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People Put War Off Their Mind and
Worry More About the BY
Order Announcements
guillotine.

Is the French habit OF dating newa-
papers day ahead. You never knew
whether an event you were reading
about was happening at that moment
or was going 10 happen on tho morrow
| have not got a battle date straight
yet Consequently our intellectual
nourishment was furnished by this com
prehensive news item which appeared
with a simple transposit!on OF words all
that week: "Our forces have come IN
contact with the enemy At several
points along the line"
No wonder that we in Paris lost sight
Of the war movements in our troubles
with transportation occentrcities
Transportation as regards usefulness
was snuffed out. The Metro was tho
only road really running and Il ran
only from in tho morning TIL al
night. with trains at long intervals
few scattering street cars moved
about AT irregular hours.
People forgot all about battles while
battling for n taxi. Requisitioning Of
all motor vehicles left only an in
nnitesimal number OF these on the
streets.
In consequence Of this taxi famine
prehistoric vehicles came out Of hiding
which one had thought long ago thrown
on the scrap heap. Rusty four wheeled
cabs drawn by pairs OF bony horses. m.
like Of which had not been seen in Paris
since the days Of the empire. took The
bou.evards again with a rakish antique
air. They made the one horse cabs
look almost modern.
There have been many statistics SHOW
ing how the little one horse cab Of Par.
is disappear ng before the automobile
This week the automobile disappeared
before the cab. The cahhy Of tho foril
| face. ne rod waistcoat and tho glazed
| top hat was once more generals, inlu W
Paris traffic and tho little ginrc~hread
co,ored cab horses, their knees ute
shaky. but perky and cochy headed
once again tho cab stand Enes. Bot
had been rejected by tho army admInls-
tration: nevertheless both had come
with flying colors through the terrible
struggle that the wheeled traffic o.
I Paris endured and the burdens that e.
carried in the early weeks of war. com
pared to which dragging a siege gun
must be play.
Then followed the renaissance OF the
| hCvc,e. The bicycle has never dsap-
reared in Paris but IT had become q
workman's vehicle. The war gave II =
| boom. From every lumber room hi
cycles were brought to light, furnished
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were hung on the line. Tho theatres
ware turned into day nurseries: IN the
historic foyer OF the Opera was in
stalled n sewing bee. The newspapers
suggested that this WAS not tho m)-
ment for toilets IN the extreme mode,
Paris humhly accepted the rebuke and
obediently clipped its befeathered head
gear and served up its slit skirts. IT
sloughed on its chic 40 n snake slips
out of It's skin. The Parislenne became
dowdy
The French army having modified
twenty-four hours ahead OF its fastest
schedule war and the preparations OF
war moved far away from us In Paris.
Thcn when r. was found that the Bor-
lin Brus.Cts-PariS time table had been
mndined that her reception 10 the Ger
mans had been postponed indefinitely.
Paris nut the war or her mind and was
soon wrapped up in her own home
Carcq
The first OF these was the dairy. by
order, until further notice The milk
supply was stopped. To mobilize an
army means to demobilize business.
Milkmcn, horses carts had gone to the
war. Only children and invalids were
entitled to the little milk in the market
This meant making an application at
the Mayors office Of ones quarter, n
mile or SO away, where. on presentation
Of n child's birth certificate or n doctors
medical certificate twonty-four hours in
advance one was given an order on n
milk depot another mile or 80 away
where the precious beverage could he
occurred n prices fixed by the mun,ri-
palitv. T'rrc were n few diaries which
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United Kingdom. in fact, tho England
Expects" placards are visible.
The Belgians have these pointed out.
They are very decorative, with . por-
TRAIT Of the War Secretary and much
red ink thereon. Then they look in the
streets and sec every sort and variety
OF man, old and young. rich and poor,
some working. some lettering, but all OF
Thanksgiving at home.
Look at Kitchener" say these might
be fighters, and with that exclamation
they rest content
This sublime belief that no one can
really hurt England In at tho same mo-
ment a hope and handicap.
II gets into the marrow OF the visitors
bones.
You md yourself reading war news IN
the Same phegmatic spirit.
"Zeppelns" "Bombs!" Aerial at
tack on London"
II simply cannot be. or course We
don't deny that they will make tho at
tempt, but Look at Kitchener"
So tho daily life goes on!
And the English women knit another
row
"Of course / don't want to hurt the
Tower. and ia simply hate TO have any
thing happen to Buck'ham Palace and
what would the Americans do with nc
Westminster Abbey to weep in, but
honestly II some nice fat Zeppelin would
drop nice fat bomb near--just near
the Nelson monument ! do believe you
people over here would wake up" said
an American girl the other day In an
assembly OF mixed English and Ameri-
-S'-h'- go - r-'-'.'. -..--....- -.
One OF the English ladies' laughed
Really. You Americans take the wal
much more excitcdly than we do. It's
quite ex-tra-or-r-r-di-na- isn't IT,"
This is one side of the picture and II
would he OF course unfair, very unfair
! to let the subject rest here.
In fact, II one use. the term pic
turo,' perhaps II would he better I,
think of piece OF tapestry instead o
a painted canvas, whore the loom on IN,
side hidden from view has woven q pat
tern as intricate, as interesting an,
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DARIS in war time IL a changed
- city. having no longer IS usual
J. aspect OF Gayety and activity.
"On one OF the principal
streets, q mart of trade" says a cor
respondent. there Is but ono postcard
shop open and a drug store. Tho Amer
icana. except those who have houses
a.,u apartments. those connected with
the embassy and the few stray travel
ers. have disappeared"
This Is quoted to serve as contrast 10
description Of London. which goes on
in its phlegmatic way outwardly little
affected by the war. one Of the changes
Is In the occupations of women.
If England should decide to replace
It's fashionable crest with another. II
would not b. n bad idea 20 adopt q
figure OF a woman knitting
For every British woman kn!ts. II
an American woman should ply the
needles with the same industry the
explanation would he offered that she
did Il for her nerves, but the British
woman has no nerves 80 that cannot
be the cause. They knit knit. knit {;
between the courses at dinner. on the
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have been tied 70 ofice stool and desk
or 10 factory hours.
But the khaki way 10 q slow way in
England, tho onlooker Is forced 20 think.
Possibly nature, herself. who makes
US less sensitive to suffering as we grow
older. coats over with an integument of
calousness those who in the division
OF the worlds work must perforce stay
behind, a sort OF protective shield Of
the emotions
For, surely. Tommy himself, singing
his "Tipperary" as he marches along,
when he is allowed to go by day. is the
best example one can furnish of the
courage that goes TO war or stays at
home. Just as II nothing out OF the
ordinary was happening,
It Is said by ono who was in the big
battle OF the Marine that special
Tommy who was near him listened 10
tho shells screeching and yelling over
head, the crash OF broken barriers. the
fall OF wounded bodies, and as a par
ticuarly vicious one whizzed It's way
along, REMARKED casually:
Gee. THERE'S another"
| BY his ske Frenchman. listening 10
| tho same shell. cried out: "Cest la
guerrero! C'est terrible Mon Dieu,
Guer-r-r-re! To whom Tommy re-
marked, even more nonchalantly: "Say
did you catch that one?"
And this story will do as well as a
| hundred others that might he quoted
on the subject.
Yet with all due tribute to the courag.
OF Tommy Atkins to tho foresight and
-nrudenca 81 war. officials. 70 the com
merCial sagacity that goes right on
with business, England seems 10 the
onlooker who doesn't pretend Ia get
far below the surface OF things To be
not fast asleep, but certainly doing
and in that light slumber, visioned hS
past victory, suhlimcly self-contcnt, sh,
does not hear, or hearing does not heed
that THE Hun Is knocking at the gate,
Millions OF men are lighting. separated
from London by a mere strip " water
rripped in a death struggle. Yet Lon
don life goes placidly on
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purchases.
sportation when you make your

