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THE K'ENNA RECORD.
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VOL 8. KENNA, CHAVES COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1914. NO. 28.
Summary Report of European
War up to Aug. 25, 1914.
.
August 20Germans take Brussells, Ht-lgium capital,
ttelgiums retreat unmolested on Antwerp to which city tin) seat
of govornment was removed a few days ago. Casualties not
mentioned. French re-capture Muelhansen, in Alsace,
August 21 Germans pressing toward Antwerp. Blood
iest battle of war of seven nations fought at Louvain. Ger
mans occupy city. Enormous loss to Belgium. The German
general has imposed a tax of $40,0()0,COO on thetitty of BuiMellp.
August 22 The great bat'le started on Namur and Char
Jeroi line today. The mo4 authentic reports given is that mil
lions of soldiers are lined up in the greatest battle since. ti e
world was cheated. Line of battle approximately 250. miles
long. German aeroplanes flying over the Belgium forces, drop
mefalic objects deseriled as plaques, which on contact with the
ground, burst into flames and the German artillery directed its
fire cn these flameg. The Belgium's were taken completely by
s turpi ise.
August 24.- The French and British troops opposing the
invasion of the German army in Belgium, have suffered a per
ions reverse, according to the official announcement issued by
the French war office. The losses on both sides are reported as
extremely heavy and the French officials describe the Germans
as being obliged to establish themselves in fresh positions in
Lorraine. Emperor Nichols of Ii isiia, is reported to have gone
headquarters of the lta-wi army, which hai taken the of
fensive in full strength and is said to be advancing rapidly in
east Prussia. Japan Declares war. . Germany having failed to
reply within the time limit set by Japan's ultimatum, the Jap
anese gave an order Sunday to begin preparations for land and
sea battle.
The Ostend correspondent of the Chronicle, says that
Belgium's losses so far are estimated at 40,000'killed. No esti
mate of the appalling property loss has len hazarded by the
officials. . . ' .
" "' - Industry, every where is at a standstill, says" the cor res-'
, pondent.
Not a single factory or coal pit, in the country has been
1 operated in three weeks and not a single penny in wages has
-been received by the men engagd in staple activities of the
nation since August 1, !
There is nothing but dire poverty) distress and stagnation
even in the areas untouched by the fighting. .
A dispatch to the Tim.i, from Flushing, say that $1,000,
000 towards the war indemnity of $40,00o 000 demanded of the
city of Brussels by the Germans already has buen paid.
It is reported that the Germans in Brussels blew up a
tramway station because the directors of the street railway re
fused to grant certain requirements.
i
August 25. Earl Kitchener, secretary of state far war,
making his first speech at a private meeting in the house of
lords yesterday, prepared the British public for the possibility
of a prolonged war, which would impose a considerable strain
upon the nation.
It is understood that four-fifths of the 2,000 British casu
aif were incurred during the retreat of the British column.
No list of the'casualties has been published and public suspense,
is very great. Anxiety, however is tempered by the knowledge
, that the British have given a good account of themselves.
The French commander in-chief has withdrawn his forces
from territory recently occupied and is massing them along
with their British allies, in a strong line between Maubeuge, on
the north and Donou oh the south, a distance of about 200
miles. ' v
5 A combined French and
near Givet, along the river meuse, about 30 miles rielow Namur,
while French t roops command along the roads out of the great
forest of Ardenne.
Upon the ability of the allies to hold the Germans, the
French war office admits, deprnd-i the fate of f ranee.
A British official statement announced that the position
f tlwj British troops in every way satisfactory. Annoumce
ment is made, hewever, that the British casualties in the recent
fighting numbered 2,OoO. Field Marshal Sir John Frenc h com
mander of the British forces, on the continent, reports that the
withdrawals of his troops to their new position successfully, af
fected. ' . .
Reports from the Hague say that tho Germans who have
Keen massed in large numbers nlbn the Dutch frontier, have
appeared and that the mobilization of the Ilutch army has
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Aased.
v 1
ased.
Force Italy into fight. Failure of turkey to repatriate
German cruisers in dardenells the cruse. Believed Italians
would join France and England. Acute situation arises in Bal
kan states Greece and Bulgaria Under Martial law,
British force is holding the front
SCRAP BASKET.
THE WEEK IN HISTORY.
Monday, 24 Independence tf
. Liberia proclaimed, 1847. .
