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VOLUME 84. NUMBER 48. SOUTH PARIS, MAINE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1917. MOCRAT. CARL S. BEIGG8, Dentist, 50ΓΤΗ PARIS, MAINS. Ο*» Hoar· : 9 a. m. to 5 p. u. Sp» sueetton *i*en to children. ^ Telephone 145-4 .jlWICK Λ PARK. Attorneys at Law. SITHIL, MAJUVB. iiStat I· Herrlck. BUagyC.PMfc. 3IBT D. PARK, Licensed Auctioneer, JOCTH PARIS. . . ΜΑΠΙΒ. Mm·. Dr. Irwin Κ Moorhouse H&| OSTEOPATH ■ jga. House. VORWAY. MAINE ™ Telephone j9.11 5η»; MS. 1-5. T-S ererr day; Sunday· by ippolosm^Dt. * •u — » K.-»J * * » _ I , ""ippotnJootDt. li dawpsùy. lûose woo turc loet faith 1b cas place ooc2 lenoe. t7tf Bisbee & Parker, tTTOe^EVS ASD COUNSELLORS AT LAW Bumford, Maine. GENERAL PRACTICE. «m 0. Biibee Ralph T. Parker Speuldiny Bisbee . IQly J. WALDO NASH, Licensed Taxidermist, Β Twnpi· Street, rear Maaonio Blook, 11 'MNN Connection. NORWAY. longley & BUTTS, Norway, Main·, Plumbing, Heating, Sheet Metal Work, HEEL CEILINGS A SPECIALTY. Harry M. Sbaw, ATTORNEY AT LAW Maxim Blook South Paris, : Maine iut 1 C.ETolman&Co.,lnc. General Insurance and Heal Estate. 7 Park Street. .South Parla. Suu Agents lor North Amricaa Accident ■ mi H«sith lasuraaca Co. I inn Eastern Accident and Health laeur ■(•Ce. Agents Wanted E. \V. ( UAKDL£R, Builders' Finish I I till fornlaù DOOR8 aad WINDOWS of aaj âu or Style at reasonable prices. Also Window & Door Frames. If la want of any kind of Flalab for Iaalde 01 )eaMs wort, send In your orders. Pine Lam wud Sklaxlee on band Cheap tor Oaah. Planing, Sawing and Job Work. Matched Pine Sheathing for Sale. E. W. CHAMLER, VatiSomner, .... Maine BÂMUiûL itlUAAXWJLO, Optometrist and Optician. Longest experience and best equip ment. South Paris, Maine Endorsed at Home. I hch Proof aa This Should Convince Any South Pari· Citiien. I Th· public endorsement of s local I ftiseo κ the beet proof that can be pro I iaced. None better, none etronger can I ki hid. When a man oomee forward I ad teatifle· to hi· fellow-oitiieiM» ad I ::*··* hi* friend· and neighbor·, yon I esy be tare be i· thoroughly oonviooed I orb* would not do to. Telling one's I epenence when it la for the public I lend ia so act of kindaee· that should ν appreciated. The following state ! aeot given by a reeident of South Pari· I »dda one more to the many ca··· of Home Endorsement which are being PublUhed shout Doan's Kidney Pill·. S«ad It. ^ B. Rueaell, 23 Oothio Street, says: "I a led Doan'a Kidney Pilla for lumbago ud «bar ρ pain· aoroee my kidney a *bicb piaeaed me very much. Doan's Kidney Pills were highly reoo m mended MI got a box at the Howard Drug Co. *od they promptly relieved the back jtta After that I took Doan's Kidney "Ha aa seeded and every time I used tbom they gave me good reenlt·.** Mr. Rueaell ia only one οt many South Pule people who have gratefully en dowed Doan'a Kidney Pill·. If your took acb··, if your kidney· bother you, don't «imply aak for a kidney remedy, J* diatinctly for DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS, the same that Mr. Russell had, toe remedy backed by home testimony. W centa at ail atoree. Foster-Il il barn <*·. Propa., Buffalo, Ν. T. "When Joor back ia lame, remember the name." lTsTbillinos *ANUPACTURBR op and dealer in Bed Cedar and Sprace Clap boards, New Brunswick Cedar Shingles, North Carolina Fine, Flooring: and Sheathing, Paroid Hoofing, Wall Board, Apple Barrel Heads, and LUMBEB OF att, KINDS South Paris, - Maine, Dr. Austin Tenney, Oculist. **aetie· Haltedt·41eeaeee «T tS> «7* *** ta· otuaf mt (Hum. AlmSrwli *PPMlU r«t OAn Haat JiJJV « mbU. S·* F.M. What to Do When * Backache Comes On Foley Kidney Pill* have done me more good than 1150.00 worth of other medicine.- chae. K. Fox. Hlmrod, When backache come· on and It ««ma ·· u yea can't stand the pain P'eaeure acroee the am all of your JJS; j!"**y to your dru**lat and get g «f through a box of Foley Kidney ♦hi, _,τ1ι·Τ will stop the cause of Siah T#nr Q«lekly, ■*·*" «be eio* ahu .Γ ηβ3Γ· to regular action, en tivÎVi 10 throw the polaona out of a· blood. They will set rid of padn n*iL u aiAtl»m for you. quiet your Λ et°P yoer backache, and lim cli e700* eti* Joint· aad aore mua W. Sherman. L<econa. N.^ Τ» tlaî kiLt *** «offered with kidney trou· (iM f*? * tired feelln* in my back, til JS,"*· any ambition and felt ■"tired out. I use* Foley Kldnef I® a few daye be*an to feel *°w I hsve entirely re AMONG TIE FARMBBS new." °?a^^ir!rjs!5!2srs. 5*deâ for tiûs deptrtuat to SUT D ^JMO^Airrteoliiu*] Editor Oxford Dm Avoid Apple· In Solid Blocks. MAUfK BX8CLT3 80 FAB INDICATE SOUS VASUTIU SXLF-STK&ILX. When Highmoor farm came ioloj possession of the Maine station the orchards had been badly neglected lor many yean and ware bearing very few apples. By meane of cultivation, fer tilisation, pruning and spraying most of tbeee orchards have now been brought into an excellent condition. Most of the tree· have made a satisfactory wood growth and are healthy and rigorous. Notwithstanding this fact the large Beo Davie orchards have not gives satis factory yields of fruit with the possible exception of 1912. For some time the station has been endeavoring to find the reason for this. In connection with the apple breed ing work at Highmoor a large number of blossoms were hand pollinated. In doing thia the young buds are opened and the Immature stamens removed. Bags are then plaoed over the cl esters of blossoms to keep out the beee. Two or three days later, or at the time when the flowers would have opened natnrally, pollen previously collected from other blossoms is brushed over the pistils of tbeee flowers. The somewhat rough handling of young bud·, which Is nec essary In order to remove the stamens, lessons no doubt the set of frait over what would oocur naturally. However, when all olusterfare treated alike the reeults are oomparable. Several different varieties were used in the work, but we are chiefly concern ed here with tbe Ben Da?is flowers pol linated with other varieties, and also with Ban Davis pollen. The qoestlon is: Are Ben Davis dowers pollinated wltl^ Ben Davis pollen as likely to set fruit as 1 if pollinated with some other variety? The following results are selected, all of which show tbe same essential point: ι Of 48 Ben Davis dusters pollinated with 1 Mcintosh pollen, 36, or 75 per oect set fruit. The total number of apples ob tained was 84. Of 41 Ben Davis clusters ι pollinated