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A Tabloid Tale.
All in 81 Days Work.

Reng undoubtedly the meanest man in Pitch
burg Simon Smons couldn't be expected to
pass by mOucy-Sav!ng article like Hank 8
II air Cutter.
Far DC /, from Simon Simons especially when
ne thing only cost dollar or two and re-
tund was offered II not satisfactory.
.M.nm, Just the thing" muttered old
Simon
After an argument. whereby the clerk posi-
lively refused 10 allow the hair-cuttcr to leave
The store trial Gor ssnitary reasons onl$.
although ne knc" old Simons welD. he bought
The thing.
First, simons soi his wife to cut his hair.
Then he cut little Smon's hair; and. as Il was
very day, little Flcabit, the poodle, got
clipped.
Then the goa: who old simon always hated
because Bits whskcrs looked so much IKE
his got clipped--whiskcrs first. Next cam
the chickens wings the wool from the Sleeps
backs then the mule got clipped-thc horse s
tail and. seeing that the trees also needed u,
he clipped them too.
Ana finally just as the stars were beginning
10 peep over the harm roof old Simons finished
cliupiEg all the frnges off his Sunday and
every day trousers Then he trottcd back to the
store.
w
~ want my money back. The thing won't
work" simon said souriy.
And after proving IL to the clerk, who couldn I
understand it. he got hts money back and also
seven punches OF asparagus. just 10 shut hin,
..
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Voice of the People
Letters must give the name and uds
are.. OF the writer. Name will not ~
published II writer SO requests.
Pnrtisan Opposition Opposed.

OppOSeu.
To the Editor OF The Times -Dispatch:
Sir.-"hat a pity the politicians
have muddied the waters and tried to
fool the people in regard 10 the league
or nations. The issue is clear cut we
want 10 prevent war by associatinG
the nations together in a peace pact
The best and most honorable Rcpub-
licans VIII work with Wilson and the
rest OF the great statesmen to attain
th's. \ few bitter partisans oppose
the league, Thank heavens. the terms
OF the German treaty arc heavy. The
s.nhtns OF me navy proves the treach-
dearth OF honor; Their proposed res
me German people for the war. is
proof positive OF their total lack o..
peenitence. But after thi. treaty is
signed. how enforce its terms unless
VIC unite together to stand ready to
effect by economic pressure what
me 1niernat'onai law shall require?
ms Is the duty OF The league
OF nations. This is the covenant
mat VII be signed. To meet
German blatant impudcnce. league OF
II there Is no law now TO try the
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
by HENRY EDWARD WARNER
COVENANT.

Cor rho Timcs-DispntchD
lou mny make the terms of land aud of race.
BY ocean and river and Hill;
You may mari, the boundaries with ink and
sword,
The debt to the living fulaII,
You mny make the terms of days and or
years..
Until faith to new faith has sworn;
go to the place where tho long nIsIcs wait,
For they cannot make terms alone.
You may covenant This To heart. TINT live
Aud Tint by treaty mny dare;
And lips will affirm new oaths to the old
And some of the Hips will for.wenr;
But down where the graves have furrowcd
the land
Dead with the drowned in their
go with tho terms TINT my heart would
make,
where dumb in their dumbr.<> n.>o,
lou may mark the boundaries OF north md
south,
And the houndnric. of cast and west;
But the pen must dip In ink TINT i. rcd,
And heart blood and life blood urc test
You may mark the boundaries OF north and
south
With the guns of n cnnnunadc-
go TO the roots that lie far beyond
As deep the blow of a spade
go TO the roots that lie fur beyond.
To sncrnmcnts that are seven;
And they lend past skies by an altar way,
To compact made with heaven
They lead pnSt skies to a treaty with love
And the boundaries arc not defined:
But the road Is there, and the chart {. there
And the covenant to he signed
VIRGINIA STAT.
Gordonsrille, Va" June "a, 1919.
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The Rhyming Optimist.
nv ALINE MiCHAELIs.

