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The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-25
Many Uhlans Are Killed in VIC
torious Charge.
officer Writes of Heroic Assault
Against Automatic Guns-of 142
In Squadron. So Replied at
Roll Call After Battle.

Berlin. Letters from the front
are being published in many news
papers In Germany. Extracts from
one written by an officer to his wife,
from the infirmary. Dienzei Lothr,
which appeared In the Frankfurter
Zeitung. is given here:
Il was thrown under my horse as
he fell, and thus bruised my left side,
and contracted hemorrhage In my
thigh. After the exertions of the last
few days, I feel very comfortable here.
and am well taken care of by the SIS
ters.
August IL was great day for our
regiment, and in due time Will be re-
corded in history. ds were Gravelotte
and Mars-la-Tour. 1t was u death
ride In the fullest meaning of that
word: against automatic guns and In
fantry. In which the first third and
fourth sQuadrons OF my regiment, and
the second squadron OF another regi-
ment took part. One thousand pris-
oners. including twelve or eighteen
commanders. cannons and automatic
guns. were captured
-Our brave brigade suffered bitter.
iy: OF the 142 men In my squadron,
only fifty-eight replied when the roll
was called. And ! was the only off,
Ger! All the rest dead or wounded!
MY squadron suffered most. for
they took part In the worst attack.
Our regiment ought to be spared a
little now; at all events. we have the
hardest day of the whole campaign
behind us. The success, particularly
from the moral point OF view, is splen-
did. Everybody behaved splendidly
and August IL will. for all time, be
day of honor for our regiment. and
this attack of Lagarde will stand
forth as one of the 5ravest achieve
ments OF the whole campaign.
Never before was l as conscious
of the proximity OF my guardian angel
as on that, day. l cannot quite eS
plain 1t, but all the while l was not
bit excited. and had feeling OF
absolute safety
The great moral success of this at.
tack have mentioned already. II
seems quite strange to be counted as
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-25

THE NEW YEARS EVE FATEs
How Curious Maidens Can Find Out
What Is in Store for Them
An italian Custom.

Every maiden wonders what the fu-
ture has in store for her, and this is
what she must do on New Years day
to learn her fate:
Turn the pillow at midnight, the
31st of December, and you will
dream of the man you are to marry
Or let her take her hymn book to her
bedroom, blow out the lamp, open the
book and mark hymn Tin the dark, +,
put it under the pillow and sleep on
it. Next morning when she reads the
hymn she will find it's text will indi-
cate the event of the year.
On New Years eve the Italian maid
en- places in one corner of her bed
room thimble, in another water. in
G third ashes and in a fourth ring.
Upon waking in the morning, il she
sees the ring first she will be married
that year; if she sees the water first
the year will be unlucky; If the
thimble. fortune will smile on her:
If the ashes. she will die.
On New Years eve, If a maiden
wishes to know her fate during the
coming year, she must go into the
open air with psalm book in one
hand and a piece of silver in her
mouth. She must allow the book to
fall open. and if it opens at the death
psalm she will die; If 1t opens at the
bridal psalm she will marry, and what
ever else 1t opens to will indicate her
fate.
On New Years eve. while the clock
Is striking twelve. repeat three times ::
Good st. Anne. good ST. Anne,
Send me man as fast as you can
And you will be engaged in a year.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-25
FOR new YEARS EVE
Toy Noise Producers and How to
Make Them.

NO one objects to a moderate
~ amount of noise in welcome to the
incoming new year, and am sure
that you will agree with me that the
following are splendid noise produc-
ers. Each will require but a few
minutes time to make.
The bell rattle shown in Fig. is
made with tin can, common thread
spool. two short sticks and two screw
eyes. The tin can forms the bell
portion of the rattle, and short piece
OF broomhandle. or other stick whit
tied round, fastens to 1t for handle.
This handle stick "a. Fig. p is Sc
cured to the bottom of the can by
piercing hole through the tin and
screwing a screw-eye from the in
side of the can down into the end of
the stick. Figure shows how the
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-25

