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THE WAR LAST WEEK
Tho the firat thought that comes
to ono who looks at the large area
cf France occupied by tht Ormans
Mid then compares this area with
the extent of the British and French
gains sine July V- when the great
offensive started ,to that at the pres*
ent rate of progress it will ba years
before the Germans arc driven out of
France and at the end of tho drivo
there will be no population left on
cithtr side.
If this clearing out of tho German
Invaders was contingent upon driving
them out foot by foot, as would nat
urally be Indicated ty the character
of the recent advances, this would
undoubtedly be tht orrect point of
view.
Fortunately for both the British
and the French this Is not the case.
As pointed out two weeks ago In my
first review of the Allies’ offensive,
tvery attack is leveled against came
strategic point In the German linea
where success will affect not the
mere territory over which the Allies
have been ablt to fight their way,
but, through cutting an absolutely
necessary means of communication,
will result In the enforced evacua
tion of a very much larger area.
In studying the moves of the Brit
ish and French, therefore, this must
be kept in mind and every gain anal
yzed with respect to its relation to
the general object to be attained.
Before this general^ objective can be
reaohed many minor objtctlves of
local Importance must bo interject
ed. and It Is toward these, as a pre
liminary phase, that we must first
look.
Because of the frequent reference
to railroads and the necessity that
they be kept open as lines of com
munication and supply, there is a
tendency to look upon every railroad
as being. In .a sense at least, vital to
any army's subsistence.
This Is far from being the case.
The Paris-Verdun railroad, for ex
ample, Is the main line feeding Ver
dun from the west. It has been un
der direct fire of the German big
guns for weeks. Yet Verdun Is not
only holding out, but the French
troops have experienced no shortage
of ammunition and there Is no Indi
cation that the food supply Is In
the slightest degree below normal
Teh reason I
' Tent automobile
xonsport service has boen develop
ed which greatly relieves the strain
on railroad facilities. In the second
place, the French have built behind
their lines a narrow gangs railroad
similar to that used In the mines In
this country, which road taps the
main stem beyond the tone of mili
tary Are and brings auppltes up from
tho rear where they cannot be reach
ed by the German guns.
There Is. therefore, no reason to
suppose that the Germans have not
been equally provident and farsight'
ad. At the same time It Is also true
that fa order that these methods of
supplying troops be successful there
must be, In addition to the auxiliary
and temporary railroad systems, good
dirt reads over which the automo
biles may travel.
These roads are abundant threagb-
oat France but, at the same time,
there are eectloas of several e*uare
miles la area that are not fed by
such roads and In these cases the
cutting of any of the lines coming up
to or bounding them Is very apt to
cause cohalderable embarrassment.
It Is this condition which Is now con*
it
which the British drive Is
the key to which Is the vll-
of BapMmo. —
Saturday night closed and found
the British line In Its new positions
extending In almost a straight line
acroes the woods of Tronee and the
woods of Mamets westward. The
position of the British was very on-
favorable for an attack as It was In a
hollow with the plstesu of Bapaume
rising Immediately before It, which
plateau was in German hands.
Tbe rim of the plateau waa atrong-
"T5TRel9 by German infantry, well in
trenched, while in tbe rear, conceal
ed in the folds of the ground, was the
German artillery. On Sunday morn
ing early, after an unusually heavy
bombardment, tbe British Infantry
charged, took the rim of the plateau,
and even advanced beyond it.
It was the most important gain tha
British had made since July 1 when
Uie offensive sUu-ted. In the first
place, it has materially strengthened
the relative positions of the French
and the British by widening the sali
ent which the French treated when
they drove to the Somme at Peronne.
Again, by reaching the plateau, the
way was paved for a further ad
vance under conditions which would
naturally be more favorable.
This move carried the British line
beyond Longueval, so that when Sun>
day night fell the line ran from a
point through the northern edge of
Longueval.
These patches of small woods give
the keynote to the German system of
defense on this local front. The con
ception Is the same as that which
actuated the Russians to adopt the
triangle of Volhynia and, in other
parts of their front, to construct the
system ot quadrangle fortifications.
