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The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
CCOTynght, l9ll)

Il don't give a continental hang, moth
er. It's close on to moving time, and l
amt going to let lot Of girls like that
camp out ON my place. They'll be cut
ting CrossIots through the hay fields after
water and vegetables and all sorts of
truck, and I won't have it
They'd be lots of company for me,
Pa" Out of the cool buttcry Mrs. Tis-
dale stepped briskly. with two pals of
milk She put the covers on both, and
waited. smiling at the stoop-shouldered,
stubborn old fellow making his toilet for
dinner at the iron sink. Through the
screen door she could see the two girls
waiting for the milk. and admiring her
long bed of golden marigolds. Oh, but
it did seem good to see some fresh young
faces around the old place! Eleven miles
from the railroad and village, Maple
View Farm lay on the SUNNY slope of the
hills, out of even the State roads reckon
ing. And suddenly there had appeared
this crowd OF girls. ten of them, walk
ing cross country with their rolled tents
and cooking kits, and all they asked was
spot up under the pines to pitch them.
Her whole heart reached out TO them in
hungry sympathy.
Just tell them what say, now, moth
err the old man insisted. Il can't be
bothered round haying time"
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
Copyright. lel4.)

Copyright. 1sl4J
Sam Trevor vas coming down one of
the upper floor corridors of the Wey-
mouth Building when he suddenly stop
ped short. The lettering on one of the
ground-glass panels of door had caught
his attention. Those letters read:
MARION HEATH
Piano Lessons. Voice Culture.
He stood reading them over and over.
So this was where Marion had gone!
This was why she had disappeared from
all her friends. He listened. He heard
neither the sound of voice nor piano from
within. He opened the door very softly
and entered, hat in hand.
The Weymouth Building is one of the
older office buildings downtown. Its OF
fec! are rather seedy. Its corridors are
narrow. Its general air is not one Of
blatant prosperity.
The room Trevor stepped into had two
windows commanding a fine view of the
white-painted walls of a light shaft A
single gas Jet helped out the inadequate
light fiItering in from the shaft.
Some one arose from a little desk near
the windows and turned about
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
5uzA}R&- -ByElis pafkqfBm1er

wiping his eye. "And / could be secre-
tary-treasurer and handle the funds. On
salary"
"Sure. Mixer | says. "And these Of
ficers would be the society Offices, and
be paid for by the society"
"And you would be assistant secre-
tary and be paid by the society" says
Perky. "And Perkins & Partner would
publish the brochures, and be paid by
the society"
"And Mr. John Smith and Mrs. John
Jones would get their names in the
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

NO" says Perky.
"If you was a kindhearted philan-
thropist, with bag of money and a
willingness to have your name at the
head of list of bigbugs, wouldn't the
thought of a poor, sweet-souled snail,
with no thought but to care for its wife
and large but young family, dragging its
weary way across the desert sands with
an ostrich feather crooly pinned to its
back-and the feather all strung out and
draggled by the dew-make you weep?"
1T would 1t would!" says Perky,
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

papers alongside Mrs. De Clusters name
and Mrs Vanderwhoop's name. And
everybody would be satisfied" l says
Except the snails," says Perky. well,
we'll dot it, Wen start the society at
once. How'll we begin?"
with a banquet" says I. "At the
Plaza"
"And we'll show 'em some of the poor,
little, harmless snails we are going to
protect" says Perky enthusiastically.
yes" l says, "ahd they'll love EN-
Cooked al Ia Mouqin."
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
MIXTURE OF MANY TONGUES
Troops Of Allied Armies Find Some
Difficulty In Arriving at Perfect
Understanding.

The British Tommy Atkins is hard
put to ii these days to know which are
friends and which are foes. Time was
when he classed them all as dirty
foreigners" but times have changed
and certain allied courtesy Is de-
manded. 1t is told of one brave cor
poral who met a new kind of foreigner
on French soil and demanded his
nationality.
Hungarian" came the answer.
'Ungarian, are yer? Well, I'm
blowed IL l know whether ter 'ug yer
to me bosom or knock yer bally block
off," remarked the perplexed defender
Of the Union Jack.
Many are the stories of the embar-
RAISING confusion of tongues among
the allies-French, Flemish. Russian,
Servian, Indian (three brands). and
several species of English. For it
is rare that q Londoner can under
stand the Scotch dialect in its un-
alloyed purity, or the Cornish brogue.
Canadian slang, too. and the queer
mixture of Maori that intrudes itself
into Australian English. or Of Boer
Dutch that sickles DER the Africander's
dialect make OF so-called English q
dozen different languages.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
GEN e RAJ.

