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L'OBSEIiVATEUR, RESERVE. LA. SEEK TO CONTROL MALARIA CORPUS CHRISTY IN PATH methodist BATTLE IN BALKANS mm WHY WOMEN WRITE LETTERS To Lydia. E. PinkJiam Medicine Co.

Experiments Being Conducted Dy International Health Board of tt.e Rockefeller Foundation. New York. Kxp-rinu n's to d--ter. min what v. i t.

n.p.-ra'- us: cv tn- farming sections of ic rn ar beinc; condii. 1 i.i M.s-, sis.s;ppi an i Arkansas int-ma tional health board of the i'' l.ctc'.ler I nut-on of by drainage system is l.ot part tie I plan. It as said. "The first of these experiment-. I the practicability of malaria control by detecting the carriers and freeing them of parasites, is being carried in Bolivar, Miss, under the direction of the Mississippi department of health." the announcement said.

"The field force and microscopists have been receiving their technical train ing iu the laboratories of Tulase University Medical School. "To test the practicability of malaria control by a couiibnation of re lief measures, another set of experiments is being conducted, in Arkansas co-operation with the t'nited States public health service. In neither case will the experiments include the ex- termination of mosquitoes by major drainage operations. "Although the control of malaria is relatively simple in theory, as a prac-. tical undertaking It has been found extremely difficult.

The present ex-! periments will determine the future development of the hoard's work this field." RUSSIANS CAPTURED 358.000 Petrograd Announces More Than That Number Taken In Two Months. Petrograd. Between June 4. when the Russian offensive was inaugurated, and Aug. 12.

Gen. Brusiloff's fortes captured more than ur.S. '( men, the war office announce. The Russians have cap'ured a se- ries of heights to the west of Vorokh- ta and Ardzemoy, In the Carpathians. In the Vorokhta and Delatyn regions the Austrians are retiring to the west.

Great numbers of guns also wer captured, says the report, which gives the following figures: Officers captured, 7.757; men, 3jV S45; cannon. 405; machine guns. mine and bomb throwers, 33S; powder carts, 292. German troops have won a success in the Carpathian region, according to a Berlin war office announcement. MESSAGES TO CIVILIANS Secretary Daniels Congratulates More Thin 2.0C0 Civilians In National Training Cruise.

Washington. Messages Trom Secretary Daniels welcoming more than 000 civilians participating in the naval training cruise for national defense were published upon all the ships. The messages were as follows: "Upon the embarking of more than 2,000 civilians who are to take part in the civilian cruise. I wish to convey to them the congratulations of the navy department that we can welcome them as the newest recruits of the first arm of the national defense. 1 am sure under the Instruction which officers will give them "their cruise will be of great benefit to them auJ their country." TRAINMEN ACCEPT WILSON PLAN.

No Decision As Yet From the Railroad Executives and Manages. V'a. hington. The general committee of H40 representatives of he employes approved the president's plan for an Miour day by a large majority, and soon after the railroad officials leu me unite House tne tour nenus of the railroad brotherhoods notified the president of the vote. It was said in the camp of the railroad executives and managers the cision on the president's proposal would be made by the New York Central and the Pennsylvania railroads.

It waa rumored that Louis V. Hill bad wired that the president's proposal was acceptable to him. It was said also that the anthracite roads, while not indifferent, would prefer yielding to the 8-hour day rather than undergo a strike. Paralysis Decreasing. New Y'ork.

Another substantial decrease in the number of deaths from infantile paralysis and in the number of new cases strengthened the belief of the health authorities that the epidemic is on the wane. There were only 20 deaths here Aug. 20. and new cases, the lowest figures for several weeks. Total fatalities to date are 1,167 and the total of cases 7.11".

Case now in hospitals number 3.7 10. President of Cornell Selected. YVashir.eTon. Andrew D. White, former president of Conn 11.

ha-: hei-n selected the American commissioner un d'-r the Bryan peace treaty vn'h l.i::a Killed On Ocennic Fai Mexico hi.i:" per-killed an i many injur' on O. ear.i railway r.r-ar way. Me iersip i A trad-near 's it. ri a Thirteen Lives Lost and Property Damage Estimated At To Million Collar. Corpus Christi.

