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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-14

cesses in the doors and the curtains
are kept in a carrying space built into
the back of the seat. The collapsible
top is made of leather and is braced
in such a manner as to stretch out
all wrinkles when in the coupe posi-
ton giving the smooth, even appear
ance of sheet metal.
"In the Haynes cabriolet a compart-
ment is provided in the back of the
drivers seat, out of the way and yet
easily accessible, for carrying gloves
parcels, and other small articles, and
ample space is provided at the rear
for carrying suitcases, grips, etc.
THE cabriolet will hep solve the
problem of a great many people who
maintain two cars-one for summer
and one for winter use--inasmuch as
1t is comfortable for all seasons of the
year."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-14

thermostat all the water in the cooling
system would have to be heated be-
fore the engine would run well,
whereas with the thermostat, only a
small quantity has to be warmed at
the outset, and the thermostat valve
admits the water into the radiator
slowly, as the temperature rises in the
fluid surrounding the cylinders and
opens the valve gradua ".
In the Cadillac Eight a thermostat
and valve are provided for each
block of cylinders. The device Is
wholly automatic in its action
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-14
CADILLAC WINTER ADVANTAGES
Engine Quickly Reaches High Run
ming Efficiency in SnIte of Gold

A device on the new Cadillac Eight
that will be particularly appreciated
during cold weather is the thermostat
that controls the temperature of the
water in the cooling system. The OBJ
ject of the device is to maintain as
nearly as possible constant tempera-
ture of the water while the engine is
running.
In connection with the thermostat is
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-14
BROKEN RAIL DISCOVERED

Marysville, Pa. Nov. II. - Early
Thursday morning a broken rail on the
west-bound passenger track at the end
of Cove mountain, near the signal
bridge, was found by Simon Myers. The
tracks at this point are on curve and
had the break not been discovered 1T
might have caused a serious wreck
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-14
KITCHEN SHOWER FOR BRIDE
.SbeeiaI to The Telegraph

Special to Tie Te7egraPH
Shippensburg, Pa, Nov IA. - Last
evening the Sunday school class of the
Metho odist Episcopal Church taught by
for Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Hunter who
were recently married at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs Hustour, of Stewart
Place.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06
WITNESS TO
THE DEED

My mistress in Gainsboro Road had
lost a 5-pound note in the house. ana
the thief was the parlOr maid. l knew
il from her actions, and three months
after l left the house she was caugnt
in a similar orfense and owned up to the
first theft However, the crime was laid
OF on me, and because l made indignant
and perhaps impudent protest 1 was
flung out Of the house at half an hours
notice and refused a Obaracter. was
idle for the next three months. The hrst
thing demanded when 1 applied for
place was a character AS soon as it was
learned that had none it was useless
to talk further. 1t was for this reason
that finally paid a fee to an intelli-
gence ONCE in Margate street, and was
at length sent for to take a place at gem
eral housework. 1t was an old man
named Dyson who wanted me. He was
willing to take me without character
because he would have TO pay less wages
and because, as he grimly asserted, there
was nothing lying around loose in MS
house for one to steal. AS we sat face 10
face sized him up as mean and penuri-
GUS but did not see any evil in him.
He had an aged and infirm wife. he told
me. and would be the only servant.
1t was not for me to pick and choose.
/ must have place and hold 1t long
enough to get a character again. I went
with him miles and miles out on the
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06

