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The Dermott news., 1918-10-17

used to think all the Germans were big and fat and strong. and. of course, some of the grenadier regiments are. but lots of the Boches l saw were little and weak like this fellow 'got" in my first charge.
 It was good piece of work to take the prisoners and a novelty for me to look them In the face-the fellows 1 had been fighting. Because. when you look Hun In the face. you can see the yellow streak. Even If you are their prisoner you can tell that the Huns are yellow.
 Maybe you have heard pigs being butchered. It sounded like that when we got to them. When they attacked us they yelled to beat the band. l guess they thought they could scare us. But you cannot scare machine guns nor the foreign legion either. So when they could not scare us they were up against 1t and had to fight. I will admit. though, that the first time Fritz came over and began yell ing l thought the whole German army was after me at that, and Kaiser Bill playing the drum. And how they hate bayonct, They would much rather sit In ditch and pot you.
 admit 1 am not crazy about bayo- net fighting myself aS q general prop osition, but will say that there have been times when I was serving a gun behind the front lines when I wished for Il rifle and bayonet in my hands and chance at Fritz man to man.
 It was In this charge that our chap lain was put out of commission. AS we were lined up, waiting to climb on to the fire step and then over the par apet, this chaplain came down the line speaking to each man as he went. He would not say much but just q few words, and then make the sign of the cross. He was in black cassock.
 He was just one man from me as we got the word and stood up on the fire step. He was not armed with as much as q pin. but he jumped up on the step and stuck his head over the parapet and got It square. landing right beside me. 1 thought he was killed. but when we got back We found he was only wounded. The men who saw 1t were over the pnrnpet before the order was given and then the whole bunch after them because they. too, thought he was killed and figured he never would know how they came out about their vows. All the men In the company were glad when they found he was only wounded.
 While half of us were on the firing step throughout the day or night the other half would be in the dugouts or sitting around In the bottom of the trench. playing little games. or mend
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17

We tried to keep up his jokes and say the same things and SD forth. But they did not go very well after he was dead. He got his in the same charge in which the chaplain was wounded.
 He was one of the bunch that charged before the order was given. when the chaplain got il. and was running pretty near me until We got to the Roche wire. 1 had to stop to get through, though must of 1t was cut UP hy artil- lcry fire. but he must have jumped it. for when 1 looked up he Was twenty or thirty paces ahead of me. We got to the Germans about that time and was pretty busy for q while. But soon l saw him again. He was pulling his hayouct out of Roche when an- other made jab at him and stuck him Tn the arm. Then the Roche made q swing at him with his rifle. but the Swiss dropped on one knee and dodged 1t. He kept defending himself with his rife, but there was another Ger man on him by this time and he could not get up. The corporal of our squad came up just about that time. but he was too late. because one of the Boches got to the Swiss with his bay onet He did not have time to with draw it before our corporal stuck him. The other German made q pass at the corporal. but he was too late. The corporal beat him to it and felled him with q terrific blow from his rife butt. | The Huns were pretty thick around there Just as another fellow and my self came up. A Roche swung his rifle It the corporal and when he dodged it the Boche almost got me. The swing took him of his feet and then the cor poral did us pretty bit of work as l ever saw. He jumped for the Roche, who had fallen. landed on his face with both feet and gave II to the next one with his bayouet all at the same time. He wus the quickest man l ever saw
 There were couple of well-known sayate men In the next company and 1 saw one of them get under Fritz s euard with his foot and. believe me. there was some force In that kick. He must have driven the German : chin clear through the back of his neck.
 We thought 1t was pretty tough luck to lose both the chaplain and the vil- lace wit in the same charge, along with half of our officers, and then have to give up the trench. Every man In the bunch was sore as boil when we got back.
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17
OlD PRESCRIPTION
 FOR WEAK KIDNEYS

