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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01
LEGENDS ABOUT DEW.
Curious Beliefs az to It's Origin and
Varied Powers.

In many places dew is looked upon
us tears Of the angels and of the souls
in purgatory shed on account Of the
sins Of human beings upon earth. and
dew Is collected to be used to cure GER
tain diseases, especially those Of the
eyes, freckles. badness, cramps. open
wounds and cuts, rheumatism. skin
diseases, burns, etc.
The virtues of dew as beauty wash
are also well known, remarks the Jour-
nal Of Religious Psychology. One leg
end tells how by licking the dew of
the plants on certain morning when
all the birds drink it one can learn
their language.
Another folk belief Is that naked or
with only their shirts on the witches ut
the time Of the new moon collect the
dew from the grass with bark sleeves.
BY this means they deprive Of their
milk the cows that have been pastured
on the grass, and as soon as their
sieves are full of dew they know that
| their pots at home are full Of milk
| The Polish people of Wongrowitz cal
the dew on which the birds are sup
posed to feed patasie mleko-t e,
birds milk"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01
Maior Enllln Vas a whIte haIred. Ell

Major Enilin WAS white haired. e!-
derry man. sixty years old if a day. In
his fiery faaaiical zeal there WAS some
thing hnnlero;:s -and something tragic.
Colrnel lIaverill. tifty-iive years OF
age. was dlstinctiveiy an American sol
der type.
4 veteran of the Mexican war; he
WAS happily married to his second
wife. New York belle up TO the time
of her becoming the coloners bride.
some six years before the period with
which the present narrative is concern
ed His on:y son. Frank. was ut that
time boy of fourteen. bright anil
spirited: bat. rs the colonel declared
with real Identification. evidently no;
cut ont for soldier. That most In
mentabie de.iciency--in the fathers
eyes-gaye color to the assertion. made
not by Mrs IIavcrill alone. that the
colonel thought more of his young
southern wards. Robert and Gertrude
Ellingllam. than lie did of his own son
However this may have been, the
colonel's yuung wife more than made
mp TO the lad thu deprivation of hi
fathers full measures of p;uesnal con
tidence and affection. Having no chill
dren of her own. she gave to the boy
what in his infancy he had never
known-a mothers loving care As h,
grew up in New York amid coed fami
| ~ associations and in comfortable cir
| cumstances. seeing little of his fathe
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01
An Unexpected Conclusion.

A mistress was summoned in Lon
don court for having dismissed a serv-
ant girl without due notice. The dc
PENDANT pleaded that the servant was
so voracious that she could not keep
her in food. The judge after hearing
the evidence inquired Of the defendant.
"Will four and sixpence week keep
herr? mot nearly" replied the lady.
Twill shillings?" continued the judge
mo; that would not keep her." replied
the defendant, feeling that in the
judges hands her case was gaining
strength. Now take care" said the
Judge, "and answer cautiously. Will Z
shillings" 1T takes g." said the de-
PENDANT Every WELL" said the judge.
''Then you must pay her shillings a
week as board wages for one month";
London Mail.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01
CHOICE OF A VOCATION.

1t is very certain that no man
is fit for everything, but 1t Is al
most as certain, too, that there is
scarce any one man who Is not
fit for something. which some
thing nature plainly points out
to him by giving him tenden-
cy- and propensity for 1t. ! look
upon common sense to be to the
mind what conscience is to the
heart-the faithful and constant
monitor of right and wr0ng-and
| am convinced that no man
commits either crime or folly
but against the manifest and
sensible representations OF one
or the other Every man finds
in himself, either from nature
or education for they are
hard to distinguished peculiar
bent and disposition to some par
ticular character. and his strug-
Cling against it is the fruitless
and endless labor of Sisyphus.
Let him follow and cultivate that
vocation. He will succeed in 1t
and be considerable in one way
at least. whereas if he departs
from it he will at best be in
considerable. probably ridiculous.
Lord Chesterfield.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01
PROLOGUE.

