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STRICKL1X PRINTING CO.
Cneraw. S. C
J. N. STRICKLIN,
Editor and Manager.
Successor to the Cheraw Reporter
which was established July if, 1885,
and entered as Second Class matter
at Cheraw, S. C.
Many plans have been advanced to
solve the difficult financial question
confronting the cotton growing States.
Of these, the great majority are ol
no practiqal value. Most of those
who have given closest thought ami
attention to the question agree on one
thing, that is that each grower should
hold as much coton as is possible, and
as long as he possibly can, that the 1
market may not be glutted with cotton
and the price depressed. The '
next point of general agreement is
that the 1915 crop cut at least to one J
half that of 1914, otherwise all plans
are useless and however effective for
the present, only postpone for a year
the financial ruin of the South. But
among the plans that, while possibly
not entirely solving our difficulty,
will vastly aid the farmer, is the
"Buy a bale movement" now going on
in many places. Most farmers will
gladly take 10 cents a pound for their
crop, and if any considerable part ol
the crop could be sold at that price,
the loss to the farmer would not bo
disastrous this year. He could largely
pay up his indebtedness. Now,
who can buy one or more bales, is
asked, for nearly every one is crying
"hard times." First, there are
thousands of persons who could spare
the fifty dollars necessary to buy a
bale, and hold it. if need be 12 months.
As an illustration, if every owner of
an automobile allowed it to remain
In the garage for one or two months,
the bale could be bought, and this is
only one of the many illustrations
to show that the necessary money
could be saved to make the purchase.
w uicu is 1101 a gin, oui a goou in\esiruent.
Tben there are other thousands
to whom some farmer owes
^ a debt. Why not speculate to the
extent of the profit you have in the
dQbt, and take a bale at 10 cents in
payiiienf:?It will be better than having
the farmer part with all of his
cotton at a sacrifice price to some one
else, and you have to wait another
year to attempt to collect by
sui.t For if you owed two men
and had a little cotton, and one creddebt
while the o*fter "either offeiod
nothing or the market price below
10 cents, wiich would you pay first.
Mr. Reader? If this plan was practiced
generally throughout the South,
the effect Is apparent?it would re
tire a large part of the surplus cotton,
especially if this coiton was just
stored away for the present. Then
with that part which will be held by
farmers who can make arrangements
to hold, the surplus would be largely
taken care of and the balance of the
crcp wee!J or shoutd bring a fair
price.
Some people in this community an*
so utterly out of touch with
our modern life thai they scorn as i:
they were born in the stone as;1' Tho\
have no progressive idea and they do
nothing for the community in which
they live, rather, vegetable.
Cheerfulness makes Tor long life. It
is far better than medicine and it costs
nothing. Cheerfulness is a sign of a
healthy mind and to a great extent
makes one immune from worry.
Business men who would take
advantage of conditions on the other
side of the ocean to raise the price of
food and other articles on this side
are wanting in patriotism, humanity
and common decency. They should be
made to feel the strong arm of the
law. If there is no present law
adequate to deal with it, then make
one that will. It is always the poor
and weak that suffer from such
ingenious cruelty.
The value of money to the individual
is conditioned upon the place it holds
in one's life. If by making money
our life grows better and is of groat
use to our fellows then > we arc
gainers by the experience, '"it if Mon- ;
ey is not an ?>ml in itself hut is of
value only for what it ran ?lo.
Mexico has been thrown into the
background by recent events elsewhere,
but she is still on the map and
it will be just as well not to lose sight
of her. For that matter there is not
much danger as it may be taken for
granted that Mexico will of her own
accord make herself heard and seen.
Standing forth with special promlence
these days is the fact that
throughout the hundred years of peace
between this country and Great
Britain the boundary (between tht
l'nited Stales and Canada has been
almost entirely free of forts, ships
and guns While it would be too much
to say that peaee would certainly
have been broken more than on?*e :f
the border had been strongly fortified,
and numerous war ships had ;
plowed the Great Lakes, ii is ebarj
they would have been a great provoea- j
tjon. What a contrast to Kurope.
which has found that immense tb ets j
and armies have not prevented wl it
is probably the greatest war in ill hi--'
tory.
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"UK gCIIOOLHOY AND THIS
SCHOOL
"The whining school hoy with his
atchel.
And shining morning face, croeping
like snail
Unwillingly to school.'
