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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17
Conservation.

Jimmy is small ten-year-old and
very unpopular with the family just
now. He reckOns time from Il bag full
of ill-gotten marbles. and has reduced
the use of soap and water to a fine
point. The other morning he was, as
usual, late at breakfast. Finally his
father mounted the steps a few at a
time only to come on Jimmy in the
bathroom door looking cOmplacently
into his mothers hand mirror.
"What are you doing with that mir
ror?" his father asked brusquely.
"Trying to see which part of my
face to wash" he answered promptly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17
BEAUTY HINTS
FOR YOUR HAIR
How to Prevent It From Growing
Gray.

There is no occasion for you to look
unattractive or prematurely old be-
cause Of gray, streaked with gray,
white or faded hair. Don't let this
condition with its look of age rob YOU
of your youthful beauty and the won.
derful opportunities which life offers
No matter how gray, prematurely gray
lusterless or faded your hair might be,
ia Creole" Hair Dressing will re-
vive the color glands of nature-prO-
mote a healthy condition of the hair
and scalp-and cause all of your gray
or faded hair to become evenly dark,
soft. lustrous and beautiful. This
preparation is not a dye, but an ele-
CANT toilet requisite which is easily APP
piled by simply cOmbing or brushing
through the hair.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17

Eliminating Wear and Tear.
Romeo SwOre by the moon.
Saving daylight" he explained
New York Sun.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels. Ad.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17

1t Is the will and not the gift that
makes the giver.-Lessing.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17
The Way of Il.

"Could you get anything out of that
handsome fool at cards?" YES; /
did the handsome thing"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17

What has become of The good old
stock of men who went through the
school of hard knocks?
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17
Accounting for Il.

"He wrote me very lame apology"
"But, then. you know, he's sprained
his wrist"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17

but only the staging by which char
acter may be built.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17

Good reading acts upon the mind
like furniture-pOlish in the parlor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17

Don't mind a little dust-except to
mind the example dust sets by quick
~ settling.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17
PaternaI PiQuancy

PaternaI PIQuanCy.
"Say, pop, do airplanes fight in the
war zOne?"
mo. my son; they fight In the
ozone"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17
IA CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING

to prevent your hair from growing
gray and to restore a beautiful dark
color to gray or faded hair. Sold and
guaranteed by all good drug stores
everywhere, or sent direct for $1.20
by Van vleet-Mansfeld Drug Co.,
Memphis, Tenn.-(Advt.)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17

A woman usually has a rug in front
of the mirror to cover the hole in the
carpet.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08

With the American ArmieS.-Greater
iaurels daily are being won by the
French light tanks which are cooper
ating with the American forces In
pushing the Germans back toward the
Rhine.
Among the many individual featS of
the tanks and their drivers which have
come TO light, one of the most interest
ing Is that of Brigadier Collier. who
has been decorated with the cross of
the Legion Of Honor for his work in q
light tank which enabled 15 American
soldiers to capture 700 Germans.
Several hundred of these tanks led
the counter-offensive from the Nillers-
Cotterets forest in July, which marked
what appears TO have been the turning
point of the war. They broke through
the enemy's lines. destroying his ma
chine guns, overcoming strong centers
of resistance and spreading panic and
decentralization in the German ranks.
Where the infantry was preceded
by the chars d'aSSaut," as the French
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08

through three or four men. These
corpses looked like heaps of rags or
discarded uniforms and equipment. so
closely did they overlap one another
No Trace of Nervousness.
But. despite all. the Americans
marched forward. stopped three or
four times q day for meals. and then
made camp. and slept at night amid
the horrible surroundings without ever
doing more than showing a surprising
preliminary interest In the matter. II
they saw a corpse In khaki they looked
IT over closely to see If they knew who
1t a Only occasionally did they
have time TO inter 1t that was left TO
the burying parties that followed them
up. AS they walked through woods
and fields to get water or supplies, they
implanted rifles, bayonets down. In the
ground to mark the spot Of every dead
American they discovered
But there was no trace OF nervous
ness and no evidence OF any OF the
men worrying or brooding over the
fate Of their fallen comrades. The
corpses were entirely impersonal to
them and never ratified even the new
est recruit
The doughboys showed no back
wardness about appropriating Luger
automatic pistols. the most priced
souvenir TO be had, from dead Boches,
nor did they hesitate TO pluck off we'll
camouiaged helmets from the pates of
Hun cadaverS.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08

