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MAKE HOME PLEASANT FOR
HUBBY.

Then shun the III; and know, my dear,
Kindness and constancy will prove
The only pillars fit to bear
So vast weight as that of love.
A man may have beautiful wife, an
excellent business, fine house, and
yet be without heart mate and have
no home. He loved the woman whom
he led to the altar. putting full faith in
her promises then and there that she
would love, honor and obey him for all
time to come. II 1t transpires that he
has overestimated the depth of wifely
'ove--that clothes, society and ambi-
tion hold greater place in her heart
than her affection for him-he feels
that he has not received the full meas
lre of love which makes married life
complete.
If there is cold atmosphere about
the house, every room Is decked out
for company, and there is not so much
as cubby hole from cellar to garret
that he can call his own-his house
Is no home for him. If he is greeted
by the faces of strangers every time he
enters. and he is Obliged to meet them
at his table every night in the week,
he fesls that he might as well be in
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29

discipline Of the railroad employees,
lack Of cooperation between the men
who worked with their hands and the
men who didn't. So Fagan went on
studying in his little tower and he de-
termined to contribute, in some small
degree at least, to the solution of the
problem of railroad accidents
One day conductor of a freight
train sauntered into the signal tower
and in an offhand way asked Pagan
for train order. While Pagan worked
the telegraph keys with his bony,
weatherbeaten hands and waited for
the return clicks that would be an or.
der from the train dispatcher, the con-
ductor signed the blank.
Pagan picked up the blank and
looked at it.
Where is your engineman's sigma
ture?' he asked, hSnding back the slip
you know there is rule that these
orders must be signed by the conduc-
tor and the engineman of the train"
The conductor explained that the
ruling that called for the two sigma
lures was a dead letter.
Dead letter or not" said Fagan,
nerved by the knowledge that he was
doing his little share in preventing
useless accidents, 81 will not give the
order till have your engineman's sig
nature. Not so long ago that trick
killed three trainmen, wrecked two
engines and cost the company some
thing like fifty thousand dollars" He
recalled the particular accident to
which he alluded. you must go back
| for your engineman's signature"
you mean to say that 1 will have to
walk half mile and lose half an hour
in order to get that signature?
snapped the conductor. You are the
| first signalman who ever picked me
up in this way"
But l do demand it, said Pagan
firmly, "and I'll fight to get it." In
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29
Selfish Automobiles.

In an argument about world politics
welt politik-Senator Lodge said the
other day in Boston:
"The morality of too many govern
ments seems as frankly selfish and as
frankly unjust as the man Smithers.
CAS- Smithers, Havana in mouth,
came out of an expensive restaurant
and started to get into his automobile
creditor held him up.
"T tell you what 1t is. Mr.. Smith
ers.' said the creditor, you wouldn't
go riding round in fine automobile
like that If you paid your debts
"Ha,' said Smithers, quite right!
My point of view exactly! Glad to
know you're in agreement with me-
The golf club. Alphonse.'
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29
e.san Saw I. All But HI. Hand. Were TIed

this way and others Pagan established
his reputation as an unusual sort of
signalman and with the railroad en-
ployees he gained little popularity by
his new reputation. Soon they began
to ask about him. who is this man
Fagan?" they would say. And before
long they learned few facts of his
hardworking life.
Fagan's Varied Career.
Fagan-James o. Fagan-was born
and humbly bred in Scotland, where
he went to school, and, through a nat
ural craving. studied all he could learn
about electricity. His first job was as
an. apprentice on board cable-laying
hulk that sailed first to Portugal and
then to the Canary islands and South
America. Then he turned up in South
Africa, where he did some fight
ing, and in 1881 he drifted to New
England, where he got job as teleg-
rapher for the Boston & Lowell rail-
road. Five years later he became
signalman at the - station at West
Cambridge, and there he had been
ever since. earning two dollars and
half day. in return for which
he managed the switches, took and re-
ceived telegraphic orders and commu-
nications and watched the rails.
About six years ago, several years
after he had made up his mind to
study the question of preventable ac-
cidents and after he had done great
deal of thinking, he climbed down
from his tower for day off. He went
to Boston and made straight tracks
for the editorial Office of one of the
biggest. most conservative of monthly
magazines.
Pagan hadn't dressed up for the oc-
casion, and he looked gaunt and
trifie unkempt when he asked to see
the editor. But he managed to get an
interview. A half hour later he left
the office of the magazine with the
order for an article dealing with the
problem OF accidents on the railroads
Of America and suggestions for their
prevention.
Pagan went back to his tower and
continued to watch trains and operate
telegraph keys and throw the switches
as conscientiously as ever. but at
night when his duties were over he
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29
cLINeINe TO A BROKEN STICK.


