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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23

Eggs arp made up largely of water
SO matter how well your htuH MAY
ur ted. tlpy wIl not las many eggs
uulrHH They huN" plenty Of waite. Co
drink This means that 800 cold
weather b. mas hr necessary o. fl.
the pail several pmr= a day n you
are using galvanized Iron pals COR
drinking fountains. empty out the WI
ter az night Tor f they become filled
with .co the bottoms are liNoly to Doe
broken % You can remove BE-, ruks-
from frozen pals hN pouring hot Wt-
ter ON thp outside. thus luusDuiuU the
cakes su that they will 3d., out Come
mutcrH who must hv awIN 40 da'
will find it advisable, tu use heated
fountains, which viii burn for twu cot
three days with one nllinr ami Keep
tho water fsum frrczinr, although
never making 10 too hot.
cutting away tho old wood ln the
raspberry uul blackberry plantation
ls n good job Cor o. warm winters day
Tho OLD Ciues Will never bear Brtin,
hat hurhor insect pests which may
have found lpdLW,nt ON or boz them.
Three tu slN new Games should uu
grown Boz each htll every season when
yuu remove your litter from the hen
house. yuu Will nud the raspberry
or blackberry patch 1 good place IA
put b. \ little protection 10 the roo
often results iu a better yield uf run
the nest year, especially in Wiui1r'
when the ground Is not covered deep
IS with snow, CurrtHts may alHo h'
trimmed, but IL is well tn remember
that they bear mostly IN wood which
b. W. years Old ana Older Take uu'
broken and surplus shoots, hut don
pfuuc too heavily.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23

divine who had married Nastus. why
do you want % divorce Don't you
remember that you too Liza for bet
tor or Tor WORSE
"Yssssr,.t Amt forgot. but she done
turned nut wusa'n I thnurhtf"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23

We'll mid his companion looking
up. "tm hanged u there isn't u bear
nov
The man who dotted on bear"
looked ~ saw an Immense grizzly
standing on the top uf the rock. gave
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23

WV NNNMNM w |NNH
river she became
excited
where are We
going 10 % "
Tom she cried.
We're going
round tho More.
dear. said Tom as
he pointed 60 the
venerable Uhta
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23

aNAH
ooh, really. Tom" she said. IN On.
bounded surprise. "i'ye card % I'm.
And IL that IN bark
a hunter more hoaEtful than sue
cos-fui onre Joined q bear huntinE ex-
prritiuu. During the hunt. aH this
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23

man was re- NNN
hy the side ~ a.
rock aud talking
with another hunt
or. he remarked
~ thcres any.
thing duto on.
SIS bear. \ slice
Of bear steak nice
~ done Ia Just per
TN.HFu
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23

A good runner IN not o. who b.
always running into debt aud running
away from hlH creditors.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23
Laugh With Us

George Washington Brown was
making his first trip ffontward on a
supply wagon In France lie was a..
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23

YOU have got the pick 81 the batch
The -countcnnncea ~ the fuur unmaf-
ried ones may be imagined.
Jack-Tve n bill for a frock that
you bought some months ago. which
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23

4 man may be slow and sure. hut
rs different with u clock.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23

III va taking her for 70 trip down
the Thames A. they circied round
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23

LAYING the foundation ~ " ruw ~
houses aud when ! was rominr home
The tenants were beinE uyictpd for
back mt"
Cool ns an iceherF " q certain old
huhtmnn. ana " is doubtful " an
earthquake would startle him. one
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23

Don't expect Ia get rid ~ your
troubles hy advertising them.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

MANTEn. Good cook Tor small uW.
BIS. 20 stay nights. App.N 1903 South
ran 80.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23

WANTED Practical nursing ut
nights o. Mts Forbes Phone 'It'
Grocery.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23
PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS

Pay your dues TO the "a-bit" club
FoIt-o Tsu service. Phone 20.
auto springs. all makes. Kcrber Co
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
SEVEN NEW MEMBERS ADDED
New Democratic National Executive
Committee Named.

