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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-16

A French military authority saTH that
Frances only hope q escaping annlhila-
ton lies ln America, which must furnish
at least 3.000.0oo soldiers 70 relieve the
situation.-Leslie's
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-16

A Minnesota Committee OF Public Safe
ty, appointed 20 Inspect camps where
Minnesota men are stationed reports a
shortage OF hospital facilities and a lack
OF cians-I4eslle'
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-16

TAsHnSGTON, D. C.. March 1s.
M II have spent this. morning
with the federal board Tor
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22

unknown to the Bach scale, though the
bagpipes and Oriental music in general
are acquainted with these subdivisions
1t was the swarming note. The queen
was ready TO lead the brood forth upon
its adventures. The spirit, emanating
from her, made itself felt simultane
ouSly throughout the herd.
Instantly, from all quarters of the
crater, the monsters rushed together.
The hydrogen haze rolled far away.
The ocean opened to its summit. Ida
could see the sky above her, and the
daylight. The air became surcharged
with oxygen.
MacBeard, amazed by this develop
ment, rushed in. He sounded the dis
persal. But the swarming note took
precedence of the dispersal, and the
monsters, gathering into gigantic cir
Gle, ignoring the professors CALL began
to scurry wildly about the crater, seek
ing their leader.
MacBeard saw that the creatures
were beyond his control. For the first
time his tuning forks had failed him
He was afraid of being torn in pieces
And up in the cave Sam Clouts
found himself engaged in the most fu
rious tussle that he had ever known
(TO BE CONTINUED
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
CHAPTER XIII.
The swarmlnu Of the Herd.


Davies had correctly OWNED the Sc
cret of the air under the sea. Nature,
who does nothing in haste, had pre-
pared the sea monsters for their
change of environment by bestowing
upon them the property of condensing
the hydrogen in the water in such a
manner as to separate it from the
other constituent of water-oxygen.
But, being too unstable to exist as
separate gas, except under high pres
sure, the oxygen combined with the
nitrogen that sustained the erinoids
and other. plant life at the bottom of
the sea. The resulting combination
was oxygen and nitrogen iu place of
oxygen and hydrogen, or air in lieu of
water.
Masterman, who overlooked nothing,
had explained all this in his letter to
Donald. He had also told him of the
means OF controlling the sea monsters,
Their auditory apparatus being still in
its most rudimentary stage, they heard
sounds only as vibrations.
Masterman had discovered, during
those weeks of exploration and immi
nent danger, that G was the signal foi
DISPERSAL. A. on the contrary, was the
assembly call. The sacriticial bone
yoifs vibrated 80 the sound of A, ans
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22

He passed through the monsters
without the slightest difficulty and eiA-
tered the cave. He was walking e..
actly as a boy walks when he drives
O flock Of geese or herd Of pigs; that
is to say, there was a strafdle in his
step quite different from the rolling
gait of a sailor, and he had his arms
extended. With his lips he made /
kissing sound which resembled
"Shoow
And in front of him, retiring back |
ward, Ida thought she saw a phantom
woman's form But it must have been |
delusion, because it was only by
straining her eyes that she could dis
Germ anything at all; and now and
again the figure seemed to vanish into
the air.
The man was Clouts. AS he passed
her, Ida called to him. Clouts jumped.
He looked at her with a comical ex-
preston of fear on his face.
"Clouts! Where is Donald7 Can
you get me out of here? Take me to
him at once"
Clouts looked terrified.
Certainly, marm," he said. "But
that isn't nobody. There's all sorts OF
shapes and things here, but it isn't a
real person, marin. I'm telling you
this so you'll understand, marm."
He FASTENED past her, and, far ahead
of him, Ida discerned the shadowy
shape of the queen.
"Clouts! Help me! You aren't go
ing to leave met" cried Ida pitifully.
She heard Clouts' muttering tones
come back to her, and he was lost in
the hydrogen haze. She was astound-
ed at his abandonment. Hadn't he un
derstood?
To do the sailor justice, Clouts hao
one of those minds which are open tc
! only a single impression at time
). Just then his mind was open to the
: necessity of keeping Donald's elustv'
!. sweetheart from Ida's knowledge.
4 He could see only the faintest lumi
h Mostly now, and he stood with his arm
4 stretched out to prevent her slipping
! past him. Suddenly he heard singu
: larly melodious sound proceeding iron
Q her throat.
/ It was a note unknown even to Mac
Beard, 1t was, in fact, the demi-seml
10 tone between G sharp and A, which
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
True to Tradition,

An English, Irish and Scottish sol
der were returning to camp after a
stroll. They We're footsore and tired,
and kindly farmer on his way home
from market gave them a lift on the
road.
The soldiers were very grateful and
wished to reward the farmer for his
kindness.
Said the EngIishman: Lets stand
him a drink ~
Sure said Pat, that is agin the
law. Let's give him some baccy =
"Hoot, ma laddiesm interjeeted the
Scot Don't be extravagant, Let's
shake hands with the mon and wish
him good nicht. "-Tit-Bits.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22

