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2 . f ^os P ^l^n|^9Hr ji>. y " NARROWt 3T PA^T C TO the wonderful history of the nosporuB the great war is but adding another chapter, for its story runs back through the centuries into the age of myth. Concerning this strip of water that separates the continents of Europe and Asia the National Geographic society says: One writer states that there is perhaps no other locality in the world surrounded by so many historical souvenirs and adorned with so many varied gifts of nature; another that God. man, nature and art have together created and placed there the most marvelous point of view which the human eye can contemplate upon earth; still another remarks that upon this planet there is no other stream so wonderful?that its equal can be found, if at all, only upon some other star. Dr. Edwin A. Grosvenor remarks that there is hardly a nation in the civilized world whose blood has not mingled with Its waters; hardly a faith, hardly & heresy, which, by the devotion of its adherents and martyrs, has not hallowed Its banks. Associations the most dissimilar, the most Incongruous, the most distant, elbow one ancfther In every hamlet and village. The German emperor, William II. In 1889, disembarked at the same spot which tradition makes the landing-place of that other leader. Jason, with his Argonauts In that sublime voyaae of the fourteenth ?ntnr? ha. fore Christ - * Deep, Narrow and Swift. The physical features of the Bosporus are described by the same author In striking terms. He says that In its swift flow It Is a river, and in its depth a sea?yet many a sea Is less profound and many a river spreads wider and has a less rapid current, i Its average depth Is about 89 feet. At I no point in the channel Is the depth 1 less than 147 feet, l So sharply do its submarine banks' desg^nd that large vessels, hugging ' the land too closery, though In deep J ^yater, often run their bowsprits and rwds into houses on shore. The 8trait of Gibraltar, which wrests Africa from Europe, is sixteen miles wide; even i the Dardanelles expands from one mile 1 to four. But at Its widest the Bos- 1 porus Is only one and four-flfth miles, t The length of the Bosporus Is less t than seventeen miles. Each Asiatic t side Indenture finds a convex bend on ' the European side; each European bay ' Is met by an Asiatic promontory. t Tradition pnno hflPlf fA q Hmo xv?V*on 1 countless apes ago, titanic forces hero 1 rftit Asia and Europe asunder; when < the pent-up, resistless waters of the ? Ftfsck sea tore through valleys and < teveled mountains, in their sudden southward rush to the Mediterranean. ' The volcanic origin of the region con- 1 firms this tradition ) i Grsat Place for Fishing. I i Seventy edible varieties of fish sport 1 In the waters of the Bosporus. They ! are mostly migratory. The strait is 1 the only line of communication be- ' tween the Black sea and the Mediterranean, their summer and winter i homes In their migrations countless | shoals succeed one another at intervals of days, and never did the men in the crow's nest of a battleship scan the horizon more earnestly for an enemy than the lookouts for the fishermen peer into the deep for signs of a fish migration. As soon as the advanced guard arrives, a signal is given, and immediately the Bosporus becomes black with fishing boats. So regular are the fish in their habits j nd so unchanging in their ways, that Aristotle's account of th< ir movements penrt -d twenty-two centuries ago, is j rill an accurate c rial Ion of the varieties and their migrations. A hundred years tu;o Constantinople end the Bosporus Ivng In the balance. I'nctor Grosvenor n hate? how. after k . the treaty of Tilsit. Emperor Alexander of Buseia had In . <1 to Napoleon ,, tiTion the ei 'olute i>< ity to his country of the possession of Coctantl;ri uo;>fe He declared there was no price P.. great, nrr cond'tion so hard, that would n ? be rmterully accorded by titm for tho city's acquisition. Napoleon gazed In alienee, earnestly and long, at the map of Europe, of which be waa at that moment the autocratic ^^0? ? ^ "^X-'ll | WMp^^f^yToBMiajUMHW^fe. ^^1 HMJIKr^'WH nX'^adb' * jSB ^ LHMHHI- |j I0PPI^^^^2^hh^22^ a.--* v *^: jfiSi >F THE. ?