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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

II wuz standln' in my poach when
seed err sort NV twinkle In de element
(meaning the sky and right dar and
den er hant drapped. He flung hisseli
all erbout on er little grass mound
side an ole well what amt got no top,
TUX of his haid. put II under one arm
and den jump't over road into er
graveyard lie 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 and he
said: Bless Gawd!" several times.
Then no looked about and said mig.
gers shorely is feared Nv hants. OATS
why dey puts lookin' glasses on desc
here graves. Err hant Gums erlong; or
fioatin', and when he sees hisseif in
sgn classes he goes on. He thinks
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

to assist me in my mathematical calculations
Then there was tho beautiful bath towel
n great big one. made OF the solidest 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 l might have to
supplement IT,
Just before Christmas | received reason.
able present from an old schoolfelow Of mine
in the shape Of n calendar How longed for
its arrival for had been warned that It would
contain a German general stan map Of the en-.
viTons Of Glatz showing tho way to the Aus.
tran frontier, which was only twelve miles
distant
we had determined that the best time for
tho attempt would he Christmas when dIsCI.
plinc was rather relaxed Mt the citadel and
many Of the prisoners away on parole,
But was not certain what day could best
slip away. So In the event Of not being able
to depend on the friendly automobile, I Ind
supplied myself with n complete disguise
Pleading the wet weather, | had obtained per.
mission for II macintosh to be sent mp to the
citadel from the town on the grounds that
whether It rancd or not could not forego my
daily walk on tho ramparts I also got gray
alpaca cap Of the Kind that German men arc
in the habit of DOMINIC when In railroad cars.
with a pair Of Gold.rmmed spectacles which
I had already. my disguise was complete.
ION the morning Of Christmas eve | knew
that everything was ready had learned that
the fortress authorities were giving n Chrlst.
mas tree to the military warders in the after
noon, and this was the moment had chosen
for my attempt.
81 came in from my walk at AIS, us usual.
and presently | heard the distant echo Of foot
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, ! gently
opened the door OF my cell. Not sound. The
time had come
II came to the door at the end OF the pas
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07
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-glas of all
sorts ard shapes, and It is this partl
cular grave which developed the fact
of the superstition. An aged negro
was met very near 1t, and converse.
ton began, taking quite 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 a little before
dusk she had seen the "hant." Here
is what she told about IT.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07
Try TO Make Each Day Count.

Why do so many fail in life? Be
cause they don't make each day count.
Many a man who may be full OF hope
and ambition for the future falls to SEQ
this point. He doesn't realize that sue
cess depends upon persistency, Each
day lost is setback. pearl drop
ped from the necklace. He loses o.
wastes a day, then another. Soon the
number of lost days increases, and be-
fore long he finds himself slipping
backward Before he knows It he Is
out of a position which might have
given him a great future IL he had
taken care OF It. Take care OF the
days and the weeks, months and years
will take care of themselves. Mon
roe Z. Phillips.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

son on the Empress Josephine also nothing!
What did 1t mean?
Then as / put Josephine pepudec' dscon-
solatetly back on the table something jingled
on the floor. ! stopped and picked It up II
was German mark. | seized the book again
and there emerging from the cover near where
my pcnknlfe had made its first ncislon ! saw
the edge Of another silver piece protrudinc
"Frantcally | tore the cover of and behold,
between the outer aud inner covering wore
twenty marks in silver. Looking again at the
other Mason volume found Eummed between
two sheets Of cardboard two exauistcy finish
ed files, made Of the finest steel and shaped
fiat so ms to ut exactly in the space between
the coverings OF tho book.
After that my reputation as n student was
established in the citadel of Glatz Every mo.
ment ! could spare from my accommodating
walks spent at my table, porting over the
books which now arrived regularly every FIVE
or six days.
In 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 penknlfe on tho weekly
consignments of books might give the impress.
sion that | was merely preparing them for re
binding
'The authorities were quito touched by the
solicitude of my family. "'What a good friend
your brother is to you German prisoner said
TO me one day on hearing had received
present OF n splendid box OF chalks. He little
knew that these colored pencils contained not
chalk but each n precious implement TO help
me in my escape. ! had Sandow exerciser
sent me one day One of the grips was des-
tined, | knew, to form the handle Of a saw
which was contained in one OF my chalks, the
saw itself fitting into Misunderstanding ruler
which my thoughtful brother had sent to me
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07
$3.50 Recipe Free,
For Weak Kidneys.
Relieves Urinary and Kidney
Troubles, Backachc, Straining,
Swelling, Etc.
Stops Pain in the Bladder,
Kidneys and Back.

