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Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-05-14
PASSUMPSIC

All Fulford spent Sunday with his
father, who is dangerously sick at
West Barnet.
Miss Myrtle Morrill,, who under
went a successful operation for APP
pcndicitis, May 8 at Brightlook hos
pital, is making satisfactory rccov-
cry. Miss Ellen King is taking her
place teaching in the county school.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-05-14
Puzzle for Marines.

Friends Of the citizen "sca soldlers''
are telling them that a marine not reg
ularly marine. although coached In
the signn's and likely to be called upon
TO "pinch hit" for q regular marine,
must necessarily be submarine.
The "rookies" themselves say that
Noah Webster overlooked this knotty
problem. when he wrote bis best sell.
er. and they are, calling On sports ed.
!tors to decide the question.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-05-14

Orvillc Platt, who has been over
seas nineteen months, and Miss Jessie
Williams, were recent guests of Mrs.
Minnie Williams.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-27
SWAT THE RAT!

The United States public health
cost too much to keep in this coun-
try. The annual cost of rats III
Great Britain is $3.50 per capita, III
Denmark is s1.20 and in France 81.
Damage done by rats in this country
is thought to be greater and this
leads to an estimate of s1SO,000.-
600 year to support the rat pop
ulation. This does not incIuoe
mice.
A rat survey of the United States
has shown rats of three varieties
The biggest and most ferocious Is
the brown, or Norway" rat. 1t mas
about killed of the black rat and
the Alexandrian rat The latter two
are rarely found except in seaports.
The Norway rat has become so
common that the health service cs-
Inmates one rat for every city and
town dweller and three ia IS for ev-
cry resident of the rural districts.
The brown rats live anywhere and
eat nearly anything. They havs
been known to gnaw through q.
brick wall, through lead pipe and
through pieces of slate. They live
in swamps as well as on dry land
and in buildings, those of tbs
swampy regions becoming so accus-
toned to water that they swim long
distances.
The rat is constant menace TO
public health in addition to the ex-
tensivc food and property damage
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-27
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guesses; five, six, seven, eight, nine
and ten she made and still not one
OF them was right!
The girl shivered little and grew
pale even under the rosy light: for
now one guess remained. and her
, own fate depended upon the result.
She resolved not to be hasty, and
S o e d through all the
rooms once more, gazing earnestly
upon the various ornaments and try
ing to decide which she would touch.
Finally, in despair, she decided TO
leave it entirely to chance. She
faced the doorway of room, shut
her eyes tightly, and then. thrusting
aside the heavy draperies. she ad-
vanced blindly with her right arm
outstretched before her.
Slowly softly she erept forward
until her hand came in contact with
an object upon a small round table.
She did not know what it was, but in
low voice she pronounced the word
"Ev."
The rooms were quite empty of
| life after that. The Nome King had
gained n new ornament. For upon
the edge of the table rested n pretty
Erasshopper. that seemed to have
been formed from a single emerald.
1t was all that remained of Ozma
of or.
In the throne room just beyond
the palace the Nome King suddenly
looked up and smiled.
Next" he said. in his pleasa Mt
! voice.
Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the
Tin Woodman, who had been sitting
| in anxious silence, each gave start
of dismay and stared into one
Ianother's eyes
HAS she failed" asked Tiktok.
$50 it seems" answered the little
monarch. cheerfully. But that is
no reason one OF you should not sue
ceed. The next may have twelve
guesses, instead of eleven, for there
are now twelve persons transformed
into ornaments. Wen we'll! Which
of you goes next"
'I'll 60" said Dorothy.
"Not So" replied the Tin Wood
man. 'As commander of Ozma's
army. it is my privilege to follow her
and attempt her rescue"
Away you go, then" said the
Scarecrow, but be careful. old
friend
II will" promised the Tin Wood
man; and then he followed the Nome
King to the entrance of the palace
and the rock closed behind him.
Editors Note-Next week, in
THE Nome King Laughs" we shall
hear what came of the Tin Wood
mans attempts at the Eleven Guess
eS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-27