>0C>P0RU5 ? arbiter, and then exclaimed: "Constant tinople, Constantinople! Never! It is the empire of the world!" Sea of Marmora. The Sea of Marmora, which is the ; connecting link between the Dardanelles and the Bosporus, is a quiet sheet of water. Nature has been more than generous in her provisions for guarding this sea between Asia and Europe against hostile power. The Bosporus, its approach from the Black sea on the north, is a deep, water- j filled, twisting valley, whose surface almost all the way is at the mercy of the enclosing mountain heights. In the south, the Dardanelles, while of greater breadth than the Bosporus, forms an easily defended channel, 47 miles long and commanded by its shore heights. Marmora sea is a wonderful amphitheater for a modern naval struggle. An elliptical bowl of bluest water, it is enclosed by a hilly shore line, which is bold and steep upon the Asiatic side. From east to west, the sea is 175 miles long, while its extreme width 1 is about fifty miles. It has an area of 4,500 square miles. Constantinople lies tucked away near the northernmost point of Marmora. at the opening of the Bosporus outlet. In the west and south are several considerable islands, of which the largest, Marmora, has been famous for its alabaster and marbles since t^e days of Grecian sculptural and architectural glory. The Sea of Marmora is one of the jnost famous and important seas of passage in the world. Behind Its waters. along the northern shore of the Black sea. are the most fertile and favored provinces of the Russian empire. Russia's granary; while on the eastern Black sea coast lies Russia's J greatest oil port and her famous oil-. bearing hinterland. This sea Is the I most important avenue of Central Asia's raw materials western transport I and of the West's manufactures for J consumption in the central East. Benzol and Toluol. Dr. Rlttman's production ef toluol ind benzol from petroleum Is also of mportancie If the process Is suffieienty cheap to be of commercial iraw. In :hls regard, too, the doctor wa? notceably cautious not to commit Irimlelf. Professor Lietnil made 'benKene , ind toluene" (benzol and toluoiy In [877 from Russian petroleum. Later he Nobel brothers did the same thfng ; n their laboratory. In 1904 V. Oglojlln described the preparation of bon'.ene. toluene, xylene, etc.. In considerable ouantltles, from tho Russian erude oil. It should, perhaps, bo noted that tho Russian crude oil difTors somewhat Tom that of Pennsylvania, being rich, n hydrocarbons of the nanhthene se ries, Instead of those belonging to tlie parntfine group. Plainly none of th early Inventions was of commercial Importance, for the hulk of the supply of benzol and toluol still comes from coal tar. The value of Doctor Rittman's process depends almost solely upon lt? cheapness. Small Leaks. A writer In the Scientific American has figured what we lose by a leaking faucet. If a faucet leaks to the extent of two* drops of water a second, the leakage would amount in a month to a little over eighty-four gallons. If the water rate is twenty-five cents a thousand gallons, the money loss be about two cents a month. If thr. ioak is from a hot. water faucet, th< ' ss would of course be larger, for fuel has been wasted in heating the escaped water. If coal costs $5 a ton, the loss In water and heat will bo rtr'v t n cents a month. "The fact *' >? the loss is small." says the Sclen- | i f Amt rlcan, "should not allow us to .: ,-Joct small leaks, because by tils rear.ling them we tend to become slovr! fn all things Furthermore, small leaks do not stay small The constant leakage of faucets wears small passages through the seats, and maken tightness impossible. The next thing is a Dew faucet with the accompanying plumber's bill, which is notorious-, ly not small."?Youth's Companion. TIIE LANCASTER NEWS ADMIRAL T. B. HOWARD J ' Ij ^^1^ * * ,v,..v.v..v.vv;vv^yMW'^>?^jy Admiral T. 15. Howard, recently appointed admiral of the Pacific fleet, is in the harbor of San Francisco and the 'cur-star flag of an American admiral is (lying at the Golden Gate for the first time. CATAPULT USED BY FRENCH HmH. fy, i>*v. KSHMThis c-atapult^ io the form of a big slingshot, ia used in a French trench to hurl bombs at the German positions. Caring for 1 Marie. How enormous in tbe task of caring 1 for the insane is shown by the fact that there are- in all oar public Institutions approximately 2T)0,000 insane ! persons, a number exceeding the number of students enrofPed In all the colleges and institutions In the country. In New York the expenditure! for the insnne- Is one-fourth of the total snnual appropriations of the afuto One Good Reason for Being a Woman. I lly nature man belongs to the hunt in the open, and woman to the Are in doors, and Just here lies one of the best re.asons for being a woman rather ! than a man, because a woman can get along without a man's out-of-doors much hotter tbun a man can get along without a woman's indoors, which proves woman of the two the la-tter ! bachelor, as being n?ore self-contained and self-con??nte<f Every real man when abroad on the hunt is always dreaming of a hearth and a hob and a wife, whereas no real woman, if she has the hearth and the hob. is longing tor man's hunting spear or quarry. It she is indeed a real woman she ht very ' ly longing to give a man the com- , fort of the lire, provided he will not stay too long at a stretch, hut get out long enough to give her time to brush i;-> h'.s hearth and rinse his teapot satisfac torily to herself - Atlantic. A HOUSE BURNS ns easily wher times are hard as when timet arc* godd. How would it bo with you should your house burn now, if you have no Insurance. The Farmers Mutual