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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-16

treating armies from the War.
saw district, is probably the only
place in the world where geese
are shod.
The Wilma, district is celebrated
for producing geese, which are
sold by thousands in distant
markets. In normal times, great
fiocks are driven by the goose
herds to the famous goose fair
or market at Warsaw, 200 miles
distant. To prevent the birds
getting footsore on the long jour
ney, they are made during the
late autumn to walk through tar.
and then through fine sand. The
geese are thus provided with a
perfect fitting pair of boots, in
which they can com fortably
make the long tramp to market.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-16
Sight Restored When
Hssperian Iorpedoed.

London. IAN | want is now
for the Germans to torpedo the
ship and then | may get back
my sight" were the farewell
words of the Canadian soldier
named Chambers, who was re.
turning with other Canadian sol.
diers to his home. as he was
leaving the hospital Thursday to
join the Hesperian.
Chambers, as mad been related
had lost the sight of both eyes
through gas fumes at the front
but discovered after the explos.
ion that sank the Hesperian that
he had regained the sight of one
eye. Surgeons had told Cham.
bers that a sudden shock was
necessary to restore his sight
and it did.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-16
3Hs British Munition
Factories Controlled,

London David Lloyd.Georye.
minister of munitions, announces
that3ij establishments have been
declared controlled establish.
ments' under the munitions of
war act As a result Of this
control the profits OF EMPLOYERS
are limited. Any excess over
such a limit becomes payable to
the national cxchequer.
by this provision. " saws Mr..
L!oyd-George, parliament is
assured that sacrifices made by
workmen are made for the nation
as a whole, and not for the nd.
vantage of individuals. On the
other hand, during the period Of
the war, any rules or shop Gus.
toms which have the effect of
limiting the output of munitions
are suspended in controlled es.
adjustments"
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-16
Where War Is Unknown.

There is one place in the world
which has probably not yet heard
of the war. This is the British
Island of Tristan do Cunha, in
the South Atlantic. The secre.
tary to the British Postmaster
General recently stating that the
island has not received a mail
since the outbreak of hostilities.
The island is dependent on
chance communications from the
Cape of Good Hope. 1900 miles
away. The inhabitants number
about eighty, and are mainly de-
scendants Of ship-wrecked sail
ors. They are Of mixed origin
English, Scotch, Irish, American
Dutch, Italian, Asiatic and neg
roes. New York Times.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-16
Kipling Praises French
Women and Cannon

London. -Rudyard Kipling,
who has just returned from the
Western fighting front, pays a
tribute to the glorious bravery of
the French women, who, he says
in the Daily Tribune, virtually
"love a war"
The trenches, he says, are built
and drained as if France realized
the war was to continue for five
years, and the army is made up
of hard fighting men, full of
health and vitality, whom he
saw on parade. But il is on the
"75" he rhapsodizes, declaring
its work beautiful and its breech
mechanism q dream of simplicity
and efficiency.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-16
Sailing Vessels Coming Into Us.

Liverpool, Eng. The demand
for steamships for Government
purposes has forced the shipping
trade back on the long rejected
sailing vessel. Many Of these
which were chartered when
steamer rates were at their high
est, are now arriving at British
ports. The Mersey river is full
Of tapering spars and rigging
not seen for about fifty years.
The Asia, just arrived, was built
fifty years ago, the Staut is 45
years of age, the Erbrin, under
the Norwegian flag, just in from
Gulf ports, making the journey
in 35 days is % years old, while
several others range from 20 to
3S years.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-16
The Law Of TIE Road

When a vehicle is overtaken
10y another vehicle, the driver of
which desires to pass the other,
the driver Of the former, upon
being informed Of such desire,
sSl.iould bear to the right, and the
driver of the latter to the left
until the latter shall have passed
Any driver failing to do so shall
be fined ten $50 dollars. -
(Section 81, State Road Law
This section Of the road law
may be invoked against drivers
who imagine that making way
for the driver Of the faster vehi.
Gle is a matter Of courtesy and
that those who have no inclina-
ton toward courtesy need not be
courteous.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-16
Noted Methodist Divine Dead.

