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Putnam patriot., 1917-03-02
LOVED WRITER'S MEMENTOES
Many Personal Belongings of Robert Louis Stevenson Are Now in
 This Country.

The penny whistle upon which Robert Louis Stevenson was in the habit of playing when in the reverie of story telling has been presented to Stephen Chalmers by Mrs. Sails bury Field, formerly Isabel Strong, the daughter of Mrs. Stevenson. MT. Chalmers symtolized the penny whistle as magic pipe in his little book, 'The Penny Piper of Sara nac," in which he tells of Stevenson's visit to Saranac p the winter of 1SS7-1S88; and in sending the whistle to MT. Chalmers, Mrs. Field, who was amanuensis to Stevenson at Vailima, wrote him: "I am sure R. l.. s. would have liked you to have it."
 MT. Chalmers, in letter to Houghton Mifflin company, in which he tells of the gift, says: "I would sooner have had this compliment paid me than an IL. D. from col lege. The best of it is that l am somewhat of dab at the penny whistle myself, and when took the venerable thing out of the package l put my fingers over the six holes and played, Sing Me Song of a Lad That Is Gone
 Mrs. Field has given to the Ste venson Society of America, which has its headquarters in the little cot tage at Saranac in which Stevenson lived while there, a number of Ste venson relics, among which are his familiar velvet jacket, his hat and smoking cap, his cape, his red sash of South sea days, when "T'}e Road of the Loving Heart" was built, and the last pen he used.
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-02
Things the Pastor Sees from the Pulpi

InlngS tDe PdStOT sees tfOm inc fuiplt (From Dr. Charles M. Sheldon's 8
 Church Calendar.)
 Some folks always coming in pune tually late.
 2 Others always in the same place, where they seem to belong.
 8 Some irreveIence st the beginning of the service; not much, but some is too much.
 Strangers without any hymn books, and no one offering them any. It makes him feel nervous. How would you feel?
 5 When the offering baskets are passed, some folks look at them as if they had never seen them before, and wondered what they were.
 r6 Once in while a few people come in after the baskets are passed. l do not think they do if on purpose.
 There are faces that are benedic- ton to look at and ft W, only a few, that seem to be mourning over the money they lost yesterday.
 s Once in a while a man, now and then w-n, W ho seems to be asleep; but appearances are deceptive.
 9 Folks he has baptized, and mar ried, and laughed with and cried with. He does not always see them distinctly. 10 And many other things he sees from the pulpit; and let us hope that most of the things he sees help him to preach when he rises to give his mes. sage.
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-02
The Hardest Part.

II is never hard to do the right thing: it Is in deciding to do it that he tug c0mes.-Anonymolss.
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-02
HE BEATS EDISON.

Trenton, N. J., besides its potter les and rubber works, boasts of the sleepless wonder of the world in the person of Albert F. Herpin, whose statement that in the last fifteen years he has never slept one single wink has never been successfully disputed, though he has repeatedly been under the protraeted obserSa- ton of neurologists, psychologists and physiologists, snd professes his readiness to submit at any time 10 any tests desired. Furthermore, Mr
 Herpin claims that never once since his earliest recollections, to his knowledge, has he ever been to sleep, and that on the one occasion when a kind-hearted physician, desirous of giving him novel sensation, admin istered opiates to him, the drugs made him seasick instead of sleepy
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-02
Advent Christian Church

Sunday services. Morning service at 10 30. Sunday school noon. Young peoples service al 6.l5. Evening ser vice at !.
 Prayer meeting Thursday evening al 7.30.
 Rev. G. H. Stones subject for Sun. day morning will be "An lmpor. tant Reminder." In the evening "I amp will be his subject.
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-02
SCHOOL TEACHER Wards off Nervous Break Down

Alburtis, Pa.-"I am . teacher in the public schools and got into . very ner- voup rundown condition. could not sleep and had no appetite. l was tired aIl the time. My sister asked me to try Vinol. did so, and within week my ap- petite improved and could sleep all night and now feel well and strong. - RosA M. KELLER, Alburtis, Pa
 We guarantee Vinol, our delicious cod liver and iron tonic, for all weakened rundown conditions and for chronic coughs, colds and bronchitis.
 J. F. Donahue, pr lggist, Putnam
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-02

