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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18

"All that man hath will he give for his life." says the Bible.
 Sometimes. on the contrary, it seems that man will risk all that he has including his life, for all that some one else has.
 There was not long ago in one oi the western states young man who was wealthy-so wealthy that. not having to do any useful labor to main tain his existence, he spent all his time in driving around the country in a big racing automobile. The machine wa, the envy of all the young men of the neighborhood. s. one of them. also wealthy, but no, as rich as the owner of the automobile coveted the machine. Day and nikht
 he let his mind rest on the fact tha,
 the other man owned finer and big
 ger and speedier car than his own un. til the Idea became mania So talk.
 ing q favorable moment. he waylait
 the owner of the automobile and killed
 him. taking possession of the car. The1 he borrowed a spade from a farmer and buried the body The borrowing
 led to the detection of the crime ana
 the pursuit of the lunatic or criminal by the police.
 When the wise lawgiver of the He- brews received from the Lord the com. mandments which have served as { basis of statement of moral truths foi many centuries one of them was found to read:
 "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's property"
 It is the commandment that is mosl frequently broken. The breaking lead, to all sorts of crimes. The young mar who slew for the sake of an automo. bile is a direct descendant in spirit from the ancient King of Israel. Ahab who had his neishbor Naboth stoned ts death that he might seize his vineyard ] IL was by the advice of his wife. Jexe'
 bel. that the wicked king acted as ht dsd.
 1 And
 l To the shame of some women of to- 1 day be 1t said
 | Is Is through their. urging that theil husbands are led into crime. It 10 st very, very hard to resist pressure q home when one's women folks are en vious of neighbours house or auto mobile or servants or gowns or socia
 position. all of which are bought witt money.
 ghey arc bought with . price" An,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18
SOME sIDELIGHTS ON THE WAR-By Harry j. Burney

the difference you always find in the eter- nal compromise between mobility and
 weight. One power thinks that rather
 lighter gun Is worth while on account of it's greater mobility. Another power risks
 slight loss of mobility for the sake of a rather heavier gun.
 Tt is true that the shells dropped by
 these howitzers have produced more ef-
 feet on Notifications than was expected
 It is probable or certain that we shall see
 not only fortresses upon the side of the
 allies, but Actresses upon the other side.
 yield to howitzer fire more rapidly than
 these machines; but it is not true that
 we shall see miracles.
 "It is certain that when the history
 of their bombardment comes to be written We shall find that Namur and even Maubeuge were not as heavily gunned as they might have. been, or were not sufficiently protected with trained men or adequately defended. The big 420-mm. howitzer CT inches or rather less) has hitherto done noth- ing off rails and little on rails There lis no reason that a howitzer should
 nor be made as big as the shot tower,
 save the loss in mobillty.'' Despite the famous Englishman, however, the world will marvel over
 the early reduction of Antwerp, "the strongest fortress on earth" It is not probable that the forts of the Belgian
 port were undermanned or that those who fought did not know how to fight. Now we all know that if the Germans | succeed in getting their siege guns
 trained on Paris, Paris Is going to fall
 In the American Review of Reviews Walcemar Kaempffert has an article describing the machinery of war in use today. Here is condensation of some of his explanations:
 Tho French ID" bullet is larger than the German "S.' Both are pointed, but the ID" tapers off to the rear, while the ''S' ends abrubtly. Each will kill at a mile and quarter. Mixing machines are carried on the
 march to supply concrete for the anch1 bring of mortars.
 Travelling gas works supply hydro gcn for the dirigibles.
 Self-propelled machine shops afford repairs for broken-down engines or | motors.
 In the last ,10 years field artillery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18
HEART TO HEART TALKs-By Charles N Lure

