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Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17
The man turned to her. Il want to |

The man turned to her. Il want to
ask you something" he said. How is
it that you have never married."
The crimson dyed her cheeks.
1T was impertinent of me-" he be-
gan repentantly.
NO" she answered hurriedly. I'll
tell you. l suppose love seems a
trivial thing to many people 1t was
never so to me. l was in love when
was a girl-before l came to the
city. l thought he loved me. l was
going to wait for him. He married
another. That is ALL"
And them" he asked gently
She shrugged her shoulders
Them" she answered. why, is
not that enough! had my disillusion-
ment. But how about yourself?" she
cried suddenly. How about you?"
"Why-I guess it is about the same
story with me- he replied, in en-
barrassment
They entered.
1t rushed through the pleasant coun-
tryside, now touched with the shad-
ows of evening, bearing them back to
town. The city appeared upon the
horizon. Then wilderness of drab,
unlovely houses began to spread about
them. And they knew that their day
was ended.
Il shall see you again." he asked,
as the car traversed the sordid
streets.
Il don't know-why?' said the girl
hurriedly.
Because" he said slowly, Il think
/ have made good deal of fool of
myself. You see when 1 lost her, l
came to about the same conclusion
that you did. l never had the nature
to lay hold of life. think one must
seize what it offers, and not spend it
in vain regrets. Don't you?"
Perhaps" she answered, digging
the point Of her parasol into the floor
of the car
II had been coming slowly to that
belief. But 1t needed two things to
assure me that it was true"
What were they?" asked the girl
But she did not look up.
"Oh, the spring, I think" he an.
swered, laughing for the first time on
the return journey 81 am sure it was
the spring. 1t reminded me of other
springs"
"Yes, but-the other?" asked the
girl.
"Why-you," he answered This
has been the happiest day of my life
He took her hands in his.
Il don't want to make the same
blunder always" he said. Il want
chance to seize happiness when it of.
fers. l want toto see you in the
city. May II"
The red was in her cheeks again,
but she looked him in the eyes for
the first time.
Yes she answered softly.
Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17
Gold in the SCOT.

Four pounds of gold were not so
long ago collected from the SCOT of
the chimney of the royal mint in
Berlin. So the things accounted vul-
gar are full of the dust of gold, if we
only knew 1t. We need a quick eye,
ready mind, to let no chance pass us,
to be taught by everything, improved
by everything. Neglect in this matter
brings into our life heaviness, dull.
ness. WEAKNESS. vacancy.
Let us be alive to every wayside
flower in the home, to every flower
that springs amid the rough stones of
business life, to every sweet thing that
blooms in the very dust of the street,
to the teachings, the mercies, the COM
forts, the strengthenings, of common
days, places. things and people; so
shall we be charmed along life's pill
grimage until we arrive at home.
Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17
HIS HAPPIEST DAY
BY GRACE PAUL.
(Copyr1ght, 1876 by w. G. Chapman.)

(Copyrght. 1915. by w. G. Chapman.)
The Lonely Man had decided to take
a days holiday in the country. He
had gone so far northward that he had
reached the city limits; then he. had
taken a ferry boat across the river
and come to a suburban street car.
He got in, and presently, for the first
time in many years, he saw country
real country, with trees and flowers
and singing birds.
There remained only one other pas
senger when the car passed Green
field. She was girl Of about seven
and twenty. Her hair was brown,
her eyes gray, her figure slight. Her
dress was neat, but worn, and the
purse from which she extracted the
coin had seen better days. The Lone
ly Man watched her when he thought
she was not observing him.
The Lonely Man was between thir-
ty-five and forty. Once, years before,
he would have thrilled with the sense
of adventure. For the girl, like him
self, was obviously holiday-making.
"All OUT" announced the conductor
impersonally.
The car stopped at the end of a
country road, and the conductor be-
gan to reverse the seats. There was
not house in sight, but trees every
where, and birds, and tall flowers that
nodded by the wayside.
The man and the girl stood side by
side in the roadway, and the car ran
back until 1t disappeared in the dis
tance.
Il beg your pardon said the girl,
but how far is 1t to Northwood?"
The man raised his hat. Il don't
know" he answered. 81 have never
been here before"
Neither have l." answered the girl,
laughing. And it was impossible not
Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17
A Reminder.
~ hs'"ee''
senator was talking about thu

