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Show - f . NOTICE TO SlfiKVOr.IEH a second wife, who becomes the honsehold drudge for her keeponly. But polygamy la Turkey is fast disappearing In the best classes, ss the educated Turkish woman of ; Pfe TTi.rry a man one or more s already-hawho consent to will she nor wives, afterward. share her husband to-flj- ... "Good roads, more than any other innke for the contentment and prosperity, happiness of the people," declared Col. W. P. Richardson, engineer In charge of high vn y M n A n s fe n.;"Th ts ts particularly evident at this time, when In every large, city there Is protest against the high prices of food. I ft my Judgment, good roads, more than any other agency, will help to solve permanently the high cost of living. Transportation. of course. Is at the foundation of prices. It Is truthfully said that where there Is transportation food prices mount high. We know that In cities prices are greatly In excess of those rural districts and It Is ail a matter of transportation and distribution. If we have good roads, sve can get our products to market. If national undertaking. ABZZArf I. J&KlfS 1 Iniuh-quat- - . ' I r k , .f - J - , Va American representative at Constanti- g. ' r v o- s it Y' a 'A s Xt . U. y - 4k ZJ ? r T. "' , .'VV k !L 3' t . T- "5 S Z xsn , ( ,. Ai, , i, , 'v ,f Good Road Over Rocky Mountains. sve huven't, we cannot. . pwww Products on j - cessity. "The Initial outlay In the building of roads may seem large, but It la small In comparison with the benefits "that accrue. In Alaska we have ap- kind. Why has Germany allowed these things to be done? The atrocities committed by the Turks In Armenia are perhaps no worse than those of which the Germans themselves have been guilty In Belgium and France, but there is something exterminapeculiarly horrible In the tion of a brave and cultured people. What Interest had Germany In allowing this thing to be done? The only explanation that can be offered Is that Germany wanted the Armenians exterminated because It suited the purposes of her commercial greed. The Armenians are the tanners,-thmolders, tho blacksmiths, the tailors, the carpenters, the the weavers, the shoemakers, the Jewelers, the pharmacists, the doctors, the lawyers of ARla Minor and of the Turkish empire. They are at heart a conservative people and for hundreds of years their trade has been done with 1'Yance and England. They do not take kindly to Gorman goods. Therefore Germany closed her eyes while Turkey was exterminating them. The presence of the .Artueulau was, a menace, or at deleast threatened to retard the of velopment Sympathy for the Unltsd States. There is throughout the Levant aud the Balkans a real aud sympathy for the The lending Bulgarian statesUnited States. men are graduates f American schools and colThe Turkish government has taken a leges. tbe Amerlean College for Glrls ln grnduaU-- of Constantinople and placed her' In charge of the organization of Turkish schools In Syria. It Is especially among -- the middle and the lower classes that the United States Is genuinely pop ulur. Emigrants who have returned,' tourists who have traveled, all agree that America stands for democratic principles that Is,' for liberty and equality of opportunity for all, rich and poor . The present alike, without class distinctions. In life as a telestarted vizier ofTurkey grand In Adilanople. boy graph Turkey broke off diplomatic relations with the of United States two Weeks after the declaration-war with Germany. The exact date was April 20. Ambassador Elkus was Informed by a prominent member of the Turkish government that the pressure exerted by Germany upon the Sublime I'orte to break off relations with America was dally .growing stronger. It is significant that the note announcing the rupture of relations was the?Ttrr hen all public offices are closed. the on the day Turkish cabinet held a meeting and the note was draft ed. signed and dispatched. To everyone In Constantinople this denoted that the Utmost-pressure had be-brought to bear upon the sultans government by his Teutonic ally. When the war broke out there was only $4,000,-(XEveryworth of paper money In Turkey. thing was paid for In hard cash, and gold and silver were the currency almost exclusively used In the dally transactions of the people. Every-thin- g was on a cash basis. ,There Is in Turkey today after S3 months of war more than of paper taongy, the authorized emissions having reached a total of nearly 90,000,000 pounds. cold-bloode- good d - proximately 900 tulles of Improved roads, varying from the ordinary country dirt road to the best kind of In Nome there ts a stretch of road over which In the summer time thousands of tons of products are hauled." Inn-enda- e clay-worker- s, POOR ROADS ARE EXPENSIVE Mistaken Idea That Improved High. ways Are Solely for Benefit of Automobile Owners. Toor roads are very expensive things tor country communities. The farmer who thinks that Improved highways ore mainly for the benefit of those who drive automobiles should reflect on the results of a recent Investigation by the department of agriculture, which finds that the cost of hnullng farm produce over ordinary country, roads Is 23 cents a ton mile, whereas over roads it is only 13 cents. Youth's Cotrpaulon. lan-Germa- n Mlttel-Europ- deep-roote- d -- d OPERATION OF A ROAD DRAG Use Pokiest, Laziest Kind Of Team and Let Them' Have Their Own Time Just Keep Moving. - To