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SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1915.
^opportunity knocks but ls not- ?
knocker.
Have you been Invited to Join Mr.
Ford's little peace hunt.
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?
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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 <hrcatcned hy two
intoxciuted white . mon, and bad been
shot when ho tried to run away, The
whit? jury took just tw?hty \piinutes
to find the assailant guilty of murder.
potable
com
munity since the War. lt isn't by any
means the first,, nf ita kind, in the
.South, however. And lt ls an index
to tho growth of evenhanded Jun tl eu
ta South .. C?*olisjt ??? r .SsighuCn?B
states. Tho number of convictions
of whiten for offenses committed
against b.ucka hau boon steadily in
creasing, -undervthf;;natlvo encourage
ment ot the bestv '?l?ment ol tho
bench, bar and press.
AH imj'PFBECI?TED SONO
X? 'g?fasi -y;:;..:.;, ^^a?;; 3?i.a -
song that somebody has written about
him, all he has to. da is to say \1 abd
it dies a qu'lcir^lplaihl?BB tkath. The
author may. or may not go to jail. In
England, all King-George ban todo In
similar circumstances io to frown
slightly sad'the piece is automatical
ly barred from . publication or public
rendition and tho author. ls ostra de
ed by all right-minded Britons,
Ju?t now Pr?sident 'Wilson le per
turbed by'tho perpetration of>,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..
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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