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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
that stuff burning for a disinfectant ?"

that stuff burning for a disinfectant?
Sh, pointed to numerous pieces of
punk, such as serve the small boy on
the Fourth of July, that were consum-
ing slowly before the ugly joss.
NO, ma 'am-not but they needs it
all right enough said Corson, but
that's the haylhen way of sayin' your
prayers
This information was so astonishing
that COrson was allowed to finish his
explanation without further remarks
from Mrs. Bowser.
I'll show you the theater next, -
said he, as he led the way of the
temple with Mrs. Bowser giving her
views of the picturesque heather in
questions that Corson found no break
in the conversation long enough to an
swer. As | fingered for a moment in
some depression of spirit, waiting for
the others to file out, a voice that
thrilled me spoke in my ear.
Our guide is enjoying great fa-
vor." II was Luella, noticing me for
the first time since the expedition had
started.
He has every reason to be delight
ed" | returned. Frightening at the
favor ! was enjoying.
Foreign travel is said to be of great
value in education,' said Luella, TAX
ing my arm, but it's certainly stupid
at times"
suspected that Mr.. Carter had not
been entirely successful in meeting
Miss Knapp's ideas of what an escort
should be-
Il didn't suppose you could find any,
thing stupid" said.
Il am intensely interested" she re.
torted, but unfortunately the list OF
subjects has come to an end"
You might have begun at the begin,
ming again
He did" she whispered, 80 l
thought it time he tried the guide or
Aunt Julia"
Thank you said.
Thank him, you mean" she said
gaily, Now don't be stupid yourself
so please change the subject. Do you
know, she continued without giving
me time to speak, that the only way
] can be recCnciled to this place and
the sights we have seen is to imagine
| am in Canton or Peking, thousands
of miles from home? Seen there, it is
interesting, instructive, natural a
part of the people. AS a part ot san
Francisco it is only vile"
Come this way, said Corson. halt
ing with the party al one of the doors
IN show you through some of the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
About Rats,

Tom Speedy, the Liberton natural
list, has delivered Judgment in The
Scotsmans" ON a lot of interesting cor
respondence concerning rats. The
statement that the progeny of sim
gle pair of rats will in three years in
crease to 658,S0S should, he says, be
accepted with the proverbial pinch of
salt. AS the result of observation Mr..
Speedy declares that Is was the larg-
est brood he had ever seen and four
the smallest. Seven was the average
of those kept in confinement. The
young are born blind, and it is IA
days before they can see. A month
later they are displaced by another
brood and they are driven from the
nursery to fend for themselves. FIRE.
quently only one female is found in a
brood, and this in large measure
must check the geometrical tendency
to increase. What becomes of so
many young bachelor rats Mr.. Speedy
does not state. 1t is asserted that old
males, when opportunity offers, de-
stroy young broods, but of this Mr.
Speedy has no knowledge. This he does
know, that the mother rat keeps the
old male away from her brood in con
finement-London Globe.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Lost a Good Thinu.

Formerly telephone had stood on
the bracket in the corner. The brack-
ct had been made expressly for the
phone. 1t had been so exceedingly
convenient to call up her friends that
the woman Immediately noticed the
change; for on the bracket in place
of the telephone stood statuette that
she didn't much care for. What have
you done with it?" she asked of them.
The company tried to collect the
BILL" they said. 81 am sorry" the
woman sighed, because at that mo-
ment she thought of about dozen to
whom she would have liked to tele-
phone. 80 are all our friends" said
they pointedly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
STATUE OF GEN. sTEUREN.
Revolutionary Hero to Be Honored
at Washington.

