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Simmons flepartmcnt Some Kid.?' Mother?" M "Yes, darling." "What i8 that strange phenomenon, recurring at alarming intervals, by which the whole firmament appears |(j to be illuminated for an infinitesimal space of time, then subsiding as quickly as it came, leaving all in impene- ? trable darkness?" "That, my precious, Is lightning. You must go to sleep now." "Just one thing more?-I note, after each manifestation of Nature you ol t ail lightning there follows a dull, lin- k gering reverberation, commencing sharply and fortissimo, rumbling tumbling away with the most gradual l' diminuendo, vanishing at lust into silence as black as the darkness that swallowed the light what is that?" l< "That is only thunder, caused from the lightning." a| The ha by, mother explains, was 11 born only last November, and hud ^ never observed a thunder storm until w Wednesday. " m i n Where the Mistake Was Made.?It si was during a more or less secret con- ll fcrence in Washington early last 01 spring, Just before war was declared, vv ..n.niiniinl WITI. liri-SI-nt. Si ?' ??/ I/HM.M..V... botb from the north ami from the pi .south The newspapers naturally ni were anxious to Ket opinions tirst hand 'I from the members of the different '? ominitlees, but found it a Iturd Jot*. hi One reporter tinali> fanly cornered l' a courteous southerner--an elderly T man of the "old school." ' "Mr. ltlank," said the reporter peraudsivcly. "1 would like to have your ol Opinion of the war." 1,1 "Well, salt," said Mr. Mlank very courteously, "1 haven't thought of it |,( much latilv. but I've always lion ol " the opinion, sail, that Ijhc should not ?'l have surendered. (?ood evening, sah." ' And lie Icit behind iiim a thorough- w ly da/ed reporter. Washington Host. >' ? . bl Willing for Anything.?Alelvin had s; Just returned from college. His edu- (| cation was evident hi his every re- (-i mark, uml his mother appreciated it. "Mother, shall 1 extinguish the || light'.'" he asked his mother the tirst ni night. a i "Why, now, what do you mean?" si she asked. in "That means, shall I put the light (l| out?" lie said. h; "Oh, surely, my son." The next morning he asked: w "Mother, may I rend you a narrative?" h: "Why. what does that mean?" asked m the mother. "Simply that I would like to read you a short tale," answered Melvin. ei "Surely, read it," answered the mother.?Washington Star. te Trying to Accommodate.?A I'hiladelphia servant sought her mistress jy with the announcement that her motliii was sick, and that she theretore desired permission to go home for a few days. "Certainly," said the woman, "but m do nut .Xliiy lunger mail ? we need you." ft, A week passed and not a word from the maid. Then a note came which l( read. "Dear Mrs. Jones:?1 will he hack next week. Please keep my place for jn me, as my mother is dying as fast us 8? Tempos Was Flying.?Uncle Hiram bought a clock so tall that it was almost impossible to get it into the house. The old man was extremely proud of it and found it very good company. He would lie awake nights to hear it tick. "x ??ne nigtit the clock got out of order si ami began to strike. The old man awoke and counted 102. He promptly set up in bed and called to his wife: "Hetsy. get up!" It's later than I've ever knew it to be."?Augusta ^ t'hronlcle. | Vengeance at Last.?The druggist '" danced and chortled till the bottles " danced on the shelves. "What's up?" asked the soda clerk. tl "Have you been taking something?" al "No. Hut do you remember when M our water pipers were frozen last win- s' ... c? ter.' "Yes, but what?" "Well, the plumber who tlxed them j'1 has Just come in to have a prescription tilled."? Pittsburg Chronicle* Telegraph. Not Merely Mere.?The small l??> sometimes sees straight and sees far, says the Christian Science Monitor, st John stood high In his examination, vt but a girl took the highest mark. His d< father was indignant. Hi "John. 1 ain surprised to find you ui have allowed yourself to be beaten by ?< u mere girl." 1" "Yes, father." said John unblushing- oi ly. "1 have; but 1 can tell you some- w thing?girls are not so very mere after rt all." st , ? w "Why He Was Working.?1 "he house- j1'1 wife, unable to find a woman to help ''i with the housecleaning advertised for a man to do chores around the house. 1,1 The advertisement was answered by a colored man. "Are you married?" she asked. "Yeah," replied the applicant, "but m my wife is out of a Job. Dat's why I'se ol got to shift fob mahself."?I>etroit ?' Freer Press. 1,1 .W Watch out how you holler fer do gi worl* tor look up at you when you gits It ter de mountain top." said Brother J> Williams. "Of all time dat's de one w time ter lay low. fer de worl" will pi find you when it gits good an' ready. An' dia other thing Is what you got to a consider: De menute you hollers old fe man Trouble locates you an' sets his bt traps ter trip you an' send you rollln' P' down ter de bottom, whar you come J< from?"