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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07
rgs has gomez sbs ss,d.

He has gomez" she said.
He'd better be. II he shows him
self round here again, there's goin' TO
be q mix-up"
Miss Grierson drove on. and at the
iron works there were more of the
peaceful indications. The gates were
open, and q switching engine from the
railroad yards was pushing in q car
load of furnace coal BY all the signs
the trouble flood was abating.
Raymer saw her when she drove un'
der his window and calmly made a
hitching post of the clerk who went
out to see what she wanted. A mo-
ment later she came down the corrh
dor to stand in the open doorway OF
the managers room.
"You are still alone?" she asked.
"Yes; Griswold hasn't shown up
since morning. don't know what has
become of him."
"And the labor trouble, is that going
to be settled?"
He looked away and ran his fingers
| LlTOuRu ul6 udll aS OuC sim PNANASN
and bewildered. Some sort of a mir
acle has been wrought" he said. "A
little while ago a committee came to
talk over terms Of surrender. II
seems that the whole thing was the
result of a-of a mistake"
"Yes," she returned quietly, "it wa'
lust that-a mistake" And then: "YoT
are going to take them back?"
Certainly. The plant will start NJ
again in the morning" Then his Gu
riosity broke bounds. II can't under
stand it. How did you work the mir
acle?"
perhaps 1 didn't work it"
'I know well enough you did, il
some way"
She dismissed the matter with
toss of the pretty head. What dii
ference does it make so long as 20,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07

him in the VsIy act, didn't yOuF" she
said coolly. What did he hope to ac-
complish by setting fire to the works?
1t was a frameup to capture public
sympathy. There's been a report cir
culating round that Raymer and Girls
void was goIn' to put some O. the ring
leaders in Jail, If they had to make a
case against 'em. Clancy had 1t ng-
ared out that the fred be charged up
to the owners, themselves"
Miss Grierson was still examining
the picture. You made two OF these
prints?" she asked.
Yes; here's the other one-and the
film"
And you have the papers to make
them effective"
Brofin handed her large envelope,
unsealed. You'll find 'em in there.
That part of it was cinch. Your gov
ernor ought to fire that man Murray.
He was payin' Clancy in checks!"
Again Miss Grierson nodded.
About the other matter?" she in
quired. Have you heard from your
messenger"
Broffin produced another envelope
1t had been through the mails and bore
the Duluth postmark.
"Affidavits was the best we could
do there" he said. my man worked
it to go with MacFarland as the driver
of the rig. They saw some mighty
fine timber, but 1t happened to be or
the wrong side of the st. Louis county
line. He's a tolerably careful man
and he verified the landmarks"
"Afidavits will do," was the even
toned rejoinder. Then: These pa
pers are all in duplicated"
Everything in pairs-just as you or
dered."
Miss Grierson took an embroidered
chamois-skin money book from he
bosom and began to open 1t. BrottiI
raised his hand.
mot any more" he objected. "Yo1
overpaid me that first evening in from
of the Winnebago."
You needn't hesitate" she urged
Its my own money"
"Ive had a-plenty."
Then l can only thank you," sh
said, rising.
He knew that he was being di:
missed, but the one chance in thor
sand had yet to be tested.
! Just a minute, Miss Grierson," h
! begged. I've done you right in thi
business, haven't II"
You have"
, "I said l didn't want any NOR
! money, and don't. But there's on
other thing. Do you know what II
4 here in this little jay town Of your
for?"
" Yes; l have known it for a Ion
r time"
:. Il thought so. You knew it that da
out at the De Soto, when you wa
J. tellin' Mr.. Raymer a little story ths
n was partly true and partly made up
= what?"
t Every word of the story about M
a Griswold-the story that you owe
i heard, you know-was true; every 81
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gle word of it. Do you suppose |
should have dared to embroider it the
least little bit-with you sitting right
there at my back?''
Broffin got up and took half-burned
cigar from the ledge of the summer
house where he had carefully laid it
at the beginning of the interview.
you've got me down." he confessed,
with a good-natured grin. "The man
that plays a winnin' hand against you
has got to get up before sun in the
morning and hold all trumps, Miss
Grierson-to say nothin' of being a
mighty good buffer, on the side" Then
he switched suddenly. "How's Mr.
Galbraith this morning?"
"He is very low, but he is conscious
again. He has asked us to wire for the
cashier of his bank to come up"
Broff1n's eyes narrowed.
"The cashier is sick and can't come,
he said.
"Well, someone in authority will
come, suppose"
Once more Broffin was thinking in
terms of speed. Johnson, the paying
teller. was next in rank to the cashier
If he should be the one to come tC
Wahaska.
"If you haven't anything else for me
to do, reckon I'll be going" he said
hastily, and forthwith made his es
cape. The telegraph office was goot
ten minutes walk from the lake front
and in the light of what Miss Griersor
had just told him, the minutes wert
precious.
Something less than half-hour aft
er Broffin's hurried departure, Mis-
Grierson drove by quieter thorough
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07

