A MINISTER’S WIFE Always Speaks a Good Word For Perona. A~” Splendid Woman Mrs. O. F. McHargue, 147 W. 9th Et., Jacksonville, Florida, writes: "I had catarrh and throat trouble. Three bottles of Feruna cured me. As a minister’s wife 1 come In con tact with all classes of people, and ■hall always speak a good word for Feruna. I have given trial bottles to a few friends. Wishing you abun dant success. I remain, yours truly." PARADTsEFOR THE ARTIST Devotees of the Brush Are Accorded Accommodations Without Price ] . ( at Inn at Capri. * - Capri, beautiful in itself as a winter resort, offers an Irresistible invitation to artists, since it bas an inn where anyone, by painting a picture on the wall, can get free board. To the lovely island of Capri, with Us perennial summer, its blue grotto, and its lemon groves, came, some fifty years ago, a ruined artist. He opened an inn, and died rich. In his will, leaving the inn to his heirs, he made these conditions: "The charge per day, two bottles ot red Capri wine Included, is never to be more than six francs. "If any artist is too poor to pay he ihall paint a picture upon some wall space, receiving all the accommoda tion accorded to those paying the high est price. "If any German artist shall come to the inn he shall be accommodated, end shall receive the amount of his tare to Germany upon his promising never to return to Italy.” The inn is conducted today on these eondltions. Its walls are covered with paintings. Now and then a German lets his fare home. Her Memory Ail Right. Mrs. Geddes had a new maid, and Bhe found it necessary to repeat her instructions several times before Nora obeyed them. The mistress had told her repeatedly about the finger-howls, and one day, when there were guests they were again forgotten. “Now, Nora,” said Mrs. Geddes, ex tremely exercised over the omission, “this is the sixth time I’ve had to tell you about the finger-bowls. Didn’t the woman you last worked for have them on the table?” “No, mum,” replied Nora, “her friends always washed their hands before they cum.” Eye to Business. A young suburban doctor whose practice was not very great sat in his Btudy reading away a lazy afternoon In early summer. His manservant appeared at the door. “Doctor, them boys is stealin’ your green peaches again. Shall I chase them away?” The doctor looked thoughtful for a moment, then leveled his eyes at the servant. “No,” he said.—Lipplncott’s. Better Name. The dog was a curious creature with a short body and long dangling ears. The newsboy owner was proud, how ever, as he held it in leash. “What kindo purp is it?” asked an acquaintance. “Dachsund,” replied the newsie. “Dash hound?” “That’s what I said.” “Dash nothing,” the other contempt uously retorted, "it looks more like a hyphen.”—Youngstown Telegram. His Contribution. "Have you contributed anything tq the suffrage cause?” "Yes; two sisters and one wife.” SICK DOCTOR Proper Food Put Him Right. The food experience of a physician In his own case when worn and weak from sickness and when needing nour ishment the worst way, is valuable: “An attack of grip, so severe it came near making an end of me, left my ■tomach in such condition I could not retain any ordinary food. I knew of course that I must have food nourish ment or I could never recover. “I began to take four teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts and cream three times a day and for 2 weeks this was almost my only food. It tasted so delicious that I enjoyed it immensely and my itomach handled it perfectly from the first mouthful. It was so nourishing I was quickly built back to normal health and strength. “Grape-Nuts is of great value as food to sustain life during serious attacks In which the stomach is so deranged It cannot digest and assimilate other foods. “I am convinced that were Grape Nuts more widely used by physicians, it would save many lives that are oth erwise lost from lack of nourishment.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. The most perfect food in the world. Trial of Grape-Nuts and cream 10 days proves. “There’s a Reason.” Look in pkgs. for the little book, "The Road to Wellvllle.” Ever rend the above letter? A new •ne appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and fall of human Interest. 