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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
WHY NOT FUTURE GREATNESS
Two Qualifications Surely Entitled
Young Mother to Fondest Hopes
for Her Son.

Occasionally these days one finds
servant with servile attitude OF nina
and an adoring, unselfish heart. Such
a nurse maid was Pansy, and she law
ished all the devotion of her simple
heart on her young charge, Bobby.
On his first birthday anniversary she
sat looking at him in admiration. and
after long silence she turned to her
mistress:
Mrs. Blank, do you think Bobby
will ever be president of the United
States?"
The young mother would not alto
gether pooh-pooh the idea of SUCH
glowing possibilities for her sons fu-
ture, so she smiled and said: well,
you never can tell, Pansy. He might.
But why did you ask that?'
"Oh," came the ready reply, Il was
just sitting looking at him, and he's
so smart and bright already; and be-
sides, l thought he'd make such a
pretty president! kansas City Star
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
What She ImaQIned.

Don't imagine" he said after she
had refused him, that l am going
away to blow my brains out or drink
myself to DEATH"
NO." she replied, 81 have no idea
that you will do anything of that kind.
You are going away to do some won
derful thing which will bring you
wealth and fame and make me regret
all the rest of my life that | didn't be-
lieve you when you intimated that you
were one of the greatest little men that
had ever come over the asphalt"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Infected Rabbits Stolen.

Dasease-infected rabbits, inoculated
with the germs of tuberculosis and
other diseases of most dangerous ma
tire, have been stolen from the lab
f3ratory of Doctor Bonnefoy at Allauch,
near Marseilles. 1t is feared that the
thieves may have already disposed of
the geolen rabbits to provision dealers.
Doecor Bonnefoy as soon as he discov-
ersd that the rabbits were missing, in
formed the police and asked that the
widest publicity should be given to
the fact in the local newspapers so
that persons should beware Of eating
rabbits coming from doubtful source.
1t is probable that for some time the
consumption of rabbits in Marseilles
and neighborhood will drop consider
ably.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Faith, Not knowledge,
Carries Us to End
By REV. T. w. STEWART
Pastor Of Christ Church. Presbyterian, Chicago

shall know known every
have just made beginning they like children playing with the pebbles
the beach, while the great of knowledge lies before them
Now what do when the end Of knowledge
when know hence understand
All these wonderful beginnings in knowledge intense desire o
know We have been like children playing small boat
harbor But have the desire ship strong enough
of discovery far the great
But the ship that human being sailing ship that is
only equipped for quiet sail from land We
human will Our knowledge is
know only in part"
But God has the wonderful faculty faith which
beyond knowledge and Owe walk faith
Faith the beautiful
and know We peer into the darkness trying
believe the there 1t ship Of faith
the end of the Journey not the ship of knowledge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
In Order to Escane

One day a young man entered a stu.
dio to be photographed. In posing
he hunched his back, as If 1t were
broken and twisted his face into
dreadful mask.
Here" said the photographer,
what's the matter with you? Are
you crazy?"
go on he said Take me just as
l am. You see, I'm trying to get out
of an engagement with a girl, and I've
written her that I've been disfgured
in motor accident. and / want to
send her this photo to show how 1
look"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
WronQed.

''The minute my husband gets dol
lar in his pocket he wants to run out
and spend it."
Does he? Then the neighborhood
gossip must be untrue
What is the neighborhood gossip"
1T is that you never let him have
as much as dollar at time
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
PITY.

"Bibberson always, SO he tells me,
reads over his after-dinner speeches
until he has them by heart before he
gets on his feet to deliver Them
Poor old chap. Think of his having
to do that when it is such bore for
other people to hear them just once"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Adequate Provocation.

why did you beat Dobson so ter
ribly?" said the Judge, indicating the
bebandaged figure of the plaintiff.
II asked him why horse had run
away, your honor" explained the pris-
oner, and he told me that it was be-
cause the animal had lost it's equine
unity
Him." said the judge. dis
charged" -Lippincott's Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Natural Affinity.

How did that couple ever come to
gether?"
"You see, he is man of iron"
Eyes, i know"
"And she is very magnetic"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Success.


Some men succeed by working well,
And some by dreaming splendid dreams !;
Some win through luck
And some through pluck,
And some through dark and sinful
schemes.
Some men succeed by aiming high,
Some through rewards that effort brings,
And some because
Their ladies' pas
Are presidents Of banks and things.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
unaccountabie Otherwise.

A traveller who has recently re-
turned from Japan alleges that he
saw really pretty Japanese woman
while he was there. We suspect that
he had been drinking when he met
her.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Twice.

