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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-27
Miss Fairfax
Answers Queries
KEEP THIS PROMISE

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
1 am a locomotive fireman and extra
engineer, 26 years old, and have an
angel of sister, II years old, totally
dependent on me for support; also
have a sweetheart, 20 years old. I
have never used tobacco or liquor, and
never gambled till few days ago. At
the other end of the road the boys
playfully accused me of being afraid
to lose dime. 1 shot craps for about
an hour to shut them up, but cleaned
up about $40. ] took their money and
bought each of the girls 500 hat then
told them how I got the money. They
both threw the hats at may feet. Sis
ter has cried ever since. My sweet
heart says she is afraid she was mis-
taken in me, and has given me back
the engagement ring. Will you please
tell me what to do? I'll never gamble
again. "TREED,"
Ask the girls not to lose faith in you
because of your one blunder. Tell
them that you have had your lesson
and will never offend again. Each of
them is only waiting for you to heal
the breach that in their first disap-
pointment in you they themselves
caused.
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lives.
Snobbery is cruel vanity and means
caddishness. 1t is a desire to shine ut
some one else's expense. 1t means a
wish to contrast ones own superiority
with some one else's inferiority in q
way that will hurt and degrade them
wantonly and unnecessarily.
1t is bad enough to be ashamed in
your heart If your mother is a washer
woman and your father a coal HEAVIER.
But If you fight this touch of snob-
bishness and teach yourself that the
further you rise the more pride you
must have in your humble beginnings,
this touch of snobbery will only help
you to be stronger as you conquer it.
The supreme quality of snobbery is
parade of wealth or family in the
vulgar, selfish and even wicked desire
to humiliate those who are less fortu-
nate. To the pleasure of the genuine
snob it is essential that some one else
be hurt and humiliated.
Take stock of yourself. Are you one
OF the human pests? Are you a cruel,
selfish snob?
Are You UnlSind?
Are you unkind to your people be-
cause you fear that the fine friends
you are making in your upward climb
in this world might laugh at your
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GO SHOPPING FOR LAUGHS

Among other things that you are
going to buy to-day, don't fail to in.
clude the purchase of some laughs al
the Colonial Theater. The Guy Bart
lett Trio is there to hand them to YOU
as fast as you can take them. An un.
usual number of good songs are also
included on the bill, and La Graciosa' $
beautiful posing act is worth the price
of admission alone. For next week two
excellent bills have been booked for
the Colonial. Five dancing girls are
In one act. and their work Is of the
sort that has kept them busy in the
bigger vaudeville houses all winter. =
Advertisement
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" and with much painting to tn, dais
before a mural painting of Justice,
flanked by another Of the three Fates.
A jury was quickly secured from the
panel, and twelve men who had de-
clared that they were not opposed to
capital punishment. that they had not
read the newspapers, that they had no
opinions whatever and were perfectly
competent to give Montgomery fair
trial and order his life snuffed out,
took their seats in the jury box.
The annals Of New York's courts are
packed with cases where hysterical
editorials, articles Of human interest"
by special men and women writer's
forcing sympathy for murderers and
murderesses, have brought about ac-
quittals. But in the case of the peo-
pie or the police against James Mont
gomery there was no outcry for mer-
cy. There was not enough of sordid-
ness in the crime to give the public q
real thrill. He was not of the real
murderer's type-the kind that slays
for selfshness or hate. He was not a
minister of the gospel nor was he the
dissolute son of Pittsburgh million
aire.
The watchman of the bank in the
west side had been cracked over the
head with an iron instrument. His
end was rs prosaic as had been his
birth and life.
There was no crowd in the court
room as Garrett rose and announced
that the defense was ready for trial.
The policeman who had caught the
prisoner running away from the scene
of the murder with kit of tools sat
on the left Of the prosecuting attorney.
Three other witnesses sat near them.
They were to testify that on the night
OF the murder they had seen the pris-
onr lurking in the HeIrs Kitchen Sec
ton of the city on the North river
front One of these was q stool pigeon
of long service to the detective bureau,
man hired to betray fellow criminals
md one whose own crimes were over
looked because of his usefulness.
There was one other witness, a man
who combined knowledge of bacteri-
ology and chemistry with a knowledge
of the science developed by Bertillon-
anthropometry. Garrett looked at him
curiously and wondered what part he
would play In the case. The police
had not produced this witness until
the trial was begun. 1t was an old. .po-
lice trick.
The indictment charging murder was
read. and the prisoner pleaded not
guilty.
ITO be Continued.1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-27
Electricity Is the
Ideal Service For
Heating an Incubator