Our boys are defending this country
on the high seas and on the land. Our
own defense against a common enemy
is to keep the system clean by Kidding
the body of the toxins, or poisons, which
are bred in the intestines. When you
feel tired sleepy, headachy, when your
breath is offensive, or pimples appear
on the face and neck, it is time to recog-
nize the danger and protect your bodily
health by taking something for the liver
such as DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
The machinery of the body needs to
be oiled, kept in good condition, just as
the guns or machinery of a ship. Why
should human person neglect his own
machinery more than that of his auto
mobile or his guns? Yet most people
do neglect themselves. Their tongue
has a dark brown color, skin sallow,
breath bad, yet they fail to see that
their machinery needs attention.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets have
been known for nearly half century.
They are made of May-apple, leaves of
aloe and jalap made into tiny pellet
and coated with sugar. They are stand
ard and efficacious. You can obtain
them at any drug store in walls for
twenty-five cents. Ask for DR.. Pierce'S
Pleasant Pellets-and get no otherI
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
RESEMBLANCE EASY TO SEE
Kaiser's Code of Morals Really Might
Have Been Copied From Those
of cannhal Chief.

Billy Sunday was condemning Ger
man kultur.
KAISER Wilhelm with his kultur Is
no further advanced" he said, than
the savage cannibal of the tropic
swamps and forests. Yes, the kaiser
is an exact counterpart of Chief
Wawa.
"A missionary penetrated into the
kingdom of Wawa the canuibal chief,
and tried to convert him, but, of
course. it was no go.
do you know the difference be-
tween right and wrong?' the mission
airy asked in the course Of the argu-
ment.
- do that says Wawa.
"Well, then, what is right? says
the missionary.
Its right, says Wawa, when
raid that village across the river, steal
all the girls and cattle and kill all the
/ men.
And what is wrong? said the mis-
4 sionary.
Chief Wawa put on a look of piou
horror and turned UP the whites of hi
eyes. just like the kaiser does, an
then he answered, in a snuffling voice
"'It would be wrong for that vi
lage to do the same to us.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
BoSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

will quiet your cough. soothe the in
f1ammation of a sore throat and lungs,
stop irritation in the bronchial tubes,
insuring a good nights rest, free from
coughing and with easy expectoration
in the morning. Made and sold in
America for ffty-two years. A won
derful prescription. assisting Nature in
building up your general health and
throwing off the disease. Especially
useful in lung trouble, asthma, Group,
bronchitis, etc, For sale in all civil
lied countries.-Adv. -r
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
Teaehlna for Future Endeavor.

If the teacher knew what field Of
endeavor each pupil would seek in la
ter life, he would be greatly helped in
making school plans. In the case Of
boys he can rarely know, for the en-
Payments of men are many and unlike
and unforeseen circumstances often
determine what their vocation is to be.
In the case of girls, however, the diff
Guilty is not so great, for of hundred
girls more than eighty will become
homemakers; they constitute so large
a group with a common life business
that special studies and methods
adapted to their needs may fairly be
required of all.-Youth's Companion.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
MADE USE OF STEAM POWER
Centuries Ago, Men Were Familiar
With Its Possibilities, but Did
Not Develop Them.

A real curiosity in the United States
patent office is a working model of the
first steam engine, built by clever
inventor named Hero a century and Il
half before Christ was born.
A modern engineer would call it
steam reaction turbine. 1t consists of
a spherical vessel piYoted on an axis
and supplied with steam through one
of the pivots. The steam escapes
through bent pipes in opposite direc-
tions, thus causing the globe to re-
volye.
Hero was the first steam engineer.
Having hit upon the idea that the ex-
panSive energy of steam could be used
for power, he developed a number OF
devices for its mechanical employ
ment.
One of them was a hollow altar, be-
meath which fire was built Under
the altar was a vessel containing wa
4 ter. The latter, converted into steam,
! opened the temple doors by pressure
upon a pair of vertical posts on which
the doors swung. When the fire cool
ed, the doors closed automatically.
The ancients 1000 years and more
ago used steam power for turning spit
and various other unimpOrtant pur
poses. But it does not seem to have
occurred to them that this source o.
energy might be made available fol
mechanical utilization on large scale
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
Ashes for Garden.

In this day of great scarcity of pot
ash wood ashes are coming into their
own as one of the best fertilizers
known. Not one ounce of wood ashes
should go to waste In any home where
there is garden.
Keep a box large enough to hold sew
eral bushels of wood ashes, and into
this put the ashes from an ash pan.
Then. when the box is filled, sprinkle
the ashes over the garden. Potatoes,
grain, and all garden vegetables do
better by being fortified by wood
ashes
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
Korean Gods Under German influence.

