Life's Problems
Are Discussed
By Mrs. Wilson Wood roTT
One day a Government marine in
spector employed upon one of our
transports was handed by a sailor a
newspaper containing an article of
mine with a re<fuest that he read It.
The article touched upon the ques
tion of a life after death, and since
some of the statements I made ap
pealed to both men, they discussed
the subject at considerable length.
As a result of the incident I have re
ceived from the inspector a truly re
markable letter—a letter 1 so sincere,
go straight from the heart, so grip
ping in its pathos, that I challenge
any one to read it unmoved.
"I ran away from home before I
■was quite through the grammar
school," he writes, "and took to the
road. The lure of the open was
strong upon m#, and the sweetest
sound I knew was the highball
whistle of a train. I kept always
moving. I never liked to have my
shadow fall twice in the same town.
In short, I was a C. to C. (coast to
coast) hobo, who rode about every
important railroad in the country,
from the'rods to the deck and every
way that a train could be traveled
except on a ticket. Th# 'jungle'
caps along the tracks were my only
school, and I loved to listen to the
stories that I heard there. The only
difference between me and most of
the other tramps was that I neither
drank nor smojted. I was just an A-l
hobo with a smile that usually got
me over the roughest sort of going;
one day here, and the next two or
three hundred miles away.
"Then one day I met a girl—the
only one I ever had, I was able to
do an act of courtesy for her, and
through this we fell into conversa
tion. She gave me the best advice a
lad ever had, talked to me as a
mother might have done. I have had
many mothers cry and ask me if I
ran across their boys to tell them to
come back home, but nothing ever
affected me lige the words of that
little girl. I started right back for
the East and my old home town, and
when I got there I went to work at
a trade. Often I would drop tools and
everything at the sound of a train
whistle, but I stuck it out and in the
end made good.
"Then, two years later, purely by
accident, I happened to run into the
little Western girl who had given me
the good advice. She had come East
to visit relatives, and our renewed
acquaintance quickly ripened into
marriage. Her relatives, who were
wealthy, objected to her mating up
with me; but to me It meant every
thing. In a short time I had a home
of our own for her, any everything
in it that heart could wish. No two
people ever lived happier than we
did, and the credit was all my 'Little
Ib
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tains nothing that could irritate the Slick find soothing lotions utineces
enderest skin." sary.
Steelton
Ice
Stores
You get as much ice from our Alspure Ice
Stores for 5c as sold from the wagons for 10c.
This represents a saving of 50 per cent.
In these days when living costs so much
such a big saving is worth considering.
Alspure Ice Stores in Steelton are located
as follows:
Frederick and Conestoga Sts.
Penn St., rear 31 S. Rourth St.
Adams St., near Harrisburg St.
South Second St., near Highland St.
It is your patriotic duty to help Uncle Sam
win the war. This you do when you go to an
Alspure Ice Station and take your ice with
you. Every piece you take home helps re
duce the number of men necessary to make
house-to-house deliveries.
I UNITED ICE & COAL CO.
Sfcelton Office
Conrfttosca A Frederick Stm.
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"MONDAY EVENING,
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|II BY OU.><. . JUST I IU. AIT THE IStJ j I j MWWIE-IVB 7 I tOUR wiFt. rVILL. 5E ALU J Vs-o""" I_!
HAPPENED TO TICKET* ON P UT ™KETS *KHT IN A, LITTLE WHILP f ,
think-i PRoMrt>eo ME HOME- ArA * LLp SHE I-> FROM ' KEPT'aw
I'D ££ aiST TVRWH f OP TO TAKE TOO A 9 -DO YOU KNOW APPOIKTMEKti"
~rr~ S£S2% TO r r\U&}J:W< ft 57i: I W.TBHO,-,/ j
Pal's.' That is what I used to call
her, for she was certainly the best
pal a man ever had. With her be
lieving me everything a man could
be, I could not help trying to live up
to it. When work was through at
night I could not get home fast
enough, and there would be my Little
Pal hiding behind the door to jump
out to throw her arms about my neck.
I would pick her up and carry her
into the house, and there would be as
tine a supper as man ever sat down
to. On the road I had dreamed of a
home some day, while sleeping in
shacks or in a haystack or on the
ground with only the stars for a
blanket—l guess no one dreams more
than a young tramp—but the real
home when It came, had it all over
the dream one.
"Yes; we were happy—too happy.
When the second baby came, she did
not recover her strength. The doc
tors pronounced it T. 8., and I took
her up into the mountains where the
weather was thirty below zero, 1
stayed there with her and nursed her,
but in less than five weeks she was
taken away. To me she did not die.
I have seen men die, but she just
went to sleep. She looked up at me
smiled, whispered that she loved me,
and went to sleep.
