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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-12-13
Abeut the Same rhinq.

Scribbler-Can you suggest a simile
for giving advice? Scrawler-How
would pouring water on ducks back
do?-Philadelphia Record.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-24
D|ARY'S PAGES
REFLECT SPIRIT
tBy Associated Prcss.l

FRENCH FRONT, May 24.-Two pages
from the diary of a French soldier who
was a member Of an infantry unit during
the attack on the German lines in Cham
payne, which began on April 10 this year
will serve to demonstrate the feeling Of
confidence Of the French troops in their
power to beat the Germans. The extract
reads:
"A AS a. ma pale light whitens slight
ly the sky heavy with clouds. Since yes
terday at six o'clock cannon have thun-
bling the rolling of a giant drum. All
night wind and rain. A shower has just
stopped. The communication trench is full
of water and we sing into mud up TO the
ankles.
" $50 a. NAT the c%oloners post. He
chats with his adiutant and two captains,
cheerful smiling young men, already wear
ing their steel helmets, their belts and
equipment, with iron-shod walking sticks
in their hands, ready TO start. Outside the
day breaks until little by little the wan
light spreads over the gray plain. The
two captains leave to join their companies
after taking leave of the colonel, who
shakes hands with them, remarking 'All
right. Go on! | will join you out there
"5:45 n. Mn the jumping-off paral-
lei. In the growing light the men are
STOPPING in the mud ut the bottom of the
trench, or leaning with their backs against
the sides. Some are sleeping with their
helmets drawn over their faces. Others
calmly smoke cigarettes. Many of them
are youngsters and their bronzed faces
look quite boyish while they sleep. Two
of them, in order to be warmer, cuddle up
together.
IS :55 a. m.-Everybody is afoot, rifles
in hands, with bayonets fixed. Buckles
are frightened and haversacks adjusted.
"Far away, the sky clears and orange
RAYS pierce the clouds, which have turned
to pearl-grey. In spite Of the incessant
roar of the cannon, a nightingale is sing
ing just in front.
4 'The plain in front of " gradually loses
itself in the mist out of which flash from
all points fugitive flames caused by the
bursting of shells.
IS 90 a. m.-"Forwardr' NoiscleSsly
without "A whisper. the men Chamber out al
the trench onto the plain. The first out
assist their comrades by giving them their
rifle butts to hold to. Then al a quick
pace they advance with their bayonets
POINTED toward the boche trenches. ThcA
j. no shouting, not even of words of com
mand. In small groups widely separated
they go on without a shade of hesitation.
Each man knows where he is to 20 10 and
makes directly for his object.
1.-THE machine guns cracklc. bullets wills
tile by, shells burst around with n terrible
tearing sound, emitting black smoke from
which screeching fragments of steel hurtle
Through the air. But the waves of men
always advance, not stopping even when
they come across patches of barbed wire
entanglements which nave not been broken
up by the French artillery. These they 60
round and take up their alignment on the
other side. Then they disappear from
view.
Sc 80 a. m.-"The first wounded men
begin to arrive and ut the same time some
prisoners, gaunt and covered with mud.
"In the meantime the position has been
Iwnn"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-24
AROUSlNG EMOTIONAL AMERICA

The American people have ever been an
emontional set and it has always required
to arouse them something that possessed
an appeal to their emotions which would
not be denied. The battles of Lexington
and Concord aroused them 10 the war Of
the revolution; the defeat AT the first bat
tie of Manassas aroused them for the War
Between the States; the sinking of the
Maine aroused them for the Spanish
American war. What it will require Ia
arouse them To a sense of what the coun-
try faces in this war began in 1917 remains
to 10 seen. Certain il is-thc American
country in waging this war for universal
libeity.-Houston Post.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-24
USE ARMY TRUCK TO SAW WOOD

Certain United States soldiers on the
Mexican border found that the saving Of
wood for camp use was a rather arduous
task. until one of their number worked
out a plan to make an army truck do most
Of the work, according 10 the June Popu-
lar Mechanics magazine. a circular saw
with its shafting, was mounted on n rough
~ made framework. and thereafter. when
wood was to be cut, an idle truck was
gacked into place beside the improviscd
equipment. After the read wheels had
been raised up on jack. one of them was
connected with a shaft by a belt and the
engine started Mt the desired speed. En-
cept when the wood was very tough no
special attention was given to the motor
after IL was once set running.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-24
FACTS TO KEEP IN MIND
IN DRAFT PROCLAMATION

