Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1917 — Page 2

IS m GROSS, FES ® Look, Mother! If tongue is coated, give “California Syrup of Figs.” Children Wve this “fruit laxative," and nothing else cleanses the tender stomach, liver and bowels so nicely. A child simply will not step playing to empty the bowels, and the result is they become tightly clogged with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach ■sours, then your little one becomes cross, half-sick, feverish, don’t eat, sleep or act naturally, breath Is bad, system full of cold, has sore throat; stomach-ache or diarrhea. Listen, Mother I See if tongue is coated, then give a teaspoonful of “California Syrup of Figs,” and In a few hours all the constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the system, and you have a well child again. Millions of mothers give “California Syrup of Figs” because it Is perfectly harmless; children love it, and it never falls to act on the stomach, liver and bowels. Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on tire bottle. Adv.

Unusual Preachers.

Church —1 see both the Incumbent of the pastorate of the Methodist church Smiley, Tex., and his predecessor are one-armed men. Gotham—lt must have seemed very unusual not to hear either one exhort the congregation to “hold up their hands.” - - '

LIFT YOUR CORNS OFF WITH FINGERS Hew to loosen a tender com or callus so it lifts out without pain. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Let folks step on your feet hereafter wear shoes a size smaller if you like, tor corns will never again send electric sparks of pain through you, according to this Cincinnati authority. He says that a few drops of a drug called freezone, applied directly upon a tender, aching com, instantly relieves soreness, and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts right out. This drag dries at once and simply shrivels up the corn or callus without -«ven irritating the surrounding skin. 5 A' small bottle of freezone obtained at any drug store will cost very little but will positively remove every hard or soft corn or callus from one’s feet. If your druggist hasn’t stocked this new drug yet, tell him to get a small bottle of freezone for you from his wholesale drug house. —adv. '

His Difficulty.

“My two able-bodied who have been living on me for the past year, are such suave, deferential chaps that I can find no excuse for throwing them off the place.” “In short,” we tittered merrily, “you cannot sever your diplomatic relations.” —Kansas City Star.

Pretty Low.

Johnny— What’s Bill r s social standv Ing? Pop—He begins to wobble on the fourth beer.—Chaparral.

DRUGGIST PRAISES DR. KILMER’S SWAMP-ROOT I have handled Dr. Kilmer's SwampRoot for twenty years and there is not a single remedy on the market that enjoys such an excellent reputation. My father took it and was much pleased with the results obtained. I do believe that ,_it is all that you claim for it and I heartily advise any one to give it a trial who is suffering from the ailments for which it la recommended. Very truly yours, JAS. H. BRYAN, Druggist, Oct. 7, 1916. Charlotte, Michigan. Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For Yoo Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y., for a sample size bottle. It will convince anyone. You will ■•Jie 1 receive a booklet of valuable information, telling about the kidneys and bladder. When writing, be sure and mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent and onedollar size bottles for sale at all drug . atoresv—Adv. , ; " . ■ •' __

He’d Go Out, Too.

“When I began my piano lesson the piano lamp went out. What do yon say tor that?” ashed the sweet young thing. “I would say that It showed human intelligence,” replied the mean man.

Send 10c to Dr. Pierce, Invalids’ Hotel, Buffalo, for large trial package of Anurio for kidneys —cures backache.—Adv.

Practiced Expert.

“What have you done with your son who used to win all the sprinting -matches at college?” “I got a Job for him as a bank runmar.*’

Important to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle of CABTOBIA, that famous old remedy for and children, and see that It Bm» the Slj? * 0 * Signature of /<OC&/uAt In Use for Over 30 Yean. Children Cry for Fletchert Custom

„ Matches can be waterproofed by dipping them in melted paraffin. ,n ■■ 1111 " -".n ■*. ' ■ P Kansas 1916 farm crops •t 1871,185,476. I

Four branches of the American navy are here seen together. In the foreground is a hydroplane; near it rests a submarine. In the background are torpedo-boat destroyers, and to the left/ darting across tbe water, Is a unit o the mosquito fleet. * ■

GERMANS REPAIR BRITISH "WIRES"

