WAGON LOADS OF TYPHUS VICTIMS IN SERBIA
Typhus is making horrible ravages in the ranks of the Serbian and Austrian armies, and among the civilians
as well The death rate is frightful, and ox carts laden with the coffins of the victims pass in continual procession
to the burial places.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE; FOR AERONAUTICS
Secretary of War Garrison formally opened the first meeting of the National advisory committee for aero
nautics, a committee appointed by the president and provided for in recent legislation to study and advance the
science of aeronautics in this country. Gen. George Scriven was chosen the committee's first chairman The meet
i-ig was held in the war department. Back row, left to right: Naval Constructor H. C. Richardson; Prof. John
F. Hayford, Northwestern university; Capt. Mark Bristol, chief of the navy department's aeronautical bureau,
and Col. Samuel Reber, IT. S. A. signal corps. Front row. left to right: Prof. W. F. Burand, Leland Stanford
university: Br. S. W. Stratton, chief of United States bureau of standards; Gen. George P. Scriven. chief signal
officer. U. S. A.; Prof. C. F. Marvin, chief of United States weather bureau, and Prof. M. I. Pupin of Columbia
university.
TWIN MARINES FOOL THEIR OFFICERS
Two marines have lately had the entire marine corps stationed at League
Island, near Philadelphia, shaking with silent laughter by the trouble they
are causing. After eight nionths in the service their company officers and
their fellow marines cannot tell them apart. They are Leslie and Hallie
Woodcock, twins, twenty years old, and hail from South Carolina, where
they enlisted or. the condition that they would never be put into separate
companies. Many efforts nave been made by their officers to do this, but
they have a written guaranty from the recruiting station that it is their
privilege to serve their country together.
GERMANS SHELLING THE RUSSIANS
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This photograpn of a German battery shelling a force of Russians was
taken no» far from Lodz. Russian Poland.
GEN. ALVARO OBREGON
Aivaro Obregon is Carranza’s first
commander and is recognized as the
ablest general in Mexico. Though a
military genius, he hates war and de
clares he is fighting for a revolution
ary ideal—tor land and labor reforms.
Most of the men in his ranks are
regularly organized trade unionists.
Obregon has been administering some
severe defeats to Villa.
EQUAL TO THE OCCASION
Bishop Crozier Neatly Extricated Him
self F'-om Hole Which Seemed a
Pretty Deep One.
As an illustration of the great tact
poo. j.sed by the church, Mr. J. C.
Percy quotes in his book, “Bulls and
Blunders," the following story once
told by the primate of all Ireland
(Doctor Crozier):
A Bishop took the chair at a paro
chial "at home" where an impromptu
concert was part of the program. The
right reverend chairman called upon
a certain lady to sing. She demurred,
saying she could not sing. The bishop
insisted. At last the lady consented
She had not gone very far when it
was evident that the lady was right,
and that she knew her own vocal pow
ers best.
After a few minutes of awful sus
pense, the audience wondered what
the good man would say for himself
for insisting upon such an infliction.
| and how he would escape from the
dilemma. The biBhop, however, was
equal to the occasion. When the song
was over, the worthy chairman got up,
reached the lady his hand to lead her
down from the platform saying as he
did so: .
"Next time you tell us you can't sing
we 11 know whether to believe you or
not."
There s a lot of useless trouble
caused by folks who would rathei
make a big failure than a small suc
cess.—Birmingham Press.
ROAD
BOIL NC
IMPETUS TO ROAD' BUILDING
Secret of Maintaining Country High
way Lies in Keeping It Well
Rounded Up and Drained.
Over a good road, we can haul prod
ucts to market at any season of the
year aDd get full benefit of the highest
prices. It is a simple matter to build
a good country road, as it is not abso
lutely necessary that it should be
built of gravel or crushed stone. The
secret of the maintaining of the coun
try road lies in keeping it well round
ed up and sufficiently drained, by ar
ranging it so that the road is about a
foot higher in the middle than it is at
the edges.
A good dirt road well maintained is
not an expensive proposition, writes
Eugene J. Hall of Oak Park, 111., in
Farmers' Review. Shortly after every
heavy rainfall it should be dragged
with a split-log drag. This will fill
all of the ruts and depressions and
produce a smooth surface well round
ed up in the middle of the highway.
After being rounded up with a split
log drag, the roads are made firm
Convict-Built Bridge in Colorado—
Stones Were Taken From Nearby
Hillside and Result Is Ornamental
as Well as Economical.
and solid by means of a heavy rollei
or system of rollers. This will leave
a firm, solid roadbed which will not
be seriously injured by heavy traffic.
