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absintne. General Joffre, convinced safety of the country, has forbidden the sale within the war zone of all alcoholic liquors.
 'In Switzerland, Holland and Bel gium the sale of absinthe has been interdicted. In Germany, army re- cruits are warned by the government against the use of beer, because it is injurious and causes nearly all army eXcesses and disturbances.
 BittereSt Enemy of England.
 Another nation in the .throes of a struggle against alcoholic drink, declared by eminent men and women to be the country's bitterest enemy, is the kingdom of Great Britain. In our western hemisphere we have well comed the glad tidings from Alberta and Saskatchewan, provinces in Cam ada that have driven out the liquor traffic, and as loyal Pan-Americans we long to help the drinking millions in South America.
 Last January Iceland outlawed the drink traffic. The Roumanian gov ernment has cut down the number of saloons in its country nearly fifty per cent. The parliament of Italy has passed an act forbidding the sale, ex- cept within very narrow limits and rigid conditions of all liquors
 Holland Reduces Saloons.
 Tn Holland the number of saloons has been reduced nearly one-half. and campaigns for nationwide prohibition gre now heinz 11rped in Swadar a,d Norway. Australia and New Zealand, South Africa's white ribboners are rapidly gaining total abstinence ground by their heroic endeavors.
 "In forty countries of the world the Woman's Christian Temperance union has its representatives or organiza- tions through which II Is creating sen- timent which will help nightly to a fulfllment of the prediction, "A Sa- loonless World in 1930'"
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
Attacking Kniashevatz

patch received today by the Havas News Agency from Nish, Serbia says: "The Bulgarians are attacking the Serbian front at Kniashevatz."
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
John Peter Anderson.

Funeral services for John Peter Anderson were held at the Erwin mortuary chapel in Fairview cemetery this afternoon. Rev. pr. s. G. Ohman officiated. Interment was in Fair view cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
YOUR BUSINESS APPRECIATED

This bank is not too large to g considerate attention to the li' things which mean much to the VI fare of the depositor.
 It is not too large to lend { weight of its counsel and support the depositor whose dealings small. but none the less important fim.
 Its organization is such that who bring their business here are sured of courteous treatment and preciative attention, and it is lai end strong enough to give peri assurance of safety in dealing with
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12

Eddy refrigerator, coal range, small table, Administer ruiz. CPS East St.
 1O-12-3d
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SERBIA INVADED BY
 BULGARIAN TROOPS
Continued from First Page.)

river between Tsara Betra and Bad ovintze, but were unable to r1vance We hold our position"
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TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.

FOR SALE-Ferrets. Bacon, S8
 Wallace St. 1O-12-3dx
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
$14.95 to S50.OO. 1T. O. P. COATS

of Corduroy, Plush and Fancy Mix lures have already proven themselves very popular.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12

$500 to $35.OO.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
France Bars AbSinthe.

"As Russia interdicts vodka, so France, as a war measure, has pro- hibited the manufacture and sale of
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12

Teifst Half-Gardner threw out &Gtock at first. Bancroft walked for Sfhe second time. Paskert up. Paskert
 Tanned. Cravath sent a long fly to N ,ewjs.s It would have been an easy
 aone run on the Philadelphia clubs home grounds. No. run, no hit, no .error.
 8 Second Half-Barry walked. Cady
 4at an infield hit, Chalmers slipping
 bvhile attempting to field the batter's
 burt. Barry to second. Shore up.
 &halmers made a balk and Umpire
 a,zvans after consulting Rigler re-
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lTo BE Continued
A Liqhtninu Change.