And so," says the mother in the joke, my little boy didn't cry when he fell down. That was brave" Well, mother. there wasn't any one around to hear me. cry" Some grown up folks. when they are hurt, look around to see if any one is listening
 If there is--
 They begin to cry. If there Is not they 'perk up' and bear their sorrows in silence. keeping back the tears by force of will. What an unfeeling world.r they cry. mot to pay attention when I am hurt! But as long as they .. won't listen to me I may just as well make up my mind not to weep"
 In the effort they strengthen their souls. They win endurance in the striving after 1t. They are better pre- pared to bear the hurt when the in- cvitable next time" comes.
 The world likes cheerful sufferer. 1 It gives great share of its admir- stion to the man who. beaten tempo rarily in the war of life. retires to a new position and thence conducts his fight. While he is doing 50 he has no time to look around and see if his fel- lows are listening for his cry of dis tress. If he does so he loses his chance to occupy the new strategic position
 History abounds with instances of generals who. beaten. at one point and In one campaign. have turned their energies to new fields and won success in them. They did not stop to see whether the world sympathised with their reverses. They just went ahead and won out
 So also in business.
 Out of a wreck much may be sal vaged. if only the will and determi- nation to keep on be preserved. When that is done there is little hope left Credit may be had If no certainty or suggestion of fraud taints the fail urc. The bankrupt merchant may re- hntilitate himself. The laws. more mer- ciful than in what are known falsely as '.the good old days" no longer send a bankrupt merchant to jail for hi, debt.
 When you fail--
 In any of the varied relationships of life don't look around to see if any one 10 looking and then. observing their sympathetic faces. begin to cry If you must weep
 Do % whom you gre alone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18

Comes a story from Berlin to tho
 effect that the Krupp factories at Els
 sen are now engaged in completing
 some guns which will make the how
 itzers which tore Antwerp to pieces
 "lcok like bean blowers" The new can
 non will have a calibre of 21 inches
 and a range of about 25 miles. It is
 planned, so the story goes. to set
 few of them on the coasts of France
 and Belgium and blow England out
 of the water. Every day it becomes
 clearer that Germany looks upon Eng
 land as her chief foe in this war, and
 the little strip of water that makes in-
 vasion most hazardous Is as great a
 source of impotent irritation to the
 Kaiser as it was to Napoleon Yet even
 after the invasion of Belgium, Ger
 many still hoped to bribe England to n maintenance of neutrality. The news
 that Sir Edward Grey actually intend-
 ed to carry out the solemn promises of
 his government that a sacred pledge
 to England was something. more than "a scrap of paper caused the leu tonic diplomats to rage and vail
 Latest estimates are that Germany now has 54 army corps in service, 27 of first line troops and 27 of reserves. totaling about 2,2oo.Ooo men. and dis- tributed as follows: France. 24 corps Belgium. six: Thorn -Cracow. II; east Prussia. 13. In addition there arc H. 10000 territorials garrisoned in Ger many. Half a million recruits are ex- pected to be fully trained by Novem- Der.
 The correspondent of the London Times claims that the English aeroplanes have proved more than equal to those of the Germans. Especial success he says, has been scored with the new type of English aeroplane called the Chaser which is capable of developing speed of 150 miles an hour, and which can rise from the ground at a sharp angle. The
 German anti-airship guns are effective that 1t Is unwise for the British or French aviators to fly lower than 60Oo feet from the ground. The Germans are using new type of bomb. which, when 1t explodes. leaves a smoke cloud that hangs in the air for several minutes, thus enabling the Germans to get the range of hostile air craft quickly and accurately. An air man when under fire has to keep up con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18

war for which their habits of life pe- euliarls- fitted them.
 At one time in the province of Georgia regiment of English infantry was sta- tioned at an important point where there was an intersection of several roads, which point was adjacent to an immense forest. The main body of the army was several miles away, and this regiment was buffer to the Indians who might suddenly assail from the woods and work great damage to the army The regiment sought for this service was a picked ore and one supposed to be able to deal with the peculiar strategy of the Indian Among other sentinels, one was tationed some distance into he depth of the forest Tor tho purpose of guarding the most vul- neraole point of the situation. This was an exceedingly dangerous post. and one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18

