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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
Tank Bumps Locomotive.
From the Railway Age.


"Our work on the light railways" writes
a lieutenant in the Fourteenth engineers
"is becoming. more Fascinating as we get
deeper into it. The volume of traffic is
constantly increasing, and at the present
time we are able to handle little but am
munition and supplies. Car shortage seems
to be our chief difficulty.
I'VE have considerable trouble with
tanks crossing our tracks at the most
unexpected places, and you can imagine
what 1t does to our track. One night re-
Gently one Of our troop trains struck a
tank which wNS crossing the track with
out lights. ThNtrain came to dead stop,
the impact throwing the engineer and fire
man out on the ground, slightly stunning
them. The tank, however. did not stop,
but continued on its way, and as soon rs
1T cleared the track. up starts the engine.
breaking away with one car and before
anyone realized what had happened was
running wild down the hill. After running
wild a couple of miles she turned over in
the ditch. Fortunately. no one was seri-
ously injured.
The tanks certainly are wonderful ma
chimes. There is not much left Of the
barbed wire entanglements when they get
through with them. So far the Germans
have not made use Of them
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
Americas Lost Tribes.
Rollin Lynde .Hartt, in the centu

Rol1n Lynde Hart, in the Century.
Three hundred thousand mountaineers
adding one lucllless neighborhood to an
other live in Indebtedness unspeakable
Our knsmen, mind you; not hyphenates,
but descendants of the original Americans
Appalachia furnished the rear guard Of
the revolution. 1t is through no fault Of
theirs that The 100000 have fallen on evil
days. 1t is the work of isolation
Little by little isolation gives way before
Industrial inroads New railways come
Lumbermen attack remote forests Coal
is discovered. Electrical engineers plan
the dammdng of streams, the building of
power houses. Resorts bring loiterers
from highland and lowland. But contact
with the outer world brings dangers as
we'll as benefits. No one who has the
future of Appalachia at heart wants to
see it either invaded or evacuated. Every
one who has the future of Appalachia at
heart wants to see 1t brought into it's own.
1t ought from the first to have been a
sovereign commonwealth. Failing that it
was gerrymandered among nine separate
states affording an admired. but neg
lected. back yard to each.
Lost tribes call these mountaineer..
Lost to America, mean: Several millions
Of our best people shut away where as a
race they contribute little or nothing to
our modern progress. Individual persons
emerge. 1t Is true. Here and there a thriv-
ing town springs up, to link itself with
America. Yet for the most part Appa-
lachia lives in solitary confinement in
cold storage almost. And while pre-
revolutionary America within an America
is interesting and romantic and Joy to
our novelists, solitary confinement and
cold storage involve the handicapping of
abilities. They insulate genius. They In
sulate talent. Rc''l are as common in
Appalacfia as elsewhere. Both are waste
material and remain SO except as some
random fortuity provides the outlet.
A vicious circle obtains. Without pros
perity. no opportunity. without oppor-
tunity, no prosperity. All praise, then,
to the new leaders who have set about
breaking that circle.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
catarrh Cannot Be Cured

by LOCAL APPLICATIONS as thew
cannot reach the seat Of the disease.
Catarrh IL a local disease, greatly infiu-
snced by constitutional conditions. HALLS
SAIARRH MEDICINE will cure catarrh.
It is taken internally and acts through
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the
System. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
IS composed Of some of the best tonics
blood purifiers The perfect combination
Of the INGREDIENTS in HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE is what produces such Won
derful results in catarrhal conditions
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free
f. j. Cheney &, Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Since the discovery of tin in Alaska
In 1902, nearly 1000 tons of the metal
have been produced.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
One Man Who Drinks Alone.