The shift of Northampton from IT.
cense to no-license was the only
change on the liquor license question
recorded in the elections, which took
place in eight Massachusetts, cities.
Robert ii. Jones, a lawyer, said to
be the son of wealthy real estate
owner OF Salido, Tex. was found dead
in hotel In New York. A bullet had
passed through his heart and the po-
lice said 1t was case OF suicide.
Robert ]. Mason, a graduate student
at the Chicago Osteopathic College.
was arrested in Chicago at 1441 West
Jackson boulevard by Chicago detec-
tives on information from the Denver
police. Mason is accused In connec-
ton with the death OF Ruth Merri.
weather. his sweetheart.
Huge seas backed by a mighty tide
and a bowling northeast gale battered
the coasts OF New York Monday.
smashing houses. wrecking hundreds
OF boats, flooding villages, devastating
summer resorts and forcing transat-
lantic and coastwise steamers to re.
main outside Sandy Hook and fight
the storm.
Mrs. Phil Dietrich. wife Of a ranch
er at Burns, Ore. has become the
mother of four children In ten months.
Ten months ago a baby girl was born
to Mrs. Dietrich and now she has just
given birth to triplets. all girls. DIR.
Standard. who ushered the little trio
into the world. says Mrs. Dietrich
worked In the fields. assisting the har-
vesting and threshing until the day
before the babies were born. Mrs.
Dietrich Is twenty.three.
Three deaths rs result Of the
storm raging along the coast were re-
ported at Philadelphia. Many other
persons received minor injuries by
falling on sleetcovered pavements.
while damage to property amounts to
thousands of dollars.
Four Of the organizations involved
In the strike OF the shopmen OF the
Hartman lines have voted to continue
the strike. according to an announce
ment made by A. o. Wharton. chair
man OF the railway department OF tho
American Federation OF Labor ct 81.
Louis. 3
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
D0DGlNG THE BEATEN PATH
Good Story az II Is Related, Though II
Doesn't Often Happen In
Real Life.

Congressman Robert L. Dougherty
Of North Carolina smiled when the
conversation turned to reversing the
order of things. He said he was re-
minded of the case of Bowers.
Bowers met benevolent party on a
railroad train one day, and as the &C.
quaintance ripened bit he began to
spread before the other a history OF
his life.
when l was a clerk in a grocery
store" remarked Bowers, among 9TH
er things, Il received only nine dol.
lars a week. and, like many other
young men, fell in with bad compan-
Ions and began to gamble, l."
81 see," interrupted the benevolent
party. sadly, you were tempted and
took money which did not belong tc
YOU"
"Oh. no." cheerily responded Bow
ers. In less than a month l won
enough money to buy the grocery"
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
SPORT.

Kilbane and Mandot fought twelve
clever rounds to a draw at Akron,
Ohio.
The Dallas Tex. league team will be
managed next season by Joe Dunn.
veteran catcher of the Atlanta South
ern League Club.
Only German, Austrian. Hungarian,
Danish, Swedish. Roumanian, Italian
and Turkish horses will be eligible
for the next Austro-German derby.
Richard Rutherford, for two years
left halfback on the varsity eleven.
was elected captain of the Nebraska
football team OF 1915. IN" sweaters
were awarded to eighteen players.
The football association decided in
London to proceed with the annual
cup competitions, both amateur and
professional, during the coming sea-
son. and this in spite of the allega-
tions made in some quarters recently
that the playing Of football had inter.
fered with recruiting.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
FIND HIGH GRADE ORE
MILLION DOLLARS IN GOLD SEEN
IN RICH STRIKE.
Chamber of Syivanite Ore Found In
Working of Cresson Group Of
Mines at Cripple Creek.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Cripple Creek.-One of the richest
ore strikes in the annals of the Cripple
Creek district is reported from the
twelfth level in the main workings OF
the Cresson group, owned by the Cres-
son Consolidated Gold Mining & Mill
ing Company, rosed corporation,
with chief offices at Chicago. In run
ming cutoff from the ore vein a
"yug' or chamber of high-grade syl
vanite was discovered. This has been
ative mine managers. who have had
years of experience with sylvanite, de-
clared that the stuff in sight is worth
at least s1,000,00O. How much more
is beyond or within reach of this par
ticular discovery it is not possible to
estimate at present.
This "vug" or chamber is similar in
formation to the rich strikes in the
Little Jonny" at Leadville, in many
pound of material, which is usually
run down. in the assay office at the
mine and shipped as bullion to the fed
eral mint at Denver.
The Cresson group, one of the best
examples of systematic development
in the district, covers some forty acres
of patented claims ON Raven and Bull
hills and is surrounded by steady pro-
ducers. Early in the year the Cresson
company took over the Maggie group
from which several sets Of leasers
| made comfortable sums.
The Cresson is capitalized at $1,000
900 and paid 30 per cent In dividends,
or 100000, in 1913. 1t will do quite
as well this year, in addition to pay
ing for the Maggie group of claims,
which adjoin the Cresson proper.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
FOREIGN.

