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He Got Well.?"You are dying," said
the doctor to the country editor as he
lay on his deathbed after long years of
weary toil. "And do you think 1 am
going?" said the editor.
"Yes, I am sure," said the doctor.
The dying editor turned his head and
looked at him who had come to make
out his last will and said, "And you
think 1 am dying?"
"Yes, I know it," said the lawyer.
The dying editor then said to the
doctor, "How much do I owe you?"
"About one hundred dollars," said
the doctor.
The editor turned to the lawyer,
"How much do I owe you?"
"About one hundred dollars," said
the lawyer who had spent about three
hours making the editor's will.
"Well," said the editor, "won't you
please kneel on each side of me while
I breathe my last?"
"Why do you make such a request?"
the lawyer and doctor asked simultaneously.
"Well," said the editor, "it will be a
great satisfaction to die as my savior
died?between two thieves."
The lawyer and doctor fainted, and
the editor got well.?Health Record.
Describing a Motor Car.?A young
lady describes her new automobile as
follows: "My car is the very latest
1915 model and is equipped throughout
with imported annular ball ear-rings.
It has a lean-line body, dispatchable
and denounceable rims, epileptic spring
In front and fiatiron springs in the
rear, full sloping rear axle, most infernal
expanding brakes, electric stopper
and starter, autocratic glass front, uniced
power plant, flash jubilation, tree
point detention, sailor radiator, three
speeds horrid and one perverse, amateur
on dash board, gasoline tank
asleep, 60-mile speedy greeter, aggravated
ebony rim on spearing reel, sliding
near trimmers in headlights, frigid
suspenders, hand-cuffed leather up
holstering, dippy curtains, bar type
foot rest and many other latest susceptibilities."?New
York Telegram.
By Waiting Patiently.?"Patience
and perseverance will accomplish all
things," was a favorite saying of an
old miller.
He had made this remark in a train
one day on the way to market, when a
pompous individual in the corner turned
to him crossly and said:
"Nonsense, sir. I can tell you a
great many things which neither patience
nor perseverance can accomplish."
"Perhaps you can," said the miller,
"but I have never yet come across one
thing."
"Well, then. I'll tell you one. Will patience
and perseverance ever enable
you to carry water in a sieve?"
"Certainly."
"I would like to know how?"
"Simply by waiting patiently for the
water to freeze."?Dallas News.
She Knew.?A new drama was being
rehearsed and the two women who had
prominent parts were not on the most
friendly terms.
"In this scene," remarked the tall
stately blonde, "I am supposed to
leave the stage at the rear, while you
stand in the front facing the audience.
What will be your cue to resume your
lines?"
"Why," replied the glowing brunette,
without hesitation, "the look of
satisfaction on the faces of the audience."?New
York Times.
It All Depends.?When James A.
Garfield was president of Oberlin college,
a man brought for entrance as a
student his son, for whom he wished a
shorter course than the regular one.
"The boy can never take all that in."
said the father. "He wants to get
through quicker. Can you arrange it
for him?"
"Oh, yes," said Mr. Garfield. "He can
take a short course; it all depends on
what you want to make him. When
God wants to make an oak He takes a
hundred years, but He only takes two
months to make a squash."?ExHe
Needed New Parts.?Customer?
"When 1 bought the motorcycle didn't
you say you'd supply me with any new
part if I broke anything?"
Motorcycle Dealer?"Yes. What do
you wish me to let you have?"
Customer?"I want a pair of new
ankles, a rib, three feet of cuticle, a
box of assorted finger nails, four molars
and a funny bone."?Tit-Bits.
Fish That Bite.?"You'd think," said
he, eagerly, "that fish would know
better than to bite at those artificial
baits."
"Oh, I don't know," she replied. "It
isn't so long ago that you bought a lot
of very pretty automobile stock."?Detroit
Free Press.
<t'J Kind Old Lady?While you were
orlittle orirl n hnfl hnv Mmp tin tn
the porch and ran away with your licorice
babies.
Little Girl?Oh, I don't care much.
"But he ate them all up."
"Then he'll be sorry, 'cause they
wasn't licorice babies. I made 'em out
of tar."?Kansas City Star.
Misleading.? Sergeant? Halt! You
can't go there.
Private Murphy?Why not, sir?
Sergeant?Because it's the general's
tent.
Private Murphy?Then, bedad, what
are they doing with "Private" above
the door?
A Fair Valuation.?"A scientist computes
that the salts and fats of the
human body are worth commercially
about $8. In short, the average man
is worth $8. Seems small, doesn't it?"
