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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Times, 1916-7-20, Page 5OUSDAY, ,TULY 20th, 1910e i Hay Council The regular tneethag et the Hay 'Council was( held on the '8th of jula • ineMberS present. The council ardered tbe clerk to notify We G. Hess manager ot the Zurich Central of the Hey Telephone SYStem, that the counted desires to derminate the contract baying re- gard or the managing of, the said. cen- teal. And the clerk to advertiee for sePlietations far managing Zuriebi Ventral, applications to be xacelved fey the council up to 2 o'clock p, „Aug. 5th, 1916 The followbag aoceunts were ordered lbe pad;-. 3.1ete. Tel. Co. long dietence tolls for May' 17.27; Sawyer & Massey Co, Coln grazavr kale 9.75; 'M. ef, Nesbitt for Cerist Rupp 39.00; Muniotpal World -supplies 4,90; C. Either, grad- ing 12.65; Judge Holt refund .re St. Ifese ph tax sale 68.10; 'Ault= ei t z ,scp brideo 6 24.00; D. Dign,ani mark C. R. 1.00; W. G. Hess, 30 d,ry sells for poll clan:agar 9.ea; 'W. G. Hess .3 months salary telephone 000.00; • A3adour, fete hill Drysdale 0.00; • eDecher, dra,ggeig C. R. 10.00; a. Volland engine. for grader 10.00; P. 'Mclean.° a mon. salary for atvitche ling tel. 216.00; Treas. Hydro Elea, elessociation nieraberthip fee 10.00. Council will .meet ngam cm Sat- nrday 5th of Aug., when requisitions fon aohool ,Trustees must be sent in 'Feed Hess, Sr, 'Clerk, Hensall ateepee .Case and wife of Toronto are hefeare visiting relatives. Frances •Sellery, daughter of De Aellary is visiting in town. Airs. Weibert of Pt. Huron is visite &tag Mr, and 'Airs. Alcalurtrie. Mrs. -McLeod of Detroit is here vise king her sister Mrs.. R. deonthron. John Wrer, and wife of Toronto are sleeting xelatives in 'Clatielharst. Mrs. Acheson was in•Torento deg her son, who goes overnas shortly dames 'Lewin -rid wife ot Windtor are visiting Lila leather of the lett r leers. Joe Hudson. Miss Ai 'Caneitt attended the 'Sum - enter School at Alma College, St:Chorea Mrs. Drake is recovering nicely arom the effecte of her operatiou and • expeebed home in a few dans. Fred Arnold wae in town a few !days recently. II is about 14 years tsince Le left for einefalo. - BIrs. Rennie has returned from deetroit she has been visiting her -daughter Irna! and other relatives. 'We aro pleased to learn that Dr, 'Sellery kite so far recovered -from the eats of his ',serious illness as to In able to resume his dental nraetiee. Roy Dick who has 'been working at •.:the station here tor some time, ha• s *Den appointed night operator at Hyde Teak and has entered upon his dutiee. tilers. Frank Graham has received the. sa.d intelligence that ber bra - h• er 'Robert Jackson was kilted 'in ,section en the 1303 of Jun.'. .What might have been a very ser- ious accident occured at the Grand ITrunk. statin. As a box containing a bottle holding o.beet a gallon oe Sulphuric acid was bcing taken otr the express car or tho north bound drain, it suddenly 4,xp1aded and came an contact with the legs and Peet of tiOlark Smith, Orville Twitchell, of statioa staff, and the conductor of the -train. Their boots and pants were, iburned to shreds wherever the aced struck, and their lags and feet badly Iteliaterect The services of Dr. Peck were called! in wad he attend ,d to the sufferers. Thd coeductor wa3 relevc d (by the freight conductor who took put hist train north while he followed on the special. Although suffering severely from) tinter blisters all three rail'. recover in a couple or weeks. eisidge eath of the late Mrs. John ellousso, took place at her home, tot 0.7, con 5 Rah, on Sunday July Oth Deceased had been ailing for some time and was taken to a London Hes- ipital in tope that something could elle done to prolong her lire, but mcd' icel skill was in no avail, :nal she gradually sank until Sunday, when he pesnd away. She was a daughter e3e the late Daniel Bell of the Zurich Road, and. had reached the age ot 45 years. Of a genial, kindly tits:lode nion, •she made many friends, who ein- terely mourn her eternise. Besides the sorrowing 'husband the leaves a grown up scn and three =flier •childe hen to mourn the loss of a lcind wife and mother. The funeral took plain on Tuesday to efensIll Tenden Cernei- tery. A long processiou followed the 'remains to their last reettner plate. Clandeboye ,32e. Austin Bise Lae returned home *after visiting relatives in Detre t. 