thing This occurred early In the morn ing. The guard was marched back to camp and the lone sentinel was left soli- tary in the depths of the woods He had not been st his post more than hour or so when he observed large hog roofing in front of him. seemingly eating the acorns and nuts about the ground. and roofing up the earth here and there. The appearance of the American hog was com mon about the camp and would not ex- cite the least possible suspicion. The sentinel thought of shooting the swine, but then he was unwilling to be made the butt of ridicule for shooting hog in his apprehension. and so forebore. but still kept his eye on the movements of the animal.
 The huge rooter continued It's indus trious movements. sometimes exposing his side to the sentinel, sometimes it's rear, but moving slowly around toward the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18

work, it is found that they do more work and better work when their minds are kept off the monotonous labor of cigar rolling and manufacturing the wrappers
 So the employers hire readers to read romances to their men. While the cigar. makers work, with delft fingers trained by years of practice. their minds ars enlivened and amused and interested by hearing stories.
 It is found that while the deeply thrill. ing romances fin which the Spanish lit erature Is rich are we'll liked. the great est favorites are the humorous stories.
 They are telling this story of . cer. tain famous British golf player:
 A young ledy golfer was playing neal London not long ago-before the war tool the thoughts of men in England off gol and cricket and football-with n cham pion. She noticed that in one of his hand, the little finger and part of the palm o tho hand were missing. She asked hin sympathetically what sort of accident hat caused the loss.
 Tt wasn't an accident" said the maI cdlIlly. ha0 thc PdEt5 OA N41o H8Is cut away so could play the game bet ter. You should try it.
 Generally speaking
 It may oe said that no game. not evel golf. to which the players are so de voted, is worth the mutilation of tn body. The hand, with it's marvelou mechanism. was not given to man to b. maimed in order that game may be bet ter played. A good enough grip may b got on butter or mashie or driver O cleek without cutting on the little hnge and part of the hand. There are one handed and one-armed golfers who pia, a good game. but they did not deliberate ly sacrifice the hand or the arm for 1t sake.
 But
 In the active pursuits of life. tn worthwhile businesses. man or wom an may often find himself or hersel in tho position of this golf champio in the story. It 10 often necessary t sacrifice something for the sake of ad vancement. When the necessity Is mad plain. then comes the time for the cut ting away of whatever hinders prog ress.
 Suppose, for example That . man Is in business and mat ters do not 70 we'll. More capital is re quired to meet the demands of the con cern. to keep 1t "soing." No more ca be acquired through the regular chan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18
K

URING the American revolution the idea of the art of war was
 but little adhered to by the col onlsts, and because of this the English we're the more easily foiled and defeated
 oii the American side 1t was more spe- cies or hunting than of regular campaign ins. me sole idea was to get the advsn- 'ase' no matter how. and use 1t with the e'ea'esa effect against the English. Tn sn duuress 10 his troops, Washington en- eournsea this, and said: If you fight "ieh art you are sure to be defeated. Acquire discipline enough for concert, ana the uniformity of combined attack, ana our country will prove the best of the eagineers.' The Americans had in- corporated the Indians into their ranks and had made them useful in species of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18
Two Artists

From the Canadian Courier.
 This pianist has wonderful power. He. can make you feel hot or cold, happy e. morose. at will"
 That's nothing new. Q can our jana4| toy."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-07

Area 256,00O square miles, population
100000 Military force consists of
1851 Europeans and 1908 native
troops commanded by French gen.
eral of division. Naval forces, one
gunboat, three destroyers, several tor
pedo boats and two submarines.
Equatorial Africa-Or the French
Congo. West coast of Africa, between
Kamerun, German colony, and the
Belgian Congo; area $4,000 square
miles; white population 1900; native
100000. Military force $50 Euro
peans, 7,145 natives.
Madagascar-Off the east coast of
Africa; area 22S,500 square miles;
French population 10000; native 81
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-07


