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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-24

time from Boston. For some reason
not explained the letter was already
two months old. Had they really tax
en- the ship Guy named they should
have been in England some weeks ago.
| Inquiry at Lloyd's revealed no such
! ship as having crossed the Atlantic,
though small vessel of that name
had foundered in the West Indies. Had
! Guy and his partner sailed for England
! by this roundabout route, 1t was still
possible that they had been rescued,
and might be on the way home.
I So for more months we waited in a
hope that gradually became no hope.
! For the first time in my knowledge OF
her the strong, competent Ursula be-
gan to have days Of not coming down
stairs. She never complained; she
never spoke Of Guy; she was only
tired. John with his secret and she
with hers seemed to withdraw each
into a still place where they were
alone with God. 1t was a quiet time,
even if sad time; but to me it was
the end.
Then one day stranger appeared,
tall, bearded, tanned. 1t was Maud
be seated, she told him she would send
her father. But Maud, don't you
know me? I'm Guy"
He had come back with his partner,
who was now known as William Raw
enel. For John and Ursula it was the
Joy which lets the servant depart in
peace. Guy having outlived his boyish
passion for Louise d'Argent, he and
Edwin met as friends. Maud and Will
liam Ravenel found each other in that
happiness in which a difference OF
twenty years does not count.
We went one day into the old beech
woods at Enderley, where thirty-three
years earlier John and Ursula had
vowed themselves to each other. John
had come with us; Ursula kept her
room. Not even the bliss of Guys re-
turn gave her back her strength II
was a pleasant afternoon with the
young people all about us. John lay
down upon the grass, his hat pulled
over his eyes. How cold it ha.
grown" Maud said, towards sunset
81 think we ought to wake father"
But John did not wake While
sleeping he had been called. I wen
home to tell his wife.
We carried him into the old farm
house where he and Ursula had met
. There at ten that night she came t.
t him. How she came I do not know
7 How she who had not walked To-
, weeks had found her way hither, VIVA
strength helped her to stand there a.
she did stand, upright and calm, l d.
2 not know. All can say Is that sh
: came, that she talked to her children
. babe them never forget their father
and asked them to leave her for Lii
tie while alone with him.
: We closed the door, sitting on tn
/ stairs outside 1t might have been TO
: minutes, it might have been for hours
e 1t was Guy who at last went in
! She was still in the same place b
! the bedside. but half lying on the bee
l. Her arm was round her husband
i neck, her face nestled close to hi
D hair. They might have been asleeI
s One Of her children called her, but sh
o neither stirred nor answered. Gu
n lifted her up very tenderly-his mott
era widow
8 But she was not widow now.
s Copyright. 1919, by Post Publish,n
q Co, (The Boston Post.
= Published by special arrangeme r
u with the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicat
All rights reserved
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-24
JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN
BY MRS. UNLOCK
Condensation by Basil King

Though boy of sixteen was too Ill
and crippled to walk. Owing to the
rain my father pushed my hand car
rage under an archway. Taking shell
ter there we found a handsome boy
of thirteen, we'll built, strong and
looking more than his age.
Fearing to lose time from work IN
his tannery my father engaged this
boy to push me home when the rain
ceased. Arrived at our house 1 asked
him in for a meal. After his dinner
in the kitchen he joined me in the din
ins-room, telling me something OF his
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-24

history His name was John Halifax,
an orphan, without home, relatives,
or money. and SO obliged to roam the
country looking for work His one
treasure was a Greek Testament, on
the fly-leaf of which was written the
name Of Guy Halifax. In addition
there were the entries Of the marriage
Of Guy Halifax, gentleman, to Muriel
Joyce, spinster, in the year 1878; of
the birth Of John Halifax in 1880; and
of the death of Guy Halifax In 1871.
Being unable to write the lad asked
me to make the additional entry.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-24
Good Evening
WE DID-AROUT THREE YEARS
BY ROY x. MOULTON

