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WAR AIRPLANES.
Anti -Aircraft Guns Make Aviation
Daily More Perilous.
The tendency in airplanes has been
to run to two extremes -for fighting,
as small and fast as possible, and for
bombing, as large and powerful as
possible. In a three -seater one pas-
senger sits out in front mounted in a
machine-gun turret. The pilot comes
next, immediately behind the motor,
while the second passenger sits behind
him mounted he another machine-gun
turrett. This hirplane is capable of
carrying many hundred pounds of ex-
plosives, and, being very fast and
heavily armed, generally accomplishes
its mission.
The German "Albatross" is capable
of a horizontal speed of 300 kilome-
ters (about 187 Miles) an hour. It is
a single -seater and carries' three ma-
chine guns which, being controlled by
the motor, shoot automatically and
simultaneously through the propeller.
The sight of these weapons converges
at approximately fifty yards in front
of the airplane, making the chance of
hitting the opponent' three times as
sure.
The pitfalls and dangers which an
aviator must avoid at the front are be-
coming more in/morons every day.
Anti-aircraft guns., mounted on fast
motorcars, chase around the country
behind the lines and prevent the
enemy airplanes and Zeppelins from
remaining over our territory. This
type of battery was responsible fee the
Zeppelins brought down at Compiegne
in April, 1917, and Revigny, in April,
1916. In fact, this invention was one
of the immediate causes of-th'e Ger-
mans giving up their "strafeing" with
Zeppelins. The record for dietetic°
and height in hitting an airplane with
this type of cannon is 15,000 feet in
the Mt at 9000 yards distance across
country A very large crew is reply:,
ed to man one of these carmen. '.13e -
side the cannon a telephonist gets the
report of the position over which the
German machine is flying,
The Climbing Corn.
Don't want that corn
For to grow so high
That its silky tassels
Will sweep the sky;
That I'll spend by time
Huntin' ladders to climb
'Fore the dinner bell is ringin'.
But I want that corn
For to show its head
Somewhat higher
Than the table's speead,
Till the, harvest sky
Sees the barns piled high
When the dinnar bell is eingiri'.
Pray for whom thou lovest; thou
Wilt toyer have any comfort of his
friendslap for whom thou dost not
pray.
The Honest Woodinan.
From the Fable of La Fontaine;
There was a poor woodman who
worked very hued in a forest. Orie
day this woodman was chopping down
,a tall tree near a river, "Chop! Chop!
Chop!" rang out his ax, as he brought
it against the tall tree. trunk; when
euddeely, as he swung his ax up high
over his shoulder, the top of his ax
flew off and went splash into the wa-
ter. As it was made of eteel of course
,11 was very heavy and it sank down to
the bottom of the river. The poor
Woodman looked sad and said:
"What can I do? How can I mein
my daily bread without my good ax to
help me?"
As he sat there grieving, he saw a
ripple of light upon the water. He
rubbed his eyes.
"Am I dreaming?" he said. But,
as he looked again, he saw a wonderful
fairy. She was dressed elle a shim-
mering gown which seemed to be
every color of the rainbow, and on her
long golden hair she wore a crown of
seaweed. She came toward the wood-
man and spoke in a soft voice, that
sounded like a rippling river:
"My good man, why do you look so
sad ?"
"I have lost.my ax -my strong, steel
ax head," he answered. "It fell into
the river and. I know not what to do,
for I can no longer chop down the
trees to earn my daily bread."
"Do not grieve, good woodman,"
said the fairy, "for I will try to find
your ax head," and she went down
into the water and soon •she came up
and held out her hands toward him,
and in one hand he saw an ax head of
solid gold.
"My good man, is this your ax?" she
asked.
' He looked at the gold and answered:
"No, that is very beautiful, but it is
not my old ax. Mine was a strong
steel ax head,"
"Very well," answered the fairy. "I
will look again,"
So she put the gold Inc bead, down
on the bank and disappeared in the
water again, and all the woodman
saw was a fipple of light on the river.
Soon she carne up, holding in her hand
an ax bead of shining silver.
"Is this your ax head, my good
man?" she asked,
"No, no, that le very beautiful, but
10 13 not my old ax. Mine is made of
steong steel."
"Very well," answered the fairy.
"lel put this silver ax head down on
the bank and look again Tor your ax
head,"
Then she went out across the water
once more and sank from his sight,
and all the woodman saw was a rip-
ple of light on the river,
This time, when she came back to
the woodman, she held in her hand his
old steel ax head.