"Oh, I don't know. As I run over my
list of acquaintances, it seems a very
fair price."
Such a Pity.?"Poor Mrs. de Reegur
is broken hearted. They can't send her
any more Paris gowns. That suit she's
wearing was made here in town."
"What a pity. I never saw her looking
so well."
Plausible, Really.?"Why, is a man's
skull made in sections, instead of all in
one piece?" asked Johnny, who had
just taken up physiology.
"So that it will stretch at the seams
and not burst when he gets the swell
head," answered father.?Judge.
An Accident.?First Office Boy?
Well, did you ask your boss for a raise
right after his lunch, as I told you?
Second office Boy?Yes; and I got
fired. He'd forgot to take his dyspepsia
tablet.
>X- In a certain town a Mr. Cobb married
a Miss Webb, and it was said he
fell in love with her as soon as he spied
her.
Miscellaneous ilea dun).
SEED CORN SELECTION
Now is tiie Time to Attend to this Important
Matter.
Autumn is the time to prepare for
a protitable corn crop the following
season. At this time the seed is
most abundant, and the very best
can be obtained before it has been in
any way reduced in vitality. Many
let the opportunity pass, expecting
to purchase their seed corn in the
spring, but the department's specialist
in charge of corn investigations
advises that the autumn is the best
time to select good seed.
The best place for the farmer to
obtain corn is from fields on his own
farm, or in his neighborhood, that
were planted with a variety which
has generally proved most successful
in that locality. Of course, if a community
has an experienced and honest
corn breeder on whom it may rely
the seed corn may be obtained from
him.
The corn breeder who has demon
strated year after year the suepriority
of his corn, will demand a special
price for hi* . uperior seed. Such corn
breeders have improved cattle. He
has used special methods that farmers
generally have not time to apply.
Five dollars a bushel is not too much
to pay and will be a profitable bargain
for both parties.
What Constitutes Good Seed Corn.
Ky far too many consider seed
good simply because it will grow. To
be first class, seed must be?
1. Well adapted to the seasonal
and soil conditions where it is to be
planted.
2. Grown on productive plants of a
productive variety.
3. Well matured, and preserved
from ripening time till planting time
in a manner that will retain its full
vigor.
The importance of the three requirements
just enumerated has been demonstrated
experimentally by the department's
office of corn investigations.
The results given briefly, as
enumerated, are as follows:
1. For a series of five years, 12 wellbred
varieties were tested in ten northern
states, equivalent lots of seed being
used in each state. Varieties that
produced most in some states were
among the poorest in others.
2. Seed ears taken from the highest
yielding rows of ear-to-row breeding
plats have repeatedly produced better
than seed ears taken from poorer
yielding rows. Seed ears from the best
producing stalks found in a general
field produced more than seed ears
taken without considering the productiveness
of the parent stalks.
3. Four bushels of ears were divided
into two equal parts, one part being
well taken care of and the other placed
in a barn as corn is ordinarily cribbed.
The well-Dreserved seed gave a yield
on poor soil twelve per cent higher
than the poorly preserved and twentyseven
per cent higher on fertile soil,
notwithstanding the fact that both lots
of seed germinated equally well.
Seed Corn Gathering Should be Special
Task.
At corn-ripening time drop all other
business and select an abundance of
seed corn. The process is too important
to be conducted incidentally while
huskin" When selecting seed corn,
give the process your entire attention.
Get the very best that is to be had and
preserve it well, and your increased
yields will return you more profit than
any other work you can do on your
farm.
The only proper way to select seed
corn is from the stalks standing where
they grew as soon as ripe and before
the first hard freeze.
As soon as the crop ripens go through
the field with seed-picking bags and
husk the ears from the stalks that
have produced the most corn without
having any special advantages, such as
space, moisture, or fertility. Avoid the
large ears on siams sianuuig singly
with an unusual amount of space
around them. Preference should be
given the plants that have produced
most heavily in competition with a full
stand of less productive plants.
In all localities the inherent tendency
of the plant to produce heavily of
sound, dry, shelled corn is of most importance.
Late-maturing plants with ears
which are heavy because of an excessive
amount of sap should be ignored.
Sappiness greatly increases the weight
and is likely to destroy the quality. In
many sections this fact is not sufficiently
appreciated.
In the central and southern states,
all other things being equal, short,
thick stalks are preferable. Short
stalks are not so easily blown down
and permit thicker planting. Thick
stalks are not so easily broken down
and in general are more productive
than slender ones.
