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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Maude Titus

In Casco Bay. near Yarmouth, Me,
in the summer OF 1904, deed of gen.
erous heroism was performed by a
girl of 16. Maudo Titus. a student at
the Newark On. j. high school, was
out on a pleasure trip in q sailing
yacht with some of her friends. An
accident occurred in changing the
course of the yacht, and the captain,
his niece, Miss Titus, and her friend,
Miss Reifsnyder, were thrown into the
water. The captain rescued his niece
by lifeline which had been thrown
to him from the boat, and he himself
then followed her to safety, leaving
Miss Titus and Miss Reifsnyder to
struggle for themselves in the waves.
Miss Titus was poor swimmer, and
her friend was utterly helpless in the
water. Instead of striking out for the
boat, however, which she could have
reached with ease, Miss Titus re-
manned with the half-drowning girl.
She did not attempt to swim with her,
but took hold of her, Gained her, and
endeavored to hold her head above
water until a boat was sent to the
rescue. For this act of heroism Miss
Titus has received silver medal.
The commission has also given her
$1,000 to assist in completing her edu
cation, DR.. Titus, the girls father,
having recently died.
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THE FAMILY BIBLE MISSED.
Individual Records Are No Longer
Kept with Exaetness.

The family Bible, with its genealog-
ical record, served a useful purpose
in it's day." said the librarian, land l
don't see that, with all our boasted
advance in civilization, We have de-
veloped anything quite to take its
place. OF course, nowadays, cities
and towns pride themselves on the
accuracy of their vital statistics, and
we have whole libraries of genealogi-
cal works-dry enough most of them
are, too. But the individual family
record, such as was kept few gen.
eratlons ago, is very decidedly miss
ing, and it's a pity that such is the
case.
For one thing, the list of births,
marriages and deaths that were kept
in the ponderous volume of Holy
Writ operated to keep the members
of the family close to one another; it
was, in a way, a central point, val
liable for sentimental reasons as we'll
as for reasons more distinctly utili-
tartan. AS scribe succeeded scribe,
the family continuity was emphasized
and the entries were significant of
the growth of a clannish feeling,
which is too little in evidence at the
present time. There are not, ven
ture to say, very many people in this
year of grace who know anything or
care anything about their relatives
further removed than the degree of
first cousinship, and even first cou'
sins are frequently out of mind. OF
course, our tendencies are responsible
largely for this state of affairs, but
often wish that we had reminders of
our kin, such as were furnished by
the family Bible of past days with
their direct personal testimony
amounting to messages from parents
to children. Whenever l see one OF
these pages filled with careful en-
tries-entries made in Joy and in sor'
row, in the confidence of pride of life
| or by the trembling fingers of old age
| it seems to me that we have lost
something in our hurried existence
that is to be regretted. We can &c
to the city or town clerk or, perhaps
to the public library for information
as to our ancestry or our relatives
but this is rather cold and formal
method of procedure. Certainly, we
| do not find in official records and in
books the handwriting OF our fore
| bears"
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ResourcefuI.

Detective Gumshoe told schooD-
But this man could not possibly have
committed the crime!
Detective Bludgeon (new SCHOOL,
What of that?
"Well-er-"
"Of course he could not possibly
have committed the crime. Do you
imagine I'm looking for something
eaayg No, sir. l propose to show
the world what MY method will do,
l will eytort a confession from the fel.
low, and shall convict him, and send
him to the gallows, in spite of his in
nocence, the best lawyers money can
procure and unanimous public SEN
timent. /, sir, am a detective, not a
mere opportunist, who waits for the
favorable breeze to carry him to sue
cess"
The old-style detective, realizing his
hopeless inferiority, was speechless
with shame and chagrin.-Puck.
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SPREAD THE LIGHT
WORK OF A NOBLE MISSIONARY
AMONG cANNI6ALs.
For Forty-Nine Years, in Almost Con
slant Peril of His Life, Or.
Patton Labored in the New
Hebrides.