The late Lord Salisbury, says Count
Paul vassili in his book. Behind the
Veil at the Russian Court" shared
with the rest of his family the defect
Of being careless in his dress and gen.
eral appearance. Lord Odo Russell.
who long represented England at Ber-
lin, told Count vassili this anecdote
In illustration of that characteristic.
Zone evening" says the count, Lord
Odo and / were chatting about Lord
Salisbury's attitude toward his per-
sonal appearance, and Lord Odo laugh
ingly mentioned to me his surprise
when one day after the dinner bell OF
the embassy had been rung he found
Lord Salisbury. who was living there
still busy at work in his study.
"'He rushed out said the ambassa.
dor, and before | had time to put
aside the papers on the table, literally
in three minutes, was back again
ready for dinner Now in that time
he could not even have washed his
hands, yet there he was in evening
clothes, | could not help asking him
how he managed to dress so quickly.
"Oh, my dear Russell" he said, "any
one can change his coat at once, and |
had black trousers on already"
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Baird Climbed Out of the Window.
man following was a dangerous mad
man and was attempting to kill him. s
Ten pounds to carry me to the sta
tionT said Baird.
But my orders are to wait for the
EXPRESS
"Well, you can go a few miles, drop
me and return before the express ar
rives."
I'm ready to do that" agreed the
engineer.
AS the train started Radcliffe man
aged to get aboard. He staggered into
the coach where Baird was and a fierce
hand to hand fight took place. The
blood lust went to Baird's head also,
and he fought to kill. What the re-
suit would have been no one can say,
for the battle was strangely interrupt
ed. A spread rail threw the engine off
the track, and the whole train fol-
lowed it down the embankment. Baird
was stunned for a moment, but man.
aged to get up and stagger away. The
man Radcliffe appeared to be dead. SO
much the better, was Baird's opinion.
He limped back to his lodgings and in
formed Hunt
1--WE can't get anywhere" said Hunt.
eve are only wasting time and money
here. I've booked to sail Saturday. If
these two book for the same boat I'll
have their cuticle taken off and search
ed when we reach New York. Take it
from me, they'll be up to the old game
of smuggling in gems. If that bearded
chap is dead, we'll and good. But you'll
find that he was merely knocked sense
less"
An hour before sailing for America
Hunt cabled the United States Gus
toms, warning of the approach of SNUG
glers, following this with a code de-
scription.
Bruce came aboard limping, a crutch
under each arm. Radcliffe was no.
where to be seen.
Keep away from him." warned
Hunt. IF you see him in the smoke
room, keep out. Well play the same
game we played coming over. But I'll
hang him up to dry when he sets foot
in little old New York"
Bruce was searched thoroughly
enough, but not stone as big as a
pinhead came to light. Hunt went
home. thoroughly Disguised with the
whole adventure.
Now, meanwhile-in fact, the day
after Baird and Hunt sailed for South
Africa-Storm and Zdora entered a
jewelers. shop and found Nine. Du Val
making some purchases.
Take a ride with me-" she invited
Storm shook his head decidedly, but
today Zudora was bit willful. She
considered herself a match for any one
woman, and perhaps she was
81 shall be delighted to CO. replied
Zudora.
Storm accompanied them to the auto,
bowed CURLY and took himself off.
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my opinion, and with no one to stop
them they may stumble upon some
thing worth while. What shall we doT"
'The captain will be here shortly"
said madame Wen talk il over when
he comes. If we move at all it must
be at the same time as they move"
And Radcliffe when he arrived read
fly agreed with this. He had no desire
to leave the comforts of New York,
and he growled not a little, but he
realized that he had no choice.
with Hunt and Baird out Of the way
l might be able to induce Zudora to
take a vacation" suggested madame
"She has beaten me dozen times, and
1t rankles"
"Suit yourself about that What's
the matter with sending her to visit
Beggar Mary at Craig island? There's
no need now of putting her out of the
way for good"
But we could make good terms with
the enemy if we had Zudora where we
wanted her.
"Well, that's in your hands. Come
on, Bruce. We may find 1t difficult to
get decent booking"
"On a South Africa tub? Leave that
to me. But we must agree upon some
cOrking good makeup if we are to es-
cape the old hawk eyes of Hunt"
On the day of departure Hunt said to
Baird that it would be wise to make no
acquaintance in the smoke room. They
both played chess, and they could very
well while away the time at this pur
suit without any outside assistance.
With equal cunning Radcliffe impress
ed Bruce with the fact that they had
better dine in their staterOoms and
keep off the promenade deck as much
as possible. They both might escape
casual glance from Hunt, but there
was small need of counting discovery
by hanging around in the vicinity of
the old thief taker.
The voyage was uneventful. Six
weeks later Hunt and Baird arrived at
the ZudOra mine and set about the task
of locating the second mine. One end
of the survey they could locate, but
whether it ran north, east or west re-
manned for them to find out. They
employed the services of an expert
miner to spot blue clay"
Il guess you chaps are up against
It," he admitted after the first week.
From your map the claim might be
ten or twenty miles north or east or
west. What you have shown me is
merely your mans starting point You
go somewhere from here. but whereT
"It's wild goose chase, all right"
replied Hunt. But we had to find
out for ourselves. And by the way,
Baird, have you noticed the man on
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The Herring.

