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to assist me in my mathematical calculations
"Then there was the beautiful bath towel
a great big one, made of the solldest linen
fibre. The authorities thought this was for use
after my daily tub. In reality had to warn
my friends that the parcel cord was hardly
enough for my purpose and | might have to
supplement it.
Gust before Christmas I received a reason
able present from an old schoolfellow of mine
in the shape of calendar. How longed for
it's arrival, for had been warned that it would
contain German general staff map OF the en-
virons of Glatz showing the way to the Aus
TRAN frontier which was only twelve miles
distant.
1--WE had determined that the best time for
the attempt would be Christmas, when disci-
pline was rather relaxed at the citadel and
many of the prisoners away on parole.
"But was not certain what day I could best
slip away, so, in the event Of not being aOle
to depend on the friendly automobile, I had
supplied myself with a complete disguise.
Pleading the wet weather had obtained per-
mission for macintosh to be sent up to the
citadel from the town on the grounds that
whether n rafned not coud not forego my
daily walk on the ramparts. also got gray
alpaca cap of the kind that German men are
in the habit of donning when in railroad cars.
With pair of god-rimmed spectaclts, which
1 had already, my disguise was complete.
ION the morning of Christmas eve l kuew
that everything was ready. had learned that
the fortress authorities were giving Christ
mas tree to the military warders in the after
noon, and this the moment | had CHOSEN
for my attempt.
81 came in from my walk at AIS, as usual,
and presently l heard the distant echo OF TOot-
steps as the prison staff trooped along the
passages to the room where the Christmas
party was being held.
with my macintosh over my arm conceal
ing my rope ladder, my saw and files in my
pocket and my money in my purse, l gently
opened the door of my CELL Not sound. The
time had come.
"T came to the door at the end Of the pas
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Related Information.

Albert Morris Bagby was being con.
graduated at the Waldorf-Astoria in
New York on the success of his ''mu'
sical mornings"
Il impute my success" he said, ito
the fact that l engage no talent that
don't know thoroughly. In entertain
ment, as in matrimony, knowledge is
most important"
Then Mr. Bagby smiled and said:
1.-TWO ladies we're talking the other
day about the Chinese revolution. The
younger lady said:
'Tsn't it dreadful in China? A wom-
an doesn't know her husband till she
marries him.
"The other lady, divorcee, answer
ed bitterly:
"T didn't know my husband till
married him, either" = st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
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WoMEN'S LEAP YEAR RIGHTS
IN Scotland Years Ago They Were Rec
ognized as Real, and Well De-
fined by Law.

Ancient, indeed, are the prerogatives
that are accorded to women in leap
year. They are so old that none can
tell just how or when they originated.
However. the ancient Scottish parlia-
ment gives us date as well as law
apon which to hang the right of WON
en- to take the initiative in leap year,
as convention forbids them to do in
other years.
In the year 1928 this body passed a
law which, in its quaint old English,
expressly conferred on womankind the
right to propose marriage in leap year.
Here is the law, just as it was written
in the parliamentary records:
"Ordonit that during We reign of her
maist blessed Majestic, ilka maiden,
ladee of bath high and lowe estait,
shale haze libertie to speak We man she
likes. Gift he refuses to tax hir to bee
his wyf, he shale be mulct in We sum
of ane hundridty pundes, or less, as
his estait may bee, except and alwais
gif he can make it appeare that he is
betrothit to another woman, then he
shale be free"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-07
Avoiding Writer'S cramp.

