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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-07-23

ed oil was consumed and no damages
to mention done to the car. Mr.. Kin
sella thinks it a mighty close call.
Lamberton Star.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-07-23

The Equality club will meet at the
home of Mrs. F. w. Philbrick Thurs
day afternoon at 300 o'clock. All
ladies interested are cordiallyinvi
whether members or not.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-07-23
II KILLED IN RAILROAD WRECKS
WHY NOT TRY A LITTLE HANGING

Since July 4t there haye terrible railroad accidents
follows
Dead. injured
July k-Lackoacanna cypress hat excursion
train o. Chiffon, N. y .------------I IS
July 5-Ligonier freight tran hat passenger
train at WiLpen, PG.---------------------21 so
July Burlington mail train collided NTH
Overland express Chicago 90
.E1ly l4-GreGt Northern Oriental limited
dtcbed Melbo MIMI P15
Of each Of these wrecks but far
hanged threatened with imprisonment Nobody
is ever hanged in causing such CHASTITY tragedies
these.
Do you suppose little hanging Of responsible parties would make
railroad travel less hazardous?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17

tai secret. For three years he was
Percy Algy, and not only the boys
laughed, but the pretty girls snig:
gered. Many a time he had returned
TO his dormitory decorated (not in
accord with the fond hopes of his
mother) with a swollen ear, or a
ruddy proboscis, or a green-brown
eye. There was limit, and when
they stepped over that, why, he pro-
ceeded to the best of his ability to
solve the difficulty with his fists.
George was no milksop; but Percival
Algernon would have been the Old
Man of the Sea on broader shoulders
than his. He dimly realized that had
he been named George Henry William
Jones his sun would have been MANY
diameters larger. There was a splen.
did quality Of pluck under his appar.
ent timidity, and he stuck doggedly
to It, He never wrote home and com.
planned. What was good enough for
his mother was good enough for him.
1t seemed just an ordinary matter
OF routine for him to pick up French
and German verbs. He was far from
being brilliant, but he was sensitive
and his memory was sound. Since
his mothers ambition was to see him
an accomplished linguist, he applied
himself to the task as II everything
in the world depended upon 1t, Just
as he knew that when the time came
he would apply himself as thoroughly
to the question Of rugs and carpets.
Under all this f1lial loyalty ran the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17
lEI Foley
NtQNA7al5N
. For ~
Backache rheumatism
Kidneys and Bladder
SAW NO CAUSE FOR WORRY
Small Boy Pretty Well Satisfied That
the Future Was Not Likely TO
Be a Hard One.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer says:
A Lakewood woman was recently
reading to her little boy the story OF
a young lad whose father was taken
i'll and died, after which he set him
self diligently to work to support him
self and mother. When she had fin
ished the story she said:
Dear Billy, If your papa were to
die would you work to support your
dear mammal"
"Naw!" said Billy, Unexpectedly.
But why not?"
"Aip't we got good house to live
in?"
Yes, dearie-but we can't eat the
house, you know"
Amt there lot O. stuff in the pam
try?"
Eyes, but that won't last forever"
It'll last till you git another hus-
band, won't it? You're pretty good
locker, NAL"
Mamma gave up right there.
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he observed the world through a pair
of kindly, shy, blue eyes.
Young girls, myopic through igno-
rance or Stiffness, seeing nothing be-
yond what the eyes see, seldom gave
him a second inspection; for he did
not know how to make himself at
tractive, and was mortally afraid of
the opposite, or opposing sex. He
could bullyrag a sheik out of his cam
els saddle-bags, but petticoats and
lace parasols and small Oxfords had
the same effect upon him that the
prodding stick of a small boy has
upon retiring turtle. But many, a
worldly-wise woman, drawing out with
tact and kindness the truly beautiful
thoughts Of this young mans soul.
sadly demanded Of fate why a sweet,
clean boy like this one had not been
sent to her in her youth. You see,
the worldly-wise woman knows that
1t is invariably the lay-fgure and not
Prince Charming that woman mar
ries, and that matrimony Is blind
mans buff In grown-ups. ~
Many Of US lay the blame upon our
parents. We shift the burden Of won
dering why We have this fault and
lack that grace to the shoulders of
our immediate forbears. We go to
the office each morning denying that
we have any responsibility; We let
the boss do the worrying. But George
never went prospecting in his soul for
any such dross philosophy. He was
grateful for having had so beautiful
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17