wouldn't II be nice within "a week or 80
20 begin 10 say Euoarhgr forever 20 tho
scaldluE, dribbinG, strl.uIUE or too fre-
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the back thC-h"II aches. 3D." stitches
and pains in the back; The growing mus
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low skin: sluggish bowels swollen eye
lids or ankles. leg cramps, unnatural short
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| have u recipe Tor thee" ruuul"s that
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make a quick recovery. yol ought TO
write and g,t Il copy NJ IL. Many u doc
tor would charge you Z 30 just fur writing
this prescription, but l have II and Will
be glad TO send Il TO yoG entirely free.
Just drop me a line Tx" this. Or. a. j..
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Mich. aud | viii send q By return mail
In a plain envelope. As you Will 500 when
Won get It. this recipe contains only pure.
harmless remedies. but Il has great heal
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II will quickly show itH power once you
use Il. So ] think you had better Sc" what
Il ~ without delay. 7 will send yuI copy
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home
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

The druggist in n small tAwn died,
and his widow continued the business
A month later she arranged the win
GOV display so that II was very at
tractlve That week tho town paper
contained this item OF news;
mir. Arthur Edwards, prominent
druggist Of HiEglusville took in tho
sights of our city yesterday. He was
very much interested in our drug.
glsTs attractive widow"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07
Why Looking Glasses Are So Generally
Placed on Graves In South by
Colored People.

II would be very difficult at this late
day to discover anything new in the
way OF negro superstitions, but one
has been unearthed In Raleigh. N. c..
which may or may have not have wide
prevalence. according to the New York
Herald A negro graveyard--for they
do not use the word cemetery at all
is often strange sort of place. There
is something barbRric about 1t. In a
cemetery there great many OF the
graves are covered with bright OBJ
tects. and in one case, where a man
died of consumption. the earth mound
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

The Paxton Toilet Co. OF Boston,
Mass. will send a large trial box OF
PaxtIno Antiseptlc. delightful cleans
Ing and germicidal toilet preparation.
to any woman, free, upon request.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07
The Keynote.

KnIckor-I thought simplicity WAS
to be the kcyuot" OF your gowns.
Mrs Knirkcr-It Is; have simply
got 10 have them.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

THANKING the real adyen'
lures of LatuSe, the famous
prisoner OF the Bastile, or
the fictitious escapade OF
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 a term of six years I'M
prisonment on n 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 tho six months !
was at Glatz," he said. II
never got a glimpse Of my
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

The Remedy that revolutionizca and re-
generates the victim Of constipation 10
Garfield Tea. q herb combination.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

Every man has future before hin.
but too often his past behind him acts
as handicap.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teethlng, softens tho gums, reduces iurammA.
ton Allays pain. cures wind collie, Csc a bottle.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

this an willing 10 give millisns Of free pack.
ages. / take all the risk. sold by druggists
Tor % cents vial. For free package address,
Prot Munron. 53rd Jefferson Sta. PHILADELPHIA. Pa
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

An oculist can do nothing for a man
who Is blind TO his own interests
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

FARMS FOR RENT OR SALE ON CROP
payments. J. MULHAsL. Sioux City, la.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

Many man has bumped into
trouble Uhile trying to dodge his duty.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

Two heads are better than one-ln
q cabbage patch.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

II love is really blind how Is It that
love can always find way?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

PILES CURED IN q TO14 DAYS
Four druggist will refund money II PAZU ONT.
MINT fails to cure any case of Itching HliDd,
ileednS or Prutruding Piles In to II dare, 20.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

lat err bigger hant dan he is or guard.
in ginst him"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-07

What's the best way to
become great poet?
Ruytcr-WrI'c a bunch Of junk that
no one can understand
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-06
STATE INSURES CITIZENS.
Wisconsin Offers Policies to Those Be-
tween Twenty and Fifty.

