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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-15
Heart toHeart
Talks. :.
rRUANT FATHERS.
BY EDWIN 4. NYE.

Nearly every city has truant officers
to look up the children who ought to
be in school.
None of the cities or states has q
truant officer or the efficient machin-
cry for the capture Of husbands and
fathers who desert the wives and fam
lilies dependent upon them.
Many of the states have laws against
desertion. some of them with severe
penalties. but the recreant man who
wants to dodge his domestic duties
when they grow irksome to him can
easily go into another state beyond the
jurisdiction Of his state courts.
He can go to another state and hide
his identity and. assuming the risk.
marry again and in turn desert an
other family
This criminal truancy Of fathers is
on the increase
A Cincinnati woman. moved by pity
has written letter to President Taft
asking for federal law that will pro-
tect mothers and children and compel
truant fathers to care for them.
She says that the records of her city
alone show that in eleven months more
than 200 truant fathers have deserted
their families!
And no doubt careful census Of
other cities and towns would show
like ratio. Every community has Its
ratio Of delinquent husbands and IA
.hers.
Unfortunately the national govern
ment is powerless to relieve the situa-
tion. Under our constitutional govern
ment the states have exclusive juris-
dictlon over marriage and divorce and
desertion-more's the pity.
If the base crime Of family desertion
could be elevated to the dignity Of an
infractfon Of the tobacco or whisky
laws federal inspectors and secret
service men would be able to mete out
swift judgment against these deserters
In the absence of a national mar
riage and divorce and desertion law
the only thing to do Is to see that se
vere Penalties are provided by the
states and that the state officials are
Jealous in the pursuit. arrest and ex.
tradition Of the truants.
That manor creature in mans ST.
militude-who will deliberately desert
the wife he has sworn to protect and
the children he has brought into the
world is guilty Of the most atrocious
crime In all the catalogue Of heartless-
ness.
The males Of animals will fight to
the death to protect their own.
There are absolutely no ex:enuating
excuses for the cowardly THING that
runs away and leaves wife and chfl-
dren to the pitiful struggle for bread
or the cold mercies Of public charity.
Let oil sach be followed not only BY
the sting Of society's scorn. but BY tn
stern omciary Of an outraged law.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-15
Insurgents Garry Washington

lnS0rgentS carry washington
The Insurgents victory In the Repub-
lican Washington state primary election
has exceeded all expectations. Miles
Poindexter of Spokane, one of the most
radical of congressman insurgents, has
been nominated for United States
senator by plurality of 10000.
Poindexter has probably carried
every county in the state. for returns
thus far indicate an insurgent avail
anche.
National interest in the Washington
primary was whetted by the effort of
President Taft, through Secretary Bal
niger, to concentrate the opposition of
Poindexer upon the regular candidate.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-15

Political parties are badly split
this year in Nebraska over the liquor
question. James C. Dahlman, the
democratic nominee for governor, is an
out and out whiskey man; while Mr..
Aldrich, the republican nominee, is for
county option, and so is his party. The
"wets" of all parties are for DahIman,
while the "drys" are for Aldrich.
Every other issue is forgotten and the
campaign is being watched with con-
siderable interest.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-15

There seems to be disposition among
the Denver republicans to forget their
past differences and pull together. Let
us hope SO.
About forty of the faithful democrats
of the county met at the court house,
Saturday, and selected Editor Cox,
Avery Monroe and William Epley, the
last two being from Sedgwick,. as dele
gates to the state convention, now in
session at Denver. Other matters were
left for future action.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-15
Sedswick County Government

Tuesday. September 6, 1910.

Tuesday, September 1910
A. M The Board tin
Board of Equalization according
Present. F. w. Sherman
Commissioners A. Perer County B.
The Schedules filed by
which continued throughout the
The Report County was examined and an
proved
The SemAnnua Statement County ap
proved
There adjourned
NORAH B. REDFORD
Clerk
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-15

the other republican
sheriff. $685. Mark Gyger 3l4 A. county judge
1885, w.
commissioner prohibition ticket
poled 20 the county md the
The a
county days. of the born
alizaton papers.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-15
At the Churches
NJ. E. Church.

