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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10
BOYS OF IS IN
GERMAN ARMY

WITH THE FRENCH AR
MES, July 2s.-(By Mail.)--
Documentary evidence has Just
been secured by the French mil.
ltary authorities, establishing
that Gerrany's youngest classes
OF 10 and 2oycsr-old troops
participated In the pIlIselng
and destroying OF French vii.
lagos that preceded the Ger
man retreat Of March.
The following diary. found on a
German prisoner Of the class OF
1917. illustrates the mental atti.
tude OF these German boy soldiers
towards the military necessity"
OF sacking and running villages
and private property:
December Towards evening,
pillaging excursion to nearby vii.
| lage.
December 20-Preparatory in.
spection by Capt Otto. During
afternoon "sneaked" different sorts
OF oolors, oils and pinchers. Car.
ried away as souvenirs several
beautiful cups.
December 24-Forenoon, still
more pillaging. Carried away all
sorts OF colors, also wine. After
noon, Christmas feast We were
given some small presents. Sent
four packages. one containing
Christmas souvenirs. two contain
ing a pillaged cup and glass each.
and the third a little teapot. The
lieutenant made us beautiful dis.
course.
January 14-Afternoon nj Chau-
ny. There is mighty little left
there.
February Give have received
orders to destroy all wagons and
vehicles that remain nj Grandru:
TO render them useless by saving
them. We destroyed 10.
February 22-All OF the beds.
springs and mattresses have been
gathered together at APPLY, TO be
sent into Germany.
March 6--Worked at an artillery
position in the vicinity OF Sinceny.
Sinceny Ia in ruins. The villages.
including Chauny. are all in
flames. All Of the fruit trees have
been sRwn down.
March 12-Worked on the roads.
Nearly all OF the houses OF Bichan.
court, including the tower OF the
church, have been blown up by
mine.
March t7--At $40 we departed
from Fressancourt for Mortiers.
via Versigny We arrived at Nor.
tiers at 1880 II Is now five DAYS
since we have received bread
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10

The little village Of Pleas
anton. Cal. has had the big
gest upset Of lts llfe. ordl-
nariiy the three principal events
Of the day In Piessarton are
breakfast. dinner and supper.
But when Pieasanton Furnished
the background for the rural In.
eidents in the coming Mary
Piekford production. "Rebeoca
OF sunnybrook Farn"-~ell.
that was another story.
Pieasanton Ia situated in q typ
icai California valley. between
round brown hills that scclude n
from the outer world II is on the
direct path that the old padres trod
In their faithful Journeys from the
older missions OF tho south to San
IA Clara and Carmel OF tho north.
Near II is the Chadburne farm.
which became the "Sunnybrook
farm" for tho picture.
Cause Much Excitement
With the Visits Of Miss Plckford
and her company 20 Pleasanton. the
usual daily routine became greatly
disturbed The Inhabitants flutter-
cd from their homes into the streets
at all hours. forsaking domestic
tasks and spending precious mo-
ments In endeavoring 10 get peep
Mt the world-'amous Aircraft star.
whose fame had preceded her even
TO this sequcstered nook
The most amusing Incident occur
red one day when "Our Mary was
resting In the shade OF a hugo tree.
Thru a gap In a hedge few feet
away she saw three pairs OF bright
eyes peeping. There was not a
sound for few moments. Then a
piping awe-struck voice exclaimed:
Ma, that's her-she's alivel"
The little actress was sufficiently
alive TO burst into a peal OF merry
laughter. whereupon a woman and
two little girls. much disconnected
beat a hasty retreat from their
coign OF vantage.
A slip In his testimony In ION
Trial. at the Liberty. convicis the
real thief. when every one thought
him perfectly innocent. At the
Coliseum Dorothy Phillips Is seen I'm
"The Rescue" Dorothy gained fame
as the star in Hell Morgan's Cir. L."
Wallace Reid is featured in THE
Squaw Mans Son" a continuation
OF The Squaw Man" Mt the Mis-
sion.
You will be surprised 70 find out
who Is blowing up tho munitions
plants In TN Again. out Again. 4"
featuring the athletic Douglas Fair
banks. at the Rex. Glayda Brock.
well. star Of Her Temptation" at
the Strand. lived on 25 cents n day
as test against the II. G. l..
In Intrigue" at the Ciemner
theatre, which stars Peggy Hyland,
Marc MacDermott and Bobby Con-
molly. MacDcrmott finds ~ role
much TO HIS liking.
He Ia cast as true. virile Ameri-
can. who altho he lives abroad.
loves the dash and fire Of his fellow
men. He finds trouble In curbing
his impatience and awaiting the
will Of royalty.
Virginia Pearson, the Southern
beauty, IL seen I'm a story OF the
South. "A Tortured Heart" at the
Colonial At the Class a Alice
Brady makes you sit up and take
notice OF her dancing IN THE Dane
er's Peril"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10
Found Bees Swarmed
in l.. S. Mail Box

