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The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

making his way along the low roof OF the
porch, let himself down and slipped away,
like a thief, into the shadows of the summer
night.
Once he looked back, his heart almost fail
ing him. He wished that he had kissed his
mother goodnight. What if he should never
see her again? He paused uncertainty, but,
at the moment, the red blaze of a rocket rent
the sky above the open. where the great
white tents of the circus were pitched, burst
ing in shower of colored lights, like shat
tered rainbow.
To the excited boy the brilliant display
seemed an omen of the new life before him,
and, casting away his misgivings, he hurried
on.
There is no undeceiver like experience.
Scarcely a week has gone over his head
before Jack learned that the splendid show
which had so allured him was only gilded
shcm; the skilled performers and gallant
cavaliers were but a weary company, when
the curtains of the tent had shut them from
the public eye. Even the clown, whose jol-
lity in the ring set the spectators into convui-
sions of merriment, seemed. in private, both
detected and morose.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

Yet, to Jack, the life of these various char
aCtCrs appeared easy when contrasted with
his own He was tall for his fifteen years.
but his strength had scarcely kept pace with
his growth; and the hard and unaccustomed
labor required of him, combined with rregu-
lar and insufficient hours of sleep, taXed MS
endurance to the utmost.
lie would have returned home penl-
tent, at the end of the first month, but for
the false and foolish pride which barred his
way.
Of his mothers forgiveness he felt sure'
but he could not bear to meet his fathers
stcrner eyes, and he dreaded the taunts OF
his old associates. Sometimes the atmos-
pherc OF roughness and profanity which sur
rounded HIM grew almost unbearabe; yet
he lacked the resolution to break away from
IT'S poisonous influence.
The unnatural strain ended at last
All day Jack had dragged himself about
his tasks with a throbbing pain in his fore
head which almost destroyed the power OF
thought.
Late at night he threw himself upon a pile
Of straw in a vacant corner. Hour after hour
he lay there, his tongue parhed, and his
whole body burnt with fever. He felt his
seEses clipping away from him, and Visions OF
home passed before his eyes
When the order to move was given, he was
no longer conscious. Roughly bundled into a
cart, he was driven away to the hospital. and
bhe great eNnlDltlOn moved on, careless OF
the poor waif it had left behind
But the Heavenly Father, whom he had
greved, was not thus forgetful. The erring
boy was given into tender hands. To the
gentle nurse who had him in charge he was
no mere patient. but human soul. From
his wild rawlings, she was able to guess at
something of his history, and from a little
dairy in his pocket she learned his name and
home.
Jack will never forget the hour when he
awoke at length to reason. Weaker than
infant, he seemed unable TO move hand or
foot. Even upon his closed eyelids, a weight
rested which he felt powerless to lift. Yet
he was conscious of a strange sense of rest
and peace. He thought some heavenly pres
ence was beside him. and wondered il he
were yet on earth. With the fancy came
a sharp pang.
1T cannot be heaven-I have been too
wicked!'
A soft hand was laid upon his forehead,
and at the touch a strange thrill quckened
the slow currents of his blood, and he open
ed his eyes.
1t was his mothers face that bent above
him.
lie felt no shock of surprise. 1t seemed
to him as if she might always have been
there, only his dsobcdcncc had hidden her
from him. He did not try To speak-tbpre
was no need-sincc his eyes had asked ali
and hers had answered.
Jack had come to himself"
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WIEN IlIE CANE
TO lilIMSELF.

The man looked at him kcenly.
Because. if you do, l could make it an
object Tor him. Light work. good pay, moth
irr to do between times but ride and see
the country"
Jack Strengthened himself with a half-de-
fiant gesture, if to silence some inward
protest.
Perhaps ! might try it myself" he said.
, The man clapped him on the shoulder with
rough familiarity.
That's the talk! ] saw it in your eye.
Says / to myself, That's the chap for mel
Well, be on hand at ten o'clock. sharp. We
strike tents early, so as to travel in the coo!
of the morning"
Poor Jack! Surely, no other is so much to
be pitied as he who deliberately decides to
take wrong step.
At supper, his mother noticed his silence
and lack of appetite; but to her loving ques
tions, he replied that he was quite well
She secretly rejoiced that he showed no in
clination to go out, but, after reading awhile
went early to his own room. What conster-
nation would have filled her heart, if she
could have seen him turn the key noiselessy
in the lock, and, with nervous haste, gather
into bundle two or three changes Of cloth
ing and such other small belongings as he
thought he might be able to carry with him !?
When all was quiet in the house, he stepped
stealthily through the open window, and,
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

