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The Republican journal., 1917-11-08
Our Prisoners in Germany.

4 Tie War Council of the American Red
sfoss has appropriated $31,21 to buy
#ayenty-five tons of food for American
5rsoners in Germany The food is to be
g9rwarded to the Red Cross warehouse at
i8Iae, Switzerland, pending its need by
american prisoners. At present the
8Jmber of American prisoners in Ger
han prison camps consists only of about
i 10 seamen. Twenty-Five tons of food
m their relief, enough to sustain this
mber of men for three months, have
8tcn sent to Berne up to this time, and
s5S authorized order for Seventy-flve
ms will insure their sustenance for an
ldtional nine MONTHS. or will suffice
a larger number for shorter period.
soldiers and sailors captured by the
t0ral Powers are not provided by their
p.ors with sufficient food to keep them
good health, nor with sufficient cloth
o.. so these necessities must be provid-
rom home, and in view of this condi-
uu, the American Red Cross and the
.lted States Government is preparing
iced all American soldiers and sailors
.ao may be taken prisoners by Germany
J-ng the war. A complete scheme for
slst aining prisoners is now being worked
NJ, Jointly by the War and Navy De-
ailments and the American Red Cross,
such will be the agency through which
American prisoners will be reached.
nder the proposed plan of feeding
merican prisoners in Germany, each
-Soner is to receive, in the course of
cry two weeks, three ten-pound pack
les containing proper and sufficient
gtions to keep him in good health for
at length of time. 1t is expected that
.iiicient food to sustain a considerable
Umber of men for several months will
AVE been accumulated in Berne before
Fine American troops begin active service
Oh he fighting front.
Already the Navy Department has
iapped 100 outfits of clothing for the in
tmed seamen in Germany, and the
,-artermaster Generals Department, 85
4ses of clothing for soldiers and intern
4 civilians. Foodstuffs, so far provided,
Fave been purchased by the American
Fed Cross, but the furnishing of neces-
.,ary fations is to be attended to by the
l1oyernment as soon as detailed plans for
i.nsoner-relief work are perfected.
Jnder existing arrangements with the
serman Government food and clothing
for American prisoners are sent in bulk
g neutral country and there repacked
] by agents of the American Red Cross in
Standard containers. In charge of this
work at Berne is Ellis l.. Dresel, who,
oelore the war, was attached to the
imerican Embassy at Berlin. He is now
member of the staff of the American
legation at Berne, and his experience
las we'll qualified him for the superin-
ending of prisoner relief work for the
American Red Cross.
The Republican journal., 1917-11-08
GREAT, AVIATION BASES.

Great aviation bases to cost many mil
ions of dollars are about to be erected in
rance for the use of Americas air
'orces. Three hundred American archi-
ects will. direct the construction work
which will be performed by from sixty to
Mnety thousand French laborers or Ger
man prisoners of war, each architect
'ommanding from two hundred to three
a1ndred laborers. One hundred architects,
humber of whom are New England men,,
lave been selected already and the others
Will be chosen within short time. The
dfchitects will be commissioned as first
.eutenants, while their assistants, drafts
nen, mechanics and concrete experts
VIII be given commissions as second lieu
enants. Regular Army captains in the
Engineers corps will be in direct charge
Of the work War department officials
Decline for military reasons to discuss the
Olllding of the bases in detail, but it has
been learned that the work probably will
oegln next month.
The services of the architects have been
secured for the Signal Corps by the
american Institute of Architects Names
oohiSlCHI uuulDCl VI -SlouC al
.hltects willing to 60 to France have been
gwen Major Benton, Capt. Grant and R.
I Dunbar, who are in charge of the
Movement for the corps. One-third of
,he number of men needed have been Sc
lected, They have passed the physical
and mental requirements of the Army, all
nave had years of practical experience in
Guiding construction. Most of the men
are between thirty and thirty-fve years
Of age.
War and Navy officials now in Europe
nave completed the plans for the aviation
Eases, which will accommodate this
country's great air forces. Voluntary
censorship rules make it impossible to an
aounce when the units of architects will
cave for France or the places in France
Where the bases will be erected.
The Republican journal., 1917-11-08
LET YOUR ENTHUSIASM
HELP YOU WITH YOUR WORK.

