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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-26

was in a dying condition when we
picked him up, and, as he was speak
Ing with the last breaths in his body,
naturally his account Of what he had
,een was somewhat incoherent. 1t
would be Of use, however, II we had
plans of the forts that would enable
H to check off his report intelll'
gently"
yet, what evidence have We that
Partow or Lanstron has done more
than to make a fortunate guess or
show military insight? Westerling
asked. There is the case Of my own
belief that Bordir was weak. which
proved correct"
Last night we got a written tele-
graphic staff message from the body
Of dead officer of the Browns found
In the Twin Boulder Redoubt," said
the vice-chief, which showed that IN
an hour after our plans were transmit
ted to our own troops for the first
attack they were known to the en-
envy"
THAT looks like leak!" exclaimed
Westerling, "a leak, Bouchard, DO you
hear?" He was frowning and his lips
were drawn and his cheeks mottled
with red in a way not pleasant to see
Stiffening in his chair, a flash OF
desperation in his eye, Bouchard's
bony, long hand gripped the table
edge. Every one felt that sensa
ton was coming.
"Yes, have known that there wa'
leak!" he said with hOarse, paln1u
elaboration. Il have sent out ever!
possible tracer. l have followed VI
every sort of clew. ! have trans
ferred a dozen men. have left noth
Ing undone!"
with no RESULT" persisted Westei
ling impatiently.
Eyes, always the same result: Tha
the leak is here in this house-her
in the grand headquarters of the arm
under our very noses. know 1t is nc
the telegraphers or the clerks. II
member of the staff"
Have you gone out of your head
demanded Westerling. What stat
officer? How does he get the INFO
nation to the enemy? Name the pc
sons you suspect here and now! Il
. plain. II you want to be considere
Z sane!"
Here was the blacklist acoustic
, that could be made against an 0fhcel
a The chosen men OF the stan, teste
y through many grades before thu
3 reached the inner circle of cabinet
crecy, lost the composure of counc
!. All we're leaning forward toward 30
cbard GREATNESS for his answer.
!, There are three women on u
r. grounds" said Bouchard. II have De-
). against their staying from the hr
= H.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-26

are as bad as Westerling ana ! I'LL
worse than either Of you! Il az
nounced the four hundred thousand ID
If they we're scOre-a score III
game in our favor. | am he'p'ne'
Lanny? All my sacrifice isn't lo'
uothing?" she asked for the hur
dredth time.
"lmmeasurably You have saved u'
many lives." he replied.
And cost them many?" she askea'
Yes, Marta, no doubt" he admlt'eu'
hut no more than they would nave
lost in the end. 1t is only the mount
ing up of their casualties that can
end the war. Thus the lesson mus
be taught" 49,.
And can be of most help when inc
attack on the main defense Is begun
Yes"
And when Westerling finds that NY
information is false about Ensau''
then"
she had never put the question 70
him IN this way before. What "oulo
Westerling do If he found her out
my God. Marital" he exclaimed. !,
I'd had any sense | would have though
Of that In the beginning and torn ou'
the phone. I've been mad, mao VIII
the one thought OF the nation-'hnu
, man In my greedy patriotism. VIII
not let you 60 any further!
It was new thing for her 10 d
rallying him; yet this she did as tn
strange effect of his protest on IN
abnormal sensibilities that her ACTIN
had developed. :,
Thinking OF me-little me-" sh
called back. "Of one persons con
fort when hundreds OF thousands g
other women are in terror; when IN
destiny Of millions Is at stake! Lam!
you are in a blue funk" and she wa
laughing forcedly and hectically. III
going on-gong on like one IN
trance who can't stop il he woul'
It's all right, Lanny. | undertook u
= task myself. | must see 1t through!
, After she had hung mp the receive
: her buoyancy vanished. She leane
against the wall Of the tunnel weak
9 Yes, what If she were found out! 81
I was thinking Of the possibility sci
ously for the first time. Yet, for on
1 a moment did she dwell upon 1t o
fore she dismissed it In sudden rea
ton.
y NO matter what they do to me
u what becomes OF me-" she thougf
II I'm a lost soul. anyway. The tnll
X is to serve as long as | canal
Ii then don't care!'
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-26

