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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
Yery AnnovIna situation.

The Philosopher OF Folly says:
Nothing makes me so mad as to have
some other fellow explain something
TO pretty girl Just as I was going to
explain 1t to her myself. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
oept. 81, 1914.

Germans bombarded Antwerp
forts.
Allies took Masslges and Mesnil
between Reims and Argonne.
Serbs defeated Austrians at
kroupanl, but evacuated semIin.
Russians took Dubleeko and sur
rounded General Dankl's army.
German cruiser Emden sank Brit.
ish steamer Clan Matheson.
Japanese avIators wrecked two
forts at Tslngtau.
German official statement Of de-
struction Of Louvaln issued.
French foreign Office protested
to neutrals on honha rdment of
Reims cathedral.
Russia issued its Orange Book.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

SCHOONER ACROSS THE BAR.
The aeroplane that drops fits bombs
above and the submarine that shoots
from below are less to be feared than
the schooner that crosses the BAR
William jennings Bryan.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
Sept. %, 1914.

Germans captured Craonne.
German right turned between
Peronne and St. Quentin.
Australians defeated on the Drina.
Australians seized German WIRE
less station on island Of Nauru.
Germans repulsed In attack on
fort In Vol district, Africa.
German submarines sank British
cruisers Aboukir, cressy and Hogue
In North sea.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
Sept. 20, 1914.


Allies captured souain.
6elglans retook Lanaeken. :.
Germans brought big s;sys ya"s
up to Antwerp.
Russians took Jaroslav and be-
gan bombardment Of fortress Of
PrzemysI.
General Hlndenburg began move
ment against crodno, Russian Po-
land.
Germans defeated by Russians
near Sandomierz.
Serbs defeated Austrians near
Novi.eazar.
German cruiser koenigsberg dis
abIed British cruiser Pegasus In
Zanzibar harbor.
Six British ships taken by Ger
man cruiser Emden.
Austrian torpedo boat sunk at
Pola.
German merchant cruiser Cap
Trafalgar sunk by the carmanla.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
Sept. %, 1914.

Germans bombarded verdun.
Allies advanced left wing near
Lassigny.
Russians took Wisiok.
cossacks raided cxenstochowa.
Russian cruiser Boyar sank Ger
man cruiser and two torpedo boats.
British avIators dropped bombs
on Zeppelin plant at Dusseldorf.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

shell qualifications dat de white man
has, but, bless goodness. he kin beat
him seven ways FUN de Jack In s'curin'
a chicken dinner IN de dead o. night
Kansas City Star.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
Mccall to Preside.

Judge John E. Mccall, Of the West
Tennessee District of the Federal
Court. will sit on the bench of the
Nashville district for three weeks of
the fall term.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
Nur.ss In Convention.

Knoxville.-The Tennessee Nurses
Association convened here Sept. 1s
Tor its third annual convention.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
Daily Thouuht.

Nothing but the harmony Of friend
ship soothes our sorrows; without its
sympathy there Ii no happiness on
earth.--Mozart.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

A good many cases OF love in cot.
tage turn out badly through lack Of
the cottage.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

Waning Of the Honeymoon.
Young Wife (six weeks marriage)--
Darling, do you love me still?
Husband-What a silly question:
Why, of course love you still--and
the stiller the better.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
sept. rs, 1914.

Sept. rs, 1914.
Allies attacked Germans At ST.
Quentin, but were repulsed.
Germans advanced southeast Of
verdun.
Snow halted campaign In Alsace.
Russians occupied cxyschky and
Feistyn.
Population Of cracow fled.
Serbs and Austrlans 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 Relms
cathedral.
Formal complaint Of German
atrocities filed In Washington.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

Theresare over $500 women COM
mercial "drummers" in the United
States.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
His Philosophy.

