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The Washington herald., 1915-09-12

a very decent tenement and had paid fol
three months In advane. He then hustlec
out to a nearby furniture store anc
sos, bought a new bedstead; mattress S ane
and had them taken to the room at once
Then he went back and told the sick
woman's children. who were still wait
ing at the door as they watched that ths
to sit with their mother and be Of GOOD
cheer. Then he entered a grocery. half a
block away. and said to the. grocer:
en- II want to give you an order for abou, oou,
10 Mrs. Merkle at No. 224. this street"
"Ah! that is the sick woman. who was
to be evicted today"
But l could not send her any grocer
les. She has owed me bill of Is cents
more than two months. I can give her
no more credit
You blamed scallywag" shouted Mr.
Did I say that she wanted credit
Haven't I got the money right in my
fist to pay for the order?'
..Io The grocer turned red and pale and
And See here. sir" continued Mr..
Rowser. as his anger grew.
You heard that a poor widow. sick.
sspss d and hSngTs Walk was dswS gons het to
offer any help?"
You didn't even go down to tell her
that you would forgive her debt of 46
cents You have fifty loaves of bread
here. You didn't carry one down there
In fact. YOU didn't care a rap about the
whole thing
Il am a very busy man. sir humhly
replied the grocer.
Yes l see you are You are busy
grabbing every cent in sight, and the
moor around YOU might starve to death
for any of your charity. We will make
out list and I will pay for it. and YOU
hustle the things along and let them be
of full weight and good measure. Your
scales are correct. are they"
oh. YES, YES. yes"
We'll. I NAV send a man round here
tomorrow to see whether they weigh
There would be need of coal and kin
ding at the new place. and Mr.. Bowser
stcpped and ordered them:
1T is for the widow Merkle is it,"
asked the small deaker.
Yes"
She owes % cents and don't paw. I
ike that monev. She buv coal OF me for
three wears and then beat me out OF 3
cents
You Internal hvena,' roared Mr.. Bow
ser at him. ''Twenty-three cents, Twenty
three cents, She has bought coal OF YOU
for three years and YOU have cheated her
vet YOU are hanging OF about an old
debt OF % cents, Saw. man. you ought
to be tarred and feathered"'
Well. I take some coal and kindlins
to her" grimaced the man. who did not
wish to provoke Mr. Rowser any fur
ther II take up this nice bag Of coal of
mounds.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
SAMMIS, THE ELEVATOR BOY
The Real Boss of a Skyscraper