Evidently things have changed since
hakespare penned those words for in
these days the hoy or girl unwJling to
go to school is the excepfon and not
the rule, as it seems to have been in
the days of the "ImmoMtu William."
Now most ctiildrmi are eager for
school, especially ait^r the iong summer
vacation.
Probably this changed altitude on
the part f the hoy toward school is not
due so much to a greater eagerness
to learn as it is to better methods of
teaching and a different way of securing
order. In the old days they sought
to flog learning into a child's mind,
and the cane or "birch" was freely
used for the smallest offense. It was
Spartan treatment and those who
survived it usually excelled in
knowledge, such as it whs. but it was
not by any means the best method for
ihe average child.
served it usually excelled in
knowledge, such as it was, but it was
ot by any means the best method for
I to average child.
We have .learned 'bv experience.
^ oral instead of physical force is now
invoked to secure discipline and stimuate
thought, and the more enlighe
tied system of teaching, combined
with a wider range of studies, results
In better scholarship and a higher (
average of knowledge. The percentage
of great scholars may, possibly.
not be so groat as under the old j
style, but what the age demands is not
so much a few Porsons and Crichtons
as it does a higher standing all round,
and that our public schools, notwithstanding
some imperfections, manage
to secure.
Lord Kitchener's decision not to
allow intoxicating l'quors to b-? nerved
out to the Pritish troops at the front is
striking sign of the it me. At one
time it was thought that a soldier
could not fight well unless he was well
primed with whiskey, and a total abstainer
was looked upon as a milksop.
Very different is it now when
military chiefs, like la go employers
of labor, demand that their men be
sober. They realize that for best
health of mind and body, for clearness
of mind, best skill in workmat ship,
and power of endurance one must
be free from liquor. With them it is
not sentiment but hardheaded common
sense. How far reaching tins
view has become may be realized !
when it is learned that the Russian
government has followed the example
of Lord Kitchener and prohibits the
erving of vodka to its troops.
Words are not to be measured by
but it is one of the greatest words lfl
our language. Whether a man does
r does not loom big In the vision of
his fellows. No man can truthfully
ay that e never needs the assistance
f others. That fact ought to humble
te pride of those who think they are
the whole thing.
This community is going right on
whatever may be transpiring in other
parts of the world. Don't let your
time be so taken up reading scar*heads
of battles fought or unfought
or in setting all the problems of the
nr. as to neglect your duties to your
home town. Help it along by word
and deed. The cleaning up of a
lawn, a boost for the town and any
one of a dozen or more things are ot
more real value than sitting on a dry
goods box talking 'eaT.oi'ly about
m
what you don't know.
AD3ACF rFPM AN AnVAMPI
Ui 1 U JL ULk^lHl! rtL/ T rtMUL
BRITISH AND FRENCH ARMIE8
FIGHT AGAINST ADVANCE OP |
GERMANS.
Wilhelm der Grosse Sunk by British
High Flyer Off African Coast.?
Gen. Joffre Praises.
London.?The conflict of millions at
last is in progress.
Even the sinking of the German
steamer Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse
pales besides news of the titanic
battle and the realization that the
Allies are fighting to block the road
to Paris, with the Germans hardly
farther eway than New York is from
Philadelphia.
Meanwhile t-he Russian host Is
drawing nearer to Berlin. Not even
during the first great struggle between
Europe and Asia on the far
Manclvurisn Plains was the enormous
battle fought in such impenetrable
silence as far as concerns the outer
wortii
Only th? vastiest generalities are
given to i he people of Great Britain
atirl France by their respective Gov-j
ernments. Probal iy the Gjprman
people know as little as outsiders
of what their armies are accomplish
in p.
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Among the infointation the public
obtained today was the report an- :
notineed by Premier Asquith in tho!
House of Commons that the army '
was engaged against u superior force
and fought splendidly.
Winston Spencer Churchill. First ,
Lord of the Admiralty, announced tlip j
sinking of the Kaiser Wilhelm dor
Grosse .in the House of Commons today.
Me raid:
"The Admiralty has just received
intelligence that the German armc1
merchant cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm d'
Grosse, yf 14.000 tons, and armed wit
10 4-inch guns has been sunk by tli
H. M. S. High Flyer, off the west coas.
of Africa.
