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Gilpin observer., 1915-03-18

arms forgivingly stretched out above
his head. He knew who that was
Nettie, the messenger of peace to him.
And, looking beyond her. he saw the
children playing, happy band. freed
from the cares of life and it's toll and
misery. But as the man rose ecstat-
ically to crave forgiveness an angel
with a flaming sword pressed him
away.
"'You murdered these children's
bodies; you cannot touch their souls.
it seemed to say.
And the man looked down again
saw the blood on his hands.
"They found him at dawn and car
ried him home. And because all his
wealth had not brought him single
friend, one woman. who had loved him
before the greed devil entered his
heart, came to him and nursed him
back to life-Alice. bereft of child and
husband. and left alone.'
Davis and Hewitt stared into the
senator's face. There were tears in
their eyes, for the story. simple in
itself, was enhanced by the dramatic
telling of 1t and the flaming sense Of
justice that kindled justice in their
own hearts.
He sold his mills when he recov-
cred, gentlemen" said Woodward.
with the stipulation that no child
labor was ever to be used there. The
agreement was binding one. and was
kept For ten years more the man
devoted himself to the task of abol-
now, at last"
Hewitt, who had been whispering to
Davis, rose up. intcrrupting him.
I'VE want to be allowed to shake
hands with you, senator" he said.
"and to give that hundred thousand to
help the kids. And we're with you in
your bill-both of u.s."
And L." said the third man.
Woodward's hands were clasped in
grip that bespoke the sincerity Of
the mill owners.
II seemed like dream when he
found himself alone at his desk again.
But on the table lay the check Davis
had written.
~.
who were your visitors. dear?" in
qured his wife. entering. You must
have had important business. ! heard
you cry out At last SO strangely.
What did 1t mean?"
Senator Woodward clasped her in
his arms.
ut means that at last my hands are
clean. Alice" he said.
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-18
THICK, GLOSSY HAIR
FREE FROM DANDRuFF
Girls! Beautify Your Hair! Make u
Soft, Fluffy and Luxuriant-Try
the Moist Cloth.

Try as you will. after an application
of Danderine, you cannot find a single
trace of dandruff or falling hair and
your scalp will not itch, but what will
please you most, will be after a few
weeks use, when you see new hair
fine and downy at first-yes-but real.
ly new hair--growing all over the
scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou.
bles the beauty of your hair. No differ.
ence how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw IL
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time. The effect is i'm.
mediate and amazing-your hair will
be light, fluffy and wavy. and have an
appearance of abundance; an incom.
parable luster, softness and luxuri
ance. the beauty and simmer Of true
hair health.
Get 25 cent bottle of Knowltons
Danderne from any store and prove
that your hair is as pretty and soft
rs any-that 1t has been neglected OF
injured by careless treatment-that's
all. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-18

go to bed, Alice. must work late
tonight"
Senator Woodward kissed his wife
fondly as she met him at the door of
his library; he looked after the linger-
ing figure inquiringly.
You must tell me first about the
meeting, dear. How was your speech
received"
We'll, Alice, but it ia an uphill
believe the bill will be passed tomor-
row, and child labor in this state will
be thing of the past"
Thank God!" she murmured. clasp
ing her hands together.
But If the bill fails we shall carry
on the fight still. The mill people are
leaving no stone unturned to thwart
dience tonight"
"They can't hurt you, dear"
But they will kill the bill If they
can. However, tomorrow we shall
know. Goodnight"
She came toward him, kissed him,
looking earnestly into his drawn face;
she went out slowly. Senator Wood
ward looked after her as she went out
There was more than love for him in
the agitation SO plainly shown in the
bowed head and shaking shoulders.
He turned to his desk and worked
resolutely until the butler entered
with two cards on a tray. Woodward
Sylo of
SHOW them in," he announced, and
began to pace the floor, nerving him
self for what was to come.
Three men entered-Hewitt, owner
of the largest cotton mills in the state,
Davis, another magnate, and a new
conner, reputed to have large amount
of capital behind his enterprise. They
approached Woodward stiffly and
halted
Senator Woodward" began Hewitt,
Il am business man and have few
fine phrases to utter. The purpose of
our visit is this. 1t will be worth a
hundred thousand dollars to us if you
are away from the house when the
child labor bill comes up tomorrow. :"
"Meaning?" asked Woodward, rails
ing his head and feeling the blood
stain his cheeks.
One hundred thousand dollars-to
you"
Woodward flung out his hand and
pressed bell on the table.
How dare you insult my honor!"
he fiared out, white now, and quiver-
ing under the nervous impulse to use
physical violence upon these men
"I-I-"
He broke off, choking with rage, as
the butler appeared. Show these
gentlemen out!" he commanded
hoarsely.
The mill owners. sullen and almost
equally enraged. turned on the senator
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-18
eyes. Who was this that shouted at
him? He staggered back. Alice!

