" Outwitting By Lieutenant Pat O'Brien (Copyright, 1918, by Pat Alva O.'Brien.) One man —and I think he was the 1 smallest eater in w . ,! camp—won it on MBri ' three successive i WUfc afc. f days, hut it was i;M| 1 well for him that * his luck deserted him on the fourth day, for he prob- I - 4HMr *■> ahly would have :m been handled rather roughly by the rest of the crowd, who were growing suspicious. But we handled the drawing our- selves and knew there was nothing . crooked about it, so he was spared. We were allowed to buy pears and being small and very hard, they were used as the stakes In many a Kame. But the interest in these lit tle games was as keen as if the stakes had been piles of money in stead of two or three half starved pears. Xo man was ever so reckless, however, in all the betting as to wager his own rations. By the most scheming and sacri ficing 1 ever did in my life I man aged to hoard two pieces of bread i (grudgingly spared at the time from ( my daily rations), but I was prepar ing for the day when 1 should es cape—if 1 ever should. It was not a sacrifice easily made either, but instead of eating bread I ate pears until I finally got one piece of bread ahead; and when I could force myself to stick to the pear diet again I saved the other piece from that day's allowance, and in PETERSO N'S OI NTM ENT BEST FOR ECZEMA First Application Stops Itching of Eczema, Salt RUeum and Piles *£ilve and let live is my motto." say J Peterson. "Druggists all over Vuierica sell PETERSON'S OINT MENT for 30 cents a large box ind I say to these druggists, if any one buys my ointment for any of the diseases or ailments for which I recommend it and are not benefited give them their money back. "I've got a safe full of thankful letters testifying to the mighty heal ing power of Peterson's Ointment for i old and running sores, eczema, salt \ rheum, ulcers, sore nipples, broken i breasts, itching scalp and skin pim- j pies, blackheads, blind, bleeding and itching piles." John Scott. 283 Virginia St.. Buffalo, writes, Peterson's Ointment is simp ly wonderful. It cured me of eczema and also piles, and did it so quickly that I was astonished." HUBS IHT . UNO TAKE SALTS IF KIDNEYS HURT Says a tablespoonful of Salts flushes Kidneys, stopping Backache. Meat forms Uric Acid, tfrhich excites Kidneys and Weakens Bladder. 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Our experience, skill and accuracy assure you of satisfactory service. /d.cd/^c^s Eyesight Specialist M NORTH THIHDSTREET MMiMr BilMlic f _ _ __r* , ; v / r THURSDAY EVENING HXRfUBBURG TELBOKXPn APRIL lg, 1918. t days to come I had cause to credit ) myself fully for the foresight, i Whenever a new prisoner came In and his German hosts had satisfied i themgelves as to his life history and i taken down all the details—that is t all he would give them—he was im l mediately surrounded by his fellow i prisoners, who were eager for any • bit of news or information he could '■ possibly give them, and as a rule he I was glad to tell us, because if he ' had been in the hands of the Huns for any length of time he had seen . very few English officers. The conditions of this prison were I I bad enough when a man was in nor mally good health, but it was bar | barous to subject a wounded soldier to the hardships and discomforts of ' the place. However, this was the | fate of a poor private we discovered : there one day in terrific pain, suffer ing from shrapnel in his stomach and back. , All of us officers asked to have him sent to a hospital, but the doc tors curtly refused, saying it was against orders. So the poor creature went on suffering from day to day j and was still there when I left —an- i other victim of German cruelty. At one time in this prison camp there were a French marine, a French flying officer, two Belgian soldiers and of the United Kingdom one from Canada, two from England, three from Ireland, a couple from Scotland, one from Wales, a man from South Africa, one from Algeria, and a New Zealander, the latter be ing from my own squadron, a man who I thought had heen killed, and he was equally surprised when brought Into the prison to find me there. In addition there were a Chinaman and myself from the U. S. A# It was quite a cosmopolitan group and as one typical Irishman said, "Sure, and we have every nation that's worth mentioning, including the darn Germans with us whites." Of course, this was not translated to the Germans, nor was it even spoken in their hearing, or we probably would not have had quite so cosmopolitan a bunch. Each man in the prison was ready to uphold his native country : in any argument that could possibly be started, and it goes without say ! ing that I never took a back seat in ! any of them with my praise of America, with the Canadian and Chinaman chiming in on my side. But they were friendly arguments, we were all in the same boat and that was no place for quarreling. Every other morning, the weather allowing, we were taken to a large swimming pool and were allowed to have a bath. There were two pools, one for the German officers and one for the men. Although we were of ficers. we had to use the pool oc cupied by the men. While we were in swimming, a j German guard with a rifle across his knees sat at each corner of the pool and watched us closely as we dressed and undressed. English interpreters accompanied us on all of these trips, so at no time could we talk without their knowing what was going on. Whenever we were taken out of the prison for any purpose they al ways paraded us through the most crowded streets —evidently to give the populace an idea that, they were getting lots of prisoners. The Ger man soldiers we passed on these oc casions made no effort to hide their smiles and sneers. The Belgian people were apparent ly very curious to see us and they used to turn out in large numbers whenever the word was passed that we were