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Evening star., 1916-05-08

The correspondent who was Ia "p
on a hill by the Germans to see \efou''
burn: after it had been carefuiiE Se' y"
fire by shell fire, was discovered ''
French gunners and shelled- he went
away, taking with him an impreSsio"
of doomed city. This picture was
duly tran smitted to America.
But two days later. when NlS'teu
the CITY, there was no evidence OF oes-
peration. because there was no one 'el'
70 be desperate. Doubtless, on occaS''i''
we shall have many more descriptions
of the destruction of this town. descflP-
tions meant to impress Americans OF
encourage Germans The material 'o'
such fires is not exhausted. The came
dral on the top of the hill IS haralH
sheu-marked at all. and it Will make
famous display when it is fired, as was
Rheims. as were the churches of 'ham-
pague and Artots.
But there is something novel IN 'ne
thought of a city burned, not TO make
A Roman or even German holldaE' pu.
burned to make the world believe lla'
the battle of Nerdun had been Ter
man victory.
Evening star., 1916-05-08
DOES RHEUMATISM
BOTHER YOU?
The Doctors Say Use Musterole

So many sufferers have found relief
in MUSTEROLE that you ought to buy
a small jar and try it.
Just spread II on with the fingers
Rub il in First you feel a gentle glow
then delicious. cooling comfort
MUST TEROLE routs the twinges. loos-
ems up stiffened joints and muscles.
MUSTEROLE is a- clean, white oint-
ment. made with oil of mustard. II
penetrates to the seat of pain and
drives il away. but does not blister the
tenderest skin.
1t takes the place of the mussy, old
fashioned mustard plaster.
MUSTEROLE is recommended for
Bronchitis. Group, Asthma. Pleurisy.
lumbago. Neuralgia, Sprains, Bruises.
Stiff Neck. Headache and Colds of the
Chest tit often prevents Pneumonia).
At your druggists. in 25c and soc
Jars, and a special large hospital size
for $3.50
Be sure you get the genuine NUS
TEROLE. Refuse imitations-get what
you ask for. The Musterole Company,
Cleveland. Ohio.
Evening star., 1916-05-08
"Bonne Chance" They Say.

Afterward we went out of this cavern
into daylight. and the officers ca me and
shook hands with me and said good d-bye
One does not say au revoir at the
front; one says "bonne chance"-"good
luck; II may and il may not-we hope
not" We entered our cars and were
about to start. when suddenly, with a
binding. stunning crash. whole salyo
landed in the meadow just beyond the
road. we could not see where because
Evening star., 1916-05-08
Waited for Sons Death.

He was shot. my last hoy. up near
Nerdun. in the beginning of the war.
He did not die at once. and l went to
him. For twenty days ! sat beside him
in cellar waiting for him TO de. ]
bought the last coffin in the village,
that he might be buried in it. and kept
it under my bed. We talked many
times before he died. and he told me ali
he knew of the fight. OF the men about
him and how they fell.
My name is finished. but | say to
you now that in all that experience
there was nothing that was not beau
tifui."
And as far a s 7 can analyze or put in
words the impression that | have
brought away from France, from the
RUIN and the suffering and the destruc-
tion. | think it is expressed in those
words. | have seen nothing that was
not beautiful, too. because through all
the spirit of France shone clear and
bright
Evening star., 1916-05-08
Schooner Sunk by Submarine.

COPENHAGEN. via London. May s.
The crew of eight men of the schooner
Harald We're landed al Hortep sunday.
They report that their boat was tor
pedoed Friday by German submarine.
The crew was given fifteen minutes to
get into the lifehoatS. but as the
weather was stormy they demanded to
be taken aboard the submarine. This
was done, and later they We're trans
ferred to passing steamer.
Evening star., 1916-05-08
Abuse of Red Cross Flag.

