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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1915-04-01
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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1915-04-01
Published Every Thursday

Entered as second class
matter November 3rd' 1910 at
the POst-OHce at Brushyknob
Mo. ander the Act OF
MNrch 3rd. 1879.
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No. Z. 100 acres. one half mile
of Cold Spgs. Mo. House and
barns. and other out building
Spring close to house. 200 bear
ing Apple trees, plums and peach
es and small fruit, 20 acres in
cultivation, 100 acres good tia
BILE land, the rest pasture land
and as much as one Thousand
! feet good saw timber Oak, f."
Terms, reasonable, Apply
Write US or come and see.
No. 8. 100 acres, 40 acres we'll
improved, with house and barn
plenty of good water, lays near
Brushyknob Mo. Uncleared land
we'll timbered $1,6O0.00.
No. 9, 90 acres, Is acres well
improved: 40 acres more fine for
cultivation, the rest will do for
pasture land: Good house and
barn on it. Price $40. per acre.
No 10. 100 acres laying out
Land with good orchard. Has
been at one time under good
improvement, Llnd above
the average. These farms are al
near Brushyknob Mo. Call on
US or write US.
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Rev. l.. S. GARRETT, ED.

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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20
CHATTER ".

the Floor Clean Fog the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20
ssnnnEN11 THAT aRooDlNe AIR WAS SHAKEN Two


" merely as second class markSmen,
that thew might at least learn enough
about the use OF their rifles to be not
entirely useless In battle From tab
1llated returns by the militia depart
ments OF twelve eastern states.]
Into that camp had marched month
before, with Tags flying. bands gal
lantly playing, weapons cleaning. one
whole states militia organization OF
which only 700 men had fred regular
" in practice during the whole preced-
ing year Only SOS OF even that small
number had qualified as shots. and
more than q thousand were carried as
utterly unqualified OF that entire
state force only one man had passed
through the regular army qualification
course with the rife. and only twelve
had qualified at long range practice
IFrom annual reports OF rife practice
for 1914. militia, ozganizarions.l
-sBravee'' said the haplesS general OF
brigade who had them under his bands.
-.Braye2 II we give 'erh the order
they would charge an army with their
bare hands. strand they might as
well"
He futtered sheet OF paper in his
hard. hairy asst The sheet showed 20
SS3 organized Elitia enrolled as ram
ed men armed with the rife OF these
1892 men had qualified Sufficiently to
be fit for firing IN battle There were
a thousand men in that command
whose records showed that they bad
not fred their rifles q single time IN q
year, and the general had reason to
believe that many % these never had
used weapons except as instruments OF
parade. iSees tsbrl.ted returns pub
lfshed by war Department 1851
a mile away IN the artI1lery encamp-
.ment a feld artillery battery OF regu-
lars from Fort SRl swept their guns
Mt TOP speed through passages so tight
tha1 it seemed impossible for the hy-
ing wheels to clear them Sharply
they wheeled and came TO position Just
as Militia battery arrived
The militia guns were hauled BY:
bQrsess that tteir STATE bad s4as81
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come IN east OF Coney Island. Just out
side OF the zone OF fire from Sandy
Hook. reported Fort Hamilton azd
dropped shells into Brooklyn suburbs
Now the crowds Were silent no long.
