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FOUGHT DUEL IN THE AIR German and British Aviators Engage in Struggle Which Results in Destruction of One Participant. 4, A thrilling spectacle took placo the other day on the French frontier when i 'a German aeroplano passed overhead spying out the land. First thoro was a rapid liro of the antiuir-cuft guns, and though the white pufTs of the shells seemed to encircle it, they appeared to be doing no harm. Then the German airman caught sight. of a British aeroplane aiul immediately started in hot pursuit of it. Another British aeroplane which was returning from a scouting four over the German lines, dropped out of the white clouds, as if by magic. But being above the. German plane, its presence was not perceived until it was quite close. Then began a sensational battle. For fear of injuring their own machines, the soldiers stopped the fire from the antiaircraft guns. Left to themselves, the two jcrafts circled and recircled round each Other, the British aeroplane rushing in sometimes and then darting away again, while the machine guns kept up a rapid liring. Suddenly the German plane dropped with an abrupt, twisting drive, For a thousand feet or more it fell, helplessly. Then, as it the aeronaut had tr ide frantic effort to adjust his It vers, the machine Straight elieil <>n? ? 1 ? The Liriti.sh piano followed the Ci?_srtuan in its lull, in graceful spiral curves, and when it righted, opened f renewed fire upon it. A burst of white smoke from the Gorman aeroplane announced the explosion of the petrol tank. The body of the German ma chine crashed to the earth. Its heavy four-cylinder engine embedded itself in the ground, its wings and body shattered into splinters, and its steel stays bent and twisted, lay scattered about. BURNING AFTER SIXTY YEARS Now One Million Dollars Will Be Spent in Endeavor to Put Out Coal Mine maze nngineers ot the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company arc making herculean efforts to extinguish the lire, which has been burning for ??0 years in a coat mine at Summit liiil. I'a. Seven mine locomotives and three steam shovels are in operation and a large force of men is at work driving deep holes into the earth, into which culm and water are being sluiced. .Millions of gallons of water are being pumped daily into crevices ami holes, and the issuance of steam indicates that the fire is burning in spots 'which had long been considered iburned out. The gigantic effort the company is |making to extinguish the lire tor all 1 time will probably cost $1,QUO,000, but tliut sum is insignificant when compared with the damage the fire would do if it should spread into the val& n i ley and ignite the mammoth veins running throughout the Panther Creek ;valley. The lire had its origin directlly west of Summit Hill and was icaused, it is believed, by forest fires. |Tho Uames have been gradually ispreading westward, and have deistroyed millions of dollars' wo?Th of coal. Give Home the "Once Over." Now is not too late to look over the ihouse and see what Is necessary to repair tlio ravages of the summer 'duu iiiiii num. it in u good idea 10 clean the glass over pictures with a iCloth wrung from hot water and dipped in alcohol. Polish them immediately until they are dry and glossy with chamois or tissue paper. Huh leather chairs with a little fresh milk to prevent cracks in the leather I>o this nbout once a week. Whiting spread on a damp flannel cloth will remove all spots from painted wood without hurting the surface and without tiriug the arm which applies It. Often when a house has been closed all summer the iron sink becomes rusty. It can be cleaned with mutton tallow. Cover the tallow with quicklime and leave it on over night. The lime and tallow should then be rubbed . on wun an oiu siuk oroom ana the aink should then bo washed with hot soda water. The lime should not bo allowed to touch the hands. Facts About Concrete. Tests made In the engineering laboratory of the Sheffield scientific school. Yale university, using 1:2:4 concrete mixtures, with varying percentages of water, showed that concrete with 27 Vfc per cent of water was stronger at the end of 20 days than mixtures in which other percentages had been used These experiments Indicate that, contrary to the general belief, there Is a definite limit to the amount of water that should be