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Evening journal., 1912-08-15
678 DIE In
NEW YORK BY
THEIR OWN HAND
By The United Press.

By The United Press.
ALBANY. n. Y. Aug. ia total OF
67S persons took this lives in New
York state during the first six
months OF the year. according to sta
tistics compiled here to-day.
The favorite method was inhalinE
gas, by which 100 died Hanging was
chosen by IA; shooting by 141
poison by 1870: the knife by 81;
drowning by 90, and 80 jumped from
high places. The greatest number
1S2. committed suicide IN May; the
smallest, 93, in January.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
TO ENTERTAIN FOR MOOSE

The entertainment committee Of
Wilmington Lodge No. 1s4. Loyal Or
der Of Moose. at a special meeting on
Thursday evening, elected the follow
ing officers:
Samuel d. Sewer. chairman; John
c. Saylor, vice-chairman; ]. r.
Michaelis, secretary, and James L.
McVeigh, treasurer. The other mem
bers of the committee are Joseph F.
Hemphill, w. B. Stewart, William B.
Fennimore. A. n. Cole, Harry Anders,
and ]. c. Slyoff.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
WHEY, DON'T NAG
HUBBY; kISS-KISS.

CHICAGO, Aug 10" Every
morning before you go TO work,
kiss your wife-and when you re-
turn home in the evening, kiss
> her, again"
This was the advice given by
Municipal Judge Hopkins when
he married George F. Furey and
Virginia Langan.
And you," he said, to the
bride. don't nag at your hus-
husband" Judge Hopkins is a
bachelor.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
DOG ATTACKS CHILn

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
YORKLYN, Del. Aug. 15.-Harry
McVaugh and family are in suspense
owing to the fact that a strange dog
of the begal breed sank its teeth in
the arm of their little child. Mr.. Nc
Waugh found the dog three miles
away but was unable to get range on
it. It is believed the dog is suffering
from rabies.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
A TURNING POINT.

A Want Ad has been a turn
ing point in many lives.
The Wants are a guide post TO
large opportunities, more secure
positions, pleasanter homes, and
they point to advancement in
many ways. as well as outlining
chances for buying and selling.
Intelligent high grade work
ers and alert resourceful busi-
ness heads are in close touch
with the Want announcements
that each day point to many
chances well worth while
See how the Wants can help
you.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
A. o. II. POSTPnNES sncIAI.

Division No. Q, Ancient Order of Hi
bernians. has postponed until Thurs
day night next the social that was TO-
have been held tonight in ST. Thomas
Hall. The postponement was made
because todap is a holy day.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
Mr.. SALISBURY AT
SICK MOTHERS BEDSIDE

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER. Del, Aug. 15-Mrs. Willard
Salisbury, mother Of Willard Sauls-
bury, of Wilmington, is seriously i'll
at her State street residence here.
kier son is in constant attendance.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
BELIEVE BULLET
FROM BOYS RIFLE
KILLED HIS SISTER
By The United Press.

BY The United Press.
NEW YORK, Aug 15.-Policemen
today were looking for twelve year
old George Nagel, a Brooklyn boy
whose sister josephine died from a
cat rife bullet in her head. The
child was found unconscious in the
backyard and it was thought she had
fallen from a window but at a hos
Rstal the bullet wound was found. A
rudely painted target in the yard
save the clue.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15

ITHACA, n. Y. Aug. 15.-Jacob
Gould Schurman, president of Cor
nell University. who has been ap-
pointed minister to Greece, is fifty
eight years old. He was born in Free
town, P. +. l., of Dutch descent and
received his higher education at the
University of Edinburgh and various
German universities. Later he studied
in California, at Yale and other Amer
can institutions. He was made presi-
dent of Cornell in 1892. The only Off
cial position ever held by Mr. Schur-
man was that of president of the first
Philippine commission in 1899.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
WILSON FIRST YOTERs.

Charles r. Curley and Armon d..
Chaytor will address the Wilson Fnst
Voters Club at the Democratic
League tonight
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
FIND MAN INSANE.

Abraham Wright, a negro, who was
taken into custody on Tuesday, on
suspicion Of being demented, was de-
clared insane following an examina-
ton made yesterday by DR.. w. p.
Tomlinson and DR.. John Palmer, Jr.
The man wes sent to the State Hos
pital at Farnhurst
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
TO pIssOLYE CoMPANIEs.

Meetings of the stockholders of the
Delaware Securities Company and the
Delaware Investment Company will
be held on September at 9 o'clock,
in the morning in the DUPONT Build
ing, to approve the plan Of dissolu-
ton adopted by the directors Of the
two companies.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
ODDITIES IN THE DAYS
NEWS.

