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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-01-09
Great Britain's Losses.

The British casualty lists have been
published regularly but those OF the
rank aud Ole are from "a month to
i've weeks behind. Premier Asqulth
stated ON Nov l3 that Britain's total
casualties up 20 Oct "a were $1,000
But the Intervening days had seen
some OF the nercest lighting Of the
war on the western front, and uu
Nov. - Lord Newton speaking ap.
parcntly with knowledge. though not
officially. put the British casualties at
10000. and unofficial estimates up 10
the end Of the year place the British:
casualties az 100000.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-01-09
]. SIX MILLION MEN.
FEARFUL COST OF
All Records Of Carnage and
Expenditure Broken, Ac- !.
cording to Figures Of
Foreign StatiSticianS.

= 's'.-l.. -l-..s.s.-.-s -i..-i..s-..s.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-01-09

100000 has been expended and untold
billions more u money have gone no
Wastc 10 consequence of the paralysis
of production
Germany and Austria together are
estimated lo have lost 3.5OO.OoO men Ia
battle. of whom GO000O were Killed.
The allies losses lon men foot up more
thaU 100000, of whom 100000 arc
dead.
Scrya has lost 10000 men killed.
wounded and missing
Germany aud Austria have expended
S2.100O0000O. the allies Si5oo00O0Oo
Cost Of War In Men.
Careful study and comparison of the
available statements ANA estimates OF
casualties Of all sorts, killed wounded
and missing. are conclusive upon that
point
IN thc cases of Russia. France. Bel
GUM Austria and Servia no official
lists have been published. and any in
formation is deducblc only from un
official estimates. while In Germany
thr only lists available deal with
the pwssiau losses Those OF Bavaria
SaXuny aul Wurttcmberg are not uu
tLoriiauvcly published According 10
the latest Prussiau casualty lists
bringing The figures up a. the begin
MIN OF November The total losses. in
Guiding dead. wounded and missing
Among Tie irts.l troops were 1G3
2o2 while tir total casualties al all
thc armip- %, tuc German statcs cul
culapd up ,u tac same date, are said
10 De- 25UUU Killed 10000 missing
and Sl1UaO wounded
no these lguTes must hc added tho
-timats of tbr casualties in the deht
ine Cor thc u-J two months. which
Wc hcpu particularly heavy in 20
lan1 ud Duo thc east of France or al
most l0uu"J u BILLED wounded ana
captured
Hence, according To tile best iuforma
ton available. Germany as whole
hoe fogf tfpeo uUor IS Ono 900 mon Ia
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-01-09
SHIPPING ALMOST
SAME AS MURDER
Oxford Professor Fighting In
Trench Finds II So.
AWFUL NEW GERMAN SHELL

IT Is Called the Minenwerter and Is
Two Feet Long--lt smaShes the
Earthworks and Blows Men to Bits,
Supplying and Poisoning Others.
Shot from Distance Of 500 Yards.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
Naming . Vest Size.

A curious item fin the trade slang of hosiers is the term "pope's size" ap- piled to vests. They classify the scale of chest measurements for these as: Small mems, 90 inches; slender mems. 34 inches; mems. 80 inches; pope's, % inches; out size, 42 inches.
 The origin of this term. which has been current for nearly a century. was discussed some years ago in Notes and Queries, when it was stated on good authority that it had no connec- ton with the successors of St. Peter
 It appears that the head of an old firm of west end hosiers, Messrs. Pope x Plante ordered this size to be made specially for his own personal use. and the manufacturer called it after him for want of n better name.- London Tatler.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
Glaciers of Nehraska.

Many of the physical features of eastern Nebraska were produced by sheets of ice that invaded the region during and after the earlier stages of the great ice age. At the opening of the glacial epoch the great Keewatin glacier spread southward and covered large parts of the Dakotas. Minnesota and Iowa and extended thence into eastern Nebraska. where it was proba. ply several hundred feet thick. This first stage of glaciation was brought 10 close by the melting of the ice in warmer interglacial time or stage the Aftonian. A remarkable assem- blaze of animals invaded the region after the ice had disappeared. and the bones and teeth of many of these ani- mals have been found in the Aftonian deposits of western Iowa. The late Professor Samuel Calvin identified the remains of horses. camels. stags, ele- plants, mastodons. mammoths and sloths. .. #.. #
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
Anti Air Craft Shells.

Special shells have 10 be used In anti-air craft guns. for the ordinary shell fired into the mir cannot be seen in its flight. and the gunner would have no idea whether he went near his target or not. So tracer" shells are used in anti-air craft guns.
 This shell leaves a trail of smoke by day and fire by night, so that its flight can clearly be seen, and the gunner is able to observe how far off his target he is.
 The tracer has in its base an in. fammable composition which is fired as the shell leaves the gun. The actual base of the shell has in 1t number of holes. through which the smoke streams as the shell makes its way through the mir. At night a 1rework attachment to the base of the shell takes the place of the smoke compost. ton.
 The shell itself is a high explosive shrapnel-that is to say. 1t is shell with thick steel high explosive head and thin steel body filled with bull lets. When 1t bursts the flying frag' ments of thick steel from the head smash up the aeroplane or Zeppelin, while the flying bullets kill or wound the aviators.-pearson's.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
Tho Greek Language.