This will be made clear by a consid
eration of the triangle formed by the
three woods for which the British
have been lighting.
• These are the woods of Delville,
of Bozentln, and of Foureaux. It Is
obvious that it tbe British attempted
to drive between tbe first two of
these, reinforcements could be sent
from the third. Any movement
against one would* be subjected to a
tax from the other two.
. It 4s a peculiarly strong system of
defease and gave the British more
trouble than any other section on
this front. By persistent attacks,
however, they took the first two ot
thsee positions, but subsequently lost
most ofths woods of Delvllls through
A German counter attack.
Later la the
woods wore almost entirely retaken
aad as this article Is being written
1 FYlday night) the Iroodg of Four-
ward toward the Junction of tbe
Lips end the Styr.
After extended preparations the
Russians y^cjkline -» .k^
"Phfnis niintioned. The Teutons were
commanded by Ocn. von Linplngen
support for their dtfense, and re- ... , - - „ .
duces their defense to the Held works th a m *? r 5 e of Au * trl&n8 an( *
which they have recently monstruct- f tte £ predominating.
e d i ..'-'I Both ends of the Teuton line gave
It may be noted that the Foureaux an< * forced to retreat. The
woods are a part of the third line of centre soon became Involved, and In
German defense. It is not known f noura the entire line waa fall-
how maiij>‘ lines the Germans have ,n £ back precipitately. Mile after
constructed since the western front F 1 . ® wa * P 488 ** 1 until the line of the
settled dofvn to French warfare, but, reached.,
sooner or later the limit will be ,T he « U88la n 8 w ere ,n close pur-
reached and the advance of the Allies *■ ’ 80 c *° 8e t^Bt many of the troops
can go forward at a greater rate.
The Brltsh line, as it is now con
stituted, runs almost in a straight
were unable to cross on the hur
rledly constructed pontoon bridges
and were captured. More Important
line due east from a point north of i ^mtslan standpoint, was
Ovlllers through the woods of Four- i'“*® ^ act t * ,at B»®re was no time to
eaux. From there It breaks to the acrofts the large guns which had
south to the outskirts of the village) be *? 1 t,e f e n«*ug the German position,
of GInchy. This almost brings It in ?? ,<, 8eTe **teesi of them fell into the
lint with the French advance north B 1188 *" 1 hands.
and west of the Somme.
There Is one point, particularly, to
be noted In the week’s operation—
German counter attacks have been
They were Immediately turned
against the retreating Teutons, who
endeavored to take up and hold a
line south of the Llpa. This they
frequent and have followed practl- succeeded in doing In sections, but
cally every gain that has been made. ) j other places the Russians succeed-
These counter attacks have beneraily In crossing Immediately behind
been complete failures. This indi
cates a lessening of the German
force. 1
When It Ik realized that, before the
Infantry is sent forward, all trenches
and other positions which could af
ford shelter are level and that the
counter attacks are launched almost
before the British have time to dig
in, the relative strength of the at»
tack and counter attack can be figur
ed.
North and west of the Somme the
French, after lying quiet In their
trenches for some days, launched an
attack on tho front extending from
Combles aouth to Soyecourt. Be
tween Soyecourt and Barleaux all of
the German first line positions were
taken.
North of the river, the gain was
them. In this movement thirteen
thousand additional prisoners were
captured, in additionto a number of
small guns.
It was the second great Russian
victory in as many weeks, the first
being the forcing of the passage of
the lower Styr and icompelllng the
Germans to retreat all along the
Styr to the line of the Stokhod.
After reaching the Llpa river
there was a pause of two days and
the Russians again launched an at
tack against this same section ,ot the
line. Again the Austrians gave way.
The Russians forced the crossing of
the river on a wide front and drove
tne Austrians back practically to the
front door of Galicia. This move
more than any other that has been
made in this sector threatens not
only the Austrian position along the
much more Important and extended : Strip*, but also the approaches to
from the village of Clery past the *
outskirts of Maurepas along a narrow
road which runs from Clery to Com
bles. The German salient which has
been pushed forward to withiiy about
a mile of the river between Blaches
Lemberg.