100000. Military forces 2411 Euro
peans, 6,376 natives.
In the Indian Ocean-The Mayotte
Islands and Camoro Islands, between
Madagascar and Africa, and the Is
lands of Reunion, st. Paul, Amsterdam
and Kerguelen.
French Somali Coast-Western
coast of Red Sea, opposite Alden; area
$3.50 square smiles; population. 2OS,-
600.
French West Africa-Comprises
Senegal, French Guinea, the Ivory
Coast, Dahomey and Mauritania, Sem
egambia and Nigaria; area 1900 900
square miles; European population g.
100000, Africans 10000 men.
Monroe--In northern Africa: area
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-07

square miles; European populatiiE G
100000; Africans 100000 men. =
Tunis-On the northern coast of
Africa; area $4,000 square miles; pop
ulation 100000, military force IT,
500 men.
French Guiana-West of Venezuela:
area 10000 square miles, population
$4,000.
Martinique-West Indies; area 3S5
square miles, population $4,000.
Guadeloupe-West Indies; area 6SS
square miles; population 212,00O.
st. Pierre and Miquelon-South Of
Newfoundland. Area OF both ISLANDS,
SO square miles; population 1852.
In the Pacific Ooean-New Gale
donia and its dependencies; the WAL
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-07
uood Glue.

Nearly every housekeeper who has
occasion to use glue FOR mending ar
ticles in the homo finds that fire.
quently after the glue dries the ar
ticle to which it has been app1nd
breaks, tears, or springs apart This
can be remedied If glycerine is added
to the glue in proportion of one part
giycerin6 to four parts glue, as the
articles. mended In this way, stay
mended" indefinitely.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-07
THE FREEDOM OF4THE PRESS

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newsgatheing
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member has in the of Association
1t restrain Of trade 1t tried the organa
of any other association 1t could not have
prevent people
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every city of the least Importance this country and well paid expert
distributing
publishes nothing
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should be apparent to those who advance the
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demonstrated What
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-07

Winning . Title
When q Spanish duchess marfies one
Of the common people the man takes
her title.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-22
this LADY'S
GOOD APPETITE
Mrs. Hansen, In q Letter From
Mobile, Tells How She Gained Il.

Mobile, Ala.-"I suffered for seven
years, with womanly trouble" writes
Mrs. Sigurd Hansen in a letter from
this city. II felt weak and always had
a headache and was always going to
the doctor. At last was operated on,
and felt better, but soon I had the
same trouble.
My husband asked me to try Cardui.
felt better after the first bottle, and
now, have a good appetite and sleep
well. I feel fine, and the doctor tells
me I am looking better than he ever
saw me-" -'.-....---'
II you are sick and miserable, and
suffer from any of the pains due to
wornanly trouble-try Cardui.
Cardui is successful because 1t Is
composed of ingredients that have been
found to act curatively on the woman
ly constitution.
For more than fifty years, 1t has been
used by women Of all ages, with great
success. Try it. Your druggist sells it.
NB.-Write TO: Ladies' Advisory Dept. Ghatta;
nooRa Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn, for Special
Instructions, and 64-page book. Home Treatment
Or Women" sent In plain wrapper on request
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-22

souri,, said in d recent speech: Pro
gressives and Republicans will re-
unite when the chickens roost with
the hawks" And Colonel Roose-
welt, the great apostle of Progress
iveism writing to Judge Norton
said: The action of the Republi-
can organizations in almost every
state in the Union has shown that
it is absolutely hopeless to expect
any reform from them. There is
nothing to be hoped for from the
Republican party" The grand old
party" has changed to the "grouchy
old party" with nothing better to
do than to bewail their political
fate.-Glasgow Missourian.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-22
The Red Cross of Help.

