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BRITISH HEROES GET VICTORIA CROSSES
 FOR TALENT DEEDS
Highest Reward Given in the En. glish Army Is Conquered on Total of Twenty-0ne Men m Present War.


 LONDON Dee 15-The granting of ten Victoria crosses within the last few weeks brings the total number of these awards during the present war up Co twenty-one
 The cross is the highest reward given to the British army flor some signal act Of valor or devotion per. formed in the presence of the enemy. The medal is in the form of a mal- tese cross of bronze. bearing in the center the royal crown. surmounted by the lion and below on a scroll the words For Valor" The ribbon is blue for the navy and red for the army. The decoration is accompan- jed by a pension of fifty dollars year Official lists of surviving hold. CTS fthe honor at the beginning of the present was contained about 15O names.
 The ten fastest "v C." awards are as follows:
 Private Sidney Cooley Royal Fusn- iers: For coolness and gaIantrv in fighting his machine gun under hot fire for two hours after he had been wounded at Mons on August 23.
 Driver Job Drain, and Driver Fred erick Luke Royal Field Artillery: At Le Cateau on August 26. a svolun- teers, helping to save guns under fire from hostile infantry 100 yards away.
 Major Charles Yate. deceased. Kings wn Light Infantry: Com manded one of two companies that remained to end in trenches at Le Cateau on August 26: when all other officers killed or wounded. led his nineteen survivors in gallant charge. Wounded; died in hands opponents.
 Lance Corporal Frederick Holmes. Kings Own Light Infantry: At Le Cateau on August 26 carried wounded man from trenches under heavy Ire: later assisted to drive a gun out of action by taking place of a wounded driver
 Captain Edwad Bradbury, deceased, Royal Horse Artillery: Organized de. fense of battery against heavy odds at Nery on September l
 Captain William Henry Johnston Royal Engineers: At Missy on Sep tember IA. under heavy fire worked two rafts bringing back wounded and returning with ammunition
 Brpmmer Spence John Bent Ask Lancashire Regiment; for taking com mand and succeeding in holding a po- sition after his officer had been struck down, and other deeds of bravery.
 Bombardier Ernest Harlock, now Sergeant Royal Field Artillery: For conspicuous gallantry on September 15 near Vendressel although twice wounded persisted in eturning to lay his gun each time after wounds dressed
 Lance Corporal DObson, Coldstream Guards; for bringing wounded men into cover on two occasions while under heavy fire.
 The most conspicuous O fthese ten heroes is Captain Bradbury whose battery l. made a determined stand near Compiegne on the last day of the retreat towards Paris Battery l.. while covering the retreat, was at-
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awardeded in connection with this fight Sergeant-Major Dorren and Ser geant Nelson having already received the decoration. In addition, Lieuten- ant Giffard. Gunner Derbyshire and Driver Osborne were awarded French decorations. -r r a
 The first Indian to be recommended for the V. C. is Havildar (Sergeant) Gagna Singh, of the 57th Wnde's Ri fles. The Havildar' with fifteen men was attacked in the trenches just be- fore dawn by an overwhelming Ger man force. In the brief hand-to-hand struggle which ensued, sixty Germans were killed. Gagna Singh, sole suryiv- or of his little company. was left for dead in the trench with five bullet wounds. When picked up, he still held tightly the sword of a German officer whom he had dispatched.
 This is the first war in which it has been possible for an Indian to win the Victoria Cross. Eligibility to the distinction was one of the boons granted by King George at the Dur bar of 1912
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toward me.
 "Why did you choose Spain as your residence9"
 Because I trust in it's noble hos rit6Iity, because my only ambition and aim now Is to educate my young children. l have eight. shall devote all my time to them. I prefer Barce- Iona hecsuse tn ecllmate seems to be the best for me. Madrid does net agree with me at all The doctors have advised me to return to Amer lea. but I shall not do so.
 My friends and are not vel. come among the Spanish clubs and in society But this is due, perhaps, to foreign influences. You have probably seen that hvae been slan- dered. It 1 ssaid that l have a great fortune, but there Is not word of truth in that. I have hardly enough to live on modestlv after having been President of Mexico for seventeen months. have no furniture. except few things a few cots and somo blankets. l live poorly, put, on the other hand, win leave to my child ren an immense patrimony. 1t Is my name to which the history of Mexico will do justice"
 The general remarked during the conversation that his eyes troubled him and that he would have to go to Madrid to see an oculist He hoped that he might have an opportunity of seeing the Kiug snd the premier while there.
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Miss Helen Clark i- the daughter of Interstate Commerce Commis- sioner Edgar E. Clark, and she is to take an active part in Washington society this winter She has recent ly been graduated from a fashion able. Maryland boarding school and will enter society without the for mality of a coming out party.
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''''' 'niDs apparently 0as osno Of
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06
QUESTION RIGHT TO SWORD
Historic Relic Now In Possession Of
University Of Pennsylvania Has
Evoked Discussion.

