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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-11
We Intend to Stay with tho Bandits to Discover Their Plot

ment. should think you'd better stop
Hooking at 1t as an entertainment, dear
love-"
I'm considering all of 1t. And I'm
wondering II you realize what an i'm
portant discovery you've made Jane.
Probably you do not. You haven't
read an American paper for days.
Neither have l. But Morrison has his
own meh who keep him posted. IA
courier informed Inn, just before his
train left the outlaws cave, that most
I important negotiations are in prog
gress between the countries each side
! of the Rio Grande. The courier re-
ported that the secretary Of state had
that the Washington government was
surprised and incensed' over the ar"
rest of an American consul in Mex
ico."
II see," said. "And II there's go
ing to be serious troub(O-!'m glad
we're here-together."
"Dariing-you're the best sport i
ever saw, for woman. Now-lis-
tent" Bob drew himself up that he
could whisper in my ear IF you'll
stick-no matter what happens-we'll
not make the slightest attempt to get
away from here for some tlme!"
you mean-not until the trouble
between the two countries is settled
whether for peace Or"
Just that" Bob replied, you've
can perhaps do our own country an
enormous service by watching the We
big men who are sending out their
lines from his very hacienda, trying
to start a war;" Morrison reported
that at least ten rich American ranch
ers had been trapped by bands of raid
ers-"and are held for ransom"
"And you think it is mostly to en-
broiI the two cOuntries?"
Bob nodded, then said
81 think we'd better stay right here,
for one thing. Are you with me,
dear?"
when Tn not jealous, I'm always
with you, Bob" | replied with one o!
my incest kisses.
"This little sham of mine is going
10 work out great, my dear. Please
don't be surprised-nor hurt--what-
ever | do For the sake Of doing the
most for Uncle Sam-I'm going 10 be
as | was-for months, you know"
"Shell shocked? No, Bob, no!
can't stand that" Isn't there an
easier way?"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-11

Although the basement seems like
the last place in house to be fussy
about it really should be one Of the
first.
The air of the cellar is drawn
through the whole house. If this air
is filled with dust no amount OF care
and effort in the living rooms Is go
ing to keep them immaculate.
Spelling fruit and vegetables give
off unpleasant odors and an unwhole-
some gas. Any kind of food stored in
the cellar should be looked over fire.
quently and sorted
Whitewash is an effective cleansing
agent to use on cellar walls Lime in
itself is a good disinfectant.
If one is fortunate enough to have
coal in ones cellar a lot of the dirt
can be done away with by pouring
water on it frequently. Not often
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-11

/ teaspoon each cloves. aus
spice, cinnamon.
ia teaspoon ginger.
/ teaspoon grated chocolate.
cup nuts (optional),
Flour to roll.
Dissolve soda in the boiling watt
and combine In the order given Ro
to one-half-lnch thickness sprinlill
with granulated sugar and roll again
Cut with a cookie cutter and bake
a moderate oven.
Round Steak.
round steak cut one-hait
inch thick.
cup flour.
With the dull edge Of pitrcna
knife pound the, flour into first OH
side and then the other otthe stea
Cut In pieces for serving and RON Il
flour. 3Sason with salt and neppe
Brown quickly in a hot frying splh
Cover with boiling water and slime
slowly for IS minutes. II there Il hi
enough gravy left in the pan, ada
little water, and thicken.
The bare necessities OF llfe are &
high that we may OF necessity be bar
OF life.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-11

decided to laugh instead. The idea of
her not wanting orders was amusing,
but Tony was so innocent in his
doubts. She knew that the coming of
the florist into her life meant great
big work and something even bigger
than work. The quiet expression ~
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-11

