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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07
Tint Allied offensive that

That Allied offensive that Berlin
reported as finished two weeks ago had
sudden recovery these last two days.
The fact that a mile of second-line
trenches was taken is significant chiefly
as an indication that the second line had
not been taken before. But the offensive
goes on, and that is Germanys worry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07

It does seem to us that the Sunday pa
per which printed on it's front page an
"aeroplane view" of Atlantic City at the
bathing hour might at least have mem
toned the St Charles Hotel, on the top
of whose new building the aeroplane
appears to have rested to steady the
camera,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07
Chats With Famous Athletes

Mr. j. r. Maxwell. the well-known
golfer. says:
After trying thlrty-seven distinct types
of putters for several years l am con-
WINGED that to be good putter is quite as
important as to have a good putter. How
ever, I have heard that there is a thirty
eighth type, and | shall endeavor to Obtain
one of them"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07

st. Thomas, st
John and st
Croix to the
United sta & e S
He will doubtless
be remembered
in the future as
a man Of letters
rather than as a
diplomatist, but
no one who
knows him, and
the court al
which he ha'
represented tht
United States
since 1907, will
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07

We have often wondered II she mas
tered the balance of the melody sec
tionally, also, and II she eventually put
all the sections together and ever played
the piece through to the end.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07
TIME FOR EVERYTHING

Two Scotch soldiers who steadied the men
at a critical moment by playing mouth
organs have been given medals, which does
not alter the fact that the average mouth
organ player should be shot without the pre-
liminary OF a drumhead cOurt-martial.-
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07

Mr.. Wilson thinks that the Repub-
lican party Is only "reminiscences, but
he is likely to discover that the country
regards 1t as so pleasant and agreeable
n memory that It will prefer it to the
nightmare which goes under the name of
Democracy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07
Aneestry Of President Have

RntSsEforS s1o S' "Aat % YOG KaOuOa-Was
hsu-, tsueaslLoIo 3; Hayes's father Americs,a y
porn or was he an Immigrant srS .s iS an n
immigrant from what city ana - oo,.L - an
did he come, ana when7 Goun'ry
Rutherford B. Hayes was d...,
IN tne sixth generation from Co.. st aant
eno LETT scotland N 1850 and ayss'
Mlnasof' Conn Ths father Of 7ps.slsa p.es.. IN
hAysa MAS bora IN Brattisboro : tSslaent ne
REMOVED e OHIO "hsn - vas younx : nsa as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07
Speaking of Names

T.. G. Justice. retail coal dealer, Of
Glenside, has returned $500 10 his GUS
toners. He says this amount represents
the excess charges he made on orders so as
to meet the coal tax before It was declared
unconstitutional last fall.-News item.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07

Associated Advertising" gives up It's
August issue entirely to Some Phiade-
phia Convention High Lights Fine but
why isn't Rowe Stewart, chairman of the
General Committee one of the some? We
don't find his name or his picture there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07

The Philadelphia Gear Works good
naturedly advises US that doctor has been
called in to fix those signs we pointed our
rude finger at. Meanwhile j. III. c. writes
You missed another sign on the same
wall:
ORDERS CANNOT COME TO FAST.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07
THE AVERAGE NET PAID DAILY cTR-
CUI.AT1oN OF THE EVENING LEDGER
FOR JUNE WAS 125, sos
Philadelphia, Monday. August I, 1915.

H a man does not make new
ecguaintaness as he Advances through
life he tDiH soon find himself left alone.
Samuel johnson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07
What Do You Know?

Queries OF general interest tDil be dnStOered
In this column. Ten questions, the dnstGerS to
Uhtch every tceAtHJOrmed person should knoW'
asked daily.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07
AN OLD GARDEN
IN PHILADELpI
It Was There That Mauri,
Egan, Diplomatist and NJ
of Letters, Began His
Dreaming

TUE fame Of Maurice Franc,.
Il native Philadelphian, poet -,
'ssayist, teacher and diplomats, :. y
rest on his relation to the treat.
Denmark for the sale of the is,s.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07

Some Democrats are not only op.
posed to child labor, but are opposed to
any labor whatever.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07
KAISER TAKES sCYTHD

