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jiv'-rfc;; CAN STILL SEND (ilFTS TO FRANCE * * V ' M" " ; ,1?t Those Wishing to Send Christ- • taas Packages to Soldiers •;;.Kv-.i^veLastChanc^ #r; i gC * lAsr SHIP TO SAIL DEC. S GERMAN PRISONERS B1JILD QAIfPS MR AMERICAN SOLDIERS b Ri r f i M Sfi: M: ~~'\f ' V .#*:; f/s. ' Post Office Department Calls Atten­ tion to Fact That Parcel Poet May Be Utilized Through* out the Year. Washington.--In order1 to remove any misunderstanding that may exist regarding the rules governing the •••ending of parcels to tlie members of the American expeditionary forces In France, Otto Praeger, second assist­ ant postmaster general, has issued the following statement on the subject: Parcel post for soldiers end civilians connected with the American Bpedition- «ry Forces In France: when carefully packed and properly addressed, will be accepted by all postmasters for direct transmission through the malls. Such ©arcels may welgrh up to seven pounds. Parcels for the soldiers and civilians connected with the American Expedi­ tionary Forcee may contain anything that Is admissible to the domestic par­ cel post exoept perishables which may spoil on the long: Journey to Europe. Parcel post for the American Expe­ ditionary Forces need not be packed In wooden boxes, but should be carefully nacked In the strongest kind of paste­ board box to assure Us safe arrival at the front. Tn addition to this parcel post service to the troops, the war department will undertake to carry Christmas parcels for the American Expeditionary Forces provided such parcels are sent "care the Commanding General. Port of Em­ barkation. Pier 1. Hoboken. New Jer­ sey." and are packed in wooden boxes not more than two cubic feet In volume, well strapped, and with a hinged or screw top. Such Christmas boxes may be sent to the Commanding Officer, Port of Embarkation, either by express or through the mails, and must not exceed 20 pounds In weight. The army will In­ spect the contents of each box and un­ dertake its delivery from Hoboken to the addressee. The war department will receive Christmas packages up to De­ cember 5th. Parcel Post Limit Seven Pounds. It will be noted that parcels weigh­ ing seven pounds but no more can be sant through the post office department all the way to France. The twenty-pound parcels which are Intended for Christmas gifts and which are to be delivered on Christmas day are sent by the war department from Its port of embarkation at Hoboken. N. J. These parcels, which must not exceed twenty pounds in weight, can be sent to the address given In Hobo­ ken in any way that the sender chooses. Of course the post office department ; has been handling the smaller Chrlst- •;> mas packages all the way through to 1 France, but in order to insure their de- ^ livery on Christmas morning it was necessary to mail them by November 15. However, the fact that the mailing was too late for delivery on Christ­ mas day does not mean that packages a cannot' still be sent by parcel post. < They can be sent any day in the year at the rate of 12 cents for each pound sent, and this rate holds from what- v ever point In the United States the package is sent. a How Packages Must Be Addressed. Packages for the soldiers must be addressed to the individual, witli Ills company and his regiment and then most be added the words "American Expeditionary Forces." It Is not nec­ essary to add the name of the country. It will be noted that In the instruc­ tions given above and prepared in the second assistant postmaster general's office nothing is said specifically con­ cerning the kind of things which may be sent to the soldiers and civilians connected with the expeditionary forces. It is perfectly proper to send sugar, provided it is properly wrapped. The reason sugar Is spoken of here Is because there seems to have been some misunderstanding about it. Matches must not be sent in any cir­ cumstances. Neither must anything Inflammable, except, of course, ordi­ nary packing material, be included, nor must there be any chemical or fresh fruit in the packages. Candy can . go if properly protected from mashing up and ruining other things In the mall. sealed and protected against break­ age can be sent. Nothing of an ex­ plosive nature must be put Into the It is necessary that the parcel post packages weighing up to seven pounds shall be wrapped so that the post office authorities