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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01


plant fingers, and his knuckles rested
against her palm.
May! You're named after the fair
est month in the year."
She gigged and turned her redden
ing face from him.
'Oh, Mr.. Sarpy!'
His knuckles pressed her closer.
"Divinely tall and most divinely
fair" he quoted
He could see the color creep higher
into her face.
VIII you be mine, little oneW he
whispered in tone that qualified him
for juvenile roles in a stock company.
For some inexplicable reason, known
only to her sex and kind, Miss Popes
eyes were suddenly blurred with tears.
He took his watery cue and In the
most unapproved fashion kissed hel
smackingly on the lips. {
THAT seals our love, honey. That
means we're engaged" and her blond
head nodded on his shoulder. g.
isn't it great, Mae?" he whispered
to the rear Of her coiffure
"Mr. Sarpy-Gus"- she breathed.
He made her repeat the giorifeff
name, and then he kissed agafn the
lips that had haloed it.
They sat on the divan, and he
smOothed her hand.
I'm for June wedding" said he,
when nature Is in bloom, and there
Is Coney and the park for Sundays"
June! Gus, that's only two months
or"
Months on leaden wings" as the
poet says.
"we ainS so bad of on $3.50, ars
we, Gus?'.'." -. '-;- 81 =.
Not a-tall, dear. not at-ali."
There's a swell three rooms in An
MES building over on Second Avenue
stationary washtubs and $2I."
THAT is not bad, Mae" His eyes
were shining.
"Annie's got dandy dining room
set, golden oak and round table, S
down"
When he finally rose to depart, the
elevated had long ceased to roar, save
at intervals. The stiffness broke upon
them suddenly.
Il didn't mean to stay so late" he
pleaded.
They fingered over the moment OF
their farewell.
You'll give notice next week that
you're quitting, dearie|
YES" she murmured into his coat
sleeve. Il gotta to begin to get ready"
"Goodby. Mae-take good care Of
yourself"
'I'll see you in the morning" she
said half tearfully.
She stood in TIE open doorway lis
tening to his retreating footsteps click
click down one. two three. four flights
of fireproof stairs.
Then she closed the door softly, hold
ing the knob to save the squeak, and
tiptoed across the room to lower the
shade.
At the window she paused a moment
The silence fairly buZzed in her ears.
AS she looked out her lips parted,
II wonder" she was thinking, show
much Annie's green carpet cost"
The Eskimo Code.
The Eskimo's social and moral code
Is interesting Its chief provisions are:
Should man inadvertently or by
malice aforethought kill another the
wife and children of the man so killed
remain burden on the murderer so
long as he or they live.
drift log found is treasure trove
and belongs to the finder, who indi-
Gates possession by placing upon 1t
pipe, mitten or personal trinket of
some kind.
No one must eat seal and walrus on
the same day.
All large animals killed are to be
looked upon as common property OF
the tribe and not as a personal belong
ing of the man who kills them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01

The first house of the struggling lit.
1t sat some distance back from the
main road, a crooked, gully washed
lane leading up to it.
AS Mrs. Miracle and the mule ap-
preached from one side a thick set
lisheveled man lurched toward 1t from
the other.
"Howdy, ole woman he cried, as
he completed his circuitous course and
landed unsteadily in front of her,
treating her incidentally to a genial,
bleary eyed grin. where We started
at?"
"Tm fur's as I'm goin'. You git right
ready to go back with me- Cal Hos
linS," she said aggressively you
now Lowisey needs you home. an
gyarden'S runnin' wild. an
wait tel I'm through with Buck
sney fust!" he cried in thick tonGued
Agcr, fumbling in his pockets mean.
Shile.
st last he found his gun and, point
tlS II WdNeIlnSlN HDONc MS utdu, hTeu
shot or two. accompanied by numer-
Gus blatant. rancouS invitations to Buck
to come out hyer. ! kin lick tn hide
often yuh"'
You shet your mouth. right now!
Mrs. Miracle Kissed.
She leaned over as she spoke and
dexterously snatched the pistol from
his wabbling grasp. She tucked II
somewhere amid the voluminous cali
co and turned to him once more, un.
fastening as she did so a businesslike
looking leather whip from beneath heI
apron.
"You shet your mouth she repeat
ed, "an' 90 long homer
Each seemed to be measuring the
strength of the other. For full hall
minute they stood thus. Then a bel
lering voice from behind them broke
the tension:
"Yowl Who's a-callin' Buck Haney
I'd like Z know!"
A second unsteady figure was ap
preaching, this time by the rain quilted
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01
The Arctic Sea Cow.

