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BASIS FOR LOANS TO FARM_OWNERS Federal Board Issues Rules for the Guidance of Land Banks. MANY MECHANICS ARE NEEDED Ten Thousand Skilled Men Wanted for Service in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps-Now Kind of Bullets. aVnslington. - The federal farm loan board has issued the following rules for the guidance of the land banks in determining whatt area con etitutes a farin for loaning purposes "First, Generally--The farm uist he of suifflclent area to yield at the hands of an ordinarily cnpable farmer, put ting it to the use to which it is gen erally adapted and using average moth ode, an income suflicient to muaintain t1e family of the aliepicnnt nail (is charge the interest and amortization paymients. "Second, Speially.-Wlere th rough 1ntensivle farmiing 01r the p racticte of i speelalty a suilicient incone hints been regulanrly derivel frt in a tract ' flclent in area for ordinary farming. or where ithe apipilittion of the pr'os- r poetiye horrower shts dhat he is by I experience enpulil at' piucii rig such i an incomte fronm such a tract, shil iron lmay be necepted its sur flint, prtovidi ed the lard has a stable and perion nent mart 1 vHuo stllclent to warrant the lonn applietd for. This ruling does not apply to fruit and orchard lands which have already been the subjects of definite rulings by this board." Under the first paragraph of this rul ing loans may be made to the ordinary farmer on the basis of average skill and efficiency, and no tract of land will be accepted as a farin eligible for a loan under the federal farm loan net unless it Is large enough to support the family and take care of the loan under the average farm conditions of the neighborhood. lut under the second iiagraph of the ruling the inten1sive farmer or the man who practices a proftt aibe sprylni ty, or who shows himnself ithle to do so, will lit ven tinanhd n(13 support by the fetlernl loan systeimn, even though his farm inny he too sumll for ordinary farming purposes, pliled that the land qIuite apart fron its use has a stable and perit anent Innd value which will make the lont safe whether it is well opera t eI(, or imdly operated, or not operated at all, . QualIfled men registered under the aelectivo service inw maiiy he inducted Into service to fill the aill for I (,00t skilled 'ehanlies needed by the avia tion section of the signal corps, by applying to their locai hoards. Men not registered may enlist at recruit ing stntions. The present call is pai rteularly for nachinists, nulito miecharcs,. enigine re pnaimen, guinsmithfs, ebauiiiffeuiirs, Ca r J'en ters, b)3 lcsmi Iit, fInsm3i ts, sheet metal w~orke'rs, proeller' makllers, wIreless opera'itors atnd conlstrulctors, tailors, tent-muakers, snIl-mnkers, truck maosters, vlennoizrers, wvelters, anrd ex perts on malfgnetos, ignItion Itystemas, cam~ieras, watches, and clocks. Men wIll lie sent to SitnI Antonio, Tex., for segregtio(n by trades, fol lowed by a brilef course of instruetton at flyling flthls or (nettrles, then or ganIzed into squadrons mostly for sorvice ove'rsens. Atlilitional informau tion may bte s'curIedl by . piplint Ion to the nir divisIon, lpersonnel depalrtmlent, Washinigton, D). 