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The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-11-26
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
II don't hear you preaching sun
shine and optimism as you used to-"
remarked the druggist. HAS some
thing been happenings"
"a number Of things have hap
pencd." sighed the abstracter. Il
used to make business of handing
out the cheer up stuff and believed
was in earnest. contemplated the
/ misfortunes of others with heroic for
titude, and whenever | saw man
with a boil or crick in the back ]
told him to forget it and smile and
sing.
Il was convinced that If misfor-
tunes came my way I'd take my own
advice; but handing out optimism to
the other fellow is one thing; dishing
it up TO yourself in the hour of af-
Fiction is another story.
Il think the fates conspired to test
my optimism and see If it was the
real goods. Anyhow, one day a
while ago, everything went wrong
with me. In the morning when got
out CT bed noticed that the wind was
blowing to beat a Fourth of July or
ator, and pushed my head out Of the
window tc see what damage had been
done. And a big chunk OF mortar
that had been Ioosened from the chin
ney by the breeze slid down the roof
and caved in the back of my head.
II hung across the. window-sill say
ing a lot of things which should have
been deleted by the censor. They
were not sunshine things. They didn't
fit in with my reputation for optim-
ism. And while was saying them
old Jim Gunderson came along. Just
the previous day heard Jim COM
planning of the rheumatism and told
him not to give way to vain repining,
but to chirrup and be glad and bis
aches would go away.
when he saw me hanging out OF
the window there and protesting In
seven dialects, he was shocked, and
he went around and told his friends
about it.
Finally regained my faculties and
put on my clothes and started down
stairs. really don't know why | fell
down instead OF walking with my usual
queenly dignity. It must have been
that the hoodoo was right with me.
The stairway opens into the sitting
room. and there is a door at the foot.
| pushed my head thru one OF the
panels Of the door in my haste and
couldn't get it out again, and stayed
there a while continuing the Grafton
/ began upstairs. Mrs. Jangle had
dropped In to discuss the storm with
my wife, and she put her hands to
her ears and ran for home as soon as
she had dropped to the tenor OF my
remarks
aust the evening before Mrs. jan
gle was at our house complaining Dit
terly of a headache, and ! told her
that no calamity could be big enough
to Justify a grown-up human being In
making a howl; and she said my talk
was quite inspiring and she went
home feeling lot better.
"Well, I couldn't turn around or
walk foot that day, but something
disagreeable happened and my temp
err was torn to shreds, and I made no
effort to conceal my true sentiments.
The air was blue In my vicinity for
hours together, and all the people
had ever preached optimism to seemed
to be aroused whenever goat butted
me. or a janitor turned the hose on
me by mistake or / fell down q coal
hole.
by night my reputation as an OPP
timist was completely ruined, and 1t
would take me years to build 1t up
again, so I'm just letting 1t slide"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-11-26
Quite a Difference.

'Women have all the best Of 1t. !"
"How do you make that out?"
"Well, nearly every day some mil
lionaire marries poor actress. but
you never hear of an heiress marry
ing poor actor. Detroit Free
Press.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-11-26
HomerIc Laugh.

"And what do you know about
Homer" asked the literary person.
Lots" replied Dickey Finn, proud
". Didn't Duckey Williams and
Petey Sanks make three homers in
de last game on Goose Hill3"-Chica-
go News.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-11-26
The Trouble.

Eggs are high"
'You don't have to buy eggs all the
time. There are nourishing cereals.
oatmeals and SUCH"
Il do have to buy eggs. Trouble is
fny wife doesn't know how to cook
anything else.s ~
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-11-26

~Even a policeman can't arrest the
flight OF time" said the funny man.
"Oh, don't know" rs5oined the
matter-of-fact person. "Only this morn
ing ! saw . policeman enter 3 side
door and stop few minntee..
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-11-26
zoe Late.

