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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-09-26
CHAPTER XVII.
Getting Through the Lines.

0CINiUS tuIOu9u TIC IiDSos
Waiting until it was quite dark,
made my way carefully through a
field and eventually came to the much
dreaded barrier.
1t was all that had heard about it.
Every foot of the border line between
Belgium and Holland is protected In
precisely the same manner. 1t is there
to serve three purposes: first, to pre-
vent the Belgians from escaping into
Holland; second to keep enemies, like
myself, from making their way to free
dom; and third, to prevent assertions
on the part of Germans themselves.
One look was enough to convince any
one that it probably accomplished all
three objects about as well as any con-
trivance could, and one look was all
got of it that night, for while / lay
on my stomach gazing at the forbid
ding structure 1 heard the measured
stride of a German sentry advancing
towards me and 1 crawled away as
fast as 1 possibly could, determined
to spend the night somewhere in the
fields and make another and more
careful survey the following night.
The view / had obtained, however,
was sufficient to convince me that the
pOle-vault idea was out of the Ques-
tiOn even if / had q pole and was a
proficient pole-vaulter. The three
fences covered span of at least twelve
feet and to clear the last barbed wire
fence II would be necessary to vault
not only at least ten feet high, but at
least fourteen feet wide, with the GER
tain knowledge that to touch the cleo
trically charged fence. meant instant
death. There would be no second
chance If you came a cropper the first
time.
The silt idea was also impractical
BILE because of the lack of suitable
timber and tools with which to con-
struct the stills.
1t seemed TO me that the best thing
TO do was travel up and down the line
bit in the hope that some spot might
be discovered where conditions were
more favorable, although don't know
just what 1 expected along those
lines.
1t was mighty disheartening to real
lie that only few feet away lay GER
tain liberty and that the only things
preventing me from reaching IL were
three COMPOUNDED fences. thought of
my machine and wished that some
kind fairy would set 1t in front of me
for just one minute.
spent the night in a clump of
bushes and kept in hiding most of the
next day, only going abroad for an
hour or two in the middle of the day
TO Intercept some Belgian peasant
and beg for food. The Belglans in this
section were naturally very much
afraid OF the Germans and 1 Jared
badly. In nearly every house German
soldiers we're quartered and 1t was
out of the question for me to apply
for food in that direction. The prox
Unity of the border made everyone
eye each other with more or less sus
picion and / soon came TO the conclu
sion that the safest thing / could do
was to live on raw vegetables which
could steal from the fields at night al
had previously done.
That night l made another survey
Of the bnrrier in that vicinity, but !
looked just as hopeless as IL had thu
night before and concluded that
only wasted nv time there.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-09-26

had made my leap from the train on
September 9th. Altogether, therefore,
just seventy-two days had elapsed
since ! escaped from the Huns. If
live to be, as old as Methusaleh. I never
expect to live through another sew
enty-two days so crammed full of in
cident and hazard and lucky escape.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-09-26

Enough matches to light all It's con
tents gre attached to q recently In
vented cigarette box.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18
SUITABLE HOUSE FOR FOWLS
Hens Should Be Comfortable, With
Floor Space of 8 or q Square Feet
for Each Bird.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture
The poultry flock should be comfort
ably but not extensively housed. A
house which provides a floor space of
3 or square feet per bird is ample for
the purpose, and fowls are often sue
cessfully kept with an allowance no
greater than 2B to 3 square feet.
Houses must be dry and free from
draft, but must allow ventilation.
Often there is an unused shed or small
building on the place which can easily
be converted into a chicken house. The
front Of the poultry house should be
faced toward the south, if possible, so
that the sun will shine into II. Per.
fectly satisfactory houses can be made
cheaply from piano boxes or other
packing cases. Two piano boxes with
the backs removed can be nailed to.
gether and door cut in the end. These
boxes should be covered with roofing
paper in order to keep the house dry
and to make it wind-proof. A portion
of the door should be left open or COW
cred with a piece of muslin, so as to
allow ventilation. Similar houses can
be constructed of packing cases at a
relatively small cost. A small amount
of 2 by or 2 by lumber can be pur-
chased for framing. The box boards
can be applied for siding or sheathing
and then covered with roofing paper.
Where there is a board fence it is
sometimes possible to take advantage
OF this by building the poultry house
in the corner of the fence, and making
the fence itself, with the cracks GOV.
cred by strips or battened, serve as the
back and one side of the house.
A cheap house by feet square can
be made by . by 4-inch pieces and r.
inch boards. The by pieces are
used for stills, plates, corner posts, and
three rafters. No studding is required
except that necessary to frame the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18
Good Type of Poultry House.