Shuangh chi'u-er, although the name
may sound like a disease, is not q
form of writer's cramp. On the con-
trary, their" purpose is to prevent it.
The words mean "the double balls,
and shuangh chi'u-er are two iron
balls, an inch or so in diameter, which
nestle in the right hand of every Chi
nese man of letters for hours each
day, one being revolved about the
other until they are worn bright
They are just large enough to make
handful, and the action of shifting
one about the other brings the fingers
into play and lends them that supple
ness and digital dexterity which ID
necessary in the manipulation of the
Chinese lettering-pen or ine-pointed
brush. Of what simplicityi-Atlan
tic.
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HANDS WOULD CRACK OPEN

about two months ago my hands
started to crack open and bleed, the
skin would scale off, and the good
flesh would burn and itch dreadfully.
When my hands first started to get
sore, there were small blisters like wa
ter blisters which formed. They
itched dreadfully, it just seemed as
though / could tear the skin all off. |
would scratch them and the skin would
peel off, and the flesh would be all
red and crack open and bleed. 1t wor-
ried me very much, as l had never
had anything the matter with my skin.
I was so afraid | would have to give
up my employment.
my doctor said he didn't think it
would amount to anything. But it kept
getting worse. One day saw piece
in one of the papers about lady who
had the same trouble with her hands.
She had used Cuticura Soap and Oint'
ment and was cured. / decided to try
them, and my hands were all healed
before | had used one cake of Cuti-
cura Ointment. I am truly thankful
for the good results from the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment, for thanks to them
1 was cured, and did not have to lose
a day from work. I have had no re-
turn of the skin trouble" (Signed)
Mrs. Mary e. Breig, 1922 Brown
Street, Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. IL, 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cuti-
cura." Dept. L, Boston.
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son on the Empress Josephine-also nothing!
What did it mean?
Then as 1 put Josephine Pepudiee' discon-
solatetly back the table something jingled
on the floor. I stopped and picked it up. 1t
was a German mark. seized the book again
and there emerging from the cover near where
my penknife had made it's first incision I saw
the edge of another silver piece protruding.
"Frantically tore the cover off and behold,
between the outer and inner covering were
twenty marks in silver. Looking again at the
other Mason volume found gummed between
two sheets of cardboard two exquisitely finish
ed files, made of the finest steel and shaped
fiat so as to fit exactly in the space between
the coverings of the book.
after that my reputation as student was
established in the citadel of Glatz. Every mo-
ment l could spare from my accommodating
walks l spent at my table, porting over the
books which now arrived regularly every five
or six days
I'm order to alay suspicion I applied for
gum and brushes and amused myself by bind
ing nearly all the paper books in my little
prison library in clean blue paper so that my
operations with the penknife on the weekly
consgnments of books might give the impress
sion that was merely preparing them for re-
binding.
"The authorities were quite touched by the
solicitude of my family. "'What good friend
your brother is to you,' German prisoner said
to me one day on hearing had received
present of a splendid box of chalks. He little
knew that these colored pencils contained not
chalk, but each precious implement to help
me in my escape. had a Sandow exerciser
sent me one day One of the grips was des-
tined 1 knew to form the handle of saw
which was contained in one of my chalks the
saw itself fitting into a harmless-lo looking ruler
which my thoughtful brother had sent to
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Didn't Surprise Mrs. FLYNN

Dennis Flynn, while returning from
work, took refuge under a tree during
a thunder storm. The tree was struck
by lightning and Dennis was blown
some twenty feet away by the concus-
sion and badly stunned. A neighbor
found Dennis and began the work OF
resuscitation; another hurried to the
home of Dennis to inform Mrs. Flynn
of the accident. Mrs. Flynn listened
to the neighbours account of the acct
dent with mingled terror and joy, and
when told that her husband was not
much hurt and would soon be home,
her pleasure was gratifying to behold.
"An' Dinnis was twinty fate away,
did yez say?" About that, yes"
"Och, my Dennis always was quick on
his fate" said Mrs. Flynn, with a
proud shake of her head.
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Meant to Rout the ''Hants"

is almost covered with triangular bot
ties, which once contained medicine,
bits of looking glass being set here
and there, so that the effect is really
dazzling.
In another case a grave is covered
with broken bits of looking glass of all
sorts and shapes, and it is this parti-
cular grave which developed the fact
of the superstition. An aged negro
was met very near it, and conve"sa-
ton began, taking quite a range
There was some discussion of 'hants"
and a story is told regarding the ap
pearance of one of these specters in
the suburbs of Raleigh, an aged neg
ress declaring that little before
dusk she had seen the liant" Here
is what she told about 1t:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-07