"Is this your ax?" she asked.
"Yes, yes, that is my very own, ax
head!" he answered. "Thank you so
much for finding it for me!"
Then the fairy took the gold and
silver axes and said: "Did you not
know that these other ax heads are
far more valuable than your old steel
one?"
"Yes," said the woodman; "but the
gold ax was not mine; nor was the
silver one. - I am sure they are worth
a great deal of money; but how can I
claim them when they are not my
own?"
"Well done, honest woodman," said
the fairy; "truth is far more precious
than silver or gold, and because you
have told me the truth I should like to
make you a present of these two ax
beads, for they belong to me."
Than the fairy placed the gold ax
and the silver ax in the hands of the
astonished woodman, and she was
gone across the water. And all he
saw was the ripple of light.
THE MINISTRY
OF MUNITIONS
REMARKABLE OUTPUT OF BIG
BRITISH FACTORIES.
Details Given by the Minister in Re-
cent Speech in British House
of Commons.
Here are some details of the re-
markable output of the great State
Factories to which Dr. Addison, Bri-
tish Minister of Munitions, referred
recently in the House of Commons:
We are now, turning out 20 times
as many machine guns as we did two
years ago.
We are now making all the small
arms and small -arm munitions we re-
quh•e, and are entirely independent of
outside supplies.
At Woolwich we had in August,
1014, 10,860 workers, of whom 125
Were women.
To -day we have 73,571, of whom
25,000 are women.
Steel Production.
Before the war we produced 7,000,-
000 tons of steel a year. Now we are
producing at the rate of 10,000,000
tons a year. By the end of 1918 the
figure will be 12,000,000.
Home supplies of oil being de-
veloped.
Twice as many aeroplanes were
turned out in May as was the case in
December last.
During the past six months 1,500,000
steel helmets have' been supplied to
the troops.
Waste is being prevented. Cart-
ridge cases cost 7s. each. They can
be refitted at a cost of 40. each.
'1.1e.T., which formerly cost ls. 9d.
per lb., is now selling for 8%cl,
After nine weeks' fighting in France
this spring the supply of shells had
only decreased by 7 per cent.
There are 183 separate operations in
gauging every 18 -pounder shell,
Scheme being developed' for the pro-
duction of nitrates.
New Intistries.
We have now the plant available for
supplying from this country all we
need of the following articles
Potash (entirely dependent on Ger-
many before thewar).
Scientific instrunfents.
AN OPINION OF GERMANS.
By Chas. M. Bice, Denver.
Mr. Carl W. Ackerman, a distin-
guished representative of the United
Press, and a very trustworthy corre-
spondent, filling the important station
of chief of staff, was statione4 at Ber-
lin from the beginning of the war and
until diplomatic relations were sever-
ed with Germany. He had unusual
opportunities of observing how things
shaped themselves in the Hun capital
and throughout Germany.
In the introduction to his book
"Germany the Next Republic," he
says: "At the beginning of the war I
was sympathetic with Germany, but
my sympathy changed to disgust as I
watched developments in Berlin
change the German people from world
citizens to narrow-minded, deceitful
tools of a ruthless government. I"saw
Germany outlaw herself. I saw th
effects of President Wilson's notes.
saw the anti-American propaganda
begin, I saw the Germany of 1915
disappear, and the birth of a lawles
Germany take its place."
Our Commander -in -Chief and France's Minister of War
-Isa-rrw and exclusive photograph of General Sir Douglas Haig, (left) com..
mender of the British forces in France, and M. Fainleve, new French
Minister of War, This photograph, which has just arrived in this country!
was made at the British headquarters on the French front.
OILD.TIME IIENIEDY
MAKE$ PURE BLOOD
Purify your blood by Mixing
Hood's 5arSelnirille, This medi-
eine has been and still is the people's
medicine because of its reliable
character end its wonderful StleSeSS
in the troatrnont the common dise
%Mee and ailments -scrofula, ea..
tarrh, rheumatism dyspepsia loos
of ailpotitethat tired feeling
moral debility.
Hood's Sarsaparilla 'has been
tested forty years. Get it today.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
AUGUST 5.
Lesson VI.-Manasseh's Sin and Re-
pentance -2 Chron. 33, 1-20.
Golden Text--Isa. 55. 7.
