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THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK |i. , t i r-* September 11, IflS. Qreat German concentration aa Qvlnrt Vilno -Una* ? Russian* repulsed Turk* at several point* in Caucasus. Italian, British and French warships shelled position* near Smyrna. "' * - -"AH September 12, 1BT5. Russian foroes at Vllna threat ened with envelopment Turk* defeated by Russians near OKI. Zeppelins made unsuccessful raid en English east coast September 13, 191S. Hindenburg reached Rovno Petrograd railway between Vllna and Dvinsk. Russians advanced In Terno pol district Von Mackensen checked north west of Rovno. t Sir Percy 8cott placed in com mand of London's aerial de fenses. German aeroplane raided coast of Kent September 14, 1915. Russians iHumed the offen ?ive in South Russia. Rueeian advance along Sereth forced Teutone across the 8trypa. Severe artillery actions along the French front. September 15, 1915. Von Mackeneen'e army occu pied Pinak. Asquith announced enlistment 800,000 munition factory work era. Italians again attacked Tolmi no bridgehead. September 18, 1915. Hlndenburg drove Rusilana across the Dvlna north of Plnsk. British submarine E-7 lost In Dardanelles. German cavalry reached the railway at Molodechno. English prize court condemned seized American meat cargoes. Entente allies demanded that Bulgaria declare her position. Russian duma prorogued. September 17, 1915. German crown prince advanced toward Verdun. More allied troops landed on Gallipoll peninsula. Ambassador Dumba protested to (J. 8. that he was treated un fairly. Official account of Zeppelin raids on London give week'e casualtiee at 38 killed and 124 In-' Jured. ; ? GATHERED FACTS Capt Albert Maxfleld of New York, who served with the Eleventh Maine regiment In the Ctvll war, wag taken prlaoner near Appomattox and made to surrender his sword. Not long ago a Bangor paper received a letter from John Davis Arbuckle of Lewisburg, W, Va., gtatlng he had a sword which he . had taken from a Yankee o(fleer at Ap pomattox. Captain Maxfleld saw the letter, communicated with the writer and la now In receipt of his sword and an Invitation to visit his former enemy. A. A. Derrah and his wife of Perking, the smallest town in Maine, were elect ed to Ave offices at the annual town meeting. Mr. Derrah was chosen town clerk, constable, auditor and truant of ficer, while Mrs. Derrah was elected to the school committee. In the sale of collection of Persian antiquities of Mlrza Raff of Persia at the Anderson galleries in New York, a * sixteenth century Oushak palace rug brought the highest price of the sale, selling on order for $4,200. Although he is sixty years of age, General Petaln, the French hero of ' Yerdun, Is an all-round athlete and keeps himself In training by skipping the ro|?e and weighing all the food he eata Master Humphrey's clock, Mhde In 1829 by William Humphrey of Baniard castle, Durham, from which Dickens toot the title of a book, was sold re cently in London for $600. In production of rice Mexico ranks sixteenth; of tobacco, fourteenth; cot ton, seventh; coffee, sixth; lead, fourth; gold, fourth; copper, second, ?n<1 allror flr?t * A "congress of continental American Mstory" Is to be held In Rio de Janeiro In 1922 during the centennial celebra tion of the Independence of Brazil. The "electric hobo" cooks his meals by electricity, stealing the current by tapping any convenient wire that he may encounter for the purpose. Sixty millions Iron half-pfennigs are now being coined In Germany to re place copper coins, which are being withdrawn from circulation., Chinese railroad embankments are protected from floods by planting them with a native grass with tenacious roots that resists erosion. Gibraltar Is the smallest British possession and measures less than two square miles. Canada Is the largest, with S.746.000 square miles. The Croton river, which furnishes New York the greater part of the wa ter een?um/>d In Its limits, was named for an Indian chief. N. French Inventors have developed a vertical axis rotary motor for hydro planes that can be completely protect ed from water. , The strength of tungsten