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THE SPRING DRIVE Our boys are going "Over the top' and into "No rnzn's land" this slpruitg. No one has any doubt of their abiiity to get there. 'There will also be a spring drive on this side of the ocean, because March is the year's '"blu' Mon day." It is the most fatal nionth ol' the year. March and April Is a time when resistance usually is at lowest ebb. It is a trying season for the "run-down" nan. But medical science steps in, 11t1d says, "it need not be"! W' sholi canl tivate a love of henith. a sense of re sponsiblllity for the enire' of our bodies. Do not allow the machin'ry of the body to clog. Put the stonitch andl liver in proper entadiLion. 'I'nike Dr. l'lerc's teol(ien Medical I)iscover'y, to be ha! at most drug stores In tbllt't or ltinid torin, tallets .ivty-rtts a vial, coln. posed of noti i h'rls. h'liis puts the stonsmlch an l ii yiv in p ropeir condition. You linay be lilitlding along, no spring, no elist eity, Iino vim, blt ;io soon as you have lint the hotly into its no1rnara lihyvsi cal contlit-i-oiled thi' rnuchinery, as it were-you will 11h1( new vit, vigor anil vitality w ithin you. A little "pep," an( we laugh :intl live. Try it now. Senil Ir. l'i'rr'. ltiItalii, N. Y., lOr. fur trial (:ie lgie. A lit tle' einirgy will save the tiny. T(him Imriue n'cess.ity ol' lilt'e Is heal1th. W\ith -'1it Hunrl e'nergy you have the liiun ' l' iit'e youtself into arthan ''i. I;ilhlen .\%itcal Discovery is thi' sling timit' w hiih you need, Lare Boftie w For 35cII When you buy ; Yager's Lini ment you get splendid value! The large 35 cent bottle contains more than the usual 50 cent bottle of liniment. Try i tfor rheumatism. neuralgia, Sciatica, sprains. cuts and bruises. At all dealers - price 35 cents. GILBERT BROS.a.CO., aIsitimore. lid. ormuntwsm n.wanwa E For up-to-date implements and prompt service, make Rawlinga your "source of supply." Ask your dealer. Rawlings Implement Co. Manufacturers, Whflolesalers. Exporters Baltimore, Md. wA A AROT E, N / . Ar r m uy Have you R HE U MAT ISM Lumbago or Gout ? T1akn It lI EltT M A i)I r1it remuiovn tiiwauise anl tin thu uioton from~ the bybtiiml. "Rn i'iAm'imD r u s I ?O g in 111iiTii' A t All Druggit a Jas. Daily & Son, Wolsle istributiors B~altimore, hld. 4Kill Dandruff ' k'and Itchin with Cuticura S\Soap 25c. Oinent 25c & 50c EGGS-POULTRY Wo are ithe largest hiaacieri of kCuxa tim i'oultry in thme ou tit ThihtWHAT HAVE Vou TO SHIP? xtu-t m rketartn uaraintee ii th qu.oick ~t ft nfre niesias Niationat WOODSON-CR AIC CO. Commission' Merchants. RICH MOND, VA. STOP YOUR COUGHING No need to let that courth peraist. Stop the IrritatIon, andt remove ticklIng antd hoarse tress. by relieving the inilamed throat wrait PISO'S "OVE By An Ameri Soldier Who V EMPEY GETS INTO THE WISHES HE WERE I Synopsis.-Fired by the sinki American lives, Arthur Guy Emape; goes to England and enlists as a i short experience as a recruiting o tag quarters in France, where hi and makes the acquaintance of CHAPTER li.--Continued. -3 The greatest shock a recruit gets when he arrives at his battalion in France is to see the men engaging in a "cootie" hunt. With an air of con tempt and disgust he avoids the com pany of the older men, until a couple of days later, in a torment of itching, he also has to resort to a shirt hunt, or spend many a sleepless night of misery. During these hunts there are lots of pertinnt remarks handled back and forth anong the explorers, such as, "Say. Bill. I'll swap you two little ones for a big one," or, "I've got a blaek one here that looks like Kaiser Bill." One sunny day in the front-line trench, I saw three officers sitting out side of their dugout ("cooties" are no respecters of rank ; I have even noticed a suspidous unensiness about a < ertain well-known general), one of thema was a major, two of them were exploring their shirts. paying no attention to the o'ensional shells which passed over head. The uaior was writing a letter; every now and then lie would lay aside his writ ing-pad. search his shirt for a few minutes, get an inspiration, aid then resume writing. At last he fin ished his letter and gave it to his "run ner." I was curious to see whether he was writing to an insect firm, so when the runner passed me I engaged him in conversation and got a glimpse at the address o'. the envelop,'. It was addressed to Miss Alice Somebo)dy, in London. The "runner" informed