Verses 9-11. Sin and punishment of
Manasseh. Manasseh -'-Son Son and suc-
cessor of Hezekiah; reigned from
about B. C. 697 to 13. C. 641. Seduced
-By example and administrative
policy. Verses 3-7 and 2 Kings 21.
8-7 give a vivid description of condi-
tions. Assyria -No mention is made
of Manasseh's captivity and sub-
sequent restoration in Kings or in the
41` Assyrian inscriptions; nevertheless,
they may well have taken place; (1)
the states along the Mediterranean
coast were involved in a rebellion
against Ashurbanipal of Assyria, in B.
C. 648-647; (2) Manasseh is named in
the inscriptions as tributary to Ash-
urbanipal and to his father Esarhad-
don; (3) the treatment accorded to
Manasseh is the treatment which ae-
ucortb•dairniigpatio,
the inscriptions Necho I of
Egypt received at the hands of Ash -
12, 13. Repentance and restora-
tion, Humbled himself -The Chibn-
icier records that as the result of his
disaster Manasseh humbled himself
before Jehovah, turned from his evil
ways, and sought to undo the evil
committed during the early part of his
reign. The Chronicler's source of in-
formation is not known. The ac-
CoUnt of the repentance is, perhaps in-
tended to explain why the wicked Ma-
nasseh enjoyed such a long reign,
when, according to common Hebrew
opinion, the wicked die young.
14-16. Later deeds, Outer wall -
A wall outside of the one already en-
circling Jerusalem. Gihon-A spring
in the valley of Kidron, east of the
temple mount, the modern Virgin's
Fount. Ophel-The southern spur
of the temple mount. Fishgate-Prob-
ably in the north. He soughteto un-
do the earlier wrongs, first by remov-
ing the idolatrous practices, then by
restoring the worship of Jehovah,
Foreign gods -Of Assyria and other
neighboring nations. According to
Kings 23. 4-6 these reforms were
brought about by Josiah. Peace -of-
ferings -Sacrifice offered for the pur-
pose of maintaining or restoring Tight
relations with God. ThanIcsgiving---
Offerings in recognition of the divine
goodness and mercy. Commanded -
As in the beginning he had used his
royal authority to root out Jehovah -
religion, so after his conversion he
used it to reestablish it.
PROVIDING FOR
HARVEST HANDS
rite Quantity and Kinds of Foods
Required for Harvesters as
Estimated by An Expert in
Household Science.
For an accustomed cook, the work of
preparing meals for the extra harvest -
hands, presents no special problem. It
is a matter of assembling food and
promptly preparing it in appetizing
ways.
To nearly every farm woman, how-
ever, comes an appalling first time
when she finds herself faced by the
question of how much she must pre-
pare for a given number of men. To
this question is now added our national
duty of economy, We are asked to
prepare for our tables not 'so much
what we best enjoy as what will most
acceptably and economically nourish
bodies for the work they must do.
In view of this situation, many of
my readers may welcome an estimate
of the amount of food needed for one
meal by one man employed at severe
'work such as threshing.
I am reproducing here the table
which gives in ounces a 'balanced ra-
tion for a man of one hundred and
fifty-four pounds. A little study of,
the table as a whole will help the
° housewife to understand how this bal-
1 ance is preserved and how to estimate
what slie will need to furnish for five
men or twenty-five.
This is Mr. Ackertnan's opinion o
the Germany of to -day.
The seeds of democratic though
which Wilson sowed in Germany are
nevertheless, taking root in her soil
If the imperial government had no
frightened the people into a belief
that too much thinking would be dan-
gerous for the fatherland, the ILS
would not to -day be at war with the
Kaiser's government. Only one thing
now will make the people realize that
they must think for themselves if they
wish to exist as a nation and as a
race.
That is a military defeat, a defeat
on the battlefields of the kaiser, von
Hindenburg and the Rhine valley am-
munition interests. Only this will
shake the public confidence in the na-
tion's leaders. Only a destroyed Ger-
man army leadership will make the
people rise up and overthrow the
group of men who do Germany's poli-
tical thinking to -day. Mr. Ackerman's
views confirm our estimate of the Ger-
man spirit and our conviction that
there can be no safety or semmity for
the world, and no true freedom 'Tor the
German people until the criminal and
futile folly of Prussian militarism
has been crushed by a decisive victory
for the allies and democracy. Thank
Heaven, the prophetic role is becom-
ng a thankless, if note perilous one,
n Germany. The iniperial govern-
ment insists on optimistic interpreta-
ion of all augurs and omens, but is
notably inefficient in providing veri-
cation for prediction. It was pro-
hesied that the U-boat war would
ring Great Britain to 'her knees by
uly 1, and that the retreat from the
omme would pave the way for a bril-
i ant and decisive coup by von Hill-
enburg. That the allied offensive
as at an end on the western froet.
hat the U.S. would not participate in
Optical glasses (we only produced 1
10 per cent. of our requirements be-
fore the •).
