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Missed the Koisor.
A negro from Ldulslnnn supposed
when ho reached tho training camp
that lie was already "at tho front."
"Say, boss," ho asked nn ofllcer,
"whore's dat feller day cnlls the kai
ser? Pso been hero six weeks nn' I
nln' seen him." Exchange.
Writing Material.
"Tho lato Senator Fairbanks," said
n Washington diplomat, "was n wide
render, but ho hated realism of tho
Zola type.
''lie claimed that such realism had
no defense, mul ho onco snld to n de
fender of It:
'"You'ro nbout ns convincing, ray,
good sir, ns the shabby young man who
wns held up nt tho exit of the hotel
writing room with nbout TOO sheets oC
the hotel's costly note pnpr bulging"
from his various pockets.
" 'This yoiing man said to tho cop la
his defenso :
'""I nin gathering tnnterlnl for
novel." "
Fiery Red Pimples.
A hot bntli with Cuticurn Soap followed
by nn application of Cuticurn Oint
ment to distressing eczemas, ' etc.,
proves their wonderful properties. For
free samples address "Cuticurn, Dept.
X, Boston." At druggists nnd by mall.
Soap 25, Ointment 25 nnd CO. Adv.
Yes, Luke, wo know thnt every mar
ried man has n grievance nnd so has
hl.s wife until sho becomes n widow.
Germany limits clothing purchases
by civilians.
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Comtesso Hlo Bryas Is a Frenchwoman, who cnmo
to America last April to represent tho American
committee for devastated France, and is now en
gaged In an extensive tour of Iho United States,
speaking about her oxpeilcnccs In the war-ridden
districts. Tho comtesso's father Is French, but her
mother WR3 a Phlladelphlan who went to Europe
when a small child and was brought up thcro.
Her rcat-srandfathcrs, George Clymer and Thomas
"Willing, and her granduncle, Gcorgo Read, were all
signers of tho declaration of Independence, and ono
of them, Georgo Clymer, was among tho six who
.helped to fiame tho Constitution. Editor's Noto.
By COMTESSE MADELEINE DE BRYAS.
SOMETIMES meet, In the course of
my travels, .people who say: "Ah,
poor France! Tragic, Invaded coun
try!" But to these people I would
sny: "No, no! You do not know
.j our France. It Is not poor France,
but noble France. Not tragic
France, but heroic Franco!"
T'cnTTbesroxplaln my moaning by
describing an Incident which took
place on the occasion of one of the
- recent air raids on Paris. An air raid Is a nerve
. racking time. Tho, newspaper accounts and tho
magazine stories do not tell you one-hundredth
of the anguish lived through by tho people who
croiu'h in their cellars, listing to bombs that ex
plode close by and expecting nil the tfme that the
fnextvniibslle will demolish tho house over their
heads.
The favorite gathering places for civilians dur
ing air raids is in tho cellars. During tho raid of
-which I speak, one of these underground places
was crowded with refugees. But they were not
moping or trembling. Instead, they were con
stantly joking and laughing about their' predica
ment. They did not for one second lose their
dm courage and stanchness.
When the bombs had ceased to fall, they came
Mip to the street level once more. But they did
not breathe great sighs of relief and thank their
lucky stars for not being lilt. Not they! Their
-eyes glowed with the fire of unquenched spirit,
and they shook their flsts In the direction of tho
departing German airplanes.
"Those fools I" they shouted. "Those fools!
They think they can break us I They do not know
us! Never shall we yield! Never!"
Tills Is not the only splendid exhibition of
.French devotion that I have seen with my own
-eyes. The people in the rural regions aro no less
-determined in their nrdor. Although nearly one
fifth of Frnnce has been Invaded by a ruthless
'pnemy nntl some portions invaded the second
time, these country folk would dlo rather than
give themselves up to the foe.
In a village of the devastated district I found
a little old woman who was living alone. She
was working at washing linen for the soldiers
who were In trenches not far away. Her own
chouse had been burned down by tjio Germnns.
.She told me her pathetic story.
It seems that jx German ofllcer who had n very
tbnd reputation for molesting tho civilians had
?leen auartered In her house. After he had been
-there for a few hours he went to the small etovo
-which heated the house and opened It to put
jlrt some wood. But when ho put In the stick of
-woo he allowed the end to protrude, so that, as
rsoon as It began to burn, tho Are blazed outward
.Into tho room. He then placed n screen near
this blazing wood so that It would catch Are.
The old woman saw what lie wan doing and knew
that It was his design to burn down her house.
