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The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
THE SKELETON IN ARMOR.'
HENRY W, LONGFELLOW.

At the time of the finding Of this old
skeleton. Longfellow was young pro-
fessor at Harvard College. He took much
interest in the discovery, and while the
public generally supposed that it was the
skeleton of an Indian. Longfellow claimed
that as Indians never wore armor. it
must be the remains of one Of those ad-
venturous Norsemen who visited the
coast of New England many years be-
fore the time of Columbus.
Who Knows queried the young pro-
fessor. whether the skeleton discovered
at Fall River is not that of one of the
same bold seamen who built the Newport
tower? These thoughts emphasized
themselves in the poets mind and soon
formed themselves into a romantic story
of bold viking and a fair young maiden
whom he steals from her kingly father
and brings over the sea to the strange
western land. This story he put into mu-
sical verse. and thus the poem which he
called THE Skeleton in Armor' came
into being. The poem was first published
in the Knickerbocker Magazine in 1S4l.
most popular of his lighter pieces.
Edmund Clarence Stedman, in his
Poets Of America" says, in reference to
this ballad of LongfelIow's: 1.-THE author.
full of the Norseland, was inspired by his
novel theme and threw off a ringing carol
of the sea rover's love and adventure
Although the poem did rot appears in
print until 1S4l. two years previous to this
date Longfellow must have had its COM
position in mind. for in his Journal of
May "a. 1889. he notes: Told him Gel
toni of my plan of a heroic poem of the
discovery of America by the Norseman.
in which the Round Tower At Newport
and the skeleton in armor have a part to
play
. Shortly after the appearance of the
poem in the Knickerbocker, IL was trans
lated into German by Ferdinand Frei1i-
grath. then one of the leading young
poets of Germany. Longfellow was de-
lighted, and when he examined the trans
lation he declared: The old berkserk
seems now to speak his native tongue
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
THE DEPUTY AVENGER
RICHARDS.

back had lost his patience. At any rate
she behaved beautifully. But when the,
reached the gate leading into the grounds
and Paul suddenly pulled the bride. sh'
, stock reeking with perSpiration and Quiv
ering in every limb, but not sorry for tht
| respite, while her master spoke to the gir
who stood within the gate.
| Good morning, Miss Herries," he said
Good morning. Mr.. Clelland,'' and she
! came close to his horse, and, looking W
at him. she said:
| Have you seen my grandmother? She
has gone away. either in the night or the
| early morning.
Paul saw that Hagar's face was deathly
| white. and there was a look OF terror In
her eyes: and. impatient as he was to
! try to get to the house. he felt that he
must try to comfort her.
Probably she has gone back to White
chapel: believe the life there has an at
traction for her." he said.
Hagar shook his head.
she has not gone there. She left a
letter pinned to my quilt-a very strange
letter. that has made me feel restless
and unhappy" Then she looked up AT
him. With eyes in which there was some
thing pathetic as she said:
Whatever granny has done. she is
not a bad woman. and I shall always
away.
Paul gazed after her. wondering what
she meant. Then he told himself that
Hagar's life was too lonely: it was af-
fectIng her nerves: and. giving Black
Sally a gentle intimation that she had to
move. his thoughts turned to the coming
interview. and in another minute he
reached the house.
This way. sir" said the butler. and
Paul followed him to the library. Then.
opening door, he announced MIR. Clel-
land"
The master of the house was seated at
the table. but he rose and took an easy
chair.
You may as we'll sit there: our talk is
likely to be a long one." he said. as he
faced the man whom he now knew to
be his SON. Il suppose you do not like
the idea of having me for a father? I
know you haven't a good opinion of me:
but there's one thing not to be lost sight
Of. and that is that I've been badly
rsed.,'
I'm not here to judge you. I've come
for an explanation. and before you go
into other matters | should like to ask
you If my real name is Paul Shenstone."
His companion colored as he answered:
Yes. l suppose you managed to open
the locket. And now fo- my story"
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
LEAD RELIGIOUS CAMPAIGN
Begin
tons Throughout the Entire World