'Mr. E. Hodgine or Cayley, Alta., is -lapendeag a few weeks with !rel.:view., hen e.. A large member erten tha; nittee at- tend. d the Orenge colebration at Zeman. Mr. Enoch Paittxx and wife iron) !a:ea:laud are spending a Lw days ev.th forntorn. parte-es. ,Misa Florence Semei . who has he; n teaching school in Owen Sound. s spend ng her ho idays with her 'f .thc r this place, dlr. A, Jackson former section "on, exian here. has ,been transferr,. d to aaarnia tunnel. 1Ic has ,becri iSUCO,'eded „Ant tecorge: Elena, of Hyde Park. , Te farmers in ,this ethetion are ittetesily engaged. in baying and are eoettina the work pretty well and r -Way. The hay erops ia gereerat are eieccoltent, !eke eleotrical storm that pas ed .over tais vicinity Wednesday after,. moon caused considerable detnege "The barn lraengang ta Perry Bice *eves •struM in two pieces, spEntaring -paste etc, ...Mr. Ira Ben had -four etorses Ittruok. The animals are net *Lead, but may not Inconel'. Ms barn eras as> .truck, but not hutch dame !age- wee done. 'Walter Itodgin'e lectute dtate a mile eorrth of this, 'place, write snore iseriottslyf damaged, windows and eh:en/toys being wrecked arid sevetrai eineee about the house ehattered. THE EXETER TIMES Creditou :5jrs. J. ha Wilber is il with, an at - Lek of appendicitis. • afisa Dsie 'Becker is spending her vacation, at Pt, Einem Miss Gietes Riti o Toronto is hole idaying with eer Parents. !Arise Alma Rill and "Mattel Wenzel atm', spending a few days in Detroit returned home. ' ;Decimation day wjI 1a next seat day; Italy 23rd at the Creditont °Chia - tory at 2 o'clook, Mead Martha Wenzel' of Detroit Is visiting ter father and mother Mr. and Airs. Wm. Wenzel, Mr. D.eW1ri, Bverett Heide and Norman Holtzman of Detroit return- ed home after spending a few days with, inlatives and friends., Next( Tuesday the Y. le. A. of the vatagelleal church will give an lee- eream social a.nd otit-door 'meeting on tbe chttrah tawn. The DrediCon !Brant iBand will lac in attendance Admies- ion 15e. , i. ae teditore Methodisas will hold a congregational, and Sunday sehool pica nia at r0nd end on Tuesday ofenext Nyvek. Efforts are being it forth for a most .enjoyable tirn,e end old and young are travand to shire 111 the outing, • Dashwood A nualber ,fnoin hone attendee/ 'the; 12th, at Clinton. • Miss Daley 'Granger of Berate is spending, Lea vpiceeton here. Misset Adline and Clara Brown left for Toronto on Tuesday. Miss McDougal of Beyerield %WI ace cepted the principalship of oar sehcol for the coming term; Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Seldon and bun- ny 'called on friends in tbe viliage Iast Tuesday evening Mr. A, 3, ilerunner who has spent Lis vacation with friends .bere hat' . • 'returned to NapervilleMis Mary Pecleaac or Detroit vii4- itet 'untie!, Ilfr. P. ..elersaac here' a few days last: week Mr, and Mrs. E. F. Willert left for Detroit 'Tuesday wbere they will make thew future. home. I '1 Mrs. P. 'Baker hes returned home after visiting her daughter near tee.: - forth who has been., vette ili. Mr. .and errs. N. kellerniann, Mr. and •.Aer.s. 3. Hartleib toed 'Miss A. Keareher or Zurich motored to Weoda stock 'Thursday Shipka Miee Myrtle Folli s is going to teach here next term. elir. and airs. john 'Lynch spent !Sunday with !friends in Mt. Carmel. . ale. and Mrs, Fred Sharp wore the gueelte of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kays Mr. and :eirs. Fred Feeding gave an ice-cream party last Thursday even-. ing, Miss Sadie eilleGarthin of .Elton. Meth, is visiting her uncle Air. Fred. Kading. The, Ter., 'Blue S. S. class are ser- ving lee -cream on the church lawn on. Satradyd. ening July. Whalen ieftse Derfata Ilatten repent Sunday !at her ststern Mrs. Lethal' Glee's. • Mrs. .3 Wright and Mi3artie Millson visited friends in tucan on Monday Miss Hilda Gunning i spending the vvee'k with Myrtle tfolibs at Devieets. elks. Frank Morley is riannet this week with her sister .e.lee. Joehlia etarding. near Exeter. ' J!ir i3rooks who is borne from the I West visited his l .brether Phi hp east i week. I Mesa Edna Gunning is the guest of her :cousin, Mrs. Albert Scott, at Farquhar this week. Miss Annie Barkley returned home on Saturday after spending a month with( friends around here. Mr, John Hooper has purchased ant - otter 100 acne farm being the -Thome,: son, property ,noar his own home. I • ' The W. M. S. and the Red Guess Socielat met at Ales., Jeseph Morleyn last Friday and a lenge number were present. Mr. and iters. Hector Matson: buried thein infant "son, Hartley +Herman at Zion. on Thursday lest the elaild hav- ing