This system of road building is
being followed in many parts of the
West with splendid success. When
ruts and holes are formed in a road,
the jolt and jar of the wheel makes
them deeper and forms a pocket for
holding water from the first rainfall.
This softens the roadbed and deep
mud holes are scon formed, while if
there had been no ruts or depressions
there and the road had been well
rounded up, the water would have run
off into the ditches on either side, and
the surface of the road would be firm
and in perfect condition.
Another good thing worthy of care
ful consideration in the building of our
good country roads is that of the con
struction of permanent and lasting
culverts. Culverts built of stone or
concrete cost more than wooden
bridges, but they will last a hundred
years, and they will not rust or need
repainting every year, as iron truss
bridges do. In the end, they are the
most economical kind of viaducts.
The advent of the automobile and
Its employment by the more prosper
ous class of farmers has given a great
impetus to road building, too: and
the time is coming when we will have
more and more good roads in the
middle West.
ADVANTAGES OF GOOD ROADS
No Factor Contributes More to Pros
perity and Happiness of the Rural
Communities.
The convention of the Virginia Road
Builders’ association draws attention
to a subject of prime importance to
the people of this state. Scarcely any
single factor contributes more to the
prosperity and happiness of rural
communities than good roads, says
the Richmond Dispatch. Good
roads mean easy and quick communi
cation. economy in transporting farm
products to railway or market, con
venient access to the outside world,
and a higher average of citizenship,
wherever they are found. Virginia
has done much of recent years to
make its highways measurably equal
to those of most other southern states,
but much remains to be done. The
people as a whole must be educated
to a proper understanding of the eco
nomic and sociological benefits that
good roads confer.
Interest in Dragging Roads.
The neighborhood where every
farmer takes an interest in dragging
the roads will soon find itself pulling
out of the mire.
Alfalfa More Popular.
Everywhere alfalfa is used it is be
coming more and more popular. The
better it is known the more it Is
sown.
Self-Feeder Not Good.
The self-feeder is not good for young
pigs, as under five months of age they
will eat too much.
System to Avoid.
Local control has failed to give us
a good road system. Let us not go
back to it.
Seed Bed for Clover.
A seed bed for sweet clover is pre
pared in much the same way that a
seed bed for alfalfa is prepared, and
both are excellent crops.
Help Grow Better Crops.
Every hog on the farm will help you
to grow better crops if you save every
bit of manure.
Cheap Egg Feed.
If you wish eggs, wheat at a dollar
a bushel is cheaper feed than com at
50 cents.
Backache Is a Warning
Thousands suffer kidney iifs unawares—
Dot knowing t tout he ouckache, headaches
and dull, nervous, dizzy, ail tired condi
tion are often due to kidney weakness
alone. Anybody who Buffers constantly
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Some irregularity of tl-e secretions may
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Enough.
It v. as at a point-to-point meeting. A
man with an eye to business put up a
marquee and was ready to garage cars
—for a consideration.
A big touring car came up. "How
much for putting up the car?" asked
the owner.
"Five dollars for the day." was the ]
reply, anti the car went on. Other j
exper.sive cars were brought up, and
the same sum demanded.
At last up came a small car of a i
make about which it is the fashion to
make good-humored jokes.
“How much?" inquired the motorist, j
"Five dollars."
"It's yours." replied the car owner,
dismounting.
Dramatic Criticism.
The final curtain had fallen and the
audience was fluttering and filing out
of the playhouse. In the lobby was
a picture of the author of the piece,
a personage with an abundant beard
and a pair of flashing eyes under
beetling brows—in short, the well
known Mephistophelian mask of
George Bernard Shaw.
"He has a clever face,” said one
fluttering lady to another fluttering
lady as they went out into the night.
Off the Shelf.
"What a beautiful complexion Mrs.
Mixer has!”
"She ought to. Her husband owns
a drug store."
BETTER LAUGH THAN SCOLD
Wise Writer Gives Some Advice That
All Women Would Do Well to
Remember.
If he is suspicious don't take him
too seriously.
And why? Because, if you do, there
is always a great probability that he
will imagine that there is a good foun
dation for his foolish want of trust.
A lover is inclined, perhaps natur
ally, to be a trifle jealous of the be
loved one; but even this usually harm
less characteristic should not be en
couraged overmuch.
As for suspicion, it should never
raise its ugly head in the paradise of
love; if it does, it will spoil everything
and cast a gloom over what should be
undiluted happiness.
