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WOULD ADOPT FRENCH BOY. kretched Conditioln of French Chil. dren ApitenIls to Son of Former Liaurens 31ani1 in France, - 'e following letter clipped from The lMcCormirck Mlessnger', was writ ten by llenjamlii C. lramliett, a mem lber of the American Expeditionary Force In Prance, to his fat her, Rev. F. L. IIranilett. a former Laurens county man now living at McCormilek. Aly Dearest Mama and Papa: As t have the time to write a few lines this morning, I will try to give you all the news hi short. I have been to the front ald heard the shIls whistle. One town that I was lin was shelled almost every day about S a. Iml., 12:30 p. m. and 5 p. m. These are the hours that they try to send a few reminders over; but they did practically no damage at all while I was there. I suppose that yott are all keepig up with life present drive the Germans are making. We think the erisis of this great war Is at hand. This seems to be the delcsive battle that is waging now. The Germans are sacrifleing thousands upon tou sands. of iien every (lay to aceomplish their alms, but it Is all in vain. Of course, they are gaining a little ter ritory, but just look at the men they are losing on fihe other hand. Thero is no military gain in their drives at all. Watcl the papers and see the tide change. A Complete victory is all that is In sight for the allies. I Jill say that. the Amerlean soldiers i making a splendid showing. and occasionally they fool Fritz, and oh, my, Ihey do .et sore at them. I have soie beautiiful souvenirs I would like to solnd home, but will just waiit and bringt them, for we are all coulntling onl being back in America by Christmas. \\Tl), I have about 2iven you all of the"Nwar niews of interest, so T will o-n d(avorI to CIvO yol some11l idea of how I have been far in since I have been inl FranCe. We Ihavye siIfteld aroid sev t al H imes since our arrival, but fortinately I have been able to rent me a hed ill everv towil I have been ill excelit two, and I d 1n' 1 hink there wc-r, anyi ted -z itn thes4e towns. The Frelnrih hols are fine. They are just Iarigw enou1gi to accommodate oin1 comfortaly. but sometimes two of us miaeeze in. They believe in hav in twen.v of featlers in them. and ther are 1 high I that oewsionally you lhave to Ilimb th1.' hed ]lost to gel in them. It Just would nlot do fo a fellow to toll in his slep very muich. You only have to pay o(le frane a day for a room and bed, whicl is reasonable enotigi, NOT UTTERED BY KOSCIUSZKO Famous Polish Patriot Denied Having Used Phrase Which Has Been So Generaliy Credited to Him. Like most sayings attributed to great ien, "Finis Polonine," the end of Poland, lais no historical founda tioni whatever. It was put inuo the mouth of Field Marshal 'I'adeusz Koseiiszko (17-16-1781) in No. 24 of the oflicial Sud-Preussisele Zeit ung of October 25, 1794. It was said that Kosciuszko on his flight after the battle of Maciejowice got stuck in a sandhill the Cossacks had shot his horse under his body, and when he jumped from his horse he was wouiided in the back of the head. The Cossacks then carried him on foirr poles into their camp, where he handed over his sword with the cry, "Finis Regni Poloniae." In a letter to Count Louis Philip pe de Segur of November 12, 1803, who incorporated it in his "Tableau Ilistorique et Politique de l'Europe de .1784-96." Paris, 1800, Kosciuszko emphatically denies having utter2' this cry. The Poles replied to this spurious cry of lament with the faious Dom browski march of an unknown au thor: "Jeszeze Polska n ie zginela" ("Poland iS not yet lost"), first sung by the Polish legion organized by Dombrowski uinder Bonaparte in) 1796. PERFECTLY AT HOME IN AIR Lumiere, French Aviator, Does Some Remarkable "Stunts" That Would Seem to Invite Disaster. Tle wild man ini the Nieuport was out. agaiin Ib is moorninggivtin some' .ne N oy ride, says a letter of St art Xalcl t. .I l iino-Allieriealli air serv ice, plublishcd in the National (Geo graphie Magazinie. h'lere is a long straiglt stretch of road in froit of our piste and ie came down that sev eral times, a nasty, putffy wimid blow inl,, which lo lered hii n ot at all, flying only two or thnree feet off the groutid. In front of the piste is a Ielephone wi re crossing the road. Ile coame along the road 100 miles in hour tin tit almost onl top of the wire, and jt(ped up j ust, inl timte to clear it by a few feet --really beautifil work. as that is, only 20 cents in Amerlcan 111011ey. Of course this includes all lecessary things to a bati, such as towels, soap, water, and a hot l)ricl( at your feet at night. Anybody would laugh at the idea of placing a hot brick in the bed in America, but let Ime tell you, on a cold night they are fine. WnII you are lucky enouigh to rent a room in a ioie where t here is a prot ty little French maid, when you go in at night she will get ot her French American dit1ionary and try to con verse with you. Well, you can lim gine it 'is some talking. She Iight be blessing you out and you would have an idea that she was trying to tell You that she was In love with yoil. I Just tell them "wee" (yes iII our