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The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-07

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The battles of Jemmapes. Novem- Der 6. 1792. between the French and AusTians was one of the most im' portant of che French revolution. lt was followed by the annexation of the Austrian Netherlands to France.
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In Belgium was fought tho battle of Waterloo. July IS, 1S15. On tho same day was fought the battle Of Wayre won by the French. As it was however. Grouchy's victory was use less; he might have saved the day for Napoleon had be arrived in t!me-
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The battle of Ligny was fought In Belgium June 16, 1915. just two days before the battle of Waterloo That was Napoleon's last victory
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Families. fought Mag 20, l7OS. was victory for the English and allies over the French. and was followed by the French evacuation of the chief towns of the Netherlands.
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Neerwiden, July 21, 1893. in the wars Of Louis XIV, resulted in a brilliant victory for the French over tho English.
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The siege Of Maestricht lasted from March 12 to June 29, 1579 and re- suited in the capture of the city by the Spaniards. who massacred 6OOO men. women and children. Maestricht has been the scene Of several other disastrous conflicts.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-10

,E<@H1LDREN are conservative
beings, even old fashioned
when it comes to choosing
TOYS. They aren't up to date and as
full of the modern spirit Of progress
and invention as the toymakers be-
!lieve them to be-"
Thus spoke one who is a sort OF
professional Santa Claus-that is, he
has played the part at so many Sun
day school Christmas parties that ne
sometimes imagines he is growing cot
ton whiskers.
"They display the same quaint, SIM
pie, old-fashioned taste as their grand
fathers and grandmothers when they
were children" he continued Most
OF them, do. anyhow. Every year the
TOW manufacturers break loose with
q new crop Of automatic racing cars,
aeroplanes, submarines, fire engines
and kicking donkeys. If the children
were constructed on the same nervous
clock-work plan, they would give OLD
Santa Claus no rest unless he kept up
with all the modern inventions. In
stead of toy soldiers they would de-
mand mortar batteries. and they would
not be satisfied with mooley COWS, but
would demand that they have pedi-
rrees and give only certified milk and
cream.
They would not accept a Noah's
ark unless it was a combination OF
the steamship Lusitania and a modern
cement bungalow, with sleeping
porches, twin-screw propellers, cleo
4ric searchlights, wireless apparatus,
second chattel mortgage-in fact, all
the comforts of ship and home COM
plete. They would require Mr.. Moan
to carry a pilots license as well as
college degree in natural history. All
the animals would have to be trained
to do tricks, and poor Noahs family
would have a fine time herding them
while wearing wooden raincoats ana
stove-pipe hats.
Fortunately children, real children,
are not constructed that way Ihey
want their arks on the old-fashloneo
plan, whereby you lift of the roof ano
find Noah minus his head, and most OF
the animals trying to hobble on three
legs.
Automobiles In miniature, with real
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-10

, upholstered seats and rubber tires
may fascinate a small boy for few
hours, but you'd better place your
faith in a good, old-pattern rocking
horse, with saddle and stirrups, and
name and tail Of real hair. The rock
ing horse Is not going out Of fashion
by a long ways, and l predict that in
the horseless age, If that time ever
comes, our children's children will be
jerking the name of wooden horsey
and whipping him on his painted
fanks, and trying to feed him crack.
ers. Also, they'll be falling off his
back and humping their little fore
heads in the old-fashioned way, and
'horsey' will have to be thrashed and
locked up in the clothes closet for his
bad behavio-
"And as for dolls, you've got to give
them real baby dolls and not grand
ladies in the latest tango gowns and
hats. For the last so years or so
doting parents who are we'll to do have
been trying the experiment Of present
ing their little girls with waxen fash
ion models-only to find the precious
one crying for the rag baby Of the
laundress' daughter. Children show
the real mother instinct when they
spurn the 'play-child which Is too
dressy and up to date.
Il have one friend, the father OF
large and lively family. I make him
happy every Christmas time by pre-
senting his kids with bunch Of cheap.
mechanical toys. After about half an
hour of winding them up, the little
ones tire Of the clicking wonders and
return to their woolly dogs, rubber
dolls and other simple favorites. That
is when fathers fun begins. He in
sists on winding up the toys and run.
ming them all Christmas day, osten-
sibly for the pleasure Of his young.
sters. He does not cease winding until
the toys begin to get out Of order, and
then he has the additional pleasure Of
trying to repair them.
Sometimes / think that a manufac-
turer could make fortune selling
toys just for grown-ups. Seeing a
bunch of adults busy working me-
chanical toys reminds me Of the time
when the whole family insists on tax
ing little Johnny to the circus.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-10
APPLIED NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

