerity which finally developed to a rout In a word the luck of the Huns deserted them when the Virgin of Al­ bert was dethroned. From being the truculent conquerors of nearly all Eu­ rope they were forced to their knees whining for mercy. The foregoing facts cannot be gainsaid. Viewed In retrospect they form one of the most curious and interesting episodes of the greatest of all wars. Is Last Person to Hear of End of War Manchester, Conn. -- While many local citizens were claim­ ing the honor of being the first to hear locally of the news of £ the signing of the armistice in X France, Dr. W. E. Greene re­ turned from a trip to Maine, where he had been hunting in <$» the woods, and announced that he was probably among the last «• persons in the country to learn of the end of the war. ' Frlands for 40 Years Wed. Hartford, Conn.--James H. Smith of this city and Mrs. Lillie F. Forsyth of Bristol, who knew each other 40 years ago in Granby and who had not met for 40 years until recently in this city, were married here. Each had been married before and a chance meeting and mutual sympathy in the bereave­ ment of each led to the wedding. r Valet Telia of the Murder of Entire Romanoff Family by the Boiaheviki. ,--A dispatch to the B*> Telegraph from Amsterdam Kiev newspapers publish a en by the valet of the former of Russia of the murder of Romanoff family by the bol- sald on July 17 all of the the family were taken to the convent at Ekaterin- iced against the wall and ter the other. According to the story, the murderers granted the last request of ihe former Emperor Nicholas that Us wife, who was, ill, should die In his arms. According to the valet, the Grand Duchess Tatiano was only wounded by the shots of the riflemen and waa killed by blows from their rifle butts. All the bodies were burned in the out­ skirts of Ekaterinburg. j ' B i» better to be mile than SORJV Thinks That He Will See Again Hers Blinded by High Explosive Shell rlevee His Sigh* Will Return. (• • '-.f •• 1 • #3* Philadelphia.--Just one doctor out of twenty--and himself--believe that the sight of Lieut Frank Schoble, Jr.. can be restored. MA thousand doctors may tell me Fll not get my sight again, but I know that In a few months I'm going to see again," cried the young fighting man when told his case was hopeless. The lieutenant was leading his men' In a picturesque ravine ifi the Argonne forest in France when a high explosive shell blinded him. WHOLE WHEAT TO ENGLAND Decision of United States Food Ad­ ministration Is Pleasing to British Millers. Liverpool.--British millers nre deep­ ly grateful for the decision of the Uni­ ted States food administration to send whole wheat to England instead of flour. "Our flour mills were about to shut down, throwing thousands of skilled workmen out of employment at a time when demobilization threatens to dis­ rupt many industries," a prominent miller told the International News Ser­ vice. "America's action in sending us wheat represents the highest type of world service. And it shows that the American miller is not selfish." S*' Girl Orphana In Demand. Los Angeles, Cal.--That orphan girl babies find homes more easily than boy babies is evidenced by a report issued here by the Children's Home society of California. One hundred and thirty-seven families have applied to the society recently to adopt girl babies, while only 50 families want to adopt boy babies. Kilmarnock, Scotland, baa abolished half penny turn on the tramway can, NO DISCRACE TO FEEL FEAR One Result of War Has Been lanes Idea ef What Constitute* Real Bravery. An Ihigllsh observer calls attention to the fact that our world war haa destroyed the fear of being afraid. Heretofore, even to most distant an­ tiquity, the one quality insisted on in the soldier was that he should be fearless and the more callously so the better. The faintest tremor of timid­ ity was a black mark against the most respondent knight as well as the low­ liest bowman or halbardler, and the schooling for war was an utter defi­ ance of the personal risk. This theory held, as many will re­ member, even till the period of the Boer war, when the British suffered so severely in officers because it was held cowardly for a commander to seek cover. Men, then as now, felt fear, for that Is one of flesh's attri­ butes and, indeed, is one of the most valuable of human possessions, since fear Is our protection from dangers and harms Innumerable. We fear vrild* beasts to avoid them, snakes and spiders to Increase our attention, storms and tempests that we may pre­ pare means of escape from them. So it was only in battle that chiv­ alry Insisted that man should be with­ out fear, or pretend to be. With the coming of