DR., Gross Alexander, book ed
itor for the Methodist Episcopa
church, south. and editor of the
Methodist Quarterly Review died
suddenly in Los Angeles Monday
of apoplexy. DR.. Alexander left
Nashville on July ., going TO
California. whence he was called
by the serious illness Of his dau.
ghter. He never seemed better
physically and never in brighter
spirits than upon the eve Of his
departure.
DR.. Alexander was a very use.
ful man, and was, perhaps. the
rlpest scholar in the Southern
Methodist church. Born in SCOTS
vile, KY, June /. 1852. he was
educated in the Louisville uni.
versity. the Drew Theological
seminary in New Jersey and
Emory college, Oxford, Ga.
He Is survived by his wife.
two sons and two daughters. -
Hopkinsville Kentuckian.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-16
Persian City is Taken by British.

London, Sept, Ia. Because of
the killing of two British officers
near Bushire, Persia. and the
Persian governments failure to
punish the tribal chiefs concern
ed, who, it is declared, were as
sisted by Germans, Bushire. a
city of upward Of $1,000 popula-
ton on the Persian gulf, was &C.
cupied by the British without OPP
position August 8, according to
advices Of Reuters.
Conditions in Persia are going
from bad to worse. the adviees
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-16

add. The Persian central tele-
graph line has been cut since
August Is and the road from
Bushire is completely blocked.
The gendarmerie, it is declared,
are unpaid and dissatisfied, and
fighting is reported among the
tribes outside Of Kashan, be-
tween Teheran and Ispahan.
Since the attack on the British
consul at lspahan last month a
critical situation has arisen, &C.
eording to the advices and steps
to be taken in connection among
the entente powers.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-16
Schools to Get S4,OOO,OOO.

Frankfort KY, Sept Ii. -
Nearly S4,OOO,OOO will be avail.
able for the schools of Kentucky
for the year l9l5-l9l6. OF this
amount 1908, SsO.25 is available
from the per capita tax; $50, 600.
46 from the dog tax; S2l, 266. So
as interest on bonds and SO, 697.
AZ balance due from last year.
These figures were compiled by
the Department Of Education.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-16
Need leeches.

Paris France needs leeches.
Drug stores and hospitals both
military and civil have only a
small stock left. Large quantities
oi the gray and green variety
We're formerly procured from
Ieech breeders in southern Ger
many and Austria. France now
depends upon her colonies in Al.
Verla and Morocco for her sun.
ply where the Dragon" and
Trout species of inferior dual.
lty are raised.
The Gironde marshes in the
south of France were formerly n
center of this lucrative industry
out the mobilization of the breed
ers has caused a great decrease
IN the supply The use OF leecb.
eS has been obviated to a great
e extent by the treatment given IN
. u many therapeutic institu.
tons and it is estimated ,bo,
France will soon have all il rs'
aaxiliaries, eu'ea
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-16
Whenever You Need a 0cnerni Toni,
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tas,eles.
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
Genei Tonic becausc !, contains the
well known tonic properties oiQUINTNR
and IRON. II acts on thu Liver. Drives
out Malaria, Erriches the Blood and
Sa!lds up the Wfole System. 50 eea,S
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-16

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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-16

Petrograd. wilma, the Russian
city which has figured extensive.
ly in the operations Of the re.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-08

quet-eiect as he felt his left hind | slowly but effectually fabricated wi snake slime and moving with tedious h unerring glide down into the serpenti cavern. What boots it that the snake mouth Is small? At the proper time tho Jaws will unhinge and spread till f oalnty little mouth will resemble that Mother Goose's pudding bag'' after fl cat ran away with the string. Just r luck l shied stone. The snake dodrc released his grip and tumbled over fl hill, leaving the toad with one leg literal skinned. New skin," or skin rraftin was unknown In those days, so I pursu my way. To have put that toad out misery would have made an awful mes
 Thus the world of nature has its tra edies. You may see one or the eviden Of one nearly any ramble. The wea lings are the soonest caught, and so th tragic side has it's compensation in th result sometimes denominated "the su vival of the fittest." whereby the speci less than man are practically insur. against the reproduction of mental al physical unsoundness. It is not for to resent these tragedies, but rather them to see the wondrous working of plan of which as yet but an infinitesim part is revealed to us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-08
WAR INvALIDs IN GERMANY

