Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The actual attack on British coa^t towns, accomplishing even in a small way the long talked of deacon-, of the German navy on the English coast, developed much discussion among naval experts and tacticians. While government officials made no formal comment, the bombardment was discussed in congressional as well as in executive quarters, with particular application to hypothetical situations in which American defenses might be involved. The consensus of opinion among naval men was that the raid was for moral effect and did not screen a general invasion by Zeppelins and German submarines, although Great Britain's vulnerability to such attacks was to some extent emphasized by it. On the other hand, experts thought, any sustained attack on the English coast would require many more ships than were engaged today and by the time any effort was made to land an expeditionary force the English fleet could be brought into action. The view of most naval experts was summarized in the following opinion from a high American naval officer and tactician: "As reported there were only four German cruisers and they bombarded three towns on the east coast of England in a range of about 50 miles, j Since no one of these towns contains anything of military value to the English, the thing can be considered as a raid for moral effect to be produced on England. "N o militnrv v?iliin ?i n + fnnhnrl to the raid. The number of ship^ | employed would be useless for in-; vasion purposes unless there were troop ships bock of them. While this can be considered only as a raid for moral effect, back of it may be a gathering of submarines to take advantage of any concentration of British forces to head off the cruisers. "If the Germans invade England they will do it after a serious naval action i nwhich major vessels take part. No other military movement is conceivable which will attain, results:" Representative Richmond Pearson Hobson of Alabama, one of the naval experts of the house, expressed the opinion that the German attack was in the nature of a feint. Data gathered today in official quarters revealed that the east coast of England, except for the protection which the fleet gives, probably is vulnerable at a number of points. Peruna is not a new and g untried remedy?our grand- | fathers used it. | Fifty years ago it was on sale, nearly every drug store in the country can supply it. i It is recognized as a household remedy ia thousands of homes for coughs, colds, grip, catarrh and those troubles arising from such disturbances. TODAY IT IS JUST AS EFFECTIVE, JUST A S RELIABLE AS EVER AND NOTHING BETTER HAS BEEN DEVISED AS A READY-MADE MEDICINE. Thome who object to I.lqnld Medicine will find I*erunn Tnbletm n denlrnble remedy for CATARRHAL CONDITIONS. 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Jl J>J ? <L V EMOTIONAL VALUE CF DAY Christmas Spirit Almost Universally Felt, But What It Is Remains a Mystery to Many. The emotional value of Christmas ' may be said to be universally felt, j * Something happens at Christmas that, i l if only for a day or two, does the I s whole world good. What that some- i s thing is remains for many a mystery. | 1 A number of persons who feel the i t renewing impulse are like Faust when ! ^ the notes of the Easter song arrest j his suicidal intent; they take and en- j joy the moment's deliverance and con- . tinue to regard the source of the boon 1 as nothing more than mythology made * potent through human associations. * Others are moved through supersti- t tious fears; they approach the great I season with consciences crowded with t uncomfortable memories; Mariey's ( ghost is after them, but, unlike f Scrooge, their new heart is only for Christmas week. Another group simply fall in with an ancient custom * and are surprised, and indeed ploa&ed, C when the dry bones of their unbeliev- i ing minds coine together, take on ^ flesh, and begin to live. A vast mul- c titude meet the great day with buov? f ant expectation, take with thanks its ; new happiness, return to their work in this exalted mood, and ask no ques- \ tions about cause and effect. A few 1 philosophize on the phenomenon, and * they are willing to stake their lives 1 on tho substantial truth of their in- t sight.?George A. Gordon, in Atlantic i Monthly. j i. =fll I Bon't ant) Bo in Holiday Fire Caution l a Do not decorate your Christmas . * tree with paper, cotton or flimsy materials. ] Do not use cotton to represent snow. < Do not permit children to light candles. J Do not leave matches within reach of the children. 1 Do not place Christmas tree near window curtains or gas fixtures. 1 Use metallic tinsel and non-inflaminuble decorations only. 1 Use asbestosfibcr to represent snow. Set the tree upon a substantial stand. A house of merriment is better than ( a house of mourning. Have an extinguisher or a few * buckets full of water near the 1 tree, ready for use in an enter- J gency. 