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EVENING CAPITAL NEWS
AN INPKPKNPKNT NKWWAP1W.
Published Every Afternoon and Sunday Morning at Bolae.
Idaho, a City of l»,0M People, by
woe CAPITAL NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANT. LTD.
RICHARD STÖRT SHERIDAN.
_, General Manager.
OUT FLENNER
Managing Editor,
btared at tbe Poetofflee at Bolae, Idaho, aa Second-cla«»
Mall Matter. _
.''hones —Branch Exchange Connecting All Department«,
__ Call «4 cr »6. Society Editor 1269. _
The Debs Sentence.
T HE Socialists^ in America and else
where, are seizing upon the Dehs de
cision in the United States supreme
court as a proof of persecution. Debs
being sent to the penitentiary, they argue,
because he is a Socialist. They maintain
that the government is trying to "crucify"
the Socialist party and the Socialist move
ment.
This stand is precisely what might have
been expected of most of the Socialist lead
ers, in view of their attitude throughout the
war. And it is just as illogical and absurd
as their previous utterances have been.
Debs, of course, w r as not tried as a So
cialist at all. He was tried as an American
citizen for violating the espionage act by
making.&peeches interfering with the re
cruiting of. soldiers to defend the United
States against German aggression. A Re -
publican or a Democrat or a citizen ac
knowledging no party affiliation would
have been condemned likewise if he had
said the same things, with the same object
in view. In fact, many men not designated
as Socialists have been condemned under
that same act.
In a way, however, it may be said that
the Socialists are right about it.—they liave
^'glimmering of the truth. This verdict
against Debs is indeed a verdict against the
Socialist party of the United States, not be
cause the government so intended it, but
because the conduct of the Socialists them
selves make it so.
They may well be sensitive about the
matter, because tlieir party as a ^hole has
been pretty thoroughly tarred with the
same stick. It is they themselves who have
caused the word Socialist, once held in re
spect, to he associated with disloyalty and
treason. If they H therefore, choose to feel
any personal or party grievance over this
righteous verdict, all the worse for them.
As for the Socialists who are loyal Amer
icans, and who have therefore mostly left
the Socialist party, they arc not making
nnv complaint.
Wages and Salaries.
[AGES have been advancing, but sal
aries have not. Therefore the pessi
mists think that all the salaried
class will desert to the wage ranks and no
body will ever fit himself by college educa
tion or careful training for any more earn
ing power. s -
It is a problem, of course. All the sal
aried people know it. But all is not lost.
Money is almost everything, hut not quite.
There are still the little matters of pride,
of preference, of tendencies inherited from
long lines of ancestors who believe in edu
cation and fought and starved to get it for
themselves and their children.
Furthermore, this very doctrine of edu
cation is steadily permeating the ranks of
labor. There are trade and vocational
schools. The factory which pays six dol
lars a day has an education department.
School standards are getting higher. The
school age is being steadily advanced.
Never before in our history has there been
such an awakening.
What is really happening is that people
are coming together, not on a lower plane
but on a higher one. Salaried people are
learning from labor some common-sense
truths about the relation between bread
and pay. Labor is absorbing from people
of education ideas about the value of edu
oation and idealism in everyday life. And
both are learning that salaries and wages
mean exactly the same thing, a fair day's
pay for a fair day's work
PEPS
IN .the sweet dry and dry.
(From the Public Printe In 1912)
Grandma Perkins wag placed -under arrest yesterday
by the village constable for making dandelion wine. Ex
perts claim that the wine grandma makes Is 9 per cent
wine and 91 per cent kick. Grandma is an old-fashioned
woman who never believes in doing things by halves.
Three pints of this hideous concoction were confiscated
and two members of the vigilance committee, who sam
pled it, have been sent to the psycopathlc w-ard lor ob
servation.
Mr. and Mrs. Abner J. Terwilliger have been placed
under arrest for having In their cupboard a bottlee of fer
mented catsup. It went off Just like champagne used to,
and the report attracted the attention of the officer m
the street. Their defense was that they didn't know tho
catsup was fermenting, but this was held to bo no excuse.
