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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-02-15
81 Thrust D'Artisny Back Behind Me
And Held Aside the Drapery."

ance OF Mademoiselle la C~hesnayne.
| left her with Major Gallons while |
danced with my lady, and have since
found no trace of the maid"
"Does not Gallons know"
"Only that, seeking refreshments, he
left her, and found her gone on his re
turn. Her wraps are in the dressing
room
Then it's not like she has fled the
palace. No doubt she awaits you in
some corner. | will have the servants
look, and meanwhile pay heed to me.
This is a mission Of more import than
love-making with a maid, Monsieur
Cassion, and its success or failure will
determine your future. You have my
letter of Instructions
at has been carefully read"
And the sealed orders for Chevalier
de Baugis?"
Here, protected in oiled silk"
See that they reach him, and no
one else; they give him an authority
l could not grant before, and should
end La Sales control of that country.
You have met this Henri de Tonty2
He was here with his master three
years since and had audience"
"Ay, but that was before my time.
Is he one to resist De Baugis?"
HE impressed me as q man who
would obey to the letter, monsieur; a
dark faced soldier, with an iron jaw.
He had lost one arm in battle, and
was loyal to his chief"
$50 l have heard-a stronger man
than De Baugis?"
"A more resolute; all depends On
what orders La Sale left. and the
number Of men the two command"
"In that respect the difference is
not great. De Baugis had but a hand
full Of soldiers to take from Mackinac,
although his vOyageurs may be de-
pended upon to obey his will. His In
structions were not to employ force"
and the garrison of st. Louis
"'Tis hard to tell, as there are fur
hunters there Of whom we have no
record. La Sales report would make
his own command Is. hut they are
well chosen, and he hath licutrnants
not so far away as TO be forgotten.
La Forest would strike at a word, and
De la Durantaye is at the Chicago por-
tage, Inc no friend of mine. It's of
Importance, therefore, that your voy-
age be swiftly completed, and my or
ders placed in De Baugis' hands. Are
all things ready for departure"
"Ay, the boats only await my com
ing"
The governor leaned his head on his
hand, crumbling the paper between his
fingers.
This young fellow-D'Artigny," he
said thoughtfully, you have some spe-
cial reason for keeping him in your
company"
Cassion crossed the room, his face
suddenly d%arkening.
"Ay, now I have" he explained
shortly, although / first engaged his
services merely for what l deemed to
be their value. He spoke me most
fairly"
but since?"
II have cause to suspect. Chevet
tells me that today he had conference
with mademoiselle at the house Of the
Ursulines."
"Ah, twas for that then you had his
ticket revoked. I see where the shoe
pinches. Twill be safer with him in
the boats than back here in Quebec.
Then I give permission, and wash my
hands Of the whole a1air-but beware
Of him, C~assion."
II mf.y be trusted, SIR"
II question that no longer" he hest.
tated slightly. then added in lower
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-02-15

afraid-truly I am not; you will lis
ten"
There vas a voice speaking in the
office behind, the closing OF a
door, and the scraping OF q chair as
someone sat down. My words ceased,
and we stood silent in the shadow, my
grasp still on D'Artigny's arm.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-02-15

back; you have your orders, and now
I'll show YOU good reason" He TODD
up and placed his hand on Cassion's
arm. Now, my dear Francois, if you
will join the lady"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
OUR COLORED TROOPS

THERE appears to be consider
able uncertainty as to just how
the colored troops shall be
handled in the various training
camps. Inasmuch as these soldiers
are to be part OF the American
forces abroad, 1t would seem that
there ought to be less backing and
filling regarding their assignment
for duty. The record of the colored
troops in the American Army con-
stitutes a fine page in the history of
the Republic, and this is no time to
raise questions of race, particularly
in view of the fact that the bravery
of the colored troops has been so
often demonstrated in actual con-
fict.
These troops should have every
consideration. They have volun-
teered cheerfully and have respond
ed promptly to every call of the
country. Only a year ago in Mexico
the bravery of the colored soldiers
was exhibited under the most try
ing circumstance.
We believe this world war should
do more than defeat the predatory
Prussian gang. 1t ought to remove
for all time the unreasonable preju-
dices and racial contentious which
have in large measure retarded
worldwide civilization and progress.
Let the colored troops go to the
front and fight as they always do
with the bravery that has been test
ed on many a hard-fought field
They will prove their mettle beside
their white brothers and those of
the olive skin from the far east.
Patriotism knows neither race nor
creed nor color.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12