clined to be jealous. She does not know
the exact position of my office, and ii
will be Just well if she does not find
it out. Not that I would deceive the
good woman in any particular, but her
presence would interrupt business"
! Yes, sir. know. When mans wife
his mind on stocks and bonds and real
always fail
Exactly. my adopted sammis. and
You have the head of a man on boys
shoulders. Mrs. Beerchamp may call
here some day. She may go through my
pockets at night and find my business
fail to recognize her. She is short,
sawed-off woman, broad in the shoul-
ders, firm on her feet, and she has a way
of grating her teeth and doubling up her
nose acquiline, and she has a wart on
her chin. She may appear any day. and
if she appears-
Il understand. sir. Leave II TO me to
discourage her.
thought there were tears in my adopt
ed fathers eyes as he put his arm around
me and said that he had unbounded con-
fidence in me. Everything went along
as smooth as grease for a week. and
then MIR Beerchamp advertised for five
typewriters. ] don't know why he did
was very dull but the elevator boy
should not theorize, when his adopted
fathers interests are at stake He didn't
put his name to the ad. but Mrs. Beer
champ dropped to it somehow and came
down to see. There must have been at
least fifteen good-looking typewriters In
Mr. Beerchamp's office when she struck
the elevator at the first floor. / knew her
at first glance. and it didn't take me ten
seconds to size her UP as dangerous.
"Bub. ! want to 90 up to the eighth
f1oor." she said as she showed me aside
and crowded into the elevator
What room do you WANT
Never you mind the room. How many
typewriters have answered that adj"
You mean the subscription book
agents ad. ma'am9 I think I have taken
up three cross-eyed girls this morning"
She made a cun at my ear. but I
lodged and started the elevator Be-
tween the seventh and eighth floors I
tried to bring about a stick but she
grabbed me by the hair and said:
mo tricks. Bubby, or theren be q
spanking match here"
I landed her at the eighth and saw
her kick Mr.. Beerchamp's door open. II
had scarcely got down to the first floor
again when the typewriters began COM
ing down the stairs. 1t was awful to see
the reckless way they dropped three
steps at time, but there was no stop
ping them. II was about an hour be-
fore Mr.. and Mrs. Beerchamp came down
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You bring it into this butcher shop
nrst, said Mr.. Bowser, who had a good
eye Tor weights and measures.
| But that butcher man. he don't like
shop,
II the butcher acts up may have some
thing. thing to t. saw to him. Put that bag on the
The man made a wry face and hesi-
tated. but he had to do it. The weight
was sixty-seven pounds.
you are slick scoundrel.' said Mr.
6oWser. You are going to cheat the
widow again before she could die. 1t is
such villains as you that makes half the
world hard-hearted. Here is your money
I Ior the order. and don't you eat I'D any
or the kndlinss on your way there
got the name Of a doctor. who had made
the widow two visits and had failed to
come again and telephoned him:
Is this Or. Blake?''
We're you over here to see the widow
Il was over there a couple of times.
so out l d;d fGHnd she couldn't pay the bill. and
What was your diagnosis of the
Malaria"
wei. you hustle over here and see il
it is the same thing vet / want to get
the medicine for her
VIII you pay for the three visits"
"1l paw half the bill and you will tack
the other half on to the bill of some rich
man. That's the custom of the doctors
I understand"
The doctor came. The prescription was
filed. and a bottle of tonic was to be
taken .Lfter the medicine was finished
1t was I o'clock in the evening when
Mr.. Bowser said to the woman:
The doctor tells me that YOU will be
Up at your work again in a couple of
weeks But don't be in a hurry Your
rent is paid long time ahead YOU have
got plenty to eat. and there is nothing
for YOU to worry about"
But you have not told me your name"
replied the woman. who seemed a good
deal better since the change in her for
tune.
oh. never mind that till I come next
time
Mr.. Bowser went home and never men
toned word of the incident. nor did he
90 back to the house Of the widow. Two
weeks had passed awav when one even
ing the door bell rang and Mrs Rowser
back to Mr.. Bowser to say:
Here is the woman and three children
who wants to see what they call the
good man. Do thev mean vou?"
IT guess not" he hlushed
But the widow and children came in
and told their story and repeated their
thanks hundred times over. and when
thev had gone Mrs Rowser said:
"Mr Eowser. YOU provoke me hun
dred times wear hut are the hest
husband in this whole world. Kiss me-
And when Mr. Eowser kissed her they
both had tears in their eyes
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12

later. no power on earth could have
made that man commit suicide He
whooped and he laughed and ne daneea
live another hundred years, he'd tear
the shanty down. This cure works
just as well in all cases You don't
suit, but it comes almost instantly.
Thousands of those who have used it
have written me that they have also
tried it on their corns and it worked
amazingly. but I have thus far re.
fused to publish such letters and shall
continue to do so as / don't want my
rePGS1sS Pilerim NOES Joe's Memory Restorer is
There is a demand from every country
on earth. and the COOK tat;, mas 10 heif,n eit up
This remedy was discovered by acci-
dent as most great things are includ-
ing mudholes on the highway at mid
night Pilgrim Joe in wandering over
the fields, pulled up a root and chew
ed at it. In two or three minutes,
he felt great change come over him
ten years ago came back to him as
vivid as a flash of lightning. Five
minutes before he chewed that root,
he could not remember afs bsGk Hs TO ,,vntss W.T..
later. he could remember his nursing
bottle and his paregoric.
Was Pilgrim Joe the man TO neg.
pursued the root and the discovery.
and brought forth his memory re-
storer He now owns twenty thousand
acres of land, which is planted to this
root alone. and one hundred men on
horseback and armed to the teeth keep
all intruders away. Nine out OF every
ten persons have a defective memory
after passing the age of thirty. and
unless something is done. the loss be-
comes greater as the years go by.
Until p. Us discovery nothing what.
came ON the market everything was
changed Every incident of the past
clear back to three months old stood
out like letters four feet high on the
billboard 1t is a sure. safe remedy,
but I am honest enough to say. that
that you had entirely forgotten and
buried six feet deep are remembered
as clearly as IL you had made them
Yesterday and you begin to feel con-
scientious stricken. Whether you hunt
up the creditors and pay them or not.
Maybe you will be sure of heaven IL
YOU pay them. and maybe not. None
of these things are sure enough TO
Pilgrim Joe's latest addition to his
list Of wonderful remedies is called
himself does not know what IL is made
OF. but he does know that IT Is the
greatest thing in the world for cuts
and abrasions. The name signines
that II Is made in heaven. Three |
nurses from an emergency hospitai
doctors from the same emporium. They
were having a high old time when the
auto struck a sawmill As the saw
mill wouldn't give way the auto did.
Il was smashed to pieces and the three
nurses killed. while. ~ usual ID such
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cases. the three doctors escaped with.
out a scratch; There is no doubr
where the souls Of II, the ,5 nurses went vent
after awhile OF flying around. and
sent to and compounded this wonder
full salve and droPPsed the 16s first tlnE fifty
yard. At least there is where he found
ii, and il has continued to be dropped
very regularly ever since. The nurse:
that is the reason. therefore. that this
wonderful cure can he sold for trifiine
sum of twenty-five cents a box. Take
of three angels.
AS to the amazing properties of thi.
salye. it is SUFFICIENT to say that y
it within an hour. If man runs over
a pile of rails and barks both shins
up to the knees. he need not worry
the salve and he can go to hoeine
potatoes A skinned elbow need not
pain over three minutes A cut ON
fee pot, will be healed before the next
meal.
Nothing has been found in the pyra.
mids of Egypt to sSoa the saivs aas
the world would have had a hundred
million more population at the present
day Dent try to keep without sbo,,Is it
carry a box of it in his coat-tatl
pocket. Pilgrim Joe has in his posses
sion, If any further testimony is want
ed. sworn affidavits from men who have
swallowed hunks of glass and open
jack-knives and had received inside
cuts which might have fulfilled tina!
they Immediately swallowed a box of
the salve and thereby saved their
lives.
Owing to the jealousy of many drug
stores, and their refusal to sell Pill
grim Joe's remedies. he has now
twenty thousand agents. driving
through the country. each one with
white horse and buggy. You can see
them far off. Their coming is to prove
a blessing to you. Your pains and
aches are to be taken away and You
are to see life in a new aspect. Be
at the gate to welcome the agent and
have two dimes and nickel or a
quarter In your fingers. 1t will be the
best investment you ever made. No
horns blown nor bugles footed. Just
a white horse and red buggy and
mistakes are impossible.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
THE REAL MIR. BOWSER
HE IS NOT ALWAYS A FADDIST

