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CHAPTER Ill.
| Go to Church.

Upon enlistment we had identity
disks issued TO us. These were small
disks of red fiber worn around the neck
by means of a string. Most of the Tom
mics also used little metal disk which
they wore around the left wrist by
means of a chain. They had previous.
ly figured it out that if their heads
were blown off, the disk on the left
wrist would identify them. If they lost
their left arm the disk around the neck
would serve the purpose, but if their
head and left arm We're blown off. no
one would care who they were, So it
did not matter. On one side of the
disk was inscribed your rank, name,
number and battalion, while on the
other was stamped your religion.
c. of E., meaning Church of Eng
land; r. c., Roman Catholic; W., Yves
Ieyan; P, Presbyterian; but if you
happened to be an atheist they left it
blank, and just handed you a pick and
shovel. On nay disk was stamped c. Of
E. This is how got it: The lieuten-
ant who enlisted me asked my religion.
1 was not sure of the religion of the
British army, so / answered, ooh, any
old thing" and he promptly put down
C. of E.
Now, just imagine my hard luck. Out
of five religions | was unlucky enough
to pick the only one where church
parade was compulsory!
The next morning was Sunday. |
was sitting in the billet writing home
to my sister telling her Of my wonder
full exploits while under fre-all re
cruits do this. The sergeant major put
his head in the door of the billet and
shouted: &C. of T. outside for church
parade!''
kept on writing. Turning to me, in
a loud voice, he asked, t'Empcy. aren't
you G. of E.?"
I answered, "Yep."
In an angry tone, he commanded,
''Don't you yep me. Say, Yes, ser
geant major"
~ did so. Somewhat notified, he
ordered, "Outside for church parade"
I looked up and answered, Il ala
not going to church this morning.
He said, ooh. yes, you are. -
answered, "Oh, no. I'm notv'-But
I went.
We lined up outside with rifles and
bayonets. 12O rounds of ammunition.
wearing our tin hats, and til" march
to church began. After marching about
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CosefcNH TO DEFEND SIERRA
General Semencf's Pro Ally Move
ment Growing Rapidly.

General semencff's Pro Ally Move
ment Growing Rapidly.
Hardin, Manchuria. March Gem
eral Semerof's Cossack movement is
growing rGnid'y.
A committee has been formed con-
sisting of the governors of Priamucia
and Trans Ba!kalia. representatives
from Vladivostok, Blagovestchenck,
Irkutsk, and other Siberian towns,
representative Cossacks and members
of business communities.
The committee has been divided
into financial, war and administrative
bureaus as a general staff for Gen
eral Semenoff. The committee has
already called upon all loyal Russians
to enlist. It has issued manifesto it
is the committees intention to fight
on the side of the allies to uphold tie
provisional constitution and overcome
the Poisheviki They have cECSen
General Semenoff as their military
leader. They are planning similar
military movements in other parts OF
Siberia
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Has Plans for Bio Time

Allen, fifty-one, known as the "Mil-
ionaire Kid" declared in San Fran
cisco police court he was ."going to
buy all the mountain dew in the world''
as soon as he got the fortune of $780,.
600 left to him by his father.
Allen was arrested with other va
grants. He was asked if he was 60
ing to take his tramp friends with him
on the "joy party"
Some of them, perhaps" he replied.
eve sure are going to have some time,
but I'll never be buried in the potter's
field. AS soon as get that $4,000, 600
I'm going to set aside $75 fo- decent
BURIAL
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sprays, lnhalers, atomlZerS, lelneS
and other local applications.
S. S. S. has proven a most satisfac-
tory remedy for Catarrh because it
goes direct to its source, and re-
moves the germs of the disease from
the blood. Get a bottle from your
druggist today, and begin the only
logical treatment that gives real re-
suits. You can obtain special medical
advice without charge by writing to
Medical Director, 27 Swift Labora-
tory, Atlanta, Ga.
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Children Operate Furnaces.

A certain element of romance in steel
making is suggested IN an account re-
ceived from England of the operation
of a two-ton electric steel furnace at
Sheffield, says the Scientific American.
The furnace is entirely hand operated
through a control worked IN conjunc-
ton with recording ammeters; but the
chief point is the size of the operator.
A boy of fourteen or fifteen runs the
furnace constantly, and other furnaces
of this particular type are now OPP
Grated in the same manner by girls,
owing to the scarcity of male labor.
The whole is an object lesson in the
steadiness and simplicity of the new
type of steel-making furnace. Such
results would have been r1diculed only
a few years ago.
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What passes for reasoning on most
occasions is a series of vocal sounds
which serve-to use phrase at once
popular and Scientitic--to relieve our
minds" Arguments employed in polit-
Zeal addresses, sermons, and newspa-
paper editorials are commonly little
more than calculations, called forth by
feelings of approval or disapproval,
comfort or alarm.-James Harvey Rob
inSon in the Atlantic
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THIS WEAK,
NERVOUS WOMAN
TOOK VINOL
It Made Her Strong And Well.