The arctic sea cow, an enormous kind
of walrus, used to herd in large num-
bers on Boring island But in 1742 1t
was discovered by a passing ship and
hunted with harpOons. Other ships ar
rived after this, and the startled sea
monsters were pursued and speared
with such .persistency that in thirty.
eight years there was not one left
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01
Marriage and Mathematics.

Eyes" said the old mathematician,
with CLEAN In his eyes, 1--WE always
looked at it that way. Marriage is ad.
dition; when the little ones come it's
multiplication; when dlssension looms
up to cloud the horizon Of their happi-
ness it's division, and when the final
parting comes it's subtraction
"And how about dlvorce?" asked the
listener
"Oh, that would come under the de.
nomination of decentralization Tel
egraph.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01
a
Cal Hoskins ;
Capitulates !
Tanning of a Son-in-law by !
an Old Mountain Woman. !
BY FRANKLIN p. HARRY
Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co.
BY FRANKLIN p. HARRY
Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co

Jaw, Mis- Myers-Mis' Myers Il
shrin, anxious feminine voice called.
''Be tn kiars up er DOWN.
Mrs Myers looked up from the pan
of apples she was pairing and inclined
her head sidewise to escape the vines
ON the porch In an endeavor to see
who called.
why, howdy, Mis- Miracle! They
JUS went up about quatter an hour
ago. Light. from your saddle an stay
. awhile" she invited cordially.
Nom, ! CANT. I'm jes' 50 worried
/ in my mind! Lowisey's man amt been
home for two days He's arOun' town
some'ers chock full Of whisky, an
. Lowisey'S got no wood cut, an the
gyarden needs diggin', an she's as mad
as hops, an the baby's sick, an she
CANT git down after him." she clatter,
ed in breath.
The visitor seemed torn between a
desire to hasten away and to stay and
unbur1en her troubled soul. Clad In
q faded calico wrapper, tied IN place
oS SO1Shu1h OPIUM, hCA ehAhi choi u
features half concealed by tapping
sunbonnet, she sat resolutely upon a
flea bitten, lanky old mule, who seemed
suffering from the last stages of ennui.
'Yas," she resumed. Gals been gone
two days-he's that trifin'-an' one of
the Simpson boys back up the road
"a piece told me he was shootin' his lip
off about Buck Haney. Him and
Bucks had no good blood for each 9th
er ever sence Cal married my Lowisey.
One of these days he'll git drunk an
run into Buck, an there'll be trouble.
sure 'nuf."
"Oh, Mis- Miracle" Mrs. Myers cried,
aghast- Il seen Buck Haney go past
:. hyer this mawnin', an he'd been drink
in sure's you're born. You'd better
come in," she begged
"Giddap, Jonah"
Mrs Miracle addressed the languid
mule excitediy.
'fMebbe I kin find him before Buck
lays sight on him" she called over heI
shoulder. Men are allus SIGH fools
when they're drunk-shootin' each 9th
er to pieces. Yuh said tn kiars Went
up, didn't yuh?' a..
'Yasy' Mrs. Myers screamed. il. "Be
awful careful" ~. g..
With many tugs at the long suffer
ing bride and many high voiced eJacu
1ations of disgust at the mules slow
ness, the pair finally got across and
disappeared in rising cloud Of dust
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01
Joys Of Hope Deferred.

Hope deferred maketh the heart
SICK says the proverb but" said Mr..
Glimmerton, lit has never struck me
that way. If l could have all my hopes
fulfilled feel that should be dull and
logy, satiated, without interest, but
with hope deferred | have always
something to look forward to. And
has it not often happened that reali-
zation has proved less joyous than an
ticipationS Why, certainly, We may
find success when we reach it but an
empty shell and laugh to think that
we had struggled for it so eagerly.
Hopes the thing.
Let me have my hopes, or at least
some of them. deferred. like the
picture"-New York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01