it would be cinch to compare Scrip
ture with the well-known gospel vari-
ETY. of truth.
Mr. Scripture set out with his lit
tie fishing rod the other morning for
the Mohawk river in search of trout.
Some hours later he returned wild
eyed and weary, and to his friends he
told this story:
He had been casting a fly from the
shadows with Indifferent success and
was about to reel up and move on
(chorus of friends: "They always
are!") when there was a prodigious
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07

splash and a giant fish that looked
with the silvery sheen on its scales,
like a German torpedo. leaped sew
eral feet out Of the water and seized
the fly.
A terrible struggle here ensued
(cho4as, There always does!") the
fish endeavoring to haul Mr. Scrip
tune into the depths and drown him,
Mr.. s. laboring valiantly to lure the
fish into shallow water, where he
could be seized. Finally. after 40
minutes of tremendous exertion. Mr..
Scripture got the trout into shallow
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07

are out of the, deep water and in a
place where you can wade ashore?
You can wade ashore now, can't your?
He nodded. "This morning l should
have said that we couldn't; but
now" he reached over to his desk
and handed her a letter to which was
pinned a telegram less than an hour
old.
She read the letter first. 1t was a
curt announcement of the withdrawal
of the Pineboro railroads repair work.
The telegram was still briefer: dis
regard my letter of yesterdays" this
and the signature, "Atherton." The
smaller plotter returned the CORE
spondence with little sigh of relief
It had been worse than she had
thought, and it was now better than
she had dared hope.
(TN RE CONTTNTJEDO
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07

water and picked him (chorus, "Ay,
go on; he slipped OF the hook, didn't
he?") No. Mr.. Scripture lifted the
mammoth fish, his tail Tapping fero-
ciously and his teeth swapping vi
ciously, and hung him on his pocket
scales.
Inasmuch as trout are not known
to have pockets, it is supposed that
Mr.. Scripture, in his excitement
playing fast and loose with pronouns,
alluded to his, Mr.. Scriptures.
pocket scales. However, now comes
the cruel blow. The fish weighed
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07

like a new girl and am now relieved
of all these troubles. hope all young
girls will get relief as have.' ] never
felt better in my life."-Mrs. JOHN
TETREAULT, Box 116, Sterling, Conn.
Massena, N. Y.-"I have taken Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and highly recommend it. If anyone
wants to write to me will gladly tell
her about my case. Twas certainly in
bad condition as my blood was all turn
ing to water. Ihad pimples on my face
and bad color, and for five years l had
been troubled with suppression. The
doctors called it tAnemia and Exhaus-
hon, and said was all run down, but
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound brought me out all right. Miss
tAv1sA MYREs, Box IA, Massens, NY.
Young Girls, Heed This Advice.
Girls who are troubled with painful or
irregular periods, backache, headache,
dragging-down sensations, fainting
spells or indigestion, should Immediately
seek restoration to health by taking Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07

liz pounds. This is a record. But
Mr.. Scripture recollected sudden
ly-the law says that no angler may
take more than ten pounds of trout
in one day.
What was to be done? On one side
fame and fortune beckoned, but there
also threatened the stern face Of the
law. On the other side duty and
honesty. Duty and honesty triumphed.
(Mr. Scripture says so, and he
ought to know, and the record trout
was sadly released, to return to his
native waters. (Chorus, We'll. that's
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07

Mrs. Murphy's husband was extreme
ly i'll, so she called the doctor and
then anxiously inquired as to the suf'
ferer's state.
II am sorry to say, madam" replied
the doctor gravely, that your husband
is dying by inches"
well, doctor" said Mrs. Murphy,
with an air of resignation, ivan good
thing is my poor husband is six feet
three in his socks, so he'll last some
time yet"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07
Tent for tho Children.