7is Phiiosopny.
Don't moggerfy and complain. Loo
clan. uh-kaze 20 was done bawn
black" said sage old Uncle Berrybut-
ton, addressing his disconnected
nephew. Things is evened up purt'
tollable level in dis life. De lightnin'
bug amt got no singer to fend his
SET wild, but de 'skeeter amt got no
lamp to see his way out o. trouble. De
white man has de watahmillions. but
ali Lawd!-he isn't got de appetite
and probation for 'em dat de niger
GAS! De cullud man amt got the So
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

William H. Taylor, carpenter en-
ployed upon the Bloomington, ILL.,. new
high school, died Of injuries received
by falling from a scaffold.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

William Howard Taft addressed
5000 persons at Stanford university.
MY guess" said Taft, sis that this
war will last at least two years more"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
Sept. "a, 1914.

French took Peronne.
varennes captured by Germans.
Russians again occupied Soldau.
Russian advanced guard arrived
before cracow.
Germans defeated at subin.
Britain troops landed near Lao
shan, China.
Germans At Sehuekmannsbera,
Africa, surrender.
Two Austrian torpedo boats and
ono destroyer sunk BY mines In
AdrlatIo.
German cruiser Emdsn bonn
barded Madras.
AngIo-French feet bombardsd
Cattaro.
canada's contingent Of $4,000
men sailed.
German avIators dropped bombs
on ostend.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

The Paris war office hears that a
large part Of the German troops which
have been operating against the Rus
slams, is being transferred to the An
glo-French front.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

DR.. J. L. Silvert, suspected Of the
murder Of Nettie Poland, whose nude
body was found in an automobile on
deserted road, was found dead in his
office at Georgetown, w. Va.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

A. d. Novey and his wife of Cleve-
land, o., have what is believed to be
the Oldest wedding cake in existence.
1t was made for their wedding IS
years ago. and they decided never to
cut 1t.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

John B. Bosch and son August were
killed in an automobile accident near
Whittemore, la. The auto plunged
over an embankment and the men
were caught beneath.
When their automobile capsized on
a muddy road Mrs. Howard Cope of
Peoria, ILL.,, was killed and her hus-
band perhaps fatally injured.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

-Four German prisoners who escaped
from the detention camp at Amherst,
Nova Scotia. were captured in an open
boat off Point Lepreaux in the Bay
of Fundy,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

William Davis, an artist of New
York, was found dead in his studio be-
fore an unfinished landscape, clad in
his artists apron and with palette and
brush in his hands.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

Frank Clay. balloonist. who fell
Loco feet at the Colorado state fair
when his parachute failed to open, is
dead
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

Ed Stephens, farmer of Chickasha,
OK, recently became insane and told
OF having murdered his cousin, Oscar
w. Stephens, ~ years old, five years
ago.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

Lyman U. Humphrey, former gov
ernor of Kansas, Is dead.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

Forty-five yachts belonging to
northern people were DESTROYED S5yy
fire at Miami, Fla. The loss will be
about 100000
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

The Alabama senate passed house
bill permitting the shipment of quanti-
ties OF stored liquors from the state.
The measure was designed to relieve
distillers.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
Mo Cause For Worry.

Its sure enough strange how mar. riage changes some men," commented a Washington heights dweller to q friend who stood with him on a corner. Now, see that chap entering my apartment house? He's been married only two weeks, and yet-say, do you see what he's carrying? Well, it's a garbage pail for their new flat. Why. if any one had told him three months ago that he'd carry a garbage pail through the street he'd have been ready to fight. never saw such a'-
 "All right-all right" the friend i'm terrupted. "Tell me about him next year,
 Why"
 Because he'll be changed back aga6l by that time. Don't worry about the se."-New York Globe.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
No Invulnerable Forts.

IL will continue to be physically pos sibe no doubt to builI a fort so strong that no shell could penetrate il. wheth CT fired directly at nigh angles or tc fall upon it vertically from the clouds. It would require merely to calculate the force of explosives and the resist ance of steel and concrete and make the steel and concrete thick enough. But it may have ceased to be worth while. X fort would still be vulnera- hlc from below ground. Its foundation could not be laid so deep that m en emy might not drive n tunnel under it anI then it would be necessary only tO put enough high explosive there to blow the fort away. So perhaps in the future military strategy will adjust it- self to the idea that Qualifications can not be permanent, wherefore they had better be even more impermanent. serving only as temporary bulwarks against an oncoming enemy.-New Yorl, Times
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
EIItahs Altar.