tongue Of the bell rattle is prepared.
The length of the tongue should be
equal to the inside depth of the can
Cut stick of this length and whit
tie down one end to fit the hole in
the thread spool you have obtained;
then screw a screw-eye into the other
end Gig. 81. Fasten the tongue in
place with a piece of string, passing
the string through the screw-eyes in
tongue B and handle A, and tying
them loosely with firm knots. This
completes the rattle.
The odd-shaped rattle shown in
Fig. requires a short stick for han
die A, and two tin cans out of which
to make the wings, pieces B and C.
The bottoms of the cans must be re-
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-25

over which countless shots were
whizzins, till at last 1t quieted down.
In the distnce / discerned my regi-
ment gathering together; then. to my
delight. close by | found my own in
fantry. With my riders. who now
numbered eight, ] put myself under
the command OF that captain. and with
this company. with revolver and car
bine. went through the rest of the
battle.
with several captured horses.
among which was French artillery
horse. I searched for and eventually
found my regiment, and there ] first
learned positive facts concerning our
great losses and our glorious victory"
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-25
IA WOUNDS; OTHERWISE o. K.
Sturdy German Defender Of the
Fatherland Thought He Was
Not Badly Hurt.

Berlin.-The report of the following
incident was sent to the Berliner
Tageblatt by physician:
"In the royal surgical clinic in Zie-
gelstrasse there arrived new trans
port filed mainly with severely
wounded men. most of whom had to be
carefully carried to their beds. One
sturdy defender of his country clam
bered without assistance out of the
wagon and approached the physician
who was receiving them.
"Well. my man. said the latter.
you were not badly hurt?'
NO, the man in the field gray an
swered. only three blows on the head
with the butt end of rifle. ten bay
onet thrusts and snot through my
chest. Nothing else.'"
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-25

Figure shows the idea adapted to a
toy that is quickly put together. Get
an empty tin can, piece of heavy
wrapping paper, piece of stout wrap
ping twine. and piece of rosir. Dou-
BILE the wrapping paper, pierce hole
through its center. stick the end of the
cord through it and tie large knot
on it Zig. g.. Then tie the paper
over the open end of the can. as
shown In Fig. 6. and trim on the pro-
Iecting edges. To operate, pull firmly
on the string, at the same time allow
Ing 1t to slide through your hand.
(Copyrighs BY A. Neeiy Haii.)
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-25
FOES FORGET HATE

which are generally held during the
armistice. The Frenchmen seem fasci-
mated by one favorite song. 1t is fa-
nous old students air from Heidel-
berg. The words were composed by
an officer in the trenches"
The song, freely translated. de-
scribes life in the trenches in the
rainy season. the horrid oozy sound
when the boot is taken off and the
jet of mud that strikes the ear when
comrade jumps into a trench. the
last line of one verse being: "The
Only things which are dry are our
throats and our humor."
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-25
HAPPY NEW YEAR CUSTOMS
Celebrations Of the Mummers in oIden
Days In Notwithstanding to
Revive Visiting.

On Friday, January /, the mummers
will mum-that's their way of ush.
ering in the New Year. How many OF
them know the beginning of the Gus
tom-or the ending! 1t began in.
nocently enough. but by the seventh
century it amounted to "diabolical
paganism," outrageous, blasphemous
Ruffians robbed and even murdered
under the pretense of merrymaking
Not all was frightful, however. In
Rome slaves were waited upon by
their masters and the poor reaped
veritable harvests, which was but nat
ural. since it all came from the sat.
urnalia of the Eternal City.
In England the mummers performed
plays, spoke dialogues and imperson-
ated famous people, especially kings
and warriors. Songs were sung both
by the mummers and their entertain
ers- Here is one:
To shorten winters sadness
See where the folks with gladpess
Disguised all are a-coming
Right wantonly a-mummin2.
In those days they loved, too, to
masquerade as animals, bears and
unicorns being especially favored dis.
guises. Scott's couplet summed it
up:
Who lists may in their mumming see
Traces of ancient minstrelsy
AT last this mumming came to be
menace as well as a nuisance, and
the chaste Henry VIII made 1t a mis-.
demeanor to wear a mask
1t was George Washington who
made the day what it once was in
this country. Said he: Never forget
the cheerful and cordial observance of
New Years day." The celebration
grew and grew. until a generation or
SO ago. the scenes enacted at some
receptions were simply disgraceful, SO.
ciety having progressed some since it
was good form to imbibe until the i'm.
biber quietly slid under the table.
OF late years there has been a tend.
ency to revive visiting on the first
day OF the year. But it is all very
informal. and every hostess knows
each and every one of her guests,
which was not always the case when
1t was the fashion to have as many
as possible and any man counted one.
An amusing story is told of one host
ess who, in a lull, left the line and
went over to the punch bowl in the
back parlor. saying to a man she
didn't know: What is your name? 1
don't think l know you" He told her.
She didn't remember It, SO she asked
him with whom he had come. He
said he had come by himself. where
upon she ordered him out. Imagine
her chagrin the next day upon receiy-
ing from this man letter she had
written to relative in neighboring
city asking that he visit there when
ever he should be in the city. Also
to be reminded by him that he had
sent his letter of introduction and re-
ceived cards, which he also inclosed.
In the holiday rush she had simply
forgotten the new name.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-25