The tendency for corn to produce
suckers is hereditary. Other things being
equal, seed should be taken from
stalks that have no suckers.
The same day seed corn is gathered
the husked ears should be put in a dry
place where there is a free circulation
of air, and placed in such a manner
that the ears do not touch each other.
Good seed is often ruined because it is
thought dry enough when gathered and
the precaution mentioned is considered
unnecessary. Many farmers believe
that their autumns are so dry that
such care is superfluous. Seed corn Jn
every locality gathered at ripening
time will be benefited by drying as
anmrAotfiH If l^ft in tha hnsik lnntr I
after ripening, it may sprout or mildew
during warm, wet weather or become
infested with weevils.
The vitality of seed is often reduced
by leaving it in a stick or in a pile for
even a day after gathering. During
warm weather, with some moisture in
the cobs and kernels, the ears heat or
mildew in a remarkably short time.
The department of agriculture has a
bulletin that gives in detail the best
manner of treatment for corn after it is
gathered. The bulletin also describes
how seed corn should be stored during
the winter and tests of the germination
of seed corn. The bulletin may be had
free by those who request Farmers'
Bulletin No. 415, on Seed Corn, from
the department's division of publications,
Washington, D. C.
COAST DEFENSE MINES
How They are Made and How They
are Managed.
Submarine mines were first used by
the Americans against the British at
Philadelphia, during the war of Independence.
They were then called petards.
As they were found to work as
much, if not more, mischief to friend
as to foe they were abandoned. Modern
improvements, however, have, to
a certain extent, removed that drawback.
There are different kinds of stibma
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who has taken her husband's place as
conductor of a street car while he is
at the front, fighting the Germans.
rine mines, the simplest of which is
known as a contact mine. It consists
of an iron case, packed with explosive
material, and is fixed to the bed of the
ocean by means of a cable attached to
a sinker. The latter keeps it in its
place. In the middle of the iron case
are several pins, each with a firingpoint.
A vessel passing over this mine
would strike one or me pins, urnt ?i m,
explode a percussion cap, which would
tire the material in the reservoir.
In order to be effective, the mine
should be at least eight feet below the
surface of the water. In laying it great
care has to be observed in paying out
the cable. Special men are employed
for the work, who are trained for it.
The simplicity of the contact mine is
considered its most dangerous feature.
In order that it may not blow up, a
friendly vessel, the explosive reservoir
is taken out of harm's way, and fixed
to the anchor in the bed of the sea by a
link. The latter contains a bursting
charge, which, by means of an electric
current, can be fired, releasing the
mine, which then returns to its former
dangerous position. Thus the mine is
always ready to be worked or not, ac
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vessel is a hostile or a friendly one.
Then there is the "observation
mine." This is worked from a station
on shore. The firing pins are fixed in
a buoy, which floats a few feet beneath
the surface of the water, and above the
explosive reservoir. An electric cable
runs from the anchor, beneath the bottom,
to the shore station. When a pin
is driven into the top buoy, it causes a
bell to ring or a light to flash in the
shore station, warning the observer on
duty that a vessel is passing over a
mine. The observer thereupon closes
the firing circuit, and the mine explodes.
Observation mines are usually placed
in groups of from five to seven, each
group communicating with a junction
and the main cable, which, in its turn,
communicates with the shore station.
The groups are arranged in two lines,
one a little behind the other, in alternate
positions. That is to say, one
group in advance, the next to the rear,
the third forward, and so on. The idea
being that should a vessel miss one
group, she would be certain to pass
over another. The mines are so laid
that the explosion of one in no way injures
the others.
Where the water is deep and there is
a strong current, what are known as
ground mines are laid. For these a much
greater explosive power is required.
The greater the depth, the greater the
explosive power necessary. A ground
mine laid at a depth of 65 feet would
require a charge of 1,200 pounds of guncotton,
equal to 4,800 pounds of powder.
A ground mine is worked in the following
manner:
On the shore there are two stations
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oommuniction between these stations
and the mine. The current is broken
at each station. In the latter are two
observation telescopes, which are so
fixed that the observer has a view of
any part of the horizon. We will suppose
a hostile vessel is approaching a
ground mine. Both telescopes are fixed
upon it. As the vessel approaches, so
the telescopes travel with it, as it were.
By the time the vessel has arrived immediately
over the mine, the telescopes
are both fixed upon the spot. This automatically
closes the current and explodes
the mine.
