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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-07-01

leaving on the three battlefelds of
Worth, Reichshoffen. and Froschwei-
ler sixteen thousand dead, wounded.
and missing soldiers of France
About seven O'Clock that morning
a gaunt, leather-faced Prussian officer.
immaculate in his somber uniform, en-
tered the room without knocking.
Monsieur, have the honor to hand
you a copy of regulations. am the
provost marshal; all complaints should
be brought to me. A list of the inhab-
itants of Morsbronn will be made to-
day. You will have the goodness to
declare yourself-and you also, mad
anne. There being other buildings bet
ter fitted. no soldiers will be quartered
in this house"
The officer evidently mistook me for
the owner of the house and not a
prisoner. A blanket hid my hussar
trousers and boots; he could only SEQ
my ragged shirt
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-07-01

older brothers clothing which the
latter has outgrown. if it can be avoid.
ed. OF course in some families
where every cent counts, this cannot
be helped. Every boy, and we speak
from experience, hates to wear an.
others clothes. He wants his own.
Give him his own bureau drawer
and at least a portion of closet and
'each MIN habits of ordeIliness and
system in the care of his possessions,
These habits are easily learned when
Young. and their value to the man of
business Is incalculable.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-07-01

the enc my, hand TO hand. seemed to
revive the fury Of the armored riders.
The debris OF the regiments closed
up. long. straight sabers glit,ered.
trembling horses plunged forward.
broke into stiff gallop, and passed
through the infantry. through the rent
in the barricade. and staggered away
across the fields. buried In the smoke
Of thousand rifles.
So rode the "Cuirassiers OF Mors-
bronn.' the flower of an empires chiv-
airy, the elect Of France. So rode
the gentlemen OF the Sixth Lancers
to shiver their slender spears against
stone walls-for the honor of France.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-07-01
CHAPTER VI.
The Game Begins.

The room in the turret was now
swimming in smoke and lime duet;
could scarcely see the gray figure OF
the Countess through the powder mist
which drifted In through shutters and
loop hole. dmming the fading day
light
And now wagon-loads OF French
wounded began to pass. jolting over
crushed helmets, rifles, cuirasses. and
the carcasses Of dead horses.
Then the sad cortege OF prisoners
formed in the smoke. the wounded
leaning on their silent comrades. ban
daged heads hanging. the others erect.
defiant. supporting the crippled or
standing with arms folded and he'll
meted heads held high.
And at last they started, between
two files of mounted Uhlans-Turcos.
line infantrymen. gendarmes. lancers.
and. towering head and shoulders
above the others. the superb cuiras-
siers.
Under the window soldiers began
shooting the crippled horses; the
heavy flash and bang Of rifles set the
countess trembling again.
Until the firing ceased she stood as
though stupefied. scarcely breathing.
her splendid hair glistening like mol
ten copper in the red torches glare
Soldiers began to come and go in
the room some carried off chairs for
officers below, some took the pillows
from the bed, one bore away a desk
on his broad shoulders.
The evening had grown chilly;
was cold to my knees.
A soldier offered to build me a fire
In the great stone fireplace behind me,
and when assented he calmly
smashed chair to kindling- wood
wrenched of the heavy posts of the
bed, and started fire which lit up the
wrecked room with its crimson glare
The Countess rose and looked
around. The soldier pushed my long
chair to the blaze, tore down the can
opy over the bed and flung 1t over me,
stolidly ignoring my protests. Then
he clumped out with his muddy boots
and shut the door behind him.
For long while lay there. full in
the heat of the fire. half-dozing, then
sleeping, then suddenly alert, only to
look about me to see the Countess
with eyes closed. motionless in her
armchair. only to hear the muffled
thunder Of the guns in the dark.
A few moments later a clock in the
hallway struck nine times. At the
same instant a deadened cannon-shot
echoed the clamor OF the clock. 1t
was the last shot of the battle. And
when the dull reverberations had died
away Alsace was lost province, Mac
Mahon's army was in full retreat,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-07-01
life's Ills and Compensat;on.

For everything you have missed Won
nave gained something else. The
whole story of earthly existence Il.
one of compensatlons. MaDy g,,,
we craved and were denied held in
its train Ills we are glad to have
been spared, Many a sorrow that has
darkened our way, though Its mem.
ory may still remain bitter, has
wrought some change of character n,
conditions that we would be unwi,,,r .
to give up. The allotment OF Joys and
griefs Is more carefully measured
than We are accustomed to think, and
the lives of men more nearly equal
Exchange
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-07-01
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Conducted by the National Woman'o
Christian Temperance Union-t
The EuLL DINNER Pail.

