Record and Chronicle. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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■ONTON, TEXAS, TWJWS PAY, SEPTEMBER ». tML
more fortunate »|» UTL
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active
that fail to filter
proper drug* or service;
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mi. e in oitvi an . iivuai amiiriii w IVII,. all ••111 11 UNIilsrii aDQ
*.f the’ city were zonvciteci. which 1 bad never before seen
.no
British
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mv iuiik (iiuvmi ou< anti naruiy coincsi- real conditions as they relate W u
t «l but that hnuland would Irimiiph ifr- country, they will see that the I5ni1
By. It* is method
becomes
■lions to Brit- soldiers cannot go far, nnr fight hard
bi'st iiunrif'r in nn cmnlv oktmo.diQ
t.
£
which hastened Ho aetast beglMdlw <*f
lhe gulrages’cmuimted. some MS ware
(Varta, of cmirse,
uh> roumfoM <arrw>a out mors than
—Latimer
lh**w low iMaltMSS
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'*» wark m Ml piWMHK wRR
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amt raided S.s'lalista’ stores These Pmr-
isiau mobs were composed of the dra-
in
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th«_ conductor is a GbVwrn-
t own-
' > of methods of marketing to submil to
another meeting .„.
~ G’UNESVILLE WILL LIKELY OPEN
LOCAL FOOTPALL SEASON OCT. S
traced back to the producer if it should
bedesired to do se. They hope later
to include other poultry products and
dairy products in I nr co-operative
marketing. The matter was passed
over for de finite action to another mfetg'
mg and different members of the Asso-
HOMER BRUCE WRITES Of
CONDITIONS IN PARIS
ImaaiiM* tarty thousand Americana
Pana taytnr ta d>> the same Ihi&a.
MISSIONARY FEDERATION TO I
REGIN ACTIVE W ORK SOON
On the evening of July 28 1 was sit-
ting on the front poreh of a small ho-
tel In Lucerne, Switzerland, neither ad-
chair;
Stacy, who at that moment was asleep
upstairs, doubtless picturing his cane
carved up with the names of the whole
Alp system.
War Is Declared.
I was awakened by nyy genial land-
lord, who excitedly told me that Aus-
tria had declared war on Servia, and
that it was feared that it might involve
all of Europe In the .struggle. L mum-
bled something about "let ’em fight it
out,*’ and betook myself to my room.
The next pioming I arose with diffi-
culty, hut could not restrain a good
laugh at Stacy, who was hobbling about
like an old man with chronic rheuma-
tism. I laid him about the declaration
of War, ^nd together vve walked to
the “KuresaH"! to read the morning
papers. '■ —-
And then followed that quick series
of event* whh-h-.hss plunged Europe in-
to the greatest war in the history of
the world. 1 had yfteu heard uf the
"powder house of Europe," but I
thought that this phrase was like" a
great many Other pat expressions of
our favorite orators and Journalista, -a
mere ni«*ly sounding Jingle of wools,
meaning nothing in particular But be-
fore I cmjld realize the full import of
take u» to an hotel He was stupefied
with absinthe and besides every hotel
to which he drove on was dosed and
crowded Checking' mir suit cases, we
were forced to sit up all night in a
lAPEHtMENT tSS’N. HELD MEETING
The l»m<m County Experiment Asso-.
eiation ipej Saturday afternoon at 2
o’clovj. ,< ti, Chamber of. Commerce
rooms and ■^•ok'-hp the. discussion of
»herticQiture and such wortL-jfcveral of
those present made talks and guv* their
idea of flic work after which the Asso-
ciation took up the work of dividfrig'
the. momtaw Wto different groups for
the benefit of those who destls’iLlo de-
vote their time and study to one line
With plenty of it, and eat
sensible American meal. ’
did.
Aid Makes Paris Rejoice.
has become com-
s, and un-
has been
increasing
as well ,-cs
l»tlw daj.the work
world u *o divided that
heart-wrenching pain*, when you can
rorefy avoid it <-
rrpreaented Fur hour* and hours .Null
•ml >te|n*ate Wouirn, •tcally unable
Written for the Record-and Gtnonlale
by Charles I. Franck
the club meeting resUeday, and we had
(fie ImrIleal conMrnlial chat 'ugeth-
ep." Mrs. gmith "I thought su Fhr
wuuMn'f apeak Iq m* this THorniiw "—
Hty With Iba arwMMt posmhlr drgr v
^-tmstF, the; dyimiiua md hantata#.
station, as was required of all citizens
of hostHe nanons, and turning to the
crowd of French clUxens who had been
offering mimeroua insults, he was
taunted into m»Ung the unwise remark
that “It’ll not be many days before I’ll
have lhe pleasure of killing a half doz-
en of you cure." He called a cab and
jumped into it, but a ruffian sprang
from wit the crowd, Jumped on behind
th* carriage, and pointing the revolver
through the glass window, shot lhe
German thr.mgh Uw back of the bead.
dh«utu»g. Vive la France" So war
’makes brutes of men: and under lhe
excitement uf Ita Influences, the lowest
irdhKlti
, reim iiiber-
tSuO; .uid
the war, and even the Galleries de Ls-
Fayette-and the Louvre, the two largest
stories, remained closed for several days.