oh pliit ald 'lnhEs used 10 dotc. I'd take
en- every DAY; I'd pour strange not ion. dovIu
my throat and eat dcnaturod hay. Then every
hour or TWO ID drink tonic which iva. s.i6
would max. my cheeks nice aud mink prn>y
curls upon my head. But got wisc long lone
HI" 10 better drugs than these. / think ,nost
pc"pic ought to know some Of my REGIMES
Jnsl ,akc CHEEKY word or 80. friendly glance
ana kind - hearty handclasu az you nn fnr
every friend you find. Last. with q sunny smile
mix an, inns cure fail I.otb man
aud beast for it viii fall: 'twould Iycn M :,
"nhil There Is another remedy which | con
Nihcf hnc use a. when drink my tea ! ,,sc
1t when J dine use IL the break OF a., "
and At the twiiiGhts fan, and when I leave Tho
muStE nay to answer tiabrtl's call dare g, "
shall W. il then. because it. must be true thai
what we learn To do as men we'll do AS angels
too It's Just Ia open wide my mouth md
throw my head back. so. and say lila, ha" tin
moi'i y, ana SOUTH ne ringing echoes go. Just
your Srips. II cures all Ills, both great and
small, IKE mumpS love or pip Thesc ARC
tho hest of drugs to use, and stun | used ,o
drink now keep round shine my shocs ana
cleun the Kitchen sink. "|
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Sum nlcr,
Business Problems
SOLVED BY BRUNO DUKE,
Author. inrojd Whitehead.
probiem Of III. Empty Mansion.

Nil.NIl Elk Nv H. U'Ontlnucd).
As oardman couldn't Kill business he tried
20 buy the place over Dukes head lie told
Miss CarStairS that he'd give nno rf.b.
away, hut only $4,000 after that man IJUk :
mas Inilkfd the place Of anything worth While
there lie tried TO make her believe that IJukc
Enew Eoardnlan Of Old and while she was
dubious Of Dukes success She prcfcrrcd he
p!aE rather than 70 accept ioardman's oncr
she therefore. urged her beloved ''Barbara'
- refuse ms offer. which Bhc did. Roardman
then left with threats Of what he'd do "u,,cn
II required all Misc Ecnks art Of uers,.a;,,
ana all 81 Dukes calm confidence 10 vim Inc
day ~ ~" '''
Il ali hung Carpenters deciaion. for 1,pkc
III other prospects, but none looked al All
one day carpeHtcd said bIunlly 10 Duke
'l.ooh mere MT. Duke, are you plavinr M.
asains, that fellow Bcucriy? I've seen him
here once or twice. but mover to sneak Ia cs
tcrcstcd IN the place. "
No. DUKE said frankly, hes A good friend
ana "hnhcrful advertising man lie prepared
al! TIC cory which hlcd this hotel"
r@Gh heavens CARPENTER snapped. Il under
stood he Was prospective purchaser | never
Pucltioncd ~ ana never asked"
lie came here 10 TAX business with me for
nc "oi"H " !th me on many Of my cases lie
write more effective advcriiscmeuiy.r - ~A
really haven't any else in view bu, me ~
II could hardly say that, for | have srvrr.I
pcopi" who have expressed intcrcst-~hut 7
bciitNc you arc he best man 10 make a go
Flood 10 manage it--and Bcttcriy Az VAN ,
What is your decision ?"--(ro be continm"dI 60
in"!TOm.) "
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The Breathicss Hour.

For The Times Dispa tchl
We watch the smolderinG fires glow
Across the Rhine-and who doth know
il war be borne upon the wave
Or peace be rescued from the grave?
o rca;hless hour as nations stand
With caglc-eyc watch Weimars band,
All will the fatcful hour bring
That wondrous- eternal thing
world-w:de peace for which We
fought.
Yea. bleeding, dying we have sought,
Those visions Of fairer world,
Unmarried by demon power TO hurl
Destruction on a brotherhood-
And what for right has ever stood
Those visions Of dcathless peace.
Which Through all ages meier shall
cease.
That hour-the, brcathless hour has
come
God grant the nations peace is won.
HEPHZIBAHAE. kENDRICK.
New York, June 20, 1919. :,
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Little Bobbie's Pa.
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK.

