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Evening star., 1915-11-14

"The papers say the crops ought to be
good" returned Ewing, sand that means
big freights, and only had to pay g."
"How are you getting along in the
office?"
"Fine!' said Ewing. 4I'm to get more
money the first of the year. f.f
"You'll need it, they warned him in
chorus.
At this period he adopted new atti-
tude toward the world. He had a
little more dignity, little more self-pos-
session, great deal more confidence in
himself than he dared to communicate.
Alone, unaided, and in the face of stern
opposition, he had wrung treasure from
Evening star., 1915-11-14

tied it in his own bank, and
made the arrangements he
had mentioned to Henderson,
Ewing went one evening to call
on Helen Haynes. He found
her out on the big terrace back
of the house, which was very
good place to propose to Helen.
1t must be that she spoke
of his good fortune, and of her
pleasure at hearing of it.
"lt's a good start" said
Ewing.
"You could accomplish so
much with it," said Helen, in
her shy, unplutocratic manner.
al mean to-"
"lt's always seemed to me
that one holds money simply
in trust-against the future.
al think so, too,' said
Ewing, "and | want to devote
my money-when I've made
a lot more, of course-and
all my life to the same pur-
pose.'
"And that is-?'
He leaned forward until he
almost touched her.
ats YOU" he said softly.
"Helen, please-please don't
say a word until I've finished!
I've wanted so long to- tell
you'll know | haven't any
right to tell you at all. /
suppose l make about as
much money as you pay your
head gardener. | know how
utterly impossible, hopeless, it
is nOw! Pm not blind. All
want to ask you is-not now,
but when I've a right to, when
I'm ever so much richer
if | can speak to you then,
or if you-you don't want me
to at all. Because, you see,
it wouldn't be fair for me to
ask you now. realize that
just as well as you do-just
as well as your father does.
| couldn't ask you to wait.
because-nothing might ever
come of it. And | couldn't
let your father couldn't do
thaN And any minute, in
the meantime, there might be
somebody else; so | couldn't
ask you to wait. But-can
you tell me now-is there any
one else?"
Miss Haynes, who had been
sitting quite still, drew a
very long breath, which seemed
to Ewing to be freighted
NO." she said IN a queer,
passionate tone; "there isn't an.
"If there ever should be, |
want you to remember this. B
isn't-and things 60 as l hope
it wouldn't hurt you if l came
and did ask you?"
"How could be hurt to kno'
-care?" she said in the same {
less voice.
Ewing rose. He had never {
more a man; and in reality he
been so young.
81 wanted to know" he
wanted to know what chance |
got something now to plan fo
for, to work for"
He bent over her. For a tr
enervating moment she thought
Evening star., 1915-11-14

about it; and man is usually
apt to be nodded out of his
thoughts. Furthermore, it
doesn't do a young man any
harm to dream about a girl
who he imagines is too good
for him-infnitely too good
for him--but she might be
persuaded to overlook it.
In the Office he spoke with
quiet authority; at home he
permitted none of the old-time
raillery. 1t was only when
he scanned the closing quota
tions, or reflected upon the
interior decorations of the
Haynes house, that his GER
tainty wavered by the breadth
of an iota.
He had bought his railroad
stock on margin. The trans
action, he protested stoutly.
was much the same as buying
a house subject to mortgage.
He held steadfastly to this
belief as long as the market
was strong; with the stock
at go he was Napoleonic. At
SO he perceived that pool
must have been formed for
manipulation; if he had known
the parties, he would have
accused them of conspiracy.
Nevertheless, he expected to
take a profit within a few
months. The crops flourished;
the Interstate Commerce
Commission granted an in
crease in freight rates; the
omens were thoroughly pro-
pitious; and the stock went
to Sc.
"Poor old Ewing said
Henderson to Jimmy Tanning,
"is the kind of man those fell
lows lore. If could swallow
the idea of predestination, i
I'd certainly say that poor
old Ewing was predestined
to be one grand sucker! The
innocent child actually thinks
he can take a handful of small
change down to the Street
and come out with a trunk
load of treasury notes! About
two weeks-then they'll howl
for more margins-poof!H He
gestured expressively, and
added: 4Sky-high!'
But the next time he saw
an evening paper, and stared
at half a column descriptive
of a bullish movement in West
md observed that in place Of
So the quotation was 81 and
he altered the schedule. The
led one Of the terminals, but
g other one. Inside of two
ng sold just below 20. On the
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-02-21
Good Advice to Drivers.

