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you cant see a joke" exclaimed
Mr.. Growcher.
oh, yes, ! can" replied his wife.
calmly. or | should never rave looked
twice at you"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-22
A GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Mr.. F. c. Case of Welcome Lake.
Pa, writes: Il suffered with. Back.
ache and Kidney Trouble. My head
ached, my sleep was broken and un-
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YOUR DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eve Remedy fos REQ, Weak, watery
jrSt Eye comfort. Write for Book OF the Eve
by mail Free. Murine Rye Kennedy Co, Chicago
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Our idea of a martyr is a m2n who
poses as a good example in a small
town.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-22
Immediate Suggestion.

Talk is cheap"
why, have you had your telephone
taken OUT"
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Ii il is something YOU do not under.
stand and cannot grasp the probabili.
ties are that is art.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-22
FooT-EAsE for the TROOPS

Over 10000 packages of Aliens Foot.Ease, the
antiseptic Inwder Ia shake iuto your siioes, are
being used Dy the German and Allied troops at
The Front because IT rests the feet, gives in.
stant relief To Corus and Bunious, hot, swollen
aching, tender feet, and makes walking easy.
sold every where, 25c. Try IL TODAY. Don't
accept any substitute. Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-22

To Soften PAM Brushes.
Vinegar heated to the boiling poin
will soften paint brushes that hay,
become dry and hard.
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ALFALFA SEED. Sc Farms for sale on
crop payments J Mulhall. 500 city. la. Adv
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Write for price list and tags. \ r. z. CoBe
COMPANY. . East ard 6treet. St. Paul. MINI.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-22

From Mrs. Maria Irwin, Peru. NV.

Peru, NY" Before I took Lydia L. Pinl.ham's Vegetable G.
pound ISiI 1 was very irregular and had much pain. had lost til
GlildIen, and felt worn out all the time. This splendid medic
helped me as nothing else had done, and l am thankful eyery
that l took it.-Mrs. MARIA IRWIN, RID. l., lc-u, NY.
Evening star., 1915-03-09
Most Desperate Fighting of
War Expected With Open
ing of Spring.
FREDERICK PALMER TELLS
or LIFE AT THE FRONT
Visits British Army in France and
Writes of Tommy Atkins"
Under Fire.
by FREDERICK PALMER
At the front in France for the Asso-
ctated Press.

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE. via London, March S, :oJ
p.m.-"There you are and keep your
head down, 1t is fair target at that
distance" said the officer who had
come out of the shelter to meet the
newspaper correspondents who were
being permitted to visit the trenches.
The correspondents were in the de-
senses at the edge of hardwood
grove, called the Ploegsteert woods.
The British had fought fiercely in or
der to get possession of this grove, for
it meant cover for them. Occa sionally.
bullets whistled overhead, and the
swish of German shells which were
being fired at something in the rear,
passed higher up, while hidden Brit
ish battery was sending it's shells in
the oppoSite direction
Evening star., 1915-03-09
Visit to the Trenches

Another 800 yards Of piunging in mud
ard tho correspondents descended into
the wet earth behind tiers Of sandbaxs.
and were walking on a boardwalk at
the bottom Of a great ditch Step OF
that and one sank over his ankles The
commanding officer pulled aside a curtain
ana lieutenant came out of his cellar
looking neat enough for a parade. Neat
ness under any conditions is point with
the British officer. and he keeps his men
up to IL. II is amazing how Private
Tommy Atkins in this sea of mud keeps
clear of it.
II the men get careless of their
appearance and IN their habits. say
the officers. this means carelessness
In the trenches which would be fatal
Thoroughness Of detail and industry
are of paramount Importance In this
kind Of war"
Behind curtains. in the Same kind Of
cellars as the officers occupy. were SOL
diers lying on board floors in their
blankets above the water line A
subaltern was up for questioning when
the commanding offcer found one of
the pumps was not working. Pumping 8
alone keeps the trenches from being
flooded. The commander spoke TO every
watching man with a rifle and uttered
a CHEEKY good night and from d
soldier came an equally cheery answer.
A 16ile Undsr Fixs.
onoe m ths4 gigantic sig sasgtng
dtsah y - 1aEknssA sltDDlng o0 ~
Evening star., 1915-03-09
pIanks at times and catching ones self

