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L GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1916.;
PAGE TWO
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WHENCE GOMES TURKISH TOBACCO
New York, lreb. U 'iayht you
have wonderad where all file Turkish
tobacco in our numberless brands of
Turkish cigarets is coming from since
the war 'closed the Turkish ports.
Vice President W. 0. O'Brien of the
American Tobacco company, in an
swer to an inquiry, told all about it
today, saying in part:
"The smoker of genuine Turkish
clgurets 1 mean cigarets made by
the larger manufacturers and in which
nothing is used but pure Turkish to-
bacco need fear no adulteration 01
their favorites until 1918, at least,
because a 3 years' supply of Turkish
tobacco is kept constantly on hand in
. the curing process. It is only in the
Inst few months that the normal im
portation of Turkish tobacco hus de
creased and we hope and believe that
before we begin to suffer a real short
age we will be able to replenish our
stocks from growers who have cured
the tobacco in Turkey under the direc
tion of our experts, so it can be used
immediately we got it over here.
"Contrary to tho general belief, the
war has not entirely cut off Turkish
tobacco Importations;' It is true that
tho 20 to Zii million ipoundu annually
imported to the United States from
Turmy haB dropped in the lust year to
u little over one million pounds and
there seems no immediate prospect
of getting more soon, but a littlo is
coming in all tho time through the
ports of Greece.
"We hope this shortuge will not
mean a rise in the prices of pure Turk
ish cigarets and personally, at this
time, 1 do not beliovo it will mean un
increased price, but no one .knows wlmt
the situation will be later. The to
bncco man hardest hit by the short
age is'' the little manufacturer who
buys in Btnall lots from the bigger
fellows from timie to time. Their sup
wus cut off very eoon after the
war bogun and, as they cannot afford
to pay the price of what little Turk
ish tobacco is imported, they have
either to boost their prices, substitute
a cheap domestic tobacco, or go out
of business. Many of them have fail
ed and are failing every day just for
this Mason. Some of them are using
cheaper tobaccos. '
"There is nothing in tho appearance
of a cigaret tobacco that would show
the layman that even 20 per cent of
his'so-called pure Turkish cigaret was
a domestic substitute, 'tout a regular
smoker of Turkish cigarets could toll
at the first whiff if even so much as
2 per cent of his cigaret is domestic
leaf." ,
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PECULIARITIES OF WAR. j
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King's Servant Disappear
"Nothing more was ever heard of
them.. They charged into the forest
and were lost to sight and sound. Not
one of thorn over came back." Sir
Ian Hamilton's report.
It is tho talk of England, the groat
eat mystery of the war, the charge of
the Fifth Norfolks, the King's own
servants, at Anafarta. Tho story of
how these 2(i6 "ardent souls" charged
on through the village of Anafarta
and completely varnished into tho
forest of death" beyond, U history
that some day may take its place be
sides that of the immortal tale of
Bnlaklava.
The "Lost Legion," it is called to
day, but until the war is over the fate
of tho men who sent to battle from
i the King's Sandringham estates can
not be told. The King personally naa
instituted every possible inquiry.
The American embassy in Constant
inople has asked tho Turkish govern
ment. The forest through which the
"Lost Legion" swept on in Gallipoli
lias boon sonrched time ' and time
ngiri.
There have been found no bodies
no graves,- no sign, except two small
pocketbooks, the property of Captain
William Beck, who commanded the
Legion. Captain Beck is missing with
alL of hi? command.
Meantime scores of cottage homes
in the royal Sundringham estates of
Wsst Norfolk a-e in mourning. Wlvos
sweethearts mothers, are wearing
crepe, but despite all this there is
ever the hope that some day the boys
will come marching home.
"Perhaps they are prisioners of the
Turks; perhaps they weren't killed at
all, and perhaps" it's tho hope against
hope of the women of West Norfolk.
The "Lost Ixjgion" received its bap
tism of fire before it set foot on
Turkish coil. It arrived off Sulva
Br.y AuT'ist 10th aboard 'the palatial
Aquitnniu from England. Turkish
machine guns and artillery ploughed
the water about them as they were
being truiraportcd to shore, where thejA
landed safely and dug themselves in.
