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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-29

expenditures on colonial troops.
The German naval estimates for
1s1z-I3 amounted to $1OO,250.SOO. The
military budget of France for 1913
showed an estimated expenditure of
$200.916,700 for the military establish
ment. The navy estimates for 1913
amounted to $90.400,0O0 Italy. during
1912. spent about $4O.271 800 on her
navy and about s75.S42.6SS on her
army.
The military budget of Russia, ordi-
nary and extraordinary, amounted in
1911 to $275,950,91S The Russian
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-29
COUNTING NET CosT OF ARMS
Military and Naval Expenditures,
Even in Time of Peace, Are
Something Enormous.

The net cost of the British army,
according to estimates for 1894,
amounted to $140,220.o00. The esti-
mates for the navy for 1894 were
placed at s2SO,309,30O The estimated
military expenditure of the German
empire in the budget for 1928
amounted to s2S5,775, 200, excluding
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-29

their concomitant groups of fast cruis-
ers, torpedo craft and all the rest
could well have as great influence
upon the issue of the war as a crush
ing victory over an army of 100000
men 1t therefore surel., behooves US
to have it ready and efficient in the
second Neither the building OF an
adequate fleet nor its training can be
done when war has begun or is i'm
minent. Both take more time, prob
ably, than any war could last. Ships
must be built and sailors trained in
time of peace.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-29
Seven YOUNG Ruceaneera.

Seven boys from the National Nau-
teal school at Portishead. Somerset,
England. engaged in Q remarkable
exploit
The boys had been on cruise in
their training vessel Polly. and on
returning to headquarters took French
leave and rowed up the Severn several
miles in one of the ships boats. An
other boat set out in pursuit, and the
fugitives thereupon decided to take to
the land. They drove their boat on to
the shore at place called Holes
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-29
DESTRUCTION OF NOTRE DAME AT
REIMS is GREATEST LOSS OF WAR

Aside from these notable monu-
ments thorough Smelling OF confia-
grafton might destroy many lesser
buildings that have made the ancient
city a place of enormous historic in
terest. Some of its old houses date
from the twelfth and the thirteenth
centuries and here and there still exist
remains of the Roman occupation.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-29

mouth, and then plunged into the mud,
which is particularly soft. They pre-
sented a remarkable sight when they
reached the bank. Their experience
knocked the buccaneering spirit out
of them, and they submitted to cap.
ture by their pursuers, who arrived
on the scene quarter Of an hour
later
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-29

uncanny, silent procession to set about
their business among the shattered
dead. Their way is Illuminated by
horn lanterns and torches. Their
shadows dance ghoullike in the death
strewn field.
Their women follow bearing little
bundles of peeled willow wands and
strangs OF wire. They cut q few
inches from each wand and bind il on
crosswise with the wire Whenever
an officer is found cold anc stia amid
the dead cross of willow Is PLACED
over the grave.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-29
women Motor TO Watch Battles.

Ostend.-When fighting was general
about Brussels, smart women of the
Belgian capital motore1 out to watch
battles in the cool of the afternoon aa
gs.yly as though going to tbs races.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-29

You needn't wait fer de day of jedg.
ment; Gabriel blows his horn every
time yo' conscience calls yur ter de
bar
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-29

Theirs is the task of riding into
death. The entire front of the enemy
is established by them, and many OF
them are killed-that is a certainty
they face.
AT every bush, every heap Of earth,
the uhlaD must say to himself: Here
will meet an enemy in hiding He
knows that he cannot defend himself
against fire that may open on him
from all sides.
Nevertheless he keeps on riding.
calmly and undisturbed, in keeping
with German discipline"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-29

Germans Reoccupy French Towns.
Washington, Sept. 25.-That the
Germans have reoccupied three towns
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-29
LITTLE CHANGE
AS The RESULT
OF Big BATTLE
Allies and Germans Pound Each
Other, but Result Is Not
Very Apparent.
GERMAN LINE HOLDING