new warfare, however, all lands at once came to a more sane understanding and the old physical bravery has given place to moral resolution. The man who now enters the hell of shell fire, of hurled flames and deadly gases, no longer attempts to fool himself Into the be­ lief that he Is not afraid. He knows full well and only a stupid nature could avoid the knowledge that the human Is at the mercy of forces a million times beyond his own ability to counter. The old knight might really believe he was able to unhorse all the enemies that rode against him and therefore might conceivably be without fear, but how can a soldier feel that way when facing modern weapons of destruction? Therefore, It is no longer a dis­ grace to feel fear or to adnllt It; the only disgrace Is to allow fear to pre­ vent one doing his duty. How much finer fiber Is needed for this new de­ fiance I Sarcasm That Needier More Consulpi/",f The chairman of the shipping board has called the attention of congress and the people to the need of enlarg­ ing our consular service abroad, in view of the fact that our great mer­ chant marine will be released for use In foreign trade. Mr. Hurley tells us, observes the In­ dependent (New York), that the Uni­ ted States will have 25,000,000 tons of merchant shipping by the end of 1920, and that as fast as these ships can he freed from military work they will en­ ter commerce. The present consulates would be entirely Inadequate to handle this enlarged business. There are not enough of them, their staffs are too small and they are handicapped by in­ experience with duties that will be de­ manded and by antiquated regulations. Even now the burden of work, espe­ cially in the way of Inquiries to be an­ swered, Is overtaxing the undermanned and underpaid force. Mr. Hurley therefore pleads that Immediate steps be taken to remedy the situation. "We need more consuls and larger consular staffs," he tells us. "If we do not provide them today and prepare for the great growth In our merchant marine and trade after the war, I fear that we shall suffer a serious break­ down."' ** >'1 ^ficfuVe Heard nhtt "Look here," said the city editor to the cub reporter, "you should write everything as briefly as possible. In­ stead of saying 'the middle-aged bald- headed performer in the hired aggre­ gation of followers of Orpheus who nightly provide the harmony at one of our leading temples of mirth, seized his trombone firmly In his hands, placed his feverish lips to the mouth­ piece and sounded thereon an unearth­ ly tone like the walling of a lost soul on the main street of Inferno'--now shorten that up." So the reporter merely wrote: "The Blip horn player in the orchestm bltw a helva note." » A Cattle Queen. A cattle-shipping seasdn to the East­ ern stockyards is In full blast, and Mary Vail, Los Angeles heiress, said to be the richest maiden In California, Is in these large sales and shipments, figuring as a notable cattle queen. Miss Vail is the daughter of the late Wal­ ter Vail, who had over 300,000 head of Steers and sheep on his famous ranches. Under the direction of Miss Vail and her mother the cattle do­ main left by the father and husband greatly increased In value. The meat barons are paying them $1,000,000 for steers and sheep this fall.--San Fran­ cisco Bulletin. Some Ptlers Are Anchored. "I picked you out to write to because I can see by your eyes you're the lone­ some kid," gusbed a letter addressed to the handsome young aviator whose likeness jhad just appeared in the Great Lakes Recruit The handsome young aviator Is a Kansas City man. "Now, Mary,** he wrote to his wife, "In case you don't feel toward me as you used to, this Is the time to speak up, as you will ob­ serve by the inclosed." And he sent her the letter. Back in the Gam*. a "Another sign that the war 1* e*eft* "Yes." "An old-fashioned stock promoter, wearing diamonds and flashy ciotheo, was In here the other day." "Well! Well!" "Those chape are crawling out ot their dugouts again I"--Birmingham Age-Herald. A Realization. . "How's prohibition wnrkii? tit Crtm- eon Gulch Y* "All right," replied Three Finger (j«m "The boys are beginnin' to real­ ise that a man's conversation la jes' -aa interestln* wheu htfa * fcmp more reliable** - - ^ of That AnUilcan Would 8oon Cross the Rhine ml Enter German Fortreisss Hae f Been'V*ry Literally FnHttledt The most biting irony that came Germany during the war waf talned In the Berlin Lokal AnzeigCCt at little more than a year ago. of our soldiers had.been captured bjr the Germans. They were dragged #klfc over the empire and exhibited to enraged populace, just to show Germans that the Americana w,-- "not to be feared." The day the «B- fortunate