resulting wherever rats congregat
In this state, laws have been passe
In an effort to destroy the rat an
in some cities a rat-killing day hs
come to be one of the years hol
DAYS. No matter how many al
killed, some escape and muitipi
rapidly. The United States publ
health service gives plenty of az
vice about. killing rats. but the bes
plan is to construct ratproof bufld
ings. If the rats cannot get in the.
will have nothing to eat and starva
ton will reduce their ranks. STAR
ing all the rats in this country
big job, but unless 1t is under
taken the rat population will con
tinue to increase.-From the In.
dianapolis News
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-27
iddtetODn
Played With Band
Before Crowned Heads

James Werlich, who spent the
past twenty months overseas. was
mustered out of service at Camp
Mills, New York. Werlich was a
member of one of the marine bands
and played before some of the
crowned heads of Europe. He is
a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Weir
ich, of Brown street, and was the
third son who served in the service
of Uncle Sam and are all mustered
out of service.
H. H. Tothero, who had been i'll
at his home at stephens, Lancaster
county. for the past ten days with
ivy poison, has resumed his duties
as teacher in the high school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Kinsey have
moved from Swatara street to High
spire.
Percy Houser, Jr., has gone to
housekeeping in the house made va
cant by John Schraedley. South
Catherine street
Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Young have
returned home from Philadelphia
where Mr.. Young underwent treat
ment for rheumatism.
Charles Kaufman, who spent the
past two years overseas, was mus
tered out of service at Camp Mills,
New York, and returned to town.
Robert Whitman, who spent the
past twenty-one months in the navy
service and was on the Maryland,
a supply ship, was mustered out
of service at the League Island Navy
yards at Philadelphia. and returned
to the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. G. Whitman, Ann
street.
Henry Werlich, who spent the
past two years overseas, was mus
tered out of service at Camp Dix,
\. Y, and returned to his home in
Royalton.
The Middletown Praying Band
will meet at the home of Mr.. and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-27

Mrs. Jonathan Clouser. Susquehanna
| street, this evening.
Ralph Race, who was wounded
| overseas and was a patient at the
| War Hospital, Carlisle, was dis
| charged and returned to his homie in
! Royalton.
| Mrs. Fred German, of Council
| Bluffs, Iowa, is spending some time
| in town as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
| George Davis. Susquehanna street.
Mrs. George Davis has returned
home from a two weeks visit to her
daughter. Mrs. Samuel Beckey, MIL
ton.
The pupils of the High school are
arranging to hold sociahle in the
High school building in the near fu-
ture.
William Gallagher was mustered
out of service at Camp Dix, \. j.,
and returned to his home in High
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Mckee.
who were called here on account of
the death of the late Mrs. Sarah
Peters. returned to their home at
Philadelphia.
The Rev. c. R. Bethel. pastor of
the Royalton United Brethren
Church, and the Rev. Z. a. G. Boss
ler pastor of the First United
Brethren Church. of town, will leave
next week for Reading where they
will attend the East Pennsylvania
annual conference of the United
Brethren churches. William II. Wolf
will accompany the Rev. Mr.. Belt
tel as delegate from the Royalton
Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. H. Luckenbill left
to-day for Nentour, n. j., where
they will visit friends for Il week.
Swatara Council No. S5S, Jr. Q.
L. \. NJ, held a smoker in their
lodge room in Emaus street last
evening. A very interesting meet
ing was held and a drive will be
made for new members.
Miss Ruth Hoffman, who spent
the past several months in town
with her father, returned to Phila-
delphia.
John weigle and Rudolph Mason,
of town. have gone to Cleveland,
Ohio. where they have secured po-
sitions.
Titus Beard. who was at one time
employed at the Daily Journal Of
flee. has secured a position as
foreman at the Middletown Press
office. taking the place of John
Schraedley, who resigned last week
and moved his family to Harrisburg.
Mr.. Schraedley has secured a po-
sition as watchman at the Aviation
Depot.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-27
"This is but small part of my Army"