KAISER TAKES SCGT1E
AND HELPS WITH HARVEST
FOOD PROBLEM NOW SOLVED
Headline,
Ha! the grim reaper! But why didn't
he think of it before?
Williams news., 1916-07-20

made easier by the reason ofethe fact handed in the act of carrying the arms across the very line. itself; for, any American citizen could legally own a thousand rifles within ten feet of the boundary.
 It's the same old tale, of course,' reflected Kynaston as he trotted lei. surely down the gentle slope that led to the Santa Mesa flats, from which the land sloped south to the Great Ranges, where the miners were pray ing for peace that should allow them to work undisturbed the great ore beds that held the wealth of the ages.
 Twenty miles, I suppose, and then ride back What is it, corporal? 2"
 Corporal Welsh had come back from the point" of three men that was riding in advance of the, party to give timely warning of any rebels who might be on the road.
 Its firing, sir, I think, off to the southeast. Listen, sir"
 It was firing beyond doubt. The men sat with intent faces, listening to the sporadic sputter of the shots. The scratch of match as man lit a ciga- rette broke the silence.
 , : Kynaston raised his right hand over his head, the fist-clenched,. and raised and lowered it quickly thrice. The Rttle squad automatically formed in column Of twoss@ and broke into a steady trot, following closely on the heels of their ee@eer sss he pushed on I'D the valley which, they we'll knew, opened out beyond the trees.
 : Up, up,, up they pushed till the live oaks gave place to pinyon pines, and the rocks ran, out into scrub and the red earth showed like a b1ood-stafn against the setting sun, they saw and heard again the cause of the firing. .5 Far away against the southern sky they saw .ther tall hats ofsthe Villa. revolutiopists outlined among the grass stems and the dark shadows of the amesquit. Occasional . flashes of red fire from the summit of the hill showed where their line was formed
 ! Instinctively. Kynaston looked for the men at whom they were hiring. To his left he saw stirring among the boulders;' even as he watched he saw . the defenders move out in an attempt to, gain the American side of the line.
 There were about twenty Of them; they came down the hillside as tree falls, intent only on gaining, the sure refuge of the line of pollard willows that marked the limit of Mexican ter ritory. That the Villistas were after them could not be doubted, for the rush of maddened horsemen swirled down the hill as chips suck into a whirlpool. The fleeing Carranzistas, seeing the intent in their enemies gait. and knowing right well what would happen should they come to hand grips with their pursuers, poured
Williams news., 1916-07-20

II you tvdnt to spend some Of your time adpenturing in another Idnd-in the land Of MonfezuH10, Cdrr0rlzd and Villa: # you Wont to knosv the conditions of riof and dn0rchy. of murder and dpilIage across the Mes- tc01 border. then you tv0af to read fhis red-blO0ded story th0t leads np to and concludes softh fhe affack ors Columbus, New MeSicO. by Villa and the sending Of fEse American army across tF1e Hne. Iris q story Of i1- sense interest; 0f daring 1dpenture and charming TOm0nce.
Williams news., 1916-07-20

IT you cannot deliver the prison CTS l make formal acquisition on you. senor, for the loads of those pack mules. Those men have come from General Zapata in the south and have footed as they came. Houses. men. women. and children; aye. senor. and even the convents have not been sa- cred from them. @E
 Money, jewels, and treasures have they taken, and they have left the land bare behind them as the rice fields Of the South when the flight of the langostas has passed.
 'I ask that this loot be returned to me to be returned to the men who owned it. That mule yonder is loaded with the treasure that they have sto- len for the purpose of using it to buy arms and ammunition to help their tottering cause"
 He pointed to the pack mule as he spoke, and Kynaston saw that the apareto fairly bulged with ill-concealed packages that showed plainly as the animal swayed to and fro, rubbing it's sides against a tree.
 Sorry, old fellow, but can't help you there, either," he said pleasantly. T can't rob Peter to pay Paul-more especially he added sotto .yoce, ''as I am morally sure that Paul is about ten degrees worse than Peter. ssslE--
 ."Gather-u up the outfit, corporal; and take their arms and ammunition. Take the bolts out of their rifles and stow all the ammunition near my sleeping plaees We'll make camp here tonight and get back to our. camp after moon rise"
 So they got their supper cooked by their horses rest a couple of hours, set out on the back trail. The little party of escaped federafs was under careful guard, for Kynaston we'll knew; that, given the chance they would give him the slip and scatter on Amer ican soil -'- S'- "a sThey would not dare to escape df- rect to Mexico again, for there they would be shot on sight; but in the United States almost any Mexican in- hahitant whose sympathies lay, with Carranza would give them shelter and food till the chance should come to smuggle them back to the federal forces. ; tA--f -se5E3c
 Kynaston was very. glad at heart when. topping the long ridge his pris- oners sauntering behind him, he sight ed the camp fires of his spermanent camp. ' + ',,t4s 2sialS2i- 'st. 2-7.1r
Williams news., 1916-07-20