suggestion Of criticism by repeat,ng
.n"' 'he defensive always appeared to
'ne offensive to be better informed
,"ah Itself But this time Westerling
'e' 'le conversation run on without a
"olu OF excuse for his favorite
Each fresh reproach from tba stag
""oee opinion was the only god he
"ne"' was a dagger thrust to Bou.
chard' AT night he had lain awake
worrying about the leak; by day he
""' sought to trace it, only to find
every clew leading back to the staff
''o" ne was as confused In his shame
aS a sensitive schoolboy. Vaguely,
l." Ills distress. he heard Westerling
ash'hs question. while he saw all
'nose eyes staring at him.
what information have we about
Engadir?'
i believe 1t to be strongly forti.
ned! stammered Bouchard
: You believe! You have no infor-
"ation! pursued Westerling.
r NO. Sir" replied Bouchard. Moth
ing-nothing newt"
we do seem to get little lnforma.
ton said Westerling, looking hard
AZ Bouchard In silence-the com.
pined silence Of the whole staff.
MI
! lhis public reproof could have but
one meaning. He should soon receive
note which would thank him politely
J LOT his services. In the stereotypet
} phrases always used for the purpose
, before announcing his transfer to {
! less responsible post.
Very little, sir" Bouchard replied
3 doggedly.
: There Is that we had from one O
I our aviators whose machine CANE
g down IN smash Just as he got owe
:, our infantry positions on his return
8 said the chief aerostattc officer H
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-26
MEAT CLOGS KIDNEYS
THEN YOUR BACK HURTS
Take a Glass Of Salts to Flush KID
neys II Bladder Bothers YOU
Drink Lots of Water.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make mistake by 1usn-
Ing the kidneys occasionally, says a
well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which excites the Kidneys
thew become overworked from the
strain, get sluggish and fail to hitter
the waste and poisons from the blooa'
then we get sick. Nearly all rheu'
matism, headaches, liver trouble, ner-
yousness, dizziness, sleeplessness ana
urinary disorders come from sluggish
kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache IN
the kidneys or your back hurts or II
the urine Is cloudy, offensive, full OF
sediment, irregular of passage or at
tended by a sensation Of scalding, stop
eating meat and get about four ounces
Of Jad Salts from any pharmacy; take
a tablespoonful in glass OF water
before breakfast and in few days
YOUR kidneys viii act fine. This Ia
NOUS salts is made from the acid OF
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to flush and stimulate the
kidneys, also to neutralize the ACIDS
in urine so it no longer causes irrlta'
ton, thus ending bladder weakness
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannon
iniure; makes a delightful efferves
cent lithia.water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep ths
kidneys clean and active and the bloo'
pure, thereby avoiding serious kiohe'
complications.-Adv.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-26
Arrest for Debt.

While Imprisonment for debt as 1t
NJ enc time existed in English and
American law, by which debtor
might be arrested and imprisoned 10,
mere liability to pay his creditor. nc
longer exists in the United States, tina
statutes of the majority OF the states
nrovide for the arrest Of defendant
in n civil action under certain cVndi.
tons. such as fraud, or torts. or en-
bezzlement, etc.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-26
CHAPTER XVII.
Thumbs Down for eouchard.