?Punch. b< Otherwise Occupied.?Aimee?When ol Harold proposed to you did he get pi down on his knees? m Hazel?I should say not? w Aimee Why didn't he? rr Hazel?Well?er?probably because ni they were occupied at the time.?In- T dlanapolis Star. tt . tl XT The war-working wife of the oi Tommy at the front was very terse tl with the "nosy" lady representing yi some committee or other. oi rOh. you needn't worry yourself," c< she said; "we're both doing out bit. tr He's bearing his arms, and I'm baring mine."?Life. pi . . si Couldn't Work and Worship.?"You say you worship me? When do you w do itt" "Dearest, in my idol moments."? ki Baltimore American. y< TEACHING THEN HOW ark Twain's fly loto Farm Jour oallsm. NOWLFDGE WAS 'N(IT NECESSARY. elicious Piece of Pointed Hu'.ic of 1870. Which is Just as Tirrely as Applied to Conditions as They E<ist Today. i did nut takt- t*-iiipoiur> i.-ditoislut I an a?iicultural i>a|?i without niisiviiiks. N< itliiT would a laud.small ik> command ut u ship witlioul inisiMims. Hut I wait in cncuinstani?-> ait inadi* tin- salaiv an ulijict. The -(fiilar ?-?litoi of tin* paper was itoing if for a liolidaj, ami 1 accepted tin nns hi- offered, anil took his plats*. Th?- si-nsation oi lainy iit work gain was iuxiii ions, ami 1 wrought all ie wi'?'k Willi unflagging pleasure. >'e w lit lo (irrsK, and I wailed a day Itli some solicitude lo see whether i> eiTui t was going to attract any lit ice. As I lett tlii- ullio-, toward iinlowii, a group ol men and hoys at ie loot ol itie stairs dis|H-rsfd with in- impulse, and gave im- passageay, and I heard oik- or two ot ihi-tii iy: "Thai's him!" I was naturally leased li) this inridi'iit. The next mi in life' I 1 < >11 tid a similar group at ie loot ol the stairs, and scattering >u l>les and individuals standing iv ami Ha re in the street, and over ie way, watching nie with interest, he group separated and I' ll hack as approached, and I heard a man say, .ook at Ins eye:" I pretended not to serve the notice I was attracting, lit secretly I was pleased with it, id was purposing to write an ac<iint ol it to my aunt. I went up a- short flight ot steps and heard leery voices and a ringing laugh as drew near the door, which I openI, and caught a glimpse ol two mug rural-looking men, w hose tares anched and lengthened when they iw lili', and when I hey hoth plunged trough the window with a great ash. I was surprised. In about a hall an hour an old gen' man, with a flowing heard and a ne hut lather austere lace, entered id sat down at my invitation, lie eiued to have something on his hid. lie took olT his hat and set it i the Itoor and got out a red silk indkerchiei and a copy ol' our paper. II*' |>III III*' |*il|NT I'll 111.1 I.I I', mill hili- hi- polished liis sp<'etudes with indkcrchici, In- said, "An* you tin* w editorV" I said 1 was. "Haw >o** ever ml it id an ugriiltural paper hi'l'ori'?" "No," r*s;?id, "this is my ilrst atinpt." "Very likely. Have you had any x|#oi-ionce in agriculture practicul"N'o; I believe I have not." "Some instinct told me so," said iu old gentleman, putting on his icctacles, and looking over them at e with asperity, while lie folded his iper into a convenient shape. "I ish to read you what must have ade me have that instinct. It was lis editorial. Listen, and see if it as you that wrote it: "Turnips should never be pulled, it jures them. It is much better to nd a boy up and let him shake the efc.,r -1" "Now, what do you think of that? for I really sup|*ose you wrote it?" "Think of it?" Why, 1 think it is Dotl. 1 think it is sense. 1 have lie jilbt that every year millions and illlions of bushels of turnips are -toiled in this township alone li> Pelt; pulled in half-ripe condition, lien, ii they had sent a hoy ii|> to lake the tree?" "Shake your grandmother! Turips don't grow on trees." "Oh. they don't don't they? Well, ho said they did? The language as intended to he figurative, wholr figurative. Anybody that knows uything will know that I meant that le hoy should shake the vine." Then this old person got up and ire his i>aper all into small shreds, lid stamped on them, and hroke vera) things with his vane, and lid 1 did not know as much as a iw; and then went out and hanged ic door after him, and, in short, ;ted in such a way that 1 fancied ; was displeased about something, ut not knowing what the trouble as. I could not be of any help to him. Pretty soon after this a long eui veto us creature, with lanky locks awn to his shoulders, and a week's uhhlo bristling from the hills and alleys o! his face, darted within the aor. and halted, motionless, with nger on lip, and head and body bent i listening attitude. No sound was i-ard. Still be listened. No sound, hen lie turned the key in the door, ltd came elaborately tiptoeing toard me till he was within long aching distance of me, when he opped and, after scanning my face ith Intense interest for a while, row a folded copy of our paper from is bosom, and said: "There, you wrote that. It cad it to e?ipiick! Relieve me. I suffer." 