America is taking a world lead in a
tremendously important and telling line.
1t is a line that helps the world and
brings credit to the nation. England and
Scotland have long been foremost, but
the United Sta:es is catching up. 1t will
surpass even England itself within a very
few years, if present progress be long
maintained. The past year has broken
all records in Americas advance. and
the new year already has plans project
ed into it that are world wide in their
effect. and that wifi further emphasize
America's new leadership. This new line
has several phases.
1t has always been that the Beechers,
the Talmages. the Moodys. and other
great pulpiteerS and orators have been
known to the public; SO has it been
that the promoters of new cults. like the
Eddys and others who have been heard
Of But there has arisen new class,
more numerous now than ever.
They are men of large affairs. who
take modest but potent part in efforts
to make America and the world better.
These men believe that the Gospel of
Christ offers the solution of commercial.
political. and social evils. In addressing
fifty prison keepers recently, Bishop
Greer, of New York. told them he was
laboring as hard as he could to beat
them out of jobs.
Business Men Real Uplifters.
This new class of men, new in being
numerous and in doing larger things
than men ever attempted before. is rep
resented by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan Mr..
William Phillips Hall. Mr.. Lucien c.
Warner. Mr.. R A. Long. Mr.. Samuel 3.
Gapen, Mr.. William Jay Schieffelin. Mr..
H. p. W. English. Mr.. Alfred f. Marling.
Mr. James G. Cannon, and so many
Others that even England must here
after look to her laur2!s a missionary
country.
Missionary. by thc way. has lost its
old meaning of heathen Cplift. and come
to cover civicS and banking and SANTA
ton. Mr.. Morgan is written up much in
financial circles. but he belongs not
whit less in this numerous list of Chris
tian laymen that America Is raising up
To lead the world. These laymen have
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08

America is coming to equal. and may yet
surpass. England. Scotland. Germany.
and France
1t must not be inferred that laymen
are making all of the progress. Minis
/ ters have steadily advanced in ability to
command congregations and contribu-
tons. In a score of cities there are
| churches fan larger than Plymouth
church was In the greatest period OF
Beecher's popularity. Years ago a few
big churches stood out and were talked
about because Of the contrast with small
ones.
To-day there are in New York City
alone fifty churches that have larger
memberships and larger incomes and give
FAR more to missions than Plymouth
Church did under Beecher. This is no
reflection upon Beecher, but rather
tribute that foundations laid by him and
others of his day have been so built
upon.
Almost every religious body in America
has these great leaders among its min
listers; men who are doing without being
much heard of. tasks that would have
made them famous fifty years ago. 1t
is impossible to mention many names
The following are simply types at this
year-end and year beginning: The Epis-
copal Bishop of Chicego. Right Rev. DR..
c. p. Anderson easily the leading figure
IN tne greatest InlSSlOndry congress OF
men yet held: Rev. Peter Ainslie. of Bal
timore, author and head of the Disciples
of Christ Unity plans: Rev. DIR. William
T. Manning. rector of Trinity Church,
New York City. thu Lar sest parish in the
world: Rev. A. P.VDcyle, of Brookland.
d. c.. who aims at nothing less than the
conversion of America TO tine Roman
Catholic Church: the Rev. DIR. Nehe-
miah Boynt5n moderator of the Congre-
Gational National Council who is
head and front Of the great Congre-
gational advance in methods of work,
and the Rev br Henry l.. Morehouse.
veteran Baptist statesman and leader. to
whom Baptists of the United States,
even of the world. owe a tremendous
debt for constructive legislation and
achievement. There are many meTfs like
these SO many that America is passing
ali Europe in constructive plans for
world achievement.
All Join I'm Movement.
Whatever one may think about it, the
chronicler Of news in this year of grace
must set down concerning America and
England. France and Germany, Protes-
tant and Catholic. that OLD creeds are
still being rected. and that those who
recite them are the ones who are plan
ming and perfectinS these great world
for the betterment of man
kind.
Doubters of the divinity of Christ.
whether on this side of the Atlantic or
the other. are doing little. many of them
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John r. Mott and William B. Millar are
to be mentioned. and with them Robert
E. Speer. Mr.. Mott was chosen to pre-
side over the World Missionary Confer
ence at Edinburgh last summer. Mr.. MIL
lar has transformed conditions surround
ing Americans enlisted in her army and
navy. Mr.. Speer has changed the atti-
tlple of young men in college toward
their duty to others. 1t is not the pur-
pose however. to write about any men
or their work. but to point out that
America is raising up a small army of
these leaders in world betterment get
ting SO far at this year end and year
beginning as to lead even England and
Scotland. Germany and France.
Less in the public eye are a new set
of men, some ministers and some laymen,
who have within the last ten to fifteen
years created new profession. They
have put themselves and that profession
at the top in the short period mentioned.
This wonderful record is due. in part, to
American get-there qualities. and in part
to the richest field for operations the
world ever saw. When farmers harvest
nearly 5000 100000 of crops in a year.
there come to be some among them, some
among middle people who handle their
products. who want advice about their
gifts of money to others. And so a new
need has raised up new profession.
This profession is counsel on giving. The
old day of the bald appeal has passed.
The new one of systematic and intelligent
benevolence has come.
COunselOrs on BenevOlence.
There are individual men in America
through whose hands pass annually $780,
900 to 100000 a year. made up OF many
small gifts sent because of confidence
in the man handling them. and bound
for combined effort at making the world
better. Few as yet reach such large
sums. but the number through whose
hands pass $4,000 to 100000 a year is
large America now leads England by
giving 100000 to England's 100000 to
foreign missions. but these sums go
through regular channels and are small
when compared with the American be-
nevolence crop as a whole.
These special advisers in giving say
Americas gifts are not at all what they
ought to be. considering the 81 OCO. 600 900
farm crop. but these experts will always
let their ambitions run faster than their
pocketbooks, and SO they are unfair
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LonSfellows familiar poem. The
Skeleton in Armor.'' contains twenty
verSes--tco long to be reproduced in con-
nection with the story of this poem; and
as il is printed in all collections of the
poets writings, as well as in many
anthoogies of popular poems, only the
first three and last stanzas are given
above.
THE Skeleton in Armor'' was suggest
ed to Longfellow while taking drive
along the famous seashore road at New
port. r. |. Some time previous TO this
drive a skeleton had been dug up at
Fall River. a large manufacturing town
due north of Newport and a short dis
tance to the east of Narragansett Bay.
This skeleton was clad in broken and
corroded armor.
The finding of this skeleton was con-
talked about at the time. and
the incident was fresh in the memory OF
the poet. when he visited Newport. and
spent considerable time examining the
famous Round Tower in Truro Park. in
the fashionable city by the sea. During
his drive Longfellow began associating
the skeleton with the Round Tower, and
the idea occurred to him that the two
might in some way. be connected. At
leas., Re felt there was enough connec-
ton between the two for the purpose of
a ballad.
When the workmen of Fall River dis
inferred the skeleton. they found it in
sitting position and wrapped in thin
bark, which Immediately crumbled when
exposed to the air. The skeleton was ap-
parcntly that of a man of large stature
and sturdily built. suggesting the
of the Norsemen, who are cred
tied with having built the Round Tower
at Newport.
OF more significance even than its
rude covering was the discovery that
pieces of crude armor still clung to it A
thin plate of brass covered the breast.
cur;ously patterned and carved. and
about the waist was girdled a broad belt
made of short brass tubes fastened by
lords of rawhide
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
SYNOPSIS.

