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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28
What Did She Expect7

did you send for me?" demanded
the beautiful and naughty stenogra-
pher.
Yes" replied the boss. my wife
left for Europe yesterday"
oh, I'm so surprised. | didn't
know II was to be so soon"
She made up her mind suddenly.
Her health is bad and the doctor
thought trip might help her"
There was a pause while the boss
looked over some papers. The beauty
sat impatiently tapping her pencil.
Then he went on
i hardly think she will gain much
however. ! think she put II off too
long, II she never comes back l want
yuu-"
The telephone rang and he went to
the wire, When he was through he
neemed as II he had forgotten what
he was saying. The stenographer
prompted him.
You said II she never came back
you wanted me-"
"Oh, yes. II she never comes hack
l want you to remind me TO send her
mother check every three months.
l am forgetful about such thinga."
And he never noticed the disap-
pointment that settled on the beauti.
rul face. but coldly continued dictat.
Ing his letters.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28
MISTAKES MADE BY AUTHORS
MIsquotations by Popular Writer'S
Have Been Many, and In Some
Cases They Have Stuck.

Some OF the most frequently used
quotations are not quotations at all,
but in many cases convey the oppo-
site meaning Of the original word
ing.
Fenimore Cooper, for instance,
Thought he was quoting from the Bf
BILE when he spoke of All inscription
being devised that "he who runs may
read" signifying that 1t was easily
read by a man in haste. If Cooper
had looked in his Bible he would
have found in the book OF Habakkuk
that the passage he tried to quote
was: Write the vision and make It
plain that he may run that readeth
It" The vision was a warning and
the reader was to flee from danger, but
the Cooper version has survived the
original and practically put 1t out OF
use
A popular chronic misQuotation is
that OF the passage I'm "Hudibras."
which says: He that complies
ion still" Authors and public speak
ers without number have twisted
that into "A man convinced against
his will is Of the same opinion STILL"
forgetting that a man who was con-
vlnced could not possibly remain OF
his previous opinion. for If he was
of the same opinion he would not be
convinced.
Theodore Roosevelt publicly de-
clared that Washington in his fare
well address said: ITO be prepared
for war is the most effective means
to promote peace" But the first
president said nothing OF the sort In
his farewell address. In his first mes
sage to congress he said: ITO be pre-
pared for war Is one OF the most eff
fective means OF preserving peace"
and he spoke of other means as
we'll
Novelists do not seem to be very
strong in their knowledge of the
Scriptures somehow, and Sir Walter
Scott In The Heart OF Midlothian"
attempts to point a moral with the
words: "Our simple and uRpretend-
ing heroine had the spirit Of those
peacemakers to whom 1t is promised
as benediction that they shall in
bRrit the earth" Tie fact ls that
the peacemakers did not receive any
such promise. but It is said that tho
meek shall inherit the earth"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28
American Business and the War.
Atlanta Journal.

1t is cheering to find so able a
student of economies as Joseph
French Johnson, dean of the New
York University School of Commerce.
among those who expect American
business to gain far more than il will
lose through the Eudopean war. He
believes that we shall soon recover
from the shock of the Old World up-
heaVai and that though we cannot
wholly escape its adversities, we
shall acquire new and inspiring op-
portunities.
The losses or danger TO be with
stood. Dean Johnson summarizes as
follows 4 tendency to drain this
country OF gold; the closing Of Eu-
ropean markets to American securi-
ties; the probable diversion from
the United States of large amounts
OF European capital which other
wise would have come to us; the
cutting off Of the supply OF certain
raw materials, notably chemicals,
which are essential in some branches
of our manufactures; reduction in
the European demand for certain
kinds Of manufactured products and
raw materials; and an increase in
the cost Of living But offsetting
these losses, he finds several new
and important sources of profit; for
example, an opportunity to extend
and upbuild our banking interests I'm
international finance: an opportunity
to win and hold a larger share OF
South American and Oriental trade !;
and heavy European demand for
our foodstuffs.
This last named condition, Mr..
Johnson thinks, will be especially
favorable TO our farming interests
and TO those Industries which are re-
iIated to agriculture. 1t should be
noted, too, that plans are now being
perfected TO safeguard the cotton
market, so that the loss which once
threatened this staple will be avert
ed. AS to the financial side of the
present situation we are told: "The
| United States is today the financia
capital of the world. Up to the out
break of the war, the current OF in
ternational trade flowed through
| London, and the London bill of eX-
change was the accepted standard OF
payment the world over. But the
terrible hand OF war hos been laid
upon the imposing fn"noial struc-
lures OF Europe, and they have
shriveled under its touch. 1t is like
ly that the bankers OF South America
and the Orient will increase their de-
posits in this country-the only safe
haven for the moment-and that the
| New York bill OF exchange will tenn
/ lporarily take the place Of the Lon
don bill"
Certain IT is that the economic
affairs OF the United States were
never so well fortified as they are to-
day against the shock OF a European
war. Our new banking and cur
rency system is assurance against
panics. We have the most bounteous
! food harYests the country ever
knew. We are strengthened by the
sound political reforms through
which we have passed. We are at
peace among ourselves and with all
the world. 1t only remains, there
fore, for American enterprise to take
advantage OF the opportunities which
the war offers secure and prosper
Gus nation.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28
Why the oeaan ia aaItv

