Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 04, 1915, Image 4
tumorous department
Ancient Humor.?Half a century
ago that form of humor known as the
conundrum was thought to be very
amusing and one of the highest forms
of wit. And the man or woman who
had a store of new ones always ready
to propound was considered a most
entertalng person. Of course, everybody
knows what a conundrum is,
for even today it creeps up occasionally
In some remote district. But the
really old ones that delighted our
grandfathers are for the most part
buried in oblivion. Did you ever hear
of the one about the watch dog?
This of the brand of 1850, and is pret
ty good of Its kind:
"Why is a watch dog bigger at night
than in the morning?" Because he
is let out at night and taken in in the
morning."
This one was a great favorite of the
beaux of 1860, who wanted to flatter
the ladies:
"When is a bonnet not a bonnet?"
"When it becomes a pretty woman."
Here are some more of about the
same period that may interest you:
"What's the difference between a
donkey and a postage stamp? "One
you lick with a stick and the other
you stick with a lick."
"What was the greatest feat in the
eating line ever known?" "That recorded
of the man who began by bolting
a door, after which he threw up
a window and then sat down and
swallowed the whole story."
"Why is a little dog's tail like the
heart of a tree?" "Because it is
farthest from the bark."
"Which would you rather do?look
like a greater fool than you are or be ,
a greater fool than you look? (Let the
person choose, and then say, "That's (
impossible.")
"What do lawyers do when they
die?" "Lie still."
"What is the most inconvenient
time for a train to start?" "12.50, as i
it is ten to one you don't catch It."
He Landed a Job.?There is a certain
middle-aged and old-fashioned 1
business man who is a little doubtful i
whether he or the other carried off j
the honors of war in an interview
given to a smart young man.
The smart young man was applying 1
for a berth.
"Let me see," said the merchant,
"you've called on me before, but not i
on your present errand. The first 1
time you represented Up-to-Date j
Limited and offered to put our con- i
cern on modern lines. Then you came 1
on behalf of Systems and Files, and 1
said you were business doctors. And ,
after that you came as the publicity '
expert of the Newest in Ads. Com- :
panyT' ]
"That is so, sir." ,
"And are all these?er?companies i
dead?" J
The young man reluctantly admitted ]
that they were. (
"Yet, after coming here three times <
to offer to teach us our business, J
when your concerns go down you cool- j
ly solicit a berth in this poor effete (
old firm. Why, what use are you to <
us? Look at your record!" *
The optimist countered that easily. ,
"You never know, sir. I might be ]
very useful. Look what a splendid j
experience I've had in winding up j
companies!" j
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UA u:. CV^ll.k <
nwv* no i wis nih~-imu?umi iuoiiof-war
have no icemaking machines
on board, as do our ships, and everybody
knows how the English fall to
understand us on the subject of the
use of Ice, especially in our drinks.
An English officer was aboard one of
our ships of the Atlantic fleet, and,
on being served with an ice drink,
commented on the delights of having
cool water aboard. The American
officer responded with an offer of a
small cake of ice, which was sent the
following morning. Meeting the Englishman
ashore a week later, the
American asked him if he had enjoyed
the Ice.
"Enjoy it, old top? Why, do you
know, that was the first cold bawth
I've had since I left England."
A Hard-Headed Business Man.?
The lad who was applying for the job
of office boy presented his credentials,
feeling sure that the coveted job would
at once be his. The elderly gentleman
at the head of the concern ree.d
the papers carefully and then surveyed
the lad over his spectacles.
"It is a very nice thing for you to
have these recommendations from
the minister and the Sunday school
teacher,"' he said, "and it's in your favor
that you're an honest-looking lad;
but I'd like to have a few words from
some one that knows you on weekdays
before I put you to work for
me."
A Great Distinction.?A garrulous
attorney was arguing a technical case
before a judge in Illinois. He had
rambled on in such a desultory way
that it became very difficult to follow
his train of thought, and the judge
had yawned ominously once or twice.
