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Several years later Captain Mark
Wallace des? ended from a street car
and walked up tl.e grounds of a very
select young ladies' boarding school In
Westchester county. New York, kept
by two maiden laillen Kntcring the
colonial portico, the captain rang the
bell ari l asked to see Miss Howard.
Five minutes ; fterwurd, having satlstled
the la?"y principal that he stood in
the avum ular relation to her charge,
and wan a man of blameless life, he
met Klcanor In the reception room.
It was some years since he had seen
her. The grimy little waif of the Santiago
hattlelleld had shot up Into a
slim, long-legged schoolgirl, with
brown hair tied back with a ribbon,
and a face that already showed the
promise of beauty.
The girl hurried forward as if expeeting
an embrace, realized Mark's
intention, and checked herself quickly
and held out both hands.
"Hear I'ncle Mark!" she exclaimed,
"I've been looking forward to you
ever since 1 got your letter telling me
that you were coming east."
"Well, it's litre, to be appreciated
like that," said Mark, laughing.
"I couldn't quite persuade myself
that it was true, and that I should
really see you at last. And you're not
in the least like your photograph."
"Homelier, Klcanor?"
"No. hut different. Older?very
V?m milut lua livvfullv Cihl
-?iuite thirty. I should say."
"Xearl.v," admitted Mark, wondering
win-thor the long years in the west
with tlie sweltering heat and arduous
serviie, had really aged liim prematurely.
Murk had had no inlluentc to
set'ure htm anything better than a
border post. He often wondered why
he had not (tone into etvil life, like so
many of his elans, and amassed a compotency
in the llrst booming years of
the twentieth century.
Something in the blood, perhaps,
had held him to the army life, which
he loved so much in principle and
hated so much in practice. Ho was
not far short of thirty; he had nothing
but his meaner pay; no tic hut a married
sister in t'hicaKo and the girl in
the hoarding school, who tilled so
meat a part of his thoughts, so dis^
Ti upi.Ytfcrnrtc- a sharp.
For until that day he had only seen
her onee slnee he ploked her up in the
jungle, and site had been too young to
retain the memory of the meeting in
Major Howard's home.
"I expected a young man. but I'm
just as pleased to see you," said
Kleanor. "I don't like very young
men."
Mark n-reived ner amenus nun
amusement, and they sat down side by
side ti|?on the sofa, and were soon deep
in conversation. Mark learned till
about her school and her friends. She
was very happy there and would re tret
not going back at the end of the
holidays. However, Major and Mrs.
Howard had only placed her there for
a few months while they went on a
\isit to the west.
"I always felt that you are really
my guardian, even if you did give me
up to Major Howard." said Eleanor.
"llut I have only lent you," said
Mtirk. "I couldn't very well take care
of you when 1 was sent to Texas. And
it has always been understood that
you belong to me?1 mean, that I am
your guardian. ICIeanor."
"1 know," she said. "And you write
me such splendid letters, with such
good advice in them."
"Which you don't follow."
"Indeed 1 do," said the girl, eagerly,
"only sometimes It Is just a little out
of date. Uncle Mark."
"In what particular?" inquired
Mark, beginning to feel a little like a
prig In the presence of this self-possesseil
young person. It is so e;isy to
assume the task of adviser from a distance.
but difficult to retain the role
fuce to face.
"Well, when you wrote me last year
to remember not to be pert and for
ward, like modern children, uncie
Mark. PrrtntDH cunaw at seven or
eight. t ?ne isn't pert at twelver?at
least, not In the way you meant. They
call it Ill-bred, then."
"1 sup post1 1 didn't realize how big
( you were getting." said Murk penitently.
"Hut you can't think how glad I
am to see you. anyway."
"It's a shame sticking you for years
out in that horrible desert," said the
girl. "1 wish. I'ncle Mark, you hadn't
stayed in the army after the war."
"Why. my dear?"
"Itocause then you could have gone
into business in New York, like Cap*
tain Murray and Captain Crawford."
"I've been thinking about as much
myself. Eleanor. Hut I guess the army
got hold of me."
"Hut they haven't treated you rightly,
I'ncle Mark. They haven't promoted
you for years, and they have
jumped all sorts of of fleers over your
head. Major Howard was saying so
only before he left for Alaska. But of
course, he's out of favor, and he
wouldn't have any influence, anyway.
It's years since he was in the army."
"1 suppose I'm a back number, my
dear. Some of us have to be. Perhaps
I'll get my chance. I'm not thirty
yet. you know, and thirty isn't considered-awfully
old In the army. At
least, it isn't the retiring age."
"Don't be so absurd, Uncle Mark!
You don't look an old man at all. It
was just that your photograph was
taken so long ago, and I didn't reflect
that you must have changed."
"And if ever another war comes I'm
sure my experience will count for a
lot "And I'll probably have command
over Captain Murray and Captain
- Crawford if ever the National Guard
is called on tor serious work. And
then you'U have your function as our
? mascot you know."
i.ilr:. , ,
Eleanor?"
"Yes, Uncle Murk. I'm sure I do?
and yet I've thought so much about it
that I'm not sure how much of it is
memory and how much Is Just child's
inventions. Perhaps I invented all of
it, and made myself believe I remembered
It. And I am sure part of It
is memory."
