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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25

one bright summers day n little bird
sricd an old rocking horse In the yard
or some little boys and girls.
The horse was old and worn with the
rough handling which II received from
tho children AMI the tall had been
pulled out by John. who wanted it for
whiskers when he had show. This
pretty little house hunter spied the hole
where the tail had once hung, and
went In to investigate.
"oh. this would be a fine house for
Fly young and. no cat could get them
either" she said.
Al once she flew over 10 her husband
and told him of her Investigation.
Both father and mother bird set to
work carrying feathers straw, hair
strings and twigB.
In few days the nest was finished
and not long after. four little eggs were
beneath the mother birds warm breast
In a few weeks time, four little birds
with open mouths. came into the nest
Then came the busy time for mothe r
and father bird. getting bugs and
worms FOR their babies.
The babies grew fast and soon be-
came large enough to ~.
tComposed by)
SAMUEL l.. -.CiARTHRIGHT.
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SIR WILLIAM NAPIER AND THE
LITTLE GIRL.

One day Sir Napier was walking
down a country road. and he saw n
little girl crying over broken
pitcher. He asked her why she was
crying. and she said, IL was sent to
buy some milk, but dropped tho
pitcher. and / need six pence to buy
Il new one.
Sir Napier put his hand in his pock-
ct and said: II have my money at
home. but you can meet me hero at
this hour and / will give you six
pence
The little girl was comrorted and
went home. When Sir Napier reach
ed home he found MI invitation from
friend to come TO a dinner party.
Sir Napier declined the invitation and
told his friend. II have promised a lit
tie girl to meet her. and OF course l
can't come, for will keep my prom
Use"
IDA ANTEN.
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ElrzAnErmrs sIcur-sEEING TRIP.
(ConcltiSion.)

tConclusion.)
You are going sight -seeling." said
the leader to Elizabeth. - know the
town pretty WE'LL" she said smilingly
You are. going to see our town lower
down, boys" he said, turning to the
men with the seat, who instantly did
as they were told &c; in. Miss
they said to Elizabeth. Elizabeth got
i'm the large seat and fixed herself In
II comfortable position. The men
lifted the seat on TO their shoulders
and started on. They went In to a
gateway into small town. They
passed little red and green houses
with pretty ivy climbing up. and very
green front lawns, and little men AMI
women Ut work--the men cutting
grass: the women washing windows
and making them so shiny one could
see their faces in them. They passed
through a garden, when "Eiizabeth.
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A WALK IN THE WOODS.

1t is such lovely weather for walk
ing, that my cousins and myself went
for a Walk in the woods Although
Jack Frost hand not touchc the leaves
much II was lovely We stood on the
bank and looked down. we saw the
sumac with its punches OF crimson ber-
ries. and dark green leaves a little way
off was the golden rod with yellow tops.
back OF them were the trees, their
green leaves turning yellow Farther
on we came to creek; we had such
fun crossing on the slippy rocks. We
came home very tired, hut did not re-
uret our long walk. We expect to go
again soon, and then we will take our
ELSIE RUDD,
Sis North Thirty Third ST.
Richmond, Va.
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A BRAVE. DEED.

One day :; boat was getting ready
to leave the wharf, when an old man
tried to get OH It, He came about a
minute too late and fell into the wa
ter. just as he was getting on the boat
y young man. who was leaning over
the rail, saw this accident. He threw
off his coat and plunged into the wa
ter lie soon brought the old man on
board the ship. The man who was
saved was very rich. but the young
man was very poor. The rescued man
gave his rescuer n great reward. The
young man not long atterward mar
rfed the old mans daughter.
MOIIlE SHAPIRO
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THE SOUTH SHOULD NOT FORGET.

In the clash of armed millions, on Eu-
ropes bloody field,
In the whir OF passing airshtps, whose
early doom is seaeld,
Should it be forgotten, that fifty years
ago,
On the field of old Manassas, did the
blood Of thousands flow,
And that the men In Gray, won there
hard fought fight.
That echoed thro' the years, and thrilled
the heart of right?
MacDowell came from Washington, to
lay Virginia waste.
On the eve of battle boastful, at the
end he left I'm haste.
Our heroes held the field, gainst many
Humorous shock.
TIL Smiths brigade arrived, they held
firm as n rock
Then the tide of. hattie changed. the
invaders driven back,
Our army saved from capture, our capi-
tai from sack.
Tho the Germans now sweep onward
to curb proud Englands power,
Tho Belgian's king and Kingdom, await
the final hour.
Yet the South should not forget, tho
deeds OF long ago.
In the present war of nations their
mem'ries flicker low
The soldiers of Virginia, who fought
until the end,
Few Remember how they died. their
country to defend.
LOIS AVERILL,
Howardsville, Va.
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AUTUMN SONG.

