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Women Soldiers.

Advertisements of Molly Pitcher of
Revolutionary fame as the first femi-
nine soldier in the United States have
appeared. Perhaps she was the first,
but certainly she wasn't the only one
or the last.
There was Nancy Hart of Georgia,
who took ten Tories prisoners; Debo-
rah Sampson Of Massachusetts,wh en-
listed In the Continental army, fought
In battle after battle, her sex unsus-
pected. and headed military expedi-
tons; Frances Hook of Illinois, who
served In the Union army during the
Civil war; Frances Wilson of New
Jersey, Mary Owens of Pennsylvania,
Major BNlle Reynolds of Illinois.
Most famous of our Joans of Arc
We're Major Pauline Cushman, Fed
eral scout, and Capt. Belle Boyd, n
Confederate spy, who saved Stonewall
Jaekson's army from destruction.
All the women who won regulations
as soldiers proved themselves as
brave, efficient and hardy as any man
could be. Here's wishing more power
to their elbow spokane Spokesman
Review.
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SOMETHING MORE THAN "TOY'
Quaint Old Legend Having to Do With
Pillow is Peculiarly Appropriate
Just Now.

There is quaint old legend of AL
SAGE. recalls the Christian Science
Monitor, concerning family of giants
who, once upon IL time, lived in GER
tain castle in the old country. The
moral of the story seems appropriate
at time when the French minister
of agriculture is making special eff
fort TO encourage the cultivation of
land.
The giants lived, says the legend,
far from the peasants of the plain and
one day the daughter of the house.
who though quite a child, was already
thirty feet high, strolled toward a
plain and saw laborer peacefully
blowing his fields. She picked up the
peasant, the horse and the plow and
put them in her pinafore and returned
to the castle to show what she had
found to her father.
what you think is but toy" said
the giant, us what produces the food
which enables us to live. Put back
the laborer and his horse where you
found them" From that time onward.
adds the tale, the peasants were never
molested by the giants.
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O'Reilly read confirmation of his sick
est apprehensions.
Tell mel Which one?" he whIs-
pered.
Both !"
O'Reilly recoiled; spasm distorted
his chalky face. He began to shake
weakly, and his fingers plucked aim
lessly at each other.
Lopez took him by the arm "Try to
control yourself" said he "Sit here
while l try to tell you what little
know. Or would it not be better to
wait awhile, until you are calmer?"
AS the young man made no answer, ex-
cept to stare at him in a white agony
of suspense, he sighed:
II will tell you all l know-which
isn't much. Esteban Varona came to
me soon after he and his sister had
fed from their home; he wanted to
Join my forces, but we were harassed
on every side, and didn't dare take
the girl-no woman could have en-
dured the hardships we suffered. So
l convinced him that his first duty was
to her, rather than to his country, and
he agreed He was a fine boy He
had spirit. He bought some stolen
rifles and armed a band of his own
which wasn't a bad idea / used 10
hear about him. Nobody cared to
modest him, l can tell you, until finally
! he killed some of the regular troops.
Then of course they went after him.
Meanwhile he managed to destroy his
own plantations, which Cueto had
robbed him of. You know Cueto?"
Eyes"
well, Esteban put an end to him
after while; rode right up to La
Joya one night, broke in the door, and
macheted the scoundre in his bed. But
there was mistake of some sort. II
seems that body of Cobos volun-
teers We're somewhere close by. and
the two parties met have never
learned all the details of the affair. and
the stories Of that fight which came 10
me are too preposterous for belief
Still Esteban and his men must have
fought like demons, for they killed
some incredible number. But they
were human-they could not defeat a
regiment 1t seems that only one or
two of them escaped"
"Estehan? Did he"
Colonel Lopez nodded; then he said
gravely: "Coho takes no prisoners. I
was in the Ruhi hills Mt the time fight.
ing hard. and it was six weeks before
| got back intn Mat.--.as. Naturally,
when | heard wha. happened. / trIe,,
to find the girl. but Weyler was con
centrating the pacificos by the time.
and there was nobody left in the Yu-
muri: 1t was desert"
Then you don't know positively that
she that She"
Wait. There is no doubt that the
hoy was killed. but of Rosa's fate I
can only form my own opinion How
ever, one Of Esteban's men Joined my
troops later, and | not only learned
something about the girl, but also why
Esteban had been 50 relentlessly pnr-
sued 1t was all Cobo's doingS You
have heard of the fellow? Ne? Wei.
You Will" The speakers tone was elo-
quent of hatred. lie is worse than
the worst Of them-a monster. He
had seen Miss Varona. She was
beautiful girl.
go on whispered the lover
Il discovered that she didn't at first
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ere BE CONTINUED
BLIND MAN ENJOYS FLIGHT
Appreciated the Thrill of Intricate
Aerial Maneuvers Performed by
Experienced Pilot.

