THE INTELLIGENCER ESTABLISHED 1820. Published every morning except Mouday by The Anderson Intelligen cer at 140 West . Whltner Street, An derson, S. pi .SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdays and Fridays L. M. GLENN....Editor and Manager Entered as s^ond-class matter April 28, 1914, at the post ofllco at Anderson, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Tolophono.321 SUBSCRIPTION KATES DAILY One Year.$5.00 Six .Months. 2.G0 Three Mouths... 1.2G Ono Month.42 Ono Week.;.10 SEMI-WEEKLY Ono Year.$1.60 Six Months.75 The Intelligencer is delivered hy carriers In tho city. Lock nt tho printed irbol on your paper. Tho date thereon shows when the siLscriptlon expires. Notlco date and label carefully, and if not correct please notify us nt once. Subscribers desiring tho address of thoir paper changed, will pieaso state in their communication both the old nnd now nddresses. 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And sometimes a square deal has every appearance of. being crooked. gp^-'-.; --lo ?> ?f alienee ?B golden then some bar bora aro poorer! than a church mouse. L Kurd wo u hi ct and a mighty poor ance gettink In the cream nf ab ?r?ioty.'league. How's this for a candidato for your Koat-gettcr colyum. Bro,. Bob Gon zales: ''Brutal" murder. Wo supptiso moBt members ot' tho British House , o* pommons are any thing but common' people. When Governor Brewer bf Missis IppJ and t?overitOr Rye Of Tennessee kt together what else ls needed? ---K>--- ' The Columbia "State has boen con-, ducting a class lu-tho uso of simllios, but so far has neglected to drag but tho old reliable: "AB-as Hell." Spain hau decided to recognize Car muzo., but she had better do it be fore Villa getB bold ot him because hu wouldn't recognise him then. Y .'Speaking o? national contentions v/hy don't thc Republican candidates g^^jB^esIdent hold a conventionT May bo they could find a convention hall big enough to accommodate them? ? ? o ?'?'?.' Tho Whiio House denies that Mrs. Galt ia to have her Wedding gowns ;^de .in Paris. iWnat iii the thunder *j^%ho White House got to do with With; inbst pacificists a man is .either, a jingo or a pacificist-they recognize no level-headed, common sense view that would :na^$gmjtij& 'a'eji^-;^i?S^ut militarism. . John . Wannom?kcr has accepted Mr. '?? Ford's invitation to join {he; Hattorf? ifttaa peace- outing : The/department ?toro. g?hlsB mighV pick, up ? little bargain tri tb? way of Bois!tua while orw there. BEFU0IXCI THE PRESIDENCY Thc reluctance of Kansas Itcpubll cana to take Justice Hughes' namo1 off the ballot Hhows bow bard it is1 for political leaders to understand bow any man can refuse tho honor' of a presidential nomination. To tho politician, it is inconcciv-' ^able. He regarda the presidency oa tho' I natural goal of every pi; bil career,1 and be lr, certain that even' a losing] fight for that prize UK champion of ai purty la an honor io bc grusped at eagerly by any amWious American. I It ia a wholesome thing, then, for tho politicians and for tho nation at ' lurge to bo reminded that there aro' men whoao eyes are not dazzled by viaiona of the White HOUHC, and who rcccgnlzo in the preaidency only one of the many honorable olllees worthy or high ability. Charles E. Hughes would rathor have bis present Job than Mr. Wil son's. Ile ec asidora tho supremo court of the United States as not In ferior to tho ofiico of chief executive. He thinkB he can serve the nation bet ter where he is, and ho knows that he will bo happier there. And Justice Hughes Isn't tho flrnt man who has- been BO minded. Wil liam H. Taft, it may be remembered, wanted above all other things to bo a supreme court Judge, and ran for tho presidency unwillingly. It la customary in America, if a man shows conspicuous ability Irv any public place, to begin immediately talking of him foi- the presidency. It is unfortunate that this VB so. There ore many public Jobs besides tho presidency that demand first-class men; Moreover, tho' .ambition, that this practice Incites tends to make a public man dissatisfied, . viewing whatever place ho may hold BS a mero stepping stono to something higher-when as c. matter of fact, whether it bo a mayoralty or covern ship or senatorship or judgeship or any of a dozen other forms ot public service, it may be the ono placo in which ho can do his happiest work and render his most effective service. Presidential ambitions have ruined far too many fino public careers in America. SOUTHEE!