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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. x tw 1 1 W i ' iM 1 1 I K-v '1 II LK; 4 II M 3 11 &'' ;mxL 'A I I VSV. S ' ' J? fZlKM.. 3 I I Kt&?wmy. hmTvMk' AX MA5MYK : Life President o Czechoslovakia You Can't Rub It Awayj Rheumatism is in the Blood Liniments Will Never Cure. If you arc. afflicted with Rhea matism, why waste time with lini ments, lotions and other local appli cations that never did euro Rheu matism, and never will? Do not try to rub the pain away. Try the sensible plan of finding the causo of the pain, and go after that. Removo tho causo, and you remove the pain. You will never bo rid of Rheu- matism until you cleanse your blood of tho germs that cause tho disease. S. S. S. has never had an equal as a oiooa purcner ana scores of sufferers say that it has cleansed their blood of Rheumatism, and ro moved all trace of the disease from their system. Get a bottlo of S .S. S.. and get on the right treatment to-day. Spo cial medical advice free. Address Medical Direotor, 111 Swift Lab oratory, Atlanta, Ga. &a&szza&rr z$i&iA8XEr 4 "M KKSIDBNT for life of a now nation H A audi Is the unique position of Thomas H H a. Mnsaryk of tho Czecho-Slovak ro- p.HJH public. Ills career Ih like n fulry B story tho son of a Slovak coachman I BH I In nn obscure Moravian town; tho I I itAdtrnrnit r ,1 mlf.littr nnilnn tllf nielli irj CI if J. U .1.1.1. J ,,in", v ruler of a nation resurrected from tlio dead; the Idol of his people; In ternationally known as one of tho great statesmen of tho times I Masaryk's place In the nffectlon nnd confldenco of his pcoplo Is shown by n unique provision In tho now constitution of the republic. Tho presi dent is elected for a term of seven years and no ono may bo chosen for a third term no one except President Masoryk. This Is equivalent to nn elec tion for life. Who shall say this unique honor Is not de served? Apparently Mnsaryk Is truly the "Father of Ills Country." If ever n stato or nation was "mado'? by ono man, tho now republic wus muda by Its life president. So Masarjk's people seem to feel. Ills seven tieth birthday was recently celebrated as n na tional holiday by tho entire Czccho-Slovak nation. In nradcany castle In Prague, the nnclent palaco of Koinan emperors and Hohcmlan kings, now tho presidential residence, foregathered tho representa tives of foreign powers, members of tho national assembly nnd tho cabinet, delegates of tlio churches nnd other notables. Tho president of tho assembly, Tomnsek, addressed Masaryk as follows ; "Leader of our national revolution, creator of our Independence, teacher of our nation, guide In now roads, our golden, good, beloved little father, may you ho well and strong for many years, for many decnucs, to tho well-being and success of tho nation and tho republic." Here Is, In port, a sketch of Masaryk, sent out by tho Czccho-Slovak News Service; It probably may bo taken ns olllclol: March 7, 1850, In nn qbscuro district of Mo ravin, Thomas fl. Masaryk was born. Ho Is tho son of a coachman. Ills education was begun In tho local schools, continued nt the gymnasium of Drno nnd finished at tho Universities of Vlenua and Lclpslg. Whllo studying nt Lclpslg he met Miss Oar rlgue of Rrooklyn, N. Y., who wns studying music nt the conservatory. Slio returned homo In tho summer of 1878 and Masaryk followed and wooed her, finally winning bor hand. This was Mnsaryk's first visit to the United States. Tho Impressions made on him by American Institutions fostered his lovo of liberty and longing to freo his natlvo land. At twenty-nine ho wns appointed, Instructor In philosophy In the University of Vienna, and three years later he wns chosen professor of phi losophy In the new Czech University of Prague, Immediately ho wns recognized as nn ablo Inter preter of modern philosophical, political and ho clnl tendencies. Incidentally ho became tho most potent force In molding tho thoughts of Slav stu dents, particularly of Bohemians nnd Slovaks. In 1891 he wus elected a doputy for Mornvla In tho Anstrlou parliament, subsequently resigning to devoto his entire tinio to scientific research. In 1007, as nn adherent of tho "Henllst" movement, ,whlch subsequently wns merged with tho "Progres bIvo" party, ho was agnln delegated by hlH con stituency to represent It in pnrllument, One of the planks of tho platform on which ho .was elected demanded ultimate Independence for llohomln. Masaryk Is tho lost, and tho greatest, of tho "awakenem" of tho Bohemian and Slovak people, who, following tho disastrous Thirty Years' war, wcro reduced to utter polltlenl, cultural, social and religious impotence Freedom of mind and body and tho liberty of his country wcro always upper most In tho thoughts of the teacher of philosophy. In furtherance of his ambitions and convictions Mniuiryk published nnd edited a newspaper, tho Times, which soon becamo tho most Inlluentlnl Journal of tho Bohemians. It openly demanded autonomy for Bohemia. It was ono of tho first Journals whoso publication was suspended nt tho outbreak of tho