Closing-up time! Rapidly the valves are shut down, the jet-pipes withdrawn and rifled and stacked away. Feverishly the men work at bagging up their cylinders again. Imperturbably a sergeant stalks down the ruined and battered trench, shepherding his flock towards their dugout. He is an old-timer—a transfer from the Infantry—and he scarcely quivers as a shell bursts behind a traverse he has just left. Quietly he directs two of the men to carry an unconscious case to the nearest point of the communication trench, where the stretcher-bearers may be found.
"In the dugout, with the shells still pounding overhead, the section's roll is called. Most of the men answer to their names. Some are answered by comrades as wounded, and for others no one answers at all.
"But over in the German trenches! Hundreds of men are choking and gasping in agony for an hour before they can die. They have been made to quaff their own medicine."
Automobiles Stolen.
The police were asked last night to look out for an automobile numbered 1417, stolen in Panville, and an automobile numbered 17351, stolen in Petersburg. All the police in Richmond were notified to be on the lookout for the two machines.
Steinway Pianos Advance in Price Sept. 1st.
Owing to the high cost of labor and materials, Messrs. Steinway & Sons are compelled to announce an increase in prices of Steinway Pianos to take effect Sept. 1, 1916.
Order Yours  Now! Never again will you have an opportunity to buy a Steinway at present prices. We can make delivery now or later, as preferred, and arrange easy monthly payments. 