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enough the pond lilies didn't close their
eyes and go to sleep! They stayed
awake ard later there were lights on
| the table for the supper party.
But the white tablecloth had fooled
| the pond lilies. And as they were so
lovely they were used for decorations
for a whole week and they had not
known they had missed such a great
deal of sleep.
II don't know that / really feel so
sleepy" said Mrs. Pond Lily. 'That is
when / think about 1t don't feel so
sleepy, but 1t really doesn't seem nat
| ural."
That night they were taken away
from the white cloth and they closed
right up and went to sleep.
When they were sleeping quietly Mr..
Night came to them dressed in his
dark night cap and heavy, dark robe.
where have you been all this timer
| asked Mrs. Pond Lily.
1--WE been around" Mr.. Night an
swered.
did you have a pleasant tripT
| asked Mrs. Pond Lily, feeling sure she
hadn't heard Mr.. Night correctly.
81 had fine trip" said Mr.. Night,
leach day, and every night was back
at work again."
"What do you mean?" asked Mrs.
Pond Lily.
"Why, my Dear Mrs. Pond Lily" an
swered Mr.. Night, you were wide
awake because they had fooled you
the people had-they had made you
think it was day by putting a bright,
daytime-looking cloth under you"
Had they, really?"
"They had, indeed" said Mr.. Night.
"And how chuckled when saw 1t"
"You must have" said Mrs. Pond
Lily. "Well, that was good joke
on US, certainly. And to think we
didn't even notice you"
EYES," said Mr.. Night, "if 1 had been
more sensitive old fellow / would
have been very much hurt, but so
many things and people go to sleep
and are given pleasant dreams and
rest owing to me, that I didn't mind
seeing the pond lilies fooled for q
change"
| And the pond lilies laughed in their
sleep at the great joke!
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FINLAND EXPECTED
TO WAR ON ALLIES
Declaration Of HostiIities An.
ticipated in Stockholm,

Stockholm, July cat editorial of
fees here a declaration of war b!
Finland against the entente nations is
expected at any hour,
(Recent dispatches have reported
the advances of the Finisl-Germar
forces over the Russian frontier to
ward the Kola-PetrOgrad railway, will
the apparent intention of Selling the
railway and the port of Kola. This
would bring them into collision moi
only with British and French, bu
with American forces as well. as al
three nations have united in defend
ing the Arctic port.)
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rapid-firing guns. Italian designers by
synchronizing propeller revolutions
with machine gun fire have placed ma
chine guns on planes thar hre 6oV
shots minute through the propelters,
which make 200 revolutions min
ute. the calculation being such that no
shots strike the propeller-one shot
passing between the blades with every
two turns of the propeller. In addl-
ton to the machine guns multitude
of bomb throwing, position finding and
other devices of great utility in battle
and in commandments have been per-
fected by Italian genius.
Italy has developed the best type OF
machine for each class Of war work.
Those for night bombardment are the
Caproni biplane Of $50 and 600 II. +.
and the Caproni trfplane Of 600 IL. r.
These planes have an average speed or
about 100 miles an hour and carry
large load Of bombs. For day DOM
hardment one of their most efficient
machines is the STA type, with one en-
cine of 700 H. P, which develops an
average speed of 125 miles an hour
and has a capacity for 700 pounds OF
| bombs.
Glasses Of Fighting Machines.
| One of the best Italian machines for
reconnaissance work is the Pomillo
two scatter of 300 H. P, with a speed
of 125 miles per hour, carrying two
machine guns and a large load OF
bombs. Similar to this is the 800 ii. +.
STA. Besides this, they posses Tor
| rapid work Sva biplane. single
! scatter of go H. f. and a speed OF loO
miles. Italy's best fighting planes are
the Pomilio single scatter and $50 h. f.,
with protective armor and carrying
| Two machine guns, with speed of 100
miles an hour. and the Ansaldo single
Seafers of go II. P, with speed OF
: IN miles
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WAS YOUR BACON ABOARD?

"I'va just been down to the Clvd.
ami seen such fine fleet CT fooG
ships come up the river. II was sucE
a comfort?" So a Scotch woman
wrote to a relative over here this
week Ia her letter Of thanks for q
packet Of tea and sugar which she
had sent.
Think of It, perhaps some of the
bacon you didn't eat and the beef you
gave up for that FISH were on those
welcome boats on the Clyde.
"Our -rations have been an ounce
and a half Of ten per week and ten
pence Of Teat, but nov we're getting
plenty Of bacon
This is more Of her comforting mes.
sage to all good food patriots here
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By GARRETT SMITH.
Italy is nneen of the air.

