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* ^Miscellaneous Mcatling. w THE CARNAGE OF WAR. Story of a Survivor of the Battle ol Gravclotte. William Guldner. a survivor of the battle of Gravelotte. the most hare fought victory of the Franco-Prussiar * war. tells in Harper's Magazine how he saw the victory as color bearer ol his regiment: "It must have been. I think, about i o'clock when Colonel von Boehn rode a to the head of the regiment and we all straightened quick as on parade. And he said sharp a few words, something like. 'Men. the regiment has a good name, and you will give it a still better one.' I was in front and could hear part of what he said. "The colonel led us to the left, and ? ? 41 J * ??--* rttf o n/i H'On t we crnssen a rttin\>uu through another little white village, and then we .'aced a slope?a long slope?with a village on it, which the * French had made into a fort, and we, k our regiment and others, were to capk ture it, and there were many Frenchmen and cannon there. "The colonel rode on a horse, he and the majors and the adjutants. Our captains usually rode, too. but this day the captains sent their horses hack and went on foot. "And soon our first men began to fall, for we came under the fire of the chassepot. It was hard, for we could not see the enemy. These first ones * were many sharpshooters in a ditch, and the noise of their firing was like that of a coffee mill?kr-r-r-r-r-r! They drew off as we went forward. It was only at a walk that we went?a ^ steady walk, just as if there were no bullets there. "And now we would run forward fifty yards ard throw ourselves fiat, then another fifty yards and the halt and the falling fiat, and each time we could see the village that was a fortress nearer. ["And once when we were lying down and I saw that the officers were standing. just cool and quiet, it came to me that a man has to pay in such ways to be an officer. "I saw the colonel fall. He was shot from his horse and carried back. "The first major, he took command, and he galloped to the skirmish line, and he was shot. Then the second major, too, was shot, and he tried to get up, but he could not stand, and he sat on a big stone and shouted: "Go on! Go on!' And he took a gun from a dead man and fired it. "We were ordered to fix bayonets, f and that made us glad, but even yet the men carried their rifles on their shoulders as they ran. We were not near enough to charge with bayonets. * ~ " U*%f if IV O Q "I wish I could ten you nnm ... * like as we got near that village of St. Privat?the noise, the smoke, the flashes, the falling men and only one desire in our hearts. "There were three sergeants in the color section, one at each side of me. And first the one at my right was killed. Then the one at my left was shot?eight big bullets in his body from a mitrailleuse?eight! Yet heafterward got well, while many a man died from only one little bullet. ("And at last we went at a bayonet charge, and for the first time there was a cheer, a wild and savage cheer, and we ran on, eager to plunge the bayonets, and we could see as we came near the village that the French were firing from behind barricades and garden walls and from windows. "And we looked into the wild faces of the French, and they met us hand to hand. Ah. we climbed over walls and barricades, and we fired and bay oneted, and we fought them in the streets! "On and on we went. It was a wild time of shooting, bayoneting, wrestling. clubbing, shouting. On and on, * but it was slow work and terrible, for the French fought for every step. "I was at the front, for I had the colore. There were a few officers still left, and they were shouting and waving their swords, and other regiments stormed into the village with us, and after a while?I can't say how long? the place was ours. "As I tell it to you it seems perhaps Wf a simple