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THAT CHANGE IN WOMAN’S UFE Mrs. Godden Tells How It May be Passed in Safety and Comfort. Fremont, O.—“I was passing through the critical period of life, being f orty- , , six years of age and had all the symptoms incidenttothat change—heat flashes, nervousness, and was in a general run Bswldown condition, so it was hard for me to do my work. IftWiOlWl Lydia E. Pinkham’s V Vegetable Com- ' |P° und waa recora_ " mended to me as the JiiM* best remedy for my -——»iaiss "v j troublea, which it surely proved to be. I feel better and stronger in every way since taking it, and the annoying symptoms have disappeared. *’ Mrs. M. Godden, 925 Napoleon St, Fremont, Ohio. Such annoying symptons as heat Hashes, nervousness, backache, headache, irritability and “ the blues,** may be speedily overcome and the system restored to normal conditions by this famous root and herb remedy Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. > If any complications present themselves write the Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for suggestions how to overcome them. The result of forty years experience is at your service and your letter held in strict confidence.

i' i 1,1 " Cuticura Stops Itching ana ‘vW Saves the Hair

NO CHANGE IN THE MENU

Doughboy Saw Little Cause for Jollification in the Stacks of “Vittles" Which Impressed Negro. He came from Georgia, so he did, and' his Job was unloading Q. M. stores at a certain big depot in the S. O. S. It was noon and he was, on his own confession, “pow’ful tahhud” but none the less willing to talk about his work. “Mah lain!” he exclaimed, wiping the sweat form, his ebony brow. “Nothin’ sum moh’nln’ to nih’t but totin’ stuff fo’ soldiermen to eat. Lawd, boss; you never done see so much vittles staicked up in yo' lahf as we done got in dat dere shaid.” “Boss,” who was only a doubhboy back from hospital and on his way to a classification camp, thought It sounded Interesting. “What kind of eats you been stackin’ Up there, Sam?” he asked. “Lawdy!” exclaimed Sam. “What kind ob eats ain’t we got staicked* up ’swot you mean! Day’s bacon —umml —an’ beans, an’ hawd braid, an’ bacon an’ beans, an’ calnned tomatoes, an’ beans, an’ bacon, an’—” “Good grief!” shouted the doughboy. “The same old stuff!”—Stars and Stripes.

One on Papa.

“Father,” said the sharp small boy, “I saw a deaf and dumb beggar in the street this morning, and he had an impediment in his speech.” “A deaf and dumb man with an Im- * pediment in his speech!” exclalmel father. “Don’t talk nonsense, Lancelot” * “But he had, father,” insisted the boy. “One of his fingers was missing.”

A grateful thought toward heaven Is of Itself a prayer.—Lessing. Yankee prisoners of war are introducing baseball in Germany.

Wervous HPeople who drink coffee 'find substantial relief when •they change POSTUM This pure,wholesome table drink ** /¥* • •* caTreineorany other harmful, nerve disturbing ingredient. “There's a Reason

SCHOOL PIGEONS FOR WAR WORK

Birds Are Prepared for Battle Just the Shme as the Men. PLAY BIG MRTBI FIGHTING Many Times Carry Messages That Mean Life and Death—Spend but Short Time In the Front Line Trenches.

TMth the American Army in France. —Pigeons must be schooled and prepared for battle just the same as men. Of the thousands of pigeons flying over the battle lines, carrying messages and playing their part in the fight against Germany, all have been carefully trained. Having natural ‘•homing’’ instinct, owing to their breeding, the birds practically train themselves, but they work under supervision of soldiers assigned to the “pigeon cOrps” because of their knowledge of the birds. When a flock of pigeons is Installed In a certain cote, It Is kept confined closely for several days. The birds are given little food. Then they are released. Not being well fed, and therefore not very strong, they will fly only a few hundred yards from the cote. Upon their return they are given more food. Next day they are liberated again. This time they will fly somewhat farther than on the first day, and again their rations will be increased.

By the third, day the pigeon really goes to work schooling itself. The bird’s Instinct is to become familiar with the country about its home cote. The flock will take to the wing on being released, andtswlng in an everwidening circle about the cote. All the time, as it flies, each bird is studying the terrain, landmarks by which it can find its way home. The next step Is to carry the pigeons up toward the line for training. Time in Trenches Short* Life in the front line isn’t any easier for a pigeon than fob a man. Consequently a bird’s “trick” in the trenches on a stable sector is only 48 hours. At the end of that time, if not sent back with a message, the pigeon is released to fly back home for a dry robst and a good meal. When not on duty, pigeons are kept in a dugout and are reasonably safe from shellfire. But for protection afforded them they would be exposed to instant death from gas.

Carried forward with each basket of pigeons is a big square container resembling a piece of tarpaulin. That’s the pigeon’s “gas mask.” Made of strong, heavy, water-proof material, the “gas mask” fits over the entire basket of pigeons. It is lined on the inside with chemically-treated material that neutralizes the effect of gas. In case of a gas alarm, the soldier looking after the pigeons picks up the basket opens up the big container, puts the basket of pigeons Inside and closes It, the folds at the top being so arranged that it can be made airtight. Danger From Hawks. In addition to gas and shell fire the pigeons have their enemies of the air to combat in carrying out their missions. A heavily wooded district is especially dangerous for war pigeons. Many of the birds have been killed in such places by hawks. A pigeon usually will avoid flying over a wood whenever possible, but often when forced to take such a course is compelled to fly for its life as a hawk suddenly swoops from the wood. If the pigeon lives through shell fire, gas, escapes hawks and arrives near its cote safely, still another danger may be waiting, if the bird is nervous and refuses to be “trapped.” In many

FRENCH DIG UP THEIR BURIED TREASURES

After the allied forces had recaptured the town of Hombleux, France, the Inhabitants were able to retrieve the valuables they had burled in order to keep them from the thieving hands of the Huns. Photograph shows a family digging up their belongings stored In a barrel and burled.