The death of Rev. John Gibson
Patton, the missionary apostle to the
New Hebrides, in his eighty-third year,
was reported by cable from Canter-
bury. Australia. In 1858 DR.. Patton
decided to go to the New Hebrides be-
cause he felt that in a religious
sense it was the darkest place in
the world" SEA 40 years he worked
among the natives of the islands, and
few men have had a career so full oil
thrilling adventures, hairbreadth es-
capes and dreadful tragedy as his.
Tanna, the island on which he first
landed, was inhabited by cannibals OF
most ferocious description. At first
he had the companionship of his young
wife and their little son, but a few
months after their arrival both died
of fever, and he was left to fight for
his life and his religion alone.
Forty times the natives tried to
kill him, and 40 times they failed.
Six other missionaries who went to
assist him in the work were murdered.
The islands were visited by British
warships and other vessels, and many
times DR.. Patton was urged to leave
Tanna and seek refuge on some other
island where Christianity was begin
ming to make headway, or in New Zea-
land.
But he always refused. To him
the bowling cannibals who at times
were literally thirsting for his blood,
were his dear benighted Tannese,
| and with heroism remarkable even
in the missionary field, he remained
at his post.
His escapes from death were al
most miraculous. More than once he
and his few helpers were besieged in
the mission house by the entire popu'
lation of the island, and death seem
| ed certain.
On one occasion his dog saved him,
| sometimes his empty revolver fright
ened his assailants, and the fear the
natives had of his Jehovah God
whom he invoked more than once,
proved his salvation.
| A friendly chief once presented DR..
Patton with finely polished wooden
spoon. Natives he subsequently met
would not believe that DR.. Patton had
dared to visit this warrior. He show
ed them the spoon, and they fled for
| their lives. Then the missionary
learned that his spoon was only used
at cannibal feasts, and by the chief
| himself.
Gradually, however, the fruits OF
his unceasing T,ork began to make
themselves apparent, and few years
ago the number of Christians in the
New Hebrides was estimated at 49,
900 out of total population of co.,
900. Not the least part of his work
was the translation of the Bible into
20 different dialects for the use OF
the many different tribes on the is.
| lands.
Ten years after the death, of his
first wife he married again, and not
many years ago his son was shot at
by a hostile tribe and narrowly es'
capped death.
His visits to England were few and
far between. His last was in 1901
and during his brief stay of two
months the stalwart figure of the
white haired snowy bearded old man
with the charming smile was seen on
many platforms.
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country. In its course the flood had
torn an unwieldy barge from its
moorings. Alone on board was How
ard Mccartney, youth who could not
swim. His old-time friend, James w.
Gilmer, who had worked with him for
years on a towboat, saw sthe flying
barge, knew that Mccartney was on it,
and knew, too, that the runaway YES
sci was heading for great dam a
short distance below on the river. 1t
meant certain death to Mccartney if
some quick act was not carried out to
save him. Gilmer jumped into skiff
and raced after the barge. Mccartney
had long start of him, and the sound
of the waters foaming over the dam
reached Gilmer before he was well
under way in his little craft. He
hoped to get near enough to the barge
for Mccartney to jump into the skiff,
and then together they could row to
the shore. But the barge was going
too swiftly, in the eddying currents
the skiff was too unmanageable, and
before he could reach him Gilmer saw
his friend hurled over the rapids
above the dam. So appalled, was he
at the fate of his friend that he forgot
his own safety. He foated down to
the danger point. jumped from the
skiff into the boiling flcod-and the
dead bodies of the two friends went
down the river side by side. A bronze
medal and 5000 has been awarded by
the commission to Gilmer's father in
commemoration of his sons daring
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Not on Her CaIlinu [ ist

"s wish had beautiful face" com.
planned girl at card party recently
Perfection of feature is not the
chief requisite to beauty, though"
consoled her partner Expression is
the true beauty. Why, I've heard that
Ethel Barrymore has really homely
features, yet she appeals to nearly
every one as beautiful woman be.
cause her face is so expressive"
II think so, too.' said the third.
sand I've been told that the same
is true of Lulu CHASER. Don't you
think so?" she asked, appealing to the
fourth
why, I don't know" replied the
latter hesitatingly. Il don't think I've
ever met either one of the ladies'"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11