He was great pedestrian, but one
day his physical energy seemed to
give out. Weary and worn and sad,
he was beginning to despair OF find
ing rest and refreshment when a small
wayside house came into view. The
good lady of the house executed her
commission to supply her visitor with
eggs. toast and tea
MAY open the eggs for you?" she
asked, smilingly.
The young man nodded assent, but,
altho the shell looked well enough
appearance are often deceptive and
that egg would not have done credit
to any self-respecting hen.
He drew back his chair with sigh.
Hasn't it been boiled long enough
sir?" Queried the lady.
eyes," he replied, YEARLY, ''but Il
was not boiled soon enough"
II is sometimes easier to give IN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13

on account its winter, i could start
you the fire. Till spring. And /
could come maybe three times week.
evenings, to Pools place, for lessons"
He looked so helpless, so humble, so
huge; and. the more pathetic for his
hugeness.
She felt little rush of warmth
toward him that was at once imper-
sonal and maternal She thought
again, "Why, the dear thing! The
great helpless big thingl How serious
he is! And funny" She laughed, sud-
denly. a gay little laugh, and he, after
a puzzled pause, joined her companion
ably.
"Three evenings week." repeated
Selma. then, from the depths Of her
ignorance. why, I'd love to. I'd
love to-"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13

him of his bid for her basket. Urged,
he would only say, ooh. it was just
fun to make old Ooms mad"
Now, with the advent of Pervus De-
Jong, Roelf presented that most touch
ing and miserable of spectacles, a
small boy jealous and helpless in his
jealousy. Selma had asked him to
join the tri-weekly evening lessons !;
had, indeed. insisted that he be a
pupil in the class round the parlor
stove.
Roelf would not. He disappeared
into his work-shed after supper; did
not emerge until after belongs de-
parture.
There was something about the sight
of this great creature bent laboriously
over slate, the pencil held clumsily
in his huge fingers, that moved Selma
strangely. Pity wracked her. If she
had known to what emotion this pity
was akin she might have taken away
the slate and given him a tablet, and
the whole course of her life would
have been different. poor lad" she
thought. Poor lad" Chided herself
for being amused at his childlike earn
estness.
He did not make an apt pupil, though
painstaking. Selma would go over a
problem or sentence again and again,
patiently, patiently. Then. suddenly,
like hand passed over his face, his
smile would come, transforming it. He
would smile like child. and Selma
should have been warned by the warm
rush of joy that his smile gave her.
She would smile, too. He was as
pleased as though he had made a fresh
and wonderful discovery.
Its easy" he would say. when you
know it once" Like boy.
He usually went home by eight-thir-
ty or nine Often the Pools went to
bed before he left. After he had-gone
Selma was wakeful. She would heat
water and wash; brush her hair Wig
orously; feeling at once buoyant and
depressed.
Sometimes they fell to talking. His
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13
Chapter v

The evenings turned out to be Tues
days, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Sup
per was over by six-thirty in the Pool
household. Pervus was there by seven
very clean as to shirt, his hair brushed
till it shone; shy, and given TO drop.
ping his hat and humping against
chairs, and looking solemn. Selma was
torn between pity and mirtli. If only
he had clustered. A clustering big
man puts the world on the defensive
A gentle giant disarms it.
Selma got out her McBride's gram
mar and Duffy's arithmetic, and to.
gether they started to parse verbs
paper walls, dig cisterns, and extract
square roots. They found study i'm
possible at the oilcloth-covered kitchen
table, with the Pool household eddyine
about 1t. Jakob built fire in the
parlor stove and there they sat, teacher
and pupil, their feet resting costly on
the cleaning nickel railing that encir
cled the wood burner.
On the evening of the first lesson
Roelf had glowered throughout sup
per and had disappeared into the work
shed, whence issued great sound OF
.hammering, saving, and general clat
ter. He and Selma had got into the
way Of spending much time together
in or out of doors. The boy wor-
SHIPPED her inarticulately. She had
early discovered that he had feeling
for beauty-beauty of line, texture
color, and grouping-that was rare III
one of his years. The feel of satin
ribbon in his fingers; the orange and
rose of sunset; the folds of the wine
red cashmere dress the cadence of q
spoken line. brought look to his face
that startled her.
Since the gathering at Ooms' hall
he had been moody and sullen; had
refused to answer when she spoke to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13

