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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-01
SENSATION AT THE COLONIAL

Electrical Huges is electrifying audi
ences at the Colonial. To-day will be
TO get into the Colonial and see this
act, which has created a big sensation
here. on Monday. Tuesday and We'd
nesday of next week the Colonial Will
show. in addition to its regular pro-
gram of vaudeville acts, a six-reel fea-
ture film entitled. Atlantis" contain
ing the most interesting story of ocean
travel ever enacted for the screen. The
picture contains a realistic sinking of
a ship in midocean. with hundreds of
passengers on board. This is the first
Of several big feature films to be shown
at the Colonial during the Fall and
Observation-Disclosures.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-01

want to go down town once a week all by myself for some fun"
But the children were S o used Il having e at nome ai III
time they opened their eyes wide.
You go down town? Why Mamma who would be hre TO
watch us?" e.
We'll. poor Lady Bug just got desperate. Indeed, she did. She
sighed and wept for a few days, when they. were all away--untn.
one day she made up her mind to run off. Yes, sir, e, u OF 1ust
pocketbook, and her little handsatchel, and while Daddy Bug was
at work and the children in bed-she just packed up and OF she
But She Just couldn't. She was a mother and that was enough
her at home. Everyone seemed to stare at her sc hard; that n
began to feel uncomfortable. At last as she W walking along
II wonder What alarm that is?" she said, and. listened. I'M
agine her surprise to hear it was the alarm on their streee NOW
Pt STn arr around adj and few back back home as fast as her little wings would
carry her, and a s she flew the little bugs along the way screamed;
Lady Bug, Lady Bug,
Your house is on fire
And your children will burn"
Well. that poor little soul flew until her wings fairly ached.
on fire one bit although 1t looked might much that way, Those
naughty children had gotten up out. Of bed. and "a Ieundd a DO
the whole house was full of smoke, and as red as could be. No
wonder the other little bugs had sent in the fire alarm
those children, and that night when their Daddy came home he
whipped them once again. Just for luck. And when poor Lady
told those little bugs that once a week. they would just have to be
good and sit still for two whole hours, while their mamma went
say she has a very good time for all the while she seems to hear
some yelling when they pass her by;
Lady Bug, Lady Bug,
Your house is on fire .
And your children will burn
So whenever you e Lady Bug flying. very. very fast you
may know she is hurrying home after her day out But she has
rb,ldre arr VERY SVnEdRYY roc While she 81 gone. Which shows
that two whippings in one day sometimes pays-eyen in England.
Lovingly, AUNT ESTE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-01
Newport Ministers Go
Away on Vacation Trips

Newport, Pa, Aug. Miss Anna
Giltillan Brandt and her friend, Miss
Helen Fisher, of Bellevue, Iowa, are
spending some time at Atlantic City
Charles Alvin Jones, a young attorney,
of Pittsburgh, is visiting his sister,
Mrs. Samuel Adams Sharon.-Mrs. Hi
ram Martin Keen is entertaining her
niece. Miss Lena r. Croft, of Rooney.
Miss Anna Cotterall, of Berwick, is
a guest of Miss nellie Rough at their
cottage in Kough's 1sland.-Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel +. Sience and daughter
have been visiting in the Capital City.
Miss Mary Catherine BlatZer is enter
tanning Miss Rachael Bidgood, of Biz
mingham, Ala.-Mr. and Mrs. Walter
w. Kahler, of Swissvale, are visiting
Mr.. Kahler's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William n. Kahler.-Mrs. William II.
CAN'T is entertaining her aunt, Mrs.
Wilcox, of California.-The Rev. Will
liam c. Ney, pastor of st. Paul's Lu-
theran Church, has gone on a vaca-
ton and later in the month will join
his family at Keyser, w. Va.-The
Rev. James NJ. Kunkle, Phi. D., pastor
of the Reformed Church of the In
carnation, with his family, has gone
on a vacation to Spring Mills, Center
county.-Miss Gertrude E. Jones, of
Philadelphia, is visiting her mother,
Mrs. Ellen Jones.-MaX G.. Lair has
gone to Media.-The Misses Mary Ell
len and Kathleen Gheibley, of Harris
burg, have been visiting their grand
mother, Mrs. IIary E. Gheibley.-Mr.
and Mrs. Charles cox Brandt and
Charles o Brandt, Jr., are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Britton Kell, of
Chambersburg.-J. Edward Vented,
deputy sheriff of Dauphin county,
visited his brother, Warren w Went
eel. his week.-Mrs.. Harry C. Morrow
and daughter, Miss Erma Marie Nor
row, spent several days in Harrisburg.
Lieutenant Charles McHenry Eby,
commandant at the University of Mis-
souri,, Columbia, Mo-. has joined Mrs.
Eby, who is visiting her father, ].
Holmes Irwin
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-01
VISITED BATTLEFIELD