used and that that limit Is considerably lower man tne percentage used in a large amount of concrete construction. Must Have Standard Vocabulary. Two large manufacturing plants at Uayonne, In New Jersey, om' ploy an army of workmen of muuy nationalities. require them to master a standard vocabulary of GOO Qpglish words. If, when hired, a man does not know the necessary 600 words, his employers give him, at their own expense, enough time off to learn thorn. The teaching is done in co-oporution with _ the local board of education. A vocabuV lary of 600 words is not exactly Shakespearean. but a wayfaring Man can do a lot with it at a pinch. Till REFUTES THE CANAL THEORY WA Member of British Astronomical As- l,n' scciation Takes Issue With Scientists Concerning Mars. According to the report on the 1909 " oi position ot Mars, published by the "section for the observation of Mars" si of the British Astronomical associa- ?r ^ tion, under the direction of E. M. Antonladi, "the alleged existence of a an 1 geometrical network of canals on ol 1 Mars has received a lasting and unanswerable confutation." Mr. Anton- ? iadi had the advantage of using on ? Mars the great Meudon refractor. the most powerful telescope in the Old an< World. In working witli smaller in- u struments he himself had, like other <oni observers, obtained frequent glimpses una of narrow, straight lines, but in the j'',r Aicuuon instrument these lines were ^uw seen only when the definition was "" bad and the Image of the planet "liar- re'' ing " With good seeing, a complex ^ natural structure of the so-called "continental" regions of the planet was re- *' vealed. a variety of irregular hands | ' " t cr and shadings, replacing the sharp, tsarrow lines drawn by Sehiaparelli. How- " ell and others. Mr. Anlonladi pronounces the geometrical lines, and nl- | ' so the douhling of the lines, mere op- i ' tical illusions, and presents a large j '),ls number of his own drawings side by " side with those made of the same reg- 1 ions hy Sehiaparelli and l.oweli. in support of this contention. He notes 1 v', tit it the markings which Sehiaparelli ' only glimpsed with liis modest .S'?-! '' ' Inch refractor were held quite steadily ' in the 32&t-inch refractor tit Meudon. ' ?Sclontiflc American. 1 . i ed INDISCRETION COST HIM LIFE eiij in t Ambassador "Talked Too Much." and sttp the Result Was Unpleasant for jj Himself and Others. fp j< In a "History of the Turks." C'hal- voir coneylas, a Greek, relates how a fleet velc of crusaders sailing toward Constant! mint; in uie Regaining or tne thirteenth .... century, was becalmed at the entrance of the Hellespont. At that time there ?bs was at the court of Athens an ambassador of the king of France, who set out in a galley to visit the chiefs of the lleet. Tlio admiral confided to him A that he had been ordered to take Con- win stantinople by surprise. The amhaa- tim sador spoke of the difficulties and dan- s-trt gers of this passage, as it was between | 'he two banks from which ballistae could j ann burl upon the vessels enormous stones, : we< boiling oil. and. above ail, Creek lire, j in 1 The admiral revealed to him that tho j wor governors of the forts would make w; little resistance, as they had been to I bribed. The envoy was so pleased that dea as soon as he had returned to land ho str: had great trouble to hold his tongue, j lie was heard to prophesy in mysteri- 1 h; ous words that the famous passage | are would soon be forced. As there were i spies on all sides, the words of the am- any bassador were soon carried to Con- t'ari stantinople. When tho fleet presented I one itself in the Hellespont the catapults To of the Turks manifested groat activity, the The bribed captains of the forts had in been removed and others were in their "Cd places. The indiscreet ambassador was recalled to Paris and executed. thit The Gurkha's Charge. WCM That the Indian troops not only re- jn , speet but love their officers is tllus- aus trated in the following humorous story tnli from T. P.'s Journal: yol] A young English subaltern had Just 7 arrived at the front, and his superior me! officers, who were not at all sure of j1|H him, gave an old Hindu soldier of his (-0i regiment orders to keep his eye on him. The Indian was very proud of his trust, and looked after the young H fellow as if be had been his own son. ser although he was always perfectly re- tra spectful and obedient. wil Then, one afternoon, tho German Fii fWTMes Ih.i ivii v .. I,??