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CHAPTER vi.-continued.

After dinner I tried to wash out
the dixie with cold water and a rag,
and learned another maxim OF the
trenches-'4t can't be DONE: I slyly
watched one of the older men from
another section, and was Mortified to
see him throw into his dixie four or
Eve double handfuls Of mud. Then he
poured in some water, and with his
hands secured the dixie inside and out.
I thought he was taking an awful risk.
Surprising the cook should have seen
him! After half an hour Of unsuc-
4cessful efforts I returned my dixie to
the cook shack, being careful to put on
the cover, and returned to the billet.
Pretty soon the cook poked his head
In the door and shouted: "Hey, Yank,
come out here and clean your dixie!"
I protested that I had wasted q half
hour on it already, and had used up
ny only remaining shirt in the at
tempt. With a look Of disdain he ex-
claimed: "Blow me. your shirt! Why
In - didn't you 8 nude"
Without a word In reply I got busy
with the mud, and soon my dixie was
bright and shining.
Most Of the afternoon was spent by
the men writing letters home. I used
my spare time to chop wood for the
cook and 60 with the quartermaster to
draw coal. I got back just in time to
issue our third meal, which consisted
Of hot tea. I rinsed out my dixie and
returned it to the cookhouse, and went
back to the billet with an exhilarated
feeling that my days labor was done.
had fallen asleepIon the straw when
once again the cook appeared in the
door Of the billet with !"Blime me, you
Yanks are lazy. Who in - a-goin' to
draw the water for the mornin' tea?
Do you think I'm a-goin' to? Well,
I'm not" and he left. I filled the dixie
with water from an old squeaking well,
and once again lay down in the straw.
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Oyster Farms.