Wills Is the vessel which has beer
int? rforing with traffle between thi;
country and the cape and is one of
the very few German armed auxiliary
cruisers which s?. < .-eded lu getting to
sea The survivors \v?landed before
th? vessel sank. Tlie llit'b Flyef
had otie killed and one wrundei? "
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\ SlIOltT REVIEW OF WHAT TIIE 1 t
WOHLO IS DOING c
WAR OF NATIONS t
The greatest war in the history of
the world is in progress. t
On .tune 2!?th Prituip, a (
Servian student fired shots that n
killed Archduke Francis Ferdinand, (
heir to the throne of Austria-IIun- 1
gary, and his wife, while riding in 1
a carriage through thn streets of
Sarajevo. Almost at the same time
Xedlejo Gabrinovitch, a Servian
printer threw a bomb at the carriage.
After his arrest Prinzip is
reported to have said he was suppiled
with ammunition by a Servian
from a Servian arsenal.
Austria-Hungary demanded an abject
apology from Servia. Scrvia
disclaimed any connection with the
plot or crime, but to keep peace
agreed to all the demands of Austria
with the exception of the degree of
participation of Austria in an official
investigation of the assassination
and even on this point left the
way open to a full acceptance. But
Austra declared Servia was not honest
and that if she accepted all the
demands she would have to pay the
cost of the mobilization of the Austrian
army which had already been
ordered. Diplomatic relations were
served at once.
Germany backed up Austria;t at
this Russia began the mobilization
of all her forces as the ally of Servia;
then Germany sent Russia an ultimatum
that she must cease mobilization
in 12 hours or she would
moblize and at the same time she
asked France what its attitude would
be in case of a German-Russian war.
giving France 18 hours to answer.
The result was a state of war between
Germany and Austria on one
side and Russia, France and Servia
on the other.
England made a strong plea to
Germany and Russia for a peaceful
solution before they actually declared
war, but without avail.
Ahnost immediately Germany
asked Belgium for permission to
march through its territory, in violation
of a treat/ of neutrality. Belgium
r if*i n l- pel mission and appealed
<o ""agland ifor 'assistance.
After an exchange of notes, England
declared war on Germany. These
are the facts on the face? behind
lies hate, revenge, jealousy, and greed
of long standing.
Germany and France have been
enemies since the Franco-Prussian
war cf 1870. Servia, which is oniy
about one half the size of Indiana,
has been deeply stirred against Austria
since 1008 when in violation of a
treaty she annexed, against their will,
Herzegovnia and Bosni, Slav districts
and former Turkish provinces. Russia
I could not come to their assistance
then as she was weak from the Japanese
war nor could Servia on account
of other troubles. In addition, Serhates
Austra because in the settletbeJLnrkish._juir^Ausjja,?^^
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^J^WmetuaT In driving Servia back|,
Tom the Adriatic.
Each nation has attempted to show
that it is justified in the war but at
present the world seems to put tin
blame on Germany on the ground that
if Austra had been restrained by Germany,
as she could have been, that the
ffair between Austria and Servia
could have been settled without any
bloodshed. The assassination is
ooked upon as a mere pretext for
starting a conflict between the nations
with the idea of strengthening Germany
and Austria-Hung.vy through
the ultimate establishment of a
governmently controlled railroad to
the Mediterranean and the acquisition
of additional territory in Africa where
the German possesions are very scattered.
It is also claimed that Russia
stirred up Servia so as to provoke
Austria and German * to war. Also
that England practicality Horced a
war with Germany when England
Insisted, at the price of m?? neutr_Ity,
that tl.c Germai na\al force: in tne
conflict with RnssU and F.attc must
fciot opporate against tin1 French coast
in the north Sea nor attack Russia
ifrom the Italtic and that and must
not march througn Rclgium.in order
to get at her enemy.
The armies *eie ir.ob'M/ied with
reat speed amid exciting scenes of (
patriotism and the heart-rending
cjbs of women and ? ?: '. )!. Rnt in
Et gland and Germany at least there
is a decide-! rrck.'e against i all. J
A thousand women and girls in {
Austria have volunteered as nurses. (
A Far Reaching War.
