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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20


the ball had been the most daring the
young woman had yet made. Neither
she nor Dominick had thought 1t pos.
sible that Mrs. Ryan would leave her
out So confident was she that she
would be asked that she had ordered
a dress for the occasion. But when
Dominick's invitation came without
her name on the envelope, then fear
that she was to be excluded rose
clamorous In her. For days she
talked and complained to her hus.
band as to the injustice Of this
course and his power to secure the
invitation for her II he would. By
the evening Of the ball she had
brought him to the point where he
had agreed to 60 forth and demand It.
1t was a hateful mission. He had
never in his life done anything so hui
initiating. In his shame and distress
he had hoped that his mother would
give 1t to him without urging, and
Bernice, placated, would be restored
to good humor and leave him at
peace. She could not have gained
such power over him, or 80 bent him
to her bidding, had she not had In
him fulcrum Of guilty obligation to
work on. She continually reminded
him OF "the wrong" he had done her.
and how, through him, she had lost
the respect Of her fellows and her
place among them. All these sights,
snubs and insults were his fault, and
he felt that this was true. Tonight
he had gone forth in dogged despera-
ton. Now in fear, frank fear of her,
he went home, slowly, with reluctant
feet. his heart getting heavier, his
dread colder as he neared the house.
1t was one Of those wooden struc-
lures on Sacramento Street not far
from Van Ness Avenue where the
well-to-do and socially-aspiring crowd
themselves into a floor of seven
rooms, and derive satisfaction from
the proximity Of their distinguished
neighbors who refuse to know them.
1t contained four flats, each with
parlor bay-window and a front door,
all four doors in neighborly juxtaposi-
tion at the top of a fight to six
marble steps.
Dominick's was the top fiat; he had |
to ascend a long, carpeted stairway
with a turn halfway up to get to It. |
Now, looking at the bay-window, he
saw lights cleaning from below the |
drawn blinds. Berny was still up. A
lingering hope that she might have |
gone to bed died, and his sense Of re-
luctance gained in force and made |
him feel slightly sick He was there,
however, and he had to go up. Fit
ting his key into the lock he opened
the hall door.
1t was very quiet as he mounted
the long stairs, but, as he drew near
the top, he became aware Of a windy,
whistling noise and looking into the
room near the stair-head saw that all
the gas-jets were lit and turned on
full cock, and that the gas, rushing
out from the burner in a ragged ban
ner of flame, made the sound. He
was about to enter and lower 1t when
he heard his wifes voice coming from
the open door of her room.
at that you, Dominick?" she called.
Her voice was steady and high.
Though it was hard, with a sort Of
precise clearness Of utterance, it was
not Conspicuously Wrathful.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20

feet the town-bred young lady. She
ran to the door Of the parlor, as in
genuously curious to see the new ar
rivals and find out who they were as
though she had lived in Antelope for
year.
Looking down the hall she saw the
front door open violently inward and
two men hastily enter. The wind
seemed to blow in and before Perley's
boy could press the door shut the
snow had whitened the damp mat
ting. No stage passed through Ante
lope in these days of its decline, and
the curiosity felt by Rose was shared
by the whole hotel. The swing door
to the bar opened and men pressed
into the aperture. Mrs. Perley came
up from the kitchen, wiping a dish
Cora appeared in the dining-room
doorway, and in answer to Miss Can
mons inquiringly-lifted eyebrows,
called across the hall:
ITS the Murphysville stage on the
down-trip to Rocky Bar. guess they
thought they couldn't make it. The
driver don't like to run no risks and
so he's brought 'em round this way
and dumped 'em here. There amt
but two passengers. That's them"
She indicated the two men who,
standing by the hall stove, were di-
vesting themselves of their wraps.
One Of them was tall upright old
man with sweep of grizzled beard
covering his chest, and gray hair fall
ing from the dome of bald head.
The other was much younger, tall
also, and spare to leanness. He wore
gray fedora hat, and against its
chill, unbecoming tint, his face, Its
prominent, bony surface nipped by
the cold to raw redness, looked sal
low and unhealthy. With an air Of
solicitude he laid his overcoat across
a chair, brushing off the snow with
careful hand. Buttoned tight in
black cutaway with the collar turned
up about his neck, he had an appear
ance of being uncomfortably COM
pressed into garments too small for
him. His shiny-knuckled, purplish
hands, pinching up the shoulders Of
his coat over the chair back, were in
keeping with his general suggestion
Of large-boned meagerly covered
lankness The fact that he was
smooth-shaven. combined with the un-
usual length Of dark hair that ap-
peared below his hat-brim, lent him
suggestion Of something interest
ingly unconventional, almost artistic
In the region where he now found
himself he would have been variously
set down as gambler, a travelling
clergyman, an actor. or perhaps only
a vender Of patent medicines who had
some odd attractive way of advertis-
ing himself, such as drawing teeth
with an electrical appliance, or play
ing the guitar from the tail-board OF
his showman's cart.
Now, having arranged his coat to
its best advantage, he turned to Per.
ley and said with q curiously deep
and resonant voice:
y ST.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20
Had TO Have pie.

