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wise 
bought $600 worth of liberty bonds. 
The money in the bank paid him 4 
per cent. The liberty bonds pay 
him 3i/ 2 , but he had decided to do a 
real job of paying his debt to 
America. 
He left today for Jefferson bar- 
racks and from there he goes to the 
front. 
Leaves a Sweetheart. 
There is another side to the story. 
He is leaving a sweetheart here to 
Avait until he comes back, and he 
knows that may never be. 
Put these items, then, to the 
credit side of the ledger when you 
foot up Uncle Sam’s account with 
Richard Prokop, foreign born: 
He is going to the front to give 
his life, if need be. 
He is lending his savings to 
Uncle Sam. 
He is leaving a sweetheart whom 
he may never see again. 
When he left the offices of the 
state council of defense every man 
in the room shook his hand and 
stood at attention as he walked 
through the door, on his way to the 
front. As he walked through the 
capitol park he gave his testimoni- 
al for Uncle Sam. 
Tells of Debt to Country. 
. ‘ ‘ This country has been good to 
me,” he said. “I want to do Avhat 
I can. I came to this country a 
boy, without friends and without 
money. The people were kind to 
me. I saved more money in four 
years than 1 could save in 20 in the 
village where I was born. I think 
this is the greatest country on 
earth, and I am proud to fight for 
it. This country gave me my $650. 
1 am glad to let the country use it 
as long as it needs it. I don’t talk 
about America like some young 
men do. I don’t care about the 
ON SIN HORTICUL 
SPECIAL EDITION 
high cost of living. I love my 
country, and wherever they tell me 
to go, I ’ll go. I did not enlist for 
five years. I enlisted for the Avar. ’ ’ 
This is the true story of Richard 
Prokop, foreign born, which is 
Avorth while. IIoav does it appeal 
to you? — Madison Democrat. 
Disloyal Few Give Bad Name to 
Wisconsin. 
By Ellis B. Usher. 
Mihvaukee, June 16. — The reg 
istration for Avar Avas so satis- 
factory as to surprise some people 
Avho never learn that certain facts 
govern results in Wisconsin. Such 
people do not learn that the only 
reason Wisconsin ’s loyalty has ever 
been questioned is that she has been 
noisily and persistently misrepre- 
sented by the German- American al- 
liance ; by a feAV treasonable neAvs- 
papers, and worse than all by her 
men in public life, a majority of 
Avhom have unfortunately been se- 
lected by the combination of sinis- 
ter interests partially enumerated 
above. 
# & # '/? # # 
When Mihvaukee gave 10.000 
plurality for Wilson it ought to 
have been a sufficient notice to the 
country that German sympathizers 
are in hopeless minority here. If a 
A'Ote Avere taken here today the re- 
sult would be a big, clean majority, 
and the state would be for Wilson. 
It is for Wilson. 
Today the opponents of Wilson 
arc reduced to the sympathizers 
Avith Germany, and a feAv futile 
and pusillanimous pacifists, avIio, 
though contemptible, are danger- 
ous. as are all men avIio skulk in the 
bushes and shoot braver men in the 
back. All these pacifist elements 
accomplish is to show a disposition 
to hamstring the government and 
' U R E 
endanger, so far as they can, the 
lives of their loyal neighbors by in- 
viting violence. 
“And if you are ever tempted 
to say a Avord or do a thing that 
shall put a bar betAveen you and 
your family, your home, and your 
country, pray God in his mercy 
to take you that instant home 
his OAvn HeaA'en. Think of your 
home, boy ; Avrite and read, and 
talk about it. Let it be nearer 
and nearer to your thought, the 
farther you have to travel from 
it ; and rush back to it when you 
are free, as that poor black slave 
is doing iioav. And for your coun- 
try, boy,” and the words rattled 
in his throat, “and for that 
flag,” and he pointed to the ship, 
“never dream a dream but of 
serving her as she bids you, 
though the service carry you 
through a thousand terrors. No 
matter what happens to you, no 
matter Avho flatters you or who 
abuses you, never look at another 
flag. Remember, that behind all 
these men you have to do Avith, — 
behind officers, and government, 
and people even — there is the 
Country Herself, your Country, 
and that you belong to Her as you 
belong to your own mother.” 
The Man Without a Country. 
Lincoln’s Letter to Mrs. Bixby. 
My Dear Madam: — - 
I have been shoAvn in the files 
of the War Department a state- 
ment of the Adjutant-General of 
Massachusetts, that you are the 
mother of five sons who died 
gloriously on the field of battle. 
I feel how Aveak and fruitless must 
be any Avord of mine which should 
attempt to beguile you from the 
grief of a loss so overwhelming. 
But I cannot refrain from tender- 
ing you the consolation that may 