with Opalescent pollen, 25, or 61 per oenr, set fruit, giving a total of 1 54 apples. Oo the other hand, of 114 Ben Davis clusters pollinated with Ben Davis pollen only two set fruit, and these only one apple each. This gives < a set οi only 1.8 per cent for Ben Davis self-pollinated against 75 per cent where < Ben Davie is pollinated with Molntoeh pollen. The weather conditions at the time of 1 blooming were far from ideal. Never theless, the hand-pollinated blossoms wera subject to the same weather con ditions as those In the general orobard. These reaults seem to Indicate that If Molntoeh pollen had been abundant In our orchards 70 to 75 per oent of the olustere would have set fruit. On the other hand general observation leads us ι to believe that in the big Ben Davis orchards not mnoh over two per oent of the cluaters which bloomed have actual ly set fruit this year. Tbeee reeults repreeent tbe work of only a single year. It le quite probable under certain conditions the Ben Davis will show a higher peroent of self-fertile blossoms than obtsined that year. In 1914 and 1915 faircrope were obtained. Tbeee crops represented about half the yield of apples that the trees are capable of bearing. It Is planned to repeat these and similar experiments in succeeding years when weather conditions win oe muer· eot. It is »Ι·ο planned to oae pollen from other varieties. Apparently, either the Molntoeh or Opaieecent is » good pollenizer for the Beo Devi·. The Opalescent pollen used Id this work was secured at some distance from Highmoor and on account of rain had to be kept for several days before It was used on the blossoms. This may account for the somewhat lower percentage of fer tile clusters. The two Ben Davis orchards at Β igh moor repreeent a solid blook of nearly 1800 treee, all of thie one variety. It seems probable that one of the reasons why theee orchards have not yielded ao oording to expectation is the fact that this variety is partly self-sterile. It is planned to topwork a number of the treee in one of theee orchards with other varieties and see whether this will help in obtaining a more satisfactory yield. The natural question is whether other varietlee are more or lees sterile to their own pollen. This will be taken up in due time by the station. Unless Ben Davis is an exception, there aeems good reason for fruit growers avoiding the setting of large flocks of any one variety. Say· the Sow*. Selling a brood sow at this time, ac cording to the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, is like killing the goose that laid the golden eggs. When pork is selling at 18 cents or I more a pound on the hoof, the hog breeder may be tempted to turn into j cash all that he can sell; yet the depart ment points out that the value of a brood sow whioh will produce socb high-priced offspring is proportionately increased end shershould be kept as the source of further and future profits. Since the beginning of the war the number of swine in all oountriee has decreased, and the decrease has been marked in some of the belligeroot oountriee. Io France, for example, in the three years just before January 1, 1017, the number of swine decreaeed 38.12 per ceo ι ; during 1915 the nnmber j in Qermaay decreaeed 31.47 per oent. SITUATION CRITICAL Breeding stooks are being depleted, and the department says that the situa Mon la already erttioal and threatens to beoome very serious if the oonntry con tinuée to be drained of Its meatf. Hogs furnish meat more quiokly and cheaply than other stock can; the meat shortage, therefore, oan moet readily be mai by swine production. It has been caloolaèed that the possible increase fro· one eow is 1,002 pigs in four years, on the supposition that all litters «ο* elst of six pigs, that all live, that half are females, and that each gilt should far row at one year and every alx months thereafter. I cut raDure kxpkksk. Another cause of the depletion of breeding stooks Is probably the high ooet of feeds. While ooneentrated feed· have gone op, the department eays that eon· of the expense of carrying breed ing stocks Bay be eat dowa by the tae of green fall forage crops, paature alfalfa or elover bay. Brood sows may be malataiaed la fair condition at com paratively little axpeaee by the oae of sooh feeds. By sowing la the eon, or aa a oover crop on land which ie likely te wash, sowtag rape or planting η root crop, the ooet of wintering sows .ay be reduced. In brief, the depart menft strongly reooemaad· a campaign I» save the eowa as oae meana of lalp l to meet the threatened ment a|ort That whioh ooets nothing la worth nothing, free advice to farmer· by Tosa, Dtok and Hurry oomea under thia A «at tnWfewI, «•ν· the Fit —IkVB?r<M?d pr,06e of botter, lard and all other fats bid fair to go atil TT*1 . J* *"*" 8tanley of tb Uiivoceltyo* Missouri College of Agri culture believes that the shortage oan b relieved considerably by saving m nob ο the fat which is usually wasted lo tb doom. Snoh saving may avert a deflci of this important foodstuff which ac counts in part, it Is said, for the lnade quate diet of the German people. Id vestlgatione of additional soaroes of fa are being emde; bat It remains for th< housekeeper to oonserve the avallabl· «applies. The familiar grease trap stood foi many years at the foot of the sink as ι definite teetimonialof the fat wastagi whioh passed ont of the honae by tha ronte. The garbage oan and the alo| bnoket give farther evidence. Some ο thiawaate is unavoidable perhaps, bu much of it can be saved and every honae •rife should appoint herself that teak Efforte ahoold be mede to ntilize tbi fat which oomee loto the borne In tbi form of meat. Mnob of it Is rendered ai the meat cooks. This should be clarified and saved. Serve a peice of fat and ι piece of lean if the family will eat fet. Otherwise aeve the fatty portiona ao that ibefet may be rendered and need instead of lard. The fat which cooks out of bacon ■hould be carefully treaaared. If it ii aot acorobed, It may be uaed for corn bread, muffina, griddle cakea, in aalad dreaaing, to seeson vegetables, and It numerous other weya. Chickens in good.oonditiou usuallj field more fet than ia palatable tu ierve with the meet or aoop. The ex seaa may be need acceptably wberevei my other fet ia uaed. It hea been rec sommended aa especially deelrabIe*"for paatry. On account of ita consiatenoy ir may be mixed with harder fata to make (hem all