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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-28

town. naturally, anything about any
ANDERSON has always been stone
dropped into the center of pond.
and lie would send the ripples as
far as a truth would. You can be sure
that for many years there's been more
gossip in this place about the Amber
sons than about any other family. /
1t used to be, because the town got
too big long ago, but it's the truth
that the more prominent you are the
more gossip there is about you, and
the more people would like TO pull you
down. Well, they can't do it as long
as you refuse to know what gossip
there Is about you. But the minute
you notice 1t it's got you'll Tn not
speaking of certain kinds of SANDER
that sometimes people have got to take
to the courts; I'm talking of the
wretched buzzing the Mrs. Johnsons
dO-the thing you seem to have such
a horror of-people 'talking'-the kind
of thing that has assailed your mother.
People who have repeated a SANDER
either get ashamed or forget it. II
they're let alone. People will forget
almost any SANDER except one that's
been fought"
as that all?" George asked.
ST suppose so,' his uncle murmured
sadly.
well, then, may I ask what you'd
have done in my placer
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Amber
s. George Amber and
the George
tempt to his hath
family in the world At a bail
George Lucy
tina queer duck" twhonn he hadb looking
He
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Maetodon and ELEPHANT.

The mastodon differed from the ele-
plant in having shorter legs. a lower
and more fiattened head, with smaller
and simpler grinding teeth, lower
crowned and rooted with three or four
high. transverse, enamel-covered crests
without cement. The tusks were
smaller. but the mastodon had a single
small tusk concealed In the lower Jaw.
remnant left from an ancestral type
which bore two sets Of large tusks, one
set In the upper md the other set In
the lower jaw. He was some beast,
this mastodon. who came to the beach
at Long Branch to sniff the ocean
breezes and enjoy the juicy foliage of
the low-branched trees which grew
close along the shore In those days
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-28
OF DEEP HISTORIC INTEREST
Possibility Of Recovery Of King Johns
Lost Treasures Causes Some
Stir in England.

The idea of making use of the cleo
trio apparatus used I'm locating ores to
discover King Johns lost treasure has
been put forward by Capt Hugh Pol
lard In an English paper. He recalls
the fact that, several years ago. Sir
William Hope informed the Society II
Antiquaries that the ford OF the Wash
where the treasure was lost In the
thirteenth century was reclaimed In
the seventeenth. and that the land lies
between Walpole and Long Sutton In
Lincolnshire. Now this treasure of
King Johns Is OF extraordinary inter-
est. Not only did 1t contain loot from
half the castles and churches Of Eng
crown OF King Alfred as well. At the
close of the seventeenth century King
Alfred's jewel. now In the Ashmolean
museum. was found some distance
north Of the site OF Atheiney abbey In
Somersetshire. The gem is made Of
pure gold and contains coiored stones
covered by a thick crystal, through
which Is seen the miniature OF man
clothed In a green Saxon tunic. 1t Is
formed Of enameled mosaic on blue
ground. The man is seated on a throne
with a crown on his head and holds
neur-de-lis In each hand. Round the
edge are the words In AngioSaxon
alfred had me worked" Some say
the figure represents Alfred himself.
II so. perhaps the crown which the
gem depicts is the one which the ele-
ments wrenched from the unworthy
hands Of John all that long time ago.
and the one which. 1t IL to be hoped.
the twentieth century win recover.
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A very little tombstone may ten
very big story.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-28