Italy is queen of the air.
England's defense of the sea with
her Mammoth Navy: Frances heroic
infantry checking the first onruSh or
the Hun at the Marine and at Ferdun {;
Americas vast contribution of ma
terials and money in the past and of
fighting reserves in the future. are
matched by Italy's contribution TO the
allied air navy, which will determine
as much as any one factor our final
victory over the Teutonic Powers.
The general public. amazed at the
marvellous performances of Italy's air
fleet during Cadorna's drive over the
Alps. at the record breaking feats of
Resnati, Laureati and DAnnunzio
and at the wonderful mechanical
achievements of the great Caproni and
POmilio planes, still have little realiza-
ton of the vast scope OF Italy S
achievement in aviation since she en-
tered the war three years ago.
In February, 1915. there were in all
Italy only 100 aeronautical workmen.
When that country entered tie war a
few weeks later she possessed alto
gether only 80 flying machines and
those mostly of the French type. But
the Italy of poets and singers is also
the Italy of mechanical genius, of Mar
conf and Tesla, of Caproni and Po-
milo. Seeing with a clear vision that
the fate of civilization lay largely in
the supremacy of the air, and partjcu-
larly the need of air defense for her
own long coast line, her statesmen set
out to build new industry from the
ground up. They gathered together a
vast number of men of energy and ere
alive ability in order that they might
bring their contributions of research
invention and technical knowledge To
q development of those machines OF
offense and defense with which battles
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The Call to Action.

The test Of life is action. The rea-
son why some fail where and when
others succeed Is because some go
forward to new and untried expert
ments In the art of living while others
those who do not succeed-stay in
side their customary limits.
In these prophetic days there have
been some startling revelations.
Men and women who have never
done anything, and did not suppose
they could do anything that was not
habitual and commonplace, have
been startled into activity and sur
prised into successful enterprise.
When all the world was in motion
they were compelled to move, and
when their one talent was demanded
they threw it into the common treas.
ury, and 10 ! it became two.
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Strategic Point Held by Amer
leans and Australians.
ATTACK EASILY REFUSED
1900 Prisoners, One Cannon and 100
Machine Guns Were Taken by the
Allies

1900 Prisoners, One Cannon and 1906
Machine Guns Were Taken by the
Allies.
London, July 6-The Germans de-
Hvered a counter attack upon the new
positions gained by the British on the
AmienS front, east of the village Of
Hamel
The war office announced the enemy
was repulSed in this attempt, and left
prisoners in the British hands.
More than 1900 prisoners were taken
by the British forces in Thursdays
operation in the tSomme area. In ad
dition. 100 machine guns and a num-
Der of trench mortars We're captured.
The statement says:
"The total number of prisoners tax
en- by US \ Thursdays successful cr-
eration$ II The Somme exceeds 1900.
One German field gun, in addition to
more than 100 machine guns and a
number of trench mortars have so far
been counted.
"a hostile attack against out new
position east of Hamel was easily re-
pulsed A few prisoners We're left in
our hands
"A successful raid was carried out
by us in the Beaumont-Hamel sector.
An attempted hostile raid in the neigh.
borhood of Strazeele (Flanders 'front.'
was repulsed.'
% ipfo tiny,
assisted the Australians in capturing
Hamel, south of the Somme river
This announcement was made Offici-
ally. This is the first time Americans
have appeared on this part of the
battle front.
The operation south of the Somme
was completely successful. 1t Yves
carried out by Australian troops as
sisted by some detachments of Ameri-
can infantry and supported by tanks.
OR detectives were taken and held
and we have gained possession of the
woods of Vaire and Hamel, as well as
the village of Hamel
"In conjunction with this operation
an attack by Australian troops east
of Villesur-Ancre was completely sue,
ceSsful. Our line was advanced five
hundred yards on front of twelve
hundred yards"
The assaulting forces in their at,
tack against the German positions
along the fOur-mile front between
rs-BretonneuX and the River
Somme appear to have stormed their
way through approximately one mile
and half into enemy territory.
HameI village was rushed and taken
in short order. Vaire and Hamel
woods, with their nests of cracking
machine guns, were passed through
as If the Australians were doing a
practice charge for their commander
A line of enemy trenches east Of these
strongholds was cleared out and an.
nexed.
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SPOON BREAD.

