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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
GERMANS RENEW ATTACKS
Fortify Themselves and Begin Stub
born Attacks to South and West
of WarsaW--PIan Changed.

Petrograd. fortified them
selves along the line through Soche-
crew, Skierniewice, Rawa and Opocz-
no, Russian Poland, the Germans again
have renewed simultaneous stubborn
attacks to the south and west Of War
saw. They have endeavored to cross
the Vista near Czerwinsk, evidently
determine movement against Nowo
Georgiewsk. In the south, near Croft
zy, they attempted an advance toward
the Vistula in the region midway be-
tween Warsaw and Ivangorod.
Tho German plan, according to dis
patches from the front, seems to pro-
vide that the AustroGerman forces
near Konskie, and moving in the gen.
eral direction Of Radon and Ivangorod,
join the Germans around Groitzy in
besieging Ivangorod.
Military men here new believe Field
Marshal Won Hindenburgs real goal is
not so mucnj Warsaw, whose capture
would give him only moral advan-
tage, as Nowo Georgiewsk and Ivango-
rod, points which the Germans must
take if they are to keep Western Po-
! land. 1t is assured, however, that the
Germans still are 60 or 20 miles from
Ivangorod, and thar every day the
probability of taking these places is
lessened.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
Remembers 5000 Customers.

have read of a colonel who knew
the name of every soldier in his regi-
ment. Many of you have seen the
dusky guardian of hatrack hand to
each of several hundred men his prop.
er headpiece.
l knew blind music teacher who,
after one meeting, could distinguish
the various members of large family
by the sound of their footprints.
But an unpretentious attendant in
the Girard Trust company has the
prize memory Of my own knowledge
With four or Ave thousand safe de-
post boxes under his eye, he newer
forgets the name of an Individual rent
er, although he cannot see some Of
them oftener than once in three
months.
The company is now building more
vaults and will have an even 10000
lock boxes. / shall not be surprised II
his human directory enrolls each Of
those names upon his never-failing
memory.-Philadelphia Public Ledger
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
ENDS DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION, GAS
"Pape's Diapepsin' cures sick,
sour stomachs in five minutes
lime Il! IN

Really does" put bad stomachs in
order--"really does" overcome indiges.
ton, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and
sourness in five ADMINISTRATIONS
that-makes Pape's Diapepsin the lar
gest selling stomach regulator in. the
world. If what you eat ferments into
stubborn Jumps, you Delcl. gas and
eructate sour, undigesteu food and
acid; head Is dizzy anu aches; breath
foul; tongue coate !; you: insides ..lled
with bile and IL. gestibi1 wasi., re-
member the moment "PaptD Diapep-
sin" comes in contact WI tt stomach
all such distress vanishes. It's truly
acknowledgement marvellous, and
the JOY is its harmlessness.
A large flfty-cent case Of Pape's Dia-
pepsin will give you O hundred dollars
worth of satisfaction.
It's worth its weight in gold to men
and women who can't get their stom.
achs regulated. 1t belongs in, your
home--should always be kept handy
in case of sick, sour, upset stomach
during the day or at night. It's the
quickest, surest and most harmless
stomach doctor in the world.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
WHY MANTLE OF ALOOFNESS?
the Road Surely Can Do Little
Harm.

1t was somewhere near eight in the
evening and the little Italian restau-
rant was thronged by people who
knew where to find comfortable meal
at reasonable price. A late conner,
surveying the tables, discovered one
at which there was vacant place.
May sit here?" he inquired of the
man at the opposite side, young fell
low who was waiting to be served. The
boyish face frightened up and the an
swer came cheerily: Indeed you may,
if you'll only talk
A certain usefulness was in the
smile that accompanied the words.
The lad was lonely and away from
home, and this dining by himself in
the solitude that is deepest when one
Is in crowd and every face is strange
had suddenly gripped him in its clutch
and made him homesick. Up-country
among the hills supper had been
cleared away by this time. Mother
had taken out her sewing, father was
unfolding the weekly paper and little
brother was drawing a map to be
shown to the teacher in the morning.
IF you'll only talk" He caught at
the chance of hearing somebody ad-
dress him in a friendly human way,
and the genial manner of the man
who promptly opened a conversation
as he unfolded his napkin set him at
ease and made him happy.
There are numbers of people all
around us who have this natural long
ing to be brought into an inner circle
of friendliness and who are not SO
ready as the lonely boy to ask for
what they want. Would it not be we'll
II some of US were trifie less shy in
expressing sympathy with the solitary
and instead of always wrapping our
selves in mantle of reserve, might
we not occasionally give greeting
to a stranger on the road?
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
california Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup Of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love it's pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with.
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath Is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! II coated, give a
teaspoonful Of this harmless fruit
laxative" and In few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, Indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves sick child
tomorrow. Ask at tho store for 30
cent bottle of California Syrup OF
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
HOOPER COMPUTES
CH|LD'S SENTENCE
WILL ESTES TO be GIVEN ONLY
TEN YEARS IN PRIsoN-WAs
10 WHEN ARRESTED.
KILLED HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW
Claim Brother-in-Law Was Beating
His Sister at Time of Tragedy.
Lad Learned to Read and
Write in Prison.
Nashville.

