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The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
Dumba Sees Bernstorff.

New York.-Dr. Constantin T. Dum- ba, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador whose recall has been asked, visited Count von Bernstorff here and remain ed with the German ambassador for more than an hour
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
Watch Mexican Miners.

Laredo.-Two troops of the Four teenth cavalry arrived here and one troop was immediately sent to Minera, just west of Laredo, where about a thousand Mexicans are employed in coal mines These troops were sent to reinforce troops doing border pa trol duty in view of the approaching celebration of Mexican Independence Dav
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
More Submarines Needed.

Washington Plans for naval in- creases were discussed by President Wilson with Secretary Daniels. Sec retary Daniels told the president he felt that construction of more subma- rines and aeroplanes should be rec
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
Too Hot For Schools.

Pittsburgh-Seventy thousand chil- dren were dismissed from the schools because of the heat and William NJ Davidson, superintendent, ordered that no more sessions be held until the rec crd-bre2 king heat wave has passed
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
500 Lost at Shanghai.

Shangha-Reliable compilations of the damage done by the typhoon which swept over Shanghai, show that at least 800 lives were lost here largely through drowning. and that about s. 100000 worth of property was destroyed.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
Italy Places Biq Order.

Geneva-The Italian government Is reported to have placed an order for 7.500, ,000 worth of ammunition with Swiss firms at Chaux de Ponds.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
Hesnerian Not rorpedoed.

Berlin = The German government, in note from the Foreign Office to Ambassador Gerard, made qualified disclaimer of responsibility for the sinking of the steamship Hssperian.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
British Transnort Sunk.

Vienna. - An Austrian submarine torpedoed and sank a large British transport. few days ago in the south ern Adriatic
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

Major Elliott J. Dent Engineers ferred from New York to Little Rock to assume charge of work on the Ar kansas river Major Dent succeeds the late Major A. B. Putnam. For five years previous to his transfer to New York, Major Dent was chief engineer of the Department of the Columbia River.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
President to Vote at Princeton.

Washington. President Wilson plans to go to Princeton September eS to vote at the regular state primaries. He then may express his attitude on woman suffrage, on which he will vote on October 19.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
steamer Santa Anna Safe.

New York. = The Fabre line steam. ship Santa Anna, which was on fire in mid-ocean, is safe and proceeding un- der escort to the Azores, according to a radiogram received at the cGm- pany's local offices.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
Swiss Arrest 84 Snies.

Geneva Since the beginning of the war S4 persons have been arrested by Swiss authorities charged with being spies. The arrests were mostly of Austrians and Germans.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
Labor Will Not interfere.

Chattanooga--The Southern Labor Congress refused to considera resolu- ton from the United Brewery Work men of America, seeking the support of the congress in working for the re- peal of prohibition laws in Southern states
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

Two s~iall leather satchels contain Ing in tse neighborhood of s1,200 be- longing 10 the Majestic, the Gem and the Roy al moving picture theaters, were stolen from the safe in the of Zee of the Hotel Marion.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
German Aviator killad

Geneva--The German aviator, Klu- ble, inventor of the invisible aero plane, was killed at Muenster while testing a new machine He was 50 years old
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

The Arkansas Railroad Commission mailed blanks to every railroad doing business in the state. on which the railroads will make their annual re- ports to the commission. Under the law. the reports must be filed with the commission not later than Octo- Der 15 The reports are to be a de- tailed statement of business transac- tions for the fiscal year ending June 30
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
Sept. 23, 1914.

Germans bombarded Verdun. Allies advanced left wing near lassiqny.
 Russians took WisIok.
 Cossacks raided Czenstochowa. Russian cruiser Boyar sank Ger man cruiser and two torpedo boats. British aviators dropped bombs on Zeppelin plant at Dusseldorf.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

Whether Mead Fentress' pardon can be revoked may be tested in the courts tress returned to the penitentiary be- cause he violated conditions of his par don when he participated in a fight at Fort Smith.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
Sept. 22, 1914.