Don't take chances Of your horses or mufss
being laid up with Distemper. Influenza.
Colds. Give "SPOHN'S" to both tho sick
and the wen ones. The standard remedy
temper. 90 cents and $1.eO at drug stores.
EPOHN MEDICAL CO. GOSHEN. IND.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13

where before did not feel like doing
anything or going around. After my
first child was born about four years ago
/ saw an advertisement in the paper
about the Vegetable Compound. ! knew
it would help me, but ! was afraid to
try it because people said it would help
you to have children and ] knew / was
having children fast enough. But ]
thought if it would help me it would be
better to have whole house full Of
children and have good health. ] be-
came stronger from taking it and my
husband says / look like live woman
instead of q dead one. When Spring
comes / am going to take your Blood
Medicine as / am very thin. Of will an
swer letters from any woman who
wishes to ask about your medicine. -
Mrs. WILLIAM BUTTS, Wellston. Ohio.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13
"TEN DoLLARsl"

SYNOPSIS. - Introducing $50
Big" dirk DeJong) in his in
fancy. And his mother, Selma
DeJong, daughter of Simeon
Peake, gambler and gentleman
of fortune. Her life, to young
womanhood in Chicago in 1888,
has been unconventional, some
what seamy, but generally enjoy
able. At school her chum is Julie
Hempel, daughter of August
Hempel, butcher. Simeon Is killed
in a quarrel that is not his own,
and Selma, nineteen years old
and practically destitute, secures
position as teacher at the High
Prairie school, in the outskirts
of Chicago, living at the home
of a truck farmer, Klaas Pool.
In Roelf, twelve years old, son
of Klaas, Selma perceives a kim
dred spirit, alover of beauty,
like herself. Selma hears gossip
concerning the affection of the
Widow Paarlenberg." rich and
good-looking. for Pervus DeJong.
poor truck farmer, who is insen-
sible to the widows attractions.
For a community "sociable" Sc
lima prepares lunch box, dainty,
but not of ample proportions,
which is to be "auctioned," ac-
cording to custom. The smallness
of the box. excites derision and
Selma is heartbroken.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13
Well, it looks as if Pervus was
the man. Who does the propos-
ing-Pervus or Selma?
tTo BE CONTINUED,
Bad People Not So Plenty

have heard all my days warning Of
bad men and women, but known few !;
and l have reached three-score and
ten. l have travelled far, and haven't
much farther to go, but upon my
honor the rarest thing / know Is .
completely bad man or woman.-E W
Howe, the Atchlson Globe Man. in Col
Tiers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13
A Word to Mothers
Baltimore, Md.-"Dr. Piercc's Fa<
vorite Prescription was recommended

-
pectancy. l was
then in a ner-
vous and weak
ened condition.
/ took the Pre-
scription' a n d
found it a won
d erful tonic.
quie ng the
nerves and as
sisting every or
gan of the body,
and by aiding
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
with my back and
sides hurting me till
i could not do my
work, and whenever
/ caught cold it made
me irregular. Since
i have taken the
Vegetable Com
pound my side and
back don't bother
me and / can do my
homework and care
So, x,,r chs1dvoy, NOW
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13
my Rheumatism
is gone !"

THERE are thousands of you men and
! women, just like once was-slaves
60 rheumatism, muscle pains, joint pains,
and horrible stiffness. / had the wrong
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13

tenn so prevalent these days is in even
greater favor as family medicine
than in your grandmother's day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13

nature shortened and relieved suf-
fering. To mothers and expectant
mothers, can say from experience,
that Favorite Prescription is a most
reliable and helpful tonic. Mrs.
c. L. Brooks, 1913 Ridgewood Ave.
All dealers. Tablets or liquid
Write DIR. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel.
Buffalo. N. Y. for free advice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13
MRS. WIN, BUTTS
WAS VERT SICK
Gives Full Credit to Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
for Remarkable Recovery

Wellston, DC took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound to make me
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
PRUNERS WELD KNIFE ON COMMUNITY CORP CHEST
Budgets Total s05,O0O But Commit tee Believes Aggregate Should
 Not Exceed $80,000.

