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why do. you wish to break our en-.
gagement 2" asked May Earle Of Ned
Ward, as he stood before her In the
Z garden OF her fathers house. X.
1t had beenEa hard request for. him
to make, but he: had nerved himself
II to do SO. At first the girl had made
no rejoinder; she was too astonished
4 to speak. Then she turned and faced
him. N II 81 81 e n !.ys 7.
h 4 have ceased to love YOU" he an
swered quietly AZ: Att ~ @'s X;
i5 Il 81 on are free, then said Miss
Il Earle, and went on clipping the lilac
u boughs. And Ned Ward V, walked
4 away, sick at heart, and yet with a
4 curious sense OF happiness at the CON
a clusion Of the inevitable. 25G,5 n sz5 =
Eight months before Ned Ward had
u come to aBentham, to enter the local
bank as assistant manager. John
Earle had been his pred cessor, but
I he had died suddenly. Ned found him
self thrown into contact with his
/ daughter: May; friendship developed
AZ dnO 3dppdA0Ak4y EAAPVASA AAASo ~ y.
proposed and was accepted. He
lived in ecstasy for weeks. s,.sas. Il. q
.tS He knew that John Earl had left nc
money except a thousand dollars Of
insurance, and that May was totally
unused tofwo1k. He was glad that he
was IN a position to care for her
VI Pretty soon he would be made mana
Il ger, when Smith stepped out, whicl
e would mean an income OF two thou
sand luxury N Bentham. IKE | 4 4
So thsy had been happy In their en-,
gagement until the day when Mays
friend Bessie Reid came to spend 9
y few days with her. Ned had never
N been told that May was acquainted
with her. He himself had met her
4 An Instant II Later the Weapon Fell
q only once IN their home town--but
\ she was q cousin OF Myra. ,5.s t...5
5i5 Ned had told May that he had been
Il engaged once, years before. Myra
q had broken the engagement when she
learned that Ned's expectations were
4; smaller than she had believed. But
she had contrived to have 1t appear
v that Ned had treated her badly. Ned
had said nothing, but Bessie, boiling
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23
CROOK. IN TAIL, NO SALE
Kansas Court Rules About Mules and
Tails-Crook InvaIidates
the Sale.

Kansas City, Mo.-Rules as to
mules tails entered into the proceed
ings Of the Kansas City court of ap-
peals when the court held. in affirm
ing a Cass county decision, that the
buyer of mule which proved to have
a crooked tail when the animal had
been represented to be sound" is
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23
EczEMAs AND RAsHEs /.
itching and Burning soothed BY cutj.
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The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Relief,
rest and sleep follow the use OF these
:supercreamy emollients and indicate
speedy and complete healment in most
cases OF young and old, even when the
usual remedies have utterly failed. ss
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23
Simple Life at St. Andrews.

The university of St.. Andrews,
where Professor Herkless is appoint
ed principal in succession to Sir
James Donaldson, formerly bore closer
resemblance to our southern seats of
learning than the other Scottish uni
versities.
The practice of residing within the
walls prevailed longer here than else
where. and ceased mainly because the
rooms were allowed to become unin-
habitable In the interest of the pro-
fessors' Candlemas dividends. Andrew
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23
Battery Had Support.

At O certain battle of the Civil war
q Federal chaplain happened to get
into the vicinity Of a battery of .artil-
1ery which was holly engaged. The
Confederate shells were blowing fur
rows about the guns, and the can
none~rs we're grimly and actively at
work to answer shot for shot. The
chaplain addressed himself to SER
,geant, who was very efficient but at
the same time rather profane, in the
following words: "My friend, if you go
on this way can you expect the sup
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23

dreamed that he was on a freight
train. going under bridge, and that
a beam struck him on the head, frac-
turing his skull. When he came to
breakfast his wife was shocked to see
his hair had changed colors.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23
Hog Market Jumped.