out. At times the German guards would strike the women and children who crowded too close to us. One day I smiled and spoke to a pretty Belgian girl, and when she replied a German made a run for her. Luckily she stepped into the house bfore he reached her, or I am afraid my salutation would have resulted seriously for her and I would have been powerless to have assisted her. WTienever we passed a Belgian home or other building which had been wrecked by bombs by our air men our guards made us stop a mo ment or two while they passed sneer ing remarks among themselves. A Photographic Souvenir One of the most interesting sou venirs I have of my imprisonment at Courtrai is a photograph of a group of us taken in the prison courtyard. The picture was made by one of the guards, who sold copies of it to those of is who were able to pay his price —one mark apiece. As we faced the camera I suppose we all tried to look our happiest, but the majority of us, I am afraid, were too sick at heart to raise a smile, even for this occasion. One of our Hun guards is shown in the picture seated at the table. I am standing directly behind him, attired in my flying tunic, which they allowed me to wear all the time I was in prison, as is the usual custom with prison ers of war. Three of the British officers shown in the picture, in the foreground"are clad in "shorts." Through all my Subsequent ad ventures I was able to retain a print of this interesting picture, and al j though when I gaze at it now It I only serves to increase my gratiflca- I tion at my ultimate escape, it fills ]me with regret to think that my fellow prisoners were not so fortu -1 nate. All of them by this time are ! undoubtedly eating their hearts up I in the prison camps of interior Ger i many. Poor fellows! Despite the scanty fare and the 1 restrictions we were under in this | prison we did manage on one occa sion to arrange a regular banquet The planning which was necessary helped to pass the time. At this time there were eight of | us. We decided that the principal | thing we needed to make the affair a success was potatoes, and I con ceived a plan to get them. Every other afternoon they took us for a walk in the country, and It occurred to me that it would be a compara tively simple matter for us to pre tend to tire and sit down when we came to the first potato patch. (To Be Continued) WM. U SPICHER DIES Liverpool, Pa., April 18.—William L. Spicher. an aged resident of Liver pool township, died at the home of his son, Wesley Spicher, on Tuesday from a stroke. He was aged 76 years and Is survived by four sons, Elmer and Wesley Spicher, of Liver pool; Joe Spicher, of Wllliamsport, and Jacob Spicher. of Llgonier, and a number of grandchildren. LIVERPOOL BOYS PROMOTED Liverpool, Pa., April 18.—Mr. and Mrs. Amos Johnson have just re ceived word that their son, Lawrence Johnson, Ambulance Company De tachment, B 40, at Camp Custer, Bat tle Creek, Mich., has been promoted to the rank of sergeant. Recently their other son, Elmer Johnjon, Company L, One Hundred and Thir ty-fourth United States Infantry, at Camp Cody, New Mexico, received appointment as a corporal. y v ; N *.:y V '£<■.*'•**{ *sv? y ■•■..:*■•' N* if % V r' v •'v.' { v. 2*s^,. *-|P -vy.— .<*>*:jpzM**v tMUMti ■ ijjfr'la" '*i|i Save the - ENOUGH flour is wasted Have one No-wheat meal annually in dusting on the Cj jf every day in your home. bread boards alone in our jPn* v " homes to feed millions of our .$&& , Observe two wheatless days soldiers! each- week, Monday and A • i i r n ilß®iL Wednesday. A single pound of flour TP Z^%w saved every month in each of ':■ Stop the waste of bread in our 20,000,000 homes would l2rS Huff your own home . Buy only as mean an annual saving of MswfS.~ 1,200,000 barrels of flour. eat you buy. Save slices, And every barrel saved is crusts and ends, daily food for 300 of our fight- - Order your bread regularly ing men. w ~ in advance. The baker will Do the women of America then bake only as much bread know this ? Administration. The bread aS will be SO,d and eaten ' The national need today is they now make meets with the The bakers—in co-opera wheat. More and more of our Government's regulation for tion with the Government —are, men are going to the front, wheatless days. They are mak- making a real and definite sav-' Wheat must be had for them, ing their bread with 25 % other ing of wheat. They can make for our millions at home, and cereals than wheat flour. This 1,000,000 loaves with far less still more millions abroad who is the Victory Loaf which you waste than 200,000 homes can need our help. should eat every day and may make five loaves each. The I i i eat on wheatless days if no flour wasted by unsuccessful IS mere Wheat other wheat substitutes are baking and on the baking for all? available. boards alone in American . But you can help in other homes amounts to thousands 1 here is wheat for all, only ways, too. °* barrels a year. if everyone of us does his and ' " wt c A • -• i her part to save. How every. Woman omen of America, will J, / "Viiittu you do your part ? The Food Administration Can helo ' v i . asks every woman and man to These thi wi|l mt . an . Km™ na "°° S conser^arion—jll stop ,ho S * enormous waste of bread and victory? The bakers of America are flour —the most important food R • , , , under regulation of the Food of all-to save. by savfng bread and' w P he™ Schmidt's Bakery Bricker's Bakery Harrisburg Baking Co Harrisburg, Pa. Lemoyne, Pa. Harrisburg, Pa. Ruhl's Bakery Steelton Steam Bakery Dandy Baking Co. Penbrook, Pa. W. E. Hartman, Steelton, Pa. Harrisburg, Pa. Ctpyrtght, 1918, ky iht ' Nmiiinml Antiunion if Matter Baktr *• I WBONAL I • / roop \ EVERY AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE SHOULD SIGN THE PLEDGE CARD OF THE UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION . . T \
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