The daily sentinel., 1910-08-19
LOVING TRIBUTE PAID TO WRITER
FORMERLY RESIDENT Of THIS CITY
Jacob Huff Death Is Text for journalistic
Appreciation of His Career and Talents

Many readers OF The Sentinel will
recall the death OF Jacob Hun tFar-
away Mosesl. which occurred on the
lst of this month in his old home
in Clinton county, Pa. His earlier
years were spent in the west, and
some of them in this city. He was
a regular contributor to The Sentinel
for some time. 4 nationwide repu-
ia tion as a writer, under the nom de
plume OF Jake Haiden. was achieved
by the simple-souled yet versatile
Journalist.
To his many old friends and ac-
quaintanCes in this vicinity the fol-
lowing tribue from the Reading
CPa.l Times will appear Of interest:
Jake Haideu is dead 1t is with
sorrow that the Times informs its
readers this morning that Jacob Hun
of ChathHms Run, Clinton county,
who contributed each day to this
paper under the nom de plume of
Jake Haiden, has joined the grea.
maiority. May Cod rest his soul
Every reader of the Times has
learned to know and look for the
strong articles from the pen OF this
wonderful man. Only when 1t is
considered that the author of these
brief daily contributions was self
educated, never having spent sin
gle day within school, will his worl,
be fully appreciated. His vocabulary
was limtless and he had a wonderful
flow OF language at his command.
His writings carried weight; and,
although not always in accord with
the views of the majority, they gave
food for deliberation No feature of
a newspaper was more appreciated
than We're the writings of Jake Hal
den in the Reading Times That this
gifted writer was resourCeful in the
extreme. is demonstrated by the fact
that his contributions to the Times
rarely contained a touch of humor,
while at the same time his Contribu-
tions to the Pennsylvania Grit, over
the signature of "Faraway Moses,
We're never anything but humorous.
His writings in the Times were of a
nature that showed that he had re-
ceived hard knocks in this life. The
deceased was called upon to support
his widowed mother and his younger
brothers at a tender age. and would
often speak of the hardships that he
encountered. He knew what it was
to go hungry and to suffer from the
cold and poverty.
On a recent visit to this city,
banquet was rendered to Mr. HUFF.
and number of prominent citizens
had an opportunity of meeting him
personally and to express their ap-
preciation of his work. This partic-
ularly touched the unassuming writ
er. After returning home he wrote
the following to the Times:
The people of Reading are my
kind of people, and | am one of them
in sympathy and Consanguinity.
was glad to meet people who under
stand my motives and sincerity Or
heart. So often a writer who at
tempts to set people to thinking Is
misunderstood. They imagine that
because they cannot endorse all the
writer says, cannot see things as the
writer sees them, that he is not a
good man at heart. In many in
stances have been accused of at
tacking religion with the venom o!
an cOnoclast-fighting the religions
of the world for their ultimate de-
struction. Nothing is farther from
my mind. ! only desire to make all
the religions of the world better-to
knock off much of the outer show.
lower the towering church steeples
and teach the world that religion
must be built up in the hearts of the
people, and not in expensive build
ings, made of cold, unfeeling stone"
Shortly after his visit to this city
a prominent resident wrote him
letter. congratulating him upon his
work, and in response the deceased
wrote the following;
Sending flowers to the dead is n
beautiful tribute to their worth while
living. Some day | shall lie in my
coffin with closed lips and folded
hands, looking through dead and ex-
pressionless eyes into the great eter-
nifty that opens to receive me; and
those who loved me will bring swee.