1 t % FRENCH MINISTRY WAS UNPREPARED FOR WAR Failure To Call Out Full Fore e Of Reservists May Be Traced Directly To Lack Of Food and Clothing For Army—Half Starved and Barefooted Sol diers At Front Pitifully Elo quent Of Commissary’s Inadequacy. Paris, Special: Only a few weeks before the scourge of war descended without warning on Europe, a social ist member of the chamber of depu ties in France arose in his place to inquire if the supposedly great army of the country was really prepared for actual warfare at a moment’s no tice. The reply came from the ministry that the army could take the field im mediately if need be and fight indefi nitely with any power. Appearances today and events that have transpired in the past month fall so far short of fulfilling that com placent prediction that many are act ually voicing .e.qepiclon of the ministry and its motives. ^ *’ Each year since the Inglorious de feat which accrued to France in 1870, the government has appropriated vast sums for the maintenance of the army of defense. The people have stood for the expenditures because of patriot ism and because of a never-dying fear of Germany. There have been but few questions asked. Reports of modern improvements in armament and fort ifications have been made frequently and those of the French who watched the military with Interest, believed firmly that the army of France would compare favorably with any armed force ii^the_ v^orld. *'*■ French Poorly Shod. There was one little matter that the statesmen and socialists of France overlooked, however. That concerned the commissary department, one of the most expensive and necessary depart ments of the army. When the war began, France showed herself to be greatly inferior to Ger many in the ability to mobilize quick ly. All the reservists of the nation have not yet been placed under arms and equipped. It is stated on official and reliable authority that the reason was lack of clothing and equipment The French of this generation had not profited by the bitter lesson og 1870, when hunderds of soldiers were in capacitated by exposure and by hav ing to march barefooted cross coun try. The paper soled shoes, issued by the commissary, endured only a few days of marching. Depended on Belgium. Reports that have come from the front already mention the pitiful inade quacy of the French footgear. Every reservist in France should have been called out a month ago. The reason they were not it seems is made quite plain by those reports. Half-starved French soldiers have been written up by correspondents at the front. It is no wonder that the ministry has hesi tated about calling out reserves with conditions in such shape. Because the comparatively puny Belgian army held in leash for a few days what has since turned out to be merely the advance guard of the Ger man army, the French general staff, or the politicians controlling it, imag ined. apparently, that Belgium could effectively hold back the whole Ger man army until or while the French made a sentimental counter attack in Alsace and Lorraine. faced. The Germans, despite the heavy losses they have suffered, losses estimated as high as 200,000 men In some quarters, are still in such huge numerical superiority at the point of attack that they may be able to encircle the wings of the army of the allies. By such a flank ing movement, executed either to the north or south, or perhaps attempted even In both directions, the position of the French and British may be come not only critical but actually Impossible. The admirable mobilization and transportation to French soil of the British troops has been In striking contrast to the slow and Incomplete mobilization of the French, and In this lies the second great blunder, amounting to a positive danger. Germans Have Plenty. It is noticeable that all the early stories of the hunger of German pris oners In Belgium have petered out. Un doubtedly these hungry Uhlans were scattering parties that had lost their way and wandered far from their base of supplies. Such raiding parties are expected in any event to subsist on the country. But the German commis sary has Plainly performed with ma chine like ease and accuracy so far the most repiarkable task of the kind ever attempted in history. Porta la nn (•vinnnn'nnhlA city today, but this reppte comes only from French quarters and is based on the ability of the French to carry out their scheme of defense. There are over 100 forts in the three rings, all supposedly equipped with modern guns and immense quantities of ammunition, and all supposedly defended by artil lerists of the highest skill. But are they prepared for the mod ern German form of attack, if the Ger man army forces its way through or around the allies? This attack, suc cessful in a few days at both Liege and Namur, consists of concentrating on one or more of the forts such an over powering mass of howitzer fire that no “bombproof” roofs can resist the rain of