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Evening star., 1917-09-25
Russia Took Northern Half.

About the middle Of the sixteenth
century Livonia underwent a partition,
the northern half being assimilated by
the growing power of Russia and the
southern portion being annexed by 20
land. When the war between Sweden
and Poland was launched this unhappy
province became the battle-ground of
the warning armies. and a century later
it was the scene of the triangular con-
flict of Sweden, Russia and Poland. BY
the treaty of Nystad, in 1921, the prov
ince was definitely assigned to Russia.
About 43 per cent of the inhabitants
of Livonia are Let's, while an almost
equal number are Esths.- Eighty per
Evening star., 1917-09-25

eion. About the middle of the twelfth
century merchants from the powerful
Hanseatic city Of Lubbock reached the
mouth of the River Dvina- and estab-
lished trading posts in the vicinity of
what Is now Riga. These commercial
pioneers were followed by emissaries
Of the Archbishop of Bremen, who be-
gan to preach Christianity to the semi
piratical natives. Then came the Order
Of the Brethren of the Sword. apostles
who inculcated their religious teaching
with the aid of steel.
Evening star., 1917-09-25
SOUTHERN RECIPE
FOR USE OF CORN
Hoe-Cake.

In the memory of every southerner
of middle age fingers rich vision of
the hoe-cake which old Aunt Jenny or
Nanny 'Tildy used to bake on their
hoes over the hot ashes of a wood fire
and eat with greens and "pot-Iicker."
A repast of hoe-cake, honey and but
termilk surpassed any heavenly mama
in the Imagination of the oId-time
southern child. who haunted the kitchen
when hoe-cake hc-r arrived.
Hoe-cake ingredients are very SIM
pie:
One pint of white corn meal.
One-haf teaspoon of salt.
Sufficient water to make a batter
Put the corn meal into a bowl. add the
salt and pour over it just enough boil
ing water to noisten the meal. Let IT
stand for few minutes. Then add
more water till the batter will drop
easily from a spoon. Bake to a deli
cate brown on hot griddle. and serve
with bit of butter the top of each
cake.
A hoe-cake should be at least four
inches in diameter and one inch thick.
The pretty chemise robe and Persian
Just now.
There are many pretty frocks for
children made of contrasting materials.
The stole seems to have been the
basis of a great many of the new col
lars.
Evening star., 1917-09-25
j. s. BOYS ABROAD
ARE HARD WORKED
Troops in France Begin Day
Early and Keep Going
Until Supper.
OFFICERS DO EVEN MORE
BY HERBERT COREY.

AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS,
August 27.-Last night I strolled up a
company street. where the men are bill
leted. There was the sound of clinking
under the archway where the company
cook was still busy with his pans. Here
and there doorway was marked out in
the darkness by the soft glow from a
shaded candle. In Madison Square Gar
den." which was hayloft not long ago,
and which Is now filed with camp beds, a
quartet sang tunefully. A glance through
the door of the White House" discovered
four men studying French, while the old
peasant woman who owns the house
sat in corner, her chin on her hand.
wondering at these strange men.
A jewsharp was pinging In Browns s
Palace" There was an Auditorium -
in which one youngster was reading
aloud 10 ms mates. and planters Ho-
tel. IN which company bugler was re-
hearsing the most unutterably false note
ever sounded patiently over and over
again. while his mates thought Of things
to say to him. The "Footsore Glide
sounds like new dance, but is lower
Ing old stone house which dates back to
Napoleon's time. In it a mouth harp was
sounding, while next door four boys had
their heads together working over some
barber shop cords.
Seem to be happy said TO the ma
jor.
They're busy. That's why" said he.
They are indubitably busy. The off,
GERS have been working from fourteen to
sixteen hours a day. Some have done
eighteen for a month. There was a week
in which they did not average three
hours sleep a night The pressure is
thing, as Otherwise they would soon be-
come stale and slow. The men have not
worked SO hard. but they haves not been
idle. A glance at the routine OF COM
pany day will convince
Evening star., 1917-09-25
OF Interest TO Women
TOpCOATS WITH ENGLISH LINES.
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
NEW YORK, September 24.--lt might
be said. broadly speaking, that Eng
land is the father and mother Of the
topcoat.
There have been epochs IN the his
tory of dress when II was the highest
ambition of an American woman to
wear an English made overcoat. Lon
don has always set the fashions for
mems clothes, as Paris sets the fashions
for women's costumery. and one Is quite
used to the knowledge that the smart
American men have probably imported
more clothes from the British capital
than their woman folk have done from
the city on the Seine.
The raglan coat. which was named
after the sporting earl who invented 1t.
or rather, for whom a tailor made 1t.
not only dominated the overcoats worn
by English speaking men, but set an
example for women's blouses, and we
have had the raglan sleeve with US for
two decades, probably.
The shapeless Coat.
The Freachmen, except in isolated
CO ses. have adopted the tight coat that
was taken up by American men in such
wholesale fashion about three years
ago. There was always something fop-
pish about this type of overcoat. and it
soon became associated with men who
dress in cheap, readymade clothes and
frequent the Broadway cafes The real
ly smart men continued to wear the
shapeless English coat.
During the time when the tight
French coat was predominant in GER
tain segments of social life ;he tailors
exploited it for women, and it was uni
versally adopted in various forms. The
French dressmakers used the outline,
but they attached paraphernalia that
was strongly feminine. Such coats have
ruled coStumery. but the new season
ushers in a decided departure from
what has been.
Women will go back to the shapeless
British coat which their smart man folk
have adopted. There are two or three
reasons for this: one is commercial. an
other is economical and another is a
question of comfort The tight topcoat.
with its small armholes and long, slim
sleeves. restricted the liberties of the
frock beneath it. and succeeded. in an
manner, in crushing it into a
thousand wrinkles. to say nothing of
wearing i. out under the arms.
Built of English Fabrics.
Evening star., 1917-09-25
Called by Amateur Bugler.

At Sis am. the first call sounds 1t
may be an odd sort of a call, for the
company bugler may not have seen a
bugle until he enlisted. But it gets 'em
up, in spite OF the musicians cracked
and squawking wall that II can't get
em up, l can't get 'em up. I can't get
'em up in the morning" 1t must be re-
membered that French time is an hour
faster than continental time. The 5:15
am. call here would be AIS in the
United States They get into their
clothes slowly, and wash their faces.
and prepare to meet the sergeant's eye
when assembly sounds at $50 o'clock.
To be unwashed and dusty at that hour
Is to court disaster.
Twenty minutes of ligt. but fast cal
isthenics follow the assembly call Then
ten minutes of repose. FOR the break
fast call does not sound until O'Clock.
The sun is almost up by this time. The
good soldiers can spare time to glance
down the streets at the bad soldiers,
who are engaged in sweeping these
thoroughfares. When the bad soldiers
go from point to point they go on dou-
Bile time It encourages speed and gets
of the soft civilian flesh that has been
accommodating on them since they left
the cradle. Also it helps them remem-
ber rules.
When sick call sounds at $50 O'Clock
breakfast has been thoroughly disposed
of-almost ,digested. for these young
soldiers have appetites that are more
than excellent There is usually a man
or two at sick call with some trif1ing
ailment. which can generally be traced
back to green fruit. The trumpets
sound the march" at 8:45 am, and the
companies start for the exercise
grounds. which are usually six or
seven miles distant. There they are
given intensive training under the eyes
of the French INSTRUCTORS until 800 D.
m.. with two hours out for lunch. AT
that hour the march home begins.
At $40 o'clock the assembly" is
sounded. and all the little world stands
at attention to salute the flag. The mer
are hastily inspected, and at s O'Clock
the buglers give the welcome note that
indicates that supper is ready. The day
is over for the private. All he has tc
| do is to enjoy himself until eight,
| out" is blown at 10 o'clock.
| OMcers Work Harder.
| 1t is different with the officers. They
Ihave followed the same routine to thu
Evening star., 1917-09-25

Handbags are made Of brocades and
embroideries, satins and feathers.
One new fashion feature among even-
ing gowns is the slanting girdle.
Checks. stripes and plaidS are So
lected for children's school dresses.
Long tunic dresses of serge or satin
are frequently made In two colors.
Evening star., 1917-09-25