The Leaky Reef. Pat-Sure, I'm thinkin' we should be dryer outside in the wet-From Today.
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-02
!. .'.s''s'-s''s''.'.s' ''s.''''..'.'..'-.' AMONG THE CHURCHES !. ..--..-.--.-..-.........--.-..-.,.-....-.. |.
 St philin's chureb
St. Philips Church

Paul Vaka of Webster will he the re citslist Saturday afternoon of this week at three o'clock. This Is the sec ond in the series of organ programs which will be presented 'efy Satur- day until Holy Week. Mir. Vaka Is n young man of promise, studying at Huffman and McQuade's Conversalory in Worcester under Professor k R4ymond Robinson Of the Cenlfal Cong gregalton. al church of Boston, No admission is charged.
 Sunday, the first in the month, the Holy Communism will be celebrated al 1O.45 as we'll as al s. a, m EveniI Y service is at and Sunday school at noon
 The total amount pledged for the Church Pension Fund passed the 8, 000, ,0O0 mark last week. St Philips people promised over s250
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-02

To pay interest and part of the
 debt for 1915 Is special street
 improvement
 appropriation 1,5an lSOo To see if the electors will .ota an sp- propriation of not fo exceed $1 900 to keep the street lights burning all night and every night.
 To lay a tax to defray the current ex- penses of the city for the ensuing year and to name n date for eolessing ths snme.
 The common council recommends that a tax of seven and one quarter mills on the dollar be laid on the cisy grand list, next to be com pleted to pay the general city expenses; or # the ap- propriation of Sl 900 to keep the street lights burning all night and every night Is voted the council recommends that the levy he seven and one hMIf mills on the dollar Tie council fur ther recommends an additional tsx 0s payment of interest and reduction 6 taxes to be collected on sr before ihe 10th day Of July, 1917.
 To authorize the common council = borrow sufficient sum of money e meet the scarrent expenses of the city and all appropriations made at this meeting until the taxes are collected or the payment of the same. Is otherwise provided'for.
 To do any other business suitable ts come before snid meeting.
 JOHN J. GARRY, Mayor THO MAS P. RYAN, City Clerk
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-02
NOTICE
 OF THE Annual Meeting of the City Of Putnam

Munlcipal Building, Monday. March 5, ToI7, at 9 o'clock am. In eompisuce with section 23 of tue >chuter of the city Of Putnam, the legal ,uteIs of the city of Putnam afs hereby notified that the annual meeting of the city Of Putnam are hereby notified that the annu | meeting ol the city of Putnam for the transaction 6t ali year. Iy bush es> other than the election of officers Will he held in lhe punlis room [ the Municipal Building, Non- duy, March D, 1917, st 9 9o'clock in the fon oon.
 The esmmon Council in compliance with tne charter ot said city ,have made aud prep ,ret dets tsiled estimate Of the amount O. money which ia It's judg. ment, will ue necessary and requisite to provide for each of the departments Of the city government for the fiscal year, and will suomit said estimates to ssid annual cIty meeting, and the common councit recommend that ap. propriations be made in accordance with said estimates which are as fol- l ws:
 Appro- Recon.
 prlaiion menied
 for 1916 for 1917 Fire Department So, 20O0 $5,Su0 or this amount S300 k to be sp.
 piled to the p ,yment of the tn-
 terest and part of the principal
 ot the special appropriation of
 *l 300 for tue purchase of a mo.
 tor truck for Hose Company,
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-02
U. s. CLERGYMAN VICTIM
Missionary Killed When 12,ooo Ton
 Athos le Sunk

Missionary Killed When 12,ooo Ton
 Athos ls Sunk
 London.-While under convoy Of two French Torpedo boats. the French passenger liner Athos, of 12,644 tons. {the largest ship yet reported as c U-Boat victim in the new German campaign, with French troops on board, has been torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean, according to an official report from Paris.
 An American missionary, the Rev. Robert Allen Haden, who was a pas. senger. was among the lost.
 MT. Haden, who was Presbyterian stationed at Foo Chow. China, and was on his way home, was taken of in safety, it is said, but lost his life in going back, as volunteer, to rescue some of those left behind
 Nashville. Tenn.-Robert Allen Ha den, Presbyterian missionary at Foo Chow, was enroute to Lucerne, Switz- erland. to take his wife and six chil. dren back to China with him. when he was killed on the Athos. He had been & missionary since 1891. when he was graduated from the Southwestern Presbyterian University, at Clarks- vile. Tenn. He was born at Keatchie. Louisiana, in 1865. Since 1908 he had been an evangelistic missionary at North Foo Chew. In 1897 Mir. Haden married Miss Eugenie Clara Hflbold. of Switzerland.
 The Leaky Reef.
 Pat-Sure, I'm thinkin' we should be dryer outside in the wet-From Today.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-11-23
BUFFALO WAGES GAME FIGHT
Wounded Animal Gives Battle Royal to
Huntsmen When He Is Poked
In the Eye.