1 < When and Why. "uo you go to Sunday school now, , Georgie?" inquired Georgie's uncle. J "Yep; Christmas is comin'!" ( "Don't you go except just before . Christmas?" "Yej); I go just before the summer picnic, t6o." < Prompt Action Wnl Stop Your Cough When you first catch Cold (often indicated by a sneeze or cough,) break it up at once. The idea that "It does not matter," often leads to serious ? complications. The remedy which iia- s mediately and easily penetrates the ' lining of the throat is the kind do- 1 manded. Dr. King's New Discovery ? soothes the irritation, loosens the < phlegm. You feel better at once. "It seemed to reach the very spot of my Cough," is one of the many honest testimonials. 50c at your druggists. > ?adv. i Great in Art. J The Jacksonville Times-Union observes; "Of course America may be ' come a groat art center.. Wo have i the labels on Chicago canned goods j and the pictures on cigar boxes. If that isn't art what is it?" Besides, that we make it a regular custom to draw on our imagination about practically everything.?Morning Star. GERMANY TO FEED POLES Berlin, Dec. 4.?The German military authorities have taken measures to prevent famines among the inhabitants of the parts of the Russian Poland occupied by the German army, acocrding to news given out by the press bureau today. Another announcement from the same source are that reports from Constantinople say England intends sending Portugucs troops into Egypt and that Mohammedan soldiers in Tunis are being embarked for service in Europe. Inviiroratin? to the Pale and Slcklv , ? j The Old Standard genera! strengthening tonic.' j GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out 1 Malaria.enriches t he blood.a nd builds up the system. A true tuuic, For adults aud children. SOc IRMIES OF RUSSIA I RETIF.Ei Fill LODZ I i MAIMING TH AT THIS WAS DONiINTENTION VLEY AS A STRA- ! TEGICAL MOVE. :ACH SIDE NEARLY WON! Vhile Germans Were Pressing Forward They Were Not Expected to (An* ..r \4() a lii livuiui IVVT V VI Ul Form.?Germans Active in West. Near the middle of last week the tussian armies that had been so vieorious up to that time in their cammign against Germany in Poland, iuddenly retired from Lodz, after ionic of the severest fighting of the European war. A dispatch reaching his country on Thursday summed up he situation as follows: The center of the german lines in tussian Poland having occupied Lodz t is pushing eastward after the rearing Russians, according to official mnouncement made in Berlin. Neverheless, the strain on both sides has >een terrific and the losses heavy, so hat a lull soon probably will set in >n this part of the eastern battle Yont, while the troops recuperate. The Russians continue to assert hat their retirement from Lodz was i strategical necessity rather than a i defeat, but it will take future developments to show whether that daim ij correct. Twice driven br.ck Yom Warsaw, the Germans again arc n position to advance on the capital )f Russian Pohinrl nml /*v/?n PriC sh press which minimizes the imporancc of the taking of Lodz, points hat is on the trunk line railway heween Kalisz and Warsaw which line s held by the invaders probably at n loint considertbly east of the occupied point. It would appear that Germany had l crushing victory almost within her ?rasp and lost it by inability to unite lor forces, while later the Russians .vere successful in gaining a dormilant position which they could not lold. In the west, while it still would appear generally true that the Germans ire more on the defensive than the offensive, the news that they have made i violent attack south of Ypres indicates that they have not abandoned the idea of breaking through to the French coast, and it is said that the lick of the German western army has )ocn concentrated for this latest effort. The fate of Gen. Beyers in South Africa has not yet been absolutely cleared up. If he is dead, as is beieved, it will remove the last importir.t South African rebels. Gen DcWet is a prisoner, Col. Maritz a fugitive ind most of the commands have been oroken up. The general situation toward th snd of last week, as it was learned ir this country, was stated as follows: The Russian war office declares v serious defeat has been inflicted or the Germans in one of the three eastern war areas. It is announced that in the region of Cracow, Galicia the Germans were routed, their right wing being turned and that they arc oeing pursued. German losses are descibed as enormous. Is has been suggested in London that the Russians would content them selves with remaining on the defensive in Poland, after recent German successes there, and that, sending reinforcements into Galicia, they would ittempt to invade Germany from the south, across tho Silesian border. Although Russia has not yet admitted the fall of Lodz, the official