One Of the large saltwater farms Of
Japan consists Of so square miles COW
cred with 5 to Is fathoms Of water.
Here the pearl farmer plants rocks
and stones which are soon covered
with oyster spat. The oysters are
then left in special beds until the
third year. When they grow large
enough. a tiny speck Of Irritating sub
stance is introduced into the bodies
Of these oysters and three or five years
more are necessary for the foreign
substance to become hidden in the
layers Of nacre which make up the
pearls.
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How ! envied him. But when the issue
commenced my envy died, and I real
lied that the first requisite of a nom
commissioned officer on active service
is diplomacy. There were 10 men in
our section, and they soon formed a
semicircle around us after the corporal
had called out, "Rations up"
The quartermaster sergeant had
given a slip to the corporal on which
was written a list of the rations. Sit
ting on the floor, using a wooden box
as q table, the issue commenced. On
the left Of the corporal the rations
were piled. They consisted of the fol-
lowing:
Six loaves of fresh bread, each loaf
of a different size, perhaps one out of
the six being as fiat as a pancake, the
result of al army service corps man
placing a box Of bully beef On it dur
ing transportation.
Three tins of jam, n apple and the
other two plum.
Seventeen Bermuda onions, all diff
ferent sizes.
A piece of cheese in the shape of a
wedge.
Two one-pound tins of butter.
A handful of raisins.
A tin of biscuits, or as Tommy calls
them "jaw breakers"
A bottle of mustard pickles.
The 'bully beef" spuds. condensed
milk, fresh meat, bacon and "Macono-
chic rations" "a can filled with meat,
vegetables and greasy water), had been
turned ove to the company cook to
make a stew for next days dinner. he
Gper and flour.
Scratching his head, the corporal
tstudied the slip issued to him by the
quarter. Then in a slow, mystifed
voice he read out, 'No. 1 section. 10
men. Bread, loaves, six" He looked
puzzled and soliloquized in a musing
voice:
'Six loaves, nineteen men. Let's see.
that's three in a loaf for fifteen men
well, to make it even, four of you'll
have to muck in on n loaf"
The four that got stuck made a howl,
but to no avail. The bread was dished
out. Pretty soon from a far corner of
the billet, three indignant Tommies &C.
costed the corporal with:
"What do you call this, a loaf Of
bread? Looks more like a sniping
plate"
l. The corporal answered:
swell, don't blame me, I didn't bake
1t; somebody's got to get 1t, so shut
up until I dish out these blinkin' ra-
tions."
Then the corporal started on the
jam.
"Jam, three tins-apple one. plum
two. Nineteen men, three tins. Six
in a tin makes twelve men for two tins,
seven in the remaining tin"
He passed around the jam, and
there was another riot. Some didn't
like apple, while others who received
plum were partial to apple. After q
while differences were adjusted and
the issue went on.
Bermuda onions. seventeen"
The corporal avoided a row by say
ing that he did not want an onion, and
I said they make your breath smell, so
/ guessed I would do without M too.
The corporal looked his gratitude.
"Cheese. pounds, two"
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You came" and the man held out q
letter.
us Miss Fairfax not at home1"
"She is at home sir"
'.Then tell her at once that I an
here"
"Yes SIR"
Harold was alone with his letter; he
opened It and read:
1T 10 midnight, you have gone, and
yet it seems as though you are still
here-so close to me that I can see
your eyes and feel your touch-Har-
old. Forgive me that I was not more
az I should have been this evening,
butt was, a coward. Dear, I have
not been well for many weeks and
yesterday I'saw a specialist. He told
me I had a most serious difficulty, and
that I must undergo a dangerous oper-
alton at once, If I would save my life.
Tomorrow is the day appointed. I i'm.
plored him to, wait. but he leaves town
in a few days, and If I do not have 1t
done tomorrow it could not be per.
formed for two months. and that is too
long to wait, he says; so there was no
other way. Tomorrow-our day-when
you are to vindicate my pride and hope
In you the day. we have waited for so
long. There was but one impulse
strong within me. almost overmaster-
ing-to fly to the shelter of your arms
TO seek your sympathy. But how
could I tell you when it might imperil
your calm, your poise-undo all you
have worked for-hamper your ascent.
In which tomorrow will be a stepping
stone? No. You must not know. Your
heart is too tender, I am too much
your W for you to stand up in court
and plead for legal distractions when
l am lying under the knife. half
hoped you would make me tell you all
my heart-but now I am glad you do
not know. You will have no shadow
on your way tomorrow, and when you
receive this it will be all behind us ut
will have been over seven hours, for
the operation takes place at IL o'clock.
Good-night-good by. I love you-it
seems to me that I love you in a new
way tonight. Harold-Harold-I must
call you back and tell you, and feel
your strength to make me strong; but
nc. I I'M your love-I must be brave.
And then-why should 1 fear?
Goods in his heaven
"All's right with the world.
"HELEN."
He crushed the letter in his hand,
and reached the door with one bound,
like an animal In chase. She was his
own; his place was by her side; no
man could keep him from her. AS he
opened the door he came face to face
with her father.
Harold, my dear fellow"
"Let me go'to her." and Harold tried
to pass. Mr.. Fairfax put his arm
across the door.
mo, YOU must not, now; the doctors
are with her; they will let no one in,
not W me, and I am her father. Far
old, my boy, we must be brave and
stand by each other"
A whitening quiet. like a blight, fell
upon Harold. 1t seemed to p~aralyze
his powers Of motion. and of speech.
After a moment he heard himself say
ing, in a voice that sounded like a
strangers:
"What-do-they - the Doctors
say?"
Mr.. Fairfax looked at him pityingly.
his own anguish stamped white upon
his face.
"Don't lose heart. Harold" he said
gravely. "We are hoping for the best,
and Mckenzie, the doctor who per-
formed the operation, says the chances
are In her favor"
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EMPEY LEARNS HOW THE TONNES ARE FED IN THE
FR0NT-LIME TRENCH AND BACK OF IT..

synopsia-Fired by the sinking Of the Lustana, with the loss Of
American lives. Arthur Guy Empey. an American living in Jersey City.
goes to England and enlists as a private in the British army. After a
short experience as u recruiting officer in London, he is sent to train
ing quarters in France, where he first hears the sound of big guns and
makes the acquaintance of "coohes"N After q brief period of training
Empeys company Is sent INTO the frontlne trenches, where he takes
his first turn on the fire step while the bullets whiz overhead.
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Empey realizes for the first
time how death turks In the
trenches when q comrade falls
by his side. He tells about Il In
the next lnstallment
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IMPROVED uNlrolM INTERNATIONAL
SUMMSQl00L
LESSON

(By REV. P. B.. F1TZWATER, d. D..
Teacher of English Bible in h
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Copyright. 1918. Western Newspaper union.,i
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GO BE c~oNT1NUED.l
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-15
Grinnell and Vicinity.
u to es-Republican.