Wherever there is oil, Jake Mettler
is known as the man who drinks crude
oil and really likes it. He has be-
come so expert in the taste of crude
oil, it is said, that he can actually tell
the state or oil field from which it was
produced by simply tasting It, So far
as known, Mr.. Mettler has not yet
found any one who was anxious to join
him in "Mettler COCKTAIL" and when
Colonel Jake drinks crude, he drinks
alone.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14

20 I can do my house work without any
difficulty. ] advise any woman who il
afflicted with female troubles to give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound trial and it will do as much for
them. Mrs. MARIE BOYD, 142l 9th
St., N. E., Canton, Ohio.
Sometimes there are serious condi.
lions where Q hospital operation is the
only alternative, but on the other hand
90 many women have been cured by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
doctors have said that an operation was
necessary - every woman who wants
to avoid an operation should give it .
fair trial before submitting to such .
trying ordeal.
# complications exist, write to Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass,
for advice. The result Of many years
experience 10 at your service.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
Lots Of women quarrel with their
husbands because they deem 1t an i'm.
portant part Of their domestic duties.
To keep clean and healthy take DR..
fierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu-
late liver, bowels and stomach.-Ady,
Needy Parsons.

With the present cost of living what
1t is, the man with the fixed income"
is having hard time of it, and it is
common knowledge that some profess
slonal men are feeling the PINCH"
The bishop Of Litchfield is publicly APP
pealing for funds on behalf OF needy
incumbents and curates in his diocese,
and he has opened a special emergency
fund for augmenting their incomes. In
some of the Industrial parishes twar
bonus" is paid to the parson. In one
south Staffordshire village 40 coal min
ers are each giving sixpence a week
toward providing a war bonus to the
curate. 1t is to be continued until the
end Of the war.-London Chronicles
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
INCREASE WESTERN
CANADA ACREAG
WI Prove a BIG Factor il Win
ming the War.

Reports to hand indicate shat West.
ern Canada has a vastly Increased
acreage ready for crop this wear over
last year. The splendid open fail sc
iSl7, gave better opportunity FOR fan
/ blowing than for some years. Work
IN the fields was almost continuous
until the end Of November. IN fact IA
the neighborhood Of Pincher Greek.
Alberta, there was sufficient mild
weather In January Of this year to
permit farmers to pillow, and many
took advantage Of It. a great many
Americans owning land IN Canada
moved up last year, and this has also
helped to increase the acreage. Thew
came into possession Of the land at
prices varying from $500 to $1,000
an acre. and with the proven Yields
OF wheat running from twenty and as
nigh as fifty bushels per acre, with d
set price Of 1921 bushel, they could
join production and patriotism to-
gether with big margin OF profit.
Ihe Post-Intelligencer OF Seattle.
Wash. gives a very conservative state.
ment OF the agricultural development
and opportunities in Western Canada.
Ia its issue Of December IA, 1917, IL
says
Since the beginning Of the wear
American emigration into Canada has
been greatly stimulated according to
the reports Of the Dominion authors.
ties, ana has been almost entirely made
up Of farmers attracted by the fertile
and comparatively cheap wheat lands.
Whatever may be said Of wheat
culture as profitable avocation IN
ordinary years, since the beginning of
the war 1t has offered advantages
quite beyond the usual opportunities.
War has doomed the price Of wheat
until the farmer now receives around
81 for his product at his granary.
Average crops, according to the adap-
tation Of soil and climate are from
IL to IS bushels to the acre. Even
the minimum crop, at So per bushel
brings in these war times a reasonable
profit. Before the war wheat culture
was fast being abandoned by farmers
who worked intelligently for results
on the right side of the ledger. It has
been the popular crop for new coun-
tries, but when the pioneers settled
down to business 1t was generally
corn, hogs, cattle and diversified farm
ing that brought the profits. Iowa and
the Dakotas in turn, as their prairies
became settled, mortgaged the land on
wheat culture and afterwards paid or
the mortgages with corn and hogs.
aWar is thus bringing temporary
encouragement to wheat farming.
Many Of the ranchers Of Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan and Alberta laid away
$4,000 to $4,000 in the banks last fall.
It may be pointed out, however, that
the growing Of wheat is not the only
lnducement which is leading settle
ment to Canadian lands. Low taxation,
favorable agricultural climate, and
profitable prices not only for grain but
for hogs, cattle and all forms Of farm
produce all contribute their share
toward the rapid settlement Of the fer
tile lands Of Western Canada. '-Ad-
vertisement.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
Important Weddina.

