Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 152, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1913 — Page 3

IN SYLVAN SETTING

It Was Only a Stage Scene, With v Birds and Trees' for an * Audience. By MARIAN JORDAN. Jerry Wayland, gladdened by unexpected leave of absence, managed to catch the 10:30 train for Stillwater. He did not onfold the newspaper he had bought nor did he r enter the smoking car during the hour’s journey. He sat perfectly quiet in a corner of the seat, pulled his hat down over his eyes and dreamed of the glad surprise in Elinor Blaine’s face when she saw him coming. He was the only passenger to alight at the little red-painted station and he watched the dusty train crawl away among the scrub oaks before he turned into the narrow, wood-bordered path' that was a short cut to the Blaine’s place. i Birds sang in the tall trees and there were murmurings and scurryings of insect life among the dry leaves under foot, and the faint, elusive scents of the deep woods. Suddenly the tall trees thinned to cleared land, and beyond lay the green canopies of a hundred apple trees. It was the Blaine orchard. Here Jerry would hide and imitate the call of the wood thrush —many a time during the past two summers had he lured Elinor from the house with his magic fluting —and she had confessed .that*somev times she had been deceived by the actual brown bird himself. Tl*j brown trunks of the apple trees made long golden-green aisles of the orchard. As Jerry stepped softly along the springy turf he glimpsed a touch of the pale color from the house and he saw that Elinor herself was coming to the orchard. What luck! The low branches of a tree tempted him, and he swung up until he was quite hidden in the green foliage. From his perch be could see Elinor’s golden hair glinting in the sun. Presently she was in plain view, stepping 'Slowly down one of the green aisles toward him. What a picture she made —her delicate blonde beauty enhanced by the pale blue muslin gown she wore, with its round neck and short sleeves edged with a foam of dainty lace? Prom pink ribbons she swung a white leghorn hat laden with pink roses and her little white-shod feet looked like white mice. This was Jerry’s thought.

He wondered If she was thinking of him —at least she should have been, he urgued—for her lovely head was slightly lifted and her blue eye,s were dreamily fixed on the vista beyond. Before Jerry could flute the first thrush-like call Elinor had paused and with glad eyes and tremulous smile fixed straight ahead, she waited. Jerry craned his neck, and as hastily drew back, his mind in a tumult, his heart hammering in jealous despair. A man was coming—such a man, too! He was handsomer than homely Jeri*y Wayland; a man dressed in , white serge, with a white Panama hat tilted back on his dark curly hair and his white teeth ’gleaming beneath a tiny black mustache. As h t drew nearer Jerry noticed with another pang that the stranger wore a lavender silk scarf and lavender socks. The two—the girl waiting and the man slowly advancing with love-light in his eyes—made a picture in the sunlit orchard* At last they met and the man gathered the girl’s hands in both his own and lifted them to his lips. "French!'’ muttered Jerry dazedly. Elinor hung her head shyly.

“I thought you would never come, Paul,” she said in her 4ow, sweet voice “Dear heart,” he' kissed her hands once more before he reluctantly dropped them. "You were waiting—for me?" ' “Yes," she sighed. “And you meant what your letter said —that you—care for me—there is no one else?” he asked softly. “There is -no one else," she returned. * “There never has been —another that you loved?" he persisted. “Never,” she said, turning her blue eyes trustfully to him. Thete was a fallen log nearby and Elinor sat down upon it, instantly forming another picture of beautiful innocence. Paul rested one foot on the log and bent gracefully over her. “Dearest,” he said, holding the little hand she lifted confidingly to his, “if your father were not so pbdurate, 1 would be the happiest man in the world."

Elinor badly shook her head. “He la druel,” she faltered. “Of course, I am pepntleaa, bat 1 am young, apd I have two .strong hands to conquer worlds for you!” cried Paul with sudden passion, “and yet—yet your father holds to his promise that you shall marry—that— that—what shall I call him?” he asked brokenly. “A mercenary ape,” framed Elinors sweet lips. “That you shall marry a mercenary ape,’’ went on Paul angrily. “What can he offer you save a broken life —a burden of debts and, oh, my darling, we cannot permit the sacrifice. You must be my wife —promise me that you will break all bonds and ■cotae to me.” - - * V- ,-v; - V: . Elinor’s golden head slowly inclined -toward Paul’s outstretched arms. - He knelt behind her and his arms closed around her. J "You will be mine?” he murmured. “Ah, yes—l cannot—cannot marry |Um!" shuddered the girl. * “Will you come to this orchard to-

