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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Not Equal.

During our war with Spain GER
tain hospital had a corps of nurses
Of exceptional beauty, and it was
whispered that these fair nurses
were inclined a little to frivolity, in
clined a little to ,fiirt with the ailing
young soldiers in their charge Now,
when soldier felt that he was on
the mend, a Irritation with pretty
nurse was delightful, but when his
wounds were troublesome then gal
lantry was a thing that he was hard
ly up to. Sometimes pretty nurse
in this hospital would come to IA
vorite soldier and find him lying with
closed eyes, as If asleep on his cot,
and this note pinned near his counte-
nance: ITO i'll to be nursed to-day
John Smith"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Mourning Nagaries.

Mourning is not what it used to
be-" said an undertaken. "In fact, l
expect to see it go out altogether in
the next century or so. Perhaps it is
Just as well. No young widow, I've
heard say, can wear mourning with
out looking like an adventures.
But in the seventeenth century
widows not only wore mourning, but
their bed curtains We're black, and the
sheets and pillow cases had a black
edging, like stationery. Even their
lingerie had a mourning band.
In Italy the mobiles of the Renais-
sance carried their mourning as far
as their knives and forks, which had
ebony instead of ivory handles.
Gray cloth superseded black for
mourning in the eighteenth century.
The fashion lasted about twenty
years. Then it died out, as it had
sprung up, mysteriously,"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Why He's Called Uncle.

Want to get your overcoat out, Ell!
Ny but you're early" said the pawn
broker.
Then, as he unwrapped the coat
from it's tar paper wrapping, he point
ed to a steel hook of antique aspect
that hung above a mirror.
That's a curio," he said. 1T is an
old pawnbroker's hook, an article
used by all our craft in the seven
teenth century. Counters, to prevent
theft, were wide then, twice as wide
as now; and what you extended over
those wide counters the broker hook
ed in with this instrument.
The hook, which was once as much
our badge as the three balls, gave rise
to the expression uncle as connected
with the pawnbroker. The Latin for
hook, you know, is uncus, Uucus-.
uncle. Seer"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
SENTENCE SERMONS.

Hidden sins are hard to heal.
Cursing yesterday does not correct
to-day.
The selfish heart always is short
sighted.
Only dead faith lies wrapped in
formalities.
No language is more eloquent than
a life of love.
The beautiful life loses no time
looking for mirror.
They who never stop for little joys
find no large ones.
The church is shelter for the sim
ner, but not for his SINS,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17

to be responsible for the haunting OF
the Allegheny county Jail. For years
the murderers' row there has been
gradually accumulating the reputation
of being haunted.
Did not Mike Ruminiski, the profess
sional stranger, strangle himself to
death in his cell in a most ingenious
manner shortly before the date set for
his execution, and did not he come
back? That was during the time of
Warden John McAleese.
And did not the notorious Biddle
brothers, Jack and Ed, escape from
their cells in murderers' row with the
assistance of Mrs. Kate Soffel, wife OF
Warden Peter Soffel. only to be run
down and shot to death near Butler,
Pa, 4S hours later and did not they
come back? That was during the time
of Warden Soffel.
And did not Hill and Douglass and
many another poor wretch who went
to death from murderers' row by the
gallows route come back?
There are many who stoutly main
tain that they did, and that they
haunted their old cells and terrified
their occupants for many nights.
Another mysterious happening that
contributed to the spooky reputation
of murderers' row was not explained
away until it had been going on for
weeks.
At nine o'clock every night it has
been customary to switch the electric
lights from one dynamo to another.
This necessitated the changing of a
belt and occupied from five to ten
seconds. During that time the entire
Jail was in total darkness, except for a
few isolated gas jets in the front of
fee, at the gate and in the main cor
ridor.
An UnearthIy Shrek Was Heard.
One night several years ago just be.
fore the lights had gone out as usual
an unearthly shrek pierced the inky
blackness of the big Jail from some
where in the neighborhOod of murder
ers' row. 1t was long, moaning kind
Of shrek, such as no mortal could
make, and it seemed to sweep ant
circle down the main corridor before
dying away. Everybody who heard il
deputy wardens, guards and prison
ers alike-felt the marrow freezing ii
his bones. An investigation was made
Immediately the lights had beer
turned on again, but no solution tt
the mystery was found that night. The
prisoners were questioned, and, a!
might have been expected, all denied
knowing anything about it. Men il
cells on the fourth tier thought the
noise, came from somewhere on the
ground floor. Those on the grounC
floor thought it came from the roof.
Next night when the lights wer'
switched off at nine o'clock the same
unearthly scream resounded through
the building, and once more the result
ant investigation came to naught
Warden Lewis was puzzled and he de
, termined to trace the noise to 1T
source, so on the third night he Sc
, cretly stationed guards in empty cell
and along corridors, with instruction
to make careful note of the direction
from whence the yell came If it shoulC
, be repeated. The yell was repeated
without fail as soon as the jail was il
darkness, but the worden's plan failed
, for the guards had totally differen
, ideas of where the sound cam
: from.
: By the time the uncanny yell ha
been heard for five nights in succes
] sion, with the mystery of its source a
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
The Swan Soma.

