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JUST PART OF DAILY GRIND
Wounds and Death Mere Incidents to
American Soldiers When Duty
Sounds Its Call.

There We're four of them, and their
gun to a wooded hilltop commanding
the enemy lines. 1t was not very far
to look at. But they had to crawl the
entire distance under fire. All night
long they crawled, except when they
frCZe into stiffness under the light of
the star shells. Before they We're half
way there. two of them were wounded
and had TO work their way back to the
lines over the same perilOuS ground.
The other two kept on. The danger
increased as they approached the top
of the hill. Both of them We're bleed
ing from flesh wounds. Both were
spent with the exertion of the lons as
cent drag,,ing their gun. But their
only thought was to do what they had
come to dc. Just at dawn they round
e., the top of the hill. The first thing
they saw were two German officers
standing with binoculars sweeping the
American lines. Quick as thought,
without waiting to place their gun, one
"Yank held it while the other fired.
The officers went down, and the enemy
guns woke up. The two boys made
cover with their gun and answered the
fire. Before the day had fairly broken,
they had CLEANED out" the nest OF
enemy guns ana had their own gun
advantageously placed.
This is just an ordinary episode Of
daily life at the front.-From Red
Cross Scrap Book.
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swim and swim. Whenever l was hot
could always get cool, and on the
cooler days there We're glorious long
country walks to take.
Yes" continued Billy, 81 had a
glorious time. l couldn't have had a
better time l had splendid food, good
care, all the wonderful dog playmates
| could have asked for, and of course
my wonderfulA kind mistress. And
do love to hays all the bathing want
in the hot summer and the country and
the flowers and the great meadows
Sometimes, too, we had automobile
rides, and you know dogs are up-to-
date enough to like automobiles ~
Indeed we are" said Buster. 1--WE
do like to ride in automobiles, shifting
the air, enjoying all we see as we ride
by. Yes, we enjoy it hugely"
I've told you about my summer"
said Billy. Now tell me about yours"
well" said Buster, Il did Just
about the same things as you did |
bathed in the water-my water was
also lake. And l had automobile
rides. nice playmates and good walks.
But there was just one thing which
happened this summer I'll never for
get. My mistress had to come to town
one day to do some shopping. She
came in an automobile and she brought
me too. After 1 got in town I became
so hot, but in the shop where we went
there was some water to drink and
there were bowls marked For Dogs
Wasn't that fne?" And Billy agreed
t was fine and thoughtful.
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GREAT MASTER OF THOUGHT
Influence of Aristotle on the Minds of
Men Has Been for Two Thousand
Years Supreme.

Aristotle was the most famous and
influential Of the Greek philosophers.
He was born 3S4 b. C. and died in 800
b. G. In the history of western civil
cation there is no example OF any 9th
er philosopher having eXerted so great
and so permanent an influence on the
minds of men as Aristotle For nearly
1000 years his authority was not only
predominant, but almost despotic, in
all countries where the light of learn
ing had penetrated. During the dark
ages" when little attention was paid
portions of Christian Europe, the
philosophy of Aristotle was encourag-
ed and his works diligently studied in
the Moslem capitals of Bagdad and
C0rdOva. On the revival of letters in
Italy and other parts of Europe, Aris-
totle reigned for time in the schools
without a rival.
After the reformation his influence
decreased, and for nearly 200 years
after the time of Bacon the works of
Aristotle were almost universally neg
lected among the learned in Europe.
Toward the close of the last century,
however, attention was again directed
to them. His true position in the realm
of intellect is admitted to be fully
equal, if not superior, to that of any
other of the great masters of thought
that the world has ever seen.
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seat Of government the little nation
| first thought was to express her graft
| tude to the Commission for Relief i'll
| Belgium for preserving the lives of
millions of her citizens.
Germany, on the other hand, need
not figure In such a map for Ameri-
| cans because there is no present indi-
alton that we shall be called on lit all
to take thought for the food needs of
Germany. Germany probably can care
for her own food problem if she is
given access to shipping and is enabled
to distribute food to the cities with
dense populations, which are the trou-
| BILE centerS.
j England, France, the Netherlands
and Portugal, all of which have been
maintained from American supplies,
have sufficient food to meet immediate
needs, but their future presents seri-
Gus difficulties. The same is true of
Spain and the northern neutral coun-
tries-Norway, Sweden and Denmark
whose ports have been open and who
have been able to draw to some degree
upon foreign supplies.
Most of Russia Is already in the
throes of famine, and 100000 people
there are beyond the possibility OF
help. Before another spring thou
sands of them inevitably must die,
This applies as well to Poland and
practically throughout the Baltic re-
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NOT GOOD JUDGE OF POETRY
One Explanation for NapoIeon's Pecu-
liar Worship at Shrine of Second
Rate Writer of Verse.

