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The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31
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courdrY s.. IN, joke.

'My wife and came neariy having
. quarrel on where we should spend
our honeymoon" said the young man
who hnd not been long marritd. But
II was settled by nmicable compromise.
Just az l hope all our trifilng disagvee-
ments will be settled.
'.You see, sns,Id get only month
o. She wanted to go to the seashors.
and l wanted to 60 to the mountains.
Finally suggested that we spend two
weeks ut the shore and two In the
mountains She thought 1t over for a
minute and then gnve In. very awcetiy.
And now she says It was positive
Inspiration. She was having bully
time ut the shore. but she refused to
stay single day after our time WINS
up"
allow many new dresses did she have
in her wardrobe?" asked an interested
listener.
"why-er-fourteen. ] think. lint
what's TINT got to do with u? Why.
darn you fellows. what are yon all
laughing at?" Plain Dealer.
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31

VI ALL nANDKD BOB 8KALKD ENvUL0tL
viii discover the cases where valer-
tines have been exchanged-that -.
where fellow sends 4 valentine to
the girl WIN sends him one"
Bob pa,isfd and looked at me In
quiringly. He didn't feel verv certain
Of bis plrp sud wondered II I sp-
proved.
"Weli." 1 said. what thenr'
..Whv, there are a number Of why's
the thing might he followed up. One
IN we might hsve a mock marriage
between apv couple who have made
an exchange Of valentines. Another
Is we might get the same persons to-
gether the next St Valentines day.
and II any Of the e.chsrgers have
been married they must pay forfeit
or something like that. Seer
"Rob." exclaimed. "bow In thu
world Goes that skull Of yours dnd
room for such gigantic inventive DOW
ers7 IN tell yon what to do to make
the AFFAIR success"
.What?"
"Jnst you lie. me make ont the list Of
Invitations.
"IIl do IT,"
He ciapWAd his palm IN mine: then.
sitting down at n desk. we tooF M
writing materials nrd made .he list,
Bob approving in every instance. There
were only Ave couples. for the Ed
wards country residence Ia not over
large: besides. l Arranged the. Derrona
invited TO suit my own ideas. They
were to arrive Ave days before the 14th
and to remain tive days after.
hob. old man." remarked after we
had carefully revised the list and made
all the changes we thought necessary.
"that party Is going to be love feast !"
"a regular Cupid. srolic."
zone thing don't understnnd-why
YOU invite them 1--WE days before St
Valentines day"
"lt's this wav. They have Eve days
for preliminary lovemaFing. one day
ON which the announcements are to bs
rade-that's six-and one day for .
art Of honeymoon. you know"
by love. you've hit 1t just right.
But isn't the honeymoon rather shortf'
.'Short! Not at all. It's very long
in proportion to a real honeymoon
The honeymoon Of couple that lives
to celebrate their golden wedding lasts
only one-tweifth Of one-iftieth Of their
married life. and that's too long for
sore Of EN-"
.What an old head you have on those
young shoulders of yours" said Bob
admirtngiy.
We assembled on the 9Th OF Febru-
airy. most of us arriving just In time to
dress for dinner. NJ. and Mrn. I'd
wards. Boh's parents. were not present
l had suggested widow. Mrs Bar.
stow. for chaperop. She presided AZ
one end Of the table at dinner. Bob
sitting at the other No one present
knew her except myself. and ! knew
all about her She was twenty seven
years old and rnt.ier good hooking.
And here ! will divulge secret. One
rrasop had entered enthusiastically
into Bob's plan and he'd secured the
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31

CORPORAL Mitrzyslnw Smlalkowskl
formerly served IN the qunrtermaster
corps at the Preside of San Francisco
under Major X. J. Hampton.
One day Major Hampton had had
cold md sneezed frequently. and thnt
dny Corporal Mieczyslnw went into
Major Hampton's office about ten times
md asked that officer II he hadn't cpli.
ed him when he hadn't.
A man with bad cold Isn't apt to be
in the hest OF humOrs. and the eleventh
time the Corporal appeared without he
Ing called the major was mad clear
through.
"DogRone it. corporal" he snapped.
I've got holy terror Of a cold. and II
you persist in coming In here every time
I sneeze becauxe you thinx I'm trying
b pronounce your foot naine III. h1ts
you up before summary court II ~
the last net do before sneexe myself
to death."-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31

when ambition led me into an acci-
dental seat In congress- says Henry
A. Barnbart OF Indiana In the Chicaru
Record Herald. 'the congressional d.
rectory carried a ten line biographical
announcement that new member
from iniiann had first been farmer.
then nm editor. incidentally prison
director and state insane hospital truss
tee and then a congressman.
Zone day Uncle Joe was phIlosophiz-
Ing In the cloak room. and he said: I
see new member from Indiana has
had. remarkably consistent career
He was first II farmer from there he
stepped down to the editorial chair.
thence to the renitentiary. thence to
the Insane asylum and thence 10 the
very nature Of consistency to CON
gross"
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31

