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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-03-08
CHAPTER XIII.
My First Official Bath.

Right behind our rest billet was a
large creek about ten feet deep and
twenty feet across, and It was a habit
OF the company to avail themselves OF
an opportunity to take Il swim ana NJ
the same time thoroughly wash them
selves and their underwear when on
their own, We were having Il spell Of
mot weather, and these baths TO us
were a luxury. The Tommles would
splash around in the water and then
come out and sit in the sun and have
what they termed n "shlrt hunt" Az
first we tried TO drown the "cootles, -
but they also seemed to enjoy the bath,
One Sunday morning the whole sec
Sion was In the creek and we were hay
ing gay time, when the sergeant ma
DOR appeared on the scene. He came
10 the edge Of the creek and ordered :
"Come out Of II. Get your equipment
on, drill order and fall in for bath
parade, Look lively my heartes, You
have only got fifteen minutes" A howl
OF indignation from the creek greeted
this order but out we came. Dlscl-
pline is discipline. We lined up in
front Of our billet with rifles and bay
Onets (why you need rifles and bayo-
nets to take bath gets mel, full
quota Of ammunition, and our tin hats.
Each man had a piece Of soap and a
towel. After an eight-kilO march along
a dusty road with an occasional shell
whistling overhead, we arrived at a
little squat frame building upon the
bank OF creek. Nailed over the door
Of this building was large sign which
read divisional Baths" In wooden
shed in the rear we could hear a
wheezy old engine pumping water,
We lined up in front Of the baths,
soaked with perspiration, and piled
our rifles into stacks. A sergeant Of
the r. a. NJ, c. with yellow band
around his left arm on which was
IS. p" (Santary police) in black let
tiers, took charge, ordering us to take
off our equipment, unroll our puttees
and unaCe boots. Then starting from
the right of the line, he divided US
into squads of fifteen. happened to
be in the first squad,
We entered Il small room, where we
were given five minutes to undreSs
chen filed into the bathroom. In here
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-03-08

We were to dig an advanced trench
two hundred yards from the Germans
Che trenches AT this point were six
hundred yards apnrD,
Two winding lanes, five feet wide
had been cut through our hurbed wire,
for lhe passage Of the dggers, From
these lines white tape had been laid
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-03-08
CHAPTER XIV.
Listening Post.

It was six in the morning when we
arrived at our rest billets, and we were
allowed to sleep until noon; that is,
if we wanted to 20 without our break
fast. For sixteen days we remained
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The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-21
GHOSTLY ISLE OF MYSTERY ON
 ALASKA COAST

Lonely in it's solitude, stern and forbidding, wrapped in eternal mist drowning and sullen, about 80 miles to the southwest of Kodiak stands Chirokof, the island of ghosts. Surrounded by dangerous reefs, and stormy seas, it is at best uninyit- inc a nlace and Is seldom visited unless stress and storm makes a landing there imperative.
 Nature has made the place re- pulsiye and legend has added to It's terrors. Natives passing give the place wide berth, and nothing short Of dire necessity would cause them to land there, preterring to take the most desperate chances with storm and sea rather than set foot on it's inhcsDitable shores for. legend has peopled the island with ghosts, whose walktngs and moaeings and the clanking of whose chains strike terror to the stoutest hear. Those whom neces- sity nave compelled to stop there tell narrowing tales of the unseen inhabitants of that desolate place, of the moans and cries which filled the air during the hours of dark ress, and drove them at the first opportunity to seek other shelter. For Chirokof, according to the leg ends of the natives, was the pris- on of tho early Russian inhabitants of Kodiak. To this bleak and des- olate island were banished the of- lenders against the Russian law or the edicts of the officials in con- mand of the Russian settlement.
 Tales of horrible cruelties visit ed upon these unfortunates are handed down in the Native legends; hcw the offenders loaded with chqins were landed at Chirikof and left to their own resources. There was no escape, and the unfortun- ates prey to the horrible sufferings from hunger and exposure eked out terrible existence until death re- lieYei them of their sufferings.
 Many years have passed since the last of these unfortunates pass ed away, but their restless spirits still moan according to the tales of the Natives, this bleak and deso- late island filling the air with their lam mentations and the clanking of their chains. So vivid are these stories that even the white men shudder as they pass the unhallow- nd spot, and, like the Natives, they pass It by without landing. No lure Of possible mineral wealth induces the hardy prospector to visit this avesome place, it is summed by all, and 80 dark and sullen 1t lies untenanted except by the wild fowl and its ghostl3 inhabitants.-Val- deH Miner. .
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The Travellers Test.

