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tumorous ^rpartmrnt Bunch of English Yarns. He came down the garden path, a sad, sorrowful figure. She watched him with anxlouH eyes. "How did father take it?" she asked. "He took It all right," replied the young man. "Oh, I'm so glad. (leorge!" she cried. "Are you?" he replied, flopping forlornly hy her side. "Well, I eun't say J that I am, dear. At first your father1 wouldn't listen to me." "Why didn't you tell him that you had COO pounds in the hank, as I . told you to?" she exclaimed. "i did, after all else had failed." answered (leorge deji-ctedly. "Ami what ?Jl?J he <lo men "l>o!" echoed the young man. passing his hands wearily through his hair. "He borrowed It." Little Johnnie had heen showing his two-year-old sister how to make mud pies on the front doorstep, when his mother, coming to the door and seeing the condition of her recently cleaned step, asked rather sharply: "Who's been putting all this dtrt on the step?" "If you're goin" to g"umble." said Johnnie, "it's "Liza; if you ain't goin" to g'uinble, it's me;" A railway passenger, by way of killing time, tries to enter into conversation with another gentleman who has got into the same carriage. *'\ have an idea, sir, that your name is ?iulte familiar, Mr.? Mr.?" "My name is Hrownsmith. I come from Manchester." "Ah. then It is not your name, but your face that 1 seem to remember. "Very possibly; I spent the last fifteen years in prison, and only came out this morning." At this point the conversation dropped. It was washing day. "Shoey" was on leave. He tilled the copper, lit the fire, drew a supply of water from the well, sawed and chop{>ed a heap of wood and fixed up the wringer. His missus, seeing the work getting so well forward. In the fullness of her heart hurst Into song: "My love he is a sailor bold. He plows the ocean?" "H'm." munnured "Shoey," "there's gratitude for yer." What the quarrel was about neither of them knew, but they had been hard ut It all the evening. The lady was the first to sue for pence. Seating herself coyly on the arm of her husband's chair, she said coKXlngly: "Come, John dear! kiss my cheek and make it up!" ??.. iAi,n tvnH not in a gracious frame of mind. All he replied was: "I'll kiss it. but 1 don't think it wants any more making up." Little Dick had a picture book given tilin on his birthday. Suddenly he came running to his mother and said: "Mamma, do animals know what they are called?" "No." Dick uttered a sigh of relief and re markeflj. "It would have boon * so pFeasahf for the donkey's, wouldn't It?" Paddy Dolan bought a watch from tlte local jeweler with a guarantee to keep it in order for twelve months. About six months after. Paddy took it bock because it had Stopped. "You seem to have had an accident with It," said the jeweler. "A small oiH?, sure enough, ski'. About two months ago 1 was feeding the pig and it fell Into the trough." "Hut you should have brought it before." "Sure, your honor, 1 orougni u iu? soon as ! could. We only killed the pig yesterday!"?Pearson's Weekly. Impudsnt Youth?Old Orumhler had plenty of money, a splendid house, and the hest of everything. Including diseases. All the latest complaints were his. but no doctor seemed able to help him. He changed physicians again and again, and finally decided to give a trial to a young fellow who had just started in practice. He was telling the doctor what he thought was the trouble with him. when the doctor ventured to disagree with the diagnosis. "It hardly sounds to mo like tuberculosis." "Hut allow me?" "You see, the symptoms of tuberculosis?" "I>ook here, young man?" "I repeat that you're wrong." "I beg your pardon!" said the patient. in a haughty way. "It Isn't for n young doctor like you to disagree with an experienced invalid like me! 1 have had sixty years of illness, and you're only a learner."?Answers. Dirty Work. ?A deadly feud had long been declared between the two rival pork butchers of Little Mush ford, and one day tnoy arose om miv open warfare. It happened in this way: Brisket, the "old established." put a sign above his door reading. "Fork sausage: our own make." intending to advertise his goods to the world?or that portion of it which was Little Mush ford. Hut in the night Hambone, his deadly rival, did a bad deed to his hurt, for when Brisket awoke the next morning his sign read: "Pork sausage; our own moke."? Ideas. Than He Made a Sale.?"I can a* at a glance, madam." said the experienced hawker, "that you would not be Interested in the preparation I am selling, except possibly as a gift to some of your neighbors.' "What are you selling?" the lady of the house Inquired, with Interest. "A facial beauty preparation, madam." he replied.?Tlt-Blts. Can't Be Dona.?"A man betrays hlsse'f by bragtn'." said Uncle Ebon. "When 1 hears a man tellln' 'bout how easy he kin drive a mule. I knows right off he ain't no reg*lar mule-driver."?Washington Star. Precedent.?She (considering vacation)?"I wonder who started this fad of going to the mountains, anyway T* He?"Mohammed. I believe."