The gold sword that Louis XVI pre-.
scented to John Paul Jones IN recogni.
ton OF the fight he made with the Bon
Homme Richard against the Scraps
has been presented 10 the University
Of Pennsylvania by Edward c. Dale,
son Of the late Richard G.. Dale, a for.
mer president OF the Society OF Cincin.
natl. The sword has been In the pos.
session OF the Dale family for more
than a century.
THis is the sword which Charles
Hei ry HarS. a local historian. de.
claies now should be In possession
OF Admiral Dewey. II had been ZEN.
orally accepted that the sword passed
by will OF Commodore Jones to Com.
modore Dale. u torbear OF Richard C..
Dale. Mr.. Hart denied this. He de-
clares that the sword was In posses.
sion OF John Paul Jones when he died
In Paris. in 1892. and that Jane Tay.
lor OF Dumfries, Scotland. a sister OF
Jones. wen TO Paris and tool posses,
sion OF everything left by the sea
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06
CHAPTER xxx.
The Coming Of Greet klno.

II was Sunday afternoon, and under
the hemlocks, Hickey ST. der had gath,
cred her minions-a dozen children
from the nearby houses with the
usual sprinkling OF little blacks from
the kitchens, There we're parents, OF
course, to whom this mingling OF color
and degree was a matter OF conyen.
tional prohibition. but since the ad.
vent OF Hickey, In whose soul lay a
Napoleonic instinct OF leadership. this
was more honored Ia the breach than
In the observance.
My! Amt II scrumptious here
now!" said Cozy Cabell. hanging vel.
low lady-slippers over her ears. II
wish We could play here always"
Mr.. Valiant will let u.s." said Rick.
ey. Il asked him"
"oh. he will" responded Cory gloom.
lily, but he'll probably go and marry
somebody who'll be mean about IT,"
Everybody doesn't get married.
said one OF the Byloe twins. with mas.
cutns assurance. Maybe he won't"
Much a boy knows about ~" no.
torted Cosy soornfully. Women have
70. and soOe one OF them viii make
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cOeN@c-T 1Y o-/n1rYNL CornoHr

thought that Shirley was suffering.
too. II seemed incredible that he
should now be raging along a country
road at nightfall to find something
that so horribly hurt them both.
II was almost dark-save for the
starlight-when he saw the shadow OF
the square ivy.grown spire rearing
stark from It's huddle OF foliage
against the blurred background. He
pushed open the gate and went slowly
up the worn path toward the great
~lron.bound and hooded door. Under
the larches on either hand the outlines
OF the gravestones doomed pallidly,
and from the bell tower came the faint
inquiring cry OF a small owl. Valiant
stood looking about him. What could
he learn here? He read no answer TO
the riddle. A little to one side OF the
path something showed snow.iike on
the ground. and he vent toward It.
Nearer. he saw that II wal n mass OF
flowers, staring up whitley from the
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90 poorly that my folks thought was
going into consumption. One day I
found a piece Of paper blowing around
the yard and / picked It up and read It
1t said Saved from the Grave and
told what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound has done for women. I
showed IL TO my husband and he said,
WHY don't you try IT. So I did, and
after | had taken two bottles I felt
better and I said TO my husband, Il don't
need any more and he said you had
better take 1t a little longer anyway
So | took it for three months and got
well and strong" - Mrs. ALoNzo E
BAKER, Q Tecumseh St, Adrian, Mich.
Not Well Enough to Work.
In these words Is hidden the tragedy
of many n woman, housekeeper or wage
Garner who supports herself and Is often
helping 10 support a family, on meagre
wages. Whether in house, office, fac
tory, shop, store or kitchen, woman
should remember that there Is n tried
and true remedy for the ills TO which all
women are prone, and that Is Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. IL
promotes that vigor which makes work
easy. The Lydia Z. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
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Modern Greek,