Autumn has come.
And summer is gone
l.ring In the hay,
And cut down the corn.
Where are the children.
Who so merrily played.
In the hay fields
Ana under the stack.
hey'rc gone off to school,
In ahurry arc they,
lob can't find his stockings
And ribbon. aeither can May.
y: last they're ready.
And start at 4 run.
they chatter and laugh
:lerely for fun.
And now boys and girls,
Who cry and fret
recnuse of few lessons to get,
Don't do IL again in your life, long
But ram off and sing this happy song.
Composed by)
LILLIAN FRANKLIN.
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VIRGINIA.

Nothing is quite so beautiful rs the
Autumn sky.
When down in Virginia Autumn is
passing by.
Nothing is quite so sweet as the morn
ing dew.
When hand, in hand, down in Vir-
ginia | stroll with you.
Nothing is quite so beautiful as the
Golden Rod
That blooms down in Virginia on the
old time sod.
Nothing is quite so grand as the
mountains there.
When down In Virginia, throw away
your troubles and Danish care.
God made our state. TITS glorious
Life in Virginia is never finished; it
has just begun.
Original BY
NELL WALKER.
401 Otey Avenue, Bedford. Va.
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Elizabeth! Wake up came two voices
mt once. And the little men who were
holding the seat trembled SO that the
seat shook. All ut once she was lying
under the tree. and the trembling men
were only the girls trying to awaken
her. They had come back to find out
why she had not Joined them. Eliza
beth jumped up and was soon on her
way home. telling the girls her dream.
Original. Composed by
VIRGINIA MARSHALL COLE.
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1. What great man wrote the first
in the English language?
.. What great man wrote the De
cline and Fall of tho Roman Empire?
3. What great man, after he went
blind. wrote, Paradise Lost"
4. What famous English poet was
expelled from Oxford?,
5. What famous English poet never
went to school?
Composed by
MARGUERITE HARRIS.
Harrisonburg, Va.
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Puzzle Department
A CHAnApE.

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ANNIE b. SINCLAIR.
Nelson County, Gladstone, Va.
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Leroy MOrinE, BECK, Va.
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ford. Va.
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city.
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Names of Flowern.

Names or FloWcra.
!. Sec how the sun shines on this
=. DO not forget to b,ing me the
!. Do not touch me.
4. This lily was found In the Valley
of the Hudson.
>. II is 4 O'Clock now.
S. Put the butter in this cup.
Z. Rose IL so prim.
S. A flake Of snow. il melted. will
make n drop OF water.
O.. A great part OF the nation have
ridden In this cnr.
10. You had better put this cape
around you, Jasmine.
MARGARET PROCTOR.
brakes Branch. Va.
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Your member.
KATHLEEN HALL.
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CLACDINE MORING.
Beck, Va.

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My whole Is the name OF n State.
LEROY lMORING.
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JUMBLED NAMES OF GIRLS AND
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PRIZE WINNERS of the WEEK.

YOUR EDITOR.
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Faithful Member.


Dear Euitor.-I was indeed glad to see my
poem on nc page last week. and wish to
thank you for publishing AZ II has been
some time since my last drawing appeared.
J am Enclosing one with this message. which
hope Will meet with your approval. 7
have always been steady contributor. and
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hut In the future am going to try to 40
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Pcrnap. that VIII help some. With sincere
wishes to all. Lovingly yours
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my prize. ! think II fine. I certainly
was suipTized. have read II ell pretty
near, Hucss you think I have stoppei
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Your old member
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SIS North Thirty Third ST.
Richmond, Va.
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800 North Thirty NTH Street. Rich
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Pleased With Rank.

Pleased With Books.
Dear EdItor,-I inclose a drawing for mex
Sunday and ! hope II will escape Mr.
Wastebasket thank you ever so mucf
for them. like the thing that you sen
inc. ANA the gold medal certainly is pretty
Yours truly.
DENNIS RRADSITAw
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JENNY WREN AND HER VIEW HOME.

Beck. Va.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-29
Germany Denies Defeat.

