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LEMONS WHITEN THE COMPLEXION ANY WOMAN CAN MAKE UP THIS CREAMY BEAUTY LOTION FOR A FEW CENTS. The juice of two fresh lemons strain ed into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white miakes a whole quar ter pint of the most remnrkable lemnon skin beautifler tit about the cost one must pay for i sm11 jar of the ordi nary cold crenamis. Cuire should be tak en to strain t he lemon juice through a line cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then tis4 lotion will keep fresh for months. Eivery w om:in knows that leimon juice is used to bleach a dark ened skill ud rem1(1 iove 1 such blemishes as freeih''s. sit how ass and tan and is the ideal skiti softener, whitener and beautiti'r. Just try it ! Got three Ounces of orchaird white at aly drug store nud twVO lemos11 l'romI he r' ro'er and make up9 a quar Iter pint of' this sweetly frai grant lenlon loli oi aniie maiss:ag' it daily Into :he alto, nrot'k, ;r:ns nand hands. Adlv. :! *i'. s ; f l-t yaili i in it I riieS to( 11 im th ihin ii '1 t ha ' swillow, 'Tii. 1"'' 1'. li l h r i " Lo iii :is it tdbl h1 l In' ' In n 'll .at hi in. KIDNEY SUFFERERS HAVE FEELING OF SECURITY You n it e.I ly feel e ire when you k~nt+w that the i i II'- an . htilt to take i :a.- hit .: 1. , l-i ant:ins no hatruini ir hi Cbit prott i+u .h ":ug . Snch :t i' "liin' i Dr. Kiln'r' Swamp Rotot, kutiney. lit .in:l iiidellr remed~y. 'rhe i'' tian-l -1 " i ri nt'y, strength ani 'x'rlhiUn+t'C t- 1Is n tnned in every bottle ot .wai oiii it. Swatmip.1aaot is sc'itilically compound ed from ve gotable lie ibns. It is not a si8inuant and is taken in teaapoontul dou~ss it is not reconuended fir everything. Areor.ling to veirilld testimony it is nature's t ra it helper i relieving and over coming kidey, lier am bladder trou bles. A sworn statement of purity is with eiery hotl o ' 1ir. Kilmer's Swamp Root. If you need a medicine, you should have the best. if you are already convinced that Hwaup-Root is what you need, you will find it on sale at aill drug stores in bottles of two si eti, mediti and large. 'However, if you wish first to try this great prepairation send ton cents to Dr. Kiinr & t'o., lIinehamtaan, N. Y., for a saniple hottle. Wlien writing be sure and mention this paper. --.\dv. New Idea for Mine Props. A sitsm tiin ate' fo' iii iii ii s hvliich his loel till miill t'otoi l givi 'e every satisl :t' i'nl !i' h been a -i''y 1-:dwardl l'w r , a I lritl Int hi:, el. '' he' in ai itt'inlt ahoti the I'w9 prop are;1', tlin they are sluiitle' iii otrtl ilt It'n. are ila I asrctibbi-. ia l a! no- i 'ah-lir is 11t S' l a' i ia', :llg' litai ii i 1'laijc ,'a 1 in tel'r or ly1a. -TI. a e h Il' clompa - i-t I rie at i al .a i,-ry <-in' di ers S'"lt :ntd ernsh'l elinker.t' which. Wh n Tn heirl. u ~ip te. 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UFAON.Y "OVE By An Ameri SoldierWhoW EMPEY LEARNS HOW THE FRONT-LINE TREN Synopsis.--Fired by the sinkir American lives, Arthur Guy Eupe: goes to England and enlists as a 1 short experience as a recruiting o lng quarters in France, where he f makes the acquaintance of "cootie Emipey's company is sent into the his first turn on the lire step whil CHAPTER VI.-Continued. -5 After dInner I trle(d to wash out the dixie with cold water and a rag, and learned another maxim of the trenches-"It can't he done." I slyly watched one of the older men from another section, and was horrified to see him throw into his (lixie four or flive doul) handfuls of mud. Then he poured in son water, and with his hands scoured the dixie inside and out. I thought he was taking an awful risk. Supposing the cook should have seen hint ! After ialf an hour of unsue cessful efforts I returned my dlixie to the cook shack, being careful to put on the cover, and returned to the hillet. I'retty soon the cook poked his head in the door and shouted: "I-Iey, Yank, comae out here and clean your lixie !" I protested that I had wasted a half hour on it already, and had used up my only remaining shirt in the at tempt. With a look of disdain he ex claimed : "Blow me, your shirt I Why in didn't you use mud?" Without a word in reply I got busy with the mud, and soon my dixie was bright and shining. Most of the nfternooq was spent by the men writing letters home. I