There has always been a very warm
spot in American hearts for Gen.
Steuben. the German nObleman who,
like the young Frenchman Lafayette,
came to America and cast his lot with
the colonists who We're fighting for in
dependence. He himself put his lofty
motives on record by writing to the
continental congress and proffering his
services, saying he desired to serve
nation engaged in the noble work Of
defending it's rights and liberties" and
that he had given up ian honorable
title and lucrative rank" though he
asked in return neither riches nor
honors.' In brief, he wished to serve
as volunteer, leaving it to congress
to remunerate him if his work should
be found satisfactory. This was dur
ing the darkest hour of the revolution
' airy struggle, and Steuben, after long
and perilous voyage, came to America
and had his first interview with Wash.
ington at Valley Forge. Thencefor-
ward he became an important part of
the continental army, his valuable
services as an organizer and discipli
arian doing a great deal to effect the
final triumph of the cause to which he
devoted himself. A model for the
statue of Gen. Steuben which is to be
placed in Lafayette park, Washington,
directly in front of the White House,
has been completed, says the Troy
On. W Times, and the artistic char
acter of the work is greatly admired.
New York, which was the scene of
much of Steuben's labors and which
perpetuates his name in one of the
counties of the state, has deep inter
est in the proposition to erect the
statue, and there will be general graft
fication that the memorial is to be so
worthy of the hero.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Is Pc-ru-na Useful
for Catarrh?

Should q list of the ingredients OF Fe-
runa be submitted to any medical ex-
pert, of whatever school or nationality,
he would be obliged to admit without
reserve that the medicinal herbs com
posing Peruna are Of two kinds. FIRST
standard and we1l-tried catarrh rene
dies. Second, weI-known and gener-
ally acknowledged tonic remedies.
That in one or the other of these uses
they have stood the test Of many years
experience by physicians of different
schools. There can be no dispute about
This, whatever. Peruna is composed OF
some of the most efFicacious and uni
versally used herbal remedies for ca
tarrhal diseases, and for such conditions
of the human system as require tonlc'
Each one of the principal ingredients
of Peruna has a reputation of Its own
in the cure of some phase of catarrh or
as tonic medicine.
The fact is, chronic catarrh is dis
ease which is very prevalent. Many
thousand people know they have
chronic catarrh. They have visited doc
tors over and over again, and been told
that their case is one of chronic catarrh.
1t may be of the nose, throat, lungs,
stomach or some other internal organ.
There is no doubt as to the nature of
the disease. The only trouble is the
remedy. This doctor has tried to cure
them. That doctor has tried to pre-
scribe for them.
No other household remedy so uni
versally advertised carries upon the
label the principal active constituents,
showing that Peruna invites the full
inspection of the critics.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

opium dens, and that will bring us to
the stage door of the theater."
How close and heavy the air is!"
said Luella. as We followed the wind
ing passage in the dim illumination
that came from an occasional gas jet
or oil lamp.
THE yellow man is a firm believer
in the motto Ventilation is the root
of all evil, Il admitted.
The fumes of tobacco and opium
were heavy on the air, and a moment
later we came on a cluster of small
rooms or dens. fitted with cOuches and
Ounks. 1t needed no description to
make the purpose plain. The whole
process of intOxication by opium was
bafore me, from the heating of the
metal pipe to the final stupor that is
the gift and end of the Black Smoke.
Here, was a coolie mixing the drug;
there. just beyond him, was another
drawing whiffs from the bubbling mar
cotic through the bamboo handle of
his pipe; there still beyond, was an
other, lying back unconscious, half
clad, repulsive. very sorry reality in
deed to the gorgeous dreams that are
reputed to follow in the train of the
seductive pipe.
This is depressing said Luella,
with a touch on my arm. Let's go
on"
Turn to the right there" Corson
called out, as we led the way while
he was explaining to Mr.. Carter the
method of smoking.
Let us get where there is some
air." said Luella. This Odor is sick
ening."
We fastened on, and, turning to the
right, soon came on two passages. One
led up a stair. hidden by a turn after
half a dozen steps. The other
stretched so or 70 feet before us, and
an oil lamp on brackett at the farth'
er end gave smoky light to the pass
age and to a mean little court on
which it appeared to open.
I'VE had better wait for the rest,
said Luella cautiously.
AS she spoke, one of the doors to
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

