Newspaper Page Text
Wednesday Morning, Nov.
ILLEDGE • -E NEWS
MILLEDGEVIIjUE, UKoi’a; [ \
OPENS THE KING'S MAIL
Find Skelcioi’,5 of
.Prehistoric Beasts
Toronto.—From the rooky
tombs In which they have hen
preserved since prehistoric days,
the skeletons of four huge dino
saurs, those gigantic null lays
terlotts creatures that roamed
the plains of this continent some
millions of years ago, have been
disinterred by ;t party of scien
tists and will shortly he installed
in Ihe ltoynl Ontario museum.
The had was made near I’arleia.
Alberta, by a party sent out from
(lie museum, arid included two
practically complete skeletons of
the duck-billed dinosaurs and
two incomplete -specimens. The
skeleton of the larger of the two
complete specimens measured
about 32 feet fa length.
nm FOR LIFE
WITH LIONESS
Transport Agent Grasps Beast's
Tongue During Battle. But Is
Eventually Killed.
HUNTERS TELL WEIRD TALES
One Explain* Simple Method of
Making Animals Sneeze Themselves
to Death—Story About tha
Roosevelt Expedition.
\ recent portrait of Lord Stnmford-
I mi, chief secretary to King George
of England.
PERFECT FLASHLESS POWDER
United Str.tcc Army Invention Will
Permit of Night Firing Without
Illumination.
1’lashlcss gunpowder, making pos
sible night firing without illumination,,
will he demonstrated shortly at the an
nual meeting of the Army Ordnance
association at the Aberdeen proving
. grounds.
Night firing with guns as large as
five inches, in which the muzzle was
Inirely visible to observers 50 feet
away, have been conducted with no
inure than a momentary (lull red glow,
and no illumination whatever.
O.iier features of the program
iwiude the firing of the “heaviest
si'mv unit of ordnance In the world."
the i ■.■•vntly .perfected 15-inch 50-eall
I or gun mounted on' a disappearim
eiirriilgc. The gun measures (!',) feet
it, lot,gilt weighs H-IO.IHH) pounds, and
requires iO pounds " ’ tie s pow
del lo propel Its 2,-iOO-pouml projec
tile approximately ‘.12 miles.
Although the gun weighs, nearly
sun ton it can lie rotated 3fiO de
grees and elevate;! or depressed Mill
hy another. It la operative
ale of one shot tier minute. j
degree
id the
and
rapid- 1
aula:
of .50-,
for uso against uirei
will he demonstrated
niti si used is twice u
used in the World war and
of tiring hits been greatly lm
Iat
Browning
er Intended
unit tanks
1‘he atmitu-
that
ie rule
tsed.
BORROW iD A i
:r p
Stranger Put Out Flames and Ret
turned Apparatus, With Whole
Force Hunting It.
SayvHb*.—Karly one morn+ng ft fire
alarm was turned in hero and all the
y.jhnih "s f, ned out in record time
lied to the firehouse. They
otiisllOd to find tho door open,
apparatus missing. A search
es formed and scoured tin*
bile the telephone wires
amt r
were i
and tl
log, party
com.i;
searching
clue, and
decide on
were kept lur-.v notifying surroundiiu
towie. to be on the watch for the Void
est gang of bandits to appear on tin
Island.
A* morning came on the
palsies returned without i
started for the firehouse ti
i campaign. As they neared the house,
home one noticed the doer was closed.
Inside, the engine stood in its place,
the hose neatly rolled. An unidentified
jiian had been driving a truck near
West Snyville, when it caught fire. He
run the two miles to the firehouse,
tan no one was about, lie found the
door unlocked, appropriated the appa
ratus, drove to his truck and extin
guished the dailies, lie then took the
engine home and shut the door, after
which he went his way. The firemen
lire satisfied with the c\|ilanntlou. blit
would like l" know 11..w. man's liume.i
DEER FLEES TO MEN FOR AID 1
Doe Runs With Fawn Into Lumber
Camp in California to Escape
Mountain Lion.
Uownleville, t 'ill.—That a wild deer
when hard pressed by some enemy of
ilie animal kingdom will throw itself
upon the mercy of its human enemy
was proved near here .recently when
a doe led her fawn into the wagon
yard of a lumber camp to escape a
mountain lion.
The loggers were just starting for
the woods when the deer dashed ap
pealingly In, the lion hovering in the
fringe of timber.
'the doe and fawn stayed in ramp
until apparently satisfied that all hn-
meiliate danger was passed.
School House a Distillery.
Emerson, Man. When citizens ot
this town spread reports that an old
Isolated school house, In which toys
lerious lights were seen, was Infested
.villi "spirits," they were right. It til
In* spirits were of the moonshine va
riety. The school house, which had
been sold to n farmer recently, was
Filed by the police. On the teacher’s
platform they found a huge still, with
.< capacity of 45 to <15 gallons daily
•«r*aa , p infwli'
FINDS REST WITH DEAF HOS!
