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FIRES CHAIN SHOT
Deadly FIELD Gun the Invention Of
New Yorker.
Primarily Designed for the Oestruo-
ton OF Aeroplanes. oirisibIe Bal.
looms. and the Like-Applica-
ton Of Old Principle.


A double-barreled field gun TO shoot
chain shot is the newest invention in
ordnance 70 be filed at the patent Of
fee. The inventor is julius Wodska.
Now Yorker. who is very confident
Of its great usefulness in warfare and
also II its practicability. The draw
ings OF the new gun plainly show that
II certainly has the element Of nov
city. and. II IL works as the inventor
hopes. would be murderous weapon
against line Of troops and could
sweep the sky II air craft.
My invention" says Mir. Wodiska.
can be used either for naval or land
work. and IL the latter either as
field gun Or mounted On a permanent
emplacement The gun has two BAR
rels. whose axes slightly diverge from
one another 50 as &c be suitable for
throwing projectiles united by chains;
such projectiles when they leave the
gun continue u diverge from one an
other and stretch the connecting
chain. thus forming. In effect. a con
tinuous projectile OF considerable
length transverse to the direction of
fire. Projectiles of this class. while
long known. may now find a new field
or application as a means for destroy
Ing aeroplanes. dirigible balloons and
the like.
zone OF the important features OF
the invention lies in the fact that there
is only one explosion or powder cham
Der for the two barrels. so that the
two proiectiles are fired at exactly the
same moment from the two different
barrels. The improved character OF
my chain shot is that the shot are
united by a chain Of considerable
length. This chain is held. up to the
time the projectile is fired. within the
body II one or both Of the projestiles
and Is capable Of being extended as
the projectiles increase their distance
from the gun. At all stages during
flight this eXtensible chain tends to
be kept tightly stretched between the
two prOjectiles.
so far as I am aware. in all ord
nance OF this character previously
used chain shot have always been con-
nected together by chains of definite
and rather limited length. so that the
area swept over by the chain has been
corresDcndingly limited In this gun
! have provided means which will pre-
vent any ENHANCEMENT OF the chain
in the bore OF the gun as well as any
wedging or wearing action OF the
chain upon IL
THE object OF my invention is to
provide a gun and suitable chain shot
therefor which shall be free from
many OF the disadvantages hitherto
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Stolen Ar Recovered.

A statuette by AEders Zorn. the
Swedish artist, which was stolen last
summer from the Baltic exposition at
Malmoe. has been recovered under I'M
usual circumstances. When il was lest
from the art section Of the exposition
there was an uprCar In police and ar
tistic circles The value OF the piece
can be gathered from the fact that
it had been insured against theft for
5000 crowns. but. though detectives
all over Scandinavia were sent CT the
hunt for the piece Of statuary. which
represented a girl called Alma" there
was no trace of IL. A reward Of 500
crowns was offered sor its recovery.
A few days ago Alma" was found.
The lucky man was a railroad clerk
in Stockholm. named Wigren. He had
been given the unelviable job Of
searching through a mass OF articles
that had been abandoned in the rail
road trains. and which were 70 be
scld at auction the following day
Ia an old travelling bag was found the
little piece OF statuary. and the re-
ward The clerk received amounted to
three months salary.
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BIG INCREASE OF
FARM PRODUCTS
Province OF Alberta Shows IN.
crease OF Over 20 Millions.

