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The Ely miner., 1919-06-13
Muskrat Stops Train.

The marshes around the Boston &
Maine railroad yards in Boston are
full Of muskrats. Charley Brown, a
yard brakeman, has been realizing over
500 season since the war by shoot
ing rats on his spare time and selling
the fur, which now commands q high
price.
, Brown has been known to shoot a
muskrat from the top of a moving
freight car with rifle.
A short time ago a muskrat tied up
the interlocking switch system at sig.
nal tower c. The big rat crawled into
the switchpoints to eat out the grease
used to lubricate the switches Just as
the lever man in the tower, tried to
close the switch for fast express pas
senger train.
The rat had wedged in so close the
switch wouldn't close and the plant
was tied up. The mechanic found the
rat wedged into the points and crushed
into mass of fur and flesh.
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the next day. A month later and he
was shoveling coal on the steep grades
of Wyoming.
Marshall keeps his men with him y
The engineers glance travelled around
the f1eckless Office. A stranger to Mar
shall would get wrong idea OF the
man who worked in it Those precise
files, the desk, orderly and polished,
the cleaning linoleum-and then the
man who made the negro janitOr's life
a proud burden His clothes always
rumpled-spots, too, unless his Clau-
dia had had a chance at them! Black
string tie askew, all the outward Wis
ible signs Of the southern gentleman
of assured ancestry. Not even valet
would ever keep Tod Marshall up to
the standard of that Office. What did
he have servants for, he had demand
ed of Rickard, If it were not to jump
after him, picking up the loose ends
he dropped? ,..r ......r r.
Curious thing, magnetism. That
mans step on the stair, and every
man-jack of them would jump to at
tention, from Ben, the colored janitor,
who would not swap his post for a 81
necure so long as Tod MashalPs one
lung kept him in Arizona, to Smythe,
the stoop-shouldered clerk, who had
followed Marshall's cough from San
Francisco. 1t was said in Arizona
he himself had met the statement in
Tucson-that any man who had ever
worked for Tod Marshall would rather
be warmed by the reflection of his
greatness than be given posts Of per-
sonal distinction.
Was it Office routine Marshall In
tended him for? He admired without
stint Tod Marshall, but he preferred
to work by the side of the other kind,
the strong men, without physical han
dicap, the men who take risks, the
men who live the life of soldiers. That
was the life he wanted. He would
wait long enough to get Marshall's in
tention, and then, If it meant-this |!
he would break loose. He would go
back to the front where he belonged
back to the firing line.
AS the hands of the round clock in
the outer Office were pointing to ten
the door opened and Marshall entered.
His clothes, of indefinite blackish hue,
would have disgraced an eastern man.
His string tie had starboard list,
and his hat was ready for rummage
sale. But few would have looked at
his clothes. The latent energy Of the
dynamic spirit that would frequently
turn that quiet Office into a mael-
strom cleaned in those Indian-black
eyes. Beneath the shabby cloth one
suspected the daily polished skin; un-
der the old slouch hat was the mouth
of purpose, the lips that no woman,
even his Claudia, had kissed without
the thrill of fear. .... ....ss
Marshall glanced back at the clock,
and then toward his visitor. g.
"On time!" he observed.
Rickard, smiling, put his book in
his pocket.
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an honor to be picked out by you for
such a piece of work. I'd like tor
but can't"
The president Of railroads, who
knew men, had been watching the
play Of feature. 'Take your time," he
said. 'Don't answer too hastily. Take
your time."
He was playing the fool, or worse,
before Marshall, whom he respected,
whose partisanship meant SO much.
But he couldn't help it. He couldn't
tell that story-he knew that Marshall
would brush 1t aside as a child's cpl
sode. He couldn't make it clear to
the man whose stare was balancing
him why he could not oust Tom Har-
din.
"Is it personal reason" Mar
shall's gaze had returned to his ring
making.
Rickard. admitted 1t was personal.
'Then don't accept it. I wouldn't
be your friend If didn't advise you
to disregard the little thing, to take
The Ely miner., 1919-06-13
CHAPTER II.
A Bit of Oratory,

