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A HaCendadO'S
+ Revenge
A Story of the Mexi=
can Civil War
By JOHN 7. LARNED
j, 900 sesesseesesssss

Manuel Rodriguez hacendado of
thf provfnce-of Nuevo de Leon, Mex
leo one morning kissed his wife and
Children. mounted his horse and was
about to ride away when his wife said
to him:
- am afraid TO have you go. The
rehels are advancing from the north:
and fear you may encounter some OF
them"
Signor Rodriguez sat in his saddle,
thinking not of the danger to himself,
but to his wife and children. There
were lawlpss persons In the rebel army,
some who had been brigands, and, as
fos looting conquered territory, their
officers often permitted it. He did not
wish to leave his family under such
circumstances, but it was necessary
thst he should go.
Never fear for me. l am well arm
ed;and can fight Goodby, sweetheart
III surely be with you again before
niShtfall.'
He bent down and kissed her again
then. urging his horse forward, rode
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his enemy'2 bra md

Fr,aX that moment the hacendado
seemed to lose desire for further re-
venge. Conserving tha(t Penalez should
spare the others IL ne, chose, he mount
ed his horse and rode to the ruins Of
bis hacienda.
Drawing rein among those who stood
about the smoking ruins of his home.
F, , one of his friends approached him and
said:
"Ah, Rodriguez, 1 am sorry for your
loss! But you came bear having a
| much greater one Your wife and
children are at NJ, house. They fed
on the approach
"My wife and children! AliveT'
"Yes Come and satisfy them that
you are safe. You have been gone so
long that they fear you have fallen at
| the hands of the rebels"
With muttered thanks to heaven,
Rodriguez dashed away. and in few
minutes he and his family were lock-
ed in one embrace.
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Live Stock Prl
GERMANS RETREAT AGAIN
Said to Have Fallen E, ack Another Il
Miles on the Ourcu River.

Said to Have Fallen Back Another X
Miles on the Ourcq River.
Paris, Sept. II. - Both allies and
Germans are struggling for control Of
the valley of the Marine south of the
river, with the higher positions in the
possession of the allies. while the Ger
mans have been forced to take 6
stand with the River Marine behind
them, barring rapid retreat should II
become necessary and making difficult
the bringing up of reinforcements OF
artillery.
The situation on the German right
Is entirely favorable to the allies. The
British French force has been steadily
circIing the German right wing. Re
ports tell of the retirement Of the Ger
mans another fifteen miles UP the
River Ourcq.
There is furious fighting over a
sixty -three-mile line in the center
while along the balance of the battle
from, at least 100 miles in length
there is skirmishing, artillery dueline
and maneuvering.
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CROWN PRINCE is DEPOSED?

Paris Hears kaser's Son Is Removed
as Head of Army For Failing to Win.
Paris, Sept. lit is reported here
that Crown Prince Frederick William
of Germany has been deposed as com
mander of one of the German armies
and has been replaced by Field Mar
IRE of the prince to lead his troops tt
victory.
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GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR 81
winter clear, s4.75Q5; city mills
RYE FLOUR quiet, at s5@5.50 -
barrel.
WHEAT lower; No. red, $1,000
Ito.
CORN quiet; No. 2 yellow, $50
>SSkc: -,a
55c.: lower grades,> 521ac.
POTATOES steady. at 10000. per
bushel.
18c.: old ROSTERS, 12013c. Dressed
firm; choice fowls. 201sc.; old roost-
ers, 13c.
BUTTER firm; fancy creamery, 34c.
EGGS steady; selected, 35 q &c.;
nearby, &C.; western, Bic.
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DiarrbOea Quickly Cured

s'My attention was first called to
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy as much as II
years ago. At that time 1 was serl-
ously i'll with summer complaint:
One dose of this remedy checked
the trouble writes Mrs. G. w.
Florence, Rockfield, Ind. For sale
by all dealers.-Adv.
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kAISER'S SON is WOUNDED

Empress Meets Prince Joachim When
He Is Brought From Battle.
Berlin, Sept. 15.-Prince Joachim
who recently was wounded while serv.
ing on the firing line, has been remov,
ed from the hospital at Allenstein to
Berlin and is lodged in the Bellevue
Palace.
The empress met him at the sta.
ton and kissed him and embraced
him. She was much touched by the
Iron Cross which the prince already
wore. He expressed anxiety to return
soon to the field.
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Tremendous Reverse Suffered
in GaiiCia.
BIG FORCE SURRfA0ERS
ONLY Remnant of Army of a Million
Now Offering Resistance-Petro9rao
Admits Defeat In East Prussia.

