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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
Confessions of a Ghost

II seems my duty to report to the Society
for Physical Rcsearch the very curious ex-
pericnce ] had the other evening, especially
as it casts great deal of light on the
question OF communication with human
beings.
was drifting about in my usual cheerful
fashion, not thinking about anything in
particular. when ! suddenly became aware
OF sinking sensation, n feeling of great de-
preston and dread. Hoping to brace myself
up. | took two or three twirs along the
Milky Way, and SKINNED along several of
the astral planes. But still I had this horrd
feeling of being haunted, pursued by some
palpabc and tangible body. Then I saw it
Can You conceive my alarm? Disbelieve
me II you Will. but it was a solid and per-
sonal being. habtcd in clothing and with
all the grucsOmc appearance of human
reality. ! approached, tmidly, and hoping
to rcasSurc myself. attempted to pass
through it in the usual way. Horrible! tt
was solid, and resisted my movement. It
seemed to be in great distress and repeatedly
plucked from a slit in its garments n small,
round, cleaning object, apparently mechan-
ica in its nature, TO which it seemed to at
tach great importance. | heard it speak
1t said, Great guns, | shall miss the 8 rs
train 1t was obviously uneasy, and tried
TO reassurc 1t; but my alarm was SO great
that | am afraid | had no success. Then
it faded away and left me shuddering.
II would be impossible for me to tell in
fun the unpleasant and unnatural effect this
apparitiOn had on me. In every respect il
was completely human, and for my own part
| have not the slightest doubt that it was
man. and that he was endeavoring to COM
municatc with me in some crisis of his
mortal life The emotion l experienced was
not so much one of alarm as that of COM
nlete and shuddering strangeness. The crea
sd NynirIlu and fnnpihIy bunnar,
evidently living, that ! felt the strongest
impulse of nausea, No longer, ] think, can
any skepticul spirit deny the actuality of
life before the grave. SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
SUBSIDIZED JoY-RlDERS

ITO RIDE in an automobile is pleasant.
l. To joy-ride in an automobile without
having to think of the cost of tires, gas
oline. wear and tear or the staggering
tolls of imperialistic garage men must
be heavenly.
This is the celestial diversion known
only to the elect of the various city de-
partments and bureaus who are accus-
toned to fit about at week ends and in
their idle hours in municipal cars behind
municipal chauffeurs. OF course, the sug-
gestion of a city garage with a checking
system to restrict this ancient abuse is
wise. And you may have observed that
it is wise folk who are always taking
the Joy out of life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
GASKlLL'S ANTICLIMAX

THE first test of Prosecutor Gaskil's
l. case against Charles f. White and
Mrs. Edith Jones, of Hammonton, who
were jailed for alleged completely in the
murder of little Billy Dansey, came yes
terday before Judge C. C. Black of the
Supreme Court of New Jersey. Both
prisoners were released under bonds.
The sum of the bail, s75OO for White
and $25O0 for Mrs. Jones, doesn't indi-
cate that the detectives were able to
fully sustain in court the charges orig
inally made. The public may wonder
whether group Of overzealous detectives
have blundered tragically again, as detec-
tives have often blundered before.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

/. Captain Sir John Alcock, who made the
first nonstop fight across the
Atlantic, died recently.
.. Under the peace treaty Danzig is to be
free city under League protection.
3. Chalcedony is precious stone of quartz
kind with many varieties, as agate,
cornelian, chrysoprase.
t. Dulcinea was the idolized and idealized
mistress of Don Quixote.
). Three of Moliere's most famous come
dies are "Tartuffe," ''Le Medecin
Malgre Lui" (The Doctor in Spite
of Himself) and ''Le Msanthrope."
6. A cosset is a pet-lamb.
Z. Hongkong is an island lying off China,
near the mouth of the Canton river.
1t belongs to Great Britain.
s. Viscount French was commander of the
British forces in the retreat from Mons
to the Marne, in 1914.
0. An ad vslorem tariff is levied in proper
tion to the value Of the goods i'm
ported.
10. In the Battle of the Nile the British.
under Nelson, defeated the French,
under Brueys. on August and 2,
1T0S. The engagement was fought In
the Bay of Abukir, between Rosetta
and the Rosetta mouth Of the Nile.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
DEMOCRATS HOLD THEIR OWN