"What do you remember?" asked
Mark rather fearfully.
"Well. Uncle Mark, my first connected
memories aro of Major Howard's
home, of course. And I have a very
vivid impression of being brought into
the dining room and toasted at that
dinner which the major gave to the
officers after the war. Hut before all
that I seem to have memories, as If
they were pictures."
"What is the first thing you remember?"
"I sec a woman lying in a bed in a
strange room. Her face is whiter than
any face 1 have known; a man sits beside
her, with his head in his hand,
and, though death has no meaning for
me, 1 am afraid, for I know that she
was my mother."
"Was this in Cuba, Eleanor?"
"1 don't know, but I think so, Uncle
Mark, because I remember running to
the window and seeing a great palm
tree outside, with spreading branches.
And there are other cities, and we
.seemja gu from place tn plficiv aiwaya..
watching tot somebody, and yet, as it
were, hiding from people. I know we
avoid people, but it is an instinct only
that tells me so.
"And again 1 am with my father in
the jungle. 1 don't know how we got
there, but I see the trees all around
me. and I am afraid. We walk on and
on, and sometimes he carries me and
we sleep under the trees and are
drenched with ruin. I am bo tired and
thirsty. Hut we go on and on, and
when we stop we find a little hut, and
I am afraid no longer."
"And then?" asked Mark in agita- ,
tion.
"1 remember nothing. I suppose the
bullet that killed my father must have
struck him while he was in the hut,
hut I have no picture in my mind at
Mark mumbled something to conceal
his agitation. "And do you remember
me coming and picking you
up?" he asked.
She shook her head regretfully. "I
don't remember anything else," she
answered. "N'othing until that dinner
in the major's house."
She linked her arm through his and
looked at him earnestly. "Uncle
Mark, it makes me unhappy some- ,
times to think that 1 have no memory,
no clear memory of my parents. I am (
sure that some day all this mystery (
will lie cleared up. Don't you hope .
so ?" ,
"Yes," answered Mark, miserably.
He had always wondered what the |
child would be like. Howard's halfyearly
letters had always* assumed too ,
much for granted. Mark nad practically
relinquished Eleanor to the major.
and he had never learned anything
about her that he had really wanted to
know. He had not imagined the precocious.
high-strung. Idealistic girl
whom he now saw. He knew that the
disclosure of her father's dishonor, if
ever it came about, would shock her
into a revulsion of feeling that would
be fatal to the true development of
her character.
He had often wished that he had '
not pressed thnt Idea of the regi- '
mental mascot upon the major. It had <
been born in a mind attuned to the i
victory of that bloody day; in normal i
moments he would never have enter- ,
tained It. Yet Major Howard had t
been more Impressed than he had ad- i
mitted to Mark. The Idea had |
spread through the minds of the other
ofticers. There was never a guard din- |
ner but Eleanor was solemnly toasted, <
though she was not permitted to be |
present, and sonfeftow the child had i
become a symbol In the minds of these |
plain men in business and professional |
life who spent two weeks in camp
each year. 1
After the war Mark naa gone wuik
regulars; but he was still in touch '
with the officers of the Seventieth, and ,
he knew that If ever war came, he ]
could obtain an appointment to it
"I am sure that my father will prove |
to have been a brave soldier," said
Eleanor, clasping her hands eagerly, <
"And sometimes," she continued, "I ;
think that there must have been a |
great mystery about him." I
"Why?" demanded Mark, startled. j
^Because of the man who watches
for me."
"Watches for you? It is imagina- ,
tion, Eleanor." I
She shook her head. "I've seen him ,
three or four times," answered the |
girl. "He waits at places that we pass \
when we go out together. And he j
watches me then, though he never at- <
tempts to speak to ma" I
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He was surprised at the girl's sudden
responsiveness to his words. She
grew very serious.
"I've often thought about that, Uncle
Mark," she answered.
"But, of course, It may never happen."
"I suppose not But If ever It does
I mean to try to be what you meant
me to be when you made that condition
to the major. How I wish?how
I wish?"
"Yes, my dear?"
"That we knew who my father was.
Sometimes I think he was only an
American planter, perhaps, who lived
in Cuba and was forced to flee when
the war began. And then again I
dream that he may have been a brave
soldier who was trying to serve his
country by going Into the Spanish
lines in disguise, and I hope that I
may be worthy of him."
"Von don't remomhor anvthlnc.
"And you've told Miss Harper?"
"No, Uncle Mark. Hhe jvould think
I was hysterical," answered the girl,
shrewdly.
Mark could see that, but he was
certain that it was hysteria, that the
idea had comb to the child as the resuit
of brooding over the mystery of
her parentage. The entrance of the
lady principal put an end to their conversation.
Mark rose reluctantly. His
visit had been all too brief, and It
might be years before he saw the girl
again.
"Well, Eleanor, this is au revolr,"
he said. "Perhaps for years."
She looked at him in sudden alarm.
"You are not coming back before you
leave for the west. Uncle Mark?" she
asked.
"They won't allow me the time. I
have to go to Washington tomorrow,]
and then back to Texas."
She returned no answer, but went
with him to the house door, and turned
and faced him there, pulling at the
lapels of his coat.
"Send me a new photograph. Captain
Mark," she said. "I'm not going
to call you Uncle Mark any more."