BERLIN. MAJ s. by wireless - Saw
ville.-"Accordins to dispstcr from.
Athens. says the Overseas News
Agency. the British an" rrcncf. ny
OF the use of the ited Cross
flag have effected transpo;; of Serhian
troops on hospita! ships. so as L. avoid
the danger OF torpedoing by submarines
The chief OF the British naval iaissic,
Capt. Lecht. has been recalled. anothe"
Athens dispatch states
Evening star., 1916-05-08

of French troops after they had cut
the telegrap phi and telephone wires.
According to these advices the
French imprisoned twelve Greek citi-
zens. and also the secretary OF the
Aastro- Hungarian consulate ar Mon
astir. who was on his way to his post
from Athens
The Greek government. the report
states. has protested against the
French action"
Evening star., 1916-05-08
HOW FRENCH AND GERMANS
ARE STRUGGLING AT VERDUN
Frank H. Simonds Writes of Greatest and
Most Prolonged Battle in the
Worlds History.

dirt some yards away. You may hear
bullets over your head. you may hear
smells passing. but what YOU see is a
hillside with some slashingS. That is
post back of the trenches. then you viii!
see a whole range of country. but not
even the trenches of your own side
FROM the Grand Mont east of Nancy |
watched some French batteries shell
the German line. | didn't see the French
guns, | didn't see the German trenches.
didn't see the French line. ! did see
some black smoke rising a little above
the underbrush, and l was told that the
shells We're striking behind the Ger
man lines and that the gunners were
searching for a German battery. But
| might as well have been observing a
gang of Italians at blasting operations
IN the Montclair mountains And the
officer with me said: Our children are
just amusing themselves"
A Luncheon Underground.
From Fort de Ia Chaume we rode
back to the citadel; and there I was
GERS of the town garrison. their guest
because | was an American who came
to see their town. ] shall always re-
member that luncheon down in the very
depths of this rock in dimly lighted
room. | sat at the generals right and
all around me were the men whose
days work il was to keep the roads
open. the machinery running In the
shell-cursed city. Every time they went
out into daylight they knew that they
might not return. For two months the
storm had beaten about this ROCK. it
had written its mark upon all these
faces. and yet il had neither eX-
tinguished the light nor the laughter:
the sense of strength and of ca1mness
was inescapable. and never have l
known such charming. such thoughtful
hosts.
when the champagne came the old
general rose and made me a little
speech. He spoke in English. with alb
solute correctness. but one who
spoke it with difficulty. He welcomed
me as an American to Nerdun, he
thanked me for coming, he raised his
glass to drink to my country and the
hope that in the right time she would
he standing with France-in the cause
of civilization. Always in his heart. in
his thought. in his speech, the French
man is thinking of that cause of civil
ization. always this is what the ter
rible conflict that is eating up all
France means to him.
Evening star., 1916-05-08
Danish Island Tale Denied.

COPENHAGEN. via London. May s.
Denial is made here of reports that Den
mark has again entered into negotiations
with the United States regarding the lat
ters proposed purchase of islands in the
Dutch West Indies
Evening star., 1916-05-08
some houses hid the field. 1t was the
most suddenly appalling crash l have

some houses hid the field. 1t was the
most suddenly appalling crash l have
ever heard.
Instantly the general ordered our
drivers to halt He explained that it
might be he beginning of lombard
ment or only single trial a detail in
the intermittent firing to cut the road
that we were to take. We sat waiting
for several moments and no more shots
came. Then the general turned and
gave an order to his car to follow.
bade our drivers go fast and climbed
into my car and sat down. The wan
dering American correspondent was his
guest He could not protect him from
the shell fire. He could net prevent it.
But he could share the danger. He
could share the risk. and SO he rode
with me the mile until we passed be-
yond the danger zone. There. he gave
me another "bonne chance and left
me. Went back to his shell-curseu town
with its ruins and its agonies.
' hope j shall see Gen. Dubois again
| hope il will be on the day when he is
made Governor of StrasSburg
Evening star., 1916-05-08
The War Invisible.

Somewhere in the background .
French battery of heavy guns was fr
ing and the sound was clear; but II did
not suggest war. rather a blasting op-
Grafton. The German guns were still
again There was a faint billowing roll
of gunfre across the river toward Dou-
aumont, but very faint. AS for trenches
soldiers evidences of battle, they did
not exist ! thought of Ralph PulitZer's
vivid story of riding to the Rheims
front In a military aeroplane and see
ing, of war. just nothing.
The geography of the Verdun coun-
try unrolled before US with absolute
clarity; the whole relation of hills and
river and railroads was unmistakable.
But despite the faint sound Of mus
kerry, the occasional roar of a French
gun, / might have been in the Berk-
shires, looking down on the Housatonic.
Six miles to the north around lie Mort
Homme that battle which has not stop
ped for two months was still going on.
Around Douaumont the overture was
Just starting. tho overture to stiff
fiRht in the afternoon. but of all the
circumstances of battle that one has
read of, that one still vaguely expects
TO see there was not a sign. II II suit
ed their fancy the Germans could turn
the hill on which l stood into a crater
of ruin as they did with Fort Loncin
at Liege. We were we'll within range.
easy range; we lived because they had
no object to serve by such shooting,
but we were without even a hint Of
their whereabouts.
Evening star., 1916-05-08
BattlefieIds of Other Days.

