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The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21
CZAR is WELL GUARDED DURING
HIS VISIT.
[ Snecial to The Sentlnel. /

Turin. Oct. 21.-The number Of
troops and police concentrated for
the arrival of the Russian emperor is
Unprecedented. Emperor Nicholas
will be with King Victor Emmanuel
and the queen on the anniversary of
their marriage. October "a, which is
considered tactful arrangement. 1t
is reported that if the emperor goes
to Naples by sea, and later to Messina,
French squadron will escort him
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21
Football-Basketball.

Grand Junction High School VS.
Delta High School, Delta. Colo. Sat
urday, October 90. Round trip s1.75
Train leaves Grand Junction 9 am.
returning leaves Delta 10 pm.
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New York Evening Mail: 1t re-
mains TO be learned also, whether the
public libraries will put the new polar
books in the fiction department
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21

The Blackstone Jewelry Company
guarantee their watch repairing to
give satisfaction. Majestic building.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21

See Fred Mantey for buggy whips,
New house on Teller avenue mol
quite completed at a bargain. Easy
terms Jaynes, $50 Main-st.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21

Clothing of every description dry
and steam cleaned. Perfect satisfac-
tion guaranteed. Telephone us. we
call for and deliver.-The Suitorium.
1875 South Fifth-st
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Washington Times: England is
raising 100000 10 send Captain
Scott to the South pole. About SlS3,-
600 of that had better be used to get
a good umpire.
Moral-Send the Pittsburg team
to look after the South pole we're
busy
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The Crystal is giving flying ma
chimes away every night.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21

Our garden hose prices beats all
competitors. See Mckenzie, 545
Colorado-ave
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21

Indianapolis Star: Probably it is
better for the census returns next
year that the Cook and Peary parties
did not meet in the frozen north.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21

Chicago Evening Post: Or. Cook
continues to survey the jackpot with
the unassuming confidence of a man
who holds four aces before the draw,
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21

4-room bungalow. new, cheap.
Jaynes. $50 Main.
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The Crystal shows only the very
best and latest pictures.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21

For heavy hauling see Barton &
Terrill, Fifth and Colorado
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21

New York American: Monrovia,
Cal. has passed an official resolution
that Cook discovered the pole, The
incident is now closed
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21

o For an hour of solid comfort and
amusement the Crystal is the place.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21

Richmond Times-lspatch: The
Roosevelt with speed of only five OF
six knots an hour is not living up TO
the family reputation.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21

indianapolis Star: Both Cook and
Peary will partake of the banquet
first and submit proofs afterward
The wisest way.
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New York Evening Mall Chris
tiana-At late hour tonight Walter
Wellman conceded everything.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21

indianapolis Star: 1t will be best
to have the South pole discovered
by one man at time.
The daily sentinel., 1909-10-21
GETTING SARCASTIC
OVER COOK AND PEARy
RichmondTimes dispatch: There
may be lecture money ahead for
Etukishook and Ahwelsh also.

Baltimore Sun: There isn't much
left for MS to discover now except
tariff revision
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
By William Johnston
Drawings by Arthur William Brown

to make a sort of camp in an old corncrib. There
wasn't house a farm for miles around; but the
ducks plentiful and stayed there three days
All we had to eat unsalted duck meat and some
parsnips we found growing abandoned farm.
For breakfast, dinner and supper for those three
meat and boiled parsnips and nothing else.
The morning of the fourth day neither of us ate
any breakfast. We couldn't. No matter how much
for three days, and you will understand how felt.
We hitched up the mule and started for home two
hungry boys ever didn't starve to death Every
thought about how hungry we were we'd lick the
mule. We didn't pass house till to the
little village of Rileyville We'd made up minds
white folks food. We didn't think could stand
it minute longer
1t was just our luck to find every house in the
We learned afterward that everyone had gone to the
funeral of Colonel Somebody five miles away. Hun
ger has code. We broke into the village store and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26