"That lady looked at you as if she
knew you"
Yes replied the gentleman who
had been named as defendant at
Sioux Falls and Reno, she is my
mother-in-law twice removed"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Mean,

Employer-Good morning, Robert.
l hope all your family are well this
morning.
Office Boy (unsuspectingly)-Yes,
sir, thank you.
Employer-Tni glad to hear it, Rob
ert. There is to be a baseball game
this afternoon, and l was afraid it
might have fatal effect on some of
them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Quite Similar Orlaln,

"a lyric Of ancient times was a
story sung by lyre.''
Like the modern fish story?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30

The Apostle Paul, in max
ing a comparison between
the limited present and the
unlimited future, says
"Now we see through a glass
darkly, then face to face,
now we know in part, then
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
TRAIN

II o w in t h @
world were you
able to eat the
stuff they served
up at that sum-
mer hotel which
you recommended
to us p
eft wa G po Sv T
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30

1t is a law of progress
that humanity does not 60
forward equally in all direc-
tons, but by leaps. This i.
due to the fact that genera
tons, like individuals: have
the defect of their qualities.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30

When one reads Emer-
sons essay on compensation
one ought to learn the les
son that when we create a
void, a blank, we ought to
substitute something else to
meet the needs and cravings
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30

The business of making
machinery and its various
parts is important. There
is a constantly growing de-
mand for good machinists.
In fact, there is almost a
lack of skilled machinists.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Such a Difference,

"You say Funniman, the comedian
is very entertaining on and or"
mo. ! said eff and on"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30

had practised. My wife did her own
cooking for three weeks before l went
away"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30

No Chance for an Argument.
walter, there's a green hair in this
SOUP" said the diner.
Ives, sir. Yes, SIR replied the
waiter. Its the very latest thing,
sir
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Amateur Workmanship.

Amateur Workmanship.
Hes a selfmade man."
Il know. He surely made a mis-
take in not consulting an expert"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30

No matter how late the season is,
keep off your land till it is dry enough
TO work without packing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30

Bees drink great deal of water
and it is matter OF considerable i'm
portance that they have easy access at
all times to plenty of pure water with
out being obliged to fy long dis
lance In order to secure IL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-15
DEDICATION SERVICES.
Interesting Exercises at Second Ban.
tist Church Tomorrow.

The dedication services of the new
Second Baptist Church at King and
Peyton streets, will be held tomor-
row. All preparations have Ieen
made and an interesting event is an
ticipated. An invitation to attend
was received by the First Baptist
Church, and there will be no services
in that church tomorrow in order
that the members may be present in
the second Church.
There will be services at Q, 10 and
II A. NJ. and at S P. NJ.
A special program of exercises will
lbe rendered at 9 A. NJ. in the Sunday
school.
Rev. DR.. W. F. Fisher, formerly
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
will deliver an address at 10 a. m
At the II o'clock service Rev. DR..
:R. T. Garland will speak, nd at s
o'clock P. NJ. Rev. G. " Mcdaniel
will occupy the pulpit
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-15
MEAT DROPS IN NEW YORK.
Lower Prices Attributed to Investi-
CATION of Prices.

New York, August 15.-Special ag-
ents of the Department of Justice,
working under the direction of AS
sistant United States District At
torney Roger B. Wood, have started
upon an Investigation of the causes
for increased prices of foodstuffs in
this city. These agents will seek to
learn if a combination exists in viola
ton of the Sherman Law to control
fool supplies and dictate prices.
The committee of citizens selected
by Mayor Mitchell to Investigate the
rise in the price Of food organized
today and appointed subcommittee
to cooperate with departments of the
city government.
The district attorney has begun a
separate investigation. Already
some dealers are reported to have re-
duced meat from to cents pound
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-15
CHASE IN THE AIR.

London, August ia dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph from Paris
SAYS that an official statement issuel
at the French capital sets forth thar
4 French aviator, accommodating in
Lorraine, was pursued by two Ger
men airmen limit
Their machines were larger and
faster than the Frenchman's and car
ried three armed men each. After
an exciting chase the French fers
escaped and returned to the French
lines unharmed. The statement
confirms earlier French reports Of
the Belgian cavalry's success over the
Germans who, it is said, suffered Sc
verely.
The three Gernn aeroplanes fly
ing over Diest were brought down by
the Belgian artillery. Two of the
aviators were killed by being dashed
to earth and the third was terribly
injured.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-15

At midnight tonight the carnival,
which has held the center of the:
stage on upper King street during
the week, will pull up stakes and
move to Petersburg, where they will
show at the homecoming there next
week. Aside from rain Monday and
Tuesday nights, the Liberty Shows
stay in Alexandria has been sue
cess and large crowds have been at
tracted nightly to the scene Of ac-
tivities.
Tonight will be no exception of the
rule. The last night of the carnival
will draw the largest crowd
yet is expected. All the shows
will be in operation. There will be
fun for young and old. The high
dive will be given on scheduled time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-15
WOMAN MURDERED.
Is Shot Down While Standing Before
Hou:e in Richmond.

