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, , • ;»» • ' w • ' , i 1 /•' •• McHKIfKT PLAINDEAI.ER. MeQEXRF. lEfc. ' \ *i*Uv n lrwi U i?** J" "Tt I iSl**' ' •*•'-» 1 ' ' ' ' : ; " . %• : •#$MSi * i+l-; !*.-•' •' <VrJ3£ 4L _ ' k' h | ^ - . " - v * Weapon Comes Into ItsfOwn With Arrival of Pershino's Sharpshooters In Front Trenches. IWw* t» run Wi»ni>ptT Hi AME&CAJfJHA&tJMW&MMBfOifAr 77i£J&&rr IITH the entrance of American troops"' into the front-line trenches the rifle Is coming into Its own in the Eu­ ropean war. Hitherto, except with the Canadians, it baa not played the part that might have been expected of it Already the deadly accuracy of American marksmanship has taken its toll of German victims, for the rifle is the favorite weapon of our troops. The reasons for this are several. Hbe American Is a hunter by tradition. It Is in hin blood because his father and grandfather be­ fore him won the wilderness with the old muzzle- loader. Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett and Kit Carson are all old friends of his. The wild West is familiar territory, even though he may never have crossed the Mississippi. For he has read the tales of trappers and hunters and prac­ ticed them on a small scale in the woods out­ side his village. The American Is a marksman by training. (What boy has not spent long days in the woods jwtth a gun in his hands? What youth, excepting: only some born and reared in the largest cities, lias not come home at night in triumph with a bag of cottontails? The third reason why Sammy sticks to Ms "®e In the trenches is that it is the best military arm In the world. For these three reasons, then--because the rifle fa his weapon by tradition and by training, and because the one he carries is the best manufac­ tured--our infantryman backs the rifle against the, band grenade and the bayonet. He can use any of the three, but for choice give him & clean 000- yard shot at a moving spot of gray outlined Against die dun Flanders background of a scar- torn hill. It has been acknowledged for years that the American regular army, small though It was prior to 1917, is the finest body of marksmen In any army. Our teams competing at Camp Perry and -m-ACT/CE- 77*A TSiA<5 rtAJ3£' Art£&/CAff OQLDl&SJ B£3T JYA/9/6JJV£'/t//f WORLD The conditions in Europe are totally different. Land is owned by the aristocracy, and since feudal times hunting has been a privilege peculiar to that class. Unless he secures employment a# a gamekeeper, the poor man has no chance to learn to shoot. Nor have the middle classes any better opportunity. Ammunition is expensive. The license fee is excessive, running as high as.; $25. The only good guns are hand-made, for thO; reason that gunsmiths look only to the uppefc, class as purchasers. Hence no good, cheap, ma­ chine-made rifles are manufactured. Lastly, there no open land upon which to shoot. "' For all these reasons, the worklngman of Eu- P!pe knows very little about firearms. Man for man, the total number of troops hi the field taken Into consideration, our Civil wa*««4« An American farmer boy could tell him how er- was the bloodiest ever seen. The operations lit', fOneous this theory is. He knows, because ex- Europe during the present struggle have always peHence has taught him. Time and time again 200 to 600 yards In both rapid and slow fire and ..must make above 253 prints out of a possible 800. The sharpshooter must average 238 out of • 800 on the same course. It is no unusual record tor a candidate of either of these classes to hang 'Hp ten consecutive bulls- eyes out of ten shots at the 000-yard range. The German does not rely on his Individual abil­ ity with the rifle. He Is Inclined to shoot wildly and at random. Reports have reached us of Ger­ man companies frantically 'feasting great quantities ' of ammunition after a feigned attack on the part of the foe. „ This 1b in part due to the German theory that a Certain percentage of hits will result from a giv­ en number of shots. The Boche Infantryman, ex­ cept at short range, does not direct his aim at a particular adversary. He fires for general re- Milts. * A German officer, for Instance, learns that there '•re a certain number of the enemy In a given flbne about 100 yards square, 500 yards in front Of his position. He estimates that if his company •prays this zone for a half-hour a certain percent- * age of casualties will be inflicted, dependent upon tlie rapidity of fire, number of marksmen and size Of zone. been over a wide front. The numbers engaged have been enormous and the total losses