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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
KEEPING ALWAYS AT WORK
ceaseless Industry Of French People
a Matter of Wonderment to
American Visitor.

American visitors to France are
amazed at the ceaseless industry Of
workers, especially women.
A resident of New York, return
ing few days ago, enthusiastically
described some of the surprising but
admirable things in this line she wit
messed in Paris.
The young woman who called for
the washing had her knitting, and
carried the basket on. her back SO
that as she walked home she might
ply the needles. Market women in
variably were knitting and crochet
ing as they tended their stalls. "0ur
little maid of all work." said the OBJ
server, "kept her crocheting in the
kitchen, and while the meals were
cooking on the funny little gas stove
she crocheted as though her life de-
pended upon it, and, so far as | could
see, neither the cooking nor the lace
work suffered because of her divided
attention. When the doorbell rang
she walked down the little hall, still
crocheting.
1t is this form of industry and
concentration which begets efficiency
and, in larger relations, success as it
is defined by the world. There is an
impulse for conservation in almost
every field. But the chief waste Of
the world always has been the waste
Of time.-Des Moines Register and
Leader.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
POOR OLD WORDSWORTH!

Owen Wister, the novelist, was
talking in Philadelphia about poet
whose work sold poorly.
"Poets are usually without honor"
he said. "Remember Wordsworth's
case.
''The great Wordsworth, you know,
was in the habit of spouting his
poetry aloud as he took his lonely
walks. Thus he polished and elab-
Grated his lines. Thus, too, he got
the reputation among the Rydal
Lake folks of being a bit daft.
"0Well, John, what's the news?'
Hartley Coleridge once asked an old
stonebreaker by the lake shore.
"Why, not varra partickler,' the
stonebreaker replied. Only old
Wordsworth's broken loose again. "
Montgomery Journal.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
EVERYTHING QUITE ALL RIGHT
PhysIcIan's Wrath at Patient Surely
Should Have Been soothed by
the Explanation.

Cato Sells, the new commissioner
of Indian affairs, told a story to a
Washington bunch the other night
in demonstrating that our fears are
often quite groundless.
On entering fashionable cafe in
one of the big eastern cities some
time ago, Mr.. Sells said, doctor was
amazed to see one Of his patients
happily blowing his way through a
layout of beef. Instantly he speeded
to his side.
'What in the world are you doing,
Smith 2" demanded the doctor in his
severest voice. didn't l tell you not
to eat beefsteak
"You certainly did, Doc" frankly
admitted the patient, "but every
thing is all right. There is no occa-
sion for alarm"
You are dlsobeylng my orders r
heatedly explained the doctor. 81
want you to understand"
Don't get excited, Doc" inter-
jected the patient. GAS I said before,
there is no occasion for it. I can
easily settle for the steak and pay
your bill, too" philadelphia Tele-
graph.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
TEACHING AUNTlE.

More and more we are learning
that much of our lives is lived Gin
our minds" as the children say. A
certain little nephew of mine, who
has been visiting me, brought this
truth home with new force. 'Iets
play hide and seek, Aunt Mollie," he
begged the other evening.
III was surprised, for it was dark
outside; so ] said, "Oh, let's wait till
morning; You couldn't see in the
yard now" 4g
Rather scornfully he replied: ooh,
we don't play the old-fashioned way
any more, Aunt Mollie; we play hide
and seek in our minds. Then you
can hide in the lamp chimney or the
stovepipe or the inkwell or any.
where"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
MUST STOP GROWING RICE.

To stop growing rice in certain
districts of Colombo is said to be the
only means of abolishing the mala-
rial scourge. Reports by DR.. Bahr,
who with Sir Patrick Manson and
Major James have conducted impor-
tant experiments in the VIGOROUSLY
malarial town of Kurunegalle, have
been published by the government.
1t was found that mosquitoes breed
extensively in paddy fields, and that
rice cultivation is practically insep-
arabic from malaria. The only REM
edy that can hope to be effective is
the abandonment Of cultivation alto
gether. In lakes and pools it has
been found feasible to stop the breed
ing of the malarial mosquito entirely
by the introduction of larvivarous
fish, but this is ineffective in paddy
fields.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
THE BALLOT.

