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You Can Rub and Rub and Rub
But Your Rheumatism Remains

even come from these external appl!-
cations.
Remove tho cause. and there will bs
no PAIN. The proper treatment, there
iore' is a remedy that purtics the blood
Scores of sufferers say that s s 6 bas
clcansed their blood OF Rhcumatis,n
by removing all trace OF the disease
from their system. If You wish to in
diligently treat Ehcuma tisin, 20 tn
your drug store to-day and get a
pottic OF = = s.. take it as directed
and YOU Will soon be on the way back
TO perfect health. Then il Won ,vunt
any special instructions, write orr
physician all about your symptoms. and
he VIII give You all necessary in
'strnctions regarding your own case.
Tor which no charge is made Address
swift Specihc Co, l. 265 Swift Labora-
tory, Atlanta, Ga--Adv.
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find telephone sct. Tho other end
OF this set was established in an
eetaminet in little French village
eleven kiios distant. His confederate
was so situated on the road that troops
coming into the village had to pass the
door. AS troops only march at night
while in the fire sector. his confederate
could safely figure out that the missing
troops would be quartcrcd in his viii
aSe until the next night when. under
cover OF darkness, they would start
for the next village, and would have
10 pass the point in the road by the
old church. He would Immediately
telephone this information to the
farmer. who would change his horses
accordingly. The hill. on which he
ala his blowing could be easily OBJ
served from an observation balloon
IN the German lines. and thus the
signal was given TO the German artil-
lery
We still carried on with our third
degree. and got further valuable in
formation from him
II in the blowing. two gray horses
were used on two consecutive after
moons IL meant that the use Of the
ROAD had been indefinitely discontinued
for troops and supplies
Inoer strong guard which con-
ceatcd itself in the hedge the farmer
was made 10 use Two grayS f. two
afternoons. Tho scheme worked For
weeks aftcrward that road was only
occasionally shcllcd, and our troone and
supply trains used il at will Tho spv
at 'ne other end was rou,slcd up. ana
Doth were taken TO the base and sho,
we reported back to old Poppcr.
expecting 10 he highly commended for
our work. and we werc--I don't think
All the blooming Brighter said was.
Wen. you certainly took long
enough to do II. | have damn good
nina TO send you back To your units
lor Incompetence and inef'icicncy.r
We saluted and left.
GU sec. wc didn't deserve any
great credit. because il was only
through lucky chance that NO s,um.
nled ovHt tho clue so guess Old
Pepper was right after an"
After finishing his story, Curly turnod
TO us and asked:
Don't You think it was pretty nif,v
''''''
We agreed that 1t was.
After few minutes more the partv
broke up and turned in
'ihe title OF the next story in this
series !s The Lone Tree con,;,,n,
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MINISTERIAL DINNER
Hennfor MRpp md DIR. Cecil to He
Principal Speakers nj Annual

The third annual dinner OF tho Min.
lsterial Union Of Richmond will he hold
AZ the J. NJ. G. a.. Seventh and Grace
streets. on Tuesday evening, January
-. at o'clock. An informal rereption
viii preccdc the dinner.
Following the opening address by
Rcv. George ". kcmpcr, state Soua-
TOR q. Walter Mapp will deliver an
ADDRESS entitled VIII the Church Sur
''Ne 'he war followed by a discus
sion OF The Nineteen Eighteen ont
look by Rev. Russell Cecil u y
musical program will also be rendered
All those expecting 10 he present
are requested TO notify Rev. Thomas
y. Smoot, j.. h., so that proper ar
engagements for their reception may
be made
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Liniments by the Gallon Will
Never Make d Cure.