Passing along the Rue de Rivoli, or in
fact any of the, prominent business
strrrtft, «>n« could see same rather,
amusing notices placed on the dpors Of
establishment, whlctj were dosed. Gue
read as follow »f
• NOtlCE TO MY CUSTOMERS.
bladder disorder*. s You will find it
different from all other remedies,
there is nothing else on earth like it.
It matters not how old you are, or
how long you have suffered, it h.
practically impossible to take .it info
the human system without results.
You will find relief front the first few
doses, and you will be surprised how
quickly ail your misery and suffering
will end.
An original package of Croxone
costs but a trifle at any first-class
drug store. All druggists are au-
thorized to sell it on a positive money-
back guarantee. Three doses a day
for a few days is often alt that j«
ever needed to cure the worst back-
g«be or overcome urinary disorders.
German war parly. But it might Just
as well hate been the Czar of Russia
or the Empefor of Japgp or any otter
monarch of the worivj who lias the
power to make his individual ambitions
afiff hate* the cause of tnbTnaiional
warfare. ■ International peace is Just as
far distant as the day of Democracy,
and no further.
Gainesville'High,will likely open the
I f.i.'tb.Hl M-ystin'With Denton High
„a*Pl, < h t .lu r 3 liku been tentatively de-
cided-wn for the date with Denton play1
mg a return game there later. McKin-
ney lias written for two games and
• Mineral Wells also, but ho definite ar-
rangements have town made yet.
- AS A PEOPLE THINKETH
To Hie Record and Chronicle; . '
As a people thlnkelh, go are they. If ;
they get it into their heads to do bo.
they may sit down and weep and let .
business go to the bow-wows while t>>® ?
people, of the old country tear at each y
other’s hearts. On the other hand, « .
they can be made to understand the ■ e
real conditions as they relate to tlBEsS
country, they wilt'see that thy United ^3
States must become tho world's lunch .
counter and there'll- he no free lunches!
As Napoleon truly sithi, ''Soldiers, like . j
shakes, trivet Am Ahftir 'bellies:" and
Dr AV H. Bruce Tuesday moniing re-
ceh<>l a Jotter from his son, nbmer
Bruce, who is now in London, Eng.,
but wiiu wr,; in Glion, Switzerland,
when the i.nropean War began and who
was unable; for nearly a monlh, to get
otrt. Switzerland was absolutely jso-{
lateii from the world,;he said, w{fh nd'
— maU- )ij ..r • -ul, but T<u fluuHy was able
to K* t l<> Paris, whfeh at that time w»«
oji lhe we^of a siege. An excerpt from
the letter tells of tlie-’pitiful- scone* In
Paris as Hu- /5<rman advance approach-
ed th it* m t^rupltal and as every able-
li. h* d FfTm-tijnafl -wan mustered into
scrvic* Tlu- excerpt from' the letter,
.dip'll at London, Sept. 4, follows:
,,'f.was in Paris three or four days,
• bul did TV*( wire you a» it .wouhPonly
have increased your alarm to know 1
was even safe in Paris, which is now,
In .siI probability, on the w of > siege.
You cannot imagine what a ilread-
fuT state Europe is in. They do not
know, what It is, even in England Eng-'
. land i* not disturbed al all, Bu| ft soon
will be, though. Everywhere fn France
are tears and tears, for lost friends oj
relatives, ft presented the saddest
spectacle 1 ever expect to see. -Evday
man from <orty-flve years down who Is
nut physically tJisqualifUid is calledJ»ut,
amt fife women Ind children are left
;**liind, belplesg. ft is a most pitiful
slghtlo »eo those.'peqpjc sitting, staring
unseeing ahead, with nothing but de-
spair. to look forward to. It is the.
worst, thing that ever happened fn his-
povvera, arid
affairs
Russia, a nA hence under the Franco-
Rusaian Tn'atv necessarily involved
France. AU Europe wsa on the verge
»f. s great war; lhew imnwnae military
prepnralhma. m-tenalbly made for lhe
preservaUon of peace, <>r an lhe Euro-
p< an ■slaletMi. il have told ua for years.
Bff.ono troops in order tij pr
proclamation o(, jwutralily, „ ____
breve little nation did tn the war of
1870. My good landlord, a healthy
speeimen of XX) pounds, wnl the *•*-,-
vanu <»f tbe hotel scurrying hither and
thither about the pt;..... searching out
his time-worn uniform, polishing bis
army boots, shining his sword,- and
making other preparations which were
In time to transform him from .a real
good hotel-keeper to a somewhat over-
weighted soldier. His frienda began to
coilpeL and standing out tn the halt, 1
c.m»td see him ihet* In his private par
log iu tte very midat d/his admirers,
bowing In response Jo a fluttering
least (drinks on the Loom ,, and as-
suring all that he would 1 Use every
pound of his mighty bulk before he
would ever see an alien army on Swiss
territory. Off he marched for the ap-
pointed gathering place. JoUowed by
trta three' waiters, belt bby, and chief
cook, allnttired in uniforms of varying
degrees of preservation. Stacy and I
followed tn their wake, and so we pro-
ceeded to the International Peace Mu-
seum. And H was at that place, Just
beneath 4 large mosaic depleting the
dawn of peace—a soldier standing wrth
flag furled, helmet doffed and syiord
sheathed, watching the sun aa H^comes
tip from the eastern horizon.—that the;
roll-call of the Swiss army proceeded •
Stacy suggested that it looked like a
demonstration against the ‘barbers' un-
ion, and he was not far wrong in the
statement, for I would nearly take oath
that there was not a' clean-shaven man
m llo* enUM-araap. The Bret victim of
the war was a soldier who looked ven
much like our landlord and who was
prostrated by the gun's .teat. It took
several steins of beer to restore his
equanimity. His comrades looked at
him as though they wished that the
sun might affect them also.