Always blow your horn when over. taking another machine so that the driver will know you are near other wise there is some danger of hin, crowding you of the road. This is especially true at crossings. And when you do overtake him, pass on the left. If you go to the right there is a possibility that he will decide, about the same time, to pull over to the right to give you plenty of room to pass on the left, and in this way you will be forced into the curb or ditch.
 It is equally important when about to make turn to the right or left at road intersections to signal so by ex- tending the arm horizontally, the left arm when turning to the left. and the right when turning to the right It warns all in rear of you. An ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of luck. Do not neglect to slow down at grade crossings and look out for a train.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-02-21
"CASCARETS' FOR
 SLUGGISH BOWELS
No sick headache, sour stomach, biliousness or constipation
 by morning.
Get a 1o-ceat box now .

Turn the rascals out-the headache. biliousness, indigestion. the sick, sour stomach and foul gases-turn them out tonight and keep them out with Cascarets.
 Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never know the misery caused by a lazy liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom- ach.
 Don't put in another day of distress. Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach; remove the sour. fermenting food; take the excess bile from your liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and poison in the bowels. Then you will feel great.
 A Cascaret tonight straightens you out by morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug store means clear head. sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver and bowel action for months. Chil- dren love Cascarets because they never gripe or sicken. Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-02-21
FOREIGN.

Father Ledochowsky. a Russian Pole, was elected general Of the So ciety of Jesus, in succession to Father Francis ayier Weruz at Rome.
 The first girl born in Avezzano since the earthquake arrived in the village. She was bsptised and given the name of Elena Amata Regina Italia which means Helena. beloved queen of Italy.
 The entire crew of Zeppelin. which had been missing for four days. was drowned when the airship fell in the North sea off the coast Of Denmark during storm. il is reported at Fried. richshafen.
 Princess Zita of Parma. wife ot Archduke Charles Francis. heir ap- parent to the Austrian throne. gave birth to a son. They were married ir 1911 and have two other children. a son and a daughter.
 Charles A. Massey, a member oi a wealthy Canadian family. was shot and killed at Toronto by maid in his em. ploy. Massey's wife is absent in New York and report says the maid Sho; him to protect her honor.
 Neil Primrose. parliamentary under secretary of the foreign office. reply ing to questions in the House Of Com mons. said the British government had not recognized anybody as president Of Mexico since the retirement of Gen. NictOriano Hucrta.
 Seventeen members Of the crew of a salvage vessel are known 10 have perished when the vessel was wrecked near PeterheaG. Scotland. The vessel was wrecked in a terrific gale. and is said to have been turned completely over by huge wave.
 Twenty-oEe lives were lost in he South Wellington mine of the Pacific Coast Coal Company. when David Nil lerst, fire boss. fired a shot which broke through into the old workings Of the SOuthfieli mine Of the old Van couver Coal Company. mine abIn- dLned twenty years ago.
 The Rota tribunal has rejected Count Boni de Castellane's suit for the annulment of his marriage to Anna Gould, now the Duchess Of Talleyrand. according 10 a dispatch from Rome. Arguments in the third trial Of the case were closed. after which the court announced it's decision.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-02-21
Wyoming.