Marysville, Pa, Aug. Mrs. l.. C.
Clouser, Mrs. r. NJ. Adams, Mrs. Amos
Fisher and Mrs. Maggie Bratton visited
the Gettysburg Battlefield on Wednes-
day in the automobile of c. NJ. Dick
Misses Nellie and Ruth VanDyke are
spending some time with relatives in
this place.-Visitors at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Warns during the
week were Mrs. H. A. Shaffer and
daughters, Katherine and Esther, OF
Williamstown; Howard Wallace. OF
Lykens; Mrs. James Bailey, of Tower
City; ]. E. Wallace, of Philadelphia,
and Charles Mitten, of Harrisburg
Miss Mary Bowers is spending some
time with her sister, Mrs. NJ. o. Sheaf-
fer. in South Main street.-Harry Nc
Knight. of Port Wayne, Ind, is spend
ing some time with his uncle, Harry
Warns.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-01
UNION PICNIC AT HERSHEY

Union Deposit, Pa, Aug. Twill
liam Snyder spent Monday at Harris
burg.-Chicken thieves entered the
chickencoop of Levi Snyder on Sat
urday night and stole a number of
fowls.-Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller, &C
companied by their two sons, Harry
and Paul. took an auto spin to
Brandtsville to their friend, Irving
Comp.-Mr. and Mrs. C. Croft spent
Tuesday evening at Sand Beach with
the formers brother, John Croft
John Lenker and Miss Orpha Kuhns
are seriously ill.-The Sunday schools
of the United Brethren, Lutheran and
Reformed Churches have arranged for
a union picnic to be held at Hershey
Park on Saturday, August s. Many at
fractions have been arranged for the
days amusements.-Miss Annie Miller
spent Thursday at Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-01
DINGER FAMILY REUNION
BY Special Correspondence

SeIinsgrOve, Pa, Aug. II family
reunion was held at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Augustus Dinger, of Aline,
near here on Sunday, when their chill;
dren and their closest relations cheered
following were present: Il. e. Dlnger,
of Grandin, Mo-; Mr.. and Mrs, S. A,
Dinger and daughter, Dorothy Spots
ters. Fay and Marie, and son. Ralph, all
of Shamokin;. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w
Dinger. of Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Artz, of Higgins; Mr.. and Mrs:
David Reinhart and daughter, Grace, of
Tamaqua; Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Sheaf-
fer and son, Ralph, of Newport.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-01
YOUNG BIxLER BURIED
By Special Correspondence

Enedrs, Pa. Aug. l. Mr.. n Mrs.
spending several days at the home of
Dr.. j. W. Neff. = Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
neiius Miller. of Lykens Valley, were
Harris DIETRICH and family, of Lykens,
spent Saturday with relatives in town;
"A number of Enders people attended
the funeral of Lerue BiXler, at Fisher
Vile, on Thursday. Young Bixler was
drowned at Harrisburg while attempt
ing to swim across the Invertebrates
Shoop spent Sunday at Tower City. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Sheets announce
the arrival of a son on Wednesday. the
29th. Emanuel Spannuth and Miss
Maud Lentz joined an excursion to
Reading on Sunday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-01
STATION AGENT I'LL
By Special Correspondents

Tower City, Pa, Aug. 1. - Charles
Shearer, station agent at ~Brookside,
was taken seriously i'll while at work.
He was removed to his home II is
slowly recovering. - Miss Mary Barn
hardt. while at work in the factory,
fell over in n faint. She was taken
home and medical aid summoned. She
is in a critical condition. : Mrs. a.
Shuey, at the age of 81. held her first
party. Many people responded to the
invitations, and a joyous time was
spent. - 4 party of young folks are
enjoying a ten-day camping trip to
Sand Springs. - Miss Helen Callen, a
clerk for several years in G. Schof-
stalls store, resigned and went to
Reading to work. The vacancy was
filled by Miss Freda Kantner. Miss
O'Connor, of Philadelphia, spent a
pleasant time with Miss Marie Welsh:
= Mr.. Hardin, of New York, visited
his friend, Miss Clara Ludwig.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-01
My dear little ones: oS,
Will you listen to the story of How Lady Bug Got n Day ON:
l know that each and every one o 4 you have a / o time oF
other in your life said these four lines:
Lady Bug. Lady Bug,
Fly away home:
Your house is on fire
And your children will burn