'But with her gone, everything Is
different. I am like one among
those present. When my pal's eyes
closed, the silk left me, and, as we
say on the road, when the 'silk' is
gone all's gone. I don't honestly care
to play the game any longer. If it
hadn't been for the two little kiddles
I wouldn't have stayed behind a day
after my pal left. We had always
said in planning the future, that
when we grew old and one of us was
called, the other would follow soon.
But she was called in her youth.
"That was two years ago, but the
hurt of it grows no less. She was
the only girl I ever had, the only one
I ever want. I try to do the best I
can for the babies, but I feel that I
fall far short of what she would
wish for them. Perhaps it would be
better that I should go back to the
road, or to sea, or to the war. Per
haps, better still, that I should follow
her? Might it not be that her smile
at our parting meant that very thing
—that I should keep the promise we
had made to each other and come to
her?
"If only I knew what that smile
meant, and what she would have me
do? If only I knew that she were
alive and could reach her? Won't
you as a woman try to tell me; it
was a woman—my little pal—who
gave me the best advice I ever had.
And don't think my request strange.
1 ain a man in size, over six feet, and
guess I'm still a boy in mind, and
your answer would mean a lot 'to
me. W."
I have been unwilling to omit any
of this letter or condense it tq lit my
space, and therefore defer my answer
until another issue.
American Prisoners Scorn
Pleas For Information
Geneva, July 29.—"Ask Pershing
•Cable Wilson." These are some of
the answers given by American
prisoners to German officers who
question them on naval and military
matters.
The German officers are furious
at the American prisoners for their
refusal to divulge any information
whatever, and the coldly sarcastic
manner in which the men almost in
variably reply to those seeking in
formation.
Advice to the Lovelorn
AM, WRONG
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
A certain husband lias been very
good to his wife, but four months ago
he started to go about with another
married man. and they were with two
other women. One of them is mar
ried. I don't know if the other is.
This has caused his wife a lot of
worry, but he says he can do as he
pleases. She loves him dearly, and
does not want to hurt his feelings,
but he hurts her feelings a good bit.
He has even stayed out all night.
They have children.
M. H.
No man has any "right"—moral or
legal—to treat his wife as this man
is doing. He is being undignified, to
say the least, and is laying himself
open to ugly gossip and suspicion. !
Pirhaps, if instead of protesting, his
wife made every effort to keep his
home charming and attractive and to
amuse him there he would stay in it.
She might even suggest going out
with him. He seems to be the brutal
sort who, when bent on his own
selfish desires, thinks of no one else.
Of course, a man like that ought to
be forced to behave himself, but a
little gentle persuasion may solve the
situation for his wife and children.
A DRINKING MAN
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
A girl friend is going about with
a young man of 20. He has a few bad
habits of which she is trying to break
him. One is drink and the other is
smoking too much. Now, thev care *
great deal for each other and intend 1
to be engaged soon, but she told me I
that she would not be engaged to him
if he didn't stop drinking an* asked 1
if I could help her. Perhaps you could
aid me in advising her.
ANNA.
Of course your friends must not
marry a man who drinks too much.
Such a marriage cannot bring a wo
man happiness. It may mean abuse,
suffering, real tragedy. There Isn't
any way of breaking a man of drink
ing; he must have enough strength,
courage, self-respect and determina
tion to break himself of the habit.
Perhaps if he feels that a continua
tion of his evil ways will cost him
this sweetheart he will reform. But
until he has proved his honest deter
mination not to be a drinking man
it would be tragically unsafe for your
friend to marry him.
"Oh My But I Was
Miserable" She Cries
Was So Weak and Pain Wracked
She Could Not Walk
Upstairs
"I can't think of enough good
things to say in praise of Tanlac,"
says Mrs. Leah Stoudt, of 315 Cher
ry street, Reading.- Pa., "for it has
certanly proved a blessing to me.
"Oh, my, but I was miserable! I
was all run down and in constant
agony with rheumatism.
"A friend of mine, Sallle Riegel,
urged me to try Tanlac and I' am so
very glad I took her advice, for I
began to get better right away. I
could feel jny strength coming back
and the pain all stopped after I
began ruhbing the sore joints with
Kimosan OH. •
"Now I feel so good I can hardly
realize that I am the same person
that used to have to go upstairs on
her hands and knees.
"The wonderful Tanlac medicines
have done it all and I am glad to
recommend them to all who are af
flicted with rheumatism, for I know
relief will follow their use."
Tanlac is now being introduced
here at Gorgaa' Drug Store.
harrisbitrg telegraph:
THE PLOT
A New Serial of East and West
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water
CHAPTER XVIII
"Another chance to be your
cousin!"
Elizabeth Wade wondered what the
words meant. And, as she was not
sure, she was afraid to repulse Clif
ford Chapin.
