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) 0 PAGE TWO ABOUT DOGS~. (By Thomas Settle, Ashe' Will you permit an intrusion upon exhibi the columns of your paper for a few most reflections on the subject of the Doc. made, miotit whom we are nowadavx helne devote regaled with much crude, adulter- manm ated and "half-baked" mental pabu- his pi lum by zealous economists, and fan- tc hiri clful theorists: embryonic statesmen soring and solvers of world-wide prob- from lems, who herald, if not a full, at gratit least a partial solution of our trou- He bles to consist in the simple remedy more ol killing a few dogs. this v The dog has an honorable place t'ross in Mythology and the ancient reli- holpin gions; he receives polite mention to th? also in the apocryphal book of Tobit. 'n the Tobia's dog does nothing indeed but vigila accompany his young master on his man, Journey to Kcbatana and back, but warnii ho is thore as the companion and "ie friend of man. Thore wore two o types of canine divinities in Hgypt tin both heiiiflctent di\i:iitie-\ one ion and d ficient and warlike also. The Kgyp- de'-ou: tiar.s railed the star, Sirius. which and t appeared in the kv presagl: g the j'\v ol overflowing of tli< Nile, that event Mod. being tiio precursor of their pros- i peiity. the "doe star." and worshippod it. We la There are of course, among dogs, male 1 degenerates and criminals, as there n ":i are among men and women no ncross available statistics prove whielt pro- 'tattle duces the greater number. been ? The man, who as a hoy, had not a dog for a companion, friend and l'a,l.v playmate, is truly to be pitied. < ???'" There are so many tilings he does n xv:,c not know, so many tilings he c;.n- 'oss ? not feel, and in his isolation can sprung never understand, lie has been do- a s,lM| nied bis sliare of the pleasures and wound joys of life. For him a wonderful forwai spring lias never flowed?if it has a shol ever flowed and has gone dry, be- her C( ware of that man, cowed, The dog as an educator ranks minati high, and no man ever went to ! reachi school to him without increasing I souRhl the sum of his knowledge. Most !"e's dogs have an unerring instinct ! wound which enables them to distinguish a ! delivei good man from a bad one; he sees to hei through the hypocrisy of his enemy, buried and cannot be deceived by words; he militai knew before Talleyrand that words she ll were used to conceal thoughts and won tt feelings. No camouflage can deceive nage? him. The itne HnH :> unrbin,, there" tern of wireless telegraphy for eom-J8ym^?' municatinp with his neiphbors and their < kind long before the discovery of i l)y the Marconi. This Is one of those i knew 1 "keen-scented powers of dops" j Thel spoken of by VirRin in the fourth spired book of the Aeneid. I sculptc The dop has made life, literature many and science better ami richer than "Rural without him it could have been. lie! a dop bears his sorrows, wants and trin' [caused with a cheerful stoicism that mat i after i would do well to emulate. An Ital-Jhome. Ian proverb says. "There is no dor saved so sad but he will wag his tail." Hi that si executive and administrative ability inp da are testified to by the Russian say possess inp. "One dop can drive a flock of innunu sheep." He is a horn policeman. The watchman and protector of man and , read R man's possessions; he is a detective j Dogs" by a more infallible Instinct than j coming that of Sherlock Holmes; our courts tloldsn recognize his virtues and talents and a Mad use him frequently as a witness an(j U/ithnnf OU OOfinor Kim * ' ? -"?....ft ICII i??,SOOtt, truth; his simple word of honor is j others all that is required. He is entitled tion, a to credit for the discoveries of man beautil In the Arctic and polar regions, for nf tbe without him man could not have Qf made them. deals t There has been since the twelfth dog. and thirteenth centuries a commun-l Thei ity of Austin canons in the Saint j jove Bernard passes of the Swiss Alps. j)P(^ and the famous Saint Bernard dogs t^,.j.,j annually save many lives, especially son] of Italian workmen who get lost in , .. not all the snow crossing the pass, ("ouvic- .. other expresses the opinion that the dog ,, . the so ?? each f SUFFERING FROM COLD 'V. If you shiver in frosty ^"enc* weather,if you have cold hands table and feet, if colds are stubborn head and frequent, then your blood to thf may be thin and impoverished. for In used i scorrs = EMULSION | has been correcting this condi- 'nn.H. i i rr . bel tion tor nearly hfty years. It and K possesses rare powers for more, creating natural body warmth, begru for charging summer blood Th< A with winter richness and beautj strengthening both throat ator and lungs. "0? |\Y~j Tli?