thing. But when the regi ment was paraded before the battle W began we were more thar 2,900 men B and more than fifty officers, and we ^ lost in the fight forty officers and more than a thousand men. Yes. that was ^ the loss of Just my regiment alone. It was murderish, but it was necessary. "Well, it was over. The village was - . - -J .v,on\- n dead man lay in mazing, hiiu .. the ruins. Some sat upright, dead, with their backs against walls." A "HELLO" FAILURE. Government Ownership of Telephones Unpopular In Manitoba. So far as this province is concerned, government ownership of telephones is not meeting with the success which ? was promised while the present gov* ernment was canvassing the province for re-election, says a Winnipeg correspondent. People were told that with public ownership existing telephone charges would be cut in two and that after several years of operation the rates would be still further reduced. They cited the Bell schedules as ridiculous and exorbitant and quoted the dividends being paid by the Bell concern. f v All these assertions and promises arc forgotten now that the provincial govs ernment has purchased the Bell sys/ tern in Manitoba, and instead of a reI duction in the rates an advance has ? / been ordered in certain classes. The ^ province paid $3.300.ft00 for the Bell lines and equipment, and when the purchase price was .announced Francis Dagger, a telephone expert, who is known all over the American continent. declared that at the price paid by the government the system could noi he run on a paying basis tin less the rates were advanced. The local government then appar* ently began to realize the fact thai at least a million dollars too much hac been paid to the Bell people, and some competent experts allr-ged an excess payment of a much greater sum. h . make a favorable showing an ordei was Issued by the commission appoint? <! to look after the workings of th( system that under no circumstances would free telephones be allowed, anc the 90 instruments for which no revenue was being received under the Bel regime were taken out unless the user cared to pay the regular rates to hav< them remain. This increased the earnC ings of the system by some $2,500 j year. But this was not enough, so ar order has now been issued infortnlns all doctors and nurses that in futur< their yearly rate will be $50 instead oi $40. under the Bell rule, and thus another or $4.onn is added to th< yearly receipts of the department of telephones. These two items, however, amount to little, and now the commission is considering other ways to increase the P revenues, while the general service given to subscribers is no better than before. In fact, many persons assert 1 that the Manitoba government is not 1 giving as good service as the Bell i company did under the same condl* tions The promise of reduced rates f seems ns far from fulfillment as ever. and whenever a member of the provlnl cia' department of telephones or a 1 me nber of the commission Is asked i when the promised reduction of rates I is likely to become effective he replies ' with the now stereotyped phrase. "I I have nothing for publication on the matter." And such is the public ownership of telephones under the Manitoba provemment. If you must grive advice, first find out what kind the other fellow wants. ItST Why is the Fourth of July like an oyster? Because we cannot enjoy it without crackers. r AN AVALA OF BARGA AN OPPORTUNITY N MISSED ? YOUR HA: DOLLARS DO DOUBL THIS MONEY-SAVING MILL SHIPMENTS A PRICES Make Buying a* " 1 !'{' / 2 & pv g? 3 Q \ 9 ^ i V / ? o I '&Cl % m-5 V/ E x/i o yj HWU W ^ ro rn i 9i > h * ***" wl X h X 1 DQ< W///. 