2 STRIKt (-KOIVI NEW POINi
Allies Bringing to Bear Strong Offen
sive Movement Against Germans.
Paris, Oct. 12. —While General
Joffre's communications, always of th*
most general nature, reassure Paris a*
to the ability of the allies to held th
enemies at all points of the main ba
tie line, there are unofficial reports
that produce even mere satisfaction.
The allies are developing an offen
sive from an entirely new quarter.
They have found the men and the
means to threaten the Germans fro"-
the direction of the channel and th
North sea ports. Large forces of
French and British are striking v?
orously anu apparently successfully at
the Germans in Belgium while the
main allied army defeats every at
tempt of tin German host in northern
France to maintain a new offensive.
Although the allies have been
pressed to defend their lines fron
Arras southward, to Soissons and east
ward all the way to the Meuse an
the line of Verdun-Tour, they hav
succeeded in mobilizing and launchlnj
independent operations that threatei
the German hold on Belgium. More
and more General Joffre is swinging
the important action toward the north
and compelling the Germans to length
en their west flank.
More and more it becomes certain
that the allies, impregnably situated
along the north of the Oise, are de
veloping the strength to attack the
Germans' line of defense in Belgium,
an attack designed to free the coar-t
cities from danger and to recapture
Brussels, to seize the railroad lines
communicating with France and to
force the retreat of the German armies
from France territory.
There will be no surprise in Paris
If the news of this week dealt with
great battles between Ghent and Ant
werp. The safety of the Belgian army
is assured and this force can now be
utilized in attacks against the Ger
man flank from Ostend.
There is a hope that the allies,
while pursuing their operations in
Belgium and defending the line to
Soissons, may yet turn the German
fortified position that begins at Sois
sons and runs east to the Argenno.
Slow but steady progress has been
made by the allies at this point.
W. & J. Grandstand Burned.
Washington, Pa., Oct. 12. —The new
Washington and Jefferson grandstand
at College field, built two years aso
at a cost of $5,000, was destroyed by
fire of mysterious origin. The theory
generally accepted is that the fire was
started from a campfire of tramps, for
a high wind was blowing. There was
$2,500 insurance on the structure.
Some Pumpkin, This.
Kittanning, Pa., Oct. 12. —George
Kernor of White Oak valley, near here,
claims to have the largest pumpkin
raised in this vicinity this year, if
not at any other time, and as yet no
one has disputed his claim. The pump
kin weighs 178 pounds and measures
101 inches around.
Cholera In Austria.
London, Oct. 12.—The Rome corre
epondent of the Exchange Telegraph
company says that according to a
Vienna message cholera is now spread
ing over the entire dual monarchy,
new cases averaging forty daily.
I Killed Walking In His Sleep.
St. Clairsville, 0., Oct. 12. —Basil
Terry, aged twenty-two, miner of
Baileys Miiis, was instantly killed
when he fell from a window whil#
walking in his sleep.
Wind and the Sun.
Wind does not always go down with
the sun, but may blow from high to
low after suuseg If wind starts to
fill up a low pressure area before sun
set It is Liable to keep pouring In until
It is filled and equilibrium restored.
If wind stops exactly at instant of sun
aet one may rest assured that the area
of barometrical depression Is filled. If
wind blows from sea to land by day it
may stop at sunset and reverse direc
tion. If it does the cause is that at
sunrise the sun's radiant energy heats
the land more than it does the water.
The land warms the air. Increases its
rarity, and it rises, producing a lower
pressure area, and cooler air from over
the ocean rushes in to till It. After
sunset land cools In less time than the
water, .and the direction of flow is re
versed. But this may not always oc
cur. Local causes, as fog. saturation
of air. electrical conditions cut others
may prevent—New York Journal.
Sometimes Happens So.
The family had gone off for their
holiday In a taxi. Twenty minutes
Jater the taxi snorted back up the
road.
"Forgotten the tickets?" cried a
neighbor.
"No." said the irate householder,
"but my wife's just remembered that
she's left a kettle boiling on the gas
stove."
He dived into the house and came
hack the next moment with a ghastly
calm on his face.
"All right now?" said the neighbor
cheerily.
"Right! I'd forgotten that I'd turn
ed the gas off at the meter, and now
we've two hours and a half to wait for
the next train." —Glasgow Dispatch.
Wonderful 8 ewe re.
The sewers of Paris are the meet
wonderful in the world and constitute j
one of the sights of the city. Visitors
sre allowed to inspect them on certain
days each week, and it is certainly an
experience to make a "personally con
ducted" tour of the two main sewers
The journey is made on electric can
nd lannches. which draw up occasion
at brightly iilttwlaate<l stations.