Pat had been engaged to take q
trunk across the lake. He placed the
trunk in the bow Of the boat, with
the result that the boat tipped for
ward.
Man (on the dock)-What are
you rowing with that trunk in the
bow Of the boat for, Pat?
Pat-Sure, an if it was in the
stern wouldn't I be rowin' uphill all
the timeP An this way Pm rowin'
dswnhill oil the timei
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-10
The Cabhala.

The Cabbalists were q sect OF Jew
ish philosophers who exercised great
influence upon the mental develop
nent of the Hebrews in the ninth to
the seventeenth century. The teach
ings of the Cabbalists we're mingling
of Talmudism and Greek philosophy,
especially Neo-Platonism.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-10
LnItInn Started Clock,

Moving a clock distance Of mile
from one house to another in Way
cross, Ga, caused it to resume work
after it had lain idle for seven years.
Jewellers had failed to start 1t going.
but the jolting succeeded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
NEW PROBLEM AT CANAL
Mixing of Salt and Fresh
Water Causes Delay to Ships.

Washington, Dec. pa new factor
i'm hydraulic engineering has been de-
yeloped as the result of the operation
Of the Panama Canal. None of the dis
tingushed engineers who took part IN
designing the great waterway ever took
into account the peculiar conditions that
might arise and affect navigation as a
result of the sudden mixture of large
quantities of fresh and salt water Yet
it has been found that an important
element of delay in the passage of YES
sells through the canal Is caused by the
discharge into the great LOCKS already
filled with salt water from the oceans
at either end, of the fresh water which
fills the prism OF the canal and is sup
piled from the Chagres and other rivers.
The result of the sudden mixture OF
the waters when the lock valves are
opened is the creation of heavy cur
rents, which continue until the fresh
water has thoroughly permeated the
heavier salt water, and these currents,
sweeping back and forth through the
locks, are apt to das~l about and serl-
ously injure any vessel within unless
she is securely held and carefully han
died.
When making the first night lockage
recently the steamship Limari was held
in the lower chamber of Miratiores Lock
for fifteen minutes, waiting for these
currents to subside.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
SEAFARING SANTA
MAKES MEN MERRY
Ships in Port Celebrate and
Holiday Spirit Rules at
Ellis Island.

The wars of the world had little ef-
feet upon Christmas celebrations aAost
In this port yesterday. No news is
good news, and many of the sailor
men who made merry yesterday aboard
ship, hoping friends and kinsmen on
the firing front were as lively and
happy as they, drank to the success Of
the fellows in the trenches.
The Christmas tree, It's gifts and at
tending merriment are distinctly of
German origin, and never have been
taken up enthusiastically by the
British. The French have hankering
for the New Years celebration, but
custom has made many laws, and
these regulations were observed yes
terday on board vessels of all flags
that CHANGED TO be in port Even the
coastwise vessels, whose men have
friends and families ashore. displayed
a Christmas spirit with holly, pine
tree trimmings and the regular holi-
day fare Of the mariner.
At the Chelsea docks there we're OBJ
servances on the Cunarder Lusitania,
the American liner st. Louis. the Min
newaska, Of the Atlantic Transport
Line, and the Adristic, of the White
Star Line.
IL was said on the Lustania that the
chief steward was unable to get a
Christmas tree big enough TO do Jus
tice TO the space under the dome OF
the dining saloon, and had to be con-
tent with a fifteen-footer. A group of
Italian steamships tied up at 34th St,
North River. also celebrated the feast
of Christmas.
Anthony Caminetti, Commissioner
General Of immigration, made a spe-
cial trip from Washington yesterday
20 mingle with some $50 immigrants
who were detained on Ellis Island over
the holidays The Commissioner par
took of their fare. declared that IL was
excellent and made AN address of vel
come 20 the folk detained. Most of
them are from Scandinavia, are a rep
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
SANTA CLAUS FORD
VISITS YOUNG EDISON
Auto Manufacturer Leaves Car
Under Window of the Chip
of the Old Block"