When about TO drown himself. Paul Jarret is In
ferCcidCd by John clifford. MYSTERIOUS old man.
Promised great wealth. Jarret signs an agreement
10 d" tlltOSdS bidding for seven years. The latter
thea establishes the NuInG man. under the name of
Paul 'iel'aId. III magnificent country house and
ITlIeS INN Literally With money.
Paul falls in love with Margaret Sheustone. dauSh-
Ter Of nudge. and = encouraged his suit Ivy
t'hfCH- Tnr late the young iear7lS that lie
= heir to large fortune. and tines in vain TO have
Chforf release Im from ms pledge.
MrS ShelRtone. a rather mysterious woman.
mother Of Margaret. uuesloIs Paul closely as to has
IDENTITY. and h" afterward her in midnight
consultation with stranger. Clifford in further
anCe Of his scheme nj orders Paul to shoot
'ndSe Shcnst"ne. Paul IefUscs. and deties him As
'lfcrd l. IrftruCtIn- another agent he told that
the judge has bern murdered. On cirr7ms1 antial
evidence. Mrs ShCTsturp iS accused and convicted
If having killed her husband.
In stormy Interview htween Clifford and Paul.
the discover, is made that they father ard
son.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
CHAPTER XXI.
What Made Him Thirst for Revenge