_ Nonnti*D cod liw oil hi beat 1 II1 \ scon tmubian li now refined In oar I 111 l\ own American laboratories which I may -a/l makes it pure and palatable. I . . Scott ft Bowoe Bloom field. N.J. I7-IJ nl8 61 THE LANC - ? that he has reared wit J AJJT\ lyiUAf mav Prove ungrateful. IIf 13 iFlljif are nearest and dearesl v. ? . ? whom we trust with c ville, N. C.) , , and our good name. traitors to their faith. its the most complete and the tHat a man has he may useful conquest that man has away from him, perl tSach individual iB entirely needs it most. A mar ed to his master, adopts his may be sacrificed in a n ers, distinguishes and defends considered action. The roperty, and remains attached are prone to fall on tl a even unto death; and all this ll8 honor when succi ;s not from mere necessity nor niay t^e first to thr constraint, but simply from Qf malice when failui ude and true friendship. cloud upon our" heads. is doing his part and earning solute, unselfish friend than the value of his food in have in this selfish w< rar. He is an aid to the Red that never proves t workers in the war zone, In treacherous, is his dog. g them find and bring succor "Gentlemen of the j > wounded soldier. The boys (|OJr stands by him in p flenches use him as an alert, poverty, in health .it. untiring, sleepless watch- Uess. He will sleep i on whom they rely to give ground, where the 1 tig of the stealthy approach of blow and the snow ?lr r>e; he is given tin advanced jf only he can he near n the firing line to give notice side. He will kiss <h approach of the po-sonous has no food to offer, he cadiv gases which man': nttir wounds and snies that s instincts have discovered counter with the rougl urned loose to the glory and world. He guards the the devil and the wrath of pauper master as if he i 11. : m d r.s -i courier on the When all otHVr friends < i>f battle to convey messages mains. When riches tal wry orde s from eommanders leputation falls to pieces toly r<ad of one such. ":i fe- iti liiinvn >e ?>i I the species. entrusti'(l with journey through 11:o lev which had to be canted fortune drives the mas No Man s I.and. whil? the outcast In the world, ft was raging. She must have homeless. the faithful 1 >f black Saint Hubert's breed. higher privilege than th 1 of by Sir Walter Scott in the pj,nying him to guard of the l,ak*\ "I unlatched for j^Pr. to tight against e. breath and speed. With p|1(| when the last scene of the tail, head erect, bo"d- :U)(j death takes the n f the roaring artillery she ,.mt,race. and his body t to her task. Soon jn the cold ground, no t struck her and sh" fell other friends pursue led; undaunted sho strained there by hi* graveside d with Increased speed; again hie dog be found, his h ; struck her and she fell, but his paws, his eyes sad ivirage and sense of duty un- alort Watchfulness. faith , bleeding but grim of deter- even to death." on on she went. Just before ' ^ ng the commander whom she . , ... . Cilltli 7 FEET tt IN< HI , she was again hit. With her ?, , . .i, , U is OUT TO STO blood trickling from her s she struggled to him and Chicago, Jan. 31. M *ed the order which was tied son, twenty-five years oh p body, then died. She was Inches tall. Is In S on the field of battle with Hospital, recovering froi y nonors. inow, i asK you it lion intended to atop ad not honorably and fairlj The operation consisted lat tribute on the Held of car inn two sections of the Others of her race "ovei "We were partially have been decorated with said I)r. Hurley, "but an Is of honor and affection, fo: tion may be necessary." courape, bravery and fidelity Miss Johnson is a pre officers and soldiers who and is unusually brigl them and loved them. Her parents are both un r attachment to man has in "Miss Johnson is a s the poet, the painter, th< acro-tnaglia, a very