JASPER. Mo.. Aug. io.--Recentiy
when J. r. Bowers. carrier OF a
rural route out OF Jasper. went 10
deposit the mail in the box In front
OF the Snyder home. he found Il
invaded by a swarm OF bees which
had appropriated Il.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10
Travelling Men to
Spend Day of Rest

Travelling men will have their
recreation, They'll stage q picnic
Sunday. August IS. at Silver Lake.
after a strenuous week OF introduc.
ing customers to their bosses dur
ing the Northwest merchants con-
vention. Sports. prizes. free coffee,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10
Heny Hall Is Very
Patriotic Farmer

FfNDLAY. Ohio. Aug. io--Henry
Hall. Wyandott county farmer.
Is one OF the patriotic ones. Every
fence post aaround his big farm has
been painted. starting with red,
the next one white. the next one
blue.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10

The tail Of tho "a; 10 a most I'm.
portant Appendage. II has moro
mnsclos than tho human hand. be.
ing used as hand. as a balAncer
and as a spring TO aid In Jumping
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10
Second Contingent of
Congress Bows Meet

The second contingent Of tho
Congress OF Youth. numbering 1850.
Thursday visited the waterfront,
toured the houlovards. looked In at
tAe naval militia training station.
ate watermelon nc a luncheon given
by the Chamber OF Commerce and
Commercial Club. aud argued the
respective merits OF country and
town
The boys came as delegates 20
the gathering at the Moran school.
cambridge island. from all parts 81
The state. They are between the
ogos OF IL and Is.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10

The strangest part Of tho
theft Of the Allison pearls was
that they were returned TO the
owner In the dead OF night and
stolen again before morning.
See The Star Monday for fur.
ther deaiis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
VioIets.

Stern-faced, tired, sorefooted from
unaccustomed tramping, the man paced
along the side of roadway 20 miles
from the city In the afternoon sun
shine. Beside the road sat a little boy
and girl, each timidly clutching a bas-
ket of lunches of wood violets. The
children looked at the mans stern,
tired face and timidly kept back the
words Of invitation they wanted to
speak AS the man paced by he caught
n pale, twinkling little smile in the eye
of the bOy-and out Of memory's gal
lery there flashed plcture-the pic
ture of another timid, barefoot boy In
the dust of country roadside, boy
who wanted to make n fortune In nick
els and dimes from his primitive mer-
chandise--and hadn't the courage to
cry his wares.
"Give me one of your bouquets, my
boy" he said.
And he went on. Behind him rosy
smile on two little faces and with him
n ray of sunshine on the head of the
boy Of 40 years ago.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
llfe-Saving or Drownine7

In an article on sports In Girls
Camps" In st. Nicholas, Anna Worth
ington Coale describes the tests for
rescue work. or life-saving require
ment Of the United States Volunteer
Life-Savers. These tests, which are
taken by many of the older girls in
camp. put a good deal of zest into the
swimming
"In order TO pass the tests you must
know at least three different holds
which drowning person would be
likely TO make while struggling and
how TO break them. You must also
be able to dive to the bottom and
bring up a supposedly drowned person
In proper fOrm-hcad tirst-and tow
her ashore, using any one of three APP
proved methods of carrying, as, for ex-
ample, crooling the elbow under the
chin of the victim and swimming on
the side You must then demonstrate
Un approved method Of resusctation,
requires only one person to apply II.
The first thing on reaching shore Is
to empty the water from the lungs
which, by the way, is never more than
two or three teaspoonfuls in amount
and induce breathing by pressure on
the ribs II you have ever been called
upon to be the victim for someone's
practice you will understand why II
is still a question In some camps which
form of death is to be preferred; life
saving or mere drowning?"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
NO DOGS ALLOWED On TRAIN
nent When He Undertook to Ban
ish Canine to Baggage.

