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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05

The veteran Bob Couchman was add.
ed to the list Of no hit pitchers IN the
Texas league when be did not allow
Fort Worth safety In the second
game Of a double header The only run
OF the game was made for Galveston
By Couchman with three base hit and
a man on base In the third inning.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05
The siIo.

1t has been said that good silage Is
the best. cheapest, most palatable.
most healthful. greatest milk and meat
producing roughage known. The silo
question has resolved itself into a
farm necessity When tue farmer has
a good crop he can afford to build n
silo. and should he see poor corn
crop coming he can hardly AFFORD to be
without silos
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05

Second Baseman Kcnworthy. who
was drafted last fall by the 81. Louis
Browns from Oakland OF the Pacific
Coast league. has been released to Los
Angeles OF the same league. Oakland
would have had first claim on Ken
worthy, but did not desire his return.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05
Aeroplanes One Of Big Factors In World War

made possible by seaplanes. Following
is letter written home by an English
naval officer, which describes the aid
rendered by the two aeroplanes and
shows how closely the gunners Of the
sea as we'll as the gunners of the land
are now working as a team with the
air scouts. The action described was
the attack by monitors upon the Ger
man cruiser Konigsberg in German
/ East Africa. 1t may be remembered
she took refuge up river on the east
coast of central Africa and was a men,
ace to British interests. She was found
after many months up the river, where
she was hidden from the monitors by
palm trees. Aeroplanes were procured
after many weeks and action started.
! The officer. of the monitor Sayern
writes:
I'VE went on higher up the river and
finally anchored. Two shells fell with
in eight feet of the side and drenched
the quarterback. 1t was q very critical
time. If she hit US we were probably
| finished.
1--WE had no sooner anchored than the
aeropane signaled she was ready to
| spot. Our first four salvos, at about
| one minute intervals, were all signaled
| as. Did not observe fall of shot We
came down 400. then another 400 and
more TO the left. The next was spot
ted as 200 yards over and about 200
TO the right The next 100 short and
100 to the left At the seventh salvo
we hit with one and were just over
with the other.
Hit Eight Times In Twelve.
Eve hit eight times in the next twelve
shots. 1t was frightfully exciting The
Konigsberg was now firing salyos Of
three only. The aeroplanes slgnaled all
hits were forward, so we came little
left to get her amidships The aero
| plane suddenly slgnaled, Am hit: com
ing down: send boat As they fell
they continued 10 signal our shots-we.
OF course. kept on firing. The aeroplane
fell in the water about $50 yards from
the Mersey; one man was thrown clear,
but the other had a struggle 10 get free
Finally both got away and were swim
ming for ten minutes before the Mer-
seys motorboat reached them, beating
ours by short head. They We're un-
injured and as merry ms criekets.
Terrors Of Flying In the Tropics.
Most serious risks have been run
by the officers and men who have
flown In this climate, where the effect
of the atmosphere and the extreme
heat Of the sun are quite unknown to
those whose flying experience is limit
ed to moderate climates. Bumps OF
go feet have been experienced several
times, and the temperature varies from
extreme cold when flying at a height
To great heat, with burning, tropical
sun when on land" reads the official
report after the Konigsberg was com
pletely destroyed.
In the operations against the Kongs-
berg on July 8 both the personnel and
material Of the Royal Naval Air serv-
Ice were worked TO the extreme limit
of endurance. The total distance coy
cred by the two available aeroplanes
on that date was no less than $50
miles. and the time in the air working
watch and watch, was thirteen hours"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05

Aircraft Have Been Used In a
Hundred Different Ways--They
Convoy Vessels, Attack Sub
marines and Mines, Guide Gun
ners and Destroy Enemy Posi-
tons, Taking Photographs of
the Damage Done.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05

The wages of sin are always paid.
II there is any delay in settlement COM
pound interest Is added
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05
I.nnard nnad Einlahnr.

While Dutch Leonard has not shown
tho form OF last season or the season
before. Manager Jnek Barry OF tho
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05
Wrecking the Konigsberg.

The wrecking OF German cruiser
bs two British monitors, one of the
most remarkable events Of the war, is
described In the textbook" II was
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05