The junior clerk sought out his en-
ployer and timidly addressed him.
Gould / have fortnight's leave of
absence, sir, to attend the wedding Of
a friend?"
1T must be dear friend for you to
want all that timer" inquired the boss
sarcastically.
well after the wedding, sir, she
she'll be my wife!"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
Tartars.

Singular piece Of news, that, Of a
Tartar army threatening SebastopoI
It's long while since Tartars have
cut much of figure in war. Once
they were the greatest fighting race
In the world and overran large share
of Europe and Asia.-Buffalo Times.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
Important to Mothers
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add | OF. Bay
1um, small box of Barbo Compound,
and II OF. of glycerine. Any druggiet can
put this up or you can mix it at home at
very little cost. Full directions for max
Ing and use come III each box of Barbo
Compound. It will gradually darken
streaked. faded gray hair and make it soft
and glomy. It will not color the scalp, is not
sticky or greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
Heal Baby Rashes

That itch, burn and torture. A hot
Cuticura Soap bath gives instant re-
lief when followed by a gentle appli-
cation Of Cuticura Ointment. For free
samples address, "Cuticura, Dept. x,
Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 5O.-Adv.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
Opportunity.

Opportunity passes in the way Of
every man."
Artist Soldier-Yes, but the con-
founded thing is almost Invariably
camouf1aged.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
I. Cautious Communication.

From the washington Star.
I'm going to- tell you something in ctn-
fidence." said the diplomat.
"All right" replied the cynic. ITO what
particular person Of my acquaintance do
you want me to mention the matter by
accident?"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
Cause For Alarm.

From tho Kansas City Star
A mother Of soldier went to the Red
Cross meeting at Hutchinson last week
with a complaint about sickness at Camp
FuosSon, the News reports MY son
writes me- she said, ''that there are 100
cases OF bevo in his regiment"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
Queer.
From the Detroit Free P,

From the Detroit Free Press.
TITS a queer world"
What's the matter. now?''
II was Ju6r In1nking now tine man VINO
neglected to buy coal when he could get
It hates the neighbor who was wise
enough to fill his bin when he had the
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14

Most particular women use Red Cross
Ball Blue. American made. Sure to please.
At all good grocers. Adv.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
Very Fine.

Louisville Courier-Journal.
'TIow about this new stenograpner?"
what about her?'
els she good at figures?''
Seems to be. Take look at the one
she has,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14

According to the latest census taken
in New York there are more women
than men In the Empire city.
The Ordway new era., 1918-06-28

Fritz became a worse nuisance than
ever. He was getting fresher and more
careless every day, took all kinds Of
liberties with us-thought he was In
vincible.
idea and we were all enthusiastic to
put 1t to the test.
Here was his scheme:
When firing my gun, I was to play
my tune, md Fritz, no doubt, would
fall for 1t, try to initiate me as an
added insult. This gunner and two
others would try. by the sound, to To-
cate Fritz and his gun. After having
got the location, they would mount
two machine guns In trees, In little
clump of woods to the left of our Gene
terry. and while Fritz was In the middle
of his lesson, would open up and trust
to luck. By our calculations, it would
take at least a week to pull off the
stunt.
If Fritz refused to swallow our bait,
1t would be impossible to locate his
special gun, and that's the one we were
after, because they all sound alike,
slow pup-pup-pup.
Our prestige was hanging by a
thread. In the battalion we had to en-
dure all kinds of insults md fresh re-
marks as to our ability In silencing
Fritz. Even to the battalion that Ger
man gun was sore spot.
Next day, Fritz opened up us usual.
1 let him fire away for while and
then butted in with my "pup-pup-pup-
pup-pup-pup." kept this up quite a
while. used two belts of ammunition.
Fritz had stopped firing to listen. Then
he started in; sure enough. he had
fallen for our game, his gun was trying
to Initiate mine. but, at first he made
horrible mess of that tune. Again
butted in with few bars and stopped.
Then he tried to copy what had
played. He was good sport all right,
because his bullets were going away
over our heads, must have been firing
Into the air. 1 commenced to feel
friendly toward him.
This duet went on for five days.
Fritz was good pupil and learned
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Showing How Fritz !. Fooled.

