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GERMAN SHELLS BURSTING OVER FRENCH POSITION This remarkable picture ol' burrt'*ig German shells was made just at the moment when they were falling on a farm in the Argonne district used by the French as a rendezvous. The shells were directed at the French sol diers, who are seen working. None of the French soldiers who were present while the rain of shells fell on them were hurt. WAR’S TRAGEDY FOR THE NONCOMBATANT One of the London Daily Mail's prize photographs, showing a family serious battle had been fought there, only to find their cottage in ruins. returned to their native village after a CAME TO BORROW A BILLION FOR ALLIES ©UNDERWOOD UNDERWOOD Representatives o£ England and France, who came to the United States for the purpose of negotiating a loan of a billion dollars for the allies, are shown in this illustration. J. P. Morgan (1), as financial agent of the Brit ish government, acted as their host. The others are: (2) Sir Edward Holden of the London City and Midland bank; (3) Sir Henry Babbington Smith: (4) Lord Reading, lord chief justice of Great Britain and head of the commission; (5) Octave Homburg of the French foreign office; (6) Basil B. Blackett of the British treasury; (7) Ernest Mallet, regent of the Bank of France. Russian Barbers Act as Surgeons. Russian barbers with about six weeks medical training are with the czar s army in great numbers as full fledged surgeons, according to reports of wounded German soldiers who have just returned from the front. These soldiers, many of whom bear evidence of improper amputations, also com plain of poor sanitary conditions in Russian hospitals, but praise the Rus sian woman nurses as being kind and considerate. USES FOR ABSOLETE GUNS Have Been Turned .nto Many .bjects of Interest, Especially in Eng land—Some Instances. Many unmilitary things are made of obsolete guns, and in England espe cially are to be found a number of ob jects of Interest In this line, says the Marine Journal. The Victoria Cross, for instance, bac always been manu factured from the guns captured at Sebastopol. Many things in the Brit Lavender Repels Mosquitoes. .Noted in this evening's issue a formula for repelling mosquitoes. A simpler and more effective repellent is oil of lavender, sprayed through an atomizer on parts exposed. This oil is more efficient than citronella. ammonia, camphor, tar and a hundred other straws ' that "skeeter" victims have clutched at. It has been found tried in New Jersey and not found wanting, so what more can one ask for?—(Letter to New York Globe.) ish isles are named for Waterloo in consequence of the great victory that was won there over Napoleon on June 18, 1815, one in particular being the Waterloo bridge, the ras brackets on which were fashioned many years ago from cannon used at Waterloo. An other instance is the ornamental capi tal of the monument to Nelson, the hero of Trafalgar, which was made from old cannon, and at Aldershot there is an effigy of Wellington and his charger Copenhagen, also made from wornout guns. In the crypt of TAKING WOUNDED ABOARD t .or> photograph, taken al tile uar dane!l,es, shows a Eritish soldier, wounded in the arn-s, being lowered aboard a hospital lsunch in what is known as a “bosun’s chair," which is swung out by means of a crane. Would Help Some. It is a small English country town, and one of the menib *rs of the special war relief committee ,s also proprie tor of a drapery “emporium." To him came for advice ar,d assistance a I>cor woman who had Just “heard the worst" about her mao at the front. Would the separation allowance be paid still? Or wotld the war office make a special grant: “l cant say definitely what the war office will do in your particular esse." was the judicious verdict, "but, person ally, 1 shall be glad to—ah—to supply you with mourning from my establish ment at a wholesale trice.” St. Paul's there Is the funeral car which bore the remains of Welling ton to his last resting place, made en tirely of enemy guns. Farmers !.>ake Direct Sales. The United Fruit companies of Nova Scotia (Ltd.), a co-operative society of orchardists and farmers throughout the Annapolis valley, have opened a store in Halifax and will sell butter, eggs, vegetables, apples and other country produce direct from the farms to the consumer. THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK Sept. 27. 1914. Allies repulsed German attacks on both wings, but Germans gained in center. French re-enforced on the Meuse. Germans bombarded Malines. Russians checked German ad vance into Poland at Suwalki and entered town of Przemysl. Serbs and Montenegrins reached Roumanian border. Japanese defeated Germans in outskirts of Kiaochow. German aviators dropped bombs in Paris and Warsaw. Cholera outbi.ak in Austria. Sept. 25. 