When Their task Was Done Smiling Tommies Took Them All Prisoners. WAS MIX-UP IN THE DARK Night Work of Sappers on the Somme Results in Mystifying Scene— Berlin Report Silent on the Episode. - London.—Barbed wire was oneelooked upon as an invention of the devil by attackers out at the firing line Hsr "France. That time has passed. Qprmnny’s great preparations for wire defenses have proved more troublesome to themselves than to the British forces in many eases and in one instance provided a little party that is one of the great jokes of the Somme fighting. The story was told to the New- York Sun correspondent by officers home on leave. It might be explained that Germany before the war had not been satisfied with the usual wooden stakes for stringing wires in front of intrenchments. German ingenuity had invent- - ed an iron stake with three loops for stringing the wire and a corkscrew end which allowed of its being drilled into the ground noiselessly. Sooner or later England adopted the same device, but for many months the troops that repaired the wires out In no man’s land were wont to find their way about in the dark by feeling the posts and acting accordingly.

Hailed as a Blessing. When the new stakes made their appearance they were heralded as a blessing by the Four Hundred and Twentieth field company of royal engineers under command of Lieut Billie R , He led his section up through the communication trenches and aftqr reporting to the infantry officer in charge, groped his way out through a sap to no man’s land, where he was to repair whatever damaged entanglements he found. “It’s mighty dark,” whispered Billie to Sergeant Armstrong. “I wonder why they don’t put up some lights.” “Both sides wiring, sir.” Armstrong answered, “and both got out covering patrols.” • “Of—eeurse that’s it; come along.” Out there In the dark and mist you can never be certain of what happens, but later events proved thatthetwo Tmstlle paTfdls~~must havfe' ftiet~ Unexpectedly and actually become intermingled before the situation was realized. It was a fine little melee, men feeling each other for Identification and stabbing with the bayonet at the first shadow of certainty. ' Attacks His Comrade. A German wiring party blundering along attracted Billie’s attention and he turned to see a wounded British private bump Into Armstrong and attempt,to stab the sergeant, taking him for a German. That made the situation clear. The British patrol was going north while the German patrol, followed by a wiring party, was creeping south, and the two had become mixed. “Bring the section up here,” ordered

WRIGHT IS READY TO SERVE COUNTRY

New York.' —Orville Wright, inventor of the airplane, announced that In case of war with Germany he would abandon his" private affairs and offer his .services to the government to help organize an aerial army. "I cannot offer to manufacture war machines, because I haVe disposed of my interests in the manufacturing end of the business.” Wright said, “but T certainly will do everything I can for the country.”

Reads Bible With Tongue.

Kansas City, Mo.—William Mcßherson of Highland Park, 111., who lost Ms sight and both arms le a mftre explosion. in 1906, and who since then means of raised letters on porcelain slabs, preached to a congregation here recently. He is here being fitted with artificial arms,, and declared that he fed himself the other day for the first time in 11 years. The Bible is bis only source of reading, he having it "** * mined letters.

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FOUR BRANCHES OF THE NAVAL SERVICE

Billie, “and detail someone to get this man heme.” A few minutes later No. 4 section of the Four Hundred and Twentieth field company came stealing flßpHlb wire single file with fixed bayonets and Billie led thetn north through the mist until he was sure he had them in the rear of the enemy patrol. Then east they went until he knew he was far into no man’s land; then south until he bumped into some one whom he promptly bayonetted. “It’s no use going farther,” whispered Armstrong; “we are a wiring party and there isn’t a man in the section has_a .tlieyjteL sepa:. rated they are as likely to go east as west.” “All right.” said Billie, “let’s pull out and get back to work.” Armstrong blew two very low notes on his whistle and out of the mist in ones and twos the sappers gathered around and the section w'ormed, its w'ay back to work. A few yards and every man halted in his crawl, for ahead came the unmistakable sounds of men working wires. Sapper Beilis, unnoticed, crawled out to Investigate, while Billie w'ormed back to Armstrong. | “What do you make of It?” he asked the sergeant. ~ “I don’t know, sir; better wait and See what happens.” After a few moments Armstrong jerked his rifle forward with “Who’s that?” and Sapper Beilis with a chuckle In hls voice said, “Me.” “They’re ’Uns, sir, and they’re repairin’ our wires,” he explained to Lieutenant Billie, and a giggle rau down the line back of the officer as