"An older one?" asked Mark, laughing,
though he had a strange sinking
at his heart. This child epitomized
home to him, and he had been homeless
since boyhood.
"You must forgive me," she said, a
little wistfully. "Captain Mark,
there's something I want awfully to
say to you, but it takes a lot of courage,"
she added.
"Tell me Just the same," answered
Mark. "You know, my dear, I want
you to have everything you wish for.
And if Major Howard won't give It to
vim win tost let me know. He has as
sumed the responsibility for your upbringing.
und I'm going to have the
fun of .giving you pleasure."
"It's something that Major Howard
can't give me. Captain Mark."
"Can I?"
"Yes," she said In a low voice, pulling
at his coat, and suddenly raising
her eyes to his. Mark Wallace saw the
soul of a mature woman look out of
the eyes of the child. "When I'm older
and have put my hair up, and wear
long dresses?when I'm eighteen, say,
I?| want you to marry me, Captain
Mark."
She was gone In a flash, running
along the corridor, while Mark Wallace
stood dumfoutided at the door,
hearing her footsteps grow fainter as
she hurried into the recesses of the
Misses Harpers' School for Select
Young Ladies.
Mark went down the walk like a
man dreaming. It was absurd; it was,
perhaps, characteristic of the girl's
age and temperament; and yet, in
spite of the absurdity, Captain Mark
Wallace felt as If he had suddenly regained
the grimy little child whom ho
hail found upon the hillside in front of
Santiago^ and lostagaln.
As he reached the gate he saw a
man watching him from the bend of
the road. Something of furtlveness in
the man's posture made him wheel
sharply round; then lie remembered
ICleanor's words and started In haste
toward him. Hut the man shambled
off at a quick gait and when Mark
reached the bend he could see nobody.
(To He Continued.)
OUR BASEBALL CRIPPLES
After All Does Sport Make Real
Men?
This war is making plain many of
our weaknesses. We used to think
the gentlemen who pranced about our
baseball parks In the uniforms of the
Xationul, the American and other
leagues were sound in wind and limb.
We thought that gentlemen who could
pick up a baseball that was traveling
like a shot from a cann m, and throw
it with almost lightning speed to first
base were physically fit. We thought
that men who race around the bases
like sprinters, slide 10 or 15 feet over
the earth and come up smiling were
in the prime of their health and
strength. We thought that men who
could pitch for hours without sign of
fatigue had wonderful muscles and
that catchers who handled baseballs
is if they were tennis halls were
sturdy, dependable human creatures.
We thought a lot of things about our
ball players.
Hut, alas, we were wrong. Most of
the stars In the baseball world are
physical wrecks. They have all sorts
of defects. They never will do In the
urmy. They have flat feet or fallen
arches so that they would be unable
to keep up with real soldiers on the
murch. They have bunged up hands
to that they never could handle a
rifle as a soldier should. Their eyesight
Is poor. They are in sad state
and are tit for little else than playing
baseball and drawing fat salaries.
Nothing that is said here applies to
"Hank" Gowdy or to "Benny" Kauff.
The modest Mr. Gowdy Is in France
doing the duty of a brave man and a
true American. Kauff, despite some
minor troubles such as a missing Anger
or so and the fact that one of his
arms is longer than the other, sees
rio reason why that should prevent
him from being a Arst class aviator.
Various other baseball players may oe
in the service or willing to be but the
mat majority seem more Interested
in baseball than war and more able
to discover reasons why they are unfit
to be soldiers than why they should
be soldiers.
And what is said of our baseball
heroes Is true of many members of
that noble body of gentlemen who
make a business of fighting and who
?all themselves boxers. Has any one
heard of Willard. Moran, Pulton,
Dempsey, Langford or Jeannette, enlisting?
Washington should do something
for our athletic cripples. We are
making provision for all sorts of sufferers
but none for baseballlsts and
'?srith sahIc hearts and cold
reet?Commerce and Finance.
The Frankfurter Zeltung print* & report
of the adoption of a resolution
ly the chamber of the Grand Duchy
if Baden requesting the imperial German
government to endeavor to obtain
a general agreement for the cessation
of hostile air raids on places
mtslde the cone of military operations.
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08CE COLEMAN'S 8TORY.
Brave South Carolinian Telia of Ex
ploit in a Letter.
Here is a letter that Mrs. Olivero:
of Columbia, has received from he
nephew. Lieutenant Osce Coleman h
France, and which was published ii
the Columbia State of last Sunday:
Dear Aunt Frank:
I wrote you a letter thanking yot
for the wonderful box that you sen
me and delayed mailing it for abou
ten days on account of forget fulness
so I am writing again to make up fo
the other letter. This time I am writ
ing what is to be great news. I onl;
wish Grandfather Holloway was a
live to hear this. I being the onl;
representative from our family ove
here, and In fact In the army, havi
tried to do justice towards our fu
ture reputation as loyal and bravi
citizens, and I shall let you judg<
when you have heard my story.
Perhaps you will hear before thii
through the newspapers. I have beer
in the trenches for almost seven day:
without very much sleep and not f
garment touched during this time
To start with I was weak,' sleepy am
tired and being In the front lin<
trenches isn't the best thing for any
one's nerves. I had been conducting
the tire of our battalion of 75's on r
working party uhout 1 a. m. or
March 1. As the deafening sound o
our high explosive would die away
through the chill of the early morn
ing would come the shrieks am
groans ot Mr. Bochc as he scamperci
away.