James Smith, colored. was convicted of
second degree murder in the circuit court
of Hartford county. Md. sitting at Belair
Evening star., 1917-09-25

The pretty chemise robe and Persian
tunics will never be more in vogue than
1ust now.
Evening star., 1917-09-25

There are many pretty frocks for
children made of contrasting materials.
Evening star., 1917-09-25

The stole seems to have been the
basis of a great many of the new col
lars.
Evening star., 1917-09-25

1t is different with the officers. They
have followed the same routine to the |
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-10-18
Dandruffy Scalps
Lead to Badness

II you have dandruff get rid of it quick
ly- it's positively dangerous and, will
surely ruin your hair if you don't. Dan
druffy heads mean faded, brittle, gray,
scraggly hair that finally dies and falls
out-new hair will not grow-then you
are bald and nothing can help you The
only sure way to abolish dandruff for
good IS to destroy the germ that causes
ii. To do this quickly, surely and safely
there is nothing so effective as Partisan
Sage, which, you can get from A. A..
Howes & Co.. and good druggists every
where. 1t is guaranteed to cure oan-
druff, stop itching scalp and falling hair,
and promote new growth, or the cost,
small as it is, will be refunded.
Partisan Sage is a scientific prepare
ton that supplies all hair needs--an an
tiseptic liquid, neither sticky or greasy,
easy to apply, and delicately perfumed.
If you want beautiful, soft, thick,
lustrous hair, and lots of it, you must
use Partisan Sage. Don't delay-begin
tonight-a little attention now insures
abundant hair for years to come.
Note: Partisan Sage positively will
not color or streak the hair
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-10-18
ANOTHER MORsEL OF COMFORT

All of us know Civil War vetera ms,
still hale and taking lively interest in
the present conflict, who in their day
were subject to greater dangers than
those likely to confront their grandchil-
dren who are now in France or who will
be there later. To be wounded in the
struggle of 1876 was a more serious
matter than it is now, despite the Ger
man tendency to bomb hospitals, for
medicine and surgery were less efficient
then and field hospitals were sadly lack
ing.
1t so happens that fortnight ago the
British Government gave out figures
which showed that its losses on the
Western Front, including those killed in
action or who died of wounds, amounted
TO eleven in each thousand. Comparing
these figures with the losses in some of
the actions in the Civil War, it can be
seen that enlistment now is by no means
suicidal.
By way of comparison it is worth
while to look at figures showing the
losses in some of the battles of the Civil
War, and Antietam, which was fought
1lfty-tive years ago, may be taken as an
example. Livermore, in his Number
and Losses in the Civil War;" finds that
the Union forces engaged numbered ST.
164, this reckoning excluding MorelPs
division, which took no part in the bat
tie, and that the number killed was 2108,
or something like twenty-four in each
thousand This percentage is reached, it
will be observed, without considering the
number who died of wounds later and
this number was great. On the Con-
federate side the loss was greater, but
the figures given above are sufficient to
show that the soldiers of 1862 faced
greater dangers than those Of 1917. No
one is likely to regard the present strug-
gle as partaking of the nature of May
fete, but, on the other hand, no man
signs his death warrant when he enlists.
Boston Transcript.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-10-18
IN THE JULIAN ALPS.