A -dse girl will therefore always try
gently to laugh her sweetheart out of
such unpleasant fancies; of course,
she will be careful not to give him
reason to begin them, but if they do
unluckily crop up, then she will do her
utmost to banish them.
Kindly laughter will often do more
to make a man see that he has been
foolish and wrony than any amount of
the best-intentioned scolding or re
proaches.
The latter are apt to leave a sore
ness and resentment behind them,
whereas a good-natured laugh leaves
no sting of any sort.
The very fact of smiling over a mat
ter together makes a bond of union
and harmony.—Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Without Hurry.
Hurry is a great thief of time. It
prevents the full and efficient use of
the present moment. It steals from
the present, for the sake of the future,
because of some failure in the past.
A great man is quoted as saying that
he was too busy ever to be in a'hurry.
One wno liveu for some months in
the home of a widely known Christian
leader and prolific worker said that
she had never known him to hurry ex
cept when someone else had caused
the delay. And even in those cassaj
there was no "hurried feeling.” Th*.
efficient life in Christ may be lived
without the strain of the wrong sort
of haste. Our Lord himself often
urged an eager and immediate
"haste.” But there was no sense of
hurry in his life. Let us live in the
present, though not for the present,
using to the full, in hurry-free spirit,
"the eternal now.”
Kindred Feeling.
The pale-faced passenger looked out
of the car windows vith exceeding in
terest. Finally he turned to his «?at
mate:
“You likely think I never rode in
the cars before,” he said, “but the fact
is. pardner, I just got out of the pen
this rnornin', an' it does me good to
look around. It is goin’ to be mighty
tough, though, facin’ my old-time
friends. I s’pose, though, you ain’t
got much idee how a man feels in a
ease like that?”
"Perhaps I have a better idea of
your feelings than you think.” said the
other gentleman with a sad smile. 1
am just getting home from congress.”
Some Shy.
Patience—Was she shy on her birth
day?
Patrice—Oh. yes: she was shy about
ten candles on her birthday cake.
In Both Ways.
“Mrs. Gaddy is a very authorita
tive person in her gossip."
"Yes, and what she says, goes."
When a man tells a woman the truth
she says he is insolent.
The best protection for a woman is
the fact that she is a good woman.
FARMER’S WIFE
TOO ILLTO WORK
A Weak, Nervous Sufferer
Restored to Health by Ly
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Kasots, Minn. — “I am glad to say
that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound has done
more for me than
anything else, and I
had the best physi
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that I could not do
my work and suf
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down in my right
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could influence anyone to try the medi
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more than it is claimed to do.” — Mrs.
Clara Franks, R. F. D. No. 1, Maple
crest Farm, Kasota, Minn.
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Lived Long in One County.
An old woman of eighty-seven, who
died recently in her home in Mus
kegon, had not been outside the coun
ty since she came there 6i» years ago
When she located at Muskegon there
were only six white residents, the
other inhabitants being Indians. A
thrilling incident in her life followed
the birth of her child 64 years ago.
The baby weighed about two pounds,
and its diminutive size was so much
of a curiosity to the Indians that
they stole the midget and took it to
their colony for exhibition. In about
three days the red.-kins returned the
babe to the frantic parents, the in
fant being none the worse for it3 ex
perience.
The Only Alterative.
The young woman sai before her
glass and gazed long and earnestly at
[ the reflection there. She screwed up
: her face in many ways. She fluffed
I up her hair and then smoothed it
\ down again; she raised her eyes anc
lowered them; she showed her teeth
and she pressed her lips tightly to
gether. At last she got up, with i.
weary sigh, and said:
“It’s no use. I'll be some kind o:.'
reformer.”
Perhaps pin money is so called be
cause most wives stick their husbands
for it.
Most men are willing to serve theiy
country—in an official capacity.
Are You Doing the Thinking?
In office, store or factory, the man who has the clear L-rain for quick, accurate
thinking generally draws the big salary.
Nowadays, with competition keen, any man or woman headed for success must
avoid the handicap of heavy, indigestible food, and select the nourishing, easily di
gestible kind which makes for body vigor and clear thinking.
Grape-Nuts
FOOD
contains all the nutriment of Nature’s rich food grains, wheat and barley, retaining the
vital mineral salts—phosphates, iron, lime, etc., which are absolutely necessary for
building healthy, well-balanced body, nerves and brain.
Grape-Nuts food is scientifically prepared for easy, quick digestion—has delicious
taste—and is a splendid food for those who appreciate the advantages of sound
health and a clear thinker.
“There’s a Reason”
Grocers everywhere sell Grape-Nuts.