Former Premier Clemeneeau of Fran.i
Enjoys Silcrce in Medieval Cas
tle in Corsica.
Paris.—Former Premier Clemenepnn
took ids recent "silence cure” In u
medieval castle 1,500 feet above the
blue waters of the Mediterranean at
Ollvese, on the Island of Corsica
N.eholns Pietri, the owner of the cas-
tio, a ilfe-long friend and liewspnpei
a.x'se-'tnte of Clemeneeau, Is us deaf
us the proverbial post.
“I h'tve traveled a lot since the
nrnilstice," the former premier is re
ported to have Mill, “but In India
Ilgypt, tlie Sntirtr.n. everywhere 1 liavt,
been, I have- had to talk too much
Now what I want '.j> silence,
certain lo get that' with Pletrl.
so deaf 1 won’t he tempted to ’•ohm-
teor any small talk to him, and he Is
tactful in not asking quovUoiiS, reulia
ing the effort required for t ie to an
swer him is too much for ir.y oid
lungs."
Despite Clomonceati’s pica of weak
ness and his age—eighty-one years—
he looks ns sturdy as the oaks sur
rounding the castle. There are those
who insist tlu 1 Tiger Intends to re
enter the political arena, and that Ini
the peace and quietness of the little
Island which gave Idrth to Napoleon
lie lias been preparing .for a re-entry
into public life that may tie almost as
startling ns that of the little corporaf.
PASSES UP SMALL FORTUNE
Frenchinait Didn’t Rend Will on Body
of Deed Man He Stumbled Over
in Forest.
Sends, Fratfe.—Three hundred
yards from the monument which
iii.-i* 1:the farthest southern advance
uf the German army in France, in the
woods le'itr hero. Aiv.itole lummy, a
oned rnlit; id w rl or, t unfilled
upon Hie body uf a man. whose right
hand slid held <t revolver.
Denuiy lust ik> time in going through
Hie dead man's pockets nod npproprin-
ing :i,5!Mt francs, seeming national de
fonse Fimils and other papers.
Noticing his exaggerated expendi
lures and failing to obtain any In-
formnl.ini.i from her husliatul as to flip
hidden source of his sftddeii wealth,
Demny's wife reported him -to the
police. He was arrested and upon
threat of being charged with theft,
directed the police to tin* spot where
the hoily was found.
A gendarme opened n will fount
among the papers. The first article
I rpm1:
"1 am friendless and without family
| I leave all the money, bonds and vain
aides found on mo to the person find
ing my body, after deducting the ex
pense of n modest funeral.”
Deimiv hud failed to read flip will
He will he arraigned on a charge ol
theft.
CALF CURED BY BUTTERMILK
Stung by Bees and Meat- Death Wher
Expert Applies Remedy Which
Works Quickly.
I London.— From Nairobi, East Africa,
j says a writer in tin London I>iiil.v
I Mail, conies a thrilling story of the
| death of a transport agent named
' Ivlopper, who, pinned down by a
| lioness he had wounded, made u
, desperate bid for victory hy putting
Imtli hands into the animal's mouth :
and gripping its tongue.
Africa is a paradise for the linn i
hunter and the literature of the chase I
Is almost endless. Not all limi
hunters are strictly truthful, however. '
“For Instance, In n remote African
village," says the writer, “I once came 1
across a deeply tanned prospector- j
hunter, who swore that his favorite
method of hunting lions was to get the
animals to sneeze themselves to death.
“’It is quite simple,’ lie said. ’In
lion country you build a little arch of
stone. Just b'g enough to allow the
lion to enter with comfort. But you
must take care to build It of jagged
stones and to see that the center stone
1 nm j °t the arch Is a particularly jagged
lie l.<
" ‘Then you go out and shoot a zebra
or some other toothsome creature fr
the lion's point of view. You drag tin
corpse under the arch, pepper
heavily and then retire to*your tent
to sleep.
Sr.eezes S*!f tp Depth
“‘In the night the lion conn
creeps under the arch lo tils feast, r
his nose filled with pepper, and has an
overpowering inclination to sneeze. 15
sneezes, and in the act throws up his
head unci dashes his brains out on the
center jugged-stone pf your arch.’
“I do not vouch for the truth of
that story."
A party of men trekking Ml lthoila-in
in an ox wagon heard a ■ commotion
one night among their leathered ovai, |
and rushing toward the spot pump i
about a dozen shots into the heaving
tine i from a distance of, say, forty
yards.
The mass diminished, and tbe.v ad
vanced to find one of their oxen hor
ribly mauled by lions.
They “dosed” the corpse with strych
nine and retired to their camp. They
heard the lions busy at the carcass
all night, and in the morning they
found that the dead ox had pru tically
disappeared, hut lying near tiie spot
were five full grown dons—two males
and three female ; all poisoned.
