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THIS V.?V. >4r^V.l" - | ff".% 4l M 'V^i :u. \lyt 4 t; if Great Column of FreedorjiMarks Spot In Paris Where the some Bastile Once -.v."* •.•••Jf.:" ' m , V.e >#J *<• * far V' -*t-.»]&,' >i ' X-..-.-. . Sf/.v '/SfaM: if V'*% •jt ' P i-; -•••' •;> f I «K'*?r / Ifpc £c/ >r- **&$& ~^Vr "*' • ^CvA|̂ • > Kit* v ., t » : . > . * • .. . ?';yv . -' /•;, •\ • ASTHMADC& xyiutri HAY •cghkX^nf.tmHr, AM Dretfiti Cuiwim Put IT SQUARELY UP TO DAD Young Son of Famous Member of *VHh i I an tea" Frankly Considered His. Father a Slacker. : Ellis Parker Butler, the author, who Uvea %t Flashing, and is devoting his energy to aiding in the successful prosecution of the war, does not bear an enviable reputation for patriotism in his own household. Mr. Butler has been writing for the Thrift and War stamps campaign. . Mr. Butler is the tether of twin sons of tender age. Several nights ago he returned home tired after a day's work for the Red Cross and took his seat at the head of the table. After they had finished their dinner the twins produced their Thrift stamps and started to count them. "Dad, look at all the stamps I have,*1 <said one of the youngsters. "I have 200. Look at brother's pile; he has ' more than L" Mr. Butler nodded approvingly to \ Mrs. Butler and they both smiled. | There was silence for a minute, then one of the twins looked *up and ex­ claimed : "Dad, why don't you do some* thing patriotic?" :/ Fewer German Socialists. The membership of the socialist plas­ ty in Saxony has decreased from 177,- 000 in 1914 to 23,000 paying members at present, according to a recent Dres­ den dispatch to the Berliner Tage- blatt. The decrease was due to, the number of socialists serving in the army and the split In the socialist par­ ty of Germany. Deputy Gradnauer, speaking at the convention of Saxon socialists, said that the circulation of socialist newspapers In Germany had" Increased from 618,000 copies on April 1, 1917, to 792,000 on April 1, 1918. Joy for Archeologlats. I was at Carchemish on the day the greatest Hittite find ever unearthed was revealed to the eye of man for the first time in three thousand years. When the enthusiastic laborers had carefully uncovered the precious dole- rite slab, and the overseer, bending over it like some near-sighted Silas Marner caressing his gold, had dis­ covered that it bore the longest Hittite inscription ever found, ten shots from a big Colt revolver, flred as a back­ sheesh to the stone, echoed and re­ echoed across the Euphrates, and workmen* and directors knew that a big find had been made. Pandemonium was let loose. Labor­ ers came running from all directions to share in the joy of discovery. I al­ so shared in that joy. I shouted con­ gratulations to Khali, the giant pick- man. "Praise he to God!" I cried. He grinned so I could see all his teeth, and answered, "God's blessing return to you!"--Christian Herald., Anybody Knowf * "This pink of condition^?* "Ye*r - "Can yon boy it at the drug stores?" Appropriate Decoration. "How is that aviator's room fixed op?" "1 don't know, but It ought to b« with fly paper." VERMIN ATTRACTED BY WTO If Na Scrape Are Around There WUI Be UttJa Trouble Wttl» Airts or Roaches. 'X' The surest way to keep a house from ants is to leave no food lying about on shelves or in open places, where they can reach it Ants go where they find food, and if the food supplies of the household are kept to ant-proof metal containers or in lee boxes, and if all foods that may hap­ pen to be scattered by children or oth­ ers is cleaned up promptly, the ant nuisance will be slight. Cake, bread, sugar, meat, and like substances, are especially attractive to the ants, and should be kept from them. Roaches will not frequent unless they find some valuable material, and If such materials be kept from living rooms and offices or scrupulous care exercised to see that no such material is placed to drawers where It can leave an attrac­ tive odor or fragments of food, the roach nuisance can be largely restrict­ ed to places where food necesssrtty must be kept. Nothing. Like That. "Didn't Peggy marry a man?" "Dear it; M l 1 wrii« r.w--Life. Si's i*? < \'i A TALL shaft today marks the spot in France where liberty was born. This shaft marks the site of the Bastille, that black medieval prison which was demolished 129 years ago by revolutionists