The rivers OF all the world pour
their waters into the sea sooner or
later They wash down vast quanti-.
ties OF solid matter and much matter
In solution. OF which the greater part
Is salt. This may be In such small
amount that 1t is imperceptibIe In he
river.
The waters OF the seas are svapor-
ated by the sun. but none of the salt.
Is taken up into the clouds. 30 the
water that returns to the earth In
rain contains no salt; but by the time
II reaches the sea again, after soak
Ing through the soil and flowing down
the rivers, 1t has another load. Con-
sequently the oceans are receiving
salt all the time and never giving uD
any OF H.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28
BEACH COVERED WITH FISH
caiifornlans Gather Up Thousands
When They Come on the Beach
by Night to Spawn.

Thousands OF little fish coming on
the sands at Sierra. three miles below
San Juan Capistrano, furnished q
most unusual sight and gave an op-
portunity for the capture by hand of
many hundreds of fish.
Three moonlight nights OF each OF
three spring months the fish, which
resembles the smelt. goes on the
sands to spawn. The larger waves
carry the fish up and leave them flop
ping on the sand flashing in the moon
light. The beach for nearly half q
mile on both sides Of the San Juan
creek was literally covered with the
little fish one night recently. The run
commenced soon after midnight
The coming OF the fish is n great
occasion in the San Juan Capistrano
Mission valley. People gathered
from far and near. and nearly every
one returned with half a -four sack
filled with the beauties. Eight to
ten automobile loads OF Santa Anans
were on hand.
The old-timers who have observed
these runs for many years say that
the fish come up to spawn on three
successive nights, commencing with
March. April and May or April. May
and June. The only place on the
range country coast where the fish
spawn is at Sierra In San Diego
county. near the Orange county line,
at San Onofre. similar rams occur
Santa Ana (Cal) Dispatch.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28
Beginnings Of RIackpooI.

Blackpool. on the kings visiting list
today. has been called the Brighton
OF the north" and for rapidlty of
growth IL compares we'll with it's
southern rival Here. in 1880" Col.
enel FIshwick tells us In his ''History
of Lancashier." were a few scattered
ciay-built cottages with thatched
roofs. which could by no effort of
Imagination be called village" And
still, forty years later, about sixty
houses were scattered over a mile of
seashore; but Blackpool had then 400
visitors, scanty forerunners of the
hordes that nowadays render its prom
enades almost impossible. Curious
bathing costumes there were. "Of
bathing machines there were but few :;
bell was rung when ladies went to
bath; and II, during the time set apart
for them, a gentleman was seen on
the beach he was fined a bottle of
wine. Chronicle
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28
The Cost of Killing II Man.