?Boston Transcript. Hair-Raising Russia.?What the Botshevlkl need from the United States la fewer commissions and more safety razor*.?Washington Post. "WIN THE WAR IN A YEAR" c ti Colosta! Army Advocated With De- n finite Time Set to Do its Work. e There is small doubt that the en- a larged army programme now prornls- t ed. and which will not long wait for t the approval of congress, will put in v France and Flanders an army large i, enough to administer the Germans a r great defeat and be an effective bar s to any new Hun offensive, writes l< Samuel C'olcord to the i'hiladelphia t ledger from Washington. Hut some i of us are urging that we do even better and make our army of such pre- r ponderating strength by the beginning | of the spring offensive its will insure s a defeat so overwhelming that it will 1 finish the job; a defeat that would I make the kaiser and his liindenburgs ; and l.udendorffs cry "Kammerad" \ and not compel us to fight a slow t trench warfare all the way to Berlin I with the sacrifice of 1,000.000. or perhaps 2,000,000 men, and all the risks I the added years will bring. t More, there are very grave risks in t permitting the war to run into other c years. If we send our men to Ku- t rope at the rate of only a little more j than 2,000,000 men each year, as is f now projxjsed. it would he no more c than enough to restore the losses in 1 the depleted ranks of the armies of i France, Great Britain and our own, while (Germany would add to her r lighting forces for at least two years t about that number from her boys, i from her wounded who recover and 1 from her prisoners of war who may f be gradually released and returned ? from Russia. The losses of Great I Britain alone total close to a million t a year, and that loss is far from being made good by new recruits. France i can scarcely make a better showing, t Thus the I'nited States is the sole re- ? I lance for any advantage over Ger- 1 many in new unity divisions. This i our Allies not only concede, but itn- i pressively affirm. < But what is far worse is that it is t (Missible, more, it is virtually certain, t that if we give Germany the time she < - --- 'in.. ,u. will recruit aim iHuum<.v ..... visions in subdued Kussian provinces t ?and Kussians thus recruited will 1 light. for Herman divisions will stand t Island them to see that they do. it t is credibly reported she is already t organizing to do this in Flanders. t It is simply a matter of calculation t as to what it may now lie seen Her- i many can do and what we must do decidedly to outweigh her. An Aineri- I can army of -t.uoo.ouo in France < in time for the beginning of the I spring campaign of 191'J, with a < background of 2.000,<?oo more here for training, re-enforcement and defense, Germany could not meet. It would f end the war. Hive her time to organize her new resources for manisiwcr in ltussian provinces and old Itussia. and we must meet her with < increasing forces every year, with ? added losses and added uncertainty as to the final result. I am not advocating the unnttnin- > able. The splendid accomplishments ' of the months just past tell us that 1 we will sueced if we only awake to the realization of the need and re- < solve to meet It. I From the beginning it lias been not only our mistake, but likewise the ' mistake of all our Allies, not to size < the future large enough. We have I -waiteiLAoJag. surprised and shocked by its immensity and then to hurry to 1 catch ud with it after it had gone by 1 us. We have all been urging the putting of a large army in France ever since our taking a hiind in the war began. Is*t us now give it the deflniteness to say not only how much but when. Let us say, "in time for the spring offensive of next year," not at the end or middle, but at the beginning of it. The administration and the great departments of government upon which the winning of the war depend have in a very recent jwat been mightily spurred to increased effort vigorously expressed sentiment, and to very great advantage, which certainly is not to its discredit. In this the war and co-ordinate departments have not been exceptions, as even- one who reads must know. Wise urging may help again. Sow is exactly the time to agitate the question, for within the next few weeks, if not within the next few days, it is to be decided. If a considerable number of your readers will join to impress this view and bombard our highest otlicials and the congress with earnest expression of patfi.uio ii will ero a long 1 way toward making the cause a success. It wilt not be reseated. The writer happens to have hud some occasion to learn that our highest ottieials do not regard with disfavor, but rather welcome. earnest expressions from men inspired only by patriotic zeal who have no axes to grind, and in this very matter. The adoption of this great program would give to our people a new and inspiring slogan. "Win the War in a Year." If the nation would adopt it. our Allies would catch it from us, and united faith in Its promise would give energy and power to our blow that alone would more than equal the force of a dozen new army divisions. A HERO OF ITALY Had But One Leg But Fought for Hia Country. Enrico Toti was a hero of the Roman populace. Although deprived of one leg by a railroad accident, yet his ardent "sporting" spirit nnd his love of adventure and huzard sent him into numberless competitions. thn u-nr hp hn/1 nnonfd a. lit- i tie business In Rome, where he lived In the Trastevere quarter, and manufactured wooden toys. With his pension and the gains from his work he lived comfortably, and gave away nearly all he earned to the poor. At the outbreak of the war he was one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the great cause of patriotism and right. He had difficulty for a time in being placed as he longed to be. and he finally applied for aid in this letter: To His Royal Highness the Duca D'Aosta?Since the war started I have been In the war zone, constantly exposed to danger without as yet having taken part in active sendee. I am a fervent citizen of Italy, and even if I shed my last drop of blood I shall never retreat. I beg to explain my capabilities, and since with one leg only I have merited