THIS, gentlemen, is the happiest moment of my
Ifer' How often have you heard that phrase!
Yes, they were the very words you used your
self when the lodge presented you with that silver
loving cup that stands the parlor mantel 1t
wasn't true to be Your collar too tight,
and you were aware that you had spilled some soup
the nice little speech you had prepared in advance
when you heard you were to be surprised. The tenn
Perature of the room seemed about thousand de-
grees too high, and the cup didn't look half big
the you had Clipped in five dollars for last year
to present to Smith. Probably you never in your
life had been more miserable: yet you stood up
there and called it your "happest moment
But was it? Did you ever stop to consider what
the happiest moment in your life?
Suppose that for years and years and years you
had endured privations and hardshps almost beyond
belief to attain your end. For months and years you
had foregone the pleasures of home, Of family, OF
warmth of food, of human companionship. You had
sramped and frozen and starved and struggled on
ill you felt the limit of human endurance had been
coached, and still you had kept and on. Then
glorious arctic day as you took your observations
you found that you had reached the goal for which
explorers for centuries had been striving that you
had accomplished something that no other man ever
aad accomplished that you- just you were stand
ing where never had set foot before, at the up
permost end of the axis of the earth-at last at the
North Pole
Would that be your happiest moment?
Or would it be many weary months afterward,
when you had struggled YEARLY back over your
course when you had at last reached civilization,
when you able to proclaim to an applauding
world the news of your feat, when you then
learned for the first time that you But perhaps l
had better leave the completion of this sentence to
the reader, so acrimonious has been the polar con-
troversy.
But perhaps the greatest happiness does not come
with great achievement. DR. Cook relates that when
he reached the pole he felt of depression and
both he and Peary since their return have been hav
Ing lots of moments that could hardly be called hap
pest.
Some of those too who have achieved great things
have found their happiest moment IN the little things
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26

the first thing that our eyes lit on was big ripe
yellow cheese with slicing knife right beside it.
Afterward got some smoked beef and some eggs
and crackers; but for several minutes just stood
there stuffing ourselves with cheese Nothing ever
ate in all my life tasted quite good that and
l am compelled to assert that the happiest moment
of my life was when hit that cheese"
The Joy of Achievement
A LII these things are trivial objected the Sue
cessfu Capitalist. Nothing can bring the hap
piest moment to man except the joy Of achieve
ment 1t is the power that has nodded the universe
1t in search of this joy that from achieve
ment that Columbus crossed the Atlantic, that Wash
ington fought the British, that Grant saved the
Union. 1t was the search for this joy that enabled
Rockefeller his Millions that inspired Har-
rirnan to seek the mastery of railroads.
1t was in achievement of business life that
found my happiest moment Backed by letters of
introduction with considerable reputation in the
West | came to New York and sought audience
with the autocrat who ruled Of the biggest fnan-
ca1 institutions of the metropolis intending to offer
him my services. could not see him. Day
after day haunted his office Generally saw only
Office boy Once / got as far as his private sec
rotary. Finally had to take position with another
company. There | to the head of it.
Within eight years the autocrat who had refused to
see had been deposed and the directors of the in
stitution invited to take his place. took it. and
have held it ever since.
In my business career have had many moments
Continued page 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26

of life, and many of those who have
led mediocre lives have had mo-
ments of great happiness.
A Raincoat Brought His
WHEN was your happiest mo-
w ment?" The question was put
to an author who had come to great
successor to whom great sue
cess had come, have it whichever
way you wi,,ii-long before forty.
"Once when ! got raincoat, :"
was his prompt and amazing
answer. II had come to the city, !"
he explained, with thirty-fve dol
lars and no job. The money had
to last until | got one. Week after
uael M seed wit b out my, heinu able
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26

to find regular employment. | picked up little
work here and there, not quite enough to keep me
going My thirty fve-dollar capital was slowly but
persistently shrinking. l had come from my home
town full of ambition, radiating self confidence,
tunity. The trouble l had not been able to get
the opportunity. Repeated refusals to repeated ap-
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
PLAN CUSTOM-HOUSE CHANGE
Seyenty-three Reductions in Pay
Take Place Monday Morning.
Changes at New York Follow Ar
rival There Of Assistant Secre-
tRry OF Treasury Reynolds.