Thomasville, N. C.-E. M. Michael.
the man who made the largest yield
raising wheat last year, has come out
with a hog story that can't be beat.
Mr.. Michael gives the following facts
about J. w. Massey's hogs: A Poland
China sow, three and one-half years
old, had five filters of pigs, numbering
6s. These pigs were sold at an aver
age Of four dollars, or total sum Of
$272. Hogs, as Well as wheat, do we'll
in this neighborhood.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23
Dream Made Hair Red.

Dublin, Textile hair of w. M.
Stewart, a merchant of this city, has
changed from jet black to fiery red,
and physicians predict that it will
turn white, as the result of a night
mare. Stewart. formerly brakeman,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23

This picture shows one Of the chill.
dren who won the first prize awarded
in the big toothbrush drill competition
in which thousands of school children
participated in New York recently.
Toothbrush drills are now important
features Of the routine in the New
York public schools, and the impor-
lance of the toothbrush in preventing
diseases Of the teeth and mouth: is be-
ing practically impressed on the pu-
pills, especially in the lower. grades. H
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23

James r. Connolly, farmer,
entitled to recover the cost price.
brought suit against Alonzo Parish,
also farmer, for the purchase price
of two mules which he alleges he had
bought from Parish believing them to
be sound. Later, he said, he discov-
cred they had crooks in their tails.
No expert testimony was adduced
to show what effect crooked tails had
on the value of mules as farm animals.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23
A Poor Choice.

..III - FOOT VT0ICe. 80 4. ~ n,
(which one Of the Robinson twins
did links marry 2" ,53s3 4, f!r5;t Il n
II don't know. Never could tell
them apart. But judging from Jinks'
woebegone expression since he got !!
married I'm inclined to think it was
the wrong one. sE5 ss @g & 3s
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23
DON'T: LET GRAY HAIRS
Make You Look Old. Restore Natural

F Color oy y MS guaranteed MoSnoo.
10 much desire Is within your reach-easily, In I
extensively. Simply 60 to your druggist and get
D bottle Of Hays Hair Health. When applied
70 gray hair It causes the air to bring back the 4
original youthful color. Absolutely harmless. h
Keeps new gray hairs from showing. Impsrts
clesnses and tones scalp. No one will know yon
are using anything: Druggist returns price II II "
falls. &c Soc and LOO at drug stores or direct
on receipt of price anddealer'sname. PhiloH Lay
opecialtles Co., Newark, N. J.. Adv. 4 MI
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23
Suggestion.

:. Mrs. e-Shaft-"The people in the
next apartment are having lovely
time deciding on names for their new
twins" Mr.. Ayre-Shaft-"Tell them !,
suggested Hugh and Cry."-Judge.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23
Metal Pump for Atomizers,

A Frenchman has invented small
metal air pump that can be fitted to
any atomizer when the rubber bulb
has become useless through cracking.
This restores the atomizers useful
ness and will wear a long time.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23
The. Difference.

The Difference. id 4
4 Times have changed. People used
to go to Europe because they wanted
to be in the SWIM" y i5sf. Nv j sss
'..Well?'' n III Il.
Nov they stay home because they
don't want to be-" & isS III s 5sf n
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23

port of Divine Providence?" "Ain't
expectin' it," said the sergeant; the
Ninth New Jersey has been ordered
to support this battery"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23
Acting Only.

Mr.. Bacon-Well, I try to act like a
gentleman, anyhow.
Mrs Bacon-Oh, yes, you're very
good actor. H-'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23
DOG DEvoURs "ExHIBlT A.
White Calls Red Ear Did Not Appear
In Theft Case In Call -.s

% d, fornia.
San Francisco.-Elmer Norgard, son
Of a wealthy rancher, did mot steal
from the Round Valley (Cal) Indian
reservation one white, calf with red
ears, a jury in the United States dis
trict court found here q few days ago.
The Calls value was placed at $50.
The case cost the government SIS, 900,
it was said. "A notched Calls ear that
was to have figured as Exhibit A.
did not appear in the case. 4.
Daniel Deram. forest ranger. said his
dog ate it. la /, II
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23

The man without egotism doesn't
feel fully clothed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23

been passed, and produced her diary
to prove it.
The state contended that Lee was
in the company of two men down.
town. The jury believed the girl and
freed Lee.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23

The man with a spotless past is gen.
orally too young to have figured in pol
tics. +. ~ :. $ t$
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23
J Drink Denlson's coffes.
Always pure and delicious.