filaments has bean Increased more than 900 per cant since tfley began to ha used for electric lighting In 1906. SUBMARINE MINE LAYER CAPTURED Strange German Craft'It daught Off East Coast of England. DAMNS DEED BY OFFICER Qm Down in Diving Suit and D* taehu Detonator* From Mine*? Novel Boat it Laid Up in the Thames, London.?A queer German subma rine, caught Juat ae It was about to la; mines off the East coast, baa been placed on exhibition In the Thames' and *lewed~by-hundreds of thousands of sightseers. This Is not one of the fast, big U boats which have preyed on shipping, but a little fellow without guns or torpedo tubes, built solely for mine laying. Soiqe weeks ago a British destroyer was out exercising off the coast. When Bhe sighted this submarine, the Ger man boat was In difficulties, it was misty weather. The destroyer drew close and the English seamen noticed that all the crew of the U-boat seemed to be on deck. The British commander called out for the Germans to surrender. The latter hauled down their ling and put their hands above their heads. At a word from their commander they Jumped into the water and swam for dear life away from the ship. ?' Saves the Ship. Internal explosions followed and at I . German Submarine Mine-Layer Lying In the Thamee Off Temple Pier, London. the last and heaviest a. cascade of hammocks and other debris shot out of the open conning tower to n height of 40 feet. That there was this vent for the explosive forces probably saved the ship, but as It was she took a good deal of .water. Although the submarine had laid no mines, two had been released by the force of the explosions and were foul of the bottom of the vessel. Con tact with the "horns," which Jutted out all around the mines, would have set off enough high explosive to wreck a battleship. A young British officer now per formed a highly difficult and danger ous task. He went down In a diving suit and made the mines safe by de taching the detonators, afterwards se curing the mines In a safe position. This submarine Is the "UC-5," and carried 12 mines. She was built In Ave sections In Germany, brought to Keebrugge, on the Belgian coast, In freight cars, and there put together. Shp displaces 195 tons floating and 210 submerged. She submerged by blow ing out certain tanks and by the use of hydroplanes. Iter length Is 110 feet Carries Mines. Amidships Is the conning tower, with periscope and wireless mast. Forward of the conning tower are elx shoots or air locks In which the mines are stored, two to a shoot. The mines were discharged electrically from the conning tower. These mines weigh 1,200 pounds loaded and cost about *800 each. When one of their horns Is Jarred by a ship's bull, a glass vial in the Inter ior Is broken, letting loose a liquid which energises a battery, and the mine explodes with terrlflc violence. The craft is propelled by Diesel heavy-oil engines and electric accumu latora charted before leaving port. She crawl" along at a "peed of only alt knot a Her ottlcera and craw numbered 16 persona In all and they were very un comfortably crowded when their bant was under water. i _ CHILD'S SKELETON IN CAVE Interesting Discoverlea Made on ? Farm In Dry Rock Canyon In Utah. - Vernal, Utah.?JLeeve In which on a solid rock wall there la the Imprint of a human hand as If It were made when the rock was plastic has been discov ered on the farm of John W. Welst In Dry Rock canyon, eight miles north west of this town. On the rock are all sorts of hieroglyphics and the cave contained the skeleton of a child wrapped In bark, Indian fashion. Ip removing ash heaps Welst found corncobs, a few grains of corn and -an arrOw-of cane spliced with grease - wood. He regrets now that he did not preserve the kernels of corn and plant them In hope that corn of an ancient culture might be again produced, but at the time he thought, of course, their presence among the ashes precluded the possibility of life germs being re tained. The arrow was kept, but the bark-wrapped skeleton was put into a live-gallon can and burled. POKER CHIPS RUNNING SHORT Card Players May Oat Relief Through Discovery of Large Deposit of Barlte In Texas. Llano, Tex.?It