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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-06-21
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5ur 9iefrlitcu Station 81 beae6en,
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Die 8eidenfimg ianO in ser @oiien-
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6rauenbietcnibreg reglrbeit
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Dem .@ouberneur Sorrineton ongs-
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oc wd6reno OeS lponiiA omerifoni-
iben arieges gebil0et ilno leiItete
quite QienIte. Die @2itarbeiter in Dem
ncuen Gomite iinO 5rmi z. Sorriiou
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man Srml gilbert Siouliat uno Sri.
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pagnie.
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6. 2eonoro Ober, S. Sombleton
Sber, 6ronf 9. Ober, gilbert @.
Sber mo 0eperlD S6er.
@on oen 9(pplifonten I'M g[ufnob-
me in oie @lili6 fonnten eeitern ie
iie6en aus 5ebn Die Gr5tIi9e llnterlur
DUNG ni6t beiteben rno muBten ipe.
gen forperli6er 6eBler 5uriidgeipie.
len perOen.
SSn ser n@Dcning Gun" purOe
odrouf oufmcrflom gemadt, onB
Diele Der potriotiiden iiingen 2eute,
Deldc iib omperben loiien, ole Cob
he bon 3eutid glmerifonern uno
notlroliiirten 9iir9ern iino.
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Snipeftion oes SeIologers BEL 2orrel
Dor.
General @oitber iogte geitern, ooB
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nocb Der meritnnii6en @ren6e ge.
Ionot mer0en miro.
@edielfallenySdwinOler
Gin gerie6ener @e6ieliollen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-06-21
nMatiOmaI esaams."
ngImerIean aeaane.'

Sr @m. s. Stone, ser Sergeant-
at.9lrms oes republifaniihen glotio.
nol.Gomite's, fe6rte geitern bon
Chicago 5ltriid. Selitc 9lbeno miro
ibm 81 @6ren Elm 8anfctt i'm Sotel
SoDce gegeben weroeu.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-06-21

Srub gereift. sSnititirts-
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9ie6esbrief eut6ielt2" &anra:
,Cb mas 0eufen Sie bon mir, 6rdu.
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itb ldngit 5inaase
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nan5ieue @rid0pnng iiuierer @cg.
ner 6er6eiaeiiibrt perDeu" 8
oSal 0urd ibre 6obIe auiie muB er
fonnen~
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-06-21
9iitriftS- -SInualt 9iaridlall pur In.
terhnns citirt.

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gung ser @liBadtng oes Saus-lln.
terromiies gegcn S. Snopocn Nlar.
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fen oes Soilies 81 bringen. @s miro
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ofientliben &erpeis 6eite6en miro.
Wloribull 6nttc acknowledgement &c.
gen oen 9ieprdientanten 9udman
er6oben Oie BON einem llnterconlite
umteriudt iporoen maren ociicn Nlo.
tiue bon Nloriball IN s5rosc aeiteat
mllroen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-06-21

g9 a 9 sic o0oilD 90 all" weiB.
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n0oil1 @iail4 ans aopen6aeeu oe.
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Witne 5eritort. 9lae, nit 9lusna6mc
bon Giuem Ser Mannidoft muroen
eerettet ino no6 Sbpeoeu oe6rabt.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-06-21
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-06-21
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miinldlt.

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line, @iaii, eriudte Den 9SoIi5eimar-
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lit, aber niGt me6r ermittelt meroen
fam. IS murOe gleid5eitia criI9t,
penn moslid Samilien.9lngeborigc
oOer 6reimoe 8u ermitteln, Oie iiber
ben epentuellen 800 OeS @elu6ten
glusfunit gc6en fonnen.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-03
BY BETTY BROWN

With the White House setting the
example all good Americans seem to
have turned their thoughts to we'd
dings. January rivals June this year
as month of weddings. This is the
news l gathered in tour of various
studios and shops where designers
are busily engaged on wedding fnery
as if it were the month of roses rather
than the month of ice carnivals.
A gown that will set the fashion
for many other wedding gowns to be
worn this winter is this one sketched
in the studio of Nine Becker of the
Fashion Art League of America. It's
so simple that it may be fashioned of
the simplest material yet the sweep,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-03

ing, graceful line of corsage and skirt
is the last word in elegance when
made in the bridal satin and point
lace used by Nine. Becker.
The quaint little frock worn by the
flower girl is white silk tulle. The
short skirt is banded in pink tulle the
tulle falling in points over the white
under slip. Each point is caught with
a rose bud; the under slip is slightly
wired to give an old-fashioned fare
to the fluffy little frock.
-O-O
Sir: My wife tried to get me into
dress suit last night. ''All the society
men dress for dinner" she said. And
all the society women undress for
dinner" I,came back. That fixed her.
Putnam patriot., 1916-08-04
:.ee.:.iING COCK KILLS OWNER
Knife on Game Fowls Leg Cut Artery in Mans Leg, and Death Fol
 lowed Shortly.