Tlie remainder of the story, a mere
ctihmicie of events, 1 siiall copy from a
diary which Hiy friend Stacy and 1 kept
happiness a
even life iteelf in many
depend on the Imowledw* >kl
tlir eniirtiiut I’nTmany must pay heavi-
ly for" hex part in the war and that
German militarism and all it stood for
must go. . Nearly every paper, ton; con-
tained piahs ate sugges
ish merchants as to the best manner in
which to set about securing ’Control Of
,lj>e great trade which Germany has de-
veloped during the past twenty years.
“Made in Germany’’
mon in the English market
douhte.fTy British jealously
aroused by the great and
over-sea trade of Germany,
by the growth of her vast merchantile
marine, which hade fair in the next
few years Io surpass. England’s.
Comes Home Steerage.
I was so fortunate, as to secure a
sju erag* , passage aboard lhe American
jihip New York. In so great demand
vvere liekels .4 all sort that I was offer-
ed preininma for mine on aeverat oc-
TflfilSH, un<- ui in offering me ai muctr
sis nhxty-tlve dollars? Notices were
common in the -papers to the effect
that some one would "pgy fl>ur ()r qvc
bimdred -didlafs for a. first nr second
class ticket aboard an American line
bogt, but the Ameriean Coinmiltee
diseourex.il alt such offers, and endeav-
ored to effect* lhe transfer of tickets
only aLpar Several organizations, such
as the Masons, rterisred special ships
to return to At**fiea and by th* time
that my boat -set sad from Liverpool
on August ft’., excitement had ie-«*l > ~n-
lirely Mubsxhsl, ,||pi people were be-
coming content tn remain In England
until suitable accommodations could be
secured.
After a short vimt through Warwink,
fMEMtard. and • Aenler, I arrived at Llv-
But ttiie. S not a dissertation; it is a
personal chronicle^ After the lirst
three days,-Xte excitement abated aoinc-
whaL but Paris was 00 longs." "Gay
Paree," btrt a mttrtary camp, under
strict martial law, women serving as
street car conductors, street sweepers,
ate the like in the place of husbands
and sons who were at the front. And
then Morgan Marjes and Company an-
nounced that they were prepared io
cash any and all travelers’ checks
which before the declaration -of war
were considered as good currency. As I
read the announcement, visions of ba-
.con and scrambled egg* cam* to my
minds eye, and Stacy and 1 hurried off
tar the bank. As we entered the doors
of the bank, I looked at Stacy and saw
that he had an English-French diction-
ary In his hand and that tie was con-
ning some words much rafter the. fash-
ion of a monk With his Rosary
“Stacy.” I remarked to birn,"- I’vr
stood by you through thick and
through thin -for two monttffi. I've
knocked around with you through for-
ests; to satisfy your inordinate ambi-
tion I managed to wobble up to the top
of a mountain; I hffva.permitted yon
to Order German dinners, and eaten
mush for supper, when vve vvE-re sup-
posed to have had fried potatoes, that
is, if vve had received what we thought
you had ordered; but in this critical
hour, after a period of long staravatlon,
I’ll be hanged if I’ll turn you Moose on
your French and risk the chances of
Fate to get something good and diges-
tible. For. goodness sakr, he a good
sport for once, and lets go to a plain
ordinary Cafeteria and pick out what
we want,
least one
An<t we
England's
When tiie new# reached Paris oil Au-
gust i that England had declared war
against Germany, there was great re-
jpicing in the French capital, llilmsands
of enthusiastic citizens ’githerod in
front of the British embassy, singing
their national songs, and witilly slumt-’
ing and cheering. Th*' .tenseness of
Hie situation.’seem*',i to’relax; the at
mosphere of slern serimi-m'ss which
bepetofugit had eliantcl*-nz* d Uh* l’roii*di
capital give way to a cheerful coutV
dence that the outcome of th*' war
equid only be a great, success f.,r ii„
French arms. France, it -■
gtili impressed with the s
power of tiie <i*'fman army
ing its brilliant success in
while the latent strength of Hu
nppreeJMed, yet it 'leaded Hie
declaration of war to iuslil! <'on!idein i'
as tq the ultimate result. Fran*-,- Had
gAod cause, learned from exp* ri* nc*-. to
appreciate that British_jl*'t*'niiiii:dion
h;md endurance which knows 1i"tT<l,.-
■feat, ~and w hich time imi again has.
brought wicVess to Britten arms iii .ill
parts of the world. With tiie powerful
British navy in control'of the seA«, and
with Russian millions available, on
’the Eastern frontier- dt Prussia,‘Fran.*
believed,, and not without ewuse, that
her day fonjevenge was at hand The
following day,'hundreds .>/ .‘itixens met
in the ptaee it* la tioncord* . ate with
much formality the wreaths and
streamer* of mourning, w Inch for more
than a decade, have (trapped the •great
.marble figure - repregenfhtg Strasburg.’
the principal city, of Aisaco.-Lorauo
..were reniuved and iir itityr stead wars'
placed a myriad of flowers surmounted
by tiie tri-culors of Franri-. All Hie
ehurchek’ Wflti special seiwiees imog-
ing Divine Sid to the French arms; and
flic entire nation seemed to be bending
every resource to guarantee victory,
r i s k ing al to it" Hr? "wagW oTb atlTe:; jf ’
was realized that if defeated, which' m,,
the long run. is now scgreely possible,
France would no longer be recognized
among the great world
her influence, in International
would have but little Weight.