A tent in the back yard is great
ioy to children; 1t helps to keep house
and ward looking neat, for the children
can be expected and required to keep
their playthin5s in the tent when they
are told that 1t Is their exclusive
playroom and that they must confine
any untidiness to that particular spot
To-day.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07

Hls story at Least Is Variation From
Time-Honored Yarns So otten
Rehashed.

Porter T. Scripture is a truthful
.noul Porter T. Scripture is a truth
1ul soul-(chorus of impolite friends
of Mr.. Scripture here gets its cue to
arise and chant)-Yes, he is, as white
as coal. However, Mr.. Scripture
shall be heard. Unfortunately his
name is Scripture, not Scripture or
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07

a new one, anyway, Bill. Y'gonna
buyT) Mr.. Scripture is quite indig-
nant when people ask him why no
didn't cut of and return a pound
and half Of the trout's tail, and thus
keep within the law.-New York
World.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07
Young Girls, Heed This Advice
Useful in His Day.

Nobody mentions the sea serpent
any more" remarked the reminiscent
person.
"Yes," replied Mr.. Growcher, and
| must confess miss him. The sea
serpent was one of our most useful
animals"
But they say he never existed"
81 don't care whether he existed or
not. He provided conversation about
the ocean that did not threaten inter
national misunderstanding Of any
kind"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07
IN STERLING
LIVES A GIRL
Who Suffered As Many Girls
Do-Tells How She
Found Relief.
Sterling, Conn., am . girl Of u
years and used to faint away every

mOnLn ana was very
weak. ! was also
bothered . lot with
female weakness. l
read your little book
Wisdom for Wo-
men, and I saw how
others had been
helped by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
Bile Compound, and
decided to try it, and
II has made me feel
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07
Ideal Resort.

Nodd-"How is the Bingbang restau-
rant? Tom-"Wonderful! / was in
there with my wife for an hour the
other evening and couldn't hear word
she said."=-Life.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07
AR Usual.

Does your wife find anything to
talk about?"
Not thing. And she talks about
it."-Judge.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07
Carefully Treat
Children's S Colds

Neglect of children's colds often lays the
foundation of serious lung trouble. On
the other hand, it is harmful to continu-
ally dose delicate little stomachs with in
ternal medicines or to keep the children
always indoors.
Plenty of fresh air in the bedroom and
good application of Vick's "Vap-O-Rub"
Salve over the throat and chest at the first
sign of trouble, will keep the little chaps
free from colds without injuring their di-
gestions. Csc, SOC, or $1.OO.
zHE GENUINE MAS .z4ES. TRADE MARK
"XE1001lR"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07

Wash day is smile day if you use Red
Cross Ball Blue, American made, therefore
the best made. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-07

Queen ants have been known to live
for fifteen years.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09
Animal Etiquette.

No one who is at all observant of
the ways of animals can have failed
to notice how GENTLE large dogs, like
the st. Bernard and the Great Dane,
are to their smaller canine fellows. 1t
is rare that big dog turns upon one
of the little fellows, no matter how
aggravating and snappy the latter may
be. Instead, he invariably treats the
small dogs antics with unruffied and
dfgnffed tolerance. For there is a
recognized code of etiquette among
animals, If you please, quite as much
as there is among human beings. In
truth. there are not few respects In
which the animals can give points on
politeness and good behavior to man
himself.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09
The SAVAGE Pike

There are several instances ON record
Of bathers being attacked by pike, and
an old writer, Crul. tells of giant
pike inside which WAS found the body
of an infant. Some time ago good
sized retriever which was swimming
in the Thames was tackled by pike,
which bit one of its hind legs 80 badly
as to sever an artery. 1t was another
Thames pike which attacked that well
known naturalist and fisherman, Mr..
Cholmondeley-P Pencil. He had actual
ly landed the fish, when 1t sprang from
the ground and 6xed all it's sharp teeth
into his leg just above the knee. The
creature hung SO 6ercely to its hold
that stick had TO be used to pTy its
jaws apart .s .,.. .t ....
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09
Odd Names In China.