Nashville.
Governor Hooper has committed the
life sentence of VIII Estes of Warren
county to ten years in prison. At 10
years of age young Estes assisted In
the killing of his brother-in-law, who
was beating his wife, the lads sister
For this he was tried, convicted and
sentenced to the penitentiary for life
by an unusually severe jury. He be.
gan serving his sentence in 1908, when
he was IA years old.
In issuing a communication to ten
years, which will mean that the youth
will get out of the pen in few years
now, the governor said:
II have learned that at the time he
participated in the crime he was but
half reared and illiterate, and to my
mind really believed he was justified
in taking the life of the man who was
mistreating his sister. l also find
that he was influenced largely to COM
NIT the crime by older heads.
"Since he has been in prison he has
learned to read and write in the pris-
on school and he has also learned self
restraint. On account Of these things
and his extreme youth, commute his
sentence to ten years"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
BATTLE IN FRANCE
HALTED BY STORM
WORST WEATHER IN YEARS DE-
LAYS MILITARY OPERATIONS.
HEAVY ARTILLERY USED.
FRENCH CLAIM ADVANCES
infantry Attacks Have Been Scattered
and Not in Foroe---Attempt to
Make German Positions
untenabIe.

London.-The extremely rainy win
ter. the worst Europe has experienced
In years, has caused floods in the
river valleys Of the continent which
nave prevented any operations on a
large scale on the western battle front
and seriously interfered with those in
the east.
There have been heavy artillery en-
gagements from the sea to the Swiss
borders and occasional attacks by the
Infantry Of the opposing armies, which,
when not repulsed, have added few
yards to the territory of the attacking
force, but have always proved costly
adventures.
The French have gained a little
ground between Albert and Roye, just
north of the point where the line turns
eastward, and east of Rheims and
eastward of Verdun, where attempts
to make untenable the German posi-
tions at st. Mihiel, on the Mouse, are
proceeding slowly. They also have
made some advance in Alsace, but
have suffered a repulse to the north
west of st. Menehould.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
IF HAIR is TURNING
GRAY, USE SAGE TEA
Don't Look Old Try Grandmother's
Recipe to Darker and Beautify
Gray, Faded, Lifeless Hair.

Grandmother kept her hair beauti-
fully darkened, glossy and abundant
with brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur.
Whenever her hair fell out or took on
that dull, faded or streaked appear
ance, this simple mixture was applied
with wonderful effect. BY asking at
any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Hair Remedy" you will get
large bottle of this old-time recipe,
ready to use, for about so cents. This
simple mixture can be depended upon
to restore natural color and beauty
to the hair and is splendid for dan
druff, dry, itchy scalp and falling hair.
A well-known druggist says every
body uses Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur.
because it darkens SO naturally and
evenly that nobody can tell it has been
applied--it's so easy to use, too. You
simply dampen comb or soft brush
and draw 1t through your hair, taking
one strand at time. BY morning
the gray hair disappears; after an
other application or two, it Is re-
stored to its natural color and looks
glossy, soft and abundant. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
my HEALTH
IS PERFECT"
So Says A North Carolina Lady In
Telling What She Owes To Cardui,
The Woman's Tonic.

Mt. Airy, N. C.-Mrs. Ada Hull, of
this place, says: About six years ago
got in very bad health. / suffered
terrible pains in my abdomen and
back. ! dreaded to see the sun rise
and | dreaded to see 1t set, for / suf-
fered such agony No one except N.Y.
self will ever know how badly suf
fered. The doctor said was suffering
as result of the menopause.
As nothing gave me any relief,
asked the doctor If / hadn't better try
Cardui. He said, 1t might help you.
and told my husband to get me bot
tie. At this time l was so weak
could not lift my head, and my voice
was SO weak, people had to lean to-
wards the bed to hear what l said. I
looked SO bad and had such a dark
color that looked like dead woman,
and my relatives thought / would
never get up again.
took one bottle of Cardui and It
relieved (the pain and suffering so
much that my husband got another
bottle, and that improved me still
more. | began to strengthen and
gradually got we'll. have now had
better health for six years, than I
ever had in all my life. I have taken
no medicine since, and my health is
perfect.
Cardui is the finest medicine q
woman could USE"
Try it. At druggists.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
GERMAN CHECK REPORTED
rail to Cross Bzura and RaWka Rivers.
Make Trenches and Prepare for
Long Wait.

