THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, M-sCONNELLSBURG. PA.
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CHAPTER XVIII Continued,
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"I am pleased to welcome you back
to Gott's country, Mrs. Vagstuff," be
suld. "UuJ let mo curry dot suld cuse
nlrctty."
They wnlked two Mocks to the
King's hotel, where Luuer's family
was housed. Ho wus In for supplies,
lie told her, nnd, of course, IiIh wife
and children accompanied hlin.
"Not (hit Oredda In ufniid. She Ihs
so Root u imin us I on der ranch veil I
urn gone," he explained. "Hut for dem
It Ins u change. I'nd I bring by der
town B vulgoldoiit off bolmdoes. I$y
Cosh, dem hohudoes Ihs hell high."
It (lashed Into Mussel's mind tlmt
hero wiih u hcnvcnsctit opportunity to
roach the eiililn without fining Unit
Imiidred miles in the company of
chunee-hlred strangers. P.ut she did
not broach the subject lit once. In
uteiid Mho oskcl eagerly of Iilll. Luucr
told her that Hill had tarried few
days lit the cabin, and then struck out
nhme for the mines. Ami he had not
until when he would he hack.
. Mrs. Luucr. unchanged from o yenr
earlier, welcoi I her with pleased
friendliness. And Jake left the two
of them nnd the chubbv kiddles Id the
King's olllcu while he betook himself
about his business. Hazel haled his
wife nnd the children to her room as
soon, us one wns assigned to her. And
there, almost before she knew It, she
was murmuring brokenly her story In
to an ear that listened with sympathy
end understanding. Only a womnn
can grasp some of a womnn's needs.
Oretta Lauer putted Hazel's shoulder
with a motherly hand, and bude her
cheer up.
"Home's the place for you, dear,"
she said, smilingly. "You Just come
right along with us. Tour man will
come quick enough when he gets
word. And we'll take good care of you
In the meantime. I.n. I'm all excited
over It. It's the finest thing could hap
pen for you both. Take It from inc.
dearie, I know. We've hud our trou
bles. Jake and I. And, seeing I'm only
six-months short of being n graduate
nurse, you needn't fear. Well, well !"
"I'll need to have food hauled In,"
Hazel rclleeted. "And some things 1
brought with mo. I wish I'.lll were
here. I'm afraid I'll be a lot of both
er. Won't you bo heavily loaded, ns It
isr
She recalled swiftly the odd, make
shift team that Lnuer depended on
the mule, lop-eared nnd solemn, "und
Orotrhcn, der cow." She hail ensh
and drnfts for over three thousand dol
lurs on her person. She wondered If
It would offend the sturdy Independ;
nce of these simple, kindly neighbors,
If she offered to supply a four-horse
team nnd wngon for their mutual usel
Hut she had been forestalled there, she
learned In the next breath.
( "Oh, bother nothing," Mrs. Lnuer de
clared. "Why, we'd be ashamed If we.
couldn't help a little. And fnr's the
load goes, you ought to see the four
beautiful horses your husband let
Jake have. You don't know how much
Juke appreciates It, nor what a fine
man he thinks your husband Is. We
needed horses so bad, nnd didn't hnve
the money to buy. So Mr. Wiigslnff
didn't say a thing but got the team for
us, and Juke's paying for them In
clearing and plowing and making Im
provements on your land. Honest,
they could pull twice the load we'll
have. There's a good wagon road
most of the way now. Quito a lot of
settlers, too, ns much as fifty or sixty
miles out. And we've got the finest
garden you ever saw. Vegetables
enough to feed four families all win
ter. Oh, your old cities! I uever want
to live In one again. Ncvit a day have
the kiddles been sick. Suppose It Is a
bit out of the world? You're nil the
more pleased when somebody does
happen along. Folks Is so different In
a new country like this. There's plen
ty for everybody and everybody
helps, like neighbors ought to."
Lnuer came up after a time, nnd
Hazel found herself unequivocally in
their hands. With the mutter of trans
porting herself and supplies thus
solved, she set out to find Felix Our
volseur who would know how to get
word to Iilll. He might come back to
the cabin In n mouth or so; he might
not come back at till unless he heard
from her. She wus smitten with n
great fear that he might give her up
ns lost to him, and plunge deeper Into
the wilderness In some mood of reck
lessness. And she wanted him, longed
for lil in. If only so that she could make
amends.
She easily found Courvoiscur, a lull
Spare Frenchman, past middle age.