ness of the world, more precisely, Of
the people who inhabited it.
She and her companion passed on
into the hotel, and If Georges eyes
veered again toward the desert over
which the stealthy puppies Of night
were creeping. the impulse was me-
chanical; he saw nothing. In truth.
he was desperately lonesome, and he
knew, moreover, that he had no busi-
ness to be. He was young; he could
at pinch tell joke as we'll as the
next man; and If he had never had
what he called an adventure, he had
seen many strange and wonderful
things and could describe them with
that mental afterglow which still lin
gers over the sunset of our first ex-
pressions in poetry. But there was
always that hydra-headed monster, for
ever getting about his feet, numbing
his voice, paralyZing his hands, and
never he Topped off a head that an
other did not instantly grow in its
place. Even the sword of Perseus
could not have saved him, since one
has to get away from an object in
order to cut it down.
Had he really ever tried to over
come this monster? Had he not wait
ed for the propitious moment (Which
you and I know never comes) to
throw off this species from Hades?
1t is all very we'll, when you are old
and dried up, to turn to ivories and
metals and precious stones; but when
a fellows young! You can't shake
hands with an ivory replica Of the Tai
Mahal, nor exchange pleasantries with
a Mandarin's ring, nor yet contide joys
and Ills into a casket of rare emer-
aids; indeed, they do but emphasize
ones loneliness. If only he had had
a dog; but one can not carry a dog
half way round the world and back, at
least not with comfort. What with
all these new-fangled quarantine laws,
duties, and fussy ships officers who
wouldn't let you keep the animal in
your state-room, travelling with four
footed friend was almost an impossi-
bility. To be sure, women with
poodles. And then, there was
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Perchance his mothers spirit, how
ering over him this evening, might
have been inclined to tears. For they
do say that the ghosts of the dear
ones are thus employed when we are
near to committing some folly, or to
exploring some forgotten chamber OF
Pandora's box, or worse still, when
that lady intends emptying the whole
contents down upon our unfortunate
heads, If so be. they were futile
tears; Percival Algernon had accom-
plished its deadly purpose.
Pandora? Well, then, for the bene-
fit of the children. She was lady
NEUROLOGICAL gods. They liked her ap'
pearance so well that they one day
gave her box, casket, chest, or what
ever it was, to guard. By some mar
velous method, known only Of gods,
they had got together all the trials
and tribulations Of mankind (and some
of the joys) and locked them up in
this casket. 1t was the Golden Age,
as you may surmise. You recall Eve
and the apple? Well, Pandora was
forecast of Eve; she couldn't keep her
eyes off the latch, and at length her
hands-Fatal curiosity! Whirr! And
everything has been at skies and at
sevens since that time. Pandora is
eternally recurring, now here, now
there; she is blonde sometimes, and
again she is brunette; and you may
take it from George and me that there
is always something left in the casket.
George closed the book and consult.
ed his sailing-list. In short time he
would leave for Port Said, thence to
Naples, Christmas there, and home in
January. Business had been ripping.
He would be jolly glad to get home
again, to renew his comradeship with
his treasures. And, by Jove! there
was one man who slapped him on the
shoulder, and he was no less person
than the genial president Of the firm,
his fathers partner, at present his
own. If the old chap had had a daugh'
ter now. :. And here one comes
at last to the bottom Of the sack He
had only one definite longing,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17
CHAPTER |.
What's In a Name7