Soon after the train had started,
the conductor, in collecting his fares,
noticed a small white dog. with a
bushy tail and bright black eyes costly
sitting on seat beside young lady.
She was quite pretty, but the conduc-
tors duty was plain.
'Tm very sorry, madam he said
with unusual suavity, but It's against
the rules to have dogs In the passen-
ger cars"
ooh dear is that so?" replied the
young lady, looking beseechingly from
Mer brown eyes. "What shall do? l
cant throw him away He's present
for my aunt
Throw him away! BY no means,
miss Wen put him in the baggage
car, and he'll be just as happy as the
robins In spring"
"What-put my nice white dog in
your dirty old baggage carr
Tin sorry. miss, but the rules Of
this company must be enforced He
shall have my overcOat to lie on, and
the brakeman viii give him crackers
and milk every time he opens his
mouth"
81 just know somebody will steal
him." she objected.
But the conductor was firm, and
called out to the brakeman, who was
carrying a signal flag.
Here, Mike, put this dog Ia the bag
gage car, and tell them to take the best
Of care of him"
The brakeman picked up the dog as
carefully as If 1t were baby. There
was sudden twitchlng of the facial
muscles, and he hastily said TO the con-
ductor:
Here, you Just hold him minute
till put this flag away"
Out of the car door he went, and
held on to the brake wheel, shaking
like man with ague.
The conductor laid his hands on the
dog, and then.
why-this is a worsted
dog" he gasped
"Yes, sir" replied the little miss.
demurely; didn't you kno~ shat?'
mo, miss, l am sorry to say didn't
know that"
He dropped the dog and began shout
ing: Tickets Show your tickets ~
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Outlets.

Wherever possible terraces should
end at natural drainage channels. The
absence of a suitable drainage outlet
within the limits of field often ne
cessitates ending the terraces at fence
lines, depressions or draws. The vol
ume of water which is discharged
from the ends of system of graded
terraces often erodes unsightly and OBJ
jectionable bitches along the ends of
the terraces to the foot of the slope.
Erosion In such channels can be re-
duced greatly by lining them with
stones or seeding them to grass. The
channels and banks of graded terraces
should not be cultivated for 20 to 30
feet from the outlet channel but
should be permanently sodded. Breaks
commonly occur and erosion is most
active near the ends of graded ter.
races. owing to the usually large vol
ume Of water passing. Some sort of
protective covering of stones, boards
or other hard material should be en-
ployed to prevent this washing. Where
a terrace discharges into deep ditch
box trough Is used sometimes to
give the water free OVERALL into the
ditch. This prevents erosion in the
terrace channel.
Sometimes hillside bitches are con-
structed as outlets for terraces. Such
bitches should have fall two or three
times that of the terraces and should
be located SO as to cross them and dis
charge into the nearest available
drainage channel. Often wooded strips
Of land are LEFT In fields to afford a
place for the discharge of the water
with minimum amount of erosion.
Many Of the failures Of graded ter
races may be attributed 20 Irregular
ties in grade. Breaks occur often with
abrupt reductions in the grade. This
causes plling up of the water and n
consequent overlapping of the terrace
by reason Of the inability Of full
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture

tIIepdTeu ny OnlltQ states Depart
ment of Agricultural
Field surveys disclosed that fields
with graded terraces where the grades
varied were In better condition than
were any having uniform graded ter
races.
The protiles OF the grade lines of
these terraces showed q tendency. OF
the grade to increase toward the out
lets, short distance at the upper end
of the terrace being level. This brac-
tice possesses much merit. The grade
is increased at intervals along the ter
race to accommodate the continually
augmented discharge from the increaS-
ing size of the drainage area. A les
ser grade may be used at the lower
end of "A variable-graded terrace than
is required for uniform-graded ter
race of the same length. This is due
TO the fact that a smaller rate of rain
fall can be used, since with the lesser
grade of the variable-graded terrace,
the time required for the water to
flow the length of the terrace is great
er than for the uniform-graded ter,
race.
Studies and calculations show that
the lengths of variable-graded ter
race that can be used, for grade of
0.5 per cent at the lower end, are 1870,
1,2S0, and LOO feet on slopes of .,
TO and 10 per cent, respectively. as
compared with lengths of 1,210, $40.
and 800 feet for terraces with a uni
form grade of 05 per cent.
In laying off "A terrace with variable
grade, the grade should be increased
at intervals of 200 or 300 feet and at
all sharp bends where the terrace
crosses u gully or depression in a field.
For example, If ii is desired to lay off
a terrace on n 10 per cent slope, 1000
feet long and with vertical spacing
of feet, and the grade of the terrace
is to be changed every 300 feet, then
the grades would be as follows:
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Memory of Signers
Should Be Honored