Il should think have heard of 1t! We have had twenty complaints from the mine of the depredations on it by the revolutionists. That's why we're here-that, and patrolling the border for gun runners"
 Miss Upton laughed deliciously.
 q wish you patrolled by motor in stead of on horseback" she said, "for then you'd have a mechanic and not a farrier in your camp. As it is l don't suppose any of your men know about automobiles?
 She looked her question. Kynaston found himself hoping that she would ask many more questions if she would only accompany each one with such a look.
 I'm sorry to say,' he responded gallantly, "that there isn't one of them who would know a clutch from a spark plug. But if, you will come to the camp we can at least give you some tea and better place to rest than this hot road, and I can send a messenger who is more reliable than your man; at least one who knows the country better"
 The two women, shaking the dust from their clothes, joined him. They walked slowly back to the hot little camp in the canyon at the base of the hills, where the cavalrymen were gath cred in frankly curious group, look ing with unmistakable admiration at the two women as they passed to the little spot of shade afforded by the single tent fly in front of Kynaston's s tent.
 !. A delft cook. summoned by a hot trumpeter, produced some tea and crackers, and Kynaston, apologizing for the tin cups, settled his visitors as comfortably as he could.
 "I wonder what father will say" unused Miss Upton.
 Kynaston, gazing in frank admira- tion at the girls shimmering, golden hair, her violet eyes, matchless com plexion, and perfect, full-bosomed fig ure, wondered vaguely if there were anything a man could not pardon such a woman.
 It was Mrs. Fane who brought him back to earth. P+F
 My dear MT. Kynaston, what in the world do. you find to do here?" she asked. T have often heard of sthe monotony of the frontier life of the army, but have never seen a sol dier before, and I see now that all tales I have heard were outrageous congregations. No? Diminutions, then. Why don't you die?"
 People don't die in New Mexico; they dry up and blow away" said Kynaston, grinning. "Oh, it isn't so bad. One has his work, an6 after all, when a man has his work it doesn't matter whether he does it in Wash ington or Tibet-so long as he does it as well as he can What is it now, sergeant?"
 A khaki-clad cavalryman who was standing at attention saluted pune tiliously
 "Sir, a courier has come in with this note for the lieutenant"
 He handed over a grimy paper. Kynaston, with hasty, Excuse me, please" opened it. He looked up
Williams news., 1916-07-20