night—meet me here at the end of the lane—and fly with me—to be my own dear wife forever?” "I will,” answered Elinor solemnly. Jerry Way land, white and shaking, leaned against his frail support in the tree. It is given to few men to witness the love Scenes between a faithless sweetheart and a more successful rival. What agony endured during that brief interview! So Elinor Blaine did not love him after all! Their wooing had become a mockery in her eyes—she considered him a “mercenary ape.” Of course he had not much beyond his very good salary, but Levi Blaine’s daughter was far from being an heiress. If they thought that he had. been teippteh by the fine old farm and orchards, why—Jerry swallowed hard. Suddenly the song of a thrush thrilled from a distant tree. Jerry looked down with miserable eyes. The man and girl had speaking in low, tender tones, but the song of the thrush stilled them. There was a tense silence until the last beautiful note had died away. Elinor had somehow stiffened to attention and Jerry saw her stealing a startled glance toward the end of the orchard whence he had entered.“She is afraid of me—thinks I may be near—that will relieve her mind," ended Jerry bitterly as the shy brown bird whirred away towards the woods. “Ah, here comes your- father. I ifiust go. He will only make it worse for you if he finds me. You will be ready tonight? You will meet me here at eleven?” whispered Paul, hastily. “Yes, yes, go, dear one —he is coming!” cried Elinor fearfully, glancing over her shoulder. •

As Paul went in graceful haste back along the way he had come, there broke a loud clapping of invisible hands all about him. “Splendid, Elinor—At was great!” “Good!” “Brava!” “Thank you, good people! Now, gallery gods, prepare for the second act of ‘Another Love.’ My angry father cannot appear because George Hurst’s motor car has broken down ten miles' away and George says the angry father scene will have to wait until he can get an ox team to tow him into town.” Elinor stood beneath Jerry’s tree while she spoke and to the young man’s amazement the surrounding trees gave forth an audience of half a dozen young men and women, who proceeded to rehearse what appeared to be a comedy for the benefit of the Village Improvement society. At last, when the final act came to an end, Elinor stood there alone, the others dispersing. Even the handsame Paul, who off the stage answered to the humble name of Peter Smith, had gone away with evident absorbtion in another girl, anid still Elinor lingered: Suddenly she said, sweetly:

“Do come out of that tree, Jerry, dear! It must be frightfully uncomfortable up there. Oh, -you bear!” she cried ,as Jerry gathered her up in his strong arms. “You knew I was up there?” he asked, dizzy with renewed happiness. “Of course. Sam Waters telephoned from the station that he was sending your luggage down by the stage—and ever since I’ve been in the orchard here your tan shoes have been dangling in full sight.” “Darling!” -cried the relieved Jerry (Copyright, 1913, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) j

A Unique Club.

One of the oldest of social clubs ever established in London was the Everlasting club, limited in membership to 100. The members divided the day amongst them in such a way that there were always some members present upon the club premises. The clubhouse was burned down at the time of the great fire of London, when the only remaining member of the premises was nearly burned to death because he had refused to leave before he had emptied all the bottles on the table. The fire for lighting the members’ pipes was never allowed to go out, an old woman being kept solely for the purpose of attending to it. During the 50 years of its existence the members smoked 60 tons of tobacco, drank 30,000 butts of ale, 1,000 pipes of port anti 200 barrels of brandy, besides other drinks.

For Street Car Riders.

In Dusseldorf, Germany, a campaign of education has been started for street car riders, being to facilitate the service and to avoid many of the dangers to which passengers often expose themselves unnecessarily. Fifty per cent, of the accidents are due to persons alighting or embarking while the vehicle is in motion and for.the purpose of demonstrating the proper and approved methods of performing these operations a moving picture exhibition has been devised. The result of these demonstrations has been very satisfactory and a great improvement in the condition of affairs has been noted.

Elevated Reservoir.