developed pn almoner.. Zurich Miss Lily Heather of Harailtort ix the guest of 'Mrs. Cheiter L. Smith. Alias Gertrude Hegel. efics Smith and Afr. Smith of Detroit are visiting friends and relative s here. - Mrs. Me Watters and daughter Vera of Detroit are visiting at the home of Ler paneints, Mr. and Mrs. 11. Well. (Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Nicholas Delebert, which took place at Grand Forks, N. Dakota. „Burglars entered the store of J. Precter's the other night but as far as can .be learned they did not carry off much. No trace of them has been. Lound. , eimon,g the succestfuI :students at lee !recent Nerinnl School. examin- ation Were; Missee Freda C. letalbe eleisch, Olive Oherien and Halal A. Brison, Zurich. t t Mrs. Ka in, res:den ot Hill -green Fad the rniefortuzy to fall and fracte are ber leg near the' thigh. As the lad' itis over 80 years of age it will Ito a long Hine before oha will be able tot be oat again, »e Owing ta ill 'health Dlr. D. Se Faust et:ere:Lary .treasurer or the Zurich Agricultural Societ y, or the raet tor- ty-one years, his been cornpetIni to resign. Mr. Andrew F. hese was ape pointed ley the board to suceeed him. Miss Annt Hee narrowly escaped the loss of her eyesight on. day last week. While el:clang it can of chloaad. of lime, it exploded and the ctetents flew into her face, She ,sustahe d eette- eta barna burns on her face and eye•;, fait it is he; ed tint har eyesight. Will not be e Vetted I PULP FOR PAPER It Is Now leleinly Obtained From Wood and Vegetable Fibers. Paper derives its Dame from the fact that it was originally xnade by the Egyptians front papyrus, a rusblike Plant formerly common in Egypt along tbe Nile. Today paper is largely made from vegetable fibers and cellulose. When it was anted that tbe Abell of the cotton and flax plants were best adapted for reeking paper and tbe uses of paper were few the ref:Palau did a flourishing business in buying old rags to keep the paper manufac- turers supplied with raw material. Tbe rags were first allowed to rot to remove the substances incrusting the cellulose and were then beaten into a pulp to which water was added. The pulp was then placed in a sieve and drained and subjected to heavy pres- sure which united the fibers and pro- duced paper. By the modern method the rags are boiled with caustic soda, which separates-. the cellulose Beton, end placed in a machine in which roll- ers sot with knives tear the rags to pieces and mix them with water to make a pulp. This pulp is bleached with chloride of lime and mixed with alum and a kind of soap to giye a smooth surface. The way man's discoveries operate to supply his needs, in the iprogress of ciflIzntionrisinottvbly illustrated in the production of paper. tinder the eld method the big supply require et today for et:wet/evens and other unses could not bare been produced. The discovery that pulp could be made from the trunks and limbs of trees came to the rescue. It was found that by boiling wood sbavings in strong solutions of caustic soda in re- eeptacies tbat would withstand vet"' high pressure the wood fibers were separated and a very geed quality of cellulose for paper manufacture pro- duced. As a result of this discovery paper today is mostly made of wood. Twelve Words, Some years ago *tbe circulation de- partment of a London, newspaper oe- fered a prize for the longest sixpenny -twelve word -telegram that could dc- tually be sent to its office. This won: "Administrator generare counter- revolutionary intercommunications un - circumstantiated. Quartermaster gen- eral's clisproportionableness character- istically counterdigtinguisbed macen- stitutlonalistic incomprehensibilites.", Tbese twelve words contain. exactly 200 letters, and tbe telegram needs Iwo periods, two apostrophes and one byphen to make it proper English. And 11 does not contain the longest possi- bility in the language, "proan titranssube etantiationistically," either. How Portuguese ,Entered Africa. Portuguese Africawas a beprodeet of tbe king efforts to discover and maintain a reieritime route to India, in- dependent of the services of Turks, and Moors as commercial intermedi- aries. This was the primary object alike of Prince Henry the Navigator, of Vasco da Game and of all the Portuguese explorers and colonizers, and the Portuguese empire in Africa east and west, the colonization of Bra- zil, the conquest of Mexico and the navigation of the strait of Magellan were incidental results. Tbe fascina- tion of India has been