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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-08-23

Richard Lightnut. an American with an
affected English accent, receives a pres
ent from a friend In China Tho present
proves TO BIO a pair Of paJamaS. A letter
hints OF surprise TO the weArer. LlEhtnnt
don, tn. BAHAMAS and late at might s1 0"
comes In and, falling to recognize LAght.
nut. attempts 70 put him out. Thinking
the servant crazy, Lightnut changes MS
CLOTHES Intending to summon help. when
ne rsappears Jenkins falls on his neck
With JOY, confirming Ldghtnuts oei'et
that he Is crazy. Jenkins tells Lightnut OF
the encounter he had with a hideous
Chinaman dressed In patamas; n a
message from his friend. Jack Billings,
LGhtnut is asked to put up the KID
for the night on his way home from COZ,
lege. Later Lightnut nnds q beautiful
girl In black pajamns in his room. Light
nut is shocked by the girls drinking,
smoking and slangy talk. She tells nm
with a story Of her love for her sisters
room mate, named Frances. Next morn
ing tho girl Is missing and Llghtnut hur-
ries to the boat to see her on. He IL &C
sostcd by a husky college boy. who ca aus
SSirHP jack fbnnins. i" calls is to spend the
night with Lightnut. They discover
priceless rubies hidden in the buttons OF
the pajamas. Billings dons the Pajamas
and retires. Lghtnut later discovers
IN MS HpHTlHFrnt u D0tly p'l -. ~
ton-chop whiskers and wearing pn)amas.
Jenkins calls the police. who declare me
intruder TO be a criminal. called roxy
Grandpa" The intruder declares he 10
iIghtnut's guest and appeals 70 the iat-
ter In vain, He Is hustled on 70 !ail
In the morning Lightnut IL astonishoi to
find Billings gone, and more astonished
wi m he gets n message from the latter!
demanding his clothes, Lightnuti bound
for Tarrytown. Billings homo, discovers
tsV - a. Il - thA Hn d. ~ n nm |
tho train. fAghtnut speaks to her and al
iuk)s to tho night before. She declares
Indignantly that Lghtput never saw her
In >Iack paJamas. At Tarrytown Frances
is set by a husky college youth. who
ny tie boy. who then threatens to
thrash him for offending Frances. Light
nut takes tho next train homo. Billings
storms over the outrage OF his arrest, ne
and Lghtnut discover mysterious chi
sor Doozenberry Ia called In to interpret
the hieroRlyphics, He raves over what ne
calls tho lost silk OF Sl-Ling-Chl. The
writing declares that a person wearing
the pajamas will take on the semblance
OF the previous wearer The professor
Billings" dressed In pajamas ie found In
the professors room and 10 taken home
In an automobile with Frances and a wo-
man Iightnut calls "the trump" Light
Gus talk about ''Francis." Billings" is
taken to his room. A servant tells Light
nut that n message has Just been re-
ceived stating that Billings was under ar.
rest In New York for stealing n suit OF
black pajamas. Judge Billings astonishes
tightnut with a tale OF Francis esca-
pades. Lghtnut asks permission to speak
to "Frances." The Judge declares that
not another living person would tackle
the job. and Lightnut. his mind occupied
the beautiful Frances, 10 greatly
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-08-23
Thar Plaza.

Where are marital rods In pickle
kept?"
Il should suggest in family jar&'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-08-23

A wife is supposed to be a mans
better half, but sometimes she turns
out to be his bitter half.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-02-29