The curious partiality which Napo-
leon showed for the poems of Ossian,
particularly "Temora," puzzled his
contemporaries, as it since has his BIZ
ographers, says the Christian Science
Monitor. 1t is related that he carried
a beautifully bound copy of Ossian
with him to Egypt, and that on being
read passages of the Odyssey by the
poet Arnault, while on board ship, he
contemptuously exclaimed: you call
that sublime! What a difference be-
tween your Homer and my Ossian,"
and, reading some passages from "Te-
mora" he said, This is grand, and
sentimental and sublime! OSsian is
poet, Homer mere drivel." Napoleons
preference for the works of the myS-
terry poet of the North continued
throughout his life. He was reading
Ossian in 1897, and a well-thumbed
copy was among his books at ST. He
lena. There have been many explana-
tons given for so strange a literary
preference. The Countess de Montho-
Ion unkindly remarks that Napoleon
was VIGOROUSLY deficient in his sense
of rhythm and that therefore poetry
which was not poetry at all as far as
French prose, suited him very nicely.
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DADDY Ev[NDM
ARY TALL e.
DOGS TALK OF SUMMER.
~ MARY RAHAM BONNER

"Bow-wow bow-wow," barked Bus
ter. the big black dog, in a very
friendly fashion, wagging his tail as
he barked.
"Bow-wow. bow-wow," barked Billy,
the dog with the brown, shaggy hair.
well, what sort of summer did
you have" asked Buster.
Fine" said Billy. How about
you? Did you enjoy yourself?"
Il most certainly did" said Buster
"How long have you been back in
town.
For several months" said Billy
"How long have you been backT"
For about the same length of time"
answered Buster.
Now both these dogs were city dogs
Their mistresses did not know each
other very well so the dogs did not
meet often, but sometimes they met
each other walking in the park and
often had a little froic on a nice soft
part of earth which they called their
playground. In the spring this piece
of ground was soft and green but in
the autumn it was covered with leaves
which were brown and yellow. The
dogs always loved this part of the
park though, and very few people
seemed to come to it, SO they felt 1t
was almost like having private park.
Its strange we haven't met before
this autumn" said Buster.
"Well, my mistress has had a good
deal of shopping to do" said Billy.
$50 has mine" said Buster. I'VE
haven't been coming to the park quite
so often and at the week-ends, or the
days at the end Of the week, we have
been visiting various people who live
at the seashore or in the real country.
We've had some fine visiting to do.
and we've done it all right" continued
Buster
"We've had some good times too
since we've returned to town." said
Billy.
"Well," asked Buster, please tell
me about your summer. Where did you
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Deserves a Better Job.