I NOluUlDld RECORD.
The cost of killing a man is OBJ
tanned by dividing the total cost of |
war to any of the belligereEts by the
number of men killed on the other
side, says General Percin of the
French army. in La Science ct In
Vie, a French publication.
In lS70-lS7l France spent $40,-
100000 in the actual expenses OF the
war. Repairing materials and Civ
ing succor to the victims or the war.
expenses that are Justly to be added
cost another $2OO,O00,00O. Franc
paid $l,OOO,OOO.OOO as war indcm-
nifty. plus another 100000, 900 in
interest on the sum, loss OF revenue,
forced contributions by to enemy
and upkeep of the German army of
occupation. This third category Of
expenses, not being inevitable i'm all
wars, cannot properly be included.
ON similar basis here are some
facts about other wars:
RusSo-Turkish war GS77-1S7SD
Turkey 100000,
Russo-Japanese war G9O5D-
Rupssia. $1,000, 900.
The number Cf men killed or who
died Of wounds in these wars were:
Franco-Prussian war Germans,
2S,600.
Russo-Turkish war Russians,
l6,600,
Russo-Japanese war-Japanese,
$500.
Whence 1t results that the cost Of
killing each man was as follows:
In lS7O-1S71, $2l, 900.
In 1S77-1S78, $4,000.
In 1905, $2O,4OO.
What will kill the greatest mum
bor and reduce the effective force
most Will not be the rifle or cannon,
but fatigue, typhus or cholera
In 1870, $4,000 Germans enter
ed the hospitals. Although they did
not die OF their illness, they were
none the less made useless for Ger
tain time. In the Crimcan war the
allied armies lost four times as
many men through disease as were
killed in battle. This proportion was
3 to | among the Russians in 1877
1873, it was only | To 2 among the
Japanese in Manchuria, thanks TO
their excellent hygiene.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28
Ships That Never Cam. In.

1.-The ship that never returned" is
always one Of the tragedies of life.
and the board OF trade inquiry as to
the vanished steamer yura stirs memo.
rtes. There was, for instance. the
case OF the White Star liner Naronic,
which. when 1t was launched, was
described as the finest and safest ship
ever built. 1t left Liverpool for New
York February IL, 1893, and was nev.
er seen again.
Hut six weeks Afterward a cham.
payne bottle was found ON the beach
at Ocean View, Va, containing a letter
written by John Olsen. a cattleman
on board. It ran: The ship is fast
sinking. 1t is such a storm that we
cannot live in the small boats. We
have been struck by an iceberg in the
binding snow. The ship has foated
for two hours. 1t is now}3:20 In the
morning. and the deck Is level With
the sea. Goodbye"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28
Man md the snrrnrette.

A Palm Beach suit aud saucer hat,
White socks aud a cigarette,
A bamboo cane and some oxfoTds
fiat,
Oh, whenever / gaze on man like
that,
! vote for the suffragette.
Detroit Free Press.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28
Got Rusty All Right.
Cincinnati Enquirer.

"See mere" complained the man
as he walked up TO the proprietor Of
the clothing store, - have only had
this suit two weeks and it looks rusty
already"
well" said the proprietor, "did
the salesman guarantee the suit?"
"He did" replied the man. "He
said IL would wear like iron"
Well" replied the man, "it did.
didn't it?"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28
Purpose of Pyramids.

WabnlnBIOn StHT.
were built for the sake OF giving en-
ployment to a large number OF peo-
pie"
"Of course" replied the vivacious-
ly positive girl. anybody could
guess that. Look at all the guides
who depend on them for living"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28
The Finishing Touches.
Exchange.

TINVHdTBt.
Mother" said Tommy. II saw a
man making a horse at the black
smiths shop today"
Mother-Why, my dear boy, that's
impossible.
Tommy-Well, ne had him pretty
nearly all done when came He
was just mailing something on his
hind foot.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28
Nights Six Months Long.

Kansas City Journal.
"These long Arctic nights are de-
lightful," said the Eskimo beau, "but
| guess I'm staying a tTihe late"
"No hurry" declared the Eskimo
belle. THAT clock is two weeks
fast"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28
So He Did.
oston Transcript,

BOSLOn TTanBCTIpt,
Our water pipe got choked up
and the confounded plumber charged
me $40 for fixing 1t. It's an imposi-
ton"
We'll you can't say you didn't
get a run for your money"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28

1t Is better to be disappointed in
love than In marriage.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28

Some things come to those who
walt. but especially II they are not
vaccinated.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28

Among the poor ways of making !
ones mark In the world is painting
the town red.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-28
Photo by American Press AssocRtion.
AS Viewed From the Iron Duke

The English
II thnui
VIII is snown II III,
~ua
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-09-15
SAILING
OR DRIFTING
WHICH?

