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By DR. PR We have said that the men who There are some losses that can be rei You can redeem the bomb-plouj -~""~~"gather up the shell-shards, and plan be rebuilt, cottages and barns set u shattered windows. New governmen re-established, and the customary ar But some things have been brc can never be found again. No pot restitution can .equal the awful potei Can you give back, oh ravlsher 31 C; \ went down in the red flames of bat Have you some surgery that cai mothers, some physic draught that ( left desolate? Can you pick up on the shotte the fragments of blasted dreams? Faith is dead, faith in human faith in chivalry and fair play. Cai * ' has been done to death by spies and ' Can you undo the sinking of th into the bloated flesh of unoffending the seaweed? Can you restore the admiration when your intellectuals have turne< Uan you repair tne wrong you navt and Wagner, whose noble blood yo national lust? Can you take the stain from thi piety and intelligence have made lu: When you tore your pledge to E realize that you tore the faith of nati Such things are gone, consumed smirched as blood smirchefi, corrodt are uprooted, wrecked as lost argosi Humanity's voice is heard wailii heard, lamentation and weeping ant i, her children, and would not be coml I You have sunk more than ships , much of the world's spiritual treasui As at tho sea's heart i *j\ Lie deeper thai Copyright, 1918, Strenuous Ath Exhausted J It would naturally be sunDOsed i that sordiers on returning, plastered with mud, chilled and exhausted, from a period of trench duty, would be allowed to turn in and sleep until they could sleep no longer. But it has been found that the fatigue ol this type of warfare is more mental than physical, and that strained \ nerves made restful slumber impossible when the men went at once from the trenches to a rest camp for several days of idleness. lt A remarkably successful method i nT eettine the soldiers back Into con ditlon again haB been devised by Lieut. Ilebert of the French navy. Without pausing to rest, they are Lf - marched from the trenches into the j open country back of the line. There they are put through a course oi strenuous physical exercise. Stripped to the waist, the men set out for a cross-country run, over fences and ditches, up hill and down, and along winding forest paths. They gt Jump, climb trees, crawl like snakes through grassy places, all the while {Sii shouting and singing at the tops ol their voices. It is said that the peasants were amazed and startled at the first sight of half-naked warriors, coming at top speed from a bit of \ woodland. Each period of violent exercise is followed by one of quiet, easy movements. At the end, in a VISIBLE SOUND WAVES Interesting data regarding the visibility of sound "waves have recently been published in L'Astronomie, in letters from men _at the front. One ?> writer tells of seeing curved lines of light, alternating with dark bands, moving swiftly across the sky while ' ffpr" heavy cannonading was in progress. A second writer speaks of witnessing a series of arcs of light travelling across a cloudflecked sky. Scientists * - 41 aminri atiriDUie lucao Jiucuuuifx ? waves which originate with the exm? plosions and spread in all directions jra* like enlarging spheres, resulting In successive and alternate belts of rare?t-i. fled and compressed air, says Popular Mechanics. Under certain atmospheric conditions, with the sun In the proper position, portions of these spreading waves become visible in the form of moving arcs of light. MORE FRIGHTFULNE8S ' Doctor: "Your throat is in a very bad state. Have you ever tried . gargling with salt water?" Skipper: "Yus. I've been torpe doed six times."?Punch. BE AN INTERPRETER One of the objects of Trench and Camp is to "interpret to the nation gffthe fine spirit and determination of E&r, our men in arms." Write a poem, Joke or story, or draw a picture for I'Tthis paper and send Trench and ifSmfc-' Camp home. IATION ANK CRANE ' nfade this war must make reparation. >aired, but some that cannot. Shed fields, bury the festering corpses, t again the corn and vine. Cities can p again, and new panes be found for ts.can replace the old, lines of trade be ts of peace be resumed, iken that cannot be mended, lost that vers of repentance nor willingness of nee of destruction. s of life, the spent souls of them that tie? a mend the broken hearts of a myriad :an cool the despair of the young wife d field the broken hopes, or piece up nobleness, faith in the pledged word. 1 you bring this to life again, when it lies? e Lusitania, or breathe life once more women and children that float among the world once held for your learning, I prostitutes to the altar of Moloch? ? done to Goethe. Schiller, Beethoven, u have sullied in the foulest orgy of i good name that centuries of German Btrous? lelgium as "a scrap of paper," did you onB? Can that be mended easily? as fire consumes, torn as wolves tear, :d as acid corrodes, uprooted as trees es, crushed as precious porcelain. 