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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. H IN A FRENCH RED CROSS TRAIN I Kffljf-ibwfiLlriB WM7 ssBsBsflHHs'H&:3UbS 2ssHsVKIwnil&il?27SfsasHsfsHk .' ) TiiiWjmmaMaHKMaaj First photograph showing tho Interior of a French Red Cross train In which wounded soldiers nro being hastily conveyed to tho nearest hospital. Woman Saves Town A.i- "Boss" of Soissons Greatest Heroine of War. Mmo. Joanne Watteau Macherez, In Absence of Civil Authority, Meets Germans and Convinces Them City Cannot Pay Indemnity. By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS. (Unltod Prosit Staff Correspondent.) Paris. In Soissons, whllo shells from opposing Fronch and German battorlos criss-crossed ovor tho roof tops, whistling singularly like tho air brakes of a train, 1 got an interview with Mme. Joanno Watteau Macherez, tho greatest herolno of tho war. Mmo. Macherez is president of tho Dames Francaises, an organization something lllto our own Colonial Dames. It ,wau oho who, In tho- ab sonco of all'clvll authority in Soissons, wont out to moot tho Germans and outdid them In an attompt to levy a trlbuto on tho city. When others left tho stricken placo on tho ovo of Gor man occupation alio took charge; alio took over tho civil business of tho city; sho ran tho hospitals; she su perintended tho city's sanitation, tho city's safety, tho city's stroot clean ing and everything, Tho circumstances of my lntorview with her woro of tho strangest. A military aviator whom wo hnd seen flying over tho city beforo, dodging behind patches of clouds at an altl tudo of some 4,000 foot to escape a rain of sholls hurled by Gorman bat teries planted In rock quarries north of tho city, had roportod a largo forco of Germans marching against Sols sons at a dlstanco of not moro than a milo. Tho French had gono to meet them. As wo talked tho rapld-flro guns woro making a noise something lllto a throshlng machine In tho dls tanco, and an Intermittent cncklo of rifles could bo hoard less than a mllo off. Wo stood In tho Btroot In front of tho city hall. Fifty foot away, In a tiny public park which had but re cently smiled with bright flowers, half a dozen mon woro burying tho car casses of Boven horses killed an hour beforo by a Gorman shell. "If tho Germans got back Into the city this tlmo," 1 asked, "aro you go ing to stay?" "I shall bo all tho more needed if they como back." Mine. Macherez re plied simply. "Whon they enmo tho flrst tlmo how did they bohavo?" "Thoy wantod an Indemnity from us, but I Induced tholr commander to accompany mo about tho city to prove to him that ho was asking too much. I convinced him that wo could glvo no nipro than wo had." This was Mmo. Macheroz's modest way of putting It. Beforo soelng her I had been told how by infinite tact Bho hud roslsted tho domand for tonB of foodstuffs, tobacco and groat quan tities of wines, and had finally secured bettor tonus from tho Germans. Sho had bargained like n vetoran, ten aciously and at great length, and when at laat tho (JcrmiuiB woro driv en hnck thoy held hor In profound re spect. In all I tulkod with tho woman "boss" of SoIssoiib Boino fifteen min utes. Thoy tell mo that this was the longest tlmo sho had stood In ouo spot slnco tho shelling of Soissons hnd be gun. At that sho was constantly giv ing orders and directions, Btopplng strangers and othorwlso carrying on hor dutleB just as though tho Btreet were her olllcc. "And who'a going to win?" I naked as sho started away. "We aro, of courso," sho said with cutivlcuon. "Tho hcartB of tho wom en of Franco aro In tho fight no leas thin nro tho hearts of tho men. Then, too, wo have tho EnglUh with us hor In Franco and the Russians on tho othor sldo of Berlin." "And what are you getting out of all this?" I almost shouted, for a shell was making its noisy flight overhead. "Just what every true French wom an Is gottlng," she smiled. "A heart full of satisfaction." TEA TAKES WINE'S PLACE Champagne's Vintages Exhausted, French 8oldler Writes Slaugh ter by Bombs. Paris. Tho Temps has received tho following letter, written In pen cil, from tho front: "I havo been running across Holds from ono destroyed vlllago to another In tho midst of tho odor of corpses which persists, owing to tho fact that tho graves of thoso killed In buttlo woro not dug sufllclently deop . "Yesterday 'wo took threo villages with tho bayonet. "Tho Gorman companies now aver ago only 