There are two kinds of men in
the world; those who sail and
those who drift; those who choose
the ports 10 which they will 20,
and skilfully and boldly shape
their course across the seas with
the wind or against it, and those
who let the winds and tides carry
them where they will. The men
who sail, in due time arrive; those
who drift, often cover greater dis
tances and face far greater perils,
but they never make port. The
men who sail knoY where thes
want to go and what they want to-
do. They do not wait on luck, or
fortune or favorable currents :;
they depend on themselves. and
expect no help from circum.,
stances. Success of the real kind
is always in the man who wins it,
not in conditions. No man be-
comes great by accident; grca'
things are never doHc l,y chcn:c
a man gets what he pays for-it-
character, in work, and ii energ,
A hoy would better put luck ont
OF nis mind If he means 10 acccn.
rlish anything. There are few
really fine things which he cannot
set if he is wiling to !:ay TIC
price. Men fail, as a rule, becausr
they will not paylthe price Of the
thing they want; they are not will
ing to work hard enough, to pre-.
pare thoroughly enough, to put
Enthusiastically into what tho
are doing. The only road to al
vancement is to do work so well
that you are always ahead of the
demands of Your position. Keep
ahead of your work, and your
work will push your fortunes for
YOU. Onf employers do not decide
whether We Shalt stay 5WllefH We
are or 60 on and up; We decide
tllat matter ourselves. We casi
drift along; doing our work fairly
we'll; or we can set our faces to
the front and do our work SO well
,l,at we cannot be kept back. lii
this way we make or mar our own
fortunes. Success or failure are
not chosen for us; we choose
them for onrselves.-HamiIton
w. Mabie.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-09-15
VALUE OF EDUCATION.

think we may assert that in
100 men there are more than &C
yho are what they are, good OF,
,ad, useful or pernicious to So
:iety, from the instruction they
'lave received. 1t is on education
hat depend the great differences
observable among them. The least
ind most imperceptibIe impress
;ions received in our infancy have
consequences very important. and
of a long duration. 1t is with those
first impressions as with a river.
whose waters we can easily tufr
by different canals, in quite oppo
lite courses; so that from the in:
;ensible. direction the stream re.
ceiyes at its, sources, it takes diff:
ferent directions, and at last ar.
sives at places far distant from
each other, and with the same fa-
,:ility, we may,-I think, turn the
minds of children to what direc-
lions we please.--Locke. =
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-09-15
THE CASH VALUE OF EDUCA.
TON.

The best way to illustrate the
cash value of an education is by
simple process of arithmetic.
You can easily obtain the value
of the time spent at school by
Subtracting the earnings of life
of UNEDUCATED labor from
the earnings Of a life of EDU-
GATED labor. If an UNEDU-
GATED man earns one dollar
and fifty cents day for three
hundred days in the year, he does
very we'll indeed, and if he keeps
it up for forty years he will earn
Sf.5OX3OOX4O, or St8,OOO.OO.
An educated man usually works
by the month or year. One thou
sand dollars year is a low aver
age for the earnings of educated
labor. If the educated mar works
for forty years then you have
St,OooX4O, or $4,000 as the
earnings of the educated man. BY
subtracting $4,000 from S4O,-
600 you will obtain $4,000
which must represent the value of
the time spent at school getting
an education. What then is the
cash value of each day spent at
school? Suppose ititakes a child
eleven years, counting 200 school
days per year, to obtain a suffi-
cient amount of education to
place him in the $1,000 per year
class, making a total.of 1900
days spent at school. A simple d.
vision, namely-s22, 900 divided
by 2.2oo will give TEN DOL
LARS per day for the days spent
III the school rooms. DOES
EDUCATION PAY! +
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-09-15
LOOK YOUR BEST.

