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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-18

good judgment at command to guide
him. A temporary home for his chill.
dren would not only keep expenses
from piling up on him. but would re,
lieve his anxiety and leave his
thoughts free to make the best possi-
BILE arrangements for him. Why does
not some millionaire or plutocratess
think?"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-18
HOME FOR GIRLS NEEDED
Declared to Be One Of the Most Urgent
Necessities Of New York
City.

The matron Of home for girls
which is based on peculiar lines and
which accommodates only those who
can be left in the home number of
years, recently stated that one of the
most urgent needs Of the hour in,New
York city, is home for girls-and an
other for boys, for that matter which
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-18
And They Wondered!

Judge Nicholas Longworth, who used
to sit on Ohio's supreme bench, looked
unnaturally grave, and neighbor, in
recognition of his facial depression,
named pet owl Judge Longworth." ;"
1t was the very next day that an ex-
cited maid broke up his wife's garden
party. "Oh, madam" said she. Ma
dam! Judge Longworth has laid an
o0op
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-18

The Minister (stopping to teal
No, thank you, l must decline on the
cucumbers.
Little Tommie-Guess you're afraid
of the tummy ache, but you don't need
to be, cuz when 1 have it mamma al
ways rubs-" G D-Boston Her
aid.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-18

The money for the
arches at Valley Forge
is to be expended by
the Valley Forge park
commission under the
direction of the secre-
tary of war. A consid-
cradle part Of the en-
campment grounds of
General Washington at
Valley Forge, in the
winter Of 1777-177S has
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-18

There can pe no greater mistake
than to suppose that the man. with
$1.000,000 is a million times happier
than the man with one dollar.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-18

The secret of life is not to do what
one likes, but to try to like that which
one has to do; and one does like it
in timed. M. Craik.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-18

Proof CT Il.
"Maudie is a woman OF open ma
ture."
Il notice that IT is hard to make her
shut up"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-18

Mrs. WinsIOw's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng, softens the gums, reducesin-
nammauon. .allays nain cures wind colo. 2c bottle
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-18

A business mans leisure is simply
the time he doesn't know what to do
with.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-18

The lamb that plays around mint
bed tempts fate.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-18
important to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Signature sna's Of tIMZIM
In Use For Over so Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-18

1t is estimated that there were 5000 deaths in
General Washingtons army during the winters
stay in this camp. Most of the bodies were buried
in the camp grounds. Five years ago the Daugh-
ters Of the Revolution erected east Of but not far
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-30
Watching the Husband.

"Surc. ! done detective work" said another mes
and used TO bring back reports OF where he went to
his wife every evening. She used to live in big
done for thirty cents an hour, couldn't get any
thing the man, but that report didn't to sat
sfy his wife You couldn't have watched him prop
erly.' said she 4 know him. l guess I'll have 10
get a detective, after sllr And didn't get a cent
for all my work She was tight wad that one
another woman who sent for more gen
erous When called on her Git apartment
house in Central Park Wes0 found that she'd been
called out and was expected back in about half an
hour Well | thought I'd wait in the Park, aud Id
lust started walk 10 the hall when l heard
'Brr-rr-rr. looked around and there was the ugll-
est bulldog growing Mt from the door a the Side
started TO walk and he walked out growing
The girl tried to call him of but ne snapped nt her
when she tried TO take hold of him. lie lay down anu
started TO watch me, and whenever thought lie was
oulet and tried TO sneak away inch or so he would
get up and I'd think he going to come at me-
I'm half an hour or an hour. She didn't come back
to dinner that night She came back at twelve O'clock
aftor the theatre and suddenly remembered me when
s he saw NE standing there, was nearly dead when
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-30
FLY TALK.

