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FAR AWAY NOISE BIZ REELECTION

How far the sound OF cannon shot
travels or ut what distance II is pus-
sible tc hear such sound Is a problem
tSat has recently brought a mood OF
correspondence to tho Able TIL Mo-
reuH, the famous French astronomer
ir:ost Summing up the observations
~ mis- correspondents, nc says they
prove that generally cannonading can
!e htnrd within zone situated 80
kiionetcis (ninety three miies) from
the front. although this distance liz
Sometimes notably surpassed. lie cite.
the cit: Of Dion, l0s miles from the
Er.hG line. and Auxerrc. 1T miles
away. where the sound is often heard
The greatest distance he has been able
to verify Is ia miles. at which tho
region OF lie Havrc is distant from
the hr!ns on the Lassigny- Roye- Array
front.
Most OF the observers say they hear
the sound equally we'll whatever he tho
direction OF the wind. Others believe
That the sound Is transmitted By the
Garth and not By tho air
MS - an error writes the Able
and the best proof Is this: II the earth
transmitted tho waves OF sound one
would near II at nifty. sixty or eighty
kii"incters distance by putting ones
car TO the ground or aeain.t !, VII
hut up TO the present no observation
permits US 10 say that such IS the
case.
30 we must fall back upon the OK
PLANTATION have already given: this is
the only one admissible. All recent ~
periments go to show that our atmos-
phcre IS made UP of series OF cnvcl-
opes. The hrst. that which we breathe
Is NOT more than seven and onc-hal,
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Why Is Germany mt War;

He question. as put by Vorwaerts. tho
Socialist organ III Germany. is What
are We hghting for" For this ouestion
addcd TO ITS other offendinEs, Vorwaerts WAS
suspended by the Berlin government Until
the question is answered, the organ asserted
that there is no near peace The question
mas been put TO other countries involved but
each one In It's own way can form reply and
has done so. Germany has never answered
the question.
NO nation had threatened Germany when
Germany took the aggressive She has no
cause against Serbia. except that Serbia is
the enemy of Germanys principal ally. If. as
is repeatedly asserted by the Kaiser and his
officers and by his government i'm Berlin Cor
many has won as much as has been claimed
why has no word been spoken as to what
more is necessary TO satisfy her?
The Socialist organ asks: What terms
would spell victory in the kasers judemonto
What are the limits TO his notions OF ma
l'onai aesi anui@ehehl! The questions are
being asked in different forms by MANY NJ
the people. especially by such as are feelinp
the pinch OF prescribed diet The questions
are not asked in the same spirit that promnt cd
the London Globe TO challenge the action NJ
the British authorities. The Globes ouos
lions were in the interest of a small SO, of
malcontents In England. The questions OF
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Beautiful Alsace

There were several reasons why
welcomed the opportunity offered me
by the French general stan Ia see tho
hGhtinG in Alsacc. In the hrst place
a veil OF secrecy had been thrown
over the operations III that region, and
tho mysterious is always allurius. See
ondly, most OF the lighting that have
seen has been either in the fiat or only
moderately hilly countries. and | was
curious TO see how warfare Is CON
Quoted in region as mountainous and
AS heavily forestcd as the Adirondaclls
or Oregon.
Again. the Alsacc sector is at the
extreme southern end of that great
battle line. close on six hundred miles
long. which stretches its unlovc!y
length across Europe from the North
Sea to the Alps. like some monstrous
and deadly snake. And lastly. / want
ed TO see the rctakine OF that narrow
strip OF territory lying between tho
summit Of the Nosges and the Rhine
which. for four and forty years. has
lost provinces"
This land of Alsacc is. in many re
spects. the most beautiful that / have
ever seen. Strung along the horizon.
like scntinels wrapped in NANTES of
green. the peaks of the Nosges loom
against the sky. On the slopes OF
the ridges. massed in their black bat
talions. stand forests of spruce and
pine. Through peaceful valleys silver
streams meandcr ieisurely. and in the
meadows which border them cattle
stand knee-deep amid the lush green
grass.
The villages. their tortuous, cobble-
paved streets lined on either side by
dim arcades, and the old, old houses,
with their turrets and balconies and
steep pitched pottery roofs. give you
the feeling that they are not real, but
that they are scenery on n stage, and
this illusion Is heightened by the men
in the jaunty berets and wooden sa-
bots. and the women whose huge black
silk head dresses acccntuate the fresh
ness Of their complexions.
It is at once n region OF r,iggcdncss
and majesty and grandeur. Of quaint
ness and simplicity and charm. AS ]
motored through 1t. i, was hard 10
make myself believe that Heath was
abroad in so fair land, and that over
there on the other side of those near
by hills. men were engaged in the
business of wholesale slaughter e.
Alexander Powell. in the November
Scribner.
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Enslish-speak,nx ynn,n.,..

