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Books md Authors

Famous Ghost Stories" edited bv !.
w Mes padden tThomas Y. Croweil co !.
includes some Of the choice tales ~
me supernatural by the mos. frmous
ny such authors as Decoe Scott. COS.
kell. BulwcrL ytton. Msrryat. poe.
pBricn. Hawthorne. Irving. DICKENS
and kiplinE-each story inasterplcc,
o: It's Kind.
Royal Dixon. author OF The Human
Side Of Birds" The Human side Of
ANTS. etc, has new book Jus, out.
tStokes). With his usual ability for
making science at once readable and
accurate. Mr. Dixon tells us the things
We ala not know about our domestic
.rtehus ana our distant acquaintances
wh" roam the Jungle. The myriad
iaeIs OF animal life are here presented
and admiration FOR the dumb beasts"
Charles Scribner's Sons Thomas JEFF
terson' by Professor David Suvillo
huzTeE, OF Columbia University. is an
admirable lie and personal and nolIti-
cal analysis Of the great constructive
democratic Statesman. based on long
ara Interested study by one OF tho
hiSiorians' emeouy!ng an appreciation
ana defense OF Jefferson in the liaht
o, present thought and t-owledge,
Of his political theories In their app!!-
cation TO modern conditions OF highly
organized society The book deserve,
10 DE placed in every American home.
City Tides" by Archie Austin
Coates. is a recent issue by George H.
lporhn CO. In the Introduction TO this
p"ok OF poems, Charles Hanson Townc
a Young man with much TO say. wao
Knows how TO say 1t; maker of free
verse who knows the value OF pause
and tone. and stress" His characters
zine publishing Office nave dramatic
originality. For the confirmed Gotha-
MI mite he celebrates the ticket seller.
the !over OF nature there arc the De
serted Garden. Spring In Wood"
Hill slopes There are love poems.
some lightly cynical. some vibrant with
genuine feeling. There are remarka-
Die interpretations OF musical master
pieeT In verse; and there is section
OF 'Regimentals." The variety or sub
Ject matter and style make this a
volume OF many moods and many
readers.
by Archibald Emtiedge tFrederick i.
Stokes Coz, tells OF characters who
know the Southern woods. and how TO
n nmI'. h si ana meet dangers resource
after an an-day battle with hordes
or voracious rice birds: their thrilling
adventure with the huge shark OF
biggest bull alligator of the whole
river delta their encounter with the
zero, Mn,, OF that coast country-the great
u rev OF these stirring adventures.
20 you like adventure stories with n
WHO romantic setting? DO you like
vivid tales Of danger and daring on
an old South Carolina plantation" DO
you like. In addition to excitement n
quaint and quiet hiimor? DO you like
characters In stories TO meet their
perlis in the great outdoors? Do YOU,
IKE stories written by one who knows
ms Iaroiira country as Eipling does
his India? II so, YOU will immensely
enjoy this book
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Will Russia Commit Suicide?

EUROPEAN Russia is in the grip of n
l. reign of terror. The Red Guard realizing
the slender hold il has mpon the government
OF that country. is seeking to strengthen it
self by Wholesale murder, by the extermina-
ton of the upper and middle classes OF the
old empires population and by destroying
with the sword and torch what the Bolshevki
know they can never rule If the reports
which have come from this distracted coun-
try are only half true, tho horrors which
are being enacted by the Soviet are with
out parallel in modern history of civilization.
The worst is probably yet to como. Winter
is about to settle down upon Northern Eu-
rope. winter which will last for eight
months, and will shroud the land in dark
ness for more than eighteen out of every
twenty-four hours Russia never produces
bit of food in such season. In the past she
has imported what was necessary for her
needs, above and beyond what she had stored
away during the summer months.
For two years Russia has; raised little or
nothing For the past year only small! per-
centage of her population has even thought
Of producing food. The revolution of 1916
the direct and immediate result of
food shortage. The fall of Kcrcnsky was
hurried by the cry for food which he could
not supply to his people. The peace which
the Bolsheviki were able to force upon the
Russian people held out the promise OF food,
otherwise it might have been impossible.
Now Russia enters upon another winter
with her storehouses empty, her food stocks
exhausted and with no allies upon whom
she may draw for subsistence. Germany and
Austria have nothing to contribute. In fact,
they believed when they conquered and
crushed Russia they themselves would turn
to their vassal for rations. They have been
sadly disappointed. Not even Ukraine has
had either bread or meat TO offer as a tribute
to its neighbor.