Atmeals To French Patriotism.
Proclamations innumerable were t>e-
iflg" issued by the war department and
the Commissariat uf Pojfce,—the city
was literally-plastered with notices,
orders, *nd announcements of every
kind and description,
the citizens of Paris were exorted to
conduct themselves
Frenchman wjtien tiie national welfare
is at stake; mobilization orders, com-
mands from the military governor of
the_city, and instructions to foreigners
were so issued. ~Ttrt» Police required
aliens of Ml >neutr»l governments to
register immediately on penalty of im-
prisonment, and before anyone was al-
lowed to depart from Paris it was nec-
essary1, not only'Io have tjiik "residence
permit,” but one to get a "departure
permit” from one’s district- rmumjssa-
rigk ha<t to have his American passport,
vised by the American ambuss.-ulor,
and by presenting these Zhree certitl-
Calt's to- the British consulate cmild se-
cure a final perntli^fo take one of Hie
two -dally trains leaving Paris tar Bou-
logne. Arriving at Boulogne^jt was
necessary |o m> t*> the FreqcJ consul
there, Ija'e one's photograph made and
attached -to—a- permission to board a
ship. On going aboard the boat all
These papere. which made, .quite a
young library, were inspected by a
British official, and on arrival at Folk-
stoni, England, a ifnal inspection and
•lamp were given. This seems like an
immense amount of "red tape,” and so
it was, yet it was made necessary *b«
the fael that in both England and
Franc* there were thqusands of Ger-
taans amt Austrians, many of' whom
were acting tar their governments in
the capacity of spies, in London a
large ntfmter of wireless stations were
fmmd In H>* private Imtues of German
ciiirens, and seore* of st tempts were
made by Germans to leave Franc* un-
der the guise of a neutral cttl» h *»*
trip, in company wjfli all my clerks, to
.1 small summer resort named Berlin.
On ’rtiy return I sofiett a conthmanee Of
yimr pasT tusthfss -ravirra'’
' Another notice read:~
"Mur doctors have recommended for
our health German beer and saver-
. kraut, grid for the next few weeka we
intend to visit in various and sundry
parts of-the Aleman territory.”'
Trip Io London.
Finatty Stacy and I secured all the
necessary papers, and ju order to get a
seat on lhe out going train, which was-
scheduled to leave at 12:44, we went to
Hie. station at eight o’clock in lire even-
ing and stood iu line until the gales
wefifspened at midnight. Luckily we
secured a place aboard. Mid arrived in"
London the following evening at seven
o’clock, after a very’’tlre*oine jouflhey.
There we found everything fajrly nor-
111 fl, the early excitemenl of the capllol
Having coinpie(ei\»subbided,' although
conditions there were never-anything
like«4lu»e which prevailed in Paris. We
found tiie lower floor of lhe Savoy, ho-
tel fixed .up like a modern American
business house, and under tiie supervi-
sion of Hie American ambassador, Thus.
It. Page, a score qf highly efficient corn-
s' to every want
stranded Ameri-
a spi'cial paper
committees, im-
informatlon for
facilitating travelers to locale friends,
nr lost .baggage, or io seejire passage
to \m* rici, All daj these American
quarters were flooded with tourists,
telling Hivit; tales <*f woe. to the various
conimittee- *,r discussing tiie war situs
ati> n with friends. Mr. Page and his
etticii'iit assistants certainly deserve, the
highest commendation for the capable
manner in which they dealt with the
situation confronting' them, arid what-
ever rnbney and influence could do (p
alleviate The difficulties of any Amert-
can it w .s ability done with lhe quick-
est possible dispatch.
British Volunteers Enlist.
Thousands of Britisl4-*o4uiit«ers were
do ing daily enlisted in the #riny, and all
Hjtt parts <
inf** temporary military eneampmepls.
Every morning and afternoon in St.
.latues or Hyde Park, or in the grouhds
dxuit Hie London Tower, one could see
io oflli eis of the regular British army
training the raw recruits in drilling and
in shooting, it was quite noticeable
that the largest portion .of the’ vohin- •
teers were very yo*ing men, ieenunglft
"f the. higher classes of. ■Society;• The
Biitish ligd learned a very valnabl’" ies-
,son in tiie Boe
e(| the
Er*‘ii,"ti
hours and a half Stacy led lhe party,
Mid Just to look at him In his garb one j
would have thought 4hat he had done,
^nothing but climb mountains all his
life. Gradually the pace slowed up a
-bit, and I overltearj a voting American
1.0 Uh bedecked with all the accoutre-
luents of a long and arduous trip, ht
mark to her httgband, an Englishman
wlip. carried a sriiull can* and puffed
constantly at his cigarette:
"AWred, isn't this simply wonderful,—
the bracing air ..amt Ibis lovely niotli)-
te+r scenery "
And he replied, "You kpow its bully,
Kate, suppose we sit down fieri!, take
a picfure-or so. and enjoy it. This con-1
founded ■ walking is really boreitarne;
seems like we’ll never get to the top ”
g\n<Lvvhen we returned that afternoon
we met pin- two friends sonic thirty
minlile.j^jjrajk from this place,.■still ad-
miring the; lake and The mountains on
the opoMte shore.