Bob kissed me as ii to inform me
| that kiss would atone for any diff
Earences between US. 1t did not atone
FOR me. But what was the use OF tell
Ing him so? felt that he wanted to
end our too-rovealing conversation
And l thought that perhaps man is
wiser than woman III wanting to avoid
the discussion OF subject about
which they must forever differ so ire
mendously.
I'VE must plan to get away from this
hacienda, Jane. We'd better speak OF
it now. Who knows when we will be
alone-together again."
Before we talk II over, Bob, must
tell you something awfully queer
Ind important, too. Jim, Jr., dlscov-
cred machine guns-scores OF them
with plenty OF amMunit:on-stored in
collins under the caves of the long
adobe building next the big field. Jim
saw them when he was mendlng a
wing of his airplane-"
Quite forgetting that he was sham
ming stupor, Bob sat up in bed
had to push him back on his pillow
BE careful" pleaded. "lf a ser
want should open that door"
I'D have small chance OF ever get
ting you out Of his hole" Bob muir
INJURED.
"I'm not your most important inter
est in Mexico, Bob" My husband
moved uneasily. "No-I'm not think
ing of the tiger-lady this time, my
dear. I've made discovery which
matches Jim's. have found a great
quantity OF rifles and automatics and
other military stuff which l don't I'M
derstand-maybe hand grenades-all
stored compactly IN an upper gallery
OF the bandits cave!"
IAN upper gallery? SO that's where
Don Manuel and our old friend Ger
tets we're hiding"
| nodded.
Jane Lorimer! Don't you believe
that III ever be tempted to get very
far away from you again. The most
exciting situations I've ever been in
have been invented for me by my
wife! Change is the law of a happy
life--maybe. can get all the change
/ can stand wherever you happen to
be, my dear!"
Talk sense, Bob! Consider the
tension existing between the United
States and Mexico at this very mo-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-11

In China It is the custom to drinls
vines hot. The thirsty Chinese be-
lieve that heated wine lntoxicates
more expeditIOusly than cold wine
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-11

Investigation has shown that iwhers
ever tho labor approximate that Y
men, the death rate Of women rises
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-11

Continues for the benefit of those who have yet purchase
warm, winter ovegarment The extreme pricereductons &
ford savings ud Questioned Importance Furthermore
opportunity Choose practical and servceabe Christmas
Gift economical figure which assures utmost value to both
The recipient and the donor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-08
Woman Sells Fire Engines

"The war accustomed us to women steeple-jacks, women plumbers. women shipbuilders," writes Joan Moody in Everybody's. But here is one more sur prise-Miss Helen Courtney. the first and only woman fire engine salesman. Look ing rather like the ingenue in a musical comedy. she strays into meeting of august city fathers and, murmuring SC mething about centrifugal force and 800 gallons a minute, exits laughing with a $l0,000 order in her bead bag.
 Miss Courtney doesn't rely on intui- ton for her knowledge of the fire engine business. She grew up in the main office or her firm at Columbus, O. Maybe there was trace of feminine vile exhibited in her method of clinching her first sale. She called up each of the Seattle city fathers and asked him to meet her at the council chambers. They were all busy men, but believed that the matter must be of importance since it was to be dis cussed in the council rooms It was an unheard of thing for the whole city coun- cil to knock off work and discuss fire ap- paratus. But Miss Courtney explained her point of view about her engine clearly that seven out of nine of the coun- cilmen voted for the purchase.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-08
THE STARRY SKIES IN JUNE

heavens. Some astronomers think it proo- able that this star is indeed the brightest of all the suns known to us, for, notwith . standing that it shines so brightly in the heavens, it is so distant from us that It is not displaced at all an amount thai can be detected, even when the earth moves in it's great orbit from one side of the sun to the other. One classic de- termination fixed the distance away of this great sun as such that it's light occu- pied POO years in coming to us. but the uficertainty of the computed distance was but little less than the distance itself. Arcturus can hardly be nearer than this, but it may be much farther away. If it is only at this distance away, however, it must equal in brilliance 5000 suns like our own. It would be quite impossible that worlds such as ours is, could exist at the same distance from Arcturus as we are from the sun, for the heat to stroy them. In fact, could our world be placed just midway between Arcturus and the sun, it would receive 5000 times as much light (and probably at least 6000 times as much heaD from the larger star than from our own smaller one. Direct measures show, in fact, that We receive two times as much heat from Arcturus as from the brighter Vega, though this last star is but 2 light years from us. The heat received from Arcturus is about the same as that from a standard can dle placed six miles away. It is indeed remarkable that instruments can be de- vised of sufficient delicacy to measure so small quantity as this.
 But perhaps the most remarkable of all is the fact that Arcturus is drifting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-08

