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Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-25
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MISHAPS OF Mr.. HAP
sv AUGUSTUS c. SHERMAN.

Nv AUGUSTUS G. SHEhMAN.
By the banks OF a Sylvan stream,
gazing yacantly into the far distance,
stood Rapgood Dorsey. His friends
called him Hap for short. and be need
ed those friends sorely just now. for
all that Hapgood Dorsey wore on the
present occasion was an umbrella
I'm done for" he stated lugubri-
ously. using the umbrella as q shield.
What In the world am ! to DO!
II was a serious question. Hapgood
Dorsey. a young bachelor on his an
nual vacation outing, two miles from
his country hotel, night coming on
no habitation in sight. had come out
of the water after a vigorous SWIM
to find his clothes missing.
1T was that tramp saw lurking
around In the distance" Hap now told
himself. q don't care for the clothes
lit was an old suit, and nothing OF
value in the pockets, but-hoW am
going to get to shelter?
Hapgood Dorsey did not rage OF
swear He was a sensible, reputable
young man, TdluCA ohy NN
especially with the ladies, but mana
ger of a large manufacturing estaD-
lishment and on the way to further
business promotion. !.
ITS a mean trick, was the hardess
thing he could find to say, Il can
90 back into the water and stay al
night. | can't walk into town In TINS
plight. I'm up a tree, or rather l
wish ! was!"
II was some time before Hapgood
DORSEY could make up his mind what
Ia do. He had dim idea that In MS
stroll from town to the present spot
he had passed a farmhouse. He final
ly started in the direction OF the no
tel lodging past the open spots De-
tween trees and bushes and the UNI
brella in constant play.
Never was a man more thanKIui
than he that it was growing dusk
Somewhere, he vaguely remembered
he had read a poem on THE Dying
Day." He wished this one would stay
dead. with no afterglow. Alas there
was a line or two about the SADIE
garments of the night" Hap Wlsheo
thew might become tangible.
What luck!" What luck! NJ
chirped, as he struck barb WIRE
fence and made out barn and house
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-25
e,,or.vs Once Robbers Nest.

sulgrave, whose manor mousse, .ne
ancestral home of the Westminster no'tl
family, the Peace Centenary commit !,
toe desire to purchase as place Oh
pilgrimage, has associations not not e. en- !
t,rely of a peaceful character. For the
smiling Northamptonshire village oo 10
yard the end Of the eighteenth cen
,urv was the headquarters OF q gang
of highwaymen. known as the ou ar
worth gang. Chief OF the band was
the parish clerk of sulgrave, who ar a..
wa went TO church fully armed lest
,uatice should catch him unaware; Inc
booty was stored in the church, So >,
that the bold, bad clerk might De ~
hand to protect It. But treacnery y
stepped in, and four of the gang wer'
hanged in 1881 at Northampton'-i'on
! don Chronicle.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-25

I'm = thankful man. he said de-
voutly. and started down trayersed
country road carrying the spot OF his
ruthless pillage well in his mind
This Outht looks as II Il belonged
TO some old farm dame" he rumin-
ated. All right. She shall have the
finest silk gown and Sunday bonnet
IN town tomorrow for this timely &C
commodatiOn. Hello
Hap lodged behind tree The
moon had come up and just then with
q vivid scream a young girl turned
a curve in the highway. In hot pur-
suit was a browsy. bold looking indi-
yidual, whom Hap at once recognized
as his despoiler at the brookside.
Give up that watch" he was shout
ing. Pm going to have il"
The terrified girl must have made
out Hap. She ran frantically up TO
him.
'oh, lady, save mel" she pleaded,
clinging frantically to Hap.
Huh! an old woman!" roared the
tramp. 'Tn demolish both OF you If
you don't give up that watch!"
Let go, please" pleaded Hap in an
embarrassed way, and at his mascu-
line tones his charge uttered ne"
shrek
"A mani" she quayered.
Luckily for you. and something OF
| an athlete" Wanted Hap, rather
proudly-biff.
Down went Mr.. Tramp, scientifically
bowled out and gasping for breath
PROSTATE on the ground.
Run for some help" Hap direct
ed the bewildered miss, and well put
this bold highwayman where he be
| longs"
He stood valiant guard over the dis
comfited thief with a club until the
Young lady, running back to a neigh
boris, returned with two men armed
with pitchforks. In the meantime Hal
learned from the thief where his
clothes had been hidden.
why, say, Miss Rose" exclaimed
one of the men, pointing to her res
| cuer. this one can't be right, either
| q man uISoSSN uP IA
dress!"
Yes" fiuttered Miss Rose Barton
and it looks like mammals dress
tool"
Il will explain" observed Hap. ant
he did.
And then, clothed in his right min'
and in his own attire, Hapgood Dol
sey felt it a duty to pay visit to tn
Barton homestead the next day.
1--WE come to return what borro"
ed" he reported, handing neat pacS
age TO Roses mother after an introdut
ton from his blushing hostess. "fo
will find a silk pattern, also, Mrs. Bal
ton-a slight acknowledgment OF you
kindness in unconsciously assistin
my-escape. :,
Young man, you did bravely las
evening" observed the practices
housewife. "and / want to thank you
only one thing could come OF
bright, sensible young man lie ~
meeting lovely, affectionate coun'i
maid like Rose. i,
It was an engagement, and the 81
n tern came in finely for gown =
q. .Rartor. al the wedding.
irDpyright. 1918. by w. G. Chapman
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-25
lmnrnusd Dieting Rules.

