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WORLD WONDER GUN
General von Rohnc Writes of 42
Centimeter Howitzer.
Remarkable Weapon Is Dig 8urprlso
of the War Deadly Effects of
Krupp Firm's Latest Crea
tion Described.
Washington. In tho Field Artlllory
Journal, published by the officers of
tho field artillery arm of the United
States army, appears under tho cap
tion "Concerning tho Fall of tho Col
glau Forts," tho first authentic refer
ence to tho great Gorman 42-contI-meter
guns, which, as tho Field 'Artil
lery Journal points out, constltuto
tho "great ordnanco Burprlso of tho
present war."
Tho article Is of unusual interest to
ordnanco officers and oxportu through
out tho world becauso of tho high
standing of its author, who Is Lieuten
ant General von Holme, for years ad
mittedly ono of Germany's greatest
ordnanco authorities.
"During tho Franco-Prussian war,
1870-71," Gonoral von Rohno says, "tho
Gorman foot artillery was in action
against 1C French forts. Among Uiobo
wero only throo which, according to
tho standards of that tlmo, could bo
designated as modern forts. Thcso
woro Motz, which hold out ton weoks;
Paris offering reslstanqo for four
months and surrendering through
starving out, and Bolfort, which with
stood for thrco months and foil only
nftor a regular slego. AH other forts,
oven Strassburg, woro not up to date:
thoy lacked tho protective outer boil
of fortresses, so that tho main attack
could immediately bo directed against
the city walls. Nevertheless, Strass
burg fell only sovon weoks after tho
first appearanco of tho German
troops.
"How ontirely different Is tho aspect
furnished by tho assault upon tho I3ol
glan forts! On tho sixth day after tho
beginning of tho mobilization tho Ger
man flag wns unfurled over five of tho
Llego fortB and a fow days later tho
entlro fortified town was In possession
of our troops. Namur foil as quickly,
If not moro so, although tho onomy
had Jho opportunity of improving tho
protpctlon of (hlB fortress ovor that of
Llego,
"Both thcso fortrossos woro con
structed by tho foromost strategical
architect of tho world, Gonoral Drlal
mont, upon ontirely modern'prlnclplcs,
and surrounded by a bolt of forts
which almost precluded a oholllng of
tho city unless tho forts woro takon
first. All of tho fortB woro protocted
by armor and equipped with modern
heavy guns, in splto of which thoy
succumbed after such a short porlod
of Bholllng that oven tho artlllorymon,
who aro gonorally bolioved to over
estimate tho efficiency of their guns,
woro completely astonished
"From tho oxperionco of recent wars,
particularly tho slego of Port Arthur,
tho prlnclplo was ovolved that a mod
ern fortress could bo tak6n only by In
fantry ussault, approaching under cov
er and bavins its way cloarod by artil
lery.
, "Doforo Llego a different mothod
was employed for tho first tlmo. In
stead of using a largo numbor of small
projectiles, ono very powerful projec
tllo was thrown Into tho fort, which
produced Buch an Immense effect that
ono hit was sufficient to destroy all
tho gunB of tho fort at onco, and thus
broak down its resistance. This Is
clearly shown by tho published photo
graphs of tho fort turned Into n pile
ARTILLERY IN ACTION
Feeding a death-dealing shell Into
ono of the guns of a German battery.
TROOPS EXECUTING A
of wreckage. Tho close fight during
tho last half century botween guns
and armor has been decided, probably
conclusively, by tho recent results in
favor of tho gun.
"This is not tho proper tlmo to fur
nish further details; suffice it to say
that this result is duo to tho 42-contI-meter
mortar whoso bore is twlco as
largo no that of tho largest caliber
gun of tho land artlllory. This step
Is most Interesting and shows great
courago. In tbo lino of naval artillery,
tho Krupp firm first constructed 24
centimeter guns, thon 28, 30.5, 35.30,
38.1, and finally 40.40 centimeter guns,
that is six different groups, and boa
not oven reached tho 42-centlmoter
calibor. Tho gifted engineers of tho
JCrupp works, who worked out the
plans of tho world wondor and then
actually constructed it, aro entitled to
tho thank of tho fatherland.
"Without theso guns, streams of
blood would havo had to flow as In
tho caso of Port Arthur before tho
doors of tho two forts would havo
boon opened. What valuable tlmo
tho most essential thing In bucIi an en
ergetically conducted war has been
saved and how many othor fortresses
will havo to surrender aftor tho first
greeting from this giant gun I"
CARING FOR THE WOUNDED
The ambulance division of tho Gor
man army caring for a wounded sol
dier. ONLY OFFICEHOLDER IN CITY
This Oklahoma Man Apparently Runs
the Town and Surrounding
Country.
