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WILSON OPENS DRAFT Coats for All the Day Through CHILD GETS SICK CROSS, FEVERISH i IF CONSTIPATED President Draws Number 322 in Registration Lottery at Washington. LOOK AT TONGUE! THEN GIVE ONLY FIRST 100 NUMBERS MADE PUBLIC BY WIRE Fi jUlT LAXATIVE FOR STOM ACH, LIVER, BOWELS. "CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS" CANY HARM CHILDREN AND IF Cvf 's JJSrt ' ySA Corner of the Inlet THE Murman. coast, which Ger many, with the aid of Fin land, has been trying to seize, Is a part of Russian Lapland, helnsr the coast of what Is known as the Kola peninsula. The origin of the name Murman Is doubtful, but it is probable that It Is a corruption of Norman (I. e., Norwegian) the district being adja cent to Norway. The Russian custom Is to change the capital N of a bor rowed word into Mi so that "Norman" would naturally become In Russian, "Morman" or "Murman." The Mur man coast Is of immense importance to Russia, since It contains an excel lent harbor which is free from Ice all the year round the deep inlet usually called the Gulf of Kola, but now fre quently termed the Gulf of Murman. The region has definitely belonged to Russia for some five centuries, and It Is extraordinary that no at tempt was long made to utilize it for commercial purposes. It was, of course, very remote from the then center of Russia at Moscow, and the difficulties of communication in a virgin country, even now devoid of roads, probably deterred poverty-stricken and slowly progressing Russia from opening a route to it. It also lay close to the Swedish frontier Che Swedish empire Included Finland up to 1800), and the district was frequently raided by Swedish brigands and guerrillas. In J533 the missionary Metrofan (St. Try phon) founded the famous monas tery Petchenga ; but In 1590, seven years after hia death, this outpost of civilization was sacked by the Swedes and its occupants massacred to the accompaniment of fiendish tor tures. The anarchy of Russia during the early seventeenth century prevent ed colonizing efforts. For centuries Russia was content with Archangel, Icebound for half the year, as her single outlet to the north ; and In the nineteenth century large sums were Expended upon the Improvement of that unsatisfactory port, while the Ice free Murman coast was neglected. Murman Railway to Alexandrovsk. This state of things lasted until tie beginning of the twentieth, century, when a naval station was tardily in stalled at Kkaterlna harbor, a bay at the mouth of the Gulf of Kola. A rail way to connect this single Ice-free Russian port with Petrograd was pro jected, but, In the usual dilatory Rus sian fashion, remained a project until the early part of 1015. Then the closing of the entrances to the Baltic and the Black sea, and the consequent Isolation of Russia, awakened the al lies to the necessity of utilizing the port, and with feverish energy the rail way was pushed forward across the 700 miles of wild and desolate coun tryforest, lake, mountain, and snowy steppe which He between Petrograd and Kola. Thousands of workmen were levied to construct It, and In little more than a year communication was established. But the mortality among the workmen was enormous, as was unhappily too frequently the case with the gigantic engineering feats which excited our admiration In Russia. The railway runs through Kola, wat thAhend of th pulf. and terminates womanov or Murmansk, some dis tance further on. This place was In 1014 n cmnll fichlnff hnmluf 1-mt hna by now grown Into a place of some 6,000 Inhabitants. In the present cha otic state of Russian administration It Is governed by seven distinct coun cils or boards, of which the principal one, the regional council, exercises a general supervision over the town and the province. This council Is stated as being friendly la feeling towards the allies. The place Is, Indeed, prac tically dependent for food and other necessaries upon supplies furnished by the allies by sea; and this vital fact doubtless Influences the govern ing body. Life In this outpost Is curiously ar tificial. There are no shops or ho tels; the councils distribute food and essign lodgings to new arrivals. The cobt of living is low, but houseroom is scarcely obtainable. Wages are enormously high 1,000 rubles a month for locomotive drivers, COO for ordi nary workmen, 373 for dock laborers. at Alexandrovsk. and so on. Even