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Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18
SWAMP.R0OT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is ouly our medicine tht' fssn,
siands out pre- eminent bs a E.f. fgr iai
eumhl' ailments oi u, kldhs,s. hsrf a..
bladder
Df kiImsf's swamp Root s,Anif th,
histrsi i.f the r-as1n that d hAs proven
to H. lus' he remedy needed 10 thousand,
upon is.uants Of distressing eass.
swamp knH' makes in.sds quickly b.
eaur' l,s m.l1 and immediate elect !. snun
-ra.is'a IN must sasss II pa gtni.s.
9sailng Vegetable compound
start treatment a. once sold a. I'll
tfus store 10 h1itIrf Of two szes. med
um ant Arst.
However. Il you .ish frst % iesi thi,
stcat PREPARATION srnd isu cent, io ID
humsr Co. Hingham'on. \. Y. Tor a
sample bottle. When writing =. ,ure and
mehtIoH the paper Advertisement
Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18
rrE WOMAN VITA rHE EVIL
eve"

..C IiE has the evil eye saId Dumas
> .bs w1li hiring cur~c upon Any
uasu sho loves her
tilstur, knoas the beautiful woman
- uhum hy spuks us Lnla MnntrE
tgt she VAS ,hristsnri Elizabeth, The
daughter of 81 Irish wcman md Lor'
H,rup. by the left hand Atteruari
,b- mother married aud vent to In.
lla with her soldier husband When
the girl VS. s,Ntvvn her mother came
back 10 England Ter a time aud the
yuun4 mistress prror~ied 10 run
away. marrying n soldier and depart,
lpg for InIia
Elrabeu left India. stopped in
spain. and el>1sed her name Ia Lola
Monter she studied dancing and he
t.r,nip.d 10 storm London Tier ap-
p.arnncr IN iSt2 Was hrraldrd as q
great event hut she cuuld not dance
Her failure brought hlssss and she re.
turned 70 the c,ntIacnt. wandering
through Germany and Belgium Then
she went Go Warsaw. She conceived the
idra ~ callIng herself Pole. tor
whom everybody felt sympathy he
cause cf their struggle Tor liberty
So Lola came Ia Parts, under another
rame. Rnd started 70 dance. once
more Misses greeted her II was the
last straw. She few into fury, tore
oT her slippers and gHrters, and threw
them nj the audience.
Paris had been w1a. Lola dropping
her other name became the fashion
of the day, An editor was Killed In
a duel about her, and Dumas pro.
nouuc,d the line quoted above. which
drove her from the capital she next
turned up In Munich and cnslaved cad
kIng Ludwig Then folly tcok bold
~ her She started 10 rule the state
and soon got into water so deep that
She nliuost lost her lfe A mob sur.
rounded her palace and angrtly de.
mRndcd that she crmc out Lola
came, in her nlghtguwu, pistol In
hand. She cmpticd the contents into
the crowd and barely ESCAPED the
moh's fury when Ludwig arrived nj
the head ot the royal hsdygusrd she
had to hee, and Ludwig lost his
throne.
Lola had exhausted Europe she
csme 10 New York and tried again to
dance, once more she failed, and
went West. dipping into the mining
camps for while, then on to Aus
trAlia, and finally shack TO New York.
Now she lies In Greenwood cemetery,
Brooklyn. aud not even an spitaph
marks her simple headstone.
Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18
SOMEWHAT HARD TO BELIEVE
Pointed Comment From the Audience
Would Seem 20 De justified Un.
der the cifeumstanest

~ rHrus-i young uHn f.u Un-
lrsr settlement wus udlr.ss.tE .pu
pHuy n' father, .ud mu'hrfs r fNr
sIums ~ Chicago uu ih, .uhirn uf
tlrIstuus boz fH. lluur 'rI.Hs
them ~ ihr Wufs ln Hh..H fN, HnA
mIEhi Do" mHir bright although muur
vas u"' plentiful ~. hHi visited
man, n"usrs Iu muu, uf.r, and vas
We'll Informed
"i'w u1 HEIus HruW nfHf other
people have told ms' Hr rHIf gsnH|
lys ".'t wHHi KNOW frrm mt I"f.Hu.
Hl experience I hu,' seen over D.
hundred christmas u.tfrruus Hr
'Nlr HHr f.H.s mHr. H... .n Boz
r'.l lf.sl.Ar'a,HH. to-r rru ur,
fruf g 300, Hsm "f, ..r .,ruit'
prs'f,'d q. Hur 'urn nu. fi#i uH ''
Philadelphia IrHaur
Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18
sRos TAVERN MAID 70 1seRG SIS.