- ! w... %.?v iMUl iwu uuiciii i ii > in* i I1U( hardmcnt. Carried away by his feel- ke; ings, the boy jumped up and exposed pla himself unnecessarily to their fire, am The Gurkha immediately pulled him ant back, pushed him to the tloor of the ula trench, and sat on him' The young urc Englishman struggled to rise, but the sia Gurkha sat tight. of i "Not yet. sahib," ho cried, "not yet!" opt And it was not until the colonel its gave the order to charge that the con- act scientious Hindu allowed his prisoner thi to rise, saluted him respectfully, and bal charged the enemy trenches at his lie1 side fan Treasure Ship Ready. da} The staunch old whaler Jeanottn Is receiving u coat of paint and a powerful engine is being added to ber equip- q inent in the Pacific shipyard at Alameda Point. Cal. Tho Jeanette, for a W(" long timo, has lain idle, but now sho is going to sail again on a long expedltion to the South seas. Sho will carry th adventurers to Cacos Island to search jir for fabulous treasures thought to have . been hidden by "lied Jacinto." a pirato chieftain. q The party is to be hoadod by Capt 7 ^ James Drown of Portland, Me., and is composed of business men from Springfield, Mo., and Kansas City, who ~0|] have formed a syndicate to financo tho ( expedition They will leavo Oakland, ny Cal., in a few days. flrr reli Wood Pulp Substitute for Cotton. A Gorman chemist is working on a process which is oxpected to make ? wood pulp avuilaMo as a substitute for cotton in tho manufacture of high f power explosives. The pulp Is pre- c ? pared and made Into sheets much the ti same as in the manufacture of paper. The only difficulties yet remaining 8 1 arise from the tact that the material contains impurities which make tfoe j explosive uncertain and highly dangtr 1 ous to handle. pui ? laxcastkk xkws. [y to inclose stamps roperly Placed in Letter They Are t^pt to Be Source of Irritation to the Recipient. is actually astonishing the numOf persons, even those who nro in iness, who do not know how propto inclose a postage stamp in a cr. The stamp is inclosed to bring immediate reply, and the Intention ho writer is good; but many times wrong way of doing the thing is cause of no little annoyance at other end of the line. 'lien a busy man opens a letter finds a stamp pasted tightly to sheet he may be excused it he beics Irritated. The ' itter is often nswered, the stamp wasted or the ty's time taken up in removing the np and applying paste to hold it the envelope sent containing the iyere is one way to inclose a stamp; lolsten a spot about the size of a in the center of tlie stamp and -s it to a blank space on the lotsheet. When the party nddresse i loves the stamp lie can lift it from edge, and that will cause the cento release iesantly without injury ho bit of paper. It one < orner is led down i' >fte? tears in remov -i ' - * ui. i nt ( 1.1,5; i?? tne ruling nr department. the postage -damp Is tbless if any portion is torn or rut iy. mother way to ItIoso a single 111?. or two or three stamps, in , Is to cut a little slit in the enrol' the letter, taking pains that is not done where it will he fold as the letter is ninth* ready to go he envelope. If the slits are prop made the stamps can he tucked ind will remain safely in that poDU. ut for a large number of stamps ' better to put them in a small cnipe, which is inclosed in the en>po containing the letter. lUtIM I LY A HOPELESS CASE tinate Man Determined Not to Admit That the Dictagraph Had Helped Him. certain young man of Columbus y is so hard of hearing that lie oftes carries a little dictagraph inim? lit with liira to help him follow conversation of his friends, was ng some of his rural relatives last k. There happened to he a farmer I lie vicinity who had not heard a d for years. The Columbus man i introduced to him and referred his little instrument which helped f persons, and offered to demonte it to him. I can't hear through those things ive tried theni ail and none of theiu any good," he said. i ui in is Ti ]> in your oar and try it, how," suggested tho visitor The uior hesitated a while and then put end of the instrument to his ear. the surprise of the Columbus man deaf farmer replied, when asked a tone hardly above a whisper, m you hear what I say?" Nope. 1 can't hear a word. These igs don't do me any good." Would you acknowledge it if they lid help you?" was then asked him a still lower tone of voice, and the wer came back promptly: "Cerlly 1 would, but I can't hear a word i auy." he Columbus man put the instrunt back in his pocket and said to rural friend. "A hopeless case"? umbos Dispatch. Peculiar Customs of Finns. The Finn is the most highly prized vant in Russia, because, in const with the Russian peasant, he 1 not Ktonl Tn f^nl ??