We climbed into q motor accompan-
led by Marcus. Marcus, by the way, is
one of the characters Of the unit, Ma
jor Theodore Waters writes in the
Christian Herald. He is more than
that; he is an Institution, is Marcus
product of the peculiar stress
through which Jerusalem has passed.
He says he is Il years old. But he
looks much younger and acts much old
err He can read and writes English,
Russian, French and Arabic, and he
passed through all the regimes, Turk
ish, German and English. and he has
taken toll of each in the acquiring Of
languages and baksheesh. Yet, strange
ly enough, he is both Industrious and
honest and is the sole support of his
widowed mother. If you would know
what he looks like, imagine a gnome
about three and a half feet high, as
broad us a brownie and as brown as a
berry, with two big dark eyes tha&
shine out of the middle of a perpetual
smile.
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A food map of Europe today shows
not a single country in which the flu
ture does not hold threat OF serious
difficulties and only 1 small part which
is not rapidly approaching the famine
point With the exception of the
Ukraine only those countries which
have maintained marine commerce
have sufficient food supplies 10 meet
actual needs until neNl harvest, and
even in the Ukraine, Wills >tores accu-
mulated on the farms, there is famine
in the large centers Of population.
Belgium and northern France, az
well as Serbia, appear on the hunger
map distinct from the resi- of Europe
because they stand in "A different rela-
ton from the other nations TO the peo-
pie of the United States. America las
for four years maintained the small
war rations of Belgium and northern
France and Is already making special
efforts to care for their increased
afrer-the-war needs. which, with those
OF Serbia, must be included in this
plan, are urgent in the extreme and
must have immediate relief.
The gratitude of the Belgian nation
for the help America has extended to
her during the war constitutes the
strongest appeal for us to continue our
work there. The moment the German
arries withdrew from her soil and she
was established once more in her own
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REALLY NO TROUBLE AA Al
Possibly American colored Cook and
French Baker Belonged to
the Same Lodge.

The American Red Cross canteen at
DIXON, France, boasts the possession
of Tom, a colored cook from the state
of Georgia. Saturday nights Tom
makes something special" The last
Saturday in August the special was
chocolate layer cake. Thomas had no
suitable oven, and so without the aid
of a single word of French he induced
a nearby French baker to loan his
idle ovens.
How did you do it, Tom?" Miss
Field, the directress, asked him.
"Oh, l jes' told him that these here
boys of ours would certan'y appreci-
ate it if he would bake a little cake
for 'em. An he didn't make no fuss
bout it. 'Certainment,' he says, and
so 1 puts the cakes in the oven, an
that's all there is to it."
Tom replied Miss Field, you are
a wonder"
That is what our boys said when
they ate the cake.
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Austrian Child-Slaves.

The report of parliamentary COM
mittee appointed to Investigate condi-
ti0rs surrounding ci.ild labor in Aus
tria discovered Il most deplorable con-
dition, according to the Arbeiter lei
tung of Vienna. More than one-third
of all schoolchildren are engaged in
some kind of work. In some districts
all the children of school age are work
ing. Out of every 100 schoolchildren
between six and eight years, Is are az
work; between nine and ten, So be-
tween eleven and twelve, 80, and be-
tween thirteen and fourteen, 81. Two
ffths of these children have been
working from the time they were five
or six years old.
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The first knowledge of the Hopi In
dams by Europeans was in July of
1o40, soon after Captain General Don
francisco Vasquez de Coronado had
found the famed golden Seven Cities
OF Cibola in the poverty-stricken pu-
eblos of Zuni. In the summer he sent
westward an exploring party, headed
by Don Pedro de Tovar.
Though the very name of the tribe,
"Hopitu, means peaceful people," the
Spanish chronicles of their land, known
as the province of Tusayan, showed
that of all southwestern Indians they
have resisted encroachment most, and
have, till very lately, generally re-
fused the rninistration of Christian
teachers. About the time of the Span
iards' coming they transferred their
habitations to the mesa tops, wherein
they now live in a half dozen villages
to which the women pack water up
steep and rocky trails.
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DELIGHTED IN HIS FREEDOM
Youngsters Chief Enjoyment of Va
cation Came From His Defiance
of All ConventionaIities.