seaplane. follow the ships movements
and notify the officer in charge. of the
electric switchboard to fire the mines
of given square. through which the
ship or ships are passing.
First Airship to Discover a Mine.
Dirigibles are especially valuable for
locating submerged mines. The first
employment of dirigibles for this work
was the result of the Italian dirigible
PA finding by accident In October,
1914, while on cruise over the Adri-
attic q number of Austrian floating
mines. Thereafter it was found that
the small coast patrol dirigible. which
is capable of flying very low and Of
almost standing still over a spot, is the
best means of locating submerged
mines. Upon locating them the OBJ
server summons the mine sweepers
or, if 1t is important that the mine be
destroyed Immediately. he destroys ii
by. firing at it or by trolling a weight
attached to a wire against it under the
water. Seaplanes are also used for
oupiilIi rtu iAitiiFS DuN ltSH sslt-
isfactorily, owing to the fact that they
cannot travel slowly or stand over a
given spot. The same purpose. but
less efficiently. is accomplished by the
seaplane circling over a given spot I'M
til it has detected the mines that may
be submerged in that spot.
Aircraft can also be used for expert
ments In painting mines in different
colors. which makes them less visible
from the air. The color must. of
course, change with the color Of the
background where the mine Is located
In clear water and when the sun
strikes in a way 10 create a shadow
of the mine this ruse Is of little avail,
but in other conditions the locating OF
mines is made very difficult by paint
ing them.
Hunting the submarine is done in
much the same way, as the TEACHER
Gus Il boat can be easily detected
while under water by an aeroplane
and destroyed when it comes to the
surface or even below the surface.
Wrenking tine K0nipsberp.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05

Red Sex expects great things Of him
when the crucial test comes IN the
American League race.
Leonard. Barry says. II great stretch
runner aud VII be II his best By mid
summer and In the final games OF the
season.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05

stations on shore have detailed maps
of the mined areas, showing the exact
location of the mines.
The maps are plotted In squares,
and when hostile ship approaches Il
mine field the observers at this station,
who get information either through
seeing the ship through telescopes or
from a kite balloon or a dirigible or a
seaplane. follow the ships movements
and notify the officer in charge. of the
electric switchboard to fire the mines
of given square. through which the
ship or ships are passing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-08-31
HOW INSANITY HAS GAINED
increase in United States Revealed by
Census Taken by National Com
mittee for Mental Hygiene.

Insanity in the United States is de-
revealed by reason of a census taken
of the insane, feebleminded, epileptics,
inebriates and drug addicts by. the
National Committee for Mental Hy-
giene. Analysis of this census is found
in the Mental Hygiene. It was COM
piled by Horatio M. Pollack, statistici-
an of the New York State Hospital
commission, and Edith M. Furbush.
statistician of the National Committee
for Mental Hygiene.
The federal census bureau estimates
that the increase of population from
April 10, 1910, to January 1, 1917, was
II 80 per cent. The same government
agency found in 1910 that the number
of insane in institutions was 187,791.
The census taken in the present year
revealed 234.O55 insane persons in in
stitutions. Thus the increase in the
insane in institutions during the CORE
spending period was 24.64 per cent, a
growth more than double that of the
general population.
Moreover, the rate of increase of the
insane in institutions was relatively
greater than that of the general popu-
lation in every state except Arizona,
Kansas, Mississippi, Nevada and South
Carolina. Illinois is one of the states
in which the disparity between growth
of population and increase in insan-
ity has been greatest. In this state
the population increase was 9.84 per
cent, as compared with a percentage
of increase of insane in institutions of
27.38. The neighboring state of Indi-
ana shows an even greater disparity,
with percentages of 4.64 and 27.44 re-
spectively.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-08-31
HIGHER GRADE OF 1NoNcoMs'
Good Material for chevrons Is Seen in
Men Drafted for the New Ma
tionaI Army.

There is a growing feeling among the
student officers at Plattsburg, feel
ing already prevalent among their in
structors, that in the main the quail
ity of the draft is going to be remark
ably high, Herbert Reed writes in the
New York Independent. It is the
thing the regular army has been wait
ing for all these years. And the rea-
son is simple. It is felt that it will
be the army's great opportunity to
unearth the right sort of material for
noncommissioned officers. It is no re-
Election on the "noncom" Of the old
regime, who, by the way, is to have his
long deferred chance for promotion, to
say that in the mass the army expects
better material.
The new men will meet in many
cases probably in most cases-as en-
tire strangers, and the battle for the
''noncom' position will be on before
the men get to know each other too
well. The friendship of the old days,
generally long founded by the time
promotion came around, were too often
a bar to discipline. The situation made
it hard for the man pushed up and for
his old side partners in the ranks:
This accounts, Of course, for the lone
~ life of the top sergeant, that most
efficient king pin in our line troops.
In the new army the top sergeant IN
many cases will be there" long be-
fore he has made any deep friend
ships in the ranks, and the task all
around will be easier.
This should be encouraging to that
great body of disappointed young men
who for one reason or another could
not make the first training camps, anu
are too young for the second. 1t not
drafted they can enlist directly with
the knowledge that they will have
their chance for commission along
with the brightest men Of the regular
draft.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-08-31
Why She Blushed.