not wait for anything; build a drag and get out onto the road. Drive very slowly. Use the poklest,. Jaxlest team you own, and give them their time. Just so they keep moving they will be going swiftly enough. After you have used the drag a year, and have learned when to drive rapidly and when to drive slowly, you can carry a whip or rlve a mettlesome :eaia. mes-enge- r " Vetch as Cover Crop. An expert says that winter vetch does bet as a cover crop If a little rye-tseeded with It. One bushel of vetch bushed of rye per acreis to one-haabout right. lf Bad Habit of Cow. Once a cow finds out she can get over an old fence there will be trouble perhaps for all time. Rats Are Expensive. "Fifty rats on a form will cost the eweer $100 to $300 a year. s i-- . Armenia was uppermost In my thoughts as I talked with Ambassador Elkus. Peaceful, Intelligent Armenia, an intellectual people, clever in practical affairs , and of lofty 'deallsm. When Turkey entered the war there ;ere two million Armenians, but the atrocities of 1913 and 1910 very greatly reduced their number, Systematic butchery and wholesale slaughter of these people by the Turks makes this one of the most terrible crimes In the history of man- the farm are ,worth nothing tf they cannot find a market. I am convinced that the most Important governmental work U In the Improvement of the In this day of Wtor trucks roads. It Is much easier to haul products to the cities or to railroad terminals than It was a few years ago, but we must have gol roads to do It. There Is not the slightest doubt that good roads many times over pay for themselves. They are a fundamental economic ne- hard-surface- t r ,A ., I jJM' - BRAM I. ELK US, ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to the Sublime Porte, Is the only 'man in this country today who by firsthand knowledge can tell of things as they are in the land of the Turk. Stricken with the dreaded typhus, be lay at' the point of death when, obeying the mandate of Germany, the Imperial Ottoman government broke off. diplomatic relations with the United States. Mr. Elkus' personality had so Impressed the Turks that the sultans government Insisted upon his remaining In Constantinople until hi$ health was thoroughly restored and he could, without danger of a relapse, undertake the long and arduous Journey to America. Mr. Elkus continued the excellent Impression created by his predecessor, the lion. Ilenry Morgenthau, aud by his efficiency and kindness had done more than make himself popular In Turkey; he has made the United States popular. Without any diplomatic training, the plain American lawyer who until then had been distinguished only by his philanthropy made an excellent record In an extremely difficult diplomatic post and while engaged upon an errand of mercy, visiting a Red Cross Soup kitchen, contracted the Infection which o nearly cost him hla life, , i i - .."A !', i 1:2, By HENRY N. HALL, In the N.w York World. - v 1 -- - , ;7 ,v nople, to a ne wspaper correspondent 't VQ.T v means wonrUnfolk. and a Turk Inspeaking of his harem cludes his mother and sisters and his cousins and his aunts as well as his wife or wives. The part of the house set aside for their use Is called the harem, and far from being' furnished with Oriental luxuriance, as most people Imagine, It not Infrequently contains Grand Rapids furniture, uncomfortable chairs, pianos, phonographs and the other appurtenances of an average American flat. There are a number of theaters In Constantinople, or structures that go by that delusive name, but one rarely sees anything even approaching a decent show. The moving picture houses are legion, and when the staff of the American embassy left inConstantinople they were showing. In weekly stallments, a wonder film called "Mysteries milof New York, which Is sold to have cost a the "cut-in- " bore and title lion dollars. Every French added remark, "Captured In Roumania. a few films, however, are rarely seen, sometimes "made films Mester the Italian ones, but usually In Germany are shown. There Is, of course, a war weekly war film, but Invariably the AustrianNothGerman. the than films are more popular , ing but victories are ever shown. air from fo fear little had hns Constantinople raids, and the streets have remained brightly lighted at night. One unexpected effeft'of the war hns been the rapid spread of the Installation of electric light to all classes of buildings, despite the exorbitant cost of wiring and of electric light fixtures. The reason Is that petroleum oil, formerly used for Illuminating, now cost? $3 gold a f gasoline cannot be had gallon, and the fuel for automobiles All the for love or money. Is under military control. -- bassador Elktis , the e - - - As related by Am 't - - 1 1 W to their harem, bot when they do ao they rarely If ever mean -' n $3C,-IXXl.OO- O (t MOO ' V.i YSrV f L ? if &' Jf . r JXJl fa The poor In Turkey find It hard 'to keep tbemselrea alive. The only reason many of them do manage to .live In the cities Is because the govern- -' ment allows each Inhabitant half a pound of bread a day, for which the recipient has to pay two cents. Somehow or other they all manage to get their two cents a day. Then there are ' aoup kitchens run by the American Red Cross, the Turkish Red Crescent, the Jewish Charttlec commission, the Greek Patriarch, and other socle- ties. Some soup kitchens give food free; others sell at cost price.' There are now no dogs In the