In Cheyenne the annual meeting of the Isabella Mines Company was held, and the present management was con unued in control. President Harris read his yearly report.
 One hundred and eighty thousand dollars was distributed among stock holders of the Midwest Oil Company. The sum represents the quarterly divi- dend of the company and the first one paid out. The corporation operates in the Salt Creek field.
 From reliable sources the report comes from the oil fields that the Ohio oil Company has put in a 5000 gallon storage tank and is pumping two wells 10 test their capacity. From each of the wells they have secured zoo bar rels in thirty-six hours.
 Wyoming's oil output, principally from the wells of the Midwest Com pany, was nearly doubled in 1914, as compared with the production of the previous year, and amounted to A. 500,000 barrels, according to a report received from the United States Geo logical Survey. The percentage of in- crease in Wyoming was far greater than in any other state.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-02-21
SAGE TEA DARKENS GRAY
 HAIR TO ANY SHADE. TRY IT!
Keep Your Locks Youthful, Dark, Glossy and Thick With Garden
 Sage and Sulphur.

When you darken your hair with Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can tell, because it's done so naturally, so evenly. Preparing this mixture, though. at home is mussy and trouble some. For 50 cents you can buy at any drug store the ready-to-use tonic called "Wyeth's Sage end Sulphur Hair Remedy" You just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at time. By morn- ing all gray hair disappears, and, after another application or two, your hair becomes beautifully darkened, glossy and luxuriant You will also dis cover dandrufr is gone and hair has stopped falling.
 Gray, faded hair, though no dis grace, is a sign of old age, and as we all desire youthful and attractive ap- pearance, get busy at once with Wy eth's Sage and Sulphur and look years younger. Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-02-21
Farmers Buy Many Cars.

Official statistics dealing with the motor car industry in the state oi Washington, just issued by the state officials at Olympia, show that a total of 9,719 cars were sold in the state during 12 months. These figures are so segregated for urban and rural To. calities that it is possible to accurate. ly ascertain the proportion of sales in the country and in the larger cities since the beginning of the year. Show ing of what commanding importance to the farmers and other producers in Washington the motor car, and espe- cialy the light car. has become, the figures give the bulk of the sales tc rural localities. In the country districts 5,5S0 cars were bought, as against 3,403 disposed of in the cities of Ia coma. Seattle and Spokane combined. Seattle was in the lead of any single locality with 1852 cars sold during the nine months. Spokane ranked next with SIS machines and Tacoma came third with 673 sales.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-02-21
Colorado.

In the Idaho Springs district. where home pools are common, the Big Five tunnel has been so rushed with the shipms Ut of ore and mill dirt that it has beccme necessary to put on an ad- ditional shift.
 A s25,000 mining deal was consum. mated at Boulder when deeds were filed for the transfer of the Copper Glance group of mines at Sunset to the Sunrise Mining and Milling Com pany of Denver.
 The lessees on the London, both north and south, have started ship ping, and ore running $s5 per ton is being sent to the shelter.
 Three Of the gold placer claims owned by the Stanley Mines Company at Idaho Springs have been leased to James ". Myers. late of the Ouray smelter.
 As the two Stratton companies. old and new, have paid through the Lon don office s5.936.3Is in dividends on a face value capital of $5.000.eo0. the Cripple Creek district has no apology Q offer
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-02-21
UNITED STATES RANKS HIGH
Percentage of Iliteracy Compares Well With Those of Other Coun-
 tries of the World.

In the United States the percentage of illiteracy is - for the total popula- ton lover ten years Of age) and for the native white population. In Den mark, Germany, the Netherlands, STe- den, Switzerland and the United King dom the percentage of illiteracy is lower than that for the native whit population of the United States. Doubt less the list should also include Nor way, although no figures are available for that country; but in the othe- Eu ropean countries the percentage of illiteracy is higher than it is in the United States, and usually very much higher. In Bulgaria it is 65 per cent; in Greece 70, in Hungary 8, in Italy 37, in Portugal 69. in Roumania 61, in Russia 69. in Servia g, and in Spain 5s. There is less illiteracy in Aus tralia than in the United States, but in all other non European countries the percentage of illiteracy is in general very high.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-02-21
SPORT.

