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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-14
MASON M. SMITH, Corporal.

From Harvey Gortner of Co. 2, Motor
Mechanic Regiment, his brother For
rest Gortner received the following
written under date of October End from
Dinard, France:
"Will write you again this evening to
let you know am still existing. My
vacation is almost over We leave here
for our camp tomorrow and arrive Fri
day noon.
well, l certainly have enjoyed these
few DAYS vacation. Had grand time
and saw many places of interest. My
pal Frederick and l were out for
bicycle ride this afternoon as we had
nothing else to do. was to Mount st.
Michel yesterday. This certainly is
something wonderful to see, a town
built on rock. 1t is something oyer
five hundred feet high. This is the
most beautiful part of France. We
certainly have seen some wonderful
sights during our stay here. l am send
ing you little souvenir and photo of
the bunch that are at the hotel Dele
Mer where am staying. We certainly
have lovely place and lots of good
eats. Gee, it will go hard for me to go
back to camp and eat beans after hav-
ing seven days of real good eats.
1--WE took trip up the river to Di-
nan Monday. 1t was nice ride and
lovely scenery. | took one few days
before that wasn't so nice for the
water was very rough and l got sea
sick
I'VE have something doing every
night. Last evening we had a good
vaudeville show
The Y. M. C. A. people are very
nice to US here. They have a trip for
US to take almost every day, either on
boat or train. Also have several ladies
working in the Y here serving hot
chocolate and sandwiches. 1t is nice to
see real American girl oyer here and
have the pleasure to talk few words
" LuelD.
81 haven't been in Bathing yet, has
been so very cool all the time. We have
lovely beach in front OF our hotel; can
look out of our window ca the beach.
How | wish Ernest could have been
with me down here. Suppose he will
soon be getting his seven Gay leave as
he has been over here almost six months
There are many American soldiers here
coming and going all the time but
haven't seen any one know yet, The
Government pays the transportation
service and board so it only costs US for
the extra trips we take.
Your brother,
HARVEY. -
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-14
Estray Notice.

There came to my place. miles north
of Deer Park, about September 18th, a
bay horse years old. Owner will please
come, prove property, pay costs and
damages and take same away.
P. H. HAMILL.
Deer Park. Oct. 7, 1918.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-14
Homecoming Mill In Operation.

Ny mill located at Homecoming is now
ready for operation and will grind buck
wheat flour and feed; also corn meal.
Products the best and satisfaction guar
anteed.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-14

Another member of Maryland's dis
tinctive regiment, the Three Hundred
and Thirteenth, has paid in full"
Orem Ray Engle, son of George w. En-
gle, formerly of Bittinger, now residing
in Baltimore, was killed in action on
Sept. 20, when so many of the 313th
fell and the regiment covered itself with
glory. Private Enge was drafted from
Garrett county on September 20. 1917.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-14
EstraY Notice.

There came to my place, located about
six miles south of Oakland, on Sept. LIST
one black heifer two and half years
old. Owner call and pay costs and take
same away. R. j. NICHOLSON,
-Ady. Oakland, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-14

Seven nice white pigs weeks old, for
sale. c. j. Newman.-Adv.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-13