Up.to-Date Religion. u.
Were 'Piscopalians, what are
you 2" s. sa 4. y 4 S:s n
."I forgot what It's called. but IFS
the latest thing."-Life. III 81 533 sE
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AN INGENIOUS METHOD
OF STOPPING A LEAK

1T is proba BILE that the most striking
u ly original method ever devised 10
stop a vessels leak was that which
came from the brain of master of d
bark flying the Norwegian flag.
This vessel, the Flora. bound for Cape
Town. experienced such terrific wealth
err in the Bay of Biscay that she was
obliged to lie to for six days. In the
buffeting she received she sprang a
leak and began to take in water at the
rate of six inches an hour. All hands
were kept at the pumps day and night
without intermission. AS the gale
abated the bark drove before it into
calmer seas.
The master found that the leak was
getting worse, SO he set his brains to
work He constructed great water
proof canvas bag, sixteen feet long, SIX
feet In circumference. and two feet ia
diameter. This he kept distended by
means of hoops. y window of glass
was let into the side, five feet from
the bottom. The captain stepped into
this bag, and by means of tackle was
drawn under the water, 50 that lac
could see the leak. The other end OIL
the bag being open and above water.
he had plenty OF air and could CON-
municate with his men. Two sleeves
had been made in the bag and We're
tied tightly about his wrists. SO tina.
he couid work freely.
In this way. observing the leaA
through the inserted window, the cap
tain worked steadily while the ship
was hove to. The vessel rolled in
heavy swell, and sometimes the master
found himself from seven to ten feet
below the surface. At time the
chating of his feet against the vessels
side wore a hole in the bag. and the
water entered and covered him. but he
was drawn up In good time, the bag
was repaired, the work continued anu
the leak finally stopped.
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cannon to protect them. OF all the
eastern militia cavalry in that camp.
only one regiment had machine gun
company
Even the regular army was efficient
only in those things that could be
maintained and perfected by the steady,
personal efforts of officers and men. In
everything that depended on legislation
it was lacking. Instead of $50 men to
a company of infantry some had only
1t had no siege artillery corps. 1t was
a skeleton army which, according to
optimists, was to be clothed with sub
stance when war arrived Now war had
unframed men would have meant that
for every IS skilled soldiers there
would be So utterly useless ones in
each company.
Shortage of men was not the only
curse that was laid on the army by the
policy of neglect. In the enemy head
quarters tWo-or. at the most. three-or
ders were sent to department chiefs for
every movement. In the American
headquarters the staff had to deal with
units. Every problems had to be handled
in detail by men who should have been
free to direct one great, comprehensive
movement. Every order issued by the
commanding general demanded intol-
cradle duplication.
The general had under him command
ers of brigade who had commanded
posts that contained only fragments of
regiments. Their brigades, never as
sembled in any one place, not only did
not approximate to war conditions, but
had to be disrupted and divided and
reformed before the general could dare
to offer them in battle. Hardly a bril-
gade commander had under him troops
that he had known and trained and
handled himself.'a
With exception of those who had
bean on the Mexican border, when a
pat of the small army had been mob
ilized in a body for the first time,