Germans captured Craonne.
 German right turned between Peronne and St. Quentin.
 Austrians defeated on the Drina. Australians seized German wire less station on Island of Nauru. Germans repuIsed in attack on fort in Vol district, Africa.
 German submarines sank British cruisers Aboukir, Greasy and Hogue in North sea.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
Heat Closes Schools.

Boston. = Schools in Boston and several other cities and towns in the state were closed because of the ex- cessive heat.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
The Library.

From that waste welter of endless space and time, the dome of library shuts us in to the warm little world of literature, charged with human thought and feeling. The good. the true and the beautiful are some thing real and ascertainable.-Paui Shorey
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

The establishment of an honor eys tenn for convicts, shorter hours, better food, more sanitary buildings and scores of other recommendations re- garding the states penal institutions are contained ir the report of the con- mittee appointed by Gov. Hays to in vestigate conditions The report rec ommends also that 31 convicts affiict- cd with disease and unable to work be pardoned. The charges of the Rev. l.. Tomme, former chaplain of the penl- tentiary, are only partly borne out Tn the report Only one man was found who had been punished so severely that 1t was necessary to take him to the hospital, the report said. He had attacked the warden, who was whip ping him, and was struck with the handle of the whip. No scars were found on prisoners and none testified they had received more than 10 blows, the report said
 The committee criticized the bath ing facilities in the state farm and rec commended that bath house to ac- commodate 200 convicts be built. It was recommended also that water system and electric light plant be built at the farm and that as soon as possible a modern hospital be erected.
 The report declares that all tesu- mony taken by the committee showed that conditions have been greatly i'm proved under the penitentiary com mission.
 It recommends that prisoners be supplied with stamps and stationery and that more soap and towels be supplied
 The honor system recommended by the committee would enable convicts by good behavior to earn paroles. The report recommends the con struction of new buildings on the state farm as soon as possible.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
Daily ThouQht.

Nothing but the harmony of friend ship soothes our sorrows; without it's sympathy there is no happiness on earth.-Mozart
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

Six years of liberty as an escaped convict ended for Sandy" Edwards, Ouachita county negro, who was re- turned to the penitentiary to serve the remaining seven years of a 10-year sentence and assault and Kidnapping i1 1906. He escaped in March. 1909. Tex arkana officials who arrested Edwards received $50 reward from the Peni- tentiary Commission.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

At the Pulaski County Fair, October IS to 22, there will be quarter-mile race track and trotting. pacing and running races for purses will be among the attractions each day.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

Seventy-three of the 75 counties have drawn on the state treasurer for the share of the common school fund apportioned to them by the State Board of Education The two counties which have not drawn are Baxter and Hot Spring.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

An announcement from Detroit says that Joe F. Sullivan. former newspa- per man of Heber Springs, Ark, has been elected teacher of English and Hospital School for Cripples and also managing editor of the Van Leuven Browne magazine. published in De- troit in interest of cripples.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

Several hundred Arkansas members of the Knights of Honor, an insurance lodge, are awaiting with interest for developments, since a receiver for the lodge was appointed at St Louis week ago by United States District Judges Jacob Trieber and David P. Dyer, according to J. H. Bilheimer, grand recorder for Arkansas
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

A superintendent of male attend ants, his assistant, two head attend ants, mail carrier and several other employees of the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases were discharged by the Board of Control of the State Charitable Institutions T. J. Raney, a member ( the board. said that some of them were discharged be- cause of charges of cruelty to patients ard that others flor the good of the institution"
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

The mailing of warrants to the 10,- coo Confederate pensioners from the office of M. F. Dickinson, state audi tor. has been completed. The war rants total s634,0 900.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

The General Electric Company of Schenectady, N. Y, was awarded the contract by the Board of Public Al. fairs to supply and install 210 addi- tional street lamps. The company's bid was s20,927S0 Material will be rives installation will be commenced.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

