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THE CARTERS VILLE NEWS
Volume X XXII.
| SHOWED KINDLY HEART
COSSACK SAVED BABY FROM IN
EVITABLE DEATH.
Incident Vouched for by Eminent
American Artist Throws Somewhat
New Light on Character of
Russian Soldier.
When F. D. Millet, the artist, was
at the front with a band of Cossacks
during the war between the Russians
wand the Turks in 1878, an odd incident
came to his knowledge. Mr. Millet's
words are:
f ' One cold afternoon at the end of
f December a young Circassian Cossack
came to camp headquarters with an
article of booty which attracted more
attention than any other object before
exhibited as a relic of the war. He
was dressed in a worn and shabby uni
form and rode an underfed, carelessly
groomed and overworked animal
There was a merry, kindly expression
on his face, and but for his uniform
he would never have been suspected
of belonging to the race whose name
is widely synonymous with ferocity
and cruelty. He had gathered up the
long mane of his horse in such a way
that it made a primitive sort of ham
mock. The fingers of liis left hand
were twisted in the knotted horsehair,
and in this ingenious bed lay, or rath
er reclined, half-seated, a little girl
baby, perhaps a year and a half old.
She was dressed in a peculiar, anti
quated costume made of figured cal
ico.
"In reply to our questions the Cos
sack reported that he had been, with
his men, that morning in pursuit of a
Turkish wagon train. They were un
able to capture the train, but had gath
ered up a great quantity of booty
thrown away by the fugitives to light
en their loads. On the side of the
road he noticed a bundle of ragged
* counterpanes, and dismounted to ex
amine it. To his surprise he discov
ered that a child's voice proceeded
the bundle, and unrolling it, he
the baby, lying quite warm
and comfortable, just as it had rolled
off one of the wagons. He said he
couldn’t leave the little one there to
die, and couldn’t take care of it him
self, so he rigged a cradle out of his
horse’s mane and came directly to
headquarters.”
Married in Old Age.
A septuagenarian couple have Just
been married at Hull, England. Bride
and bridegroom are both inmates of
an institution founded for the benefit
of tradesmen and others who find it
necessary in their declining years to
seek assistance. Each has a grown
up family. The bride has been a resi
dent of the home for some time, but
the bridegroom obtained admission
only three months ago. Within a few
days he was attracted to the lady, the
rules of the institution permitting
freedom of social intercourse little
less than that enjoyed outside. The
attraction was mutual; an acquain
tanceship of boyhood and girlhood
days was revived, and an offer of
marriage was made and accepted. It
toa3 necessary to obtain the consent
of the government body of the insti
tution to the marriage, but this was
''a mere matter of form, and was read
ily granted. A friend of the bride,
who lives in a pleasant country vil
lage a few miles from Hull, invited
the pair to spend the honeymoon with
her.
Foolish Fighting.
Andrew Carnegie said at a luncheon
in New York:
To a Martian or any other higher
intelligence this world war, which ev
ery belligerent entered with the dec
laration that he didn’t want to fight,
but was forced to —this world war
would seem to a higher intelligence, I
repeat, as unreasonable as the prize
fight seemed to the old lady.
“An old lady said on her return from
the city:
“ My rich son-in-law took me to a
prize fight one evening. I never saw
such a thing. The two men came out
°n the stage and shook hands like the
best of friends. Then they began to
Punch each other, and all for nothing.
They kept on punching away till a
Bl an in the corner yelled “Time!” No
body answered him, so I pulled out my
watch and shouted, ‘“Ten o’clock”!”’
Kills Cat, Calls Fire Fighters.
Killing of town cat and rousing the
fire department of this exclusive col
*>ny into activity, was the manner in
which Elliott Green, son of Milton J,
rep -n, former United States referee
|u bankruptcy, ushered in “his” hunt
ir>g season. Another result was the
arrest of the young man.