In ancient times. before the con quest of Alexander the Great, there were many differences in the dialects spoken in different parts of Greece. About 330 B. C. a common dialect, sometimes called Hellenistic Greek, arose. This Is the Greek of the New Testament. By 800 A. D. the differ ences between the spoken and written language had become so great that the literary language was supplanted by the spoken. From this time the Ian guage has been further changed in grammar. infection and by the intro ductloh of loan words from other Ian guages, notably from the Italian and Turkish. Since the Greek kingdom was established in 1890 there has been a movement toward the ancient idiom. This has resulted again in a gap be- tween spoken and written Greek. The new movement has made such prog ress. however, that 1t is not too much to say that n modern newspaper would be now intelligible to Plato.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
EIan Funerals.

Britain is probably the only country that has ever allowed historical regi- mental flags to go in the pawnshop or auction room. As an instance, the First battalion Gloucester regiment in 1886 recovered from a pawnbroker at York four flags which the regiment had borne from 1795 to 1910 through the Egyptian and peninsular cam. paigns.
 Another flag which for three years had proudly waved over the gallant Thirty ninth foot during the great siege of Gibraltar was actually found covering the soft cushions of a trades mans sitting room.
 In the year 1888 Il pair of old colors belonging to the Second battalion Dor. der regiment were rescued by Lord Archibald Campbell from London upholsterer who had advertised them for sale as if they had been mere win. dow curtains. These flags were after ward preserved at Kendall Parish church, and probably they are there still.
 To prevent old colors meeting similar fates 10 the foregoing many of them have been cremated with great cere- mony and the ashes carefully preserv- cd In d box. Others have been buried with full military honors. - London Globe.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
Jupiter's Belts.

It has been suggested by Lau that !he reason Jupiter has belts instead of zones of spots is to be found in its rapid rotation. The material forced upward from the lower strata of the planet. bringing with a smaller linear velocity than that of the surface. streams eastward and assumes the ap- pearance of elongated streaks. If the centers of eruption are sufficiently nu- merous belts are formed, and it is sug- gested that. were the suns rotation much more rapid than it is, the solar surface at spot maximum would also present dark streaks or belts. In ac- cordance with this theory of belt for nation the Scientific American notes that the great revival of Jupiter's north equatorial belt in 1912-13 began with the outbreak of a few isolated dark spots. which quickly spread out around the planet. b..
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
Harmless Flowers.

What a freedom from cares and per. JIexities one finds among the flowers. They are never unkind. You may be with them from morning till night and hot have one bitter memory or disa yreeable thought to take with you tc your pillow. A tiger lily won't dig its laws into your breast, the calla lily will not prolong her call indefinitely The sweet Williams honeyed personal. ity is honest and sincere; sweetness that will not under fancied provoca fion turn into vinegary revenge. The snowdrops will not chill you with cold words and looks. The dogwood will not bark at you or dog your footsteps. .Iack-in-the-pulpit does not prach toe loudly or make awkward gestures, talk. ing your mind insensibly from the heavenly message .ke Is striving to de. liver and which your soul earnestly desires to grasp, the mind being will ing but the body weak. - Christian Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
Ghost of the Castle.

Hurstmonceaux castle. about the "restorition' of which antiquaries ap. pear to be perturbed. is strictly forti fled mansion-what Cromwell called "a strong house"-rather than a castle and probably the only English strong. hold since Roman times that was built of brick. If once possessed the tallest and noisiest ghost in Europe. He was nine feet high and used to stride along the battlements on stormy nights beat ing u big drum. Some kill joy skeptic seems to have discovered that this ghost was really a gardener signaling to Pevensey smugglers, with whom he was in league. Whoever he was, he achieved dramatic immortality through being introduced into a play by Addi- son.-Westminster Gazette.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
erummeps Friends Wardrobe.

In George TVS wardrobe were found many things that could not be offered for sale countless bundles of women's love letters. women's gloves and locks of women's hair. These were destroy ed, And 800 pocketbooks came 10 light. all containing sums of money f10,000 in all was thus collected. For the king was great hoarder and yet systematic in his hoarding. He carried the catalogue of his wardrobe in his head and could, 1t is said. call for anything at any moment. He would have made an ideal curator of a mu- seum.-London Chronicle.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
Hymns at $500 a Yard.