Ut all the military achievements of the
war those of Gen. Cadorna's troops in
the Julian Alps are the most amazing.
The Austrlans in the beginning held all
the heights; the Italians had to come up
from the valleys and the lowlands and
capture peaks and plateaus towering eight
thousand feet and more above them and
so fortified by Austrian and German en-
gineers as to be deemed impregnable.
One after another those strategic posi-
tons have fallen into Gen. Cadorna's
hands.
A sheer wall of rock, rising several thou
sand feet and commanding the Isonzo
Valley, had to be taken. The Italian
Alpini scaled it in the night; they went
up in their bare feet and without rifles,
armed only with revolvers and grenades
The Austrian garrison, although taken by
surprise, made desperate fight; the Ital-
ians exhausted their supply of grenades
and cartridges and achieved the final VIC
tory by graphing with the defenders and
hurting them over the cliff.
The Isonzo River flows through chasm
with precipices of rock rising to height
of forty feet on either side. The Austrians
from their side had been able for months
to shell and annihilate any Italian troops
that tried to effect a crossing. But one
night the Italians assembled batteries of
powerful searchlights and blinded the
Austrians with their glare; meanwhile,
the Italian engineers dropped pontoon
boats down the cliff on skids, and then,
working in the dark at the bottom of the
chasm, joined them together and made
fourteen bridges across the torrential
river. Before dawn an army corps had
marched over without the loss of man.
When the Austrians at daybreak discover
ed what had happened, they fell back in
disorder for seven miles. The crossing
of the 1sonzo was vital success for Italy,
and perhaps fatal disaster to Austria.
The hosting of huge guns up precipi-
tous mountain sides, the bringing of a
plentiful water supply to arid submits,
the building of good roads in an incred-
IDLY short time and over seemingly i'm
passable obstacles, the cutting of stair
ways for regiments up slopes of ice and
perpendicular walls of rock, and the do
ing of all those things under the fire of
an enemy who occupied at the beginning
every advantage of position are achieve
ments to the credit of Cadorna; and they
are memorable triumphs of military en-
cheering outh's Companion.
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Better Than Worm Tablets

Some people who are troubled with
"orms, or whose children sometimes suf-
'er that way, try to get rid of the trouble
by using worm tablets, worm lozenges
Or worm candy. They fail to get the
jnck results that can be obtained with
Or, True's Elixir, the family laxative
ard worm expeller.
fact, DIR. True's Elixir, a liquid
Medicine, is positively better than any
worm tablets, worm lozenges or worm
candy. There is no remedy that can com
pare with DIR. True's Elixir for quickly
e&pelling worms, whether they are stom-
ach worms or pin worms.
Besides that. your stomach is toned
y and normal action of the bowels is restor-
"a when you take DR.. True's Elixir 1t is a
uOctors preparation, originated by Dr.. True
and on the market more than 60 years.
~ Or. True's Elixir, the Family Laxative and
Worm Expeller. PLEASANTLY. easily and quickly
ss1pels worms and makes you feel much bet.
ef, Remember this when you or your chill
afen are troubled with worms. Don't take
nose worm lozenges. tablets or candy that
nay upset you. but use DR.. True's Elixir that
'ones and soothes stomach and bowels and ex-
pes worms.
Lots of people have worms and don't know
N Children have them
t very frequently. Write us A.aE.La.T
Ck.iSnrn. MaipA
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WIZ SSSa >NAeAuA w AIdI1e
Boston, Mass, April 26th, 1914.
"For three years, 1 was troubled with
Constipation. At times, the attacks
would be very severe, accompanied by
Dizziness and V1olent Headaches. I
took medicine and laxatives the whole
time, but as soon as l discontinued the
treatment, my bowels would refuse to
move. Last October, l went to Montreal
and there heard of Fruit-a- tives', I
used one box and the results we're so
pronounced that l bought two dozen
boxes. l continued using Fruit a-tives'
and noticed dee1d,ed enforcement.
gradually reduced the dose from three
day to one tablet every three or four
days until the twenty-four boxes were
finished when my physical condition
was perfect. JAS. J. ROYAL.
Soc. box, 6 for $3.50, trial size, Csc.
At all dealers or sent by Fruit-a-tives
Limited. ogdensburg. New York,
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WHEN MY FOOD BEGAN TO
DIGEST WAS QUICKLY
BUILT UP" He STATED

after | would eat l would have a
heavy, dull feeling and get sleepy" ex-
planned Julius Parsons of Carmel, Me-,
an employee of the Maine Central Rail-
road. "Gas would form in my stomach
and would have pain and distress from
boating" he continued.
MY food did not seem to digest at all,
but, instead, it soured in my stomach. |
uttered for SO long that my appetite got
poor and didn't sleep we'll and was get
ting generally run down.
but now," he added, 'Ifeel better than
l have in years. really feel like new
man. feel so good that it gives me real
pie assure to recommend the medicine that
did it for me, Tanlac.
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I11II11IIIIIlllD]1III771