Richly embroidered. not very ancient
Indian %draperies hung down from 1t
to the floor on either side. On II.
above the linen. a man and n woman
lay hand In hand. and the woman was
so exactly like YasminI, ever to her
clothing and her naked feet. that II
was not possible for "a man to be self
possessed.
They both seemed asleep. II was
minutes before he satisfied himself
that the mans breast did not rise and
fall under the bronze Roman armor
n that the woman's jeweled gauzy
stun was still. Imagination played
such tricks with him that In the still.
ness he imagined he heard breathing.
After he was sure they were both
dead, he went nearer. but II was n
minute yet before he knew the woman
was not she. At first a wild thought
possessed him that she had killed her.
self.
The only thing to show who he had
been were the letters S. =. Q. Il. on u
great plumed helmet, on a little table
| ~ ''' W but IA Wus ~ WOIIuu
OF the lamp-bowls and the frieze. A
life-size stone statue In a corner was
so like her, and like Yasmini too. that
II was difficult to decide which Of the
two II represented.
h had lived when he did, for her
fingers were locked In his. And he
had lived two thousand years ago, be-
cause his armor was about as old as
that, and for proof that he had died
In II part of his breast had turned TO
powder inside the breastplate. The
rest Of his body was whole and per.
fectly preserved.
Stern, handsome In q hlgh.beaked
Roman way. gray on the temples, frm-
Tipped, he lay like an emperor In har,
ness. But the pride and resolution on
his face were outdone by the serenity
OF hers. Very surely those two had
been lovers.
Both OF them looked young aud
healthy-the woman younger than
thirty-twenty-fve at q guess-and
the man perhaps forty. perhaps forty.
five. Every stitch Of the mans cloth
Ing had decayed, SO that his armor
rested on the naked skin, except for n
dressed leather kilt about his middle.
The leather was as old as the curtains
at the entrance, and as well preserved.
But the womnn's silked clothing was
as new as the bedding. Yet. they both
died about the anne time, or how could
their fingers have been interlaced?
And some OF the jewelry on the wom-
ans clothes was very ancient as well
rs priceless.
He looked closer at the fingers for
signs OF force and suddenly caught his
breath. Under the woman's fiimsy
sleeve was a wrought gold bracelet,
smaller than that one he himself had
worn In Delhi and up the Khyber. He
raised the loose sleeve to look more
closely at It. and the movement laid
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-13
King of the Khyber Rifles
1884, BY TALBOT MUNDY
The Most Picturesque Romance of the Decade

By TALBOT MUNDY

the clash Of rings on a rod. But he
was beyond being startled. He was
not really sure he was In the world.
He was not certain whether II was the
twentieth century, or 50 Il. c.. or ear
lier yet or whether time had ceased.
The place where he was did not
look like n cave, but u palace chamber,
for the rock walls had been trimmed
squire and polished smooth then they
had been painted pure white, except
for n wide blue frieze, with a line OF
gold leaf drawn underneath II. And
on the frieze, done in gold.leaf too,
was the Grecian lady of the lamps.
always dancing. There wepe fifty or
sixty figures Of her. no two alike.
A dozen. lamps were burning. set In
inches cut In the walls at measured
intervals. They we're exactly like the
two outside, except that their horn
chimneys were stained yellow instead
OF red. suffusing everything In a golden
glow.
Opposite him was a curtain, rather
like that through which he had en-.
tered. Near to the curtain was q bed,
whose great wooden posts were
cracked with age. In spite Of Its age
It was spread with fine new linen.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-13
XVI.
"Athelstan I"

"Athelstan 7"
She pronounced his given name as
II she loved the word, standing straight
again and looking into his eyes. There
were high lights In hers that out
cleaned the diamonds on her dress.
"Your gods and mine have done this
Athelstan. When the gods combine
they lay plans well indeed!
II only know n God" he answered
simply, Is n man speaks Of the deep
things In his heart
II know Of many! They love me |
They shall love you, too! Many are
better than one! You shnll learn to
know my gods, for We are TO be part.
ne?s. you and II"
She took his hand again, Der eyes
burning with excitement and mysti.
cism and ambition like a fever. She
seemed to take more than physical pos
session of him.
"What brought them here7 Tell me
that !" she demanded. pointing to the
bed. "You think he brought herr /
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-13