The German embassy at Washing
ton on the twenty first received the
following wireless from Berlin:
"All the French-English reports of
victories of battles in France are un-
true. The German retreat of the west
ern wing was practical maneuver
not affecting the strategical position.
The French attempt to break through
the center of the German position was
VIGOROUSLY repulsed.
There is confirmation of German
successes at several points Of the long
extended battlefield. The Paris Temps
reports that the losses of the British
army in the recent fighting amount to
$4,000 dead and wounded
German Losses Heavy.
A casualty list made up largely of
the losses of a few regiments, was
made public at Berlin on the twenty
third OF the 6,126 casualties report
ed, 1876 fall to Is battalions of eight
regiments.
The One Hundred and Thirty-first
regiment reported 7,141 casualties.
Six of it's officers were killed and %
wounded The One Hundred and Thir-
ty-second infantry reported 80 officers
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out at several points on the German
right, both sides suffering very heavy
losses.
Soon after the attack opened the
Germans directed an attack against
the allies lines further to the east,
but finally were driven back in hand
to hand encounter in which line after
line FLASHED in terrific bayonet charges
in the dark
Severe fighting occurred along the
entire battle line, which has narrowed
to about ninety miles because of the
rival armies drawing closer together
for more massive compact.
Bayonets lunged and struck and the
two lines swayed back and forth in
a titanic struggle, until there arrived
the re-enforcements to the support Of
the French line. These were imme-
diately hurled into the front line, and
their energy turned the tide Of the
battle. The Germans were hurled
back, but the allies gain in ground
was not considerable Nowhere were
the allies forced back. The steel
wall held"
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are moving southeast toward st. Quen-
tin to cut the railroad line Of supply
of the Germans through Belgium.
The allies have gained all along the
line, but at terrible cost.
The German attempt to pierce the
French front near Reims has been
abandoned. The fighting here has
been confined to artillery action. the
German fusillade acting as a screen
for general retreat, which is irumi-
nent, If, indeed, it has not already be-
gun, as indicated by reports from the
front. This retreat is planned to
cover the avenues Of escape of the
German right wing and the army Of
the crown prince, both of which are in
great peril
Germans Reoccupy French Towns.
That the Germans have reoccupied
three towns opposite the French right
wing in Lorraine was made clear when
the full text of the official statement
from the French war office was read
at the French embassy in Washington.
The official statement, as given out in
Paris, set forth that Domevre, south of
Bramont, had been reoccupied by the
enemy. The embassy received a
statement, however, which contains
this phrase: ION our right wing in
Lorraine the enemy has again passed
the frontier with several small col
umns. He has reoccupied Domevre,
south of RramOnt and NOmeny and
Dime, north of Nancy"
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INCIDENTS OF THE WAR
Germans Sink British Cruisers.

London, Sept. 24.-Three British
cruisers, their value totaling $4,000
900 and carrying complement of
more than two thousand one hundred
men, were torpedoed and sunk in the
North sea, of the German coast, by
German submarines essaying a raid
similar to that which sent the scout
patrol cruiser Pathfinder to the bot
tom.
The government says that con
siderable number" of the crew were
picked up by destroyers and trawlers
that hurried to the rescue
The Aboukir, which was patrolling
in the North sea, was the first to be
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Fighting Along the AIsne.

Via Paris, Sept. 23-The German
right wing under General Won Kluck
has been forced back seven miles. 1t
has been driven back on to Noyon,
where it has been forced to seek de-
fensive strongholds to the southeast
of the city and, on the left bank Of
the Disc.
Re-enforcements reached General
Won Kluck, but their arrival did not
stay the successful movement of the
French and British
General Won Kluck is now exposed
to the thanking movement OF the allies
left, which has been progressing up
the right bank OF the Disc in an en-
veloping maneuver. The French and
British have driven forward until they
occupied the heights of Lassigny,
west of Noyon, have swept by Noyon
itself on the north, and have stretched
their lines as far east as Laon.
With advances by the allies center.
where the Germans also have been
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pushed back, it is believed ts.at the
cracking of the Teutons' lines por-
tends the withdrawal of the invaders
from France.
Berlin, via Amsterdam, Sept. "a
The following official statement COW
ering the general situation in France
was issued To-Day:
Success is meeting our offensive
against the allied British and French
forces. We are making progress at
several points. Heavy rain for few
days compelled the German troops to
withhold their attack, but we are now
moving forward, with the enemy max
ing an energetic defense
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Rival Armies Draw Close To-
gether and Fight With Mag
nificent Bravery.
BRITISH LOSE FIGHT AT SEA
ers Have Been Sunk by Subma-
rines-Germany Loses Two
Berlin and London Report
Heavy Casualties in
the Field.

On the Battle Front, via Paris,
Sept. 25.-Genera1 Won Kluck's har-
assed German right wing was driven
back more than ten miles despite its
effort to hold back the allies in their
encircling maneuver, which is fast
accomplishing General Joffre's plan Of
turning the western end Of the inva-
ders' army back upon the center.
Violent fighting continued all day
where the rival armies are in contact
north Of Noyon, and the enemy is
fighting with undiminished gallantry
against the ever-present danger of be-
ing cut off. Also, there is the growing
peril of a stroke from the rear, which
unofficial reports declare is being di-
rected from Amiens, where the French
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Orders Wireless Station Closed.