Marshall threw his hat on q chair,
the morning paper on his desk. He
aimed his burned-out cigar at the near
est cuspidor, but it fell foul, the ashes
scattering over Sans lately secured
linoleum. Instantly there was appear
ance Of settled disorder. Marshall
emptied his pockets of loose papers,
spreading them out on his flat-top
desk.
"Sit down."
Rickard took the chair at the other
side of the desk. E.
Marshall rang bell. Instantly the
shirt-sleeved clerk entered.
81 shall not see anyone" the chief
announced. 81 don't want to be inter-
rupted. Take these to Smythe."
His eyes followed the shutting of
the door, then turned square upon
Rickard. II need you. It's a HI of
messw
The engineer wanted to know what
kind of "mess" it was.
'That river. It's running away from
them. I'm going to send you down. to
stop it."
"The Coloradow exclaimed Rickard.
1t was no hose to be turned, simply,
off from garden bed.
"Of course you've been following it?
It's one of the biggest things that's
happened in this part Of the world.
Too big for the men who have been
trying to swing it. You've followed
it?"
"Yes." Queer coincidence, reading
that report just now! 'T've not been
there. But the engineering papers
used to get to me in Mexico. I've
read all the reports
His superiofs question was unchar-
acteristically superfluous. Who had
not read with thrilled nerves Of that
wild river which men had been trying
to put under work harness? Who,
even among the stay-at-homes, had not
followed the newspaper stories of the
failure to make meek servant and
water carrier of the Colorado, that
wild steed Of mountain and desert ?
What engineer, no matter how remote,
would not follow" that spectacular
struggle between men and Titans?
"Going to send me to Saltonf' he
inquired. The railroad had been kept
jumping to keep its feet dry. His
job to be by that inland sea which
last year had been desertl
"No. Brainerd Is there. He can
manage the tracks. I am going to
send you down to the break"
Rickard did not answer. He felt
the questioning eyes Of his chief.
The break-where those Hardins
were-how in thunder was he going
to get out Of that, and save his skin?
Marshall liked his own way
'We'n consider it settled, then"
"Who's in charge there?" Rickard
was only gaining time. He thought
he knew the name he would hear.
Marshall's first word surprised him.
''No one. Up to. few months ago
it was Hardin, Tom Hardin. He was
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depend on me, it's as good as settled
that am buried in Tucsonw Hadn't
he heard Marshall himself say that he
didn't keep q kindergarten-that his
office wasn't a training school for
men!" He wanted his men to stay |!
That, one of the reasons Of the great
mans power; detail rested on the
shoulders of his employees. 1t kept
his own brain clear, receptive to big
achievements.
Perhaps as the work unrolls, as I
see more Of what he wants of me, why
he wants me, may like 1t, I may get
to shout for Tucson!" 1t was impos-
sible enough to smile over! Child's
work, compared to Mexico.
The distinction of serving Marshall
well certainly had its drawbacks. He
wanted to sweep on. Whether he had
definite terminal, a concrete goal,
had he ever stopped to think? Spe-
cialization had always a fascination
for him. 1t was that which had
thrown him out Of his instructorship
into the firebox of western engine.
1t had, governed his course at college
to know one thing well, and then to
prove that he knew it well! Content
ed in the Mexican barracks, here he
was chafing, restive, after a few
weeks of Tucson. For what was he
getting here? Adding what scrap of
experience to the rounding of his pro-
ression?
Retrospectively engineering could
hardly be said to be the work of his
choice. Rather had it appeared to
choose him. From boyhood engineers
had always been, to him, the soldiers
of modern civilization. To CONQUER
and subdue mountains, to shackle wild
rivers, to suspend trestles over dizzy
heights, to throw the tracks of an ad-
vancing civilization along a newly
blazed trail, there would always be a
thrill in it for him. It had changed
! the best quarterback of his high school
into the primmest Of students at COL
lege. Only for short time had he let
his vanity sidetrack him, when the
honor Of teaching what he had learned
stopped his own progress. A rut =
He remembered the day when it had
burst on him, the realization of the
rut he was in. He could see his Law
renee schoolroom, could see yet the
face under the red-haired mop belong
| ing to Jerry Matson-queer he remem-
bered the name after all those years
He could picture the look of conster-
nation when he threw down his book
and announced his desertiOn.
| He had handed In his resignation
The Ely miner., 1919-06-13
Fish Leathers a Success.

The bureau of fisheries has received
a sample lot Of leather made from the
skins of aquatic animals, including ray,
shark, sturgeon, paddlefish and por-
poise. 1t has received also articles
made from such feathers, including
mems, women's and children's shoes.
as we'll as a belt, wallet, portfolio,
brief case, etc. The manufacturers
have established stations on the South
Atlantic and Gulf coasts where sup
plies of raw material are obtained, and
are producing from such sources a
very high grade Of leather. suitable for
nearly every purpose for which leather
Is used. .G8 alG
The Ely miner., 1919-06-13
The Rabbit Skin industry.