"The nature fake" said DR.. William
]. Long, the nature writer, lis always
harmful. A striking instance of this
occurred not long since at the
zoo. You know the old nature fake
about the swan-how this beautiful
bird, silent all it's days, bursts when
cying into the sweetest song? Well,
at a zoo one day, keeper saw boy
steal up behind swan with a brick
in his hand.
Here said the keeper, what are
you going to do there?
"'Ah, lemme alone, snarled the
boy. 4 wanter hear him sing"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17

ueep as ever, many OF the most su-
perstitious prisoners we're on the
verge Of nervous prostration. Nobody
could ever tell them after that that
the Jail was not haunted. The warden
was almost at his wits end, but he
tried one more scheme. He began to
transfer the prisoners, few at
time, from cell to cell, and guards
were instructed to watch each batch
of transferred men very closely. In
this way the noise was finally traced
to a practical joker among the pris-
oners, who produced the diabolical
yell with the aid of a hair comb and
a newspaper. A piece of paper was
folded across the comb and held as a
mouthpiece at the small end of meg
aphone made by rolling the newspaper
up into a cone. Everybody knows
what a fearful noise can be made by
pressing the lips against a paper-cov-
cred comb and blowing hard. With
the megaphone added the noise was
greatly magnified, and it made noise
calculated to give anybody cold chills
in the pitchy darkness of big prison.
With the detection of the culDrit the
noises ceased, but the jail's reputation
for being haunted spread amazingly,
even beyond the granite walls of the
prison, and still clings to it.
The Case of Ruminski.
Mike Ruminski was one of the
shrewdest prisoners ever placed in
murderers' row. On the morning he
was sentenced to death for strangling
his wife, pouring kerosene over the
body and setting fire to the house, he
declared that the sheriff would never
get a chance to hang him. The evil
dence produced against Ruminski at
his trial tended to show that he was
a professional stranger and 'robber
Several months before he killed his
wife he had strangled his own baby tc
death, but this was not known unit
the authorities made an investigation
following the death of his wife.
On account of the threat of the con
Q0ml6Q HldQ I0dJ lie WOulu CuSdC Ih'
gallows, an extra close watch was KEEP
on him in his cell, guard being sta
toned outside the door day and nigh
to prevent him from taking his owl
life.
One night Ruminski went to bed a
usual. The light outside his cell doc
shone directly on the cot and tn
guard outside could see him quit
plainly. But Ruminski, while pretend
ing to be asleep, reached down wit
his right hand between the edge of hi
iron cot and the wall and united one @
the thin cord laces fastened acros
the framework of his cot and support
ing the mattress. Still working wit
,, one hand, he twisted the short lengt
of cord, tied it and slipped it over hi
head and around his neck. The handl
of a tin cup, which he managed to &c
possession of, was passed through tn
loop, and then Ruminski carefully an
quietly proceeded to choke himself tt
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17

