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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-25

puxzIing.
There is one thing can't under
stand about Christmas"
whats that"'
How it is that everybody gives
more than he gets. and yet nobody
gets as much as he gives. can't un-
derstand what becomes Of the sur
plus. Judge
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-25
Vineqar.

Cut hams may he kept from molding
IF the cut end is vet with vinegar each
time after cutting Vinegar will also
keep beef fresh for a'time when you
happen to be without ice temporarily
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-25

An ad.. upon some lonely rock
May business boost.
Bet forth where crows delight to f0ck
Or herons roost.
Such enterprise 10 we'll for those
Who would supply
A line Of merchandise that crows
Or weasels buy.
But II you're catering to man.
We must confess,
No medium is better than
The daily press.
Kansas City Journal.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-25
METEoRs.


Tears OF gold the heavens wept.
They fell and were by pillows swept
Into the sea mid coral caves.
Where roll the ever restless waves.
And thus they lay till they were
found
BY mermaids on the oceans ground.
The sea nymphs took the gems so
rare
And wound them in their sea green
hair
And often now some summers
night
The ocean CLEANS with golden light.
Caused by the mermaids sporting
there
With tears of gold in floating hair.
Anna Phi. Eichberg.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-25
FIGHTING sUFFRAGETTEs.

In England the cause militant
has accomplished these things:
1t has secured the government
pledge to a full hearing of a
woman suffrage bill at the next
meeting OF parliament; put wom-
en- on an equal footing with men
in the old age pension law:
gained partial benefit for wom-
en- workers under the govern
ment insurance bill. now pend
ing: secured wages board to
keep the WAGES Of women above
Il minimum in several trades;
caused to be appointed woman
prison Inspector: improved the
cookery and clothing provided
for women prisoners: added to
the number of women factory
inspectors; induced the London
Standard to offer large amount
of space daily to the "woman's
PLATFORM raised campaign
fund well over half million
dollars and succeeded In max
ing the English government take
the suffrage question seriously.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-25

what did that beautiful umbrella
cost your
Ten cents
Don't be silly"
That's all. was walking out Of Z
store when a cash boy came running
after me, shouting: Hey. mister You
forgot your umbrella So l brought
It along"
"And 1t wasn't yours at all, yet you
say you paid 10 cents for It."
II did. l gave the boy dime for
being honest. Detroit Free Press.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-25
Murmur.

The easiest word to pronounce in the
English language is said to be muir
muir" 1t is simply an expulsion of
the breath repeated
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-25
Mere Guesses.

Mere Guesses.
a suffraYette
May fight and fight
And still look under
The bed at night.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
But If she found
A burglar there
Shed yank him out
And pull his hair
Boston Transcript.
And while she had
The robbers goat
She'd make the lad
Pledge his vote.
youngstown Telegram.
Or maybe she.
With courage grim,
Would pause to make
A speech to him.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-25
DRAPERY GOODS

you will tell me who did this I won't
thrash you"
"All right sir. did it," was the
reply.-Ideas.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-25
A SINGER.

A HAPPY little vocalist,
"A Reversing human lot.
The cricket kicks when making song:
The audience does not
Selected.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-21
DALE NO. 12277

DALE is a bright bay, Clydesdale
Stallion of excellent draft horse type
and character. He was foaled May 10,
1905, bred by J. H. Duxbury & Bro,
Preston. Mimi. Sired by Pride of
Bloomfield, 9467, by the imported
Lothian Prince (7916). 9467. Dam,
Fancy Wayne, 95ll, by Baillieston
Chief $500, 3616, by Top Gallant,
1850, by Darnley (222).
DALE has been a prize winner
wherever shown, including the Mime
sofa State Fair, the last two years.
Besides winning at State and County
Fairs, DALE has won an enviable rep
utation as sire of high class draft
colts. Use him and you will be con-
WINGED of his prepotency.
DALE will make the season at
Whites Livery Barn and in the vicin-
ity of Cresco.
DALE'S fee is SIS 90 to insure
live colt one week old; or $40 90 by the
season. Season fee payable August
Is, 1912. Care will be taken to guard
against accident, but all mares are at
owners risk. Owners of mares who
dispose of or remove same from the
community will be held for service fee
unless satisfactory evidence of not in
foal is produced.
DALE is licensed to stand for public
service in the states of Iowa and Min
nesota.
Thanking our many patrons for past
favors and soliciting share of your
future business, we await your COM
mands. Yours for fair deal.
j. H. DUXBURY Il BRO.
j, F, McIntire. Groom.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-21

