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The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-14
EVER COUNT THE CORNERS?
Until One Does It Is Hard to Realize the Number Contained In
 House.

It was not until I began to count the number of corners that l realized how little I really knew about my house, despite the fact that it had been built according to plans and specifications furnished by ourselves. To begin with, there are the nine rooms.
 We'll you will say, put down four corners to each room" But have brushed too many cobwebs out of the ceiling corners to have them thus lg nored, so l put down eight to each room, or 72 for the nine rooms.
 In the upper and lower hall9, includ- ing side entry and back passage, there are 28 corners, which, added to 72, makes the first 100.
 There are two flights of stairs, one at the front and one at the back or the house Each stairway has 19 steps, and as they are of the inclosed type each step has two corners which brings the sum up to 176.
 There are ten closets, including pan tries and storeroom Counting eight corners to each we have 256 corners. But these closets, pantries and store rooms all have shelves, which in turn have corners from the depths of which refractory particles of dirt must often be tediously fshed out with some sort of an improvised skewer. Here we have 100 more corners, or 356 so far. The 40 windows in my nine-room house must need be frequently cleaned, 320 corners in all Add this to 356 and we have 676 corners. While these are the main details, it is easily seen that if we are to consider the woodwork which must be rubbed down with dustcloth after each sweeping, the number of corners made by the join ing of baseboards, carpet strips, door and window sills and other architec- tural details would carry the num- Der far and away beyond the limit of 1000, which perhaps you thought inn possible Magazine.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-14
MAYFLOWER.

Health is very good here at pres ent-
 Born, to MT. and Mrs. Walter Meeks, a girl.
 Born, to Mir. and Mrs. John Prouse, a girl.
 Misses Edith and Mabel Taylor of Conway visited here Sunday.
 Mrs. Horace Webb of Conway spent Saturday and Sunday here. MT. Peck was in Conway one day this week.
 Miss Essie Taylor spent Sunday here
 A p-otracted meeting will begin here Sunday, conducted by Rev. Holt Mrs. Annie Crowder and mother, Mrs. Bargs, spent one day in Conway this week
 October 14.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-14
PLANTS HAVE MENTAL LIFE
Scientific Discoveries Concerning the Lower Forms of Living Matter
 Are Interesting.

That plants are very much alive to their surroundings. and respond to stimuli in a manner quite similar to animals is an old story now. Their sensitiveness differs in quantity rath- CT than in quality from that of man. If one chooses to take a broad view of psychology, that science may be held to include a sub-department dealing with plant sensations and intelligence. Vegetables can certainly feel. and af- ter a fashion are endowed with a con- sciousness of their own; they may be scared, and in a primitive, protoplas- mic way show signs of reasoning. To press the analogy somewhat, plants show wide variations in intelligence, so we may posit cultured as we'll as a stupid class among them.
 This juggling with words, however. belongs properly to the romance de- partment of science. The mental life of plants Is. in the ordinary under standing of that phrase, purely sub jective phenomenon with the human observer It's use is justified, perhaps. for the purpose of awakening popular interest in these manifestations of the lower forms of living matter the more particularly as the study of such phenomena is likely to help us in un- raveling and explaining the comph- cated mental processes of the human brain.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-14
U. s. GOV. LAND FREE

Under Special Act of Congress the agricultural land in the U. s. Forest Reserve of Arkansas can now be homcsteaded in tracts of 160 acres to each person, free of cost One million acres free pasturage range where rattle. hogs and sheep fatten eight months in the year without grain. No overflow lands. Country very healthy and we'll watered with running streams. We select these agricultural lands, take applicant to lands and lo- cate you. Send 25 cents for State map showing location of Reserve and copy of Special Act to
 A. V. ALEXANDER, Locating Engineer, Little Rock, Ark. QC-ldlm)
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-14
NAYLOR.

The weather is getting cold and hog killing is in order.
 Montie Brown, Thomas Heffington of Barney, and Thomas Davidson of Nebo entered school here Monday.
 Health is improving now.
 R. A. Brown is having to haul wat CT for his gin. He is having well dug.
 Rev. Bevens preached here at II o'clock Sunday and at Oak Grove at 3 p. m.
 l. N. Reynolds is talking of moving to Oklahoma soon.
 W. E. Roberts has been called to the care of Oak Grove Baptist church. October IA.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-14
HENDRIX BAND ORGANIZES.