BarDeveId, Wis.-"I was in a
weak, nervous, rundown, anaemlc
condition, so that my homework was
a burden. Finol was recommended,
and it made me well and strong. 1t
is certainly the best tonic and siren
9Th creator l have ever taken. =
Mrs. John Lewis.
Vinol is a cod liver and iron con-
stitutional remedy for weak, nervous,
rundown coalitions of men, women
and children. Your money will be
returned if it does not help you.
c. p. Craig & Son, Druggists, Cam
bridge, and at the best drug store in
every town and city in the country.
ADV.
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Machine Guns For Reserve Militia,

Harrisburg, Pa. March 6-Machine
guns for the four detachments to
handle such weapons in the reserve
militia are on the way to the state
capital from the factories and will be
In the hands of the attachments WITH
In short time, according to state
ments at the capitol The first ma
chine gun detachment to be mustered
in was at West Chester. The others
will be mustered later IN the month
1t Lancaster, Erie and He1lefonte.
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Don't Let Catarrh Drag
You into CONSUMPTION

Avoid It's Dangerous Stage.
There is a more serious stage of
Catarrh than the annoyance caused
by the stopped-up air passages, and
the hawking and splitting and other
distasteful features.
The real danger comes from tie
tendency Of the disease to continue
its course downward until the lungs
become affected, and then dreaded
consumption is On your path. Your
own experience has taught you that
the disease cannot be cured by
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five kiIoS, we turned off the road into
an open field. At one end of this lied
the chaplain was standing in Timber
We formed a Semicircle around him.
Overhead there was a black speck cir
cling round and round in the sky. This
was German FokkGr. The chaplain
had book in his left hand-left eye
on the book-right eye on the airplane
We Tcnmies were lucky, we had no
books, so had both eyes on the air
plane.
After church parade we were
marched back to our billets, and played
football all afternoon.
Go be Continued)
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President Yields on Railroad Bill.

Washington, March 6.-President
Wilson. congress has learned, is Will
ing to accept the provision in the ad-
ministration railroad bill as adopted
lent and director general Of railroads
oower to initiate rates, but makes
hem subject to review by the inter-
tate commerce commission
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Priority on Coal Stands in Penna.

Priority on Coal Stands in Penna.
Washington, March 6.-Priority Of
coal supply for railroads, domestic
consumers. environments, public utili-
ties and hospitals, established by the
fuel administration January II, was
suspended in all states east OF the
Mississippi river, except Psnnsylva-
MIA, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio
and eastern Kentucky.
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peserter Gets Fifteen Years.

Camp Dodge, Ia, March 6.-Deme-
trius Papageorge, a national army
private from Duluth. was sentenced to
fifteen years Imprisonment at hard
labor in the Fort Leavenworth federal
prison, following his conviction on
charges of desertion.
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Yield or BE Crushed, Rumania Told

Yield or BE Crushed, Runania Told.
Washington, March Count Ger
min, the Austrian premier, the state
department was advised, told the Ru-
manian premier in the peace negotia-
tons now in progress. that unless Ru-
mania yielded size was to be crushed,
but that if she ceded Dobrudja and
agreed to rectifcation of boundaries
she might preserve her integrity and
her present ruling dynasty.
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American Dies in Canadian Service.

Ottawa, March 6-J. Stewart, Of
Poison, Mont, is recorded as having
died in a Canadian overseas casualty
list issued here.
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The We ather.

Forecast for this section: Fair fol
lowed by rain today and probably to-
morrow: variable winds.
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Wise WiSher.

He is great who can do what he
wishes: he is wise who wishes to do
what he can.
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The Weather.