Unless all signs fail therefore the most
CHASTITY tragedy the world ever saw is about
to be staged in Russia. If starvation con-
ditions exist there now, as seems certain,
the imagination is staggered in an effort to
contemplate what will happen when from
100000 to 170000000 face the winter
Just ahead. Not only thousands. but tens
and possibly hundreds OF thousands OF people
will die of hunger, and when hunger seizes
people they become the easy victims OF
disease. Between the two. it seems inevi-
table that Russia must undergo a period OF
horror that will wiring the heart of the world
And all this is because that country allowed
itself to be sold out by Il group OF Boil
shevik lunatics
If Russia had no friends to whom she
might turn in ner distress; if she were being
pilaged and sacked by her enemies against
her will, and if she could show any signs
whatever OF courage and determination in
her plight, sympathy would not be withheld
The decent nations OF the earth would organ
ize themselves 10 save her whatever self
denial might be necessary
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Fighting Famine.
Hy CARL VROONAS
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture

1t is not merely that concerns us war on
as the " 81 mi ,ar ~ Ssfe
mons Id are face 70 face aso with
Not as a people Of course. for can always
hood Of nations we are face to face With famine
We may not be starving. but millions of
THIS arch sasmy OF all mannd this atsaa
we are doing our utmost to push forward with
our allies in strictly n militsry way we are
iocracyI,,he night against this enemy OF all
In the vital work Of financing the food pro.
their share. They have accomplished splendid
and the Department Of &srculture highly value
the constructive work the commission IS doing
@ tss ssF''ul'uFe and thus for the country as
As sspa'ss
went TO work 70 foster scientific agriculture
typieally AMERICAN work. one that has ,ypca ny
of hs nr with WE the sha aisS
The work Of ths nanksrs
ca1ee now that shs ghasiiy srseter Of famine
is Dr h IS ts1 OF Ge t spe W9rd
that the business men of This nation, class.
aEe TO ta IN ssF
hs a sy "S nave OF in %
States since the declaration of
Atcan afs en afe ow
wnG can 2e ng fsy IS na abe
normal profits and use this exceptional in
perh t ~, disoya EFFORT IN e their G par, to do
likewise, or they can nail 10 their masthea DIS
the motto: NO illegitmatc profits; no
extortion; no blood money--for me or for amy
else"
every loyal citizen is In honor bound TO make
himself {; committee of one TO aid In bringing
the dsioyal and disreputable offender to justice.
II. the other hand. certain people. through
effort OF their own. find themselves receiving
increased profits. as the result OF this war, those
as y gifts to the RED cross the pay"sn. OF income
and excess war prohts taxes. the buying Of Lib,
crty bonds and as loans AT less than commercial.
rates OF interest, and at less than gln.ed &c
security. farmers others requifn/ addi-
tiunal capital with which TO increase rood pro-
duction to carry on other needed war work
However. the war work of the goTernine nt
is Of such paramount Importance at this MON mt
that, with the Treasury asking sd.ooooco.goo or
more in the present Liberty loan campaign, the
logical advice at this time would seem to be
that all profits and all other surplus
funds be devoted to the purchase OF Liberty
bonds-Copy right, 1918.
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FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
National Problems
Authoritative Writcrs-A Daily Editorial Feature.
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PATRIOTISM
e.
q Comm ercc.
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PATRIOTISM.
Secretary OF Commerce.

America stands in the world to-day
for God beside all the English speaking
tho Mohammedan. the Hindoo.. the
Buddhist. with Christians OF all kinds
OF creeds; with men OF every iaith and
u no faith. all standing together In
this great struggle because the com
VOTED against wrong.
DO we not truly say that we are en-
gagged In Il struggle FAR more righteous
even than that OF England TO keep her
OF France TO recover her territory. far
more Important than the effoTt OF Bel
sium or of Serbia TO get back the lands
and the homes that have been taken
from them?
These nations all do we'll. as do those
associated with them in the common
spiritual ideal for which to sacrifice
and for which to conquer--somcthin ing
as far ,bovc ali mere political ideals
as Tod Is above man.