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cases the messages by the birds mean life or x death. Consequently there' can be no delay in getting them from the pigeon’s little message box once it arrives at the cote. The pigeon men, therefore, keep a shotgun close by, and are under orders to shoot down any pigeon that does not alight at its cote promptly.

Pigeons have played a prominent part in all fighting in whjch Americans have participated, from the first raids in Lorraine through the battle of Cantigny, the fighting through the Marne region and on to the St Mihlel victory. Originally 2,000 birds were •brought to France from the United States. More have come over from time to time, and pigeons from French cotes have re-enforced Unlcle Sam’s feathered messengers. ••

WHY FOE HASN’T A CHANCE

British Ace Telia Story of the Wonderful Pluck of French Peasant With the American Army Northwest of Verdun.—“A British ace, whose name is a household word in America owing to his achievements and his magazine articles, told me a wonderful story,” said an American army officer. “This ace was ordered to make a flight at night with a French peasant as a passenger,” he said. “The peasant carried a parachute and a basket of carrier pigeons. “He asked the ace to point out the plgce where he wanted the peasant to jump, The aviator then the peasant if he had ever leaped from an airplane with a parachute before. The ace was astonished to learn that it was the Frenchman’s first trip in the air. “The' aviator circled over an indicated point' in the landscape and gave „the signal to the Frenchman. The latter stood up. Waving" to the aviator the peasant shouted: ■ “ ‘Au revolt! Vive la France I’ Then he jumped. “That was a bit of French pluck for you.”

FORCES SUBS TO STAY UNDER SEA

Aerial Forces’ Part in Keeping Ocean Lanes Open Is Described. NAVAL AIRPLANES ON JOB U-Boats Ara Practically Helpless as Long as They Are Forced to Stay Under Water Whaleback Carries 33 Moguls. American Naval Base, France. Hydroairplanes constantly watch and guard this great American port and the American shipping approaching or entering it to prevent attack by submarines. One of the planes lay on the water ready to start seaward as the Associated Press correspondent visited the harbor. It looked very light and filmy for this desperate work and its gray body gave it the appearance of a giant moth settled on the water. Overhead, one thousand feet up, swung a huge lung shaped balloon, from the basket of, which a naval ofticer and a sailor peered through marine glasses. “They are on the lookout for a submarine,” said the escort “Their chief

“SUBMARINE ON STARBOARD!”

, A United States bluejacket aboard one of Uncle Sam’s submarines on the lookout for the inferhal Boche raider.

DESPITE ENEMY BLOOD THEY BOTH BUY BONDS

the blood of courses through their veins, the Americanism of Edward Welsbrod of '’German descent and Sam Milovltch, an Austrian, is beirjg cited as worthy of being emulated by their fellow countrymen. These men have each bought a sl,ogo Liberty loan bond during are employed, by a idotil company.

purpose is to report the whereabouts of a submarine, and the destroyers then do the rest In forcing it under water. Even if submarines are off this j>ort, they are practically helpless, if we can keep them ufider water. It is only when they come to the surface that they can launch their torpedoes with full effect. Torpedoes fired when the craft is under water may lack direction to make them dangerous. So that, after all, the problem for the destroyers is to keep the submarines under water ,as well as to destroy them.” Big Whaleback Carries 33 Moguls. On shore scores of hydroairplanes were ranged in two Vast hangars und there were sheds for balloons. A big whaleback from the great lakes was off to port and to starboard was a massive freighter. “That is a strange ship,” said the escort “You will note she has no upper deck or cabins. The whole deck rolls back, like the roof of an openair theater, and the deck becomes an enormous open hatch. It is like a huge open bowl, with no obstruction in lifting out the freight” -* The freight in this case was as curious as the rolling deck,, for it consisted of thirty-three enormous Mogul locomotives, all set up and ready to move, and with their tenders coupled. With* the deck rolled back, locomotives and tenders were picked up by giant cranes and swung around to the nearby quay. “The United States ship Carola,” a craft that never went to sea and never wlil, a “vessel” with stone walls, underground dungeons, twenty miles of tunnel and a vast bulk of masonry anchored to mother earth, is one of the sights at this -port. Anciept Chateau a United States Ship. It is a massive castle standing at the water’s edge that bears this strange I name. It is an ancient chateau, built ,600 years ago, in the thirteenth century, and one of the marvels of Gothic architectural construction. It is used now as the United States naval barracks, and being put to naval uses, it was given a naval christening as the U. S. S. Carola. It Is no nickname, but is the accepted title known to all. officers and men. ' Being christened as a United States ship even the battlements have become decks. When down In the old dungeon, a sailor guided me upward by saying: “This way, sir, to the main deck.” And we climbed up the “hatchway” of crumbling stone to the main “deck,” of Gothic masonry twelve feet thick. The way this castle came to be named as a United States warship was this: The United States Carola Is in reality a small steam yacht, used during the Spanish war. It was rather out of date and was tied up to the castle wall. Here It became very useful in making .out requisitions for supplies needed in the castle. To'make a requisition for a castle would seem quite irregular. And so everything was requisitioned for the United States ship Carola, and tn that way the castle got Its, equipment without disturbing any formalities.

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