stagger­ ing. Yet the wastage of human life has been rel­ atively small compared with that of the Union •ad Confederate armies. There has been no Get­ tysburg, no Bloody Angle in the present conflict. . Why? Neither the forces under Grant or Lee- attained the perfection of training acquired by the armies of today, with the exception of a few Btar corps composed of picked regiments* The' heavy casualties were due to the individual fight­ ing ability of the troops, to their expert use of the rifle. From the days of the minute men of the Revo- at Klsley against the best shots of Europe and rr Nation, the superiority of the American rifleman the western hemisphere, proved conclusively that the superiority still rests with us. The United States government has made for its army the most perfect military rifles ever pro­ duced. These are the Springfield model of 1903 and the 1917 model, both of which are beyond question better guns than those used by any other army In the world. The cartridges for these • weapons are the best now in use. Orders have been placed for 2,920,000 rifles. The production glow averages 50,000 a week, sufficient to equip three divisions. One billion cartridges have been *' ordered for practice in the training camps. Our manufacture of rifle cartridges excels In amount that of any other country. One firm alone turned out 125,000,000 during one month. The policy of the government has been to ap­ propriate about $13 a year for the rifle practice lot each soldier in the army. Target ranges have been built in all parts of the country. These were available not only for the use of the army and the National Guard but also for rifle associ­ ations. Germany has not been able to do this.- With a standing army so great as the one maintained by the kaiser in peace times, such an appropria­ tion would have Interfered with other plans. Ifv *13 a year had been spent on ammunition for the rifle practice of each man in the German standing army and reserve, the Teutons would be far bet­ ter shots than they are today. But this gain iwould be at the expense of the funds necessary tor the supply of munitions the general staff was accumulating against the day of need. Prior to the war the German soldier fired only about 12 •>•11 Mirtrldges « vpnr nn the rwnee. The rifle ranges in Europe are few and inferior. T.ynH is far too valuable to permit of much be­ ing used for such purpose. Scarcely any of these ranges are suitable for practice at a distance of over 400 yards. An appropriation of $13 to the man for ammunition would not have made Eu­ ropean soldiers anything like as expert as ours. •The lack of opportunity to shoot under the field conditions, which are the foundation of a good rifleman's work in actual battle stress, would necessarily have debarred this. The American Is a hunter. He used to be a rifleman from necessity, since his safety and his food depended on his skill. He is now one from choice. There are few of our yungsters who do not oHjjh or have access to a .22 rifle, and but few who <|o not get an occasional chance to use a shotgun. The hunting instinct is still strong In Os. It Is estimated that about 3,500,000 sports­ men in this country hunt every year with a rifle or a shotgun. settled districts game is stlU offer enticing sport. The 11- amounting usually to only $1. per here than elsewhere. The tly machine-made guns are country. Most important, we have no established aristocracy which contfolf the shooting preserves, tothe exclusion at ths gen­ eral public. . Even In thi> ' plentiful enoj cense fee Ammunitioi finest and produced in run. thickly set mojflHto o is^^Hk an »^Bp« Ij^HEost in cou has been conceded by alL Morgan's backwoods­ men proved their efficiency as marksmen in the War for Independence. The raw frontiersman demonstrated it again at New Orleans under Jackson against Pakenham's trained regulars. At the Alamo, Crockett and Bowie, with a little - handful of riflemen, held the hordes of Santa Ana at bay. Our history Is full of Incidents In which a little band of grim men, their backs to the wall*;: have held off many times their number by sheer * tenacity and deadly rifle execution. V: 'The reason for this Is hot far to seek. In early America was a virgin land peopled by no­ madic tribes with an amazing skill at woodcraft, tfhese natives had to be outwitted and outfought. No country In the world, with the possible ex­ ception of British Southeast Africa, ever had such a wealth of game as this. The first settlers were JUiglo-Saxons, the greatest sport-loving people on earth. With them