Chinese children are endowed with
strange Christian names. Their girls.
for instance, are not called Mabel, Jen.
ny or Matilda, but Cloudy Moon. Celes-
tial Happiness. Spring Peach or Casket
of Perfumes. Their boys get less at
tractive names, being made for work
and wisdom rather than pleasure and
dancing. Thus we find little two
year-old Practical Industry, three year
old Ancestral Knowledge. four-year-old
Complete Virtue. five-year-old Discreet
valor. To their slaves they give still
another set Of names. Not For Me,
Joy to Serve. Your Happiness and
Humble. Devotion may be taken as
typical examples. a. .........
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09

The four feet eight and one-half inch
gauge is not the only horse" reminder
on English railways. The coaching era
is still remembered in the guard of a
train, the hooking Office" and in the
coaches" themselves. And horse
power is still our measure of strength,
as candle power perpetuates in an age
Of electricity the lighting methods of an
older time Steamers ''.sail" and the sur
"sets," in popular 1anguagesagainst the
facts that every schoolboy knows. And
a candidate who swoops down on q
constituency from affair. is he not still
a "carpetbaggerT Now, where will yoL
see such an article nowadays unless ii
be as a carpenters holdalI ?-Eoudor
Answers. >a.r,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09
Heat. Value, of Woods.

Certain kinds of wood-hickory, oak,
beech. birch; hard maple, ash. elm,
locustg long leaf pine and cherry have
fairly high heat valires,. and only one
cord of seasoned wood of these spe-
cies is required to eqnal tonsof good
coal. Hickory of the nomesiBous
woods has the highest fuel value per
unit volume of wood and has other AID
vantages. 1t burns, evenly and as
housewives say, holds. the heat. The
oaks come next. followed by beech.
birch and maple. Coastwise vessels i'm
Florida pay twice as much for Florida
buttonwood as for any other, because,
1t burns with an eveniheat and with
a minimum amount Of smoke. and ash.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09
Mahua Flowers of India.

1t is estimated that in the central
provinces of India alone 100000 Of the
native people use the mahua flower as
regular article of Infood. Though
found In purely wild state in many
parts of India, the value of the flowers
and fruit has caused 1t to- be brought
under move or less cultivation. The
economic value Of the tree lies chiefly
In its edible flowers and oil yielding
seeds. The flowers are eaten exten
sively while fresh, but generally speak
Ing they are dried thoroughly and
cooked with rice and other grains
Sometimes they are completely dried
and reduced to a powder and in this
condition are cooked in round cakes
and mixed with variety of foodstuffs
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09
Loa Cabin Savings.

You amt no closer ter heaven on de
hilltop than what you is in de low
grounds. It's all 'cordin ter how de
heart hops.
Some er der folks what raises dust
on de life road fools themselves. Dey
raises so much dat de worr can't see
who's travelin' dar
No matter how fur off Judgment day
is. it's comm right toward you ever
day an hour, an 1t never has been
known ter stop fer rest on de road.
likes ter see folks fly high. but
wen some gifts ter de tiptop dey thinks
de sun rises DIES ter tell 'em good
ma wnin' an dat de stars wuz made
for 'em ter play football with.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09

In building house it is a great mis-.
take to build large kitchen unless ii
must also be used as dining room
A big kitchen means an enormous
number Of extra steps for the house
wife in preparing her meals and a
wholly unnecessary amount Of labor in
sweeping and cleaning.
Have your kitchen made just large
enough to contain comfortably your
range, work table, cupboard and cou
pie of chairs. If you need extra space
for washing or work Of that sort have
a room partitioned off from the kitchen
to be used for these purposes alone
and shut up during the ordinary rou
tine of kitchen work.-Zella Bissel
Slater in Farm Life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09
FINES. Choir In the World.