Whereupon the long-winded lawyer,
with a trace of sarcasm, said:
"I hope, your honor, I am not unduly
trespassing upon the time of the
court."
"My friend," observed the Judge,
"there is considerable difference between
trespassing on time and encroaching
on eternity."
Most Positive Proof.?Little Janet
' came running into the house one
morning, sobbing. Throwing herself
in her mother's arms, she cried:
"God doesn't love me any more,
mother!"
"Why, Janet, dear," said the mother.
"Why do you say that? God
loves everyone."
"No, mother, he doesn't love me,"
wailed the little girl, "I know he does
not. I tried him with a daisy!"
The Supreme Insult.?line day a j
Scottish boy and an English boy who
were fighting, were separated by their
respective mothers with difficulty, the
Scottish boy, though the smaller, being
far the most pugnacious.
"What garred ye fitch a big laddie
like that far?" said the mother, as
she wiped the blood from his nose. 1
"And I'll fitch him again," said the 1
boy, "if he says Scotsmen wear kilts 1
because their feet are too big to get
into their trousers!"
She Didn't Understand.?Johnny <
handed the following note from his :
mother to the teacher one morning:
"Deer Teecher You keep tellin' i
my boy to breathe with his diafram.
Maybe rich children have got dia- i
frams, but how about when their father
makes a dollar a day and has got
five children to keep? First it's one
thing, then it's another, and now it's
a diafram. That's the worst yet."
TOLD BY LOCAL EXCHANGES
(Continued from Page One.)
and the end was not unexpected by
her friends.
Fort Mill Times, April 29: It now
seems that a wholesale election of
teachers will be necessary to make
up the faculty of the Fort Mill Graded
school for the term of 1915-16. At
a meeting of the board of trustees
of the institution Monday afternoon, J.
Pierce Coats, who has had charge of
the school for the last two terms, and
was -recently elected for the next
term, tendered his resignation. It is
stated that Prof. Coats will teach
next session in the public schools of
Beaufort. It is also said that at
least six of the teachers of the advanced
grades have declined, or will
not apply for their respective positions
for the term of 1915-16
Mr. T. A. Kiser left Fort Mill Monday
evening for his home in Palestine,
Texas, after a visit of ten days in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bayne
and other relatives in this community
Announcement is made that
beginning with Monday, May 3, Saturdays
excepted, the dry goods stores
of the town, together with a number
of the grocery stores, will close evenings
at 7 o'clock. This rule, it is understood,
will obtain until September
1st No, dearest, business in
Fort Mill is not at a standstill be
cause an maiviuuai wisneu iu mww ?
the merchants were "tired of doing
nothing." As a matter of fact, business
is today better in the town than
it has been at any time since last
fall. Not only in the mercantile line,
but in all lines, our people are busy,
and, what's better, conditions are
steadily improving.
*. * *
Rock Hill Record, April 29: While
Dr. Wiley was here Tuesday, he saw
something unusual. John T. Roddey
motored the doctor out to his farm
to show him a unique home-made
milking arrangement, which the doctor
declared nearly perfect. While
there, Mr. Roddey had a cow brought
in to be milked, and she gave three
gallons, three quarts and one pint of
milk. This is a remarkable yield and
Dr. Wiley promptly offered Mr. Roddey
|150 for the cow, which offer was
declined. Dr. Wiley said if the cow
kept up that yield she was easily
worth $1,000... .T. A. Moore has returned
from a business trip to Baltimore,
Washington and Richmond. While
away, he also attended the wedding
ceremony of his brother, Robert
Moore, and Miss Alice Moncure at
Fredericksburg, Va First honors
at the Wlnthrop Training school
this year go to Miss Elizabeth Law,
and she will be valedictorian of the
graduating class. Second honors go
to Miss Louise Simril as salutatorian.
Miss Estelle McAlpine gets third
honors and Miss Anna McAlpine
fourth honors.