Machine tools of all kinds, 1
Sulphuric acid. fi
Superphosphates. 9
Tungsten (indispensable for high- 11
speed steel).
During the first five months of 1916 5
the working days lost through dis- 1
putes were 1,869,000. During the same d
Period this year they were 540,700, w
40,187,381 War Savings Certificates T
have been purchased by munition t
workers. ,
Canteens have been provided for
810,000 workers. . a
To meet the needs of railway' trans- 11
nd would never strike another blow
on the Eastern front,
These are a few of the prophetic
ventures of the inspired oracles at,
Berlin, and every one of them has fail-
ed. How long will it talce the, Ger-
man people to discover that they are
being fed on lies? Only the most rig-
orous censorship of all unfavorable
news can be responsible for the state
of ignorance of the German people as
to the real situation of their empire,
But there are signs tab the truth
is beginning to percolate through to
the lower strata, and that the people
are awakening, When they demand
the overthrow of Hollweg and others
of the wee o0utioil, if not of the kaiser
himaelf, which rimier persists in at-
ilt/nine
he war beyond the mere lending of
money and sale of supplies to the al-
ies. That Russia would make a sop -
rate peace, and if not, she would dis-
itegrate politically and economically,
poet the resources of the Empire had a
been tapped, and more than 2,000
miles of track had been supplied, be-
sides nearly 1,000 locomotives, apart
from hundreds supplied by the Rail-
way Executive Committee,
Defined.
Willie Willis -Pa, what's a "Jack of
all trades?" '
Papa Willis -Generally a fellow
Who tan produce everything except ree
sults.
e----
Cloee to It.
Little Girl -Did you ever dram of
being in heave ?
Little Boy -No, not exactly, but 3.
dretatied once that I was right in the
Middle of a big apple dumpling,
Man at Severe Work
Kind of Food , Ounces
Breakfast:
Apple sauce 4.00
Oatmeal 2.00
Cream 2.15
Sugar
0.56
Sausage (pork) 2.00
Bread 2.60
Butter 0.50
Potatoes 4.00
Tea (1 cup) 0.40
Sugar 0.28
Cream 1.07
Total 19.56
Dinner:
Boiled ham
• Potatoes
Carrots
Turnips
Corn bread
Bread
Better
Cold slaw (cream)
Pie, mince
Tea (1 cup)
Sugar
Cream
Total
Supper:
Dried beef (creamed)
Cream
Fried potatoes '
Bread
Butter
Apple sauce
Ginger bread
Milk, skimmed
3.00
4.00
4.00
4.30
5.20
1.30
0.75
1.33
4.00
0.40
0.28
1.07
29.63
1.00
1.07
2.40
1.30
0.75
4,00
4,00
9.40
c
Total 23.92 s
Total for day 73.11 s
Feeding the harvest helpers is hard
for the woman who cannot have suit-
able appliances and has to depend on
makeshifts, ,
Among the helpful utensils is a
three or four gallon double boiler for b
making soups, gravies and puddings;
also a, large steam cooker which will
take care of fifteen or twenty loaves '
d
of brown breed or steamed puddings,
a. 01110.
A good homemade fireless cooker
will help in cooking haIn or boiled
beef .
Beware of trying to fill up hungry
men with foods that take much Sine to
prepare. One should not try to
servo pies often, unless there is plenty
of help. Rolling crest is slow work
even for a swift pie -maker.
Three gallons of tapioea °learn can
be made at once 10 a big double boil-
er, almost as easily as one quaet,
When milk is available, it is he more
expensive than pie end is as nourish-
ing,
In the same way, a largo quantity
of berry Melding may be mixed et
once. A shortcake 08 more quickly.
handled than pie crust.
When it is possible to buy breed
from a bakery during harvest time,
the women of the farm should not be
expected to make it. Doughnuts re-
quire considerable handling but lit-
tle more than biscuit or muffins, and
usually are more satisfactory.