To suffer woes which hope thinks infinite;
To forgive wrongs darker than death or
night;
To love and bear; to hope till hope creates
From its own wreck the thing 1t con-
templates
Neither to change. to falter or repent;
This alone is victory.
A girl with ordinary good sense
ought to make very clear guess as
to how the man who has courted her
and asked her hand in marriage
should turn out. If he is an energetic
young man, making a confidant of
her as to his business plans and his
ambitions, as to the future, If he is
possessed Of that splendid, sterling
habit of saving part of each weeks
salary, dresses moderately within his
means, is kind and considerate of her.
anxious to give her the pleasure out
ings that his purse can afford, she
may be sure that she is getting a
jewel when she marries him.
On the other hand, II he is a good.
natured, happy-go-lucky. "come-day,
go-day, the deviltake-care-of-Sunday"
sort of fellow. who wasn't averse tc
shirking work whenever he could and
didn't trouble himself about accumu'
lating and. as long as he was provided
for today. wouldn't bother his head
over the anticipated troubles of to
morrow or make any provision to
warding them off, her judgment might
tell her she would have sorry enough
life Of it IL he took her to the altar.
The more clever the girl the more
ap. she is to take it for granted that
every man is destined to prosper II
he has some ability. There never was
greater mistake.
A man may have great ability, but
IL he hasn't push to start the ball of
success rolling he Is a tagging run
ner who will soon be out of the race
for fortune winning. No woman can
live on q mans promises to make good
or that he Is going to turn over a new
leaf. That won't keep the pot
a-boiling, fill hungry mouths or drive
want from the door. Some men can
save enough from SIS week to make
their first start in life. Others never
know how to economiZe on double
that amount. II a mnn has the drink.
ing habit and she has not influence
enough to cause him to break from 1t,
it is dangerous signal which she
obstinately shuts her eyes against and
will not see. II he has a tendency
toward flirting with pretty girls that's
another danger signal He might as
well proclaim to the world that he is
not satisfied with her, but is on the
lookout for a newer fame to kindle In
his stagnant heart There is sensible
loving and foolish loving. The girl
who deliberately weds broken stick
should realize 1t is but little avail to
complain. Girls should do a good deal
Of thinking while they are single and
allow their head to have some say SO
In deciding their future, not leave It
all to their impulsive hearts. II a man
will not change his ways for loves
sake before marriage, she can depend
upon 1t he is not apt to do it after the
knot Is tied.
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29