1 read as follows: and as the sennces fell from my lips 1 could see to relief come. I could see the drawn useles relax, and the anxiety go out the face, and rest and peace steal or the features like the merciful oonlight over a desolate landscape: "The guano Is a fine bird, but eat care is necessary In rearing it. should not be imported earlier than ine or later than September. In the Inter It should be kept in n warm ace where it can hatch out young. "It Is evident that we are to have backward season for grain. Therere it will be well for the farmer to gin setting out his cornstalks and anting his buckwheat cakes in ily instead of August. "Concerning the pumpkin.?This --* " fn\-nrito with the natives ' the interior of New England. who refer it to the gooseberry for the aking of fruit cake, and who llkeise give it the preference over the tspberrv for feeding cows, as being ore Ailing and fully as satisfying, he pumpkin is the only esculent of le orange family that will thrive in le north, except the gourd, and one two varieties of the squash. But le custom of planting it in the front trd with the shrubbery is fast going it of vogue, for it is now generally >ncedcd that the pumpkin as a shade ee is a failure. "Now as the warm weather aproaches. and the gardeners begin to jawn " The excited listener sprang toards me to shake hands, and said: "There, there?that will do. 1 now I am all right now, because >u hare read it just as I did, word ? for word. But, stranger, when I first read it this morning, I said to myself, I never, never, believed it be- ? , fore, notwithstanding my friends kept me under a watch so strict, but now I believe I ain crazy; and with A that 1 fetched a howl that you might n have heard two miles, and started e! ' out to kill somebody?because, you ai know, 1 knew it would come to that V 1 sooner or later, and so 1 might as i well begin. 1 lead one of them par- ? agruphs over again, so as to be certain, and then 1 burned my house is , down and started. J have crippled :ini? liliVl* lfot Ollf f?;l - I , low up a tree. wh? re 1 can get Iiim '* il I want lam. Hut 1 thought I <* , would call in here as I passed along li and make tin- thing perfectly cor- is tain; and now it is certain, and 1 tell (J . you il is lucky tor the chap that is l> in the tree. I should have killed hiin f< sure, as I went hack, flood-bye, sir. ti I good-bye; you have taken a great p load off my mind. My reason has ti stood tii?' strain of one of your agri- ft . cultural articles, and 1 know that t< nothing can ever unseat it now. t< I flood-bye, sir." t? I hit a little uncomfortable about I) i tin- cripplings and arsons (his per- d son had been entertaining himself h with, for 1 could not help feeling re- p mutely accessory to them. Hut these thoughts were <|Uickl> ban- u isbed, lor the regular editor walked |i in. (1 thought to inyscli, now it you p, had gone to Kgypt as 1 recommcndc ' it you to, I might have had a chance to g?*t my hand in; but you wouldn't do it, and here: you are. I sort ul ex- ,| pected you.) tl The editor was looking sail and u; |M-rplexed and dejected. j.i He surveyed the wreck that old ,p rioter and these two young farmers had made, and then said: "This is a sad littsiness?a very sad business. There is the mucilage bottle broken, 3, and six panes of glass and a spittoon, a| and two candlesticks. Hut that is not p the worst. The reputation oi the pa- ul per is injured'-and permanently, I ,, I ear. True, there never was such a |(, call lor the paper before, and it nev- ^ er sold such a large edition 01 sua led to such celebrity?but does one u) want to be famous foi lunacy, and (l| piosper upon the inllrmities ul Ins |.| iiiindV My friend, us 1 am an holiest ^ III.Ill, t lie Street Ollt tllel'e is tllll 01 people, and others are rousting on I In' fences, waiting to get a glimpse ,t| of yoll, because lliey think yoll are . crazy. And well they might nltei ^ reading your editorials. They are . a disgrace to journalism. Why, what jmt it into .\otir head Unit you could ^ cuit a paper of this nature? You do , el not seem to know the lirst rudiments j ol' agriculture. You speak of a I'urs< row and it harrow us being the same ^ thim;: you talk of the moulting sea- J son for cows, and you reeoinmend the domestication of the polecat on ti account of its playfulness and its excellence its a ratter! Your remark that ^ clams will lie quiet if music he played to them was superfluous?entirely u superfluous. Nothing disturbs clams. ? Clams always lie quiet. Clams care nothing whatever about music. Ah, heavens, and earth, friend! if you w had made the acquiring of ignorance el the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor than you could today. 1 never saw is anything like it. Your observation P1 that the horse chestnut us an article of c 4m ~ .911 .? *?*. I-t., F cunmivrtTfc w?riAi'irun>' feuinmg in ^ is simply calculated to destroy this journal. 1 want you to throw up your " . situation und go. 1 want no more 1 , holiday?I could not enjoy it if I had v it. Certainly not with you in my 11 , chair. 1 would always stand in dread a of what you might be going to recommend next. It makes me lose my '} , patience every time 1 think of your discussing oyster-beds under the head of 'landscape Gardening." I want you to go. Nothing on earth could per- A suade me to take another holiday. Oh! u , why ilidn't you tell me you didn't " know anything about agriculture?" v "Tell you, you cornstalk, you cab- w bage. you son of a cauliflower? It's 'I i... ii,ui in,it. i over heard such an f' unfeeling remark. 