so much esteem on the field of bravery. I hope to prove my title to aspire to the honor of which I ask. For eight years I sened the state in the royal navy. I took part In the campaign In Africa, and I earned the right to wear a medal. In the ontests held at Spezia In 1903. I was he champion military bicyclist of the aval squadron. After I had finishd my military sendee I passed exminations to get Into the senlce of he railroads. After three years of his work I was the victim of a railray accident and my left leg had to >e amputated. On the restoration of ny health. I took up my career of port again, and though with only one eg, gained a medal in an internaional swimming contest in the Tiber n Rome. Then I traveled all over Europe on ny bicycle studying the different peo>les. and my dream has ever been to ice Italy great and prosperous. I lave been all over France, Belgium, lolland. Oermnny, Russia, and so on. Liu) even to the Arctic polar circle vhere. on account of the ice. I was obliged to remain some time wdth the -Esquimaux of Lapland. I crossed Vustria and Roland and finally came >ack to Rome, and to my family. Aft r some months of rest I went to Alexandria and traveled all along the ourse of the Nile and through Egypt md Nubia. In all my journey of exiloration I traveled about twenty housand kilometers, and I had to en ounter tempests of snow, ice, wolves, tyenas .and to suffer every kind of >rivation. I came to the war zone with verything necessary, hoping to join he Alpinl. I have i?een to Sagrado n the neighborhood of Corizia, on the tills of Castelnuovo. and in my going ibout I have always observed whether the telephone lines had been dlsurbed, and I searched the fields in he hois- of seizing some perfidious tpy. I am now well known to almost ill the officers and soldiers. I am ertain that I could penetrate Into the nemy's camp and study their posiion.s and discover their batteries vithout being seen by them. The road vhich leads from Cerviflnao to Montaotie Is most closely watched, but I ook out-of-the-way paths and passed lirough fields of mnize, now stooping lown and now hiding myself when I iuw patrols, and I presented myself o the general of the brigade at donfalcone nnd asked to be taken ino the grenadlers. The commander >f the royal carablnieri telegraphed o Home for Information regarding ne. This was of the best nnd so 1 """ H,,nt tn Cotrlimnnn to iwait some superior decision. Now I turn to your royal highness. ! implore you to put me into some onipany and so to let me have the iope of either dying for the 1'atria >r of entering among the llrst Into Trieste. With the expression of my eternal rratltude, I am. Your royal hlghness's most devoted Enrico Tot I. The Duca d'Aosta, the commander if the third army, realized his brav>ry and ability and he was allowed to >e enrolled as a bersagliere. For many months he was employed n the war zone as a letter carrier ind messenger. Finally, in January. 1910, Major Itazinni. commander of he third regiment of bersngllerc bicyclists. permitted him to go into the ranches: he was an incomparable entry: he worked as a digger of nines or in clearing the ground?he carried what loads he could; he was perfectly happy. But when on the 6tb of August his Pattallon was ordered to attack the peak of Quota 85 (near Monfalconc), ic insisted on following his companons, and, to rej>eat the words of his colonel: He was one of the first to reach the nemy's trench, throwing bombs and fighting as he could with his gun, for fie had learned how to aim and to (Ire ity holding the bam-1 of his gun unlet his right arm pit and sustaining fiimself on his crutch with his left, lie was wounded three tlmeg. : ..?,1 uKonto/l i M i|>|>ui:; inutm n?- ui-u ?n.w to hi* companions: "Viva I'ltalla! Viva Trieste! Viva I Bersagilcri!" At his third wound he fell to the .arth, trot up, took two or three steps, I hen leaning on his gun, he grasped Ms crutch, the poor symbol of the weakness which for the love of his ountry he had known how to trnnsrorm into strength and heroism, and lie hurled It In defiance at the flying ncmy. Then falling hack, he died. PESTIFEROUS RODENTS They Destroy More Food Than Does an Enemy Army. Systematic and organized campaigns, in which the entire commulnty s interested, are suggested as means >f successfully exterminating Injuring rodent |iests on the fartn^ by the bureau of biography survey of the L'nited States department of agriculture. There are about 760 forms of rodents inhabiting the United States, ind the annual loss they caused In rood and feed crops Is estimated at ruiiy 1300,000,000. They feed upon crops in the field ind in storage. In some cases destroying the grass land so completely that -rosion follows. In the irrigated sections of the west some species burrow ?Ka /liboa rolonal nC the* wntf?P ind flooding the crops. Methods of exterminating these pests by trapping ?nd poisoning, which the individual farmer as well as the community can employ, are told in the farmer's bulletin 932, recently published by the United States department of agriculture. Any farmer, by care and industry, may free his premises of harmful rodpnts, but he is helpless to prevent an parly recurrence of the trouble unless ie can secure the active co-operation if his neighbors. The department of igriculture urges that whenever posdhle the destruction of these pests be a 'ommunity undertaking. In the past lniividual efforts, often supplemented t>y the payment of bounties of the itate. county, or township, have been inly partially successful In reducing rodent depredations. In many western counties the amount paid out in a rear for bounties oti