At recent conference OF 500 teach
ers OF English in Tokyo, only about five
per cent were foreigners. English and
Americans. The participants were so
proficient In the language that the en-
trio ten days proceedings were con
Quoted in English. According to the
report, there were 100000 boys and
girls in the secondary schools alone
studying English Boys In these
schools must study the language seven
hours each week and girls at least half
that time. There are at present study
ing English in Japanese schools OF ALI
grades UP to the university college
nearly 100000 hoys and girls. Even IL
1t is not true that. as a commentator
says, 'in few generations English
will be spoken almost universally II,
Japan" 1t Is evident that Il will be
tho principal Other languase."-Ncw
York Sun.
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News Of Fifty Years Aga
'From Newspaper Files November IL. 1865,

Mr. Schade. counsel for Captain wirz and
rather Boyle the spiritual adviser of the un-
fortunate man. have published n statement TINT
persons claiming to be messengers from mem
bcrs OF the Cabinet approached them and said
they were authorized 20 say that IL Wirz would
acknowledge that jefferson Davis con
nectcd with the general management OF the
Andersonvillc Prison. his sentence would be
committed and that 1t might mean fun pa rtion
in the end. Although Mr.. Schadc and Father
Boyle did not place full confidence in the mes
sensrrs they spoke 10 Captain Wirz about the
matter and Wirz replied "Mr. Schade, you
know have always told you that / do not
know anything abou, MIR Davis. He had alb
solutely no connection with Inc and gave no
instructions directly indirectly to what
was done at Andcrsonvillc. and " | knew he
had. ! would not become traitor against him
or any one else, not even to save my own life"
There encounter in Alexandria yes
terday between DIR. Maddox. formerly OF Fau-
quier County. and Major Dixon, paymaster OF
tho United States Army. Dixon received "A ball
in the side which penetrated the bowels. and
the wound is considered mortal. DR.. Maddox
surrendered to the civil authorities.
The card In the New York Tribune from Gov
crnor Pierpont. denouncing Freeman Clark. OF
the treasury department. FOR having published
what the Governor Says Mr.. Clark knew to be
false attracted but little attention in Washing
ton ut the time. hut now it is rumored tina,
Clark intends TO call the Governor to account
and Is only awaiting favorable opportunity.
presumably when Governor Pierpont shall make
one Of his periodical visits to Washington.
General Terry has issued an order warning
the people of certain parts Of Virginia against
bogus imprcssiur agents. In several counties
these agents have appeared in United States
military uniforms and represented themselves
rs being agents Of the government sent to
impress horses and mules for temporary
vice In the army. General Terry says the
government has more horses and mules than
II needs and that these agents nothing
more than horse thieves Surely this is an
afflicted country ut thiS time.
cold took ~ apuit in New York yesterday
SoinG up from I!a TO l5i. Vt tho same time.
cotton fell off from "a cents per pound to 80,
ana bacon. wheat. corn. whisky and naval
stores We're dull and lower.
Governor Holden OF North Carolina. is re-
ported Ms suffering from Il nervous hrcI kduwn
due TO orcrwork and worry state affairs.
G.. May and &. l.. Dodson have been selected
as Judges OF the FrcedmcnS Court in the city
of Petersburg and County Of Dinwiddie
iteN MIR. iiartcns, OF the Episcopal Church
OF Warrcnton. has been called TO ;h3 rectorshlp
of christa Church in Norfolk. and has accepted
the call.
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StIngPf.