Time of Registration-June 8, be-
tween the hours of z n. IN. and z
p. III.
Those Who Must Register-All
males between the ages of p and
80, both inclusive.
Notification-None save presi-
dent proclamation.
Penalty for Not Registering-Im-
prisonment for not more than one
year and forcible registry.
Absentees-Those who expect to
be absent must obtain registration
cards from city clerk and mail them
to places of registry in their home
districts so that they will arrive
there by June 5.
Sick-Those who may be sick and
unable to register in person are re-
quircd TO communicate with the city
clerk 80 as to be registered by
agent.
Exemptions-No male between the
ages specified Is exempted from reg
i~stering except officers and enlisted
men of the regular army, navy and
national guard and naval militia
while in service of u. -.
Exemptions From Service-Claims
for exemptions from service will be
noted at the time of registry and
will be passed on later by a non
military board. Exemptions from
service may be claimed by the fol-
lowing classes:
Federal and state officers.
Ministers of religions and theology
cal students.
Members of religious sccts oppose
TO war.
County and municipal officers.
Costom house clerks, mail en-
ployes.
Employees of armories, arsenals
and navy yards.
Persons engaged in industries
supporting the war, including agri-
culture.
Those supporting dependents.
The physically and morally def.
cient.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-24
May "a, 1916.

Italians retreat in Sugana valley before
fierce Austrian attacks.
British in western Sudan defeat native
followers of sultan of Dafur.
Germans at Verdun recaptured Fort Dou-
aumont and took Cumicres.
The United States protested to Grea>
Britain and France against interference
with American mails on the high seas.
King Nicholas of Montenegro disavowed
the course of Prince Mirko, his son, who
conducted negotiations for the surren-
der of the kingdom to the Austrians.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-24
YANKEE

by Thomas =. Donoho. Published i'm 1SJ
in Godey's l.ady's Book
Doodle" long ago
They played il to deride us.
But now W. march to victory.
And that's the tune To guide us:
I"Yankee Doodle" ha. ha. ha,
Yankee Doodle DANDY.
How We made the red coats run,
At Yankee Doodle Dandy
III.
To fight is not a pleasant game,
But il we must. Wen do IL.
When Yankee Doodle" once begins,
Our Yankee boys go through it.
Yankee Doodle" ha. Ia, Ia,
Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Go ahead the captains cry.
At Yankee Doodle Dandy"
Ill.
And let her come up IN the sea.
The insolcnt invader.
There the Yankee boys will be,
| Prepared To serenade her.
Yankee Doodle ha. ha, In,
Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Yankee guns will sing the bass,
Of Yankee Doodle Dandy"
".
I"Yankee Doodle" how il brings
The good old days before us.
Two or three began the song.
Millions joined the chorus.
I"Yankec Doodle" ha. ha. ha,
Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Roofing round the continent.
Is Yankee Doodle Dandy"
v.
Yankee Doodle" not alone.
The continent will hear il,
All the world shall catch the tune,
And every tyrant fear il.
Yankee Doodle. ha. In. ha,
Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Freedoms voice is in the song
OF Yankee Doodle Dandy"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-24
(By Associated Press.)

SAN ANGELO, Texas, May pa cam.
paign To stamp out the cattle and sheer
seabies in both Aklahoma and Texas is
being carried on the present time with
DIR. |. b. Pavton, federal inspector from
Fort Worth, in charge.
The dipping of sheep in fifty southwest
Texas counties will be undertaken nj once,
while the most extensive cattle scab eradi-
cation work xill be carried on in the Pan
handle and in Oklahoma. All operations
will be directed from San Angelo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-24
THURSDAY, MAY "a, 1917.
NO BREAD LINES AHEAD.
Boston Herald.