Washington, March 20.-Homer S.
Cummings, chairman of the Democrat
ic national committee, announced the
appointment Of new executive COM
mittee, enlarged to membership of
16 by the addition of seven new men,
bers, with Mr.. Cummings as exofficio
chairman. The committee personnel
follows John T. Barnett, Colorado;
Charles Boschenstein, Illinois; DR..
John w. Coughlin, Massachusetts;
Isadore V. Dockweiler, California;
Robert Ewing, Louisiana; Carter
Glass, Virginia; Clark Howell, Geor-
gia; Representative Cordell Hull, Ten
nessee; Senator A. A. Jones, New Mex
leo; Frederick S. Lynch, Minnesota;
Norman E. Mack, New York; w. w.
Marsh Iowa; A. Mitchell Palmer,
Pennsylvania, and former Senator
Willard Salisbury, Delaware.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
Urqes Carranza Government to
Take Steps for Protection
of Americans.
VILLA FORCES ACTIVE
Rebels Capture James E. Whetten, an
American, and Joseph Bentley,
Mormon Bishop, in Raid
Near Las Cruces.

Washington, March 20.-The state
department has instructed the Ameri-
can embassy at Mexico City to request
the Mexican government to take all
possible steps to protect American
citizens in the territory in northern
Mexico where Villa bands again have
become active.
The Mexican authorities also will be
asked to effect the release of James
E. Whetten, an American, who with
Joseph Bentley, bishop of the Nor
mon church and a naturalized Next
can, was captured by Villa forces near
Las Cruces, Chihuahua, some days
ago.
Information that Whelen was in the
hands of the bandits reached the de-
partment only short time before a
telegram was received from RepreSen-
tative Edward l.. Hamilton of Michi-
gan, who said he had been informed
by Warren & Co. that employees of the
company's ranch at Ojitos, Chihuahua
were held by Martin Lopez, Villa
leader, who demanded $4,000 ransom
uuuGI Unreal vi hl1lluS luS plloOICI ..
The message said the foreman of the
ranch was endeavoring to raise the
money.
In connection with this case the de-
partment disclosed that two days ago
it directed the embassy at the Mexican
capital to urgently request the Next
can government to extend the proper
protection to the employees and to the
property of Warren & Co., at Ojitos.
Troops Sent to Free Prisoners.
Juarez, Mexico, March 20-Mexican
federal troops have been ordered to
western Chihuahua by forced marches
to rescue Bishop Joseph c.. Bentley,
president of the JuareZ Mormon state,
James E. Whetten, chief missionary Of
the state, and Albert Tietjen another
member of the Mormon colony in
Mexico. They were captured by Villa
troops near Las Cruces, Mexico, and
are being held in Villas main camp,
according to unconfirmed reports.
Military information showed Bishop
Bentley, Missionary Whetten and AL
bert Tietjen were being held in Villas
headquarters camp near Rubio, 70
miles west of Chihuahua City.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
PARENTS HELD FOR MURDER
Officials say IL Year Old Girl Was
Beaten to Death.

Jamestown, N. D., March 10. -
Charged with the murder of their y
year old daughter, Eta, Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Mcdonnell of Courtenay were
brought here and lodged in the county
jail to await trial. The childs death,
according to the coroner's jury, was
due to conclusion of the brain, said to
have been caused from blows by her
parents and starvation.
Pitable conditions were discovered
in the Mcdonnell home, Eta, the dead
girl, not only had been beaten from
head to foot, but both feet had been so
badly frozen that she probably had
been unable to walk for some time
prior to her death.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21

wise or indicate in any manner whom
to vote for.
The voter will mark with cross
(X) in the square [ at the right of
the name of the candidate for whom
you desire to vote. if it be there, or
write any name that you wish to vote
for in the proper place.
The ballot should not be marked in
any other manner. If the ballot be
spoiled it must be returned to the bal
OF clerk. who must issue another in its
stead, but not more than three in all
shall be issued to any one voter Five
minutes time is allowed i'm booth to
mark ballot. Unofficial ballots Or
memorandum to assist the voter in
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21

marking his ballot can be taken into
the booth, and may be used to copy
from. The ballot must not be shown
SO that any person CAN see how it has
been marked by the voter
After it is marked it should be
folded so that the inside cannot be
seen, but so that the printed indorse-
ments and signatures of the ballot
clerks on the outside may be seen.
Then the voter should pass out of the
booth or compartment, give his name
to the inspector in charge of the ballot
box. hand him his ballot to be placed
in the box, and pass out of the voting
place.
A voter who declares to the presid-
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
BISHOP ]. w. BASHFORD DEAD
Was Well Known for His Missionary
Work in China.