1 tell you I have b been in the editoiiul business going , ?>n fourteen years, and it is the llrst P time 1 ever heard of a man's having tl to know anything in order to edit A a newspaper. You turnip! Who C writes the dramatic critiques for the g second-rate papers? Why, a parcel of ? promoted shoemukers and uppren- P , tice apothecaries, who know just as much about good acting as I do about good farming and no more, is , Who review the books? People who tl ! never wrote one. Who do up the ? heavy lenders on finance? Parties a who have had the largest opportuni- ti ties for knowing nothing about it. tl Who criticise the Indian campaigns? a Cent lemon who do not know a war- tl whoop from a wigwam, and who T never have had to run a foot race n with a tomahawk, or pluck arrows e out of the several members of their si families to build the evening camp- T tire with. Who write the temperance si appeals, and clamor about the How- a ing bowl? Folks who will never p draw another sober breath till they p do it in the grave. Who edit the ag- p '(cultural papers, you?yam? Men, tl as a general thing, who fail in the p poetry line, yellow-covered novel tl line, sensation-drama line, city edl- tl tor line, and finally fall back on agri- ^ culture as a temporary reprieve from p the poorhouse. You try to tell me anything about the newspaper busi- p ness. S>r, I have been through it from j] Alpha to Omaha, and 1 tell you that ci the less a man knows the bigger noise J( lie makes and the higher the salary tj he commands. Heaven knows if 1 had f, but been ignorant instead of cutti- 0 vated, and impud<-d instead of diffident. 1 could have made a name for myself in this cold seltlsh world. 1 take my leave, sir. Since I have been Ql treated as you have treated me, 1 tl am perfectly willing to go. But 1 {( have done my duty. ( have fulfilled my contract as far as I was permit- w tod to do it. I said I could make your . 1 p] paper of Interest to all classes?and I j have. I said I could run your circulation up to twenty thousund copies. a| and if I had had two more weeks I'd have done it. And I'd have given you the best class of readers that ever c| an agricultural paper had?not a p farmer in it, nor a solitary individual who could tell a watermelon tree from ^ a peach vine to save his life. You n , are the loser by this rupture, not Me. |{ Pie-plant. Adois." h, I then left. h Oh!?"You look as if you had been || i kissed by a breeze from Northland," n said a poetic young lady to a pretty it friend, whose cheeks were glowing T with color. "Oh, no!" was the ei ; laughing reply; "it was only a short tt i heir from Baltimore."?Baltimore a I Times. . I THE ALAN ISLANDS ignificance of thair Occupation by the Germans. Germany, by the seizure of the lan islands (pronounced "Olan") ow occupies a position of the greatit strategic importance, commanding s it does both the entrance to the ort of Stockholm, the capital of weden, and the approach to the gulf f Bothnia, through which the greatr part of the Baltic trade to Sweden i carried on. The cable dispatches say that Gerlany's occupation of the Aland isinds is only preliminary to the total ccupation of Finland. Sweden has specially protested against the Aland dands being placed in the war zone, iccupation of these islands, the disatches say, is to make them a base jr supplying the German occupa011 of Finland. Sweden has also rotested against the German oceupaon of Finland, but official dispatches > the Swedish, legation at Washing>n say that Germany has announced > the Stockholm foreign office her in ntion to occupy Finland tcmporarl;, us it "was necessary to restore orer," and gave assurances that she ;ui no iniemion 10 iuko perniuuiiii o8.ses.sion of the territory. There are only Jive hundred Swedish oops on the Aland islands for pace purposes. They have been notied by the German commander of his iteiitions, and the people are very luch incensed. The Aland archipelago, at the orth end of the Baltic sea, and at te entrance of the gulf of Bothnia, ml not far from the entrance to the nil of Finland, has been u football of plomacy for more than two centuries, l.iit<l, the largest island, signilies land of streams," and has an area of IT square miles. There are nearly UO islands all together, but only &0 re inhabited, the remainder being esolate rocks. The area of the whole rchipelago is less than 1,000 square libs. The group, which forms a art of the Finnish province of Abuporneborg, lies about 25 miles from ie coast of Sweden and 15 from that f Finland. These islands form a mtinuation of a dangerous granite of extending along the south const f Finland. Formerly Held by Sweden. They formerly belonged to Sweden, ml in this neighborhood the lirst vieiry of the Jtusslan Meet over the vvedes was gained by Fetor the Great i 1714. In the long wars between ussiu ami Sweden these rocky isles ere frequently a battle ground. They lunged hands several times between le two powers. In 1809 the Russians issed the islands during the reign of