THE FULL DINNER PAIL.
Everybody's Magazine, in its new
department, Keep Posted" narrates
and comments in a recent number as
follows:
"Wine-woman-a and song has gone up
against dollars-and-cents in Lansing,
Mich, and the result is one of the
most notable so far achieved in Amer
lea. The most prominent leader OF the
drys is not an evangelist. nor any
other sort of custodian Of the soul. He
Is simply commercial person-R. H.
Scott
in the year 1910. in the factory Of
which Mr.. Scott is manager, in a Pc
riOd of ten successive weeks, the EN-.
ployees lost a total of 1923 working
days-and the wages of those days
because of not being able to recover
promptly from pay nights spent in sa-
looms.
'ln the dry-versus-wet campaign in
1910 in Lansing Mr. Scott fought for
morals and economics. Nevertheless
the campaign did not please all OF
Lansing's business men. They thought
that dry town would lose business
to wet towns near by. So, two years
later, Lansing went wet again
This gave everybody a wonderful
chance to compare dry Lansing with
wet Lansing, commercially
First. as for the cost of running the
government. 1t was soon found that a
wet Lansing had to spend a good deal
Of money supporting its wet citizens.
One of many proofs was this: the cost
Of feeding the prisoners in the county
iail during the two years while Ian
sing was dry had been $4,000: while
during the two ensuing years Of wet
ness the cost Of feeding them at the
same rate per person. was 1900.
Quite a difference for town OF 10000.
Second as for business Itself,
scores of merchants were converted to
he proposition that the competition of
saloons in nearby wet towns would
lot be half so injurious to them as
the competition of saloons on Ian
sings own streets. Their experiences
nay be summarized into the statements
OF butcher who remarked merely
that when the town was dry he could
collect his back bills. and when it was
wet he couldn't
IN the last dry-versus-wet campaign
In Lansing the merchants did not rally
to the support of the flowing bowl at
all. They turned to the overf1owing
pay envelope and the paid-up ac.
counts. The issue discussed was pros
perity. and the majority for going to
1t sober was 1900
THE efficiency Of the factory is at
least 10 per cent higher dry than wet,
according to Mr.. Scott
And similar result is shown in the
cost figures furnished to Everybody's
Magazine by Mr.. c. E. Bement, gem
eral manager Of another company. In
a dry l.ansing-and for no reason ex-
cept dryness and greater sobriety and
energy-the cost Of making engines
by this concern has gone down 10
cents per horse power
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-07-01

the evil they wrought on France-my
France! That is the truth: and real
ize it,"
After a silence Buckhurst said: All
that may be. madame. yet not impair
your creed
What" she said. does not hatred
Of the stranger impair my creed?"
1T will die out and give place to
reason"
When? When | attain the lofty.
dispassionate level | have never at
talned. That will not be while this
war endures"
who knows?" said Buckhurst.
gently.
said. abruptly: so you are not go
ing to denounce me to the Prussian
provost?"
He lifted his well-shaped head and
gaZed at the Countess with an ad-
mirable pathos which seemed mute
appeal for protection from brutality.
That question is a needless one."
said the Countess. quietly. 1T was .
cruel one. also, Monsieur Scarlet"
Il did not mean 1t as an offensive
question" said |. Il was merely recit-
ing a fact. most creditable to Mr..
Buckhurst. And If 1t be true that Mon
sieur huckhurst desires to atone for
for what has happened. then it Is per
fectly proper for me, even as a prie-
oner myself, to speak plainly. 10 1t
not my duty, as guardian OF national
interests, to point out to Mr.. Buck
hurst his honest errors? Certainly 1t
is. madame. and this Is the proper
time"
Turning pompously to Buckhurst,
fancied l could almost detect a sneer
on that inexpensive mask he wore-at
least hoped could, and said, heav-
lily:
Monsieur. for a number OF years
there has passed under our eyes here
in France certain strange phenomena
Thousands Of Frenchmen have. 80 to
speak. separated themselves from the
rest OF the nation.
France Is only a name to them;
they were born there, they live there.
they derive their nourishment from
her without gratitude. But France
is nothing to them; their mother-land
is the Internationale!"
was certain now that the shadow
Of a sneer had settled in the corners
of Buckhurst's thin lips.
Believe me, madame, the time Ia
coming when the whole world will rise
to combat this Internationale; and
when the mask Is dragged from its
benignant visage, there. grinning be-
hind. will appear the same old Spec
ter Rouge, torch in one hand, gun in
the other, squatting behind barri-
cade of paving blocks"
wagged my head dolefully.
Il could not have rested had | not
warned Mr. Buckhurst OF this" l said,
sentimentally.
Which was fairly we'll done. con-
siderilg that was figuratively lament
ing over the innocence of the most
accomplished scoundrel that ever sat
in the supreme council OF the Inter
rationale.
Buckhurst looked thoughtfully at
the floor
Your earnestness almost converts
me-" he said. lifting his stealthy eyes.
The Countess appeared weary and
perplexed.
AT all events" she said. I'VE must
do nothing to embarrass France now;
We must do nothing until this fright
| full war is ended"
| Aftpr cjloDoo e,id ap,,.
you will so to Paradise. madame?"
Yes" replied the Countess, list.
lessly.
/ Now. what in Heavens name at.
tracted that rogue to Paradise?
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-07-01
SYNOPSIS.