Paris, Sept. Ia Petrograd dis
patch states that the bulk OF the Aus
trian army has surrendered to the
Russians.
In a dispatch from Petrograd the
correspondent of the HaVas agency
says it has been announced IN the
Russian capital that a Russian army
is now before konigsberg, IN East
Prussia.
A Havas agency dispatch from re
trograd says that the Germans are
sending important reinforcements to
the fortress of Memel, the nothern'
most town of the German empire Oh
the Baltic, seventy-two miles northeast
of Konigsberg.
The Russian imperial council is ex'
amining the laws for the admlnlstra
ton of conquered Prussian and Aus
trian territory.
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Irtguez being sadly in ed of
cash, was going to collect : debt.
Reaching his destination he found his
Gi$btor In possession Of funds. He Sc
cured his money. and without waiting
esen to refresh himself started b he
ward
about the middle of the afternoon,
Ola coming to the crest of hill where
kss,nld look down on his hacienda
slt9ral miles away. he was horror
Alicken to see cloud OF smoke ans
irg from among the high palm trees
that inclosed his house. With cry
b.. spurred his horse down the decliv-
fty and had covered half the distance
Wen he met family Of Indian poems
Ginning from the opposite direction.
Refining :. his horse, he asked them
: se news of his amily.
f'They have all been murdered, Sc
nor" said the man. ''The bandit Pa
lemo. with some of his men, looted
your house and burned it down with
every one In it."
For few moments Rodriguez sat
nEafyZed; then he dashed forward
oe rapidly than before.
earing another group of persons he
SNin again to ask if Palemo and
his men weee still at the hacienda and
vas told that they had gone, taking a
road leading in the direction CT Vic
toria. Rodriguez, realizing that If he
wished his revenge he must strike be-
fore the bandits rejoined the army, In
stead of going to the ruins Of his
home, struck into path that would
put him on the road the outlaws had
taken. He was turning into 1t when
he met a friend. Jose Fenalez, who,
having heard of the bandits depreda.
tons, had hastily collected half doz'
en- of his neighbors and was going to
the protection of the Rodriguez hacien-
ia. They were all mounted and arm
Ell, and on being told Of the news
given by the poems Joined the be-
reaved man, and the party, eight men
II all, dashed on for vengeance.
Had the bandits ridden on without
ssopping for more plumber they would
doubtless have joined Villas army be-
fore being overtaken. But Rodriguez
and his men passed house sitter house
where the owners were bemoaning the
loss of their valuables, and in some in
stances, where there had been resist
ance, there were smoking ruins. Now
and again they stopped for a few mo-
ntents to make Inquiries.
What robbery might have failed to
effect pulque achieved. On nearing
hamlet the pursuers asked a man on
tie road the whereabouts of the BAN
dts and were told that they were
drinking the national beverage In
snSa not half mile beyond, one of
seven houses that made up the town.
Penalez, who was naturally cooler than
Rodriguez, asked how many bandits
there were and was told that there
were six Rodriguez gave this In
formation to his friend, to whom he
Looked for leadership.
up to this moment Rodriguez had
bken so filed with fury that he had
Considered nothing but an attack on
the destroyers of his house without
ticking into account their numbers or
Surroundings. A complete change now
came over him. Turning bend in the
Rad, he saw ahead the pulque house
which he had been told contained his
enemies, A desire seized him to make
tfGsAouse fire for roasting them alive
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Colonies Send 10000 Men.

New York, Sept. 11.-One hundred
and fifty thousand troops from Indis
and Australia have been passing
through Canada for the last week, &C
cording to officers and passengers OF
the liner Stephano, which arrived here
from ST. Johns.
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$4,000 GERMAN CASUALTIES

Latest List Makes Totals ABA Slain
1926 Wounded, 5o7o Missing.
Berlin, Sept. 15.-The most extend
ed list of German casualties yet pub
lished has been made public here.
This list comprises 7S4 killed, 219t
wounded and S14 missing. The tota
of all published losses up to date are
now as follows: Killed, 41S4; wounde
id, 1895, and missing, 500.
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FuEZteQ.
The lady of the house was explain
Ing things to the Aew colored maid.
AN what's this, missus?" asked the
girl, indicating a metal bottle.
THAT is bottle which will keep
things either hot or cold, whichever
you DESIRE" replied the mistress.
"Well, fob the land sake" CALCULATED
the girl, show is it gwfne to know
whether you want things hot or cold?"
--Everybody's.
Peerages Lacking In Permanence.
Peerages have little of the perma.
nence Of pyramids. Forty years ago a
careful calculation was made which
showed that of PIT peerages created
during the preceding forty-f1ve years
only 1873 remained upon the rolls. OF
the Plantagenet peerages only fourteen
survived, Of the Tudor eleven and of
the Stuart forty-six. During the reign
Of George III. more than 400 titles
were created, Of which In 1875 27O had
disappeared.-London Standard.
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ChamberIain's Liniment