before Wilbur died. Everybody knew
that he'd been engaged to her
whats that?" George cried.
Everybody knows Ii. Don't you re
member your grandfather speaking of
ii at the Sunday dinner one night?'
"He didn't say they were engaged
Or"
well, they were Everybody knows
1t; and she broke Ii of on account OF
that seienade when Eugene didn't
know what he was doing. He drank
when he was "a young man, and she
wouldn't stand for 1T, but everybody
in this town knows that Isabel has
never really cared for any other man
in her life! Poor Wilburi He was
the only soul alive that didn't know
It'll"
Nightmare had descended upon the
unfortunate George; he leaned back
against the fOotboard OF his bed, gaz-
ing wildly at his aunt. II believe I'm
going crazy" he said. you mean
when you told me there wasn't any
talk, you told me falsehoodr"
mol" Fanny gasped.
You did,"
az tell you didn't know how much
talk there was, and 1t wouldn't have
amounted to much If Wilbur had
lived" And Fanny completed this
with a fatal admission: II didn't want
you to interfere"
George overlooked the admission ;
his mind was not now occupied with
analysis. What do you mean," he
asked. when you say that If father
had lived, the talk wouldn't have
amounted to anything?"
Things might have been-they
might have been different"
You mean Morgan might have mar
ried you?"
Fanny gulped. mo. Because
don't know that I'd have accepted
him." She had ceased TO weep. and
now she sat up stiffly. 81 certainly
didn't care enough about him to mar
ry him; 1 wouldn't have let myself
care that much until he showed that
he wished to marry me. I'm not that
sort of person ~ The poor lady paid
her vanity this piteous little tribute.
What mean is. IL Wilbur hadn't died
people wouldn't have had 1t proved
before their very eyes that what
they'd been talking about was true 7"
You say-you say that people be-
lieve-" George shuddered. then
forced himself to continue, in a sick
voice: "They believe my mother is
is i'm love with that man?"
"Of course"
and because he comes here-and
they see her with him driving-and all
that-they think they were right when
they said she was in-in love with him
before-before my father died?"
She looked at him gravely with her
eyes now dry between their Redeemed
lids. "Why George" she said, gently.
don't you know that's what they say?
You must know that everybody in
ried very soon"
George uttered an incoherent cry !;
and sections of him appeared to
writhe. He was upon the verge OF
actual nausea.
You know it :" Fanny cried, getting
up. You don't think I'd have spoken
of Ii TO you unless / was sure you
knew it?" Her voice was wholly
genuine, as 1t had been throughout the
wretched interview. Somebody must
have told your
"Who told you?' he said.
"WhatT"
"Who told you there was talk?
Where is this talk? Where does it
ome from? Who does it?''
"Why, l suppose pretty much every
body" she said. II know 1t must be
pretty general"
"WhO said SOP"
"What?"
George stepped close to- her. you
say people don't speak 70 person Of
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gossip about that ,erson's family.
Well. how did you hear Il. then? How
did you get hold OF It? Answer me r.
why" Fanny Aesitated.
You answer mel
II hardly think 1t would be fair to
give names"
Look here" said George 'One OF
your most intimate friends is that
mother Of Charlie Johnson's. for In
stance. Has she ever mentioned this
to you? You say everybody IL talking.
Is she oner
"Oh. she may have intimated-S
'-rm asking you: Has she ever
spoken Of Il to your
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Sloan's Liniment is very effective IN
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Keep big bottle always on hand
for family use. Druggists everywhere.
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Daily THOUGHT

Honest bread Is very well-it's the
butter that makes the temptattn
-DouRiaa Jerrold
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A CaIIous Brute.

A CaIlous Brute.
young lady, l think I'll buy you
dictionary
Sir" said the typist, 81 am In
suited"
"Well, you can look in the dictionary
for good epithets to call me."-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27

and then it becomes the agent of
knowledge and power.
So it is with the symbols of Free
masonry.
The divine origin of masonry is in.
dicated by the fact that it is the one
great institution that has not been
destroyed by the forces which it has
set in motion.
The foundation of a building, in
order to support a tall and massive
structure, must be deep and substan-
tial.
The Blue Lodge of masonry is the
foundation of all that is masonic and
if we inscribe our name high on the
roll of fame, have it tinged with the
undying luster of true greatness and
become truly an influence in the world
for the good of our order and the bet
terment of mankind, it is necessary
that we practice the principles out
side of the lodge room that We have
heard so often taught within it, and
thereby demonstrate to the world that
the foundation upon which rests this
ideal masonic structure is men Of
principle, men of merit, men of worth,
men of character; for a character
that is above reproach is a priceless
jewel more valuable than rubies. more
precious than gold, more to be desired
than the crowns of kingdoms; and
the work of building it is more com
mendable than any other labor in
which we can engage.
On the shores of eternal time stand
two great columns, Honor and Duty,
They stand at the portico of this beau.
tiful temple of life.
They attract and demand our atten,
ton. From them we should never al,
low ourselves to be diverted.
They support the true beacOns OF
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27

