be ber FERLING SALT. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR ESTABLISHED OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY TERMS—e1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE VOL. XXXVII EmmTTsBuRG, mAn-y-E_A-Nr), FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1915 NO. 37 AMERICANS AIDING LATEST BURGLAR'S OLD-YEAR MEMORIES. CONGRESS HAS MANY POPE BENEDICT XV CIVIL WAR VETERANS FRANCES BikO TOOL DISCOVERED ET us forget the things that vexed and tried us, IS HARD WORKER The worrying things that caused our souls to fret; Former Soldiers of Union and The hopes that, cherished long, were still denied us. Rises at 6 and Is Frequently En- Victims of War Are Hein_ "Old Man" With Four Lop Let us forget. Confederacy Now Fourteen. Let us forget the little slights that pained us, gaged Up to Midnight, Taught Trades. Fashioned by Prisoner. The greater wrongs that rankle sometimes yet; The pride with which some lofty one disdained us Washington.—Scattered through the Let us forget. membership of the house of represent- atives, so far as autobiographies in the TAKES HIS MEALS ALONE, WINIFRED HOLT AOTIV;:, QUIETLY RIPS SAFE KNOB, Let us forget our brother's fault and failing, Congressional Directory disclose, are The yielding to temptation that beset three men who served in the Union army and three men who served in After Midday Refection the Pontiff S,ei Went to Paris After the Outbreak Marks Found After Robbery In Mich- That he perchance, though grief be unavailing. the Confederate army. In the senate Walks In Vatican Gardens if It Is Not cf War and Succeeded In Gathering igan Trust Company at Grand Rapids Cannot forget. are five former Union soldiers there Too Hot—Often Goes to the End, Funds Among American Friends to Spoke Volumes to Detectives—Weighs and three former Confederate soldiers. But blessings manifold, past all deserving, Where He Watches Traffic and peo- Carry on Work—Keeping Away De- Less Than Ten Pounds, but Does Job. A few years ago a much larger per- Kind words and helpful deeds, a countless throng, ple With Interest, spondency Big Task. Sometimes "Soup" Is Needed. centage of the house and senate mem- The fault o'ercome, the rectitude unswerving, bers was composed of veterans of the years Itome.—Benedict XV. is one of the Paris.—Blind for life is the fate that Grand Rapids, Mich.—A few war of to '65. The latest directory Let us remember long. most energetic pontiffs who ever sat overtaken many of France's sons ago a mechanician fashioned a few furnishes the names of the old soldiers has The sacrifice of love, the generous giving, upon St. Peter's throne. He gets not been permitted to offer strips of steel at his home forge, and as follows: who have through more work in the day than their lives on the altar of patriotism. the grotesque creation of this man, When friends were few, the handclasp warm and Representatives Ebenezer J. Hill of most busy men in the outer world. He Trench warfare, the concussion of -who is now serving time in the Ohio Connecticut, Isaac R. Sherwood of strong, rises at (3 o'clock, summer and winter. artillery, poisonous gases, flaming penitentiary, was christened "old man,- Ohio and David A. Hollingsworth of huge The fragrance of each life of holy living. As soon as he is dressed he says mass have all contributed to cause and by way of distinction he was spo- Ohio, all of whom served in the Un- tar, in his private chapel, assisted by one the head, only too often re• ken of as having four legs. Let us remember long. ion army. wounds in of his chaplains. After that is a frugal suiting in total blindness. When top story men worked in the gracious, Representatives Albert Estopival of building Whatever things were good and true and breakfast, consisting of an egg beaten American initiative again has Michigan Trust here on a re- Louisiana, J. Fred C. Talbott of Mary- step - Whate'er of right has triumphed over wrong, up in a cup of milk—nothing else. Be- group of Americans cent Sunday and tore out the combina- land and Charles M. Stedman of North ped to the fore. A fore 8 he is hard at work. com- tions of two safes and shot another What love of God or man has rendered precious, Carolina of the Confederate army. have handed themselves into a His first task is to read the daily mittee to assist in teaching the blind. with nitroglycerin the "old man" with Senators John H. Bankhead of Ala- four legs left Let us remember long. papers. Though his secretaries always Miss Winifred Holt, well known in the his imprints on the bama, Benjamin