Again, as In so many other move
ments of the war, the railroads fur
nish the key to the entire situation.
Tbe principal railroad in this dis
trict, running eastward from Lem-
and Barleux baa placed the Germans j berg, la that to Dubno running
In this section at a decided dlaadvan
tage.-
The French In the first place bold
,11 the helahn
arlcaux. The line Join.
lh( these two point* le practically
straight. From this line toward the
east the ground elopes down to the
river. The Germans are, therefore,
fighting with the river at their bark.
Bach fresh advance of the French
brings the Hermans nearer and naar-l Bug river le reached
er to the point where they will haveL Tha Bug crosses the
to fall back across the river.
through Brody. With thla railroad
under the fire of the Ruscalan artll-
The situation- with respect to this
railroad la this: Tbe Austrians occu
py the line of hills running due west
from the Styr parallel to the Gall-
clan border. In their rear there le
no lias of defease formed by any
natural obstacle until the line of the
CHICAM POLICE BLOW UP
fH7Y HFW FAKifflf
Colored Man and His Wife Arm
Themselves With Rifles and
Terrorize Neighborhood.
A negro religious fanatic becom
ing violently insane at Chicago Tues
day shot four persons to death,
wounded three and was himself
killed with his wife after one hun-
dred and fifty police had dynamited
the house in which he was barricad
ed.
Hundreds of shots w^re exchanged
between the crazed slayer, H. J. Mc
Intyre, and the police who besieged
his flat, In a two story brick struc
ture at 320 North Irving avenue.
After three charges of dynamite had
been exploded, and an attempt made
to fire the structuro with gasoline,
Mclntye and his wife, who were arm
ed with powerful rifles, were killed.
The police were hold At bay for more
than an hour.
McIntyre's wife is supposed to
have assisted him at least to the ex
tent of re-loading his weapons as a
cartridge belt was found around her
waist similar to the one worn by her
husband.* Her head was blown off
by the explosion of dynamite.
The dead: Suart Dean, policeman:
Mrs. Josephine Overmeyer, Edward
Knox, negro: Alfred Mathews, ne
gro: H. J. McIntyre, negro, the craz
ed man; Hattie McIntyre, wife of
the slayer.
The injured include two police
men and Knox’s wife. The explo
sions blow the rear porch and part
of the kitchen into the alley and
when the police were ablo to enter
the building It was a wreck.
The HUte of the War.
The end of last week <4kv a slight
lull In the,repeated thrusts of ihe
Fritish and French against the Ger
man '.inert in the northern part of
France, but no one believes that the
end la near. Allied officials express
themselves as satisfied with the pro
gress being msec, and even Impart'al
observer^ are ready to admit that the
positions'^of tho Allies aro censibly
^eryth^Au^U^po^monslong^^ improve*.- Ttw mills!'
Thla oprrwtio*. whea done under
fire, la exceedingly ooetly, aad It
Is highly probable that la * abort
time the Germaa liae went of the
river will be ahaadoaed, ant pne-
slbly aa a meaaare of aeceaolty, bat
for tsalaglial reasnas. —-
Tha French, of course, hare as
thslr Immediate objective Peronne
They will probably not be able to
tako It from tho rlvor side The
1
Lemberg
* Du boo road Just to the asst of tho
town of Kraano, where tha railroad
from Ternopol cuts In to the Lem
berg-Brody road. Once this Una la
reached tha Une along tho Strips
must fall back to tho Slot* Llpa. oa
Its principal lines of communication
will ho cht.