prisoners arrived In Bertla the paper printed the following under* the heading, "Good Morning, Boys:" "Three cheers for the Americans Iv Clever chaps they are, it cannot be de­ nied. Scarcely have they touched fit#, soil of this putrefied Europe wfcett; already they are forcing their way thto Germany. Before long they will cross the Rhine and also enter oar for­ tresses. That Is express train speed tor American smartness. It is our good fortune that we are equipped to entertain numerous guests and that we shall be able to provide quarters for these gentlemen. How­ ever, we cannot promise them dough­ nuts or jam, and to this extent they will be obliged to recede from their former standard of living. "As Americans are accustomed t» travel In luxury and comfort, we as­ sume that these advance arrivals* merely represent couriers for larger numbers to follow. "We are sure the latter will come» and be gathered In by us. At home» they believe they possess the biggesti and most colossal everything, but iudk establishments as we have here they* have not seen. "Look here, my boys, here la the bigt firm of Hindenburg & Co., with which' you want to compete. Look at Its ac­ complishments and consider whether It would not be better to hanl down; your sign and engage in some other line. "Perhaps your boss, Wilson, will re-« consider his newest line of business) beforg we grab off more' of young' people." "Clever chaps they are, it cannot be* denied." Yes. they were "clever* chaps." So clever that today, a short! year after the sarcasm was printed ini the Berlin newspaper, they are actual-* ly Crossing the Rhine and entering) ! fortresses which seemed so secure when the flippant editor gibed the liN tie handful of soldiers who had been* overcome. • -r;®, 't •im " t Yank Artillery Made Record. The French take more pride in their artillery than in almost any other fea­ ture of their military service, wrftea C. W. Barron in the Wall Street Jour­ nal. In this war they made world rec­ ords in effective gunnery. The Amer­ ican boys watched the French move 13%-inch guns into position in 45 min­ utes with horses and motors. Then the Frenchmen saw the American boys dc it in 12% minutes, and they did not use either horses or motors. Fifty American officers and men put the gun into place and they were the talk of the town at that French camp. Afterward the French called upon their officers for themselves and all their man power to do this work when the tractor was not about. When the Germans met the Ameri­ can gunners they thought a new kind of rapid-fire three-Inch gun had come Into the war because it shot so much rapidly. Hew He Got Needed UmbreMfe t W. M. Hughes, the premier of Aus­ tralia, once came by an umbrella tltrough illicit means. He is fond of telling the tale against himself. While he was walking home one pitch-black night a sudden stortn broke and, seeking shelter from the rain, he hastened to the nearest door­ way. After waiting there for a few Minutes, he spied a small boy coming- along with an enormous umbrella. The premier, thinking the owner* might offer to share, called out sharp­ ly: "Hi, there, young mant Where- are you going with that umbrella?" The lad, startled at the sound which apparently emanated from nowhere,, dropped the umbrella and fled up the street as hard as his legs would carry - him. He vanished utterly, and Mr. Hughes' predicament was solved. Lived Long After Burial Allva, John Boyle, who died at Jersey OKy, N. J-, recently, was one of the four men rescued alive In 1801 from the- Jeansville mines of J. C. Hayden fe Co., when 21 miners were entombed) for 19 days by a rush of water. Ite fonr survivors ate a mine mul* drowned with their 17 comrades. Boyle was widely known as a flddier- ln the Lehigh field, but lost his tltai* for the coal regions after his 19 of darkness and moved to New Jecaey» Valuable Tree. A wonderful tree, known as the i la beginning to attract commercial tention in western Africa. It the native not only with nuts, wkldfc they highly prize, but with a that may become an article of clal importance. It is already ewpert" ed to Europe, where makera ot iHi» fldal batter find use for it" * Inelgala off Amy Oflteer* ̂ An officer of the raftk of general ta aK lowed to choose his own Insignia of rank. Some recently appointed efcnaa fonr stare on the shoulder. W» haw, therefore, this role to indicate tie dif­ ferent grades ot general oflteeca: On* star, brigadier general; three star*^ Heafrnnnnt general; fonr •" Aoeftteiem. ̂ < Acetkism means the pfactNtng e» severe virtue*, or the ssetterta* «C 4e» sires and passions. It arî htbe the extreme practice ef Among the ancient the exerdee and dletlpllBS ] >3$,'