Practically all the countries of I
Hurope nave nioouizeu 10 ue ri-auv *
for emergencies. The Montenegrian I
army has joined with the Servians, c
Portugal with England, Canada will f
send troops, tho Japanese army and v
navy are ready to mobilize for the 1
aid of England. Italy refused to 1
acknowledge an obligation to join
Germany and Austria under the c
terms of the Triple Alliance because <1
the terms of the Alliance specified I
only defensive wars, where as Italy 2
claims this is an offensive war, but
Germany has demanded that Italy C
live ui> to the treaty and may do- r
dare war on Italy. If this is done r
Italy, in all probability, will declare a
war on Austria on account of alt
strong Anti?Austrian feeling. Gel'- t
many is said to have an understand- a
ing with Turkey, Turkey has ino-jl
bili/.cd her troops.
The length of tlie war may depend
on finances as much as any-jl
tiling else as the cost will run into I
millions of dollars a day. Gcrmatiyj?
recently imposed a special tax for,I
a year of 5% on Heal Estate?prac- I
tioally confiscating the revenues ii
which gives some idea of the bur- o
den the people bear. v
The immediate financial effect of c
the war was to break down the International
credit systems, cause a l
run on the flank of England and v
close the Stock Exchanges in all ,
countries, including the I'nitedStates. w
Lines of credit are being restored and s:
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a high rate (if discount which prevail.i|
for scleral days in England is now d
ivdiK-i'd t<> nearly normal. |u
The "tins Scouts" have vohui- t>i
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cored for service. Already thc:^l
aptured spies in Belgium, are guard^PJ
ng British bridges and will assist it
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larvesting the crops in many count! ^
ies- _ In
After years of expectant prepara"^
ion the war came like a stroke?^} tr
luickly that the English people dil
ot realize the significance of dalll
;vents until the papers flashed thj
tews of England's break with Gen jc
nany. ! gi
All war news is censored and fllj
ers through slowly but it is knowr
hat from five to twenty millions 0/
lie best men in Europe will try t/ ^
till each other in an awful conflict ^
that may alter the whole map oi .
A
Republics and change the ownership
>f colonial possesions. Much of the
lghting is and will be over grouni^
made historical by Napoleon just || Q(
lundred years ago. 1 .
As It A fleets the United States * g(
President Wilson has had the unite^ g)
support of Congress and his Cabin/j
in making effective his proclamation
if absolute neutrality which, of course
includes the Phillippines. (Th[
Panama Canal which will doubtless 1| i ^
nuch used by the contestants \
ilways a neutral zone.) Our neutri:
ity extends to a strict censorship oi
:ablc and wireless messages. ^
On August r?th the President 0j- g)
ered his good offices as a mediatdr
ilong lines prescribed by the Hagu?
Convention, rfis action has been enlorsed
by Italy and seconded ly
China, Argentina, Brazil and Chiii. ^
The United States relived the flna*.
a
:ial conditions of its citizens at hone {(
ly offering the banks emergency cur Jmcy
which was in very little demaifl
tnd relieved its citizens abroai, |
hrongh its representatives and latw 'a
)y sending the Tennessee and Norm ln
Carolina with $2,750,000.00 of Govemnent
gold and over $5,000,000.00 df g
irivate funds to make reimbursement c
ind furnish additional assistancjt. e
These vessels were followed by Gof- q
>rnment transport ships to bring honie n
it as reasonable a passage rate
lossible all who are stranded abroad p
jecause of the cancelling of sailirfc
lates of vessels due to a fear bf
apture on the high seas. ;
Foregign built vessels bought by
citizens of the United |Stat}es an|d
egistered in this country under & '
special concession of Congress, are ,
low flying the Stars and Stripes and ,
vill enable the United States to del- <
;er what promises to be a big demand
or our agricultural and manufactured
iroducts. This demand will coue
rom South America, whose heavy iik J
lort from Europe will be shut qff
o a great extent, as well as from the
lations at war which will be una?e .
to produce their full quota of sJt- ,
Price of food stuff in this c^^L
;ry have advanced abnormally a^B
the present has a vigorous invjfll P
igation under way for the purpefe
jf suppressing such advances wh?^
not justified. Similar actio! ,
las been taken by the Mayor otJlb (
fork City. Wheat
"bumper" crop on accounto^K '
demand that will come from abroad.
England already guarantees B^e
shipments and payments for grain
sargoes. 't
Mexico
The curtain Is rising on what dffers
to be an era of better under- (
standing among the people of Mejcice.
General Victoriano Huerta resigned ;
the presidency which was then con- |
'erred on Francisco Carbajal, former
aiinister of foreign relations, by tile
Mexican Senate and Deputies. Huerla
left the country and Carbajal at once 1
prepared to turn the government over
o General Carranza, head of the Constitutionalists.
