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Six months ago caid Germany
~Wo can crush The world if we
try"
The world cannot crush Germany
Is now the raflying cry
Unless her foes shall blunder
More than they have 50 far,
Germany will fight defensive
Until the end of The war.
There may be some advances
And victories and retreats
Won Kmck, Buelow and Hindenburg
viii get some more defeats
On the long long way TO Paris
And the hour for crushing France
Has gone and cen for Warsaw
The Kaiser has elm chance
The long line of the German Host
That guard the Fatherland,
Must stretch IN one tnln line OF SleCl
Or like a rubber band
So thin it may be snapped in twain
Unless fresh millions more
Are raised for offensive warfare
AS they have done before
The cost of the great world war
Is forty seven million a day
Fifteen million men under arms
So the reporters say;
Twenty eight million and one half
Square miles engaged in war
Only seventeen billion a year
May pay the bills so far
Tis bad enough for men to fight
For their native land or throne,
A million Poles have had to fight
For a cause that's not their own;
For Russians and Austria Germans
Have served and never paid
Four hundred thousand have been
Killed, wounded or prisoners made.
A million and half of men
They say the Germans lost
And after al THAT may not be
For them one half the cost
OF war since England is aroused
By sinking near the port
An English ship and laughing
AS though it were great sport.
The world condemns the pirates
That sink passengers and crew
Without ten minutes warning,
And future history too
VIII tell how the German culture
The women would not save
But laughed to see them sinking
Into q watery grave.
All rules Of civilized warfare
Have been smashed to smithereens
By barbarities in Belvium,
Poland, and submarines
And airships, and diplomats
Are on an unknown sea,
John Bull tells Japan don't get gay!
Let poor old China be.
Now Belgium sOlemnly swears
No bargain with any nation
Was made before the war begun,
Nor was there any convention
With England as the Germans claim
To cast a slur upon her,
On the dat of judgment her triumph
Shall be for truth and honor.
Says Prof. Won Leyden of Berlin
They'll never make peace with foes
No self respecting German will ever
Stay in room if he knows
An Englishman is there but he
Himself will leav ethe room,
Nor breathe the polluted air,
AS his deadliest foe who in the dark
Fell on him in the rear.
Two million men are ready
To crush the mighty power
Of Germany and nearer comes
The certain fatal huor
Of retribution for the sins
And crimes she's dared cheap
On Europe, and like Macbeth
She's find she's murdered sleep.
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NONRESIDENT NOTICE.
John SusOng
Ellen SusOng.
Notice TO Ellen SusOng:


In this case, it appearing from the
allegations of Plaintiffs petition,
which is sworn to, that the defend
ant Ellen Susong is nonresident
of the State of Tennessee, she is
therefore hereby required to appear,
on or before the first Monday in
May next, befoe the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court of Washington County, at
his office in Jonesboro, Washington
County, Tennessee, and make defense
to the bill filed against her by John
Susong, otherwise said bill will be
taken for confessed, and the case set
for hearing ex parte.
J. L. HILBERT,
Clerk of Circuit Court,
Washington County, Tenn.
Sam G Kirkpatrick. 1902
Vines & Price, Attys. for Petitioner.
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J. L. HILBERT,

Sam s. Kirkpatrick, l6O'
Vines & Price, Attys. for Petitioner.
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30 GEORGE BRANNER
MARTHA CARSON PENDBEToN,
LOU HARRIS, ct al
In the Chancery Court at Johnson
TfA,r

LOU HARRIS, ct al.
In The Chancery Court at Johnson
City, Tennessee.
In this cause, it appearing from the
bill, which is sworn to. that George
Banner, one of the defendants, is a
nonresident of the State, he is, there
fore. hereby required to appear, on
or before the First Monday of April
next, before the Clerk and Master of
said Court, at his Office in Johnson
City, and make defense to the bill
fileed against him in said Court, by
Martha Carson Pcndleton, or other
wise the bill will be taken for con-
fessed as to him.
It is further ordered that this no.
tice be published for four consecutive
weeks in the Comet newspaper pub
lished in Johnson City.
February oath, 1915.
]. w. CASS, Clerk and Master
]. r. GARDNER, &
j. STANLEY BARLOW,
Solicitors
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Have Your

We have never heard Of anybody
who succeeded in making surliness or
incivility pay.
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BOND ELECTION CALLED