They left for Sing Sing on the 12:17 for an extended slay.
Now that there Is to be only one-half of 1 per
cent "kick" in the beverages served at banqueta,
tha banquet speakers will have to put a lil' more
hick in their speeches. Used to be that any kind of
a speech would make a hit after 10 o'clock,
A Bolshevik is a guy who sticks his head in an empty
rainwater barrel and yells. ,
United States court has Just ruled that a Jewsharp is
not a musical instrument. It sometimes takes a court a
good many years to find tilings out.
WHERE IT REALLY BLOWS.
A bunch of cattle belonging to Alfred Lompe got
caught out in the field when the blizzard came along last
week and he had a two days' Job getting them back into
the corral. The wind had whipped off the tails of two
of them.—Wood P.her (Neb.) Interests.
The average luncheon bill in these piping days of al
most-prohibltion:
Covers ..............................$ .20 '
Food .............................. 165
Bar................................. 12.35
We are not a music critic end wo like most form»
of the divine melody. Wo likç it when Nora baye and
when Alma glucks, but wo have a large teet tube of
cyanide of potassium for the gentleman who wrote
that immortal lyric, "I've Got Flat Feet, Oh, Yos, In
deed, Flat Feet of Great Renown. My Feet Have
Been in Every Flat in This Yere Town."
News report says the former kaiser looks old and
broken. It might be worse. He might be old and "broke."
A New York society woman who has $G,000,000 in her
own name has secured a divorce on the grounds of non
support. Seems as though most anybody would be glad to
go through the motions of supporting a woman like that.
But, as somebody has said. It's a dang queer world.
"Premier Ebert was guarded In his utterances," ac
cording to a cable dispatch. He was guarded by three
regiments of soldiers.
Explorer Storkerson is the latest aspirant to North
Pole exploration honors. May Storkerson's tribe increase.
Report says the Parisians are beginning to see
pastry for the first time since the war began in 1914.
If it is anything like some of the "French" pastry
we get over here at 25 cents a throw, they will prob
ably inquire: "Oh, war, where is thy sting; oh,
peace, where is thy victory?"
Now that the new- speaker of the house is a Gillette,
he will probably keep sharpened up to the occasion.
CLARIOR E TENEBRIS.
If the rivers were of whisky
And we were mallard ducks, v
How seldom we'd get frisky,
A drink were not worth shucks;
For the spirit lmbibltious
That makes us gay and breezy.
Is enhanced if surreptitious.
Is dulled if got too easy.
Cheer up!
—Robert Stewart Sutcliffe.
(By
WHO SHALL PAY THE COST?
RICHARD H. EDMONDS, Editor Manufacturers
Record)
Secretary of the Treasury Carter Glass calls upon
Americans to pay their income tax Joyously, and at the
same time Mr. Glass was voicing this thought a dispatch
was sent out from Washington that to pay off the war
debt already Incurred by this government would require
$1,200,000,000 a year for 25 years. This, moreover, would
take no account of the enormous Increase In our national
expenditures, which must go on for many years by reason
of the war. Every man who pays an Income tax, every
man who realizes that the cost of the government due to
the war absorbs the money-earning power of nearly 10,
000,000 men, every man who sees a wounded soldier or
who mourns a dead one faces every hour the fact that
Germany has brought upon us this stupendous drain,
which taxes to the breaking point every man and woman
In America.
But our losses In men and money are as nothing com
pared with the losses suffered by our allies, and Germany,
the accursed nation of lustful looters, wrought this infinite
sorrow and suffering for its own aggrandizement.
And ,W(hlle we are studying Mr. Glass' appeal to pay
our Income taxes quickly and gratefully, as we should,
because , we have been saved from German damnation
word was being flashed from Paris to American papers
that the American peace commissioners were absolutely
opposed to requiring Germany to pay any of these bur
dens of war cost to America and the allies.