they brought little but fire­ arms and stout hearts. They had to defend them­ selves against the Indians and to live by the chase. Gradually they learned to raise grain, fruit and vegetables native to the land of their- adoption. But for a long time their main source of supply was wild game. " It resulted that every boy grew up with a rifle In his hands. Inevitably these frontiersmen, faced with an opportunity based upon necessity, developed the keen eye, the steady nerve and the woodmanship that made them the best shots ever known. ' - With the growth of the country the tide of CHrtllzatlon rolled westward. Clark opened the great Northwest. Pike led the way to the Rock- ilwnvc krlvcnhirnna wn p"shsd to tb® more remote frontier. The greatest trek In the history of the western hemisphere was on. For GO years it continued. Almost every foot of the West was won by toil and hardship, at the cost of sacrifice from which men and women emerged Strong and self-reliant. . The tradition of the hunt persists with us. The , man used to tramping the hills for big game en­ dures hardship and privation for the sake of the ' sport. He learns to shoot at fast-moving game under difficulties of distance and visibility. It follows that when he is taken out to the rifle range and instructed he learns in a few lessons the proper sighting and method of using the mili­ tary rifle. These once acquired, he is la a class by himself, . for he is used to shooting under the same condi­ tions, though with less danger to himself, that ob­ tain at the front. No amount of practice at the «$l|e range can serve as a fit substitute for his ex- perience. It is this fundamental training which lies back of target practice that Is responsible for the marksmanship of the American army. The ma­ rine corps holds the finest record in the service. Fully one-third of this organization wears the marksmanship emblem. At least one-half of the marines are first-class riflemen. , To win the expert emblem a marksman. must g^oot over the qualifying course at all ranges from he has fired with a shotgun into a flock of ducks or a covey of grouse on the wing bunched appar­ ently so closely that a miss Is hardly possible. There are 150 or 200 individual shot In the load, jret such an attempt nearly always scores a com­ plete miss. Naturally this percentage of failures * must be still higher in rifle shooting, . An attacking party may be advancing In what looks like a dense mass. There Is to the eye very ^ ttttle space between the men. A "general results'* '•hot ought to score a hit In point of fact. It ' Usually does not. Spaces between the moving men are constantly opening. Very little of the front Offers a vital target. A shot through a knap­ sack, a helmet, through buggy breeches, or thick leggings, even through the fleshy part -of the body, Will not stop a charging foe. The only way to ' make sure of a hit is to pick an Individual tar­ get, aim at dead center, and flre accurately. An fcafantryman In full equipment Is a good deal like r'*% hawk on a fence post. You are likely to get a lot of feathers from your shot and very little hawk. w*r The ability to shoot accurately has made the American rifleman dangerous. This same' skill Is " making our Infantryman superior to his foe on the western front. General Pershing recognizes the need of maintaining this advantage, for in his reports he recommends that the greatest care be taken In rifle instruction at the cantonments Since this is the most valuable weapon both In gffense and defenses Put a company of crack German troops against up equal number of ours. Let them direct their fb»e based on the "general results" theory at our men while our boys follow the American method Of selecting an individual target. An average company of Sammies would contain about ten experts, 20 sharpshooters, 35 marksmen and a large number of first-class riflemen. The result Would not be hard to determine. It is because of the deficiency of the Germans •. fm riflemen that their general staff has resorted ' so largely to the hand grenade. For the same rea­ son the French and British have done the same. - We read stories of Infantrymen chasing troops • quarter of a mile to get close enough to throw hand grenades at them. Well-directed rifle flre Would have been far more effective. There are times at short range when the grenade Is a su­ perior weapon. One tossed into a group of men Will do more damage than a single rifle bullet, hot the supply of grenades a man can carry Is lim­ ited and the distance at which they can be used effectively is