themselves to the dark. TO distinguish
shapes around US circular
shapes on which turned the
light of my lantern.
Barrels!
We were In Erik's cellar; Il was
here that he must keep his wine and
perhaps his drinking-water. I knew
that Erik was great lover OF good
wine. All, there was plenty to drink
here!
M. de Chagny patted the round
shapes and kept on saying:
Barrels! Barrels! What
lot of barrels :"
Indeed. there was quite a number
of them, symmetrically arranged in
two rows, one on either side of US.
They were small barrels and
thought that Erik must have selected
them Of that size to facilitate their
carriage to the house on the lake.
We examined them successfully, to
see If one of them had not funnel,
showing that 1t had been tapped at
some time or another. But all the
barrels were Theoretically closed.
Then, after half lifting one to make
sure it was full, we went on our knees
and, with the blade OF small knife
which I carried, prepared to stave
In the bung-hole.
At that moment, seemed to hear.
coming from very far. sort of mo-
notonous chant which l knew we'll,
from often hearing 1t in the streets
of Paris:
Barrels! Barrels!
Any barrels to sell? -
My hand desisted from its work.
NJ. de Chagny had also heard. He
said:
That's funny! 1t sounds as If the
barrels were singing!"
The song was renewed, farther
away:
Barrels! Barrels!
Any barrels to sell? -
"Oh, I swear" said the viscount,
that the tune dies away in the bar.
rel!
We stood up and went to look be.
hind the barrel.
II uSlu0s 6d40 1A. 10 SAdSHys
ITS inside!"
But we heard nothing there and
were driven to accuse the bad condi-
ton of our senses. And we returned
to the bung-hole. M. de Chagny put
his two hands together underneath It
and, with last effort, burst the
bung.
WHATS this?" cried the viscount.
This isn't water!"
The viscount put his two full hands
close to my lantern. stopped
to look and at once threw
away the lantern with such violence
that it broke and went out, leaving
us In utter darkness.
What had seen in NJ de Chagny's
hands was gun-powder!
Ito be continued)
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-21
CHAPTER XIV,
Barrels! Barrels! Any Barrels to
SELF"

"6arreIs! Barrels! Any Barrels to
Sell?"
The Persian's Narrative Continued,
I have said that the room in which
NJ. lie Vicomte de Chagny and l were
Imprisoned was regular hexagon,
lined entirely with mirrors. Plenty
Of these rooms have been seen since.
palaces of Illusion" or some such
name. But the invention belongs en-.
tirely to Erik, who built the first room
Of this kind under my eyes. at the
time of the rosy hours OF Mazenderan.
A decorative object, such as column,
for instance, was placed In one OF
the corners and Immediately produced
hall Of thousand columns; for.
thanks to the mirrors, the real room
was multiplied by six hexagonal
rooms, each of which, in its turn. was
multiplied indefinitely. But the little
sultana soon tired of this infantile
Illusion, whereupon Erik altered his
invention into ''torture-chamber."
For the architectural motive placed
in one corner, he substituted an iron
tree. This tree, with its painted
leaves, was absolutely true to life
and was made OF iron SO as to resist
all the attacks of the patient" who
was locked into the torture-chamber.
We shall see how the scene thus OBJ
tanned was twice altered instantane-
Ously into two successive other
scenes. by means Of the automatic ro-
tation Of the drums or rollers in the
corners. These were divided into
three sections, fitting into the angles
of the mirrors and each supporting a
decorative scheme that came into
sight as the roller revolved upon it's
axis.
The walls of this strange room gave
the patient nothing to lay hold OF, be-
cause, apart from the solid decorative
object, they were simply furnished
with mirrors, thick enough to with
stand any onslaught OF the victim,
who was flung into the chamber
empty-handed and barefoot
There was no furniture. The cell.
ing was capable of being lit up. An
ingenious system Of electric heating.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-21