2 A TTEMPTS to find moral in the by
n election in the Ninth congressional
district of North Carolina are not very
successful.
The district polls Democratic major
fly varying from $500 to 1000 at the
regular elections. The Democratic can
didate was chosen the other day by
majority of about 1000, which is about
AS much as could lie expected at a special
election,
The Republican candidate ran on a
platform cf opposition to the league of
nations. The Democratic candidate ran
ON platform of opposition to the Oft
discussed Republican proposition to cut
down the representation Of the South in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
What Do You KnotU?
QUIZ

/. How long does it take vessel to pass
through the Panama Canal?
.. Who is the primate of all Ireland? 8
3. How many seats are there in the
Senate?
4. What state has Eureka" for its motor
5. In what country will the reds, now
being deported to Europe on the Bu-
ford, be landed?
6. Name two of the most eminent British
expOnents of spiritualism.
Z. From what year did the Romans number
their years?
s. Where is the Tagus river?
.. What is a loggia?
10. What musical instrument is named
after goose?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
First Snow

TN autumn fields lone graves unnoticed lie,
Hid in the stubble, lost in withered
grass;
While dark, sun loving swallows southwark
fly,
And flowers fade and summer glorics pass.
They lie unseen, until the drifting snow
Marks out the hills above the barren
ground
And says to every passing stranger, 'Know.
A man like thee lies buried meath this
mound"
90 lay my dead. forgotten, till first snow
- Awoke far memories of long ago
Thauksgivings. New Years, Christmas days
With pleasures innocent and simple ways; !;
And then my quiet dead returned to bless
Me, wandering in the lonely wilderness.
WILL LOU.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
INFORMATION FOR BAILEY

COUNCILMAN BAILEY, moved BY
~ something said in these columns about
the $1,000 dinner for which he wants to
spend publ c m, ney, demanded ct d meet
ing yesterday to be told who Belshazzar
was.
Belshazzar, Mr.. Bailey, was called
king In reality he was boss. He
didn't behave So his kingdom was di-
vided between opposing factions.
That is what always happens to bosses
who don't behave.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

Congress on account of the disfranchise-
ment Of the negro voters. 1t would be
easy to say that opposition to the league
of nations was condemned, and it would
be equally easy to conclude that the
present apportionment Of congressman
to the southern states was indorsed.
But the truth is that Democratic dis
trict remained Democratic If there is
anything more than that in the result
it does not appear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
RENAISSANCE OF BILL

MIR. BRYAN is credited with an ambi-
A'Ation again to dominate the affairs Of
the Democratic party and to direct it
amid the shoals of 1920.
What, let US ask, has infected Mr.
Bryan with desire to give aid and com
fort TO the Republican party?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
Affairs


LNNERYWIIERE are altars.
~ You may see them rise
. In the places where men find
Stones of sacrifice.
QUILT of fragile things like friends,
- Reared So tenderly
Broken by the winds and cold
Into travesty.
7 I1NG open to the sky
- Where they once have glowed;
Some man fingered ere he turned
off another road.
HERE ambition built too high,
IL There love built too low.
We find altars everywhere
On the roads we go.
BEATRICE WASHBURN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
LAUNCHING THE BABY
THERE was a man,

WIS udn,
l. And all his life he worked
In a shipyard.
And he got married
And in due time
baby was born. C
The man felt very
Happy for while,
When suddenly
He changed,
For the christening
Of the baby
Was approaching.
And the man seemed
Nervous he couldn't sleep nights
And he told his wife
That ne was sure the Minister
Would hurt the Baby
When he hit it
With the Bottle
Tom Fox, ironworker of Robins Drydock
and Repair Co., in the Southern Marine
Journal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

A boosted attendance Of 200 at local
Bible class when sugar was given away
suggests n desire. for sweetness rather than
for light.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
Carol