Increase Your Personal Power by Put
ting Your Soul Into Your Job.
Enthusiasm is the dynamics of your
personality Without it, whatever abil-
tiles you may possess lie dormant, and
it is safe to say that nearly every man
has more latent power than he has
ever learned to use. You may have
knowledge, sound judgment, good rea-
soning faculties, but no one-not even
yourself-will know it until you dis
cover how to put your heart into
thought and action.-Itdustridl Con-
serUdtiOn. Ne1o York.
The Republican journal., 1917-11-08
MERCHANTS WIFE ADVISES
BELFAST WOMEN

81 had stomach trouble so bad could
eat nothing but toast, fruit and hot wa
ter. Ever ything else soured and formed
gas. Dieti ng did no good. was miser-
able until tried buckthorn bark, glycer-
inc, ETC., as mixed in Adler-i-ka. ONE
SPOONFUL benefited me INSTANTLY"
Because Adler-i-ka empties BOTH large
and small intestine it relieves ANY
CASE constipation, sour stomach or gas
and prevents appendicitis. It has QUICK
EST action of anything we ever sold.
The Old Corner Drug Store Co.
The Republican journal., 1917-11-08
Maine Central r. K
BELFAST AND BURNHAM

On and after Oct l. 1917, trains connecting
at Burnnam and Waterville with through trains
for and from Bangor, Waterville, Portland and
Boston. will run daily. except Sunday. as fol-
The Republican journal., 1917-11-08
HUMPHREYS
WITCH HAZEL OINTMENT
(COMPOUND)

(COMPOUND)
For Piles or Henorrhoids.
External or Internal, Blind or
Bleeding, Itching or Burning.
One application brings relief.
Price 25c., at all druggists or
mailed.
Send Free Sample of Ointment to
Humphreys Homeo. Medicine Company
l56 William Street. New York.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04
Ten Per Cent of the Men
To Be Sent to the Front
Will Be Soldiers of Mercy

Readers perhaps are not aware that
Of the first million soldiers we send
to France 100000, or one-tenth, will be
soldiers of mercy, attached to the hos
pital and sanitary wing Of the army.
CONSUMPTION does not close the doors
of war service to boys Of eighteen,
nineteen and twenty years of age.
Boys Of that higher courage which Is
able to 60 under fire without the moral
support of a gun can find opportunity
to endure danger for the sake Of the
country in this service, best ap-
preached through the Red Cross,
writes Robert F. Wilson, in st. Nicho-
las.
Eligible volunteers within and out
side Of the CONSUMPTION age are accept
ed by the army for the sanitary service.
In many cities and towns the Red
Cross is conducting special training for
such volunteers-in the ambulance
training companies and In the sanitary
training detachments. Volunteers from
the latter detachments face the
most dangerous service, for they are
the litter men, who pick up the wound
ed on the field of battle and bear them
20 the iirst-aid stations and evacuation
hospitals. where they nre taken by the
ambulance for transportation to base
hospitals. -.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04
Neu Npf.~seQ
The Monitor Comes Back.

British monitors are playing an i'm
portant part in the Italian advance to-
ward Triest. The monitors have again
proved themselves in this war. They,
appear to be the only type of craft
that can carry big guns into shallow
water and lombard coast Notifications
successfully. Submarines cannot fol-
low then. into these shadows, and they
have so little freeboard that they pre-
sent a difficult mark for the enemy to
hit. ~,> III
Monitors took up the set work at the
Dardanelles after the battleships had
been lost or had been driven by subma-
rines to seek protected ports. Moni-
tors shell the Belgian coast when att
tacks are made on the German bases
there. Now they are Smelling the Aus
trian coast ahead Of the Italians. And
so far there has been no. report of a
single monitor lost. !
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04
Should BetrOthalS
MI. Ma. I. Be Advertised?
By LAURA JEAN llBBEY.