these men had tried to prepare them
selves with the best that Congress
would give DEMONSTRATIONS and COM
panies and single batteries, instead of
assembled armies, because the politi-
clans would not let the army come to-
gether.
The forty mine posts of the United
States, long a subject of derision among
all except those who fattened on them,
might well have been symbolized now
in that camp by forty-nine skeletons
H. Table. IT and 10, pages 22s, 22s, Annual
October j, 1914. The States which
send their infantry into active service without
with an adequate field artillery support will
in the needless sacrifice OF that infantry the
of their short edness In time Of prepara
ton" A: l.. Mills, brigndier general. general
l." Page 81. Organization Of tho Land Forces
Of the Quilted States. L. 5. Army report
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inevitably be sacrificed to the errors
and weaknesses of the imperfect
ones.s
The division is the true weapon of
war. 1t alone contains in vitality cor
rect proportion the various troops that
must sustain one another when cannons
and explosives begin that arbitration
from which there is no appeal on earth.
1t is the division, and the division
alone, that possesses all the limbs and
organs-the signal corps and cavalry
that are the eyes and ears: the infan
try and engineers and sanitary corps
that are the body and feet, and the ar
tillery that is the shifting fists.i'
In the City Hall Park in New York. a
speaker, lifted above the crowd that
watched the newspaper bulletins. was
cursing the army amid savage cheers.
He cursed it's generals and its men be-
cause they did not fight. He cursed
the government The crowd listened,
and forgot that again and again they
had been warned that this would be if
war should ever come
With the blind wrath of helpless men
they could reason only that at this
moment when everything should be
done. nothing was being done. They
tor screamed: Tell Washington to
order 'em to fight Fight, Fight. That's
what they're for
The crowds could perceive only that
they had an army that did not strike
blow. They could not know that the
American comma nders were fighting a
better fight just then by fighting to
organize than if they fought with
guns. They could not know that to
these of1cers. grown gray in the serv-
ice of their country, this fight was
more heart-breaking than it would
have been to fight in the hot blast of
shells.
To organize an army in the face of the
foe is like organizing fire department
when the streets of city are already
in flames. This is what the chiefs of
the army were trying to do-had been
doing, day and night, desperately, ever
since the troops had come together
And in Washington, in the archives of
Congress, there We're lying sheaVeS of
reports, gathering dust, that had de-
manded nothing except the chance to
do 1T in time.
Here were regiments of militia so
organized' by their states that if they
were permitted to go into battle as
they were 10 companies Of infantry
would face the enemy without a single
.; This point has been emphasized in practi-
caliy every War department report on organiza-
tion for many years back. Congress never has
acted on the matter. The chief Of militia af
report that little or no progress appears to he
making toward correct Divisional organization. -
Part III. 1914, Report on ,organizattou., Only
militia In correct proportions.
10. The division Is the fundamental army
unit The mobile clements Of the reSu:
in time Of peace, Office Of the chief of stan,
u. S. A. January ~, 1914.
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Not Dead Yet.