err They stormed their city halls. roar
Ing for soldiers. They tried TO rush
their armorfes, demanding weapons
To Washington flashed the dreaded
news Of mobs. Troops must be sent
at once said the cities
The old chief Of staN- with the bit
in his teeth dropped the dispatches
on the floor. LET 'em handle their
own mobs," said he
Handle your own mobs," he said
again to the boss from New York. who
appeared with flaming face- I'VE
have swept together the stuff that you
and your Kind gave as In these past
gears. Up there.-he pointed north
..in Connecticut our officers have been;
6ghhnS to make an army OF it-of bait
talions ta1t have no regiments. of de
visions that are not divisions, OF rife
men who never learned to shoot and OF
cavalry that never learned to maneu-
Yer. But even II all that mess were
not ness-if all these young men
were Gt TO fight In the battle line this
1QOWeQI-l1eIS 11e nOI SAO0FA O4>3AS4A
to guard even the water supply OF
New York and Boston" This state
ment is based on official calculations.l
Then you won't put any men into
the city,"
ITO defend a city from within is an
act Of desperation. no matter how big
ones army Isl said the general The
place to defend city is as far away
from it as you can meet the enemy
But the newspapers say that you
haven't men enough TO stop him.
mot II he comes in the force we ex-
pect-and he will be sure to come 50.
And cities are not the
United States. Our business is to keep
the army IN the field for the Onion. not
for New York or Boston or even Wash
ington- There is price to be paid.
and perhaps the cities must pay it .
There, IN Connecticut. lay the army,
looking formidable enough. It would
have seemed very harmonious. solid
" welded whole. that army, to anylay
man who could have had a birdseye
view Of its business1fke assembly, Its
great parks OF artillery. its full corrals
OF mounts. its endless rows Of tents
ard equipage and its enormous trains
OF transport vehicles and ambulances-
But at one end OF that great, orderly,
formidable camp were hordes OF or
sanized militia firing at targets. With
the enemy on the coast. these men
were stin being broken in to shoot-not
to become sharpshooters- but to quail
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peace. but the exchanges were closed
had closed half an hour after opening
In panic.
The banks were closing. The streets
leading to the railroad stations from
the financial centers were clogged by
slowly moving but madly crowdins au-
touobfIes and cabs and trucks On
one open truck. guarded By half
dozen men who showed automatic p1s-
tolls ostentatiously- were bags OF gold
The United States subtreaSuries were
being 5emptied- Men tore at securities
In their safe deposit vaults and stuffed
chem into valises and ran- The treas
ure of the cities was being sent inland
In front of the newspaper Offices
stood the citizens. There wos no sound
from them except for the voices o.
those who passed the news on Anan
looking from high window in aneEys-
paper Office suddenly stepped back with
q choking IN his throat. 1t ts-it IS
he said and choked again. as II they
were whiting for the end OF tie
world
It, was q stu, warm morning heavy
with the soft. humid a1r that early
spring lays on the cities OF the sea
Suddenly broodins- heavy air vas
shaken One. Two! Three;
Afserweed when men compared the
fine they knew that 1t was heard az
the same instant at New York and
Boston and all the stretches OF coast
between them and beyond 1t was
exactly half past 10 when the first shot
sounded The last boom was heard
at IL Long before that bulletins had
begun to tell that ships were she1hns
lie coast DuxbuT Beach. near Bos-
Ton. was being sheiled- Long Branch
md Asbury Park were bombarded-
AmaSansett ON Long Island was in
dames.
ss7:-.sIt has stopped. said the bulletins
fs,en -sThe ships have ceased firing.
Then there came news from the bar
bor defenses Two ships, said Plum
island at the east end OF Long Island
sound. had engaged the defepses at
ioax range eject ~ eQ BAG
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CHATTER H.