THEN up rose = grateful people.
To his glory did they sing,
And they cried, "All hail TO the mon.
arch
Washington shall hs kinsl"
But ne said. u would have no seeptsr,
Let us build up . soodly state
Whore mono shall rule but the humble
And the lowIy shall bs sreat!"
pEAcE spread Ger the land her pin.
ions,
And out Of the glorious west
There rose the new world nation,
With virtue and liberty bisst.
They bowed to no tyrant's sesptsr,
But they buiIdsd a goodIy state,
Where "nons shall rule but the hum.
bic"
And the IowIy shall Be great.
George Harrison Conrad.
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A VOICE like . turbulent tempest
Hsss up from the west world new;
A. FIRST twas Q trsmuIovs whisper,
But Il Srsw and Il sweilsd and Il
TN svse the 80 Il thundsrsd,
opsd On BY west world gale,
And u mads an empire trsmbls
And the ehssks Of king grow pale.
TOR II said, I'VE are tired Of bond.
Ts the monarch ever the sea;
Our hearts are the hearts Of free
men,
And eur isvsd land must BE- free.
We will none Of . tryant's sesptsr,
0ut will build 10 . soodIy state
Whses 'nsns shall rule but the hum
be
And the Iswly shall be great"
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anybody into our confidence. Never
theless. We argued. as We had done be-
fore. that IL 4 dozen or more got out
the chances OF escape would be In
creased We waited until We saw that
the night was to be dark and drizzly.
and then We passed around among
such acquaintances az We felt could 10
trusted and invited them to call at our
tent at 3 O'Clock. Each thought he was
the only one invited, and each believed
he was to be let into a plot to over
power the guards and free all prison.
err.
At exactly O'Clock my chum crept
into the tunnel. and l followed. Not
more than ten minutes later We
emerged from the hole outside Of the
stockade and set OF into the Darkness.
II those who followed ON had been
as cool and cautious az We all would
have gone well with them. but an in
cident occurred to unnervs them. Six
others had wriggled their way through
the hole when the relief guard came
marching along SO close that one OF
the prisoners cried out and brought
detection to all. OF course an alarm
was raised. the tunnel discovered and
all further escape cut OF.
The escape Of the six greatly favor
ed US. however. as they scattered in
different directions. and none of them
was recaptured for two days, while
one went as far south as Albany.
At O'Clock in the morning the man
Sharon heard of the tunnel and sneak-
ed away and gave information at the
gates.
It was at nrst believed that over 200
prisoners had escaped. and the widest
excitement prevailed inside and out.
II was not until Z o'clock in the morn
ing that the true number was discov-
cred. and then the Confederate forcd
at hand was too small for q vigorous
pursuit Of all.
Ny chum afterward told me that hia
trail was followed for some miles by
bloodhound and that twice he caught
sight Of pursuers on horseback.
By the time tho six who came out
after us had been recaptured We were
well out Of the neighborhood. The
telegraph was no doubt used to notify
various points to look out for NJ, but
that did not result in our recapture.
My fellow prisoner was twenty seven
days in reaching tho Federal lines,
while was thirty-ons.
OF more than 200 men who at one
time or another escaped from that
prison pen not more than ten evse rot
clear on. We were two Of he tan.
Luck assisted us here and thsrs, but
success was really due to the tact thnt
We knew the geography and ~ topos-
raphy Of the country. haa sR vufs
carefully planned and neitAse Of NJ
travelled 4 single mile excspt under
cover Of darkness.
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Ended In Time.
Il hope your novel ends happily?"
"lndeed. it does. 1t ends in the mar
riage Of the heroine and hero and does
not go into their married life at all."-
Houston Post
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THE GIRL WHO LAUGHS,

The girl who laughs-God bless herl-
Thrice blesses herself the while.
No music Of earth
Has nobler worth
Than that which voices q smflA
Tho girl who iaughs-men love her.
She lifts from the heart Of despair
Its burden Of woe
And coaxes the glow
OF Joy to the brow q cara
The girl who laughs when sorrow
Comes by and . glistening tear
Has stolen the giints
OF rainbow tints
And pictured a world Of cheeri
Tho girl who laughs-lifs needs her,
There Is never an hour 80 sad
But wakes the thrills
To the ripping trills
OF tho laugh of lass who's Riad.
John Howard Todd in Philadelphia In
Quirer.
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Ice Festivals on II. rh.m.,.

Whenever the river Thames freezea
over men, horses and. fair booths
spring up in an ice festival. In the
last 300 years the Thames has frozen
over half a dozen times, and each time
the event has been celebrated by sports
and games. The first fair was in Jan.
uary. 1908, the next in 1858 and lasted
through December and January. 9th
ers were held in 1740, 1873 and 1914,
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An Incident of Andersonville
BY CHARLES d. LEWIS