policies cover Fire, Wind and Lightning. Addr- Ha i D. E. BONEY, Yorkville, S. C. ? APRIL 16, 1915. COTTON NOT ON CONTRABAND LST , t] London. April 14.?The British ^ government lias decided against plar-' ' ing cotton on the contraband list. I A question was asked in the House |t. i of Commons today on this subject n end Neal Primrose, Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, on behalf of tlu Foreign Office, replied that after a careful consideration jt had ooeu . , found that the military advantages to be gained by declaring cotton contra- , ! band were insufficient to render mv !: | a step expedient. I * I o To Xcutrul Countries. I'1 Washington, April 14.?As under-! h stood at the State Department the ef- f{ feet of the announcement in the|a House of Commons today by the Un- | der Secretary of Foreign Affairs that . P cotton would be held non-contraband I S( will be confined mainly to neutral e countries of Europe. It is presumed no exception will be made in favor of cotton cargoes going ? directly to Germany. v It is anticipated, however, that ^ there will be no further trouble about a shipping cotton to Spanish Meditera- ^ nean ports and Italy and other South European countries, possibly also shipments to Sweden and Norway will move freely, although officials are not ,x quite clear as to the latter countries. y Shipments to Holland, too, probably are exempt by reason of the embargo |p on transshipment to Germany. e( Lot the Flyless Town Come. p Greensboro is set down in the books w as a flyless town. To what extent ' h Greensboro is a flyless town we are j a not going to say, but it is certain that jtti few flies are making their homes in cm Greensboro just now, for the fly h swatters have been so active in Ul Greensboro during the past two years d that few remain, and the few left are a trying to get transportation to some '? other town outside the war zone. , n: What has been done in Greensboro ju may be done in Salisbury, and in anv tl other well behaved city or town. It c< is only a matter of taking the fly se- cl viously and treating him as a danger- rl ous pest?screen against him, swat ir him, and destroy the breeding places tr and it will mean?less and less tlie3 a ?until, happy day?there no longer ? remains In civilized countries this pest of earth. Now the best time to kill a fly is * now. tiverj crrouing (iihcd ucsiruy- u| ed means many flies destroyed. The M earlier we begin the better it will be. fc for if a fly once gets a start there is ci no stopping him. Then in our cam- II oaign to get the city cleaned up good 3< and clean it is necessary that we em- b< drace the fly in our calculations and vi destroy as much of him ae is possi- la >le. Let the flyless town come, and 01 come quickly.?Salisbury Post. _ IT'S NOT WHAT WE i Our Friends S Mrs. W. F. JAMKS, No. 82 Har that she has been using LITZIAN! Years in her home. Likes it ABC its FINE FLAVOR, and the SAVI Ll'ZIANNK goes as far as TWO P gives Perfect Cup Quality. Save Your LUZLA IF YOU want the nice PRESENT the REILY-TAYLOR CO., at New CATALOGUE. ? ? ? ? ? Lurianne Is In a I HUSBAND R nrcPAi i/liui ni After Four Years of Discouraging" Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave ? Up in Despair. Husband C Came to Rescue. d c Catron, Ky.?In an interesting letter from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock writes as follows: "1 suffered for four * years, with womanly troubles, and during ? this time, 1 could only sit up for a little 11 while, and could not walk anywhere at > J. At times, I would hce severe pains s i.i my left side. s The doctor war called in, and his treat- " ncnt relieved me for a while, but I was 11 >oon confined to my bed again. After A that, nothing seemed to do me any good. [ ? ... . v., . ... , ? A STITCH IX TIMK. It is not so very long now until the , uphold season will be here. While he disease is generally said to be tost commo** the latter part or the ummer and a the early fall, as a latter of fact it becomes pretty ofm in the spring and in early suniler. There were a number of cases of er in Spartanburg last year. It be that the causes therefor hnv.? een removad or it may be that thev .o not been. There is 110 unfailing ay of telling. Tixo safest plan and the most efictive way of ridding the eit> of the I sen so is by the inoculation method, lie efficiency of this treatment has mg been established to a satisfaeon of the medical fraternity and of II who have made any study of it. The inoculation treatment is n simle one. comparatively speaking, and eldom makes the person taking sick nough to miss his work. Some do ot feel it at all. It is certainly to e preferred in every way to the risk f having the dread disease. This would be a good time for all ho have not been Inoculated to be. hey may save themselves suffering nd money If indeed they do not save lelr lives because no man knows hen he takes fever whether he will ve through It or not. In this connection the following om