French Claims of important Advances
Not Admitted by Berlin-Subma-
rine of the Kaiser Sinks Three
British Cruisers in the
North Sea-General
News.
Paris, Sept. 26.-The official COM
munique issued tonight says:
ION our left wing the battle devel-
OBS; to the center it has quoted.
"On our right wing the German at
tacks appear halted"
London, Sept. 26.-Two victories OF
great importance over the German
army of General Won Kluck are report
ed by the allies today. The battle
later was renewed with greater fury,
the German commander engaging in
supreme effort to beat back the envel-
oping movement of the French and
British and at the same time preserve
his line of retirement in event of his
defeat.
Germans Occupy Town in Argonnes-
The first victory was the occupation
of Peronne, to the northward of the
German right and behind it. No sooner
had the French occupied the city than
the Germans, realizing the extent of
their loss, directed series of attacks
against the town. The detachments
forming the force of occupation sue
cessfully met and repealed them.
The Germans also have scored in
the recent fighting, as an official Ber-
lin statement declares they have
taken Varennes, in the eastern Ar
comes, and shelled three towns near
the Lorraine border.
The arrival of the French at Pc
rome marked an advance of rs miles
by the French left wing since the
allies assumed the offensive. Peronne
is rs miles north of Paris and II miles
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
HOUSE CAT is NEARLY BAKED
The Family Pet Slept in Oven of Cook
Stove and Is Nearly Burned
to Death.

Waynesboro, Pan. B. Ayers,
Hamilton avenue, Waynesboro, almost
cooked new dish at his home.
When he retired at night he left the
oven door of the kitchen stove open.
To get away from the cold the family
cat crawled into the oven and there
curled itself up for sleep that lasted
all through the night.
When Mr.. Ayers went downstairs in
the morning to stir up the fire he
closed the oven door, The cat slept
on and made no protest. Then Mr
Ayers turned on the drafts and thrust
the poker into the bed of Goals, and
in a short time he had a good fire
going.
He heard the mewing of a cat, but
he couldn't see cat, and he fancied
the animal might be on the outside.
But the cat grew more persistent in
it's mewing and added a tone of an
guish to it, and then Mr.. Ayers be-
thought him of the oven. He opened
the door and the cat sprang on to
him, almost knocking him off his feet.
The animal was burned terribly. It's
feet were badly charred and it's body
was almost baked. 1t is still living
and is on the road to recovery
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
YOUNG CHILD GETS PIGS EYE
Operation in Baltimore Hospital the
First of Its Kind in United
States.

Baltimore, Md.-What is believed to
be the first operation of it's kind in
this country was performed at a local
hospital when the cornea of a pigs
eye was grated on the sightless eye
of three-months-old boy. 1t was said
that previous operations, in which rab-
bits eyes had been used, we're unsuc-
cessful, but that experiments with
pigs eyes had led scientists to believe
that they were more adaptable. Two
cases are said to be on record where
the grating of human cornea gave
sight to totally blind eyes.
In the operation the pig was chloro-
formed, the eyeball taken out and
the cornea cut from it. An extraordi-
narily fine needle and fine silk were
used in sewing the cornea in place.
The eye will remain bandaged for
about a week.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
Today's Diaphanous Clothes.

The English papers rival our own
in denouncing the scarcity of the pres
ent fashionable feminine apparel. A
missionary, who might be expected to
be used to much worse things, even
quotes (not quite correctly the dole
full prophet jeremiah on the subject,
saying: 'for the greatness of thine
iniquities are thy skirts disclosed and
thy heels made bare" But are we so
much worse than our grandmothers?
Surely in the early and middle nine
teenth century all of the children and
most of the young women wore short
sleeves and thin low-necked gowns.
Jane Austen, a country parsons
daughter is so pictured. The heroines
of the Bronte and the Mulock novels
wore cobweb hose and slippers in
weathers, wet and dry, even when
they did not set up to belong to the
classes" AS for the Reynolds, Gains
borough, Romney and Lawrence ladies
of high degree, in what respect are we
worse than they as to our costumes
-Leslie's Weekly.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16

women, too. I cannot praise Lydia E..
Pinkham s Vegetable Compound enough
for know never would have been as
well if had not taken it and recon-
mend it to suffering women.''
Daughter Helped Also.
gave it to my daughter when she
was thirteen years old. She was in
school and was nervous wreck, and
could not sleep nights. Now she looks
so healthy that even the doctor speaks
of it. You can publish this letter if you
like. Mrs. RENA BOWMAN, 161 S. 10th
Street, Ironton, Ohio.
Why will women continue to suffer
day in and day out and drag out sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's s
Vegetable Compound?
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE compound will help you, write
to Lydia e. .Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for ad-
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
Two Centuries Old.