According to the London Financial Times, the largest elevated reservoir in .the worlfl is about to be erected at Cabalito, near Buenos Aires, in connection with the spnitary improvement schemes of the Argentine capital. It will consist of three tiers of wrought iron eolumns Imbedded in heavy concrete foundations. The total capacity will be sixteen million gallons, and the structure Will be 123 feet high, from the base of the columns to’ the top of the roof. It will contain IS,4W tons of- iron and steel. The contract has been awarded m England

MINE HORRORS TOLD

"Mother” Jones in Washington , Tells Her Experiences. West Virginia Operators’ Guards Said to Tyrannize Over the Coal Region Regardless of Law—Woman Brutally Treated. Washington.—" Mother” Jones, the aged labor leader, who from the senate gallery has listened to the debate on Senator Kern’s resolution for investigation of mine peonage in West Virginia, tells harrowing stories of brutality against strikers and their families here. “I saw women and their babies — thirty or more of them,” Bhe said, “driven out of their miserable mine company shacks at Marcy, which go under the title of homes, forced to sleep under the sky in cold weather, until wej the miners’ organization, got tents for them. “1 know of a case of a woman in the Sheltering Arms hospital at Holly Grove, beaten and bruised by guards. “Outside the bullpen, in which 1 I was, I have seen mothers calling piteously for their husbands; I have seen children weeping in their arms, pleading for a chance to Bpeak with their fathers. But the guards turned a deaf ear to all the entreaties and sent the women away. “Children are forced to go into the coal pits as breakers. Their meagre wage is needed for the home. “Big, strong men have come to me pleading for help.; They came by night, for they knew that the mine guards would blackjack them in daylight. “I have known of cases of boys shanghaied for mine work. I have seen the asylums fill because of the terriljie system that sapped soul and body. "I know that the authorities have threatened tq arrest two newspaper men if they came within the martial law zone, but I do know that this

Talk of Health Weddings

Mrs. John A. Logan and Other Society Women Discuss Need of Doctor Before Marriage.

Washington.—Sex hygiene and the enactment of a law compelling prospective bridegrooms in the nation’s capital to procure a certificate of good health before a marriage license can be obtained were subjects up for discussion at a meeting of prominent society women and welfige workers here. The meeting was\eld In the home of Mrs. John Hays Hammond, wife of the mining engineer. While It was apparent the women were agreed on the compulsory production of the health certificate by the

Mrs. John A. Logan.

bridegroom, there was a difference of opinion as to the method of issuing such a certificate. One group favored the establishment of a medical board in connection with the health department, while others would leave the matter in the' hands of any reputable physician. Dr. Eleanora Folkmar was one of the principal speakers, as was Mrs. John A. Logan, Mrs. Howard Bell and other prominent women who advanced their views. Further conferences will be held before recommendations as to legislation are made to congress.

FIREWORKS SCARE MOURNERS

Roman Candles Are Used by Mistake for the Wax llluminants At Wake. Niagara Falls, Ont. —The wake over the body of Alexander Postinka, In the mortuary chapel of Morse & Son’s undertaking rooms in Niagara Falls south, was enlivened by an unexpected display of pyrotechnics. One of a number of friends who had gathered to pay their last respects went to the store of George Briggs for candles to light around the corpse. Mr. Briggs, thinking the foreigners wanted to celebrate a holiday, sold the man a half dozen Roman candles. These were' taken to the chapel and placed at Intervals beside the body. Each man then took his place at a candle, and at a given signal they were all lighted. Immediately the mourners were in a panic. ; / The rockets flew biasing in all directions and the mourners made a scramble for doors and windows. - George Morse, a member of the un-

ROYAL BRIDAL COUPLE AFTER WEDDING

“Our Princess,” as Princess Victoria, Louise, the only daughter of Kaiser William is called by the Germans, and her husband. Prince Ernest Augustus of Cumberland, in the royal carriage immediately after the wedding ceremony at Potsdam. Nearly every crowned head of* Europe was present at the wedding, and tae royal gifts Bhowered on the happy young pair were worth a king’s ransom.

story is now going out to the civilized world, and that the press can not be blocked by such methods.” W. R. Fairley, in outlining conditions, said: “I found only a few weeks ago in the Paint Creek district the case of a seventeen-year-old girl, Claypool, forced by the guards to wade an ice-cold stream rather than take a-road to the bridge a short distance away. Her case is the subject <jf an affidavit in the West Virginia state commission’s investigation. “I saw another woman, whose feet had been shot by the guards. She will be a cripple for life. She was hidden behind her own door in a back room. Her husband, a miner in the Paint Creek district, had bidden himself in the cellar. Mine guards

dertaklng firm, hearing, the noise, rushed Into the room and to save the place from fire, and also calmed the fears of the foreigners and the wake continued.