%/! /?** ins. the Russians say. it is never essary to make use of a lock and y. The Russians and Finns disy the- same love for getting drunk 1 for going to church. The peaas of both races are admirably regr in their pursuit of those pleas s. Moreover, the Finn an 1 the Kusn are alike superstitious. The head the new-born child is thrust into the m door of the stove in order that family's hearth spirit may become tuainted with it. Now and again s introduction has been fatal to the jy. The peasant Finns also be ye that the dead member of the ally lingers in the household 40 '8 before taking its tinal departure. Origin of Grain as Measure. 'he grain, as a measure of weight, i its name from being originally the ight of a crain of wheat. A statute ised in England in 1266 ordained t 32 grains of wheat, taken from middle of the eai and well dried, uld make a pennyweight, 12 of ich should make an ounce, while ounces were to make a pound, 'ho pound, therefore, consisted of 10 grains. But several centuries ?r the pennyweight was divided into grains, which makes the troy ind "i,760 grains. The pennyweight s the exact weight of a silver penThe standard grain was preibod by act of parliament in the gn of George IV. Hazy Ideas. I havo boon promised a Job In i forest service," said the politin What are your duties to be?" t don't know much about the propoon. I havo been told that I was bo sent out to Inspect government (serves.' For what purpose?" To see if they comply with the re food laws, 1 suppose.' I .I.\\r.\l?V. 14, WHY YOU ARE NERVOUS f Til'* nervous system w the alarm system of the human body. Iu perfect health we hardly realize tliat we have a network of nerves, but when health is ebbing, when strength is declining, the same nervous system gives the alarm in headaches, tiredness, dreamful sleep, irritability and unless cotrected, leads straight to a breakdown. To correct nervousness, Scott's Kmulaion is exactly what you should take; its rich nutriment gets into the blood and rich blood feeds the tiny nerve-cells while the whole system responds to its refreshing tonic force. It is free from alcohol. Scott tit Itownc. Blooutficld, N. J. ) The now orow and the High A ri*i/<!: win:; c < ducat ion hu<. been 1 n< -di i'!' d ! : " -tret < xt (looi neighbor for running his ;iplio- ' ()h<>tic <01 i how yranh. ac-coriing to $ which way it i.-, iov: lvi'U) iato at night, l! listui i" ?i him I icclar d .' ti: <1 ' to _'tt !<i some tinif in tIn morning, i aim it* 0 .,i dacHtoLiged .; IJut, ' in', heat ;r. returned ne.-hbor, \v wis v v\ :ntf lieet :-al , ltoll. "I *1 |)in> i?,?t.I .p ' rat "h? e!-t - if I hoy f ,jj t.j, I- i y an r- r tu ill t. ! v; ti v; , ft a' 1 ;.?.? voi: < 'i aiijtiv t i.ii u; ?; < : 11< high* t . !u t Hi V .! win . .. hat ;s J * t?,;, to "i* i tirst t.;.; !i I in* -a f : it vr I I hind ol . t l, wl.it h v ?"it: . .i :i i . a k (i. ^ug!" t ;ii . "f 'i\iii: ?i Busy Frensh Port. The mt. t nuiioilant French port <>''t side of Franco is Saigon. .vim li ran s with Boulogne and Bordeaux among the ports >. the mother country, it is jjj the natural 'ollocting ami distributing '/ center for the groat rice-producing h (delta regions it the Mekong Donnui, % and other r'vers. and is the port ot W (trans-shipment lor -ill the other ports g of Indo f'liiiia Saigon is located on S the right hank of the Saigon river, w ; about lifty miles from the sea and a | about ten miles above the point where a the river empties into the Domini, a S| short coastal river parallel to the Me- ft kong and about one hundred miles 3 east of it. 9 WUUU'S Swa Prosperity Seeds. ? With bright prospects a- ,,, head for good prices on Veg- ? < ?e.hle and ali Fan r produi T. our farmers should feel en- ? X c< uraged to plant improved ?? varieties of seeds, so as to increase their crops. t f, J WOOD'S VEGETABLE SEEDS, I 1 long known for their supe- i rior quality and productiveness, have greatly increased I in demand and popularity T WOOD'S GRASS, CLOVER and t I FARM SEEDS are of tested ger- T 1 mination and superior ouali- ? I ties. Write for prices. L S WOOD S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG givc9 valuable information about all Seeds for tbe Farm and Garden. ^ Mailed free on request. i-r-r T. W. WOOD 6 SONS. ? SEEDSMEN, - Richmond. Va. Lancaster & Chester Ry. Co ;; Schedule In Effect August 15, 1915. Eastern Time. '' WESTBOUND. Lv. Lancaster ...6:00am?2:30pm *, ! Lv. Port Lawn ..6:30am?4:08pm !l! Lv. Bascomville ..6:46am-?