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s Many a girl in our so-.callpd “civilization” knows how the old ruler felt with a sword suspended above his sead by a thread. Among our American geniuses, fortunately, we Bulk of Russian Army Said Marching Silently On Towards Posen London, 8:50 a. m.—A dispatch to The Exchange Telegraph Company from St. Petersburg carries the announcement of the Russian chief of staff that since Sunday the Russian invasion of Galacia and Prussia continued uninterruptedly along a wide front. While the Russian right wing was invading Prussia and the left entering Galacia the center, com posed of the great bulk of the Russ lan army, is believed to be marching silently but with terrible force, on Peson, the dispatch adds. IAUSE OF EUROPEAN CONFLICT (Var Which World Has Dread ed But Accepted As Inevitable Austria-Hungary, u great imperial lower in Europe, with a pouiatlon of Dmethlng like 50,000,000 and a fighting Irength consisting of 2,000,000 man, lapde an attack on Servla, a small in md Kingdom In the lialkan PenlnsulH, flth a population of only 4.000.000 and n army of something like 250,000 men. this aj,parently unequal conflict threw SOMETHING NEW— gGsL. am Simply delicious—Our 7f Label ” Blend Civilization's "Sword of Damocles” all of Europe Into one of the most ter rible wars of history. About a year ago Servia. Greece and Bulgaria succeeded In driving Turkey further back out of Balkan territory. The northiA-n boundary of Servia touches the southern boundary of Austria-Hungary, ! and this great empire desired to annex Seivla. A few months agd an Austrian Crown Prince was assassinated and Aus tria claimed that this was the result of o conspiracy on the part of Servia, and made demands which Servia took excep tion to. Thus war was declared, and one nation after another has entered Into It. Every reader of The Herald will he Interested In following this great con flict of nations. For this purpose The IlfTald Is offering an official war map with which one can easily follow all the great events of war. The offer Is ful ly explained In the war map cuopon In another column of this Issue. Wsnn![oTnfi&fftm have a woman who knows how the girl in this picture, feels. That woman is Ella Wheeler Wilcox. We have asked her to write a poem to go with this pic ture. (See Mrs. Wilcox’s poem.) BUT WHERE? It is so little that I need: So little that I ask: Just my own place in Clod’s vast space,. And time to do my task. And time to think of things of worth That might make beautiful the earth. i 1 am so small; earth is so large; So young, and Time so old. And yet I fight by day and night With hunger, want and cold. While whip in hand, Fate stands, intent On urging forward, ogre Kent. The world is such a great round ball; It must hold sun and soil Enough to feed my little need Without such drudging toil; There must be green things, light and air, And peace for me on earth, but where? ELLA WHEELEK WILCOX. Decorations Conferred on Sons By ‘Papa Wilhelm 9 Berlin, via Copenhagen and London, 4:23 p. m. Emperor William has conferred the decoration of tin- Iron Cross of the second and first chits on Crown Prime Frederick William and Duke Albrecht of Wuert tetnburg. He bus conferred also the Iron Cross decoration of the second class on his son. Prince Oskar. His majesty has sent the following telegram to the crown prin cess: "1 thank thee with all my heart, dear child; I rejoice with Ihee over the first victory of Wilhelm. Jod has been on his side and has most brilliantly supported him. To Him he thanks arid honor. I remit to Wilhelm the Iron Cross of the second and first class “Oskor also fought brilliantly with his grenadiers. He has re ceived the Iron Cross of tin- second clhss. Repeat that to fna and Marin. God protect und succor my boys. Also In the future God be with thee uni all wives. "PAPA WILHELM." THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA. 3%; \ w\* m A w We extend the hand of warm fellowship to everyone who raises the pure beer flag. ffl ||mK The brewing industry is one of the greatest ffl MB ■ ' The beer drinking nations are among the strongest. No one can afford to take chances with ||j " the purity of beer. j|j||| ; iIBBIBP That’s why the light bottle is condemned. || | ||| §Hp It is insufficient protection from light— j|i|||| which starts decay even in pure beer. /pJfji See that Crown is Fhone 753 r Mk/SnJt frJ uJ^th branded ‘Schlitz Gelirkcn & Howard \ That Made Milwaukee famous. COUNT JOHANN VON BERN STORFF. New York.—When ho ronched Now York on tho sloumshlp Noordan aftor an absence of several months, Count von Hornstorff, tho Gorman ambassa dor to tho United States In a violent outburst laid the whole blame for the present European war on England, lie exhibited considerable feeling over what he called "England's calling the yellow men Into a European war.” and declared with marked bitterness that It was by the command of the English war office that the cables to Germany wore cut, thus holding from ACUTE ECZEMA ITCHED OREADEDLLT On Entire Body. Face and Head Worst. Like Rash. Face Swollen and Disfigured. Could Not Sleep or Rest. Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment Healed. Ison* Oak. Va.