The whole contrivance is delicately
arranged. The mere act of pointing
both telescopes at the spot where the
mine is located sets the mine into deadly
action.
The mines are charged with guncotton,
dynamite and explosive gelatin.
It is calculated that to blow a hole in a
modern vessel a pressure of from 6,000
to 12.000 pounds per square inch is
needed.
The work of loading mines, although
it may seem very dangerous, is quite
safe if proper precautions are taken.
Gun-cotton is issued damp, in slabs
measuring about six inches by two
Inches. They weigh three pounds?gun
cotton, 2i pounds, and water A pound.
While wetted with 20 per cent of water
it can be safely cut with a saw, gouge
or chisel. It has a natural tendency to
become dry, so it is necessary to apply
water to it unceasingly.
The lloor of the room in which the
work is done, as well as the benches in
it, have to he kept wet. The chips
which are cut off, and the dust, which
in dry weather will fly about, have to
lie swept up, wetted and returned to
the store. If this is not done, very serious
consequences may easily ensue.
After handling dynamite or blasting
gelatine it is necessary to wash the
hands, especially before eating.
Submarine mines are laid out in previously
determined positions, which
are marked on the plan of the mine
field. A copy of this plan is always
kept in the chart-house of the steamer
or miner, as it is called, when engaged
in laying mines. The plan has marked
upon it the index letter of tin- group
and the number of the mine, the num
ber of the alignment on which the mine
is to be laid, the cross-bearing, also
the angle in case the sextant is to be
used. The depth of water is also noted
on the chart. Upon this plan the calculations
in the observation station are
based.?Philadelphia Ledger.
?
ENGLAND IS TO BLAME
Well Known British Author Says
Country Has Been Smitten With
Blindness.
Houston Stewart Chamberlain, the
well known English author, who mar- j
ried a daughter of Richard Wagner,
and who has lived many years In Germany
and Austria, is deeply disappointed
with England because of its
declaration of war upon Germany. In
a letter which has appeared in the
German press, he says he holds England
chiefly responsible "for the terrible
disaster that has broken upon
Europe," and he can only explain the
action of England by assuming that it
has been smitten with blindness.
In answer to a correspondent who
had suggested that he write a protest
against England's course* and
have it published in England, he further
wrote: "The moment for such a
protest has not yet arrived. The
English must first bear the consequences
of their disgusting course in
the form of heavy blows; after that
they can be reasoned with. May God
protect the glorious cause of the Germans;
there is no other hope for the
future of the human race."
German professors and men of science
have made a strong protest
against England's course by renouncing
all the honorary degrees, titles,
and other marks of distinction conferred
upon them by English universities,
academies and other bodies of
English scholars. They have publishon
a rtoolnratinn on the subject, as fol
lows:
"England has declared war upon us
under a hollow pretext which is least
of all justified in view of English history,
and the true character of which
is laid bare by numerous documents.
Although England is related to us by
blood and race, it has, out of a contemptible
envy of Germany's economic
success, incited other peoples against
us for years, and, in particular, it has
allied itself with France and Russia to
crush us as a world-power and to endanger
our cultural achievements.
"It was only because they were able
to reckon upon England's co-operation
that Russia, France, Belgium and Japan
threw down to us the gauntlet of
war. England bears, foremost of all,
the moral responsibility for this conflagration
of the nations, which will
result in frightful suffering for millions
of men and will demand unheard
of sacrifices of blood and treasure.
England's brutal national selfishness
has placed an indelible blot upon its
name.
"We are well aware that very eminent
English scholars, with whom German
men of science have for years
been on friendly and fruitful relations,
were opposed to this war, so wantonly
begun, and spoke against it.
"Nevertheless, those of us who have
received marks of distinction from
English universities, academies and
societies of scholars do renounce as a
matter of national feeling, all such
honors and rights attached to them."
This declaration was published with
some thirty signatures, and other signatures
are coming in daily. Among
the signers are many men with worldwide
reputations. They include Buch
medical men as von Behring of Marburg,
Paul Ehrlich of Frankfort, Czerny
of Heidelberg, August Bier of Berlin,
and Otto von Schjerning of the
general staff of the army; philosophers
like Rudolf Eucken of Jena and Wilhelm
Wundt of Leipzig; zoologists
like Haeckel of Jena and Weissmann
of Freiburg; law professors like Paul
Laband of Strasburg, Josef Kohler and
Franz von Liszt of Berlin; the political
economist Adolf Wagner of Berlin,
and Jacob Reisser, the specialist
in the science of banking; the composer
Humperdinck and the painters
von Werner and Liebermann.