are the very persons in Harrisburg
who are doing their level best to
achieve partisan success at the polls.
Three full weeks remain of the
campaign and those citizens who
have a real interest in the proper
conduct of our local affairs should
avail themselves of the opportunity
to learn first hand the fitness of the
various candidates for the Offices
they seek.
OF course, there is little or no
question as to the election of Re-
publican candidates in the county.
Opposition to them is likely to cut
a very small figure, but the contest
in the city is of an entirely different
character and is more or less of the
noA-partisan order. For this reason
it should be the privilege of every
citizen to exercise his right as a
voter in determining for himself the
men who are to administer our af-
fairs for the next two years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
RICHARD CORY
BY BRIGGS

Whenever Richard Cory went down
town,
We people on the pavement looked
at him;
He was a gentleman from sole to
crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when
he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he
said
Good morning." and he gilt
tered when he walked.
And he was rich-yes, richer than
a king,
And admirably schooled in every
grace;
In fine. we thought that he was
everything
To make us wish that we were in
his place.
So on we worked, and waited for the
light,
And went without the meat, and
cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm sum-
mer night,
Went home and put bullet
through his head.
Edwin Arlington Robinson,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
LAW WITH THE .sDRYs,

TEMPERANCE forces throughout
the State are jubilant over a de-
cision rendered in the courts Of
Clearfield county Tuesday. and not
without reason. 1t would seem from
the decision of Judge Whitehead, of
Lycoming county, who heard the
case under consideration for Judge
Singleton Bell, of Clearfeld, that
dry" federations, w. C. T. U. or
CARNATIONS and temperance bodies
generally are coming into their own.
In 1916, Prothonotary Moore, of
Clearfield, published a list of the
applicants for wholesale licenses in
two Clearfield newspapers, follow
ing a custom that had been. followed
for years. The Clearffeld Dry Fed
Grafton had contested the granting
of every license in the county, both
wholesale and retail. In 1915, a mon
ster petition, containing more than
ten thousand names, was presented
TO the court, begging that wholesale
licenses be refused. Most of the Ii
censes were granted, but the dry
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES

In recent lecture at Berkeley,
Cal, Professor Fisher, of Yale, said
that the quantity of money in a
country regulated the prices. The
idea that speculation, scarcity of
goods, the middleman, foreign de-
mand, labor unions, cold storage, the
tariff, transportation or any of the
usually ascribed influences controll-
ing prices, Prof. Fisher says, is false.
The price of commodities is determ-
ined by the quantity of money in
the country; and as this quantity is
reduced or increased, the prices OF
goods go the same way. Since the
war there has been a constant in
flation of the currency, and it still
keeps up. In a nutshell, the profess
sor says, "the war has drained us
of goods and flooded us with gold;
so goods are high in gold" This
good old doctrine we seem to have
forgotten in looking about for arbi-
trary causes. Every man has his
theory of the II. c. L., and Profess
sor Fisher has his. which is imitation,
or, rather, an increase in the stock
of money. Maybe. after all: We are
trying to improve our health by
picking ofs pimples.--Ohio State
Journal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
CUT DOWN COAL BILL

In the November American Maya
zine an expert on coal says:
IF you want to save coal never
allow the house to get so hoe that
you have to throw open the windows
and doors. Thermostats are cheap,
these days. They automatically slow
down the fire when the temperature
is rising to the uncomfortable point.
ITO get the most out of the heat
in coal, the house air should be
changed once an hour. Arrangements
for such a change should have been
made when the house was built. But
if that was overlooked when the
house was built, you can get the
change of air in several ways. My
favorite plan is to have a child
around the house. BY constantly
running in and out, it is a perfect
air regulator.
"I do not believe in getting this
result by having loose windows, as
we used to do on the farm. l pre-
fer tight windows. carefully weather.
stripped. If that has not been ar
ranged for, or if the cost is too great,
I find that storm windows are rela-
lively cheap. Then, air slots which
let in air when you want it are
good"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
COIUNIRUS DAY

