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The Washington herald., 1914-10-16
DUTCH TOWN TREMBLES
AS HEAVY GUNS FIRED
Germans. Are Reported at Maldegem
Though Exact Location Not
Known.

Rotterdam, Oct. 15-At oostburg. on
the Dutch frontier. about seven miles
from Bruges, the houses were trembling
today with the reverberations caused by
the firing of heavy guns. No definite in
formation about the battle has come
through.
In the neighborhood of Oostburg the
refugees are streaming over the frontier.
From another source It is reported the
Germans have arrived at Maldegem, on
the road between Eecloo and Bruges-
Despite the rain, the endeavors to IN
duce the refugees to return to Antwerp
do not yet seem to be meeting with
much success and the Dutch are appre-
hensive that an epidemic OF disease
may break out A number of cases of
scarlet fever. which under suSA condi-
tons is very deadly, have been reported.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-16

blown up and shattered in lamentabIe
state
When the sounds OF firing had died
away we quietly slipped down into the
town. Complete darkness had set in. The
Germans. on retiring, had cut on the
water supply and the electric light, and
the only light, in La Ferte that night was
afforded by the lambs carried by the
soldiers.
Down by the river the British engineers
were putting the finishing touches to a
pontoon bridges bridge they finished, all
complete, in about two hours. Our troops
were already preparing to cross.
So swiftly does the British army move
that when We arose with dawn the next
morning we found our troops had melted
away in the night. Even the poontoon
bridge had disappeared.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-16
HEADACHE STOPS
NEURALGIA GONE
Dr.. James Headache Powders Give
Instant ReE:f-cost Dime
Package.

Nerve-rackinE. splitting, or dull, throb-
Ilng headaches yield in Just a few mo-
ments to DR.. James Headache Powders,
which cost only 10 cents a package at
any drug store It's the quickest. surest
headache relief in the whole world. Don't
sufreri Relieve the agony and distress
newi You can. Millions eof men and
women have found that headache or
neuralgia misery Is needless. Get what
you ash for.-AdN
The Washington herald., 1914-10-16
BEAR IS NIGHT wATCHMAN.

Bristol. Pa, Oct. I5.-DT c. Hanna.
manager Of the Eddington dlstiIlery. has
prepared against q visit OF burglars by
putting a large black bear on guard as
night watchman. Mr.. Hanna was pre-
sented with the bear by Massachusetts,
friends, which, although a cub in years.
weighs $50 pounds.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-16
Rheims Cathedral Hit by
Another Shell, Paris Hears

Paris, Oct. ia dispatch to
the Temps says that another
German she'll fell on the Rheims
cathedral yesterday, destroying
the gallery of the apse. Three
sheIls denoiisAed part Of the law
eourts. Pahlic Attorney Bessui
was buried IN the ruins. but he
was extrieated. suffering merely
erom ahock.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-16
BOY HAS FIVE GRANDMAS.
Won Prize and It's Feared He'll he
spoiled"

Connersville, Ind. Oct 15.-Maynard.
one-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Her
sehel Jarvis, Of Harrisburg, has fve
living grandmothers. His greats great
grandmother, Mrs. Nancy Hackleman, il
ninety-three years old.
The two great-grandmothers are Mrs.
Martha Ludlow, Of LongwOOd. and Mrs.
James S. Jarvis, Of Hubers. The grand
mothers are Mrs William B. Jarvis and
Mrs. Homer T. Hackleman, Of Harris
burg.
The child won first prize at the baby
show at the free fair. at which event
all the ancestors named were present
and it was predicted that the young
one would certainly be spoiled.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-16
British Sent Her Food.

A column Of British troops arrived after
the Germans had left. In accents Of
Warmest gratitude she told me how the
British officers, finding that she ana her
OLD mother were practically starving, sent
soloisrs with ample supplies of biscuits
and bully beef, and offered them money,
winch they would not accent. OF their
The Washington herald., 1914-10-16
FAILING BOULDER KILLS
THREE on PASSING TRAIN

Denver. Oct 15.-Dropping 100 feet from
a prsoipice, twenty.ton boulder today
crashed down upon q Denver and Rio
Grande train, crushed q steel coach like
an egsshell, killed three passengers and
seriously injured fourteen others.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-16
HELPED
STRICKEN FRENCH
Germans Said to Have De-
stroyed Inns Fixtures After
Drinking Its Wine.
SEES ONLY DESTRUCTION
Photographer ReoOunb How British
Defeated Enemies at La Ferte-sOus-
Jouarre and Pursued Them.
SEES ONLY DESTRUCTION
ial osbls TO ne Washinrtoa Herald.