short. Since the French and British are better shots than the Germans they send more riflemen over the top and fewer grenadiers. • The British regular army had a great reputa- for shooting. Most of these had seen serv In Egypt, Africa or other colonies where con dttlons in a degree resemble ours. The work these veterans did In the first battle of Ypres and at the retreat from Mons, where with practically no artillery they held four or five times their number .f||owa what marksmanship can do for an army. The Latin instinct la to use the knife. For W* reason the French and the Italian revert oftev. to the bayonet. Because the German does not like close hand-to-hand work he prefers the grenade. , The Canadian Is our born brother at arms. The jMpndltlons that have made us made him. His ef­ fectiveness as a soldier Is due to his Individual Initiative and to his skill with the rifle. What Is true of him Is true of our soldiers. Already they show a tendency to stick to the riile. When they get going well the Germans will pray to be put against any troops except Africans--aud the chief reason for this dread will p* Sammy's «- pertness with the rifle. BANK EXCHANGE IN CHINA •tfange Form of Cash by Which All * Balances Are 8ettled In < .&'• That Country. * * "iif bank clearings In China one may make the same statement that was made of snakes in Ireland; there aren't any. Because of the great num-> ber of native banks which have not yet caught up with American and Eu­ ropean practice It has not been feas­ ible to establish clearing houses, and balances between banks must still be settled as they were In New York and other American cities before the Civil war, observes Asia. One of the sights of a Chinese city familiar to the long' time resident but surprising to the visitor is that of coolies carrying from bank to bank great boxes of silver, suspended on bamboo poles. And still stranger is the form of that silver. Most Americans who have read about China at all £now that the Chinese monetary measure Is a tael. but probably few except those who have traveled in China know what a tael is. It is not a coin, but a weight of silver. The halkwan or customs tael Is one and one-third ounces of silver, .975 fine. Ea«i province has a tael, too, varying slight­ ly from province to province, but usually weighing about an ounce. While the tael is not a coin, it is cast, even in one tael pieces, but such pieces are curiosities. The 60-taeI piece, however, which Is called a "syeee" or "shoe" and Is worth at re­ cent rates of exchange about $64 in gold, is current among banks, and it is with this strange form of cash that bank balances are settled. Attract and Repel Lightning. The best conductors of Wghtnlng, placed In the order of conductivity, are said to be: Metals, gas coke, graphite, solutions of salts, acids and water. The best nonconductors, ending with nearly perfect Insulation, are India rubber, gutta-percha, dry air and gases, wool, ebonite, silk, glass* #ait, vol* pbur, resins, paraffin. * 4 From Illinois Chicago.--An appeal for 20,000 men who will go to work at once on farms in Illinois and help save the biggest crops, the state has ever known has been sent out through the State Coun­ cil of Defense. The wheat crop soon wIB be ready to harvest and unless help comes quickly the farmers will bte* "triable to handle It. Hay, oats, and vorn are also In urgent need of attention. The trouble of the farmers Is due to the fact that 8,000 men have been called to the colors from the farms of Illinois during the last two weeks, and it Is expected that another 8,000 will be taken during the coming fortnight. An army of 17,000 boys has been Bent to the farms by the United States boys* working reserve, and the demand far exceeds the sup­ ply, but the lads are not equal to the -heavier work. The farmers say they must have men, especially those who have had farm experience. Organiza­ tions have been formed in 35 counties for the purpose of getting both farm­ ers and townsmen to Join forces in or­ der to harvest as big a crop as possi­ ble. Other counties are being organ­ ized as fast as committees can be formed. This work Is being done un­ der the direction of the farm labor ad- ministration. (. / Springfield.