An exciting story Is told of a party
who went buffalo shooting in Zuzuland
recently. During the course of the
holiday a buffalo was shot early one
morning. The party saw the animal
drop, and as it did not move. decided
to deal with It later IN the day. Re
turning in the afternoon they saw the
buffalo from a distance, apparently in
the same position as they left It, One
Of the hunters went out to the buffalo,
and on reaching 1t poked stick In It's
eye. This had the effect of restoring
animation In the animal, which was
only badly wounded, and warm time
thereupon ensued for the gentleman In
question.
The buffalo jumped up and tackled
the hunter, who hung round the neck
of the buffalo in the hope of firing 1t
out. When the other members Of the
party arrived the buffalo and his foe
were wbirling round at such rate,
lhat it was impossible to get shot In
without endangering the life Of the Int
ter The buffalo tried to stamp the
man to the ground with his forefeet.
and at last lifted him with terrible
toss of its horns into thorn-tree near
by. This gave the other men the
chance of shot, and the buffalo's
career finally terminated. =
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-11-23
This Is an AGE Of Young Men
But They Are Still Young
If on Sunny Side Of Seventy

A generation ago 1t was customary
to talk of those who had reached forty
as of mature age. A man of those
years Is now considered young. and
at sixty or seventy can have bril-
liant future still ahead.
That our forefathers had no such
conception Of relative youthfulness can
easily be shown, says Thomas f. Ia
gon in Leslie's Weekly. The Constitu-
tion provided that no one should be
eligible for election to the senate at
an earlier age than thirty-five, the
reasons advanced being that such a
restriction was necessary in order to
reverend seigniors-elder statesmen,
who would not be blown about with
every veering wind Of political doc
trine. Today there is not a senator
who is just barely beyond the age
limit, and the great majority do not
fifty and fifty-five.
Alexander Hamilton was sedate
secretary Of the treasury at thirty-two.
The younger Pitt became prime minis
ter, first lord of the treasury, and
chancellor of the exchequer of Eng
land at twenty-four. Washington
spoke Of retirement from active life
to well-earned rest and leisure for
his remaining years when still but
forty-six.
In recent times we have had no
presidents young In years by the for
mer standards, unless Roosevelt be
classed as an exception in connection
with his first term of service. Even
the popular novelists have sensed the
change, now making their successful
business men of forty or thereabouts
attractive to the heart of the female
reader. This is admittedly an age of
young men, rs has been claimed, but
they are still young anywhere on the
sunny side Of seventy, and many Of the
most efficient have passed the three
score mark
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-11-23
Typical American EIoquence.

Following is the peroration of a
speech delivered in an intercollegiate
oratorical contest in central Kentucky.
1896:
Standing upon the last decade of
the grandest century ever measured by
the flight of worlds, L dipt into the
future as far as human eye could see !:
saw the vision of the world and the
wonder that would be- saw the Amer
lean continent formed; saw it the
great sun of the solar system of ma
tons around which all revolved, giving
life and liberty to each and prosperity
and happiness to ALL saw its ports
filled with the argosies of commerce:
its brow blooming with the wreath of
science; the breath of heaven blessing
It's flag; yet, in the vigor and buoy
ancy of youth, scorning pessmism and
decay, marching ever onward to the
accomplishment of its grand and glo-
rious estiny."-Exchange
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-11-23
Press Cano at Church.