rapidly, in fact, got better than his
teacher. I commenced to feel Jealous.
When he had completely mastered the
tune. he started sweeping the road
again and we clicked 1t worse than
ever. But he signed his death warrant
by doing so. because my friendship
turned to hate. Every time he fired he
played that tune and we danced.
The boys in the battalion gave us
the "Ha! Haw They weren't In on
our little frameup.
The originator of the ruse and the
other two gunners had Fritz's location
taped to the minute; they mounted
their two guns, and also gave me the
range. The next afternoon was set for
the grand finale.
Our three guns. with different eleva-
tions. had their fire so arranged, that,
opening up together, their bullets
would suddenly drop on Fritz IKE n
hailstorm.
About three the next day, Fritz start
ed "pup-pupping" that tune. blew a
sharp blast on u whistle, 1t was the Sig
nal agreed upon; we turned loose and
Fritz's gun suddenly stopped In the
middle of bar. We had cooked his
goose, and our ruse had worked. After
firing two belts each, to make sure of
our job, we hurriedly dismounted our
guns and took cover In the dugout. We
knew what to expect soon. We didn't
have to wait long, three salvos of
"whizz-bangs" came over from Fritz's
artillery, further confirmation that
we had sent that musical machine-gun-
ner on his Westward-bound journey.
| That gun never bothered us again.
We were the heroes Of the battalion,
our captain congratulated us. said 1t
was n neat piece of work, and, conse-
quently, we were all pufred up over the
stunt.
There are several ways Tommy uses
The Ordway new era., 1918-06-28
CHAPTER xxIII.
Gas Attacks and sples.

Three days after we had sllenced
Fritz, the Germans sent over gas. II
did not catch us unawares, because the
wind had been made to order, that Is,
1t was blowing from the German
trenches toward ours at the rate Of
about five miles per hour.
Warnings had been passed down the
trench to keep sharp lookout for gas.
We had new man at the periscope
on this afternoon in question: was
sitting on the fire step. cleaning my
rifle, when he called out to me:
There's sort of greenish. yellow
cloud rolling along the ground out In
front, It's coming"
But waited for no more, grabbing
my bayonet. which was detached from
the rife. I gave the alarm by banging
an empty shell case. which was hang.
Ing near the periscope. At the same
instant, gongs started ringing down the
trench, the signal for Tommy to don
his respirator, or smoke helmet, as we
call 1t.
Gas travels quickly. SO you must not
lose any time; you generally have
about eighteen or twenty seconds In
which to adjust your gas helmet.
The Ordway new era., 1918-06-28