'flm o ? w MM HI * ? ? - rwrmmrn & c/3 h L g>OH C-A^, [ - SPECIA ten minutes sale! hour Don't Miss ' th preparing are sure ' clothing th i mill shipi i bargain-g: the ninet AP1SON GINGHAM?Good Good Quality BLEACHING? , Yard Wide. 10 CIS. BLEACI1I 5 71 Cts. COTTON OUTING?5 i Good CHECK HOMESPUN?t A. F. C. I)IIESS GINGHAM?S B??s| 15 Cts. LONSDALE CA1 12J Cts. ANDKOSCOGGIN BI s t cr l IJU JL 1 DOING AT THOM! J. THURSDAY, NOVE r EVERY MAN A ! IN THIS SECTION SH( i ? SUIT OF CLOTHES, I DERWEAR, SHIRTS. E' SALE?NEW GOODS? At Factory A POUND OF FEATHERS. It Is In Reality Heavier Than a Pound of Lead. The favorite question with the school committeemen of olden time was, we are told, "which is the heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of lead?" The first rash answer almost always used to be. "a pound of lead." Then, of course, from the older pupils woum come the reply, "both alike." If this question was asked today the old time querist might receive a decided surprise, for the pound of feathers could easily be proved to be the heavier, A simple experiment is all the evidence needed. With any accurate scales weigh out a pound of lead, using ordinary shot frr convenience. Pour the shot into one of the pans of a balance. For the feathers a light muslin bag will be needed, and care must be taken that feathers and bag together do not weigh more than a pound. When the bag of feathers is put into the other pan of the balance the beam will, after a few oscillations, come to rest exactly level. NCHE INS Ope OT TO BE THE RD-EARNED E DUTY AT Thurs< SALE. T FACTORY Fui Remembi r FrioV Sold on,y 11 i udby. Tne Mill, |55 | ^A//75- L^V^j T I rx~M ^ ine 5 ON THE and cl Friday Them. Calicoi IS SALE MEANS THAT ONE I r YOURSELF AND FAMILY I TO BLOW. FIT THE FAMILY AT THOMSON CO.'S DURIN( IS STORE WILL BE CLOSED AENTS AND MARK DOWN TI IVING. MONEY-SAVING SAL 'EENTH AT NINE O'CLOCK, . Quality?I CTS. Yard Wide BROl > CENTS. Best BROWN SI XG?7 CTS. Yd. Best. Yard Wide CENTS the Yd. he Yard, 5 CTS. 12J Cls. WHITE > CENTS the Y(l. Best \. C. A. EE IBRIC?II CTS. 65 Cts. Value SI1 jEACHIXG 50 Cts. Value 811 1-2 CTS. Yard. $1.00 Value SIIE EVERYBODY MAKE READY SON COMPANY'S. THESE S 1MBER igTH. COME RAIN O ,ND BOY Bring ymi DULD GET A ? SHOES, UNTC., AT THIS Prices- "^7^ So far tht* verdict "both alike" ; seems to be proved. But place the bal- I anco on the receiver of an air pump, i with lead and feathers undisturbed. < Cover the whole with the glass bell jar i and exhaust the air. Slowly the feath- 1 ers sink, and the lead kicks the beam. The pound of feathers is heavier than the pound of lead. The truth is that what we call a pound was not such in fact, for the , atmosphere buoys up everything with' I" nrnnnrtlntl tn thp hill!; flf the object, and the feathers, being of greater bulk than the lead, are supported by , the air to a considerably greater extent than the lead. Removed from this supporting medium, their true \v?ight is made evident. , Charles Reade propounded a similar i question in one of his novels. A Jewish trader is made to ask. "which is the heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?" After a while he explains to the satisfaction of his audi- I ence of miners that the feathers are the heavier. Gold, he explains, is weighed by troy i weight, while feathers are weighed by 1 Tandf. FROM 415 ns their Great Factory THOMSON CI Jay, Nov. 19, at 9 me Promptly. Be on hands and nishings, Notions and Millinery e er the First Four Days?Thursd 0:00 to 10:30 O'clock a. m. and and Syndidate's own Representat wjT\k\iv mm * u* hill ? w mm '! 111J,'! 11' /< 11r s? = P ?p^rt ^ Mill and Factory J oses Monday Nig , Saturday and Mo es for 25c., 10 yard )OLLAR WILL DO THE WORI ?OR THE COLD, WINTRY \ I OUT WITH NEW SHOES 3 THIS SALE. ALL WEDNESDAY TO ARI -IE GOODS FOR THE OPEN] E, WHICH OPENS THURSDAY A. M. ,VX SEA ISLAND, 3 CTS. Yd. Ladl IEETING, 6 1-2 CTS. Yard. BROWN SEA ISLAND TAD 6 CENTS the Yard. BIT LINEEN. 