London.--In Northern Poland the
Germans are reported to have failed to
CROSS the Bzura and Rawa rivers and
Il have been unsuccessful in adyanc-
ing along the Pilica river. They are
said to be digging themselves in, pre-
naratory to remaining until the hard
aninr Of the ground by the frost makes
troop movements less difficult.
1t is claimed at Petrograd that Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg's rush Tor
warsaw was opposed with such sue
cess that it has been definitely check
ed, but German war office reports
state satisfactory progress is being
made, except in Galicia, where what
practically amounts to a rout of the
Austrian forces with their stiffening
Of Germans is admitted.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
SIX MILLION MEN ARE LOST
Statistics Computed by Foreign Ex'
perts Show That 100000 Killed,
Wounded or Captured.

New York.-At the end of the old
year foreign statistics computed that
five months of the greatest war of his
tory had cost the nations involved g.
100000 men (killed, wounded and cap
tured). and $1,000, 100000. These fig
ures are subdivided as follows:
Losses:
Great Britain-Eight hundred Off
GERS killed, 1000 wounded; men, 49,
900 killed, 10000 wounded, $4,000 miss
ing.
France-Total casualties 100000,
of whom 100000 have been killed.
Russia-Total casualties 100000,
of whom 100000 have been killed.
Belgium Thirty thousand killed,
$4,000 wounded, $4,000 captured.
Servia-Total casualties 10000;
said by Austria to have been captured
$4,000.
Germany-Two hundred and fifty
thousand killed, $4,000 wounded, AGO.
900 missing.
Austria-Total casualties 100000,
of whom 100000 have been killed.
EXPENSE
Great Britain$225, 100000 month, or
SLIPS, 100000.
Professionalism a month, to-
tai of $1,000, 100000.
-$350,O00,O0O month, total
Of $1,750, 100000.
Germany-$3 OO,OOO,OOO a month, a
total of $500, 900, 900 at home, in addi-
ton to paying the expenses of her al
ly, Turkey.
Austria Estimated to total $1,000
100000.
In addition, all the warning nations
are said to have lost as much as they
have spent by the paralization Of COM
merce and industry. Owing to this tre-
mendous cost, financial authorities
say that the war must end within the
next five months.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
BEST TO REMOVE THE PEELs
Danger in Eating Either Apples or
Pears as They Are PIucked
From the Trees.

Some people say that an apple does
not taste right when the skin is re-
moved. Some even go SO far as to say
there is danger in eating fruit that has
come in contact with the steel of the
pairing knife, as the acid in the fruit
is apt to produce some poison when
1t comes in contact with the metal.
But whether these things are true or
not, there is a still greater danger in
eating apples without peeling them.
The skin of the apple has always
been more or less infested with germs
of different types, and now our mod
ern methods Of fighting insects by
spraying the trees are liable to leave
poisonous deposits on 1t which will
do our stomachs serious harm.
Arsenate of lead, lime and sulphur
wash, and a number Of other spray
ing compounds used by fruit growers
have been found to remain In consider
able quantities on the skin OF apples
and pears until ripe and placed on the
market. The action of such chemicals
upon the tissues of the human body
are very injurious.
Spraying the trees Is giving US more
perfect fruit and getting the grower
better prices, but II you value your
health you should never eat apples or
pears without first removing the peels.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
LOSSES WERE ENORMOUS
Germans Are Checked in Poland, 10
Russian Claim-Teutons Use
Heavy Artillery.

Petrograd.-Th Russian view OF re-
cent developments in Poland is that a
definite check has been administered
to the Germans. Their evacuation Of
Mistrzewice, five miles north OF So
chaczew, is regarded by military crit
ics as ringing down the curtain on
third German advance toward War
saw"
At tremendous loss to themselves,
the Germans had succeeded in estab-
fishing a foothold in MistrZewice, on
the east bank of the Bzura, but three
weeks Of persistent, sledge-hammer at
tacks failed to penetrate the Russian
line before Warsaw. When it became
evident that the Austrian advance
from the Carpathian Mountains had
failed the Germans evacuated the vii
lage. The Austrian Carpathian opera
tions evidently formed an integral part
of the general German plan for the
Warsaw campaign.
Heavy artillery is being brought up
by the Germans along their center be-
tween Skierniewice and the Pilica
river, but this is regarded as purely a
defensive move to prevent breaking of
the German line by Russian infantry
operating there under the cover of ar
tillery.
Unofficial reports from the Warsaw
front say that, in comparison with the
heavy artillery duels, infantry opera
tons are mere episodes.
In Galicia the Russians have taken
the important town of Gorlice, 10
miles south of Tuchow, where the
West Galician Austrian army recently
was halted and prevented from joining
that of Gen. Boehm-Ermolli, advanc-
ing from Sanck and Lieko. Gorlice is
ct the junction point of several rail
roads running east, west and south
through the Carpathian district.
Pursuit of the retreating Austrians
IN the Sancfi-Lisko district has been
carried as far as Yaslisk, on the ex.
IRENE Austrian left. Yaslisk, now in
possession of the Russians, commands
the most important highway into Hun
gary.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
: CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a Decent box.