pocket gophers md ground squirrels would, if wisely ;xpended in poisoning operations such is have been practiced under governnent supervision on public lands, sejure the destruction of nearly every men ammai in me iuuhuj anu umnc innecessary much further outlay for he purpose. A few of the rodents which Inhabit he United States aro not classed as njurious. as they live In deserts, nountalns, or swampe and rarey come n contact with cultivated crops. ?ome are valuable because they eed largely upon insects, some because they produce fur, and others beause they are useful as human food. Of the injurious species all are natve to this country with the exception if four?the house mouse and three itnds of rats?but these four cause approximately two-thirds of all the damage. Field mice, kaigaroo rata pocket gophers, grouni aquirrels. prairie dogs, wood chucks and rabbits are among the most destructive of the native species. "GIMPER LINGO" The Slang Talk of the Allied Aviators Translated. "We'd better translate some of this pimper talk into honest-to-gosh American, or the United Press readers won't be able to stop it," observed Lieutenant Eddie Rickenbacker, American are and former auto racer, as he begun some "gimper talk." which is the aviation word for aero slang, says a correspondent of the United Press. "We'll start out with the rudiments of the aviator's language," said Rickeni>acker. "It completely Ignores the stndv of grammatical formations. The only formations we know are aero formations. which Is group flying. "First of all. there's an airplane. With us It is never an airplane?it's always known as a 'can.' Probably we call it that because it carries such hi)? gasoline tanks, and when you stop to think .of how easily the Germans could set the 'can' afire if we didn't let them have it first, you understand why an airplane is a 'can.' "letting them have it is just the aviation way of saying you're firing the machine gun as fast as she'll go into Heinle. You almost always have a chance when you go to a pink tea. "Going to a pink tea is going up in the air after a German. Cuckoo birds are always talking about pink teas, though they never have them. A cuckoo bird is an aviator who does all his fighting while none of the gimpers Is around and then comes back and tells about it. "If you spot something whic. is seeing another plane, you jockey for position. That 1s, trying to get where you can shoot at him without his shooting you. Usually you try to get under his tall, which Is behind and under him and coming after hint. He can't shoot then and you can. "He would probably 'zoom' or 'dive' or 'vrllle' then. If he zooms he runs for home; if he dives he goes straight downward without turning, while If he vrilles he dives, turning round like a top so Its difficult to shoot him. Gimper Gives ihe Signal. "If It's a gimper you've piqued on? and pique is only the aviation way of saying attacked or charged at?he wobbles his flappers frantically, probably to signal you. That means he moves his wings up and down. You know he Is American then, b?-cause you can see the Allied coquands on his wings. "If he were a lloche he would be letting you have It, probably, and you'd try to get into the blind spot. That is, a point between him and the sun, where he can't see you, but you can see him. It is a 'point of vantage' technically speaking. 'Hood luck and your gun doesn't jam and you've 'bot a Boche/ which means bringing him down. Let him get away to Hunland and the gllmpers with you will razz you with the serpentine action, which is going up and down by moving the wings abruptly. "Probably by this time the archies have discovered you and \Jtjgin to pepper you. That means UpToerman anti-aircraft guns are shooting?they are called archies and they pepper you because the clouds they leave behind you are little black ones. You can kid them along if you wish, which is getting first out of range and then doing stunts, usually loops. It's bail form, though, unless you're try ing to draw tneir nre irom sunn; umer activity of another gimper. "DoinK stunts over archies Is the worst Insult you eon (five the Germans anil they will never fall to pepper you. If you're wise you'll zoom off for home about that time or you're li/vble to be en panne, which means the same as cuckoo. Cuckoo Is aero slant; for broken down somewhere. Zigzag Fox is Hainie. "It's all right If some Heinle hasn't shot out of his belly at you unexpectedly before you could zigzag out of runge. Zlgzugglng usually foxes him us we say. Anyway, you want to be near enough to the line when your motor cuckoos on you so you can glide back. Then the mechanics can come out and get their esklmo, as they call the aviators In their fur suits, and If you haven't scared Heinle to death maybe thcrefll be a pink tea at the rendezvous next day when the can Is humming again!" Mails Through the Air.?One ton of letters (the average weight of a letter being half an ounce) would mean 71,680 letters, which at a penny a piece would mean something like 300 |x>unds. What the present cost is for conveying a ton of l>otnbs by air for. say 200 miles, it may not be expedient to say. but we may Know that many Items on today's cost sheet will be absent In the times of peace. It looks "like a good financial proposition," but apart from that an air postal system would be extraordinarily convenient in bringing us all so much nearer and make our interests much wider. As to reliability, there is no need to fear on this account We do sometimes hear a "dud' engine in these overwhelmingly pressing days of war, when every available engine is needed, but the percentage Is small Indeed, and