II rheumatism could he cured Ivy
rubbing the painful parts with lini-
ments and lotions. there would he no
Rheuma tism to-day. For enough 'lini-
mcnt has been used by the average
sufferer to float his body In.
Has his Rhcuma tism bcen cured ?
ASK him. Has anything but tempo
rary relief been obtained? Has not the
pain promptly returned, so that the
old process Of rub. rub. rub must begin
all over again? Ask any ono who has
ever been afflicted with this painful,
torturing disease and they will admit
that nothing but temporary relief has
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sound the exact location OF the German
gun. which was later M; out Of action
ny concentrated mach!ncgui, fire from,
their section.
or course. We all listened very in
tently. but IL was an old story TO us.
because wc were the guns crew which
had accomplished the feat that Honey
was describing. but anything was bet
ter than listening TO that sinE-sonG
droninE Of book knowledge which the
sergeant had been pumping into us
for tho asst hour and halt
The sergeant glanced at his watch
and dismis scd us. We diSmounted our
gun, Put it in its box and stored it
away in our billet. then VIC rcassembled
under an apple tree in tho orchard, and
while the rest Of us indulged in shirt
hunt. Hungry went after our ration OF
tea. Hungry was sure on the job when
it came 10 eating. Pretty soon he re-
turned with dixie, quarter full
OF tea two tins OF jam, a loaf OF bread
a large piece OF cheese. and a tin OF
apricots, which he had bought a;
nearby French cstamnet. He dished
out our ra,ione 20, forgetting a gen
erous share for himself. After we had
finished. OUT came the inevitable faEs
a few purs from each man. and the
BAH of convc-sstion .,arins -n,,,nr
Curly wallace cleared his ,l,-o., ana
e,ayted in With:
"Remer1her tia, village ,yo pas.o,.
through on our march IN tho Ii,a .hou,
tvo weeks ago; YOU Know. tho ono
where that big church With all tho
she'll hoes n /: was risnt on tho cor
ner wher. Ne turned 70 the left to
'"he inc Foad d; ST
Al! remembered L, ard turned
49,. '"s e'"!'S"S ~ Lily cirec;ion.
'"'7 morning "hcA went
F" u" me quarter tQGartermast"r
~ - ''"'' met fellow
"'""' !ar '''S ~n" ioid me
'"'s" NY '''ereS'"E story OF row he
'i .'h'' Ieii"" rounded up O
...r, 81 "p'Fs
A'''S "''hc' th'"i-h mod"s'T. and
Wy "'' '"h good ~orS, tried
~" ne mo ho''aNf that i was only
'.'"E nance mat he Sum
~ cue winch ed 20 tn"
1p,s' "ut 'm It ihink.n' and
hho" you 3" an "S.ot With ne. that
"dN ""t ." f0lch Neh as ~ was
c'sVef 'h'hh'hf m not much a. toll
e ''oi'. guy n G".rE t' try and
~ '"' % can i'in'nh"i just
~. w ''- 70 'Io
'''"S '""' '"'S '''i'" "h" told
me e No'H' ana another ouap had
~ '"e ".N'aior"l inteli-
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. w HHIiINFToN. january IS.-n his
nrst repori. submitted TO Congress to-
daH. y: Mitchell Palmer. alien property
custodian. says he has received so far
ll,l6I formal reports Of enemy prop
erty ana has opened 1878 scparatc
trust accounts, Of which l.236 are csti-
mated TO be worth al34.6O5.a3I No
value has been placed upon li2 OF the
accounts pending further investigation.
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MINIATURE ALMANAC.

nights when no troops passed through.
Their" would be very little Smelling. il
any. hut il q battalion or brigade hap
pcn"d 10 como this way. they suffered
! from heavy shell fire.
Upon receipt of the first two or
three Of these reports. we put it down
NTH report OF this nature reached us
it was evident to us that A spy was
al work. and that in some mysterious
way the information OF tn. movements
or our troops were communica ted by
| him 10 tho enemy.
Myself and another bloke. who had
been wording with INC for the last
two weeks. were assigned to the task
Of discovering and apprehending this
spy. To us it seemed an impossible
job. as there were no clues TO work
upon. AS is usual. our general. "Old
rcpi or" called Va In, and said:
There is SPY working IN the
village Of 3; go set him.
'Foolishly, buttcd in and asked
for further Information. got IT. all
right. With lowering look which
made ME trcmble. he roared
Old PEPPER MAKES GOOD
HIS RIGHT TO HIS NAME
"'"Go and dig W, your own clues.
What are you with the intNlligcnce de-
partmcnt for: Intelligence depart
ment. II ought TO be called the brain
less department. If YOU TWO are sam
pie Of the rest
Somehow or other We didn't stop
to argue with old Pepper"
At this point Sailor Bill butted in:
B!ine me-. he's just like an admiral
VIC had in our navy. this old Peppcr.'"
y chorus OF. oh. shut up. you're in
The army now cur OF Bin's story.
We knew Sailor Bill. II he ever got
started talking navy. nothing short
OF sas attack could stop him.
Sailor Bill. with an indignant glance
around The circle, rciapscd into silence.
curly Wallace exclaimed:
To ell with your admiral: do you
want 10 hear this story II YOU do.
shut up and Let me tell IT."
Go on. Curly, never mind; he's
haTmI less Calculated Happy Houghton
Curly carried on with:
eating our packs and drawing
ihr"" DAYS rat;one. We started hiking
II FOR tho VILLAGE ~ - W.
rived there abou, in the afternoon.
and after putting our hacks and r,,iors
IN an old barn which wc intended 10
az o-' ol'!ci during our stay in
we ''''aS'' We !cit on n general tour
o' Inspections.
'here we're about 500 civilians in
the place who preferred 10 brave the
ii myers Of rhcl fire as ,hero 49,.
ron harvest |" be reaped from the sale
81 i"Fh produce beer and wines 10 tho
1913 '"i'''H an around Two csta-
FlSh'h sa!oonsl were stll
"P'" ana ana thriving business
NccHSioha''| shell would lairst in
'u' inc civilians did not
"''"" H. Just carried on with
i"f'hlhg ana business as usual
oe''dfd 10 max" thorough
"'Hfth "i AL houses harne and build
'nSa Tor concealed wires. and did so.
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LNFORTUNhTE MATT. RUINGS OUT
SrECIMEN OF nENMAN CNIILTN.