Special csbls to The washington Herad.
FaT1s, Oct. Ia photographer who has
been on a tour of the French battle
nelds making pictures, has written the
following account of what he saw:
arrived at Crecy about 10 o'clock on
Wednesday night by bicycle from Paris,
which, with a companion, had left at
10 o'clock that morning. The previous
day there had been an advance guard
affair between the British and the Ger
man cavalry, which resulted in the latter
being driven out of the town, where the
British were in occupation when We ar
rived.
Next morning very early we mounted
our bicycles again and started on in the
direction Of La Ferte-sous-Jouarre, IN
perfect weather.
Room Was Ransacked.
Half an hours pedaling brought US to
q little village, st. Blandin, where we en-
countered the first signs of German war
making in France. The village street
was silent and deserted. We halted out
side the only cabaret (tavern) in the
place. The shutters were up The door
was closed and remained closed to our
knocking.
Peering through the window We des-
cried q woman standing seemingly help
less over an old woman on a couch. At
our cry Of "Anglaisr' the younger wo-
man opened the door. To our request for
anything to drink she made a mute
gesture Of despair. She led the way into
the house. --.-,-
A scene of destruction met our eyes.
The little narrow room had been ran
sacked. The rows of bottles On shelves
behind the long bar had been smashed
Amid this scene Of desolation the woman,
wife Of the innkeeper, who was with
the French army, told me her simple
story:
Three days before, a squadron Of Ger
man cavalry arrived in the village. They
went to the cabaret. The officers ordered
drinks and walked out without paying,
and the men followed their example
AFTER they had drunk up everything at
the bar, they demanded champagne. ana
When there was none-as the woman told
US she had nothing to give-they COM
PEELED her with levelled revolvers to lead
the way TO the cellar. She complied in an
agony OF dread. In the cellar the men
drank all the wine in the bottles and
then turned their attention to the wine
tasks
They drank as much as they could from
the casks, took away pailfuls Of the wine
they could not drink. and broke up the
remainder Of the casks, needless Of the
woman's fearful laments Not content
with this wanton destruction, the SOL
diers killed all the fowls the woman
kept, cut on her water supply, and
finally carried on all her winter supply
Of frewood.
British Sent Her Food.
A column OF British troops arrived after
tne Germans had left. In accents of |
Warmest gratitude she told me how the /
British officers, finding that she ana her
old mother were practically starving, sent |
soioisrs with ample supplies of biscuits
ana bully beef and offered them money
The Washington herald., 1914-10-16
GERMANS FORCED BACK
IN FRANCE BY ALLIES
Won Kluck's Line of Communication
Threatened Near Ypres-New
Great Battle May Be On.
RESULT MAY BE KNOWN SOON

Qn the following dispatch the corre-
spondent, within the limits of the Ian
guage which he might use without suf-
ferinE the important character OF the In
formation to be lost through the censor's
excisions, has attempted to convey to
the public the location Of the battle
along the Franco-Belgian border, upon
which rests the success Of the German
sweep Of the North Sea coast. He To-
Gates the battle at q place which had
its full share Of fighting early yesterday
morning." Gnd from which the civilian
population, which had twice previously
evacuated, has left for the third time"
This aptly describes Ypres, in which
the French were dislodEed by the Ger
mans and then later returned to reoccupy
it)
In the. north Of France (nams of town
deIeted by censor), Oct. 1.-THE scene Of
battle continues to shift Where the
main British forces is know, but I
cannot say. The public may have con-
hdence that IL is in the best position
to give a grand account Of itself, and
may soon rid France Of the invader
now. It is on q north and south line
which is not straight because the Ger
mans are sorely pressed from different
quarters and have had to concede ground
after desperate lighting.
The forces Of the allies are pressing
everywhere and Il seems we shall not
have to wait long for the result.
The Germans have no position like ths
line OF the Aisne to defend and this win
be no long drawn-out duel between heavy
artillery.
The German line Of communication IL
threatened and Won Kluck has more
anxieties than Sir John French and Gen.
Joffre.
have Just returned from the region
where the preliminaries Of the big battle
hav been decided and the feverish
anxiety with which the Germans threw
army corp into the district yesterday
suggests that that is the spot around
which the great forces will meet. This
place had its full share Of fighting early
yesterday morning and the civilian popu-
lation which had twice previously evacu-
atsd left for the third time.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
MAKING WAR UPON INSECTS
Often Found More Effective to Use
Mechanical Means Than That OF
Hand or Of Repellents.