Thomas y. Schall, the blind con.
gresham from the Tenth Minnesota
district, made flights with Col. Charles
Lee of the British royal flying corps
In Washington recently. 1t was the
first time he had been up in an air
plane.
Congressman Schall was not salts
fed with the plain 10y ride" Colonel
Lee had given him. When they re.
turned to earth after circling over the
city at an altitude of about two thou.
sand feet, the blind representative
asked for more thrills.
Zine Fine" he exclaimed, as the
machine came TO halt. But, Colonel
Lee, If you wouldn't think me nui-
sance, | would like to 90 back up and
turn over"
The biplane was wheeled into posi-
ton again, and off 1t shot on n trip OF
real sensations. Climbing rapidly TO
about two thousand feet. Colonel Lee
started the machine into a series OF
dips and dives, spirals and other aerial
antics calculated TO make ones hair
stand on edge. To complete the thrills,
the airplane was made TO roll over
sideways and then drop into a beauti-
full nose spin.
The passengers sightless eyes were
blinking with delight when his wife
ran onto the field TO assist him from
the machine.
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HOMIMG INSTINCT OF TOADs
Like Pigeons, They May Vet Be Made
Useful Bearers of Messages,
Says Naturalist.

Armies may yet use toads as mes.
sage bearers in place of carrier pi-
geons If this incident related In let
ter to the editor of Every Week is
found to have general application:
"Dallas Lore Sharp, the naturalist
and writer of nature books. told me
that hoptoads possess the homing in
stinct Take one away from the spot
where it has always lived and he will
return, even though YOU have carried
him ten miles said Mr.. Sh.rp.
- resolved, then, to try an expert
ment with Teddy, the big toad who
has madc his home in my garden in
Wakefield for the past FIVE years.
Writing my name on "a tag | tied it to
feddy's hind leg and took train 70
Boston. Then | transferred to an ele-
waited train which carried me to
Charlcstown, on the outskirts Of the
city At the corner Of Perkins and
Haycrhill streets. Chariestown, near
the j.. and NJ signal tower whore
am employed on night duty, I let Ted
dy out Of the box lie hlinked at the
his tongue and gohblcd a few Charles
town mosquitoes, and began straight
way to hop along the side of the street
to Mystic avenue. When he reached
the corner he made n bee line for
Wakefield. hopping off in the darkness
ut a lively pace.
at was just 1:15 p. m. when went
ON duty Mt the tower and s 30 when I
reached home the next morning. Inn
aglne my surprise and pleasure when,
on entering the yard. discovered Ted
dv in his accustomed place, under the
sill cock, against the side of the house.
taking n bath presume-after his
long. dry and dusty hop of nine miles.
The tag with my name was still tied
10 his leg"
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Yet Another Geddes!

Sir Hedworth Meux, when he asked
in the house of commons recently If
there was not one Jenny Geddes who
threw a stool at a bishop. doubtless
had in mind scene which occurred
in ST. Giles cathedral, Edinburg, in
1857, when the English Liturgy was in
troduced against the will Of the Scots,
and Jenny market woman. threw her
stool at the head Of the dean-not the
bishop-on his commencing to read the
service. \ tablet by the spot eommem-
crates her action as that Of "a brave
Scotswoman" fighting for liberty
London Tit-Bits.
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Medicinal Literature.