0. The present war has1 broughlt forth a niew~ kind of ammitlltion3 for airplanle use in the formi of spieelnl atrid~gtes contaIning bullets for nirmior-pierelng, tracing, and incetiriy lIrposes. All of these cart ridges are of It' sinaill rifle calibers, l''l'l norimt. to a s tateme~int nuthorizedl by ft' war 3'dhepa 3rtnt. The threte- tent)hs of ani in dl II iafeer and short length oif thi' hullet lef't It tIe spaice for the anrmlor-piereing ole * ~~posit Ion, btut such com l'ina1ttionts 113ve( * ~ been matd'. TIhe hiultets dleve'loped bty ft United States ordnan31ce(' tdtpartnt have I131'ut been see If thetre 1s aniy dlitffertenct in t'ir ~~~performnce when f~~'1 ired friom3 11 Citulek ly movilng airpl ane ini the upper utmos(4) equa1l1 to or Surpa13ssing thalt attainert abrond. Mtoret thban 1,000lf tOnls of *1 ianrnetc coal wereP (iltcndemnedl in Penniisylv~antr mnarkcets by reprecsenitatives of the fuel admInistratIon recently in the enm. naign to compel the delivery of clean - coal. 4 ~Followilng the 1)1313 tidopted for (131. Ifornand C111(olorado, the food admlin.I Istrat Ion has appoln ted' aI commii ssi to de(terineltI the (cost of pr'oduing sugar beets In Nebraska. Th'le com.I inission h1as no( Itower to fix prices, but it is expected that its figures will servo as the batsis for voluintatry prIce agreements be(t ween growiers anad pur chaisers of st~uar beets. All hees nowIn storage miust be markeed bforeJune 15, unless spe0 elal perrnission to hold is givez. by the foodl admni't ution. The use of gas in warfare dates bacJ to about 400 B. C. The Spartan sat urated wood with pitch and sulphui and burned it under the walls of citie Which they were attacking. For sei oral centuries gas has not been uset in warfare, and The llague convention (lefinitely ruled against it. However on April 22, 1915, the Germans liber ated great clouds of gas against Cana (i8a troops near Ypares. Terrible ie structlon and(1 denOralization resulted from this first gas attack, and within a week 1'aglan(d Was making plans for gas warfare against the Germans. Soon after the first German gas at tack English 111(1 French women sent to the front hundreds of thousands of homne-made gas masks. For the most part they were merely hand ages fin p regnated wilh chemicals to wrap around the noutth anad nose. These emergency Imiasks saved miny lives, buit afforde'd only limited protectionl. Commenting on the delcsion to regu late tihe consumption of bread in Paris by means of tickets, reference is 1ta1de by some of the Paris newspapers to the sticeess of the breitad card in Switz erlajul, wvhere the bread has beeni ra tioned for sever aimonths, resulting in an econonly of 45 per cent of the itlnltnt colnsillied pl'eViously. The average 0uount allotted per Ipersoti aer daty is 250 grains (which wiII :oot be reduced to 200 gria is), Each inidividu~ai card co((tntains a cer tain nmber of c(oulons for 250, 100, 50 11i1l 2: grais (it' breid, aimoalltiug in :tit to lio- inital iionthly allotment. iT'hese c'ui ons iay he used whenever h' hldt(li'r desires, either at the bank ('Is or itt a restiauratit ; in fact, guests in Jaillviatt' fiiiatilles are expected to de t ich from their individual bread cards the ('ato n ils e(qliivalent to the asmount (if brl'tld consulned. More than $11,000,000,000 of war risk insurance has so far been written, covering over 1,500,000 persons in the ilitary and naval services. The aver age amount of insurance applied for is nearly $9,000. The tuaxitnum permit ted is $10,000, and the minimum $1, 000. Final figures show the United States army, both here and abroad, is well over 90 per cent insured. In many caimps 99 per cent of the personnel is protected by government instirance. The insurance noW on the books of the bureau is more than three times as great as the ordinury iisutrance held by the largest cominercial company in the world. All new pe'rsns j mining the service lay Iply foir I nsurtnce within 120 (lys oit ei' j.loiii g the colors. Auto int Lit: insuas'ince c4 ('ed1 for all mu, regitaless of. enlistment date, on 1cb I ruary 12. An ordnance baise that will cost ap I 'ioxluatel y $'25,(J0t),41100 is under cinn si trUct in in l"raince. It will include a gun l-repliir plant equlipped to reli nc aiore than u)(0 guns a month ; a large eipaicity carriaige repair plant ; ia nuator-vtehi'le reaira' phaitnt capablsle of overhauling