shells. An opening thus made in the ring of forts, the infantry are massed through it to Invade the very city it self. The Germans have in the field now many batteries of an enormous field howitzer, firing a 10-inch shell, which are moved by motor power. The World has printed pictures of this gun and a descriptio of it. No such weapon for siege attack has ever been placed on wheels before and moved readily across country. With this gun added to their normal batteries, the Germans have found no trouble in reducing such forts as they have attacked so far, or at least in ef fecting an entrance into such sup posedly strongly fortified cities as Liege and Namur, which -while smaller than Paris, seemed equally as well for tified for their size. So that if the army of the allies is broken through or routed and forced within the forti fied lines, the Germans may find no greater difficulty in making their way through the Paris forts than they have found in Belgium. On the other hand it is well to con sider the great difficulties and disad vantages facing the kaiser’s forces in other directions, for these must in evitably have their effect upon the progress of the war from this time for ward. Until now they have not been seriously felt; now they must be faced every day, and unless counteracted by some powerful stroke, such as the quick rout of the allies and the capture of Paris, these difficulties will increase in danger every day. Death Sonq Of Military Airmen. To ye, O hosts who fight on land and sea. We, aviators fighting in the air, Make salutation, as about to die! The Battle Gods are glutted at the last. The Reaper Grim grows weary of the scythe. Not every soldier gets the bullet’s kiss. Not every sailor sinks beneath the wave. Not every gunner falls beside his gun. But for us airmen it was surely writ, “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here!” The soldier’s gun is struck from out hiB hand; He catches up another and fights on. The trooper’s horse is killed; he falls un harmed To rise, remount and make another charge. The sailor's ship is struck; he sights his gun, Unmindful of the other gun crew's fate. Not thus the aviator hit in air! onouia nave neipeo. The French intelligence bureau should have been better Informed as to the strength of the Germans before Liege, and with all the Belgian rail roads at their disposal they should have taken ample steps, as they had ample time, to reinforce the tempor arily victorious Belgians and thus pre pare that cheerful little army to resist further the advance of the Germans. It should have been seen that the check at Liege must have the inevit able result of bringing up behind this advance guard at Liege the whole strength of the German army, which was then prepared to crush its way through any opposition that all Bel gium could offer. A check to an enor mous force lust beginning its forward movement is often as much of an in direct advantage to its mobilizers as it Is a direct opportunity to the enemy. The opportunity neglected, as it was here, the indirect advantage accrues into a positive gain—which has hap pened In the case of the Germans. To devastate Belgium, with only Belgians to oppose them, was child's play for the kaiser’s legions, and when they arrived at Mons and Charleroi, to face the French and British troops for the first time, the German general staff had gained ample time to make over their slightly halted plan of cam paign and to use hundreds of thous ands where they probably had orig inally planned to use only tens of thou sands. The inevitable followed. Faced by a veritable sea of men, whose oncom ing billows, though broken here and there by the rock-like formation of British troops, could not be stayed, the allies have had to give way, have had to forsake all the advantages which the French frontier fortresses and the formation of the border country gave them, and are now interposed between the frontier and Paris. Profit by Emlish Example. With such an overwhelming mass of men pushed on to death or vic tory by the officers of the kaiser it would have been the worst kind of folly and an invitation for another Sedan had the British or the French cooped themselves up in any large numbers within Maubeuge or the ad joining frontier fortresses. There are plainly enough Germans available to be detached to mask or surround such a fortress and the allies would simply have deprived themselves of so many thousands of men. In their present sit uation they need every man they can get to stand between the Germans and Paris. The change in the French political situation, though coming