New York. June 5.-Following the ar
rival here Of Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury James B. Reynolds. it was an
nounced that the shifting OF heads Of
divisions OF the custom-house would be
followed Monday by the "demoting.' as
It was officially phrased. Of twenty
eight day inspectors and thirty night il
spectors and fifteen assistant weighers.
The day inspectors. instead of receiving.
as heretofore. SLs25 a year. VIII have 70
be content with $50. and the other classes
will receive $50 a year instead Of S3 per
day. II Is said the men who are listed
for reduction are mostly aged and in
active. and that they will not be assigned
70 duty requiring long hours and heavy
work
Assistant Secretary REYNOLDS win con-
fer with Collector Loeb before returning
TO Washington en- methods OF Increasing
the efficiency OF the customs force II
was declared at the custom-hoUse that
the only object Of the shifting and re-
duction Of wages was 10 get better serv-
Ice
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
GLAsSCoCK NAMES DELEGATES.
State VIII Have Representation in
National Charities Meeting.

Charleston, W Va, June 5.-Gov. Glass
cock has appointed the following dele
gates 20 the National Conference Of Char
tiles and Corrections, which meets at
Buffalo June 9-16:
T. D. Talbot PhHppi; E. c. Henshaw. Martins
burg: +. c. Leftwich. Madison. NJ D. SurigEs
FlatWood; J. F. Cree. WellsbIrg: Gen. ID. E Alb
bott Huntington; Orlando Hariman. Grantsville
Mark G. Kyle. Clay Judge G. " Farr West
0'Bricn. Chenille: Charles H Vosler. Maysrille.
Judge John Campbell. North Cumberland. J. Ward
Weed. Lost CITY; HarTcy Harmer Clarksb1rg: H.
W. Deems. Ripley; 5. J. Newell, Rayeuswood; J..
l.. Jehords CharlcstowB: W G. B. Moore Charles
ton. Mrs. r. J. Daniels. Charleston: r. Ad Hall
Weston; William A. Carroll Hamlin: W D.
Ord Landgraf: ]. o. Watson Faimont; " II
Harris, Glen Easton; Judge j. l. Whitten. Point
Pleasant: H J. Shott Blueield Col Tom T.
Davis. hCysCr. A. II. Moore War Eagle: r. II
Brown. MorglntOwn; ". A. Ballard Crimson
Sprinss: ". II. summers. Berkeley Springs: "
A. Brown. Summcrsyille. Dr. Harriet B. Jones.
Wheeling; Mrs. Guy r. G. Allen. Wheeling; w :.
Hodges. Franklin: Newton Ogdin. ST. Narys; A ID.
Williams. Nlarlint0n; james T. DALEY, Kingwood
c H EnOchs. Winfield: A. \ Lilly. Beckley: H.
6. Davis. Elkns; John H. Laninger Harrisville:
F. r. Flynn. Spencer; f. C. Eagle, Hinton; g. A.
Balden. Grafton; A. l. Helmick. Thomas. o. W
o. Hardman. Middlebourne: II. B. Young French
ton; T B. Mcclure. Wayne: c d. Howard C0wen.
J. D. Morgan. New Martinsville Joseph GRAY.
Elizabeth; c. W Archbold, Parkersburg; E. n
Mullen, Parkersburg, ard " n. II. Cook. Pine
Vile
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the firm Of publishers OF religious liter
ature- She won the prize-some small
amount: $50. I believe.
The book proved one OF those unex-
! peCted successes which sell for years
and the publishers made thousands Of
dollars out Of it. A few years ago she
wrote them saying that while she knew
she had received all she was promised.
yec IN view OF the fact that they had
made so much money out OF the book
were they not willing 10 give her some
| thing additional
The woman was a clergyman's wife
and all the members Of the firm were
church members, but they refused TO
give her cent Now. they committed
/ no legal wrong. and I don't know as Il
vas moral wrong. They violated no
contract, broke no promise. But il GER
tainly wasn't what Jesus would have
done
We have had a good example lately
/ OF just the opposite course Of action. A
Christian Endeavor paper offered a prize
OF $lG0 10 the union securing the most
new subscribers In a certain time The
Cleveland union was the only one that
entered the contest.
There was no competition and the pa
per was not obliged 20 pay a cent Never
! theless, II sent US the 500, and added
/ their regular commission for the young
man who did the work. which they had
never offered 20 do. That was doing as
Jesus would, bat IL wasn't business.
Forced to Break Pledge.
There were two men IN our church
that took the pledge who worked on sun
/ day afterward, which was certainly a
violation OF the pledge They had 10 do
1t or lose their jobs. They both worked
I for a big automobile factory that was
running sundays 10 Ell orders
Both Of them protested against work
ing on Sunday and were told they could
/ 90. but their places would be filled Both
have families. and times have been such
/ that man doesn't feel that he can give
/ up his job for a principle
L brought Il before our church board
and moved that the board instruct the
pastor 10 write 10 the company protest
/ ing against its forcing men TO work on
Sunday one Of the deacons said II we
did that the men would surely be nred.
| Then 1 asked the pastor TO take Il be
/ fore the ministerial association and ask
/ the association TO pass a resolution OF
protest and send II 10 this company. In
such a way that the men could not be
/ identified.
/ i don't know whether the ministers
Will do IL or not; they ought 70. That s
what we hire them for. 10 keep UP the
moral standard OF the community. can't
blame an individual minister for not re-
buking a prominent member Of his own
| church when he might get fired for doing
IL But the ministers as a body could
pass any resolution they liked They
couldn't all get fired
ANY resolution they passed the papers
would print. and there's only one thing
wickedness in high places is afraid Of.
and that's publicity. Yes sir. the news
papers are mean enough sometimes. bat
! they're cur only protection against the
powerful. Nobody and nothing can stand
against public opinion. Yes'm, that costs
. cents. This other ones" and Gus
! toners claiming his attention. he trailed
of into the business which had revealed
10 him such unexpected difficulties in the
way Of doing as Jesus would.
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.BACON'S PARTNER 4 SUICIDE
William c. Brunson Kills Himself
IN Georgia Home.
Wife by HIS side in the Bed Talk
Ing 10 Him When che shot
Was Fired.