.cjeed BY the Enen1y,s Flee

-
ATEvER, even In after years, %yas
IN it determined whence the
news OF the enemy ships came
first Almost as easily might
land invaded by Iocusts have de
cded what eye first saw the coming
cloud, or at what precise spot
Warshtp on horizon Standing In
Slowly 1t came from the keeper OF
Peaked Hul Bar life saving station at
the lar end Of Cape Gods. sweeping
sand arm. From the crest OF. the Nave
sink highlands, standing steep out Of
the Atlantic at New Sork's harbor en-
trance, men saw ships
3 Brom his lantern 1G3 feet high the
lighthouse keeper Of Rarnegat on the
New jersey coast. forty miles south OF
sfhe Naves5nk. saw tops above his orf-
Ion- Ships standing of here came
4 the word from Cape Ann north OF Bos-
ton Philadelphia heard from Absecon
light and cried to Washington that the
Enemy was preparing TO tand on aus
coast Boston cried TO washington 70,
ships and men New YORK te4esrapneo
and telesraphed again ana sent oeie-
cations on special Tram
This coming invasion was unpro-
voked The administrator neeoeo no
party behind lit now: tor ne kne" t ..at
this lr was to be a light 1or l1e. ana tnat
only tne SWORD couio oec1oe- sno -
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=
AHE volunteer scouts spied out
b the air MS they did the roads
1t was volunteer who scared
out IN his btplane from New
i,ecford IN Massachusetts that nom
t:s when the newspapers announced
the approach OF the hostile deet he
had learned to loop the loop for fun-
fun being the great object OF his gay
though strenuous existence. For fun
he went ont to have a look at the com
ing invader.
men had taken up aviation as assport.
for the enemy had come with aero
planes counted not by scores. but By
hundreds and to oppose them the
American army and navy combined
had exactly LOhcial figures: u
army aerop!anes. 13 navy aeropianes.
no dr1Stbles: two aeroplanes not SEW
1ceable: total effective. 23.l
The volunteer. emerging from q fog
bank. saw ships. Instantly he went
up. up. up. It WAS racing one man
biplane. He thanked heaven for its
speed. for even as he was looking down,
on the ships little things detached
themselves from the decks and arose:
They were spec;ls at first. but In a
moment they had grown. He watched
them grow out OF q corner Of his eye.
but with all the vision. all his concen-
rated attention he looked at the feet.
There, surrounded by war vessels.
he saw y loas Inc Of immense Two
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eaAcEruz cAnroa 7ArspA7 our THEIR SHOT

funneled, three funneled and four fun.
neled steamships, and he knew that
heSwas the first American to see the
troops transports OF the enemy.
he was turning in q sharp circle to
fee even while he counted them de
was darling toward the coast with i've
navy planes behind him. coming on the
wings Of their explosive storm
He wondered If they were firing at
him. All that he knew was that his
world just then was only one blur OF
whistuns. stranShng, shifting air and
deafeninS roar He struck hole IN
the air and pitched sharply he swept
over the fog bank It could not help
him now He dared not sink low
enough to hide IN it Shining brightly
in the bright air. he vo1leyed straight
on. as Il he were going to dash into.
the blue wall Of sky ahead
He won He never knew how Tar
the enemy planes had pursued or
whether they had come near him or
not. He knew only that suddenly
there was yellow band Of sandy land.
deep. deer, under him, that the next
instant trees and hills swept past like
little color prints, and then he came to
earth
Then he heard the roar OF a motor on
one side OF him and the roar OF mo-
tor on the other Hands upr shouted
a man in khaki, leaning from the side
Of swaying. drunkenly rolling car
He put up his hands, laughing hyster-
icaHy-
fifteen minutes later the telephone
bells rang In the forts on Fishers is
land. Plum island, In the NarraganSett
harbor defenses and In the headquar-
ters of the field army. It told them
that the enemy transports We're thirty
miles south Of Nantucket island stand
Ing IN for Block Island sound OF Long
Island
Up from Fishers island under the
Connecticut shore mounted an army
hydroaeroplane. It rose 1000 feet and
clrcIed there with such graceful steady
wheelfnSs that despite its constant
speed it seemed to be soaring In lazy
spIrals like sleepy gull UndeS the
two diers IN the machine lay the east
ern entrance OF Long Island sound
the water gate to New York. with ha1