WE DlD-ABoUT THREE YEARS
AGO
Dear r. X. M: 1t seems 50 appro-
pirate for every point Of view, l won
der that you have not classified the
central powers" as the Assassi-
nations.-G. D. H.
Dear old Euripides once decla red:
my tongue took an oath. but my mind
is unsworn." Euripides talked almost
like modern American saloon
keeper.
WHY WE LIKE WASHDAY
Eyes. Missus, I'm that tired jest can't
do nothin.' l worked till II o'clock
last night on my girls party dress.
An tonight she's goin' to the theatre.
Eh-what? Oh my yes, she's gettin'
to be quite socialist. "-Reported
verbatim.
Some commit suicide and others
change seats in a canoe.
While some men serve life senten-
ces in Sing Sing others get married.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-24
Condensed Classics Of Famous Authors
MULOCh

Dinah Maria Mulock was born at
Stoke upon Trent on April 20, 1926,
the daughter of minister. She
died October II. 1887. Miss Mulock
picked up a good education despite
the unsettled fortunes of her father.
When she was but 20 years old she
Dravely started for London. whittier
go all English people to try their for
tunes, since Dick Wilmington has
shown the placer
There she was greatly helped by
her own personal charm, and by the
friendship of two men whose names
are intimately connected with the
book trade, Alexander Macmillan and
Charles Edward Nude. (She later
married member of the firm of Mac
milan. G. L. Craik.)
She began her literary ventures
with stories for young people. but
early won success with The Ogil-
vies:" a delightful fairy story, Alice
Learmont," followed soon, as did
novels, short stories and various other
forms of expression.
But she will always be remember
ed by one book, though her popula-
rity in her time extended to many
others.
John Halifnx. Gentleman" pub
lished in 1857. is read today, as 1t
was then, an4 will not fade as have
the other works of its author.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-24
Memories of Old DAYS
In This Paper Ten Years
Ago Today

Two boys riding from Chicago to
New York on bicycles, stopped in
Richmond for the night.
'Richmond-Panic Proof was the
slogan selected for the fall festival
The proposition of the Wayne Coun-
ty Board Of Commissioners to sell
1914 acres of the poor farm for $4,000
was accepted by the Pennsylvania rail.
road after long CONTROVERSY
Putnam patriot., 1919-07-25

FREE DELIVERY IN CITY
 Phone 5s3-2
Putnam patriot., 1919-07-25
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 Mrs Edgar Bridge is in Providence. called there by the illness of her daughter
 David E. Clark is already getting green corn from his farm Mir Clark is one of the most successful corn growers in this county.
 Mir and Mrs William K Phillips of Yuma, Arizona. arrived Thursday and are guests of MT Phillips brother, W alter Phillips. and wife.
 Mrs C. S Albee left this Friday morning to spend the weekend at the home of her brother-in-law. W. D. and Mrs. Albee at Amherst, Mass.
 Dr. S. B. Overlook left Pomfret Tuesday for Washington, Maine. call ed there by the death of his father Nathaniel Overlook. aged 92 years.
 Edgar Nj. Warner. clerk of the su- perior court of Windham county, was in Hartford Wednesday making his annual settlement at the office of the comptroller at the State Capitol
 Mrs. Eva Badger of Hyde Park Vt.. who has been visiting her mother on Mechanics street, returned to hel home Tuesday. Mir. Badger came down for the weekend to take the re, turn trip with her.
 Miss Ruth Bartlett will return te her home here on Monday She has been passing a week in Bar Harbor where she went in company with the members of Chautauqua who were ir Putnam last week.
 Mrs A. R, Googgins of Rochester N. Y., is to be the head of the Bugbee & WuH millinery department in place of Mrs. A. k. Curtis. who resigned Mrs. Googgins is making her hom. with Mir. and Mrs. F. W. Seward.
Putnam patriot., 1919-07-25
DIED

MERRIAM In Worcester. July 20. Albert Merriam, husband of Ada Merriam, aged 46 years 0VERL0CK-fn Washington. Me. Nathaniel Overlook. aged 92 years. father of Dr. s. B. Overlock of Pomfret
 LE0NARD-Ia Providence, E. L. July 19, Thomas Jefferson Leon ard, aged 79 years MUNIER Putnam, July 19. Mary Munier, aged S6 years, wife ef Will liam Munier
 KEACH-In Glocester, R. |, July IS. Anna c. Reach, aged 69 years. WELLS-In Union, July 20, Louis Ensign Wells, aged 45 years. PERLEY-In Woodstock. July 20, Ella A. Perley. aged 66 years. BRIGGS-In Chftondale, Mass, July F, Rev. T. P. Briggs, aged S3 years, formerly pastor of Eastford church
Putnam patriot., 1919-07-25
IRVING H. MIRON
 ADMITTED TO FIRM