1" and surprised when it was known
It'll that Jack Arsdale had run away with
HH the circus.
@ Il knew he wasn't always quite
straight" said one to another. "but
could never have believed this of him"
Not always quite straight"
All, there was the secret Boys, did you.
ever reflect that of all the poor, defeated
strugglers in the battle of life. not one went
down for the first time before q great temp
tation.
1t is the repeated yielding in little things
which undermines the defenses of the soul
silences the voice of conscience, and, at
length, delivers the whole being a bound
Beware. then, Of the first compromise with
wrong 1t is the small end Of the wedge
which will by-and-by rend the toughest spirit
uai fibre like green twig.
So Jack Arsdale could have told, il he
wonld, long history of growing distaste for
wholesome tasks, OF cheating at lessons and
examinations, Of stolen visits to places of
which he knew his parents would disap-
prove. ...
: Having thus began to barter the truthful
ness OF his nature for. a love of idle pleasure
and excitement, he was quite ready to be
dazzlcd by the glamor of the great travelling
exhibition which, after weeks of advertis-
,af 1sss Ct last made its t'l"mPh'i entry into the
The gorgeous glded vans; the strange,
wild creatures from far-of mountain and
desert; the train OF patient camels; the great
elephants, with their splendid housings; the
clang Of the martial music, to which the
prancing horses kept time-all these inhamed
his imagination with visions of a new life
of change and adventure, beside which quiet
Hillsdale seemed utterly narrow and con-
temptible. III.
What must it be, he thought, instead of
standing with the staring crowd in the street,
to be ones self a part Of the grand pageant
to throw off once for all the restraints of
home, the tyranny of school. and become his
owns master?
II was'a day of struggle. for Jack was not
bad enough to be easily guilty Of such treach-
cry toward those who loved him.
Again and again his mothers face, pale
and sorrowful, seemed to interpose itself be-
tween him and his glowing dreams.
As often happens, a small thing decided
the uneven contest.
During the interval between the afternoon
and evening exhibitions, Jack was lingering
like one fascinated, about the tent where the
beautiful trained horses were kept.
The expression of eager interest and ad-
miration upon his face attracted the atten-
tion OF man who seemed to have general
charge of the small army of groOms and hos
tiers.
Look here, my lad, said the man, sud
denly, addressing him, you don't happen to
know OF some smart yourg fellow, in want of
a job, do you! I'm hand short"
"I-dont know" answered Jack, hesitat-
ingly.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

@T is related of Napoleon that once, on
an incognito visit with Josephine to
district in France, that he entered
an humble cottage, where he found
- an old man in deep distress, while
his wife and daughter were in tears
The old mans son was a soldier, who was
about to be tried by court martial, for some
act OF insubordination, and was likely to be
condemned to death. The old man had re-
solved to intercede with the first consul:
Speak to Madame Bonaparte," urged his
daughter. People say ffat she is kind and
indrlgent; that her husband never refuses her
anything" "YOu are right" said Napoleon
with a smile. "You cannot do better than
invoke the aid Of Josephine, and l myself
will solicit Bonaparte in his favor, and en-
deavor to have your son entered in the Con
sular Guard" Then Josephine placed a ring
on the girls finger and pledged herself to
provide dowry when she should be married.
The visitors went out without telling their
names, but the son was saved and the daugh-
ter got her dowry. All such promises were
held sacred by Napoleon and it was this trait
in his character that endeared him to the
COMMON people.
In employing men to work at his Palo Alto
farm, in California, the late Senator Stan
ford gave strict orders that they We're never
to strike, kick whip a horse On one oc-
cason. while at dinner. one OF the drivers in
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
coPYRlGHr BY JAMES ELVBRsoy

coPYRiGHT BY JAMES ELVBRSON
@lLLSDALE people were both shocked
III and surprised when it was known
It'll that Jack Arsdale had run away with
HlA the circus.
@ Il knew he wasn't always quite
straight said one to another, but
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-14
IN MURDER PACT,
WOMAN KILLS SON
AND THEN HERSELF