Gastonia Gazette, April 30: An unknown
person of persons broke into
the general store of McArver Brothers
at Ranlo, about four miles east of
Gastonia, on the P. & N., some time
last night and took a quantity of
tlour, hams, overalls and other supplies.
Entrance was gained by breakin
down the front door The Anna
cotton mill of King's Mountain,
hied an amendment to it charter
fuesday, increasing the capital from
195,000 to $125,000. The officers are
J. S. Mauney, president, and S. A.
Mauney, secretary. The Clotho mill,
with the same officers, filed an amendment
increasing its capital from $95,>00
to $125,000 some days ago
rhe members of the Gastonia chapter,
LI. D. C.. were the hostesses Wednes
lay at an all-day session of the district
meeting for the Third district,
which includes chapters of Charlotte,
Lincolnton, Shelby, Rutherfordton,
King's Mountain and Gastonia. All
>f these chapters were represented
sxcept Rutherfordton, and from several
of the chapters the representation
was better than usual, about eighty or
ninety ladies from out-of-town being
present to attend the meeting and enjoy
the hospitality dispensed by the
local chapter The regular meeting
of the Gastonia Lodge, No. 188,
L O. O. F., last night, was made a
special occasion in celebration of the
Kith anniversary of the founding ol'
:he order in America. Besides an unjsually
good attendance of the members
of the local lodge, there were
present a total of about 150 Odd Fellows,
many visitors being present
:rom Mt. Holly, King's Mountain,
Shelby, McAdenville and other lodges.
Monday, May 3, is the day for
ihe bi-ennial municipal lection. Despite
many rumors and much talk, the
new ticket, the appearance of which
was forecasted in Tuesday's Gazette,
nas not developed, at least no new
licket has been made public as yet.
So far the only ticket in the held is
ihe one named in the recent primary
ind is as follows: For Mayor, C. B.
Armstrong; aldermen: Ward 1, B.
F. S. A" tion; ward 2, J. M. Shuford;
ward 3, A. B. Elliott; ward 4, T. M.
McEntire; ward 5, A. J. Kirby; ward
5, W. F. Klncaid; Ward 7, R. M.
lohnston; school commissioners:
Ward 1, W. S. Smith; ward 2, H. B.
Moore; ward 3, C. M. Boyd; ward 4,
W. V. West; ward 5, A. E. Woltz;
ward 6, D. E. McConnell; ward 7, J.
P. Reid. It has been rumored during
:he past few days that the Republicans
would put out a ticket but so
far they have not done so. They
claim about 400 votes in the city. The
registration up to date is between
1,100 and 1,200. Tomorrow is the last
lay for registration.... .Mr. W. Boyce
VlcGill, who lives about five miles
north of King's Mountain, had the
misfortune to lose his barn and contents
by fire on Wednesday of last
week. The explosion of a lantern
caused the fire, which destroyed
juite a quantity of fodder, hay and
juano. A small amount of insurance
was carreid.
Lancaster News, April 30: The
May Day festival, which gave so much
pleasure to old, young and middle
ige folks last year, will be repeated
text Wednesday afternoon, the 5th of
May, proximo, In the beautiful shaded
rrove of Judge Ernest Moore
kVe received the intelligence after gong
to press last Friday of the death
)f Mr. Thomas S. Gregory of Cheraw.
\lr. Gregory was a son of the late
SVillis Gregory and was born and
eared near Taxahaw in this county.
He was about 60 years of age and had
conducted a livery and sale stable in
["heraw for many years. He was a
member of the .Baptist church. His regains
were interred at Chesterfield
Saturday morning. Besides his wife
md seven children, he is survived by
:he following brothers and sisters:
A'm. M. Gregory of Columbia, R. C.
Gregory, A. C. Gregory and Mrs. Jeff
Gregory of Kershaw, and Airs. Thos.
Blackmon of the Taxahaw section.