* JUSTICE' This verdict, ls said %j^be no as tho first of its kind in that Critics who Insist ?hat the South always discriminates against the negro in favor of the white man should consider a recent verdict rend ered in Colleton County, S. C. ., -.'A-.White maa waa tried fur hil ling a negro. There was no excitement. It was shown that the negro had been abused and ,pair of Now York nong writ o io, who, learn ing that his fiancee ls descended from Pocahontas, dashed off . te lay . cele brating the love of a White ealel^or his Indian Princess. The guilty au thors sent their composition to tho Whit? House, and can't ' understand the president's ; reply that tho song pains him, and that h? will bo oblig ed if lt is suppressed. They think he's wrong about iU -Apd. rof^g? _(to suppress it And thi>''^?o??d?ht^is helpless. U'B ono of .tba. peaces, a Democrat ban to pay for" democracy. REVOKING PA?SSPiri?T&, i>? It was drastic action, that our state department took with regard to a cer tain hyphenated eltUon sojuornlng in Germany. The man In quezon was a naturalised American . whtf," Vitt hts wife, had been living in Berlin. He was known to hairs mada Tentara?, during tho past yoar, which wera ra*, garded as . Insulting aiid , treasonable! ?0 lita adopted country, On one oe-j easton h? is said: to hovo anncmaced publicly' that ho Was asbaawW^ American cltiionshlp. When,.-f?sirSfDiW^'thV-'; gentleman. pr cite ti lcd himself nt tho American embassy with a request for his pass purt, he was calmly informed that it hp.? bown revoked. The applicant was filled with con sternation. His wife thereupon made u tearful appeal to Ambassador Ger ard, explaining that her husband merely wanted to go to Holland and back, and that it WUH a matter of vital necessity. Hut the ambassador wus obdurate. Tbat leaves the cillzen-ashamed-of his-uitizenship in a serious plight. Ho bas nothing to show that ,he Isn't a German subject, and is therefore liable to be drafted into the army whoso cause ho has so warmly espoused . Illa intended "visit to Hol land" was a ruse to get back to hts dcBplscd America, to escape military service. Tho propriety of the government using its passport privilege In this cold-blooded manner may be ques tioned; but there can't be r.ny ques tion of the salutary effect of such a lesson of the American citizen living in Germany, England, France and Austria who have been slandering their country instead of defending it. OUR DANGER STRIP In caso of a foreign invasion, our country would bear ono Blrong re semblance to France. About " four fiftliE of our munition plants and general manufacturing industries of military importance are located with in 200 miles of New York, together with about 00 por cent of our ship bi ding -plants, navy yards and gov ernmont storehouses. An enemy who succeeded In gaining possession of that region would be in much the same position as Germany today, holding a strip of northern France containing 80 per cent pf France's manufactures and mines. , We have the advantage that our country is incomparably larger than France in extent and resources, but that doesn't prevent tho residents of tho eastern states from feeling more keenly than those of the safe interior tho possibilities of foreign peril. Whether any enemy, however, even with our present defense,, could hope to effect a landing on our eastern coast with a large enough army and equipment to conquer that'populous licet Ion i? another question, regard ing whlr-h experts aro hopelessly at variance. I ; I j ' ! A LIN EA I o' DOPE j Weather Forecast-Rain Saturday*; Sunday fair and colder.. - o "My daugMer-la-law, Mrs. John M. Graham and two littlo daughters came up to spond Thanksgiving with nie," stated T. A. Graham yes terday, "and I have been having lott of. fun with my little grandchildren. They aro bu th giris and are twins, twolve months old. They are so much ?liko that'I do not attempt to try to be obi o to teil Mary from Martha. In fact, they aro so much alike, that their mother gets them confused at times.' It is the custom for the mother io. keep one ot night, and tho nurse the other. A few nights ago along about 12 o'clock both of them woko up and began crying. Although many lullaby a