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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-11
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, CopHpN1Tr 1909 By c. MCCLURE.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
A young doctor, Ralph Boyd confdes to his
friend his suspicion concerning his personal we'll
being. This friend. Amber Jevons. promises
his help in case Of need He IS In the tea
trade, but his favorite hobby is Investigating
crime. Boyd Is the son of an NJ. P. and assist
ant to Sir Bernard Ely ton. He has an interview
with his chief, and they discuss the illness of
old Mr.. Henry Courtenay. who lives at Rich
mond road, Kew. Instantly the young doctor
conceives the idea that his mysterious PRESENT.
ment is connected with this family. His inter
est in that home is conferred on Ethelwynn Mi
rnrt. Henry Courtenay's sister-in-law. He deter
mines to spend the evening at Richmond-road.
Mrs. Courtenay, young. gay, pretty, Is out OF
sympathy with the elderly invalid husband,
with whom she has linked her fate Conse-
GueptIy she spends her evenings outside her
home and leaves the care of her husband very
much to the nurse and her sister, Ethelwynn.
Ralph and Ethelwynn discuss domestic mat
ters. As usual, Mrs. Courtenay is out. Ethel
wynn surprises Ralph by evfncing keen inter
st in -Courtenay's apparent, improvement IT
health. Ralph Boyd Is reused from his slumbers
the following morning by visit from Mr.. Cour
tepays fotoman. Short, who tells him thai
his master has been murdered. Ralph accom-
panies Short to the Conrtenay house, questioning
him on the way, but learns nothing of impor
lance except that Mrs. Courtenay is not a
home.
Ralph finds Courtensy dead wound just be
rsath the heart. Death appeared TO have beer
instantaneous. The police are summoned Thu
police discover iron safe built into the wal
behind a case of drawers. Ralph steps some
thing small and white the dead man
bed, which he picks up unobserved and puts il
his pocket
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-11
MEN BED CHINA
Don't Do We'll with Hot Water.

eve housewives know better than to
use hot water on mended china. and COM
mon sense tells me that coffee or tea
should never be used by those who have
undergone operations for stomach trouble
or appendicitis, ETC.. In fact. If. it were
not for the stomach troubles set up by
coffee, believe these operations would
not be necessary in nine cases out of ten.'
says a lady of Peoria, I'll. My. husband
has been changed from confirmed dys-
peptic to an average healthy eater by the
use of Postum in place Of coffee. l find
1t much richer and clearer by making
over, always adding little more fresh
Postum and then proceed as If fresh. My
husband never likes it fresh as we'll as
the second or third make-over Our ply
sician who recommended Postum to us
was q confirmed coffee drinker but found
that one cup Of Postum satisfied him and
improved his digestion Immediately. An
other physician acquaintance had SINH
lar experience. But started to write you
about my husbands condition. He had
four operations for. stomach trouble.
feel certain that had he used Postum in
place of tea, and coffee for years preced-
ing this, the operations would never have
been necessary.
"Seyeral weeks ago our Postum ran out
end he used coffee for several days. His
old trouble asserted itself at once a11C
there was an immediate rush for Postum
which drove the trouble away again.
Name furnished by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich.
no bring out the heavy food value il
Postum Cereal Coffee, it must be cooked
not less than % minutes altogether.
starts to boil in about 10 minutes, then i
sho,11d be slowly boiled full Is minute
wives prefer it stepped for many hour
,4-.,,., .,,f - over. ga
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CHAPTER VI.-ContInued.
In Which | Make a Discovery