"O-DAY we celebrate the fame
and good name of Christopher
Columbus. But who can remem-
ber the names of the little men who
used their wealth and their position
TO ruin his happiness and blacken
his reputation for their own per-
sonal gain?
There is q lesson for all of us in
the observance of Columbus Day, and
it is this--that in the long run right
must prevail Sometimes it appears
that truth is ever on the scaffold,
wrong forever on the throne" but it
is not so. There is more truth in the
saying of Goethe that every wrong
is avenged on earth"
Certainly, the good name of Column
bus has come through the fire un-
scathed, while those who maligned
him We know for the miserable
biting, self-seekers they were,
even though their dishonored names
have long since been lost in the OBJ
security OF the ages; gone down to
1.-THE dust from whence they sprung,
unwept, unhonored and unsung."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
THE COMING ELECTIONS

w baseball classic lass "ar are 'as engagins ssHn;
the attention of most people,
there is still sufficient interest in the
election of proper city officials and
members of the School Board to
justify more attention to these i'm
portant subjects.
Eaoa Toter will cast a ballot for
FOUR o. the eight candidates for City
Council and one of the two candi-
Gates for Mayor. He will also make
a decision as to the nominees for
the School Board.
Much OF the failure OF local ad-
ministradon is due to the indiffer-
ence OF voters regarding the choice
of suitable men for public station.
No faJlt is to be found with the
candidate who naturally seeks the
suffrages of his fellow citizens, but
these must determine for themselves
which of the several aspirants for
office are best qualified for the pub
lie service. Clearly, it is the duty
OF every taxpayer to investigate the
qualifications of these nominees. to
the end that an intelligent decision
may be reached at the November
election.
Partisanship hasn't much place in
the municipal elections, but it is in
jected by all sides, nevertheless. and
is bound to have bearing upon the
final decision. Those who are
prating loudest against partisanship
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
THE RETINUE

Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Aus.
trian heir apparent,
Rideth through the Shadow. Land
not lone knight errant,
But captain of a mighty train, mill
ions upon millions,
Armies of the battle slain, hordes OF
dim civilians;
German ghosts who see their works
with tortured eyes, the sorry
Specters of scared tyrants, Turks
hunted by their quarry,
Liars, plotters red of nand - like
waves of poisonous gases
Sweeping through the Shadow Land
the host of horror passes;
Spirits bright as broken blades
drawn for truth and honor.
Sons of Belgium, pallid maids, mar
tyrs who have won her
Love eternal, bleeding breasts of the
French defiance,
Russians on enraptured quests, Free
dom's proud alliance.
Through that hollow hush of doom,
vast, unvisioned regions,
Led bv Kitchener of Khartum,
march the English legions;
Kilt and shamrock, maple leaf,
dreaming Hindu races,
Brows of glory, eyes of grief, arms
of lost embraces.
Like = manning tide cf woe, midst
those pale battalions
From the Danube and the Po, Arabs
and Australians,
Pours a CHASTITY multitude that
breaks the heart of pity,
Wreckage of some shell bestrewed
waste that was city;
Flocking from the murderous seas,
from the famished lowland,
From the blazing villages of Serbia
and Poland,
Woman phantoms, baby wraiths,
trampled by wars blindness,
Horses. dogs. that put their faiths in
human, loving kindness,
Tamerlane. Napoleon. envious Alex
ander
Peer in wonder at the wan, tragical
commander,
Francis Ferdinan when
shall his train be ended
OF all the lords of Shadow Land
most royalty attended!
Lee Bates in the Allan
tic Monthly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
POISON AT PRINCETON