Two days later tho men were ordered
to clear the Turks from Anafarta.
Colonel Beauchamp was at their
head with Captain Beck. The attack
I developed rapidly. Enfiladed by
Turkish fire, many of them dropped
wounded or dead, but tho others swept
on through the village and into obli
vion. News has filtered through via Swit
zerland that thirteen of those who
charged through Anafarta are prison
ers in Constantinople. But it has de
veloped that these men fell wounded
before the mysterious darkness of the
forest was reached . Long before
Gallipoli was evacuated the Mystery
Forest was retaken by the Turks.
This event sealed the puzzle tighter
than ever.
Among those who charged with
Captain, organizer of the Legion and
for twoi.'ty yoa-s the King's .cctite
agent, were the King's plumber, gar
diner, iramekeopcr. woodman, coif
foreman and scores of men in lesser
positions. Liko their fathers and
their fathers'' fathers they had been
born royal servants.
Every Sunday in all tho 'parish
churches now prayers are said for the
safe return of the missing ones. In
every cottage is a recent message
from the king:
"I heartily sympathize with you
who are loft in suspense but I am
proud thr.t the battalion foiierht so
splendidly.".
COFFEE
In the cottage or mansion in
the club or cafe in the hotel or
apartment and on shipboard or
on the Limited de Luxe, there,
and wherever exacting coffee
drinkers congregate, you'll find
GoldenWest Coffee
The purest, most delicious and
most healthful coffee. Order
of YOUR grocer. Full weight
Always fresh. Economical.
FUNNY. MONEY IN CHINA.
Getting or Milking Chang U a 8or
. Trial to a Foreigner. ,
i A dollar of bur money In Chinese
cash weight eighteen pounds.
Iu Chentefu, which is a small village
where white people seldom go. 1 was
going nloug with my guide when I sow
a small peddler beside the street with
some line Peking pears. 1 bought six
of them for 2V4 cents and in payment
gave the street peddler a twenty ccut
piece. He turned It over and over and
tested It with bis thumb nail, which
was Buroly mndo for the purpose. The
peddler gave back the coin and said
that ho would not take It. The guide
asked ltiui why, and lie explained that
bo had never seen any such money and
that it might be bad. So I bad to dig
up somo copjiers.
In all bis life tlje peddler had never
seen n piece of slTvo'r money. There
are thousands and thousands of people
In China whose financial dealings nev
er amount to enough to have it put
luto silver, who are born, grow old and
pass to their reward without ever h.av.
Ing seen a piece of sliver.
All Cliinu is suspicious about money.
Every time you put down a dime or a
piece of silver the other person tests It
before he will take it, ringing it on the
counter or on the pavement You can't
give a merchant the right amount of
change and walk off. He won't let
you leave until ho has tested every
piece, and he always gives back one or
two pieces. He wouldn't think very
much of himself as a merchunt If be
didn't refuse some of your money.
If you buy something lu one part of
a store, get your change and walk to
another counter and buy something
else nnd give the change that Ms just
been given yon I tie second clerk on
general principles will refuse part of it
Before you buy anything your money
has to have the once over. Sometimes
it Is maddening to have to wait while
your money is tested. One day 1 rush
ed up to catch a train with Just a min
uto to spare. One of my dollars was
bad, and before change could be made
the train had rumbled off into the si
lent night without me. But iu a few
minutes the silence was broken bro
ken beyond repair by an impulsive
young man 0,000 miles from home who
put his whole soul Into one mighty
Missouri effort. Homer Croy lu Les
lie's. ;
LIFE OF A PEARL
Closset & Devers
Portland, Oregon
40c lb.
31bs. $1.10
A Good Jewel Never Gets Sick Nor
Dull, Says an Export. .
In bis book, "The Magic of Jewels
and Charms," George If. Kunz, tho
Jewel expert, explodes tho sick pearl
fallacy. Ho says:
"For years a statement bus been go
ing through tho press that pen rid nre
liable to become diseased nnd die and
thiit the famous necklace of pearls pre
sented by President Thiers of France
to his wife and bequeathed by Mme.