4 stranger came into our Office and
graciously offered as some fruit which
he said he purchased downstairs In
the Greek grocery store. We asked
him what Greek grocery, and he said
The n right under us. In Holpos'
place. We have been here some time
and knew nobody OF that name, and
TO satisfy our curiosity We went down.
stairs to have a look.
Sure enough. there was what did
look like "Ilolpos" on the end OF the
awning, at least there we're the let.
tiers III q l. + o s. standing out In
bold relief. We have learned since
that It Is an ~abbrsviation used by
the store which when translated
means Highest quality, lowest prices.
our standard" To tho average read.
er It's all Greek and would easily
pass for a Hellenic name.-QuIncy
Ledger.
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Bird Man Has Arrived.

On the day after Christmas n INNS.
sian aviator at 81. Petersburg flaw !.
new machine OF his own making for
hours. carrying ten passengers in aadI.
tion to a heavy load OF hallast. Thi.
establishes the aeroplane as q sure
adjunct Of modern transportation. In.
Guiding passengers and freight. A
lew days before this even we heard
OF the successful use OF the flying ma.
chine by the French army operatin .
In Morocco, which puts this new mods
OF warfare among the arms OF military
operations OF our day. and hersafta,
when we use the expression "oI,
aging machine. "'
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went into the library and In the Grim.
soDing light sat down at the desk,
and began 20 write.
Dear Bluebird OF Mine:
u cant wait any longer 10 talk TO
you. Less than "A day has passed
since we were together, but II might
have been cons. N one measured time
by heart. beats. What have you been
doing and thinking. | wonderH have
spent those mi In the garden, Just
wandering about, dreaming over those
wonderful. wonderful moments by the
sun-diaL. An. dear little wild heart
born OF the flowers. with the soul OF
q bird (yet you are woman. tool that
old disk 10 marking happy hours now
for mel
How have ! deserved this thins
that has come to me?-sad bunglsI
that | have beenl Sometimes Il seems
coo glad and sweet. and ! am suddenly
desperately afraid I shall wake to AND
myself facing another dull morning
In that old. useless. empty life OF mine
am very humble. dear. before your
love.
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hghter, Later the sword Was aent N
Robert Morrls.
According 10 Mr. Hart Mr.. Morris
later presented tho sword 70 Com.
modore John Barry. senior officer Of
inc American navy in 1875, but that
the presentation was only a life
legacy. and that It should have been
handed down TO Barry's successor as
senlo %ofhcer. eventually reaching the
possession Of Admiral Dewey.-Phila-
delphia Press. ~
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CHAPTER xxvuu.-contlnued.

Young mars feel way up In de
clouds dis day" he said to Aunt
Daphne. "He wake up ez glad OF
ef he done 'fessed 'ligiop las night.
Well. all de folkses ceTt'n'y 'joyed
d~eyselves. or Mistah Fargo done eat
bout forty uh dem iumbles. All heah
him talkin' ter Mars John. 'Reck'n yo'
mus hab or crackahiack cook down
heah.' he say. Hyuh. hyuh!"
"C'way wild yo' blackyardin'!-"
shifted Aunt Daphne. delighted. Don
need ter come eroun' honey-caffuddlin'
met"
"Dat's whut he say" Insisted Uncle
Jefferson: he did TO er fac'!"
She drew her hands from the suds
and looked Mt him snxlously. "Jef'son.
20 reck'n Mars John %gwineter fotch
dat Yankee CONAN heah ter Danny
Co'ot. ter be ouah mistis?"
"Humph!" scoffed her pou Dat
h%ighfalutln' gal whut done swaller de
ramrod? No suh.ree bob-tail! De
oldah yo' gifts. de mo- foollshah yo'
citations Is! DON yo' TEX no mo
trouble or yo' back den 20 kin keek
of'n yo' heels! She ain ~gwineter run
dis place. er Of Devil.John tuhn ovah
In he gravel"
Sunset found Valiant sitting In ths
mushroom before the old square Di.
sno. In the shadowy chamber the
keys OF motherof-pearl cleaned with
dull colors under his fingers. lie
struck at first only broken chords. that
became finally the haunting b~arcarole
of Tales OF Hoffman," II was tho
air that had drifted across the garden
when ne had stood with Shirley by
h sun.dial. in the moment OF their
nrst kiss. over and over he played
n. im%provising dreamy variations. til
h tender melody seemed the dear
ghost OF that embrace. Al length he
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EDWARD sAsSooN.
Forgive us our trcspasses."