p WAS no sooner inside Of the An
dersonville prison pen as q pris-
oner Of war than the idea Of
tunnel came into my mind.
Al that time the dead line" was
close In to the stockade itself. and the
Ceofederats sentinels on the elevated
platforms ON the outside OF the pen
were satisfied with calling out to .
naA who approached too near. Tents
vefs allowed within three feet Of the
fufrov which represented the dead
line.
A tunnel from twenty to twenty i've
fest long would clear everything.
Four Of US set up q tent, and that
very day we began our tunnel. The
excavation was made at the back end
OF the tent and blanket kept at hand
10 cover up all evidences.
We worked only at night, because
creek to be disposed Of. and the only
tools we had were an old case knife. q
tin plate and a piece of board sharp
ened for a spade.
1t was si1ty-three days from the date
Of beginning the tunnel before we esti-
mated that We were twenty feet be-
yond the line. The moon was now full
and the evenings as light as day. While
waiting for favorable night our third
man, a member Of an Ohio regiment,
was taken Ill. We cared for him as
best We could for q couple Of days.
when he was taken outside to the hos
pital. We agreed to postpone our es-
cape for ten days. II he did not re-
turn by that time we were to give him
up Is dead.
It was long after the war before as
certained what happened to him. He
mended SO rapidly that he would have
returned to US on the seventh day, but
unfortunately was included in draft
Of prisoners for exchange. He had NO
way to send us word. and we had no
list of names. and for many years be-
lieved he was one Of the thousands
buried at Andersonville.
During our wait Of ten days the Con-
federates came in twice to probe and
search for tunnels, but fortunately
missed us both times. As many as
eight or ten others were discovered.
Yet our greatest danger was from
our fellow prisoners. A man named
Sharon, who belonged to a New Eng
land regiment, in some way got sus-
picion that we had a tunnel and one
day entered our tent and announced
that II he was not allowed to escape
with us he would stop our going. We
attempted to bluf him OF when he
made q straight course for the gate,
presumably to fulnn his threat
He was not permitted to 30 far be-
fore being overtaken and charged with
attempted robbery. It would have
gone hard with him had we pressed
the charge. but we dropped 1t with the
understanding that he should keep his
mouth shut regarding US. From that
hour he was kept under surveillance
by two men hired by us and was not
permitted to 60 near the gate. Per-
haps he would not have carried out his
threat, but prison pen brings out the
baseness in human nature very fully.
1t was three days after the trouble
with Sharon before the weather be-
came favorable, and we had not taken
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atranaara TO tha colonal.

Miss Scribble-The heroine of my
next story is to be one, of those mod
ern advanced girls who have ideas Of
their own and don't want to get mar
ried.
The Colonel politely)-Ah. indeed,
don't think l ever met that type.-Life.
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THEN forth from myriad seabbards
- Flashed myriad swords In the light
That burst with the dawnins Of frssdem
Ger the gloom Of the suIlsn night.
And. the hands Nhat had rent their
shaeklss
lsapt up with the cleaning swerds,
And the steel sf frssmsn glistsnsd
In the ranks Of the tyrant's hordss.
RUT they trsmblsd at thought Of their
weakness
And the hopes In their breasts srsw
dark,
And they ysarnsd fer the swsrd's un-
shsathins
That would touch at the quivsrlna
spark
OF hope that was not yet smothsrsd,
And, 10, like the orient sun
That burst Ger lingering darkness,
Flashed the sword Of WashlnstenI
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Keeping Body and Soul Together.
Gritty Pikes-It's heartless world,
pard. Think what woman done when
asked her to give me something to
keep body and soul together!
Muddy Lanes-Can't imagine.
Gritty Pikes-She gimme a safety
pin!-Chicago News.
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river at Yorktown. The American
army under Washington at Morris
town in this situation is the column
Of the left, and the second American
army, under the Marquis de Lafayette.
posted near Baltimore. is the column
Of the center and occupies the strategic
key.
Like all military situations. this SIT
nation has conditions peculiar to itself.
and in this position the peculiarly IL
that the two tactical keys have line
Of communication by water and that
either army can be transported along
this line Of communication 50 a. to
form junction with each other either
at New York or at Yorktown.
Thus. from the military standpoint,
there are two problems to be solved,
the first to prevent the escape of
Lord CORVALLIS army from Yorktown,
which 1t readily could do by embark
ing aboard an English feet, and the
second to unite before Lord Cornwall
lis army a force Of American troops
sufficient to effect its capture.
wAsHiNeToN's MOVE
The British feet, under Admiral
Graves, which was cruising about the
Atlantic, consisted Of nineteen ships
Of the line. A French feet Of twen-
ty-four ships of tho line, under Count
de Grasse, was cruising in the West
Indies.
CORVALLIS army originally amount
ed to about 6,OOO men. With these
troops he left his camp at Whining
ton and proceeded to Petersburg,
where he united with an English corps
Of about 400 men commanded by
General Phillips. With these two unit
ed bodies of English troops Cornwall
lis moved to Yorktown. on the James
river, where he took posts and in
trenched himself
Some miles to the north the Marquis
de Lafayette. with about 5000 troops,
was acting as corps Of observation,
while at Morristown, N. j., was post
ed the American main army of about
11.0OO men, under Washington. In
Rhode Island were 6,OOO French, un-
der Count de Rochambeau. On Man
haitian Island, in the suburbs Of New
York city, were about 10000 English
troops, under Sir Henry Clinton.
The military student readily sees
that in this situation defects exist in
the position Of both armies. The po-
sition of the two bodies Of American
troops js scientific. fnasmuch sa thev
occupy interior lines relative to the
two opposing British armies, the one
located at New York city and the 9TH
er at Yorktown.
The position Of the French is wrong,
inasmuch as it is isolated and sep
arated from the American army.
Washington's first step was to move
to the northward from Morristovn
with his main army and to take post
at White Plains. In this position he
protected the advance from Rhode Is.
land to the Hudson river Of the 6,OOO
French under Rochambeau. whom he
ordered forthwith to form a junction
with the Americ:n n main army,
FRENCH AID
At the same time 1t was agreed be-
tween Washington and De Grasse
that the French should sail northward
and take possession OF the Chesapeake
bay, in order to cut the communica-
tion by water between CORVALLIS and
General Clinton and to prevent the es-
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The Modern Way,