Figures just compiled By the public.
lily branch OF the provincial depart.
ment show that last year. notwith.
standing that quite a third OF the prov.
ince was affected by the drought %
very serious extent. the total value
OF agricultural products actually pro
duced IN the province showed an in
crease OF over twenty million dollars
over that OF the previous year. Al.
though southern Alberta had a bad
year agriculturally. the province as
whole experienced a period OF great
prosperity, due principally 10 mixed
farming. which is becoming more gen
eral with each succeeding year.
The value of mixed farming, in fact
was never better illustrated than last
year as the value of the animals
slaughtered and sold alone equaled
the value OF the spring wheat crop.
without taking into consideration the
value OF the butter. milk. cheese. pouL
try, vegetables. and other by products
OF the farm.
Oats was the banner grain CROP
i.l47.3S2 acres being seeded. and pro-
ducing 34.397.l17 bushels. or 3O.i5 10
the acre. Sold at an average OF SOC
per bushel. these yielded revenue OF
sl7,19S,55S. Comparatively little win.
ter wheat was produced, the yield be
Ing a little short Of one million bush
els. hnt the spring wheat crop
amounted TO 1902 .0S3 bushels. the
yield per acre being 1926. At an aver
age OF sl.35 per bushel. the value OF
the spring wheat crop was therefore
s2O.3S7,Sl2. The total production OF
barley was 7.s47.s4O bushels. which. at
55c per bushel. yielded revenue OF
s4.316.2O2.
Other productions were as follows:
Flax. 207.115 bushels. $3lO.672 90; rye
26l.si3 bushels. 1896. 1892 90: speltz. AZ.
7O7 bushels. s32.O3O.OO: hay. 100000
tons. $4,000. 900; potatoes. four million
bushels. $4,000 900: turnips. three mil
lion bushels. $4,000: carrots. 800. 900
bushels. $4,000: mangolds. $40. 900
bushels. $4,000: animals slaughtered
and sold. 500 600. 900: butter and
cheese, sl.5OO.O0O: milk. $4,000. 600.
wool clip 100000 pounds. 100000.
fish, Sl95.0OO: game and furs $780,
600: horticultural products. $3.50. 600.
poultry and products. s2.650.OOO
The total of the agricultural prod
ucts is given as S7S.516.S9i. as com
pared with S5s.09s.OS4 in 1913
The statistics also show that the
value OF the live stock in the province
at the end OF the year was sll0.044.-
$50 this being an increase of s7.762.-
S45 over the previous year. There
were 9.l25 horses. 750.7s9 swine.
sol. ISIS sheep. ls2.sO5 dairy COWS. 1885,
OBS other cows. 19O.923 beef cattle and
So. O20 other tle.-Advertisement-
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The all
beautiful design The
would gladly
same dgn everyone else the social didn't have dress
exactly like
Saturday wedding
distinctly
walked the
o Is %
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NoProblem to
Solve
EME s. Is s. IS IS EE -
By n. M. ECBERT
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Copyright. 1915. by W @. chapman)
Some men at the club had brought
up the old problem OF wife versus
mother Which should a man save,
n he we're struggling with them in
the vaters Then il was that Merrill
told this story:
"Sotheby had been out boating
with his fiancee. Evelyn. and her lit
Gle crippled sister. Mollie." he said.
Il think that problem was still harder.
Ordinarily. OF course his duty would
have been to save his fiancee. but Mol
lie vas lame-had been so from birth.
She could walk. after a fashion, bat
she couldn't have swan. and she was
far TOO frail and delicate 70 swim for
her life in such A tide as Eight Mile
race.
He knew Evelyn could swim like
q fish. too The girls were staying at
North Cliff when ne went to see them.
He had met Evelyn a few weeks be
fore. in town. He knew she and her
sister we're orphans. They had hard
ly A relative in the world. Sotheby had
become engaged a week or two before.
and he was madly in love with Eve
lyn. and the envy OF all the other
men who admired her dashing beauty.
Il think his predicament was worse.
II was about half a mile TO the land.
and Evelyn could probably have made
It Mollie was helpless. Sotheby did
not know what 10 do He acted on
impulse He saved Mollie.
He never knew how the boat had
overturned He was trying TO bring
the tiller around and let the boom go
when they found themselves in the
water. and clinging TO the overturned
boat, which was drifting rapidly out
70 sea
He saw Evelyn struggling beside
him. and Mollie sinking. Quick as a
fash Sotheby grabbed Mollie by the
hair He lost sight Of Evelyn. He
knew he could not save both girls, and
he could not let Mollie go. Alternate
ly swimming and treading water. he
managed. in utter exhaustion. TO get
MOIlis ashore Then he tainted
-Iie awakened in a fisherman's cot
taEe Mollie was upstairs and doing
we'll The next day he saw her. He
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lad not dared to ask about his fiancee:
everybody knew she was drowned. To
his astonishment Nellie seemed al
most unconcerned.
1T was tiny fishing village, and
the tragedy. th'ugh II stirred the
place. was not widely reported After
Mollie and he had recovered the girl
gave up the little cottage and went
home
You must let me come an see
you. for Eyelyn's sake said Sotheby.
He was rather astonished when
MoIiie resolutely refused 4 bear you
no III will. Jack. and | owe you my
life she said But ,eel that II
would be impossible after-waat has
happened.
The girls vncanny oalmness
shocked John. However, there was
nothing 20 do but acquiesce. II was q
year before he saw Nellie lgain. They
met on Fifth avenue. ~rd the reccgni-
tion was mutual Mollie told Jack
SOtheby that she was living With an
Old aunt in al apartment uptown
That had been a Iarc periou for
Sotheby. Ne knew hat he shadow
over his life would deepen rather THAI
disappear. as tho years went IN. And
yet. straug oly enough. he began te
realize that ne had not truly loved
Evdyn. Their meeting and engage
rIeat bad been rapid. and there had
oeen no communion OF tastes between
then. ~ had been infatuatiol. ard
an spite Of tie tragedy. Jack thought
sf Evelyn as an episode in his life
rather than his lest love
When he locked at Mollie he was
conscious Of a sudden awakening oi
interest IN tho frail girl. whose beauty
had developed until she seemed {
replica OF Evclyn-loss dashing, les,
vivacious. but the Evelyn whom hs
w~uld have loved rather than the on,
DC had known.
Il am coming TO see you, Mollie,
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OF the
by found OF filed
struggled the he
picnickers gathered
stand
when II by
Then somebody the a laugh
Spekas awoke with
eyes lighted the
Banketybank Turks"
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90 poorly that my folks thought | was
going into consumption. One day l
found piece of paper blowing arouna
the yard and 1 picked it up and fead II
1t said Saved from the Grave, ana
told what Lydia +. Pinkham e Vegea,
BILE Compound has done for women. l
showed it to my husband and ne ssiu;
why don't you try it?' So | did ana
after had taken two bottles | LEI.
better and / said to my husband, 4 don :
need any more and he said You na,
better take it little longer anyway
So | took il for three months and g1'
well and strong. Mrs. ALoEzo Z
BAKER, 9 Tecumses St, Adrian Mich
Not Well Enough to- Work
In these words is hidden the TRAGEDY
Of many a woman, housekeeper or wags
Garner who supports herself and = oIen
helping TO support a family. on neagrs
wages. Whether in house, office, Iae.
tory. shop, store or kitchen, wonaa
should remember that there Is one IT. en
and true remedy for the ills TO when e,
women are prone, and that Is Lydis Z,
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ~
promotes that vigor which makes work
easy. The Lydia E Pinkham Medicins
CO., Lynn, MasA
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ne
pounds
o OF
gallons alcohol
determined"
The sunfower prolific will
OF
5
utilize these places by growing sunhowers
ordinary sunhowers would surely there
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aAn Enemy Hath o.ne This

