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. 'm i e
n Ia ('i il i '
S "I'- i ( iiin l w ih f hih i
Weepe Youreds el i
o .Thit Aitl tolieght.upi~t
\mlO l w hii I ua n s ii uri s tlu-e a r
'rify cl.linli exp rjn S durio p or in~
back, riid') Th--is 111ig'ht- iil hed
1Poynds awiayie .ili a aea
attac., o -"ein m.doso
iu atiuhackgto himl aitinan
Aii Nireothin Caroln a Cas
C.eep ~o urse2)9ldil i
sor, sasnn kIiidney 11in'
ktonbe trubeas. abys an' -
klmkes wieakkdny o rel eg
aid l e e'rtiomian sui'e r ih m
baksr pa msag . hd ny - , ed
nehs andi direred ineycto,
Doan's KIdney Pills. Itmysaea
Bgodhit' d is. l0loa's aehle
tm lAt NorthI u'Caolina Case
C. tII.n Ioges 29i Ln'd-nc
Gesa ' tAy St., lleidville.oN
OTErleBrNear., AUFAOy.Y
koidnes mdactedi to frelacso n ~
odicolored nd al u'aplhitdnacrll
way passe. I~n a had aw-iom. Icrdm
ne~r~yandra of faiellt miser-ai~vr~ifeae
knab otin didz me& .on)tt~i prlu
exainatSi.onQS forW in rkace." piiW
Ce on' tAy tr,60 o
D AN a if
FOSTER-MILBURN CO. 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
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nothing seemed to
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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.
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such misery as did Mrs. Courtney, when
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special advice write Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result
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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
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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
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Nature's Remedy (NR Tablets) and
take one each night for a week or so.
NIt Tablets do much moro than
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-promotes good digestion, causes the
body to get the nourishment from ail
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overcomes biliousness, regulates kidney ,
and bowel action and gives the whole
body a thorough cleaning out. This
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,medicine every day. An occasional NR
tablet will keep your body in condi
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Try Nature's Remedy (NR Tablets)
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only 25c per box, containing enough to
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Why suffer from
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Thisiiniment is good too, for rheu
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chestorside, sprains, cuts and bruises.
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usualc ottlet ofa linorthan.h
A l
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Is Ideal
SFor the Hands]
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Importto Moters
Examine ca refully every bottle of
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for infants and children, and see that it
Signature of'
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ChlrnCry for Fletcher's Castoria
di tiot attribte his tilalk amlntribn
Int 111s tohn lu lit?
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