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Show THE EEAVER COUNTY NEWS V. .... U Els wick, Alitor MILFORD 4i Manager. UTAH Now is the time to begin tile and sane Christmas shopping. afo In changing cabinet! Sialn is merely swapping horses in midstream. Aviators will soon utilize and ride insU-iu- l of liliilntf shy ' them. hitting Texas oil Indianapolis, Ind. It Is possible becoming greased dial an will be iiiude to have re- t ion. Aluska is said to be a future dairying country. K should prodnco high-gradlc e CM b'U. lovely woman find tbe time to work ten hours a day and do How Pittsburg, Pa. Because western industrial renters have stolen 10,000 coke workers, a raise of between 15 and 16 per cent, in wages for the year moved In tills city tlie national head- Diaries for HW are mil. This fact shop-pluhas a bearing on the Ci.rM-miijut-K- Hodge-Lathro- n high winds Lightning has tanks, thereby lightning. laid, this time, perhaps a little more stress on the "at last. She must have noted that fact, for she blushed, red as the strawberries she began to turn over wita a critically poised fork. And did you come down alone?" Vernon went on. "No, not exactly," said Miss Greene. "Mrs. Overman Hodge-Lathroand, I believe, aeveral " "Mrs. Overman that "I think, said Miss Greene, There she sits somewhere behind. was a twinkle in the eyes she lifted for an Instant from her berries. Vernon scanned the dinlag room. me up with her, now, understand?" There was Mrs. Overman Hodge-tathro- p, said Cowley, In all her and yes, beside Oh, I understand, and he laughed significantly. sheltered snugly under her her, When Vernon reached the hotel he wing, was Amelia Ansley! set lo work In earnest. He tramped They were at a long table, Mrs. Overabout half the night, until he had seen man Hodgc-tailiroat the Lead, am) who could be found. He with them half a dozen women, severe, senator every By Brand Whitlock noted a change In them; if he did not and most aggressively respectable. find them hostile he found many of They sat all of them erect, iiecklng Illustrations by Ray Walters them shy and reluctant. But when he at their food with a distrust that was went to his room he had enough prom- not so much a material caution as a to allay his fears and to restore, In ises evidence of their superiority Co-- ) (Copyright, 1SUT, hr a measure, his confidence, and he fell spiritual most of the things with which they to SYNOPSIS. asleep thinking of Marla Greene, hap- were thrust in contact every day. py In the thought that she would be Their hats scarcely trembled, such Senator Mnrley Vernon's visit with his there with her charms to offset the was the Immense propriety of their fiancee was interrupted by a rail from social influence of Mrs. Overman Ids political boss at the state capital. attitudes; they did not bend at all, Both regretted It. tlie girl more than he. Hodge-Lathroeven to the cream. a because site had arranged to attend dinner that evening with liim. Bite said Vernon, who was taking all this In X. CHAPTER she yearned for a national office for him. at a glance, saw that Mrs. Overman On Vernons desk In tlie senate he found a red rose, accompanied by a plea for was severer than ha Hodge-LathroVernon went down to breakfast the He met l lie auiifTrage for women. It possible for thoress, prntty Miss Maria Greene of next morning wearing the new sum- had ever Imagined him be even such a woman as to women ('iiicago, who proposed to convert Into voting for house resolution No. lit. mer clothes his tailor had sent to him she. He would not have been surMias Greene secured Vernons promise to from Chicago tbe day before. He had vote for the suffrage resolution. Hu also had be suddenly been told that prised sided her by convincing others. He took a flower in his buttonhole; a red rose, her name had acquired another hyMiss a liking to the .fair suffragette. final for the colors his Indeed, showing Greene consulted with the lieutenant-governo- r. phen; certainly her dignity had been that triumphant day. Vernon admitted to himself feelThere she sat, with rehyphenated. the suffragette had stirred a strange of the of The rotunda hotel, Bwept and ampje bust, shoulders broad ing within him. He forgot to read his her fiancee's letter. Vernon nisde a great the litter of the night before, was the sleeves of arms her Jeopardizing, sided In by ncerli favor of suffrage, clean and cool, and the morning air her Jacket. glances from Miss Greene. The resolution was In came Vernon of a perfect day was mode a special order. refreshingly It was the moat Impressive breakfor