Leu Johnson rolled 299 in the dou- bles in the Windy City bowling tourna ment.
 The Aggies gave the University of Colorado quite surprise in basketball al Fort Collins when the prospective farmers beat the state lads Gg to l2.
 Representative Barker Of Weber county introduced in the Utah House bill providing for the creation Of a state Racing Commission Of five mem bers and the pari mutuel system of betting
 Jack McGill, Racine, Wis. bantam matched to box Frankie Rowan of Mil waukee, was completely knocked out when he was discovered to be suffer ing from smallpox and was taken to the isolation hospital.
 The first baseball accident Of the season was coinCident with the first baseball practice of the season on Gamble field at Boulder William O. Temple, Jr., of Denver, a freshman, was hit on the head by a batted ball and carried uncon scious to his room at the Beta Theta Pi house.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-02-21
WASHINGTON.

General Villa is gradually sweepins on to Tampico. according to State De partment advices. Stiff fighting was mentioned at Panuco.
 Secretary of the Interior Lane was designated by President Wilson 10 go to San Francisco to open formally the Panama-Pacific Exposition
 The State Department was officially advised that General Carranza had or dered the Spanish minister to Mexico to leave the country within twenty four hours from midnight, Feb. 10. be- cause of alleged refuge given to Angel de Caso. a Spanish subject.
 Impeachment investigation of Uni- fed States District Judge Aston c. Daytoo of West Virginia by special committee was authorized by the
 ne fatal case of bubonic plague at .hna, a laborer working on the San
 wharves. was reported to Surgeon ,sral Blue of the public health al Baron Deva. Japanese rep w'o'n at the Panama-Pacific ex- tnIousA hs entertained by Secretary ro'' '" pther officials and received 'er,, Tss esneA Wilson
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-02-21
CLEAN RUNNING BOARD
HERE IS A DESIGN THAT MAKES
 IT POSSIBLE.
Can Be Little Objection to Installation of Seraper-Presents Dirt
 Gathering.

The running board of car Is about the most successful thing in the world in the collection of mud and dirt; it is used for a shoe cleaner and gener- ally a woman's skirts serve to rid the board of the mud scraped from the shoes. Now this may be eliminated;
 1t might have been long ago had some one thought of it before. There has been brought out a foot scraper that attaches to the running board, or rath. CT is set into it. When mud is scraped of of the shoe it falls through between the raised scrarers and to the ground, for the board is cut out
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-02-21
IN R|GHTFUL PLACE
Motor Car Industry Has SolidIy Established Itself in
 World.
PROSPEROUS YEAR IN STORE
Automobiles of Recognized Reputs' .;on VII. se In Steady Demand Farmers in the Market for Standard Cars of a
 High Grade.