to step forward and make trouble for
him, battling at one fell swoop his ex-
cellent resolve to turn over a new
leaf, to settle down and marry. So
there you are. When it comes to it,
man who has the desire to marry
after finding the right girl will not need
the law to force him to carry out his
love vows. AS for the tickle fellow,
whose admiration flickers out, isn't it
best for the girl to be rid Of him with
out the world knowing all about it? 1t
would be the height of foolishness for
the maiden to resort to the law and
bind herself for all time to such hui
man bubble. 1t seems that such q law
would be productive of as much harm
as good. Delinquent lovers should not
be spurred on. Lost interest in mans
heart is seldom or never regained.
Where there's no interest, how can
there be love? Betrothals are sacred
and should concern only the two whose
happiness is at stake. 1t Is said that
youth Is ever confiding. We can al
most forgive its disinclination to fol-
low the counsel Of age. 1t rejects sus-
picion. Young men entering betrothals
generally mean what.they say.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04
An Ounce of
Prevention
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BY DR.. SAMUEL G. DIXON
Commissioner of Health of Pennsyl.
vania.

F.sFF|EEFTE.!1.I.4 **FFFF**#s'F
Before the causes of disease were
known or tile practical application of
natures ways Of producing immunity
to disease, we had to suffer an attack
of sickness and then trust to drugs
and nursing for cure.
This was q difficult task and the
death rate was sometimes enormous,
both in times of peace as well as Of
war.
Then the day of prevention came.
Gradually the laws of nsture unfolded
until today we know methods Of pre-
venting diseases and antidoting the
poisons generated by germs in the
body.
1t was even as late IS the Spanish
American war that we lost more SOL
diers from preyentable diseases than
we did from bullets. This was dis
graceful thing, as salAtarians could
have prevented the high death rate.
From what we can learn through the
newspapers and other sources, France
10 VI ulSlhlCStuhto III hSA
trenches. We do not see any great
public excitement over this condition,
or any concerted action of our good
citizens to give their mites to pur-
chase and transport dislnfectants for
the French trenches so as to prevent
disease.
Therapeutics or drug treatment
seems to continue to have hold on
the lay mind, and possibly, to some
extent, on the medical mind.
Both the people at home in every
day life and the soldiers in our army
are much to blame for the sickness
that Sxists. The medical professions
advice is not taken when these per-
sons are we'll, but the moment they
get good and sick they call: "Oh, doc
tor, do relieve me from this awful
pain" or "Oh, doctor, save my life!"
Perhaps this call comes too late. A
few words of prevention from the doc
tor to the patient, and those few words
obeyed, might have prevented the sick
ness and saved suffering and sorrow.
Do not let us lose sight, individually
or collectively, of preventing diseases
both at home and in our military
camps, let them be where they may.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04

group Of stockholders, and he has to
please them individually and collective
ly. He must turn out winner or
stand for a continual panning from
stockholders and fans. He must go
out and scout for his own players, for
the minors do not hire ivory hunters to
assist the manager. He must do at
least 60 per cent of the thinking for
his ball club on the field, and if the
club loses hard game through bone
head work the manager gets the blame,
whether he is at fault or not.
Just as soon as a minor league man.
ager gets good club together along
comes some big league club ana he
sees his winning combination broken
up through sales or the draft. He
must go out and dig up players to fill
the shoes of those who are taken away,
and If he fails to find talent as good as
he has lost they say he is slipping.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04

For this reason, the poultryman should
carry on the work in the henhouse
quietly and evenly.
To destroy mites and keep the flock
free of their depredations, insecticide
sprays and sanitary building are
necessary.
Ducks of most of the meat breeds,
properly fed and managed, frequently
weigh from five to six pounds at ten
weeks of age.
If it is worth keeping poultry at all,
it is worth making good job Of it,
and nething except a good job will
make profit.
After the grass gets tough chicks
can catch more bugs and worms and
will grow better on loose soil. The
cornfield furnishes ideal conditions.
Be careful that the chicks, pOults,
ducklings and goslings do not have
any food and cannot get anything to
eat on the range which is mOldy or
musty, for such stuff causes canker
and digestive troubles.
The Leghorns today are much bet
ter breed than they were years ago.
The tendency has been to breed larger
birds and still retain all their charac-
teristics as producers Of large num-
Der Of eggs. With larger bodies also
has come the production Of larger
eggs, which is an added merit to the
breed.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04
When Might Made Right.

