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Show ) THE BEAVER COUNTY WEEKLY PRES& BEAVER, UTAH ..... By R. RAY BAKER SyBdleata-kr McClara Id row double """At the north end of the Naa-tBtoa-r t of rickety structures stood one more pretentious than the rest 1U pretenUousuess considteU io It bigueas In contra wlthtbe other, aa arched formation of boughs at Its entrance and a duster of three electric lights ' t . The pretentious building , was not brilliantly lighted; In fact, the interior did not appear to be illuminated at all, although those three lamps blazed beckouingly In front. let there was no questioning the fact that every Rocky Rlverlte was there. Including d Colonel Wcstbrook, mayor, the school teacher, the sheriff, the town's two lawyer andjhe Justica of the pesce. , It .would bare been a propitious time for burglary,, with the guardian of the law and all bis official relations shut-o-p In the dark structure only all the bad men were there also, It was 11 o'clock when lights flared In the building and it began emptying crowds Into the street Among them were Fred Adams, miner, and his wife "Wasn't It grand? she exclaimed, radiating enthusiasm,' as they walked toward a building less pretentious than the rest at the south end of the double row of rickety structures. . "Tea, It was all right" he responded ; oot so enthusiastically. Her hair was so black It blended with the night while her eyes, which also were dark, danced with a light that would have been vivacious had oot Rocky River been mining camp and had there been an excuse to be'' rtraclous, His balr was red and freckles by the multitude ; almost made themselves seen through the darkness. He waa In conformity. lank, with a thin-fc-e He unlocked the 'door of their dwelling and they went In. He found an oil lamp and presently had a feeble Illumination spreading Itself about the plain but heat and. cosy apartment Lighting his pipe, Fred Adams seated himself at a erode desk In a corner of the room and fondly handled five UtUe nuggets which he had produced from a drawer. They represented all the wealth be possessed, the product In of ten weeks' steady self-style- vV pan-washi- the river.. r His wife went, to him and kissed him and retired to her bed In the next ; ..room, to dream. - Fred Adams came of long line of miners, all of them real tollers, most of then unsuccessful. From his father he Inherited sufficient funds for a college course; but one year there satisfied him and he went back to the family vocation and grubstaked himself out of the, money that was left . Dls wife wss a wait brought to Rock River by a band of pilgrims who found hef at Pearson's Gulch, a hundred mites away, Just after the village people laid her mother to rest In the t , cemetery.-"-- - There were stories that the mother had been, an actress, but they might have been Just stories. The girl owed her education to the Rock River schoolteacher, a former Instructor In a seminary la the East who had come among the mountains to repair broken health and with whom the waif lived until Fred Adam came along. movie had Invaded Rock River only three montha .before, and now It was regular treat Twice . -- semi-week- ly a week Fred Adams was dragged by hia wife to the pretentious. structure at the north end of town. Mot once did ho think of refusing her the little extravagance; be loved her too much ' for that, and ho realised he had not much to offer her In the way of recre ation. But how Fred Adama did hate the movies I He knew there must be a climax before long, because be could see that "his wife was fast la the clutches, of. the films, so to speak, but he hardly waa prepared for her announcement "Fred, rm going to be a movie star.1 She had emerged from the bedroom . and was standing beside him as he sat . at the desk with his moody dreams. "Wast did you ssv. Helen he sUed". jthlnklngj.he jcotjld; not. have r heard aright "I said I was going to be a movie tar. I was asleep, and I dreamed that the man In the moon looked Something seemed to burst In Fred's brain and his throat felt parched and hlryer lilted. He turned to tts desk and frowned at the five nuggets. Of course you can." was nil he :' V: said. The next day he Jook his nuggets to the ssnsjer and obtained slightly more than enough to send his wife to California. Til see that you get more .from time to time," he promised. "But, of course, you probably won't need It with your Job and everything." So Helen Adams went to California to be a movie star, and her husband watched her go with much the same feeling be would have experienced If be had seen ber lowered Into a grave