task, and how likely she was to lose
her own freedom in striving to free
others from the bondage of the Nome
King. No wonder the cunning mon
arch laughed good naturedly with
his visitors, when he knew how easily
they might be entrapped.
But Ozma, having undertaken the
venture, would not abandon it. She
looked at a silver candelabra that
had ten branches. and thought: This
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-27

may be the Queen of Ev and her ten
Children So she tuched it and
uttered aloud the word "Ev," as the
Nome King had instructed her to
do when she guessed. But the cam
delabra remained as it was before.
Then she wandered into another
room and touched china lamp,
thinking it might be one Of the chill
dren she sought. But again she was
unsuccessful. Three guesses; four
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-27

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
Four Hundred Converts Take New Stand fl

Don't you think you ought to care
a little bit yourself? Don't you
think you ought to have a little
concern for yourself, and don't you
think your concern ought to be for
your salvation? When you find out
that the devil doesn't care and the
world doesn't care, and Jesus does
care and God does care, don't you
think you are a fool not to come
over to the side of those who do
care, when it Is for your inter
est"
The invocation was given by
Rev. Thomas Hughes of the Gle
land Presbyterian church, who
made a fervent plea for the cause
of righteousness. In addition to
the choir numbers, which are al
ways wonderfully we'll given, Ho-
mer Rodeheaver and Mrs. william
Asher sang When l Look In His
Face" a new composition which
Mr. Rodehesver said would soon
be released on the records. 1t was
beautifully sung. During the TAX
ing of the collection Rodey played
"a Perfect Day"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
BREAKS VASES
TO TEACH BOYS
GIRLS TRUTHS
Billy Sunday Uses Spectacular
Methods to Instruct Children
in 10 Commandments.

The most spectacular and un-
usual meeting of the Sunday series
thus far given was that OF this aft
ernoOn when young folks of the
grade and high school age were the
favored members Of the audience
that gathered at the tabernacle,
and there were hundreds and hun
dreds of children who were at
tracted to the place OF worship.
despite the fact that a football
game was called for later in the
afternoon. The meeting had been
set, however, a half hour earlier in
order that the kids might attend
and be dismissed in time for the
game.
Mr.. Sunday took this opportuu-
ity to impress upon the youthful
mind with forceful illustrations.
love of country and love Of the
word of God.
He catechized the children on tho
countries of the world, displaying
the flag of each, calling for its cap
ital and its chief industry and get
ting the children quite excited i'm
their geography lesson
Drives Home Lessons.
Then to drive home the import
ance Of the keeping of the 10 com
mandments he told a story Of a boy
who had skipped Sunday school,
had played marbles for keeps and
done numerous other things and
then lied to his mother upon his
return home. Mr.. Sunday pointed
out that the boy had broken six OF
the 10 commandments and repre-
senting each of these command
ments by a beautiful vase, set be
fore him on the pulpit, Mr.. Sunday
snatched up a hammer and with II
shattered the vases one after the
other, into a thousand pieces, illus
trating in a graphic way and one
that will never be forgotten by the
children, the breaking of the com
mandments.
Mr.. Sunday is a psychologist and
he knows the influence of mental
pictures to fasten great truths that
will be carried through life.
He proceeded then to bring home
the lessons of obedience, honor OF
parents, love Of country and home
and showed the children how it is
better to be a good boy or girl
rather than a tough mug"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
AFTERNOON SERVICE