Tb lo- ii:" the troj.s-a! storm whi Corpus Christi I i Serb if niht A uc. w.i- at inclu i.n, l.i:." rc.cm rs iii crew the small fret.cht-n Pilot Hoy. whi.Ii of! the Pass jetties. Two Mexican mm ana one Mexican woman wore at Katherine. a little settlement the ranch, near Alice.

Texa-, one Mexican was reported killed Iiiego. both of which towns arc between and 0 miles inland. Te total damage in this section, of which Corpus Christi bore the heaviest part, is estimated at This includes devastating a large portion of the lower coast's cotton crop, which was about to be picked. The damage Corpus Christi was estimated conservatively at other los-es were: Aransas Pass. $150.

oljti; Hock port, Alice. $100,000: San IM epo, J50.000; KinRsville. towns In the Rio Grande Valley. and other widely separated and isolated points. $300,000.

The stormstrlcken area is the 15') ribs of lower gulf coast from Corpus hristi to Brownsville, reaching inland from to miles. In Corpus Christi. a beach front devastated of everything except th r.iore substantial buildings, debris and wreckage from bath houses, pleasure pavilions and smaller wharves piled in heaps os Water street, which skirts beach of Corpus Christi. were the -esult of the storm. The greatest liamag-e was done in that section of the city known as North Beach, which is upper half of the tioot-shaped peninsula on which Corpus Christi is sit uated.

HURRICANE CAUSES BIG LOSS Corpus Chrirti In Tropical Storm's Path High Seas and Wind Wreck Causeway. Corpus Christi. Blowing at a 70-mile-an-hour velocity, the forerunner the tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico was felt Augutt IS as it approached the Texa coast at this point. Brownsville and on the intermediate plains. Forecasts by the local weath bureau announced that the crest oi the storm would reach here about mid night.

Bu: few details of the storm's work south or north of here had been received. In Corpus Christi, however, the gale had carried almost every movable thing before it. In its wake had left demolished summer cottages along the beach front here, thou-nans of dollars' damage to buildings the business section and a heavy sea running in Corpus Christi Bay. The waves, lashed by a strong wind, whippped over the beach in tho northern section of the city, beaching small craft and carrying up on the shore debris from a score of docks and small bathing pavilions. pier, one of the largest pleasure resorts in this section of the coast, which juts out over the water 1.00" feet, was almost completely dc molishcd.

The only portion that remained was a two-story structure ad joining the shore. Fronting the business section, which built on the beach proper, is a four-foot breakwater. Incoming heavy seas were dashing over that and threatened, according to indications at an early hour, to wash over it, if the storm's intensity grew further. Corpus Christi was without electricity or other conveniences. The fury of the wind here stripped the city of electric light and power facilities.

While a 70-mile wind threatened serious damage, residents were forced to awa.t the night's developments in darkness. Storm Lasts All Night in El Paso El Paso. One soldier was killed and thousands of others in near El Paso suffered great discomfort as a result of heavy rains which fell Aug. IS. During the all night storm Private Charles Johnston, headquarters company.

Seventh United States Infantry, of Chouteau. was killed by lightning in bis tent at Fort BlUa. other soldiers nearby were stunned. Water ran through the camps of the Massachusetts, Pennsylranla and Michigan National Guard, nearly in undating some tents. Troops Driven To Shelter.

BrownsTtlle. The entire military camp here has been flooded by an un precedented downpour of rain, and all wires are flattened by the hurricane accompanying it. The troops are literally drowned out of camp, and have had to be quartered in the city hall, the courthouse and some big warehouses. The regulars, the Illinois Iowa and Virginia regiments, each man with two days' rations, have been taken to their new quarters. The wind veered to the west about dusk and began blowing a howling gale Soldiers Drenched.

San Antonio. Fort Sam Houston, on the night of Aug. 1. reported the following message from a field wire iess station erected at via the big radio at Ilrownsville: "Half of the New York national tents down and nearly that many at Grande, Mercedes and Thirty thousand soldiers sleeping in public buildings. Four and inches of rain fell here.