rt >r and formed the subject of where growth is cont notable books; in DanlelV plained I>r. Hurley. Sports," is related a story o: been but 100 of such ca dying in the fullness of jo> in all medical history, a by the return of his mastei that Miss Johnson's is t i two years' absence Iron: recorded in America." Instances of dogs having ^ .he live, of their owner, b> X(( Ap1>KA1/ T(( T range intuition of approach ,v nger which they appear t< ' i, or by their protection, an Richmond, Va., Jan. 3 irable. W, Chamberlain, recent man who has not read and re- of murdering his brothf obert Burns' poem "The Twa 'n^ the body into stnal has something delightful fore burying them, will to him when he turns to it. in* his l,fe sentence c lith's "Klegy on the Death of 13- Attorfney James ( Dog," should be memorized nouneed today no appei ken to heart. Shakespeare, decision of the Gooc.h Burns, Campbell, Byron and would be taken. without number I could men 11 loved dogs and wrote some The Modern Metl ul things about them. Much Wniter?"What will yoi best of modern literature, a Diner?"Oh. bring me an u which I could easily cite you, proteins, fats, and carb ruly ami beautifully with the 'eave R you, Henry ea; hundred calories." re is, I believe, a stronger sympathy and understanding the man who has little mawealth?the poor man, as he B ? letimes called, as if we were H ^ 111Mrl poor men. in one way or an- H -and his dog, than between Marion h called rich man and his dog; I ? long while I teems to feel and understand I have paillS an< led of the other. M disagreeable ta . . . . , . , m butter, oil or gri he behest of cruel man he sur- regular Sick he. s his life for the benefit of M flfter a courge 8. Strapped to the operating seemed to teal so that he cannot move his no aj| j rv- ? r... K?v% < ?? k(n 11 a iuwi nr nui/iiiim inn imiu ^ ma scalpel of the scientific dor- H i pursuit of knowledge to he n the study of man. to relieve l^a ? m hondriac man's ailments H^9 H jft| SST dhenias and belly-aches. His I HI and vital organs are laid hare III fiLI hserved, their palpitations are 1^ HI and jotted down, he is given aesthetic; with watch in hand. recommended 1 alculated how much torture he H me. 1 keep it and and how long he can stand H liver medicine 'ore the spark of life flickers H Stomach troufc oes out. All this he does, and 9 the jaded livei for man, cruel man, and some H throwing out V> dge him a morsel of food. K tem. 1 his me > tribute of Bishop Doane is H USe in time of Iful, but that of the late Sen- H Sluggish, take vest is classic: H morrow. Prici mtlemen of the Jury: The H rlend a man has in this world turn against him and become aemy. His son or daughter ASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C. h loving care SUCCESSFUL DRIVE BY i <? t .Jhu7tb??! THE ITALIAN FORCES ?ur happiness j 4 may become Capture Strong Positions In MounThe money | lose. It flies t*ln ,leK|on 1,500 Men. 1 laps when he Airplanes Aid Materially. A ?'s reputation noment of illpeople who Notwithstanding the fact that icir knees to deep snows still cover the ground. :ss is with u the Italians have carried out sueow the stone cessfullyxa spectacular drive against e settles its the Austro-German lines in the The one ab mountain region of northern Italy that man ea nnd captured strong positions and >rld. the one more than 1,500 men. ingrateful < The blow was delivered on the Asiago plateau sector and the ens my. a man's my positions penetrated were ten-". rospcr'ty an i Piously held notwithstanding st' O . L-s and in sick- counter-attacks in which the Austrr. ? on the cold Germans were repulsed with heuv; j? ivintry winds J casualties. The Merlin war office. < '?, ives fiercely, admitting the reverse to the T ^ his master's tonic allied line, asserts that "> e hand that Italians repeatedly tried to brln ] A will lick the reinforcements to widen the b e> //' come in <n they had made in the enemy ; < I\ linoss of the but that their efTorts fal'ed and Ik sleep of h: Italians were made prlso; er. vr>'" a urine Tliat nirnlanes nlrtoH m.ntaH jesert. l?