95, notwlthatandlng tho ro-en-forcomonts which thoy havo received. Thoy aro dying of hunger. Twenty bombs fall on them dally. On an aver ago four persons aro killed by each bomb. Whoro our 715 mllllmotor shells nro well placed they aro estimated to account for 30 dend per shell. "All tho wino in Chnmpagno has boon drunk and we nro now reduced to tea. I sleep hero and there, whoro ovor I am, and would And it disagree ablo to sleep In bod. Wo cat woll and tho food is excollont. Wo are all In tho best of spirits." ARMY HAS ITS POST OFFICE Flood of Mall Passed by Censor Now Being Received by Soldiers at Front. London. Thousands of letters and enrds postmarked "Army Base Post Ofllco" and bearing a circular mark In red, which means npprovod by cen sor, nro now being recolved dally. Tho promptnosB of tho dollvery is In striking contrast to tho slow moving of commercial mnll and n trlbuto to tho completeness and efllciency of tho British army equipment. Evory command In tho battlo lino has Its field post ofllco tont containing collapslblo sorting racks, folding table, letter box, mnll bags and othor nocossnry pnraiihcrnrilln win, ., - tnchmont of tho army post ofllco corps In charge Tho army post ofllco corps is mado up of tho London post ofllco employees enrolled in tho territorials or iiillltln. In tho Egyptian campaign of 1882 tho corps flrst saw bcMco, consisting then of 100 mon and two olllcors. During tho South Afrlcnn wnr Mm tnnr. ... Increased to fits ofllcurs and men, of whom sovernl woro killed In action, whllq GO died of dlseuso. Its record week at tho tlmo was tho distributing f 3111, llf, lottors ami 19,010 pnrcols and tho dlBpntchlng of 108,150 letters and packets. MAKE THE BUTCHER HUMANE Old Horses Are to Be Converted Into Food by More Merciful Methods. London. Tho shipping r worn-out horsos to tho slaughter housos In Hoi land and Belgium, which created a scandal, has boon stopped, perhnps permanently, by tho war. To prevent lta revival, a commercial company has boon formed with tho approval and asBistauco of tho Royal society for tho Provcntlon of Cruelty to Animals for tho purposo of converting worth less horses into salable products. But unllko In tho slnughter houses of tho continent, whoso revolting methods shocked nil England and caused parlia ment to pnss a law regulating tho tralllc, tho animals will lmvo humane treatment until they receive a pain less death. OF Germany Ready to Sacrifice Bcsl for Fatherland. Teuton writes That Victories Over Allies Have Stimulated Business Capital of Empire Resumes Al most Normal Life. Chicago. Claims of victories over tho allies have greatly stimulated business In Germany, according to a letter received by Jacob A. Itoscnflcld, a manufacturer, from his cousin, 13. C. Frank, who is in Constance Germany. "Business is picking up," says Mr. Frank. "Wo do about half tho usual amount and manage to keep afloat. Wo still cat three meals a day. Thero aro sonio branches of Industry, espe cially thoso entering to foreign trade, that do suffer, but the government tnkes care of tho unemployed and of tho women and children whoso pro viders aro In tho flcld. Tho crops help us wonderfully. "Germany Is tho only country In volved In tho wnr which is getting nlong without a moratorium. We pay as much as wo can, and so do our 'cus tomers. Today It is considered in the business world a patriotic duty to ful fill n financial obligation. "Ono wonderful thing I havo no ticed the perfect disappearance of different classes. I speak of those loft behind .who woro kept npart nil their lives through political opinion, religion, fortuno or other things. To day you find neither poor nor rich, neither employer or employed, neither Jew nor Gentllo; thoy are all united, welded togothor, to do what they can to save their vatorland. "And now about our dead. Tho best and tho noblest ones havo al ready fallen; even In our little town scores of them In tho prime of life If you pick up newspapers all over the land your eye sees announcements Hko this: -v '"On tho 15th of this month fell on tho field of honor my only son (Name.) (Signed.) "No more, no less. "Condolences are out of order, and thero Is no desperato mourning. Tho nation is ready to sacriflco the best they havo to defend their home against a barbarian enomy. Germany today does not count Its dead." A correspondent of tho Chicago Dally News, writing from Berlin says: "Life in Berlin is growing more nearly normal every