RocKAWAY BEACH, \. y
Patrick Jones. a paralytic was
miraculously cured while attend
ing mass at the Church Of St.
Rose of Lima.
} NEW YORK-Jacob Waters, IA
years old, wanted to see the
) Panama Canal and slowed him
self in an automobile. While
the car was being hoisted on
board steamer he stuck bis head
out and was discovered.
NEW YORK-Harry Schneider,
appearing against Nathan Levy,
arrested on charges of assault
; and robbery, pointed out two
spectators in court as Levy's ac-
completes.
TARRYTOWN, N. Y.-Complain =
> ing that the noise of motorboats
> on the Hudson is causing him TO
> lose sleep. Colonel Robert c.
; Clowry has asked to have all
boats muffied
Evening journal., 1912-08-15

hearing would be continued until such
time as the district attorney had
rounded up more of the facts.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
HARNESS STOLEN.

Thieves carried of two sets of har-
ness belonging to ]. L. Ford, Of State
Road, a few nights ago.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
FELL THR0rcH 4 sIlYIlcHT.

Mary Davis colored aged rs Of SO ni Orange street
foii through shSngh and pansad stories hc floor
Ceorse Morons blacksmith sbop this afternoon
seriously hurt She gathering clothes hung the root
tho The Phoenix ambulance Hameo-
pa,hie Hospital.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
OUT OF BURNING
HOTEL HALF CLAD
TO SAVE LIVES
By The united Press.

By The United Press.
NEW YORK. Aug. 15.---Women,
children and men escaped. clad only
in nightclothes, and half dozen were
rescued and carried down ladders
when fire early to-day destroyed the
Jerome Hotel, three-story frame
structure at Sheepshead Bay. The
blaze spread rapidly through the dry
old building and the guests were able
10 save nothing Of their belongings.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
NEW CRIB FOR BRIDGE.

Bids for a new fender crib for Mar
ket street bridge over the Christiane
river will be opened by the Lsvy
Court on August 27.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
WEATHER.

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 15-GeneraIiy
fair tonight and Friday in the eastern
states.
For Delaware: Fair tonight and
probably Friday; cooler tonight light
to moderate northwest winds.
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
The EVENING JOURNAL

has more Subscribers than
any other paper in Delaware.
That means a home paper
Evening journal., 1912-08-15
-rNrEn srATEs vIcr.cONsEL NrRDERED

UNITED STATES vcr.cONsEI MURDERED
BY The United Press
WASHINGTON Aug i5--peanto information that vice.
Consul W b MacNasters cararona, Columbia. MUIR
dered received by the State Department today Tho
OF the orma have been discovered bat rsa
Investigation being made
DAUGHTER OF E Mux ORGANIZER a SUICIDE.
sy TIE United Press.
ST. LOUIS Mo, AUG i5rbo body OF Mrs HalIo r.
Forest daughteriu-iaw Of General Nathan Bedford Forest
Kux Confederate cavalry leader
morgue today. She committed suicide by drinking
poison.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30
s~kyscrspers Built On ouicksand.

rHOM EncliufinS a SkNSCraper,' in the
Strand.
Qnicksand. to the popular mind II
lurking monster that swallows up the
,lnwary. while often t~reacherous, has
been safely built upon. and several of
the second acknowledgements
"rs I'm New York rest directly upon it.
1t is necessary at the outset to correct
the popular idea about q~uicksand. The
engineers definition of %quicksand ia
any loose friable material saturated
with water. There are different kinds
of %quicksand just as there are different
kinds of wood. varying from nearly as
~treacherous as the popular idea of 1t to
a material that may be safely built.
upon. The ground in the lower end Of
Manhattan island Is a %quicksand ex-
tending from the surface to q maxi
mum depth Of 80 feet below Broadway.
1t will bear three tOns per square foot.
and the foundations OF many tall build
ings rest upon 1t. Filled-in ground In
one OF h poorest materials on which
t o build. as for years after It has been
deposited 1t will continue to settle. ana
obviously any structure 1t carries must
settle with II.
Ordinary ground viii bear safely from
two to four tons per QuAre foot, dry
clay from four to six tons per square
foot, good gravel from six q 10 tons.
and bedrock from 50 TO zoo tons per
square foot. Sand. II confined, VIII
stand very large ~pressures. ana STINT
larly water, the most unsuitable Of all.
II It could be restrained. would be cap
able OF resisting an enormous pressure.
Certainly. no force man has produced -
sufficient to injure It's structure.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30
IL Montana.
From the Kansas cjtv