If you are ever troubled with
aches, pains or soreness of the
muscles, you will appreciate the
good qualities of Chamberlain Lini
ment. Many sufferers from rheu-
matism and sciatica have used it
with the best results. 1t is espe-
cially valuable for lumbago and
lame back. For sale by all dealers.
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ASQUITH DOUBTS ATROCITIES

Tells Commons No Official Word OF
6arbarities by Germans Received.
London, Sept. 15.-Premier Asquitb
told the house of commons that no of
fetal informtion had reached the min
istry of war concerning the repeated
stories that German soldiers had
abused the Red Cross flag, killed ane
manned the wounded and killed VIC
me nand children.
He added that his subject was un
der consideration, and that an inquiry
r4S=ss<n1ea
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Acute Indigestion.

81 was annoyed for over a year
by attacks of acute indigestion, fol-
lowed by constipation, writes Mrs.
M. J. Gallagher, Geneva, N. Y. Il
tried everything that was recon-
mended to me forFthis. complaint,
but nothing did me much good --=
TIL about four months age I saw
Chamberlain's Taittcts' advertised
and procured a bottle of them from
our druggist. l soon realized that
l had gotten the right thing for
they helped me at once. Since TAX
ing two bottles of them l can eat
heartily without any bad effects. ="
Sold by all dealers.-Adv.
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100000 School Children In New York,
New York, Sept Enrolment of
public school children for the season
was 100000, or 10000 more than last
year. Of the total number of pupils
the statement says that less than
10000 will be on part time.
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The Mning of "PiooadiIIy."

The NJ llsnng of "PiccadilIy."
PiccadiIas Fin London, was so cal9
from Picc Sly bali, the chief depot OF
a certain ht of lace much in vogue
during II reign of Queen Elizabeth.
The Lace was called Piccadi!ly lace
from its Alittie spear points, diminu-
tive of Atica," pike or spear. In the
reign of James |. the high ruff was
called "a piccadilly, though Invested OF
its lace edging.
"Glossographia." published in 1851,
states that 'Piccadilly was named
from Higgins famous ordinary near
st. James, called Higgins Piccadflly.
because he made his money by selling
piccadillies' Another authority, Isaac
Taylor, writes, "Piccadiily' so called
from Piccadilla hall, shHp for the
sale of piccadiilas, the fashionable
peaked or turnover collars. "--A;anciies,
ter Courier.
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EXPORTS DROP s43,OO0,OO0
August imports $4,000, 900 Behind Las.
Year.

year.
New York, Sept. 15.-The first ON.
c1al figures showing the extent to
which trade between this port and Eu-
rope was handicapped were made pub
lie.
In August the exports at the district
Of New York dropped $43,000,000 COM
pared with the same period in 1913.
The statement shows that there was
. decrease of $5,451, 900 during the
month Of August this year in the i'm
ports of free merchandise entered for
consumption, as compared with Au-
gust, 1918; decrease of almost ST.
OOO, 900 In the imports of dutiable mer-
chandise
The detailed report of the foreign
commerce at the port Of New York
during August reveals the fact that
there was a falling of of over $1,000
900 in the collection of customs duties,
- against the same period Of last
year.
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Mexicans Want Vera Cruz,

Mexico City, Sept. 15.-General al
varo Obregon is on his way from this
city to Chihuahua to meet Genera
Villa for a conference on their com
bined efforts to induce Provisional.
President CarranZa to ask the United
States to evacuate Vera Cruz.
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c.n+,,re 200 600 Prisoners.