has been several years since open gambling was al lowed in Texas. Even poker playing Is becoming an almost lost art. Few people realize that there now exists an unprecedented shortage of poker 'I chip*, due to the war across the seas. The knowledge of this threatened crisis has caused a demand for the mineral known as barlte. This fact caused a search for barlte to be Instituted here, with the result that a large de posit of the metal has Just been dis covered ten miles north of town. The poker chip supply will soon be re plenished from this new source of raw material. HATCHES A BROOD IN TREfe Han Belonging to Delaware Man Makes Her Neat Twenty Feet In Air. Georgetown, Del.?Perched 20 feet In the air, an old hen on the farm of former United States Marshal John Cannon Short, has hatched out ten chicks where the whole family Is now making their aerial home. The nest la In a large tree and Is reached by a 40-foot ladder which lies against an adjoining building. The hen climbed the ladder and made her nest in the tree and there she hatched out her family. So far the chicks hare not yet set their feet on the ground, and the old ben carries their food up to them. The owner highly prizes the hen and will allow no one to disturb her unique abode. Qives Skin to Save Wife. Tulsa, Okla.?To save the life of his wife who was believed to be fa tally Injured by a gasoline explosion at her home In this city recently, H. L. De Witt submitted to the removal of 100 square Inches of cuticle which was at once grafted on the wounds of bis wife, who Is In a hospital. The graft ing was successful and Mrs. De Witt will recover. , TRAGEDY OF EARLY DAYS Find Bones In Cava af Thraa Lock ad In Many Yaara Ada and 8tai%ed. Velva, N. D.?What U believed to have tarn a tragedy of tl?e early <Uya of the northwest was discovered here when hunters pursuing a bear made their way Into a secluded cave and aft er removing a great stooe slab found the skeletons of a man, woman and child to a second cava. So clover!/ ni the entrance to the eecood cave concealed that retldenta of 40 yea cm, and even the owner of the property, bad failed to make the dls covefy. , Those who have been conducting a dose Invest illation think the three were locked In the cave und stnrved to death, perhaps by Indians. True Statesmanship. True statesmanship Is the art of changing a nation from what It Is Into what It ought to ha.?W. K. Alger. HAVE TOO MUCH j LEISURE IN AiR ' : ni ???!-? ? 1 Aviator Says There Isn't Enough to Do While Flying Aloft THRILLING TALES OF AIR "Ball for Hour* Without Putting ? Hand on Lovor," Say* On*? Cloud* Moot Deadly Thing* They Hav* to Foar. London.?The hardest part about flying In war la the thinking that a flying man has to do. Here's the Idea in an English flying man's own words: . "There" isn't "enough to ksepa man's mind busy in the air since the war has developed the aeroplane. In the old days of the aeroplane there were so many things a flying man had to watch that he didn't have time to wor ry about what might happen to him. But In these days sitting In your ma chine la about like sitting on a log und waiting tor something to happen. "We don't have to use our hands as we used to. There la only one lev er, and you don't have to watch thut very closely. You can fly forkbours without having your hand on It. You can write or read or smoke, and un less you touch the lever to change Its position you will fly along at the same level Indefinitely owing to the self stabilization of the machine. Look Down; Watch Sheila. "So, with your attention only mildly occupied, you keep looking down ov? the edge to see what's happening. You get to watching the wires and wonder ing what would happen If a bullet cut me of them. You look at the frail Irons and consider how frail they real ly are. Shrapnel Is breaking below you and around you, perhaps. That's a dally occurrence. There's no use of trying to dodge It, for by doing so you may only run into it. "So there you sit Imagining all sorts of horrible possibilities. You've been told to go to a certain place and then return. Your route is all laid out for you and your duties are so simple and easy that while you're