Obadiah hid "uhe hundred of the Lords prophets ill cave" On the west end Of Carmel, below the monas- tery, is Il l&v:cc cavern. partly artificial. where, to increase its sanctity. the holy family are said tO have repoSed on their return from Egypt. The Place of Sacrifice" k some eight miles In. land along the crest of the mountain, overlooking the Kishon, the whole plain of ESdraelou. .Iezrcel and the mountains of Galilee. Many churches and nationalitieS. not to mention in- dividuals, have searched the slopes Of Carmel for the exact spot where Elijah repaired the altar of the Lord" se lecting twelve stones from the ruins of the neglected altar. At the urgent request of an English lady who thought of purchasing the site I once made a careful study of the location suggested. While we may never know the exact spot there is lovely little plateau not far from the summit which would fulfill cvcry necessity of the mar rativc and provide matchlcSs natural theater for this match'css event in h.s. tOry.-Christian Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
Wonders of Naval cunnery.

The fire of naval gun k dircrtc from the fire control station. a small box on the masts. Here is the range iinGer. a large telescope pointed at right angles to its object. ihis tclc- scope consists of q series of mirrors of various sizes and curves. which catch the ships all around and fix them be- fore the eyC' of the officer. who can set his lenses so that he can z 'uisr the cor rect angle by small calculation ana can reckon almost the exact space scn arating him from his opponent. The information is telephCncd to the gun. ner. who directs the tGlCSr ropir sight at, tached to his gun on the desired object. This sight magniGeS the size of the op- ponent and brings its characteristic close to the eye. In the meantime the expert officers in the fire control watch the fall of the shot. Should it miss delicate instruments tell how far the shell was off the target. The correc- ton is made. and the se,ond shot, fl not on the spot. comes unpleasantiy near-pearson's
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
An Une=rrcd Assist

One day Whiir l was catching for the Dallas (TeXJ tcam," said Claude Bc~ry recently. a runner on first start. cd 70 steal second. l begged toward the base, but our -WaIker-hnd novel out of the box after he deliverei the ball and walked right into the throw.
 '"rhe ball hit Walker on top of the head, and as Walker dropped to the ground the ball bounded high in the air. The runner had reached second by that time and, not seeing the ball in play, raced for third. But our short stop saw the ball. caught it as it came down and whipped it to third in time to put out the runner.
 ''The official scorer credited three men with an assist. He gave me an assist because I had made the original throw. he gave one to the pitcher be- cause his head had defectCd the ball to the shortstop, and, of course. he gave one to the shortstop for making the throw to third. .'-EXchange.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
Trick of a Col sctor.

Collectors arc-m S.I0lt. t.i. v are 'u.. lectors. IL wlS a t.cSirr il aati,,u,.: I.y: iong ago who Was. OI iToiV...;cd t1 Uv. ill scarch of LcW qC:;r.grs. He inspect ed all Oititimc EIEsiGn ialcl uiI,a Il tI il days. In one room waS caIvcd mar ble man;ci. an iulp"rtCd piece. aud he opened negotiations tD .aSe the roclI which contained il. The lease S!gGai. he tod tie Landlord that hp desired d new mantclpict c put i'll in place or the oid one. The landlord. of course de murred.
 If yCu don't want to put in a new mantclpiece will at my own expense" replied the collector.
 That satisfied the landlord.
 Tie fine marble mantclpiece was ac- cordingly replaced by Il cheap and snowy horror and the carved antique carefully taken down and carted to the collectors shop, set up there to ad- mfrable advantage and eventually soll to somebody who could afford to pay the very sti!s l'ri"e asked for it. As for the room With its new chimney derora- tion. the collector cannily c6ntrived to sublet it.-New York Post.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
Two Ways to Put 1t.