v.ero sung, and medi cines given, those children continued to cry. At last it was discovered that tho nurse had the children mixed up and had Hbo wrong one. "; After nn exchange was made they ? weat to Sleep Immediately."' Evidently , those twins must look alike. "r> :' ;. - ! o - . The Junior Phuatheae bf tho First Baptist church will serve oyseters on next Tuesday night, Nov. 30, tho place to be announced later. "Well cotton V advanced SO polo ts today and cotton soe'" oil went up five cents," stated Mr. Joe Fretwell yesterday. "You can Just toll tho people that I said that I believe If they will hold their cotton they will get IB cents a pound for it and that U tfcoy hold their seed they will bo abie to got $45 and $50 a ton tor them. We must keep both off tho market and the ; prices will go up all right.". ;.V..' .. ? 0 ? The Elks Lodge ot Sorrow, ? me morial service for the deceased broth ers, wilt bs held by the local B. P. O. E. oa the eftirnoaavpf tho first Sun day In December. An impressive pro gram ia being prepared by tho corn mittos in charge. Judge Jos M. Mc Cullough of Greenville wJli make tho addrew-a?d; ia addition theibe?l af. neera will take part in tho exercises, .which will bo held In one of tho local The following account of a Aro In Sumter will bo read with Interest by many Anderson people. The Mr. O'Donnell referred to formerly lived in Anderson and was in business with the late Mr. John O'Donnell. The Mr. tho late Mr. John O'Donald. The Mr. Chandler referred to is a brother-in law of Mr. Walter H. Kcese: Firo early this morning totally de stroyed O'Donnell & Co.'? store, caus-| lng a loss estimated at uround $75, ?00. with insurance of $42,000 on j stock of goods and building. Nothing was saved from the build ing except one bicycle out or a stock of goods valued at approximately 5G0, ooo. The store had two entrances on Main street, ono side for dry goc?3 and clothing and the other for groc eries and crockery ware. Cuttino & McKnight, a grocery storo on one sido of O'Donnell ?, ?Co., was damaged by water, .while Joseph' J^t. Chandler's clothing store on the other side suffered serious loss when part of the parapet ot the burning Btoro gave way and fell Into his store on topB of a largo amount of clothing, which was ruined. Tho merchants had insurance on their stock to cover their losses. These buildings were owned by the estate of Mrs. Ella Tourney. Tho O'Donnell store was the lar gest retail mercantile business in the city and the loss of the store with the entiro stock of goods means a big loss to Sumter. Many farmers secured all of their supplies here aad the com pany was a large buyer of cotton and sold much fertilizers. Tho building was erected some 12 years ago - and Its cost was more than $12,000. It was now valued at .more than that amount (because ot tho increase of the value of materials. It was learned today that. no pl ann hu? yet been made to reopen the business in rome other 'building, but unless this is done soon the Ure will provo a serious matter* to many of the clerks; about 30 of whom will bo thrown out of em ployment. > ; -? ? 0 i Rev. W. H. FraxerV D. D., pastor of j tho First P shy terian . church ha'*,| had two --equests recently for the ad dress wblch was delivered some days ago at Town ville, on.', the American Negro. These requests have been ac ceded to and he will deliver the ad dress at Iva on nexi* Friday evening and on the following\ Friday at the school of MIsBeS Haddon and Hagan ?near Pendleton. Those who have [heard the lecture np oak moBt com plimentary of it arid lovprs of the dia lect and students of tb.e Afro-Ameri can problem will fiad i entertainment and instruction in v/hat the speaker bas to soy on the ^iibjoct. Br, Frazer has made this a special sub ? Ject for years and - baa written some I what extenaivhiy''for' 'fee,:'?N?rthern | religious press on tho subject Reed Shaw and Ernest Gentry, two white men convicted of ' manslaughter I tn the last term of court and nentenc ; od I-j Seven and six years respectively, were sent to the county- chain , gang supervised/by -Mr. Carl McConnell yesterday morning. ,\' --o ? In accordance with 'their custom,] Walter H. Reese & Company local [jewelers, are now'malling out their.I annual ? catalogs. These catalogs are j I a credit to any jowolry store, wheth I Or it bo one in Anderson or in tho larger cities. Tho boohs are printed at considerable cost and the display o are arranged in tasty fashion. Pat rons of this Arm may receive .one by calling at the store or .by \vriUng. -o- .