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HAS NEW RELIGION Japanese Millionaire Becomes a Christian Convert. Create* a Sematioi by Seeking Bap tlsm at the Hands of KoJI, a Reformed Convict. The Morlmura (Juml, one of the larg est and oldest Japanese export houses of porvviaui and yurlos, in especially well knowu in the United States. Us bead, liarou lchuayemon Morlmuiu, baa for many years been a pl'Opu- . jtandlsl of temperance and undenoiu- 1 Inatlonal Christianity. Like &lr. Dwight L. Moody In America, be and several < assistants have traveled about Japan, i preaching to the people. He Is one of the earnest supportera of the Joint (.'bureh movement in Japun. I A sensation was created rocontly, says a New York correspondent, when ' 11m* baron sought haptiKin at the lunula of Yosbltaro KoJI, a reformed convict ?a perfect prototype of the late Jerry McAuley of New York, founder t?f the Oliver street and Creiuorue missions. ' Mr. Koji Is an Interesting personality, lie was raised among criminals, and served LJ.'J years In prison, where he earnestly studied Christianity and be came converted. When liberated sev eral years ago, hi? at once set out us a religious teacher, going among all classes of society- ne\er obtruding his personal views, but chiefly exhorting to morality, self-sacrlllce and humility, lie did nut preach the doctrine of any particular denomination, but based his creed upon Christ's "Sermon . f on the, Mount" and the "Lord's Pray er." lie never has been recognized by (hi! Christian missionaries in Japan, although many of them have shown blm respect, lit* hasn't any church of bis own, hut visits people to whom he is introduced, gains their friend ship, and teirehes them the broadest features of Christianity. lie makes no distinction between 'Catholic and Protestant. lie has much respect for true believers and practitioners of the Mohammedan faith, especially extoll ing their temperate habits. He visit- [ ed Korea and Manchuria and walked thousands of miles among the villages far olT the beaten tracks and rail ways. Baron Morlmura lias for several years shown peculiar interest in the personality of this humble Christian, and recently asked Kxhortor KoJI to baptize him. Other members of the Morlmura family are Protestant church members. The baron has or fninizcd a society to Improve the moral standard of the younger Japanese gen eration, giving $100.(KK) to start the movement and putting at its head Vis count Dr. Inajiro TaJIrl, a famous scholar. He is opposed to all charities under government or municipal di rection. Trench Aristocrats in War. Although France Is a republic, the French aristocracy has been as eager In Its war service as the British aris tocracy. The difference Is thilt. while the British aristocrat is almost al ways a commissioned otlicer. the ma jority of the French counts and barons are serving In the ranks. Two thou sand one hundred and seventy-six no bles have already written their names on tin? roll of honor. Among them are Prince Louis Mural, a descendant of (Napolean's marshal ; the Due do Rohan, who before his death had won both the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor, and the Cotnte do , Turenne, a descendant of the famous marshal of France. The C< -ntesse O'Oorman lost her life while working as a Red Cross nurse, after having been decorated with the Croix de Guerre. ? Dundee Advertiser. How a Machine Gun Is Fired. How a machine gun is fired through a revolving propeller Is told In a re cent Issue of Aeronautics, In an article describing the more important features of two German Kokkers brought down behind the lines In France. On ttu-se , monoplanes, according to the descrlp- j tlon, the machine gun Is fired through ' the propeller by means of a small lever : actuating a Bowden wire. Provision j IB further made to throw the machine- | Ifun mechanism momentarily out of gear as each whirling propeller blado j comes Into line with the muzzle. This j tfl done very simply by^menns of a ? double cam fixed on the engine shaft and acting on a system of levers. Tho ; French Morane, after which the Fok- ! ker type has been modeled, also fires f ft 8 machine gun through tho tractor screw. Women Run 8treet Cars. On some of the street railways In Great Britain over half of the motor- ; men are rnotorwomen. There Is some difference of opinion, however, as to the value of women at this post, though all are agreed that they make good 1 conductors. On Home of the difficult mns women have had to be replaced | by men In the driver's seat, because the woman has a tendency to "lose her nerve" in an emergency. I Only War Bread. Mistress (greatly scandalized) ? In It possible, Hannah, you are making bread without having washed your hands? Now Servant ? Lor, whats' the dif ference, mum? it's war bread! Tho Appropriate Costume. "Is it an elaborate costume the women in that Russian Battalion of Denth war?" "I don't know, but I fuppo?e they are dressed to