Show I CARRIER PIGEONS MESSENGERS By Dr Associated trees run With the American Arm Army Northwest of ot Verdun Friday Sept Sopt Carrier 23 Carrier pigeons have havo proved them themselves solves of or inestimable In- In estimable value alue in tho the present offensive often offen sive sivo by supplanting telephone and telegraph tele tolo- graph wires connecting tho the advanced posts with tho the ba bases s f at nt the tho rear The Tho birds have been used freely and have havo repeatedly flown from outposts to th the th divisional or corps headquarters with messages of oC vital vHal Importance such as calls for tor a barrage go tire fire news of ot unexpected difficulties or word of oC an ad ad- vance The birds were carefully trained nd tested before the tho beginning of oC the of of- Thc They fed ted c especially well at tho the base baso stations and underfed and neglected neg l at tho the front BO so that they would return to tho the bases gladly when released Part of aC the tho pigeons are arc from tho the French army part from from tho American Amor- Amor lean ican Some Somo birds were taken over by mistake from tho the French and it win was believed they had had too little trainIng training train train- Ing In- to permit them to travel mOre moro than miles Thc They Vero released from the front lino with important messages for tor a n point twelve miles away Notwithstanding their youth and inexperience inex Inex- all nil the tho pigeons succeeded in reaching their stations By Dy means of the pigeons generally has come como the tha first vows of ot the capture of or towns and important position positions V. D STILL 1 By Dr Universal S London Sept 28 Casual Casual customers at restaurants ore are becoming shy of ot surrendering moat meat coupons Tho The por portion portion tion they receive Is generally InadeQuate Quate and is 11 often orten un under er suspicion of ot being ono one of ot the ho now nurn numerous rous kinds of meat ne Regular patrons who Mho ore are on terms with tho headwaiter may be seen consuming liberal liberal lib lib- eral quantities of oC beef and mutton and tho the that those these aro provided provided pro pro- vided at tho the expense of oC the chance chanco client Is la probably well foun founded cd |