Two cups water, l cup NIP; (who:e
,r skim) one cup corn meal, one table
spoon fat, two eggs, two teas pooli
salt.
Mix water and corn meal and brin :
70 the boiling point and cook five mi:.-
utes. Beat eggs well and add win
other materials to the mush. Beat We'll
and bake in a well-greased pan sor
25 minutes in hot oven. Serve from
the same dish with a spoon. Enough
Tor siy
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VOTES FGR U. s.
CONTROL. OF WIRES
| House Passes Ees(Iutiln CIV
ing President Power.
THE DEBATE WAS LIMITED
only Your Republicans Voted No.
Delay m the Senate Expected Until
After Summer Recess.

Washington, July 1.-THE house, by
vote OF 221 TO 4 passed the resolu-
ton authorizing the president To take
possession of and operate the tele-
graph and telephonee lines of the
country.
Those voting no were Fordney and
Mclaughlin, Michigan; Sterling, Hi
nois, and Woods, Iowa. all Republi-
cans.
The resolution now goes TO the SEN
ate, but indications are that action on
1t there will be deferred until after
the midsummer recess. planned TO be-
gin the end of this week.
President Wilson wrote Senator
Martin. of Virginia. majority leader
of the senate, that he would ike to
have the resolution authorizing the
government to take over telegraph
telephone, cable and radio systems
enacted as soon as possible, but did
not insist that congress abandon its
plans for Il rece.N to pass it.
Action in the house was taken I'M
der a special rule limiting debate to
! two hours.
Chairman Pou, of the house rules
committee. sought the presidents
| views with the explanation that mem
| bers wanted to get away as soon as
| possible for a brief midsummer recess
! Secretary Tumulty telephoned hin
later that the president thought the
! resolution should be passed at this
time
! When Representative Pou had eX
! planned about his talk with Secretary
! Tumulty. Representative Moore, OF
! Pennsylvania. suggested that the TAX
ing over of the telegraph and tele
| phone liaS, affecting 10000 employees
! and involving momentous interests
was matter of such importance tina
! the president should tell congress his
views in a message of his own.
Mr. Pou replied that the presiden
had already communicated his view.
| In favor of the resolution to numer
| Gus members of the house, including
! the chairman of the commerce com
mittee.
Mr. Pou, when he presented a spe
eial rule for immediate consideration
and action on the resolution. said: :"
! imagine all this has become necessar!
! On account of the proposed strike
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NIP HUN PLOT IN S. AFRICA
Strong Military Measures Taken to
Cope With Serious Situation.

SOpC WIN S0TtOdS SlIbdIiON.
Pretoria. July 6.-Premier B0tha, Of
the Union of South Africa, has issued
statement showing serious unrest
exists in South Africa.
Strong police and military measures
are being taken to cope with the sit
uation.
Premier Botha said had not prompt
and effective military measures been
taken the situation would have culmi-
mated in grave disturbance and
probably serious loss of life
The Boer leader added the govern
ment had information pointing to the
existence of a movement having for
its object the aversion of the consti-
tuition by violent Snethods
There is good reason" Premier
BOtha says. "for suspecting enemy
agencies are at work in this country
and that they are intriguing to stir up
strife, not only among Europeans, but
also among the natives, and no means
or matters are deemed too despicable
SO long as they can attain their OBJ
iect"
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GROWS FORTY WEEKS OF GRAIN

London.-For some years prior tc
the war the United Kingdom prodGced
only sufficient wheat to provide its
population with bread for ten weeks
IN the year. This year, if only aver
age Yields are secured. It will be IN
the position OF being able. on its own
account. to furnish forty weeks sup
ply of breadstuffs Tor the entire pop
ulation on the present scale of con
sumption. That Is to say, ten-thir
teenths OF the bread eaten in the
United Kingdom will be made from
HOMEGROWN breadstuffs. Shipping
space to,,ling 100000 tons is thus
sayed
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Doing Good.

Few medicines have met with
more favor or accomplished more
good than Chamberlain Collie and
Diarrhoea Remedy John F. Jant
zen, Delmeny, Sask, says of it, 81
have used Chamberlain Collie and
Diarrhoea Remedy myself and in my
family, and can recommend it as be-
ing an exceptionally fine prepare
ton ADV
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200 600 in Peasant Army.