ground down to razor-like sharpness.
Near the hilt are die-cut Roman let
ters "Sabatier Rue, France" and be-
meath this an open hand, surrounded
by the letters "A Paris" The ques-
ton at once arises: Who put the
knife there, and when? The steel is
of the finest. Not even it's long i'm
mersion in the earth has eaten away
the surface to any considerable ex-
tent Perhaps some French "voy-
ageur" camped there two hundred
years ago, and forgot his knife. More
likely some wandering Indian band en-
camped there and left the knife that
they had bought Of the French, paying
for it with beaver skins. One can sur
mise almost anything. The chances
are that the owner left in hurry, for
knives like that, even today are valu-
able, and some hundreds of years ago
would have been worth it's weight in
gold. Certain it is that the English
settlers did not carry French knives,
and this particular blade dates back
beyond the earliest English settle
ment.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
ECZEMA ON BACK AND CHEST

Pierson, NJ Dakota-"The eczema
started on my scalp 1t finally went
on to the back of my neck, then on to
my back, arms and chest. 1t broke
out in pimples first and then seemed
to run together in some places, max
ing sore about the size of dime.
At times the itching and burning were
so intense that it<seemed unbearable.
The more l scratched it the worse it
became, and there would be a slight
discharge from it, especially on my
scalp, so as to make my hair matted
and sticky close to the scalp. The
hair was dry, lifeless and thin. My
hair was falling so terribly that 1 had
begun to despair of ever finding re-
lief, My clothing irritated the erup-
ton on my back. The affected parts
were almost solid scab.
Il had been bothered with eczema
for about a year and a half Then
began using the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. 1 used them daily for two
months and was cured" (Signed)
Miss Mildred Dennis, Apr 80, 1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
Abolition of Grade CROSSINGS.

The work that is being done in this
country in the direction of the aboli
ton of grade crossings is shown BY
that of one corporation, the Pennsylva
MIA company. 1t has in II years abol
ished 1,052 grade crossings, at tota.
cost of .$66,641, ,294, or an average OF
more than sixty-three thousand fol-
each crossing removed. But that roat
has still 12,027 grade crossings to re
move, which would cost $500 100000
if only $4,000 were allowed for each
AS it has spent on this work an aver
age of about six million dollars year
it would take a century at the presenl
rate to eliminate the rest.-Engineer
ing News.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
WELCOMED THE GREEN LIGHT
Showed Carefully Watching Engi-
neer That His Train Had Been
Given Clear Track.

The fireman slid open the jaws of
the tire-box, flooding the cab with
light and heat Within, the fame,
white to pale daffodil in it's intensity
twisted like streams of fluid in the
draft. Behind the cab the black end
Of the tender rose high beyond my
line of vision, rocking and sway
ing in a contrary motion to the en-
gine, like bulldog twisting on
stick. Balancing on the smooth steel
floor, the fireman stocked his CRATE
bars, his shovel feeding spots where
the coal was thinnest. Then darkness
as he closed the doors with his foot.
Only the two dim lights on gauge and
indicator; and one each side, and
above, the stars racing evenly beside
US. l looked down at the road bed;
it was flooding past US like torrent.
Green l caught the word above
the tumult.
Green" echoed the fireman.
Far ahead, four colored lights
cleaned like gems against the sky.
Two rubies below; above another
ruby and beside it the pale green of
an emerald. The green light was in
the upper right hand corner of the
square
'Seventy-five to eighty" The fire
man shouted in my ear
Blocks clear. That green light
gives US a clear ck."-Joseph Hus-
band, in the Atlantic.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
MARVEL AT ENGINES SIZE
English Newspaper Compares Locomo-
tiVes In Use on British and
American Lines.