The most striking heavenly object in these early mid summer evenings is the golden Arcturus, which now shines brightly on the meridian, exactly in the south. Below this there is the bluish Spica, while in the southeast the fiery red Antares is just appearing, to remain with us throughout the summer and the. autumn mouths
 All the way along the eastern horizon rom Antares well to the west of the north point we may now see the summer branch of the Milky Way. which on each successive evening is lifted aelittle high CT from the ground, though it will not be until next August that this wonderful golden arch will for the first time pass exactly through our zenith Along this pathway from Scorpio in the south to Cassiopeia in the north many interesting star groups may be found, but these are. nearly all of them, faint. The only two bright ones are the Eagle and the North ern Cross, which last beautiful star figure has now completely entered our evening sky.
 THE JUNE STARS
 The great Arcturus is in many ways the most remarkable star of the entire
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the sun until July IS, however, it will be invisible throughout the month un- less it may be detected during the last few days of June. It will pass the planet to the east of this body and become an evening star on June Il. As it will not attain it's greatest distance east of Mars on the forenoon of June and will be in conjunction with Jupiter at a. m. on June 21. Both of the larger planets are very near the sun on the dates indicated
 Venus. which is so very conspicuous in the west. will continue to withdraw from the suns rays until July ,, when it will attain it's greatest elongation, although it will not reach it's greatest brilliance hfntil August [. But unfor- tunately since May 15 it has also been moving southward among the stars so that it's time of setting will not grow later as the weeks go on. It will, in fact, set three hours and Is minutes after the sun on June l. and this time will diminish to three hours by June 30. On the latter date it will be but 10 degrees above the celestial equator. Throughout the coming two months, however, the planet will be most beautiful object in the telescope. By the end of the month it will be seen to be almost exactly half full, and aft CT this it will change very rapidly in shape to the form of narrow cres- cent
 Mars rises 31 minutes before sum rise on June l and this time is in- creased to one hour and two minutes by June 30. It may be detected just be- fore sunrise toward the latter date, but the planet is far too nearly lost in the suns rays and too far away from the earth to be viewed to advantage, It's distance away is at present 23S, 100000 of miles and on account of the flat
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course of 302 days to no less than the GO magnitude and then becomes just visible to the naked eye. It will thus at tain its greatest brightness this year on August 12. This star, therefore, belongs to the same class as the far brighter Om- icron Ceti, which is now also rapidly ap- preaching maximum. The observer who has never watched the latter remarkable object will this year have an excellent opportunity to do so. although the varia- ble is now unfortunately in the morning sky.
 On June 1, Omicron Ceti rises abou. one hour and 30 minutes before sunrise but this time is increased to nearly four hours by June 30. If. therefore, just before sunrise, the observer will turn to the southeast he will see the conscientious rising which are shown in Figure 2. He should first locate the star at B, and the two quadrilateral Figures, D and F. The variable to be observed is about midway between these two figures and directly below the star at B. ct may be mentioned that the latter star is a remarkable dou- ble system, the brighter star of the pair being described as green and the fainter one as pale blue).
 At first Omicron Ceti Cor Mira), at A, Figure 2, will not be visible except in the telescope, but if it is observed at intervals 1t will be seen to be grow ing perceptibly and rapidly brighter. As it brightens, the observer must be care ful not to confuse it with the nearby star at B. It will not attain it's greatest brightness until August 8, but to be fully impressed by it's wonderful varia- tions the observer should begin to study it about two months before this time.
 Mira, or the Wonderful Star," was the first long period variable to be dis covered Observations soon showed that not only can we not predict within several days, or even with week or more, when it will be- at it's brightest but also that it's light when at maxi mum varies very greatly in amount Thus. in 1779 it grew to be as bright
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-08

