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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-06-11
SITE SELECTED
FOR BIG BLAZE
SPECTACULAR WORK ON FIRE
LADIES WILL BE DEMON
STRATEO
Before Thousands OF SemI-centennIaI
Visitors Next Wednesdsy-pom-
pier Ladders Have Arrived.

pier IeoOerS Rave Arrived
An excellent location has al last
been found for the building that viii
De- used In the spectacular fire run
next Wednesday evening when Col
den Jubilee visitors will have an op-
portunity 10 see Wheeling's fire de-
partment work. The face OF a three
story building Will be erected on tho
site where the new Second United
Presbyterian church is to be con
structed. ar Fourteenth and Chaplino
streets This is in the heart OF the
business district. a location where
thousands can see the affair.
The fire will be staged about dusk
All the apparatus that ordinarily an
swers calls in the business district
Will RESPOND 20 the alarm and the
hremen viii GO through their regular
routine OF FIRE fighting with some adj
oed spectacular effects. such as are
not seen az every blaze
The entire front o; this specially
erected structure will be a MAS OF
seething flames and smoke when the
department arrives. BY means OF
pompier ladders and nets the ffremen
viii rescue a number OF bows and
girls from what will appear To be-
Utmost esrtain death. but as a matter
or fact none OF the persons taking
part In the exercises will be In thu
slightest DANGER
Pompier Ladders Arrive.
The pompier ladders arrived yeeter-
day and Fire Chief Rose. at once nut
the cheInica crew AZ work praciicing
with them IN the rear of the Cherni-
cal Engine house on Eleventh street.
These ladders We're furnished by the
American la France Fire Engine
company. as compliments o. Il. Z
Adams and Son. local agents
The ladders were accompanied nv
ne lines and life belts, and before
the chemical Aremen had become r1th.
er proficient IN their use The nom
pier ladder is a scaling ladder "
means Of IFS uSc The frcrnen can scale
the side % wall and then by rlak-
ing use OF the life line and belt. h..
can leap from the top OF windows or
any building without tho slightest
danger.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-06-11

-four mile tunnei tb-o,1h -. O.,
hlttS tIif az cost Of tl2. 600 900 vii
ninaf" ~" DELAYS cause div 49,
-h.,~ experienced ny a Canadian rail-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-06-11
NJ. JUDIN INVENTED
DRY CLEANING IN 1866

Like all good things the original
has been greatly improved upon.
MeCia>kcy uses the latest i'm
proved French method. the same
that is used to-day nv the leading
French cleaners. including Four
nicr. of LYON Bondurand. Of Nice.
and Vale Of Cliohy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-06-11

Cour; purchased for cash the rights 20
present th" pictures IN Wheeling dur
luE The first three days OF the semi
c,utrru't celebration
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-06-11
"GETS-rT" for Coms, and
Away They Go!
"GETS-rr," the New-Plan corn Cure.
Gets Any Corn surely. Quietly.

You'll say. 1t docs beat all how quick
"GETS-IT got rid - that corn. ms
almost magic ~GETS-rT'' gets every
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
HOME GIRL A WINNER
Florence Steguer Of Sank, Centre
Champion Girl Corn Grower

Florence Stegner, whose home IS
few miles from Sank Centre. is the
champion girl corn grower in Min
neSota.
Miss Stegner is the winner III the
Minneapolis Tribune's corn contest
in which ] 200 Minnesota boys and
girls started last Spring and in which
only GOO finished.
Miss Sterner, according 10 the OF
ticial returns made public by the 1,ri-
bune, raised 97.5 bushels OF cor n
on All acre and thus stands head and
shoulders above all other Minnesota
girls as a corn grower. Miss Steg,
ner wins cash prize OF sl0G0.
Several other contestants raised 4
u greater quantity OF corn 10 the
acre than did Miss Stegner, but Miss
Stegner is the best and most success
ful girl contestant and las just cause
20 feel proud Of her efforts.
The winner in the Tribune s
contest was Arlhar Tfoese of Carver
countt, who raised 1903 bushels on d
single acre Of land. lie receives a
cash prise Of 500 GO.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
DEAN RfJOICfSI
County Printing Award Plcases
Sank Centre Citizen