planks at times and catching ones self
by stretching up the hands for sup
port against the wet and slippery
walls, for a mile the visitors proceed
ed with heads below the parapet while
the German flares lighted the sky and
while the British rapid-hre guns
whirred at intervals and the German
respondents left the trench and wal
lowed in the mud back to a point in
the road outside the bullet range.
where a column of sturdy soldiers was
waiting before going up for their turn
in the trenches. Behind them were
supplies for the trenches and an am
bulance to care for any wounded who
had accumulated during the day in
the trenches. or those hurt during the
entrance OF relief parties or tn: de-
parture of the men relieved when the
German rapid-tire guns sent out
spray of bullets in the hope Of finding
target under cover of the night
The tired men who come out of the
trenches find baths and clean clothes
awaiting them, and have nothing to
do but rest until they return to the
watch. for the British army regards
the care of each mans physical we'll
being as the prime essential
Tommy at His Best.
The trenches to the observer who
sees me brltlSh army for the hrSt time
do not supply the most interesting
feature, If one seeks picturesqueness
1t may be found on the road where the
French flank and the British line join
where one sees the East Indians, a
trottlng battery of French artillery,
Belgian reservists at work on the road
and the British in khaki. In the door
ways, where he is billeted. one finds
Tommy Atkins trying to talk French
with the Inhabitants. driving a big
tractor engine made in the United
States. riding out to the front on a
bus which once piled in London. sit
ting on the front of an ambulance seat
beside the driver when he has only an
arm wound. or poking his head out OF
a shellproof to see if there is any
chance of the rain stopping in Elan
ders. His remarks about the weather
are vigorous.
The extreme thoroughncss with
which all is done makes more last
ing impression. The fastidfouSness
a bout sanitation and the treatment of
the wounded recall American methods.
There seems little unnecessary fight
ing to gain any minor advantage in
the trenches. Everything seems sub
nissive to a purpose-when the time
comes for the big push which will
see the deadlest fighting of the war
Evening star., 1915-03-09
Safety First Association Topics.

Reports of the Washington delegates
who assisted in the formation of the
Safety First Federation of America
in New York February % are to be
made at a meeting of the Washington
Safety First Association, to be held at
the Public Library tomorrow evening
at o'clock. Announcement is made
that the following 'netghborhood
M meetings. in the interest of safety
have been planned: March 19, Mt YER
non Place Church, 9th and K streets
northwest: March IS, Church of the
Reformation, I'd and streets north
east; April 16, Hamline Church, 9Th
and P streets northwest
Evening star., 1915-03-09
Ready to Plug "Gerboys."

At intervals in the defense men were
waiting with rifles laid to plub any
moving thing that looked like a Ger
boy
IF Gerboy helmet appears can you
put a hole through it? was asked OF
one of the rifiemen.
1T looks so. They don't put them up
very often, sir" was the answer.
Two hundred and fifty yards away
was a wall of sand bags. The bare
field between the two lines was as life
less as a desert and for all one could
see the German breastwo was not
occupied by a single human being
But there, as on the British side. sharp
shooters were waiting and officers were
watching through the refracting mir
rors of the periscope.
For three months the trenches have
remained in the same position and
never in all that time here as else
where along the line but some one is
on the lookout and the reserves are
ready for an attack.
Evening star., 1915-03-09
Incidental Solo.

The Incidental solo in the "Serenade,
by Neidlinger, presented by the club
which was to have been sung by Mrs
Elliott Woods, was taken without any
previous rehearsal by Mrs. Hanger
The other choral numbers were Chorus
of the Druids," from "Evelina," by A
NJ c. Sacchini. and waltz song
"Nymphs and Fauns.' by H. Bemberg
(arranged for women's voices by Henry
Alexander Matthews), with incidental
solo by Mrs. Hanger. Miss Lucy Brick
enstein was. as usual. at the piano
Announcement was made that JOIN
Rarnes Wells of New York will be the
soloist at the next concert Of the or
ganization.
Evening star., 1915-03-09
Waiting for "Big Push"