What proved to he a fatal attempt at fighting cocks surreptuously was the one made in the back yard of Xi- eente's stables at AT ealle c. Tausan, Sampaloc. in which Florentino de ia Cruz received a deep gash on the left thigh. cutting an artery, from the fight ing knife of one Of the roosters, from which he died from loss of blood while being rushed to the Philippine General hospital.
 From the investigation of the oc- currence and from the testimony of witnesses, 1t is dedueea that Floren- tino. who was a coehero of the stables. and Pedro Santos, another coehero. were about to engage in a surreptitiaus game of cock-fghting and had fas- tened knives to their respective birds legs.
 When everything was ready both men sat on their launches preparatory te turning the birds loose. Florentino, however. put his bird on his lap and as the two men who had sat too close together their birds began to fight while still in their hands. with the re- suit that Florentiuo received q deep thrust in the left thigh, cutting an ar tery. The fast wagon was immediate Iy called to convey The injured man to the hospital. but on account of the se- were loss of blood he died on the way. Manila Cable to New York Sun.
Putnam patriot., 1916-08-04
ATTIC A THING OF THE PAST
Treasure House of Family Relies Has Completely Disappeared in These
 Modern Days.

A very modern indictment against the architects and builders of this town has been returned by young married couple who have spent con siderable time looking for a home. They report the incredible fact that there are no attics in the newer class of houses. or very few. Where the attic ought to be there are finished rooms with regular floors papered walls and lighting fixtures.
 To the phiiosonhic mind this is q state of affairs Of the gravest mo- ment. for in the swift moving tide of American life that has swept away So many of the moorinss of the home and family the attie was about au that was left to tie to, remarks writer in the Indianapolis NeWS. Not everybody can have ancestors, pnr- traits. family skeletons, and the other thIneS that go with lineaEa, but ev- erxhaav can have an attic if thtX Will make a stand for It and uat aItaW mere style in houses to deprive them of their rights An attic is the near-
 
 bas beou discovered. IL takes only few generations fo furnish it with me mentas that constitute a complete genealogical history of the occupants of tbe house. And these are the things like portraits and skeletons-that ga to preserve family pride.
 No man can % into the attic and see the first eenper-taed boots he wore as q boy hanging to the rafters with out feeling some sort of stir within him. He cannot see the remains of his graudmother's hoopSkirts without feeling somehow that there is con meeting link between him and the his- tory of his country. As for the pad- dea sIIk brocaded vest his grandfather wore on his wedding day it is pat ent of responsibility equal to a suit of armor-besides looking good deal like one.
Putnam patriot., 1916-08-04
Leoend of the French Poppy.

During the early stages of the pres ent war a strange phenomenon on the hattlefelds of northern France was the abundance of poppies. all the roads being bordered by large tracts of the red flowers, which gave the impression that the bloodShed there had come forth to the surface once more. In any ease this is the popular belief among the peasants of the districts where battles ragged only some months ago; but the real explanation is that the poppy is the companion of wheat in France. just as the blue bell mIngles with the corn in Russia, and that the poppy has usurped all the space.
Putnam patriot., 1916-08-04
cossaek's Horse a Wonder.

The achievements of the Cossacks in the recent Russian advance is no surprise to anyone familiar with the Cossack's horse. The animal Is small. with a short. thick head and neck and a slopiHg back. but what he lacks in size he appears 10 make up in intel- Hgence. He Is indifferent to weather and climate, because he never had .t warm stable. He thrives where any other horse would starve and relishes food that a gent might scorn. His rider win tether him on a snow euv- cred plain and he will get his own food by scraping aslde the snow to reach the grass underneath. And so doeile is he that he will form breast work for his master to fire over.
Putnam patriot., 1916-08-04
GnuIash. a La Actress.

Rlanch Yurka. the Bohemian actress has made a contribution to the 'Ac- tors Cookeries." which is of value to housewives. She declares tbat the melange served as Hungarian g0ulash in restaurants is rarely the genuine article. Her own recipe, which she swears do be infallible. is as follows: 4Cut into small squares two pounds of beef taken from the shoulders. Place oa frying pan two tablespoonfuls of butter and one large onion. finely minced. When well Drowned. add the meat. Salt to taste; add four cloves. eight kernels allspice. q slice of lemon, one bay leaf. two tabIespoonfuls of vinegar. and one tablespoonful of su- gar. Cover and stew slowly. When meat is tender, dust with one table spoonful of flour. add little water. two tahlespoonfuis of tomato catchup. and pinch of paprika. Mix thorough ly. let if boil over and serve with --inced brown potatoes
Putnam patriot., 1916-08-04