Flossie, the waitress, was very keen
on a certain handsome young man
who always sat at one Of her tables.
She fiuttered round him and ogled
and giggled and explained the young
mans lack of response by the fact that
he stammered.
IS there anything you want?" she
asked one day, and there were several
shades of meaning in her tone.
The young man glanced at her and
said:
Twill you let me have k-k-k-''
The maiden blushed violently at this
significant sound and threw a glance
of triumph at the other Mattresses
"a k-k-cup?" finished the young
man.
The girl blushed deeper than ever
at this and the young man went on !:
81 kn-know why you're blushing.
You thought [ was g-going to ask for
a k-k-k-clean cup!'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-08-31
Such Ia Fame.

Many yedrs ago Wilbur d. Eesbit.
the author of your Flag and My
Flag" was known to the little village
of Cedarville, o., his native home, as
only one of the neighborhoOd. Re
Gently he returned to. Cedar-ille after
a long absence. OF course, his coming
was heralded by the local newspaper,
SO he was expected. When he was
walking quietly through the town Che
tells the tale himself), he overheard
this conversation between two old vii
layers:
II understand by the paper that VIII
Nesbit is back in town today"
$50 they say. wonder what he
looks like now?"
ooh, he didn't ever amount to much.
He went off to college and that Is
about the last good he ever did"
"And to think what he is dom now.
Of all the easy things, writin' poetry !"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-08-31
Crops on Wheels.

Bumper crops in New Jersey are
being put on wheels and rolled
right into the city markets, fresher
and faster this year than ever before.
and for the first time since the grow
Ing of perishable products became an
extensive industry in the state the
farmers feel themselves to some de-
gree Independent of railroad schedules
and freight rates.
Motor trucks have solved the prob
lem of fast delivery for Jersey farm
ers. Hundreds of big cars, some of
them with carrying capacity Of sew
eral tons, have been put on the roads
between the farms and markets this
season. Many of these auto trucks
are owned by the farmers themselves,
having been purchased to replace
horses and market wagons.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-08-31

be normally wlter bearing, because OF
the better drainage which is possible.
Even better than the exterior quail
tiles OF this bungalow is the interior
arrangement. In the real test of a
home, the convenience of it's interior,
the ease with which it may be kept
clean and the comfort which it pro-
vides are the vitality important fac
tors. A house cannot be called a good
investment if it is not satisfactory in
regard to these things, no matter how
beautiful it's exterior may be.
The bungalow shown in the perspec-
tive view is built around the living
room and the dining room. Since these
rooms are ordinarily the most used
and the most noticeable rooms in the
house, it is logical that they should
be treated with special attention. Here
they are made equal in size and are
placed one behind the other, with at
tractive French doors between. At the
front of the living room there is a
door on either side, one leading to the
terrace and the other to the porch.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-08-31
LIMBS MADE OF CARDBOARD
Artificial Leg, Invented by Danish Doc
tor, Enables Wearer to Walk Soon
After Amputation.

A Danish doctor at hospital in
Paris has invented a cardboard leg
which enables the wearer to go about
without crutches two days after his
limb has been amputated.
The materials used are two sheets
of cardboard about three-sixteenth of
an inch thick, and bandages soaked in
a starch solution. After careful meas
urements have been taken the card
board is cut into what looks like two
pegstops, which after being soaked in
the bath fold round each other and are
secured with bandages.
The principle is that of an egg in a
cup, and the patient can wear the leg
long before the wound is completely
healed. He can thus get air and exerl
else, which it is usually impossible to
obtain at this phase of his GONZALES
cence; also he has TO suffer none of
the Inconvenience of crutches, stick
sufficing for his needs. The leg, prop
erly treated, lasts from six months to
a year, by which time a permanent
artificial limb is ready to be fitted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-08-31
Floor Plan.

The fireplace is built into the corner
of this room where it forms an attrac-
tive feature and permits the use of
single chimney with two f1ues to serve
the furnace, fireplace and kitchen
range.
The kitchen has been given consid-
cradle attention. A counter is placed
beneath the window and two cup
boards are provided. The sink is
handy to the counter. A little pantry
adds to the convenience of the ar
rangement. There are shelves and a
table in the pantry. An entry from
the porch furnishes plenty of room
for the refrigerator. The stairs lead
ing to the basement are framed in
just to the rear of the kitchen and a
small room which may be used either
as a bedroom or as den occupies
the rear corner of the house.
The principal bedrooms, two in num-
Der, are located on the other side of
the central living and dining rooms.
The rooms thus placed conform to the
very best design practice in bedroom
arrangement 1t provides windows in
two walls for each room and, by the
use of the small hall connecting these
rooms with the bath, makes them in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-08-31