KNOWS HE IS TO DIE; SLAIN

Battleship Contract Workman Killed by Breech of Six Inch Gun While at Work. New York. —Imprisoned between the platform and flooring of a gun carriage on the forward turret of the battleship New York in the Brooklyn navy yard, Frank Duffy, a contract workman, watched the breech end of a six-inch gun slowly descend upon him, realizing that he was about to die. Laborers did not hear Duffy’s muffled cries in time to operate the stopping lever from above and his head was crushed, instantly killing him. He had been- adjusting machinery and his overalls caught on a projecting bar when he tried to squirm from beenath the gun.

San Antonio to Celebrate.

San - Antonio, Tex. —Plans to celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of San Antonio by elaborate historical pageants and an International exposition, in which Spain, France and Mexico will be invited to participate, were launched at a meeting of the chamber of commerce here. The celebration will be held in the autumn of 1915.

Identify Submerged Island.

Athens, Greece. —A submerged island recently discovered in the sea bed near Lemnos, in the Greek archipelago, has been ldentiflfied by the government archaeologists as the islet of Chryssia which was submerged at the beginning of the second century before the Christian era.

Catches a Whistling Fish

Angler In Cleveland Has Treasure in Aquarium—Job Whipple Telia of Concerts. Cleveland. —A musical fish was caught the pther day In one of the lakes of Shaker Park. Its captor said 1 that it whistled .when taken into the [ boat, and this claim was vehemently corroborated by the two young women who were with him. The young man who caught, the whistling fish said he so surprised when the fish whistled that he nearly tell Into the lake. Its whistling, he said, was all the more mystifying because it’s mouth wan so wide it seemed nearly Impossible that it could pucker enough to whistle. He brought the whistling fish asbqre alive In a bait bucket and took it home to put in an aquarium, 'saying that when It bad regained its composure IF might favor with the rest of the tune. * William Hoffner. a well-known agriculturist and engineer, who formerly lived near Shaker Lakes, said that the so-called whistling fish was doubtless of the common pout variety, which he said he \>ften had''caught in a lake near bis farm in New England. Mr. Hoffner said that the young

deliberately fired on the house. The bullets ricocheted through four rooms, struck a Bible and a table and finally wounded the woman. “1 know of still another case where the guards in the Paint Creek district were beating a husband to death when the wife interfered. They turned on her. She was ill and when her child was born 1t was dead. “I know that for years the mine guards have been stopping strangers as they got off the trains throughout the coal field districts. They asked the visitor’s business. If he did not answer, or if the answer was unsatisfactory, he was told: ‘Get back on the train,’ or, if the train had moved on, he was ordered to keep going down the track and ‘to be d —HI sharp about it.’

AUTO WRECK PERILED KNOX

Wife of Former Secretary of Btate la Thrown Out When Machine Hits Rut In Road. - Atlantic City. N. J.—Philander C. Knox, former secretary of state, and hla wlfe, had a narrow escape from serious and possibly fatal injury when their automobile struck a rut, got beyond control of Mr. Knox, who was driviqg, and crashed into a ditch on the side of the road near English miles from this City. Mrs. Knox waa f hcried from the machine, but landed on low brush and escaped with „a few Jt>rulses and scratches. The fdriper secretary of ' ', r -■ \ V ■ J;; .'' •' •' •./

Mrs. Philander C. Knox.

state was not thrown from the car, which was wrecked. Both were brought to this city by a passing automobile and a physician summoned. Neither, however, needed more than slight medical attention.

man who took the pout home, hoping that it would favor with the rest of the tune, would almost certainly be disappointed, as pouas. he said, hate but one note each. Mr. Hoffner added, however; that he had been told by Job Whipple, an old resident of the neighborhood, that on still, moonlight summer nights the pouts sometimes gather atf the far end of the lake in a school and whittle in chorus. Each pout pipes in its low, sweet, watery note v to /blend with the other pouts in a choral effect which Is most strangely affecting, said the old resident

Laughing Self Into Insanity.

Milwaukee.—Julius Jeswein, who had a 16-hour spell of* laughing at a stage Joke, may lose faie mind for life. His doctors say that he Imagines he is a magician and humorist. He seems to lave forgotten toe Joke w£lch started the trouble

Mother of 17 in 12 Years.