used my spare time to chop wood for the cook and go with the quartermaster to draw coal. I got back just in time to issue our third meal, which consisted of hot tea. I rinsed out my dixie and returned it to the cookhouse, and went back to the billet with an exhilarated feeling that my (lay's labor was done. I had fallen asleep on the straw when once again the cook appeared in the door of the billet with: "Blinme me, you Yanks are lazy. Who in a-goin' to draw the water for the mornin' tea? Do you think I'm a-goin' to? Well, I'm not," and he left. I filled the dixie with water from an old squeaking well, and once again lay down in the straw. CHAPTER Vii. Rations. Just dozing off; Mr. Lance Corporal butted in. In Tommy's eyes a lance corporal is one degree below a private. In the corporal's eyes lie is one degree above a general. ie ordered me to go wvithI him and help him draw the next (lay's rations, also toil me to take mmy waterproof. Every even ing, from (eachi platoonm or machine-gun section, a lance corporal andl prIvate go to the quartermaster serg'ant at the company stores and draw rations for the following day. The "(uart er," as t he quarte rmaster sergeant is called, receives danily from lie ordlerly room (captain's ofiee) a slip showing time number of men en titled to rations, so there is no chance of puttinug anythinmg over on him. Many argumenits take place bietween the I"quar-ter" andl thme platoon noncom, but the former always wins out. Tommy says the "quarter" got lis job because lie was a burglar in elvii life. Then I spread the wanterproof sheet on the gr-ound, while the *artermas ten's bat man diummped the rations oni it. Tie corp'oral wasl smioking a fag. I cnrried the rationis batck to the b~ilet.. T1hei cor-poral was still smnoking a fag. R THE can Arthur C rent Machine Gunner Copyright 1917, by Arthur Guy Empey TOMMIES ARE FED IN THE CH AND BACK OF IT. , g of the Lusitania, with the loss of an American living in Jersey City, private in the British army. After a [fleer in London, he is sent to train irst hears the sound of big guns and s." After a brief period of training front-line trenches, where he takes the bullets whiz overhead. C -+t How I envied him. But when the issue commenced my envy died, and I real ized that the first requisite of a non commissioned oflicer on active service is diplomacy. There were it) men in our section, and they soon formed a semicircle around us after the corporal had called out, "Rations up." The quartermaster sergeant had I given a slip to the corporal on which was written a list of the rations. Sit ting on the floor, using a wooden box as a table, the issue commenced. On the left of the corporal the rations were piled. They consisted of the fol lowing: Six loaves of fresh bread, each loaf I of a different size, perhaps one out of t the six being as flat as a pancake, the I result of an army service corps man I placing a box. of bully beef on it dur- c lng transportation. Three tins of jam, one apple and the I other two plum. Seventeen Bermuda onions, all dif- c ferent si es. A piece of cheese in the shape of a wedge. t Two one-pound tins of butter. A handful of raisins. C A tin of biscuits, or as Tommy calls t them "jaw breakers." A bottle of mustard pickles. 1 The "bully beef," spuds, condensed \ milk, fresh meat, bacon and "Macono- C chic rations" (a can filled with meat, ' vegetables and greasy water), had been c turned over to the company cook to f make a stew for next day's dinner. He t also received the tea, sugar, salt, pep- i per and flour. < Scratching his head, the corporal < studied the slip issued to him by the iuarter. Then in a slow, mystified 1 voice he read out, "No. 1 section, 19i men. Bread, loaves, six." He looked t puzzled and soliloquized in a musing ( voice: "Six loaves, nineteen men. Let's see, I that's three in a loaf for fifteen men well, to make it even, four of you'll have to muck in on one loaf." t The four that got stuck made a howl, I but to no avail. The bread was dished f out. Pretty soon from a far corner of the hillet, three indignant Tonunies ac costed'( the corporal with : "What do you call this, a loaf of breadI? Looks more like a sniping laite." The' corporal answered: "Well, dlon't blame me I didn't bake it ; s01(lomboy's got to get it, so shut up until I