Minneapolis, March 2O.-News that
Bishop James Whitford Bashford,
leader in the Methodist Episcopal
church, died in a sanatorium near Los
Angeles, Calf, has been received by
relatives in Minneapolis
Bishop Bashford was SO years old.
Since he was consecrated bishop in
1904 he spent most of his time in
China, where he directed missionary
work with headquarters at Picking. He
made a wide circle of friends in Min
neapolis during many visits here for
Methodist conferences He was here
for the last time two years ago.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
Germans, Austrans to Get Grain.

Basic, March 20.-The Inter-Allied
rood commission which has oeen con-
Quoting negotiations at Vienna has
reached an agreement by which Ger
man-Austria will receive five conveys
of grain daily by way of Triest.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
Information to Voters

The following instructions are given
for the information and guidance of
voters:
y voter upon entering the polling
place and giving his name and resi-
dencc. will receive a ballot from the
ballot clerk which must have endorsed
thereon the names or initials of both
ballot clerks, and no other ballots can
be used. Upon receiving his ballots
the voter must retire alone to a booth
or compartment and prepare the same
for voting. a ballot clerk may inform
the voter as to the proper manner of
marking ballot. but he must not adj
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
Agree to Renounce Rights.

Basel, March 2O.--The Augsburg
Aeitung says an agreement has been
signed by Representatives of the vari-
GUS German states whereby they re-
nounce their rights, particularly re.
garding military questions.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
New York Butter.

New York, March 19.-Butter, firm
Receipts, 6,754; creamery, higher than
extras, 631aQ64c; creamery extras
sc; firsts, 59h@62hc; packing
stock, current make No. 2, 39R @4Oc
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
DAILY MARKET REPORT
Mlns3aanoiis Grain.

Minneapolis, March f9.-Oats, May,
6S1ae. Rye, May, $1.621a Barley,
choice, SSn97c. Corn, No. white,
S1.4001.42; No. yellow, $1.42@1.44.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
Captain Lands Made Major.

Chicago, March 20-Caprain Reed
Lands, son of Federal Judge x. NJ.
Lands, learned that he had been
promoted to rank Of major. Major
Lands accounted for IL enemy planes.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21

Chicago, March 10. - Corn, March
$685.; May, SLAB; July, $1.36h
Oats, May, 641ac; July, 691ac; Septem
Der, 601sc.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
Foreign Rotary Clubs Approved.

Chicago March reformation of
rotary clubs in countries where Eng
lish is not spoken was approved at a
meeting of officials of the Internation-
al Association of Rotary clubs.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
South ST. Paul Live Stock

South st. Paul, March 19-Estimat-
ed receipts at the Union Stock Yards:
Cattle, $500; calves, 800; hogs, 49,
900; sheep, $4,000; horses, 81 cars,
271. Steers, $9@15.50; cows, $40
1850; calves, $9@16; hogs, $4,000
1850.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21

ing officer that he is unable to read. or
that by reason of physical disability he
is unable to mark his ballot, can have
assistance of one or two election Off
GERS in marking same TO he chosen by
the voter: and if he declares that he is
totally blind. he may be assisted by
any person chosen by him from among
the legal voters of the county. The
presiding officer may administer an
oath in his discretion. as TO such per-
sons disability.
The following is fac simile of the
official ballot:
+. f. MUNROE.
County Clerk
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
Duluth Flax
CHICAGO Grain,

Duluth, March -Flaxseed, May
$3.17; July, 1852 October, $500.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
STRIKE PARADE CAUSES RIOT
Shots Fired and Police Stoned in
Lawrence Melee

Lawrence, Mass, March 19.-While
the police were trying to break up
parade of textile workers shots were
fired from tenement houses. Officers
were stoned and persons in the crowd
dubbed. Many arrests were made. 1t
was the most violent disturbance that
had occurred since the strike began
six months ago.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago. March 80 United States
Bureau of Markets. = Hog receipts
$4,000; bulk of sales, $19.10@19.35;
heavyweight, $19.30@19.55; medium.
weight, $19.15@19.3O; lightweight,
$1s,5O@1s.2O; light, $17.25@1S.5O;
culls, $l7.25@1S.75; pigs, $4,000
1850. Cattle, receipts, $4,000; heavy
beef steers, $12@20.35; light beef
steers, $10.50@19.75; butcher cows and
heifers, $7.40@15.50; Gamers and cut
ters, $6@9.75; veal calves. $12@17.5O;
stocker and feeder steers, $8.25@15.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
Notice Of Judicial and
County superintendent
Election
MceofC ounyC
Office of County Clerk,
March II, 1919.
To the Electors of Rusk County:

e letos Of 81 County:
M o be sNea lhwns
he nam
t. b been
in murt au ohe
eagnain, ea n proper column in the samrhha h
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
Minneapolis Butter, Eggs and Poultry