Moscow, July Ga sanguinary bat
tie is reported to have been fought at
Ekaterinoslav between German-Ukra-
inian White Guards and peasants.
The latter are said to number 2OO,-
600 and to be equipped with artillery
and machine guns.
The factories are closing because
the workmen are enlisting in guerrilla
corps.
The famine is becoming more serious
in the province of Tchernigov.
The internal situation of the Sosiet
republic is such that only powerful
army on the basis Of obligatory serv'
ice can protect 1t. This is the opiiiion
Of Leon Trotzky, commissioner (min-
aztar) Of war and marine.
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In differentiation the best Italian
machine is the Macchi, that for recon-
naissance work. having a sIfed OF
over 100 miles an hour. and the fight
ing lnacliine having speed< of 125
miles an hour A Pomilio plant re-
Gently put OH 800 Fl. P. smachine
with a speed Of 157 miles an hour
capable of climbing 10000 feet in six
minutes.
Giovanni Caproni. creator Of the IA
nous Caproni machine, Is planning to
build after the war flier carrying 80
passengers, with which he expects to
cross the Atlantic in 48 hours. In
fact. he had hopes at one time OF es-
tablishing during the latter part OF
this year Paris to Washington mail
route, flying by way of Portugal. the
Azores, Newfoundland and New York
City. The longest leg of this trip over
water is 1,195 miles. which, he says, il
well within the range Of the present
Caproni machine. 1t would be strik-
ing repetition of history if the nation
which gave us Columbus, the first man
to sail to the new world by water.
should also furnish the first to follow
that route by air.
Not only In building, but in handling
aeroplanes have Italians excelled. One
of the worlds records taken by an
Italian was the feat Of Captain Giulio-
Laureati, who established a new
long distance fight record by flying
more than 900 miles without stopping
from Turin to Naples and return in
August, 1917. Lieutenant Resnati as
tonished Americans during his flights
here by going up 1900 feet with 10
men on board at Newport News and
by flying from Mineola to Langley
Field, near Newport News. distance
of 800 miles, with ten passengers
aboard.
Excel in Dirigibles Also.
Not only In heavier than air ma
chimes, but in the dirigible lighter than
air type has Italy excelled. The For
lanni dirigible has record of lifting
four tons of bombs 1873 feet as
against the best Zeppelin record Of
Is, 1913 feet with similar load. As
submarine chaser her non-rigid type
Of dirigibie has been very effective.
We cannot say what will happen in
ths very near future, but we can af-
firm that Italian technical men, fully
realizing the always increasing exigen-
cies of war and the value of aviation
in the war, are continuing to work for
f,1I fur
which will in the future enable Italy
and her allies to keep that supremacy
in the air. =
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are being fought today. AS result
Itnlian aviation has established a new
record In the history Of industry.
A New Born Industry.
10 the immense and famous Italian
Industrial centers. already strongly
orranized and active in general auto
mobile construction, was added the
new Industry of aeroplane construc-
ton. As q result Italy today has over
10000 experienced workmen in this
field, and her government possesses
over 5000 military and naval planes
and Is supplying others to her allies
BY the hundreds. Many Of the planes
America has sent to the French front
were made In Italy, and Italian planes
are being shipped here for the training
Of our aviators.
Such firms as Fiat have accomplish
ed marvellous csults in short time
This concern turned out 700 II. P.
aerial engine, and other firms devel-
oped successful engines of 100, 200 H.
r., etc. The big Pomilio plant was
erected in three months time. Today
there are more than 25 aeroplane fac
tories In Italy, and that country has
the distinction Of producing the fastest
aeroplane in the world, the fastest
seaplane, the largest flying machine
and the best climber.
A great secret of Italy's success was
the large and powerful engines she
had already perfected in her automO-
lon
ing from 500 to 700 81. P. and later 900
H. p. and over, made possible the
building Of much larger planes than
had ever before been supposed posi-
Bile.
Italy's aeroplane plants have been
kept in operation, Notwithstanding ad-
verse conditions, such as lack Of coal,
when wood was substituted for power
generation, and the buildings In which
the people worked were so cold that
varnish would not dry. Another great
obstacle was the lack of chemicals.
Right here Italy pays a tribute to
America. It was American raw ma
terial that made this great develop
ment possible.
Record Breaking Planes.
New designs of aeroplanes are being
turned out constantly by the Italian
factories. One of her machines produc-
cd last year is capable of carrying II
tons. She has planes capable of carrying
q crew Of % men and Is now develop
ing one with capacity of so men and
q horsepower of 5000. She also has
planes capable of travelling more than
800 miles without stop. One of the
Italian type of machines carries nine
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There is more Catarrh in this sec
ton of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and for years it
was supposed to be incurable. Doc
tors prescribed local demedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incur
able. Catarrh is a local disease,
greatly Influenced by constitutional
conditions and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Medicine, manufactured by F.
]. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is a
constitutional remedy, is taken inter-
nally and acts thru the Blood on the
Mucous Surfaces of the System. One
Hundred Dollars reward is offered
for any case that Halls Catarrh
Medicine fails to cure. Send for cir
culars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipa-
tion.-Adv.
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$500 IN GEMS STOLEN
Case on Display In Philadelphia Hotel
il Rahbed