Up Ia now tho Germans had not been
ovcrharsh in th"ir treatment. !, re-
maincd for tho second mat" to draw AN
exhibition II German cruelty. AS the
lifcboat lay alonG.iI" OF tho subma-
rine. ready 30 cast of. lac spicd a can
ot nica; lying on deck.
Thinking -! Ne on" barrel OF water
and supply Of bareback biscuits on tho
lIfcboat. ha reached for the can
But no never touched IL. for with n
snarl OF rage the U-boat second lou
tenant struck at'the outstr.tchcd hand
with the hatchct he had been using to
chop and wrench with on the schooner.
Then. still in anger. no shouted:
You go aboard that ship and set
her on IRE"
II won't-not while those bombs arc
in her" the second mate rctortcd.
stoutly. y second later he looked into
the mu3zlr Of an automatic revolver.
and he went.
Fire crackled on the Clifford as tho
lit"hoat was rowcd away. The time
bombs exploded. The schooner broke
in two and began to settle, while tho
'iamcs ran srecdily up her superstruc-
turc.
Later, the G-boat used tho stub
horn!y sinking ship for target prac-
ticc.
Luckily. tho raiders had neglected to
carry off some bed Shooting The re-
sourccfnl sailor quickly fashioned :,
sail and raft and set a course due
cast before tho wind and current
France Was 500 miles away, but in this
cas-" tho longest way around was the
quickest because Of wind and current
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| those brave fellows that they can XIV
home whenever they like and no ons
| will stop them.
Believe me, il thcro arc mon who
say they Will not go INTO the trenches,
then tho men who arc in the trenchc,
have right to say: Neither will wo
! renal here
| suppose our men should leave tho
! trenches. would that end the war?
| Yes. 1t would; but what sort Of an end
tRATI;RNIZATIoN WITH HUNS
DOES NOT HALT ADVANCE
when the Russians ceased lighting
and simply talked ideals and princi
pies with the German army, did the
German army retreat? No. They took
RIGA and the islands. rratcrniza,iou
did not prevent their marching for
ward. If Ietrograd had been nearer
they would have taken il also.
The channel ports arc not SO far
from the lighting line. and unless VIC
are prepared TO stand up with the
whole might OF people who arc domi.
mating Germany now. and VIII domi
nate tho world tomorrow If we .llo,v
them. VIC will find that Great Britain
ana the British democracy. the French
democracy and tn. democracy of I'm.
rope VIII be at the mercy Of the most
cruel military autocracy the world has
ever seen.
What sort Of terms do You think
w" would get from General Won Hin.
h'nburs, If VIC said to him. We want
YOU TO clear out of Bclcium.' lie
would say in his heart You canno,
turn mo out OF Belgium with trade.
union resolutions
But viii toll YOU tho answer Won
can civ" him: We can and will turn
you out OF Ecls ium with tradc.union
guns and rahe-unionists behind them.
They have broken his line already, and
II We endure with the spirit Of our
fathers and the spirit tina, has made
the greatness Of this land it's mower
liz prestige and it's honor. we shall
yet be able to carry % conviction, to
carry TO triumph. TO carry TO reality,
10 carry AS an essential part Of the
story Of this world. the great ain, that
you in your own language. that the
government IN their language ana
President wilson In HIS noble language
have hc"n proclaiminS n tho last few
days has overriding survived tho fall
urc OF Its adhercntS TO u. ready 10 d!.
Tor IT.
Last night this measure Was car
ricd in tho House OF Commons with.
on, "a dissenting voice. Democracy.
put in plain terms, liz government, bv
a majority of tho people. I, ono pro-
''SH'"i' ono trade one section or ono
CLASS IN community claims TO be I'M
mum" from "hhr'iions which are i'm
pose" upon INC rest. mat IL funda-
ia" P''hcip'c OF
.,, ,''"E NJ oi
"'N ~ IN" past
." "'''' "e''""N "''''cSr.
'''' DC "E"'"'f on 'hn
W." f"'''iN' AGAINST
CLAIMS or MILTrhRTsTS
we arc GEhtiug now against privi-
ieGc claimed by a military caste.
Democracy, II IT means anything. mus.
mean thar The people OF all classes. al
sections. all trades and all Professions
must merge Weir privileges and their
rights In common stock"
y voice: And wealth"
"C~rtaluly." replied tho prco,jn- WHO
continued:
&c
can md an bonor.hi. ,f,.,I
,us, ,,.,y az, of ,t ri ,.,.
rrb,ip- +, ,hro,,,-, tIa.,,.o.,'.
let him ,a, mo VI, ~, ,..,,.t,.t,
this. INC ,conic oi,b.- -,
81 ,,nJ.-,.
$500 "i"'"'' "l questions "eTs
= 10 10 ',s
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The Weather
iFnrnished by U. :. Wenther bureau.
Forecast, Virginia