performing them you have a thousand times too much spare time for thought and wor ry. As for myself, Fd much rather have the aeroplane a less simple af fair, Just to have my attention occu pied. - An Imagination Is a curse to a flier." And then thara'a th? nrnhlc?m nt fhp whirling compass. An airman flies Into a cloud; sud denly the finger of his compass be gins to whirl around like a clock gone mad. Scientists say It doesn't whirl, but so many English airmen huve had the experience that even the scientific men are wondering whether the phenomenon Isn't worth studying. The Whirling Compass. Here's a flying man's side of It: "My compass finger has whirled like a top when I have gone into a cloud. It's enough to turn you demented. It's bad enough, goodness knows, to be lost In a cloud, but to have your compass go back on you at the same time Is too much. Our scientific In structors tell us that the compass doesn't change but that we lose our heads when we get Into the mist and change our courses without realizing It, so that the compass Indicator changes naturally. "But In some clouds youg compass doesn't change. It remains as steady as It was In the sunshine. Why should a filer jiggle his course unknowingly In one cloud and not In another? My opinion Is that there are certain kinds of clouds that are charged with elec tricity. In such clouds your compass goes crazy. In other words, where electricity Is not present your compass behaves Itself." How far are the clouds above the earth? As high above as we wish to climb. But the chief question with ? firing man Is how "tow the clouds are. A crack English filer told the correspond ent-something about low clouds. "You ma/ be walking along the street on a heavy day and, looking up, may think that the clouds are miles high. As a matter of fact ihey may be only 200 or 300 feet above you. That's the kind of s day that the airman dreads. I've been lost In a cloud In France and come down out of It only to find myself flying around among the church steeples of a French town, with good chances of killing myself. "In a cloud you can never tell wheth er you're over the enemy's lines. You may come right down Into his trenches before you know It Clouds, the low kinds, are the most deadly things we have to fear." Little Bey a Here. Janesvllle, Win.?Theodore Snyder, seven years old, eon of Claud Snyder, who resides on a farm six miles north of the city, is hailed by his playmates as a youthful hero. When the home occupied by the Snydera suddenly took fire during the absence of both moth er and father, young Snyder's first thoughts were of the six-months-old baby who lay on a cot In one of the front rooms. While he sent the other children for aid he hurried Into the house and carried out the Infant and tts bed. The house and Its entire con tents were destroyed before neighbors arrived. Train Wrack Brought Kids Joy. Eldred, Pa.?When the Pennsylvania fruit train headed for Buffalo was wrecked by a broken rail near here, and telescoped IS cars of watermel ons. the kids for miles around the little town feasted the rest of the day. The total loss was about $28,000. Mala Feasts on Chicken. La Habrn, Cel.?A mule belonging to Claude Kldgway of La Hahra. and which usually subsists on hay, was ' found recently making away with a half-crown calckea. SOME CHUNKS OF WISDOM Various Suggestion* That Ar* ths Re sult of Many Years' Experience and Observation. Did you ever know that you roulb test an oven's tight beat for cooking certain eatables with a simple piece of white paper! If the paper torn* a light yellow, scarcely perceptible. It Is reedy for cookies or Sponge cake; If tt tarns a nearly decided yellow. It la reudy for pica, pound call* and inlacq plea; If a dyep yellow, It la ready for bread, if it biaokana the paper, cool the oven right off. * DM you aver know that If yog want ed anything cooled quickly that by placing Its dish In a pan of heavily salted cold water, yon,would get re sults as qnlckly as If It were set on lee 7 Did you ever bear from old-fash ioned folk that all vegetables that grow above ground most be put te cook In boiling water and all that grow be :lnw_ground, hut-newt- potatoes, , mnet