inure than 1,200 veh ic'les a uoitilh ; it smil-arms repair plant (o han 1idl 58,00ntI riles gand lunchit' guns a month ; a large shop for the repair of horse iald infantry equiilnient ; a reloaling paint cmatle of reloading about 1 00,-)000 artillery cartridges a dlay. Th'le ordnancl(e base will include 20 lairga' storehouses, 12 shop lbuilidings, 100 smsaller slho ps aind msagais10, and1( maschinie anid totil equipnmnt ('osting $5.000,000. Apprmoximatn ely 4150 officers andio 16,000) mn will be required for mianite'nance. Accoirding to anf announcemenpit 1by Secaret airy Lani add1((1it iliparks~ will bae oiaena to tourists t his year on the fol hawing daites: Yosemaite a, ('al ifornia, any 1 to No "'embier 1; Itoc'ky Mltain sum National latrk, Coloracd, May 1 to Novembler I; ~(~Seqala Nsati onal park, ('ali fornia, Maty 15 to Octoabei' 10;1 Genal Griant Naiilonial pairk, (Cal Iforni a, M say 15 to0 ( )'leohr 10); Mesa V'erde Nutatilpark, C'olorado, Jun11e 1 to Sepltemaber 30; Motiii Iianier Nattionaal larak. Wasing-. tai, Juneat I tao Sepite'mbera'a 16; (lhicier Nattiansal ipark. Monitansa, Junsse 15 to Se'ptembear 15: 4 'ratiir Laka Niational SIark. Oregaan, .1111y 1 to1 Sept ember 30; Y allowta~stoni,'ei Nainal pairk, WVyaming, .11une4 "5 14) Sept embser 15. Ans illuastrateal <'satague of OIlltal wNar ijhlaatogaraphals andit st ereoj ti eon slad's las been't issuae ' (lit th Ivislon at'f14 pIte of' te ('aamm~itte onii publ lie ilsfaorttsastitan. ina it airt listed abtlm 1.0 (XIlictusras aavssalablt to 111e pulblic, inahling ihtorrsqaphas takena lay the sigala earss navy, iain corpts(')~5 and1 lFreniah i nd 1 elgian1 oficiaIlaphoto g raphls . El'tnli ltitu re listeda ma~ny he had al ier' asai11)1 phtograp5 hi e prin alo(r as a St ereotpt ictn sidle at n smanl1 prIce. Thlo entasloge'it may b e steciureal by 1aal senin fi'e cents to thse dllvision oft pict ures, ('oinaitIttee ton auile iniforsmation, Abouit twient y l'aaglish woman gar dleners atre go ingiis ta Frsanf'e, wherie' the wtill tak' uilp t' hidt y tendlig to tha graives of (dead( lUrtish stoldiers. will sooan he issuedt to ffi(ers~ anid en listed amean who served uinder certaiii (cond~itions ia Mlexico and tai (lie bor de~r. Persons not niow in (lie armi whoit would haive bieeai entitled to tha basdge and whose separations froin th se'rv'Ice has b eten honor'able masy secu r aut hority from the adjut5(iant genera to pur~lchase. andl wtear the servie baudgte. The imayor of a suburb of Antwer has been ord(eredl to deliver to the Gei I mnans forty fat cata t 1-S('rQened behind thle rutins, NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK German Occupation of Odessa In creases Teutonic Menace in East. NEW ROAD TO INDIA OPENED President Wilson, in Message to Rus sian Soviets, issues Defi to Kaiser -American Troops in Many Raids. Announcement that German troops have occupied Odessa is oe of the mfost signiilicanit of recenOit develo~p spite of thaeonclusion of the so-called 1pea1ce wi ih itussia, was e'xpted (( ul tnmtely, but it camne somuewhtat as ia siurprlise btecause of the faict thatt li ttle had beetn heard of tle Germans and Autstrains in that region. The ccupation of O dlssa, the gtet est russian port on the nllac Sea, 1s of the greatest itn itn e feo veral easons. irst. It gives te Gaierans control of the center i a gret agri cultural section, the pronucts of whli arie d~es!redl to feed th Ithuntiigty peop1lees or t he centIrai emipirtes. Waveth Odessa safely in thi hands, the Ttonts will htatve necess to vast stores of whet wlic n he trnos pott. over'Ild or I y sea to pln is where it can he reatlily shipped into Atcr ith nd Geerimt iaty. Buit the a t ure tf (blessatt will ma. someltInt g mtore- -an ad'vancte over tie rouite to Persia andl A fghatnistan, and1 ptossibly lIndia,. which is to