A peculiar feature in the herring
trade is that an exceptionally large
catch during one season has no effect
whatever upon the next years supply;
also, large as is mans consumption OF
behring's, naturalists say the numbei
killed by fishermen is quite insignifi'
cant as compared with the quantity
destroyed every year by sharks, por'
poises, cod, dogfsh, ling and other fish,
each of which must have its daily
meal of from one to two score her.
rings, to say nothing of the sea birds,
which practically live on surface feed
ing fishes. Herrings are not at all q
modern article of diet. A vast com.
merce in them was carried on in north.
ern Europe all through the dark and
middle ages. The herring's chief food
consists of minute organisms, which II
strains from the water by its gills, but
1t also eats worms and at certain sea.
sons its own young, sprats and sand
eels.-Pearson's Weekly.
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They'll follow US" said Radcliffe.
crutches and the chap with the big
beard we've been running into lately?'
'Yes; I've been watching them, and,
what is more, they've been watching
US"
"Same idea here. Well. let 'em
watch. Much good it will do them"
They'll probably carry away some
gems. There Is no injunction to hold
the rofucs i'm the leash. Hunt, I'm
sentimental about this DEAL continued
Baird pravely. Il want that girl to
come into her own There was a day
when / made things mighty uncom-
Portable Cor her
That night Bruce and Radcliffe in
dulged in a bottle of champagne.
Hunts mission to South Africa was
failure. and that was all they cared
to know. The crutches of Bruce were
neatly followed out and about ten or
twelve fine stones secreted in each
hollow, then filed with wax. Why
pay duty to Uncle Sam when it wasn't
at all necessary?
They went out to the mines for
final look about the next day and pass
ed both Baird and Hunt.
They'll follow us" said Radcliffe.
LET 'em. Well play a joke on
them. Fill up an old watch with peb-
bles. Hunt will have his eye peeled
for a bit of smuggling, and We'll trip
him up. Oh, he is not so wise as to
look at the crutchesr'
Baird picked out Radcliffe to shad-
ow, and the latter lured him to the
window of the room. Radcliffe picked
the watch out of the wastebasket,
emptied it and enacted little come
DIV for Baird's particular benefit. He
replaced the pebbles, smiled and drop
ped the watch into the basket again,
then went out Baird swallowed the
bait quickly enough. He recovered
The watch. but as he climbed out OF
the window he ran into Radcliffe, who
grappled with him. Baird, however,
managed to hit first and downed his
opponent. who staggered to his feet,
mad with rage He determined forth
with TO put Baird out of the game for
keeps.
There was large sand dune beyond
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was With her. and they would know
what to do.
There had been a series Of autemo-
bile holdups about this time, so when
the three men sprang out from an al
leyway and overpowered the chauf-
feur Zudora was quite innocent so far
as suspecting the truth. Nine. Du Val
struggled valiantly. but she. too, was
bound and gagged. The men started
the car at once and headed for one OF
the nondescript docks along the water
front Here the two women were CON-
manded on the pain Of death to alight
from the automobile and step into the
motorboat that was waiting in the
Slip.
Madame walled and wept. offered her
Jewels. implored. The men paid no at
tention TO her. Zudora. on the con-
trary. uttered not a sound She read
these brute faces tolerably well. There
was no particle Of mercy in any one OF
them. Where were they taking them?
What were they going TO do with
them? Down the river sped the high
power boat, across the bay toward the
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The Broom at the Masthead.