Holborne road. and we at last arrived
at the cheaply built and cheap-loOkins
cottage he occupied. II was a place de-
void OF almost all conveniences, and had
been selected for its cheap rent. I found
the old wife deaf. almost blind, and pal
sled. and 1t was apparent that she nad
no care whatever. She had become child
ish and petulant, and before I had been
in the house half an hour Mr.. Dyson
whipped her with a strap for saying that
she was hungry. AS he whipped her l
saw him look at her in q way to give
me chill
In the course of three or four days
made up my mind that he regarded her
with detestation and adherence and was
hourly hoping for her death. wondered
that he had not pushed her down stairs
or found means to bring about an "acci-
dental death, but the old man was full
of craft and cowardice. / soon had cvi-
dence that he was in love with widow
in the neighborhood, or at least he de-
sired to be free so that he could marry
her. The man had no occupation and sell
dom left the house. During my first two
weeks in the place he never allowed me
to see the wife except in his presence.
and found fault II I cooked anything ex-
ira for her or expressed my sympathy.
He had a way Of whispering to himself.
and a dozen times over heard him say:
I've waited for FIVE years, but 1 won't
wait much longer! I'll get rid Of her and
be happy"
My natural impulse on finding out how
he felt toward his wife was to fly the
house. but I have explained how l was
situated. And, too. l soon got the feel
ing that l ought to stay to protect the
poor old woman. l figured 1t out that
while he might thirst for her death. he
would not proceed to extremities while
was in the house. 1t seemed as II he
would have lived on alone, as he had done
for the last two months, n he meditateI
anything of that sort. 1 didn't know the
depth of his craft, however. He had
brought me there to work her death
through me. The first thing I suspiciOned
this way was one morning when he asked
me to help her downstairs. The stairs
were steep and shalIy, and he had pried
one Of the steps loose that it might slide
from under our feet. AS a matter OF fact.
It did give way, but I caught myself and
saved the woman. When old Dyson saw
the failure of his plot, ne looked cha
grined and savage and presently found
excuse for cufing the poor wife's ears.
In the course of a couple of weeks
ne declared that the cellar was full OF
rats and gave me money and commanded
me to buy arsenic. He recommended me
to go to a store miles away and to say
that I wanted II for my complexion and
to give my own name. l went to drug
store only two blocks away and gave
his name, and when he discovered this
he was highly indignant for a day. and
rather expected to be thrown out, How
ever, in the course Of three or four days
he developed another plan. After coach
ing the old wife he left me alone with
her for the first time. and she begged me
to get her some laudanum for toothache
and not to mention the mattsr 70 him.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06
BOWSER RIDES OUT
And of Course AS Usual Something Happened to Him

though taking up most Of the street, and
then he put on steam to beat a street car
at the crossing. AS he did so he just
missed an old woman with a market
basket who was crossing the street, and
as he crossed the tracks he made such
a close shave Of being run down by the
car that the motorman had hve years
added to his age in ten seconds He
yelled at Mr. Bowser, and the conductor
seconded his efforts as the rear end Of
the car came along, but as the horse
less carriage was taking a short cut
over the sidewalk and around a lamp
post their profane greetings were un-
needed. Five minutes later the vehicle
drew up in front OF the BOwser mansion
in good shape. but the owner OF the
horseless carriage anxiously remarked:
IF / were you I'd go a little slow.
This thing wasn't built to climb trees
or jump fences"
Don't worry about me-" replied
Mr.. Bowser. as he set of down the
street, but there was cause to worry
before he had gone half a block. A
man was carrying a ladder across the
street and the vehicle hit the ladder
and Slowed the whole United States
around and piled it in a heap and run
over it. The man with the ladder got up
and swore. He swore in English, French,
and German. but Mr. BOwser was a
block and a half away and turning
around for the spin home. He knew
that Mrs. Bowser and the cat would be
looking. and he pulled the throttle wide
open and cut a dash. The big brick pile
was only half a block away and occupy
ing half the street. He saw IL and he
aimed TO miss il by ten feet. but five
seconds later there was a yell and a
crash which brought out hundred peo-
pie in no time. The horseless had tried
its best to climb the brick pile. but had
succeeded in getting only half way up.
They found a tangle Of wheels, spOkes.
splinters, rods. and levers, and in the
midst of the tangle was Mr.. Bowser. He
wasn't saying a word Indeed. it was
two hours before he said anything. By
that time the doctor had patched him up,
the police had driven the crowd away.
and Mrs. BOwser and the family cat had
figured out how II all came about.
"Has-has anything happened" asked
Mr.. Bowser. as he looked around in
puzzled way.
Nothing much" quietly replied Mrs.
Bowser. You've simply been taking a
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06