After’w alking for two hours, Stacy
"and 1 found ourselves alone, still plug-
ging away bn the climb Even the small
• buys who .come out at every turn In
the road to "yodle” tae-the aspiring
visitor, had ceased to interest me. I
had tipped lii£ first one ten centimes,
tin" next on* five, nothing to Hie next
•me: and Stacy offered tiie fourth five
centimes not to repeat the performance,
■ it was goo<ltibi)t still there is such a
tiling as too much, and then we had to
get to lhe top of the 'mountain, plod-
ding away somewhat after the fashion
of our early Texas immigrants, "ML
Higt or hurl"; ami I'm frank Uy admit
that I -nearly did. We climbed the
mountain alright: got to the very sum-
rpH: and started on the return trip.
If it was hard going up, It, was doubly
Ao coming down. When 1 reached lhe.
bottom, 1 folt’Bk^ <lw osteopaths had
don* their "worst Io ni*. 1 managed to
creep up Jo the hotid piireTiT’ft'rnnd *
so my dream in regard to
Hi* picture shows it neyer failed to
elicit the loudest-'applause. The'old
jiMriolic English play~ Braky, py.is re-
vived, and *'aeh niahl fli.it I w-,- in
Lundon, it was received by a .orowd
which tilled to oxarllovvhig His Majes-
ty's Theater. Many poems dealing with
Incidents of th* present war, such as
the "Defense of Liege," or The past
Wayery of British troops, were written
and frequently recited itt the theaters
as a sort of prelude to the.regular per-
formance of the evening, The'attit’iide
of Great Britain «eemed to be. that it
recognized that Hie present war would
be long drawn out and hardly conlesl-
J. A. Minnis,
Phone 188, East Side Square
Thirty-six Years Exp' rlenee i
mitt'i’S were attendin
of Hi- thousands of
e.ins Each morning
w.is issu'd by these
parting all needed
been connected with the drm
business in this county more
thirty year*, and I hope to renm
in Denton many years mor*,^
want them to be years of increte.
ing business and widenmo t €
The Missionary Federatfon organised •
last June by the-worters-teuui fhesosb y ’s
eties of the various churches of the
city expects to begin active work with
the opening Of the colleges, the date
of the flrgt -meeting to be mnouneed
soon. At the organization lhe follow-
ing officers were elected: Mrs F. B.
Carroll, President: Mrs. J. T. HoWner, . 1
First Vice President; Mrs. L. H. Brady,?
Gorrespondiiiff Secretary; Mrs. W. -L--^
McCray, Recording Secretary: Mrs R
P. Lomax, Treasurer. .«-
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four hundred passengers, tmt which <m "Ml
(his trip had more than eight IiuimMHH
AM passengers were given tn* pciriS-gS I
Of the decks, and those st*‘*rage pa*. ’?1
sengers who desired to pay the
amount were permitted to .-at in tlwW I
first-class dining rooms- It was, hew-~"*j
ever, a most tedious voyage^Mi edb* ?4|
gestcd was the ship, and the hardship* .,^1
to many women who were forced ta I
return steerage were gnat 1 do nal 1
believe that in ail lhe world there were J
ever eight hundred people snore juyoua
than when on the morning of Septem- rtS
her 2 vve saw through tiie early lrti»i» 1
the great Statue of Liberty at the en- "1
trance to New York harbor. As-wt
passed this wond'wful tribute of France -t|
to the American people, the ship bamT ' |
played "The Star Spangled Bannar,” and J
1 eight hundred Americans sang the Na- J
[tional anthem with.an enthusiasm and j
■ >*uvi ■gvry^.i (Hum;
[ Americans evldejice. In all the crowd.?f3
of returning tourists, I am sure there
was not a single one avhff ’ was not -Tfl
proud as never before that he
"in the larid of the free ami Hi.
of the brave.” And when several days T
Taterj in Pittsburg on Hie morning of /.j
September 7, L saw the great army,of -Tr
American workmen from the iron and
steel mills of that city, miffe-hing in
celebration of the dignity of labor, FTa
could noi help but think of the, mil- -jj
lions of men-in Europe who..at that .jH
very hour were marchirm to Hi* front s
to uselessly sacrifice their ’lives in * \
vyar’’wholly without Justification or ex-*
cuse. Who could fail to realize that the
great purpose of the American nation ;
is to,blaze a pathway to Universal 3
Peace, and to instill our Amej;lcar jde^s
of Democracy info, the ojdCr Mriwh- . “
rminfs of Europe? . ; "
ship. I want your trade by de»m.
ing it, but in order to find out
whether I deserve it you wifi have
to test the matter. Tbit is » '
personal request to make $uch k
te»t.