A musical composer once said to NIT Sankey with more frankness than courtesy that he could write such tunes as those of the Gospel Hymn Book by the yard if he were willing to come down to it. "Well, sir, all l have to say is that am willing to pay $500 a yard either to you or to any body else for all the tunes you can bring me like those in our Gospel Hymn Book"
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
A eeoaraphieal Superstition.

Durazzo owes its name to supersti- ton, for it was originally called Epi- damnus up to the time of its capture by the Romans, from whom 1t received its present name on the ground that the old title sounded like an evil omen to those in whose language ''damnum" meant "1oss."-London Standard.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
pickino In Gossip.

My wife thinks these arc strenuous times"
 Whats the trouble?"
 "She can't be in two places at once. If she listens at the air shaft she'll miss what is going on over the party wire."-Louisville Courier-JournaL
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
Illustration.

"That girl ahead of us reminds me of a flower, but l can't recall just what one"
 "Oh, look! She's just tripped on banana peelw
 Now know. She's lady slipper" Baltimore American.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
Mot Severed Quite.

"He told me that the bullet had sev- cred his vocal cords"
 But how could he talk?"
 "Oh. he spoke brokenly, to be sure" Buffalo Express.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
Described.

"What sort of fellow is JibworthY
 "Very impractical. He's the sort of man who would elect to take sight seeing trip in n submarine. e."-Birming- ham Age-TIerald.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
Congratulations.

What a beautiful womanp
 I'm glad you think so. That is my wife"
 '1 congratulate you, old man. It must be a pleasure to lose every argu- ment to a woman like that."-Detroit Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30
The Explanation.

''Dr. Curem is going every day from bad to worse"
 Hasn't taken to drink, has hep
 "Oh. no; merely visiting h.s pa tients. Richmond Times Dispatch.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30

Reason cannot show Itself more req sonable than to cease reasoning on things above reason.-Sir r. Sidney.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30

The danger of pride is that it shuts the door to real greatness coming in.- Frederick Lynch.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-30

10 Odd Winter and Spring Suits, former OE 00 prices up to $25.O For this Sale. e......... OO.UO
 20 Poplin Serge and Cheviot Suits o1E OO formerly S25.OO For this Sale. Ol lO.OO
 20 Fur Trimmed Suits in Navy, form t1 OO price $l500 to $1975. For this Sale.. OlO.OO
 35 Gabardne, Wool Poplin and English Tweed form CT price up to $32 50 For this hO\ 0O ..
 50 Broadcloth, Gabardine and Jersey Cloth Suits, former prices up to $49.50. For this NOE 00 Oale VE~OsOO
 10 Odd Plush and Cheyot Coats, former 0E OO prices up to $20 CO., For this Sale. OO.UO
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-10
CARRIERS.

Carriers, Oct. 9.-W. N. Hartgrove
and r. A. Battenfield were Camp
Walton visitors Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Mckee returned
Sunday from two weeks vacation
spent in points in Alabama.
Mr.. S. M. Johnson and w. R.
Brown were buciness visitors to Camp
Walton Sunday.
Mr.. j. w. Helms had the misfor-
tune to lose valuable horse. He
came over here from Crestview and
as he drove into the yard at Mr.. w
R. Browns his horse dropped dead.
Mr.. P. L. Hand entertained some
friends from Pensacola several days
last week.
Mrs. w. N. Hartgrove spent Sun.
day with Mrs. w. r. Brown.
Capt. E. H. Rutan and family ano
Mrs. S. M. Johnson and children were
callers at w. N. Hartgrove's Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. G. B. Anchors, who has beer
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Hartgrovt
during the time he was engaged a
Camp Pinchot, returned to his home
at Rocky Bayou Saturday morning.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-10
Farmers Should Bring
Products for Exhibit.

Thousands Of people from all sec
tions of the United States will attend
the Escambia county fair this year.
Hundreds of these win attend the
fair for the sole purpose Of noting
what can be produced in this section.
Let the farmers exhibit something
Of everything grown upon the farms
Of West Florida. What appears COM
monplace to US here will prove very
interesting to the man who is really
seeking a home among US and who
desires to know just what we can
produce here. Let every farmer and
every demonstration agent see to it
thar the big fair is q success in every
respect.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-10
POPLAR DELL.