A new storm is reported coruiag from the east." R. of he of EXTENDS 153 MILES GENERAL ENGAGEMENT CONTINUES WITH INTESITY OVER EXTENDED FRONT. OPERATIONS LONG EXPECTED Germans and Bulgarians See To An ticipate Movement By Taking the Offensive On the Left Situation Satisfactory. Paris. Reports Irom Saloniki show that the general engagement which beran August IS is continuing with Intensity over an extended front from Fiorina, near Monastic to the River etrama.

This represent an Irregular line of 150 miles. Gen. Sarrali Is directing the united operations of the allies with Gen. Cor-tJonnier commanding the French. The operations have been long expected as Jiart of the allies' co-ordained on all fronts.

They follow the ar rival of Gen. Cordonnier after extended conferences with officials here. Aivices received in Paris indicate that the Germans and Bulgarians are seeking to anticipate the movement by taking the offensive on the left, where the Servians had moved up to within 25 miles of Monastir. holding Fiorina as an observation post. Their orders were not to attempt to retain Fiorina If they were attacked.

The Serivan war office says the Bulgarians were thrown back on the old positions, but that later the Servians, following instructions, evacuated Fiorina, which the Bulgarians then occupied. The Servians retired slowly and later delivered a heavy counter attack against a large Bulgarian force debouching from Fiorina toward Banicat. lighting continues in this region. In the center French and British forces near Lake Dorian followed an Intense bombardment with infantry attacks, in which the British occupied the strategic point of Dolzeli. Farther east the French right rushed a series of small villages in much the manner the French right carried villages on the Conine front.

The situation along the whole line is regarded as satisfactory for the allies. EOND ISSUE IS" URGED 1130,000.000 To Meet Extraordinary Government Expenditures Due To the Mexican Situation. Washington. A bond issue of to meet extraordinary government expenditures due to the Mexican situation was unexpectedly recom mended to congress by majority members of the senate finance committee with the concurrence of the treasury department. The bond issue is urged in the report of the finance committee filed in the senate on the revenue bill.

In addition to the proposed issue find the revenue bill the finance committee asserts that a further appropria tion of Jh6.000.000 will be necessary to defray the expense operations in the Mexican emergency if conditions or. the border continue as they are now after Dec. 31, 1S16. The fl30.000.ooo to be provided by the proposed bond issue, the report says, will meet Mexican expenditures only until the end of this calendar year. Accompanying the finance committee majority report submitted by Senator Simmons was a general statemer from the treasury department estimat lng disbursements for the fiscal year .1917 at and receipts at t7G2.0'0."00.

"The total appropriations for the fiscal year 1917, exclusive of those ca- ried in the so-called shipping bill, which is to be defrayed by the issuance of Panama bonds, will exceed the appropriations for the fiscal year 19l by about $409,000,000. says the report. "This increase is represented principally by $167,000,000 additional tmoint aiproprlat4 fov teavr. 91tf.ooo.IHju aadlttonakl unount appro-rtat4 tor tne army, $20,000,000 additional amount appropriated for fortifications. $41,000,000 for deficiency ap propriations about 3a.000.000 of which la due to the Mexican situation and increased requirements of th army and navy and $20,000,000 for a ntrate plant, which is a preparedness appropriation." War Bill of France.

Paris The war bill of France at the end of Julv was 39.00". 00 000 francs, according to figures available. The miscellaneous expenses of the povernment were lo.OoO.ooO.oOO francs. The average cost of the war. the figures show, is now 1.9S7.O(H,0"O franca monthly.

Political Riot in Cuba. Havana On- man was killed and several were wounded at Oic-nfueeos iu a political riot between parisars of Fattiago Kay and Juan Flor ncio Ca-Irerat. rival candidate for mayor. Many shots were fired and knives and machetes were usJ. One man was arrested.

The government purposes to rcr.l an army officer to to direct Ihe to prevent faniiT uh orjers. Cienfuegos always lias been a dar.serous stoiui center fr l.i on aad at f.t the the of er it in is SUBSCRIBE $103,000 OUTPOURING OF FUNDS COMES AT CONCLUSION OF" CONFERENCE SERMON. 4TH TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE I Laymen's Missionary Movement of Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Adjourns After Recording Subscriptions. Asheville, N. The fourth triennial conference of the Laymen's Missionary Movement of the Methodist Kpiscopul Church, South, dosed Aug.