door and window space. The boards
are run up and down and add suffi-
cient stiffness to the house. They are
used also for the roof and covered with
roofing paper. The back and sides of
the house also can be covered with
roofing paper, or the cracks can be
covered with wooden battens or strips
~ to inches wide. In the front of
the house there should be left q win
dow or opening which can be closed,
when desired, by q muslin screen or
curtain which serves as a protection
against bad weather but allows venti-
lation. In the side door should be
provided which viii allow entrance. A
shed or single-slope roof is best be-
cause easiest to build. A height of
feet in front and 4 feet in the rear is
ample. If desired, the house may be
built higher, so that it is more convent
ent to work in; the increase in cost
will be slight. The ventilator in the
rear is not needed in the northern part
of the country, but is desirable in the
South, where summers are very warm.
Such house would be ample for a
flock of 20 TO % hens. 1t can be built
quickly and easily and is cheap in
construction.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18
YOU NEED NOT SUFFER WITH
BACKACHE AND RHEUMATISM

For centuries GOLD MEDAL Harlem
Oil has been a standard household remedy
for kidney, liver, bladder and stomach
trouble, and all diseases connected with
the urinary organs. The kidneys and
bladder are the most important organs of
the body. They are the filters, the puri-
fers of your blood. If the poisons which
enter your system through the blood and
stomach are not entirely thrown out by
the kidneys and bladder you are doomed.
WEAKNESS, sleeplessness, nervousness,
dependency, backache, "+0mach trouble,
headache, pain in loins, and lower abdo-
men, gall-stones, gravel, difficulty when
urinating, cloudy and bloody urine, rheu-
matism, sciatica, lumbago, all warn you
TO look after your kidneys and bladder.
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules are
what you need.
They are not patent medicine" nor
new discovery" For 200 years they
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18
ADCY'S [y[NINl
FAIRY TALE
MISS RHlNocERos.
s. NAEN @ANAI1B0VVGR

II don't believe that any OF you,"
said Miss Rhinoceros, looking about
her, shave had the many and interest
ing experiences l have had"
Now none of the other animals in
the different houses of the zoo knew
all Of Miss Rhinoceros' experiences, so
they really could mot answer her when
she said she had had more interesting
experiences than they had had.
They all looked at her, open-mouth-
ed, but did not say q word.
Finally Mrs. Rhlnoceros, who lived
next door in the zoo, spoke up and
this is what she said:
II don't see why you can brag any
more than / can. We are both Of
the same family, we both have the
same habits and ways"
II came from Africa" said Miss
Rhinoceros.
"That's nothing" replied Mrs. Rhl-
noceros, $50 did l." \
Now all the animals listened atten-
lively to this arguments They felt
sure 1t would be very interesting.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18
W. N. u, ST. LOUIS, NO. 14-ts1a.

have been a standard household remedy.
They are the pure, original imported
HARLEM Oil your great-grandmOtheR
used, and are perfectly harmless. TINS
healing, soothing oil soaks into the celia
and lining of the kidneys and through
the bladder, driving out the poisonous
germs. New life, fresh strength and
health will come as you continue this
treatment. When completely restored to
your usual vigor, continue taking a eap4
sule or two each day. They win keep
you in condition and prevent return Of
the disease.
Do not delay a minute. Delays are
especially dangerous in kidney and bad
der trouble. All reliable druggists sen
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil CapsuIes-
They will refund the money if not as rep
resented. In three sizes, sealed packages.
Ask for the original imported GOLD
MEDAL. Accept no substitutes.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18
INSURE CHICKENS AND EGGS
Farmer Who Matches Early in Spring
Seems to Have Best of Argument
Lay in Winter.