We wrestle with spiritual evil in
high places. we fight not only 10
make the. world safo for democracy"
We 'n now 's sss "a little of the s,ea,
cause that Is emerging from IN" nlists
Perhaps we sha II realize that we
give our sons and our treasures for
something greater than we thought
Ism which stands for righteousne S.
a cause far above all loyal, personal
and even national patriotic purposes
We shall como To understand thai II
Is Only a great. free people that can
give themselves freely 20 light for u
creed wholly ideal.
Perhaps we shall see that we must
give our children. and our treasure to
holy war and that tho struggle in
which Ve are now engaged is not
merely n struggle between nations or
between armies. or that II is a matter
of boundaries. or territory. or indemnity
but rather the Old. fearful strife OF
Christian against Appolyon. OF Christ
against the devil
The world bears witness that by
their fruits We shall know them Is as
sound to-day as when il was first
spoken. We cannot tell even TO the
most stoicai man the half Of the things
wrought in cruel deeds out Of t4ie hide
Gus German philosophy. BY what they
savagcs in the ranks. led by the men
of kultur, who believe the savage
philosophy that starvation is not TO
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which should see those things would
not pass away before He returned.
ms generation is living on the earth
to-day. The great Lisbon carthuuake
OF November l. 1855 is long in the past.
Inc unacopuntable darkening Of the
sun and moon. known as The Darl:
Day. occurred May la. 1880. and Is
a!so long IN the past. The falling OF
the STARS the greatest celestial display
o, fireworks which. this old earth sas
ever seen on the night OF Sow er
10, 1898. IS also past history. Surely
we have no reason TO doubt that the
last OF th!4 prophecy. the shaking Of
inc atmospheric heavens and the 81
presence OF Christ on tho cloud IR.v.
XIV I'D wiz be fulfilled also.
The Master adds: wow learn n par
ab!c oil the ~ tree: when his branch
is yet tender and putteth forth leaves
Pe' Know that summer ia nigh so
likewise yc. when W shall see all these
Things. know that he is near. even at
the doors' T. n
Richmond. Va, September %. 1918.
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The German Chancellor. in the effort TO
disspate the growing depression OF the Ger
man people, assures them that the u-boat
is slowly, but surely, fulfilling its task Of
diminishing tonnage, thus, above all. unceas-
ingly menacng and restricting REINFORCE
ments of men and material from the United
States The persistence Of German official
claims OF the effectiveness Of U-boat warfare
is lne&phcahie except upon the assumption
that the government regards its subjects en-
masSe as below the average or ordinary in
telligence. and, therefore gulliblc beyond any
limit. For straight-out audacous liar, the
Chancellor ranks any spokesman Germany
has yet thrust forward, and that is saving
good deal.
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be allev:ated, but to be utilized hayo
zone gone In Belgium and in Northern
heard and what is but the outwarJ'
visible sign OF natural and spiritual
eVii working out it's normal result.
should be II leader In "A fight Tor =,
creed wnolly ideal. dappy that We
may give our sons and treasure for tho
cause or righteousness. Happy, If ~
making great sacrifice. we may says
Inc soul of our people.
II vas the irony OF rate that tho Ger
man ma empire waA born and performed
us nrst official act in tho grcnt palace
OF the French kings at Versailles. it
was peculiarly German 10 take thar
place. ana that time to organize tho
re-" German government. But that,
after all. was not the beginning.
Back Or that. in 1866. Prussia had
to.a HShiesw!g from Denmark. articio
Iss 0i the Irsn,y o. Prague iAusust. 20,
Wig TO Prussia, contained these word.
Ine people or the north Of Schlcsw l..
s si be again united with Denmark; IN
inc event or their expressing desire
so to be By vote freely cXerc xed''
The vote never was taken. 1t wan
requested IN accordance with the treaty,
bit it was refused, aud on October. II
lS?S. this solemn promise in the treaty
Was abrogated with the assent of AUS
ira making the first but not the last
OF the Infamous scraps OF paper.
We know now what was sur4nised be-
fore, for Bismarck in his memo,ra
states particularly that the war with
France in 1870 was deliberately brought
about ia the hope that rance would
be utterly crushed. This they thought
they had done wnen they had taken
Paris and established the German en-
pre-: imposing an !ndemnity OF thou
sand million do!lar3.
they thought they had finished their
work. and yet We know that the won
dsrtully thrifty French pcasaatry tool:
the thousand million dollars out OF
their, old stockings and the savings
which they had hidden away IN their
homcS. and paid IL In gold. calling upon
no one else for help
IL Americans do not want to be placed
in the position of the French peasants,
ana nave to pay billions OF indemnity
subscribe 10 the unit OIL their financial
resources for bomcs In the fourth and
ever succeeding Liberty loan. and 80
provide the material needed by our
hghting men TO inquire IL victorious
Anne r!ca.--Copyright 1913.