day. It Is be ginning to bo realized by thoso who woro confident of a quick and crush ing defeat of tho allies that tho fight ing must progress by Inches against a hard-necked foo. This hns long been realized by the army, but people far from tho front nnd as yet not faced by tho frightful cost of war had to sco tho city filled with the pitiably wounded nnd had to wait for weeks without Inspiring news before realiz ing the bitterness of tho conflict. "Though tho enthusiasm may bo loss noisy, thero Is no lack of confl donco In tho final victory. General von HIndenburg remains the hero of tho hour and it frequently is said that tho conqueror of tho Russians will be mado a prince after tho war. "Tho socialist newspaper, Vor waerts, recently published tho strik ing statement thnt after taking a cen sus of socialist trade unions at the fron. It was found that up to Sep tember 7 tho number was G90.000." HOW TWO FOUGHT A DOZEN Stirring Incident In Which Irish Dragoon Guards Tackle Superior Force. London. How two men, ono of them wounded, fought a dozen uhlans Is described by a trooper of tho Royal Irish dragoon guards. "Thero was a man of ours," ho stntos, "who carried a chum to a farmhouso under fire, and whon the retreat camo got loft behind. Tho German patrol called and found them Thero woro only tho two; ono wound ed, against a dozen uhlans. Behind a barrier of fumlturo thoy kept tho Germnns at bay, wounding or killing half of thorn. "Tho Germans mado off, and brought a machine gun to tho house and threatened to destroy It. The two soldiers were not unmindful ot tho kindness shown them by tho own era of tho farm, and, rather than bring loss on them or tho village thoy made a rush out, with some mad Ideas ot taking the gun. Just ovor tho threshold of tho door thoy foil dend. "Peoplo mny call them pigheaded for not surrendering, but that sort of wrong-headedness Is worth a lot as Inspiration to others." CALLS BELGIAN DOGS HEROES They Do Good Work In Drawing Quick Flrers Into Action, Says Soldier. Paris. A Belgian soldier, speaking of tho oporatlona at tho front, mnkoa especlnl mention of tho useful work being dono by tho Belgian doys. Ho says thoy not only aro used in search, lug for tho woundod, but that thoy play an Important role In dragging carts on which uro mountod qulck-flroro. He assurod tho corespondent that tho greatest din of tho cannon nover seemed to affect these animals in th slightest degree COUNT DEAD ms$$mt$ 5? X Excuses For Not! Becoming A Christian Df REV. HOWARD POPE $nnnfitnrlnt .iff Mm. Ya.-w1,. tlil.li. tn.lilillj. .-1 " - "-". - . .....-... ) Chicago JJ!-SJAA&MAAJ!vfJiA.!AiAAAAA.i TEXT Thoy nil with ono consent begnn to make excuse. I.tiko It. IS. Quito often wo meet this excuse, "I did something once which gave mo a hud record." I. Very likely. But romembor that all who havo ever been saved had mado a bad record of some kind. Peter had good qualities, but ho also had bad habits w h 1 c h called forth Bharp rebuke from the Master, und which doubtless cost Peter many a sleepless night. Ho was rash and impulsive, always saying the wrong thing. Even nfter ho had been with the Master for threo whole years, ho was guilty of falsehood and profanity. Yet Peter, by the grace of God, overcame his had record, and so gained tho victory over his besetting sins that later his testimony is "Kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation." There was Mark, the backslider, who, not discouraged by his signal failure, mado a fresh start and becamo so steadfast and reliable that the Holy Spirit selected him to write a history of the Master's life. Today millions of peoplo are prayerfully studying tho Gospel of Mark, and aro thanking God for It. Little did ho expect such a careor aftor deserting Paul and Barna bas at Pamphylla, but God knows how to use even a backslider to his glory. II. Remember that Christ did not como to select hero and there a per feet man and thus make up a church; ho camo to seek and to savo tho lost. Ho is not looking for righteous men at all, but for sinners. He came ex pressly to lead such to repentance, and the encouragement which ho of fers Is that ho bore the penalty of their sins on the cross and whosoever will may bo saved. The strange thing about tho Gospel Is that v It reveals God's love for those who have made a bad record, and his desire to blot it out and give them a chance to make a now record. Notice the great variety of ways in which God describes