To possess two distinctly alien red
corpuscles in ones blood, metaphor
tcally II not in fact, two characters or
lndividualities under one epidermis.
Is, In most cases, peculiar disadvan-
tage. One hears of scoundrels and
saints striving to consume one an
other in one body, angels and har-
pies; but ofttimes, quite the contrary
to being curse, these two warning
temperaments become a mans ulti-
mate blessing: as in the case Of
George P. A. Jones, Of Mortimer &
Jones, the great metropolitan Oriental
rug and carpet company, all Of which
has dignhied, sonorous sound.
George was divided within himself.
This he would not have confessed
even Into the trusted If battered ear
Of the Egyptian Sphynx. There was,
however, no demon-angel sparring for
points In Georges soul. The difficulty
might be set forth in this manner:
On one side stood inherent common
sense; on the other, boundless, ro-
seate imagination which was like
wise INHERENT kind Of quixote imag.
1nation of suitable modern pattern.
This alter ego terrified him whenever
1t raised its strangely beautiful head
and shouldered aside his guardian
angel (for that's what common sense
Is, argue to what end you will and
pleaded in that luminous rhetoric un-
der the spell of which our old friend
SanCho often fell asleep.
P. A., as they called him behind the
counters, was but twenty-eight, and II
he was vice-president in his late ia
theirs shoes he didn't wabble round
In them to any great extent. In
crowd he was not noticeable: he
didn't stand head and shoulders above
his felloW-men, nor would he have
been mistaken by near-sighted per-
sons, the myopes, for the Vatican's
Apollo in the flesh. He was Of me-
dium height, beardless, slender, but
tough and wiry and enduring. You
may see his prototype on the streets
a dozen times a day, and you may
also pass him without turning round
for a second view. Young men like
P, A. must be intimately known to
be admired; you did not throw your
arm across his neck, flrst-off. His
hair was brown and closely clipped
about head that would have gained
the attention of the phrenologist, If
not that of the casual passerby. His
bumps, in the phraseology of that
science, were good ones. For the rest,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17
Effects Of the Passion Of Sympathy,
No Matter on What Object
1t Is Lavished.

It is by the passion Of sympathy
that We enter into the concerns Of
others; that we are moved as they
are moved, and are never suffered to
be Indifferent spectators of almost
anything which men can do or suffer.
For sympathy must be considered as
a sort of substitution, by which we
are put into the place of another man,
and affected in a good measure as he
is affected; so that this passion
may either partake Of the nature Of
those which regard self-preservation.
and turning upon pain may be
source of the sublime; or it may turn
upon ideas Of pleasure, and then.
whatever has been said Of the social
affections, whether they regard soci-
ETY. in general, or only some partic-
ular modes Of it, may be applicable
here.
1t is by this principle chiefly that
poetry, painting and other affecting
arts transfuse their passion from one
breast to another, and are often cap.
able Of grating delight on wretch
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n Bound to Exert Influence