Attorney Irving H. Miron of this city who on May % and 30 took and successfully passed the state bar exam nations at New Haven, has been ad- mitted to partnership in the law firm of Torrey & Geissler. The firm name now becomes Torrey, GeLssler X Miron. Attorney Miron studied law in the office of Torrey & Geissler, and has been with them since 1913.
Putnam patriot., 1919-07-25
8 CHILDREN
 OPERATED ON

Before next Saturday night B children from Putnam and vicinity will have been operated upon for ton sils or adenoids at the Day kimball hospital, by Dr. Harold Foster of New York Twenty three were operated upon last Saturday, and 30 more are ,o be treated this week Dr. Foster will hold clinics at the hospital on the last two Saturdays in August.
Putnam patriot., 1919-07-25
Give IL a Name.

X screwless cOrkscrew has been in- vented. a pointed shaft carrying & piece of metal on pivot so that it falls at the right angle beneath s cork that 1t has been thrust through
Putnam patriot., 1919-07-25
The Store of SERVICE It Renders Real Service

There are three fundamen- tal reasons for a business such as ours adding new GUS toners all of the time-rea- sonable prices, quality goods and right service. A store having one of these attri- butes will draw customers, but when they are all com bined in one store, such as ours, old customers stick and new ones are made every week. The combination means Real Service" and that is why we put Real Service" above everything else as the motto of our store. Real service includes the best brand of groceries, the best and heaviest western beef, high grade merchandise in every department. Many people are "cranks" on cof- fee. We like to get hold of such people. for in our |DUTCHESS COFFEE we can satisfy their critical taste and make friends of them. Ask those who have tried 1t and they will tell you that it has a rich flavor and brews so many good cups to the pound.
 P. M. LeClair'S Sons
 Company
 MEATS AND GROCERIES Cor. Providence and Marshall Sts.
Putnam patriot., 1919-07-25
BORN

In Grosvenor-D Dale, July
 IT. a son to Mr. and Mrs. John Gib- son
Putnam patriot., 1919-07-25
Card of Thank.

The undersigned wishes to thank the neighbors and friends who were so thoughtful and kind during the ill., ness. and upon the death of his be- loved wife.
 William Munier,
 25 Main street, Putnam.
Putnam patriot., 1919-07-25
PILES! PILES! PILES!

@ WILLIAMS PILE OINTMENT
 For Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles. Forsale by all druggists, mailS0c and sl .oo WILLIAMS MFG. co, Prop.-. Cievs' ~A Ohio JF. DONAHUE, Druggist. Putnam
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-01-23
y
Yank Germans Couldn't Keep Down.

Fitchburg, Mass, Jan 19.-Ser-
geant Gordon w. Hardy is one of
Uncle Sans soldiers that the Huns
couldn't kill. Eight times his name
was on the casualty list, but now
he's back home safe and sound. Sew
en- times he was wounded. Twice
he was gassed by mustard gas. He
spent nine weeks in a German prison
camp. from which he made a dar-
ing escape. Hardy was n of the
first 10000 American soldiers on
the firing line in France and he serv-
ed with the United States divisions
which were practically wiped out.
This twenty-three-year-old lad has
been complimented by General Per-
4shing for bravery. He declined to
try for a commission. Il want to
be in action all the time and not
scratching my desk with spurs" he
said!
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-04-25
ALWAYS NEED OF MOTHERS
How Woman With chiIdIess Home
May Make Herself Blessed and
Find Happiness.