ibhI iJAof 10 Ci It
And your children will burn"
Well, it all happened in this way. You see Lady Bug, had ever
s many children. There We're little Lady Bugs. and. Gentlemen
Bugs of ali dissertation, each and every one wearing little brown
dresses with black polkadots, like Lady Bug herself and she was
the mother of them all.
Now Lady Bug never stirred from the front porch of her home,
s. everyone thought she was n very honey sort o Il a person. she
only seemed to like to emhroider polkadots on her babies dresses,
Mother doesn't care for parties" the little Lady Bugs used
to say, when they were all dressed up to go to a party. why
she never goes anywhere" -,
My dear wife does not are to fly around and see the. sights"
said Daddy Bug, when he went down town with his little. Bug
neighbors. She is perfectly happy at home sewing fol babies
or rocking them to sleep"
really knew Mamma. Lady Bug-that is the REAL Mamma Lady
Bug. The truth of the matter was that every time she dressed up
the little Lady Bugs to go to a party her very heart was aching to
put OF her pretiest dress and go to one too. For Mamma Lady
danced and sung and had a good time herself. -.
But she never let the little bugs know this because she thought
it might spoil their good time to know how very much she wanted
to go herself: So she washed their faces and, combed them inc
1t was the same way when Daddy Bug went. down street She
fairly ached to go down to a neighbors hersef-but then when
could she do the mending If she did? So she got SO much in the
habit of staying at home, that n eve thought of asking Lady
toned someone, was sure . say 1Dh. NIT. Lazy .bugt IN won
One day Lady Bug got to thinking and she thought very hard.
See here she said % herself dfi,dr d don't ot e h whg s 1 ho TbinE
am going out some place once a week.
So that evening Lady Bug timidly started, Daddy Bug, said
she. az think I should get away from home once a week. 1 get
81 tired sitting in the house all the time"
But Daddy Bug just looked at her in amazement. for he had
gotten so used to have her at home he thought she was getting
crazy. s o he never answered her. ~
"Sheu get over it / guess" said he, a he put on his hat and
went down town. Something must have gone wrong at home to-
So Lady Bug turned to the children. Children" said she. q
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-12
Prehistoric Dinosaurs Found.

What Is believed to be an important
find of hitherto undiscovered species
and genera of prehistoric land reptiles
has just been made. Twelve fossils
or skeletons Of dinosaurs, among them
two complete brontosaurs-the largest
animals that have ever lived-were
unearthed from the side of cliff nine
miles north Of Jansen, Utah, in what
was, IN distant ages, a river; as the
cobbles, mussel shells, and sand en-.
vironing the bones showed Besides
these specimens Of the extinct bronto-
saurus fossil, remains Of several stego-
saurus specimens were also brought
to light. These, Mr.. Hartley NJ. Phelps
tells US, are very rare. The stegosau-
rus was the most grotesqque animal
that ever existed. The brontosaurus
often attained length C 80 feet, but
10 had a small head. It's neck and tail
were short. Like the stegosaurus, it
lived by eating succulent herbs. It
had powerful legs, 10 feet or so in
length. The diplodocus measured 70
feet long, had an immense body, pow
erful legs, and an enormously long tall
and long neck, but small head. It
lived in sWamps and ate waterweeds.
Its remains have only been found on
the slopes Of the Rocky mountains.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-12
Women In War.

What splendid courage and I'm.
tagging zeal in their country's cause
the Boer women showed in the South
African war has never been so fully
realized as it will be now by all who
read the remarkable record just pub
lished under the title of "Petticoat
Commands" This is practically the
diary done in narrative form of girl
who, with her widowed mother, out
witted the English officers and men
and helped their countrymen. They
were clever, cultivated and kindly wo-
men, simply aglow with patriotism;
and to read what they did and how
they did 1t makes one realize afresh
what wonderful creatures women are.
Let scientists say what they will.
women are In no way inferior to men.
and In many ways vastly superior. In
resource certainly, in tact often, in
strength of purpose at least their
equals.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-12
WASTING TIME OVER DETAILS
Writer Points Out Mistake Made by
Many Men Who Occupy Executive
Positions.