tho putting away of the believer's sins. In Isaiah .18:17 wo read, "Thau haBt cast all my Bins behind thy back." "But," someone says, "God might turn around and all my Bins would bo In full sight." Sure onough. And so wo read In MIcah 7:19, "Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea." That Is better, but thoy might wash ashore? Very true, and so God Bays In Psalm 103:12, "As far as tho east is from the west so far Jiath ho removed our trunsgrcsslons from us." Now, why should you so persistent ly remember what God so graciously forgets? Why should you keep in the foreground what God is willing to put behind his back? Just throw that bad record In with tho rest of your sins and havo them all disposed of at onco, and then you can havo tho sweet con sciousness that though you may re member your sins, God has entirely forgotten them. Romembor also that tho longer you wait the worse your record will be. III. Whllo your bad record will hin der you somewhat, it also will help you. It will tend to keep you humble for one thing, and that will be nc small gain. It will enablo you tc sympathize with others who have mado a bad record, and to encourage thorn to hope for bettor things. In deed, your bad record In ono sense will becomo your strongest weapon ol warfare. IV. Consider also that If you havo a particularly bad record your con version will he a greater triumph ol grace than if you were only an ordi nary sinner. Jesus Christ claims that ho can savo tho worst of sinners nnd so chango them by tho power of his grace that ho will actually bo proud of them In heaven. Ho Is searching tho world for hard cases on which to demonstrate his power. V. And may It not bo thnt in heaven thoso who have been the greatest sin nors will bo tho loudest prnlsers of tho Redeemer's nanio? When tho Pharlsoo criticized Jesus for allowing tho outcast woinnn to weop nt his feet the master said, "Simon, I have soniowhnt to say unto thee. A certain man had two debtors, tho ono owed ilvo hundred pence and tho other fifty. When thoy could not pay ho forgave them both. Which of them therefore will lovo him most?" Simon an swered, "Ho, I suppose, to whom ho forgave tho most." Jesus replied, "Thou hast rightly Judged," and then ho drew a contrast between tho proud, BClf-righteou8 host and tho sinful, sor rowing woman who wns weeping out hor penitence and bathing his foot with hor tonrs. Even so our theme in heaven will not boitho good deeds wo .have wrought on earth, hut tho matchloss grnca thnt redeemed us, and tho greator tho sins from which wo havo been redeemed, the greater triumph of grace shall wo have to proclaim J REAL VALUE OF HARD ROADS Illinois Man Gives Interesting Facts and Figures Comparing Worth of Brick and Earth. W. T. Blackburn of Paris, Edgar county, Illinois, has studied tho ques tion of hard roads as to their valuo in dollnrs nnd cents to tho former, and here Is what ho says about It: "I recently observed the revenuo from two separate farms of 320 acrcB each located In tho corn belt of Illi nois, one at tho end of a four-mllo brick paved road; the other at the end of a four-mile mud road. These farms should produce under tho ordinary ro tation of crops annually 208 tons of corn, 80 tons of oats nnd 120 tons ot hay, or 180 tons In tho aggregate to bo dellvored ovor foun miles of road way. On the brick road thero has been dellvored 11 tons of grain in one trip by ono team, using live wagons, whllo on the earth road two tons were all thnt could bo delivered by a simi lar team. "Tho haul being four miles In both cases, and as they could make three trips a day, 21 miles team travel, the team on the earth road could deliver six tons per day at a cost for team and wagon of ?4.50, thus making a cost of 75 cents per ton for the four-mile haul. On tho brick road the dellvory was 33 tons per day at a cost of 19.7 cents per ton on a four-mile haul. A difference of 55 cents per ton in the cost of delivery in favor of tho brick road, or a difference of $2C4 on tho 480 tons delivered. "This is only u small percentage of the actual loss to the former living on tho earth road, as he has hud to sell his grain at a time when the roads woro In condition that it could bo de livered without regard to the price of his product. "From actual experience it has been demonstrated that this would repre sent a loss of $1.50 per ton on corn, $2.50 per ton on oats, and ?5 per ton on his hay, making a loss in the aggro