may examine their contents. The rules for the packages which the war department sends are given explicitly in the above official communication. It Is desired to accentuate the fact that parcels up to seven pounds in weight can be sent by ordinary parcel post at any time of the year, but that Christmas boxes which are to go by the way of the war department at the address given above will not be forwarded if they are re­ ceived at Hoboken later than Decem­ ber 5. Gasoline Money Now. We can remember the time when roan used to have to run back to wmm CWlTTIf LISTS 9,000, -DVINSK AS A PIVOTAL POINT The captive Germans in France have the extreme pleasure of helping the American forces find comfort in the land of their new endeavors. The captured Teutons are put to work building the barracks and puttlQg the site into fit shape for the American troops. „... "0CEANS~0F~MUD INlLANDERS FAITTOSTOP BRITISH mam Oceans of inud where once were roads can't stop the great British drive in Flanders. They may combine to slow up the steady advance against the German trenches, but they will have to get a great deal worse to compel a definite halt This British official photograph shows how great are the difficulties that the British forces have to encounter. Supply wagons are advancing through mud in which the horses sink knee-deep, and then some, carrying munitions over the shell-torn ground to the big guns at the front. "FANTOMAS" WALTER RUTT On a certain sector in France the Poilus were menaced by "Fantomas." the "ghost" aviator, who, though he swept down close to the lines, seemed to have a charm against the bullets of the soldiers. After more than a year of adventurous attacks he has been brought' down and identified as Walter Rutt, the world's greatest bi­ cyclist, who was well known '.to Jars of fruit properly Patrons of the six-day bicycle races at Madison Square Garden, New York. He left the United States for Germany on the outbreak of the war. LEADERS OF REVOLT AGAINST KERENSKY Nikola Lenine (right) and Leon Trotzky (left), the leading figures in the Bolshevlki rebellion against the provisional government in Russia. Lenine, who is believed to be a German agent, was made premier by the rebels ONE OF HAIG'S BEST "BOCHE STRAFERS" The Spanish Premier. Senor Dato, the man of the hour in Spain, belongs to the type of famous men who are slight and spare of physique. It is a spiritual rather than an animal force that animates his re­ fined countenance and casts a pleasant spell over those who come In contact with him. By those who know him most Intimately he is described as a man who deals strongly with difficulty and then makes light of it. He knows when to keep silence find the chief im­ pression he leaves everywhere is charm of manner combined with an ex­ treme sensitiveness and above all cour­ age. Helped Him. A well-known baritone was accosted the house to borrow car fare from his at his c,ub a J'ounS frlend who was wife now and then. Nowadays he touches her for gasoline money.--Ex-, change. Blue Water and Air. Pare water, according to Lord Ray- latgh, is greenish blue, while pure air la blue, because, according to New­ ton's dictum, the molecules of the air are sufficiently large to reflect bine rays. Ivory Billiard Balis. tasks of the cow elephant have been found best adapted to the making of billiard balls. The tusk of the fe­ male is not so curved as that of the male, and the fine nerve passage is not 40 clearly seen. Said the friend: "Your re- night was a great help to courting. cltal last me." "I didn't see you there." "Oh, I wasn't there." "Well, what do you mean by telling me my recital was a great help to you, and you weren't present?" "Oh, I bought tickets for my girl's father and mother, and they both went." !*• £." Sigh of Relief. ft, p,, A woman always heaves a sigh of ' •' relief when her husband has wrtt- ten out the checks for his monthly > bills, because she knows that she Is free to hurry down town and ran up * few moce* : Big 8unflowers. Giant sunflowers that grew in a gar­ den at LlandufT, Wales, were raised from a seed brought from Australia, and one reached the extraordinary height of 12 feet. It held only one bloom, which was 16 Inches In diame­ ter. The ..'giant entirely dwarfed Its English cousins close by. Respected by Somebody. Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an eBchanted value.