This thrilling romance Of love,
var, patriotism and adventure in
The valley of Virginia, 1868,
has a vivid historical and scenic
setting. The whole stirring pan
Drama of the mighty struggle
that preserved the Union is out
lined as a background to The ro-
mantle love drama continuously
occupying the stage, the dran,otis
persorae of which are famous
soldiers and typical civilians on
both sides. This novel, like the
play which ranks as Bronson
Towards masterpiece and which
has held undininished popular
ify on the stage for a quarter OF
century past, is broadly non
partisan in spirit and abounds
in striking characters, with et-
fectfpe contrasts of pathos ana
comedy The illustrations are
particularly interesting because
a majority Of them are actual
wartime photographs Of famous
generals. camps, batteries, his
toric scenes and typical soldiers
who wore both the blue and the
pray. w.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01
A PERSISTENT Able.
Romance Of Mountain Road Building
In the Pyrenees.

In the Pyrenees.
C. +. Preston In The Passes OF the
Pyrenees" quotes the story Of Felix
Armand, cure of St Martin-Lys, who
pierced road through the magnificent
Gorge de Pierre-Lys in order to bring
prosperity to his poverty stricken. VIII
lage. The cure himself marked out
the route, hanging like spider from
the end of rope over the awful preci-
pieces Of the Pierre-Lys. After Eve
years incessant toll the workmen
reached the huge mass OF rock which
blocks the gorge near Belvianes." Still
he bravely melted his parlshioners to
presevere until in 1871 the tunnel was
pierced which still bears the name
of lie Trou du Cure" The revolution
stopped the work. but after the reign
of terror the cure set 10 work anew.
"A pity the man should be a priest"
said Napoleon when he heard Of Ar
mand's heroic efforts. II would have
made him a general in my army"
The cures personal bravery was
great Once when a mine was about
| to explode a muleteer was seen riding
round corner. The priest instantly
sprang out and extinguished slow
match just at its last inch. Armand
was made an able, but he declined to
leave his flock and was buried ut st
Martin-Lys with the cross Of the LIE
gion of Honor ON his breast.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01
Good Intentions.

II do my best" said Mr.. Clumzie. ito
scatter sunshine and encourage spirit
of patience and cheerfulness, but some
how | always go wrong"
what has happened?"
II met a friend who looked little
gloomy, so l said to him: Cheer upl
Nothing is as bad as it might be. Ev-
cry cloud has silver lining, and you
only make trouble worse by thinking
about it. I"
Didn't he respond?"
mo. He simply said: Don't bother
me. I've got the toothache.' Wash
iugton Star.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01
PROGRESS.

There is Il great difference be-
tween adherence to old princi-
pies and adherence to old meth
eds. Progress consists In the APP
plication Of cid principles to new
conditions, snd it is only when
there is firm grasp Of funda-
mental ana essential principles
that 1t is possible to devise new
methods which have permanent
value. Merely because an idea
is new 1t does not necessarily
follow that it Is wise or profit
able. The art of invention can
never be Independent Of funda-
mental theory.-John Grier Hib-
ben, President of Princeton Uni
versity.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01

and experiencing the irksomeGess with
out the companionship of that parents
strict control. 1t was not to be won
dered at if Frank came pei'i.ously near
. to being spoiled
After graduation from Columbia
instead of from West Point as the
colonel would have desired if such q
choice could have been realized IN the
natural course Of events Frank Haver
i'll entered the banking house of the
Towards. relatives of his stepm0thcr
This had seemed Il promising conncc
toni might have led, possibly, to an
other matrimonial alliance through one
of the pretty daughters OF the family
on whom the young clerk was known
TO have made Il most favorable impress.
sion when suddenly he ran away
With and married Edith Mauly, nice
enough girl, MS 1t was said, but two or
! three years his senior and the daugh
| Ter of an impoverished southern family
| whose home WAS in New Orleans.
This WAS bad enough. Still rash
| love match is not in itself an unpar
donabie sin. Frank was forgiven Al
least truce was patched up ana the
| prodigal son went back repentant, as II
seemed, to his stool ut the bank.
Alas, the prodigal climax was yet
to come. Its beginnings had dated
back even to the college days. Edward
Thornton had been much in New York
then. He had first met the Hayerills
at Saratoga. Handsome, reckless, Il
social favorite and sportsman Of no
small pretensions, Thornton had i'm
mediately exercised over young Frank
IN influence amounting to fascination
'lud hero worship. Those were flush
times of racing, of gambling, of drink
ing and-south of Mason and DiXon's
line esnecially-Of ducling. Thornton
took the eager, precocous boy in hand
and made Il man of him" 1t was
such Il ''inan" as the colonel, his ia
ther absent most of the time on west
Arn duty, never dreamed.
Matters were in such strained rea
tiaaS now when the colonel and hi,
WIFE stopped at Charleston on theil
way north And it was ut this fntcfu
moment that the hast stroke fell.
The dag before ihe Elih.gham bal
Colonel Haveril learned from TIE New
York newspapers AMI Simultaneous,
+ hy letter from his lawyers there tina
bis son was an absconder and fugi
tive. Under suspicion on account o
Irregularities discovered at the Howar,
\ | h.> ho1 IA IA,
er, to escape arrest, leaving his wife de
serted and without resources.
Colonel Haverilps grief and rag
were fearful
II might have expected It," he sait
And yet. hadn't | enough else on m
mind iust now without being brougb
: to face Il thing like this? Well, let fat
D deal with him. He deserves the wors
! that can happen. | am through wit
! Him. ! have always done my best b
him; now 4 have other and more in
I por;ant duties to perform. am a
officer of the United States army"
Dent Judge him too hastily, Johl
: May it not have been that 1t was onl
after another was dependent on hi
that the debts of thOughtless spen,
:. thrift-for. he was nothing worse
y drove him to desperation-to frau
a .rerhaps-I will not believe crime"
II His wife shall be provided form
e lawyers have their instructions" L
Piled the colonel CURLY.
Mrs Haverill stole softly out of Il
room. closing the door behind be
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01
CHAPTER |.
Naughty Old Charleston.