up and put into commission. The one
new class OF shops opened in Paris were
those where bicycles of all periods wer-
rented, repaired and even sold. Whole
nests Of little antique shops on the eft
bank OF the river cur!ously and appro-
priately were turned over TO the bicycle
trade. What became OF the original
antiques I don't know. I saw people
learning to rido tho machines IN tho
middle OF the street as in tho old DAYS
OF long ago.
What Is more. the bicycle has become
fashionable. Costumes are again being
designed for its riders Tho chic Ave-
nue. des Acacias in the Bots. once ths
promenade of Vociety In automoblls,
sees society taking Its morning exercise
pedalllng on tho democratic bike. The
boulevards. where a few daring trick
cyclists used to pick dangerous path,
have become racetracks for spr!n-inE
bicycle riders OF both sexes.
But the sportiest act at this stage Of
tho war was trying to bs commuter,
This required Superhuman effort and all
the virtues.
The only transportation out OF tho
city was on a few trains. which gave
no certainty that YOU would get any
where near tho town you started for,
If, for example, you wanted TO take tho
$3.50 a. NJ, train on certain Inc you
began preparations several days in adj
vance by going to the station and wait
ing from a half TO a full day 10 engage
a place on that train. You then took
your place at tho end OF a line sons
where In the nelghborhood ot the ',a-
| ton about o'clock the evening before.
! IL you had luck and there was less o'
crowd than usual you got within 's'elr
~ the entrance about midnI@ht an"
within sound Of the ticket oH're AD"'s
! ! \. NJ. and II luck held out cv'niua.S
! YOU reached the $50 train az >.i' Nin
garments torn. In the end one h'''e
a circular tour around Paris, N'u 60
eral side excursions. Il u~uu'l '''N
from twenty-four 10 thrN-'\ N""'" ~
commute twelve miles, the time "'l' u"
ing on whether or not ono va many
dumped on tho train In he woods anu
told 10 walk into town
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e Everywhere