The eminent traveller James Bruce was highly touchy whenever his ve- racity was called iuto Ques ion. It hap pened that when dining out one day at a friends house Ome oc tEc guests ob- served that 1t was impossible that the natives of AbySSinia could eat raw meat. Without making any reply Bruce forthwith left the table and before long returned from the kitchen with piece of raw beefsteak. pepperCd and salted in the AbysSinian fashion. Placing thls in front of the guest. who had doubt ed his word, he said, sir, you will eat this or fight me-" The guest pre- ferrcd the former alternative. There upon Bruce calmly observed, Now, sir, you will never say agatn that 1t Is impossible"
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STRATEeY OF THE BoER.
De Wees Clever Escape When Hsmmsd
 In by the Enemy. .


 Of the three great figures that emerg- ed on the Boer side In the war of de- fense that developed after Ladysmith, Botha, De Wet and Delarey, De Wet was the most impressive. His face was a study in resistance, says Harold Spender in General Botha-The Career and the Man.. Looking on him, one could understand the fear that be in spired in his own men. But 1t was his schemes of escape, almost miraculous in their cunning. that perplexed an em- pire and puzzled planet.
 One evening after long days march 80 he told us-all his wanderings seemed to have come to an end. The lights of the British blvouac fires twin kled from every point of the horizon. De Wet, as was his wont, went apart from his men and sat alone in dumb despair Then there came to him soft ly one of those wonderful scouts who served him so well. The scout had dis covered a slight gap In the British lines between two regiments that were not quite keeping touch.
 In moment De Wet was on his feet. Within an hour every horses foot was muffied with cloth or wool and every gon wheel was swathed. The Boer camphrss were lighted and were left burning brightly. Then the whole Boer force crept out through the darkness of the night in utter silence, penetrated the gap In the British lines and started on new course of fugi- tive warfare.
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FEAT OF THE OREGON.
Her Historic Trip Around Cape Horn
 to Santiago Bay.

Her Historic Trip Around Cape Horn
 to Santiago Bay.
 At the outbreak of the war with Spain the battleShip Oregon was order. ed from San Francisco to the Atlantic coast. She left San Francisco on March 19, 1898; arrived at Callao, Peru, on April IS, where she took on coal; reached Sandy Point on April IS and took on more coal; reached Rio de Janeiro on April 30; Bahia, May O; BarbadoeS, May IS, and Jupiter inlet, Florida, on May 24. The entire dis tance run was 1l,Tl6 knots at an eX- pendlture of 4,155 tons of Coal.
 While at Rio dc Ianciro Captain Clark. who was in command of the Oregon. received word that the Span ish torpedo boat Tcmcr&riO had sailed from Montev.dco with the intention of destroying the Oregon. Cap,a!n Clark notified the Brazilian authorities that If the Spanish vessel entered the har- bor she would be attacked. The Teme- rario did not enter the harbOr
 In the battle of Santiago Bay the speed of the Oregon enabled her to take q front position in the chase, in which she forced the CrlstObal Colon to run ashore to avoid destruction from the OrcSon's thirteen Inch guns. The Oregon also prevented the escape of the NiLCaya.
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Sinaina CriekeSs.