WAR HAS MANY EQUINE HEROES

Rival the Men in Distinguished Service on the Battle Front in France. GET BEST OF FOOD AND CARE ~~ ----- -' ' ■ - i ■* ... Horses Find the Front More Nearly Approaches Their Idea of Heaven Than Home—Hospital Service Most Efficient. With the British Armies in France.— It--would he difficult, to find a more pampered lot of beings than the war horses. In the stress of battle they suffer with the men, but the number of equine “casualties” among the hundreds of thousands of horses employed is very small. There are veterans-among the horses who have been wounded three or four times, there are even those who have suffered nervous breakdowns from the shattering shock of shells. If they were men in khaki they , would have gold stripes of honor upon . their sleeves, but the faithful old horses go back to the front time and time again, asking nothing in the way of rank or distinction. '-•x

What they get instead is the very best of food and plenty of ity4he kindest of care and the keenestf appreciation of the services they render. Visitors to the battle zohe invariably express amazement at the appearance anil condition of the horses. — — reason for the splendid appearance of the horses at the front is the Tact that the moment-one begins to show signs of over fatigue or debilitation he is taken out of service and sent back to a hospital,to recuperate. ~ The hospitals provided for them by the army must very nearly approach the horse’s idea of heaven. It is a joy to go into one of the convalescent “wards,” especially at meal times. Sometimes the convalescents stand air most nose to nose, and if the horse across «the way gets Ids hay first there is a terrible hullabaloo. Fed Four Times a Day. All the horses In hospitals are fed foufalmes a' daj - . The more debttitated -ones tfcre fed five c and six times. When they are particularly run down and in danger of being mistaken for beneyard hatraeks pf some sort) the patients get -nothing but cooked foods, and they fairly revel in them. They have tonics, too, and It Is remarkable to see the Improvement In their condition that a few’ weeks work. Thg diet for “debilities” consists of oatmeal groel, linseed gru&! boiled turnips and scalded oats. Later they get* crushed oats aa.d chopped hay, and. almost before they

the hi on squirmed in suppressed glee. “It’s onr line, all right,” said Beilis, “for the communication trench we carTrerbrough isn't thirty^yards off." “Show mo,” commanded Billie; creeping forward the sapper. They were soon close to a pile of pickets thrown on the ground and with his lingers, Billie “felt the unmistakable German construction of the corkscrew end. The whispered debate that took place when Billie got back to his men is still a matter of much talk in the rest huts. The question of what action to adopt in the emergency was debated there in the mist of the early morning, sappers disagreeing with sergeant or criticizing the theories of their commissioned officers. The argument ended with a decision that it was an infantry job, so Billie sent Armstrong to report in the first-line trench, while he led his men around the German party, which was still lawiAneiy British entanglements.' Berlin Report Silent. The noiseless and bloodless capture of over 60 Germans was never mentioned in the official reports emulating from Berlin. When a party of men is sent out and is never seen again it slightly unnerves its successors. It had been expected that the repair of the entanglements would be a 48hour job, but as the sun came up, Lieutenant Billie was officially informed that “owing to certain circiimstances the fourth section of the Four Hundred and Twentieth field R. E„ will regard themselves as off duty for 24 houm.” —-— —; Daylight showed the wires neatly repaired, new stakes driven and everything in shipshape, while several miles back of the British lines a tired party of bewildered Germans questioned each other as to how it all happened.