' • •' w’
M Cuuftevus
-riip of coffee and no TufiCb. That W*r '
the third day of our fast We had but
10 centimes left Our travelers' cheeks
were a mockery to us. We were really
pinclied for food. 1 hungrily watched
a pile of spinach and greens'pass by,
marked 10 cenUm*- ’2 cents). I won-
dered how long .Mr Bryan and Mr. Wil-
son would debate whether to send over
one transport or two for the 200,000
Americans on th* Continent. I heard
many-pitiful stories. One lady who
tiad come over in a 2400 state room on
the “Jmperator" was forced to go back
steerage, and ha*i trouble paying for
that passage. ,1 saw one lady present
a £5,000 letter Of credit and was unable
4e gut a-; eeot.. “^tie told- me that her
bushand was sick ami that her mother,
who was traveling with her, was 80
years old, and they had to have some
money ob their letter. But it could
pot be had, at least for some time. I
saw a handsome. .w«dl-dressed New
Yprk lady walk uj» to a bank wtyere she;
had a letter of credit for *10,t4o and I
heard her nay, T am here In Paris
alone. I have not ou& cent, except this
letter of credit. My hotel has been
forced to close on account’ of-the war.
1 have no money to ride on a street car.
I came ovepnd France for my health.
I walk to the Ambassador’s, then.across
«lown to the Police Commissioner to
fulfil tiie registraiiuii requirement, th*n
walk to my bank In another part of
town. I spend my- days walking and 1
am sick aiul arji 44-,.l*‘r used tp it nor
pliysirally terle; to walk. I have no ac-
quamtances'ftere. awr do'l.know a soul
itjat speaks-..English.' As - all - cables
must be prepaid. I am unable to wir?
my husband. I would gladly pawn my
jewelry, but as you see J am in mourn-
ing ami my Jewels are in ?Jew York.
Can’t yotr cash pari of this letter of
credit." And the cold reply, “Ma-
dam, I have my instructions, and can
make no exception- ”
prrtetic Canp d’Elat.
I had but id centnhes left <2 cents)
and 1 realized that* some Coup d-’etat
'was absolutely necessary. I could sym-
pathize with Jean Vatjean in Lep?Mls-
erabies, who stole the loaf of bread, and
went to prison. There was only one >
thing to dg and w> did that. )iVe regis-
tered at an expen-ive hotel, asking no
questions as to price, took 4>ur meals
table de hote, bad lhem charged on lhe
bHl and strutted about the lobby like
our middle nam* was FRANC After our. 1
fast was brokerhnt that first real meal,
and we had eaten as much as we dared,
- fearing that Hi* winter would susp’err
something and refuse to put IJ on our
bill,—-then we begin to reproach our-
selves for .having been so ’hopesl as to
starve without trying our credit in Bjjra
ris. We reasoned that our cheques had
been gpo/l. That it was not our faplt
that th^j: were not good, that we werq.
In Paris and that elty would nave to
"see us thro 1 rgti th* predicament, and
that our hotel 'keeper m>ist take otir
cheques or nothing. ,
After the first three-days Paris be-
came calm. Most of the soldiers had
left the city fur the frontier. The work
of mCITilizatiim, the censorship of the
press, the adosmg of the cafes'al 8 p.
m., the deserted stores, the idle bour-
ses and banks, the closed theatres, and
the newspapers reduced to a single
sheet, these transformed Paris from th'e
'GoddeM of Fashion to a silent fortified
oily under martial law. —. ~
Thg spat it of c.eryene was excellent.
Alleging that it was a privilege to work
fur La Piitrie, the women refused pay-
ment for work done for lh<; army.
•There was tm> much to do for anyone
Its ttnd tim* to grumble. Courtmartials
were organized m. the Palais de Jus-
tice ami the Judge* appeared in Military
uniform to conform to martial JaWr
Saw German Murdered.
I struggling crowds oFflernWis,
Austrians and Hungarians gn*relied to
the railroad -tatlona. They1* were a
motley crow*^ mostly glum and down-
cast, walking slowly end giving fright-
ened glances to right and left. 1 saw
one dismal figure who was- trudging
through the heavy; rain. In one hand
he carried a packet containing his be-
longings, m lhe other he carried a hot-
tie of wine; a more forlorn picture I
have never seen^ than wgs this man,
who lipre in the very heart of the ene-
my's country would have given all. I’m
sure, if lie could have been with his
comra<ies bgek iu the FalLerlaiid. sing-
ing. "The Watch on the Rhine." and
marching with conlMenre on Paris. .
One G’tiuwi. a strong. One looking
brutal Instincts are evincsd We hear
OmmMhHI* •»* •**
In aaertbe them to the nationality M
Mteh Hut H im« ao much Hte nation,
though condition* may seem to make
war, and have’ discard-
uniforms, which the
till use, ■ and nqw mako^lhelr
service uniforms of khaki, just like dur
American * uniforms. Undoubtedly the
British will find that ihe Boer vvar Was
a great training camp for the pr-vsent
w *r, teach Ingttiem-many valuable iGj-
rons, just as*The Ameriean revolution
wrought a material change in the Brit-
ish tjgtiting strength, so that m Hi’;
V«p'■•Iconic wars the efficiency of lhe
ti.. ,is Was noticeably greater.
Bi-ilteh Patriolsni.