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French and American troops are approach
ing Sedan-fateful name. Once it spelled
victory TO the Hun and crushing, oyerwhelm
ing defeat for France. How changed are
conditions to-day. Now Berlin may we'll look
forward with fear and trem bling TO what il
may signify for the future OF the central
empires, while TO France and her allies it
means the coming OF victorious dawn after
the darkness OF night. Day OF payment by
Germany may be delayed, but nothing is more
certain that its debt TO civilization must be
met in full.
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having in view the concentrate ton OF trade along
the lin, from Memphis TO the waters OF Vir-
Ginia and the establishment OF regular steam
ship comnun lea ton between Norfolk and Euro
pean ports.
There Is a temperance revival going am ng
the United states soldiers at Camp Grant. Over
$50 nave signed the pledge OF total abstinence.
Merry Maggie Mitchell. 1t is announced, Gill
play Fanchon -: our little theater the coming
winter.
The Richmond Grant and ColfaX Club has
finally. after much effort. been oTEanzed state
Treasurer Rye vas elected president.
Richmond college Will open next Tuesday
with n corps Of ten instructors.
The Danviile Times says the tobacco tax do
added, and of Richmond.
Governor Yarmouth. Of Louisiana yesterday
vetoed the civil rights bill passed by the Legis-
laturc of that State; a perfect storm was ra ised
by tho negro members whom tho veto message
was received In the Legislature. They denounced
what they termed his trCratitade and tceachery
pudiated him as no lenSer member OF the
in the Legislature confident Of sustaining
the veto.
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Henry Ford's message TO the Michigan
State Democratic Convention, that while
accepting the nomination for the Senate he
will not be bound by the platform, may make
the Democrats there realize the feelings of
their brethren Of 1850. They had nominated
General Hancock for President, and when
he was asked his position on tariff he replied
that it was local issue, to which he had
given little attention. 1t was then that the
New York Sun, then Democratic, printed its
memorable editorial condensation of disgust,
saying, In two lines, that the party had nomi-
mated for President "a good man weighing
$50 pounds"
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supplied with labor IL the nations war ef-
iicency is to be maintained.
III TINS comes about-and it is coming about
III almost every community in the country
women must step in and do the work which
the men have done in the past. The gov
eminent does not desire or expect any non
essential business to close down But it ex-
poets women to volunteer, and, in volunteer
ing TO bear In mind the fact that their SER
wee IS Just as important to the country as
Is mat or the men whom they have replaced
The response to this call of duty has been
one OF the finest things the war has devel-
oped. Thousands Of women are even now
in factories, on street cars, in banks and at
other posts They are working cheerfully to
keep the wheels going. They are feeling no
degradation of their sex in the effort They
are proud OF the opportunity to he OF ser
vice America is more than fortunate in the
spirit which its woman power has shown and
which it VIII continue to show.
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Sometimes a mans life is so vicious ana
filled with evil as TO deprive him OF the
right to protection against censure usually
allowed to death II was so with Daniel
Tolman, king OF the Loan Sharks" His
estate Of 100000 has just been appraised
In New York. showing that he was II tax
dodger to the last: Few men have done more
harm or caused more misery and Grim
among the poor than ne dld. Many victims
OF his cxtortions in Richmond and the fifty
nine cities in which he maintained illegal
ruin shops will be unable to refrain from the
hope that in the hereafter he and the Kaiser
will be companions as here they were CO.
workers.
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Health Talks by DR.. VIM. Brady
Ntantins and Nutrition.
tCopyrEbt 1915. by Nauosa. Newsp.L~r Service,

substances various natural FOODS and
Efs%ss I,%diSIdnsfs Sis.a any "S'" so
seriously assiSni the yonns and
disease wdsspreaa in tho Southern States 0n IN
All probability caused by deficiency of vitaInins
-, Dr. F. Mad, Madscn OF Gopenhagen. writing about
a1 'ns psns TO , hvs
PtSs" ds suS" SG for
food. etc He thinks tina, II milk has to be
demic: inc baby should nave a regular .llow-
mea, hro,hs, steam cooked fresh vesetabes,
as ssnsray poor
p5ss fFpS ans Sa In
the tn, japanese fee, gained in weight when tho
allowance of vitainins. though the ra,ions fur
some som, Danish prisons when the bread ration WAS
reduced ana barley serrihge sven instead, the
LAX r. Of appetite, .eeordns to Madison is often
greens, Vegetables. fresh fruits. and TIC green
relShes. are famous as appe;iSers and blood
IL vamns So resh dal nHy though sh
aaa be n!s nee Of anem
Ind various dsturbances Of the
@ Any food wn|n has been kep, o some
ton large instiu aoHs."' '''S'"''A
meat juice. fresh meat broth or soup. barley.
