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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-02
FIGHTING THE
GERMAN ENEMY
American Soldier Begins
Relating His Exciting
Experiences in Battle.

did see was Just a long. crooked
ditch with a low step running along
one side, and with sandbags on top
Here and there was a muddy. be-
draggled Tommy half asleep. nursing
a dirty and muddy rifle on sentry 60.
Everything was very quiet at the mo
ment-no rifle popping. as | had half
expected; no bullets flying and. as II
happened. absolutely no Smelling in
the whole sector.
forgot to say that we had come up
by daylight Ordinarily troops are
moved at night. but the communica
ton trench from Bully -Grenay was
very deep and was protected at points
by hills, and It was possible to move
men In the daytime.
The SerEennt's Caution.
Arrived in the front trench the ser
geant major appeared crawling out OF
his dug Out-the usual place for a ser
geant major-and greeted us with,
Keep your nappers down. you
rocks Don't look over the top. It
It is the regular warning to new
men For some reason the first
emotion OF the rookie Is an over
towering curiosity. He wants to take
a peep into no mans land II feels
safe enough when things are quiet
But there's always a Fritzie over
yonder with a telescope rifle, and it's
about ten to one he'll get you II you
stick the old "napper' up in dayligh
was assigned to platoon 10 and
found they were a good live bunch
Corporal Wells was the best OF the lot
Wells started right In to make me
feel at home and took me along with
two others OF the new men down TO
our apartments" a dugout built for
about four. and housing ten
Dugout Another Surprise.
Ny previous idea Of a dugout had
% i'll
somewhat damp. but comparatively
comfortable. Well, this hole was
about four and a half feet high-you
had to get in doubled up on your
hands and knees-abOut five by six
feet on the sides. and there was M
floor, just muck There was some sod
den, dirty straw and a lot OF old
mouldy sand bags Seven men and
their equipment were packed in here
and we made ten.
There was a charcoal brazier going
in the middle with two or three mess
tins boiling away. Everybody was
smoking and the place stunk to high
heaven or II would have II there
hadn't been bit Of burlap over the
Volunteers As Raider.
They were in the midst Of a discus
sion OF what part OF the body was
most desirable to part with for 2
permanent wound to send one back to
London when a young officer pushed
aside the buriap and Wedged In. He
was lieutenant and was in com
mand Of our platoon. His name was
Blofeld.
Blofeld was most democratic. he
shook hands with the new men and
said he hoped ives be live wires, and
then he told US what he wanted
There was to be raid the next night
and he was looking for volunteers
Nobody spoke for a long minute
and then offered
think I spoke more 70 break the
embarrassing silence than anything
else. I thing. too, that | was led a
little by kind Of youthful curiosity.
and II may be that I wanted 10 ap
pear brave in the eyes of these men
VINO so evidently held me more or less
IN contempt as newcomer
Blofeld accepted me and one OF the
other new men offered. He was taken. |
It turned out that all the older men
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-02
rLcKed Like Chickens.

The mothers bring theb abies to
Noyon. where baron Henri Rothschild
has a rescue station There they are
packed in boxes like little chickens
and sent to US. Sometimes they are
not more than two days old.
"Of course the children are not all
'Boches- Some are French children,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-02
GERMANS RAID PORTUGUESE
BUT ARE DRIVEN OUT

London. Eng, March German
troops carried out a raid on a wide
front against the Portuguese trenches
in northern France early this morn
ing, today's British war office state
ment announces. A counter attack
promptly launched, elected the Ger
mans and left the situation as Il was
before the raid.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-02
NApOIFON ONcE SAm

"A Footsors Army Is An Army Half De-
featec-" Men In Training Camps. in Can
comments. In the Army ard Navy suffer
from olistsrs and sore spots on their feet
Every Comfort Kit. should contain one
o. more boxes OF Aliens Focc-Ease. the
sn-issptic powder TO shake into the shoes
Il treshens the tired. aching. srnartiuE
feet and heals biisters and sore spotA The
Plattsburg Camp NanuEi advises men IN
training 70 make daily use Ct Foot-Ease.
Scld sFszsWhsrs. sse,-AdE
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-02

born after their fathers went away.
have older children as well.
whose mothers have died or deserted
them- These also e place In families
Our plan is TO mix them all together.
so that only We shall know their
origin"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-08
Extra Marie Antionette Skin Food, S10O size 79c
Watch Your Stomach
In the Summer Time