From the St. Louis Dispatch.
 The Vossiche Zeitung casts light up one of the phases of the war and up German home conditions created by It says:
 "The employment of the host of invs ids that swarm the country is fast h coming monster proposition. Stran to say. very few of the invalids app for positions to mercantile lines; near all seem to demand help from the gover ment. Indeed, so strong has been ( flood of applications that the governme railroads and the postal service ha closed their books to any and all app cants, and will not even enter names f future employment.
 Tn Bonn, as elsewhere, by the wa the invalids have formed singing societi and treat the public with daily exhii tions. The money thus gathered is even divided among the members of the $ ciety. The Catholic clergy in most citI have formed employment bureaus al have secured positions for a host.
 But the stream of invalids is steadi growing around us. and in some qua ters even complaints are getting loud that if seems that the authorities vi soon have to find means and ways to md the growing disorder
 What pathetic picture of wars wor|
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-08
Blind Justice

It is all very well for the wealthy to extol the advantages of poverty, but the poor themselves can tell an other story-of being ground between the upper and neither millstones of necessity and the law.
 A few days ago in New York city a boy peddler was haled into court and fined for selling fruit on a corner where peddlers were forbidden by city ordinance. The lad admitted the of- fense but explained the necessity of his action by saying:
 "Don't blame the cops; they have to support their families, but I have to make a living, too. My father was . cloakmaker but now he is sick and I have to hustle. l have to support the family. If l sell peaches and plums for 1 cent each on the quiet street I make only 50 to 75 cents day. On the corners where the crowds are I make maybe dollar. But once in awhile 1 --am arrested and fined. It almost seems as if the law was made to make the poor poorer and the miserable more miserable"
 There is just truth enough in the conclusion of the little street peddler of the city to embitter the struggling children of poverty and encourage the seeds of discontent and lawlessness.
 Here is a boy, heroicly bearing a burden much too great for his puny shoulders, and he is bearing it brave ly and well. Such a boy has fine qual- ities of loyalty and industry and should be encouraged and helped by the city and state in which he lives. He is doing fine, noble thing in as-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-08
The Panama Canal

Maj. Gen. George w. Goethals, governor of the Panama canal zone recently made an address before the Commonwealth club of San Francisco, in which he said it was hoped "to get every bit of loose earth out of the canal channel by next year." Continu- ing his remarks he said: Our purpose is to dig until we have insured that future slides, should they develop, will not block traffic through the canal"
 Evidently the speaker does not hope to overcome entirely those freak ish geological conditions which have caused repeated landslides. While these slides have proved but temper ary endorsements, they have brought the canal into something like disrepute and have exposed the gov ernment to great deal of unmerited ridicule. That the Panama canal is a tremendous achievement and is in sue. cessful operation at profit to the government, has not removed the i'm pression that something might hap pen," which would be disastrous if the United States were at war.
 The possibility of Culebra going or . rampage at a time when it was vital Ny important for fleet of American battleships to pass through the canal is not pleasant to contemplate. When the present plans for fortifying the canal are carried out, it will be fully protected against any armed foe, General Goethals believes, but if a landslide at an inopportune time were to make the channel unnavigable for ships of heavy draught the operations of our navy would be seriously ham, pered. Continued dredging seems to be the only safeguard against acci- dents of this kind and the govern ment's engineers are fully able to cope with the situation, but the misbehavior of Culebra cut has lessened to some extent the pride which American peo- pie would otherwise take in this great work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-08
WOMEN AT THE WHEEL