streets of Con- stantinople. Time was when they acted, as scavengers, but now there Is nOSurplus left around to eat. The people save their last crust. There are no bones, The dogs were not shot or used for military service, they were sent off to a semi-- , desert Island' In the sea of Marmora and have undisputed sway of Its barren shores. The government makes free distribution - of beans, cheese and olives to the families of soldlers, but this support Is doled out In driblets. Destitute families among the civilian population also get supplies free from some of ihe charitable organizations, but before the war one never heard of men and women dropping dead from starvation In the streets. Even now- it Is comparatively rare, but deaths from malnutrition and lack of to even mild diseases are not uncommon. People weakened by lack of food fall easy prey to ailments which In normal times would not be serious. The aspect of Constantinople has changed con. Curisiderably since the outbreak of and has It enough. Improved,' Immensely ously from a cause which Is entirely unrelated to war .or political conditions. It. happened that during the first year of the war an unusually capable and honest man .was mayor of Constantinople DJemll Pasha, the foremost surgeon In Turkey, lie went to work on the city as If It had been a diseased human being and performed surgery on the streets. He cut out and removed unhealthy alums and widened and relald streets; he paved streets and cleaned streets and made parks and open breathing places. He got the telephouo system completed and the street car system electrified. In 1915 he resigned because of trouble with the government and went to Switzerland, where he had been educated. - Later he made his pence with the powers that be and Is now back In Constantinople. Germany Dominates Turkey. How far Germany seeks to dominate Tnrkey, not only In military but also In civil matters, may best be shown by the fact that Berlin Insisted. as part of the recent treaty with the Sublime Porte, upon the reorganization of the Court system and the abolition of the religious This means a profound modification tribunals. of the Mohammedan political and civic system along German lines. The U. S. S. Scorpion Is Interned in Constant!- : noplc for the, duration of the .war. There are -only three officers and sixty men on board. Permission foC shore leave under proper restrictions Is not denied by the Turkish authorities. The wonder of wonders In Constantinople Is that women workers are beginning to be seen. Woman's first step toward emancipation through work tn Turkey was brought about by an Araert- can Invention the telephone. "Hello girls" were Then the elty got pcrmlsslon to use women as street sweepers-- ! they could sweep the houses, why couldn't they sweep the streets? Then the post office went short of men and a few women were used as letter sorters. There are also Turkish women employed as hospital nurses and In the soup kitchen. Although Turkey is virtually dominated by Germany In military matters, the Turks do not love-th- e Germans. In the estimation of the gentle Turk, the German lacks tact and delicacy. Teutonic ability, energy. Initiative and capacity are admired, and genuinely respected, but the Turk and thp Conrmn rto nor mtx any more thnn oit and water. .Yet Germans are everywhere In Turkey, and are almost falling over themselves in Constantinople. There are German officers, German military - experts, German civil advisers, ffr Germany Is paylng' par-tlcular attention to the education of the rising generation of young Turks. Even the Germans -- , -. high-proo- - WHERE SOME NICKNAMES GIVEN WORLDS - FIGHTING MEN HAD ORIGIN ' VrFh It be "Sammies?" Probably not The history, of slang shows that nicknames of soldiers (or anything else) come from the soldiers themselves, or very often from the enemy. It apparently has occurred to nobody who writes letters to the newspapers that the American soldier has gone through several wars without any fixed slang name such as the English soldiers Tommy the-war- first-employe- Atkins. Most of the letters advocate the Sammy appendage. Who started It nobody knows. Probably the Idea of Sammy- after Uncle Sam broke out In eruption In several quarters at the same time. Word from France says that the men of the rershlng expedition do not like the Idea. Sammy or any ending In tht affectionate diminutive to the American mind is unmanly. That is not so In England and British possessions. Tommy Atkins" sprang, according to reports; from a word written, on a sample form of application to the British army. It represented the British John Doe. And anyway Tommy applies only to the English soldier,, usucoally a little fellow,- - and not to the lonials, Scotch "Kilties" or Irish J Dragoons or Fnslllers. With Sammy as a basis the letter writers next decided on Samson as a fitting name less effeminate. "The Sons of Sam Uncle Sam fine and manly, they argued. But Samsons didnt stick either. Then many advocated Yank? from Yankees, theoldClvH war nickname for the Union troops. That, of course, did not appeal to the - big-bone- rs , d could hardly take a Sometimes I would be so miserable that I could not sweep a room. 1 doctored part of the time but felt no I later took Lydia E. a change. Vegetable Compound and soon felt a change for the better. I took it tmtil I was In good healthy condition, I recommend the Pinkham remedies to all women as I have used them with such Mrs. Milford T. good results. 