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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-11-25

Among the local horses that will
find new home in the garden next
week are Kirtley Electric, Eclipse,
Robert l.. Jr., Doctor Bill
Pilot Girl, Jersey Todd and Charter
Oak Maid. This is quite bunch TO
take out of the local organization
and unless some of the members buy
new material horses may be scarcs
another season.
The labor world., 1912-06-08
ONLY A WORKER

For ten weeks he had been out of
work. Three children and a wife in
whom stirred the germ Of a new life
suffered with him.
The rent was in arrears, and want
had thrown into the hands Of the
secondhand dealers the last object of
value in the house. Ahead Of him he
could see nothing but beggar's life.
And he had strong hands and a love
for work.
Today, he skunk out of the house
like a beaten dog. Cold water rum
bled in his empty stomach. A crust
of hard, dry bread had left a bitter
taste in his mouth. His feet dragged
heaVily, like those of sick man, over
the pavement warmed by the early
summer sun.
And bitter and hard for him was
the road he was travelling, the road
to the Charity Bureau. Never before
had his hands, strong as iron, been
timidly outstretched, imploring mute
ly for aid. Never before had hts
lipe uttered a plea for bread.
And now! Where was his pride I?
His wife and hungering children had
killed it.
He thought to himself IF I do
not crawl like worm and beg like
a poVerty-stricken cripple. 1 shall
surely become a murderer" And
burning as was the blush of shame
on his face, the love for his own
glowed stronger.
His eyes sought the door of the
building in which the Charity Burea II
was located. He saw white enam-
81 nameplate with "Charity Bureau"
IN black letters. He had reached his
goal 1t seemed to him as if the
shining plate were the sun itself, the
burning rays of which we're scorch-
Ing his eyes. Undecided, he stood be-
tore the door Was there no other
way? He looked with hungrily, dues
tlon1ng eyes at the passersby, but
they all fastened heedlessly along. 1t
must be! He ground his teeth to-
gether. entered the building and as
cended the few steps leading to the
Charity Bureau.
IN front of a large swinging door
he halted again. Once more he was
seized by the horror Of this last stem
The labor world., 1912-06-08

of desperation. There was still time
to. change his mind. He felt as. if an
invisible hand was pulling him away
from the door, and he would gladly
have yielded.
But then there appeared to him a
vision of the present: the comfort
less emptiness Of his rooms robbed
by poverty, his wife and three chill
dren whose accustomed happy laugh
ter had been stilled by gnawing hun
ger.
With his hand he grasped the door
knob and with his right knocked tim
! idly upon the door.
For a time there was no response.
During these anxious moments he
heard the buzzing of blue-bottle fly
on the window. His thoughts were
| far from clear, but in his aching
brain there was the idea that he was
caught like this fly, locked in the
cage Of poverty. Mechanically he
stepped to the window to let the poor
| insect out into the sunshine
| Then he heard a voice behind him.
Did you knock?'
He turned quickly. In the open
doorway stood a young girl, probably
| a servant.
He approached, took off his hat,
and said in low and trembling
| voice: 80
beg pardon, Miss, can I speak to
the Charity Commissioner"
Wait While,'' was the answer.
The door shut. After a time it
opened again, and the girl said:
! ,"Come in!'
The fresh and strong young voice
really did him good, and aroused him
a trlfle from his bewildered state.
The shaded GOODNESS of an ante
chamber refreshed him. Again the
girl spoke.
go right through please. The
commissioner is in his office.''.
The coolness of the room had
helped him to overcome his uneasi-
ness, and then there was no turning
| back now.
With a firm step he walked to a
curtained door, drew the curtain to
one side, turned the knob and en-
tered. He saw standing before him
a stout elderly man, who loEered
The labor world., 1912-06-08