- ~ HAKIESTON always looks to
me as il 1t had driftel bodily
across the Atlantic from old
France or Spain" said Colo
mel Huverill as he stood gazing out
harborward from the pillared veranda
Of the roomy colonia! mansion front
ing Oh the East Battery.
1t was early spring Of the year 1861
Sky and water in that southern ss.
board cline were blue, bat it was the
soft. dreamy blue of Mediterranean
shores. Nights of velvety dusk We're
lit with strangely large, low hung
stars The magnolias were not yet in
bloom, but amid the moss veiled live
oaks already the moc!lingbirds sang
or rather rhspsodized in language OF
golden tone. rs If cou6ding thrilling
secrets that burst from stiied hearts.
Such were the enviahle conditions,
heightened rather than restrained by
the political turmoil of the time, I'M
der which an oddly assorted group OF
people Of various ages and conditions
and including besides Charlestonians
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01
Charleston In 1861.

J Charleston In 1861.
q number Of representatives of other
sections Of the south AS we'll as OF
northern states. planned the Ellingham
ball for the second week In April.
Colonel Havcrill Of the regular army
of the United States had been Next
con war comrade Of the late Colonel
dillingham; Of Virginia. When Filing
ham died Haverill became the guardian
Of his two children. Robert and Ger
trude.
Robert was duly graduated from
West Point and with his classmate.
Kerchival West Of Massachusetts,
went. with the rank of lieutenant. to
see active service ON the plains In the
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01
LIFE.

LIFE.
We are born; we laugh; we weep;
We love; we droop; we die!
All, wherefore do we laugh or
weep?
Why do we live or die?
Who knows that secret deep?
Alas, not l!
Why doth the violet spring
Unseen by human eye?
Why do the radiant seasons
bring
Sweet thoughts that quickly
fly?
Why do our fond hearts cling
To things that die? A
We through pain and wrong;
We fight-and fly.
We love, we lose, and then ere
long
Stone dead we lie.
0 life, Is all thy song
Endure and-die?"
Bryan w. Proctor.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01
CRITICISM.

IT'S hard to say if greater want
of skill
Appear in writing or in judging
i'll,
But of the two less dangerous is
the offense
To tire our patience than mis-
lead our sense.
Some few in that, but numbers
err in this
Ten censure wrong for one who
writes amiss.
A fool might once himself ex-
pose;
Now one in verse makes many
more In prose.
'Tis with our Judgment as our
watches-none
Go just alike. yet each believes
his own.
In poets, as true genius Is but
rare.
True taste as seldom is the crit
les share.
Both must alike from heaven
derove their light
These born to Judge as well as
those to write.
Let such teach others who them
= selves excel
And censure freely who have
written well.
Authors are partial to their wit,
tbs true,
But are not critics to their judg-
ment too?
Alexander Pope.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01
Heredity.

Heredity.
"Cute little cuss," said Slabsides.
gazing ut Hawkins baby, "but why
the dickens do you suppose he's trying
to get his toes into his mouth all the
-time?"
srakes after me-" said Hawkins
Hes trying to make both ends meet"
-Harpers.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01
Explaining Il.