822 Harmony St, Penns Grove. N. J. Such testimony should be accepted women as convincing evidence of the excellence of Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound as a remedy for the distressing ills of women such as displacements,inflammation, ulceration, backache, painful periods, nervousness and kindred ailments. . step. Pink-fcam- Cum-MING- Americans,. The Southerners were "Rebs from rebels, or "Johnny Rebs. It Is apparent that each got his name from the enemy. So In the Mexican war the only slang name the American soldiers had was "gringo," also given to him by the enemy. "Gringo means nothing In Spanish, The Australian and New Zealand soldiers of the British army have been dubbed Anzac." a combination of the initial letters of Australian and New Zealand array corps. The Scotch retain their name of "kilties, of course, from the kilts wear. The German soldiers are said to call they them "the - lame of bell.11 but that was too long a title to re main, although It probably pleased the kilties." There has been much discussion about "boche," the name for the German soldiers, the apd "pollu French soldier. "Boche" Is French slang, and its birth -- 4 clothed-imystery almost always surrounding a slang word. It means a most despicable sort of person and Is an Insult. n , , - tts It rtaffgnnil Tof anmfautrymanr U used commonly la the army, but generally the civilian. The term is doughboy 'Slnce "doughboy long has been inAmert can In- -' T!he lmtM S,Mes armr steady has as ! r Cll Vrlans tcrm as th army has In boy" is In Webster as meaning an Infantryman la the United States. Probably "doughboy, by reason of Its use and popularity in the American army, will become the general word for the American soldier before the : "iso may b"'Z'-yyusage, soldiers have seen so ranch rvke In and near Spanish speaking coum refer to themses In fun vV gringos. " York Herald. to . Frch S, by-a- Kitty Acquired the Habit As Marys mother was a voice tench-er- , Mary was familiar with the terminology of the music studio. One 'day when her kitten was whining vociferously outside the door, Mary exclaimed : "Mamma, please let kitty In Shes outside, forcing her voice , . 1 BABIES SKIN-TORTUR- Sleep, Mothers Rest After Treatment With Cutlcura Trial Free. Send today fob free samples of Cut!; cura Soap and Ointment and learn hov quickly they relieve Itching, burning skin troubles, and point to speedy of baby rashes, eczema and Having cleared babys skin keep it clear by using Cutlcura exclusively. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. L heal-me- Itch-ing- Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv. Over the Fence and Out At the Gibson county fair at Princeton there are places where the fences must be guarded to keep boys and others from swarming over and In, Tills says the Indianapolis News. year one of the amateur policemen appointed for a long strip of fence sat down In the shade and fell asleep. Rea Murphy, president of the association, chanced to see a long, gangling youth climb the fence there. "Youll have to pay or get out," he told tho youlh. "Got no money ; guess 131 get out, was the response. "No, on second thought," said Murphy, "Ill let you stay In on condition. You go wake that policeman and tell him you climbed la over the fence. "Shucks, then eh31 throw me out." "Try It, anyway, said , the president; "you31 get to stay." Long Boy did as bidden. "I climbed aroused ever the fence, he told watchman. What! exclaimed that Individual. "Then, right ont you go." lie dragged the youth toward a gate, but the youngster yelled lustily to Mr. Murphy and he came up. "Im putting this hoodlum out. explained the policeman; "he climbed the fence." He said he did, snapped back the association head, "bnt I told him to stay and have appointed him to keep you awake. Turn him loose." more . Long Boy saw the of his kind got over the fence that day. -- te o - - -- otherweakne(P i was very irregular and woulj have u pains so that I Southerners,. Somebody. wrote in. that ..Tanks wouldnt do because Yankee came from an Indian word which meant coward. That Isnt shown by Webster, who gives a dozen other theories about the origin of Yankee. Like all other slang word3 Practice doesnt always make perIt comes from so far back that nobodys memory fect, but it makes some lawyers and would serve In untangling the, mystery. doctors wealthy. In the Civil war the Northerners were "Yankees" or Yanks," meaning properly In the States a New Englander but a word applied abroad to all ..(Uf obc'e betbtuerters.TheTHrk- - eomewhst sen tel that. , The. Turkish police system Is about the best organized thing yhey hare" In Turkey. llefrthc Oriental love of Intrigue can rive Itself fnlt play, and as for astuteness and "finesse," the Turkish secret sen ice is not to te beat It has more weird and curious devices, more strange and secret methods than the mathematical mind of German efficiency ever dreamed of. The legal limit for Mohammedans Is four wives. As a matter of fact, most of them get along with one. There are of course, some reactionaries who insist upon their legal matrimonial complement, and a few poor men who want a sen-an- t and cannot afford one. These marry cannot speak too Bridgeton, tdghly of Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound for Inflammation and JEatr.-but.n- tL German-educato- d Positive Proof That Lydia E. 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