This is how Johnny wrote his com position in the public school class:
 'The COW is good animal. She has two horns and two eyes and gives milk, which is good to drink. She has four legs and eats grass and hay. Some of them are red, and they have long tails.''
 And this is how the teacher says he ought to have written it:
 The female of the bovine genus is d beneficent mammal. This ruminant quadruped is possessed of corneous protuberaGccs. projecting from the oc- ciput. Her vision is binocular, and she yields an edible and nutritious lacteal emulation. She is quadrupedal and herbivor IS. assimilating her food in both the succulent and eXiccated states. Some of them automatically correspond to the seventh color of the spectrum. and they are endowed with caudal ap- pendages of exaggerated longitudinal ity."-Pittsburgh Press.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
A Short Lived Newspaper.

The first newspaper ever published in America never got beyond it's first issue. It was called. Publicly Occur rences and appeared in Boston Sept. 9, 1890. It contained a promise to publish in it's next issue the names of all the liars in Boston, and the author ities, taking cognizance of the threat, wisely forbade the publication. The Boston News Letter was the first jour- nal to be regularly published on this continent. It was started in 1704 and was followed by the American Weekly Mercury in Philadelphia in 1719. Eng fish journalism is only thirty-five years older than American Journalism, the LoaCon Gazette, an official publication, having been founue1 in 1865.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
The oI.l Woode, Warships.

A modern hattleship is supposed to last twenty years. As a matter of fact. it's real efficiency as first class fight ing machine is lcNs than half that pc riod of time. Improvements are being made so rapidly and constantly that ships are superseded often after having served only one or two commissions. It was otherwise in NcIson's time. The Victory. for example. was launched in 17G5 and was therefore forty years old few tho admirals flag and was ac- counted quite the finest line of battle ship in the British navy. And her cost Including her armament. was only sbout E1O0,G 0,G00.--London Standard.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
Wonders In the Equine Foot.

The foot of a horse is one of the most ingenious ani uneXampled pieces of mechanism ill the whole range of ami mal structure. The outside hoof is made up of series of thin vertical laminae of horn. about JG0 in number. Into this arc fitted about 800 more thin laEninae. which belong to the coffin bCnc. both sets being elastic and adher- ent. The edges of a quire of paper inserted leaf by leaf into another quire will furnish good idea of the arrange mcnt of the laminae i'll all the feet. amounting to about 4.O00. These are distributed ill the most secure manner and ill way that every spring is act cd upon ill all ODlique direction.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
All the Latest improvements.

There is certain dear old lady who owns a little farm and takes a few boarders in summer.
 Recently an anxious young mother who has been industriously delvine into medical literature of late inquired of the old lady whether or not the mill; that was served at her table was pas teuriZed.
 "Of courser' was the old lady's ind.g nant reply. Don't we keep all tlt cows we've got in the pasture all sum mer longT'-Youth's Companion.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
Sensitive Measurement.

Minute bendings of q steel bar three feet long and three and one-half feet in diameter are accurately measured by q curious but very sensitive device of the United States bureau of standards The bar, supported at each end, has a small mirror fixed at its center, and above this is d frame holding anothe: mirror partially silvered. AS the liGh; of a sodium burner is reflected in each mirror the lower mirror shows a ser!e- of black and yellow concentric rings A very small weight, even that of q pin, defects the bar and causes the cir cles to expand outward. Each circle indicates a movement of one hundred thousandth of an inch, the pressure c. a finger, forming five or more new cir cles, showing a bending of one twent. thousandth of an inch.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
NISTRICT OF CANAAN, ,ss-, Probate D Court, November "A, 1915.