DOES NOT LIKE WAR
For Publishing Letter of Socialist German
Paper Was Suppressed.
The London Standard's correspondent
at Amsterdam, says that the let
ter from a German soldier, the publication
of which led to the suppression for
three days of the German Socialist paper
Voerwarts, was as follows:
"On August 18, we were at Greischelburch
and there underwent a baptism
of fire. There I saw for the first
time the dreadful effect of artillery.
Hundreds of men were mown down and
for the first time there came into my
head, 'Children love one another.' But
now we are accustomed to it, and that
must be so, otherwise we should not be
able to eat.
"Since August 25, we have been in
the neighborhood of Saint Die. Put
yourself in our conditions. I have not
slept in a bed since August 10, nor under
a roof since August 16. We camp
in the open air, always prepared for
marching. Our horses have not been
completely unsaddled from August 10,
to September 2.
"One rainy night it happened that
the van in which I sat fell with the
horses down a steep decline about 100
feet.
"The van struck half-way down the
hill between the trees and the horses
and I were saved as by a miracle. The
next morning we had to pull up horses
and van with ropes.
"It is very annoying not to get any
papers to read, but it is harder to be
cut off from the comissariat. We did
not have a bit of meat from August lfi
to nor any bread?nothing but tinnod
vegetables. Bread is scarce. Even
now one receives a large portion at
once, so part gets moldy before eaten.
Then for a long time we do not receive '
anything. Wines we find everywhere
in large quantities. Here at Saint Die
we suffer from want of water, as the
Drench have cut off all sources.
"In the German dailies, it is said, the
French and English prisoners make a
sad impression, but if we were taken
prisoners in our present condition the
description would be of another nature.
The state of our shoes and garments
is not much better and we hard
jy ever lane iiiein on.
THE FIRST SHOT AT MANILA
At Lee, Who Fired It Died in Los Angeles
Last Week.
Lieutenant William Edwin At Lee,
the man who, according to his service
associates, fired the first shot in the
battle at Manila Bay, died at his residence
at Los Angeles, California, last
Thursday, while on sick leave from his
command of the United States revenue
cutter Snohomish at Neah Bay, Washington.
He was 52 years old.
Lieutenant At Lee had a most interesting
naval career and bore the distinction
of beinp the man who dared to
threaten with confinement in irons a 1
president of the United States.
When a young officer At Lee was in
command of the revenue cutter McCulloch.
The boat was ordered by President
Cleveland to be used as his yacht
on a trip to Buzzards Bay. On the
voyage one of the worst storms of the
Atlantic coast swept on the boat. For
several days the little ship fought the
winds arid waves, and all over America
it was believed the president was
lost.
On the McCullough, Cleveland was
anxious to return to land, knowing the
fears the country would have and the
important events that might occur,
while he was absent, but At Lee knew
his safety lay in remaining at sea,
"Return to land," the president commanded.
The boyish lieutenant refused.
"As commander-in-chief of the sea
forces of the United States. I order you
to return."
The ship was beyond the three-mile
limit.
"As commander of this ship, I am
supreme at sea," At Lee replied. "It is
impossible for us to land." Then, in a
joking way, he went on: "I will put in
irons any one who disputes my authority."
The president subsided.
When the party finally disembarked
the lieutenant expected dismissal from
service as the least of the consequences
of his arbitrary action. Instead he was
invited to dinner at the White House.
The president, amused at the young
officer's audacity, and knowing that he
was right in refusing to land, had promoted
him.
When the day came for the attack on
the Spanish fleet at Manila the McCulloch
was of the American fleet. As the
greater warships steamed slowly toward
the harbor, the McCulloch was
in the lead and received the first fire
from the Spanish forts which gave the
signal that the American fleet was approaching.
Lieutenant At Lee was in command
of the guns on the cutter, and the instant
the order was received he answered
the fort, firing the gun personally.
Throughout the engagement that
resulted in a memorable naval victory
for the American squadron, Lieutenant
At Lee was in the thickest of the fight,
and displayed such splendid bravery
and efficiency that he was decorated
with a bronze medal by order of congress.
FIGHTING LIQUOR
Apathy of Oppononts Helps Saloon
People.
"If only drinking men were allowed
to vote on national prohibition, every
saloon in the country would be put out
of business in the next thirty days."
The man who said this recently stood
with his foot on the brass rail and a
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him.