ForccRst; Virginia
Fair Sat ur d q y,
colder central and
east portions: sunday
increasing cloudinrss.
followed by snOyr
west portion. sllEhtly
NRrnc
North Carolina
Fair Sat ur 4 n y,
slightly colder enst
port ton Sund ny
cloudy and warmer:
probn bly, snow or
rain west portion.
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Local Observations .tsP "
CONDITIONS IN IMPORTANT CITIES.

Temperature, IS; humidity 40: wind,
direction. northwest: wind. velocity. 4
miles: weather. cloudy.
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Rainfall last twentyfour hours None
Excess in rainfall since March l. 235
Dehciency III rainfall since Jan
uarS ......... is
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sailor to another that you nguro the
war lasting that timc?" And on being
assured that everybody did he gave
vent TO Il very un-Gcrmanic Gee
Whit"
well" he commented. after some
thought. "fvo been in the submarine
for two years. and two OF them have
sunk under me. 80 guess I'll come
through all right. But this three years
business is news to nic!'
How did you escape drowning? |
asked him. Opening his coat, the
sailor displayed tho debated life belt
that all submarine mon wear under
their vests. Then he invited me to
inspect the boat
noted live torpcdocs ready for
action and a plentiful supply OF shelis.
but what struck inc most forcibly was
the number OF sextants and ships
chronomctcrs that lay IN every bunk.
obvious evidence that the 3-C-i was
getting more than her share OF enemy
ships.
II should think that submarine work
would get on your nerves said
after We completed a tour Of the boat
The question was suggested by the
many stories had read OF officers and
crews going mad.
1t docs on some. but they would
break down under continuing work
above water or on land" explained
the sailor. "Only Il tough nut would
pick n job on submarine. I'm here.
and wc'rc all here because we cant
help ourselves. Rut do look as
though had nerves? DO any OF the
rest OF u.s."
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March :. .:......: .....l27e
Accumulated deficiency since Jan
uary ....:............ $50
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IL noon temperature Al
: i. ~. temperature ~
Maximum temperature to T. NJ. 4!
Hiih'mum temperature to l.. NJ. -
Mean temperature . rs
normal temperature .. 80
Deficiency intempcraturc. None
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FARMER SIGNALS ENEMY
THROUGH COLOR OF HORSES