9 CTS. Yard. 25 C ATIIEH TICK, II CTS. Yard. ITL1 EETS?18 CENTS Each. IJlpr [EETS?SO CENTS Each. 15 ( :ETS?69 CENTS Each. FOR THIS BIG SYNDICATE Si YNDICATE PRICES WILL MAI R SHINE. DOORS OPEN AT ir Check Books and Plenty On Approval to any o HE MILL A1S From HE THO: >ens Thursday, November avoirdupois, and as the twelve ounces In a pound troy contain only 5,760 grains, while the avoirdupois pound contain nearly 7,000 grains, the pound of feathers is, of course, 1,240 grains heavier than the pound of gold.?New York Tribune. A Modest Request.?Mr. J. M. Barrie, the author, tells a good story sgainst himself. A lady of his acquaintance had taken f. friend to see one of his plays, and, quite astonished, he asked her why 5 he did 50. "Oh," was the reply, "It's such a quiet street for the horses." He also tells of a playgoer who received no response to his repeated requests to a lady in front of him to remove her huge hat. At length, exasperated, he said: "If you won't take off your hat, my dear madam, will you be so kind as to fold back your ears?"?Woman's Life. >ti)~ Every shilling turned out by the English mint shows a profit of nearly three-pence. ACTORY BROADWAY, J Sale of Goods from th 3'S BIG DEPi a. m. Sale Closes see the Greatest Slaughtering o ver witnessed in Yorkville. ay, Friday, Saturday and Mondi 10 yards to each customer, ive is here to make prices and s< ^Ifl FAT^RY 5AL^ f < Syndicate Sale Bej ;ht, Dec. 14. Fir nday, 10 to 10:30 Is to each custom* c of two in vinds that this st( and warm which ^ during factor' of our *ange the ed to n :ng of this will mi , november pay 0n] ies' PURE LINEN IIAXDKERCHIEI 1 CENTS E !LE COVERS?10 CENTS Each. 1EAU SCARFS?10 CENTS Each. 'ents PILLOW TOPS? 9 CENTS. LOW CORDS?9 CENTS and 10 CE! EMBROIDERY Values at 5 CENTS, 'ts. and 25 Cts. EMBROIDERY Vain At io ce: \LE AND BE ON HANDS TH ?E EAGER CUSTOMERS AND ' NINE O'CLOCK, A. M. r of Money. Positively N ne. SPOT CASH FOR E rD FACTORY 415 Broadway, New York MSON C 19th, at 9 o'clock a. m. an< VALUE OF BALLOONS. One Authority Declares This is Overestimated, and Tells Why. "Military authorities are overestimating the value of the airship and balloons for purposes of war," remarked Professor Andrew B. Quale of Yale, to a New York Telegram reporter. "There are two very serious drawbacks to the use of the balloon, which is the only possible vehicle of the air which the army or navy can hope to use, at least at present. In the first place It is dangerous for those who use it, and it affords an easy mark for the enemy's sharpshooters. "If it should fly so high that it would be out of the reach of our modern guns then the observers in It would gain no information of the enemy, because they would be above the clouds and could see nothing of what was going on, on land. "If a balloon should go up only high enough to see if the enemy was approaching, the exact whereabouts of the troops to which It belonged would be immediately disclosed, and the enemy would gain as much information and SYNDICA <JEW YORK, le Mills at Factory Prici IRTMENT STI ; Monday Night, D f Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, G ay?10 Yards of Good Calicoes f ? a rr\ w* a nm/\v\ir nn Ell the goods At tAUURim i^'ir ">w " : '-'WI jins Thursday, Nc st four days, Thu ? O'clock, 10 yard: sr. WE LEAD?OTHERS TRY TO ORE NOW CONTROLS MILL WILL BE TURNED TO THE H THIS SYNDICATE SALE. TH Y PRICES ON ALL GOODS IN OWN STOCK IS SUBJECT TO IAKE THIS YORKVILLE'S GR \KE BUYING A PLEASURE A LY FACTORY COST. STAY A PS 8 Cts. TORCHON LACE Valu ach. VAL LACE Values at 4 CENT DECORATED CREPE PAPE MEN'S SUITS?$4.98, $7.18 i MEN'S OVERCOATS?