A New York woman, who thinks she
knows the public taste because of her
experience in the boarding house busi-
ness and as the manager of a summer
resort hotel. thinks that the statement
made by a Chicago baker that "pie
has ceased to be popular with the
masses Of this country" Is "all wrong
"It may be true for Chicago" she said
"but in this part of the world pie Is
still popular. Two years ago we had
little strike in the kitchen Of our
seashore place and the pastry end was
the hardest to get right. For four
days we had no pie, but furnished IN
stead more expensive desserts. But
we had a regular pie strike among our
guests, and pie we had to have. It
wasn't like any mans mother ever
made, because it was amateur work.
but it was pie. and that's all they
wanted"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20

dusk made by these imperfectly
blending illuminations, a pink silh
dressing-gown loosely enfolding her
a lightly brushed-in suggestion Of fair
hair behind her ears and on heI
shoulders. Her comb was in her hand
and Cora realized with an uplifting
thrill that she had timed her visit
correctly and was about to learn the
mysteries Of Miss Cannons coiffufe
81 brung you another lamp" she
said affably, setting her offering down
on the bureau. "One amt enough
light to dress decently by. I have
three" and she sank down on the side
Of the bed with the air Of having
established an intimacy, woman to
woman, by this act of generous con
sideration.
Them gentlemen" she continued,
"are along on this hall with you and
your pa. The old ones Judge Wash
burne, of Colusa, pioneer that used
to know Mr.. Perley's mother way
back in Sacramento in the fifties, and
knew your pa real we'll when he was
poor. It's sort Of encouraging to
think your pa was ever poor"
Rose laughed and turned sidewise.
looking at the speaker under the arch
of her uplifted arm. There were
hairpins in her mouth and an up
whirled end of blond hair protruded
in a cleaning scattering of yellow
over her forehead. She mumbled a
comment on her fathers early power
ty, her lips showing red against, the
hair-pins nipped between her teeth.
(To BE CONTINUED.)
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20

to the window, wondering at the grow.
ing gloom. The wind had risen TO q
wild, sweeping speed, that tore the
snow fine as mist. There were no
lazy, woolly fakes now. They had
turned into an opaque, slanting veil
which here and there curled into
snowy mounds and in other places
left the ground bare.
Rose looked out on It with an In
terest that was a little soberer than
the debonair blitheness of her morn
ing mood. II 1t kept up they might
be showed In for days, Perley had
said. That being the case, this room.
the hotels one parlor. would be her
retreat. her abiding place-for her
bedroom was as cold as an ice-chest
until they were liberated. With The
light, halt-whimsical smile that came
so readily to her lips, she turned from
the window and surveyed it judicially.
She was leaving the window to re-
turn to her seat by the IRE when the
complete silence that seemed to hold
the outside world In a spell was brok-
en- by sudden sounds. Voices, the
crack OF a whip, then a grinding
thump against the hotel porch, caught
her ear and whirled her back to the
pane. A large covered vehicle, with
the whitened shapes of a smoking
team dropping before It. had Just
drawn up at the steps. Two mascu.
line figures, carrying bags, emerged
from the interior, and from the driv-
er's seat a mufled shape-a cylinder
OF wrappings which appeared to have
a lively human core-gave forth much
loud and profane language. The iso-
lation and remoteness Of her sur
roundings had already begun to af.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20