He had alrendy burned a house In the next street
In tho same manner. Knowing that she was pmv-
- oriels to 'prevent him, and being filled with des
jpalr, she fell on her knees before him.
"Spare me I" nlie entrentcd of him. "Spare
this house and allow me to live here in peace.
"What hnvo 1 ever done to you !"
But hho hnd hardly uttered these words when
f.liame overcame her because she was abasing
.liorself heforo n German. In another Instant bho
Iiad risen to her feet,
"Wlint am I doing!" sho exclaimed. "Je suls
perdu ! I am disgraced. I have entrentcd n favor
from the foe of my nntive country."
Then she crossed tho room before tho aston
ished ofllcer and took up his gun. Placing It In
his hands ?ho told him to kill her.
'I deserve no less than death," she snld. "I
Miavo disgraced France by kneeling to ask u favor
of ono of her enemies."
Probably the German otflcer would have killed
-the woman, but at that moment ono of his brother
nofllfrs came Into tho house. He must havo had
a more tender heart, for he took pfty on tho old
s-on.an nnd put a stop to tho proceedings. So her
f2&
house escaped for the timo being. But Inter on
It was burned by other Germnns. When I found
this woman she was working 18 hours each day
washing for the soldiers. I asked her why sho
worked so hard and she told me thnt It was
because she had nothing left to her In tho wide
world, and the only way to keep herself from
heartbreak was to be always occupied.
The conditions under which most of these peo
ple have been living arc horrifying. Their
houses nre heaps of ruins. You can hardly be
lieve tho systematic way In which the Germans
proceeded to destroy their dwellings. A bomb
was thrown into e try house along' the line of
ninrch. The furniture was all broken up or
burned, fruit trees were cut down, nnd the wells
polluted. Yet, when tho invading tldo wns swept
back these villagers came back at once to their
former homes. This devotion of the French pens
nnt to his little home Is something which Ameri
cans can hardly appreciate. He loves It ardent
ly; It Is almost a part of him; he cannot bear to
leave It.
During tho time when they were struggling
to rebuild their shattered homes, these peasants
had to llvo In cellars and dugouts. Of course
these places were most unhealthy and not lit to
remain In. I once went down into a cellar In
which an" old couple was living. The roof of tho
cellar was so low that when I was seated on n
little plank talking to the old people I had to
stoop. The lloor was entirely mud, nnd the water
seeped In through tho wails and trickled down
In tluy streamlets. In the corner was tho straw
bed which had been furnished the old couple
seven months before. It was Indescribably lllthy
nnd so damp that one could twist It nnd wring
wnter out of It. Yet tho chief desire of tho old
woman was for n plate to eat off. The Germans
hnd destroyed their crockery and household
utensils and they had only one old metal skillet,
In which they cooked nnd from which they ate.
In ono village I saw a mother who had gone
back to live In a Httlo shelter which sho had
built for herself In tho corner formed by the only
two remaining walls of her dwelling. Over tho
top of this place she phrced planks. One frido
was open to the weather. The cold, raw weather
made It difficult to exist in such a place. I my
self lmve lived In n Ilttio'wooden building near
(he front, bimllnr to the barracks in which the
soldiers Uyo, nnd I know the cruel winter weath
er of tlwse pnrts of France.
Tho hardship has been greatest on the little
children. Oh, tho poor children I They no longer
piny. They have forgotten all their gaities. They
do not know wlint It means to run nnd laugh and
bo gay. As they walk along tho streets you will
hee them start suddenly nnd look over their
shoulders in a frightened way. So great Iwh
been the terror Instilled into them by tho Ger
mnns. An ofllcer told me of seeing two little children
standing against a wall In the town of Mnlsslri,
In the north of Frnnce, one day In August, 1014.
Across the rond was n burning house. When tho
French ofllcer asked them why they wero waiting
so patiently, they replied that n Germnn had
shut their father nnd mother up In thnt house
nnd had told them to wait then until they cnmo
back to fetch them
The treatment of children during tho German
occupation was very terrible. Llttlo tots of four
nnd live, nnd children on up to tho ages of thir
teen nnd fourteen, wero forced to work all day
for their enslavers. They wero taken Into tho
fields nt five In tho morning nnd were not al
lowed to come back until seven In the evening.