A senator was talking about the
war
Each SIDE" he said. 'is declaring
hotly now that 1t will never receive
the foe within its hospitable borders
again, and that after the war there
will be no more trading with the en-
emy forevermore
When we hear talk like that let
us smile skeptically, remembering the
vain campaign of Wilberforce.
When Wilberforce was fighting
against slavery in London. a shopkeep
er put up a sign. No goods made with
slave'grown cotton sold here. But
the mans rival then put up another
sign, All our goods are made from
cheap, slave-grown cotton.
This latter sign got all the trade.
OF course. II the first one hadn't been
taken down at once 1t would have
driven Its author into bankruptcy"
Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17
Mule Drinks at Bar.

A mule standing up at the bar with
its two front feet resting on the top
rail was the sight presented to patrons
of saloon in the business district,
The animal, which had been secured
by Municipal Court Bailiff Blythe on a
writ of replevin, was being taken to a
stable. Blythe had stepped into the
saloon to get glass of beer. He left
the animal in charge of a man out
side.
Hardly had the beer been drawn
when Blythe heard commotion at the
side door and in came the mule. All
efforts to get it to leave proved futile
until it had been given four glasses
OF beer.-Cincinnati (Ohio) Dispatch
to New York Sun.
Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17
g o ms cLuRE NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE

wont of late, when, toward the dawI
the Dream Spirit came and touche
her, bidding her follow him out int
the shadows.
Suddenly she found herself stant
ing on naked beach-drear, cole
wind-swept. The waves of the ocea
dashed their icy spray along tn
shore and the sound was that as @
children wailing. A great darkness
settled over the land; that darkes
hour which comes just before th
dawn. Then came the first gray streal
across the eastern sky, and The Cir
saw.
Along the barren shore ran littl
children-numbering many, man,
thousands. They we're naked, and
great brawny hand scourged them a
they ran until the beach was crimson
with the blood which dripped from
their little nude bodies, and the al
was filled with their helpless cries 70
mercy.
The Girl covered her eyes with he
hands to shut out the vision, but tn
Dream Spirit drew them down again
"They are the thousands of littl
children brought into the world b.
mothers who knew beforehand tina
there was every possibility that the,
would be scourged down to death b.
the hand of inherited disease.
Little, little children" went on tn
Dream Spirit. children meant to liv,
and to be happy; children meant t,
have strong bodies and untainte,
blood; yet children brought into tn,
world doomed from the beginning"
The sea washed over the blood
stained beach, and the children were
dissolved in the sunlight of a new day
The affianced bride OF The Mar
marked for other things than mar
Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17

- VEN the beginning Of the voy-
. age had spice OF excitement
about 1t. With the exception
- of the leader of the expedi-
Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17
Watching the Crowd.

Did you ever watch a crowd? or
course you did. Everybody does.
Nothing is more interesting than a
crowd
But did you ever think how crowd
appears to different eyes? A pick
pocket will watch it to look for loot.
A newspaper reporter will watch it
for news. A physician will notice the
sick, but not the we'll A clergyman
will observe the suffering.
Demagogues are always watching
the crowd and devising the easiest
scheme to fool the people. They have
succeeded wonderfully in doing SO in
the past. but all the people cannot be
fooled all the time.-Jasper In Leslie's
Weekly.
Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17
Ants an SterjIjzera.