1914. Allies made progress on heights of the Meuse. Belgians retook Alost and re pulsed Germans at Malines. General Hindenburg’s army forced to retire from Poland. Russians occupied Dembica and took a fort at Przemysl. Russians crossed the Carpathians and invaded Hungary. Japanese approached Tsingtau. German Congo seized by British and French. French warship sunk by Cattaro forts. Russian soldiers occupied Tilsit estate of kaiser. Sept. 29, 1914. Germans occupied Moll and Malines and bombarded Lierre. Outer defensar of Antwerp shelled by the Germans. Serbs retook Semlin. Russians swept over northern Hungary. Japanese invested Tsingtau. Chinese blew up railroad bridges to hinder progress of Japanese. British warships bombarded Tsingtau. German cruiser Emden sank five British steamers in Gulf of Bengal and all tank steamers at Madras. Zeppelin dropped bombs in Bel gian towns. U. S. S. Tennessee ordered to the Adriatic. Sept. 30, 1914. Allies drove back both German wings and retook St. Mihiel. Germans destroyed town of Orchies. Germans failed in attempt to cross the River Niemen. Retreating Austrians surrounded near Dukia. Hungarians retook Uzsok pass. Japanese reached Lao-Che and Germans abandoned their artillery. Italian ships sunk by Austrian mines. British cruiser Cumberland cap tured ten German merchant steam- I ers. Cadets from Canada Royal Mili tary college sailed for England. Oct. 1, 1914. Allies won fight around Roye. French shelled Germans in quar ries. Belgians bombarded Termonde church to drive Germans from steeple. Bombardment of Antwerp forts continued. German and Japanese warships fought in Kiaochow harbor. Troops from India landed at Mar seilles. Oct. 2, 1914. Allies checked at Arras. Germans driven back across the P/leuse. Two Antwerp forts silenced. Russians broke German center and took up new battle line from Mariampol to Ossowetz. Germans bombard Ossowetz. Russians took two forts of Przemysl. German cruisers shelled Papeete, capital of French Islands of Tahiti. French gunboat sank German auxiliary ships Rhios and Itolo. German cruiser Leipzig sank Union oil tanker Elsinore. German foreign office accused French of torturing wounded at Orchies. American Red Cross ship arrived at Pauillac, France. War may be necessary—but there's no sane reason .why people should try to change seats while in rowboats. Near-Publicity. The nearest some men ever come to getting their pictures into the papers is when a cross (X) is shown on the halt-tone to indicate where the inno cent bystander stood when it hap pened. Daily Thought. Even in ordinary life the unselflsh people are the happiest—those who work to make others happy and who forget themselves. The dissatisfied people are those who are seeking hap piness for themselves.—Besant. Daily Thought. I do not say we ought to be happier as we grow older, but we ought to be calmer, knowing better what life la. and looking forward to another, which we believe to be a reality, though we "annot tell what it means.—Jowett Those Musicians. "Do you think, professor,” said the musically ambitious youth, “that I can ever do my thing wita my voice?” "Well.” was the cautious reply, “It may come in handy to heller with iu case of fire." WAS NOT A SEA SERPENT American Museum Gets Picture of Harmless Shark, Mistaken for a Monster* Stories of persons having sighted sea serpents other monsters of the deep reach the officials of the \merican Museum of Natural History frequently, most of them coming in the form of letters during the sum mer months, when persons more fa miliar with Lhsiness offices or their homes than with the inhabitants of the sea are attracted to the resorts. Most of the letters are based on hearsay evidence, and so it was with some surprise that Dr. F. A. Lucas, the director of the museum, read in one of the letters than an actual pho tograph of the sea serpent whose ac tions were described was being for warded under separate cover. He awaited the arrival of the photograph eagerly. The letter which preceded it said that the sea serpent had made its appearance at the eastern end of Long island and that it had whipped and churned the water near the spot at which it appeared for nearly an hour. Occasionally its huge tail could be seer, above the water; at other times two or three sections of its writhing, dgrk body could be seen at once. One of the spectators who had fled to the shore from a small boat procured a kodak and snapped the monster as conclusive evidence that sea serpents did exist. The photograph arrived in the next day's mail, however, and Doctor Lu cas found it to be not a sea serpent but what is known as a "thrasher” shark, a species which, it is said, is more afraid of man than man is of it. Its name is derived from the manner in which it thrashes about in the wa ter with its huge tail. Submarine Position-Finder. A new device, which will enable a submarine to find her own position un der water, and will do away with the dangeous necessity of coming to the surface for that purpose, is announced by Mr. Hudson Maxim, the inventor. Mr. Maxim says *hat the implement permits the commander of a subma rine to find his position on a map at any time, within a hundred feet or so. A position indicator, of a cruiser de