The other day Mr.. Bowser left his Of
nee at noon to go home and do some
tinkering around the house. When with
in five or six blocks from home, he got
Off the car to see why a crowd had col
lected on a corner. He found that a city
marshal and an assistant were carrying
furniture from an old tenement and
placing it on the sidewalk. ana there was
much laughing and jeering over the di-
lapidated pieces.
There were three weeping and very
ragged children standing around. and the
sight Of them made Mr.. Bowser demand
Of one of the crowd:
What is going on here?"
They are evicting a woman up stairs,
was the reply.
What for?"
They say she is sick and can't pay
her rent"
Sick? Sick? And expecting a sick
woman to pay her rent? Are these her
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
PILGRIM JOE
He Is Still Working for Mankind.

Pilgrim Joe'sI Balsam is another
old tried remedy. 1t is intended for
colds, coughs and sore throats, and
we guarantee it to knock them end
ways. 1t has been tried on fat Man
whose throat was SO sore that he
couldn't swallow and such a cold in
the head that he couldn't see a house
would shake a cooper's shop OF its
legs. What was the result? In Ave
minutes he was, gamboling about like
a youngster. and all signs of his COM
has worked equally as well in tens of
Pilgrim Joe's Depression Remedy
are thousands Of people who sit down
and begin to, think. They think Of
their young days now past forever.
threw away on poker and other win
have married better wife or husband
MADE I'M sooa haf an hesSs hour they
lost, and they begin to look around
for an old rope and a peach tree to
hang themselves
man life. Indeed. 1t may be called the
turning point unless something. hap
pens TO- divert the attention Of the
is a goner. But something does hap.
pen. One OF my agents driving a white
horse to red buggy comes along and
n4ltS 10 say.
MY friend. you are depressed in
spirits.
by thunder. but I am" is the reply
You are thinking Of the grave"
am-three or four of them"
But you won't get there this time.
Here 10 bottle Of Pilgrim Joe's De-
precision Cure. One dose Of the CON
tents won't cure you. but IL will bring
a grin to your face. or you can have
my hat"
He hates to let go Of his depres-
sion. out he 10 finally coaxed into IL
and takes his dose. II worked as my
agent told him Il would and after the
grin on his face had spread up into
his hair and down to his collar button
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12