second to noth- ing in its effects upon the raap. It drew Columbus to America and Eng- land to South Africa. -London Mail. A Stubborn Husband. A most interesting pbenomenon ID the stubborn husband. Ho is not a bad man. He is contrary, and be has to be managed. He is usually married to a clever little wonann, wbo is constantly devising schemes to accomplish the things whictt make their joint lives a success. He has no suspicion of this. If he had he would be so mad be could un- doubtedly eat her. So all through life she goes on swinging a turnip ahead of his nose to make bim go the same as thougb he were a balky mule. She is a cheery little body. and she chuckles ID her sleeve when be is not by. The stubborn husband is as interesting as a bug.—London Standard. Lore of the Clever. Any one who carries about a four leaved clover will be lucky and will have the power of discovering ghosts or evil spirits. With it ender tbe pil- low the lover may insure dreams of the beloved one. A fragment in the shoe of a traveler insures a safe jour- ney. The power of the four leaved shamrock for good is familiar to all from Lover's pretty and once popular song, the speaker in which pictures what she would do should she and the. magic plant: I would play the enchanter's part and scatter bliss around, And not a tear or aching heart should in the world be found. -London Globe. Tomb of Noah. Tbe tomb of Noah is supposed to lie ID the small town of Nakhtehevan. on the plain of Ararat. The burial place Is at the side of the broken walls of an abandoned fortress in the midst of a vast plain which is literally covered with the remains of bygone glories. Their Relation. "Those two mean brothers in the arm who argue you down to the last cent are twirls, are they "Yes; twin screws." aaaa agata Classified. Her Old Men -Well, yonWasn't no kering chicken When yeti Marlied tleither. Pier -Indeed nett I WAS a big geese.. . . BAIBURT 13 CA4IiinE3 Russians Advancing Swiftly in the Caucasus Region. Grand thilre Nicholas' Forces Have Net Only Captured Imporiaat City, put Have Oeetipied a Whole Lino of "Itiricish Are Resisting Desperately Near Meehan btit Without Success, LONDON, July 18.—The *Metal staternent froze Petroarad regarding the fighting on the Caucasus front announees sarift advauee by the 'Rus- sian troops and headlong retreat he. the Turks in a number of sectors, The capture on Saturday niglat of the important city of flaibuet is an- nounced together with the occupa- tion of a whole line of Turkisli vil- lages. South-west. of Aloehan the Turks are showing deeperate resist- ance, but: the fighting Is in favor of the Russians'. • • la the 're'gion Of Irzindjan 18 Turk- ish officers and 100 Askaris, with a machine gun, were Latta. A Cossack detachrdeat also cut off and captured 29 officers and 282 Askaris and a machine gun, as well as regimental recoide, stores„ and ammunitiou. On the upper Tchortik important pro- gress was made, and the Russians are consolfdatfng the captured positions.. South-west or Mush the Ruseians dfsledged the Turks from all their strongly fortified. pasitions. A Turk- ish derision, recently arrived from Thrace, abandoned its tents and re- treated, partly towards tbe Eastern Dupbrates aad partly in the direction of Diarbekr. offilial report says: "Plack Sea: During the Iasi ervise one or out torpedo boats sank 26 sailing boats. 'Caucasus: On the night of the leth cur brave Caucasian army car- ried by assault 13aiburt, which ID an important strategic point of conver- gene°. In many sectots the Turks fell bath in baste. destroying their de- nts. In tbistegiou and in thebasin or the upper Tchoruk we made a Ne- ther consideratle advance and con- solidated the • 'Turkislz positions which we had captured. "Theduring the recent days OUT valiant araina with its well linewu pluek and courege, gained a series of battles in the regions of Delbert, Ala- makhatun, and Mush." Russians Force Teutons to Retreat. PETROGRAD, July 18.