open jaws. whose fangs were the guns
OF Fishers island on the north and
Plum island on the south Utterly
harmless and innocuous seemed those
two Jaws. FOR not even the keenest eye
could make out from above anything
more savage than grassy mounds and
dafntily graded slopes of earth Not
even the sharpest glass could see with
in those pretty models in relief the
dragons OF twelve inch mortars that
squatted In hidden pits sixteen in q
group or the sleek. graceful dded can
non. whose secret machinery could
swing their thirty=fve tons Upward In
an instant and as Instantly w1thdraw
them after they had spat out their half
ton OF shot
Between the guarding jaws there
was deep water-deep and beautifully
green One Of the abr men spoke to the
other. There they go. he said nod
ding to indicate the water below Both
booked They looked into fifty feet OF
ocean. but their height made It but as
lthick pane OF dim green glass They
saIr things moxinE deep down thcy
Eressasek and gay NE saaH whales
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the ships captain as they paced up
:,,d down the bridge. Everywhere
enormously long polished black. cannon
thrust their supple bodies out OF tur-
rets. Like the peerngs heads OF ser
penis, the guns OF the secondary bat
teries looked out from bow to stern
Everywhere stood officers and men ut
quarters Yet there was a placid,
strangely peaceful quietover the whole
gray, tail, br1stling machine Except
for Its appearance It might have been
a pleasure yacht
ITS lovely shore. the admiralwas
saving. Some beautiful estates and
charming people was Delightfully."-
entertained within 1--WE miles Of where
we shall land It seems q rough re-
turn for hospitality, but one does for
ones country what one would not do
hello-"
The Dreadnought's circl1ng destroy
.ers were coming at the ship headlong-
The captain leaped to the rail Before
he got there the ships port battery
crashed A sinalman pointed at the
water fifty yards or Something Ike
staring. hooded eye had looked from
the sen for moment
It was the last thing the stgnalman
saw on earth The Dreadnought shud-
dered. While its guns were st1n firing
1t lifted with jerk as man would
lift II caught by an upward swing un-,
der the jaw a great queerly mufhed
explosion shook It For perhaps a min
ute it tore along under the impetus of
its own speed, but It did not move
smoothly It joited like cart going
over rough road; then it began to
topple. Over and over It leaned. slow
ly. fast. faster.
The DreadnouShtss crewwas ciinging
like men clnS1ng to steep elf, hold
ing fast TO everything that would give
foothold or hand grip on.the inclined
deck. a signal climbed along the top
ping mast. Then. with a thunder Of
breaking metal volleying into the sea.
the ship fell fun on her side and went
down
In Kissing. break1ns sea that In
stantly was gray with ashes and null
tfcoIored with oil swan 600 men.
None came near them The Dread
nouSht,s last signal had been the or
der to keep OF, and the big feet was
weaving In and out Mt top speed II
naaneuver long since perfected to es-
cape other attacks from the Invisible
things.
Far. astern Eaved the guns again:
This time the alert destroyers Ind not
missed their aim a periscope disap-
peared Presently. however. little
spreading disks OF OH swan on the sur.
face and united. and more doated up
ward and spread
Not for moment bad the feet fal.
len into disorder. Even while the de
sroyers were picking up What surytv-
ors they could ind another Dread
noueht hoisted It's comnaander's nag. as
admiral. IN place OF the one who lay
under the bright green water a speed
cone went up. and warships and con
voy steamed fun speed ahead
Half an hour later the 3periscopesso OF
two Submarines, outdistanced. bodied
up fars behind the feet Their gray
shapes arose, streaming. The man.
holes opened and heads came ont.
bllnki1 into utlls sum isat md Srzsgtng
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invader set foot was not on the ma1n-
land Block islands men and women
stood on Nfohegan blum and Beacon
hin and Clay head watching their
SKY I'LL with fighting tops and enemy
daSs and their sea oppressed -by enemy
craft among those who stood there
that day were descendants OF menwho
had, fought at sea In every American
war. Some We're there who could
boast that their ancestors had crept
into Long Island sound in little sloops
and even In rowing boats to harry tai
Kings ships.