When nation is warning against
nation, when millions of men are
seeking to kill other millions, when
the grass for a thousand miles is
stained red. when civilization seems
but veneer. there is one CLEAN in
the dark. The red cross on white
ground is the visible emblem of the
dawning consciousness of the broth
erhood of man. A few generations
ago our ancestors killed the wound
edl- Kansas City Times.
The Disappointment of Teethodore
1t is said that Col RooSevelt's re-
cent trip through Connecticut. Mas
sachusetts, Vermont and Maine was
a revelation to him. He found that
the people refused to rally to fight
on the foreign policies of the Wilson
administration, that his audiences
were listless and unresponsive when
he assailed "Watchful Waiting" and
the peace treaties. Only when he
took a shot at the bosses and politi-
cal crooks did the people warm up.
So he'll get out his old tune fork
and pitch into the standpat bosses,
who appear to have succeeded in
permanently alternating the affec-
tons of the elephant from our Ted
dy. Even the standpatters, who
are without investments in Mexico
and without clients with such in
vestments are for "Watchful Wait
ing" in preference to war. They
have some good traits.-Shelbina
Torchlight.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-22
Notice of Final Settlement.

All creditors and others interest
ed in the estate of Sarah E. Haney,
deceased are notified that the I'M
dersigned Administrator of said es-
tate intends to make a final settle
ment of said estate at the next term
of the Probate Court of Monroe
County, to be holden at Paris in
said County, on the 9th day of No
vember 1914.
Christian H. Krummel,
Administrator.
Meriwether & Meriwether,
Attorneys for Estate.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-22
That Poor Old Party.

Poor old Republican partyl 1t is
getting knocked right and left by
Proeressives though it has made
desperate efforts to hold out the
olive branch of peace to the Pro-
eressives. AS an indication of the
attitude of the Progressive party
toward the standpat Republicans,
w. C. Brewster, Progressive candi-
date for CONGRESS- in Southeast Mis-
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-22
NOTHING BETTER
FOR WEAK WOMEN
81 Never Spent Any Money
That Did Me SO Much
/ Good as That ! Spent for
, Vinol,"

Bellefontaine, Ohio. -"I wish every
tired, weak, nervous woman could have
Vinol for never spent any money in
my life that did me SO much good as
that spent for Vinol. My nerves We're
in very bad condition, making me very
weak, tired, and worn out and often
drowsy headaches. l had tried cod
liver oil, Doctors medicines, and other
preparations without benefit.
"One day a friend asked me to try
Vinol. l did and soon my appetite in
creased, l slept better and now / am
strong, vigorous and well and can do my
homework with pleasure. Mrs. j. F.
LAMBoRN, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Nervous, weak, tired, WORKOUT wo-
men should take Mrs. Landlords advice
and try Vinol for there are literally
thousands cf men and women who We're
formerly rundown, weak and nervous,
who owe their good health to Vinol.
1t is the medicinal, tissue building ele-
ments of the Gods livers, aided by the
blood making, strengthening influence
of tonic iron, contained in Vinol, which
makes it so efficient in all such cases.
L. M. Wood, Druggist, Monroe City
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-22
Administrator
Notice of Final Settlement.

All creditors and others interest
ed in the estate of E. Bailey Nc
Mutt, deceased, are notified that the
undersigned Administrator of said
estate intends to make a final set
Element of said estate at the next
term of the Probate Court of Mon
roe County, to be holden at Paris
in said County, on the 9th day OF
November 1914.
W. B. A. McNutt,
Administrator.
Meriwether & Meriwether.
Attorneys for Estate.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-22
A Rather Mixed Diet.

The other day we picked up a
daily paper and the first headline
read like this: Japan Gives Allies
Tea" The next headline read like
this: Germans Give Allies a Storm
of Bullets" 1t is a safe guess to say
that the allies liked the tea better
than the bullets.-Worth County
Times.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-22
One Good War Result.

Oysters will be cheap and plenti-
full this winter because no ship
ments can be made to Europe
That's one good thing the war has
DONE Howell County Gazette.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-22

against Germany? What would be
said in Washington in the German
Ambassador should make a trip of
agitation to North Dakota to stir
up the Germans there?-Atchison
County Mail.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-22
Not a Bad off" Year.

Missouri's wealth increased over
$40,000000 during the past year,
which is not SO poor a showing for
an off year agriculturally. Albany
Ledger.