s NE m Sts sssa s1 in Ma
Pa wants m pe'i rite Il, AN his wsY my essay but
Pade yos Can't to be 19s psze
SD aIa Eut Eobbe is going to rite his own
h'Iea am hI rains aren't re tr yoT s b9bb h,
That isent nice expresshun sed Ma but 20
ahead rite yure Essay & so this is what / rote:
Moar Than Winter, moar than li FAN
Beehaus Maytiine is thare pluytima
wen thay start in playing BaIl.
is dn s tS is SsSs r eeYOs sa
Lisscn to this. sed Pa.
All the he's Sr Ssya up Eoys lsy May.me
Brekaus AIaytime is tharc. Daytime
il you pay doant thay're sore!
o That is very commerssul poem, sed NJ. I.
Ma. cud rite one like that myself, sed Ma
IN! nc erm mir ara e.sn sn +" srss 6.y.
mus, re'aemhe-, Bobbie, sed Ma. Tia, to b. a
RELY crate ritter you must not maik any mem
so d the SKY nas uir se
he reel poie,ry sed Ma
H SD de MAJ s"h nss' s aa TO SD Pa
Ma The Tr pnerS su usad "s M to e faH
made me laf sed Ma / remember one you
rotc to me. it began.
The Spring is here my Soul is Dreer
For you are far away.
Now ] must close ] suppose
My boss will stop my pay.
You see. sed Ma to. Pa, you were kind Of com
20 ahead 6: rite his own Essay for the rteing
contest sed Ma. & you 60 nail the
shingles on tho Hen House. Ma sed Poultry
is moar in your line than pottery. scd Ma
Lissen, sed Ma:
The wulrd brecthes luv in days like these
But nix that henhouse Door,
70: If my plymouth Rocks 3hud freeze
Our dream of love is Ore
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fngratitude OF MOnarchies

n EMOCRAC1ES are not alone in the list
- OF nations which are ungrateful for faith
full public service. They have long been held
up as unfeeling and unappreciatiye in their
attitude toward their servants in high places,
but the reputation OF Premier Orlando by
the Italian Chamber OF Deputies shows that
public opinion is as unstable in one quarter
in another.
1t is not surprising that the Orlando min
istry should be thrown into the discard That
II conducted the Italian government through
victorious war stood prOmisingiy on
the side of Italian territorial aspirations and
even dehed the peace conference at Paris in
It's EFFORT to secure the concessions for which
II stood could not save il. Again and again
during that controversy the Deputies voted
their confidence in the ministry but each
time with a dwindling majority.
Then, when the final issue was APPROACHED
and Orlando, assuming that he had triumphcd
IN large measure over his opponents in
PARIS, demanded that the chamber stand
iaithful 10 jtalys Obligations tina; body
turned on the veteran statesman and cast
him out II is Italy that has changed not
Orlando. He served his people with all the
ability he possessed lie safeguarded their
interests with ali the force he could summon
lie fought their fight against almos, insur-
mountablc opposition, and. although he did
not win all he played for, he probably secured
as much as any Prime Minister could have
secured
Yet the Orlando Cabinet is bereft of its
power 1t Is denied the confidence OF the
representatives OF the Italian people II has
rendered its resignation to the King and
gives place TO new regime IT is difiicul,
therefore, to comprehend the working Of the
Italian mind The Saiandra ministry fell
because OF the defeat sustained by the armies
nf al t.dn
siblc for the overthrow of The frs; Italian
war Cabinet, but Orlando has suffered no
suci defeat, either on the field Of battle or
i'll the field Of diplomacy. &c that as il may
Signor Orlando will 20 down in hietory as the
foremost Italian statesman OF the war period
NO adverse vote at this stage can rob him of
his place IN the annals u this mighty conflict
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The PopuIist Party.

q. J.. u; Ashlanh--The Populists
first went into active politics In 1890.
Of Kansas and Nebraska. Their platform
OF principles demanded the free and UNI
limited coinage Of silver. the abolition
issue OF fiat money In sufficient guam
tity to transact the business Of the
country on cash basis, and the loan
" sucil currency to the people at not
perishable AGRICULTURAL products: ma
tional ownership Of all means OF pub
lie communication and transportation:
Il graduated income tax, popular cleo
ton Of United States Senator's. the
adoption Of the initiative and referen-
dunn in legislation, and the prohibition
OF alien ownership Of lands.
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Nothing Doing.