know it are in the convalescent ward. The operating rooms with their big beds spread upon the concrete floors are as cheery and immaculate as if intended for human beings. For all except the most minor operations an anaesthetic is administered. “The horses take the chloroform remarkably well,” said the officer commanding one of the hospitals to the correspondent of the Associated Press. “I don’t think we have lost' but one patient in the last six months.” “Patient” seems a most appropriate designation for the horses. They are very- pictures of patience until they reach the stage of convalescence. Each patient has a little aluminum tag and a hospital chart which fells his age, color, where he came from, what he shall have to eat and drink and take, when he shall have a nice hot bath, arid various notations as to his condition and behavior. There is a personal touch about the treatment of the horses which in itself bespeaks the esteem in which they are held. Walking about the wards the genial “O. C.” had a kind word or two for his patients. It' seemed a particularly human tiling to ; do. -■ - A Glass Eye for One. “This old charger,” he said of one, “is a great favorite in the hospital. He has been one of the bravest of the brave, has lost an eye in battle, and so we call him Nelson. I am going to send to Paris and get him a good glass eye before he goes back to the front.” So thorough Is the work of the veterinary service that if a patient develops a contagious disease all the horses in the unit from which he came are called In for disinfection and-ex-amination. So successful is the work that 82 per cent of all sick cases and • “casualties” are returned to active service. “If we were dealing with human beingk,” said the officer commanding, “we could run the percentage up to ~th«L_ nineties. But unfortunately In dealing with the horses we have at times to weigh their cases In the scales of pounds, shillings and pence. In other words, we have to decide whether It will pay to save the animal. Is he too ol«j( to be of much service when he Is eured, or will the course of treatment be., so long and expensive as to outweleh value of future usefnlness7 In striving for war efficiency and the highest potentiality of borSe pmvflr all these things must be ‘Considered! It is the old, old story again of. the survival of the fittest. is no other way.” Some idea of the number of American horses “doing their bit” in the war can be gained from the fact that 40 per cent of all admitted to hospital come from the Statuo.

COURAGE IS BIG ASSET

Idea of Golf Expert as Tutor Ridiculed by Maranville. Hr 1 ' : s Boston Braves' Shortstop Insists It It Not the Swing That Makes Batter —Stunt Being Wished on Fred Mitchell. Not ‘long ago President Weeghman of the Chicago National league, club made the announcement that Tie would take Chick Evans to the coast with the Cubs to teach the players a perfect swing at the ball. The Innovation was received with anything but warmth by baseball men, who say the 'two sports differ So greatly that there Is no comparison. The idea was ridiculed. Walter MaranviHe of the Braves insists that it is not the swing that makes (1 ui res_at the. plfite* “Say, that story abont Chick Evans going to California with the Cubs Is a funny one,” declared Maranville. the Cubs will be able to bat any better because of the things Evans shows them in California about hitting a golf ball. Doesn’t seem so me as If Mitchell Is responsible for that stunt. I guess It’s being wished on him*. “In baseball the batter needs courage. “He does not know when the

"Rabbit” Maranville.

pitcher is going to slip a notch in his control and breeze one by the batter’s head. It takes courage to stand up at the plate and take that ‘old healthy.’ “Courage is the big asset In batting, and with all the respect in the world to golf, where is there any great courage needed in driving the golf ball? It may be just as difficult to hit the golf ball and drive it properly as it Is to stand up at the plate and smash the baseball. But they are two different things, and there isn’t a ballplayer in the world who will take seriously the - attempt of a golfer, pure and simple, to teach the ballplayer how to bat.”

CAREER OF BILLY SULLIVAN

Famous Old White Sox Backstop Haa Been in Harness Score of Years When Released. Hilly Sullivan, the famous old -backstop of the White Sox, was born In Oakland. Wis„ forty-one years ago, and had been in the harness just a score of years when he w r as released by Comiskey early in 3915. Billy began his career in the old Western association, playing with Cedar Baplds, Dubuque, Columbus and Grand Rapids. While with Dubuque Ke caught 124

Billy Sullivan.

consecutive games. Sullivan broke into fast company with the Boston Nationals in 1899, but leaped to the Chicago Americans in 1901, and remained with the White Sox to the end of Tils active diamond career.