THE nation would approve the
summary execution of the plot
ter or plotters guilty of the at
tempt to poison the aviation squad of
the United States Army at Princeton.
The example must be prompt and
the action of the government vigor-
Gus. German sympathizers or muir
derers in the pay of the Kaiser must
be given a wholesome lesson. The
only thing such as they can under
stand is the firing squad before a
wall at sunrise, and once they learn
that America, as we'll as Germany,
can and will use this weapon the
sooner will their enthusiasm for plot
ting begin to wane.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
FLAMING YOUTH

Fate has all at once touched a
times OF yesterday have suddenly
shot up very tall and very terrible
before us. But thank God! He has
touched an answering spring in the
hearts of the young men, so that
they, too, have leaped up, tall and
heroic. to face the terror and great
ness of the hour.
The youth of the world is seeing
and hearing something to-day that
many an older person has failed to
perceive. 1t is sad for those who
are left behind, but it is not sad for
the men themselves to offer their
lives at the climax of youth for the
sake of a great adventure. 1t is sad
to fear to make the offer, or to
make it grudgingly, not knowing that
there is a great adventure afoot,
that the kingdom of heaven has
come nigh unto us.
Maurice Barres in his paper,
Young Soldiers of France, says:
Tracts of the French soul which
had long lain fallow in us are be-
ginning to be fruitful once again;
and these young men have won in
ner riches which we, their elders,
had lost. Acceptance of sacri-
flee, the consciousness of great
presence at ones side-we come
across these again and again.
Tonight we leave for the trenches.
Tonight l shall be watching over
you, rifle in hand. You know who
is watching over me-"
Shall our young soldiers fail to
oil tn hn oh &c 10 fah
others have assembled? And who
would dare to hold them back from
the attempt? t?'-Margare Prescott
Montague in the Atlantic Monthly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
GUARD THYSELF

All truly great men have been
healthy. =" The prime necessity of
life is health. With this. for man
kind nothing is impossible. But if
we do not make use of this good
health it will waste itself away and
never come back. We should
get into the habit of reading inspira-
tional books, looking at inspirational
pictures, hearing inspirational music,
a 5 o u with inspirational
friends, and, above all, we should
cultivate the habit of thinking clean.
and of doing wholesome things.
Guard thyself." That is the slo-
gan. Let us take stock" often and
see where we stand. We will not be
afraid of the weak points. We will
get after them and get hold of our
selves at the same time.
This dynamo called the mind can
be trained to do anything-Douglas
Fairbanks
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12

forces girded up their loins for an
other contest in 1916. Previous to IL
cense court. an attorney for the
"drys" discovered that the names of
the liquor applicants had been i'm
properly advertised, the law requir-
ing the names to appear in three
newspapers.
As result Of a hard-fought legal
battle, Judge Singleton Bell told the
wholesalers that there was a question
regarding the right of the court to
grant the licenses. and that they
would engage in business at their
own risk.
The wholesale men decided to take
a chance. and lifted the licenses. The
Dry Federation carried the issue to
the Superior Court and won a vic
tory. Suit was brought against E. D.
Schwem Co., of Dubois, as a test
case.
Judge Whitehead refused the mo-
ton for arrest of judgment and di-
rected Mr.. Schwem to appear for
sentence. The judge stated that in
asmuch as the defendant was cor
poration the officers could not be sent
to Jail, and due to the extenuating
circumstances he would not assess
the maximum fine, but directed the
corporation to pay $1,000 and costs
of prosecution.
Other wholesalers of Clearfield
county will be summoned for trial
at the December term of court. All
face the possibility of heavy fines,
Jail sentences and the probability of
having their licenses revoked.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
Y. NJ. c. a. ACTIVITIES

n ENERAL approval is expressed
IT throughout the community of
the activities in every depart
ment of the local Y. NJ. c. A. An
interesting phase of the report of the
physical director is the arrangement
for group instruction in athletics
and physical training for the local
police department. Now that the
officers are under civil service regu-
lations, it is quite proper that they
should be made as physically fit as
possible, to the end that we may have
a force equal to any in the country.
1t doesn't follow that all the officers
are young and should be compelled
to perform on the trapeze or hori-
zontal bar, but it is entirely feasible
TO give them such exercises as will
make them more fit under present
conditions.
We have no doubt that Chief Wet
eel and his men will gladly avail
themselves of the opportunity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12