<. r in the fighting, full details of * ^ <e wings ami have not yet b? en roceiv d, i i i ho is as eon cated In the Italian official c 0 sun in it munication. which assorts th t i heave- s. I ing the progress of the battle <' . , tor forth a enemy lost 12 aircraft. , lendloss an<" The victory for the ItaMans at. t' . r. ^ , dog nskv n particular point is of consideraV. j at of aeooni .significance because of tiie fact 1 against d in lately, since the enemy's strong a. his enemies t< nipt* to break through from th of all come ;, hill region to the Venetian pi. : nstor iti its failed around Monte Totnba and so ' ?'b is la'il away tors west, the Xustro-Oorruuns h v matter if a'! been brlng'ng up reinforcements i n * ' their way. tln? Asiago district preparatory to : 1 on,a will the no- further series of attacks to reach 'lb( ead between the lowlands around Itnssano and ",n<< but open In vicenza. b,es ful and true Aside from this battle no important infantry operations have beet 1 a'r recorded, although the Germans ?' * SS TAbb have been operating with their ar <H*' 1 P GROWTH tlllery on a somewhat extensive scale but N abel John- on t*ie Arra8 front and have carried 1 soven feet out raiding operations on several 11 Bernard's oth<"' 8<-?? ?' Marahal were m an opera- 'la'R 8 line. her growth. Monday night's air raid, the first . 1 of remoT- of ,he y?ar> on London and adjacent femur bono. ter'ltory. resulted In the largest S 1 successful." ^suaUy list of any air raid since ' other opera- l',at o1 June IS. last. The total casualties were 47 killed and 169 inlured right tty brunette J a* ^ gU] it mentally. ^ a stai idersized. iifferer from * FLINT RIDGE " . ire dlaeaae. inuous, ex- Heath Springs, R. C., Jan. 31.? ada. There have Mrs. A. J. Hyles who has been vis- Amer ses reported iting Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Watson, re- "Pest nd I believe (urn,.(j (Q her hoine last week. 19.3 he only one Mr. Q. ('. Croxton. of Springs, filled the appointment of ling," Rev. Samuel Long with the Flint "Dra< AKKX Ridge church on the third Sunday "Lira LAIN t'AHF afternoon, the latter being in Mon- l'J.3 roe. cents, I' Miss Belva Situs, of this place, "Doll 1> con\ict? wa8 a visitor at the home of Mr. J. cents, r and <ar\ Sims, of Heath Springs, while at- Th< 1 pieces he tendinK the meeting there last week, the f begin serv There was a fruit supper at the indict >n hebruary ^ome of Mr. W. A. Bowers last Fri- Th "" aRe a^ day night, given in honor of his in ou :l' 10,11 tu guests, Messrs. Krnest Bowers and ordin iland court ^onnje Cunningham, of Kershaw. If Mr. J. A. Reeves and family have good recently moved to their new home low t near Westville. They were well re- n "hi i nave, air? Bpecte<l in this community and their W< ssortment of . , . , ohydrates 1 absence 18 deplored in the church, speak ?about eight 8ch?ol and lodge, of which they Mr were prominent members. the < ????????muni of Mi ACH TROUBLE I ~ lolcomb, of Nancy, Ky., says: "For quite suffered with stomach trouble. I would 9 i a heavy feeling after my meals, a most iste in my mouth. If I ate anything with V sase, I would spit it up. I began to have a adache. I had used pills and tablets, but fl of these, I would be constipated. It fust ft - my stomach all up. I found they were m [or my trouble. I heard | THEDFORD'S I K-DRAUGHT very highly, so began to use it It cured in the house all the time. It Is the best 9 made. I do not have sick headache or H >le any more." Black-Draught acts on r and helps it to do its important work of ?? raste materials and poisons from the sys- M dicine should be in every household for M need. Uet a package today. If you feel a dose tonight You will feel fresh to e 25c a package. All druggists. ONE CENT A DOSK Qm I j / $ FRIE HEIANN and Good Cheer ^ ike'Possum and Sa Because Luziann cup of coffee you "When It just ri^ht. The fragrai I >ars, It And the flavor is delici< Reigna Coffee-lovers know tl epot, for it's full of pun If you don't think the is worth what you pai ? and he'll give you back if not ini MIDWAY. + M'sa t ? 'J* 'b ! 4* < + 4* + < + + ! Bessie haw. S. ('.. U. ! '. 1). .">. Jan. W* In Xrmcnia lii..h treason is ' y known. We did have Bene ,uu' Ai Arnold 1741-180^, who was We ru m American glory lor his rly conduct aguicst Canada (""nn 7 5. Poor fellow, he spent the ('?