YER since Professor Garner. some years ago.
departed for Africa TO continue his study of the
language of monkeys various gentlemen of
science have amused themselves and the world b.
coIIatIng their Investigations to the talk" OF
animals,
One such published the results OF long and
full study made in his poultry house of the language
concealed In the utteranccs which ordinarily in
terpret merely with cutcut-ea-dah-cut and cock-a-
doodlcdoo
These studies in animal dialects have been supple
mened by another, which is, perhaps, most curious
OF nll An English inquirer, armed with micro
phone sound magnI6er has been listening patiently
through long hours the curious noises made by
houseHles, nnd reports his belief that they have
language all their
This Language" it appears. does not consist of
the buzzng sound which we ordinarily hear. which
IS made by the rapid vibrations of their wings in the
air but of a smaller iinei and more widely moduntcd
series OF sounds audible to the human only by
the aid of the microphoDe.
Probably this fly conversation is perfectly audible
to the fly ears which. every schoolboy knows WIN
has tried TO mivc his hand slowly upon the insects,
are very acute
The hope has been expressed Tint since the here
tofore iuaudibe whispers OF flies have been detected
and recorded some inventor may construct micro
phone which will enable make out the language,
of the bacteria and microbes and surprise them In
the horrible secret of their mode of operations. .
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-30

sue came. hadn't been able to stir a finger the
whole time got $40 from her-good old soul.,
Another messenger-ne Is n station manager OF the
"A d. TELLS OF putting load of coal In the cellar
The coal man was suddenly taken H." he said
The driver unonlst and refused to nut IN tba
con He said that he'd be Infringing the laws Of his
union II ne did any shoveng SO they sent for me-
The driver looked doubtfuy at me for a moment
but guess he took chance on the strength OF nv
uniform They knew our reputation for strikes.
Anyhow l shovellcd the coal"
But tales of the queer errands of messenger BOYS
are numberess a visit to Philadelphia or Boston
Is almost everyday occurrence these days The
automobile business is n potent influence on messen
ger things. A tire breaks in some little town in Nev
Hampshire. say. 1t is a peculiar tire so what Is
there for 1t but to the long distance telephone
and call for a messenger with a new tire7-which
that boz will bring inevitably as anything in the
wide world
Frank ]. Mcleod, messenger boy OF this city, had
moro precious charge not six months ago. He car
ried baby from West Slxty-seventb street to an
aunt In Allendae, y. J., hour in the train.
That was n fierce assignment" said be. II s'pose
tnat the hu leu tnat tncre was soinetnln wrong lie
only little four. He set up a howl as
he got used to my uniform and tried 10
him goin out the traln and when handed
him over all got a glass of sour milk and a
piece of bum pie"
Master AIcLeods face suggested cbastened resg-
nation The lines of the messenger boy are fur from
being cast In such unpleasant places however There
those pleasant paths which lead to the theatre. to
which some strange lady desires escort He has
ridden around whole days showing the gueless
stranger the sights and dining with him at the best
hotels. He the clty's sights high and low. Some
times he Is a caddy the golf links, He is frequent
ly Kissed by grateful who have been success.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-30

wnnt you TO walk her about every day while I'm
away. I'll be back in about month. Be careful Of
her, now, and I'll make you nice present"
80 each day at ten o'clock used to call for the
kid said the messenger "and the housemaid would
hand her to and / would take her out in the
Park walk her around the streets ride her my
back until her newly married mamma came back from
her honeymoon, The lady gave me SIS. After that
she used to call me up about once week aud used
to go and play with the kid. She said she al
ways asking for me-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-30