II am the nephew and heir Of the late
John Shenstone, the man who owned
Arlington Hall and its revenues before
Judge Shenstone. This John Shenstone
was the eldest of four brothers. my IA
ther the second. The two younger were
by another wife, so that l was more
nearly related to him than the children
of the younger sons. one being the man
you have known as Judge Shenstone.
The other was Beatrice Shenstone.
These two were own cousins. while I
was only half-cousin. owing to my father
and theirs having different mothers. l
was left an orphan young. So was Be-
atrice Shenstone, and my Uncle John,
VINO was a bachelor took US both to live
with him. and we were brought up at
Arlington Hall. / was quite six years
older than Beatrice. and as l grew up
my uncle gave me to understand that 1
was his heir. He wished me to marry
my cousin, and so provide for her fu-
ture.
of Beatrice. neither did dislike her. and
it seemed to be a suitable arrangement
When she was about seventeen my uncle
named the matter to her. and l suppose
We both regarded 1t from a common
sense point certainly had no idea that
she was in love with me.
My uncle had suggested that her twen-
ty-first birthday would be suitable time
for our marriage. I agreed. It was in
the dim future-that suited me. Beatrice
was then about nineteen. One day she
told me an old school friend was coming
to see her. and that evening she arrived
Julia Malliard, your mother. The mo-
ment I saw her l knew I should never
marry any other woman.
She remained. month at the Hall.
and long before the time had expired
Beatrice had Uncovered my secret. but she
never allluded to- II. Then when Julia
had gone she told me that her friend
bad been engaged. bat her lover had died,
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08

drew near to the station / heard the
train coming in. and rushing on to the
platform, jumped into third-class car
riage.
1t was getting late when ! got back to
my lodgings, but l sat indulging in rosy
dreams OF the future. till the fire dfed
out; then I went to bed and slept soundly.
and it was quite late when / awoke.
Il was seated at breakfast enjoying
some kidneys. when the girl who waited
on me opened the door and a couple of
policemen entered the room.
What do you want? l asked in sur
prise.
'One Of them came forward, and laying
his hand on my shoulder. he said:
Paul John Shenstone, 1 arrest you on
the charge of having murdered your un-
Gle. John Shenstone, Of Arlington Hail. ="
TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW.
(CopyriQht, 1909 by The North American CompanyJ
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08

not even holding their own in numbers
and gifts. And these orthodox and ag-
gressive people are covering in their
plans, as they have not done before.
social service. man to man help. one
days rest in seven. settlement of labor
disputes, going into this worlds affairs
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and not dealing exclusively with affairs
of a supposed next world. while not
abating jot or little of their orthodoxy
or evangelism.
Plans for the coming year. which are
many, are almost exclusively in the
hands of these militant Christians.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08

II NOS True. IL Oo8nt 10 ne.
From the London Chronicle.
Lord 1erby's remark to the prince con-
sort as to the difficulty there would be
in forming an administration IL its MEM
bers had to pass an examination of
naval cadets standard may be paralleled
by . story which Lord Lytte!ton's s
friends used to tell against him. His
handwriting was one of the worst The
story ran that he put in at the table
OF the House of Lords an amendment to
the Reform Bill of 1861, proposing that
nobody who could not read ard write
legibly should be entitled TO vote. Next
day II was returned by the clerk as
iilegible and incapable of entry In the
journals without further explanation. II
thls story II not true. NJ Lord Fitxmau-
rtee hints. Il ought to have been.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
II Not True. It O.sht to BE.

TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW.
Copyright. 1903. BY The North American Compan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-18
TWENTY-FOUR STUDY
IN ARSENAL'S CLASS
at Local Government Post
Is Proving Success-Taught
Mathematics.

Following is list of students in the
night school. an innovation at Rock
Island arsenal which has as its purpose
mathematical and other instruction for
class of arsenal employees:
A. L. Alex, clerk with inspector:
Charles Anderson, machinist; Edward
Brown, machinist; W. A. Brown, as
sistant foreman, machinist; J. W. Car
roll. machinist; E. r. Clayton, metal
worker, machine equipment shop; Har-
ry Cory, assembler. equipment shop;
A. G. Glaudel, machinist; F. c. Kin
caid. machinist; A. V. Knoll, toolmak-
err: ]. G. Inter. machinist; W. S. Ian
caster. inspector. equipment shop; H.
F. Lueders, metal worker, machine;
Charles c. Miller, machinist; E. E.
Meyer. machinist: James Mirfield. ma
chinist: F. NJ. Morgan, machinist; Har-
~ Risley, assistant foreman, equip
ment shop: Henry Rohwedder, metal
worker. machine; o. E. Sipple, machin-
list: W. H. Spring. machinist; S. P.
Switzer. machinist; c. c. Wilson, met
ret lathe man.
These men assemble two evenings
each week in a room especially prepar-
ed for the purpose and are instructed
in mathematics by Mr.. Craig, one of
the craftsmen at the arsenal. Mr..
Craig is in immediate charge and the
officer in charge at the armory shops
has direct charge. The course is de
signed TO make the men more efficient
in their dnti icte iS
also very excellent in connection with
any night school or correspondence
school course that they may be taking.
The class commenced work Dec. 6. A
nominal sum is charged each member
of the class and this is paid to Mr..
Craig for his services
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-18