3g as once "in Rama there was a voice I great mourning, Rachel weeping for 'orted, because they are not." with your submfrines; you have sunk es, and "these, ill her wrecks lie waste, i the sea." by Frank Crana. letics Revive French Soldiers I fine glow and with mind diverted, I sound, refreshing sleep Is easy. I While one object of the new system is to bring back to top form men gone stale from trench life, the fact . that "they are soldiers is always the ' first consideration, and each of the , exercises prescribed Is carefully planned to- increase their fighting ability. A man tfho, through practice i in crawling, has acquired agility while lying prostrate, has a better chance of life in a sudden encounter at night ! in No Man's I-a rid, and running, jumping and climbing make him a more dangerous opponent in a bayonet duel. The new method has entirely dis: placed the old system of training rei cruits just called to the colors. The ' French soldier is now taught only movements that will be of actual . value in battle, including thorough instruction in throwing hand grenades and the use of the bayonet. The I open air exercise toughens the musi cles, hardens the skin and (Its a man i to withstand exposure to all weather. The great benefits of such training was shown when troops drilled under : the new system met in sham battle , an equal number developed by the old ' method. The umpire's decision was : that they had lost four "dead" and a , few "wounded," against 300"dcad"i . for their opponents. I * FIVE MILLION PRISONERS In the prison camps in Europe, Asia and Africa there are now 5,' 000,000 prisoners, more than ever participated in any previous war in the world's history. Among the prisoners are many babies, born within the barbed-wire enclosures. WRONG SHOOTER USED "Hindenburg has not tha face to which justice can be done by a photographer," says a writer. Photographers do not shoot with the right weapon. Full justice can be done by an American soldier. CAMOUFLAGE Over-Eager Sub?There's something rummy going on over there. Wish I could think of some dodge to slip over without being observed. The Wit?Why not cover yourself with cotton and go over as a cloud of smoke??Passing Show. THE ONE REQUISITE Tommy (watching the trained animals): '"E's a wonder an' no mistake. I can't teach my old dawg at home to do anythink." Pal: "Ah. but yer see, matey, you 'ave to know more'n a dawg, or yer can't learn 'im nuthin'."?Punch. I Al Hears About"Ar BY OUR OWN RIN( 0<H>{H>I>CKH><HKHJ5HKH><H>CHKHKH3<I<KH: twell al their is a good deal simi out at yr deske in shun, when the t offls wear your w over like as thoug: or meetlust day 1 8umthing like wha it la a good'deal good deal becaus their come over ? jim is this hear y< say it isent then it the feetyour the nite befoar wl have gone throug for nuthing but morning if the lo< ITTvA-Z^I I prety Bafe bet he Jk t?. see the things lcv\?r yE diffront & some tl wh not y *alt is it it VRlYAltJlrl Wty nke to be another to be a nother we i of found the best weigh is to let ti possibel it pleases them & dont do you detale witch you wood probly get ennyv none of them as the thing four a guy as mad becaus their is no telling what yoi strength if you ever becalm a rowsed. this inspeckshun washing out leggings a munt & getting out yr suet of clean und on you witch is probly the case & evan when you get out in the front of yr bare in yr compny in the saim fixt their will you of neglet it to do the nite befoar. some how or another their allways elts becaus i suposc i am promminent a flgyour well whatever we give jim will their you are all Honed up al i mono & or coarse you wood be their if you w I the line with the sarjint just behind hi like a bald head for the occashun. the as though he had got news of a frien hevens what is the matter with yr hat he | fist witch nocks it off of coarse, i ced no it is on the ground in the stead of bean o | it up he ses witch i do & then he turns t down foar hat not brushed well of roars a hat brushed when it is nocked off ha over sum moar & dosent see what you you havent & Ife ced put him down for you all over including the undershirt wi isent.on the a/c of bunkkey having took & the riffel is the worst part of it al spent several days rubing a ragg over it I cant find a piece of dirt or no dust on & when the offlser runs his eye up & do you had Just dropt it into the mud. but this inspeckshun 13 grate stuff a 1 lots of guys have to wash and brush u] unlest they had to & for those & other good & it gives a lots of fun to the guyi offlser bawls out a guy for not shaveing out on his lip. i have contest to aggie tl ORIGIN OF "UNCLE SAM" , K. , ! M A facetious remark by an idle workman is said to have originated the name by which our government tQ( is known throughout the world. "Uncle Sam." During the war of 1812, Samuel