81 wuz standin' in my poach when
seed er sort Nv twinkle in de element
(meaning the sky and right dar and
den er liant drapped. He flung hisself
all erbout on er little grass mound
side an ole well what amt got no top,
TUX off his haid. put it under one arm
and den jump't over a road into er
graveyard. He didn't go by er place
whar a whole lot of horSeshoes is
nailed up on er house do Hants an
no other kind ur sperets kin stan
horseshoes.'
The old darby listened to this story
very intently; his eyes rolled end he
said: BLESS Gawdi" several times.
Then he looked about and said: Mig
gers shorely is feared Nv hants. OATS
Why dey puts lookin' glasses on desc
here graves. Err liant Gums erlong; er
floatin', and when he sees hisself in
dem glasses he goes on. He thinks
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why Looking Glasses Are So Generally
Placed on Graves In South by
CoIored People.

It would be very difficult at this late
day 20 discover anything new in the
way of negro superstltions, but one
has been unearthed In Raleigh, n. c.,
which NAY or may have not have wide
prevalence. according to the New York
Herald. A negro graTeyard-for they
do not use the word cemetery AT all
is often a strange sort of place. There
is something barbaric about it. In a
cemetery there a great many of the
graves are covered with bright so
1ects, and in one case, where man
died Of consumption, the earth mound
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-07

the foul cir that causes disease. Teach
the children to love the cold weather.
Have them SNOWFALL, coast, make snow
men, and skate. If they are COM
fortably clad they will enjoy it, and
will not be sick over it either. For
those who think they cannot get
through the winter without having
colds and coughs give a few simple
and effective remedies:
For sore throat use gargle OF salt.
water, pepper and vinegar as strong
as can be used.
A mixture of turpentine. lard and
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What to Do For a Cold

much sickness. But there is a reason
for it, and that is our manner of liv-
ing. Think of the tightly closed hous-
es and the roaring fires, with never
breath of the pure outdoor air inside.
If you would avoid colds and coughs.
thoroughly air your rooms even on
the coolest days by opening your win
dows for little while. A room filled
with pure air is more easily warmed
than one filed with foul air: and it is
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Try TO Make zach Day Count

"Why do so many fail il life? Be
cause they don't make each day count.
Many man who may be full of hope
and ambition for the future fails to see
this point. He doesn't realize that sue
cess depends upon persistency. Each
day lost is a setback, pearl drop
ped from the necklace. He loses or
wastes a day, then another. Soon the
number of lost days increases, and be-
fore long he finds himself slipping
backward Before he knows 1t he is
out of a position which might have
given him a great future If he had
taken care of It, Take care of the
days and the weeks, months and years
will take care of themselves. Mon
roe e. Phillips
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quinine rubbed on the lungs will often
loosen heavy cold. Or a cloth
wrung out Of cold water placed on the
lungs and a thick cloth placed over
this is equally good.
A drop of turpentine on lump OF
sugar and eaten will relieve hoarse-
ness.
A little sweet cream, or little
sugar, will relieve a tickling sensation
in the throat which keeps one cough
ing.
The disareeable taste In taking
Quinine may be avoided IL the mouth
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How Mrs. Cline Avoided
Operation

Brownsville, Ind. can say that
Lydia E. Pinkham' s Vegetable Compound
has done me more good than anything
else. One doctor said / must be opera
ted upon for a serious female trouble
and that nothing could help me but an
operation.
81 had hemorrhages and at times
could not get any medicine to stop them.
Igot in such aweak condition that would
have died if l had not got relief soon.
"Several women who had taken your
Compound, told me to try it and l did
and found it to be the right medicine to
build up the system and overcome
female troubles.
'I am now in great deal better health
than l ever expected to be, so think l
ought to thank you for it. - Mrs. O. M.
CLINE, S. Main St., Brownsville, Ind.
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where DOCTORS
FAILED TO HELP
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Restored
Mrs. Green's Health
Her Own Statement.
! Covington, Mo. -"Your medicine has
done me more good than all the doc

tors medicines. AT
everymonthly period
l had to stay in bed
four days because of
hemorrhages, and
my back was soweak
] could hardly walk.
| have been taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Veget ia bic Com
pound and now ! can
stay up and do my
work. / think it is
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May Generally Be Prevented, but II
Present Here Are Some Good
Remedies.