—In Vol- hynia the Russians in the region of Osirch and Goubine have put down heaver Teutonic attacks, launched in mass formation, and forced the Teu- tons to retreat to anoid the (emitt.'er of being outflanked, according to the Russian official communication is- sued. Sunday evening. lepivards of 3;00e men were captured in the fighting. The offiefal statement says: Yothyrtia in the region south- east of Svininsfry fir3 thc eicinity of Lutsk),the vestry fn mass forma- tion took the effeasive at several places- Dy energetic counter-attacks eve repulsed thern and continue to develop our imams& "On Many sectors he the region of Ostroff and Goisbirte we overthrew the enemy despite his stubborn re- sistance,. and he retreated hastily, owing to• the dartner of being out- flanked_ One of our regiments cap- tured here one beavy and one light battery.. We also took 311IMETOUS Catar072 which had been installed in isolated positions, "The total number of Prisoners tak,en in this combat is not yet known, but uretverd of 2,000 already have been reported." BRITISH PENETRATE: SINAI. Two- Britiste Columns Have Gone 60 Mlles Into the interior. LONDON,. July 18.—Two British column have lent eompleted suc- cessful operatioes on the Sinai Pen- insula, where Turkisb and Arabian bands have been making raids along ttre Suez Canal. The columns, oper- ating from Tor and Abu Zeeneima, on the Sinai shore of the Gulf of Euez, penetrated 60 miles into the desert and hostile country. "Prieoners and live stock were captured," says a War Office state- ment. "Despite opposition and snip- ing the British suffered no casual- ties." The official report says: The commander-in-ehief of the Mediterranean expeditionary force, telegraphing Saturday, reports that two columns operating from Tor and Abu Zeeneima, on the Sinai shore of the Gulf of Suez, have returned to their bases after successful raids on the enemy posts in the peninsula. "Sixty miles of difficult country were traversed, prisoners were taken and live stock was secured. Despite opposition and considerable sniping no casualties were sustained by either of the columns." Fierce Battle in Italian Theatre LONDON, euty 18.—Fierce fight- ing took place Sunday in the Italian theatre of war, according to reports reeeived from. both Vienna and Rome. The Austrians State officially that ten violent counter-attacks delivered ID sUccession north-east of Monte Rasta resulted in heavy losses for the Italians. Italian troops have stormed and carried Austrian positions at the entrance of tbe Posina valley and have gained ground in the valley of TraSelaanso, Guardships Were Armed Trawlers. LONDON, July 18.--leeplying to the German Admiralty annoencement of Saturday that a 7,000 -ton British auxiliary cruiser and three guard-, ships Were seat in the North Sea daTy 11 by German subinarines, the British Adtniralty Saturday stated: '"There is no truth la the report of the sinking of an auxiliary maxis - Or, And the guardslaips were Armed treaders.", . PRESSOR -ON SHAW British Forces Go On Capturing Enemy Trenches. Unfavorable Weather is Causing De- lay in Progress of Allied Forces, but General Haig Reports import- ant ains British. Are Now *folding German Second Line; Have Pierced Third. LONDON, July 18.—The successes of the Entente Allies are following emelt other with great rapidity. Monday brought news of further im- portant gains for them on both the western wad eastern fronts, arousing enthusiasm among the British public hardly lesa than that caused by the reception of the first news of the Allied offensive. Comparative quiet on the British front is reported in Monday night's oincial communication frora Sir Dou- glas Haig, unfavorable weather hav- ing imposed a temporary cheek cm active operations. The village cif Longueval, which Friday night marked the apex of tbe British salient, has been left behind, while north of Bazentin lo Grand British troops broke through tbe Ger- man third line of defence and took , part of the powerfully fortified Fan- reauv Wood. To the north, pushing forward frora•the direction of Ovillers, the British are lighting in the outskirts of Pozieres, junction point of two military roads and main obstacle to an advance on the Heigbts of Martin- pulch, which commands the sur- rounding battleground. In the Dazentin 1e Petit sector, ex- tending their gains of the previous day, the British have won control of the entire torest, which takes its name frora the village. Here a Ba- varian high officer with the whole of his staff fell prisoners. The advance of the British is marked by fighting unlike anything before seen in western Europe during this war. The romance of othendaYs is being renewed. For instance, against a position strongly held by the Germans armed with portable machine guns, there was a cavalry charge by the famous Dragoon Guards. Not since the German le- gions first swept down' through 'Bel- gium had tbe, western front seen horsemen advancing to the charge. The trench warfare put an end to that. The char eee won. The Guards dashing over a terrain pocked with