The London Lancet departs for a
moment from the austere halls of sci
ence to adventure into the fields and
gardens of literature, though keeping
one foot safe within the accustomed
medical precincts. The Lancet dis
cusses nothing less WORTHY than the
works, writings, theories, maxims and
pleasantries of Master Francois Ra-
belais, the point being that his diver
sious into letters were simply part of
his days work as a practical medico.
He wrote. the Lancet assures us, not
for the untold generations of the fu
ture. not for the delectation of our
own selves, but solely and strictly to
amuse, hearten and brace up the spir-
It's of his patients during the tedium
of their Illness. thereby aiding his
cures and adding TO his stature as a
member of the faculty.
Master Francois was Il great believ-
er in the therapeutic value of litera-
ture.
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CHAPTER XIi-Continued.


Evening came. then night, and still
the party was jerked along ut the tail
of the train without hint as to its
destination. About midnight those
who were not doing noted that they
had stopped at an obscure pine-woods
junction, and that when the train got
under way once more their own ear
did not move. The ruse was now ap-
parent; owing to the lateness of the
hour, it was doubtful If anyone in the
forward coaches was aware that the
train was lighter by one car.
There was brief delay; then To-
connective crept out from a siding.
coupled up to the standing car. and
drew it off upon another track Soon
the Excursion party" was being rushed
swiftly toward the coast. some twenty
miles away.
Major Ramos came down the aisle.
laughing, and spoke to his American
proteges.
well, what do you think of that, eh
Imagine the feelings of those good
deputy marshals when they wake up.
4 Dtl IHey ii TuD THEIR eyes.
Miss Evans bounded exeitedly in her
seat; she clapped her hands.
you must have friends in high
places" OReilly grinned, and the Gu
ban agreed.
Eyes, / purposely drew attention to
us In Charleston, while our ship was
loading. She's ready and waiting for
us now; and by daylight we ought to
be safely out to sea. Meanwhile the
Dauntless has weighed anchor and is
steaming north. followed, l hope. by
ali the revenue cutters hereabouts."
1t was the darkest time of the night
when the special train came to a stop
at bridge spanning one of the deep
Southern rivers. In the stream below,
dimAy outlined in the gloom, lay the
Fair Play, a small tramp steamer; her
crew were up and awake. The new ar
rivals were hurried aboard, and within
a half hour she was feeling her way
seward.
With daylight, caution gave way to
haste, and the rusty little tramp be-
gan to drive forward for all she was
worth. She cleared the three-mile
limit safely and then turned south. Not
a craft was In sight; not a smudge of
smoke discolored the skyline.
1t had been trying night for the
filibusters, and when the low coastline
was dropped astern they began to
think Of sleep. Breakfast of sort
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The Sap of Sprino.

When the sap of spring is bursting
the letters of winter the general hu.
man heart beats high. A few of us
philosophers receive amid the rich but
sober tints of autumn a happiness that
we would not exchange for any other
season, but we are a minority, and
small. The head Of one of the most
important departments at Washington,
who thinks about the processes of man
kind. has theory that makes regtl.
lar curve Of the relation Of the seasons
To the appetite for war AS the buds
open. every nation thinks II Is on the
edge Of victory This curve rises for n
while, begins to decline in the summer
and gets we'll down In the autumn.
The period therefore, when statesmen.
If they had decided to make peace.
could do il most easily. Is from the
days of godenrod and autumn browns
to just Before the greening of the
buds. The story of coal. tragic
story to the poor, helps this curve. hut
there Is In it much of sheer poetry. in
dependent of more solid things.-Nor-
man Hapgood in Leslie's.
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Do Your Part.