--The following judges of appellate courts were appointed by the state supreme court: Second dis­ trict--Circuit Judges Dorrence Dlbell, Jotlet ; Dunne J. Cannes, Sycamore, and John M. Niehaus, Peoria. Third district--Circuit Judges Emery C. Graves, Geneseo; Edgar Eldrldge, Ot­ tawa, and Harry M. Wagoner, Ma­ comb. Fourth district--Circuit Judges Harry Hlgbee, Plttsfleld; James C. McBridge, Taylorvllle, and Franklin H. Boggs, Urbana. The following were also appointed appellate court commis­ sioners to inquire into the character and fitness of candidates for admis­ sion to the bars Second district--Eart B. Reynolds, Rock/ord; George B. Fucher, Peoria, and Harry S. Dixon. Dixon. Third district--Harri A. Neal, Charleston; Franklin L. Helde, Pekln, and Clifton O'Hara, Carthage. Fourth district--Tom W. Baxter, East St. Louis] Robert W. Farthing, Mount Vernon, and James C. Burnslde, Van- dalla. Chicago. -- "There will be three meatless daya a week announced for the United States within the month," said Assistant Food Administrator Robert Stevenson. 'larry Wheeler, state food administrator, is in Wash­ ington. "Illinois need not suffer. She has more fish in her rivers than any state In the Union. Let her go fish­ ing, and eat her own catch," said George H. High, who Is thoroughly conversant with the Illinois flsh situ­ ation. That it will soon be the patriot­ ic duty of every Illinois man who can do so to flsh In Illinois rivers, and of every Illinois housewife to cook Illi­ nois catches, was made plain at the food administration headquarters. The measure will not only save meat for the allied armies but* It will save freight space to send the meat to the coast. Springfield.--Approximately 5 per Cent of the Illinois selectlves who have thus far appeared for examina­ tion are tubercular, according to the Illinois Health News, published by the state department of health. "Some students of the subject declare that 7 per cent Of the registrants are tu­ bercular," the pamphlet continues. "This is not a new truth. It has sim­ ply taken the war to bring out the facts. It has been the contention of tuberculosis workers for years that If every apparently healthy layman would submit to physical examinations from time to time, thousands of un­ suspected cases of tuberculosis would be brought to light." Springfield.--Illinois is preparing for • beef-saving campaign until Septem­ ber 15, requested by the food adminis­ tration. AH householders are asked to restrict purchases of clear beef to one and a quarter pounds weekly or oae and a half pounds, Including the bone, for each person In the family. Res­ taurants and hotels are to serve boiled beef not oftener than twice a week, beefsteak at one meal a week and roast beef at one meal a week, under the new announcement Sugar sales are to be cut to two pounds in the city and flve pounds In the country. Patri­ otic housekeepers should allow not Eu0f6 tuuu three p&mda pet month per person. Mount Carroll.--Chicago capitalists •re said to be backing a plan to build an electric interurban railroad be­ tween this city and Freeport, with the possibility that the route may be ex­ tended from here to Rock Island. The road would pass through Shannon, Lanark, Thomson and Fulton. Rockford.--The annual convention of the Illinois-Wisconsin Osteopathic convention closed here with the selec­ tion of Chicago aa the meeting place next year. Four hundred delegates were present. Springfield.--State Prohibitionists in session here adopted a platform criti­ cizing Herbert C. Hoover, federal food administrator, for his attitude on the liquor bill recently killed In congress. Prohibition as a war measure and rati­ fication of the national prohibition amendment by the Illinois legislator at Its next session were avowed to be the object of the ratification conven tlon. Springfield.---There were 108 cases of diphtheria in Illinois during the week ending June 8, according to the state health report forwarded to Washington. Great Lakes; -- Thirty thousand Great Lakes bluejackets and officers assembled on the main drill field to pose for what is said to be the largest picture ever made. They covered five acres of ground, closely grouped, and were arranged to spell "Great Lakes," the letters formed by the men In bine uniforms against a background of white. The officers, in blue, were ar­ ranged In the foreground. All work on the station was suspended to re­ lease the men for this picture, which is to be used In the propaganda in for­ eign countries by the committee oa •>A $ Springfield.