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J| (Ite Hamburg Ufentlb jH One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1917. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS 80ME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Schofield Sketches. Schofield, October 9.?Mr. J. Leon Owen spent last Sunday in Columbia with friends. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Beard visited relatives in the Colston section last Sunday. Mr. P. K. Shultz will leave the latter part of this week for Donora, where he has accepted a position with tne Kendall Lumoer company. Mr. H. T. Kearse spent several |. days at Jacksonville and Sanford, \. Fla., this week. Mr. Lewis Clust made a trip over to Augusta last week. Mr. R. W. Schofield, of Philadelphia, was a visitor here last week. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Mather, of the Govan section, visited their son here last Sunday. DRAEBLR. j Colston Clippings. Colston, October 10.?The thermometer registered several degrees , lower yesterday. It will not be sur prising if Jack Frost is not a visitor ; before many days. Misses Evelyn Sandifer and Thel-1. ma Ellzey, of Bamberg, spent last |; week-end with Miss Nettie Clayton, j. The Sunday visitors of Mr. and i Mrs. Willie Folk were: Miss Evelyn | Kirkland, and Messrs. Gerald Kearse. j. Frank Folk and son, Ernest. Mrs. S. P. Chisolm spent several ^ <-? in Domharc loot woot UftJ O in 1-?UU1WV1 ?5 ?f vv??. Miss Minnie Kirkland was the wel- j come guest of Misses Natalie and; Queenie Kearse Saturday night and J Sunday. . . j. Messrs. L. A. Wooley and Willie I' Reddy, of Barnwell, were visitors in ; this section Sunday and Sunday night, j. Mr. Lawton Kinard spent Satur-j. day night with Mr. Sammie Clayton, j, Mr. Roy Williams is in Savannah j' for several days. !, Mr. Will McMillan spent Saturday : night with Messrs. Claude and Frank i, Kirkland. ! Mr. Vernon McMillan was the Sun- i day guest at the home of Mr. J. F. !( Clayton. j' . Miss Annie Lou Hutson spent j Thursday night of last week with! Misses Cora and Dora McMillan. HOW TO PICK THEM OUT. j! ' i Dr. Hillis Tells How to Spot The ] Disloyalist.; j. The United States ca|n determine', who are its traitors by three simple : tests, declared the Rev. Dr. Newell |. Dwight Hillis yesterday morning in ;3 the second of a series of sermons on ! Germany at Plymouth Church Brook-1 lyn. j Putting his analysis of the disloyal-; ist situation in precise terms, Dr. I, Hillis said: "The three tests of the traitor to this country are: j, "First, he tries to find something j he can criticise in Great Britain, so j as to justify German atrocities. ^ xi-ill nover nttpr n wnrd ' OCtUllU lie ?? iw uv ? v* uvvv .. I of criticism of those atrocities, but; hates anybody who can prove the Ger-1 man cruelty. "Third* he never tires of insisting ; that Germany is fighting for the free-; dom of the seas?when, in his wicked heart, he knows that in a half a; century there has not been one single j British port in the world that has not been as open and as free to a Ger- j man ship as to a British." Dr. Hillis remarked further that | there are certain German-Americans i who think the yean nullify .the influ- i enee of every German atrocity by as-! sembling people and talking on the crimes of England." "These people?pacifiists and aliens ?are now with the subtle cunning and vast secret trickeries attacking England and- trying to alienate the \ Irish," the preacher added, "as if the j mistakes of the United States and j England prior to this great war have 1 anything to do with the moral issue j involved since this war began. "Our insistence that every interest of humanity, democracy and liberty is being supported by the United States, Great Britain and France does not mean that we have also supported and justified everthing in the history of Russia prior to 1914, or in the ancient revolutions of France, or in the troubles between South Ireland and England. "This world at this moment is concerned simply witn one tning: 'Shall this foul creature that is in the German saddle, with hoofs of fire, trample down all the sweet growths in the garden of God?' And these traitors who try to confuse the issue with endless agitations against England should be arrested and interned. "In their bitterness against England the pro-Germans cannot understandwhy the English colonist gladly gave their money and their lives. But these soldiers feel that England's judicial system, her civil service rule, her free trade, her justice - and kindness, good will have wrought such benefits to their children's children they must travel thousands of miles to an England they have never seen and offer their lives."