In Japan if one will leave the hotel and the tourist office and the cocktail drinkers and go out into thc real native quarter there are enrl ;h things to in- terest any one. One i'd man passes with his load of criCkets. which sing in hot weather and are kept in cages like so many canaries. These gentle crea- lures make a noise like a squeaky axle, and one hidden under the hood of a twelve cylinder car would subject the most careful chauffeur to scUrn. They are caught with birdlime and mako nice little pets, cheap to buy and not requiring gasoline for the upkeep.
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Subscribe fer the Daily Alaskan)
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Always 9 MsY.

"I am beginning to fear" said the Rev. MT. Goodman, that may be in- jecting too much humOr into my ser mons. The congregation may fall Into the habit of neglecting to take me se- riouSly"
 "Oh, don't worry about that, dear" his wife replied. Whenever you be- gin to notice that they are not taking you seriously just ask them to raise your salary. ry."-ChicagO Herald.
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please send me the Graphic for

please send me the Graphic for a year.
 l certainly enjoy the dear old home town paper. am glad, to see you are putting the liquor out of business, we are having a hard fight in Skagway, since the sa- looms went out of business one man was fined $9OO.OO, others smaller amounts.
 Twenty miles up the line from Skagway 1t is 30 below zero to- night. Skagway is not So cold. Our Red Cross here is doing good work, we have made several large shipments of surgical dressings Knitted garments also. l have charge of the knitting class which meets every Tuesday. My youngest nupiI is little Ruth Stevenson, b years old, she is the daughter oL Andrew Stevenson, president of the Bank of Alaska. She has aOou' completed a pair of wristlets, that would be g credit to any grown I'D. She takes great interest in the Red Cross work and comes every Tuesday, wears the Red Cross put ton, sits and knits the two hours "' are there.
 hope some day before many years to return to see all my good friends. Any of this letter you care to publish you may, will try later to ge, q few new subscriptions for the paper. Wishing you a Merry Xmas and a happy New Year.
 Your friend from the frozen nortl
 (Mrs.) J. w. SHEARER'
The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-21

During the winter season of regular srsn ser vice will be maintained South Bound between SAS way and whenOse trains both eFminal' on pu Fridays <. -
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Eaoer lnuuirers,

Don't you think conundrums are rather silly"
 "No. We consider them very useful when they keep the children asking one another questions instead of send ing their parents to the encyclopedia." Washington Star.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-21
RESTIGOUCHE LADY
 WRITES OF ALASKA

The following story was printed in The CampbelltoH Graphic, and shows that the world at large is in terested in what the people Of SkagYay ara doing.
 skagway, Alaska, Dec. Sd, 1917 MT. H. B. Anslow, Dear Sin:
 Inclosed find $2,00 for which
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,N-;t;,c For tke Chancs.

Afarks-Mv old aunt had not been dead twenty-four hours when her par. rot died too. Parks The poor bird oieu of grief I suppose. Marks-No; poison.
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Thh Diffarance.

The Impecunious-It is just as easy to love a girl with money as to love one without 1t. The Heiress-But 1t isn't so easy to get her.-LOndon Tit Bits.
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cLEANLY WOMAN.
Thinks by Securing Her
 Scalp That She Cures DnndruR.

SCalD mt sue NAANN
 Cleanly woman has an erroneous idea that by securing the scalp. which re- moves the dandrufr scales, she Is curing the dandrufr She may wash her scalp every day. and yet have dandrufr her life long. accompanied by falling hair. too. The only way in the world to cure dandrufr Is to kill the dandrufr germ. and there is no hair preparation that will do that but Newbro's Herpicide. Herpi- eide by killing the dandrur germ, leaves the hair free to grow as healthy Nature intended. Destroy the cause you remove the effect. Kill the dan druH ge-m with Herpicide. Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. In stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co.,, De- troIt. Mich.
 One Dollar bottle, guaranteed.
 At all Drug StcESe. AdV.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-21

Inclosed find $2.OO for which
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CottaQes.

The term cottage" was first applied to a small house without land in the year 1275.
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To Yukon Territory Atlp District, IAtersOS AaskS.
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PAraian Aouses.

Every Persian house is constructed On plan of secrecy. No windows are visible from the streets.
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GROWTH OF IMPROVED ROADS
provements Come When There
Is Strong Demand.