who, like the Americans at Lexington, caring more for liberty than life, unor­ ganized and poorly armed, dared to challenge the tyranny of a king, *> The stirring events which culminated in the taking 'of France's fortress of feudalism, were In ^notion early in July, 1789, and two great char­ acters in the history of France and the United States were in the French capital at that very time. The Marquis de Lafayette, after consulting with Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declara­ tion of Independence, presented to the national assembly a bill of rights. Had the French acted ten days sooner, as there were many indications that it might, a common birthday might now be observed by the sister nations. The traditions of the American colonies and those of France differed so widely that to sense the true meaning of the Bastille it is necessary to trace the origin of that gloomy pile in the Fau­ bourg St. Antoine. For centuries the edifice was the sign of the divine right of kings. Before the storm of the Fretach revolution broke there were 50 such prisons in France, for bastille sig­ nifies merely a fortified building.^ As "the years went by so Infamous became that one'which stood on the hanks of the Seine and was usually known as the Castle of Paris that it took unto Itself the all-embracing title of "The Bastille." Like the Institution of monarchy, of which it was the symbol, the structure was the develop­ ment of centuries. The original edifice consisted of a pair of towers, and was a part of the stone •? barrier against the medieval Huns. Charles V about 1369 commissioned Hugues Aubriot, then provost of Paris, to enlarge the old fortification. Aubriot, having In mind the extension of the leudal power, made It both fortress and jail. Various additions were made by the kings of France. As a fort it was considered impregnable, ' as the main walls at their base were 40 feet thick, and beneath the battlements, 100 feet above the pavement, the light struggled into the cells through narrow windows piercing nine feet of solid masonry. Cannon were set in the deep em­ brasures, and there were portholes from which archers and crossbowmen once sped the shafts of death. To the peasantry and the common people the Bastille was all that was formidable and forbid­ ding. A grim and mysterious stronghold, It earned year by year its evil name. Kings with power of life and death over their subjects used It as the instrument with which to punish all wbp opposed them. They- spared neither the high nor the low. In the days of absolutism the monarch could commit prisoners to the Bas- fllle without any other process of law than a war­ rant which became known as a lettre de cachet. This document, bearing the royal seal, was Often in blank. Many lettres de cachet were ob­ tained by unprincipled persons who either used them to punish their enemies • or sold them to those who had sinister ends In view. The mon-v atrous abuses which grew out of this practice were a blot on European history. Courtiers, charlatans and courtesans found a way to sate their grudges. The life or the liberty of no man in all the kingddm was secure. Even "to the eighteenth century notable personages might be thrown into prison' because some rela­ tives coveted their estates. In the reign of Loots XV 150,000 lettres de chachet were issued. His successor, Louis XVX credited with being an am­ iable ruler, sent forth 14,500 on their missions of oppression. It might well have been written over the en­ trance of the Bastille, "He Who enters here, leaves hope behind." The place realized the dark­ est visions of Dante's Inferno. Separated from the streets of the city by a moat 125 feet wide and 25 feet deep, and accessible only by a draw­ bridge, it was like an Isle of the Dead. In its noisome dungeons abominable cruelties Wore visited upon unfortunate prisoners, who were condemned to the rack and the boot and the wheel, or chained to pillars and flogged. There were circular cells with conical tops, in which the inmates could neither stand erect, nor sit, nor lie. The roll of the sufferers of the Bastille is a long one. Various degrees of punishment were meted out to the prisoners, according to the whims of the sovereign. Some of them, like t^e Man with the Iron Mask, for a time a prisoner in the Bas­ tille, were treated with consideration. They had bounteous meals, and were