SpeClal TO IlTeS- Repu DlICan.
Grinnell. April 15.-Rev. e. W. Cross,
pastor of the Congregational church Of
this city, for several months in charge
OF a Y. NJ. c. A. hut at the front in
France, acknowledges in a letter I'M
der date of March Il, the receipt of
the first Christmas boxes sent from
here and states that the bundles Of
magazines sent regularly are coming
to them now with more regularity and
are very useful. He also states that
Misses Millerd and Drott, both from
the college here are in the canteen at
that point.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fowler announce
the birth of a daughter to them on
Friday last,
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Ross are
having as their guest Mrs. f. W. Clark,
who has come from her home in Chi
cago for visit
Miss Grace Ettinger. trained nurse
Of this city, was called to Mount
Pleasant. Mich. by the news Of the
critical illness of her mother. but life
had fed before she reached her
Mrs. II. w. Soners has been visiting
in Des Moines her son Leslie and his
wife and little daughter.
The following named have been
elected as the new officers Of the Lee
vart Club: President, Mrs. Mae Cal
lagher: vice president, Mrs. Bessie
Nuckolls: secretary, Mary Taylor;
treasurer, Miss Emma Reebe,
Grinnell gardeners are encouraged
to do their utmost this year in the
raising Of all sorts of vegetables with
out any fear Of having any part of
their raisings lost by waste by the
promise of the community dryer to
take care Of any surplus that the
homes can not put up or the commun-
ity use while fresh. Professor Con-
rad, general supervisor of gardening
for this community, had been assured
by the authorities Of the college at
Ames that a community size dryer
will be furnished freight prepaid, for
the common use for any and all kinds
Of vegetation from dandelion greens
to turnips and potatoes. The city must
furnish a solid concrete foundation for
the dryer, which is ten feet high. The
garden committee has given formal no.
tice of acceptance Of this offer and the
dryer is expected to be ready for use
as soon as there is any use for it.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Porter OF
Choteau. Mont, are in Grinnell visit
ing the parents OF Mr. Porter. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Porter, and the father OF
Mrs. Porter. c. S. Barnes. Mr.. Porter
starts back on Wednesday. being
called by his business in connection
with the Great Northern railway. Mrs.
Porter plans to remain until about
May IS.
Miss NJ P. Pollock has taken the
position in the Spauldng offices re-
Gently vacated by NJ c. Crutchfeld
who went to Washington, D. c., to
take a government position.
At the home of Mrs. Alfred Bur-
roughs. 1888 West street, Tuesday,
April 1s. the Elizabeth Earle Magoun
Club is to meet for an all-day Rec
Cross sewing bee.
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Notice.