kllL" Council of National Defense. The Council of National Defense was created un ler an act of congress passed Augwst 29, 1010, and the same act provided for the creation of an advisory commission of seven to act with, under and by the authority of the council. By the terms of thO act this council, with the "co-ordination of Industries and resources for the na tional security and welfare," and with the "creation of relations which will render possible In the time of need the Immediate concentration and utiliza tion of the resources of the nation." The main body, or central council of defense at Was' ngton, consists of the secretaries of war, navy, Interior, ag riculture, commerce and labor- The advisory commission consists of rail road presidents, financiers, manufac turers, educators and specialists in particular lines. The board acts as a clearing house for the war Industry needs of the nation with authority to determine the most effective ways of meet Int; them, and the best means and methods of Increasing production, in cluding the creation or extension of industries demanded by the emer gency; the relative urgency of the dif ferent needs, also considering price factors, industrial and labor aspects and conditions affecting food supplies and priceH. The uulhority of the coun cil Is nation wide. Non-Freezing Mixture. Protection against possible- free? ing of wet materials In a cement mixer during cold weather Is obtained at low cost by using an oll-burnlng heater w hich can be attached to prac tically any mixing machine. Such a device unquestionably can save money for a contractor by making It safe to operate contimn v when the temper ature i s low, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. Tho heater Is provided with a 25-gallon tank which is mounted above the mixer and is connected by a pipe with a burner situated at the opening In the side of the mixing drum, compressed air, obtained cither from a hand pump or a compressor, is used to vaporize the oil and lp this way a flame Is forced Into the interior of the drum, keeping tho materials there thoroughly warm. Save Tin Plate. Tho housewife will do her bit in th? conservation of the limited supply of tin plate by soaking and cooking her own dried peas and lima beans In the kitchen and thereby releasing a pro portional amount of tin cans for use In the packing of perishable foods, where they are greatly needed. Con Hiimers are urged by the department of agriculture, to read labels of canned peas and limn beans carefully In or der to seo whether they are getting a fresh or a soaked dried product. Vacuum the Horse. The latest application of tho vacuum cleaning principle Is to the grooming of horses. Walter B. Guild of Rox bury, Mass., has invented a kind of glove which takes the place of the old curry comb and brush and cleans the hide thoroughly and quickly, says Popular Science Monthly. Between the fingers of the glove small, stiff bristles are set. These stir up the dust In the hide. The brushes are sep arated from the walls of the glove. Why He Kept On. Judge ? Why did you not heed the traffic officer's signal and stop? ChsuT' ur ? W hy, a pedestrian step ped directly in front of my cat at Lhu; moment. EFFECTS OF NOTED BATTLES ? 1 ?f Probable Reeulte If Outcome Had Been .Different, Explained lo Book by Engljyih Writer Yea re Ago. About <30 years ago an Kngllsb writer, Sir lftlward Creasy, published t book which lit' called "The Fifteen I?e elslve Matties of the World." M ?** pur [h>hc whh to describe those grout .nlll tnry events which have had the great est influence upon human history. Koch battle described. had It re united differently, would have com pletely changed the course of civiliza tion, KnyH the World's Work. Had Charleg Martcl not have won the bat tle of Tours, for example, the whole of Europe, and that means a I no North and South America, would very likely have become Mohammedan In religion. "Perhaps the Interpretation of the Koran," says Gibbon, describing the coiiHcquoneeH of this battle, "would now be taught In the schools of Ox ford and her pupils might demonstrate to the Kngllsh people the truth of the revelation, of Mohamet." Ten of Qreasy's epochal battles have been fought since the beginning of the Christian era. Four <?f them represent victories which were won on, French soil ? the battle of Chalons, A. D. 4fil ; the battle of Tours, 7.T2; Joan of Arc's victory at Orleans, 1420, and the bottle of Vnlmy, In 1702. Another wuh a great French, victory won on KngllHh noil ? the buttle of Hastings in 1000. Two others ? the battle of Hlenhelm, in 170-1, and the battle of Waterloo In I Sift ? were great French defeats. It appears, therefore, that of the ten most decisive battles fought in the Christian era live were, great French victories and two were French defeats. No other nation has an.v such military history as this, This mere record In dicates the part which France has played in advancing civilization. So