Petrograd. Sept. 15.-Reports from
the front, received at the war ONCE
state that 100000 Austrian prisoners
have been taken by the Russians LII
the battle that has ragged for seventeen
DAYS along a 175-mile line from Hallcz'
Galicia, to Opole, Russian Poland.
Desperate fighting still continues In
the center of this line, along the Lupa'
czowka and San rivers, where inc
Austrians are striving to save the rem
nants of their army from the disaster
precipitated by the rout of their lett
and right wings. That this will be I'M
possible was the opinion expressed by
Minister of War Sukhomiloff. He
said:
"The Austrian army is crushed. Its
center is offering desperate resistance
But with the fresh troops that nave
reached General Ruszky he Will De
able to overwhelm it and clear the
way for an advance into Silesia, which
is the direct route to Berlin.
"By the retirement of the Russian
troops in southeastern Prussia we
have drawn a large German army into
a position where it will be unable to
render help to Breslau or Posen.
Russian troops near Konigsberg, the
German stronghold in east Prussia
have been forced to retreat.
This was officially admitted In the
following official announcement:
"Generalissimo Grand Duke Nlcho
las communicates the following: 'Oul
rapid movement in east Prussia mas
been retarded owing to the necessity
of giving our main attention to the
fighting in Galicia. Consequently the
army of General Rennenkampf has
SUSPENDED it's march on Gerdauen
thirty-nine miles southeast of Konlgs
berg, and Labiau, twenty-six miles
northeast of Konigsberg. On Sept.
the German troops began a general OF
.fez/lEe movement against this army
nSeadins movement in the di
southern frontier.
eult to estimate the
-t-nops engaged
1JW.ng to the broken nature VI TN
country, but deep overfowing move
ment against the left wing of Genera
Rennekamnpf was revealed. On Sept
10 we were forced to retreat.
"'Fighting still continues over this
'front.'"
Though the chief aim of the Rus
sian general staff has been the
smashing of the Austrian army ant
the opening of the direct route to Der
lin, 1t is possible that aften an invest
ment of Cracow, General Brussilof
will be dispatched with an army
against Vienna.
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Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera And
Diarrhoea Remedy.

81 advised the boys when they
enlisted for the Spanish War to
take Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy with them,
and have received many thanks for
the a1vice given,' writes j. H. Hou-
ghland, Eldon, Iowa. mo person
whether travelling or1-at home
should be without this great rene
dy. For sale by all dealers.-AdV.
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s5 mn non For Old Ministers

Chicago, Sept. ia plan has been
formed to raise a fund Of $5,0OO,O0O
for aged and sick Methodist ministers.
1t was laid before an assemblage OF
Methodist clergymen by ]. E. Hinge
lev. secretary of their organization.
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Ball Leagues Give Red Cross $2o48.
Washington, Sept. 1.-THE Ameri
can Red Cross received contribution
of $1,000 from the American league
base ball clubs and $S4S.62 from the
National league.
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May POSTPONE Home Rule.

Way Postpone Home HuIe.
London, Sept. 15.-Premier Asquith
announced in parliament that the gov
eminent would introduce bill to pre-
vent the Irish home rule bill becoming
operative for twelve months or before
the end of the war.
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Whoever Loves 10 Never Old.
When life has been well spent age r.
q loss Of what 1t can well spare-mus-
culaF strength, organic instincts. gross
bulk and works that belong to these.
But the central wisdom which was old
h infancy was young in fourscore
years and, dropping OF distractions,
leaves in happy subjects the mind purt-
lied and wise. I have heard that who
Over loves Is In no condition old. /
have heard that whenever the name
of man II spoken the doctrine of i'm
mortality Is announced. 1t cleaves to
his constitution. The mode of 1t baf-
De- ourits-aud no whisper comes to
- from the other Side Knr tine infer
ence nom the working of intellect,
having inaHleaEs> having skill-at the
end Of - Just ready to be born-af-
firms q lnspk POTION Of affection and
q the al sesttment Ralph Waldo
GmeFsoa
Polish Writer q Prisoner.
Petrograd, Sept. 14.-Henry Sien
kiewicz, the Polish writer and author
q sodo Vadis," who recently issued
n appeal to the Poles to support Rus
- n the war, has been taken pris.
0nAf BY the Austrians and sent to
oHoow.
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Cardinal Farley Well.