a visit to any of oar large aero-engine shops would reveal a perfection of workmanship that would amaze even an observer accustomed to mechanical precision and perfect finish. There should be no insur-" mountable difficulty about allotting sufficient landing grounds throughout this country to make aerial postage practicable, but It Is not now that we want It First, the war Is to be won. and until that is done not one particle of energy or material must be diverted to other ends. But certainly it in easy to answer a Question sometimes asked by a visitor as to what is going to happen to the aerodromes after the war.?London correspondence of the New York World. Professional soldiers like Generals von Blume and von LJebert unlike so many other German war critic* do not aeek to belittle the significance of the appearance of the American army on the west front Gen. von Blume. who is on the retired list, writes aa article on the subject which appears la the Rheinische Westfalische Zeltung of Essen. He frankly admits that "we have to recognize that the Americans. aH in all, have done very smart work and it would be a very serious thing if the German army command had to face an American fighting army of mllliona" - USE OF MENTAL SUGGESTION Germans Make Constant Use of Humbug. Mental suggest Ion, hypnotism and psychology are all being used by Germany with & persistency and power incomprehensible to people who have not understood the campaign by which tor years Germany has been poisoning the wells of thought all over the world. For some years, Germany, in a way that is nothing less than satanic in its wide sweep throughout the world and its tremendous power for evil, has been utilizing mental suggestion and hypnotism upon people who do not themselves realize that they are becoming possessed of the devil. Many a roan stands in the pulpit and preaches peace without punish ment, many an editor shapes an editorial or a headline, many a man In public and private life makes statements calculated to weaken the morale of America and~of our Allies without himself realizing that he is under the domination of the work of mental suggestion and the hypnotic power which Germany is exerting. Impressions come to many people lessening their hostility to Germany, or lessening their determination that there shall be no peace with an unbeaten Germany, who have not the slightest idea that these thoughts have been put into their minds by the devil-work of German mental suggestions or hypnotic activities. The tremendous power of this influence is not grasped at all; men scoff at the power of mental suggestion or hypnotism without realizing that there is a fearfully dangerous power in the possession of tome people to control the thoughts and actions of othera Germany has developed this power to the fullest extent. It is a power from the devil himself. For years Germany has been utilizing it in order to plant throughout the world its poisoned thoughts and to control men and women who have no conception of the fact that they are under the domination of such an evil Influence, and therefore, yield willing obedience to It. We are facing a situation where Germany Is putting forth the most tremendous effort In its history to extend the Influence of this mental control, or hypnotic power over other people, In order to secure peace without punishment. Men who think that they are talking peace from high and holy motives are. In many cases, without realizing it themselves, being used by this German hypnotic work, exerted directly upon them through some pro-German skilled in the use of mental suggestion or hypnotism. German psychologists, through American universities, in which they held positions of honor, for years sought to bring American thought under their control, just as other Germans have been engaged in similar work all over the w orld. If we accept the doctrine that the devil sends out into every corner of the earth his unseen workers of evil, that he puts into every human heart suggestions of sin, and dominates all the earth where the power of God is not superior and where men do not look wholly unto God for safety from the wiles of the evil one, 'then we have an exact lllustra- j tion of the work of the German propaganda of hypnotism and mental suggestion or control. The menace is a real one of tremendous import. Watch carefully every suggestion of peace with an uncrushcd, unrepentant Germany, and know that it comes from pro-German hypnotic power or fmm Cnmnn flnnnplnl nnprietinns to Influence by money, where Germany cannot control by mental suggestion. TO BEAT THE DUTCH Inventive Spirit Gives Birth to Strange Idea*. If the dreams of numerous British amateur Inventors who have been besieging the Ministry of Munitions could be realized, the war would have been over long since and little would be left of the German army. Itecent proposals, according to a London correspondent, Included the following: Freeze the clouds and mount artillery thereon. Train cormorants to fly to Easen to pick the mortar from Krupp's walls so that they will crumble. Trail from balloons monster magnets that would snatch rifles from the hands of the German soldiers. Perch men on shells to steer them. A suggestion often submitted is to attach a searchlight to an anti-aircraft gun, project the light on a Gotha and shoot along the beam. Unfortunately shells will not follow a path of light Other schemes for dealing with hostile aircraft are to suspend heavy guns from captive balloona; to arm defense airplanes from scythes; to provide heat rays for setting Zeppelins on fire, and to cover the moon with a big black balloon. To prevent