The best sort of vacation and the
only kind that really is a benefit to
the one taking it. according to Lewis
WeiSenberger IS the one on which all
conventional rules of conduct are
broken. To enjoy vacation one must
do absolutely as he pleaSeS, MIR. Wei
senberger continues.
In proof of this contention Mr.. Wei
senberser tells the following story on
q young lad with whom he hibernated
in the wilds of Michigan for several
weeks TINS summer.
The campers had taken q large sup
ply of towels with them, as bathing
was expected to feature the holiday
events. IN arrival at camp each mem
Der of the vacation, party received his
apportionment Of the towels and the
lad was duly included in the division.
On the second day Of the vacation
week Mr.. WeiSenberger was surprised
to find the young lads supply of
towels packed securely away in one
corner of the cottage, thus far I'M
touched. He Immediately summoned
the lad and inquired whose towels
he had been using. since his own sup
ply was undiminished. He was not a
little taken back by the lads reply:
CAV, l didn't wash my face yeSter-
day"
Even with face unwashed and tow
els untouched, the young barbarian
probably enjoyed the vacation trip
more than did any other member of
the party, Mr.. Weisenberger says.
And the reason for the lads enjoy
ment he believes, is the fact that he
violated all rules of personal etiquette
innocent of MISUNDERSTANDING
News.
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Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure catarr-
hal deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness
is caused by an inf1amed condition OF
the mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it sentire-
ly closed, Deafness is the result. I'm
less the Inflammation can be reduced
and this tube restored to it's normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever. Many cases of deafness are
caused by catarrh, which is an in
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts
thru the blood on the mucous sur
faces Of the system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Catarrhal Deafness
that cannot be cured by Halls Ca
tarrh Medicine. Circulars free. All
Druggists. Use.
FL CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
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Aerial Postal Service.

Negotiations for aerial postal serv-
Ice have been completed between the
British and Dutch governments, and
Holland is very busy making final ar
engagements. The journey from Am
sterdam to London would take but one
and one-half or two hours. The Dutch
military airmen, who have been in
training since the beginning Of the
war, are to act as pilots and the min
istry of war is lending full co-opera-
ton to the scheme. On the same lines
an air service between Amsterdam and
Groigen is also being arranged. Ground
for large airdromeS is being prepared
near the Dutch metropolis.-Scientitlc
American.
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AN AMERICAN ARMY OFFICER

Just returned to his home in Wash
ington after commanding his battery
at st. Mihiel and the Argonne, reports
that on reaching Paris the day the
armdstice was signed his first idea OF q
fitting celebration was a bath and a
dinner which should be a relief from
the daily diet OF bully beef on the fight.
ing line
What did you ind to eat in Paris ?"
he was asked.
We'll, you can't get any butter, or
sugar, and there's no milk to be had,
and no eggs"
When an American officer, whom
the joyous Partisan populace dragged
from his taxi and carried along with
kisses and salutations ON the greatest
festal day in history. hailing him al a
hero and a deldverer Of France, was
denied butter and sugar, milk and eggs
on his first day back from the front.
the grim truth shows plainly that
these things are practically impossible
to find. To children, old people, sick
people and the wounded men in hos
pitfalls, they are indispensable foods.
The United States Food Admtnistra-
ton says: The need to ship food
overseas is greater than ever today.
Don't stop saving!
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gions, with conditions most serious In


Finland.
Bohemia, Serbia, Roumania and
Montenegro have already reached the
famine point and are suffering IL heavy
toll of death. The Armenian popula-
ton is falling each week as hunger
takes its toll, and in Greece, Albania
and Roumania so serious are the food
shortages that famine is near. AL
though starvation is not yet imminent,
Italy, switzerland, Bulgaria and Tur-
key are in the throes of serious strin
gencieS.
In order to fulfill Americas pledge
in world relief we will have to export
every ton OF food which can be ham
died through our ports. This means at
the very least minimum of 10000 600
| tons compared with 100000 tons pre-
| war exports and l1,S20,O00 tons ex-
ported last year. when we were bound
by the ties of war to the European
| allies
If we fail to tighten the black spC )
| on the hunger map or if we allow any
portions to become darker the very
peace for which we fought and bleC
will be threatened Revolt and anarchy
| inevitably follow famine. Should this
happen we will see in other parts Of
Europe a repetition of the Russian de-
bacle and our fight for world peace
will have been in vain.
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COAL PRODUCTION CUT.

The Influenza epidemic cut anthra-
cite coal production 100000 tons, &C
cording to the estimates of the United
States Fuel Administration. Another
half million Of tons was sliced from
expected production when the miners
joined with the rest Of the country in
celebrating the signing of the armis-
tice.
These are the reasons that make 1t
necessary for every person possessed
of anthracite to get the utmost posi-
Bile good from 1t. There is not enough
anthracite for the needs of every
household.
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How Indians Tell Time at Night.