-4:28pm l Lv. ilichburg ....6:55am?4:4.1pm j" \r. Chester .. ..7:30am?5:25pm EASTBOUND. + Lv. Chester .... o:OOani?6:45pm U Lv. Richburg ... 9:45am?7:27pm - Lv. Bascomville .10:00am?7:38pm o i.v. Fort Lawn ..10:30am?7:55pm ~t\ Ar. Lancaster ...11:00am?8:25pm iConnectlons?Chester with South- " pro finfihnQ rH n nH f1o rolin.. P. u ' ' ... K.VM.??/U? W U><U V. HHMIIKl IV 41UI tu" A western Hallways. * Fort Lawn, with Seaboard Air * Line Railways. Lancaster ,wth Southern Hallway " SOUTHERN RAILWAY, i: I'remier Currier of the South. " S'A.SSKNGBR TRAIN SCHEDULES T*"ulns arrive Lancaster from: lo. 118?Yorkvlllc, Rock Hill and < 'ntermediate st-tiou.; 8 :31 a m. ] [ yo. 113?Charleston, Columbia and ? intermediate stations lu:06 '' j a. m ,, No. 114?Marion, Blacksburg, Ch-r- J lotte and Intermediate stations. 'J 1:35pm. ,, No. 117?Co'urabia, Klngsville and i intermediate stations, 7 : 4 1 p. m. {? Trains leave Lancaster for: < No 118?KlnKsvllIe. Columbia and * Intermediate stations, 8:31 a. m * ... No. 113?Rock Hill. Blacksburg, ^ Marlon. Charlotte and Inter- ? mediate stations. 10: Of, a. m. Nb. 114?Klugsvllle, Columbia Charleston and Intermediate stations 1:35 . r? No. 117?Rock Hill, Yorkv'lle and Intermediate stations, 7:41 p. m. Schedule figures are published a1* Information only, not guaranteed For Information as to passenger fares etc., call on Try Notice of Discharge. ^ Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will, as guardian of Springs v-r Raskins, on tlie 9th day of January. int< r lain, make his filial return as such Viek guardian, and apply to the probate court of Lancaster county for letters iypt< dlsmlssory. anpli R. A. BLACKMON, Guardian of Springs Raskins. li Dec 10. 1915. W w. i?it i r uiv lys ? -n mirsp. Peruna hnv helped I mo fu rnj work iri< than .ill other uicdi irio " I d ar. 22, 1011 "I \ < .f j rii! i! h j I The above quotations cjive a vague gl mpse of the correspondence I ve have had with Mr-.. Tanner nee 1399. Our files, which cover 9 wenty-tivo years, include many similar correspondents. HgsaMHBMKtBfEIClS m m .. fcBBKtfABBMEg WPMffi ?WHB WIND?STORM S Don't I'oriiot the Farmers' Mutual protects you I against 1<?ss u]- damage 1>\ wiiul as well a- File and Liulitjii11Li'. "\ 11i 1? other R'ompanio charue extra I for wind protect ion. D.E. BONEY | YORK, s. c. I 'T*WBESOESK7: 'TTIS^TSaSHBaaEBB I* 'I+ + *J* + + + + + + ? K + + ! + + +- + + -+ +- + +-. + M ATI J RE'S WAY... j I.AXANAS, ORAXCIRS. <n anything Nature prepares j >1* ioo<I. is SEALED AM) PROOFED AGAINST DEAD- J ,Y GERMS. \[ Preparing WZIANNE j OK YOl R TARLE We copy NATURE in her work. Ionian Hand NEVER TOUCHES this delightful Coffee ROM THE SACK TO YOUR COFFEE POT AT HOME. p ave Your LI ZIANNE (1)1 PONS For Valuable Gifts. p THE REILY TAYLOR COMPANY. NEW ORLEANS, LA. o WE WANT TO TELL YOU | ? ? + ? + I + + Now i> the time t<> I?u\ v<?ur ti??i11*. 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UCK'Se*m?m&SALVE> 7 AN OLD-TIME NURSE I CURED I Of Catarrh of the Stomach by Peruna 1 MRS. SELENA TANNER, ? Athens, Ohio. E This Cure Dates From October 3, 1899. V jib o, io33 ?"fatarrii or the stomach. Was nearly starved. After taking Peruna 1 have a good appetite." Bept. 11, 1904 ?"1 can assure you that I am still n friend of I Peruna. My health is still good." ^priI 23, 1906 ?"Yes, I am still a friend of p.-runn. Will 1) - a-long as 1 live. 1 keep it in the liuuse all the time." Dec. 18, 1907 "I remmtnend Peruna so often thai they call trie the Pcuna doctor. l'eruua recommends ttself when once tried." Dec. 27, 190P ?"I till ti ll everybody I can that Peruna is the l>e?t medicine in the world." \ug. 15, 1909 ?"P-rutin i\. 1 my lif year- ago. I still lake It when 1 have a cold." Inn. 4, 1910 1 u t! r ei ! v illi j :k nm nla Peruna saved me." day 17. 1912 ? I iti"! <> ilo anything T can for Pomna." I jlaw r -4 01/1 .< ?