Hot summer days upset the
strong stomachs as well as weak
ones.
Your vital forces reach their
lowest level when the weather is
the hottest. Then the danger is
the greatest.
You can't guard your stomach
and bowels too carefully through
the long. hot season Don't take
any chance Indigestion. sour
stomach. that wretched bloated
feeling belching food repeating,
pains that claw at stomach and
bowels and an endless train of
stomach ills that make life mis-
cradle are greatly aggravated in
the hot weather.
This year of all others-it is
vital that we keep our strength
and full power at work. The ex-
ira war work change of dlet-ail
must be looked after because they
ait US In the stomach. And now
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-08

it is good news to tell you that
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You can have good appetite IN hot
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-08

Findlay, Ohio, Oct.
q, 1916.-The A. J.
Hull Medicine Co.,
Findlay, Ohio, Gen.
tlemen: Five years
ago ! had nervous
prostration, was in
a very run down con-
dition, only weighed
1928 lbs. My nerves
were so weak ! could
not sleep nights and
nnIIId lie = w = r .
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-08

most Of the night, and in the morning
would be all in and unfit for work.
got bottle of your wonderful Super
lative, and only took three drops at a
dose. That one bottle relieved me
and my weight increased to 1866
pounds. Hulps Speculative is certain
Iy great nerve and body builder.
am yours truly,
n. r. BEAMER.
822 N. Cory St.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-08
&2 y 70
TRAOE N<RH
OUR BEAUTY SUGGESTION

Along in the afternoon evening after you home
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during the night. Next morning wash thoroughly in
warm water and follow with cold water and then-wel
you will be surprised at the improvement in the complex
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Last, but least.
Representatives is the
their removal which will
cations Of Bonca Beauier. followed
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fe Before start tomorrow apply lightly
Cream that is invisible from
apply Boncila Face Powder
cings-in
p.
Preparation practically everv toilet
especially No Chae for all hot
kin
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-08
Here is Still More Evidences

Lakeside Park, Dayton, Ohio.
Sept. 9th, 1917. - The A. J. Hull
Medicine Co., FindIay, Ohio, Gentle
men: Some time ago | saw in my
paper your advertisement about
your Superlative Compound. had
tried almost all kinds of medicines,
but got no relief from stomach trou-
Bile. So ! thought | would try your
SuperIative Compound, and so |
ought bottle. and now am TAX
ing the second bottle and find it is
doing me more good than anything
have ever tried. commenced
with 3 drops and increased to 7
and 8 drops. ! was troubled with
nervousness and am much better
now which am happy to say. |
am 70 years old, and feel better
than have for 10 years. wish
you would send to ry address
some Of your circulars. think
can do you some good in my local.
ity.
Respectfully yours,
CHARLES JOHNSON.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-08

Delta, Ohio, August 25th, 1917
To whom it may concern: | have
been going through the change Of
life and run down in flesh from 1853
lbs. to 100 lbs. and was so nervous
that I could not get much sleep, and
it seemed that my time in this
world was short. Last February
HuI!'s SuperIative was recommend
ed to me by my sister Of Mont
peIier, O., whose boy was so great
ly helped with this remedy. have
now taken two bottles and have re-
ceived great help. sleep we'll
nights now and my nerves are
much stronger. My weight has in
creased IS lbs. and | feel that by
using this remedy a while longer
will come through the change in
good health. My daughter had Sc
we're cold and Hul's Superiative
broke It up in two days.
MRS. n. ZEiGLER.
La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1918-11-30