ni that Miss Somebody was the maujor' sweetheart and that he wrote to her every lay. .Just imagine it, writing Y love letter during a "cootie" hunt ; bu such is the creed of the trenches. CHAPTER III. I Go to Church. Upon enlistment we had ident~t disks issued to us. These were sinai disks of red fiber worn around the neel by means of a siring. Most of the Ton mies also used a little metal disk whil they wore around the left wrist ha means of a chain. ''hey hd previous ly figured it out that if their head wvere blown otf, the dis5k on the lef wrist wouldl identify them. If they los their left aim the disk nround the neel would serve the purpose, hut if thel1 head and left arm wvere blown off', na one would care who they weft, so I did not matter. On one side of thi disk was inscribeed your rank, name( number and battalIon, while on thi other wais stamped youir religion. 0. of E., meaning Church of E'ng land ; it. C., iteitmia nCa t hol Ic ; W., WVes leya; P., Presbyterian; but if yol hiappened to be an atheist they left blank, and Just hantded you a prek ani shovel. On my diske was stamped C. o E. This is how I got it : The lieuten ant who enlisted me asked my religion I was not sure of the religion of thi British army, so I nuswered, "Oh, an; old thing," and lie promiptly put dlowl C. of E. Nowv, Just imagine my hardi lack. Ou of five religions I was unlucky enougl to pick the only one where churci parade was compulsory ! rThe next mtornting was Sunday. was sitting in the billet writing hom to my sister te'lling her of my wonder ful exploits while under fire-all re cruitis do t his. Th'le sergeant major pa his head in the dloor of the billet an shoutedi: "C. of E. outsidle for churci paradie !"' I kept oni wftintg. 'Turning to me, It COMMUNICATION T RENCH 3ToSF-r.INLWIDT DinsnAain via en R THE ican Arthur ( Tent Machine Gunne Copyright 191?, by ArthuT Guy Rg! FRONT LINE TRENCH-AND SACK IN JERSEY CITY. rg of the Lusitania, with the loss of i, an American living in Jersey City, >rivate in the British army. After a flicer in London, he is sent to train first hears the sound of big guns cooties." a loud voice, he asked, "Empey, aren't you C. of E.?" I answered, "Yep." In an angry tone, he commanded, "Don't you 'yep' me. Say, 'Yes, ser geant major.' "I did so. Somewhat mollified, he 'frdered, "Outsile for church parade." I looked up and answered, "I am not going to church this morning." He said, "Oh, yes, you are !" I answered, "Oh, no, I'm not !"-But I went. We lined up outside with rifles aid bayonets, 120 rounds of ammunition, wearing our tin hats, and the march to church began. After marching about five kilos, we turned off the road into tn open field. At one end of this field the chaplain was standing in a limber. We formed a semicircle around him. Overhead there was a black speck cir cling round and round in the sky. This was a German Fokker. The chaplain had a book in his left hand-left eye on the book-right eye on the airplane. We Tommies 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 nil afternoon. CHAPTER IV. . hne"into the Trench." The next morning the draft was in spected by our general, and we were assigned to different companies. The I boys in the brigade had nicknamed this general Old Pepper, and he cer tainly earned the sobriquet. I was as t signed to B company with another American named Stewart. For the next ten days we "rested." repairing roads for the Frenchies, drill ing, arid- digging bombing trenches. One morning we were informed that y we were going up the line, and our i march began. It took us three days to reach re serve blllets-ench (lay's march bring ing the sound of the guns nearer and r nearer. At night, way off in the dis tance we could see their flashes, which i lighted up the sky with a red glare. Against the horIzon we couild see numerous obs'ervation balloons or "sau sages" as they are call. On tihe alternoon of the third day's tmarch I witnessed my first airplan( being shelled. A thrill ran through me and I gazed in awe. The airplane wa making wide circles in the air, while little puffs of white smoke were burst ing all around it. These puffs happeared like tiny balls of cotton while after each burst could be heard a dull S"plop." The sergeant of my platoori Sinformed us that it was a Ger-man air. plane and1( I wondered how he could tell from such a dlistatnce because the plane -seemed like a little black speck in the sky. I expressed