stretched along the ground and in
working order, call up headquarters 10
tell them, This is the new post at
~Squeedunk give US a ring to see how
she works" along comes another Boche
shell and cuts the communication.
There's nothing TO do but go out and
find the cut and fix IL, and probably
more Boche shells are trying TO make
more cuts In communication, or even
cut you of.
The signal corps had wires every
where, In bushes, along h ground, on
poles left by the Boches. underground,
through ruins. Headquarters say they
never had such quick service, and they
were never out of communication with
regiments longer than the few minutes
1t took q signal corps man to inspect
he wires n repair q break.
\ signal corps man was stringing
some wires across n wheat field. Some
war this" ne said. 81 haven't had O
sleep for more than two days. l sup
pose I'd fall asleep on the job If it
weren't for these shells that come
whistling along. Duck. There comes
one !"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08
AMID
HORRORS OF WAR

had been told TO maintain their
strong point positions until death. and
In most cases they followed orders.
The dead were IN the distorted POSI-
tons that indicated how the end had
come to them. Those killed In ma
chine-gun pits were smashed to bits,
the effect of hand gren:des and bombs
which American advance guards had
tossed in among them after working
round their TANKS and getting in be-
hind them.
Occasionally n saw German snip
ers or machine gunners sprawled fiat
on the ground at the foo of q tree
after they had been shot out of their
camoufaged positions among it's foil
age. The most sickeping sights were
where bodies of the enemy had at
tempted TO make stands in bitches or
beside sunken roads and had been
trapped by American enflade machine
gun fire. The deadly automatic rifles
had ripped through whole lines Of
Germans. and investigation frequently
showed hat every mans body was
pierced by even or eight bullets and
that frequently the same bullet passed
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08
HARD DAYS FOR THE CROOKS
New Draft Law Makes IL Easy to
Hunt Down Criminals

Cleveland.-It's getting harder every
day for an honest crook to get by. Po-
lice here are not satisfied TO hunt
crooks in the regular way. but are go
ing out of their line to look them up.
according to the plants of the under
world. 1t isn't enough to make them
give UP their easy life, earned at the
expense OF the city, to register and go
TO war, but o the local police are go
ing 10 get a lot more of them by means
of registration cards for the draft.
Many of the robbers and other Grim
inals have escaped detection through
a series of aliases, but with their reg
istratton under the eighteen to forty
five call they had to make known their
right names. and police assert that it
will be "easy picking now TO gather
in a nunlhes Of men who have been
wanted for some time.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08
SERVANT LACK AIDS HOTELS
Scarcity of Help in Homes Sending
Families 10 New York
Hostelries.

New York.-Although the fuel prob
lem which developed In New York
homes last year is TO q great extent re-
sponsible for the unprecedented bust
ness of the apartment hotels this fall,
there have been new developments
which increase the influx of apartment
hotel dwellers throughout the city. The
greatest individual reason is the serv-
ant problem
Persons who have lac servant stats
for years without a change have been
known 70 lose as many as three In a
single week lately because of unprece-
denied demand for experienced help
and the prices offered for it
The apartment hotel habit Is easily
formed, and with the scarcity of fuel,
scarcity of help. scarcity of suitable
apartments and scarcity of rams TO &C
complish large movings the fact that
there is hardly an apartment hotel va
cancy left In New York is not especial
ly remarkable.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08
HUN SELLS SUPPLIES SEIZED
French Forced by Germans to Pay in
Coin for Rations They
Once Owned.