From the New York Times.
 In West Farms court, Magistrate House fining a woman for reckless driving, ut tered this altogether too obiter dictum:
 Tn my opinion. no woman should be allowed to operate an automobile. In the first place, she hasn't the strength, and. in the second place, she is very apt to lose her head"
 In "generals' danger turks. Doesn't Magistrate House stand an exception on It's head and pronounce 1t rule? There are unskillful goddesses of motor cars. There are a few with passion for mak- ing the gasoline jade go faster than the winds and the wings of the lightning. Some there are, beautiful and rosuish, who love to tease the much-endurine motorcycle policeman, dash by him in wild flight. He arrests them when pa tence ceases to be virtue. Some of them remain impenitent. Some yield to reason, experience. the wrath of judges, the admonitions of stern fathers, even, it may be. of husbands. But are there many offending or incompetent motor drivers in petticoats?
 Magistrate House sees few culprits He doesn't see. or he forgets, the multi tude of accomplished and calm woman drivers, safe. steady. no monopoists of the road, no eaters of miles, careful of themselves and the public. There are men, and there are women, who don't like to see a woman drive an automo- bile; it's no place for her.. Delightful conservatives, but is their opinion ratified by the facts, by observation? Why, If Magistrate House will take a day off in the country he may find that very many of the chariots of swiftness are steered, and stcered judiciously, by girls and women. Fathers in the counting house, grinding out the needful, daugh- ter's in the bubble" driving very heed full (and very seldom speedfuD.
 We maintain, and will to the utter most. that any quantity of the superior sex have, and habitually employ, the strength, the skill, the self-possession and the respect for the rights of others that are the bill of qualifications of the automobile steersman. and what, vision are the rainbows of their sweaters! Why there are respectable families wherein tho womanfolks are the only chauffeurs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-08
REGISTERED SERVICE

From the Raleigh (N. CD Times. No one familiar with the question of domestic service In the south, or the
 north for that matter, can question the
 condition aimed at by the North Carolina board of health in its bulletin urging ordi-
 nances requiring the registration of wash
 erwomen, cooks, and nurses. Every fam fly that employs domestic embraces a
 risk which is the price paid for additional living comfort. That the price paid is frequently the health of children Is a philosophical fact which must be ac- cepted. Domestic service is an essential of civilization and a necessity to a broad- ening life. It can be robbed only in a measure of it's dangers. The risk will al-
 ways remain.
 Yet any sort of life worth while is in large part an acceptance of risk. In the
 south, where the destination of the
 wash" delayed over Saturday may be
 the church of the washer woman as likely
 as any other terra incognita, registration
 may be first step toward the greater reform in living conditions which must be imposed upon the negro race by education and sanitary laws. The road to be trav-
 eled in this respect is long one. involv- ing as 1t must the abolition of the novel, the creation of conditions for a still largely elemental race which shall event.
 ualiy raise the physical and moral stand
 ards of the mass.
 Meanwhile, in the absence of the class
 of needed but apparently hopeless white
 domestics, the average southern house. ~-.:1I
 tration of the supply of "help." while
 at the same time, in moving picture phrase, she will continue to register ] joy" when once in a blue moon she dis
 covers the occasional black diamond of efficiency in the sodden muck from which
 she is forced to select. In such instances
 the acceptance of the risk becomes g
 pleasure, if not duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-08
PEACHES IN ENGLAND
the Youths Companion

From the 1Outh Companion.
 A long time ago some one said that an Englishman eats a peach as if he were performing religious ceremony. No won- der! In the London market safe OF a dozen peaches ranks as a wholesale trans action. And the price The London Tele- graph recently printed an article on Cheap Fruit" in which the statement occurs that small samples were worth two or three shillings a dozen. but that the best fruit could be bought at 12 shiil- ings dozen. Think of paying a quarter for single peach! But there were some shops that cut the price, and that would sell you peach for three pence-six cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-08
BURNETT l.. CLARK
From Fl Commercial, New York Gran lated from the Spanisfo