tBo>tOn Herald.D
War is bad business, but don't YOU ever
make the mistake of thinking hat war
means bad business.
Mars has lately become the foremost
employer of labor and the leading customer
of commerce.
1t takes a dozen farmers, mechanics,
trainmen, butchers, bakers, tailors and
shoemakers TO maintain a soldier.
We can't put a million men under arms
without putting al least twelve million 9th
er men under the eight-hour clock.
We must build cruisers. east cannon, pro-
duce rifles, tin meat. raise food, weave
khaki, pack surgical kits. cobble footwear,
construct motor ears. extend transporta-
ton, manufacture uniforms. knit socks,
erect forts, roll armor plate, draw wire,
mine metal and fuel, mix explosives. pro-
cess chemicals. provide spades, picks and
tractors, furnish ammunition. airShips,
electrical equipment in such quantities that
existing capacities will stagger under the
sudden burden.
Every trade and every branch of trade,
from Bangor to Bellingham and from can
merry TO foundry. will soon he modified for
the colossal task of transforming an in
dustrial giant into a Titan warrior.
Within a few months we must accom-
plish what Germany required thirty years
TO do.
Think of it. More than a quarter of n
century of preparation TO be crowded into
less than a year.
Factories must work by day and night
shifts, railroads will operate extra trains,
produce will ride to port from every ara
BILE acre on the continent.
We nave become the armory and the
bread box of our allies and we nave called
a host TO the colors whose needs alone
will total billions of dollars in food and
raiment and weapons.
The hugest sum of money that ever
poured from this country's treasury l.
about to flood the United States.
There will be work for everybody and
possibility of the greatest war in history j.
now in our hands.
We must not only support the cau~
We have espoused, but also support our
confederates with their necessities.
Get busy and keep busy. Hire new help
enlarge your plant, order machinery at
once.
Hesitation, delay and pessimism serve
our enemies.
This Is no time to. rctrench or hoard.
This j. no moment to reduce operations.
The government isn't counting expenses,
but minutes, and its plans will be hampered
by every doubter and coward and penny
pincher.
Consumption will not diminish. Uncle
Sam is in the market for more goods thar
the members of the new army and navy
individually purchased and their sons and
daughters and wives will soon be holding
down their old jobs, and collecting THEN
mems wages, which will be spent at tho
grocer's, the department store and the
druggists.
Patriotism j. flooding Washington with
ready cash and Washington i shipping il
in carload lots to the manufacturer and
retailer. There are no ~bread-lines ahead
An unprecedented era of prosperity j.
around the bend.
However sad the price, the business out
look was never better.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-24
URGES THE SINGING HABIT.

General Bells cXhortation to the young
trained a. officers of the army, that they
cultivate the singing habit among their
troops. followed a grim dissertation on
how a soldier should die-good singing and
heroic dying both being necessary for the
inspiration Of the living. As a first les
son in war, this treatise can hardly be
improved upon.-New York World.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-24

that of the state of New York, the world
has wondered at this show of volunteering.
But the Province of Quebec, with its
large percentage of people of French
stock has not shown mp well in comparison
with other provinces. This is a curious
phenomenon. England goes into n life
ior-death struggle TO save France, and the
French Canadians hang back. Men of Eng
fish stock, of Ango-Saxon or Celtic blood,
rush forward to the colors. Thousands
of American citizens nave enlisted as Ca
nadians, when there seemed no hope of
their being able TO fight under the Stars
and Stripes.
The effect of the volunteering system in
Canada has been typical. Vast numbers
of men who had families to support,
considerable numbers of those who could
have served their country better at home,
have hurried to the firing lines. The best
and bravest have gone, whether they could
be wei spared or not. Now the time has
icome TO send those whom Canada can best
lspare, and Premier Borden means to see
that they go.
1t is fair to say that the French Canad-
Iians who have volunteered have made good
soldiers. Their brothers and cousins who
will be conscripted will not be towards OF
%maligners in uniform. Apathy is a frame
of mind. it is not treason. For apathy con
scription j. the best possible remedy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-24
CONSUMPTION FOR CANADA.
Brooklyn Eaole.)

Perhaps the influence of the example OF
the United States appears in the urgent in
sistence of Premier Sir Robert Borden or
a policy of con>cription for Canada tc
raise from 5000 to $4,000 more soldier.
in the Dominion. But a. the premier has
Just come from London he is certainly in
fult accord with the ideas of the British
authorities.
Something like 100000 Canadians have
gone already. As the total population to
be drawn from Is considerably less than
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-24
War in History
NAV "a, 1915.