be put to cook In cold water! Did yon ever know that In eating you must not mix too much fruit and vegetables! Cabbage and apples are not Intended to be eaten together, but by those who have the strongs*! of digestive organs, and these can soon be abused. Grapefruit, or an orange, and cereals and milk, eaten at the same meal will sometimes, after a while, and occasionally very soon, set you to wondering what has gone wrong with you. TABLE LINEN REQUIRES CARE Muit Not Bo Laundered in the Usual Ways, If Boot Result* Are to Bo Obtained. Good table linen, In the Bret place, mean* much. But care of the same linen means more. Strong bleaches must npver be used on tine table linen. Of course, table lin en Is often badly spotted and needs to be cleansed In tome way. But boiling water removes coffee spots, cold water removes cocoa spots, and sunshine re moves many stains. When stronger acids must be used, they should be ap plied and removed by Intelligent hands. They should be allowed to remain on the spot Just long enough to'eraiUcate them, and then rinsed thoroughly out with clear water. For If tbey remain on too long tbey remove not only spots but pieces of linen. Some old-fashioned housewives oc casionally have their table linen dipped In buttermilk to whiten It The linen Is allowed to remain In the buttermilk for a day or two. If necessary, and Is then thorouBhly rinsed In cool, clear water, later In warmer water. For fruit stains, pour boiling water through them while the stains are damp, If possible. If they drjr on, rub them with lard and put through the usual washing process. Always dry table Utsen out of doors In the sunshine. If possible, hive a little bleaching green of grass, pro tected from the Inroads of cats and dogs. To Clean Couch Cover. Pot the couch cover Into a aheet and oop it up and down In a generous quantity of naphtha and gasoline. Do not rub or wring. When ready, take from the cleanolng agent, preaa gently agalnat the aide of the tub, remove the sheet which had been wrapped around the cover and dry the cover out of doors. A knitted or crocheted wool baby afghan can be treated tn the name way, using a pillowcase as a holder.?New York Evening Journal. Easy Way to Make Lemonade. Do you relish good lemonade dur ing hot weather? Then make It the following way: Buy a number of lem ons, extract the Juice, strain and add to a rich boiled sirup made of plain sufttr and water. Place the solution In self-sealing fruit jars and place on Ice or to a cool place. When you want a cool, refreshing drink, add a spoonful of this mixture to a glass of water. Washing Knives. Table knives are not always well treated at the hands of the dishwash er. One special point about washing them Is to keep the handles ont of the water or they will become loosened from the blades. Wipe the soiled knives clean on a damp cloth, after wiping them on paper, then stand them with the blades downward In a Jug of hot water In which a little baking soda has been dissolved. Best Results With Potatoes. It la amazing how few even good cooks, and still fewer bonsewlves. know of the following aids In cooking: Never put salt In the water when boiling potatoes. When entirely done, drain, shake In the air for a second, then sprinkle generously with salt and return to a slow Are. This makes even a poor variety palatable. If you doubt i It, Just try It once.. Boilod Dressing. This Is a good boiled salad dress ing: Beat the jolks of two eggs un til creamy. Mix with a tea spoonful of mustard, the same of salt, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, two table spoonfuls of cream aDd one of butter. Over this pour two-thirds of a cupful of hot vinegar and cook over hot wa ter, stirring until thick and smooth. Cool and use with vegetable salads. Coffee lea- Cream. Two cans condensed milk, half pint cream, one pint strong cold coffee, two quarts milk. Very little. If any, su gar Is required. Smooth and One. Leave out coffee If desired and add a box of crushed strawberries, or add another pint of milk and Savor with vanilla. Ice should be chipped very fine for freextng cream. t ? i ?? Tomato Savory. Take one-half pound of tomatoes skin them, cut them In slices, put one ounce of butter Into a saucepan, add the tomatoes, pepper and salt, and cook them slowly about ten minutes, then add the yolks of two fresh eggs. Stir till the mixture la quite a thick paste and servo K on little creates of fried bread. ' /or \ Chero-Cola PI drink a l ga^i 9 You can get yonr Chero-Cola "In a Bottle?Through a Straw" at Soda Fountains and other Refreshment Stands. Everybody know it by itv name. CHOWAN MOTOR COMPANY. Paaaangar?Mall?Expraaa I Dally Except Sundaya. Na ttaamar on Sundaya. ur. Murfreeboro ... 