While the electric current Is rather
expensive, 1t is the ideal method of
heating the incubator. Once adjusted,
there Is nothing further to be done but
turn the eggs and wait the twenty
days, since the uniformity of this heat
gains day There is no fire risk and
no odor. On the other hand. the cost.
which depends directly on the cold
ness of the room in which the ma
chine is operated, may run as high as
10 cents per day. But peace of mind,
safety and certainty are sometimes
oheap at any price. Each person has
his own idea about added moisture,
but where there is no flame in the
room the air may be far dryer than
normal and a wet bulb thermometer
will show that more moisture Is needed
than when flame is used.
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Are You a Snob?

mothers broken English or your
fathers habit of eating with his knife
| If you forget to "honor your father
and mother" you are a contemplate
snob.
| Are you silly enough to wear Jew
els and over-elegant clothes to work
so the people who meet you in street
cars and at your place of employment
many envy or admire your affiuence
In this showing yourself ignorant of
the fitness of things you also show
yourself to be vain and underbred
snob.
Are you so proud of your ances-
try that you don't feel called upon
to exert yourself to prove yourself a
worthy descendant?
Do you laugh at the blunders and
misfortunes of others?
Do you insist on having all sorts OF
resDectful favor paid you, regardless
of time and place? For instance, do
you go off for days shopping, and
on your way home glare at the poor,
tired day laborer who fails to honor
you by arising that you may sit?
Do you sneer at some one who
works in your Office and occupies a
do?
In any of these cases you are a
snob.
Watch Yourself
Watch yourself for the vanity that
makes you humiliate others. 1t is
snobbery.
Do your duty in that station to
which you have risen. But on the
day when you find yourself taking
pleasure in awakening jealousy in
another by parading your advantages; (;
the hour when you find yourself
vaunting or Haunting to make others
you find yourself pressing forward
so others may feel Inundated by
being left behind. that moment go
down on your knees and pray God
to be merciful to you-a contemplate
SNOB!
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DON'T PLAY KISSING GAMES

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
1 am a girl 18 years of age, and
would very much appreciate your an
swering this question: About a week
ago I attended a party given by a girl
friend of mine. kissing games were
the only amusements indulged in. The
girls at the party were very angry
with me and said was uot sociable or
congenial because 1 did not play the
games, Gas I was the only one that
did not), while at the same time one
of the boys told me after the party
was over that did exactly right. Do
you think that I acted stubborn or
selfish because I refused to let self-re-
spect get away from me? Do YOU
think that all the boys thought more
of me for not playing?
PERPLExED.
I think you were quite right not to
forget your self-respect and indulge in
such an unworthy pastime as kissing
games" Do not allow yourself to be
Influenced against your better iudg-
ment by what any silly girl says about
s'sociability." Men always admire and
respect a girl who respects herself.
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Mike KearneY was satisfied. His eYi-