the more soft. Soup should be aet aalde to oool ao that the fat may oolleot in a cake on the lurfaoe. Thia may be placed with the Fat to be clarified. Water may be uaed in clarifying fat. The amount to be edded dependa upon the degree of imparity of the fat. Heat >nly until the fat meita and then stir ■veil. The fat aeparetea aa a more 01 >eaa clear layer on top while the water iiaaolvea ont much of the impurity from t. If the fat containa sediment, it can >e removed by atraining while hot through double cbeeae cloth. If objec lonable odors and flavors are present, :bey may be removed in many caaea by aeating the fat with small pieces of sbarooal. Fats ahould be kept free from water in sloaed opaque containers in a oool place. EUncid fata may be kept for soap mak ag. "If every housekeeper will pledge ber lelf 'to save the fat* we'need not fear a fat famine in our country," said Misa Stanley recently. "If we continue in >ur reckleea waate of thia valuable food, the amount ia likely to fall short of our ieeds, and the price will be unnecessa rily increaaed. Will you do your part to keep up the aupply and keep down the price?"—Missouri College of Agricul ture. Keep the Parmer Well. "Keep the farmer well" ia one of the ilogana of the United States Public Health Service. It has likewise been idopted by the State Department of Health in Augusta. The health of the farmer today meana not only an inoreaae η the comfort and the effloienoy of the population of Maine, but alao the adop tion of a mighty weapon In America's ear for democracy. The aopreme need of the nation dur· ng the ooming mont ha ia an abundanoe >f foodstuff. After this immediate de mand Is met, the supreme need will be men and women wbo can efficiently or ganise the country's resources In their respective localitiee and who can pro iuoe more and more foodstuff. Tbi· eill require men and women who ere physically well and able to meet the lituation. It calls for men and women eho are protected from disease, irbo have learned the rules of heelth, ebo know prevention Is better than rare. "Keep the farmer well" Is an idmlrable alogan at any time. Today it enraient· a national neceasitv and an opportunity (or Miloe. A atatement come· from Dr. L. D. Bristol, Health Commissioner of Maine, to the effect that Ibe country population it to be on· of the great Interests of the State Department of Health. The prev ilence of smallpox in many part· of tbe itate will naturally become a starting point for needed improvement·. It il a plan of the State Department of Health ίο organise rural diatriota for the elimina tion to far a· possible not only of small pox but of typhoid and diphtheria and ill other contagioua dlaeaaee. Dr. Brlatol baa pointed out that tbe farmer himself baa the great responsibil ity In looal health work. Farmers' or ganisations and rural clubs of all sorts jan accomplish much in protecting their immunities. Individuels, single bsnd sd oan work in the interests of the health servtoe to good advantage. The State Department of Health will wel some every inquiry that comes to It and furnish Information, suggestions and jther help wherever needed. Value of Sklmmilk. ▲ man who milks oows waa recently iskedwhatbe considered a fair prioe for akimmilk to feed to piga and oalvea. Ells reulv shocked those who beard It. Aiter aome heaitatloo be aaid: "Well, I think akimmilk la worth about 10 oenta per hundred." Thie m»n la a very poor atudent of his business and It is pussllag to nnder itand how he get· along. Skimmlik worth 10 cent· a hundred when bogs are selling at #17.00 to «18.00 per hundred and old corn st 12.00 per bushel and new corn at |1.2δ or morel There are creameries paying farmers 7o cent· a hnndred for akimmilk. Actual pig feeding tests have proved 100 Ppundi of sklmmilk equal to one-half bushel ol corn when fed at tbe rate of 3 lb·, oi sklmmilk to one pound of corn. The present prioe of grade dairy oalve· wll return over a dollar per bnndred for all akimmilk fed to them. » Sklmmilk alone I· n.ot a setlefaotorj ration for the pig, but ooro and «k m milk make an Ideaï ration? The akim milk auppllea elements whioh the oorc leeks and greater growth to produoed «I capable of operating a farm could be at ignorant aa to the feeding value of skim milk.—Hoard's Dairyman. Tbe Cost of Things. oultural College of Illinoisι at 13 4* sue tbe County iarm BureM Agent o D aware county, How York, ™ cost of railing a oow to ber flral mil* CmMiS?80. All the·· figure· maj be true for all we know but there to ι mvaterr about tbto dairy business thai beat· all our reokonlng. That to, ths thousand of fkwsre manage somehow the Lord only know· how, to produw oow· and to Mil milk and nukes liv oj gSB5ffi5£*2 orae^praotloe. Holding the fowl flrmlj tall asf—Hontd'i Dalrynua, Edible Fruits of Forest Tree·. • It is Mid that Daniel Boone and some ' of oar other early pioneer· oonld go into 9 the wilderneca with onlj s rifle end s sack of nit and lire In comfort on the I game and other wild food whloh the 1 wood· afforded. While few people ' want to try thi· aort of thing nowadaya, ' persons who know the food value of the frnlta of onr native tree· and shrub· are, " according to forester·, able to ose them ' to a good advantage In anpplementlng ' other food·. 1 Aside from numerous edible muab ' rooms, roots of shrnbs and smaller plants, the trees of onr fpreats afford a large variety of edible· which are highly 1 prixed by wood· oonnoissenrs. First in ' importance, of oonrae, are onr native E out*—beech nuts, butternut·, walnut·, I chestnuts and chinquapins, hazel nnts, ; and several kinds of hickory nuts, in eluding pecans. The kernels of all of these are not only toothsome but highly nutritioua and are used by vegetarians 1 to replace meat. The oil of the beech out la said to be little inferior to olive oil, while that of butternut· and walnuta was used by some of the Indians for various purposes. Tbe Indians, it is said, also formerly mixed ohesnuts with corn meal and made a bread which waa baked In corn huaka, like tamales. In parts of Europe bread is made from chesnuts alone. Tbe chestnut orop in this country Is being reduoed each year by tbe obestnut-biight disease wbioh In some aeotiona is gradually killing out tbe tree. Acorns are oommonly thought to be fit only for feeding bogs, but many kinds of tbem can be made edible and oouriahing for people aa well. The In dian custom was to pound or