he followed now that the lIrtfish have severed the fiamos Berlin ad Bog a eront to the East. The passing of Odessa into Genn control will make possile the coam pletiont of t he G;erman ili ttary line across uissin fron the Baltce at Nara (81 miles from Petrograd) to the Blatk sea. It gives the Germans control not only of the resources of the Ukrine, ut o(f the butlk of Rus si's grain stores nel (f the vast ex porit tradle of Itussia's soutthent prov inces. .sntrol of thIs territory opens a rte for a GeraI'n laud drive into the far East, b y way of satim, in TIrans-('atucasi (whleh was taken fiomi Rutsslia at ltrest-Litovsk atnd giv en to Turkey) , 11aku1. atcross the Caspiltn sen to Kraisnov'odsk, in 'Turke stan, a ntrough Merv to th btIorder of Afghaniistitit thtus threatening the sondtiang mire-nav~eeoe r Anotther rout e is through TFehnerian acero ss ('entra I Per'si a to Ispahtan and1( thence to Shtiiaz, to the Indian front ai n's fatr Easten tpossessIon. pow~ers otf thlelir plans1 for conqueitst In the Eatt tl tl brougt froma Priesident Wil 110n Ia inove wlh wits declatred to be one of the holhiest made by any gov' ernmen t sinent thle wiar began. lIThis atctiotn wats in thei form (If a messatge dlispatc(hed to( th l utsslian congress of soviets it session al t Moscow. In this mnessatge 'ris identt Wilson pledgedl the ptower of the Unlitedl States to secure a free Ittissiai. lie declatred that the Uniited States "'wili tavail Itself of ev ery (oppo~rtuiity to secuire for Russia once more complete sovereignty antd in-. dlependhentce in lier own nt(fairs andl~ full restoraitiont to lien great role in thtc life of Eu ropie anmd the modern world." President Wilson's miessage wits re gatrded ias at se('ond~ declaraltion of wtam -a di(eclatralto o(1(f wiar on thte Gcrmnar goivernmtent uintii it is coinpelle'd tc ltiesidlent proposedl, in effect, thait th( - Unitedl Stattes and its uailies shatll fight utttiiiltRusslia regains uinimnpired sov. ereignty and)1 indlepende~nce. . The imes stige wtas utlso regarded as a direct re plIiy to the recentt address on pent( Itermts mitde by Count von I Iertling, th( e Grani chancellor. lReports from Jta~ty tell how the in r iialistic spirit (It the central emt x pires ia showing itself in growing de mlands for Concessions by Roumania 9 I o ~t yI~i l'iIllji et I Ik th( 'li ll e ~lti iI i tiQ t l r2 iin Is oll yt I itinit 21)5soner l11 uIu'1 reitelicleetiti o siolilhui ti~~he r aights inti whl(h 11e (;iiborde ;f thIis 'e :ollows the treot et the ": I h nt .n fi5 f.lon ina ia b li rlin an d 2 tnwo Invexprsse the 1ouusiy ie ves (ilellielsh tii~rto ail nt'x itttlltar aI win is h 12411Ini tio tea Is e ion of froitier tluit'ines of wil'give h Atniit lt nining Is der het hictsin tie tioi Ghate he'Danu, a it') fllons the woest th eet 1100( I; Autrhi overedJ$ by'r Aui rn frotie of ni oninanbt eia.lsc tal \hi to enal whaen ii tel boundy inte pat de bat l ii (lit eli ty e a the 1fadt the AutriuHi( fntrll'teds ('1t s devey v iate pIint' rlonier th t "Ionz ai the Atlpis wid (t'w 1 bela'nS *' iitrensultaled n 1iea to s (uailtleilii t(i:.ljrs i1'Wling 111 It-jit 1 lii I orf 1110 I' lii e, 1h n; the~ kil e a a the dr itl '.ie l of dioirttlt's enm a 't'isis~j 'iVI'jlluIjj Missa AVl'It (11(1 toia tyt \Ia 'hoIe uidary 1' itre e.rns hilainll e 1hred 8ia h tepfa ston 1at Af six l'toi k~ilieO'1'\ 112 2 i.Iit the' fet 1111(1 ustrei tr ll I Au tritn gun11 sa and redloee foevernl alein of ctling otherwe t hnthe BrshIhpn (ol ini nIP hlplaes (pollo it O('Ctheiee o Alusiail,t cred by'j~ Aunt's en1tral powers atpprove. Intense norlal li hvity on the part of bloth the en tenrte lies and the !Tonutni( force0S haS dervelop~ed. Sixty (erlnaon isrl Lhin's took part in a raidl on PIr'Iis. "vh11h e'sultold in heavy enst unities, inal tiurs f f ou in t least 