Yes, he could deliver a message to I!ill
Wagstnff; that Is, be could send u
man. Kill Wugstuff wus In the Klup
pan range.
"Put It he should have left there?"
Hn.el suggested uneasily.
'E weel leave weeth W'ltey Lewecs
word of w'ere 'e go," Courvolseur reas
sured her. "An' my man, w'lch ees
iny bruzzer-luw, w'lch I can mos' fully
trus'. Y weel follow Vein. So IJeel'e
cos urrnnge. 'E ees say mos' parte
cular If madiinie ees come or weesh
for forwurd message, geet ueom to me
queeck. Oul. Long tarn Heel ees
know me. I am for depend always."
Courvoiscur kept a trader's stock of
gooiU In a weather-beaten old log
house which sprawled a hundred feet
back from the street Thirty yeurs,
lie told her, he hud kept that store In
Fort George.. She gueSSed that Iilll
had selected him becauw be was
fixture.
She sat down at his counter and
wrote her message. Just a few terse
lines. And when she had delivered It
to Courvolseur she went back to the
hotel. There was nothing now to do
kut wait And with the messnge un-
der way she found herself Impatient
to reach the cubln, to spend the walt-
Inx days where be had first found
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happiness. She could set her house In
order against her man's coming. And
If the days dragged, and the great,
lone land seemed to close In und press
Inexorably upon her, she would huve
to be putlent, very putient.
Juke was held up, waiting for sup
plies. Fort (ieorgo suffered a sugar
famine. Two days later the belated
freight arrived. He loaded his wagon,
u ton of goods for himself, a like
weight of Hazel's supplies nnd be
longings. A goodly loud, but he drove
out of Fort George with four sirup
ping buys arching their powerful
necks, nnd champing on the bit.
"Four days ve vlll make It by der
ranch," Jake chuckled. "Mlt der mule
und (iretchen, der cow, von veek It
take me, mlt half der lout."
Four altogether pleasant and satis
fying days they were to Hazel. The
worst of the lly pests were vanished
for the season. A crisp touch of frost
sharpened the night winds. Indian
summer hung Its mellow haze over the
land. The clean, pungent ulr that sift
ed through the forests seemed doubly
sweet lifter the (tinted atmosphere of
town. Fresh from n gridiron of dusty
streets und stone pavements, and but
stepped, as one might sny, from days
of Imprisonment In the narrow con
fines of n rallwny conch, she drank the
winey nlr in hungry gulps, and Joyed
In the soft yielding of the turf be
neuth her feet, the fern and peavlne
carpet of the forest floor.
It was her pleasure nt night to sleep
ns she and Hill had slept, with her face
bared to the stars. She would draw
her bed a little aside from the camp
tire and from the low seclusion of a
thicket lie watching the nimble flames
nt their merry dunce, smiling lazily nt
the grotesque shadows cast by Jnke
und his frnu as they moved about the
blaze. And she would wuke In the
morning tienr-hended, alert, grateful
for the pleasant woodland smells
arising wholesomely from the fecund
bosom of the earth.
Lauer pulled up before bis own cab-
In nt mid-nfternonn of the fourth day,
unloaded his own stuff, und drove to
his neighbor's with the rest.
"I'll walk back nfter a little," Hazel
told him, when he had piled her goods
In one corner of the kitchen.
The rattle of the wngon died nwny.
She was alone at home. Her eyes
filled as she roved restlessly from
kitchen to living-room nnd on Into the
bedroom at the end. IM1I hud un
packed. The rugs were down, the
books stowed In familiar disarray up
on their shelves, the bedding spread In
seml-dlsorder where he had lust slept
and gone nwny without troubling to
smooth It out In housewifely fashion.
She came back to the living-room
nnd seated herself In the big chair.
She had expected to be lonely, very
lonely. Hut she was not. I'erhnps
that would come later. For the pres
ent It seemed ns If she hnd renched
the end of something, ns If she were
very tired, nnd hnd grntefully come to
n welcome resting plnce. She turned
her gaze out the open door where the
forest fell nwny In vast undulations
to a range of snow-capped mountains
purple in the nutumn haze, und u verse
that Hill had once quoted cume back
t6 her:
Oh, to feel the wind grow strong
Where the trail leaps down.
I could never learn the way
And wisdom of the town.
She blinked. The town It seemed
to have grown remote, a fantasy In
which she hud played n puppet pnrt.
Hut she wns home ngnln. If only the
gladness of It endured strong enough
to curry her through whatever blnck
days might come to her there alone.
