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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21

moment With it came fresh valor,
and not only the power to sin further,
but a mysterious weakening of the
moral tissues which made it possible
for him to sin coolly and remorse-
lessly. He turned on the light and
with cool composure faced his sister.
He met her gray eyes without a
culver. They asked a question which
could not be evaded.
Il hate to tell you, Dorcas." there
was a tone of reluctance in Went
worths voice, but Merry is down
again, down in the gutter"
The girl jumped to her feet. "I
don't believe it," she cried. Besides,
if he were, what has that to do with
his play?"
Enoch did not answer Instead he
asked a question. l"Dorcas, do you
care for-do you love-Andrew Mer-
ry|
A flush blazed into the girls face.
In spite of the telltale color her
brother believed her
Yes, l care for Andrew Merry
very much. do not love him"
Enoch gazed at her wistfully. He
knew, as she did not, how easy it is
to cross the bridge from mere friend
ship to love.
Why did you ask me that?"
Il wanted to find out how much 1t
would hurt if l told you the truth
Merry is not worth your love, he Is
not even worth your friendship"
1t Is not true!" There was indig
nant protest in the woman's voice 81
know better. SO do you. Only this
does not explain about his play. for
it is his play"
You remember he left Juniper
Point suddenly"
Yes" She raised her head with
an eager gesture. He went away to
write this play" She pointed to the
manuscript which lay on the table.
Yes" said Enoch slowly. He be-
gan bravely enough. Then-he went
under, as he had done SO many times
In his life."
What was it?" cried the girl.
Drink or gambling?"
Enoch lay back in his chair He
began to marvel at how easily he
could lie, because lie had never come
readily to him before
Drink and gambling-and every
thing" Her brother shrugged his
shoulders as If In disgust "Of course
he stopped writing man could not
write in his condition He sent for
me. l stayed by him night and day
and-wrote. You see-I wrote it"
He lifted written sheet from the
loose pile of manuscript.
"Perhaps-but it is not your play"
Dorcas shook her head with obstinate
incredulity
Il told him SO. l suggested we
make 1t collaborated play"
1T is not even a collaborated play,
Enoch. Why, every situation. the plot,
even the very words, are his
He wants me to father it."
He must have changed since he
said good-by to me. He was on fire
then with hope and ambition"
He has changed" acceded Enoch
gravely. 1t was a relief to make one
truthful statemant
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21
"You Demand WY Play? To SelI?"

"You Demand WY Play? To Sell?'
wrath. He went tramping about the
room in vague. needless. half-blinded
fashion. A thought seemed to strike
him abruptly. He wheeled around sud-
denly and faced the man beside him.
why in the DEVILS name, Enoch.
should you do this? Have l ever done
you one cruel, disloyal act in all my
Iife?"
Wentworth did not answer. He re-
turned the terror in Merry's eyes with
a cool. stubborn glance.
Did you have this hellish plunder
scheme in mind when you drew up
that bond" he asked unsteadily.
What did you have In mind when
you made me your slave"
81 don't know-exactly." Wentworth
turned such a straightforward gaze
upon Merry that he realized the man
was speaking the truth. "As l told
you that night, and I am telling the
truth, it was nothing but fancy Of
mine. When you came to me with
this" Enoch's hand dropped on the
manuscript which lay upon the table.
you came with great temptation; 1t
was too much for me"
Evidently" cried Merry. His tone
was withering in its scorn. He seated
himself and his eyes turned fiercely
upon Wentworth. The muscles of his
cheek twitched as regularly as pulse.
The play is mine" Enoch seemed
to have grown strangely cool and i'm
pervious to contempt or anger. THE
play Is mine." he repeated: ut is the
due and forfeit Of my bond"
The eyes Of the actor narrowed and
he laughed savagely.
Take your pound of desh," he
ssiad. What viii you do with III"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21
SYNOPSIS.

-s.nocp wentworth. newspaper man. and
I IL Merry. actor. after the guests A.
1 Ter party depart. play a last hand
IA stak es TO be absolute control OF tho
YSre OF the loser. Wentworth wins and
shey decide TO keep the matter secret.
oorcas' Enoch's sister. becomes inter-
ested In Merry Knowing of his short
comings from her brother she tries to
arouse the actors ambition. He outlines
the plot Of play he has had In mind
and the girl urges him to 90 to work
on II When he completes the play and
reads II TO Wentworth the latter de-
nahos X as the forfeit of the bond won
In the poker game
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21
Optometrists Elect Bieqei.