Mrs. R. B. Mackey left yesterlay
for Baltimore to visit her huscand,
who is being treated in Johns
Hopkins hospital. Mr. Mackey, we
ire glad to learn, is very much bet:er
The Camp Fire girls were
>rganized last Tuesday evening on the
children's playground. Sixty or more
<irls of of the teen age met under
:he direction of Miss Joe Foster and
Mr. John H. Poag, and around a camp
fire, Mr. Poag read the object and
lims of this most purposeful modern
>rganization. The members were given
application blanks to be signed by
:hem and their parents. It is to be
loped that practicing the precepts of
:his order will encourage the development
of noble womanly qualities in
cur girls as much as following the
rules of the Boy Scout order has increased
the courtesies and kindness of
>ur boys.
German Gas Bombs.?The asphyxiating
gas which the Germans are reported
to be using. It is explained by
a well known Philadelphia chemist, is
probably bromine in liquid form. This
could be placed in a receptacle, and
when liberated by an explosion would
evaporate ui orumury lempei mui vo,
and beinp a very heavy pas, would
fall to the pround and penetrate the
trenches. Its punpc nt, acrid fumes
would make this very unpleasant for
the entrenched enemy.
The chemist explained that bromine,
since it will sink by its own weipht
as a pas. is often used to rid houses
of vermin, such as rats or to kill
wild animals which live underpround.
A little bromine placed at the opening
of fox burrows or rabbit warrens or
in the openings of floors or walls
where rats have become a pest will
penetrate into the passage and clean
them of animal life In no time.
A description of the gas said ,.0 have
been used by the Germans as a substance
whose effect soon passes away
meets the condition set up by bromine
in every particular.?Philadelphia
Ledger.
SINCE COTTON GOT SO LOW
Recitation that Made a Hit Anrong
Gold Hill Farmer*.
Just before the introduction of Senator
McLaurin at the Gold Hill school
building last Friday, a little son of
Mr. W. H. Crook recited the following,
which made a decided hit with the
audience as well as with the speaker,
who made it in large measure the
text of his talk:
Father's on the rampage,
And mother's feeling blue;
Our cotton goes for nothing,
While they picK it over too;
We used to ride in autos;
Buggies were too slow;
Now we've took to walkin',
Since cotton got so low.
We chillen used to ramble,
About the country o'er,
Not dreaming of the scrambler
That was comin' to our door;
We rode till gasoline gave out,
And then went back for mo';
But now we're a)l a walkin'
Since cotton got so low.
The sheriff, he's a comin'
With his papers on our land,
The mules and cows and horses,
And everything on hand;
No more we'll ride in autos;
O carts are not too slow,
For now we've took to walkin'
Since cotton got so low.
The country's busted now for sure;
Nothing doing on the farm;
Merchants can't collect a debt,
And the banks, they take alarm,
Look around and size 'em up;
No matter where you go,
The people's took to walkin'
Since cotton got so low.
Father says the English spinners
Are smiling broadly now,
At the present price of cotton,
For they've beat us he'll allow,
They are ridln' in their autos.
Though we've took to walkin'
Since cotton got so low.
That the legislature's foolish
And didn't do a thing
To help the farmln' in'treets,
When the price went down kerbing;
Goodby to all our pleasures;
No autos now to go,
We sure nust do some walkin*
Since cotton got so low.
Father says the state warehouse
Is the farmer's only plan;
To raise the price of cotton,
And the mortgage on our land;
Then we'll ride again In autos,
When the price begins to soar;
But durn it, now we're walkin'
Since cotton got so low.
That, he csills our only hope
To get a better price;
And what he thinks of other "dope"
Is not so very nice;
Here's hopin* that its comin'
And soon we all will know,
For we're tired of walkin'
Since cotton got so low.
?The Scimitar.
WHAT BAD EYES MEAN
An Important Mdtter That is Given
But Little Attention.
Many people think but little of the
consequences of bad eyes, unless blindness
or very sore eyes are threatened
or present. Such conditions are terrible,
but, according to the Journal of
the American Medical association, they
do not threaten the people or state as
much as other eye diseases that are
not apparently pitiable.