polish rails shining at night and acting as a guide to enemy aircraft, the last coach of the last train is to drop blacking on them. A shell containing gravel Is to lay a pathway over mud, and another, containing an irritant powder or a slick substance, Is to hamper machine guns. The "relay shell' is a favorite proposal, the plan being for a shell at the height of its flight to expella smaller Inner shell. As a shell doee not point directly along its trajectory. It would be impossible to secure accuracy of aim for the second shell. Among the most miscellaneous projects are: To petrify German soldiers by squirting cement over them. To throw snakes by pneumatic propulsion Into the enemy trenches. To penetrate and attack Germany Itself via a "tube" built "all the way" from England. It is said that about one suggestion in ten that reaches the ministry of munitions Is novel and possible. The air ministry announces that its air inventions committee, formed about nine months ago, has examined more than 5,000 Inventions and suggestions. Who ..Make* Mssdl?7?Not the United States. We make thousands of things and ws havs added the manufarrture of a great many others since the war began, bat, although we make sewing machine need lee and darning needles, the little sharp sewing needle comes to as from over the sea& Shigland has always led the world In needle making, and Japan and Germany began to make needles not more than ten years ago. Scotland famishes the wire from which they are made sad. English needle factories cat the R ' - " ' wire Into pieces that are twice the length of the . needle to be made. Bundles of these lengths, 20,000 to the bundle, are put Into a furnace which takes the temper out of the steel. Then the lengths are rolled until they are straight, when they go to a machine that grinds each end to a point. After that the eying maching punches two holes Into the center of the piece of wire and the heading machine cuts the two needles apart and smooths , off the end of each. Up to this time things have gone [ pretty fast, but now the needle takee | a rest for It lies In a bundle with its fellows in a mixture of emery, soft soap and oil. Then it goes into the uryins ium ouu uiomaiu iuc ^vuouing machine and the sorting and sizing machine. The latter is an American Invention. It cards the needles on cloth, folds th*m in papers and ties them, ten papers to a l>uneh and four bunches to a package. Before the war we had twenty-live needles in a paper, but now we get only 20. The United Suites spends $200,000,000 a year for needles.?Chicago Daily Newa GENERAL NEWS NOTES Items of Interest Gathered from Various Sources. Kour men lost their lives in a coal tnine Are near Johnstown, Pa.. Mpnday. President l'oincare of France, has l>ersonally decorated Field Marshal Haig with the military medal. A barbers' convention in Chicago, is considering a proposition of making the price of hair cutting $1 and shaving 50 cents. . The Yaqul Indians of the state of Sonora, Mexico, have declared war on Germany. The Yaquis are the most blood thirsty Indians of the American continent. Leon Molas, a French flier, 26 years old, was killed at Venice, California, Sunday evening when he stepped from an nirplune and fell 7.500 feet. His parachute failed to open. Scores of petitions are being filed with the.clerk of the circuit court of Chicago !)> Teutons asking for a change of .heir names to other names without Teutonic flavor. The war department estimates that the registration of hoys reaching 21 years of age since June 21 last, to he registered tomorrow, will total 158,000. Hundreds of persons are re|>orted killed and wounded in a riot between Iattlsh guards and the populace, following two days without food being available in I'ctrograd. The war department has authorized the enlistment of men between the ages of 46 and 56 years for the quartermaster and ordnance departments of the National army, and the signal corps of the regular army. Secretary Maker told the house military affairs committee Monday, that under the proposed new man-power hill, extending the draft age limits, hoys of the 18 to IS years class would lie called last. A dispatch from The Hague says that the German uir service is becoming much alarmed at the number of Hun fliers who ore flying into neutral countries where they niv interned for the duration of the war. A Copenhagen dispatch tells of the recent assassination in I'ctrograd of Henry Sliosherg, a famous Jew lawyer and people's advocate. He was a leader of the Jewish jieople in Russia and a fearless opponent of the Molshevikl. American toy makers, at the suggestion of Chairman Hurley of the shipping hoard, are giving considerable attention to the making of toy steamers, sailing vessels, etc.. in order - ....I 1-,. ik. n?..,.k,.nl ?,ni-in? The Austrian government has favorably responded to a proposal from the Vatican for the exchange of prisoners with Italy. The pro|>oscd exchange is on a basis of man for man for prisoners of more than a year. The American Defense society is urging the celebration throughout America of the 161st anniversary of the .Marquis de I-a fa yet te, which occurs on September 6. which date also is the anniversary of the first battle of the Marno In 1914. The French war cross with the palm has been |>osthnmously conferred upon Lieut. Quentln Itoosevell, who was killed in an air tight In France a few weeks ago. The cross will he sent to the parents of Lieut. Roosevelt nt Oyster Hay, N. V. General Crowdcr has issued a call for 5,709 selective service men for general service as mechanics, auto drivers and other specialties to entrain September 1st. South