Green started out hunting, but he
couldn’t wait until he got beyond the
confines of the borough to try Out his
new shotgun. Near the town hall
he espied a quail, raised his gun and
re and. The quail went through the
Pattern,” but some of the shots sent
! he town tabby to its final hunting
grounds, and the rest sounded the
G&non tones of the fire bell. —Hills-
borough Dispatch to San Francisco
chronicle.
Won. Mark Holding, of Atlanta,
iu town Wednesday.
Attention V eterans!
Ihe regular monthly meeting of
P. M. B. Young Camp, No. 820, United
Oonfedeiate Veterans will be held at
the court house Saturday, January
Ist, 1915. A full attendance of mem*,
bers is urged. Ofllce-s for t'he camp
for the coming year will be cbost a at
that time.
J. E. HALL, Commandrr
J. R. ANDERSON, adjutant.
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars res
ward for any case of Catarrh that
e.nuot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Cos., Tolede, o.
We. the undersigned, have known
F. J C leuey for the last fifteen years
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and
financially able to cirty out any
obligations made by bis firm.
National Bank ok Commkrck
„ _ Toledo, O.
nad s Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free
Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by
all druggists
Take Hall's Family Pills for coo
fciputi on.
Locating the Mrouble.
You cauLot make a good cough
medicine at home t r as tirtle as you
pay for Foley’s Honey and- Tar, nor
can you be sure of getting the fr-sh
full strength, clean and pure mate
rials. Did you ever hear of home
made cough medicinedoitig the v ork
that Foley’s is doing eveiy day all
over the country?
adv Benj, C. Cfilreath Drug Cos.
Rainbow Shines at Night.
A bright rainbow in the darkness
was an unusual phenomenon observed
at Harrisburg, Ore., about .seven
o’clock at night. The full moon broke
through the clouds in the eastern sky
while a shower of rain fell just west
of the observers.
The rainbow was perfect in outline
and several of the colors were dis
tinguishable.
Made Over Agaiu.
Mrs. Jennie Miner, Davidson. 1. and
writes: “I can truthfully say Foley
Cathartic Tablets are the je.t I < ver
used. They are so mild in ac‘iort. 1
feel I had been inadi ovjr again '
They keep stomach sweef, liver ac
tive and bowels regular. They bani-h
--constipation, indigestion, bilionsne**
and sick headache.
udv Benj. O, Gilreath Drug Cos.
Time’s Changes.
“I see that Fifi Flubdub, the actress,
Is so temperamental that she swoons
at the door of tuberoses. So her man
agreement haa, to watch her con
stantly.”
“Um. Time brings great changes.
I knew her once, and she was raised
la a block next to a gashouse.”
Notice.
Pursuant to the power vested in us by
law we hereby order and declaie The
Bartow Tribune, published at Carters
vb e, Georgia, to be and Ihe same is
hereby made the official organ <>l liar
tow county, Georgia, for the publication |
of sheriff's sales, Ordinary’s citations,
and all other advertising commonly
known and termed “official or legal
advertising” and required to be pub
lished In such county ollieial news paper
beginning January Ist, 1916.
Such order effective until January Ist,
!9i7.
This November 26th, 1915.
G. W. Hendricks, Ordinary,
W. * Walton, Clerk Superior Court,
\V. W. Gala way, Sheriff.
AGENTS WANTED—To han
dle our Everloe Self Vulcanizer
Faoric Patches for automobile in
ner tubes. A necessity. Will
s 11 at sight. Something new. An
iuyestment of SIO.OO will make
you SIO.OO per day.—Evealoc
Patch Cos., 6 Auburn Avenue,
Atlanta, Georgia.
For sale or rent, one nine room
house and lot, No. 302 on West
Main stieet, in Cartersville. For
price and tei ms. write A. \
Plunket, Conyers, Georgia.
FOR S AK— One 20 borf e pew tr en
gine and boiler, and one 30 horse pc wer
engine and boiler, all in good working
order. Apylv to Withers Foundry and
Machine Company".