Through someone's bluncer a dozen
or two buckii.g brsncncs have got
mixed with a western consignment OF
cavalry mounts new on the way to
France The unsuspecting troopers
who first bestride them will say. with
the man in Scripture. An enemy hath
done thisl"-Youths Companion.
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and will hearing
The
organized maintained for
Of
operation
members
the
areth the mus In
OF Safety coercive
the
ndustnaist
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number OF seeds one suntiower pre-
duced. and N started him thinking.
He discovered that sunfiower seeds
we're valuable. and he offered to fur
nish seed. as long as the supply
lasted. TO whoever wanted to plant
them. He has received so letters In
curing about the raising OF sunfiow-
ers. ranging from Malone on the north
TO Jacksonville. Fla. on the south.
east TO the Hudson river and west to
Montana
The snnfoMer has penerallY been
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COULD NOT
STAND ON FEET
Mrs. Baker So Weak-Could
Not Do Her Work-Found
Relief In Novel Way.
Adrian, Mich. -" L suffered terribly
with female weakness and backache and

got so weak that l
could hardly do my
work. VIII en-
washed my dishes ]
had to sit down and
when / would sweep
the floor / would get
so weak that / would
have to get q drink
every few minutes
and before | did my
busting Iwould have
to lie down. | got
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tern. a beautiful piece or goods. all
hand embroidered and handsomely
decorated With the pattern was
design for the dress. showing exactly
how ii would look when completed
and how it should be put together.
IL certainly was beautiful. II was
exclusive and such a bargain, The
young woman promised not 10 sell
another 10 any woman in the city
Could any woman resist a cOmbina
tion like that? Can a duck stay away
from the water? But why ask foolish
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The twentieth century is to be the
century OF the leadership Of the west
ern world: there will be work cut out
for every American. and fortunate
should each one in these United States
consider himself that he is here to-
day to play his part-Three Partners.
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soon lost in day dreams Of mis- native
village on the Aegean sea.
Across the street in Jackson park
we're three hungry squirrels They
evinced much interest in the peanuts
owned b. Sperekas
When they saw the proprietor
droop his head and heard strange
noises issue from his nose. they we're
convinced that an excellent Sunday
dinner awaited them.
One, more daring than his COM
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Syracuse Man Finds Sunaowers a Paying Crop