There is grea. power: in ar.
pearancc. You are usually judged
by the way you look, and you usu.
ally look the way you feel: Bu.
you can feel the way-you like, and
you Tan live in any mental atti-
tude you like. Therefore, discard
all attitudes of inferiority. Never
think of yourself as inferior.
Never appear7as sif you were in
ferior. The mind and the body
should be we'll dressed, especially
the mind. Ifyou look common,
you will think of yourself as COM
mon, and hes who habitually
thinks of himself assco onImon be-
comes common.
g / o look yoa: best IS net ex-
rensive. Clothe your mind as
richly as you cant that will cost
you nothing; and be as neat, as
clean, and as, presentable in per-
son as you can. Anything that
tends to. make you reckless will
weaken mind, character and abil-
.ity.oMake it one of your strong
points, to always look your best,
both in person and in !. counte-
malice. And to,'look your best you
must think Yoir besstt, and feel
Your, best. 0gress Magazine.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-09-15
''MAKE GOOD"

Make Good.
Cut out ''if," "could," and
Should"
And start in to saw wood,
You can still have the best
Things in life, like the rest
Of the men who've achieved '
Just because they've believed
iii themselves. You're deceived
|,lfsyou think fortune comes
With a rattle of drums @e7ss ~
And a fanfare Of state
To iland yours on a plate
That isna&the way q
That She visits today.
You must get out and rustic and
bustle and hustle;
You need all your muscle, for
you've got to tussle,
Plunge into the fight,
Hit to left and to right,
And keep crashing and smashing.
Don't let up with your striking
Till things meet your liking.
For Gods sake, stop bawling-
Instead, do some mauling.
1t makes the world bitter
To look at gutter;
Fate scowls when she sees
A grown-up OH bis knees, (.
A man With his Health
Is mine janlmed with wealth
Full Of unexplored lodes, .q
Why, the freekle:back toais
Have the sense to keep jumping
And here you are frump!ag! VI,
Come now, strike your gait
lit isn;i@to iats, ssi,-.-.,,5 s..
There's no such thing as fate!
Drop that fool-talk of ''luck,"
Get a grip on your pluck,
And buck. Sc I
Begin '-.'s
To Gin
Knd win. ,- Il
Herbert Kaufman, in Everybody'sI
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-09-15
EARNING AND. LEARNING,
Every Youth Should Work for
College Training.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.

| Phiiadelphla Public Ledger.
Man is triune, and the highest
ideal of complete man or wo-
man is a healthy body, a strong.
clear mind and pure character.
The absence of either makes life
a failure and pain An ideal ed
ucation, then, includes physical,
mental and moral development.
The omission of either is a great
weakness III any scheme Of edu-
cation.
Therefore, fortunate is the man
who has an opportunity to work
with his hands or body while he
is training his constitution as a
foundation, and weaklings must
fall out. But with the inherited or
acquired physical basis the stu
dent who earns his living and the
living of some dear one while he
studies in his college course will
outclass all competitors. The his
tory of our great men and women,
past and present, proves that
statement.
The boys and girls who paid
their own way and learned to
economic closely and to work
hard are the most influential class
in every community. Many a ricl,
mans son has been destroyed by
too much money in the days When
he needed most to be taught to
earn money and to take care o.
himself.
1t would be a great blessing tc
the nation if every student was
compelled 10 earn all of his ex-
penses while in college or univer-
sity. We would become a nation
of mighty men. A very rich man
in Vermont Informed me that he
told his oldest son tfat,if he 9TH:
sony did not earn his own ex-
penses during the four years o!
college at Burlington he would
surely disinherit him. That son i:
low one of Vermont's foremos,
citizens, respected by all.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-09-15
= RISING NAV.

He's willing and prompt, a de-
pendable chap,
The busiest man in the store.
He does what the boss requires
of him,
And always a little bit more,
tie doesn't spend time looking III,
at the clock,
To see how soon lie can ora:
He's full of ambition and willing
to work,
And some day he's going to be
it.
He's bound to 60 up, for if he
should leave
The whole shop would notice
the loss.
He makes himself useful from,
morning till night,
And so he stands high with the
boss.
He works just as if it were all for
himself,
Not waiting in slotlh to be led.
The business to him seems ALREADY y
his own.
And some day hell stand at the
head.
-Somervillc Journal.