shell holes, swept through theiGer- man ranks and, turning swept back. The Germans tied from the position they were organizing. The British losses were small. And, while this picture brought :to staring infantrymen a vision of other days, scores of duels were being fought above earth by British and Getman aviators. Low ehanging clouds handicapped the fliers, and the battles were fought within easy sight ot the foot soldiers beneath. General Haig Sunday night an- nounced that seven German machines had been shot down in the last day. The War Office has given out a statement by the commanding 'gen- eral which shows that the British in the two weeks of fighting have ad- vanced four miles from the German first line. Two successive systems of powerfully organized positions, in- cluding field wofks, redoubts, trench labyrinths, dugouts, underground mazes and supported aar a number of fortified villages, have been carried. Sir Douglas Haig says in his re- port: "All continues to go well on the British front, and at one point we forced the enemy back to his third system of defence, more than four miles to the rear of his original front trenches at Fricourt and Mametz. In the past 24 hours we have cap- tured over 2,000 prisoners, including a regimeetal commander of the Third Guards Division, and the total num- ber of prisoners taken by the British since the battle began now exceeds 10,000." With the exception of heavy bom- bardments there were no events of importance on the Somme battle front Sunday. The British admit a withdeawal from the sections of the Gernean third system of defence they penetrated yesterday. A night attack against the French resulted in the recapture of Biachea and La Maisonette. Tbe War Office at Paris Sunday night claimed that both villages had been won back. The Teuton attack in this region. was delivered in a fog, the French defenders of the town being taken by surprise. Before the Germans could organize themselves in the two hamlets, however, General Foch sent forward strong reserves, whose coun- ter-attacks forced the Germans to retire. While the German main headquar- ters officially tells of spirited fighting on, the British front, General Haig Sunday night disposed of the engage- ments as "of no importance." That the British are preparing for another surge is indicated, bovrever, by the announcement that the big guns are steadily lieambardinge the German lines. The howitzers, havhich have enabled the British to batter their way through two systems of defence, have been brought up across the cap- tured terrain, and are now battering at the third line. That the Germans in their retreat from their second lite left behind great quantities of war stores, includ- ing sotto powerful guns, was made known Sunday night in the regular report from, headquarters in Praline. Deutschland Is Metchant Ship. WASHINGTON, July 18. — The State Department formally ruled Sat- urday that the German submarine Deutschland is a merchant vessel and entitled to treatment as such. Ill annonneing the riding, Acting Sea- retary Polk said it Was not to be taken as a precedent and that airy sitnilar cases arising in the future Would be dealt With oa their own. metita, SECRETS OF.::A- GUN The Famous French 75 and Its Wonderful Mechanism. IT HAS TWO HIDDEN DEVICES. These Are the Fuse Setter and the Re- coil Absorber, and They Make This Monster Weapon a Most Fearful Ent gine of Death and Destruction. What is a 75? By this is conversa- tionally understood a French field gun, tbe caliber, or Interior diameter of the bore, of wlitich is seventy-five millitne- tors. Incidentally it is the finest man killing machine the world has yet known. In ISOS France surprised the armies of the world by the introduction of an artillery weapon which till then bad only existed, in the dreams of experts. Till this period tbe slowness of artil- lery fire was due to the fact that after the gun was laid and fired the shock of discharge so 'upset the aim that the gun had to be relaid for a second shot The rapidity of fire thereupon became a matter of bow quickly and accurate 1y a glen tettid be Mei 'by the personal skill of the layer. The French, seek - artillery progress and confronted with de ettexoretble shortness a their conscripts' period of training, sought to Improve in mechanism 'hat they could not improve in personal skill. Briefly, the new French field gnu of 1898 ceased to be attached to its axle - tree, but was attached instead to a buffer in a cradle, which not only ab- sorbed