In fact, tha Austrians would not
under nny circumstances continue to
bold tha Strips lines once the rail
road la tbraataaed. The satire con
trol oft he eHaatloa la northern Gall*
da Is rapidly
Somme, on this front ls lined with ^ ,* u tI tremely probable
wl0e marsh belts which make Its de-1 that before another week has gome
ftidsa oomparatlvaly simple. To taka b tfc# Au , tr1u> , |M between tho
Poronea therefore, a Una through Dnl «. t „ ADd lba Qelldan border
the north of the river will have to be wl „ ratlra to th# VMt . I
advanced to the highway from This move will not nocooanrlly af
Peronne to Bnpnume. so th^ tht I f#ct th# llM , y 0 ,by,ia. They mny
Oermnn. will be ngnln penned In bo* Btin con t| lu . «, bold their poaUlon
tween the French Une nnd n river. on lhe gt okh od In front of Kovel,
this time the Cologne. | It „ apparent.
The week past has been a Mngu- that the Teatoas cannot hold both
loriy happy one for the Kaseimns. Kovel nnd 1 .eraberg. There are not
After their great successes In the
serins of battle which they began on
June 4. they were to nil nppenrancoa
checked along tha Stokhod river. It
waa assumed by the German press
that they had accomplished all that
they had reason to hope for, nnd
were content to intrench themselvee
In their new positions nnd hold
against German counter attacks the
ground which they had gained.
The-German press, however, was
somewhat too sanguine. Russia has
no Idea of luting up. Her previous
successes had only whetted her ap
petite, and the period of quiescence
the Teuton linee were txperienclng
was due entirely to the fact that
Russia was preparing another sledge
hammer blow.
enough men to oppose the Russian
attack on both points, nnd yet both
points are necessary to the retention
of their present line*
The Austrians are also menaced
on the Carpathian sector. Between
Transylvania and Jablontlsa the en
tire situation la In Russian hands
The passes through the Carpathians
have not been forced, but the Rus
sians have reached the ridge, aad-j -"'**'
the battle for the passes Is now on.
Between the Dniester end the
Pruth the Russians have been more
or leas Inactive for some time as If
preferring, to extend their energy In
s thorough cleaning out of Buko-
wtna. The Austrian line In this sec
tor has already been pushed far
away from their Strips position, and
Russia had not, as Germany flgur* I h « r « a8 ,n th « north - ,f ‘ h « Auatrlen
«i out, again run short of ammuni- K^® 8 . way ® v ® n ‘ ual,3 \ the Au8 -
tlon. Apparently her reserves are trlans are faced with disaster.
still ample even to meet the tremen- Alon K ^ h ® J® 8 ^ of th ® froat f ^ om
dous srain that is blng Imposd on ^ the Pinsk marshes, the Rus-
thm. As for mn sh has an inex- 8 an8 ^T® Mto been on the of fen
h&usible supply, and It seems now . 8lv ®‘ B is doubtful, however, wheta-
that there are more trained troops | er real *y expect to accomplish
in the field than when the battle of Anything on these fronts other than
the Carpathians was in progress.
Russia has proved the woner na
tion of the 4 war, greater than Ger
many, Jhan Franco, than England.
We may admire the German organi
zation of the nation Itself and of Its
military force. It is the . work of
genius, a collective genius In which
all are working for what they con
sider the common good.
But greater than tho genius that
inspired the German organization is
the spirit that cannot only sustain a
defeat, even though that defeat be
as disastrous and as devastating as
was the Russian defeat by tbe Ger
mans last year, but can rise above
that defeat, rebuild and reconstruct,
with wonderful patience and cour
age, a new and better army, an army
that can fight in & modern way with
modern equipment, and in the fight
in g modern way with modern equip
ment, and in the fight defeat disas
trously the same troops which but
nine months ago drove them across
half a continent.
No liner page in the military his
tory of the world evlsto than the
Russian move
to prevent the transfer of troops
from this section to the south
In additionto carrying on this ac
tive offense on a line over one thou
sand miles in length, the Grand
Duke Nicholas, operating in the Cau
casus Mountains, has revived a cam
palgn which, apparently, had been
postponed in order to give Gen. Bru-
siloff every possible advantage
The direct object in this campaign
Is and has been ever since the fall
ofc Erzerum, the fortress of Erbin-
gan. Beyond Iti of course, lies .the
back door of Constantinople, but the
Immediate object does'not reach.^ao
far.