Iii all-Hie theaters uf Imndi/*i pafrio-
Jii inifffic was used a great de d, and
wh*‘n the British national airs v.tre
played tlitv audience would r'is" and
’whig-the accompanying words. .WheriJ
ever the pictures of any .of the rulers
ZZZ7ZT
n*r hearing thi gay songs which float-
ed up from the pleasure boats, as g*y-
ly festooned with Japanese lantern*
they flitted hither and thither upon the
Lake of the Four Cantons. I was
peacefully sleeping, in fact if I remem-
ber correctly, t wa^ dreaming that 1
had my friend Stacy Just th front of
me on a long wglk up the Jungfrau, one
of tire highest peaks of the Alps near
Lucerne; 1 was scafod in an automobile,
and had I* my Land a long pike with
which I could conveniently pr*d him
along whenever his footsteps seemed
to lag. He was begging me to permit
him to rest a moment or aq. fiut I was
relentless, and accelerated his pace
with a particularly hard Jab' of tiie iron
pike.
No doubt such a dream was due to
the fact that Stacy bad Insisted on a
pedestrian trip up Mt. Rigi. 1 wag in
favor of taking the small railroad
which conveniently carries the tourist
to the very top of the mountain.
Stacy, however, contended that it would
be a disgrace to leave Switzerland and
hot be able to say that we had climbed
one "of the Alpine Peaks, ag he called
it It is tiie custom that whenever one
,climbi, a muimtain iu Switzerland, tiie
name *>f-the particular .peak is inscrib-
ed upon one’s Alpirte’cane We had met
tour!«ts ’Who proudly pointed to their
canos, on which were burned lhe names?
of several mountains of considerable
height, and I had listened with open
monttato 'the stories of their abilities
as mountain climbers. 1 remarked to
Staey that we could have Hie names of
any half-dozen mountain's he chose
burned upon otir camri? and that would
’answer for all practical purposes, so
far as being in the sahie was concern-
ed whenever we •met’Tfiai species of >
tourists, nitich like pur ‘ famous fisher-
men in. this country, who delighted tn
recounting their diffieiiities in reaching :
the summit of Mt. So and So.
* ***" IBflk - ' •*>»■ J •■■■•v.. H,/ BUM 1 S> pi
But Stacy was bent; on climbing a together.
'tufitintainj so we rigged up the proper L -
paraphernalia and started out for Mt. SMdtera, Soldiers, Everywhere.
Rigi,'. arriving at its base after a short! .‘ Tha.t ni«ht we began to realize the
boat trip bn th* l ike XVe.gfprfed put inunediate seriousnera of the appr’oacb-
quite briskly, along with sonie score of I1** conflict Expected paHies wired.
■ Am* rlc.uis ti* nt •■11 tlu- Mm* undertak-',l1''their hotel acci*mmo<iutioiL
ing, ard at tiie rate we covered th? *,,lr landlady told us that she would
first tour or the hundreil yards, it look-, prehalby be forcet' to close” the hotel
ed like we were going to arrive at the Tiext week. S<ywe decided to leave the
summit ahead,of schedule time, which, | “«M morning and go to Berne, wending
according (.> -lhe guide book, was four "ay towards Italy. On the train
hum's and a half Stacy led lhe party, s*'"' nuUiy Americans, and they toUl
and Just to look at film in his garb one 1 Difft Ifmnany had . declared war
fcgalnst Russia, and of Hie difficulties of
obtaining money.
At Berne soldiers we^e everywhere.
The populace seemed very excited 'The
trains were packed With soldiers and
depots carefully guarded. We visited the
American Minister, received our pass-
ports and were advised Co catcli tiie af-
ternoon train for Paris,' as that train
woiild.be 'the last to leave Switzerland
for some Mme. It ,vvas Utterly impos-
sible to get any money—cheque* could
hot be cashed, aqd Swiss hank notes
were" accepted reluctantly. Every one
wanted gold and secondly, Mixer.', Af-
ter lighting fo .secure a place en the
train, I had to pay Hie conductor a sup-
plement. aijaleflous to our Pullman fare,
and offered In payment a Swiss Gov-
ernment note. TIHs he flatly refuged,
although the? conductor is a G<~
meht official, th* railroads being
• ed by the state. 1 then pulled o'ut a
handful of small silver ..coins. One gold
piece being among life coins. The. con-
ductor’s eye <■«ugtlt the glitter of that
gokf piece, he ref'ised silver, and,
reaching over Two passengers, tried to
snatch that goM piece out of my hand.
~Even officials In their anxiety to secure
gold were wtM and panic stricken.’'
ltfFlie train was crowded when vve left
Berne, many passengers standing up in
the aisles, and also fn the compart-
menta. Cpuo entering French
French soldiers crowded into lho,tralfl!,'
One soldier sat on my knee most of
the way into Paris.. The Frencii s<fo
diers have peculiar and antiquated uni-
forms. They wear crimson trouser*
and long grey _eqats rejcUlng below
their knees, .and, are verj heavy and
bulky. _Th*ir shoes are too light, and
their bool* are too (iressy- . The Ger-
mans wear heavy, rough shoes, with
short spikes on ill* sole*. But the
Trench have a dash and brilliance to
them that is not seen among the Kai-
ser's troops On the train the soldiers
sang their Marseillaise. The French tri-
color being held out of the train win-
dow.- -elicited cheers and wild cnthusl-
asiii from the civilians at each stop.
We"now learned that France :turd de-
clared war against Germany.’ As the
train only sfo.-pi'd a moment al each
station, for eleven hours vve bad noth-
ing to cat. ...v*’ , -
Arrived at Faris.