20, after recording a spontaneous subscription of $103,000 to the 1-ake Juna-luska enterprise, the Southern Methodist assembly grounds where the conference was held. The outpouring of funds came at the conclusion of the conference sermon Sunday morning which Pr. fleo. Stewart of Knoxville was asking the co-operation of the delegates in getting the enterprise before the church. K.

A. Cole of Ciiarlot interrupted Dr. Stewart and on behalf himself and his bro'her, K. M. Cole, subscribed When the cheering died down subscriptions were offered from all parts the auditorium.

John U. Topper of Memphis, president of the laymen's movement, gave Dr. Stewart followed with $10,000, and James Cannon, of Nashville, gave other subscriptions, ia amounts from to were 'offered as fast as they could be recorded. The conference closed with addresses by Dr. S.

D. Gordon of New Y'ork. Bishop E. D. I.ouzon of Dallas.

IT. V. W. Pinson, C. D.

Bulla and Dr. Clay Illy of Nashville. Tbe confer- ence will meet at Lake Junaluska in 1917. AGREE ON THE NAVAL BILL The Appropriation Amounts To Over Three Hundred and Thirteen Million Dollars. Washington As the naval appropria tion bill finally was perfected by Senate and House conferees August 17.

the navy yards at Norfolk, Charleston, 1 New Orleans, Puget Sound, Boston. Portsmouth and Philadelphia will be equipped to build warships. The for additional improvements for the Charleston yard, including a dry dock, was stricken out. leaving the total of the perfected bill $313.391. Mil.

All the disputed points now ur cleared up and the bill with the bi building programme, the greatest in the history of the United States already perfected, is ready for the president's signature. Provision for the equipping of th seven navy yards was contained in th" original bill and a hard fight on it was made, but the conferees finally decided to retain them. Senator Tillman, chairman of the naval committee, consented to have the special Charleston appropriation eliminated after Chairman Padgett of the House committee had promised that he would support a similar appro priation next year provided a commission authorized to investigate the ad-visablty of such a project reported favorably. 100 SHOTS OVER BORDER. U.

S. Negro Troops Engage in Battle With Mexicans. Naco. Ariz. Over 10n phots were exchanged across the international line about a mile west of here Aug.

21. between patrols belonging to the ne gro militia troops from the District of Columbia and a party on the Mexican side. The militiamen say that they halted some Mexicans who attempted to cross the line. In answer to the challenge the Mexicans fired. In the fusillade that followed the only casualty was the wounding of on of the Mexicans who had tried to cross.

He Is now a prisoner In the camp of the negro troops. PACKERS ARE ATTACKED. Charges of Violating the Anti-Trust Laws Made. Washington. Formal complaint charging meat packers with violating the anti-trust laws and engaging in unfair business methods and monopolistic practices was filed with the federal trade commission by Representative Doolittle of Kansas.

A prompt and thorough investigation of the live stock industry was asked. Mr. Doolittle is said to have filed complaint on his own responsibility. Women Can Practice Law. Atlanta.

The Georgia senate passed a house bill granting women the right to practice law. It now goes ti) the governor. Similar bills have b-'ra in'rodaced in the Georgia loiri-daturo during each session several years, and always have neen subjects of extended debate. Fress Agent Dead. Baltimore Ui.

hard F. Hampton, kriown a "Tody" Hamilton, fir years press agent for the B.iniur.i circus, at Lis Lcrue he-re. on in I 1 Women who r.re cften "Art the letters whieh the I.y 11. i ir.kham Medicine Co. are ec.rtinua'.'.y uhiishir.f.

genuine?" "Are they tnatrful?" Why do women write such letters? In answer wo say that never have wo shed a fictitious lett or name. Never, knowingly, have ui ii.ii-.l fcn untruthful letter, crone without the full and written consent cf the wumaa who wrote it. The reason that thousands of women from all parts of the country write such grateful letters to the Lydia E. Pink-ham Medicine Co. is that Lydia E.