.-..- O v,Ow that, catching him on the
point OF the chin, landed him, half
dreaming, upon his back by the road
side. Buck Immediately prepared to
jump upon him with both feet.
"You let him ber the mother-in-law
cried fiercely. "Yeu give him chanst
to git up. You'll be thar yourself afore
you know hitr'
Grimly she stood guard until the
stricken man squirmed up on his ell
bow, and then she administered
tongue flashing until he staggered dig
zily to his feet. ....
When his vision became clear it was
of his own volition he went back into
the mill
Except to see that they met her ideas
of fair play, Mrs. Miracle let them
fight, once they were in earnest, until
they had fought their grudge out, and
long after that until they felt they
had licked each other to their complete
satisfaction.
Even then 1t was much harder to
terminate the fight than to start 1t: but
/ here, again, the whip came into play,
and reluctantly they separated.
Now, Buck Haney," she said. and
her tone was menacing, you git up
to that house fas' as yuh kin go! Don't
give me none Of your sass nuther," she
interrupted him as he seemed about
| to speak ..H.
Thoroughly sobered, though some
what bewlldered, he passed through
the gate and up the rocky, uneven lane.
She assured herself that he was really
gone before she turned to Cal.
Now you hoof 1t for home" she
Kissed. He merely glared at her stub
bornly and turned in the opposite d.
rection.
! Was she to lose out, after all? Was
humiliating knowledge that she had
failed?
Heretofore their quarrels had not
been her quarrels, but now that she
was into 1t her mountain blood urged
her to win or die. ..
The mule seemed to be in sympathy
with her for once, for he spurted
along until she overlook him, and,
though he had begun to run. the lash
descended and struck squarely.
Whatever opposition was in his
mind faded with that one blow. Be-
fore she could administer another he
was headed homeward and outdoing
the mule. ..'.
You'll fin tn rake an hoe side O.
tn stable door," she called after him,
"an' tn AXIS at tn wood pile!'
He made no sign save perhaps to &C
! celerate his speed. Mrs. Myers was
still on the porch when he passed. She
noted his bruised countenance and the
sleeve torn from his shirt.
Then a voice, timid, anxious, hailed
her from beyond the railroad track
and she turned to see
1t was only an angular, sharp fea
tured old mountain woman upon q
somnolent mule, -
mis- Myers" she called, Mis- My
ers. be tn kiars up err DOWN. '.',
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01
Limited Repertory,

Uncle Shadrach had held down the
job of pumping the organ in his
church for score of years. A new or.
ganist had come, and member of the
church asked Uncle Shadrach what he
thought of the newcomer.
"Well, sah," answered Uncle Shad-
rach, "Ah doan wan to brag, but All
can pump mo pieces N he kin play,
sah!"-New York Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01
Birds and Liohtnina.

Birds are sometimes struck by light
ming. Darwin records the case of a
wild duck that he saw struck by a
bolt while flying. 1t was killed in
stantly and fell to the ground. But
birds seem to know instnctively that
lightning is to be feared That perhaps
is why they seek shelter in thunder
storms. The sudden disappearance of
the birds is, indeed, in the country one
of the surest signs of an approaching
tempest.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01
The Safety First Critic,

Brown is very careful critic, isn't
he?"
In what way?"
He always manages to take the
sting out of his unfavorable com.
ment"
For instances"
His bride made him a shortcake
the other day, and when she asked
him how he liked it he replied, 1T
isn't as good as your mother used to
make "-DetrOit Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01

First Artist-Well, old chap, how is
business? Second Artist-oh, splendid!
Got commission this morning from a
millionaire Wants his wife and chill
dren painted very badly. First Artist
Well, you're the very man to do that
Exchange,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01
Laconic.

Jimmy doesn't waste any words. lie
was driving visitor across the com
mon few evenings ago when they
saw a cart lying among the gorse with
q broken shaft. The visitor asked him
what had happened to it.
MET another one" he replied
ooh, but
Saturday nightr he interrupted
Manchester Guardian.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01
Italics.

Italics are letters formed after the
Roman model, but sloping toward the
right, used to emphasize words or SEN
fences. They were first used about
1900 A. d. by Manutius, a Venetian
printer who dedicated them to the
Italian states; hence the name. ..'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01
His Inference.

Waiter--There's an unmarried lauyl
wishes to speak to you on the teie'
phone. sir. Hotel Visitor-How do you
know she's unmarried. Waiter-She
said not to bother If you were engas'
ed. sir.-Chicago Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01
Rather.

II don't believe the woman who has
the next apartment to ours ever touch.
es her parlor carpet"
"My dear, that's a sweeping arraign-
nt."-Baltimore American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01

1t is better to believe that a man
does possess good qualities than to as
sert that he does not.-Chinese Maxim.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
Relation of Christianity
to Politics Will Be
Discussed at Meeting