Denver.-T'he State Board of Opto-
metric Examiners elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year:
Robert II. Biegel Of Denver, president;
Clinton W. Zieger of Colorado Springs,
vice president; William E. Beckhart of
Denver. secretary. A vote of thanks
was extended to the retiring presi-
dent, ]. c. Bloom.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21
Freight Rate Hearing Nov. II.

Denver-Rates on shipments of
coal between Colorado and adjacent
states will be examined by an official
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion at federal hearing in the United
States District Court on Nov. II.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21
Yuma Granted Funds for Schools.

Denver.-Mrs. Mary c. c. Bradford.
state superintendent OF schools.
granted the petition of District No.
D, Yuma county, that it be allowed
$500 a year from the minimum-wage-
for-teachers' fund The district has
voted the limit of levy permissible for
school purposes, but finds it still un-
able to support its schools unas-
sisted.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21
Firemen's Water-Jackets.

In Berlin the firemen wear water
jackets with a double skin, which they
are able to fill with water from the
hose. II the space between the layers
becomes overfilled the water escapes
through a valve at the top of the he'll
met and flows down over the fireman
like q caacada nrotactin1 him douhlH-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21
|STATECAPITAL
NEWS

New spaper I MON News Service
STATE MINE CHIEF REPORTS.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-01
President Wilson Describes
the Prospects as EN-
tirely Satisfactory"
CONFERENCE
NEAR AT SALTILO
Report of a Serious Breach
Between Villa and
Carranza

Washington, Aug. l.--Administra
tion officials yesterday expressed con
viction that as soon as Provisional Pres
ident Carbajal's ENJOYS arrived at Sal
tillo to confer with Carranza peace plans
for Mexico would move speedily for
ward. They believed that the eonten-
tions of each faction will be satisfied
and conditions rapidly agreed upon for
the transfer of governments at Mexico
City. President Wilson described the
peace prospects as entirely encourag-
ing
The president and his advisers believe
that Villa, the consttutionalist general,
will subscribe to the peace programme
| of his chief Carranza. Recently there
have been disquieting reports over Viii
| las attitude.
While the eonstitutionalist army con-
tinued its movement yesterday toward
Mexico City, yet it was understood that
the first result of the Saltillo confer
enee would be the declaration of an
armistice.
Ell Paso, Aug. Representatives of
General EmiIiano Zapata and Venustiano
Carranza will confer within few days
regarding the attitude of Zapsta toward
the constitutionalist government, accord
ing to reliable reports received here yes
terday. Zapata viii take part possibly
in the conference, which will be held at
Vale de Santiago, state of Guanaiuato.
Constitutionalist officials announced yes
terday that several Carranza generals
are already on their way to the meeting
place.
Two state capitals near Mexico City
have been evacuated by the federals, ac-
cording to official messages from Sal
tillo TO constitutionalists here yester
day. Pachua, capital OF the state Of Hi
dalgo, and Queretaro, capital of the state
Of the same name, have both been de-
serted by the federal garrisons, who have
gone to Mexico City.
There was no military movement yes
terday indicating that General Villa, the |
northern divisional commander, bad de-
cided to break away from the Carranza |
party. So far as could be learned here
he has not vet started his army south |
ward from Chihuahua state.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-01
HOME RULE AGREE
MENT REPORTED
Belfast Dispatch Says One Has Been
Reached Satisfactory to
Obstetrics.

London, Aug Ia dispatch from Bel
fast yesterday reports that an agree
ment has been reached in the home rule
situation which is satisfactory to the
Obstetrics.
Owing to the serious nature of the
| impending European war the second
of the amending bill TO the home rule
measure has been postponed until the
situation clears, but ii is probable that
it may be dropped altogether and that
the home rule bill will go on the statute
book when parliament is prorogued,
about Aug. Is.
Bonar Law, leader Of the opposition,
and Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster lead
er, held a conference privately with Pre-
mier Asquith yesterday with request
to postpone the amending home rule bill
that the Unionists might consider their
position.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-01
Prouty's Amliation.

The latest from c. A. Prouty is that
be viii accept the Progressive's nomina
tion for United States Senator, that hC
viii run a. an Independent and not as a
Republican. When Mr.. Proutvs name
vas first suggested in connection with
this office. he said he would nun only as
a Republican. Now be repudiates the
Republican party and seeks the high Of
foe a. other hands. Mr. Proutv has been
out Of Vermont several years. % long
that We fear D. has forgotten that the
people Of the state DO not ike man
Who -fiucfustes. Mornsville News snd
Citizen
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-01
QUICKSILVER SLUGGISH.
Output Declines in 1oi3--California
Largest Producer.