door especially as 1t was dan
gerous to remain in the forest as eve
ming drew nigh. Already the shades
Of night were beginning to surround
US. 1t had happened very quickly;
night falls quickly in tropical coun
tries suddenly, with hardly
any twilight.
equator, is always dangerous, particu'
larly when, like ourselves, one has
not the materials for fire to keep
on the beasts of prey. did indeed
try for a moment to break Off the
branches, which l would have lit with
my dark lantern. but knocked my
self also against the mirrors and re.
membered, in time, that we had only
images of branches to do with.
The heat did not go with the day.
light; on the contrary, 1t was now
still hotter under the blue rays OF
the moon. I urged the viscount to
hold our weapons ready to fire and
not to stray from camp, while went
on looking for my spring.
Suddenly, we heard a lion roaring
few yards away.
"Oh," whispered the viscount, "he
is quite close! Don't you see
him? There through
the trees in that thicket!
If he roars again, will tire!"
And the roaring began again. loud
er than before. And the viscount
fred, but do not think that he hit
the lion; only, he smashed a mirror.
as l perceived the next morning, at
daybreak. We must have covered a
good distance during the night, for
we suddenly found ourselves on the
edge of the desert, an immense desert
of sand, stones and rocks. 1t was
really not worth while leaving the
forest to come upon the desert. Tired
out, l flung myself down beside the
viscouDt, for l had had enough OF
looking for springs which could not
find.
l was quite surprised-and said SO
to the viscount-that we had encoun-
tered no other dangerous animals
during the night. Usually, after the
lion came the leopard and sometimes
the buzz of the tsetse fly. These were
easily obtained effects; and l ex-
planned to M. de Chagny that Erik
Initiated the roar OF lion on long
tabour or timbrel, with an ASS skin
at one end. Over this skin he tied a
string Of catgut, which was fastened
at the middle to another similar
string passing through the whole
length of the tabour. Erik had only
to rub this string with a glove
smeared with resin and, according to
the manner IN which he rubbed it, he
Initiated to perfection the voice OF
the lion or the leopard. or even the
buzzing of the tsetse fly.
The idea that Erik was probably IN
the room beside us, working his trick,
made me suddenly resolve to enter
Into a parley with him, for We must
obviously give up all thought OF TAX
ing him by surprise. And by this
time he must be quite aware who
were the occupants OF his torture
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-21

the forest and I hoped that my com
panion's reason would hold out some
time longer against the torture. But
he added:
what consoles me is that the mon
ster has given Christine until eleven
tomorrow evening. Ii We can't gel
out of here and go to her assistance
at least We shall be dead before her
Then Erik's mass can serve for all OF
us!"
And he gulped down a breath OF
hot air that nearly made him faint.
AS 1 had not the same desperate
reasons as M. le Vicomte for accept.
ing death, l returned, after giving him
word of encouragement, to my
panel, but l had made the mistake
OF taking few steps while speaking
and, in the tangle of the Elusive for.
est, was no longer able to find my
panel for certain! I had to begin all
over again, at random, feeling, fun.
bling. cropping.
Now the fever laid hold of me In
my turn tor found nothing,
absolutely nothing. In the next room
all was silence. We were quite lost
In the forest, without an outlet, a
compass, guide or anything. On, !
knew what awaited us ii nobody came
to our aid or II did not find
the spring! But, look as | might, J
found nothing but branches, beautiful
branches that stood straight up be.
fore me, or spread gracefully over my
head. But they gave no shade. And
this was natural enough, as we were
IN an equatorial forest, with the sun
right above our heads, an African for.
est.
NJ de Chagny and l had repeatedly
taken off our coats and put them on
again, finding at one time that they
made us feel still hotter and at an
other that they protected us against
the heat. l was still making a moral
resistance, but NJ. de Chagny seemed
to me quite gone" He pretended
that he had been walking in that for
est for three days and nights, with.
out stopping, looking for Christine
Daae! From time to time, he thought
he saw her behind the trunk OF tree,
or gliding between the branches; and
he called to her with words OF sup.
pltcation that brought the tears to
my eyes. And then, at last:
ooh, how thirsty l ami he cried.
In delirious accents.
I too was thirsty. My throat was
on fire. And, yet, squatting on the
floor, went on hunting, hunting.
bunting for the spring OF the invisible
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-21


