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Yourou Hom .PapeprE N Gives e ews THE PICKENS SENTINEL Entered April 23, 1903 at Pickens. S. C. as second class mail matter. nder act ofCongress of March . 1879 PUBILISHED WEEKLY * nteoee PICKENS, S. C., SEPTEMBER 24 1914 Esatisnea-r ,- me 44 BATTLE OF AISNE IS IN PROGRESS Pushed Back Near Belgian Border B: Allies Germans Make Desper ate Stand RUSSIANS ARE IN CONTROI Of Situation In Galicia and Are Pro gressing in Poland and Russia Against Germans The second great battle between thi allied armies of Great Britain ani France against the Germans in thi northern part of France is in progress I It is the battle of the Aisne. Thi Germans are strongly entrenched i1 .1 the mountains in the region of thi Noyon on the river Oise, northwest o Paris. Their battle line extends to th, river Meuse, north of the Verdun Strong reinforcements, probably fron Lorraine, has strengthened their lineE Allies Win Battle of Marne. When the German armies invadei France from Belgium they swept thi allies before them and -pushed steadil: forward until they *ere almost unde: the walls of Paris. Then the tide o the battle turned. The allies were thi 'pursuers and the Germans the pursued This was known as the battle of th4 Marne. The battle ended when th< Germans had been driven north of thi Aisne river and the allies were thi victors. Three Million Men Engaged. It is predicted that the battle of thi Aisne will be even more appallii r than the battle of the Marne. Militaz' experts estimate that there are nearl3 3,000,000 men assembled on a battli line about 110 miles long. Thousand: of lives will be sacrificed in the at tempt of the armies of the defender to push the invaders out of France 1 The Germans have left a sufficien ,t force in Belgium to protect their re treat through that country in th4 event they are forced to fall back. - Reinforcements For Germans. Word has been received that Ger many has recalled the armies she sen .from the north of France and Belgiun to East Prussia to check the onwarc rush of the Czar's armies througl East Prussia, and will send them t( the assistance of the Germans i1 France. Move For Peace la On. The negotiations that have been go ing on between the United States an( 01 Germany with regard to a movemen 8 for peace have given little encourage ment. Von Bethmann-Hollwegg, thi 'imperial chancellor of Germany, ha: suggested. to United States Ambassa dor Gerard at Berlin that the Unite( States secure terms of peace fron Great Britain, France and Russia "'Germany," he said, "wants permanen peace and protection from further war -fare." President Wilson announced hg Iwould continue his efforts along thi: line. Russians Moving Forward. According to dispatches from Romae and Petrograd, the Russian capital, thi armies of Austria in Galicia are in pitiful condition. At present they arn hovering under the protection of thi forts surrounding Prezemsyl, but thi IRussians have surrounded this loca cidon and are expected to make an at tack at any time. The German troop: that were sent to the assistance of thi t Austrians failed In their mission and themselves were forced to fall back. Undaunted by the former defeat a1 Konigsberg, in East Prussia, the Rus sians are preparing to take advantagi of the withdrawal of a large portion o: the German soldiers in that vicinity who have been ordered to the relie: of the KaIser's armies In France, anc are planning another assault on Ko nigsberg. The Russians are also en joying victories against the Austro German armies in Poland. The armie: of the Czar In Galicia and Poland arn already marching on Berlin and in thi event they are successful In defeatini the Germans in East Prussia it wil be only a short time before there wil be three great armies pushing thel: 1wa'y to Berlin. 1Fighting Spreads to Asia The European war during the pas week spread to Asia and Africa. Thi Japanese, who declared war agains Germany several weeks ago, have be gun an attack on the Gerenlan posses slons in China. The British force: in Africa have begun a campai against the Germans in Africa. Austria In Deep Gloom. The deepest gloom overspreads Auls tria. The government has called thi .last reserves to the colors. News 0: victories over the Servians was giver out to the people of Austria, but thiu has not helped to dispell the depres sion caused by the continual defeat: suffered by their soldiers fighting thi Russians in Galicia. Vienna lives Ir constant fear that the Russians wil change their course in Galicia and in stead of continuing on to Berlin they will encircle the Carpathians and be siege the capital of the dual-monarchy Germany Urges Italy's Aid Rome.