Considerable pruning of budgets was done at the meeting of the ex- ecutive committee of the United Community Corp. yesterday after noon. The estimates presented by the ten organizations in the corporation aggregated $s5,0o0. The committee felt that the total should not be above s60,000. Last year the cor poration sought s50,OOO in its an- nual drive, and the extra $1O,OO0 al- lows 10 per cent increase in the amounts allowed the old organiza- tions and further 10 per cent to care for the fresh air camp, which has been admitted during the past year. The camp will probably re- quire se,000 or s7,000.
 Leon A. Sprague, treasurer of the corporation and manager of the drive, said this morning that the re- auctions had been made carefully and the member organizations had expressed their willingness to accept them. The committees work will be brought before the board of trustees at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon for final approval. At that time, any organization which feels that its cut has been too large will be given a chance to show cause for a larger al- lowance.
 The 1925 drive will take place on March 23-30 and organization of it is now well under way.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
BLUE TRIANGLE CLUB.

Every girl can not go to college but the members of the Industrial Girls club learned when the Mount Holyoke college girls visited them that a great many things learned in college may also be learned at home, in clubs and from one another. Bryn Mawr college also has a summer school for industrial girls which a number of New Britain girls would like to prepare for. For these req sons the Blue Triangle club rooms will be opened Wednesday evenings, beginning tomorrow, to girls who would like to read and discuss to- gether, led by Miss Brugger. A trip will be made to the New Britain h. stitute to see which books would be most interesting to begin on. Kath- arine Wierzbicki will be chairman of this group and any girl wishing help in her reading or who wishes to get ahead by learning some of the things taught in high school or col lege is invited to come in Wednes- day evening.
 At the Hartford conference the delegate from Bridgeport, Conn.,, told so Interestingly of their Sum- day afternoon social hours, that the New Britain girls have decided to try something of the sort at the Blue Triangle club room the Sun- days during Lent. Bernice Sawyer was appointed last evening from the Monday night club to make D report Thursday on possible program for these Sundays. A committee will be elected.
 The New Britain girls made a real hit with their song at the Hartford conference, which tells about back ward, friendless, jobless, thin and weak girls finding all the things they need by joining the Industrial Girls club and the "Y". And Indus trial girl in New Britain wanting new friends, good times and the chance to learn new things is invited to the Blue Triangle club room any evening and to the Industrial Girls club on Thursdays.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17

president of the Stanley Works and president of the Y. M. c. A., in the following befltting words: Tn behalf of the association, I want to thank the educational committee, especial ly MT. Fletcher, and Mr. Preble and all others working with them.
 "To MT. McKinnie., we are under especial obligation and our heartiest thanks go out to him. He has been untiring in his efforts to make this class a success. That he has suc- ceeded there can be no doubt. We also thank all those who have so kindly come here and addressed you from time to time.
 Tt has been a great pleasure to us to know that the educational committee has accomplished some thing we'll worth while when they arranged for this course of training in salesmanship.
 "We have read with pleasure about the doings of the class. We have been delighted to know that so many of our successful and experi-
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17

Thirteen members of the r. M. c. A. class in salesmanship were pre- sented with their diplomas last eve- ming at exercises held in the ~" Four more members of the class will receive their diplomas, on March 15. The record of the class show an en- rollment of 22. Three of the stu dents left some time ago to go on the road for their respective firms. The record of marks attained by the graduating members averages So.4 per cent.
 The program last evening included banquet. Addresses of congratula- ton were made by H. W. Preble, as- sistant general secretary of the Y. M. c. A., Walter R. Fletcher, chair man of the educational committee and office manager at the Stanley Works and A. c. McKinnie, instruc- tor of the class and salesmanager of the Stanley Works.
 The presentation of the diplomas was made by Walter H. Hart, vice.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
20 MILLIONS ARE
 INVOLVED IN CASE
Western Promoter Files List Of
 His Liabilities