The proper care Of child Is for the
common good. 1t Is woman's task to
rear the child. However good and well
meaning, no man can bring that home
sense to child that its little heart
yearns for. A ragged, dirty, poverty
stricken child is blot upon humanity.
If the child comes into the world in an
environment where squalor prevails it
is a concern Of the community, or
should be, that young life exists there
and measures should be taken to I'M
prove the condition Of the child.
The world has need Of mothers, Of
mother-hearted women. Woman can
never rise to more glorious heights
than those Of Motherhood, Modesto
Hannis Jordan writes in Humanitarian.
In the wider sphere opeHing for wom-
en- the most important, the most conse-
quential of all tasks that she may
turn her hand to-" are the tasks that
will bring about better housing, feed
ing, education and what influences may
be brought to bear upon his young
mind; how he grows to good citizen
ship, how he comes to recognize his du-
ties and responsibilities to his fellow
men. And If there is a childless home
the woman cannot bring greater
blessing or a greater happiness to her
self than by opening its doors-and at
the same time her heart-to some
child without a mother.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-04-25
COULDN'T USE MoToR CARS
Etiquette Would Net Allow Driver 20
Gls In Presence 90 Chinese Dow
ager E~SE-S.

When the dowager empress OF China
a.sd In 1908 she left 4S motor cars,
among other things, to her heirs. Most
of these had been made specially for
her, many were gifts from high
Chinese potentates and all were gor.
geous, palatial, expensive cars. Her
fevorite was an eight-passenger French
machine with its body painted deep
orange and its seats upholstered in vio-
let satin brocade edged with round fiat
blue turquoise stones.
But the dowager sever rode in mo-
tor car in her life anC not one Of the
4S varieties ever left the imperial ga
rage.
1t was not because there were no
embryo chauffeurs in China. The
young Chinese who had been in Eng
land and America imbibing Occidental
college educations had learned to joy
ride and dozens Of them might have
qualified as high chancellor Of the
wheel in the dowager empress buzz
wagon.
But-no one may sit down in the
presence of Chinese monarch! And
how could any one stand up straight
and drive a high-powered motor car?
In 1908 there were not more than a
dozen motor cars in all China besides
the collection in the imperial garage;
today there are about 400, at least 90
per cent of which are driven by Oc-
cidental traders, commercial agents
and members of the various Western
legations. Driving is restricted to O
very few Of the largest coast cities,
where it is rough going at best, and
there is not road in China fit for a
motor ride.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-04-25
PERKINS AT IMPORTANT POST
Sergeant Majors Remark Must Have
Made Him Realize Just What 1t
Miqht Mean to Him.

Major Jackson tells of the visit OF
one of the generals to the trenches
on the end Of the British line.
The general, who was great stick
Ter for discipline, said to the last mar
on the left:
"Do you know, sir, that you're thf
most important soldier in the army
Private Perkins murmured some
modest rejoinder, but, as in duty
bound, kept his eye glued to the per
iscope with his vista Of No Mans
Land.
YES" resumed the general, "you're
the last man in the last squad of the
last platoon of the last company OF
the last battalion of the last regi
ment of the last brigade"
After this impressive announcement
the general turned on his heel and de
parted. Then the sergeant major, lesr
Private Perkins should be pulled VI
by the suddenly conferred Importance
added:
ayes, and if the army gets the com.
mand to form on the left you'll mark
time for the rest Of your bloody nat.
ural llfe!"
ANY military man realizes what
it would mean to be pivot man for q
line 125 miles long Toronto Mail
and. Empire.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-04-25
NOT As BIG As
BR|T|AN'S BILL
Cost of War to America MOI
Nearly Equal to What Eng.
lish Ally Must Pay.

Twenty-one months of our war with
Germany cost the United States $26,
: 356,000,000, the treasury department
calculates. Huge munitions and other
contracts have been cancelled. Man
ufacturers are now presenting their
bills and receiving payments for ma
terials delivered months ago in the
neat of the struggle.
Included in the enormous total OF
s26,356, 100000 is the sum of S7,S76,-
100000 loaned to the Allies. When we
began lending to the Allies, the gov
eminent contemplated turning over
10 them about $5OO,O0O,O00 a month
put actual loans ordinarily ran around
f3SO,0OO,OOO monthly.
OF the total war bill about S1S,OOO,,
100000 has been raised so far by the
Liberty Loans. The fact that we have
oot covered our war debt is the rea'
son for the Victory Liberty Loan. In
,ther words we haven't paid for the
OBJ.
The cost of the war to Great Brit
lin was S4O,640, 100000. Germany is
out s3S,750, 100000 exclusive of indem
aities the Allies may impose.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-04-25
Sunday Battles in History.