-v: ? - As ls. the usual custom a commit tee, consisting of Mrs. Fred Maxwell, j Mrs. Wm. Laughlin and Miss Nora ? Hubbard, from the W. ?C; T.. TL, en [ Thanksgiving Day fixed up baskets ?with fruits an J good .things to eat (and carried them to the county home. I After this was done lt was found that I they bad enough left over to give a treat to the patients >t ^t, Mary's hospital and BO several baskets were left there. It ls good thai some re member tho poor and sick on these days. ' i . Hts Pedigree. ; : Old . Dumas was Just, alp ..'" ashamed of the colored blood in m?:' veins as wes bis son,s$y??jib\> Balti more American.- A iti-ou bl thorne man waa boring ?aim about his origin "Your father, Mr. DumaB/.Vwae the offspring of a Wotto Frontbman, and a negress?" '_.,*.*' .' " ;''Yes; monsieur,^; .?;(jswBBm??? .-, ^Yau?f, grandfather 'and "grnndmoth KJT on tbe mother's sWe must have been' coal tfaekfo, 'Iff^LW^f^^M?^ . "And your groat-grindfathar, M. :^)PW*?,, . '.'V''- -'^Y;-': . "He was a monkey, monsieur. My pedigree begins where; ypnr*e? sud! -?' ? i ?M i'. " . -An Obserring;. tira?}*.:*.',? Pa-Hortense is lb tm stockings got far trimmings onto 'em, or Is my eyes deceiving met*' :'?^brt?nse-^yoor byes are. O. K. Whetl clothe be sur li'sup* low tr: stocks your * Suits ? $20, % Men's $6.50. Soft 8 Boys' $7.50 Men's $5,.to Shirts Undei $6.50 ANCIENT MARTINET SPIRIT British Officers Ordered to Wear! Swords on King's Visit. > London,' Nov. 26.-A curious sur-'i viva! Ot the martinet Bpirlt of tho old army appeared during the recent vis it of tho king to foo British troops ?In France, when an order wa3 issued 'tliat tho officers should appear with swords daring tho royaV review. It was a costly order ifor the young offi cers, as few were provided with swords, which are the most expensive pant of a kit. Swords are obsolete as part Of an officer's equipment in tho field. Offi cers afc? had'them left them at /tomo when they -went to the front. A .J m all bamboo cane has taken tho place of the sword except when, In action and then some Officers carry rifles. ' ; In anticipation of . the royal review, aa order -waa issued at tho headquar ter ? by. France for dil officers to pr? vido ;thomselv? swith'Swords, ;tT&5s piece of antiquated etiquette-fell heav ily-on the purses of the nubalterns. The king, on account ot falling from his horse, was unable to review his troop's, after nil. And it ls said that 'the king -would have been the' last man in England to place tMs heavy tax on his officers for the sake' of mere form, had he known of'the-or der.. -- Queer Hail Conditions In Idaho.. The following BJ. IF. D. conditions of the. waste placea in Idaho.' as told by a correspondent in Ifcte December Woman's Home Companion, smack ot the Esitimo system and hariW,Alas ka: ...... , ?' ' "Iff the snow is fresh," she writes, "the dog teams find it 'difficult to haul the lott or mail and the 'insured par cela that needs must come when some of us in tho wilderness Lappen to. be short on sugar, coffee- or .othor npcY essary food.' In tho'early spring, the magazines, papers, books, and sb forth ; ftf? ???^<1 lu tb? nearby office. Gradual ly they como dyer each week. but .not ) until the trails open in June tn cay usfcij do all of us get everything oaat lies stored at the other end ot the line. Tho Companion is rarely. left, tor ft. is ono that we of tho' wilder ness consider a necessity, along v?th the. sugar.- Coffee and Other "grub." If the dog team plays out,-or there ls fear of lt, someone crosses the sum mit to help the carrier over the di vide. At times men take tho. great sacks ot mall on their baoks 'and'turn the dogs loose, for there is snow co. bad that, no.matter how 'willing a dog nsy -h.* cannot Wallow throu?h lt with a load. Then tho dog sleds are discarded1 and the niall tied in deer hides, this being found on easier wry of hauling the loads, especially. later> when the spring thaw is breaking-tip tfoe winter 'feiow',.' By tho middle of March tho real difficulties como,, for many parts of the trail then are bare, ytii tho summits closed. That-mean? that cayuses must como up to. , the snow line on each aida of the^.dlvSdo. while dogs must.be used ?y?r.t&?;sum mlts. Thia takes the extra men,: for the cayuses from Over the hills have to be brought\up tc meet' tho. car* rler, who bas td return to If JO cacado' lie left, on the other enow line,: other wise the poor beast would starve , or free." > ' :''-:-';''v: ^VV ' Evading the Salo* ,v ^'ifem?thor told her small so|[yg? would punish him' lt ho ever asked fdr anything to eat W3viler at ? .n?