If Secretary Glass wants to see Americans rush Joy
ously to pay tljelr Income taxes, and enthusiastically buy
victory bond* let him persuade Mr. Wilson to say In one
great ringing speech that to tha utmost extent of his
ability he will work to make Germany pay back to
America anjl the alllee the full cost of the war incurred
In the effort to atop a nation of highwaymen, raplets,
murderers, looters, mapglera of children, Hare and hypo
crites from conquering and looting the world. When
President Wilson takes that stand, Secretary Glass will
have no need to urge men and women to pay Income
taxes Joyously, for they will llterally^umble over them
selves to do It.
Shall we and our allies for generations to come bear
this burden of taxation, or shall the nation of would-be
looters do it as some atonement for their crimes? *'
MY SOLDIER MsBAND
ADELE GARRISON'S NEW PHASE OF
REVELATIONS«^ A WIFE
What Lillian Told Madga About Hmr Decision.
A B tbe full meaning of Lillian's
words came to me I gave a little
gasp of amasement, then word*
of horrified protest came tumbling from
my lips:
''Lillian, you're absolutely mad!" I ex
claimed. "No matter how much Mr.
Underwood has explatod hit fault toward
Dicky, nothing can obliterate hie cow
ardly desertion of you. his cold-blooded
decision against your having Marlon
with you, his association- with Grace
Draper. Tou are under no more obliga
tion to him than you would bo to tho
veriest stranger."
She smiled at me, but I would far
rather have seen tears upon her faoe.
"Dear child," she said, "It is not your
conviction, but your love for mo that Is
speaking. If It were your own problem
—thank goodness It Isn't—you would
como to tho saune decision. Thera Is
no other."
"But Robert!" I urged. Ignoring her
eppeal to my conscience. I wasn't so
sure that I would be capable of tho
martyrdom which she wet ready to as
sume.
8he winced perceptibly. I felt as If I
bad struck her..
"Robert can have no part In my life
until this other matter la settled one
way or another," she said after a tense
Interval. "Don't mistake me, dear. I—
love Robert"~ehy brought the words out
bravely, defiantly—"no one knows how
truly, not even Robert—especially Rob
ert—" she emended, "for he cannot un
derstand my attitude toward Harry at
all."
"But Surely, Lillian—"
Her words were like the turning of an
electric flaah upon my consciousness. I
realized that this decision of Lillian's
was no now one, that It dated from
Harry Underwood's determination to
expiate tho crime ho had committed, by
wer service, and—mbsb significant of all
—that Robert Savarin knew of her de
cision.
With a little shiver I recalled the look
I had once seen on Hobert Saverln'e
face when I had told him of Harry's
heartless treatment of Lillian. For tho
sake of all concerned I was glad that
Mr. Underwood was confined in a Ger
man prison. I had an absurd little feel
ing. which, however, would not down,
that If ho wore living at all he was
safer there than he would be If RobeVt
bavarln—knowing what he did of Lll
.Ilan'e attitude, feeling as he did—were
to bo thrown in contact with tho recreant
man.
I made another attempt to fathom tho
mental process back of Lillian's decision
"But surely. Lillian," I began, "you
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ADVICE TO ÛIRLS
By ANNIE LAURIE «===============
HEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
I am a i
A'
girl U years old, and am
very much in love with a young man
U years old.
Dear Annie Laurie, he called to eeo
me once, and speaks to mo when ho
sees me. Please tell mo how I can
gain his love, or at least try to.
AN ANXIOUS SWEETHEART.
N ANXIOUS SWEETHEART: Walt
a while and eeo whether the young
man repeats his call. It never
pays, my dear, to try to win tho affec
tion or attract the attention of young
men. It would bo better to remain a bit
dignified and make him feel that if he
wanted to call ho must make the effort
Tou cannot tell whether you like him
or not, for a while. Perhaps when you
know him bettor you will not like him
nearly so well, and perhaps before you
get to know him bettor you will find
other frlonda who are far more Intonat
ing.
rjEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
^ Wo are three girls of 18, and
there's only a few months dlfferenes
In our ages. We are all very much
In love with a young man. He treats
us all very nicely, but we are unde
cided as to which ono ho loves best.
Please tell ue how wo can find out
Also please tell us when a girt la
of age. Isn't she of ago at 18?
Would It be correct for ua to write
to boys our folks know nothing
about? FRIENDS.