DtCTtRE 10 yearSfif a tenth crn.
I tury ~ln~shop in Consiantinopls
thsu called HynH,lum. Ina ein. that
fhs t"~s k lung ot~n aud . party -
ssy tlssiss eater TbrY arv l-d by
Kumanu,, s"u q the emp-rur They
DRINK. and Rusnsnas aslinlrcs tho ;av.
ssn tsst"fs taughter,
Ia gsi ,hi. sams giri. Th.uphano.
~as married is Rumanus. hls imperial
father t-ring Au lndalgvut man who sp-
yarvhtly car~d lit,l, " haTu bl, snn sy,i
Hgl the mDthvr aEd uyr sisters Il
HnrnaHus sc0rus,l "a. tavern maid In
80 the rmprrur died. supposedly 81
I-sis0a administered through tie sgvn,y
- hls ssn and Tbcuphnhc. now b,,,yane
sf~r,iy oi hoaots
HomAaus vas a prufiishte aud Thee
piano evidently suspected that she
Aisht be rut aside ~ she cas, her
cyrs upon Nicephogus faocas the
sryRtsst soldier us bis time aud
power In thr state. THIS Phocas was
religious man Nho cuntlnualIy wore
halr shirt a. I-'naBc~ Tbccphano
spoa made hlm tnFgVg hls hair shirt,
and tho two conspirvd together R0-
nanus died In @gt ~ Tbs agr n TWEEN
~ four. aud th~ historians hini that
his wife paisc4iet him Then she had
ph@-as psueiairnetI emperor. and sec.
oed ,inte bccwmr empress u Ryan.
uun, THIS bruaght IN a contest With
the church. which refas4,l % sanctioa
the marriage Hut the vampire was
4 woman of wit as we'll as seduction.
rnd she hriped her pew lalperinl huS,
hand tu maintain hlHlsslf rhens Won
ro,abIe victories against thc Saraccns
and greatly exients",l the power of By.
Eantium. Then hr ss.ms ,o have cx.
iscvlsnc~i a turn OF fecIing and weat
back Ia his hairy shirt la any event
Theophano tired NJ him aud louked
about for new cooquests. She cast her
'aS"r upon 2Imisses, nephew Of the
emTerur, ard gallant young saltiier,
,'nce more her conspiracy tonk shape.
AND fhoe7as was as~asslnated. Then
thc church ,ivuaanded that zlmlsLrs
drive ThcOrhano forth from the palace
hefov his eif.prU,lalmed Accession ia
the purple would be recognized. To
the CONSERVATION VI Thcophano, he
promptly agreed aud she WAS bundled
ufr to prison, But the Willy vampire
whs bait risen from the tavern 10
ihnuDe stiil preserved her cunning, and
II was not long until zImiskes also |
pessed away, q poison victim.
Theophano's two sons ny her first |
husband divided the empire and she re-
turrcd TO the palace. History fails 10
Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18
FROM PALACE TO oUrrIR knu
BACK AGAIN.