The Hendrix College band was or ganized last night with the election of the following officers: Dr. J. H. Key holds, honorary president; H. C. New man, director; Carter Jenkins. busi- ness manager; A. W. Taylor, secre- ta~y-treasurer An executive com mittee composed of the following was elected: Oswald Burr, chairman; R. F. Shinn, Forrest Osborn and William Mitchell.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-14
NOTICE.

All persons subject to street work who have neither worked the streets nor paid for it to he done. are here ny notified that this duty must be per- formed at once.
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The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-14
GREENBRIER.

w. H. Parks and D. A. Glover were in Conway Monday.
 Luna Lieblong and wife of Guy spent Saturday night and Sunday
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
TOXIC CELEBRATES
 FALL OF TSING=TAU

Tokio, Nov 7-Tokio is celebrating today the fall Of the German fortress at Tsing-Tau, after an actual siege of 9 few days more than three weeks. It was in the middle of September that the real attack began although the preparations for the taking of the German stronghold in Asia were be- gun Immediately after war was de- c1ared by the Japanese on August 1 5. Crowds collected everywhere today and many. processions were formed, the enthusiastic people dragging about flowers as a sym nbo1 of d7ictory. Japa- nese ana British f1ags are floating everywhere throughout the city.
 The final and successful attack on Tsing-Tau began shortly after mid night Friday night and the first in road by the allied forces, which wae largely instrumental in the fall of the place. was. the taking of the middle fort of the first line of defense. This was accomplished by brilliant charge of infantry led by General oshirnf Yamada.
 Simultaneous with the charge of General Yamadas advances were cries of '.Banzai.'' Taitungchen- tfe Qualification of the east. fell at 5: 35 in the morning. Chungchfawa was captured soon thereafter with it's two heavy cannon A detachment of the first line occupied the I1tis, Bismarck and AIoltAe forts at seven in the morn ing and then the enemy hoisted the white flag on the weather astrono- rnicaI station adjoining the governors office Another white flag was hoist ed on the coast forts at the mouth of the Hafpo at 7:30 o'clock.
 Vice Minister of the Navy Suzuki, speakdng today of the future of Tsinge Tau said:
 While the European war continues, Ysfng-Tau will be administered by Ja- pan At the conclusion of the war Japan will open negotiations with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07

selections written by the blind poet ess. The proceeds of the concert will be used to aid the sick and needy of the city and the members of the one who may feel moved to donate more than the price of a ticket to the worthy cause may send a check for any amount to Mrs. W. E. HaIli- gan
 The program for the concert is ap- pended:
 Andante, from Klavier Quintet opus 5, Singing, Miss Bessie Harlow. organist, Mrs. Beardsley pianist.
 Songs, May the Maiden, Carpen- ter; Yesterday and Today, spross; Little Sandman, Brahms; Mrs. Lucien Warner, contralto.
 Songs, Love songs, Haesche, Spirit spross, J. Edmund skiff. tenor.
 The Cap that Fits, Austin Dobson, (Scene, A Salon with blue and white panels. Outside, persons pass and re pass upon a terrace). Characters, Hor- tense, Miss Ruth Jordan; Armande, Miss Helen Stagg: Mons, Loyal, Louis Pirozzoli
 Songs. Know, Charlie wi1Ieby: My Loves Like ReGr Red Rose, Gun ster; Candle Ldghtin' Time, S. Cole ridge Taylor, Miss Mona Helen Fay Tor.
 Songs. Hush You. Lullaby. Short: Song of the Shirt, Homer; MT. skiff.
 Songs, Summer Night, A. Gering Thomas; My Laddie, Neidlinger; Some Sweet Day, Fannie Crosby-Ed Edwards Mrs. Warner
 A Model Story in the Kindergarten. Josephine Dodge Daskam, Miss Anna Gilbert Beard.
 Songs, A Bridge of Stars. DeKoven; The Tears Fall on My Soul. Debussy; In the Deeps of the Daisies, e. B. FIawley, Miss Taylor.
 Piano and organ duet, Harp of St. CeceIia, Wiegand, Miss Harlow or ganist, Mrs Elmer Beardsleys at the piano.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
TROOPS ON LONG BATTLE LINE ARE| EXHAUSTED BY TERRIBLE CONFLICT