assigned to rooms in'which there was a fair amount of light, and were even permitted to walk in the garden. They had scant enjoyment, however,- for they never knew when they would be doomed to the fate of their less favored fellows. Men Jived 50 and even GO years in the Bastille, until they lost all connection with the -world beyond the moat In that world toward the close of the eighteenth century mighty changes came to pass. The line of the Louis had so Impoverished the nation that the national credit was imperiled. When Louis XVI came to the throne a debt of $800,000,000 had been piled up, and it continued to pyramid. The common people had been footing the bill, and now came the proposal, strange In those days, that the nobility and the clergy, the privileged classes, should share the burden with the Third Estate. It was a day of questioning and hearkening and goul searching. The words of Voltaire, Ilousseau and Diderot were sinking deep into the national consciousness. Hence assemblies to talk over these proposals. In vain were the prisons filled with agitators and the Voltaires sent into exile. The storm was gathering. If the monarchy was to be sustained in its extravagance and feudalism to be upheld .the mailed fist must do its work. But there was more to deal with than murmuring serfs and a hnhdful of encyclopedists. The soldiers of France, who were expected to uphold the old regime, showed that they were unwilling to kill their fa­ thers and brothers ltke dogs. The people of Paris ransacked their city until they found arms or the material for making pikes. The time had come when the rights of men should prevail, and" men who are starving under tyranny are easily recruited. As the forces Of the new order grew they thought with one Ac­ cord of the hated symbol of that galling oppres­ sion which was the cause Of all their suffering. The cry "To the Bastille!" rose from a hundred thousand throats. Men and women armed with weapons as effec­ tive as popguns would be against a dreadnaught moved against the ancient stronghold. Bullets pattered and flattened against the massive walls. The defense was only half hearted, and the French guards on the battlements were soon wav­ ing flags of truce. A force greater than all the monitions ever made was at work--a public senti­ ment which had become a resistless forrent. De- launay, the governor of the Bastille, trembled be­ fore it and surrendered. Down came the creak- : jy Ing drawbridge and across it rushed the infuri- ated cltlsenry. The tide flowed in and out of the r dim corridors and searched out the narrow cells. i& As soon as there was the semblance qf govern­ ment arrangements were made for removing the Bastille. The work took the contractor nearly a year, although he employed a large force. There was. a thriving business in Its relics, for hundreds of the blocks of stone were carved into models of the prison and sold as mementoes. Locks and bolts were distributed all .over the world a* souvenirs. _ ~ Although the demolition of the Bastille Itself proceeded, the thing for Which it stood was not po. easily swept aside. Feudal Germany and Austria blocked the road to liberty. We of this day, with the perspective of a century and more of history and belonging to a nation which is even now in arms against the powers which sought to foist the yoke of serfdom once more upon the people of France, may see more clearly than even the able publicists of that period that the ex­ cesses of the French revolution grew out of des­ peration. °" The Hons, as now, were spinning the webs of Intrigue. The Teuton, then as now, living still In the middle ages, domineering, mean and softlid, was determined that France should return to slav­ ery. Louis XVI, under the influence of his beau­ tiful wife, Marie Antoinette, was dominated by Austria. His court was filled with German spies and Prussian emissaries. When he found that he could not conquer his people with French artillery( he. pretended to ac­ cede to their demands and waited for the help of the German war lords. Escaping from Paris, he had got within a few miles of the border before he was Intercepted at Varennes. It was his in­ tent to get Germany to send her armies to compel his subjects to accept his feudal rule. Nations become accustomed to changes of gov­ ernment slowly when they have been- ground .down under the Iron heels of