Governor Hays again cleared the state penitentiary of white women by pardoning Alice Cudney. received a week ago from Franklin county. to serve a month.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

A bale of cotton weighing 53? pounds and classed as niddling, was sold in Argenta by Ben Williams, ne- gro, to the Jacobson-Nessson Cotto'. Company at i3 1-4 cents per pound or s70S1 for the bale. The staple meas ured one and threesixteenths inches.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

The State Highway Commission has received a second request for a sur vey of the proposed road between Lead Hill and Zinc, Boone county Be cause its contingent fund is exhausted the commission could not comply with the first request.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

There are over 2,500 women com mercial "drummers" in the United States.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
Sept. 24, 1914.

Sept. 24, 19l4.
 French took Peronne.
 varennes captured by Germans. Russians again occupied Soldau. Russian advanced guard arrived before Cracow.
 Germans defeated at Subin. British troops landed near Lao shan, China.
 Germans at schuckmannsberg Africa, surrender.
 Two Austrian torpedo boats and one destroyer sunk by mines In Adriatlc.
 German cruiser Emden bom- barded Madras.
 AnsIo-French fleet bombarded cattaro.
 canada's contingent of 32.00o men sailed.
 German aviators dropped bombs on Ostend.
 Sept. 25, 1914.
 Allies attacked Germans at St. Quentin, but were repulsed. Germans advanced southeast of verdun.
 Snow halted campaign In Alsace. Russians occupied czysehky and Feistyn.
 Population of cracow fled. Serbs and Austrians fought bat tie near Zvorknl.
 Australian force took German New Guinea. kronprinz Wilhelm sank British steamer Indian Prince.
 Belgian and German aviators in duel over Brussels.
 Germans again sheiIed Reims cathedral. Formal complaint of German atrocities filed in Washington.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

Hicks S: Holder, agents for a nur, sery firm, sold Pulaski county 20 pc can trees. which will be planted on the County Hospital grounds.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

Because c. A Russell, one of the accountants employed in auditing the Earle w. Hodges, secretary of state, has been ill. the audit probably will not be completed before the middle of next week, MT. Hodges said.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

Approximately 200 telephone opera tors in Arkansas will receive an aver age increase in wages of 25 per cent, under the agreement between the Southwestern Telegraph and Tele- phone Company and the Minimum Wage Commission, made two weeks ago.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23

Former State Treasurer John W. Crockett will not consider the propos- al of Judge L. c. Smith Of Dewitt to hold a special primary election in AT. kansas county to decide which shall drop out of the race for governor and support the other. Both candidates are from Arkansas county
 An appeal for aid to farmers in the flooded districts of Jackson county vas received from the mayor of Brad- ford. White county. by John H. Page, commissioner of mines, manufactures and agriculture.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-23
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
 YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
Sept. 20, 1914.

Sept. 20, 1914.
 Allies captured Souain.
 Belgians retook Lanaeken.
 Germans brought big siege guns up to Antwerp.
 Russians took Jaroslav and be- gan bombardment of fortress of PrzemysI.
 General HIndenburg began move ment against Grodno, Russian Po- land.
 Germans defeated by Russians near Sandomierz.
 Serbs defeated Austrians near Novi-Bazar.
 German cruiser koenigsberg dis abled British cruiser Pegasus In Zanzibar harbor.
 Six British ships taken by Ger man cruiser Emden.
 Austrian torpedo boat sunk at PoIa. German merchant cruiser Cap Trafalgar sunk by the Carmania. 3ept. 21, 1914. Germans bombardsd Antwerp forts. Allies took Massiges and Mesnil between Reims and Argonne. Serbs defeated Austrans at kroupanl, but evacuated Semlin. Russians took Dubiecko and sur rounded General DankI's army. German cruiser Emden sank Brit ish steamer Clan Matheson. Japanese aviators wrecked two forts at Tslnotau. German official statement of de- struction of Louvain issued. French foreign office protested to neutrals on bombardment of Reims cathedral. Russia issued its Orange Book.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-11
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEVER|SH, SICK
Look, MotheFI If tongue is
coated, give california
Syrup of Figs"