tlie res- at the enthusiastic on tlie prospin-topen doors. Tbe farmer mem- fast table he had ever seen. It olution. lie was much in Miss Greene might or of in habit confirmed the Vernon early neglected thoughts company. bers, vUlon of the future, Amelia. He took Miss Greene driving and aim- have given him a were sauntering already rising, resoiHld out plans for the success of the when he should have secured for womlution. Vernons speech caused a great lessly about, but otherwise statesmen en all their civil and political rights, lanewspaper sensation. He was being negout tired by their lected by Amelia, who had nut answered still slumbered, and the nation had progressed to febors of the night before. his letter. male lieutenant generals, who would Vernon, In the nervous excitement be forced at times to dine In public CHAPTER which arouses one at the dawn of any with their staffs. But he had no such to had with be is that events, big day Vernon was of tills crowd, moving risen earlier than was hlB wont He vision, of course; the very spiritual to from one group another, smoking, hastened Into the dining room, and aversion of those women to such a thought would have prevented it, oclaughing, talking. His heart may have cultly. been a little sore at the thought of In point of fact, his regard In an InAmelia's strange neglect of him, but stant had ceased to be general and had the soreness had subsided until now it become specific, having Amelia for Us was hut a alight numbness which he objective. She sat on the right of her could forget at times, and when he did commander, a rather timid aide; and think of it. It but gave him resolution she seemed spiritually to snuggle more to play the game more fiercely. closely under her protecting shadow He found it pleasant as he threaded with each passing moment She his way through the crowd to halt senseemed to be half frightened, and had ators as he met them and say: the look of a little girl who Is about t resoluwoman-suffragWell, the cry. Her gray figure, with its hat of You'll be tion conies up violets above her dark hair, was, on for It, of course? the Instant, half pathetic to Vernon, It gave him such a legislative and She sat facing him, her face downcast. statesmanlike Importance to do this. There was no conversation at that As he was going leisurely about this table; It was to be seen at a glance quest, testing some of the sensations Indeed that among those ladles there of a parliamentary "leader, Cowley, would be need for none, all things tbe correspondent of the Courier, achaving been prearranged for them. costed him, and, showing his teeth in Vernon noted that Amelia seemed to that odd smile of his, nBked If he him more dainty, more fragile than Qared to say anything about the resoshe had ever been before,' and hie lution. heart surged out toward her. Then "Only that It comes up as a special she raised her eyes slowly, and held order In the morning, and that I have him, until from their depths she ' no doubt whatever of Its adoption by stabbed with one swift glance, a the senate. glance full of all accusation, IndictHave you assurances from ment and reproach. The stab went to "From everybody, and every assurhis heart wilh a pain that, made him ance, said Vernon. "Theyre all for "8he'll Be Down Here Again exclaim. Then perceiving that the It Come and have a cigar. Too." complicating moments were flying, ho They went over to the cigar stand, and when they had lighted their cigars there, at the first table his eye alighted rose hastily, and with half an apology on, sat Marla Burley Greene. She saw to Miss Greene, he rushed across the Cowley said: "Lets go out for a little walk; I him at once, for she faced the door, dining room. (TO BE CONTINUED.) may be able to tell you something that and she greeted him with a brilliant smile. With springing step he rushed will Interest you." A Handy Library. toward her, both bands extended in his of the new books come out Many She rose to half take eagerness. them; IX. CHAPTER form in the magazines and patheir greeting silenced the early break-fastefor an Instant Then he sat pers. Cut out the installments as they Vernon was glad enough of a breath glue them together book of the evening air, and they went down opposite her and leaned over appear and If from a magazine, or In one-londown the steps to the sidewalk. Along with a radiant face as near to her as fashion, If taken from a newspaper. the curbstone many men had placed might be, considering the width of the Take strip a stout envelope, paste tablecloth long, beand the breakfast things