R. Tillman of South safes. Where his "feet" had been pondering well the lessons it has taught us, prepare for him what they consider America for her work with the blind So, Carolina and Thomas B. Catron of New planted were four dents. Those the most interesting pieces of news, in the Lighthouse in New York city. deep We tenderly may bid the year "Good by," Mexico are the members of the senate marks spoke volumes to the detectives. he prefers to read it first hand. The was the originator of the idea. the good it brought us. who fought on the side of the south. Only expert safe crackers use the Holding in memory papers are soon done with. She was in London when the war The senators who served in the north- Catholic "old man." The man whose brain gave Letting the evil die. Jae spends far more time with the broke out as American delegate to the ern army were John D. Works of Cal- birth to this ingenious tool fashioned a Italian Liberal and Democratic organs. —Susan E. Gammon. ifornia, Henry A. du Pont of Delis- international congress of the blind in most powerful and useful implement At 9 o'clock the mail is brought in. - ware, Knute Nelson of Minnesota, Na- that city. Realizing what great oppor- for the craft who use explosives and Secretaries segregate it rapidly, sub- than Goff of West Virginia and Fran- tunities the war offered to aid those drill steel safes for a living when some mit the more important letters to the cis E. Warren of Wyoming. who have been rendered sightless, she commonwealth is not feeding and hous- pope, and these occupy him till about Senator Thomas S. Martin and Repre- came to Paris and succeeded in gath- ing them in exchange for a safe crack- 10 o'clock, when he receives the car- FOR THE NEW YEAR. sentative William A. Jones, both of ering sufficient funds among American ing job or some other depredation. dinal secretary of state. Virginia, were cadets at the Virginia friends to carry on a limited amount of A piece of steel fashioned into the At 10:30 the private and public au- and work with the soldiers. semblance of a narrow horseshoe is Military institute during the war diences begin. Here Pope Benedict (A WAYSIDE REVERIE.) service in some of "The darkest moments in a soldier's the framework of the "old man." There were called out for shows a marked difference from his life are those when for the first time is just enough room between these the Virginia campaigns. predecessor. Pope Pius X. used to like he realizes that he never will be able strips to enable the "old man" to drop The past? Well, what of the past, I say! Every congress naturally has a "kid to talk with everybody who came; none to see again," Miss Holt recently de- over the knob of a safe. Four holes Poor outworn thing; can I mend it, pray? member," and that honor in the Sixty- went away without a special word assist- clared. "Without prompt expert drilled in the "old man's" frame fur- Do tears avail for misspent days? fourth congress has fallen to Repre- from him. But Benedict does not spend ance soon after the loss of sight the nish the foothold for the fous legs. sentative Sydney E. Mudd of La Plata, so much time on his visitors. Those blind man is apt to become despondent. The holes are threaded with a fine Will pining straighten the crooked ways? Md. Mr. Mudd was born June 20, 1885, whom mere curiosity has brought are to lose his intelligence or to drift into thread, as are the legs. Must yesterday's heartbreak last for ay, and, therefore, is thirty years old. He soon dismissed. It is only in the case from which it is difficult if an apathy Once the "old man" fastens his grip And yesterday's mist hide the sun to-day? Is the youngest member of congress. of an important person that he lingers not impossible to rouse him. upon the safe knob the legs are screw- But Mr. Mudd is not the youngest man in conversation. But even then the au- "The committee's first task is to fine ed into the holes. The close threads Nay, life is life, and the farer's toll to be elected to a congress. diences last till midday, w-hen the pope the blind sufferers, some of whom are on bolts and hole give the "old man" a Is a hopeful heart as the hours unroll. Representative Pat Harrison of Mis- takes the principal meal of the day. marooned in improvised hospitals. tremendous purchase power, and with The path ascends; each winding road sissippi, a member of the present house, Pius X. always dined with one of farm houses or chateaux, and many el a monkey wrench the legs are screwed was only twenty-nine years old when his chaplains.