Early In the week the Russians
announced the capture ot Baiburt,
a point for which’ they have been
heading for months past. The fall
of this point evidently destroyed all
the Turkish resistance. There is no
point in this region that Was of
greater value to Turkish arms.
It had been used by them ever
since the fall of Treblzond as a base
for their counter offensive throfigh
which they ’hoped to plear the Rus
sians -out of the Treblzond-Erzerum
.«k-. fighting I. n north, ,««». [jj "r^nnrtlTb. ^ToridSf KSn
There has been groat activity In
“. . ^ .Itwo different part* of tha front, on
fr**** the Stow hod and In Bukowlna. The
awayto be of practical
lit In aueh a mountainous country so
devoid of road*.
The Russians have pushed west of
mataat sn/vw*. t» a Baiburt over thirty-five miles; all of
S orepots Indicate that their
Uokhod sec?^^^ fin eaaflaaA-1*
W* thelfti
tabbed waarqr+aB'frfrM+r P*?* 1 ai 1 111 n™/ ,a Apparently
twelve alien north of tha Upa river.
Mwotb twiajachl aad Bchklta.
from which point It carved seath-
fmll retreat.
Oa all 4
their advance np to-
the French succeea and pressure up
on Peronne bids fair to grow as the
day* pass by.
Around Verdun the Oermaas have
delivered another desperate attack
and while they made some progress
the French data to have recaptured
a considerable portion of the ground
loot. In fact. It appears that the at
tack upon Verdun has to some ex teat
been hindered by the rigor of the of
fensives which the AiUea have start
ed elsewhere along tha worldwide
bettlefront, but aavartheleas tha Ger
mans era still at the Job. aad there la
ae rent on to doubt but their alttaato
succeea unlaaa the pressure elsewhere
eoDtlaoee to grow stronger
Along the huge eastern front the
Russians hare suited to bombard
th# extrema northern extremity but
nothing baa happened la tha Riga
section which would Justify much
attantioa there at this time. Further
to the south, arouad Koval, tha alt
uatlon la mors dangerous and tha
Russians appear to have a good
chance of a striking victory, because
tha German Haas to tbe north and
aouth are bent back until tha limit la
near at hand. When the positions
before Kovel become dangerous bo-
cause of these two forces to the rear
a general retirement will hav to be
carrid out by tha Teutons In this sec
tion.
Shall the Movies be Censored?
That tie press la an
Wf!R
9l
In Bukowlna and in the far ex
tremes of the Turkish empire the
Russians continue to progress
although there has been little appre
ciable notice of their gains in Buko
wlna, which have been discounted by
the claim issued some time ago that
tbe province waa cleared. ReporU
that Cossacks have entered Hungary
is important if true, for the destruc
tion of tbe Hungarian wheat fields
will be a tremendous loss to the cen
tral empires.- The Turks are grad
ually retreating before the Russians,
but no alarming development has
happened to them there.
The cotton seed of the crop this
year may bring in to the farthers as
much money as did the entife cotton
crop of 1898.
The recent floods In South Caro
Una, Tennessee and Virginia ought to
say something to the voters about
conversation.
They are now trying to figure out
when is the best time for work. A
Yale professor says January Is the
month of least work In the year and
that July and Augukt come next in
the point of human inefficiency for
labor.
For the fiscal year ending June' 30
the foreign trade of the United State*
wan in excess of six and a half bil
lion of which exports were shout
two-thirds. It was In 1872 that our
trade first reached the billion dollar
mark. „ —
THSTfOTfl IHeihs that It has a pos
sibility of great harm. So it is with
the moving picture shows. Ten years
ago- no one foresaw the wonderfpl
progress which has been made in this
industry, just as no one imagined
that one out of every four people 1m
the United States would at this tinm-
be daily attendants of these places of
amusement.
The fact Is we are going to be
compelled to remodel our opinion
about the silent drama. It is here
with a rush that spells permanent
success, and the only question is to
what extent *is Its growth to con
tinue. Are we to have, some day in
the future, the moving picturq^show
In the place of the dally paper, with
its pictures competing with the vivid
English of experienced reporters? It
lies In the future, in the far future,
perhaps, but no one is ready to laugh
at the idea.