The Federal army
evacutated Mexico City and at present
jnly minor details seen to require
Rial disposition before an actual
ransfer of government takes place.
branch of the Constitutionalist
irmy, now waiting for new uniforms
to replace its rags, has marched peace :
ibly into the Capital amid flags and
>ver flower strewn streets.
Already five Protestant denomina:ions
are planning an alliance for
parrying on effective missionary
vork. as soon as order is restored.
The plan includes the establishm at ,
)f two hundred elementary and high (
chool with staffs of teachers. ,
At Washington.
The members appointed on the
federal Reserve Board which will
.'ontrol the new banking systen are 1
Charles S. Hamlin, governor, F, A |
)elano, vice-governor, W. P. G. (
Warding, Paul M. Warburg and 1
Idolph C. Miller. The system which,
jrielly. establishes a country-wide
bain of banker's banks to rediscount 1
ominercial paper held by banks-- (
ind which has been the subject of j
nuch consideration by Congress?will
>e put into operation at once.
Secretary McAdoo is depositinf
iver $30,000,000.00 in the banks tha r
lesire it for crop-moving. The banks 1
>ut up approved security and pay *
!% for the money. "
Under a ruling of the Post
)ffioe Departement, the length of
ural routes in sections with good
oads will be extended to f>0 miles r\
ind the pay increased from $1,200.00
o $1,800.00 a year so as to enable
he carriers to buy and maintain ^
Liitomobilcs. The department ex ccts
the rule to result in economy, c
The Senate approved peace trea^i
ies with Norway, the Netherlands
'ortugal, Switzerland, Denmark, t
talv, Salvador,Guatemala, Honduras,' t
Nicaragua, Bolivia, Persia, Costa
f
tica. Venezuela!, Uruguay,Argentina,
irazil and Cliili. The treaties prov- f
tie for an international commission c
f five that shall have a year to in-> ?
estigate and make a finding in alii f
auses before war is declared. . f
The Pannama canal is open foi^ 1
raffic, although the formal opening, e
.-ill not take place until next March, t
Hereafter enlisted men in the navy a
,ho desert in times of peace will ''
imply be dismissed and those who
arc to honorably withdraw nr?y s
o so. The navy now attracts sue'i 1
high class of men who love the Jj.
LTvicc that it no longer needs to be '
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>thered with loafers or dissatisfied #(
|cruits. *
Tho decision of the Interstate
ommerce commission denies the '>r/t
eight increase asked by the Eastern J
lilroads but grants it on many1! J
asses to the roads in the Central
affic division. *
The Commission suggests an in ease
in passenger rates. It give? >'c
1 water craft the right to the same w
tint through rail-water rates as ,
iven to any one line of boats. j
The Common flood.
fiotOOO engineers and* firemen on ly
>ads west of Chicago asked for be
langed service rules and increase 'n
i pay and, would have struck on
ugust 7th but for the acceptance of cx
rbitration by the railroads at the
rgent request of President Wilson,
he president appealed to their patri- jj,
tism on the grounds of the damage ci
strike would do at this crop-moving y<
jason when oceati travel is at a stand hi
till. 148.000 miles of road and an tl
nnual increase of $33,000,000.00 in Sl
ages are involved.
An arsenic spring that rivals in .
uality the famous springs of Hour- ..(
Dule, France, has been discovered
ear San Bernardino, California. m
This and That.
The International Harvester Co. n:
as been declared a monopoly In re- rs
tralnt of trade and ordered to dis- hi
Dive?but in the finding the court'
tates that the company has not opressed
its competitors; it is illegal v
S(
nly because of the gigantic com- ..
Ination restraining competition p]
mong the concerns that combined to c]
jrm the corporation.
John P. Holland, inventor of the |
ub-marine is dead.
Thirty-eight persons were killed
nd forty wounded in a railroad wreck
ear Joplin, Mo.
The North American Suffrage Asociation
is asking the women of the
ountry to contribute jewelry trir.kts
for a ixelting pot to raise $">o,00.00
to aid state campaigns. Tlic
lint at Washington will coin new
loney for the organization from the
roceeds of the melting pot.
WAR, ACCORDING TO?
The Enlisted Man?"A chance tc
ireak the deadly routine of the pa ade-ground
with some real excitenent.
In isolated cases to provide
ipportunities for military or political
idvanceraent."