In the small garden. hand methods
OF fighting insects are usually en-
ployed: and 1t is often found more
effective to protect the plant by me-
chanical means than to kill the insects.
Thus, cut worms may be prevented
from destroying newly transplanted
cabbages and tomatoes by wrapping Q
piece Of heavy paper around the stem
of each plant at the time Of transplant
ing. This method is fully as effective
as scattering poisoned bran mash
about the garden day or two before
setting the plants. Likewise the
striped beetles which invariably attack
cucumbers melons and squashes, can
be kept away from the plants by COW
ering Of mosquito bar or cheese cloth
stretched over light frame or bot
tomless box made for each hill. This
IL a more effective method than is the
use OF repellents. like turpentlne or
crude carbolic acid. mixed with ashes
or land plaster, and Is we'll adapted to
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
WORTHY SUMMER BEE HINTS
Beginner Should Devote His Opera
tions to Getting "chunk" Honey
Simplest and Best Way.


Living In rural community and be-
ing in almost daily contact with for
mer friends, who would like to produce
honey but do not know how to 80 to
work. the writer IL in position to
advise, and will commence by saying:
Do not try to produce comb honey In
pound sections. because that ID the
province Of the expert, and the high
est attainment OF the bee keepers drt.
writes A. F. Benzey of Iowa in Farm
ers' Review, Rather devote your ener-
gies to getting chunk" comb honey.
There are different degrees of skill
shown even in this simple art. and
purpose telling Of the simplest and
best way. as follows:
The bees brought through the win
ter and up to June activity, watch the
white clover. When the bees are seen
on 1t go to your hive, give them few
puffs of smoke. remove. ga, three
frames Of brood from the brood box
(hive). replace them with frames con-
tanning foundation or comb. put on a
"wood-wire" queen excluder, put the
frames of brood in a hive with enough
frames filled with comb to fill 1t, put
this over the other, cover and leave
the bees for two weeks. At this time
lift the cover. using little smoke, of
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
EARN AN EASY DOLLAR zss, Be. 5si;s9sss -; RsS;
JUST MATTER OF DIPLOMACY
Fathers Quick Thought Saved Baby
Daughter--From Being Afflicted
With Fantastic Name.

Some time ago pretty little baby
girl arrived at a happy suburban
home and Immediately the entire fam
lily, including aunts. cousins and moth
ers-in-law, were busy selecting an ap-
propriate name. Harry" joyously
cried mother. when the father re-
turned home one evening, Il have de-
cided on name for the baby. We
will call her Gwendolyn." For mo-
ment the father did hard piece Of
thinking. The name Gwendolyn sound
ed to him like fire whistle out of
tune. but he knew better than openly
to oppose mother. Therefore he grew
foxy. "Gwendolyn! Gwendolyn" he
musingly replied. Il like that whole
lot, dear. Long before met you had
girl named Gwendolyn, and She"
who said anything about Gwendo-
lyn?" icily interjected wifey. Your
hearing must be defective. l said
we will call the baby Mary, after my
mother"
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17

the small garden, where only a few
hills OF the vine crops are grown.
When plants are attacked by any Of
the larger insects, like tomato worms
or celery caterpillars, the quickest
way to dispose Of the insects is to
knock them of. and crush them under
foot. Hand picking may also be EN-.
ployed for destroying the eggs of
squash bugs and potato beetles. For
some Of the smaller leaf-eating insects.
1t may be necessary to resort to the
use Of spray materials. In the small
garden these oan usually be applied
with sufficient thoroughness by the use
OF sprinkling can or an atomizer.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
STATECAPITAL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
VAST AREA FOR HoMEsEEKER.
There Are 1,t64.531 Acres in Denve,
District That May Be Filled On by
Settlers.