stnImcnt of a moro grsly assignment BE answered
the call of n city editor
You 60" said that official "to the Players Club"
He assigned to watch for the death of Edwin
Booth McDonagh sat in the hall of the Players
Club throughout the night
\ tragic experience yet tha. of present
telegraph operator of New York newspaper He
answered the call of an undertaken
Now, here" said the undertaken "I inst want
you to whit around tonight I'm going bone
There's body in there He jerlsed bis thumb IN
the direction of open door. Some of the rcla-
tyes may want to around and It. Just let
EN- In and watch they don't take anything"
We'll. sat there" said the messenger, "ar night
There mice in that undcrt0kers place and lot
Of big rolls of paper q don't know what they
for piled up in the corners of the room Now and
again the mice would rustic round among the paper
and I'd jump foot. I remember that afflicted
with an awful curiosity to in and the thing In
the other room. Three times l braced up my courage
and tiptoed the open door Then one of the pieces
of paper would rustic, and I'd jump and get back
to my corner Undertakcrs are not cheerful people
but, gee! was glnd 10 that one when he showed
up next morning"
\ manager of harbor for messengers. between
Fourteenth ana Fortysecond streets, teomed with cx
pcTences
Il chased round for a week., said ne, trying
to deliver a message. 1t message to a ftom
bis mother. who believed that she going TO die,
and wnned TO him. The man had domestic
plications at the time He wasn't interested In seeing
messenger boys But was told by the brother who
handed me the message to keep after him until got
bim So did. | traled him, think, in every hotel
and restaurant In Broadway. I trailed him to his
office and his home That chase got be quite excIt-
Ing ] questioned elevator boys and hotel clerks and
cbaureurs and servants. got him while he was eat
ing quick lunch In the bar of well known hotel
You should have seen that fellows face when he 20
found out what the message was. found out after
ward that his mother commenced to mend Immediately
she saw him Women queer creatures. He sent
me twenty dollar bill by post, that fellow. That
chase was worth it,
Yes" he continued rumnatively, messenger boys
get up against strange things. remember a telegram
which delivered to woman. They sent up stairs
and as | went into the room she singing and
playing al the piano II was something from musical
comedy | remember ! delivered the telegram and
she fell down clean over the keys I can remember +
the crash OF the thing now oh, my darling, dar-
ling she started saying You're dead You're dead"
She kept sobbng and working her elbows the piano
keys and making the Queerest sounds,
Whenever hear piano crash tim. scene comes
up to me- | was standing there staring at her, not
knowing what to do. I'd never seen anybody take
on like shc did She crying out that she couldn't
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live. rushed down stairs and found the name of
her doctor from the servant and rang him up
stood around watching her TIL he came He gave
her something which sent her to sleep lie told me It
was the best thing 1 could have done"
Tragedy and comedy equally blended in the
messenger business A certain divorcee living In the
eighties. made triumphant return from Reno a few
years aeo-justly celebrated for more than dl
vorces. Two days after she married again and
projected another honeymoon, She sent for the in
evitable messenger boy.
Il have Ilte girl four years of age" she said. II
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fully stored through the shopping districts. He is
not unlucky
But remember that next Tine you see him with
presented face at your doorway think not Of him as
nnromaptIc He Is the creature of possibility. In
half an hour he may be ranging and adyenturing.
And please don't try to think of freak things make
him do-he has had enough arehdy.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-30

is. His is changing shape and liable any
duty. Ii was in 1906 that Joseph White sped on
his sunny way along State street, Chicago, In re-
sponse TO a call. a large, urbane him Mt the
door of important office. The large man had Il
worried look.
Say, SON." said the man, would you like to earn
a couple of dollars"
Possessing true mcssenecriaI instinct. It is obyl-
Gus that White could have objection,
Look here said the fat man. locking the door,
this is hot weather, an I'm Of tinglng tickling
all the back He removed his cont He sub
jected his shirt to the proccss-also that which
pansc.
"Say. SON" he said, Il some one TO scratch
my back Scratch IT,"
SO White scratched valiantly for half an hour
That certainly did feel good" said tho man at the
end of the time and handed 10 White So.
Il wouldn't have done It," said White recently to a
fellow operator there destiny that messengers
shall develop into telegraph operntors, but I'd only
been three months at the game at the time. a
green kid I'd have handed him one IL he'd have put
that up TO little Inter on
In fact the messenger boy will often do things
which his experienced brother would scorn 1t
another Chicago boy (they do such strange things
in Chicago who answered the cnl of Il stout lady II
was also one Of those summer days which
troubesome-to stout ladies' In the suns full reful-
she complained of the They were irreslSt-
IDLY attracted to her fair persprng face and showed
n peculiar attraction for the edges of her mouth and
nose.
Young man." said she, Il don't like 10 nsk YOU but
The fact is Tn troubled by flies ! can't read for the
dies. can't go to sleep for 'cm, You just sit here
and keep them way from and catch as many as
you can. Do you hear"
She disposed herself to read and the small mcsseu-
ger being green and unproud devoted himself 10 flies
He caught hundreds
'It got to be regular enme." sn;d he when he told
me about it. al catching 'em. catching EN- when
the lady commenced to laugh Then | caught more
and she laughed she couldn't stop She was
rolling around everywhere. laughing l catching
EN- for two hours like that. She actress
member At the end of the two hours tears werc
streaming down her cheeks and she helpless.
My" said She how much does 1t cost for you?'
Thirty cents an hour said l. Well, she paid the
sixty cents and gnvc dollar for myself in nddi-
lion My said she again, that's the best show
In my lfe""
On Death Watch.
The fly catcher Cwbo isn't messenger boy now
said that he wouldn't have done It y he'd been older
at the game They take advantage of the green
ones he said, land ask 'cm to do all sorts
t,tn,,on
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On Death Watch.