Naples, Sept. 15.-Reports In circu
lation in the United States that Car
dinal Farley is i'll are groundless. The
cardinal had been visiting Sorrento
and Amalfi for a rest, and has lief
for the United States, as he had pre-
viously planned.
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To do this he must corral them, ana to
corral them needed GOODNESS to meet
their efforts to escape He refined in
his horse and gave his orders.
The point of attack was about an
eighth of a mile from any of the other
houses in the hamlet. Rodriguez di-
rected Penalez to take half the men,
break to the right through covering
trees and, approaching the saloon, de-
ploy and surround 1t on the west,
while Rodriguez with the remaining
force executed the same maneuver on
the east The house was on the road
at the lowest point between two gently
sloping decliyities. with scattered trees
200 or 800 yards from its front and
rear.
When the two wings of Rodriguez's
little army got into their respective po-
sitiOns, el;h forming II semicircle about
the puQup house. The bandits were still
drinking within. Tie first knowledge
they had OF their danger was the col
lapse of one of their lumber. who was
standing near u window raising cup
Of pulque to his mouth. His fall was
accompanied almost simultaneously by
the crack of rifle. Every man started
to his feet.
The shot had been fired by Rodriguez,
and during the ensuing fight whenever
a bandit exposed himself TO one Of the
attacking party the latter would call
RodrigueZs attention to the fact and
Rodriguez would pick him off. But
Palemo, telling his men to keep from
exposing themselves, through crack
reconnoitered the field and, though he
could see no one. surmised that he was
surrounded. But Of the strength Of
those attacking him he was ignorant,
for Rodriguez and his men were con-
cealed behind trees or In bushes.
Rodriguez sent a man to one of the
houses Of the hamlet for kerosene and
as much cotton bedclothing and other
similar fabrics as he could collect
While his enemies were waiting for
this mans return Palermo ordered his
men to shoot IN different directions,
hoping to draw Il fire which would en-
able him to locate the positions of his
enemies and to form some estimate Of
their numbers But Rodriguez gave
orders that not shot was to be re-
turpS Then PalemO sent four men
several different egresseS, but
scarcely exposed themselves
e fell dead and two were
The fourth man succeeded
saining7 cover
E mesh anger who had been sent for
nmables returning, Rodriguez di-
\ the stock between his own and
lez's division of his force. Gath
oranges, which abounded, the
tied bundle Of cotton fabric sat
ed with kerosene to the fruit, in
ID the end of a stick into the or
and, lighting the kerosene, swung
lick in circle till the orange flew
and carried the burning mass
hst the matched roof Of the pulque
e. 1t was not long before suff1-
contact had been effected between
lanes and the roof to set it afire.
besieged now saw that they
either be burned alive or sally
INJECT an unknown force. There
of reaching the roof from
ht out the fire, and to at
so from without would
to death from bullets.
men that they would
flames. But
ne kind to meet
preferred to wait
than face the
leader stepped
ed slowly. for
bis eneny BIRD md
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When a man takes his wife out
for street car ride folks say he
merely pretends to like it.
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SPANIARDS WHIP MOORS

VIctors Lose Thirty-tWo Men, But In
fIict Heavy Defeat.
Madrid, Sept. 15.-It is officially an
nounced that a Spanish column com,
manded by General Silvestre inflicted
a severe defeat with heavy losses upon
a force of Moors at Abd-el-Homan.
The Spaniards lost one officer and
four soldiers killed and two officers
and twenty-five men wounded. Com
munication between Larache, Tangie1
and Tetuan is now assured.
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Japanese Admiral Jailed.

Toxic, Sept. Is. = Admiral Koichi
Fulfil, who was accused of bribery in
connection with the naval corruption
case of last year, has been sentenced
to imprisonment for four years and six
months. mnnnu
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War Cost BeIaians 5000, ooo, 900.

Antwerp, Sept. 1.-THE government
estimates that the actual monetary
damages resulting to Belgium from ths
war totals s200,000.000.
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How Russian. Were Landed.


Antwerp, Sept. 15.-Russian troops
have been landed at Ostend to rein
force the allied French and British
forces In France.
They are marching southeast from
Ostend to attack the right wing OF the
German army Of invasion.
The number of Russians who were
landed on the coast is variously esti
a....d ct from 5000 to 100000 men.
Inc Russ@ns that arrives at Ostend
came from whittier they
Were brought BY nk nuitanis
md Oceanic, and 4 -5a Castle
Aest from Archangsf They include
Cossacks Infantry, art of the best
1gAkers Of the Russian army.
Regiment after regiment Of the Rus.
SLAMS were landed in England, and
they were brought to Ostend from
Southampton in smaller vessels. At
one time forty-two steamers were en-.
Gagged in the carrying of these forces.
The bovement Of this force Of Rus.
SLAMS undoubtedly explains the rapid
retreat Of the German right wing and
tho sending of q new German army to
France by way Of Belgium. That Rus.
sian troops had landed in Belgium has
been rumored for some time, but this
u the first dispatch that confirmed the
fumOf.