The rules for dieting In which the
Medical Congress has been SO prolific
reminds a writer in the London Daily
Cbronicle of Ruskln's method OF ar
ranging his food supplies during his
illness. He procured from his doctor
a list of all the things that he must
not eat, took them all, and recovered
He made 1t his rule to eat whatever
his fancy suggested. and he lived to
he over eighty. The moral is obvious.
Never surrender to the stomach
Bully it. Defy it In an emergency
ask yourself, What would be the
worst thing for me to eat?" Then eat
n and live orever-Exchange
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-25
The Way Up From Prison
BY Maud 5aIIlnston Booth

This is the case of a former convict
whose companions nicknamed hihi
skinny. During his five terms ne
served over twenty-one years IN prs,
on. He was young man VINO nau
not had advantages, and In fact hau
stolen from childhood. :,
uh,ring his last term he contracted
rheumatism, was so bent ana broken
that he was unable for months 10 he
down and was permitted to do little
cobbling in his cell At times his pain
was so great that the physician wouio
give MIN morphine tablet. but IN
stead of using them he kept them, In,
tending to kill himself when he mad
saved enough of them.
Glow many of these would 1t take
to kill a man, doctor?" asked Skinny
About twenty" was the reply
On the day that our message reach
cd him he had accumulated nineteen
~ these tablets, and following oul
talh he went back to his cell an'
threw the nineteen away After SUI
aaouent interviews he decided U
q ,oroa 70 our New York home, which i
ono NJ four maintained by us for re
leased prisoners, He came out 0,
crutches and he was indeed emac
ated.
Al. Reformation Complete.
pnrine the eleven months he r.
manned with us he built up his sha
tered health, and when able TO wor
WAS employed by a gentleman at
week While his employer was aol
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-25
A. IN. indian Schools.

Nearly $4,000 Indian children went
TO school last year, more than half oil
Them being educated at government
schools. Mission schools cared for
2 900 and more than $1,000 had SO far
adopted the white mans ways as to
be enrolled in regular public schools
according to a statement on Indian
education furnished by the Indian Of
llce of the United States Bureau Of
Education.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-25

~1EW YORK.-FOiloWing sWlit On
the recent revolt Of conylcts III
Sing Sing, their defiance OF war
A den and keepers, their threats
10 dynamite the prison and effect
general delivery has come an lnsls'
tent question:
is it possible to reform a CONVEY
and make a good citizen out OF nun:
Take that same Sing Sing Win us
army of men incarcerated for crimes
OF almost every kind-burglars, hlgh-
Uaymep. habitual ne'er do wells, com
mon thieves, housebreakers, secohu
story men, pickpockets, bank robbers,
bigamists, bunco steerers, grafters OF
every degree, accomplished sWindlerS
OF every kind take this mass OF oe'
prayed humanity-is it possible really
10 effect a reformation in more thah
an occasional instance? Is 1t posslDle
IN restore a majority of these prison
ers to places of respect and response
biIity in the world Of freedom!
Possibly a great majority OF those
who asked the question knew thal
certain religious organizations, WEI
fare societies and other charltaDie
agencies have long asserted that they
actually can, and do, succeed IN re.
forming criminals, men and women ol
the most hardened types; that they re-
store them to their families and see
them become members OF society
respected, trusted, and sometimes non
ored But the average man Is apt u
no somewhat skeptical of such state
meuts. What he asks for is plain
definite. convincing. indisputable facts
No Doubt Of Reseues.
Those who ask the question and oe
man proof are, for the most part
practical. Ievel-headed men OF aHalrs
II order to ascertain whether q DEM
lite. esseverttple answer 20 Hsnen ,
AsmCam be obtained inquiry ha'
been made of agencies and indiVidual'
1xho have much to do with convict'
discharged from prisons and penlten
4,arfes In each instance the attltuu
OF those questioned was one OF SUI
Drise that at this day there shoul
he any doubt regarding the aDsoiut
reformation of former conyicts.
One thing that will strike the II
ouirer who goes carefully through Tn
records is the fact that while hui
dreda OF former ~convicts are toda
successful in business undertaking
and in trades, large proportion see
not to engage in money making occ'
nation but to go into rescue wor
themselves. Missions of every KIM
industrial homes. college settlement
ALI forms of social service for u
down and cutters" seem to appe'
more powerfully than anything eli
fo these men who have been down al
out themselves. and who throw tnei
selves into the work of reclaimir
other human wrecks.
Prominent among those interest'
fn the work of rescuing human Der
1icts is Mrs. Maud Darlington Boot
Here is her testimony on the su
fect:
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-25
An Echo.