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely
child simply viii not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat.
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad.
system full of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother! See if tongue is coated, then
give a. teaspoonful of California
Syrup of Figs and in a few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the sys-
tenn, and you have a well child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it new
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for a 5O-cent h tie
of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, c.. tdTep
of all ages and for grown-ups PLAN,
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-11
BOTH ORATORS AND WRITERS
Qualities of Those Who Have
Been Called Great.

An enticing subject for discussion
is the writer as orator. 1t is, Of
course, undeniable that the mental
processes belonging to to two orders
of expression are wholly different,
but, says a correspondent of the Man
chester Guardian, | should challenge
very strongly the contention that the
good writer is seldom a good speaker
Putting aside Burke, Gladstone,
Bright and others who cannot prop
erly be put into classes, | submit that
the number of modern writer's who
have been fine speakers is very large
Canning and Disraeh could write and
speak equally well. Macaulay, al
though, as you remark, he memorized
his speeches, was among the great
parliamentary orators of the reform
era. The memorizing, by the way,
was not his fault. He could not help
knowing word for word everything
that he prepared, and he accomplished
the extraordinary feat of writing out
for publication in his last years, when
he was too i'll for original work, the
oraions which he had spoken ten or
twenty years earlier.
Coleridge, his admirers thought,
was a marvellous speaker Dickens
was almost without a rival after din
ner. Public speaking was a torment
to Ruskin as to Carlyle, but those who
heard him never forgot the expert
ence. Matthew Arnold was A moor
speaker. Thackeray on the platform
was pitiful. But let me suggest a
few other examples. Lord Rosebery
is an orator and an accomplished au-
thor. Mr.. Balfour, when he likes, can
write like an angel, and there are
few more deadly debaters.
Lord Morley will live as a writer,
but he has made great speeches. Lord
Curzon writes exactly as he speaks,
and with about equal facility and
force. In their entirely different ways
Lord Haldane and Mr.. Birrell enjoy
the dual faculty. They consider Mr..
Chesterton and Bernard Shaw, il. GER
tain respects the greatest master of
public speech as of, written English
alive today. And not to extend the
list, there is w B. Yeats, in whom
are combined poetic genius, a fine
command of prose and a gift of speech
which at its best is perfect.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-11
Uncle Sans Name

Like many other popular customs,
the general acceptance of the name
Uncle Sam" is traceable to small in
cident. The occurrence is just 100
years old, and is associated with Troy,
N. Y, where, after the war of 1912,
Ebert Anderson, an army contractor,
purchased quantity of provisions.
One of the official provision inspectors
was Samuel Wilson, who, because of
his popularity, was generally referred
to as Uncle Sam Wilson"
The boxes of provisions were
stamped E. A. u. S., the first two be-
ing the initials of Ebert Anderson
and the last two the usual abbrevia-
ton for United States. When one of
the men engaged in the work of trans
ferring the boxes was asked one day
what the letters stood for, he replied,
jokingly, that they stood for Ebert
Anderson and Uncle Sam, meaning
Wilson.
The remark caught on" and after
being communicated from point to
point in army circles spread over the
country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-11
Must Have HealthfuI sIeen.

Edison, the inventor, has been
quoted as saying that little sleep is
necessary, and that the time will come
when mankind will not sleep at all,
and therefore not waste fourth or
fifth of valuable time in the "a hours
of the day in a condition equivalent
to death At the moment, of course,
Mr.. Edison was breaking into the role
Of the professional humorist. All Of
the things called nature demands rest
and the most eloquent description Of
misery ever written was that in Mac
BETH" when it was declared that the
murderous thane should sleep no more
that he had murdered sleep. SO the
person who fails to have health
full sleep has in one way or another
murdered sleep.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-11
RIDING IN A JINRIKlSHA
Sensation Not Altogether Pleasant,
Though Almost Every One Seeks
The Experience.