~ u. m.-ounOAy ocnOOI.
II a. m.-Morning Service.
$50 p. m.-Epworth League. Lead
er-Mrs. C. M. Robson. The Rev. F.
H. Essert will conduct an Epworth
League Rally. All Leaguers and all
interested come out.
7:30 p. m.-Evangelistic Service.
Brother Essert will preach at these
services and at service for "Women
Only at 800 p. m. Brother Essert is
general secretary of the Women's Home
Mis-, ,ionary Society.
Wednesday 7:45 p. m.-Midweek Ser.
vice. Topic-Our Example: "Christ
As q Member Of Community"
A. ]. WALLER, Pastor.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-15

FOR RENT-Two rooms furnished
$500 or unfurnished $500 per month.
For sale 5000 coaster brake bicycle
$1,000. Washing machine almost new
$6. 90. Inquire at this Office.
All kinds of new hair goods and trim
mings, just in at Petersen's Store.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-15
LABRADOR RESCUE.

In his work among the people of
the Labrador coast DR.. Wilfred T.
Grenfell has often imperiled his life.
One such instance is given in his
book, "Ardift on an Ice-Pan," in
which is told the story of his remark
able escape from death. What fol-
lows-an account of the rescue-is
all the more impressive from being
told in the homely words of one of
the rescuers.
One day about a week after DR..
Grenfell's return two men came in
from Griquet, fifteen miles away.
They had walked all that distance,
although the trail was heavy with
snow. 1--WE just felt we must see
the doctor and tell him what 'twould
"a meant to us if he'd been lost said
George Andrews.
"'Twas even when us knew e was
on the ice, George Davis seen un first.
e went to tn cliff to look for seal.
e got is spy-glass an made out a
man an dogs on a pan, an knowed
it war the doctor.
Gus had a good strong boat an
four oars, an took "a hot kettle of
tea an food for week, for us
thought 'ud have to go far, an
p'r'aps lose tn boat I din't hope to
find the doctor alive, an kept lookin'
for a sign of un on tn pans. 'Twa'
no. easy gettin' to tn pans wi big
sea runnin.
us saw tn doctor about twenty
minutes afore us got t. un. e was
wavin' is flag, an 1 seen i'm. e
was on pan no bigger'n this foe,
an l dunno what ever KEEP un fro
goin' abroad, for 'twasn't ice, twas
packed snow. -.
9TH pan was away from even tn
slob, floating by hisself, an tn open
water all roun', an twas just across
fro Goose Cove, an outside O. that
there'd been no hope.
q think tn way tn pan held To-
gether was on account O tn dogs
| bodies meetin' it, ant froze hard dur
ing the night. e was level with TIL
water, an tn sea washing over us all
tn time. .....- ,.-..-..
''E 'ad ripped the dog harnesses an
stuffed the oakum in tn leg O. is
pants to keep un warm. e showed
it to we. An e cut off tn tops O is
boots to keep tn draft from is back.
E must "a worked ard all night.
e said e droled off once or twice,
but tn night seemed wonderful long.
Gus took un off tn pan at about
half-past seven, an ,ad a ard fight
gettin' in, the sea still runnin' Ugh.
E said e was proud to see us comm
for un. And so e might, for it grew
wonderful cold in tn day, and tn sea
SO Ugh. the pan couldn't "a lived out
side.
"E wouldn't stop when us got
ashore but must go, right on, an
when e. 'ad dry clothes an was a. bit
warm us sent un to st. Anthony with
a team"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-15
CHERRY, THE CANARY.

Last Fourth of July, instead Of get
ting fireworks, my brother and 1 got
a canary bird. He is lovely singer,
and sometimes he sings so loud that
we have to tell him to be quiet. The
more we talk, the louder he sings.
Whenever my father or uncle comes
into the room, CHEEKY begins to iut-
ter his wings and make his little
mouth go so hard that he can hardly
talk in his little bird language.
CHEEKY does not like to take a bath
at all, and the only way he gets one
is when mother puts him in a bowl of
water and covers him with colander
and makes him walk around in the
water. But when she takes him
out and puts him back in his cage
the first thing that he does is to try
to get in his water cup and take an
other bath in that.-Doris Staunton,
in the New York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-15
Taxicah Trick.