Lot Of Barrels!"
in the wall, but a cellar lap released
in the floor. Cool air came up to US
from the black hole below. We
stopped over that square OF darkness
as though over limpid we'll. With
our chins in the cool shade, We drank
it in.
And we bent lower and lower over
the trap-door. What could there be
in that cellar which opened before us?
Water? Water to drink?
I thrust my arm into the darkness
and came upon stone and another
stone :. a staircase a
dark staircase leading into the cellar.
The viscount wanted to fling himself
down the hole; but l, fearing new
trick of the monsters. stopped him.
turned on my dark lantern and went
down first:
The staircase wae a winding one
and led down into pitchy darkness.
But oh, how deliciously cool were the
darkness and the stairs? The lake
could not be far away.
We soon reached the bottom. Our
eyes were beginning to accustom
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-21

GOLD
is one of the best preservers of the
teeth because of its ductility, malability
and close adoption to the cavities and
margins of the teeth.
1T is PROOF AGAINST THE ACIDS
of the mouth and stomach and affords
the greatest resistance to the arduous
and trying duties of mastication.
We make specially of Gold Filings
at reasonable prices.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-23
Westerly Boulder Will Be Memorial
Grave of New York Cys First Mayor Thomas WIett, at Riverside, R. l. to be Marked by Friends Washington Trust Company's Building Lettering Place No Mote -Pearson-HattersIey Wedding Had Romance in It.

rhtrty-six years after the formation of the Washington bank. now the Washington Trust company, In 1SS6, the present bank building was erected, and since that time two additions have been made. It is said to be the first building constructed of Westerly granite and Is supposed to resemble the Athenian Parthenon. Ever since 1t was erected. 76 years ago, the steps to the Little Greek temple" have served as a resting place for the weary, . sort of rendezvous for men of leisure and meeting place for young fellows to Idle away the evening hours in the good old summer time. After three quarters of a century of common use, those steps will be used only by par ties who have business with the bank, and there will be no more lettering on the premises.
 Complaint has been filed with Town Solicitor Agard by the bank officials against the continued use of the bank building front as a lettering place, and Chief of Police Brown has in con- sequence extended the move on" or der to apply to those who have been in the habit of resting or hobnobbing on the bank steps. This order is not only applicable during banking hours, but at all hours, day and night To enforce the order a policeman was stationed in front of the bank all day Monday. and a man of the night force patrOlled in the near vicinity until af- ter midnight The move on order has caused considerable comment and condemnation from those who have been accustomed to rest on the granite bank steps at periods from childhood to old age, and with the tacit consent of the officers of the Washington Trust company.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-23
OBITUARY.
Death of Charles N. chssabr,

On Saturday afternoon at 5.30 D. m., Charles N. Chesebro passed away at his residence on Water street after a brief illness.
 Mr. Chesebro had always lived in the community here, and was sail maker by trade. having followed that occupation until several years ago, when he gave up his business in the borough MT. Chesebro was married. his wife having died year and a half ago. His age was S1 years and ' months. and he is survived by two children, both residing here. Miss Lena and Harry Chesebro of Stonington. He was also a member of Asylum lodge No. B. q F. and A, M. of Ma sons. Mir. Chesebro was born Janu- ary 1. 1895. and WAS for many years junior deacon ofthe Masonic lodge He joined Westawsnuck Fire Engine com
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-23
STONINGTON.
Clerk States Receives Sample Ballots Woman Suffragfsts Coming Thurs day.


 The clerk of the borough, Charles B. States, has received from the sec retary of state the official sample bal lots to be used in the coming bor- ough election, when there will be two tickets in the field, a democratic and republican. The prohibitionists and socialists have made no nominations for this election. Much interest is being shown in the choosing of the warden and burgesses. The election will be held Monday, July 29, and the polls will be open from to D. m The s&mplS pink ballot is being dis tributed anbng the electors It is es- timated that about 32O votes will be cast: The registrars of voters of the town of StOnington have issued their caucus list notices. The men will meet on Fridays. Aug. 2 and 9, to re- ceive the applications of new voters to be added and to attend to any changes electors may wish to make from one list to another
 Suffragists on the Way.
 Posters have been placed here by | the women suffragists of the meeting that is to be held by them in Borough nall Thursday evening" July 25, at 8 o'clock.
 Personals.
 MT. and Mrs. Judson o. Chapman and brother and two children of West Kingston, R. l., are guests of MT. and Mrs. Elder Weeks
 The cruising smack Star, Capt. Ben Latham, came in Monday with a catch 1 of 22 swordfsh.
 Miss Frances Comstock has return ed from Newport, R. l. She was &C., companied by her sister, Miss Ada i Comstock.
 William Robinson, Joseph Fallon and Charles Shockley, all of the bow are camping across the harbor.
 Judge w. A. Breed has returned from Painsville, Ohio, his old home.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-23