The word ballot was borrowed
originally from the Italian, and
made its appearance in English as
early as in 1549, when it occurred in
a Historic of Italy," by one William
Thomas, afterwards hanged at Ty-
burn, England, for a conspiracy
against Queen Mary. In the eight
zenith century the word was used by
Cowper and others to distinguish the
method of choosing men for battle.
The word meant the actual ball
(black or white) used in voting,
though in French the ballot ball is
called not 'ballotte," but "boule." As
now applied the word covers all vot-
ing which is not strictly open.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
slsshed Pettieoat.

We have had the tango" gown;
now has descended upon us the "tan-
60" petticoat. This latest addition to
the wardrobe of the fashionable wo-
man is made of but two pieces, with
seams in the side, which, needless to
say, are open to point just above the
knee. The front and back breadths of
the petticoat are scalloped, sloping
gradually up to the joining of the
seams at the knee. The garment in
this instance is edged with plated
ruffie Of the silk of which the skirt is
made, but lace Of almost any kind
would be nearly as effective. To regu-
late the height of the skirt slashes on
each side Of the openings there have
been sewn crocheted rings, through
which lacing of ribbon is passed.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
UP TO DATE.

"What are you giving your cows
now in the way of galactagogues?"
asked the Irvington professor of the
milkman.
"Oh," said the milkman, who has
just been graduated from Purdue
and is not to be stumped by any But
Ter college pedagogue, "their susie
nance is wholly of vegetable origin
rich in chlorophyll and opulent in
butyraceous qualities"
ga pint, if you please" said the
professor.
'Git up" said the milkman.-I
dianapolis News.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
SILENCE BEST POLICY.

Mrs. Newell am in an awful
fix, mamma.
Mrs. Eaglebeak-What is the mat
ter?
Mrs. Newell went through
Georges pockets last night to hunt
for change, as you advised me to,
and l found some letters which l
gave him to post last week, and now
/ dare not scold about the letters for
fear he'll scold about my going
through his pockets.-Puck.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
CONGESTION IN BERLIN.

Three thousand in one house rep
resent the degree of congestion of
population in tht poor quarters Of
Berlin. Statistics recently published
show the appalling scarcity Of lodg-
ings. One house in the Ackerstrasse,
in North Berlin, shelters over 5000
people. The newspapers are warn
ing people in the provinces against
coming to look for work in Berlin.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
Flower Fashion.

Roses are best for evening wear.
Even II they are buds, do not wear
three or four of them; that would
spoil the artistic effect. Select one full.
blown rose and tuck 1t into the coil
of your hair, letting it nestle close to
the ear.
The smart way to wear flowers on
the tailored suit is to attach them
to the left lapel of the coat. Violets
look best worn near the waist line.
just little to the left side and tied
with soft, narrow, shaded violet satin
ribbon.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
ANSWER THE CALL
Newport People Have Found That
This is Neces-
Sdry.

A cold, strain, a sudden
wrench,
A little cause may hurt the kid
neys.
Spells of backache often follow,
Or some irregularity of the
urine.
A splendid remedy for such at
lacks,
A medicine that has satisfied
thousands
Is Doan's Kidney Pills.
Thousands people rely uponit.
Here is one case:
j. Ford, Naillon, Tenn, says:
I'VE have used Doan's Kidney
Pills with fine results and we all
praise them. One Of our family
suffered for years from disorder
ed kidneys and complained a great
deal of backache. When we heard
how beneficial Doan's Kidney
Pills were in such cases, he pro-
cured a supply and they made
him well. Doan's Kidney Pills are
entitled to the entire credit for
this cure, as no other remedy was
used"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr.. Ford had. Foster Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
BOTH WAITING FOR IT.