lexander I, and Sweden lost them, igether with Finland, which they ad controlled more than five eeniries. By this treaty of 1^09, made at riedrichshamm, the Swedes were nublo to secure a provision that the land islands should not be fortified, he question was a vital one not only >r Sweden, but for Great Britain, hose trade in the Baltic was threatfied. Russia, in the reign of Emeror Nicholas I, constructed strong irtiflcations at Bomersund, on these lands. Lord Palmerston of England rotested without avail. While the rlmean war was going on^iun Anglotench foTe. er>rrmwi^^ML.bv?. jBjr harles Napier and Baraguay d'HUers, destroyed the fortifications in 854. Sir Charles Napier is the same ainglorious English admlral% who jok an active part in the operations gainst Baltimore in 1814 during the rt ond war betw een America and Engind. By the "Aland convention" of 1856, ctween Great Britain, France and Uissia, it was stipulated that "the .land islands shall not be fortified, nd that no military or naval estabshmcnts shall be maintained or rented on them." Lord Palmerston as so gratified that he declared in tie house of commons, May 6, 1856, hat this convention had "placed a airier between Russia and the north f Europe." With Russia broken and artly under the German yoke, and he Germans preparing to make the i land Islands a naval base. Lloyd ieorge today sees a barrier, in ilaner or arising, as formidable as that hicli disappeared in the days of 'almerston. Majority of People Swedes. The population of the Aland islands i about 20.000. The majority hose occupy the Island of Aland, upon liich is the town of Mariehamm, with l>opulation of about 1,200. This awn is a popular summer resort for he fashionable society of Stockholm, nd through the white summer nights here Is music and sounds of revelry, he inhabitants of the islunds are lostly of Swedish origin, and. togethr with the Finns, they are skillful tilors. lishermen and seal hunters, 'he surface of the islands is a thin, andy soil, and the climate is keen nd cold In winter, and many of the xeellent^ harbors are frozen over durlg the winter months. Yet Scotch r, spruce and birch grow here, and he hardy natives raise rye. oats, bar?y and vegetables, and dairy cattle, he native herds being improved by he dairy cattle from Denmark, heese, butter, hides, suited meats and sh are exported. The Finnish republic was set up t the land known as the Grand ?uchy of Finland in 1917-18, and delared its independence of Russia. Miliary 7, 1918, Germany recognized te Finnish republic. Women have jr a number of years had the right f suffrage in Finland. The Soldiers of the Tubs.?A newsaper man went through the laundry f one of the great cantonments of le south. The structure is about 350 >et long and 300 feet wide. In It are le most wonderful machines in the orld for laundering garments. The lant has a capacity for handling the othes of 10,000 persons a day. The rrangements are admirable. There ? -? . loKlloV In tho juntry better equipped or managed, he great structure Is Immaculately lean. The cost of operation is surrisingly low. After he had inspected the estaMlshlent and expressed his admiration the ewspaper man said to the officer?a eutenant?In charge, "I suppose you ad wide experience in this branch of usiness before entering the army." "I never was In a laundry In all my fe until less than a year ago." was le answer. "I was taking a course i one of the officers' training camps, here was urgent need of men for itablishments such as this. Host of le men were reluctant to take such billet. A special appeal was made, volunteered. I was seat to Inspect lirnmm ii all the manufacturers where the most advanced and scientific of laundering machinery was made. Then I studied the great laundries of the cities. When I had grasped the whole scheme of laundry work I reported ready. They tell me this is the finest plant in America, if not in the world. They tell tne it is run on proper lines. I hoj>e so. I am a soldier." "And what do you get?" "I am a lieutenant and get a lieutenant's pay. Surely that is sufficient" "What were you before you entered the army'."" "A member of the firm of " and he mentioned a firm of contractors in a northern city. e?n.l i... "About $20,000 :> year." "I'm i?roiul to know you. sir." said tii?' newspaper man as ho shook hands and hade adieu to the Soldier of the Tubs.?Commerce and Finance. WORK OF THE SAILORS. Doing their Part the Same aa Soldiers. "It is not too early in the same for the American people to begin to appreciate the unappreciated, unpruised and unrecognized heroes of the seas," said an American Naval officer in Paris, a few days ago. The naval officer spoke of thousands of common American sailors who are undergoing tlie almost tripled dangers of constant ocean voyages and doing it cheerfully without any of the advantages of I'nele Sam's services? without uniforms, privileges derived therefrom or the glory of dying for their country, officially. This officer knows the civilian sailor because he lias seen him at sea ever since America declared war. He has seen him iii port and afloat, in danger and at rest asli.no carrying