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Mrs. Bensonhurst-Surely! Why, she never thinks of throwing anything but an electric flatiron at her husband: HOW TO REMOVE DANDRUFF Itching and Irritation of the Scalp With Cuticura. Trial Free. On retiring lightly touch spots of dan. druff,itching and burning with Cuticura Ointment. Next morning shampoo thoroughly with Cuticura Soap and hot water. These super-creamy emollients do much to keep the scalp clean and healthy and to promote hair growth. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv. They Were All Named. A party of engineers were making a railway survey through the back woods hill country of Kentucky, and were boarding at the various . farm houses along their route. One day they stopped at a slatternly cabin for dinner. During the meal the house wire explained the lack of sufficient cutlery to go around by saying that the children had been playing with her knives and lost themi. At that a precocious youngster at the foot of the table lnterrupted her with: "Maw! Oh maw! They're all here!" "Hush. Johnny!" "But, maw, they'rc all hero!" and he rose in his place and pinited to each piece ats he inmed them: "BIg Butch, Little Butch, Case Knife andi Stub. Youth's Companioni. Encouraging Sign. "1 met D~ubwaite yesterday anti he told me his mind was occupied." "I'm not suirprised."' "No?" "Th'le real esitate mUenI tell me a great many vacant places In thec city are filling upi." Somewhat Bitter. "Tis wrIter says marriage is a lot tory." "I don't agree with him.n" sa id the pess imnist . "WVhy not ?" "In a lottery somebodyi oc(casion) ally wins," Well Built Is Built To Win--. but in building brain and body, often the daily diet lacks certain essen.. tial mineral elernents. These necessary fact.. ors are abundantly sup plied by the field grains, but are lacking in many foods -especially white flour, from which they are thrown out in the milling process to make the flour white. Grape..Nuts made of whole wheat and malted barley, supplies all the rich nutriment of the grains, including their. vital mineral salts, those all-necessary builders of' active brainis anid vigots ous bodiee. GOODWORK IN FIRST -BATTLEf Commander Writes' Mother'of His Timidity afld kConcern for His Men. THROUGH A TERRIFIC ORDEAL French Subaltern IS Twice Mantioned for Bravery and Then Is Killed In Battle After Two Weeks In Hospital Wlth Frozen Feet -Wag Cnly Twenty-One New York.-Veritably a letter from the dead id the communication sent to his mothter by Lieutenant B- of the Alpine Chassours, which tells of his first battlo, of his timidity, of his con corn for his other men. He passed through the terrific ordeal only to be killed recently In Alsace after having been mentioned twice in the orders of the division and the army for his bravery. His letter has just been sent to Frederic R. Coudert of this city, among many others that have been re ceived from the French front. Lieu tenant L3- was only twenty-one years old when he was killed. His let ter reads: "My Very Dear Mother: You must have been much surprised latterly to have had so little news of me. Now that the storm is over I can tell you that I spent five days within thirty meters of Mm. les Boches, and that this proximity prevented my sending you any news. Here is what hap pened: On the 16th we found our selves in the trenches of the third line, 800 meters from the Boches. The major assembled the company commanders; Lieutenant M- re turned and took me by the arm, led me up a little slope, indicated a wooded ridge about 400 meters away, and said to me: "'The battalion is ordered to tL ke that ridge; the Third and Fourth com panies will attack. The affair is for tomorrow afternoon.' Chilled and Heart Troubled. "At that moment I had a chill and all day my heart was troubled. I prayed as I had never prayed before in my life, and in the evdning my cour age had come back. I slept all night. The next morning we were to be in the trench ready to move at half-past eleven. We ate rapidly, and at five I minutes before eleven I started to as semble my company. "All the men were together and we were about to start when directly over our heads an enormous bomb explod ed, then a second and a third. The Hlochtes had found our point of assem bly and wore giving us a heavy bomn bardmuent. The men showing some nervousness, I brought them back un der