W. s. Dean, the we'll known Sank
Centre man and judge of the munich
pal court, who with Mrs. Dean is
spend ing the winter in Chicago with
his SONS Ray and Willis Dean, is evil
IDENTIFY watching things in his lome
town. Under recent date he writes
the publisher of The Herald as fol-
lows:
a letter from Ben Dubois tells
me. among other things. that you
have been successful in getting the
county printing. Inifiis, Brc. Welies
allow me TO congratulate you, and al
SO i'm your efforts in the removal OF
the court house. We lave been read.
ing your article a.org this lire viii
great interest and earnestly hope you
will be able 10 score another one on
our ST. Cloud friends"
Continuing, Mr. Dean says be and
Mrs Dean are well and enjoying their
visit, but that their hearts are in
Sank Centre and they EXPECT 70 ~.
turn in the early Spring.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
Simplify the ProbIsn, Of Living.

/ do believe IL simplicity. II is as
tonish;ng as well as sad how many
trivial affairs even the Wisest man
thinks he mus, attend TO in day;
how singular an affair he thinks he
must omit. When the mathematician
would solve a Difficult, problem, be
first frees the equation Of all incun-
brances. and reduces II to It's simplest
terms. So simplify the problem of
life, distinguish the necessary and
the real-Thcreau Letters"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23

Lord Lawrence, who was once gov
!, rDor general OF India. was 90 absent
minded In, matters Of external display
that when the Kob-tn0or diamond,
fow among the crown Jewels, came
into his hands Tor transmission to
Queen Victoria after the annexation of
The Punjab In 1S49, he kept II for six
weeks in his waistcoat pocket, having
forgotten all about ]. and only dis
covered II there by accident
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
Kitten in Revo,,.

A remarkable case Of fiial 1ngraft
tude on the part Of q black kitten has
occurred in Liverpool, England a
few days ago customer threw q
piece of meat between them, which
was secured by the mother cat. TO
the surprise OF everybody. the kitten
sprang at his mother and drove her
out Of the house Since then he has
mounted guard over the doors to Pre-
vent her return, and, although she
has attempted time after time to re-
turn to her old home, her stern, I'M
bending, and ungratefui SOD hars the
way.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
Well Answered.

Vhe1 he once asked London
lass Of girls, added DR.. Mcnamara,
Eat they would say if he told them
I. saw the sun rise in the west. he
~ the reply that il was impossible.
Rat" he persevered, "supposins ]
still declared ! had seen the sun rise
IN the west? ?" Well" one OF the
Girls at length replied, Il should
think you must have got up rather
ate"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23

: tuberculosis or consumption is rare
In childhood: increases rapidly after
the age OF fifteen. and ia most com
mon between the ages Of Twenty-Five
ard thirty. Those who escape IL I'll
the latter age are less and less prca.
TO it as they advance in years.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
origin Of Famous Phrase.

Write like an angel is a corruption
of Angelo Among the Greeks who
emigrated TO Italy and afterwards in
TO France in the reign Of Francis i
was one Angelo Verjecto. whose writ
ing excited the admiration of the
learned. SO that his name became
synonymous for the beautiful writ
ing and gave birth to the phrase, to
~writss like an angel
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
Mature c.xerr s.e.k srut..

The planting Of The barren mounds
of disusea coaiDiss In the "Black
Country" between Birmingham and
WolyerhamptoD, England, II beginning
10 show successful results. The growth
this year Of the trees planted on the
coal mounds has been very rapid, with
the result that many public bodies
are taking an interest in the expert
|ments.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
teoss Repartee.

Ana Low J near to handle your
witnesses without gloves" said a
counsel, wbose witnesses had met
with rather severe treatment from
the ether SIDE Indeed, That's
mere than ] should like TO do with
yours " sIniIingly ,eto,re5 lis learned
f!ieDd
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
Somewhat Ambiguous,

A missionary stationed in a land
where the natives were cannibals,
wrote for assistance as follows: Our
small force of brethren seems to be-
unable to cope with the distress
which prevails in the darn and be-
nighted land Please send few more
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
Fcruet Them.

Gather up all thy sins--old wrongs,
old hatreds, burning angers, memories
OF mems treachery: stuff them into
bag and heave them into the gull OF
| oblivion. Your life is not in the past,
but in the future I'VE are saved By
hope. Newell Dwight Kills, DID.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
Poetry and Music.