She would gladly have cooked her
supper in the kitchen fireplace, und
laid down to sleep under her own roof.
It seemed the natural thing to do. Hut
Walked Away Through the Woods.
she had not expected to find the cabin
llvably arranged, und she hud prom
ised the Luuers to spend the night
with them. So presently she closed the
door und walked uwuy through the
woods.
September nnd October trooped
pnst, und ns they marched the willow
thickets und poplar groves grow yel
low and brown, und curpeted the floor
of the woods with fullen leuves. Shrub
and tree bured gaunt limbs to every
autumn wind. Only the spruce and
pine stood forth In their year-round
hublllments of green. The duys short
ened steadily. The nights grew long,
nnd bitter with frost. Snow fell, blank
eting softly the dead leaves. Old Win
ter cracked his whip masterfully over
all the North.
buy by day, between tasks, and
often while she worked, Hazel's eyea
would linger on the edges of the clear
ing. Often at night she would lift her
aelf on elbow at some unexpected
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By BERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
sound, her heart leaping wild with ex
pectation. And always she would He
down ngnln, und sometimes press her
clenched bund to her lips to keep buck
the despulrlng cry. Always she ud
Jured herself to be putlent, to wult
doggedly us Hill would hnve waited, to
make due allowance for immensity of
distance, for the manifold delays which
might overtake n messenger, faring
across those silent miles or a mun hur
rying to his home. Maiiy things might
hold him back. Hut he would come.
It wus inconceivable thut he might
not come.
Meantime, with only a dim con
sciousness of the fact, she underwent
u marvelous schooling in udaptution,
self-restriilnt. She had work of a sort,
tusks such us every housewife finds
self-imposed In her own home. She
was seldom lonely. She marveled at
that. It was unique In her experi
ence. All her old dread of the pro
found silence, the pathless forests
which Infolded like a prison wall, dis
tances which seemed Impossible of
span, lnul vanished. In Its place had
fallen over her iui abiding sense of
pence, of security. The lusty storm
winds whistling about the cubln sang
a restful lulltiby. When the wolves
lifted their weird, melancholy plaint
to the cold, star-Jeweled skies, she lis
tened without the old shudder. These
things, which were wont to oppress
her, to send her lmugiuutlon reeling
along morbid ways, seemed but a na
tural uspect of life, of which she her
self was a purt.
Often, sitting before her glowing
firepluce, watching a flume kindled
with her own hands with wood she
herself carried from the pile outside,
she pondered this. It defied her pow
ers of self-unulysls. She could only
accept It us u fuct, und he glud. Gruu
vllle nnd ull thut Granville stood for
hnd withdrawn to a more or less re
mote background. She could look over
the frost-spungled forests nnd feel
thut she lucked nothing nothing suve
her mute. Thcue wns no Impression of
transient abiding; no chilling to be
elsewhere, to do otherwise. It wus
home, she reflected; perhaps thut wus
why.
' A simple routine served to fill her
days. She kept her house shining, she
cooked her food, carried In her fuel.
Except on days of forthright storm
she put on her snowshoes, and with
a little ritle In the crook of her arm
prowled ut random through the woods
partly because It gave her pleusure
to runge sturdily afield, partly for the
physical brace of exertion In the crisp
dir. Otherwise she curled comfortably
before the fireplace und sewed, or read
something nut of Hill's cutholic as
sortment of books.
It wns given her, also, to learn the
true meaning of nclghhorllness, thut
kindliness of spirit which Is stifled by
stress In the crowded places, and stim
ulated by like stress amid surround
ings where life Is noncoinplex, direct,
where cause nnd effect trend on ench
other's heels. Every day, If she fulled
to drop Into their cubln, came one of
her neighbors to see If ull were well
with her.
Quite as a matter of course Jake
kept steadily replenished for her a
great pllo of firewood. Or they would
come, babies and all, bundled In furs
of Jake's trapping, Jingling up of nn
evening behind the frisky bays. And
while the bays munched liny in Untir
ing Hill Wagstaff's stable, they would
cluster about the open hearth, popping
corn for the children, talking, ulwuys
with cheerful optimism.
Behind La tier's mild blue eyes lurk
ed ll mriid thut burrowed Incessantly
to the roots of things. He had lived
and worked and reud, nnd, pondering
It nil, he hud summed up u few of the
verities.
"Life, it Iss glffen us, und ve must
off It mnke der best ve can," he said
once to Hazel, fondling a few books
he hnd borrowed to rend nt home.