The silence seemed TO crash TO earth
like q great looking.glass and SILVER
into n million pieces. The wax dropped
from his fingers and In the superven.
ing darkness a numb fright gripped
him by the throat. Shirley had laid
these there. on the grave OF the man
his father had ~killed-the cape jessa.
mires she had wanted that day, for
her mother! lie understood.
II came to him at last that there
was a chill mist cropping among the
trees and that he vas very cold.
lie went back along the Red Road
stumblingly. Was this TO be the end
Of the dream, which he had fancied
would last forever? Could II be that
she was not for him? Was II no hoary
lie that the sins OF the fathers we're
visited upon the third and fourth gen.
Grafton?
When he re.entered the library the
candle was guttering In tho burned
wings OF a night.moth. The place
looked all at once gaunt and desolate
and ~despoiled. What could Virginia,
what could Damory Court. be to him
without herr The wrinkled note lay
on the desk and he bent suddenly with
a sharp catching breath and kissed II.
There welled over him a wave OF
rebellious longing. The candle spread
to a hazy yellow blur, The walls fell
away. lie stood under the moonlight,
with his arms about her. his lips on
hers and his heart beating to the
sound OF the violIns behind them.
He laughed-a harsh wild laugh that
rang through the gloomy room. Then
he threw himself on the couch and
buried his face in his hands. He was
still lying there when the misty rain.
wet dawn came through the shutters.
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Suspicious.

TOO bad Jinx and his wife don't
get along well together"
why | always understood that they
were an ideal couple"
80 did !. but they must have had
a dreadful scrap before he started for
work this morning"
Did no have n black eye?"
NO. but he stopped in when We
were on our way home and bought her
q fve'pound box OF candy"
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got 30 weak that /
could hardly do my
work. h en- I
washed my dishes I
had TO sit down and
when I would sweep
the floor l would get
so weak that I would
have TO get q drink
every few minutes.
and before I did my
busting Iwould have
to lie down. I got
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seml.obscurity from within an iron
railing. He bent over. suddenly noting
he scent; it was cape jessamine.
With the curious sensation OF almost
prescience plucking at him. he took a
box OF vestas from his pocket and
struck one. 1t iiared up illuminating
n fat granite slab in which wal cut
a name and inscription:
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Not Entirely Gone.

Church-They say horses have all
been banlshed from the street rail.
roads in Berlin.
Gotham-Yes. but you'n still find EN-
on tho menus.
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a girl is as apt to marry n mar too
old for her ms a widow is to marry
one too young for her.
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Green Is Il popular color at present,
but no girl should be green with envy.
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COULD NOT
STAND ON feet
Mrs. Baker So Weak-Could
Not Do Her Work-Found
Relief In Novel Way.

Adrian, Mich. I'll suffered terribly
with female weakness and backache and
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SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant a rich society tavorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor.
peratIon, which HIS father founded and
wealth. had failed, re voluntarily turns
over hts private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation. Hls entire Remaining
possessions consist of an old motor car. a
white bull dog and psmory court. a neg
lected estate In Virginia ON the way to
Iamory court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge. an auburn haired beauty and de-
Oldes that he 10 going to like Virginia I'm
menseiy. shirley's mother. Mrs. Dand-
ridge. and Major Brisiow exchange rem,
iniscerces during Witch y Is revealed
man. named sassoJn we're. rivals for the
hand OF Mrs. cambridge In her. youth
sassoon and Valiant fought a duel on, her
Velisnt nnds Damory court. overgrown
with weeds and creepers and decides 10
rehablttate tie .plSce. Valiant saves
tttes him. Knowing the deadiiness OF the
bite. Shirley sucks the poison from the
wound and saves his life Valiant learns
for the hrst time thu his father left VIZ
einia on account Of a duel In which Doe
tur eouthall and Major Bristow acted as
lls fathera seconds Valiant and shirley
fsi1ts when she meets Valiant for The
Hrst time. Valiant discovers that he has
~ fortune In old walnut trees The yearly
feudal times. is held at Damory court, At
the last moment valiant takes the place
of one of the knights. who IL sick. and
enters the lists. lie Wi n and chooses
Shirley cambridge AS queen ut beauty 10
the dismay OF Katherine Fargo. a formsr
sweetheart, who In visiting In Virginia.
The tournament hall az bamory court
draws the elite of the countrywide. Shir-
Icy Is CROW ned by valiant as queen or
beauty. Valiant tells Shirley Of his love
and they become engaged. Katherine
Fargo. determining not TO give up Vail
ant without a struggle. points out to Shir-
ley how terrible Il would be for the wom-
an who caused the duel 20 meet valiant.
who looks so much like his father.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