eyes. Who was this that shouted at
him? He staggered back. Alice!
He heard her frenzied cries.
"'You are murderer she was cry
ing. You killed my child-Nettie-
my child. She is dead. and you killed
her, as you have killed a hundred
more for your accursed gains. mur-
derer! Murderer! Let that word
ring in your ears until the blood of
the children is cleansed from your
hands!'
"And the man. glancing involunta-
rily down, saw his hands red from the
ink stains.
He shuddered; something was
rending his soul asunder. His cramped
soul fluttered for freedom, the bonds
of dozen years were breaking. The
machine was becoming human be-
ing again. All the while the woman's
cries rang in his ears. Murderer!
Murderer!'
They got her out, but the man
followed her, hatless, through the
streets, as if she had hypnotized him,
while crowds watched the madwoman
and the mill owner, creeping behind
her. watching her, hearing her fren-
zied cries. Presently, as in dream,
he found himself standing beside the
bed on which lay Nettie. dead.
And with that sight and the re-
membrance of another child murdered
in the same way by the accursed lint,
the last bond in the mans soul burst
He ran from the house, back through
the streets, into the countryside.
But, stumbling through mire and
marsh, he saw nothing but the white
faces of the murdered children. He
ran on. on, till the day died; he
plunged through swamps and tangled
underground. When he could run no
more he sank down in an oozy river
bed and, clawing at the mud. saw
blood there. And everywhere. sur
rounding him, the faces of the mutilat-
ed children peered at him and pointed
accusing fingers.
Once, in his delirium, as he
stretched out his hands imploringly,
he saw the bright figure of a child
transformed stand at his side. her
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-18
UNREASONABLE EXPECTATIONS.
A hundred thousand oaths your fears
Perhaps would not remove;
And II gazed thousand years
could no deeper love.

A hundred thousand oaths your fears
Perhaps would not remove;
And II I gazed a thousand years
could no deeper love-
Men tell OF the qualities they expect
to find in the girl they want tor a
sweetheart and whom they intend TO
we'd. She must be fairly cookbook
ing. This bars the young women who
are positively homely. She OF his
choice must be sweet tempered and
docile, which also bars the independ-
ent girl who thinks for herself and
believes in expressing her own views.
They want their sweetheart to look
sweet and dainty in a six.cent calico
frock.
They expect her to be perfection in
the art OF home making. and when she
loose from all of her relatives, II they
prove uncongenial to him. In fact,
he would have her human putty, as 1t
were, that he could mold to suit him.
The average man will travel from one
end of the world to the other without
finding all these combined qualities in
one woman. His expectations get a
sudden jar each time he thinks he has
has found his ideal mate
It is unreasonable for a man to ex.
pect to find girl who has no will
OF her own, no temper, no ideas worth
having, who would feel contented In
a calico gown when her fair beauty,
L.
And as for cutting loose from those
whom she has always loved and who
have loved her and are bound by the
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-18

menacingly. What they saw in his
face restrained them, apparently, for,
grasping their hats, they crossed the
room toward the door.
"Stop!"
Woodward had flung the word after
them like a command. They turned
Come back, gentlemen! Sit down!
] have something to say to you. |
want to spin some more phrases; I
want to tell you story"
They took their chairs again. pro-
testingly.
81 want to tell you what that bill
means to me-" said Woodward 81
want to tell you the record of one
mans life"
Twenty years ago an ambitious
young man worked in the cotton mills
His little sister was employed there
also. and young woman whom we
will call simply Alice. He loved her
as did the foreman. coarse tyne OF
man, perhaps. but socially as high as
he and the girl. They we're all work.
ers in the mills together. Mil work.
ers are the white trash OF our state.
gentlemen. as you know. Nobody pays
them much consideration.
NO, not even when the lint enters
the children's lungs and renders them
receptive to the deadly tuberculosis
germ. The little girl was seized with
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-18
It Pays to Pray, and Advertise.

