TA? aV^? VAT Jr ?A? A* ^g|T "a" %" "A" "A" "A" "y "y ^|(T ^]y ry A^fc. A^k A^A A^A A^k A^A A^A A^ A^A A^A A^A A^A A^k A^A A^A Ak J^k "y ^V^r "y ^r "y y y !: hist Rereivi Gray, Mahogany with lighl It Xmas is fast drawing near ; YT If The Line of Clothes we handle make a v d&ta man stand out from I the crowd. Our suits Jgjlhave "snap" of their H ^iWown- A. distinctive XX !l \\/III' $tyle and fit that clearij[ 111\y ly stamps the wearer || I |i| with that well-dressed mark of success. ^ if m We haye a larse I ?f to furnish Xmas t ed a barrier in the path of the in- SOIce olaer ^ wnere me Austrian m >ader apparently more insurmount- shells would be unable to reach it, able even than the mountains across but from which point it could con- reg which the enemy has fought his way, tinue its work of destruction. of and these natural obstacles have been The m?nitor was only the first of ^ jfortified as probably no other place a series- Other lighter guns and the in Europe. crafts were lying in reserve read>r the perfect Camouflage. at a momeat's notice to slip through an) Human ingenuity has outdone itself the ^ indin& channels to some point bo to provide floating fortresses armed nearer to the enemy. The armament ab with huge guns which, camouflaged the monitors generally decreased thi and concealed cunningly from point in size ? th? P^ss boat approached , to point, never offering a mark for more clos^ to the front lines. M U the invaders and yet always able to Inundated Area. ^ ML bombard the enemy at he. attempts The artificial waterway runs nightly to build pontoon bridges almost due east and west from Porto across the river Piave. Grandi to the ocean, while the new i W Skilled engineers have ferreted out Plave> several miles to the north, lea Hi every bit of solid mainland in the flows eastward to the sea. The area ha< Dp vast swampy area north of Venice between this water way, composed of P where batteries, large and small, ac- sil? canal and the old Piave and the gtj w cording to the distance from the course of the new Piave which nor- f0I Austrian lines, have been established, mally is fertile and productive, is gr< They never relax their vigilance. The that which has been inundated, and th{ same engineers have cut away the as far as the eye can see the trees, ma dikes that formerly controlled the houses, and farms are standing in tw water to irrigate the fertile Italian j about four feet of water. Some So - - ? -A. 1.1. . j ... . 1 plains, creating a vast late. peasants, wfiose nomes aout on tne $2 Homeless Peasants. canal, still occupy them, using boats ths The inundation has made a thou- to reach the canal bank. tes sand peasants homeless, but it pre- The Austrians have occupied the jus sents an almost insurmountable j Piave. The main bQdy of the troops. fe? barrier to the Austrian artillery | however, had been unable to cross se< from its scores of vantage points and : over because of the activity of the ths frustrates every attempt of the j monitors and stationary batteries, an Austrians to steal across unnoticed, i and they are unable to inflict any it Finally in addition to the foremost serious damage because they are too ga infantry lines in the inundated sec- far away from Venice for their big Mi 5H.CF0L M 1 ,\ ????????????? l/cmrc WEI I DDATPrTCn tion large sma11 batteries are gui - ICNlvEi WtLL I KylEvlElJ* scattered everywhere and floating 1 ^ monitors constantly are on patrol, ten BOLES OF MARSH KEEP HUNS ?phey trjp though the defense sys- a i FROM "QUEEN OF SEA." tem of Venice and along the lower the 1 Piave, which the correspondent made ind Many Peasants Homeless, but the beginaing at Venice from which city r Sacrifice Has Been Worth . a speedy naval motor boat ploughed the All the Trouble. its way at sunrise into the confusing str ?? v maze of canals. Th? Countless square miles of desolate Vurtually all signs of life were left disi marsh lands, interspersed and cut behind as the boat worked its way and into numberless islands by sluggish jnt0 the narrow channels. Even