OSessS'Os
Denver-The unappropriated and
unreserved lands. open to settlement
In the Denver land district of Colo
rado total at present 1,l6i,53l acres.
This district includes sixteen counties
surrounding Denver and extending
northward to the Wyoming line and
comprises approximately one-fourth Of
the state of Colorado,
This figure does not include forest
reserves and other land Withdrawals
made by the government for special
purposes, but only those lands open
to entry as homesteads mining and
desert claims.
Owing to the wet year and the fine
crops OF the dry farmer, the number
Of entries made for the year ending
June 80 last greatly exceeds those of
previous years. Approx ESQ.,
900 acres were filed on in the Denver
district alone.
The number of contested claims
which varies directly with the inter-
est taken in public lands. averages
now about ten each day.
Larimer county contains the larg-
est number of vacant acres of govern
ment land with a total of $4,000.
Douglas county has the smallest mum.
her, with total Of 4,7G0. The coun-
ties containing mineral lands still un-
occupied are Boulder, Clear Creek,
Eagle. Gilpin, Routt and Summit for
the Denver district.
The agricultural lands are listed in
Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Larimer.
Morgan and Weld counties. Grazing,
mountainous, arid and broken lands
form the remainder.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
High Price for Dickens Work.

Lovers of Dickens will be pleased
to hear that copy Of "Pickwick"
has just been sold In the English mar
ket for $2,475. This was first edi-
ton, which Messrs Sotheby put up
the other day from the late Capt r..
]. H. Douglas property. The highest
previous record for similar edition
was obtained In New York, where the
bidding reached $1.4O0. No Dickens
ian seems to doubt that the copy sold
is the finest copy extant. 1t has all
the points which appeal to collect
or; all the parts are the earliest IL
sue, and contains all the advertise
ments; all the covers Of the parts are
dated 1886; the plates by Seymour.
Buss and "Phiz" are all in the earliest
state. Four parts contain the "ad-
dresses" by the author, and three the
"addresses' by the publishers. In
fact, there Is not flaw to be found.
The present possessor of the edition
is Mr.. Robson.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
Plan to Stand ardixe Schools.

Denvcr.-No modern educational
problem has been the source of more
study in an attempt to solve than the
standardization of rural schools. State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mary c. G. Bradford has evolved a
tentative plan to accomplish this pur-
pose In Colorado. As a beginning in
the proposed standardization Mrs.
Bradford proposes to issue three
grades of certificates. to be issued to
three grades of county schools. The
first grade would be issued to those
schools complying with the largest
number of the requirement outlined.
The second to those schools possess
Ing lesser number of Qualifica-
tions, and the third to the schools
demonstrating the minimum OF eff
cheney and equipment that could be
accepted by the public school depart
ment as emitting them to state recog-
milton of this sort
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
ITCHING SALT RHEuM

Oxford, Mont. salt rheum
started with little white pimples.
When scratched they would burn
and itch and later on they would fill
up, break and spread and get red all
around. It came on my thigh. When
the pimples broke, Just enough fluid
ran out to form scales. 1t seemed
to enlarge the sores and they felt like
saw-teeth when my clothing rubbed
over them. underwent treatment
for quite a while but got no relief.
In fact got worse I was getting SO
that it troubled me very much, as it
got so I hated 10 move my limb for
fear to crack open the sores which
covered my left limb from my hip to
my ankle. The sores were from the
size of pea to the size Of q silver
dollar.
II got cake of Cuticura Soap and
box of Cuticura Ointment. The very
first treatment gave me ease and from
then on with every treatment l could
see change. Four weeks from the
time l started with the Cuticura Soap
and Ointment was entirely we'll with
out scar" (Signed) F. L. Layton,
Apr 80, 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample OF each
free.wlth 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston."-Adv.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17

course, and II you find that the bees
have commenced to cap some Of the
honey in the frames take the hive OF
and put still another on full Of comb
of foundation. Replace the first hive
and go away. resting assured that you
will have big yield from that hive.
Store the frames Of honey In .
warm. dry place. cutting out the honey
as it is needed. but remember to leave
one-half an inch or more Of comb on
top bar to start the bees next season.
This arrangement does away with
having to watch the bees and insures
full crop Of honey.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
Affairs. Reversed.

An Irish tenant farmer returning
from somewhat distant market late
one afternoon, missed his way and got
into bog hole, where he stuck fast.
His landlord, who knew the locality,
CHANGING to pass shortly afterward on
horseback, noticed his tenants dilem-
ma, and smilingly shouted out:
Hello. Pat! You've got fixity OF
tenure now"
Yes, begorra!" calculated Pat
And I'd be moightily obliged il yer
honor wud evict me-" sE
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17