An essential part of the endeavOr to
insure more chickens and eggs is con.
tanned in the maxim-hatch early. The
farmer who matches early in the spring,
either by incubation or natural meth
DDS, seems to have all the best Of the
argument. When chickens are Matched
early in the spring they mature in the
fall and lay eggs in the winter. Then,
in the spring, they are ready to hatch
early. Late-hatched fowls are late in
maturing, do not lay in the winter,
and do not sit until late in the follow.
ing spring.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18

Then, too, they were anxious to see
how 1t would turn out and whether
Miss Rhinoceros or Mrs. Rhinoceros
would win.
They didn't see how either one
could-for they were both indeed of
the same family, they had come from
the same country, and now they were
both in the zoo.
"Tm very weH-behaved and gentle"
said Miss Rhinoceros.
'The same is equally true of me-
answered Mrs. Rhinoceros.
81 was carried on poles from my
home near the lake in Africa to a big
steamer, and travelled by the sea to
come to this country"
"The same as 1 did," said Mrs.
Rhinoceros.
Now both of them were pleasant,
but the other animals feared there
would be a great fight following this,
and yet they both kept on talking.
Each boosted Of what experiences
each had had, and neither Miss Rhi-
noceros nor Mrs. Rhlnoceros seemed
to have had one the other hadn't had.
The animals thought the converse
ton would end nowhere at all, and
were about to turn away to pay atten-
ton to other matters, food and such
things, when suddenly Miss Rhonoce-
ros screamed out: 81 have had one
more experience than you have had.
Yes, have. I'm sure of it. Quite
quite, quite sure"
"Tell me of it," said Mrs. Rhinoce-
ros. She seemed to doubt very much
that Miss Rhinoceros could tell her
of any experience she hadn't had. And
no wonder she was still more firmly
| convinced Of this idea, because in all
their talk, no matter what Miss Rhi-
noceros had said, Mrs. Rhinoceros had
been able to say the same.
81 will tell you of it, and that most
quickly" said Miss Rhinoceros.
All the animals listened once more.
| They felt from the way Miss RhinOce-
ros had spoken that surely this time
something interesting was forthcoming
And they didn't want to miss anything
worth while. They had been listen
ing to too much that hadn't amounted
to anything, though they had learned
lot about the lives of the RhinOceros
family in Africa and how they were
| captured for this land, carried between
poles as Miss Rhinoceros had said
II had sore Jaw once" Said Miss
Rhinoceros.
$50 did l." said Mrs. Rhinoceros.
The animals all looked very sad
There was nothing to this after ALL
"And I had many dressings" said
Miss Rhinoceros.
$50 did l." repeated Mrs. Rhlnoce-
ros.
''But my jaw was beyond the point
where dressings could help it. was
operated upon. took queer smelling
stun that put me sound asleep, and
then they fixed me all up. I've been
well rhinoceros ever since. They
had seven doctors, eighteen keepers,
ropes, mattresses, cotton and wonder
full looking instruments-all for me
and my Jaw"
81 never had that" Mrs. Rhlnoce-
ros admitted sadly. All the animals
were delighted,
81 hated to have it," said Miss Rhl-
noceros, "but how strong have been
ever slnceI" And more than that, she
rejoiced in the fact that she had had
one more experience than Mrs. Rhi-
noceros had had.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18
Modern:

even if you cannot reach the ban
quet room until ten O'clock" says the
chairman of the committee to the emf
nent after-dinner orator, 81 can assure
you that the audience will be waiting,
for we will have two good speakers to
deliver addresses to them until you
arrive"
"Ah" murmurS the after-dinner
speaker, with his legendary quickness,
"a barrage fire."-Judge.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18
Tonuue. Eyes and Ears.

There are people who are all tongue
and eyes and ears. With their big
eyes they see all the evil there is, and
with their long ears they hear all the
evil of their neighbors, and with their
loose tongues they speak all the evil
they know.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18
Their Awful PLIGHT.