McAlcstor, Okla. Tho town of Mas
sey, Pittsburg county, is not exactly
boasting that It Ib a "one-man town,"
but tho records show officially that It
comes as noar that as any town In tho
stato that has as many as 2G0 popula
tion. At any rate' thoro Ib ono man in
tho town who does all tho work. Tho
record doesn't Bhow what tho othora
do, but ono Is left to conjecturo that
thoy nro busy making a living.
W. K. Terry is that ono man. IIo is
postmaster, station agont, telephone
managor, school trustee, notary public
and mayor at least ho bears tho tltlo
"mayor of MasBoy." Just to fill up his
idlo momonts ho looks after a COO
aero farm and hay ranch, and on tho
sldo he is r railway tlo contractor and
oporates tho only gonoral store In tho
town.
HERE'S A TIMELY WARNING
If You Break Your Telethermoscopo
You Can't Get a New One
Until War la Over.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Until tho warring
nations of Europo ahcatho tho sword
and got down to tho business of mak
ing scIontlflQ Instruments again, tho
Pittsburgh Btatlon of tho weather bu
reau will lmvo to work along without a
tolothermoscopti.
Tho telelhormoscopo Is a useful lit
tlo Instrument in that It allows tho ob
server sitting In his comfortablo offico
to tell tho temperature at a glance.
Without it, ho must climb a 00-foot
laddor on top of a 300-foot building
when ho desires tho Information.
Pays Way Washing Dishes.
Chohalls, Wash. Stlllman Dompsoy,
one of tho graduatos at tho Stato col
lege, finished his term with $51 cash
balance to his credit, it is now learned,
after washing dishes in Stbvens hall
to pay for his baord and firing tho fur
nace to meet other obligations. Tho
past two Reasons Dempsoy waB tho
champion strong man at tho college.
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PILLAGER
STIRS UP THE NAVY
Battle in South Pacific Opens Up
Controversy.
Efficiency of Big Guns In 3ounh Sea
Is Subject Naval Officers Must
Glye Their Attention
to Soon.
By EDWARD B. CLARK.
(Start Correspondent Western Newspaper
Union.)
Washington. American naval offi
cers are showing a deep interest in
tho fairly complete report just re
ceived of tho fight between the Ger
man and English squadrons in tho
South Pacific, a fight which ended In
tho dofcat of tho Dritlsh and in tho
sinking with n Iosb of all on board of
tho cruiser Good Hope. Thero Is a
reason for tho sharp interest of tho
Amorlcnn officers.
This first fight In tho South seas bo
tween German and English vessels
took placo whllo a gale of wind was
blowing and tho sea was running
high. German reports as well as
those from smaller English cruisers
which escaped from tho combat, were
to tho effect that tho Good Hope could
not uso Its bin runs becauso of the
I pitch of tho ship in tho high seas.
During tho latter days of tho Roose
volt administration a writer ou naval
affairs said that some of tho American
cruisors,.Bhips of much tho same type
ns that of tho English Good Hope, al
though tho lattor vessel was-not men
tioned or thought of at the time, wero
so constructed that In a high sea they
could not uso their big guns efficient-'
ly. This criticism aroused a lot of at
tention and some naval officers said
that It was not well based and others
said that It was ontirely well based.
One American ship which was men
tioned by tho critic was tho West Vir
ginia, of which it was said with a
Bea running a moro stable enemy's
ship with tho samo armament and the
same gunB could knock tho American
to pieces becauso the latter would
pitch no that her guns could not bo
sighted accurately.
'One curious thing In connection
with this criticism was that just bo
foro tho articlo appeared President
Roosevelt had taken a trip on the
West Virginia - from4 tho Mississippi
rivor below Now Orleans- around
Florida to Hampton roads. While on
tho journoy a gale enmo up and Ad
miral Drownson, who waB In com
mand of tho West Virginia, took tho
president on tho brldgo and said to
him: "I want to Bhow you how the
vessel behaves In a high sea and also
to show you that with conditions as
they aro we can make good use of our
guns."
It was accounted singular 'that tho
very ahlp which had beon singled out
nB n typo of those which would bo in
efficient in n high sea was tho ship on
which tho president had sailed and
had scon under tho conditions out
lined. Moreover, It was accounted n
coincidence that Admiral Drownson,
without knowing anything of tho
forthcoming criticism, should have
mado an answer to It In advance.