shielter, then, turning about, 1 found M- deadly pale, and he said to mae: "'I am wounded in the leg. Take the company to the point for the at tack and report to themao. "can assure you that at this mo ment Iddnot feel very heroic. Out side the bombs were exploding wvith a horr'ible noise and the moment of at tack was approaching. I marched my men along and halted them in a place Kortar Hidden by Underbrush. of shelter, I then wvent -to find the ma jor and reD'orted to lhn. He said: "'You are in luck to find yourself at the very outset the- comm~ander of a compazy; to be aeting scaptain at your ago is splendid.' "I answered: 'Major; I am not suffi ciently experienced. I beg you give -me a comnpany commander.? "Hie replied: 'tome, come; a little corayou will see it, is not.difficult Tesgal for the attack Will be givet1 to you by Lieutenant. --.' "I could but obey. -I advanced thc gnen #s far as possible in the trenet 'and 'passptd the word that I was takinj command of the coinpany. b ,; overed Wifh eItillery Pir. "The French artitiery was firing 01 the #idgo whiche were to attack. I wa* &f4tiasiip sighit. The d20'' ,wen UnitLed States sioldiers guarding to Tex. No one Is admitted until proper c an Internal din. Uprooted saplings were carried a hundred meters away and thick black smoke covered every thing. "Our machine guns began to take Part. Suddenly the voice of Lieuteni ant S- called: 'Ready! Third com pany, forward!' "Without a moment's pause I sprang out of the trench, shouting: "'Come on, boys; forward!' "The '75's' had then increased their range. All the men followed me and, shouting, we scrambled forward at double time toward the Boche trench. I had my revolver in my hand. In the heat of the attack I had distanced all my comrades and found myself thirty meters ahead of them. Suddenly I saw a mound. It was the Boche trench, and at the same moment a bullet whistled by my ear. I leaped forward. I found a Boche, his gun still smoking In his hand, with the Red Cross bras sard on his arm. He dropped on his knees, crying: " 'Pardon, kamerad.' "Showing his brassard, he says: "'Sanitat. Sanitat' (hospital corps). "I went on with my men. We passed over the ridge and we stopped at two hundred meters from the crest, as I had been ordered to do. The Boches were bolting on every side. Our artil lery fire had so demoralized them that they had abandoned everything. We occupied the Boche positions, picking up quantities of material, guns, ma chine guns, tools. Here and there dead Boches dotted the landscape. Dig Themselves Into Trench. "Bu. it was no time to jest. I get my men together and tell them: "'Go to workandsbl and thrench there.'. . "I was astonished to find myself so calm. In front of us 50 chasseurs guarded the construction of our trench. Up to that moment I had had one man killed and 20' wounded. Suddenly, right in front of us a violent fusillade began. Bullets whistled on all sides and I saw the man ahead of me re turn, calling: "'Lieutenant, they are coming.' "it was the counter-attack. We jumped into the trench scarcely yet outlined, and I commanded the men to fire. Two hundred meters in front of me I saw the Bioches coming in masses, shouting. I even heard the cry'. 'Vorwarts, vorwarts!' All my men began to fire. The fusillade re sounded. The Boches, throwing themn selves on the ground, returned .our fire. Thousands of bullets whistled by our ears, but I paid no attention. Sud denly the Boches ar-one and continued to advance. We continued to lire. The Boches, in panlic, ran away at full speed, leaving behind them quantities of the dead and wounded. "My men continued to work at the trench. I had them place in front of the trench a barricade of barbed wire taken from the Boches, and we passed the first night there. Note that I had with me only a sergeant. I did not feel very big. Trhe major had gent me a note int which he warmly congratu lated me and expressly forbade me to give up the position. I think that all my life I shall remember that night. The Boches were constantly firing on us, while digging their own trench 60. meters from us.' My men were ,on edge and I had a hard time to keep them from firing. In the, night the Boches came again, but again were quickly repulsed. What a night! Frightfully damp, a flurry of snow and terrible cold, and overhead the sounds of 'the whistling bullets mingled with the strokes of the spades and