ellers. are amazed when they reach
London and find hfe going on in this
unchanged way. They have left RACED
homes. a stricken territory. carnage.
loot. cruelty. every inch OF their way
marked by some frightful scene /; Is
only about four hours from Ostend or
Dunkirk to Folkestone. and scarcely
have they recovered from their fatigue
when they find themselves in a country.
not only different IN architecture, in
customs and in manner. in The orEani-
zatton OF daily life. hut a country in
which apparently there Ia no war spirit
felt Some OF them are bitter. very
bitter. They do not hesitate 10 say that
II there had been a bigger English army
Belgium could not be where I, Is to-day
a cipher in the sum total OF nations.
Posted all over London, al over the
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British way go on reporting that at a
certain function Lady Soandso sat next
to Lady Blank and both looked pleased
New books are reviewed at length and
you are not only told what plays to
attend but what 20 think OF them after
you have seen them.
Knit. Knit. Knit.
Into quaint tearoom in Richmond
party of young people come for the
Misunderstanding cup. They have ar
rived in a couple OF beautiful limousines
and the young men are taking a few
hours of recreation from the arduous
profession OF being terrltorals.
They chaff each other.
"Ah, come now, girls, you cawn't, you
really cswn't have two pieces OF cake
apiece. Why, we don't get but hob .
day YOU know"
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City Goes Its Usual Way Outwardy Little Affected
by the War--Every British Woman knts While
"Flannelled Nuts Are Everywhere

and furs unnecessary. From tho heart
OF London Il can be reached in half
an hour on tho top Of n bus.
Here, though, even here. one !s
exasperated by the presence OF the
'-fannelled nuts" They are every
where, running mara;hons. playing
tennis or football with cameras. with
corps OF BOY Scouts-or girl scouts
rowing on tho lake, climbing trees or
flirting underneath.
Stalwart young chaps they ars.
1.-the. supple. good sports; but why.
some people ask. are they in Hamp-
stead Heath when only across the
narrow Channel cities for which their
nation has assumed responsibility are
being wiped out OF existence?
The shops along oxford. Regent and
Bond streets never looked more allur-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-11-15
Fiery Blood
Disorders Cbsc.s
The Sources Of Disease =.
Cleaned and Blood
Purified

Those who have used s.. s
at the way it checks blood disease.
a man today with his skin all bro..,
see him again in a week or two alto, - y.
S. s. 8. and he is a wonder 10 ls5-rI '1
cleared up, skin healthy, eyes br,,s.
smile replaces the droop. What ts <
that can accomplish such wo18,-f,r
suits? First Of all It is a natural NJ.
cine. Like milk, eggs and other far7s n
can not be initiated, S. S. s. ozcs F.
Nature for its power to overcome Grs,,
just as food prevents emaciaton. <
is not a combination of prescription Arr.
1t is a preparation direct from mcd.-r
plants that retains all the yirilc p....
of what we need, what We must bs-.
the blood to counteract those destr-..
tendencies that assaI US throuchog.
If it were not for our natural secrctf-r,
sustain US, aided by such known ha.-g
s. s. S. there would he small chance
any of us surviving childhood.
Get a bottle Of s. S. s. today from ~,
druggist but be careful to avoid The \
stitutes palmed off on the uuwary. S Al
is prepared only by The Swift Specific d
So Swift Bldg, Atlanta, Ga, and fora
vate medical advice write briefly n
symptoms to their medical dcpar,-J
They will take excellent care Of you.
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Y. W. C. A. NOTES