DO you believs in the efficacy OF
prayer?" asked the new minister.
You bet!" triumphantly replied Sam
Stinger, the enterprising real estate
dealer "Why. at the prayer meeting
last Thursday night, l prayed loud and
long for blessings on our progressive
little city, incidentally mentioning a
few of the advantages it possesses for
profitable investments, and next morn
ing I sold four lots in my new Sky
High addition to a stranger who had
happened to drop in at the services!"
Kansas City Star
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-18

own hand usually.
The youthful hus-
band knows little
or n o t h l n g of
housekeeping. He
depends upon his
bride to furnish
t h g knowledge
C o n C e r n | n 6 it
which he lacks. If
he m a k S her
twice as much of
an allowance as
she really needs,
he Is blissfully un-
conscious of it.
Consequently he
does not worry
over it.
If he waits ten
years longer to Sc
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-18
Just q Hint.

Now. men," said the genisl en-
ployer, as his hands clustered round
him at the breakfast hour. this Ii
the election, and hope you are all
going to vote. Now. I'm not going to
tell who my favorite candidate is. Ev.
cry one OF you is to be entirely free
to vote ,ls he thinks best. But do you
see that big barrel Of beer over in the
corner? Well, that barrel WON'T bs
opened unless Z gets sn."
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-18

vi tue years we WdStc, anu the tSdiS WV
waste,
And the work of our heart and hand,
Belong to the woman who did not know
And did not understand.
There are men who have world Of
confidence in themselves; there are
others who are always fearful lest
they make mistakes before the woman
they care for. The man who over
rates his abilities laughs when his
sweetheart tells him of other would
be suitors who write her letters or
walk home with her from afternoon
affairs. The information does not
worry him in the least. He imag-
ines himself far superior to any young
man she has mentioned. Not for a mo-
ment does he imagine his being Tilted
for any of these less brilliant young
fellows.
A girl may tell a diffldent lover
these stories and see the alarm spring
at once into his eyes. The thoughts
of losing her fills him with fear. His
voice grows husky, his hands trem-
BILE. In an instant he has lost his
vivacity. hope. He is downhearted.
His home folks do their best to cheer
him. 1t is useless. Nothing seems
capable of cheering him. II he loses
of winning her entirely He hasn't the
courage to go and see her. He fan
cies no woman will cling to sinking
ship.
He does not believe ne can hold
woman's love for long. In company
of young men and women ne is at his
worst. He is sure that the woman he
loves is comparing him unfavorably
with the rest. This does not make
him feel assured by any means. The
whole trouble with such young man
is he is too modest by far; does not
know his own powers and is, there
fore. faint-hearted.
Every human being has some good
qualities to Offset his backwardness.
tracted by their magnetic personality,
their Difference to the weaker sex.
their kindness, truthfulness. their ef-
forts to please the woman they love
best.
What more manly tribute could any
one pay than this? They are true as
steel to sweetheart or wife. They are
not flirting with other girls or trying
to arouse the demon of jealousy in the
heart that beats for them alone. The
lover who is wont to be downhearted
over trifles is the exact opposite Of
the self-assured, overconfident lover.
There is the difference OF heart be-
tween them. The difident lover is the
one who has 1t beating in his bosom.
The downhearted lover wastes years
unnecessarily in repining over trifles
"a falling out with his sweetheart. A
girl who has such lover should do
her best to win him away from this
state by doing everything to lift his
cares-never to add one.
II Is a misfortune to give way to
the blues. The man who shakes OF
downheartedness, and smiles, even by
superhuman effort, in the face OF dis
couragement is sure to win out in the
long run. Women admire = cour-
ageous. hopeful man. There are those
who consider a downhearted lover .
poor stick to lean upon.
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-18
LauraJeanL.ibbeu's
Talks on
Heart Topics
(Cepyshi. 1914. By the Mcclure Nswspapsr Syase.,.l
MEN WHO EXPECT TOO MUCH
FROM MATRIMONY.