! In Which ! Make Discovery.
scarcely had I safely pocketed the little
object + had picked up from where the
murderer must hive stood when the in
spector went out upon the landing and
called to the constable in the hail.
"Four- sixty two, lock that door and
come UP here moment
YES sir" answered a gruff voice from
below, and in a few moments the con-
stable entered, closing the door after him.
Elbow many times have YOU passed this
house on your beat tonight, four-siNty
two?" inquired the Inspector.
about eight. sir. My beats along the
Richmond Road---from the Lion Gate
down to the museum, and then around the
back Streets
Saw nothing?"
IT saw a man come out of this hurriedly
soon after came on duty.l was standing
an the opposite side under the wall of the
gardens. The lady what's downstairs lie
him out. and told him to fetch the docto
quickly
"Ah! Short. the servant" I observed.
Where is hep" asked the inspector
while the detective with the ready note
book scrubbed down the name.
HE came to fetch me; and Miss Mivar
has now sent him to fetch her sister. H
vas the first to make the discovery
'Oh. was hep exclaimed the detective
sergeant with some supicion. cts rathe
g. pity tnaL ne s Deen sent Out dSdlIl II
might be able to tell us something"
Hell be back in an hour, 1 shout
think
Yes, but every hour Is of consequenc
in a, matter of this sort, remarked tn
sergeant Look here, Davidson, h
added, turning to one of the plain-cl
mon, Just go round to the station an
send wire to the Yard. asking for extr
assistance. Give them brief outline {
the case. They'll probably send dow
Franks or MoreIand. If I'm not mistaken
there's a. good deal more in this nlyster
than meets the eye
The man addressed obeyed prompt
and left.
What do you know Of the servan
here?'' asked the inspector Of the COZ
stable. -, ,., .-
"Not much. sir. Six forty EIGHT wall
out with the cook, I've heard. She's
respectable woman. Her fathers a. IL
eryman at Kew Bridge. I know EN- c
here by sight. Of course But. there
nothing against them to my knowledg
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"That's strange-very strange" re-
marked the inspector, turning to US. We
must make an examination and satisfy
ourselves
:, The point was one that was most i'm
portant in the conduct of the inquiry. If
ali doors and windows were still locked,
then the assassin was one OF that
strange household. 5'
Led by the cook, the officers began a
round Of the lower premises. One of the
detectives borrowed the constables bulls
eye, and accompanied by a second officer,
went outside to make an examination of
| the window -sashes, while we remained
| inside, assisting them in their search for
| any marks. ~
| Ethelwynn had been called aside by one
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left unfastened when you went to bed?'
mo, SIR the cook replied promptly.
II always go round myself, and saw
that everything was fastened
1.-The front door, for example?"
I, IT bolted it at Miss Ethelwynn's or
ders." +'aE
cat what time?"
zone o'clock. She told me to wait ur
till then, and if mistress did not return
was to lock up and fgo to bed
'"rhen the tragedy must have been
enacted about half an hour. later?"
II think so, sir.
''You haven't examined the doors ant
| windows to see if any have been forced?
| LAS far as I can see they are, just as
| left them when went to bed, SIR"
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heard it quite plainly the girl asserted.
How long did it continue?" asked the
detective. 7s&.
"Oh. only just as though someone was
stealing along the corridor. We often
hear movements at nights, because Short
is always astir at 2 o'clock giving the
master. his medicine. It it hadn't ;ha'
been for the creaking should not have
taken notice of it, But I lay quite wide
awake for over half an hour--until Short
came banging at our doors and telling us
to get up at once, as we were wanted
| downstairs
''Well, exclaimed the inspector, .now !
! want to ask all of you a very simple ques-
ton, and wish to obtain an honest and
truthful reply. Was any door or window
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of the detectives, and was answering some
questions addressed to her.; therefore, for
an instant, found myself alone. It was
the moment had been waiting for, to
secretly examine the clue had obtained.
I was near the door of the morning
room and for second slipped inside and
switched on the electric light.
Then I took from my vest pocket the
tiny little object I had found and care
fully examined it. ~
My heart stood still. My eyes. riyeted
themselves upon It.. The mystery was
solved
I alone knew the truth!
(To be continued to-morrow.) -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-03-25
ALLlGATCRS AS OATMATES
Experience With One That Had Been
Apparently Killed.