"At last" he sighed, "we're alone.
I've been hoping for this chance"
$50 have l." said she, very frank
ly.
"Ah! You have guessed, then,
that l wanted to tell you that l love
your"
eyes; and l want to say No. and
get it over with"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19

Had dyspepsia or Indigestion
for years. No appetite, and what
| did eat distressed me terribly.
Burdock Blood Bitters reached
the cause. u. H. Walker, SUM-
bury, o. Adv.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19

The Hon. Angus Mcdonnell. sec.
ond son of the Earl of Antrim, sur
prised his friends a few days ago
when he ann inced during dance
at the government house, Ottawa,
Canada, while guest of the Duke
and Duchess of Conr aught, that he
was secretly married last December
to Miss Ethelwyn A.rthur-Jones,
daughter of the British playwright
Henry Arthu.-Jones. The bride
groom met his bride while she was
playing in Romance" in New York
and followed her to Chicago, where
the wedding occurred.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
JelIIed Grapes.

JelIIed Grapes.
This is good way to use the loose
grapes in a basket. Wash the fruit
and put two cupfuls in a deep dish;
sprinkle among them a half a cupful
each of boiled rice and sugar, pour
over them half cupful of water, COW
er close and bake two hours in q
slow oven. Serve very cold with
cream. A delicate dish.
Marriage with good woman Is
harbor in the tempest. but with bad
woman it proves a tempest in the
harbor.-J. Petit-Sen
The Egyptian people, wisest then
OF nations, gave to their spirit Of wis
down the form of a woman, and put
into her hand for symbol the weav.
er's shuttle.-John Ruskin.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
MoNoLocUE.

Impatient Intruder-Look here,
you've been in there half an hour and
never said word.
Man in the Telephone BOOTH
am speaking to my wife, sir
Sketch.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
IMPROVEMENT.

Papa did Edison make the first
talking machine1'' a ,l
mo, son, the Lord made the first
talking machine, but Edison made
the first one that could be shut of
at will"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
ONE SOLUTION.

"One-half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives"
81 think I've figured it out. Half
of us are audience and the other half
lectures"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19

Here is the very latest fsshion-in
Persia. The girl in the picture is
Jane Salisbury, and she's an Ameri-
can, but her costume was made by
the tailors to the late Persian shah.
Miss Salisbury is the leading woman
in "Omar, the Tentmaker," Persian
play now running in New York
theater.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
THE RESEMBLANCE.

"Poets and hens have one thing
=. common"
"What is that? ?"
'The Easter lay"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
SPLIT SKIRTS.

'sWhat did you think of Mrs.
Doughboy's reception, last night9"
II thought the silk stockings were
many and beautiful"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
DIFFERENT ADoRNMENTs.

@We're going to put high cupola
on our house."
"We're going to put a higher mort
gage on ours"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
POLITICS.

Stella - You can rule a man
through his stomach.
Bella-Then it is best to stuff the
ballot box.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19

Constipation causes headache
indigestion, dizziness, drowsiness.
For mild, opening medicine, use
Doan's Regulets. 25c a box at all
stores. Adv.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19

See C. L. Ottinger & Son for
Tennessee corn, e. S. Meal, Oats,
international Sugar Feed.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
Masonic Tidings'

A weekly publication giving news
of East Tennessee Lodges and Masons.
81 per year. Give your subscription
to b. l. Susong or mail to j. r. Will
liams, publisher, Knoxville, Tenn.
Advertisement
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
CONNIE EMIT.

$50 you want to get position in
the park zoo?"
eyes"
"Beastly job"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19
A NECESSITY.

"Do you fish often? p
"Oftener than the fish bite. BAL
timore American.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-19

We have for Sale anything ir
the feed line except hay.-C. L.
Ottinger q Son.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-24
SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION
Their Results, as an Expert
Understands Them.

The German line holds fast to its
fntrenchments, following the Aisne
river from ten miles west of Scissors
to the mouth Of the Suippe and then
curVing southwark to Montfaucon,
northwest Of Verdun. All along the
lines the allies are making assaults,
but it cannot be made out from the
reports whether they are pushed home
with the idea of breaking down the
German resistance or whether they
are made merely to hold the Germans
IN position while the turning move
ment to the west is taking form.
Now is the time when the arrival
of new British army might turn the
tide of battle for the allies The 1855.
900 of Great Britain's first effort are
in the battle line, apparently in two
separate bodies, one southeast of Sois-
sons and one near the Disc river
With 100000 regulars, 5000 terri
torials and 100000 volunteers to draw
on, Great Britain must by now be
sending to the front forces that will
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-24

