The Helena Star. (Helena, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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Jim Cradlebaugh Head-Liner
By Wm Hamilton Osborne
(Copyright by ghortatory Pub Co)
When old bleary McGaffney the
lown Inebriate vaa accidentally killed
big Jim Cradlebaugh apprised the
widow of her bereavement
“What am ! a-goin’ to do!" walled
the widow
I "Now don’t you worry Missus Mc-
Gaffney” said big Jim Cradlebaugh
ostentatiously “the town’ll see that
you don’t suffer I’ll see to It I’ll
make the boys shell out" He laid a
ccn down on the window-silL "There's
half a dollar for your immediate
needs Missus McGaffney” he told her
“‘and don't you worry I’ll make the
boys do their part too" -’
He started in to do it Down In the
office of the Donaldson Daily they
were waiting for him — the boys
"Now boys"’ he said as he bustled
into the office of the Dally "gimme a
sheet of paper This here Is for con-
tributors for Sarah McGaffney the be-
reaved There you are There’s my
name at the head where It always is
In this here town I subscribe half a
dollar do you Bee? Come now put
I-'- your names in Don’t be afraid The
list ’ll be printed in the Daily just as
visual I give half a dollar Who'll
give more?”
Young Bill M&thewson the hard-
ware man stepped forward "Mr
Cradlebaugh" he said and bis lip
curled as he said It ‘Tm worth about
one-tonth the sum that you are Put
me down for five dollars— I’ll give ten
times as much as you”
Jim Cradlebaugh was never feezed
"Hurrah” he said "example is conta-
gious 1 give 50 cents and the next
man gives five dollars Who’ll - give
more? Come now your names'll all
be printed don’t you know Won’t
they Bartlett?"
Bartlett editor and proprietor of
the Donaldson Dally nodded “As
usual" he responded But his lip
curled just a little too For the only
thing that the town could give Jim
Cradlebaugh credit for was that he
could make other people give He was
the originator of the published lists In
(tbe Daily He had started them dur-
ing the smallpox scare some three
years before and the editor acknowl-
edged to himself that the idea was a
good one Charity is a pleasant weak-
ness but It becomes much more at-
tractive when it is set before the eyes-
of men with names and amounts In
full
But Cradlebaugh — the town was die
gusted with Cradlebaugh the Donald-
son Dally was disgusted with him
though it did not dare to say so Jim
Cradlebaugh could have bought and
sold many men In the town of Don-
aldson he was fat with prosperity
But never yet had be given a flve-dol-Jar
bill on any one occasion though
when he gave the whole town knew
it Cradlebaugh took care to let them
know it He was more than a laughing-stock
in the town he was the sub-
ject of bitter Jeers But he never
realized it so it seemed
The McGaffney subscription was
ended by a $500 gift from “a friend”
Old Terwilllger who lived at the
end of the street was a comparative
stranger in the town of Donaldson He
had lived there for 15 years No one
knew whence he had come All that
was known about him the banks
knew Every six months he made sub-
stantial deposits in the First National
and in the Dime Savings bank At the
end of each six montbB the deposits
dwindled to a cipher The banks did
not know where the money went— cer-
tainly old lean Terwilllger did not
spend It on himself And he had no
vices no luxuries He was a plain
simple unsophisticated old man But
the eyes of Editor Bartlett always
twinkled when the name of Terwllli-
ger was spoken and sometimes moist-
ened Then they would harden when
he thought of Cradlebaugh - -"What
a difference between two
men" he thought to himself "Cradle-
baugh a blatant ostentatious egotist
Terwilllger a -gentle shrinking—
man”
But if Terwilllger had a secret and
if Bartlett knew it he never divulged
it to his best friend
And as time went on and the char-
ily lists in the Donaldson Daily multi-
‘plied It was invariably Cradlebaugh
vho headed the list— with a dollar
' and it was hi variably “Constant Read-
er” or "Pro Bono" or “A Friend”
who closed It out— with hundreds
But the small town of Donaldson
never knew what fate had in store for
ber She had given bounteously to
all her neighbors She little - knew
how much she would need charity her-
self It was the Widow McGaffney who
started it By night the rising little
town of Donaldson lay in ruins— ruin3
- black and stark and uncompromising
Donaldson was 'a city without a home
Yes there was onevhome that es-
caped It was Jim Cradlebaugh’s big
tr
house upon the hill And there was
another home — the home men seek In
their extremity The Donaldson First
church was unscathed