such that the fresh air movement for
school children has received great
impetus in Chicago and in many school
buildings cold rooms have been set
apart in which the windows are kept
open ali the time, the children receiv-
ing instruction in them being warmly
clad so as to suffer no discomfort. In
all the schools in the city the windows
are opened at least three times day.
The Mccormick school holds its ses-
sions on roof. The pupils show a
striking improvement in health and in
mental power. The report of the
schools work gives a great deal of in
formation regarding similar enterprises
elsewhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-18
BUTTER IN DROP;
EGGS ON INCLINE
Commission Houses Blame Re-
tailers for Disturbance in
Market Conditions.
COMPETITION KEEN HERE
Wholesalers Declare They Are Fore
Customers Hold Up Prices.

I'VE know they say that the bot
tom has fallen out of the butter and
egg market but the bearish trend has
not reached us yet" said Rock Is
land grocers yesterday when they
quoted these prices:
First class cold storage eggs,
per dozen -..S 80
First grade butter, Fox river,
per pound -.-...... 40
First grade butter, Elgin, per
pound .........,... .35
The egg price named is the one
that has remained steady for the
last 10 days and local retailers say
there is no prospect within their
horizon of a drop. The butter mar
ket (locaD remains alarmingly
steady also. Fresh eggs are not in
the regular market, but farmers
bring them in occasionally and dis
pose of them at as high as so cents
per dozen.
STARTED BALL A-ROLLING.
1t is from Chicago that the radia-
lions of JOY over lower prices"
come. Chicago cries that first class
eggs are selling wholesale at %
cents per dozen and that first
grade butter is being sold by whole
salers to retailers at % cents per
pound. And the Chicago retailer, in
turn, is selling these products at
what they call reduction. Yet the
reduced" retail prices in Chicago
are higher than the steady retail
prices in the local commission house
market.
From a semi-oficial source it
comes that tri-City commission
houses. which are numerous and be-
tween which competition is very keen
are selling eggs on close or mar
row margin to retailers. thus making
# possible for the latter TO maintain
a steady. but comparatively lov
price.
The cold storage eggs being sod
at 30 cents per dozen are guaran-
teed to h. good and the quality Of
the first grade butter is also vouohed
for.
ONERTi RES TO RETAILERS.
There arc as many as seven COM
mission houses in Davenport from
which eggs and butter are obtainahic.
Nearly everyone of these is making
overtures for sale Of its product,
with the result that a keen compe-
tition. one of the kind that makes
retailers laugh in their sleeves, has
sprung up.
There is also told the story of how
certain egg growers from what the
commission houses call the back
woods" have come into the tri-Cities
with big shipments of eggs and
scared these same houses ''aImO,f
out of their wits" undersellng them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-18
RESPONSIBILITY OF
FATHERHOOD THEME
Novel Service at Memorial Christian
Church Attracts a Large
Audience.

Fathers Night" at the Memorial
Christian church, last night was a
success. Its novelty captured the
crowd that nearly filed the auditorium.
AS on Mothers Night" every one
wore white flower in honor of moth
er, so last night the memory of father
was honored by the wearing Of a red
flower. 1t was the first service of the
kind ever held in Rock Island. The
fathers present will not soon forget DR..
Breeders strong, heart-searching APP
peal for a higher and nobler standard
of living among those who enjoy the
responsibility of fatherhood His SER
mon, "A Worthy Father" made a pro-
found impression upon his hearers.
Its power was in it's simplicity and its
tenderness, its strong appeal to the
noblest instincts of the race. The
Limit brothers delighted with another
of their fine duets. MY Fathers Grow
ing Old was the title of the solo by
Gordon Limit. A large company of
people from the First Christian church
in Davenport, accompanied by the pas
tor, Rev. S. NJ. Perkins, also quite a
number from the Moline Christian
church. accompanied by their pastor,
Rev w. B. Slater. attended the ser
vices last night Tonight DR.. Breeder
will speak on the theme, How Shall
We Escape?"