war which he preached in his recent
proclamation.
Replying TO Emperor Williams
cablegram charging that the French
are using dumdum bullets and defend
ing the destruction Of Louvai2, the
president explained that true Ameri-
can neutrality precludes an express
sion Of opinion on the acts of the bel
ligerents by either himself or the peo-
pie OF the United States.
Mr. Wilson replied in practically
identical language to the representa-
lions by the commission Of Belgian
officials that atrocities were commit
ted by the German army during the
march through their country.
Germans Claim Maubeuae.
Berlin has officially announced that
the fall of Maubeuge took place on
September 8. with 400 guns and 10000
prisoners.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-24
Observation-Disclosures
; MARKET REPORTS
OEEoEzozzoEEozzc

Milwaukee. Sept. Il. 1914.

~hAA o0hCCs oCPt- L.
Butter-Creamery, extras, soc;
prints, Sic; firsts, 271a case; sec
onds, "a q 26c; renovated, 24Q25c;
dairy, fancy, 27e.
Cheese-American, full cream,
new made twins. 141zc; Young Am
ericas, 14Aa G15c; daisies, 141z q
1Sc; longhorns. 141a Q15c; Iimbur-
ger, fancy, 121a Q13c.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as to
quality, zoo 22c; recandled, extras,
70 q 26c; seconds, 16Q17c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, 15c; roost-
ers, lOc; broilers, 1870.
Wheat-No. l northern. 1.04; No.
2 northern, 1.O7 Q1.O9; No. north
ern, 90cQ los; No. l velvet, 1.120
1.13.
Corn-No. yellow, 77hc.
Oats-No. white, 471ac; stand
ard, 47Ac.
Barley-No. 3, 6sc; Wisconsin.
771k @7Sc.
Rye-No. /, 9215c.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, $50
OSLO; fair to best light, $3.50
$40; pigs, 5.00QS.O0.
Cattle-Butchers' steers, $500
$50; stockers and feeders, $3.50
ITO; COWS and heifers, 4.S50625;
calves, 11.00@11.75.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-24

successful issue Of the conflict A
steady flow Of re-enforcements was re-
CURED, he said.
There were already in France, the
secretary Of war said, rather more
than six divisions Of British troops
and two divisions Of cavalry, which
were being maintained at their full
strength.
Further regular divisions and addi-
tional cavalry were being organized
from units drawn from over seas gar
risons, which were now being occupied
by territorials and volunteers. A di-
vision of territorials already had left
for Egypt, a brigade had gone to
Malta, and a garrison force to GibraI-
tar
PrussIans Claim Victory.
Austrian and German armies aggre-
eating 100000 men have been over
whelmingly defeated by Russians in
the final assaults of a 17-day battle
in Poland and Galicia. Besides infict-
ing enormous casualties on their COM
bined enemies the Russians trapped,
surrounded and captured 10000 pris-
oners, including about eight hundred
officers.
At the same time the Russians are
reported to have driven back the Ger
mans in East Prussia with great
loss.
Emperor William, though hurrying
re-enforcements to his lines in East
Prussia, is said to have notified Aus
tria that he could send no more help
to its forces. In fact, his position in
France is regarded so perilous that
he is declared to be Withdrawing
troops from East Prussia 10 REINFORCE
his armies operating against the
French and British.
Germans Retreat Before Allies,
Every message from the line of bat
tie in France, coming by way of Lon
don on September 16, showed that the
armies of the allies were pursuing
the retreating Germans with great
vigor and giving them no opportunity
to reform for an attack.
"Undeniable victory" and more and
more complete" were the terms used
by General Joffre, the French COM
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-24