far as Kuropo Is concerned the great est events in modern history have taken place on French soil. At this time, when the democratic nations have Joined hands to deliver France from the cowardly attack which Ger many has in/ide upon her, It Is well to keep this fact In mind. COOPERS AT HOME Town on Otsego Lake Bears Family Name of Novelist. Hero the Noted Writer Qalned In spiration to Execute Works That Brought Him Fame. With the arrival of a Holltury horse man at the shores of Otsego luke la New York begins tho history of Coop erstown. Ho was William Cooi>er, of u Buckinghamshire family that caiue to America from Hngland In 1770, and he founded tho town which heart* his name. Leaving his home in Pennsyl vanla in 178fl, at the ago of thirty one, he Investigated tho region round about Otsego lake with the intention of founding there a home for himself and a village for others. In January, 1800, ho took possession, in associa tion with Andrew Craig, of a large tract of 20, .160 acres, soon afterward buying out ids partner's share and becoming sole owner. Settlers began to arrive, and In 1788, Cooper erected a home for himself. It stood on Main street, where 1h now the entrance to I he beautiful and extensive Cooper estate. This William Cooper was the father of James Fen I more Cooper, who In his transfer to his pew home at the age of thirteen months was the impassive witness of an amusing family differ ence. It seems that when William Cooper had completed arrangements for the transfer of his family from Burlington, N. J., to Cooperstown, his wife positively refused to go. She remembered the wilderness which she had visited three years before and she preferred the well established society and congenial friends of her old home to the discomforts of a pioneer settle ment. The conveyance was ready and waiting, her husband urged her to give In, but she sat firmly In a chair in the library of her Burlington home and refused to budge. The circumstances of this family disagreement are pleasantly narrated by Rev. Italph Rlrdsall, rector of Christ church, says the Boston Tran script, In his delightful little volume which he calls "The Story of Coopers town." If Mrs. Cooper wfts a strong minded woman, Mr. Cooper was no less a strong-minded man. "He seized the chnlr," says Mr. Rlrdsall, "with his wife In It, and putting her aboard the wagon, chair and all, began the long Journey to Otsego. Thus Wil liam Cooper carried ills point, while f his wife carried hers, for she traveled the whole distance In the chair from which slit- vowed she would not move. I The chair Itself, sacred to tho mem ory of two strong minds, is still In use In the Cooper family." | This change of home doubtless i shaped, if It did not alter, the life of James Fenlmore Cooper. All Ills tlrst Impressions, he said long afterward, were obtained In the Otsego region. It Is to be doubted whether Fenlmore Cooper would have gaim d such wide celebrity as a novelist If he had not discovered the unique field of romance which the lake and hills of Otsego began to open to his vision. Had Fenl more Cooper remained In Burlington he might have written good novels, but not "The Leather Stocking Tales." Russians Wrecked Railroads. The gauge of the Russian railroads Ik about one foot wider than that of the German rtillroads. Hence the Rus sians during their retreat after the battle of Tannenberg believe J thnt the Germans would be unable to use their narrower gauge locomotives and cars on the Russian lines. The Germans, ; however, moved one of the rails a foot inside Its former position. At the name time, they ruined the track for Russian use by sawing oft the ties just outside the shifted rails. The Russians came back, and on their next retreat exploded a cartridge at each rail Joint, smashing the Joint and bend ing in the abutting rail ends so that cars could not pass. This involved for the Germans the huge task of bringing up new steel and relaying the entire tmck. The Job was completed. Increases Profanity. "The telephone," says William Lyon Phelps in the New Republic, "has sure ly spread the habit of cursing. As Figaro says, *To get your telephone connection is no longer an achieve ment ; It ? raroAr.' Learning to play the typewriter has also loosened the tongue. A friend wrote me ? he Is a professor in a woman's col^ge ? that In playing his machine he had discov ered in his nature depths of depravity hitherto undreamed of. Rut golf has done more for swearing than any oth er modern employment; It has made taciturn gentlemen as efficient as team Rters. The disappointments of golf are so immediate, so unexpected, so over whelming. Nearly all men, and wom en, too, must swear naturally in their thoughts ; else how explain such easily acquired proficiency?" Liverpool's Girl Conductors. *T>oes this cur travel by Dale street or by Church street?" asked an anx ious passenger as he stopped aboard at the corner of Tunnel road, Liver pool, during a darkness