Russia possesses the worlds finest
choir. This is in the Cathedral of Alex
amer Nevski in petrograd and Is at
1hched to n convent erected in honor
OF the patron saint of Russia. 1t con
sists of about thirty members. all
monks. chosen from the best SINGERS
In all the Russian monas;eres. Thei
voices are amazingly sweet and strunr
and every member of the choir can. /
Is said, shutter an ordinary glass into
fragments merely by singing into 1t, sc
powerful are the vibrations of eacl
voice. These monks are trained rs riG
orously as any opera singer, and thei
whole duty at the MONSTER Is TO MS
sist ut the muse at mass IN tie morn
ing and vtspers in the afternoon.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09
wasbinuton's Farewell Address.

Against the insidious wiles of foreign
influence, conjure you to believe me-
fellow citizens the jealousy of free
people ought to constantly awake, since
history and experience prove that for
eign influence is one of the most bane-
full foes of republican government. Eu.
rope has Il set of primary interests
which to u# have none or a remote re-
lation Hence she must be engaged in
frequent controversies, the causes Of
which are essentially foreign to our
concerns. Hence, therefore, 1t must be
unwise in Us to irplicate ourselves by
artificial ties in the ordinary vicissi-
tudes Of her politics or the ordinary
combinations and collusiuns Of her.
friendships or enm tics.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09

A physician sent to the address Of
one OF his patients bill for personal
services. and within ten days the bill
came back to him with this written on
the reverse side:
Deer Sur, this noat was put in my
box by mistake. haint the man hee's
ded and amt any relation of mine.
don't see how your eonchens will let
you dun the ded. Why don't you try
to 1--we a better cristun life and try to
meat that man who dide in heaven
which is worth more than forty dohars
to any dOctor."-Chicago Herald. =.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09
NapoIeon's Penwiper.

According to the biegraphers of Ma
poleon, his breaches were always of
white cashmere. 1t often happened
that two hours after leaving his cham.
Der the breaches were spotted with
ink by reason of the Corsiean's habit
Of wiping his pen on them and Of
shaking ink all around him. IT was
favorite trick of his to strike his
pen against the edge of a table. and Of
course the breeches suffered. Further
more, it appears that, however the
great man dressed in the morning.
that was his dress for the whole day,
since he would not change his toilet
until nightfall. The inside of his boots
was lined with white fustian.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09
Linco,n,s Funeral Coach.

The first Pullman sleeping car, con
structed in 1864 in the shops Of the
Alton and Chicago and called the Pho
neer, served as tho funeral coach for
President Lincoln. It's cost was SIS
900, which was regarded in those days
as most extravagant, and us 1t was
higher and wider than the ordinary
cars and the clearances of station plat
FERNS and bridges when 1t was decid-
ed that it should be the funeral coach
of the president many changes were
involved. Gangs of men were SGT work
Ing night and day to cut wider clear
anCeZ all the way from Washington
by way of New York and Albany to
Springfield. Ill.-Brooklyn Eagle
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09

professor in Heidelberg adopted
the following plan in selecting women
who desired y become tiained nurses;
"All those who desire to nurse officers
step to the right and the others to my
left" Seven women placed themselves
TO the professors right. The professor
turned TO them and said: "You can GO
home. For ladies who only desire to
nurse officers we have no USE"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09
First Enolish Newspaper.

The first newspaper printed in the
English language. with its old English
type and its quaint account of events
In foreign countries. was a pamphlet
issued in 1921. Its title, "Corrant or
Nerves from Italie, Germanie, France,
and other places" is as curious as its
contents. For many years 1t had been
supposed that no copy of the Corrant
was In existence, but there is In Lon
don copy of this interesting docu'
ment which is carefully preserved
London Mail
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-09
Old Lima WarfarA-

Naval guns possessed no sights at
the beginning Of the last century. A
line was scored on each gun in order
to assist the aim, but, being of thicker
metal near the breech than the muz-
zle, the line did not even represent the
axis of the gun. Just before the battle
Of Copenhagen Nelson was asked II he
would interview an inventor who wish
ed to demonstrate before him the value
of simple form of distant sights.
IF the person comes" said the great
little man. Il shall. of course, look at
1t or be happy, if necessary, to use it.
but ! hope we shall be able, as usual,
to get so close to our enemies that our
shot cannot miss the object" Pear
sons Weekly.