chairs and In these cool and quiet edof the story on the back, fold the tween. of stream dies of the brawling politics And so you're here at last! he ex- sheets or strips of clippings and place-Ithey Joked and laughed peacefully. the envelope. This is a book which Sixth atreet stretched away dark and claimed. takes a small only space on In His took her toilet; eyes quickly inviting. Vernon and Cowley turned and the name Is easily seen remarkably fresh It was, though it from southward and strolled along the outside. These envelope-book- s The air was delicious aft- had been made on the Springfield are Invaluable er the blaze of the hotel; the black sleeper. It gave none of those evi- as frail hands are notfor sick people,, tired by holdshade of a moonless night was restful; dences of being but the late flowering a of ing when it would' light paper slip of a toilet had that been made the be their cigars were fragrant. to hold a heavy book. I've Just got hold of a story, be- night before, as do the toilets of some As aImpossible bit of cheer for all invalids they gan Cowley, after they had enjoyed ladies under similar circumstances. might be aptly termed the aunbeami wore She a this morning suit of brown, the night for a moment In alienee. Tve Just got hold of a story " he tailored faultlessly to every flat seam library. Housekeeper. spoke, of course, as always, from the and a little turban to match it. BeWarned of Fathers Death. detached standpoint of a newspaper side her plate lay her veil, her gloves, was a peculiar coincidence 1m There and a brass tagged key. And her face, man, which you ought to know. connection with the sudden death of In and clear Its rich rosy What is It? asked Vernon. beauty, was the Alkham (Kent, England) "Porter and Braidwood are against good to look upon. The waiter had blacksmith, Mr. James Pay. village Cowley spoke these Just brought her sirs wherries. your resolution. who was In service with a Send John to me, said Vernon to names la a tone that told how futile doctor In a neighboring village, went And the waiter. "Ill take my breakfast lo her mistress on the would be. any opposition day of her faWright and his fellows are against It, here." May I?" He lifted his eyes to thers death, stating that she had a. Miss Greene's. too. he added. feeling that she must go home. As the-gir- l Nonsense." said Vernon. "Surely, said she, well have much seemed anxious, her mistress al"Well, youll see, replied Cowley. to discuss. lowed her to go, and she arrived home-"But they told me And so you're here again at last, lime to witness the death of her "Oh. well, thats allefgfat. They've repeated Vernon, as if he had not al- father, 20 minutes after he had been changed In the last day or tw o." ready made the aarnc observation. He working at his forge. Why? "Well, they say It's risky from s party standpoint. They think they LIGHT FOR BIRDS already have all the load they want to fall In the Besides, campaign. carry Lengthens Their Day, Giving Them from they outside and at six o'clock In tho Mors Tims for Feeding. What? a watchman switches on the morning no demand for there's They say llghte. reasoYYlnter has always proved a trying such a radical step, snd so see no Immediately a chorus of songs-breakn-for time for rare and delicate birds In the taking It. out from the aroused birds, Vernon laughed. One interesting zoological gardens. All right," said Cowley in the care theory has been advanced, tbat owing which start breakfast Immediately. less tone of one who has discharge ! to the long nigh'i In these latitudes This extra feeding time has already tu winter the poor birds do not teed product;. good results in tho shape ot a duty. "Wait till you see Mr Improved condition of tbe blrda of par land in here tong enough during the day lo "ki-eOverman Hodge-Lathro- p and soul In body the c;! adise, mynahs and other rare tropical together." insect house some good was effected birds in the bouse. "Mrs. Overman Vernon stopped still In the middle ol by inducing the tdrds to feed be tore (he sidewalk and turned In surprise ihmu with the aid of a powerful With Their Teeth. to Cowley. Cowley enjoyed amp which was placed tb re an hour and Frugal landlady How are yiv.i con n the winter. t lemon geltlne tbe little sersatiou he had produced along at the farther In tbe new small birdhouse, says the end of the all for It. Vernon "But thay 'able? tandon Dully Mail, an elaborate in muiterea One of Thom (grawlrg on "Oh. well, you know they never landescent gaslight Installation ha doughnut) Working like beavers, i been Ol Just completed. It