Forecast fer tbs section: Fair to-
day and tomorrow: northerly winds.
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Can Use Rye Flour Till March 81.
Washington, March 2-Bakers may
continue to use rye -four as a wheat
-four substitute in Victory bread
March II the food admipiatnatf
hounceds in M G.. l..l| e.
other wheat four substitd
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To Mv Sweetheart Soldier =: =

where war goes they follow after.
Crime then leAped up with a knife
and shouted: Il keep step with
war" and Pestilence shuddered and
said: Il take the wounded in my
arms They cannot escape me
neither can the women and chill
dren." Then Justice came forward,
and Iirted his sword high and said:
stop. am Justice. l shall pre-
vail Where Justice goes Peace
shall follow" Then an animated
dialogue ensued between Peace and
War Wisdom then came forward.
and Pestilence and Crime and Fam
inc shrank away. Property
noble hSure. crowned with grain
and holding full cornucopia-came
to the front. and spoke majesticaIIy:
Il am Prosperity. I follow Peace.
Famine has no place near ME"
You don't know how impressive it
all was. or what spirit OF enthu-
.!asm animated both the audience
and the performers.
\ series Uf tabIeauN followed.
with groups or States and then the
nations. NJ the very end. my little
tiny children came on. Their dresses
were all OF white, and their shoes
aud stockings red. and their big
hair ribbons were blue. II WAS a
pretty sight 10 see them in their
HttIe tabieauN OF the birds 7 had
brSuiicd the iittle girl away from
the idea Of the elephant by prom
iSinE hr the very first dish Of ice
cream. And as Tor little John the
Minister'S son, ! was very psrtiCu-
lar TO see that his sense Of propri-
ETY. should MT be shocked by hav-
ing the wrong Mother Bird under
his wing We had thought the eN-
eICises all over. when the general
stepped forward and presented 10
our village a glorious fifty-fnOt
flag in the name OF the republic
which ! love and serve" We were
all of US Chukcd up with surprise
and emotion. Not even to our moth
ers and me had the General impart-
80 this secret. The flag pole. 100
feet high. is TO be placed within a
week, right In the small grass plot
before the church. How wonder
ful and lifting 10 -, that CHRIST
among His lilies. the symbol OF
Peace. and the stars and stripes Of
victory should guard together our
little town
Beloved dear. the thriU Of pa
t-irtism is running rio; in my veins
tonight. The thrill Of the flag -tke
thrilI Of the Goddess OF Liberty
pa" thrill OF being Ire wife Of a
u'd'"r who is holding great issue
10. h1-E I:slovs' : am proud,
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What UnsciOusness Means
1T MAY INDICATE SEVERAL DISEASES

10 be OF the muiterinE type: ;hs
skin Is dry: the limbs twitch; tho
tongue is heavily coated and ths
breath is foul TIs CONDITION -
due to IntOxlcatiOn conditioned
upon failure Of the kidneys.
In alcoholic uarcosis the odor or
the breath must Ge taken into cou-
Sldevatiou. though OF course this -
not absolutely decisive. the pulse
Is rapid and. feeble: the pupils are
aDt 10 be dilated: the patient can
usually be aroused by shouting in
the ear or pressing deeply upon a
tender point, such as the edge OF
the bone tJst over the eye supra
ornital nHTyes-
In opium poisoning the chsrac-
terlstic Ordor OF opiIm may be de-
tsc,ed upon the breath. the pupils
are hEeiy contracted tp.n-point
pdpilsl, the respirsuOns are slo"
ana n '"r;.o"; a. coma lor diao-,., tn.
breath has a peculiarly S"sst4sn
odOr
SunstrOks mSy be recognized -
the extremely hlEh body tempera-
iure: tho state OF the weather OF
course gives the chief cue
The coma OF epilepSy Is usually ~
short duration. Bloody saliva =
suggestive. since during the NJ tha
patient Is pretty sure 20 have bit
ten the tongue
The hyster.Cal trance has the sp-
pearance OF normal sleep. TINS
patient can usually be aroused by
pressure over the supra-OrbItal
nerve. as described in connection
with alcoholism. The suggestion Of
some painful procedure. or a pro-
pOsAl TO cut OH the hajr. may pro-
duCe the desired effect. The tenn
p-ratUre. pulse and respiration are
not usually altered. and there ~
often a history Of other hysteric4l
manifestations.
In catalepsy the limbs remain
fo- Ions periods in any position N
which they arsp laced. The patient
IS apparently In-euS.ble 20 external
impressions. This condition may be
iuduced hy hypnosis. IL may occur
IN The CoUdSc % melanrlOlia. %
may ~ " MHTf'Fs;7;'on o. organic
..ra.N .. "rIr h an IN
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Ny Beloved:

My Beloved:
Our pageant took place today, and
1t was a highly successful AFFAIR!
What with bunting and flags and
brass hand. our little village took
ou a gala air hardly to be eXcslled.
Many visitors came from neighbur-
ing towns and even from the city,
and the automobiles lined up created
an extra air Of Importance. The
proc eedinGs took place almost IN
front Of our house, nearly all the
local citizens were massed in our
front yard. The procession formed
behind the church. and then march
ed out. First came the band OF Sons
OF the Revolution then the sym
bolic figures OF War ami PestilenCe
and Famine then Crime then JUS
tee and Pence and Wisdom and
Prosperity. and then Columbia. Ind
Your WiIe a. Columbia, ! am sure
the Goddess OF Liberty standing on
Lcr proud pedestal in the harbor
was not proudeT or more af.alnc
with patriotic zeal than l. Wrapped
iu my Tag, with torch aIoft, felt
The Neiy spirit and Ieincarnation Of
Liberty. ami my heart beating
against my IIttIc service sta was
filled with the patriotism ior which
YOU are fighting. beloved.
Then came four floats on which
were riding Heroes and Herolncs OF
Peace. JudE-s OF The International
court. the states Of the Union, and
the Nations oI the World. The doc
tor made "A wund.s .uI "Unele sam"
lie - tall. anyway. and HI. figure
lent itself with grace 70 the popular
representation. Then tn. tall hat.
and the flowing. pointed v Wn!siiers.
completed a iisuge Of regal dignity:
You could .uirly 80. the wisdom
Of the nation and the justice Of its
appeal, flowing out from that stern
yet kindly face Bringing up the
rear was 4 band OF Boy Scouts. To
the aIna2emeI; OF every one Uncia
Jerry was the last figure Of thar
band.
With trusting smile he LnEUi;cd
ms friends a. ne passed along. and
from an ancient instrument nSr
flute he blew long blasts Of pierre
ing sweetness. Sometimes trcy hTr
mon.zed with the tune ia progress.
but more often not-yet with the
confident innocence OF a child rs
blew on se'u e o. appreciate
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By Brice Belden, NJ. D.

1T Is perfectly possible for any
OF Us to find ourselves in a
situation where an unconscious
person conironts Us. and where
ability to form an opinion as to the
cause Of such unconsclousnesS may
aid in the saving OF life.
Certain causes are obvious, such
as suomersIon, electric shock. gun
shot wounds. direct violence with
head or other Injuries. etc. In cases
OF i.luni mating gas poisoning me
circumstances are usually qu.se clear
TO the observer.
But IN many cases there are no
external circumstances whrcn serve
to eHlighien US sUd We are com
PEELED to arrive at conclusion hy
an examination Of the patient h.m-
aelf.
swooninE or :s'ntfnE 'Enown
technical- as Syucoper need no;
detIin Us. so familiar are its pslIor
coldneSs Df the skin. muscular pres
trat.on and transformers
The principal conditions produc-
ing unconSC.Ousness. Or coma. are
tho ro!ioWiL ApOpleNy. Uremla
alcoholic u4Trosis. opium poisoning.
diabetes. thermic fever. otherwise
known as sunstroke. epilepsy. hyS-
Ieris and ca:alepEy
Apopl"Ny may be recognized by
the evidences Of paralysis. any
movements tha; the patient makes
are restricted to the sound side.
and when the affected arm IS raised
and let tall. il drops lifeleSs: the
head and eyes turn toward the side
OF the brain where the henorrhaEs
has occurred: tae cheek on the pa
raIyEed side flaps loosely as the
patient breatheS; the pupils o; the
eyes sre uneven: the brsa hing -
noisy. yhe face Is flushed. the eye-
are congested; the lips are blue. the
pulse is fun and slow
In ur,m,c coma Jrere are No avi-
'~~'-S - U9r1'vs t.NrN..fHfOrr
...t. a." go.
.r-Csg.
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PUSS IN BOOTS
JR.
By David Cory