At 5.50 a. m. on the same mornim
I was dumbfounded by the sudder
volume of explosions that seeme<
never to quit. The shell of the enemy
had cut our telephone communications
and it was impossible for ut
to find out just what was going on
Our first information came when jj
sergeant with dirt, sweat and a pah
face came dashing up and said thai
the Boches were raiding our trenches
I immediately started, although w<
have no artillery In the front line
but feeling that it was my duty, I
went. As I came up to the portion ol
the lines that had been raided thi
Hermans were going over the tor
back to their own lines. To my left
and to my right were the dying Huns
I began searching their Itodlcs, ever
before they were dead In some cases
to get anything that would give uj
nny Information. I could not flnil
any of our own dead until I had
_searched eleven of the enemy ant]
was on my way to my 12th one wher
I saw a poor boy that had been hit bj
a shrapnel. His remains were picket!
up with a shovel and burled. He
was In threads. Then I went on witl
my duties.
I had finished searching over s
score when I heard the sad news ol
my friend's death. He was from DliJen.
?U C,?The son of Dr. John ft
David, Sr. We were In school together
and I had been with him In the
trenches for quite a while. If I had
obeyed my feelings I would have sat
beside him and mourned for the remainder
of the day, but my duty was
before me and I was about "all in"
too. but looking out across "No Man's
Land," I spied a Hoche who was
wounded making his way back to his
own line. The lines are about 39(J
meters njiart at this particular place
and he was 250 meters from me.
It was 10 o'clock and very clear
and I knew the snipers were on their
jobs and the machine guns too, but
prisoners are very valuable so it was
up to me. The men on outposts stopped
me saying that machine gun fire
had been playing around all morning
but I stripped myself of everything
that would prevent me being
free and started. It seemed hours and
hours before I reached my objective.
It is no pleasant job to crawl through
mud and shell holes with two knees
and one hand with a gun in the other.
I was about 40 feet from Mr.
Bochc before he saw me and when
he turned his face to me he began to
yell "Kamerad!'
I hugged the ground because I
knew the others In the trenches
would fire In the direction of the
noise. They did. I got him quiet
and was about to start on my way
home when 1 heard a rustling noise
behind me. I turned just in time to
put a shot about one and a half l&?hes
above his left eye. His dying face
will forever be In my imagination. 1
could not sleep for two nights afterwards.
Whenever I would close my
eyes I could see nothing but his
lilondv. trembling face gasping for
its Inst few breaths. I searched him
before he died and was soon oh my
way back. It was a journey never to
be forgotten.
I turned my prisoner over to
stretcher breorere with orders to have
his wounds dressed and then bring
him to headquarters. Being unable
to sleep I roamed for the remainder
of that day and the next
Late on the afternoon of March 2,
I received orders to report to a certain
place the next morning at 9
o'clock. I was a little late, arriving
and found the battalion of infantry
that I was serving with during the
raid in the field. As I came to the
front In answer to my name the battalion
came to present arms and the
prime minister of France, in the presence
of the French commanding general
of the first army, and his staff
and our commanding general with
his staff, came up to me and decorated
me with the famous "Croix de
Guerre" with a palm, the palm b&ing
the highest order of the Croix de
Guerre! I "know that no one has ever
been so surprised.
In the midst of all of this embarrassment
were seven moving picture
machines clicking in my face assisted
by countless cameras. Then I had
to tell' my life history a thousand
times to newspaper reporters. I was
glad, tickled and oh! so tired. 1
coulp sleep and I did.
Please excuse the different paper
Aunt Prank and write to roe as soon
aa you can. Give my love to all and
send this letter to Papa Watts to
read, if you want to. Kiss the girls
for me and lots of love to you.
V Sincerely.
Oace.
? The death of Private St Clair Sutton
of list Co.. Port Warren, Boston
Harbor is causing a private laqmliT
here today, says a Boston dispatch of
Saturday. Sutton eomee from Cheater, |
S. C., where his parents live. Teater- |
. day morning he was found in a room
at Cia Hotel Piazza, Columbia Avenue,
Boston, dying from gaa poisoning. His W
* room was on fire and it looked as if
r the tire had been started in the bed
, by cigarettes. When he was taken out
in the hall he was dead. The body will
be shipped to Chester, S. C., tomorrow. |
No one at Fort Warren could state u
Just how Sutton met his death.
, CARE OF SOW AND PIGS W
t
t How to Manage the Sow at Farrowi,
ing Time.
, As the time for farrowing approach.
es, the sow should be watched carey
fully, in order that assistance may 1?
