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FCAPINC Fa OM
A PRISON CM
THE FAMOUS MO S {T'UNNEL AT
HOLZ1S��9J�1 DEN.
Wonderful
d onde-: fun Fa .t of M•it sh
PEisoneies in Escaping From
Enemy Camp.
Wherever prisoners of war are con-
gregated there are almost sure to be
desperate attempts at escape ---sone
of which are successful. Lieut. E. H.
Garland, a British oimicer wile was
sever -ill times captured and was always
ready to plan and execute some Glaring
means of escape, writes in the 'bide
World Magazine of a venture that was
a disappointment so far as he was con-
cerned, though twenty-nine of his com-
rades got away. This was the famous
tunnel at the Holzm]nden prison camp.
The tunnel was dug by a picked
party of leen with every kind of im-
provised tool; it started from 'a se-
cluded part of the barracks and ran
out some three hundred feet beyond
the stockade into an open field. When
the hole was.finishecl, says Lieut. Gar-
land, the working party went in first,
about eleven o'clock, and then the
other men, according to an arranged
list.
As we had only --five minutes' warn-
ing, we did not kuow who was in front
or behind. -I was summoned about
three iu the morning. "Be in the tun-
nel in five minutes, or you miss your
turn."
It was pitch dark when I got inside
the triangle room, where the mouth of
the tunnel was situated, and there was
a gurgling noise, something like the
sound water makes just as it runs out
of a big tank and down a pipe. It was
caused by the people still in the tun-
nel, who were calling out to each other
as they wormed along.
The first part of the tunnel was very
steep, and when I started to push my
haversack in front of me, it suddenly
disappeared and rolled down to the
bottom. Going downhill was easy
enough, but when I got to the bottom
of the dip I found progress very hard
work.
A Terrible Adventure.
The tunnel was so small that I had
to lie fiat on my stomach with my
hands above my head. There was not
room enough to pull one arm back or
to. raise my head far without hitting
the roof. There was no such thing as
crawling. Th'e only way I could ad-
vance was by pushing my haversack
along in front of me and then shoving
myself forward by my toes. My elect-
ric torch enabled me to see what ;was
in front. I cane across tins of bully
beef and chocolate, which had been
lost out of bags. All the time the aw-
ful gurgling noise was going on and
the air began to get very bad.
It should have taken about twenty
minutes to worn to the end of the tun-
nel, but soon the man in front of me,
who had been going very slowly,
stopped and lay still. I thought he
had fainted, but when I shook Bina by
the foot he said, "The tunnel has fall-
en in and they are trying to clear it.
It will only take a few minutes."
In the meantime, the chap behind,
me ran into my feet.
"What's wrong?" he gasped.
I told him that there was a block
somewhere up ahead, bat that it would
probably be cleared in a few minutes.
,The tunnel soon got filled up with
men who knew nothing about the
block. This was. dangerous, as it
made the. air very bad. There was
now so much noise that it was not
possible to communicate with those
behind and tell theory to go back. We
waited and waited. I could feel my-
self getting weaker. We had to wait
In that suffocating place more than
two hours before the man who enter-
ed last gave up and got out, .The next
man then started back, and the next,
Until I heard the man behind me say
that he was returning.
Ten Reached England.
It was terrible work. We had to pull
our haversacks instead of. pushing
them; our coats came over our heads,
and it was uphill. When one of the
fellows got jammed and could not
move, I really thought we.. should be
suffocated. But after a lot of strug-
gling he got his coat off over his head,
and that saved us. When I got to the
uphill part I thought I should never
manage it; but T struggled on, and
by and by I felt some one pulling my
feet. The men at the entrance had
tormd a human chain and were haul-
ing us out.
It was now almost daylight, so I
hurried upstairs to the secret entrance.
tlnfor'tunately, two officers were dis-
covered to be covered with mud from
"head to foot. The Germans were very
Suspicious, and tool' them straight to
Nellue.yer, who thought they had been
attempting to escape, but who never
dreamed that twenty-nine of hi; ene-
mios had flown. Vithen he discovered
the truth, he was enraged beyond
Measure.