anlouncement contains the suggestion that the lighting in that vicinity has aeon less in her favor than is said to io the case in Galicia. The Russian innouncement stated that in the battle near Piotrkow, a Polish city 22 rules southeast of Lodz, "we were ony partially successful." In the north engagements are in progress east of the border of East Prussia. A previous official statenent from Berlin spoke of the presence of Russians on German territory ibout HO miles west of the frontier. According to curent reports in Rome, Italy as a possible ally and is lending all her efforts to keep that lation out ot the war. It is said Prince Von Buelow, ambassador to Rome, has been authorized to arrange he cession to Italy of the Province of rrent, formerly Italian territory, and copulated largely by Italians, which las been in possesion of Austria for a lentury. Attacks by the allies and counter at ;acks by the Germans in the west ipparently have not thus far made essential changes in the opposing armes' positions. The Germans have resumed the offensive in Belgium with Prance. In the Argonnc also hard ighting is in progress. , r:jr lacking in shrewdness ?????? 'nrorant Moro Ruler QuIck-Witted ; Lr.ourjh to Devise Clever Schcms to "Save His Face." Tho Moro lords of the Island of Mi ularno in the Philippines?they, ere called datos?although nearer sav-j ages than barbarians, do not want native wit and shrewdness. A young lieutenant who has seen service there1 tell3 the following Incident, which shows how clever one of them was, in concealing his ignorance: Some of the retainers of old Da to Mundi. who lorded it over a few hun- j dred fuzzy-headed, bolo-chopping na- \ tives in the Mindanao liills back of 0110 of tho army stations, sneaked j down one dark night and stole half a j dozen cavalry licrses from the corral.! Tho commanding colonel, much in-, censed at tho theft, had some native trackers trail tho horses to the very i village where tho old date held ins , ll} . ? ... primitive conn. rortnwun no sent llio young lieutenant, with a formidable escort of kluikl-clad troopers, to bear a letter to the tlato that demanded instant restitution of the horses under penalty of immediate war. A half-breed interpreter went along with the party. j The lieutenant found the dato, who had word of his coming, seated in solemn state. He wore a gown of angry . turkey-red calico, while scores of cockatoo feathers bristled in his wool. Heavy rings gleamed on his fingers and toes. Around him were ranked a score of his warriors. The interpreter translated the letter. The dato, who could not read or write a word in any language, took, the sheet from his hand and gazed, long and frowr.ingly upon it. I "Veil," said the lieutenant, growing restless, for he was fully aware of tho Moro's complete lack of educa tion, "ask him what his answer is." j The interpreter translated this; whereupon the da to seized a piece of charcoal from the open fire and. making a number of marks upon the back of the letter, returned It to the lieutenant in solemn silence, while his warriors looked on, struck with admiration at their leader's learning. , The lieutenant gazed at the meaningless "hen tracks" that the dato had scrawled across the page, and frowned in disgust. "Tell him," lie cried, impatiently, to the interpreter, "that 1 want to know just what this means; whether we get tlie horses, or whether it's war!" As the hot words were translated to him, the old dato snatched the letter from the lieutenant's hand and, seizing a twig that was burned at one end to a live coal, he swiftly punched three holes through the sheet. Then lie handed it. back to the othcer, drew himself to his full height, and haughtily declaimed something in his native tongue, while his warriors bowed to the ground in awe. "He says," translated the interpreter with a smile, "that he thought every warrior knew that when one ruler answers another ruler's letter by writing on the back of it, it means war; and when he burns three boles through it, it means war twice."? Youth's Companion. ? 1 Horace's Essay. Horace sat and gnawed his pen. Answers, concentrating a lcoh of hatred on the blank sheet of paper before him. From his seat he could see every member of the class (lashing off fluent essays on Henry VIII. His pen alone was idle. "Two minutes more!" came from the teacher. Then Horace, in desperation, seized his pen and made a bid for fame, as follows: "Henry VIII was a king of England, and the greatest widower as never was. lie was born at a place called Anno Domino, and he had sixty i wives. The first he ordered to be executed, but she was beheaded. lie revoked the second, and the third died; and then ho married Annie Bowling, the daughter of Tom Bowling. When he died he was succeeded on the throne by his Aunt Mary. Her full name was Mary Queen of Scots, or the Lay of the Last Minstrel." For StufJy of Tropical