Many a man in high executive po-
sition impairs his efficiency by trying
to do work that low priced subordi-
nate could accomplish just as well.
Some managers are proud of calling
themselves masters of details when
really the details have nearly mas
tered them" says writer in System.
Il remember the treasurer of bank
note company, who was forever I'm.
dertaking to show his clerks how much
better he could do their work than
they could. One day the president of
the concern took him by the shoulders,
backed him into his private Office,
rolled an armchair to the window, and
said solemnly: Your business here in
office hours is to sit in that chair and
think. That is what you are paid for
so do it,
"He had the right experience of de-
tail, but instead of using it to propel
his train of thought he kept it running
back and forth over it's own little, linn
tied track, and his activity didn't get
him anywhere"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-12
Rahoon on the Ramnaue.

A baboon which escaped from a
show at Dudley, Worcester, England,
attacked three people in the main
street of the town on a recent night,
and in the subsequent chase scaled
walls and reached the roofs of houses,
where 1t had to be shot. The animal
had been conveyed on the day of the
escape from the barracks at Lichfield,
the soldiers there parting with their
regimental pet, which had travelled
with them from Gibraltar. At the
show 1t was chained to the wall, but
during the evening wrenched itself
free, and knocking an attendant down,
rushed into the street, which was filled
with people. A boy was severely bit
ten on the leg, and had to be taken
to the hospital, and woman and q
girl received lesser injuries. The ami
NAL, after being followed by an excit.
ed crowd, reached the roof of house,
and although 1t eagerly devoared the
fruit that was thrown, 1t showed fight
when its capture was attempted.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-12
SEDAN CHAIR IS USED
The 3-century-old Vehicle 10 Still Seen
on May Day In knutsford,
England.

The news that there is a woman still
living who rode in a Sedan chair Is
reminder of the fact that there Is one
town in England where a Sedan chair
is still used. It is at Knutsford, In
Cheshire-the Crawford" of Mrs.
CasEell. Every May day Knutsford
arrays itself in gala attire. Sports are
held Oh the village green, the May
queen is elected and crowned, and
in order that no aspect of antiquity
should be missing-the Sedan chair II
produced.
Whatever may have been absolutely
the latest date at which Sedan chair
was used, the chair, at any rate, had
longer life than most forms OF public
conveyance. For 1t appeared in Eng
land as early as 1881. and in London
fifty years later, when Sir Francis Dun
comb obtained the sole privilege of
letting and hiring them. Thus the
Sedan chair was in use for roughly
three centuries, and how many hand
SONS are likely to be carrying passen-
gers in 2133, which will be the teroen.
tenary Of their Introduction ?-London
Chronicle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-12
SLAVERY or COLONIAL DAYS
More Than Half a Million Whites
Were Held In Bondage During
That Period.

Could we draw the curtain which
conceals the life OF prehistoric people,
we should see that the servant prob
lem is as old as the human race. In
deed. if it we're possible for extremes
to meet, cave-dwellers and denizens OF
twentieth century sky-scrapers would
doubtless converse sympathetically on
this never-ending problem. Its exist.
ence is due to the universal desire OF
man to use the strength of others for
his own profit and pleasure-an I'M
changeable trait of human nature.
During the colonial period of our
history, service was performed in the
main by two classes-the negro slave
and the indentured white servant,
writes Prof Marcus w. Jernegan In
Harper's Magazine. The white serv.
ant, a semi-slave, was more important
in the seventh century than even the
negro slave, in respect to both num-
bers and economic significance. Per-
haps the most pressing of the early
needs of the colonists was for a GER
tain and adequate supply of labor. 1t
was the white servants who supplied
this demand and made possible a rap
i'd economic development, particularly
of the middle and southern colonies.
In 1858 there were $4,000 of these
semi-slaves in Virginia, composing
about one-sixth of the population,
while nearly two-thirds of the immi-
grants to Pennsylvania during the
eighteenth century were white serv-
ants. Every other colony made great
er or less use of them, and it is likely
that more than half million persons
were of this class during the colonial
period.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-12
LIKE "ANGEL AT THE GATE"
swInburne In Gorgeous Array, APP
peared to Simple Villagers az
Flaming Apparitlon.