Rabbit skins from Australia and
New Zealand were among the largest
offerings in the recent international
fur auction at st. Louis. Half a mill
lion pounds Of Australian skins and
50. 900 pounds from New Zealand were
sold for total of $335,O0O. Prices ad-
vanced 25 per cent over quotations
last January, according to the official
market announcement. The largest
lots went to hatters and felt manufac.
turers. .L
The Ely miner., 1919-06-13
When Man and Nature CIashed.

II short time that the whole nation was thrilled by
strength
against seemingly The Great
tricky Colorado river for
threatened
oveem the rich Imperial valley of southern California In last
curbed
daughter that
thrilling
of the outofdoors strong who
that will
The Ely miner., 1919-06-13
Hard to Catch.

"Waydown," a comedian in a col
ored regiment, was asked when he re-
ceived his discharge if he would enlist
in case of another war. His reply
was, "Boy, If this mans country gets
into another war they is gona be two
men missing-this niger and the man
what's chasing him."
The Ely miner., 1919-06-13
Good and Bad Men.

Good men can easily see through
bad men, but bad men can't always
see through good men. Perhaps it's be
cause there's no goodness in the bad
man that the good man. can see
through him, and because there is in
the good man that the bad man can't
see through him
The Ely miner., 1919-06-13
Why Prisoner Stands.

Judge-You are standing the fifth
time before me- Jgco e
Guilty-Not my fault. s9f5
Judge-Well, whose fault2 4s3
Guilty--Your fault, because every
time I'm here you don't ask me to sit
iown.--London Answers.
The Ely miner., 1919-06-13

then that he ran over into Mexico,
so as to get better gradient for his
canal, and made his cut there. You
know the rest. 1t ran away from him.
1t made the Salton sea-"
did he ever give you any reason, :"
frowned Rickard reminiscently. "any
reasonable reason why he made that
cut without any head gateY' a !.
mo money J" shrugged Marshall
getting out another cigar. 81 told you
The Ely miner., 1919-06-13

Rickard "goes in" and as he
goes he begins to comprehend
something of the difficulties Of
the job that he has undertaken.
He learns why the valley dis
trusts the D. r., as the valley
calls the company which Hardin
fathered and which peopIed the
desert. "Go in" with Rickard
in the next instaIIment. !
The Ely miner., 1919-06-13
Virtue Can Be oyerdone.

Selflessness and complaisance are
beautiful virtues, but do not forget
that virtue carried to excess may be-
come the most irritating and dinlcuit
Of faflings.
The Ely miner., 1919-06-13
Telephone Trouble.

'Drat It all"
"What now?" !N tsg9ts
"Just took me ten minutes to get the
wrong number, that's all."-Louisvilis
COURIER Journal.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-11-11

Charlie Williams, a negro messen- ger, who was arrested at Fairbanks with eleven bottles of liquor in his possession, was found not guilty by jury. Williams plea was that he was simply carrying on his business as messenger, and did not know the pack age contained booze.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-11-11

Join the Red Cross army. NO age limit Everybody from one to one hundred is eligible.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-11-11

We always have supply or pasteurized sweet milk and cream on hand. Also buttermilk and Bulgarian buttermilk. City Dairy. Phone 1S7.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-23
"BOISHEVTSM ON TRIAL"

The timeliest picture ever screened is Select Pictures great special at traction, "Bolshevism On Trial" which comes to the Palace theayter on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. It is a story about the biggest problem with which America is a present con- fronted. Russia, now bleeding and helpless, was attacked by this demon. Several attempts have been made to attack America, but she has been suc- cessful in warding off it cruel blows. The future of our nation depends upon the solving of this great problem how to keep this treacherous animal -Bolsh hevisn-from our doors.
 "Bolshevism On Triar' gives you a keen insight into the nature of the Bolshevist; his greed, his treachery and his vile attacks. It does not op- pose socialism-the government rec ognizes socialism-but it shows how socialism could be turned into bolshe- vism, with all its attendant horrors and lust. "Bolshevism On Trial" is not a propaganda picture but a swift. ly moving drama containing a delight. l full love story. It provides a lesson ! as well as amusement.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-23
LYCEUM THEATER.