across the international line almost in front of Kynaston. The leader, very much bedraggled captain of infantry, came forward somewhat breathlessly.
 "Senor captain, l kiss your hands and feet!', .l,
 Kynaston had the grace to look at those selfsame hands and feet, and, seeing that they were in condition to be embraced as was suggested, grinned behind his hand as he made answer:
 T am very glad to meet you. You are familiar, I presume, with the re- Quirements of international law when an armed party crosses the line of a neutral state? Surrender must be made at once, and your party will be interned at some point to be desig- mated later by the proper authorities .'
 Of a certainty" He reached back and, unhitching his silver-mounted machete, swung it forward gracefully.
 ''Senor," he said, behold my little sword,"
 "Confound your little sword, sir. I don't see why the deuce you people can't have your fights so far within your own borders that we will aot have to mount guard over you. Every blessed one of you, when he starts a fight, gets one foot on the American line and then thumbs his nose at the other party. If you did it twenty miles south of the line you'd be caught. Gather up those pack mules, cor poTal.
 The three loose pack mules, which had been fiogged down the hill by their owners lest they, too, should fall into the hands of. the pursuing party. were grazing peacefully at the line, as they could reach.
 Corporal Welsh rounded them up and was driving them we'll into Amer ican territory when a shout from the pursuing party made him turn. An officer clad in a French military cap, a Mexican hlodse, very dirty white trousers, and straw slippers, rode for ward, saluting Kynaston punctiliously.
 T have the honor to request, sir" he said courteously,, that in accord anee with the terms of the treaty, that laS eAlstSo peIW esssyt e. loS the raiders who have just crossed into American territory De turned back to answer to Mexican law. :is'r !Ts.-;5-~' They've got as,job,. sir" comment, ed Corporal Welsh. They, ain't got no law except what they make whiies' you wait,":f~.o si.. F35 5aw 1c.i;,s: s.;j @ q am sorry. sir. but 1t is impossible that is. unless they desire to be re- turned to Mexican control"
 Kynaston's eyes twinkled as he so- berly asked the refugee officer if he desired to be- so returned. In answer, that gentleman, standing not upon ceremony, openly bolted fifty yards farther into American territory. The American cavslrymen grinned sppre- ciatively: - -.
Williams news., 1916-07-20

quickly, a light in his eyes that Miss Upton noted with approval. E
 Have Corporal Welsh and ten men saddle up at once. No sabers; just rifles, canteens, and a days rations cooked in the saddle bags" z:
 Yes, sir"
 The sergeant hung on his heel, obs viously with something unsaid. Kynaston grinned knowingly. g
 "Yes,' you may. go, too," he said. The soldier saluted again and depart ed. Miss Upton turned to Kynaston with. st
 "I know. You have received some word that calls you out along the line. Isn't that it?S And the sergeant want. l ed to go; why?"
 Every time we get an alarm of
Williams news., 1916-07-20
CHAPTER II.
The Emerald Bell.

The desert dawn was breaking when the little squad of cavalrymen rode up to their old camp. AS he came down the hill Kynaston could see the gray blur down in the valley that told him that the man had not yet returned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
Look and Feel Clean, Sweet and
 Fresh Every Day
Drink . glass of real hot water
 before breakfast to Wash out polsons.

Life is not merely to live. but to live well, eat well, digest well. work well. sleep well, look well. What glorious condition to attain, and yet how very easy it Is if one will only adopt the
 Folks who are accustomed to feel dull and heavy when they arise. splitting headache, stuffy from cold, foul tongue, nasty breath. acid stomach, can, instead, feel as fresh as daisy by opening the sluices of the system each morning and flushing out the whole Of the internal poisonous stagnant matter.
 Everyone, whether ailing. sick or we'll should, each morning, berore breakfast. drink a glass of real hot waSor with teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in 1t to wash from the stom- ach, liver, kidneys and bowels the pre- vious days indigestible waste, sour bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleansing. sweetening and purifying the entire ali- mentary canal before putting more food into the stomach. The action of hot water and limestone phosphate on an empty stomach Is wonderfully invigor- ating. It cleans out all the sour fer mentation, gases. waste and acidity and gives ono splendid appetite for break fast. While you are enjoying your breakfast the water and phosphate is quietly extracting a large volume Of water from the blood and getting ready for thorough flushing of all the inside organs
 The millions of people who are both- cred with constipation. bilious spells. stomach trouble. rheumatism; others who have sallow skins. blood disorders and sickly complexions are urged to get a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from the drug store which will cost very little, but Is efficient to make any one pronounced crank on tho subject of internal sanitation. Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05

