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Show . MIQHT BE WELL TO WARN THEM. Aunt Martha Was Impressed vlth Danger Threatening Soldiers. "UleSB Tap. Mnrthvt" ovllm.t Uncle Cyrus, looking up from his magazine, says tbe Youth's Companion. Compan-ion. "We're getting a navy that don't need to take a back seat for any o' them European nations." Aunt Martha Mar-tha continued placidly measuring out the Ingredients of "mountain" cake, and manifestly was not unduly excited over naval affairs. ,"Just listen to this: Some fellow has been making estlmat j. Any half-dozen half-dozen of our big cruisers have engine strength equal to the pulling power of all the horses In the Russian cavalry! cav-alry! 'The engines of our big battleship lrful8lany are strong enough If they could be fastened anywhere to pull the hull United States cavalry Into tho sea, an' " "AJercy sa'.ces!" cried Aunt Martha, with arrested spoon for the ftrst tlmo Impressed with these Interesting Hta-tlstlcs, Hta-tlstlcs, "I hopo to goodness our cav-alry'Il cav-alry'Il keep nwn"J from the shorel" |