AS We left Nerdun the firing was in
creasing; it was rolling up like rising
gale. the infantry fire was becoming
pronounced. the Germans We're begin-
ming an attack upon lie Mort Homme.
Just before sunset We passed through
the Argonne forest and came out be-
yond. on a hill to the north. against the
sky. the monument of Nalmy stood out
in clear relief. marking the hill where
kellermann had turned back another
brussian army. Then we slipped down
INTO the plain of Chalons. where other
Frenchmen had met and conquered At
tila. At dark we halted in Montmiraii.
where Napoleon won his last victory
before his empire fell. The sound of
the guns we hal left behind was still
in our ears and the meaning Of these
names in our minds. Presently my
French companion said to me: "lt is a
long time, isn't il? He meant all the
years since the first storm came out of
the north. and | think the same
thought is in ave~y Frenchman's mind
Then he told me his story.
II had two boys" ne SAID: "one was
taken from me years ago in an aCci-
dent: he was killed and it was terrible.
But The Othe.. | gave.
Evening star., 1916-05-08
Enemy Not to Be Seen.

have already described the military
geography Of verdun. shall not at
tempt to repeat 1t here. but it 10 the in
visibility of warfare. whether examin-
ed from the earth or the air. which i'm
presses the civilian. II you go TO the
trenches you creep through tunnels and
cavities until you are permitted to peer
through a peephole, and you see yellow
Evening star., 1916-05-08
Forts But Empty Shells.

Fort de la Chaume is one Of the many
fortifications built since the Franco-Prus-
sian war and intended to defend the city.
Like all the rest, it ceased to have value
when the German artillery had shown at
Iiege and at Namur that II was the mas
ter OF the fort. Then the French left
their forts and went out to trenches be-
yond and took with them the heavy guns
that the fort once boasted. Today Fort
de la Chaume is just an empty SHELL as
empty as the old Vauban citadel in the
valley below. And what is true OF this
fort is true Of all the other forts Of that
famous fortress Of Verdun, which is no
longer a fortress. but sector In the
trench line that runs from the North
Sea to Switzerland.
From the walls of tbe fort staff officers
showed me the surrounding country.
looked down on the city of Verdun. hiding
under the shadow OF its cathedral
looked across the level Meuse valley, with
its little river: / studied the wall of hills
beyond. Somewhere in the tangle on tho
horizon was Douaumont, which the Ger
mans held Down the valley of the river
in the haze was the town of Bras. which
was French: beyond 1T the village OF
Vachreauville, which was German. Be
yond the hills in the center of the picture.
but hidden by them, were lie Mort
Homme and Hill 304. Vardun is like a
lump Of sugar in a fingerbowl. and
was standing on the rim. IT seemed ut
terly impossible that any one should even
think Of this town as fortress or count
its ashes as of meaning in the conflict
Evening star., 1916-05-08
The Madonna of the Tree.

For two hours we wandered ABOUT
the town. exploring and estimating the
effect of heavy gunfre, for the Ger
mans are too far from the city to use
ANYTHING but heavy guns effectively.
The impressions of such a visit are TOO
numerous to recall. | shall mention
but one more. Behind the cathedral
are cloisters that the guide books mem
tion: they incloSe courtyard t.ial was
once decorated with statues or Stih's.
BY some accident or mlracle-lhei al c
always miracles in shelled toWhs-one
of these images, perhaps lhd' OF tne
Madonna has been lifted from ltS peu-
estal and thrown into the brahches OF
tree which seems almost to hold II with
outstretched arms.
At length we left the town. gong out
by the Porte de France. when cuts me
old Eauban ramparts, now as deserted
as those of Paris, ramparts mat hao
been covered with trees and were no"
streUn with the debris of the trees
that had fallen under the shell nre IN
all this time not shell had fallen IN
Eerdun; it the nrst conpleteiS
TRANQUIL morning in weeks; but there
was always the sense OF Impending de-
struction, there was always the sense
of The approaching shell. There was
an odd subconscious curiosity, ana
something more than curiosity. ABOUT
the mental processes of some men. not
far AWAY who were beside guns point
ed toward you, guns which yesterday
or the day before had sent their de-
struction to the very spot Where you
stood
Evening star., 1916-05-08
BY FRANK e. SIMoNDS.
Second InstnIIment-Part u.
Author OF The Great War.