At dinner of the alumni of the
University of Virginia, given i'm Rich
mond some years ago. W. r. Abbott
principal of Bellevue High School. re-
spending to the toast The older
alumni closed short speech Of great
beauty, I'm which he recalled the mem
orics OF other days, with the follow
ing verse. supposed to have been writ
ten by John Randolph of Roanoke
after watching the sunset at Airing
ton:
Like the lingering charm Of dream
that Is fed,
Tho roses breath when the rose Is
dead,
The echo tina lives hen the tune is
done,
Sunset glores that follow the sun.
everything tender and everything fair.
That was, and is not. yet stills there.
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\ lrEtnln.

Please let me kno" tho history OF the poem.
virginia" why ii was written and by whom.
MRS. ID. NJ
II never occurred to before that IL had
any history" IL was written probably because
the author wanted a little reputati or a little
money. or both. Thomas e. Macaulay wrote
H. and IL published in lSi2. There are
several scraps Of verse seemingly designed to
celebrate the state of Virginia, and there may he
one of these to which the writer has given the
title "Nirginia." This sort of thing does not
commonly get into the books of reference, and
unless one chance TO recall some newspaper pub-
LEGATION of ii, he is helpless to inform any ono
Else about it, We recall some verses commonly
called IN old Virginia. These deal with the
blooming OF roses and widely known for the
excellence of one phrase at least where the
author intimatcs that nowhere do horses Ego so
trappS tever that may i'm VIr-
Ginia.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE

Dad.
Who's summoned when the fire is out?
Why. dad
Who mcnds the leaking gutter spout:
Old dad.
who jumps up quick and strikes "a ligh,
when am scared ut dead OF night?
Dear dad
Who's sorry when fail at school?
My dad
Who chucklcs when I break a rule.
That's dad
Who RACES when say or do
Things that his brave boy oughtn't TO?
Why, dad.
who holds ME then close TO his heart:
old dad
Says must play Il manly part?
Why. dad.
Who says Il boy should scorm to lie.
Run from a fight or mare girls coy?
My dad.
Who's proud OF me when | am good:
My dad.
who's pleased when tasks arc understood?
Why. dad.
Who smiles then till | see the tears
Echind the spectacles he wears:
That's dad.
Who is my closest, dearest friend.
Old dad
With tales (, tell and cash to spend?
My dad.
Who comes when he thinks I'm asleep
Aud prays that angels bright will keep
Their vigil DER the little boy
who is his pride. and hope. and JOY"
why. that's my dear old dad
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-12
Job for the Guide.

When Newcomer met the guide IF Capitol
square on tho steps OF the Historical Society
Building, the guide said i've bin upstairs there
to see the man who knows cverythin' | am
seekin tnforma ton. This mawnin' wife asst ME
CT wuL ever intcndin' to git job tibet would
enable her TO give party to some OF her friends
who wondered ef she wuz unhapply we'd | asst
wife eff she WIZ interested pertckerly CT to me
would she suggest cnnythin' to bring about the
pre- pa ed ness she he'd in mind. Then she asst
me he'd ever tried TO git place ez gar
geroil. asst her to spell II. Wife ust to teach
school. an is no SLOUGH spellin'. She sed
she'd write II. she knowcd I'd never git IL
right So here's tho piece OF paper containin.
the name OF the job she he'd In mind"
Newcomer read the word. neatly written
"gargoyle." Then he explained to the guide
what gargoyle Is.
Now what do you think oy thcto" bc in
quired. AN me Twin. When git tibet dead.
the image Will be put on a grave stone not
hung up on the side huildn. Resides
to think it over what good would the,
do her in gittin' up party fer her friends? t;z
| sec II, tho party is purity fur on"
Binks Was Prepared.
II was surprised to see how placdly Rinks
accepted the preachers statement that all men
worms
Evidently YOU don't know Mrs. Binks"
Their Wenkness.
There some folks who always know
How others tasks are DONE
low baking nass forced to go
And motors made to
Iiut when it comes to their own show
They yet have won.
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Ahead OF the whistle.