The quicksilver industry in the United
States broke a record last year. but no,
en- enviabIe one, for with the exception
OF that Of 1908, the production last year
was the lowest since 1860. Final figure:
from every producing district, according
to H. d. McCaskey, of the United States
geological survey, give a domestic out
put of quicksilver for 1913 of 20,2la
| TASKS Of rs pounds each, valued at SSl3,-
| III, against a production of 25,064 TASKS
Vailed at 81 ,053, 94l, in 1912. The de-
cline was due partly to the large foreign
output for the last few years, dull
market, and general lowering of prices.
! Producers report l54033 short tons OF
ore mined and available for treatment in
1918, against l66,564 tons in 1912, and
the reduction of l36,27s tons, against
l55693 tons in 1912.
California, as usual, was the largest
producer in 1918, with 1881 TASKS, val
ued at 1927 ,22s, a decrease from the out
put of 1912 OF 4,933 TASKS i'm quantity
and of S235sO6 in value. The total
value of the production of quicksilver
in the state from 1850. the date of the
earliest output, 10 the end OF 1918 has
been sos, 800, a23. The quicksilver output
of Nevada in 1918 was 1915 TASKS,
valued at s66,l7s.
Quicksilver is used mainly for the
manufacture of illuminate for explosive
caps, electric appliances, drugs, and sci
entitic apparatus and for the recovery of
gold and silver by smalgamation. The
use in gold and silver recovery was for.
merly extensive. but the rapid increase
in the cyanidation of gold and silver ores
has materially decreased the recovery bv
amalgamation. This is, of course, due in
part to the change in depth from free
milling to unoxidized ores but more
largely to the successful treatment OF
certain large supplies of ores never
profitable by amalgamation at any depth
and to increased economies and profits
by the substitution of cyanidation for
The most important producer Of quick
silver in the United States is the famous
New Alamaden mine, of Santa Clara
county, Cal. which contains over 100
miles OF underground workings and
which has produced steadily since 1850.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-01
MYSTERY WOMAN
IN BAILEY MURDER
Makes Secret Call on Husband of Slain
Woman--District Attorney Is
Interested.

Hampstead, L. T., Aug. For thres
hours Thursday night woman disclosed
to William ID. Bailey and his family
what is believed to be valuable informa-
ton relative to the murder of Mrs. Bail
ey in the home of DIR. Edwin Carman at
Frecport. Much mystery was made over
the identity of this woman, but Dist,
Atty. Smith, who was informed of her
call by Mr.. Bailey, said he would inter
view her yesterday, and perhaps obtain
most important affidavit.
Mr.. Bailey was called on his telephone
late Thursday by a woman igho said
she had vital information concerning the
murder and would like 10 call at his
home and speak with him, If she could
be certain her identity would not be re-
yealed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-01
The Corner Stone of Health.

| This is the cornerstone of our new
health policy; a higher standard of lip'
| ing through more efficient industry and
more fruitful commerce.
But greater wealth of material things
is not enough. There is essential, in the
second place, political democracy, a utili-
tartan doctrine that each must count
for one and that the happiness OF all
men was Of equal Importance. A mill
tary despotism might have its achieve
ments in public health. | do not forget
Cuba under military occupation or the
Panama canal zone; and / have seen
great things accomplished by similar
means in emergencies in San Francisco,
and in Dayton.
But the new health OF a national ideal
can never be achieved or held by des-
potism, however benevolent. 1t rests
upon public education and common con-
sent. The individual who endangers 9th
ers must indeed be controlled and the
expert must be trusted; but always
upon democratic basis, subject to re
call, tested by reasonable tests, Justify
ing himself before a critical and in
formed public opinion.
One thlng more Is essentlal besides
economic progress and democratic quail
ity. There is essential sense of So
cial solidarity. Of mutual responsibility,
Of the reality that society is one, that
men are brethren, that we are members
one of another, that squalor, misery,
crime, injustice, ignorance and disease
are literally and actually matters of
common concern. have fallen into the
old manner of speech. Let us say rath
cr that prosperity, justice, health. the
which is power, material and
spiritual well-being, are matters of COM
mon concern.-Edward 7. Devine in The
Survev
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-01
MILLS ON SHORT TIME.
Drop in Cotton Causes curtailment in
Fall River.