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RASCALS
13ii:ousness, Headache, Colds,
Constipation, driven out ' I
with ."Cascarets"
Why take nasty cathartics, sicken-
ing salts, or it. tolllach-turning oils to
drive these rascals out? Let gentle,
harmless Cascarets remeye the ]iyer
and bowel poison which is keeping
your head dizzy, your tongue coated,
your skin sallow, your breath offen-
siva, and your stomach sour. Get a
box of Cascarets at the drug store and
ridtlyour livor, stomach, and bowels of
the excess bile, poisons, and waste
which are keeping you miserable. •;as -
carets never ;;ripe, never sicken, never
inconvenience; They cost so little and
work while you sleep.
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Styles for
Children
A Singing "Literary." No. 9116—Boy's Norfolk Suit. Price,
The people in our community had 20 cents. Coat cut through at waists.
"inet regularly in the schoolhouse line; knee trousers. Gut in 5 sizes, 4
every Friday night for "Literary" dur- to. 12 years. Size 8, with belt, 2%
ing several years, but they seemed to ids. 36 ins. wide, or 1i/2 yds: 54 ins.
bo getting into a rut. The younger wide;, without belt, 2%, yds. 36 ins.
folks especially were not very excited wide, or 1Y yds. 54 ins. wide.
about the meetings. No. 9143—Girl's Dress. Price, 20
Attempts at brightening up the cents. With shield, kimono sleeve
program helped some, and occasional with or without collar and belt. Cut
parties of the usual "bid -for -a -supper- in 5 sizes, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years.
basket" kind had a good effect, but Size 8 requires, with collar and belt,
notfor long. 2s/s yds. 36 ins. wide, or 2% yds. 44
The enthusiasm with which the ins. wide; without collar and belt,
younger people sang on their way to
and from the meetings finally sug-
gested an idea. Of course, they had
always had some singing ,at the "lit-
erary," but it wasn't of the jovial,
spontaneous kind that was needed. At
the next meeting they succeeded in
getting the idea accepted that they
shorid get hold of the new popular
songs and also Work up some of the
old favorites, and that there should
be a song after each number on the
program, but the big point of it was
that every one must join in, singers
and non -singers.
They knew very well that no:. one
would actually feel like joining in
when the time came, so they got all
to agree that every one should pay a
three -cent fine for every song not
participated in. To enforce the rule,
inspectors were appointed who, them-
selves singing heartily all the time,
watched for people not jointing in. It
was necessary to choose exactly: the
right people for this. At first many
people moved their lips and merely
pretended to sing, but that led them
on to singing heartily.
By the fourth week of the new
style the thing was an undoubted suc-
cess. The spirit of the place was
entirely chs ed. The old awkward-
ness that every one had shared before
gave way to a sort of thrill of interest
in everything. Perhaps the people
were all wondering what the next
song would be. Whatever dire reason,
they took a keen interest in every-
thing.
They had now dropped the "fines"
system, and use another method. Some
one—generally the school -teacher or
Vie minister, but sometimes a real
singing teacher—sits on the platform
during• all the singing, and after each
song marks up on the blackboard a
stroke for whichever side of the room
sang the best. The rivalry runs very
high each week and each month for
the highest score, and the room ie al-
ways divided sharply into the two
sections. Moreover, the rivalry is of
a particularly merry and good-natur-
ed sort. A singing "literary" after
this fashion is a tune -fire success.—
P. W. W.
Feed fovvils regularly. When we
make the hens wait ;for their meals,
we forget that they are just as surely
creatures of habit as are horses or
cows. Hens look for attention just as
retgularly as do the animals. If they
do not get it they are disappointed—
and we may be when we go to gather
the eggs.
el yds. 33 ins. wide, or 1% yds. 44
ins. wide.
These patterns may be obtained
from your local McCall dealer, or from
the McCall Co., 70 'Bond St., Dept. W.