Change Nautical Phrase.
The United States navy has dropped
the term “helm ’ and will in the fu
ture use the unmistakable word "rud
der.” Instead of the old-fashioned
command, “Starboard your helm the
new direction will be, “Right rudder.
The old phrase sounds more “nautical,"
but quickness of comprehension and
action are nowadays % essential, anti
aicturesaue terminology must suffer.
Children Ory
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CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA THURSDAY, I, v GMChR 30, i9is.
Virgin':;?,
The area' of Virginia is 9,504 square
miles, its population by the 1910 cen
sus 2,061,612. Its chief agricultural
products are tobacco, apples, peaches
and other fruits; corn, wheat, oats,
buckwheat and barley; peanuts; cab-’
bages, potatoes and other vegetables,
and the native and cultivated grasses
and clovers which yield an abundance
of hay. Virginia is “essentially an ar
ricultural state.’’ The mean tempera
ture for July, 1913, was 75.4, for De
cember 37.7. The annual rainfall is
from 40 to 60 inches, fairly well dis
tributed through the- entire year. The
population of Norfolk is 85,005.
Our Jitney Offer 1 his and sb.
Don’t mi■ this, (bit our thi - slip, en -
ol*e live eo if- ro F |,, and Oo ,
< hicago, II!., writing yom- ruini-' and
address clearly. Von will rot iv in
return a trial package containin Fo
ley’s Honey and Tar Coiimotitid. (■ r
coughs, colds and i-.ronp, pulpy Kid
ney Fills, Foleys Carthartic Tabi-t-,
adv Beuj. (iiln Rth Drug (V.
Almost a Getaway.
"Where are you going?” asked the
proprietor of a rooming house who
Was roused in the early hours of the
morning just in time to catch a lodger
creeping stealthily downstairs with
his baggage in his hands.
“Oh —er,” stammered the lodger, “1
was walking in my sleep.”
“Umph! It’s a lucky thing I wasn’t
walking in my sleep. I might have
dreamed you paid me t efore yo i jri- and
to leave.”
Cheaper Than Home.made.
When one is suffering from back
ache, rheumatism, lumbago, (.Piou
ness, sharp [a>. , sort* mu ■ . . and
stiff jo nts it m m f :.i
loca'e the totire.e if t rmu.l 1 ur
nup time- oir <- rt* n if. ■ •? ' •t • • and
to pvei-vv l ei. ■■ ’n ‘ <1
k'dimv. s K ii •, i . i. A
benefited tho is -o *- t
Ki! V t fr! j. •\(*l * , f ’ . ' ‘i,
WirelcS3 :-C r-.il;-: lit:.••
V.'it: 1 tiio advo:!I of v.L'Y •- *o]o
phony it tY ;• •. : : ... , ;h q , n
the near future - . -,
ing about our p: r dl ,
apparatus with which , o can stop in
to any quiet owner, coil o.- - . ntral
and ask to bo connected with any do
sired point. This seems ti |>cti:.- next
logical step, considering the f .- i that
wireless talk has been hold with
Hawaii and Paris. What a clock it
will be for the married ro.ui v,bo .inn
fallen m with a err- -d j ice;.-... ■Pe
can take out his instrument, c.Bl up
wifey arid toll her that poll died story
about being detained at ih-- ('"ice or
kept downtown by nn ont o ; y..n cus
tomer. Fine !: .bee;. i* < j> , ifey
is wise We -ill pr-t ri off ! ■ the
attuned circuit. By 1 - - b<-r car
to the receiver she <rn !;•>.■:• nil that,
is said, ampin ti onr niu- v, n hub
by feels iris wor? t, t- " ; v.mal ban
been on her mind :;!• night. And if an
affinity happens to-be v- !th him- well,
there will he more work for the di
vorce courts.
Dug Grazes on Load Pipe.