PLAYER NEVER MADE FUMBLE

Newly Elected Captain of Pacific r College Went Through Sea- , son With Perfect Score. Tommy Fowler, quarterback of the 1916 Pacific university footbalf eleven of Forest Grove, Ore., who went through the recent season without making a fumble and was one of the best open-field runners with the ball, has been elected captain of the team for this year. \

$2,988.75 GROWS ON 50 ACRE FARM

Escanaba, Mich., Feb. 28. —Just $2,988.75 was the total sum which Kelly Johnson of Delta county, in CloverLand, received for products raised on his fifty-acre farm. He claims he paid , out s3sofor labor, thus netting him, he | figures, a profit of $2,638.75. Johnson’s crop follows: 1,100 bushels potatoes at $1.15.51,265.06 200 bushels onions at $1.20... 280.0 C 200 bushels rutabagas at 40 cents .......»'. ‘80.06 250 bushels tomatoes at 90 -—cents .... .~rvv. ».; r...w... ’ 225:00 800 bushels cucumbers at $1.25 375.0(1 150 bushels table beets at 75 cents 112.50 75 bushels cow beets at 35 cents 26.25 15 bushels beans at $7.00.... 105.06 6V 2 tons cabbage at S4O.DO'. V. . 260.00 200 dozen ears corn at 12% cents 250.00 -Total receipts $2,988.75 Lass labor amount 350.00 Net receipts $2,638.75 Mr. Johnson also raised a large supply of grains and hay and his pasture also brought in returns, but be can give no figures on these crops. He has many more acres of land to clear. Mr. Johnson is only one of scores of settlers who have purchased lands In Clover-Land, which Is the fifteen counties of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, who have realized the folly of paying high rents or large rates of Interest when they could secure good 6ized farms in Clover-Land through the wise suggestion of The Upper Peninsula Development Bureau of Marquette, Michigan, 100 Bacon Block, grow large crops, get good profits and live a pleasant Hfe,—Adv.

Barred.

Thfl Bhnrie nf the man who gouged ~ the noor hy selling adußemted-food — at high prices when he was on earth, stood shl verlag-- -before the pearly gates, “I thought I ordered you to go down below,” said St. Peter. “I did,” replied the shade. “But Satan wouldn’t let me In. He said , A wasn’t the sort of person his and boarders cared to associate with.”

SS BOWELS No sick headachy sour stomach, biliousness or constipation by morning. Get a 10-cent-b.ox now. = Turn the rascals out —the headache, biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour stomach and foul gases—turn them out to-night and keep them out with Cascarets, Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then .and never know the misery" caused by a lazy liver, clogged bowels or an upset stomach. « Don’t put in another day of distress. Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach; remove the sour fermenting food; take the excess bile from your liver and carry out all the waste matter and poison in t,he bowels. Then you will feel great. A Cascaret to-night straightens you out fey morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug store means a clear head, sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver and 6owel action for months. Children love Cascarets because they never grtpe dflficken. Adv. ~ '

For Moving a Stove.

Flatbush—l see legs have been Invented for stoves which contain casters, so mounted that pressure on levers projects them and enables the stoves to be moved easily. Bensonhurst —I still contend, however, that to move a stove quickly nothing can beat kerosene oil.

Looking to the Future.

"Will this coat-shrifik?” “Oh, yes, ma’am; but they’ll be wearing them snugger next year l”

Strong Drinks Irritate Strong drinks like beer, whiskey, tea and coffee, irritate the kidneys and habitual use tends to weaken them. Daily backaehe, with headache. nervousness, dizzy spells and a rheumatic condition should be taken as a warning of kidney trouble. Cut out, or at least moderate, the stimulant, and use Doan’s Kidney Pills. They are fine for weak kidneys. Thousands recommend them. An Illinois Case "Xrm Ptctur. Samuel Eiseman, JW4 m sur,” N. California Chicago, 111., WmBW says: ‘I suffered inySSTMCM «■ tensely from a deepseated pain In my back. The kidney /iamSamim secretions were palnful in passage and discolored. Doctors' .•' medicine gave mo IHH only temporary re- ! iMBTfI lief and other remeW t| , dies failed to help me until I used Doan's Kidney Pills. This remedy relieved the backache and other trouble and continued use cured me. I have bad little trouble from kidney complaint since." * Gat Doin'* at Any Store, 80c a Bp* nn A KIDNST

Montana 640-Acre Homesteads New law just passed. New towns, has in ess opportunities. Map showing proposed iniU roads, fiend ft cents for maps and Informs lion. Address » ILS. Commissioner, Outlook. MonL