The state of Wisconsin is now pre-
pared to take applications for insur-
ance in the life fund. In other words,
state insurance is now a fact. The
first policies will be issued as soon as
a sufficient number Of applications are
approved.
The insurance department, which
will administer the business, is ready
to send out application forms on re-
quest. Policy forms and rates have
been worked out under the direction
Of Insurance Commissioner II. L..
Ekern during the past year, and the
tables furnished to applicants contain
the result of the long statistical inves-
legations Of the department staff.
The plan provides that any citizen of
Wisconsin living a normal. healthy
life may take out policy after passing
a medical examination under the su-
pervision of the state board of health.
Applicants must be between twenty
and fifty years old and may choose any
of the following plans of insurance:
Ordinary life, twenty payment life,
ten year endowment and endowment
at the age of sixty-fve.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-06
PHYSICIAN EXPLAINS
WHAT ARE LEUC0CYTES.
layman Didn't Understand Bulletins
on RoossvsIt's Condition.

DR.. W. A. Evans, one time Chicago
CO nmissoner Of health, explains that
part of the Roosevelt bulletins relating
/ TO leucocytes and polynuclears. Here
is what be says
What are lcucocytes? What arc
polynuclearsl What is the significance
Of 900 OF the one and IS per cent OF
/ the other?
The blood consists OF fluid IN
which float cells. The cells are two
main kiuds-red blood corpuscles and
white blood corpuscles, or leucocytes
The red blood corpuscles carry food
and particularly the gaseous foods,
such as oxygen. They Gerry food to
the tissues. while they carry waste
away from the tissues. Again. 1t IL the
gaseous waste in the main that the red
cells transport.
The white blood corpuscles are the
fighting men of the blood. They waste
no time carrying food to the tissues
nor waste from them. No bread wag-
on nor garbage wagon for them. They
are the soldiers Of the commonwealth.
Each cubic miilimeter roughly
about fifteen drops-contains about
100000, 900 red blood cells and about
5000 to 1000 white cells, but the num-
ber Of white cells varies within broad
limits because they wander In and out
Of the blood cells according as their
work demands. If the blood be ex-
amined today the number might not
exceed 5000 OF them in the same guam
tity of blood.
mot only will all the reserves be
called away from their resting places
by the bugle call, but new cells will BE-
made with great rapidly. When germs
Of certain kinds get into wounds the
leucocytes gather around them, en-
gulf, eat and digest them or else die
in the attempt.
mot all leucocytes are equally ~
tive fighters. There is a kind that
twists, turns and moves around so ac-
lively that its nucleus seems to split
up into two or more nuciears. These
are called the polynucIears. Ordinarily
they make UP about 60 or 20 per cent
Of the leucoCytes. They are the light
cavalry Of the human army Of defense.
at is their duty to skirmish, find the
enemy, bring him to bay and hold him
until the heavier arms come UP. After
the artillery and infantry have arrived
the cavalry continues in the Sight
"a white blood count Of 800, with
polynuclears 72 per cent, means that
no infection has manifested itself"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-06
DR.. CARL [. ALSBERG
TO SUCCEED WILEY.
Columbia Man Now In Plant Industry
Bureau Taft's Choice.