which could be felt. "I do not know," was the girl conductor's naive reply. When the passenger expressed surprise coupled with pain, as he had fear of missing the last train to Southport, the con ductress added the explanation that her "duty was merely to collect the fares," and she "had nothing to do with '.hr route the car might take." With this the belated one had fain to ( b? content. SOME KINDS OF STIMULANTS Alcohol and Wine Favored by Eure | peana, Poppy by Chlneae, Bhang by tho Indiana. When the European In weary he culls for alcohol to revive him ; when he Ih Joyful he takes wine, that he may have more Joy. In like manner the Chinese woo* his "white Judy," tho poppy flower, the Indiun <?hew? hhanx. the West African seeks sun* cease lu kola, observes a correspond ent lu National Geographical Maga zine. I Khat Ih more to the Yemen Arab ! than any of these to Its devotees. It i la no narcotic, wooing sleep, but a stimulant, like alcohol. Unlike al cohol, It conceals no demon, but a fairy. The khat eater will tell you that when he follows this fairy It takes him Into reglouH overlooking paradise. ; lie cal^s the plant the "flower of para- I dlse." I How and when khat came Into the Yemen Ih not certain. Hotanlsts Bay that It was brought over from Harrar, In Abyssinia, many centuries ago. There is a tradition among the wise men of tho East that the sheik Ibra him Abou Zarbayn Introduced it Into Hodeldah from Ethiopia about 1430. Hut ask afly Yemen Arab and ho will toll you "It has been always. Allah gave It to um In the beginning, to make j us forget labor and pain," i Contrary to the general opinion held , by those who pretend to know any thing about It at all, khat Is 'never used ay a beverage In the Yemen, but the fresh leaves are invariably chewed. The youngest leaves are tho best. They i have a sweetish, slightly astringent tasle, not unpleasant to the European palate, but certainly not alluring. When brewed, they lose most of their strength and the flavor of the decoc tion Is much like that of those grape vine "cigarettes" which most of us en- ' Joyed (?) in boyhood days. The old leaves are tough and ought to tan a I leathern tongue. Just what is tho exact toxic ef fect of khat on the ? human system ! has never yet been ascertained. It Is * certainly a stimulant with a lively and nearly Immediate effect upon tho brain and nerve cells; the gloomiest i man becomes cheerful under Its Influ ? ence, the most enervated active. Wlth | al, I have been unable to learn of a j single case of. immediate or harmful I reaction such as Invnrlably follows the : use of other stimulants. Australia Prepares for Soldiers. j Australia has, from the first, grap I pled with the question of providing for her soldiers after the war with i commendable energy and forethought, j For some months the Australian patrintion fund has been devoting it self to the consideration and (level I opment. of various plans whilst many practical steps have been taken by Individuals and communities toward j tho formation of definite settlement ; schemes, says a correspondent. Tho state government of New South Wales has Set aside special areas for cultiva tion by returned soldiers. These ef forts were supplemented by the gen erosity of one landowner who gave a i tract of land amounting to thousands j of acres for that purpose. Australia's first need Is population and the com monwealth will have an opportunity, after the war, not only to supply her own need but also to do a great serv ice to the labor market by affording that "room for adjustment," which It will need. The federal government ; has a 'ready promised $10,000,000 for ' the work avd has pledged itself to I raise an additional $150,000,000 In tho | future. Didn't Like It A colonel of n well-known Highland regiment, on returning from the army, had built a snug little villa which ho had named "The Retreat." His gardener, who was an old sol dier from the same regiment, on be ing shown over the place for the first time by the colonel, was asked by the latter what he thought of the place. "Fine I But I dlnna like that," said the old soldier, pointing to the name on the entrance. "Why?" replied the colonel. "What** the matter with It?" "Weel, sir," replied the veteran, drawing himself up, "ye ken ye never heard that played on oor bugles." Was Busy Enough. "Here's a real Joke," writes a corre spondent of the Army and Navy Jour pal. "A conscript soldier of the Na tional army at a western camp ? one of the million that sprang to arms over night ? was sitting on a lumber pile in the cantonment whittling out a ?rifle.* The whole company was similarly em ployed, by order. One of his old home neighbors from another company came up, looked him over, and asked, 'Bill, how do you like your new Job?' 