When tire European or American
tourist first lands in Japan he at once
demands q iinrikisha. Having read of
it and head so much of it he wants
an immediate experience of it as soon
as he finds himself in the land Of its
birth. Almost any day one may see
procession of men and women, ashore
for a day or two from steamer IN
port, making their way up the crowded
thoroughfares of Tokyo, sitting rather
awkwardly in their jinrikishas, trem-
bling unbalanced over the axle, not
knowing whether the thing is going to
tip backward or fall forward, so loose
Iy does the puller seem to hold the
shafts The first time one gets into
jinrikisha he always feels like baby,
and this gawkish sensation coupled
with that of the uncertainty of ones
position in balancing it, renders the
experience not quite so pleasant as
anticipated But the only way for
comfort is to sit back at ones ease
and leave the responsibility to the man
who pulls it.-Japan Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-11
STEAL or kip"

Traffic in the downtown district Of
st. Louis was blocked for half an hour
the other day when Frank Witt, a ma
chinist out of work, paraded the
streets wearing the following sandwich
sign:
Chief Young wants 500 more po-
licemen to stop the increasing crimes.
What shall l do?
No work. no money, four mother
less children to feed.
Shall I steal, commit highway rob-
berry or kill myself and children?
"One thousand are in the same po-
sition in this city today
Enormous luxury; enormous pow
erty.
What shall l do?"
"The sign" said Witt in Jail, was
the only way of attracting attention in
the hope of getting job. I've tried
everything else. My wife died re.
Gently.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-11
New Cancer Serum.

The results OF the work of nearly a
year by physicians, surgeons and labor
atory staff of the General Memorial
hospital of New York, tending to show
the success of a new cancer serum,
are expected to be published soon in
an official report of the medical board
Of the institution to announcements
made recently. The report will contain
the name of the discoverer of the new
serum, its composition, the details Of
the preliminary laboratory work and
the individual medical histories of the
patients so far treated in the hospital.
The announcements forecast this re-
port as one of the most important con-
tributions to science emanating from
the medical professions in this conn
try. The serum is used by injection.
The cancerous growths break down,
disintegrate and disappear, it is as
serted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-11

toward influencing public opinion in
his favor"
Deborah sighed as she laid this
I clipping aside and took up another
| headed by a picture of her husband
1t was not an unhandsome face. In,
/ deed, it was his good looks which had
prevailed over her judgment in the
early days of their courtship. Reu.
/ Their had inherited her harmony OF
/ feature from him-the chiseIed nose
/ the well-modeled chin and all the other
/ physical graces which had made him
a fine figure behind his bar. He had
/ had no business worries; yet his tenn
1 per was always uncertain. She had
not often suffered from it herself, for
her ascendancy over men extended
! even to him. But Reuther had shrunk
before il more than once.
/ Was not the man who could bring
| his hand down upon so frail and ex-
1 quisite a creature as Reuther was in
/ those days capable of any act of VIC
/ lence? Yes; but in this case he had
been guiltless. She could not but con-
cede this even while yielding to ex,
IRENE revulsion as she laid his pic.
/ ture aside.
The next slip she took up contained
a eulogy of the victim.
THE sudden death of AIgernon Eth.
eridge has been in more than one
sense a great shock to the community.
Though a man of passive, rather than
active qualities, his scholarly figure,
/ long, lean and bowed, has been seen
too often in our streets not to be
missed, when thus suddenly with.
/ drawn.
why he should have become the
target of Fate is one of the mysteries
of life. His watch, which, aside from
his books. was his most valuable pos
session, was the gift of Judge Ostran-
der. That it should be associated in
any way with the tragic circumstances
of his death is a source of the deepest
regret to the unhappy donor"
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