Carol
yUHERE'S a smile on lips cleaning,
i There's a light in every eye,
And the angels smile upon us,
Pecping from the smiling sky.
For, tits hearts He's come seeking,
Hearts in grief that still are gay:
Gods own mirth be in your laughter
Christ is come-'tis Christmas Day
TIE is come again to bethlehem.
IL To His Own. as distant, cold,
AS tho lowly little manger
On Judcan hills of old.
But it's hearts He's come a a-seckinG
Hearts in grief that still are gay.
Gods own mirth be in your lauGhtcr---
Christ is comc--'ts Christmas Day!
WHAT have you to offer, grandsire,
w With your silver years bent down?
And YOUR gift oh, brown eyed maiden,
Half way on to Woman town?
II is hearts He's, come a seeking,
Hearts in grief that still are gay
Gods own mrth be in your laughter--
Christ is come-'tis Christmas Day!
DURISTMAS DAY, on earth, in Heaven!
Y In YOUR hearts that Babe must sleep
Angel silenccd all your passions,
Shcpherdcd your truant sheep.
For. Ills hearts He's come seeking.
Hearts in grief that still are gay
Gods own mirth he in your laughter
Give your hearts-'tis Christmas Day Day
SISTER MARY DONATUS.
John Drinkwatcr's abraham Lincoln is
an interesting play but We do not quite
understand why Mr.. Drinkwater is so hard
ON Seward. For instance:
LINCOLN: '"rhcrc's tide in the affairs
of mcu ~ DO you read Shake
! spcarc Seward?
! SEWARD: Shakespeare? No,
LINCOLN: All
! We submit that Mr. Seward, as a college
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

Is there any particular significance in
the fact that April l has been spoken Of as
the day on which the railroads are to be re
turned to their owners?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
The Park In Winter

nc 'PdTK IN WTnteT
The river is n sheet of gold
n river in a dream cong true;
The gray rocks gleam in icy mail
Against n sky of winter blue.
The long chill roadway winds and winds,
Like life, when each day is the same:
But still there burns the sunset sky
And onward flows the stream of flame!
~ d. +. w.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

The fact that bandits can 90 into a
local club and rob a score of members of
$4,000 predicates equal parts Of nerve,
mendacity and prosperity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

Judging by the preparations being made
hy the Navy Department for his capture.
the business of being a whisky smuggIcr is
going TO be an exciting one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
Pull Negligible

Scientists arc excited
Pull Negligible over tho alleged dis
covcry Of new planet.
We don't know its exact distance from the
earth. but it is probably too far away to
affect the high cost Of living.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

The sugar situation is admittedly com.
plcx. and not the least complex of its fca-
lures is that the stuff is hard to get at the
grocer's but easy to get when it is turned
into candy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

We venture the guess that the Reds
are having a better time on the Butord than
they viii have when they land in their home
country. ~ "a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
Desk Notices

The art Of art. the glory of expression and
the sunshine of the light of letters, is
simplicity.
WALT WHITMAN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

Nobody knows yet in whose stocking
Santa Woodrow Claus is going to put the
railroads.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

At the present price of stockings Santa
Claus begins to wonder if he dare to put
them to the usual Christmas strain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

The league Of nations simply cannot be
cut out Of the peace treaty. II would have
to be picked out from the web and woof.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
Il. c. l. CoupIets

(Sv,n pathi3ing With ". V. ~ S.
On vile profiteers we would faiu vent our
spleen
When. au lieu du beurre, we must use
buttcrine. ,,
SUB ROSA.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
Good Advice

'"Every time you feel
Good Advice inclined to buy dan
Gcrous toys for your
children" says Director KruSen, in effect,
"buy harmless ones for unfortunate chill
drcn in hospitals and charitable institu-
tions.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

Judging from attacks and counter. at
tacks it would appear to be a poison 'pen."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
THE CHAFFING DISH

man and n distinguished lawyer, could hardly
have escaped some Shakespeare.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

II. C. of l.. is a fairy godmother com
pared to the famine that stalks in some parts
of Europe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

Noah had nothing on Captain G. A.
Hitchcock in the matter of "queer ami
miles,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

Lodge is crying peace Peace :" wher
there can be no peace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

Yarnall Abbott tells us of singular in
stance Of pervcrsity on the part of the law.
yrrs. They are going to have some sort oL
corvontion in Chicago, ana are not going
TO stay at the Blackstone.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