It scorns likely that a complete
study or tho possibility of tho offlclont
uso of the big gu.ne on our wnrshlps
of a certain type will bo tested before
vory long, in ordor that a point of
controversy may bo aettlod. If it
should provo true that some of our
ships cannot give a good account of
thomsolves, oven with a moderate sea
running, thero probably will bo a
chango of construction methods In
volving a readjustment of weights.
Tho navy Just now Is studying this
matter with a good deal of interest,
nttentlon, ns has been said, having
been drawn to It by the predicament
which tho English ship Good Hope
found herself In when tho mort stable
German vessels mot It on tho high
seas In a gale of wind.
HER BOARDERS ALL MARRIED
Landlady of "Lovers' Retreat"
dares She Is Going to Try
Wedlock Herself.
De-
Allentown, Pa. Erwln Boyer of this
city and Miss Salllo Cutshaw of Pork
aslo, who recently took out a marrlago
license, aro tho tenth coUplo among
tho boarders of Mrs. Colla Alspuch to
bo wedded this fall. Tboy loft for
PorkaBlo to havo tho ceremony per
formed. Tho boarding houso of Mrs. Alspach
Is known as "Lovers Retreat." Sho
says two othor couples undor her roof
nro to get marrlod soon and that ns
soon as Bho has theso two couples
Bafely launched sho is going to get mar
rled again herself.
HO
If I lind not to grub for brotul
My muse mankind would thrill;
If nil tho world were not awry
X should be famous still.
But though I lay the blame on chance,
I notice with n sigh
Tho fact I cannot quite escape,
That half of IF Is I.
COMBINATIONS UNUSUAL.
To add variety to your tablo try
some of thcso dishes.
Asparagus With
r -ss. Peas. Cut tho ten-
jk
csaMFsT der portions of a
aU 72uMWl3i DUncn of aspara-
yMf. BUS nl P,cceB ua,f
WiIilR nn ,ncu 'n length;
-fjZlth lct U cook ,n bo11"
MyiA(fii8afl ing water, with a
bjt of sajt an(j a
lablespoonful of butter. Beat tho yolltB
of three eggs, add half a teaspoonful
of sugar, a dash of pepper and salt;
If needed a cupful of cooked peas;
add three tablespoonfuls of butter to
tho nsparagUB and mix with tho othor
Ingredients, cook until the egg thick
ens. Serve on toast or on a dish gar
nished with toast points.
Cut tho stem ends from six peppers,
parboil for thrco or four minutes In
salted water, drain and set In order
in a serving dish suitable for tho
oven. Havo ready about a cupful and
i half of white sauco mado from rich
milk or cream, half a cupful of rice
looked tender and three milk onions
boiled until tender. Cut the onions in
bits and mix with a third of tho whlto
sauce. Fill tho peppers with alternate
layers of the creamed onions and tho
rlco. Sprlnklo with a fow buttered
crumbs ovor each and put in tho oven
until tho crumbs are brown. Serve
with the rest of the sauco poured
around the peppers at once.
Prune Bavarian Cream. Remove
tho stones and cut cooked prunes In
small bits. Thero should bo ono cup
ful and a half of pulp and Juice. Softon
a third of a package of gelatin in
one-third of a cupful of cold water;
dissolve a little of tho prune juice
heated for the purpose; add one
fourth of a cupful of orango marma
lade, tho Juice of half a lemon and two
thirds of a cupful of Bugar; stir un
til the sugar Ib dissolved, then set
In Ice water and stir occasionally
until the mixture begins to sot, thon
fold In a cupful and a half of cream
beaten stiff, and put into a mold. Gar
nish with half a cupful of whipped
cream and pieces of cooked prunes.
HELPFUL IDEAS.
The decoration of tho table for
simple or elaborate entertaining does
not take as important a
placo as It should. A
properly and at the same
time prettily decorated
table need not be either
expensive or Incur much
work. For those who
serve with tho beautiful
wood of the table cov
ered with dollies or with beautifully
laundered linen, the conter piece is
tho first consideration." When a cloth
Is Used thero should bo a heavy silence
;loth under tho linen, which may be of
in old blanket or bed spread if ono
jannot afford one mado for the pur
pose. At any rate havo somothlng to
leaden tho sound and pad the table.