OXFORD, Maine, February 13.-This
village was shocked last evening by the
sensational murder and suicide of Mrs,
Lynwood Keene and her young son,
There is a mystery surrounding the
crime, but it is believed the cause is
due to death pact made with her
dying husband.
Mrs. Keene apparently made all the
preparations for her terrible deed.
When all was ready she took her little
boy into her room and shot him through
the heart Immediately afterwards she
shot herself through the head, dying
almost instantly.
The family were until recently pros
porous, Mr.. Keene being a farmer of
this district. But reverses came when
Mr.. Keeue lost his health, and the fam
lily moved into town. Too sick to work
and realizing that he was dying and
that his wife and son would be left in
destitute circumstances, it is asserted
that the husband and wife agreed that
all should die together.
When all hope of the life Of Lynwood
was given up, Mrs. Keene proceeded to
carry out the agreement made with her
! husband
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-14
STARTED FIRST WORK
ON PEARL HARBOR
Captain Henry Again in Homo.
lulu and lnspeols Dredues
AS a Sample.

Captain Sam Henry, who was mem.
Der Of the Arm Of Clark & Henry, ten
years ago, when the frst Pearl Harbor
channel dredging contract was let by
the United States government, is here
Tor visit, accompanied by his wife,
and has already made tour Of the
dredging machines now at work for
the Hawaiian Dredging Company in
the channel and harbor.
Captain Henry took a 100000 con.
tract and lost about $4,000 on the
work. His Arm had the most difficult
Of all work. First of all the dredgcI
they used had to work from the open
sea upon the outer bar ledge and grad
ually work inward and sideways. The
dredger was buffeted by heavy swells
and the work dragged painfully along
No contractor since then has had to
sarmount the same difficulties.
But even with his losses Captain
Henry knows he was the pioneer in
starting the work ON what is to be the
greatest naval and military station un.
der the American flag and there is
some satisfaction, he thinks, in that
BY authority of the secretary of war
public hearing will be held at the
office of Major winslow, Engineer
Corps, U. S. A., at ten O'Clock Tues
day, March Z, 1911, to consider the
question of the establishment of har
Dor lines in Pearl Harbor.
Apropos of the Pearl Harbor worl
it is understood that Percy Hunter, tn,
Australian government representative,
to the Pan Pacific Travel Congress t,
be held here February 81, is deputizeC
to take cognizance Of the class of worl
being done at Pearl Harbor for hi
government. The Australian govern
ment is establishing a navy of its owl
and begins to realize the need of 1
naval station. 1t win probably b,
located, not at large seaport of tn,
commonwealth, but in some place locat
ed with reference to q big port o
Pearl Harbor is to Honolulu. AS tn
work win be on unimproved grount
and many difficulties may have to b.
surmounted, as were overcome at Pear
Harbor, Mr. Hunter win investigat,
the entire method of work at Pear
Harbor. including the dredging of tn
channel, the selection of the site TO
the drydoek and the site for the sta
ton.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-14
EXPERIMENTATION 1T MAY BE
AVOIDED.

Diphtheria is usually contracted when
the child has a cold. The cold prepares
the child 3 system for the reception and
development of the diphtheria germs.
When there are eases Of diphtheria in
the neighborhoOd the children that have
colds should be kept at home and off the
street until recovered. Give them
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and they
will not have 10 remain al home long
II also cleans out the culture beds.
which form in a ehild's throat when IL
has cold, aud minimizes the risk OF
contracting infectious diseases. For sale
by Benson, Smith 4 Company.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-14
LOWE is CANDIDATE.