Somebody did golden deed.
Proving himself friend In need.
Somebody sang n cheerful song.
Bright'nlng the skies the whole day long
Was that somebody you!
Somebody thought ills sweet to live.
Willingly said. I'm glad to give
Somebody fought valiant fight.
Brnyely he lived to shield the right
Was that somebody your
Somebody idled all the hours.
Carelcssly crushed life's fnirest howers
Somebody made life loss, not gain.
Thoughtlessly seemed to live in vain.
Was that somebody you?
Somebody ,lied the day with Hight.
Constantly chased away tho night.
Somebodv's work bore 10y and peace.
Surely his life shall never cease
Was that somebody you:
-. Author Unknown.
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31
RECALLED
IS R[DEDICATED
President Wilson on Spot
Where Washington and
Adams Once Stood.


by the pale. reflective face and delicate
figure Of James Madison and. above
NIL. by the short. burly. bustiing form
OF General Knox. with ruddy cheek.
prominent eye and still more prominent
proportions of another kind.
'ln the semicircle which was formed
behind the chair nnd on either hand Of
the president my boyish gaze WINS at
trnctcd by the splendid attire Of the
Chevniier d'Yrujo. the Spanish ambas-
sador. then the only foreign minister
near our infant government His gilt
tering star. his silk chapeau bras. edg-
cd with ostrich feathers. his foreign
mir and courtly herring contfasted
strangely with those noblemen Of ma
lures forming who stood about him
1t was very fair representation Of
the old world and the new.
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31

There had been great excitement
over the coming Of comet. and five
yenr-old Bobby had been eagerly
watching for 1t. One night his father
reused him from sleep and took him
In bis arms to see it. Wake up.
Bobby. wake upr' snid his father.
Look. Bobby: Do you see the comet?"
Bobby looked sleepIIy up into the sky.
Then came the long drawn bray Of
donkey. Bobby's head sank down on
his father's shoulder. "Oh. Bobby"
said his mother. wake UP and see the
comet-' II seed IT," ,rurmnred Bobby
and refused to look amy more. The
next morning Bobby was playing In
the garden when he heard n sound thar
made him raise hls head. He listened
attentively. 1t was the bray OF
donkey. Bobby rushed into the house.
Mother. mother" he shouted. there
goes the comet again"
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31
His Card.


About dozen years ago London
costermonger who hud saved tidy
sum Of money went into the carting
business OH his own account Finally
he secured big contract for removing
and disposing Of ashes. out Of which
he nude fortune. Then he innde n
splurge. md. having Invested part Of
bis money In house property in the
east OF London. he wished TO rise. like
a phoenix, from his nslies into some sort
Of society. His golden key applied to
the Golfers Of an impecunious aristo-
..rat opened the way.
His new friend. among other things
advised him that visiting cards we're II
necessity. ind ms guide to dra wing
one up rendy for the printer banded
him one Of his own. which read. "Hur-
old De We're. Iona House. Portsmouth
Squire. W."
Two days later as De We're was sit
ting In his dressing room at breakfast
a servant brought in on saIver Wis
iting card herring the following:
Ephraim Newrich. Own % Houses
London. E."
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31

The deficit of the federal treasury
for the three months Of the current
fiscal year has reached $40 343. 600 as
compared with sl.S1O6N n year ago.
September. however. made better
showing tlnn the previous months OF
the current year. receipts exceeding
disbursements by $2.O50,Olo.
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31

Every movement OF the dancers In
cafes and theater In Chicago where
the tango IL danced will be closely
watched by committee Of the city
council. appointed recently by Mayor
Harrison to obtain suggestions for
the framing Of tango ordinance
what IL the tango and when Il II
inlmoral?" are two questions to lie de-
cided. Mayor Harrison made the ap-
pointments upon the order Of the coun-
I'll.
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31

BY means OF long process OF selec-
ton. covering more than century. the
dwellers on the Island Of Shikoku. ia
pan. have perfected a breed of ROSTERS
with tail feathers more than eighteen
feet in length.
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31
HISTORIC SCENES
As OLD HALL
Venerable Congress Hall In
Philadelphia Teens With
Patriotic Memories.