Germany announced state of war with
Italy; Italians began invasion of Aus
tria, occupying several border towns and
mountain heights near frontier.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-24

Checks should be made payable to The
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-24
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Any erroneous reflection upon the charac-
Der, standing or reputation of any person. firm
or corporation appearing in the columns Of The
Herald win be gladly and promptly corrected
upon the same being called to the attention OF
the publishcrs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-24

For holding half a grapefruit while IL i
eaten an inventor has brought ont a
handle terminating in semicircular curved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-01
Mdny dainty 'kerchiefs On O table nt 75c

Quite the best looking lot of handkerchiefs you've ever been offered at that popular price.
 Crepe de chine handker- chiefs, all colors, with white cord edges, embroidered cor ners, the prettiest and new est and daintiest designs. Then there are white sham rock handkerchiefs, soft like linen and just as serviceable. These have wide hems and narrow hems and corded edges. Some embroidered in white, others embroidered in colors. Handkerchiefs for every purpose can be satis- factorily selected from this table at 15c.
 (Main FIoor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-01
Jack Tar wash togs

Mo- 243 395A khaki regulation sailor dress with black broidered tie ervceable dress in the popular uniform color.
 Mo- 27O blue Jack Tar dress of fast color Bates cloth. Trimmed with white red. Mo- 2719 blouse sailor dress fast Bates coth a serviceable model for school wear Mo- 3517 295-Whe Lonsdale drill regulation dress, trim med in red navy and Copenhagen blue. The Jack Tar Store also offers com plete line of Jack Tar middies, Jack Tar skirts on body Wdists and Jack Tar gym bloomers.
 (2d Foor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-01
New mount ed
 back comb soc

A new conceit in the Hair Goods Store. A comb neces- sarv to the new fashionable hair arrangement. Combs are artistically enameled and ieweled, especially designed for use in the back hair. The price, although a popular one, should not lead you to believe that these are not pretty combs for they are, decidedly so. tma'n FOOT,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-01
4 special selling Of lUona-
 en's pure silk hose

these for dollar. S1sJ But there is reason why. The stockings are
 known manufacturers mperfects.' We assuSe yoA that in instance will you find pair of stockings badl damaged The mperfections consist in instances o the stockings only being soiled by finger prnts othe perhaps by dropped stitch, which be quickly ren eded with darnng needle These not dollar stock ings with mperectons which offer you for dollar, but stockings worth more than a dollar, and which thrifty women will appreciate for dollar n Are mostly white (full fashioned few fancy pattern included. We repeat this is most extraordinary hose offer.
 (Man Fioor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-01
Regal shoes

The Loveman, Joseph & Loeb Regal Shoe Store for men will open very shortly. Watch newspapers for exact date of opening and tell your friends that Love man, Joseph & Loeb are now Regal headquar- tars (Main Floor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-01
Store Closes 6 D. m. Saturday 9 D. m.
LOVEMAN, JOSEPH & LOEB
Welcome AnnistOn soldiers
After Saturday 900 D. n
 The Store for Men Will discontinue all cut prices until Feb. \ 9l

In other words, the Store for Men will end its serni-annual cleanup sale at store closing time tonight And that means no other opportunity to buy shirts, underwear and neckwear anc other needed furnishings at special prices unti February 1, 1918.
 At the same time the sale of Manhattan
 shirts will become history. Men who wear
 Manhattan shirts are assured goodly se-
 lection of them in the Store for Men today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-01

Cur neckUDeUr Ut 1.95 is He pret- tiest We hnUe had in seasons We particularly mention the neckwear at 1.95 because it represents a happy medium in the Neckwear Store. It offers decidedly different se- lections than will be found in the ordinary group at popu- lar prices, and is still offered at a price low enough to earn 1t the right to be called s'in- expensive neckwear."
 The beautiful jabots and col lar and cuff sets are executed of soft silky georgette crepes and crepe de chimes. Many new and novel effects will be noted, none of which are duplicatable. Owing to the large quantity of neckwear we huy, all manufacturers who supply us know that their styles must be sold ex- clusively here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-01
Hair nets 10c
$2.5O, $4.5O and $5