Usually the millet may be mown and
stacked early in September and the
field hurriedly cultivated and sown to
rye, which will make excellent fall
pasturage at time when 1t Is most
needed.
The wheat or rye fields may be
utilized In the same manner. and be-
ing somewhat earlier, are better adapt
ed to growing double crops than the
oats stubble.
The potato patch may be made to
double its profits by sowing 1t to mil
let, cane or kaiir corn after it has been
laid by. Sowing the ground to some
other product also wields the bene-
flcial influence Of keeping down the
weed pests which always bob up after
you stop blowing the potato vines and
which, where unmolested. furnish mil
lions of seeds for propagating rank
and troublesome growth Of weeds the
next season, besides helping to drain
the soil OF its fertility.
Or II one will dig the potatoes from
the early patch they will bring high
price at that season. and the ground
may be sown again to rape for hog
pasture.
Late tomatoes. cabbages and turnips
also may be raised among the potato
vines as successfully as though they
occupied plot by themselves.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
cny NJ. coyERpELL.,

(By M. covERDELL.)
While two crops season on a piece
Of ground will bring double profit.
there is. of course, corresponding
double amount Of vitality sapped from
the soil. and the frequent application
Of good fertilizer is imperative. lest
the ground soon become thin and un.
productive.
In the garden one may utilize for
second and even third crops the beds
In which early peas. beans. radishes
and lettuce were grown.
The same is true of the early sweet
corn. It is advisable not to plant the
same article twice In the same spot In
succession, but rotate the products the
same as in field rotation OF crops.
A well prepared seed bed at each
planting is almost essential, and q
sprinkling Of fine rich manure will
prove very beneficial to the growing
plants and in maintaining soil fertility
Sow oats as early as possible in the
spring. NOW them for hay Just a few
days in advance of the time they would
be reaped for the grain; remove them
from the field as soon as they are suf
ficiently cured. and stack we'll for fu'
ture feeding purposes.
Then put as many teams in the field
rs can be spared. Stir the ground
quickly and thoroughly. Immediately
sowing 1t to nillet.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
Planting for Future Seed.

Few farmers feel that they have
time to give to an elaborate corn-breed.
ing plot. but none of them is so busy
that he can't take time to select the
best hundred ears in his supply Of
seed. and, after testing to be sure Of
Its vitality, plant in q plot on the south
or west side of his main field.
Doing this will not only simplify the
matter OF selecting the seed ears next
fall, but the location of the best and
most thrifty type Of corn in the POSI-
ton mentioned will mean that much
of the remainder of the field wilt be
fertilized by the tassels on these bet
ter stalks.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
Suit. Filed to Lower Coal Rates.

Denver.-Two new cases for reduc-
tion of the rates on coal from the
northern field to Denver was filed
with the State Railroad Commission
by the Consumers league. In one
the league charges that the roads
have entered into Conspiracy to
disregard and defy decisions made
by the railroad commission and the
District Court regarding the rates
from the northern field. The Colora-
do G. Southern, burlington, Union Pa
cific, Denver & salt Lake, Denver &
Rio Grande, and Denver & mtermoun.
tain are the defendants.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
Art for Arts Sake.

Our friend Reginald was telling
about an artist Of his acquaintance.
why" said he, "the fellow painted
cobwebs in all the corners of his
studio and made the things SO nat
ural that the servant girl worked for
all of two hours trying to get rid
of them"
Ridiculous" said Ermyntrude,"
perfectly ridiculous. I'm quite will.
ing to believe the artist Is as clever
as you say. But I know there was
never o servant girl so Industrious"
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
Republicans Lose on Election Judges.

Republicans Lose on Election Judges.
Denver.-The coming primaries and
fall election will be conducted in Den
yer by Democratic and Progressive
election officials. Judge Allen in the
District Court decided that the Pro-
gressives. and not the Republicans.
were entitled to name One-half OF the
officials under controversy. As the
Supreme Court has adjourned for the
summer, Judge Aliens decision will
stand until after the primaries, at
least, unless the court should take
the matter up on writ Of super
seadeas.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
Have Every Variety.

The garden and orchard should con-
tain every fruit and vegetable that will
grow in the region and that the fam
lily likes. There should be enough
varieties to cover the season.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
state Plans sale OF 2so,ooo Acres.

Denver.-Two hundred and fifty
thousand acres of land now held un.
der. lease from the state, or through
the Carey act, viii be sold to actual
settlers In maximum tracts of 800
acres within the next three months,
according to plans arranged by the
State Land Board.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-17
Some Country.

What part OF Europe pleased you
most?" asked the American.
Germany" replied the returned
tourist.
why Germany" asked the Ameri.
can. "tsrt 81
why, in Germany man ia still
considered as being as good as a wom-
an" replied the returned tourist
Cincinnati Enquirer.