Here we will be until the big push
comes" say the men. BY the "bis
push" they refer to the movement
when the new British army is in the
trenches.
At night German patrols creep out
to see if the British are up to anything
new, and the British do likewise to as
certain If the Germans are. And some
times some of the men are killed.
Those who are not on watch are
lounging on beds Of straw under the
timber roofs. To the rear there are
many more shelters, where officers and
men are quartered. One old South
African veteran was planting prim-
roses on the earth roof Of his house.
TT Is getting primerose time at home
in England" he said. Except for the
thresh of shells and the bang of the
guns, the scene is most peaceful. When
the Germans cut loose with some
thrills Of the rapid fire guns or begin
shelIing, the men take to their shelters
until the storm is over. They are al
ways in danger from sniping. and are
likely to be called at any minute to
suffer heavy losses in repelling an at
tack They are veterans who cease to
think of possibilities.
Evening star., 1915-03-09
HELEN JEFFREY, sOL0IST,
INTRODUCED AT RECITAL
Performance on the Violin Under
Auspices Of the Monday Morn
ing Music Club.

The Monday Morning Music Club.
Mrs. A. NJ. Blair directing. gave a re-
cital yesterday in the ballroom of the
New Willard Hotel introducing young
artist, Helen Jeffrey. as the assisting
soloist. Miss Jeffrey comes from New
York, where she has spent five years
studying the violin under Franz knei-
sci. Her numbers were well chosen to
display her mastery of the instrument,
opening with the "Preludium ct AL
legro," by Pugnani-Kreisler, which
was given with broad, virile tone. She
substituted for the "Scherzo Waltz" by
Chabrier-Loeffier. Perpetual Notion
by Kneisel, and among her other num-
bers were "Romanse,'' by Rachmeninoff,
La Petite Berger" by Debussey; Ca
price Viennois," and "Tambourin Chi
nois,' both by Kreisler. and for an en-
chore 'Iiebeslied." by Kreisler,
Numbers by Mrs. Fairfax.
Mrs Charles w Fairfax, the soloist
of the club, was at her best in the
"Chanson 1ndoue,'' by Rimsky- Korsa-
kow. which she sang by special re-
quest. and in Meyer -Helmund's Hun
garian Serenade," her group closing
Fair by Mrs. H. II. A Beach. Chami-
nade's Summer" arranged as a trio,
was sung by Mrs Mccarthy Hanger,
Mrs. Brooks, and Miss Ann Tuohy and
was so well received that it was re-
peated
club was handicapped in some of
the numbers by the absence of several
of the members. Mrs. John l.. Edwards,
though hardly recovered from re-
cent Illness, gave the Incidental solo
in The Nile by Xavier LerouX (ar-
ranged for women voices by Louis
Victor Saar). The number was made
additionally effective by the violin
obiigato which was given by Mrs. w.
II. Noble.
Evening star., 1915-03-09
Fire at Chance Targets.

with darkness falling over the fat
country and the buildings becoming
shadowy, the correspondents walked
away from the cover of a village with
the commanding officer Of that section
Of the front. with the rattle of ma
chine gun growing louder toward the
trench. Whenever any one goes near
the front he is bound to hear the ma
chine gun even in this quiet spot OF the
British front.
, They can't be firing at any definite
object in the dark" queried a corre-
neutrality-suspicious. no.'' the officer re.
piled The gun is laid for the top Of
their trench We don't hold down the
fire too much, as we want the Germans
TO know We are on deck"
Are we in bullet range YETI was
asked.
"Rather-ive hundred yards. That's
why we don't walk up In the daytime.
The flares you see arc going up from
the German trenches replied the officer
| These flares. like Fourth of July rock
cts threw a glare over the sodden fields
! and revealed the faces of the correspond
| ents and the officer and outlined their
| figures "In that way they keep watch
| to see that we are not creeping up for
an attack" the officer added
Evening star., 1915-03-09
Is Opposed to Worry.