. be given If necessary. The sow tei
; generally becomes nervous and rest- Cc
r less as parturition approaches; she l?a
f makes a nest for her young; a swollpn
vnp-lnn nnd milk down In the
t teats are other visible signs. One
t can be quite certain that a sow will
farrow late in the afternoon or the o{
3 following night when milk la found ,.n
i In the teats in the morning.
i The feed at this time should be aij
t sloppy and limited in amount. Noth- pr
. tng but lukewarm water should be m(
1 given the sow during 24 hours pre- se)
vious to farrowing. If she has already t0
. farrowed a little and has been pro- WJ
: perly fed and cared for during preg- ^ij
i nancy, little difficulty may be expecti
ed. With young sows, particularly, jj,
f those bred at an immature uge, there th(
, is considerable risk at this time, not BW
- only to the pigs but to the sow her- ?n
1 self. ? th,
1 There is a difference of opinion as 0f
to the nmount of bedding^ which
; should be given to the sow at this o(
i time. An active sow in comparative- j)e
I ly thin condition can be trusted witli ms
a liberal amount of bedding, but sows jV(
which are in high condition or which tj,(
! are at all clumsy, had better be given n?
. only a moderate amount of bedding. w(
i Leaves or short straw are preferred. tj1(
The farrowing pen should be dry
t and well venlllaied, but free from slc
. drafts. Provide the pen with a guard- wi
? rail made of 2 by 4 planks with their m{
, edges against the sides of the pen ^u
[ about 10 inches above the bed. These m(
r nrevrnt the sow from lying against |?.
the partition, and lessen the dan- ha
> ger of Injury to the pigs. The little j,e
t fellows will soon learn to cicep
, under the guardrail when the sow rai
i lies down. kc
The management of the sow during n0
i farrowing depends largely on the t,x
I animal and on the weather conditions
I Assistance should be at hand if
I needed, but the sow need not be
i helped if she is getting along nicely. ou
When the pigs are born during 8e|
I warm weather, they are less liable to 0f
become chilled and will gcrcrnlly find m(
i their way to the teats unaided. In pr
extremely cold weather the pigs will ^
i t*e In danger of being chilled, unless pr
r tfie hog house is heated. To rem- an
this, place' a few heated bricks ^
; 0,Inftnrr s>r n basket or mnnll. ^
box, covering them with chaff or ^
1 straw, and put a cloth over the top he,
to keep in the heat; unless the j
sow objects too seriously, the pigs |)U
may be rubbed dry with a soft cloth 0X|
i and placed in the receptacle as fast ca,
as they arrive. If any of the little \
pigs appear to be lifeless when they j)U
i are born, first see that all mucus je|
is removed from the nose, then give jn
i the pigs a few gentle slnps on the
side v^lth the hand. This will start sP(
the pig breathing If there is any life
' In the body. Give It a suck of the
' sow's milk and place It In the receptaclc,
as described previously. The
i pigs will not suffer If they do not j
suck for a few minutes after farrow- H(1,
ing. (Jr
Before placing the pigs with the eV(
sow, cut out the eight small tusk- rej
like teeth. There are four of these uni
on each Jaw In the rear of the mouth. ^
These teeth are vesy sharp, and if se<
left In the pig's mouth they will like- sp<
ly cause tearing of the sow's udder. ^
and the little pigs cut one another's lnj
mouths while fighting for a teat Hl
These teeth can be removed with ml
i bone forceps, wire nippers or with wfl
a knife. Never pull out the teeth. an
Always cut or them break off. At- foJ
ted this operation Is over, place the j
pigs with the sow, care being taken mc
that each one gets to a teat. When
the afterbirth is passed It should wa
be removed from the pen at once and
burled or burned. There is good ren- thl
i son to believe that eating the after- de|
births is often the beginning of the rej
habit of eating pigs. nJ)
As a rule, the sow should have no
food the first 24 hours aft?:r farrow- (n)
Ing, but should be given a liberal
drink of warm water. If, however, she )n
shows signs of hunger, a thin slop pr
of bran and middlings may be given. QV(
The feeding for the first 2 or 4 days t|Q
should be light, and the time con- or
sumcd in getting the sow on irni
feed should be from a week to 10
days, depending on the size and thrift hc
of the litter. pn
Great care must be taken to feed' VQ|
the sow properly. If she is not being ^
properly fed. the little pigs wW show t,v
it. If the pigs follow the sow around UI)i
very much and pull at her teats. It is ret
a good sign that she is not giving
enough m^Ik, and more feed should ^
be given to stimulate the milk flow.
When a sow is overfed, causing a ^
heavy flow of milk, scouring'is gen- or^
crally produced in the pigs. If this
happens, cut down the sow's feed im- trc
mediately. Give the sow 15 to 20
?? ? ?' of iron (coDDeras)
in her slop morning and evening, and
If necessary Increase the dose until tj,t
results have been obtained. sta
After the sow has farrowed, It Is me
best for her to be In the open air.
Of course. If the pigs are farrowed pr
during the winter months, care will pu
be needed, and it may be necessary
to let the pigs reach the age of un
two weeks before turning them out. ^
They can, however, get considerable tjj,
exercise in the pigety or in the lot t,n
with the sow, and there is often a lot yj,
adjoining a barn that is sunny and ha
sheltered from the cold winds, where gy,
the sow and pigs may be turned for be<
exercise. Do not allow the pigs to ha
run out during the cold rain. poi
If they do not get exercise, they thi
will get tat and tasy and the usual R?
result Is the "thumps." This Is do
canned by the fat getting so thick an
around the heart and lungs that the thi
pigs flad It difficult to breathe. The ne
best way to prevent this Is to avoid hli
overfeeding and make the young pigs off
take plenty of exerciser?Weekly News thi
better. 1
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SiMi
MITTS OPPORTUNITY
ly toe Great lei Cross Needs
Foods.