Paris, Nov 7-Paris is watching with the keenest interest the progress of the battle in the north and every word available regarding the opera lions from official and other sources is the subject of eager discussion. Having been driven by gunfire and. by flood from the road to Dunkirk, the Germans appear to- be concentrating all their energies on the Ypres-Arras s line with the object Of reaching Bout 1ogne through the valley of the Can uhes river in the department of Pas De-CaIais.
 Three recently formed army corps, the 18th from Frankfort, the 8th from EobIenz, and the 10th from Hanover. have been brought up to stiffen the troops who are exhausted after nine days Of sceaseIess fighting. The troops are being maesed around Arras be- hind strong positions established at BeauEais Ti1Ioy and St. Laurient-De- Blangy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07

China
 Further details of the Tsing Tau fighting reaching Tolcio show that the Germans made desperate effdo1.ts to repair the sdana ges to their batteries but without success Japanese shells killed the men at work and denolish- ed the batteries anew. Projectiles from the Japanese warships started fires in several streets of the city, certain portions of which were burn ed.
 The stopping of the smuggling of provisions. along the Lingshang coast is thought to have hastened the capttu- Iaiion of the German stronghold. The closing hours of the siege and fall of the fortress are briefly but dra- matieaIly described in official reports sent to the government by Rear-Aid- rnira1 Sadakiehi Kato, the commando CT of the Japanese naval forces and Lieu tenant General Kamio, commander of the troops operating in Kiau- -Chau-
 After the capture of thess@e central fort it appears from their state- ments, the left wing of the attacking forces advanced and occupied Chan shun early yesterday morning. Chan shuns was the base of the right wing of the German line and is a triangular fortifica ton. Then the other forces at the point of the bayonet captured the forts of the line, including the intricate and dangerous defense works conn eseting them. Other forces ad- vanced in rushes on the main line of the defeses made up of the forts of Iltis, Bismarck and Moftke.
 Suddenly says the reports, 'sthe flag of surrender ran up in the morn ing breeze on the weather bureau mount, towering above the sea and Iand.'
 During the last two days of the fighting, it is stated, warships con 4S fortress and the city from the east and south, in1icting great damage and havoc. Tafschen fort, the official ac- counts say, seemed to explode
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
Prince As Auctio1peer.
KAISER CHEERS TROOPS ALONG
 BATTLE FRONT

London, Nov. 7-The correspondent of the Express. on the Belgian iron tier, under date of Friday, telegraphs the following:
 esaThe Kaiser himself iseelose to- the front in Flanders, making efforts to inspire his troops to gain Calais.
 Despite the nearly successful bomb attack on him at Thielt. Sunday, the Kaiser continues to & drive daily through the territory behind the Bruges and Courtrai roads. His route Is always kept secret and he uses a new car of different appearance each time in order to prevent 8 description from reaching the allies.
 Daily he singles out certain soI- diers for acts of exceptional bravery and personally gives them the Iron Grass. He visits the field hospitals and talks to the wounded, invariably saying: Good day comrade. The Kaiser wishes you speedy recovery
 '%The Kaiser dfned with the staff at Ghent yesterday and returned to the staff headquarters thoroughly dis satisfied with the result of the past few days of the campaign.
 tsA party of refugees saw the Kaiser in an automobile yesterday One of them said: The Kaiser sat on the rear seat with the Duke of Wurtemberg. The front seat was occupied by in fantrymen while a pilot car, filled with soldiers, went in front. The Kaiser's extreme pallor and rtg1dtty of features were very marked. He sat like statue wrapped in a gray coat and listened to the report of a passing officer At the end he sa1uted but without a. smile and then nodded silently to the sol- dier chauffeur to go ahead. ,.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
GERMANS RUSH BEST TROOPS
 TO AID ARMY ALONG YSER