West Orange, n. j., Dec. 25.-Theo-
dore Edison, the sixteen-year-old son
of Thomas A. Edison, received a Christ
mas surprise this morning when he
looked from his window and saw ma
room colored. nickel finished runabout.
He lost no time in learning that it WAS
a present from Henry Ford, who took
a fancy to the boy when the two fam
lies spent several weeks together last
winter on the Edison place, at Fort
Myer, Fla.
Additional parts, appliances and ac-
cessories 20 the car were given by Mr..
and Mrs. Edison, Charles Edison. John
Miller. an uncle of the boy; Mrs. John
Eyre Sloan, his sister, and Miller Reese
Hutchinson. chief engineer at the Edi-
son works in West Orange.
Young Edison, who because of his
fondness for carving on experiments
is called "a chip of the old block" i,
a capable mechanic when it comes ia
automobiles, and after school hours
may often be found in the garag,
working on a car. A few months age
he took a gasolene machine apart, anC
for days was unable to put IL bach
again because he had mislaid "a small
mart
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
WHITMAN TREE PLUMlESS
Governor. elect Plays Santa TO
Family Only.

A day OF complete rest, free from
notifies and devoid even Of social call
ers. was spent yesterday by Governor
eject Whitman. A tree was placed IN
the parlor of his home, at 81 Madison
ay.. for his daughter, Olive. M
Whitman himself decorated it, but no
political plums fell from il, despite
= bawklike watch by number OF per-
sons. -. Gov
ernor-eleet styled the day busl ..IsS
distant Gst Questioned as to the identity
81 his successor as District Attorney
No broke away long enough TO say
that he intends 10 make his selection
before he starts for Albany Oh '"e
n,orning of December 81. -,
His secretary, william A. Orr, VIII
90 10 Albany Tuesday TO arrange ior
Nr. Whitman's induction into once
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
FIGHTING YOUTHS
SCATTER DINERS
Arrest Follows Disturbance in
the HOfbrau Haus-Three
Cut by Flying Glass.

An oyerjubllant crowd of young men
disturbed the peace Of the diners in
the Hofbrau Haus, at Third ay. and
l49th ST., last night, and as a result q
free for all hight followed their visit.
There were ten who came TO the place
and marched through the dining room
singing choruses which did not meet
the approval of August Bushman, the
proprietor. When his objections we're
made 1T changed the singing spirit OF
the young men to fighting mood and
m the usual short time it takes to
start something" the place was in
general disorder. The singers were
lined up against the walters. Bushman
got hit IN the back of the head with a
glass, Frederick Weller, of 6l5 Eagle
av., and Harry Prick, of 602 West lsSth
St, diners, were cut by flying glass
They were attended by Dr.. Edward
Corbett, Of Alexander av. and l43d st.
Frlck had been dining with a lady
friend, He had a gold wrist watch
which he had intended 10 give her for
Christmas, but in the general disorder
which followed the visit of the singing
rioters his intentions, for last night al
least, were frustrated. The girl, like
hundreds OF others in the place, lost
little time in getting out when the
hight started.
When the police arrived the dis.
turbers escaped through another en-
trance TO the dining room on Bergen
ay. Henry Seifert, OF 304 East l34th
st WAS arrested and taken TO the night
court TO answer TO the charge OF dis
orderly conduct.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
FIGHTING SPIRIT
RULES SENATORS
Every Measure on Admin
istration List VIII Be
Holly Opposed.
lFron Nh. rrlhnns Buresu J