People who are blind or whose eyes
are hopelessly diseased are usually
taken care of in institutions and do
not become a menace to the public.
But school children whose eyes look
all right, but who have certain diseases
or defects that render study and
education a hardship may become a
danger to other people.
A school child born with an undetected
cataract or very near sighted,
so that he cannot see the blackboard,
soon falls behind his class and becomes
discouraged with his school
life.''
A child with far sight or astigmatism
or some other defects of the eyes
pain and he suffers from headache,
by which, when he studies his eyes
will contract a dislike for books, study
and education, and will perhaps be
punished or kept after school for something
for which he is really not to
blame.
Such children, their educational propress
embarrassed or almost stopped
by reason of uncorrected physical defects,
soon acquire a loathing for education
and all that education represents
and, the seeds of Idleness and
irresponsibility being sown, may develop
into criminals and dependents.
No flight of fancy is required to
transform such children into the nonsupporting
"ne'er do well," the wandering
and menacing tramp or the
idle pleasure-seeking and miseryfinding
prostitute.
Bad eyes that hinder education mean
a distaste for school. Idleness, truancy,
bad associates and habits, drinking.
gambling, stealing, murder, prison
and the gallows may follow.
This is no fancy picture.
It can be proved by observation arid
statistics.
Visit the criminal courts, the reformatories.
the jails and prisons, and
how often do you find lawbreakers
from the ranks of the educated.
Some, it is true, are natural criminals,
the offspring of criminal parents,
but even here there must have been a
beginning, proceeding some generations
back, perhaps from some ances
tor who was deprived of proper train
ing and education, possibly by had
eyes.
The great mass of criminals, however.
are not born offenders, but become
so through associations and lack
of a cultivating and ennobling education.
which is, of course, practically
impossible if bad eyes or other defects
prevent a suitable education.
Education is one of the greatest barriers
to crime and poverty.
It Is therefore essential that our
children, the coming generation, should
be well educated, and that bad eyes,
or any other physical or mental defects
should be detected and corrected
in order that the aciiirement of an
education may become as easy and
agreeable as possible.
HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE
Items of Interest from All Sections o
South Carolina.
"The Times," is the name of a papei
which Is to be started in Johnston, bj
J. Rutledge McGhee.
Six hundred Spartanburg peopli
attended the Chapman-Alexanda
meeting in Charlotte, last Thursday.
Farmers in the Maiden section o:
Laurens county have lost more thar
thirty hogs by cholera during the
past ten days.
W. T. Magness, one of the moff
prominent business men of Spartanburg,
died last Thursday. He was 31
years old.
Rev. J. B. Herron, pastor of Flai
Rock Bf.ptist church in Andersor
county, died Thursday morning, agec
GO years.
Byron Holley, Sr., engineer ir
charge of the construction of the Columbia
canal, died last week, age<]
84 years.
The examination of applicants foi
admission to the South Carolina bai
will be held in Columbia June 7th
and 8th.
The Hammond book store ol
Charleston, of which Isaac Hammonc
has been proprietor for more thar
fifty years, has been sold to Henry B
Kirk.
The state firemen's tournament it
to be held in Greenwood May 18, 1J
and 20. More than $1,000 will be offered
in prizes in the various eventi
of the tournament.
Marion B. Loyless, a Spartanburg
youth, was struck on the temple by a
nitrhod hnll Hnrine- a baseball eame
oramuie uusn iweniy yarua a nay
from us, the Russians marched past."
The writer then recounts how the
ski patrol followed the Russians into
a village. Later in the night he was
able to get in touch with the commander
of a German contingent,
which occupied a quarry on the other
side of the village. Towards morning
he also discovered how the Russians,
who had taken the village, could be
outflanked. With dawn everybody
was in his place and fire was opened.
The Russians were forced to retreat
in disorder, leaving behind many
killed and wounded in addition to
prisoners.
"We are known as the 'white
ravens,' " concludes the account.
it*' Football is almost as popular in
Burma as it is among the western nations.