Kings hand. zone lay on her BOSOM
and one on his when | found them !
she said. "Now, think again
He did think, " thirty thousand pos
slbilities, and OF one impossible luea
that stood up prominent among them
all and insisted on seeming the on's
likely one.
81 saw the knife In your bosom last
night" she said, and laughed 30 nat
l nearly wakened you"
why didn't you take II with the
braceletf" King asked her, holding "
| out. Take II now. ! don't want H.
She accepted II and laid It on the
mans bronze armor. Then, however
| she resumed II and played with 1t.
Look again - she said. Think and
look again."
He looked, and he knew now. But
he still preferred that she should tell
him, and his lips shut tight.
Can you guess why ] changed my
mind about you-wise mann
She looked from him TO he man on
the bed and back to him again. Hav'
ing solved the riddle, King had leisure
TO be interested In her eyes, and
watched them analytically, like II jew
cler appraising diamonds. They were
strangely reminiscent, but much more
changeable and colorful than any he
had ever seen. They had the battling
trick Of changing while he watched
them.
"IInving sent n man TO Kill you, VIII!
did | cease TO want TO kill your In
stead Of losing you on the way TO Kiln
ian, why did l run risks TO protect
you after you reached here1 Why die
| save your life in the Cavern Of
Earth's Drink tonight2 You do no
know YETI Then l will tell you some
thing else you do not know. l was II
Delhi when you werel watched ant
listened while you and Rewa Gungi
talked In my house! was In Rewi
Gunga's carriage on the train that b.
took and you did not! ! have Learned
mt first hand that you are not d fool
But that was not enough! You had 4
be three things-clever apd brave ant
N other. The one other you are
Brave you have proved yourself e
be! Clever you must be, to trick you
way into Khinjan caves, w will
Ismnil ut your elbow! That Is VIII.
I saved your llfe-because you ar
those two things and and on
other |"
She snatched a mirror from a littl,
Ivory table-a modern mirror-ba'
glass, bad art. bad workmanship, bu
silver warranted.
Look In II and then at him !" sh'
ordered.
But he did not need TO look. Tn
nan on the bed was not so much Tx,
himself as the woman was like her
but the resemblance seemed to grow
under his eyes. King was the tale
and the younger by several years, bu
the noses were the same. and tn
wrinkled forehcads; both men had tn
same firm mouth; both looked Tx
Romans.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-13
CHAPTER xIv-continued.

Rswa Gunga spoke truth In Delhi
when he assured King he should some
day wonder at Yasmini's dancing.
she became Joy and bravery and
youth She danced a story for them
Of the things they knew. She was the
dawn light, touching the distant peaks.
She was the wind that follows IL,
sweeping among the jumpers and kiss
ing each as she came. She was laugh
ter, as the little children laugh when
the cattle are loosed from the byres at
last to feed In the valleys. She was
the scent Of spring uprising. She was
blossom. She wat fruit Very daugh.
ter Of the sparkle Of warm M on
snow, she was the "Heart Of the Hills"
herself
Never was such dancingl Never
such an audiencel Never such mad
applausei She danced until the great
rough guards had to u round the
arena with dubbed butts and beat
hack trespassers who would have
mobbed her. And every movement
every gracious wonder-curve and step
with which she told her tale was as
purely Greek a. the handle on Kings
knife and the figures on the lamp-bowls
and n the bracelets on her arm.
0rseki
And she half.modern Russian. ex-
girl-wifs Of Q semi-civilized hill rajah
Who taught heri There is nothing
new. ven In Khinjsn. in the "Hills! |"
And when the crowd defeated the
arena guards at last and burst through
the swinging butts to seize her and
ding her high and worship her with
mad barbaric rite, she ran toward the
shield. The four men raised II shout
der high again. She ven to II like
q leaf In the wind-sprang on II as II
wings had lifted her. scarce touching
lt with naked toes-and leapt to the
bridge with a laugh.
She went over the bridge on tiptoes,
IKE nothing else under heaven but
YaNmini at her bewitchingest. And
without pausing on the far side she
danced up the hewn stone stairs, Owed
into the dark hole and was gone!
Gomez yelled Ismail in Kings ear.
He could have heard nothing less, for
the cavern vas like to burst apart
from the tumult.
"WhitherT the Afridi shouted In
disgust. Does the wind ask whitheri
Come like the wind and see! They
will remember next that they have a
bone to pick with thee! Come away"
That seemed good enough advice. He
followed as fast as Ismail could shout
der u way out between the frantic hill
men. deafened. stupeied, numbed. al.
most eowed by the ovation they were
giving the "Heart Of their Hills"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-13
CHAPTER XIV.

Al they disappeared after a scramble
through the mouth of the same tun-
mel they had entered by, a roar went
up behind them like the birth OF earth
Quakes. Looking back over his Shout
der. King saw Yasmini come back into
the holes mouth, to stand framed In 1t
and bow acknowledgment. For the
pace Of Ave minutes she stood In the
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-13
Crushed Possibilities.