the tioi - - ? , , lagoons and land munaaiea cue customary animal me or any wnaer- wuj k depth of several feet, line after line n6ss seemed to be lacking except for I of stationary batteries of guns three a few ducks. \ ed \ to fifteen inches in calibre and deep, Suddenly the press boat almost col- of < ; V muddy trenches filled with .men de- u^ed with a greyish steel bulk. The anc termined that the enemy shall not vessel bearing a huge gun had sue- wh: advance any further?such are the cessfully thrown shells to the Piave beg impressive and apparently wellnigh river and many times had defeated aga unassailable defenses of Venice. the effort of the Austrians to com- abc The character of the warfare all piete a pontoon bridge to the sou- res along tthe' lower Piave line and par- thern shore. ! * she ticularly the methods employed to c. . . x VJ . spo o V. defend the queen of the seas from Steal Awa> at Mghfc the Austro-German invasion un- In case enemy airplanes were seen finJ doubtedly are unique even in this .during the day the monitor was pre- Th( war of novelties. Nature has plac- Pare(i to steam away at nightfall to ed a Shipme t uppers, black, etc, We can fit yoi you could make no better choice than ? i lTrpT/lini TP ANlllirAlL Your wants in this season of high prices T Ta/% in/l/vmAnf Kir mol/inrr 9 eo. U9C J UUglllClll KJJ Aiiazvitig uov lection of steadfast shoes. line of Christmas goods, and Boxes, Ribbon, Cards, Etc. K Telephone O ^ , *? Dam * v. A . a A^k A AA. A-A^lAj^A^AA-A^A. jM^TT^TT^fT^TT^TTllf^y y^f y Ty Ty Ty T^f y T^T T^T y Ty T^T t. i^A i^A A^A A4A A^A A A A A.J^A-A-Aj^A^AA^A. A A^. A^A ^ iMrVViMrVVVVvVvVV^^^rV^M! is to be effective. MHMHM It Capo Silo the correspondent iporarily left the naval escort for T J1_T7 nilitary escort, so as to inspect A I I rflKv * infantry positions, which were I ?iu.vi.. ?,aa? n?A KUoL- tnoy both escriuiiuij uiuuuj auu > __ _. They bisect the ruins df the towns, xieatcr. It ] houses of which have been de- how Cold it oyed by the Austrian artillery. . ^ the Perfect! ? infantry men were cheerful and A comfortable, reguardful of the discomforts, ig| or down [ were busy bettering these condi- Jgti heeded Ec is, notwithstanding the unceasing j ijij , , , , Lne of Austrian shells. ggpB! I durable and ^a,ter the press boat again plough- Now used il through seemingly endless mazes ffillllBil ;anals meeting with monitors, new Jpj|j!!?S?! Aladdin Se L cunningly . located batteries, results eig] ich as the afternoon approached, ffiilllBII callon ^ ;an to get into activity, especially . lllfPlfl STAJ tinst airplanes that were circling >ut. The canals and lagoons were f|; TSrafl waahingt ounding with the explosions of ' RidSond ills of all calibres as the corre- TV1 indents' boat steamed off to the l#| ?e shore batteries that gave the il touch to the defenses of Venice. \ e guns here made, even those on Bllllllllliillljii I biggest monitors look like play- ||ji| To make the trip complete the cor- JM f^fl^HBBBIi pondents were treated to a glimpse BBSf the British monitors which were |[j: WjI BI operation in union with those of iBililf I S i Italians. The sunset had tinged iijtf [ ?fg > waters of Venice to the appearze of a sea of blood as the press at steamed back into what probly is the best protected city so far jijUiiijli? OXEY TO DEFEND TRIMBLE. i|||ij use Sets Aside Fund to Combat |jp^ irVashington, Dec. 16.?Aaron Priou, the South Carolina negro who 5 caused so much trouble in the ver congressional districts of the ite by making unsuccessful efforts the last 15 years to get into conjss and by urging for many years it other negroes do likewise, is still .king trouble in Washington. About o weeks ago he filed suit against uth Trimble, clerk of the house, for 0,000 alleged damages, claiming it Trimble did not file his last con;t papers and now the house has .. .. . st appropriated $500 for counsel |??????????? is to defend Trimble. Prioleau I IJ ITTCUV ims to be obsessed with the idea /f. fj. 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