--Claa§ % 3 and even 4 men of the draft in Illinois can now prepare for a call soon. Military men here are of the opinion they will all be inducted into service within a short time. With the recent registration at young men attaining their majority since June 5, 1917, dropping far below estimates, and the June calls prac­ tically draining the class 1 men, they believe the government will have no other recourse. Incomplete reports from state draft boards to Adjt. Gen. Frank S. Dickson show but 45,000 of the new Mlects registered. That is nearly half less than predicted. The reason assigned for the low registra­ tion Is that a large number of the young men had previously enlisted. After the June draft men entrain there will be only 1,681 class 1 men left in the state, General Dickson's fig­ ures show. Whether the late regis­ trants will be called in advance of class 2 men has not yet been deter* mined. General Dickson says. How­ ever, It is not believed there are enough of both to fill any large call should one be issued during July. Therefore, It is argued, some of the class 3 and 4 men can expect to bo called before the end of the summer and even sooner. Illinois registration of young men of war age was only about 50 per cent of the estimate fixed by the government. Official fig­ ures announced by Adjutant General Dickson are: 42,800 divided In the following classes--whites, 36,738; col­ ored, 1,579; aliens, 4,545. The total registration for the state June 5, 1917, was 688,000. Elgin.--Borden's Condensed Milk company notified the farmers of the Elgin district that on June 30 it would shut down Its plants at Carpentersvllle and Hampshire, considered two of the biggest condensing plants in the mid­ dle West The announcement came as a shock to 200 owners of large dairy farms in the district who have depend­ ed solely on the sale of milk to the Borden company, and Is taken as an indication of the seriousness of the condensed milk situation. In the brief notice of the shutdown the Borden company gave as its reasons the high cost of production, the ending of milk exportation and the extreme competi­ tion that has prevailed for several months. With the shutdown of these plants the company's receiving station at Gilberts and Sutton, will also be closed. Several weeks ago the Borden condensing plant at Algonquin was closed and the milk conveyed by auto truchs to St. Charles. It Is estimated 16,000 pounds of milk were used dally at the Hampshire plant and almost an equal amount at Carpentersvllle. The company held out no hope of the re- •penlng of the plants In the notices re­ ceived by the farmers. Several of the leading dairy farm owners who are af­ fected by the closing' will appeal to the government to save them from fl» nancial disaster. They say that unless the government comes to the rescue It will be necessary to sell their valu­ able dairy cows for slaughter and de­ vote their land to the raising of grain. Springfield.--Candidates for *£ate offices were nominated here by the convention of the Prohibition party of Illinois, which adjourned after voting to co-operate with the Anti-Saloon league In the campaign to elect a leg­ islature next fall favorable to the fed­ eral prohibition amendment. A full state ticket was selected, those appear­ ing on it to be placed on the ballot at the November election by petition In­ asmuch as the party vote at the last general election was under 2 per cent of the entire vote cast. Nominees are as follows: United States senator, Frank P. Vennum of Champaign; con­ gressmen at large, Charles P. Carson of Tallula and Edward E. Blake of Chicago; state treasura* O. L. Day­ ton of La Moille; superintendent of public Instruction, D. iBMon G. Burrett of Greenville; univefslty trustees, William M. Hamilton, Mrs. Carrie V. Huff of Danville, and Miss Margaret Wlnterengen of De Kalb. Robert H. Patton of Springfield was re-elected chairman of the state central commit­ tee. Springfield.--Insanity in Illinois In­ creased approximately 33 per cent dur­ ing the last ten ycurs, nuu If this ruts Is maintained in the futnre the number of those mentally unsound will jump from 18,000 to 75,000 within fifty years, according to statistics compiled by Col. Frank D. Whipp fiscal supervlslor of the Illinois department of public welfare. In 100 years, if the ratio of increase remains the same both in gen­ eral and insane population, Colonel Whlpp said, the number of Insane In Illinois probably will be more than 300,000. War will bring an increasing number of mental cases for care by the state, Colonel Whlpp stated, de­ spite the fact that Illinois hospitals al­ ready are overcrowded. He declared the number of feeble-minded children was on the increase, and that this problem might largely be solved by the elimination of social diseases. Chicago.--Rev. Noble S. Elderkln, accused of pacifism, was ousted from his pulpit in the Second Congregation­ al church of Oak Park by a vote of 101 to 86, cast In a maasmeeting of his parishioners. Chicago.