Tuesday; 2& Irish potatoes in
trod need in America, 1718. .
Wednesday, 2G First steam
boat patent issued, 1791.
Thursday, 27 Last battle of
the Revolution, 1782.
Fridiy, 23 Cylinder printing
press invented, 178..
Saturdry, 29 British capture
New Amsterdam, 1(504.
Sunday, 30 Electric telegraph
exhibited at Munich. 1809.
..: WISE AND ( OTHERWISE
Let us bave peace ven if
we have to fight for it. Europe.
The principal activity of a
person at a summer report is
keeping his while shoes clen.
Now the complaint is that
there is not wnough ships to
carry our wheat to europe. It's
hard to have everything just
right. "
Af er treating every Tom,
Dick and harry he knows to a
ten or fifteen cent drink, that
kind of a man generally squares
himself with his wife by taking
her a five cent package of gum, '
Brazilian parrots are a new
note in millinery. '
In the fabric world stripes and
dots prevail. ..
Large, brilliant colored but
tons are often the only spot of
color on a dark suit.
Lace and chiffon capes ate
seen. As a rule they are lined
with black or colored chiffon.
When washing and rinsing
colored materials add a teaspoon-
ful of tCpsom Sls to each ga'-
Ion of water, and even the most
delicate shades will neither fade
nor run, Serge or merino di ess
es, which hnve been dyed black
can be safely washed this way
without any risk of the dye run
ning. IN THE GLOAMING.
In the gloaming, oh, my darl
ing. When the cars are whizzing
past,
Still we two upon our front
porch
Till we6ee the very last.
It is time to seek the feathers,
But we linger still outside;
Twenty persons said they'd
take us
Out a-riding, but they lied.
In the gloaming, oh, my dar!-
We will sit till midnight's
hour,
As the motor cars fly past us
On the wings of henssine pow.
er.
Do not give up hope, my darl
ing, Keep a-smiling, and sit light;
If we wtit for twenty summers,
Maybe one will stop some night.
Pardeville, Wis., Times.
Hunchback! In ktnli h Town.
One town iu Spain hat one bunch-
back to every 13 inhabitants.
Fear's Usefulness.
Early and provident fear l th
mother of safety, P'irke,
THE UGLY CIRCLE
By GEORGE FOX H ALL-
(Copyright.)
Snarler Kelly peered through the
bure luto the prison cell In which Bat,
sullen, defiant and nursing a desperate
revenge, his only son.
"How la It, Jim? Cheer up, boy.
Two years doa't last long."
"No, it won't be long," agreed the
son. "Don't worry about me."
"Jim, I know you never pulled that
job. Somebody's stuck the goods on
you an' got you in queer."
.. The other looked up with slow in
quiry. "What makes you think bo?"
he asked.
"Think sol Weren't you always too
blamed honest to suit your dad? You'd
act tough an' ugly, an' rough bouse it
with the beat of 'em; but I never could
get you to be anything but honest.
Somebody's crooked this on to you, an'
I'm going to find out who did It."
His father leered at him through
half-closed eyes of infinite cunning.
"Bl Wa!tln Xor m "hen I orw-tr-
Scrip Ciiktt Conlimod.
Formula fur Telling a Girls Age.
A method of telling a worn
an's age and the -month in
wich she was lo:n is as fol
lows: Ask the woman in question to
wrire on a piece of paper, keep
ug it secret, the nmnher of the
month in which she was born.
This number sh must multiply-
by 2, add 5 to the result, multi
tiply by 50, add hr age, subt rac t
3&1, add 115; "rind tell you the
answer.
If the woman is 20 years of
age, and was horn in June, Bhe
will get (5x2 equal.4 12 plus 5
equals 17x5o equals 850, plus her
aga equals 870, minus 3(5; equals
505, plus 115 equals G'iO. Tie
lirst figure on the left in this
Ci3e, gives the month in. which
the lady was born, and the two
remaining figures on the right
stand for her age. v
Washington, D. C , The
New Mexico horse is iiow worth
$55.00 pjr head, according to a
report, just issued by the United
States Department of Agricul
ture, while a' year ago his aver
aga value was $58.00.
There are 197,000 berses on
the farms of this state and they
aie valued at $10,835,000.
In 1910 the numbur of horses
in this statn was 179,000atid had
an agzregate value of $3,423,000.