The observer cannot have failed to notice how steadily the brilliant Venus has been drawing nearer to the Ringed planet and how as the end of the month approaches the two objects form a striking figure in the western sky Venus will not actually pass to the east of Saturn, however, until July at ?. m. At this time Venus will be but 10 minutes away from saturn and south of it.
 Neptune will be similarly passed by Venus on June If at D. m. At this time the distant planet will be ex-
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over the face of the sky among the other stars and so rapid is it's motion that its position has changed no less than twice the apparent distance across the full moon during the last 2000 years When we consider the great. and in fact, the un- measurable distance away of Arcturus we can readily understand that this ap- parent displacement, small. though it may seem, implies that this reddish sun Is rushing through the great cloud of stars that surrounds us with an inconceivabIy great velocity.
 The possessor of a small telescope should examine the star at 4, figure l,
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actly two degrees 1s minutes south of Venus
 Uranus Is slowly retrograding. almost in the center of the constellation Aquarius. It is, therefore, in the morn ing sky.
 On June 22, at hours 54 minues seconds. a. m. (eastern standard sum mer time). the center of the sun will attain its highest point in the heavens. This will therefore. be the longeJt day of the year On this date the sun will rise at hours Sl minutes a. m. and set at hours g minutes p. m, so that this day will be six hours and two min utes longer than the preceding night.
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tening of it's orbit this distance will in- crease some 400.000 miles during this month. By July 31, however. it will be but 2S0.00000O miles away
 Jupiter. though low in the west, may be well observed during the first half of the month, but it-is rapidly becom- ing lost in the suns rays. The sun will pass to the east of it and so cause 1t to enter the morning sky on July 20.
 Saturn is moving slowly eastward and southward in the constellation Leo. little to the right of Regulus
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which, though rather difficult double for any lens smaller than three inches aperture, is one of the show objects of the heavens. The bright star is golden and the faint companion, about three sec
 onds away is green. The pair at is an easier but less beautiful double, while those at c and D are very easily seen, even with very small glass. The dis tant companion to the last is itself close
 double, the two suns of this companion system revolving about one another in period of about 300 years. The great sun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-08

at D is drifting over the sky and carry ing it's distant, double sun system with it, with about one-fifteenth the apparent speed of Arcturus
 Eastward from Bootes is the beautiful Northern Crown and westward from it IS the delicate little group-very beautiful m a pair of opera glasses-known as the Maiden's Hair. East of Corona there Is the large group, Hercules, with it's won- derful star cluster at E, while still fur ther east we come to the Tyre, with it's
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very bright star, Vega, and the Northern Cross. Below this region the whole hea- vens are filled with the less well known, because fainter. group of Ophiuchus, or the Serpent Holder, which. with the wind- ing Serpent, extends all the way from Bootes to the Eagle, This constellation, as well as the northern part of the Scor- pion, is remarkable for the great number of star clusters which it contains One of these, a little to the right of and above Antares, was regarded by Hersche as the richest mass of stars in the entire haavens
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VARIARIE STARS

A little below and to the right of the yellowish star at F. and very near this latter star, there is one of the most re- markable of all the variable stars. Though this is usually of the 1a6 mag
 nitude. it increases in brightness in the
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THE PLANETS IN LINE

Figure Exchanges the as the and half full O 5.
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as the first magnitude star. Aldebaran, while in 1897 it was, when brightest. but about one-third as bright as the North Star. Yet after hundreds of years 1t shows no signs of any relaxation What is occurring in distant suns of this class to cause their remarkable changes in brightness is wholly un- known to us
 THE PLANETS IN JUNE
 Mercury at the beginning of the month is rapidly approaching the sun in the morning sky and it win pass
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05
QUIETLY
DID BIT IN WAR
Without Publicity and With
out Asking Anybody
For a Penny