from below this rumbling floor the snril tattoo of drill resounds upon rock. Picture this cross section:
 Above that plank floor, the silks and Jewels and glittering lights; below it, in halr darkness. squad of laborero in greasy overalls. stained with sweat and mud, risking their lives to build an other subway.
 New York rarely gives a thought Co It's thousands of sappers and miners
 Building another subway" it says. Wish they'd hurry and get 1t over. They've torn up half the town.''
 So a khaki army in tho subway trenches hurries by day and by nieht. risking life and limb like soldiers ny peril of the job is a story in itself. not to be told in paragraph. Suffice it, for the present, to say that only a few yards farther down the same street one person was killed and three persons wore wounded a short time ago when . layer of rotten stone" slipped into tho sub- way ditch and half a block of the floor of Broadway followed it.
 Is the human mind able to picture S00. .000.000 people7 That is the number Of passengers the present system Of rapid transit in New York can transport in year. The carrying capacity Is being increased to 3,0O000O,000! When the new system is completed it would stretch. in single track from New York city hall into the borders of eastern Tenneasoe, some 621 miles. The cost of the nSW line and extensions amounts to $330, ,0oo,Oo0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
As Others Saw Me

william Sanford, in Judge died last week, and owing to my transgressions it was decreed that should become one of the subjects of his Satanic majesty. had been in his demesne but six days when I received 24-hour leave of ab. sence to visit the earth. It was given me by Lucifer himself.
 In spirit form, with all things visible to me, yet invisible to all things. save spir- its, l again found myself in the sunlight of the world.
 I floated in at the office where I had been employed. Another man sat in my chair. The manager was speaking to him. If Jones hadn't died" he was saw lng' would have been obliged to dis charge him. He was getting very ineffi- cientv'
 departed hurriedly, and headed for the club. There, at least" I thought, "they would miss me-
 Smith and Brown were playing poker as usual. I had always played with them. Jones used to get on my nerves ter ribly when he played with us" remarked Smith. There was something irritating about that fellow!' Brown agreed with him.
 Away I went again. ''To my wife, I murmured. "Ah. to my wife" She was standing in the parlor looking very lovely in her mourning. Jimson, man I had always detested, was standing close be- side her.
 "You must go now" she whispered. Some day, perhaps" She did not finish. There seemed no need. I sped away through space.
 A brother spirit drew near. He was travelling in the opposite direction.
 "Used up your "A hours?" he called out.
 .No," answered, I've only been on earth 20 minutes!"
 You seem to be in a terrible hurry to get somewhere" he shouted. Where are you going SO fast?''
 Back home," replied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05

During reconstruction times when South Carolina was in the power of ignorance and profligacy-when public office $ commonplace bargain and sale, when white men of low character and unlet- tered blacks, who could ortentimes only make their mark were appointed to office of importance and responsibility such as school commissioner, ~istrates and other things looked dark to the land- ownef and better element of ~eople. This state of affairs was brought ahs'@ by adventurers from other parts of the coun- try mostly the north, who, alert at the helplessness of the so,th gathered like vultures and gorged themselves at this feast of reconstruction upheld by the powers at Washington. This feast went through period Of eight years, called later the eight good years = -4ool- ing. All this while the better element of citizens looked on helpless ~- hle to interfere, these orfice-holders being backed by federal bayonets for t'7 st9. g militia had been organized on @ vast scale and equipped in 1870-H, solely from negroes, arms and ammunition being de- nied the democrats, whicn word was synonymous with whites.
 The people of South Carolina during this decade had endeavored to get peace able possession of the government, but without success.
 The famous Ku Klux Klan was an or ganzed attempt to overawe and drive off these pernicious office-holders in power. It originated in that part of the country where neither federal nor state govarn-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05

here. Pork has been the favortte mea, or the men at the front owing to its neat producing qualities, and in addition last year when the grain and potato crops of the central empires were de- cidedly poor. too many pigs were butch- cred in order to lessen the demand for feed.
 Before the outbreak of tho var the live stock of Europe. the Balkan states and the Ottoman empire not included, stood as follows:
 Entente states. 7s,ss2.s12 cattle, 1oAso4.. s62 sheep. 30.003s12 pigs K Central states. 46,746,912 cattle, 4s,6s6, 39s sheep, 36.446,S91 pigs.
 Neutral states 1O7,5os.oos cattle. 1s4,27s,- S72 sheep, 91O63,0S4 pigs
 Entente states which are least favor. ably situated in their meat supply com ing from home production are Grea, Britain and Italy. The annual per capt- ta consumption in Great Britain Is about 15O pounds Of this 60 per cent has to be imported A table recently compiled by the well known Italian economist Fer retti shows that Italy has already used one-half of It's horned cattle to feed its army, 4@f