Pattern Nos. 5713 and 5720.-Dainty
simplicity characterizes this attractive
design for a house dress. The skirt
is a practical five-gored model, with
deep flounce set on with frill mn
ish at the top. The skirt may be cut
away underneath or left to form a.
foundation just as preferred. A per-
fectly smooth adjustment is given.
about the hips, the fullness at the
back being arranged in an inverted
box-pleat, or if preferred it may be
gathered The blouse waist is an ex-
cellent design for the washable fab
RIGS, and is in style that is gener-
ally becoming. The deep pleats at
the shoulders add greatly to the
smartness of the mode, while at the
same time giving the broad effect SO
desirable just now. Elbow and full
length sleeves are both provided for,
and a comfortable turnover collar
finishes the neck. Mohair, challis,
linen, gingham and percale are all
suitable for reproduction.
The above illustration calls for two
separate patterns, the price is ten
cents for skirt and ten cents for the
waist.
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, 1907-04-11
ILLEGAL to Fish and sIeep.

The Pennsylvania superior court
has decided that it is illegal to fish
with umbrella ribs and sleigh bells. in
reversing decision by Judge End
Itch, of the Berks court. The case has
been watched by fishermen all over
the state.
Some months ago Henry j. Hum
ma and Harry Kinney were discharged
by Justice of the Peace Prutzman, of
Birdsboro, from arrest on the charge
of illegal fishing brought by Fish War
den Nesley, of Pottstown. An appeal
was taken to the Berks court, which
upheld the magistrate. The common
wealth then appealed to the superior
court.
The defendants used umbrella ribs
attached to which were sleigh bells
which rang when they had bite. In
this way they were able to doze while
fishing. The superior court in its de-
cision declares the device to be lille
gal.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11

plest foods that were more delightful
far than others of the grandest, be-
cause of the finer grace. with which
the simpler offering was pervaded
1--WE are so apt to go wrong about
that, for instance; to think that we
can't compete with people of thou
sand times more means, and so not
try. What's the use? we say, We
can't do anything with what we've
got, why should we try to do any
thing?
"A worse mistake it would be i'm
possible to make. Let us not think i'll
of ourselves, or of our hospitality.
True, a mackerel is not shad, nor is
stone china fine porcelain; but is that
any reason why we shouldn't make
the best of what we have and put a
smiling face on it?
And ours may in truth be the more
enjoyable entertainment. A generous
welcome will make mackerel salmon
and turn stone china into ware Of
Sevres, in the taste and fancy of the
guest. One need not have tapestried
walls il his hearth fire burn bright.
Let US all take heart! In what
ever we may do it is not what we do
but the way We do il that eountslD $
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11

side, making cabins and everything
like regular ship, and with some of
the timber saved from our vessel we
rugged her as bark, bent sails, and
also put on rudder, wheel, sidelights
and eevrything, even going so far as
to paint her and to name her the
Holly.
She was fine craft, and floated
like a duck when finally launched. We
spent Christmas on board of her and
Lad great time. | loaded part of the
wrecked Holly's cargo in her and we
then started for Collao, which was
our destination. The ice ship sailed
fine, and was as good a sea boat as
any in which sailed.
This was only, however, when we
were down south, in cold water. The
nearer we got to the equator the
lighter became our vessel. and / final.
ly discovered that our ship was melt
ing beneath us.
Another two days and we would
have been in the water, when a steam.
er picked us up and also saved the
cargo. This paid for the loss of the
vessel, which was also insured, so the
owners came out ahead in the end
Chicago Record Herald.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11

debris and smoke. The outside shell
Of the building. however, remained in
tact, and on fire escape on the
fourth floor stood a another, Mrs. Bes-
sic Eyl, and her two children, implor-
ing help from the people in the street
below. Among the latter stood Michael
P. O'Briea, a young plasterer and a
near neighbor to Mrs. Eyl. AcCus-
toned to scale buildings under pre-
carious conditions, O'Brien quickly
determined on plan of rescue. Dash.
ing up the stairways of an adjoining
house until he reached the fourth
floor, he made his way along a series
Of window ledges to the fire escape
where Mrs. Eyl and her terrified chill
dren stood. From this perilous posi-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Harry Moore