The natives play the game
unshod, and kick and shoot goals
with bare feet.
Jti>' Unless a garment is uncomfortable,
you can't convince a woman it is
stylish.
between a Spartanburg team anc
Cowpens, at the latter place Friday
His condition is critical.
A debate on the question, "Resolved
that Adam and Eve were expellee
from the Garden of Eden for eating
the forbidden fruit," was held at Cedai
Springs, Spartanburg county, Saturday
night.
A freight train on the Spartanburg
and Asheville division of the Southern
railway was derailed near Campobello,
Friday morning. The engine
plowed its way through a steep embankment
into a corn field. None ol
the crew were hurt.
Steve Parthemos, a Greek confectioner
and soft drink seller of Abbeville,
was fined $50 last week, foi
selling soda water on Sunday. The
fine was reduced to $10 upon the
Greek's promise to never be guilty
of the charge again.
The South Carolina Dentist's association
closed its annual meeting lr
Columbia Thursday afternoon. ChicV
Springs was selected as the place ol
meeong for next year. Dr. E. G. Quattlebaum
of Columbia, was elected president
of the association.
W. W. Smoak has resigned as editor
or the Intelligencer, a morning
daily newspaper published in Anderson.
H. M. Glenn, city editor of the
Intelligencer, has been elected managing
editor. Mr. Smoak will take
charge of the Walterboro Press and
Standard.
Judge J. T. Johnson of Greenville,
has announced that he will appoint
Broadus M. Knight, clerk of the new
western district Federal court. Mr.
Knight has been clerk of the senate
naval affairs committee and was formerly
secretary to Senator Tillman
The new clerk has the power to name
a deputy clerk, which officer has not
yet been named.
Lawrence Brown, a young white
man, Is in Jail in Charleston charged
with passing worthless checks.
At the annual meeting of the Graduate
Nurses' association which was
held in Greenville last week, Mise
Mary C. McKenna was elected president
for the ensuing year. The association
will meet in Columbia next
year.
Sumter Item: Mr. J. G. L. White,
assistant to J. L. McLaurin, cotton
warehouse commissioner, was in the
city on Wednesday in conference with
a number of farmers here and in the
surrounding country relative to taking
over a number of private warehouses
under the state warehouse system. It
is reported that several warehouses
were turned over to the state commissioner.
Mrr. Mary K. Sinclair, wife ot
Upton Sinclair, the prominent socialist,
has filed suit against a number of
newspapers, alleging that a report of
her arrest for making a demonstration
in front of John D. Dockefeller's
home in New York about a year ago,
was false. Among the papers sued is
the Columbia Record, against which
damages in the sum of $10,000 are
asked.
W. J. Nichols, a former member of
the North Carolina legislature, and
who has recently been released from
Leavenworth prison after serving a
sentence for using the mails with intent
to defraud, has been re-arrested
and brought to Greenville. He is to
answer a charge brought against him
In 1910, it being alleged that he used
the malls with intent to defraud in
connection with the organization of a
trust company at Greenwood.
FLOWER OF INDIAN ARMY
Splendid Fighting Men from the
Province of the Punjab.
The Twenty-fifth Punjab Infantry is
called by the English a regiment typical
of all that is best In the British Indian
army. It is composed of "class
companies," three being Sikhs, one Dogras,
one Punjab, Mohammedans and
three Pathans. The first two races
mentioned are Hindus and the last two
are Mohammedans.
Gurkhas excepted, it is undoubtedly
true that the flower of the Indian army
is recruited from the enormous province
of Punjab. From there come the
"Queen's Own Corp of Guides," who
distinguished themselves times with
out number in the mutiny and in many
other Indian battlefields; the Ninth and
f Eleventh Bengal Lancers whose horses
are the envy of all the old Second
r Sikhs of the Punjab frontier force,
f who, when a British regiment was
hurled back at the battle of Ahmed
Khel, advanced through the retiring
English and captured the position.