"Life Iss goot, yust tier lilting of life, If
only ve go not astray ufder der vool
ish dings und If der self-breservntion
struggle vonrs us not out so dot ve
gutinot enjoy being alife. So many
Iss struggle und s'uve under terrible
conditions. Und It Ihs largely bectiuso
off Ignorance. Ve know not vot ve can
do und ve shrink vrom der unknown.
Here Iss acres by der dousnnd vree
to der man vot cun off It mnke use
und dousaiiils vot lift's und dies und
neffer bass a home. Mere Iss goot,
glean ulr und In der shnioke und
shmells und .dirty streets Iss n ruvuge
of tuberculosis. Der balance Iss not
true. Und In der own vuy der rich
iss full off drouble drunk mlt eggclte
meiit, veury mlt bleasures. Ach, der
vooils und mountains und streams,
blenty off food, und a kindly neighbor
Iss not dot enough? Only der lib
normal vnnts more as dot. Und I dink
der drouble Iss largely dot der modern,
hlgh-bressure cHlli.atlon makes for der
abnormal, vedder a mun iss a million
aire or vorks In der brewery, content
ment Iss a state off tier mind und If
der mind vorks mlt logic It vlll content
find In der simple dings."
It sounded like a pronouncement of
Hill's. Hut Luuer did not ofteji grow
serious. Mostly he was Jovially cheer
ful, and his wife likewise. The North
had cmanclputed them, and they were
loyal to the 6ource of their deliver
ance. And Hazel understood, because
she herself had found the wild lund a
benefactor, kindly In its silence, rest
ful in Its forested peace, a cure for
sickness of soul. Twice now It hud
rescued her from herself.
November and December went their
appointed way and still no word of
Dill. If now and then her pillow was
wet she struggled mightily against de
pression. She was not lonely In the
dire significance of the word but she
longed passionately tor bin) And
she held fast to ber faith that be
would come.
Th lust of the old year she went
little abroad, ventured seldom beyond
the cleurlng. And on New Year's eve
Juke Luuer's wife cume to the cabin
to stuy.
Huzel sut up, wide awake, on the In
stant. There was not the slightest
sound. She had been deep In sleep.
Nevertheless she felt, ruther than
knew, thut some one wns in the living
room. I'erhnps the sound of the door
opening had filtered through her slum
ber. She hesitated an instant, not
through fear, because In the months of
living alone feur hud utterly forsaken
her; but hope had leaped so often,
only to fall slckeningly, thut she wus
half persuaded it must be u dream.
Still the Impression strengthened. She
slipped out of bed. The door of the
bedroom stood slightly njari
Hill stood before the fireplace, his
shaggy fur cap pushed fur buck on his
bend, his gauntlets swinging from the
cord about his neck. She had left n
great bed of coals on the hearth, nnd
the glow shone redly on his frost-scub-
He Held Her Off at Arm's Length, Ad
miringly. bed face. Hut the murks of bitter trail
bucking, the murks of frostbite, the
stubby beard, the tiny Icicles that still
clustered on his eyebrows; while these
truces of hardship tugged at her heart
they were forgotten when she saw the
expression that overshadowed his face.
Wonder und unbelief and longing were
ull mirrored there. She took n shy
step forwurd to see what riveted bis
gaze. And despite the choking sen
sutlon In her throat (die smiled for
she hud taken off her little, beuded
moccasins und left them lying on the
bearskin before the fire, nnd he was
staring down at them like a man frosh
wukened from u dreum, unbelieving
und bewildered.
With thut she opened the door nnd
ran to him. He started, us If she hud
been n ghost. Then he opened, his urms
and drew her close to him.
"Hill, Hill, what iiiude you so long?"
she whispered. "I guess It served me
right, but It seemed u never-ending
time."
"Whut made me so long?" he
echoed, bending his rough cheek down
against the warm smoothness of hers.
"Lord, I didn't know you wanted me.
I tiln't no telepnthlst, lion. You never
peeped one little word since I left.
How long you been here?"
"Since lust September." She smiled
up at him. "Didn't Courvolseur's mun
deliver n messnge from me to the
mine? Didn't you come In answer to
my note?"
"Great Caesar's ghost since Sep
tember alone I You poor little girl I"
be murmured. "No, If you sent word
to me through Courvolseur I never got
It. Maybe something happened to bis
man. I left the Klappun with the first
snow. Went poking nlmlessly over
around the Flnlay river with u couple
of trappers. Couldn't settle down.