-Germany continues to trj to influence public opinion with al kinds of publications; the latest be ing a pamphlet in Italian which ha: been widely distributed and bears the title, "The Truth About the War.' Among the collatforators of the arti cle are Count Ernest Von Revontlow the naval expert; Mathias -Erberger leader of the clerical center in thi Germran reichstag. and Joseph Fredet ich Naumian and Count Oppendorf, alsi membhers of the reichstag. All Equal In One Respect. When Matthew AndM .G eaminer a fellow-inspector of a clas: of girl pupil-teachers asked Arnold ti examine for him. Arnold gave eac] of the young women the "excellent mark. "But," said the other inspector 'surely they are not all as good al they can be; some must be bette: than others." "Perhaps that is so, replied Arnold; "but then, you see ithey are all such very nice girls." BATLES CONTINUE ALL DAY AND NIGH] LEADER OF ALLIED ARMIES GET NEARER GOAL OF TEUTON PLANS. ALLIES ARE HOLDING OWl Fighting Begins Before Day and Lasts Into Night-Battle Divided Along the Line on River Aisne. On the battle front, via of Paris. The gigantic battle ,or more properly battles, continue day and night aloni the entire front from Noyon to, th< frontier. The fighting does not con slat of sustained and combined move ment but in reality of several combat: proceeding incessantly at the strong est points of the Germans defendinj line along the River Aisne. Each encounter, .Lawev.er, infiu ences the execution of the genera Ideea of the commander-in-chief of th, allied armies. Attacks and counter ks follow one another in rapi _ on every hour of the twenty four. During ,the night of September 15 16 the Germans attempted a formida able movement In the Western spher but were met by the French and Bri ish with courage that was marvelou against overwhelming odds. The Gei mans returned to the attack no fewe than 10 times with remarkable tena< Ity and intrepidity but were unable t break through the firm line presente by the allies' Infantry. The fight just before daybreak wa the most violent of all. The German appeared to throw in the charge a that remained of their energy, bt were rolled back with enormou losses. Before retiring behind thei big guns they sacrificed many of thei number, displaying .resolution whic approached desperation. A vigorou counter-attack from the allies ensue< during which a small extent c ground was gained. The night was relatively calm alon *r the front, but today the fighting be came more furious than ever. Du Ing the darkness operations are rer dered difficult owing to the reluc ance of the opposing commanders t use searchlights, which might expos their positions. After this stage of the fight wa concluded the Germans appeared t retire about seven miles. During th combat the adversaries in many in stances came to hand-to-hand clashe and the bayonet was extensively used The carnage was terrifying but th rroops of both armies appear to hay been hardened to such scenes an4 fought with great coolness. V FIGHT CONTINUES, ALLIES FAIL Attermpt to Cut Through Germal Right Was Broken Down. Berlin, via wireless by way of Say yille, L. I. - The following officia statement has been given out by th headquarters of the German genera staff: "The battle between the Qise an< the Meuse rivers still is continuinj but there are serious indications tha the enemy's force is failing. "The French attempt to cut throug] the German right wing was broke; down without notable exertion on th ' German side. *"The German army is advancini slowly but surely.,. -~ A sortie from Verdun on the righ bank of the Mouse was vigorously re pulsed." Another official statement issued b; the German general staff says tha the German airships came up to es dangerous flights. Some of the all pectations after undergoing long ani craft were damaged, but all of then have been repaired. None have bee: '1 destroyed by the enemy. Heavy Austrian Defeat. Rome, via Paris.-Reports frog -- Russia emphasize the magnitude o the Austrian defeat. The number o cannon captured by the Russians I now placed at 1,000. Dropped Projectile. London.-Reuter's Antwerp correu pondent says that another Germal aroplane dropped a projectile in An1 werp and that a man in the street was severely wounded. The natur< ~of the projectile was not ascertained RapId Instructions. LonidonI.