F RIEND8: Don't write to any young
men unless you have the concent of
your parents.
Girls are often spoken of as being ''of
ago" at 18, but they are not legally of
the age until they are 2L
I ddh't think the young man you men
tion cares for either of you. Hls actions
■how plainly that ho means only to be a
■ood^rlend.
ODD mnd INTERESTING FACTS
War souvenlra In the shape of watches
made of steel ef Belgian cannon which
wore In active service on the Belgian
front since the beginning of tho war In
191« till Oot. 29, 1917, are being manufac
tured In Switzerland by order of the
King and Quean of the Belgians. The
watches, which bear Inset In gold on tho
cases the monogram "E.-E." of tho Bel
gian sovereigns, are to oe presented by
King Albert and Queen Elisabeth to sol
diers who have specially distinguished
INFORMATION
General Pershing in a personal letter
commended Miss McDonald and Miss
Eva Jane Formelle of Springfield,
Mass., another" nurse who remained at
her post after being wounded In a Ger
man air raid. Both have been recom
mended and the British military medal
"for exceptional bravery," and Miss
McDonald has received tho Royal Red
Crocs decorations from ths British au
thorities.
Ths most popular explanation of the
origin of tho expression, "Everything
Is lovely and tho goose' hangs high," Is
this: That It comes from ths southern
country amusement known as "goose
pulling." A goose, Its nsek carefully
plucked end well greased, was hung by
Its feet to a, branch of a tree. The
men would ride past st a gallop, trying
to catch It by the neck and pull Its
head off. The better the goose was in
dodging the greater the fun. When the
goose hung high, so that the competi
tors had to stand In their stirrups to
grasp St it, the Joy was greatest. An
other suggested origin Is that it refers
! ole's problems.'
Think
I choked on tho name, remembering
the cold finality, the dieartlesaness of
Harry Underwood's decision in regard
to the child when he had left Lillian.
My friend made a gesture of im
patience.
"Haven't You Read?"
"Tou don't understand mo," she said.
"Marion comes first always, I sacri
ficed her once for honor"—my thoughts
leaped back to that terrible martyrdom
of Lillian's which Dicky unwittingly had
caused—"but this thing is different.
"I said. 'If Harry lives and wants
ms. That is predicated upon the as
sumption that he wants me enough to
fill hie part of the bargain. I am not
on absolute idiot, Madge, oven though
you do-think me utterly mad."
There was no bitterness In tho smile
that accompanied the ironical words. I
drew a sharp breath of relief, for I hed
feared I knew *not what fantasy of
Quixotism when I had first heard Lil
lian's decision concerning Harry Un
derwood.
"But, of course, you see that I cannot
watt for Harry to take the Initiative."
she said a moment later, startling me
again Into a subdued exclamation.
"Why, Madge!" impatiently—"haven't
you read that part of Dicky's letter
where he speaks of Harry's trying to
get Into tho most dangerous places?
That's what he wants to do—I can see
that—get killed or disappear, leaving mo
free. It's his idea of squaring up things.
So I'm going to move heaven and earth
to find him if he's alive, before ho gets
well enough to get away, bring him
homo here, nurse him back to health,
get him on hie feet again and then see
how things work out."
I looked at her searchlngly, then
Jumped up and hugged her convulsively.
"You're—wonderful, Lillian!" I said
chokingly, for even her remarkable poise
couldn't hide what her decision meant
to her even In anticipation/ And when
tho reality should como to her—as I con
templated that long crucifixion in tha
probable future of my .Irland, I was
tempted to breaths a fervent wish for
the passing of tho man whose life so
menaced her happiness.
She put up her hand, grasped mine
and clung to It almost*desperately for a
minute. Then she put mo away from
her gently, stood up, straightened he>
lithe body and squared h^r shoulders as
If ready to meet any emergency.
"Don't waste any pity on me, Madge."