New York.-An unknown SH~lOer of dead and injured. more than fiftv million dollars in property loss, five states shaken. and millions of per sons within a radius of a hundred miles frightened to distraction, is the partial to5al of the damage wrought by all explosion of war materials in Jersey City.
 While only one body has been re- covered. the loss of life is believed to have been considerable In the ex- citement of the explosion. little or no effort MS made by anyone to take q census Of those known to have been in the vicinity.
 Black Tom Island, an area of re- claimed land which projects into New York Bay from the Jersey shore. tm- mediately behind the Statue of Liber- ty. was the scene of the explosion.
 Six Lehigh Valley Railroad piers and the National Storage Warehouse. comprising 24 three-story brick bui d. ings, about 100 feet deep, were the principal sufferers.
 Between $25.000,000 and s30000.0a0 worth of property belonging to these companies was hurled into the air by the series of explosions. Thirteen storage warehouses and their contents were burned. a dozen bargas and the'r contents burned or blown up and probably three tug boats sunk.
 The New Jersey Central Railroad pier, half mile from the source of the explosion, also was damaged
 Three tugboats, with an aggregate crew Of about 24 men. are listed as missing These boats are the Geneva. a Lehigh Valley boat. and the Bridge ton and Ithaca. Jersey Central boats.
 When last seen the little vessels were braveiy forcing their way into the blazing barges in an effort to re- move them.
 Then occurred the big explosion. It is feared they were blown to pieces and lost with their valiant crews,
 About million dollars worth of damage was done on Badloe's and El- lis Islands Ellis Island suffered se- verely-
 Countless homes and business places running into the hundred5 of thousands were more or less dam- aged in Jersey City. Hoboken Man. haitian, the Bronx, Queens, B-ooklvn. Staten Island and adjacent cities and towns.
Putnam patriot., 1916-08-04
The Awakeninq.

The wars wOrld-earthqual1e has shaken man out of his slumbering. The soul is awake, and it will rouse up in even greater alertness when the Eu- ropean populace, now drugged into in- sensibiIity by martial law and the battle-fever, shall wake up out of their sleep. Man is willing, as he has not been before in 1.S0o years, to break camp. pull up stakes, leave the spot where he has been stagnating so long and so ignobly, and renew the tourney of pilgrimage. IL is moment of inc0mparable preci6usness-and Of fncomparaBe responsibility. For if man. now that he is shaking off his sloth of soul and is gathering together his spiritual effects for a resumption of his pilgrimage task. can be guided into the upward heaven-seeking path, it will be gain worth even the blood cost whereby it was purchased. But if. for lack of competent guides, man. kinds new travel mood wears itself out in byways, its end will be in swamps and wilderness. A reaction will set in that will theneeforth make sfagnation more stagnant And the earth will have been disquieted in vain.-Bouck White in Atlantic.
Putnam patriot., 1916-08-04

afternoon the streets were almost de- sertes. and hardly a soul went up or came down the stairs
 Suddenly the blind mans keen ears heard the click of Jacks footsteps in the street. He knew that Jack was coming into the little place where he sat, with the purpose of ascending the stairs. But then he heard the man stop. and knew what was happening: he was buying a paper to take in the train.
 And just at that instant he heard the footsteps of Elaine coming down the stairs.
 The blind man shifted his position a little. so that he sat right in the path of the girl. She stopped A girls mind is not weighty thing al ways, and Elaine had evidently almost forgotten the past.
 You are in the way. blind man. she said impatiently Will you kind ly let me pass?"
 The blind man mumbied and be- gan to move slowly back Everything in the world now depended upon the factor of time The blind man was very slow in moving.
 Suddenly he heard the girl start. and a shrili petition was in her voice.
 Let me pass! Let ne pass at once, bind man."
 At that instant the blind man could hear the ehckety-claek Of Jacks foot steps upon the sidewalk.
 70 le5 me pass, blind nam sobbed the girl, and then the bind man heard the start that the man gave.
 For just an instant the blind man s heart was in his mouth The next, he knew that Jack had taken Elaine in his arms il the street. yes, right in the very presence of the blind man.
 Darling. forgive mel" he heard the man whisper.
 70 Jack, I have been so unhappy all this long time
 But you love me?'
 Always. Jack,
 And we will never be parted again? Theret-there,
 70 hush. Jack! The blind man will hear uste
 - the blind man!" said Jack
 But the blind man felt something papery dropped into his hand, which closed on it. Do you know what that is, blind man?" inquired the girl.
 A one-dollar bill, mumbled the blind man
 "A five said Elaine For you have brought me luck after all. and l al most love you. you dear blind man,"
Putnam patriot., 1916-08-04
TIME FOR HIM TO HAVE REST
Enumeration of Hardships Failed to Win for Soldier the Support of
 One of His Hearers.