Have you ever stopped to reason why it Is that SO many products that are ex tenslvely advertised, all at once drop out of sight and are soon forgotteng The reason IS pialn--the article did not fulfil the promises of the manufacturer. This apphes more particularly to a medicine A medicinal preparation that has real curative value almost sells itself as like an endless chain system the remedy is recommended by those who have been benefited to those who are m need of it.
 A prominent druggist says, Take for example Dr. Miners Swamp Root, a preparation have sold for many years and never hesitate to recommend, for in almost every ease t shows excellent re- suits, as many of my customers testify No other kidney remedy that I know of has so large B sale.
 According to sworn statements and verified testimony oi thousands who have used the preparation, the success of Dr. Miners Swamp Root is due to the fact that so many people clam. 1t fulhlls all most every wish in overcoming kidney. liver and bladder ailments. corrects UT mary troubles and neutralizes the uric acid which causes rheumatism.
 You may receive sample bottle of Swamp Root by Parcel Post Address pr. kilmer & Co, Bnghamton, N Y, and enclose ten cents; also mention this paper. Large and medium size bottles for sale at Ill drug stores Adv
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17
kospital Nurses.

An orderly WAS on duty in m op- ernting room for the first time and was ta witness an amputation. He wondered whether he would get nerv- ous. He also noticed a bright-eyed. rosy-cheeked nurse, and he wondered if she toe, would bIaneh under the or deal. Following the operation, he ad- witted to the nurse that 1t had been his first operation. She congratulated mm on having borne up SO well.
 What did you feel like during your first operation: he asked the nurse.
 This morning Was my first opera ton she said 'But didn't know that men could stand those things as well Us Womcn."
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17

of the Legion charged with rife and bayonet like their men.
 Then-Boom! Slam! Rang and the mines went off
 "Aliezi" and then the Uarapet was filled with bayoaets and men Scram- bling and crawling and falling and get ting up again. The smoke dritted back on us, and then our own machine guns began ahead of us.
 Up toward the front the bombers were fishing in their bags and throw ing, just like boys after rat along the docks The black smoke from the Jack Johnsons" rolled over us and probably there was gas, too. but you could not tell.
 The front lines had taken their trenches and gone on and you could see them, when you stood on Il para pet, running about like hounds through the enemy communication trenches, bombing out duEouts. diSarming pris- oncrs-ycry scary=looking in their masks and goggles. The wounded were coming baek slowly. Then we got busy with our work in the dugouts and communication trenches and fire bays, with bayonets and bombs, dig ging the Boches out and sending them west And every once in q while q Fritz on one side would step out and yell "kamcrad. while. like as not. on the other side his pal would pot you with revolver when you started to pick him up, thinking he was wounded.
 Then We stood aside at the entrance to dugout and some BocheS came out In single file shouting 'Kamerad"
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17
The Bombers Were Fishing In Their
 Bag and Throwing.

1 for all they were worth. One of them had his mask and face blown of: yet l he was trying to talk. with the tears 1 rolling down over the raw flesh. He died live minutes later. One night. while was lying back in the trench trying not to think of any 1 thing and Go to sleep the bombs began to get pretty thick around there, and when could not stand 1t any longer rushed out Into the bay of the fire | trench and right up against the para | pet. where 1t was safer. i Hundreds of star shells were being sent up by both sides md the field and the trenches were as bright Gs 1 day All up and down the trenches our men were dodging about, keeping out of the way of the bombs that were being thrown in our faces. It did not seem as If there was any place where it was possible to get cover. Most of the time was picking dirt out of my eyes that explosions had driven i into them.
 | If you went Into dugout the men already in there would shout, Don't stick In hunch-spread out !' While You were In a dugout you kept expect Ing to be buried alive and when you went outside you thought the Boches were aiming at you direct-and there vas no place Ut all where you felt safe.
 Eat the fire hay looked better than the other places 10 me. had not been there more than few minutes when a biz one dropped in and that bay was just one mess. Gut of the - men in the bay only eight escaped.
 When the strcteher bearers got there they did not have much to do in the way of reScue-it was more pallbear- CTS work
 A stretcher bearer was picking up one Of the boys, when grenade land cd alongside of him and you could not find fragment of either of them. That made two that landed within twelve feet of me; yet l was not even scratched.
 When I got so that could move went over to where the captain was standing. looking through periscope over the parapet I was very nervous and excited and was afraid to speak to him, but somehow l thought ought to ask for orders. But I could not say a word. Finally q shell whizzed over our heads-just missed us, It seemed like, and broke
 
 of the news?" and so on. I guess I chattered like q monkey.
 Then he yelled: You're the gunner officer. You're just in time-Ive To- catcd their mortar batteries"
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17
TOO WEAK
 TO FIGHT