There Is such queer smell after
the automobiles here besides the gas0-
line"
II guess it must come from the road
scorching."- Exchange.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01
LIFE.

LIFE.
We must eat to live. not live
10 eat lield~s.
Age Is matter of feeling. not
of year>.-George William Cur
It's.
God gives each man one life
like Il lamp. then gives that lamp
due measure of Browning.
Ii is II narrow heart alone which
does not grow. The wide one
becomes layer with the lapse
of years.-Jean Paul Richter.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01

They know not their own defects who
search for defects In others. Ganskr!t
PrOverb.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-01

q Stirring Story of Military Adventure and i
Stk Of Strange Wartime Woons Founded Y
n on the Great Play of the Same Name
By BRONSON HOWARD AND HENRY TYRRELL
Illustrations From Actual Wartime Photographs by Brady
COPYRIGHT G. P.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-17

told her TO quit II. but she didn't
pay any attention. no | turned my
back on her.
But there was another taking off
her clothes. And everywhere |
turned there were chorus girls dis.
rohing
AZ first | though, they were do
Ing II 10 make me feel uncomfort.
able. But by and by II dRwned on
me that they didn't know was
there and could 20 TO Tophet for
all they cared. They had TO change
their clothes In a hurry. and they
weren't thinking about anything
else.
Vic a Popular Fellow
'vlc's" face was as rcd as . beet.
and | suppose mine was. too.
When their clothes were chan ged.
they had a minutes breathing spell.
And then they saw vie" They
didn't pay any attention TO me.
Vic" Is young and good.looking.
and he was making sketches.
They got around him. and looked
over his shoulder. and cuddled up 20
him In the most unaffected way.
And Vic" couldn't draw for cold
beans.
BY and by. something seemed to
tell them to get busy. and they form.
ed and marched. singing. onto the
stage again.
"some Clsss7" You Beseheri
Vic" and hung around. but We
didn't dare move about much. For.
every time we tried TO hide behind
a piece OF scenery. there was always
n chorus girl there ahead OF us, TAX.
Ing off or putting on her clothes.
We met fat tenor who didn't
seem the least embarrassed. We
said we regarded tho girls Of the
chorus as some class. eh7--after the
manner OF reg'ler fellers. But the
fat tenor didn't crack a smile.
Yes" he said. "they are some
class, though not. perhaps. In
just the way you mean. n you
are curious 10 know what class
they are. Just try TO flag one Of
them In the alley after the
show. III make you q little bet
she turns you down-hardi
Yes. boys, they are some class;
more willing, smarter. harder
working bunch II has never
been my pleasure to work with"
Properly chastened. we said We
were sure he was right about Il.
Just then they all began taking
off their clothes again, and Vic"
and | fled.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-17
LEAGUE REPORTS

That an absolute. instead OF n
limited. common user clause be In
serted in the Duwamish valley light
ing franchise asked by the Puget
Sound Traction. Light g. Power Co.,
and that the franchise shall not ex-
coed % years. instead of so. az pro
posed by the company. and that
adequate provision for revoking the
franchise by the commissioners
should be made. Is the report sub
mitted by the public utilities com
mlttee OF the Municipal league.
George II. Walker Is chairman OF
the committee. and the other mem
bers arc Carl Croson, J. Fletcher
Lewis. +. A. Osborn, s. NJ. Brackett.
Harry n. Wilson. II. Day Hanford,
Otway Pardee. j. NJ. Winslow. a. A.
Hsdeen. A. ]. Quigley. Harry II.
Fitch. Hugh G. Moore and Howard
Hanson.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-17
INCIPIfNT BLAZE
ATTRACTS CROWD
FiREMEN FLOOD BASEMENT OF
SECOND AVENUE MUSIC
STORE
HUGE VOLUMES OF SMOKE
Water Does Considerable Damage
Fire Works Havoc in Patrol
man Hubbards Home.