In the entire U. ited Stales
there are 20.902 000 hors s and
they are worth '2,291,t38,000 or
109 34 each.
We must give the same care
and coniriiferatio to a sjtem of
co-operative laws, extending to
the farmer the facilities adapted
to his business that is now af
forded corporations.
Under the present systam f
marketing farm products, it it
possible and often occurs, that
people in one part of t he Unit ed
States literally starve for the
want of a product, while the
same product in another part of
the nation is wasting for want
of a market.
out," usseutcd J"im, wkh more of
warmth und life thuu ho ha'J, shown
before, "und let me know who it is. I
guess two years won't make me love
him more."
His father turned and passed into
the light of tho free air, while the son
looked after him with a scowl of
dreadful hate.
Snarler Kelly plugged doggedly
alongside the railroad track and medi
tated on ugliness. Even apart from
the dismal desert landscape he had
plenty of material for meditation, for
to achieve ugliness had been the am
bition of his degenerate life, and la
that, at least, ho had not failed.
But it's the boy, Jim, with whom
this story is chiefly concerned. The
Snarler had built up fond-hopes of
being mighty proud of Jim, for at an
early age Jim showed himself an apt
pupil In the lessons of ugliness which
his fond parent constantly instilled.
One day, the time, in the estimation
of the Snarler, being ripe for mom
definite instruction in the training of
hid offspring, he hud broached unto
Jim the pulling of a pretty bit of vil
lainy which waa to nourish his own
empty exchequer and stait.the young
man upon his natural career.
The boy listened until the man was
through, his eyes on the ground and
his accustomed scowl knitting his
brow. Then he looked up.
"That's thieving, ain't it?" he in
quired. The Snarler va a little taken aback
for a moment. To qualify things had
never occurred to him.
"Sure, Mike," he said uneas'ly.
"Then count me out," growled Jim.
So the kid refused his career, and
tho Snarler, after hiding his disgust iu
three days of oblivion, resumed bis
with, the careful cowardice of tho petty
sneak-thief.
But at length there came a time
when, tempted by a seemingly easy
opportunity into larger operation, cow
ardice overreached care, and the trail
became too hot for Snarler's peace of
mind. And so. with simple cunning,
he hud pulled the trick that saved him
and tent his son to jail.
Certainly It was upon ugliness that
Snarler meditated as he plugged dog
gedly alongside the railroad track.
Night drew in, and in the distance he
saw against the dark sky the panting
glare of an engine's exhaust.
Ten minutes later he had swung
himself thankfully into the open box
car. He struck a match to find hla
bearings, and found himself staring
Into tha barrel of a big revolver, too
dazed to do anything but bold the
match.
The other came to hla relief with a
short laugh. "That's all right, bo."
bbid he. "I thought maybe you was a
shack, an' I'll put a shack's light out
before I'll hit the ties and starve in
this desert. I'm a tough guy, I am." .
"I don't hlume you," agreed the
Snarler. "I was kicked off myself,
yesterday, after I'd lost my gun. If I
hadn't lost it I'm a tough guy my
self," he finished significantly.
Overhead there was the aound of
heavy shoes. Then there was the
flicker of a light With easy strength
a brakeman had swung himself Into
the car, his lantern slung by a string
around his neck.
"Hit tha gravel!" he growled, as he
held the light on them.
, "Beat it," snapped the tramp, push
ing his big gun Into the foreground.
But it was Kelly on whom the brake
man's eye rested, and he lowered bin
lantern quickly.
"Beat ltNd'ye hear!" again ordered
the gunman.
Suddenly the brakeman dropped, to
one knee. Like a flash his hand was
iu and out of his overalls pocket. The
gunman's bullet went high and passed
through the open door, but the train
man's shot took the other between the
eyes, and he lurched forward dead.
With hardly a look at him the brake
man turned his gun upon the Snarler.
"Turn around an' put your bands be
hind your back," he ordered.
. The Snarler laughed, a trifle uneas
ily and sheepishly.
"What's the matter, Jim?" said he.
"Don't you know your old dad? You
sure are an ugly guy."
And Jim put his face close to his
father's. "You bet I know, you. An'
you bet I'm an ugly guy. You trained
me In ugliness, an' I'm learning every
day. Your name's scratched on this
gun, an' there's a sheriff at tho next
stop. It's an ugly circle, a
drew It yourself. Turn ar
Kenna Record one j,ar $itoo.