IF you are killed, why you are
killed" says Tommy Atkins. 'and
what's the use in worrying about it?
The more you worry. the better it
p1eases the Germans"
From Mons to Ypres the British regu-
lar gained familiarity with death. Very
proud are all the men who have stuck
it through from the time of the British
landing until now. When one of them
was asked about it he said: Just luck
that's all. Maybe I'll get it from a
sniper before this winter is over"
At night all the work in the neigh
borhood trenches is done. Across the
fire zone behind the trenches food and
timbers and everything needed in the
trenches are carried up by hand in a
wallow of mud. Yet one hears no one
growing or swearing. when it would
seem that human irritation must have
an escape valve.
profanity comes too high" said a
soldier THE Gerboys may hear you
and then turn loose. And it may not
only cost you your life, but your pals"
Any one who has been much with the
British army has heard the same re-
mark many times. and spoken In the
language 1t had a peculiar appeal.
Evening star., 1915-03-09

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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-03-18
SHIPPING PROGRESS
The entire Situation Lacks Con-
centration in Plans For
Disposing of Crop

Much talk of packing and ship
ping plans has been in the air for
the past week. Whereas, in the
previous seven days, most OF. the
men felt results of crops were too
uncertain to discuss packing and
shipping arrangements, the few
days of tomato weather started all
kinds of packing dreams.
1t seems to be ON the card that
Crews will handle the big pack
ing house, but what contracts he
will make for packing or on what
terms, is not yet known.
Earnest e. Company will clear
out the old freight house which
they have leased, and expect to
begin putting the house in shape
by the first week in April. They
have been interviewing some of
the tomato men as to handling
their crops.
G. b. Robins who came here
from Centre Hill last spring and
packed for Mr.. Geo. Wilson may
also have a packing house as sew
eral of the successful growers have
asked him to pack for them.
Geo. McLane says now that he
will have to pack at his place a
gain this spring.
The Acline men much prefer
having their stuff packed there.
There are about twenty-five acres
which would choose the haul of
packed tomatoes to the Acline
station preferably to the four mile
haul of field crates to Punta Cor
da.
In all Of these packing sugges-
tions, there is no combination on
marketing and it now looks as if
this section would market on the
"go go-as-you-please' fashion unless
some way is found to bind growers
together between now and ship
ping time.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-03-18
ship Yards are Booming

The most remarkable change
since the time of the Napoleonic
wars has come suddenly in the A
merican ship-building industry,
The last day of December, 1914,
closed one of the poorest years
the American ship yards have had
in a decade. Today every ship
building concern from Bath, Me-,
down to Newport News, in Virgi-
MIA, is working to its fullest capa-
city, says the New Republic.
One of the largest companies
has orders sufficient to keep 5000
men employed full time for two
to three years. Contracts have
been closed for forty-eight ocean
vessels, and negotiations are pend
ing for sixty more. Prices have
been advanced Is per cent,
although that fact is not signifi-
cant. A British company has
placed an order for the building
of two ships in an American yard,
a thing never heard of before,
and is likely to order two more.
Apparently the American mer-
chant marine has entered upon
another peroid of expansion. The
ships ordered and those for
which marine architects are now
drawing plans embrace not only
passenger vessels for the coast
wise trade, but freighters for the
Pacific and South Amrican SER
vice, big cargo carriers for the
transatlantic business and oil
tankers to go anywhere and ev-
erywhere.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-03-18
SIXTY YEARS AGO
The Allies, Mexico and Prohibi-
tion, Subjects of Newspaper
Comment Then as Now