my dloubt as t Swhether it was English, F~renchr or Ger man. With a look of contempt he fur. ther informed us thart the allied ainti aircraft shells wvhen exploding emitted t white smoke while the Germian shrelir gave forth black smoke, and, as he ex Spressed it, "It must be an Allemand be cause our pom-pomis arec shelling, and I I know our batteries are riot off thielt bally ninppers and are certainly noi - strafeilng our own prlanes, anid another - piece of adcvice--don't chuck your weight about uint il you've been up th I line andl learnt something." I immuediately quit "chucking m~s wseight about" from that time on. -Just before reaiching reserre blllets . TR Liead omneninTrnhs TOP" uy Empey r, Serving in France we were marching along, laughing, and Singing one of Tommy's trench ditties: I want to go home, I want to go home, I don't want to go to the trenches no more Where Sausages and whizz-bangs are ga lore. Take me over the sea, Where the Alle mand can't get at me, Oh, my, I don't want to die. I want to go home-" when overhead came a "swish" through the air, rapidly followed by three oth ers. Then about two hundred yards to our left in a large field, four columns of black earth and smoke rose into the air, and the ground trembled from the report-the explosion of four German five-nine's, or "coalboxes." A sharp whistle blast, immediately followed by two short ones, rang out from the head of our column. This was to take up, "artillery formation." We divided into small squads and went into 'the fields on the right and left of the road, and crouched on the ground. No other shells followed this salvo. It was our first baptism by shell fire. From the waist up I was all enthusiasm, but from there down, everything was missing. I thought I should die with fright. After awhile, we reformed into col umns of fours, and proceeded on our way. About five that night, we reached the ruined village of H-, and I got my first sight of the awful destruction caused by German Kultur. Marching down the main street we came to the heart of the viltage, and took up quarters in shellproof cellars (shellproof until hit by a shell). Shells were constantly whistling over the vii i lage and bursting in our rear, search ing for our artillery. These cellars were cold, damp and smelly, and overrun with large rats big black fellows. Most of the Tom mies slept with their overcoats over their faces. I did not. In the middle of the night I woke up in terror. The cold, clammy feet of a rat had passed over my face. I immediately smoth ered myself in my overcoat, but could not sleep for the rest of that night. Next evening, we took over our sec tor of the line. In single file we wend ed our way through a zigzag com munication trench, six inches deep with mud. This trench was called "Whisky street." On our. way up to the front line an occasional flare of hursting shrapnel would light up the sky and we could hear the fragments slapping* the ground above us on our right and left. Then a Fritz would traverse back and forth with hIs "ty e writer" or machine gun. The bullets made a sharp cackimg noise overhead. The boy in front of me named[ Pren tice crumpled up without a word. A piece of shell had gone through his shrapnel-proof heimet. I felt sick and wveak. In about thirty minutes we reached the front line. It was (lark as pitch, Every now andl then a German star shell would pierce the blackness out in front with its silvery light. I was trembling all over, and felt very lonely and afraid, All ordiers were given in whispers. The company we relieved filed past us and disappeared into the blackness of the communication trench leading to the rear. As they passed us, they whispered, "The best o' luck mates." I sat on the fire step of the trench with the rest of the amen. In each traverse two of the older men had been put on guard with their heads stle~clng over the top, and with their eyes try ing to pierce the black-ness In "No Man's Land." In this trench there were only two dugouts, and these were used by Lewis and Vickers machino gunners, so it wazs the fire step for Iours, Pretty soon It started to) rain. We put on our "mnacks," hut they were not much protection. The rain trickledl (Iowa our hacks, andl it was not long before we were wet and cold. IIow~ I passed that night I will never know, but without any unusual occurrence, dawn arrivedl. The wordi ".stand dlown" was passed along the line, and the sentries got (Iowa ofr' the~ fire ste'p. Pretty slooni the rumn issue came along, and it was a Godsend. It warmed our cliiled boies and put newv life int') us'. Thea from thle coammunieat ioni trenehes came dixies or iron pots. filled with steam ing ten, which hand two woodien stakes thlrough their handles, and were cam' ried b~y two men. I filled moy canteen and drank the hot tea without taking It from miy iips. It was no't long he fore I was alsleebp in thme mud on the fire step. M~y aimblitionl hadl been at tain~ed !I was in a frhni -line t renichi on t he west un fr'ont, andir oh, how I wihed I wero back i JTersey City. Empey takes his first turn on the firing step of the trench while thie machine gun bulleto I whiz over his head. He soon learns why Tommy has adopted the motto, "If you're going to get it, you'll get it, so never worry." Don't miss the next - installment.J 'To liE CONT'INUI.) No oned cnn kill time in thmese strenu. is days without also sloying his~ Owo I ou ortu itic hAYE PEACE TERMS COME TO BRITAIN? LORD CECIL SAYS THAT NO SUCH PROPOSALS ARE BEING "CONSI DERED." PEACE IS OFFERED SERBIA Holland in "Perilous" Situation, on Account of Allied Nations Taking Over Her Ships. That peace terms have been offered Great Britain by Germany may possi bly be inferred from several signtiil cant statements given out. Lord Robert Cecil, British minister of blockade, when asked if proposals "had been received for a peace at the ( lpense of Russia" answered that "no Sch proposals are being considered or will be cons'deredl." A little earlier an Amsterdam dis patch quoted Field Marshal von Hin denburg as saying that "the entente has shown an unresponsive attitude toward Germany's peace intentions and the great German offensive must therefore go on." Later General von LudendorY, the German quartermaster general. was reported as saying: "Since the enemy is not inclined to make peace. we will have to tight. amid this tight will, of course. be the most tremendous of the whole war." Ludendorff Boasts Strength. General von Ludendorff continued: "We are stronger than the enemy as regards men, material, aerial forces, tanks. Everything, in fact, of which he boasted is standing in readiness on our side in the greatest abutind. a1(e. The treaty of peace submitted by Germany to Russia at Brest-Litovsk. which makes Russia an outpost of the central empires, has either been ratified by the all-Russian congress of soviets or its ratiflcation apparently is inninent. Reports from Moscow are not clear on the s ittiat ion. but it seems certain that the bolshevik element has voted by a large majority to affirm the treaty. As this element dominates the congress, the hard terms will (oubt less be accepted, notwithstanding re. ports that Leon Trot zky, the mouth pie'e of the bolsheviki. is opposed to their provisions and is willing to try to reorganize the Russian army to fight the German invaders. Holland stands in a perilous situa tion, according to the German news papers, which are printig editorials, evidently inspired, on the taki ig over of Dutch ships by the United States aid G rea t B'itain. 'Dratstic tueasuraes" are advocated if Holland "gives way" to the allies. FIFTY HORSES ARE DEAD; RESULT OF GERMAN HAND Covington. Ky.- -Fifty htorses are deadl of poisonting iat ( ov ing ton a nd malt'ny or'eare expel'cd to die out oif a gover'nnmenit shtipmieniIt of72t1 hiors. front (amp Grant. Rockfor'd, Ill.. con signed to New.port News. Va. Dr,. L. E. C'risler, v'eterinary sutrgeon. C'ov itngton, prontountced thte (lentih or thle an imalIs to be due to belladlona arnd ('rotont oil poisoinig. The 'ontsignmltent of horses reachiel C'ovingt on inl chtarge of Lieut. Frank Lilley andl 16 soldiers. Docftor ('risler' saId lhe believed the ploisoni had beent plac'ed in wate r givent to the horses itn (ovington, Government aintthori ties wet'e ntotified. An agent of the department oif just ice negsan t nt ilnves lig'iton Db1, ea ts of thle hior'ses g''nt erally arme said to be ratmifticntlions ot Bow to Germany's Will. W~isiaigtona. ---Thle decision of thle allRussiaint (-ongtrss of' -;oi. a alt Me cow to ratlify' the' (ktrmait !aea''c tern s. an nonneed in pre.ss cables wita re-hI at aftr rt aeceiplt of Pr'iesid ent IWilsons message to thle iRnssian iipeople assur a Uii them that A neri'a wotild take the tirst oppotunity1 to help I tem rega in their comltplete' sover-eigntyv antd aInde p''ndenlce. TROOPS ENJOY SUNSHINE