London, Nov 7-Mystery again e1oaks the movements of the antagon- fsts along the battle fronts in the cas- tern arena of the war but the belief is growing in London that Germany, safe within her defenses behind the river Worth and with the AustHans behind strongly fortified positions from Cracow to the passes of the Car path1ans, is rushing her best corps on the eastern front to the west in a final desperate effort to smash the allies line blocking thes way to Ca 1ais.
 Petrograd reports that A Austrians after making final furious onslaught lon the Russian lines along the river San, had withdraw in all directions until their front now extends from DukIa pass in the Carpathians, to Cracow with a wedge extend dings to Przemys1 which fortress continues to resist the Russian assault.
 Another despatch from Petrograd declares that a general pursuit of the retiring Austrians is under way but the cautious tone of the com1nunica- ton, added to the significant admis- sions from Vienna, creates the inn preasion that the. AusHians are re-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
SOCIAL PERSONA g
 oOOAHA MU SICAL

and Mrs. E. G. Leach of New Haven, will be married at o'clock Monday
 evening. The ceremony will be per
 formed by the Rev. George M. Brown,
 pastor of the First M. B. church, in
 the presence of a few relatives and intimate friends at the home of the
 brides parents. Miss Vanstone will
 be attended by her sister, Miss Irene Aver Vanstone while George L. Miller of New York will be MT. Leach's beg man.
 Sidney CoIbourne, tenor, will sing. ttOh Promise Me- preceding the ser vice and Miss Ruth Benjamin will play the wedding march. Miss 4Vanstone will be given in marriage by her fath-
 CT. Her gown is of imported Italian 1 satin, cut en train and dFaped with Chanti1ly lace. She will wear an illusion veil and carry white roses with a shower of lilies of the valley.
 The bridesmaid is to wear rose pink crepe dechine, trimmed with Chantilly lace. Pink and white chrysantl1e-
 murns will be profuseIy used in the home decorations, and pink Killarney
 roses will ornament the dining room table.
 The bride is the graduate of the local high school with the class of 1910. After wedding trip to Wash ington, D. C.. and other points of in- terest, the young couple will live in l New Haven where the groom is well known.
 On Thursday evening of this week l the concert of the Fanny Crosby ctr c1e of Kings Daughters will be held in the First M. D. church at Fairfield l avenue and Broad streets. In compH-
 ment to Mrs. Fanny Crosby, whose favorite flower, the violet has been l adopted throughout the country by the association, a huge basket of this i fragrant lower. donated by a friend, l will be the only decoration for the
 evening Mrs. Crosby will be pres
 ent and Mrs Lucien T. Warner, one
 of the soloists will sing one of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07

gaining their fortified positions with out suffering great disaster.
 With the Tsutonic allies safe in their new positions it is quite likely, inathe opinion of London observers, that heavy endorsements have been sent from the eastern front for the supreme effort along the western line fof battle.
 The feeling is growing here that the recent raid of a German fleet off Yarmouth was not the sum total of naval activities in the North Sea and this impression has increased by the news that Dutch fishing vessels have found floating mines to be so thick that some of them even catch in their nets, that they have given up all eff forts to continue their occupation Fishermen report also that they have seen many bodies floating in the sea-
 The British press is continuing it's campaign in favor. of more effective measures of recruiting. Some papers only advocate some form of compul- sorry service while others censure the government for not providing proper maintenance for those persons depen- dent upon the men eligible for rnili- tary service
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
TURKS IN ROUT,
 RUSSIA CLAIMS

Petrograd, Nov. 7--An official com munication from the general staff in Caucasia dated Nov says:
 There has not been any consider able actions as yet. Some Kurdish regiments, supported by in fantry and masses of the population in arms at tempted an offensive movement in the region northeast of Karaki1issa. The Turks were driven back with great losses.
 .'The Russians continue to pursue the Turkish and Kurdish troops who were defeated in the hiIly regions of Passine, Diadine and Ba1zet. These places have been occupied by our troops. The Turish troops have been in part exterminated and in part dis organized.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07