Vegetable Compound has brought health and happiness into their lives. once burdened with pain and suffering. It has relieved women from some of the worst forms of female ills, from displacements, inflammation, ulceration, irregularities, nervousness, weakness, stomach troubles and from the blues. It is impossible for any woman wh is well and who has never suffered to realize how these poor, euffering women feel when restored to health; their keen desire to help other women who er Bjff ering as Getting What he Deserves. in a newspaper corner next to the Panama-hat i.iis we this s'rey sunbeam of a heart throb: "The first face the baby sees in thU world is full of kindness.

-and the last to I. end over hii.i when he is old and living is full of pitying tenderness. It is the faces lie sees in between that eau-e him all his Troubles. This is a dear sweet thonchr. but it strikes us liar the "in between" faces are looking at him and very likely reflecting back to him just about what they see.

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Ly I APPEiMDSCSTIS i'rr. I i a I FREE I. soft. -a fcfcrr a bius livery Woman "Wants COMB AND BRUSH FOR HORSE Equipment Needed in Every Stable Whether on Racetrack or Farm Use for Currycomb. A currycomb, si brooiocorn a scraper, stiff bruh and a number cf nigs of the right sizes should be a part of the grooming equipment of every stabie, no matter whether the stable is locnted on a farm or at the edge of racetrack.

In nmst Instances the currycomb should be um-1 only to lightly rnisp nml limseo the f-weat uixl scurf over the fleshy portions of the horse's body, the reliance lieing placed upon the brush. The brush is the best implement f'r cleaning the body, as it does the work I well easily, atml does riot irritate the horse. I find thnt the principal u-e for the currycomb in c-leaiiiii': nct l.ores is in it to scrape the 'hrt Well-Groomed Farm Horse. and bnse hair out of the brush, says a writer in an exchange. Because of its steel teeth und general harshness mid stiffness, the currycomb should never be used ntmut the limbs.

There are some people who can use it on the les and nlKiut the bony places of the horse's anatomy without irritating the animal past all endurance. They are softer-handed than most of us. The broomeorn brush takes the rlnoe of the currycomb in cleaning the horse's legs. Ia using the currycomb it should be laid flat and carried lightly ia a succession of curved strokes, until all the dust and scurf that may be In the horse's coat has been loosened. Then take the brush and with it thoroughly cleanse the hair and the skin.

After using the brush take a dampened cloth and go over the surface, following this by rubbing with a dry cloth. In cleaning and grooming the head and the legs use the stiff broomeorn brush, clefiti with the hairbrush, and finish the operation with the dampened und dry cloths. ALFALFA PASTURE FOR HOGS Care Should Be Exercised That It Is Not Pastured Too Closely Cut Occasionally. For "growing out" little pigs nnd carrying over dry sows good pasture is a valuable asset to the hog raiser. Alfalfa makes the best pasture for hogs.

In pasturing alfalfa, care should be taken that it is not pastured ton heavily. If this is done, the alfalfa will be badly killed out in two or I three yours and It will be necessary to reseed. Pasturing slloul 1 never be carried on so heavily but that one-hall" ton of hay per acre can be cut three times a season. The occasional of the alfalfa indues new shoots to grow, and hence greatly iu proves th" pasture for the pi-s. HANDLING ALFALFA FOR HAY Plant Should Be Allowed to Stand Until Well in Bloom Sprinkle With Salt and Lime.

To mnke the best horse bay. nlfalfa should be allowed to Maud until well In liloom. according" to the Nebraska OToIletre of Agriculture. In curing horse hny. It Is well to keep In mind thnt the dust which Is present in so much nlfulfa is largely a result of the presence of foreign moisture, such ns rain or dew.

ut making time, rather than the presence of little moisture within the plant. If alfalfa hny Is stored In the barn for horses. It is well, while mowing It away, to sprinkle It generously with a mixture of e.ual part of salt and nlr-wlaked lime. MAKING SUCCESS WITH HOGS Breed and Feed Well and Give Goo Care Don't Allow Litters to Lose Growth. 1.

Select Irirge, roomy, stretchy 'lams. P.reed to hours ancestry Shows tendency to growthi.iess. o. See that sow is prime on every day A. Don't hour's M.mer.? or i to 1.

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