''I'm just pinning on my braid" :"
said the young woman who had been
called to the telephone. ""Oh, about
twenty minutes, I guess.
THAT is a trick" she said, 'that
came in with taxicabs. A man going
anywhere with a woman in an old
fashioned cab would have squandered
half a weeks salary before he would
telephone her about the stage of her
toilet. But with taxicabs it is differ
ent. They eat up money faster than
the old cabs, and it is nothing unusual
now for an escort. to ask how much
longer it will take to get ready.
Within fifteen or twenty minutes of
the time set he calls a taxi and gets
here as you are going down stairs.
Not very romantic, no; but it's sensi-
BILE and saves money."-New York
Sun
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-15
FIGHT WITH BRIGANDS.

Two nights ago band of brigands
attacked the railway station of Ro-
setti on this line. Choosing the hour
of midnight they approached the sta
ton, which is desolately situated, and
commenced their attack on the dwell
ing of the telegraph clerk, which
stands some 200 yards from the sta
ton itself.
This official possesses a savage
watchdog, but the brigands silenced
it by throwing to it dead fowls stolen
from the adjacent shed. Then they
proceeded to force an entrance by
back window, thinking they had an
easy task, the only Inhabitants being
the clerk and his wife.
They reckoned, however, without
their host, for hardly had they begun
to force the window when a door was
thrown open and shot from a Mar
tint rife stretched one bandit dead.
This threw the others into disorder.
They rushed from the yard, the
clerk following, but seeing he did not
fire again (having recklessly advanced
without loading) they turned on him
with the knives and axes with which
they were armed, and for moment
his death seemed certain, when his
courageous young wife ran forward
and fired with a shotgun with which
she had armed herself, and another
brigand fell wounded. Picking up
their companion they, fairly cowed.
now took to their heels. The clerk
and his wife, loading, followed them.
but unfortunately both fell in the
dark, the band making their escape.
The gendarmeries have already ar
rested some members of the band,
known criminals, lately come into the
district. They have confessed their
completely, and say that being bur-
dened with the wounded man and
afraid if they left him of his denounc-
ing them, they threw him, still living,
into a deep well, where his body has
been since discovered.-Braila Core
spondence London Chronicle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-15
CHAPTER XIV.

There could be no doubt that Beau
fort behaved throughout this business
in the most admirable way. He made
the best of it to Lady Car, who lay
and listened to him as to the playing
of a pleasant tune, sometimes closing
her eyes to hear the better. She had
got her death wound. Tom had never
been the son she had dreamed. He
was his father son, not hers, and to
see him succumb to the grosser temp
tations had been misery and torture
to her. But the story of that fraud,
SO fully Intended, made with such
clear purpose, was one of those over
whelming revelations which go to the
very heart. If woman is unhappy
in her married life, if she is tricked
and cheated by fate in every other
way, there is still always the natural
Justice to fall back upon, that the
children will be left to her-her chill
dren in whom to live a new life; tc
see heaven unfolding again; to have
some faint reflection of herself; some
flower Of heI planting, some trace
rnar sne has Deen. And when she mas
to confess to herself that the child Of
her affections, the thing that has
come from her, the climax Of her own
being, is, in fact, all unworthy, a
creature Of the dunghill, not .only
base, but incapable of comprehending
what is good and true, that final dis
enehantment. is too great for flesh and
blood. Nature, merciful, sometimes
blinds the woman's eyes, makes her
Incapable of judging, fills her with
fond folly that sees no imperfection
In her own-and that folly Is blessed.
But there are some who are not blind
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-15