"And. mine host, q stove IN ~
bedroom. a stove in my bedroom or
perish"
Cora giggled and threw across the
hall to Miss Cannon a delighted mur'
muir Of:
"oh, say. amt he Just the richest
thing?"
You've got us trapped and Gagged
here for a spell. / guess" said the
older man. ANY one else In the
same boxr"
"Oh, you'll not want for company
said Perley, pride at the importancs
Of the announcement vibrating In his
tone. We've got Willoughby here
from the Bella X. with his four set.
ter dogs. and Bill Cannon and his
daughter up from the coast"
~Bill Cannoni"-the two men stared
and the younger one said:
bill Cannon, the Bonanza King
from San Franciscof"
That's him air right" nodded Per
ley. up here to see the diggings at
Greenhide and showed in same a.
you"
Here Rose, fearing the converse
ton might turn upon herself, slipped
from the doorway into the passage
and up the stairs to her own room.
An hour later as she stood before
the glass making her toilet for sup
per, a knock at the door ushered in
Cora, already curled, powdered and
beribboned for that occasion, small
kerosene lamp in her hand. In the
bare room, its gloom only partly
dispelled by the light from similar
lamp on the bureau and the red
CLEAN from the stove, Miss Cannon
was revealed In the becoming half.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20

YES" he answered, "it's l." and
he forgot the gas-jets and walked up
the hall. He did not notice that in
the other rooms he passed the gas
was turned on in the same manner.
The whistling rush of its escape made
noise like an excited. unresting
wind in the confined limits of the
little fiat.
The door of Berny's room was open.
and under blaze Of light from the
chandelier and the side lights of the
bureau she was sitting in a rocking,
chair facing the foot Of the bed She
held in her hand walking-stick Of
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20
LAWN ~

and he made an efrott to be patient
and Just.
Its been a disappointment" he
said. "and Ilm sorry about 1t, But
I've done all could and there's no
use doing any more. You've got to
give It up. There's NO use trying to
make my mother give in. She won't"
Won't she?' she cried. her voice
suddenly loud and shaken with rage.
Wen see! Well see! Well see II
I've married into the Ryan family for
nothing"
Her wrath tslast loosened. her corr
troll was instantly swept away. In q
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20
A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.

IN tnlS age OF research and experiment, all nature
Gransacked by the he comfort and hap
Plnessot man. Science has indeed made giant strides
IN tne past century and among the-6y no means
least in medicine Is that of
French Hospitals and that it is worthy the attention
9t those who suner from kidney, bladder, nervous
piles &C there is no doubt In fact seems evident
1rom the pig str created amongst specialists, that
tnose questionable remedies that formerly the
soe reliance of medical men, 1t is of course impOa-
IN TINS short article, but those who would like to
nmoW M more ABOUT this remedy that has effected 40
should n send addressed envelope for FREE book to
Dna II; ae Slerc Med Co. Hayerstock Road Hampstead
6T MeS NJ french r. nba, Remedy No No
IN vain during life of misery. suffering iii health
and nnhappiness. Theraplon Is sold by druggists or
nal- Si'oO. bougera Co., 80 Beekman St.. Now York
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20
DOG That Writes and Draws.

A clever dog made his bow at the
Hippodrome, London, England. the
other afternoon. "Dick" can draw q
donkey's heda, make three geometri-
cal figures, and write his signature
He can write equally well with both
paws. either separately or in COM
sDination; while as an arithmetician
ne INDUCES in simple addition. muk
fiplication. division and subtractiox
with ready accuracy
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20
Envy.