dren and he could Sc the grief cav
ling his wife'e eyes. And so he for
got his. own hunger which had seized
upon him with. chilly hands. ...
Whenever. he paused 50, the fore
man, who laid tfie tiles over the o1,en
spaces Of the roof, Would cali to him :
| Come. GOMEZ Move along or you'll
get sunstruck!'
And once more he would trudge UP
and down. .
Hunger gnawed him more and
fiercely; it tore with one claw at his
stomach and pounded with the other
fist at his aching head.
Again he rested: for little while.
He pressed his aching, burning
head with his palms and let his chin
rest upon his knees. And there he
dreamed stupefied by hunger and the
hot sun.
The foreman was ON the other side
of the roof and did not see him.
The worker dreamed that he was
near him and stuffed bread and but
ter into their hungry mouths. Be-
fore him stood a glass Of beer, from
which first his wife and. then he
would take sip. Once IRE there
was a bit Of money In .The house.
How happy they all were. And now
he must sleep, first because Of the
humping HEADACHE and then because
he must get up early the next day
His wife wrapped a wet, cool cloth
around his head. Oh. how good it
felt! And how comfortable and soft
the straw bed was.
'Hey! Look out! Look out! For
Gods sake, hold on Tight" The fore
man yelled in shrill, tones.
But the workers body slid down
the steep roof faster and faster.
The foreman closed his eyes from
horror, and, beside himself, buried
his teeth in his hand. =
From the street far below came
the sound of a muffled crash.
The passers-by gave one look and
fled. A policeman shook the hor-
ror. from his soul and examined the
body Of the unfortunate. One look
was enough. He tore a horse blanket
from a. nearby cab threw it over the
body, and went to turn in his report.
The labor world., 1912-06-08
himself with lazy movements into an
arm chair, lay back and lighted a

himself with lazy movements into an
armc chair, lay back and lighted a
cigar. il. ... -.. ..::
While: the poor worker, pursued by
I poverty: related in rapid, stumbling
words the story of his griefs, the
stout little man smoked his cigar
the figure standing before him.
+ The charity commissioners hands
were fat and puffy and were eloquent
| of the ease and inactivity of his life.
With his protruding eyes he appraised
every cord and muscle in the worker s
body, and examined him with a view
to determining his strength and
agility.
! When the worker had finished his
tale, the little man snorted a few
times, and then said:
Yes, yes my man, that is all very
| sad! Still I don't see how I can help
you, there is so very little money In
the treasury. But you see, I need
another laborer myself who Is willing
and competent If you want to, you
can begin work tomorrow or even to-
day. I will pay you two kronen and
eighty heller day. That is some-
| what more than the others get, but
you are a family man. Now then, are
you willing?'
For Joy the worker could hardly
say "yes," and out Of gratitude wanted
to kiss the commissioners fat hands.
The latter gave him the address of
| the house where repair work upon the
roof was being done.
The fierce heat Of the summer sun
was just at it's worst. The air seemed
! to sizzle and to scorch everything
| With its dry heat. Horses, dogs and
men crept along over the burning
stones of the pavement. The white
and gray fronts Of the houses with
their thousands of windows acted as
powerful reflectors Of the scorching
rays.
Up to the roof Of five-storied
house the worker climbed, gasping
under a. load of roof tiles, which it
was his task to carry from the ground
| to the ridge of the steeply sloping
roof. Each trip was wearisome and
dangerous. The dizzy depths beneath
and the burning, slippery roof.
| But want at home and anxiety in
the heart are pitiless masters.
After nine or ten trips safely made.
| ne stopped to rest moment by the
chimney. He was thinking of the
money he could take home. He could
almost hear the shouts Of the chill
The labor world., 1912-06-08

Len Small Loritner candidate for
governor. of Illinois, is under in
strtct1ons to vote for Roosevelt. Most
as much fun for Len as taking cod
liver oil.
The labor world., 1912-06-08

Kill time,* and it will kill you.
Try to make friends Of your
enemies. *>
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-11

Three deeds Of trust yer. rer Tor
record
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WHEELINGlTES
VIII Attend Charities Conference az
CleVsland-mueh Interest Being
Manifested

When the thirty.nlnth annual ma
uonal conference OF charities and cor.
rec'ion convenes iu Cleveland. o TO-
morrow evening. there will be several
local persons present. as many who
are Interested in the w0rs o. chart.
Ties have signIfed their intention OF
attending. Among those Who will
leave tomorrow for Cleveland .o Al.
tend The opening sessions are serro.
iart a r Sinks. % the Associated
Charities Miss RunFe. experimentation
of The Florence Critferdnn home
Miss Mary Scott o. .hc uar nurscrv
and superintendent William Green OF
The county Inhrmary
The conference viii last uaot
conv"u.nE tomorrow evening and clos
INK "wednesday evening. June Do The
meetings viii be- highly valuable and
The discussions wilI be OF novel and
unusual Interest Tho program fr.
cIudes such topics as. immigration.
oral repor from states. standards az
living and labor public supervision
and administration. housing and
recreation. courts and prisons. chill.
dren. relate ~ medical and social
work. families and neIghborhoods say
hygiene and others.
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BOAT RIDE
Students Of the Elliott Comnerei al
School VIII Take Ride On
Steamer Liberty.