Without actually seeing the huge 10
comotives recently built in America
for the Virginian railroad it is difficult
to realize their colossal proportions.
Each engine, without the tender, Is
about equal in weight to a couple of
ours.
The tender weighs nearly one hun
dred tons, and carries twice the
weight Of coal and nearly three times
the quantity of water that can be ac-
commodated on the biggest express
tender in this country. The length Of
each engine is greater than our largest
engine and tender combined, while the
diameter of the barrel part of the
boiler is about double that of any To-
comotive in use on British railroads.
The furnace measures II feet by 8
feet, and the floor consists of bars,
forming an enormous fire-grate. The
underbody or chassis of these locomo-
tives looks like those of two separate
engines, each having two cylinders,
with four pairs of coupled driving
wheels. There is also pair of small
wheels at each end of the complete ar
rangement.
These locomotives are capable of de-
veloping nearly five thousand horse
power, or enough to drive an ocean
liner; and one Of the furnaces con-
sumes four tons of coal per hour when
the engine is hauling full load.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
Ancient Hotel.

Very shortly the George hotel, Read
ing England, more than four hundred
years old, will be sold by auction. The
George was doing business in the days
when the Abbot Of Reading was one
of the great men in the land, and it
stands now in dignifed repose in a
busy street, not far from the gaunt
ruins of the great abbey. High over
it's arched entrance, on little shield,
is the date of its foundation, 1906.
Reading was then village of 1000
i 'itants. The George belonged to
/. late Mr.. Henry Neville, the actor,
who was very proud of the old house,
and took the Gveliest interest in it's
management.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
Necessity for Extras"

Mr.. Nuwed-Seems to me our gro
Gerry bills are very high for two per-
sons.
Mrs. Nuwed-You wanted me to be
economical, you know, and I've been
using up the bread crumbs for pud-
dings.
Mr. Nuwed-Quite right, my love,
and good puddings they were, but l
was speaking of the grocery bills
Mrs. Nuwed-Yes; you see, it takes
about S. worth of other things to
make the bread crumbs taste good
Puck.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
Titta Ruffo's Important Views.

A piece of baked macaroni trying
to stand upright. That is the def
tion of the modern American woman
given to Denver newspaper reporter
by Titta Ruffo of the Chicago Grand
Opera company.
1T ees like piece of cooked maca-
roni making effort to stand upright, ("
he said with an air of disgust. "In
Eet-aly the women are beeg. Only
beeg women are beautiful
"The American woman is very chic
and it is good for her to be suffra-
gette. 1t is nice for woman to rule
man in America. In Eet-aly it is not
so nice"
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
Steel "Rusiness Cars -

Two steel business cars are being
built by the Pennsylvania railroad al
Altoona, Pa, to facilitate the transac
ton of railroad business while officials
are travelling. These cars are to bt
provided with typewriters, maps, com
pilations Of railroad statistics an(
other office equipment. Two other sim
liar cars are already in use.-Engineer
ing News.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
HANKS GOOD BARGAIN
COUNTRYMAN CERTAINLY PUR-
CHASED LOCOMOTIVE CHEAP.
Unfortunately the Sale Had to Be
Called Off, and Neither Party to
the Transaction Got Much
Benefit From 1t.

speaking OF Cue frisco T0c0lVoI-
ship" said Ed " Williams with a
reminiscent smile. reminds me of
one of the funniest things that ever
happened in the early history of North
Springfield, the time that Hank
Jenkins bought up the railroad for
$3.50 and started in to make his for
tune.
Hank was leary-eyed, ungainly,
angular country pumpkin, who came
to town every Saturday to dangle his
long legs over the cracker barrels of
the corner grocery, chew endless
amounts of tobacco and swap mules in
between whiles. A keen trader was
Hank. He'd rather get a dollar on
sharp deal than to find two rolling up
the street.
"In the days when Hank bought up
the railroad railroading was a good
deal different than 1t is now, you un-
derstand. A rough, roistering bunch
of men, fond of liquor and carousing,
were on every train crew. The first
few weeks the railroad came to Spring
field, as you may know, it was the OBJ
ject of interest for the whole country
side. People came in for miles to see
the putting engine, chugging along
the track apparently of its own force.
The sight was much more exciting
than an airshfp taxicab line would be
now.
Among those who rode in from
IL
Hank. He looked with amaze on the
rattling cars and noisy engines. He
approached a switch engine curiously,
and looked it over with the same sus-
picious shrewdness that he always
kept on hand for looking inside the
mouth of a horse he was planning to
trade for. Finally he approached the
red-faced engineer and said
What der yer reckin that there
blamed thing Is wuth?'
"T don't know replied the engi-
neer, with a wink at one of his fellow
trainmen. It's worth good deal,
you know. You could make big money
with it hauling stuff up and down the
tracks. What'll you give?
ct amt got but $3.50, returned
Hank
1.-The engines cheap at $780, said
the engineer. 1t cost all O. $40. But
l like the looks of you, and need
some money, stranger. If you can
plank the money down now the en-
gine's yourn.'
But how'd run it?' put in Hank
in perplexity. How much are you
sellin' the track for?'
If you'll pay $3.50 down now, said
the trainman solemnly, well throw
in the track for ten miles up the line.
Then you can buy the rest of it on
easy terms
"A few minutes later two hilarious
railroad men were making for the near
est saloon with Hanks $3.50, and
Hank, no less happy, was strutting
up and down the track gloating over
the cherished possession and wonder
ing, perhaps, what his wife would say
when she knew that he owned an en-
gine and ten miles Of track on the
much talked of railroad.
Maybe you've dreamed of being
millionaire and then woke up to find
that your bank account was over
drawn. Then you'll know how Hank
felt when he found out that he was
the goat And perhaps, you'll under
stand how the trainmen felt when
they sobered up from their royal
drunk to find that an unhumorous,
practical minded judge was waiting to
sentence them to 80 days in Jail for
getting money under false pretenses.
Springfield Republican.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
/ FIND A VERY CURIOUS KNIFE
Relic of Past Found When Stump of
Apple Tree Is Removed From
Canton, Pa, Garden.