picks of the Boches. The whole thing was. im pressive. Fusiliade With the Daylight. "Daylight came, and with it a fright ful- fusillade from the hBoches. One of my men was killed,. another wound ed.. I had- in all ten killed and some thirty wounded. .,We kept on working at our trench and connected it with thie trench of the neighboring com pany. During tha morning someone came through a connecting trench and told me the major wished to speak to tae. 1 arrived at his headquarters. Hie shook my hand, egyIng: "'Mdy boy, I am going -to. see what I1 can do tor you. But I promise 'you, pnyhow to have yqu mentioned # the orde'.s'tor' thu. day, whicoh wINiit''g you a. ight to the Oroir.de Gugtze .All t ofcers of thed b ytj fe~td o.~ P6 P.LANNS .....k ... e gas and power plants of EI Paso. redentials are shown. "You can imagine it I was excited! I assure you that it is easy to do one's luty, and I was not at all expecting to be congratulated. All the officers lame to shake my hand. I felt cov ared with contusion. "We spent the next four nights in .he trench, and this morning I had my feet swollen and hurting .tperibly. I went to the relief station, where they round that my left foot was frozen and my right frost bitten. They sent me to the rear to a village, three kilome 'ers away. I shall be here, it seems. lor eight days. "You see, dear mamma, everything went well. It was surely your thoughts and your prayers that watched over me and kept the bullets away. You an say that your son did his duty as best he could, and if I am happy to be mentioned in the Ordre du Jour it is principally because of the pleasure that you, as well as papa, will feel." In two weeks the young lieutenant was out of the hospital. Two months later he ha( been transferred to AlP sace, and there was killed in battle 5OO FOR AN OLD KINDNESS Mrs. Albertson of Sedalls, Mo., Was Good to an Orphan and He Re pays Her. Sedalia. Mo.-Mrs. J. T.. Albertson, wife of a Sedalia painter, has received a check for $500 from Daniel C. Jack lin of San Francisco, as.a recognition of kindness extended to him years ago, when as an orphan he worked on the Albertson farm near here. Jacklin was left penniless when his parents died, but he worked his way through the Warrensburg Normal school and the Relia Schiool of Mines. He then went West, and as a mining engineer has accumulated wealti. His earnings run into the thousands yearly, and he receives large dividends from eighteen mining corporations in which he is a stockholder. He wants Mr. and Mrs. Albertson to join him on an eastern trip. PLOT TO BLIND AVIATOR A victim of Chinese political in trigue, Tom Gun, intrepid Chinese aviator of San Francisco,, who'recently took his machine -to China to teaci aviation to Yuan 'Shih IKai's soldiers nearly lost his eyesight in -the palaci of the governor of Canton when hi washed with water into which *at enemy had placed 'carbolie acid. Hii taco was horribly burned. Gin .wal born in San Fr.ancisco of Chinese par ents Reward for Hopesty.. New Brunswick, N. J.-M~iss Ethe A. Wood recently returned $200 to thi education board for instruction shi did not complete. News of her actioi reached her cousin, William B. French in Los Angeles. He has just died leav ing her $75,000 as a reward for he: honesty. Girl Babies Superior.. Lafayette, Ind.-Girl babies proved superior to the boy babies in 14tay ette's first baby show. FhgirlsW0i all .the- first- pr ; in Y rippii classes. Boyb44b A onu And two thI d.ts - (BI ,.-SELLI V.Drco f Bible. nI (Copyright, 1916., Westet o 19 nP4 LESSON FOR APRI PETER DELIVERED PROM PRISON. LESSON TEXT-Acts 12:1-19. GOLDEN TEXT--The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, ahd delivereth them.-Psalins 84;7e One day the "sons of Zebedee". de sired Jesus to grant a carte blanche petition. Pressed further as to their particular request, they petitioned for the seats of authority on the right and left hand of Jesus in. glory. In reply Jesus said that such a petition was not a proper one nor intelligent ly asked, but according to their in trepid assertions of willingness they should be baptized with his baptism of death (Mark 10:36-45), and. that the greatest of his followers should be "servant of all." Today's lesson is a fulflllment of that prophecy. I. Peter in Prison, the Church Pray ing (vs. 1-6). Persecutions had been resumed (9:31) after a temporary lull. Some people