The erection Of memorial in
Washington TO the Signers of the
Declaration of Independence is u
proposition worthy Of promotion and
execution The memory Of these men
should be preserved and their names
should be 50 displayed tlat all Amer-
cans may read them. The signers
were select body Of patriots whose
service to the country and the world
was of most distinguished kind. yet
few Americans of average education
know very much about them. II is gen
orally the soldiers on whom the spot
light Of history shines.
Many of the slgners, in fact
great majority OF them. were men
whose memory the average American
does not preserve. A man may know
that the AdamseS. Charles Carroll.
Samuel Chase, Benjamin Franklin FL
bridge Gerry, John Hancock, BENJAMIN
Harrison. Thomas jefferson. Richard
! Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee.
Philip Livingston, Robert Morris. VIII
Ham PeCa Robert Treat Paine. Edward
ltutledgc, Roger Sherman, John with
crSpOOn and Oliver WOlcott were sign
ers, but what of all the others? How
many men can recall the names and
service Of such gallant Americans as
! Bartlett. BraXton. Clarke, Clymer.
Floyd, Gwlnnett. Han, Walton, Whip
pie. Williams, Wilson Wythc, and all
the others?
or the ifty-Six sgners, elght-Gwin-
nett, Tlcwes, Livingston Lynch, Nor
ton, Ross, Stockton and Taylor
died before the independence Of the
United States was won and acknowl-
edged 10y England, while two of
them. Thomas Jefferson and John
Adams, lived until 1896. both of
them passing away July 4, and Charles
| Carroll lived until 1889. Adams died
al the age of ninety-onc. Jefferson mt
the age of eighty-three, and Car
roll AT the age of uincty-six. Thomas
! Lynch Of South Carolina who, like
| Edward Rutlcdge of the same state.
was only twenty-seven years old when
he signed the immortal document died
at the age of thirty in 1879, while But.
ton Gwlnnett Of Georgia and John
Morton of Pennsylvania died In 1777.
only one other of the slgners lived to
he as old as Charles Carroll, and he
was James Smith Of Pennsylvania, one
of the three lrish-born Signers who
died in 1906 Mt the age of nlnety-slx.
I'm that brave and patriotic body of
signers were lawyers, merchants, farm
ers. physicians. soldiers, . minis
ter Il surveyor, and n printer, and
two who guye their occupations as u
shoemaker ana n sailor Roger Sher-
man of Connecticut being the shoe
mixer aud william Whlpple of the
same state the sailor The names of
the slgucrs should be preserved In
stone and bronze. They should have
a temple AT the capital Of their
| country
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28

Ii Is essential for the community
and state that each citizen should be
brought up to fully understand that
his one duty towards himself and
others is TO make the most out OF
this life, TO develop In himself the
possibilities nature has given him.
and be as happy a3 possible. In this
way he contributes most to the hap
plness of others. Let IL be fully I'M
derstood that melancholy and pes
simism, though possibly attractive. are
sins II they lead to lnactivlty-as seri-
Gus as any sin in the world They
have to be avoided by strict self-con-
troll. Life Is In itself rich, beautiful
and full Of possibilities. Let the
young man learn to see that. and not
pine for what IL not 1t should be al
ways remembered that II is not the
views that man holds or the dogmas
iae believes IN that are of Importance I:
II Is his acts -FridtJof Nnnsen.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Willing to Be Good.

Albert Chevalier tells the follow
ing:
Zone night" remarked the famous
comedian, Sin a certain music hall
where there was a VIGOROUSLY bad
orchestra, the manager suddenly APP
peared on the stage and apologized
for the absence of favorite comic
singer whose name was great fea-
ture.
1.-THE manager explained that he had
every reason to believe that the artist
In question would positively appear
later on; and then. by way Of throw
ing oil on troubled waters, suggested,
In order to avoid wait, that the audi
ence should be favored with s little
music.
"As he announced this, pathetic
voice in the gallery was heard:
ooh, l soy, Mr.. Manager, We'll be
good If yer don't let the band playw
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Lessons Learned by Deep-sea Divers.