A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company from Lisbon says that
all the members of the Portuguese cab
met resigned in a body.
The Norwegian steamer Nygaard.
previously reported ashore off Esb-
jerg, Denmark, has been driven mile
nearer the shore line and has gone to
the bottom.
Juan Isidro Jininez. who was pro-
claimed president of the Dominican
republic by the national congress, took
the oath of office. Quiet prevails
throughout the country.
The Booth Steamship Company's
liner Antony, bound from Liverpool for
Para, was disabled by the storm
sweeping over England and was in
distress fifty miles north of the Lizard.
Generals Villa and Zapata met at
Kochimilco and, after conference. an
nounced publicly that they would
work together and that each would re-
tire to private life when their work
was accomplished.
The opening of the diet at Toxic
was brilliant function. The cham
ber was crowded. Emperor Yoshi-
hito's address dealt in part with the
war and requested the diet to pass the
legislation requested by the govern
ment.
A Paris dispatch to the Havas
agency from Athens says that tho
cruiser Goeben, purchased by Turkey
from Germany, is being repaired after
heavy damage suffered in the battle
with a Russian fleet in the Black sea
recently.
Pope Benedict is urging that an un-
derstanding be arranged between the
warning factions under which a truce
will be possible during the Christmas
holidays. It is said, however, that the
His Holiness has little hope for the
success OF his efforts.
The attitude OF the United States Ii
commented upon by Count Ernest Won
Reventlow, the naval critic. in an arti-
Gle in the Sages Zeitung at Berlin. in
which he says that England and
France are obtaining from America
AhdtCiioip VI Wois 0Ci mohy ~
not enjoying similar assistance.
A dispatch to the Havas agency
from Petrograd says: THE Germans
have destroyed the monastery Of Len
ozyca, about fifteen miles northwest
OF LODI, which has been in existence
a thousand years, on the pretext that
the ringing Of the Angelus was a
signal to the Russians. In the attack
a priest and two monks were killed"
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
WASHINGTON.

The war session OF Congress con-
vened Monday.
r. Clipston Sturgis. Boston. was
elected president of the American In
stitute of Architects at its convention
in Washington.
Horace Phelps. Republican candi-
date for representative from the First
his campaign. according to his report
to the clerk Of the House.
President Wilson announced that he
was opposed to the plan OF Represen-
tative Gardner of Massachusetts for
investigating the preparedness of the
United States for national defense.
Guatemala has contracted for the
erection Of a pavilion at the Panama
Pacific exposition. The news was
communicated to the State Depart
ment officially from Guatemala City.
Administration agents in Mexico
have been ordered to investigate the
extent of the reported new revolu.
tions." especially those said to be
headed by Generals Salazar and
Campo.
Nine cardinal causes OF Industrial
unrest. most generally agreed upon by
employers and employees alike. were
presented to Congress by the commits
sion on industrial relations in its pre-
liminary report.
News of the death ut Batopilas,
Mexico, Of Arthur Speir sheppard.
former owner Of the Denver World and
a member of the Santo Domingo com
mission under President Grant, was
received in private advices.
Secretary Bryan announced that
Charles Nj. Schwab had informed him
that the Fore River Shipbuilding Com
pany at Quincy, Mass, would submit to
the views of President Wilson and
would not build submarines for any
European belligerent.
IL the dates of the annual Western
Stock Show In Denver are changed
from January to some time In Febru.
.ary, the show can be held without dan.
ger from foot and mouth disease, SO
Dr. Melvin. chief Of the bureau of m.
'imal industry. stated in Washington.
The nations military and naval ex.
penses during the next fiscal year, not
including certain fixed expenses.
would amount to $256.421,357, COM
pared with s25t.9s4.167 during the cur.
rent year under plans of the admins.
tration as embodied in estimates sub
mitted TO Congress.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
THE LATEST IMPORTANT Die.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
shoWiNo THE PRooRESo OF
RvEnTs IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
: WESTERN.