There were a number of friends from Providence present and the serVlces were conducted by Rev Edward .. Ninde of the Mathewson street Meth odist church of that city, in which Mir Lanphear had membership. Burial was at River Bend and the bearers were George F. Clark, Walter F. Clarke, Horace M. Barber and Orson Clarke. There was large attendance of Westerly friends at the funeral service.
 The last resting place of Thomas l WiIIett, first mayor of New York, which is in Little Neck cemetery, Riv- erside, is to get proper recognition at last, as a committee of three promi- nent citizens of New York, represent | ing the City club, have practically completed arrangements to have an immense boulder of Westerly granite, with a suitable inscription thereon, placed over his grave
 ] The bodies of Thomas Willett and | his wife were placed side by side in a mound overlooking Bulloek's Point | cove, in the attractive little cemetery ] in Riverside, which is one of the old l est in the state and contains the re- 1 | Many of the members of the John Brown family lie there close by the | little plot reserved for Thomas Willett and his wife.
 For some time efforts have been made to have the Willett grave mark ] ed in a fitting manner, and 1t is large 1 ly due to the untiring efforts of Mrs, Lewis B, White of Riverside that they
 are to prove successful. Mrs, White l lives not far from the cemetery and
 when, last September, one of her rela- ] lives, Charles h. Strong president of l the City club of New York, which club l includes Mayor Gaynor in it's mem l bership, visited her home, she pointed
 out the interesting spots in the ceme- tery, and one of these was the Willett
 grave.
 1 On his return to New York Mir | Strong interested the members of the City club to such an extent that a
 committee was appointed from that 1 body to take up the matter. This con- | mittee has been looking up the records
 relating to Thomas Willett and his l family, and last Saturday visited Mrs l White and later went to the cemetery
 and laid out plans for the marker
 The committee Consists of Alexander
 H. Spencer, Dr. Louis Livingston Sea
 man, a noted African explorer, and l Charles H. Strong, all of New York
 Mr. Spencer is one of the committee o1
 two appointed by Mayor Gaynor ot
 New York to have a bronze table
 placed to the memory of Thomas Will
 lett in the New York city hall.
 The committee made the trip iron
 New York to Riverside in a large q
 horse power touring car and before
 leaving for home visited the office O
 the Smith Granite company of West erly and submitted plans for tht
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-23

granite memorial It is very likely that the marker will be huge granite boulder. with a suitable inscription cut in it's face. It was at first intended to have a bronze tablet bearing an in scription placed upon boulder, but owing to the fact that several of the bronze tablets have been recently stolen Srom graves in other places it was thought better to have the in scription cut in the stone itself.
 The boulder will be placed near the head of the grave, with the inscr1p- ton toward the north, facing the en- trance to the cemetery. None of the stone or markers now about the grave will be moved.
 When the movement on the part of the New York people was first made known it was feared by some of the residents of Riverside that an effort would be made to have the remains of the mayor removed to New York, and any such plan would have been stren- l uously opposed. The committee from the City club of New York, however, had no such intention, and when on their visit here Saturday declared that no more suitable or attractive spot could be found for the noted mans grave.
 The grave itself is near the en- trance to Little Neck cemetery, and, being on 8 natural mound, can be seen from almost any section of the grounds. It is surrounded by trees of natural growth, and overlooks the waters of Bullocl's Point cove, which nearly surrounds the cemetery. Mayor Willett lived for many years | in the Riverside section. Willett ave- nue, one of the main thoroughfares of | the village, upon which the Willett homestead stood, was named for him