away from him and must sit close.
He can have her all to himself, with
out the annoyance of having a third
party about. Her cousins and her
aunts cannot expect an invitation to
accompany him as his cutter holds but
two and, perforce, they must sit snugly
together at that. What delight to
whirl over the country road, with the
air just keen enough to bring the roses
to their cheeks and to exhilarate their
spirits! Even the horse is on his met
tie and fairly flies over the crisp
ground. No young man who has a
sleigh or can rig up anything on run
ners to look like one would miss
his sleigh ride with his dearie on a
bright, starry, moonlight night.
OF course, the young men are ex-
pected to pay strict attention to their
frisky steeds. If. perchance, they for
get and Cupid slyly steals the reins
from their grasp for moment, there's
pretty apt to be a spill-out. Couples
who race by shout with laughter. They
guess, intuitively, by their own expe-
rience, that Dobbin must have gotten
away while his master was popping
the question to the fair one by his
side. For how could he pay strict at
tention to the maiden and to guiding
reins the same time?
1t is an odd fact that more proposals
of marriage have taken place while
sleigh riding than on any other occa-
sion. 1t seems the most natural thing
in the world for the man to whisper
to the girl SO near him the secret that
he has held SO carefully in his heart,
Il love you'll" and in his next words
to breathe the hope that has been the
one thought of his life. will you be
my wife," If the girl really loves him,
he wins from her that timid confession
and with it the promise that she will
marry him if he can gain the consent
of her loved ones at home.
The girl who goes out sleighing with
prosy young man, who is Indifferent
as to whether the robe is tucked in
about her or II his conversation is in
teresting or not, treating of the wealth
er or the crops he hopes to harvest in
the spring. his business problems. etc..
is not apt to remain out very long with
him. Nor will she be in hurry to ac-
cept another invitation from him to
go sleighing very soon.
Wintry evenings are feeting and
sleighing does not last long. Few girls
want to waste time on the young man
who has no intention of wooing and
wedding. He who lets winter slip by
may fit in summer. Beaux, make
haste in proposing marriage to the girl
you love best while the chance is yours
in dear old sleighing time. Be not like
the young man who could not be with
his sweetheart at sleighing time to ask
her the all-important question. He had
to content himself by writing her:
oh. Love, II you were here
This dreary. weary day,
III your lips. warm and dear.
Found some sweet word to say.
Then hardly would seem drear
These skies of wintry gray.
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29
the camily hotel. He has no privacy,
even at his own fireside.

0VOA dt nl6 OWu AIcblu0.
The wife who brings such discom-
forts upon the man who has married
her has not his interest at heart No
matter how fond man may be for
gathering friends about him and CIV
ing them happy evening, there are
times when he needs the quiet con-
ISOLATION of a home where no stranger
may intrude. If business blow
strikes him unawares, 1t is not to a
group of merrymakers he would go for
cheer and counsel, but to his wife's
side in the home. In such an hour he
would bless and value the companion
ship of a loving woman's presence, one
to whom he was dearer than all the
world beside, one who would feel his
sorrows more deeply than he, take his
hand, stroke his brow fondly while she
whispered words of home to encourage
him and lift the weight of woe from
his heart. A man must feel that his
home is his haven of rest. his wife his
jewel in his casket whose beautiful
light shines only for him. that the
whole world is nothing to her COM
pared to him and his interests. There
should be happy evenings at home,
with just two at their log fire. as in
their counting days. The husband pro-
vides the house, the woman makes the
home.
II she infuses sunshine, comfort and
love into it, the husband will never be
tempted to stray from it and find his
pleasure elsewhere. He has an incen-
tive to work hard and bring not only
comfort and luxuries to the wife, who
would, If need be, sacrifice all her joys
for his sake. When house is divided
against itself there must be grave
reason.
A happy home is heaven on earth.
Few men are wandering from it, delib-
erately, willfully. They can see for
themselves when everything is being
done to make the home nest the dear
est spot. on earth for them. There is
much depends upon the girl a man
chooses to make a happy home life for
him.
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29

falling snow with
a sigh on his lips?
Instead, it brings
a smile and a
warm glow to his
heart. Before him
are visions of
sleigh rides, with
the girl he loves
best sitting by his
side. To the bash
full young man
such a pleasure
means much. He
would never think
Of being SO bold
as to take a seat
by the girl on a
sofa. But in a
sleigh she cannot
be arms length
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29
WOMAN GOULD
NOT SIT UP
Now Does Her Own Work.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Helped Her.
Ironton, Ohio. =" l am enjoying bet
Ter health now than have for twelve

years. When ! be-
gan to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound d I
could not sit up. I
had female troubles
and was very ner-
vous. ! used the
remedies q year and
! can do my work
and for the last eight
m onths / have
W W0rked for nthor
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29
THICK LOVELY HAIR
Because Free From Dandruff, Itching,
Irritation and pryness.