punlto lie malvage opere del ca
caller Amedeo, e 81 dedico tutto
al preparativi della grande ope-
razione che doveva rendere la vi
sta a Beatrice.
Era Serbato al secolo del por-
tent, al secolo decimonono, il We
der levata ad una altezza favolo-
sa la scienZa medica, propria-
mente quella che 81 attiene ALA
parte pratica ed operative. II
pelfezionamento degli studi ana
tomici ha dato sviluppo grandis-
simo allarte di operare, intera-
mente sconoSciuta agli antichi
'appunto perche priv di cognizio-
I nj precise di anatomia. Felici
conquiste per Pumanita, in oggi
lie operazioni piu diffcili, piu in
credibii, non escono dal circolo
del fatti positivi della schema, la
quale perviene a strappare ALA
morte cd ALA sofferenza migliaia
di vittime che per Paddietro IL
manevano abbandonate ala loro
sorte infelice, poiche la medici-
ma cOnfessava la sua impOtenZa
al coSpetto di certe anomalie or
goniche. La chirurgia, mano del
I la scienZa, ha conquistato oggidi
tai sicurta e tanta perfezione.
che ormai disprezza le VAGUE teo-
.Tle scOlastiche, e, librata sulle ali
del proprio genio, va posta mel
.novero dele science piu benefat-
trici dell'umanita. lie operazioni
sOno la sua estetica, la sua poe
sia: essa esclama come il popo-
10 ebreo:
Olives ct pauper obliaverunt
sibi, utriusque fuit operator Do
minus" -
Gaetano possedeva ad un gra-
. do eminente lutte le qualita di
un grande operatore. Egli non e
ia ne troppo giovane ne vecchio /;
pOiche Sc Poperatore e troppO
giovane, manca di prudenza, di
. .esperenza, di freddezza; domi-
nato da una ardente immagina-
Zione, egli non calcolera tutti j
movimenti e lutte le sue parole ;
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volesse abbellire di una luce w..
conda e pura il giorno in c"i 'G'g'
tenebre 81 sarebbero dissinl.! l i
dagli occhi di un angelo. P''e
Gaetano aveva dedicate IN
Sc intero allo scioglimento ',ie Js,
gran problema medico che a,,,.o4 Jel
be deciso, non gia d'una di ora1 ,e9-
lie tante esistenze a lui indiffl ifel
remit e dele quail tuttavia are {
va protrattO il termine che 10 =
feTmita di ogni sorta minaco;i i'
vano di avvicinare, ma bensi J"I
la sua propria vita, che era tsn ,-
to legata ALA felice e perfetts
secuzione di un'opera quasi nro
digiOsa. Durante un mese into
il giovine medico non era uscito
dalla sua camera, assoTto incas
santemente ne suoi Studi na 4
creda che egli 81 trovasse di fron
te ad un esperimento nuovo no,
lui, e che pero titubasse fra i
incertezze d'una applications pra.
tica. No, Gaetano era tranonilIo,
e certo del fatto suo. La scienzsI
gil dava la profonda convinzions
d'una brillante riuscita. PercbsI
dunque rimaneva raccolto neIlsI
solitudine della sua Gamers? ? par
che, quantunque Ia scienza grI
desse sicurezza, egli sentiva il 6iJ
sogno di consultare le opere p6.
rinomate che in Inghiltewa, h.
GeImania, in Italia 81 sono pub.
blicate sulla cecita e sulla sus.
guarigione?
Rileggeva attentamente a tai
uopo il "Chirurgo operatore" n
Cavillard, il "Trattato sulle opeI
razioni di- Chirurgia" delPingless
Sharp, il "Discorso sulla rifolmsI
necessaria ne metodi e neglfl
sh'umenti per le operation Chi
rurgiche" di Ecrel, il "Trattati
delle operation" di Rossi, e i dot
ii volumi di RouX, di Bell, di Schl
rengel, di Sabatier, e di tanti al
tri che 81 son consacrati a que
sta specialita della scienza me
dica. Continual
La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1918-11-30