Washington, Dec 25.-After its thor'
holiday respite the Senate viii resume
its labors next week by taking up the
immigration bill, according TO Senator
Kern. the majority leader, who said to-
day, 81 expect the bill TO pass by Jan
uary l."
No basis for this optimistic predie-
ton is reflected in the attitude of Sen
ators. some Of whom have displayed a
purpose either to delay a vote on the
measure indefinitely or to kill the lit
eracy test provision. Efforts to pu1l
the bill will be met by obstructive tao
tics by those opposed 20 the literacy
test, among them Senator O'Gorman'
who has intimated that the bill may
never come TO a vote.
1t is doubtful, despite the declara-
ton of G-nator Kern, that the Senate
will transact any business before Jan
uary /. Some Senators who are dis
gruntled by the demand for haste IN
legislation threaten to demand the
presence of a quorum at ali times after
the holidays, and it is possible that
there will not be a quorum when Con-
gress takes up its burden next Tues
day.
With opposition confronting every
one of the measures in the administra-
tons legislative programme and the
prospect of long debate over several of
the appropriation bills, the outlook for
the fifty-six remaining legislative days
is disquieting from a Democratic point
of view. To meet the situation and
forestall a jam which might prevent
the passage Of some of the appropria-
ton bill Senator Kern suggested to
day that the Senate might decide to sit
from 10 o'clock in the morning until 10
o'clock at night, twelve hour working
day.
This plan would provoke opposition
however, and miaSlt result in retarding
legislation instead Of eXpediting II. In
stead Of sharing in Senator kern's op-
timism many Of his colleagues admit
that it is very doubtful that anything
except the appropriation bills will be
passed at this session.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
Solemn Grandeur of Clubs
and Big Hotels Fails
to Quell Xmas.
PROPRIETORS ACT
AS REAL HOSTS
Sparkling Trees Appear at Sew
eral Well Known Hostlerles
as Many Make Merry.

There they sat, the homeless rich.
IN their clubs and amid the glitter OF
the big hotels uptown, they SolemnIy
faced the impressive arrays Deiole
them. They always picked the rifnS
weapon when they attacked eaC;h olon
and gravely ate their way through
their official Christmas dinners, ~
seemed a long way from where JACK
Mccarthy" 1ongshoreman, was ram
ming half chicken down his capaclous
throat, at the plain board table OF some
charitable institution on the bo"ery'
But there was gayety a-plenty, az
that. "When it comes TO the Christ-
mas spirit, I'll show you wnere II
lives" volunteered Manager heodore
Bauer, of the Claridge. lie led the way
into the bar. Here is the place lhey
serve il in glasses -
There was something IN H. TOO
Fverv hotel seemed to be marking
time waiting for the New Year cele.
bration, except in the department OF
liquids. There. according 10 the tes-
timonv OF eight of the best known
hotel men in the city, richer harvest
was reaped than on any Christmas Day
for many years.
I.
the Waldorf. offered solution. lie
thought it might be that the prohibit
ton fight in Congress had frightened
the merry coasters. Possibly they
feared they might have TO drink each
others health in water next year. r.
A. Muschenheim, of the Aston, COM
mented thus:
Congress is a funny animal. II lays
on a war tax. good share Of which
comes from the liquor trade. Then IT
turns around and almost cuts of its
best source of revenue by a lusty at
tempt TO vote national prohibition IL
is worthy of note that no toasts were
drunk to Mr. Hobson.
Most Of the hotel proprietors bios
somed out as hosts yesterday. John
Nee. Bowman, of the Biltmore, and
James B. Regan, of the Knickerbocker,
their employees at turkey
dinners The same programme was
followed at the McAlpin. Frank Case,
manager Of the Algonquin, entertained
at dinner every guest of the house.
Christmas trees were features AT the
Imperial, Breslin, Plaza,
Somerset and Vanderbilt. All of the
hostleries were appropriately deco
rated with flags and Christmas colors.
Holly banks were the feature Of the
decorative scheme at the Manhattan,
while the poinsettia bloomed in album
dance at the Belmont.
A. II. Meyer proprietor Of Pabst
observed neutrality and
caused his huge Christmas tree to be
profusely hung with little soldiers of
the Kaiser and the Allies, impartially
divided.
Almost all Of the prominent land
lords are looking forward 20 a good
business on New Years Eve. They
believe that is one night that New
Workers always will celebrate, and this
gems TO be borne out by the number
of reservations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
TWO DANCE FAR TO WED
Marriage eliminates Romance
That Started in Europe.