When a color scheme is desired a
piece of silk or sllesta cut a bit
Braaller than tho open-worked center
piece will glvo a pretty tono of color
to tho tablo and If the samo color Is
used In flowers and candle shades a
most attractive result Is obtained. A
center piece which Is a low basket,
filled with flowers loosely but grace
fully arranged, with narrow ribbons
running to tiny baskets also filled with
flowers at each cover Is an exceed
ingly pretty table decoration. The
small baskets may bo bought for five
cents apleco or less,
To prepare fresh parsley for chop
ping dissolve nn eighth of a teaspoon
ful of soda in a cupful of boiling water,
dip tho parsley in this and let the
sprigs remain a moment, when they
will turn a bright green, Then di
rectly from tho boiling water take
them and cut with a sharp knife, then
ldd to soup or sauce.
Both parsley and mint may bo kept
,n vinegar, spiced or otherwise. Sim
ply heat tho vinegar and steep tho
herbs In It until of tho tlcslred
strength, then strain and bottlo. Such
trlnegar will keep for years and Is a
great a'ddltlon to many dishes. Dried
parsloy and mint may also bo used.
For a fresh mint sauco chop a hand
ful of sprigs with n sharp knlfo until
well bruised and fine, add two tablo
jpoonfuls of Bugar and two of boiling
ivnter, let stand for a few minutes to
iteop, thon add hot vlnegnr, a quarter
Df a cup If quite strong. It tho vino-
The Last Cartridge.
Near the French town of Sedan Is
:ho village of Bazeilles, whoro some
of tho fiercest fighting took placo In
1870. Thero Is a tavern still standing
known as tho Last Cartrldgo, which
was tho last French position desper
ately defended by tho marines in that
bloody war. Tho Inn, which was the
only houso not burned down, now con
tains a small museum of relics of tho
battle, and ono of tho rooms on the
QrBt floor Is still preserved in the
same stato as It Is seen In the pathetlo
H&
gar is not very strong the water ma
bo omitted and the hot vinegar use
to steep mint In.
- SOME GOOD DI8HES.
For n cold dny there Is no moro ap
petizing dish than
Chill Con Carne.
Boll until tender
ono pound of small
red chill beans
Just beforo they
aro qutto douo add
ono onion and one
olovo of garlic fine
ly chopped. There
should bo at this time in the dish
about three pints of water; add sea
Boning of chill powder and a teaspoon
ful of salt. Chop a pound of suet, let
cook to try out tho fat, remove the
bits and add a pound and a half of
chopped steak or hamburger. Stir for
a few minutes, then add to- the beans
and lot cook several hours.
String Bean Salad. For a can of
beans mix four tablcspoonfulB of ollvo
oil, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, a
few dashes of cayenne popper, a tablo
spoonful of catchup, and a teaspoonful
of grated onion, a half-teaspoqnful of
salt or as much as Is needed. Pour
this dressing over the beans and toss
until well mixed.
American Sausage. Grind two
pounds each of fresh pork and ham
through a meat chopper; chop one
small onion, ono green pepper, one
red popper and four sprays of parsley,
cut fine. To the meat and vegetables
add ono teaspoonful of powdered basil,
half a teaspoonful each of curry pow
der and paprika, a teaspoonful of salt,
two eggs, well beaten and ono cupful
of rich milk. Mix all tho ingredients
together, adding more onion and other
seasonings if desired. Spread half a
yard of cheesecloth on a meat board;
on this lay strips of thin sliced bacon,
sldo by sldo; on tho bacon placo tho
sausage rolled, spreading the ends
with Bllces of bacon, then roll In tho
cloth. Tie tho ends and two or threo
places through the center or sew it
woll. Let cook In boiling salted water
(to which half a cupful of vinegar has
been added) for three hours. Let cool
undor a weight. Servo cold, sliced
thin with potato, cabbage or string
bean salad.
SOMETHING NEW TO TRY.
It is true that there is nothing new
under the sun, yet there are combina
tions of foods which are
l $"f new part' be'nB ori6l
JUS y&2 nated every day. New
new combinations aro
always welcomed. Tho
following dishes may bo
new to many.
Cushion Cake. Cream.
or soften by-fceat n half cupful of but
ter and a cupful and a quarter of
sugar; add two well beaten eggs and
a half cupful of milk alternately with
two' cupfuls of flour which has been
sifted with two teaspoonfuls of baking.
powder. Add a half teaspoonful of
salt and a teaspoonful of vanilla ex
tract. Divide into two parts; add to ono
part, two tablespoonfuls of molasses,
ono cupful of ralslnsono-balf tea
spoonful of cloves, onet teaspoonful of
cinnamon, and a fourth of a teaspoon
ful of grated nutmeg. Bake in a but
tered tin for 20 minutes; take from
the oven and spread over tho white
part; return to the oven and bake, un
til well dorio.