Rev. Mr.. Sunday gave the third
and last of this series of afternoon
sermons on Personal Work" yes
terday afternoon. All three have
been founded on the same text of
scripture, Prov. 1870, He that
winneth souls is wise" and he call
ed yesterdays talk The Greatest
Thing" The past three afternoon
classes have been more like lecture
room instruction than perhaps any
of the others, Ind practically the
same workers have attended all of
them.
so many of US these days do
nothing for the Lord" said Rev
Mr.. Sunday. We just go through
the motions. We just go to church
because We have the habit. The
keynote of the gospel is this: Go
ye into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature All right,
go. Evangelism can't be accom-
plished without effort. I'm not 60
ing to pick out the easiest thing
and expect to get results. And
a
about Gods business with his or
her head down like a bullrUsh.
81 read the story of Noah and
the flood 20 times before 1 got this
lesson out of it: God told Noah to
build the ark, and he built it and
he was a hundred and twenty
years building it, and there wasn't
streak of lightning all that time
And when he got it completed the
only one that he could convince of
its necessity was his wife and his
three sons and their wives-eight
people. So Jesus Christ lived on this
earth SO years and at Pentecost he
could muster one hundred and
twenty-after 80 years of work and
preaching. Some of them followed
him as long as he'd feed them, but
when he cut the commissary depart
ment on, they stopped. got les
son out Of it. And yet Christ said,
He that believeth on me, the
works that / do shall he do also;
and greater works than these shall
he do because l go unto the Father
Be able to tell God when you get
through with this world that you
have done your part.
Perseverance is contagious
its not epidemic. You have to get
next to some one to get it. That's
the way with religion. Talk with
people, find out their troubles and
see what God can do for them. Get
the thing that is adapted to their
needs. You need sympathy to do
personal work. Never take the sin
ner's part The sinner is always
wrong. Always take Gods part. If
you never realize they were lost,
you can't do much to help them.
Many a time the good of a ser
mon is lost by the silly talk after
wards. You put a pair of handouts
on the Holy Spirit.
when you do your level best,
then you would like to do better"
The evangelist ended his last talk
with numerous incidents of great
persons who had been dissatisfied
at what proved to be their best
works that they weer ready to give
up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
FOUR SERVICES
FOR WOMEN AND
MEN TOMORROW

Four special meetings are to be
held tomorrow afternoon by the
Sunday party in the tri-cities.
All are called for 2:30 O'Clock. At
the tabernacle Mr.. Sunday will
conduct a service for men only
when he will speak on the subject,
The DEVILS Boomerang Up to
Date, or Hot Cakes Of the
Griddle" There will be special
music by the mems chorus aud Mr..
Rodeheaver and men are assured
of an hour of real benefit.
Three meetings have been ar
ranged for women only. The one
in Rock Island viii be at the FIRST
Methodist church AMI Miss Flor
ence Kinney will be the speaker.
In Moline the meeting will be held
at the First Baptist church and
Mrs. William Asher Will speak and
at st. Johns Methodist church,
Davenport, Miss Grace SAKE viii
address the meeting.
The sessions are open 10 any
who care 20 attend, regardless %
church affiliations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
FARM TERRAUING IN NORTH.

The owner of a large farm in
Pennsylvania, on which one of the
first attempts at terracing in the
North Atlantic states was under
taken last spring, is enthusiastic
about the benefits of this work.
He has asked that the drainage di-
vision of the bureau of public roads,
U. S. department OF agriculture,
which supervised the project, aid
in extending the terracing this fall.
This sort of rural engineering is
new in the region and the low
ridges at various levels on the
sloping fields of this farm have oc-
casioned the liveliest interest in
the whole district. Terracing of
various types has been practiced in
parts of the south for a number of
years. but in many sections of the
north its great advantages are lit
tie understood. Consequently, the
bureau is particularly interested in
this demonstration of the perma-
nent value of terracing on this
Pennsylvania farm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
SUNDAY GUEST
OF MUSCATINE
PEOPLE TODAY