George Lowe, formerly assistant clerk
under Chief Clerk savidge, during the
last session of the legislature in the
senate, is out for the position of his
former chief in the senate. Mr..
savidge is too sick at this time to
take the place and so Lowe believes he
has a good chance.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-14

shall nominate the delegate to congress
and in the presidential year elect dele
gates to the national convention.
(2) The expense of ballots, blanks
and other supplies to be used at any
primary, and other expenses properly
incurred in the preparation for or con-
Quoting of such primary, shall be borne
as follows:
= (3) The cost of printing and publish
ing such ballots, notices and forms as
shall be required to be furnished, print
ed or published by the county clerk,
shall be paid by such county.
(4) The cost of printing and publish
ing the platform of each party shall be
borne by such party.
Penalty for Corruption.
Section 81. Amy person who shall
offer any bride or make any promise
of gain, OF with knowledge of the same
permit any person to offer any bride
or make any promise OF gain for his
benefit, to any voter to induce him to
sign an, election paper, and any person
who shall accept any such bfibe OF
promise Of gain of any kind as consid'
GRAFTON for signing the same, whether
such bride OF promise of gain be Of
fered OF accepted before or after such
signing, shall be builty Of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof
be punished by fine of not less than
twenty-five nor more than five hundred
dollars, OF by imprisonment for not lesi
than ten DAYS nor more than six months
or by both such fine and imprisonment
This act shall be deemed TO be a par
of the election laws Of the Territor.
within the meaning Of al provision
therein respecting olfenses against sucl
laws.
Section %. The laws relating u
elections shall apply to all primaries ii
so far as they shall be consistent Will
this act, the intent Of this being q
place the primary under the regulation
and protection OF the election laws q
Far a. possible consistently with th
provisions Of this act
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-14
TERRIFIC STORM RAGING.

SEATTLE, February ia terrific
storm, accompanied with sIeet and
snow, is raging over Puget Sound and
as far north as Alaska. No reports
have been received as to loss of life
or serious damage up to this time, but
the wires are down in many places and
the latter reports may bring stories of
disaster.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-14
LYNCH A NEGRO.

EUFAULA, Alabama, February 10.
"A mob of citizens from this town
and the surrounding district, gathered
here last night and took from the jail
a young negro, carried him to the out
skirts of the town and lynehed him.
He was accused of making an attempt
to attack a white woman belonging to
a prominent family of this city.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-14

To save the expense Of removing a
heavy chime Of bells from a church at
Buffalo that was to be rebuilt, the
steeple was lacked up, the old building
torn away and the new one erected IN
its place.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-14
General casiIlas Caught Armed,
While Crossing the
Border.
is A PRISONER IN Ell PAsO
Taken by United States Troops
After Attending Council
Of War.

Ell PASo, February 13.--The recent
mobilization of United States troops
along the border of Mexico to prevent
violations of the neutrality Of this coun-
try in connection with the warfare 60.
ing on in the northern States of Mex
leo, resulted yesterday in the capture
Of an insurgent leader crossing the Dor
der with an armed force.
General casillas, one OF the leaders
of force of rebels operating in Chi
huahua, attended war council Of the
revolutionary junta here yesterday.
Last night he made an effort to cross
back into Mexico with his companions,
all armed with rifles and revolvers. He
was captured by a detail of infantry
and brought back to this city under
guard,
General Casilas will be arraigned in
the federal court, probably tomorrow,
on charge of violation of the neu-
trality laws. 1t is stated that Casillas
took part in the recent demonstration
against Juarez, under the command OF
General orozco.
Buildings Burned.
Word has been received here that
after the rebels captured the town OF
Mexieala, just on the line between the
State of Lower California and Imperial
county, California, and looted it, they
returned and burned all the federal
buildings. The municipal and customs
officers Of the town fed across the Dor
lder into California.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-14

To demonstrate the pulling power of
an ordinary automobile, an enthusiast
at Los Angeles towed passenger loco
motive weighing one hundred and ten
tons along track for several hundred
yards with his favorite car.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-14
viler Than Ever.
UNCLAIMED LETTER LIST.

Letters remaining uncalled for at the
general delivery, for the week ending
February IL, 1911:
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-14

Please ask for advertised letters
JOSEPH @. PRATT,
Postmaster.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-14

io lht itrildiiti tYnftH9lrn and etnn
"a t1mmIiits. OBJ atftdut tf lht tN.
fensrn attending ilia hoIilnf NJ lte
rllmars which thaii Ne toid into re
ifchsuff 81 ne county as q realization.
Section a AZ least twenty-five days
before he primary, the clerk shall pub
liih under The proper party uf nom
partisan designation che titlcs 81 Offices,
the names and addresses Of al persons
for whom nVminstion papers have been
Aled if bic Office. the date 81 thC
primary, the hours dutinT which the
polls viii be open, and The polling place
IN each precinct.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-14

seciion 90 az The delegates to the
terIitorisi convention. acting wigh those
elected i. accordance with party rules,
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-02-09
POOR POLICY.