<!S H< lnder of his !lle in Kn gland WP ?ut enjoying anybody's confl-' *S'ow . Ilhode Island had her 1rou-anc' VVI with the lion. Thomas \V. liorr, ipe,son rebelled, went to the governor's renu'm against the "Peace and dignity ^r' e State." He fled, was captur- you on lied for treason and convicted, _____ sas pardoned In 1852. ese cases are well in the past. fj le end of "Un-clvil" war there llll no prosecutions for treason. Germany their word for treas Majestatsbeleidigung. I can ( it, spell it, but can't say it; it Corn: ny moutl) before 1 can get any BJc After the war, if their list of ?lmp] oners rnmnnrea uilh ?>? nomo - r xor C ourts, if they have any. will be fix#*! busy, won't they? pposing the American dollar as ndard, let's see how sonio other , ry's money compares: Aus- / lungary, "Crown," 20.3 cents; ilk um, "Franc," 19.3 cents; Can"Dollar," 100 cents; Central ^0 lea, "Peso," 40.8 cents; Culftv, >," 92.6 cents; France, "Franc," hBH cents; Germany, "Mark," 23.8 'Vfifl Great llritnin, "Pound Ster- BB 4 86.6 1-2 cents; Greece, ^RK hina," 19.3 cents; , Italy. 19.3 cents; Spain, "Peseta." ^R cents; Turkey, "Piaster." 04.4 ^ Poor Mexico, she has the ar," but it's only worth 45 ere is very little moving among enly aimers of this section, which l-iiHen lt?S their satisfaction 'lKht "ain't e enrollment and attendance ,n?oj r school seems to be above the torn ary. u"e 1 ' wear a compulsory attendance law Is free youni for one district, does It not fol- feel hat It would be good for all In lanket" form? enjoy >uld Mr. "Bud Biggs" like to druk" i on this subject? 26c *11 C. F. Adams and family has Sold intire sympathy of this com- "d as ty during the protracted illness i>y La rs. Adams, whose condition does Viackej i An Ambition and a I f J "yHF. needs of the South are identical w's f 2 ol the jo jtbern Railway t the yrvwth and succea / tbc upbuilding ol tbe other. /f J The Southern Railway asks ao htcrr-to (peril '1 j accorded to others. I p** { The ambition of the Southern Railway Companj ty I unity ol Interest that la bora ol cooperation between f i the railrondi i to aerprrfecrrd that lair and frank policy J ' menr ol rallroada which Invltra the confidence ol f aycnririj to trail<e tha t liberality ol Itratment which V / to obtain the additional capital needed for the acqulaitic enla-yrd facilities Incident to the dcinaud lor Increa I artrice; and. finally? To uke Ira niche In the body politic ol the Sou r other frrat Industries, with no more, bat with equal | rif hta and equal opportunities. ' ><4 The Southern Serves the S< SouthernRallw % >AY, FEBRUARY 1, 1918 ^ lEcoffee so together' veet Potatoes e mrJc?s the best-tasting ever drank. It's roasted ice?you can't forget it. 1US. lat Luzionne just hits tho ich and pep. it this good old Luzianne d, then tell your grocer everv c??nK iprove any. Patsy llinson visited Miss ('aloe Sunday. F. list ridge is spending this In C'olunrWa, Barnwell, Aiken IKllSta. (iil-. on lilislnnuu notice the farmers are beconittimistic relative to the conof the small grain crop. It jem it's prow food at home if e it. t is a fine time to take lessons ? have a good teacher in the of Mr. (Jraeber, but above all ber our motto is "work." Editor, let us congratulate i your editorials. i irn Pain Stopped Quick i Lift Eight Off With "Gets-It" seed relief from corn pains is le as A B C with "Gets-It." ten you've been limping around lays trying i.o get away from lrt-drilTlng corn or bumpy calind everything you'vo tried has St* it nk \ MaP ^gr w v41 fgBimOm made it worse, and then you ome "Oets-It" on and tho pain right away, and the corn peels off like a banana akin? it a grand and heavenly feelits-It" has revolutionized the ruHiory or the world. Millions t and It never falls. I.<ndles smaller shoes and have patnfeet. We old fellows and f fellows forget our toes and frisky as colts. Everybody a corn or callus needs ''GetsWe will all walk about and ourselves as we did without Get a bottle today from your fist, or sent on receipt of price Iewrence A Co., Chicago, 111., i all you need to pay. In Lancusiur ami locommtinathe world's best corn remedy ncaster Pharmacy and J. F. i & Co. Record ; Vv lh the needs ! j of one D(ui J I f ll prlrtlere not I if 5 ' li to tee thai I the public and ' In the manage- | 1 1 f>rernmrntal , V I ?.U enable It , /_ >n of brtt-r and /l t?cd ana better S J th alnr*ild* of J librrtits. equal >uth." JjU^ A ay ^yj?tem*