The fly catcher twbo isn't messenger boy now
said that he wouldn't have done 1t t he'd been older
at the game. They take advantage of the green
ones" he said land ask 'em to do all sorts OF
things"
n theatrical electrician n New York, He was the In
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
LINDSEY'S CHOICE

m HE most famous judge in America
is Judge Ben b. Lindsey. His
II fame did not come from his abil-
ity, though he has plenty of that, but
from the fact that he fought and won
long and desperate fight with THE
Beast" in Denver and almost single
handed cleaned up great city and re
deemed it from saloon and corporation
rule. With this slight and perhaps
unnecessary introduction we give this
letter:
Denver, October 20, 1910.
Hon. William p. Lawlor, San Fran
cisco, California.
My Dear Judge: In the fight go
ing on all over this country between
the people and the special privilege
grabbers every. good citizen should be
earnestly interested in the success at
the coming election of those candidates
who have stood by the people. The is
sue is nation wide, and a citizen of
Denver has Just as much right, in my
judgment, to be interested in what is
being done in San Francisco IS a citi-
zen of San Francisco has a right TO be
interested in what is being done in
Denver in this great contest. Through
out the entire nation, among those cit
izens who have been interested in
this conflict, your name is house
hold word, and you are respected and
loved for the brave, courageous stand
you have taken and because of the
enemies you have necessarily made 1t
is therefore a matter of great concern
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
AN APPEAL FOR WORK

Editor Herald: viii you kindly al
low me space for a few lines2 am an
old man, 56 years of age, with a fam
lily of a wife in poor health and eight
children, and it seems almost impos-
sble for me to get any work to make
a living, as am suffering from cur
vature of the spine and cannot do hard
manual labor. But / am an engineer
with forty years experience, and IL
some one will help me to a position as
oil pumper or in water pumping
plant it would be most thankfully re-
ceived. One of my boys makes S. a
week and has to board himself, and
my little girl makes SO. You can see
how far this amount will go toward
feeding and clothing a family of ten,
paying house rent, fuel and water bills.
Many times we are forced to sit down
to dry bread and black coffee. 1t is
not charity I ask for, but the chance
to make an honest living, and it seems
as If some good friend might help me
to such a position. I will assure them
of faithful service and grateful thanks.
Address me at b37 Alamitos avenue,
Long Beach, Cal. J. p. WOODS.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
TROLLEY CAR REFORM

Editor Herald: 1 see by your paper
that the Los Angeles railway COM
pany is going to do great things in re-
gard to new cars and altering old
ones to "pay-as-you-enter," etc. And
want to urge every man, woman and
child that can handle pen to write to
that company and beg and beseech and
implore them to abolish those infer
nal boards that they compel the peo-
pie to sit on inside the cars for the fol-
lowing reasons:
First-They tip back and throw a
short persons feet off the floor.
Second-They throw ones shoulder
blades against the projecting window
sill.
Third-When car stops or starts they
throw the body sideways in an un-
natural twist.
Fourth-You can't look out and see
either scenery or destination.
Fifth-They leave too much space in
center of car which could be used for
seats.
Let us have cross seats like the cars
TO the beaches and also let us have
an individual window to each seat
like steam cars and one which will open
and shut without straining every mus
Gle in the body.
1 have done my duty in writing the
company about it, now let everybody
else do II and see how comfortable we
can ride and how many more can OBJ
tain seats. CHARLES ELLIOTT.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
POPULAR AT HOME