Never heard n word from you, I'd
given you up. I Just blew In this way
by sheer accident. Girl, girl, you don't
know how good It Is to see you ngaln,
to have this warm body of yours cud
dled up to me ngnln. And you enme
right here and planted yourself to wult
till I turned up?"
"Sure!" She laughed happily. "Hut
I sent you word, even It you never got
It. Oh, well, It doesn't matter. Noth
ing matters now. You're here, and
I'm here, and Oh, Hilly-boy, I was
tin awful pig-headed Idiot. Do you
think you can take another chance
with me?"
"Say" he held her off nt arm's
length admiringly "do you want to
know how strong I am for tuklng a
chance with you? Well, I was on my
wny out to Hag the next train East,
Just to see Just to see If you still cared
two pins; to see If you still thought
your game was better than mine."
"Well, you don't have to take nny
eastbound train to find that out," she
cried gully. "I'm here to tell you I
care a lot more than nny number of
pins. Oh, I've learned a lot In the lust
six mouths, Hill. I had to hurt my
self, and you, too. I hnd to get a Jolt
to Jnr me out of my self-centered Utile
orbit. I got It, and It did me good.
And It's funny. I cume buck here be
cause I thought I ought to, because It
wus our home, but rutjier dreudlng It.
And I've been quite contented nnd
huppy only hungry, oh, so dreudfully
hungry, for you."
Hill kissed her.
"I didn't make nny mistake In you,
after nil," lie said. "You're a real
partner. You're the right stuff. I
love you more than ever. If you mndo
a mistake you paid for It, like a dead-
game sport. Whut's a few months?
We've oil our life before us, and it's
plain Bulling now we've got our bear
ings again."
"Amenl" she whispered. "I bot,
say, man of mine, you've been on the
troll, ond I know what the. trail Is.
You must be hungry. I've got all
kinds of goodies cooked In the kitchen.
Take off your clothes, end I'll get you
something to eat."
"I'll go you," he said. "I am hungry,
Mate a long mush to get bere tor tkt
REE
night. I got six huskies running loose
outside, so if you hear Vm scuffling
around you'll know It's not the wolves.
Sny, It wus some welcome surprise to
find a fire when I cume In. Thought
first somebody traveling through hud
put up. Then I suw those slippers ly
ing there, That was sure making me
take notice when you stepped out."
He chuckled at the recollection.
Hazel lit the lump, nnd stirred up tho
fire, plying It with wood. Then she
slipped u heavy balhrobo over her
nightgown and went Into the chilly
kitchen, emerging therefrom presently
with n tray of food nnd u kettle of wa
ter to make coffee. This she set on tho
fire. Wherever she moved Hill's eyes
followed her with a gleam of Joy, tinc
tured with smiling Incredulousness.
When the kettle was safely bestowed
on the coals, ho drew her on his knee.
There for u minute she perched lu rich
content. Then she rose.
"Come very quietly with me, Hill,"
she whispered, with a fine ulr of mys
tery, "I want to show you something."
"Sure I What Is It?" he nsked.
"Come nnd see," she smiled, nnd
took up the lamp. Hill followed obedi
ently. Close tip beside her bed stood a
small, square crib. Hazel set the lamp
on a table nnd, turning to the bundle
of blankets which filled this new piece
of furniture, drew back one corner, re
veallng a round, puckered-up Infunt
face.
"For tho love of Mike!" Hill mut
tered. "Is It Is it"
"It's our son," she whispered proud
ly. "Horn tho tenth of January
three weeks ago today. Don't, don't
you great bear you'll wnke him."
For Hill was bending down to peer
nt the tiny morsel of humanity, with a
strange, abashed smile on his face, his
big, clumsy fingers touching the soft,
pink cheeks. And when he stood up
he drew a long breath, und laid one
urm ucross her shoulders.
"Us two and the kid," he said whim
sically. "It should he the hardest com
bination In the world to bust. Are you
huppy, little person?"
She nodded, clinging to him, word
lessly happy. And presently she cov
ered the baby s face, and they went
back to sit before the great firepluce,
where the kettle bubbled cheerfully
and the crackling blaze sent forth Its
challenge to the bevy of frost sprites
that held high revel outside.
And, after a time, the blaze died to
a heap of glowing embers, nnd the
forerunning wind of n northeust storm
soughed und whistled about a house
deep wrapped in contented slumber, a
house no longer divided ngulust itself.
(THE END.)