Susie (age six)-And when we grow
up Wen be married, wont We BOD
bic?
Bobby (sadly)-No, Susie. can I
marry into your family. Your papa
has weak eyes and your auntie mas
spasms,
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-25

He is very proud of his kitchen garden
and the fact that he is the organise
for our services.
Last summer he went as caretaker |
to some vacant fats in Brooklyn. ne
rented them all, and the agent let
MIN have another house with the
same result. He returned to the nome
with $50 of his earnings, and UNI
known to us in the winter spent D
of that amount for towers for our
grounds in the spring.
Rev f. H. B, was pastor Oh
thriving church in Philadelphia. Ills
wife died after presenting him with
baby Later BE, 1ecsme involved IN
a scandal which was OF such char
acter as to render his pastoSNe unteh-
able. He resigned In sPrt time
he was a physical and moraK WfeSN'
In New York he was picked up ny
The police and sent to Black lis IL
and
Made a Useful citize
| After his release he came ITO US
frankly told his story and accepted our
nroffered aid. One OF the mostSe
nuent and scholarly ministers in Pala-
delph1a. whose letter is on fig ~ Inc e
nrison department. wrote C9ns,fsss Nh
derson urging him not to 'Idirnity an
en- pastor any moneys 1; :. ae,2: on 4
him such asai-Se.5-~S~ -tsa mon
him to obtain some so-s aJ
THE assistance was given, a.. Ryr
rendered. the man was induced\
lieye that all hope was not dead's
ha soon recovered some Of his los'l
ground
Today he occupies prominent posi-.
tion with a large organization engaged
in the work of human uplift. He Is
force;ul speaker and an interchangeable
worker. His faith in human nature
and in the ability of the God ASSISTED
man to rise on Ibis dead sell Is one
of his most potent assets.
George f. Warnell had been SO Ire
ouently in prison that he could no
enter a town without receiving imme
date orders from the chief OF ponce
: TO depart. He came to US saying tha
he could find no place upon when n
could set his weary feet. we Inter
coded for him, obtained place 10
him on a farm In New Jersey. II
proved faithful and today owns tn
farm and is doing a general ana pros
3 nervous real estate business. Some
l. times he visits us and often send
Il MS a donation for the purpose OF nell
. ing others who we're as unfortunate Q
wicked as himself
. Now has this all been worth while
could take up all the space OF tn
issue of The Sun telling the story
n the reformation of men who at som
ID time or other have believed that ever
n mans hand was against them VI
e. league has proved that good can con
IS out of prisons. If all that has bee
le made public about our prisons durlI
is the past few weeks will but find log
lie ment In the hearts and minds OF yo'
~ readers 1t will mean more Tor tno
behind the gray wall than one CT
" we'll imagine. York Sun,
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-25

Frost Sometimes one runs across
his friends in the most unexpected
places. r.. 80,
Snow-True. Yesterday louhu
Agnes at home.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-25

Some people carry economy craze
IN excess. A dispatch records al
tempts OF man 10 fit new bristles 10
an old toothbrush.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-25

aWho is that military-lOoking chap
THAT. sir. is the hero Of a rumofea
VA. PICK.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-25
HELPED BACK TO
FORMER PLACE
IN THE WORLD
PhiIanthrOpiC Societies
Have Made Good Cit
zens Out of verieSt
~DereIiCtS
RECORDS PROVE THE FACTS

That the old Saying, "once a Thiet'
Always a Thief" May Be Revised
ls the Testimony Of Those En-
gagged in the Work OF Reform IN
Various cities-Mrs. Maud 5aliins-
ton Booth Cites Many Cases Ihat
Have Come Under Her Personal
Observation in the Course OF
Years.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-25
v.r MICH So

Il have a soft job
What is it,
Making feather beds.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-25
Forty.seven Years in Prison.