In pursuance of an Act of the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Ten
nesse, approved and signed by the
Governor on March 31st, 1915, we, the
undersigned, Election Commissioners
for Washington County, Tennessee,
do hereby call an election to be held
throughout said county ON the fiji
teenth day. Saturday. of May, 1915,
for the purpose of submitting to the
qualified voters of said county the
question of issuing the negotiable
bonds of said county. in an amount
not exceeding four hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars ($425,-
100000, for the purpose of making
such roads, macadamiZed roads, or
other hard-surfaced roads, turnpikes
and bridges, as designated in said
Act; and at said election, those favor
ing the issuance of sal bonds shall
have printed or written on their tick
cts, For Bonds" and those opposed
to said issuance shall have written
or prined on their tickets, Against
Bonds"
The officers holding the lection in
the various precincts or voting places
and wards in the county and city, will
send tn election returns 1.-THE poll
books, and the ballots voted, under
seal to the Chairman of the County
Court of said Washington county not
later than noon on the first Monday
after said election.
April 3rd, 1915.
E. C. REEVES,
w. M. HYDER,
P. H. WOFFORD,
Election Commissioners for Washing
ton County, Tennessee. 04-4t
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CATARRH CAN NOT BE CURED

not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrah is
a blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure 1t you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not "a quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one Of the
best physicians in this country for years and
is a regular prescription 1t is composed of
the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mu-
cous surfaces. The perfect combination of the
two INGREDIENTS is what produces such won
derful results In curing catarrh. Send for tes-
tfmonials free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Delicate Sian Of Love.

When a Japanese maiden desires to
show marked attention to her lover.
she uses the sharpened point of one
OF her finger nails in writing to him.
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ATTRACTIVE ROUND TRIP
WINTER TOURIST RATES
from
JOHNSON CITY
TO points in
Alamaba. Cuba, Florida, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Texas
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Premier Carrier of the South

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Following are rates to principal points
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Fort Myers, Fla. 49, .......-.-.........$42.8 so
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Tickets on sale daily to April Both
inclusive, with final limit to return
May 31st, 1915, excepting Texas points
which tickets have return limit of
May LIST. 1915. StOp-Over Privileges
Allowed.
For further information apply to
any ticket agent, or write,
]. L. MEEK, A. G. p. A.,
Chattanooga. Tenn.
G. NJ. ELLIS, d. P. A.
Knoxville, Tenn.
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March 18th, 1915.

March 18th, 1915.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
ceived at office of Treasurer, Noun
tain Branch, N. III. D. v. S., National
Soldiers Home, Tenn, and there OPP
ened at the time fixed, for furnish
ing and delivering supplies in ac-
cordance with instructions and spe-
cifications. copies of which, with
blank proposals, can be had upon APP
plication to the Treasurer. as follows:
For 10000 Tons Bituminous Coal,
until o'clock P. M. April 10Th, 1916.
Oliver X. Marshall, Treasurer. 1903
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E. C. REEVES,
w. NJ. HYDER,
P. H. WOFFORD,

Election Commissioners for Washing
ton County, Tennessee. 04-4t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19

new terminal at Toxic, half mile or
so from the imperial palace, on its
way to Kyoto, and surprise upon
surprise will be announced In the
interim, but none we pray so privative
Of the popular Joy. The young En-
press Is much loved by the people.
With Shinto rite on November the
sanctuary or Ark Of the Mirror Is car
ried forth from the Toxic palace on the
shoulders Of the imperial bearers. The
young Emperor, wearing his generals
simo uniform and attended by the
great officers of the court, is driven to
the railroad terminal amid the cheers
of the crowds that line the way, and
the journey 10 Kyoto is forthwith be-
gun in the imperial train. It's stop
pages en- route are not yet announced,
but perforce it will halt at Nagoya,
new imperial seat, and there the cor
tege will stop over for the night. The
Mirror will be placed in newly built
temple. Then in the morning the cor
tege will move on the three hours trip
to Kyoto.
Few more beautiful city sites exist
than that of the ancient capital which
housed the Mikados for nearly thou
sahd years h!oto iies !" Ill
trimmed on three sides by wooded HILLS
with a plain stretching out on the
fourth or southern side. It Is watered
by many streams that unite in the
Kemogawa, which flows brawling along
in goodly volume on its way TO the. sea
BY Osaka. In all the picturesque hills
around the northern curve historic
temples nestle, with some great editlces
at the edge OF the Kyoto plain. The
maples will then be in their autumn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19