^hh^r's house. The next time nd went, over to call ott tho aelghbor be sat s*lll for a ? minutes, than ho said : iW&Sf ,"Now,< ? must, go. ?DO J-ou why I have to go? Wall, I'm bu that's W.r/.''^Woman's Homo ? IH? I ?? lV'" ' . M. I>?of?ss?oBat Caution. * ? Burglar (just acquitted, to bis Taw yer>-I will drop In soda ?ad sdOyou. i;; imvyer~-Very good; but l? the day tinted p!e??H^>stda;v.?^ . . V ' 1er it be a book, a cigar, a ? s, or what not, the one v e of superior results is to 1< *rior source for them. VV ie "sure way" in assemblir i to make sure that this si 'superior source." md Overcoats $10, $15, Shoes $3.50, $4, $4.5( : Stiff Hats $2, $3, $3.50, ? Suits & Overcoats $3.5( to $12.50. Odd Trousers $2, $2.50, $ $7.50. 50c, $1, $1,50, $2, $3.50. .wear 50c, $1, t$1.50, $: per suit. The Store with a < A Christmas Custom. 'Old, very old In England," -we read In tho December issue of the Woman's Home Companion, "is the custof set ting ligated candles In the windows on Christmas Eve to give holiday greet ing to tho i>asser-by, but little use has been made of this charming idea ia pur country. Baltimore, however, has had a city-wide lighting of can dles whiOa was sb successful that lt ls repeated every year. "Weeks before Christmas, when plans were being ?nado for the com munity tree, lt was suggested that each household set lighted candles in the parlor windows to wish "Merry p.jrlstmas" to thei. follow townspeo ple, not even tho most enthusiastic supporter of the Candle Greeting ex pected to see half the number of windows that ' were BO lighted when Christmas Eve came. . "Scarcely a city block in any sec tion of the'city was Without' at least ono idduminatlon, and lt was not Tare tt,o se?'t?y?ry tho?se in. a rcAyj brightehr ed ' by'' this ..evidence' of: "peace bin Earth, good will to men. " lt warmed the very cockles of "one's heart to walk through streof- after street with these silent Christmas greeting? -every Wlis. ?, and no one who j bas gone through such experience: could ever want to know another'Christmas Ere without them." . A Mexican Christmas Custom ; % "Tho people of Mexico hove a grand celebration every year, beginning De cember 16th,"-says a writer In tho De cember Woman's Home Companion, "and continuing, . until after New yfeaT's. ; Every bight they have Jolly ? family parties and feasts;'.? f?w gins aro given out each eventng. But they have no stocking-hanging, no mythi cal Santa Clans and' no . Christmas tree. Their substitute tor the latter is'the Pi?ata-which[ would be a pop ular novelty If Introduced to Ameri can ,home3. "These pi?atas are queer figures about four feet 'tall/ wblch dangle by tho neck or .heap from a rod sis'feet long. They are .made of paper over a fragile oblong lar. Which forms 1 their body and Jbolds the Chris trna 3 gifts. Some look like huge paper dpHs ?holiday array; there are queer ani als, crazy-clowns, gorgeous, 'danc ings girls, etc., all decidedly fat In body abd decidedly dat In the ex tremities. "Early In December, street corners and squares aro'crowded with Vendors Who, offer, these: ? grotesque tinseled creations at:whatever price they can get from passersby. People of all classes haggle over tho amount, and then carry them, jauntily^and very carefully-borne' bn> their shoulders." ' :%lflnff ?Nickel Thrillers** by Fraud Disguising the Jitney :screamer aa real; literature and selling it for fifty cents la a nev? form of fakery describ ed .in tho Woman's Homo. Companion for' December by-: ..waltoi^'J?flfWW^ Eaton. ...-'* :'-.' '-..'.;'; "? hove ou my desk at tills mo ntebVihe writes, *'A book which sells for a nteko? ind wb'i?d'.b? buroed ift' the stove by ?py careful'parent. The volume ls Issued as?'. a' ningle' nuniner of a weekly periodical (ari 'id??l publication' : for. American''' ' youth' lt calls itself!); each number :0f thia weekly bomg. a booie or Cheap adven ture'written ?