1(11. persons to luive been0 kill0(d nnil Be whind ed. Aling the d1(adws W1an A'rne thrie1n w'.it nn. Aliss W'inie 'iro linn \inrtin, hoi wnas a l. MI. (. A. eteen('"I wor ke'r. NIis' \aitin was one 'of six lperSons kiiht'd in a hosp ital wleh"1 wat' struck"I by a hutuh. An.inlg hiSe kill(ed (i wr laely. in e tnert of wrnnm 1111( chtlblrn ho were hr hen( tow d a th in It ih u a tni at tI etai el 1 to I stbwony station thereio hundds tsou1ght r'eftre( fr'ot in l( (the ( n1ny bt b~. MIfowle ver. wtile" ai' Iunwre Dol ( iig of this I ett l"tucesful" rld, the a of Il oill hth lill s 11 er1 noat idet 1itish avinto cheek theaded Gernany, nutkin!, a dayt llubt raidI (n ('oblent z', one tof the importtt railroadl centhers in woestern (Ierneany. the sCOt of big 1ullit(rtr Unrrac ks f nd( lxtensva-eat ofiin weork s ton oi liiif hih el (fir1 ea tIean y cti.sThis offasithe whild taybrh ivrl on ti'heo bates aren sotryi 'rijd ot olle day. s i I Anlhin teline in 1 Flander ando Vnltining1( lthe leffecltIv wrjik they frin toill1 sorths to Parnbra(i ha s toe arnrnuition'li' (5( h dn s i thep.A reWnslj IMauhe1 lie olel ennes, Doua'Il(l and' Cambre hi ling ttneed. vs~ t I'm j(eneIn f s guetting1 Ial the wrrost ofl~ thear fighing and'(1111 hlufij jpaen t inlity10 to Ilhe the Britisha (' jlyers or toi taeli' thellintiativl hMr.sl B i n trIls ' ungotatI Shere' raiethr disuts thes lou hoss of i(rem1 (lines o a1p great ffesivt'2111.I~ It Ito be litoubted f whil te ovtrh'adield fofesattlere so'(1 totueghly cotrll enbyris op'i Annyenteisty' nt tha rxPEt ecet r g of h( vwr (akf l11 uilal ahr'innc gavd r'ise o l siots ofyIj ( il s ntio aseto that e eprts tof his e thorough ah igtonth of lielha el ncement wa made'oj~ that( theb~ IIecre t' it toner Frane it Ifor purl ('1n ilItIry urOes the l(snn tm Ishe iwl111 wa lexprssedo ('(In s fine ('trirsat Mr.111h t Hakr'strp ight I haejrl somersconn tetiith theo1 views tf AmlteilV',rln Imners that~ th all'es should~I unlrtae In detr t i tfie ones the etent this yar istnd by re(rnainirgdon the dle lfrnchv apdl awntin theiepecten f ''lit inonary lftrIcesh raetd, ith the~' rady t ae myarst enea ofn thve atitiyers ofxpected to reve lthe Ipctonofaf the ~ehtqIAmgredrlen fores' ".:. /I -) -wetern Newspnper Union nItg food rl in gains that tare dirivinig atiny finads her'self'. 3--Portable Ameor p.,jrovidlintg thie lumbei~r thbat is nteedled. may whoii wvages thle same w'air nagninst Iwomten andl chib iireni as ngylast sol dierTS. Aerital raids on towns, whieh ar icouter 'part of thle li l(Stiles subm r ine wtarai anil thle at Itack aigainlst Amern a'nnt righitIs, are th e very explaati on of the reaision why Ameienaas eniiered the war. We arei seninga our .-ildiers to iiuop to( fight unttil the wVorld is di,. Iivered'ui tfroiin tese iorrors."' -la Wh'lile no ot!ciaal announatcemienit hasi been mitaie, theii gentertiIl imipressioti parevaills Itatnew pliansi of the .Amei anni wvar depa inrtmeni't cenII for the diS paitch of Amtercetn troops to F'ranice muichi more rtapidlly thana was proposed in the carlier ptlanis. The indications tare thbat nan effort will he made to hbring the American expeditionairy force uip to a strength of approximate ly 1,0.000Oat meni by the intiddle of the summuier, instead~ of 500O,000 men as wts cotnte llted by the originni plans of the war department. The dlispnth of mautny National nrmy units is expect ed soon, in gucrdne wit h tie plain that hats bIeen adeuopted of formaing an army corps out of two divisonas of the renlr atrmy two divisions of the Na itsonat ard and two divislons of the aNat ontu l airt. As manyi units f the Natnl 1 a tina'rd atre a reainy overses, with lithle lairger nuthber of reguiltar ormoy lvi ions, it is e'xpeet ed t'hat tlie mhove taint i'of several di 0s1ns of the Na tional airtoy will follow soon. Tlript th