edness, misery and death itself. 1t is
a common observation that objects in
the reality which would shock, are,
in tragical and such like representa-
tions, the source of q very high spe-
cies of pleasure. This, taken as a
fact, has been the cause Of much rea-
soning. This satisfaction has been
commonly attributed, first, to the COM
fort we receive in considering that
so melancholy a story is no more than
a fiction; and next, the contempla-
ton of our own freedom from evils
we see represented. am afraid 1t is
q practice much too common, in in
quiries Of this nature, to attribute
the cause of feelings which merely
arise from the mechanical structures
Of our bodies, or from the natural
from or constitution Of our minds, to
certain conclusions Of the reasoning
faculty on the objects presented to
US: for / have some reason to appre-
hend that the influence Of reason in
producing our passions is nothing
near so extensive as is commonly be
lieved.- Burke.
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mother; proud of having had SO
honest sire; and t. either of them
had endued him with false weights he
did his best to even up the balance.
The mother had been as romantic
as any heroine out OF Mrs. Radclif's
novels, while the father had owned
to as much romance as one generally
finds in a thorough business man,
which is practically none at all. The
very name itself is bulwark against
the intrusions Of romance. One can
not lift the Imagination to the pros
pect of picturing a Jones In ruti1es
and highboots, pinking varlet In the
midriff. 1t smells of sugar-barrels and
cotton-bales, of steamships and rail-
roads, of stolid routine in the office
and of placid concern over the daily
news under the evening lamp.
Mrs. Jones, lovely, lettered yet not
worldly, had dreamed Of her boy,
bayed and decorated, marrying the
most distinguished woman in all Eu-
rope, whoever she might be. Mr..
Jones had had no dreams at all, and
had put the boy to work in the ship
ping department a little while after
the college threshold had been crossed,
outward bound. The mother, while
sweet and gentle, had will, iron un-
der velvet, and when she held out for
Percival Algernon and a decent knowl-
edge of modern languages, the old
man agreed If. on the other hand,
the boys first name should be George
and that he should learn the business
from the cellar up. There were sew
eral tits over the matter, but at
length a truce was declared. 1t was
agreed that the boy himself ought to
have word to say upon subject
which concerned him more vitality
than any one else. So, at the age Of
fifteen, when he was starting off for
preparatory school, he was advised
to choose for himself. He was an obe
dient son, adoring his mother and idol
izing his father. He wrote himself
down as George Percival Algernon
Jones, promised to become linguist
and to learn the rug business from
the cellar up. On the face of it, 1t
looked like big job; it all depended
upon the boy.
The first day at school his misery
began. He had signed himself as
George P. A. Jones, no small diplo-
macy for lad; but the two initials,
standing up like dismantled pines IL
the midst of uninteresting landscape,
reused the curiosity of his school
mates. Boys are boys the world over,
and possess a tinesse in cruelty that
only Indians can match; and it did
not take them long to unearth the ia
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17
"GooD STUFF"
A Confirmed Coffee Drinker Takes to
Postum.

A housewife was recently surprised
when cook served Postum instead Of
coffee. She says:
FOR the last five or six years I have
been troubled with nervousness, in.
digestion and heart trouble. I couldn't
get any benefit from the doctors med
icine SO finally he ordered me to stop
drinking coffee, which l did.
II drank hot water while taking the
doctors medicine, with some improve
ment, then went back to coffee with
the same old trouble as before.
"A new servant girl told me about
Postum-said her folks used 1t and
liked it in place Of coffee. We got a
package but told her I did not be-
lieve my husband would like it, as he
was great coffee drinker.
ITO my surprise he called for a
third cup, said it was good stuff' and
wanted to know what it was. We
have used Postum ever since and both
feel better than we have in years.
"My husband used to have bad
spells with his stomach and would be
sick three or four days, during which
time he could not eat or drink any.
thing. But since he gave up coffee
and took to Postum, he has had no
more trouble, and we now fully be.
lieve 1t was all caused by coffee.
i have not had any return of my
former troubles since drinking Pos
tum, and feel better and can do more
work than in the last ten years. We
tell everyone about it-some say they
tried 1t and did not like it. tell them
1t makes all the difference as to how
it's made. It should be made accord
Ing to directions-then it is delicious"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the book, '1The
Road to Wellville." in pkgs. There's
q reason"
Ever read the above letterY A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. truas and full Of Aunaaa
aAteRMst. Adv
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Absorbed.

A college professor noted for his
concentration of thought, returned
home from a scientific meeting one
night, still pondering deeply upon the
subject that had been discussed. AS
he entered his room he heard noise
that seemed to come from under the
bed.
rs there someone there?" he asked
absently.
mo, professor" answered the In
truder, who knew his peculiarities.
That's strange" muttered the pro-
fessor. 81 was almost sure l heard
someone under the bed"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17

A Cleveland school teacher writes
that she asked her class what was
the difference between the express
sions, "a WHILE" and "a time" says
the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Nobody
seemed to have any idea on the sub
ject. Finally the light Of intelligence
was seen to shine in tie eyes of one
little boy, and the teacher called upon
him to save the intellectual honor Of
the class.
Il know, teacher!" he cried eager
ly. When papa says he's going out
for while, mamma says she knows
he's going out for a time!"
That's one way of looking at 1t.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17

is called in these days an "encyclT
pedia" was Plinys Natural History.
This old work, very high authority
throughout the Middle Ages, is reallt
a remarkable production and we'll de-
serves the fame that for so many ages
belonged to it. Pliny, who died in u
A. D., was not a naturalist, physician
or an artist, and did not pretend to be
the wisest man of his time, yet such
was his interest in knowledge that he
devoted the leisure hours of a busy
public life to compiling the worF
which did vast amount Of good il
the world and paved the way for the
comprehensive encyclopedias of the
present time.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17
Call to Arms.