From the Kansas city Star.
The Montana republican convention con-
trolled by the federal machine. has d.
cided to express good wishes toward
President Taft. but not to instruct In"
delegates to Chicago for him.
With the friendiiest feeling in the
world TO the president the copyeptinn
says in effect. I'VE must recoRnize the
fact that. er, painful cum nces ara
likely to. er. arise mt Chicago that NAV
compel our delegates to. er. climb nnon
the b~andwagon. Nevertheless we wish II
distinctly understood that We think Mr.
raft is a very nice gentleman. Very nice
indeed" ~
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30
AN APPRECIATION.

We wish to thank our congressman
for Il nifty package of garden seeds
sent from Washington for our special
use. 1t is nice to be thus remembered
by enc who is far away in "a strange
land and it beats a picture postcard
forty ways There is u practical val
lie to "a package of congressional gar
den seeds which appeals. We had
morning and While they were fair. it
must be remembered that congress has
gone Democratic recently and the flaw
or of the garden seeds is bound to he
somewhat more biting and pessimistic
than formerly. but Ne thank the
thoughtful congressman Just the same.
al Years and they are all right.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30
OUR w. OF, WEALTH.

Having a friend who lives on River
sidc drive.
Owning another suit for Sundays.
Having a silk lined overcoat. Cribs
never happened.D
Being mentioned in the paper as a
friend Of trusts.
Having our salary referred to as an
income"
Owning an Angora cat.
Receiving a letter from a gold mine
syndicate.
Being asked why we don't buy an
automobile.
AN ESSAY ON THE MULE.
The mule is one of the most inter-
esting Of our dumb brutes. 1t has
often been said that he has no pride
Of ancestry md no hope OF posterity
and, judging by some Of ours and
yours. he ought to be mighty glad of
It.
Mules are divided into two general
classes. opttmists and pcssimists.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30
THE. SYSTEM.

.Tain't no use to WORRY.
faint no use to hurry,
.Taiirt no use to fidget all the while,
n the use of fussin'?
What's tn. use of cussin,o
n it's just as easy fer to smile?
n the use of braggin':
What's tile use of naggin'?
Your only wastin' of Your steam.
What's the use of peeyin'?
What's the use of gricvin'?
Things ain't always bad as they may
seem.
Some folks have a system.
And Dame Fortunes kissed EN-:
This is how they stand all to tho
good.
They let Others worry.
Hurry. furry. skurrS.
's"t they keep right on a-Sawin'
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30
Republicans in that state to charter

Republicans in that state to charter a
whole ear.
And. then again. perhaps Senator
Bailey. in declaring that he will not
be a candidate. is one of the few who
recognize the PSYCHOLOGICAL momcn
when they meet it face to face.
n western man wrote Il poem to
the governor and WAS saved from ex-
ecution. In some states they would
hang "a man for the poetry alone.
The prtine crop is reported ; 9.ooO.-
coo pounds short this year. and if
this is so life i'm the boarding house
Should begin to be worth living.
Mr.. Wickcrsham set out To blow
up the powder trust. and the public
is still waiting to hear the explosion.
FROM THE HICkEYVILLE CLAIR
Grandpa Perkins has been quite
poorly this spring and has not been
able to do much excepting To shingie
the Hard She'll church. stump forty
acres for Anse Frisby and run the
mud scraper between times. Anne
srocerm;tn ais" rides. taller. lumber.
hath. shingles. lime. and plaster. and
notary Public. has presented grandpa
pa with a new cob pipe which ought
To improve the atmosphere of this sec
ton considerable.
MIR. Ben Kinks. the graceful and
accomplished station agent down to
the railrud ieppo hung out Il red light
to- stop No. Il the other evening and
three travelling men rushed into the
deppo t" buy Il drink of him. thinkin
ii WAS IL drug store.
MIR. Hor PurdN. our eminent turf
IMAM. says there is one sure way to
make money iollerin' the horses and
that is when the horses are hitcled
onto the front end vt "A pillow. Hod
defines race suicide az sittin' in a
low sulky. behind Il trottin' horse that
kicks.
Mr.. r. Wellington Butts has got a
new gold tooth and he stands out in
front of the barbershop all day i'm the
sun and throws reflections into Miss
Amy Pringle's millinery windows
across the street with 1t.
EXPERIENCE.
Experience. they say, conducts a
Which is designed to educate the fool.
But AS we all attend. it's plain to see
lis right to Say, What fools these
mortals be-"
When very young TO aviate I learned
Experience taught me. Advice /
spurned.
I beat Wright brothers long g IL
peg
Twas when l lf,Nlkcyed with a
mules hind leg.
Since then I've had no wild desire to
fly.
Let others seek to aviate, not l.
Experience one spring day filled me
OF knowledge on the foiblcs of the
hull.
Attired quite gaily in Il bright red
made right there my record break
ing squirt.
He chased me round the lot three times
to gore.
And then he chased me round 10 times
Advice l had received that very spring
In fulsome doses on that selfsame
thing.
Experience incc then I've. reckoned
by
Lei others win the Marathon. Not /.
One day ! got n letter I'm the mail
III told now to make noncy without
fail.
In two weeks / could own a city
block
They claim they were digging out the
ore,
Pure virgin gold. 10 tones "a day or
more.
The proposition which did look so fair.
Decided me to be II millionaire.
E"en for a Goldfish dinner now / sigh.
Let others hope To get rich quick.
Not /.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30
CAUGHT ON III Ely.