Friend-You took your son into your
establishment few months ago to
teach him the business, understand.
How did he turn out1
Business Man (wearily)-Great sue
cess! He's teaching me the business
now.-Toledo Blade.
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rant Of the fact that In the
person of George Washington
was embodied the highest ex-
emplihcation Of military art and SCI
ence.
Il has been the disposition Of Amer
leans In all generations to regard Wash
tngton a. a truly good and in certain
way, particularly In statecraft and in
his demonstrative qualities. as a great
man.
Throughout the world and among all
civilized peoples the name of Washing
ton for 100 years has been Synonymous
with absolute integrity and unfiinch-
Ing honesty and straightforwardness in
devotion to principles.
No public man in history and before
the bur Of f'the world ever exercised
such weighty moral influence as he;
no man ever so impressed the minds Of
all men with the uprightness and the
entire openness Of his character.
Washington's unexcelled military tai
ents in his day and generation were
overshadowed by the mere dazzling
achievements Of Vauban, Prince Eu-
gene and Frederick the Great, and the
public eye, dazzled by more glittering
scenes enacted on a more spectacular
stage. failed to discern the full extent
Of that mastery skill which maintain
ed the American Revolution and con-
Quoted 1t to triumphant end.
But the military talent Of the great
founder Of the American republic did
not escape the eyes Of those who of all
men were the most competent to pass
judgment, writes Franklin X. Young
In the Boston Globe.
NAPoLEoN's TRIBUTE
At Washington's death Napoleon or
dered the colors Of the French army
to be draped in black and the officerl
to wear mourning for thirty days, and
on his coffin was laid sword made of
the finest Damascus steel and inlaid
with fortune in gems and gold and
inscribed with the words Of Frederick
the Great. From the oldest general in
the world to the greatest"
To describe In detail the innumera-
BILE instances In which Washington dis
played all the talent Of a great lead
er should be tantamount to writing the
history Of his military career.
OF all his achievements, perhaps the
most interesting, merely on account of
the fact that 1t terminated successful.
iy the Revolutionary struggle Of this
country for Independence, is that feat
Of arms which Is known In military an
oals as the maneuver Of Yorktown.
This maneuver comprehended in Its
execution a space Of time covering
three months and an extent of land
aud water about 1000 miles long by
500 in width. 1t comprehended the op-
erations Of five separate armies and of
two great fleets, and for the success of
this maneuver it was essential that
two American armies and a French
army and French fleet should be
concentrated upon point occupied by
the British army under Lord Corn
wallis and in such way and at such
Q time that 1t would be impossible for
the second British army and the Brit
lsh fleet to render him adequate as
sistance.
TheAtwo tactical keys are the Eng
lIsh army under General Clinton. post
ID at Manhattan Island, and the Eng
iish army under, Lord Corvallis post
ID on the north bank Of the James
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cape Of the former on board the Eng