? New York Tribune. Prisoners at the Maryland penitentiary have bought $2,150 worth of Liberty bonds with savings from their small wage allowances. On a train going out of Chicago, hot coffee is served in paper cups for those who want refreshment without visiting the diner. HAS AWFUL EXPERIENCE. Dr. Willie Bodie Has Sorrow Escape From Tori)edoed Ship. According to a report current here this week and verified by a man who had the story direct from W. E. Bodie of near Batesburg, father of Dr. Willie Bodie, the latter had a very narrow escape and an awful experience several weeks ago when the ship that he was on was torpedoed by a German submarine. The report goes that after he took a lifeboat it sank, leaving him in the water, with only a lifebelt on. He remained in the ocean all night, and was unconscious from cold and suffering when picked up by a Spanish vessel the following day. Dr Bodie has been in Washington fnv e/-?mo time snffprin? with inflam matory rheumatism in both legs, but is now improving. He was found there last week by his father, while the latter was in Washington on business. He had not received any word of his son's experience nor of his condition, but knew that he was now in the capital. Upon going there he hunted him up and found him in a hospital. Dr. Bodie graduated in medicine at the State Medical college in Charleston, in 1916. He later joined the medical corps of the U. S. Army. When his ship was torpedoed it is said that he was on his way to Santo Domingo on a merchant ship. It is stated that the tale he told his father was a very harrowing one of suffering and hardship.- Dr. Bodie is a very popular young man and has tinmhprc nf friends who will be shock ed at hearing of his awful experience, but will be glad to know that he is now improving.?Saluda Standard. Palmer Jo Go to Chair. Columbia, Oct. 9.?On recommendation of the State Board of Pardons, Governor Manning has decided not to interfere with the sentence of Mackey Palmer, a negro, convicted of the murder of Sergt. H. H. Franklin, of the Orangeburg police force. Palmer is scheduled to be electrocuted at the State penitentiary here next Friday. Sergt. Franklin was shot on March 9, 1917, by Palmer in a pistol duel, when Franklin and another officer were attempting to arrest the negro in a house on Calhoun street, Orangeburg, and the negro escaped to the swamp. Saturday?Orphanage Work Day. Some years ago the various orphanages of the State adopted a plan to induce as many people as possible to donate the earnings of one day's labor during the year to the orphanages. This is asked of every one, and can be done without working ?. hardship on anybody. The orphanages are doing a noble work and need the money. Saturday, October 13th, is the day set apart for this rear, and it is hoped that this will be the banner day of all years thus far. Children, grown-ups and evBrybody are expected to observe work day, as it is called, and help the oraphanages with their daily earn:?ort, oe rmmh ac nrrssihlp on the V/I UC iUUVt* y ^ 13th. Rev. McDowell to Leave Fairfax. The following is from a special to the State of September 26, from Fairfax: "Rev. E. A. McDowell, pastor of the Fairfax Baptist church, tendered his resignation last Sunday morning to take effect January 1, 191S. Mr. McDowell has under consideration other fields, but has not yet fully decided where he will make his future home. During the three years of his pastorate here the Baptist cause has had a phenomenal growth. From a constitutency of less than 100, having twice a month preaching, the church has developed into a more efficient body, supporting a pastor for all of his time, owning free of debt a splendid church plant, con A i A 1 1 k/\n rttTA triDUting SySteillit llCiti i \ iu cwi ucnc ? vjlences and having added more than one hundred to the membership. Mr. McDowell has made a number of strong friends in Fairfax and the surrounding country who regret his removal." New Advertisements. J. B. Brickie?Knowing. Enterprise Bank?When. D. Bessinger?For Rent. Thielen Theatre?Coming. Kearse Brothers?Auction! Peoples Bank?Bank Book. J. K. Faulkner?Delco Lights. Klauber's?Another Coat Drive. Lyric Theatre?Within the Law. Chero Cola Bottling Co.?Enlist. Bamberg Banking Co.?Be Ready. E. A. Hooton?Coats, Dresses. Hats Etc. Bamberg Banking Co.?We Do Not Die. Blount Wilson Co.?Ship Your Pro duce. La Verne Thomas & Co.?Try Our Store. Farmers and Merchants Bank? Poverty. Bamberg Auto Co.?Beautiful 1918 Maxwell. Mitchell Motor Sales Co.?See the 31 Features. C. R. Brabham's Sons?To the Fathers and Mothers of Boys. Mendel Real Estate and Investment Co.?Do You Want 7 Per Cent. It might be well while you are correcting your disobedient offspring to remember that you did not die young. \ The average young man is ready to embrace an opportunity when it comes along in the guise of a pretty girl. I;* CKXTS POSTAGE XOYEMHEK 1. Applies to All Letters and First Class Matter Except Drop Letters. I Washington, Oct. o.?Detailed ini structions to postmasters on the ini creased