Tllf story u Iilanca Capclla might
sell h. called '"Th. fAcs NJ the
Window She vAs horu Ia ib4s
daughter of great Venetian nuhle
Anal "a" giri ever had a mar. alluring
faiurr, liut love interf~r-i aud shs
ran aaay with q rrof bank cirrS "a
bic home In fiuruor lis had told her
that his pafrnts bsluugs,l % The Esu
try Instead. shr found ibsm llSlns 10
a miserable slum.
hlauca sonn i--,aps celebrated a.
N" flower u %. iiorvucr slums uur
day ID" sHs sittiag ut ~. siudus
Nhrn ifaHcsstu 3D. M-ild chhncs.i ~
"" sas hsf lovely face and to- neat
dtb she % summun.d a. c1uft
Francesca was the suu u che grand
dule. and suau her slave She had
sleksns,i ~ ihs hank clerk hushani
snd ~" tfssts - poverty Frhm q Eifi
sbiraB.~i by her nr.t hove .hs had
tsgun to d","lop Ia her rolc u VAN
plr.
frpnc~scos father died aud he 30
cams grand duke Now nianra saw
her rhanc~ 10 place h..idr him 4
child ~ss hocru~ 81 and rrv.~nt~'i 60
Francesca ~ Hisncn q, bis swn
1bsn, Ca cnur'al her plot. tie rrai
mother Vas sialu 4 waiting sutHan
who knsS af u pAs carried g.
mOuntain pass and iest ih.f~ Zoe dad
hut sihsrnts - Franc.<ros brw'h.r
found this Soman and heard her stUfy
irforv sh- dis,i IN. brother wAs .
cardinal and i~alous ~ Hiancns ris~
o. po~vf in safn~ NAY shs harmed
that the casiinal kn~w her ssrrri. sod
holdly cuufe.ss,i u tn the Erani dutr
Func~-ce infatuated fofgs,s her
and insis'ei ~ trvaiiug ih~ child a.
n n r~aiJ had rAn NJ. own ilui
WAnras truuhiss wsr- enlY mujtipiy
irs. fug Frsnrrsrus ~ifr horv hlm
= sou sheu IN hut- = biz having -
heir s.~nssf iust n is-ked a. n
hlansas day ass over nut -. let
t1orrnry q yrar. ihsu f.turu~i in
srvatsr fator than b.fors Ani $50
ihr iuetsss iiei her Jaung so fcl
lO~tuE her shartiy afrsruuri Thsrr
sstr hint. - .ai.su ~ Waneas 10.
s'iFatiun liuv csrf ts-f may have
,s~n. TO- duss married her within
tuu mohths The ehlid nr.t given 30
francrsru - an h~if uras lsatimatlfr,l
sbd q APPEARED that a. untnosu
fasntllng uuuld ssme day ruls
Ftpncv nut Maura stiu bad zee ifu-
planhlv envmy th~ Cardinal ds
Mriiet Ia an sTugt 60 make fri~nds
sAs lnsited him to . Erat feast aud
m~sry mailing Just what happses,i
NAY nssvr hs kao~a Sous historians
.sy that Mancs had prrtzred =
E-iisuur~i tart fp< The cHrdinai hut
that hs substitutes u for snpthsf tart.
uht.sl@sns,i. snd q uss s.rred 20 The
duis When Hisneu saw h-s husband
IN deadly asUhy. ~ i aid sie rial
iss-i shat bad hapt~nesi and ais the
ether haii - The Prlss-b~,i dsiutl
roth arrv ss-,u dead ami Hlaueas "a
suN bad uuu
Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18
KEEPING DOWN STABLE FLIES
Give Stable Refuse Proper Care ard
Stack Straw So That u VIII Me-
Be Breeding Hole.

The numbers Of stable iilcS car Pc"
kept down by caring properly '"r
stable refuse and by properly stacking
or otherwise dlsp"sing % straw b. @
way that will not make Il attractive
as breeding place for the 'r,
Files cause much distress among a0..
mails and n, times heavy losses C.u.
trul measures are described u Farm
erS Bulletin lg9i II can be had free
~ charge hy writing Division " PHh.
lIcatIons Washington, u. c.
Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18
APPLY LIMESTONE ANY TIME
Usually Done te Best Advantage IN
late Summer When Teams ard
Men Are Available.

Limestone may be applied at any
time when men aud teams are avail.
able, hut this usually Is done to best
advantage In late summer, fall or early
winter. II will seldom, II ever, pay to
put on less than ton to the acre, and
more should be used il the soil Is
very sour Applications usually are
not made more frequently than once
in four to six years. The usual applt-
cation varies from one to two aud one
half tons an acre.
Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18
GIVE HARNESS PROPER CARE
Made OF Good Leather ard Heavy
Enough, Set viii last FOR at
Least Fifteen Years

Harness made of goad leather ana
heavy enough for tl~ work required
Of 1t will last for l0aay Years II cared
for properly, II is mora economical 10
buy harness that Is too heavy than 10
buy that witch is too light for the
work. With good care harness Of the
proper weight and quality will last at
least Is years and h many cases har.
ness used on the farm has been Ia
service for IS wears or longer.
Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18
BIG VALUE OF FOREST TREES
Material Supplied fer Use on Farm,
Such az Poles ard weed--Pre-
teet Live Stock