Rev. Billy Sunday went to Mus
catine this morning with members
of his party and conducted a ser
vice at 10 o'clock at the First
Methodist church.
Mr.. Sunday is appearing at Mus
catine under the auspices of the
Ministerial alliance of that city
and elaborate plans have been
made to receive the evangelist.
Members of the choir who sang
during the revival there a number
of years ago, composed a big Choir
us that assisted Homer Rodeheaver
with the music.
y delegation of Muscatine
people visited Mr.. Sunday in Rock
Island during the fore part of the
week and induced him to visit the
Pearl city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
ALL CHURCHES TO
HOLD SERVICE AT
MORNING HOUR

All the churches affiliated with
Sunday campaign will hold preach
ing services tomorrow morning at
the usual hour of worship. The
evening services, however. will be
omitted that the congregations
may attend the Sunday tabernacle
meeting.
Tomorrow is Moline day and
none of the churches in that city
will have services. The following
Sunday will be Rock Island day,
when services will be omitted.
Bible schools will be held as
usual tomorrow morning also, but
the evening services of all kinds
viii be withdrawn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
SUNDAYISMS

1.-The wise man plows his field
in January-the fool don't"
"If you want to see enthusiasm
go to Cincinnati next week to the
worlds series"
You've got to go after some
people with the truth with a hool
stuck in the end OF it"
these packs of nerves that SIT
around in the church pews."
"The women are the best spread
ers of news OF anything 1 ever
saw.
Many church members in these
cities have not been to the taber-
nacle yet Do you think Jesus
Christ would let me preach in town
here for six weeks and not poke
his head around here? No! These
are not real church members. Just
camoufage.
Gust because her husband has a
little money she says, I cawnt I'M
derstand-' That kind of talk
makes me tired oh, the Lord has
hard time. 1 can't understand his
patience"
Never compromise with the
devil"
THE devils got his decoys
around all over"
Their heads are full of bulk
oysters and saw dust"
His wife was pure full karat
gold. full measure, sc inches to
the yard"
THE Sunday school was having
class meeting before the church
lost its religion"
1.-The saints had gotten there
early and gotten the front seats
with a glance at the ones in the
front seats.)
You can't put it over on God so
don't try to hand God the hot end
of the poker"
I'm times of physical distress we
run our hands into our pockets up
TO our elbows"
You know every city has a few
men that are leaning posts-finan-
cial leaning posts, political lean
ing posts and whatever they do
thousands of people will do the
same thing"
"Oh the politician don't care for
your soul. Vote for him today and
you can go to hell tomorrow for
all he cares"
You'd spit in the face of Jesus
Christ just to keep your name on
some old double-chinned danes
calling list"
Nobody ever preached a truth
to an audience that was wasted"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
FOREST FIRE PERIL ENDS.

Reports and estimates from rep
resentatives of the forest service,
U. S. department of agriculture, in
dictate that the period of the great
est forest fire peril that has ever
confronted the forest service has
been brought to an end by heavy
rams and SHOWS in Montana and
northern Idaho. Until this sorely
needed assistance from nature ar
rived the wooded areas of the dis
trict were so dry that fires gained
terrific Roadway with astonishing
rapidity.
A surprising number of electric
storms occurred over these finder
dry regions, unaccompanied by
sufficient rain to check the flames
which we're started by lightning.
More than half of the fires in the
regions, reports show, were begun
by such electrical discharges.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27

of age, and Williams went down
under the knives of the cannibals.
In all ages of the worlds history,
men have been in the soul-saving
business.
Every board in this tabernacle
tells you we care, and every nail,
the light that blaZes above your
heard, the seats in which you sit
and the sawdust, my friends, the
shav:ags beneath your feet; and
although you are stranger to me
and although you are a stranger 70
thousands, yet their faces would
glow and their hearts would leap
with joy if they'd see you take your
stand for Jesus Christ, whether
they know you or whether they
have ever seen you in there before.
God cares. Jesus Christ cares.
The angels care.