dish out these blinkin' ra tions." Tlhenm the corporal started on the jam. "JTam, three tIns-apple one, plum two. Nineteen men, three tills. Six inl a tini makes twelve' men for two tlls, seven In the reamaliing tin.". lie passed around tile jamu, land there was another riot. Some didnl't1 like apple, while others who received plum were partial to apple. After a whIle differences were adjusted and the issue went on. "Bermuda onIons, seventeen.'" The corporal avoided a row by say ing that he d1id not want an onion, and I said they make your breath smell, so I guessed I would do without onle too.1 The- corporal looked his gratitude. "Cheese, pounds, two." ~~1 TOP" uy Empey Serving in France The corporal borrowed a jackknife corporals are always. borrowing), and lied the cheese-each slicing bring ng forth a pert remark from the on ookers as to the corporal's eyesight. "Raisins, ounces, eight." By this time the corporal's nerves ad gone west, and in despair he said hat the raisins were to be turned over o the cook for "duff" (plum pudding). his decision elicited a little 'grous ag," but quiet was finally restored. "Biscuits, tins, one." With his borrowed jackknife, the oriporil opened the tin of biscuits, and old everyone to help themseltws-no. ody responded to this invitation, Lommy is "fed up" with biscuits. "Butter, tins, two." "Nine in one, ten in the other." Another rumpus. "PIlekles, mustard, bottles, one." Nineteen names were put in a steel elmet, the last one out winning the ickles. On the next issue there were nly 18 names, as the winner is elimi ated until every man in the section as won a bottle. The raflle is closely watched, because ommy is suspicious when it comes to ambling with his rations. At the difTerent French estaminets n the village and at the canteens Tom oy buys fresh eggs, milk, bread and astry. Occasionally when he is ilush, ie invests in a tin of pears or apri ots. His pay is only a shilling a day, 4 cents, or a cent an hour. Just hung ne, a cent an hour for being under re-not much chance of getting rich ut there. When he goes into the fire trench 'front line), Tommy's menu takes a umble. He carries in his haversack chat the government calls emergency 'r iron rations. They are not supposed o be opened until Tommy dies of star ation. They. consist of one tin of amlly beef, four biscuits, a little tin rhich contains tea, sugar and Oxo ubes (concentrated beef tablets). L'hese are only to be used when the enemy establishes a curtain of shell ire on the communication trenches, hus preventing the "carrying in" of 'ations, or when in an attack a body >f troops has been cut off from its base >f supplies. The rations are brought up at night )y the company transport. This is a ;ection of the company in charge of he quartermaster sergeant, composed )f men, mules and limbers (two vheeled wagons), which supplies Tom ny's wants while in the front line. Chey are constantly under shell fire. L'he rations are unloaded at the en rance to the communication trenches md( are "carried in" by men detailed or that purpose. The quartermaster ;('rgeant never goes Into the front-line rench. le doesn't have to, and I have uever heard of onie volunteering to ho so. The company sergeant major sorts lie rations and1( send(s them in. Tommy's trench rations consist of all lhe bully heef lie can eat, biscuits, heese, tinnedl butter (somietimes 17 noen to a tin). jamn or marmalade, and >ccasionaily fresh bread (ten to a oaf). When it is possib~le he gets tea mnd stewv. When things are quiet, and Fritz is mejhaving like a gentleman, which sel tom happens. Tommy has the opportu ulty of making dessert. This Is 'trench puddhing." It is nmad~e from >roken biscuits, condlensedl milk, jam little water added, slightly flavored vith mud-put into a canteen and :ooked over a little spirit stove known us "Tommy's cooker." (A firmi in Bmighty widely advertises hese cookers as a necessity for the nen in the trenches. Gullible people muy them--ship them to the Tommnies, who, inmmediately upon receipt of same :hrow them over the parapet. Some ines a Tommy falls for the ad, and macs the cooker in a dugout to the dis fust and (discomifort of! the other oc upants.) This mess is stirred up. in a tin and ilhowedl to simmer over the faimnes ~rom the cooker until Tommy deeide.' hat it has