Washington, D. c., Sept. 25.-Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels on Thursday
ordered the Marconi wireless station
at Siasconsett, Mass, closed on Friday
in consequence of the failure of the
company to give assurance that it
would comply with naval censorship
regulations The company has ap-
pealed to the federal courts. It's of
tense lay in forwarding a British mes
sage which was held to be in violation
Of the neutrality laws
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sunk when she was struck by q tor
pedo sent from a German submarine.
The Hogue and the Cressy went to
the rescue of the survivors, who were
floating in the water. AS they were
lowering their boats the submarine of
the enemy also launched torpedoes
against the two cruisers, they also be-
ing sunk.
The three cruisers cost approx
mately 100000 EACH
Two of FIVE German submarine-boa
which attacked and sank the British
cruisers Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue
were sent to the bottom by the Brit
ish ships. according to survivors Of
the cruisers who arrived here. The
steamer Flores brought in 287 sur
vivors.
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lin, when they are caught by the Ger
mans they have to dance the High
land fling and play the bagpipe nine.
times a day for the entertainment of
their captors.
''At Roebritz, which is about thirty
miles from Berlin, the Germans had
quartered 5000 British prisoners he
said. Among them were five Scotch
men. One day while I was visiting
the camp | was surpris ed to hear the
shrill notes of the bagpipe. Upon
making inquiries learned that the.
Germans had discovered that the
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DESTRUCTION OF NOTRE DAME AT
REIMS IS GREATEST LOSS Of WAR

Aside from these notable monu-
ments thorough Smelling or confia-
grafton might destroy many lesser
buildings that have made the ancient
city 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.
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Europe.
Under orders from Henry S. Brock
inridge, assistant secretary OF war of
the United States, affairs here are be-
ing wound up as rapidly as possible.
A resident American relief commit
tee, under a permanent form OF or
ganiZation, will continue, after the
withdrawal OF government assistance,
to assist INDECENT Americans with
committee funds.
The government relief work under
the direction of army officers espe-
ciaily detailed will end also in all the
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and SCI men killed, wounded or miss
ing.
The Tenth Grenadiers lost 20 officers
and $40 men, and one battalion of the
One Hundred and Forty-seventh in.
fantry had eight officers killed and five
wounded.
Slaughter Of British Officers.
Casualty lists compiled from reports
received from the French front to date
give the bare testimony of the promi-
nent part played by British officers in
the fighting which has been going on
with only two or three brief respites
since August %.
The percentage Of officers killed.
wounded and missing is out of all pro
portion to the losses in the ranks
OF the 797 officers whose names ap.
peared in the list, 100 were killed, 38s
wounded and 279 missing. Many OF
the missing later probably will be
shown as killed or wounded
Three German Warships Sunk.
According to message from Paris
to the Central News at London the
Russian cruiser Bayan has sunk Ger.
man cruiser and two torpedo boats
in the Baltic sea. Coming Immediately
after the loss to the British fleet in the
North sea this report of Russian sue.
cess in the Baltic was joyfully received
here
Britain Lost 1888 In Sea Fight.
The magnitude of the disaster SUI.
fered in the North sea when the cruis.
ers Aboukir, Greasy and Hogue were
sunk by German subarmines struck
home to England when it was learned
that only LOOT survivors, officers and
sailors. had been accounted for. The
missing number 1882, the three ships
having carried 1900 sailors and off,
GERS
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FRENCH VILLAGERS BURY
WAR DEAD AT NIGHT

London.-The Daily News CORE
spondent, Harold Ashton, who has just
returned to Paris from the neighbor-
hood OF Senlis, tells of new corps
OF the French army. He says it Is
the corps of the sections, and there Is
no age limit to their term Of service
when they enroll.
When the curtain of night has fallen
they 60 from villages and farms in an
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FORCED TO AMUsE cAPT0Rs
Hiqhlanders Compelled to Play the
Bagpipe and Dance for Ger
mans Amusement.

Chicago-War may be all the ter
rible things people say it is, but as
far as Scotch Highlanders are con-
cerned it is worse.
Not only do they have to dodge bull
lets and shrapnel and go days with
out food or drink, but, according to
August Pfan, who returned from Ber-
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UHLANS RIDE TO DEATH
WITH CAREFREE MEN

the Ger
man uhlans, Of whom so much has
been heard In the European war; Luigi
Barzini, a widely known Italian war
correspondent, says:
1.-The swarms of cavalry which the
Germans send out ahead OF their ad-
vance are to be found everywhere-on
any highway, on any path. 1t is their
business to see as much as possible.