The Business Man?"A period of
economical depression, often followed
jy large failures and the consequent
oss of the public's investments."
The Volunteer?"A stern patriotic a
tuty to be entered upon without in- a
juiry as to its justice or injustice." ^
v
The Philosopher?"An unintelligent c
hid gross instrument for the settleRent
of the world's unavoidable quar- ?
els." _ a
The Historian?"A logical, if some- g
what regrettable, method of arranging
:hn world's boundary lines."
r.atwat*MTir^ 11
jf humanuy; tending toward the gen
aral betterment of the social cosmos."
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The Pessimist?"The natural strifr J1
if humanity, tending toward the gen }l
iral destruction of the universe." ?
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The Mother?"A long vigil In an 0
smpty room and a memory of child v
rolces, forever stilled." u
s
The Wife?"A husband gone, a
bom? destroyed, and a woman's heart v
broken."
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The Seer?"The last great barrier Ji
between civilization and the mlllen- ^
alum."?Life. ''
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FOREST NOTES c
Minnesota lias a forested area of v
28,000,000 acres, the largest of any t
itate east of the Itucky mountains. f
There are approximately 4,000,000 t
icres of timber land in New Hamp- j
ihire, of which about half is in farm- a
?rs' wood lots. c
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Forest fires in the United States 0
lave caused an average loss of 70 p
liuman lives and the destruction of j,
>25,000,000 worth of timber. fc
Juniper from the Indian reserva- P
lions of New Mexico and Arizona may c
prove an excellent source of material
"or lead pencils. Manufacturers are p
searching the world for pencil woods.
Canada has established a forest
c
product laboratory in connection with
YIcGill university at Montreal, on the
;ines of the United States institution .
if the same sort at the University of
Wisconsin. c
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The total amount of land purchased ^
n the eastern states for federal for- a
;sts is nearly 800,000 acres. So far
Tl
he principal work on these areas has
nvolved their protection against for- p
>st fires. n
Of 606 forest fires last year on the D1
' ' * * - - * -1 XT ...
I8.tionn.i rorejfis 01 Aruuuti,
co and Oklahoma more than one-half
vere caused by lightning. Campers j
iet about one-tenth and railroads onewentleth.
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A POSTPONED ROMANCE
By JEAN SHEAR. !
"What made you ask mo to marry
>u?' inquired the bride, as one asks (
hat the weather is likely to be.
"Why," the bride's husband paused.
guess it was because you were
oking around and picked me out."
"No," replied the bride, meditative,
"it could not have been Just tliat, 1 .
?cause Miss Mary McGee's been pick- '
g out husbands for 20 years, and '
le'd Just quit that unprofitable oc- ;
lpation and had begun to be happy, ' (
hen she found him!"
"Who's this Miss Mary McGee?" 1
"She's just Miss Mary McGee!" .ue j
ride laughed. "1 don't know how I j
in explain more, if that doesn't tell ;
du! She's the woman down the i
lock who lives with the children and '
ley all call her Miss Mary McGee. j '
o every one else does! She's been i <
ith the chidlren until she's just like j 1
ae? but she didn't begin until she'd 1
iven up the hope of getting married, j
au know."
"How interesting," commented the
lan.
"Yes, but she's had a genuine rolance!
You see it got out, natu- I 1
illy," said the bride, taking a deep ,
reath to mark the beginning of the j
ory. "through the children that Miss j '
fcGec wasn't invited to Jane Renton's
edding, because she was needed by j 1
:>nie one or other to take care of.
le children. And no one thought
lic'd think anything of it! Rut the
hildren talked it over before her,
"Mr. Manning Was Interesting."
nd her feelings tyere hurt. She imgined
that she had become nothing
ut a nursemaid In the eyes of the
/orld, and gave up her play with the
hildren!
"So she shut herself up In the house
nd wouldn't have anything to do with
nyone!
"Miss McGee's tall and angular, and
ort of eccentric looking, but she's
ot an awfully sweet nature, arid every
oe was sorry that her feelings _yvere
.nrit _ ' v
ne console hefy- f
"Then one day old -Lawyer Manning
>assed the house and, hearing music, J
,e went up. She was so surprised at
is visit that she let him in, and what
lo you suppose she was doing? She
iad saved a lot of newspaper articles i
n how to dance the tango, and she 1
/as learning it from them, playing
ntil sho had a tune in mind and then J
inging for the dancing!'*
"And so Manning is the happy indiidual?"
anticipated the husband.