—"Th« flrtt sjmptormn of anita w* zero a I felt were burning Mid Itching of th« entire surface of the body. My faoe snd head It seemed to affect worse than sny other pert The enema broke out like a rush end Itched dreadfully and where my clot bee touched they Ir ritated It. My face wa* swollen and dlgflgured eo I did not look like the eamo person I could not steep or rest anywhere. "I applied different reined lee. Including —— ■■ ■ ami toefe —— , - for my blood, and rartoue things with out help | saw an advertisement recom mending fiutlcura keep and Ointment for eczema and I emit to the drug store, after trying the sample, and got some After the first application I was relieved and In two weeks I was sntlraly cured " (Signed, Mrs J. N. tiavU. Jan 1, l»14. Samples Free by Mall Outicure Soap and Ointment have prsrved most valuable for tke treatment of pimples blackheads, redness and roughness of the fare and hands, dandruff, Itrhiag. Irritated •ralps with dry. thin and falling hair, as wail as for Irritations nod rhailngs of In fancy and for all purposes of the tcdlet. hath, and nursery Although Cut leva Soap (25c.) and futlrura Ointment <sor ) are sold everywhere, a sample of each with 42- p. Hkln Hook will be sent free upon rvjsart. Addms. (-stlcura. Dept. T, Bvslott. : the world all newn of German victo ries snip HIT MINE; BLEW UP WITH DEE HANDS 1,600 Americans Return on Two Steamers Today. Told That England Had Declared War. New York.—Nearly J. 500 Arnerjcar.e who had been at ranged In Kurope reached New Vork today on the HcundfriftVian line eteamer Ohcux II IVom Copenhagen and the Italian liner Taormina from Genoa. Palermo and Naplee. Among the hMi*m Hailing from New York wuh the Wllnon liner FrinHueo with two 4.7 calibre rifle* mounted on her tear deck. Thene her offlcern Hal-1 were merely a Haluting battery. Her deetlnatlon In Hull. In the Elbe. The deHtructlon of a Hrltlnh colder In the river Kibe wan described by Mr:*. Krama Muir of thin city, a paHMengcr on tb eOacar. Hhe wan In Vienna at the outtA-e.-ik of hoHtllltlcH betwe«n AuHtrla and ftuHHla and wltneHNcd the moMMx -1 r»yr of troop* In Auntrln and upon leav ing there again naw armlcn mobilizing In Germany. After many delayfl Hlie managed to get to Carlnbad and on Aug. f» embarked with George Menxel and Mm d«tighter Olga on tho liritlHh Htearner Bury, for Kngland. Proceeding down tho river Rlho, they nald they hhw a Hrltlnh collier Htrl'fe a mine and blow up with all handn. The Bury Htopped and a government boat came alongHlde with the newH that Kng land had declared war. Hearing this* th< Bury** officer* took the *Mp to Hamburg, where the party encountered a long delay In obtaining accomm >da* tlon* ftfr Copenhagen. Re**rvl*tt B*ll. Mr. and Mr*. William llltt, the latter formerly Mlmh Katherine Klklnn, were In Norway at the outbreak of the war. They nald they had made the irip to Copenhagen without unuMtial ezpeCMin'e. i»f 'mu Better, director <>r tho Ham burg-American line, wa* uhoard the <>*• »ar II He come* to New York, he nald, to necertaln the condltlonM of the com pany’s fleet tied up In American wi»erH The Campania, with 400 pa»4'*ngerH, many of whom were said to he Kngl nh and French reserve*, end the loanee, with approximately f#QO aaMHcnger*. moat of them French reservist*, sailed this morning. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 1,200 IDLE SHIPS. P*rl*, (2:25 p. m.) —A deapatch to the Isa van Agency from Madrid nald Hpatn ha* declared neutrality In the war be tween Germany und Japan. Another HavaH defipatch from Hanv burg *ay* 1,200 merchant ship* are tiad up at the Hamburg dock*. NO MORE ASTHMA AND HAY FEVER “I want every Asthma sufferer la Att gusta to try my treatment entirely at my rlek,” Ur. Rudolph Bchlffmann announces. •‘Go to T. G. Ilowanl's, BtoreNo 1, Cor. Bread and Jackson Hts., Htore No. 1, 710 Bread St., and got a (0-cent package of rry Asthmador and ehould It fall to gfve Inelant relief, these druggists will cheer fully refund your money without any question whate.ver." The Doctor says further. "No matter how violent the at tack. how obstinate the case or what else has failed, my Asthmador or Asth mador Cigarettes will give Instant reltof. usually In 10 senonda but always wtthln lf> minutes. Hundreds of unsolicited testimonials abundantly prove what my remedy has done, but 1 know It will do the same for others. lam so positively cte-taln that It will produce Instant rs lief and will he found the best remedy ever used that 1 have no fears of au thorising these druggists to give title guarantee or of their being called upon for the refunding of money." No risk whatever la run In buying this remedy under this positive guarantee. Persons living elsewhere will bs sup plied under the same guarantee by th dr local druggist or direct by Dr. R. Bchlff mann, Mt. Paul, Minn. Southern Homes and Bungalows Send for my Handsome Plan Book 75* llook contains photos, floor plans, de scriptions of nearly 100 henutlful. practi c'd mil Inexpensive hungolows and two* story houses; cost to build 11,250 and up. Architect's complete blue-print plane and speclflcnllona of houses shown In hook, |j to |IO. Have drawn plana for over 1,• 200 Hoiilhern Homes. Leila Pose Wilburn, Architect. 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