grind tbe acorns op and leach out the tannin, which makes^most of tbem unfit for eat· ing when raw, by treating tbe pulp with hot water. Tbe resulting flour, wb'ch contained considerable starcb, waa made either into a porridge'or baked in small cakes of bread. Aa a rule, tbe acorna of the various white oaks having less tan nin are tbe ones beat suited for food, but Indians also used those of the black oaks, even though they contain mucb tannin. Tbe acorns of the basket or cow oak, the ohlnquapin oak, shin or Rocky Mountain oak, live oak, and of several other speoies, are sweet enough to be eaten raw. Another nnt whloh is not suited for earing raw, but from which a palatable food la said to bave been prepared by tbe Indiana is the buckeye. Tbe kernels of these nuts were dried, powdered, snd freed of tbe poison wbioh they contain when raw by filtration. The resulting paste was either ι eaten cold or baked. Several western pines bave seeds which play an Important part in tbe diet of the local Indians. Perhapa the best known of these is the fruit of the nut pine or pinon wbioh forms the baais for a looal industry of some sise. Not only is It extensively eaten by local settlers and Indians, but large quantities are shipped to the cities where tbe seed Is roasted and sold on the street. The similar seed of tbe Parry pine and tbe large Digger pine seeds are eagerly sought by the Indians. Tbe latter tree is said to have gained its name from its use as a food by tbe Digger Indians. The seeds of the long leaf pine are edible and are 'im proved by roasting. Indeed, it may be said that most'nuts are1 more digestible when roasted than when eaten raw. One of tne best known fruits, tbe foresters say, is tbe persimmon, which Is edible only after it is thoroughly ripe. As this is usually not until late In the fall, it is commonly thought that the fruit must be frostbitten. If the persim mon is eaten before it Is well ripened, the tannic aoid which tbe fruit oantains bas a strongly astringent effect, which justifies the story of the soldier In tbe Civil War who said he bad eaten green persimmons so a· to shrink his stomaob up to fit bis rations. Tbe pawpaw, or costard apple, is also best when thoroughly ripe. The fruit of some speoies of haws is eaten or preserved in different parts of the ooontry, while those of several different kinds of wild cherries have a food value and are used for various purposes. Wild plums are abundant in oertain sections and occur In particularly plentiful quantities along streams in the Eastern and Middle Several varie ties of wild crab applet make delicioaa jellies. Some of the larfl eet, which attain the size of small apples, are more or leas abondant throughout eastern North Carolina. Elderberries are frequently used for pies and for sauoe. Those found in the West are sweeter and have a better flavor than the eastern varieties. The berries of the haokberry, or sugar berry, as it is called in the South, are dry hut have an agreeable taste. Those of the mulberry are sweet and juloy when ripe. The mulberry is valued in some seotiona for feeding bogs and poultry and some species are oooaaional ly cultivated. Many ' people like the fruit of the shad bush, "earvlce" berry, or June berry, as It is variously called. In parts of the country this fruit is used to make jelly. The French Canadians are said to use the aoid flower* of the redbud, or Judaa tree, in salads, while the buds and tender pods are piokled in vinegar. Honey locust pods, often locally called "honey shuoks," contain a sweetish, thick obeeselike pulp, which is often eaten. Those of the mesqnite furnish the Hex loans and Indians with a nutritious food. The Creoles of Louisiana, famous for their oookery, are reported to use the young buds of the sassafras as a substi tute for okra, in thiokenlng soups. Valuable Topographic Map·. Comparatively few people realise the value of the topographio maps whioh are being published by the Goverment. There is no State some of whose area has not been covered by these topo graphio surveys, the resulting maps of which oonvey more useful information of their area than any other maps. They portray accurately the physical features of the oftnntry, the hills and mountalna, - valleys and slopes, streams and swamps, as well as every work of man, anoh as railroads, wagon roads, bridges, and housea and other buildings. A single feature of the map whlob makes It well worth having la that It shows the alti tude or elevation of every point in the area; it ia a detailed diotionary of alti tudes. ! The mapa are printed in three oolors, ι black being used to indloate houses, roads, ' names of towns-^-tbe human , features of the map-^blde to indicate the , st ream a and lake· and other water features, and brown to indloate the valleys and bill·, whose elevations are shown by means of oontour line·. Some of the map· are printed with a fourth oolor, green, wbleh ia used to show woodlands. The topographio map Is ' in fact an aoourate relief model of the 1 area mapped. The maps are in Inoreaaing demand not only by engineers, for whom they constitute base map· of the greatest valne in planning all construction work, but by automobillata, hikers, and farm ers whose home· are included in the area. The Qeologloal Survey, Interior Department, haa already published 2, 600 topographio map·, covering more than 40 per oent of the United States. About 90,000 square mile· of new oountry I· surveyed annually, resulting in the publication of approximately 100 BivaapiayNr. Mia· Margaret Gould of Orono baa ' knit several sweatees for theaoMtera. ' fieoeatly ah· reoelved a note of thanks 1 and appreciation from a French aoldlar » who haa reoelved a sweater with her ' iam· on It. He said in the note whlob > waa written in Frenoh that be had been > la the eervioe three yean. He first " served la the Infantry Mid waa wounded. > H· la now In the artillery and haa bMB tumortd with IhiMOfli iBitonls. j TpjT'~. · Tl C^v» WILLIAM J. ROBINSON CHAPTER IX. Th· Fat· of a Spy. reached ElTerdinghe as quick ly aa wo could and got out without a scratch, which is more important than anything else. We went back along the road until we came to the turning which leads to the Tillage of Boeslnghe. This Tillage is o· the bank oi the canal, but it is a mighty unhealthy place to Tlsit, aa It Is In full view of part of the Qerman lines. Our plan was to go as close to the Tillage as we