"Bliggins is one Of those people who
envy others the slightest elevation
above ordinary surroundings"
"Yes. His family can't eat a meal
without being afraid he'll get Jealous
of the baby and want the high chair" !"
Washington Star.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20
SYNOPSIS.

Bill Cannon, the bonanza king and his
daughter, Rose, who had passed up Mrs.
Cornelius Ryan'a ball at San Francisco to
accompany her father arrive at Antelope.
pominlck Ryan calls on his mother to
beg a ball invitation for his wife, and is
refused. The determined old lady refuses
20 recognize her daughter-in-law.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20

Constipation causes many serious diseases.
Il is thoroughly cured by Doctor Pieree's
Pleasant Pellets. One laxative, three for
cathartic. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20

Mrs. Austin's famous pancakes make a
really delicious wholesome breakfast. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20

strict confidence. A woman can freely
talk of her private illness to woman |;
thus has been established confidential
correspondence which has extended over
many years and which has never beer
broken. Never have they published q
testimonial or used letter without the
written consent of the writer, and never
has the Company allowed these conf
Dental letters to get out of their pos
session, as the hundreds of thousands
of them in their files will attest
Out of the vast volume of experience
which they have to draw from, it is more
than possible that they possess the very
knowledge needed in your case. Moth
ing is asked in return except your good
will, and their advice has helped thou
sands. Surely any woman, rich or poor,
should be glad to take advantage Of this
generous offer Of assistance. Address
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., (con-
fidentiaD Lynn, Mass.
Every woman ought to have
Lydia e. Pinkham's 3O-page
Text Book. 1t is not a book for
general distribution, as it is too
expensive. 1t is free and only
Obtainable by mail. Write for
it today.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20

One is more likely to applaud the
mar who has done some good things.
If one is not one of them.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20

Success comes from good work
oftener than it does from good luck.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20

PILES CURED IN TO IL DAYS
Your druggist will refund money II PAZO ONT.
MENT fails to cure any of Itching, Blind.
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in TO IA days. Soc.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20

Many girl with soft voice pos
sesses a marble heart.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20
FREE ADVICE
TO SICK WOMEN
Thousands Have BeenHelped d
By Common Sense
Suggestions.
Women suffering from any form Of
female ills are invited to communicate

promptly win ne
W o ms private
spondence de-
partmento of the Ly-
dia E. Pinkham Med
icine Co., Lynn,
Mass. Your letter
will be opened, read
and answered by q
woman and held In
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-03-20

A man may develop into a ripe
scholar if he lives to a green old age.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-18

or use of tracks, or both, provided h1s device appeared in the judgment of Signal Engineer c. H. Morrison to have sufficient merit or promise to justify more extended consideration Should a, device be accepted and the prize awarded, the patent remains the property of the competitor, the Con- pany making the sole reservation of a right of use on all it's lines without further payment. The device must have the approval of the, Interstate Commerce Commission, the Railroad Commissioners of Massachusetts and the Public Utilities Commissioners of Connecticut, and must be adopted for general use by either the PennsyiVa- mia, the New York Central or the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroads within the years 1913, 1914 or 1915.
 In making up it's list of require ments the New Haven management followed closely the characteristics as published by the Train Control Board of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The stopping device ap- paratus in the first place must be so constructed that the removal or fail ure of any essential part would cause the display of a stop signal, and the application of the brakes. In addi- tion it must be so designed that it may be used on the open railway on bridges or elevated structures, in tun- neIs or subways, and where either steam or electricity is used as the pro- polling power. And above all it must not be made imperative by snow, ice, sleet, or freezing conditions. It was in the latter requirement that so
 many of the competitors devices fail ed As a considerable portion of the New Haven system is electrified ne cessitating overhead high voltage wires and entirely different types of propeI1ing power on the electrical ci- visions than on sections where steam locomotives are used, any overhead apparatus is practically out of the question; and yet many of the devices su omitted called for such construc- ton.
 The two devices that are to be tried out are somewhat similar and both give promise of accomplishing the purposes desired. Neither of them
 meets all the eighteen requirements specified in the Company's circular. But they stand out prominently when considered in connection with the oth-' CT devices submitted, practically all of which were similar or identical to one another in their main features. Not withstanding the preponderant num- Der of useless suggestions, the Com pany has tried to assist ompetitors in preparing and submitting their de- vices according to requirements. The one principle the engineers of the Company have been working on is to obtain a device that is practical and that will work under all conditions. The prize itself is unimportant as tho cost of experimenting with the devices selected will be many times the amount to be awarded the successful competitor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-18
IS WOODROW WILSON TO BE
 ANOTHER ABRAHAM LINCOLN?