But with the morning and rising sun
hope grew The banks reported their
vaults Were safe And the Insurance
companies wired that they would pay
Donaldson losses Immediately And
all that the people needed was food
temporary shelter— just the bare nec-
essaries of life
"We’ll supply those ourselves”
cried Bartlett to the crowd “come in-
to the church”
Cradlebaugh was nowhere to be
seen The rumor grew that Cradle-
baugh was keeping to himself in com-
fort up In his big house on the hill
Others who had perforce sheltered
themselves there during the night had
not seen him At any rate he was not
among the crowd in the church
Bartlett told the people just how
things stood He knew the town He
knew its needs
“This is business” he said “fully a
third of us are very well-to-do We’ve
saved money Two-thirds of us have
been living from hand to mouth The
one-third must rise to the occasion
Gentlemen” he added earnestly “this
Is a thing that will make the rich
poor but it’s real — it’s real — It’s real”
The crowd felt It Bartlett prepared
a dozen subscription lists and sent
thenf through the crowd
"We’ll pull through" he told him-
self when he began to see results
“And Terwilllger Terwilllger ’ll give
Good old ‘Pro Bono But — where Is
he?"
Almost as he spoke Terwilllger a
lean straggling old man entered the
church and struggled up the aisle
He seated himself at the foot of the
atalrs just below the pulpit He wait-
ed hours until the lists were all in
Then Bartlett stepped to his side
"I want something from ‘A
Friend”’ he ventured
Terwilllger took the Hst and scrib-
bled something at the bottom Bart-
lett looked at it and shouted aloud
with glee
“Hurrah boys” he yelled “here’s
something worth seeing Listen while
I read The last name on the list:
“ ‘From a fellow townsman $30000’
i "Now” he cried “I’m going to tell
at last— it’s from Mr Terwilllger here
That’s who It is The man of this
town — the man who gives every time
all the time who — ”
But Terwilllger was up beside him
in the pulpit holding his arm
“Wait wait” cried Terwilllger In a
thin shrill piping voice but a voice
quivering with earnestness — “wait”
He turned to the audience
“If the truth’s to be told” he said
“let’s tell the truth the whole truth'
and nothing but the truth Gents” he
went on "fifteen years ago I was In
the poorhouse over In Monroe Listen
There was a man who found me there
"Come Now Put Your Names In”
and who brought me over here — a
man with a big hearty smile on his
face and a big warm hand and a big
warm heart Gents he — he supported
me He made me live In comfort
But gents he” — old Terwilllger
smiled In spite of himself— "he was a
joker— such a joker And I didn’t mind"
so much But his heart— that man
would give give give all he had for
the poor the sick the stricken But
gents he was a man who would never
Old English Custom Revived
The old custom of honoring the kill
by drinking fox flavored liquor was re-
vived in Yorkshire a few weeks ago
In olden days it was a common occur-
rence to pour a gallon of ale through the
mask of a fox after it had been sev-
ered from the trunk and for the hunts-
men as well as the field to drink the
blood-colored liquor On this occasion
the officials of the hunt were in no
way interested or participant in the
let his left hand know what his light
hand was doing He gave through
me” Old Terwilllger became terribly
in earnest “Gents" he went on “yes-
terday In the fire I was in my seo-ond-story
back-room in a closet I was
shut off by the fire There was no
hope for me But— he this man with
the big heart He found me He res-
cued me I’m safe But he— he’s up
In his big house” Terwilliger’s voice
quivered “Only the doctor knows
He’s burned’ that man And he ain’t
a-goin’ to get well Gents” he cried
aloud “that man Is the man you never
knew who wouldn’t let you know him
whose left hand didn’t know his own
right hand Gents that man was—
Cradlebaugh He gives the thirty
thousand as he gave all he ever gave
— unbeknown — through me”
The crowd was silent for a moment
Bartlett led the cheering' then led the
way silently out of the church and up
the steep hill toward the house of
Cradlebaugh
The town was almost too late The
doctor shook bis head as the commitr
tee forced Its way on tiptoe into the
room of Cradlebaugh
“He’ll never speak again” the doc-
ror said But he was mistaken Cra-
dlebaugh had beard -them He strug-
gled painfully up on bis elbow -“Boys
boys” he cried “you’ve come
for me — to— get— up— a list It’s— all
—right — boys"
He stopped for an Instant Then his
voice rang loud and clear:
"Jim Cradlebaugh gives two dollars
to rebuild Donaldson” he cried
"Come step up now Who’ll give
twenty?”’