Such being the case it seems about
time that something was being done
in a national way towards barring
from exhibition the prevalent Im
moral pictures. It must be remem
bered that the moving picture Is
'more impressive in Its presentation
of vice than the reports of the yellow
journals. It must be remembered
that the moving pictures reach chil
dren of tender age, who have never
learned the full meaning of the wick
edness which Is found in the news of
the day. This problem must as some
time be attended to, and the present
Is the best time to start. Lend your
influence to the support of moving
picture shows which produce only the
cleanest kind of plays. This will be
the easiest method of ending the
evil.
g to - force their
Uses bark while Beatralhdag the
MU
Advertising in n New Way.
It baa about come to pass that tho
old “public be damned” theory ot
"""lit 1tr lir ^rfiktkr*^ .fi— ken
id-bg-A poller of tbg :
public be Informed. We have wit
nessed in the last few months several
excellent llluetratlone of this changed
attitude on tbe part of tha creators of
great wealth and tbalr new apprecia
tion of the newspaper aa a means to
ranch and Inform the people of the
country.
Bom# Uma ago Senator Tillman of
South Carolina introduced a bill In
tha Beasts for tha establishment of a
government armor plats factory.
Since that Uma tha United States
Steel Corporation has been setting
forth Its aide of the matter In n
series of advertisements which have
appaarad la moat of tha larger news
papers of the country. Without Buy
ing anything aa to tha merits of tha
controversy we think It U an ad
mirable spirit on the part of the big
corporation to taka tha land aad en
deavor to place IU aid# before tbs
people.
Similarly, avery>eeder knows ffcaf
tbe railways of thin country are now
facing n strike on tbe part of most
of their workers because of n failure
to agree upon tbe question of wages
aad labor. Whan tbs last confersnce
was sndsd, and tbe workers began
tbalr ballot, the railways took thair
appeal to tha people, and now there
have appeared In practically every
paper of prominence, the advertito-
ment of tho railwaya, setting forth
their tide of the question at hand.
We mention these two example* be
cause of their general prominence.
There have been, and are, examples
of local Importance throughout the
nation. It is a sign of the times, and
It means, that advertising always
pays; if it didn’t deliver the goods,
the corporations would have some
other way.
Trading With the Enemy.
The citizens of tho UnitoJ King
dom hr.vo been prohibited from tr .d-
ing with eighty American business
firms and individuals ty t ie B’ttlsh
government under tho “Trading With
the Enemy” Act. This is said to be
a fooler, put forth by tho English
government, in an efort to find out
tho attitude of the American govern
ment towards this new w ,apon of tho
present war.
There can be little doubt but that
it raises a matter of serious conse
quence between the two govern
ments and It is freely stated in Wash
ington that President Wilson plann
to send an early protest againot this
action, cji the practical effect of tho
“blacklist” will bo to bar those firms
and individuals from the Idport and
export trade.
The practical effect referred to
above Is already being felt in the re-
fusal of steamship lines to tako
goods offered for shipment or des
tined to the blacklisted firms. In?
deed, it Is believed that neutrals,
rather than incur the powerful dis
pleasure of tho British government,
will not continue their trade with
those under tho ban, because of the
fear that they might bo blacklisted,
too. Neutral steamship linee arc also
refusing to
to them pad their trade.
>*re<
le aefi
pet to
HINTS FOR 8ARDENERS
What to Plant, How to Plant It, and
When to Plant It. .. „
The vegetable garden Is perha,^
one of the most important things'
the farm and most of the farmers
this section have been neglecting tl
winter garden. An abundant suppf
ter months is very desirable and by-
following the directions given out bjr
Farm Demonstration Agent L. S-
Wolfe this can be accomplished.
Probably the vegetable of first im
portance for winter use is the Irish
potato. This crop if planted about
July 15 will make excellent potatoes,
for winter use. On account of dry
weather It is usually best to mulch
them with straw and thereby retain
the moisture. Probably the- best
variety for this purpose is the Look
out Mountain. .