fi m noveti t of troops will he more raijl thaa was at first be ieved possil is Itdi enteal by Iie tn nmmlscemen t of thie war dhepartement ctha thi'e secomina datatt which will he pao os San ns naede l legislat ion enni hie s'cu red'a fromi a'otngress, will eat11 ut aproxiattely t00.000 mnn. Only Ithe rapi ovenent of imay divisions now in catni onmtient s in this country eu1d mn ke ro e fori ti s hirge num her of new draft pe. T itis connec ionet -it Is trei gtd aroatd hiat en 'rni Pershtintg's mern wvill he hioldi ng ly miles of front by the closing dtys of' 118, a longer front than was the bys the Bitishi rnies two yers afar the war hegaT. Amterieants at homne continue to be electrified by repiorts of the exploits of Pershng's troops in the sectors whieh are now held by the Amerieanna. Saaccessful raids ave been made re pent 'dly by the Amerean t iroops while the Aaterienn artillery ins wonm many dutels with the big gains of the enemy. One raial on thie new United stattes front in LorraInc aas declared to be theia most suiccerssftl encounter in which A merictnn soldiers hove engnagedi dutr ing the wair. iTi thIs rttd, ifontray units pi'inetra ted the enetty lines to a depth of between 'i00i nnd (00 yaards t at soame ponits. i e raId followed t bom bairdament by Amteri enn guns wthiieh lnsted four hours anid wthilh wvrecketa the the y' fronit trenches oad hr eid wia' etnatidmts. Three sutccessiv e rnids ot differeit points e this sector all proved highly successful, the Aner I1ns a pa tiring a number of piisoatners an bed retuarning to their own tren('Wics with siti 1 nstalties. in at rud on the Toi setor. oe A'elcn soldies netrat ed t hfe ertn threhes to nt hert of '00 yateds. After sme ond II tiantd fightinog in wvhleh a numboer of the enemy were killed atnd wvounded. the raiders rfeturnied to their lines with mu ich mntferialI and inforatitlon. oh Iataghi fhey caipftred no prisoners. It wos reported tt (very Amerlan who left the front line on this raid re tuirnedl. 'rThe Amueri ea at roops in t he Toti sect or hiave becen subjected to a terrifli yt iill ery fire, thle Gecrmtan appatirett) haivinag conceen tratted st rong forces of aril liery on flas sector. It wats re porteda that in someo plaices thle bomn htardmttent reduicedl the first line trenches to ruins but the Amnerieans at those poits cotinuated to hiold their paosit Ions in shell eraters. Th'le Amueri enno airtillery also has been aictive on tall s-actrus hl'd lby P ershtintg's meon, hombardinal townts atnd Toeads in the rear of thle Grriitn lines. 'lThe first [ernnaaenlt adlvance of the Amertenan trioops wvas adae on the ILuanevi lle sec!tor, where Per'shinig's mann octpiedi enemty trenches wh'lichi they haad forced the Glermua' to abtandon through arecenat raiads and heavy airtil Jlery fire. 'The trenches wvere coansolh dated wvith outr own, enabling the Amer ieanns aind French to oper'ate~ fromt high er grouand titan before. Attempts made~l by the GJermnans to retake the position wae-e epumlnd. S 9 , IN THE SPRING will be the great test of a life and de tb struggle on the Western front. In the everyday walks of life, it is the spring time that brings ill health. One of the chief reasons why the run-down man finds'himself in a bad state of health in March or April, is because he has spent nearly all -his hours for the past four or five months penned up within the wai of house, factor' or otlicc. It is the rea. son for our itminiahed resistance---that is, lack of out-door life, coupled with perhaps over-eating, lack of good exer. cise, mnsufficient sleep, and constipat ion. In other word8, we keep feeding the furnace with food but do not take out the "clinkers," and ow- fire does not burn brightly. Always keep the liver active. There is nothing better for health than taking an occasion:il mild