gate ot $920 on account of not being able to deliver at the best market price. "This, with tho loss in cost of deliv ery, makes $1,184, or 10 per cent on an Investment of $11,S40, an Increase in valuo of $3G per acre on his 320-acre farm. "This represents the investment In a nine-foot brick highway that has cost tho taxpayers of tho township $10,000 per mile, or if all of the principal highways of tho township could be Im proved, would only-represent a tax on all of tho property, or 10 per acre. "These brick roads are not a liabili ty, they aro an asset. They don't cost you money they make you money. It isn't a question ot whether you can afford brick roads tho question is, how you can get money enough to gether to do without them. Bad roads cost Hko the mischief. The most ex pensive road Is the one you cannot use. ROAD TAX PLAN IN FRANCE Larger Part of Fund Levied on Rubber-Tired Traffic Goes for Ex pense of Administration. Road taxes, as assessed In France, go to tho road building and repair fund, but not all wheel taxos are ex pended on roads; tho larger part ot tho fund, of 15,000,000 francs a year lovied on rubber-tired trafllc goes for the expenses of administration. Thero aro four direct taxes which every Fronchman pays (besides un numbered Indirect taxes, ason salt matches, advertisement posters, the ater tickets, railway tickets, checks, and what not); tho tax on landed property, the tax on personal house property, the tax on doorB and win dows and the tax on Industrial and commercial enterprises. In addition thero aro flvo contlmes added for the boneflt of tho road fund and an ad ditional three centimes levied by the municipalities for tho upkeep of city Btreots. These diminutives, five con tlmes being but ono cent and three centimes being but little more than half a cent, aro added to every franc 120 centB) of tux. In the aggregate they furnish tho millions which are spent on roads of Franco annually Moro than $20,000,000 aro spent each year to maintain approximately 400, 000 miles of national, departmental and communal highways throughout tho country. Furnish Fresh Air. Don't shut the coops up when the cold nights como, but leave thorn open in front so that they will uot bo drafty but will bo cool and airy and prevent sweating when tho growing chicks crowd In at night. Green Feed for Fowls. Spade lip a part of tho poultry yard and sow It to some quick-growing legume, confining tho fowls in tho othor part. When tho crop is woll Btnrted, chaugo tho fowls ovor to It and plow up tho other side. Do It now. Weed Out the Drones. As tho young pullets grow up, weed out evory single ono thnt seoms to bo weak or In nny way defective Savo only tho brightest, the most lively and tho best-shaped birds. THE GHARM E Enhanced By Perfect Physi cal Health. - Tho cxperionco of Motherhood is a try ing ono to most women and marks dis tinctly nn epoch in their lives. Not one woman in a hundred is prepared or un derstands how to properly caro for her self. Of courso nearly every woman nowadays has medical treatment at such times, but many approach tho experi ence with an organism unfitted for tho trial of strength, nnd when it is over her system has received a shock from, which it is hard to recover. Following: right upon this comes tho nervous strain of caring for the child, and a distinct chango in tho mother results. There is nothing more qharming than a happy and healthy mother of children, nnd indeed child-birth under tho right conditions need bo no hazard to health or beauty. The unexplainablo thing to that, with all tho evidence of shattered nerve3 and broken health resulting from nn unprepared condition, and with am ple timo in which to prepare, women will persist in going blindly to tho trial. Every woman at this timo should rely upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, a most valuable tonic and invigorator of tho f emalo organism. In many homes onco childless thero are now children be cause of tho fact that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vogotablo Compound makes women normal, healthy and strong. If yon want special advico irrlto to. Lydia E. Plnkham Medicine Co. (confl dontlal) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will bo opened, rend end answered by a Woman and held In strict confidence. Make the Liver Do its Duty Nine times in ten when the liver I right the stomach and bowels are right. 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