-A Reuter dispatch fron Paris says M. Millerand, the Frend~ Minister of War, has decided to sena the 1914 class of troops into camp t< give them the most practical ani ;rapid instructions. French Air Men Work Well. Paris.-The Troyes corresponden "I - .w.. a. Seirt the followinj -, pate : "According to wounde4 -prisoners German aeroplanes hav< been put out of effective actio1 through lack of gasoline. Frenc] aviators on the other hand, have beei doing excellent work. One Frend airman dropped bombs at an import * ant railroad junction with the resul that 10 trains filled with reteatinl Prussians were stalled. In the las convoy of prisoners brought ti Troyes were 17 Imperial guardsmei Month of March In History. March, the month of Martial h the third month o ~s the first month 0 It was considere .h of the year ii ,hange of style I: .ar was reckone .Its last day properly suj, borrowed b; e proerai TROOPS SLEEP IN FLOODED TRENCK[ I RAIN MAKES ARMY LIFE WOR THAN EVER-RIGORS OF * FIGHT. 18 SHIPS ARE DESTROYI Both Sides Report Losses of Vesi to the Enemy on the Seas. Italy Reported Prepared. Reports differ as to the progress the great battle in Northern Frai between the Allied British and Frei armies and Germany. Some indic that there is extremely heavy fight while others tell of great masses troops lying in flooded trenches, mi of them utterly exhausted. At some points, at least, fierce gagements have been fought with tide flowing first in one direction i then In the other. The Allies h won a p6sition here and the Germ have gained one there. But all ports, official and otherwise, ag that there is much fighting yet to done before any material advant can be claimed by either side. The British in the trenches s; "We are slowly beating them bat The French official statement clares that though furiously coun attackel by -superior forces and Ulged to yield some ground this 1 regained almost immediately. Bei officially announces that the Fral British forces have been obliged take the defensive in entrenched sitions and that therefore the re! of the German attacks are slow. teresting information has been gi out by the British Admiralty regi Ing British successes and mis tunes in various waters. The Bri merchant cruiser Carmania has si a German merchant cruiser, suppo to be either the Cap Trafalgar, or Berlin, ofif the coast of South Amer but the German cruiser Koenigsb has disabled the British cruiser gasus, while the latter was overhi ing her machinery in Zanibar harl killing 25 men and wounding m than three times that number and German Cruiser Enden has sunk British -merchant streamers in Bay of Bengal. In fighting around Rheims the r ter of greatest interest has been destruction of the famous cathed one of the most noted structures the world, dating back to the T teenth Century, which is reported have first been pierced by many ( man shells and then to have bi Into flames. Against the destruction of the c, edral the French Government has cided to send through diplomi channels a protest to all the Pow: There has been a review off Island of Halker, by the Sultan, of Turkish fleet, Including the forr German cruisers, Breslau and Goel after which the warships proceeded Constantinople for coal. -Italy, according to reports fr -Rome,; has more than a half mill men under arms. .ALLIES MAKE SLIGHT GAINS -Germans Lose on Left, and Fall Force Break in French Front. Paris.--The French war office sued the- following communication "On our left wing we again ha nr~de a silght advance along the ri bank of the River Olse. "A division of Algerians captu another flag. "All efforts of the Germans, ported by strong artillery to smi our front between Craonne Rheims have been repulsed. "Near Rheims the hill of Brim< a portion of which we had occupi has been retaken by the enemy. return we have taken possession the defenses of La Pompelle Cab five miles East by Southeast Rheims.) "The Germans have roused th< selves to a condition of such fury t without military reason they h; fired on the cathedral of Rhel which is in flames. "On the western side of the gonne our gains are maintained. "In. Woevre there is nothing to nounce. "On the right wing In Lorraine enemy has been driven back bey< the frontier, evacuating in partict the region of Avricourt (a border lage). In the Vosges, the enemy: tried to resume the offensive in neighborhood of St. Die, but with success. "Our attacks progress slowly that side because of the difficulty the ground, the defensive works countered there and the bad weati "As yet we have no certain confi ation of the reduction of the forts previously destroyed at Maubeuge, Germans report the taking of the and even indicate that its gover -will be interned at Torgau (Prussi "The Saxon army has been brol up and Its commander, General i Hausen, has been relieved of his ce mand. The cavalry division of same nationality, which had fou ,In Lorraine at the opening of campaign and later was sent to F sia, has shared the downfall of Austrian army and must have suf ed heavy losses." For FIve Days a Week. 