Poplar Dell, Oct. 9.-The rains have
broken up the revival at Byrnville
church. 1t is now put off to the last
of the month.
Among those who attended from
here were, Messrs. Lawrence Killam,
Cammy Killam, Wesley Killam, Jack
Brown; Mr.. and Mrs. John Carnes,
Miss Wilder, Misses Sallie and Bes-
sic Brown and Grace McQueenie.
The many friends of Mr.. Jack Gill
more are under cloud of sorrow
here. He died in Pensacola and has
been laid to rest in Roberts cemetery.
Miss Eunice Brown is able to be
up again. She has had an attack of
bilious fever.
Mr.. Warnie Renfroe is slowly i'm
proving. His many friends wish for
him speedy recovery.
Mrs. Carnes and Miss Wilder spent
the day Saturday with the formers
cousin, Mrs. Dawson, of Century.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bowman spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Carnes.
Mr.. H. c. Killam was in Pensacola
all last week on jury duty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Killam en-
tertained a number of friends at din.
ner on Sunday before last. Among
those present were, Rev. Mr.. Nelson
Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour, Miss Wilder
Henderson Edwards and Arthur Kill
! lam.
Mr.. Lawrence Killam, who has beer
visiting relatives here, returned t.
Jacksonville Wednesday last.
Our school, No. IS, on last Friday
afternoon appointed Tasso Renfroe
and Arney Powell generals for {
spelling bee, Tasso's side won.
This coming Friday, Oct. 8, we arr
going to have a free-for-all spelling
bee. Everybody is invited to come
at 2 o'clock p. m. and help US spell.
We will not chose sides this tim,
but will see which speller stands al
longest.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-10
When President Wilson
Went to His Knees.

President Wilson is a God-fearing
man. Many times during his admin
istrat;on this very excellent trait of
the man in the White House has come
to light, but very recently, upon the
occasion of a meeting of the Cabinet,
when one big question after the other,
had been put up to the president, Mr..
Wilson again publicly gave evidence
of his faith and belief in the power of
prayer. This is from a late issue of
the Indianapolis News:
How President Wilson went down
on his knees and led his cabinet in
prayer at a recent meeting was told
here yesterday by Bishop William F.
Anderson of Cincinnati, at a session
of the Indiana Methodist Episcopal
conference. A United States senator
told the bishop of the incident, he said.
The senator had heard it from one Of
the cabinet members, who prayed with
the president.
When the president arrived at the
cabinet meeting" said Bishop An
derson, 'his face wore a solemn look.
It was evident that serious affairs
of the nation were on his mind. He
said to the cabinet members, Z don't
know whether you men believe in
prayer or not. do. Let us pray and
ask the help of God
"And right there the president OF
the United States fell upon his knees
and the members of the cabinet die
the same and the president offered q
prayer to God.
"While the war RACES in Europe
we in this country should thank Goo
that in this crisis of the world, We
have chief executive who is a ser
want of God, and who stands with hi:
hand in the hand of God. Every min
lister in the land should every time hi
offers a prayer, take Woodrow VII
son by the hand and lead him int
the presence of God, and ask tha
he be given strength to continue Il
be the great apostle of peace among
men,"
There was a chorus of "amens
from the ministers. Later a telegram
expressing the confidence of the del
egates in him was sent to the presi
dent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-10

broken. was tired all of the time, very
low In spirits, and found my family work q
burden. With these Affections | was also
troubled with indigestion, and conse-
quently had to be careful as to my eating.
I often had pains after meals and my
bowels were quite irregular. The medi-
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-10
A New Disinfectant
Announced From
Washington.

As Z result of experiments con-
Quoted at the hygienic laboratory Of
the United States Public Health Ser
vice It is announced that a new dis
infectant, possessing qualities su-
perior to ordinary disinfectants, has
recently been discovered. The an
nouncement is particularly important
at this time, coming as it does in the
face of the shortage in coal tar de-
rivatives which has resulted from the
European conflict.
The new preparation is derived
from pine oil, by-prodlict in the
manufacture Of turpentine. It is
easily prepared by mixing certain
proportions of the oil with rosin and
sodium hydroxide solution, the fin
ished product being reddish-brown
liquid rather thick and oily in ap-
pearance but free from turbidity
With water it makes perfectly
white emulsion, much resembling
milk. 1t has a pleasing ooor, no OBJ
jectionable taste, and attacks neither
fabrics nor metals. It possesses over
four times the disinfectal1t proper
ties Of carbolic acid and is altogether
nontoxic, so that it may safely bt
used as throat spray or mouth wash
in solutions of the ordinary strength
The cost Of the preparation is re
markedly low as it can be manu-
featured for less than fifty cents ;
gallon, solely from products which
are produced in this country.
Many Of the disinfectants now OF
the market are neither efficient no
economical, it having been demon
strated that a number of the mos
expensive and widely advertised ar
extremely weak in disinfecting power
so much so that their strength is un
determinable by ordinary methods
The sale of compounds of this natu
constitutes a fraud. A second elias
of proprietary preparations are o
guaranteed strength, thus putting
legal responsibility upon the mann
facturer, but the cost of these pc
unit of disinfecting power is FIRE
quently excessive. The householde
is therefore often at loss to selec
disinfectant which is efficient, eco
nomical and of constant strength an
it is believed that this new CON
pound, which is to be known as "TS
gienic Laboratory Pine-Oil Disinfect
ant" will become one of the most use
| full preparations of that character.