Counterfeit dollars, halves and quar-
ters. so nearly perfect that their de-
lection was not possible by ringing
them, was the product of an illegal
mint confiscated at Kansas City.
David Fountain, janitor of the Ger
man Lutheran church at Sacramento.
Cal, confessed he had assaulted and
murdered ten-year-old Margaret Mill
ing in the basement Of the church.
Charles M. Cooney. seventy years
old, secretary of the board Of regents
of the New Mexico School Of Mines, is
believed to have perished in the Mo-
gollon mountains in southwestern So
corro county.
Mrs Ernestine Dreyfus of Kansas
City was elected executive secretary
of the National Council of Jewish
Women at the concluding session at
New Orleans. La, of the organiza-
tons convention.
The organization of farm diversifi-
cation and marketing associations is
moving along nicely at Victoria, Tex.
Thirty-nine of these associations are
to be formed in as many rural school
districts in the county.
John Cannon. sixty, and his son
Walter, seventeen, are dead, and Will
Ham Cannon. thirty, is dying as re-
suit of a, quarrel between Cannon's 8
sons and the sixteen-year-old son OF
Joseph Bayham at church at Brittany,
La.
Harry E. Carr of Leayenworth,
Wash, shot and killed C. d. Franklin,
who was being tried on a charge Of an
assault on a girl. The shooting oc-
CURED in the courtroom and one of
the bullets which Carr fired missed Its
mark and killed ]. C. Parsons, juror.
A description OF Miss Jessie E. Cops
of Los Angeles, Cal, held on bribery
charges in connection with the prose.
cution of Col Charles Alexander OF
Providence, X. l., under the Mann act
was furnished the Chicago police to
be sent to Delaware Water Gap, Pa.
in response to police request.
State Attorney Hoyne's crusade
against alleged police corruption
reached a climax in Chicago when
John J. Halpin. a captain of police and
until recently head of the detective
bureau; Lieut.. John II. Tobin, a vet
eran of the department, and Walter
O'Brien, former detective with the
rank OF sergeant. werI indicted on
charges of bribery and operating con
fidence games.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
Capture Alleged Auto Thieves.

Colorado Springs.-Brought to bay
at the point of Winchester rifles, four
Denver youths, sought by Denver and
Douglas county authorities for the
theft of two automobiles, were cap
tured near Ramah, forty miles from
Colorado Springs. The capture fol-
lowed an all night chase. The men
under arrest are Charles Hoffman,
William Frederickson. c. Williams
and George Martin. They are all
about twenty years of age. Sheriff
Nixon of Douglas county and three
deputies made the arrests.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
To Get Rid of PimpIeo,

Smear the affected surface with
Cuticura Ointment. Let it remain
five minutes, then wash of with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing a few minutes. These fra
grant, super-creamy emollients quickly
clear the skin Of plmples. blackheads,
redness and roughness, the scalp Of
dandruff and itching and the hands
Of chaps and irritations. For free
sample each with 32-p. Skin Book ad-
dress post card: Cuticura, Dept. K,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
Sect Growers Want More Profits

Denver.-A committee representing
the growers of sugar beets of four
states askei for a bearing with Off.
cials OF the Great Western Sugar Com.
pany for the purpose of submitting to
the committee requests for system
of price fixing that Will, they declare.
be more just to the growers Thomas
II. Robertson. representing the govern.
ment, accompanied the committee as
an arbitrator. The delegates declared
they will insist on some concession by
the company that would insure larger
prices for the growers.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
Police Probing Girls Death.

Denver.-Deputy Chief of Police
John Leyden telegraphed the Chicago
police authorities to take into custody
DIR. Robert J. Mason, said to have been
the fiance of Miss Ruth Merriweather
who died suddenly last Friday morn.
ing at her home. 931 South Pennsyl.
vania street. DR.. F. w. Noble, who
attended Miss Merriweather, is being
held in police custody pending deyel.
oppments In the coroner's inquest.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
10 CLEAN MINK Uten,Il,.

On dairy farms where many milk
utensils are in use. the dishwasher
will find that they may be cleaned
easily by first securing each dish with
tshes. Rubbing over them once in
this way is sufficient: then rinse twice.
They should be washed in cold or pref
erably tepid water, to keep them
sweet and clean. The treatment will
prevent rust spots from forming and
keep the utensils bright without injur.
ing the tin.-Mother's Magazine
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
Robbers Take s,os From Aged Man.