Willets, a meat inspec- eir tor, of Troy, N. Y., and generally (called "Uncle Sam," acted as purchasing agent for the government. On W; | each barrel of pork and beef accepted lie he market the letters "U. S.." for wj | United States. Some one inquired tir what they stood for and one of Willett's workmen replied, "Uncle Sam.". M" From this feeble beginning the joke nospread over the whole country and ,.hi before the end of the war "Uncle i Sam" was in common use. inFrench Alsatian-Lorrainers v< Not Listed as Enemy Aliens 1 Jat Since the close of the Franco-Prus- a sian War in 1871 Alsace and Lor- 1 " raine have been known geographical- it umiIA, i ly as German lerruury. uuuc. ||o, nary circumstances an Alsatian or & Lorrainer registering for the draft ||( in this country would be listed as an A "enemy alien," but an exception was t"l made in the case of men born in Alsace or Lorraine of French par- t:?. entago. But for this exception, the L,n'^ unique situation of a loyal French- -r man being considered an enemy of R*' the United States, allied with France i ti in the war, would have been pre- 1 sented. , hiThe exception was made, however, only when the registrant presented \ an identification card issued by the ^ "Societe des Ames de l'Alsace-Lor- j raine," Society of Friends of Alsace- i |> Lorraine, or its successor, "Associa- Put tion Generale des Alsaciens Lor- ?' rains d'Araerique." General Associa- jj tion of Alsatian-Lor>ainers of America. These identifications were hi countersigned by a consul general or 1 ..,j; consul of France. t mie Inspeckshun" | Pjp?i 3 W. LARDNER f | | ' rHXHKJO f=| || is a few things in this armie that :r= i= t v. m miliar to what you do day in & day -r= ? the oflls one of them bean inspeck- =: ~ )Oss comes over to you .guys at the ?^ ^ orken at yr desks and looks you ~=? h you was a new kind of a heetlust == =E witch he dont approve of that is =5 == it inspeckshun is in the armie only == == diffront & worst witcjt is sane a ~ I know what It la to have the boss =4 V & hand Bumthing at you and sav ? Er" >ur mistaik of coarse it is & if you = s: .s your move. ^ ~ of lnspeckshun in the armie al is ? ~ Itch is sum nite beleev me al who % ^ h a no. of them, nobuddy cares zr rz whats libel to happin the necks = >tinlt dont like your looks & its a ? ~ wont thats what lootinits are four ~ rr = i about you witch sbood of ben S ~ = mes it is enbareusing becaus it is ~ = ' you were made 1 weigh & wood S; ~ ; or the lootinit wood like four you 5. ^ J : igh. ^ = = jj tern find as mutch fait with you as x S no moar harm than getting Bunt = | = ircigh & i never pick no fuss with -r strong as me to do is never to get a mite be tempt it to do with yr ~well al you spend all nite befoar ind cleaning up yr gunn & ekwiplerware if some 1 hasent pincht it after you of went & did all that tox lioned up with everybuddy olts be % doz. or moar things witch fffOZ70V% picking on me moar then enny 1 mong all the boys & the lootinits V f . get to everybuddy elts as they all \l~w not you but me & the rest of them - X /yjj as hear & the otfiser comes down g?\ ^ m both of them bean polished up BlIl1)' Js-J oilisor taiks one look at mo & axe Wo v-Xi"; ids death when he sees me good I5J?" f : says & taiks a poke at it with his I ~~ J think is the matter with it eggzept I A m my head wear it shood be. pic k I I 0 the sarjint & red put pryvat jim e al you ran see It is hard to have [fTBIBft | y al. then the lootinit looks you I of did to your leggings only what leggings & then he keeps looking teh shood of ben your other i but ^//Al 11 take it frotn vr old pal al you of '/v/AJ/rtj/t and polishing it up so us that you MY/wMKa it with 1 of theshear mikerskopes y/Aw/Mfa wn the barell the riffel looks as If yfflMiflWW. 1 heeaus ft helps put in the time & i who mebbe woodent never do if vW/fWn/ffffi reasons it ccrtfnly does a lot of W/y7?>>7fl| 3 not raising niusttashes when the who is only trying to get sum hair fff^yMamI gOLI) PR BIN 1) * JIM. USER HASN'T CHANGED fjjMM [UCH IN THIRTEEN YEARS Wf/'/fr/fLj Since the war started many car>ns, stories and poems published ior to 1914 have been reprinted to I iphasize their prophesy. None or t "1 told you so's" appears to be y better than the poem written by fl allude Irwin and published in Col- mm r's Weekly on July 8. 1905, in =^?5. (S ilch the writer pictured the strut- rS-? ig Kaiser. The poem follows: n vnnts put hirr |n*l?.w 'ml vmiiIn <1ot l?-?-?llc I'ulih r vl?h?-M vl. h I vIMi. I know krc nli-hl *0 fi-ry inu<-)i: lint Europr. Asia. Afrli.i. >?-r V?-wl*rn lli-nil^pln-rn r-1 rt a ronlliiK Mlalliin In Japan? C > ?M lop. hi ton. ilor vlnils ?! >- plow vkKf'1 /// 'mi what Im yours Iss uu*iii " \\/' i also. vh?*n I vloat arogmlt glf mc such a nlitrango diatrcaa ILiVI gannot umlcrshtanit w vulks gan Itr In lia|>|>lno?a lltout no Yadrrland. ,s I itall round sipout ? ^ | :i C " ' N ?I, o n . 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