Perhaps he might be as genuine as
he seemed. Perhaps, on the other
hand, he suspected that she was no
relative of his and was using this
suspicion as a weapon to make her
do his bidding. She must try to steer
a safe course.
"Why, yes," she said slowly after
a pause. "I am willing to give you
such A chance of friendship as any
cousin might expect. But remember,
you miist keep your hands off me."
"Why?" he argued. "Surely cousins
can be ordinarily demonstrative with
each other."
; "I am not demonstrative with any
hfidy," she declared. "And I do not
propose to break that habit now. If
you are satisfied to be what I am
willing to have you be, well and
good."
He stood close to her for a mo
ment, then spoke impetuously.
"What about young Butler Do
you keep him at arm's length too " i
"You forget yourself!" she burst!
forth. "You have no right to ask I
such a question. It is an imperti
nence."
"I beg your pardon!" he exclaimed,
his manner changing imediately to
well-feigned humility.
"I'll try to grant it," she said stiff
ly.
He called her as she walked away.
"I'll take you home and come back
for the car."
"I am not afraid." she called back.
"I prefer going alonl."
She did not run when she was out
of his sight, but walked rapidly past
the cross-road that led to the vintage.
At first, she thought only of widen
ing the siyice between her and this
man who puzzled hr by speeches
that" might be innocent or fraught
with hidden meaning. Then as her
footsteps fell regularly upon the
silent road, she began listening to
her own tread. How still the night
was. and how much noise she seem
ed to be making, although she wore
light shoes!! Every footfall was fol
lowed by an echo.
Some One Coming
But was it only .an echo Surely
somebody was coming along the road
behind her, keeping pace with her—
someone who wore heavy boots. As
she listened, she heard an occasional
shuffle or stumble, as if the walker's
foot caught upon a stone or other
projection.
|She glanced back. A man was fol
lowing her, and in that one glance she
saw that a low. dark shadow moved
along close beside htm.
The truth burst upon her. Talak
and his dog were pursuing her.
She longed to run, but she feared
thai if she did this the dog would
spring at her, perhaps throw her
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Mne feet long and sometimes
longer.
Draw frorp one to two and so on
to the end-
down. She turned a bend In the road
and, for a few seconds, was out of
sight of her pursuers—if such they
were.
She broke into a rapid run, but
had gone only a few feet when Talak
shouted to her, and she heard his
heavy feet pounding along after her.
She must stop and face him. She was
no coward. She could show him that
she was not.
"What do you want" she demanded,
wheeling upon the man as he reached
her.
"What you runnin' for?" he asked.
"What you afeared of —me or Nig?"
"1 am not afraid of you," she said.
"But I do not like your dog. He
growls at me whenever I go near
him."
The Pole grinned. "Nig won't hurt
you. Pat him!"
She started to .walk on. "I don't
want to pat him," she said.
Talak shuffled along beside her.
"Why are you afeared of me?" he
questioned. "You like all but me.
You talk to the city man; you go
ridin' with the boss's line son. But j
j me. you run away from. But I like
I you."
j To her horror, he caught her sud
denly by the wrist. She smelled
liquor on his breath. A sick fear
seized her. It was bad enough to
meet this mental defective alone on
a dark road, but to meet him when
his poor, deficient brain was inflamed
by alochol w'as far worse.
She tried to disengage her wrist
from his clucth. But he held her fast.
His dog came near and began to sniff
about her ankles, growling in a low,
Vet menacing way.
Afraid of the Dots
"I am afraid of your dog!" she
exclaimed. "Call him off."
"I tell you he not hurt you!" the
Pole burst forth. "All of you are
mean to him. Old Chapin kicked
him—he'll' pay for dat. You won't
touch him. But I touch you—see, I
hold you tight!"
He tried to put his arm about her,
and she struck at him, furiously
wildly, kicking him, and beating him
with her one free hand.
"Let me go!" she panted.
She strove to scream, but her voice
would not obey her will. She felt
a if she were in a terrible night
mare, struggling for breath.
Someone was coming, whistling a
i college air as he came, and, at the
sound, she found her voice and called
loudly:
"Come! Oh, come quick!"
There was the noise of running
feet, and John Butler appeared
around the bend in the road.
But, quickly as he had come. Talak
had been prepared for him. He had
let go of the girl and had spoken
three words to his dog.
"Sic 'em. Nig!"
With a sharp yelp the beast sprang
upon John Butler.
It was then that the frjghte'ned
girl had one of the greatest sur
prises of, her life. The slender young
man, who had come out here as an
invalid, met the dog's attack so
swiftly and effectively that even the
Pole gasped In astonishment. With
a swift movement John Butler kicked
the brute full in his open Jaws, then,
as.Nig fell back, he kicked him again
and again, until the dog turned and
lied howling down the road In the
direction of the farm.
To Be Continued.