Is controllc ' maam. took the thing very seriously. course they passed it la the house Just to line up old man Ames for the apIt portionment bill. They didnt think would amount to anything. "Yes, I know but Maria Burley Greeue " Well, shes a pretty woman; thats alL" "You bet she is," said Vernon, "and ahe'll be down here again to morrow, too. Will she?" said Cowley, eagerly, with his strange Binlle. "Yes but, look here, Charlie! Ver-noexclaimed, "don't you go mixing din-- s up all her hair? Railroad reHirls show I bat old General Trosiierlty is making use of his return trip ticket. Unless football la made a less dan geroua game it will be placed on the liat of prohibited sports. . quarters of Hie Brotherhood of Paint-fersPaper i lungers and Decorators :if America. At present the headquarters are in tafaycilt!, Ind., hut it Is regarded as probable that at the contention of the organization an effort will be made to capture for ludiunnpoils. Hie heailquurters Tl'i-rare at present in tills city the of the liiternatlunal heailquurters miners, the carpenters und Joiners, the teamsters, the hi. rs, the typographies! union, the bricklayers and masons and the bridge and ntructural iron workers. Ind. Notices have Iiiiiiai'apolfa, been sent out from national In this city of the Bricklayers' and Masons' International union convention of the uf the organization, which will be held in Boston beginning January ' lit. The rules governing the election of delegates, deputies and alternates are set forth at some length In the notices, und the hope Is expressed that each local union of the international will he represented at the convention by at least one delegate. Cincinnati. About the most Important questions to be handled by the forthcoming convention of the pointers, decorators and pnjierhangers, here, will 1m that of the eatahlish-men- t of a home or old-agpension, or both; wluther they shall Increase exnew ones; ist ing benefits or Hdd whether it would he expedient to establish a national sick benefit, or a fixed strike benefit. New York Tbe necktie workera of New York, most of them girla hardly past school age, to the number of ii.noo, went on strike recently, having r demanded a day, sanitary shops and an increase of two cents on each dnxen ties for each cluss of help. Most of the neckties of the country are made In New York, and It takes quite a number of workers to make one tie. Salisbury, N. C. One hundred and fifty machinists and fill apprentices wnlkcd out of the Southern railway shops at Spencer. The strikers contend that the foreman of the roundhouse Is unnecessarily severe, and after presenting their grievance! to the officials and Insisting upon his discharge without a satisfactory answer, walked out. Pittsburg, Pa. Puddlers of the Republic Iron and Steel Company are to receive Increased pay for December and (he rcinuludcr of November. The scale will be based on a $1.40 card. It will net puddlers $5.50 per ton in comparison with the last rates of . Finishers will receive so ad$5.3 vance of one per cent, during the next ten months. Loudon, Eng. The Railway Clerks association, an Important trade union organization uf the clerical workers uf British railways, has decided to affiliate with the tabor purty by a majority of more than three thousand. At the previous biennial periods 1907 and 190.7 the clerks voted ngulust Joining the tabor party. New York. A reimrt Issued front the executive board of the Untied Brewery Workera of tbe United States shows that then are under the Jurisdiction of the general body 45,233 members, distributed lu 3Gt locals and 1910 for 30,000 workera of the 11. C. Frick Coke Company, fuel end of the Steel Corporation, la announced. The need of a full quota of men in tlie coke region Is apparent now, as the coke concern cannot make all tho coke It needs to fill orders of the corporation mills and blast furnaces. The high price of coke for the coming year has made this raise possible tbe scarcity of men mukes It Imperative. At least 50.000 men will be affected by the raise by January 1. as the independent concerns making coke will bo forced also to grant the advance in wages, and another 20,000 will be thus helped. Wilkesbarre, Pa. The general committee of the Railroad Switchmen's union met In this city. It was announced that request for better wages and conditions would he made on all roads operating in Pennsylvania and New York. Private Information received In Boston would Indicate that the switchmen have decided to cooperate with the engineers, firemen, conductors and trainmen in the general request