Finally we arrived al Paris at 2
o'clock in the morning. And what a
Sight greeted nur eyes, for about the
station was a mass of struggling hu-
manity. Drunken, infuriated mobs
•wept the nlieeta. Taxi pab drlvort
wanted fabulous prices to carry one lb
" the main'T’s,’t of town. Wealthy men
and women huddled alxpU the depot,
some steeping upon suit, cases, um»Me
to secure 'hotel accoftmwdat ions.
Or imps erf ^sH-dresssd. respectable la
dh's and gentlemen could be seen sit-
ting on lb* side-walks and in the park*.
AU of th* hotels were full. Would-be-
guesia cimld be seen, sealed on the side
walk in front of the hotel, merely to be
under the protecting ray* of ita light.
We had but eight francs between im.
on empty stomachs.
With this country At peace and sup-■ J
plied with every necessity Hn,I
the luxuries to make her ’own people
comfortable, ami an abundant quantity
of things to sell that the others must
have at any price, we can See no re»- J
son why our people should not be un-
usually prosperous and happy, except
for grief because of the misery of Uta 3
people of the Old World.
Texas alone for this year will ha’**
outside of cotton and wool: corn, wheat, - -
oats, rice, potatoes, syrup and
cattle, hogs, mutton, poultry and dairy |
product*; truck and fruit worth at P^-
vailing price* oven half a billion dte* . •
lars- tffe same proportion hold* flood
in oth^r Southwestern stales -plenty w ? j
live on ah'd a big lot to sell! ...
It i* unfortunate that the civiin**
world cannot dwell in harmony •**
peace, and work unitedly for m>lv*f*W
prosperity and happiness. How-ever,-" —»■
profit is to be made off the misfortup?
of other*, we are glad that the'peopi*
-of lhe United State* are to grt the mon-
ey instead of bayonet* and bullet*- '
Thl* country can and will su5p,.f
food, cintbe* ud wir tnztertai —*■ »—-fl
they tenisnd IL coflta* to bun the p*^ . ,
Ipe that are being murdered. 1
Let us, do business over here a»« .
pray for the poor misguided pwj'l* ”n jj
the other side. F. P HOLLAND.
day morning—with Ita infuriated mobs,
its enlhutdastie soldiers, IU flying t»xL
cab*. Its abate the crazed civilians, the
heart-rendiiic farewell* of soMtera and
wive*, the frenzied labourer* in front
of the saving banks, the sleeping men
In the park*, the shouting news-boys,
and screeching whistle of tiie iocomo-
—"U-—y- I.:--——• "■ —• swu-.u* »wi> juy- Uvea. In UmT panic, women are known
tomate a* Str Edward Grey of England to b«v« trad*,! Jewels for. sandwiches,
and one wealthy man paid 1,000 dollars
for a steerage ticket on a boat leaving
that day.. A gfell-known millionaire ap-
plied for a job as stoker. As the
a? that. •*,fol'dtioned by their respective Gov-
•• ‘ Hernmenta, and *s the German liners
were suspended.tlumssnds were strand-
ed without *«mnn>o*latiem.
“Brake” tteoani
In such a elty vve found Tmrseives
witfi but three franc* or sixty centimes.
The day before we had been on the
train aft day and lt*d only been able
to get a cup of eoffee and some bread.
For breakfast Monday, I had a cup Of
coffee and BtaOy ate a piece of cheese.
At lunch we had four cracker* and a
peach, and that night some crackers and
water. Tuesday mornjq* we had a
The members were divided into tin *
jflasses to study a.» many. Afferent/
. brauche* of the work. They are clasaed\
as grain, dairying and horticiillure and
< jtoo'l start was made toward their
• ^i>fterifid work. Plans for the holding
*>fo big horticultural meeting hero this
’ fait were taken Up ahtrdlig'ussed put no
definite action was lak\;n on the mat-
ter.. -
Considerable linw was spent Satur-
day afternoon in Hie discussing of the
eiv-opi’Cativ* marketing, of eggs and the
Amstatiua•♦expeetr to put a plan, in
operation soon whereby they can get
foTler pFTFra forThrtr-rgg* and furutsh
- a high quality of them to the markets
When th* plan I* pu* in operation they
expect io marketaihe «ggs of each inem-
remedies to relieve the pain. - Thw
only prolong* the misery and can’t
4." possibly care you.
The only way to cure rheumatism
is to remove the cause. The new dis-
covery, Croxone, does this because it
•entralutes and dissolve* all the poi-
roaoti* substances and uric acid that
, . lodge i>> the. joints and muscles, to
|S£'s,i>i' *«*teli «nd irritate and cause rheu- ’
matism, and cleans oct and strength-
ens the stopped-up, inactive kidneys,
•p they can niter all the poison* from
the blood and drive it on and out of
the system. < '*■.
Croxoae is )he most wonderful
FK.. ■ •' medicine ever made for curing chron-
reeejve the condemnation of the eivjl- ’ and I was a **Tat deal4
ized world, which should place blame in this regMrii than uiMrty_
upon, and demand retribution from, the A large per eeqt of th* business
instigators who are Done other than houses in Paris found it necessary to
the Kaiser and his associates of the clogs their doors at th* very outset of
hostlllUes, without allowing *odh jMp-
to settle the differences by arbitration,
as he so earnestly tried to do.
Switzrrtaad MabMzes. ft. —
Switzerland began to mobilize her
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