I didn't stand in with the elevator
7ny.' has been the vail of more than one
tenant who has vacated his Office loI
'ther than financial reasons.
Who Is the agent
He simply sees to it that you pay your
rent once a month and what Eod do
otherwise concerns him not
Who is the janitor?
He is simply the man who bosses the
scruhwomen around. and If he picks up
piece OF waste paper at your door ex-
oectS tip of 30 cents
Who is the car starter?
He IS a young man who can tell Won
the name of every tenant in the ouild-
nC. hut cannot tell vou whether the At
.antiC Ocean is OF the east or west size
Of North America
Who is the engineer
He is the man whom the tenants see
,ut once wear. and that at Christmas
time. and if his Santa Claus is less than
n dollar apiece he goes around telling Of
What poverty-stricken crew has got
possession OF the building.
Suj the elevator DoY--the elevator boy
" NoT have ever been n tenant of a sky
SCraper. then II is needless to tell YOU
that he is the real boss Of the shebans
knows it TO be A fact because /: saves
time and trouble 70 both parties I was
pleased when old Mr.. Beerchamp took
room on the eighth floor anc hung out a
sign OF Commissions he didn't loose a
day in coming to an understanding with
me. AS soon as was off duty he called
me up ana patted ME on the head and
said to me in fatherly way:
'.Sammis. ! have been a tenant in sew.
eral skyscrapers during the last ten
years. and I know something of the
power and influence of the elevator boy.
He can make the DAYS glide along like
rivers TO the sea. or he can bring about
a wobble from the first floor to the
garret Let us come 10 an understanding
right at he start"
You are fatherless. Sammis?''
IT am
And you are making heroic efforts to
pay of mortgage and support your
mother"
Yes. sir
Then permit me to be father 10 YOU
That is. come to me for advice Come to
ne when YOU want q quarter. Come to
me when you are sad and the tears are
ready to start. It needn't be known ali
over the United States that we have
adopted each other. but our affections
will be just as deep and profitable TO each
other. You look out for your adopted
father--your adopted father looks out for
you. Here's dollar for the motgage.
Other dollars follow at brief intervals.
IT thank you. SIR I said
And now as to your understandings.
Sammis There Is Mrs. Beerchamp.
She is q good-hearted woman. but old
fashioned in her ideas. She 10 also In
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12

Il believe you. Sammis-I believe you,
he replied with trembling lips. as he laid
his hand on my young and innocent
head. Yes. / believe you, you were
are some things beyond US, Sammis-
way beyond-and Mrs. Beerchamp IL one
Of them"
Poor old Mr.. Beerchamp. He is still
that ne is failing every day, and cannot
believe that he Is long for this world.
Some folks imagine that there Is naught
but hilarity around a skyscraper, ous
that there are also breaking hearts and
shattered hopes. you may take the word
oS SAMMIS.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
HOMETOWN HAPPENINGS.

Our fire department was called out a
night or two since to subdue the flames
in the roof Of Mr.. George Brookes' kitch-
en-. Damage to the roof, Is cents: ex-
pense of calling out the fire-hghters, II
cents. Mr.. Brookes owes the town .
While John Richfield was digging post
holes for q new fence the other day, he
found silver lo-cent piece at q depth of
three feet from the surface. BY whom
II was dropped ond how many thousand
years ago cannot be told. but village
without its deep. dark mystery = -
town at all
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12

stairs Both were breathing hard, and
his nose was skinned and his hair all
tangled up. AS they got into the ele
vator she said to him:
The idea Of an old jay like you act
ing in this way is a shame and a disgrace
and I tell you 1t has got to come to
stop wish I could have got hold of
all Of them. Oh, I'm on to your little
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12

rackets and after this either come down
and sit in your once all day or you don't
Mr.. Beerchamp. poor old man. sort of
shrunk up into himself, and hadn't a
word to say in reply. He looked al me.
however. and II was such q look OF re-
proach and sorrow that didn't sleep
two hours that night. When he came
down next morning. Mrs. Beerchamp WAS
with him. and didn't get q chance TIL
the afternoon to tell him that had done
my best to prevent the calamity.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-16
BRIDGEPORT