There still exists very old custom
among seamen of displaying a broom
at the masthead of ships intended to
be sold to indicate that they are to be
Swept away" The custom original
ed with the famous Dutch admiral
Tromp, who, when he appeared off the
English coast. hoisted broom to show
his intention of sweeping the Eng
fish feet from the sea. The Eng
fish admiral. replying to this imper-
tnent signal. Immediately hoisted a
horsewhip to the masthead of his ship
to show the arrogant Dutchman that
he meant to give him a drubbing. For
this reason a pennant is oftentimes
dubbed 1.-The horsewhip" by seafaring
men. Sea lore. of course. is full of
symbolism. and the broom is only one
Of many signs used that have a meta
phorical meaning London Globe.
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Jersey coast. An island rose up pres
emily, and the man at the wheel set
his course for this. Zudora heard a
word or two-ransom, fortune. She sat
perfectly still. She determined to waste
no effort When the right time came she
would make Il dash for liberty. She
had had some experience il affairs like
this, and she had always managed to
find a loophole.
When they landed they were hidden
to walk on straight ahead into the
scrub oaks behind which stood a ram.
shackle house. The sea encroached at
the left within dozen feet
A wretched old woman greeted them.
"Oh, the deariesr' she gurgled. Come
right I'M Come right in Fine clothes
an jools too! Here, you, step faster!'
she suddenly called at Nine. Du Val,
whom she caught roughly by the arm.
"Tie her up, mother, while | take
care O this one" said one of the alb
ductors, pushing Zudora on ahead Of
him.
I'll tie her up, never you mind" the
bag sent back, and under Zudora's eyes
Nine. Du Val was made fast to the
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a Lich Gate,

A Itch gate is a shed, generally OF
oak, over the entrance of church.
yard, beneath which the bearers
paused when bringing a body for inter
ment Here the clergyman met the
body and read the Introductory part
of the burial service as he preceded the
funeral train into the church. Elk
amples of old Itch gates are still to be
seen in many country churchyards. In
Wales they are more modern and are
usually built of stone. Some of the
old Itch gates are formed with one
wide door turning on central pivot
and self closing by means of rude
pulley wheel in the roof and a stone
weight inclosed in an iron frame, a
primitive but effective piecsN machin-
cry. In Herefordshire they are also
called "scallage' or "scallenge" gates.
"Lich gate" is derived from the Anglo
Saxon Itch. a corpse; hence the north
country "lyke wake."-London An
Swers.
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% Beaver street. hat 'Zadora Is held
prisoner for ransom on Craig island"
On the seventh day she found an
empty beer bottle with a patent cork
She stuffed her message into this and
cast it out of the window into the sea
at high tide She had little hope. how
ever, of its going far. The next day
might see the bottle stranded on the
beach.
Eight weeks after fisherman in
open water picked up the bottle. A
stiff land breeze had blown it out into
deep water The fisherman received
for this message a sum that exceeded
q years work.
At once Storm set out for Craig is
land. And woe TO those he found
there! This time some one should pay
and pay well.
lTo EE Continued
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swat until call him up" said Hunt
at home as much as possible. Don't
answer any strange letters. If you
should receive one from either Baird
or myself saying that we were in trou
bic. tear il up and sit tight. PrOmise?"
Il promise" said Zudora.
Honest Injun?"
Honest Injun" she laughed.
"All right I'll let you know when
we sail But you mustn't come down
to see US off. We are being watched
all the time"
On the following day Hunt and Baird
entered a booking office and applied for
tickets for Cape Town.
what do you think about it, Hunt?"
"a wild goose chase, but there is al
ways the possibility of something turn
ing up. If that superinten lent was
alive he could help US. We've just
got to trust to luck. But I'll tell you
this much, Baird, I'm in this affair to
the hilt. I'm going to win, blind. ]
feel It in my bones that If | can get
the right stuff / can break up the big
gest smuggling gang in the country
They are all clever, well educated.
They can walk in muck without bring
ing any of it away. And when we do
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The Way of the World.