What is a Tidal Wave?
Much of the storm's terrific damage
at Corpus Christi is said to have been
caused by a "tidal wave".of great
height, which swept away entire
blocks of houses.
But what is a tidal wave?
It has nothing whatever to do with
the tides. Any great onrush of the
sea that overwhelms the land is called
a tidal wave. In 1867 such a wave
threw the United States cruiser Mo-
nongahela clear out of the harbor and
into the town of Friedriohstadt, on the
island of Santa Cruz.
Suck waves may be due to various
causes. They may represent a heap-
ing up of masses of water by a hurri-
cane of wind, 'as at Corpus Christi. Or
an earthquake under the sea may be
the cause.
Submarine volcanic eruptions are of
not very infrequent occurence, and
earthquakes are liable to accompany
thea;. Or a mere slipping of strata
in the sea floor may cause earth-
quakes. If, incidentally to the volcan-
ic or seismic disturbance, one part of
the sea -floor sinks or anther part
rises, there must be a consequent rush
of water, which may assume the pro-
portions of what is called a tidal wave.
The great earthquake that destroyed
Libson in 1755 was supplemented by .a
tidal wave which rolled up the valley
of the Tagus from the ocean, sub-
merging all the lower portions of the
city and destroying thousands of lives.
Twenty-five years ago Japan was
visited by a series 'of terrific tidal
waves, which ran fifteen or twenty
miles inland. They accompanied great
earthquake shocks.
The tidal wave above mentioned, at
Santa Cruz, also struck St. Thomas,
where a wall of water that looked fifty
feet high ran up over the land. There
were severe earthquakes all night, and
the people, believing that the island
was going to sink, besought the coni-
mander of an American warship
(which had survived the wave by a
miracle) to take them off. He did
carry 2,000 of them to Santa Cruz.
To remove paint from clothes, sat-
urate the spot two or three times with
equal parts of ammonia and turpen-
tine, and then wash out in soapsuds.
Buy Thrift Stamps.
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ym Ve eY fdllerent pans aY nipet
na m..ndl pettier. el sAleuea
Pali turn Centel CsrApany,
art woo tobry MOM.
has taken the place of tea
and coffee in many homes
Convenient
Economical
Satisfying
Made instantly
Sold by. Grocers;
'SYRUP OF "lar
LAX Al V E
,00k at tongue! Remove poi:
sons from little stomach,
liver and bowels
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Accept "California" Syrup of Figs
only—look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child , is having the best and most
harmless laxative or physic for the
little stomach, liver and bowels. Child-
ren love its delicious fruity taste. Full
directions for child's dose on each
bottle. Give it without fear.
Mother! You must say "California."
His Special Gift.
A. school trustee visited one of the
schools over which he bears rule, Ind
made something of a speech to the
assembled children.
"Now," said the great man, "the
thing that you want to keep in mind is
that you should always seek to do
some one thing better than anyone
else can do it. You can begin to do
that right now. Tell me—is there any-
one among you who can do that one
thing better than anyone else?"
A youngster held up his hand.
"And what is it?"
"I can read my own writing better
than anyone else can," said the boy.
Minard's Liniment Co,, Limited.
Ge>" Y en,—In July, 1915, I was
tixi•o' fn;from a road machine, injuring
my hip and back badly and was ob-
liged to use a crutch for 14 months.
In Sept., 1916, Mr. Wm. Outridge of
Lachute urged. me to try MINARD'S
LINIMENT, which I did with the most
satisfactory results and to -day I am as
well as ever in my life.
Yours sincerely
his
MATTHEW x BAINES.
mark
Had a Better One.
4. college professor who was always
ready for a joke was asked by a stu-
dent if he would like a good recipe
for catching rabbits.
"Why, yes," replied the professor,
"What is it?"
"WeIl," . said the student, "you
crouch down behind a thick stone wall
and make a noise like a turnip."
"That may be," said the professor,
with a twinkle in his eye, "but a bet-
ter way than that would be for you
to go and sit quietly in a bed of cab-
bage heads and look natural."
Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cows.
New Zealand Census.
The New Zealand Government sta-
tistics relating to the census cf 1916
have just been made public. In classi-
fying dwellings by the number of
rooms the figures show that out of
229,423 private dwellings in New Zea-
land 9,000 had one room, 8,380 two
rooms, 10,500 three rooms, 49,000 foul•
rooms, 68,000 five rooms, 50,000 six
rooms, 22,000 seven rooms and 10,800
eight rooms. Country districts ac-
count for most of the small houses.
The overwhelming prominence of
wood in the construction of dwellings
in New Zealand is ehown by the fact
that 219,000 were constructed of wood,
7,000 of brick, 1,280 of stone and 1,680
of concrete. In many counties there
was not a single dwelling built of brick
or stone, but these districts were in
the back -blocks of New Zealand,
where there are but few houses,
Of the total dwellings and tene.
ments 109,000 are being,rented, 12,000
bought on time payment, 55,000 bought
on mortgage :and 56,860 the unencum-
bered property of the occupants. In
the Tuckland metropolitan area 15,000
homes are .rented, 16,800 held under
mortgage and 5,000 are unencumber-
ed.
No Smoking in the Barn.
It is•assuined that 50 per cent, of the
fires with "Cause unknown" in bares
can be charged to the foolishness of
smoking in them.
Buy Thrift 'Stamps.
ED.
ISSUE No. 47—'19,
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tion
fur shrinkage: Samuel Lewis, 666
Lundas West, Toronto._
USINAISs.T y, TORONTO PROtal ii -
for saleor exchange. e, io Davise129rVictoria
St., Toronto.
t ANC.Silt, a'tr111Otis
internal and external, cured without
i,atn by ctrl` home treatment. .'Write us
before too late. Dr. :Heilman Medical
Co., Limited. Coilinrwnod, Ont.
Playing With Matches.
During September four children
were burned to death, each as a result
of playing with matches. Regrets are
of no avail. Children are fascinated
by fire, and unless matches are kept
where children cannot get at them,
many more tragic deaths will occur.
These were other people's children:
yours may be next.
MONEY ORDERS.
Buyeyour out-of-town supplies with.
Demina'•m Express Money Orders.
Five Dollars costs three' cents.
Dolls' Eyes.
Great quantities of cherry stones are
used in Germany for dolls' eyes, paint-
ed. Being ready -carved by nature, and
of suitable shape and size, they serve
the purpose admirably.
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Sure! high Heels
Cause Darns But
Who Cares Now
Because style decrees that women
crowd and buckle up their tender toes
in high heel footwear they suffer from
corns, then they cut and trim at these
painful pests which merely makes the
corn grow hard. This suicidal habit
may cause lockjaw and women are
warned to stop it.
A few drops of a drug called freez-
one applied directly upon a sore corn
gives quick relief and soon the entire
corn, root and all, lifts out without
pain. Ask the drug store elan for a
quarter of an ounce of freezone, which
costs very little but is sufficient to re•
move every hard or soft corn or callus
from one's feet.
This drug is an ether compound and
dries in a moment and simply shrivels
up the corn without inflaming or even
irritating the surrounding tissue or
skin. Clip this out and pin on your
wife's dresser.
.1Lme2Kca'0 Pioneer Dog Remodies
Book on
DOG DISEASES
and Zow to Zoed
Mailed Free to any Ad-
dress by the Author.
31. Clay Clover Co., no.
11S West 31st Street
New York, U.S.A.
WHEN YOU SUFFER
FROM RHEU
Almost any man "will tell you
that Sloan's Liniment
means relief
For practically every man bas used
it who has suffered from rheumatic
aches, soreness of muscles, stiffness
of joints, the results of weather ex-
posure.
Women, too, by the hundreds of
thousands, use it for relieving neur-
itis, lame backs, neuralgia, sick head-
ache. 'Clean, refreshing, soothing,
economicalt quickly effective. Say
"Sloan's Liniment" to your druggist.