The basket is then carried to Kyoto.
This is called the procession OF the
August Rice.
The rice plants from the Yuki and
Suli district are stored in special
buildings made for the purpose. Each
building is divided into several rooms,
and all preparations preceding the con-
vevance OF the rice and wine TO the
Coronation halls will be made in these
buildings. Both rice and wine are con
veyed direct to the Holy of Holes,
where, unseen, the Emperor alone par
takes in communion'wlth MS ancestors
Again the ancestors! And the whole
nation lays its daily offering OF 1000
and drink upon the famll y SHRINE, WIN
an added spiritual meaning.
Another stir comes when one learns
that eight virgin daughters Of MOBILES
have been selected at Kyoto TO dance
the Gosechi dance-a very ancient
mpasure-before the Emperor at the I'M
perial dinner on the day following the
enforcement. Their names-and no
doubt their pictures-in the papers MI
the young bachelor world with hopes
and perhaps (for japanese LADIES' are
human fiji a million or so FAR malo-
ems with a gentle envy -,
Great will be the railroad prepare
tions for the event Among the prop..
lens 10 be solved Is the transport OF
5000 troops of all arms, 1000 Of them
cavalry. with their horses, as an i'm
perial guard, at time when every
available car will be needed to handle
the great movement on Kyoto from all
ends of the empire.
The train which Is to carry the I'M
perial party from Toxic to kyoto, won
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19

Chancellor Campbell's Lives OF the
Lord Chief Justices Of England" from
the Norman Conquest to the death OF
Lord Mansfield) should ever be brought
down to our own time, none among the
MANY illustrious subjects Of those MS
toric memoirs would excite more popu-
lar interest and admiration than the
nresent distinguished incumbent of that
high position, who, though he has only
boer its occupant for a comparatively
brief period, has lent adornment 10
the bench on which he sits, ana mas
unfinchingly maintained the dignity
and spirit of justice which, from time
immemorial, have marked the procedure
of the British courts. 1t is not, now
ever. the mere possession OF these men
tai and essential judicial attributes
which has focused so much popular
interest In the public activities OF LORD
Chief Justice Reading. or singuiarly
handsome appearance, an excepuonaiiy
attractive personality, genial and good
natured to a degree, withal most un-
assuming and modest, the inherent
oualities of Rufus Daniel lsaacs made
him the alteration Of his family from
his earliest youth, as they have, in later
life. earned for him the respect ana
admiration of every one with whom
he has come in contact. Even In tho
House of Commons, where his attitude
on one occasion was the subject OF
fierce attack inspired By political mo-
tives obviously for the purpose OF
reaching others), his personal honor
was never impugned, and on his eleva-
ton TO the bench he left the House, to
the sincere regret of his colleagues and
fellow members.
Called to the bar toward the end
Of 1858, his first case in court was
as Junior (for the defence) to Lord
(then Sir Charles) Russell and Sir
Frank Lockwood, in January, 1889. In
an unsuccessful action for libel
brought against the Financial Times
of which journal the writer OF this
sketch was then editor, and since that
time there has hardly been case OF
commercial importance during the
term of his private practice In which
Rufus Isaacs did not represent one
side or the other. Yet, when briefs
marked with enormous fees were
thrust upon him TO such an extent that
he was compelled TO decline many OF
them. he invariably found time TO give
his services gratuitously to an old
friend who stood in need Of legal help.
Nor WAS il alone in commercial or nm
ancjal cases that Rufus Isaacs achieved
distinction at the bar. In every
branch of the law he never failed TO
display a complete mastery over the
most complex points involved which,
together with his brilliant advocacy
and ability as a eross-eIaminer. easily
caused him TO be the most 'ougn'-ai'er
counsel u England since the days OF
Roundell Palmer (sftsrward Lord
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Selborne) and Charles Russell. The
measure OF this popularity may be bet
ter gagged by American readers not
familiar with English legal practice
when it is stated that in England prac-
titioners are divided into two classes,
namely, counsel, or barristers, who are
members Of the bar; and solicitors, or
ATTORNEYS, who, on behalf of clients,
instruct and prepare cases for counsel
either for advocacy in court or for the
settling of pleadings, deeds and otner
legal instruments. A solicitor, or at
torney, cannot appear in the higher
courts and counsel can only accept
brief through a solicitor, the one ex-
cention 10 this rule being the case OF
a prisoner on trial in which the barris-
ter may receive direct instruction from
his client. Thus, before counsel is en-
Gagged in a case his selection must be
approved by both solicitor and client;
and this explanation recalls an excel
lent story illustrating how the native
uodestv and absence Of pretension In
the makeup" Of the future LORD
Chief Justice Of England operated,
even among some OF his best friends
% influence an erroneous judgment as
TO his professional merits and pros
meets. Shortly after young lsaacs be-
came a member OF the bar his father
called upon his own solicitor and asked
him IL he could not give his son some
legal business. "Most certainly"
promptly replied the solicitor. 81 vii!
give hin, al! yours il you wish" But it
was not many years before the solicitor
In question was one OF the most eager
aspirants for the professional services
Of Rufus Isaacs.
II was frequently said Of the late Nr.
Gladstone that his profound knowledge
Of the subject OF theology would hayo
made him as excellent an Archbishop
OF Canterbury. as his deep understand
ing Of. finance made him an admirable
Chancellor OF the Exchequer. With
slight modification, the same may be
said Of Lord Reading, whose grasp OF
the technique Of hdute finance would
have rendered him as capable a Chan
cellor Of the Exchequer as his high
legal attainments so we'll fitted him
for the bench. Indeed, il Is only within
the last few weeks, from the public
speeches Of Mr.. Asquith and Mr.. Lloyd
George, as well as by the announce
ment OF additional honors from his
Sovereign, that we have learned, on
this side. OF the conspicuous services
rendered by Lord Reading 20 the
British government in the regulation
OF national finances during the war
What wonder then. that those services
should be emphasized by his appoint
ment TO preside over the most impor-
tant international financial commission
yet gathered together In rhis or In any
other countryl There Is no parallel
case on record. British judges have
frequently acted for their government
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derfully and tastefully decorated, has
been in readiness for some time, and
has already made its trial runs. The
Emperor's car, as might be expected,
is a marvel of the useful and the beau
tiful. Particularly fine and tasteful IL
the figured brocade which lines the
central compartment. Without il is OF
sumptuous red lacquer, with the i'm
perial chrysanthemum crest Of sixteen
leaves and the royal phoenix In gold.
Then there is special car with cen
trail compartment to carry the shrine
or sanctuary wherein reposes the Kashi-
kodokoro or Mirror and its guardians,
the chamberlains and court physi-
clans. There is a superb dining car,
and a car designed for the Empress,
similar in appointments TO that of the
Emperor. Why have ] put this last in
world which still rallies to the court
" cali of Place aux Danes? | will
whisper il in your ear if | meet you,
but suffice II now TO say that Her
Majesty will not, alas! share the great
Journey with her august lord for good
and sufficient reasons not unconnected
with prospective additions TO the JOY
of the imperial family, if one may say
as much. And Her Majesty's great part
in the august drama had been laid
down in the ritual with such minute
care and such wealth of courtly SER
vice! Even our suffragists would have
found it shining inst1 re of the
growing importance of oman in a
world made, as they say, by men for
men.
Nigh two months from this writing
have yet to pass before the superb
train will roll forth from the great
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
nv LEOPOLD GRAHAME.