laxative, pu haps once a week; such a one as you can get at any dru'g store, made t. of May-apple, jalap, aloes, (sugar-conted, tiny, easily taken ), which has stood the test. of fifty years of approval-namely, Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets: But for the "Spring Fever." the general run-down con(lition, the lick of ambition, the "blue," one should take a course of treatment every spring: such a standard tonic as 1)r. Pierce's (hdtlen Medical Dis covery, now to be lad in tablet form in sixtv-cent vials. Watch the people go plodling along the street. There's n 9 spring, no i-it lity. A vitalizing tonic such as this vegetal, r.raot of Dr. 1' M e gives you the power tu fonrce yourslf it action. The brain respondls to th r.-w blood in ereulation, mal thus you're r, ::< to make a fight analtist stagnation whe} holis you in ioniltne'. Try it now! Ise'I wait! Today is 11h day to hAn.31. Cain a little 'pep," and laugh and live. Vimt :' 1 vitality atre ti:e natural o u- rihlng l r waltly hldy. It duoes not spring up u ; n3 hlit. Try this sprint tonie. am34i you o: r. lhe (ouMrig Ih1a3t c,'Onl0 with i vll, , i-l,. A Welshman's Prayer. 9 A Sliple-minded nmln in a \\'3.1h trtil valley is a ehtitlrate'r In his way. lI{e atlwitys insist. on taking his Inurn in the devotionatl services of' his cha{,el. Ills pralyer the' other night was Stemne. Ihing like this: "Altnighty (od, thu hast heard aboutt (hutt old kaiser. I rend in the paper t papr that his throlt i hadl, and thart l has ditliculty lit breuthin . Vell I.oird, thou knowei-St howv far to tro. "-d('ardilfI Weisternt .\l9t1. The moun1tin WI' eliitu often wvor- ! rites us less than the grains of sand; in our shoes. Strength Gave Ou ' Mrs. Schmitt Was Miserable Fromn Kidney Trouble Until Doan's Came to ier Assistance. Now Well. "fy kidneys gave ut during the chatnge of life," says Mr's. Ma rgr3et hia Schmitt, :3 Abihaa \v. Brook lyn, N. Y. "My hack ached and pained as if it were broken. \\When I moveI in bed, sharp, darting pains caught me (rt -.. ily hatk :ad I Conhhtn't turn. Mornings I was stiff and sore nd it felt as if heavy weiehts were tied to te, p - I was so worn-out. I often camne near fall mg from dizziness and ." flashss of lire would '." come before mty eyes. Mrs. Schmitt blinding me., "I had the 111ost e vere headaches and my kidneys didn't act reglarly. The scretions3 pa Ie too ofteni and1 ced3 muctih dlistreI I wvas har-dly ale to (1o myI hou'ewor and just to walk uipstair-s took all m streng th. "As soon na I began takip' Kfdney1 Pills. I imtprov-e b)oxes put me3 in1 he4.tter hte; had enjoyed foi- years." Mrs. Schmitt gave tht staternei3nt in 1916 and3 '3 1917, she said: "My cut permnanent. I keep Doan' however, and take a few -. sionally." Cet Donn's at Any Store, 60e a Boi D O AN' S",,NEY FOSTER-MILBURN CO., BUFFALO, N.j he ~ .AMEIJFSS from a Blone Spav In. Ring Done, Splint, Curb, Side Bone, or simli troubles and gets horse going sotmtd. It acts mildly but quickly and good re sults are lasting. Does not blister or remove th hair and horse can. h~e worked. Page 17 in pamlplet with each hottle tells htow. $2. 50 a bottle delivered. Horse Book 9 R free. ABSOftBINE, JR., the anltisepltic hoinilment for mlanlkindl, reduicca Painful Swellinig., Fn hargcd Glands, VWens, Bruises, Varicose Veins; heals Sores. Allay. Pain. Will tell you more if you write. $1 .25 a bottle at dealers or deilvered. 1.iberal tri btlie for 10c stampiS. W. F.YOUJNO, P. D. F., 310 Templo St.,Springlloid, Mys SHE E >" MARY JOHNSON'S HAIR Was Short and Kinky Now its Long and Fluffy ' Sihe Used NOAH'S HAIR DRESSING Price 25c'. If' your dealer can'i. sutppiy yout "Cnd to ust. Itefusoe substitutes. Mianutfature 1 by NOAHI P1toDUCTS CORP, ItO NDL, VA. Don't Use Any Other Than Cuticura Soap To Clear Your Skin rf M-.a =..m a -=