theahock of recoil, but Tan back the gun so exactly into its former po- sition that no second laying was neces- sary. Tbe primary trouble of laying baying been got over, rapidity of fire appeared -to have been attained. Experiments then peoved that thougb a rapid rate ot Ere was posshae, this rate was only as fastis that at which the gunners could adjust the fuses of tbe shells. How now improne the rate of fuse setting? This task was and is a mat- ter of meticulous accuracy, needing careful training tube done correctly. Moreover, it could not be burried, sine a shell badly fused by ever so little was not only innocuous to the enemy, but was a danger to one's own side. Once more the French put aside any ideaebf bristling hp the personnel and invented a machine to set the fuse. The details of this fuse setter are still a secret. Let it suffice that it is sim- ple, accurate and very rapid in its *work. Thanks to it and to the steadi- ness of the gun after each discharge, the French field gun is easily capable of twenty-five aimed rounds a minute. One more word about the recoil ab- sorber and the secret thereof. The recoil is taken up by a cylinder be- neath tbe gun, which contains a com- bination of glycerin, compressed air and springs. It is this combination and the exact proportions thereof which make the secret of the gun. It ID not even ascertainable from a cep- tured gun, since if you take a cold chisel to it and try to examine the works by opening the buffer the com- pressed air escapes, and the secret winch lies in its density evaporates with it. Having solved the question of the rate of Eye you would have thought that the French would have been con- tent, Not they! Range and accuracy were successively taken in hand. Muz- zle velocity, which, after all, means range, was increased not by increasing the charge and with it the thickness of the gun that -withstood it, but- by lengthening the gun to a hitherto un- heard of extent and giving it a slow burning propellant. The temptation to put in a lighter shell and so get it farther on the same bang was successfully resisted. The designers never lost sight of the fact that +he primary object of the gun wet to deliver death to its enemies at the greatest speed, range and effective- ness possible. So they concentrated their energies on a man killing shrap- nel which in the end weighed sixteen pounds and left the'gun on its long Journey at the unprecedented pace of 1,739 foot -seconds. And tbere you bare tbe present shrapnel. Tactics here began to get mixed up with mechanics and ballistics. It was pointed out that troops would not al- ways remain in the open to be whiffed out of existence' by shrapnel. Rather would they ge, under cover at what speed they might So a shell to deal with entrenchments, buildings and for- tifications was indicated. Here agait careful thought showed the need of accurate gunnery and a still higher ve- locity in the shell while being more local In its effects, amid not be allowea the same latitude in its action as its sbrapuel confrere. So a high explosive shell weighing only 13.68 pounds was introduced. Thanks to the chemists this thne, its contents were of such it startling na- ture that its weight became a second- ary consideration. It raced away on its mission at a velocity at that time unequaled even by the latest small bore ride, and when it eeploded its =chilli° charge blew great boles In tho scenery. Pousse Cailleux in 'Ilea - wood's Magazine. Are You Saving/ The little Wrings bank in the beanie means More for the future of the chil- dren of .4 family abnost than all of the advice in the world. It glees theni the right Shirt -William MeEitiley. Duty and pleasure make a, had team to Manage.. aineareeleineet iestan COOKING IN A HOLE, A Fort* Ranger's Method of Proper- ing Slaked Chicken. One summer day, while laboriously plelcing a sage ben, a friendly forest ranger approached, siniling, and offered to show roe an easier way. He lifted a bird as yet Untouched by say hands and deftly cleaned bat did not pick it. Then he Sifted some dirt from the ground into ft big mixing pat) half filled with water. With these in- gredients he mixed a peat!: of softnaud. Now he cut a slab of aeon, width he placed inside the hen, with a good spriakling of pepper and salt, at last stuffing feathers into the opening to keep the meat clean, This done, he covered the chicken with the naud paste, Now he dug it bole deep enough to put the bird in. In the hole he built a fire and waited until there was a thick coating -of coals on the sides and bot- tom. Next he carefully placed the mud coated chicken on top. All this he covered with sbovels of dirt until the bole was airtight. Now he turned to me and said, "ft will be cooked in on.e hour from now." With that he went his way. At the end of the hour he came again and, throwing back the soil, drew forth the chicken, quickly skaaned it and laid before es a delicately browned» chicken with a wholesome odor about It.