Jones the cub reporter. was fat, but
he looked as melancholy as a fat man
can when he entered the city editors
Office.
why was my story kiliedr he
asked gloomily.
IAN act Of mercy" said the editor.
You fell down ON Il nrst"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-13

tell you she was the spur that drove
him! Is II a wonder that men called
her the Heart Of the Hillsf / found
them ten years ago and clothed her
and put new linen on their bed, for the
old was oil rags and dust. There have
always been hundreds-and sometimes
thousands-who knew the secret of
khinjan caves, but this has been a
secret within n secret. Someone, who
knew the secret before ]. sawed those
bracelets through and fitted hinges
and clasps. The men you saw In the
Cavern OF Earth's Drink have no
doubt ! am the Heart Of the HIls'
come to hfel They shall know thee
a him within q little while 4"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-13

Neat hole. smiling and watching the
crowd below. Then she went. and the
Spards began to loose random volleys
ut the roof and brought down hun
dredweights Of splintered stalactite.
Within . minute there were a hun
dred men busy sweeping up the splin-
tern. In another minute twenty Zakka
Khsls had begun . sword dance. yell
ting like demons. A hundred Joined
than. In three minutes more the
whole Arena was q DINING whirlpool.
and the rivers vulcs was drowned In
shouting and ths stamping Of naked
feet on stonA
GONE" urged Ismail. and lsd the
way.
Kings last imprsssion was Of ssrth's
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-04

nerves OF the stomach and generally
'tS'!ta In Il poor circulation of tho
n!ood. The stomach loses It's vitality
ana gastric Juices are not properly Sc
crcted IT. therefore, will be seen thar
an absolutely sure combatnn- for stor
hch troubles must depend on some rem.
edy that VIII revitalize the nerve force
ii'nc" prcco, the wonderful new herbal
medicine. gets It's reputation for s,rik
ing AT the very fundamental basis of
TINS disease. 1t is useless To give rem
cdi"S that merely assist in tho digestion
OF the food II YOU rcviialize the nerve
inrc" ana create a perfect circulation of
the blood you Will revitalize the cells
ana tissues Of the stomach causing :,
proner secretion OF the gastric iuiccs
ana tho disease VIII quickly disappcar.
All the claims of what pr.co has
done and VIII do are based on tho vnrv
best evidencc--thc signed statements NJ
scores or men and women WHO tell how
they have been restored 10 healtb ana
JOY OF living by lis power Sufferers
not only from stomach trouble hut
also those who have experienccd ,ha
miserics OF asthma. catarrh. rh.rra
tisn. kidney disorders constination .,,d
blood ailments have come forv..rd 80
tel! OF their experiences and d,Iiver
ancc.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-04
MERELY INFURIATES FRENCH
American Writes interestingly of ,f-
rect OF i'"ng-RnnSe Bombnrd-
mcnt of Paris.

H.,
'.HNCHHUKG, VA. Nav s.-J Graham,
N"Wl!h. OF this city, who is engaged in
\. NJ. {. y. work in Paris. France. in
= letter home. writes interestingly of
the German long-rangc bonnbardmcnt
oil fafis. lie tells OF a trip 10 tho
scene OF the loug-rangc attack ON
!'aris. and declares that the only crf,n;
was t" infuriatc the people tho more
one day Will" he was in the stree,
4 smell struck half-nilc away from him
III the River Seine. He hurried to tbc
llAc". ana when he reached there he
round people gathering up dead usb
which the explosion brought 10 Tho -
far" of the water
MY N"wiin says leo men ana women
are at work among the soldiers for Tho
! NJ. {. ~, in addition 10 which ,hc
nSS"c'a'loh operates large hotel il,
mrs Tor the enlisted men and :, cIi,n
house In another Section OF tho civ ~
their use. '''
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-04
Roll Of Honor
List Shooting Men Who Were
Killed or Injured on
French Soil.