Diseases. Recently the foundation-stone of the new School of Tropical Medicine at Calcutta was laid by the governor of Bengal. The government of India provided $11>5,000 for the site and laboratory and is to contribute for the upkeep of the school. The institution is unique in the tropics. The special work of the laboratory will bo to investigate on practical lines the causes of tropical diseases in the Calcutta hospitals, with a view to finding more accurate methods of diagnosis and improved treatment. Tropical diseases cause over one-third of the deaths in Calcutta, and at least a large proportion in India as a whole, and the possibilities of carrying out practically important investigations of such diseases will be limited only by the amount of financial support afforded the new institution. The institute will accept students from all over the world. Well Polished. "See how that table-knife shines, dear?" said the young wife, finishing the dish-washing after dinner. "Yes, dear," replied her husband; "that is the one, I think, your uncle ate his apple pie with, today." i He Could Do It. 1 "Next time you call," said the editor to the correspondent, "bring something snappy." "All right," replied the man, "I'll bring wile." WINTER HAS B88U8HT HOG KILLING T!MF. Davn That Are to Co A:-Rife With Peril to Porkers WAY TO KILL AND CURF Clomson Live Stool: Man C Cfcrs Pointers That Will Help at hog-killing Time Clemson College Hoc. 02.?The arrival of the holiday season, a familiar crispness and tingling in the air, am it is winter, with things to bo done on the farm that are peculiar to winter. When temperatures drop and seem determined to stay near the bottom of the thermometer, preparations for hog-killing begin to go forward. It is j likely that the death rate among the porkers in South Carolina will begin to increase amazingly, now that cold weather has come, and P. H. Calvin, live-stock demonstration expert of Clemson College, has prepared a state ment on hog-killing in which lie gives some pointers that will prove helpful to those who note the m. Many hogs arc killed on the farm. according to Mr. Calvin, and their meat so cured that it is hardly palatable. It is either too dry, too hard, or more or less tasteless, too salty, or has one of a number of other fau'ts which are due to slaughtering improper kinds of hogs and to improper methods of handling the meat. The live stock agent at Clemson advises that the ideal hog to butcher is one that is fat but not too fat, and ipreferable that (his fat has been put on with good farm crops which have perhaps been harvested in the fields by the hogs themselves. Such crops are rape, soy beans, peanuts and corn. What is fed to a hog during the fattening period influences the flavor of the meat. The killing should be done on a clear, cold day, but it is not necessary to wait for a zero morning, when every one might suffer, to do the butchering. It is important that the carcass cool out quickly and if the da> is rather warm the butchering should be done in the afternoon since it is usually coldest at night. All feed should be kept from the hog for twenty-four hours before killing. Bleeding should be rapid and complete and as soon as the hog is dead he should be scalded, scraped and the internal organs removed as soon as possible. Water at a temperature of 150 to 155 degrees gives the most satisfactory results on the farm and keeping the hog in water at this temperature for 1 1-4 miutes should cause the hair to loosen and slip easily. The carcass should be hung up and washed with clean, cold water and the internal organs removed as soon a? the hair has been completely taken off. Next the carcass should be spread open as wide as possible until the next morning. Two lZ-hich sticks inserted crosswise in the opening will help to keep the carcass open and will let it cool out more quickly Of the two common methods of curing meat on the farm dry salting which is understood by most farmers often produces meat which becomes too hard, dry and salty, but excellent meat may bo made by this method. The other way is to immerse the meat in a brine solution. This is one of the very best methods ami danger of unsatisfactory results is reduced to a minimum. The brine solution is as follows for each 100 pounds of meat: 12pounds of common salt, 3 pounds brown sugar, 3 or. saltpetre. 0 gallons water. These ingredients a mild bo boiled together gently for an hour. U is Iwwf 4 4 U ~ 4'-; } 1 to Uic4i\0 cue* uiiiiC X.ill* nay immersing as it should be cold when used. A well cleaned syrup barrel is i f ?"