school boys struggled for supremacy
in the running broad jump, push-u
goal shooting and the shoot for dis
tance. The winners were as follows;
Goal Shooting Mobiles, first
Reginald DeSilva, second: James Per
kins, third.
Push Reginald DeSilva, first;
Lloyd Morgan, second; James Per-
kins, third
Shoot For Distance-Herbert Rich
ards, first; Billie Roberts, second,
Toby HerschkoVitz, third.
Running Broad Junp-Sam Barrow,
first; Lloyd Morgan, second; Reginald
DeSilva, third.
Last nights events in the younger
employed boys class resulted as fol-
lows:
Pull Ups-Quintin Williams, first:
Dunbar McVoy, second; Herbert
Mathews, third.
Shoot For Distance-Ray Friedrich
sen, first; Dunbar McVoy, second; eli
yer Williams, third.
Fence VauIt-Herbert Mathews,
first; Quintin Williams, second; Dun-
bar McVoy, third.
Running High Jump-Quintin VIII
liams, first; Herbert Mathews, second;
Ray Freidrcksen, third.
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ARGYLE.

Argyle. Nov. 14.-Mr. r. w Waters
Of Pensacola, was here Wednesday
and bought and shipped a carload OF
cattle from Simmons and Bishop.
Mr.. Daniels from Dothan, Ala, was
here Monday and Tuesday shipping
poplar lumber to northern markets.
Mrs. W. r. Jennings and son, Mel
vile, spent yesterday with their aunt,
Miss May Mcdonald, who is still very
sick
Arrived at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
James Bishop this morning, daugh-
ter
Mr. w H. Bonds and wife of Ponce
De Leon, were visitors here today.
Mr.. G. NJ. Bishop went to the Ma
rianna fair today.
Our school is progressing nicely with
NJ. A. Parish teacher
Miss Sarah Anderson visited rela-
tives at Eucheeanna Sunday.
Mr. A. B. Campbell went to Mari
anna Wednesday.
Quite number in our vicinity are
making syrup.
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Have The Journal follow
you or your vacation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-11-15
CRITICAL MOMENTS
WHAT THE WAR TEACHES.

Every life has it's critical moments
There are times when a mans health
is staked upon the care he gives to 1t
within a few hours His system may
be run down, blood laden with bilious
poison and lungs or skin affected.
Twenty-four hours after you start
to take DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, poisonous mattsr and blood
impurities 'oegin to leave your body
through the Liver, Bowels, Kidneys
and Skin.
So powerfully penetrating is this
purely vegetable remedy that through
the circulation of the blood 1t reaches
every fibre, muscle and joint, dissolves
the poisonous secretions and drives
them out of the body.
1t brings new activity to the liver,
stomach and bowels In a short time,
thus causing sallowness. indigestion
and constipation to disappear.
It enters the tiny blood vessels of
the skin, bringing with it fresh vital
lied blood, and abiding faith in its
wonderful cleansing power has come
to thousands, when pimpIes, boils,
carbuncles. rash, eczema. acne and
other skin troubles dry up and disap-
pear.
Good blood means good health: good
health means strong men and women,
full OF vigor and ambition, with minds
alert and muscles ever willing Any
medicine dealer viii supply you with
Or. P1erce's Golden Medical Discovery
in either liquid or tablet form. Re-
member it is purely vegetable, and
free from alcohol or narcotics and is
not a secret remedy for all its insred-
tents are published on wrapper.
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A WOMAN'S APPEAL

To all knowing sufferers Of rheurna tism,
whether muscular or Of the joints SCI
atica. lurba gos. backache. pains in the
kidneys or neuralgia pains. to write to
her for a home treatment which has re-
feels II her duty to send it to all suffer-
ers FREE You cure yourself at home as
mate being necessary. This simple dis
covery banishes uric acid from the blood
loosens the stiffened joints. purifies the
blood. and bri2htens the eyes. giving
elasticity to the whole system. II the
above interests you. for proof address
Mrs. NJ. Summers. Box P. South Bend.
Ind. ADVERTISEMENT
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-11-15
WHITE BUzzARD
VISITED MILTON
UNUSUAL SPECTACLE WAS WIT
MESSED BY REPUTABLE cITI-
ZENs, SOME or WHOM RECALL
FORMER SIGHT.