The "Core back" man was really never down and out His weakened condition because oi overwork. lack of exercise. i'm proper eatln, and hvtng demands stlmula- ton to satisty the cry for a health gSlng appetite and the refreshing sleep essential to strength, GOLD MEDAL tlaatlem Ol Capsules the National Remedy ot Holland, will do the work They are wonderful. Three ot these capsules each day will put . man on his feet before he knows IL; whether hls trouble comes from urie acid poisoning, the kidney- gravel or stone Ill the bladder. stomach Arrangement or other ailments thlt hctlll the over lcalons Amer ,can. 1hc hcs. known, most reliable rem edy for thrse troubles k GOLD MEDAL Ilaariem Nll Capsules This remedy has steod the test tor mere than 2eo wears since ita discovery ID the ancient Ahora- torres n Holland. | acts d3yee.le and gIves rclicf at once h1u't wait uut.l you are entirely down and out. but take chem today Your druggist will gladly refund your money If they do not help YOU. Ae- ccpt m substitutes. Lock for the name GOLD &pNL on every box three slles They 1rc the pure. orletual. imported Hlarlem Csl Capsules tdy
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17
DON'T BE FOOLISH

and buy au Imitation; get the original NACHER BALM
 It is better than any of the substl- tute "Balms" for quickly relieving hurts and soreness.
 The many limitations are proof that 1t iS an unusually good thing.
 The price is only 25c per Jar or Tube. Surely it is worth that to get rid of Cough or Cold. or your childs Group. If your druggist will not sup ply you and we have no agent in your locality, write for the agency.
 Every family needs yacher-Balm. and we supply samples Free. to start the demand. F. W. VACHER. Inc. New Orleans, La.-Adv.
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17
r oreWarned.

Little Dorothy adored her oldest brother John; In fact, was his abject slave. But one day John was guilty of some misdemeuuor for which his fa- ther thought Il spanking was the only adequate punishment, and proceeded to administer it.
 Dorothy witnessed it with her little hands tightly clcnched; then she turn ed 10 her mother, and between sobs .oNc#jmea
 "oh. mother, I'm so sorry that cross man is going to be the grandfather of nay children. Ilarpers Magazine.
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17
CHAPTER VII.
Stopping the Huns a. pixmude.

l was standing in a communication trench that connected one of our front line trenches with a crater caused by the explosion of mine. All around me men of the third line were coming up. climbing around. digging. hammer Ing. shifting blanks, moving sandhags up and down. bringing up new timbers. reels of barbed wire. ladders. cases of ammunition. machine guns, trench mortars-all the things that make an army look like n general store on legs.
 The noise of the guns was just deaf ening. Our own shells passed not far above our heads. so close were the enemy trenches. and the explosions were so near ard so violent that when you rested your ritie butt on something solid. like rock. you could feel il shake and hum every time shell landed.
 eur first line was just on the out skirts of the town. in trenches that hud been won and lost by both sides many times. eur second line was in the streets and the third Inc was almost at the south end of the town.
 The Huns were hard at fl. shelin- Che battered remains of piSmude, and 1o the right ssretcher bearers were working in lines So close that they looked like two parades passing each other. But tho bearers from the com pany near me had not returned from the emergency dressing Statioh and the wounded were pIIiug up. waiting for them.
 A company of the 2me Legion Etran- gore had just come up to take their stations in the crater, under the para pet of Saudhags. A shell landed among them just before they entered the era ter and sent almost whole squad west, besides wounding seve~al others.
 Almost before they occupied the crater the wires were laid and reached back to us and the order came for us to remain where We were until further orders.
 Then we got the complete orders. We were to make no noise but were all to be ready in ten minutes. We put on goggles and respirators. In ten minutes the hombers were to leave the trenches. Three mines were to ex- plade and then we were to take and hold certain portion of he enemy trenches not far off. We were all ready to start up the ladders when they moved Nig's section over to ours and he sncaked up to me and whls- pprpl behind his hond "Hp n snort Doc; make 1t fifty-ffty and gimme chance"
 l did not have any idea what he meant and he had to get back to his squad Then the bombers came up to the ladders. masked and with loaded sacks on their left arms. "One min ute now." said the officers. getting on their own ladders and drawing their revolvers-though most of the officers
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17
His Speciality.