Denver. Frederick j. Stanton,
eighty-seven years old, one of Colora-
dos best known pioneers, invited two
strangers into his home. 721 Lincoln
street. to give them what information
he could concerning family named
Miller. The minute his back was
turned the men pounced on Stanton,
pinned his arms behind his back and
demanded his money. They took $109
from his pockets and fled.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
Mrs. Waters Receivers from Shock.

Colorado Springs.-The widow Of
Jesse II. Waters, who is recovering
from an operation in Los Angeles, was
advised of her husbands sudden death
from injuries sustained in railroad
accident in Cripple Creek. and, accord
ing to advices from the coast, she is
bearing up well under the shock.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
Mrs. Pinsree Taken to Asylum.

Pueblo.-Mrs. Melissa Pingree, who
shot and killed her husband at Lamar
last spring. was received at the Wood.
croft private sanatorium for the in
sane In Pueblo.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
Mexican Shoots LittIeton Resident

Denver-The Denver police are
seekiAg Trinidad Portfolio, Mexican
section hand, who shot and probably
fatally wounded Trinidad Bastilla. an
other Mexican. at Littleton after, 1t is
said, Bastilla had accused him OF un-
due intimacy with Mrs. Bastilla.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
Hawes, eody Sent East.

Puebio.-The body of Joseph T.
Hawes. formerly of Breckenridge, who
died in Pueblo, was sent to Kilburn
City, Wis, for burial. Charles Hawes
OF Chicago. a son of the well known
Coloradoan. accompanied the remains.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
Fatal Disease.

young painter who had just fin.
ished picture insisted upon a friend
calling to see 1t. There, now" en-.
thused the artist. you see my picture.
What's the matter with that?"
II don't know" replied the bored
friend, but | should say II was a case
OF art failure
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
Or. caseley Has Operation.

Colorado Springs.-Dr. w. n. Case
ley. chief medical examiner for the
western department OF the Yeomen.
underwent an operation for appendici-
tbs at local hospital.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
Plant Of the Pesslmist.

Half the world doesn't know how
the other half lives"
But 1t has its suspicious"
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red. Weak, watery
just Eye comfort Write for hook of the I've
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co. Chica 70.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10

A cynic may be one who has discov
cred the bitterness in stolen sweets.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10

Makes the laundress happy-thats Red
Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful. clear
white clothes. All good grocers. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA. a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that It
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
Its Kind

Its Kind.
That old rooster over there Is or
dering drink"
Then / bet it's a cocktail"
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10

Take II or Leave It.
Traveller Tin Southern hoteD-Can
/ get anything to eat here?
Sambo-Yes, sab.
Traveler-Such as what?
Sambo-Such as it is, sab.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-10
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LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED
Fooled the spider.

Donald, who was a great fisherman.
started to dress his own fly hooks. He
was met by crony one day. who said:
Il hear you've begun to dress ysE ain
hooks, no, Donar. Is that true%
Its a that" answered Donald. :
AN can you put them up on ony-
thing naterel like?" inquired the crony.
Il dinna ken for that" replied Don
aid, but there wis spider ran ava
wi twa O. them yesterday"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-25

We congratulate DIR. G.. W.
Gaines on his fine new car.
NOrK.-Since writing the above
we learned that the car is not q
new one, but the same one which
he has run for five years, but has
been reprinted by Mr.. A. A.
Hansen. of Tallulah.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-25
The Ambition
Of
Mark Truitt

\ has meat and backbone %
R-Mnneapolis Tribune.
Forcefu, sane, and convincing.
In the idyilic phases the reader
IS reminded Of lanes Lane Aleu-
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Contrasts h the qualify II
women's loves give wonderful
color to Marks career and his
final eontentment h fulfilled am
bitjoa 4 human interest nUvd
eoasinohoy ssshs2 - c1inaop
Exam1poI.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-25

Mrs. M. II. Coltharp enter
tanned some of her friends at a
five hundred party on Saturday
afternoon complimentary to her
niece, Mrs. j. d. Matthews, of
Utica, Miss. The game of five
hundred was played and greatly
enjoyed. The prize winners were
Mrs. Parolee Dale. first prize.
Miss Mary Yerger, consolation
and Miss Ida Victoria, BOBBY. A
ice course was served.