letter mail rates which be-1 icome effective November 2 under the ' terms of the war tax bill, were asked I today by Postmaster General Burleson. I They do not apply to mail to most j foreign countries for which rates are ! fixed by international treaties, but | they do apply to all domestic mail, Jand under that classification is included mail to Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Panama, the United States postal j | agency at Shanghai, and all persons Jin the military service of the United States in Europe. Postoffice Order. The Postoffice Department issued these instructions: Postmasters shall, on and ofter November 2, see that postage is paid at the rate of three cents an ounce or fraction thereof on letters and other first-class matter except drop letters. All drop letters, that is letters mailed for delivery from the office at which posted, including those for delivery by city, rural, or other carrier of such office, are required to have postage paid on them at the rate of two cents an ounce or .fraction thereof. Postal cards are required ito be prepaid two cents, and, there| fore, the one-cent postal cards must j have a one-cent postage stamp affixed to them in addition to one-cent stamp impressed on such cards. Post cards (private mailing cards) bearing written messages must have two cents postage prepaid on them. THE BALI) EAGLE. ' How He Came To Be Emblem Of The United States. Young people often wonder how it | happened that the eagle with out| spread wings was taken as the em:blem of the United States. This bird is j really the bald eagle, and it first re- I iceived the honor of becoming our national bird in 1786, when it was idisplayed as the emblem of the new j I American Republic. I Many prominent men of the time ' did not approve of the choice. For' example, Benjamin Franklin declared j j that the bald eagle was the most; evil-disposed bird in the land, and | that it did not earn an honest living, j : but secured its livelihood through vio- j lence. deceit and treachery. He sug- j jgested the wild turkey as the most j appropriate for the nation's emblem, ; since it was distinctly American. ! Franklin's criticism, while it delayed matters considerably, did not pre! vent the eagle from being chosen. Others considered that this bird was one of the greatest possible dignity, as well as beauty and bravery, and .can see, is on the side of evil and national bird or emblem because of its very strong attachment to its home iand young. In this way they hoped : to be able to make the colonies stand >together, should anything come later : to trouble them or cause any one of jtliem to falter. ! But the United States was not the first to look upon the eagle as the symbol of power or adopt it as a najtional emblem. Centuries ago, when , the kings and conquerors of warring ! tribes and nations were robbers and j plunderers, the eagle was recognized ;as the most fitting emblem to lead Jand inspire the warriors, and so we find the Persians advancing to battle 'at Cunaxa. in 400 B. C., bearing the eagle aloft as their standard. When ;the Roman legions overran Western ! Europe they followed where the silver eagle standards led them. Na(poleon and his marshals carried the "eagles" nearly across Europe and today Russia. Germany, and Austria have the double-headed eagle as their national emblem. John J. Audobon gave the bald 'eagle the name of the Washington eagle, because he claimed that it was i like Washington in its bravery and the terror of its enemies on seeing it, ; and that just as Washington's fame ; was mightiest among the men of his ! day, so was the fame of the eagle i greatest among the feathered tribe, j The ordinary name, "bald" is not | rightly given, inasmuch as the adult j birds have their heads and necks cov ?* * *? mu ~ erect witn very wnue learners. me bird, however, does seem bald because when seen in the distance, the jhead and neck shine and look just 'as if there were no feathers covering ! them. I It is a fact, nevertheless, that the ! eagle surpasses all other birds in ! strength of wing, tireless flight, and poise and grace of motion. He deserves his title of "King of birds." He is long-lived. Specimens have lived to a great age in captivity, and how long in freedom, no one knows. ?Walter K. Purtney in Our Dumb Animals. Colonels by Kindness. A group of Northerners at a hotel in Louisville w*ere poking fun at the partially of Southerners for the titles of "colonel," "major" and "judge." "What is a colonel hereabouts?" asked one of the group, and there immediately followed a discussion. Finally a colored attendant was drawn in. "Well, gents." said the negro, "dare " is a lots of ways to answer dat ques-i tion. Ise knowed folks what was born kunnels?it jest run in the blood foh ginerations. An' Ise knowed folks what was jest app'inted to be kunnels. An' yit others what was made kunnels by bein' kind to niggers. Foh I instance, any man dat gives me a dollah is a kunnel to me hencefo'th foreveh."