Haggard and at bay, Bouchard faced
the circle Of frowns around the pol
ished expanse Of that precious helr'
loom, the dining-room table OF the Gal
lands. The dreaded reckoning OF the
apprehensions which kept him rest
lessly awake at night had come at the
next staff council after the fall Of the
Twin Boulder Redoubt With the last
approach to the main line of defense
cleared. one chapter OF the war was
finished. But the officers did not man
ifest the elation that the occasion
called for, which is not saying that
they were discouraged. They had no
doubt that eventually the Grays would
dictate Haace In the Browns capital.
Exactly stated, their mood was one Of
repressed professional irritation, Not
until the third attempt was Twin Boul.
der Redoubt taken. AS far as results
were concerned, the nicely planned
first assault might have been stroke
Of strategy by the Browns to drive
the Grays into an impossible fire zone.
THE trouble is we are not In.
formed" exclaimed Turcas, opening
his thin lips even less than usual, but
twisting them In significant manner
as he gave his words rasping EN-.
phasis. The others fastened to follow
his lead with equal candor.
Exactly. We have no reports Of
their artillery strength, which we had
greatly underestimate" said the
chief Of artillery.
Our maps of their forts could not
be less correct II revealed to us for
purposes of deceit. Again and again
we have thought that we had them
surprised, only to be surprised our
selves In short, they know what we
are doing and we don't know what
they are doing!" said the tactical ex.
pert.
There the chief Of the aerostatic d..
vision took the defensive.
They certainly don't learn our plans
with their planes and dirigibles!" he
declared energetically.
Hardly, when we never see them
over our lines"
1.-THE Browns are acting on the de-
fensive In the air as we'll as on the
earth!"
But our own planes and dirigibles
bring little news" said Turcas. 81
mean, those that return" he added
pungently.
"And few do return. My men art
not wanting in courage!" replied thu
chief aerostatic officer Immediate!
we get over the Brown lines thu
Browns, who keep cruising to and fro
are on us like hawks. They risk any
thing to bring us down. When we de
scend low we strike the fire Of thei
high-angle guns, which are distributes
the length Of the frontier. believ
: both their aerial feet and their high
: angle artillery were greatly under
s estimated. Finally, l cannot reduc
4 my force too much in scouting or the
Q might take the offensive"
Another case Of not being II
/. formed" concluded Turcas, returnin
:, grimly to his point.
!. He looked at Bouchard, and ever
t one began looking at Bouchard. II tn
Il Gray tactcians had been outplayed b
their opponents. II their Losses for th
d ground gained exceeded calculation
then 1t was good to have soap
!. goat for their professional mistake
d Bouchard was Westerling's choice Il
chief OF intelligence. His blind 10
a atty was pleasing to his superior, VIII
u hitherto. had promptly silenced ar
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-26
SMALLPOX STAMPED Out.

Of 3,164 deaths in the great cpl
demic in Montreal So per cent were
of children under ten years. 1t is es'
timated that 60,0O0,O00 persons died
of smallpox in Europe in the eight
zenith century. The disease is prac
tically stamped out now in civilized
countries. Doctor Rotch reports that
in Boston in Is years there has been
no death from smallpox in children
vaccinated.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-26
A Natural Fear.

Old Hound-Come, come! What are
you shivering about?
The Pup-Why, just heard the
master say he'd have to put me
through the mill.
Old Hound-Yes; he's going to train
you for the hunting.
The Pup-Oh! l thought he meant
the sausage mill. - Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-26
catarrh Of Kidneys
Cured By Peruna

have no bitter taste in my
mouth. l am glad to say l
do not need Peruna any
longer, l am perfectly well.
| have Peruna in the house
all the time. When l have
a cold or when l do not feel
well | take Peruna. We
were all sick with the grip
last winter. We took Peru
ma and it helped us. Peruna
is the best medicine for grip
or colds"
Mrs. Gus. II. Carlson. Box POI. Or.
tonville. MINI.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-08
SOUTH HALIFAX.

Gene Harris has position at the
Deer Park.
Mrs. Richard Lake is a visitor at
Will Howe s.
Mrs. Frank Bassett has sold her
grass to James Carr
Floyd Whitney was a guest of Gin
ton Barry over Sunday.
G. +. Clark and guests motored over
the Mohawk Trail Sunday.
John Calvin is i'll with appendicitis
DR.. Mather is attending him.
Morton Fairbanks visited his. broth
er, Daniel Fairbanks, Sunday.
Forty-fve couples attended the dance
at A. A. Fairbanks Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoyt Barber and chill
dren of West Brattleboro were guests
Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c.. F
Clark, July f.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-08
JACKSONVILLE

At the Grange meeting July IS the
topic is What is the best paying crop
on the farm2
Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Wilcox of Brat
tieboro are spending few days at D.
NJ. Canedy's IS.
Many from here attended the cele-
bration at Readsboro Monday after
noon and evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Coleman are
visiting their son j. E. Coleman in
Brattleboro this week
w. S. Allen and Clarence Hall at
tended the games, races and fire works
at Brattleboro Monday.
Airline and Robert Allen of West
Brattleboro are visiting their cousins,
Minerva and Myron Allen.
W. A. Brown and Greeley Brown
and families of Wilmington viii spend
the summer at their home here.
A good number listened to Rev
Thornton of st. Adams at the Uni
versalist church Sunday. Mr.. Thorn
ton will speak at the same hour next
Sunday and special music is to be
gwen by Misses Johanna and Carrie
Begiebing and Amel Begiebing. The
subject for the morning service is
Character
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-08

