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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-16

bors. The three essential features of these mines are that they CD must be safe to handle on board the mine-laying ves- sels; @ that there must be precision in planting them Gas to depth of submer- sion), and (S) that they are efficient in action Gin that they do not become in- operative through the growth of seaweed and barnacles. and that they fire when struckl.
 As these mines may be planted by any type of vessel available which can be quickly used, and as the mine track can be made portable, it would be wise to establish mine bases near unfortifed harbors. It is preferable, however, to use the regular mine planters for mining channels where there is considerable traf- fic and the mine is moored. floating near the surface and exploding when it comes in contact with a passing ship. This be- cause the clear channel would have to be accurately known and pilots in- structed.
 The mining division of the Atlantic fleet consists at present of two cruisers, the San Francisco and Baltimore, and the gunboat Dubuque. Other ships will prob ably be added, or at least altered so that
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used them in the Crimea in 1s54-5 with but little success; and the same may be said of the Chinese, who planted them in the Min river in 1864. The Confeder- ates in our civil war were more success ful. but in the Spanish American war mines played an unimportant part, the Americans having very little fear of them as evidenced by Deweys entrance into Manila bay. Today a fleet would not dare make such a fearless entrance with out first carrying on extensive mine sweeping operations It remained for the Russo-Japanese war and the present world war to evidence the effectiveness of mines and if their use and success have not been so apparent it is because the more spectacular performances of the submarine torpedo boat have had a more popular appeal to the imagination.
 The mine which the United States is de- veloping at present was invented by Capt. Giovanni Emanuele Ella, formerly of the Italian navy, but now associated with Vickers & Co, Ltd, of London.
 Mines, as adopted for use by the navy, are primarily for the purpose of mining efensiveiy-otherwise unprotected har-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-16

night Uncle consented. I guess he was afraid to refuse, for we didn't know but what he was a Federal spy. He seemed a gentleman, and at his request, Sue opened the piano and began to sing. Uncle hearing the music came into the parlor and said, This is too solemn a night to be singing From what I can learn, our city will be in the hands of the enemy tomorrow"
 We slept but little that night, and arose early, in state of great fear and anxiety We gave breakfast to great many sol diers in Confederate uniform, whom we afterwards thought were Federals in dis guise.
 We then busied ourselves m concealing our valuables Sue buried her iewelry in tea canister in the garden. l had little and sewed it in wide tuck in the flannel skirt I wore, but afterwards wished it was not hidden on my person, for there was family of rich jews near by who distributed their gold and jewelry in money belts worn by the female mem bers. Poor Miss Miriam got so fright ened a being closely questioned that she told on herself and begged the Federal soldiers, "Oh, do, dear gentlemen, give me time to get behind the door and take off the belt and you shall have it." I did not know but what T might have to get behind the door and drop my skirt with the tuck full of bracelets and breast pins. But I kept it and my children wear that jewelry now.
 
 boxes, kept one and gave the other in care of mulatto family in whom she had great confidence, telling them to call it their property, if the enemy tried to take it. She never saw it again.
 Our wardrobe had deep tops and we stored away in them tea, sugar and cof- fee in small packages and divided up our groceries hiding them in all sorts of out of the way places, so that if the pantry and storeroom were sacked we Would have a little left A barrel Of hams was buried deep and two cords of wood covered the spot It was not dis covered. A hog which we had slaughtered was cut up into small pieces, packed in jars and hidden away upstairs.
 As the day wore on, came rumors of the enemys approach; of the lawless sacking of stores. Every storehouse was emptied groceries, dry goods and notions making fuel for the bonfires.
 Then in the streets came sight of blue coat. Oh. can I ever forget Char lotte's look of sad entreaty, as she said, Come away from the window, and let us go and cover our faces and pray for help. and deliverance."
 It was but a little while before a camp fire was burning in the beautiful enclosure of the Episcopal church yard, with an army, it seemed of blue coats swarming around it. The scenes enacted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-16
THE BURNING OF COLUMBIA. s. c.