reachedl suffieient (gluelike) Tonsist~ncy. He takes lisa bayonet and~ )y means of the handle carries the ness up in the front trench to cool. After It has cooled off he tries to eat it. Gienerally one or two Tommies in) a section have casrt-iron stomachs and the tin is soon ehmptiedl. Once I tasted trench pudding, but only once. In addition to the regular ration is' me Tommy uses another channel to mnlarge his menu. In the English papers a "Lonely Soldhier" columnt I run. This is for the soldiers at the front who are sup posed to be without friends or rela tives. They write to the papers and their names are pulihshedl. Girls and women in Englandl answer them, an~d uend~ out parcels of foodstuffs, elga rettes, candy, etc. I have known a "lonely" soldlier to receive as many as live parcels and~ eleven letters In one wveek. Empey realizes for the firstj time .hew death lurks In ti'e1 trenches when a comrade faill by his side, He tells about It in the next Installment. (TO3 Bhma CO4TNimi~im +ROAD BUILDING OOD ROADS OF THE FUTURE Steps Should Be Taken immediately to provide New Highways and Keep Them in Condition. While we have a very considerable mileage of so-called good roads in this country, it is an undoubted fact that the greater portion are not of a char aeter to sustain successfully the heavy motor truck traflic that is now appear ing on them, and which will certainly increase rapidly in the near future. To meet the new conditions steps should be at once taken to formulate A _ * ...' :. 'Dl': Re-enforced Concrete Culvert. :1 systemntic plan no; only to provide neW roads1, adapt e(d to the new traiie, but to maintnin them in operative ccon dlition. Provision should also be madle for the re-buiilding of miiuc'h of the older lileige. What the nature of the con struct ion of these new reads shall be is a matter for the engineers to solve, but there is no question but that there. must be better drainage, better mate rial and very much heavier foundations than have ordinarily prevulled IIn tle p1st, especlally as with smooth road surface the speed of these trucks is sure to he greatly inwreased. England! has had her experienlce in this matter. for, what with heavy trufle added to lack of mai'. tenance, on account of wai; necessities, there is hardly a main road in the countr-y that is not utterly worn out, although they have been accus towed to build much more heavily than we have in the United States. Scientific American. GUIDE FOR ROAD ENGINEERS Office of Public Roads and Rural En gineering Makes Public Desir able Standards. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) In order to assist in bringing about a greater uniformity in the highways of the country ant to aid the better ronds imioveiient In somie states, thu ollice of public roads iand(l rural en gineering of the United Status depart ment of agriculture has published standard frms for Sptecifientions stanthi rd meth oils of est inrg martterial s, stnainIe form-is for repo irig test re surits, anrd s tm 1ard methoids of' saimp 1lng mariarms. The pubil icat Ion of the staiinards was nimdel decsirale by Clie nece4ssity3 for1 ('4-iopera I tiv work by Ith14 llie' and( 111he states in lth-eurr-ylng orut if t he fedieral aid4 confeCrenct(e prart tel 11a4ted ini by reipre'senitiati-us of t Lm of tice' of public r-oads and rural en klreinring andic of ai Ilarge niumrih of he stalte(s. They aire publrIishedl as de lat-irt t biulletint No. 555 of the Unit ['d Staiites dlepalrtmen(iit of agr-icul turie. MORE GOOD ROADS REQUIRED Necessary to Handle Commerce on Ac count of Inadequate Railroad Tra nspo rtation. RaIlroad transportation is inade q~uate to handle our commierce, andl~ good roads miust be conistr-ueled rap billy and eompreheinslvely that truck lIine's running on r-egular scheuduile wvith stations and1( terminal facilItIes, mayi3 be establis-hed to take care of' the lImense pr-oduictions of the lanid. Pro iluction becyonid local needs becom~res an ecooici loss if the things roduced rcannrot be delivered to the factory or consumer- safely anid profitably. INTERESTED IN GOOD ROADS Mileage of Gravel and Stone Highways increasing--Automobile of Great Assistance. There Is wvidespread1 and increasIng interest in good roads in Illinois. The main traveled hlghwvays especially are w-ide, wvell graded