Some of the women will evidently
not be satisfied until their skirts are
sr tight that they have to put them
on with a shoe horn.
An expert in genealogy states that
Eqckerteller decended from noble
stock. but he does not how far.
Strange to say. the history Of the
sugar trust IL not he sweetest story
over old
state convention In Mississippi was
held on the back platform Of u street
car. Some day there may be enough
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30

The optimistic mule is "A thing OF beau-
~ and a joy forever and when he lifts
his voice In song 1t can be likened to
nothing in this world but Wagner's
rendered on Il willing hut squeaking
monograph I'm the still reaches OF the
might. 1T is needless to say much con-
corning the pcssiinistic mule. Most
people have me- him before. and those
who hav met him before are much
luckier than those who have met him
behind.
The mule has been greatly maligned
ON q of the fact THAI he has
large ears and he cannot deny the soft
impeachment. However, he never tells
what he hears or adds a little to ii
to make il sound good. In this he has
1t ON certain human beings several diff
fclemt WAYS.
Thinking 1t all over. the mule is
not such AN undesirable citizen after
an. for he lacks in culture. re-
lnement and education he makes up
in mindins his own business.
ESPERANTO.
It's pretty middlin' hard to see why
anyone should want to
Speak that nerve EARRING line ot talk
that's known as Esperanto.
III seems AS though there's enough
strange languages here now.
They shouldn't force another one rp-
ON uS, You'll allow.
The "~ogie-google baby talk that's
known to hammock spooncrs.
And is so very popular with all tho
infant
is one that has been hard to learn,
for 1t is of Il style
That's never spoken twice alike and
changes all the while.
The language of the souse is one of
very wierd creation.
And 1t cannot be understood without
Interpretation.
N" student OF %philology can always
guess it right.
so for the mnIo herd to try seems
to he foolish. quite.
Tho line Of talk the brakeman gives
keeps all the people guessing.
And 1T goes way past most Of us, We
do not mind coufessing.
The college jargOn is 8; thing that few
can understand
And there's Il weird old line OF Cab In
hleachers and grandstand
That makes this Esperanto stuff
sound weak and pale and foolish
When fans get fusy i'm the ninth with
talk that's really ghoulish.
1t Keeps Il person busy just Ia try and
get the hang
or conversation pulled off in the latest
brand of slang.
Then come the foreign dialects, the
French mo Dutch and Russian.
This Esperanto may be just what
it's friends claim, sublime.
But wlon it comes to learning it, we
really haven't time.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30
COULD LOSE ANYTHING.

I|pCfL A.N ] i EIN(I
The came into the car and
yelled tickets"
a man began fnmbling through his
pockets ~nervonsly. finally turning them
all inside out.
The conductor came to the nervous
man and said. Where is your tic
ket? You couldn't have lost it"
couldn't have lost it? T%h,,nder,-
replied the nervous man. sarcastical-
lN. II lost a base drum once"
AN ODE TO PORTLY BROTHERS.
Now is the summer of our discomfort
We get a taste of future punishment.
W. fry. we boil.
We siZzle. broil.
We seem on fire
And We perspire
We who are fat.
We long to lose our all too solid flesh
And madly yearn for one small
breeze that's fresh.
We wilt. we melt,
We reef our belt,
We have no fun
Out i'm the sun
Well tell you that.
Tie lean n lanky should no malice
show
BY hooting us who dire misfortune
We suffer now
Enough, we vow.
Were in no mood
For satire rude.
Far be it from.
But still. HI portly brothers should
cheer up
They've not yet reached the real
dregs of tho cup
It's some warm now,
But We'll allow
It's but the first
And that the worst
Is yet to come.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30
A GREAT Hoss RACE TRUTH

1t is a truth eternal that is we'll known
to the tout.
But a large part Of the public hasn't
found it out:
Full many a steed which should be
fastened to a hack
is allowed to show his 81.
u one-mile track.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30
All, HERE WE ARE AGAIN.