Twenty four million
Take Your Choice dollars worth of whis-
ky is moving toward
the scaboard for shipment abroad. Most Of
it. it is said will go to Germany. Is this
consolation or punishment?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

Sunday was moving day for the Reds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

Hopes for white Christmas are still
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

The Young Lady Next
Boston Door But One says she
Please Note supposes prohibition is
all right in its way.
hut it is pushing tho idea too far to make
the battcship Virginia go into "A drydock.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23
Bird Note

a conclusive summary
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-23

When it comes to re-
form in politics one
Martin docs not make
lrU
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-08-16
MAY HAVE BEEN ERlcssoNs
Interesting Speculation Arising From
Discovery of Ancient GaiIeys
Buried In Norway.

A traveller In Norway has been look
ing at the two ancient ships, in one
of which, though probably In neither.
Lief Ericsson, may have reached the
western world FIVE centuries before
Columbus. Nothing proves that either
sof them was Ericsson's galley; moth
ing proves that it wasn't. The ancient
pagan custom that buried the craft
of the sea-hero preserved the galleys
away in the soil of Norway, thanks
to covering Of potter's clay, and a
twentieth century farmer recover ed
the second one. The savahts looked
1T over, and dated 1t from the ninth
century, contemporary with the adj
venturous Ericsson, possibly, his own
ship. About seventy feet long, the
vessel is shaped not unlike a double
pointed rOwboat, fiat and low, with
forked uprights for Is pairs of oars,
and the conventional dragon carved on
bow and stern. Under the floor are
the compartments where the voyagers
doubtless stored their provisions. One
can imagine the watcher at the PROV,
the helmsman Juggling at the tiller the
galley master, high in the poop beat
Ing with his great hammer the rhythm
for the thirty oarsmen. 1t is far more
difficult to imagine how they slept and
ate In rough weather.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-08-16
LOVERS REFUSE TO PART
Pennsylvania Girl Burns Self TO Death
~ as Sweetheart Dies by n
Bullet. y

Northampton, Pa.-Two lovers, Navs
Newhard, sixteen years old, and Pal
mer Lilly. nineteen years old Of North
ampton. Pa. died in tragic manner
as the result, it is asserted, OF sui.
eide pact. The parents of the girl had
refused to permit her to accept the
attention of Lilly.
The young people walked to Hover
town, mile away from their home.
where they sat down by the roadside
and ended their lives. The girl, with
the assistance of her lover, it is
thought, set fire to her dress and was
burned to death. Then young Lilly,
to the theory of the coroner,
shot himself several times through the
head. dying a few minutes later.
The pair left a note on the ground
in which they told of their purpose to
die, as they could not live apart.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-08-16
FUNERAL A PICNIC FOR DOG
Rover Had Quite Good Time While
on His Way to His Last
Resting Place.

A big picnic was planned and was
slated to transport the refreshments
and crowd of relatives to the picnic
grounds. writes a correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune. I placed the boxes
and baskets containing the sand
wfches,. cake, fried chicken. etc, In a
trailer hitched the trailer to my car.
already filed to overf1owing, and start
ed gayly on my way.
A hugeNdog belonging to my aunt ac-
companied US, and T had the misfor-
tune to run the heavily loaded ma
chine over him, killing him instantly,
as we all thought. My aunt was deep
ly affected and insisted that i take
Royer's body along and bury 1t be-
side the river loaded the dogs car
cass into the trailer and started on
again, but not so gayly.
When we reached the picnic grounds
and reconnoitered in my trailer be
held Rover sitting up licking his chops.
as large as life, or larger, 1 should
say, for he had devoured all our pro-
visions. 1850
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-08-16