watch legislation which may be high ly desirable to the people, be peace fully chIoroformed in committee and pass into oblivion
 It is said that woodrow Wilson is going to disregard this tradition. This will be for the public good. The only ones who will protest will be those op- posed to the progressive ideas that Woodrow Wilson stands for.
 The President will be sustained by pub1icans well as Democrats, have for years been demanding a square deal at the hands of their public ser wants in Washington They still de- mand it. They don't care whether it comes from a Democrat or a Repub- lican, they simply want it. President woodrow Wilson proposes to give it to them. The people know full well he will have to fight, and they will hold up his hands, even should he find it necessary, in their interest, to break down half dozen traditions!
 What the People Pay
 The people of the United States pay a subsidy in artiftcially-h high prices to the wool industry of at least $104, ,00o,- GOO a year, according to calculations of Hon. Oscar w. Underwood. of Ala bama, chairman of the Ways and Means committee of the House of Representatives.
 ''The Payne-Aldrich tariff tax of 61 cents per yard, to- say nothing of any increase in tax as it passes to the job ber makes not less than $1O4, ,000, 900 paid each year to subsidize the wool industry of America says MT. Un- derwood Now the entire duties act ualIy paid the United States on all imports of woolens and worsteds in 1910 amounted to less than $15, ,O0O, 900, which means that of the $104, 900 900 extorted from the purchasers of wool ems nearly $9O, GOO, 600 went to the wool en industry.
 'Is it fair or just or right to main tain these enormous taxes unduly to foster the business of less than one fourth of one per cent. of the people and to require ninety-nine and three fourths to stagger under this enor- nous burden ?''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-18
tBy Clyde H. ravenner, M. C.)

Washington. March 1S- Woodrow Wilson, Man of the Hour, has an op- portunity to make himself the greatest President since Abraham Lincoln, and to keep the Democratic party in power for years to come.
 This is true not merely because he is today President Of the United States. There have been other big men President since Lincoln. It is because Woodrow Wilson realizes that the one great principal issue that con- fronts the Republic is not the tariff issue, the currency issue, Or the trust issue, but the issue of humanity. Taft did not realize this, hence his fail ure.
 The tariff issue, the currency issue and the trust issue, are simply arith- met1cal problems that may be worked out, but the issue of humanity is one of conscience and soul. The first named isues are business propositions, and concern dividends and dollars chiefly, while the issue of humanity refers to human rights, the protection of women and children and all those who are being oppressed by organized greed.
 If the American public will read Woodrow Wilson's inaugural speech a second time, a better interpretation of the light that he sees may be had. No inaugural speech save the first one or Abraham Lincoln ever read like it. we know our task is to be no task of politics." he says, but @ task which will search us through and through Mems hearts wait upon us; mems lives hang in the balance. I summon all honest men, all patriotic, all forward looking men, to my side. God helping me I will not fail them, if they will but counsel and sustain me!''
 People Behind Wilson
 It is an old tradition in Congress sional circles in Washington that a President must not interfere with either branch of Congress. He may submit whatever views he may have on subject, and recommend the pass age of any legislation he may deslre' but after that, according to tradition, he must sit with hands folded and