Atlantic City, July 5.-The Be-
nevolent and Protective Order of
Elks will hold its annual convention
at the Hotel Traymore during the
week of July Ia victory and peace
convention. While tbs Elks did their
bit in the war, both at home and
abroad, they kept out of the light
of publicity and asked no one for a
penny. And they claim hat Amer
ica's victory is the Elks' victory, for
the first essential of an Elk is that
he is an American through and
through. No questions of creed or
of political faith are asked. Cath
olics, Jews and Protestants are well
come in the order, but the one out
standing requisite for a member is
that he be 100 per cent. American.
When America entered the war
the Elks didn't wait to be asked TO
help; they presented themselves in
any and all capacities in which they
could help. They gave up their
clubhouses for the needs of the
Government. They helped to sell
Liberty Bonds and War Savings
Stamps, helped the Red Cross and
the Salvation Army. started the first
relief committee, built the first re-
construction no S.tal before any of
orp boys had been wounded. and
$4,000 Elks shouldered rifles and
marched to the war, many of them
never TO return.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05

Central West. some producers there
questioning whether blast furnace
and steel works forces will be ade-
quate for the scale of operations they
consider likely in the fall months.
Many more workers are planning to
return to Europe and at some blast
furnaces a scarcity of common labor
is noticed already. Idle men at the
gates of steel mills are now scarcely
a factor.
The demand for oil line pipe is par
ticularly good. The Texas Company
has been a free buyer and drilling
plans of other companies look a year
ahead. The Sinclair project to paral-
lei the present oil line from Okla
homa to Texas would mean 100 miles
of Sin. and over 800 miles of Gin.
pipe. One pipe mill sold up for three
months had to refuse a 25.OOO-ton
order.
June was the best month in the
sheet trade since October. Two mills
that have led in cutting prices now
have a backlog of order and some
thing like an oldtime pressure for
deliveries is coming from the auto
mobile industry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05
NEWS OF STEELTON
PIG IRON OUTPUT
SHOWS INCREASE
Means a Turn in Steel Indus
try, Declares the
Iron Age

New York. July 5.-June pig iron
output shows definitely the turn in
the industry. according to the Iron
Age. For the 80 days. the total was
2,ll4.S63 gross tons. or 7O.495 tons a,
day, against 2.10S.0 56 tons in Nav.
or $4,000 tons a day. Seventeen fur.
naces blew in and 10 blew out last,
month. a gain of five, and estimated
capacity active on July / was IL
zoo tons a day for 200 furnaces as
compared with 6S. 500 tons a day for
l95 furnace on June 1.
The gain in output last month was
the first check to a steady decline in
the daily average from the high point
reached in September, 1918, at 113.-
942 tons. From 3T2 furnaces in bias
September l, last year, the shrinkage
was III in nine months to 1875 on
June 1. The gain of $500 tons a
day in production last month over
the average in May is likely to be
carried further in July.
Pittsburgh producers estimate that
new orders SEN to the mills for roll
ing in June and June specifications
against contracts were so per cent
heavier thar in May, while in wire
and tubular products they were nearly
double.
A shortage OF labor is looming up
as more than a possibility in the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05
Steelton Churches

Trinity Episcopal-The Rev. Will
liam Charles Heilman, rector. 8,
Eucharist; 10. church school; IL,
Eucharist with sermon, lis 1t
Peace" 100. evening prayer and
I, Counsel"
Central Baptist-The Rev. John
Currin, of Detroit, will preach at
1915 and at 7.30; Bible school at
9.45.
st. Johns Lutheran-The Rev. G.
N. Lauffer. 1915. Liberty" 7.3O.
Miriam" first of a series of ser
mons on Old Testament characters.
Sunday school, $50; Sr. c. T.. $50.
First Presbyterian-The Rev. c.
B. Segelken. pastor, will preach at
II on Mature and FAITH" 100,
1.-THE Marvel of Unbelief;" Sunday
school, 9.45.
First Methodist-The Rev. F. a.
Tyson. Sunday school, $50; Holy
Communion. 1880; Epworth League.
$40; Holy Communion and sermon.
7.3o.
Grace United Evangelical-The
Rev. j. X. Hoffman. Communion
service morning and evening": the
Rev. j. w. Hoover will preach at
1915 and the pastor at 100; Sun
day school. $50; c. E.. 7.
Main Street Church of God-The
Rev. j. s. Strine. 1915. THE End
Better Than the Beginning" and at
7.30, THE Need of Nisions;" Sun
day school. 9.45.