Macon. Ca, June 5.-while IN bed al =
O'Clock this morning. with his wife by his
side talking 20 him. William c. Brunson,
law partner q United States Senator
Bacon. and one OF the most prominent
lawyers in the state. reached under his
pillow. seized a revolver. and. putting the
weapon 70 his head. put a bullet into his
brain. Mrs. BrUnsOu hastily called ply
sicians. but when they arrived her hus-
band was dead
Brunson had just recovered from long
Illness. and when he awOke this morn
ing his wife says he seemed O. be Un-
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
KISSES GIRL HE SLEW.
Cleveland Man Tells RemarLabI,
story OF killing Sweetheart.

story OF killing Sweetheart.
Cleveland, Ohio. June "a kiss for each
death-deaIing bullet that he fred into the
body Of his twenty-two-year-old sweet
heart. Edward T. McGrew declares he
pressed 10 the lips OF Mrs. Lena Peters,
whom he killed with six revolver shots.
In a confession made TO Police Captain
Stauck tonight. McGrew said:
Il had made UP my mind TO shoot her.
This morning she made me furious. ]
pulled out my revolver and began firing.
AFTER the first two shots I leaned over
and kissed her. Then I shot twice more
She was lying still. but heard her say:
Please don't shoot any more, Edward
I bent again and kissed her.
The next two cartridges would not ex-
plode and had 70 reload. Then I fred
at her two more times When I kissed
her lips after that knew she was dying. +"
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usually cheerful He talked 70 her about
plans for the day Mrs Brunson was
preparing 20 get up. and asked her hus-
band what be would Ike for breakfast
~Oh. anything" he said As Mrs Brun-
son started % rise he kissed her. and the
next moment shot himself II IS believed
Bruason suffered from temporary aberra-
ton following his long illness
BrunsCn and Senator Bacon were law
partners for years. and associated with
them was Judge ". A L Miller. The
present mayor OF Macon.
FOr eight years BrunsOn was solicitor
general of the Macon Judicial Circuit
Court. but was recently defeated for re-
election II Is a significant coincidence
that Brupson succeeded as solicitor gen
eraI. Hope PoIhHl. who shot himself soon
after taking Office.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
Famous Makes to select Prom.