AS recall the events, it seems but yes- terday, and yet it was 51 years ago. I was clerk in the Confederate treasury department, and wrote my name many hundred thousand times on the five, ten and twenty-dollar Confederate bills. We occupied house fronting the side of the Episcopal church, of which dear ole Dr' Shand was rector. It was the 18th or February, 1865, and we knew that the Federal army was just across the river.
 Alter breakfast l was standing by the window of my bedroom, when the first shell came zizzing over our heads, aimed
 at the white marble state house. which was less than block ssearer the enemy. can't tell exactly how felt, but I know l was awfully scared, yet I did not lose my senses entirely as Sue did. Rush. Ing down into the basement dining room,
 wringing her hands with fright, she
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-16
By MRS. FANNIE NJ. LAsALLE

begged to move away" Somewhere" anywhere where? UncIe's first thought for our protection was better seek shelter in the hospital until the shelling is over, for the yellow flag will be'a protection" but when we got there in the college campus-it proved no safer refuge, but seemed in a more direct line for their shells which came faster and thicker. As I was returning, one big fellow-it sounded bigger than the others burst just overhead. I tumbled down the front steps thinking I was killed sure that time. Where it lit I never knew, I didn't go to hunt for it, for by this time they were coming as fast as rain drops in shower They ceased towards evening and the stiffness of death pail fell upon the city.
 About supper time soldier in Confed- crate uniform asked leave to stay all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-16
Mandy, the Undisturbed

from Juuge-
 Solitude does not make for eloquence.
 Mandy" said Bill Ittner the ultimate 5enizen of Bitter Creek. where's my razor? I need a shave"
 Entered then Ike Kidder. the arch ene- my of Bill Ittner, bad citizen from across the range. A nine-inch bowie flashed in his hand. Bill clinched with Ike and the mountain cabin trembled to their struggle. The table was demol- ished the stove collapse, tre matutinal water bucket was overturned. Finally. Bill secured the knife. As he pushed the dying Ike from it's blade
 Behind the clock" said Mandy. You sure don'
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they can be used as mine planters case of war
 The promiscuous strewing of mines the open sea is forbidden by internatic law. Floating mines are only thrc over in the face of the enemy. and q should become imperative and harml within two hours, so that they wo not be menace to merchant shippf passing later on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-16

Submarine Mines in Modern War Rush McNair Hoag in Iseslie's. Mines have been used with more or less
 success in numerous wars. The Russian.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
BROUGHT TO LIFE BY LIGHT
Seeds, Twenty Centuries Old
Sprang Into Brilliant Bloom
When Uncovered.

Some years ago there was seen in a
silver mine of Laurium a curious in
stance Of the resuscitating power of
light after many years. The silver
mines Of Laurium were abandoned
more than 1000 years ago as unwork-
able, and were filled for the most part
with the Stag from the workings of the
miners.
1t was discovered however, that this
Stag contained plenty Of silver, which
could easily be rendered available by
u%p-to-date appliances. Accordingly it
was removed to thesfurnace, and, when
next the mine was visited, a wonderful
transformation was found to have ta-
ken place. Instead of a heap Of rub
bish, the mine had become a gorgeous
flower garden. The entire space was
covered with a brilliant show of pop
pies. This profuse vegetable life, it is
asserted, belonged to the age in which
the mines were worked. Twenty cen
turtles old, therefore, were those poppy
seeds; yet, when the removal of the
Stag allowed the light to fall upon
them, they sprang into life and bloom
under it's influence.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
Room With Personality.