"Now, you just wait till I finish!" ]
inished the bride. "Mr. Manning was
uterested in the tango and Miss Mary j
IcGce promised to teach him all about j
t. So lie went almost every afterloon.
" *1, ? Intnt/vM
auu liii'ii me iniiuaitri, ? iju cin/ j
me eaya was fond of Miss Mary Mc-:
2ee years ago, called. Of course, his |
isit occurred when Mr. Manning was i
lure, an J it sort of woke him up. I J
;uess he'd been thinking Miss Mary
IcC.ce wcu!d always be there, and j
hero was no hurry about asking her. I
tnyway, he began to call frequently, j
nd Miss Mary McGee always let tliem
oine in, and they remained hours
nd hours, each trying to outstay the
ther, and thus get the opportunity to
ropose, I guess! Hut they always
ad to go away together, for neithr
would give in!
"And actually Miss Mary McGee got
o pretty with the activity and ex- j
itemcnt?"
"Rut which one got her?" interruptd
the man.
"Why, that's the romance of it!"
riumphed the bride. "They'd been
alh'ng for about a month, steadily, allost
every afternoon, and then one
ay the minister brought along his ,
rother, who was visiting him. be- J
ause he couldn't leave his vicitor
t home, and he wouldn't let Mr.
Ianning get the advantage of a call
lone!
"And the minister's brother had the
ill IU II1V11U U?.T UUl. AI1U lit" ptv
osed right away, and now they're
larried!"?Chicago I>ai 1 y News.
ON'T HI HT YOni MVFR WITH i
CALOMEL
When your liver becomes torpid and i
tiggish. you can take calomel and j
hip it into action, but the calomel
ill leave your body weaker and siek
than ever. Calomel is a very pow-[
fill drug, a form of mercury, and j
v'd never be usd because therere is a
?rfect remedy to take the place of'
ilomel. that lias all of calomel's good
edical effects with one of its dan-1 |
roiis and uncertain follow-ups. Its : |
ime is Hudson's Liver Tone.
J. T. Ladd Sells Hudson's Liver Tone '
ith the guarantee that if you don't
id that it treats you much better
an calomel they will give you your
oncy back with a smile. Hudson's |
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irely vegetable, and with such a
easant taste that it is no trouble
get children to take it. It is atifoiuly
impossible for it to do anyone any
irm.
!dddn shr , , ,
His Inference. f
Robert had been dutifully listening j
) the conversation of his parents.
hey were discussing a certain Mrs. ?
mith who was tagged In their talk g
s a grass widow. "I say, pa," said g
obert after some reflection, "is a
rase widow a woman whose husband
led of hay fever?"
4LLIES VICTORIOUS
AT PRECY-SUR OISE \
m
JERMAN RIGHT GIVES GROUND
BEFORE FORCES OF THE
ALLIES.
RUSSIA DRIVES AUSTRIANS 1
Center of Skirmish East of Paris Rsmains
Unchanged?Fighting of
German Left Proceed With 1
No Advantage. I
Apart from the announcement t' t
the German forces have fa!ic:; I;I
before offensive taclics of the allies ?
bn the line from Nanteu!l-Le |.
iiin to Verdun, the most inter" Tt'c.
report contained iiv a dispatch ib _
The London Evening News f-o*
Boulogne in which the French r: r.- ?
mander, General Pau is given r: :.v- '
thority for the statement t!::t t" >
allies have won a victor)' at PrecySur-Oise
in which the TmnerM
Guard, under the c rown prince of C??rmany.
is alleged to have bene annihilated
by a British force.
The Britisii official bureau says
that the plans of French Commanderin-Chief,
General Joffre, are being carried
out steadily and that the allies
have succeeded In forcing back In
northastern direction the' German
forces opposed to them. .
MAnArta Via* fVia
I'rtna mi Ii iiiu V irpa.i nioi uiu I
allies have advanced their left win?
without energetic opposition by the
Germans and that several engagements
on the Ourq river have favored
the French-British.
The Russian army operating in Galicia
is reported still to be driving
back the Austrians.
The casualty list as a result of the
blowing up of the British cruiser
Pathfinder by a mine in the North Sea
comprises four men killed, 13 wound- '
ed and 242 missing.