'the Saturday half: iday is general' in England andr the London Daijy Mail has opened I clumnls to a discussion of a five week for all workers. A number ,employing matlufacturers have ready adopted the plan with satis tion. The Nat!efnal Union of Cle 'is enthusiastically- n favor of the 14 .Activities of the important Brij tosiness men alreally are limited We Announce With Pleasure Our it Opening Display -OF t l Pattern and Tailored F Hats L". Trimmed and Untrimmed a 01 it Imported Feathers and Flowers u >e October 1,2and 3 Your Early Inspection Invited a e i Mrs. H. Y. Smith. re Rear of Patterson Store s SENECA, - - - S. C. SOMETHING GOOD t - + TO DRINK e Bennington-Hall Bakerized Steel y Cut Coffee The Votan Mocha and Java a Coffee X The Votan Tea is the Bfst in the .9 -.WorldX - A mellow, fine and satisfying - T Coffee and Tea with a de- -*. W * lightful, lingering after -taste I; C Folger, Thornley & Co. t r. -- ill Anthony Burks. a farmer of to Dekalb county, was awakened the other night by a raging toothache, iccording to friends - who brought the story to At lanta. le rushed in thte dark, went. to the pantry and got a r n bottle which he thought con- E e.n taied liniment. He rubbed 2 iy his face and was cured almost al at once. Next morning his ex Lt- cellent set of red whiskers had .od turned a bright blue. He had. _ &ot hol( of a bottle of indigo by Y mistake. rs Daily Thought. rid You cannot dream yourself into a 10- character; you must hammer and I forge yourself into one.-Froude. t Notice LNY FRIENDS: incompleteness of and the possibility some of our best rave decided not to aitations this sea through this med e that on Thursday eptember 24 and .ay a beautiful and f Fall and Winter hich we most cor i to attend. inery Shop rnley & Co's. Store [ary Cashion, Proprietors.1 dially invited toj and our' OPENING + t our + DEPARTMENT 4 peng in our + F DEPARTMENT + r and Friday + 7 and8 8 914 4 .Bolt & Co. ey, S.C.4 JEMOCRATS AGREE~ ON FULL WAR TA) |EPUBLICANS ARE FIGHTIN( BILL PROVIDING FOR SUM OF $105,000,000. VILL TAX ALL THE BANKERW 'heatre TIckets, Pullman Bertha Pool and Billiard Rooms, Legal Papers, Circuses, Tobacco, etc. Washington.-An emergency reve ue bill to provide $105,000,000, ta3 ig beer, wines, gasoline, sleepini nd parlor cars tickets, insurance, tel grapk and telephone messages musements and a variety of doct ents was agreed on by Democrat f the house ways and means commil e and was introduced- by Democrati .eader Underwood early this week. Republicans of both house an enate have already gone on recor i opposition to any war tax meae re. Democrats hope to rush th Ill through the house. The big figh ill be in the senate. The committee increased the it ernal revenue tax on beer by-50 cent barrel, making the new tax tota 1.50. Domestic wines are to be ta3 d 20 cents a gallon on sweet wine nd 12 cents a gallon on dry wines |asoline Is to be taxed two cents i allon. - Stamp tax provisions and .the ta n tobacco dealers, brokers, bankers nd amusements, as carried in sched le A, will continue in effect until DA ember 31, 1915. The remainder o e bill will be in force until repealed Bankers are to be taxed two dollar n each $1,000 of capital, surplus ani ndivided profits; brokers will pa: 50 each, pawnbrokers $20; commei lal $20: customs house brokers, $1( >roprietors of theaters, museumns an oncert halls in cities of 15,000 popt tions or more are to pay $100 eacl 1ircus proprietors are to pay $10 . year, proprietors of other amrust Lents $10 and proprietors of bowlin .leys and billiard rooms $5 for eac .Iley or table. . Tobacco dealers and manufacturer .re to be taxed the same as in 189 xcept that in the largest cities, "t< acco dealers not specifically provi< d for" the tax is to be $4.80 eacl n 1899 there yas a $12 tax on t4 acco dealers having annual sales 0.000 pounds or more. Bonds and certificates of indebte< ess are taxed five cents for each $10 nvolved, and freight express receipi me cent each with a mandatory pn ision that the shippers