II Is a remarkable coincidence as
we'll as a striking commentary on the
freedom Of British institutions that
the only two Lord Chief Justices OF
England who have visited the Onl'eu
States IN an official capacity were the
Got of thar respective religious faiths
n he elevated to that ancient and ols-
iced office. Lord Russell Of killo"en
,y.e Roman Catholic and Lord Read
ing of Erleigh is Jew, EACH IN turn
70 be the first of his own religion a'
Tho boad Of the common law judiciary
81 ENGLAND with its Established Sta'e
Protestant Church; and each, IN turn
bv virtue of his peerage-in an equai
dooreo with the spiritual Lords-a unit
n the second estate of the realm put
,bis nnioue distinction by no means eA-
bausts the points of resemblance IN 'ne
nrblic careers Of these two great judi
o;o1 authorities. Both attained emil
rence at the bar by sheer force OF
ability and character, aided only py
their individual efforts and by more
practical experiences than usually IAN
% the lot Of English judges. Prior 70
his call as a barrister, Russell had Iol
some years practised as a soilcitor'
,yh;Ist Isaacs, who had long followed
mercantile and financial pursuits
beoan his professional career with an
continent which subsequently gave
him immense advantages in the triai
e commercial causes. Both became
virtual leaders of the common law par
long before their rank OF Attorney
General conferred upon them tituiar
,.odo~sbin Of the order; and BOTH as
,r;rc;pal law officers Of the CROWN
,,era called upon 10 advise the govern
,.,t and TO take prominent part IN
.he settlement Of the many very I'M
-. International questions which,
curiously, happened to arise outine
,bc;r respective terms OF once wv
~. IN matters Of dispute between
r-.a. pr;tain and the United states
AID these law officers cOh'i'ON'N'
I, a marked degree, 20 the strens'hen,
,na ~ the ties Of friendship pe'"ee"
the two great English speaking n"
lions; and, it is perhaps not inappio,
nr,.,s in the light Of the STIRRING
lent, now agitating the world 10 Auu
20 this reference the following ',s-
u NJ quotation from the address t ue
Uvsred by Lord Russell pelo'e Wv
Amsr,can Bar Association, at Saratoga
I in 1896:
international law is neither more
/ nor less than what civilized ma, ia,
lions have agreed shall he O'ndi"s
upon one another as interna'iona'
law.
The roll OF English Lord CHER JUS
tees has inscribed upon II the h"N', =,
Of men whose fame will endure LOT Oil
time in the judicial annals OF the An,
clio. Saxon race. Yet If the Ia" I'''