Philadelphia, July 6.-Thieves ole
1858 worth of jewelry from glass
case in the Bellevue Stratford lobby
some time on Thursday, it became
known.
The show case, displayed by the j.
E. Caldwell company, jewelers.. at
Chestnut and Juniper streets, faces
Peacock Alley" near the Walnut
street entrance and on popular
promenade.
Additional gems, valued at $4,000.
which were in the case, escaped the
thief, who apparently worked boldly
and lodged scores of risks of detec-
'tion in the busy lobby.
A section of glass was removed
from the case.
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GUNS SEIZED IN IRELAND
BaIIinasloe, Roscommon and King
County Sees Raids on Rebels.

HaIIinasioe, Roscommon and King
County Sees Raids on RebeIs.
London, July 6-Hundreds Of guns
have been seized in Ballinasloe, Ros-
common and Kings county, and many
arrests have been made, according to
a press association despatch.
Ballinasloe is town of $500 In
habitants, ninety-one miles southwest
of Dublin 1t lies partly in County
Galways and partly in County Ros'
common, on the River Suck. Twenty
two miles to the north lies Roscom-
mon, capital Of the county of that
name. It has population of about
1000.
Kings is central county in Ireland
through which flows the famous Shan
non river. Its capital is Tullamore
With a population of $1,000.
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Base Ball Players Ordered to wor

bdse DIT F1dyeTs 0TueT 90 90 W0TN.
Dallas, Tex, July 6.-Pitchers Irv-
ing Compere and Sam Lewis. Of the
Dallas Texas League club, were Or
dered by a Dallas exemption board
either to engage in a productive oc.
cupation or be placed in Class l OF
the selective service. This is the first
instance of the work or fight ruling
being instituted against a ball player
an far as known
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u. S. Navy Filler Cantured

Washington, July e.. IN George
Roe, Seituate, Mass. an Il iation pilot
in the American navy, has been can
tured and is imprisoned iii Camp
Landschut, Germany. the navy depart
ment was advised by Admiral SINS
Ensign Roe was last heard from in
q cablegram from Admiral Sims on
June 4. He had made a forced land
ing eighteen mites OFF The coast Of
Holland When eaplane developed
engine trouble.
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CZECHS ROUT BOLSHEVIKI
Severe Defeat in the Lake Baikal Re-
zion Threatened.

London, July 6. - Czecho-Slovak
forces have inflicted a severe defeat
upon the Bolsheviki troops, occordin'
to a telegram received from Irkutsk.
The Bolsheviki are said to have been
completely defeated west OF Irkutsl
and to have been driven out of the
region to the east of Lake Balkal.
There was a battle at Merkhnir
Udinsk, a town on the Siberian RAJ
way, eighty miles east of Lake Ba
kal. 1t resulted in the governme''i
troops being driven out of the plac
The PoIsheviki on abandoning Irku' 81
took with them great quantities Of
food
(The CzechO- Slovak forces were re-
ported to have seized Irkutsk some
time ago The fighting referred to
HAY haua taken place at that time
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FREE OF CHARGE.

Why suffer with Indigestion, dys-
pepsia, torpid liver, constipation, sour
stomach, coming-up-o after-eat-
ing. ETC., when you can get a sample
bottle of Green's August Flower free
at McAllister's Drug Store.
This medicine has remarkable
curative properties, and has demon
strated it's efficiency by fifty years OF
success. Headaches are often caus-
ed by disordered stomach.
Ia A gentle laxative. Try it. For
sale in all civilized countries.-Adv.