~TANDlNG on the snme spot In
old Congress hall in Phlladel-
phia. where STOOD George Wash
ington when he took the oath
Of office at his second Inauguration and
John Adams when he succeeded the
"Father OF his country" ar president
Of the United States. President VIII
son on Oct. % played conspicuous
part In the impressive ceremonies that
marked the restoration and perpetual
ton AS public monument Of one of
the most important historic structures
left standing In this country. Around
him at the time were a host Of foreign.
state and national dignitaries. with
members OF both houses Of congress
chosen to represent those who original
ly assembled In congress in those fate
full days In the infancy Of the republic.
The rededication Of old Congress
hall. now restored to something like
its original appearance. md Its formal
opening to the public is an event OF
more thur local interest. Few struc.
lures now standing can vie with this
venerable building in respect to the
historic Importance Of the events that
took place there. and fewer still can
produce the thrill OF patriotic senti.
ment which must fill the heart OF every
American as the early associations of
the hall n - roca llad
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31

A baby was born in an automobile,
speeding sixty miles an hour to an In
diana hospital. She is doing well.
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31
Minute "Moyies
Of the News
Right Off the Reel

Golf ball. measured leaving tile tee.
was found to be travelling 800 miles an
hour.
A violinist's little finger. which had
become useless, was amputated. ana
the little toe of bis left foot was graft
ed on its place by Kiel surgeon. Now
he can fiddle as well as ever.
Wedding ring lost thirty-seven years
ago has Just been found In New Jer-
sey, six inches under ground.
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31
The Inaugural Address.

moments while the members resumed
their seats. the president arose and.
taking from his breast roll of manu-.
script. proceeded to read his address.
Ills voice was full and sonorous. deep
and rich in its tones, free from the
trumpet ring which 1t could assume
amid the tumuit Of battle (and which
ia said to have been distinctly heard
alJ"ve its roar. but sufficiently loud
and clear to I'LL the chamber and be
heard with perfect ense In its most re-
mote recesses.
lie read. us he did everything else.
In dignity. but without the smallest
attempt ut display. Having concluded.
he placed the manuscript upon the to-
BILE before him and resumed his seat.
when. after slight pause. he arose
and withdrew. the members rising and
remaining on their feet until he left
the chamber
Next In importance to the Inaugural
ton Of Washington was tint Of John
Adams. which ended WashingtOn's
second administration. establishing
precedent that no succeeding chief ex-
ecutive has ever broken.
While congress held its sessions In
this building the United Suites mint
and the United States bank were es.
tablished; Vermont, Kentucky and
Tennessee were admitted to the Union:
the army and navy were organized
upon a permanent basis; Jays treaty
determining our relations with Eng.
land. resulting In much difference Of
opinion. was considered and rutited:
the whisky insurrectlon WIS SUPPRESS
ed: tile wnrs with the Indians were.
fought and the power OF the redman
finally broken In the new world. thus
winning the west for civilization.
Last Session In Hall.
Congress- met in the hall for the last
time on the 18th day Of May. 1900
The dnaI net Of the senate In the build
Ing was to request the president to In
struct the attorney general to prose-
| cute william Duane. editor OF the Au-
rore. for II dcfamntory libel. Thereaft-
er that body adjourned to meet In the
city OF Washington. eS
The subsequent history OF the build.
Ing is less eventfui and. though cover
Ing a long period. few authentic details
are accessible. From the time con-
gress left 1t has been used as court
house. the district court. the court OF
common plens. the supreme court of
Pennsylvania and the United Suites
circuit court occupying the building at
different periods.
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31
How Warrington Looked.

''Washington was dressed In full
suit of the richest black velvet. his
lower limbs In short clothes diamond
knee buckles and black silk stockings
His shoes, which were brightly japan
ned. were surmounted by large square
silver buckles His hair. carefully dis
played in the manner OF the dry. was
richly powdered and gathered behind
into black silk bag. on which was n
bow of black ribbon. In his hand he
carried "a plain cooked hat decorated
with the American cocknde. He wore
by his side light. slender dress sword.
in n shagreen scabbard. with richly
ornamentel .bilt. His gait was DELHI
crate. his manner solemn and self pos
sessetl. and he presented altogether
the most august human figure had
then or have since beheld.
at the head Of the senate stood
Thomas jefferson in blue coat. single
breasted. with large basket buttons
his vest and small clothes Of crimson.
I remember being struck by his ami
mated countenance Of n brick red hue.
his bright eye and foxy hair. as well
ns his tall. gunnt. nngainly form and
square shoulders.
IA perfect contrast was presented
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31
Halls Notable History.