An amusing story of Swinburne Is
told by Edmund Gosse. At the age of
twenty-three Swinburne was sent to
study history under Bishop Stubs,
who was then In charge Of country
parish in Essex. He arrived there on
a Saturday and was excused attend
ance at Sunday morning church on the
ground that he must be tired with his
journey.
He had breakfast in bed, but finding
1t glorious morning he arrayed him
self in scarlet slippers and a light
crimson dressing gown, sauntered into
the garden and leaned pensively over
the gate, with his red hair flaming bril-
liantly in the sunlight.
The church bells were ringing and
the parishioners had all to pass the
parsonage gate to get to church. But
none Of them dared to pass the fam
ing apparition, and all came to halt.
The church bells stopped, but at the
instance of the vicar, who could not
believe that all the parishioners had
deserted him, were rung again.
At last the boldest man in the vii.
lage bolted past the gate and the rest
stampeded after him, Swinburne gaz-
ing at them in quiet wonder at their
strange method of going to church,,
Pail Mall Gazette.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-12
QUEST OF EL DORADO.
That Elusive Land Of Gold and Jewels
In South America.

Guiana is bounded on the north by
fhe great river Orinoco and on the
south by the still greater river ANA
zOn. These two grand rivers are con-
uected with one another. the Cisiqui-
ure, a branch from the 0rinoco, falling
into the Rio Negro, tributary Of the
Amazon. Within Guiana itself are
many rivers Of very considerable size.
The kingdom Of Ell Dorado was re
puted to exist somewhere between the
Rio Branco and the Essequibo, called
by the Indians the Brother of the ORR
noco. Manoa, the capital, was said to
be somewhere between the Rio BrancO
and the Rupununi, a tributary Of the
Essequibo. From the thirties Of the
sixteenth century some eighteen eXpe-
ditions had been sent by the Spaniards
to Guiana In search of the golden king
dom. Diego de Ordas, one of the cap
tains Of Cortes at the conquest of Mex
leo, led the first attempt In 1881. After
him followed many brave cavalier,
but all was in vain, and disasters as
well as failure attended nearly all the
expeditions.
From state paper In the public rec
ord office, London, it appears that in
1880 persons who Travelled in America
had reported that there was a place
where the women wore great plates of
gold, covering their whole bodies like
armor. In every cottage pearls were to
be found; in some houses peck. Ban
quoting houses were built of crystal,
with pillars of massive silver, some of
gold. Pieces of gold as big as mans
fist were to be found in the heads of
some of the rivers. Raleigh read ac-
counts Of these expeditions, but their
want of success did not deter him from
attempting to find the golden region
Blackwood's Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-12
Fear of Old Military Service.

A prisoners appeal to the court of
criminal appeal for longer sentence,
although the first on record before
that tribunal, is not altogether unpar-
alleled at the assize, for offenders who
have had the advantage of inside
knowledge Of the working of the pris-
ons acts have been known to ask the
judge to give them penal servitude in
stead Of short period of hard labor.
They shrink from the more Spartan
diet and severer restrictions that at
tach to the nominally lighter sentence
A century ago, when capital punish
ment was inflicted for many trivial
crimes, a prisoner was sometimes Civ
en- a choice-death or service in the
army or navy. And the services in
those days had such a terror for some
criminals that many elected to be
hanged instead of serving their coun-
try.-London Spectator.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-12
ESTATE OF ROBERT THoMPsoN

STATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF EssExss.
THE HONORABLE PROBATE. COURT FOR THE
DISTRICT AFORESAID:
To all persons interested in the estate Of Rob-
bert Thompson late of Brighton in said District,
deceased, GRRETING:
WHEREAS application hath been made to
this court in writing, by Administrator of the
estate OF the said said deceased praying for Ii
cence and authority to sell all OF real estate of
said deceased, for the payment of debts and
charges of administration, setting forth therin
the amount of debts due from said deceased the
charges Of administration, and the amount of
personal estate and the situation OF the real es-
tate
WHEREUPON, the said Court appointed and
assigned the - day of June 1914, at the Probate
Once IN Canaan in said district, to hear and
decide upon said application and ordered pub
lie notice thereof to be given to all persons in
terested therein, by publishing said order, to-
gether with the time and place of hearing, three
weeks successfully in the Essex County Her
aid, a newspaper which circulates in the vicin-
ty of those persons interested in said estate all
OF which publications shall be previous to
the day assigned for hearing
THEREFORE, you are hereby cited to ap-
pear before said Court, at the time aud place as
signed, then aud there in said Court to make
your objections to the granting of such license
if you see cause.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND at Canaan in said
District,t this 10th day of May A D 1914,
.,.. 49,. Edwin o. CARL, Judge.