on the highly important work that will ovcn?'ially heat ilio Herman submarine. For a naval oflloer to plead the ease of civilian sailors is extraordinary in tile extreme. He might intervene in behalf of his own navy men but for common sailors never. Hut the officer who spoke in behalf of the iinmilitamed sailors in the I'.iris office of the t'nlted I'ress was not a navy "regular." Months ago, when America de? lan d war, lie left his desk in the editorial rooms of a hig Minneapolis newspaper and went to sea. Former experience in the I'. S. navy promoted him immediately to command of a gun crew on an American merchant liner. l(e lias sunk one submarine, had one ship burned from under Ills feet at sea and is now manning the guns of another. He said: "It would he irregular to say how many thousands of American merchant sailors are now at sea. America hears of the navy and army on every possible occasion but one seldom thinks of the civilian who is playing a great part in this war and who will play a greater part as the war goes on. These tnen are unsung heroes. They are volunteers and they get nothing hut a small bonus with monthly pay for taking risks as great as can be found in government service anywhere. They are in perhaps greater danger than the men of the lr. 8. navy. The latter man the staunch, seaworthy ships?best thut Uncle ' "FaiflPP^fiTTTT^/" c'fifr Kiy1- ^f.e former man, In muny cases most any ship. amotlK hundreds pressed hurriedly into trans-Atluntic service after huving served their time on Atlantic and Pacific coastwise routes. , "The old self satisfled security of the ancient sea dog has been swept away. "The war time merchant ship forces ahead without liahts and doubling dangers of night collisions. If there is a fog. no horn or whistle is permitted. Days are spent at sea in tlie lurking menace of submarines or floating mines, t'sually, somewhere in the hull, there are explosives, dangerous in storms and heavy weather. Kven in the coal bunkers, no one knows whether some enemy agent has not planted a time bomb. And even in port, oil the Kuropean side, who knows but what air raids will not make life disagreeable. "It isn't the danger of the merchant sailor's career that I wunt to emphasize so much as it is the cheerful, volunteer way he goes about it. To come ashore in a Kuropean port lie must undergo all the alien formalities that any civilian would have. He doesn't appear to be milch of anybody when he comes ashore. Soon afterward ho sails out of port to take another at sea nobody hears and nobody seenif to care, for he doesn't wear a uniform, and his name is not enrolled on the "glory" books in Washington. He's simply one of the mass doing glorious work without any hope for glory. AFTER I. W. W.'s. Senator Borah Would Go After Them Without Gloves. Stern measures checking the I. W. W. in their efforts to upset the government's war program were recommended In the senate recently by senators. who discussed the bill by Senator Chamberlain, enabling the president to commandeer timber for aircraft and ship production. Senator Jones, of Washington, suggested the application of "tar and feathers" and deportation for the agi tatore and disturber in the great spruce and fir forests of the northwest. Senator Chamberlain declared that mtlilury force is needed to stop the depredations of the I. W. \V. and that without the protection of soldiers men Will not go Into the lumber camps to cut timber, which is so vitally needed at the time. Senator Borah, of Idaho, who was the prosecutor of W. D. Heywood, said that the government should deal summarily with the agitators now in custody. He refrained from mentioning Heywood by name, but left no doubt as to whom he had in mind when he said: "The government has now In possession a man w ho is the evil genius of the I. W. W. The best thing that could possibly be done In the controlling ol the situation would be to deal speedily and effectively under the law with the man whom every I. W. W. in this country believes bears a charmed life. "He has been a professional criminal for the last 30 years. Around his bell he has taken the lives of at least 18 men. It has been proven beyond question that he has done so. But as long as he Is unpunished they believe in some way he will lead them out of difficulty. Now the government has pom fast on of him. It has evidence of bis treason, and the best thing It could do would be to punish him." Senator Chamberlain said the neces sity for the passage of the bill aros? from the great scarcity of spruce lum ber for building aircraft and of fii for ships. The bill would em power the president to send agents in to the forests, cut the trees and pa; for them afterwards.?Washingtoi dispatch, 21st. Public Officials in the Draft.?Wha will happen when a county officer, fo instance a sheriff, a clerk of eourt. o treasurer, who is within the draft ug< ?and a case lias just arisen in Soutl Carolina is railed to the colors? Doe he. as a matter of law. vacate hi >rn. e. ami sulie does not \\ isi to, ami. as a matter of fact, does no resign such oftico. can the governor o Ills state declare the office vacant while Its holder is at war? The South ?