figure threw one malignant look at NJ
and was gone.
Take me home, oh, take me homei"
cried Luella in low suppressed tones,
trembling and half-falling. | put my
arm about her to support her.
What is it?" / asked.
She leaned upon ME for one mo-
ment. and the black walls and gloomy
passage became ps::iSe filled with
flowers. Then her strength and reso-
luton returned and she shook herself
free
Come; let us go back to the 9TH
ers," she said little unsteadiIy. I'VE
should not have left them"
Certainly" | replied. They ought
to be here by this time"
But as we turned a sudden cry
sounded as of an order given. There
was a bang of wood and a click of
metal, and as We looked we saw that
unseen hands had closed the way to
our return. A barred and iron-bOund
door was locked in our faces.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

ward the farther end OF the passage
swung back and a tall, heavy figure
came out. My heart gave great
bound, and | felt without realizing it
at the moment that Luella clutched
my arm tierCely.
In the dim light the figure was the
figure of the Wolf, the head was the
head of the Wolf and though no light
shone upon it, the face was the face
of the Wolf livid, distorted with an
ger fear and brutal passions.
"Doddridge knapp" l exclaimed,
and gave a step forward.
1t flashed on me that one mystery
was explained. | had found out why
the Doddridge Knapp of plot and coun-
terplot. and the Doddirdge Knapp who
was the generous and confidential en-
poyer. could dwell in the same body.
The King of the Street was slave of
the Black Smoke and, like many an
other. went mad under the influence
of the subtle drug.
As moved forward, Luella clung to
me and gave low cry. The Wolf
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
And Now Uncle Hezekiah Is Down on
Washington Officials.

by gosh, but Uncle Hezekiah is
down on them Washington officials"
said the old farmer with the big
scythe. What is the trouble?" in
quired the windmill repairer. why,
you see, them Washington folks sent
out circular saying that 'skeeters'
could be killed with kerosene"
What happened them" "'Most ev-
erything happened stranger; most
everything. You see, Uncle HeZekiah
tried the experiment. He hunted
around half the morning and broke his
suspenders before he could ketch
live 'skeeter. Then when he did ketch
one he took him out in the yard and
ducked his head down in a big can of
keroses.e. While Uncle Hezelxiah was
bending over the sun reflected
through the corner of his spectacles
and set fire to the oil. Before Uncle
HezelSiah could get away ia burned off
half his whiskers and exploded his eel
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Valuable Find in Old Coat.

A laborer named Christensen who
lives at Copenhagen bought. an old
overcoat for ten cents two years ago.
He recently noticed something hard in
the lining at the back, and, on regret
fully cutting it open, discovered saw
ings bank book with G446 credited.
He reported the treasure to the police,
but they have not been able to find the
original owner, and the money has
been awarded to the laborer.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
SYNOPSIS.

Giles Dudley arrived in San Francisco
to Join his friend and distant relative
Henry Wilton. whom he was to assist
IN an important and mysterious task,
and who accompanied Dudley on the
ferry boat trip into the city. The re-
markahe resemblance of the two men
Is noted and commented on by paSsen-
GERS on the ferry. They see man with
snake eyes, which sends a thrill through
Dudley. Wilton pOstpOnes an explanation
II the strange errand Dudley is to per
form, but occurrences cause nm 10
know il is one of no ordinary meaning
Wilton leaves Giles in their room, with
instruction to await his return. Hardy
has he gone than Giles is startled by Il
'ry Of Help Dudley is summoned 10
the morgue and there finds the dea4
body nf his friend, Henry Wilton. And
thuS Wilton dies without ever explaining
to Dudley the puz2ling work he was 10
u'rfOrm in San Francisco. In order to
discover the secret mission his friend had
entrusted to him, Dudley continues ms
iSEulSe and permits himself to be known
rs Henry Wilton. Dudley, mistaken Tor
Wilton, is employed by Knapp to ASSIST
n a stock brokerage deal Giles Dudley
UuGS himself Closctcd in room win
Mother BOrtOn who makes Conldah'
If him. He can learn nothing about inc
mysterious boy further than that IL Is
Tim Trrrll and Darby MccLcr who are
after him. He is told that "lickY Nam
IA traitor, playing both hands IN ulr
sdme Dudley gets his first knowledge OF
Decker. who is Knapp's enemy on the
Board. Dudley visits the home OF Knapp
md is stricken by the beauty OF Lurlla
lis daughter. He learns the note was
forgery. He is provided with four guards
Erown. Barkhousr. fitzhugh and Porter
a., learns there is to be no trouble about
C,onny as all expenses viii be palu' me
rt"e of the guards nslnE PAID ny one
Richmond" The body of Henry Wilton
: committed to the vault Dudley re-
spends to a note and visits Mother Bor-
ton in company with Policeman C9rson
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Emiurant DUMPING.