From Fl Commercial, New York (Trars- | lated from the Spanish).
 This gentleman has devoted nearly all his life to the worthy cause of Latin American progress. That his work has | been fruitful in practical results there is no doubt, for it Is only necessary to bear in mind that the important periodical of which he has charge, Fl Commercial, has been published during 40 years, and has of putting into direct communication thousands of Latin-American merchants with the most prominent North American manufacturers.
 At an early age Mr. Clark began his career with Fl Commercial, employed in 8 subaltern position under his older brother, that notable pioneer in the field of international publicity, the well remem- bered J. Shepherd Clark, founder of the periodical, and at that time president of the same. After added experience. Burnet came to be the right-hand man of his illustrious brother. His vast experience in international commerce and his inti- mate knowledge of all the departments of the enterprise, fitted him to assume the administration and general direction of the business of Ell Commercial upon the death of his brother.
 MT. Clark is a man of the highest char acter for integrity and honor, and has achieved for Fl Commercial the highest and well merited reputation, alike In the countries of Latin America and in the United States
 Among authorities on matters of inter national commerce his figure looms large for his profound practical knowledge.
 In he prime of life, full of energy, and at the head of an organization of the first order, MT. Clark Is rendering and will continue to render for many years the American commerce. We are pleased to compliment MT. Clark and the distin- suished personnel of his enterprise for the meritorious work that they are achieving, and we are certain that in do- ing this we interpret the sincere sentiment of thousands of Latin-American business men and North American manufacturers who have availed themselves of his good offlces to establish very pleasant and lucrative commercial relations on the American continent.
 MT. Clark Is an old Mobilian. son of the late Francis B. Clark, and a brother of Gaylord B. and Francis B., Jr., Le Vert, and Gen. Louis V. Clark of Ala bama, whose family have for many years been prominently identified with the in- terests of Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-08
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
CAUSE FOR ANXIETY.
-From the Pittsburg Sun.

I CAUSE FOR ANXIETY.
 "Gadspur tells me that while on hi vacation this summer he was tossed abo, on one of the great lakes in a disable
 launch for 4s hours before being re. cued."
 That must have been a narrowing e, perience." Indeed 1t was. During all that time I didn't have the slightest idea of whs the stock market was doing'' IN POLITICS.
 "1s it true that all successful politician keep one ear to the ground so that the may learn what their constituents a, thinking"
 "Oh, no. The men who subscribe fl, largest amounts to campaign funds ket the politicians informed of what the are thinking and 1t doesn't matter m ticularly what other people think" PRACTICAL GIRL. cannot live without you,' The hapless suitor cried. How do you know?" asked pretty Flo. | You haven't even tried" NO HOPE FOR PEACE.
 Mrs. Jibway and Mrs. Twobbie are |; daggers' points, "Oh, they'll get over that after whi ana be just as good friends as ever" I'm afraid not. Mrs. Jibway has new electric runabout and Mrs. Twobb can't afford one.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-08
HAWAII

By w. P. Burns.
 There's q path of gold on the oceal breast
 When the lamp of the day swings To And it leads the way to land of res Where the palm and olive grow, No strife is there, nor want, nor care Nor taint of human ill; And 1t basks away in a blue-girt day With night that is deep and still. There's a velvet stir in the darkeni
 gloam, \ And heave of the drowsy sea, And white-lipped wave from her co,
 home
 With a whisper of mystery, And the realm of the deep is hushed
 sleep. Save dreaming seabirds cry; ss@ While overhead. with a silent tread, The sentry worlds move by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-08
Republican Politics

mere IS still some talk in repub llcan circles of nominating Associate Justice Charles D. Hughes for Presi. cent next year." said w. w. Dalton of Philadelphia.
 T am not politician but I have always voted the republican ticket and Justice Hughes would suit me mighty Well. He has made it plain that in no sense will he be a candidate for the nomination, and for time little was said about him in connection with me presidential office; but many re- publicsns seem to be of the opinion now that the nomination will be forced on him.