despotism. Reckless and blind as was their king, the people of France felt that In some way he was their father and portector and that it would be a calamity If he should turn his face from them. In the months which followed when these children of the new order, knowing far 1 *ss how to govern themselves than Louis and Marie Antoinette knew how to rule wisely over them, found their country invad­ ed by Austrians and Prussians they gave way to their rage. They had been willing to retain even so poor a king as a constitutional ruler, and he had already put upon his head the red cap. Had he been firm enough of purpose to resist the Intrigues of the central powers he might still have saved his face --end his head. Those were the days when Teuton tyranny was everywhere spreading its nets and snares. George I of England was elector of Hanover, speaking ' German on the British throne and knowing no English, addressing" his ministers In dubtoui Latin. George II could talk lamely In the tongue of the people whom he professed to govern. George III was more German If possible than hla predecessors. They had realized that Great Brit­ ain had a constitutional government and left af­ fairs largely to the ministers. He, an exemplar of a middle age outlook, took the advice of hltf Qerman uiother, '4George, be & king." His obstinacy lost to Great Britain her Ameri­ can colonies. A German, he gave aid and com­ fort to France.In seeking to make her yield to the demands of her Bourbon king. His kinsman, the duke of Brunswick, leading Austria and Prus­ sian armies, invaded France and served notice npon her National Guard that they were liable to the death of traitors. In their exasperation, the citizens Of an Impov- ; erished nation then guillotined the king who was taking no steps to meet the foreign foe and was Waiting the oncome of the Hun to subject *th«m again to Bourbon tyranny. Hence the Commune and the Reign of Terror and those dark hours in which a nation In the throes was endeavoring to adjust Itself to the problems which, followed the overthrow of the Bastille. France came up out of much tribulation Into a republican form of government. She was enjoy­ ing peace and plenty when the Hun again crossed her borders to Impose upon her a yoke which Is the same as that for which stood the dqrfr .ffcQPy- hotd on the Seine long since destroyed, , "4*?*"' -v i 1 JAPANESE DIFFICULT TO LEARN. :J^-yTo learn to read ordinary Japanese--to aay Nothing of the luxury of being able to appreciate, the nuances of style in Japanese composition--is the laborious effort of long years for Japanese themselves, writes "A Student of Japanese" In the New East (To^yo). A Japanese schoolboy has to take lessons In penmanship for a matter of nine or eleven years and even then he may find himself hopelessly stumped by an oddity to an ordinary post card. Small wonder, then, that the attempts of West- -atners to learn Japanese in their own lands have been rather heartbreaking and profitless work on the whole. Yet even so, some, small measure of success has been attained now and then. The old Jesuits had Japanese to teach them In their *great seminary at Macao, as some of the Spanish orders had later on at Manila in the seventeenth century.. • . . • „ • • - ^ "?S " SCRAPS . '• • • J..X. • t Japanese use star fish for fertilizer, they contain almost 5 per cent of nitrogen. There are 782 varieties °of Arctic flowers, which have bat two -colors, white and yellow. * The Farmers' party In New York atate threatens to put a tlcke| of its own into the political field. Family cooks at New Orleans havfe organized and demand a wa^s rate of JWfcK 4lk' A MJ! . • IrAAfl A conference was recently held In England to provide parents with advice and information on the various profes­ sions and occupations open to girls. Vessels lined with metal that will conduct electricity to heat liquids as they are poured from one to another have been patented by an inventor in Pennsylvania. Norway expects to prodnce 100,000 tons of peat for fuel this year and Den­ mark 500,000 tons, the former country having 216 machines aV woefc fta ftom IMIMil wflfh RR VMP. Canada's Big Canal. Tbe Wellana canal. In Canada, cajv. ries navigation around Niagara Falls and connects Lakes Erie and Ontario^ It is 27 miles long, was built by Can­ ada and was opened to 1833 and coat about $30,000,000. Yea, It Does! s *it o* riles.a