Pear and Pimento Salad. Fill each
canned pepper with two halves of
canned pears; place on a bed of let
tuce and serve with the following
dressing:
Put ono teaspoonful of salt into a
bowl; add a few dashes of red pepper;
four tablespoonfuls of melted butter
and two tablespoonfuls of vinegar,
mixing well with tho butter. Ollvo oil
may be used In placo of butter.
Cheese Balls. Rub a teaspoonful
of butter Into half a cupful of crumbs;
add a fourth of a teaspoonful of mus
tard; ono cupful of grated cheese; one
egg; a half teaspoonful of salt and a
few grains of red pepper, Shapo In
small balls, and fry in hot fat. Theso
aro nlcotto servo either with soup or
a salad.
French Pancakes. Take four ta
blespoonfuls of sugar; add four table
spoonfuls of melted butter; a cupful
of milk to a half, cupful of flour; two
eggs and a teaspoonful of lemon ex
tract. Bake In bIx cakes, butter and
put Jam between every alternate ono.
Cover with .powdered sugar and servo
piled high on a dfsh. Servo cut In
wedge-shaped pieces like pie.
picture by Alphonse de Neuvlllo,
known as "The Last Cartridge," tho
scene of which occurred here and
from which the houso has taken Us
nnmo. Baltimore Star.
Open Air Garage Is Cheap.
In tho downtown business district
of Pittsburgh is an open-air garage be
longing to the Automobile club, In
which thero is room for 200 motor cara
at a time. Members of tho club pay
20 cents a day for parking space. Non
members pay at a much higher rate.
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The Martini Berceuse.
A young lady waB dining with somo
friends at their homo. Tho host had
concocted somo scductivo cocktails
and she had Joined tho others in
drinking to his health. Beforo tho
dinner was over sho was experiencing
that much-talked-ot wobbly feeling
that is said to follow n cocktail.
Whllo coffee was being served in
tho drawing room tho three-months-old
son of tho family was brought In
to tho room and tho young cuest in
sisted oh holding htm.
"I nm surprised that ho is so con
tented in your lap," her hostess told
her, "He doosn't usually care for
strangers?'
"Woll, you may not know it," was - ,
tho reply, "but ho is being rocked."
Now York Evening Post.
THE PROFESSOR'S STATEMENT.
Prof. Aug. F. W. Schmltz, Thomas,
Okla., writes: "I was troubled with
Backache for about twenty-five years.
When told I had Brlght's Disease in
its last stages, I
tried Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. After
using two boxes I
was somewhat re
lieved and I stop
ped the treatment
In tho spring of
tho next year I
had another at-
Prof. Schmltz. tack, I went for
Dodd's KIdnoy Pills and thoy relieved
me again. I used three boxes. That
la now threo years ago and my Back
acho has not returnod in its severity,
and by using anothor two boxes a lit
tle later on, tho pain left altogether
and I havo had no trouble since. You
may uso my statement. I recommend
Dodd's KIdnoy Pills when and wher
ever I can." Dodd's Kidney Pills, BOc.
per box at your dealer or Dodd's Medi
cine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv.
Good Advice.
"So you want to bo somebody, do
you? There'B only ono way you will
ever make a noise In tho world."
"What Is that?"
"Join n brass band."
The New York thief who stole a bar
rel of ink wilt probably get a term la
the pen.
WOMAN REFUSE
OPERATION
Tells How She Was Saved
by Taking Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable
Compound.
Louisville, Ey. " I think if more Buf
fering womenwould tako Lydia E.
Finkham's vegeta
ble Compound they
would enjoy better
health. I Buffered.
from a female trou
ble, and tho doctors
decided I bad a
tumorous growth
nnrl wnnM hnvn to
zbo operated upon.
but J. refused as J. do
not believe in opera
tions. I had fainting spells, bloated,
and could hardly stand tho pain in my
left side. My husband insisted that 1
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better, do all my housework and take
long walks. I never fail to praiso Lydia.
E. Pinkham'o Vegotablo Compound for
my good health. "Mrs. J. M. RESCH
1900 West Broadway, Louisville, Ky.
Sinco wo guarantee that all testimo
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Medicine Co., (confidential) Lynn,
Mass. Your letter "tvil bo opened,
read and answered, by a Tvomaa
and held In strict confidence.
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Constipation
Is Growing Smaller Every Day.
CARTER'S LITTLE
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not only give reuet
tney perma
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itipation. Mil
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