But IL he dont?'
Il will take care of him."
When Mr.. Bowser reached home at
the usual hour there was the broad
est, blandest and Juneist sort OF a
smile on Mr.. Bowser's face, and be-
fore Mrs. Bowser could ask him a
question he called out in a CHEEKY
voice:
Hey. old girl but weren't you say
ing last night that you'd like to make
trip to Europe?"
Yes. I'd like to 60" she replied.
but you know"
Then get on your bonnet and well
start" he chuckled as he chucked her
under the chin.
"what-what has happened" she
asked, as she looked at him in
puzzled way.
He didn't answer. but laughed as he
went waltzing up and down with the
family cat close at his heels.
Dinner was half over before Mr.. Bow
ser's secret came out. He hadn't dis
covered a new fall tonic nor bought any
I thing new in rat traps. For a month
or more. without giving himself away
by as such as wink. he had been quiet
ly investigating the merits OF the horse
less carriage. He hadn't jumped TO con-
clusions. 1t was only after weighing
the pros and cons several times over
that he had made up his mind that a
horseless carriage was a good thing
1t saved horses; it saved harness and
| horseshoes: it saved oats and curry
| comb and horse-blankets. A horseless
| carriage never had the collie or poll
evil. There was just exactly one hun
dred reasons why a horseless carriage
was better than a live horse and a de-
taChed carriage.
We'll. what Of all this? Why. I'm
going to buy a horseIess carriage, Of
course"
You don't mean it,
Why not? We have long wanted a
| horse and carriage. We need the fresh
air and recreation it will give US. More
than a dozen doctors have told me that
| II didn't get out more my lungs would
CO."
But I'd never dare ride in a horse
| less carriage" she protested. please
| give up the idea Your lungs are all
right, and I'm sure
Mrs. Bowser," he interrupted, we
| are 10 have a horseless carriage. That
Is. friend Of mine who owns one and
can be induced to part with it, is COM
ing around here with the vehicle in about
an hour. We are to try 1t, and IL pleased
in every respect I shall give him my
check"
And you are to manage the vehicle?"
Il am to manage. I haven't said q
word about II, but I've been out with the
carriage on three different occasions.
can manage it to perfection. I can drive
II 10000 miles and never Craze q thing.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06
~ ~ ~ a -
The Elevator Boy.

It was easy to tell tht she had been
coached what to say, and I refused u
buy the drug. A few days later, as I
was preparing her a soup. had to leave
the kitchen for a minute. When l re-
turned the soup was giving out a strange
odor. and being satisfied that her hus-
band had poisoned ii, ], of course, threw
II away. He scolded about my waste, but
when l looked him square in the eyes he
dropped his and had no more to say
1 had been with the Dysons five years
when the climax came. The old woman
was holding her own. if not getting get
ter. and the husbands impatience had I
savage edge to 1t. Their bedroom was
on the north side OF the house. All along
on that side was a deep excavation for a
factory, and the cellar was full OF stones
and water. From the bedroom the dis
tance to the cellar bottom was all OF
thirty feet l slept on the west side, with
two rooms and doors between Us, but so
poorly built was the house that IL voice
were raised above a whisper they could
be heard. and there were also many
cracks and crevices to peer through.
At 10 O'Clock one night lay wondering
II he really meant to take her life and
how he would finally accomplish il. when
heard a half-suppressed scream from
his room. l got softly out of bed and
went to the farther door, and, looking
through a crack, 1 saw that the window
was up and that he stood before it with
his wife in his arms. She was hanging
on to him with fingers of steel and max
ing a great struggle. I heard him breath
ing heavily and snarling and growing
as he tore her fingers loose. but I did not
know what he planned to do till of a
sudden he staggered to the open window
and flung her out. She screamed as she
went to her death, and in my fright l
echoed the scream. l remember the man
rushing across the room at me, Of hts
dashing open the door. of his striking me
down, and then came darkness which
lasted for weeks. He struck me with a
piece of iron and fractured my skull. He
then carried my body downstairs ami
bore 1t a quarter Of a mile away and
flung 1t into another excavation. Before
taking me from the house he put on my
hat and cloak, and thus it appeared to
those who found my unconscious body
next morning that l had been coming
home the night before and fallen into the
pit. AS to his wife, he gave the alarm
and brought the police and made OUT
that il was a case of suicide. While he
was fast asleep. as he claimed, she hai
stolen to the window and leaped to her
death.
His story went, and it was seven
months bafore there was any. Contradic-
ton. had fractured skull, brain fever
and pneumonia. and for weeks and weeks
lay as one dead. When I mended, my
memory was confused, and it was seven
months before l told my story and put
the police on the track Long before that
Dyson had married the widow and sailed
for America. and though efforts were
made to find him, nothing came Of them.
Never did man deserve the hangmanS
rope more. and yet. II living today, he v
free and has no fear Of the law.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06