—Outing. FANTASTIC GOLDFISH. Some Curious Shapes Produced by the Experts of Japan. Japanese fish breeders took advan- tage of one of nature's pranks to obtain this much decorated gold6sla. Years ago a Jap found in his aquarium ash with two tails. He was so well pleased. with the novelty that he undertook to Make it the basia.of a new type. Thus the one accident by nature became the grandfather of a race Of two tailed fish. We call them Japanese fantails. Neft satisfied with the double tail, the breeders next set about molding the bodies of their fish into sound balls. Breeders first picked out the fish with the shorteet bodies and bred, them ev- ery year by painstaking selection. Fish with shorter and shorter bodies were produced until today the accepted type of Japanese fantail has a body as round as a ball. , Not all fantails are alike. One with the ends of the tail cut off flat Is called the square till. Another with a sligbt inward curve to the edges of the tail is called .veil tail. A. third, with, a deep cut out tail, is named the ribbon tail. All these varieties have long tails and fins. You will recognize them instant- ly when year see them in an aquarium floating about like bits of lace in the vrater.- A Delayed Execution. An eighteenth century execution on Kennington common was stopped for a time owing to a strange cause. On Aug. 19, 1763, two days before the date of -the execution, a heavy fog came over London, acoompanied by thunder and» lightning and torrents of rain. These conditions lasted for nearly for- ty-eight hours, and many people be- lieved that tbe last day had arrived. When -the time axed for the execution arrived the assembled crowd cried shame on the sheriff for haneing a man • when the world warneheing to an end. As he persisted in his preparations, they burst through the barriers and stopped the peoceedings, shouting tbat the culprit might as well wait a few minutes, wben tbe grand summons would come to ale Tbe sheriff had to obtain the assistance of a force of sol- diers before the execution could be car- ried out A Shaelty Coat Collar. Very often ter, feeler of a coat begins to look shalere when I be Coat is in good order, and it ie wonderful wbat a difference a 'tweeted' cleaning will make. First talto n piece of clean cloth and dip it hi spirits of lurpentine and rub the collar thortiegilly with it. Leave it for ten mine:tee. 1.1011 rub it again with the turpenteee and seratie it cnre- feilly to POITIOVo any louse dirt. Next sponge the eoltIr v»il 1 i little Omelet anti keep Wiphig it Mtn it ii dry. Hang it tip le an nir;v pave, tor an hoer or two: n nil it nil, Po,* ttood as new» the et give e yt toaui h /17,/ "When I was a growing lad, and came upon many words in my reading that I did not understand, nty ntother, in. stead of giving xne the definition when I applied to her, uniformly sent nte to the dictionary to learn it, and in this way I gradually learned many things besides the meaning of the individual word in question—among other things, how to use a dictionary, and the great Pleasure and advantage there might be ixt the use of the dictionary. Afterwards, when I went to the village school, my chief diversion, after les. sons were learned and before they were recited, was in turning over the pages of the 'Unabridged' of those days. Now the shoat modern mute bridged—theNEW INTERNATIONAL— eyes me a pleasure of the same Sort. So far as my knowledge extends, it IS at present the best ot the one -volume dictionaries, and quite sufficient for all ordinary uses» knee those who posoess the splendid dictionaries ta several voluteet will yet find it it groat convenience to have this, which is so compact, ed full, and so trustworthy as to leave, in most casco, little to be desired."—Albert S. Cook, Ph.D.,LL.D.. Professor et the English Language arid Litelature, Yale Unite April e8,1811. WMTE are:OSSA Pages, Itiosttseone,AW. etyma:teens 'NEW meretateazonat mancitaar G. & C,. MERRIAM CPMPAISIT, For Otter at rears Publishers of The Genuine' iyebster's SPRINEPIE(tD, V