Now that King Winter is here, bring
ing with him the usual number 0f
coughs, colds, and cases of grip, it Is
time for us to use the ounce of pre-
vention which is better than the pound
of cure. Many people dread the cold
weather. just because there is so
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BIissfuI Ignorance.

''Have you seen Joe lately?"
why, yes; 1 saw the old chap yes
terday. And what do you think P
he's going to be married."
"Can it be possible? To whom?"
Hes going to marry Mary Merrie. .
What! Why, I didn't know they
knew each other"
''They don't. That's why they're go
ing to be married"
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The KEYNOTE.

Knicker-I thought simplicity was
to be the keynote of your gowns.
Mrs. Knicker-It is; / have simply
got to have them.
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A Bad BEGINNING.

whenever Jiggers starts to tel
anything he prefaces his remarks BY
saying, Believe me-"
That's why l never do"
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For liver and kidney troubles, nothing is
quite SO mild, pleasant and effective as
Garfield Tea.
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When a man does things he hasn't
much time to talk about them.
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THANKING the real adven-
lures of Latude, the famous
prisoner of the Bastile, or
the fictitious escapade or
the count of Monte Cristo,
was the sensational escape
from the German citadel at
Glatz Of Captain Lux, a
French officer who was serV-
ing q term of six years i'm
prisonment on a charge OF
espionage. How Captain Lux
outdid these two heroes OF
fact and fiction is best seen
from his own simple account
of his flight.
in all the six months !
was at Glatz," he said, Il
never got a glimpse of my
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DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated.
easy to take as candy, regulate and invigor-
ate stomach, liver and bowels. Do not grippe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-07

The Remedy that revolutionizes and re-
generates the victim of constipation is
Garfield Tea, herb combination.
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Henson-He said he could never for.
get his alma mater. l wonder what he
meant?
Henpeck - His mother-in-law, ]
guess.
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dat er bigger liant dan he is er guard
in ginst him."
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Imperative Reason.

She-My dear, we can't take this
fat.
He-Why not?
She-Because it is SO dark and We
are going to do light housekeeping.
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Many a girl repents at leisure be-
cause she didn't marry in haste.
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is kept tightly closed for a few mia,
utes after taking.-Minerva.
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THE=RAPsON Hospitals 4esa II F,Fs %ss
GREAT SUCCESS CURES PILES, KIDNEY, BLADDER DIS.
EASES, CHRONIC ULCERS, SKIN ERUPTIONS- EITHER SEX
envelope FREE booklet Dr. lie Cicero.
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The Shortest Cut.

The Shortest Cut.
'Is there any way TO cross the socaA
chasm?"
Certainly: by bridge whist
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-28
When In Racing Auto
 Keep Youro Mouth Shut
This is the Advice of "Fighting Bob" Evans and He Gives Reasons
 For It.