great world war, becouso of Its persistent advocacy of the rights of tho Bohemians, Its defenso of Serbia, and Its open avowal of tho causo of tho nlllos, Masaryk exposed the forgeries prepared by tho Magyar," Count Forgach, who was then tho duly accredited ambassador to Serbia, and who, with tho connlvunco of a Vienna historian, I)r. Fried Jung, mado posBlblo tho chnrgo that the Jugo-Slnvs of Austrla-IIungnry wcro engaged In a conspiracy against the dual monarchy. In Agram (Zagreb) flfty-threc Creations woro sentenced to the gallows an a result of tho efforts of Forgach and FrlodJung, nnd they would huvo been executed If Masaryk hud not nppealed to tho world against tho bar barity and hnmorullty of Austrh-lIungory in snerb flclng Innocent men to a supposed political expedi ency of making out n enso against Serhln. Masaryk demonstrated beyond a doubt that willing tools and courtly ofllclnls of tho duul monarchy's foreign otllce inunufnctured tho documents which were used ns tho basis-of tho proofs on which the con viction of tho Jugo-Slovn was predicated. Masaryk Ih nn nuthor of no mean ability, and his writings cover a wldo Held. At twenty-six ho published his "Immortality According to Plato." This book was followed by his "Jan Huh," "Korql llavllcek." nnd tho "Bohemian Question," all of which aimed to uplift the Bohemian nation morally di'il M'trltiuilly, His "Social Question'' Is a crltl- Px A IB & My yfy 4am jV art' jLjHrsrf T!lvzmmmMAJM lnTzu3mm f Em'' x ZZZJZ&SAXlttf CAPJTM, After you eat always use E ATONIC Cfor your stomachs sake) ono or two tablets eat liko candy. Instantly relieves Heartburn. Bloated Gnssy Feeling. Stops indigestion, food souring, repeating, headache and tho many miseries caused by Acid-Stomach EATONIC is tho best remedy, it takes tho harmful acids and gases right out of tho body and, of course, you get well. Tens of thousands wonderfully benefited. Guaranteed to satisfy or money refunded by your own drug gist. Cost a trifle. Please try it I CLMMSr tA?r GtT4.3ARYjFC clsm of tho theories of Karl Marx. "Russia and Europe" is n record of his observations nnd nn nblo and sympathetic analysis of the ambitions nnd purposes of tho northVni Slnvs. With his services rendered to tho causo of tlio Czccho-Slovuk people and the allies tho world Is fainlllar. Ills organization of tho Ozecho-Slovak troops In Russia will stand out ns ono of tho greatest epics of tho world's history. Upon tho creation of tho Czecho-Slovnk repub lic, Mnsaryk was selected as Its first president. Immediately ho resumed his role of n tencher n teacher of practical politics. Thcro in tlio "White House" of Czecho-Slovnkla, tho ancient and historic cnstlo of Hrndcany in Prague, "Llttlo Father" (Totlcek) Masaryk Instructs his peoplo In tho sclcnco of self-government. Mnsaryk saysr"Tho republic was created by work and by toll It must exist." This has been adopted as tho country's creed. All tho world realizes thnt tho republic's futuro rests In Indus try, agriculture and commerce. To n healthy re vival of theso agencies President Mnsaryk bends every effort nnd devotes his energies. "I consider bolshoylst communism nn Jmpos slhlllty In Ozoeho-Slovnklo," ho says. "Real, sin cero politics must bo founded on science, I en deavor always to put my political views on n sound scientific basis, on what sclcnco has taught me. Science Is truth, nothing more or less, and political truth Is democracy. Bohemia enn never accept tho Ideals of Prussia and Germany, which would enslavo tho world by military drill and Machiavellian misuse of sclcnco and culture. Tho allies have proclaimed as their aim tho reconstruc tion and regeneration of Europe, and It is evident this cannot bo attained merely by reshaping tho mnp. Europo's whole mentality must bo changed. Her regeneration must bo ns much moral and spiritual as political." So much for the official sketch. It should bo added hero that President Masnryk's son, .Tnn 0. Mnsaryk, and his daughter, Miss Olgn Masaryk, have loyally worked with their father and hnvo given vulijublo old. Masaryk Is essentially a student, a philosopher and teacher. Nevertheless, ho does not bellovo In pacifism. Ho said In his birthday reply to tho felicitations of bis people: "The program of humanity Is a moral Ideal to be truly a man. Tho program of humanity Is not the program of wenk pacifism and supine yield ing. It Is true that our Chelclcky, and In modern dajs Tolstoy, Identified humanity with non-reslst-anco to evil. That Is not correct. I recall how I had n controversy Mwornl times with Tolstoy on this point because I drew tho deduction from the program of humanity that It Is Just tho lovo of neighbor, lovo of nation and of mankind which commands us to defend ourselves with all energy, to rosM evil everywhere, always and in nil things." This philosophy of resistance to evil has gdded Masaryk In his career ns a lighter and prac tical statesman through his political career, which long antedates the world wnr. Ho was ono of tho prominent figures of tho old Austrian parliament, where ho led a group of Creeh. deputies