scarlett. an American soldier of for
tune IN the employ OF the French I'm
periaI Police at the outbreak of the Fran
,o-Irussian war. is ordered to arrest
John Buckhurst, leader OF the Com
munists and suspected OF having stolen
the French crown Jewels, While search
ing for Buckhurst, Scarlet is ordered TO
srrest Countess de Nassart and her group
OF socialists and escort them to the Bel
Elan border, Scarlett finds Sylvia Elven
OF the Odcon disguised as peasant and
carries her to La Trappe where the
countess and her friends are assembled
All are arrested, The countess saves
scarlet from fatal fall from the roof
o, the house. He denounces Buckhurst
- the leader OF the Reds and the coun-
less conducts him to where BuCkhurst is
secreted. German Uhlans descend on
me place and Buckhurst escapes during
the melee. Scarlet Is wounded. He re-
covers consciousness In the countess
house at Morsbronn. where he Is cared
for by the countess. A fierce battle 10
fought in the streets between French
and Prussian soldiers.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-07-01

me dreadfully," she said. II have
tried to include all the world in a
broader pity, broader, higher. and
leAs selfish love than the jealous.
single minded love for one country"
you saw the cuirassiers die in the
street below" repeated, with the OBJ
stinacy of limited intellect.
"Yes-and my heart went out to
them." she replied. with an emphasis
that pleased me and startled Buck
hurst
Buckhurst began to speak, but
cut him short.
Then. madame, If your heart went
out to the soldiers Of France, 1t went
out to France, tool"
"Yes-to France" she repeated, and
| saw her lip begin to culver.
Wherein does love for France con-
flict with our creed. madame?" asked
Buckhurst. gently. ut is only hate
that we abjure."
She turned her gray eyes on him.
Il will tell you: in that dreadful mo-
ment when the cavalry of France
cheered Death In his own awful pres
ence. l loved them and their country
my country!-as had never loved in
all my life. And hated. too!
hated the men who butchered them
-more.-I hated the country where
the men came from; hated race and
country and the blows they dealt, and
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-07-01
A JUST DECISION

All social clubs Of Atlanta, Ga. have
neeh prohibited from dispensing liuuor
IN any form. Claims of oyc,usiranas,
al iis'ocracy will cause no distinc-
'ioh In chief of Police Beavers ulti-
matum: Rigid democracy will govern
al enforcement measures; the rich
wiz not be permitted violations for
which the poorer people are held ar
countable,
ms decision has been won by the
persistent work of Messrs. Eagan and
JACKSON the Men and Religion" ad-
'erusns men OF Atlanta
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GEORGETTE CREPE
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The new convertible collar Is very much IN evidence
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ALL. MAIL ORDERS

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NEW MODEL CORSETS
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Tub Silks and SILK Shirtings s9e to 500 yard.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-03-05
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 its 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 If 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-
ber, 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 the store for 60
cent bottle of California Syrup of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-03-05
SOLDIER HAS 1ae WOUND:
Reservist Survives Awful Injuries ane
Now Travels About on
Clutches.

Paris.--The record of 10 wounds re.
ceived by an army surgeon has been
broken by Rene Vidal. reservist. OF
Raincy. While in the trenches shell
exploded Immediately behind him and
the lower part OF his body and limbs
were riddled with shrapnel.
From eight o'clock in the morning
until evening he lay in the trench
without even first aid. When he ar.
rived at the auxiliary hospital a thor.
ough examination showed traces OF
139 separate and distinct wounds. His
case was considered desperate, as he
had lost an extraordinary quantity OF
blood, but he is now able to get about
on crutches.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-03-05
MAY BE COFFEE
That Causes all the Trouble