dared and then lea Te the car and try to get through on foot It was almost as dangerous as It would be to go through Yprea, but we figured that here we would at least haT· a fighting chance. We left the car under soma trees about half a mile from the Tillage and aet out on foot We hadn't been going ten minutes when a sentry stopped us again and informed α· that the road was cloaed and we would ha το to go back. The officer explained things to him and told him that it waa abso lutely Imperative that we get through and that this was the only way it could be done. The sentry said that he was Tery sorry, but he had strict orders from the assistant proTost mar· shal and he dared not let us pass. There was nothing left for as to do but to turn back. We went straight to headquarters, and the officer explained that it waa Impossible for us to get through. He ordered me to report to him the next morning and we would try again. The next day they were bombarding just aa heavily, and the city waa still burn ing, so all I had to do was to stand by and hold myself In readiness all day long. We saw a Tery exciting incident that day. There was a big ammunition col umn near our headquarters, and it was waiting there, all ready loaded, until sent for. It had been there seTeral weeks then, and the chaps who belong ed to it'were having the softest time they erer had in their Uvea. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon I was standing on a corner near this column when 1 saw one of the police go up and speak to a chap who was walking around it with a notebook in hla hand. They talked for a few mo ments, and then a policeman sauntered down to where I was standing and came up and spoke to me. MGo down to the guard room," he said, "and haTe the corporal fall in two men and bring them up here as quick se God will let him. That fellow there by the column is getting all kinds of infor mation and putting It in his book. Now, hurry, but take your time until you get out of eight of thla place. Ill look after him until the guard comes." I waa naturally all excited, but I did aa he said, and it wasn't many minutes before we were on our way back at the doubla Our man waa still there, but the minute he aaw us he got started. Our policeman pulled his reTolver and fired after him. He didn't stop for a second, but he pulled a couple of guns himself and eTery few seconds would send a ahot back at us as he ran. Β euuffl nue JUUUU) u H·* VO-.V th· time, and It was getting interest tug. The end came very suddenly when two of our chape with rifle· appeared tn the road ahead of the fugitive and ordered him to halt He fired on them for an answer, so they raised their ri fle· and brought him down. Examination showed that he waa a German. He bad on German service dress under the British uniform he was wearing. The little book our police man referred to certainly waa a gold mine of Information. He bad the name, location and strength of every unit in our vicinity and also the location of a good many of our batterie·. He waa a brave fellow, ail right, and he played the game clear to the end. The next day 1 reported myself as usual for the trip to Potljze, and we decided to make the try again. Even aa we got near Ypre· the lire seemed to slacken, and we ruahed straight through without mishap. If Ypre· had been in bad condition before this I don't know how It would be described now! In the center of the town there waa scarcely a building left Standing. AU the towers but one had been knocked off the famous Cloth hall, and the whole place had been gutted by fire. The cathedral waa all down except half of the tower, and the Inside of that waa atlll burning. The street· were littered with bodlee of every description, and broken wag· on·, ambulance·, water carta, etc., lay everywhere The roada were almost obliterated, and we were riding over broken bricks and mortar. The shells were still coming over, but they were no worse than what we had run through before, so we did not mind them very much. We found the road the other aide of Ypre· about aa uaual, •o we got op to Pottyae without any more excitement Potijse la a very tiny place wftlch has seen some hard fighting from time to time There waa really vary little left of the place Itself, but our trenches ran just outside the village, and we had dugout· all around thank On our ar rival my officer told me to turn the car around and then to get Into one of the dugout· and wait for him. I did aa he told me, and tor some reason or other I left the engine running. J shut the throttle deer down, ·ο she waa Just barely ticking ovar. I looked around and found a dugout not twenty yard· away and want In Two officer· were that· at the time, bat they told me to >tt down, and they went on with their work. I found some paper and a pencil and •tarted to writ· a letter. After a few minute· one of the·· officer· aot up and went out I don't think ft wa· mote *||in tn minute· later that 1 board a lot of running around and shouting over our head·, and I won dered what It could be. The« I ao&td M 99 tJuotf «4 An American Boy'β Baptism of Fire By WILLIAM J. ROBINSON Copyright Utile, Brow· ft Co. Th· most graphic account of the great war that haa ret been written come· from the pen of a twenty-two year-old Boaton boy. who haa Just re turned from France, where aa dragoon gual-daman, dispatch rider and motor· ear driver he served fourteen months Under the British flag. Out of thirty· one motorcycle dispatch rider· he waj one of four survivor* □ose seemed to be burning, and my eyes commenced to water. I couldn't draw a breath without sharp pain piercing my throat and lungs. It struck But All (h· Tim· I Had Min· I Never 8aw Another 8ign of Qaa me suddenly tbat It was the gas. The officer who bad left a few minutes be fore poked blm bead down and shouted. "Run like b—; it's tbe gas!" By this time I could bardly see, and I was doing some tall old scrambling to get out of tbat place. I would bold my breatb as long as I could, and tben I'd take anotber breatb through my khaki handkerchief. When I got out lide I found that everything was cot •red with a greenish yellow haze, and I couldn't see three feet in front of me. I ran in tbe direction of tbe plac· I had left my car, and I struck it the first shot Perhaps I wasn't thankful I had left tbe engine running! I jump ed in and started down that road for all I was worth, and before I had gohe 100 yards I was