--Em­ erson. " > " The howitzer seen here Is one of the British "heavies,~ whose shattering flre literally obliterated the German deep-trench and dugout positions In Flanders when Sir Douglas Haig pressed forward to achieve his sledge­ hammer victories. On the gun carriage in rear of the breech is a huge pro­ jectile ready for loading. i£iia Bo Charitable.' Don't grumble if your paper Is not always flush up to the high standard of your Ideal. Charitably remember that the editor Is capable of getting up quite as good a paper a£ you could yourself.--New Waterford Magnet. Vu for Thinness. She (noticing individual In front)-- Good gracious! Seeing Mr. Meager re­ minds n»e 1 forgot to order the soup bones from the batcher. <**- f'assing Show * . ^ rovoff Marshal Gives Rules Re- garding Liability for Mili- tary Dut* 'J- ,¥~. • ;:'^5#htton, Nov. IS. -- The "'five classes into which 9,000,000 men regis­ tered for military duty--and those who are registered hereafter--are defined and the order in which they will bet called for service were officially an­ nounced In the provost marshal gen­ eral's questionnaire which every regis­ tered man must fill out and file. Tiije order shows some change from the tentative draft published some time ago. Contrary to some published reports, it doe* not exempt married men as a class, but it does place married men with dependent wives and children far down on the list of llables. In fact, the questionnaire Indicates that only men of the first class will be called to the colors, except in the gravest emer­ gency. The five official classifications of registrants follow: ; CLASS I. L; (A)-~Single man without dependent rela­ tives. (B)--Married man, with or without chil­ dren, or father of motherless children, who has habitually failed to support hid family. , f (O--Married man dependent on wife fofr support. s (D)--Married man, with or without chil­ dren, or father of motherless children; man not usefully engaged family sup­ ported by Income independent of his la­ bor. (E)--Unskilled farm laborer. (F)--Unskilled Industrial laborer. Registrant by or In respect of whom no deferred classification is claimed or made. Registrant who fails to submit questions naire and in respect of whom no deferred classification is claimed or made. All registrants not included In any other division in this schedule. - ' ; CLASS II. (A)--Married man with children orfkth- ' of motherless children, where such wife or children or such motherless chil­ dren are not mainly dependent upon his labor fpr support for the reason that there are other reasonably certain sources of adequate support (excluding- earnings or possible earnings from the labor of the wife) available, and that the removal of the registrant will not deprive such de­ pendents of support. (B)--Married men, without children, whose wife, although the registrant is.en­ gaged In a useful occupation. Is not rflainly dependent upon his labor for sup­ port, for the reason that the wife is skilled In some special class of work which she is physically able to perform and in which she is employed or in which there is an immediate opening for her under conditions that will enable her to support herself decently and without suf­ fering or hardship. (O--Necessary skilled farm laborer In necessary agricultural enterprise. (D)--Necessary skilled Industrial laborer In necessary Industrial enterprise. CLASS III. CA)--Man with dependent children (not his own but toward whom he stands In relation of parent). (B)--Man with dependent helpless broth­ ers or sisters. (B)--County or municipal officer. (E)--Highly trained fireman or police­ man. at least three years In service of municipality. (F)--Necessary, custom house clerk. (G)--Necesary employee of United States in transmlss'on of the malls. (H)--Necessary artificer or workman in United States armory or arsenal. (I)--Necessary employe In service of United" States. » (J)--Necessary assistant, associate or hired manager of necessaVy agricultural enterprise. (K ^--Necessary highly specialised tech­ nical or mechanical expert of necessary Industrial enterprise, , (T,)--Necessary assistant or associate manager of necessary industrial enter­ prise. CLASS IV. (A)--Man whose wife or-Children are mainly dependent on his labor for sup­ port. (B)--Mariner actually employed on sea service or citlsen or merchant In the Unit­ ed States. {O--Necessary sole managing, con­ trolling or directing - head of necessary agriculVral enterprise. >' (r>)_Necessary sole managing, con­ trolling or directing Jiead of necessary Industrial enterprise. -CLASS V. (A)--Of ficersr-lyegl sla tl ve. executive or Judicial of the Unfted States or of state, territory or District of Columbia. (B)--Regular or duly ordained minister of religion. (C)--Student, who on May 18. 