Richmond, August 15.-Creeping
IN behind Annie Hyde, colored, as
she was talking with Pearle Straiter
before 400 North Seventh street, a
negro, said to have been Eddie Pol
lard. shot the woman once, and, as
she fled with q bullet through her
side, fired again at her. The woman
STAGGERED to y. l.. Lucchessi's res
taurant. at els East Marshall ST.,
where she fell to the floor and died
almost instantly. The second bullet
fired by the murderer was Shot up
Seventh street toward Broad, anu It
is considered almost miraculous that
it did not strike one of the hundreds
Of pedestrians walking along the
thoroughfare at that time.
The neighborhood was in an uproar
almost instantly and some half dozen
policemen were on the scene in few
minutes. The negro who had fired the
shots fled down Seventh street to
Clay, thence to Eighth to Leigh,
along Leigh to Ninth, ana then di-
rectly to the dump at the end of the
street and is still at large.
The shooting is said to have been
one of the most -blooded of recent
months. 1t was caused, it is said, be-
cause the Hyde woman had Pollard
arrested on charge of beating her
He was to have been arraigned IN
the police court this morning to an,
swer this charge, According tc
those who knew the Hyde woman, she
is said to have said that Pollard haa
threatened to kill her for causing his
arrest, mad that she knew ne had beer
looking for her. She did not see him
as he crept through the gloom o.
the street last night, and was unable
to speak after she fell in the restau.
rant door.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-15
BALTIMORE is
STILL FIGHTING
Wants Rehearing of Claim
for Regional Bank
Against Richmond.
PROTESTS TO BOARD
Not the Slightest Chance of Change
Being Made in Original Selection
, of Virginia City. u

Washington August 15.-Baltl'
n ores petition for rehearlng on
its claim to the Fifth District Reg-
ional Bank as against Richmond has
been fled with tilc Federal Reserve
Board. Cans and Hanan, attorneys
for the Baltimore regional bank COM
mittee, sent the petition, which is
brief, here today.
The petition asks review by the
Federal Reserve Board Of the decls-
ion of the reserve bank organization
committee, and requests an announce
ment of such rules and procedure as
may be necessary for conducting the
review.
Members of the committee are con-
fident that an opportunity will be
granted them to present the cltys
claim at an early date. New Orleans
and several other cities are expected
to file similar petitions regarding
controversies in other Federal dis
tricts.
Milton c. Elliott, who is secretary
pro TEN of the reserve board says
that the board is formulating rules
and regulations for the hearing Of
protests, such as was made by Balti-
more against Richmond. The rules
for these hearings, Mr.. Elliott thinks,
will be made public early next week.
As already stated there is not the
slightest chance of any change being
made in the original selection Of
Richmond as reserve city.
The Virginia metropolis, it is
known, is considered the most feasible
location for 4 reserve bank to serve
the territory outlined by the Reserve
Board, and no chnge will be made,
the protest of Baltimore to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-15
His Brains Crushed Out

Lynchburg, Va, August 15.-When
a carload of stone fell on Theodore
Martin, yesterday, his brains were
crushed out and he died instantly.
He was employed by c. ". Lane, con-
tractor, on the double track Of the
Southern Railway, at. New Glasgow.
in the capacity of brakeman on the
dinky train used, in hauling dirt and
stone. The lever on one of the cars
refused to work and the stone could
rot be dumped. Martin got under
the car in an effort to release the
lever, when the car suddenly dumped
and all of the stone fell upon him.
He was 2G years old and he lived IN
Victor, Va, just beyond Christians
burg.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-15
SAYS BRITAIN LIES.
Austria Declares Reasons Given for
Declaring War Against Her
Are False.

London, August 15.--The Exchange
Telegraph's Rome : correspondent
sends the outline of an official COM
munication from the Vienna govern
ment to Rome notifying the Italian
government of Great Britain's decla-
ration of war on Austria The Aus
trian note says:
".Austria's war against Servia, an
independent State, and for a cause
which did not affect international
politics, cannot be considered as the
cause for the present European war"
Great Rritain's note to Austria,
the statement continues, fails to point
out the fact that Austria was obliged
ito declare war against Russia be-
cause the latter's mobilization threat
ened Austria. It is denied that
Austria sent troops to the frontier
a fact, the statement says, which
France already knew fom the Aus
trian Ambassador.
1T is evident" the note says III
conclusion, "that Great Britain's al
legged reasons for declaring war not
only are abitrary alterations of facts,
but deliberate lies. England has thus
lightly broken her traditional friend
ship with Austria in order tc sup
port France, but nevertheless, she
Will not ind Austria unprepared."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-15
GERMANS maxi:
FIERCE ASSAULT
Belgian Forts Southeast Of
/. Namur Bearing Brunt
of Attacks.
DECISIVE STRUGGLE
Iiepe Forti6cations Still Intact
Germans Repulsed-Belgian Ma
chine Guns Effective. a