A lamp alight. a rose abloom, and you
Make home for me whereer God puts us
two.
No hut SO squalid but 1t would suffice;
No battlemented castle. grim and stout,
Too cold to hold my little paradise,
Or, holding that, could bar contentment
out.
The girl who weds a very young
man has the matrimonial reins in her
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-18
Ever Happen to You2

Bill-It is said there are 925 sepa,
rate operations in the manufacture OF
watch that sells for dollar.
.Jill-Well there are more than
that when one has stopped and fell
low is trying to make it go.
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-18

Honest. now, did you ever see any
body take the advice you offered?--
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-18
DoWNHEARTED LOVERS.

Oh the years we waste. and the tears we
waste,
And the work of our heart and hand,
Belong to the woman who did not know
And did not understand
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-18


were too small. and there was too
much human grist for him to fear a
strike
AT the mill door, as the man en-.
tered, he saw crowd assembled
about little girl-Nettie by name.
Oddly enough, the ragged. emaciate5
figure revived those memories again.
or whom did the child remind, him
There had been little girl, long
ago. flesh of his flesh. blood of his
blood.
THE child was bleeding from the
mouth. and the men we're trying to
stanch the flow. The lint had got into
her lungs, too. 1t was always the lint,
the lint-he breathed heavily, for the
air seemed full of 1t. And Nettie's
face had set him to remembering
who was It? Alice! Why should she
make him think of Alice?
He rushed out of the place and into
his Office He sat down at his desk.
His coat sleeve overturned bottle of
red ink. which widened upon the table
into pool, and dripped down. just
as the blood. =.
He leaped to his feet. now over.
come with horror. He stared about
him. At the door woman beat with
her clenched fists. They were trying
to keep her out. She flung them aside
and stood before him. raving, half.
demented woman, with hate In her
The Detroit times., 1915-03-02
FEDERAL GRAND
JURY rs DRAWN

The March panel OF the federal
grand jury convenes Thursday. The
jury will hear evidence in several
important white slave cases. Fob
lowing are the names OF the jurors:
Aspah T. Allen, No. AZ Jayrsts, Bat
tie Creek: Charles Campbell. rural
route No. 4, Yysilanti; Edward j..
Elsie, Iapeer: j.. s. Evans. Coidwa-
ter: Charles 3. Farnsham. Jackson:
william Green, No. 500 Lansing-ave..
Detroit; II. @. Ketchum. Cohoctah;
John J. Lodge. No. Geo Seyburn-ave..
Detroit; John Long. rural route. Mil
ford Frank J. Martin. No. ia Pal
lister-ave., Detroit: John Neddermey-
er, Fair Haven; Dewitt J. ostrander.
rural route, Milan; Samuel J. Rap
paport. Adrian; Thomas +. Richard
son, Port Huron; Joseph l., Royce.
No. ass Campbell-ave.. Detroit: Rob
ert J. Scott, Brown City: Burr M.
Spaulding. No. As Beresford-ave..
Highland Park: William @. Thomp-
son, Petersburg; Martin Tochey.
Leslie: Enoch T. White. I4apeer:
Mott Wilcox, Howell; John r. Vol
ston. No. SO Kenilworth-aye.. De-
troit, and Jacob J. Zoeb. Bath.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-02
CLUB PLANNED;
BENEFIT PUBLIC

FAIRFIELD. Conn, March Ito
enable the Fairfield Country club to
charge $1,000 entrance fee, bill has
been favorably reported to the state
legislature by the committee on In
corporations. And 1t is intended to
have dues in proportion to the en-
trance fee. Yet the promoters at a
hearing In Hartford denied that IL
was to be an exclusive club for the
benefit OF millionaires.
Winthrop s. Perry. who represent.
ed the club. claimed that IL was 10
be a public benefactor. He said that
the wealthy New York and local res
idents OF Sasco Hill with penchant
for golf had plan to make Fair.
field the garden spot OF New Eng.
land. and II would make the rest OF
the United States Jealous.
The promoters OF the club have
The Detroit times., 1915-03-02
SEEK TREASURE
IN ERIE CANAL