must pa his tax. Telephone messages are t e taxed one cent on all tolls of 1 ents or more and telegrams on ent a message. The bill carries taxes of 50 cent n erxh indemnity bond, two cent n each certificate of profits, 25 cent n each certificate of damage and 1 ents for each certificate not especia y provided for. Life insurance policies are to b~ axed eight cents on each $100 an Ire, marine, - casulty, fidelity an guaranty Insurance policies one-ha ent, on each dollar,.as in 1898. Good ithdrawn from sustom houses wi >ay a stamp tax of 50 cents as I .898, but the 25 cent tax~ on _eac varehouse receipt imposed In 189.8 >mitted. The 1898 tax of from I ~ents to one dollar for entry of good Lt customs houses, according t ralues, is renewed. F'or each seat In a palace car an or each berth in a sleeping car tb ax now Is to be two cents againm he one cent war tax of 1898. Tickets from a United States p0: o a foreign port will be taxed froi >ne dollar to five dollars each, accor' g to the value of the ticket as I L898. Other provisions are: Brokers' col racts, 10 cents; deeds and other col reyances, 50 cents when not exceed ng $500 in amount and 50 cents f< bach additional $500; mortgages ents for each $1,500; power of a orney to vote, 10 cents; power 4 Lttorney to sell, 25 cents; protest tnote, bill of acceptance, etc., :ents. Because of constitutional question :he committee eliminated altogeth4 loreign bills of exchange, chart4 grements, manifstos and foreig ills of lading and also struck out a ~eference to stamp tax on check ills of exchange, drafts and depos erticates and postoffice mone yrders and on leases. Loose Lives in Schooner Wreck. Astoria, Ore.-Between seventy at ighty men, women and childre: oastfise passengers and crew, wel irowned when a steam schooner wt >ounded to pieces in a gale 60 milt May Close Wireless Station. Washington.-U~nles sa prompt at satisfactory explanation is forthcor ing of the action of the Marconi Wir Less Telegraph Company of Ameri< in receiving and forwarding a me age from the British cruiser Suffo] :o a British Admiralty agent in Ne York regarding supplies for the wa ship, the company's station at Sia ::onsett, Mass., will be closed "for a :ommnation." This was the rep: :, Secretary Daniels to . protests< the company. DaIly Thought. The greatest part of what we se or do being unnecessary, if a ma takes this away he will have mo: leisure and less uneasiness.-Ma.rC1 Aelius. Large Sums for Advertising. One firm in the British Isles pa about $7'20,000 a year-for adVertli and another $486,000: A thirdiss a trade catalogue at ~the cost fof $24 Pickens County to Have Fair Exhib The State Fair has made a ' rangz!ments for each county . the state to have an exhibit : Columbia during fair week. Tl SE association has set aside a lar building to be used by the cou ties. The space for each count is 15 feet deep and 12 feet wid We are expected to get up fine exhibit and it will not i ED at all to fall down on this, as means something to this count If. you have anything growi: cia on the farm this year that y c think will make an exhibit 1 sure and save it. We are e: pecting to show all staple croi of i and the cost of shipping will 1 ice 'paid by the State Fair. ch The ladies are expected 1 te have an exhibit of canned[ frui Ing and vegetables. of If anyone has any large pum Lny kins, citrons, gourds, squashe en- or anything of the kind, sai the them and they will help out i nd making up the exhibit. ve The departnent of agricultu ns require the demonstration agen re- to see after all shipping and r ree turning products to parties th: be send same. 'g* Remember to save some fu cotton, cane, corn, potatoes, a ples, and so on, and our demoi stration agent will call and tal r charge of it if you will notif ob him. lin Mr. Townes Also Thankful CO to Editor Sentinel: Please allo p** me space in your valuable pap mt to express my genuine than] In en and appreciation to my frien< rd. for the excellent vote that I r !or. ceived on the 8th of Septemb( sh The race is good and I am st ink running. I want mN friends sed work to that end. the Very respectfully, ca, HENRY A. TOWNES. argI Pe u1. -r. $100 Reward, $100 )oThe' readers of this paper will pl ed to learn that there is at least o ore dreaded disease 'that science has be the able to-cure In all its stages, and that Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the or six positive cure now known to -the ruedji the fraternity. Catarrh being a conztitutiol disease, requires a constitutional tre ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is takenI ternally, acting directly upon the blo at- and mucous surfaces of the system, the the by destroying the foundation of the d ease. and giving the patient strength ral, building up the constitution and am;sisti in nature In doing Its work. The propriet have so much faith In Its curative Do Iilr- ers that they offer One Hundred Doll to for any case that It fails to cure. Se e Address F. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, Ob Lrst Sold by all Druggists, 'roe. Take Hll's ramfl Pills for constipation. .th- - -- -- - ~ the - TO OUR MI Owing to the our mailing list tof overlooking customers, we I issue personal il atson. But wish -ed ium to announC - and Friday, S S25, we will disp] r. attractive line c 'n Millinery, to w~ a dially invite yo1 ofl Thie Mill At Folger, Th< A- Misses Grace and NV ias 4 +h You are cor an att< of1 4 m"er* FALL ot r *o MILLINERY 4 also the o: SLADIES' SUI? t~ IThursda ler. Sept. _l* Edwin I ish1 AUSTRIAN SHARPSHOOT a X. t WIN "'. =17 Austrian sharpshooters along the D the Servian troops. Thrilling Rescue by Submarine 3 London.-"The most romantic, dra matic and piquant episode that mod ern war can show," says a naval lieu tenant in Aescribing an episode in the I Heligo!and fight. His letter reads: "The Defender, having sunk an ene my, lowered a whaler to pick up her swimming survivors; before the wha ler got Sack an enemy's cruiser came up and chased the Defender, and thus 3 she abandoned her whaler. Imagine I their feelings; alone in an open boat without food, twenty-five miles froin the nearest land, and that land the en emy's fortress, with nothing but fog : and foes around them. Suddenly a swirl alongside, and up, if you please, pops his Britanic majesty's submarine E-4, opens his conning tower, takes them all on board, shuts up again, dives and brings them home 250 miles! Is not that magnificent? No novel would dare face the critics with an s episode like that in it, except, perhaps, Jules Verne; and all, true! Magnifi cent, indeed, and it is war." German-American Protest Rejected Washington.-President Wilson de . lined to receive Horace L. Bland of f Chicago, who came to present mes sages from several German-American . organizations protesting against the 0 charges of atrocities made by the Bel 5lgian commission against the German ) army. The president took the position that 0 he had already refused to permit na 5 tives of other belligerent countries liv eing in the United States to discuss the war with him and that the messages of the German-kmericans were not of the same nature as those brought Sby the Belgian commissioners. He 0planned to write a letter to Mr. Brand ~explaining that his recent statement on neutrality addressed to the Ameri can people should apply equally to al eliving in this country. d Peace Move Appears Hopeless itWashington.-Great Britain has re Sceived no proposal for peace, either 1directly or indirectly, from Germany or Austria, and, therefore, has nothing b .to say On the subject. SThis was the substance of a . mes 5 sage received by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice', SBritish ambassador here, from Sir Ed Sward Grey, British foreign secretary. The ambassador had inquired whether any peace proposal was before his gov ernment in view of persistent rumors 0from Berlin that proposals were being iexchanged. Coincident with the receipt of this tinformation from Great Britain it was learned authoritatively that President Wilson had not pursued either with SGreat Britain, France or Russia the in formal suggestion of the imperial Ger man chancellor that "it was up to the SUnited States to obtain a statement of peace terms from the allies." ,Moving Toward Russian Frontier ~.London.-The Daily Telegraph's ~fRome correspondent says he learns fthat eight German army corps left 5 France and Belgium for the Russian frontier. Servians Capture Semlin r Nish, Servia--The Servian offensive nmovement continues successfully on 1the left batik of the Save. No import ant developments along the lower Di ina have been'reported since the Ser vians victory on September 9. The following official statement was is sued: "On our northern front, after taking Semlin, our troops still con d tinue successfailly to pursue the of fensive. The hurried nature of the flight of the enemy at Semlin can be eestimated by the quantity of provis ions, equipment and arms found." British Victory in Africa d London.