language.) Thoy sit and talk to me until they get mad. I say "wee" to nearly every thing they say and they think I unlder stand fully, but they soon realize I do tills in fun and they are gone. Such Is life in France. Papa, I am .thinking of adopting a French child. There are iithousands of them here that have neilher father or mother living, and you might say they are homeless. It will cost 500 franes to adopt. one. and lie will be well cared for by the Red Cross, or at least. they will see that lie is taken care of and looked after. I woulud like to have your advice In tlie matter. Yolu see I amn wasting more inoney than I really need, and I can easily spare 1) franes a lionti. wlel'h amounts to $20.00, and then h1ave a plenty to run mue. I am going to take the matter lp withi tihe au thorities and investi gate it and will write you what we de (ile upoll. I want to adopt a boy 5 years of age. You will not(e that I am nunihering my letters, this is No. 1) and I w'ou1ld sulgges;t that you nu1timber yours so I eai know if I miss any. well, I will close. exmept. I will say I long to bw where Ile "cotto blossom'; grow" ole more tile. Give my regarls to all. Wit I lots or love, I am, your (he voted son, lienjimin C. 1,i1nol11tt. l l' 1 1,T S 11' 1, , S T .\ Rt T1, -: E , .\ A('.It i 4fS S I'vople are- surprised atl 110 I - pur e taaropiik eye wash. A il wihlth weak, tr4 n'd eyes wa. flelpcd by ONN apli al.lon. [li other could not sew 01' readM bec- .-Le of eye pains. It one wee - her oubles.. were goi. A small hott l.avopt1ik is guaran t'en(l to help every e'nje Jop Weak, str a-ilncd or illflailed eyes. ONH W.\SII startles with its quick reul ts. Aluminum eye cup free. rthe Eueka Drug Company. Sibscribe to The Advertiser. Te goes all over ~the surrounding country flying low, hopping over trees anid liouses-sometimes turn ing up1) sideways to slip between I wo trees a bit too close totethler to fly througI-sometimes ragging 'a wiig tihriouigl the space between a Couple of haniiigars or doing vertical virages just in front of them. It doesn't seei possible that any man can be so much a part of his machine, cahi be Po consistently ne curate that lie never misses. For this chap, Luinere, has never had a smash. OUR MEN HUNT THE BOAR. In this country (northern France) the wild boar has become a wartime nuisance. It hangs out in the thick ets, from whiich it makes its forays against growing crops. Once the sporting tendencies of the native gentry kept them down ; but since the war began they have enjoyed great inmunity in their night raids. And some of our men, waiting for orders or for billets, have taken to the sport, Will Irwin writes in the Saturday Evening Post. You use a blunderbuss of a shot gun, loaded with buckshot of exag gerated Size. So armed, you wait In a paith of the thicket while dogs range it, diiving tlie boars ahead of them. You i have only a momientary chance to shioot when the boar jumps across your pati. 'I'be captain who headed the party that day got no boars, but the corporal who weiit with hii got Iwo. WHALEBONE GETTING COSTLY. European i'co-rst imikers have hIt! to returnii to the use (f wh a1,IPClIe which for 111anv years had gire 1 place to stIel as a stilingi for "stav." And it is vlso being us1d againi ftor umbih relha ribs. h1 dll be catuse of tle shortae of sttel. As a (onsequ1ieice the whal.Ibolne of the blue wihale has gone up in ptrice to a300 a toii and that of thle rorual antid piked whale to "$',400 a ton. A LIBERAL BEACH. "'1hre are you going this sum mer "Oh, to oie of the liberal beaches." "\\hiat is the liberal heath ?" "A place wlIe femiinie bathers ar nit reepiir ed ' ear Iore clothes thian thi y , d v1o oin tle stIreet." -B-I~iirinehthLuu .e-l herald SEES CHINA A FUTURE POWER American Resident of Flowery King. dom rolls Why Great Eastern Land Must Be Reckoned With. George B. Fryver, superintendent of the institutionis for tie- Chinese blind in Slu hnghai, recent ly said: "The Chinese, comprisi ig one1 third of the populition ,! the globe, with their awakening mentanllV, thirst for eduncation, and, with11 their wonIderfu l powers of conentrationi, and resources u uidrained by w ar, will be a powerful factor inu the world of the future. "the blind boys in my sehool," he said, "are showinlg great. initerest in the institioutns for the rehabilitation of the soldiers blinded in the war, especially that of St. Dunstan's. Many of our boys are working vol mutarily oitsile of school hours, cleaning window.s, dusting floors and the like, in order to earn mnoney to help blind soldiers. Each boy earns on 11n average of about '20 cents for three Imionitls' work, and they are all IIInxiolls to show their ilsympathiy and "There Ire bi,000,0)0 bind People in Chin~,' sIi Mr. Frye r, "one for every '100. 'l'he proporti in the United Statvs is about (-one1r to I,00()." The school of which Mr. Frver is su)erin tendenii t wNas einowed by his father, Dr. ,hn Fryer, professor eneritus of oiricnita a uages inI tle Uniiversity of (' ai fornia, who tralns-C lated educatitoCnalh books for 40 years for the Chinese governmeint. To) Prm1.ent f1ielin. 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