allowing for the de preciation of the paper ruble, the rates are very high. Rough Country Without Roads. Alexandrovsk, the naval station on Kkaterlna harbor, was during the war a depot of British submarines and other mosquito craft. When Russia fell to pieces at the revolution, and Finland became a German vassal state, It was to be expected that an attempt would be made to seize the Murman coast. Hopes were held out to Fin land of acquiring an Ice:free exit to the Arctic ocean. The difficulties in the way of an ex pedition to the Murman region are great. The country is practically un inhabited, so that a military force must take its own supplies. There are no roads, and the country to be traversed is largely mountainous, in terspersed with tracts of forest and marsh, presenting many obstacles to military operations, apart from the arctic climate. On the coast, it may be mentioned, the climate is decidedly milder than in the interior. Kola, the port near Murmansk, where Americans, British and French marines landed in order to protect munitions and provisions originally Intended for the Russian government, Is situated at the junction of the Kola and Tulo ma rivers. Before the war It had only about GOO inhabitants, according to a war geography bulletin of the Na tional Geographic society. In peace times, the chief occupation of the people of Kola is fishing, which Is profitably followed by the natives from May to August. Kola is well within the arctic circle, being in lat itude 6.3 minutes 52 seconds. It is 3.35 miles westward of Archangel, the great White sea port of Russia. The Peninsula of Kola constitutes the major part of what is known as Russian Lapland. It is bounded on the north by the Arctic ocean and on the south by the White sea. Its area equals that of the state of New York and is largely a plateau having an av erage elevation of 1,000 feet. , 1 FIRMLY BELIEVE IN CHARMS Impossible to Shak6 Faith of Inhabi tants of Some Parts of Rural England. Superstition dies hard, and in tho out-of-the-way rural districts of Eng land the people still have a firm be lief in herbs and charms as a cure for their various ills. In Cheshire, perhaps, such supersti tions are most numerous, and a native will tell you that "hedgehogs are use- j ful In the cure of epilepsy, that oint ment should never be applied with the first finger, as that one Is venomous, and that a child's nails should never or It Mill grow up light fingered. Most curious, however, are tike cures r commended for whooping cough. A lock of hair should be cut from the sufferer's head, and put into a hole bored In the bark of a mountain ash, after which the hole should be closed. The whoop will vanish In three days under this treatment. Many strange euros are suggested for ague. In Lincolnshire, for Instance, the method Is very elaborate. The suf- J f. ...... c. .,.., 1.1 4. . i 1 J,.- i n-i iuuuiu $;ti ujj ai sunrise on uie x first day of the month, making eure his pockets are empty, take a carving knife that he has bought and used him self, plunge it into an ant hill, and twist the knife as many times as he has had fits. Then, lying flat on the face, with head pointing to the sun, he sho'-ld breathe as many times as he has suffered into the hole in the ant hill, and then return home, speak ing no word until he has broken his fast. Internal Revenue. More than $3,500,(100,000 has Deen collected in Internal revenue taxes, in- i1 and excess-profits Jal year. This ex VO.OOO.OOO the esti tonths ago, and by Se estimates made te revenue measure cludlng' taxes, f ceeds f mates over J a ye.f were ( Practically Impossible to Forward the Full Result of the Drawing Ar. rangemcnts Made for District Boards Announce This Later. The president in person opened the ceremony of drawing numbers for the 13,000,(0 men registered in the new draft. The capsule he drew contained the number 322'. Amid ceremonies profoundly im pressive and of transcendent historical significance, Gen. Peyton C. March, chief of staff of the army, received In person this vast force of as yet ununi formed reserves, on behalf of the mil itary branch of the government.' 4,000,000 in Arms by July. And from this reservoir of man pow erthe largest body of citizen soldiers ever offered by the people of anv na tion to their government General March is to recruit the army of 4.000. 