81 thought I had an even chance,
and that's more than the poor old fell.
low ahead of me had" That is the
way Harry L. Moore, fireman of AL
lance, O., explains why he tried, two
years ago, to run ahead of his own
train and save the life of drunken
farmer. Moore was riding on the pilot
of his coal train when he saw an old
farmer sitting in a stupor on the
track. Signaling to the engineer to
check the speed of the train as much
as possible, Moore waited until he
was within IS feet OF the PROSTATE
and unconscious man and then
jumped. Racing as hard as he could,
Moore was overtaken by his own en-
gine and knocked to one side of the
track, the wheels taking off three fin
gers of his left hand. The farmer
was killed instantly. Moore has re-
ceived a bronze medal and $500 from
the Carnegie commission.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
BUILT A SHIP OF ICE.
Veracous Tale of Sea Captain, Who
WSs Wrecked in Antarctic.

Capt. S. A. Hoyt, secretary Of the
Masters and Pilots association Of
Seattle, has fund of experiences 10
draw from when he wishes to while
away an hour Up in the big, pleas.
ant rooms of the association the cap
tain told the following tale of one of
his earlier trips at sea:
The approach of Christmas always
reminds me of the December that |
spent on an ice ship. Never heard Of
one? Well, they are unusual.
Il was master of the little brig Hol.
iy, and along about the first of No
vember we we're wrecked away down
south of the horn. The ship went on
an ice foe and was battered all to
pieces. We did manage to save some
tools and food and part of the cargo.
IL put the crew to work to cut off a
large pinnacle OF the berg. Then I set
them all to work with axes, and we
shaped 1t into a graceful ships hull.
After that we followed it out In.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
1T ISN'T WHAT WE DO.
But the Way We Do It That Counts
With illustrations by Mr.. MutfIeby.

"a wise man has said that 1t isn't
what we do that counts, but the way
we do it; and how true that is, said
Mr.. MufIieby, "and in how many ways!
II heard man saying only yester-
day of another that we both knew that
this man didn't go around knocking
everything, but was always cheerful,
and l couldn't help thinking how true
that was of him, and of how it helped
him, and how 1t helped everybody
around him.
He is an able chap, this man, and
prosperous; he can do things, and
still with him, as it is with so many
of US, it isn't so much what he does
that COUNTS as it is the way he does
it. People cotton to him and like to
deal with him, and he's getting on.
why, the way we do it can make
dull things gay, turL trolley car into
an automobile and make scanty
or homely board hospitable and pleas
ing. ! have eaten dinners of the sim
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11

tq swoN and turn black Thoroughly
terrified, Schoenut declared that he
was dying, and implored his compan-
ion to save herself from possible dan
ger Miss Ernst, however. tore the
young mans sleeve from his arm, and
applying her lips to the wound made
by the rattler, tried to suck out the
poison. This she did at imminent
peril TO herself, as she knew, because
cut on her own lip brought her into
the most dangerous contact with the
poison. Once during the operation the
intrepid girl cut a cash in SchOonut's
arm, TO make the blood come faster"
as she afterward expressed it. The
boy tainted at the sight of his own
blood, and it was only by beating him
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11

ton he passed the latter to persons
in a nelghboring fiat. and thep handed
Mrs. Eyl, who was unconscious from
fright and the suffocating effects of
the smoke, to a fireman who mounted
ladder TO one OF the 'fourth-stoTy
windows: OBrien himself nearly lost
his life in the flames and smoke. and
was carried to the street by firemen.
The commission has awarded him a
silver medal for his bravery.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11

one of his playmates, Ruth School,
craft, who was more than a foot tall.
er than he. fell into intermediate
river, Willie was quick at the rescue
He was wise enough not to get y the
clutches of the girl, hut, swimming by
her side, held her up with one arm
while he swan with the other, thus
bringing her safely TO shore. The
commission has awarded a bronze
medal to the boy and has set aside for
him the sum of $4,000, with which he
will pay for an electric engineers
course in college.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Richard Hughes