"Bang!" went the rifles at the ma
neuvers.
10000" screamed the pretty girl
nice, decorous, surprised little
scream. She stepped backward into
the surprised arms of young man.
"Oh," said she, blushing, II was fright
ened by the rifles. l beg your par
DON"
mot at ALL" said the young man.
Let's go over and watch the artil-
lery."
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Reason Was Plain,

my husband has deserted me and
] want warrant" announced the
large lady.
What reason did he give for desert
ing you?" asked the prosecutor.
Il don't want any lip from you. I
want warrant. don't know what
reason he had"
Il think / understand his reason"
said the official feebly, as he proceed
ed to draw up warrant"
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still With Them.

II see that Holder isn't one of your
banks most reliable and entirely trust.
ed employees"
"Why SOP"
He's been at his desk 30 years. I
notice that it's always the trusted and
reliable that go away to Canada
Browning's Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17

healthy human longing, the only long
ing worth while in Ell this deep, wide,
round old top; to lave a woman anf
by her be loved.
At exactly half aftwr six the gentle
man with the reversible cuffs arrived
and George missed hfW boat.
(TO BE CONTtNUED.)
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17
Mother Goose in Poultry Trade.

1t is reported that the following oc-
Cured in small poultry store
kept by the widow of the deceased
merchant:
II should like to see nice fat
goose" said customer, entering the
shop.
Yes, sir" replied the boy. Moth
er will be down directly."-Woman's
Home Companion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17
Good Holder for Safety Matches,

A holder for a box Of safety
matches. intended to be hung on q
wall, but which can be folded for car
ryins in the pocket. 10 the inventio1
Of Q New Yorker. "'.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17
Bio Difference.

ibid you have any osculatory enter.
tainment at your party?"
mo; only some kissing games"
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the bitter Of acid in the knowledge
that no one ever came up to him and
slapped him on the shoulder with "a
Hello, George, old sport; what's the
good word?" for the simple fact that
his shoulder was always bristling with
spikes, born of the fear that some one
was making fun of him.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17

Easily Remembered.
He--I haven't the heart to kiss you.
She-Well, take mine.-Ulk.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17

First Encyclopedia.
The most ancient attempt ct what
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
Vol. XXXV. No. "a.
TAFT A TEACHER.
WILL GO TO ALMA MATER AS
KENT PROFESSOR.
After March He VIII Go to Georgia
City for Several Weeks Rest.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-President
Taft has made up his mind to accent
the proffer of the Kent professor
ship of law at Yale and probably
will take up his duties at New Haven
early in the spring. He will not be
restricted merely to lectures to Yale
students, but may lecture, if he de-
sires, in other law schools or upon
the platform or engage in any other
occupation which he sees fit.
The analogy between the Yale pro-
fessorship and Grover Cleveland's
relation with Princeton appealed to
Mr.. Taft strongly, and when many
of his close friends and advisers
wrote to him approving his accept
ance of the chair at Yale, he decided
to take it.
The president will spend several
weeks after March in Augusta.
where he has passed two winter vaca-
tions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
RUSSIA HOPES FOR PEACE.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 1S.-A desire
for the preservation of European
peace, combined with the determina-
ton TO defend with the nations whole
strength Russias vital interests, was
the keynote of a speech on Balkan
affairs made by Premier Kokovsoff in
a speech on Balkan affairs made by
Premier Kokovsoff in the duma to-
day.
NJ. Kokovsoff said:
There is no ground for suspecting
Russia of selfish designs or of a de-
sire to aggravate conflicts.
"Actuated by the sincere desire to
cooperate in the preservation Of Eu-
ropean peace, the Russian govern
ment expresses the hope that with
the help OF the Almighty, the efforts
of the powers Will be crowned with
success"