soon double the present strength
given in the reports.
AS far as can be determined from
the situation the allies are making
two principal efforts to force the Ger
man right wing out of it's position
One OF these is frontal attack down
the valley of the Aire river in the
effort to break through between the
armies of Gand Duke Albrecht of Wur-
temberg and Crown Prince Frederick
William. Owing to the obstacle of
the Argonne hills the connection be-
tween these two armies may be weak
ened, giving the allies a chance, to
break through. A move of this kind
is the only one that would have hopes
Of producing decisive results.
The reports about the operations in
East Prussia have been suppressed to
such an extent that it is not possible
to outline events definitely. The Ber-
lin dispatches claim that their advance
has reached Grodno; the Petrograd
dispatches state that the Russians
have fallen back to the line of their
border forts. For once the dispatches
agree, but they indicate a retreat of
140 miles by the Russians. With their
line pierced on the south and with the
army opposite Koenigsberg threatened
from the flank, it is probable that this
force has been able to hold its adj
vanced position. While no reports
confirm it. it seems probable that the
Germans have driven the Russians en-
tirely out Of East Prussia, except for
a small strip north of the Memel river.
The success of the Russians on the
San river bids fair to force the Aus
TRANS to fall back from this position.
This does not mean that the way lies
open for the Russians to advance
against Silesia in Germany. The Aus,
TRANS have their second line of re-
serves that must be just arriving at
the front, a reinforcement of more
than 100000 men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-24

dispatch adds that Austria is with
drawing her forces to protect Vienna
and Budapest
May Make Peace With Russia.
The Corriere della Sera of Milan,
Italy, learns that preliminary steps
are being taken toward a possible ar
Tangement for peace between Austria
and Russia. 1t is asserted Emperor
Franz Joseph cherishes a hope that
Berlin would offer no serious opposi-
ton, since apart from the cordial ira
ditional friendship that marked Anglo
Austrian relations there is a strong
ground for believing that England
really desires the preservation of Aus
tro-Hungary.
The motives Constraining to such an
initiative may be found in the remark
able revulsion of public feeling in vi
emma, where there are grave symptoms
of popular revolt and in other parts
Of the empire, particularly in Bohe-
mia
Deny French Victories.
The German embassy at Washing
ton on the 18th received the following
wireless from Berlin:
"All the F'rench-English reports of
victories of battles in France are IN
true. The German retreat of the west
ern wing was pTs etical maneuver not
affecting the strategical position. The
French attempt to break through the
center of the German position was vic
toriously 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"
British Divisions in France
Speaking In the house of lords, Field
Marshal Earl Kitchener revealed the
strength of the British expeditonary
force in France and described what
he believed must be done to assure a
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mander-in-chief, in his message to
Paris and Bordeaux.
From the latter city comes a report
telegraphed to Lloyd's Weekly News
of London that the line of communi-
cations used by the Germans has been
cut and they cannot make use of the
lines east of the Argonne forest, ow-
ing to the rapid advance of the allies
on the center and right.
They must try, continues the mes
sage, for the line through the Meuse
valley and Luxembourg.
Berlin Tells of Retirement.
In official communications issued in
Berlin. General Won Stein announced
that the German army, which had ad-
vanced across the Marine to the east
of Paris, was heavily attacked by the
enemy between Paris, Meaux and
Montmirail.
The fighting lasted two days. The
German army checked the enemy and
even advanced, but stronger hostile
columns came to the assistance of the
allies and the enemy won the battle,
compelling the German troops to re-
tire.
Fifty guns were captured by the al
lies and some thousands of men made
prisoners.
Cracow, the strongest Austrian post
in Galcia, and the one which OBJ
structed the advance Of the huge Rus
sian center upon Breslau, is reported
from Petrograd to have fallen before
furious attack of Russian cavalry
and infantry under cover of the dis
astrous fire of heavy siege guns. The
forts to the east and north Of the city
we're shelled and the city was occu-
pied by the Russians.
President Answers Protest.
President Wilson, in two important
utterances, gave the American people
an object lesson in practicing the
strict neutrality on issues of the great
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-24
OFTEN CENTER OF BATTLE
CITY of Cracow Has Been Sacked and
Devastated Many Times During
Her Long History.

Sacked and devastated time and
time again. the city of Cracow has
from time immemorial been the scene
of carnage and battle. Once the cap
itaI of Poland, the city has withstood
sieges time and again, and in turn has
been m possession of the Tartars, Bo-
hemians. Cossacks, Austrians, French