The crowded houses at the Lyceum yesterday to witness the farewell bilP' only goes to prove the city wide approval of the fine quality of the mammoth five act vaudeville bill, which the Lyceum is presenting this last week. "A Holiday in Dixieland' met with popular approval and scored a tremendous hit. Marie and com pany as "The Immigrants,' offer a fine comedy act. Harmon and Nc Manus present a clever comedy sing ing and talking offering; Swift and Daley have a very nice musical act that is not lacking in comedy and Bert Draper scores a hit in his comedy talking act.
 Tonight Mae Marsh will be seen for the last time in ''The Bondage of Bar bera'. One of the most charming sstories of the screen presenting the favorite star in a decidedly new role that is very clever and holds a dis tinct heart appeal. The other feature, ''The Poppy Girl,'' starring William $. Hart will be shown tom orrow as we'll as tonight. The plot of this most amazing photoplay concerns a man who is jailed for ten years, but Wno never loses his love for the wife he left behind. He emerges from pr1soh to find she has married another lie seeks his little son and without lettlng the child suspect his identity, plays with him in a park and learns to 1or- get the hatred he has conceived III ms new found love. Then he learns ne is being framed by the man who sen him to prison before and afterward married his wife. He escapes ana goes to punish the faithless woman. He plans to brand her indeIbly ana mar her beauty forever. But the boy cries out in the night and the love surges back. Silently he takes the
New Britain herald., 1919-05-23
FOX'S THEATFIR.

Theda Bara, the brilliant Fox star'
 in ''The Sirens Song,' is the attrho-
 ton at Fox's tonight, with the third
 chapter of The Tigers Trail anu
 high class vaudeville bill.
 'The Sirens Song' is a powerful dramatic picture that tells in new way the story of the eternal struggle
 of woman's love and sacrifice. MISS
 liara Dortrays a little girl of Brlt-
 tany, who is brought up in an en-
 vironment of religious severity. ie shatters her love romance with divinity student, and makes her gut or song a source of sorrow to het' Eventually, by dint of a heart-breah Ing struggle, she becomes a hotou prima donna. Regardless of conven~ ton, she falls in love with anofher' When her minister lover returns. he forces her to renounce the joys ot living. After she has made this au~ premo sacrifice. she learns that the
 minister is a hypocrite and tnat her spiritual regeneration made her pltnd to her true love-tho man she sent ' away. The Sirens Song" is te~
 markable drama, which offers Miss Bara exceptional opportnntty 60 eA~ hibit her great versatility. Episode No. 3 of The Tigers Trall, with
 Ruth Roland and George lssrAtn, continues the thrilling adventures of Belle Boyd, and the various predtca-
 ments she becomes entangled in. in cidental to the pursuit of ''The Tiger IdoI," Mutt and Jeff and the latest Pathe News complete the film enter tainment. Fox's vaudeville consists of Vento, the Handcuff King, who
 mystifies his audience by the speed
 and dexterity in which he escapes
 from both handcuffs and strait jacket. His escapes from the latter, a regu-
 lation affair, leather bound and cop-
 per rivetted, in two minutes and ten seconds. Another astonishing exht-
 bition, is one which he allows his
 hands to be securely lashed together
 behind his back, then tied to a stout
 chair, and covered with a bag. He also escapes from this uncomforta ble
 contrivance in seemingly impossible
 time. Matthews and Harris in a neat
 singing and dancing offering Bann
 and Daly, in 8 comedy singing and
 talking act, and the Five Williams,
 an aggregation of marvellous tum-
 blers, whose exhibition is really won
 derful.
 Monday brings the greatest musical
 act ever offered in New Britain when the jazz band of the 27th division, the same aggregation of musicians that caused such furore in Paris when they introduced the first synco-
 pated music in the French capital.
 They also had the honor of being the first musicians to play at the opening of the peace conference and were warmly endorsed by Premier Clemen- ceau and President Wilson. They are guaranteed to make as big a hit as the sailors did at Fox's two weeks ago.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-23
FABRICS FOR SUMMER WEAR.
(By Bettie Brownl