You know the people who keep one eve on,
their work and the Other the clock" said
Skaggs. They remind of "A story which my
friend from Chicago told he read In tho
Herald OF that city. The manager of Il factory
was showing visitors around the place when the
whistle blew The hands jumped from their
benches as IL they had been frcd from catapults
One of the visitors asked the manager II ell OF
his help dropped their tools AS quicl-iy whenever
the whistle sounded. The manager replied oh.
no. not all OF them. The orderly ones
have their tools put away before tina, time.
There Is such help
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The Finish Of Ezekiel XNyIu.

y RESIDENT WILSON'S quotation from the
thirty-third chapter Of Ezekiel, which he
forwarded TO former Mayor Low, of New
York, is generally regarded as indicating the
Presidents frame Of mind on a subject that
is interesting the country at the present time
The quotation has probably caused a great
many to look up the full reading of the
chapter, and likewise prompted some who
are not in the habit OF reading the Good
Book to turn to Ezekiel. We assume that
Mr.. Bryan is as we'll posted on the Bible as
the President. and more so than most laymcn
II will be a strange thing IL Mr.. Bryan doesn't
direct the attention OF the country to the
closing verses of the chapter quoted by the
President. The reading is: And 10! thou
art unto them as a very lovely song of ono
that hath pleasant voice and can play we'll
on an instrument; for they hear thy words,
but they do them not. And when this
cometh to pass 0o! it will Gomez. then shall
they know that prophet hath been among
them"
scriptural quotation is often loaded
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Norwaerts are in the interest Of n large class
In Germany people who have given support
to the government in every way, SO far as they
have been able They are not malcontents.
They are loyal Germans, good citizens. Con-
sequently. they are humane. reasonable and
not accustomed to being treated as slaves.
Vorwaerts was suppressed, but the ques-
tions 1t asked cannot be suppressed. They
will have to be answered, and before there
can be peaCe
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Virginia to the Fore

VIRGINIA keeps TO the front In the affairs
OF the nation. 1t is gratifying to her
loyal sons that the conduct of the administra-
tons army preparedness bill is to be confded
to Representative Hay. both in committee and
on the floor OF the House, and that Senator
Swanson will have charge Of the navy bill
in the Senate That Nirginians should lead
the cause of defense is tradition In the
commemorative annals, buttrcssed by many
a glorious name. Senator Swanson and Mr.
Hay will have new and great opportunities to
deserve we'll OF their country
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The mystery rs to who slew Cock Robin
and who landed punch on William Patterson
is ancient history. The question Of the hour
In New York is. who is making the wedding
gowns for the national wedding?" II the
creators name remains concealed. she will
have answered the conundrum Of ages-can
woman keep secret?
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Shnkespcnre for Eycrybod,.

For the oo-ambitious: "Croniw ell. charge
thee. fling away ambition; by that sin fell tho
angels."-king Henry VIII, iii.
For fat mon:
Let me have men about me that fat:
sleek headed men, and such a sleep O. nights:
lond' Cassius has lean and hungry look
He thinks too much: such men dangerous
Julius CneSar.
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Queries and Answers
Nerncs Mnntcd. Etc.

can YOU print the verses. The House by the
side or the ROAD? Was II unlawf in the
South before the war teach slaves to read
and write: MISS T., H. ~
II some reader viii kindly send copy. we
shall be pleased TO forward you. The Codes
forbade the assembly of slaves for the purpose
of learning to read and write. No one, 50 far
as we recall, hcsi,ated To leach valued indi-
viduais.
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president Wilson to Manhattan Club nom bcrs 3:
nave no doubt that to great many OF you
mas come genuine stimulation In the assoca ton
OF this place" Probably laborIng under the
impression that tho Manhattan cocktail wa.
named for that club-Norfolk Ledger Dispa tch
And he was laboring under the correct impress
sion
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= new post-ofice and skyscraper. The
way Is clear Sic itur ad astra." The commit
tees aspirations are high. Other cities may be
content with skyscraSers but nothing short Of
starscrapers viii do for the ambitious commit
tec.--Newport News Press. That's Richnund.s
way-thc best none.
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In the Case of the Ancona