Congress hall has notable history,
second only to that Of the celebrated
Independence hall. where the Declara-
ton Of Independence was signed.
which Is located close to 1t. Yet 1t
must be admitted that even well In
formed Americans are not MS well nc
quainted ms they should be with the
significant. world influencing events
that make up the history of the build
Ing in the early days of American In.
dependence.
When 1t IL considered that such i'm
portant events In the country's history
as the second Inauguration OF Wash
ington. the first inauguration of John
Adams. the ratification Of the Jay
treaty and the. enactment Of the allen
and M-dition laws. some slight Idea Of
the Importance Of old Congress- hall MS
an historic landmark may be gained.
Here. too. Washington delivered his
farewell address upon his 6nai retire
nent into private life. and here also
CHIEF Justice John Marshall announced
to the shocked and saddened members
Of the congress that he who was FIRST
in war. flrst In peace and frst in the
heart of his country" had passed
away.
The Meeker herald., 1914-01-31


The chaneron couldn't stay alone with
two men. SO she departed also The
consequence was that on St valen
tines day at o'clock In the evening
Bob and ! dined alone.
Billy" said Bob. you provided more
time for the homogeneous than was
needed after ALL
"3ob." replied. y'm looking for
ward to real honeymoon"
with whomT
.The widow"
tossed the valentine l had received
from her. aud when he didn't ind =
mark ON 1t ! told him how IT had been
left Under my door.
When the next st. Valentines day
came round had married the widow.
and we sent ont invitations to all who
had been guests at Bob Edwards house
marty for one Mt our own residence. A
year before the lady who was now
m. wife was not popular among the
girls of those present. and they would
have then scorned her Invitation. but
meanwhile they had made 1t up with
the men. and some Of them had mar
ried those to whom they had sent their
valentines. So they accepted cordially.
Pob WAS there too. but on condition
TINT had no valentine scheme On
hand. He has not to this day quite
forgiven me for spelling hin idea for
renovating thu anniversary.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12

handling u tae three branches o.
Their army-the cavalry. infantry and
artillery-surprise me I had thought
that tie CoustitutionaHsts were a
disorganized band Of guerrilla fight
ers. but these views dIsillusion me %
Mr Comfort waited until the con
clusion OF the performance. and then
sought out President Harry Z. Ait
ken. Of the Mutual Film Corporation.
whose camera men now at SaltIllo
with General Villas army filmed The
scenes presented iu the seven-reeI
feature
u want 10 congratulate YOU. Mr.
Aiken, said Mr. Comfort. This
ilm is going 70 do one thing at least
it will dispel the idea entertained
by most Americans that the invasion
Of Mexico would be a little vacation
similar 10 the Spauish-American war
for our soldiers. These views show
that Villa is equipped with modern
French seventy give and eighty MILL
meter field guns and HotchIziss and
Colt automatic machine guns. czapa Die
Of spraying thirty bullets a second
4 am convinced that if we at
tempted TO invade Mexico we should
find al factions united in three
months, and with their knowledge
Of the terrain and experience gained
in the fighting Of the last two years
We should have a stupendous task on
our hands If We ever undertook TO
subdue and garrison the country
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
BUSY DAY AHEAD
FOR LEAGUE MINES
Games for All Eight Teams in
Manufacturers League To-
morrow Afternoon.

All of the eight teams that COM
pose the Manufacturers League will
be seen in action tomorrow afternoon.
The ght for first place is still between
the Edison nine and the representa-
tives of the Spltdorf Company. The
Splitdorf men will play the Croker
Wheeler nine tomorrow at Athletic
Park, and, as the Crocker- Wheeler
boys are in fifth place, the Splitdorf
nine are expecting easy victory. The
tables may be turned, however. Edi-
son will tackle Hyatt at Ampere oval
tomorrow. The Edisons are likely to
have their hands full, for the Hyatt
nine has been hitting the ball hard in
recent games. The Other games will
be between the Arlington and White
-Hoag mines, at Arlington Oval,
and the Banister and Weston teams,
at Roseville Oval.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
DEFEAT OF BULL
/. SURPRISES FANS
Brooklyn Tennis Star Sue
cumbs TO Shafer in State
Championship Tourney.