RLE CHILDREN CRY FOR HELP
oman Witnasa of the Horrors of
German Frightfulness Lay* the
Story Before Christian America?
Message that Compels Attention.
J. A. Marlon, Esq., who is to have
neral charge of the Red Cross drive
be made in York next month, attided
the recent state conference in
ilumbia, and by request, has prered
for The Enquirer the following
)ry of the proceedings:
Pursuant to a call sent out from
adquarters of the southern division
the Red Cross in Atlanta, a confer
ce was held in Columbia on April 9.
which representatives of praetlcally
of the chapters In the state were
esent. The primary purpose of the
feting was to outline plans for the
:ond war fund campaign which Is
be held May 20-27. The meeting
is held in the rooms of the Columi
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Muckc Wamboldt, campaign
ector for the southern division, was
e principal speaker at the morning
islon, and in a thoroughly practical
d business like way, he set forth
e plans to be followed and methods
organization In the various local
dies In raising their pro rata part
the $100,000,000, the total suin to
raised In the campaign. His reirks
were very helpful and suggest;
to those who will have charge of
e local work; but as they were pr!irily
intended for this purpose, it
>uld not be of great interest to ser.
em forth in detail.
Mr. Waxnboldt did give the impres>n,
however, of being thoroughly
de awake and a progressive business
in, and that he was applying sane
siness principles to the manage?nt
of this, the greatest service
igue for humanity that the world
s ever known. One statement that
made calling particular attention to
e fact that every cent that is to be
ised In the coming campaign is to
used for war relief work, and that
part of it Is to be spent in salaries,
penses, etc.
Mr. Wamboldt was followed by
irbert V. Carson, director In charge
the speakers' bureau, who briefly
tllned the need of speakers to prent
the needs to the people. He told
???" Af ufi/.n Lrnru flftalrPfl. ftf the
I 11U l/|K; VI ,
?thod In which the cnuae should be
esented to the people. Mr. Carsop
the young pastor of a large and
ogresslve church In Knoxvllle, Tenn.,
d Is devoting all of his splendid
illty and energy to Red Cross work,
(h&ai &sy camvermtkH) #r mianim
the organization, his church
iring all his expenses.
Mr. J. W. Milner, Jr., director of the
reau of publicity, next spoke,, and
plained the advertising plans of the
npaign.
iVhilc these three addresses were
siness like and practical In every
tail, all of great advantage to those
attendance, the real Inspiration of
s meeting, and the real thing that
awed the deep and true meaning of
all, was the address of Dr. Esther
Lovojoy at a luncheon which all the
>resentatives attended at the Jeflferi
hotel.
Or. Lovejoy is a physician who
coral months ago returned from
eece where she had been engaged
ur since the beginning of the war In
lef work. Her story, told in plain
il direct way, and yet with all the
rnestness and fire of one who had
in and learned first hand of uniakable
horrors, brought home to her
avers in a most vivid way, the utter
lumanity and barbarity of the
ins. "This term," she said, "is not
ne but that of the kaiser himself
10 first pronounced it to his troops
d held it up as a model they should
low."
Or. Lovojoy said that for several
inths she had been located in the
vn of Evlan, literally now the gatey
to France, and located on Lake
neva on the French side. It was
-ough this town that the broken
aria of humanity that has been
ected by German military machine
useless for military purposes, found
sir way and groped their way back
io their native country. For, said
i speaker, the method Germany had
dealing with the inhabitants of the
ench provinces which they had
srrun, and now have under subjecn,
has been literally a weeding out
culling process. Of course inhabits,
all the boys over 14 and all
Is over 16 are retained?the boys to
kept from becoming soldiers of
once, the girls to become the inluntary
mothers of a race of barrlans
who were destroying their nae
land. All women with one child
der three years of age were also
alned because it being well known
Lt moat of the children born In this
ritory for the last three years have
?n of German paternity. In the
iquered towns one of the standing
lers of the Germans was that no
ors were to be locked against the
ops, and as a consequence of this
re was no right on earth that had
t been violated at the hands of the
ins, and there was nothing sacred
Lt they had not besmirched and
lined. All of the old men, old won,
children under 14, women with
reral children were sent back into
mice as being useless for military
rposes. and for the French to feed
d to support. It was these weary
es of refugees who day after day
unending procession poured down
ough the little town of Evian?
)k?h, miserable driftwood of war.
ouaands of orphans, children who
d forgotten how to play, furtiveid.
shrinking whose very soul had
etr seared by the flame of German
te. homeless, without means of suprt
except what Is provided for them
ough the instrumentality of the
d Cross; broken old men who could
nothing bat eat. women helpless
d t despairing?all these came
rough the little town on their Joury
to the seared and broken land held.
To most of these the Red Cross
ered the only solace and comfort
it they bad.
tn contrast to this sun uw fid and
saddened line coming In, the speaker
said that she had seen a division of
American soldiers going to the front.
strong, noble, clear-eyed and fearless,
and said she "I knew that no evil
could stand against them." They are
Indeed the hope of France today.
I The speaker declared there was but
one word that would express what
France had been through during the
past three years and that was vivisection?that
literally they had been
vivisected physically and spiritually.