Many schemes have been developed
for Kidding clothing Of soldiers Of
vermin, as substitutes for the remedy
used In peace times-simple cleanli
ness. Gasoline or kerosene rubbed
into the seams is the favorite idea
A member of the French Academy Of
Medicine. however. has reported Q
simpler scheme, which is good during
warm weather.
The soldier is directed to take OF
his clothing and lay 1t on an ant hill
The ants will soon discover the hiding
places Of the lice and capture them
with enthusiasm.
Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17

casionally differs markedly from that
of an Englishman. With respect to
the latter point, 1t may be mentioned
that their two national card games
are SO extremely simple as to be en-
tirely uninteresting when played
properly. So the Serbs cheat contin-
ually. The whole art of these games,
as played by the Serbs. consists in
their more or less dexterous methods
of cheating.
Intelligent Folk, But Ignorant.
They are quick, intelligent people,
yet remarkably ignorant. They soon
master the workings of any piece Of
apparatus il they see it a few times.
1t was often quite amusing to hear
their perfectly just comments on their
own temperature charts. On the 9th.
er hand. man who had been fitted
with glass eye complained most bit.
terly because he could not see out
of 1t.
Their high spirits and ready intelli
gence, combined with a certain care.
less improvidence, have caused one
writer to refer to them as the Irish
OF the Balkans" In appearance they
are dark and usually handsome. the
men being. on the whole, distinctly
more good-looking than the women.
1t is not difficult to acquire an ele-
mentary knowledge of the Serbian Ian.
guage, which is probably the simplest
of the Slavonic tongues; and the Serbs
display their usual quickness In recog
nizing ones linguistic limitations, and
in confining their conversation to the
few words one has acquired. They love
argument and repartee, although some
of their jokes make a modest orderly
devoutly thankful that the ward sister
has not troubled to extend her knowl-
edge of Serbian beyond about six
words.
My first Sunday in the wards was
marked by rather curious expert
ence. l was engaged in dressing q
wounded leg when an extraordinary
figure appeared before me. carrying
in his outstretched arms little tray
from whence heavy smoke was ris-
ing. This smoke he very solemnly
and deliberately puffed into my face
with his attentions. The sight OF
the men crossing themselves sudden
ly brought home to my bewildered
mind the fact that the man was Q
Russian priest in full dress. and that
in obedience to some rite, he was
putting incense on each in turn. II
was too late for me to cross myself,
SO l nodded and smiled agreeably al
the priest, who seemed perfectly salts.
fed with my behavior, to my great
relief.
When at last the pressure OF the
work grew less. and we Lad an houi
to spare, We made straight for the
Turkish quarter of the town. Innu.
merable people. streets of incredible
narrowness and filth, at all inclina,
tions to the horizontal; novels. crazy.
looking little shops. and mosques-it
was fascinating and bewildering; but
we went there seldom and never
stayed for long, because. even more
than the other quarters of that dis.
ease-stricken town. the Turkish quar-
ter was the home of the dreaded ty.
phus.
Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17

They fingered In the Sunny Lane.
TO laugh when spring had come and
Nature riotously proclaimed her mirth
in every breeze and every breath of
the flowers.
81 think it must lie in this direc-
tion,'' said the man, pointing along
the road.
The girl turned and began to walk
in the direction that the man indicat-
ed. At first he tried to lag behind
her, but presently, realizing the alb
surdity of their position, he took
courage to address her.
Suppose we go together" he said
diffidently
The girl looked at him with swift
scrutiny. In spite of her apparent in
decision the longing for companion
ship leaped out of her eyes unmistak-
ably The man took courage. They
walked on side by side, crossed path
through a field. and emerged upon a
little lane. Their conversation, at
first restrained, grew animated.
She was stenographer, and she
had been in the city for five years.
She worked in a building one block
distant from that in which he spent
his days as secretary for Haas, presi-
dent of the Cement company; and
they must have passed each other a
score Of times and never known It,
All at once they came upon a lit
tie, old-fashioned inn. A table with a
couple of chairs stood on the porch
The landlord stood in the doorway,
fourishing napkin. The invitation
was so obvious that they looked at
each other and laughed, and then sat
down.
They exchanged condolences. Her
name was Doris, and she had no rela.
tives in the world. She had come to
the city five years before with no
training except knowledge of stenog-
raphy. and she had nothing to look
forward to.
And somehow the man found him
self telling her of his own hopes the
boyhood dreams, the mans disillusion
ment. the realization that youth had
slipped away and left him, approach
Ing middle age, with nothing accom-.
plished.
Their eyes told more than their
tongues. Their hands met across the
table. 1t was an instructive greeting
of fellowship. Each knew that the
loneliness in his own heart was
shared by the other.
If the landlord saw that greeting
he turned discreetly away, for he had
been young once. and he knew that
in spring one does many foolish
things
They fingered in the sunny lane,
sauntering under the budding trees
The sun dipped down. At last they
awakened to the realization that their
day was slipping away. as life was
slipping away. And, silent now, they
walked back through the field, side
by side, toward the car line.
Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17
Not So Far Gone as That.