The history offgood roads affords q
striking example of the fact that in
ventions, discoveries and public inn
provements take place only when
there is an insistent demand for them.
In early times, when each family lived
largely to itself, there was little COM
merce in the articles produced on the
farm and consequently little need for
transportation. AS large cities devel-
oped the demand for roads on which
products might be easily transported
grew.
Two of the most recent causes for
the improvement of roads have been
pleasure vehicles. Twenty-Five years
ago the bicycle began to come into
common use and the cyclists made
vigorous demand for roads on which
they might ride. Unfortunately, how
ever, paths for bicycles were construct
ed in many places in lieu of improved
roads. The invention of the automo-
bile, however, has meant real step
toward better roads.
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His Limit.

Il understand Mr.. Rasp," began the
suaye stranger, "that you once voted
for the Hon."
"Yes," admitted old Rupus Rasp. 81
voted for him a good many years ago.
Also once applied my youthful tongue
to an ice-coId sledge hammer. Like
wise, / once paid tuition to CORE
spondence school of growing tall by
mail and thereby becoming irresistible
to the ladies. But it won't do you any
good to produce that fiat package which
l observe outlined through your coat
and which suspect is a simple vol
ume Of Great Flights of Oratory by
American Blatherskites, for while
own up to having been a fool in my
time it infuriates me to be called. even
by implication. hopeless durn fool
Kansas City Star.
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Those who object to liquid medi-
cines can secure Peruna tablets.
Would Help in Winning War.

Mr.. Serre suggests that the cult
walton Of Palma Christi for castor oil
would not only prove of great advan-
tage to growers in Trinidad, but
would also be of great help to the
allies along the various battle fronts,
and that the Palma Christi could, JIM
cidentally, be planted where it would
form a useful and temporary shade for
young cocoa and coconut trees. He
mentions that one of the chief fer
tilizers used in Bermuda consists of
castor-oil cake imported from TIE Unit
ed States at rather high cost, while
throughout those islands Palma Christi
grows wild.
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GOOD
ROADS
FAME FROM ITS GOOD ROADS
improved Streets, Smooth and Dust.
less Highways Around PhiIadel-
phia Advertises City.

Good streets and smooth, dustless
country roads, have been means Of
Advertising and giving added impor-
lance to Philadelphia, not only through
out the United States and Canada, but
abroad, according to William III. Con-
nell, chief of the bureau of highways,
Philadelphia Inquirer states.
Highway experts from scores Of
American and European cities, as well
as engineers representing practically
every state in this country, have
studied the progress made by Philadel-
phia in dealing with one of the great
est of municipal problems, that of road
construction and maintenance, and
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Harold a Patriot.

Harold Irby, eleven years old, $40
West Thirty-ninth street, has the kind
of patriotism that is willing to make
the sacrifice of a treasured belonging.
Harold decided to sell his electric
Christmas tree illumination system and
give the proceeds to patriotic cause.
The equipment was sold through an adj
vertisement for one-half of its cost and
the money will be divided between the
Red Cross society, of which he is a
member, and the Y. NJ. c. A.-Indian
apolis News.
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GET GOOD HIGHWAY SYSTEM
Not Difficult Problem if County or
Township is Willing to Use
Common Sense.

How to get good road system is
not difficult problem, if county or
township is willing to be guided by
common sense. The first step is to EN-
ploy competent highway engineer.
He will make a study of traffic condi-
tions, ascertain where the main market
lines with a type of surfacing material
that will be less expensive than that
required on the main market lines, and
vet will at the same time meet all traf-
fic requirements on the feeder lines.
The main lines, If built Of concrete, will
be permanent and cost less to main
tain.
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Improved Road Near Philadelphia.

have requested information regarding
the specifications used, the processes
followed and other data pertaining to
the work as carried on in this city,
Chief Council said.
Within the limits of the city, motor
lists, most critical of road users, can
travel for more than $50 miles by di-
verse routes, without experiencing the
slightest difficulty because of poor
roads or dusty ones, the head of the
highway, bureau asserted. Visiting
tourists, impressed by this fact, have
heralded the reputation of Philadel-
phia as the city of good roads through
out the country, he said. The improve
ment, in many instances, has been
made at comparatively little expense
by means of surface treatments. varied
70 meet the demands of the occasion,
he pointed out.
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He Must Have Run Them.