A hard-shelled bug with an appetib
for lead pipe is responsible for the
perforation of cable covern for which
telephone experts have blamed elec
trolysis, according to Albert Schuler
of Santa Barbara, Cal., who exhibited
three of the Insects to the convention
of the Independent Telephone associa
tion of America in session at San
Francisco.
“Here is your electrolysis.” said
Schuler. “Their scientific name ia sin
oxylon declive, and they have cost ur.
between S3OO and SSOO a month in
Santa Barbara for repairs.”
Religious Freedom in Japan.
In no country in the world is there
given a freer hand for the propaga
tion of any religion. In a country
like Japan, where the state and peo
ple are governed by a spirit of na
tionalism, the principles of Christian
ity are most suited. It is to be hoped
that missionaries will redouble their
zeal in promoting the welfare and hap
piness of tlie Japanese. —Editorial in
Japanese daily paper.
Australian Sheep Statistics.
The number of sheep estimated to
have been shorn last season in Aus
tralia and New Zealand was 109,692,-
264, which produced seven pounds and
twelve ounces each head, including
lambs, as against seven pounds fer
the previous season.
Notice.
GEORGIA, Bartow County:
Notice to the public. All pet ors
are hereby notified and warned not
to purchase or otherwise trade ■>*• a
certain mortgage note made by Q. A.
Edwards to H. W. Leake dulrd Lee
ember 10, 191-5, for the purchase
price of one (j) black inul* about
fifteen and one half lint ds hii.ll
weighipgnboiit one (iKui-and j •
and the principal st.-m in k " <
Tie consideration f u ; no'**
having totally LiL 1 tin maker
thereof hereby • an d' to -.!!
persons of his in'ctl .IC'-; 111
pa> same.
C. A. Edwards.
NO LACK OF HONEST BOYS
Los Angeles Lad Held Up as a Won
c't Is One of Many That the
. t '1 Mr; Claim.
A Lt-3 -’ . 3(C l.) paper prints
the I’ccdci.t of the return to the owner
of a five dollar piece paid by accident
to a newsboy. It seems to regard the
incident as remarkable, and one phase
of it was. but the paper overlooked this.
There are many honest boys. The in
stincts of youth are predatory only in
n. mischievous fashion. In a real test,
tho average boy would como out with
colors Hying. The industrious lad
who would steal is an exception. No
norma! hoy accustomed to dealing in
pennies c.ouid soo an accidental gold
coin h; Via day's collection without
tho immediate impulse to place it in
the hands of tho owner.
The remarkable phase of the inci
dent was that tho owner, upon receiv
ing his coin, rewarded the boy with 50
cents. Doubtless the newsie felt more
jubilation in possession of this hon
est piece of silver than in the larger
piece that could have been retained
only by a process virtually pilfering.
Ordinarily the person who loves mon
ey and recovers it is remarkably
stingy iu the matter of reward. A
nickel handed over in exchange for a
fat purse rescued from tho street Is
about the rule. Sometimes there Is
no proffer, but a look of dark suspi
cion.
It would be wise to have u statutory
regulation of tho whole matter. A re
ward of ten per cent would not he out
of reason. ] a poor person happens
upon a “vagrant roll of monc' ’* Is but
natural that, L. become conscious of
temptation. He hr,.-, reason to think
the bv.; r will pay little or nothing,
and he jn-aro apt. to display toward him
a sort resentment than gratitude.
If he knew that under the law ho was
entitled- to a fair commission, the
temptation word ’ vanish, the finder be
satisfied, and the owner restrained
from assuming the too frequent role of
miser.
RATTLER IS MUCH MALIGNED
Hated Reptile Net Nearly So Black as
He Has Been Painted by Those
Who Do Net Like Him.
L ire, indued, are wild creatures of
this <vu,cjit which are capable of
causing t!u fr-ar and respect that the
rattlesnake causes.