000 men which he h:is promised to have overseas by July 1 next to back up General Pershing on the battlefields of Europe. Every man in the registration is af fected, as from those who are not called for active military duty the country's war managers propose to mobilize a great industrial army of war workers to make certain of a con stantly flowing stream of men and mu nitions to the field of battle. The roll call, which Is to assign to each of the 13,000,000 men a military number determining the order in which h is to he called, was begun by President Wilson himself, and not fin ished until late In the afternoon next day. As the tally shets were filled they were rushed over to the government printing office for the official master list, which, when completed, were sent by General Crowder to all district boards throughout I lie country, which, in turn were to make them public through the newspapers. In that way the country at large was informed of the order of all the numbers within a few days. Wilson Is Applauded. There was a hearty round of ap plause as the president, blindfolded with a piece of cloth taken from the covering of one of the chairs usee' at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, approached the table on which rested the famous glass bowl used upon the first drawing. Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder guid ed his hand as he reached down Into the bowl to pick one of ilie 17.000 blue capsules containing the numbers. Ther was increased handclapping when it was announced that the first number- of the drawing was .'522. for the number which the president drew has a registrant representing it In every one of the 4,557 local boards in I the country. Every man whose serial ' number corresponds to it may there fore consider that the command to "inarch" or "work" comes from the commander in chief himself. Vice President Marshall, similarly blindfolded, picked out the second number. It proved to be a high num ber 7,277 which will be order No. 2 j for all boards having registrants bear ' ing that number. The average number of registrants to a board ranges only from 2.SO0 to 3.000. ' rJ he number which President Wll yni; drew has a registrant represent : ing It in practically every district in tl,. 1 l.-w No. No. No. .. No. No. No. No. No N'' 1'nited States. Other numbers fol- . 322-No. 51..... . 7,277 No. 52 . H. 70s No. :: . 1.0271 No 54 .1t5.lii:t No. h') . 8.W. No. .Vj . o.oiiti No. 57 . 1.KS7 No. 58 . 7.12'! v'c 53 . 2.7SI:"o. 00 9 'n:', No. til ; (j.'h; No. (52 ,10.'-! "No. lit 4:; No. fi-i ;'4 No. K5 ... 4.287 ,...12.s: . . . C2-". 72 ...ll,3:;s ... 832 ...10.491 ...H.023 ...14.fM3 ... !K4 ... 8.t37 ... 2.897 ... 7.834 4.723 ...10.5fi ... 4.327 ... 3..-.05 ... 348 ... 7.334 4 ...12.842 ,.. 4,482 ... 9.022 ... ... 4A ...io.oo:t ...12 !'3 ... 131 ...14.319 ,..12.210 ,.. 8.317 .. No No No. No. i." No. 16... No. IT... No. 18... No. 13... No. -JO... Vo. 21... T n:il -o. l.hJ. . 1 -..'! Vo, 7... ;s... t... 70... 7 :.!2 ; .'Mi No. No. . n.74 . 6.r,4'l TiVNo. ,No. . 3 SOM .lfi.''i . 1.M17, Vo. No. ?4. No. 2.-.. No. 2U. No. 27. No. ''!. .12.:,-' , No. 77... 78... 79... B.!MI No. No. L9 J.07:i No. No m w.728 ; 31 f'v" v. No. 80... No. No. No. Vo. ""it 32 !:vn. ! 2n-.,v 14.122;.-0 11. I'M! . ' - O 10 7-l it . 3 -V. T:Wxo. l".r.'7;y0 :':,,. 4.9W'n 8.772 No 7.l'!4 No "!:... 84... 85. . . . . S7... 8... 89. . . 0... 11... , 03..'. 4... '"... tt; ,. 97... 98. . . 39. . . .... B.?40 ....12.'." I ....11.2" .... T7 ....12.:8 .... 8 ..T1 ... .14.31 ....14. "HI ..13.7.-.l ....11.114 ....13 W .... S.O" .... r.--i 24. "-, K. 37. :w. 39. 40. 41. it No. No V0. , No. 43. 1 No. 44. No. 4.1. No. 4t. I Vo. 47. v'o. 48. I J9. I No. 50. , .'3.i y -, 7.i.'.- , R.KMi'Xo, ,; n 'm H.MVXo 97 V'.' 8 S5S'No. s in.sri 219 Xo. 39 12 1t lf.51X'No 100 n.232 Army of Students In Line. More than 150.000 men were added to America's ftghtlim strength when member? of the students' army train ing corps were formally mustered in' at the colleges throughout the country. The Impressive ceremony arranged for the occasion was set for eleven o'clock October 1. A message from President Wilson was read on every campus. Collegians in the training corps draw the pay of army privates, and are housed, clothed, and fed by the gov ernment. There is no tuition fee. Each itudent Is allowed ouly three subjects. ... lN n ri m: Y b - I rvl i nNH4 rift if iWii lfl I r s Now that war times make the cus tom of wearing evening wraps among those that are more honored in