Under a cover of heavy cannon
ade from the German artillery gene
raj assault on the Belgian French
British center began at daybreak
The Belgian front, drawn np from
Diest and Malines, to point south
east of Namur, in Belgian Luxem-
burg, is bearing the brunt Of the
attack. rHR
The French reserves and the Brit
ish forces are centered at Gembloux,
ten miles northeast of Namurs
Cannonading began upon the allied
forces at dawn.
simultaneously, a German cavalry
detachment dashed toward Tirlemont
and clashed with the Belgian cavalry
advance near Hasselt. ~ stt
Belgian aviators reported the slow
advance of the massed infantry and
it became apparent that the decisive
struggle is impending.
An advanced German line has been
established at Wise.
A military bridge across the Meuse
at this point has been constructed
with tracks for the supply trains and
q Red Cross Hospital with accommo-
modations for 10000 has been estab-
lished.
The German commissary depart
ment has begun the distribution of
supplies and entrenchments have been
erected to guard the communications.
Reports declare that the battle is
now in progress from Liege through
Luxembourg. The Liege forts are
still intact. Attempts of the Ger
man forces to start Fort Pontisse
were repulsed with heavy losses, says
war office report. The Germans
charged under cover of darkness
They carried hand grenades and
heavy wire clippers. Supporting for.
ces carried sandbags and enerenching
tools so the attacking forces might
entrench themselves if the first de-
lenses We're carried. Belgian machine
guns, however, swept the approach
with terrible effect:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-15
V. Nj. CLAIM NOT PASSED.
Lack of Quorum in House Prevents
Favorable Action.

Washington, August 15.-But for
the early adjournment Of the House
yesterday because no quorum could be
had, it is believed that the bill ap-
propriating 100000 for the relief of
V. NJ. I. at lexington. would have
been passed, Yesterday was setaside
to pass war claims. After passing
one bill, a point of no iduofam was
made, and, after several roll calls,
adjournment was taken.,y & aa
Representative Carlin, Of Virginia,
was in the chair during the absence
of Speaker Clark. The bill will not
come up again for two weeks. unless
Majority Leader Underwood; asks for
special night session to consider
claims of this character.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-15
FROM GERMAN
III STANDPOINT
Chancellor Says Present
War Is a Life and Death
Struggle.
eight FOR LIBERTY"
Necessity, He Says, Forced Germany
to Violate Neutrality of Belgium
"Our Trust Is in God"

London, August 15.-Marconls
Wireless Press has issued to all the
London papers the following German
wa,. news, officially circulated through
the German wireless stations and re-
ceived by the Marconi Company.
Berlin, August 15.-In an interview
the German imperial chancellor sta
ted.
"The war is a life and death strug.
gle between Germany and the Mus
covite races of Russia and was due
to the recent royal murders at Sera-
jevo.
owe warned Russia" he said,
against ,kiniling this world war,
She. demanded the humiliation Of
Austria, and while the German En-
peror continued his work in the
cause of peace and the Car was
telegraphing words of friendship to
him, Russia WIS preparing for war
against Germany.
Necessity, forced US to violate
the neutrality Of Belgium, but we had
promised emphatically to compensate
that country for all DANCE inflicted.
England has placed herself on the
side of Russia, whose instability and
whose barbaric insolence have helped
this war, the origin of which was
murder, and the purpose of which was
the Humiliation and suppression of
the German race by Russian pan
Slavism.
eve expect that the sense of JUS
tice of the American people will
enable them to comprehend our stu
alton. We invite their opinion as to
the one-sided English representa-
tions, and ask them to examine our
point, of view in an unprecedented
way"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-15
CRIPPLE'S SIDE TORN OPEN.
Brooklyn Child Badly Hurt by Merry
GO-ROund.

Baltimore, August 15.-George Ire
land, 10 years old, son of George Ire
land, Alb Annapolis avenue, Brook
lyn, was seriously injured yesterday
afternoon while playing on an old
fashioned merry -go-round at Brook
lyn Park. The machine is one of the
old-t;me affairs, which is worked by
crank and a set Of gears.
With a number of other children,
George was playing on it when he
was caught in the gears, which
gouged out the entire left side Of the
body, stripping the flesh from his
ribs until his kidney was exposed.
Nathan Croniscr, who was nearby,
heard his screams, took him out Of
the machire and carried him to his
home, where he was attended by Dir.
Harry Diebel. Dr.. Diebel says the
bov has a chance of recovery.
The boy is cripple. When he
was ) years old he was caught in a
rowing machine on Lehr's farm, not
far from Brooklyn, and his right foot
was cut off.