The cavalry regiments that com
from the Punjab look upon themselves
' as being the finest light cavalry in the
1 world. They are mounted on smallish
i light-weight, well-bred horses, which
can not only get through a lot of work
t but keep In condition in Indifferent
provender. Every one of the troopers
f or "Sowars," as they are called, is
more or less a man of means. When
t he enlists he has to bring with him a
i sum, which varies according to the
I corps, of from $100 to $175, to pay for
his sword, saddle and horse. Not a
( few of the native officers are entitled to
be called "shnzadn" (prince) many of
I them are rich men and large land
owners. To serve gives that "Izzat"
(military glory) ana tne swora 10 mem
is much mightier than the pen.
The infantry are physically fine and
1 are bigger, heavier men than are
found in the cavnlry. some of the tugf
of-war teams and regiment wrestlers
I being of extraordinary strength. All
i of them are agriculturists and the out.
of-doors simple life they lead makes
their eyesight extremely keen, incij
dentally accounting for their being fine
> shots. The mountain batteries are re,
cruited from much the same class of
i men as the infantry, but no weed can
get into a mountain battery. It is no
joke lifting a gun onto a 16-hand mule.
^ The natives describe service in
the cavalry as "shazada-ki-nouki"
| (prince's service) of the infantry as
"noukri" (service), but in the mountain
battery as "sheitan-ki-noukri" (dev^
li s service).
I SKIS ARE USEFUL
> Austro-Hungarian Soldiers Move Rapidly
in the Carpathians.
Use of the skis in the war has been
, developed on a large scale out In the
Carpathians and on the hills and
dreary plains of Galacla, where thou,
sands of Austro-Hungarlan soldiers
move about rapidly and noiselessly
. in this manner, says a Vienna letter.
Their first duty is scouting, but now
and then they are obliged to fight and
fight hard.
While some of the ski organizations
have white uniforms, others
have to make use of white blankets
to render themselves as invisible as
they possibly can.
A ski patrol's experience of a night
' is here related by the officer in
1 charge. The patrol had left camp in
: the evening, and, wrapped In white
blankets, the men were speeding
through a Carpathian forest at night
when the breaking of twigs cautioned
the officer to order them to cover.
"A second later," he says, "I heard
; an alarm signal given by one of my
corporals. I decided to investigate
i and with three men proceeded in the
direction whence the signal had come,
f Near an Icc and snow covered bramI
ble bush one of the patrol signaled
caution and then informed me that
near him on the right there was a
Russian scouting party.
. "There was nothing to be seen,
however. Though the moon shone
, brightly, the tree trunks, snow-cov,
ered undergrowth and shower of
powdered silver sent down by the
, gently moving branches of the trees,
hampered the view. So we crept
under the brambles and saw to it that
the powdered, cold silver entered by
' our collars.
"The ensuing wait was none too
pleasant. We were measuring the
onnw with the loneth of our bodies.
1 which is not the finest pastime I
know.
"Right ahead of me there was an
open stretch of snow and I had been
watching the filigrees thrown upon it
by the moon as its beams broke
1 through the branches of the tall
beeches and oaks, when a long, black
1 shadow appeared from the right.
1 "The next instant the Cossacks
1 entered the clearing. Their horses
were small and shaggy and white,
1 and the men seemed to hang in the
saddles rather than sit in them. They
1 were wrapped in thick furs. The
bright moonlight showed they were
Asiatics?broad faces with strong
chins, predominent cheekbones and
long black beards with the frost
clinging to their hair.
"A sign from me and my men were
on their feet?another moment and
i the Cossacks were off their horses.
They were a most surprised lot. Abi
ject terror stood in their eyes and
they had difficulty understanding
that we were no evil spirits of the
forest.
"The Cossacks had hardly been
taken to the rear by one of the men,
when the vigorous tramp of Russian
infantry was heard. Back under the
WAR LESSONS.
European Conflict Teaching Tacticians
a Lot of Things.