late, still promises well, for at last the strong est men in France are united together at the helm of government. France might have profited by England’s example here at the very outset of the war. In that case the Alsace-Lorraine expedition—which was of a most hazardous kind even if properly at tempted with a force sufficient to en gage a strong enemj1, and only folly in the circumstances under which it actually was attempted, with a small and Insufficiently equipped force— would never have been tried. The position of the allies now, with their backs on the first defenses of Paris, Is technically stronger than at any time since the war began. Un less the Germans break through the French-British lines before the allies can form a united mass defending the semi-circle of out<*r fortifications facing eastward from the capital, the German advance may yet be Btopped effectually. And from Sir John French's dis patches, he seems to have every hope that the Germans will fail in their desperate efforts to break through. But there are other dangers to be The soldier and the trooper may be struck By bullet or by piece of bursted shell Or cut and gashed by blow of foeman’s sword. What then, In case the Fates snip not his thread? Why, this: First aid to Injured, ambu lance Surgeon, hospital, tender Red Cross nurse, Fed on dainties, banked in by blossoms rare, Made strong again by woman’s &dor*n< eyes. Not thus the aviator hit in air! Thus with the aviator hit in airr The bullet's blow is death where’er It strikes, A sundered stay, a broken wing is death No less than shattered brain or riven heart— We pray thee, Reaper Grim, send Instant death!— For then we fall, Oh God, we airmen fall! And so, O hosts who fight on land and sea, We. aviators, fighting In the air, Make salutation, as about to die! —John Dickinson Sherman. X NOT A MAN RETURNED. X 4 R. L. Stevenson's "Will o’ the Mill." ^ 4 When Will was yet a child a dis- 4 4 astrous war arose over a great part 4 4 of the world. The newspapers 4 4 were full of defeats and victories, 4 4 the earth rang with cavalry hoofs, 4 4 and often, for days together and 4 4 for miles around, the coll of bat- 4 ttle terrified good people from their 4 labors In the field. 4 4 Of all this nothing was heard for 4 4 a long time In the valley; but at 4 4 last one of the commanders pushed 4 4 an army over the pass by forced 4 4 marches, and for three days horse 4 4 and foot, cannon and tumbril, drum 4 4 and standard, kept pouring down- 4 4 ward past the mill. All day the 4 t child atood and watched them on 4 their passage. The rythmical 4 4 stride, ihe pale, unshaven faces, 4 4 tanned about the eyes, the discol- 4 4 ored regimentals and the tattered 4 4 flags filled him with a sense of 4 4 weariness, pity and wonder. And 4 4- all night long, after he was in bed, 4 4 he could hear the cannon pound- 4 4 lng and the feet trampling and the 4 4 great armament sweeping onward 4 4 and downward past the mill. 4 4 No one In the valley ever heard 4 4 the fate of the expedition, for they 4 4 lay out of the way of gossip in 4 4 those troublous times; but Will saw 4 4 one thing plainly, that not a man ■f returned. 44>♦♦♦♦♦♦ DESCRIPTION WAS ALL RIGHT Not Just What Jones Was Looking for, But Brown Surely Hod Told the Truth. As Brown landed on the platform he fan full butt Into Jones. "Where bound, Joens, and why such speed?” queried Brown. "Just oft to Seashell-on-the-Mud, and am anxious to get some fruit before I start." "Fruit? Just the thing! Now she's just off; jump in that carriage. I left a fine pear in the corner.” Jones got in and started searching around. “My friend said he left a fine pear in the corner,” explained Jones, as an old lady sniffed angrily at the way he searched round her. “Guess he meant that corner, my man,” she snapped. Jones looked and saw a young cou ple blushing furiously. WILL BE EXPENDED WISELY Statement Showing How the Proceeds of Sale of Red Cross Seals Are to Be Spent. For the benefit of the numerous or ganizations who helped to sell near ly forty-five million Red Cross seals last year and for the general public, the American Red Cross and the Na tional Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis have framed a definition of anti-tuberculo sis work showing how the proceeds from these holiday stickers are to be used. The definition limits the expen diture of money only for the year ending April 30, 1916. The definition was framed at a re cent meeting of the National Associa tion for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and states that the term "anti-tuberculosis work" as it relates to the