WASHINGTON. May 3.--The casualty
list to-day contained cighty-eight
names. divided as follows: Killed in
action. eighteen; died of wounds one:
died of accident. two: died of disease.
ave: wounded severely. two: wounded
slightly. hfty-eight: missing in ac-
zion, two.
Lieutenants Thomas T.. Mooney. OF
san Antonio. Texas. and Dinsmore Ely,
Of Chicago, died as Il result OF acct
dents ana Lieutenant Louis NJ Edens.
Cahcol. Mo. Is reported missing in
action.
Lieutcnants Mooney and Edcns wcro
The only Southern men named in to-
days iist. virtually all being from
Connecticut and Massachusetts, with
s"vera! from New York and Middle
Western states
Publication of casualties were re.
sumed to-day iii the old form with the
names on the lists given out by the
War Department. carrying the home
addresses OF the men.
TIE decision Of the department to
return 20 TIE manner of issuance in
use before Secretary Baker ordered tn.
addresses eliminated ends IL contro-
vcrsy which has waGed between the
department and the committee on pub
.!c information. in which President
Wilson was called TO take n hand
The President decidea that the adj
dresses Should bc made public and
the return. TO the old form is taken
to mean that any military advantage
the enemy might gain from ;hc lists
would not be OF sufficient value to
justify the anxiety occasioncd the rela-
tivcs Of soldiers b. suppression Of this
aid to identification.
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mink OF the food. the water and the
air required for two million people il
crowded into one room. 1t is csti-
mated that your brain has two million
OF tiny cells. each one alive, leading a
separate existence. yet all bound to-
Sether in one small room.
Each one Of your million brain cells
must be fed, watered, ventilated II
you miss one il dies, and has to be
carried away to the graveyard.
Ii you conduct bad hotel Chat is.
your stomach. kidneys. lungs. etc, don't
work righD your brain cells become
puny and weakened and they cant do
their work right Then you get some
chronic disease and wonder how you
caught it. Put vinegar on your face
and go among flies and you have no
trouble: change the vinegar to molasses
and try it-yet it's the same face.
Weakened brain cells mean bad nerve
force: degencrated nerve force means
weak stomach, weak kidneys, weak
liver. weak lungs. etc.
Deadly microbes like weak stomachs.
kidneys. lungs, etc. They are attracted
by them just like the molasSes draws
flies. They regard strong stomachs.
kidneys, lungs, etc, Is tough old dishes
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Here statements
Read them carefully and then ACCORDINGLY. "eu''

Captain s. Patterson Brings n MesnnEc.
There are few people interested in
community work who do not know
Captain S. Patterson and the excellent
work he is doing in the cause of human
ity. Captain Patterson received his Of
flee from the Salvation Army as rec
ognition Of the results of his efforts in
he fight against evil! and lie is rccog-
niZcd as one of the leaders in the great
organization of the Salvation Army
Not long ago many friends of Cap
tain Patterson remarked that he Ger
tainly needed rest, as the strenuous
work of his unceaSing campaigns seem
ed TO he telling strongly on his health
In fact, he became so bad that he was
forced TO take to his bed. Almost i'm
mediateiy after that he again appeared
and started to work with his old time
snap and energy much to the surprise
OF his many friends who could not un-
derstand the change in his appearance
1T is for the benefit of his many friends
and all of mankind who may be suffer
ing that Captain Patterson has consent
ed TO make public statement telling
what caused the wonderful change in
his health. This is what ne saws:
Il suffered from kidney trouble. pains
in the back. nervousness and dizzy
spells. My appetite was poor and |
could not sleep. l had been feeling
very badly for some time when some
friend told me about Dreco and the
good 1t was doing in Just such cases MS
mine. The day procured my first hot
tie OF Dreco l was forced to go home
and go to bed. was suffering intense.
ly that day with the pains in my back
and couldn't keep going. But now I'm
glad to give the message of Drcco to
sufferers. for 1t has put me I'm good
shape. and l now 60 about my work
with new energy and vim. All my trou
bles have been relieved"
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not tit Tor their delicate stomachs-in
tact. they would rather die than live on
such food: but just give them a ba n
Huct or weak Stomachs and they are In
thcir glory: then watch them multiplv
ana SroW-maybc "A million in "A night
Do you wish to serve yourself up as
a delicate dish for these Eluttouous
little vampires? If so just let your svs.
tenn run down, your nerve force get low.
ana they may soon taste your vitals
and invite their neichbors to "A grand
OLD feast. They will commence on your
stomach. kidneys, liver. whichever
seems the most tempting uhe wcakcsD
DO you now see how you may h,y.
contracted deadly disease, and why YOU
possibly have the particular disorder
that YOU have?
How Diseases start
Most diseases start in the stomach
from there they are apt 10 find their
way to the kidneys. liver, bladder and
other organs.
Diseases Of the stomach may come on
so gradually that the patient is hardly
aware Of their approach. But in most
forms Of stomach troubles the nerve
force in the great sympathetic nerve
leading TO the stomach il impaired
This impairs the nerve force in other