The utter horror of the situation however
was best depicted as to the woImen.
Taken by their conquerors ns
spoils of war and held In conditions I
worse than slavery, they remained to I
become the mothers of German sons,
conquered and subjected. A French
mother always seemed proud that she
had had sons to give to France and to
die. but when the daughters were
mentioned there was always the hanging
of the head and the knowledge
that those who had been carried off
by the Germans, while they might
live, would never return to their native
land?conquered through an lnBtinct
stronger than even love of
country-mother love. The unconquerable
spirit of the race however was
shown In the sentiment of the boys,
who though Just out from under the
awful domination of the Germun military
machine which had tried earnestly
to crush out of them all spirit of (
liberty came back to their broken
homes singing a song about the kaiser
which they had secretly nurtured and
cherished In their captivity to the effect
that "he never would be happy
until he had his head cut off." Th?
spirit of such people, the speaker declared.
Is never conquered or broken.
Dr. Lovejoy also spoke of the Joy
with which the Americans were being
received in France and that the firm
conviction of the people was
that as LaFayette came with his
Frenchmen 110 years ago to help in
the struggle of liberty In the now
world so that at this latter date the
descendants of those people who had
gained their liberty through his aid
are coming today to pay their debt of
honor to his people In their hour of
need.
Dr. Lovcjoy exhibited a mask which
she said was a gas mask for a little
child. Probably the sight of this and
her next words more than anything
else struck home to the hearts of her
hearers: "Is there any father in this
room who will not say that the kingdom
of heaven on this earth is the
kingdom of little children? The Huns
have Invaded the kingdom of heave i
for they are destroying little helpless
children."
A plain and direct message from the
very heart of the war. Dr. Lovejo.v
makes the duty of the American people
who are at home clear, and her
message cannot be passed over.
J. A. Marlon.
THREATENED WiTH EAWNDTtON
? ?
Russian Armenians Now Being Mur- I
dered by the Turks.
Russia, says a London dispatch, has I
followed her protest in Germany
against the Turkish operations in the
Cnucasus, which have resulted In i
wholesale murders of the Armenian i
population, by forwarding a similar <
protest by the Armenian National '
Council, addressed to the German <
ministry of foreign affairs nnd the
president of the relchstag. This protest,
received from the Russian wireless
system and given out by the British
admiralty through the wireless
press, reads:
"The Armenian National Council,
as the supreme body for the expression
of the will of the Armenian people,
is addressing you in connection
with the tragic state of rhlngs In
Armenia. Armenia is flooded with
blood and, only recently saved from
centuries of slavery, Is again condemned
to fresh sufferings. Follow
lng upon tne wunurawui 01 me nunslun
troops, Turkish troops have already
invaded the undefended country
and are not only killing every
TurklBh-Armenlan but also every
Kussian in Armenia.
"In spite of the terms of the peace
treaty, which recognizes the right i
of self-determination for these Caucaslon
regions, the Turkish army is
advancing toward Kara and Ardahan,
destroying the country and killing
the Christian population. The responsibility
for the future destiny of
tho Armenians lies entirely with Germany,
because it was Germany's Inalstance
that resulted in the withd
rawal of the Russian troops from
the Armenian regions, and at the
moment It rests with Germany to
prevent the habitual excesses of the
Turkish troops, Increased by revengcfulness
and anger.
"It is hard to believe that a civilized
state like Germany, which has (
the means for preventing the excesses
of her ally, will permit the
Brest-Lltovsk treaty to be used by
the German people, who have been
Involved In war against their own \
will, as a means for the creation of
incalculable sufferings. The National
Council firmly believes that you will
undertake the necessary measures,
which depend solely upon you to Influence
the Turkish authorities with
a view to saving the Armenian people
from fresh horrors."
? Cotton producers of South Carolina
and others Interested In the gin- <
nlng and warehousing, financing, distribution
and transportation and
marketing of the cotton crop, are invited
to a conference to be held in Co- '
lumbla Tuesday, May 14, at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, according to an announcement
sent out by W. G. Smith,
state warehouse commissioner. The
?? >?ni,UU nlani
conxerence (irvinm w ?.
for. statewide organization of the cot- ]
ton farmers, to provide for the forma*
tion of community marketing clubs In
each county, to establish a bureau of
Information on cotton at the Mate"
commissioner's office, to arrange for
the grading and stapling of all cotton
on storage by government experts, to <
promote the development by the farmers
of the South Carolina system of
cotton marketing, etc. .
On and after April IS. Texae wholesalers
and retailers will sell no flour
except that in stock on that date. It
Is recommended that the flour on band
be conserved for children and Invalids.
The rale will continue until Jane 1,
and longer If neoeseary.
GENERAL. NEWS NOTES.
Record of Current Happenings Collected
from Various Sources.
Governor Edfte of New Jersey, has
announced his cnmlklncy for the United
States senate from thnt state.
The miners of the No. 11 colliery of
?ne j-enign oni company in i>es<juchonlng,
I'a., have purchased $50,000
worth of the third Liberty loan bonds.
The bureau of public Information in
Washington is to undertake a campaign
in Mexico, by means of moving
pictures, to bring about a better understanding
of the United States and
its war nims among the Mexicans.