death. So cautiously did he kill HIM
self that the guard outside the door,
although keeping one eye on Ruminski
all the time, imagined that the con-
demned man was sound asleep.
When Ruminski had choked himself
until he lost consciousness, his hand
released the handle of the tin cup. 1t
may be supposed that the tin handle
would spin around few times and fly
from the loop and that the cord, being
released, would enable Ruminski to
breathe again. But the crafty stranger
had anticipated tina. very thing and
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17

Pittsburg, Pa-According to the
statement Of the prisoners and
guards, murderers' row, in the Al
legheny county Jail in this city is said
to be haunted, and the fear of the sup
posed ghosts has so worked upon the
nerves of the condemned prisoners
that the cells of the entire row have
been vacated and the prisoners re-
moved to another section of the jail.
The ghost of w. A. Culp, who killed
while awaiting trial for the murder of
his brother, is held directly RESPONSE
BILE for the orders issued by Warden
Edward Lewis transferring the IA men
occupying cells in murderer's row.
Culp's ghost was haunting them,
they declared. 1T" had come back,
they said, visiting cell after cell along
the tier set apart for murderers, re-
hearsing the murder of Culp's brother
and omitting none of it's CHASTITY de-
tails. This happened night after night
following Culps suicide, and always
between IL and l o'clock in the morn
ing.
Screams of terror from the fourth
tier of cells on the south side of the
old part Of the Jail, where murderers
row was situated, aroused the guards
and all the prisoners, says the N Y.
World. Lights were turned on and a
search made for the ghostly visitor,
but of course 'it" was never found.
An hour or two always elapsed before
the terrified prisoners could be Gained
down and silence reigned once more
throughout the big county Jail.
Prisoners Ghost Visits Cell.
Only one prisoner, condemned
murderer occupying the cell adjoining
the one in which Culp committed sui
eide, man who is to be executed in
October, saw the Culp ghost on the
first night it came back. That was on
the night following the one on which
the suicide was committed. The con
demned wretch, who had ben convict
ed of most cowardly crime
screamed for help and when the
guards entered his cell few moments
later they found him covering in 6
corner and shaking like leaf.
He had seen Culp, he said. Culp OF
Culp's ghost had come into his eel
and after awakening him had started
to rehearse the murder of his brother
You have been dreaming, that's
all said one of the deputy wardens
reassuringly Don't you know thai
Culp is dead and buried and even if he
were alive it would be impossible fol-
him to have been in your cell? Be
sides, there are no such things a:
ghosts. You have been having baC
dream, so just lie down and go tt
sleep and don't be arousing the whole
Jail like this in the middle of the
night"
But the next night Culps ghos
came back again. At least, three con
demned criminals confined in cell'
along murderer's row declared tina
they saw ut" distinctly. When exam
ined by the warden they all gave thu
same description of the ghost, the di
.rection from which it came, and it
antics in front of cells along murder
ers' row.
This went on for several nights, al
though extra guards were placed alonl
the fourth tier. The guards them
selves declared that they saw nothing
but this afforded little satisfaction t.
the prisoners, who were either to-
frightened to sleep or who were dis
turbed by the screams of their next
door neighbors.
Culps ghost is not the only one sal
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Sympathetic Hearts.

'It's dreadful the way the cost Of
living has gone up. The price Of dia-
monds has increased so, my husband
found where he went to get me that
necklace he had promised me, that he
can't afford it at all this year"
eyes, it is certainly hard, wonder
how poor people manage to live"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
BY THE WAY.

"Do let brick in your hat become
your headstone."
Dirt is no more sign of industry
than fat is Of health.
What you have been generally ac-
centuates the intenseness of what you
are.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
senarate Schools Proposed.