/y ih?:BSmei'aiftainTt^g^; ; VBuf also on my desk ls a bopi{;of over three hundred pages, with a. woBprlnt^I; ."Jacket' showing an attrac- j tivo ptctvre of' boys playing football1 and .baseball and bearing - inside the imprint of a . Philadelphia publlshmg housjE*. The type and paper ore not bad. The whole get up Io sufficiently respectable to make tho book physi cally desirable as ? present, bod tho price ia only Atty cents, which, of course, adda to th?? desirability. "This book is by the very same au ihoir who supplies tho material ior tho sraJ^t.^ilfifMty' ^Stationed, and 'tho herb.lo the same hero. In she good-look|"l? fifty.' cent book, is n more nor less than aa old nlck< ta a: dress nv?t," suit of my to Dok to re fol- I v lg our [ore is - x'^--' $18, ), .$5, . ;4,$5. ), $5, |3i $4, Science and the Dime ?iov.el. . How the flfly-bobke-a-year authors are employing modern science to help, them in their trade'of 'constructing impossible adventure's ls told In tho, ' December IsBue of the Woman's Home - Companion hy Walter Prichard Eaton. '? After sampling one bf; these books he Bays:1 "Wa learn. that-Torn Swift-whola, supposed, mind you, to be scarcely more than a boy--has made enough. marvelous inventions, to crowd Edison Into ? the kindergarten class, and .has . had moro adventures thaVx Sindbad the Sailor. Lasten to this: /; - '"By tho time moving pictures were beginning.to occupy,a large place in . the ii den tl fie, as Well as'the amuse* I ment world, and Tom Invented a , Wizard Camera!which did excellent' work. Then carno the need of a pow erful light, to enable Unelo Sam's customs omdbr?ton; tho .-border to de- ; .tecT the .snluakl?r?{i at?d ^Toin/was, suc cessful in.'; making his apparatus. . "?Hotnought^O>^ n-.r?st | att?r that?.Srut with tho opening of tho ? Panama" Cabul-came tho need of pow- - erful guns \to protect that important ? waterway?:^d-Tom made 'a Giant , Cannon,; which ' enabled the longest shots on record to be bred. -" 'Now somo months had passed at- ? ter the, successful ' trial I of the big";" weapon! and-Tom longed 'tor new" ac tivities. He found them In the Idea of ? photo'telephone,- and ho and his father were'just talking bf this when t Interrupted by the accident. .'. . .''To. let ' boys read' such 'impossible ; ruh bisk " is nothing short of a crime. I It destr^vs their sense of 'realism, it | atropL ielr powers ot- literary/-ap* J precia . :, lt debauches < their imagi nation^, It makes science contemp- I tibie." ,. A Demand lor "Better Mothers I" A novel soheme adopted hy the Wo- .' man's Home- Companionwill give Stimulus . to the "?belier babies'* agi tatton that Is prevalen^ throughout tho country.- Women may: now re ceive by mall- advice and, instruction in bringing un their chlldrfin. JQ tho Companion's December issue we read: - "Here is. a big piece of news that \ will delight tho heart of every mothert Tho Better Babies Bureau h aa start ed a service in tho Mother's Club, es pecially tor mothers of babies under- ? one year bf age. So many bf bur ex pectant- mothers, after- their babies.;? come, beg us to continue sending monthly letters that we . h?ve decided to help them through the bret year ot tbolr baby's' Hf?. "Month by month, from'the day we re?oive .notice that the baby is born, wo .shall send chocri'ul letters of ad vice and ' instruction on the care of . babies. W? abali teach'mothers how to bathe and dress them; how to feed them; bbw .long they:lshould sleep; how ? much- they Should- weigh ;.' and many other.things/that every mother needs to know if she ; wants ? better, baby. A mother may register 'ber baby any time before it is a, year, old and recobr? the'letters. "Records, from St?t?j - Boards ot . Health show that tba greatest number ? of deaths among babies occur "during tlie> first ,ye?r; and doctors tell us . that moat of these death* 4ro prevent- ' able it mothers only knew how to take care ot tlie little lives entrusted to them." * A Message to His Love. First Barber-That was .?'bad cdt you; gave that bid man tfhile shaving han. ? . . . Second Barber-^/b, thor o's a reason for '.that. ; I'm courting his' maid, and ibo cut,wilt let her-khow that PH meet her - this evening.-Boston Transcript. r Wrr Etha Wfti Siuiteked. : "You most lJ*rh to '?wat tho fly/ I^bl. Flies carty '?^?l , typhoid fever StfilVsiy^ ona who gets .ur* "Corboy; 'bother, y?hy sdoeah'4 . it hill tho