Minneapolis, March 19.-BUTTER-
Extra, sc; extra frsts, SIC; firsts,
SIC; seconds, sic; dairies, Ale; pack
ing stock, SAC.
EGGS - Fresh, prime firsts, new
cases, free from rots, small, dirties
and checks out, per doz, 38c; current
receipts, rots out, $1,000; checks and
seconds, doz, &c; dirties. candled,
doz, 32c; quotations on eggs include
cases.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys fat, 10
lbs and over, Csc; thin, small, cripples
and culls, unsalable stays and cocks,
zoe; ducks, 23c; geese, ID, zoe; hens,
lbs and over, 27c; under 4 lbs, 23c;
springs, young. smooth, 25c; guineas,
dOZ. Sc.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-04-10
Notice of Bond Election.


To the Qualified Electors of Schoo
District No. 80, County of Pay
cite, Idaho:
Notice is hereby given that Spe-
cial Election vi be held on the
twelfth day of April, 1919, at the
Central School Building for the pur-
pose of voting on the question as to
whether the Trustees of said District
shall be authorized to bond said Dis
trict for the sum of Seventy Five
Thousand (s75,0O0) dollars, to bear
interest at not more than 5 per cent.
per aRnum. Interest payable SEMI
annually, said bonds to be payable and
redeemable in not to exceed twenty
years from date of issue.
Said bonds to be issued for the pur-
pose of erecting, furnishing and equip
ping High School Building in said
District No. 80.
The polls will be opened at / o'clock
P. NJ, ard close at o'clock P. NJ, of
the same day.
E. B. HOLMES,
Clerk of the Board of Trustees,
District No. SO. County of Payette,
state of Idaho.
Dated the 18th day of March, 1919.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-04-10
Comfortable Beds.

Mattress and pillow used IN the
berths of sailors and fremen aboard
government-operated merchant vessels
are of the most approved type for sea
use, for besides making good bedding
they are the best sort of life presery-
ers. Their filling is a soft, resilient
tropical fiber known as kapoc. which
can sustain Is times its own weight
In salt water for As hours.
On each of the new merchant ships
built under the direction of the United
States shipping board, shower baths
are provided for the crew, there being
one for the fremen and another for
the deck force.-Merchant Marine.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-04-10
The Generals Droo

have been told this story of a
flying" general, who has had expe-
Renee as parachutist, says writer
in the London Evening News. A few
days ago. he was a passenger in an
airplane going north. After a while
he picked up village where he in
tended to stop for a day or two, and
informed the pilot, who at once sig
nified his intention of making land
ing. "Ohl don't stopl" shouted the
general. and he proceeded to attach
himself to a parachute and his suit
case to another. He dropped the case
overheard and then stepped off him
self General and suitcase fioated
down gently and safely to earth,
while the airplane continued its fight.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-04-10
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Alfred Smith, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed Administrator with the viii
annexed of the estate of Alfred Smith
deceased, to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication of
this notice, to the said ]. H. Smith, at
the law office of F. H. Lyon, in Pay
cite, Idaho, County of Payette, State
of Idaho, this being the place fixed
for the transaction of the business of
said estate.
Dated March 11tn, 1919.
]. H. SMITH.
Administrator with the will an
nexed of the estate of Alfred Smith,
deceased.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-04-10
kaisers IhankIess Dentist.

"Now that Doctor Davis has finished
his revelations" says Nate salisbury,
as reported by the Chicago Evening
Post. "the kaiser may realize how
sharper than an liberated tooth it is
to have thankless dentist. We should
ike to have held the doctors job and.
when it appeared necessary to draw
the kaiserlische molar, warbled as we
closed down on the forceps, The
yanks are coming. the yanks are com
ngr"-From Outlook.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-04-10
SPECIAL ELECTION PROCLAMA.
TON.