off the road and stuck In a plowed field. I was clear of the gas, though, and that waa all I cared about I waited there for two hours before any one appeared, and when a fatigue party finally came along the road I had them help me get the car out They got eight horses, and we hitched them on to the back. I raced my machine, and the horses pulled, and after half an hour's work the car was back on the road again. No sooner bad they gone than my •fflcer showed up safe and sound and We started back for camp. It was a terrible experience, and we were absolutely helpless, as we had not been furnished with the respirators and gas helmets at tbat time. We se cured these things soon after, but aD the time I bad mine I never saw an· other sign of gaa. I found out afterward that those two officers who bad been In the dugout Were both killed by tbe gas. The officer who was with me at the time of tbe gas attack was one of th· most remarkable men I ever met For Several years before tbe war he had been in the British secret service in Germany, so he spoke German almost as well as he did English. One day we stopped at a hospital In Bailleul, and one of tbe orderlies told us that -there were some German wounded there. Tbe efflcer asked me If I would like to go in and see them. I said I would like it very much, so wc went In. There was one poor devil all by himself among some English pa tlents. The officer went over and sat on the edge of bis bed and began to Kim If yon could bave seen that poor fel low'· face when be beard bimself ad dressed In bis own language! His wbole countenance lighted up, and ht began to talk. Pretty soou the tears began to run down bla cheeks, and ] felt awfully sorry for the poor chap, who was away from all bis own peo pie, severely wounded. He said that he bad Just been mar ried before the beginning of the war. and he and his wife bad saved all they could, and two days before be was called up tbey had bought « cow. He was as worried as be could be for fear something had happened to the cow. • · % · · * * · ι The bombardment of Tpres began the night of the April day we experienced the gas, and with the bombardment be gan the Infantry at lack. I was np at a little place called Rhcnlnghleet, and I could bear the rifles and machine guns at It for all tbey were wortlu I was thanking my lucky stars tbat I was on my car Instead of a motorcycle ma chine gun, when an orderly rode np and told me tbat I was to report at bead quarters at once. All the way back to camp 1 bad the feeling that something was going to happen, and when 1 arrived there I was told to report myself to the signal company for duty with my motorcycle. Then 1 knew tbat I was to carry die patches through the coming battle, I wish to make particular note of the fact tbat at the beginning of this bat tle, which lasted three weeks, we dis patch riders numbered thirty-one In all for our corps Half an hour later we were fully equipped and on our way to the advanced report center, which would be tbe scene of our activities until tbe flgbt waa over. We were about 800 yards to the rear sf tbe first line of trencbes and ww given aa old ban te ourselves, and w* laid oat our blankets and made oui beds, for It wss 10:30 o'clock. The at tack waa Increasing in fury, all kinds of shells landing around ua, and the Germane were using their same old tactics of hurling great ma esse ci troops sgalnst our position. Our machine guns gave the usual fgood account of themselves, and the German dead were piled up over our wire «■♦«'liiMimi** in mat hsana The Germans would Call back, reform and come on again in their usual dose formation. So it went all night, and when the morning came the "dead ground" between the two lines of trenches was a grewsome looking place. Daring the daj the Germans bom barded our flrat and second line trench es with high explosives and schrspnel all daj, and at night thej resumed their Infantry attack on our position. Daj after day and night after night the battle continued until we all felt dead and numb all over. Sometimes the Germans would pen etrate our Unes for a few yards, and then we would Immediately "counter" before they had a chance to strengthen their position. We lost an awful lot of men, but even though I don't know the exact figures 1 know I sm safe in say· lng that the German losses were more than double what ours were. We dispatch riders were certainly kept busy during this time. Our work was to be standing by every minute of the day and night, and the moment we were wanted to sling the dispatch case over our shoulder and get away for the headquarters to the rear. The riding at nlgbt waa terrible. The Germans were shelling all the roads in the vicinity, and we had to go dashing along through the inky blackness at breakneck pace. It was impossible to see more than a yard or two ahead, and so it was a case of ride like thi dickens and trust to luck. The road was covered with shell holes, and the first intimation we would get of the fact was when we would feel the mo torbike drop beneath us and feel our selves shooting through the air like amateur skyrockets. We would pick ourselves up, drag the motorbike out of the hole and, if it would still run, Jump on It and get away again. We certainly got some terrible spills, and there were a good many who got broken bones and a few who had their necks and backs broken. Imagination cannot conceive of our utter misery. Everywhere I looked at all hours of the day and night it was Just nightmare. Most of the time we were kept too busy to sleep, and we would be so tired we could hardly move The constant din of the guns of all sizes and of the exploding shells was enough to drive nearly all of us Insane Perhaps this little Incident will show what condition our nerves were In. A young fellow named Lewis and I had chummed together for the time being, and we rode the same route during the entire battle. One night he came down to headquarters Just ahead of me, and, I assure you, we came through some mighty hot territory. I was in awful condition myself, but I think be was even worse. I handed my case in, and while I was waiting for orders I went out to the petrol stores to fill up the tank on my bike. Lewis was talking to the officer In charge of the riders and was stand ing with his back to the door. Another fellow came In carrying two empty petrol tins, and—unintentionally, of course—he dropped them Just behind