bits two hard cooked eggs sliced. Pour
over three parts of oil and one of vine
gar, teaspoOnful of hOrseradish, and
tablespoonful of tomato catsup; salt
and red pepper to taste. Serve on let
tuce.
Dainty croquettes.-Mix cupful Of
boiled calf's liver, finely chopped.
with half cupful of bacon. also finely
chopped and cooked crisp and brown
add salt and pepper. form into balls.
dip In egg and crumbs and fry in hot
fat.
Fish Souffie.-Force cooked fish Of
any kind through a sieve-there should
be quarter of a cupful. Cook a
fourth of cupful of bread crumbs
with u third of cupful of milk hve
minutes. add the fish and half table
spoonful of butter. salt and paprika
to taste. Beat the white Of small
egg and add to the mixture. Turn Into
a buttered mold and bake in hot water
until firm. Serve with white or any
desired sauce. This amount makes
small dish sufficient for two, 1t can be
doubled for larger family.
| Marmalade Pudding.-Mix cupful
Of barley flour with the same amount
Of stale bread crumbs and cupful OF
suet chopped fine; add one beaten egg
half teaspoonful of salt. and cupful
Of marmalade. Turn into buttered
bowl, tie up In cloth and steam
three hours. Serve with hard sauce
A thick slice of tomato covered with
chopped onion and cucumber and serv
ed with French dressing is both goot
and pretty salad.
Hash may be made into balls oil
cakes, rolled In crumbs and Drowned
making n most tasty dish with little
| work
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to disguise the location Of his machine
gun and get his range. Some of the
most commonly used stunts are as fol-
lows:
At night, when he mounts his gun
over the top of his trench and wants
to get the range of Fritz's trench he
adopts the method of what he terms
"getting the sparks" This consists Of
firing bursts from his gun until the
bullets hit the German barbed wire.
He can tell when they are cutting the
wire, because bullet when 1t hits q
wire throws out a blue electric spark.
Machine-gun fire is very damaging to
wire and causes many w ing party
to go out at night when 1t Is quiet to
repair the damage.
To disguise the flare of his gun at
night when firing, Tommy uses what Is
called flare protector. This Is a stove
pipe arrangement which fits over the
barrel casing of the gun and screens
the sparks from the right and left. but
not from the front. So Tommy, always
resourceful, adopts this scheme: About
three feet or less in front Of the gun he
drives two stakes into the ground,
about five feet apart. Across these
stakes he stretches curtain made out
of empty sandbags ripped open. He
soaks this curtain In water and fires
through 1t. The water prevents 1t
catching fire and effectively screens
the fare of the firing gun from the
enemy.
Sound is valuable asset In locating
n machine gun. but Tommy surmounts
this obstacle by placing two machine
guns about one hundred to one hun
dred and fifty yards apart. The gun
on the right to cover with Its fire the
sector of the left gun and the gun on
the left to cover that of the right
gun. This makes their fire cross they
are fired simultaneously.
BY this method it sounds like one
gun firing and gives the Germans the
impression that the gun is firing from
point midway between the guns
which are actually firing, and they ac'
cordlngly shell that particular spot.
The machine gunners chuckle and say,
Fritz is a brainy boy, not 'alf he
amt"
But the men in our lines at the spot
being shelled curse Fritz for his igno.
rance and pass few pert remarks
down the line In reference to the ma.
chine gunners being "windy" and
afraid to take their medicine.
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zM SHZZlE E0ELZ1HZXA 4 mZ%zaon
NN EfON< Q<ESHHCE -

termination In his manner that Wash
ington at once welcomed him to his
staff. AS soon as the opportunity of
fered the leader of the Continental
army put Lafayette In command of
large bodies of men and that Judgment
was well justified.
The marquis was severely wounded
at Brandywine without being aware of
1t for time. so intense was his devo-
ton to duty. When he recovered he
renewed his activities at the right hand
of General Washington, and lost no
opportunity to serve the nation which
was then coming into being. He was
with the great leader at Valley Forge,
where he conducted himself with such
sympathy and understanding that he
was soon as beloved by all the officers
as by the commander himself.
The portrait painters Of the time put
the generals and colonels Of the day
in fine uniforms of blue and buff. but
very often some Of the ablest had only
nondescript clothes, and some were
even ragged.
Washington once remarked to La
fayette that to one accustomed to being
with French troops the appearance Of
the soldiers of the colonies must indeed
have seemed unusual.
II come not here to teach, but to
learn" was the reply of Lafayette.
Enlisted Aid Of France.
Part of the year ITO was spent by
Lafayette In France. where he did SO
much to get substantial aid from the
French government, which was then
in actual war with Great Britain.
| That victory ultimately rested upon
the American standards was largely
due to those activities In Paris, for the
coming Of the French fleet was de-
Gliding factor in the long and unequal
struggle for American independence.
Lafayette was received with affec-
tion and admiration by those who had
SO bitterly opposed his going from
France. and he gained support even
from the powerful Noailles, father of
the Marquise. On Lafayette's return
to America Washington sent him in
1871 to operate against Benedict Ar
mold In Virginia. After CORVALLIS
came with $500 more men Washing
ton showed his confidence in the young
general by continuing him in the com.
mand. Lafayette was near Richmond
when Cornwallis started for him.
"The boy can't escape me-" said the
English general. Lafayette promptly
retreated, made junction with 1000