The main thing to guard against is
taking proper care of the food in the
hot weather. For that reason it is
best not to keep much over from day
today.
The more variety we can give in the
grain foods, the less meat will be re-
quired. Try to serve biscuit, dumpl-
ings or squares of pie crust and stuff-
ings with meats and fish to make a
less quantity satisfying.
Food must not be greasy. Bake
and broil and steam meats rather than
fry them. By planning ahead and
starting in season, the tougher por-
tions of meats may be cooked till ten-
der.
SOME. FAMOUS PENS.
Treasured in Museums and Valued
Highly by Owners.
The treaty of Paris was signed by
the plenipotentiaries with a pen now
owned by the Empress Eugenie. It
was made from a golden eagle's quill
and studded with gold and diamonds.
Two .pens used by Charles Dickens,
were sold at auction for one hundred
and two hundred dollars respectively;
one used by Sir Walter Scott at Ab-
lbatford brought about forty-five dol -
In Berlin museum is the pen with
which Queen Louise of Prussia signed
her will, and beside it is the one with
which the grandfather of the present
Kaiser wrote his famous letter to
Queen Augusta telling about the vic-
tory at Sedan.
Ten years ago the marriage regis-
ter of Mr. Ward, son of Lord Bangor,
was signed with the pen that the dip-
lomats used in 'signing the treaty of
Vienna. This pen, which has .been used
several times in the Ward family, for,
the signing of marriage registers, was
obtained by a former Lord Bangor,
when as Lord Castlereagh's secretary,
he was present at the important con-
ference.
Persons who are especially interest-
ed in a bill passed by the United
States Congress often _receive from
the President, as a souvenir, the pen
with which he signed the document.
The pen with which President Wilson
signed the declaration of war on April
6 will undoubtedly be treasured as an
object of great value, and will prob-
ably be gazed , upon with awe by fu-
ture generations.
One of the best-known pens in the
United States is owned by Mr. Isaac
B. Reed of New York, who at one time
refused to sell it for seven hundred
and fifty dollars. Its value arises from
the fact that, aside from having been
used by both Lincoln and Grant, it
was made from a carved box in whicb
the young George Washington kept
parts of his surveying instruments.
The box itself was made from the lid
of a ilesk that belonged to the captain
of th Mayflower.
As the value of a pen increases in
proportion with the importance of the '
document on which it is used, the one
with which the treaty of peace that
oncludes the present war is signed
hould bring a price that would help,
omewhat at least, in alleviating the
suffering that the war has Caused,
Serious Matter.
Doctor -Pm afraid you are going' to
e ill. I shall have to examine your
1eart.
Betty (who is in love)--but-but,
octor, yen are discreet, avert% you?
LEARN TO SWIM
An Accomplishment Which May En-
able You to Save Human Life.
By all means learn to swim. More
important and more fun than almost
any other sport, it has also a utility
side above that of exercise -the ability
to swim easily and well may some
time be the sole means of saving your
life and the lives of others. Besides
that, there is a sense of comfort about
venturing upon the water that cannot
be felt by the person who does not
know how to swim.
There is no risk and very little brav-
ery required in learning how to swim,
if you go at it in the right way. Select
a spot Where the water for several
yards in every way is not deeper than
your breast. Then rely upoh the cer-,
tain knowledge that you cannot drown,
that you cannot sink if your lungs are
partly inflated, that when almost en-
tirely submerged you weigh only a
pound or two and only a minimum
effort in paddling with the broad of
your hand is required to, keep you up
and to send you along, added to which
the foot movement will complete the
art.
At first you will be clumsy about
learning to swim, as in everything
else; the doggy stroke will be used at
the start, after which you can learn
to float on your back with inflated
lungs. Practice of strokes of various
kinds, both graceful and effective, will
do the rest, You do not need water
wings, corks or floats; just throw
yourself on your face in the water,
strike out, and you will forever be glad
of it.
For Them I Did R.
In France last year I went along
the French front, Said Premier Llody
George in a recent speech, and I met
one of the finest generals in the
French Army -General Gouraud-and
he said: "Oho of my soldiers a few
days ago did one of the most gallant
and daring things any soldier ever did.
He was reckless, but he managed to
come back alive, and someone said to
liini, "Why 000 you o You
have got for children, and you might
have 1dt it to one of the young fel-
lows in the Army. What would have,
happened to your children?" And his
answer was: "It was for them I did it."
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