 Just as soon as the fever of "house- cleaning" is banished from the femi- nine mind by the process of "working 1t off, the aforementioned mind turns promptly to the business and pleasure of assembling the deliciously cool and frllly summer wardrobe.
 NOW is the time to shop for the delicate fabrics that clothe us with summer charm and comfort-but before sallying forth with purse and shopping list it is well to prepare the mind with fore-knowledge of whats what in fashionable fabrics, for bless you, even materials hav9 their seasons of popularity, and who would wish to wear chambray when all other persons appear in organdie?
 For instance, ladies, it is we'll recognized in the smartest shops of the largest cities that the fabrics which are essentially THE choice this season of 1919 are, in their order, organdie, ginghams and cha1lis,
 If the purse is full, and the seam stress skillfu1. choose one of each material and be sure you're right but if only one may be had buy organdie!
 All the familiar pastel shades are
 
 gorgeous new futurist designs and colors.
 When the frock is all of organdie it should be ruffled from collar to hem-or if allowed a few inches of straight lines it should at least be much frilled with rows of tiny ruffles about the low cut neck and the hem, or the skirt should be a. l whole series of ruffled aprons of varied size. Also the sleeve should be short-quite above the elbow-a mere puff, with three frillsl And | even Organdie may have it's touch of 1 wool embroidery in tiny dots or | flowers. One of the joys of the or gandie frock is that it suits itself to either afternoon or evening social affairs-it's always good form.
 Combined with chintz, voile, and gingham and even silk, organdie is still the fabric keynote of 1919.
 After organdie comes gingham very very plaid and very gay, and up in the world as to price. Simply 1 made and combined with handker- chief linen or organdie the ging, hams are chic indeed. Some of th4 best New York offers have round necks, kimona sleeves and tht seams, from neck to hem coarsely whipped in gay colored worsred, witt knitted nosegay in brilliant hue blooming on the girdle!
 Then challis! Quite wonderful, popular in this quaint fabric of ligh wool texture, and equally becoming are it's odd old fashionel printe. patterns, and soft colors. It combine charmingly with organdie or taffeta The all-over patterns of chalIls an, ,he color render much ornamentatir, 3 superf1uity. Good lines, soluo dis tinctive buttons and a sash are al that is required to achieve srnartnest
New Britain herald., 1919-05-23

anything that savored of mystery which had flashed into my nina ana sponsored the theory l had Just voiced
 Why, of courseH' she exclaimed delightedly. How stupid of mo not to have thought of it before. I'll be mighty careful after this to keep out of his way myself, and to see that that ape of a girl doesn't bother him by snooping around. Her curiosity will be the death of her some day"
 She pondered for a long moment, then looked up at me wistfully.
 Tt wouldn't do, would it, Margaret, for me to hint to him that l would like to help him if I could in any thing he's doing?"
 m afraid not" I hesitated, "but 1 can promise you this, if he says any thing to me concerning 1t I will tell him Of your willingness and ability to help. But unless he says som ething himself l wouldn't dare question him. The best way we can help him is to keep out of his way as you suggest"
 "Of course" she acquiesced prompt ly, and so we'll did she fulfill her part of the bargain that my father was left absolutely without espionage on the part of any one.
 What summons or message he re- ceived, whether by phone or letter, I don't know. But that he had been given some unpleasant shock I knew from his manner, his hurt, humfliat- ed face, when week later he hesi- tat1ngly put @ startling query to me.
 Daughter have you cashed that check I gave you?'
New Britain herald., 1919-05-23

There's triple purpose in this years Decoration Day observance-thc heroes of three wars-the Civil - the Spanish and the great World war. You'll want "Dress Tp' for the occasion. $ and take advantage of our EASY WEEKLY PAYMENTS.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-23

We Call Especial Atten- ton to Our Shoe Dept. Which offers all the Newest Styles in Shoes and Oxfords, Men, and Children Simply Say "Charge It."
New Britain herald., 1919-05-23

headed by Henry E. Walthall in "Modern Husbands" The virile act ing of this dramatic star was never more compelling. By many it Is con- sidered his greatest work since "The Birth of a Naton.'' As Duane, the man of high standing, he is the vic tim of the love pirates who wreck his home and business. The odd twist that the story takes whereby every
 thing is restored to him coupled with
New Britain herald., 1919-05-23

his exceptional work makes this an unusual picture. The added feature will be May Allison in a new Metro production Castles in the Air. " There will also be the big array of smaller reels. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will see "Bolshevism on Trial" the timely sensational picture, and another chapter of "The Red Glove in addition to an entire change of the vaudeville program.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-23

dance. Caesar and his dog also did an amazing act that scored. Mary MacLaren in "The Amazing Wife" was the picture hit. Another chapter of "The Liberator" with Maciste was also seen as was new kinOgram Weekly. The entire show will be re- peated tonight and tomorrow, with
 two complete vaudeville shows to- morrow night. On Sunday night an other big program will be offered,