moved. and the sides opened out. Tack
the pieces to opposite sides of the
stick handle.
BY holding the handle in the posi-
tion shown in Fig. 4, and shaking
from side to side. the tin wings will
flap back and forth and make splen-
did cracking. crashing noise.
If you have never tried pulling upon
a string rubbed with resin, you cannot
appreciate what loud shrieking
sound is produced in this manner
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-25
A Nrm urar'H q prayrr
By DAVID CORY

God grant that I the nero year through
Nay strioe sDnh heart and soul 10 do
Those things ,ohich are most good and true.
God grant that each morning start
My duties with eheerfui heon.
And ehee1uAy perform my part. .--
To oeor q smile all through The day.
To Danish thoughts unkind otooy;
And when my bedtime comes. 10 pray.
To say my prayers ,oiih folded hands
As night comes softly o'e, the lands.
To Him. pho aiOays undersisnds.
And aohen the bells on Nep Years doDn
Proclaim the bright Neso Yea, Is born.
And I owoke on New Year. nom.
pray Him uhi,per. ioo and s,oeet.
To help me guide my sDoy.oard feet.
Lest forget my proyeS 10 n'eet.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-11
TALK OF THE TOWN

The Lamorey Co. are showing line
at Use; they are good dollar values.
A few good values in pianos and or.
gans. Call and see them at Bailey's
IA Elm street.
Sunday dinner at the Buzzell hotel
Usual good bill of fare will be served
from to 2:30 p. m.-Adv.
I'm the Heart of the City That Has
No Heart" can be heard on the victrola
at Bailey's Music Rooms, Ia Elm street.
The Verdi orchestra will play for the
masquerade ball to be given in the So
cialist auditorium on Granite street
this evening
The Phlathea class of the Baptist
church will hold their regular social
evening with Mrs. G. H. Holt, 81 Hill
street, Tuesday evening, April Ia.
A sugar social will be given at Cobble
Hill grange hall on Wednesday evening
April Is, under the direction of Mr.. and
Mrs. Luther Nelson, for the benefit of
the grange. New sugar and doughnuts
will be served. Admission, l5c. Every
body invited.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-11
Spring Wash Dresses

We have just received our line Of
Ladies and Children's Wash
Dresses made in the latest styles,
and all the latest materials which
are SO pleasing to the eye.
Look these over before you
make your purchases.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-11
TALK OF THE TOWN

Eighty-fiye cents buys $l.00 guaran'
teed kid glove at Vaughan's.
Good, mealy potatoes, lSc peck, Zoe
a bushel, at Smith & Cummings market
A special Easter program will be Civ
en- tomorrow in the Italian Baptist mis-
sion, Brook street, at 3 o'clock. Every
body welcome.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-11
Granite Cutters international
Association of America.

A regular meeting of the Barre branch
of the G. c. |. A. OF A. will be held in
Clan Gordon hall,
Una ruinione regolare DELI unione
degli scalpellini Branch di Barre) avra
lougo nella sala di Clan Gordon.
On Monday evening, April IL, at J
o'clock. j. d. VIII, secretary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-11
Notice
TALK OF THE TOWN

Mrs. ID. B. Smith of Manchester, n. H.,
is caring for Mrs. L. ]. Good OF North
Main street.
Sunday dinner at the Buzzell hotel.
Usual good bill of fare will be served
from ] to 2:30 p. m.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-11
TALK OF THE TOWN

Dressmaker will go out by the day or
take sewing home. Call at 10 Summer
street or telephone l6S-W.
We've the correct hats in stiff or soft
style from the country's most noted
hatters, 81 to So. Lamorey's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-11
GRANITEvILLE.