hEfE seems no reason to apprehend that
the establishment of satisfactory rela-
tons between this country and the Teutonic
allies Will be endangered by the destruction
ny an austrian submarine OF the Italian
steamship Ancona. Lamentable as were the
circumstances attending the vessels sinking
ana dreadful as was the loss Of life, the
cabled reports all show that the Ancona
sought TO escape capture--that her captain's
response to the submarines summons to yield
was an effort to find safety In flight THAT
action justified the commander Of the under
seas craft in firing on the liner
Save in the war-distorted thought of the
Foreign Offices OF Berlin and London inter
national law does not permit those who en-
force its mandate or seek its protection to
eat their cake and have IT, When a mar
chant vessel is called on to surrender to an
enemy warship, she may either yield or run.
nut IN the latter case has no right to expect
that the lives Of passengers and crew will he
heid sacred. BY seeking to escape she has
surrendered the immunity that her non
combatant character otherwise would have
conferred.
In all its controversy with Germany. this
government never has sought to stretch in
ternatlonal laws mantle TO protect a mer
chantman whose commander refused to heed
the steer messenger that sped across the
vessels bows. That American citizens arc
aboard does not affect i'll any manner the
legal and moral aspects OF the case hut
SIMPLY gives this country right to intervene
when its peoples lives I'm violation of law
have been sacrificed or endangered.
That Americans died when the Ancona sanL
beneath the waves gives us new occasion for
grici AND new reason to dcpore the hideous
cruelty oil war, even when waged under the
restrictive influences OF civilization. but the
right OF protest Is denied by the facts
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Good Bets Coppered.

TO take exercise
thought.
a rest.
To stop drinking.
smoking.
nirting.
To love your mother law.
our enemy.
our ncighbor as ourselves.
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See the other fellow first. It's safer.
The driver who tries to keep an
other from passing him is lucky In
having been born without bristles.-
Boston Globe.
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Her View OF II.

He tbittcrlyD-What could have been think
ing OF when l asked you to marry me?
She tswectly )-That don't know. dear; but
I'm sure that when accepted you could not
have been thinking at all
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Their Weukness.
Chats With Virginia Editors

The Danvile Register puts it this way: DO
your Christmas saving early late. Then
YOU can shop early" Good enough il the thing
IAN be done.
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"A mans idea OF a phenomenon" saws tho
Clifton Forge Review, is another man who
never loses collar button" Did you ever see
such phenomenon?
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should Borrow IT. RS big Stick.
Carranza can show his good will by
beginning with tho bandits on the bor-
American
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Now that the summer political pcnics in
Indiana are over, the literati of that State are
agltatlng the question as to whether mo
lasscs is or are" Why don't they ask
George AIDE?
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Just to keep their hands in until the mex
nurse is shot, the Germans have execute
three Belgians who were convicted as spies
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Mr. Bryan is of the opinion that prepared
ness will cause war. And yet no man is in
such state of preparedness. all the time, as
Mr. Bryan--prepared to talk if there is any
money In il.
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Where VIII the War Be Decided? -Edi-
torial headline in New York Evening Post.
Not where, but when?
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There are some things that pass for truth thn
ought to reside 1T the bottom of well--an,
the deeper the better.
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The editor of the Marion News. who was
defeated in the late election for n seat in the
state Senate, writes: In many respects W feel
that our defeat was victory for reform" In
one respect that is a rare confession
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The Roanoke Times has discovered that
Greece seems decided policy of watchful
waiting. and says; Would that some OF the
restaurants in this town run by Constantine $
subjects would do likewise"
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Padcrewski has just reached his fifty-fifth
year, but his head doesn't look it,
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Deserves Medal for That
Please remember that. though Presi-
dent Wilson can sing, he does not
Chicago News.
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The Crops
Are
Sufficient.

remunerative, and this in turn will cnab BILE the
producers to snend their money freely for man
ufactured commodities. The coming year will
he one OF wide prosperity, according To all the
signs, and the bumper crops will be the basis
Of the industrial activities of l9l6.-rrovidcnce
tR ID Journal
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The recent election has not cut down the
number of c. o. p. presidential aspirants
But it did put kink in the lineup of the
ProEreSsires.