Forest trees grown on the farf~odl
to It's value and beauty, They. supply
material Tor farm use, snch 8s poles.
posts and cor,lwood; and they afford
shelter for live stock and project
crops and buildings from the bet
winds Of summer and the cold Winds
Of winter. Moreover they often lan
be rruwn successfully on soils tro loer
or un slopes too steep for the SH,yrss.
full production of the ordinary aGrt,uu
turai crops
Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18
cytIevrs for Sore Hands

Suui hands pn retiring Ia the hot suds
d" Iau.lu Soap dry ang ruu 10 ca
ugura Ointment Remove su-p.u.
Ointment with tissue paper. This O.,
on.y one Of the things Cutcura viii 90
u soap. Ointment and TaIcum ar. used
for all toilet purposes. Advertisement
Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18
BY JAMES c. YOUNG.


record further activities oa her part.
'"fhaps shs was satisfied With In.
tigue. u is merely known that she
lhrd ga for a haif CENTURY. a vampire
vho had conquered aad lived e. enJoy
lh" frulis Il her de,lltry. shen ~.
victims had mad. the last sacrifice.
Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18
Packing FOR nsrse,

Dr. .s "gs'umsg, o. pa,k hfp.lrrs with
... ..tHs,- HH HrH f', feet hidden
OH, prevailing method 90 present
u.'r.rra'IHu BE- available. is 20
...a '., DU.rarus 90 sma HuNr. lu.g.
. dozen 'u.h bot sua boxes s4.'.
... f.- one uF fUu chickens have ~.
..'E been placed ou tle market. n
'.. business Is fp t- PERMANENT The
containers should carry he farm
..m,. ~ 'hr uau- - %. shipper ~
.hr farm has uu uamr Al attractive
advertisements "a the hoN has q great
deal 60 8" Vlfh marketing fact
proved hong ago 10 the satisfaction ~
shfrud business men.
Small package, are becoming more
and more popular Two LAYERS OF
chickens lu a box are being discarded
foe q single layer. 10 being realized
that Refrigeration t. more perfect II
the earras~s, tu not touch and II
pressure - such tender tissue as
chicken a.u>..e ls eliminated Hs far
as possible on this account heads
are wrapped in VuXel pagsr aud
turned back where they 4u not rest
agains, The soft flesh of t.r breast
or thighs ~ longer tuys ,H, packer
thrust old corks lrol.ls chickens and
fowls indiscrWuafg.y into % h.g sl-
gar barrel pressing rl,m down in bis
effort Co pack tshtly aut 80 brgissg
the nesh ans 'our.nE the skin.
Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18

= ihr points iNai make q rep
..#'#u for the shlpI-r
Temperature 10 Maintain.
I.' temperature of chickens when
H.f ar' alive IL iua degrees fahrru,
Do. THIS must be- rduerd after EilI.
'- Poe - degrees Fahrenheit ~ lee.
h.'r" they can be- packed fof long
iHs 'n refrigerator cars. Tie time
n .rri 20 chill fowls usually l. about
80 "H4fs aud the packer mus, be sure
H.' The b"iy cavity. a. well a. The
't auf flesh. are IRE. from heat hs
'." 'a. birds leave the chill room.
iH...r" a. observe this requirement
j. f'rpuusihle fur much Of the 90 con.
l".l-i poultry fpu-s- IN the public
markets The range of icmpcuture
i'.w'''ri tno. Il small Below - -.
.frr' FRhrruh"ii III. flesh IL frosted !.
"." ~ degrees Fahrenheit decay
u-r's i"" rapidly % permit 81 long
'Hs 90 distant market. ~ course.
'.' 'Iris can b. fruE"r after th.l are
..'' and - shipped. and ihl. j. a
.r-H "Nr"ii.ut plan. especially n the
.1. .s across q bot country sHy the
r.'. .a'.,i. % The Department % Agri.
...f.nr
Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18