Lewis. They made quite a racket, and, coming so suddenly, .Lewis Jumped over a table and fainted dead away. We were all in about the same eondl» tion, and It didn't take much to get a rise out of us. Poor Lewis was killed the next night by falling Into a shell hole, CHAPTER X. German· Hat· and Fear Canadian·· BOUT the fifth or sixth night of the battle the Germans broke through us and advanced nearly a mile into our territory. They held their gain about fourteen hours, when we counterattacked and took it all back again. Of course our advanced report center retired as the Germans advanc ed, but I was down at the permanent headquarters at the time, so I didn't get any of the excitement of the r» tlrement When we advanced again our road lay over ground that had been in Ger man hands during the few hours they held the ground. A dispatch rider was coming over this road Just as daylight dawned. Two wounded .Germans lay on the side of the road, end as the rider passed one of them called to him and asked for a drink of water. The rider stopped, turned around and went back, threw his water bottle to them and then turn ed around and etarted on again. Ai the rider turned these two men both fired on him, and one of the bullets struck part of his motorcycle. At the time this great battle was raging the bombardment of Ypres con tinued, and not only Ypree alone, but all the surrounding villages and the roeds leading from one to the other in I nid that at the beginning of thla battle oar corps of dispatch riders num bered thirty-one In all. At the end of the engagement three weeks later there were only four of us left out of the original thirty-one wbQ started. The Germans failed to break us, and eo the kaiser kept bis word regarding the city of Γ pres. Day after day they bombarded the place, so that now there la not one single house left standing: For some reason the Germane contin ued to shell the place from time to time, but they can't do any more Ramage than what they have already dona The end of the battle fonud us with oar position still Intact and I don't think they will ever come any nearer to bronk tbrongh the British linen. ' After the battle I was, of coarse, Oeved of my Job as motorcycle dla patch rider and resumed my duty as orderly to headquarters. ▲ great deal has been eald of the Canadians. Too much praise cannot be given them. The first of the Canadian regiments to come into action waa the Princess Patricia's Canadian Ught infantry. This regiment waa tn one of the di visions In oar army corps, so I saw quite a bit of the men from time to time. They were a fine body of men and were very highly thought of by all the Engllah regiments with whom they were associated. They were strong men and needed strong leaders to keep them at their highest point of efflden· cy. Bach men as Colonel Farqabar they adored, .and there waa nothing bf could ask them to do that would re main undone. It waa his custom to lead his men Into action carrying noth ing bat a walking stick, and little things like this mean a great deal to the men of a regiment At the time the Canadians were brought into action we had some black troops on oar extreme left The Ger mane sent over gas, and these black troop· were forced to retire. Bapporta were called for, and aa ours waa the nearest headquarter· In the vicinity the call came to us. We had no spare troop· avaflablé right on the apot; so the mm of the headquarters unit—orderlies, messen gers, et&—were called upon to go up and act aa supports until re-enforce ments could b· brought αρ. We went up on the dead ran and found that the HË** Λ ?§ wgit . vV. .ÀU '■>& ■■■. . · V >Γ ■' nV H lÉI ' .·: Into the position just In front of the Germans. The kaiser's troops bad ad vanced about two miles, but bad stop ped at the last trench of our first line of défais·. There were no more trenches for four miles. The troops who had retired were or dered Into rest camp wben we took the position over, so we bad to go In and hold until tbe Canadians came up. The Germans made no attempt to ad· vance any farther, and we certainly were in no position to quarrel with them just then. We waited there all night, and Just before dawn the Ca nadians arrived. Tbey didn't stop for anything and went right over the top of us and at the Germans. We acted as supports for tbem during tbls en gagement, and it was a treat to see the way they went after them. Trench after trench tbey took with out any letup. Tbe Germane contest ed every Inch of tbe ground, but noth ing could stop tbe Maple Leaf boys that morning. Wben tbe Germans wait ed long enough for tbe fighting to come to close quarters tbe Canadians were right there with tbe cold steel, and when the Germans kept their distance those boys showed that tbey know which end of a rifle tbe bullet comes frem. Tbe Canadians bad advanced about a mile in this way when the Germans brought up some re enforcements and immediately started to counterattack. Tbey drove us hack a few hundred yarde, but we made a stand, and after tbe eùge bad tvorn uff the German at tack we commenced to advance again. This time there was no denying the Canadians, and tbey went right through until they had retaken all the ground that bad been lost Tbey also recovered four guns which the Ger mans had captured. As nearly as I can tell. It was at this time that the reports began to fly around that no prisoners were being taken. This Is an extremely difficult ι . fcx'ty. y:·*·»»Λύ» +„ Itt .· Λ,·. ■■■■■ ·η+^··,>Μ am ι W· Had to Go In and Hold Until th· Canadian· Cam· Up. tiling to speak of. There la no doubt that on certain occasions botb sides bave refused to tuke any prisoners, but I would not care to place tbe responsi bility of tbe beginning of tbe practice in any one particular place. There is no doubt of the fact that tbe Germans bate and fear the Canadians A peculiar thing happened soon after the Canadians so distinguished them selves. A certain English regiment received orders to take some trenches at a given time. The officers of this regiment had the men fix their bayo nets and stick tbem over tbe parapet of the trench several minutes before the attack was to be made. They did so and kept clashing their bayonets one against another and making an awful row generally. When the whistle blew a young sub altern was the first man over tbe para pet, and be yelled at tbe top of bi voice, "Come on, Canadlansl" This got the Germans' goat, and our fellows took three lines of trenchc* without losing a mau. All of which goes to show thot the Germans, whl!