Nothing Doing.
My head is full Of it. Just lot of junk ideas
Nothing to write; nothing worth thinking
about.
a verse on love: What for? A sIapstick.
Why?
DO people prefer instruction or amusement?
ment?
I've been reading Epictetos and find him
wearisome; o. Henry and find him stale; Maui
PEASANT. dreary. Tackled Dickens and got lost
IN Il maze OF long periods. Tried Ella Wheeler
Wilcox and Gibbons at the same sitting. Took
crack at couple of best-seller authors and
made a note of the time wasted.
It's one OF those evenings . will be moon
light at l, and I'm yawning a. 2.
once there was an opera or play sleep
ing car or something named "rih Pouf Pan"
That's the way feel-poof!
You don't care, so why should fret?
I'm full of it and contemptuous of IT.
Just now the whole world is drvel I'm
going to bed. G'night.
Right Again.
smith is the most consistent man know"
consistent! Why. he's changing his mind
every two minutes
That's what said; he's consistently incon-
sistent."
Short Financial POEM.
Pay
To-day;
Borrow
Tomorrow
summer.
This is the when the wife and I
Rum round in circles, swatting at the hy. r
ShoolnE him out closing the door and then
Discovering that mes got back in again:
fairest season of the seasons why
Art thou so cursed and restored with the ty,
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Kaiser and condemn him, this is proo,
enough mat the league is necessary
n, INC name or our common humani,,
soc;s, ,irry american stand for the as.
ishinenl or justice on earth ~ a..
~ na"ted agreements OF intcrna,ior.
a. ,nm IN The league OF nations TN
even as pa pa't and parcel OF the treaty
'S the guilt OF the Gerfn.p. ~,
eauhe ana reason for the war =.
suhfr case the TWO things arc IN. ~
WfTHE LEIGH EIScc,
Richmond, Va. June a. ioIa No.
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1t is waste OF time and effort to FURNISH
up the mirrors in that famous hall at Yer
sailes to which they have given its name,
just for the sake Of the German treaty signers.
They will hardly care to gaze their re-
fected countenances after they have affixed
their signatures, and ii will not be a pretty,
albeit satisfactory, scene, even for those
who witness it,
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Bushels Of Ear Corn I'm Crib,

j. 3. w, SHENANDOAH Multiply
length OF crib by width by height by
four-ninths IL corn is Of good quality
after several months in the crib, or
by four-tenths II corn is new or of
inferior quality. II the corn carries
the shuck, multiply length by width ny
height and divide by three. IL the
width or length OF the crib .s different
at top and bottom Of the pile Of corn.
use the average.
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Rough Riders.

w. g. F., Milford.--The first rough
riders were the men who carried mes
sagcs over the West In the carly from
tier times before the pony express was
organised In 1859. In the army the
Regiment Of United States Volunteer
cavalry, organized for the war with
Spain by Surgeon Leonard Wood. who
WAS commissioned colonel. with Theo
dore Roosevelt as lieutenant colonel.
The name was applied also to the Seq
ond United States Volunteer Cavalry
The name was given TO these rcEi-
ments on account or their being com
posed largely Of Western rInchmen.
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Senior Carranza may not know it, but in
this country we are more or less familiar
with his style OF statesman and hero in the
person OF the cheap and Sniveling street
bully abusing the policeman who has inter
saered III the fight and saved him from the
xClbbing he knew he was getting.
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News of Fifty Years Ago.
From the Richmond Dispatch. June %, 1869

The st. Charles Hotel
will soon be open again.
This once popular house
VIII be thrown open to the
public on July under the
superintcndcncc Of Captain
Charles bigger. late OF the
Richmond Blues. There ia
no man in all Richmond
better known or more pop
|ular than Captain Charlie
bigger, and that he viii
make the ST.. Charles a
popular hotel no one
doubts,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-25

Belated realization has come TO the Navy
Department that d Hun cannot be trusted
and ii is coupled with the fact that Germans
are employed on some OF the Transports which
even now are bringing American soldiers
back 10 their homes. Needless TO say when
these ships dock at the end Of their voyage,
the crews will be wccded out and no trace OF
German blood Will. be LEFT on board SO long
as German reMais.s- ON a ship that flies the
American flag or the flag Of one OF the allies
there is imminent danger.
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is prospect that would staggor an ordinary
man fresh from vacation and unwearied by
long aud vigorous mental work. How Will
son bears up under the strain is marvel.
But he will not rest until tho chapter in tho
worlds history which he is helping to write
is completed, and there is little doubt that
ii will be completed to his aud the country's
satisfaction
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-25

Admiral Won Reuters boast that the Ger
man navy's tradition knows no surrender" is
difficult OF reconcilement with that historic
ocean scene Of not so many months ago when
the Wanted Hun fleet cravenly sailed down
between the allied lines and, without so much
as firing shot, took up its final anchorage
in the enemy's waters. The Hun ina gina ton,
plus the Hun forgetfuness, is one of the
most remarkable things developed by the war
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Cnracity of CircuIar bin or Ci.lern.

Subscriber. Albemarle.-F capa-
city in cubic feet. multiply the great
est inside width in feet by itself and
then by four-Gfths Of the height.
Divide this BY two and one-fourth for
the capacity in bushels OF ear corn,
or by one and one-fourih for the cara
city in bushels OF oats or wheat or
shelled corn. The capacity in cubic
equals the capacity in gallons. The
capacity in cubic feet multiplied by
IInetec .eightieths equals The capacity
in barrels.
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information Bureau.