# * r">? I 1 Cm. I Kn hviiin :iml The pieces of moat should be nicely trimmed and placed in the barrel meat side up, and a heavy weight placed on top. Then the brine should bo poured over the meat so tha the top piece of meat will bo at least two inches below the surface of the brine. The brine should be examined frequently and should it become ropy or tainted each piece of meat should be carefully washed and a new brine made. Small pieces of meat should remain in brine from 110 to 40 days and large hams might remain 50 days. When the meat has been in brine the required length of time, it should be taken out, hung up for two or three days Three or four days should be sufficient if a tight house is used. After smoking, the meat should be allowed to cool, and may then he wrapped in paper and placed in a strong hag which is tied tightly and hung up. The outside of the bag should be painted with a solution to keep out insects. A paste made of lime, glue and water will answer the purpose. eiiSHWM is I NE: lARLESTCfl I C'vf-'i Lino Sbnmcr Apache I Passed the Cruiser Last 1 Wednesday TWELVE MA~Y~BEOFF COAST B< lievecl That C' nv er V/as the Lancaster.-I)hi Hot Speak Passenger Vessel (News & Couric~.) At least one large llritish cruiser is patrolling the Atlantic con-i not far from the shores of South Carolina, according to information brought here on the Cldye steamer Apache yesterday. Oflieials of the steamship saw a British cruiser with four funnels Wednesday night south of Cape Hatteras. It is believed that the warship is the Lancaster, for no other fourfunneled cruiser has been reported in the Atlantic Ocean. The cruiser was steaming slowly along the coast with all lights out, according to the Apache officials. When the Clyde steamer was seen by the Englishman the latetr turned his searchlights upon the coastwise vessel and shifted it from bow to stern. Apparently satisfied as to the nature of the Apache the cruiser extinguishde her searchlight and was not seen again. First in ?omc Time. This is the first foreign warship to have been sighted as near Charleston as the Lancaster was Wednesday night since the beginning of the war. A French cruiser was reported off tho norrnorn coast ot Morula several months ago by the Philadelphia and New Orleans Transportation Company's steamship Ruby, but the French warship was then considerably farther from Charleston than the Lan caster, if the cruiser seen was that vessel, was Wednesday night. That the Atlantic Ocean is patrolled by English warships has been known for some time. They serve not only to completely prevent the resumption of active service by German merchant vessels, but it is believed that all of the warships on this side of the Atlantic have been making efforts to locate the German cruiser Karlsrhue. Crowding the Wireless. At least twelve Rritish warships are now patrolling the Atlantic between New York and the Panama Canal, sweepng the seas with their wireless, crowding ordinary commercial radios from the air and keeping close check on all forms of shipping, according to wireless operators on the steamship Ancon, which arrived at New York recently from Cristobal. The wireless activity of the war vessels, the operators said, is causing great inconvenience to the commercial work of American vessels, as the high powered waves of the men-of-war are heard continuallly, in uter disregard of commercial business. "These warships," one of the Ancon's operators said, "pay no attention to the rules governing wireless operations. With their high-power apparatus they cut into the middle of a mes sage and absolutely db regard all requests to keep out. We have no means of identifying the ships as they use code exclusively?code that appears to bo made up of a combination of num bers. Wo counted twelve different warships that jammed our wireless on the way up." Items of Interest. In India there is only a proportion of one woman physician of any grade for "00.0(H) women and children. The Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society does much for children in Assam, South India, Japan, China, Africa, the Phillipines and Barneo. They also maintain hospitals and dispensaries. The United Brethren foreign board has a dispensary in China where Dr. Bigger, a woman physician, treated 29.D00 patients last vmr?-almost all children. In Canton, China, they maintain a school for girls. According: to a statement in the annual report of Dr. VV. M. Riggs, president of Clcmson College, the graduating class of 1915 is likely to he the largest in Clemson's history, going considerably above the one hundred mark. Clemson Often Inspected. During the last session, Clcmson College, the agricultural and mechanical college of South Carolina, was inspected by the legislative committee, the State Board of Health, the Clcmson College Board of Visitors, the Cii-J.- nr- T-V . ? 1 uiuwu ouues war uepanmeni ana the Office of Experiment Stations, United States Depart.-ent of Agriculture. From all these inspections the college has gratifyiug reports. Time Has Expired. Large sums of money were spent by the several political parties in the recent campaign in Pennsylvania several of them going into debt. The time for filing expense accounts expired last Friday night.