Cabbage that is ready for use dur
ing the month of November and.
December should be planted now and.
the plants transplanted about ths
middle of August or first of Sep
tember. The Charleston Wakefield
and the Succession are two very good,
varieties for this time of year.
Collard plants transplanted about
the first of September will withstand
weather conditions and be ready for
use in December, January and Feb
ruary.
Kale is a very satisfactory winter
salad and should be sown in the
early fall. The curled Siberian Is a
very good variety.
Spinach planted in early fall In a
rich place will make excellent salad.
The Bloomsdale and Long Standing
varieties are recommended.
Parsnips and carrots planted in
June will be ready for use In the
early fall and will keep in the open
ground most of the winter.
Lettucp sown in October will re
main dormant until early sprlnr
when they will grow . rapidly ar,-
form heads in March. For lett»
during January and February ^4
seed should be sown about the fif
of September In frames covered wli
canvas and thinned to six or eight
Inches each day. Big Boston and
Boston Market are excellent varie
ties lor this purpose.
—Ualaaa planted from 0*>e
her or NovSmbar will produce good
sized bulbs by early epring.
Salsify or ‘vegetable oyster If
planted not earlier than April will
make an excellent table plant lor
winter use.
Squash planted early In September
and with fnvorabl# seasons produce
edible frulta before frost
For Into or fall tomatoes the seed
should bo sown la the open gronnd
la June and tha plants tranaplantod
la Angust. This will give ample time
for tha frnlt to mature before froet
If the Immature tomatoes are gather
ed before froet aad stored away la a
cellar they will ripen Inter. Toma
toes gathered In this condition should
bo left attached to a stem.
For wlntar use the Rutabaga to
probably tha beat typo of turnip.
Rutabagas should bo planted be
tween tho fifth of Angnst aad tbn
first ot September, and thinned oat
six to eight Inches In the drill.
_ Sweet potatoes planted from vine*,
will keep much better than those
grown from sprouts Ifth* potatoes
nr* etored separate from th* other.
Pol* beans. Kentucky Wonder va
riety. planted In th* totter part of
August or early September, will do-
well.
'"Tor fall beets tha seed should be
sown about tha first of September
and will be large enough for use by
th* firat of November. The Crimson
Globe to n good tot# variety.
Rape planted In September, Octo
ber and November will furnish excel
lent salad.
With this abundant Hat of vege
table* that If planted In the proper
time will furnish food for our tnblea
during the winter, does It seem that
wo have nny excuse for having to
live during the winter months on
fried meats and the like? With tho
canned vegetables and fruits that are
put up onthe farm and fresh vegq
tables from the winter garden on
table during the winter we should
a great deal mors healthy, and cer
tainly live a 'great deal more eco
nomically.
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How About Our Neutrality?
Since the Deutschland has arrived
at Baltimore, and has met with a.
reception of great warmth, them
seems to be little ground for those
who habitually abuse tho neutrality
of America to stand upon.
Even in the trade with war muni
tions Americans have always main
tained that the wares of this country
were for Germany as much as for
Great Britain, but that the absence
of German ships on the high seas
rendered their delivery impossible.
This has been proved, for the subflna-
rine Is now loaded to the hatch with
nickle and rubber, two of Jhe most
needed commodities in tho Central
Empire for tho prosecution of the
war.
More than the 1,140 tons of ctuff
which this undersea boat will take
back with her, there la stored, ac
cording to reliable information, near
Baltimore immense quantities of
copper and sulphuric acid, ready for
the arrival of the next submarine
merchant ship to carry them back to
Germany.
The decision of tho Washington
government that the new ship was h
ship of peace In the face of British
and French representations that the
was a “potential warphlp,” ought
convince Teutonic sympathizers
our government la keeping to
path of true neutrality. We are glad
evenTf for this on#
trip, because It has shown tha world
what America la ready to de la thw
way ef gtvtog fair aad equal treat-
meat to all I