Carolina's quota of the call is 242. and North Carolina is asktd for 100. Instructions for establishing the nation-wide system of preliminary training for men in the draft, which will be introduced with the approval of (Sen. Crowder, provost marshal, by a committee appointed by the national security league, have been sent to 5.000 local draft boards, according to an announcement by Surgeon General Phnrlua V Ktnkes. IT. S. N.. retired. chairman of the committee. Thla training" will be elementary, uniform, non-compulsory and free. The men will he Instructed In simple evolutions, with stress upon military courtesy. Those who demonstrate their ability will receive certificates of merit, which will serve as an "Index" of their qualifications as potential non-commissioned officers. AMERICA Some Opportunities t>at Come to American Citizens. America means opportunity; opportunity to change one's place or one's gait; opportunity to change one's mind or position. The woodchopper may become President; the teamster may become commander-ln chief; the train butcher may become scientist; the office boy may become captain of Industry: the roller may become astronomer. And, by the same token, the sons of these men have the opportunity to fall as far as their fathers have risen. morning we put over a barrage. Two squarely up to the man, America also means responsibility. Before a man oan keep the freedom his father has won for him he must prove worthy of it. Forged In the flames of freedom, fanned by the winds of tyranny, welded Into shane by the hearts and brains of early patriots, and assembled by patriots succeeding, our Government Is a machine with a soul. It is still a machine. Small wonder, then, that its wheels were clogged with material dress in days of prosperous peace. It still has a soul. Small wonder, then, that It readily responded to the clarion call of righteousness when righteousness was threatened. 1 For America is not only a country? it Is an ideal. It is this fact which makes it possible for an alien to renounce allegiance to all foreign potentates and powers, especially the potentate or power to which he aforetime owned allegiance without losing his self-respect. He is not selling the country of his birth for material gain. He Is avowing allegiance to a system of government which promises freedom to all men. He is becoming a citizen of a country on which the sun of righteousness never sets. It is this fact which makes it possible for a man whose ancestors came over in the Mayflower and the man who himself came on a later boat to be brother Americans, alike in spirit and principle. cv.- i.. at.ito nf on nrilonl patriot's passionate love for the land itself, his home land, a natural and admirable feeling, true American boundaries are moral rather than geographical?A. in Philadelphia Evening ledger. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J. S. BRICE Attorney At Law. Prompt Attention to all Legal Business of Whatever Nature. Office Opposite Courthouse. OR. Will. M. KENNEDY ? DENTAL SIKGEON ? Office on Second Floor of the Wylie Building. Telephone?Office, 9*; Residence 168 ANNOUNI FOB CONGRESS 1*0 the Democratic Voters of the Fifth District: I respectfully ask to be renominated and re-elected to Congress from this District, and agree to abide the results of the Democratic Primary Election. I will not be able to spend much time in the District this summer, because of the great amount of important legislation grow Ing out or the war situation, out wm attend meetings In the District v henever possible. It Is absolutely essential for Congressmen to be at their post at this time. W. F. STEVEN80N. FOR STATE OFFICES Commissioner of Agriculture, Etc. I> HAKHIS of l'cndleton, Anderson I county, S. C., Is a candidate for the office of Commissioner of AgriculJ ture, Commerce and industries of South Carolina, subject to the will of the voters In the Primary, and will appreciate the support of York county voters. 60 te* FOR PROBATE JUDGE T hereby announce myself as a candlA date for the office of Probate Judge of York county, subject to the choice of the Democratic voters In the Primary Election. JOHN M. WILLI FORD. May 10 s. w. tf. pRIENDS of J. R. HAILE of Fort * Mill, recognizing his fitness for the position, respectfully announce him as a candidate for the Important office of Probate Judge of York county, subject to the rules governing the Democratic Primary Election. Mr. Halle Is a practical business man with years of experience as bookkeeper and office man and If elected he will make good. T HEREBY announce myself as a candidate for the office of Judge of Probate of York County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. 41* J. L. HOUSTON. I AM a candidate for Probate Judge. .0. L. SANDERS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WE are authorized to announce JOHN R. HART. Esq.. as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the choice of the Democratic voters In the Primary election. 62 te t ask: the Democrats of Y trk county to re-elect me to the House of Representatives. Jun 21-60 W. R. BRADFOrD. 11TBI are authorized to announce WM. TT J. CHERRY of Rock Hill, as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. 61 WE are authorized to announce E. GETTYS NUNN of Rock Hill, as a candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives, subject to the choice of the Democratic voters in the primary election. 61 WE are authorized to announce E. W. PUR8L.EY as a candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives, subject to the endorsement of the Democratic voters of Yv,rk county in the primary election. T ANNOUNCE myself as a candidate * for nomination for the House of Representatives, subject to the action of the Democratic party. 