E1mlous Makes 10 selecr EEoma
Buyers have choice OF the very 5esA
makes. as among the instruments listed
in the fine stock are the celebrated KIM
BALL. STEINWAY. KNABE. HALLEN
& DAVIS. BRADBURY. WHITNEY.
HINZE. MASON & HAMLTN. HAINES
BROS. DUNBAR. and many more n va
rious styles and hnishes-some brand new.
others sh0pwcrn and slightly used
Elegant Styles in Latest Case Finishes
Brand new Upright Pianos-standard
makes-faely finished. in fact. very de-
si-abla pianos. always sold al REGULAR
RETAILERS ONE PRICE OF SZ7500.
car be had for SlS6.o0
Handsome new studio-size Cprights IN
large variety OF case designs and finishes
standard makes-REGU LAR RETAIL
ERS ONE PRICE, $3.50, now S234-00
while they last
Large Cprights-full-size scale and
cases in 1879 modern architecture. splen-
didly finished with all tho latest patents
REGULAR RETAILERS ONE PRICE.
Sle1 SIS, and S450. now positively selling
for SZl5- S-0- and 40 among this group
OF pianos are found makes fndorsed BY
the greatest artists and Leading musicians
OF this country and abroad. Customers
should ask 10 see these Concert-famed in
strumeltS which may be had at the
ab0ve-named prices. and these. TOO. on
easy terms II selection IS made before the
balance Of this make IS an taken
Really Buyers Only Chance.
This great sale is really the buyers
only chance. for probably never again
viii they have an opportunity 20 choose
from stock OF pian0s whose quality and
merit are unQueSIi0ned, a piano that VII
just suit their fancy both as 10 style and
make al prices and terms the Culley
Estate offers the buying public on tbs
I balance OF tllS beautiful stock
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
Ten-yenr-OId Negro Ends Life.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Charlottesville, Va. June Silly Wash
ington. the ten-year-old daughter OF
James Washington. cOlored. a driver for
the Charlottesville Hardware Company,
was instantly killed this morning by a
weapon in her own hands. The girl went
TO her fathers bed while the other men,
bers Of the household were engaged In
hOuSewOrk and secured the pistol from
under a pillow. She went 10 an upstairs
room and killed herself
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
TRAIN HITS AUTO.
Driver Seriously Hurt, but Boy with
Him Escapes.

New Haven. Conn. June 5-An east
bound limited train on the New England
Ra"-oad tonight ran down q rural de-
Il automobile at Coalbank-
The carrier. William s Fancher. was
dangerously hurt Ernest Policy, a young
boy IN the automobile, was hurled forty
feet, but escaped practically unhurt
The machine was demolished
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
A SUBSECTION for Jersey,

Fro-- ste Boston Herald.
IN carrying out New Jerseys new law.
which provides for protectors" in each
community 10 watch out and tel the
liquor sellers who are the actual or p0-
tenJiaI druukards. the authorities should
fI the new Offices with women some
women like this sort Of thing. and il 5
an even chance that a man who tried i
would get his head knocked OF.
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KILLS WIFE AND HIMSELF.
Bodies Found by COnstabIeS Trying
10 Serve E-ritS


Boston. June 5-Walter ToWne forty
five years old, was found dead late to-
night IN his home. at a Center place.
Jamaica Plains. with a bullet hole in HIS
head, and lying by the side OF his wife S
body. The woman's throat was cut Both
had been dead apparently for seveisl
days.
This gruesome discovery vas made by
ccnstabies who had gone 10 the home 20
serve a wait. The officers, not being 5bie
70 arouse any Of the inmates Of the
house. entered by a window and found
the bodies
Every evidence points 10 the fact that
Townes first killed Eis vie oy cuttiI 9
her throat and then committed suicide
with revolver.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
BRIDEGROOM ARRESTED.
Young AIabamian Accused of Swear
ing Falsely to Get License.

ing Falsely TO NNt hheense'
Mobile, Ala, June Phil G. Thompson
aged eighteen. son Of ". W. Thompson,
and Lucille T. Rush. the young daughter
OF DR.. and Mrs. Rivers Rush, were the
principals in a wedding here this after
noon that caused a warrant TO be issued
in the Probate Court for the bridegroom
and his witness. H E. Austin. young
business man. on the charge Of perjury.
Judge Price Williams. VINO issued the
license. charges Thompson and Austin
with swearing falsely as 10 the ages OF
the girl and Thompson
In the State Of Alabama the girl must
be eighteen and the boy twenty-one be-
fore a license TO marry can be issued 20
them. When the parents learned OF the
wedding OF the youthful couple there was
a sensation and efforts are being made
TO annul the marriage. Austin and
Thompson were arrested, but released on
500 bondA