serve Christ by living, others by yielding up their lives for his sake. James (not the one men tioned in chapter 15) was slain and Peter's death delayed in order not to pollute the feast of the Jewish Holy week. Peter's. position was perilous. Sixteen soldiers guarded him in a Ro man dungeon. But his enemies bad left God out of their calculationa and the believers had linked themselves through prayer with the source of all power. Against such a force Hered's cunning plan, whereby lie might curry favor with the Jews (v. 3), is power less. But it is now almost the hour for Peter's execution. Why the de lay? The greater to demonstrate the power of God. Herod and the Jews cared not for, nor recognized, Easter, but God cared for his servant and hon ored the prayers of his saints. Peter's faith in the plans and purposes of God is indicated by his slumber and the need of being fully awakened by the angel. There are four things about that vigil of prayer (v. 5) offered by the church on Peter's behalf, which was so wondrously answered. (1) It was directed "unto God.'' Some pray ers are offered to audiences' or the ears of man, but not such as are an swered. We have heard prayers, so. called, offered where the name of -Jesus is never mentioned, and scarce 'ly the name of God. Literally (v. 5) this was a "stretch-out-ed-ly" prayer, and its earnestness was such as to circumvent this vile grandson of Herod the Great. (2) It was made 4'without ceasing" ("earnestly" R. V.). There was a sincerity and an intensity of desire on Peter's behalf which lan guage can scarcely express (See also Rom. 8:26). The same word is used of our Lord's prayer in the gat'den when "His sweat was as great drops of blood falling down to the ground" (Luke 22:44, Rom. 15:30, Col. 4:12, 13, R. V.) There is little such prayer to be found, but once found it is an swered. ii. Prayer Answered, Peter at Liberty (vs. 7-11). The messenger of God (v. 7) brought light, yet the servant of God needed awakening, a sugges tion to apply to our modern church life. His method of awaking Peter suggests that it often takes sharp blows to..arouse us to our duties and privileges. -The sinner has to be awakened before lhe can be delivered. Deliverance is more needed than sleep. Ili. Jloy and Amazement (vs. 12-17). Peter, ftnding himself untrammeled and free upon the streets of the city, and no longer angel-accompa'nied, at once repaired to his friends. Do we seek the prayer meetings? It was startling indeed for the subject of their prayers to knock at the door; perhaps he should have been more consider ate of their feelings. One, Rhoda, readily responded, and it was her per sistent faith that finally overcame the lack of faith on the part of the others. While they were yet speaking God had answered (Isa.; 65:24), but such a prompt and complete deliverance was not expected, and it amazed and bewildered them. Rhoda seetned to be expecting Peter, for as soon as she answered Peter's rap at the door 9he recognized his voice (v. 14), and from sheer joy over the good news'she was able to communicate it to those -pray ing,- but -she neglected the important duty 'of - opening- the - 'door fbr Peter. She was only a "maid" and 'her mes sage was but toolishness '(Luke 24: 11), which her elders 'sought to ex plain., but poor lieter . still outside, '.continued knocking,' which Boon con: vinced those within, and' upon open ing the door they "saw him" and were "astonished." 'Calming their fears and admonish ing them to hold their peace (v. 17), Peter turned their thoughts from him. self to Jesus and, commanded that James, the leader of the Jerusalem church, and "the brethren," be in. formed of his deliverance, Meanwhile he went to "another place," Herod when he sought to execute Peter accordjng'to his plan (va, 3, 4) was 'anger4 'at the turn of events, vated 'his wrath upon Peter's guards (v.. }9), auld in seedping disgust and didigeop V~ the 9scape of this great e4rl'a to4ig cpitl, Caesar. 474 Des Moind sZ $a$9.a .e i was very slk andP life.was n b. The.docto stated that I would never get well yith. o U t .a n Operation and that without it I would not live otze year. -My huiband objected to any operation ' Ad got Wspesomeof diaE. Pinkhaml's egea bleCompound.took It and commenced to get better and arn now well,. ama stout and able to do my bwn housework. 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