"a Dynamite Hero" is the name
that has been given to Richard
Hughes, of Bangor, Pa, by his COM
rades. An explosion of giant powder
blinded Richard Owens just as he
lighted the fuse to set off another
blast Unable to find his way out of
danger and with his clothing on fire,
instant death seemed certain for the
unfortunate man. Just as soon as the
spark from the second fuse would
reach the powder he would be blown
to atoms. Hughes, who was under
cover, saw the imminent peril of his
comrade, and dashed out to save him.
He caught him as he was about to
stumble over a precipice and dragged
him back over the place where the
blast was to be set off. Both men
were caught, however, within the dan
ger line and both were badly hurt.
Hughes clothing caught fire from the
flames which enveloped the body of
Owens, whom he saved, and for long
time he was incapacitated from work.
The commission has sent him silver
oo1 0OEn
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Michael O'Brien

A fire broke, out in crowded tene-
ment at One Hundred and Tenth
street and Third avenue three years
ago. So combustibla was the material
in the building that the whole house
was in flames before the tiremen
could reach the scene. To passers-by
there seemed to be no hope 70 a res
cue for many of those who were i'm
prisoned in the ill-fated place, for the
entrance to the house was completely
cut off by the falling Of ignited tim
bers which filled all the Railways with
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Easy to Tell the Difference

"Effie' said Margie, who was labori.
ously spelling words from a first read
er, "how can tell which is d and
which is a 'b'?'
why, replied Ef1e, wisely, "the "a
has it's tummy on its back. "-Harper's
Weekly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
James GiLmer

A race to death in a Monongahela
river flood was the end of two friends,
one of whom was trying to save the
other. The waters of the river had
been swelled to giant proportions two
years ago by one of those freshets
that so often occur in that part of the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
BRAVE DEEDS THAT HAVE
WON CARNEGIE MEDALS

in the face that Miss Ernst succeeded
in reviving him and keeping him moy-
ing. Half dragging, half carrying him,
she finally reached a clubhouse a mile
away from where the accident hap
pened. She carried the unconscious
lad up the clubhouse steps, her dress
from the neck down spattered with
blood, and fell in a faint beside him.
Medical assistance was procured and
Schoenut's life was saved.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Collision Not Inevitable.

"If two cars go in opposite direc
tions at great speed on the same track
what is the result?"
Collision"
"Not necessarily. You know they
might be going away from each
other"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
A "StickW Man.

Gerald-Do you think there is any.
thing in name?
Geraldine = Certainly, isn't yourp
"Wood?"
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surasrx,s Great Benefits.

Improvements made in surgery
have been the means of reducing the
mortality of amputation operations to
six Der cent.
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chean Seats.

Patience-What do they charge TO,
a seat at the skating rink?
Beatrice-Why, paid for the skates
and l sat down for nothing.
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Cause for Mourninn.

Hewitt-Why does Gruett use mourn
ing paper when he writes letters?
Jewitt-His mother.in-law has re-
covered.
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William StilllUeN

The youngest of all those selected
for recognition by the commission, a
boy o. 13, is Willie Stillwell, of Bell
aire, Mich. Willie had never been
known as strong swimmer. but when
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
EdDard Campbell

For more than a year there was
bitter feud between two young coal
miners at Buena Vista. little mining
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Lucy E. Ernst

1t was a unique deed of heroism
that won for Miss Ernst, of Philadel
phia. one of the commissions silver
medals. Two years ago she was tax
ing an outing in the country with a
friend, Harry E. Schoenut, lad of l6.
The two tramped through the woods
and along the side of a rocky ravine
The latter gave but poor footing to
pedestrians, and in jumping across a
rift between two boulders SChocnut
slipped and fell. There was an angry
whirr and rattle of sound, and before
he could save himself the fangs of a
rattIesnake were fastened in SChOe
nuts arm The reptile darted back
into his hole beneath the rock, but al
most Instantly his victims arm began