Edward" she said, with the faint,
than saw.
"I-tired? of anything you may
say or do? But you must not be
longer out in night air. Come, Carry,
let me lift you"
Whether her mind had begun to
wander, or if it was a provision, Or
what moved her, no one could ever
tell. She resisted little, putting her
hands on his arm. "You must not
forget" she said, "to give my love to
Tom"
Beaufort called loudly to her maid,
who was waiting. at is too late, too
late for her to be out! Come and
take the cushions" he said, in the
sudden panic that had moved him.
"And my little Den," she said, my
little Den-they will perhaps as they
get older-Edward, I am afraid 1 feel
little faint"
He took her in his arms, his heart
sinking with sudden panic and blind
terror, as if the blackness of darkness
was sweeping over him. But they
succeeded in getting her to her room
and her bed, when she said good
night and kissed him, and dropped
sweetly asleep as they thought-but
never woke again. They found her
in the morning lying in the same at
titude, with the same smile.
Thus Lady Car ended the tragedy
which had been going on unseen, un-
known to any one-the profound, un-
rivaled tragedy of her life. But so
sweetly that no one ever knew the
tragedy it had been. Her husband
understood more or less the failure
of her heart over her children-her
son-but he never even questioned
that it was he himself that had given
the first and perhaps the deepest
blow; though not the coup de grace,
which had been left for Tom.
Poor little Janet was summoned
home from the merry house to which
she had gone. where there were many
entertainments going on. She was
reused out of her fatigue of pleasure.
ouI VI he1 uol AluS Sleep dlIer Lne
ball. to be told that he mother was
dead. They thought the girls heart
would have burst. The cry of
"Moyer, Moyer!" her old child's cry,
sounded to those who heard it like
something that no consolation could
touch. But to be sure, her tears were
dried, like all other tears, after
awhile.
The End.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-15

HUNTED TURKEYS FOR LIVING.
Henry Garis and Bill Tilghman in
the '70s and early sos supplied the
Northern and Eastern markets with
deer and wild turkeys. In time they
dealt mostly in turkeys, for the rea-
son that a deer, usually weighing
more than 100 pounds, brought only
SIS a carcass, while turkeys, averaging
from ten to twelve pounds each, al
ways sold readily at 81 apiece.
''It was our rule" Garis said, "nev-
er to fire into a drove of turkeys in
daylight, as to do so would frighten
them and cause them to leave that
part of the country. The result of
this kind of hunting was that we al
ways had an abundance of turkeys
within reach-we often rode within
forty feet Of big drove of turkeys
without their taking flight.
persons who never hunted in the
Southwest in the old days scarcely
can imagine the enormous number of
turkeys that ranged the country. I
believe the greatest turkey range on
earth was in what we called the Red
Hill country, now embraced in Woods,
Majors and Alfalfa counties, Oklaho-
ma. I have seen ten and twelve acres
at time black with turkeys; actual
ly the ground itself seemed to be
alive. After the turkeys had passed
their scratching made the ground
look as if it had been gone over with
rakes. The turkeys fed on small
acorns and often few into the hack
berry trees for berries, their weight
stripping the trees of their smaller
limbs. I know of one gobbler sold at
Dodge City that weighed forty-fve
pounds, and we killed many that
weighed thirty-five or forty pounds.
''The worst scare ever got in the
west country was while hunting tur-
keys one night, even though we had
an occasional brush with the Chey-
enne Indians. Tilghman and I,
though partners, always hunted alone.
We started out one night in search cf
a roost, Tilghman going down a big
canon, while I went up the ca->-
Our reconnoitring finally led both II
us into heavily timbered creek bot
tom. Each was moving stealithily
along with gun cooked, taking step
at time, doing our best to penetrate
the darkness and locate turkeys on
their roost.
9Th wind was blowing from the
south and it was difficult to hear foot
steps or the breaking of twigs. Sud-
denly we backed squarely into each
other in the darkness, neither sus-
pecting the presence of the other. I
am confident that I jumped ten feet
into the air, my hair on end and my
finger on the trigger of my gun. By
the time 1 came down Tilghman had
regained his composure-he had been
too startled to shoot me on the wing,
while I couldn't shoot with my feet
Off the. ground. Both of us lay down
and painted while to get our breath,
and then each cussed the other for
soaring him. Guthrie Correspond
ence Kansas City Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-15
TALE OF PERVERsIvE JANE.