Fall River, Mass. Aug. Following
the report of closing of the exchanges
including the Cotton Exchange, a move
ment to inaugurate short time run
ming schedule by the mills here was be-
gun. Over dozen plants were stopped
for the week last night. Plans for OPP
Grating after this week have not been
formulated yet. With the drop in cot
ton, prices of goods began to tumble.
There was strong inclination among
many of the manufacturers 10 60 on
short time, and this inclination was
by the mornings develop
ments yesterday in outside markets.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-01
MISS GOBLET DEAD.
Victim of Automobile Accident in New
York

New York, Aug. Miss Gladys
Goeiet OF No. 2 Sanford street, Boston,
one of an automobile party of three
women and two men died in a hospital
yesterday of injuries sustained early
yesterday morning when she jumped
from the rapidly moving machine which
had caught fire. HAr neck was broken.
Miss Goelet, her sister, Miss Jessie
Goelet and her aunt, Mrs. Flora Provost,
accepted the invitation of two men to
return to New York from City Island in
the car. The two men were held by the
police pending an inquest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-01
Home Treatment
fOrEpilepsy or Fits

Those who suffer from this nervous DIS
ease. accompanied By rs sudden attacks %
unronsciousne~s and convulsions viii b
interested IN knowing that We have
tbo-ized the sale Of kosine Treatment for
EpiIeTsy b. Floyd G. Russell
This Well-knoNn store has cur authority
to sell the kosine Treatment for Epilepsy
on the following GUARANTEES. Bay = bottle
81 Kosine FOR $3.50. II after wing yuu
are not entirely satisfied. pcur money wiH
b refunded
We want the meet Ekepticai 10 ~ TIE
the succoss n tire tneatrnert during Ire
past ten year.. buth b. ths inifr and PRO
fession- hfs rr0rcd the worth 81 ~ srticie
4 valuable hockiEt On Eriisrsy. ccntsin-
ing q complies diet. r5reu free ~ Faavd q
Russell 10 No. Main street Barre. VI
Ths Kssi.e Csnp.ay. Ws.hinstsn. n. {.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-01
THREE THOUSAND DROWNED.
Floods of Kwang-tung, China, Cause
Also Property Loss of $4,000, 900.

Washington. Aug. drowning OF
more than 5000 persons and property
losses of s4,OO0O00 resulting from great
floods sweeping through twenty. nine
districts in the province of Kwang-
China, are reported in consular advices
TO the state department from Canton.
Eight million persons are in want. the
report added. crops have been destroyed
and the country is still under water.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-01
THE CHARM
OF MOTHERHOOD
Enhanced By Perfect Physi-
cal Health.

The experience of Motherhood Is try
ing one to most women and marks dis
tinctly an epoch in their lives. Not one
woman in hundred is prepared or un-
derstands how to properly care for her.
self. Of course nearly every woman
nowadays has medical treatment at such
times, but many approach the expert
ence with an organism untitled for the
trial of strength, and when it is over
her system has received shock from
which it is hard to recover. Following
right upon this comes the nervous strain
of caring for the child, and distinct
change in the mother results.
There is nothing more charming than
happy and healthy mother of children,
and indeed childbirth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health or
beauty. The unexplainable thing is
that, with all the evidence of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting from
an unprepared condition, and with am
pie time in which to prepare, women
will persist in going blindly to the trial.
Every woman at this time should rely
upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, a most valuable tonic and
invigorator of the female organism.
In many homes 60 1aSsSSN
once childless there 7DV, sEWSSAVbk
are now children be- w ~ EMM
cause of the fact Va . W
that Lydia E. Pink ~ y i
hams Vegetable III Mt 1 X
Compound max es Nm G4c-,ass> nm
women normal, lON%s-<INSS1NS
healthy and strong. SS SS. o. 80 80
If you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by
woman and held In strict confidence.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-01
COTTON CROP REPORT.
Condition was 7s.z Per Cent Of Normal
on July IS.

Washington, Aug. The crop report
ing baard Of the department Of agricil-
ture. in cotton crop report issued yes
'erday estimated that the condition of
the crop On July 25 was 76.4 PER cent az
normal. compared with 79l6 per cent on
luiy -. 1913. and - per cent the aver
age for 10 years psst On July p.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-01

In many homes
once childless there
are now children be-
cause Of the fact
that Lydia E. Pink
hams V e e t a BIZ
Compound m a k e 8
wo m IN norm al,
healthy and strong.
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