this life. Love and Charity, end rep
resent those principles that must need
be our guide to the everlasting haven
of rest as surely as the wonderful
lighthouses on the shores of u land
point out the safe way to the harbor
to those who go down the sea in
ships Be careful, Brethren, in all
the turmoil of your everyday affairs
never to lose the direction of these
beacons.
A man is a freemason only when
he makes his practices square and
plumb and level with his creed. Be
not freemasons out of mere curiosity,
nor stand about urging upon others
their duty. Be of the order, not
merely in it. Whether or not Free
masonry will stand the test of the
years depends upon the members and
howfaithfully precept and example is
observed by them. There is enaugh
morality and philosophy in the Blue
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27

Lodge to make an ideal man of any
one who follows and lives up to its
teachings.
1t is upon the Blue Lodge that the
solidity and stability of freemasonry
depends.
The so-called higher or advanced dc;
grees are but pennons and banners
of decoration flying in the breeze
above the stalwart walls of the Blue
Lodge, wherein rests symbolic Mason.
~ in serene security.
By their flutterings and beautiful
colors and designs these banners call
attention to the real support and pro-
lection hat permits them to main
tain their eminenCe.
The fundamentals Of freemaSOnry
are contained in the Blue Lodge and
through it citizenship is promoted,
government is bettered and mar is
elevated by the teachings that de-
mand Of him that he do his best, be
it much or little, toward the advance.
ment Of the human race.
So it is that we must be freemasons
in all that the word implies. There
is 81 danger in being satisfied with the
simple condition of membership. Mem,
bership itself is nothing. 1t does not
change your makeup or add to you.
You must take advantage of the
opportunities that are presented, so
that at the last great day when each
one of us must stand outside the
door of the Celestial Lodge above.
ruled oven by the Great Grand Master
of the Universe, and wait for admis,
sion there in, IL record a answer
"a man of good report and well recon-
mended" when the question is thun
dered forth, "Who Comes Here"
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H BLUE LODGE.
BY 3. I. COLES. P.e.M

Freemasonry is the broad system Of
ethics teaching the science of human.
ity. Its purpose is to intensity and
develop interest in this great art.
1t insists upon the practice as well
as the p%reachment of justice and
fair-dealing in all men. We need this
in our everyday life even more SO
than our academic discussions in the
lodge room once or twice in the
month.
Freemasonry has not been founded
at haphazard. Each point indicates a
large moral purpose, but like all pre-.
cepts in common touch with man
there are times when the esence is
lost and becomes encountered with
forms.
The alphabet is a mystery until its
characters are known and understood,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27
FROM THE MILL TO THE HOME.

FROM THE MILL TO THE HOME.
Bob Bosley has secured the local
agency of the well known World Star
Knitting Mills selling direct from the
Mill to the home making it possible
for you to have and enjoy the very
best Italian Silks and many other
well known materials in underwear
and hosiery for less money than you
have been paying for shoddy I'm.
known stuff. The samples can be
shown in your home for your
thorough inspection.
WORLD STAR KNITTING MILLS.
Bob Bosley, local representative,
200G f. 18th St. Bell phone East
1875.
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II. K. l.. Love o. Blanchard
THE DEW DROP
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Electrical Equipment
"Good Work" our motto.
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Evening star., 1919-10-12

ating elsewhere. And so 1t went,
game of hide and seek, in which the
advantages lay all on the side Of the
submarines, which possessed that in
superabie quality of invisibility. 1t
really was a case of blind mans buff !;
the destroyer could never see the
enemy; the enemy could always see
the destroyer.
To show how serious the situation
was. let me quote from my reports
to Washington during this period. I
find statements like these scattered
everywhere in my dispatches of the
spring Of 1917:
THE military situation presented
by the enemy submarine campaign is
not only serious. but critical"
THE outstanding fact which cannot
be escaped is that we are not sue
ceeding, or, in other words, that the
enemys campaign is proving success
full"
The consequences OF failure or
partial failure Of the allied cause
which we have Joined are of such
far-reaching character that / am
deeply concerned in insuring that the
part played by our country shall
stand every test of analysis before
the bar of history. The situation at
Evening star., 1919-10-12