sign, Mr. Maxim claims, is now in use in practically all the navies of the world. Its installation on a submarine costs about $17,(PO, whereas Mr. Max im's device c^uld be installed for only $1,000. Blinded by Blue Heron. A blue Heron, alighting in the yard of a school in Asbury Park, N. J., at tacked a boy, pecking him in the left sye and destroying its sight. An eye specialist, called to attend him, fears that the right eye may be affected and the boy become totally blind as a re sult of the injury. The boy attempted tt catch the bird to have it for a pet. It turned on him and plunged its long beak int^ the left eye seveidl times. Characteristic of the Animal. Jones—Why did you kick Brown? Smith—He called me a donkey. Jones—Ah, then, he was right, after all. , Natural Process. “What will they do with the fence the police caught?” "1 guess they'll whitewash him.” Contrary Action. “Why did Banks round up his cred itors?” "I suppose to do the square thing.” I generally phrase it differently, but this is what I really say to the bride: “I felicitate you on the success of your chase." The Norwegian government has es tablished a Stavanger a domestic sci ence school to afford a complete course in housekeeping to young girls. What is believed to be the oldest in habited residence in the world is a mansion in Germany that was built in 700. Ostrich eggs are being successfully hatched in an incubator by a German breeder. Great Need for lmproveme:-it in Methods. Writer Points Out Evil in Practice of “Limiting Supply”—Tons of Fish Left to Rot Because Dealers Wouldn’t Take It. As we approached the city on the river boat my companion pointed to tha lowlands on either side of the riv er and said: "Here if where most of our sparagus is raised.” Then he add ed with a faint smile: "And here is where they had the great conflagration of asparagus.” “Conflagration of asparagus?" I re peated. "What do you mean?" "Oh, the prices weren't high enough to suit the controllers of the market. So they burned up a few dollars' worth of asparagus to limit the supply.” Lately I have been seeing a n^tn who spent the summer fishing with nets, not for pleasure merely, but for a living, writes John D. Barry in the New York Telegram. 1 asked him what kind of living is provided, tie shrugged his shoulders. “There's noth ing in it for the fishermen,’ he said. "They’re at the mercy of the big deal ers. One day, for example, we bad a big haul of shad. We left it on the beach to rot, tons of it. There was no use in our sending it to. market. The dealers didn't want it. There wasn't enough profit in It for them to bother with it." “Does that kind of thing happen very often?” I asked. He smiled in derision. "It happens all the time. There’s enough fish thrown away every week to provide food for thousands of families.” Then he became excited. “The big dealers here have everything their own way. The fish industry is one of the biggest monopolies. It’s a disgraceful tyian ny. The big dealers pay the fishermen whatever thety like. The small fish, such as perch, they hate to have any thing to do with. They consider Abe profit not worth their while. So there's an immense waste in small fish alone. And yet such fish is very go 3d eating and could be supplied cheaply tc the people.” In Pans there is a great market, called Les Halles. There the French producers from many miles around send their produce. As early as eler en o'clock at night, in the country dis tricts, the rumble of the carts begins, on the way with their foodstuffs to feed the big city. In the early morn ing the activity in Les Halles makes a great spectacle. Visitors go in i swarms to see it. Large quantities of fresh supplies are sold at auction to the hotel and restaurant keepers. And ! all over the vast place there are booths ■ for sale of produce to the smaller buy era. These include the tradesmen with small shops in different parts of ; Paris. The market stocked in the early morning, is cleaned out by night. From the producers it exacts a per centage for the sales. In this way the producers and the consumers are eas ily and conveniently brought together to the advantage of both. In London, at Covent Garden, a similar system exists, and in many of the continental cities. A few Ameri can cities are developing large free markets. A great public market ought to exist in every city and it ought to be under the control of the city for the benefit, not of the few, but of all the people. It would protect both those who supply the food and those who consume the food. It wrould elimi nate a vast amount of waste, including the waste that directly and indirectly results from the artificial limits im posed on the food supply, putt'ng be yond the reach of vast numbers of peo ple food liberally supplied by the bounty of nature and cheaply produced and delivered. Some day we shall see that our pres ent ways of trafficking in food means trafficking in human life. A woman can do more with a hair pin than a man can accomplish with a full kit of carpenter's