Some of the fiercest engagements of
the present war have been fought or
Sunday, the so-called day Of rest, for the
German seems to like that day for a
bombing raid Oh some defenseless
town, as well as for much bigger oper-
atoms at the front, possibly on ac-
count of the old adage about the bet
ter the day the better the deed.
The fiercest of the battles in the
Wars of the Roses was actually fought
on Palm Sunday, observes London AQ-
swers. This was the Battle of Tow
ton in 1861, and ten years later the
Battle of Barnet was fought on East
er Sunday. Families was fought on
Whitsunday, 1706.
Both Bulls Run and Shiloh, in the
American Civil war, were fought on
Sunday. 1t was on Sunday that WILL
ington issued that famous order, "Ci-
udad Rodrigo must be carried by as
sault this evening""
A glad Sunday for the British en-
pire was that cloud Sabbath when
Wellington defeated Napoleon at Wa
terloo in the last attempt on the part
Of one man to dominate the world.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-04-25
Only Partial Repentance.

Bobby accompanied his mother to
the grocery and, unobserved, helped
himself to a banana and was calmly
eating it when discovered. His moth
er, greatly Mortified, reprimanded him
severely, and on the way home, meet
ing policeman whom she knew, told
him Of Bobby's misdeed and asked
what he usually did with boys that
took bananas.
eff they are big boys I lock them
up in Jail, but if they are little I just
take them home with me. But yoy
won't take any more bananas, will you,
Bobby?"
Bobby, thoroughly frightened, re-
treated clinging to his mothers skirt,
but managed to say: mo; me no take
banana; me take an apple next time. "
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-04-25
METHODIST CENTENARY
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
FOR. The UNITED STATES

Probably the greatest educationa
campaign ever undertaken by &
church is that now being launched
by the Centenary Movement of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and the
Methodist Episcopal Church South.
which together plan to raise $4,000,
900 for missionary work, at home and
abroad. More than $14,0t0,000 will
De spent on schools and teachers fol-
the untaught children of the world
and instruction for grown people who
had little or. no schooling in theil
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-04-25

Pennsylvania and at salarnanea Ia
New York already have raiasa theig
allotted sums.
Rev. W. E. Smith, pastor of the
;hurch in Salamanca, wired to DR..
Appleton Bash, executive secretary of
the Pittsburgh area, that his church
has already passed its goal of S2,0SG
and now has more than $500 surplus.
Townville church reported on March
20 to area headquarters that it had
reached its quota of s1,045 for the
Centenary and was trying to reach
the $1,000 mark. The. money was
pledged in less than two days. The
Polk church in charge of Rev. s.. B.
Bartlett, was reported over the top
1T the same time.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-04-25
RAPID STRIDES IN SURGERY
War Has Brought Discoveries That
Alleviate Pain and Heal the Most
Dangerous Wounds.

"Bipp" is one of the new words that
will be added to the dictionary as the
direct outcome Of the war. "Bipp" is
combination Of bismuth, iodOform
and paraffin paste, and is the name
given to one Of the most important
surgical discoveries Of Or. Rutherford
Morrison, a famous operative surgeon
Of London. 1t exercises a strange
charm upon the treatment Of danger
Gus wounds.
In the early days Of the war doctors
employed the older forms Of curative
surgery, which entailed long periods Of
suffering to the wounded soldier. BY
the new process the destroyed tissues
and infected areas are excised, the
parts thoroughly drenched with pure
spirit, and after the application of a
thin layer of "bipp" the wound can in
many cases be sewn up Immediately
with every prospect Of primary union
and no further distress to the patient
Even wounds associated with bone in
juries or damaged joints, have been
successfully treated by this method,
and compound fractures have lost
much Of their seriousness.
One of the most marvellous cases is
recorded at a London military hospital.
A piece Of shell penetrated a soldiers
chest and diaphragm, passing into the
abdominal cavity. These terrible in
uries healed without subsequent i'll
Consequences, tile track of the missile
being excised and the wound sutured
after a thorough application of "bipp."
Similar success has been attained in
cases Of gas gangrene, which is de-
prived of it's chief terror since the
germs of this infection can no longer
fh,.iu