Citizens of Milton a few days ago
caught sight Of a white ibuzzard, soar
ing over that town accompanied by
others of that species, but of the con
ventionaI' color black Quite a num-
Der of persons saw the strangely col
ored bird, and it finally disappeared in
the woods across the Blackwater river.
Regarding the rather unusual sight,
the Gazette printed the following:
Saw White Buzzard.
Some considerable interest was
aroused here Monday by the appear
ance of a white buzzard. While this
is not the first time this strange bird
has been seen here, reputable citizens
declaring that it made it's appearance
in this county nearly twenty years
ago, still it's visit is so infrequent
as to create quite little bit of ex-
citement. The bird was seen Monday
by number of the citizens, flying
with others Of it's kind of the ordinary
color, and at last disappeared with
others over the woods across the riv-
err.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-11-15
MINES EXPLODED WHILE
BEING MOVED, KILLING MANY

Toxic, Nov. 13.-An official comrnu-
nication made public today says the
subterranean mines which exploded
at Using Tau while being removed on
November il killed two officers and
eight soldiers and injured one officer
and fifty-siX soldiers. Four hundred
and thirty-six wounded Germans are
in the hospital at 1seAG Tau.
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bile from your liver and carry off the
decomposed waste matter and consti-
patton poison from the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will straighten
you out by morning. 1O-cent box
keeps your head clear, stomach sweet,
liver and bowels regular and you feel
bully for months. Don't forget the
children-their little insides need a
good, gentle cleansing, too. (Adv)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-11-15

Ten cakes Octagon or
Ivory soap for Is cents, with
each purchase of $1.00 or
more Mondays at The
Crystal Pharmacy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-11-15
YOUR bowel SAND STOP
COLDS. HEADACHES, SOUR STOMACH

Turn the rascals out-the headache.
biliousness, indigestion, constipation.
the sick, sour stomach and bad colds
turn them out tonight with Cas-
carets.
Don't put in another day of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse and sweeten
your stomach; remove the sour, undi-
gested and fermenting food and that
incorporating gas; take the excess
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-11-15
A GREAT BOOK FREE

DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, newly revised, containing 1908
pages, is sent free on receipt of two
dimes, or stamps, to pay expense of
mailing only. Address Doctor Pierce,
Buffalo. N. Y.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-01-03

Instead OF cruising in Mediterranean
waters on a perfectly equipped steam
yacht, as In the days when her hus-
band was living, this beautiful widow.
VINO Is still youthful in face and
spirits. will cruise in and out among
the southern islands In rude native
canoes. facing danger every day OF
her life.
Danger? Yes. Not alone the pas
sive danger of disease, engendered
oy the Nth OF the people and the
neat OF the islands. but the active
dangers. due TO the warlike charac.
teristics OF the Moros, the wild men
or the hills, as they are sometimes
called. When the United States
took over the Philippines. Il assumed
charge OF their more than 5000 600
natives. or these. more than 1000.
OCO are Moro Mohammedans. They
nave caused the Government more
anxiety than all the other 100000
combined. They are divided in
groups. each group dominated BY
ierce and lawless leaders. one
group Of $4,000 are the descend
ants Of pirates and cannlbals. II Ia
this group that has been In constant
rebellion, and has killed many Amer.
cans VINO nave gone to them only to
help them. And IL Is 70 this aroup
and its civilization that Mrs. Spencer
Intends 10 devote ner time and
wealth.
From the cultivated. high bred.
u~ltra-refned social circle in which
she has always moved. Mrs. Spencer
viii 20 10 Jolo. where her companions
viii be either the hard working mis-.
s~ionaries or the savaEes. From the
unglazed windows % her mission
hut she viii look ont on dirty. uu.
clad natives living in trees like great.
unclean birds. What n contrast TO
the outlook from the wide windows OF
her Newport homei There she looks
out upon the superb gardens Of the
vanderbilt and Brown estates. or
upon her own beautifully kept lawns.
The children Of her Newport and
New York neighbors have expensive
tutors and Foverncsses. Thcy arc
taught all the graces OF modern civil.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-01-03

matter OF pronunciation. and had
nothing 20 do with the poetic feeling
7 admitted tho matter OF pronuncia
ton. but argued that as authorities.
az we'll as poets. differed on that.
and as poetry was subllmated Gu
phony. why make a trisyllabic word
Of d. and get a cacophonous result
that was harsh 20 the a wine
90 rhyme With "Proserpine!" Might
! not az 0tly have written:
To thee alone.
Lost Persophone.
OF course D might. FOR Persephone
r. the original Greek Of &c.. and a
poet who would make "a rhyme like
that ought to have bis feet sawed on.
The Latin OF DO a. ProFarpina. and it
doesn't rhyme with hyona. either
ho sat before mn wagglng his head
and grooming The lines or Lang 20
himself fc.tatc1ily. But kept
right ahead. putting the plain facts
no 20 him. FOll0viug Mr.. Lang's
prouuuCiafiCn. ho.s dead and 10 isn't
his fault that hr ISN'T here to defend
him7ef-l handed out this classic
bit.
might adore
Fair Te~rpsich0re.