The wallis of the room were pre-
pared in faded gold, like an old mans
memory of a sunshiny day when his
heart was young, and the cretonnes
at the windows, once brave and a
in their coloring, were blurred, and
limmed, Ike memories OF the short,
bright hours of youth. flaming out,
one after another, almost painfully
distinct, which the hand OF time has
Y into one indefinite pattern,
nth all the passionate joy and sharp
segTet washed out. The restless feet
u youth had stamped out the designs
81 the carpet, and had worn a path
Taight through the heart Of the big.
seaceful room to the open front and
ne wide, pulsing world without. Like
the incarnate spirit Of the room She
little hostess sat In the stiff. high
backed chair Of her great.grandfather.
a~uttering her ivorystinted hands
among the fragile china that had been
The wedding present OF her great
grandmother. while the youth of long
s smiled wisely down on her out Of
their narrow, black frames on the
walls-The Countryside Magazine.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
COMPARISON IN MEMS FAVOR
Is Far Less Conventional
Than the Male.

The reader may differ from me, but
/ believe that woman is much less
conventional than man, writes w. L..
George in the Atlantic Monthly. She
does all the conventional things ard
attacks other ome savagely for
breaches of convention. But you will
generally find that where a man may
with impunity break a convention he
will not do so, while, if secrecy is
guaranteed, a woman will please her
self first and repent only if necessary.
1t follows that a man is conven-
tional because he respects convention;
woman conventional because she is
afraid of what may happen if she does
not obey convention. l submit that
this shows a greater degree of conven-
tionality in man.
The typical Englishman of the
world, wrecked on a desert island,
would get into his evening clothes as
long as his shirts lasted; / do not
think his wife, alone in such circum-
stances, would YEA a low cut dress
to take her meal of cocoanuts, even
II her frock buttoned up in front.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
Delicious Piiaff.

There are some dishes upon the
Turkish bill of fare which the re.
turned Westerner never wholly ceases
to regret. Pilaff is one. 1t is a food
as national with the Turk as the po-
tato with the Irish, as the cabbage
with the German. 1t takes a multi
tude of forms, but it's basic quality,
its quality of being pilaff, is derived
from rice being cooked in such.a way
as to preserve each grain firm and dis
tinct. The rice is unpublished, and, in
the cooking. takes on a gelatinous
coat. Sometimes, it is boiled in NUT
ton fat, a rich, smooth, inviting dish.
Sometimes bits Of roast mutton are
mingled with it, when it becomes a
meat pudding OF delicious flavor. 1t
is cooked with small currants and
pine nuts, fragrant and spicy. 1t is
stuffed with dates and favored with
orange peel; but, whatever it's form,
it is one Of the treasured memories
OF a visit to the neal East.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
Uses Of the Line Telephone.

WOES VI GHS GtHS ISiSpItOfGs
A man was telling us that down in
the country he stopped at a house that
had a line telephone, and while he sat
there, 1t rang, and forthwith there wal
a rush to it, Notwithstanding the
number Of rings indicated another
house, the Columbus CO., State Jour-
mai observes. But that made no diff
ference, for they were just as much
interested in what their neighbors
were saying to each other, or what
the dealer had to say to any n of
them. They never for a moment aues-
toned their right to listen or the
propriety Of it. That was one thing
they had the telephone for-to listen
to what the neighbors were talking
about. And it was not such a bad
thing as it seemed, for it tended to
rule out all mean and unkind talk and
establish propriety and courtesy as
the rule OF the telephone. At any
rate, it saves everyone on the line
from the sad effect of scandalous talk.
There is nothing that so contributes
to the morality and kindly bearing Of
q neighborhood as a line telephone.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
Thrill 81 Belno Wet.

There r. something rudimentary and
fundamental about having water
splasled down upon one, and getting
completely aud deliciously wet. Not
damp. not moist, but wet, wringing
wet. You yourself when i child never
enjoyed anything so much as your
first drenching IN an unforeseen and
Unavoidable rainstorrn-the thrill OF
being vet, the cool drive Of the water
on your nose. into your sleeves. and
down your neck: and the Joyous
slssh of soaked, waterlcgged boots.
Even the tedium OF being rubbed with
alcohol bundled up, ana warned yolt
wouI0 catch yUur death, did not dimfn-
tsh the event. You voted Il better
than tho tins ron fell on the boat
sd sk II lasted longer.-VAtlantic
2Ax4&$
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
NOT BURGLARS, But Z DOC
Odd Discovery Made by Dc i've ir
New York Mansion ST "A
Great Mystery.