Thiers to the French government had
lost their luster and died, perhaps ow
ing to tho death of the owner. For
thero is an old belief that pearls, as
well as opals and turquoises, lose some
of their luster when the owner or
wearer becomes 111 and chunge to a
dull and lifeless hue when the owner
dles.v r
"An examination of the necklace by
the writer showed that the pearls were
In good condition, nnd to confirm bis
statement to this effect he had the di
rector of the Louvre museum write
him a letter. In this otllclal communi
cation the director not only states that
the pearls had not sickened and died,
but that they were in us hanlthy' a
condition as they had ever been.
"Tho Invariable experience of tho
writer has been that whenever pearls
havo been snld to hnve suffered in this
way the truo explunutlon has been that
they were old and poor at the time of
their purchase nnd that this romnnce
was started on its travels as an excuse
to cover up the defect of such pearls
and to arouse the belief that tbey had
been remarkably beautiful nnd valu
able when tbey were originally ac
quired." The Cart Before the Horse.
Mr. Uarberd had a Jewel of a serv
ant called Johanna. One day be found
his bedroom a foot deep in old and
muddy ten leaves. Johanna explained,
"Tho missus said I made such a dust
when I swept the floor and that I must
put.tea loaves all over the carpet, so I
emptied the old barrel standing by tho
kitchen door, and I put them on the
floor like missus said, master, after I
had swept the carpet" London Tele
graph.
Burled Alive.
In the early history of Japan it was
decidedly a dubious honor to be closely
related to any person of note, for one
of the lows at that time decreed that
when a person of rank or importance
died all Immediate relatives must be
burled alive in a rerpcndlcular posi
tion around tho personage's grave.
Their heads were left above the earth,
and thus they remained until welcome
death came to free them.
Qulok Lunch Episode.
"You tip the' waiter, nnd I don't"
"Well?"
"Yet he gave us both the same
amount of clam chowder."
"You are unobservant my friend.
Ho dipped yours from the top nnd mine
from the bottom, whore tho ingredients
are." Loulavllle Courier-Journal.
Milton Has Proud War Record
Horton, Buckinghamshire,
Eng. teu. 'I. iBy iiail) This
small Knglish village where
John Milton wrote L Allegro II
fenseroso, a portion oi .Paradise
Lost and other poems, has a
proud war record. Practically
every, man eligible for tho war
duty out of Horton's 700 popula
tion is in khaki. Some of them
have been killed. The women,
children and old men are carry
ing on the village's chief oc
cupation, market gardening as
usual. Milton left Horton , in
1638, a year after the death of
his mother. Her. body lies
under the southern aisle of the
Pansh ' church. The spot is
marked by a flat blue stone
which distinctly bears the date
April 1637." .:
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LAD TOO BIG FOR MARINES
Honey.
Honey has been known from tho ear
liest times. Tho Scriptures make men
tion of It "nd pagan writers celebrated
its virtues. It was called "the mlllt nf
I the aged" and wan thought to prolong
lire. Honey was also used In the em
balming of the body after death..
Apnllcuttt, 6 Feet 5 Inches Tall, I
' Woicrha 9K7 PnnnHd '
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Pittsburg, Feb. 4. Michael Tuhol
ski, a steel mill puddler from Clevelan
was rejected at the United States Mar
ine Corps recruiting station in this
city as "too big and husky" for the
marine corps. He is 22 years old.
Tuholski measured six-feet and.iive
inches in his stocking feet and weigh
ed 257 pounds without clothing. The
medical examiner pronounced him a
perfect physical speciman, but the
maximum height for marines is 73 in
ches, and no giants or pygmies are
Wanted in the Marine Corps.
The giant, who says he is no white
'hope and has no desire to meet Jess
Willard or Frank Moran, will resume
puddling in the mills.
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Men's hats and caps 85c, $1.50, $2.00
Men's shoes and rubbers ....75c, $1.35, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50
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Men's heavy underwear 39c
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Cotton glaves and sox and handkerchiefs 5c, 10c, 15c
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