called, characteristically, tho Realist party. Vjiny years bock, when most of tho Czech lendors still hoped to achieve their national purposes within tho framework of the Austro-llungnrlan monnrchy, and did not devote much attention to foreign politics, Mnsaryk recognized that tho growing Influence of Germany In tho Austrlnn government would in evltnbly work agoing tho Interests of tho Czech nation, anil ho concentrated on a relentless cam paign against the Imperialistic program of tho Gorman-AuHtro-HungarIan alliance. Tho world wnr guvo Masaryk tho opportunity to fulfill tho tnlMon of bis life, tho liberation of tho Czocht-Hlovuk people from Ilnpsburg rule. What ho had foreseen has sorno to pass. Gernion Imperialism. Hi Its trend tow'ard the East, was to nbsorb tho moribund organism of Austria-Hungary; the Czecho-Slovak people was doomed; Prague was to bo tho first In tho series of stepping stones of Prusslnn power: Vienna, Budapest, Bel grade, Sofia, Constantinople, Bagdad, tho Persian gulf. He recognized thnt tho causo of tho Czecho slovak peoplo was tho cause of tho allies, and, t fleeing from Austria, ho proceeded to convince statesmen and public opinion in tho entente countries. At tho outset tho task seemed almost hopeless. There ho was, a lone fugitive, under sentence of death In tho land of his fathers, tho enemy nnps-burg-nohenzollcrn autocracy enthroned on tho pinnacle of military success. Mnsaryk wns un daunted. "Ho found," says tho Bohemian Review, "Czech exiles In Switzerland; ho established rela tions with emigrants In Paris, London nnd Russia. Ho told them thnt tho hour had como to strike n blow for freo Bohemln . . . Ills call reached across tho ocean to the Bohemians of Amcrlcn . . . lie lectured In universities, talked to statesmen, gave Interviews to journalists, wrote 'for the rc lcw8, established a French periodical In the In terests of Ids country, enlisted gifted writers nnd generous friends of freedom In the cause of Bohemln." In 1915 Mnsaryk founded the Czecho-Slovak Notional Council In Paris. This body assumed the rolo of provisional government of a country embedded In tho very center of tho power of tho victorious enemy. Vienna cursed, but did not tako Masaryk too seriously. Step by step tho "govern ment without n country" advanced; it enmo to have nn exchequer supported chiefly by assess ments nnd voluntnry contributions of the Czecho slovak organizations In tho Unttcd States; It main tained an army In Slberln. nnd military units In Franco nnd Itnly. VIennn still scorned, but tho signs of panic became vlslblo behind tho sneer, for meonwhllo tho passive resistance, tho "silent revo lution" of tho Czecho-Slovnk peoplo at homo con tinued, impeding tho war activities of tho dual monarchy at every stop. Allied recognition of Czecho-Slovnkla as a belligerent power and the Czecho-Slovnk National Council ns Its de facto government camo In tho summer of 1018, and on October 28 of thnt year governmental authority at Prague was taken over by Its local committee. Freo Czecho-Slovukla was a reality. But it Is seldom that Masaryk speaks of him self. Tho ono personal passago of his birthday address on March 7 was that In which ho dis claimed personal merit nnd good fortune, no sold: "Many pleasant messages camo to mo today, bringing out thnt my life was a very fortunnto one. I must confess that tho word 'fortunnto' never carried much meaning for me. I never be lieved In nccldcnt, I did not bellovo In good luck In tho llfo of Individuals and nations. Fortunnto Is ho who has a life rich In contents, fortunnto Is ho who can, nt least partly, through honest effort realize his Ideals. In this senso I nm fortunnte, but it Is not my good fortune alone, but of all who with mo struggled for tho liberty of tho nation. I never tnlked much of myself, and even todny It Is difficult to say something of myself. I will only promise you thnt tho task Intrusted to mo by the will of tho peoplo I shall faithfully nnd tirelessly carry out." And todny the Austro-llungnrlan empire, Ilapsburgs nnd Hohenzollerns are evil memories. Tho two emperors, Wllllnm nnd Knrl, lead o parasitic exlstenco In exllo; and Masaryk, thc coachmnn's son, onetime blacksmith's apprentice, Is governing tho Czecho-Slovak republic, probnbly strongest nnd best organized of central European countries and qulto possibly destined to become a model deinocracy of tho Old World, from thr Homo llmdcnny cnstlo where once the llnpsbur reigned ovor a third of Eurooe. Burglary Is Not Profitable." When one rends In the pnper an ac count of n burglary where the thief succeeded In securing $3,000 to .$10,000 worth of Jewelry, one Is apt to think Hint the spoils were probnbly worth the risk, but Investigation hns shown that thieves never renllzo anything Ilka tlio full value of their plunder. In Erig Innd It was discovered thnt out of 408 burglaries reported In various parts of the kingdom the proceeds netted the principals nn average of about $75 each. The value of the plunder was many times that figure. 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