Experiments made by the British ad-
,miraty and the United States navy
prove that deep-sea diving Is feasible.
,It has been found that the shorter the
time diver takes In getting TO the
bottom the better, because the body
nbsorbs less nitrogen. Also the diver
must have ut least one and one-half
cubic feet Of air per minute ~ all
depths. Lacing the legs of the divers
suit increases his stability and permits
him to come to an erect position with
ease. II also lessons the danger Of his
falling or being suddenly blown to the
surface. Popular Science Monthly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Monuments Tell Of Glorious Deeds.

The story Of the Revolution. and
the great deeds of the founders, can
hardly die from our memory when
from the monuments on It's battlohelds
II would be possible for schoohoy TO
construct an accurate and fairly de-
tailed account of the eight years
struggle, beginning with Lexington and
ending with the surrender OF Corn.
wallis ut Yorktown
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT,
DOESN'T HURT A BIT!
No foolishness! Lift your corns
and calluses off with fingers
It's like magci

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind of corn, can harmlessly be
lifted right out with the fingers If you
apply upon the corn few drops Of
freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
For little cost one can get small
bottle Of freezone at any drug store,
which will positively rid ones feet OF
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
II is applied and does not even irri-
tate the surrounding skin while APP
plying Il or afterwards.
This announcement will interest
many of our readers. If your druggist
hasn't any freezone tell him to surely
get small bottle for you from his
wholesale drug house.-adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28

They made his Fourth night Of joy,
with Roman candles and sky
rockets
Which, while they did not burn the
boy,
Burned large holes in his fathers
pockets.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
They Are Progressive.

1t is often noted that farmers who
read books and take farm papers are
almost without exception the only
ones who have blooded stock on their
farms. This Is proof that education
must precede the use of registered
stock.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28

II is seen from the above that the
grade for the first 300 feet of terrace
Is almost negligible. This portion
could well be laid off level. If ter
race with a uniform grade were used,
a grade of or per cent would be re-
CURED Both practice and theory show
that the variabIe-graded terrace is
superior to the uniform-graded type.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Importance OF Name.

Name the farm. It gives you a feel
ing Of pride and ownership. Also It
IS a step toward business farming
the only profitable kind
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Valuable Farm Asset,

A good COW is most valuable
Asset to any farm. Are you doing
anything towards making yours bet
ter producerf
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
The Approach.

Nocoyne-I'm going TO ask old Got
rox for his daughters hand. What's
a good way to beginf
Smart-Oh, spring few other jokes
on him first to see how he takes them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
LAFAYETTE
0d b. suhs, eehSaoo NeS Yo ssssm.,6
<.,.4I auD,. "a l,e,, Hjele lzAusZ4mal~7

a Author Of all Days' There hued YOUTH
~ tall and slender boy Of flaming rown,
A son Of France, but dear as eper son
OF own could be 10 one Whom I hare heard
A people call their couHtryS father. He
lie UaS a gallant youth noble Of BIRTH
But noble also IN the nobiest use
OF that high uord. He risked has all.
His torture. home, and life; not for his ring
Or country; not for rank or rich reuard,
But for an alien and kiagless land.
Struggling despairfully but NTH Just cause
For that street. liberty through which alone
Mankind can rise And by The unbought aid
Of thts French youth this bog Of flaming crown
And flaming heart, came victory al last.
Came Utctory and liberty for as.
He could but bid his fortune and his life
We add 10 his brave all, wtGt ne, in turn,
A great, lank, youth republic, now may give
In kind, and do Of love engage 10 gtUe.
So long as Thou, who didst appoint the lights
Of heau'n for signs and seasons, days and years
Shalt yearly bring September sirth 10 bless
In endless calendar This Whirling earth.
Y9TYu rTMIPK
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Poor Farm Policy.

The man who sells his corn. oats
and hay is selling his farm out from
under him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
ThatIs Why.

"Why do some women talk 80 much.
do You snppose3'
Because they've got nothing 10 say,
suppose
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28

Many times hillside may be
made good use Of for apples or plums.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28

Hot heads and cold feet cause most
Of our trouble.