The Evening News dispatch:
"A telegram has been received
from General Pau announcing a victory
by the allied forces under Field
Marshal Sir John French, commanding
the British and General D'Anunade
at Precy-Sur-Oise, about 25 miles
north of Paris.
The allies were drawn across the
northern line with the center at
Precy. The English troops were on
the left and the French on the right.
The former had In front of them the
Imperial Guard under Crown Prince
Frederick William.
"On both wings, it is reported, the
allies were successful.
"The German left was held by the
French and retired to the North.
"The Imperial Guard, who were ordered
to surrender, were annihilated
by the British. It is reported that the
Crown Prince was in their midst."
The British official bureau has received
no confirmation of this message.
German Losses 350,000 Mem
m~ A Pnal r ar"n/*flnt
wiring from a point not given in (he
dispatch has seen a letter from a high
German officer invalided home in
which he states:
"The war is not going quite as we
expected and the resistance of the allied
forces is extraordinary. We are
beginning to feel nervous as to results.
"The German losses are terrible, so
terrible that the emperor has forbidden
their disclosure. Our generals
have been wantonly wasteful with our
men, who have been mowed down in
thousands.
"While it is impossible to say what
our losses are. I estimate them at beai'oon
nflrt anH inn nan if thpv
continue at this rate, we shall be
quite unable to meet Russia with any
hope of success."
French Force Advantage.
Paris.?In the fighting which is going
on to the east and northeast of
Paris, the German forces have their
backs toward the Capital. French
troops are harassing their march.
From time to time the Germans turn
and engage the French at their back.
French shells fall continually in the
German rear.
Captured Czernowitz.
Petrograd, via London.?A dispatch
from Bucharest via Odessa announces
ihe entry of Russian troops into Czernowitz.
An earlier dispatch from
iyondon reported that the Russians had
entered Czernowitz unopposed.
Left 3,000 Dead.
London.?A Reuter dispatch from
Antwerp confirms earlier dispatches
of a German repulse Friday at Chappelle-Au-Iiois
and says they left 3,000
dead on the field. Many Germans, the
dispatch adds, returned to Brussels.
Warrior is Stranded.
Washington.?A Berlin wireless to
the German Embassy says: "British
cruiser Warrior stranded, probably as
result of fight with cruiser Goeben
while escaping from the Bosphorus."
The dispatch contains nothing to
amplify or explain.
Refused the Loan.
Paris.?A Havas agency dispatch
from Switzerland, says the newspapers |
there announce Germany has rejected
Austria s renuest for a loan and the
bankers have taken similar action
A Bayonet Charge.
I,ondon.- The Montenegrin troops, '
with a bayonet charge, repulsed a
fresh Austrian attack at Rahovo, taking
1 HO prisoners and killing 300 Alts- I
-nans, according to a Cettinje dis* *
ro?ch to the Excha-ge Tclegranh Po. n
Pleasant Mews for Hubby.
Young Wife \to older and seasick
husband) ?"Now, dear. Just be as comfortable
as you can, and don't worry a
about me. I'm not lonesome. There's c
half a dozen men up on deck who's
been awfully nice to me. And 6uch a t
Joke! They think I'm a widow!"? _
Puck.
t
No Relief. 1
The cynical person was standing In
ront of a part of an exhibition oZ
ocal art talent labeled "Art Objects.'
Well, I suppose art docs object, an4 e
can't blame her, but there doesn't q
eem to be any help for It," he finally P
aid. o
Job Printing at The Chronicle office
I. E.
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Joy is the ray of sunshine that
brightens and opens those two beau- ?*
tiful flowers, Confidence and Hope.?
E. Souvestre.
A lover is a herald who proclaims
the merit, the wit, or the beauty of
a woman; what does a husband proclaim??Balzac.
*
If women are naturally more super
slitious than men it is because they
are more sensitive and less enlightened.?Beauchene.
Nothing makes old people who have
Jeen attractive more ridiculous than
o forget that they are so no longer.?
.a Rochefoucauld.
The beginning and the decline of
ove manifest themselves in the emjarrcssmc-nt
that one feels in the tetei-tete.?La
Bruyere.
What Astonished Legs/ Expert.
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i wonderful document," said the patriitic
citizen. "Yea," replied the legal
ixpert. "It's one of the ablest docu*
nents I ever saw. And the most re*
narkable thing Is that with all the
bl'lty It represents, nobody appears
o have received a cent for drawing
t up."
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