You like to see "A street well kept
and clean, with no scraps Of paper
blowing round and no rubbish ON the
pavements. And since YOU prefer to
live on such Il street, be sure that YOU
are careful not to throw litter where il
will blow into someone's dooryard.
Boys and girls have more to do than
they realize in helping 10 make the
towns and cities whore they live order
~ and attractive. Do your part
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was served on deck. after which those
favored ones who had berths sought
them, while their less fortunate COM
paniOns stretched out wherever they
could find a place.
Johnnie O'Reilly was elated. AL
ready he could see the hills of Cuba
doing behind their purple wells; in
fancy he felt the fierce white heat from
close-walled streets, and scented the
!. odors of ''mangly" swamps. He heard
1.-THE ceaseless signing of the royal
kalms. How he had hungered for it
ail how he had ragged at his delays !
IL had seemed so small matter to
return; it had seemed so easy to seek
out Rosa and to save herl Yet the
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ORElLlY, BACK IN CUBA AT LAST, HEARS BAD NEWS
ABOUT ROSA AND ESTEBkN

synoPsis-Don Esteban Varona planter, hides his
money jewels and
ana the only other
mother of the Naona WinsEteban
years for the hidden
and is loved by Rosa in
Whhe walking in
insucos discovered Oely
'front.' Of
beays Esteban
Spanish guerrilla their hiding Eeban
just in time Rosa OReiy
and he compelled Cuba
with Spanish soldiers Eseban badly wounded
s to o
Rosa with the faithful who had remained with forced
the Spanish
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George" she said, before l give
you a final answer you must tell me
something. DO you drink anything?"
A smile of relief lighted his hand
some CONFERENCE.-The that all she
wanted to know? Proudly, triumph
antly he clasped her In his arms and
whispered in her shell-like ear:
Anything t"-Gargoyle.
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The Wherefore.

"Why do you call this horse Ham
Sandwich"
He is descended from a horse
named Banquet, who was famous
racer. l call this one Ham Sandwich
10 show how different he is from Ban
quet. Courier-Journal.
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days had grown into weeks; the weeks
had aged into months. Well, he had
done his best; he had never rested
from the moment of Rosa's first APP
peal. Her enemies had foiled him
once. but there would be no turning
back this time-rather i firing squad
or a dungeon in Cabanas than that.
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Discreet Opinion.

"Of course, you believe in efici-
eney?p
"A great deal depends" replied the
man with long memory. ION whether
It's condition or only theory"
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Tree Odd and Beautiful.

One of the odd and beautiful trees
from the Channel Islands is the iron
wood, Lyonothamnus floribundus.
There is no tree in the world closely
resembling il. not even in the rose fam
lly, to which it belongs.
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The fair defendant has been ac-
quilted
So I hear
Is she thinking of going on the
stage"
Not yet. She's too smart for that.
She's going 10 marry her lawyer, and
save corking big fee"
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His Glass

IF dachshund were to be elected
king of dogs what kind of a reign
would this be-"
I'm sure | don't know"
That's easy. It would be sort of
squatter sovereignty"
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Rosa and her two negro COM
panions, in Matanzas, face death
from starvation or from the cpl.
denies that rage unchecked
among the reconcentrados. The
next installment tells Of their
plight and their efforts to keep
body and soul together,
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The Chinese alphabet consists Of
PA letters.
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O'Reilly read confirmation of his sick
est apprehensions.
'rell mel Which one?" he whis-
nnrpd
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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-27

and he is going to visit the rela-
tlves of men who were killed, to
deliver messages and tell them how
their boys died.
Unlike some other members of
congress who went into the service.
Representative Johnson enlisted as a
private, and went through the off
GERS training school at Camp Meade.
lie was successful there. but he was
obliged to go abroad as a sergeant.
he was attached to company K, of
the 3l3th, with this rank, and lat
er was commissioned a second lieu
tenant and assigned to Company d.
While in France he was promoted
to first lieutenant. Today he was
given an honorable discharge. He
left for his home at Aberdeen to-
night to spend the holidays with
his family.
Representative Johnson has been
serving his country without pay
since he entered the army. The
sergeant-at-arms of the house of
representatives wouldn't pay his
congressional salary because he was
IN the army and the war depart
ment, under a ruling Of the control
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-27