A big part.- of the fear is unfounded.
He's dan-; ~,e but there’s no use of
la-in,', ftfi fhef-acid at him. In the first
ida- 1 IJk hikuswpj: gives you an unmis
takable warning, a .little buzzing hiss
which he makes with his tail.
He gives his warning with a ret of
shell-like rattles on the end of his tail,
by which he is most easily distin
guished from other snakes. It used to
be a common belief that the snake
added a rattle each year and that you
could toll his aye by the number of
rattles. Now it is known that some
timer, he will grow three rattles in a
year and that old snakes sometimes
lose a rattle or two.
His color varies from yellowish
brown to dark brown. The snake is
dark'-rt just before he sheds his skin,
wliicii may be two or three timeß a
year. V. ken he makes an attack he
dc: Nt "leap through the air,” and lie
earnest strike farther than his own
b- fUh, usually not that far. Since the
common rattlesnake rarely grows be
yond five feet in length, you see his
range is limited.
Nor is he so hungry for human flesh
as most persons would imagine. He’s
very well satisfied with his diet of
mice, rats —yes, and sometimes a squir
rel or a rabbit. He cals enough mice
and rat3 every year to make him the
farmer’s friend instead of a hated
enemy.
MeeJing of Stockholders.
A meeting: of the st. iekhold ri <d
the t ank i>f Carf, rs •il’e, Cartorsville.
Georgia, w II in its bulking
but-** on l'linr-dav, January i”th,
I:G<* ar II o'el c.k a. n, for ilia <■!►*<
... -
tion of directors for (he ensuing' year
and for the 1r; n-aetio i of Mich
other. buiu**R ;i.a in .y legally come
before them.
O. SI. Mii.am, (’rtHiiier.
Hello,. \i lllie!
A wounded English officer tells of
an interesting little incident which
occurred on the battlefield after the
great advance.
“I had picked my wav among heaps
of German corpses, when I was ar
r -ife.-l 1 •• : v;,which S' *n,*ft rath
er familiar. Looking a few yards to
my light, I observed one of our Red
Crocs doctors dressing the wounds of
a German officer.
‘ T and case, doctor,’ I remarked cas
tialiy, and immediately his patient
shouted, ‘Hello, Willie.’ ‘I know that
voice,’ i said to myself. 1 approached
(he wounded man, and to my aston
ishment I found he wa3 a German
cousin of mine. Wo had a little chat
about old times, in the days wdien we
were friends and there was no wmr.
“A few days after my arrival*in Lon
don 1 received a letter from him.”
Children, Cry
►S3 FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
FIGHT ON MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS
Italians and Austrians Battle Among
Peaks That Are Considered
Almost Inaccessible.
Italy’s Alpine troops, mountain ar
tillery and several regiments of ber
r-aglieri (sharpshooters) are appar
ently bearing the brunt of the war
with Austria.
These troops have since the begin
ning of the war been occupying stra
tegic positions, generally the peaks
of almost Inaccessible mountains dom
inating the enemy's forts and in
trenched camps, hauling up guns and
holding these positions against tho re
peated attacks of the Austrians who
are striving to open a way toward a
possible future Invasion of Italy.
Scarcely any details are available
about their hard fighting up In the
mountains where tho snow is still sev
eral feet deep and no eyewitnesses
are present.
A company of Alpini was on the
march at. night along a mountain path
skirting a valley 200 feet below. The
path was narrow and a false step
meant death. .The men marched care
fully and slowly in Indian file and
kept Weil In from tho edge. The of
ficer who marched in front when tho
path widened ordered the men to halt
and lie down for an hour’s rest. Tho
Alpini accordingly rolled themselves
up in their blankets and settled to
sleep, when a dull, muffled noise was
beard coming up from the valley.
Three or four Alpini understood at
once what it meant. The Austrians
down in the valley were mining the
path from below in the hope of blow
up the ton.. TI VpA down the
precipice, but could not see anything.