Mike Kearney was satisfied. His evi-
dence was all in shape. He left the
cracked, dirty, criminal courts build
ing on Center street and threaded his
way into the lower east side. On o.
iver street, close to the old Cherry hill
section, he came to a three story brick
building that had been a fine residence
in the days when Canal street was the
city's northern boundary. 1t had been
made over into fats, and his home was
on the top floor.
At the head Of the top flight of stairs
his mother stood waiting for him. She
kissed him and, with a hand on his
arm, escorted him into the kitchen of
the fat. She pulled chair up to the
kitchen table and hung up his hat and
coat.
The room was spotless and had a
wholesome, homely aspect. The only
picture on the kitchen walls-and the
kitchen was also the dining room for
mother and son-was that of the Saw
four.
breeze of the autumn evening made
crispy scrim curtains rise, flutter and
!. fall Kearney tilted his chair back
against the wall and sighed his con-
tent as he sat in his shirt sleeves and
glanced about the room. He had as
yet said nothing.
"Ye're that solemn, Nike" protested
his mother, that ye'd give good
fairy tn blues. What's ailin' We, lad?"
"Nuthin'," he replied. II gotta case
on tomorrow, and l don't want to
make slip up."
"A big case" she asked.
"No, but it's murder"
"Murder!' she echoed with awe In
her voice.
"The Montgomery case I told We
about"
"Oh. an he's only broth of boy!'
"CroOks start young"
She spread clean cloth in the rear
of the little, old fashioned house, crept
to the scrim curtains and darkened
them. Kearney closed the windows
and lighted the gas jet over the center
of the room.
The mother placed bread and butter,
boiled beef. potatoes and cabbage on
the table, and they sat down for their
evening meal. Mrs. Kearney made the
sign of the cross, and her son, from
long habit, bowed his head and touch
ed his breast in three places.
They were eating in silence when the
electric bell beside the kitchen door
tingled feebly.
"Who's that, wonderT' asked Kear-
ney, reaching behind him and pressing
the button which would open the street
entrance. They had resumed their
meal when there came a light tap at
the door.
"Come in." called Mrs. Kearney.
The door opened. The light over
head flooded the frail figure of wom-
an In black. She was old and little
bit of creature with the frame of a
mere child Her clothes were of poor
quality, but were wonderfully neat and
uoy. Sne wore an OLD rasnloned bon
net trimmed with stiff, white ruching.
Her hands were ungloved. and they
showed small and thin and heavily vein-
ed. Her face was very pale. and in
her faded eyes was light of dreadful
anxiety.
"Come In. ma'am, won't ye. and have
a seat" asked Mrs. Kearney. leaving
her chair and going to the visitor.
The little old woman entered and
sat on the edge of chair offered her.
"What can do, for you, ma'amr
asked Kearney, half turning from his
plate.
"You can do everything for me. SIR"
she replied. with quaver in the sound
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The
QUARRY Y
6NCN6N
By JOHN A. MOROSO
Copyright, 1913, by Little, Brown & Co

Copyright, 1913, by Little, Brown & Co.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-27

A snob is a pest
to society and
should be regarded
as a natural enemy
by every one who
has the good of
mankind at heart.
And yet almost
all of us have a
touch of snobbery
in our natures. We
must all be very
careful not to let
the plant grow into
a tangle of weeds
that will choke all
the sweetness and
and human kindness
in the garden of our
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-10-22

she should know. though he would
never have told her In life. 1t was
done and he would find out now II
Pietro indeed cared for her, II she
cared for Pietro. And II not, then one
had waited long enough; then at last
the Joy Of the thought choked him.
A knock came at the door of the
room In the London lodging where he
sat with Lucy Hampton's letter before
him. Fritz Rickenbaeh stood there;
his highness would like to see the
chevalier. All personal thoughts we're
locked swiftly into the drawer with
Lucy's letter and "the princes bright
shadow" went to the prince.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-10-22

men Of Europe, It may also happen
that by some single act OF mlsmanage.
ment he will throw away his career
or his life. God keep him safe." Pie
tro said simply.
And Alike echoed it-"God keep him
safe!' And then, Il am going to write
him. Pietro-about US. My father
knows where to reach him at Bou-
logne am going to say Just word
that what he has wished for all his
life Is true. 1t will get to him the
night before the battle"
Are you sure you are right, Alixe?"
Pietro asked doubtfully.
Sure said Alike buoyantly.
Give him my love, then," said Pie.
tro.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-10-22
CHAPTER XXI.
The Night Before,

Out In the dark, in the harbor Of
Boulogne. the ship Edinburgh Castle
lay rocking in the wind. Prince Louis
Bonaparte, who had chartered her, and
the handful OF his followers who had
sailed with. him on her from England
had disembarked quietly at twilight,
and In small companies had succeeded
In entering the town and the quarters
OF the officers who were. in France,
the nucleus and the hope Of their at
tempt In the rooms of Lieutenant
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-10-22
CHAPTER xxx.
The Prince, erioht shadow.