For the past few nights" said an
electrician who was called to a Fifth
venue mansion to look for wire trou-
BILE, according to a New York CORE
spondent Of the Pittsburgh Dispatch,
Gust as the family got into bed every
burglar alarm in the house went off.
1t frightened them almost to death
at first. On the second night the bur
glar alarm did the same act. So they
called me in. After going all through
the house l located the trouble by
chance. And now what do you sup
pose caused this state Of affairs? AS
l was seeking the aus Of the bother,
while walking across the drawing
room, off went all the bells. | took
up the flooring and discovered a nail
had been driven directly between two
Of the wires, scratching the insulation,
and when the loose board was walked
upon the nail pushed down, made a
short circuit and the bells rang mer-
rily. Over this loose board and nail
had been placed a tiger-skin rug. On
this a massive st. Bernard dog made
a comfortable bed. When he would
move about during his slumbers his
great weight pressed the nail down,
closing the circuit and arousing all
the inmates of the house in terror.
This would never have been discov-
cred if I hadn't accidentally stepped
on the right spot, and | would have
been dumfounded until today"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
Naval Emblems.

A basket slung from the mainmast
head is a sailors sign to notify that
the cargo has been loaded or dis
aharged, as the case may be, and
that the ship is ready to start on her
next trip. A generally mysterious en-
blem Is q bosom lashed to a main
mast or bridge railing. This is to
signify that the vessel is for sale. Oc-
easionally a dark blue stripe may be
seen running fore and aft on a vessel,
rs a matter of fact this is a sign of
recent bereavement. Blue is the sail
or's mourning. and the stripe of this
color takes the place of the black
margin or band used by the lands
gtan as a notification of death.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
Men Who Are Winners.

The men who win (and this does
not mean simply success in money
getting) are the men who are human,
open minded, with very little Of the
preening peacock Observation-Disclosures in
their makeup. They do not declaim
from the housetops, neither do they
insist on being it. They do not act
and talk as though they were nine
feet high. Their force is plain and
quick, simple and direct. They live
on time and not on credit. Their
promises are trusted; and presently
the world at hand, comes their way
and says TO them, III you please"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
From I he Tyndall Tribune.

County Sup't g. G.. Fites has
been confined in his home the past
week, he being one Of the victims
Of the grippe.
A marriage license has been is.
sued to Mr.. Carl W. johnson, Of
Elroy, Wis, and Miss Carl a
Wallace, Of Springfelt. The bride
j. : daughter OF County Surveyor
n. N. Wallace.
A number Of copies Of the official
State census for 1915 have been re.
ceived By County Auditor Jack
Maus and one OF the copies has
been placed in the public Ii
brary for reference. The 1915 cen
~ i very extensiye, having COM
Piled many statistias which have
never before been attempted BY 3
state q even ! government, census.
AZ tbs regular meeting Of the
CITY council last Monday evening q
resolution WAS passed BY the alder
men. accepting on behalf Of the
city, tho donation Of $4,000
from Carnegie with which 70 erect
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any ase of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
~, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Testi-
monials sent free. Price rs cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13