tn r. BERNARD DERNBCRG, at the
w. German American Chamber OF
Commerce in New York, said about
Turkey:
.-They called Turkey the sick man OIL
Europe Now they have taken to call
ing her the dying man. Well. turkey
may fool them yet. She may fool theiu
like the dying man of Dusseldorf.
"A Lutheran pastor called on a dy-
ing man in Dusseldorf. During the
converse ton that ensued the pastor
noticed that the dying man kept put
ting his hand under the bed, whence
he carried to his mouth something that
he ate with appetite.
What are you eating. my Sood
friend% the minister finally asked.
My funeral biscuit. the dying man
answered. with a loud. bitter hugh.
While my wife's out I'm going to fin-
ish them up" 4
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a skeleton army waiting to lead the
other skeleton army to Deaths
To none was this better known than
to the enemy. The invaders command
err, standing idly with his hands in his
pockets, was able to say, confidently
They'll not bother us seriously. The
only thing they'll do, the only thing
they can do. is to retreat when we be-
gin to threaten them"
He held in his grip the sea. the land
and the air. In shore lay ships ready
to sweep part Of his front with pro-
tective fire. On land his advance forces
had seized roads and railroads, his en-
gineers were repairing what had been
destroyed and his cavalry was guard
ing all approaches. His airmen, over
Whelmingly numerous. spied on the
American army almost with impunity,
and parted with sure aerial thrusts
all American attempts to spy on their
own lines.
The aerial guard, steel-breasted. with
the wings of speed and talons Of fire,
could be broken only by equal num-
bers, equally terrible. Individual dar-
ing. individual skill, were nothing
American fliers rose to try it, and five
times they we're grappled in midail'
and torn with shot and dropped to the
earth far below. mo more." said the
general in command.
He sat with his chin i'll his hand.
studying the dispatches that were laid
before him. They were piled high.
though twenty operators and half I,
dozen aids struggled to eliminate from
the torrential confusion the news that
might be deemed most reliable"
There were messages from Washing
ton, messages from coast defenses, mes
sages from patrols and outposts. from
scouts and from company commanders
There were wild reports of enemy in
vasion from places so far inland that
it was palpable that they could not be
true There were reports from places
SO near by that they might mean I'M
niinent danger.
Excited officials of towns and cities
sent long, involved dispatches, or hung
for long minutes to telephones to re-
count interminable tales.
One hundred thousand men had land
ed, according to spies who had made
their way into Fort Greble, in the Mar
ragansett defenses. 1t was 100000,
telephoned Providence. transmitting
messages from the coast. The army's
own scouts and spies and patrols,
cropping in insufficient numbers, and
finding a wall of cavalry and foot and
10. while the men who wish to spend the
army and navy appropriation upon unnecessary
army posts or UNIT navy yards have such voice
as wei as a vote''-i. in the houses of Con
to- RESULT deei 81 Heurv samsep
Secretary Of War.
IA. Only the most perfectly organized intel
lipence department can extract from the in
credible mass of reports that come in during
army movements the few true and important
mander may he based. An inadequate sceut-
ing scrycc IL than merely weak. 1t be-
trays its own forces to disaster.
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Addressed the Peo
ShodThe Need of RerePe
padnes Versus Uepaedne Uncordned and Un@nzed American Army
Who Communicative Fog of Wharf.-The Enemy Ms-A Fisherman Who
Lobstrs-Fing
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machine gun detachments opposed to
that varied all the way from $4,000 to
$4,000.
These American advance detachments
were striking the enemy outposts east
and west Near Watch Hill three
American motor cycle companies with
machine guns ambushed and cut up
two troops of cavalry. American cav
airy drove back a battalion of engi
neers who had begun work on the rail-
road at Kingston. At Mantle two
fire of a concealed field gun and were
destroyed.
From Fort Niche, on Gull Island.
came the news, brought by Montauk
point fisherman, who had managed to
make his way across the sound in a
small boat, that men had landed on
that end of Long Island. They had de-
stroyed all communication immediate
", and had seized the railroad leading
to New York, but it was impossible to
guess how great this force was.''
Only one certain fact was developed
from all the news. 1T was that the
transports were unloading troops still.
Suddenly, almost simultaneously, the
American patrols were driven back al
along the line. On front that extend
ed quickly. irresistibly. clear across
Washington county, r. l., from east to
west, the invader army expanded. 1t
seized Watch Hill. Kingston was oc-
cupied in force. Wexford Junction
was occupied. Narragansett Pier was
flooded, all at once. with men and guns.
With the swiftness of blow from a
fighters fist. the invader had struck
and won the entire railroad system OF
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad in Rhode Island, and COM
manded the way to PROVIDENCE
The foe had filled his divisions. Forty
Thousand men were ready for battle on
American soil, with 10000 in reserve
on the coast
Now the wind turned southeast. Point
Judith, Rhode Islands cape. that, coast
wise mariners call the fog hole, be-
gan to brew one of its April foss, gray
and blind and wet.
It's first effect was kind to the Amer
leans The enemy aircraft. seeing the
vapory bank growing from the sea,
fled toward their lines. From all direc-
lions they came in, like gulls fleeing
before a storm They could not dare to
remain in strange territory All their
fine MAPS all their ingenious lnstru-
ments. would be impotent against 1t.
they came In, and alighted behind
their army.
Freed from them, and masked by the
fog. the American scouts went forward
again and CROPPED once more along the
foes front. In an hour field telephones
and telegraphs and aerial told the
American commander enough to assure
him that the enemy's force in men was
at least nearly equal to his own. He
knew, too. that the invader had brought
up preponderating artillery. Every
Is The Long Island sound dercnses built
to prevent the entrance of a hostile dec, into
Tor, TSia Ixn
sound they protect all the sound cities and the
city of New York. hut they cannot and do not
protect all the possible landing places Long
entirely uldcfcnded. The War Department de
sres t, erect proper def"nses near Mon
tauk Point, but has still to get the authority.