II had to live my life again,
would have made rule to read come
poetry and listen to some music NJ
least once every week: for perhaps
the parts OF my brain now atrophied
would thus have been kept active
through nse. The less OF these TASTES
h a loss Of happiness. and may pak
sibly be INJURIOUS to the intellect. ana
more probably to the moral charae-
ter, by enfeebIing the ereoticnal part
Of our nature Charles Darwin.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
New eerrv In Demand.

The loganberry. a hybrid of the
blackberry and raspberry. is said to
make the finest of tell;es. jams and
pies. Introduced few years ago in
the west, it's popularity has been
|steadiiy increasing, and the demand
now soutruns the supply. Western
Oregon and Washington are the
greatest producers of the new berry.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
Cause CT Fan 0. Bullet.

The resistance Of the sir and the at
traction of gravitaticn cause a bullet
or cannonbail to end its fight and
fall to the earth; these two forces Op-
Grating together cause the pre5ectifs
to describe a curve dependent on its
initial velocity. The greater the speed
at the beginning the farther il VIII go.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
-6ceS6 6eNI1e0S-

According TO Sir John kuRTat, enc
of the greatest authorities On ocean
ography. the bottom Is 8 desert Of
pitch-black darkness, penetrating cold.
and eternal silence. Worms, sea
puddings, and coral pOlyps sluggishly
crawl OF sway IN the almost current
less depths, and only two species Of
fish, both OF them. with much head
and little body. have beeD found
deeper than mile and q quarter
down.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
.Nictarian Jest.

The diversions OF the court ihciu0eo
an anticipation OF the spelling bee.
When lady of the court spelled
|. thermometer" with an "a" Melbourne
juGiciously observed: 1T Is o very
good way to spell il, ta; not TIE way
London AtheDaeum.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
Had 70 ee Done.

"Iou cannot burn the candle -
both ends" said the young wife. ss
monstratiag with her hard-wofk.sG
literary husband. I'm afraid. I',s
dear" was the reply. ''it is the ez,,y
way to make both ends meet
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
Dust LAYING in England.

Gust laying IN England.
Tie highway department OF the city
leeds, England, has recently treat
I portions Of macadam roadway
I'll granular calcium chloride to
nhat the dust. Solutions Of the lat
r had previously been tried at
later cost and without such salts
tory results. The road Is first well
e:a and two applications of the
ioride are made on succeeding eve
..es of about one-half pound per
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
Bishop Not Qualified.

I Comments by the bishop of Lol0en
fDr Ireraufs on the telling bissifraie
were quoted by COUNSEL in case IN
the ClerkenWell county court when
Judge Cluer remarked: "What has the
bishop to do With It? He is not mar
RED Example is better than. pre-
sept. a.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
DOING Good.

We are TO relieve the distressed,
put the waHderer into his way. and
10 nSvj6e our bread with the hungry,
which is bGf the way O, doing good
to ourselves. fer we are only several
members Of one great body Seneca
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
House Hunting.

! Prospective Tenants-"There's cBe
great ,disadxaatage about this house;
1t is Damp Landlord-"That's no dis
advantage. II a fire were to break Ocs
4 wouldn't burn nearly SO fast.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
Much Easier to See.

ow much more detestab]e a fault
appears when we can trace II TO some
one whose. position in life We envy
Puck.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
GETTING There.

The fellow who gets there dcesn /
depend 80 much On inspiration az OF
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
Forced sale

How DID you manage 10 keep \
eook in the country. Mrs. Wellon?"
BY making the house over to her and
moving back to the city"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
Unsatisfactory.

kiss through veil liz like slipping
honey through plotting paper, they
Union.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23
,I,..,u. cene. Aiah

Always CCFhCs SFIH.
I Gaze trouble with experience is that
/ We seldom get it at marked down
prices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03