61 to J. HARRY FOSTER. FOR COUNTY TREASURER T HEREBY announce myself as a can* dldate for re-appolntraent to the office of Treasurer of York County, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters. In the Primary Election. H. E. NEIL. 60 f. t te FOR COUNTY AUDITOR T HEREBY announce myself as a canA dldate for re-appointment to the office of Auditor of York county, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the Primary elec UOI1. ?>. in. 1A/V&. | WE I IGOOD { MACHINERY IS NOW IN \ GRINDING TH ! WE ARE GRINDING V 5 Our ROLLER MILL ha< h the machinery has been put i y old Bolting Cloths have been ^ We have a First-Class M y ness, and we are here to Gl\ x TION to all patrons, wheth I freight or messenger, or whet J DO NOT TKBOW AWAY J Yaw Cattaa m Mm) Sacks 5 yea aaa 9 M wkM 7M MM ta tofik J W? wiM tar tkm. pwnuiceiT MISS MAUDE M. EBERHARDT Teacher of Piano and Pipe Organ Rates: Piano. 50 Cents per lesson: Pipe Organ. 75 Cents per lesson. Graded School Building. 62 f. t StS SOUTHERN RAILWAY * COMPANY TRAIN SCHEDULES YORK. S. C. Corrected to August 1st, 19IH, Schedule figures are subject to change without notice and are not guaranteed. WEST BOUND No. 117 No. 11J No. 35 Lv. Rock Hill 7.35pm 4.45pm 4.00am Ar. York 8.10pm 5.18pm 6.33am At. Bladuburg 4.20pm 7.40am Lv. Blackaburg 6.30pm 9.15am Ar. Rutherfordton 8.50pm 11.06am Ar. Marion 12.10pm EAST BOUND No. 36 No. 114 No. I is Lv. Marion ? - 4.40pm Lv. Rutherfordton _ 5.50pm 5.35am Ar. Blackaburg 7.55pm 7.35am Lv. Blackaburg 8.05pm 9.20am Lv. York 9.15pm. 10.30am 6.40am Ar. Rock Hill.9.50pm 11.05am 7.16am Trains Xos. 35, 36, 113 and 114. connect with mum line trains at lilacksburg to and from points North and South. N'oa 35 and 36 connect with trains at Marion to and from Ashcvillu and points Host and West. Nos. 117, 11$, 35 and 114 connect at Rock Hill with trains to and from Charlotte and Columbia. For more detailed information, apply to Local Agents. W. E. McGEE S. H McLEAN. A. O. P. A. D. 1?. A. 3 EM E NTS. SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION T HEREBY announce my cundidacy for re-election to the ofllce of County Superintendent of Education, sublect to the Democratic Primary. " 62 te JOHN E. CAR HOLE. COUNTY SUPERVISOR WE axe authorized to announce THOS. W. BOYD as a candidate for re-election to the oftice of Supervisor of York county, subject to the action of the Democratic party in the Primary election. 62 te I HEREBY announce myself us a "* candidate for Supervisor of York county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. 1 will appreciate your votes, if elected I will be on the job all the time. 1 will run the alia Irs of the otlice in u business-like way. 62 It. K. LEE, McConnellsville. TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR King's Mountain Township. T?HE friends of W. JACKSON Me * CARTER do hereby annoui.ee him us a candidate for the ofilce of Supervisor of King's Mountain Township, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. 66 te King's Mountain Township. WE t.rc authorized to announce W. H. HuWELL us u candidate for re-election to tliu oftice of Supervisor of King's Mountain Township, subject i to the choice of the Democratic voters j in the Primary. 67 te Bullock's Creek Township. \\TE are uuth jrlzcd to announce ... J. " SHEREB for recommendation for I Supervisor of Roads in Bullock's Creek Township, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. to Bullock's Creek. I HEREBY announce myself us a canditnAwulcuvw nf Kulln. V'k U1UUIU 1U1 TJWVI V. Creek Township, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. 62 te* E. M. BANKHEAD. 1yc are authorized to announce J. ELATHAM as a candlduto for Supervisor of Roads In Bullock's Creek Township, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters In the primary election. te* Broad River Tow n>lil|>. 11TE are authorized to announce '' JEFF D. WHITES IDES as a candidate for Supervisor of Roads in Broad Riv r township, subject to the recommendation of tho Democratic voters of Broad River township in the Primary election. 62 te FOR MAGISTRATE Bethel Townehip. T HEREBY bog leave to submit my name to the voters of Bethel Township for recommi ndutlon for re-apliointment as Magistrate, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. H. 1- JOHNSON. Bullock's Creek Township. E are authorized to announce J. U "" DUNCAN as a candidate for reappointment as Magistrate In Bullock's Creek Township, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the Primary election. 60 to COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 1I7E are authorized to announce TT HENRY R. MET RITT as a candidate for the office of County Commissioner of York county, subject to the will of the voters In the Primary election. 56 te 117E are authorized to announce ?T JOHN CRAIG KIRKPATRICK as a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters In the Primary election. * 62 te \X7E are authorized to announce T 4T\n T T TTlfDVTV no a nan/li. date for County Commissioner, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters lu the Primary election. 62 t f te FLOUR I FIRST-CLASS SHAPE FOR ! IE NEW CROP. ? /HEAT. ? ? been thoroughly overhauled, in first-class condition, and all I replaced with New ones. Tf T Un ...L. t _ I _ I ! C liviv&iv wno Knows nis dusi- * rE ABSOLUTE SATISFAC er they send their wheat by b her they come in person. WE GRIND CORN TOO, ( Ind we Grind It As It Ought 2 to Be Ground. C )ur Flouring Mill is on the Oil y Mill Ground, but entirely ? separate. I ON OIL COMPANY j*