HAS BIBLE PRINTED IN 1620
St. Paul Woman Possesses Relic Yellow
and Wormeaten, Which Hat Been
Carried Through Varry War.
A Rlble printed In 1020, the year the
Pilgrims landed In America, Is In the
possession of Mrs. May L. Abbott of
St. Paul. It Is worn and bent from
being carried for many years In a sol
dier's knapsack, as well as yellowed
and wormeaten from the passnge
through nearly three centuries. The
book wns purchased by Mrs. Abbott's
husband, the late William L. Abbott
"Printed nt London by Honhnm Nor
ton nnd John Hill, Prints to the
King's Most Excellent Majesty, Anno
Domini 1(120," Is the announcement the
title page carries, und the excellent
workmnnshlp of the volume proves tho
ability of Its early producers.
The Hlble, Mrs. Abbott says, could
tell Interesting tales If It hud the gift
of speech. It wns carried through tho
peninsular cnmpalgn In Spain, nt the
battle of Waterloo, nt the battle of
New Orleans, and ut earlier battles In
this country by Sergt. William Kay of
Nottingham, England. Inserted In Its
pages are sheets bearing u recom
mendation of Sergeant Kay for a pen
sion. He gave It In 1870 to Wllllnm
Holmes of St. Paul, who wns Its own
er until Its sale to Mr. Abbott.
Sunlight Distressing.
In addition to the wind there Is an
other peeullarlty of tho Inland Ice
which adds to the difficulties to bo
encoimtererl In the Arctic. That Is tho
extreme Intensity of (lie sunlight,
which can be realized only by those
who have experienced It. During the
summer months the sun shines ns
brightly there In clear weather ns any
where further south, and this contin
uous brilliancy Is Intensified a hun
dredfold by the reflection from endless
fields of glistening, sparkling snow,
unrelieved by n single object. Tho
strongest eyes can stand such n blind
ing glnre only n few hours without
protection. We nlwuys wore heavy
smoked glasses, nnd when In camp
found It Impossible to sleep without
still further protecting the eyes by
tying n narrow band of fur nbout them
to exclude tho light. Only when a
storm is brewing does this Intenso
light become subdued. At such times,
however, tho sky nnd snow take on a
peculiar gray, opaque light, which la
even more trying than tho sunlight.
Century Magazine.
New Affliction.
A North Vernon mun stopping a
youngster on tho street tho other duy,
made Inquiry ubout his futher, suylng
that be had not seen him for several
days.
"Oh, yes," replied the boy, "my pa
has got chestnuts on his lungs."
The mun Investigated nnd learned
that tbo futher wus suffering from a
alight congestion of the lungs. Indian
apolis News.
Dally Thought.
Conversation ts the vent of character
U wefl a of tbOTgkX Bmerson. ,
I1G PLANS 10
HONOR IS HEROES
NAVY DEPARTMENT WANTS PHO
TOGRAPHS OF ENLISTED MEN
WHO PERISH IN WAR.
FOR MEMORIAL GALLERIES
Size of Army Camps and Cantonments
Increased In Past Six Months
Improvement In Ship Loading Helps
Our Allies.
(From Commute nn Public Informntlnn I
Washington. The navy department
Is collecting photographs of enlisted
men who lose their lives In the war
that their memory may be perpetu
ated. Secretary Daniels asks relatives
or others having such photographs to
lend them to the navy that copies may
lie made for Hie navy's records. Orig
inals will be returned to the owners
as fast as copies can be made.
A photograph of each man Is to be
forwarded by the navy department to
the training station where he begun
Ids careerin the service. At each of
these stations a memorial gallery of
honor or a hero's corner Is to be es
tablished so Unit for all time the face
of the man of the navy who has made
the supreme sacrifice may be honored
by the youth of the future sent to the
station for training.
All pictures, burned or contributed,
should be securely wrapped for mail
ing after they have been marked with
tin' name, brunch of service, and train
ing station the young man entered lift
er enlistment. They should be ad
dressed to the recruiting division, bu
reau of mivk'iitlon, navy department.
Washington. D. C. Care will be taken
to return safely the photograph to
the sender, when desired, together
with one of the copies made of It.
More than $22,000,000 has been ex
pended during the past six months un
der the direction of the construction
division of the army In making addi
tions and Improvements to camps nnd
cantonments. This sum does not In
clude the cost of additions to the hos
pital equipments or the Improvements
made ut other nruiy stations.