"When you're in racing car at speek, keep your mouth tight shut. This is the advice given by Fight ing Bob" Evans of the Stakeholder team, whose successes this year have stamped him as the brightest star of the light-car pilots And it is advice which will be endorsed by every eX- perienced race driver.
 "Keep your mouth shut continues Evans, "because you will want to breathe now and then.
 "Opening the mouth makes inhal- ing easy, it is trie. But the extreme speed of a motor car will keep you inhaling for long time after you want to stop, if you try to do 1t through the mouth. The pressure will cram your lungs, mouth and air messages so full of air that you will choke and strangle
 We had a Studebaker-Flanders out one morning this spring on the Santa Monica course for practice. The wind was blowing 50 miles an hour, according to the weather re- ports. On one straightway we eac ed it squarely The gale pulled us down to a speed of 75 miles an hour where, on calm days, we had been doing S5. But D added to 50-the speed of the gale-gave us head wind of 125 miles an hour Some wind! Why the roar in my ears made them ring for days afterWard. The pressure on my shoulders was greater than two men could have started to say something. The next on both sides so that my lips hurt Charley Bambesburger, my me- chanic, leaned over toward me and started to say sofething. The next moment he doubled up and nearly fell out. thought he was sick and stopped the car as soon as I could. | When he got through cnocking and coughing, he said he'd been through all the torture of drowning.
 "He'd started to make some re- mark about the weather, I guess, and the pressure of the wind had simply 1 inflated him almost to the bursting point. He tried to gasp it out and l got more air damned down his j throat He was frank to admit that saved his life hy stopping when j did.
 "Of course, that was worse than one usually gets. All the same you will notice that the only time in a big road race when the driver and mechanic of car do any talking, is Il on the turns, when the car Is slowed down. At anything more than seven
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-28
Woman Prosecutor Re-
 signs to Defend Man
Quits the Office to Defend the Man
 She Was to Prosecute.


 Los Angeles. July 27.-Mrs. Clara Shortridge Foltz, deputy district at torney, resigned her position last night in order hat sine might defend Cornelius HassakeT, young man who tired of hoeing potatoes and be- came a bandit.
 Has saker is charged with having shot A. A. James, a train dispatcher. Mrs. Foltz had been assigned to prose- cute him. but n the course of her in vestigation the accused man told her his life story.
 Mrs. Foltz was so impressed that she rendered her resigna.i2. and then told Hassaker, if he would make a clean breast of his crime she would look after his interests.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-28
lepiece Recovered In Little Time
able Stewart Turns a COnyer- Ion Into Gold Watch and Chain
 and Fastens Guilt Upon l Prisoner.

Pkel Hardy, a negro, lost a gold n yesterday and he informed able Frank Stewart of his mis- ne George Banner, another ne- was suspected and Constable Moore was sent to arrest him. 1T declared that he knew ao- ny nothing of the disappearance tmepiece. He was jailed theless and later Constable lrt visited the home of a negro Il, a friend of Barner's, and this fsation took place.
 orge told me to tell you to give Pat gold watch he left with you. m Jail and says he wants to get
 trouble the best way he can"
 ne sho 'nuf?" came back the ga negro woman.
 mats he charged with?" inuuir-
 woman as she neverously stood the officer.
 Parged with? Why he ain't ea with nothing, ceptin taking Boid watch and chain that he
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-28
Says Miss Gould Should
 Get Her a Husband
Colorado Minister Sticks To S!ate- maht 1!d Maids Ire in t,,e
 Way.
Grand Junction, Colo..- July 27.-

Grand Junction, Colo, July 21.- undaanted by thc comment of Miss Helen Gould upon his rea.srt sermon in whicA he asserted "Old Maids should be isolated on q aarren is V. t!utfner, of the First Ch iat; tn church, today insisted that old maids are detriment and a menace to SO ciety, and advised Miss Gould to seek mate incognto in the aachWoads ''
 Miss Could is noble woman, he said, but her n0lyai would be greatly enhanced We're she mar ried. dor't attempt 10 dictate to Miss Gould what she should or should not do. Miss Gould mas done more good for humanity than any other bachelor girl in this age, ami she can still do unlimited good
 No woman has done her duty 70 the world until she has horne child ren Miss Gould is in q peculiar posi- tion because of her riches. She can- not be sure sae is being wooed for love alone. The only way to solve this problem is for Miss Gould 10 ac- cept position in the baekwoods in- cognito. Here she might find the right one, a righteous, ,lidust ioIS man Who would lver her for her trne self and not her wealth.
 "Her riches have handicapped her in the, real enjoyment of fe, and dare say she is not as happy in aer private car with her maids as in my servant girl.
 If Miss Gould wants two attacks of real enjoyment, two weeks of real happiness, let her disguise herself as a waitress and seek work in cheap restaurant, let her clerk in store or work as q ehambermaid-any thing so long as she earns her own living and lives or less than $10 week.