The cursOry examinations which
many recruits allege they received In
the earlier days of the war were far
greater tests Of endurance and STAN
ina than the recruit of SO years ago
was wont to receive. In those DAYS.
If man could count all his limbs and
had sufficient teeth to enable him to
crunch the hard army biscuits and salt
beef, or bite off the end of a cartridge
before putting it into his old Brown
Bess, he was certain of being accepted.
In earlier times, however there was
no pretense at medical examination at
all. When Queen Elizabeth resolved
to assist in raising the siege of Calais
in 1896, the lord mayor and aldermen
of London received instructions to
raise a thousand men for this service.
and on Easter Sunday they proceeded
to several churches with their con-
stables, fastened the doors, and select
ed from the congregation the number
OF men required. Without any medical
examination they were equipped and
sent to Dover-Tit-Bits.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-11-23
Method in His Madness.

When Alexander Dumas, the French
novelist, was young man he was
grievously insulted by a man whom
he had regarded as his friend. Every
one expected him to punish the of
fender severely, but instead he began
looking out for him with more consid-
GRAFTON and apparent friendliness than
he had ever shown before. At length
three years later, when the erstwhile
friend was to be married. the novelist
was asked to serve as best man and
did so. When the ceremony was over
and the guests were leaving, some one
remarked to Dumas: II have often
wondered at your kindness to this
man. Surely yours Is a remarkably
forgiving nature, for, although he in
suited you grossly, you have assidu-
ousIy looked out for his happiness
ever since and even assisted him In
getting married" "Quite right" an
swered Dumas. II flatter myself that
| have given the fellow the most
furious and lynx-eyed mother-in-law
to be found In France"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-11-23
Modem Joan Of Arc Of Italy
By c. Kay Spencer

1t was dusk In the Carnic Alps.
Inc deep green hues of the mountain
forests were blending In the cleaning,
ana restful gloom was settling down
IN the mountains. Insects hummed
ana droned among the blue grass of
the pastures. Devious pathways cut
an uncertain course through the volup-
tuous color Of the vegetation.
Along one Of these overgrown guild
ing ways a regiment of the Italian
bersaglieri was making tortuous
ascent. The crests of the plumes in
their helmets were rustled by mel
low breaths from the Adriatic, aud the
gravel was crunching under rough
shod soldier feet. Otherwise no sound
came from this redoubtable column.
For these men were moving forward
10 attack an enemy position which
their air forces had failed to locate
all through a humid day Of death.
The Austrian battery had swept
with whitening waves Of steel the
Dacks of.these hoary Italian mountain
crests. Thirteen thousand of Italia's
nrst line troops had vainly endeavored
10 pass the enemy emplacements. The
Diood OF ltalys sons dried on every
leaf and gravel path, and her wounded
lay where the Red Cross could never
reach-at the feet of these eternal
piles, mangled masses of human flesh.
The Bersaglieri Italy's strange,
swift-loplng infantry, was going into
the action; expert, accurate marks
men, every man.
The advanced patrols and several
on the TANKS had engaged enemy pa
trolls several times and had only sue
ceeded in adding to the perplexities
Of the situation.
Suddenly there was a challenge, an
oath In Italian, and presently q cor
pOral was seen making his way to the
main body. With him was woman
young girl, self possessed and smll-
ing. She inquiries her way to the COM
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-11-23
WRITTEN BEFORE THE Wan
Impressive Fact In Nature 10 otlDonooo
and Quiet on Earth, Says Observa-
tory Director e. L. larl<in.

One Of the most impressive facts n
nature Is the stiffness and quiet here
on earth, writes Edgar Lucien Larkin,
director Of Mount Lowe observatory.
Ancient roarings, thunderings Of pent-
up potential of electricity, the terrific
energy OF heat, the exploding surfaces
of millions of suns so many times
larger and energetic than our sun,
itself 100000 times larger than tho
earth, had to be hushed down into .
stiffness. quietude and silence to make
ready for that amazing event, the Gre
alton of life on worlds, revolving
around genial suns, giving out life-sus-
tanning light and tempered heat.
None can imagine this perfect bal
ance Of titanic forces, for, with slight
Increase or decrease Of the suns radi-
ant energy, all life on earth would van
ish. How accurate the adjustment Of
mighty powers, that living things,
where imminent death always turks,
could even appear and then survive.
The mere item of the careful adjust
ment of the heat energy output Of
the sun for reception and use Of the
most delicate organisms on land and
In the sea, this even balance is beyond
imagination, and one Of the marvels
OF the careers of the earth and man.
With the creation of life on earth,
Mind Supreme appears, so far as man
Is able to see, rested and retired.
There is no trace Of the action of the
Original Mind now on earth The GO3
laws of nature, their force, is all that
can be detected in action now.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-11-23
1.-THE WORLD DO MOVE"