NEW WAR CUST ESTIMATE.
Six Nations' Daily Exper.se $33,000,000,
Says German Expert.
Fourteen thousand million dollars i>
the yearly cost of the war (or $38,-
35G.154 per day) to Germany. Austria.
Belgium, France. Russia and England,
according to the German statistical ex
pert Captain Mux Ilenkr.
Of this expense France and Ger
many, he estimates, each with 3.000.000
men In the tie'd, must stand $2,800,000.-
000 each, while Russia's share, with
her 4.000.000 fighting men. will be $3.
800.000.000.
These figures would seem exagger
ated if tlie actual cost of England's
Boer war (in which not more than
400.000 British troops were actually
engaged at one time) was not known to
have cost $1,200,000,000 in less than
three yesrs. or $450,000,000 n j*ear.
Desertion Discouraged.
Clarence Ring, the well kuown geo
logist, was a man of nerve as well as
genius. One summer he was with a
government expedition in the far west,
and the men he was compelled to em
ploy were, for the most pare, ruffians
and desperadoes. One night one of
them deserted, and Mr. King knew
that it meant a stampede if the de
serter were allowed to go unpunished.
He chose a companion, on whose
silence he could rely, overtook the de
serter and lauded him in a couveuiem
fort. The runaway had subsisted foi
three days ou game, and his wbit>
horse was streaked with blood fron
the game hung on the saddle. Mr. Kin;,
and his companion rode back, lendinv
the crimson stained horse with all tht
deserter's belongings and said nothing.
The men sent a committee to ask what
had become of the deserter. "He is
gone," said Mr. King impressively,
"where anybody else who tries to de
sert. will go too." The committee re
tired with a scared look, and. there
were no more desertions that trip.-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Problem of the Prisoned Cork.
It often happens that iu attempting
to uncork a bottle the stopper is forced
into the bottle instead, and it thus
floats on the liquid. This would per
haps not be a drawback were it not
that each time i h*> bottle is to be em[>-
tied the cork cmues ;> (he neck and
causes au obs.inotion, preventing the
flow of the liquid. Tins can lie avoided
very readily and ail that is needed is
to bend a piece of stiff iron wire iu a
long U shape, properly fitting it iu the
neck of the bottle so that the loop por
tion projects somewhat below the neck.
Upon inverting the bottle the wire loop
prevent the cork from reaching the
neck to obstruct it.
HOW WILD ELEPHANTS
ARE CAPTURED IN INDIA.
Hunt Permitted Every Fifth Year.
What Huge Beasts Are Used For.
This is the year of the "elephant
battue" in the great forests of Mysore,
India.
The hunting of these gigantic ani
mals is permitted in India only every
fifth year. On the average from 200
to 250 wild elephants are captured
during the battue season, and these are
trained for the various purposes for
which the Asiatic elephant Is used.
Quite Sufßdlcnt.
It was on a long railway journey,
and for six hours he had sat opposite
a solitary traveling companion, and
not a word had been spoken. "Excuse
me," was his opening, "but are you an
Englishman?"
"Yes," rapped out the stranger.
"Oh, then I beg your pardon."
And after that the long journey was
completed in silence.—London Answers.
Irreverent Youth.
Her Father—Young man, young man,
would you take my daughter from me?
You don't know a father's feelings at
such a time! I must suppress them.
Her Lover—Oh, that's all right. If you
want to give three cheers, go ahead.—
Topeka Journal.
Compensation.
Dentist (telling story)—l tell yon.
when I got to flint point of danger I
lost my nerve. Patient—Well, you've
got mine, haven't you?— Baltimore
American.
RUINED BRIDGE OVER THE OISE IN FRANCE.
Photo by American Press Association.
Much of the recent severe fighting has been along the banks of this stream. This bridge was blown up by the
French to delay the movements of the enemy.
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GRAVE OF A BELGIAN SNIPER.
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X> 1914, by A merican Press Association.
Notice the hand projecting from the earth near the rude cross. This may
ve been due to haste or carelessness or it may have been done purposely as
a ruing.
WAR POSTER SOLD IN BERLIN.
Photo by American Press Association.
This representation of one of the 1G.4 Inch shells used by the Germans in
battering down forts in France and Belgium has had a lively sale in Berlin.
It carries at the top the caption, "German War Surprise, 1914," and at the bot
tom, "With God For King and Fatherland." It also bears the names of towns
destroyed by the siege guns.
TAKING BRITISH WOUNDED HOME.
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Photo by American Press Association.
Thousands of British soldiers who have been wounded in France have
been sent back to England to be treated in hospitals or to convalesce at home.