It. was pitch dark. Still the noise con
tinued. The Alpini hit on a plan at
once and the officer approved it.
Ono of them, a knife in his mouth
and a rifle in his hands, was lef down
Hi® lodge tied lo a rope. When he
saw the shadows of the Austrians j
working on the rock ho fired at a dis
tance of less than ten yards. Tho Aus
trians fled for cover and then opened
lire against the man dangling from
the rope, but his comrades hauled him
to safety. When (he Alpini explored
the valley next morning they found
three Austrians killed and near them
the dynamite c harge they were pre
paring.
British Dominions.
The imperial dominions of Great
Britain, as listed in Whitaker’s Alma
nac, are as follows: In Europe—The
United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel
Islands, Malta and Gozo, Gibraltar. In
Asia -The Indian Empire, Ceylon,
Straits Settlements, Malay States.
Federated and others; Hongkong,
Weihaiwel, North Borneo, Brunei,
Sarawak, Cyprus. In Africa—Cape
Province, Natal, Transvaal, Orange
Ft-, o Slate, Basutoland, Bochuanaland,
Rhodesia, Gambia, Gold Coast, Sierra
Leone, Northern Nigeria, Southern Ni
geria, Somaliland, British East Africa,
1 panda, Zanzibar, Nyassaland, Egypt,
Sudan, Mauritius, Seychelles, Ascen
sion, St. Helena. In America —On-
tario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Bri
tish Columbia, Manitoba, Alberia,
S.i "Lilt die wan. Northwest Territories,
Newfoundland, Jamaica, Bahamas,
Leeward Islands. Windward Islands,
Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Bri
tish Clulana, British Honduras, Ber
muda, Falkland Islands, South Geor
,‘a. In Australasia New South
La, Victoria, South Australia,
Queensland, Tasmania, Western Aus
tralia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua, and
islands in the Pacific.
Paid Big Pries for Ram.
The price of mutton has gone up
In Australia. When the Red Cross
fund was lining raised one wealthy
Qu ei owner presented a ram to be
sold by auction and the proceeds de
voted to the fund. The ram was sold
in Sydney. The auctioneer who wield
ed the hammer made an eloquent ap
peal to the pastoralists and others
present to see to it that the ram
brought a sum worthy of the object,
and one that would live for ever in
the history of these sales. The ram.
which was appropriately named “Aus
tralia Day,” was sold and resold 22
times, mostly in straightout bids, and
when 2,000 guineas had been realized
he was put up for final sale and
knocked down at 200 guineas ($1,020),
Called Prettiest Judge.
Mice Reah M. Whitehead of Seattle
fs raid to be the prettiest judge In the
Unitod States. She is one of the five
i •: s of the city court of Seattle,
and though when she was elected It
expected tha. she would handle
o < involving women and children,
so far her work has been about the
name ns that of her four colleagues.
The first hatch of criminals consigned
to her court comprised five men, three
of thorn accused of burglary.
Judge Whitehead began her career
as a stenographer in a lawyer’s office.
Within a few months she began to
study law at night. After being ad
mitted to the bar she was chosen a
deputy prosecuting attorney
I'itfO'. A Morris, of Marietta,
u i- h'-iv r nos (lay jj, pbo interest of
th< proposed railway from Whites
t > Marietta.
Number 58
PRANK PLAYED BY HURRICANE
New Orleans Clothier’s Stock Was
Swept Out of His Store Into
the Street.
Although the angry wind carried
through space a veritable fusillade of
bricks, slates and bits of broken glass,
a fringo of venturesome men stood
within the scant protection afforded
by the sheds on the river side of SL
Charles street and with necks at a
dangerous angle gazed up at the great
tall chimney on the lower side of the
Masonic temple during the hurricane
the other afternoon.
It seemed swaying to and fro as
though to the accompaniment of the
wind’s melancholy hum. and such cries
as "It’s going to fall now!” and "Get
ready to dodge the bricks!” went up
from the expectant crowd.