and well dragged. The mileage of gr-avel and1 stone roadIs is ithereasing, and ai good (deal of hard roadl of a still more per-manenit char acter is being built. The advent ot' the automiobille has done much to make good roads enthusiasts of fiarmners, and with their active interest the work of implrovemient is progressinig raplidly. Increase Land Values. Every iacre of 1h1nd( ly ig near goodl roads 1s easily a vaiiliable, a vailabhle asset, while mud-hound land islaun. profitable except for lie unsociable matn and the sioebible hoot owls andi igedatory wild animalus. Way to Fatten Steers. Fattiniig steer'ms on grass anid (e(titon seedl ienkei is nel( -y aiiwiays more pri t - able thlan grauzinig thbent wvithout fedi. ihe uise of 2a sinntliltiimount of corn In .ididitilon to thle Cot tonsced cike has nroved nrofitable IN MISERY FOR JEARS Mrs. Courtney Tells How She Was Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable " Compound. Oskaloosa, Iowa.-" For years I was simply in misery from a weakness and awful pains-an d nothing seemed to do me any good. A friend advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound. I did so and got re lief right away. I can certainly re commend this valu able medicine to Sother women who suffer, for it has done such good work for me and I know it will help others if they will give it a fair trial.'' --Mrs. LIzzIE COURTNEY, 108 8th Ave., West, Oskaloosa, Iowa. Why will women drag along from day to day, year in and year out, suffering such misery as did Mrs. Courtney, when such letters as this are continually being published. Every woman who suffers from displacements, irregularities, in flammation, ulceration, backache, ner vousness, or who is passing through the Change of Life should give this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Fink ham's Vegetable Compound, a trial. For special advice write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result of its long experience is at your service. Quit Laxatives, Purges; Try NR HR Tonight-Tomorow Feel Right It is a mistake to continually dose yourself with so-called laxativo pills, ealomel, oil, purges and cathartics and force bowel action. It weakens the bowels and liver and makes con stant dosing necessary. Why don't you begin right today to overcome your constipation and get your system in such shape that daily purging will be unnecessary? You can do so if you get a 25c box of Nature's Remedy (NR Tablets) and take one each night for a week or so. NIt Tablets do much moro than merely cause pleasant easy bowel ac tion. This medicine acts upon the digestive as well as eliminative organs -promotes good digestion, causes the body to get the nourishment from ail the food you eat, gives you a good, hearty appetite, strengthens the liver. overcomes biliousness, regulates kidney , and bowel action and gives the whole body a thorough cleaning out. This accomplished you will not have to take ,medicine every day. An occasional NR tablet will keep your body in condi tion and you can always feel your best. Try Nature's Remedy (NR Tablets) and prove this. It is the best bowel medicine that you can use and costs only 25c per box, containing enough to last twenty-five days. Nature's Rem edy (Nit 'Tables) is sold, guaranteed and recommended by your drugglst. N?-T'IABLE.TS- (., S opsI Neumlejia Why suffer from nna- iaino exc r iatineu w i give quik relie' inmn Thisiiniment is good too, for rheu matism,.sciatica, headachte, pain in chestorside, sprains, cuts and bruises. 35c PER BOTTLE AT ALL DEAl.ERS usualc ottlet ofa linorthan.h A l GILBERT BROs.& CO..Baltimorerl~K. PROST PROOP CADBAGE.PLANTS By express byer paying charges, 5,000,a 20.1 fob 0 10.000 at 1.50~ SwetP at Plants -Wiany iians and Nit. Si s TOAT O F L AN'S-A pril 1st 'llvery Livin ten Beauty, Sarliana and stone 00, 61. o.STb.A1 Cuticura Soap Is Ideal SFor the Hands] his boast ing for him i. Importto Moters Examine ca refully every bottle of (CAST1ORIA, that famious 0old remedy for infants and children, and see that it Signature of' In Use for Over' 30 Years. ChlrnCry for Fletcher's Castoria di tiot attribte his tilalk amlntribn Int 111s tohn lu lit? FOR C01uGHS AND COLDS --take a promp~t and efrective remedy-one thnt acts quickly and contains no opiates. You enn get such a remedy by asking for PISO'S