She-And what was your most ter
rifying experience during your two
years in the trenches?
He (grimly)-The night
She-Yes, yes?
He-When, with the Boches only
100 yards away
She-Go on!
He-And gas bombs raining and
liquid fire coursing upon us
She-Yes, yes!
He-When we suddenly discovered
She-Go on!
He-That there wasn't a cigarette
In our whole detachment
Strange how a. fellow with plenty
of spare time never seems to do any
thing.
A forced apology is worse than none
at all.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18
Don't Breed Shakers.

Do not breed from slackers wheth-
er they are poor layers or those which
are inactive, go to roost early, come
off the roOst late.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18
More Children in Court.

The annual report of the children's
court of New York city shows that
14,519 children came before the court
last year, an increase of 1904 over the
previous year.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18

You often miss the best fishing when
you move from one stream to another.
Don't be mover.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18
Eood for chicks.

In order for chicks to grow the best
it is desirable to have food of some
kind before them all the time.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18

The man who has no enemies may
Sc considered good, but it's n question
what he's good for.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18
,oAP 10 STRONGLY ALKALINE

and constant use will burn out the
scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo
ing with LA Creole" Hair Dressing,
and darken, in the natural way, those
Ugly, grizzly hairs. Price, $1.O0.--Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18

Work i'm Joint Effort the Soil Of the United States Canada
COOPERATIVE NECESSARY
The Food Controllers of the United States and asking for
greater food production Scarcely 100 900 bushels of
able to be the allies before harvest
efforts of the United States and Canada the burden supply
Every Available TabIs Acre Must Contributes; Every Available
Farmer and Farm Hand Must Assist
Western Canada seeded power
Short and appeal the United States allies for
ing operation
Ganada Wheat Production Last Year Bushels; e
Demand From Canada Alone for 1913 400 100000 Bushels
To this she must have She needs
the The Government of the United States
effectively help do farm work this in the United
States developed first of but also When
find Cnadas fields are supplied
to direct him there
the combined interests -
Cn's ednot APRIL
Petent help, $4,000 month and board and
Those who respond this will welcome, good good
find comfortable
boundary destination and
y. 8. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
ST LOUIS, MOI QUINCY ILL ALTON ILL.,, ST. CHARLES MO-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18

To the traveller the best guide is a
checkbook.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18
BasIo of Feed.

Bran and. corn should be the basis
Of poultry feed in consideration of
present prices.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18
Next Question.

81 have just completed my farewell
tour"
"And did you fare wellF'
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18

A man boasts of his bad habits only
when they are the best he has.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-04-18

A forced apology is worse than none
at all.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-05-11
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS
ARE ASKING MORE PAY

High school teachers of Seattle
made demand of the school board
for 20 per cent wage increase and
shorter working day.
The frightening of the high school
day from time to time has added an
hour and twenty minutes to the
teachers day and there is a posi-
bility that in an effort to make
more complete use of the high school
plant, the teachers day will be fur
Their heightened. The teachers agree
that the high school plants should
be used to their capacity, but they
wish an increased number of in
structors to help carry the load. The
estimate of 20 per cent salary in.
crease is based on the contention
that costs of living have advanced
43 per cent.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-05-11

of Alaskan coal the average of as
many as % analyses have been pub
lished in the pamphlet referred to,
and it is probably due to the mac
cessability of the Ignite fields and
the consequent difficulty expe-
renced in the obtaining of the large
quantities needed as samples for the
test, that but one analysis was pos
sible.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-05-11
ONE TAX, THREE MILLION
HELP TO SOUTHERN STATE

LOUISVILLE Ky.-Officials Of
the state tax collectors office are
figuring just how soon they will be
able to liquidate the state debt thru
the tax on the estate left by Mrs.
Robert Worth Bingham, formerly
Mrs. Henry M. Flagler, of New York
and Washington. - ~..~:.
Mrs. Bingham's estate, it has been
estimated, will total more than $685.
100000, and the inheritance taxes
on the entire estate, if collected,
would amount to between 100000
and 100000, or nearly enough
to pay off the state debt.
Mrs. Bingham, who died last July,
left the bulk of her estate to her
second husband, Judge Robert Worth
Bingham, of Kentucky. Reports
reaching the attorneys and tax col
lectors, however, indicate that the
will may be contested, and if such
is the case the state may lose part
of the income tax.
An inventory filed by the ad.
ministrator at hearing before a
special state inheritance tax ap.
praiser, values the stocks, bonds and
jewelry and other personal property
at $65,322,OOO
Mrs. Bingham was well known il
Washington society as Mrs. Flagler
and, with her husband, was fire
quently entertained there.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-05-11
INDEPENDENCE