Notice is hereby given that a spec.
ial election Of the qualified electors
in the City of Payette, County of Pay,
cite, State of Idaho, will be held on
The 22nd day of April, A. D. 1919, fol-
the purpose of submitting to the said
electors the following question, to-
wit: Shall the City Council of the
City of Payette, Idaho. be authorized
to sell and convey for not less than
100000 in cash, the following de-
scribed real property belonging to the
said City of Payette, situate in the
City of Payette, County of Payette,
State Of Idaho, and more particularly
described as follows, to-wit: Lot 8,
| Block i of Gorrie's Addition to the
City of Payette, idaho, according to
The official plat Of said addition now
on file and of record in the office of
the County Recorder of Payette Coun-
ty, Idaho;
Notice is hereby given that the
Wards of the said City of Payette, are
bounded and described as follows:
FIRST WARD: All that portion of
the said City of Payette lying north
Of Center Avenue, and east of tbs
main track of the Oregon Short Linz
2ailroad;
SECOND WARD: All that portion
i the said City of Payette lying south |
# Center Avenue, and east of the
ain track of the Oregon Short Linz |
2aiIroad;
THIRD WARD: All that portion
Of the said City of Payette lying ives
# the main track of the Oregon Shor,
Line Railroad;
The voting places, which shall be
open from 9 o'clock a. m. until Z
o'clock p. m of said day, are as fol
lows: I
FIRST WARD-City Hall.
SECORD WARD Woodward
THIRD WARD: Mrs. Stephen
Clanton Residence.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have
hereunto set my hand, and caused the
attestation thereof, under the seal of
tie said city, this 3rd day of April, A.
D. 1919.
I.R WOODWARD,
Attest: Mayor
MARTIN o. LUTHER, City Clerk
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-04-10
FLED IN DISGUISE
Noted Men Who Escaped captiW-
ty by Subterfuge.
In Hours Of Grave Danger Soldiers OF
Proved Bravery Have Not Hest
tated to Save Lives by lg-
nominious Flight

Gen. Hans Won Beseler of the Ger
man army is said to have escaped out
Of Poland In disguise as a stowaway
on board a Yistula river steamboat
In the fall of 1914 Won Beseler was
glorifled as the coDquerer of the city
Of Antwerp, the chief stronghold of
Belgium and the chief port of CONT
mental Europe. Germany's conquer.
ing heroes of 1914 have been van
pushed and Von Beseler is but one
Of great company of notable fugi-
lives who have saved their lives by
fleeing in disguise. Judge Jeffries Of
English history, whose name is asso
ciated with the bloody assizes," tried
to hide himself and escape the ven
geance his savage cruelty merited by
DOMINIC the garb of a coal miner
and hiding In tavern at Woking. but
he was recognized, captured, impris-
oned in the Tower of London, where
be soon died. Prince Charles Edward
Stuart, pretender to the throne of
Great Britain, escaped from Scotland
in petticoats. disguised as Betty
Burke, maid to Flora Macdonald.
Louis Philippe, the "citizen king" OF
France, fed to the coast of Normandy
where he posed as ''Mr. Smith" Brit
ish subject, in order to secure passage
to England on a steamboat. Napoleon
III. while a pretender to the throne
Of France, was imprisoned in the
fortress of Ham. After several
months Of confinement repairs were
begun on the fortress. Napoleon
bribed one of the carpenters to snug
gle in a workman's garb for his dis
guise. He dressed himself in the
coarse oyeralls and blouse, shouldered
a short plank, which he carried on
edge so as to conceal his face, and
walking past his guard he escaped to
Belgium and thence to England.
Porfirio Diaz was twice compelled to
flee from Mexico and seek safety in
the United States. He made one trip
from New Orleans to Vera Cruz dis
guised as q stoker on board a steam
ship and was soon leading a new band
disguised as servant woman, was
taken out of Paris by Doctor Evans,
an american dentist in whose house
she mad been hidden. Thus. she es-
capped the blind fury of the French
mob and gained safe asylum in Eng
land. Jefferson Davis, fallen presi-
dent of the Southern Coufederacy, is
said by his enemies to have tried to |
escape out of the country and evade
his pursuers disguised in woman's
garb, but he was captured and i'm
prisoned until the passions of some
of the northern fre-eaters had cooled |