Deans ana peas (but frCSh, cot dried. potatoes.
all fresh fruits. green's. yeast and cod liver oil
are examples of rtic;cs rich III vitamins.
Questions md Answers.
Fo1ming at the Mouth.-In your health column
] read some weeks ago a formula for helping
get rid of pmples The article said some
thing about dissolving yeast in water. Will you
please repeat It? MISS l., o.
hnswcr-lf YOU wish to take yeast for
'pimples) or acne rosacca trum blossom). take
one-half to one ordinary compressed yeast cake,
mixed to fluid with half glass of cold water
COR favor with orange juice or beef tea II de-
Sired). after each meal, for three to six weeks.
II il proves too laxative cut down the dose.
week at groGers and seep in the refrigerator
or other cool place. In any event this never
does harm. and often corrccts constipation, In
creases weight improves digestion, besides
lieving the pimpies or boils.
Rousing the Envy Of Nenus.--I twenty.six
years old and disgracefully healthy. but In the
past few years have accumu lated too much
flesh chiefly about the abdomen and hips. I
sixty -four inches tall and weigh 14o
pounds, which ! is much. Can you
tell me some safe way reduce? Lucy.
Answer--A lady six,y-four by twenty-six
should weigh trife under 1870 pounds In
order TO rouse Che anxiety Of Venus. II you care
to risk stamped t3c) addressed envelope for
large portion of advice especially made and
provided for sad cases like yo,.fs, I'll send the
advice.
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Chancellor Won Hertling is "mined" a.
President Wilson. In his address before the
Reichstag lie stated that on February %
last he announced his acquiescence in the
four points laid down by President Wilson
as essential TO preliminary peace nego,ia-
tions, but that the latter had neither then
nor since taken any notice OF his declaration
The Chancellor forsets that his statements
are taken seriously nowhere outside Of Cor
many. Allied statesmen long ago reached
the decision that no faith whatever could
be placed in the word OF any agent OF the
present governments of the central cmpircg
When these autocracies have been utterly
defeated and the people over whom they have
ruled have voice in their own government
and not until then. will the allies listen "a
peace talk from them. AS at present con
s'itutcd, their governments are considered
incapable o. making binding covenants
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Farm Hints.

1t is not advisable 10 prune cabbage vines too
early in the tall, letting out the sap tends
rcs and should be treated with considerations
There three stages in the development of q
cabbage. viz: Brussels sprouts. cabbage and
saucrkraut In November, sprinkle all cabbage
hills with hard cider for Eraut If intended for
slaw, the Vines should he sailed and peppered
a month.
WARNING: y cabbage in distinctly :, fruit it
is not what / cauliIowcr
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in the main Director-Gen McAdoo's
order that railway employees refrain from
active participation in politics IS we'll adj
Vlsce, ana should prove salutary in stua-
tion which IN the past has had its grave
abuses. 80 far as their political activity is
needed to guard railroad or labor interests
aB II is claimed by the heads OF the brother
hoods 1t would seem 10 be supcrfuous and
merely wedge to the restoration OF old con
ditions. However 1t might be well to modify
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ny Loufs unfermcycrD
me weeks go past, the months slip i,y,
me magic mood has lost its thrill: ;
Ana what. ] wonder, is tho tie
That solids me still.
My eyes. cleared OF the glamor. see
:, You are not beautiful or Wild;
Your soul is light, but scarcely free. .
childish. but not Il child
On the soft winds Of life YOU float.
n butterfly. with lazy wings:
Too purposeless to heed or note
What the earth sings.
lmpervious to every taunt.
you dream and drift; you Will not
set '"N
You sink; and yet
Yet ] must make YOU glad. and lon-
For things You only lInlf divine.
You are not great, you are not stror-
But you are nine. 80
From the October Century.