This particular hair net is known as Delight No doubt it's name was derived from the satisfactios which the Delight hair net always gives. It is self adjusting, made of real human hair, and is very serviceable. All colors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-01
Middy ties
 LOO

The school girls costume is incomplete without middies, and the middy dress or mid dy blouse is incomplete with out a pretty middy tie. These are rich, good quality silks, three cornered shape, with corded borders. We have them in red, emerald green, purple, navy, orange and black. (Main F'ooD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-01
Pearls !! Not genuine but they look it soc

They wearing pearls Some folks perhaps wearing genuine pearls but great many more, feel quite tan wearing mutations but is hard to tell which genuine and which are mutations Those women who &C., cept this dictate of fashion and for string of these at 5Oc rest assured that will know whether they genuine not They in strings p inches long, known opera length The beads have the genuine soft
 sheen and lustre of the genuine pearl Fasen with gold plated clasps. Gewery Main FIoor)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-30
CITY NEWS.
Subscribe for The Gate City.

Subscribe for The Gate City.
Curtis Stinson, WHO left his home
here Thursday morning, is in Prince
ton, ILL.,, it became known today. He
is visiting with relatives there, let
ter received by his mother today
stated. H.r9
The body OF Melbourne David
Downing, a. former Keokuk resident
who died in Sioux City, Thursday
morning, will arrive here Monday fol
burial
An examination for places In thu
forest and field service, as forest
clerk is announced for July 81 at tho
postof1ice here. Vacancies are to be
filled in Custer, 8. D., and Halsey,
Neb. Miss Lillian M. Perkins at tha
local postoff1ce, will be able to give
information to applicants regarding
these vacancies.
The Keokuk Quarry & Construc.
ton company has been granted until
August Is to begin the paving OF
Franklin street. This is the second
postponement OF the work.
-Ackley's undertaking establish
ment is now equipped with a new 50
H. P. motor hearse built by the Rock.
falls Mfg. Co.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-30

after he had touched match to it.
The thumb, index and middle finger
of the boys left hand were blown
completely off with parts Of the re-
naming two fingers of the hand. His
face was badly cut up and his right
eye injured and it is possible that
he will lose the sight Of it. He will
recover.
The accident happened Wednesday
afternoon about 2:30 o'clock in the
Roush barnyard at Argyle. Young
Roush was playing with Lowell and
Eudora Hanes, children of DR.. Hanes
Lowell had found the cap several
days before and had carried it in
his pocket, not knowing what it was.
When he showed it to young Roush
the latter applied a match to it, the
explosion resulting. The two Hanes
children were slightly injured by the
explosion.
The dynamite cap was picked up
near a place where workmen were
blasting out ground for the basement
of new house.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-30
HUSBAND OF
KEOKUK WOMAN
Judge J. w. Barnes Of Golden, Was
Highly Esteemed by the
People Of That
Section.

The Golden Globe, daily paper Of
Golden, Colo, in It's issue Of June %,
carries IN editorial in memory of
Judge J. w. Barnes, the husband of
Georgia Stevens Barnes, who died re-
Gently. 1t bears testimony to the
high esteem in which he was held,
and Of his exceptional strength of
character, and of his wide influence
as lawyer.
The city council Of Golden. in a spe.
cial session. passed resolutions of
sorrow at Judge Barnes death and
III appreciation Of his high type as a
citizen.
At the funeral service which was
held last Sunday afternoon in the
Presbyterian church in Golden, in adj
dirion to remarks made by the min
lister, an address was made by F. r.
Broad Jr., in appreciation of the char
acter of Judge Barnes and Of the
work he had done for the city during
his long residence. His work as an at
torney was specially commended, the
speaker said. I'm the practice of his
profession his work was character.
lied not so much by brilliancy as by
scundness and this was the charac.
terstic of his whole life. AS coun.
sellor he was safe and reliable and
in all the years that have known him
I never heard a client who even
SO much as limited that his interests
in Judge Barnes care were ever ne
elected. He was composer, rather
than a promoter of legal troubles and
many a lawsuit was prevented to his
own financial loss, by his wise coun
sci.
ITO those in difficulty and in need
widows or orphans left hopelessIy
stranded and confronted by the intri.