Are you keeping your bowels. liver.
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases.
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out Of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
In the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents box from your store.
Millions of men and women take .
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
SIGNIFICANCE IN THE MOLE
According to Old Superstition Their
Placing Means Much to Those Who
Can Understand 1t.

According to very old superstition
every mole possesses special signifi-
canoe, depending on the part of the
body on which it appears. Thus
mole on the right cheek is said to sig
nifty happiness in love affairs. A mole
on the left cheek or left arm signifies
adverse fortune, particularly as re-
CARDS love affairs. On the left hand
the possession of mole betokens an
unfortunate (from the worldly point
of view marriage.
Moles on the right cheek or arm, in
combination with one or more on the
left hand, point to more good fortune
In love affairs than in money matters.
A mole at the corner of the right eye
predicts rich and indulgent husband.
A mole at the right side of the chin
shows good fortune, long life and a
happy marriage. A mole on the chin,
If it be light yellow in color, shows a
woman to be good housewife. II
brown in color, 1t portends happy
married life, but possibly troublesome
children.
A mole in that unusual position, the
tip of the nose, shows that the owner,
II woman, is likely to excite much
admiration, but in, consequence attract
very jealous lovers. She must there
fore be very careful and exercise eau
ton and discretion in her dealings
with all her admirers.
A sure sign of wealth, present or
future, is to have mole at the right
hand corner of ones mouth. On the
other hand, mole at the left-hand
corner of the mouth is warning to its
owner to beware. of treachery and of .
false lover.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
BRITISH BATTLE SHIP SUNK
over 600 Lives Lost When Germans
Torpedo Formidable in English
Channei-141 Rescued


Channel--141 Rescued.
London The Daily Chronicle states
that survivors of the battleship For
midable report that the vessel was tor.
pedoes both fore and aft and sank al
most Immediately.
London.-The destruction of the
British battleship Formidable in the
English channel by mine or sub
marine boat, although one of those
events Englishmen now realize must
be expected SO long as the British navy
is compelled to keep the seas, has
caused widespread grief.
This is duetnot so much to the loss
Of the ship, which was Is years old,
and cost about $5,000,0O0, as 1t is for
the men-about 600 in number-who
went down with her. So far as known
only 141 of the Formidable's crew of
$50 were rescued.
The rescue was made under danger
Gus and exciting circumstances. The
trawler's crew was amazed while run
ming before the gale for shelter to find
a small open boat driving under their
lee. After desperate efforts the trawler
got rope to the cutter and brought
her to stern.
The naval men began to jump
aboard, but even then there was dan
ger of losing men in the 30-foot seas.
After half hours work, however, all
were safely rescued. When all had
left the cutter her rope was cut. She
was full of water, having hole under
her hull which had been stuffed with
pair of trousers of which one man had
Invested himself for the purpose. Some
Of the rescued men had little clothing.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
EATS DINNER-DlES.
Convicts' Gastronomic Enthusiasm
Has Bad Effect.

Nashville.-Less than "a hours aft
er Governor Hooper had granted him
executive clemency, Tom Dyer, aged
80, ate big dinner at the state peni
Tertiary near Nashville, and died.
Dyer was serving 14-year sentence
from Hamilton county ON charge OF
attempt to commit assault. He re-
ceived notice that Governor Hooper
had committed his sentence to five
years and deducting time off for good
behavior, he was scheduled to be re-
leased within a few months.
Christmas comes but once year,
and that fact and the news of the com
mutation of his sentence prompted
him to eat heartily of the big Christ
mas dinner served at the prison. Aft
er dinner he walked around the court
and went to. his cell, saying he wanted
to lie down. AS he reached his eel
death claimed him.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
Safety Appliance Lacking.

Didn't you say" demanded the
young man of the captain, that this
ship was equipped with all appliances
for human safety?"
81 did"
Then how does 1t happen that now
find myself engaged to lady did not
know when the vessel left her pier?"
Judge.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-08
CARE FOR YOUR HAIR
BY Frequent shampoos With cuticura
Soap. Trial Free.

Precede shampoos by touches Of
Cuticura Ointment II needed to spots
of dandruff, itching and irritation Of
the scalp. Nothing better for the CONF
plexion, hair, hands or skin than these
fragrant supercreamy emollients. Also
as preparations for the toilet.
Sample each free by mail with Book
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept. KY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.