""sis shows them heliitr hoisted aboard Mnp.
R OT
ART TREASURES OF FRANCE.
Precautions That Guard Them at the
Louvre, In Paris.
Those who visit the Louvre do not
suspect the labor that is necessary in
keeping the building in order. It must
be protected at night against fire and
burglars by watchmen, who, with re
volvers at hip and dark lanterns in
hand, make their rounds, accompanied
by police dogs.
Upstairs and downstairs and along
the corridors, says the Paris corre
spondent of the New York Sun, the
distance they travel amounts to four
miles, and in every room the watch
men • must "punch" the clock that
shows whether the rooms have been
inspected and how often.
During the night the most valuable
works of art are kept under lock and
key. When the galleries are closed to
the public a clever piece of mechanism
is set In motion that carries the royal
jewels, worth millions of dollars, into
a special burglar proof chamber. The
Venus de Milo. too. has her own spe
cial bedroom. An iron shutter rises
from the ground in front of her and
hides the marble features of the god
dess.
In the early morning au army of
custodians pours through the rooms,
and the process of cleaning begins. A
force of 150 men sets to work with
brooms, dusters and floor polishers
The custodians exceed the strength of
a company of soldiers on a war foot
ing. There are one chief custodian,
three undcrchiefs. twenty-seven supe
rior and 148 inferior custodians. To
these must be added the Louvre's arti
sans, for the great place has its own
works department and almost its own
factory.
RADIUM AND LIGHTING.
And the Better Protection of Hordes
During Thunderstorms.
Radium has been discovered vastly
to improve lightning rods In their pro
tection of buildings during thunder
storms. Of course the enormous cost
of radium prevents any practical use
of the fact as yet But there is a very
fair possibility that the information
gained In this way wiii lead to a new
form of lightning rod which will be.
more efficient or that further experi
ments will show that a tiny quantity
of radium at a reasonable cost will im
prove the protection.
The purpose of lightning rods, of
course, is to catch the electrical cur
ivnts in the air during n storm and
lead them safely into the ground in
stead of allowing the lightning to pick
its own course down through a house
or church steeple. and their use is
based on the principle that a metal rod
will give the electricity a smooths
path of less resistance than ordinary
building muterial
The whole trouble with lightning
rods now iu that, though they can be
made to do the trick if the electrical
discharge is near them, there is no way
to lead electricity through the air to
the rod. Radium will do this paxt of
the work, as has been demonstrated in
scientific experiments. Two milli
grams of radium ou the end of a rod
made the air a considerable distance
away a vastly better conductor.
Thus any electrical discharge within
several yards of the rod had a path
open for it along the radium rays tc
the rod and then down the rod to the
earth.—Saturday Evening FosL
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Out of the Mouths of Babes.
Sunday School Tencher—Can you tell
me who dwelt in the Garden of Eden?
Little May Yes, ma'am; the Ad
amses.
"What is an amateur, Bobby?" quer
ied his small sister.
"An amateur." replied Bobby, "is
anything that isn't nature."
"Mamma," queried little Myra. "do
you think grandpa has really gone to
heaven?"
"Yes, dear." was the reply.
"Well, continued Myra. "I'll bet be
sneaks outside ouce in awhile to smoke
b's pipe "
In the lesson mention had been made
)t the canthook that is used in rolling
logs.
"Can you tell me what a canthook
Is, Tommy?" asked the teacher.
"Sure," replied Tommy, f'lt's a cow
that hasn't any horns."—Detroit Free
Press.
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What Bobwhite Eats.
Fifteen per cent of the food of the
bob white fnm posed of in
eluding several of the most serious
pests of agriculture. Half of its food
consists of weed seeds, one-fourth of
grain and about one-sixteenth of wild
fruits. Taken in all the bob white Is
very useful to the farmer, and while
It may not be uecessary to remove it
from the list of game birds every
farmer should see that his own farm
is not depleted by sportsmen.
Father Foota the Bill.
Father (having just accepted cigar
from son)— And what do you pay for
these? Son—Two for a quarter. Fa
ther—What! And I content myself
with two for a dime! Son—Well, you
know, dad, our cases are different If
! I had as large a fantfly as you to sup
port I shouldn't smoke at all—Boston
Transcript
Watch and Watch.
First Pickpocket— Here he comes,
nowl Second Pickpocket—All right
You keep a watch on 'lm while I take
a watch off 'lm!— London Answers.
Where to Find It
Wigwag—l never knew such a fel
low as BJones. He Is always looking
for trouble. Henpeckke— Then why
doesn't b* get married.?
WHAT "SHOCK" MEANS.
How It May Affect th*. Physical and
Mental Systems.