Another example, and thIs UHe 70
eighty.three years old. He was, !
think the dean of the prisoners OF
this state, for he had spent forty-seven
Years of his life in the prison. In Dan
.emora every one knew old Frank
lie too was a beneficiary of the lie
mems parole law, for he is now much
hant and at times somewhat feeble.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-28
NEW BULLET SEALS THE
DOOM OF Bio BALLOONS.
Missile Invented In Germany ExpIodsG
Gas Bag by Contact

New light on the comparatively mill.
tary efficiency of balloons and aero.
planes derived from the latest expert.
ments is furnished by leading expert
in the Tageszeitung in Berlin, which
has close relations with the German
navy department,
His statements justify the United
States and Great Britain In refusing to
build huge balloons like those Of Count
Zeppelin,
II doubt" says this authority,
whether our airships will ever be so
unfortunate as TO have to measure
their strength with that Of the French
air craft. In very few years all army
aeroplanes must be armored. Even
now, unarmored, they are practically
safe when over 5000 feet away, and at
1900 feet altitude they are safe when
their vital parts are armored
"The theory that balloon can be re.
peatedly hit without being seriously
damaged is upset by the discovery Of
an infantry explosive bullet which sets
the hydrogen gas in balloon afire by
contact, thus destroying any balloon
the bullet hits, Owing to the precision
Of automatic sighting rapid FIRE guns,
which leave a smoke marked track,
failure to hit a target in the air is
practically eliminated except at very
great heights; hence It follows that
balloons should not show themselves
above an enemy's troops"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-28
ALLEGED ROBBERS OF
} U. S. MAIL CAUGHT.
ParlS Police Get Three In Great Pos.
tai ThieverieS.

By the arrest of two sorters of Amer.
lean mail and notorious character the
police Of Paris believe they have put
an end to the robberIes which have
baffled them for ten years. The thefts
run into the hundreds of thousands OF
dollars, and many Americans have suf.
fered.
BY long process Of elimination
among 200 sorters Of American mail
suspicion centered upon sorter nam
ed Dupont.
He was seen to take package when
leaving the postoflice and meet another
sorter named Roux. The two were
afterward Joined by notorious re-
ceiver Of stolen goods, who was ar.
rested as he left the Roux lodgings.
Upon being searched the police found
S0,400 In American checks, whereupon
both Dupont and Roux were arrested.
In their rooms numerous partially
burned letters were discovered. Roux
confessed to his share Of the thefts.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-28
At THE PLAYHOUSES


Newlyweds and Their Baby in Pictures,
The Newlyweds and their baby need
no introduction to the American people,
Mr.. George McManus, the artist whose
fertile brain was responsible for the
creation Of the new world famous comic
series, has won a lasting place in the
hearts of the mirth apprcciatipg pub.
lie.
The demand for this greatest Of all
recent fun provoking series in art be.
long since became so general that Mr.
McManus was persuaded to have the
Ncwlywcds dramati2ed, And last, but
not least, the pranks Of Snookums with
his parents have been filmed.
Never has Mr.. McManus shown the
Ncwlywcds to better advantage than in
motion pictures. 1t is Il new and inter.
csting departure, aud one that is abso.
lutely unique in conception There is a
positive laugh in every foot aud no one
should miss it.
The "moyics" are taken from actual
drawings, and are not as many have
been led to believe, acted,
Snookums was never fumicr; his
worthy father aud mother were never
placed in moro amusing situations,
There is no mlstaking that the New.
lywcds series, as produced by the en-.
tcrprisiug EclaIr company has "caught
on. ~ That the pictures will prove the
sensation of the year has been predict
ed by exhibitors throughout the coun.
try.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-28
HAS A BUNGALOW FOR CATS.
Chicago Woman Builds Unique House
For Fifteen Pets.