on the hill. A year passed, with few changes In Rocky River. A few more shack had been thrown together, and at the south end of town, a Jiew excavation was. being made, and the movie shows were every night Instead of twice a week. One day the auto bus which re cently had replaced the stage coach stopped at the little hut st Adams' place and a young lady stepped out Her black hair was done up "In the latest style and ber black eyes were dancing. A young man appeared In the door way of the hut and she spied him. His red hair reflected the sunlight and his rather full face was resplendent with smiles and freckles. -Fred !" called the girl. "Can that be you, Fred V 'v;' She went to him and threw her arms about him. "But sou're not so thin, Fred 1" she cried presently standing back and sur "My being away has veying bim. " agreed with you," had din entered shack and the They ner, which he prepared on the oil stove, and then began a talkfest that v lasted well Into the night 'I made good from the start. They found out that my mother had been a great actress on the stage,, and they set out to make me great In the films. I wanted to surprise you, so In my letters I simply said I bad a studio Job. But I have had wonderful success simply wonderful I I wonder If you have seen any of my pictures? Prob ably they have not appeared here yet The very best one the one that gave me my start to fame was The Lure of Luna. Oh, they gave me, wonderful parts to play r They seemed created Just for me. Others were 'Star of the Morning and 'Across the Desert' ". "Rocky River Is much the-- ' same," she rattled on, "only It looks like they were putting up a big building south of us. , There's ,a large excavation '' there. He reached into a drawer of his desk and; brought out a roll of blue paper. "These aro the plan" he sald. "It's going to bo our house, the place where wo will spend our vacations." Her eyes were round with astonish ment and bewilderment "But explain, explain," she Insisted. "This is a magnificent home. This old house must be full of nuggets. Did you strike It rich while I was awayT He lifted her from his knee, on which she had been sitting, to a chair, and went Into the other room. When he returned there were two old maga-tine- a In his hand ana s queer twinkle In his. eyes. "These brought you success," he said, turning the papers, "and they also brought mo success. I used my Isst nugget to pay your way to California, When the bus disappeared with you I came back to this Uttfe hut discouraged, not caring what' happened." "With the Intention of" tearing them to pieces I picked up these magaslnes, tut something In one of them attract ed my attention, and I read. That very night I wrote a motion picture scenario. I sold It and then I sold another, and soon I had sold many of them." Ue lighted his pipe and puffed on It slowly, his eyea still twinkling. "Among my pictures," he went on, "were 'Star of the Morning and 'Across the Desert But my very bvst the one that got me recognitio- nwas The Lure of Luna.'" .,-.."- Bat Has Meet Sensitive Nerves. The bat "Is declared by" soologlsts to" beone"bf "tiie most'wohderfur of - all animals In Its physical makeup, and there are strong ressons to believe It has from one to three senses through the window and opened his that no other animal and no human - huge mouth and said, Too should go being has. Its wings are a mass of la the films. Tour mother was an nerves, and It U these thst give It the actress and you have her talent Tou extreme soft, silky feeling as well as ran be a star.' t had been thinking of servlftg to create the most seosttlve Just that thing for a long time, and the uing m nature, bo delicate are these nerves and so responsive to air moon made me decide.' So, Fred, vibrations that a bat can be blinded bo a star movie to If you dont going and turned loose In a room tifcere object" Object! Of course he couldn't do several objects are hanging from the, thst He could ' not object to anything celling by cords, and it will fly about she suggested. However, be did not among them without touching any ob quite understand how It was to be ject the nerves catching the "feel of the objects as the bat draws done. "It's simple," she explained. Tve near them. bees, reading these two magaslnes left The Arch as a Symbol. by the traveler and they tell how. . All you have, to do Is to go to Califor..,.The arch is, tha, original sign for nia and get a Job In a studio, and If breaking a spell, or the charm of a you have the talent you get to be a witch or evil spirit In the old custom of transferring any . sort of star." As he turned In