The Improvement work consisted of
additional buildings for housing the
men and providing for their comfort
ami needs. Among buildings erected
were quarters for ollleers anil nurses,
repair plants, kitchens and bakeries,
and I heaters. New roads w ere laid and
sanitation work improved ami ex
tended. Many additional buildings are con
templated, and general construction
work will be rushed to completion dur
ing the summer und full. In some In
stances the cump work bus been ex
tended to dial n age of an entire district
surrounding the camp to remove dan
ger of disease arising from the proxim
ity of swamps.
Liberty theaters have been erect
ed at all National Army cantonments.
Each of these theaters has an over
age Inclosed seating capacity of 2.000.
Theaters mid amusement halls have
been erected also In the National
Guard camps and at other points where
troops are In training.
Economies rJ approximately 20 per
cent In shipping weight vnd ."0 per cent
In shipping space have resulted from
Improved methods of packing merchan
dise for oversells practiced by the
army quartermaster corps. This is
equivalent to about 2,r(HI tons space
per month.
For the shipment of chillies mid
equipage, Including such items as
blankets, barracks, bags, towels, shel
ter tent halves, bedding, und other
dry gnods. In addition in wearing ap
parel, bailing has been substituted for
boxing, and the weight of the lumber
has been saved. The bales average
I!0 by 13 Inches and weigh f0 pounds.
They are hound -with not less than
four cold rolled unannealed steel
bunds. I'.uiiap . over waterproofed
heavy paper Is used to cover the bales,
and there are two "ears" on both
ends or the bale for handling.
Women tire stevedores on Hie docks
In France. There Is a law the) shall
not be required to carry packages
weighing more than 70 pounds. Pack
ages shipped to the American expedi
tionary forces lire standardized so
they shall not weigh more tlinn 70
pounds for handling by one woman
carrier or more than 110 pounds by
two woinon carriers. Men handle the
heavier packages ami the boxes must
be used Instead of hales.
The quartermaster corps recom
mends to manufacturer supplying the
army similar economies in packing ami
shipping which will result hi even
more pronounced space and weight
saving. Pound cans and containers
entail a waste In space of 2.1 per
cent. Square containers are urged. It
Is estimated thut every Inch saved
through bale compression Is worth 03
cents In ship space.
Illinois Is the center of ngricullurnl
production of the United States says
the department of agriculture. States
of greatest production during 11)17 are:
Iowa, $l'W0,OOO,IMI0; Illinois, $1,233,
000,000; Texas, $1.013,000,000 ; Mis
souri, $017,000,000; Ohio, $S31, 000.000;
Nebraska, $77l,(HM),lKKl ; Indiana, $7011,
000,000; Kansas, $7.'!3,ooo,ikhi ; New
York, $700,000,000; Minnesota. $itM,
000,000; Pennsylvania, $fi:m,0OO,O0(;
Georgia, . !0O3,0OO,0O0 ; Wisconsin,
$3!IS,000,000 ; California, $373,000,000;
Michigan, $3:14,000,000; Kentucky,
$320,000,000.
The fourth sho from a gun manned
by a nnvy armed guard on an Ainerl
Ican merchnnt ship struck the connfng
tower of a German submarine, which
nttacked the ship May 12 last nt 1,000
yards distance. Ine submarine was
compelled to submerge after having
launched four torpedoes, two of which
missed the steamer's bow by about
12 feet. Chief Gunner's Mute Harry
It. Chambers, commanding the armed
guard, was commended by Secretary'
Daniels for efficient conduct
Manufacturers and dealers Mri,
couraged under the policy nf u,,, '
department to deal direct will, tl(,'''
partment. The purpose Is to climi,,!,
the middleman In purchases (,f k
piles and muteiiuls.
"In my annual report," snys pi(J
Admiral Sumuel MeGownn. "liuinn'f"
turers were warned ugulnst protlw
lug 'agents, professional contrauiJ
nnd naval brokers. In our regular mU
log circulars of Jununry 8, l!)ls, we,s
pressed the hope thut 'iiinmifu'cturJ
who have not avulled themselves of
the opportunity to bid direct win
so, us it will prove of udviiiiinW t.
them In bringing them In inniv nt
mate touch with the nuvy ami uu,ri..
make a reputation for the inuteriai,
which they manufacture.'
"The fact Is the responsibility ,
contractors wns never so tlinrmiij
Investigated and they were never
to a stricter accountability tlimi tIM
have been since tills country cni.rw)
the war. The number of res,i,ns,(
direct bidders has Increased grnuij
and the number of agents ami lnicn.
diaries has been reduced to n ,liri.