And what do you suppose was the
answer of the saloon keeper? Here it
is, exactly as he said It, with a hitching
up of his shoulders as he spoke:
"Why, of course; we all know there
is no argument worth a damn in favor
of booze, except the argument of the
man like myself who sells it for a living;
but you'll never see the saloon put
out of business in this country because
the church people don't practice what
they preach. They talk temperance,
but they don't work and vote for it, and
we are able to put it over on 'em
every time."
It is a fact that the great majority of
men who drink, whether they drink
little or much, are in favor of national
prohibition, not only of the sale, but of
the manufacture of liquor and beer.
This is because they see enough of the
''inside" of the traffic to know that it is
the greatest curse the world has ever
known.
It is not the vote of the drinking men
that defeats anti-liquor measures; it is
the apathy of the men who never go
into a saloon?of the churchgoing men.
They do not come into direct touch
with the evil that drinking does and
they are too apt to take no part in a
campaign against the saloon or against
whisky control in politics.
It is an old saying among local option
workers in every campaign: 'If
we can only get the church men to
come out and vote we will win by a
big majority."
That is going to be the danger this
fall in the campaign now on to down
the control of the whisky ring in the
government of this county. If the men
who support the churches will come
out and work openly and earnestly
against the whisky ring and for the
County Unit Bill there will be no question
about the result.
The whisky men know this, but they
are counting on the traditional apathy
of the churchgoers in campaigns of
this kind.?Kansas City Star.
A FAMOUS CATHEDRAL
Rheims Structure One of the Finest
Products of the Middle Ages.
The cathedral of Notre Dame at
Rheims was begun by Bishop Alberic
de Humbert in 1211 and completed in
just 100 years. It was rebuilt to replace
the earlier cathedral built by
Hincmar, which was destroyed by fire
in 1211. Both were on the site of the
basilica where Clovis was baptized by
St. Remigius.
The plan of the structure and the
building of the apse are attributed to
the architect Jean d'Orbais. The great
entrance doorway, with the gallery
above containing the forty-two statues
of kings of France, was chiefly the
work of Robert de Coucy and was added
at the beginning of the fourteenth
century.
The roof and spires were destroyed
hy fire in 1481. The building was damaped
by fire during the French revolution.
In 1875 the facade and balustrades
were repail, $400,000 being
expended on the work by the national
assembly. The main facade, the finest
feature of the edifice, is one of the most
perfect masterpieces of mediaeval architecture.
Statutes and statuettes,
530 in all. lavishly embellish the three
exquisite recessed portals. Of these
the center one dedicated to the Holy
Virgin, is surmounted by a rose window
nearly forty feet in diameter, itself
set in a frame which is embellished
with statuary.
A fine organ in a flamboyant Gothic
case is in the north transept. There is
unusually fine wood carving especially
on the choir, and the paintings include
specimens of Tintoretto, Nicolas Poussin
and others.
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rerguson, uie amuimuiui vni.iv,
has written of the great main, or western
facade as "perhaps the most beautiful
structure produced in the MiddleAges."
It was in the present cathedral that
Joan of Arc after the victories of the
French army, stood beside the dauphin
on July 17, 1429, holding the sacred
banner in her hand, when the dauphin
was crowned King Charles VII., of
France. A statue of of Joan of Arc by
l'aul Dubois was placed in front of the
cathedral in 1906.?New York Sun.
GERMAN CRUISER OFI
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The German cruiser Leipzig, whos<
interrupted and which is believed to t
merchant vessel*.
FOOD FOR WARRING NATIONS
Consideration of the Bread and Butter
Side of Life.
The present war is bringing home to
us in a vivid and impressive way the
fact too often forgotten in time of peace
of the internationalization of economic
life. Politically the surface of the
globe is composed of many units, of
widely varying size, which sometimes
rub together smoothly and sometimes
do not. Racially, there are other divisions,
and between them, too, there is
friction. But economically, in the
bread-and-butter side of life, the side
of industry and commerce and finance,
the globe is no longer a group of separate
units, .but a single entity. The
political and racial wholes are only
economic parts.
Russia and England, Allies in the
present war, present a marked difference.
In the industrial scale, great
Russia is rough pig iron, while England
is that iron converted into steel
nnrt ihpn wrniurht into delicate, effi
cient machinery. But machinery is
easily put out of order and broken,
while pig iron will stand any amount
of rough usage. Russia exports raw
materials, the necessities of other nations?cereals,
(lax, hemp, timber. If
she loses her export trade it will be a
heavy blow to the nations she supplies,
but it will not be a blow to Russia. For
the exports only pay for imports, manufactures
for the most part, which
Russia can do without and still exist.