AT r. WILLIAM A. GAINES, can
| M candidate on the Democratic
AtA ticket to represent the Seven
tieth assembly district, has the good
! fortune of having the active support
and strong Endorsement of a Republi-
can paper published in his home town,
which ought to be accepted as very
good certificate of character. The Her
aid feels that in recommending Mr..
Gaines to the voters of the Seventieth
| assembly district it cannot do better
than to quote what The Enterprise,
published at Compton, the town in
which he was raised and has his home,
says about him. In a recent issue the
Enterprise in indorsing the candidacy
of Mr.. Gaines says:
"W. A. Gaines, candidate for the po-
sition of member of assembly for the
Seventieth assembly district, is thor
oughly familiar with the laws of Cali
fornia, and thoroughly fitted for the
Office to which he aspires, and, if elect
ed, he purposes to be instrumental in
making changes by way of amendments
to the present laws, and appealing to
others so that they may be Of some
benefit to the citizenship of California.
He is a member of the Democratic
league, which cleaned out the bad ele-
ment of his party. He stands for good
government-not the stereotyped brand,
either, but the very best, and that is
none too good for u.s. We want fur
ther to impress upon the people that Mr..
Gaines did not seek the office. A COM
mittee of fifteen of the best and clean
est men of this county urged him and
persuaded him to take the nomination.
He never so much as circulated his
nomination petition--it was done by his
friends-and il elected he will make
an honest, efficient, clean and able
representative, which is more than we
the past. Let us have little local
pride and boost on election day for our
fellow townsman, and let the state of
| California know that Compton is on
the map"
Any Democrat who can get that sort
of an Endorsement from a Republican
paper, because it's editor knows him as
neighbor and fellow tOWnsman, ought
to make a pretty good member of the
assembly, and this we are sure Mr.
by the voters of his district to repre-
sent them in the next assembly OF the
state of California.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
FAIR WARNING

Editor Herald: Nothing shows the
conceit OF man more plainly than the
letter of "a Smoker" in this mornings
Herald where he intimates the wo-
men would get stepladders if men
were forced to smoke on the roof of
street cars. What an affliction it is to
be man and be pursued in that man
ner.
1 should like to inform him that the
average woman never stops to think
which is the smokers end when she
boards a car. Her main object is to
get a seat where it is most conven-
lent and least crowded. If she hap
pens to choose the front end some
egotlstical man is sure to think she
looked at him before taking that seat.
Very often before she has gone very
far she wishes she had chosen some
other seat. For my part I can't see
why men should have this privilege
of smoking in public conveyances. The
majority of them do not appreciate
it but take it as their right as the
superior sex. But they had better
make the most of it while it lasts for
when the women vote they will pay
dearly for all their special privileges.
SUFFRAGETTE.
Los Angeles Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06

to many of your friends in Denver and
in many parts of the country that you
should be triumphantly elected. Your
election will not only be a just trib-
ute from the people you have faithfully
served and the office you have so sig
nally honored, but it will be an en-
Couragement to those who, in the face
of threatening privilege, have stood for
right and justice. l do sincerely hope
that, regardless of party, every man
who believes in honesty, justice and
fair play. and a judiciary uncontrolled
by special interests, but just alike to
corporation and individual that come
before them, will so work and vote on
the eighth day of next November as to
make your election as certain as it is
deserving.
With kindest regards and best
wishes, I am,
Sincerely yours,
BEN B. LINDSEY.
To add word of comment on Judge
Lindsey's letter would assuredly be a
work of supererogation."