Santa Barbara, Cal, Feb. 17.-- More details of s20,ODO, ,000 finan- cial bubble, international in its scope were revealed today in an 800 page schedule of liabilities and as- sets filed with United States Commis- sioner w. F. Butcher Jr., by attor- neys for F, c, Lewis. promoter of Atascadero, Los Angeles, University City, Mo, and other places. in in- voluntary bankruptcy proceedings.
 Lewis creditors consisting mainly of persons who loaned him money on personal notes, number about 25,000, it Is avowed. The notes total more than $10,0O0,OO0 and the total liabilities, as set forth, will reach the 2O,000,OoO figure.
 California heads the list of states in number of creditors, but 75 per cent of the total is scattered over British Columbia, Canada, the Canal Zone, England, India, Australia, Hawaii and the Philippines.
 Commissioner Butcher said in federal court that the schedule would not be closed until December IS and that if other creditors pre- sent claims appearing to he reason- able will be glad to include them. A general meeting of creditors will be held at San Luis Obispo Calif., next month.
 It Is declared that in borrowing money Lewis promised to refund the original loan and to pay in addition a bonus which ran in some instances as high as 100 per cent.
 Lewis lists his assets at S23,640,- 146.46. Of this total S17,315,000 come under the heading "unliquidat- ed claims" which the schedule sets forth as complainst, filed against the Union Oil company of California for $250,000; the Title and Insurance company of California, for $17,00O,- 900, and against Cornelius E. Van- derbilt for $65,OOO.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
JOKERS THEMSELVES
 FACING PRISON TERMS
Three Brothers Who Changed Names To Jail Wrong Man Now
 See New Angle.

St. Paul, Feb. 17,-Three brothers who sought to play joke on the government by changing names and then sending the wrong man to jail in connection with a liquor convic- ton are facing indeterminate sen- tences that could run up to life inn prisonment as result of the hoax.
 Federal agents raided the Lichy farm last October and found a moonshine manufacturing plant. Anton Lichy was the only one of the three brothers at home and he gave his name as Richard Lichy.
 In federal court, Anton, posing as Richard, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months in jail. A stay of thirty days was granted and at the end of that time, George reported to the Todd County sheriff as Richard and began serving the sentence imposed on Anton.
 A letter telling of the joke" came into the sheriff's hands. contempt warrants followed.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
Man Who Knew Secret of
 Booths Burial Dies

Moline, H., Feb. 17.-Edward Harper Sampson, S2, an old Civil war veteran, who claimed he knew the secret of the disposal of the body of John Wilkes Booth, slayer of Abraham Lincoln, died today.
 Sampson was one of the secret service guards and was on duty at Fords theater in Washington at the time of the assassination of the president. He had related that he was present when Booth was discov- cred hiding in a barn and when Booth was killed, and often told how he was detailed by Colonel Baker, head of the secret service, to aid Baker in disposing of Booths body.
 One version of the Booth legend was that he was not killed or even captured, but escaped, travelled west, and died of old age in Okla homa, while others who have inves- tigated the matter say that the body was restored to relatives and now lies in a private burial ground.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
DESERT RAT IS
 NOW RICH MAN
At Least He Is a Potential Millionaire
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 San Francisco, Feb. 17.-George Campbell Carson, 5S, itinerant miner and desert "rat" as he termed him. self, and for years the guest of a sailor lodging house here, because he could afford no better. had little cause today to complain of "the laws delay" or "the slings and ar rows of an outrageous fortune"
 A decision of the United States circuit court of appeals has changed Carson's status by making him po- tential multi-mllionaire.
 The courts decree put Carson in possession of the rewards of his in ventive genius and 19 years of strug- gle and sacrifice, he ayers, by holding that the American Smelling and Re- fining company has infringed pat ents of his on devices to facilitate copper ore smelting, reversing the decision of the United States district court in Seattle which threw the
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17

enced salesmen in town have ad- dressed you. It has been real pleasure for the association to have been the means of your getting an opportunity to study the art of sales manship.
 "On the other hand, we have been more than pleased to find that so many of our young men in town had the desire-the ambition to study outside of their working hours, I congratulate you on the spirit you have shown in your interest to i'm prove yourselves and thereby not only to be of more value to your selves but of more value to the world-wherever you may locate in the future.
 ''The old saying is still good. You cannot keep a good man down and the same will be true of you. Your earnestness in this work I am sure will be only one of the characteris- tics which go to make up a man whom you can't keep down.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
case out.

case out.
 Counsel for Carson said today that the courts decision ordered an &C., counting by the defendant company and that a conservative estimate would place the amount due Carson at $5,O0O,OO0.
 Similar suits are pending against the Phelps-Dodge Corporation of Arizona, and the Anaconda Copper mining company of Montana, and the decision according to Cason's le- gal advisers, also virtually settles those other suits. A total accounting would bring him $20, 100000 at least from the corhpanies that have used his patents, he contends.