1817, wafl' preparing for ministry in recognised school. (D)--Persons In military or naval serv­ ice of United States. (E)--Alien enemv. (!")--Resident alien (not an enemy) who claims exemption. (G)--Person totallv . and permanently physically or mentally unfit for military, service. • (H)--Person morally unfit to be a soldier of the United States. (I)_I.,icensed pilot, actually employed In the pursuit of his vocation. Member of well-recognised religious sect or organization, organised and exist­ ing on May 18, 1917, whose then existing creed or principles forbid its members to participate In war In any form, and whose religious convictions are against war or participation therein. The questions on the subject of de­ pendents are, framed to meet every possible circumstance and to draw out every bit of Information that might be of value to the boards in fixing the class to which a man Is to be assigned. Seven days are allowed registrants after receipt of the questionnaire to fill It out and return it to the local board'. Endless Supply. **f suppose only « limited amount Of this stock is being offered--the old wheeze." "No, we're offering an unlimited amount of it." said the promoter truthfully. "We'll continue to print It as long as we have any sale for It"! The Sort. M8he made a beautiful sight stand­ ing there, gracefully beckoning him to come to her." a "No doubt; i regular motion pic­ ture." Thought Something Missing. Marion's grandfather was Scotch and a musician. Consequently he was delighted to entertain a gifted profes­ sional countryman, who was to appear at a theater. After dinner, when the guest had donned his kilts and was waiting for the car to take him to the theater, the children were admitted to the living room. Marlon eyed the ce­ lebrity In wonder and awe, finally walking up to him, and as she tr-uched his bare knee In amassment invoiced, "Where your pants?" wish * ' Belongs to • Club. Cattle Ada--Oh, mamma, I AO I belonged to a club. Fond Mamma--Do you, dear; why? Little Ada--Because pa Is so jolly when he coates home from It, and you let him go to bed without taking off his boots.--Pearson's Weekly, Extending Use. "What on earth is the cook cuttiny up the vsal In that odd way for?" "Sh! She's camauflugmg. it, so it will lor* like chicken salad to tbr dinner guests." driving Russian JCity That Controls RJver Dvlna Valley, One ff tbg ^ Strongest Fortified. ^ 'Ttarfnsk, one of Russia's strongest for­ tified cities, is described in a bulletin "Issued By the National Geographic so­ ciety, which says r - "With a population of- 110,000, in­ cluding 30,000 Jews, Dvinsk is a city of prime importance to Russia, for it . virtually controls tl}e whole valley of the R|v<(hv Dvina, upb, whose right bank It Is situated, 110 miles (135 miles by-river) southeast of Riga. "Not only is Dvinsk important as a strategic river point, but as a thriving railway center. It is the Junction point for the great arteries of com­ merce running from Riga to Smolensk, and from Perograd to Vilna. There is also att Important railroad to Libau. Dvinsk is 332 miles by rail southwest of Petrograd. "Dvinsk is an important agricultural center, enjoying an extensive trade in flax, hemp and grain. It is also a big timber market, and its flourishing in­ dustries before the war included flour mills, breweries, match and tobacco factories, tanneries, brick and tile works. "In most encyclopedias and gazeteers the city Is listed under its >id name of Dnaburg, but ip 1893 the Russian authorities officially declared It to be Dvinsk. "During Napoleon's Russian cam­ paign In 1812 Marshal Oudinot. tried in vain to capture the bridgehead at Dvinsk, Jbut the honor of taking the city was reserved for Macdonald a few weeks later/' !• $100 Reward, $100 Catarrh is a local disease greatly Influ­ enced by constitutional conditions. It therefore requires constitutional treat­ ment. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE Is taken Internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys­ tem. HALL'S CATAKRH MEDICINE destroys the foundation of the disease, fives the patient strength by Improving he general health and assists nature in doing its work. $100.00 for any case of Catarrh that HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE falls to cure. Druggists 75c. Testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Chinese Like Automobiles. American automobiles are rapid­ ly growing popular In Chinai. Their use is limited not by the desire of the wealthy natives to possess them, but by the total, lack of roads outside of a few city districts. Many of the wealthy Chinese own several motors, and in Shanghai It is said to be diffi­ cult to maintain a taxicab business bei- cause the natives charter all the cars. The Chinese have also established sev­ eral motor driven bus lines. Chinese chauffeurs are said to be the coolest and steadiest drivers in the world, but poor mechanics. Easy to Rid Home* of Rats and Mice There Is no need of suffering from the depredations of rats and mice now that iBtearns' Paste is readily obtainable at nearly every store. A small box of this effective exterminator costs only 36 cents ar-l 1s usually sufficient to cem- pfrcceiy rid the house, *iore or barn of rats and mice. The U. S. Government has bought thousands of pounds of Stearns* Paste for use in cities where rats and mice are plentiful. The Paste is also efficient in destroying cockroaches and~ waterbugs. Adv. She f-lad a Kind Face. Agnes--No, I would never marry a man to reform him. Ethel--Well, I don't think myself that harsh measures are the best. A Married Couple. "We can't all be rich ito this world." "No. But isn't it fine that we can all know some one who hasn't quite so much money as we have?" Nerves All Unstnmf ? • Nervousness and nerve pains often come from weak kidneys. 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Pinlcham Med. Co, for ten yearaw A healing wonder for nasal catanfc, sore throat and sore eyes. Economical. Hu gllUflidBMgf^cliiBnrn and cecnucadal pcwA SuaU Ffm. 50c. L. Btl. HHPuRO»Ti Company. Bo*o». Save the Calves ! Stamp ABORTION Out of Herd and Keep II Oat! * Apply treatment yourself. SmsMf: expense. Write for free booklet! on Abortion, "Questions aod{ Answers'\ 8tate number Off _____ cattle In herd. Br. BmM lefewts Ul Co.. 100 Brui Anut, Vaikssfei, Via Teaching Youth Courtesy.' It Is true that the one-time honored! "ma'am" has gone to voyage. Yet' wait--what takes Its place? Sometime* , nothing. Poor modern child 1 Little Willie, you see, is taught thsf "ma'am" is decidedly bad form, don*fc you know, a mode of address only to- be used by servants, indeed, 'and so his youthship comes out with att abrupt "No" or a brief "Yes," to oltft ladles and playmates alike, an ex­ change observes. The really correct thing for Willi* to be taught Is that the name or rela­ tionship of the persons addressed muff be given in place of that socially os­ tracized "ma'am." He must say "Ye% » mother," or "no, father" <if he hall- been taught not to use "sir"), or "No^ Mr. Smith or Miss Jones," as the cast* . may be. . The mentioning of a person's ~nai»j§ when speaking to him or her is alwajfl a pleasant little mark of courtesy, even from one. older persofl to another, and is charming to, bear from a child'* lips. fc.'w ® I ^Contents 15Fluid Br ALCOHOL-3 PER . AVĉ etablelVcpafatiotvfcrAs ̂ similatiiwJtheRod tyRe£"u* L ti f. <> t h e Stomachs and Bqwxisaj Thereby Promoting Cheerfulness ̂ dRcstCoirtai® 1 neither 0pidm,Morphlncw* 1 MineraLW^coTic &SU Gon^tipatiMi reŝ tin t̂hercfrom 8̂̂ JteSlflile Siting"**0* Turn GENTAt® OttMfl®® igrw iroRfr War Behind the Lines. In the house of commons the state­ ment was made some time ago that it needs a man and a half behind th* line to keep one man In the trenches; and that Is only at the front. How many men, women and children at home are needed to keep going th* man with the rifle and hand grenad* we can only conjecture, but if we sajf ten civilians to every fighting man we shall not exaggerate.--Simon Strunsky in the Yale Review. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. 1 1 • Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature of Exact Copy of Wrapper. ID Use For Over Thirty Years H tniNmwi iismn newTewieifw^ Carter's Little 1 You Caonot be Constipated and Happy Small Pill ••BILLS. Liver Pills A Remedy Hurt • Makes Life Worth Living QtOulne beets slgnsturs pARTER'S IRON PILLS many colorless face* but will greatly help most pale-faced people A-", jl, r • "' • V-