Chicago Woman Builds Unique House
For Fifteen Pets.
A bungalow for her blooded prize
winning cats has just been completed
In suburb Of Chicago by Mrs. Albert
q, Butler Of that city. Fifteen cats
are provided with apartments In the
building.
The bungalow is Of modern cOnstruc.
ton and has many conveniences. Its
rooms are named for flowers and from
her own private greenhouses Mrs But
Ter will supply the various rooms with
that particular flower supposed to be
the most conducive to good nature and
disposition on the part Of certain par
ticular members Of her feline family.
In one Of the most spacious apart.
ments will be placed Mrs Buffers
American champion "blue eyed white
Persian" called Champion Sir Friar,
whose residence will be called the
"chrysanthemum apartment"
The building is about fifteen feet
square by ten feet in height and con
tains ten apartments.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-28
NEW RAILROAD WILL
TAP RICH SECTION
Grants Pass & Crescent City Railroad
With S5O,OOO,OOO Capital Is
Incorporated.


Portland, Or, March 2S.-Judge John
| Childs, of the superior court of Del
NOrtc county, Cal, who is in the city
today, stated that the Grants Pass and
Crescent City railroad company, which
will file articles of incorporation today
or tomorrow at Salem, will build a rail.
road from Crescent City to Grants Pass.
The company's capital stock is $780,.
100000.
J. F. Reddy and W. H. Harmon, of
Medford, and L. c. Gilkey, of Grants
Pass are the incorpolators of the road.
The distance between Grants Pass and
Crescent City is about 100 miles.
If the road is built it will give an
outlet to immense tracts of timber and
valuable mining property in Josephine
county, Oregon, and Del Norte county,
California.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-28
OCEAN TO OCEAN FUND BIG.
100000 Donation For Highway Puts
Total Above 100000.

Total Above 100000.
With the donation Of 100000 by an
indianapolis auto manufacturing com.
pany the ocean to ocean highway fund
recently was brought to q total Of much
over 100000.
The interest in the manufacturers
project was never greater than 1t Is at
present, and the fact that subscriptions
to the fund are coming from the big.
gest companies In the automobile In.
dustry is proof that the Idea is consid.
cred to be practical and entirely posi-.
BILE Of execution.
Since the idea Of an ocean to ocean
highway was broached last autumn
nearly every automobile manufacturer
In America has given 1t close attention.
The best financial and business experts
have examined 1t from every stand
point, and no sooner had 1t received
their Endorsements than subscriptions
began pouring in at a rapid rate.
The fund is in charge Of tho Ocean
to Ocean association, with Offices at
indianapolis, Ind.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-28
PURSES AND HEARTS
Continued from page ~
San Diego Liberal,

San Diego, Cal, March 2S.--Urged
by appeals from Governor Cox, of Ohio,
and from the heads of the National Red
Gloss Society, the people of San Diego,
in every walk of life, are today giving
what they can to help the flood victims
in Indiana and Ohio.
One big department store here is Civ.
ing five per cent of the week S sales
to the relief fund. The chamber of
commerce is raising 100000, and in a
few hours more than $4,000 has been
subscribed The local Red Cross branch
has issued a call for funds.
The theatre employees, actors and
managers have arranged to give a ben.
eft performance. Numerous benefit
dances and socials are planned. The
entire city is talking ways and means
to raise money.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-28
$4,000 FOR CHINESE ART.
Jade Carvings Owned by Emperor's
Great. grandson Sold.

Jade carvings OWned py EmperoTs
Great. grandson Sold.
Moderate prices ruled at the sale OF
the collection Of Chinese carvings In
jade and other objects Of art formed
by Prince Kung Pu Wei, great.grand
son of the Emperor Tao Kwang, held
at London recently. In all $4,000 was
realized.
A white vase and cover. carved with
gourds and foliage In high relief, on
a carved wood stand, eleven inches
high, were bid In for $40 by a col.
lector named Partridge.
A dark green vase and cover Of fat.
tened shape, carved with panels Of
kylins in relief and palm leaves round
the shoulder In key pattern borders,
the handles carved with fungus and
loose rings, and the cover surmounted
by figure of kylln, standing fifteen
and a half inches high, were sold to
Gooden Fox for $525.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-28
INvENTS SPEED LIMIT DEVICE
MotoriSt Has Sign to Flash on Reok-
less AutomistS.

An anti'speed device has been in.
vented by an indignant motorist OF
London who Is annoyed by the clouds
Of dust raised by cars passing him at
speed beyond the legal limit He de.
scrlbed his invention with considerable
pride in the current issue of the Car.
He finds that when his speedometer
tells him that his car is travelling at
the legal twenty miles an hour other
cars come up behind him, blow thelI
horns imperlously and dash by at to.
tally Illegal speeds.
To overcome this annoyance he is
constructing an ingenious apparatus
at the back Of his car which consists
Of roller bearing the printed notice,
Speed Limit" which unrolls and dis.
plays itself automatically when a but,
ton is pressed by the driver of the car.