*aroliiia case which ha just come up here?and which has no yet been passed upon hy the proves marshal general?is the tirst to l>< presented. In South ?'arollna a cer tain county ofticial is less than 3< years of age. and doubtless elsewhere throughout the country there are oth era who are in the draft age. Thi holder of the county office In the- pre sent instance says to the war depart meat: "I have my draft number am if you call upon me I wilt go: bu what becomes of my oflice? I havi not resigned it and do not intend t< do so if Vulled. Therefore the gov ernor of my state has no authority, un til I either die or resign the oflice, oi it is otherwise vacated for one of th? statutory reasons, to declare it va cant, and lie has not the right to ordci an election for my successor." This is a tini<|iie uuestion which hai just been placed before the war de partinent. it was probably not be lieved when the present regulation! were promulgated that such a situu< tioti Would arise, but the uuestion is t? come up and will be interesting whei decided. Washington letter. Good Work of Air Fighters.?lirilisl laiieiali dining the lighting along tin I iront in France Thursday aided 111:1 I?i'i:illv the infantry loins In-low killing ?>; woiiiiilir.t; m.ui> tjormniu with iIn- iii.-ii-liiin- kiiiis wliili* flvim: nl WRU ^KeeP WF mind as lasting co can buy. the boys Sllllll wdr^'m' gp CnSwec S| a 5-cent packas - S I ^11 *ive you sev II menf; It's an invi ; S as well as Pleas ?5 teeth, breath, ar ? Chew It Afte g The Flav aniiiMB ARE YOUR HENS LA If not try Dr. Hess1 a-cea?Price, 25 Cts. We guarantee it to Money Refunded. Fair J. E. Briton, Prop. CITY "TIIE 8ERV1C I Prefers Rucke because t Mr. John A. May, Sheriff of H that Buckeye Hulls are cheaper hulls and no lint, and because i This explains in few words the ua You pay less for them and you i the amount of money you may mnra ftMiffhocr it will be better roughage too. but they are dean and free of ' buy and feed Buckeye Hulls yoi they are. Try a too. Ta ncare the beat reeafcs and te de thoroughly turbo hours bufor wettiag then dewe eight ead meraie tin eaanet be dene, vet den at feed the bade bj, nee ealjr half as Book of Mix C:ve? the rieht formula far every cam. hov t.Bicii te fxd for meiotroence, fa Budreye Hub end fine dadhee I copy U oca. est nil. Dmpt. K Th* Buckeye liagasfa low altitude*, according to a British official communication dealing with ? aviation. In addition British aircraft bombed r important military positions behind i - the line and aviators accounted for numerous Herman airmen In battles r in the air. The text of the communil cation follows: "The mist over the whole front Thursday morning cleared locally ' later, but at most places the weather r was uitsuii.ihh for lew dying. The r enemy's attaching troops and re-in'' lorceiuents on the battle front offered 1 excellent targets to the pilots of our j s low dying inaehiries. wliieli poiir>*d s many ihousands ?>t rounds into them. 1 cat.sii".t innumerable casiialt i. s. t "i >iii bombing machines also atf tacked these targets, in addition to . bombing important railway stations | on tile battle trout. over !? bombs sjheins dropped. t 'A et'ent deal of Uridine occurred t at low altitudes, in which 1 hostile | t* j machines welt downed and six driven - down out of control. A hostile halii loon was dcsttoycd I?> one of our pii> lots. One of the enemy's low-tlyinv - airplanes was shot down in our lines < p hy in'antiy. Three ot out machines ^ . are niissiri.'. Ihnin.e tin- nitrlit. itiulit - fl> i*i?r I si|iia<!rons in the southern area of the t front weie iinahh to have the croiunl [. OAiiic to the mist. Iii the northern , ari a, whore the weatln r was e|. ar. . out airplanes dropped thin and a . hall tons of homhs on tile dockyards ' i- tit Itiirui* and fhi?-e and a half tons ot homhs on test Idllets northwest of . Tonmai. .Ml of tun machines return oil." s ^ I - OUR ACCURACY s QUALITY SERVICE I ) III VIC YOU ' "WELL FirrED GLASSES" I T. A. W. ELMGREN j OPTOMETRIST and OPTICIAN ! ' 1207 Hampton St., Columbia, South Carolina ___________________________ I i iLEYS Send it to AsSSSSH at the front. e Economy itmeats? ==ps e of WRICLEV5 |S2 feral days* enjoy- SS sstment in benefit ? sure, for it helps ? 'petite, digestion. EE a r Every Meal S or Lasts I < IImM .YIN6? 1 and Clark's Poultry Pangivc Satisfaction or Your enough, is it not ( PHARMACY Clover, S. C. E DRUG STORE" y e Hulls hey are cheaper ouston County, Dothan, Ala., says than old style because they are all they cost him much leas per too. iinni^fli economy of k^yf ONSCEO ILLS k rruaas jet ,-nore roughage to the too. Par now be spending for old style hulls e ir. the form of Buckeye Hulls and Buckeye Hulls are not only lintless i trash and dust. The minute you i realize how much more economical vslsp the lasiigi eiet, wet the hate ? feeding. It is sssj Is da this by <m CM ika MT4 faa^M II A# tfff | leact thirty Matea. U yon profar to Mich by balk *a of old rfjta hdU. :ed Feeds Free bination of feed* uaed m the Booth. Tth r Bilk, for fattening, for work. Dnato lor aaaf them property. Send far yanr