man dat prides hls- self on seein' how much work he kin do,** said Uncle Eben, "to hear some man braggin' cause 4a m work at alLw . J Candles From Human Fat. Amonf soap anomalies may be men­ tioned human-fat toilet soap, known over continental Europe the past cen­ tury or more and indicated by some medicos as a superior emollient. This sounds cr.llous, but the art of soap making is not particularly noted for fine sentiment. The fat stock was ob­ tained from cadavers of hospital and morgue derelicts and tried out like any other fat. Candles for special pur­ poses have also been pade from ho- No Older Than Your Faoa. Is true in most cases. Then keep your face fair and young with Cutlcura Soap and touches of Cutlcura Oint­ ment as needed. For free samples ad­ dress. "Cutlcura, Dept. X, Boston,** Sold by druggists and by mall, Soap, 25, Ointment 25 and 50.--Adt* A Message to Mothers YOU know the real human doctors right around in your neighborhood: the doctors made of flesh and blood just like you: the doctors witli souls and hearts : those men who are responding to your call in the dead of night as readily as in the broad daylight; they are readhr to tell you the good that Fletcher's Castoria has done, is doing anal will do, from their experience, and thai* love for children. Fletcher's Cafeteria is nothing new. We an not asking you try an experiment We just want to impr-- npon yon the importandfc of buying Fletcher's. Your physician will tell jroa this, as ho knows there are a mna ̂ bar ef imitations on the market, and he li particularly Interested £t tha welfare of your baby. .' Genvine Oaetorla always bears the rtgnattue of A' 'zMi More Milk at Less Cost If dairying is to provide either pleas­ ure or profit. United States department of agriculture specialists point out, the unprovable cow must be disposed of. The well-bred high producer that takes her place must be properly and eco­ nomically fed and cared for. Cow test­ ing associations have demonstrated that the feed of the dairy herd can be selected and balanced in such a way as to decrease- feed costs one-third and at the same tlaje Increase milk produc­ tion. Poor Comparison. \ 1 was eating a grel6Npi>le. and her mother said, "O, dearie, don't eat that. It will make you sick as a dog!" Caroline's reply was prompt and logical. "Our dog Is the wellest one of the family." --that's what thousands of farmers say, who have gone from the U. & to settle on homesteads or buy land in WeatMM Canada's invitation to every industrious worker to settle to MaaWoha, Saskatchewan or Alberta is especially attractive, She wants fanners to make money and happy, prosperous homes for thiin--lf by helping her raise immense wheat crops to feed the world. You Can Get a Homestead of 160 Acres Free or other lands at very low prices. Where yoa mm Iv iMi turn land at f 1ft to $SO per aero that will «dse SftodSfcaahelaaf 93, wheat to the acre--it's easy to become prosperous. Canadian futners also grow wonderful crops of Oats, Barisy and fin. BBkad Pans tag is fully as profitable an industry as grain raising. The excellent grasses, full of nutrition, are the only food required either for beef or daiiy purposes. Good schoola and churches; markets convenient; climate excellent. Write for literature and particulars aa to reduced railway rates to Supt. of im­ m i g r a t i o n , O t t a w a , C a n a d a , o r t o £ i f ; Canadian Government Agents Are You Bloated After Eating With that gassy, puffy feeling, and hurting near yog - heart? For Qirich Relief--Take ONE £ • Yoa (FOR YOUR STOMACHS SAKE*) fairly feel it work. It drives tha GAS oat of yoar body and the Bloat goes with it ' - 'V* _ aovoa QafcUy--ladigsStioa, BeartiMra. Soar St--acfc. «Nb., Cat EATONIC from your Draggut with thm DOUBLE GUARANTEE flaadforth* "Hafe" Bnk, 1918-2* 8*. Ai i««I.CM--». la. k ,Vil » "if mm , si,; A •» t Limit in Snobbery.' "Those society leaders who go about administering snubs and Insults." the late Barton Willing once said at the Philadelphia club, "remind me of Ur» ens. "fireens ran a little grocery In South Eleventh street He was tremendously proud of it, though It was In reality a wretched hole. He used to stride up find down in front of it all day with Ids nose in the air and his chest pnffed out. "An humble hodcarrler passing Greens oae morning said affably: "How a-e you, Mr. Greens? It looks ss If we'd have some rain, don't It?" ".'We'd?