DISTRICT OF CANAAN,s ,ss-, Probate D Court, November 24, 1915.
 Estate of Daniel L. Peirce, late of North Canaan in said district. deceased
 Upon the application of Robert D. Peirce, of North Canaan, praying that letters of administration may be granted on said estate, as per applica- tion on file more fully appears, it is
 ORDERED-That said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office in North Canaan in said district, on the 7th day of December, A. D. 1915, at two o'clock in the afternoon, and that notice be given to all persons interested in said estate of the pendency of said application and time and place of hearing thereon, by publishing a copy of this order in some newspaper having a circulation in said District, and by posting a copy thereof on the public sign post in said town of North Canaan at least five days before the said day of hearing, to appear, if they see cause, at said time and place and be heard relative thereto, and make re- turn to this court.
 Attest: David O. Whittlesey, Judge.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02

Court tc:tn,& iS ti.c 'i,,'>t 3S"inc uf ball tGat Vt havt-;hat i> tI ~:%, it goes iack farther in it's r:rScat form than an., ot,!er. Games or bal uf some kimd go back 50 fur thIt rIirrc is no trace of the:r beginning. in their sim plcst form the Gail waS thrown from ul.c L-Gn to anotlcr. If lvr ,2rry the irccrSs one step further and iaagine tie ball. or whatever stood in it's place, to be hit back with the hand instead of being caught and thrown we have ut once hamuball. the original of all games like tennis, racket. etc. Indeed. the French name for tennis remains paUme to this day because the ball was struck with the palm of the hand.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
The kanuaroo,

In the course of a long stay in the interior of Victoria, Australia, J. C. O'Donohue gathered conclusive evi- dence, which he presents in the Vie torian Naturalist, that the mother kan garoo, when hard pressed on a loa- pursuit, throws her young one cut Of her pouch. He says the young kan:a roo is "sent spinning from the pou~i. as the mother, by her enormous lea. : imparts to it a more or less vertic;tl motionv
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
Washinu VeIveteen.

White velveteen and most colored ones, too, will wash beautifully. Just knead and squeeze quickly in a warm not hot-lather, rinse in tepid, then cold water. Wiring carefully and shake well. While still damp iron on the wrong side on Il thick felt or ban- ket covered with a clean sheet.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
Deadlock and Wedlock

''The compositor has made it dead lock instead of 'wedlock.' Shall I stoI the pressT
 Nav; let it go at that. Maybe the compositor was right. He is married. and we are two bachelors. Why should we set ourselves up in judgment over him ?"-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
Good Advica-

"You state your case very well,' said the eminent attorney to the young man who sought his daughters hand. Sup pose you take it to the court of last resort"
 "What do you mean by that, sir?"
 Ask the girl, man; ask the girlr'- Birmingham Age-Heraid.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
He Told Her About It.

Eugene attended the wedding of his Aunt Nan, which took place in church. The bridegroom and best man were waiting at the altar for the bride, who was slowly advancing up the aisle to the strains of the wedding march, when Eugenes childish treble sounded clearly: Hurry up, Aunt Nan! MT. Abb0t'S waiting for you!'-Pittsburgh Press.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
Kent Happy.

"Yes, we went to California"
 "Did your wife enjoy the scenery in her trip across the continent?"
 'I don't think she looked at much scenery. But she enjoyed herself, all right. She looked at hats in eleven different states. ."-Louisville Courier Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
A Good Imitation of Pride.

Osmond-Guy struts like a man in his first dress suit. Desmond-Well. hardly that; he struts like a man in his first rented dress suit.-Boston Jour nal.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
LEGAL NOTICES
DISTRICT OF SHARON, ss., Court

RESTRICT OF SHARON, ss., Court D of Probate, October 30, 1915.
 Estate of William P. Smaller late of Sharon, in said District, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Sharon, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neg lect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be de. barred a recovery.
 All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate pay ment to
 Lilyian P. Smaller, Administratrix.
 Postoffice address, Sharon, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
A Natural Conclusion.

"Why do descriptive writers speak s'' often of the angry flamesT"
 q suppose because the flames are usually put out. Baltimore American.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
Easy Boss.

"You owe it to yourself"
 "In that case. there's no hurry. find myself a very lenient creditor."- Louisville Courier-Journal.