May be brought about by shampoos
with Cuticura Soap preceded by
touches Of Cuticura Ointment to spots
Of dandruff. itching and irritation. A
clean, healthy scalp means good hair.
Try these supercreamy emollients II
you have any hair or scalp trouble.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. KY.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29

thing about the story OF this mans
life. Fagan is still the signalman, and
he still spends his days in the watch
tower at West Cambridge, and he still
earns, aside from what he gets from
his books and articles, at most $3.50
day.
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29
Everything Higher.

The Old Skipper-Don't you come
tellin' me none Of your cock an bull
yarns about waves so feet high Why,
I've been at sea. man an boy, for nigh
on fifty years. and I never saw none
higher than 40.
The Young Sailor-Ah, but see 'ow
things ave growed up since then!-
Punch.
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29

DON'T VISIT THE CALIFOBNIA Ex-
POSITIONS Without a supply Of Aliens Foot
Ease. the ansiseptic powder to be shaken into the
Shoes or dissolved In the foot-bath. Tho Standard
Sief to tired. aching feet and prevents swollen,
hot feet. One lady writes: = enjoyed every minute
u my stay at tho Expositions. thanks to Alen's
Foot-Ease IN my shoes" Get II TODAY Adv
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29
Doubtful.

How is your mother. Tommie?"
She's better. but not 30 better as
she was yesterday"
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29
Fascinated.

Bills she good dancer?
Jill-Well. she looks good to me-
when she dances.
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29

Winter, crown thee king of intimate
delights,
Fireside enjoyments. home-born happi-
ness,
And all the comforts that the lowly roof
OF undisturbed retirement and the hours
or long. uninterrupted evenings know
What man with the bounding blood
of youth in his veins will look upon the
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29
LauraJeanLibbeu's
Talks on
Heart Topics
lcoesdsh.. 1915. b, III. Meoa,. N.wp.D~ s,.se...

PROPOSING WHILE SLEIGH RID.
ING.
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29

To suffer woes which hope thinks infinite;
night;
To love and bear; to hope till hope creates
From its own wreck the thing 1t con-
templates
Neither to change. to faiter or repent;
This alone is victory.
Gilpin observer., 1915-04-29

oh. Love, II you were here
This dreary. weary day,
II your lips. warm and dear.
Found some sweet word to say,
Then hardly would seem drear
These skies of wintry gray.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
YELLOWSTONE PARK OPEN
TO AUTOISTS AUGUST |
Road Through Park VIII he a Link In
TrnnscontinentnIT Trips to the
Sorthuest.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. May with
Yellowstone Park open August to
self-propelled vehicles. II is n certainty
that road travel will greatly increase
TO the Northwest country. Transcon-
nnentalists will be able 10 cover the
YellowEtone circuit; then. continuing
northwestcrly. take In Glacier Park
and reach Seattle through tho new Sno-
qualmie Pass road. Southerly to Port
land will come the opportunity to see
the wonderful Columbia River high
way. San Francisco is. Of course. the
real mecca for the large majority this
summer.
In his recently-issued order. Secre-
iary OF the Interior Lane has accen-
iuated wide awake policy in the di-
rection OF making il possible for Amer
leans to see America first" While IL
is true that state and local automobile
clubs and commercial bodies promptly
followed the suggestion OF President
John A. Wilson Of the American Auto
mobile Association. that they make
clear to the Department OF the Inter
Tor tho quite general desire for the ad-
mission OF motor vehicles into Yellow
stone Fark. II must not be forgotten
that previous secretaries OF the In
teiior had been similarly petitioncd
with very intangible results.
But Secretary Lane took real in
terest in the matter and referred II to
his competent assistant. Stephen T.
Mather. for thorough investigation and
decision. Familiar with the Western
country, though the owner OF farm In
connecticut Mr.. Mather promptly pro-
ceeded TO tho subject and decided upon
the plans necessary to admit OF the in
PRODUCTION OF the modern form OF roads
transportation.
In the Official bulletin from Secre-
tary Lane reference is made TO the ne
cessity OF new telephone lines. check
ing stations. and imposing regulations
which will insure safe use Of park
roads by motor cars as Well as by
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02