Ordinarily the demand j. fnf hruIl,
ers - thr,e siEr-- squab iruHrrs
small hroilcrs aud large hrJllrn.
Sgyab tfoIIers weigh. dressed. from
thrre quarters to oue pound small
hrullers. the sire most la demand 10.
greater part ~ the year. weigh from
ons to one and q quarter pounds each
and large brullers from one and one.
half to two'poundS
nruilerS may - sold alive ~
dressed. In the discretion of N" -. -
Ter. but n dressed. this should -
lone according tp the demands y he
market. anf these demands ruc an
learn only hy inquiry AMI study Get
ting the product ready Tor the 'u,vr
Ia the public market has much fH 10
With the price received The spueur-
anc- ~ the article. the munusr 10
Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18
rrvp,fsd ~ a.. TINTED state. DspAf
ni4nt Of AEftFaifufsI

men, Of Asncaituf.I
Not day pass"s that Inspectors
employed ~ city. siai. or federal SEA-
srnm.nt. do not ound-nn food of on"
kind OF smother ue,ause Il IL unfit for
human cunsumptlun Sometimes this
IL due 90 deiIberat. aiulteration. AZ
Intention To dsfraui n. purchasers,
proper packing. neglect ~ consider
TEMPERATURES O. b" encountered ia
Transporting frum point " origin g.
destination. or failure to consider ID"
time which must necessarily elsps"
before the presiuc, Is likciy 10 react
the cut,sumers' tables.
Al this rutails not Only great loss
la money. likely 60 be- reflected IA
prie-s demanded ~ the public. bat
also II sndangrrs m. public health
because occasionally some unworthy
article slips through INSPECTION and i
served ~ f,-'d Enough f,-Ii products
spoii every sc.k to form = very I'm
portAni part % the amount nc.dei b.
the is'upi~ aud practically all of ii
might d" saved ihruugh Intelligence
and carr ou the part ~ the producer
and shippsr-
After your cit scns arc fht'ened aud
rraiy TO till. II viii psv yUn TO study
tiir methods Of klliing. blrc,i'ns. plck
los. chilling aud packing described
fully iu burvau ~ chemistry cirrU
lars 3 "ltuW 90 rirk Chigkrns. g.
How 60 Wrap Heads ~. How 90
Nil snd H~~l Market Poultry" !.
sued by the Department ~ Agricul
iurr. these circulars may h- had By
application 20 the division ~ publicu
tIuns The man Who bp,-s to sue
cr.d shOuld know everything possible
uhnut hls proi-u--,i market and Us q.
mhnds
Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18

" .Hh u IL packed. aud Its rundlilun--
...r' ar lhr points that mal. q rep.
u.I"u for ~. shlpl-r
The Washington herald., 1921-09-05
WATER TREATMENT
RESTORES MEMORY
British Veteran Brought
To Full Consciousness
After Mental Lapse.

While relating war experi-
ences William jackson, y years
old, of Falls Church, Va, who
carries n metal plate in his
skull as q remedy for injuries
received while fighting in the
British navy, suffered n total
lapse of memory Saturday and
was revived last night after
twenty-four hours work on the
part of Washington Asylum
Hospital physicians, using hot
and cold water treatment.
when Jackson WINS brought
to the First Precinct police sta
tiOn Saturday night by his en-
pIoyer, George A. Lester, of
Falls Church, Va, he was able
to speak only indistinctly. He
was removed to the Washing
ton Asylum Hospital, where
mental tests proved futile. Yes.
terday Jackson was given h9t
and cold water baths through
out the day. Toward evening,
according to DR.. J. T. Mahloney,
the victim began to display
emotion and at 10 o'clock last
night his mind suddenly be-
came clear.
jackson, who came here n
week ago from Nova Scotia,
told physicians he served six
years in the British navy, and
during the war was struck on
the head by shrapnel.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-05
.SORORITIES PLAN
TO HELP FRATS
Petitions Urge Revision of
The Board Of Education's
Opposition.