There was a time. not far back, when the motor car industry was un- like that of other products which had long been established. It was just evolving. It was in the process of de- velopment. The several great epochs in construction and design had not yet been passed. The auto had not yet ceased to be a curious toy, a luxury. Consequently. abnormal elements in the business prevailed and no one could say what the next day might bring forth. These were tie reasons why the motor car maker could not prepare calmly for his inventory the first of the year and then sit back and play the role of a conventional prophet Prophecy at that date was an uncertain employment.
 But in spite of the fact that the motor car industry as we know it to- day is only about c dozen years old. the conditions just pictured have com pletely changed. Gone is the romance: gone are the clements of uncertainty. Great epochs have come and gone. leaving the automobile of recognized name and reputation a staple product that has its established place in the world of industry along with the other necessary commodities.
 Consequently. given normal general business conditions, the motor car manufacturer when the new year Is at hand can make a comprehensive sur vey of business cor litions and issue 8 prophecy as to what the next season will divulge with the same degree of accuracy that is expected of any other commercial executive. In making that estimate of the prospects for the new year he is governed by a few general principles that apply largely to all manufacturing industries.
 First of all, the years of evolution have weeded out many of the unfit. The cars of recognized reputation to- day are so recognized because they have been built along sane lines and with the idea of giving the greatest possible value for the money. Perhaps honesty is the best policy" is little trite, but it has been observed re- gently by one of our wisest manufac- turers that the world needs to hear some of these old maxims and so- called bromides reiterated with en- phasis.
 The new year of 1915 therefore sees a select list of cars dominating the industry, established on a solid rock of stability. For these fit few pros perity seems to be in store. It is not difficult fer the layman these days, because he is, as rule. pretty well in- formed about automobiles. He whS runs may read. These cars, the result of the development along sane lines and of the soundest and highest prin- ciples of manufacturing ethics, are fac ing a certain demand.
 Generally healthful conditions ot the country will help make the situa- tion one presaging prosperity. Then, too, there is the ever widening scope of the market In this country the farmer. happy with good crops. is pre- paring to buy more high grade cars than ever before thought possible. He now wants a standard car of high grade and not shoddy article thrown together to sell in a hurry.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-02-21
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
 Ei0N couNTRiES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooiNos AND HAPPENINGS rHAr BARK THs PROGRESS
 OF THE AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR,

The Constitutionalists' consul has announced that Carranza troops have recaptured Monterey.
 The battle which began in the Car rathians on Feb. : still is raging flu riously along a front of sixty miles from Mount Polonina-RuEa to Mount Mako. according to ;he information received at Genoa.
 The evacuation of I.odz by the Ger mans ras been confirmed. according 10 a Fetrograd dispatch 10 the Havas News agency. which states that stores, offices. commissariat and transports are being removed hastily to Kalisz.
 The most violent artillery duel that has occurred in Alsace since the be ginning of the war was begun Thurs- day. As g result of the battle an exodus has begun of German families from Muelhausen, kolmar and S;rass- burg.
 At point between the Disc and the Aisne, French artillerymen have been successful in bringing down q German aeroplane. The machine, in flames. landed within inc German lines. This announcement was given out officially in Paris.
 A Petrog-ad dispatch says the Rus sian Black sea flotilla of destroyers has bombarded the Turkish batteries at Trebizoud. silsncing their fire. IT has also destroyed two bridges in the vicinity of Piatana and has sunk more than fifty of the Turkish sailing craft which nave been encountered at va rious points.
 Kaiser Wilhelm sacrificed almost the entire First division of his army in a futile attempt to reach Warsaw according to dispatches from the bat tie front in Poland. This organization was sent in massed formation against one of the strongest lines Of Russian entrenchniants and it's losses ill dead were 1.,C:j Esn.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-02-21
Work for Handy Man.

The owner who wishes to save money in the use of his car, and who enjoys tinkering, can do a great deal toward saving by watching the mechanism of his car himself, and in this work he will acquire knowledge of the action of his car and of the way in which the mechanism operates which will save him expense through teaching him how to handle the ma chinery with the least wear and tear on its parts. The kr owledge will also give him insight i to design which will enable him to detect noises and unusual sounds in his car and elimI- nate them before anything gives away.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-02-21
CRIPPLE CREEK PRODUCTION.
Mine Output Greater Than for Severn
 Years Past.

Cripple Creek.-The mines Of the Cripple Creek district for January broke all previous records for several years, with production of 75.G5G tons of ore having a gross bullion val ue Of s1,921,sSi
 The remarkable increase in valua- ton is due principally to the rich shipment of ore from the Cresson mine. estimated at approximately sJ20,O00. Inability to operate the Short Line because of a tunnel fire curtailed the production somewhat. md with normal conditions aiding the cresson shipment the production would have been over s2,000.O00 for the month.
 The Golden Cycle declared its sec ond monthly dividend for 1915. It calls for the paymest Of , cents a share for a total Of s75,OO0.
 The treatment of the several plants was as fpiipWS-