ROCHESTER,, n, Y. March D.
Before water Is let into the Erie ca
nal near Palmyra, in May. the Hor-
ace Van Sandtvoort Company Of
Rondout viii ask permission to send
steam dredge to a point near
Plttsford, to dig up muck on the bot
tom for $4,000 in gold. lost from
the good scow Bridget Finnegan In
1893.
The Finnegan struck a rock and
sank after turning turtle, and the
captains savings we're buried under
wreckage at the bottom. He spent
SIX months vainly trying to recover
the money.
Horace Van Sandtvoort r. 80 years
old. The son OF the captain OF the
lost Finnegan gave him the exact
position OF the sunken boat and, un-
der an agreement. VIII get half OF
the treasure II II is recovered.
II Is believed that the work will
take only day or two N q powerful
dredee can be brought 70 the proper
spoe
The Detroit times., 1915-03-02
From the University OF HardKnocks
American Magazine for March.

the Courcns' judgmcn, seemed to be
working unerringly.
Now the romantic phase OF these
recent public activities OF Citizen
Couzens Is the balancing OF the
judgment account In the ledger OF
his remarkable business career. For
be II known that. less than a score
| OF years ago. when young .Couzens
| The has just turned 40) was check
ing cars on the Michigan Central
railroad. he was upon two separate
and unforgetable occasions discip-
lined for using poor Judgment"
They we're not exactly heinous Of
fcnses-some such matter as falling
to get a car Of fruit on a frosty
morning from where II was to where
II wasn't, and allowing car to
travel back to Chicago without con.
tanning as much as an American
] tramp.
Subsequent events have suggested
that he must have shipped all OF n
poor judgment In that empty" that
he checked back to Chicago.
T! In 1897. just IL years after he fol-
lowed In the footsteps Of the sleep
less Edison by leaving his home at
! Chatham. Ont, to serve the passen-
gers on the Huron q Erie railroad
with such refreshments as bananas
and newspapers. he took up book.
keeping In n coal once. But you
couldn't confine an aspiring. quiet.
hammered young Canadian. who held
degree from the University OF
Hard Knocks. In coal once.
( lie was one OF the nrst to hear
the golden honk-honk OF the coming
automobile miracle and he left the
! coal business in 1908 TO help organ
lie the largest company and to de-
vclop In many ways the most p
iductive plant In the world, Of which
i he is vice-president and general man
ager.
/ He IA also the president Of one
Detroit bank and director In two 9th
ers and a trust company, which
keeps him on speaking terms with
his own accumulations.
/ But his real passion r. 10 serve
the city. He got under two Of the
weightiest responsibilities that any
citizen could possibly shoulder in the
spirit OF large service and sacrifice
the energizing Of Detroits great
commercial organization and the
task OF making Detroit the first Am
erican example OF municipalized
street railways.
lie followed precedent In laying
down the duties OF president OF the
Board of Commerce. at the end OF
his first one-year term. but he con.
times on the street railway commits
sisn. which IL now having en- ap-
lpralsal Of the traction property made
To form the basis Of purchase nego.
tiations.
Wherefore, 4 question that comes
naturally to the lips OF all who looh
The Detroit times., 1915-03-02

1000 horses, but today the Ameri-
can Ice Company has only ten plants
in Maine, OF which eight are on the
Kennebec. one OF the Penobscot and
one at Boothbay. OF total capacity
OF about 100000 tons. The work OF
filing these houses can be done by
700 or 500 men and 200 horses. The
Penobscot river alone has yielded
more than 100000 tons In a season.
and the Kennebec river crop In the
flush days OF the industry yielded
upward OF 100000 tons.
when the so.called ice trust was
formed, however. operations were
transferred almost entirely to the
Hudson, Maine bein resorted 10 only
in seasons of extreme scarcity In
New York. and the Maine ice houses
were allowed to fall into decay. The
capacity of the ice houses that arc
left aggregates only about 100000
tons.
This has been a mild winter In
Maine, and the fec, although OF very
fine quality, is only about nine to
IL inches thick on the Kennebec
and 10 to IA inches on the Penob-
scot.