Like unto a fixed star, not alone
in the Christian Church, but to a
considers ble extent also throughout
civilization, the glorious Christmas
festival is again casting its bright
beams about us. And where the
Christmas season is to and does
bring real Christian JOY and cheer
unto the heart and soul of man, it
is solely because of the words i'm
printed indelibly upon the believ-
er's heart, Unto you is born a
Savior Though heaven ana
earth shall pass away, this Rock Of
salvation, Christ. His Person and
Work, wrapped already in this in
itial Christmas message, shall not
pass away. Without this message
every Christmas sermon and cele-
bration and festival happiness i IS
little better than an empty nut
shell. But wherever this divine
truth. the gladstone message of the
Savior's birth in it's old yet ever
new and comforting power is al
lowed to settle into mans heart as
upon good soil it will prove it.
self to be a power Of God unto sal
walton. He will think and speak
and sing clarifying God on high,
his heart being filled with peace
and JOY because Chris:'s birth is to
him the most convincing proof Of
Gods good will to men.
This Christmas season would
have been an exceptionally glad
some n if, yes if the same grac-
ious Lord had not laid His divine
hand upon us SO heavily by sending
and continuing among US this
dreadful ge which is taking
such an enormous toll from the in
habitants Of our land. AS it is, we
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-27
were probably the heaviest Of any

were probably the heaviest Of any
engagement in which the Yanks
participated.
Lieutenant Johnson was attach
ed to Company X of the PIP infan-
try. The company was sent into
the trenches early in September,
after a month training.
I'VE were in the trenches about
three weeks, Just north of Verdun,'
Lieutenant Johnson said. "Oppos-
ing us was a part Of the Prussian
guards, and believe me they kept
US busy. They shelied Us every
day AID raided Us nearly every
night. They got some prisoners,
but we were able to get some of
their men, and | believe it was
about an even break between US
on patrol work.
I'VE jumped over early in the
night of Sept. 26. We yer held
by heavy barbed wire entangle-
ments during the night. all the
time under a heavy machine gun
fire. During the night fighting
the captain Of my company was put
out Of action, and | was in COM
mand, when we reformed and start
ed another rush on the morning of
the 9th. AS we had to go over a
mile of clear ground, always under
heavy fire, our loses we're tremen-
dous. In that fight all the commits
stoned officers and all the sergeants
were killed or wounded. and a cor.
poral was in command Of Company
K. when we gained our objective.
Out Of 24O officers and men. that
corporal reported only 80 fit for
duty.
Il got mine about 5 o'clock in
the afternoon Of the 9th. A frag-
ment Of she'll hit me in the back,
neal the shoulder and opened the
skin to the bone. | was removed
to the dressing station and later
through several hospitals. TO Bor-
deaux. | was not fully recovered
until the middle of November. af-
ter the signing of the armistice.
My great regret is | was not with
my company on the line when the
hostilities ended. but that is the
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Unto you is Born this Day in the City Of David a Savior,
which is Christ the Lord Luke 2: II


cannot even gather in our houses Of
worship to celebrate, as we are
wont to do, the nativity Of the
Worlds Savior. Still, as in all in
all His dealings with man, God
here also has none but good and
gracious intentions toward us.
He would lead US to know and &C.
knowledge that the real purpose of
the Savior's birth and His subse-
quent life and suffering and death
is primarily Of a spiritual nature.
We read much in holiday papers
and magazines that now the agnelic
Christmas promise. peace on
earth''has been specifically fulfilled.
In this way, though. thousands of
minds and hearts are being led
astray from seeing the real import
of this part Of the Christmas mes
sage. A world peace is most as
suredly as excellent and therefore
desirable as the world war was hor-
rible. But the above words of the
angels to do not speak primarily Of
a temporal peace among men at all,
but Of that peace re-established be-
tween God and sinful mankind, the
spiritual barriers being broken
down, we sinners gain access to
the free grace of God for the sake
Of the Christ-Child, our Savior. 1t
speaks of that peace which passes
all human understanding, that
peace which the world can neither
give Q take away.
Therefore even il. the very mids.
Of the present depressing gloom,
alone in our homes or where we
may be, we can and have abundant
cause to celebrate a glad Christ
mas. Gathered about our family
affairs we can and ought to lift our
voices in words and hymns of