delphia.-When the stump of
an apple tree was removed from the
garden belonging to E. w. Walborn,
near Canton, Pa, directly under the
stump and sticking straight down in
the ground was found a curious knife.
The blade. from shaft to point, is III Il
inches. 1t is 21a inches wide at the
hilt and tapers to a needle point The
back of the blade is thick and heavy
and the edge has evidently been
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
INCREASE LIFE OF THE RAIL
Slots in Web Are Said to Be an I'm
provement Over the Old Style
of Manufacture.

Perforating the web of street car
rail with narrow slots is plan that
burg, Sweden, for increasing the re.
siliency of the rail and reducing the
wear when the rail is laid in con-
crete or other rigid foundation. The
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
Method of increasing Life of Rail by
Perforating Web.

slots may be placed either horizontal
ly or inclined, as shown in the illus
tration, the effect in either case being
that of bridging the head over the
space occupied by the slot. 1t is
claimed that irregularities ip the rail
head wear smooth when the rail is
slotted in this way-Popular Mechan.
les
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
His Good Deed.

What good deed did you perform
today?" the first class scout was
asked. Mother had only enough cas-
tor oil for one dose, SO l let my sister
take it, replied the hero.-Buffalo Ex-
press.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
What He Wanted

my wife insists on having a flying
machine"
1--WE have some that are perfectly
safe, sir"
Have you one that will fly at an
altitude of about ten inches?"
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
Banking Concerns Assets Small.

Chicago.-A Canadian nickel, a pen
ny, desk, several chairs and a safe
containing some bonds of small value
were found to be the total assets of
the American Banking association,
when John w. Worthington, it's presi.
dent, was brought before a referee in
bankruptcy.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16

years. When | be-
gan to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound d I
could not sit up. I
had female troubles
and was very ner-
vous. = I used the
remedies a year and
/ can do my work
and for the last eight
m o n tn s l h ay e
work ed for other
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
How to Wed Happily.

Princeton, N. ITO assure happy
marriages all applicants for marriage
licenses should file declarations of in
tentions a month before the license is
granted" said Prof. R. M. Ross, in q
lecture On social economics.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
Correct.

An he said rapturously, as they
danced, Il feel as though l were glid-
ing on velvet" you are" she replied,
taking a tighter grip on her skirt
New York World
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16

The best way to learn how to waste
money is to get it easy.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16

Constipation causes and seriously aggra-
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured
by DR.. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar coated
granules Adv.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16
Some Comfort

The more you talk to a man about
himself the more intelligent he thinks
you are.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful, clear
white clothes. All good grocers. Adv.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16

Don't be misled Ask for Red Cross
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes.
At all good grocers. Adv.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16

The fellow who tells girl he would
die for her wants to be killed with
kindness.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-16

The Montessori System.
Old-Fashioned Mother-What is this
Montessori system of child education
that l hear so much about?
Old-Fashioned Father dunno, ex-
actly, but the keynote of it seems to
be votes for children"