She spoke almost indifferently, and I
saw that she had again securely drawn
the curtain over her soul. "We've each
got our own little Job to finish these
days. If we finish them creditably we
won't have much time for other aeon
F'
A • 1
HEAP- ANNIE LAURIE:
I kept company with a young man
for about four months. He always
told me he cared a great deal fer me,
and that he never went out with
other girl», but never asked me to
keep steady company with him. He
became angry one time because I
went out with another young man.
When I am In his company with
other girls and boys he always tries
to make me Jealous.
X care extremely much for thle
young man, and would like to win
hls love again. Is there any way
I oan do bo? Do you suppose he stiil
cares for me? o. B. G.
O B. G. : It len't the young man's
privilege to question who calls on
*you unless he has asked you to be
hls wife. Would It not be better to try
and forget him aa long as he continues
to try to make you unhappy?
[YEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
I am 18 years of age and a senior
In high school. My trouble is ''too
many girl»." I like a good many of
them, but the one I like especially
well doesn't seem to care for me.
What can I do to make her like me
better?
I need your very beet advice. This
girl Is also a senior, 1 « years of age.
F. M.
M.: Tou are expecting too much
of a 16-year-old girl. She does not
love any one except her mother.
Have all the friends you wish, but wait
until you are out of school before think
ing of love, Love Is too big to oomblno -
with school work.
Annie Laurie will welcome letter» of
inquiry on subjects of feminine interest
from young women reader» of this paper ,
and will reply to them tn these columns.
Letters to Mies Laurie should b« ad
dressed to her , care this office.
themselves and also to prlee winners of
military competitions. * ,
Entomologists of tho department of
agriculture, working in co-operation with
the war department, have found that tha
modern laundry, aa now adopted tot
army camps, affords a practical means
•f destroying "cooties" and other vermin
and that the usual processes of tho army
laundry ars thoroughly adequate as
methods of disinfection and dl.rinsectlon.
to the fact that wild geese fly high in
clear weather; this Explanation would
change "hangs" to "honks."
I ODD and INTERESTING FACTS from EVERYWHERE 1
It la knovfti that upon many of tha
summits of the high mountain ridges of
the Hawaiian Islands, in tha regions of
heavy rainfall, are open bogs which
support a peculiar and Interesting flora.
Many apories form more or less hemi
spherical tuasecka which rime above the
general level of the bug. A showy lobelia
with numerous large cream-colored flow
ers as much aa throe and a half Inches
long, peculiar violets and a sundew ars
found thorn.
• e e
An Important feature of tho water
powers of Canada U their fortunate sit
uation with respect to existing commer
cial centres. With economic transmis
sion range of practically every Import
ant city from the Atlantio to tha Padflo.
ax cep t thoso In tho control western
prairie», there are c lus to red water
power sites which will moot the probable
demands for hydro-power for genera
tions.
• • •
Tho native Inhabiting tho Jungle of
Africa cannot send letters, and he has
certainly no telephone wires or telegraph
polos, mad got ho «un with was eeoo
Secrets of Health and Happiness
What You May Do to Make
Y our Arms MoreT ruly Lovely
By DR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG
A. B., M. A., M. D. (Johns Hopkins University)
Y OU often hear an unhappy woman exclaim: "I'm
Just waiting and praying for the time to come
when all dresses will have long sleeves. My anna
are a night! What on earth Is a woman to do?"
Women to whom beauty la a cult and a science
Know that their arms are tho first aid to grace.
Of course, physical training is the key to all beauty
of form and face as well as grace of motion. Beauty
without health is Impossible.
The Greeks were the devotees of the beautiful, and
they were the most perfect embodiments of health and
beauty the world has ever seen. Their splendid phys'
was due to their outdoor life and physical traii
UK. HIKdHUICKU
„uuu W*n in childhood and was systematically carried on throughout lift.
Thc GreerartlBU bequeathed to all future generations a legacy of
untold value. They
women of the golden age o* 0 *"""
the prototypes lor the mo«tJ*"™"
statues tho world has ? 2
ing that by perfect development of the
body an ideal type of beauty canjwat
tained. These statue« »»»" »bow that
the women of that day were the phj«l
cal compeer» of men.
To Develop Your Arm».