There is $14,500,000 to the credit of
the "Government of Finland." In u
New York bank, but in the event of
Germany taking charge of Finland,
the United States government will
probably sequester the money in NewYork.
A bill is to be introduced in congress
providing for the suppression of
all German newspapers published in
the United States. It Is believed that
such suppression will go a long way
In nn.linir Cirmfln tironajrailda
throughout the country.
A group of university men of Jaicin.
known as the "determined nine," Is advocating
the annexation of half of Siberia.
us a means towards ending the
Chinese problem. The Jn|Kincse press
generally favors intervention In Siberia.
Mrs. Doris Kisenbrand was acquitted
by a Chicago jury last Saturday
of the charge of murdering her husband.
She cluitned she killed him because
of his cruelty to her. She Is
the twenty-third woman to be nrqultted
of the charge of murder In Cook
county during the past three years.
Every hotel proprietor and manager
of Atlantic City. N. J., has Jig reed to
eliminate wheat bread from their
menus, ltarley, rye and rice flour will
be used instead of wheat flour, and
eggs will be used as a binder in nuiking
the bread from these cereals.
There are two Republicans and two
Democrats who are candidates for the
gubernatorial nominations In the
I'ennsylvania primary, and five others
are considering making the nice representing
other parties and combinations.
All told there are 3.200 candidates
for the various national, state
and county offices in Pennslyvanla.
'"i1" "Tlo-m*" flmith n fnrmpf nntri.
Hat, now attached to the United States
army, as a physical director in
Franco, has recently been awarded an
inheritance of $1,000,000 by the United
Htntes supreme court. Smith says he
is going on with his athletic work for
the army regardless of his wealth. His
wife conducts a hair dressing parlor
in New York and continues the business.
Because of the unprecedented war
WoooolTV M-Artnn hn. ?lth.
drawn from congress all estimates of
funds necessary for the continuation
tif work on postotlices and other public
buildings throughout the country.
The state highway department of
Pennsylvania has issued 342,219 automobile
license tags and the fees have
imounted to nearly $3,000,000, Tags
totaling nearly six tons are being forwarded
from Harrlsburg every day to
car owners.
The Church and the Liberty Loan.?
We have not heard of any one denomination
in this country that is
not loyal and standing by the colors
with all the force thut It commands.
Of course there are, no doubt, persons
in all denominations who are not loyal,
us there are members of churches
who know not the Lord, and so have
no conception of Christianity, but
the churches are not responsible for
these individuals. It has remained
however, for the Seceders to take a
forward step that has not been taken
by any other denomination. Some
days since the following advertisement
appeared in the Yorkvllle Enquirer
which is a very forcible Illustration
of the point we are making:
"Whereas, our country, the United
States of America, is engaged in the
world war in defense of liberty, hunmnUn
<nali/ia trill h on/1 l-lffht f Hp
principles upon which the Son of God
has established Christian civilization,
in support of which principles we
stand pledged with all that wc have,
"Therefore, be it resolved,
"1. That earnest, faithful service of
country in this most righteous undertaking,
is service of God.
"2. That with our young men offering
their all, including their lives, it
is our sacred duty to give them all
the support in our power.
"3. That we pledge ourseh-es to buy
Liberty loan bonds and war savings
certificates to the limit of our ability,
and that we call upon all our fellow
citizens to do likewise."
"Session of The Yorkvllle A. R. P.
church.
"J. S. Brlce, J. B. Plaxco, J. M.
Stroup, W. J. P. Wylie, J. J. Oaulden,
W. D. Grist, J. E. Gottys, J. W. Quinn,
R. R. Love. W. W. Jenkins, W. D.
Grist, Clerk, J. L. Oates, Moderator."
This is a ringing call which is
sure to be responded to by many who
do not belong to the aforesaid denomination.?Greenwood
Journal.
ODE TO THE AGELES8 DOLLAR
l?'rtend Dollar, whom I salted wlitn
my life was in its prime,
Vour earning power goes en and on,
unchecked by march of time.
My strength has waned, m. back Is
bent, my "pep" has ooze J away,
yet you keep tolling blithesomcly two
dozen hours per day.
Your arteries don't harden, and your
eyesight doesn't fail.
With youth that Is eternal you go
piling, up the kale!
[ worked for you when I was young.
when locks entwalned my brow?
Since age has made me bald and gray,
you're working for me now!
Your children?they are legion?all are
working for me, too,
rtimiffti hn n fpw vpar* later, they're
no youtfefuller than you!
You even have grandchildren?dollars
earned by dollars earned?
Yet still you are young as when my
youth'a mad fires burned.
I'm glad I worked and got you?I am
gladder still that I
Put you where you worked for me as
years went fleeting by.
Your brothers that I throw away or
hoarded tn a sock?
I think with abject shame of them, an
Idle, shiftless flock!
Borne day Ml have to quit my job:
they'll |gy me on the shelf.
Then those who do not know will say:
"Poor guy! He needg the pelf!"
But I will chuckle In my throat and
chortle In my glee.
For I shall know yod're working stUl
to earn ray keep for me.
I need not freeze, I need not Starrs
because my job is gone?
In that well-managed savings bank
you'll still be delving on.
And all the family you're raised win
erer, ever be
At work with cheerful loyalty to raise
more coin for^me!^^
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