Britain still regards the colonies as
dumping ground for her irreclaimable
criminals. She no longer sends them
out in convict ships, but when she sees
a colony recklessly offering home and
sanctuary to all comers she releases
her Jail birds and covertly packs them
off to the new land.-Melbourne Age.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

Consul Hunter Sharp of Kobe ad-
vises that the value of raw cotton i'm
ported into Japan during the first
three months of 1908 was $1S,249, ,466,
against $1S,312,576 during the same
period last year. Owing to trade de-
preston there is a congestion in
stocks.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Experiment Was a Failure.

luliod collar. And worst of all, Uncle
Hezekiah isn't sure whether the
'skCeter was killed or not"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
companionship Barred.

'Rastus," said the man who gives
advice. 'if you want to prosper in this
world you must go to bed with tne
chickens"
"Yassir," answered Mr.. Pinkley'
'sFs wilIin' to go to bed wifi 'em. But
de folks dat owns chickens ain sut'
neientIy trustful"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

You editors take life too seriously"
remarked the poet. Il would take
yours with positive glee," retorted the
EDITOR Record.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Not Suitable for Automobiles.

American-made automobiles are
popular in Norway. The character of
the roads there. however, makes their
use somewhat limited.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

Contentment is said to be better
than riches, but it is only maeIsr oA
hearsay with most people.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20
Tools Made Of Glass.

Squares, triangles and similar i'm
plements used by craftsmen arc now
made of glass.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-20

Kftty-Isnt she the most contrary
thing?
Betty-Why so?
Kitty-She's been coaxing and coax
ing me to go to her picnic, and won't
do it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-21
The Leading Paper of the County 1
Brisht-Brsssy--Bsl BsllisOss--Bustlins

There Is at present some dissenshion in our church on the part of some of the members of the flock which growed out of a apparently insignificant catast- ,rophe as you might say and which pro mises to lead to the withdrawal of sev- .eral of the stanchest members from the church likely.
 Not long ago Cy Hoskins who is one of the foremost members of the church and greatly advanced in his religious views also one of the deacons thort it would be a good idee to engage Jed Peters to assist the quoir by playing a horn along with the hyms to sort of swell the volume of musick The Bing- vile church quoir has been quite week ly and feeble of late and Cy thort that cornet played by Jed would be a great help and would liven up things, Cy he didn't say nothing to anybody else but took it on hisself to go and ask Jed to play the horn at last Sunday mornings service.
 The weather being fine there was a large congregation present and before the services was opened there was con siderable whispering went on when it was saw that Jed was up in the quoir and as the congregashion couldn't see the horn they nacherly wondered what Jed was there for being as he can't sing no more than guinea hen. All doubt was cast aside, however, when Jed and the rest of the quoir stood up to sing The opening hymn was "Old Hunderd" and when 1t was started Jed let out with blast from the cornet which walk ened up everybody who had by this time went to sleep and nearly blowed the rest louten their seats it startled them so led was away off the tune, but that did n't seem to make no difference to him in the least being as the more offen the tune he became the harder he blowed to make up for it. By the time the hymn was finished Jed was all out of breath seat limp and hathed in perspirashion. The pastor then a nounced the serm- on and went to preaching, but it was noticed that Hod Quigly and Balaam Snodgrass and Ike Foster and Hank Dewberry all got up, clapped on their hats and walked outen the church not remaining for the discourse. These four church members met outside the church and voiced their indignation among theirselves that religion in Bing- vile had come to sich pass that sich implement of the devil as a brass horn should be blowed in its sacred precincts and thus perfsne the holy atmosfere of the sanctchuary in other words. Hod said he couldn't worship in peace in a church where there was a horn blowed so loud IS nearly to lift the roof off. Bale calkilated that no prayers fer forgiveness would ever be hearkeued to in d church where horn was played. Ike Foster declared tliat SO long as horn was played in the Bingviile church Satan had the upper hand there and Hank Dewberry said he couldn't consistently attend church where his rest and recreashion was so distur- bed. All four agreed that if Jed con tinued to play the horn they would all
 withdraw from the church and join the Hardscrabble church and would do al they could to get other members to dc the same and thus if possible disrupt thu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-21
congregashion and thereby do their sev