That night there was a list of fatali-
ties in the hand-printed Donaldson
dally And Jim Cradlebaugh head-
liner was at its top He had passed
into the loving memory of the towq
whose beBt friend he had been'
JUST 80
"No matter how rich you are you
can’t buy happiness"
“And no matter how poor you are
you can get all the unhappiness you
want for nothing”
Morgan Surmounted Difficulty
Tit-Bits tells how J Pierpont Mor-
gan succeeded in interviewing the
pope and Queen Helena within half
an hour The queen fixed the ap-
pointment for 10:45 o'clock and the
pope for 11:15 o’clock on the same
morning The difficulty of the task
was Increased owing to the fact that
etiquette prescribes that for the
queen’s audience Mr Morgan should
appear in a frock coat with a fancy
tie and his daughter who was to ac-
company him should appear in a light
colored walking gown with an appro-
priate hat while the etiquette of the
Vatican prescribed for Mr Morgan
evening dress and a white tie and for
the lady a black gown and a black lace
veil over her hair both to be ungloved
and unjeweled A quick change artist
might have made light of this matter
Even Mr Morgan and his daughter
effected the transformation in five
minutes after a 20 minutes’ interview
with the queen and a fast motor did
the rest
This Cow Is Rooseveltian
Chetek Wis— Maynard Farr a
farmer living five miles eaBt of this
city claims to own the most wonder-
ful productive cow in the United
States The animal is now supporting
a family of four calves which are al-
lowed to run with the mother in the
field The calves all were born with-
in the last 11 months There are
two pairs of twins each animal per-
fectly formed healthy and thriving
I
remarkable sequence to a kill After
the huntsmen had broken up the fox
a number of foot followers rescued a
portion of the carcass and hurried to
a little inn near at hand There they
had a huge jug filled with beer and
into this they put the hams of the fox
They afterward drank the vulpine mix-
ture stirring their glasses with tha
pads of a fox and proposing Reynard’s
health in Yorkshire doggerel— London
MalL
For Twenty Years
Other chill remedies may have
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son then passed away— even from
memory — but for twenty long years
Cheatham's Chill Tonic has been in
the field of action The reason is sim-
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Chills and Fevers while the majority
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Value of Brief Rests
If overworked homemakers whose
nerves are “worn to frazzle edge”
would acquire the habit of sitting or
lying absolutely still relaxed and mo-
tionless for five or ten minutes twice
a day they would soon see improve-
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pleasant things You - will probably
try this several times before you get
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you will find that It yields large re-
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Best of All
R J Mayher No 406 South Clark
St Chicago writes as follows:
“I have kept and used your Hunt's
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In my family It Is the only kind to
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It cures Cut 8 Durns Bruises
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Coppage, Everett B. The Helena Star. (Helena, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1908, newspaper, July 2, 1908; Helena, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1726156/m1/2/: accessed July 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.