With the American Troops In
France.-Renewed evidence of German
ruthlessness in dealing with h civil
Ian population of invaded territories
Is contained in Il captured army order
It prescribes the treatment and the
procedure I o be followed In q section
south of the VeSle river (Marne sail
ent).
All the inhabitants capable of work
ing, the order says, must be used for
the needs OF the army, regardless of
their age. Their salaries are to be
paid in paper currency at the q OF
so cents q day IS the s1aximum for
men 10 cents for, men and women be-
tween the ages Of seventeen and TWEEN
ty and 80 cents for boys from fifteen
TO seventeen.
The inhabitants, however. must pay
In French gold or silver for their ra-
tons. The supplies, of course. were
taken from the population before be
ing sold back to them.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08
SAFE, GENTLE REMEDY
CLEANSES YOUR KIDNEYS

For centuries GOLD MEDAL HARLEM
Oil has been a standard household remedy
for kidney, liver, bladder and stomach
trouble, and all diseases connected with
the urinary organs. The kidneys and blad-
der are the most important organs of the
body. They are the filters, the purifiers of
your blood. If the poisons which enter
your system through the blood and stom-
ach are not entirely thrown out by the
kidneys and bladder, you are doomed.
WEAKNESS. sleeplessness. nervousness,
dependency, backache, stomach trouble,
headache. pain in loins and lower abdo-
men, gall stones, gravel, difficulty when
urinating, cloudy and bloody urine, rheu-
matism, ~sciatica and lumbago, all warn you
to look after your kidneys and bladder.
Ali these indicate some weakness of the
kidneys or other organs or that the enemy
microbes which are always present in your
system have attacked your weak spots.
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules are
what you need.
They are not a patent medicine" nor
= new discovery" For 200 years they
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08
GUILD MOTOR MAIL SLEIGH
Vehicle Designed for Mail Delivery
Work in Alaska Completed
for Government.

Cleveland, O.-The governments
first motor sleigh. designed for mail
delivery work in Alaska, has been
completed here and shipped TO the
West coast. where 1t will get a test
tour before eaering the regular work
Of delivering mail in the frozen North.
The machine was invented by f. c..
Horner. former Clevelander, who for
several years has been with the motor
transport service in Washington. 1t
is 25 feet long, three feet wide and Is
expected TO at least 100 miles of
ice or snow track a day with a burden
of SOC pounds of mail. Present deliv-
cry in the field the sleigh will enter is
made by dog teams.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08
sreWsome Sights of Battle Fail
to Shake Nerves of
Ianks.
LUCKILY ADAPT THEMSELVES
Admiration Of French and British Vet
Grams Is Aroused by Conduct Of
Americans on Bloody Bat
tlefields of France

With the American Army.-The cal
lousness and steady nerves of fresh
American troops In recen advances
have gladdened the hearts of veteran
British and French who have observed
them, as well as filed with pride their
own officers.
The horror of warfare Is more ap-
parent during an offensive when an
army is advancing than at any other
time; even during a defensive action
In a retreat. Attacking troops advance
over the enemy's positions, dotted with
dead and dying. then dig in and fight
among the corpses and manned. Often
in a c~ounter-attack they are temporari-
ly thrust bag a few yards, and there
dig in and fight again, this time among
the bodies of their own fallen COM
rades.
When their advance becomes deeper
and the enemy's retreat more general,
rs In Von Boeh1n's retirement from the
Marine TO the Vesle, the terrain be
comes even more CHASTITY. A wide belt
OF country IS Uttered with dead men
and dead horses. The advancing army,
eager 70 maintain contact with the
enemy at oil times, has no time to
bury or burn these corpses. respec-
lively. The supporting troops follow
ing up the advance guards must live
and eat among these grewsome sights.
Never Feased Them.
Fresh, untried Americans, who had
not seen the friSntfulness of war. al
though they HAD been trained in Its
artifce and had been in thp line in
quiet sectors. -raversed the CHASTITY
country like veterans, never turning
a hair at the sight of dead, friends
or foes. even when they came upon
uch sights as Reddy farm, Bellevue
farm, Cierges, Seringes ct Nesles and
Sergy.
In these places, particularly the
first two mentioned, the bodies of the
Prussian Guardsmen were literally
lying In heaps, for these picked troops
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08
They Have to Work Rapidly as
Fight RACES.
Wire Connection is Prime Necessity
No Matter How Fast Shells
May Fly.