Koreans are great rumor mongers,
Some stories they spread are fantas-
tically absurd. One recently prevail
ing among the country people, because
no rain fell for many days, was to the
effect that the long drought was due
to German influence with the gods, in
revenge for the part Japan has taken
in the war, says East and West News.
Predictions of famine were current
among the Korean farmers and recent
heavy rainfall has not altogether re-
moved the anxiety felt among that class
of people on the peninsula.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
Retribution.

R. D. Cooper, president of the Dairy
mems league, said at a banquet in
New York:
Farmers should marry. A bachelor
farmer is a solecism. No farmer,
though, should marry Il wife as he
buys a tractor-for the work he can
get out of her"
Mr.. Cooper smiled.
"The farmer who marries,7 he ended,
thinking he can do nothing without
a wife, is apt to discover afterward
that he can do nothing with her"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
Easy.

Brown (who is engaging a parlor
maid during his wife's absenee) And
why did you leave your last place?
Comely Applicant-Well it--it-was
for letting master kiss me, sir.
Brown-Ahemi You-h'm - may
consider yourself engaged.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
PERUNA- The Greatest
Human Vitalizer

Mr.. VIM. A. Hartman, 2171s South
Iecond ST., Muskogee, Okla, writes:
During the winters of 1897 and
1898, / was SO badly afflicted with
catarrh of the head and thought I
must surely die from it After try
ing many doctors and all other
recommended remedies made known
to me, was induced to use Peruna.
was cured entirely by using twelve
bottles of Peruna ard one bottle of
Manalin.
Since that time, have never been
without Peruna. use it for colds
and as a general tonic during Spring
and Fall months and find it the
greatest human vitalizer"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
Quite Frequently.

Examiner--How is Central America
divided?
I'upil-By earthquakes
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
Official Approval.

"He says I'm nice enough to eat"
"Official praise, my dear. He's food
inspector.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
Modern Blindness.

Husband-Did she look out of sight!
Wife, can't imagine any person
with sight wearing such gown.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22

The Quinine That Dses Not Affect Head
Because of its tonic and laxative effect, Laxative
Bromo Quinine can be taken by anyone without
causing Nervousness or ringing in the head Tn ere
is only one "Bromo Quinine." H. W. EhDNHs
signature Is On box. Doc.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22

Hokus-"I like n girl who is re-
served" Pokus-"So do l. if she is re-
served for me- Life.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22

One seldom meets a strong-minded
thinker who is capable of whiStIing a
popular tune correctly.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu-
late liver, bowels and stomuch.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
I,,,no-+an. - Nothera

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, ard see that it
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
WILLING to Be Wise.

"a wise man changes his opinion"
I'D like a chance TO change my opin-
ion about this climate
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22

Doctor-Don't mention it. / happen
to have another patient in the neigh
borhood. so l can kill two birds with
one stone.''
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
A BRIGHT Outlook.

Lady-Tm sorry, doctor, that l had
TO send and ask you to come such a
long way.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22

Those who object to liquid medi.
cines can secure Peruna tablets.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-01-26

pounds. Then you see gun crew, af-
ter getting orders to leave their un-
derground dugouts, dash to their posts
and commence rain of shells on the
Germans, and an observation balloon
going up. If the bag is hit by the
enemy's fire the observer descends in
a parachute.
The red blood is sent rushing
through your veins when you see the
Cameronian Scotch Rifles dashing
across 'no mans land" and raiding
the enemy's trenches, then returning
with valuable information.
The spectators are next taken to
near Monchy, where they see the Ger
mans shelling the British positions,
the field artillery pressing the re-
treating forces; doctors and stretch
er-bearers going across "no mans
land" while the battle RACES, to take
care of the wounded. Next the audi
ence is shown how the retreating
Hun destroys everything in his wake.
Beautiful forests and orchards,
houses, cathedrals, and everything
that appears above ground is razed
bv these brutes. There is a general
view of the village after the battle; :;
engineers at work on the Somme
river; the Australians returning
amidst cheers from their comrades,
and the wonderful "tanks" see-sawing
across the trenches.
The whole grim panoply of war
passes in review, giving the audience
a vivid picture Of the task that, lies
ahead of us.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-01-26
Cost Of Living Goes Higher.

According to the bureau of labor.
statistics Of the Department Of Labor,
in the year from November Is, 1915,
to November Is, 1917, prices. of food
as whole advanced % per cent.
Potatoes is the only article that shows
a decline in price. Corn meal ad-
vanced 81 per cent; bacon, 81 per
cent; pork chops, 4S per cent; beans
80 per cent; salmon, SO per cent;
milk, SO per cent; and lard, 27 per
cent. Food as whole was 48 pc,
cent higher on November Is, 1917,
than on November Is, 1918, and 4e
per cent higher than on November Is
l1914. During this four-year perioe
corn meal advanced 127 per cent
flour, 109 per cent; lard, 104 per cent
bacon, II per cent; sugar rs per cent
and potatoes, 72 per cent. No articl'
| declined in price.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-01-26
TEST SEED BEFORE PLANTING
Corn Probably Damaged to Great Ex
tent by Severe Cold Weather.