Whatever the scientists may say
and they disagree on the subject-as
to the sustaining power of vege-
tartan diet, it is certain, says the
Portland Oregonian, that the man
who can live on the product of his
own garden stands a better chance
of being happy during the coming
year than he who, through habit
or otherwise, demands other foods.
An Englisman, head of a family
of six, writes to a London news
paper that he, his wife and four
children have lived for fourteen
weeks on a diet consisting entirely
of raw vegetables made of grated
turnips, carrots, parsnips, beets and
cabbages, together with fruit salad,
toast and porridge. All the vege-
tables were grown in the home gar
den and stored for winter use. The
writer says that they use neither
tea nor coffee.
1t seems to be a case of eff a man
likes that sort of thing, it is the
sort of thing he would like" 1t is
not probable that the diet in ques-
ton would commend itself to many
persons, and it is even possible that
most of us would not thrive upon
it. But think how fortunate one
would be who could learn to like it.
No grocery bills to pay. No danger
of being accused of boarding food.
Just little labor in the garden and
ones board bill is paid.
Those who can thrive on vege-
tables are lucky They are about
the most independent people in the
world.
i
"There are tens of thousands
lying in blood-stained quagmire
with daily and nightly deluge of
shells around them. If we do all we
can, we shall not be able to requite
their heroism. If, we do less than
we can we shall dishonor their sac
rifices. David Lloyd George.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-05-11
TOAST TO THE KAISER

During the course of speech
made on the floor of the senate re-
Gently, Senator Williams, of Mississ-
ippi said:
81 think it is we'll enough now
and then, while we are discussing
matters of worldwide import, like
the hours of labor of employees in
the city of Washington, to say some
thing that relates itself to the pres
ent awful war situation of the
world.
Mr.. George Morrow Mayo, for
merly a clerk in the office of the
freight claim agent of the Southern
Railway system, of Washington, who
is now a gunner's mate in the United
States navy, is the author of the fol-
lowing toast to the Kaiser, which
! want to read to the senate:
A TOAST
Here's to the Blue of the wind
swept North,
When we meet on the fields of
France;
May the spirit of Grant be with you
all
AS the sons of the North advance
And here's to the Gray of the sun
kissed South,
When we meet on the fields Of
France;
May the spirit of Lee be with you
AS the sons of the South advance
And here's to the Blue and Gray
as one,
When we meet on the fields of
France;
May the spirit of God be with US all
AS the sons of the Flag advance
at is very seldom that poetry is
written. A great deal of verse is
every day added to the literature of
the world. | think these three stan
zas constitute poetry, and l wanted
to put them in the Record"
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-05-11
COLONISTS SEEK MATES
AMONG GIRLS OF ENGLAND

LONDON.-The Agent General of
the New South Wales government
is authority for the statement that
Australians are marrying English
and Scottish girls at the rate of
800 monthly. He expects that the
rate of marriages will continue or in
crease, and requests that the gov
eminent grant free passage to these
wives when they are ready to go to
Australia with their husbands. The
government will do this.
1t is said that the Australian SOL
diers are peculiarly susceptible to
the Scotch girls.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-05-11
INTERESTING LECTURE
AT GRACE CHURCH
SUNDAY EVENING

HAS a sinner need of clergy if
he is able to communicate with his
God direct?" is the question Doctor
Diven will answer at Grace church
Sunday evening, at 1880 o'clock.
In this lecture a brief review will
be given of the origin, uses and
abuses of the priestly office. Every
body welcome Music will begin at
7:15 o'clock.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-05-11

S. w. Emerson, mining en-
gineer from Seattle, recently left
for Port Wells with a crew Of eight
men to resume work on the Mineral
King property, formerly the Her
mann-Eaton.