SYRACUSE YE Barlow resident of
-
s.nnowers
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America 10 be installed. but the TWEEN
ty-third in the world. has recently Oc-
cupied its new and commodious quar-
tiers
The laboratory is intended. pri-
marily. for the evolution OF safety de-
vices. but il is understood that the
work OF the inventors will not be re-
stricted. They will have the free use
OF the rooms and equipment. but must
furnish their own material IL is ex-
pected the fact an inventor has had
the use OF the laboratory will be a
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Topeka Society Women Got Exclusive" Dresses


each Japanese silk
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IL she is the right sort of woman
the same man never says the wrong
thing to her more than once.
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consequences.

How uppish that girl is"
No wonder. Her father made bis
money building skyscrapers."
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Chicago Park Squirrels "Pinch" Greeks Peanuts


o
at the
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appurtenant 10 guns CT this class. and
which. without increase Of powder
charge or size Of gun. shall be capable
of greater destructiveness
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Laboratory for Free Use Of Men With Ideas

Anew laboratory
~ Of
Safety kind
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That's All.

What were you doing so long At
the photographers"
Merely awaiting developments"
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Safety First.

why did you risk your life TO saws
that man from drowning?"
"He owes me s192."
Meade County news., 1915-11-11
BURY ST. EDMUHDS FORTIFIED
English City Has Long Figured as One
of the Most important of the
Island Centers.

n Germany viii find no difficulty in
describing Bury st. Edmunds as a
fortified place. Its name gives it
away. Bury ST. Edmunds was
known of old as st. Edmunds Bury
the castle or strong town" of that
king of East Anglia who was put to
death by the Danes in $50; and so
became saint. The six pious priests
who decided to perpetuate his mem
ory were the unconscious founders of
town and an abbey that afterward
became the greatest ecclesiastical es-
tablishment in all England, except
Glastonbury. Leland, an eyewitness
of its splendors. assures us chat the
sun hath not shone on a town more
delightfully."- situated, with a small
river flowing on the eastern part, or
monastery more illustrious, wheth-
er we consider its wealth, its extent.
or its Incompatible magnifcence"
You might indeed say that the
monastery itself is a town, so many
gates there are, so many towers, and
a church than which none can be
more magnificent ; and subseryient to
which are three others, also splendid
ly adorned with admirable workman
ship, all standing in one and the
same churchyard.-London Chron-
icle.
Meade County news., 1915-11-11
SAW A NEGLECTED. SPECIES
Little Robbie Pointed Out One Thing
Which Certainly the Fly
Couldn't Do.

In the opinion of some persons, the
new teacher was going almost too far
in her attention to nature study.
However, the children appeared to
enjoy it all, and so far no parents
had made open objections to the
little talks on birds, insects and flow.
ers with which the teacher diversified
the routine Of school work. SO all
went along quite comfortably until
the afternoon when the fly and the
flea were up for consideration, says
the Youths Companion.
Following the teachers lead the
children had all grown enthusiastic
over the astonishing acrobatic abili-
ties Of the fy-all except Robbie
May, who for some time had been
staring moodily at his desk, casting
only occasional glances at the teach
er, and those unmistakably sullen.
1t became so noticeable, by the
time they were all admiring the fact
that the fly can walk on the ceiling.
that the teacher paused and turned
to the boy.
"What is the trouble, Robbie?"
she inquired. aren't you listening?
Aren't you interested in the talk ?"
"Ye-es," granted Robbie, reluc-
family polite. Then, warming up,
''but I bet a fly can't hang by his
knees, and every boy in school can
do it, all 'cept Laurie Lee, and he's
had the diphtheryr'
Meade County news., 1915-11-11
Road Notice
Of Kansas, Meade county, s;

State Of Kansas, Meade county, 8:
To Whom it may concern:
Take Notice, That legal petition signed
by !. II. Colingwood and other householderS
of West Plains Township, in said county, has
been presented 10 the Board Of Coanty Com
missioners, praying for the location Of pub
hc road as follows:
Beginning al the Sc cor. Of sec. 36-3I-So
west, thence west on sec. line Two miles to
the sw cor. Of sec. S5-3I 80, 10 connect with
road No. III, also commencing al the Sc
cor of sec. 2S-3I-29 west, thence west two
miles to the NV cor. of sec. 32-SI-29 connect
ing with road No I4S.
And that said board has appointed NJ, E.
Dahmer, Cyrus Wells and NJ. A. Bird, View
ers, who will meet at the point Of beginning
of said road, as petitioned for, on the 10Th
day If October 1915 at 2 o'clock P. NJ. and
proceed TO view said road, as law directs, at
which time and place all persons interested
may attend and have hearing. In case
said viewers fail 10 meet on the day designat-
ed, they may meet on the following day, as
provided by law, without further notice.
Witness my hand and the official seal of
said county, this 3Ist day of October 1915.
w. w. Pressly, county clerk.
Meade County news., 1915-11-11
Road Notice.
State of Kansas, Meade County, ss:
To whom il NAV concern:


State of Kansas, Meade County, IS:
To whom il may concern:
Take notice, that legal petition signed
by .. NJ. Shane and other householders of
Logan Township, in said county, has been
presented to the Board of county commits
sioneIs. praying for the vacation OF public
road as follows:
Beginning at road No ID near the Sc cor.
of the VIZ of the sex of sec. IS33-7S west
9th P. NJ. and extending due west on the
sec. line as nearly as practicable to the sw
cor. of sec. I5-53-27 there intersecting road
No. 10.
And that said board has appointed Johaan
Harder, X. w. Grubbs and Claude Drake,
Viewers, who will meet at the point of begin
ming of said road. as petitioned for. on the
10Th day of Nov. 1915 at 2 O'Clock P. NJ.
and proceed to view said road, as law di-
reefs, al which time and place all persons in
terested may attend and have hearing In
case said viewers fail TO meet on the day
designated, they may meet on the following
day, as provided by law, without further
notice.
Witness my hand and the official seal of
said county, this 3otb day of October, 1915.
W. w. Pressly, county clerk.
Meade County news., 1915-11-11
Road Notice.
e Of Kansas, Meade County, IS;

State OF Kansas, Meade County, IS:
To Whom it May Concern:
Take Notice, That legal petition signed
by ]. w. Edwards and other householders of
Meade Center Township, in said county, has
been presented TO the Board OF County Com
missioners, praying for the location of pub
lie TOAD as follows:
Beginning at the Sc cor. Of sec. 6-52-27
and extending due north on sec. line to the
ne cor. of sec. 3l-3I-27 west 9th P. NJ. Said
road to be 40 feet wide.
And that said board has appointed )ohaan
Harder, X. w. Grubbs and Claude Drake,
Viewers, who will meet at the point of begin
ming Of said road, as petitioned for, on the
10Th day of Nov. 1918 al o'clock PM. and
proceed to view said road, as law directs, at
which time and place all persons interested
may attend and have hearing. IN case said
viewers fail to meet on the day designated,
they may meet the following day, as provid-
ed by law, without further notice.
Witness my hand and the official seal of
said comfy, this goth day Of October 1915.
w. w. Pressly, county clerk.
Meade County news., 1915-11-11

optimlstle Theuaht.
There are many aeothsaysrs ~
laB prophets.
Meade County news., 1915-11-11
CHEERFUL PEDESTRIANS.

Auto accidents multiply, especial
ly on Sunday. When the machines
were first introduced they seemed
likely to kill all the pedestrians, but
now the owners are killing them
selves much faster than they are
killing us. If the statistics continue
we shall be ahead in the game ulti-
mately.-Fredonia On. W Censor.
Meade County news., 1915-11-11
HumANITvs SPLENDID FUTURE.

Don't You care for the opinions
of posterity?7
yes" replied Senator Sorghum
But after eugenics produces race
of perfect human beings | don't be-
lieve that there is any chance OF this
generations being able TO command
anything from posterity more than
tolerating pity"
Meade County news., 1915-11-11

Percheron mare, smooth mouthed W.T.. 1000
Percheron filley, one year old past
Percheron mare colt, seven months old
d bay mare, smooth mouthed, W.T.. about 100
sorrel pony mare, yrs. old W.T.. about 900
Meade County news., 1915-11-11
SIMILAR PROCEEDINGS.

"They say drowning men will
clutch at straw
81 have known thirsty ones to do
the same thing"
Meade County news., 1915-11-11
THAT DEPENDS.

aren't all patriots ready to serve
lfhtEfi AZ Country, - gaN"
s,Sure. MY boy, if the salary is a
suffiAient 'inducement,"
Meade County news., 1915-11-11
INFORMATION WANTED.

Little Lemuel-Say, paw?
Paw-Well, what is it son?
Little kemuel-Are the Sandwich
islands made of ham or beef?