The well-worn saying history
repeats ITSELF" was never better
illustrated than when reading a
copy of a newspaper called ezra
ham IS Daily Mall" which fell in
to our hands the other day. The
paper was dated at Philadelphia,
Pa, April 81, 1855. One might
think a periodical of this date
would be a "back number" in ev-
cry sense; and it may be surpris-
ing to learn that many of its news
paragraphs wuold not appear out
of place in a newspaper of to-day,
while in the subjects of its leading
articles are just as much in the
public mind now as then.
For instance the progress of
the European war, in which we
read Of the Allies, ''intrenchments
the prospects of peace, and the in
timation that Great Britain is a
little too ambitious about "ruling
the waves. F." Other subjects dis
cussed are the situation in Mexico,
Prohibition laws, "The Horrors of
War;" the need of more enlist
ments in the United States Navy,
and Submarine explorations"
these last were by means of an
improved diving bell.
In the article on prohibition the
editor is confident that such law
will be passed in Pennsylvania
within a year. He believes it the
best possible means of controlling
the liquor traffic, and considers it
only matter of time when it will
prevail for the entire country.
Doubtless, however, he did not
foresee how much time.
The war, of course, was the
Crimean, in which the Allies, Eng
land and France, were combined
against their present ally, Russia.
we see by Jne market reports Indl
it hadsthe same effect as the pres
ent war on the price of grain, on
ly more so. Wheat is quoted at
$3.50 to $2.75, flour, $11.50 bar
rel, rye $3.50, corn, $1,10, oats,
zoe. Cotton was selling from 6
to 10 cents per pound; sugar at a.
bout present prices But coffee
is quoted at ten and eleven cents,
and bacon eight to ten, hams ten
to twelve and a half a pound.
Another very modern touch ap-
pears in the market report, where
against certain items is, Nothing
doing"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-03-18
Punta Gorda Girls Win

Punta Gorda' s disciples of Isaac
Walton, through the exploits and
attainment Of a fishing party
which recently went on the trail
of the denizens of the briny deep
in the salt seas which environ that
gem of the sun-kissed West Coast
domain, have apparently closed
the incident in connection with
strife for honors for landing the
biggest or most important catch.
Recently, according to a Pun
ia Gorda correspondent of the
Tampa Tribune, a bunch of Punta
Gorda folk went a-fshing.
The Punta Gorda scribe duly
reports that Miss Flora Horrell
held the record in point of num-
bers of the catch-two trigla hlr-
undo and one galliwasp or syn
dous foetens; Miss Marion Willis
hauled in fine specimen OF blen-
MUS ocellarius; Miss Blanche
Glenn caught a five-foot lophius
piscatorius; and Miss Bette
Moore pulled in a great sphyraena
barracuda.
That settles it. Punta Gorda
girls take the belt.
There is just one tiny little ray
of hope which shines through the
report of the exploits of the Pun
ia Gorda girls, and that is discov-
cred in the announcement that the
lophius picatorius is rare, even
in Punta Gorda salt seas. Pos
sibly the Punta Gorda damsels
caught the last one.-Braden-
town journal.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-03-18
SOLANA ACTIVITIES
Signs of improvements on Every
Hand for Old Residents
And Newcomers

Solana is even buster than usu-
al at this time in the year. Ap-
parently improvements are in pro-
cess or being prepared for on al
most every property. Land is
being cleared by a number of
owners. Pineapples are being set
by many newcomers, and additions
being made to pineries already es-
tablished. One large tract is be-
ing cleared which it is supposed
will be set exclusively in pines.
When this spring planting is fin
ished, it is estimated there will be
quite an important addition to the
total acreage in pines.
DR.. Boyle is clearing an acre
preparatory to putting it into
pines.
j. M. Weeks is changing the
sheds on his place and setting out
two more acres.
In some cases the continued
wet weather has been detrimental
to plants and it has been decided
best to remove such plants entire
ly and reset.
All of the pineries set within the
past one and one-half years are
looking well. In Clarence
Brown s old pinery there are three
and half beds which Mr.. f. n.
Brown is handling, that are a
sight. Mr.. Brown admits they
come pretty near making a record
and they are worth the attention
cf everyone interested in pineapple
development. They were set in
December and January a year a
go. In one bed were put some es-
pecially good plants. They are
really superb things now, both in
color and style of growth. Many
of them are abloom already.
In Nick Renses old pinery are
some pretty big eggplants. HIS
tomatoes look well also.
B. Perkins has some fine truck.
w. Richenbach has two acres of
good tomatoe plants and lot OF
garden truck. Since moving to
Solana the Richenbachs have
taken some nice garden stuff off of
the place.
At the new Bannister place
much clearing out and pruning
has been done and when the work
is completed, Mr.. Bannister will
have extremely modish looking
grounds.