A clergyman while passing through
one of the by-streets of Edinburgh
came upon rough-looking and gigan-
tic coal man, who was "persuading"
his horse to move along more expedi-
tiously. The horse had taken a stub
born fit, and the coal man was very
excited, and COUGHING his sentiments
in language which was simply appall-
ing, says London Tit-Bits.
The clergyman was a little man, but
rash, for he rebuked the coal man in a
manner that left absolutely nothing to
be desired.
II cannot understand" he said, in
winding up his expostulation, "what
you mean, by using such narrowing exr
pressions."
This rebuke was lost upon the coal
man.
my wee man." he replied, at the
same time patting the clergyman on
the shoulder with very dirty hand,
neither could 1 understand it-when
was your size."
Needless to say, there was no re-
joinder, and the clergyman passed on.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04
keep Cheerful and Mind
Your Own Business" Is the
Message of John Burroughs

John Burroughs, famous American
naturalist and writer, and leading dis
ciple of the simple life, is eighty years
old. He has lived with nature since
boyhOod, and knows the birds, the
squirrels and the butterflies, the woods,
the fields and the mountain streams.
He was the friend Of Lincoln, Of EN-
erson, of Holmes, of Whittier and Of
Walt Whitman. His recollections of
these great friends are sufficient COM
panions for John Burroughs in his
woodland cabin. 81 am very happy in
my work, and hope to write book
each year for many more years." he
says. He is az his best, despite his
age, and leads an active life in the
open. His message to the world is:
keep cheerful and mind your own
business"
Mr.. Burroughs taught school in his
youth, became a bank examiner, and
had promising career before him in
financial affairs, when he discarded
ambition for wealth to lead the simple
life. His first book was his "Notes on
Walt Whitman" published in 1867.
During the past half-century he has
written constantly, and has contrib
uted much to the nature library. He
married Ursula North in 1857, and in
the winter time he now makes his
home with his daughter and grand
children at West Park, N. Y. .#
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04
MINOR LEAGUE PILOT HAS
NO EASY JOB, SAYS D0NLIN
Must BE Able to Play Every Role From
That Of President to Third As
sistant Groundkeeper.

A managerial berth in the minor
leagues is no sinecure. Take Mike
DOnlin's word for 1t.
Mike contends that in order to be q
first-class minor league pilot one must
have the patience Of Job, the hypnotic
powers of Herb Flint, and the mental
and physical ability to play every role
from president Of the club to third as
sistant groundkeeper.
AS Donlin has tried his hand at man.
aging q minor league club, he ought to
know something about it. He was ap-
pointed manager of the Memphis club
Of the Southern association last winter,
and he announced at the time that he
had high hopes Of making good. But
last winter Mike didn't know anything
about the managerial game in the
bushes.
He served as manager of Memphis
until about May Is, when he was hand
ed his release. He says that his trou-
bles began when the club lost some
thing like fifteen games by one run.
Then the umpires commenced to make
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04

AYERS he didn't and the maid he did.
1t would be benefit to the timid bach
elor who, like moth, hovers about
the fascinating widow, trying to make
up his mind whether it is wisest and
best to WOO and wed or take unto him.
self that old timely advice: Beware
Of widowsi' The enterprising widow
in such case would have to await his
decision, no matter how impatient she
might be. to grasp time and the man
by the forelock.
OF course, advertising q betrothal
has its advantages. Then, again,
there's another side of the question
which bears weight against it. If a
modest girl has become betrothed to
tickle lover and he deserted her, how
distressed she would feel to explain
how 1t came about to her gloating five
hundred friends. Again, many such
girls may actually become betrothed
lalf dozen times before they decide
they have come across the right man.
There are any amount Of kin people
who would 'have the laugh on them"
for catching so many beauX. yet not
getting one of them to the altar.
There are timid men as well as
timid women. Many a man would not
propose marriage If he was under the
necessity Of. having his intention to
wed made public. He may not care to
have his associates find this out. If
he has old loves in the back
ground, what an opportunity for them
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04
Germ Of Red Cross Idea.

The germ Of the Red Cross idea
seems to date back into the sixteenth
century, when a gay young Neapolitan
soldier saw the error of his ways, be-
came a priest, and devoting himself to
relieving the plague-stricken, organized
the Fathers Of the Good Death"
whose members were pledged to the
same service and who wore on their
breasts red cross in memory Of the
sufferings Of Christ. This was Camil-
lus de Lellis, who fell victim to the
disease he combated, and who. canon
lied by Benedict XIV, in 1746, became
st. Camillus in the Catholic calendar
of saints. .,
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04
The Mark of Honor.