In discussing things which go
to benefit and build up a town,
and the things which as certain
ly handicap and finally destroy
it, the Occur d 'Alene Press truth
fully and forcefully Says:
"The point we wish to make
is that a business man or citizen
who has nothing better to occupy
his attention than the abuse of
his neighbors is an undesirable
citizen himself and a detriment to
the community. Show the strang-
er the good points of the city and
bury its faults, if such there are,
from view. Quit knocking and
do some boosting, because moth
ing will injure place more than
the habit of speaking ill of it and
its citizens to strangers. The hab-
it is one of the most dispicable
and dangerous that one can in
dulge in. You may differ with
your neighbor on prohibition, pol
tiles or religion, but grant him
the same right to his opinions
and honesty in expressing them as
you claim for yourself. Differ
with him, but do it honorably and
quit telling strangers that certain
other citizens ought to be dead
or driven out of town because
they differ with your opinions
on some public question. If you
have soured on the world try to
hide it and do not make yourself
despised by the community
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-02-09

Under call issued by the com
mittee at the suggestion of State
Chairman Hoffman, there will be
a Lincoln Day banquet and love
feast held at the Owyhee Hotel
in Boise next Saturday, the 18th,
to which all of the prominent re-
publicans of the state have been
invited, the republican editors
being especially urged to attend
There is really nothing so allur-
ing, so enticing, so irresistibly
gravitating, to the lank newspap-
er man as the siren call of the
banquet; but from this altitudin-
Gus view it would require fifty
plunks to cross legs under the
table and swap yarns for a few
brief watts of time with that
bunch of blooded entertainers
which if memory faileth not
would be going it one better over
the much capitalized Portland dill
ner of Gov. Brady and staff, OF
the Jeffersonian simplicity of the
Gov. Hawley inaugural fete. Scr,
ry, but can t stand for it.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-02-09

Well, well, wonders never
cease. The great explorer of po-
litical worlds, the editor of the
New Time, at Mountainhome. has
discovered that the subsidized,
denounced, Bradyized press has
started in a systematic and hell
lsh manner to again boost Ex-
Gov. Brady for Senator Borah s
place in the great national con-
gregation at Washington, ID. c..
The Globe is free to confess that
it feels greatly nonplusse ed over
this discovery, for coming from
the source it does it certainly mus
be true, it cannot be DR.. Cook
mistake. And yet the Gil be had
come to believe from all the charg
es made and the evidence adduc-
ed during the late political I'M
pleasantness, that it was march
ing somewhere in the lin of the
depraved and fallen army of
Bradyized papers, Twin g care
free upon the fat subsidy with
which the INSCRIPTIONS and over
ly ambitious Idaho Brutus had
polluted and prostituted the fifty
odd purchasable editors of this
great and glorious young com
monwealth. But how can things
be thusly and not overcome us
like summer cloud. There must
have been a mental hallucinatiOn
Jared loose somewhere, and
found Judgement in the Globe of
flee, and it really was not march
ing in the procession singing
peans, and eating hummingbird
breasts. Or if that was the true
condition, then it has been delud-
ed when it thought it had been
publishing occasional articles
commendatory of Mr.. Borah S
work in the interest of his state
and his straight up and down at
titude upon numerous matters of
vital interest to the nation in
general. Where are we at any
way, at this critical time in our
country's need.q Are we, or are
we not? That is the burning
question of the hour.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-02-09

Der of people, and in doing SO he
has tread upon many toes and
there is a wall going up from all
over the country. We believe
reciprocity treaty with Canada
is a good measure taken as a
whole. For illustration the print
paper trust and the wood pulp
trust have steadily increased the
cost of print paper until it is un-
reasonably high and the free adj
mission of wood pulp from Can
ada, as provided for in the treaty
would make a reduction of at
least 25 per cent in the cost of
print paper without taking away
a good profit to the manufacture
ers and no one would be injured.
Occur d'Alene Press.