Before the board of supervisors Of
Marshall county, Iowa.
Application for use OF public high
ways for electric transmission lines.
TO the honorable board OF supervis-
ors OF Marshall county. Iowa:
The undersigned, Louie Rienen-
schneider, Ernest Rieynenschneider,
Max Nauke, Leroy Carney August
Eggers, Louie Riemenschneide7. guard
ian estate of William F. Riemen
schneider, Al oert Pfantz, William Me-
dert, Earl Roberts, William H. Fricke.
Marshall Roberts, Harry Weuve, re-
specially state that they wish TO buy
electric current from the State Center
electric light plant and to use the same
for the purpose Of lighting and power
and that it desires for itself, their sue
cessors and assigns, the right to erect
and maintain poles and wire for the
purpose of conducting electricity for
light, power aud heating purposes for
a period of twenty years go years.
from and after the granting OF per-
mission thereof by your honorable
body along and upon the public high
ways of Marshall county Iowa, as
follows to-wit:
Commencing at the city limits Of the
incorporated town Of State Center,
Iowa, eighty rods north along the west
line Of section 9, township 80, range
20, Marshall county iowa. thence west
alcng the north line Of sections, 9, 8, Z,
all in township SO, range 90 Marshall
county, Iowa,
Your petitions further request
that the said PERMISSION be granted
under such reasonable terms and con-
ditions as may be prescribed by your
honorable body in granting said fran
chise to your petitioners.
Your petitioners further say that the
purpose Of constructing said transmits
SION line is to furnish electric light
and power for our use and the rural
community contiguous to the location
OF the said transmission line SO that
they may enjoy uninterrupted electric
service for twenty-four hours Of each
day
Louie Riemenschne:der. Ernest RE
menscLneider, Max Naukc, Leroy Car
ney August w. Eggers, Louie Riemen-
schneider guardian Of estate Of w. F.
Riemenschneider. Albert Pfantz, Will
liam Niedert, Earl Roberts, William H.
Fricke, Marshall Roberts, Harry E.
Weuye.
Notice is hereby given that said APP
plication will be heard by the board OF
supervisors at the court house In Mar
shalltown, in Marshall county, Iowa,
on the 9Th day Of May, 1915 at the
hour Of 10 o'clock a. m. Of said day.
W. F.. McLelan1,
County auditor Of Marshall county
Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-15
ALL AMERICANS FIGHTING.
Casualties Indicate Cooks, Musicians
ETC., Are in Battle.

The news that American troops have
reached the British fighting zone in
France. the frank statements made by
Premier Lloyd-George and the publi-
cation Of a series of heavy casualty
lists serve today to emphasize anew
the part America is taking and is ex-
pected to take in the great war.
While we were confronted by the
necessity Of building up our own army
organization, our own vast machinery
seemed long way off.
But within the small space Of two
weeks all this has changed. We know
now that the men sailing for France
today, tomorrow and the next day soon
will be in the oul-testing throes OF
battle; that they will be proving them
selves in the consuming flames Of war
and giving fresh courage and inspira-
ton to the worn Britons and French
men who so long have stood the brunt
Of the bitter German assaults Of the
last three and a half years.
The American lists of killed and
wounded contain significantly the
names Of musicians, cooks mess SER
geants, mechanics and buglers in adj
dition to the ordinary grades that
make up the rank and file Of military
unit. Cooks and mechanics and mess
sergeants and musicians are not fight
ing men or the books of an army. But
this meant nothing to the men when
they saw a chance to "do their bit" in
the greatest battle the world has ever
known.
The decision to put American bat
talions in with the British and French
troops is, of course, temporary one,
but there is every likelihood it will
last until the German threat definitely
is beaten down. From General PERISH
ing down to the men in the ranks a
wonderful spirit Of self effacement and
self sacrifice has been shown.
But it is not eventualties with which
the allies or the army chiefs of Amer
lea are concerned today. AL. efforts are
being made to hurry immediate help
as fast as it can go, in the light Of the
knowledge that a million men placed
at the disposal Of the allies this crucial
year of the war will be worth more
than 100000 next year or 100000 in
1920.
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HEAVY LOSS IN WRECK
Fourteen Cars Of Merchandise on M. &
St. L. Burned After Train Goes Into
Ditch Near Sheffield - Loss May
Total 100000.