sos, Dorsey pItIseon brides him self on knowing where the cuuflagr:t- uoH Is aS soon as h. hears the firehell ring" reatrd the landlord of the Pe- tunla tavern. sK> thr une hall a dozen uhHus> haze changed h. has scrabtlcd into Il garment ar two and k out on hi~ front porch. hollerins to the people running hy just where he Knows the fire i>.
 He should hc of considerable aS- lStanee Ia the volunteer fircmcn and others In sending them n ihe proper direction. com@ented the interested guest.
 "lsh zyah, He would be if he didn't nine times u-It of ten know IL wrong" -kansas City Star.
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17

No matter what ails your child. a gentle. thorough laxative should ul- ways be the first treatment given.
 If your little one Is out of sorts, halfsick, isn't resting, eating and act Ing naturally-loak. Mother see if tongue Is coated. This is sure sign that the little stomach. liver and bow els are clogged with waste. When cross. irritable, feyerish, stomach sour, breath bad or has stomaCh-aChe, diar- rhea. sore throat full of cold, give n teaspoonful of "Caiifornia Syrup of Figs" and in n few hours all the con- supatcd poison. undigeSted food and sour bile gently moves out of the lIt- tie bowels without gripping and you have a well. playful child again.
 Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless fruit laxative" because 1t never fails to cleanse the little ones liver and bowels and Swecten the Stom- ach and they dearly love it's pleasant taste Full directions for babies. ehil- dren of n!l aces and for groWn-ups printed on each bottle.
 Beware of counterfeit fic syrups. Ask your druggist for T bottle of "Gal- ifornia Syrup ef Figs" then see fhat It k made by the sGalifarntu Fls Syrup Company Aas.
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17

ing clothes or sleeping or cooking or doing n thousand and one things. The men were always In good humor Ut such times and IL seemed to me even moro so when the enemy fire was heavy.
 If n man was slightly wounded down would come the rifles to order arms, Right this way. One franc" It was a standing joke and they always did it. syhe poilu who did 1t most was a Swiss innd he was always playing u joke on 1e0mebody or initiating some one of nfis or making faces.
 We were all sorry when this Swiss
 vent west" as the Limeys say, and
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17
In Perfect English.

Private Speedy, formerly Ne" Or !cans citizen. and n lntc arrival in rranee, happened Ia walk along side of two French appearing girls and re- marked to his pal i'll a lone loud enough to he heard by the girls; Aren't those two girls prettyf l could learn to love them" Whereupon the girls turned around and one said in perfect English: For the love of Mike cut fl out How do you get that way?" Speedy rctrcntcd in great haste.
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17

A tiny bottle of Freezone costs but few cents at any drug store, but is suf- tctent to remove every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes. and the calluses, without soreness or irritation.
 FreeZone is the sensational discoy- cry of Cincinnati genius. It Is won- derful-Adv.
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17
What Governs.

DaWSon-The facial features plainly indicate character and disposition. In selecting your wife were you gov erned hy her chin?
 SpenloW-No, but I have been ever since We were married.-London Tft- Rita
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17
DEPEW GOES "OVER THE TOP" AND GETS HIS FIRST
 GERMAN IN BAYONET FIGHT.

synopsis-Abc N Depcw of story, United during which chief officer hrselass The world he discharge navy determination enlist. craftsmanship he experience Dixmude Lesionar hide behind Bel children.
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17
Nh Worms in n Hea,,hy Child

No Worms Tn a Healthy Child
 All children trOub ed with worms have an m healthy color, which indicates poor blood. and as rule there IS more less stomach dtstur ba nee- GROVES PASTEL ESS chill TONIC given regularly for two or three weeks will enrich tho blood, im- prove he digestion and act as General 5treDste- ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw dis pei the worms and the Child will bo In perfect health Pleasant to take 0Uc per bottle
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17

United States in the first three months of this year produced 5O.3S4 pounds of metallic magnesium.
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17
cnticura Beauty Doctor

For eleuu~lng aad beautifying tho skin. hands and hair. tuticura Soap and Ontmeut afford the most effective preparations. For free samples ad- dress. "Cuticura. Dept. x. Boston" At druggists and hy mail. Soap 25 oint- ment 25 and 5O-Ady
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17
Depew has an exciting expert ence in a Zeppelin raid, as told in next installment.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Get Wise.