his chair and looked plague to a scapegoat tnd carrying ..' up at her his face seemed longer than it out of the city, an arch was set : usual, and the crinkles In It were more up st the city's entrance to forbid Its pronounced. She had the msgatlnes In coming back. Ancient Italians canned her hsnds and was thumbing the their enemy to pass ndr the yoke lges, Fler eyes were dancing1 and her before being relessed. This ceremony face was flashed. Ilelen wss D spoiled wss one of purification, suppocd1y, hsd spoiled her. and released them from the silver of child, but then "1 mean it, sred. the slain enemies' ghokts. It Isn't that -- . , r - y , ., .... J ., vnu now OF L1IDDLE AGE ' goT la front ' ' don't care for you. I reslly do, an t,ed down awful lot- - But I hero any longer. I must go out Into the world.' Tie Just got to be a picture star. In one yesr Til come back to ! you. whether I succeed or fslL Can The Lure of Luna i . May Escape the Dreaded Suf. ferings of that Period by Taking Mrs. Blocks Advice Hopkins, Mum. "During Ufa I had hot flashes and Chan euff erei V ... two rears. I Lydia E. Pinkham , pound advertised fa. tha paper and got good taking results tna it I reconv mend your median to my friends and jm tbta mtj aspubliat fact a teste mordal."-Mrs- .R ebt Block, Box 612, Hopkins, Minn. 7 It has been said that not one woman V a thousand passes this perfectly natural cnange wiwout experiencing a train of very annoying and sometimes painful moms. Those dreadful hot flnaU. sinking spelld, spots before the eyes, quit sueua. iiaivunim, ra uuiv aim of the symptoms. Every woman this age should prent oy Mrs. Block s experience and try Lydia EL Pinkham's Vers. table Compound. If vou have the slisrhtest doubt tfc.? Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Co pound will help yon, write to Lydia , Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, M about your health. Tour letter will h opened, read and answered by a woman, .. and held in strict confidence. . a Kmsad ' Dbybu know you can roll KS 5QrfoqcJ lOcis from cigarettes for LFRED ALEXANDER they would go In and demand that the TAYLOR was Inaugu- politics be declared by the candles. Alfs mother was right Alf "Idn't rated governor of Ten nessee the other day at have a chance as a Republican in TenHe's a Re- nessee. The White Rose triumphed. NushvIIle. What's more. Bob publican maybe you'll Bob was elected. remember that the Re- was elected three times governor of broke ; the his state (1887-9-1 and 1897-99publicans Solid South at the No- Later he was elected to the United How- - States senate (1907-13- ) vember election. ; he died In of-- Bob married fice 1912. in ever, mats anoiner young. His I was Miss L. Balrd, first Sarah wife one the of War This la about itory. the Roses at last the Red Rose wins niece of Senator Zeb Vance of North In Tennessee. Carolina, and to them were born five i ...... His second wife was hia Tennessee's War of the Roses began children. a century ago. Its beginning brings cousin, Miss Mamie Love St John, back a dramatic scene away back in who survives him and is now living "? 1886. Picture a four-postmahog- In Washington, D. C console table The Red Rose, however, did not alany bed "with a colonial on either side. ' On one table Is a ways go down to defeat Alf Taylor vase of blood-re- d roses; on the other represented hla district twice in conand the Fifty-thir- d a vase of roses of snowy white.' In gress the Fifty-firthe bed Is a stately old lady.. On congresses. It Is related of him either side Is a kneeling man, eaclhf that when be went to Washington h In the prime of life. The lady takes took along two or three fine cows and a red rose from Its vase and pins it a lot of corn meal ; he wasn't going to on the lapel of one of 'the kneeling be deprived of his favorite evening men. - On the other kneeling .man she dish cornmeal mush and cream. Alf also married young. At twenty pins a white rose, and then she makes the two men on their knees swear to be married Miss Jennie Anderson, ber that there shall be no strife be- daughter of a neighboring farmer, and ' tween them. to ber was born seven sturdy sons. - The woman was Mrs. Nathaniel G. After his second term In congress GovTaylor, wife of a Republican congress- ernor Taylor went back to his Happy man from Tennessee during the Civil Valley farm on the banks of the Wau-tagwar. The red rose; man was Alfred where he" raised watermelons, Alexander Taylor, her son. The white wrote poetry and studied philosophy. d rose man was Robert Love Taylor, her He's now seventy-twson. and vigorous. Mrs. Tsylor, mother of Alf and Bob