?Brooklyn Eagle. TWENTY BILLIONS FOB WAIL Largest Appropriation Bill in History of the World. Washington, Oct. 5.?Since Congress convened in its extraordinary session last April and up to today, it lias placed at the disposal of the administration seventeen billions of dollars and has authorized contracts for almost two and a half billions more. Most of the money was for war purposes, including seven billions for loans to the Allies. The appropriations committee made the figures public today, coupling with them the declaration that Con gress nad done its worK in iurnisning the money for the war very effectively. Representative Fitzgerald, of the House committee, said the war appropriations of the next session of Congress will depend to a very considerable extent upon the number of men in the military forces of the United States. All Records Broken. Chairman Martin of the Senate appropriations committee, in a review, of the achievements of this session of Congress and of appropriations for the fiscal year of 1918 issued today, says the session* breaks all records and have been marked "by a greater volume of legislations and the enactment of measures of mmore momentous import than have ever been considered in any similar period in the parliamentary history of the country." Total appropriations aggregate $16,901,966,815, which with the total appropriations for the second session of the Sixty-fourth Congress and the total contract authorizations for the present fiscal year, makes a grand ? - a. i - ~ A A 1 AAA roA A^A lOiai OI 1X1 eippi upriations and contract authorizations for the present fiscal year. WORLD'S BIGGEST CORX CROP. Despite Estimated Loss of 37,000,000 Bushels in Septeml>er. Washington, Oct. 8.?Despite an estimated loss of 37.000,000 bushels during September, the country's corn croji still will be the greatest in its history. Latest figures issued by the Department of Agriculture today show the crop will be 3,210,795,000 bushels, and also despite an estimated loss of 9,000,000 bushels during the month the spring wheat crop will exceed last year's. Other crops approach bumper records. Condition of the various crops on October 1 was reported as follows: Corn, 75.9 per cent, of a normal; buckwheat, 74.8; white potatoes, 79.0; sweet potatoes, 83.2; flax. 51.3; rice, 79.7; tobacco, 87.8; sugar beets, 89.7; kafirs, 67.8. Several Record Crops. Although considerable losses were recorded in some of the country's principal farm crops as a result of condition in September, the government report indicated there would also be record crops of oats, rye. white and sweet potatoes, tobacco and hpans The loss was heaviest in corn which showed a reduction of more than 36,000,000 bushels since September 1. Other losses were: Spring wheat, 7,709,000 bushels; barley, 2,180,000 bushels; buckwheat, 2,310,000 bushels; white potatoes, 8,985,000 bushels; sweet potatoes, 907,000 bushels; apples, 537,000 bushels; sugar beets, 113,000 tons, kafirs, 4,329,000 bushels, and beans, 4,155,000 bushels. Some crops, however, showed improved conditions, especially oats, with a gain of 47,382,000 bushels, making it a record crop of 1,580.714,000 bushels, or 31.000,000 bushels more than that of 1915. Other gains were: Rice, 1,019,000 bushels, and totiacco, 21,637,000 pounds. Shipment of Mail Boxes. We are informed by the postoffice authorities that the deposit boxes for the village delivery service for the town of Bamberg were shipped from the factory some time last week, and should arrive at a very early date. There will be five of these boxes used for receiving letters and other mail and they should prove to be quite a : r couveuience iui uui uhiachs. v/unci.tions of the mail from each box will be made several times a day by Mr. Emile B. Price, the delivery carrier. The location of the five boxe? will be as follows: One near Mack's Drug Store on Main street, one on Railroad avenue opposite the court house, one on Main street near the cotton mill corner, one at the Carlisle school at the intersection of Elm and Carlisle streets, and one on Railroad avenue near the Methodist church corner. The Crowning Hardship. Of the many witticisms atrributed to the late Josepn i-i. c;noaie, our favorite is his famous toast to the fair sex, given some years ago at a dinner of the Pilgrims: "Women, the better half of the Yankee world, without whose aid the stern Pilgrims never could have achieved the historic title of the Pilgrim Fathers! The Pilgrim .Mothers were more devoted martyrs than were the Pilgrim Fathers, because they not only had to bear the same hardships that the Pilgrim Fathers suffered, but they had to endure the Pilgrim Fathers besides."