Copyright, 1915. the Tribune Association ''h
New York Tribune'
Evening star., 1916-05-08
Fear in the Open.

Yet. oddly enough. in the town there
was wholly absurd sense of security
derived from the fact that there were
still buildings between you and those
guns. You saw that the buildings went
TO dust and ashes whenever the guns
were fired: you saw that each explo-
sion might turn a city block into ashes,
and vet you were glao of the buildings
and there was reinsurance in their
shadows Now we Travelled IN the
open country: we began to climb
across the face of bare hill. and ii
was the face that fronted the Ger
mans
Presently the generals car stuck in
the mud and we halted. for a minute
perhaps then we went on, we passed a
dead horse lying in the road, then. OF
a sudden, came that same terrible
grinding, metallic crash, ] have never
seen any description of heavy shell
explosion that fitted it. Behind us we
could see the black smoke rising from
the ground in a suburb through which
we had just come. / saw three ex-
pIosions. A moment later We were at
the gate of Fort de la Chaume, and we
were warned not to stop, but to hasten
in, for the Germans, whenever they
see cars at this point, suspect that
Joffre has arrived, or President Pom
care, and act accordingly. We did not
Evening star., 1916-05-08

We make this genefous distribu-
ton of prizes each year for three
reasons. First-To advertise our
name. Second-To advertise the
Kimball Piano. Third-To make
it possible for a large number of
families who are in need of pianos
to secure strictly highgrade
piano like the Kimball at a great
saving.
The Huttig news., 1916-03-04
Caution.

With a shortage of ships to move our cotton to foreign shores; with no indication of the end of the war; with the Nation stirred over pre- paredness for eventualites; with the buying power of the entire world gradually lessening day by day. it becomes our dIty to issue this formal warning as the time of planting cotton is at hand.
 Let everyone encourage the farmer to be on the safe side by raising plenty of feed and food for the community IS we'll as for him self, his family and his live stock { A calf, pig, chickens and gar- den often mean the difference be- tween want and money ahead ) Economical and safe living for all as well as Safe Farming" must be the rule II prosperity IS to abide with us.
 Six-cent cotton this fall would spell disaster in the cotton States. Low price follows over-supply as certainly as the night the day High prices and prosberity over the South this year prove what volun- tary reduction of cotton acreage does. Any marked increase in acreage over last year is going to result in a great loss to Southern cotton producers, merchants and bankers, and will similarly affect all allied business and professions.
 Conference of Cotton States
 Bankers.
The Huttig news., 1916-03-04
SCIENTISTS KEEP AT WORK
Turneu Of War Seems to Have Had Little Effect on the Develop
 ment Of Ideas.

So thick and fast como the dayei opments of science in these days that men are losing their sense of astonish nent. The impossible becomes the actual so often that it is unsafe to say that anything cannot be done. 4 few months ago the first telephone message was transmitted across the continent. Today we hear that 8 still greater distance has been covered hy a wireless telephone. Forty years ago a current of electricity could not be made to jump more than few inches through a vacuum. Today there is ID known limit to it, CT rath- CT to the capacity of new instruments to detect it. Some electrical ell gineers believe that messages could be sent te the moon, and perhaps out into infinite space through the ether just as easily as from San Francisco to Honolulu through the atmosphere, With all this, no man caI tell what electricity is. All We know about it is that when a certain thing is done certain results foiiow-New York Commercial.
The Huttig news., 1916-03-04

their cribs for planting or get some good corn from a neighbor. There is profitable opening for few men in each county to grow six or eight acres of corn for seed to sell 10 neighbors and the public gener- ally. The Extension Division of the University of Arkansas is very anxious to have the names of all farmers in Arkansas who are in tending to plant a special field for this purpose. The field should be well prepared and be remote from other corn. Will such farmers who read this send their names to their county agricultural agent at Fl Dorado at once.
The Huttig news., 1916-03-04
V. A. BEESON
normal.