$1.98, S VTS. MEN'S HATS?98 Cts., $1.89 MEN'S SHIRTS?39 CENTS es MEN'S HEAVY FLEECED k"T,c nu iwrpe sn n wo. | " ? ~ E FIRST DAY. COME YOUR i HAPPY PATRONS AT THIS 0 GOODS CHARGED, or WERY SALE MADE. ' SYNDIC ATI City. lOMPANT 1 Closes Monday, Decembe possibly more than the army sending up the balloon., "It is impossible to govern any of the lighter than air machines, and no general sending one of them up from his camp would be able to count on its return. If the air currents carried it toward the enemy the probability is they would carry it beyond, and the balloonists would then land with the enemy between them and their comrades. It is also wrong, I think, to train our military men in me use 01 balloons when the hope of the entire world is to solve the problem of aviation. If this is solved the same men must be trained over at great expense, because there is a wide difference between ballooning and flying in a machine which is heavier than air." >*".*The population of Canada is now about 6,500,000. .tc 'In Belgium a revenue of $65,000 Is derived from roadside fruit trees, ti.' A hen attains her best laying capacity in her third year. She will lay on an average lifetime from 300 to 500 eggs. VTE READ for to ski: BS at a dollarORES $40,00 of up-to-e >ec. 14. TO BE DIS homes oft ints' county a' tory cost. or 25 Cents. bring pl! ICRS I Be Read ? I jsuj mm aatjHRn ||as0aB( |?^gQ]h^ HP) a| ^ W^zr |R2^ /.-?55^-~^. j^ntuS I* > jjj?j-^i >v. 19, ^e Marl ifchdv have bee rsaay, GooD THIN) $ good gain price come, ex are ready follow. beware of im and factory syndics omes of the people of e mill and factory syn this store. every do! syndicate prices. we i eatest sale. thomson ( nd paying easy. buy VJl way and you lose?comi THE THOMSON es at 4 CTS. Yd. TOILET SOAP'S Yard. COLGATE'S 25 I R?8 CTS. Roll. I YD <9 98 pottle \ t 57.48 A YD $9.98. PERFUMED TA AND $1.98. GOOD TALCUM and 79 CENTS. PEARL BUTTO? UNDERSHIRTS Good PEARL BI .'S. the Garment. Good BASTING < SELF?TELL YOUR FRIENDS STORE. REMEMBER THE I =5=1 Speci H OF DRESS G< -J 9 COAT SUIT IT FURS. CLOA 1 * Don't F< r 14th. Thrift of a Magnate.?Commenting on the thrifty habits of the late Commodore Vanderbilt, a correspondent of the New York Tribune tells a story which he says "goes back more than forty years, but may be told again on that account." For years Mr. Vanderbilt went to Saratoga every year and spent many hours every day <m the fontrress Hall porch smoking. ! "My brother," says the story teller, "who lived near the spring, loved horses and used to drive to the village and go to the congress and listen to the Vanderbilt horse talk. One day he noticed a big darning needle stuck through the lapel of the great railroad man's coat, and in wondering what It was there for missed much of the conversation. It use developed when the Vanderbilt cigar became too short to be held by the fingers with comfort or safety to the smoker. Then the stump was speared by the needle and held for further incineration. Aided by the darning needle the cigar was smoked to the bitter?to him sweet? end. And he was not the least bit ashamed to let people see him make use of the darning needle." ^ CAREFULLY P A LINE IS TO SKIP '0.00 Worth 'ATE MERCHANDISE TRIBUTED TO THE HE PEOPLE OF YORK r WHOLESALE FACSNTY OF MONEY AND y for the Feast y y /~~ % Z 0 M 2 S-.^1 2 0 a 2 33 ^ w ^ 2 H r w w s ^ fzQSS ;^~<0 I o H w w -t^O S I Ij O z -Ov W A. W - H 0\\ m 5 o 5 M H>*$? x ? i? 2 2 H M w m g-Tgfr-- S s w z Hfflffi "wsjo* Bhm S^P^So a SS ww a 52 O H > W ? DWODO /} W h -a< -w 0 '1 S > O g> H f| RrcS io ? ? I 2*' Sh 1 sS^s 2 2 S S I jj W ^ g W W > |o wllr _____ O H S O S ) Z o ? H J O u Kj CO 5r? cets of America N SEARCHED FOR GS AT GENUINE BARS FOR THIS SALE. PECTING MUCH?WE TO MAKii UUUlJ. ITATION SALES. lTE BARGAINS, YORK COUNTY fDICATE MAKES LLAR'S WORTH \RE DETERMIN:0.'S BIG STOCK IAT YOU WANT, 2, YOU WIN. I . CONPANY. I 3 CENTS the Cake. Cts. TALCUM POWDER? 15 CENTS the Box. kSELIXE?1 CENTS. LCUM POWDER? 10 CENTS the Box. POWDER?5 CTS. Box. CS?1 CENT the Card. [JTTONS?2 CENTS the Card. COTTON?2 CTS. the Spool. > ABOUT WHAT'S JEGINNING DATE al Showing OODS, SILKS, LADIES' S, LADIES' SKIRTS, KS AND MILLINERY. )rget the Dates. J