medicine I took. Every month since !
was a young girl had suffered with
cramps in my sides at periods and was
never regular. / saw your advertise
ment in the newspaper and the picture
of woman who had been saved from
an operation and this picture was I'M
pressed on my mind. The doctor had
given me only two more days to make
up my mind so I sent my husband to the
drug store at once for bottle of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
believe me, soon noticed change and
when l had finished the third bottle l
was cured and never felt better. Igrant
you the privilege to publish my letter
and am only too glad to let other women
know of my cure. Mrs. THos. MCGoN-
IGAL, 1882 Hartville Street, Phila.s Pa.
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81 heard so much about this Master
Medicine that decided to try it. l kept
taking it until l had taken three bottles.
By that time | could eat anything
pleased and the old distress and bad feel
ing had gone, and with plenty of good
food being properly digested, began to
build right up"
Tanlac, the Master Medicine for all
ments of the stomach, liver and kidneys
and catarrhal conditions-the reconstruc-
tive system purifier and stomach tonic.
Tanlac is being specially introduced in
Belfast at the City Drug Store. Tanlac
agents in nearby towns are: A. R. Pilley,
Brooks; Ames Co., Stockton Springs; L.
C. Dow & Co., Prospect.
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AN OPERATION
AVERTED

Philadelphia, Pa.-"One year ago I
was very sick and suffered with pains
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-10-18

III lily Slue diiu DoCA
until I nearly went
crazy. l went to
different doctors and
they all said l had
female trouble and
would not get any
relief until l would
be operated on. I
had suffered forfour
I've ars before this
time, but l kept get
ting worse the more
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-10-18

There is more Cstarrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together.
Doc tors prescribed local remedies. and by con.
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Catsrrh is a local
'sease. greatly Influenced by constitutional
conditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medicine.
manufactured by F J. Cheney 4 Co.. Toledo.
Ohio. is a constitutional remedy. is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood on the
Mucous Surfaces of the System. One Hun
dred Dollars reward 10 offered for any case
that Halls Catarrh Medicine fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
FL CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75s.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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WHAT WE'LL GET FROM WAR.

Every traitor and every near traitor in
the United States is inquiring "What are
we going to get out of tt S warp
Well, among other things, we are going
to get better grade of patriotism than
we have been having.
We are going to put an end to building
up foreign colonies in the United States
as breeding places of treason.
We are going to quit making the for
eigner believe he is the only creature on
earth worth while.
We are going to love every foreigner
who really becomes an American, and all
others we are going to ship back home
We are going to stop hiring men in
banks and public offices simply because
they speak foreign languages.
In this way, we expect to encourage
the speaking of the English language. We
are going to have consultations with the
|. w. WIS to ascertain whether or not
they have a real grievance or any Just
cause for their reasonable mouthings
and threats. If they have any Just cause,
we are going to remove it; then
we are going to shut their mouths for
good and all.
We are not going to let men come into
the United States without some kind of a
bond, guaranteeing that they are not 60
ing to engage in burning property or in
carrying on secret work on behalf of the
country they came from.
Out of this war, we are going to get a
new United States. We are going to
hate nobody, but we are going to be pre-
pared to fight whenever necessary.
We are going to have the freest coun-
try in the world, but we are not going to
allow any traitorous highbrows to set
their own standards of freedom by which
to convert freedom into treason.
There are a good many other things
I'VE are going to get out of this war;"
When the soldier boys come home, we
are going to have two millions of patri-
OTIS who, having fought for the flag, will
make good citizens and thorough patri-
OTIS
The people of the United States are 60
ing to get more out of this war than will
be returned to any other country in the
World.-Houlton Times.
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For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 80 Years
s a,r. {: s' Of &fzzzSzs<
We Hope They Will Ascertain.

A petition is being circulated and gen.
orally signed at Rumford Falls, calling
for public meeting to ascertain by what
ment to raise the price of the necessaries
of life. The petition includes the restau-
rant owners, milk dealers, marketmen,
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MONA STOPS AL
STOMACH DISTRESS

Why suffer with that uncomfortable
feeling of fullness, headache, dizziness,
sour, gassy, upset stomach, or heartburn?
Get relief at once-delays are dangerous.
Buy today-now-a Coo. box of Mi-o-na
Tablets. There is no more effective stom-
ach remedy. For sale at A. A. Howes &
Co.'S.