Strong hearted. like their forefath-
ers. were these men They looked. OUT
on their beset horizon and doubled
their sunburned hands into fists, long
ing to get among the foe with ship to
ship. gun to gun and the battle dag Of
America shining
This was no tame population to be
terrified ike a driven herd. Smacls7
men were >hese, accustomed to looking
unafraid into the black snan Of storm.
sword fshernoen were here who Went
daily without second thought TO fight
the 1.-THE sportsman Of the sea IN his
own clement
A cruiser rushed ut their island
Heavy with turreted guns and broad
side batteries, tall with laced ron
mast towers and vide tunnels and
ponderous cranes, swarthy gray over
all Ike a Vulcan's smithy, the enor-
NOUS thing stopped half nile out
with the guns OF the secondary bait
teries pointing at the land Erom un-
der her quarter, around bow and stern,
swept desnoyers with cooked tunnels
splitting smoke and with ready, alert
men at the lean little guns
They moved straight for the little
harbor in long line. On the bridge
OF the foremost an officer waved q
hand at the crowd OF, fishermen on the
shore. pointed to his guns and with q
backward motion to the cruiser.
AYE. We take the hint, blank yer
growled IN old man. esmeans"-he
turned 10 the rest that we'd better
not make n fuss. Drop that! ~ He.
turned sharply to a younger man who
had just Joined the group. He had a
shotgun half concealed under his coat
Are We going to take 1t laying.
down. srowled the armed man
The old man pushed him backward
with both hands You fool. That
thing out there could blow us on the
island. men. women and chIdren.as
II we was dead maple leaves afore
southeastern gale !
The desroyers had stopped The
crews swung their guns toward the
shore. From the cruiser dropped SIX
ships boats fun OF bluejackets They
swung past the destoyeg. beached
and formed IN q line. There was a
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While he smoke anoeher detachmenf
OF the landing party had been busy
among the huddle OF boats IN the bar
Dor. Some were being made up Into q
tow. Others were beng scutffe6 at
their meortngs a third detaehnent
was knocking holes INTO the smaller
craft hauled up on shore Three SAIL
ors Were just dr1ydng boat hooks
through The bottom OF an upturned
catboar when tail young fisherman
sleaped at them with an oakens tfler
handle and struck one down. The 9th
er two closed on him, but let go agafn
almost Instantly at the sound OF
sharp order They tore themselves
away and Jumped aside
There was another order In the same
sharp voice. Instantly while the fish
eruan still stood staring, with hds
weapon in the motion OF stukfnS.
blast OF fire spat at him from SIX car
bines. Bis head went up. exposing hts
broad brown throat He thrust, his
hands before him, all the fingers ont
spread With his eyes wide open he
tottered and pitched face down An
other order and the sailors wheeled.
covering the islanders.
.tDanr screamed girl in the crowd.
-sHush! Don't look:'' An older woman
caught her around the. neck and press
ed the girls face to her breast
he brought it on himself said the
lieutenant to the fishermen. Take
warning. That is war;. He turned
andwalked to the beach.
The dead man lay where he had fall
en-. Slowlys clinchins and unclinching
their hands, the big. weather beaten.
strong men stared at the corpse that
lay huddled SO awkwardlv behind the
sailors One OF the women touched a
white haired, white bearded islander
on the arm Won't they let us have
himy She turned her eyes toward
the. dead man The old man address
ed the lieutenant II wanted to ask
you he began, but signal man In
terupted him, pointing at his head
The Block islander looked at him, be-
wndered 1mpauently the sailor point
ed again, and the Islander understood.
Hesitatfngly, reluctantly, he took or
his hat Crushing It's brfm witch che
grip OF helpless anger, be; faced the
officer.
81 wanted to Inow-sir-if mebbe We
coufdn' he indicaeed the corpse
..Ycs.- answered the officer shortly
you can have him n With a chang
In his voice he added II am sorry.
very sorry- Yes, you may take him
away
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