Sorority girls from all the Greek
letter societies in the Washington
high schools probably will be drawn
into the campaign to secure a re-
vision Of the Board of Education's
ruling against fraternities. Such
was indicated Saturday at a meet
ing of-the Interfraternity Council
held in the Washington Chamber of
Commerce rooms. Homer Building,
when the motion carried to supply
the gifls with petition blanks and
ask their assistance in bombardins
the District of Columbia commit
tees with endorsements of high
school fraternal societies.
The meeting was attended by rep
resentatives of fifteen fraternities.
1t was decided to hold another
meeting in one week, to which
former members of these societies.
now prominent in business or office.
will be invited and asked to speak.
Two weeks ago the Interfra-
ternal body took up the idea of
backing their friends in Congress
with a popular petition to be
signed by citizens Of the District
fs~oring the continuance of high
school secret societies. Partial re-
ports on the progress of the petition
were heard last night. One or
ganization reported 800 signatures.
Many prominent men, II was an
nounced, had signed. among them
Commissioner James F., Oyster, In
spector Clifford L. Grant, Maj. Harry
L. Gessford. Senator BAH, Senator
Knox, Former District Attorney
John z. Laskey.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-05
Gain In Industrial Activity
Marks Turn to Better Times
Thirty-Eisht Out of Sixty-Fve Center. Repor,
Decrease in Unemployment, Federal
Official States.

NEW YORK. Sept. I-Neariy
800 New York working men and
their brides are away taking n
Labor Day honeymoon, intending
to return to normalcy and the
treadmfIl Tuesday.
Saturday was n record day at
the marriage license bureau and
the majority Of the applicants
said they intended TO honcymoon
over today and tomorrow at
nearby seaside or mountain re-
sorts, and return to work Tues
day morning.
Labor Day. according to govern.
ment officials. finds the country
emerging from an almost unpre.
cedented period of Industrial depres.
SION and getting under way on tn,
long uphill climb to normal condi.
tons and better times"
From a half-dozen different angles
the Federal and State governments
various municipalities, trade union.
and employers are taekling the un.
employment problem.
: Labor leaders, from President
Samuel Gompers, down are cam
paigning all over the nation to in.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-05
MISS WASHINGTON
RESTING AT HOME
UNTIL TOMORROW
Capitals Representative
To Take Her Leave
At Noon.

With every detail Of her visit as
Atlantic City's guest of honor ar
ranged. pretty little Margaret Cor
man, 3015 Cambridge street, in the
role of Miss Washington" is en-
Joying a complete rest until tomor-
row noon. when she leaves her home
for the District building, where the
commissioners will bid her farewell
and send by her a message to the
mayor Of the New Jersey resort.
While there will be no formality
attending the farewell, hundreds of
the friends of the charming hiph
school girl will be on hand at 1915
p: m.' when she meets the heads of
the District government on the
steps OF the municipal building.
hundreds of government workers
VIII also be permitted by the lunch
nour TO see Miss Washington" who
twice within few months has been
adJudged the most beautiful young
woman In the Capital. and who is
to be Its representative in a pag-
cant and celebration Of nationwide
note.
Others VIII Go With Her. &.
Miss Washington will leave her
home just before noon, accompanied
by her chaperon, Mrs. William
Atherton DuPuy. and a number of
the young women who were candi-
dates for the unique distinction she
won. Among them will be Miss
Lulu McGrath, Miss Alice Touart,
Miss Mabelle Talbert and Miss
Elizabeth Roach. The party will
ride in the new model American
balanced six.
Miss German win depart for At
lantic City at 1:05 in the afternoon,
leaving the District building for the
Union Station Immediately after she
bids farewell to the District Com
missioners. Here again a large
crowd will be gathered to bid her
farewell.
Hudson Maxim, world famous in
ventor, will appear as King Nep-
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-05
RUSSIANS BARTER
WHEAT IN POLAND
Especial cabis to The Washington Herald
and United Nevs)

Especial Cabs to The Washington Herald
and United Nevs.)
LEMBERG. Sept. 4.-Russian
peasants living close to the Polish
frontier are carrying on a profitable
wheat export business with Polish
traders in nearly every village along
the Galician frontier. In exchange
for salt, oil and all kinds of manu-
factured articles, the Russian peas
ants are bringing potatoes, wheat and
other grains and the bartering is go
ing on almost openly along the Zbrucz
River. In many cases the Russians
cross the river on barges at night
with produce and return with Polish
wares.
At one frontier station a Russian
woman crosses the river twice a day.
bribing the Polish sentry with a
pound of butter and the Russian SEN
try with a bottle Of vodka. She car
ries wheat in bags hung under her
skirt. selling IL for 400 Polish marks
and $4,000 Soviet roubles.
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