WHY'S. This will be our daily out
put mex, year.
AT the present time we are building
800 cars day. The increase in this
years business is 30 per cent over that
OF last year. when We built 1858
Overiands. fully expect that 1916
will sec 100 per cent increase.
Some may think that this Ia OPP
timism. IT is not 1t Is simply try
ing to meet tho demand that already
has been received for future orders
Mr. WHY'S sees nothing ahead but
big things for tn" automobile indus
try. He predicts that tho companies
which did the biggest business during
the present season will have little diff
Guilty In increasing tho volume of their
sales during the coming year.
The automobile manufactures has
reached a point where he finds the re-
newal trade quite n factor i'm his sales"
future Of the industry. Still the gen
cral prosperity OF the country. the de-
velopmcnt of new land by tho farming
interests and the establishment of new
industries in the cities all tend to create
new field of buyers seeking their
first car.
Five years ago stated that the
indications were that 1t would he
merely matter Of time before the
building of tho leading motor cars
MOulu pc nafluisu ny I'VE houses. N'pn-
diti"ns to-day prove that this predic-
ton was true. out of nearly ION motor
car manufacturers. five supply at least
so per cent of the entire American out
put.
These FIVE companies have success
fully held the public pulse. and have
built cars that have given service at a
price in keeping with the public purse.
Five years ago there wcrc over 400
automobile builders Since then the
number has become smaller, while tho
cars have become cheaper and better"
Referring to the remarkable strides
made by his own company, Mr.. WHY'S
declared: Tho Overland factory is to-
day tho second largest producer of au-
tomobiles in the United States. In 1905
tn" total output of Overland cars was
ass To day. In thirty-six hours. we
do as much as we did during the whole
year In 1905
This statement is backed by the
fact that the output OF our factory has
given us first choice OF position at the
New York automobile show for 1913.
1914 and 1918. This means that we
had the second largest output during
these years, tho leading builder not
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02

necr makes rcquisition to the state
prison authorities for such number of
prisoners as he can use effectively. and
tho prison authorities turn over to him
such prisoners as are suitable for the
road work.
The prison commission or board of
control of State institutions is held
responsible for the development of the
convict road work in some nine States
Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michi
gan. Missouri. North Dakota. Oklahoma
and Wisconsin.
State prisoners are turned over to
the county authorities to be worked
on the county roads in Florida, Georgia
and North Carolina and South Caro-
lima. This system Is not approved by
the National Committee on Prisons
and Prison La Dor, which holds that the
state under no circumstances is justi-
fed In delegating the responsibility for
its convict wards to county authori-
I ties.
The system in New York State is
also far from satisfactory, as it divides
the responsibility for the construction
work and maintenance OF the camps
between the State highway department
ana the commissioners of the counties
In which the roads are TO be built. with
| the State superintendent of prisons in
! final authority.
/ In Utah. West Virginia and Wyoming
! the highway department and the pris-
/ on department cooperate in the control
Of this work. Tho prison department
/ is fully responsible for the care and
discipline of the prisoners. while the
road department is called upon TO do
the work which II is equipped to do,
( the building OF roads.
, The National Committee on Prisons
and Prison Labor has found this latter
system essential to the successful de-
velopmcnt OF convict road work The
! prison department Is in position to
] care for the prisoners and to handle
such matters g food, clothing housing
medical attention, the affording OF edu-
cational facilities and recreation The
I highway department cannot he OK
/ pected TO handle these details with the
same knowledge as 10 what conduces
/ 10 the welfare OF the prisoners vet no
} prison com ssion can successfully un-
dertakc the building of roads-the
! work Of the engineering experts
/ Under system where the highway
! department simply hires the prisoners
( from the prison department. paying for
/ their labor the same amount that IL
| would pay for free labor o. the same
| efficiency. the economic and satisfactory
development OF convict road work can
be expected, and will result.