good cook is the best household
jewel
A diplomat seemingly oehe'es o"o
without actually doing IT,
There are few things more uncertain
than life's certainties.
You can't get the best of some men.
because they haven't any
Far better be on pleasure bent than
on pleasure broke
II is easy for a man to gain a wom-
ans trust If he doesn't merit IT.
Wise is the man who plays the trump
of indifference in the courtship game
Women are ever the same. Eve shared
the apple with Adam, but took the nrst
bite.
Every time man discovers that a
woman has fooled him his vanity gets
Il shock.
Won may have noticed that when the
weather is good for ducks it isn't good
for anybody else.
R,t II is easier for the average man
to fall in love with a woman than 1t. is
for him to stay there
1t sometimes happens that when a
man loses his money in the same way
that he acquired it he wants the other
fellow arrested for swindling.
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81 The Searchli8ht
Shortage of Canary Birds.

The war has wrought havoc in the
canary bird market. Contrary to gen.
eraI belief. Dicky halls not from the
Canary Islands. but from the Hartz
mountains of Germany. They are bred
in the cottages of the peasantry. and
the export trade is considerable. One
New York firm ordinarily imports a
hundred thousand canary birds in a
year.
The war stopped the supply, so that
genuine canaries are almost out of the
market. 1t is whispered that English
sparrows properly blondined are being
substituted, but that is a scandal that
does not touch the respectable dealers.
In times of peace the birds sell at
from SO to $50 dozen. This is whole
sale, and the individual birds are re-
tailed at prices governed by the par
ticular merits of the particular bird.
Male birds being the better singers.
are worth twice as much as females,
and age also has great deal TO do
with the market price.
Canary birds are shipped from Ger
many in lots of 100 to 500. Each bird
tendant makes the voyage across the
Atlantic with the birds. and feeds them
every day on bird seed and hard boiled
eggs, and they are given plenty OF
fresh water They do not suffer from
seasickness, but they rarely sing dur
fng the ocean trip.
Until peace comes again there will be
few canary birds on the American
market.
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FOR SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE
opportunities for American Mer.
chants Explained at Dinner

NV foRh, October 1.-THE oppor.
tuhlHes FOR trade between the I-r;taa
oates ana countries in South amar;.,
were explained to more than soo -,
DOTS OF the Merchants Association AZ
dinner Wednesday addresses beiny
made by Charles NJ. Pepper. trade ID.
wiser TO the State Department durlne
ireSideiit Taft's administration. "
Mes manager OF the foreign trade a.
partment of tho National civ -.
ana John F. Fowler of w X. Grace q
60.
inc addresses. while voicing eneour.
ssn''ieht. also urged caution. the
sfsehefa declaring that while ere.t
oop!,o . mates presented themselves Ia
.NoitH american manufacturers tbe
had adversely affected business
ooiia!tons IN South America ana nni,
the most int ellisent methods ~ a., LID,
ana selling could win large and nern,a
iient arket there anu Peiiiia
i.S consuls general here from, t,yar
ty-hfe European, Asiatic and centraI
ana south American Countries 49,
guests at the dinner.
operating at tho annual fall dinpar -,
ne new DIRK Credit Mems Associa,;o,,
t,lti 'ua night at the Hotel Aston John
n.fFoit' director general of the PAN
american Union, appealed for greater
appreciation FOR the material and moral
greatness Of the other American -
Puo!iCs, and told those present hou, to
obt2iG better commercial and personaI
relations with those living in then,
Much o. has speech WAS devoted to m.
influence OF Pan American sentiment
on international peace