The batteries of the storm god
trained their envious guns on the en
tire exposed front of the stately tem
ple. Splendid windows of ancient pat
tern yielded their fancy glass as trib
ute to the galo.
The swaying chimney was about to
give up Its fight for existence. The
watching crowds saw It bend, straight
en, bend again and then fall with a
resounding crash on the roof of the
building occupied by a clothing store
next door to tho temple.
The avalanche of bricks tore a great
hole through the skylight and clattered
down Into the store. And then the
opening, forming sort of a funnel, let
In the mad wind from above and there
appeared catapulting through the front
door shirts, coats, trousers and all
sorts of articles of men’s attire.
Tho wind for a moment showed a
festive mood and picked up the cloth
ier s bt?'* I ’’. whirled It up and down St.
Charles street, dragged It over the
slippery asphalt, and deposited most
of it on the shaking roofs of neighbor
ing buildings.
Tho windows in all the buildings
along St. Charles street were shair
tered by the wind and the skyscrape#
in the side streets were considerate
damaged.—New Orleans Timea-Pil
yune.
Honor Japanese Explorer.
The Japanese people are paying
honor to a famous Japanese explorer,
tho Rev. Ekai Kawaguchi, who has
just returned from a successful relig
ious mission to tho Innermost regions
of Tibet. Almost a score of years
ago Doctor Kawaguchi conceived the
project of recovering to the world the
hidden scripts of pristine Buddhism
frOm the land of the Llamas, away in
the alcoves of the world’s roof. He
penetrated Tibet, but had to come
home abandoning the object of his ex
ploration. Later, after a long study
of the Tibetan language, he made his
way through mountain and forest and
overcoming many hardships finally
succeeded in entering Tibet three
years after his departure from Ja
pan. His wanderings in the interior
were mostly in the disguise of a trav
eling physician. After studying the
Tibetan religion and condiitons for
ten years he was given copies of the
Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures and re
turned to Japan.
Squaring All Hands.
”Tlie quadruple alliance, trying to
square Greece, trying to square Rou
mania and Bulgaria, trying in fact, to
square everybody, reminds me of Gott
lieb Muller.”
Ernest Eichorn, the German consul
to Savannah, laughed heartily and re
sumed: • N
“I met Gottlieb Muller one night
with a big box of candy under one
arm and a big bundle of meat under
the other, a box of cigars slung over
his shoulder and a toy horse dragging
behind him on a string.
“ ’Hello,’ I said, ‘are you moving?’
“ ‘No, no,’ said Gottlieb. ‘l’m on
my w'ay to see my girl. The candy’s
for her. The meat’s for the dog. The
cigars are for the old man, and the
horse is for the little brother. I’ve
got to square all hands, you know.’ ” —>
Washington Star.
Sitting on It.
Augustine Birrell, the secretary for
Ireland, has recently returned home
from the war front In France, where
ho had many Interesting and exciting
experiences.
Some time ago, while traveling in a
third-class railway carriage in the
nprth of England, Mr. Birrell found
himself in an amusing although very
embarrassing position.
lie was only just in time to catch
the traip and sat down hurriedly next
to a little girl in shawl and clogs.
Happening to glance at her a mo
ment or two afterward, he saw that
she appeared very uneasy and was re
garding him with no great favor.
Then it was that it dawned upon
him that he was sitting upon her
newspaper.
“Here, my dear,” said Mr. Birrell.
pulling the paper from under him and
handing It to her, “I’m sorry!”
The little girl did not look quite
satisfied; but she said nothing till a
few minutes later when the train drew
up at the station.
“Please, sir,” she then inquired,
meekly, as s!ie rose to get out, '“may
I have my fried fish? It wa3 in the
paper!”
Mr. W. T. Henderson, of Kincs
ton, was in town on business Wed
nesday.