?Youth's Companion. MYSTERIOUS Alii POWER. Coniniittee to Investigate Discovery Made by Armenian. Washington, Oct. 4.?Whether Garabed is the most marvelous scientific discovery of the age, destined to play a great part in winning the war for America, is to be investigated by a committee of scientists appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. The Senate today passed a resolution already adopted by the House authorizing the inquiry and guaranteeing government protection of the process. "Garabed" is something discovered or invented by Garabed T. K. Giragossian, an Armenian inventor of Boston, who believes he has the secret of taking from the air a mysterious power"which will drive aeroplanes or battleships. The Machine Gunner. He said that his name was Brown and nobody believed him. But his mates never said to his face that he was not telling the truth. In fact the men of the machine gun team were afraid of him. He was a queer customer. In appearance he was an old man, bald and wrinkled, one of those who could go up to a recruiting office and say, "My age is not forty one. Having no eertifi- j cate of my birth you must take my j word for it. I may look old but one's | years can never be judged by wrink- j les. Some people never grow old and ! I am one of them." But as Brown j was a very modest man he, of course, never spoke like that. He \vks born in London; the only time he ever left there was when he came to France. So he said, but again none believed this. He knew quite a smattering of languages; he spoke German and French, also Spanish. The latter he spoke as it I is spoken in South America. So Brown's officer said; and this officer: ; had traveled about in most places of l j the world. On occasion the lbat- j jtalion to which the man was attacnea i I relieved a Canadian regiment and i some of the English soldiers entered j ' into conversation with the men who ! | were going out. Brown was heard \ (speaking to one cf them and asking! | questions about a lumber camp i ; situated somewhere near the foot of t j the Rockies. "You know that place then?" an j officer said to Brown afterwards. \ ("Yes, sir," Brown replied. "I read j qbout it in the papers." He rolled cigarettes with a cunning hand and he chewed tobacco as if i to the manner born. He was a splen- j idid soldier, higly intelligent and in! | a stin corner one of the best mates a ! (man could have. In fact he was greatly respected, although he made very few comrades. He feared neither J God nor man and was never so happy as when under fire. In the midst of j | the most violent connonade he was jcalm and unperturbed. Nothing was jtoo arduous for him; there was no| thing that he would not attempt. I The unknown and hazardous always j fascinated him. and when fighting j his face always gave his mates the ; impression that he had become a j | soldier merely for the fixed purpose j : of killing. He was in the machine igun team, and loved his weapon, j probably because the machine gun is !one of the most effective death-deal-j j ing instruments ui ?<n. A few days ago, in the ebb and flow I j of the fighting around Guemappe, his J J party found themselves in an isolated ! I post and all but surrounded by the! i enemy. One man fell and then an- ! other, and finally nobody was left j save Brown and his officer. "We've got to stick it," said the officer. "It's damned stiff, but all the same!" Brown shrugged his shoulders and let the machine gun rip. He had no ! cover and seemed to be quite indifferent to danger. He was in his proper element and found the situation quite to his liking. Suddenly the officer gave a strangled cry and dropped to earth. Brown fixed a fresh cartridge belt to his weapon and turned his gun half right on the Germans, who were attempting an incircling m-vement. One of Brown's mates wag lying on the ground, wounded and conscious. "The officer told you to retire," he said, looking up at the old man. "Did you not hear that?" "I didn't hear it," Brown replied, his voice rising above the clatter of the gun. When the Scotch charged across tne macnine guu euiyiaceuiem, icu minutes later they found Brown still at his woi*k, a iwound in his right shoulder and his left foot badly shattered. When the stretcher bearers came they carried him back to the dressing station. There he spoke to his officer, who had also been carried in. "You were still at your post when the Scotch came along, I hear," said the officer, with a smile. "But what about the order I gave you to retire?" "I didn't hear it, sir," said Brown. "Thorp nrp times when I get very deaf?it's a failing of mine." "What's the reason for this fail-! ing?" asked the officer. "Buenos Aires, South America," said Brown. His voice came in short gasps and he was in great pain. "At the docks. . . . The German sailors go about in gangs. ... If you fall foul with them it's . . . knife you in the dark. . Once they . . .me." When the M. O. came around he j