expenditure of Red Cross seal money shall include the following ac tivities: CARFFOR YOURHAIR With CUTICURA ■r soap . - Make the Liver Do its Duty Nine times in ten when the right the stomach and bowels CARTER’S LITTLE LIVER PILLS gentlybutfirmly pel a lazy liver do its duty. Cures Con stipation, In digestion, Sick Headache, and Diitres, After SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICk Genuine must bear Signature B * KVtWifc WMI TONIO B AUtfiMB A'litKiUIJ FOR EYE* SIOUX CITY PTG. CO., NO. 39-191* Empty Title*. The emperor of Austria, It has been noted, lays claim to thg titte marquis of Antwerp, if all European sov ereigns could make good their minor territorial titles there would, Indeed, be a reconstruction of the map. The king of Italy, for instance, is officially styled king of Sardinia, France, Spain and England, of Italy and Jerusalem, of Greece and Alexandria, of Hamburg and Sicily, Master of the Deep, King of the Earth. The king of Spain also claims to be king of Jerusalem, king of Galicia (a title shared with the em peror of Austria), and, in addition, king of Gibraltar, of the West Indies and of India. YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WII.I, TEIX YOU Try Murine Mye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery Byes and Granulated Byellds: No Smarting— lust Eve Comfort. WrlU) for Book of the Bye by mail Free. Murine Bye Remedy Co.. Chicago. The Bridal Trousseau. The old idea of providing brides with a score or more of gowns, wraps and hats has quite gone by. Even the fashionable trousseau of today con tains no more than a dozen gowns, it as many. Styles change so fast that by fall the gowns for the June wed ding, necessarily made some weeks be fore the ceremony, begin to look odd. Some authority has declared that the best dressed woman In Paris buys no more than three new toilets each year, but the opinion may be ventured that she is altering her last year’s supply most of the time. The vast assort ments of lingerie have also dwindled. Nobody provides such a multitudinous wedding outfit nowadays as used to be required.—Leslie’s. Many a woman regrets that she didn't change her mind before she changed her name. l. me construction of hospitals or sanatoria for the care of the tubercu lous. y The maintenance of the tubercu lous.* 3. The provision of day or night camps for the tuberculous; the provi sion and maintenance of dispensaries, visiting nurses, open air schools, fresh air classes, or preventorla for the care or treatment of tuberculosis cases or for the prevention of the spread of tu berculosis. 4. The maintenance of educational or legislative activities which have for their object the prevention of infection with tuberculosis. It Ought to Be. "What are you going to call the new baby?” "Reginald Claude,” replied Mr. Blig glns. "Isn’t Reginald Claude a rather af fected name?” "Yes, I want him to grow up to be a fighter, and I fancy that Reginald Claude will start something every time he goes to a new school."—Loudon Opinion. A Word From the Weary. "You seem inclined to favor criti cism of the railroads.” "Yes,” replied the weary statesman; “I’m tired of having them criticize my motives. Let ’em criticize somebody’s locomotives.” Accounting for It. "That girl has a swelled head.” “That’s only because she wears such big ‘rats.’ ” It is well to be able to talk, but there are times when silence is more valuable. Physicians Recommend Castoria CASTOKIA has met with pronounced favor on the part of physicians, pharma ceutical societies and medical authorities. It is used by physicians with results most gratifying. The extended use of Castoria is unquestionably the result of three facts: first—The indisputable evidence that it is harmless: Second—"That it not only allays stomach pains and quiets the nerves, but assimi lates the food: Third—It is an agreeable and perfect substitute for Castor OiL It is absolutely safe. It does not contain any Opium, Morphine, or other narcotio and does not stupefy. It is unlike Soothing Syrups, Bateman’s Drops, Godfrey’s Cordial, etc. This is a good deal for a Medical Journal to say. Our duty, how ever, is to expose danger and record the means of advancing health. The day for poisoning innocent children through greed or ignorance ought to end. To our knowledge, Castoria is a remedy which produces composure and health, by regulating the system—not by stupefying it—and our readers are entitled to the information.—Kail’s Journal of Health. ■ lESSifap '!’( : ALCOHOL 3 PEli CENt! '{ mm AVegelablePreparalionforAs ljg||j! 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