Hattiesburg, Miss, Oct. IA reso
luton calling for separate schools for
Italians, Syrians and Russian Jewish
children in Hattiesburg has been
adopted by the board of education. 1t
will be presented to he city council
in an effort to obtain funds for erect.
ing separate school buildings. Recent
race antagonism in this vicinity, es'
pecially against Italians, is the cause
for the resolution.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17

Patterns Nos. 1904 and 5907.-Weif
shaped underwear is now regarded as
a very important part of the up-to-
date wardrobe, and women of refined
taste spend much time and thought
upon these garments. The two pret-
ty models here shown were designed
with regard to comfort as we'll as TO
appearance. The corset cover is the
daintiest little garment possible to
wear under the lingerie blouse. The
square cut neck may be made as IL
lustrated, or it could be made of a
strip of embroidery. The French cir
cular drawers are very popular just
now, as they take the place of an
extra underskirt, thus avoiding all
extra fullness around the waist. The
choicest materials are fine linen,
batiste, cambria and nainsook, and
some very dainty effects are obtained
by the use of ribbon-run beading, lace
and embroidery. For 36-inch bust
measure one and three-eighths yards
of 36-inch material will be required
for the corset cover and three and
| one-fourth yards for the drawers.
Ladies' square neck corset cover, No.
1904. Sizes for 80, "a, SO, 3S, 40 and
AZ inches bust measure. Ladies
French drawers, No. 5907. Sizes for
20, %, "a, 26, 2S, 80, 80 and "a inches
waist measure.
Patterns of this illustration will be
mailed to any address on the receipt
of 10 cents for each in silver or
stamps.
This pattern will be sent TO you ON
receipt of 10 cents. Address all orders
to the Pattern Department of this paper.
Be sure to give size and number of pat
tern wanted. For convenience, write
your order on the following coupon:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
CAPTAIN and Two Men Drowned

Baltimore, Md, Ovt. 14.-The barge
Saxon, lumber laden, from Georgetown
S. c., to New York, stranded 80 milea
north of Cape Hatteras. The Captain
and two men of the barge werG
drowned
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Accounting for II.

NO." said the stubborn man, mo.
body can alter my regard for Jiggins.
He's man you don't meet every
day"
IT admit that" replied Markley,
"but attribute it to the fact that ]
loaned him $40 several months ago."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Killed Bv Yauuis,

Guaymas, Mex, Oct. 14.-Jesse
Brocamento and Ricardo Robles, mem
bers Of two of the wealthiest familrel
in this section, were ambushed neal
here by a band of Yaqui Indians
Brocamento was killed and his com
panion fatally wounded.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
That Explained It.

"Are you the press humorist on this
paperT asked the visitor in the sane
tum.
II am"
"WeH, merely wanted to ask how
you managed to think Of so many
jokes every day"
,f-"I DON'T" frankly replied the press
humorist Il have an intellectual pair
OF shears. Milwaukee Sentinel
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
New Channel Now Ready.

Sault Ste Marie, Mich, Oct. ID
Water was turned into new channel
of the st. Mary's river at West Nee
bish, marking the completion of one OF
the biggest projects undertaken on the
great lakes since the building of the
Poe lock.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Prairie Fire Raoinu In Montana.

Great Falls, Mont, Oct. IA grea
prairie fire is sweeping the ranges n
the eastern part of the state and 81
square miles of choice grazing GROUND
In the vicinity Of Culbertson has al
ready been burned over.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Business Block Burned.

Baltimore, Md, Oct. 14.-The barge
block, in the business section of this
town, was destroyed by fire. Five
firms, including the plant of the Rock
bridge County News, were located in
the building. Loss 100000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
The Wrong Word.

did you finally sum up enoguh cour'
age to ask her to marry you?"
Eyes, and she gave her word"
"Ah, congratulate you!"
"You needn't; the word she gave
was 'No'."-Philadelp Press.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
General Shot Himself.