On Sunday morning. at 1880 O'clock
at Pine Street Presbyterian Church. the
pastor the Rev. DR.. l.. :. Nudge will
discuss The Peril of Privileges" Dur
ing this service the choir will sing
Like as Father" (Marston), and Mrs.
Cox will sing as solo. Jerusalem
Thou That Killest the Prophets est
PauD' tMendelssohn).
At the evening service. at 1880
o'clock, the popular series of sermons
will be continued with the story of. and
lessons for, "Jashobeam. Eleazer, and
Shammah-A Study in Chivairy." MIR.
McCarrel will play. an organ recital
beginning at 1920 O'Clock, using the fol-
lowing numbers: "Scherzo Symphoni-
que (GuilmanD; "Reverie" CSiiverl.
The choir numbers will be sun of My
Anointed" (Andrews).
The sunday school meets at 1:4O D.
M; The Christian Endeavor Society
Will discuss Capturing Politics For
God" at its meeting at $50 o'clock. The
program which has been prepared will
include as special feature letters
from many prominent men expressing
Christian men in politics.
FOLLOWING is the program: Song.
Onward Christian Soldiers; prayer,
BENJAMIN Whitman; subject, "Captur-
Ing Politics For God; Scripture.
4 90 o-GA' L lie NlIN rag, CnaS.
Low; The Flag of the State, Rebecca
Stewart; The Stars and Stripes. John
German; The Government. Dickson
Garner; Election Evils, Benjamin
Whitman; song, Work For the Night
Is Coming; letters from prominent
people on the duties of young endeav-
orers towards elections. will be read
as follows: William H. Taft, Ruth
Hoover; J. T. Hanly, Edgar Shope; NJ.
G. Brumbaugh, Franklin Metzler: DIR.
S. c. Swallow. Ramsey Black; Rudolph
Blankenburg, VIM. r. Naugle: Vance
C. Mccormick, Prof Irwin Hamaker:
John X. Royal, Samuel Franklin: DR..
Floyd Tomkins, Daniel Burkholder;
Mrs. Frank Roessing, Miss Grace
Long; Detective, William ]. Burns,
Noble Frank; DR.. L. S. Nudge, Helen
Sloop; DR.. Francis E. Clark, j. Frank
Palmer; Dr. Clarence H. Chain, John
Miller; the Rev. Frank Z. Meyer, Boyd
Rutherford; A. C. Dean, Anna Nickel
vey; the Rev. f. E. Curtis, Helen
Smiley; prayer, the Rev. ]. S. Armen-
trout; song, America; Ten-sentence
prayers, Mr.. Thompson, Sarah Arnold,
Noble Frank. Ruth Tack, Edna Miller,
Helen Smiley, Sam Franklin, Mrs. Ed
gar Shope, John Miller Martha Dun
lap; announcements, social five min
utes; song, God Be With You Till We
Meet Again; Christian Endeavor bene-
diction
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23

HARRISBURG ENDEAVORERS LAY
PLANS FOR BIG 1916 CONVENTION
Superintendent Of Christian
Citizenship d epdrtm ent
Among Big Men Who Visited
City This Week

Burton w. Swayze, of Allentown,
superintendent of the Christian citi-
zenship department of the State Chris
tian Endeavor Union, visited this city
in the interest of the State Christian
Endeavor convention. to be held here
in July, next year
He has been resident OF Allentown
about fourteen years and has been
generally active in the work during the
past five years, first in the First Presby-
tcrian Church and later in the Allen
town Union in several capacities until
made its president, which office he
held for three terms. He has been re-
elected superintendent at the Union
town convention. During the last adj
ministration as Allentown Union presl-
dent the efficiency campaign work
came to the front and he organized
county class, graduating thirty-tive out
of the forty-two that started. Under
this impetus Lehigh county organized
another class last winter and grad
uated III out of 127 that started. This
was the largest county class to be
graduated in the United States in ma
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
.GIDEONS HOLD ANNUAL
MEET AT READING

Reading, Oct 2S.-The sixth annual
State convention of the Gideons Chris
tion Commercial Travellers Associa-
tion of America was held in the Y. NJ.
C. A. here to-day. The membership is
ESQ. The object Of the society is the
placing of Bible in each guest room
of every hotel. Their motto is win
ming the Commercial Travelling Men
For Christ"
John w. Galley, Bedford. and secre-
tary and treasurer. William S. E.
Essick, of Harrisburg, who was pres
ent to-day. Sessions were held this
afternoon and VIII be continued this
evening
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
TOPIC SIDELIGHTS