have besps and heaps Of rooms to rent
on cherry fiooh-'
And dunno bout it chen II I got up
dar' in Heaben. Deacon Hardman has
tole me dat it am all Joy and good times
lup dar. but l. Pdunno-I dunno.
''Dey must have weather up dar'. same
as we do down yere. 'Spose I get up
| some mawning all ready to go on a
Sunday Skule excrushion of de Fust Col
Ored Church, and found it rainin' cats
and dawgs? Could l hold myself in?
'Sposin' l traded jackknives unsight
and unseen wild an angel from Chicago,
and got home to find dar' wasn't blade
! in de knife 1 got Of him? Could l help
maxim some remarks?
'Sposin' I, as an angel, looked down
on dis airth and saw my widder gittin
married to Syntax Kaball, who hasn |
dun hard days work in ten years! !
Could l help reachin' out for his neck:
Deacon Hardman has dun told me dat
de angels am aIlus playin' on golden
harps. / would hev one, too, but 'sposin
1 started into play De Ole Folks at
Home" and an angel from Buffalo SHOULD
have de cheek to strike up wild My ole
Kaintucky Home and confuse me? l
feel suah dat I'd reach out and punch
dat angels head, and what would hap
pen to me?
Why. I'd be taken down to de gates
OF pearl and booted back into de United
States, and den what would become OF
me?
Oar am days when l light my con
cob and sot down under de cherry tree
and smoke and think. and think and
smoke, but It ends up allus de same
way-I dunno-I dunno.
"All know is dat Use found out ober
and ober again dat 1t don't pay to be
too mighty good or too mighty bad in
dis world. Jest split de difference and
pay your pew rent on de one hand. and
git de best of . mewl trade on de odder.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06

GUS He's drivin at sunthin', but what
that sunthin' is he'll have to explain"
It's Jest this" resumed Abijah. I'm
in favor of hoIdin' one of the biggest reli-
gious revivals in this town this fall that
was ever held on the top of this earth
want it to be kept up till every human
being in the place is good nun to die at a
minutes notice. Well git our moral
standard first and then wen proceed to
boom When you kin advertise the fact
that a town of nigh 1000 inhabitants
hasn't one single sinner in it, what's go
in to be the result? Why, gentlemen,
the influx. the rush of preachers alone. 10
srch a place will bring about the sale of
2.OOO city lots within year. Widders will
come here, orphans will come here, con-
verted sinners and reformed drunkards
will come here. and the newspapers will
come here, and the newspapers will
spread it broadcast that Jericho has no
needs of courts, constables or jails."
Il do not decide that Abijah has made
a pint" said the deacon. In a gineral
way Jericho is a purity good town. but
its moral standard kin be boosted up a
reg or two, reckon. I'm in fur the
revival"
Admiral Taylor got up and said he also
favored it. A town was like a child
start out IN the right way with it. and
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06

It's a bright moonlight night, and wen
take a ten-mile spin and have lots OF
fun over II. Better get yourself ready"
IL don't think I'll go. and I wish
you would give this thing up. II you will
III never say another word about your
other fads."
"Other fads!" shouted Mr.. Bowser as
he fired up in an instant. Woman. I've
heard enough about the fad business. One
would think me fool TO hear you talk.
If it's a fad to buy a $50 horseless car
riage for 500 then it's a fad to buy meat
for dinner. II you don't want to go
along with me this evening then you can
stay at home"
Butt don't want you to go, either"
she protested. "a horseless carriage Is a
dangerous thing to trifie with. You can't
have had much experience. and 1 feel
certain there will be an accident Don't
be angry with me, and don't run any
foolish risks"
Mrs. Bowser." he said, after a long
look at her. I've lived for forty years
without a guardian, and l object to one
now. l shall try this horseless carriage
this evening. / shall buy II. ! shall make
daily use Of II. There is no need OF any
quarreling. You can take your outings
in a rocking-chair and die of consurnp-
ton"
At that moment the vehicle arrived
and Mr.. Bowser went out to meet 1t.
When the owner inquired why Mrs. Bow
ser had not appeared he was told that
she was not feeling well. He seemed a
bit relieved at the news, and added:
Il guess you had better take me along
with you this evening. I don't think
anything will get out of order. but you'll
have more confidence in yourself II I'm
along"
''Oh. I've plenty of confidence" replied
Mr.. Bowser I'm Just going to scoot up
and down in front OF the house toT
awhile Mrs Bowser is a little bit shy
OF the carriage. but when she looks out
of the window and sees me gliding along
she'll get over her nervousness"
You are sure you've got the hang
Of it,"
Perfectly sure. It's as easy as spin
ming a top"
Look out when you cross the car
tracks up there. and take due notice of
the brick pile down the street.
wouldn't make the speed over four miles
an hour"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06