To develop your arma you muet exer-1
else care and thoughtfulness. Tight |
sleeves are an abomination which tend»,
to pinch flatten and redden the arma. |
If your arms are thin, they should b» i
developed by exercisa and by massage
with olla or cream».
Pure cream» pure eoape and pure j
powders will keep your arm» white
beautiful. Some arms lose mt^cU lovwt
to re
ness by'having skin of coarse texture,
The »so of a bath brush will tend to re
move the trouble by opening the closed
pore«. After rubbln* the arms with a
flesh brush a softening wash or Jf«* u r J^
may be applied with much benefit. The
following will soften and whiten the
skin of your arms to a marked ad
vantage: .
Bran. 1 ounce: enough benzoin to
moisten it; the Juice of one lemon. Or
this: Lemon Juice. 1 ounce: glycerine,
1 ounce, and rosewater, 1 ounce.
Other Fine Aids.
To develop thin arms, hook the fin
ger» of one hand in those of the other,
turning one palm downward and the
other upward. Raise the elbows shoul- ^
der high and move to the left, dragging ,
the other and resisting arm as far as
it can be drawn. Reverse this move
ment. Shortly the musclés of the upper
erm will grow larger and firmer.
The thin girl should apply to her arms
one ounce of olive oil. patting It softly |
I'lto the skin; ten drops of hyacinth es- .
«once Is splendid, too.
If your arma are too fat have them I
m Isanged and exerciao them by swing- !
them back and forth In a twisting
movement. If hair grows on tho arms j
they are much less attractive, especially
Unheralded Heroes of the War
By MARK ANDREWS
How Sergt. Cumpertz Won the Congressional Medal.
H'
(EKE 1» a hero who will be claimed
by both New York and Chicago.
He la Sergt. Sidney G. Gumpertz,
who. before he went to war, lived In
New York, the home of his wife and hls
parents, but divided hls time with Chi
cago, and enlisted to fight with company
E, 132d Infantry, which waa the old 2d
Illinois. He la a simon-pure hero, for
hls government has said ao In awarding
him the congressional medal, the high
est decoration within the gift of Uncle
Bam to hls fighters.
Sergt. Gumperts first stepped Into the
hero class when on Sept. 26, In the battle
Single Headed Ho Captured
Nineteen Gorman Gunners.
ef Forges Wood, ho and a private named
Sébastian, voluntee r ed to go after a
machine gun nest which was Interfering
with hls company In tho task of captur
ing a battery of four big boche guns.
The nest was In a good position for tho
work cut out for It. and waa tending a
killing fire right into tho advancing com
pany when Gumports and hU aid started
forward to put a silencer on It.
A dense smoke screen covered tho field
which made each forward atop of tha
munlcate with hls neighbors some JO
mile» away. His methods Is extremely
simple. He make» a drum from one to
three feet in length, hollowed out of a
solid block of wood, and ho tapa out hta
message by means of two wooden sticks.
Newa In this «ray la regularly trans
muted, and no message la too compli
cated for tho drum oode. Every native
knows the code, and Is thus a wireless
operator.
• • •
The effects of air resistance are well
shown in the llVfc-mlle Simplon tunnel,
where an exceptionally high amount of
energy is required for running tho eleo
trlc trains Ths tunnel, which to it feet
wide and IS feet high, with a "wtlrrasl
area of 860 square foot, has a ventilat
ing current of 86» square foot of air per
seoond. maintained by two lange blast
fens at the brtque and aad two exhaust
fans at I selle. Traîna going with this
current encounter loss resistance than
In open air up to 168$ ml lea an hour,
but at higher speeds or In tho oppo
site direction tho resistance to much
greater than outride. Coasting by grav
W down tho T per IMP utoxkwuri gSwdl
the hair is dark. Oxide of sine, sul
phuret of barium and earmlne mixed by
a chemist In quantities desired accord
ing to the number of applications, will
free you of this blemish. The mixture
Is a paste to be applied to the arms and
removed as soon aa a alight stinging
■ensation is felt. Two or three minutes
after application this unpleasantness is
usually felt. Scrape off the mixture with
a dull paper knife and bathe both arma
with cotton dipped in rosewater. Then
apply almond oil, 1 ounce, and essence
of violet, 8 drops.