There is practical agreement be
tween the State and the city authori-
ties regarding cooperation in the de-
velopment of the Capitol Park zone.
We have no doubt that there will be
a prompt conference regarding the
matter at issue. to the end that a
speedy conclusion may be reached as
to the part the state and the city shall
play in working out the great pro-
gram of Improvement. City Solicitor
Fox will doubtless get into immediate
touch with the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings and arrange
for a conference of the State and
local officials
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
MI KING ACOUAINTANCEs

Tt is easy to make acquaintances,
but very difficult to shake them off,
however irksome and improbable
they are found, after we have once
committed ourselves to them. The
indiscretions, which very often they
involuntarily lead one into, prove
equally distressing and disgraceful.
Be courteous to all, but intimate
with few; and let those few be we'll
tried before you give them your con-
fidence. True friendship is a plant
OF slow growth, and must undergo
and Withstand the shock of adver-
sity bfore it is entitled to the ap-
pellation-George Washington.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
THE AMERICAN BOY

You say that the average Amer
ican boy is a fun-loving. light-heart-
ed. witty and laughing lad. He is.
But place before this American
boy an interest greater than that of
his individual self, a task involving
mankind, freedom, liberty and the
love of home. and all of this heed
less or happy nature varishes in the
boy, and in it's place you will find the
high courage of a faithful, loyal,
resolute soldier who will ~go into a
fight a self-sacrificing human and
come out of the battle a genuine
hero
This is the measure of the Amer
ican boy.-The Silent Partner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12

the test of the sole nominee"
clause on Monday. A number of
prominent lawyers will be in the
case.
-Wilkes-Barre post office has
been made the distributing point for
all of Luzerne county except Halle
ton and a few other towns.
Highway Commissioner O'Neil
has declined to talk about the sug
gestion of his name for Governor.
Members of the State Commits
sion of Agriculture are understood
TO have decided not ts force any
issue With the Governor and Secre-
tary Patton.
Governor Brumbaugh will name
only a few commissions between
now and election time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
Labor Don't Want Pacifists

the branch. He was Immediately
told to beat it," as the teamsters
and chauffeurs are patriotic Ameri-
can citizens and not in sympathy
with any pro-German war move
ment Then, at a regular meeting of
Carpenters Union No. 55, which
owns the hall in which it's meetings
are held, great indignation was ex-
pressed by the members when it was
disclosed that the hall was being
used to make it appear that the
union favors the pro-German paci-
fist movement in the city. A mo-
tion prevailed refusing the use of the
hall for such a purpose and with
drawing the two delegates previous
ly elected by the union to the Peo-
pies Peace Council. Ben Salmon,
secretary of the Denver branch Of
the Council, was forbidden to enter
the hall thereafter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
REGULATING TRAFFIC

NH AYOR Bowman and Chief of
lW Police Wetzel have had a
conference and agreed upon
an experimental introduction Of
semaphores at two or three of the
street intersections with a view to
relieving the traffic mixup. At the
present time the officers are COM
PEELED to wave their arms from
morning until night and it isn't al
ways possible for drivers of vehicles
or pedestrians to understand the
signals. With the GO" and stop"
signs there should be substantial i'm
provement in the handling of traffic.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
ADVICE TO A YOUNG MAN

Give up money, give up fame,
give up science, give up the earth
itself and all it contains, rather than
DO an immoral act. And never sup
pose that in any possible situation,
or under any circumstances. it is
best for you to do a dishonorable
thing, however slightly so it may
appear to you. Whenever you are
to do a thing, though it can never
be known but to yourself, ask your
self how you would act were all the
world looking at you, and act ac-
cordingly. Encourage all your vir
tuous dispositions and exercise them
whenever an opportunity arises; be-
ing assured that they will gain
strength by exercise, as limb of
the body does and that exercise will
make them habitual.-Thomas JEFF
ferSon.