congregation and thereby do their sew eral christehian duties
 As for Cy Hoskins who was respon- sible for the horn in the quoir Cy said that the scripters give acts of the Israe- lites and others worshippins by blowing trumpets and 1t was there that he got his authority. Cy also said that he didn't callilate that playing horn in the choir would do any harm to them as objected to it. Cy said that it was well knowed that Hod Quigly had fore closed a mortgage on a widder, that Bale Snodgrass was the trickiest horse trader in the vicinnity, that Ike Foster was knowed always to put rotten apples in the lower end of the bari and as for Hank Dewberry 1t was all he could do to keep his hands offen other peoples property. Cy said If them four left the congregashion 1t would be a good rid dance and he for one would be pleased to see them go.
 At this point Rev. Sam1 Moore our beloved pastor come to the rescue. Rev. Moore said they could not afford as a congregation to lose any members even though the horn musick had to be sacrificed. He said as far as he was concerned he didn't see that playing a horn in the quoir done any partickler harm or good either the way it was played and that for the best interests of the congregation 1t would not happen again. This made Cy mad and he thre- atened to have his name took offen the church books, but Rev, Moore told Cy they couldn't get along without him and lot more tafy and so Cy has decided to remain and perform his christchian duty even if he is perseeuted.
 As for Jed he says he would like to have another chance to play the horn in the quoir being as he thinks he could do better the next time as he was too alfred scairt the first time to tell whe- ther he was in tune with the quioir or not,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-21
All Stove Up

Jim Miller had a curious and painful experience last week. For the past sew eral years Jim'a wife has been pestering him to paper upstairs chamber for her and last week she said she wasn't going to put it off any longer and if Jim didn't want to paper 1t she would em- ploy somebody who did and have the work charged to him. Jim then woke up. borrowed a stepladder and went to work Jim be ain't much of hand as paper hanger being as he never done any of that kind of work before, but he begin at one corner of the room and worked acrost one side where there was win der. Instid of papering around the win- der Jim pasted right over the wlnder and then cut out the paper the bigness of the winder By the time Jim got acrost one side of tine room he found that the last strip of paper at the lower end was about two feet out of plumb, but that didn't make no difference to him and by the time he got acrost the second side he was almost putting on the paper hort- zontally instid of vertically, as you might say. Just then his wife come In to see how he was getting along. Jim was standing on top of the step ladder with A strip of paper in his hands right in front of the door as she entered striking the step ladder and knocking Jim offen his perch. Jim fell with his head into the paste pail and like to of broke his neck to say nothing of becoming all snarled up In the paper. When his wife seen the kind of a job he done she got awful
 mad and Jim throwed down his tools and told her to get the rest of the room pa- pered the best she could and went away iron, home nnadder than a wet hen and didn't return home until late that night when he found the papering had all been
 did by Amos weathersby who is regu- lar paper hanger and don't make sich hard work out of 1t as Jim does.