Aurora, Ill.—Mrs. Rollo Lincoln, who declares she had become the mother of 17 children in 12 year*, of which there were foorsete-eftwins, has obtained a divorce on ..the charge of desertion. ;

STORIES of CAMP and WAR

BRIEF HISTORY OF 20TH U. & Organized by Order of President, May 4, 1861, and iMade Up Wholly of Volunteers. In response to a request for a brief history of the Twentieth U. 8., the National Tribune makes the following reply: The Twentieth U. S. was organized: by order of the president, May 4, 1861, as the Second battalion of the Eleventh U. S. It remained part of the> Eleventh V. S. during the war, and in, 1866 was separated from that regiment and completed as a separata regiment. At the time of the reorganization of the Eleventh IT. 8. into a three-battalion regiment, the commander was Col. E. D. Keyss. It was made up wholly of volunteers and officers appointed from civil life, the only veteran at Fort Independence, whera it was organized, being Orderly Sergeant Parr. Some sergeants from the regular army were detailed to get tha men in shape, and who finally becam* lieutenants. The Eleventh U. S. had a very important part in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac, and at the conclusion of the war was stationed at Richmond, Va., under the immediate command of its major, Thomas H. Neill, brevet brigadier general. The first field officers of the regiment were Col. Frederick Steele, Lieut. CoL Louis I>. Watkins and MaJ. Thomas HNeill. These were all generals In the volunteer army. The captains had also attained high rank during the war, and included such men as Gen. A. S. Webb, Charles S. Russell, Charles C. Pomeroy and John C. Bates. The regiment remained in Richmond, patrolling the city and acting as police for the preservation of order and property. In 1867 1t was transferred to Baton Rouge,. La., and then distributed to various posts In that state, where it remained for two years on reconstruction duty. Lieutenant Colonel Watkins commanded the regiment until his death> March 29,1868, and was succeded by Lieutenant Colonel George Sykes. In 1869 the regiment was transferred to the department of Dakota, with headquarters at Fort Snelling, Minn. Tt bad a troublous times in keeping the Sioux In order, and in 1877 was transferred to the department of Texas, with Colonel Sykes establishing headquarters at Fort Brown. Colonel Sykes died at Fort Brown, February 8, 1880, and was succeeded by Col. Etwell S. Otis. In 1881 the regiment was transferred to the department of the Missouri, with headquarters at Fort Leavenworth. In 1885 the regiment was returned to the department of Dakota, with headquarters at Bismarck. In 1891 company I, which had been disbanded, was re-established as an Indian company, and filled up with enlistments from the Sioux, Gros Ventres and Assiniboines. This experiment proved unsuccessful, and the Indian company was eventually discharged. The regiment is now compaanded by Col. James A. Irons, Lieut. XJel. Arthur C. Ducat and Majors William P. Burnham, Richard C. Croxton and Frank D. Webster.

Could He Tell?

A “high’,’ private of the 140th Pa., wounded at ChancellorsviUe, was taken to Washington. One day, as he was becoming convalescent, a whisper ran down the long row t>f cots that the president was in the building and *ould soon pass by. Instantly every boy in blue who was able arose, stood erect, hands to the side, ready to salute his commander-in-chief. The Pennsylvanian stood six feet seven inches in bis stockings. Lincoln was six feet four. As the president approached this giant towering above him, he stopped in amazement, and, casting his eyes from head to foot and from foot to head, as if contemplating the immense distance from one extremity to the other, he stood for a moment speechless. At length, extending his hand, he exclaimed'. “Hello, comrade. How do yon know when your feet get cold?”

And That Finished Him.

After Hunter’s defeat at Lynchburg, Va., and on our retreat we passed through a little town about four mllea from Lynchburg. One of the Thir-ty-fourth Ohio boys, seeing a woman standing In a doorway, swaggered up to her and in a loud voice said: "Madame, what is the name of this city?” She answered very politely: "Little* Lick.” “Well,” said hs, “how far ia. it to* Big Lick?” “If you had brains In proportion to your impudence, you would know that you Just came from it” was her reply.

How He Reasoned.

During the excitement attending the failure of a sutler with the Army of the Potomac, who was being closed out by the sheriff, an Irishman who had deposited his month’s wages with the sutler waa asked wfay he did not draw out his money* “Faith, an* I won’t dhrnw me money v out at all. at all.” “An’ don’t ye* know he’ll lose yer -money of ye* don’t dbraw it out?* “Share, an’ ain't hs better to loso it than I a»r