The Princes Bright Shadow.
There are old people living In Eng.
land today who remember hearing
their fathers and mothers speak Of a
young Frenchman Of uncommon per
sonality. constantly seen with Prince
Louis Napoleon during the last days
Of his life in London in the year 1S40.
Lady Constance Cecil nicknamed this
Frenchman the princes bright
shadow" There seemed to be closer
tie than brotherhood between them,
and the tradition runs that the mys.
tical prince had superstition that his
luck went with him In the person OF
the Chevalier Beaupre.
1t was all as 1t Should be; he was
entirely happy. He had asked three
wishes Of the good fairies. as he had
said long ago; that the prince should
be emperor-that he might become "a
marshal Of France under another Bona.
parte"-that Alike should love him
The first two he believed about to be
realized. The last? It was not now
the time to think OF that. Alike had
kissed him good-by. That would more
than do till the fight was over. So be
sped back to London, missing Pietro
but hopeful and buoyant. And In Lon
don there was letter for him from
Virginia.
Dear Francois" Lucy began. "Tc
think that the flrst letter sent to you
by Harry's wife should be to tell you
that she has betrayed your trust In
her. l am distressed beyond words
for ! have made mistake which may
mean distress to you. You remember
the letter to Alike which you trusted
to me to send In case anything should
happen to you? had 1t In my hand
the week after my wedding when had
gone upstairs to get other letters for
Europe which my father had command
ed me to send by the next packet. And
In some stupid unexplainable way
slipped yours-your precious letter
among them In place of one to my IA.
thers agents In London, and l hur
ried down and gave the parcel to Sam
bo. who was waiting to ride to Nor
folk with them. And then Harry and
l went away on a visit to Martins
Brandon for three days, and It was
only when l came back that / discov
cred the dreadful mistake had made
Can you ever forgive me? Harry and
I thought over every possibility Of stop
ping 1t, but there seemed to be nc
chance. Are you very angry with me
dear friend Of Harry's and Of mIne7"
The letter went on, with reproaches
and regrets and finally slipped into q
tale of new happy life which Fran.
coils had made possible for the two
He read 1t over several times. His
letter to Alike. which should have been
sent only after his death, had gone to
her. What then? She would know
that he loved her; that he had loved
her always; that he would love her
forever; that the one wish of his life
had been that she should love himself
not Pietro. He had said that In the
letter; that was all. He was glad that
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-10-22
tTo BE coNTINUED.)
PHILOSOPHERS Purpose.

i am looking for an honest man.
said Diogenes
What do you want with one?"
oh, nothing In particular. My real
plihanthropic purpose is to show the
world how to conduct a long and re-
sultless investigation with as little q.
pense a. possible"
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CHAPTER XXX.
The Third Wlsh.

On the day when Francois in Lon
don read that letter of Lucy Hamp-
toms which had awaited his return
from France. q letter from Lucy
Hampton reached Alike at the chateau
Of vicques. She carried It to Pietro's
room where he sat in deep chair at a
window which looked over Deles-
montss valley and the racing Cheulte
river, and the village strung on the
shores. His elbow on the stone win.
dow-sill. his chin In his hand, he stared
ct the familiar picture.
Alike. coming In without knoexin
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CHAPTER xxvlII.-contInued.


"Mademoiselle Lucy" he said. II
have something to ask of you"
Il will do It," Lucy promised blithe-
ly, not waiting f5f details.
Francois laughed. you trust one.
Mademoiselle Lucy-that is plain.
Then his face became serious. DO you
remember talk we once had together
when told you Of my old playmate,
Alixew
The bride-to-be flushed furiously as
she recalled that talk. Then she nod
ded in matter-of-fact manner. Il re-
member very WE'LL" she said. 1T was
when l threw myself at your head and
you said you didn't want me-"
Francois shoulders and hands and
eyes went upward together into an
eminently French gesture. What a
horror!" he cried. What an unspeak.
able manner to recollect that talk!
How can you? How can you be 80
brutal to met"
Both Of them. at that, burst into
light-hearted laughter. Lucy was grave
suddenly.
But you have something to ask
me, Francois. You spoke Of your
playmate-beautiful Alike"
1T is only you whom could ask to
do this. Mademoiselle Lucy. ! have
povor fnld arvouo oloa ohout no. nci,,
you know of'-the words came slow.
1y-"of my love for her. She does not
know It Alike does not know. And
! may be killed. one sees, In this fght
for the prince. Quite easily. And
Alike will not know. | do not like
that. In fact cannot bear 1t. So this
Is what l ask of you, dear mademoi.
selle." He brought out letter and
held II to her. III you hear that am
killed. will you send 1t to Alixe?"
Lucy took the letter and turned 1t
over doubtfully. II do not like this
sort Of post-mortem commission, Fran
co.'s. feel as II l were holding your
death-warrant"
But It is not by bit of writing /
shall meet my finish, mademoiselle. I
promise not to die one minute sooner
for that letter. 1t Is only that It will
make me happy to know you will send
It,"
So Lucy, holding the letter gingerly
agreed. But a. Francois rose to 20
she stood BY him a moment and laid
her hsEd on his coat sleeve. Fran
cois--l want to tell you something"
VT yes. mademoiselle-yes. Lucy"
HSn something wrong"
~Yes-Lucy."
r am going to tell Harry l said It"
~Yes."
This 10 1t. then"-and Francois,
smiling. waited and there was deep
silence in the big. cool, quiet drawing.
room for as long as a minute. This is
It. then. l don't know how can be 80
unreasonable-but am. love Harry
II am happy. But am quite-jealous
Of ALIKE. And l think you are the most
wonderful person l have ever known
much more wonderful than Harry.
II there had been no Alike: II you had
liked mel can imagine having
adored you. | do adore you. Francois.
Now, how Ii all that compatible with
my JOY in marrying Harryi don't
know how II is-but II is so. am a |
wicked sinful person-but It 10 So"
The next time Lucy Hampton saw
Trancois It was when. white-robed and
sweet In her enveloping mist of veil |
she went up the chancsl steps Of the |
little Virginia country church. and
boxing up met . smile that was . |
benediction from the man whom she
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SYNOPSIS.