When the house is afire, it's about
the same as when disease begins to
show, it's no time to talk but time to
act-delay is dangerous-remove the
cause of the trouble at once.
For number of years., wrote a
Kansas lady, Il felt sure that coffee
was hurting me, and yet l was SO
fond of it, could not give it up. At
last l got SO bad that i made up my
mind l must either quit the use of
coffee or die.
Everything l ate distressed me. and
| suffered severely most of the time
with palpitation of the heart. fire.
quently woke up in the night with the
feeling that l was almost gone-my
heart seemed SO smothered and weak
in its action. My breath grew short
and the least exertion set me painting
slept but little and suffered from
rheumatism.
Two years ago stopped using the
from the very first began to improve.
1t worked miracle! Now / can eat
anything and digest it without trouble.
sleep like baby, and my heart beats
strong and regularly. My breathing
has become steady and normal, and
my rheumatism has left me.
II feel like another person, and it
is all due to quitting coffee and using
Postum, for l haven't used any medi-
cine and none would have done any
good as long as / kept drugging with
coffee" Name given by Postum Co.
Battle Creek, Mich. Read THE Road
to Wellville," in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled. 15c and 25 packages.
instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes delicious beverage
Instantly. 30c and SOC tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious.
and cost per cup about the same.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-03-05
All Boys and Girls

All Boys and Girls
should write to VIM. Wrigley Jr. Co.,
1904 Kesner Bldg, Chicago, ILL.,. for
beautiful Mother Goose Jingle Book"
In colors sent free to all readers of
this paper.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-03-05
Weeks Break -Up-A-CoId Tablets
guaranteed remedy or Colds and
La Grippe. Price 25c of your druggist
It's good. Take nothing else.-Adv.
A Selfish Idea.

There goes an irascible old gentle
man who is noted woman hater, yet
he's In favor of votes for women"
We'll! Well, That's compliment
to the persuasive powers of the fair
sex"
Il don't know whether it is or not.
He says he'd give them anything to
keep them quiet"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-03-05
For Her Protection.

when 1 said / would marry you
you promised to let me handle all your
money, but now we are married you
handle it all yourself
That's because / love you So"
That's a queer way to prove your
love-
IT'S a mighty self-sacrificing way.
When made that promise was not
aware that money was teeming with
bacteria"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-03-05

We &C there. Soldiers on bicycles
meet u.s. They tell us that nobody ex-
pected one of us to come out alive
from that hellhole. My orderly runs
to me. with wet eyes
Captain. my captain!"
shake many hands. I warm my
self at the campfire Light rain is
falling. Someone brings me half
bottle of champagne The men get red
wine from the baggage train .
and rice soup.
My lips are still black with earth.
gulp 1t down with the first swallow of
foaming wine.
Greetings. life! Greetings, earth!"
After period of comparative peace
and luxury in the conquered city OF
Lille, Captain Hooker marched his
company out to the vicinity of Mes
sinesl where some of the most des-
perate fighting of the war has taken
their first taste of life in the trenches.
Day after day they lay in subterran-
can cells, under orders from head
quarters TO hold the position at all
costs, even II your trenches are blown
up" Hocker's commanding skill as
writer is shown here again:
Our trench is not three meters long,
full meter deep, with a frontage 40
centimeters high. It is so centimeters
wide. The entrance consists of three
narrow steps. AS the trench has
You cannot stand inside, scarcely
1-,x ;t.s.. l.,
against the roof All there is to do is
to lie down, first bit on the left side.
then bit on the right, then on your
back-but before each change you
must warn your trenchmate.
You lie and wait.
Ycr lie and listen.
You lie and think.
Is II fear of death that creeps upon
us? Is it discouragement? oh, If only
we could rush forward to the nttack.
that would be quite another matter.
That would be Just up and at 'em, and
In a couple of hours fate would de-
eide.
His Hair Grown White.
When we were young men. we
learned nothing of this new form OF
war. History, it seems, kept it for
this most difficult and bitterest of cam
paigns To stick it out under the
earth until ones time comes-until
the enemy dares advance and we must
throw him back or until the command
reaches us from the rear: Forward!
Attack"
Meanwhile, there we lie And. over
our heads, horror shrieks.
The roaring. cracking, spattering,
unendingiy. Always, always. Every
shot may bring the end; the end of one
OF those who wait.
oh, II could only accompany my
slender little daughter just little bit
further into life. And my wife,
who has struggled and fought by my
side for the length of human life
could l but look again into her eyes
and speak loving farewell to her !
1t Is that way with all of US Oh, dc
not believe that any one of us is
crouching here under the earth callous
and without feelings. that through the
narrow slit he sees merely the same
stretch of clayish soil. Callousness is
, not courage.
You lie and wait.
| You lie and listen.
You lie and think.
Then, after days and days and days
of this. comes the order: You are re
lieved. You have two days for rest.
South German detachment relieves
Hocker's men. He writes:
| l could not ride. l found | had tc
learn over again how to use my limbs
On foot | led my company away.
| / looked into a mirror. ] had tc
smile The bit of hair which l still
possess has, during these last ten days
turned white!
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-03-05
Gentle Hint.

Gentle Hint.
He-Once for all, demand to know
who is master of this house?
She-You'll be happier If you don't.
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