Experience With One That Had seen
Apparently Killed.
Alligators move rapidly under water,
are hard to see, harder to hit, and the
harpoon will penetrate only the least
accessible portions Of the body. Nor
does the title to the hide necessarily
pass with making fast the weapon.
One afternoon in the ChcesehoTitz-
kee river / harpooned large alligator
which towed me up and down the
stream for an hour or two and then
sulked in its deepest part. pulled on
the line until the boat was directly
over him and stirred him up with the
harpoon pole. He rolled himself up on
the line in the manner peculiar to
sharks and alligators and banged the
boat suggestively. We rowed to the
bank and, making fast to some bushes,
hauled on the line until we succeeded
In worrying him nearly to the boat,
when he rose to the surface and at
tackled US with open mouth. We re-
PEELED the attack with harpoon pole
and rifle. The former was promptly
bitten In three pieces, but the latter ap-
parently finished him. It was so nearly
dark that we decided to carry him IN
the skif mile down the river to where
our slcop was anchored. We broke the
seats out Of the boat and together man
aged to lift the head Of the alligator
aboard and tie it. We then tied the
other end, when the reptile came to
life and landed a blow with his tail
which lifted me out Of the skif into
the saw grass, with the breath knocked
out Of my body and my hand and face
badly cut by the grass.
Boat and boatmen were capsized. AS
my rife had fortunately been left upon
the bank, I was able to kill the alliga-
tor again. We secured him by floating
the boat under him and then bailing it
out The alligator completely filed the
boat, so that my companion and sat
upon his back as we padded down the
river with gunwales unpleasantly near
the water.
1t was growing dark, and the wafer
around US was becoming alive with
alligators. While we were rejecting
upon our overloaded condition our alG-
gator came to life again and shifted
ballast until water poured over the
gunwale. We quickly balanced the
boat, only to see it again disturbed and
f. ship more water. a scramble for the
shore followed, which we reached with
out capsizing and where we left our
victim for the night after again killing
him. In the morning our buzzard
friend from the Iomosassa river, sur
rounded by his family, was sitting
above him in the tree waiting for US to
attend to our carving duties.-Country
Life In America.
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IMPLANTED CORN.
II Has a Eabit OF Getting Uneasy In
the Spring.

Ii Has Eabit OF Getting Uneasy In
the Spring.
'It beats ALL" said Bergen county
farmer, what curious things we find in
nature that we can't explain. You kin
go over a lot Of 'em, and there's yet
one that you can't tell me why it is.
That's corn heatn' up in the spring.
You take a lot Of corn. don't care
if it's whole corn or cracked corn or
cornmeal. You keep it in any kind Of
storehouse-the common granary, like
we have on the farms, or the stone or
brick buildin', like many Of the gro
GERS and feed dealers have it in. When
it comes corn plantin' time, that corn
Of yourn II git Uneasy. Soon's the
blades start out Of the ground, then
you'll have to hustle to save your grain.
Seems as when the time comes along
fur corn to be planted the corn in the
bags, no matter what shape it's in, be.
gins to heat up, and when the planted
corn begins to grow what you've got
stored will git Sc hot it'll fairly smoke.
You've got to take it out Of the bags
and spread it out so it'll cool of or
you'll lose it all. IN a few days it'll
cool down again, and you won't have
no more trouble with it durin' the sum-
mer, no matter how hot the weather
gifts. It's jest when the planted corn
starts; that's all.
Curious? OF course it's curious or
I wouldn't speak Of it. I might under
stand how whole corn would act that
way, but when it comes to cracked corn
and cornmeal then it's too much fur
me. And I'll bet you can't tell why it
IS, 'cept It's jest nature tryin' to assert
herself" New York Mail and Express.
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The Title Of "aIrs."

The title Mrs was in olden time ap-
piled to unmarried as we'll as to mar
ried women and to young as we'll as
old. Sir Walter Scott spoke Of joan
ma (unmarried) as Mrs. Joanna Baillie.
Although it was not perhaps so univer-
sal to address quite young children as
it was those over twenty-one by the
title Of Mrs, yet it was frequently
done. The most ludicrous example Of
this occurs in the register Of burials
for the parish Of st. Margaret, West
minister. The burial Of Millions second
wife and that Of his infant daughter,
named after her, who died at the age
Of five months, are both recorded in
that register, the name in each case
being entered as ''Mrs.-Katherin Mil
ton," without any mark Of distinction
save the letter "C'' for "child,' after
the second name Even in the reign Of
George H., as we read in "Pope's Let
ters," unmarried ladies used to be
styled Mrs.
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THE LONDON TAPSTER.
Eard Luck Stories That Take the
Place Of Open Begging.