At about in the morning Tho
iarmer appeared. driving two rravs.
Which he hooked TO the pillow and car
Fied on with his work. TO us there
appeared nothing suspicious in his ac.
ions. W" watched him all morning
AL noon he unlocked the horses and
went home. We remained in hidine
AFRAID to leave. because we wanted ia
/ take no chances OF being seen by IN,
! farmer. We had forgotten to brinp
Tat'"ns with US. so it was a miserable
wait until o'clock. a, which time thA
farmer rcappearcd. driving two blacks.
which h" htchcd TO the plow. and
carried on until { o'clock. and then
knocked off for the day That nirbt
troops came through. and as usual
were shelicd
NEXT morning a daybreak VIC again
TOOK our stations in the hedge. this
time bringing rations with us. Tn.
farmer used the same Erays in ,h.
morning. but in the afternoon he mn.
pcared With black and a gray. and
again knocked of around o'clock.
y" troops came through that night.
ana ihcrc was no Smelling
Next day the farmer rcpeated tbe
the morning and a black and a gray in
the afternoon. No troops. no shelline
We were rrety sure that We hs 4
nm. but this arrestinG spy on slim
oNidenc" Is ;icklsh matter. We
dIdnt want 10 make a mess Of the af-
lar, or perhaps send an innocent man
10 his death, SO the following day we
again took up our stations sure
enough. II was two grays in tho morn
ne but in the afternoon he used two
blacks. That night troops cana
/ through and were .shelled We had
solved the problem. Two grays in the
morning meant nothing The actual
signal TO the enemy was tho change
I OF horses in the afternoon: two blacks
meaning troops coming through TO-
night shell tho road; gray and a
black. no troops expected, do no,
/ she'll"
Wien it got dark and ii was safe
To leave ihc hedge, we immediately re.
ported the whole affair to the town
major can English officer detailed in
charge OF French village or town
occupied by English troops), who ac-
companicd by VIZ and detail Of six
mon with fixed bayonets. went to the
farmers hous. that night and arrest cd
him. He protested his innocence but
we took him TO military police head
quarters. where. after a gruclling
questioning, ne Al last confessed
MYSTERY HOW FARMER KNEW
TROOPS WE'RE COMING THROUGH
IL was mystery TO lis how this
farmer Knew that troops were coming
through because he never made n mis-
take in his schedule. After further
questioning. he c1plaine that if ".
searched his cellar and raised up an
'oid hagstonc with rins in II We would
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TWO SOLDIER SLEUTHS
CAPTURE ENEMY'S SPY
BY CLEVER INDUCTION

CONTINUED from First pascD
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help ourselves. But do look as
though had nerves? DO any OF the
rest OF u.s."
ASTONISHING REvELATION
MADE ny OCEAN CHART
While standing before the captains
desk | caught sight OF tho submarines
chart ana commented that II differed
a little from an ordinary ships chart.
only that Nc take our positions
every four hours the sailor explained.
spreading out tho chart 90 that might
examine II more closely See" Ills
finger pointed out the course the
3-U-i had followed from K!cl out into
the North Sea. around the Shetland
Islands. down by the coast or ireland
and around into the transatlantic
traffic lanes
There's where we are now" he in
dictated. Then followed "a most aston
ishiug revelation.
There is our North Atlantic ocean
base
Ills forennecr touched spot on
tho char, that estimated was almost
exactly eighty miles north northwest
OF tho 'atitmd" and longitude in which
tho schooner aud the G-boat lay
Her" was where the huge freight
submarines like the Deutschland await
the 'killorS" Here was where The
* iilerS" replcnishcd their stores and
ammunition and transferred the loot OF
tho suniicn ships Here sick men were
sent home and fresh men tack their
places. Here important Information
was exchange and new orders given.
The 3-U-i might easily remain away
from her land base AT Ki"l FOR tho
full three months. provided tho
mother" boat did not run short OF
fuel, which was more often tn. case.
The lif"boat was now returning from
the William II. clifford for the Eftl
and last time with "a huge load. a hail
from above ~ German and tho sailor
hustled us all on deck. when
Cr,wled out we saw the loot of our
ship strcwu All over the submarine.
Tho last load discharged. the t-boat
captain motioucd us I" Join oar ship
natoa in tho lifsboat.
LNFORTU NATE MATT: RnINCS OUT
SPECIMEN or GERMAN CRUELTY
Up Ia now tho Germans had not been
oTcrharsh in their treatment. 1t re-
manned for tho second mat" to draw an
exhibition of German cruelty. AS the
lifchoat lay alonG.iI" OF tho subma-
rine. ready TO cast OF. lac spicd can
OF meat lying on deck.
Thinking -! Ne on" barrel OF water
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MYSTERY HOW FARMER KNEW
TROOPS WE'RE, COMING; TuRoIcp

II was mystery TO lis how this
farmer Knew that troops were coming
through. because he never made mis-
'ake IN his schedule. After further
questioning. he explained that IL we
searched his cellar and raised up an
old nagstonc with a ring in II we wound
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ne title OF the next story in this
series ~: The Lone Tree Scntincl"D