"Geutlemen." said the ex-army off cer. who Was aspiring to parliamentary honors, "l have fought against the Turks. Often have I had as my bed the cold. damp battlefield, and with bleeding feet l have marched over the frozen ground, until utterly ex- hausteda
 The audience seemed to be impressed. and a burly son of the soil was seen to approach the platform. Then he spoke with great deHberation.
 Did you say ye'd fought against the TurBs?''
 .eYes," replied the candidate.
 And that you lay for nights on the cold. damp battlefeld?"
 That I did. sir"
 And your feet bled as you marched over the frozen grouudf'
 "Yes. I assure you they did"
 "Then I'll be hanged if you ain't done enough for your country, Co home and rest. I'll vote for the other fellow. w."-London Tit-Bits.
Putnam patriot., 1916-08-04
Music Was Upside Down.

Laughter trickled through the au- ditorium of the First Christian church at Alexandria during a program given by the children of the church. One little girl who was very anxious to fill her part on the program wished every body te know that she had learned her music well and when playing on the piano she frequently turned from side to side to look at the audience. When about half way through the number she stopped with reluctance. She had forgotten part Of the piano number. and on close observation dis covered that the music sheet was Hp- side down on the music rack. While the audience waited the little girl turned the sheet.-Indianapolis News.
Putnam patriot., 1916-08-04

footsteps halted near him, and the same merry voice exclaimed:
 Wait a minute. Jack! Look at this poor blind mani"
 Hurry, then. or we'll be late for the show" answered another voice, a young mans voice.
 The next morning, during the shop ping hour. the young girl halted in front of Larkin. and the laughing voice said, with just catch of tears in it:
 You brought me luck last night blind man. l cant tell you how happy l am, but I am going to give you this. It is a one-dollar bill
 Thank you, Miss l know the value" answered Larkin.
 How do you know it isn't five?" asked the young girl.
 Nobody ever gives a five to blind man, Miss, said Larkin
 The young girl went off, laughing merrily, and after that Larkin would hear, once in while, the same merry voice, and a coin would be dropped into his hat He came to listen for it. and when he did not hear 1t for weeks together the blind man would feel disappointed.
 Once in a while the blind man heard the footsteps of the young man who had been with the girl. He knew them, as the blind man knows steps, by their individuality. There was the least longer interval than the normal between the stroke of the heel and the click of the sole. Larkin was sure he would always know those footsteps.
 Now and again, oftener as the year went by, he heard the steps of the young girl and the man as they went up the stairs to the train which was to carry them to the theater. And then one night they came down the stairs, right at the time when they should have been enjoying the play, and the merry voice was a sobbing voice
 I'll never, never speak to you as long" he heard the girl say, and he went home a very dejected blind man
 He did not expect to near the girls voice again, but on the very next morning she stood in front of him
 If had given you present last night you might have brought ne luck. blind man. she whispered, chok- lngly. Here. take this. And wish me well, blind man
 She put a fifty-cent piece into the blind mans nat and went away.
 Several times she passed him after that. but she never left any money in his nat. The blind man fancied that she had taken a dislike to him. once or twice she went by up the stairs, in lne theater hour, with some young man, but 1t was never Jack The blind man recognized ner voice. and It sas never merry any more, even though she was laughing
 Once or twice Jack passed, bat he never paid any attention to the pima man. Once he went to the theater with another girl, and once ae was with a woman whose laughter made fhe bind man shiyer. 1t was so hard. The blind man often wished that the man and Elaine might meet when they were alone.
 But weeks rolled by and passed into months, and he never attained his wish. And gradually nes interests came into his mind. He had almost forgotten Jack and ElaiEe until one afternoon-la one wet, foggy after noon.
 The blind mans post was in the lit tla sheltered way between the stairs and the street. People who passed almost brushed the bind man This
Putnam patriot., 1916-08-04
panuerous Bue1.

He was laborer untutored in the language of flowers. Mrs. Wife had en- ployed him to work around the garden. his principal duty being to banish weeds. He displayed an interest, how ever, in every blossom and seemed to enjoy talking about them, particularly a big towering bush near the back fence.
 "Whats thatgs he asked.
 "Spirea." Mrs. Wife answered.
 'Is it poisoRTT
 '.No. guess not
 'Sure it is l monkeyed around one Q them bushes n couple O weeks ago an had to go to the dentist right afterward. And now he says I got sprea."
Putnam patriot., 1916-08-04
pefense Aaalnst Hailstorms.

Vineyard owners in France are this year utilizing a peculiar sort of gun as d means of stopping hailstorms which are prevalent and frequently ruin the grape crop. The mechanism consists of q large breeehloading gun, supported on q tripod. 4 funnel-shaped Sniokestack, which is continuation of the baYrel, passes through the roof and distributes the smoke and force of the explosion into the atmosphere. This annhaii gun IS fired against dark clouds which indicate a coming storm. and In many cases efTectually scatters them.