present is exceedingly grave. If suf-
ficient United States naval forces
can be thrown into the balance at
the present critical time and place
there il little doubt that early sue
cess will be assured"
Briefly stated, l consider that at
the present moment we are losing
the war" e
And now came another important
question: What should the American
naval policy be in this crisis? There
were almost as many conflicting
opinions as there were minds Ger
tain authorities believed that our
whole North Atlantic fleet should be
moved Immediately into European
waters. Such a maneuver was not
only impossible. but it would have
been strategicaliy very unwise; in
deed, such a disposition would have
been playing directly into Germany's
hands. What naval experts call the
"logistics'' Of the situation imme-
diatey ruled this idea out Of con-
sideration. The simple fact Is that
we could not have supplied our
dreadnaughts in European waters at
that time The German U-boats were
making particularly successful
drive at tankers, with the result that
Evening star., 1919-10-12

German submarines in this same area,
the situation may strike the novice
as not particularly desperate. But, of
course. any such basis OF comparison
Is absurd, The destroyers were operat-
Ing on the surface in full view Of the
submarines: the submarines could
submerge any time and make them
selves invisible: herein we have the
reason why the contest was ridicu-
lously unequal. But. above all other
considerations, the method of warfare
adopted by the allies against the u
boat was fundamentally wrong The
so-called submarine patrol, under the
circumstances which prevailed at that
time, could accomplish practically
nothing. This pathetic little fleet of
destroyers was based on Queenstown:
from this port the ships put forth and
patrolled in ill-spent fashion around
the English channel and the waters
about Ireland in the hope that a Ger
man submarine would stick it's nose
above the waves. The central idea of
the destroyer patrol is the one of
hunting; the destroyer could sink the
submarine or drive it away from
shipping if the submarine would only
make its presence known, and the
business of the destroyer was to
scurry around in the forlorn hope that
it would do So
Now, this idea is sound enough IL
you can have enough destroyers. We
inquired that to make the patrol svs-
tenn work with complete success we
should nave to have one destroyer for
every square mile. The area of the
destroyer patrol off Queenstown com
prised about 25,0O0 square miles; in
other words, the complete protection
OF the transatlantic trade routes
would have taken about $4,000 de-
stroyers! And the British, as I have
said, had available anywhere from
four to fifteen in this area!
This destroyer flotilla being SO
small, it is not surprising that the
German submarines were making
ducks and brakes Of 1t. The map of
April sinkings brings out an inter-
esting fact: Numerous as these sink
ings were, very few merchantmen
were torpedoed, in this month, at
the entrance to the Irish sea or in
the English channel. These were the
narrow waters where shipping was
massed and where the little destroyer
patrol was intended to operate The
German submarines apparently avoid
ed these waters and made their at
tacks out in the open sea, sometimes
two and three hundred miles west
and south of Ireland. Their purpose
in doing this was to draw the de-
stroyer patrol out into the open sea,
and in that way cause It's dispersal.
And these tactics succeeded. There
were six separate steamship lanes"
by which the merchantmen approach
ed the English channel and the Irish
nea. One day the submarines would
attack along one of these lines; then
the little destroyer fleet would rush
to this scene of operations. Imme-
diately the Germans would depart
and attack another route two or three
hundred miles away; then the de-
stroyers would go pell-mell for that
location. Just as they arrived, how
ever, the U-boats would begin oper-
Evening star., 1919-10-12

BY ADMIRAL WILLIAM sNOWDEN

(CopyriGht. 1919. BY the Worlds Work. The
copyright Of these articles in Great Britain is
strictly reserved by Pearsons Magazine, Ion.
don; without their permission no quotation may
be made. Published by special arrangement
with the Mcclure Newspaper syndicateD
Evening star., 1919-10-12