With the American Army in France.
The signal corps men had to do some
fast work during the recent fighting
TO keep up with the infantry and TO
keep communications always open be
tween headquarters and the villages
newly captured where the doughboys
were.
The signal corps was h connecting
link between the infantry, artillery.
ambulance service and headquarters.
It's no cinch being the signal corps
after a division that is continually
gaining ground.
LAS soon as the infantry makes a
push you have TO get a telephone line
strung into the farthest ruins or woods
or wheat field, nc matter low many
German shells are scattering madly
over the area.
Then. about the time you get a wire
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08
Trust Me! Try Dodson's Liver Tone!
CaIomeI Harms Liver and Bowels
Read my guarantee! Liven your liver and bowels
and get Strengthened up without taking sicken-
ing calonnel. Don't lose a days work.

mercury and attacks your bones. Take
a dose of nasty calomel today and you
will feel weak, sick and nauseated to-
morrow. Don't lose a days work.
Take q spoonful of Dodson's Liver
Tone instead and you will wake up
feeling great. No more biliousness,
constipation, sluggishness, headache,
coated tongue or sour stomach. Your
druggist says If you don't find bod
sons Liver Tone acts better than her
rible calomel your money is waiting
for you.-Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08

specific for influenza-the disease must
run its course. Nature herself viii
throw OF the attack II only you keep
up your strength The chile danger
lies In the complications which may
arise. Influenza so the bodily
resistance that there is danger Of pneu-
monia or bronchitis developing and
sometimes Inflammation OF the middle
ear. or heart affections. For these
reasons. IT Is very important that the
patient remain in bed until his
strength returns-stay ii bed at least
two days or more after the fever has
left you. or y you are over SO or not
strong. stay In bed four days or more.
according 20 the severity OF the attack
EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS.
In order 10 stimulate the lining OF
the air passages 70 throw on the
grippe germs. to aid in IooseninE the
phlegm and Keeping the air passages
open. thus making the breathing cas-
Ter. Vick's NaPoRub viii be found ef-
f~ective. Hot, wet towels should be p
Piled over the throat chest and back
between the shoulder blades ro open
the pores. Then Weeks should be
rubbed in over the parts until the skin
IS red. spread IN thiCkly and cover
with two thicknesses Of hot fsnnel
cloths Leave the clothing loose
around the neck. as the heat or the
body Iberates the ingredients in the
form OF vapOrs. These VapOrs. IN
hailed with each breath. carry the med
lCatlon directly TO the parts affected
At the same time. YapoRub IS p
sorbed through and stimulates the
skin attracting the blood to the sur
face and thus aids in relieving the con-
gestton within.
HOW TO AVOID THE DISEASE.
Evidence seems to prove that this
is a germ disease. spread principally
by human contact. chiefly through
coughing. sneezing or splitting SO
avoid persons having colds ~ which
means avoiding crowds common
drinking cups. roller towels. etc Keep
up your bodily strength by plenty OF
exercise in the open air ana good food
KEEP FREE FROM COLDS.
Above all keep free from colds. rs
colds i~rritate the lining of the air pas
sages and render them much better
breeding places for the germs
Use Nick's NapoRuh AT the very nrst
sign OF a cold For n head cold. melt
a little in a spoon ana luh--e the va
pors. or better stiII, Use NagoRuh III "a
benzoin steam kettle II this is not
available. use ar ordinary tea-kettle.
FIJI half-fun OF boiling water. put in
half a teaspoon OF NapoRUb from time
to - the kettle 5ust slowly
boiIing-inhale the steam arising
Vick's VapoRub can be mad in three
sizes-30c. 60c. SI.20-at all druggists
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08

ca;l them, the advance was three miles
a day.
1t was these same French light tanks
which preceded the Americans In their
advance upon Juvigny and Terny on
the scissors plateau. One of them.
manned by a lieutenant. killed more
than 200 Germans on the plateau.
Documents that have come into the
hands of the Fre-ch staff show that
the Germans are greatly worried by
the light tanks and are studiously
coaching their men in methods Of de-
Tense against them
The light cars have the advantage
of greater speed and of being more
easily handled than the heavier tanks
They require a crew of only two men,
a driver and a gunner, n carry n
one-and-a-half-inch gun and q machine
gun.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08