New York, Feb. 1-"Genera1" Rosa
lie Jones is recruiting the army of
pilgrims that she expects to lead on
the hike to- Washington. They plan
to leave some time about Feb. IL and
will take their time on the walk, but
will reach the capital In time to let
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03

ney and seem to think you're engaged
to spend the rest of your natural life
there" protested Henderson.
Then they dropped me and assailed
Dick
WED like to, know what you expect
to gain by dropping out. You got cold
Gorse and Henderson paid similar
tributes to the apostate, whose me1an-
choly grin only deepened.
Henderson rallied for a final shot
at me.
ga good horsewhipping is what you
deserve" he cried, leveling his finger
at me.
Gentlemen began, not without in
ward quaking, eyou have spoken loud,
naughty words to me, and in reply I
must say that your vocal efforts sug-
gest only the melodies of the braying
Jackass and that your manners, to
speak mildly, are susceptible of con-
siderable Improvement
you leave this neighborhood within
an hour doomed Ormsby, and in his
efforts to free himself from his chair
it fell backward with a crash that
echoed through the long room.
= '"Then summon the coroner by tele-
phone, for shall not be taken alive,''
I answered quietly, trying to recall my
youthful delight in Porthos, Athos and
Aramis.
''Come along, let us put him out, %
Henderson was saying in an aside to
Ormsby
''You were playing game here for a
stake not yours for the winning" 1
continued. ''Now suggest that you
-,I,r
full of valor-shuffle the pack, I say,
and draw for the jack OF clubs Who
ever is the fortunate man shall take
pleasure in pitching through yonder
very charming easement
t.Agreed!'' cried Henderson, and the
three flung themselves into their chairs.
The alacrity of their consent had I'M
nerved me for moment. D'Arta gnan,
was sure, would have fought them
all, but I consoled myself as the cards
ratified on the bare table with the re-
hection that, considering the fact that
I had never in my life laid violent
hands on a fellow being, I was con-
Quoting myself with admirable assur-
ance. My weight has always hung
well within $50, and physicians have
told me that l was incapable of taking
on flesh or muscle. Any one of these
men could easily toss me through the
window 1 had indicated as means OF
their own exit.
Shallenberger caught my eye and in
dicated with a slight jerk of the head
that I had better run before it was toe
late. The painstaking care with which
Henderson had fallen upon the cards
was disquieting, to put it mildly. Dick
nudged me in the ribs and offered tc
hold my coat
cit will not be necessary" replied
carelessly. Tender your services tc
the other gentlemen. Come, gentle
men-hurTy. Let us not waste time
here
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03
Oontinuod.l
CHAPTER Xxx.


mp WATCHED her hands as they
deity cut and fashioned some
dry reeds The air grew warm
as the sun climbed to the zenith
and Hezekiah flung aside her coat
The breeze caught the ends Of her tie
and snapped them behind her. She
was wholly absorbed in her task, and
no boy could have managed a pocket
knife better The first reed she made
a trfae longer than her hand, The
succeeding ones she trimmed to gradu-
ated lessening lengths, till seven in all
had been cut. and then she notched
them
Seven she murmured, laying them
neatly in order on her knee. al re-
member the right number by q poem
read the other day in an old maya
xfne-. zA
She reached down and pIucked sew
eraI long leaves OF tough grass with
which she began to bind the reeds to-
gether. repeating:
Seven gold reeds grew tall and slim
Close by the rivers beaded brirn.
ETrnix. the naiad. ditted past;
Pan. the goat hoofed. followed fast.
1T win be easier said Hezekiah. IF
you hold the pipes while 1 tie them"
found this propinquity wholly
log beside Hezekiah 1t seemed no far
CRY to the stored Mediterranean and
Pan and dryads and naiads, as Heze-
kiah bound her reeds to the music of
RoupIets- There was 70 self conscious
hess in her recitation She seemed to
e telling Of something that she had
seen herself an hour ago
He spread his arms to clasp her thera
Just as she vanished into air
And to his bosom. warm and rough.
Drew the gold reeds close enough
Il don't remember the rest" she
broke or But there! That's a pipe
ct for any shepherd
She put 1t to her lips and blew. i
shall not pretend that the result was
meIodIous-@ She wfistled much better
kiah had just impaired fresh in my
mind dare say she was not disap-
pointed in the effect of her words. ]
was thinking rapidly and fearfully, II
my friend had sought her in the high
way and offered himself In some fresh
accession of ardor he might even now
be a rejected and hopeless man, but ]
was unwilling to believe that this had
happened
Won't you tell me what happened
gn the road when Hartley rode up be
side youT'
'sOh. nothing happened; really. moth
ing. Nothing could have happened fol
the excellent reason that 1 ran away
from him It wasn't what he did OF
said. it was the fear of what he might
sayr'
IF 1t had been Mr.. Dick who had
Joined you in exactly the same way in
the highway, you would not have
minded in the least. Miss HOLSTER
Isn't that the truth?''
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03
CHAPTER XXI.
at the Prescott Arms.