* snorted Greens. 'We'd?' Since wii« n, young man, li^ve yon and I .been partners?"* • f"1' i1; * Property Indignant. One of our neighbors was trying some of the late dance steps when his two small sojis toddled out on- to- the floor to Join In the exercise. In mock anger be commanded: "Get out of my way, hoygfj-iton can't dance!" Little Melvin was rttuch InsuTted. and Biter a moment's reflection indignant­ ly exclaimed: "Daddy, I guess you link us little kids is Just boneheads!"--Exchange. Danger. "Your majesty, the enemy is pursu­ ing our gallant forces relentlessly." "How close are they to our splendid troops ?" "Very close, your majesty, very close. They are in actual contact with our rear guards, and within three weeks of catching up to the ' ptojee where the crown prince Is." TOO WEAK TO FIGHT Used to It. **Here's that returned soldier boast­ ing about how be was gassed in the trenches, on<? It never hurt him." "How could It?, He wajy^.hook agent for ten years." Yum Yum. After watching some folks eating the delightful fruit, one is Inclined to Bay with that distinguished statesman whose name we forget, "Come on in-- the watermelon's fine." NeW fork has 6.000 *ro&en enlisted b a police rese/ve corps. When Your Eyes NeedCfert Try Marine Eye Remedy The **Come-back" man was really never down-and-out. His weakened condition because of overwork, lack of exercise, im­ proper eating and living demands stimula­ tion to satisfy the cry for a health-giving appetite and the refreshing Bleep essential to strength. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules, the National Remedy of will do the work. They are wonderful. Three of these capsules each dav will put a man on his feet before he Knows it: whether his trouble comes from uric acid poisoning, the kidneys, gravel or stone in the bladder, stomach derangement or other ailments that befall the over zealous Amer­ ican. The best known, most reliable rem­ edy for these troubles is GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. This remedy has stood the test tor more than 200 vears since its discovery in the ancient labora­ tories in Holland. It acts directly and gives relief at once. Don't wait until yoa are entirely down-and-out, but take them today. Your druggist will gladly refund your money if they do not help you. Ac­ cept no substitutes. Look for the name GOLD MEDAL on every box, three sires. Thev are the pure, original, imported Haarlem Oil Capsules.--Adv. Three Million Spangles In Flag, A flag of extraordinary beauty, com­ posed entirely of spangles, was recent­ ly displayed in a Chicago store win­ dow. The brilliant emblem, flashing back the light from innumerable points, extended almost the full width of the panel at the back of the display area. Three and one-half million of the tiny metal disks, strung on threads,' were used In fashioning this flag.--Popular Mechanics Magazine. South Pasadena Home Guardsmen refuse to read Hearst publications. United States in 1917 consumed 38,- 000,000.000 dgarett*i» 4 f ; He Could, Aii Right. "The sounds of battle are something terrifying," roared the lecturer. "Can you imagine the screaming of tho shells, the roaring of the cannons, the yells of the men, the rattle of the rifles and machine guns?" "Yes, sir, I think I can," said tha meek little man In the front row, who thought the question was meant for him. "We got three singers, two trom­ bone players, eight pianos, fourteen talking machines, a violinist and a cornetist in our block, ail get back in practice." • > .• •, #8 Not Rafferty'a Feet. At a parade of a company of BCWly called dp men, the drill instructor's face turned scarlet with rage aa ha berated a new recruit for hla awk­ wardness. "Now, Rafferty," he roared* "ywrtl spoil the line with thoae feet. Draw them back at once, man, and get than in line." Kafferty's dignity was hart. "Plaze, sargint," he said, "they're not mine; they're Micky Doolan'a In the rear rank!" Even 'With' LwdendorfO He .̂ v, The old woman who lived in a shoe' boasted: "Yet the crown prince couldn't live In a pocket." she Chlcagoans reported 18 casta to one day recently. 8t. Lonis, Mo* is to be wholly out hard coal next winter. SCHEFFMANN CATARRH BALM - :;\r Wanted Young Ladies to learn General tad OiwtHrfctl K--a»i >- BBoaths Hwp'UI Training «iul jouiall p«rw«ek. liiitoMlHMnHlUaiN,! W. N. U* CHICAGO, MO.