ST love you, Paul." she said. EFT
seems so easy to say 1t in the dark,
and it used to be so hard. Do you
know what 1 admired and loved you
for, even when you thought my mind
unstable and empty? How true you
were! 1t was that, dear. 1t was your
honor, Paul.
"That was why, when I remembered
everything that dreadful night in the
snow, the revulsion was so terrible.
ran away in horror. I could not believe
that 1t was true-and yet I knew Ii
was true.
"And Leroux was waiting there and
found me. 1 did not want to leave
you, but he told ma there was Pere
Antoine's cabin close by, and that you
would come to no harm. And he made
me believe-you had stolen my money
as we'll. But never believed that.
and only tainted you with it to drive
you away for your own sake"
She drew me weakly toward her and
went on: IL f.
'tNow that we are to part forever,
and perhaps am to die, I can speak
to you from my heart and tell you,
dear. Kiss meas though I were your
wife, Paul. 49,
$50 you will go to Leroux," she
added presently. ~
us that your will, Jacqueline"
Eyes, dear" she said because we
have fought, and now we are beaten,
Paul. '1
I bowed my head. knew that she
spoke the truth. knew at last that
was vanquished. FortT now. that
Jacqueline lay there so weak, SO help
less, and thinking all our past was
but a dream, there was nothing but to
yield. could not fight any more. Is
So left her and climbed cross the
bags and. went down toward the
stream r. --45 @5s. =,
But before I had reached it a dark
figure slipped from among the shad-
ows of the rocks and came toward
me; and by. the faint starlight saw
the face of Pierre Caribou!
He stopped me and held me by both
shoulders, and he drew me into the
recesses of the rocks and bent his
wfzened old face forward toward mine.
'.Ah,. monsieur, SO you did not obey
old Pierre Caribou and stay In, the
cave" he said. r.. sS
pierre, did not know that you
would return" answered.
Never mind" the Indian answered,
looking at me strangely. ."All finish
now. Diab1e take Leroux. His time
come. Diable show me!'' "a Ft9sees
'FHow?" answered, starried. ....
'AH finish," said Pierre inexorably,
and, as watched himsa superstitious
fear erept over me. He, who had
cringed, even when he gave the COM
mand, now cringed no longer, and
there was look in his old face that
I had only seen on one mans before
on my fathers the night he died
"Pierre, where is Lerouxr' whis-
pered. "Shall surrender to him or
shall f1ght?'' --.
mo matter" he said once again
"M'sieur. suppose you go back to
ma'm'selle, and soon Simon come. His
diable lead him to you. Hts diable tell
you what to say. All finish now -
He walked past me noiselessly, a
>tenuous shadow, and his bearing was
as proud as that Of his race had been
in the long ago, when they were lords
where now their white masters ruled.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-08-16

the little hollow space. put my hand
upon her breast.
1t stirred. She breathed family,
sciousness. t5I ~.
Heaven knows what was In my
mind. I stood beneath that awful cat
aract firing at the blind rock, and now
was back behind the earth-bags
shooting into the tunnel.
So the afternoon wore away. The
sun. had sunk behind the cliffs T had
fired away all but six of my cartridges.
Then the memory of>my similar act of
folly before came. home to me- I grew
more calm. ~ &t
I felt my way around the caves with
the faint hope that there might be
some other egress there.
There was none, but I made out a
recess which I had not perceived,
about one-half as large as the cave
itself, and opening into it by small
passage just large enough to give adj
mittance to a single person. Here I
should have only one front to defend.
So carried 'Jacqueline inside and
ltDEBdu AdUOA1 OuSAJ ~ III dS Lie Jugs OIL
earth into this last refuge. Before it
| had grown quite dark had barricaded
| .Jacqueline and myself within place
the size Of a hall bedroom inclosed
upon three sides with rock.
And there waited for the end. 3,
/ sat beside Jacqueline. holding her
hand with one Of mine, and my re-
volYer in the other. There was a faint
futter at her wrist. I fancied that it
| had grown stronger during the past
| half hour.
But was unprepared to hear her
whisper to me, and when she spoke /
was alert in moment.
"Paulp' she said family.
5sJacqueline ~
paul! Bend down. want to
speak to you. Do you know 1 have
been conscious for long time, my
| dear? / have been thinking. Are you
distressed because of me?"
"My dear" / said; and that was all
that I could say. I clasped her cold
little hand tightly in mine.
'You must leave me, Paul, because
because of what Is between US. You
must go to Leroux and tell him so.
You love me, Paul?"
always, Jaequeline," l whispered
She put her arms about my neck.