Mason City, April l5.-The wrecking
crews were busy all day in removing
the wreck on the NJ. & St. L. which
occurred near Sheffield Friday. The
NJ. & St. l. crew from Marshalltown
and a c. NJ. & st. z. from here have
worked since the accident and expect
to have all the tracks cleared this eve
ming. The NJ. & st. l.. trains continued
to use the Rock Island tracks from
Manly to Hampton.
The wreck is one of the worst that
has happened on this division and
the loss is estimated at 100000. Four
teen freight cars We're burned with
their contents and the others in the
train were badly damaged. The con-
tents of all the cars is practically
total loss; it consisted largely Of apples
and wheat.
The salvage of the wreck is being
taken to the division headquarters at
Marshalltown-
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Fifty thousand signed testimonials
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Some Of them are Marshalltown people.
Some are published in Marshalltown.
No other remedy shows such proof.
Follow this Marshalltown woman's
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Mrs. c. Mitchell. 3os East Linn street.
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TRAGIC SUNDAY
At WATERLOO
THREE VIOLENT DEATHS RE-
CORDED WITHIN NINETY
MINUTES.
,lLLiNoiS MAN SEEKS
DEATH UNDER TRAIN
j. N. Ernst, Of Bloomington, Commits
Suicide at Railway Station Before
Forty or Fifty Travellers - Illinois
Central Conductor Struck by Switch
Engine-Woman Asphyxiated.
pecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Waterloo, April 15.-Three tragic
and fatal accidents within the space OF
one hour and a half were recorded here
yesterday. A suicide, a railway con-
ductor being run over by train and
prominent and pioneer woman resi-
dent being asphyxiated being the total
of the days casualties.
The most tragic and horrible incl
dent of the trio was the suicide OF j..
y. Ernst, aged so years, of Blooming
ton, ILL.,, who threw himself in front
of Chicago Great Western passenger
train at the east side passenger sta
ton.
His rash action was witnessed by
forty or fifty outgoing passengers who
were on the platform waiting for the
train. The mans body was horribly
mangled, both limbs were anputated
by the wheels of the train and his head
badly mashed. He died three hours
later at hospital.
He remained conscious for about an
hour after the occurrence but refused
to give any reason for his action. He
had purchased a ticket for Marshall
town and with other passengers was
on the station platform waiting for the
train and when the train was about
ten feet from where he was standing,
the man made a leap to the tracks ana
stretched his body across the rails.
Conductor Killed.
Elmer o. Haven, aged so years.
freight conductor on the Illinois Cen
traf between Waterloo and Fort Dodge,
was struck and instantly killed in the
north end yards by switch engine.
The body was horribly mangled, both
limbs were severed, one arm ampu-
tated and his head crushed. the wheels
taking the scalp from his head.
1t appears that Haven was standing
alongside his train which was ready to
depart and that he stepped backwards
onto another track to signal the en-
CINE to pull out and did not hear or
see the approach of the switch engine
which was pushing long string OF
empty cars.
Woman Overcome by Gas.
Mrs. Sara Jane jenkins, aged IS
years, prominent and pioneer resi-
dert of Waterloo, was discovered at
her residence, 324 Logan avenue, by a
sister, who called to visit her, dead IN
bed The house was filled with cs-
Gaping gas and Mrs. Jenkins had ap-
rarenhy been dead eighteen or more
hours. She lived alone and it is
thought that when she retired Satur-
day night she in turning off the gas
turned the Jets all the way around,
y; s1, ho fl1rya1 fhaYr1 off
She is survived by nine children
and two brothers. Five children reside
in Waterloo.
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REFUSE TO STUDY GERMAN.
Museatine High School Students Hurl
Books in Waste Basket.

Muscatine, April 15.-The Muscatine
high school students again showed
their feeling against the kaiser Friday
when they lined up for their usual
study hour for the German language
and on entering the class room. which
was under the supervision Of Miss
Huffman, they threw majority of
their German books into the waste
paper basket and others threw theirs
on the floor refusing as body to con-
tinue the study Of that language
Following the demonstration, 10
effort was made by the faculty to con-
tinue the class and the action on the
part of the pupils is expected to have
material weight on the members of
the board Of education, which will
probably mean the elimination of the
study from the local schools
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Camp Dodge Soldier Shot.

Des Moines April 15.-Wilbur F.
Lane, 349th field hospital company, is
at the Camp Dodge base hospital pos
sibly MORALLY wounded as result or
bullet wound in the neck.
He was probably shot early Sunday
morning by Patrolman l. w. HALEY,
according to Captain Kelly, of the local
police department, while riding in
speeding taxicab.
According to Captain Kelly, HALEY
saw the taxicab going north on Sixth
avenue near Euclid avenue at about
forty miles an hour, and commanded
the driver to stop, and upon the
drivers refusal shot into the air.
When the taxicab arrived at camp 1t
was discovered that Lane was shot
thru the neck and was rushed to the
base hospital. No one in the car knew
that he was injured until the machine
drove into Camp Dodge.