Something like a gigantic ice cream
freezer has been built at the Utah Ag-
ricultural college, large enough to sur
round fruit trees, to experiment
with frost effects under actual or
chard conditions.
Because insects collect at the upper
end Of screen doors an inventor has
hitting children to enter through the
lower section without admitting in
sects to a house.
SO that automobile tourists can
carry additional baggage an English
man has invented trailer to be at
tached to the rear corners of car
and be supported by a single wheel
Violet light is being used by French
scientists to test precious stones, es-
pecially rubies, as it distinguishes the
more valuable Burmese gems from
Siamese ones Of less worth.
For sending messages from air
planes or balloons to the ground a
Frenchman has invented missile to
contain paper, which, on striking the
ground. ignites a colored fire to sig
nal it's whereabouts.
A simple but accurate method for
measuring the surface of a human
being has been invented by French
scientist.
To help women select gowns stereop-
ticon apparatus has been invented
which projects pictures of garments
upon mirror that also reflects a
prospective wearer's head as she
stands behind a screen.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-11-23

handing officer. She carries an auto
matte at her hip and she knows the
Austrian position. She Is a native Of
the parts and has won the confidence
OF Austrian officers.
The engine of blue steel flashes
DULY from her hip to her hand and
points upward and onward. She
and the troops respond. The officer
had not the chance for orders--if he
would have given them. Before he
realized the situation the Bersaglieri
were in notion following the young
woman. who marched rapidly and
firmly with her automatic in the fore,
greedy for a target.
They soon encounter their own ad-
vanced patrols and, joining, they make
a precarious way over piles Of age
worn rock.
Direct to the task she leads them.
She fights with them; her pistol split
ting its doses of death into enemy
breasts; her cheers ringing shrilly
above the maelstrom of swirling foes,
and steel firing stee' on its errand
into enemy vitals.
The encounter was violent and de-
cisive. The Austrians were routed
to be technically correct-were ami
hilated. The Italians occupied the
position and signalled headquarters
the location of adjacent enemy out
posts. The result was the eventual
occupation by the Italian armies of the
entire Austrian system on that sector.
In Rome, few days later, medal
TO military valor" was struck and pre-
sented to coy young girl, who in
sisted that she had done nothing re-
mnrkable in thus serving her country.
Italian poets and novelists are per-
petuatlng her name and exploit. She
is the idol of King Victor's soldiers.
Her real name is Maria Abriani, but
the men In the Bersaglieri know her
as Jeanne dare dItalia.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-11-23
Raindrops Make Lightning.

An English scientist declares that
the splitting of raindrops in falling
through the ascending air currents,
which are characteristic of thunder
storms, is the source of lightning. The
small drops with negative charges 90
up with the wind while large ones with
positive charges stay below. Thus dur
ing thunderstorm there is usually
region of positive electricity between
the positive earth and the negative up
per portion. When the charge has
become sufficient a series of direct cur
rent discharges usually takes place
along approximately the same line and
these reduce what we see as n light
ming flash.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-11-23
Mr.. TROUBLE

OtA Man Trouble come a-impin' down -
lane.
He talk about dc sunshine an he talk
about Dc rain.
De sunshine It 10 certain to perducs IN
awful drouth;
An dc rain will bring . freshet II de wind
II from de south.
Old Man Trouble saw de now'rs a-bloom-
In gay.
He said ''Dey's muffin only weeds dat
can't be cleared away!
Your hopes Is muchly like 'em A. 80 hand
somely dey smile.
An fade away like friendships In very
little WHILE
Old Man Trouble epoils de Sunshine an
de shown.
And everything dat blossoms is q weed
an not fiow'r
Old Man Trouble. you kin travel on yoh
way.
( amt a-gineter Msten to thing you has
to say.
-Washington Evening Star.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-11-23
Speaking of Metallic Rinos.

might have known that you would
nave refused me-" said the poor but
otherwise honest young man, who had
failed TO make an impression on the
maidens heart. II noticed q metallic
ring In your voice when l entered the
parlor tonight, that bode me no good"
And had you been little more OBJ
servant she replied, you would also
nave observed metallic ring on my
third finger, which Charlie Gotrox
placed there last night"
Thirty seconds later his feet were
following each other along the home
ward trail.