For Russia feeds and clothes and
houses and warms herself, and doing
so, she can maintain life, war or no
war, whatever happens to foreign.
But not so England. It is not luxuries
that she imports, but absolute
necessities. Of the vast total of the
BELGIAN AMBULANCE""I
DON'T WORRY
WHEN YOU want the BEST FRESH
MEATS in Town, see Old George, or
Phone No. 117.
You can get Cabbage, Sweet and
Irish Potatoes and other Vegetables at
SIIERER'S.
I am selling Good COFFEE at FIVE
POUNDS FOR A DOLLAR. CASH.
Not the kind you buy on a Lien.
There are SOME People in Yorkville
who are always kicking about the
Meats, and then don't want to pay
when the bill comes. Oh! Well, we
are not stuck on that kind. So, hereafter?NO
PAY?NO MEAT.
Don't worry about the German war,
Nor cuss because Blease got beat.
But go to work like a Son-of-a-gun,
And pay Old George for his meat.
OLD GEORGE
THE BUTCHER.
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; coaling In San Francisco harbor was
le off the California coast in wait for
1912 imports of the United Kingdom,
amounting to more than $3,500,000,000,
food, drink and tobacco accounted for
more than $1,250,000,000 and raw materials
for about as much again. England's
business is to make things for
the rest of the world, and manufactured
articles though forming one-quarter
of her imports, make seven-tenths of
her exports. And with them she must
buy the food and clothing of her people,
for she can neither feed nor clothe
her millions with the products of her
soil.
European Russia, with a population
in 1911 of 120,558.000 had nearly 200,000,000
acres under cereals, more than
an acre and a half for every man, woman
and child. Great Britain with 45,221,015
population had only 6,603,000
acres under wheat, barley and oats, a
small fraction of an acre per capita.
The wheat bill of the United Kingdom
in 1912 was $230,000,000, with $27,000,000
more for wheat Hour. And then
there were corn, barley, oats, meat and
food animals, dairy products, sugar?
imported?each of them totaling scores
or hundreds of millions. Cotton imports
came to $400,000,000, wool to
$160,000,000, wood and timber to $140,000,000.
England, then, is absolutely dependent
on the rest of the world. Her foreign
trade is her life, and command of
the seas is for her insurance not
against invasion merely, but against
starvation.
Russia and England are the two extremes,
with all the others lying between
them. Austria-Hungary is selfsupporting
on the basis of short rations,
and so probably is France and
possibly even Germany. Nearer the
condition of England are Belgium, Holland
and Switzerland, and neutrals
have to suffer as well as belligerents.?
Boston Globe.
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SEED RYE FOR SALE
I HAVE One Hundred Bushels, home
raised and very fine. See me or
write No. 1, Yorkville. D. M. HALL. ^
YORK COUNTY FAIR
AT Hock Hill on October 14, 15, 16,
1914. Two Aeroplane Flights
daily. Balloon ascensions and numerous
other fine attractions. Horse
Races and Liberal Prizes in all Departments.
YORK COUNTY FAIR ASSO. A
'.t 3 mo. ^
UNLESS THE BLOOD IS PURE
you can't expect to have a '.lealthy, energetic
body or a clear, cheerful mind.
When the blood is poisoned or lmpov- 9
erished, indigestion, nervous dyspepsia,
rheumatism, scrofula, and a host of
other ills bring bad health and unhappiness.
Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy
"l,ln1'1" ""'llloo thu hlnnH nirifl it tO re
lun-rv.j "'v M.VWW,
9ume its work of carrying life and eneergy
to every part of the body; tones
up the system, and drives away disease
ind misery. Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy
Is a vegetable compound scientifically wf
prepared from purest ingredients; and
has been used successfully for 40 years.
Your dealer should have it. If he
hasn't, send his name and 11 to the
manufacturers for a large bottle. Rem- p
edy Sales Corporation, Charlotte, N. C.
Mrs. Joe Person's Wash should be
used in connection with the Remedy for
the cure of sores and the relief of inflamed
and congested surfaces. It is esnoninllv
vnlnnhlp fnr women, and should
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always be used for ulcerations.
TAX NOTICE?1914 4
Office of the County Treasurer of York
County.