The large gallery that Witnessed the
play in the New Jersey State cham
plonship tennis tournament at the
Englewood Field Club yesterday were
treated TO a surprise when Charles M.
Bull, jr., the star player of the Cres-
cent Athletic Club, Brooklyn, was de-
teated in the third round by G. Carl
ton Shafer of the Seventh Regiment,
New York. The guardsman played
all around Bull, and won in straight
sets at 6-4. 6-3.
otto II. Hinek and Frank Kidde,
of the Montclair Athletic Club, for
the doubles title were put out of the
running yesterday by H. Torrance
and M. Hamilton in the round before
the semi-finals scores, Cd, Cd.
S. H Voshell, of the Borough Park
Lawn Tennis Club, Brooklyn, holder
of the Bronx county and Eastern
New York State titles, gave promise
of adding the New Jersey champion
ship to his string, for he came
through to the final round, defeating
Two on his way. In the fourth round
he won from G. A. Gordon in straight
sets, at 60, al, and went back on
the court to defeat Leslie Cooper in
the mi-final, at 60, 6-3.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
SANCTION AWARDS
TO BARRINGER BOYS
Athletic Association Also Conn
pletes Officers List at FL
nal Meeting.

Barringer High Schools Athletic
Association held the last meeting of
the semester yesterday afternoon. Art
Smethurst was elected treasurer of
the association, while Lansing Ten
Eyck was named as secretary. Both
of these offices are under faculty su-
pervision. The election of the presi-
dent and vice-president took place
last night, when Perry Foster and
Ray Terhune were named, respective
ly. LIE Roy Korb and Ray Terhune
were selected to represent Barringer
in the New Jersey Interscholastic
League. The association. sanctioned
the award of ernblems to the follow
ing baseball players
Varsity, Andrew Dempsey, captain;
Perry Foster, Whitman, Jack Dia-
mond, Hulmes, Clyde GARDENER,
Charles Halstead, Harold Karr, Lynn
Steadman, Louis Bodenstein and Sill
ker. Second team, Pope, Cohen, Cum
mings, Hagopian, Golinski, Puccilo
and Rood
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
Millions in Gold on Ships
From New York to Europe

NEW YORK, June 12.-Nearly
every fast Atlantic liner leaving New
York this week is carrying millions
of gold coin, consigned from Wall
Street bankers to Europe. Never be-
fore in the history of international
banking has so much gold been sent
abroad as in the present week, and
1t is expected that engagements still
to be made, before the end of the
week. will clinch the record for many
years to come.
Already there are on the ocean,
aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm and
La Savoie, 81, 100000 in American
gold coin, consigned to the Bank OF
France. The St. Paul, sailing tomor-
row, and Oceanic, leaving Saturday.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
NEWARK EVENING STAR: FRIDAY JUNE Il, 1914

will carry S6,5OO.OO0 more, ali but
100000 of which is for the Bank of
France On Saturday, then, there
will be on the Atlantic Ocean, bound
eastward, Sc, 900 gold. Not even
the Spanish galleons Of the days OF
Francis Drake and Henry Morgan
carried such wealth in their holds.
Roughly calculated, the weeks gold
shipments weigh twenty-seVen tons.
and require $50 kegs for transporta-
ton, each key containing $50, 600
All but 100000 of the shipments are
in American eagles and double eagles.
The surplus amount is in bullion. and
IS for transfer to England. Small as
this engagement is, in comparison
with all the others that have been
arranged for France, # has attracted
more attention
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
MEXICAN BATTLE
FILM NOT A SHAM
War Correspondent Recognizes
Moving Picture of Torreon
Fight as Real Thing"

VIII Lexington Comfort. who has
seen service under FIRE as a war cor
respondent in Manchuria in 1904. in
the Philippines from 1900 to 1902 and
before that during the Spanish Amer
lean war in 1898, recently witnessed a
production of The Life of Villa ana
Battle of Torreon" motion pictures
at the Lyric Theatre, New York.
By George" exclaimed Mr.. Com
fort as the pictures were shown.
these views are the real thing,
There is no taking here. The co-or-
dination shown by the Constitution
alist forces in the assembling and