· tbey may bate the Canadian·, fear them also. There was considerable band to band fighting on the dead ground between the two lines of trenches. A bomb landed in our trench and lay there with tbe fuse sputtering. Quick aa a thought a big, burly Welshman picked It up and threw it back over tbe para pet. It hit a German officer right In tl:e iinall of the back Just aa it exploded Of course it spread him all over tbe laudscupa Oue of our officers turned to this big Welshman and shouted: "Man alive, do you know what you've done? Why. you deserve the Victoria cross for that!" To which tbe Welshman replied rather sourly: "Aye. sir, mebbe so Anyhow, I'd rather bave tbe Victoria cross than one o' those wooden ηηβΓ' Our headquarters were still in Pope ringhe, and the German aeroplanes continued to visit us every morning. g/;, ' r # * r* * -i > < * ·*&*·:.·' " ' \ ...· ·,.« No βοοηβτ Had That Shall Landed Than tha Civiliana Commancad to Movab at uaaaL Occaalonallj taej would drop some bomb· and kill a few civil ian·, but tbe altuatlon wu not critical enough to cauae ua to mora tha head· quartan On Saturday morning, April 24, 1 had takan mj car down to tha corpa aupplj col unui to fill up with patrol Wte A Ml SUNL1UI lwdad In the field Jnet beeide the eolomn. It was the first shell we lied hed In Poperlnghe, end, beliere me, I didn't went to eee whether there were eny more on (he wej. I hed been detailed to go to Boulogne, end I got started quickly. No sooner hed thet shell tended then the civilians commenced to more. It wee the seme old story—panic every where among the women end children, and the roed wee choked with them. The second shell landed ebont ten mln· α tee later, eo I Judged they were only n«ing one gun, end It wee e small one et that There wee nothing; therefor* to get excited ebont I picked op e prleet end two old women and gare them e lift as far as Cas sel, where they'coold get e train later In the day for Calais or Boulogne. I reached Boulogne short· ly after 10 o'clock, and at 1 o'clock I was on my way beck. When 1 erriv ed In Poperlnghe everything seemed as qolet ae usual, end I wee very much surprised, as I had expected to find shells pouring Into the piece from ell directions. It seems thet the Germans had run an armored train through and h^d be gun shelling the town from the train. Our artillery went Into action right away, and Instead of hitting the train first they shelled the tracks behind the train end tore the road all up eo thet the train could not get beck. Then they took their time end blew the train off the map. Sunday morning the shells began to fall In the town egaln, and they were big onee this time—twelve Inch, I heard later. We knew that It was no armored train this time, end we knew that we were In for e hot time. I was detailed with my car for the field cashier, which meant that If the order came to move I would have en officer, armed escort and all the money belonging to the headquarters, amount ing to $40,000. All I had to do et the time wee to stand by end welt for or ders. They kept up the shell fire ell dey, but at night they quit There were quite e few of our chape killed end many civilians too. The chaplain of No. 8 casualty clear· lng station had taken over e building and started a soldiers' home. It wee e place where a fellow could go when he wes off duty, and there were books, magazines, cake, tea, eta, to be bed for the asking. It was e fine thing, and it was always crowded, for the fellows enjoyed It immensely. This was the first building to be hit, and it was full of fellows at the time. A twelve Inch shell crashed through the roof and esrploded on the second floor. The building caved in like a bouse built of cards. The mftrveloua part of it was that, althongb there must have been fully 100 men in there at the time, not a single one was killed. A tew had some scratches and other minor In juries, and one had his arm broken, but these were the only casualties from this shell I lost all my belongings during the bombardment I had been keeping my kit bag in the loft of e stable, and a ihell came through end laid the build ing to the ground. All day Monday the shelling con tinued, and still no orders came for as to move. Things were beginning to look serious now, and we wondered how much longer we would have to stick it out It was the most unsat isfactory duty one could Imagine. There we were doing absolutely noth ing and the Germane throwing shell after shell Into us. We had no chance to bit back, and there was nothing ex cept to stand by and take our chancee. When the order did come to move the field cashier was the last one to be nod· fled, but even though we were the last to get the order we were the first ones out, and I was happy to say goodby to that place. We went ebout six kilo meters down the road and took over temporary headquarters In a little vil lage. ll> WHO JUOI> Hi T? V IUV* w w ·· M W this Tillage that I got the only scratch 1 bad during the whole campaign. I was on the Dlckebusch road with a staff colonel, and we had been visiting some regiments that were ont of action at the time. While we were there the Germans started shelling, and we de cided it would be better for us If we moved to a healthier locality. The colonel was sitting in the tonneau of the car, while I, of course, waa in the driving seat As we swung out into the main road we heard a shell coming, and automat· Icaliy I put on more speed. The shell burst right on the side of the road. One piece of it flew through the bottom of the car and tore the footboard right from under the colonel'· feet It didn't bother him the least bit He simply swung his feet right up on to the seat and advised me to crowd on · little more speed. Another little piece of the shell graft ed my right leg just above the knee, It was a mere scratch, bat It scared Die as nothing ever has since, and I guess I thought my whole lag waa gone. The same shell that came so close to us caught another poor fellow and wounded him la the back In twenty· nine different places, and with all this he walked a quarter of a mile to a dressing station. (To be continued) Highly Valued Pen. One of the most valuable pens in the world, and one that has been much coveted by curio hunters, is one owned In New York. 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