What promises 20 be one Of the
most delightful river excursions ever
held from this city will be the boat
excursion given Friday OF this week
by the pupils Of the Elliot. CONNER.
cial school The new steamer TIber.
~ has been chartered for the entire
day and evening. and it is expected
Co 20 several miles up the river
The party win leave the local wharf
~ 9 O'Clock Friday morning and 10
expected Co return 40 1U. 30 O'Clock In
The evening A. noon "a big picnic
dinner will be- a feature. An orchestra
viii BE- aboard and the committee has
arranged FOR an excellent time. All
Elliot student. o. the past and pres
emit and their friends have been Dr..
vited and if i4 expected that 40 least
$50 uIlI attend The committee ON
arranRemcn. is composed % Miss
Jean Pryor. Miss uouio Raucr Miss
Ncn Dean. " co. Knicr.m and Fred
Hoffman
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-11

In 1887 VIM Knabe began build Pianos and to build
only the best Pianos that his genius could He knew
nut one standard-the highest The whole world knows thar
the knaoe has refrigerated on the contrary
never ceased to 60 forward far in the chiefs
Scarcely two decades have passed the angelu the
premier and pioneer the musical world II encoyn
eed ana oVeeame all doubngs and skeposm preudic.
Today supplies 10 the lover the eouive,t
OF lifetime OF laborous study 1t is perfectly responsive
and renders musical selection exactly the performer all
unskied in the art, feels it should be rendered
Great is the Knabe-Angeus greatly to be praised
may we give you demonstration of its splendid possbite,
in your own home, if you say so.
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h. F. BehrenS Co.
2217 MARKET ST.
BRANCH WOODSDALE.
WATER RENTS

Water Rents Tor mo Gtu Assess.
ment term Of sIE months are nov
dn" and payable o. tho office N tho
city Treasurer
a discount NJ 90 per cent will b.
allowed aIl consumers who pay their
bills during the month NJ June 1910
= V JOHNSON.
City Treasurer
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knabe-AngeIus
The Wedding of Genius

The superb Knabe Piano. for three-quarter of :
century recognized leader of leaders, and the peer
less AngeluS-Such 4 union!
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Hess.a s Nefon and husband 20
Magic J.. usgev. parcel Of land In
"'icn." district. consideration. go.
Nolar Land Co. f0 r. Rev s. :
yr''n-HF. Greek catholic bishop for
fh" United States '0fs g.. 60 T. IS
ana ~ .u Nozarf Terrace. cousidera.
ton. SO
Security Trust co. 90 Frank Higgs.
."' No. % 100 Lor.uF Place. consIdera
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station. pa. and Mabel G. Klmmel.
20. Cadiz. O.
HHgh Clarence Iunau. rs. Wheeling.
and Lea'ha May White. 20. Valley
Grove. Vs. Ea.
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COUNTY COURT


Marriage Licenses.
Thomas &c. Necr. 2f. and Mar. T..
P.erer. %. both Of Wheeling
William + Moblev @. and Margar.
eta Nelson Pot r.. o. both o. Wash.
ingt0n. pa
Thomas u Garrison. 800. o. Hamlin
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-06-28

One Honest Chauffeur.

Arriving by train at the Care de
lEst, the other evening. a young Part
sian took a taxicab home, and left in
it a satchel containing more than $50
600 In bank notes, q diamond riviere
worth 10000, and a pendant valued at
$4,000. among other pieces of jewelry.
The taxicab driver found the satchel.
day as he was about to bring it to the
local police station the wallet opened
and it's contents poured out in a gilt
tering stream before his eyes. The
chauffeur drove straight to the police
and handed over his find. ever making
difficulties about revealing his name.
The wner was SO delighted to get his
notes and jewels back again that he
gave the honest cabman $500.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-06-28
Az they neither called FOR their 90