Yorkville, S. C., Sept. 14, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
TAX BOOKS for York county will
be opened on THURSDAY, the 15TH #
DAY OF OCTOBER, 1914, and remain
open until the 3HT DAY OF DECEMBER,
1914, for tin collection of STATE,
COUNTY, SCHOOL AND LOCAL
TAXES, for the fiscal year 1914, without
penalty; after which day ONE
PER CENT penalty will be added to
all payments made in the month of
JANUARY, 1915, and TWO PER *
CENT penalty for all payments made
In the month of FEBRUARY, 1915, and wF
SEVEN PER CENT penalty will be
added to all payments made from the
1ST DAY OF MARCH to the 15TH
DAY OF MARCH, 1915, and after this
date all unpaid taxes will go into executions
and all unpaid Single Polls 4
will be turned over to the several
Mo trlatrntaa fnr nroseeution In ac -
cordance with law.
For the convenience of taxpayers. I
will attend the following places on the
days named:
At Yorkville, Thursday, October 15.
At Smyrna, Thursday, October 22d.
At Hickory Grove, Friday and Saturday,
October 23d and 24th.
At Sharon, Monday, October 26th.
At McConnellsville, Tuesday, October
27th.
At Tirzah, Wednesday, October 28th.
At Clover, Thursday and Friday, October
29th and 30th.
At Yorkville from Saturday, October
31st, to Tuesday, November 3d.
At Coates's Tavern, from 8 o'clock a.
m., Wednesday, November 4th, to 8
o'clock p. m.
At Fort Mill, Friday and Saturday,
November 6th and 7th.
At Rock Hill, from Monday, November
9th, to Saturday, November 14th.
And at Yorkville from Monday, November
16th, until Thursday, the 31st
day of December, 1913, after which date
the Densities will attach as stated
above.
Note.?The Tax Books are made up
by Townships, and parties writing
about taxes will always expedite matters
if they will mention the Township
or Townships in which their
property or properties are located.
HARRY E. NEIL,
Treasurer of York County.
74 t 4t
FOR SALE *
The beautiful home and farm of J.
Barney Barron, in Tirzah, 8-room
cottage; 120 acres land. Price $40.00
per acre, for quick sale. A most desirable
home at R. R. station. Can't
be excelled.
I am selling many farms and now is
the time to buy. Recently sold the
Alexander farm, Frank Glenn farm a
and others.
136 Acres?The Wells Place, the
property of R. N. Plaxco, a very fine
farm. High state of cultivation.
I have had many inquiries about the
County Home Lands?First Tract: 90
acres, on Rock Hill road; also 137 acres *
join J. L. Moss. I must sell this land
At Once. .If You want it, see Ms at
Once?It is a good money maker.
County Home Farm?90 Acres, Joining
T. L. Carroll, $25.00 Acre.
140 Acres?Joining R. R. Love, J. L.
Moss and others. Magnificent bottom
land in this tract. See^ me.
Cottage Home?or w. c. Miner, on
Charlotte road, near Ancona Mill.
300 Acres?Property of D. A. Whisonant,
Joins J. VV. Quinn and others
Price $10.00 a
40 Acres?Property of John Barnett,
Joining farm of J. R. Connolly and We
Harrison Est lands.
100 Acres?Known as the Dorster
place, about 1 1-2 miles from Philadelphia
church and school. If sold
during February, I will take the small a
sum of $20.00 an acre for it.
109 Acres?Near Lowryvllle, $25.00
per acre.
I desire to say to my friends that I
have property that I can cut up in
mall tracts and sell on long terms.
The Quinn estate land?On King's
Mt. road, adjoining Frank Riddle's
Neil place and others, am willing to
cut this into smaller farms to suit the
purchaser.
The residence of the late Dr. J. B.
Allison, Joining the new Presbyterian m
Manse. Can be cut into two beautiful w
building lots.
The property cf Dr. Mack White on
Wincr'a M nnntnin Street, also 2 dwel
lings, property of Quinn Wallace, et al.
on Klnr's Mountain Street. This property
will be sold quickly and if you _
want it, see me.
I have for sale three of the Finest
Farms in York county, and they are
i'ery cheap at the price; to wit:
The John Black?Henry Massey
lomestead.
600 Acres?The R. M. Anderson
Farm.
410 Acres?Of the S. M. Jones-Ware
Farm, about 4 miles from Rock Hill.
Also 18 acres, and a nice cottage,
oeautlfully located within the Incor>orate
limits of Yorkville. Read my
1st of Farms and send me some of- ^
'ers. *
Two Ooo<| Houses?On King's
Mountain Street.
J. C. WILBORN
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