While this construction does not take
anything from the effectiveness of the
design and is really included for the
purpose of removing any trace of what
some people call .'stiff" effect, mean
ing that there is too methodical adj
herence to the symmetrical, it might
be criticized by some, in which case
there is no reason why either the one
or the other of the ratings cannot be
altered to conform with the other. If
the change is desired, it would I'M
doubtedly be made in the porch rail-
ing walls, which would be constructed
Of face brick with white stone or
concrete coping in order that conform
ity might exist between the founda-
ton, terrace and porch walls. The
terrace floor and steps are of con-
crete. The porch floor as shown in
the illustrations is Of wood flooring and
the steps are concrete. If the porch
walls were to be changed to brick, the
porch floor would be better if built of
concrete.
This house is Al feet wide, not in
Guiding the extension of the terrace
beyond the wall of the house or the
steps of the porch. The depth is 81
feet inches from the front wall of
the living room to the rear wall of the
dining room. It could hardly be built
on lot having less than a 50-foot
frontage, and is, therefore, unsuitable
for extremely crowded locations, but
this is true of almost any bungalow.
The bungalow requires plenty of room
or it's appearance is destroyed. One of
the particularly pleasant features OF
this house is the facility which it pro-
vides for lawn decoration. Across
practically the entire front. of the
house the wall surface is unbroken
near grade. The appearance Of the
house and the. lawn would be very
much beautified during the summer
months by carefully selected bed OF
flowers planted near the house along
the front walt.
This house is one Of the type which
looks best when elevated slightly
above the street grade, unless it can
be built back quite distance from the
stfast sidewalk. The house, standing
by itself, is somewhat lacking III
height and is made SO purposely SO
that it will have the best possible APP
pearance when built on either a ter
raced or sloping lot. 1t is an advan-
tage to build a house slightly above
the surrounding ground if possible es-
pecially when the ground is known to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-08-31
The Great Need.

The Prince of Udine, head of the
italian commission, said at lunch
con in New York.
1.-THE Germans need, above all
things, a spiritual bath or cleansing.
When / contemplate them / feel like
the restaurateur.
"a restaurateur in the galleria in Mi
Ian was waited on by tramp who
wanted work. The restaurateur, be-
ing short handed, agreed to take the
tramp on. But, heavens, he was dirty.
"'I'll put you at the dish washing.
said the restaurateur, and then he took
out a two-lira note. But, here, take
this first, and go and get a BATH
''As the tramp, bowling and scraping,
started off, the restaurateur called him
back and said:
""There may be some change. In
that event, take another BATH
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-08-31
YES! MAGiCALLY!
CORNS LIFT OUT
WITH FINGERS

You say to the drug store man,
"Give me small bottle of freezone."
This will cost very little but will
positively remove every hard or soft
corn or callus from ones feet.
A few drops of this new ether COM
pound applied directly upon tender,
aching corn relieves the soreness in
stantly, and soon the entire corn or
callus, root and ALL dries up and can
be lifted off with the fingers.
This new way to rid ones feet Of
corns was introduced by Cincinnati
man, who says that freezone dries in
q moment, and simply shrivels up the
corn or callus without irritating the
surrounding skin.
If your druggist hasn't any freeZone
tell him to order a small bottle from
his wholesale drug house for you.-adv.
Some men invest In hair tonic as
soon as they begin to come out on top.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-08-31

decided to try bottle of Lydia E. Pink-
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t worked
from the first bottle, so took second
and third, also bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham' 8 Blood Purifier, and now am
just as we'll as any other woman. I ad-
wise every woman, single or married,
who is troubled with any of the afore-
said ailments, to try your wonderful
Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier
and am sure they will help her to get
rid of her troubles as they did me. -
Mrs. ELSIE j. VAN DER SANDE, SO MOI
York ST., Paterson, N. j.
Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., (confdentiaD Lynn, Mass, if YOU
need special advice.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-08-31
Alert for the Future.

you've got lot of weeds in your
garden"
Pretty fine weeds, too, don't you
think?" rejoined Mr.. Crosslots.
"Surely you are not nursing them
along?"
Eyes, sir. I've been finding out that
so many new things are edible that
I'm holding out to see whether sci
ence won't discover some way of fry
ing the jimpson or stewing the bur-
dock"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-08-31
DRUGGISTS PLEASED WITH
GOOD KIDNEY MEDICINE

I have sold your remedy for the past
fifteen years and have sufficient confidence
in it to give it my personal recommends
ton. [ believe it is one of the best medi-
cines of its class on the market today and
find pleasure in selling it at all times.
Very truly yours,
HAMMERS DRUG STORE,
+. V. Hammer, Prop,
Nov. 4, 1916. Spartanburg, S. G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-08-31
Letter to
DIR. Kilmer e. Co.
Binehanton, ~. Il
Nov. 4, 1916.

Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size
bottle It will convince anyone. You
will also receive booklet of valuable in.
bladder. When writing, be sure and mem
ton this paper. Large and medium size
bottles for sale at all drug stores.-Adv.