cape Of the former on board the Eng
lish feet.
Washington now with about 1900
troops marched rapidly to the south
ward to Join Lafayette. Early in .Oc-
tober all the American and French
troops were united in q single mass to
the northward Of Yorktown and, NOV
ing quickly against the now cut OF
and isolated British, had soon sur
rounded Cornwallis' army with a
crude but powerful line Of investment.
Meanwhile Admiral Graves with the
English neet. realizing the perilous sit
uation Of Cornwallis' troops, sailed into
the Chesapeake bay and engaged the
French squadron. But the outcome
was SO unfavorable to the British that
they soon withdrew.
While this was going on Sir Henry
Clinton was doing his best to effect a
diversion which would recall Washing
ton and the American army. The Brit
1sh commander In chief had been en-
tirely outwitted by the movements Of
the American troops. and the reports
which had been promulgated from
their camp had led General Clinton to
believe that Washington was planning
an attack in force upon bis army
around New York city.
Consequently Washington gained
nearly twenty -four hours in time upon
the British, and before General Clinton
found out what was the true objective
Of the American army Washington and
his men were many miles on their
southern course; SO far, in fact, that it
| was not feasible for General Clinton
to make any attempt at pursuit.
ATTACKING NEW ENGLAND
When the English general saw the
state Of things more clearly he judged
that his best resource lay in attacking
New England, which, by the with
drawal of the French under Rocha m
! beau and Washington's main army be-
fore New York city, lay exposed to an
incursion by the British.
Therefore he detached an expedition
commanded by Benedict Arnold, which,
sailing up Long Island sound, ravaged
the coast Of Connecticut and commit.
ted every manner Of brutality upon the
unfortunate communities that it Wis
tied.
But Washington was possessed of
the true military instinct. While he
lamented the necessary sacrifice, it in
no way affected his resolve to end the
war then and there triumphantly by
the capture Of the British army under
Lord CORVALLIS, and it did not impede
by q moment the rapid march of his
army to the southwark.
Seldom in the history Of warfare has
military combination composed of
such numerous elements and compre-
hending such vast territory been car.
ried to such perfect and glorious con-
clusion.
In fact, the maneuver Of Yorktown
is perhaps the only logistic operation
Of the first class in which general has
been able to induce his allies to COOP.
crate for the success Of the undertak-
ing with the same alacrity and entbu.
siasm as If they were his own troops.
| On the 10th Of October his troops to
the number of about 5000 marched ont
and laid down their arms and the in
dependence Of the American colonies
was established by the success of n
military maneuver which stands I'M
surpassed in the records Of the great
captainA
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The Height. of the Ridiculous
And Vanity to Sparsl

S<5T3 V0W1Ny 70 0H3T0T
The Brother-She's got lovable ewes.
kissable lips, huggable shape and
holdable hands.
His Sister-Yes, and she's got re-
movable hair, adjustable hips, colora-
Bile brows and transferable complex.
ion.-Puck.
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WASHINGTON CROSSING the DELAwARG
O SWORD OF WASHINGTON

10 SWORD Of the new world Spar.
That cleaned In the dawnins light,
That came with the birth ef freedom
And struck the tyrant's might
And cheering the hepss that wav.
srsd,
Led the eonqusrlns armies On,
To thss bow . grateful people,
o sword Of Washinston!
TN the fsvsrish heat Of the battle,
In the cherries Geld Of the camp
Where the hearts Of the bravsst fal.
tered,
In the mareh's weary tramp,
Thy sword ehsersd the ragged heroes.
And, led by its fash and thee,
They shattered the chains Of bond-
age,
And the land Of the west was free.
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Jack-She is 80 afraid Of being un.
duly enthusiastic that she boasts Of
not being struck by anything.
Vera-Well. last summer she came
very near being struck by lightning.
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Unidentified,

Unidentified.
Little Freddie sat looking at the new
baby. Then N asked: Mamma, what
is the baby's name?" "The baby has
no name" well, how does 1t know
1t belongs to us?"-Woman's Journal