To ascertain the time at night the
Apache Indians employed a gourd on
which the stars of the heavens were
marked. AS the constellation rose in
the sky the Indian referred to his
gourd and found out the hour. BY
turning the gourd around he could tell
the order in which the consultations
might be expected to appear.
The hill people of Assam reckon
time and distance by the number of
guilds Of betelnut chewed. 1t will be
remembered how, according to Wash
ington Irving, the Dutch colonial as
sembly was invariably dismissed at
the last puff of the third pipe of to-
bacco of Gov. Wouter Van Twiller.
A Montagnis Indian of Canada will
set up tall stick in the snow when
travelling ahead of friends who are to
follow. He marks with his foot the
line of shadow cast, and by the change
In the angle of the shadow the oncom-
Ing party can tell on arriving at the
spot, about how far ahead the leader
is.
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GoIhna Prospects.

An artillery officer, who had been
fairly well known golfer and keen
enthusiast, was looking out across a
rolling plain in France that only re-
Gently had been heavily pounded by
shell fire.
1--WE seen some well trapped
courses" he said "but l must say this
is the best bunkered course I've ever
run across. There's pit every 20
feet. Par here must be about 600"
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APPLE AND BEET CONSERVE,
(OmciaI Reoine1

IOuCldI ISOUlQC.I
Tart apples, diced. / quart; beets,
diced, l quart; syrup, II cup; juice
Of / lemon and chopped rind if de-
sired.
Pare and dice the beets. Cover
them with water. and cook them until
they are tender. Remove the cores
from the apples and dice. Add the
epplss. syrup and lemon Juice to the
bssts, and cook the mixture until 1t Is
clear. Instead of storing the con-
serve in Jelly glasses, 1t may be spread
on q platter and dried IN a slow oven
or In the sunshine. It should then be
packed between parafin paper in CON.
tasnsrs that with bs free from dust and
taAscts.
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One Way Out.

Two hluciackets We're in the wash
room washing clothes, preparatory to
the weekly inspection. They were both
regulars and had enlisted for four
years. One of them had been in the
service one year, and was rather tired
of being on the station so long, and
expressed his sentiments to that effect.
The other, looking up at his discon-
tented puddle" said, "Well, if you
don't like it, give three years notice
and quit the navy"
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A USEFUL PAIN
Cambridge People Should Heed Its
Warning.

Cambridge People Should Heed Its
Warning.
Have you sharp pain or dull
ache across the small of your back?
Do you realize that it's often a
timely sign of kidney weakness?
Prompt treatment is a safeguard
against more serious kidney trou-
bles Use Doan's Kidney Pills. Prof
it by a Cambridge residents expert
ence.
Mrs. Charles N. Paul, POI Gay St.,
Cambridge, says: Last winter |
suffered terribly with a rundown
condition of my kidneys and. my
back gave me great deal of pain
and misery. To stoop over sent
sharp pains like a knife thrust thru
me. My kidneys were irregular in
action which caused HE annoyance.
l surely was in a miserable state I'M
til l got Doan's Kidney Pills at Brad
shaw's Pharmacy. Three boxes rid
me of the trouble"
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Paul had. Foster ilburn Co.,
Mfgrs, Buffalo, N. Y.-Ady.
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Tho mouthful you waste may BIZ
withheld from a child in want.
Greed here means need abroad.
Accurate Shooting.

In France u German plane, swoop-
ing around a farmhouse, was startled
and soon driven away by very accurate
rifle fire. At least the firing was ac-
curate enough to convince Fritz that
he was in no safe neighborhood.
. But he didn't know that the rifle
was being handled by a lieutenant col
onel in the American army, who, ca
ragged at the audacity of the hostile
birdman, grabbed the weapon and soon
had the supremacy of the air" in that
particular locality well under control.
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'Iemme see one o. dem cuckoo
clocks" said Mr.. Erastus. Here you
are" Gould you kind o. change de
tune a little?" whats the idea?"
Il wants an alarm clock l don't take
to desc hasty an excited alarm clock.
If you could train one O desc to cackle
like a chicken l could wake up spry
an hopeful every time"