Iiiiiim. The safeguards against f n flt
eering have been strengthened, not i.
laxed."
There-a re over 1 1,000 mniics mi u,,
bidders' list of the nnvy biitvuu
supplies mid accounts, reprcseminj
-very section of the country. Thcsi;
iiiiiiiufnctiirers und dealers furnish
over (10,000 classes of articles iisim j
Hie navy.
I'ecause of nn acute shortage la tin
supply of paper the war ImhMrlm
board announced, effective .Inly ,",,
the following preliminary croiiumhs
to be enforced by newspapers nilh
llshliig u dully and weekly edition;
Discontinue the acceptance or tin- re
turn of unsold copies.
Discontinue the use of ull sampli-or
free promotion copies.
Discontinue giving copies to nny.
body except for oHlce-working mpim
or where required by stntute law la
the olliclul advertising.
Discontinue giving free copies to nil
vertlsers, exvept not more limn one
coiiv for checklm; mirnoses.
Discontinue the arbitrary forcing i
copies on news dealers (I. e mi.
Ing them to buy more copies 1 1 1 :i n
they can legitimately stdl In order to
hold certnln territory).
Discontinue the buying back of K.
pers at ell her wholesale or retail sell
Ing price from dealers or agents In
order to secure preferential represent.
Iltioll.
Discontinue the payment of sal:irle
or commissions to agents, dealer, nr
newsboys for the purpose of sei mi:
the equivalent of return privileges.
Discontinue all free exchanges.
Three hundred nppllcants for stu
dent nurses to enter training s- U
in the base hospitals at cantonment
were accepted recently. There luivn
been more than a thousand uppliia
ilons for entrance In these nrniy
schools of nursing since the govern
ment sent out Its call for student
nurses.
The majority of those offering tiielr
services have been college women, nr
women with a complete hlgli-si -hunt
education. The training units will w
assigned, It Is expected, during tin
present month. Each unit will num
ber 23 or .'10 student nurses ami will
be supervised by an accredited nml
complete nursing Instructor tnol a
trained woman who will be responsi
ble for the physical welfare and ree
rentlon. The service bureuii of the commit
tee on public Information bus taken
over various departmental Indcpctnli'nt
Information bureaus at I'lilon station,
Washington, will consolidate mid reor
ganize them and be prepared to give
all visitors Information on govern
ment business and the names and locu
tion of those clothed with authority to
speak anil act for the government.
Since the service bureuii opened of
fices May 1 It bus built up a card-Index
system with 30,000 entries, many
of the curds being subject to dally
revisions and correction. In a t
week the bureau handled 1.IEI0 visit
ors seeking special Information aii'l
answered an average of 130 query let
ters daily.
The medical department, I'
States army, needs women ns i
structlon aids. The ollice of tin
iteoii general announces: "The
nitd
ecoll-
stir
work of reconstruction aids is divided
two sections. (1) those women
are well trained in massage am
into
who
tin'
other forms of physiotherapy, am
those who are trained in simple h
I C)
iiixli
.fil, ii ml
crafts. Forngn service pay Is
home service pay $30 per month
quarters allowance.
The division on woman's war work
id llie committee on public Informa
tion announces that the trustees f
Pratt Institute, Urooklyn, N. Y., offer
to wives mill daughters of army otli
cers three scholarships, Including t ui
Hon and laboratory fees, for V.HS-l'.l
coveting household science, household
arts, and preparation for Institutional
work.
Department of agriculture special
ists, appealing for Increased produc
tion of poultry and eggs, make these
suggestions: Keep better poultry; se
lect healthy, vigorous breeders; hatch
early; preserve eggs; cull the Hocks ;
grow us much poultry feed us possi
ble; supply the family table; eat pool'
try nml eggs mid conserve meat supply-
Southern farm boy club members
produced In 1017 food and feed val
ued nt $1,0111.121, the department f
agriculture reports. A total of ll-v
713 boys were enrolled In regular,
clubs In 14 states.
The Difference.
Science Is concerned with the name,
distances und magnitudes of the stars;
and with problems touching the "'B'
testlnul parasites of the Ilea." Art, H'j
eruture and religion are concerned
only with mankind ; with the elemental,
the unlversul, the eternal; with the
dream, tho defeat, the romance of llfft
Dallas Lore Shurp, In Atluntlc.
Rapidity of Wireless.
It takes but one-twentieth of a sec
ond for a wireless signal to pass front
Washington to San Francisco.