In one of the industrial towns in
South Wales a workman met with u
serious accident. The doctor was sent
for, and came and examined him, had
him bandaged and carried home on a
stretcher, seemingly unconscious.
After he was put to bed the doctor
told his wife to give him sixpenny
worth of brandy when he came to him.
self. After the doctor had left the
wife told the daughter to run and
fetch threepennyworth of brandy for
her father.
The old chap opened his eyes and
said, in a loud voice, "Sixp ,nn orth,
the doctor said. .'-Tit-Bits.
Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17

For myself 1t would not matter
Any suffering / might incur for my.
self could bear. Gladly would l give
myself In your place IL 1 might" she
told The Man touched already by his
ghostly heritage when he came to her.
but SUPPOSE THERE SHOULD
BE CHILDREN?" she went on, look.
ing bravely into his eyes. Perhaps
we have the right as far as we are
concerned. BUT NO WOMAN HAS
THE RIGHT TO BRING AN MINOR.
tai SOUL TO LIVE IN A HUMAN
BODY THAT WILL BE SCOURGED
BY THE HAND OF INHERITED DIS
EASE"
Then she told him OF the doomed
babies wailing on the naked shore,
lashed by the hand from which there
was no escape.
And The Man helped her do the
only right thing there was to do.
Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17
Mind Elsewhere.

"Doppel has been across the Allan.
tic six or seven times, and it is his
favorite boast that he has never been
seasick."
Il suppose it's tiresome to hear him
tell about It,"
We'll, no. It seems that he got
into poker games 20 stiff he forgot he
had q stomach"
Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17

shake off the grim hand that lay upon
The Man.
But suppose there should be chill
dren?" suggested The Gossip to The
Mother of The Girl.
The Girl pushed the idea aside and
went on reading in the next room. but
the words she had heard kept running
In between the printed lines of her
book.
She went for walk in the twilight
stiffness, and 1t seemed to her that
everywhere there were childI en-,
healthy. splendid specimens, bubbling
over with life and happiness. and
every one that turned smiling face
to hers seemed accusing her of some
horrible thing she was about to do.
She called to see friend, and in a
friendly little chat tried to force The
Gossip's suggestion from her mind, but
1t clung.
As the days went by and prepara-
tions for The Girls wedding pro-
gressed the thought implanted in her
mind by The Gossip became as plant
that stretched out its tendrils and
wove them into the woof of The Girls
life, and so tenaciously did they cling,
and SO fast did they grow that they
crowded out flowers OF thought like
a rough and hardy weed, until they
filled The Girls conscious hours. and
Tapped over into her subconsciousness,
haunting her dreams by night.
The invitations to the wedding we're
In the house and The Girl and The
Man had spent a very happy evening
addressing them. The prospective
bride tad gone to bed little less
troubled in mind than had been her
Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17
SUPPOSE THERE SHOULD BE
CHILDREN