Rev DIR. J. S. Lyon, a scion of London
derry, who resigned the pastorate of the
Second Baptist church of Holyole, Mass,
last September after II years of service, to
become managing director of the Holyoke
chamber of commerce, will leave that posi-
ton early in the fall to become field secre-
tary of the Northern Baptist Educational
society. DIR. Lyon realizes that he is to
tackle the biggest and hardest job within
the gift of the Baptist denomination, but
the great opportunities Of the work appeal
to him, and his numerous friends in Wind
ham county feel sure that he will make
good under the ordeal, as has been his Gus
tom throughout life He will be charged
with the direction of campaign to raise
the scholastic standard of all the Baptist
schools and colleges between Chicago and
the Pacific coast, and eventually it will
lead to an endowment campaign for all of
the Baptist educational institutions in
the northern part of the United States.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-08
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Miss Madge Davenport of Boston is
at her home for vacation
Mrs. Martha Tyler of Vernon is a
guest for week of her daughter, Mrs.
y. L. Stockwell
Noyes White and John Atkins went
to Sunset lake yesterday to stay few
days at the White cottage.
Miss Frances Stellman of Boston
spent the holiday in town with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Stellman.
Mrs. Walter II. Alexander, who I'M
derwent an operation in the Memorial
hospital Sunday, is doing well and is
very comfortable.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter johnson of
Worcester, Mass, who had been visit
ng at Henry Squires s, returned to
heir home Tuesday.
Gilbert Morse returned Yesterday
from Springfield, Mass, where he had
been week. Mr. Morse has sold his
farm here to person in Springfield
VINO buys for home. Mr.. and Mrs
Morse will go to Springfield to live.
The social committee of the Y P. c.
L. OF the Congregational church held a
meeting with Mrs. A. w. Sweeton
CHAIRMAN, Tuesday evening. 1t was
voted to have lawn party and social
on the lawn at j. l.. Barney s July Is
Baptist church, Rev. l. NJ. Compton
II aston. Morning worship at 1890. Hen
ny Bond of Brattleboro will speak. Sun
day school at noon. Evening services
lat Z. Russell B. Thomas, leader. Mid
week prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing at $50.
First Congregational church, Rev
Henry Lamb pastor. The usual PRAYER
meeting will be held Friday evening al
$50. Topic, Christian Liberty. Ser
Vices for Sunday: Divine worship al
1o.30. Session of the Sunday school al
noon. Christian Endeavor meeting al
O'Clock. Topic, Making Life Worth
!Whlle. Leader, Miss Hattie Clark
This is the monthly conservation meet
ng of the society
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-08
That Alfalfa Case.
BURLINGTON News-A

burlington News.)
The newspapers far and wide have
commented on an alleged judicial de-
lslon at Brattleboro, to the effect that
alfalfa is grass, and hunter is liable
to a fine for shooting a deer eating
grass. The Brattleboro Reformer clears
fho local tribune from resulting asher
SONS on its wisdom. 1t explains
that the huntsman was fined solely for
shooting a deer out of season. The
question of whether alfalfa was grass
or crop came up only incidentally and
the court, after reading the definition
OF alfalfa, held that it was a crop. This
1uilng, however, had no special bearing
one way or another upon the disposition
of the case, as it was not shown that
the animal was destroying the crop.
The radical question involved. in our
own opinion, is why the newspapers
should treat as of vital Importance a
decision of tribunal of such minor
rank.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-08
WEST HALIFAX.

Mrs. Warren Pike fell and broke
her arm recently.
Mr. and Mrs. d. D. Pratt were in
Brattleboro Tuesday and Wednesday
The grass on the Tucker farm was
sold Monday and brought good price
Miss Elizabeth Benjamin of North
field, Mass, has been a guest of he,
roommate, Miss Pauline Adams. re
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. S. Cooke have
taken carriage drive of 10 DAYS il
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and
Vermont.
The Universalist social will be held
next week Wednesday with Mrs. Ar.
thur Vile, and the Baptist social will
be held this week Thursday at the
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher Dalrymple
and Fred Robinson took an automobile
ride to Blanford, Mass, Sunday and
returned Monday night Mr.. Robin
son s father came home with them.
Judge Frank Worden and Mrs.
Briggs were in Northampton, Mass,
last Friday. Judge Worden came back
to Shelburne Falls and was guest of
his daughter, Mrs. Olney Crosier over
Sunday Mrs. Briggs visited her
daughter in Northampton over Sun
day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-08