Rabbi S. S. Wise Gives
Week's Pay to Poor
Stamford, Conn., July 29.—Dr.
Stephen S. Wise, founder and rab
bi of the Free Syagogue of New
York City, completed his first week's
work as a shipyard laborer Satur
day afternoon. When the employes
of the Luders Marine Construction
Company were being paid off, he
asked the paymaster which was the
lowest.paid man of the lot. The
man was pointed out to him and
"IT MEANS
A LOT TO ME"
Mark R. Moore, a well-known
moulder, living at 339 Partridge
Ave., Lebanon, Pa., said Monday:
"It means a lot to me to be a well
man after suffering like I did. Ner
vous and stomach complaints. I
ached and pained and everything Ir
ritated me; could not rest at night.
"Not until I used Tonall, which I
bought at Bocge'sr Drug Store in
Lebanon, did I get relief. Now I
have a flne appetite, sleep peace
fully and go about my work easily,
and am more vigorous daily. Ton
all drove away my stomach trouble
and my nerves don't bother tne."
This testimonial was given July 8,
1918.
Tonall Is sold at Gorgas' Drug
Store, Harrlsburg, and also at Her
shfcy's Drug Store. Hershey, Pa.
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rlsburg, Pa.
the raibbi forthwith handed him his
awn pay envelope, containing $lB.
"He needs it more than I do," the
rabbi was quoted as saying, "and
I'm sure it will do him more good
than I could possibly get out of it."
Previously, Dr. Wise had praised
the spirit of the men who work with
him in the yard.
"They are all splendid fellows, in
tent on doing all they can to help
win the war and realizing fully the
necessity of giving the best there is
in ,them."
Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad.
CORN TO THE FRONT
These two fresh corn receipts ap
pear in the August Woman's Home
Companion: "Peppers stuffed with
fresh corn: 6 sweet peppers, 1-8 tea
spoon soda, fresh corn, 1-2 cup milk,
oleomargarine, salt, pepper.
"Cut a thick slice from the stem
1 -■ 1 ■ • • - - - 1 "" —-.r,—. ..
1 Two Inspection Days 1
Tuesday and Wednesday • 1
I Then Our Well Known
I August Furniture Sale
I To -morrow and Wednesday will be two opportunity days for
the people of this section to view the fine, large assortments of
life-time Furniture, which will be marked at August Sale Prices
for the
Most Conspicuous and Noteworthy
Sale of Furniture Held Hereabouts
1 The Substantial Savings We Offer Will
| Make Your Money 1
Those who have withheld buying furniture for the Living Room, Dining
I Room, Parlor, Library, Bed Room, Guest Room, Hall -or Kitchen will have
I plenty of opportunity now for investing their money to best advantage.
Furniture selected on these two Inspection Days will be held until
August Ist (Thursday) and sold at August Sale prices. Early
choosing works to your best interests. . H
JULY 29, 1918
end of sweet peppers, allowing one
for each person to be served. Dis
card seeds and parboil peppers fif
teen minutes in boiling salted jwrater
to which soda has been added.
Drain, fill with corn mixture, ar
range on platter, sprinkle tops with
paprika and garnish with parsley.
"Corn Mixture: Cut sweet corn
from the cOb to make two and one
half cups, put in omelet pan, add
milk and cook slowly at low temper
ature for seventy-five minutes, stir
ring frequently. Season with oleo
margarine, salt and pepper.
"Corn Oysters—One cup raw corn,
1 egg, 1-4 cup corn flour, salt, pep
per.
"Corn Oysters; 1 cup raw corn, 1
egg, % cup corn flour, salt and pep
per.
"Grate uncooked corn from the
cob. To one cup add egg well
beaten, flour and salt and pepper
to season highly. Drop from tip of
tablespoon on to hot well greased
5
griddle. When well browned cook
on other side."
NERVOUS
PROSTRATION
May be Overcome by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound—This Letter
Proves It.
West Philadelphia, Pa..—"During
the thirty years I have been m&r
-{MHR|RJRl{l!n||||||tt rled, I have been
llller 111 an< * had several
I! R I attacks of nerv-
II Rrij iri si | ous prostration
II L I 'fl | until It seemed
II <illl II as " the organs
[H,r - body were worn
.. .1 to try P Lydia E.
Pinkham's (Veß
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made a well woman of me. I can
now do all my housework and ad
vise all ailing women to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and I will guarantee they will de
rive great benefit from It.".—Mrs.
Frank Fitzgerald, 25 N. 41st St n
West Philadelphia. Pa.
There are thousands of women
everywhere in Mrs. Fitzgerald's
condition, suffering from nervous
ness, backache, headaches, and
other symptoms of a functional de
rangement. It was a grateful spirit
for heath restored which led her
to write this letter so that other
women may benefit from her ex
perience and find health as she
has done. v
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