Everybody attend the sugar social
and dance to be held under the auspices
of Summit l. ,dge, No. 397 n. f. O. p,
Thursday ev ening, April Is. Dancing
from to r. Harris orchestra. Admis-
sion, SOC per couple. Sugar, l0c per
plate. Everyb ody welcome.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-11

service at the Methodist church at 10
o'clock. Breakfast will be served in the
dining hall at $3.50 a. m. By order of
Arthur C. Tilden, eminent commander.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-11

A special conclave of st. Al
demar commandery, No. IL,
knights Ten.r.ar, win be held
in its asylum on Sunda Y
m orning, April IL, for the
purpose of attending divine
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-04
why WASTE TIME FRETTlNG?
Common Form of FooIishness Most
Noticeable Among Those of
Weak Character.

There is one sin which, it seems. is
everywhere and by everybody under
estimated. and too much overlooked
in valuation of character. 1t is the
sin of fretting. 1t is common as air.
as speech-so common, that unless it
rises above its usual tone of discord-
ant complaining, we do not even OBJ
serve it. Observe any ordinary meet
ing of people, and see how many min
utes it will be before somebody makes
more or less complaining statements
of something or other which probably
everyone in the room, or in the street
it may be, knew before, and probably
no n can help. Why say anything
about it? 1t is cold, it is hot, it is
wet, it is dry; somebody has broken
an appointment, ill-cooked a meal;
stupidity or bad faith somewhere has
resulted in discomfort. 4
There are plenty Of things to think
about. 1t is simply astonishing how
much annoyance may be found in the
course of every days living. even of
the simplest, IL one keeps a sharp y
out on that side of things. Even Holy
Writ says we are born to trouble as
sparks fly upward" But even to the
sparks flying upward, in the blacklist
of smoke, there is a blue sky above;
and the less they waste on the road,
the sooner they will reach it. Fret
ting is all time wasted OF the road.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-04
CHAPTER TX.
The Leap in the Dark.

So far as. Jones was concerned, he
was rather pleased with the urn of
affairs. This was no time for love
making; no time for silly, i%nnocuous
quarrels and chickering's, in which love
must indulge or die. Florence no
longer rode horseback, and Norton
returned to his accustomed haunts,
where no one made the slightest at
tempt upon his life. In his present
state of mind he would have welcomed
it.
What's the matter with Jim?"
asked the night city editor, raising his
eye shade.
Il don't know" answered the copy
reader.
Goes around as if he'd been eating
dope; bumped into the boss a while
ago and never stopped to apologize.
Perhaps he's mapping out the front
page for that Hargreave stuff,
laughed the copy reader. Between
you and me and the gate post, | don't
believe there ever was a man by the
name of Hargreave."
"Oh, there was a chap by that name,
all right. He's dead. A nan can't
swim 500 miles in rough water, life
buoy or no. They ought to have
funeral services. and let it go at that.
But what was the reason for that
fake cable from Gibraltar saying that
Orts was alive? l don't e any sense
in that"
THE man who pulled it off did. |
think. for my part, that both Orts n
Hargreave are dead, and that the mar
picked up by the tramp steamer Orient
was riding some other balloon"
You're wrong there. The descrip-
ton of it proved that it was Orts' ma
chine. Oh. Jim probably has got a
mans size yarn up his sleeve, but he's
a long time in delivering the goods.
He's beginning to NOPE a good deal.
Woman back of it somewhere. Haven't
held down this copy job for twelve
years without being able to make some
tolerable guesses. Jim's a star man.
When he gets started nothing can stop
him. He covered the Chinese Boxer
rebellion better than any other CORE
spondent there. l wonder how old he
is?'
20 I should say about t~hirty-one or
two Here he m now. Lo, JIM"
CTO BE C~ONTINUED)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-04

the sound to the chimney, and open
Ing the fiue, found at the bottom a
chimney swallows nest containing
four iedgling birds.
The nest had become dislodged and
fallen to the base of the chimney,
where the mother bird refused to 60.
The little birds were not more than a
day old.
He carried the nest outdoors, won
dering what disposition to make of 1t.
He felt something rub against his leg.
and looking down. found one of his
big prize hens.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-04
Copyright. 1914. By Harold MacGrathl