The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot is ery interesting: "The announcement that typhoid i epidemic In Przemsyl. the great Gacian stronghold recently surrender1 to the Russians, is not at all surrislng. The conditions under which ar is being waged In Europe are ighly conductive to the development nd spread of this disease. When ten In enormous numbers are crowd il into relatively small 'areas an.l ave to live in the midst of extraorinary exigencies, opportunities for issemination of the typhoid germ re, of course, gretely multiplied, ut, while this is all true, it by no leans follows that the resultant sitatlon is one which cannot be more ; tan measurably controlled. On the jntrary, timely precaution, as conlusively shown by the British expcence, will avail to reduce to a mlnnum the danger from typhoid to oops In the field, no matter how irge their numbers or how limited te areas in which they may be conasted. "Replying to a question asked in House of Commons a short time So as to typhoid in the British army, [r. Tenant, under secretary of state >r war, said that up to that time ises of the disease among the Engsh forces numbered 4 21, of which 05 were soldiers who had either not sen Inoculated and he had had only iccine at all or incompetently Inocu_ ted. The deaths totaled 35, only le of which was a soldier who had ?en Inoculated and he had only one JAY THAT COUNTS peak For Us ris St., Anderson, H. C.f states SK COFFEE for nearly Five >VE ALL OTHERS because of NO IN MONEY. A Pound of ounds of ordinary coffees, and lNNE Coupons S they entitle you to. Write r Orleans, for a PREMIUM Class By Itself. . ESCUED RING WIFE had gotten so weak I could not stand, nd 1 gave up in despair. At last, my husband got me a bottle of )ardui, the. woman's tonic, and I comfalsifier if P*Am ??? ?? ft?* .......if, ih a wan mc VCIJ 111 9| ose, I could lell it was helping me. I an now walk two miles without its iring me, and am doing all my work." Ii you are all run down from womanly roubles, don't give up in despair. Try iardtil, the woman's tonic. It has helped note than a* million women, in its 50 ears of continuous success, and should urcly help you, too. Your druggist has old Cardui for years. He knows wliat t will do. Ask him. He will recotnnend it* Begin taking Cardui today. Hrt/a to: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. LadlM* dvltory Dept.. Chattanooga. Tenn., for Nportol rut ructions on your rate and6t-p?ga book. ' Hotaa raatmant for Woman," tant In plaJa wrappar. j-4# __r injection of the anti-typhoid virus, jout tiie same time and in the buuic lace a member of the British medl. 1 corps, replying to criticisms of inoculation made by.a member of the house, contrasted this record with hat in the South African war, in which there were 58,000 eases of typhoid, 8,000 of whlcn resulted fatally. * . "Other instances, only less convincing. of the efficiency of the typhoid antitoxin could be cited, but what's he use? Those who are open to qonviction are already convinced; the | comparatively few who wilfully shut i heir eyes not even a miracle would vnil iiiiikn ??<n And wllst* nnH. typhoid inoculation has accomplished ; and is accomplishing among the so^L diers of various nations it can also he made to effect In the case of civilian population. The community which today permits itself to become the scene of a typhoid epidemic has only Itself to blame. A preventive is available which needs only to be applied to be effective."?Spartanburg Journal. "A Man Can Make a Start Toward Ilettcr Farming Without Money." Five years ago I thought I could not make a living without raising cotton, but every year found me with the same old complaint?nothing to begin my next crop on. If I made money one year I lost it the next. My wife suggested that we make a change?she was always quoting The Progressive Farmer to me. I told her that folks with money could farm %?iat way but a poor man had to make ! all cotton. Hut finally I decided I could do no worse by changing my plans. We had one milk cow and a bull. w* lost the cow, then traded the bull for two heifers and bought another cow, and in a few weeks she died. We bought another cow on credit and he- I gan sowing clover and cowpeas and | small grain. In the meantime we ordered six pure bred white Leghorn hens and a cock. \V< so:;1 ono;gh J l.llttn. ,.l,lnl,a,,u .,.,,1 ........ < ? I..... ? > nrnn null ? ( .Jersey bull calf, and 1 sold the only hog we had and bought a pair of | IJuroc-Jersey pigs. Result: We are living at home, have six milk cows, 10 yearlingB, a fine flock of chickens, a pretty fair start of hogs, plenty of vegetables and fruit, and I consider my land almost doubled in value. My five years' experience trying t > farm according to The Progressive P.'.rmer proves that a man can make a start without money to begin with. ?F. R. Clifton, in The Progressive Farmer. H More Corn and Ijcsm Cotton. 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