his funeral. He fggered up dat in fo'ty
vars he lost 10000 watermillyons from
his garden, and yit no man was ginerous
'nuff to leave de rinds behind to feed de
pig. He nebber lent his wheelbarrrr dat
it didn't git brok. an he nebber lent his
crowbar dat he didn't hev a lawsuit to
git it back. If he lent 81 de pusson who
borrowed it allus run away or got struck
by lightnin'. II he borrowed a dollar de
lender allus jumped on him wild boat
feet to git it back. II Brudder Thomp-
son ever got ready to go to a circus or
a picnic some naybur got kicked by a
mewl or run ober by a street kyar, an
de ole man would sacrifice his pleasure
to act as nurse and consoler. Oar was
a hole in de sidewalk in front of his
house, an fur twenty vars he hung a
lantern on his gate to warn pedestrians
agin de peril.
Not only was he laughed at fur his
pains. but de lantern was stolen so often
dat de ole man had to go widout 'taters
aEC aIgar to buy new ones. People who
stole de cowcumbers' from his leetle
garden an got a case of de collie had de
cheek to send to his house fur remedies,
an mo- dan fifteen different families
used his washbod, his fiatirons, an his
fine comb. AS a good mana man who
wanted to do de squar' thing by his
feller-man-Brudder Thompson was at de
head of the purceshun. Nebber in all de
vars 1 knowed him did he cease doin'
good or utter one complaint about de
way de world used him.
AN de odder day he was called home.
One OBJ de last things he did was to lend
a naybut his washtub and clothes-bars
an de ole man was skassly dead befo
dat naybur traded de things on fur a
yaller parrot which was blind in one
eye. Only three or TO- pussons visited
him doorin' his illness, an one keeridge
held all de mourners dat followed him
to his grave. Jest befo' We lef' de
house fur de sad journey a man arrove
fur de purpose of borrowin' de cook
stove fur a week or two, an when he
rarned dat Brudder Thompson was dead
he also wanted to borrow de back doah
an two beds. Takin' only dis case, I am
free 10 say to you dis evenin' dat good
ness don't pay. 1t am my serus an arm
est advice to yo' not to be too good
Der amt any money In it. Der amt any
gratitood in il. Der amt any satisfac-
shun In II. Bein' too good means comm
down from roast beef to crust coffee
Be goodllp to a sartin pint, but nebber
go beyond It If q nayour sends yo' .
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06

1t was Abijah Holden who first got the
idea, and he sprang it on the postoffice
crowd one Saturday night in the most un-
expected manner. He'd been keeping
powerful quiet fur a week or two, like a
man who's left his jackknife stickin' in
the barn door and is tryin' to remember
the fact. and this made the surprise all
the greater. The crowd was most ready
to go H. me when he got up and said:
''Fellow-citizens of Jericho: 1 want TO
see this town doomed as much as any of
you. l want to see her git up and hump
herself till Boston or Chicago won't be
it, but when it comes to choosin' be-
tween size and goodness I'm fur good
ness. l think it's better fur ones soul
and body to live in a small, good town
than a big, bad town. I'm willin' to go
in and help push Jericho along, as said,
but let's do it on right lines. Let's start
her on on a high moral plane and keep
her So"
There's a pint, and mebbe a mighty
strong one, in what Abijah says" re-
marked Deacon Spooner as the speaker
paused to collect his thoughts, but up to
this period his language is sorter ambigu-
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come down and sit in your once all day
or you don't have an ofice!"
Mr. Burchamp, poor old man, sort OF
shrunk up into himself and hadn't a
word to say in reply. He looked at me,
however, and it was such a look OF re-
proach and sorrow that didn't sleep two
hours that night. When he came down
next morning Mrs BUrchamp was with
him. and l didn't have a chance till aft
ernoon to tell him that 1 had done my
best to prevent the calamity.
I believe you, Sammis-I believe you"'
he replied with trembling lip, as he laid
his hand on my young and innocent head
Thanks
Yes. I believe you were loyal to your
adopted father. but there are some thingS
beyond US. Sammis-way beyond-and
Mrs Burchamp Is one Of them"
Poor old Mr. Burchamp. He is still
with US. and so is his wife, but 1 can See
that he Is falling every day, and cannot
believe that he is long for this world.
Some folks imagine that there Is naughr
but hilarity and exultation around a sky
scraper. hut that there are also breaking
hearts and shattered hopes you may take
the words of
sAM0ns.
The Elevator Boy.