Japan has done well in formally hon
oring with an enduring monument the
memory of Henry Willard Denison, the
Vermont man to whom the Mikado and
the elder statesmen turned for disin-
terested advice on foreign affairs for
period of 30 years. Had he been in
Toxic at his old post during the past
Il months, the course of history might
have been different. 1t is significant
to note that the survivors of the group
of Genro, who steered the ship during
the reign of Emperor Mutsuhito, and
who trusted in Mr.. Denison as a wise
counselor, are now siding with the COM
mercial and banking interests of Japan
against a drastic policy toward China,
the effects of which are already visible
in trade returns.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-08

The customs district with headquarters
at Newport was abolished at about the
right time. The business coming across the
border at the present time does not give
returns large enough to support two dis
trets. The statement sent out from st.
Adams yesterday shows an increase of
over half a million dollars in the value of
imports for June, and at the same time
decided falling off in the revenues collected
The district now comprises all Of Vermont
and Coos county, New Hampshire, while a
year ago only western Vermont was in
Guided The figures as compiled by the
officials are I: For last month, imports
81 ,6S6, 100 and revenues collected S,56S,
as against imports of S1,0S1, 5SS and reve-
nues Of S4J,179 year ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-08

current number of Everybody S. While
the author studiously avoids anything
that savors of partisan politics. the ar
ray of facts presented leaves no room
for doubt that because the European
war is more invincible bar to imports
rom Europe than any protective tariff
could be, it has started American fac
cries and given employment to Ameri-
can labor in enterprises heretofore fill
ing the pockets of workmen abroad. Be
ginning with dyes and ending with
dolls, the writer enumerates a long list
of articles such as manganese, pottery.
glass, creosote, potash, mineral waters.
enses for pocket flash lights, silver
fiuted glass, spectacles, rubber hose.
cutlery, crockery, porcelain, paper nov
elites and toys, which we formerly i'm
ported in large quantities, but which
America is now making for her home
markets or finding substitutes. Not
only that, but the American products
are supplying South American markets.
where imports from Europe have been
cut off. The extent to which home pro-
ducers are profiting by the exclusion
of foreign made goods will be a serious
stumbling block to the Democratic ad-
coates of increased importations under
low tariff or free trade, but facts are
facts, though only war could force
fully impress them upon some Ameri-
can minds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-08

The cities and big towns of Vermont
have their distinguishing Characters
ties, like individuals. Brattleboro is
the most public spirited (this is an out
side view and we are willing to accept
it,; St. Johnsbury the most pious.
Montpelier the proudest, Barre the most
cosmopolitan, ST. Adams the deadest.
Burlington the most seriously afflicted.
Bennington the sportiest, and we have
always thought Rutland the toughest,
but this view is now subject to revi-
sion. Rutland is the most modest That
this is a fact is revealed by the fol
lowing from the Rutland News, cit
will be matter of sincere regret that
President Wilson will be unable to
come to Rutland to go over the beauti-
full golf course of the Rutland Country
club. This regret will be shared bv the
entire community. However, it must
be appreciated that the President of
the greatest nation on earth, under the
present exigencies, must deny himself
a great many of the keenest pleasures
of life. F" Wowl
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-08
Collecting State Taxes.
(Northield News

(Northtield News.)
The annual statement of Tax Com
missioner Charles A. Plumlev is an in,
terestlng item. The statement shows
that the little state of Vermont receiv.
ed over million and a half dollars in
taxes during the fiscal year. which is an
increase of more than forty thousand
dollars over last year. OF this amount
the largest sum, of over six hundred
thousand dollars, comes from SAVING
banks and trust companies, while the
next largest tax payer is the railroads
and the insurance companies come third
with over one hundred thousand. Not
an OF US appreciate the fact that 50
iarge business is carried on in onr
lIttIe town. Everything is well svs-
tematized and an able corps of clerks
assist an efficient commissioner and the
work goes ON quietly and without os-
fantation- Mr.. Plumley is proving him
elf highly capable man for the diff
ult position.