well, / suppose you know that tu-
berculosis has developed in three gen
erations of The Mans family?" cues.
toned The Gossip.
YES" answered The Mother of The
Girl quietly.
And The Girl knows?' probed the
visitor.
Eyes, she knows" came the even
tones of The Mother again.
'"And you will not interfere?" went
on The Gossip, and before The Mother
had time to tell her that the life of
The Girl was her own to give or with
hold, the talker said:
Suppose there should be children"
And The Girl, reading in the next
room, heard.
The first part of The Gossips con-
versation amused her. She had gone
through with all the struggle before
she gave The Man her promise. But
in her discussion concerning the mat
ter with either The Man or The
Mother the suggestion of The Gossip
had not entered.
Suppose there should be children!
The Mother had not suggested such
q possibility, and The Girl had been
too much absorbed in just loving The
Man to think of it.. Her consent to
marry him had been merely a matter
of personal concern. The heritage of
The Man had already touched him
with a ghostly finger, suggesting to
him that he was marked for other
things than marriage. But he was
young. The Girl was young. and had
SO much of vital strength. They would
go away together to the heights and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-27
cHANcEnY DEEDS or TRUST.
en- Deeds of Trust Amounting I
SIi.HiiI.

SIf,'bbI.
L. C e BrowninE. ct gx to p G wher.
ne Cary street, 300 feet west of West
Rtreet. April u. 1915, s2l2i.
Ida i. Carter. 81 vir. To William Cat
+ n, trustee. 2lxl5o feet south line
|.eiGh street. - feet west OF Mozelle
treHT March 20, 1919, $265.
|ee. aoxl35 fee, west .Ine Edgewood
Park Boulevard. April I. 1915. s9i5.
Nelson Williams. Jr.. ct ny, 10 : NJ
I:rooks. trustee, 3oXl55 feet south line
harrington street 100 fact cas-, OF
Eosc street February u, 1915. $40.
j. +. Henderson. CT ux. To NJ ii. ONO
| treet April IL 1915. s2.oIo. '''''
Hunter Il. keck 10 T.. r. Schmidt
3ruStec, 55NliO feet south line Bacon
Road, 21b feet east Of Fendall Ave
lie April 20, 1915. s3.475.
Iontasue.. trustee. lots IS. % and 30 in
Inc. plan. in lIillcrest Park. April %.
old Folks Home Of the Grand Foun.
lain OF the United order Of True Re
|ormers. To Hill Montague. ct AL. trus
ices, acres oil east side Of road lead
|ng from Seventeenth street; also
Edge and Terrell Streets. April 20.
Mary F.. Brown. ct ais. TO n. A. Me.
Curdy. trustee. 33x66 feet west line
(hirty-hrst Street. ia feet north OF
/ =, street; april >. 1915: $500,
Zee, 81 feet inches by 200 fee, al the
northwest corner OF Brookland Park
Boulevard and the Henrico TiIrnnila
april %, 1915, l,3o5
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-27
General Weather Condition.,

WASHINGTON. April os.-A scorch-
ing heat wave IL lowering over the
Eastern half Of the United States from
the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic
Coast. causing suffering in the cities
and serious damage To wheat and other
crops In the agricultural districts Re-
ports to the Weather Bureau tonight
told OF temperatures exceeding the
highest ever recorded in April. Of
metals said no important changes were
indicated for any region before Wed
nesday night. and that temperatures
above the seasonal average would con-
unuc generally east OF the Rocky
Mountains. To-niGhts reports SHOW
new temperature records established as
follows: Washington. n. c., and Rich
niond, Va. - degrees. Toledo. o.. so:
Grand Rapids. Mich; Cincinnati. o.. and
f.lkins, W Va, SIS; Port Huron. Mich.
Sc, and Greenbay. Wis. 81 Previous
records AT Albany and Syracuse, y. Y,
81 degrees, were e1ualed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-27
CHARTERS ISSUED.