--Maj. Alexander Lambert, medical director of the American Red Cross In France, and president of the New York State Medical association, was elected president of the American Medical association over Admiral Wil­ liam C. Braided, surgeon in chief of the United States navy, after one of the most spirited contests ever held in the association. Bloomington.--By action of the board of trustees of the Illinois Wes- leyan university the offer from Spring­ field of a $500,000 proposition for the removal of the university to that city was declined. Chicago.---flThe Chicago railroad po­ lice commission has been organized under Instructions from Federal Di­ rector General of Railroads McAdoo in an effort to stop the wholesale rob­ bery of freight cars, which amounts to more than $1,000,000 annually. The organization of federal railroad po­ lice commissions will be extended to every large railway terminal. Per­ sons arrested by these commissions will be prosecuted Chicago.--Postmaster General Burle­ son ordered the establishment of aerial postal service between Chicago * , ' ? v ' • ' t. A FAMOUS ,1:' MB •§ gfr KdUlMMtf* MEDIUlNt H ̂tTdU E. PmldHUB's i * % ' V ' • * v • • Is Prepared For. Woman1# Use. A visit to the laboratory wfwwttlt successful ramsdy is made imprssasa even the casual looker-on with ths rat­ ability, accuracy, skill sad cleanliness which attaods the making of this great medicine for woman's ilia. Over 360,000 pounds of various herb* •re used anuauy and all have to b* Sthered at the season of the; sir natural juices andi stances are at their best The most successful solvents srstwl' to extract the medicinal properties fro« these herbs. Every utsnsD and tank tiast comes Mr contact with the medicine is sterilized and as a final precaution in daanttmas tiM medidne is pssteorized and sealed fa sterile bottles. It is the wonderful combination c$ roots and herbs, together with th» skill and care used in ita preparatkm which has made this famous medietas so successful to the treatment o| female ills. T- The letters from women who been restored to health by the use & y] • < : Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable i Sound which we are continually faring atteat to ita virtue. UNITED STATES AND SCIENCE Activities of Entire World Centered on This Country and Interest * ' : . Expected to Continue. "Ve«T few people realise that til' scientific activities of the world are centering in the United States, and that they win doubtless continue to do BO if material means be given to keep up the work," said Father Charlss B, Moullnier, regent of the Marquette university school of mediclnat in a As­ cent interview in the Marquette Trib­ une. f i "South America, for Instancê Is Mir looking to us for scientific leadership. China and Japan are once more turn­ ing to us. Great attention is being paid to medicine In South America; Buenos Aires alone having a mediefft school with 5,000 students. "The Wistar institute of anatomy, |a Philadelphia, is one of the most de­ cisive factors in turning the attention of the scientific world to the United States. This Institute has an endaw*' ment which makes It possible to give large service to mankind. Just now ft la printing copious translated extracts from the medical Journals published and sending them to China and Japan. Duplicates of the Journals are •!••. sent to South America. -A great deai of research went lt : being done by this school in tiba direc­ tion of discovering dyes. Certain chemical dyes, formerly produced only by Gruebler of Germany, are required In technical work. Wistar Is now pro­ ducing dyes the equal of Gruebler*s. "It may be interesting to know that much of this research work has been done by a young Philadetphian who delved Into chemistry for his own pleasure and experimented In his pri­ vate laboratory. Wistar hearing of some remarkable discoveries made by him immediately called him to the Btitute, placing Its facilities at hla djfc» * posal for this Important work. Jit$ • '4 " • 3 1 * A , ^ -i ^ :,--v # A Discouraging Precedent. „ There is nothing original about l(si!%| f| shal Von Hlndenburg's boast that ha would drive the English into the sea. In the Peninsular war Soult made the same remark about the British under Wellington that Von Hlndenburg has now uttered about the British under Haig. Wellington did retire perilously, near to the sea, just as Haig has. But ^ Soult looked at the position and chang­ ed his mind. 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