1t is evident, from the figures given,
that all but about ten or a dozen de-
stroyers must have been used in
these three areas. 1t was for this
reason that the great zone of trans
atlantic shipping. west and south of
Ireland, vitality important as 1t was,
had to go almost unprotected. Some
times only four or nve destroyers were
operating in this great stretch of
waters: do not think the number
ever exceeded fifteen. Inasmuch as
that represented about the number of
Evening star., 1919-10-12

Continued OH Twelfth Pase.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-07
And So They We're Married
Episode TUo-(Each Others Friends)
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR


periis early In their married life. There
fore the small things had proved of
enough Importance to be considered.
This was-true chiefly because the physi-
cal love existing between them was not
stronger than the mental love. But
there were other bigger problems still
before them; things more fundamentally
important. Change - that thing that
most people are fearful of-was staring
them in the face. Men were facing new
needs women, In a state of upheaval as
far as their lives were concerned. were
for the most part all at sea, The war
had served as an ~eye-opener,
women were Just beginning to feel the
great urge to keep abreast of the times.
Even the uneducated women were be.
ginning to see n glimmer OF light, their
work in the factories. in the shops, had
helped.
Ruth and Scott had weathered some
Of the petty differences. had adjusted
themselves to an understanding of the
smaller things which would go far In
helping them to adjust the larger ones.
But the larger ones did exist. they exist
in the lives of all married people. and
they take patience. tolerance and trust
TO overcome.
Tomorrow begins the third episode OF
"And So They Were Married" 1t Is
called Jealousy"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-07
PENN MAGAZINES TO RESUME
War Barred as Theme in "Punch.
bowl and RED and Blue"

College wits and near-poets are being
solicited for contributions TO the two
monthly magazines published at the
University of Pennsylvania-the Punch
bowl and the Red and Blue-with the
distinct understanding that the war and
all pertaining to 1t be taboo and the
~frivolities and, good things Of college
life be extolled.
No more will mythical conversations
between the "all highest" and Won Hind
enburg grace the first page of Punch
bowl. The imaginary conversations will
now no between students and goods,
with professors. like as not. the butt of
the humor and near-humor.
Red and Blue. true to its literary
standard, solicits nothing but the serious
But the editors have decided that writ
ers can be serious without referring to
the war. The blue eyes OF the poets
best girl will supplant the blue skies
of Flanders, and the point of the bay
onet give way to the, touch of her hand,
The two magazines will resume pub
LEGATION this month after disseminating
for the duration of the war. The issue
of Punchbowl will come out about the
middle of the month and be known as
the "~Hallelujah" number. The more
conservative editors OF Red and Blue
designate no time, but admit that the
first number Will be h Comeback
issue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-07
STREET CONTRACTORS FINED
Complaints of Neglect Lop OF
$3.50 From November Bills

Complaints made to the Department of
Public Works during the month of De-
cember of neglect on the part of the
contractors to clean the streets and re-
move the ashes and rubbish were nu-
merou
In considering the bills, Director
Datesman has imposed penalties aggre-
eating S43S9.50. He explained that while
there had been many instances where the
streets had not been properly cleaned
and the ashes and rubbish removed, the
fines were imposed principally for lack
of equipment to do the work.
The penalty placed pom each con-
tractor for the month of December was:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-07
A Needle Is the
Magic Wand but
Materials Are
Necessary


Even a magic wand must have
something to work on, and that
is why we have a Dress Goods
Section. Do you take advantage
Of the high quality it maintains?
Ginghams
in delightful plaids I 32 inches
wide at 75c a yard. The texture
is unusually fine and the result is
pleasing softness, very much like
the feel of silk.
Good gingham at 45c a yard is
in plain colors and plaids.
White Wolfe
Of fine, sheer quality will make
all sorts of pretty frocks, shirt
waists, etc. 1t is "a inches wide
at 55c a yard.
Percale
that is SO inches wide shows a
large variety of figures and
stripes in attractive colors on
white grounds. 1t is special at
32c a yard.
Central