7:60am?1:10pm 1.T,Como-Mapleton.. 1:10am?1:30 pm Lt. Sean Wharf .. 1:40 am?3:00 pm Lr. Winton ?:Ma*-l:0Opm Ar. Tun la 10:10am?3:20 pm La. Tunia 10:40am?(:06 pm Lr. Winton 11:00am?4:26 pm Lr.Saara Wharf.. .12:06 pm?7:26 pm Lr. Maptaton-Oomo. 12:26 pm?7:60 pm Ax. liurfreeaboro ,. 1:00 pm?1:16 pm URIAH VAUOHAN, Mgr. WELLINGTON AND POWELL* VILLE RAILROAD. ?OUTM.3?b No. 1?Leara Waehlngtb^-JR. P. A P. R. R.) 4:20 A m.; leara Richmond (A. C. L.) 1:16 A m.; laare Waldon (A. C. L.) 11:26 A m.; laara Wilming ton (A. C. L.) 7:40 A m.; laare South Thla Norambar 23rd. 1(14. Rocky Mount (A. C. L.) 12:65 p. m.; arrira Ahoakla (A. C. L.) 2:42 p. m.; leara Norfolk- (A. C. L.) 2:40 p. m.; leara 8uffolk (A. C. L.) 6:06 p. m. Arrtra Ahoakla 6: If p. m. Wellington A Powellavllla R. R. No. 1?Leave Ahotkle C:25 p. m.; ' leave Powell*vlUe 6: St p. m.; leave Cremo (Branding) 6:53 p. m.; leave Holly Grove 6:58 p. m.; leave Aikewa vllle T:oo p. m.; arrive Widsor 7:S0 P. m Steamer. Paaaenger?Leave Windsor S:S0 p. m.; leave Howard S:30 p. m.; leave Steels S:45 p. m.; leave Blancbards 6:46 p. m.; leave Sans Soucle 5:15 p. m.; arrive Plymouth 5:30 p. m. NORTH. Steamer. Passengers-Leave Plymouth 7:00 a. m.; leave Sans Soucle 3:30 a. m.; leave Blancherds 0:00 a. m,; leave Steels 10:00 a. m.; leave Howard 10.30 a. m.; arrive Windsor 11:00 a. a. | Va Wellington & Powellsvllle R. R. No. 2?Leave Windsor S:SO a. m.; leave Batter's 9:02 a. m ; leave Ask ewsvllle 9:17 a. m.; leave Holly Orove 9:23 a m.; leave Cremo (Branding) 9:29 A m.; leave Powellsvllle 9:91 A m.; arrive Ahoskle 9:M A m. A. C. L. No. 1?Leave Ahoskle 11:09 a m.; leave Suffolk 12:91 noon; arrive Nor folk 1:26 p. m.; leave Ahoekla 10:60 a m.; leave South Rocky Monnt 12:60 noon; arrive Wllmlagton 6.-50 p. m.; leave Weldon 6:00 p. m.; leave Rich mond 7:96 p. m.; arrive Washington (R. F. * P. R. R.) 11:60 p. m Connections?No. 1 with A. C. L. R. R.; No. 2 with steamer line, with A. C. L. R. R. and Norfolk Bonthern Ry. Horton Corwln, Jr. President and Treasurer, Edenton. N. C. W. O. Pruden. Secretary, Edenton. N. C. R. C. Holland, Auditor. Edenton. N. C R. O. White, T. A.. Edenton. N. C. W. M. Corwln. Supt.. Ahoskle, N. C. W. M. Sutton, Sen. Fit. and PaaA Agt. Windsor. N. C. IareyouoI GUILTY f II II A FARMEPv carrying an express package from a big mailorder house was accosted by a local dealer. ?Whg JOm't oWibM tf gttik fitm ??> ItaUlM ?mm dm (h iuwi. ?w heeUm uamwmJJ httt 6mh mtmmtaf t mm sam alka mm m <a? 7tu /mitmi Inktl tt the mtf chant a moment tnj Am mil: ? Wht Jon'I ytm pmtnttm year horn* ptptr mJo<hmttm> I tmJ > mJJMn'lknfAatttukadth*m4 I ham hem." MORAL?ADVERTISE TRAVEL VIA ALBEMARLE STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY Plying on the Quoon of North Carolina Streame, tha CHOWAN FIVER; alao on MEHERRIN, BLACKWATER RIVER, BENNETT* and WICOCON CREEK*, and the ALBEMARLE SOUN3. Two Big Steel Steamers Carolina and Virginia ?TEAMIR' VIRGINIA. Prom Pranklln. V*., Mooter* ood Priter* Par Tunl*, N. 0., *04 laMroMItU point* Prom Tool*. M. C., Thwster* ood S*tmrtep? Por Pranklln. V*., ood Intermediate point*. Proa Tool*. N. C? to Harreil* rllle, N. C., ood return two dor* * week. Prom Toot*. N. C., to date* Tllle, N. 0, *nd return one d*r o week. ?TtAMS* CAROLINA. Prom Mnrtrowboro, N. 0, Monday*, Wednesdays and Prt day*, tor Tunla, N. C, aad Man ton. N. C, ami latermsalat* point*. from Edenton. N. C.. To** days, Thursday and Saturdays, tor Tunis and Murfrsssboro, N. 0., and lntermediat* points. ; \ : ... For Furthor Information, Apply to W. M. SCOTT, Qonoral Paaaenger Agent Franklin, Virginia.
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