A. they neither called for their 80
count nor to have the tea things taken
away. after a while the woman stealth.
lily opened the door and, unknown,
looked at one of the prettiest pictures
ever within her walls. Lefty Lane
sat on the window seat. her golden
head, her white form against the
glow. and the boy by her side had his
arms around her, and her head was
on his breast. They were both young.
They might have been white birds
blown in there, nesting In the humble
inn, and the woman of the house. who
Thames flow softly for nothing,
judged them gently and sighed with
pleasure as she shut the door.
Here at Maidenhead Dan had left
his boat and the oto O then
back. Nothing spoiled his bliss that
day, and he said her name a thou,
sand times that night In his dreams
JeGlousies-and, when he would let
himself think, they were not one. they
were many-faded away. The duties
that a life with her would involve did
not disturb him. For many a long
year, come what might, be what
would, he would recall the glowing OF
that sunset reflected under the inn
windows, the singing of the thrushes
and the fash of the white dress and
the fine little white shoes which he
had held in the palm of his ardent
hand, which he had kissed, as he told
her with all his heart that she should
rest her tired feet forever.
There grew in him that day a rever
ence for her, determined as he was to
bring into her life by his wealth and
devotion everything of good. His low
ing plans for her forming in his brain
somewhat chaotic and very much fe-
vered, brought him neare than he
had ever been before to the picture OF
his mother. His father it wasn't easy
for Dan to think of in connection with
the actress. He didn't dare to dwell
on the subject, out he had never
known his mother. and that pale ideal
he could create as he would. In think
ing of her he saw only tenderness for
Lefty Lane-cnly love; and in his
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was there In the mind Of each. Dur
ing the fortnight Dan spent thousands
of pounds on her, bought her jewels
which she alternately raved over or
but half looked at. He had made his
arrangements with Galorey peaceful
ly, .coolly and between the two men
1t had been understood that the world
should think the engagement broken
by the duchess. and Dams attention to
Lefty Lane. already the subject of
much comment, already conspicuous.
was enough to Justify any woman in
taking offense.
One day. the pearl OF warm May
days, when England even IN spring
time touches summer, Blair was so
happy as 10 persuade his sweetheart
| to go with him for a little row on the
river. The young fellow waited for
her in the boat he had secured, and
she, motoring out with Higgins, had
appeared, running down to the edge
| OF the water like a girl, gay as a child
let out from school, In a simple frock,
In a marvelously fetching hat, white
| gloves. white parasol, white shoes, and
as Dan helped her into the boat,
pushed II out. pushed away with her
| on the crest Of the sun-flecked waters,
spring was in his heart, and he
| found the moment almost too great
to bear.
The actress had been a girl with
| him all day, giving herself to his
moods, doing what he liked without
demur, talking Of their mutual past.
telling him nj amusing story after
another. proving herself an ideal com
panion, fresh, varied, r%eposeful; and
no one to have seen Lefty Lane with
the boy on that afternoon would have
dreamed that she ever had known an
other love. They had moored their
boat down near Maidenhead, and he
had helped her up the bank to the
little Inn, where tea had been made
for them, and served to him by her
own beautiful white hands. He had
called for strawberries. and. like a
shepherd In a pastoral. had fed them
to her. and as they fingered the sun
set came creeping steadily in through
the windows where they 81.
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room the night after the row on the
river. the night after the long idyl
In the sunset room Of the inn, some
thing like a prayer came to his young
lips. and. when it's short form was fin
ished. a smile brought it to an end
as he remembered the line In Lefty
Lanes own opera:
She will teach you how to pray in an
Eastern form OF prayer"
The ring he had given the duchess
Of Breakwater had been her own
choice. a ruby. He had asked her.
through Galorey. to keep it and to
wear it later, when she could think OF
him kindly, in an ornament Of some
kind or another. The duchess had
not refused. The ring he bought for
Lefty Lane, although there was no
engagement announced between them.
was the largest. purest diamond he
| could with deeency ask her to put
on her hand! 1t sparkled like a great
drop Of clear water from some foun-
tain on a magic continent. In an
| other shop strands Of pink coral, set
through with diamonds, caught his
fancy and he bought her yards OF
them. ropes of them, smiling to think
how his boyhood's dreams were come
| true.
He never saw Ruggles except at
meals, hardly spoke to the poor man
| at all, and the boys absorbed face.
-, -
feel like death. He repeated TO him
self that he was too late-too late.
and usually wound up his reflections
by calculating:
Gosh almighty, I'm glad / haven't
got a SON."
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-06-28
DOCTORS SHIFT.
Now Gets Along Without Il.