President Taft has decided on Carl L.
Alsberg to be successor to Harvey w.
Wiley as chief chemist OF the depart
ment OF agriculture
Mfr. Taft has regarded the filing OF
This post as most important, and it was
bnly after careful considera tion of a
wide fsld of candidates that be settled
on DIR. Alsberg.
DR.. Alsberg is now the chemical biol
ogist in charge of the poisonous plant
laboratory of the bureau of plant indus
try in the department of agriculture.
He 10 thirty-nve years old and a grad
uate Of Columbia university and the
College Of Physicians and Surgeons.
He also had a special course of train
Ing in chemistry and physiological
chemistry in German universities and
was head OF the department Of biolog-
icRl chemistry at the Harvard Medical
school from 1905 to 1908.
DR.. Alsberg was highly recommended
to Mr.. Taft by scientists throughout
the country. Among others who in
dorsed him were DR.. David Starr Jor-
dan OF Leland Stanford university,
George L. Struter, professor Of annt-
omy in the University Of Michigan: DR..
Felix Adler of New York. Edwin G..
Conklin, professor Of biology in Prince
ton university, and George A. Hubert,
professor Of physical chemistry in the
same university.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-06
CIVIL SERVICE IN ALL P. 0.'S.
Classifications For Appointments
Among 1926 Offices Affected.

Among 1926 Offices Affected.
The executive order signed by Presi-
dent Taft on the recommendation Of
Postmaster General Hitchcock placing
all fourth class postmasters under civil
service is now IN force, and the civil
service commission is ready TO hold
examinations to certify eligibIes for
appointment to fill vacancies.
The 1926 postoffices affected by
this order will be divided into Glass A
and Glass B. Glass A will embrace all
postoffices at which the compensation
OF postmasters is $500 or more and
Glass b will include all offices at which
the compensation is less than $500.
Appointments at all Offices Of Glass
A will be made from three names GER
tilted by the civil service commission
after competitive examination, which
is the method followed in all othef
branches. of the classified service. Va
cancies in all offices OF Class B will be
filed on the recommendation of post
ONCE inspectors after personal investi-
cation, which method has been follow
ed in several states during the last
few years with success.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-06
WOULD TUNNEL THE ROCKIES
Newman Erb Proposes State Co-opera-
tion With Railroads,

Newman Erb Proposes State Co-opera-
tien With Railroads.
A proposal for a great tunnel to
pierce the backbone Of the continent
will be taken up at the next session Of
the Colorado legislature. 1t has been
placed before the people OF the state
by Newman Erb, who has recently
been placed in control Of the Denver,
Northwestern and Pacific railroad,
more familiarly known as the Moffat
line Mr.. Erb In making arrangements
for the extension Of this road TO Salt
Lake City, from which point It viii
eventually so to the Pacific coast to
become part Of great transconhnen-
tai system.
Mr.. Erb'S chief plea to the business
men Of Denver is that the idea of Da-
vtd Aoffat, who died before he. could
carry out his plan to put a traf1e tun-
mel through the Rocky mountains. on an
air Line between Denver and Salt Lake
City, should be carried out. He would
not want 1t for his own line alone, but
would have II driven for the benefit of
all railways that might want to use IT.
With such a tunnel the long detours
now taken by the Union Pacific and
Denver and Rio Grande lines would be
made unnecessary.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-06
FIFTY SMITHS, IN HARVARD
But Only One Aah, and One A. 3. See,
Called -the Human Alphabet"

Called "the Human Alphabet."
Out of approximately $500 students
listed In the Harvard catalogue fifty
bear the name of Smith. The Browns
are a poor second with twenty -four
representatives, but are tied with the
members OF the Davis family. The
Joneses are way down in the Offcial
standing. being seventh.
Eleven men answer to the call OF
Wilson as against three ROoseVefts and
two Tafts.
Aab has the honor OF being the FIRST
name in the directory, also the short
est. Aab has no surname. He is 4
Siamese prince.
A. b. See Is another chap whose
name rs unique. His fellows call him
"the human alphabet" Then there
are two Woods and four Weeks, to say
nothing of one Darling, Bachelor,
Learned, Ringer, Spoener, Starr, Bean,
Hamm, Look, Moon, Now, Nice, Nix,
Papas. Pickle, Founder, Set Story
and Sun.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-06
THE EXODUS OF GREEKS.
Question Whether Turkey Has
Grounds For a Protest.