FL Paso, Tex, Oct. 14.-Dtscouraged
by i'll health Gen. Ifiero Bojan, com
mandant of the Bravos district Of the
Mexican army, committed suicide In
his quarters at Juarez by shooting him
self
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Off at Stations,

Eyes, he works off and on"
why, l heard he had a good steady
job"
$50 he has, but he's railroad con.
ductor "-Philadelp Press.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Time lie Money.

Time is surely money with John D.
.RockefeIler-to be exact, just $21.25 a
minute How he must enjoy watching
1t iy!
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17

Pattern No. 590S.-The fashion for
blouse waists completed by dainty
lace chemissettes is most becom-
ing one, and admits of various effects
Deep tucks are arranged over the
shoulders in front and back and the
neck is finished by prettily shaped
trimming band. If preferred, the
sleeves may be full length, the deep
cuffs being made of lace correspond
ing to the chemisette. AS pictured the
waist is shown in foulard silk, but
most of the seasons materials will
make up stylishly, such as taffeta.
poplin, voile and cashmere. For 36
inches bust measure two and three
fourths yards of 36-inch material will
be required. Sizes for 80, "a, 36, SS,
40 and AZ inches bust measure.
This pattern will be sent to- you on
receipt of 10 cents. Address all orders
to the Pattern Department of this paper.
Be sure to give size and number of pat
tern wanted. For convenience, write
your order on the following coupon:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17

had made provision to guard against
his plans being thwarted in that way.
The handle of the tin cup had been
Strengthened out and then hooked ct
the end in such a way that the mo-
ment Ruminski's hand released it it
caught a the collar of his shirt and
held fsst. Ruminski had been dead
several hours when the guard attempt
ed to arouse him next morning.
Then a few hours after the strang-
ler's body had been removed to the
morgue it disappeared most mysteri-
ously and that night prisoners in MUIR
derers' row declared that they saw
Ruminskfs ghost walking along the
corridor and making CHASTITY faces at
the occupants of the cells. Several
months later the murderer's body was
found in a stable on Carson street,
South side, and buried in potters field.
The ears and fingers had been re-
moved, presumably to be kept as SOU
venirs.
The BiddIe Brothers.
The two Biddle brothers did not die
in murderers' row, but other prisoners
confined there have often declared
that they saw their ghosts on many
nights since the two young despera
does broke Jail and fled with the war
denis wife, only to be run down and
killed a few hours later. The sensa
tional case of the Biddle brothers is
too we'll known and has been drama
tized too much to need recalling tC
the memory of readers. 1t was merely
one of many cases which have served
to give the Allegheny county Jail {
spooky reputation and to make the ole
murderers' row no longer habitable.
The nerves of condemned prisoners
occupying cells there were recent!
wrought up to such a pitch by hearin!
the noise made by carpenters erecting
the wooden gallows in the Jail yart
that Warden Lewis has ordered a stee
scaffold which can be put together a
most noiselessly with the aid of fey
screws and a wrench.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
WARM DEBATE FOLLOWS
MESSAGE IN THE SENATE

| constitutional power to set aside such
an order.
The power Of the president as conn
mander in chief Of the army and navy
in time Of war WAS not defined bN
the constitution
Mr. Spooner expressed doubt thai
congress could pass law removing
the disability of these particular men
to re-enlist
There was a partnership between
the president and congress, said Mr.
Spooner Congress makes rules, and
the president makes orders Twice
years ago, the executive had at
tempted to make rules. In one case
Attorney General Gushing and the
other Attorney General Bates over
ruled the executive rules which con-
flicted with the legislation
Mr.. Bacon took issue at this point,
and held that if Mr.. Spooner should
be followed the entire legislative au-
thority might be Clipped away
Mr. Bacon remarked incidentally
that In all his experience In the day
he had never heard q doctrine adj
vanced which he regarded as more
dangerous than the suggestion that
the president has any power IN the
use of the army chat cannet he con-
troled by the lawmaking power Mr
Spooner then yielded the floor for ad-
iuurnmcnt. not having finished his
argument