Under no circumstances attempt to
leave this car. Here they comet
He suddenly leaned back and fred
1t was only chance. The tanner in
which the cars were lurching made a
poor target for a marksman even of
the first order. Chance directed Nor
toms first bullet into the right forward
tire, which exploded. Going at sixty
odd miles an hour, they could not stop
the car in time to avoid fatality. The
car careened wildly and plunged down
the embankment into the river.
Florence covered her eyes with her
hands, and, quite unconscious of what
he was doing. Norton put his arms
around her.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-04

~ .NN. 49, .HN a
film into believing that it came from
another direction. Eventually they ar
rived It the hut, and Florence was
forced to enter. The man locked the
door and waited outside for the auto
mobile which he was expecting. He
was rather dumfounded when he saw
that it was coming from the city, not
going toward it.
It was Norton The riderless horse
Told him enough; the handkerchief and
bracelet and crop led him straight for
the hut.
The man before the hut realized by
this time that he had made a mistake.
He attempted to re-enter the hut and
prepare to defend it till his compan
ions hove in sight. But Florence, rec
ognizing Norton, held the door with
all her strength. The man snarfed and
turned upon Norton, only to receive a
smashing blow on the jaw.
Norton flung open the door. Into
the car, Florences There's another car
coming up the road. Hurry
1t raj not a long chase. The car
of the auto bandits. looking like al
ordinary taxicab, was a high-power ma
chine, and it gained swiftly on Nor
TOMS four-cylinder. The reporter wait
ed grimly.
Keep your head down." he warned
Florence. I'm going to take a pot a,
their tires when they get within range
II miss I'm afraid Wen have trouble
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-04

equal terms with his wife. It's the
way this peculiar organization called
society has written down it's rules.
Doubtless a relic of the stone age,
when Alb went out with his club to
seek a wife and drag her by the hair
to his den, there to care for her and
to guard her with his life's blood. It
is one of the few primitive sensations
that remain to us, this wanting the fe-
male dependent upon the male. Per
haps this accounts for mans lack of
interest on the ~suffragette question.
Only Susan suspected the true state,
of affairs, being a Having
had nc real man herself. she de-
lighted in having a secondhand one,
as you might say. She intercepted
many a glance and pretended not to
see. the stolen hand pressures. The
wedding was already full drawn in her
minds eye. These two young people
should be married at Susan Farlow's
when the roses were climbing up the
sides of the house and the young rob-
ms were boldly trying their fuzzy
wings. It struck her as rather strange,
but she could not conjure up Cat this
wedding) more than two men besides
the minister, the bridegroom, and the
butler.
BY forsaking his accustomed haunts,
under the advice of Jones, the hidden
warfare ceased temporarily, You can't
very we'll kill a man when you don't
know where to find him. He ate his
breakfasts h~aphazardly, now here,
now there. He received most of his
assignments by telephone and wrote
his stories and articles in his club, in
the writing rooms of hotels, and in
variably dispatched them to the Office
by messenger. The managing editor
wanted to know what all this meant;
but Norton declined to tell him.
1t irked him to be forced to rear
range his daily life-his habits. 1t
was a revolution against his ease, for
he loved ease when he was not at
work. He had the sensation of having
been suddenly robbed of his heme, of
having been cast out into the streets.
And on top of all this he had to go
and fall in love!
There was no longer a shadow OPP
| posite the apartments Of the Princess
Perigoff. Braines came and went night
ly without discovering any one. This
rather worried him. 1t gave him the
impression that the shadow had found
out what he had been seeking and no
longer needed to watch the coming
and going of either himself or the
Countess Perigpff.
"Olga, it looks as if we were at the
end of our rope" he said d~iscouragedly.
I'VE have failed in all attempts so far.
The devil watches over that girl"
-fOr God" replied the countess
gloomily. "In nearly every instance
their success has been due to chance.
Somehow I'm convinced that we be-
gan wrong. We should have let Har-
greaye escape quietly, followed him,
and made him fast when the right op-
portunity came. After a month or Sc
his vigilance would have relaxed; he
would have arrived at the belief that
! he had eluded US"