tools. Women should shave oftener and talk less. LIFTS FIRE OUT OF HOUSE Autoist Rescuer Also Saves Dinner Trom Blazing Stove in New Jersey Town. A. R. Gerber, a local clothing mer chant, was the hero at a tire to which he was called as he was passing through Hartford in his automobile on his way home from Philadelphia. When a woman ran from her house and yelled that her kitchen was oa tire Gerber didn't need any second alarm. Slamming on the emergency brake, he jumped from his machine before it was stopped and found the gasoline stove ablaze. Calmly moving some furniture out of his way ajid taking the wonkan's dinner from tne stove so it would not be ruined, he pulled the blazing stove right out the back door and landed it where it could do no further damage except to itself.—Mount Holly (N. J.) Dispatch Philadelphia Record. What Did She Mean? The two young ladies had gushed and “deared" each other until the otner passengers in the tram were heartily sick of it; especially as they never lost a chance of getting in a nasty cut at each other. Just before they parted, Angelina obliged Emmeline with a stamp for a letter. 'Oh, I must give you a penny for this!” exclaimed Emmie, as she pre pared to leave the car. “Don’t bother, dear,” cooed Angie; “give it to me next time I see you.” “But you mayn't see me for a long time.” protested Emmie. “Oh, well, the loss wouldn’t be great!” cooed Angie, more sweetly than ever.—Pearson’s Weekly. A Useful Head. A Washington man has in his em ploy a faithful but, at times, stupid servant in the person of an old darky named Zeke. Recently, when the employer had vainly endeavored to get something done In a certain way, he gave up In despair, exclaiming: “Zeke! Zeke! Whatever do you think your head is for?” Zeke, who evidently thought that this was another of the troublesome questions that his employer was al ways asking, pondered it deeply. Fi nally he replied; “Well, boss, I guess it’s to keep my collar on.” The Pace. The rhinoceros surveyed the world complacently. “After all, I set the pace, in a manner of speaking!” quoth he. Whereat the other beasts burst out laughing. “Well, it's a fact,” the rhinoceros insisted. “Tell me, please, where frould civilization be if it were not for men with hides like mine?”—Ham burg patriot. He Was Pretty Hungry. Little Willie's mother sent him to bed without any supper. At eight o'clock, as Willie lay dis mally in his little bed in the dark, his father appeared at the door and whis pered: “Son, could you eat some honey in •he comb?” ■Jiminy, dad!” Willie answered, “I could eat it in the brush!” Melancholy Habit. ‘‘Why do they always speak of the sea waves as sad?” “liec-;use, stupid, the ocean is gen erally blue." Encouraging Them. “Why didn't you buy an automo bile t" “I ve heard a rumor that there may be a subsidy granted pedestrians by the n^xt congress.” Not Yet. Mrs Talky—So the turkey trot is out of favor now. Mr. Bored—1 wish the lien gabble was, tijo! Napoleon’s handwriting was so bad that often he could not decipher it himself. As lung as you pay compliments only yo.t will not be forced to eat your wwtli. The Best Mill Cannot grind good flour from poor wheat, nor can the human body get good health from food and drink which is not fitted to the individual. i Right food — the kind the system re quires, goes a long way toward putting one on The Road to Wellville. This road leads to comfort, happiness and long life. Grape-Nuts is a delicious foo 1 scientifically prepared from wheat and barley. In the making, the starch of the grains is partially pre-digested for quick and easy assimilation—and furnishes the nourishment Nature requires for the daily rebuilding of body and brain. It pays to keep oneself in the highest condition of physical and mental vigor. WON’T MIX Bad Food and Good Health Won't Mix. The human stomach stands much abuse but it won t return good health if you give it wrong food. If you feed right you will feel right, for proper food and a good mind is the sure road to health. “A year ego I became much alarmed about my health for I began to suffer after each meal no matter how little I ate,” says a Denver woman. • ‘‘I lost appetite and the very thought of food grew distasteful, with the result that I was not nourished and got weak and thin. “There was no one to shoulder my house hold burdens, and come what might I must bear them, and this thought nearly drove me frantic when I realized that my health was breaking down. “I read an article in the paper about some one with trouble just like mine being bene fited by Grape-Nuts food and acting on this suggestion I gave Grape-Nuts a trial. The first dish of this delicious food proved that I had struck the right thing. "My uncomfortable feelings in stomach and brain began to disappear and in a short time I was again myself. Since than I have gained 12 pounds in weight through a sum mer of hard work and realize I am a very different woman, all due to the splendid food, Grape-Nuts.” "There’s a Reason" for Grape-Nuts Sold by Grocers everywhere.