The above is a picture of V. A. Beeson of Morrilton, Conway coun- ty, who is 6 candidate for Secretary of State. MT. Beeson is a news paper man, ed tor of the Morrilton Headlight, and has done a great work not only for his town and county, but for the entire state as we'll He is young man of ex- ceptional ability, honorable, indus trious and progressive, and in our opinion no citizen of Arkansas could better fill the high office to which he aspires, nor could the honor be conferred on one more loyal and deserving. The editor of the News has known him for years and takes a real pleasure in rec ommending him as one who will faithfully and intelligently dis charge every duty, prove true to every trust and remain loyal to the great state of Arkansas and the bestinterests of the people whose servant he aspires to be. The only public office he has ever held was that of Representative from his county in the last legislature and his record in that position was a good one.
The Huttig news., 1916-03-04
Wants Government to peosioa confederatss

There is a great deal of eterest throughout the state in the bill in troduced in Congress by Hon. John Tillman of the Third district. pro- viding for the pensioning of the ex- Confederate soldiers. MT. TilIman proposes that the government shall place every surviving soldier of the Gonfedefaey upon the pension roll at $50 per month, or $f per day. for life. with $500 each back pay. This is to be defrayed out Of fund of $60.Oo0.O0O. representing the proceeds of cotton tax collected in the South after the war. about which there has been so much pre- posed legislation.
 Should this bill become a law, 1t would mean much to the state of Arkansas. The state this year paid the Confederate soldiers and their widows, out of 3 direct tax of 1 mills, approximately $64O,- GOO. This will be increased. in the taxes now being collected, to 2 mills, as provided by the legisla= tare of 1915, which will mean that next year the pension roll of the state will amount to about S850.oOO. The increased levy will. 1t is estimated, enable the state to pay the pension allowances in full, instead of pfotating them as has been necessary for years, or practically since the system was inaugufatsd. The levy for general purposes of the state government is only 9 ? mills.
 Should the Tillman bill pass. the state might and probably would discontinue it's own pension system which would be a tremendous saw ing in taxes. And at the same time the veterans and their widows would be much better provided for than it is possible for the state ever to do. The highest pension paid in the state is $10o a year, and the Tinman bill provides that it shall be $365 a year.
The Huttig news., 1916-03-04
Gilbert Stuart

Gilbert Stuart G755-1S2S) was born Tn Narragansett R l.. the son of 9 snuff grinder At the age of fifteen without any instruction whatever. he began to paint portraits that attract ed the attention of young Scotch artist named Alexander, who took him to Scotland in 1772. In 1774 he re- turned to America, where he re- named for a year He went back to Londen m f775. and for short tune he played the organ in a small church in that city. In ITS he entered the studio of Benjamin West as pupil. put later set up a studio of his own. and remained working there for some years He came back to this country once more III ti92, and painted many portraits n New York and Philadel- phia, among them the famous '1795 Washington in the year 1906 ne set. tied m Boston His fame rests large. ly upon hIs many portraits of Wash ington.
The Huttig news., 1916-03-04

sure that what he says is true, that even =skepties buy his cure to see what it will do. And so 1t keeps him toiling hard the kaan demand to mset ana he has 5aasst with bqllsnaka lard home t6 Esy Street. If you believe in Wha5 you sell, have faith in what you say. in that same avenue you'll dwell. upon a future day. If one is not supremeIy sure that what he has for sale makes all competitors look poor. his eIeqaence will fail. 4 man can sell ne setting hens. or swarms of bumble bees, or double action fountain pens. or cures for housemaids knees. f he's con Vnced that what he sells bea.s everything around; that soft of saiesman's $ wearing bells. wherever ne is found.-W Walt Mason.
The Huttig news., 1916-03-04
Confidence.

know a man who hunts for snakes, and kills them for their grease. He says twill cure rheu- matic aches, and make your an- guish cease. The doctors say that serpent oil no sert of virtue owns; it will not cure the pains that coil around your joint and bones. But this old gun who kills the snakes has never lad a doubt; he says all other cures are fakes, when reptile oils about. He is 50 everlasting