charters were ISSUED and amend
ments TO existing charters allowed ~
the State Corporation Commission yes
terday as follows:
Browne Jitney Corporation. Inc. Nor
$1,000: par value, SIS 4. u. iiudsins
resident: j. J.. Burke. vice president
All Ala s sfer Tasf9, e w. Browne treasurer
, cars for transportation OF passengers
Kichmond Finance and Realty Cor
p %ininn1; hiG4m non Maximum $40 90;
y; iIarvie. president. l.. r.. Weitzel.
iI iefRresiasps nnd irensHrGr j. s
Purposes: real estate business
;, Plum" street Realty Corporation.
nortsmomth; Maximuin. s50.ooo; mini
pam 1900, $500 par value, sloG. j.. +.
president; 5. G. Pace. s.cretnry and
treasurer. all of Portsmouth rurposes:
real estate business
Seward Stock Farmr Inc. Peters
burg Maximum, 10000: minimum,
$1,000; par value. 800. II. $. seward.
=. II. Hoy, secretary. ali Of petersbure.
purposes: operate stock farms ANA con-
duct general, stores.
MaN!mum. $4,000: minimum $1,000: par
value, 500. a. Perlo. president: A.
Newman. vice president; y Ncwina n,
secretary and treasurer. all OF Dam
VIE" Purposes: mercantile business
b,1 sai t ~ HompssnE Eoo Inc Peters
ss.55o paa rN' Valne $40 $1,000 MeY minig sa"
president; NJ f. Saal, secretary and
treasurer; II. G. saal, vice president. ali
OF Petersburg.
Richmond and Eastern Railway Com
pnny, Richmond. Maximum, $4,000;
minimum. $1,000: par value, 500. John
G. Robertson. president: J. Taylor Rob
ertson, secretary and treasurer; *. T.
Crawlcy. liaskins iIobson, c. b. Ander-
son; all of Richmond. Purposes: to
ton Brick Works. in Richmond. to Fort
Lee. Va. estimated length five miles
Machinist supply Company, Inc. Koa-
n9ke Maximum. $4,000: minimum
treasurer; {. T Bentley, vice-presi
dent, all of Roanoke. Purposes: mcr-
a:!on Of Norfolk, va. Norfolk. No os eapi-
tai stock Alfred Schreier, president:
;. $. Greenbcrg, secretary, both OF Nor
folk. Purposes: literary purposes
The Southern Mutual Telephone Com
pany of Franklin, Bedford and Pittsyl-
,n,n ts9pnies r,r;%gress Va Maxi
Pen Hook: DR.. S. a. Reynolds. Wee,
president. Vashti: II. g. Motley score
,ary. sontag. Purposes: to build a new
telephone line
mond, Maximum. $500, 900; minimum
son. president, Chicago. Ill; ]. r. Freu-
Ter. treasurer and secretary, Milwaukee,
Amendments to the charter of the
Penn Rivet Corporation, Richmond. in
from 100000 to $4,000
lance Films Corporation. Richmond
reducing capital stock from 81 to 81
per. share, eliminating provision for
preferred stock.
Amendment 10 the charter of the
Pied mont Orchard Company, Inc, Lin
den. creating $4,000 preferred stock
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-27
UGH!! A DOSE Of
NASTY CALOMEL
1t saliyates! 1t makes you sick
and you may lose q
days work.

You're bilious. sluggish, constipated
and believe you need vile. dangerous
calomel to start your liver and clean
your bowels.
Here's my guarantee! Ask your drug
gist for 50-cent bottle OF Dodson's
Liver Tone and take a spoonful to-
night. II II doesn't start your liver
and straiShten you right up better than
calomel and without gripping or making
you Sick l want you to go back to tho
store and get your money.
Take calomcl to-day and to-mor-
row you Will feel weak and sick and
nauseated. Don't lose a days work.
Take spoonful OF harmless, vegetable
Dodson's Liver Tone tonight and wake
up feeling great. IT'S perfectly harm
less. so give 1t to your children any
time. 1t can't salivate, so let them eat
anything afterwards-Adv.