He marches down the street
With a proud and martial eye,
And the people turn about
To watch him pass them by;
And his head is held erect,
In his spirits high command.
For a badge upon his arm,
He wears the khaki band.
He steps out free and firm
With a swinging to his tread,
And an eagerness to serve,
From the courage in him bred
BY the men who went before,
Who it's freedom won the land;
Now he's treading in their steps
o.. For he wears the khaki band.
He's the soldier Of the flag,
Ready for it's sake to go
Where the call Of duty sounds,
Fit to meet and fight the foe;
We are proud. as forth he comes
From the homes all DER the land,
With high courage in his heart.
On his arm the khaki band.
Baltimore American
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04
Milk Is a Cheap Tissue
Builder, Say Food Experts.

A quart of milk is equal in food val
lie to eight eggs, pound of steak, or
half pound Of cheese. This is the
statement Of the committee on utiliza-
ton and economy, Kansas council Of
defense.
Milk, 1t Is pointed out, is a cheap
tissue builder, because the protein that
it contains Is of kind particularly
valuable for building tissue.
Ordinarily milk is the cheapest and
most valuable source of lime and phos-
phorous. Milk is deficient in iron, but
the iron that it contains is particularly
well utilized by the body.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04
Mosquito Can Be Destroyed
Only BY Eliminating Its
Hiding Places, Says Expert

That the people Of every commu-
nifty should unite against a common
enemy-the mosquitoes the opinion
Of George A. Dean, Professor of en-
tomology in the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college.
BY doing away with breeding
places, such as tin cans, broken crock
cry, and various receptacles that hold
water, by the drainage Of bodies Of
water likely to contain immature
mosquitoes, by application of oil to
bodies of water that cannot be
drained, or the introduction of fish in
pools that cannot either be drained
or oiled, millions of mosquitoes may
be destroyed, according to Professor
Dean.
Water is necessary for the life Of
the mosquito. The eggs which are
laid on the surface Of the water by
the adult mosquito, hatch in from "a
hours to several days, depending on
the temperature. The larvae issue
from the lower end of the egg and
wriggle about in the water.
The larvae Of the house mosquito
rest with the tip Of the abdomen at
the surface Of the water and the head
hanging downward. The larvae Of the
malaria fever mosquito lie parallel
with the surface of the water to OBJ
tain air. In from one week to ten
days they change to another form
the pupae-which have two respira-
tory tubes on the thorax. These pu-
pae float in the water and transform
to the adult in from five to six days.
The adult winters in the dormant con-
ditl0n.
The germ causing malaria fever has
been carefully and repeatedly traced
through its life history and 1t has with
certainty been found to pass a part
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04
POULTRY POINTERS

Remember, milk Is meat when 1t
comes to feeding chicks or hens.
The best eggs for Matching come
from Aocks that have free range.
Watch for head lice on the ducks.
If found rub top of head with a small
piece of lard free from salt.
1t is q good plan to force egg pro-
duction. but nature may be material
ly aided by good feed selection.
The production of duckS especially
should be emphasized at this time, be-
cause of the rapidity with which they
grow.
s. laying hen is nervous; If she Is
frightened or even startled much, there
In ap. to be miscarriage of eggs.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04

pectant low r s
may soon face
that of having
t h cir betrothal
r e G | S t er ed. A
statesman, anx-
ious to win fame,
has actually set
forth the idea
which he hopes to
establish as a
law. It would
checkmate t h e
backsliding bea1,
who has begun to
weary Of his
sweetheart; nip
off those bug-a-
boo breach Of
pro m Use cases,
Iuhnrn tho c1Inin
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-04
Wise and Otherwise.

A good memory test is to re-
member the poor.
He is wise farmer who new
err harrows the feelings of his
wife.
Marrying ones ideal husband
OF wife is to take a mean adj
vantage.
A grass widow is woman
who succeeded in getting un-
married. ....
You may have noticed that
the road to success is shy of
rapid transit facilities.
Foresight consists in knowing
where to borrow an umbrella
when it begins to rain.