THE 8EM 1-WmCLY TWIKINE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRAtK.
PERONNE, WHERE BRITISH AIRMEN ARE BOMBING THE HUNS
Reports from France uy the British airmen nre tanking rcpeulod fllghls over I'eronno and dropping innny tons
of explosives on the Germans who now hold the city. Thin photograph was taken nt the time the British occupied
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FRENCH TROOPS HURRYING UP TO STOP THE HUNS
This photograph, which has just nrrlved In this country, Illustrates tho scene enncted when tho French rc-
enforccmcnts approached tho battlofront to help tho British stop tho great German drive.
SOUNDING THE WARNING OF POISON GAS T- R's youngest grandson
AMERICAN TROOPS IN "PARLOR CAR" AND ADVANCING ON ENEMY
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Theso photographs from the American sector In France show, nbove, a bunch of our soldiers hnppy In their
"parlor car," and, below, a detachment starting on a reconnaissance through the enemy's barbed wire entangle
ments. ONE OF THE GREAT BRITISH GUNS THAT SMASHES THE HUNS
This photograph of one of the Immense British guns that have been playing havoc with the Germans In their
advance to tho Scmme shows how well camouflaged nre theso engines of war.
"DUGOUT' IN CENTRAL PARK
A French sergeant of the cycle corps giving warning of an Impending
attack by ringing n boll borrowed from a neighboring church.
FIRST AMERICAN GUN FIRED IN FRANCE
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Colonel Roosevelt and IiIh youngest
a'rnndson, Archibald Bulloch Roose
velt, Jr., photographed at the home of
Thomas Lqckwood In Boston, whero
Mrs. Archie Roosovelt and her son
ure staying until Captain Roosovelt re
turns from Franco, It was the first
fllno the colonel had seen his new
grandson. "He n Roosevelt all over,"
was the colonel's comment.
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GENERAL GORDONS WIDOW REVIEWS TROOPS
Nutrition In Buckeye.
A nut which Is not suited for eating
as it grows, but from which a food Is
said to have been prepared by the In
dians Is tho buckeye. Tho kernels of
these nuts were dried, powdered, and
water was filtered through them to
lem h out tho nolson which thnv rnn.
I tnln. Tho resulting paste was either
j eaten cold or baked. Attempts hnvo;
been mndo In Europe to utilize tho
1 horse-chestnut as food, but they havo
not como into use.
Concerning Riches.
1 "Riches," said Uncle Ebon, "hnb
' wings. Do spendthrift gits n hnsty
iau uy tryiir to maico 'em loop de loop
air uo oinor no 'count tricks." .
'riils tioldpleoe, now somewhere along tho Lorraine sector, wu the
Amerinw. gun to hurl shells ut the Teuton trenches,
IJrst
No Indeed.
Carryo Are you sure you love mo
for myself nlono?
Chester Did you think I loved you
ror your moinerr
Ono of New York's vigilant special
pollco patrolmen In his "dugout,"
whero ho keeps constant watch for
prowlers In tho vicinity of tho Central
park reservoir.
Too Prosperous.
"I see whero a country editor died
tl)e other day."
, "What's remarkablo about that?
Country editors don't live forever."
"Quito true; nut tno press mspatcn
Btntes that this man was a conspicuous
nmirn mi mn mimic buuhiu ui iiiq iuu
because he always woro' a silk hat and
n frock coat.
"You can't tell me ho was a country
.1 nnthlne more. That fellow
t W 1
must havo owned stock In tho village
jmnk." Birmingham Agc-IIornld.
Test of a Man.
The test of a man Is whnt ho Is
ablo to do. Rhinestones sparkle, but
they don't cut glass. -Milwaukee
News.
They are as flue a body of men as were our boys in tho sixties," was tho,
comment of Mrs. John-B. Gordon, widow of tho famous Confcdernto general,
after uovlewlng the trcops at Camp Gordon, Gti., named In honor of tho South
em soldier.
MUCH IN LITTLE
A London tailor, awed by the don
gore accompanying enemy raids, built
himself n dugout In tho basement of
his storo with bales of cloth. A war
ofllco official Inspected It and declared
It absolutely bomb proof.
David R. Burkey, a Civil war vet'
eran, aged eighty, of Philadelphia,
takes a 25-mllo hlko for his dally ex
ercise. John Slornh, who has been waiting
for a hearing In tho Sneo (Me.) Jail,
has gained 84 pounds In the thrco
months he has been there.