Cotton Oil Co. Dmt K mm4 JMkM UWi M Bmm Bmmm : - v - " FOR YOUR TABLE You can depend on us to supply your table with the PEST in Fancy and Family Groceries. If it Isn't good we haven't got it. See us for? ^ NANCY HALL POTATOES, CABBAGE. ONIONS. SWEET PirKL.ES?in Hulk. SOUK PICKLES- in Hulk, DRIED APPLES. evauprated apples, prunes. dried EJUS, al'nt jemima pantake flour x. o. molasses, velva syrup. SEED IRISH POTATOES. We have BUSS and IRISH TOR. KLEK Seed Irish Potatoes. We don't plant in the moon: hut if you do. the moon will l?e "right" next week See us for your Seed. SHERER & QUINN Stoves and Ranges WE JUST WANT to suggest to our Customers and Friends, at least to those who anticipate buying a? :00K STOVE or BOOKING RANGE? L?o IT NOW. These articles are steadily advancing?they'll certainly be higher within 30 to 60 days than they are now. We have a good selection of Ranges and Stoves In stock and you can probably save money by ItUYIXG QUIC&. HEATERS? YI2S, we have quite a stock of Heating Stoves, for Wood and for Coal, and it is a fact that a Stove is more economical than an open tire-place or grate. M. L. FORD l.icciiMll tinier laker?, mill Knibulnicr* CLOY Kit. - S. C. Composition Roofing ? THAT ol'THOUSK. llnrn or other nihlmg on your premises tliat Is in iced of a New Hoof, can be cheaply >v> red and thoroughly protected with i I 'irsl-Class COMPOSITION ROOF. IV e have that kind? First -Class in duality- in One, Two and Three Ply :rades. This Composition Roofing ia mi ideal looting niateiial for oiithuildngs it lasts Well, is easily put on and is much less than tin or Veil good shingles. The time to ap>ly ;i new ."oof Is before II rains. You ontotnlii r the Arkansaw Traveler? LUMBER, ETC. When you need ally tiling In I.l'MRKI: or I.I'MItKR I'RODCCTS. reneinber I'S. We always carry a line >f almost everything in Rough, and ! M essed I .umber of all kinds as w ell is Shingles, l?itlis, l.lme, Cement, I'uinls, oils. Varnishes. Stains, etc. ^ JNO. R. LOGAN <\ MMt.W MOOltF. Manager. ML PEOPLE'S STORE :harlotte street york, 8. c. riiADI-: WITH us? YOU'LL SAYK M0M:Y This Store is selling the OLD SIZE, Full fake SUM', ami COLD DUST Ia*t Us Supply You. 1 ft ftftft t'AUHAU K l'LANTS vrW wjj| l)C j)erc suturduy >r Monday, Sure. We'll sell OAa ^HRfl :hem. per hundred, at OVy 100'II flhdlhat we-wn Wti oF^liings^^* at Lower Prices than other Stores. (Jive Us a part of your business. M I LL PEOPLES STORE A. D. DOR3ETT, Manager. GARDENING TIME SEE ME FOIt YOUIt SEED. I have the 1). M. FKIUIY line of seeds, which ure reliable and dependable. All sorts. Buy Union Sets Now. 1 have them? Peck, $1.00; Postpaid, Peck, $1.25. GROCERY STOCK COMPLETE. It is always complete. You can always llnd something good to eat here. For your dinner. 1 have Cabbage, Turnips, Potatoes, Beans. TURN YOUR FARM PRODUCTS INTO MONEY NOW? I pay iL'.LTi to $3.50 a bushel for your Peas; $-.00 for Corn Seed. Better see me at once. Some decline In Pea market?may go lower. The above prices are good for two weeks only. J. D. HOPE SHARON 8. C. Look Before You Leap * It is rarely the case that a widow and her children are provided with the protection against poverty, suffering, drudgery and ignorance because the husband and father insured his life for an adequate amount to protect those things that he did not do so solely becuuse an ugent for the company in which ho insured almost literally forced him to. In other words, comparatively few, not over one out of twenty, take the initiative and take out their first policy without being urged to do so by an agent, and that is why all schemes to eliminate agents have proved dismal failures, and will continue to do so. It is also true that nine persons out of ten buy insurance from the agent who first solicits them, without investigating to final out whether or not his claim that he is offering the "best policy in the best company" is "orrect, and the agent of another company, who carried insurance on his own life in the Mutual Henefit Life Insurance Company knew that he was not seriously Interfering with his own chances of getting business for the company he was representing, when he said: "If tl average business man realized how far su perior It was to ALL other companies the Mutual Benefit could sell all the insurance it wanted to without a sales force," (agents.) If you buy insurance for the benefit of yourself and dependents, and not to help an agent, you can get the maximum benefits by joining the 12,000 citizens of South i.'urolina who carry $20,000,000 of the $900,000,000 insurance In force today in the Mutual Benefit. Consult your own best Interest by Investigating. , SAM M. GRIST All Kinds of Good Insurance. For Wheatless Days IF IT IS a problem for you to decide what to eat on "Wheatless Days," let this Store help you?We can. We have MINCE MEAT. SWEET POTATOES, CABBAGE, PINK AND NAVY BEANS, BUTTER BEANS, BLACK EYED PEAS, MACKEREL. CANNED SHAD. PREMIER DRESSING. SOUR AND SWEET PICKLES. EVAPORATED APPLES. EVAPORATED PEACHES, A EVAPORATED APRICOTS. PRUNES, ORANGES, BANANAS, APPLES. A id lots of otlier good things for your table. Just see us or phone $4. W. B. PKRGU80N m :V0.