trascinato forse dal desiderio
dalla celebrita, da quella Drama
di far rumore mel monde che gil
antichi chiamavano ''famae sea-
bies", e che oggi potremmo CHA
mare "famae rabies, egli dl-
sprezzera le lezioni dell'esperien-
"a; trOppo fiducioso ne propll
mezzi, sara temerl'io.
Sc Poperatore e troppo vec-
chic, difettano in lui quelle tire
qualita Indispensable pei buon
successo di un'operazione, indi-
cate su questi tire avverbi latlnl
"tuto, cite ct jucunde,' vale di-
re che Poperazione dev'essere
fatta con sicurta, con prestezza
e con giocondita.
Gaetano era dotato di grandis-
sima presenza danimo, di fer
mezza mel caratteTe, d'impeTtW-
babile sangue freddo, di paZien-
"a diremo quasi noTdica, di ge-
MO. Questultim e necessario al
grandi OPERATOR come e necessa-
rio agli artist. Tn chiruTgO SEN
"a immaginazione sara un fred
do pedissequo di quello che avTa
imparato: qualunque inaspettato
fenomeno, 10 piombera nellimba-
razzo, gil fara tremare la mano.
II genio rende tranquillo il Chi
rurgo operatore a tutti i fenome-
nj che 81 possono presentare, ed
ispira allammalato fiducia 81
curezza. "Arte manus regitur,
genius praeIucet utrique."
Gaetano accoppiava ale doti
del piu celebr OPERATOR di occhi,
come Langenbeck di Gottinga,
Demours e Moinoir, Ia propria e.
spelienza e 10 sguardo infallibi-
le.
Per un fenomeno cuIioso e biz
zarro. egli. che era deforme, a.
veva una mano bellissima ac-
concia allie piu diffcili operation
chirurgiche. Ferma, leggiera,
flessibile, quella mano non devia-
va mai dial movimento che le da-
vano il pensierO dello scienziatO
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E tutti 81 davano da fare in
torno al cavaliere, incoraggiando-
10 a confdare nelPaiuto della me-
dicina.
Gaetano guardava con sogghi-
gno P&ffaccendarsi di tutti, ed /
suoi occhi 81 fiSsarono poi sui ca
VALERIE.
- Orsu, dottore. - gil dice
vano gil amici di Amedeo -
guardate di che 81 tratta; che
razza di male e Questo che ha
colto di botto il povero Amedeo ?
Egli dice che una polvere e usci-
Ia dalla lettera.
- Sogno di ebbrO, - disse
freddamente Gaetano. - Questa
non e che una furia di sangue
lasciate che osseryi i suoi occhi.
81 accosto al cavalier Amedeo,
con fOrZa ne schiuse le palpebre
ed Osservo.
- La retina e paralizzata; -
disse poi - la pupilla e distrut-
Ia; la coInea e corrosa; il cava-
Here ha perduto per sempre Pu-
so degli occhi. Egli e ciecot -
Gil ashanti misero un'esclama-
zione di oIToTe.
Gaetano Pisani aveva varcato
Ia soglia di quella stanZa.
AIIivato a Toledo, sail in una
.caTrozza di piazza, dicendo al
cOcchieTe:
ALA stazione della strada
feIrata di Castelammare. -
Z mentre la caITozza colTeva
sui lastricato, Gaetano diceva a
Sc medesimo. con gil occhi STA
villanti di selvaggio contento:
- Rimani ora, Amedeo San
toni, etelnamente a faccia con la
codarda anima tua. Nlvi per
piangere eteInamente sulle colpe
della tua vita. Cosi 81 vendica
GaetanO Pisani, -
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NunerO 81
FRANCISCO MASTRrANI
LA CIECA DI SORRENTO
ROMANO
ROMANO