A physician says: Until last fall /
used to eat meat for my breakfast and
suffered with indigestion until the
meat had passed from the stomach.
Last fall began the use of Grape
Nuts for breakfast and very soon
found l could do without meat, for my
body got all the nourishment neces-
sary from the Grape-Nuts and since
then | have not had any indigestion
and am feeling better and have in
creased in weight.
"Since finding the benefit I derived
from Grape-Nuts / have prescribed the
food for all my patients suffering from
indigestion or overlooking and also
for those recovering from disease
where want a food easy to take and
certain to digest and which will not
overtax the stomach.
Il always find the results l look for
when / prescribe Grape-Nuts. For
ethical reasons please omit my name"
Name given by mail by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
The reason for the wonderful
dlIOuHL 81 nUtrIMenI. ana the easy
digestion of Grape-Nuts is not hard to
find.
In the first place, the starchy part
of the wheat and barley goes through
various processes of cooking, to per-
fectly change the starch into dextrose
Or grape-sugar, in which state it is
ready to be easily absorbed by the
blood.
The parts in the wheat and barley
which Nature can make use OF for re-
building brain and nerve centers are
retained in this remarkable food, and
thus the human body is supplied with
the powerful strength producers. go
easily noticed after one has eaten
Grape-Nuts each day for a week or
ten days.
There's a reason" and it is ex-
planned in the little book, "The Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above 1ettert A new
= appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, AID full Of human
oDteRent.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-06-28
XIII.
In the Sunset Glow.

vi SuV 00TloS
He lived through 4 week of bliss
and Of torture. One minute she prom
ised to marry him. give up the stage.
90 around the world on a yacht, whose
Injuries, Dan planned, should rival
any boat ever built. OF they would mo-
tor across Asia and see. n by one,
the various coral strands and the gold
en- sands Of the east. He could not
find terms t express how he would
spend upon her this fortune OF his,
which, for the first time. began to
have value in his eye. Money had
been lavished on her. still she seemed
dazzled. Then she would push it all
away from her in disgust-tell him
she was sick Of everything-that she
didn't want any new jewels or any
new clothes, and that she never want
ed to see the stage again OF any place
again; that there was nowhere she
wanted to go, nothing she wanted to
see-that he must get some fresh girl
to whom he could show life, not one
whom he must try to make forget 1t.
Then, again, she would say that she
loved the stage and her art-wouldn't
give it up for any one In the world
that II was fatal TO marry an actress
that it was mad for him to think OF
marrying her. anyway-that she didn't
want to marry any one and be tied
down-that she wanted to be her own
mistress and free.
He found her a creature OF a thou
sand whims and caprices, quick to cry,
quick to laugh, divine in everything
she did. He never knew what she
would want him to do next, or how
her mood would change, and after one
of their happiest hours, when che had
been like a girl with him, she would
burst into tears, beg him to leave the
room, telling him that she was tired
tired-tired, and wanted to go to sleep
and never to wake up again. Between
them was the figure Of Poniotowsky,
though neither spoke of him. She ap.
peared to have forgotten him. Dan
would rather have cut out his tongue
than to speak his name, and yet he
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-06-28
That Was Different.

A stern father who had repeatedly
told a young man who was paying his
addresses to his daughter not to visit
the house again without his permits.
sion. which he never intended to give
was surprised when he answered a
ring at the doorbell late one evening
to see the young man waiting on the
step.
Sir said he in anger, didn't l tell
you not to call again. eh, sir?"
Yes" said the young man. Il
know, but l didn't call to see your
daughter. l came on behalf of Oul
firm about that little bill"
"Oh-er-er-" stammered the
stern father, "call again, will your"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-06-28
Didn't Know What 1t Was.

Senator Duncan u. Fletcher was
c~ondemning at a dinner in Jackson
vile an orange grower who had failed.
THE man failed" he said, through
ignorance. He lays the blame on other
things, but his ignorance alone is at
fault. He is as ignorant of orange
farming as the tramp was of industry.
you've heard of that tramp, per-
haps? He wore on his face a sheer OF
derision and scorn.
Work? he said Work? What Is
tan herb?"