Made, in. Canada. ,Get it today
5c, 70; $1.40.
Classified Advertisements.
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T>AIR PRACTICALLY I:I,ACIc FOXES.
A. Also twenty other pairs, Reid ;Bros„
Bothwell, Ontario.
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1 D AW 1"UIiS. WHAT 13AVIS YOU?
Onttari�lrat Price? Reid Iii os., 2ioLhwel7.
WANTED
U'IRST CLASS GARAGE MAN.
.6. State experience and wages wanted.
Reid tiros„ Bothwell. Ont.
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. J TNG to prove your ability? Or, are
you just drifting along on the principle
that "everything coznes to him who
efwaits"--withoutencouckareh Sri the f latter
c]ass• be up and ldoing—train your mind'
and memory so as to be ready for Op-
portunity, when It comes your way. In
you
words, Pelmanise! If You know
ing mhomeve ntsitoimprove your the
eency
and incidentally acquire that Personality
which
Small townmorcbigncitykor on the
township side line, it matters not—the
Reiman System is conducted by mall.
"Mind and Memory" tells you all about
It. It Is a book that's free and lays no
you'll upon you to enroll, though
is the fesurprised
requ r d.tofind
rithow
fon- moderate o
and particulars to -day to the Pelmau
Institute, 766 Temple Building, Toronto.
Canada.
Peat Yields Oils.
Some of the peat mined in New Zea-
land is so well filled with kauri gum
particles that It can be made to yield
oils that are valuable substitutes for
gasoline or benzine or use in varnish-
es.
Minard's; Liniment Caress Distemper.
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For Coughs, Coisis,
and the relief of in.
flammatory conditions
of the throat arising
from Bronchial, Asth.;
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derangements of the
Respiratory Organs.
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cinal agents. Success.
fully used for 60 years.
Always buy that large SIT.,
t' SMS COUGHS
s Flora Boyko
Tells How Ciatictira
Healed Her Pimples
‘"My face was very itchy at first,
and after that it tvas covered with
pimples that disfigured it
badly. The pimples were
hard and red and they were
small, and they were scat-
tered ani over my face and
r" were so itchy Ihad to(scratch
and I could not sleep.
"These bothered Inc nearly a year
before I used CuticuraSSomp and Oint-
ment and when 1 had used fivecakes
of Cuticura Soap and five boxes of
Cuticura Ointment I was healed."
(Signed) Miss Flora M. Boyko,
Gardenton, Man., Dec. 26, 1918.
Having obtained a clear healthy
skin by the use of Cuticura, keep it
clear by using the Soap for all toilet
purposes, assisted by touches of
Ointment as needed. Do not fail to
include the exquisitely scented Cuti-
cura Talcum in your toilet prepara-
tions. Splendid after bathing.
For fro numpie ench of Cuttcura Song
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ONLY TABLETS MARKED
"BAYER" RE ASPIRIN
Not Aspirin at All without the "Bayer Cross,
7 �.
The name "Bayer" identifies the 1 contains proper directions for Colds,
only ggermine Asppirin,--the Aspirin lcieadaehe, Toothache, Earaeho, Neu-
prescribed by physfeians for over nine- ra1gie, Lumbago, :Rheumatism Noun -
teen years and now made in Canada. tie Joint Pains, and Pain generally.
Always buy an unbroken package Tin boxes of 12 tablets cast but
of "Payer Tablets of Aspirin" tvbioh a few cents. Larger "Bayer" packages.
Theme is only one .Aspirin-•r«DAYer"....e''on must say "Bogor„
Aspirin is the trademark irogg�tppterodi
In C'eriada) of Layer Manufacture of Mono-
aceticacidester of Salloylfoacicl. while t is Weil known that Aspirin moans Bayes
fnanutacture, to tessiet tho publics Ag&fri 1fUltat5one, the Tablets of Mayor Cosupi!tny
will be stamrcrl with theli••;gcuera tra@e Mark, the ' Ba 'ar Cress.'