The following when spread upon tho
arme will whiten them and la a eoa
metio that will not rub off: Glycerine, 1
ounce; oxychloride of bismuth, 1 ounce.
and rosewater, 2 ounces.
andiO.—----————-—- f
j AngWer* to Health QueshOB* |
p H. Q—Kindly advise me what to
do for diarrhoea.
A—Take no foods that are laxative, no
fruits or bulky vegetables. Drink milk
that has been boiled 20 minutes. Live
on foods such ss boiled milk and tnk?
a bulgarian tablet. Take fruits that xro
constipating. These may be discovered
by tbe Individual. Bismuth subnitrate,
1 teaapoonful dose, or syrup of ginger
may bo taken.
leather shoes and thin hose,
the latter every morning,
LOOKOUT. Q—Kindly advise me what
to do for perspiring feet.
A—Bathe the feet In formalin, 84-tea
spoonful to pint qf water. Bathe them
each night In warm water. Wear non
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two plucky doughboy» uncertain and
dangerous Indeed. Suddenly they both
stumbled over a trench. Tho next min
uta they found themselves In the very
middle of a hidden gun nest that they
hadn't counted on. Sebastian was killed
before he hart a chance to do anything,
but Gumpertz shot the.German gunner
dead, and so terrorized the 19 others
that they surrendered and were marched
to the rear by their captor.
But Gumpertz was Just starting. Hard
ly 2« hours were to pose before he was
to have a second adventure even greater
than hls first. The circumstances of the
second trial were very similar to those
which brought about the first.
Hls company was advancing, and was
being Impeded by unceasing machine
gunfire. Gumperts. with a corporal.
Sinclair, and Private Emma, volun
teered to go ahead and do a little clean
ing up. There was one nest In particu
lar that waa giving trouble In over
doses, and Gumperts decided that tho
Heinles of tho outfit must be put out of
action.
It was a hard task; ths neet stood
right In tho path of tho advance, and
was protected by the dense undergrowth
of the forest.
Gumperta's companions tried to dis
suade him from undsrtaklng tho "clean
up." Even after they had started with
Gumpertz In the lead, Prlv. Emma at
tempted to detain him, saying:
"Let me take the lead. If you get
killed it will be bad for the entire com
pany, while If they 'get' me. I'll never bs
missed."
Ths sergeant, however, waved hls
good huddle aside, and, striking out, he
ordered the other two to follow. Hardly
60 yards had the little squad advanced
through the German barrage when a
shell burst directly In their midst, hill
ing the corporal and the private who
only a moment before had besought hls
sergeant to let him take the "long
chance" end be sacrificed if any one had
to go. By some miracle, which seemed
a providential selection, Gumperts was
unhurt by the explosion of ths shell.
Undaunted by tha fate of hls com
panions, he pushed ahead alone to the
task In hand. After some very careful
ntanoeuverlng he managed to outflank
the gun nest. With a daring such os
had marked his success of tho day be
fore he took the gun and 11 of Ita crew.
It was for this last feat that Gumperts
was awarded the congressional msdal.
eut. a train, even though going with the
current, cannot exceed 85 miles an hour
on account of the breaking by the air.
When Maoquarrta Island, situated la
latitude 66 deg. south 6» miles to tho
south of Now Zealand, was discovered
In 1810 It was inhabited by a peculiar
flightless parrot described by a con
temporary who saw numbers of the
birds which were brought to Sydney by .
sealers as "the glibbcit of tha loquacious
tribe." Recent investigation of tho island
makes it almost certain that «ni»
strangely isolated specimen of the par
rot family la completely extinct, prob
ably as a result or the Introduction at
cats, which have become «ri Id and ovot
run tha Island.
• no
The hooch, which la found In tho tem
perate sons in Europe. America aad
Asia, U valuable In medlotnc for tho
creosote distilled from Its tar. Craooota.
creosote carbonate and gualaco! are
medicines used to supplement tho
hygenlc measures which have done ao
much to reduce the death rsts-ln sugar-

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