- Questa Iettera e tua! Ora
indovino, Parla, uomo diabOlico:
che mettesti in quella carta?
- Non so che cOsa vOlete di-
re. signor cavaHere; non so di
Iettere. non so niente; eTo venu-
to per una sempice vista; sa-
prete che sono state ammalato.-
Durante questo bTeve dIalOgO,
i serw di Amedeo avevano reca-
to un bGcinO pienO d'acqua e ua
asciugamanO di cui bagnarouO De
ma cocoa nell'acqua e ne SfEega-
rono gil occhi del cavaliere, il
QuaIe 81 contorceva pei dolore,
stringeva j denti, cOTTugaya ia
fronte e non poteva schiudere le
palpebre.
Gil amici di Amedeo intantO a.
vevano raccolta Ia lettera casca-
Ia a terra, ed aveyano letto que
ste parole:
SlguOI caNalefe, ull \OsLIO IL
mico vi avverte che il medico in
glese Ohuero Blackman non e
morto." D."
L'eccesso del dolore aveva fat
to cadere in deIiquio Amedeo: eli
amici 10 circondavano, eli getta-
vano acqua sugli occhi, vi Sofia
vano sOpra come per TlmuoVere
la cagione dell'infammazione.
- Presto, una doZZina di nj
gnatte, ordino Lionelli.
- 81 salassi, diceva un altrO.
Gil 81 faccia futare un pO' di
aceto e di etere.
- Sbottonategli la giubba,
slegategli la cravatta, - grida-
va un quartO.
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ed il genio dell'artista. E quella
mano, appena 81 appOggiava per
Operare PeStraZiOne o Fabbassa-
mento del CRYSTALLINE, animava il
loro coraggio, ispirava la loro 81
.cureZza, e non era gia la mano
chirurgica immisericOrdiosa, al
dir di Celso, ma la mano amica,
fraterna, che aveva pc ciechi un
linguaggio che essi soil pOtevan
comprendere, e che metteva nei
loro cuoTi la gioia della ceTtezza
d'una imminente guarigione.
La fama straordinaria uni
versale che in POGO tempo aveva
reso celebre il nome di Blackman,
non era fondata sugli annunZi
stampati a grand lettere ne
giornali, 0 sopra altri simili vel
coli di ciarlatani. Gaetano era di-
venuto celebre e ricco quasi SEN
"a saperlO, e soltanto con la for
"a dellostinatezza e della perse-
veranza nelParte; ed in questo
egi non era dissimile dagli altri
sommi geni nellie attire arti, qua
Ii non avrebbero mai pOtutO rag
giungere grado e dovizie, Sc non
fossero stati perseveranti supe-
rando ostacoli pastoie.
Gaetano, arricchitosi prOfon-
damente della scienZa, erasi poi
abbandonato al proprio genio per
Ia pratica, cosi che la scienza nell
le sue mani non era piu che una
arte come lutte le attire, con le
sue aspiration, CO suoi trovati,
col moment febbrili, e con le in
dicibili giOie d'insperate e quasi
impossible guarigioni.
Giunse il giorno pTefisso alIo-
perazione che doveva restituir gil
occhi a Beatrice.
Gaetano 81 alZo alfalfa, uscl
fuori sui terraZzino della sua ca
mera e livolse al cielO una taCita
prece. La sua fTonte era serena
come quelraurora che promette-
va una di quelle giornate di Sor-
rento. immagine abbozzata d'una
felicia immensa come le aspira-
Zioni del cuore. Pareva che DiO
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Il cavahere getto gil occhi sba-
datamente sulla SopraccaTta e
leSse queste semplici parole:
"Al signor Amedeo Santoni.
RiserbatiSsima urgente.' -
Amedeo tolse di bocca il sigaro
chiese agli amici il pelmesso di
logger la lettera, ruppe il sug-
CELLO, schiuse la carta i'm fretta,
e mando un gTido acutissimo.
La lettera era caduta al suoi
piedi.
Gil amici 81 alzarono g corsero
a lui, domandandogi che cosa a.
veva; ma il cavalier AmeJeo 81
teneva coperti gil occhi con ambe
lie mani, e mandava grida di do
lore.
Furon chiamaG i serH.
- Gil Occhi - gil occhi, -
gIidava AmedeO. - Non so u
ma polvere infeInale e uscita da
quella lettera All. mi sento ar
dere le pupille. Presto. un
auto un medico.
Non aveva terminate di dir
queste parole, che Gaetano 81 mo-
strava sull'uscio del salottO.
- Il medico e qua, - disse
egi.
- DUAL voce, - eSclamo at
terrific Amedeo. - Di chi e que
sta voce?
- Di Ottavio Blackman, - ri
Spose questi con pacatezza.
- Di Oliviero Blackman. -
mormoro GtterIito Amedeo. -
Che venite a far qui?
~ Non avete chiesto un medi-
co?
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L'operazione.

Tomato a Sorrento, Gaetano
non dissn parola della strana e
terrible vendetta con cui aveva
Evening journal., 1918-09-19
BOY BADLY HURT
BY FALL FROM TREE
speclaI 40 The Evenlng Journal.

Special 10 The Evening Journal.
SEAFORD. Del, Sept. i9-Callahan
Thompson. the six-year-old son OF Con-
stable and Mrs Sarin f. Thompson,
while playing about the yards OF the
Hotel Sussex with some other boys, fell
from a tree, breaking one arm and
suffering a possible fracture OF the
skull. The little fellow Is In the Sails
bury Hospital.
Wilbur Hitcnens, a merchant Of this
town, met with a painful accident some
few days ago. While out in his yard
he stepped on a rusty nail.
Lee Wright, Of the signal Corps. sta
toned at League Island, spent a part
Of the week with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Wright.
Miss Lena Short OF Bridgeville was
the guest Of friends in town a part Of
the week.
Courtland Coulbourn has returned 20
Wilmington after spending two weeks
with his mother. Mrs. Ardella Coul-
bourn.
oscar Mitchell Of Camp Dix. is visit
ing friends in town.
Mrs. John Eskridge spent a few days
in Philadelphia this week.