-A dispatch from Cape Town to Reuter's says the Fourth South African mounted rifles, com manded by Colonel Daetson, after two night marches, surprised the German force which had occupied a drift sixty miles from Steinkopf, in the Mama rqualand. After.a sharp skirmish the Germans were epledto surrende'r. 1Another Cape 'fown dispatch reports that the action took place at Ramon's Drift, an important strategic posi Ition. Worth Knowing. Few peg9le will say that Noah took nmore than two of each kind of ani e mal and fowl into the Ark, yet here is a what the Bible says on the subject (Gen. vii:2): "Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens te male and his female, and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female." (Gen. vil:3): - *fowls also of the air by sevenis, tg emale .and the female; to keep- seg ERS HOLD BACK SEB x,. anube river checking the advance of Battle of Aisne in Progress London.-For five days the British and French armies have been -trying to dislodge the Germans from the strong line- of defenses which they have constructed on the battle front stretching from the Oise to the M4seu rivers. There have been at counter attacks, but, in .words the official communi "there his been no change In the situation." The allies claim to have made slight progress at some points against the German right wing north of the river Aisne and to have repulsed Craonne and Rheims, while they say in the cen ter and on the right the Germans are acting purely on the defensive, having "dug themselves Into entrenchments." The German official reports are. al most identical with those of the allies They say no decision has been reach ed, but that the allies' power of resist ance is weakening; that a French at tempt to break.their zight-Ias failed, that in the center the 'Gernans are gaining ground slowly and that mall from Verdun have been repulsed. It would seem from all this that the commanding gene-als have not yet", found the weak points in their oppon-. ents' dispositions and that each Is" withholding his determlihed blowfor, as Lord Kitchener safd in the house of lords, "the right moment." British Fly Across Channel London.-So little has appeared re garding the movements of the British - aerial forces that the following ex cerpts from a discussion of its activi ties by one professing to be closely connected with this branch of the ser vice is interesting. Speaking of the sending of thirty six British aeroplanes across the chin nel by air, which wals kept secret for some time,-he says: "As a combine flight, tnat surpassed anything ever done In aviation; but it, A was only -part of a -bfg~movement; oth er machines-had flowfr scrods the pre- ' viousday, and at the-preseit moment - three full Jsquadrons, Nes. 2, 3 and 4, each gonsistigig of-:.twelve-aeroplanes, - esides .reserves, .spaessaud motor transport, are with -the .-eipeditionary force. But apart from the news of two fatal accidents, and the appear ance in the casualty .lists of an air man's name among the wounded, noth ing authentic has been published con cerning the doings of the royal flying corps. -. -- Russian VIctory in Prussia Petrograd.-The following commiun ication was Issued by the chief of the general staff: "On the front in Eastern Prussia the armies of 'General Rennenkamipf defi nitely stopped the offensive movement of the Germans. At several points the Germans are falling back and shifting to new positions.. "On the Austrian front thegpursuit of the enemy continues. Th Ra sians are approaching the de~e . positions of Sienawa, Jarosai a'nd Przemsya (Galicia)." Germans Deny Defeats Washington.-The German embassy received the following wireless from Berlin: "All the French-English reports .of. victoriegof battles in France areun true. The German retreat of the ws ern wing was a practical maneuver not affecting the strategical position. French attempt to break through the center of the German position wasi victoriously repulsed. "There Is confirmation of German successes at several points of long extended battlefield. French Laugh at Siege Guns London.-The Paris co of the Daily Telegraph says the of the German siege guns-As to two points. They can be over muddy roads and they - derful armor-piercing qual~5 used against forts. In tified positions their effect on2 diers Is terrible; some ans in the Liege forts were2 crazy. But the French laugh effect in the open. Uncle Eben. "De :gan dat brags ab~~. bin' no bad nabits," safil "in't countin' braggin-8~ To Keep Plan@f - A glass jar placed in the-very the wood from