Eard Luck Stories That Take the
Place Of Open Begging.
The plain and open tapster who ac-
costs you in the street purely to beg
may generally be known by en- amaz-
ing overooliteness in opening the con-
versation. he IS the only person l
know who beiys pardon for taking the
liberty OF speaking to you, and by this
sign you shall know him. They all be-
gin by begging pardon for taking this
not so very rare liberty. but only the
buffers go on straightway to tap. The
proficient tapsters approach the tap
sideways, so to speak. Something like
this, with a quick touch Of the hat
brim:
"Beg pardon, sir, I'm sure 'umbly
beg your pardon for takin' the great
liberty Of speakin' to you in q public
thoroughfare like this, which I am
quite aware it is a great liberty, sir,
though trustin' you will kindly pardon
the great liberty Of pore, 'ardworkln'
man, sir, in takin' the great liberty Of
askin' if this street Is the 'Aymarket,
sir?" (Or the way to the Strand OF the
day Of the month, or something.)
You answer the question, but you
don't stop the stream Of aDologetics.
''Thank you, kindly, SIR" pursues the
tapster, pouring out the words, thank
you kindly, sir, if you'll so far pardon
the liberty Of a pore, 'ardworkin' man,
sir, in askin' the question, which un-
fortunately was forced to take the
great liberty, sir, through bein' out o
work eighteen months an nothink to
eat since last Toosday fortnight, sir,
upon my word Of honor, which noth1nk
but the cries for bread Of fourteen
young children in arms would prevail
on me. sir-so igstcme kind as you've
bin to me, sir. which / shall never for
get-to take the very great liberty, sir,
in public thoroughfare, Of askn'
which is the nearest work 'ouse?"
If once more you give him inforDla-
ton instead Of coppers, you only pro.
yoke another speech Of the same sort,
for he can go on like that for a deal
longer than you want to listen. 1t IS
only III tie extreme that he will direct
II ask for money, though I fancy that
it is merely caution that marks his
guarded way, as they say In the lyric,
for If accused Of begging by some
watcEful policeman be can always
plead that he was only asking harm
less question. And the questions are
endless in variety. give my solemn
word that T was once buttonholed by
one of these seedy tapsters with the
apologize request that would tell
him the number of stars on the na-
tional flag of the United States! This
is 4 simple fact.-Leonard Larkin in
the Strand.
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Wonderful Insect Vitality.

1t is standing puzzle to the ento-
mologists how frail little insects Of the
mosquito and butterfly order can brave
the cold Of an arctic winter and yet re.
tain their vitality. The larva of the
milkweed butterfly has been exposed
to an artificial blast GS degrees below
zero. Taken out Of range Of this arti-
fetal blizzard and gradually ''thawed
out" this same worm was able to creep
in less than half an hour afterward.
Butterflies have been found fitting JOY
ously about in the highest latitude man
has ever penetrated, and the mosqui-
toes Of alaska and Greenland are
known to be the healthiest specimens
Of that race Of little pests.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-03-25
BIRMINGHAM PICTURES.
They We're Mere Paper, bot They
SubGued the Artist Turner.

They We're Mere Paper, bot They
Subdued the Artist Turner.
Turner, the great landscape painter,
was a curious mixture Of parstmony
and generosity, determined money
grubbing and unreckoning devotion to
his art. lie would drive a hard bar
gain one day and the next refuse to
sell at any price Intending purchas-
ers We're sometimes excluded from bis
gallery, and the refusal Of admission
was communicated In anything but
polite manner.
Mr. elliott, the wealthy pen manu-
facturer Of Birmingham, once proved
himself equal to the task Of storming
the castle In the teeth Of the gruf art
list and his doorkeeper and achieving
bargain. a book on Turner gives the
story.
Mr.. elliott was met at the door Of
Turner's house by an old woman, who
opened the door and asked the gentle
mans business.
Cant let e in.' she snapped out,
when he told her, and tried to slam the
door.
But Mr.. elliott had put his foot In
side the door and without waiting for
permission pushed past the enraged
janitrcss and hurried upstairs to the
gallery. Turner met him like spider
whose web has been invaded. The In
truGer introduced himself and said
that he had come to buy.
Don't want to sellr' was the an
swer.
"Have you seen our Birmingham pic
lures, Mr.. Turner?" inquired the visit
OF, MS calmly as if he had been received
as a gentleman should be.
'Never heard Of 'em,' said Turner.
Mr.. elliott took from his pocket some
Birmingham bank notes.
Mere paper" remarked Turner, who
evidently enjoyed the joke.
ITO be bartered for mere canvas"
said the visitor, waving his hand to In
dicate the paintings on the wall. Bis
tone-perhaps also the sight Of the
"r1erc paper"-conquered Turner, and
when the visitor departed he had bar
gained for several valuable pictures.
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Carolina Portland
Cement Company,
Charleston, S. C.
GAGERs'S White Lime