for a wage Increase and equalization of hdbrs'on May 1. The system boards of the several brotherhoods of the local roads are beginning to gather to discuss the requests of each. The requests will be submitted to the management before Decem- hcad-quurte- forty-secon- Kaiser Wilhelm Buys lie never will fly. Just wait until the new aerial safeties are out and we shall see. For the information of the uninitiated we would state that pellagra, the new corn disease, Is not a near relanor "dlllrlouH tive of the triangles." Jim-jam- s A Chicago woman Is suing for a divorce because her husband thinks that 2ii rents a day Is enough to live on. What extravagant notions aonio women have! e worthy government ofllrlul says that fishermen are aa greut an asset Show tills to as are the farmers. your wife the next time you are Invited on a fishing excursion. A For a few momenta of sport West Point has saertfleed a cadet on the gridiron. The country tins lost a stalwart defender and parents a beloved son. Is the game worth the cnndlo?- ber Chicago. An alleged expert on the subject of theft, bring under arrest for Its practice, asserts that It la a disease." Even so, tbe traditionul practice of Isolation looks like the best method of controlling It. It Is tbe era of short skirts for ladles In street attire. Of course Paris not only sets the fashions but follows them, and In Paris streets the short rkirt Is In full swing. And the short skirt necessarily Implies cure In footwear. And so It comes that short skirts are 1 morning American shoes. The Parisian lady wants the best that la going, and she finds It In the Amor lean slme. - The only pleasant feature of the hookworm disease is the ease with which the cause can be expelled from the human system. If what Is said about It Is true, one of the wonders of the twentieth century will he the story of this disease. It hni only lately been discovered: only within the Inst year or two has It been discovered that a considerable proportion of the recruits to the military services have It and at once a plan la mado to ajiend $1,000,000 In wiping It out. demand for a wage in- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Rumors of the concerted action pn the part of the employes of the western roads had been afloat for some time, but nothing definite has been given out by union officials. Equal reticence has been manifested by railroad officials. At present only roads west of Chicago ate affected. Toronto, Ont. After unanimously Mr. Samuel Campers president, Mr. John Mitchell and Mr. Frank Morrison secretary, and other executive officers, and selecting St. Louis as the place for holding the next meeting, the twenty-nint- h annual convention of the American Federation of tabor, which was In session here for two weeks, adjourned. Shouls of approval and cheering greeted the of the officers. New York. Some machinists are said to have withdrawn from the International Association of Machinists and formed themselves Into a new International union, to be known as the Brotherhood of Machinists. The Insurrection Is said to hare been caused by the Denver convention very properly refusing to seat delegate! from New York locals In bad standing from various causes. Boston. Edward J. Duffy of Chlca-- ' go, general organiser of the plumbers, gas and steam fitters; V. II. Pomeroy of Chicago, former international of the bartenders, and Rudolph Modest of New York, general organizer of the A. F. of L., and of the Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's union, were among the official visitors to Boston unions within the last few days. At the recent Toronto. Canada. convention of the Amalgamated Steel and Electric Railway Employes union. President William D. Mahen was reelected president without opposition. The convention voted to raise his salary to 15.000 a year, which makes him nbout the highest salaried executive In the labor movement of this country. Pittsburg, Pa. Machinists' International has submitted to the subordinate lihlges a proposition to create a superannuated feature, so that a member who has attained the age of 65 and has been in good standing for a stated period shall receive $500. This will he decided by referendum vote. Me. The Machinists Portland, Jodges of New England have Joined In a request that the International send to New Eugland additional organizers so as to absolutely organize the craft for the general demand for a wage Increase of 20 per cent., to take effect on May I of next year. Boston. The textile unions of the state are considering a plan for meetings of representatives