Really, you know, the campaign which thereupon became known as the was the worthy mother of two such War of the Roses had been on for sons. She was Emms Haynes, sister some little time. Rob and Alf were of Landon Carter Haynes, a member running against each other for gov- of Jefferson Davis' cabinet and an ernor, the former on the Democratic orator of note. She was a tall woman ticket and the latter on the Repub- of ' Striking appearance, and in her lican. Tennessee In those days was latter years made one think of Sara Democratic There Bernhardt After the Civil war It bewas little chance for Alf. His mother came necessary to secure from the fedadvised him not te accept the nomina- eral government a ' pardon for tion against his brojher. fearing bad Haynes, who had been active In the afblood between the two. When he dis- fairs cl the Confederacy. Mrs. Tayregarded her advice ahe took to ber lor undertook the task of getting ber bed. The brothers, hearing of her brother pardoned, going all the way "Illness" dropped their electioneering from east Tennessee to Washington and hastened to ber bedside. After by stage with six of her small chilshe had pledged them to "no strife" dren. Many times during her declinshe got up. ing years she would rehearse 'this Alfred and Bob went backto their scene for the delectation of her adorrarapnljrnlnr end kept their promise ing grandchildren, and greutnleces, ., to their mother. The brothers tuude "Before I went to the White House the most stinging partisan speeches I dressed myself In a tight-fittinon the platform, and attacked each black velvet gown with a long train," other with every sort of Jibe and ridi- she would say. "I wore pendent cameo cule, both being ready at repartee, but earrjfgs and a big cameo brooch. The out of the public eye they were best hairdresser - tn Washington had affectionate, devoted comrades, done my hair. All dredsed up in their laughing at winch frilled white eanthrie- - walHts and little they had Junt Indulged. black velvet trousers, trooping at my The War of the Roues wss on- - of heels, came Jim. Nat, Bob and Alf, the unique political battles of the na- and following them my twin girls tion. Way back In I8S0 there was not Rboda, as fair and blue-eye- d as a even a thought of woman suffrage in Saxon princess, and Eva, with raven Tennessee, for the women were a hair and eyes as flnxhlng and black as bitterly partisan as the men. The Pocahontas.' President Johnson arose women at social gatherings and weir- to receive m and drew a majmlfloent ing circles sat making cloth and pa- Chair for me to sit beside htm, hut Inper roses, white and red. one, argu- stead of that I fell on my knees and ing with vehemence atfout the com- Implored my brother's pardon, find s parative merits of the two csndldntes. I knelt great tears splashed from my Tall white candles wet set In Demo- ryes on the White House floor." cratic windows and red tlwme paper When Mrs. Taylor would tell this shades were mad for Republican r s, of Iter story she would always while nlght)y torch parade and laugh deliriously and would .conk rallies were held In the streets. If the tinue: ' an Illumined houe parades paased "Knowing full well that I would not ), . er st a, o, keen-braine- g un-die- trt , BURIED FACING EAST Important discoveries of neolithic arms, urns and uttislls have been reported from Jumlllar-nc- ar Valencia, where a storehouse of prehistoric remains wasfound late last year, according to a dispatch from Madrid. Further Investigations, conducted under the .susplces. of the Acsdemy of History, proved that the discovery wss of a nature, comprising stone knives, admirably ornamented hatchets snd other Instruments Bdnes"bf eany Inhabitants 'we're'also found. , Their position Indicated they bad .been buried facing toward the east Prof. Rafael Altsmlra of Oxford university has. expressed, the belief that the spot maJka the site of a vC Isge which stood at the border of a lake thst atso disappeared Brooklyn Eagle. ' Beware of Trifling. Character that has once descended to trifling i hard to raise to honorable weep alone, I soon heard Bob and Alf sniffling behind me, then Jim and Nat a little older, jwelled the chorus, and my two little girls, mere Infants, seeing their mother weeping In this strange, big house, broke into an audible waU." Needless to say that Landon C, Haynes. was pardoned with alacrity. Alf and Bob were initiated Into the mysteries of politics and statecraft early in life: When they were small boys, during Jhe Civil war, they lived for a time with, their maternal grandfather, David Haynes, known as King David from his