In medical language "shook" menus
the depression of the vital forces, both
mental and physical The condition
may result from many causes and may
vary from n fnintness and {wilior that
soon disappear to a state so desperate
that the sufferer dies of it. as in the
case of serious accident or difficult
surgical operations.
Shock may also be the result of an
overpowering emotion, like great ter
ror. That kind of shock is ofteu seen
in the survivors of any terrible acci
dent. Many who have not got so much
as a scratch suffer for a long time from
a state of impaired health. Sometimes
their nervous systems are so badly
shattered that they never entirely re
cover. That is one of the many reasons
why foolish practical jokes are wrong.
It is not funny to dress up like a ghost,
to jump out on timid children from be
hind doors, to play "jokes" with dead
mice or snakes. And such pleasantries
are dangerous as well as stupid. Many
an unfortunate child has been made
the slave of fear all his life by reason
of a shock that some playmate gave
him in his youth. The remedies that
the physician uses are those which will
restore the blood to its normal flow
and stimulate the vital functions. For
shock associated with great loss of
blood the best thing is to inject salt
solution. For shock without hemor
rhage. a stimulant of some kind is gen
erally given.—Youth's Companion.
KITCHEN SINKS.
They Are Low Yet Because They Had
to Be Low Originally.
In a recent issue of the Survey the
question why kitchen sinks have been
made so low was discussed. No oue
seemed able to explain. Finally a
certain maker discovered thnt the orig
inal sinks were made when the wash
ing of dishes and other sink work was
done In wooden tubs with high sides.
Such a tub when used in a high sink
came up too far. so the sink was made
low. Furthermore, as running water
and fixed faucets had not long been
made, the tub had to be lifted out of
the sink and the lower the sink the
lighter the lift
Through Improvements In faucets,
dishpans and other accessories of
kitchen sinks have been made no one
has seemed to realize that the sink
1 could be improved by raising. So
women were —and are—compelled to
endure discomfort when doing their
ordinary household work.
"There may be a certain percentage
of inconvenience to be reached before
the human mind grasps the fact that
something must be altered," remarks
1 the Journal of the American Medical
association.
"The wise inventor attains a reputa
tion for brilliancy by making his in
vention before the need becomes ob
vious to others."
Fashionable Fainting.
In an old English scrap book Is the
following clipping, dated June 1, 1790:
No Woman can now discover ber
Distinction of true Breeding better
than by a well-timed Faint at the
musical Festival In Westminster Ab
bey. The Noble Managers tiy from
their Box to her Assistance. "Whys
she?"—" Lovely Girl!"-"Feeling Cul
ture!" instantly reverberates from one
Aisle to another. But like all tonlsh
Airs, this. It seems, is now descending
to inferior Ranks; for no less than
three City Ladles were among the five
female Fainters of Saturday last- To
1 prevent therefore the further Extent
of this fashionable Influenza the Man
agers. we learn, intend issuing Some
thing like the following Notice, In Imi
tation of the Lord Chamberlain's No
tice to the Courtly Dancers, viz:
"Such Ladies who intend to Faint at
the next Abbey Performance, are de
sired to send their Names, Rank, and
Places of Abode to Mr. Ashley, on or
before 12 o'clock to-morrow; that a
sufficient Proportion of Bars Rest may
be set apart, in Order to give to the
whole Performance the desired Ef
fect 1"
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Waylaying Mendelssohn.
After the London performance of "St.
Paul" by the Sacred Harmonic society
at Exeter hall In 1837 Mendelssohn's
coach was waylaid at midnight OD his
way to Dover, but instead ot being
robbed the composer WHS presented
with a silver snuffbox by a group of
devotees. He had behaved with charm
ing grace In an awkward incident.
The London performance In question
was to have been conducted by him.
But the Birmingham festival was just
due. and he was the great attraction
there in the Rame oratorio. It was felt
that his appearance as conductor in
London at that Juncture would detract
from the importance of his visit to
Birmingham. Mendelssohn saw the
point and canceled his London en
gagement. But he attended the per
formance and wns so winning to all
concerned—audience, performers, offi
cials—that he turned a disappointment
into a scene of wild enthusiasm. '
Strong Talker.
"Mr. Smith, won't you please talk
to me?"
"Why. certainly, my little girl But
what do you want me to say?"
"Won't you please talk like you did
wbea you were talking to yourself in
the library when the dog Jumped at
you? Mine's so straight, and mamma
said the way you talked made her hair
curl."—Baltimore American.
Finesse.
"What did you tell your wife when
you got home from the club last
night V
"I told her she was the sweetest
woman in the world." K|*okaue
Bpoke&uiuij Let jew.