the breach than in the observance, we have coats to take their place. Among mw ones are some very elegant cloth coats that have been designed to see their wearers through the day and evening, too. They are quiet in color and beautiful in lines equal to all re quirements of dress. Uesides these there are very handsome capes of cloth in distinctive styles that make one question the advisability of ever in dulging in more showy wraps. Two of l lie handsomest coats are pictured above. The coat at the left Is of silvertone a soft wool ma terial with flecks rt white all through it with collar and deep cuffs of fox. Silvertone appears in taupe, blue, brown, gray all (be season's colors and the minute white flecks in it give It a silvery look. This coat hangs straight at the back and front without fullness except in the gathered side panels of the skirt portion. It fastens with three very large buttons at the front and silk pendant ornaments are placed at each side of the panels. It Is lined with plain satin. There Is a suggestion of a cape in Pretty Things Every little "jmi-crack" that means an enlivening touch to the house vindi cates its appearance these days, for there never was a time when it was more worth while to keep up all the phasant little amenities of liV. Everything that will contribute toward nfaking an atmosphere of cheerfulness j In our surroundings is more needed now than in less anxious days, to dress up our homes and keep ourselves well groomed shows the right fighting spirit. At the same time we are re minded to save as much as possible and go on accumulating Thrift stamps and War Saving stamps. Therefore we turn to paper, that costs next to nothing, to make the bits of bright furnishings for our homes and gifts for our friends. In the illustration above there is toilet basket for the new baby and a flower basket for the table, both made f paper. The tiny cradle is made of wire and paper rope in very pale gray nnd lined with rose-colored silk and Conservative Shoes for Fall. Conservative colors and sensible cuts, which are almost mannish in their effect, are the features in shoes lor women for late fall business. Job bfis rejort that retailers are now looking for shoes of this sort, not only from the desire to steer clear of doubt ful novelties, but because, in the busl- (m-ss which they have already done i over the counter for fall, there has ! been comparatively little demand for j thing else. Mahogany and dull ! Mack calfskins are the most popular j n tailored walking boots, while in j l.i ts for more dress-y wear black pat- j ?M leathers and a few shades of gray j ir selling. Pit; t the graceful coat of smooth duveryn at the right of the picture. It is ii taupe gray, with shawl collar and deep cuffs of martin fur. Three big buttonH 'lie f-ot m' the front panels are the only ornamental feature in this very dignified wrap. The design could hard ly be improved upon, and is of the ex cellent character that never grows tiresome. Petticoats Are Narrow. In tailored suits the narrowness of the skirt has rung the knell of the pet ticoat, but for thin .frocks this most feminine of garments necessarily holds its own. The petticoat must be of t lie same length as the frock under which it is worn, and it may be made of batiste, tine nainsook, mousseline d; soie, tussor or white crepe de chine. They are forcedly narrow, for fashii.ti has decreed the skimpiness of skirts. It is, however, quite permissible to full them slightly, especially if the dress that covers them Is slit at the hem to make walking easier. With conserva tive Women delicate hand embroidery will always be the favorite trimming. Imitation lace and fine picot tulle give an effect of greater tlufliuess and ar much less costly. Made of Papei lilted up with brush, cnnih. ponder and any other toilet necessities of the newcomer which the giver of the bas ket concludes to add. There Is a bow of gauze ribbon, ;i pink, fastened to the hood of the cradle. It is not his hahyship's fault that the world is war ling nor his mother's they both are entitled to such pretty little, gilts as these that represent lime and kindly thoughts, hut very little money. The basket for the table is made of crepe paper over ;j pasteboard founda tion, and has a rustic handle, contrived by winding heavy wire or small sticks or twigs with paper. Any two colors may he used fr the flouncings that cover the pasteboard foundation, but brown or green in two shades make the right sort of background for all flowers. Or the basket may be In gayer colors if It is to hold foliage or growing greenery. Pockets Remain. Pockets are a trimming feature that remain in good style in spite of the fact that they are no novelty. 