'Don't say a word. Bud ; I'm mighty glad I'm 1 not In th-. artillery I* " Puts Trademark on Apples. Here y'are ? your monogram on an apple. It's the latest wrinkle. S. O. Butler, fruit grower of Helmer, Ind., has a method of putting Initials, pic tures of horses, cows and most any thing on apples. After the fruit has become full grown, a stencil is placed , on Its surface and the leaves pulled away to allow the sunlight to color the skin. Interior Adornment. "What has become of my cherry cream?" cried Mrs. Subbub. "Your cherry cream?" repeated the cook. "Yes, my complexion cream." "I thought that was some fancy paste yon got for the party Inst night, so I spread It on tho sandwiches J" London's uryafsi niaoi. Crystal palace wu? originally built In Hyde park for the great exhibition of 1851, being afterward removed to 1 1 h present alte and re-erected. At the tl rat Estate opening of the palace by Queen Victoria It was urged that the usual artillery salute should not be fired, the reason given being that the concussion would ahlver the glaaa roof and the company assembled below, In eluding her majesty, would be cut Into mincemeat. Plre were the predictions of the scaremongers when the design for the palace was made public. The first gale, they said, would Inevitably wreck It, while the heat engendered by the sun pouring its rays upon the domed glass roof would be so terrific that no human belqg could withstand It Consequently If they escaped an avalanche of glass they would be rout ed to death inside the case. Scheme Foiled by Police. One of the most Ingenious coutri vances for taking the rlak out of rou lette ever brought to the notice of the police fell Into the hands of the New York department when a raid was made on u rooming house In West Sixty-first street. It had 'been intend ed by an exclusive group of individ uals that a certain wealthy mining man was to have a chance at winning about 50 cents. When the group staged the gumbling apparatus they half expected that they would win n ' million of the mining man's money, but they failed to overcome certain details. There was an electric devlco attached to the wheel by which the revolving disk could be brought to an instant stop on any desired num ber by the pressure of a button un der the table. The police stepped in through a window Just as the wealthy man was about to make a plunge und confiscated the outfit. Philosophical Tale. Ono went betimes to a philosopher, who lived In a deqp well, and said unto him : "Oh. philosopher, what Is success?" And the philosopher replied: "It is that which the most persist- I ent man on earth had nearly attained , When he died." "And what is failure, O philoso pher?" "I do not know, 8on; I have never songht it" The Leek. "Say, waiter, this plate must be cracked. The table Is wet" "No, sir ; there's u leek In the soup." -^-Buffalo News. Two Object* Gained. Washington, Jan. 21.-+-Two of U* chief accomplishments nought by th?> government In cloning dowu Industry by cutting off fuel supplies have beeu achieved, Fuel Administrator (JartWM unnounml tonight Home* throughout the ICast, be said, arc receiving coal In larger quantities than has Imhmi reported for weeks auO hunker coal Is agaiu moving to eca board in suttlclent volume to ituppl) trans-Atlantic shipping. A third aim the cloarlng of railroad congestion has not been attained an yet, largely I)r. Garfield declared, becausc of un usual weather conditions. The first of the teu Monday holiday** was observed generally today and bus! ness everywhere in the ICast was at u standstill. Reports tonight told of fe* violations of the orders and said that thousands of establishments were closed even though they bad a tack nlcal right to nvnaln open. All Fagged Out ? \ That's a general complaint after the' holidays. Is it your complaint? Don't stay fagged. Come to this Drug Store and got tho beat system builder manu factured. We' have, preparations that will assist over-worked and tired na ture in quickly rebuilding wasted tissue and restoring lost bodily strongth. Come to see us, and we will quickly put you right up lu the front of the push. Zemp & DePass Call or Plione No. The Foot of The Ladder 'J "Room at the top" has a cheering sound to the fel low who is toiling at the foot of the ladder. But remem ber he must lay a solid foundation before the ladder will stand. That foundation is laid in * SAVINGS A savings account in a good bank begets a saving habit. In the habit, more than in the account, lies the foundation upon which the ladder of success must rest. Let this bank help you to get the saving habit, as well as the account. Loan & Savings Bank OF CAMDEN. S. C. I Helping Hoover The well nourished man doesn't mind privation. He is strong and robust, and wheatless or meatless days are just a joke to him. The. wa/ to insure your strength is to eat OUR GROCERIES Everything full-strength, pure and wholesome. We have a reputation of handling only the best in every line. Help Hoover to economize by keeping up your own strength so that a little abstinance will not hurt yon. That's what eating our groceries will do for you. Bruce's Pure Food Store ' PHONE 66