found Brown unconscious. On the man's back there was a number of old scars, which looked as if they had been made by a sharp instrument. "Bv a knife, probably," said the M. O. Read The Herald $1.50 the year.) HAVE THINGS OWN WAY ENTENTE ARMIES HAVE DECISIVE ASCENDANCY. Secretary Baker Issues Review of the Allied Operations of the Past Week. Washington, Oct. 7.?Decisive ascendancy for the Allies in the supreme test of battle strength now taking place on the bloody fields of Flanders is claimed by Secretary Baker in the weekly review of war operations issued tonight by the War Department. While it may be premature to assert that the British war machine has forced a decison over the Germans, Mr. Baker says, the victories of the past fortnight, threatening the German submarine bases on the Belgian coast, are conclusive indications ' of Allied superiority. With favorable weather he thinks those victories will be repeated and extended. The review, which is for the week ending last night, makes no reference to the American forces in France or o the great preparation for war going forward at home. World's Attention. j The attention of the world, it ! says, "is focused upon the titanic [struggle now going on in Flanders. ,The battle raging there is proving an 1 engagement of wholly unprecedented scope and potentialities. "At the beginning i of the week owing to the weather, the Germans jwere able to launch counter-attacks [against the positions recently gained by British. Notwithstanding the fact that the Germans made use of smoke screens, liquid fire^and brought into action an imposing array of artillery in their attack against the advanced ' British lines near tower Hamlets and Polygon wood, as well as along the j Menin road, their efforts proved | futile. Easily Reinforced. "It is significant, on the other hand, that while the British were sustaining the shock of German assault successfully, they were able to bring up sufficient fresh troops in order to launch another offensive action even on a laraer scale, than - the preceding one, in the face of the enemy's onslaught, j "Slowly, but therefore the most irresistability, the Allied drive at the heart of the German line in the west is sweeping onward. "The wisdom of the British in maintaining a great density of front would appear justified, by the results achieved during the past week. It must be borne in mind that it is due ' to the depth of the British line as much as to any other one factor, that while the enemy is still reeling under one blow, the Allies are ready to deliver another. It has been characteristic of the campaign in Klanders hitherto ' that neither belligerent has attained what we may call a decisive success. "The Germans have massed their greatest war strength along this battle front. "To attack them at their strongest point of resistance, is sound strategy. Allied Superiority. "The defeats inflicted upon them during the past fortnight are conclusive indications of Allied superiority. In the light of past experience it may be premature to assert that the British have succeeded in forcing a decision, but it may be stated with emphasis that in no engagement hitherto has such vigor, energy, and concerted speed of action been displayed. "The full success of these operations means that the Belgian coast, with its numerr '.s submarine bases will "become untenable to the enemy. Zeebrugge, Ostend and the system of canals leading out of the Bruges are threatened. 4 The Supreme Test, j "The supreme test of the battle strength of the contending belligerents is taking place. Allied ascendancy I would appear decisive. "The two immediate contributing factors of this success are air control and shell supply.* * * * "The enemy realizes the danger he is facing. "We may expect him to counter-at^ tack in foroe. He may even regain certain secondary objectives temporarily, but the British war machine is moving forward and if time permits and the combat season remains open, with the weather continuing favorably of reconnaissance and careful aircraft observations, the Allied victories of the past two weeks will in all probability be repeated and extended. "The enemy pressure along the eastern front has been relieved by the strong Allied offensive in Flanders. No engagements of more than local imDortance are reDorted in the east. "The German advance in the northeast has apparently weakened and the Russians have been more able to reorganize their forces in the Riga sector." / Following the Text. * Johnnie's'history class was studying an important period in history and it was Johnnie's turn to recite. "Johnnie, who was the king at the time?" asked the teacher. He answered: "Louis the cross eyed" "Why, Johnnie, where did you learn that?" she asked. "Right here in the book," he answered, and showed her the paragraph where the name was printed "Louis XI."?Boston Transcript.