'lieu I or seeming pockets, faced or lined with white or colored satin, are used smart ly on some of the new models of navy blue serge. Smart Tam o' Shanters. Especially for the young girls, the new beaver Tam o' Shanters that are shown in the shopn tire very smart. They are made of heavy, soft beaver, wi.4i putTeil. oue-tdded crowis and a snug-fitting band about the head. They come in bU'-k, dark blue and other color. t TH EY LOVE IT. Mother! Your child isn't naturally cross and peevish.'. See if tongue is c-oatcd; this is a sure sign the Hllle stomach, liver and bowels need a cleansing at once. When listless, pale, feverish, full of cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally, has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, remember, a gen tle liver and bowel cleansing should always be the first treatment given. Nothing equals "California Syrup of Figs" for children's ills; give a tea spoonful, and in a few hours all the foul waste, sour bile and fermenting food which is clogged In the bowels passes out of the system, and you have a well and playful child again. All children love this harmless, deli cious "fruit laxative," and It never fails to effect a good "Inside" cleans ing. Directions for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups are plainly on the bottle. Keep it handy In your home. A little given today saves a sick child tomor row, but get the genuine. Ask your druggist for a bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," then see that it is made by the "California Fig Syrup Compa ny." Adv. Inhumanity. "I .-in opposed to cruel and inhuman punishments," said J. Fuller Gloom. "I attended a movie show last night to sec a picture entitled 'The Fate of the Fiend of Potsdam' and beheld the kais er tortured in a most brutal manner. A great deal of the time his august head and the upper portion of his body were shown on the lower half of the screen, while the lower part of his body and his imperial limbs strutted around on the upper half of the screen. I should not mind seeing tnef all-high cuss blown from the mouih of a cannon, but cutting him in two in thv' middle and compelling him to go right on acting seemed to me to b carrying vengeance too far." Kansas City Star. Cuticura Kills Dandruff. Anoiut spots of dandruff with Coli cura Ointment. Follow at once by a hot shampoo with Cuticura Soap. If a man ; next morning if a woman. For free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept X, Boston." At druggists and by mall. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50. Adv. Inexorable Law. J The law of roapinx as we sow runs j through the universe. The man who j sows pennies will reap a penny crop. I The man who sows dollars will reap dollars. Waves, s'Mshore broke. like in t some men. arrive rand style and gi at the away Don't Go From Bad to Worse! Are you always weak, iiiUerible and half sick? Then it's time you found out what is wrong. Kidney weakness cnuses much suffering from backache, lameness. FtifTness and rheumatic pains, and if neglected, brings danger of serious troubles dropsy, gravel and :H;l)t's disease. Don't delay. Use Dvan's Kidney Pills. They have helped thousands and should help ytu. A South Carolina Case Mrs. A. T. Billiard 1C4 Kobeson St., IIc-.j-ret'sville. 8. C, sayj; "1 guttered tliret; yi :i:.i of agony and my kld n -ys were the lansd of the troub'e an-1 kept me In constant misery. Pains slio: from my bad; to my head. I h-.id dizzy spells, my body bloat ed and I lost In weltrlit. I Anally not three boxes of Doa'i'a Kidney Pills; after takins the first bx. the swfllinifs T.p-t down. When T ,.! finished three boxes, I was cured." Get Doan'a t Anr Store, 60c Box DOAN'S x:pTJif3Y FOSTER-MILB URN CO.. BUFFALO, N. Y. PECAN TREE The pecan is the most valuable nut " frown in Amarica. If you art et them you know; if not, writa for information free. Pecans growf fully wherever cotton does w!f J. B. WIGHT, CAIRfLr r all (Jab bag forly Jersey and Cbirlestoi' tl.25 1,000, tJi.00; 5.000 $1.30, t. o. b. bore. Pari ion, ate; i.ooo, $3.ro. tv; D, T. JAMISON"'
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