10 eSsSsss
BRIDGEPORT, Feb. is. DR.. G. "A
Willis, of Industrial, was guest
Monday of his parents, MI. and Mrs
Jesse Willis.
4 Benjamin Stout, Jr., was q recent.
business visitor at Grafton.
Mrs. M. ID. Teter spent a recent day
with Mr.. Teter's mother. Mrs. Kath-
crime Teter.
Miss Laura vandale, of Charleston,
Is visiting herssister, Mrs. F. H. .Bran-
non.
John UT has returned from q BUSH
ness trip to .Burnsyille.
Mrs. G. ii. Taylor and Mrs. Robert
Hornor were recent guests Of Mrs.
w. ]. Kyle, oil, the New Fair Ground.
Mrs. Mary Preston is convalescent
after aTbrief Illness. Il
Mrs. w. +, Courtney, Of Adamston,
was a recent guest Of her Sister, Mrs.
f.. NJ. Cole.
Mrs. j. ]. Layman, who Is surgical
patient in a Baltimore hospital, is
l;conyalescent after a serious relapse.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hornor are
THE proud parents OF a boy baby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Robinson, Of
Clarksburg. were recent guests OF
Mrs. Robinson's parents, the Rev. and
Mrs. B. B, Stout Y n
Mr.. and Mrs. l. Wade Coffman, OF
Clarksburg, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Coffman,s parents, Nj. and Mrs. ia
hugh Williams.
MIR. and Mrs. LIB Hornor have
gone to New York whore they viii
purchase an up7to-date stock OF spring
merchandise.
L Miss Jennie sarr, OF Grasselli, Is a
guest Of Misses Barbara and Eyeiine
Jones. ri rs Il I:
The two small children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Phidias Harmon are quite MO
pneumonia; + <, Is. ii
Mr.. and Mrs. John Meyer are sre-
ioicing Overt the arrival Of a son in
tn their home. .:s &
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-16

A sharks teeth are movable at will
and become erect at the moment the
animal is selling It's prey.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-03-25
SHOVI. d BE THANKFUL.

What might have happened during
thess months OF trial, what might
yet happen during the terrible
months still before the nation, II the
head ~ the nation were a man Of In,
terior intellect, or Of character or
temperament less representative Of
the hest ideals aud the sobersst
thought oi the enunlry, Is eonsid.
GRAFTON that my may we'll give Us
pause v non We are again eopfruute ted
with thp task Of choosing man for
tile chic lnaglstraey Of the republic,
II II n trlte and commonplace say ny
that tha American presidency is the
greatest ofiica IN the sorld. Whether
this DO literally true OF not, there /.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-03-25
BOYS ARE CVLTIVATIkG
DRINK HABIT,

w. ] iiyah has ever been a ethan
pian Of tile temperance movement
aud used Isis influence ~ advance IL.
Sometime ago at meeting ln Ann
AFs,oF, Michigan, hg presented a to.
tel abstinence pledge ami asked the
young men prescott ~ sign with hIm.
Those boys circulated ths pledge and
10 10 F'sbrusry sth ten Thousand
signsrs mad been secured
The number Of young men and
blya 10 shlmon who are rapidly be
coming addicted to drink Is appall.
ing, Nil in tile past few months
ttis oric j. have been ~atehlng TO
lind where these boys obtain thsi
liqu =. IL ls tie duty Of the Officers
10 md aud punish the guilty parties,
but the question arises, viii that
cure the b0ys2
IL n a serious question and one
that should interest the parents Of
young l'Oys Ia movement towards
influencing them In the right d,rec.
tIon. Nj Doubt every ons OF these
boys 10 following the example VI
some one else, father, brother,
friend or an ideal.
What noble work for SOME oue
~ start 4 movement n direct thelI
ambitiOHs In to right direction,
Why not start the temperance move
Z ment la sAlmonf
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-03-25
FATE OF THE FoURFLUSHER
Young Man Was Mistaken In Thl,k.
Ing Girl Had Fallen for the
Automobile

She sat on a bench under one Of The
elder trees, with closed lips drink.
ms IN the slorles OF the setting sun
Excuse me, he said. liftlnE his
hat with his right hand Nhue ne adj.
dressed her With the left but do YOU
happen 70 have such thing on Won
:" match' That Is my automobile
standing there and nud myself y m.
out a match 90 light the lamp"
X vas obviously but a rusa b, an.
case her In conversation. but he va.
rather uice-lookInE young man
WITH a three dollar knitted na,l IA
aud all and she smiled a. shs ia
h'm oow sorry she was about hav.
las no match
They ali fan for the autcm5hns -
ne mHttered 70 himself
one th'Dg led ~ another. ana am,
ne Was sitting beside her rhattt-s
ssF'N about ths Latin Quarter
Shakespeare latest play. the prsv..
'"eee Of divorce and other sh.n-ht,r
topics Rut soon Il really a.t hsxtS
70 tarken up. 3"
must So she said and .s,.--
aiFn noal smile she STROBE 4str4sf,,
to the automobile 10 which n. "a.
pointed as bis. hoped IN ana wa. -,
70 cloud OF dust. leaving him ;, =.
rect on the iust deserts which .,o-s-
% sA'sF must snvsloP all tUuraushsr,.