Get Wise.
 Vanderhoof Herald-f you feel that the whole world is against you, get In line; the world may be righ! about 1t. Boston Transcript
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17

Philadelphia refuses gift of a de ceased phIlunihrapi>i library because ot the Germatl# bank h it..
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17
LIFT OFF CORNS! Drop FroeZone on q touchy l5rn, then lift that corn
 off with fingers

Doesn't hurt q bit! Drop n little Freezone on an aching corn, instantly that corn stops hurting, then you lift It right out Yes, magic, No humbugi
The Dermott news., 1918-10-17

Chicago win give medals to most sucgsssml war gardeHers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-03
need OPERATIONS
RESERVE PHYSICIAN SAYS THIS
WOULD QUALIFY DRAFTEES
FOR SERVICE.

Sioux Falls, Sept. 3.-Dr. Spaf-
ford, of Flandreau, who some weeks
ago enlisted in the medical reserve
corps of the United States army, re-
Gently has been comforting with the
exemption boards of Lake and other
counties in eastern South Dakota
with reference to men in the deferred
classes.
He has discovered more than a
dozen men who would be eligible for
military service with an operation
that would put them in good physical
condition. DR.. Stafford has inform
ed the exemption boards and county
councils of defense that while the
physicians had volunteered to per-
form the operations free of charge,
there would be hospital expenses
which should be borne by the coun-
ties from which the men to be oper-
ated on anne Boards of county
commissioners will be consulted. 1t
is believed counties have authority to
meet such expenses, and if this is de-
cided upon a great many men now
not subject to military duty will be
placed in fit physical condition for
service with the national army.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-03
TO WORK DIRECTORS
MENNONITES FROM CAMP DODGE
TO BE USED ON LANDS.

Alexandria, Sept. 3.-Ten consci-
entious directors have been procured
from Camp Dodge. by the purchas-
ers Of the Mennonite colony lands
near hare to work on the farm during
the fall rush. The ten are Quakers.
Dunkards and M~ennonites. who have
religious scruples against war. They
hare been granted furloughs during
the time they are working on the old
colony lands.
The sums earned by them above
the $40 per month paid them by the
government for their services. are
turned into the Red Cross fund. 1t
- expected the Hanson county chap
ter Of the Red Cross will be benefited
to : considerable extent by the sums
earned BY the furloughed men now
working in the county. When the
fall work on the old colony lands is
completed the furloughed men pre-
sumably will be returned to Camp
Dodge.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-03
Miss Rankin Runs Second.
THE IDEAL WIFE.

One of the most successful men of
this country recently wrote: What
ever / am, and whatever success l
have attained, / owe 1t all to my wife.
She has ever been an inspiration and
the greatest helpmate of my life"
To be such a successful wief should
be the ambition OF every woman, but
how impossible when dragged down
by headaches, backache, dragging
down pains, nervousness and 1.-The
blues" Every woman in this condi-
ton should start at once to build up
her system by a tonic of specific
powers, such as Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which for three
generations has been restoring Amer
lean m to health and consequent
happiness.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-03
HEART RIGHT SIDE, REJECTED
Patriot Who Tried Twice to Enlist
Has Cardiac Organ In Right
Breast.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. freak of ma
ture was uncovered recently. when
DR.. John II. Bailey, medical director of
local board No. 20, refused to accept
George w. Nicholson for the army be-
cause his heart was on the wrong side,
ever though 1t was on his right. Mich
olson is thirty years old and pleaded
desperately to go. Some months ago
he tried to enlist, but was turned
down because he was under weight,
his examiners at that time be-
ing unaware of his cardiac peculiar
tiles. When he was called for exam.
ination before the draft board Doctor
Bailey made the discovery Of the true
location of his heart.