In Boston during the session of the legislature, to disrusa the progress being made on matters desired enacted into law, and also general trade matters. An offieinl effort for the Boston. erection of a monument over tho grave of the late Frank B. Monaghan of this rily ns a tribute to his work, from the entire membership of the International Union of Steam Engineers of tho United States and Canada was begun recently. National politics Is New York. again about to make Its appearance in the Journeymen Tailors' union. On December 13 all of the lodges In the United States will vote for a general secretary and general treasurer, two of the most netlve and remunerative offices In the organisation. vice-preside- The real forestry problem of the United Slates Is In the hands of the states and individual citizens. Only a small fraction of the forest area of the country Is In national forests and If America la to be saved from the fate of desiccation, which has over taken every spendthrift nation in the world's history, scientific forestry 187 brandies. Boston. John Philip Sousn has volmust be made tho everyday practice of the people, and It must be recog- unteered hia services to again lead nised lit the fundamental law of the tlie monster band at the annual concert of Boston Miislclnns Protective atatea. Union 9. A. F. of I,., February 8. Four Not only are beer and porn growing hundred members of Boston Musicians scarce, with prices high, but now union will form the concert band. comes word that there Is a shortage' Boston. Boston branch of the AmalIn the poultry supply. One exptnna-tlo- gamated Society of Engineers has Is that farmers and ranch own-er- voted to In every way In In the west have found It more the organizing work of Boston machinprofitable to give up their acres to ists' lodge 2t4 and Its Intention to ask rates for a general 20 er cent, wage Inwheat growing at prevailing than to raise cattle anil chickens. Hut crease for all men on Muy 1 next. at the fancy figures prevailing or Washington. Report comes from promised there should he "money In Australia that the striae of the coal fowls." Present conditions tend to miners there has practically stopped encourage vegetarianism. the shipment of wool to the market It la evident that the Immigration points, the railroads refusing wool conlaws of the United Slates have some- shipments owing to the congested on their lines. ditions thing to commend them to other counCleveland, (V Frank Krug, presitries. The Mexican minister to Cuba M older union, la now here studying the workings of dent of the loeal Iran from a bullet wonnd In hia head the system at New York with a view diedwas wnyluid and shot outside n Suto devising laws for his own nation lie avenue saloon. The police say and for similar purposes. Many be- perior they know who shot him. Krug leuves lieve our restrictions are not sufficients wife and three children. ly severe and that unlit aliens creep f'niienrd, Mass. Bishop Parker, In stations. in through our Immigrant an iiddris at the annual rourention of in the plan But there must be merit the Episcopal diocese here, declared In oiieration here when other counthat low wages, especially to women, tries sock to copy our laws. was the greatest cause of crime. New York. The striking pie makers Mount Vesuvius Is hnvlng an erupof New York are carrying on Ihelr most serious as the tion regarded since the violent one of 190(1. Simul- war for better wages and working conditions by means of a taneously there have been heavy which is meeting with considearthquakes In Sicily, more particular- bakery erable success. another of Mount Etna, on tho slope ly Barrc, Vt. The Granite Maiiuftva-turlnnoted volcano. The result was the deassociation haa lucked out struction of considerable property anil fi.000 men because 150 cutters refused one least at of person. the killing to use the pneumatic hand surfacer, a Seismographs at Washington and else new machine whici tlie workera say where have recorded disturbances too much dust for their health. raises another pelately, and quite possibly The annual Boston. state convenmanifested by riod of disturbance, tion of the Steam Engineers' unions on is outward actions, these going of Massachusetts will be held Decemwithin th earth. 12. n a . g ber A crease was made by locomotive firemen and trainmen on 42 railroad systems west of Chicago. Advances ranging from 20 to 40 per cent, are included In demands of members of the ten-hou- - 15. nt INFINITE VARIETY p Bubbs-lIarri- p s ued. e n g the-nam- e n ARTIFICIAL IIodgc-Lathrop- !'' r fr w-- re |