During nil that time they wore given only one
meal. Their tasks wero to dig potntoes, cut
awav tho barbed-wiro entanglements nnd pick up
unexploded shells. After tho Germans went nwny
there was no milk to bo got becauso all tho cows
Had been cither killed or driven nwny. In one
district there were COO children who existed for
months without a single drop of milk. I met ono
little girl who hod been kept for 20 days on a diet
consisting of nothing but bread and soup, the
hitter being watery and scarcely nt all nourish-
The destruction of the schoolhouses hns made
11 impossible for tho young children to gain any
education. It Is no strange thing to encounter n
boy or girl of eleven who can neither rend nor
write. In their hideous thoroughness, the Ger
mans destroyed books, pencils, desks nnd all. Not
n thing was left. After the American relief woik
ers camo Into tho devastated regions they estab
lished schools and built llttlo wooden buildings
In which to carry on the work. '
At one school they told n story of n llttlo
girl who was brought In with the other children
to learn to read. As soon as sho discovered an
old chnlr in ono of the comers sho immediately
got Into It and curled up In utter enjoyment nnd
relaxation. She could not bo persuaded to get
out of that chair. Tho teacher Inquired why sho
wns so pleased with the chair nnd learned thnt
tho household In whlcli the child lived had not
boasted n single chair since the first Invasion of
tho Germans.
The separation of thb children from their par
ents Is another very trnglc occurrence. In tho
months nnd :enrs before they aro reunited tho
children grow nnd change so that they are not
recognlznble to their parents when they meet
again. Some of them, to be sure, wear on n
chain nbout their necks llttlo gold baptismal
gifts on which their nnmes nre Inscribed. But
this Is exceptional. It is ono of tho confessed
schemes of tho Germans to divide nnd scatter
families as much ns possible.
My heart bleeds for the children of Frnnce!
Oh, that they should suffer this unmerited abuse
and tribulation I
The deportation of young girls hns been sys
tematically practiced. A Germnn ofllcer comes
to the front door of n house nnd orders the cntlro
family to assemble outside on tho door step. Then
ho picks nt random a number of tho younger
women of the family. "I will take you . . . nnd
you . . . nnd youl" he says, Indicating tho
chosen ones with his forefinger. At this sum
mons they must lenvo their homes nt once. Thoy
aro not allowed to pack their belongings nor to
enrry much baggnge. They aro permitted only
so much us they can curry wrapped In n hand
kerchief. After they arc taken Into Gcrmnny they nro
put to work cultivating the fields, doing the
hardest nnd most .jnenlnl kind of lnbor. They
are forced to llvo with the soldiers, and are
rudely treated by them. They can send no word
to their families, and It Is almost us though they
were dead.
Tho relief work In tho invaded districts has
been tireless. Great credit Is due to the Amer
ican comml'tco for devastated France, orgnnlzed
by Miss Anno Morgan. Ovpr 1,000 children havo
been turned over to this committee to be cared
for. One of Its most useful' works has been In
nsslstlng the stricken people to leave their homes
so 'long ns there Is danger from tho Germans in
the vicinity. Pitiful stories nre told of tho (light
of these people. Ono old woman refused to be
separated from her goat In transit, anil would
only consent to go wheil sho could be nsKured
that another goat could be got In case her own
wns lost.
Frnnce has been hard-tried, but she Is not
broken. Never has the morale of tho French
people been nioro unshaken than It Is today.
Franco hnlls with Joy the arrival of the Amerl
enns. It Is most fitting that theso great sister
republics should be fighting side by sldo In this
hour of stress. Victory will be won; It Is In
evitable! But nh, the pain, tho woe and tho un
necessary degradation that havo followed In tho
wake of the Invaders I Will the world ever for
get these? Can tho bitter memory over be
effaced?
Don't Poison Baby.
FORTY YEARS AGO almost ovory mother thought her child must haw
PAREGORIC or laudanum to mako it sleep. Thceo drugs will produce
sloop, and a FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produco tho SLEEP
FROM WHICH THERE IS NO WAKING. Many nro tho children who
havo beau killed or whose health haa bcoa ruined for life by paresprfo, lauda
num and morphine, each of which is n narootlo product of opiumT Druggists
nro prohibited from selling cither of tho narcotics named to children at all, or
to anybody without labelling them "poison." Tho definition of narcotic'
is : "A medicine tchicli relieves pain and produces sleep, but which in poiton
ous doses produces stupor, coma, convulsions and death." Tho tasto and
smell of medicines containing opium aro disguised, and sold under tho names
of "Drops," " Cordials," " Soothing Syrups," oto. You should not permit any
medloino to bo givon to your children without you or your physician know
of what it la composed. 0A8T0RIA DOES NOT
UUNTAIN NARCOTICS, If it bears thoalgnaturo
of Chas. H. Fletcher.
Gcnnluo Costorln always bears tho signature of
&JS
Patriot.