Trouble at the Prescott Arms.
~ECILIA'S hand, that had rested
on the pommeI of her saddle,
dropped to her side, and she
stood erect, her eyes wide with
wonder.
What do you meanY' she gasped.
81 mean exactly what have said.
II it had been that strutting young
philosopher from the west you would
well. you would have allowed him to
say what was in his mind. Am I not
F1ghtT'
.T wonder, I wonder she faltered,
drawing away the better to observe
me-
You wonder how much I know! To
relieve your mind without parleying
further, 1 viii say to you that know
everything"
Then Aunt Octavia must have told
you, and that seems incredible. 1t was
distinctly understood
your aunt told me nothing. Not by
words did any one tell me-"
mot by words ?" she asked, cycling
me wonderingly and clearly feeling
that might be playing some trick
upon her Then can it be that Heze-
kiah-but mol Hezekiah doesn't know
Trust Hezekiah for not telling Sc
crets." 1 answered evasively- "Give
me credit for some Imagination The
air of Hopeheld is stimulating, and in
the few days 1 have spent in your
aunt's house I have learned much that
L never dreamed of before
81 don't understand it. You are
wholly inexplicable.''
At am the simplest and least guileful
% beings. I assure you Yet 1 have
done some things here not in the slight
est way related to chimney doctoring
and something else I expect to do for
which believe you will thank me
through all the years Of your life
'.Ah, IL you really know, that is pos
sible.'' she sighed YEARLY. 81 am very
tired Of It all 1 was very foolish ever
60 have agreed to Aunt Octavia's plan
You have seen those men Any one of
them might you know" And she
=AEuREed her shoulders impatdentIy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03
HEALTH WARNING

Chilled and wet feet result in con-
costing the internal organs, and in
Examination of the kidneys and blad-
der, with rheumatic twinges and pain
in back generally follow. Use Foley
kidney pills. They are the best
medicine made for all disorders of the
kidneys, for bladder irregularities, and
for backache and rheumatism. They
do not contain habit forming drugs.
Tonic in action, quick in results.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03

their feet rest before engaging in the
suffrage parade on March 8. They are
arranging ito have postcards made, and
the proceeds from selling them will
be used to replenish the war chest.
Miss Elizabeth Freeman, who won
some fame by being Jailed in Eng
land for militant suffragdst tactics,
will travel discussed as a gypsy and
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03

Trouble at the Prescott Arms.
hand, that had rested
on the pommel of her saddle
dropped to her side, and she
stood erect, her eyes wide with
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03
BOARD OF RELIEF.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Relief of the City of Bridge
port will meet at the Assessorg' office
City Hall, for the purpose of hearing
appeals made from the findings OF the
Board of Assessors. Hearings viii be
held on the following dates In Feb
ruary: Saturday, Feb. lat; Monday
Feb. 3rd; Wednesday, Feb. 5th; FRI
day, Feb. 7th, from 9 q. m. TO Z p.
M and on the evenings of Monday,
Feb. Bird and Friday Feb. 7th from
to p. M
Dated at Bridgeport this 18th day
of January. 1918.
WILLIAM A. LEWIS,
THOMAS 3. WHITE,
CHARLES J.. BYRNE,
CHARLES H. POLAND,
A. 3Ot* Board Of Relief.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03

will tell fortunes on the trip for re-
markably reasonable fees. Those
shown in the picture are: L, Miss Free
man; 2, Hettie Graham; g. Miss Ida
Craft; 4, w. L. Burge; 5, Mrs. John
E. Boldt; 6, May Morgan; Z, General
Jones; g. Mrs. Olive Schu1tbe; 9, Mar
tina KEatschken; 10, E. Mccullough; IL,
Mrs H. A Baird.