John M. Parker, food administrator
for Louisiana, asks that this message
be given to the farmers of the state:
Farmers throughout Louisiana are
urged to carefully test the germinat-
ing strength of all of their corn be-
fore planting.
s'The early frost damaged great
deal of corn, and the phenomenal
cold weather since that time has
frozen great many ears, due to the
excessive moisture jim the corn. At
least five grains off pf each ear should
be tested in a testiAg pod to see that
the corn is good, ST lbng and vigorous.
We don't want al waste time or
waste work this yeaa md it would be
q grave pity for ssners TO plant
imperfect1y mad l}e and be m
able to derive an. from their
toll and labor.
s4This matter is very important, and
we hope will be given the greatest
possible publicity by the press of the
state, as good seed are necessary to
produce good crops, and for that rea-
son the opening paragraph Of this re-
quest is urged upon all of our agricul-
tural population.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-01-26
PAINLESS III PATRIOTISM.
You Can Help Win the War While
Really Benefitting Yourself.

painless patriotism" doesn't
sound very nice seems to be akin
to Stacker or something Of that kind.
You think Of a painless patriot" in
much the same vein you think Of q
person who shouts his loyalty from
the housetops, but doesn't back it up
with deeds. Painless patriotism" is
patriotism that costs nothing. But.
you can be a painless patriot" and
still do much to help send our flag
into Berlin. You can fight the war on
food waste. You can find nourishing,
palatable substitutes for the foods
that are eded-beef, pork and NUT
ton, wheat, sugar and fats. That is
the kind of painless patriotism"
that would help drive Prussianism
from the earth.
Pork, beef and mutton have dis
tinct places as munitions in this war.
Never has there been b greater ne
cessity for their export. If we
would have those people over in
Europe remain in this war, we must
send them meats. 1t would be almost
| negligible sacrifice for US to eat
more, poultry, game, fish, shellfish,
other seafoods, more vegetables, in
order that what we save in red meats
may cross the sea to help bring US
victory.
Fats are fuel for fighters. We have
them over here. In Europe the sup
ply is utterly Inadequate to meet the
actual needs of the soldiers and peo-
pie behind the lines. IL we substitut-
ed vegetable oils for part of our fats,
we could send them lard and other
meat fats with little inconvenience.
If you would reduce your consump-
ton Of red meats, wheat, sugar and
fats, you would do much to win this
| war. And at the end of year, more
than likely, you would be in better
physical condition than you are to-
day-and the people in Europe would
be strong and healthy, instead OF
starving and anaenic, as they surely
will be if we fail to give them the
food that is needed by fighters. To:
lday there is not enough food in the
world to feed all Of the world and
have any left over to be wasted
Waste food and you are wasting lives
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-01-26
"The Sea Master"

William Russell is at his best in
this picture, which will be the We'd
nesday offering at the Grand. He is
a master of men who rules his crew
with hard fist, the repulsed lover
who humbly tries in every way to
gain the love Of his wife, and the
father who handles the tiny baby with
all the tenderness Of a woman. There
are variety of fights. In one, RUS
sell, single-handed, battles against
fifty men in notorious Barbary coast
resort. In another, stripped to the
waist, he gives unmerciful punishment
to one of the members of the crew.
And most dramatic Of all is that in
which, climbing up the rigging to the
very top of the ship, he and one of
the crew, sitting astride the mast,
battle with one hand, the other hold
ing them to their lofty perch until
Russell succeeds in sending his op-
ponent headlong into the sea. Won
derful Photographic effects are dis
played in scenes showing storm at
sea with the lightning Illuminating
the decks, and the lowering of the
sails in driving storm. The story
is very dramatic one.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-01-26
"Gates of Cladness.''

The manner in which a little girl
brings about the reconciliation of two
brothers who had been estranged is
told in "Gates Of Gladness," which
the Grand announces as it's attraction
for Thursday. The brothers both
love the same girl, but the younger
brother wins out and marries her de-
spite the fact that he is disowned by
his father for so doing. A daughter
is born to the couple, and when at
the age of eight years she is brought
into the home Of the elder brother by
a strange set of circumstances she i'm
mediately causes sunshine and glad
ness to replace the shadows and gloom
which had formerly hovered over the
house. Madge Evans plays the role
of the daughter, and George Mac
Quarrie is seen as the elder brother.
The most magnificent country estate
ever shown in motion pictures figures
in this picture.