That was a x y considerable bag
got by illegitimate means, but here
is the true Mary of a better hag got
legitimately. Incidentally, it is a very
interesting example of sportsmen’s
lttelt:
When Ihe Into President Roosevelt
and his son Kermit went to British
East Africa, In Ifiti'.l. they were nc-
cofe’penied isi their liunUng trip by
the late F. Selous, one of the
, i greatest hunters that ever lived.
Roosevelt's Luck.
j Selous was particularly anxious to
I sei !•■» a specimen of the East African
| hliiek-niiined lion, hut on the whole
{ trip lie never even got a shot at one.
But Theodore Iloosewit got three and
I Keg-mil Uoodcvelt eight -and neither
of them had ever been on an African
1 gain hunting expedition before!
Nome years’ ago a parly of Greeks
] trekking through Portuguese Zambesin
were followed for days hy a gunnt old
lion, who took one of their donkeys
| each night until only one of the whole
team was left.
Tills donkey the terrified Greeks
I were determined to retain at all costs.
When they made their camp that
built around it a great
\ Prest-O-Lite Banished My Battery Troubles!‘
S IX months ago I had a Prest-O-Lite Storage Battery
installed in my car. From that time I’ve never
known what battery trouble is.
“Of course, I drive up to the Prest-O-Lite Service
Station on the 6th and 20th of each month, and let
them give my battery the once-over.’’
This motorist’s experience may be yours. There’s
no deep, dark secret in freedom from battery worry.
Prest-O-Lite Battery plus Prest-O-Lite Service—that’s
all.
Prest-O-Lite Service prolongs the life of any battery.
We make no charge for testing and distilled water.
Repairing and recharging at reasonable rates.
Drive up any time, whatever car you drive or what
ever battery you use.
Ask Marion Whitfield, John Petroulas or any
otl r local owner of a Pres-OLite Battery They’ll
all tell yon that there's surely none better, if any
equal.
Cur Customer swill also tell you that the service
they get from us is unexcelled. Service and satis
faction are two features we never Overlook.
The very best of everything in our Hue for the
very <i < 1
Battery Service Co.
mmett L. Barnes, Jr., Propr.
t— L
For Quality and Value
Warm Sweaters
DIG, vigorous sweaters for college men, sportsmen
and others who brave the elements, in coats or
pull-over styles. Heavy jumbo or shaker knit-all wooij
-in solid colors and combinations.
$1.50 to $8.50
^ j n (H’n.Viiieiw ,
Middletown, N. Y. A pedigreed call
five months old, grazing at rape's night they
o urge to wander, pullei i stockade of bushes and thorns, and In
length, felt tli
the stake and youtliliUe and unwisely
nibbled tlie clover path of appetite
straight tip to a dozen ldves of honey
bees. The rope wrapped Itsell^armim'
the hives. The bees wrapped them
selves around the cair.
All the blue bipod in Ids vealy ear
cuss leaped into burning lumps. They
suing him from his bleating lips ti
hi< wildly waving tail. Every time hi
made a new leap i f agony they horec
him in a new place. Tlie calf was
in a fair way to die when its owner
Melvin l’arks came along.
Parks knows calves, bees and bint
blood. He just got a tubful of butter
milk and gave tHut calf a buttermilk
hath. In fifteen minutes the calf was
looking for clover again.
MEXICO CITY ARMS
the center of it they tethered tlie sole
surviving donkey to their tent pole.
But nothwitlistanding these precau
tions, tle.it night the pertinacious old
lion got the hist donkey.
Has Late Fish Story.
Suva, Fiji.— Frank Clarke has re
turned from a fishing trip on which
lie sa>s he caught a strange fish. It
was phosphorescent, light brown, heav
ily built and with three gold bands
across its hack near the head.
/f^ki
j
Boys Suits
Blut
8,500,000 Hens Needed.
London.- England needs 8,500,000
more liens in order to get hack to the
estimated consumption for 1913 of 120
eggs per person, asserts Edward
_ Brown, secretary of the national poul-
P0LICE I try council!
Pistols Replace Sticks When Public
Criticizes Inefficiency of
Gendarmes.
Mexico City.—The purchase of 2,(KH
pistols by Governor Gasca of the fed j
erul district is taken as ati indioatim j
here that Mexico City gendarme! i
hereafter are to he armed. * I
The local police department foil
some time has been severely crltl !
oized for ineflicienoy. This was at I
tributed to the fact (bar they wen
allowed to carry no arms and w«ri
dependent solely upon a stick to en
force their commands,
Made with two pair pants in
Serge, Brown and Grey Mixtures
These are extra good suits
$9.00 lo $16.00
Others from
$6.00 to $9.00
XZEAfifiOD
CLiki. for Boys
Myrick-Hollowy Go.
“THE QUALITY SHOP