 Preparatory to cannonading excite ment has become intense in the last two days, according to resident just arrived in Paris, and the attacks of Infantry have been made apparently with the object of testing the French strength It has been remarked that the enemy seemed to be abandoning the methods of advancing in dense masses and had tried attacking in open order, making use Of all avail able cover, moving forward by short spurts and throwing themselves down when the French quick-f1rers opened on them. The result, it appears, has been no better as the men seem to lack the individual initiative required to make this method effective. None of those attacks so far have made any impression on the French line
 The country between Arras and Boulogne is well wooded and hilIy, lending itself admirably to ofrensive fighting and every preparation has been made to utilize it,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
SITUATION OF GERMANS
 SAID TO BE DESPERATE

London, Nov LThe Germans, it is reported today are c1inging tenacious. 1y to positions in Flanders but the Initiative sd important in modern warfare, Is now passing to the al- lies.
 Eye witnesses from the front de- clare that the fighting around Blk choote is as furious ever. The Germans have attacked again and again and positions are won and lost many times but the advantage has re- lent was the struggle south of Ypres between N,ytschaete and Messines for command of the hdghrpad leading from Ypres to Arnentieres and Lille This road is now in possession of the al- lies
 Now or never is the time for the Germans to bring up reserves to make a decisive effort to win through in the opinion of military experts Ac-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07

9.E cording to prisoners taken recently, however. while there is no lack of men there is a great deartn of off, lcers. large numbers having been sent to. the Russian frontier where the need of them is greater to make up stafs for the reserve corps opposing the ever-growing Russian army. The German efforts to pass AEras and break through to the. coast by way of the hilly country of Artoise con tinue but with less success.
 ss The army formerly commanded by the German crown prince in the Arr gonne region has resumed its attempt to force a passage across the forest to join the army on the other side. The French. however, retain com mand of the only roads which cross this difficult region and all attacks, though made with great determination have failed to shake the French posi- tions
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
PLOMATS HELD
 AS WAR CAPT.VES

London, Nov 7.-Te1egraphfng from Amsterdam the correspondent Of }Reu-. ter's says message received there from Vienna sets forth that the Aus tro-Hungairan consul general and the Turkish diplomatic representa- tive in Tabriz, Persia, have been taken pris- onens by the Russians and transport ed to Tiflis.
 The Persian government and the American minister in Teheran, Chas. w. Russell, have protested to Russia. according to the despatch, against this alleged infraetion of international law
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
.eB1ack Marias,. Not New.

The Hague, (via London), Nov r The famous German 42 centimeter gun, which has been reported as modern invention, appears to have been described in the German naga- zine Prometheus, in the year 1893.
 The article at the time gave the weight of the gun and the velocity and effects of the sh ots, and this in formation was extensively quoted in scientific magazines issued in the same year
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
VESSELS SEIZED
 AT TURKISH PORT

London, Nov. 7.-In a despatch from Athens dated Friday, Nov. 6, the cor respondent of the Exchange Telegraph company says the authorities of smyrna, in Asiatic Turkey, have con- fscated all the British, French, Bel gian and Russian steamers lying in the port. The public treasury has been transferred, from smyrna to the interior, the correspondent continues, and the transmission of cipheI teIe- grams between neutral consulates and legations has been forbidden by the porte.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
KAISER OFFERS REWARD
 IN CASH FOR VALOR

Copenhagen, via London, Nov. 7A va1or is to be estimated by cash. An order signed by the Kaiser and put out by the German General Staff of fers a reward of about SITS to the detachment of Prussian troops-only Prussian that captures the scolors of the enemy or a machine gun.
 The claims of the successful de- tachment must be sent to the War Minister, then to the General Staff but the ultimate decision rests with the Kaiser
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
English Eat Grapefruit.

London, Nov. 7-The price of grapefruit has fallen in London. and more English people are eating it than ever. before. e- -e<r
 London papers say this is due to. the few Americans in the hotels, but inquiry in commercial quarters re- veals the fact that it is much more probably due to the German fruit markets failing America.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
NEWFOUNDLAND GETS CALL FOR MORE TARS

St. Johns, Nov. 7-Announcement has been made by the Newfoundland government that the British Admiral ty is preparing to. enlist 500 men, for mer members of the Newfoundland naval reserve, for immediate active service in Europe, to continue for a period of one year. It is also desired to increase the existing strength of this reserve from 500 to 1000 men. Enlistment for both services is active Iy proceeding