A fire that originated In the
basement OF the Rose Music Com
pany's store at 1920 Second avenue
attracted hundreds OF pedestrians
In the down town district to Sec
ond avenue and Pike street at S
o'clock last evening. Although the
blaze itself was not large, ii Gre
ated huge volumes of smoke. and
the firemen, In their efforts TO
quench II, flooded the basement of
the music store and the adjoining
establishments with resultant dam
ages 10 the goods stored therein.
c. A. Rose. proprietor OF the
Rose music store, said that he esti-
mated the damage to his goods at
$500, fully covered by insurance
The Wallin e. Nordstrom shoe
store. at 1918 Second avenue. sus-
tanned nominal damages to their
goods
The building. which is owned by
John d. Agen. was damaged TO the
extent OF 5000. The origin OF the
fire was not ascertained, although
Fire Marshal H. w. Bringhurst be-
lieves II started in a pile OF pack
ing material in the basement
Fire originating from a defective
stove last night damaged the home
OF Patrolman w. G. Hubbard at 202
North Thirty-ninth avenue to the
extent of $3.50. All of the family
we're absent at the time the fire
broke out. The loss is covered by
insurance
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-17
SHE USES BRICK

LOS ANGELES. Dec. It'll,
penniless and out of work. Mrs
Mary Erickson. frail woman who
came to Los Angeles from Portland,
Ore, hurled a brick through store
window to court arrest, with the re-
suit that she slept In jail last night
and had prospect OF three meals
today.
MY savings were gone.' Mrs.
Erickson said, ''and II was either
fail or walk the streets all night. !
was passing n cigar store and saw
In the windows some cigars adver'
tised at 25 cents each. 1t seemed
funny that some people could ar
ford to pay such a price for cigars,
while | was hungry, so decided II
would be a good window to break
to get into Jail"
Matrons have promised to find
employment for Mrs. Erickson, who
came here to benefit her health
and she probably will be released
tonight under a suspended sentence
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-17
By Fred l.. Boalt

Once-but never again. my
friends.
Vic" feels as do about II,
You understand that the ladies OF
the Tvoii chorus had no wish 10
brighten us. Their treatment OF US
was impersonal. so far as they
were concerned. we were not there
I've often thought I'D like TO be
chorusman In a musical comedy
I've thought 4, would be fun to
march. wheel. dance. sing and fool
around with lot OF pretty girls.
Gets Kicked In the Eye
Musical comedy people seem al
ways TO be having such a nice time
Really. It's hard work.
And so, when, as | stood In tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-17
KICK ON RATES

Complaints of shippers against
railroads coming into Seattle were
heard at the session of the infer
state commerce commission, which
Edward II. Hart. special examiner,
began yesterday in the federal
building
Witnesses were brought TO give
the complaint OF shippers on TIE
Olympic peninsula in regard to al
legged discrimination In rates by the
Great Northern and Milwaukee.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-17

wings. Just where You down In
front could not see me. watching a
line OF chorus girls coming toward
me. and a line OF ohorusmen COINS
away from me. and every girl was
singing and at every step flinging
a dainty toe higher than her head
when. say. as | watched. and the
first girl IN the line. giving n final
kick. soaked me In the eve. she did
not even say she was sorry.
Boais Horribly Embarrassed
Instantly the smile left her lips.
the dancing light faded OF: Of her
eyes. She was all business. And
what do you thing she started do.
ing
She started taking off her
clothes,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-17
Beat HENRY UP

Leaving the front door of the res
idence of Mrs Clara Bernier, 3Sl7
30th av.. last night with their arms
filled with valuable furs. two
burglars ran into Henry Ballinger,
her brotherln-law, who had run
over on an errand. The two thugs
beat him with their fists and es-
capped with their loot. as he was
daZcd for lime
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-17
WALKS MILESTC
GET IN Pen

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Dec. H.
An error in the court routine caused
Buck" Patterson TO walk $50 miles
TO begin his sentence of five years
in the penitentiary here for man
slaughter. Patterson. SO years old,
was convicted at Russellville. $50
miles from here.
He 'ode TO LIT lie Rock, but when
he reached the state prison was
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-17
CITY CAN USE CLUB
Upon CONTRACTORS

scheme, the SAYS minimum
wage provision In the charter.
Charges have been made
AGAINST several contractors that
employees are compelled to pay
from So to 50 per week for
boarding privileges before they
can get employment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-17

In an opinion Wednesday
Corporation Counsel Bradford
held that the board Of public
works has the right to revoke
any contract where II 10 shown
that the contractor Is evading.
by means OF the boarding camp
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-17
BEECHAM'S
PILLS

because they have proved to
be the best corrective and
preventive Of disordered con-
ditions of stomach, liver, kid
neys and bowels. The first
dose gives quick relief and per-
manent Improvement follows
their systematic use. A trial
will show why, in all homes,
the use Of Beecham's Pills