INQUIRIES regarding Utmost any tonic.
excepting on legal and medical sub,
1ects' arc answered free. As NIL in
auiries are answeres directly by ,cr-
sonal letter. u neif-Rddressed, Stunned
envelope II required. Address rho
Richmond, Va.
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In New Jersey the commissioner OF educa-
ton suggests chair OF humor for the Norma
College. In the same State the towns of
Double Trouble and Mount Misery are trying
10 get rid OF the names put on them by the
amateur pioneer humorists OF the long ago,
before chairs OF humor were thought Of
persons now, happily or unhappily, deceased
whose mirth provoking inventions live 10
make many citizens OF American communities
halk and shy whenever they are required TO
write their places Of residence on a hotel
register
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investigating Comptroller Williams and
finding the compliments 10 be nobody but
oiNc!ally diScrcdied bankers, and Secretary
Palmer ana discovering the chief accuscr to-
be pncIcd Hun. Republican Senator'S know
exactly the feeling Of the man who explored
twelve-acrc briar patch in the dark in search
Of d mares nest
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-25

Eighty thousand Portuguese vineyard work
ers are leaving the United States on the eve
of prohibition. They form d mere drop in
the industrial bucket compared to the total
number of people who are about to find them
selves without Jobs.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-25

Reader. Oris.-You should he able to
sell your old papers and magazines 10
any paper stock dealer If you will
send stamped, self-adressed enveloEe.
we will give you the name Of Rich
mond dealer.
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End OF the Bolshevist regime i'm Russia is
IN sight. All citizens between the ages OF
eighteen and sixty have been ordered to cut
WOOD. and The alternative is starvation
When Boishevist is ordered 10 work that
marks his finish as IL Bolsleyist
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Excitement is caused in England by a
clerical prediction that the world is to come
to an end December 81 next. So far this
country is concerned, why not make it
June 30?
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''"". fame. is the Conservative
candidate for ;hc Senate in the Norfolk and
Princess Anne district
The first grand rally of whites in Jefferson
ward Will be held AT the vegetable market at
O'Clock this evening a grand pouring out
OF the people is expected. The speakers an
nouEccd are: James Alfred Jones James H.
Doocy. Judge Crump, Robert stiles, James L.
Branch DR.. Bodeker. y. NJ Kelley and perhaps
others.
\, tho last onnusi meeins OF the hoard CT
trustees at iitchniond College the system OF
instruction and discipline was changed from
that usually adopted in colleges to that OF tho
University of Virginia. and that OF some other
system dispenscs with president and places
tho faculty. with chairman chosen from among
themselves.
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Golncidentaly with the announcement that
me Herinahs VIII sign the peace treaty, but
win reservations which virtually make it
d scrap Oh paper the moment allied pressure
Is Withdrawn, Senator Elihu Root advises
The Republican Senate to accept the covenant
Of the league OF nations with reservations
winch VIII reduce il TO the scrap" category
RoPt S proposal is Il sign OF Republican dis
tfeSs, preliminary TO the white flag acknowl-
edament OF defeat. For the passage Of the
Knpx resolution there is not the slightcs,
chance, but il has served TO put the party
on accord, and now with leadership switched
70 Root, II Is retreatlng. When the President
returns and the Senators begin 10 hear from
nome mat retreat Will he converted into a
rout
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Furniture Shrinkuu,.

Miss a. L. G., Ashlund.--lt is suG.
Sested that you consult cabinet
worker AT any furniture store IN re-.
gard to the trouble YOU complain Of
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no man ever has borne d burden so heavy
or Wrought so successfully for mankind AS has
President Wilson during his mapy weary
mohths IN Paris Now his work there is
nhsHsd' ana tomorrow he will sail for home
HIS has been the dominant hgure throughout
the peace negotiations and almos, wjthop,
exception his policies have won through IN
fuiflment He leaves Paris with the enemy
crushed and bound hand and foot for ar
leas generation, but bound by peace Of
1usHee for which he from The first cop,ended
u ever man deserved rest, that man e.
WopnroW wilson But rest is not for him
4isstomes nome 10 hostile Senate, to a coun-
tryHlyided and bedeyiled by political leaders
determined TO discrcdit him al any cos, and
TO a mass Of work that has accumulated nm
hls;i White House desk during his absence
Ne must lay The treaty before the Republi.
can Senate and then start on ID country-widc
speaking tour to force ills acceptance. II
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German Oecunation Of parI,

w. c., Bowler's Wharf-1he Car
man occupation OF Paris "A, the close
or the FrancoGerman war lasted
about three months.