A romance which began at Nice and
then threaded its way through Monte
Carlo, Brussels, Paris and London, had
its sequel last evening at the Little
Church Around the Corner, when DR..
G.. c. Houghton performed marriage
ceremony uniting irene Hammond and
Eugene Mott Hodgkins, dancers, now
appearing at the Jardin de Danse, at
the New York Theatre.
Miss Hammond and Mr.. Hodgkins
first met at Nice at a fete given by the
Grand Duke Michael of Russia, and
soon afterward appeared as profession
al dancers at the Palace Theatre, Lon
don; the Folies Marigny, in Paris; the
Casino Municipal, at Monte Carlo, and
at Luna Park, IN Brussels.
The couple first appeared in this
country at the Danse de Folies, and
were recently engaged by William Nor
ris for his Jardin de Danse. The
bridegroom is a native of Louisville,
while Mrs. Hodgkins was born in Dub
lin, Ireland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26

think was old enough now to tell a
boy from a girl
At another time Flanagan towsd in a
lanky messenger boy. Gle works
every day in the year. explained Elan
nigsn. A..
you'd like" said Miss Irwin; "but have
YOU any sisters ~
Sure" he answered. "Ten Of EN-.
The top one is fourteen aud the bot
tom one is six months
Great Heavens," cried the actress,
with the establishment pose that has
won a million galleries for her, Here,
take these" and she pushed a whole
tableful of dolls at him. lie was de-
livery boy, or he never could have got
away with them.
The supply of children was exhaust
ed before the supply of toys was gone,
and the repeaters gentle little graft
ers they were-began, with no respect
for Flannigans nightstick, TO appear
and appear until their faces we're I'M
mistakable. So il was that at 1880
Miss Irwin dropped the curtain on the
greatest of her performances. As she
left she remarked:
THAT gave me more pleasure than
all the Christmas presents | received
to-day. But | didn't do 1t very well,
did |? I should have been more anus
ing and funny, but how could ], with
so much sadness in the world to-day %
Then, shaking hands with Adjutant
label. of the Volunteers, she dropped
into the lighter mood with which she
had won over the children. We'll.
now, what do you say for this? What
did your mother teach you TO say2"
"Sank you, lady" lisped he, bash
fully, and peeled off his makeup.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
FAMILY REUNITED
AT MOTHERS BIER
Girls Letter Brings Father
Home After Years
of Absence.

letter Of appeal from Ganka Ha-
bicht to her father for his return to
care for herself and her younger SIS
ters and brother after their mother
died, on Tuesday, brought the father
back to their home, at BAT Lenox av.,
Yesterday There, on the top floor, a
reunion of father and children took
place, while friends of the family called
TO pay their last respects to the moth
err, whose body lay in coffin in the
front of the apartment.
When the father went away he left
his family-his oldest daughter, eight
years old, and the youngest, Joseph, a
baby--in fairly we'll circumstances. He
and his wife had established chain
of cleaning and dyeing establishments
in Manhattan and The Bronx, and from
their earnings had invested In real
estate. Some of the property was IN
the outlying districts, which has since
increased in value.
All of this is gone so far as the
father can tell and he returned to find
his children in all but destitute cir
cumstances and to learn of the suffer
ing of the wife in the last few years
from cancer. She died at night In the
store. Up to the last she had worked
to earn enough to feed her children,
refusing to give up enough time to go
to the hospital for an operation:
Toward the last she was so weakened
that she could not climb the two
flights of stairs to her home. She had
bed fitted up in the rear of the store
and from there carried on the business
with the aid of hired girl and her
children. Besides Ganka and joseph,
now eight years old, they are Kate,
aged ii and Sarah -.
The father has learned from his
daughter the property has beel mort
gagged and foreclosures ordered The
stores, with the exception OF the one
on Lenox av., have all been closed and
there Is little. if anything, left.
Soon after the father left he went TO
Cincinnati and from there TO Charlotte,
y. {. 1t was there that letter
reached him from his daughter, written
az the direction of Father Larkin, or
st. Aloysius's Church, in West 1920 st.
Habicht intends to take the children
70 his home in Charlotte. After loeat-
ing in the Southern city he established
a steam laundry.