have been a standard household remedy.
They are the pure, original Imported IIaar-
lem Oil your great-grandnIotHer used. and
are perfectly harmless. The healing, soath-
ing oil soaks INTO the cells and lining II
the kidneys and through The bladder. ariv-
ing out the poisonous germs. New life.
fresh strength and health VIII come as you
continue the treatment. When complete
~ restored 70 your usual vicdr. continue
taking a capsule or two each day they VIII
keep you in condition and prevent a re-
turn of the disease.
Do not delay q minute Delays are es-
pecIally dangerous In kidney and bladder
trouble. All druggists SCH GOLD MEDAL
IIaarlem Oil Capsules. They VIII refund
the money if not as represented. GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules are i'm
ported direct from the iaborator5es in Hol-
land. They are prepared in correct guam
tlty and convenient FORM, are easy 10 take
and are positively guaranteed to give
prompt relief. In three sizes, sealed pack
ages. Ask for the original imported
GOLD MEDAL. Accept no substitutes-
Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08
Acid-St0maCh lakes
Millions Weak and
Miserable

this acid-stOmach is allowed 10 tear down
and use up day after day your strength
and vitality faster than you can get Il
out Of food you eat Life is indeed dark
and dreary for a prison with acids .om-
ach.
You crave health. strength. the power
and viii 10 think and act-don't your
You want 70 feel full OF pep and energy.
fine and ft, always eager for work o.
pleasure.
Then you must rid your stomach OF
Its excess acid. You can start doing II
right now. A wonderful modern medi-
cine has made IL possible to literally wipe
out the excess acid. This remedy is called
EATONIC. Ii IS made in pleasant tast-
ing tablets and you take them just like
a bit Of candy.
And. my. how good EATONIC makes
you feeli II banishes acid-stomach mis-
cries like magici Makes the stomach cool,
sweet and strong. Helps you 10 get full
strength out Of your food SO that. in
turn, your body and brain are vigorous.
alert and keen
EATONIC is absolutely guaranteed. so
get Il big soc box from your druggist. If
IT does not help yon your money will he
refunded. If your druggist does not keep
EATONIC, send your name and address To
the Eatonic Remedy Company. 101S $.
Wabash Ave. Chicago. Ill. and they VIII
at once mail you a soc box and you can
send them the money for II after you re
ceive It.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08

There's no reason why q person
should take sickenlng. ~saIivating Gallo
mel when a few cents buys a large
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone-a per-
feet substitute for calomel.
1t is a pleasant, vegetable liquid
which will start your liver Just as
surely as calomel, but It doesn't make
you sick and can not ~salivate.
Children and grown folks can take
Dodson's Liver Tone, because 1t is
perfectly harmless.
Calomel is a dangerous drug. 1t IS
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08
HAND MIRROR SAVES LIFE
Used to Make Signals of Distress b
Survivors of T~orpedoed
Steamer.

London.-A woman's hand mirror
vas the means of saving so lives from
the t~orpedoed liner Galway Castle.
Among the survivors on a raft was g
woman who took from her handbag a
mirror and suggested one of the
sailors use it for making photographic
signals.
The attempts was made and the sig
nails brought up a destroyer at full
speed which took off the survivors
from the raft as well as a number of
sailors clinging to wreckage.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08

For years dentists have been telling
Us that it's acid mouth that ruins the
teeth, yet this acid that Is powerful
enough TO eat through the harder than
bone enamel OF the teeth and decay
them. IS tasteIess. Its presence can be
detected only By chemical tests.
No chemical test Is needed to tell you
that YOU have acid stomach.
Indigestion. belching. heartburn. sour
stomach. food repeating. that miserable
pufed up feeling after eating, intestinal
pains. headaches. etc. These are all
Natures warning to you. They are
sure signs Of superacidity.
Acid stomach prevents proper diges-
ton and ASSIMILATION. thus causing the
blood 10 become thin and impoverished
as a result OF which people become sal
l1W skinned. emaciated. sick and bad
looking.
Acid stomach causes stomach and in
t~estinaI fermentation. producing poisons
and toxins which. absorbed into the blood
and carried throughout the system. cause
auto -iRt0xicatiOn. insomnia. nervousness,
irrirahility. mental depression. melan-
cholia. dizziness. vertigo and oftentfmes,
valvular heart trouble and heart failure
Acid stomach causes irritation all
along the intestinal trRct-irrftation SO
severe ana aggravating as to frequently
result in catarrh and even cancer OF the
stomach.
What chance. then. has anyone for
robust health, happiness or success II