DIR. ]. p. Naylori head of the ply
sizes department of De Paul univer-
sity, was walking down slippery
sidewalk and, hitting particularly icy
place, fell down.
III. NJ. Gorrell, Doctor MAYORS assist
ant, was following him. ''YOu are
somewhat of an architect, aren't you,
doctor" asked Gorrell.
FLOWS that?" asked the professor.
"You are making blue prints."-In
dianapolis News.
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B0scHEE's GERMAN SYRUP

will quiet your cough, soothe the in
fiammation of 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 fifty-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
ICED eouptries.-Adv.
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A StickIer.

Banker Henry p Dawson said at an
artists banquet:
Gentlemen l once went in for paint
ing myself, I enameled bathtub.
MY friends sought to discourage me
in my artistic aims. They said: It's
no use going in for painting unless YOU
stick to your work
Gentlemen, | did So"
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chanoino MIX for Calf.

4 The time to change the calf from
whole milk to skim milk depends upon
the development Of the calf. II 1t is
healthy It may be changed to skim
milk at the end Of the second week.
out the third week would be better.
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How to Place CuIvert.

Where a culvert is placed in a road
on hillside to take care of the drain
age collected in an uphill ditch, it
should be placed across the road point
ing in the direction of the flow Of the
steepest grade.
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Peruna Relieved
My Cough
Mrs. Gertie Ebhardt, 21s East First

Mrs. Gertie Ebhardt, 219 East FRS
St, Kewanee, Illinois, writes.
Il have taken six bottles of you,
Peruna for a cough, and l am all
we'll. went over to see neigh
Dor ono day and I had a terrible
cough and my eyes were sore. She
gave me half bottle of Peruna last
November, and 1t did me SO much
good that bought a bottle, and then
when ] had finished that ] got an
other, and SO on until have taken
almost six bottles and I feel like a
new woman. I am fifty-nine year1
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Ready
Bobby would kiss you if thought
no one would see me.
Flossy-Shall l close my eyes?
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Win the War by Preparing the Land
Sowing the Seed and Producing Bigger Crops
Work Joint Effort the Of the United and Canada
COOPERATIVE
The Food Controllers of the
greater food production Scarcely 600 bushels
able be the allies before the Upon the
the United States and Canada supply
Every Available Tabs Acre Must Contributes Every Avaabe
Farmer and Farm Hand Must Assist
Western Canada be seeded but
and appeal the United States allies for for seed
ing operation.
Wheat Production Last Year va. 900 Bushss the
Demand From Canada Alone for 1919 Is AGO. Bushels
this she She
The Government the United
help do farm in
developed first of help
ever We spare supplied
We to direct him there
Apply Employment Service and will tell where
tscrveth combined interests
Western Canada's help will be required later than April 5 Wages
competent help, $50 90 and board And lodging
who respond this viii welcome wages
and hnd comfortable homes They viii
! mile from Canadian boundary Destination and
particulars and places where Be had
apply u s. EMPLOYMENT 3EavoEs oEpaaTmE1r Of Do1
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rocking chair which revolves on
circular base has been invented for
railroad cars.
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False teeth are one thing, but false
tongue behind them is another.
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.Sloth wears out the body and con-
Tumes the mind.
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/ Feel as
! Did
Twenty
Years Ago.

old, and since have taken the Pc
runa, feel as I did twenty years
ago. will always keep Psruna in
my house,"
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Why She's Barred.

Il haven't seen a milkmaid in must
cal comedy for long time"
Evidently you haven't followed the
trend of girl shows
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"A milkmaid is supposed to wear
some clothes, even ON the stage
Birmingham Age-Herald.