when we were poor" remarked the
prosperous man refiectively. Eve look
ed forward to the time when we could
have a summer home"
"Well?"
well, when we got rich enough to
have one we didn't like going to the
same place every summer because it
was monotonous, and we looked for
ward to the time when we could have
another for variety"
"Well?'
"Well, we got another, and then we
began to long for Il winter place, so
that we wouldn't have to be so much
In the big house in the city,"
"Well?'
"Well, we've got them all now"
"And are you happy"
81 suppose SCAT least, l suppose my
wife is. She keeps them all shut up
and spends most of her time in Europe.
but she knows she has them.-Chicago
Post.
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the counts Of abduction and attempted
murder, but the gold and diamond
mines would still be under their con-
troll No, Miss Keene, we've got to
Keep away from the courts until we
have the goods on those fine birds. I'll
20 to Africa. but ON one condition"
whats that"
"That l can take Jim Baird along
with me. Hes familiar with the
ground"
I'VE would be glad to have him go
with you
"Wait until l call him up" said
Hunt, reaching for the telephone.
Presently he hooked the receiver and
turned to Zudora with a smile. Africa
it is. Baird says he will be glad to go
with me. Now, listen to my advice.
While I'm gone you two children stay
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wall. THE two of 'em are worth ten
thousand if cent, an you men see
that you get itv'
Nine. Du Val was a good actress,
and at no time did she overdo her part.
The moment Zudora was secured in
overlooked the arm of the sea, she let
out Il shrill scream as if some one was
torturing her. The scream ended in
bitter sobs Presently Zudora heard
nothing more The reason for this was
that madame had returned to the boat
and was on the way back to the city
Then John Storm began his long and
weary search. He had dozen detec-
tives shadowing Nine. Du Val and all
those who entered her villa. When
confronted by Storm she haughtily de-
clared that Zudora had left her at the
park. She was terribly sorry, but be-
yond that she knew absolutely nothing
and thought it was rather strange that
John Storm should come to her for in
formation.
On the fifth day of her Imprisonment
Zudora found a bit of lead pencil,
which she hid. She was now free to
wander about the room, Even if she
got out there was no way of leaving
the island On the sixth day she man.
aged to find a newspaper She tore
off a strip of margin and wrote:
''The finder will notify John Storm,
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the house, and Baird made for this,
with Radcliffe at his heels. Had Baird
been armed he would have waited. but
Radcliffe might do some real damage,
and he concluded that discretion was
the better part of yalor. Beyond the
dunes train stood ON siding wait
ing for the express to pass. Baird ran
to the engineer and explained that the
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me clutches OF Bruce Were Neatly
followed Out.
throw the let there mustn't be a hole
large enough for a perch spawn to
swim through"
There was one thing the conspirators
did regularly, and that was to search
once week the South African sailing
lists. Sometimes Radcliffe performed
this service, sometimes Bruce, some
times Nine. Du Val herself. So one
day, when Bruce was making the
rounds he came across the two names.
lie jumped into taxi and spun away
to the Du Val villa to acquaint the
mistress with the news.
Hunt ana Baird are off to South
Africa on Saturday." he announced.
This means new stunts for us. They're
having a good deal of luck, If you want
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And Immediately Zudora regretted her
impulse. But she was too plucky to
admit this fact to Nine Du Val.
Later she remembered Hunts explicit
warning to stay at home. Nine. Dn
Val declared that she was first bound
to the customs office. as she had been
notified of the receipt of a package of
Italian laces. After this duty was
over they would ride out to the Bronx.
At the customs office she merely call
ed up three men she could trust to
meet her at certain spot Zudora
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-21
PRUNING Of THE
ORCHARD TREES
Cultivation and Pruning Are
Important at This
Time of Year.

Cultivation. pruning and fertiliza-
ton are three essentials in the care OF
fruit trees during the months Of Nay
and June says dean E. J. kyle. OF the
School of Agriculture at the A and NJ.
college. The orchard ground should
be broken with a turning pillow just
deep enough 10 turn the grass and
weeds under The ground should be
narrowed thoroughly and the harrow
should be used every ten days or two
weeks until harvesting time. This cul-
tivation makes il easier for the tree to
get plant food and moisture.
Trees that do not seem healthy or
thrifty should be well pruned. Trees
that have set but little fruit should be
pruned back severely, and those trees
which have set no fruit at all should
be pruned back still more severely .
insure a good fruitage next season.
Trees that are not thrifty should be
fertiliZed and especially those that are
suffering from peack leaf curl. Scatter
Il OF a pound Of nitrate Of soda for
radius of six feet around these trees.
DO not sprinkle the soda nearer the
trunk Of the tree than two feet Pl0w
this into the soil. II the nitrate OF soda
is not available use one pound cotton
seed meal"