Little Dorothy's unclfcs nro both nt
the war, and she hns n great udmlrn
tlon for soldiers. Tho other day In n
crowded street car sho was sitting on
her mother's lap when n wounded sol'
dlcr entered. Dorothy Immediately
slipped to the floor.
"Here, Solely," she offered, "you can
sit on momn's lap." Hnrper's Magazine.
Spasmodic Sermon.
A food card Is a meal ticket which
has Joined tho colors.
In the Tolls.
Ho (watching nnother couple) X
supposo ho feels Hint ho could not llvo
without her.
She Yes, nntl I don't think he'll
havo a chance to find ou,t thnt he could.
Beautiful, clear wlilto clothes delight
the laundress who uses Red Cross Ball
Blue. All grocers. Adv.
Its Fault
"Is your now automobllo all right?"
"It's pretty fair, but It will hy at
horses."
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For centuries nil over tho world
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and purifies tho blood. It makes n
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frequently wards off attacks of the
dread and fatal diseases of the kid
neys. It often completely cures the
distressing diseases of tho organs of
the body allied with tho bladder and
kidneys. Bloody or cloudy urine, sed
iment, or "brickdust" lndlcnto an un
healthy condition.
Do not delay n minute if your back
aches or you nro sore across tho loins
or hnvo difficulty when urinating. Go
to your druggist at onco nnd got a
box of Imported GOLD MEDAL Haar
lem Oil Capsules. They aro pleasant
and busy to take. Each capsule con
tains nbout ono dose of five drop?.
Tnke them 'just like you would any
pill. Tnke n small 6wullow of water
if you want to. They dissolve in th
stomach, and tho kidneys soak up the
oil like a sponge does water. Thty
thoroughly cleanse nnd wash out tho
bladder nnd kidneys nnd throw" off tho
inflnuimntlon which is the cause a
tho trouble. They will quickly relievo
thoso stiffened joints, thnt backache,
rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, gall
stones, gravel, "brickdust," etc. They
nre nn cffectlvo remedy for all dis
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stomach nnd nllled organs. Your
druggist will chocrfully refund your
money If you nre not satisfied after a
few days' use. Accept only the pure,
original GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil
Capsules. Nona other genuine. Adv.
Watch Your Stomach
In Hot Weather
A Cool, Sweet, Strong Stomach Your Best Safe-
.r--.n J A ' 1 "t -. -
gucuu Against summer Sickness
"TTrwm vnnr atnmnAU In n.l ?.
ing order during tho hot summer
months and you will havo llttlo to fear
in tho wny of sickness" the advico
many physloians givo as hot weather
approaches.
Good, sound, common soneo advice,
too. For very frequently, and especial
ly in hot weather, theso common stom
ach disorders which so. many peopio
seom to regard as of minor Importance,
do open tho way for eorions ulnoes.
So keen your stomach sweet, cool
nnd comfortablo all summer long.Tho
extra war work-chango of diut-poi-oonB
that come with hot weather-all
hit us in, the stomach. Tho strongest
stomach will need help this summer aa
never before.
Tho one easy way If you havo the
right remedy is to rid tho stomach of
too muoh acid. Becnuse it's superacid
Ity that interferes with digestion and
asslmulation, and this eauBea about
nil those stomach miseries you nre so
familiar wlth-heartburn,food-reneat-
ing. indigestion. Bour, gassy stomach
and that miserable, bloated, puffed-un
conditiop after eating.
Now hero is good news. An easy,
suro roliof has been found to get rid ol
tho harmful ncidity and cases in the
stomach. It is called EATONIO, a
good tasting compound that you oat
?ATnmnad)r' A tablet or two ol
.hATONIO after meals will work won
ders. You can havo no idea of what
sure, quick comfort EATONIO brings
until you do try it. Use EATONIO
after your meals, enjoy a good appetite
and get full strength from fho food yoa
, At tho sntno timo protect your
self from summer Btomach and bowel
miseries.
Get a big box of EATONIO from
your druggist today. Ho will tell you
that people who havo used EATONIO
sny thnt thoy never dreamed that any
thing could give such quick and won
derful results. It costs only 50o a box
nnd if it fails in any way, your drug
gist, who you know and trust, will re
turn your money.
THE END OF THE WAR.
A soldier ut Camp Grant nsked n French lieu
tennnt, who wns there as Instructor, how much
longer the war would last. Tho Frenchman calmly
answered : "Well, I am not sure, but the tenth year
will surely be tho worst, and ufter that every
seventh yeir will be bad."
I
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160 Acre Homesteads Free to Settlors
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