vast acres and imperious manner. King David was also politician and saved his kingdom In Happy Valley, Carter, county, Tennessee, from the ravages of foraging bands of soldiers by his diplomatic measures. "Many a time," Bob Taylor used to say, "I have seen my grandfather stand as straight and stately as a tall pine between the pillars of his colonial mansion on the banks of the beautiful Watauga river-anscan, with his eagle eye, the river road up and dnWn like a sentry. If he saw a band Of Confederate cavalry dashing up the road he would rush out overwhelm them ' with bis hospitality, saying: " Boys, my son, Landon C. Haynes, la working with Jeff Davis to try to save- - the country from the d Yankees.' And so the hungry Johnny Rebs took what he gave them and left his smokehouse and granary unmolested. "If be would spy out a troop of federal men coming down the road be would meet them with, the utmost corthem In to dine as diality and Invite . be told them: ' Nathaniel O. Tay"'My lor, who married my favorite daughter, Emmy. Is now In Washington, working side by side with Abe Lincoln to foil secession and uphold the unity of the nation,' and the Tanks fell foi 11 and his flocks and herds were untouched. "But If he saw a nondescript company of soldiers straggling up, whose uniforms were so tattered and travel-staine- d he could . not determine to which army they belonged he would dash out with even more Impetuous ; hospltalKy and exctalm : - - " 'Brothers, welcome ! weleome to my home ! I'm for free salvation, free navigation, and, by Moees, Tin a h- -3 shunnerr And he would tell them so many funny stories they would for. get to steal his sheep." -elertIooTfoi.ltor AIfa..vlctary ernor was clean Cut. ' He got a vote of 229,143 against 185,890 for his c opponent, Gov. A. II. Roberts. In the same election Hardlnar's plural Ity over Cox was 13,271. - So, as the election experts say, Alf, ran about 80,000 ahead of his ticket ... one bag of 0ENUINE BullDurha? 1.' TOBACCO mm Stomach for d son-in-la- '- ' Dem-ocratl- KOV 10 Years A DIFFEREI1T V0I!i3 Earnestly Praises Eatonh "My wife was a great sufferer frora add stomach for l5 years,'' writes H. D. Ctlppen, "but Is a different womta since taking Eatonlc" ; - Sufferers from acid stomach let EatohlC help1 you also. It quickly takes up and carries cut the excess acidity and gases and makes the stomach rod and comfortable. Tou digest easily, get the full, strength from your food, feel wen and strong, free from blotting, belcblng, food repeating, etc. Big box costs costs only a trifle with your druggist's guarantee. MAN'S BEST AGE . A man is aa old as his organs; k can bs as vigorous and healthy st 70 as at 3$ if h aids "his organs h perfonning their functions. Keep your vital organs healthy witb -- COLD MEDAL The wortd-- i atandrd rstnsdy for kkV Bvar,. bladder and uric add - trosttrt toe 16Mr corrects disorder! athwitass Timi.orgQS. AH druggists, three sw Cuticura Talcum isFragrant oiid Very Healthful Mental Depression Common. ; Comparatively few persons, If the feeble minded and a large number of Se tit, Ofatant ZS tmi SOc, Talcaai 2S(. the Insane are excepted, are entirely free from the tendency to bout of A Household Necessity for Every Hp" more or less mental depression. The of Dr. Seoernnakar'a 1' more Intellectual portion of mankind pravaatattv far Cold anS La tin "" Is Indped more prone'to this kind of Ua for U jraara. Prlc He, Sb4 f thr ( year (rtMdi and mentsl malaise, or splrltnal ennlyalen! etiT. - Fl.VTJWEU DBCO VOHtA- of sen sickness, tha q the Jess 'brainy" Ptt. T. WESTFIELII, MAM. ', IH Btrs t.see ciiicaoo, smk a tut majority. and Paclfla RailroaS OIl aad lB(r i fanllad), aaafal for tichancM; aMcta. " ramtuanoa (or oaa ar mora, and afiar M . o oI arc , aalkpflad, 'tep Is downward aad ra ajrf w wtll rafand tha mowf the tangles of wrongdoing are hard lr r P. O. ordar. St. I. Vhmt.lt t undo. No one vants pity and few an ttat. ltll). f pin, Blrt. NKW TURK. Just candidates for sympathy. ! Eurli 120 MASnrOTH JAC round of society tonus Its own clrclw I asT a aarcala for Jon, nm f and. It's, hard to break through- - thf W. la IXW JACK Uiw kMplAt, law bounda of habit The downward rood le easy. - The upgrade demands laraaUnf ar rreflta, Wrlta fnr 1M o" ' eocrrj chanoa la Nrvaria. C P. tVIIMtPT y. and an elevated vision, "Few folks run (KM. 1111). f Una at. Now TotH CHf.JJ, stand the strain of constant strujult with oppression. 8o the easiest llilnt to do la to follow the linn of !eo SMaaiaaaoaaSl BlgaaatratanMaa lstance and Just drlSt. Ifa to eniy ti Ortp-CP-,- prr "' .... rif !( I' , r. trtfle.-MJr- tt t"'" - a I |