A library of military books based
on experience In the Russo-Japanese
and Balkan-Turkish wars, in maneuvers
and In garrison, will be written
when the present war ends. The
aerial phase of this war will permit
a fair and Just appraisement of the
aeroplane and dirigible aa instruments
of warfare, says the Washingtion
Star. Such appraisement was not
possible before the war. Men interested
in aviation were prone to exultation
over the military capacity of
air machines, and men not particularly
Interested in aviation were inclined
to feel that this revolutionary
thing called aircraft might not, under
the supreme test, fulfill all hopes ar.d
promises, for in every war things
promising revolutionary changes,
when put to practical trial, do not
change anything.
In so far as the war has progressed,
the aeroplane seems to have
made good all promises in reconnoissance
work, such as securing timely
information of troop movements by
the enemy and the position of the
enemy. As a scout in obtaining data
concerning range and direction for
artillery flre and in observing that
fire, the aeroplane may be considered
as effective, if one be safe in judging
from the meager reports from the
theatre of war. As an agent of offense
it does not seem to have performed
all the feats which aviation
enthusiasts believed it would, for
high explosives dropped from these
muchlnes, flying at great heights,
were to smash artillery, rout cavalry,
wreck supply trains and decimate infantry.
But the aeroplane has proved in
the case of land warfare, as the submarine
has in naval war, that it is a
necessary part of an army, and that
as a means for securing and transmitting
Information of the enemy's
large movements, and permitting
that information to be obtained by
trained and skillful observers, it is
of wonderful efficiency.
The artillery phase of the war has
set a shelf or a sheaf of learned military
books far out of date. Before
the war, there were pro-artillery and
anti-artillery extremists. In the first
group were men who said that the
battles of the future would be fought
by quick-firing cannon, with just a
sufficient force of infantry to keep
them planted in position. The latter
group talked of the "moral" effect of
the noise of gun flre and bursting
shells and shrapnel, but they were
positive that not many men would be
hit by shapnell, while shell was too
local in its effect to do much harm.
Results so far, so experts say, go to
show that the pro-artillery enthusiasts
were nearer right than those
holding the contrary opinion.
The call in all the armies is for
heavier guns and a higher ratio of
guns to rifles. The ratio has been
steadily increasing in the European
armies throughout the years of peace,
notwithstanding that one gun has
come to equal the efficiency of 20
guns of a generation ago, yet now the
demand is for more and more artil
lery.
Transport Is another phase of the
war which has unwritten many books,
and the dragging along of monster
ordnance with field armies is one of
the unexpected features of the conflict.
All the lessons In transport
service are not applicable to the
United States, with Its great distances,
narrow soft and hilly roads
and relatively frail bridges along
those roads.
It is in the trench warfare?almost
subterranean warfare?that
the war in Europe has gone farther
astray from the theories constructed
in peace and from the practices of
other wars. This war has developed
new ideas in cover, in trenching, in
counter-trenching and in the care of
the health of the troops living in
these long burrows. The problems
of sanitation for troops in permanent
and semi-permanent camps, in bivouac
and on march had been solved,
but the problems of guarding the
health of troops cooped up for weeks
in covered ditches and in holes in wet,
cold earth, were new, and the solution
of these problems?if they have
been solved?will make new chapters
on military sanitation for America.
A Party of
FishermenOut
of Mt. Croghan, sitting
around the camp fire, were discussing
the COFFEE they had
just drunk. ALL OF THEM
agreed
"IT WAS JUST FINK."
One man said, while they were
talking, that he "Just Could Not
Stand That
"LUZIAXXE COFFEE,"
but wanted Straight Coffee. The
cook told him that
"IT WAS LUZIANNE"
they had Just finished drinking,
and actually had to "show him"
the can before the would believe
it. The trouble with this fellow
was, He Had Not Taken Proper
Care in making Coffee out of
LUZIANNE.
...LUZIANNE
IS GOOD ALL THE TIME.
(
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t Won't Come Off on the Clothes ?
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