Great-grandma had received let
ope, though at first glance at the out
side it would seem so. There were
no envelopes in those days. 1t was
written on a large sheet of paper
curiously folded and sealed with red
wax 1t came from the Philadelphia
cousins and in formal. gracious lines
gave family news and good wishes.
1t also said that in seventh month,
Cousin Benjamin and Cousin Caroline
were to visit in the town, and their
Youngest daughter, Cousin Jane
would accompany them. Great
grandma and great-grandpa talked
about it at breakfast, as told by Har-
riet Mendenhall in the Churchman.
'They will be welcome guests here
They will spend the afternoon with
us sld take tea, and doubtless we
shall see much of them"
Harriet, Sue and Mary heard. They
saw the letter, too. Letters were rare
in those days. They saw the impress
of the seal on the red wax. 1t was
an hour-glass and the motto, Time is
short" They knew how it was done,
for they had seen father seal letters.
When they grew up they meant to
write letters and have a seal them
selves.
They were glad Cousin Jane was
coming. She had wavy, brown hair
and bright, brown eyes. She laughed
merrily and she liked to see Gyp
stand and beg. When three odd shoes
were found in his kennel and father
wondered to whom they belonged,
and mother declared she could not
have a dog that stole from the neigh
bors, and the little girls trembled for
Gyp's fate, Cousin Jane had laughed
gayly. She said he would be the
family provider; and she and Harriet
and Sue and Mary made calls up anu
down the street to restore the prop
erty. The children thought it grave
offense, but nobody scolded Cousin
Jane, at which they were somewhat
puzzled So Harriet, Sue and Mary
were glad she was coming. Cousin
BENJAMIN and Cousin Caroline were
like other people who visited or dined
and of whom the children had
glimpses. Cousin Jane was different.
THY ways are perversive," father
said once He smiled in the saying
and mother smiled also. The little
girls thought perversiVe meant pleas
ant
1t was toward the end of the Sixth
month, which is June; and after
breakfast the little girls went into the
garden to gather currants from the
bushes. Mother was to MAKE jelly
and they had three small kettles to
fill. They walked down the brick
Path and over the grass to the side
where the currants grew. The breeze
blew fresh and cool from the river
lying beyond the garden. First there
were flowers and grass, then fruit
trees and currant bushes, raspberry
bushes and ounces, then vegetables,
then more grass and little dock pro-
iecting into the blue breadth of wa
ter They turned their flushed faces
to catch the air.
'Bonnets are hot" they said.
"Will it be weeks and weeks before
she comes?" questioned Mary. Sue
was doubtful. Harriet said Seventh
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-15
Defends Generous Diet.
By DIR, JEAN WILLIAMS.

Shake from your memory, If possl-
BILE, all that you have learned concern'
ing restricted diets, whether un-
cooked. unbeefed, unstarched, un-
sweetened or otherwise made gener-
ally disagreeable to normal palate
and civilized palate and civilized
stomach. Every one should UNDER
stand that such restrictions and modl-
fications of diet, with others too
numerous to mention here, are often
absolutely necessary-in fact, they
a. often the best weapons with which
to fight disease-when prescribed by
a competent physician, familiar with
the case in question. Indiscriminateiy
applied, ;hey have done untold harm,
and many a serious break in health
has been traceable to an ill advised
experiment in nutrition.
For the average healthy individual,
especially during youth and middle
age, mixed diet, and a generous one
at that, has proved most satisfactory.
We must never lose sight OF the
fact that we are converters of energy
we S0OulQ Try W 81 Jul Nv ~
that the best possible balance is pre-
served between the consumption OF
food and the output of energy, With
no undue wear and tear on the mech
anism of the body. If We succeed IN
maintaining this balance we shall
have the best chance of retaining
health and efficiency for the greatest
number of years.
OF late we have grown accustomed
to the oft repeated suggestion that we
all eat too much, far exceeding the
demands Of the body. This is an ex-
cellent example of the kind Of advice
that causes untold trouble. The few
who really need it and might profit
thereby rarely find themselves in
mood for the perusal of such distaste-
full reading and those who take 1t
seriously are usually already below
par physically and need advice of
very different sort.
My observation and experience
lead me to the belief that the major
ity of women, especially the self-sup-
porting, eat too little and eat poorly
balanced meals. Occasionally there
may be too much bulk and at the
same time too little nOurishment.-
Woman's Home Companion,