Grounds For a Protest.
Whether Turkey can or will protest
against the exodus Of Greeks and their
hundreds of thousands Of dollars from
this country to prosecute the war in
the Balkans against Turkish rule is a
question that Is occupying officials at
Washington. Thus far Turkey has Of
fered no protest, but the attitude to be
assumed by the United States in the
event Of such contingency has raised
a delicate question. State department
officials already have given TO it much
thought.
The right of free speech is guaran-
teed to the Greeks in the United States
so long as they keep within bounds,
and they may send their earnings home,
If they choose, without having TO ex-
plain to what purpose the money shall
be put when it arrives there There
have been no armed military. eIpedi-
tions leaving United States shores, and
under international law no breach Of in
ternatlonal peace has been committed.
1t is admitted, however, that the ex-
odus of numerous bands OF Creeks is
for the avowed purpose Of engaging In
the war, and the funds collected and
sent abroad are TO finance the struggle.
The question of whether the tacit per
mission Of the United States TO the con-
tinuation OF such a condition is within
the spirit Of international law has
raised a nice problem.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-06
TO CLEAN PEST
HOLE OF PACIFIC
The United States and Ecuador
VIII Cooperate.
HkRBOR LONG DREADED.

!
and City Of Guayaquil Resulted In Ae-
tion--Panams Health Funds Thought
to Be Available.
The United States and Ecuador have
agreed to cooperate in bringing about
/ the immediate sanitation OF the har-
Dor and city Of Guayaquil, which for
generations has been known as the
pest hole Of the Pacific"
This agreement was disclosed in a
request received by the comptroller Of
the treasury from the wnr department
for an opinion as to the use OF funds
in the undertaking. 1t is believed the
comptroller's decision will be favora-
BILE.
Gunyaquil has been for years notori-
Gus the world over as breeding place
Of yellow fever, cholera, smallpox and
other deadly diseases. For years the
state department has been endeavor-
ing to bring about a sanitation Of the
port, but now It's cleaning UP is Of vi
tai Importance to the United States.
Army medical officers in the canal zone
have declared that If GuayaQuil re-
mains in its present condition after the
Panama canal is opened ships from
that port must be either barred from
passage through the canal or subjected
to quarantine regulations so rigorous
as to delay their passage for days or
even weeks.
The shipping of the entire world
would be menaced, the medical au-
thorities said, by allowing ships from
Guayaquil to pass through the canal.
An Important. Question.
To Ecuador also the question Is Of
great Importance. involving the very
prosperity of the country. Guayaquil
is practically the only seaport of CON
sequence on her coast.
At first it was proposed that corps
of medical officers be sent from the
canal zone to Guayaquil, their salaries
and expenses to be paid by Ecuador for
whatever period they engaged In the
work. The judge advocate general Of
lue dIlus, JuuSc LuORh STOWbet, We
cided that such procedure would be un-
lawful.
1t is now planned TO defray the e1-
penses of the preliminary survey out Of
the funds appropriated for sanitary
work in connection with the construc-
ton of the Panama canal. Precedent
for this procedure is found in the fact
that the cities Of Panama and Colon,
on the isthmus, were sanitated under
this appropriation. If the comptroller
of the treasury decides against the ex-
penditure the work WE await action
by congress.
Guayaquil has exacted a terrible
death toll. not 30 much from her own
people as from foreigners 1t is remsm
bered as the city where. Thomas Mast
met his death by yellow fever. Officers
of the United States public health and
marine service have died there, and
only last winter Commander Bertolstte
OF the United States ship Yorktown
and a number of his men lost their
lives in the pest holer trom the same
disease.