AToW in the last STORY you re-
~ member We left little PusS
Junior riding on the donkey
who didn't want TO be changed back
into 8 COW. as told you In the
same story. Well. Puss felt very
much Ike a man whose name vas
sancho PanEa, who rode on a doa-
key a long time ago in Spain. and
was the cOmrads OF a queer sort
OF a knight named Don Qul1ots.
and Y you haven't read about him.
you must Est the book and tell ne
some day how you like It.
Il must get a saddle" said PuSE
for u was very uncomfortabls rid
Ing bareback. so as soon as they
came 10 town Puss looked about
for a harness shop. And pretty
soon he found one. aud then he
bought saddle with red straps to
match the tops OF hts boots, you
know. And then OF he went again
OF his little red-SaddIed' donkey, aad
after a while they came to a meadow
covered with buttercupa
And. all OF a sudden. some OF the
outtercupS turned into butterflies
and q patch OF dandelions turned
into little lions. But Puss wasn't
afraid, for they weren't any larger
than kittens and purred just Ike
an old cat my grRndmother had
when ! was a little boy.
- And JuHt then littl. fresh water
crab IN the brook began 10 sing
"Hs. hS." laughed Fuss Junior,
and tSe little donkey brsyed. which
Is The WAY a donkey talks. YOU
know. And then all the little lions
began 20 roar and the butterflies to
sing
Well. after that. as .Puss looked
around. he saw a little house not
far away. 50 he rode over and
knocked on the door. He Just
leaned out o. the saddle and tapped
with the hill: o. his sword, you
know. And pretty soon Il was
opened BY the prettiest little fairy
you ever saw She was dressed IN
rose leaves. with a crown OF EOi5
AL set with sparkling diamonds.
What do you 49, she asked
and then she ranG a little blusoell
fow"r and all at once three tttls
fairies appeared. and n the next
Story you shall hear " sRt happened
re that. for there . no more
-,o'I 'H this one 70 rel yoI about
a big giant who s.dJe7.y came
sso-s tCs meadow
.'' .-rrH
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ADVICE THE
LOVELORN
Did He Tell the Truth?
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am nineteen and IN love
with q man twenty-one. and was
sure of his love for me, up TO two
weeks ago, when / asked him 10
call at my home one evening. He
replied that he was very sorry.
but had to work late and could
not possibly come.
That came evening I happened
to be visiting A friend. who lives
opposite him, and on my way, saw
him talking to some men. This
was in the early part OF the eve
ming. ! called him. but he told
me he was busy.
Since then. Miss Fairfax. ] have
treated him very Coolly-and ne
has likewise adopted the same at
titude toward me when we meet.
merely bidding the time OF day"
Don't you think / was entitled
to an explanation? My friends
say that ! did not give him a
chance 10 explain; that I should
have treated him just as did be-
fore this happened ana given him
chance 10 sIplain-and that
treating him in differently. after
being SO friendly with him. made
him think that I had ceased 20
care for him. As ] know your
ability, Miss Fairfax. am de-
pending on you 20 adv NE what
10 do. as l really am very fond
OF him. l.
You made a mistake. when You
friend told you he would be busy
on a certain evening. IN attempting
10 force yourself on his attention
by calling him. Then. as you Imrne-
d:ately resented MS conduct and be-
gan treating HIM covIly. You Uays
hardly given him a fair chance of
explaining things. Your letter would
indicate that you are OF a rather
eEacting deposition and whether
this young man had business or not.
you were obliged 10 accept his ex-
pIanation that he could not call be-
cause he expected TO work. On tho
other hand. II lie had been very
mUcl broken up over your cool
treatment he could have written
you letter ASKING you TO give him
another chance I wonder II you
have been showing your affection
for HIM too plz.rly--a very risky
thing for a girl to do don't oe-
lisye I'd take the affair TOO serious
ly: probably both Of you rave had
nothing more serious inaH = easing
fanny YcT r.EI'. .r 'Gr rI"au-
G 10 &C. a-.. .s..- g ucrF
So. and
gave ...i. a-..es ~ sASi-.A
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he stood motionless and majestic
during the following exercises.
Dear Uncle Jerry, The flowers and
the children love him. And Of such
are the kingdom OF Heaven"
War: \ young man, very con
scious OF his importance and with IA
tremendous Adams apple. said: Il
am War. / rule the World Fam
inc AMI PeStilence replied that
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ful-it came and went like the
wind. Now and then it would seem
to have left off, when suddenly 1t
would appear again at the very top
OF a tune. The doctor, finally, with
the dignity Of Uncle Sam, placed his
hand on Uncle Jerry's arm. and led
him away from the Boy Scouts 20
position OF honor at his own right
hand. where. with the flag upraiscd.
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This Day in Our History.

THIS is the anniversary of The arrival in 1917 in New
Amsterdam of Peter Suyvesant the first Dutch Gov
of Hollands North American colonies, Eighteen
years later he surrendered to the English Manhattan
Island then had 1.500 inhabitants Stuyvesant reported
10 Holland but spent his last years in New York.
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Learn HOU to Use Fish.

EVERY housewife should learn how 10 buy and how to
cook fish, Food conservation is the need of the day,
and mCateSs meals will become popular as well
patriotic when the cooking and serving of fish is better
understood great variety of both fresh and saltwater
fish is on the market.-FrOn Good Housekeeping.