Francois Beaupre. . peasant babe Of
three years. after an amusing incident in
which Marshal Ney figures. Is made a
onss,s, oaIson Sd Se France Sy the Emperor Ma Ma
might one day be q marshal Of France
ton Francois visits General Baron Gas
pard Gourgaud. who With Alike, his
ss.snysn.ysar-old daughter. lives at the the
Napoleon he fres the boys Imagination
with atories of his campaigns. The boy
becomes copyist for the general and
learns OF the friendship between the gen.
eIai and Marqui. zappi. who campaiEned
CUTS zappi and his son. Pietro. arrive at
the Chateau. The general agrees TO care
for the Marquis son while the former
goes to America. The Marquis asks Fran
co.'s to be friend Of his son. The boy
solemnly promises: Francois goes to the
Chateau to live. Marquis Zappi dies leay-
ing Pietro a. . ward of the general.
Alike. Pietro and Francois meet strange
boy who proves to be Prince Louis Ma
poieon. Francois saves his life. The gen,
eral diEcovers Francois loves Alike, and
extracts q promise from him that he viii
not interfere between the girl and Pietro.
Francois goes to Italy as secretary to
Ptetro. Queen Hortense plans the escape
Of her son Louis Napoleon BY disgusting
him and Marquis Zappi as her lackeys.
Francois takea Marquis Zappi's place:
who 10 III. in the escape Of Hortense and
Louis. Dressed a. Louis brother Fran
cois lures the Austrians from the hotel al
lowing the prince and his mother to es-
cape. Francois IL a prisoner Of the Aus
trians for five years. In the castle owned
by Pietro In italy. He discovers In his
guard one Of Pietro's old family servants.
and through him sends word to his
friends Of his plight. The general. Alike
and Pietro plans Francois escape. Fran
coils receives Q note from Pietro explain
ing In detail how to escape from his
prison. Alike awaits him on horseback
and leads him to his friends on board
the American sailing vessel the Lovely
Lucy" Francois. as guest Of Harry
Hampton, on the Lovely Lucy" goes to
America to manage Pietro's estate, In
Virginia. Lucy Hampton falls In love
with Francois. Prince Louis Napoleon
in America becomes the guest Of the
Hamptons. where he meets Francois.
Lucy Hampton reveals her love for Fran.
coils after the latter saves the life Of
Harry Hampton and Is himself injured
In the effort Francois tells Lucy OF his
love for Alike. He returns to France and
tells Alike his one wish In life Is that she
love Pietro. Francois Joins the political
plotters. His health fails and he is forced
to return to America Later Napoleon
summons him to London to aid him In
his plots to gain the French throne. Lucy
Hampton weds her cousin.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-10-22
IONS ol LLLSMORIH YDUNG-

had loved, who stood close now at the
side Of her lover, her husband.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-21
AMERICAS LONG ON MULES
when The MARKET OPENS
Sweet Singers Of kentucky
viii Be Cheaper

Farmers about Americas take unc-
ton unto their souls that mules and
millinery alike will be cheaper this
fall as the result of the war. For
once in history the American mule will
not be a big factor in Ecropean war.
Those mule owners who have been
holding out for war time prices will
be disappointed, and the negroes fav-
critic pet will continue to drag the
humble pillow. That's what a local
mule dealer says, basing his conclus-
ions on the fact that the neutrality
laws, coupled with the fact that the
warning nations have declared mules
contraband, will bar the American
mule from export.