The tonic for discussion in the Chris
tan Endeavor societies tomorrow VIII
be Capturing Politics for God,
Psalm 3S:S-22. 1t is a fact that all
governments should be ruled by God.
Following are few comments by
prominent persons in reply to seVeral
questions on Should young man or
woman who is i member of the Chris
tian EndeaVor Society or who is de-
voted to high ideals of the Christian
life work in and about the polls at
either the primary. or general election.
where they are compelled to mingle
with much that is of a baser sort, but
should they do it with a desire to bet
ter conditions OF their city, State OF
nation?'
I cannot conceive how a man, with
religious convictions, can be without
patriotic feeling and an intense in
terest in the promotion of good gov
ernment.-William II. Taft.
There is only one guide for the
honest elector, namely, to vote for the
man his conscience approves. - Ru-
dolph Blankenbnrg.
1t is my judgment that all good
people should take an active part in
civic duties and register their votes for
men who are clean. honest and ca
pable.-M. G.. Brumbaugh.
Politics in its highest and best sense
offers to EndeaYorers and Christians a
golden opportunity to translate into
effective action the creed to which
they cling.-Vance c. Mccormick.
I believe that 1t is the duty of every
young man 30 take an active part in
clean politics and agitate the election
of good men to office. irrespective of
party, and it would be an excellent
idea to have a committee of young
men to work around the polls.-John
K Royal.
Overwhelm election places with that
character of good people and in that
way there will be tendency to elimi-
nate many of the hitherto bad features
that always surround election places.
w. ]. Rurns. president OF the inter-
national Detective Agency.
A Christian voter has no business
voting for a had man. He is bigger
than any political party, and should
make ii his business TO vote for the
very best men. irresnnctive of their
party affiliations-E. f. Curtis.
Christian Young mer. and women,
too. of hieh ideals should work at the
polls on election day.-s. c. Swallow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
Will Preach Sermons on
Religious Education

Two sermons on Religious Educa-
ton will be delivered in Harrisburg
on Sunday by the Rev. DIR. Frederic
Gardiner, of Germantown. In the
morning he will preach at ST. Paurs
Protestant Episcopal Church and in
the evening at st. Andrews.
The Rev. DIR. Gardiner was head
master of Yeates School, Lancaster,
for years. until he resigned year or
SO ago. He continues as a member of
the Diocese of Harrisburg, although
residing at Philadelphia, and is the
representative of this diocese on the
Board of Religious Education of the
Third Province.
DR.. Gardiner will be weekend
guest of the Rev. James +. Bullitt, rec
tor of st. Andrews arish
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
GERMAN SERVICE
AT PARK ST. U. E.
Pastor Will Preach in That
Language During Rally
Day Services

For number of weeks special COM
mittees and other members of Park
street United Evangelical Church
have been busy working up interest
in the Rally Day. services TO be held to-
morrow. One of the former pastors
the Rev. NJ. l.. Burger, OF Reading, will
ea SPEAK, as well as the Rev. G. F.
congregation, of this city, and the vet
eran, the Rev: J. G. Sands. At $3.50 a.
m. combined Sunday school and con-
gregational rally will be held. At this
time there will be special vocal and in
strumental music and addresses. To
each person attending this service who
beautiful flower and specially reserv-
ed seat. At this morning session there
VIII be also baptism of children.
Preach in German
At S:l5 p. m. the pastor, who on
most OF his former fields has preached
In the German language, will conduct
,bieh a service Ssi,, In this langage. a part OF
man man sermon by him. The church choir
VIII render a specially prepared Ger
manson man song and the singing, OF "old-time
meeting. Many people of the church and
OF other churches In the city have sig
nited Th their purpose to be present at
who will. stay in church from the morn
ing to afternoon services.
The aim of the Senior and Junior
each to have 100 in their meetings, and
II is believed that this number will I'm
each case be reached. A live program
VIII be presented in each melting.
The days services will come to a
close with the regular evening SER
vices at which the Rev. Mr.. Burger
Will be the speaker. The Sunday school
orchestra will be present and both it
and the church choir will render spec
ial music. In connection with these
closing services a series OF evangelise
tic meetings will be started to con-
tinue for at least several weeks. For
the musical end of these "a large re-
vival chorus will be used
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
Gospel Herald Tent
Services Will Clos,

The Gospel Herald Society which
has been holding meetings in a larg,
tent erected on the corner of Four
teeth and Walnut streets for the las
two months, will close Sunday and will
open the meetings next Wednesday il
their new mission hall in Verbek,
street, over the Broad street Marke
house. The Rev. w. G. Gilman will b,
the speaker.
Services tomorrow will be as fol
lows: Sunday, Children's meeting
2.30 p. M; preaching, and D. nj
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
"Our Political Felons"
Is Subject of Sermon

"Our Political Felons' will be the
sermon-subj tomorrow evening at
7.30 o'clock in the Stevens Memorial
Methodist Episcopal Church, Tirteenth
and Vernon Streets, the Rev DR.. Clay
ton Albert Smucker, minister. He Will
issue a call to all young men to take
hand and part in Municipal Govern
ment. This is the third sermon in
special series to young men.