AFTER WEEKS OF RAIN A fteur weeksa of raa, snow. Wind1( and~ maritky' weathter there ('ame to fhie Amit tJcan trotnt its fir1st hathI of gent'al a erinat sunsineI i. Th'le skies wero Hol nless, antd ini thIi moderatec temp 'r. at Ir e Ihat tpr-evailted s wlet-rs were d ist'are d byef )' i t ihe men for thie fir-st timte Since(' last sia nmer, wileI int the il Il'ges whPee they are- billet edl and ini thle ('anitoanments ini the t raining area. the (-amtps were diecorated with rolls of be'dd ig be ig giv~en an a irinlg. REINFORCED CONCRETE SHIPS TO TAKE LARGE PLACE Wash inugl on. -- I- Reit fored 'ontt 1-i' shilps ainpare'nt ly aire athoutt to ltke a hirge place in tih' solution of the ship. hilding (liftficnity which lies ai-rtoss the patti to vietory ovyr G trmnanva. ('ha ir'mtn liiey. of the shipping hoarad. a elegr'aphedt the hitilers of th la n n ei h e d s u c s s l o tt t h e P a i i i ('(ast to ireport liitetditely what weere thIae prospeet s foar laying dowan add~ it innn1t hall. YOUR SICK CHILD IS CONSTIPATED! LOOK AT TONGUE HURRY, MOTHER! REMOVE PO. SONS FROM LITTLE STOl4CH, LIVER, BOWELS. GIVE- "CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS" IF CROSS, BILIOUS OR FEVERISH. II No miatter what ails your chiildl, a' gentle, thorotagh laxative should al. Ways be the first treatment given, if yoir lIttle 4)ne is out of sorts, half-sick, isn't resting, eating and act- 1 lng naturatlly--look, Mot her ! see if tonguie is conteel. Th'is is a sure sign that the little stomach, liver and bow els are ('logged with wvaste. When eross, irrlitable, fOeerishi, stomanch sour, breath hadl or hats stom~ach-ache, diar rhea, sore throat, full of' cold, give a tenlsiponful of' "California Syrup of Figs," aneul in1 a few hours all the con stipated l)poison, ulndigesteil food and sour bile gently moves out of the lit tie howels withbout- griping, attl you have a well, lIayful childi again. Mothers ('tti rest easy after giving this himless "frit luixative," because it never tl'als to eII'Dus(e the little one's liver andl bowels and sweeten the stoma aich and they cleairly love its pleasant taste. Full dilrectins for bables., chIt. diren of all iii's and1( for grown-11ups print 'l oni e'achi bott le. Ask your 4druggist ft1 hot tle of "UnI i fornia Syruaji tif I''igs ;" t henu see tha t it is marbth' by I th "'('aliftornia ''g Syrup There's a Reason. Ilbby- --"I never real ixet you were o al bef'ore."' Wie-"i'm 51t)tsei the. Am I not your1 hetlter half?'' Rheumatism ReN ef--25c. Rature's Remedy (NR Tablets), Are Helping Thousands Who Tried Ex.. pensive ThIngs Without Result. It's Cuaranteed, hThere are three vital processes of human existence,--the digestion ot' food, the extraction of nourishment from it and the elimination of waste. Poor digestion and assimilation means failure to derive full nourish ment from food and that in turn often means impoverIshed blood, weakness~ I anemia, etc. Poor elimination means ant accumulation of waste mattr which poisons the body, lowers vitality. decreases the Power of resistance to .disease and leads to the development of many serious ills, Rlheumatsm,--due to some inter ference with the process of elimina tion, failure to got rid of certain body ison,-eamotbe ex eted to yield o n edieine that ila to correct the condition responsible for it.-Could any reasonable person expect to rid himself of rheumatic p aln an long as 1-eumatic poisan ls allowed to remain Think of thh. It explains ?ie suc ess of Nature at Remedy (NRt Tablets) In so many cases where other medicines have failed. Thousands are using NR Tablets every day and get ting relief. Why pay flvo or ten times as much for uncertain things? A 25c box of Nature's Remedy (NIt Trablets), containing enough to last twenty-five days.-must heip you, must give you prompt relief andl sat Isfactory beneflt or cost you nothing. Nature's Remedy in not only fore the relief of rhueumatism. It im proves digestion, tonecs the liver, reg ulates kidney and howel action, im proves the blood and cleanses' the system. You've tried the expensive medicines and doctors, now make the real test. You'll get results this time. Tabilts) Issold gtu aranteed ad recom-mendcd by your druggist, IF YOU OWNA LITTLE FIELD' FOR TiE LANDS SAKE DRAIN IT WEILTO MAKE lIT YELD SH E MARY JOHNSON'S HAIR Was Short end Kinky Now its Long and Fluffy She Used NOAH'S HAIR DRFSSING Pri'n 25c. 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