~ iAi-INHI WE iNflfL
We note with considerable s~atisfac-
ton that the cheer-up poem has an
peared I'm Z; new guisc. Every news
paper bard in these United States
mas taken Il crack ut it some time or
other. This time it is called .keep
A'goin'."
This is the way it starts:
When YOU think YOU'RE down and out.
Keep a-goin.'
Take tho benefit of the doubt.
Keep a-goin'."
This poem has been known at yari-
Gus times as Try Again. Wear "a
Smile" Don't Give Up" Buckle
m. Push Ahead" Don't Say Die
Fight 1t Out" etc. etc. 1t is the
greatest money-making poem ever
written. as it has Deer sold to mag
azires at least three or four times a
month for the past twenty years. all
ways with u new title and "A few new
words. 1t almost writes itself. An
you have to do is to sit down ut the
typewriter and pound thus-wise:
"Tum te-tum. te-tum. te-tum,
Keep on pluggin'.
"Tum te-tum. te-tuln, te-tum,
Keep on pluggin'.
Tum te-tum. te-tnm. te-tum:
Tuin te-tum. te-tuln. te-tum:
Fun te-tum. te-tun, te-tum:
Keep on pluggin'."
IL is as easy rs pu%rloining confec-
tiolcry from Il baby and so long as
the magazine editors like it. it's no
body clse's business.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30
4 LATTER DAY ROMANCE.

IN gas was turned low in the CON
~ScrVatorN and the strains of orchestra
music floated i'm from the adjoining
ball room. Clarice. the millionaire
pork packers daughter was "a dream
THAI night n Harold knew that the
psychological moment had arrived.
T~endcrlN he leaned over the divan and
whispered in her shell-like ear. (She
had two oars. but he used only oneD
Darling. will you he mine?"
Are you sure that you can keep
me in the manner to which l have
been :tccustomed?' she asked coyly yet
sadly.
Its u pipe" he replied.
- an yon afford to let me have an
egg for breakfast every other Sunday
morEing?"
YES
once 3, month";"
"ProbablN."
Then take me. Harold. for j ann
yo,Ir'n.'
And he took her, but he had lied to
her most shameiully.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30
AUToMOBILITIS

NJ oNOHIilIIS.
Ofl, touring car, to YOU l sing.
Aou surely arc u WOndrous thing.
Before YOU start, l grasp your crank
AND give it such II vicious vank
mat 1t 1i!cs back and dcftly wrecks
iIe region OF my solar pleN.
ifen ! get mad and yank some more
And all | get is lust II snorc.
A sort of rumbling putting so,na
Ihat seems to come out of the ground
Thrn you give one discordant snort
one single snort and then STOP short
And then j have to crank again
y III every muscle is i'm pain.
AND IN AN hour. or t~hereabout.
l flnd the batteries are out.
L una some new mes. put 'em i'm
And with II glad. contcnted grin
] hear your engine start to throb
ANA on We go. Yes. stree, Bob.
l Drag about YOU to my friends.
But long before our journey ends
They're next to both of us. all right.
I'he way you act is sure a fright.
When I'm alone. burn the road.
But not when I HAY got Il load.
Your tires give out, you pant and
wile.ze
And rum so slow You make no breeze.
You 'mble ON by fits and starts.
1T seems AS though each of yo,I,. narts
Has got an ailment of it's own.
Ny friends converse in Whispered tome
When finally you give out flat.
Ten miles from home as quick as
scat.
Your engine sasps and then runs down.
My fri ends and l hike back to town.
ON. touring car. to- you l sing,
You vicious and ~ungratofuI thin"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30
HOW TO MAKE MONEY.

A young man who says he is a con
slant reader has written In that lie Is
very ambitious and wants I" make
money. He doesn't know how.
There is really nothing simpler that
WI know of. Any man who wants l."
can make money and lots of IL, more
than he can carry and n great deal,
more han he can spend u"
make money you first lind u nice
dark cellar. which has no Win
dows in it. II should he we'll removed
from civilizations pryinE eyes. Into
this cellar smugglc = nice sct ~ dies