j.. L. Meighen made a business
trip 10 Yankton Tues lay.
New safety boxes for rent at the
Bon HoMME County BANK.
Arthur DEFAULT will have an
auction sale on Wednesday, Janu.
ary 10Th.
N. g. Bender and family left on
Tuesday for their home in Sutton,
Neb., after a visit here of two
weeks.
Mrs. Robert Jasmann went to
Yankton Tuesday TO attend the
noted play daddy Long Legs"
given that evening.
Mrs. Clark, of Sioux Falls, was
visiting friends here Tuesday and
went to Kaylor to visit her sister,
Mrs. Otto Keller.
DR.. Robert Jasmann, member
Of the state board of dental exam.
liners, went TO Sioux Falls last
week to attend a meeting of the
board.
The boiler in the new steam heat
ing plant at the Presbyterian
church was cracked and ruined
last night. 1t appears that the
water had been drawn off Tuesday
as a precaution against freezing,
and Wednesday evening a fire was
started, but as soon as the boiler
got hot it cracked. We have not
learned whether the whole boiler
or only one section was cracked.
Wednesday was the most dis
agreeable day of the season and
colder than any day last winter.
The thermometers registered TWEEN
~ below zero and some as low as
twenty seven below, with a strong
northwest. wind blowing. It was
the anniversary of the big 1883
blizzard, and those who experience
cd that storm were disposed to be
more lenient in their complaints
than they might otherwise have
been. There was not enough snow
TO develop a blizzard but it was
. d~isagreeable storm to face. It
Was not considered wise to expose
the school children so the schools
remained closed all day. Toward
night the wind went down, but the
mercury, which had stood around
twenty below all day, continued to
drop, and this morning although
still, tie Their mometers registered
from IS to 81 below.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
Ways 81 the opossum.

The opossum is q night prowIer,
usually p~referring mooushine for its
furays. When ready to bear young
the opossum makes a nest OF dried
81 ass in the hollow Of b tree and pro
dtlces twelve or thirteen blind, naked
u title ones, about half an inch long.
These she places with her fore feet,
~ i'd here each little one clings to a
Il ,at. Here they remain until about
T wo months old. When caught the
9 ,possum feigns death, meanwhile
-Eatching an opportunity to escape.
From this comes the Americanism
playing 'possum."
Evening journal., 1916-03-18
GRANTS OPENING PROVES
A Great SUCCESS

Grants opening today brought to
this city an entirely new kind of spe.
cialty shop, that should make an un.
usual appeal to feminine Wilmington.
The Grant Shop at No. 6l5 Market
street, shows millinery. waists and
skirts exclusively ana II the favorable
ordinations heard from visitors en-.
tefing the shop could be regarded as
indications OF appreciation then the
Grant shops success Is assured.
OF particular interest. is the Won
derful assortment shown by this new
shop. Dealing as il does with three
lines exclusively. IL is enabled 10
show larger and more varied num-
bers in the different lines than is
ordinarily seen in any one store.
Then. too. this shop buying OF these
lines I'm unusual quantities. brings
its selling prices to attractively low
figures consistent. with the quality
OF its goods.
The staff of salesoeople in the Grant
shop take extraordinary pains 10 make
each person visiting the shop feel genu-
inc pleasure in being there. Sightseers
are given the same courteous considera.
tion as purchasers and the public in
general has standing invitation 70
make an inspection Of the new shops
offerings at any time.
Evening journal., 1916-03-18
YOUNG COUPLE missing.
POLICE Want YOUTH

Miss Eugenia Miller, aged 20 years,
daughter OF James l.. Miller. of No.
1915 West Fourth street. employed as
an operator al the Bell Telephone
Company exchange, was reported
missing To the police department yes
terday. At the same time the police
learned that Francis Connolly, aged
% years. who boarded at No. 1906
West Fourth street. and worked at
the Hilles 4 Jones Company, an ac-
quainiance of Miss Miller was also
missing
The police are seeking Connolly, II
| being alleged that he stole watch
from his boarding house.
When inquiry was made az the
home OF Miss Miller's parents today
| IL was learned that the young wo-
man left her home yesterday morn
/ ing 10 go 10 work but did not re-
/ turn home last evening. Friends of
the young woman said they met her
and Connolly walking toward Market
street in Fourth street. yesterday
morning. Mrs. Miller. mother of the
young woman. said she was called
to the telephone by her daughter last
night when Miss Miller said she was
on her way 10 Chicago, but would
return home shortly.
Mrs Miller said she expected her
daughter TO return home this even
ing.