Has no equal for quality, strength and
Cooperage. Packed in Heavy Cooper
age and Standard Cooperage.
Also dealers in Portland Cement,
Rosendale Cement, Fire Brick. Roofing
Papers, Terra Gotta Pipe, etc.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-03-25
EnSaGemcnt Rings.

The custom Of giving engagement
rings ranks back to long before the
Christian era. With the ancient Egyp-
tians engagement rings were always
Of iron, to indicate the mutual sacrl-
fee Of liberty Of the contracting par
ties.
One Of the very earliest adornments
Of betrothal rings was a loadstone,
which symbolized the attractive force
which drew q maiden from her own
family circle into that Of her husband.
It is believed that the fourth finger
has always been the brides ring finger.
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Writing on Wood.

Some persons are Of the opinion that
the first writing was upon thin pieces
Of wood From their convenience this
seems probable. Such boards were used
at an early period by the Greeks and
Romans, and were frequently covered
with wax, which was Of course more
easily written upon than the bare
wood. Where wax was used errors were
readily erased by rubbing with the
blunt end Of the piece Of metal which
served for a pen. To make the writing
more visible it appears that some black
substance was smeared over the sur
face Of the white wax and remained In
the scratched marks.
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NAME AND PURPOSE.

tes sons sh eoaa for paoper
avaoa aoac1es Mc1e6d
S Mes superieeaasns stpeoa Edueaons salary
W7ndham and others salaries changang officers
Davis Lumber Co. wagon for changang =:
Reardon dsng ballot boxes :;
AieRoy building portable changing
Wells superintendent Educations salary 81
J. Lesesne clerks salary l:
kng c. &C. oPP to to Saagan
3 Johnson supplies to poor.
b Johnson shoes for q
2 HowIe, CONVEYING prisoner
Howle convsyng
W TSwss BpsWer eoro5eps SC
aps RnE G soPp oP esd S ot5ea se censs
Y foqmans ,nasates salary salary
j Richboury constable salary. .............
Richbourg magistrates salary.
Eado1 na6onsy gsga g5nna arJ eey eonmed
y rSa' carrigan sn grand jury committee
ngam IG1a gsnd grand Jury Jury committee
iegg Hutchinson Co. corn OATS etc. for changing
Jane Harrington, witness a
Beess pants :;
s for road
Wndbsm ofher1 haassns guard
EbeF Ebs Ba Bav eonyeyng eonyeying p1soner
Mrs Basna feedng
1SnGsS5S Tu6e2is i0P 1mbeT s'e and bridg5 Work
6 ID Turbevlle, bridge lumber A
= IS Turoevil supplies poor. 5:
Manning Grocery Co. oats for chaingang mules q
9 ER Coskrey, lumber.
i L Fischer, diem and mileage
3 j Baker per diem and mileage 3:
4 broadway and Touchperry, election booths ...
I IE Kennedy, hauling and bridge work.
S James CALDWELL conveying prisoners
9 Mcleod W ilkins King Co. supplies to a
% Mcleod WilkinsKing Co, supplies to chaingang q
"a Rchbourg magistrates salary
Richbourg constables salary.
3 IB \ Johnson supplies to chaingang L
4 II. W Nettes supplies to changang
II services
c IT N Wells grand jury services.
Z Manning Grocery Co. car load hay ~!
s Nv P Sprott support to changang ...... 8!
8 III Batenan magistrates salary
0 ID Levi supplies to
1 j L Eadon, supplies to
2 il Boswell supplies to changang.
3 lJ DlckSOn hardware supplies
Manning Hardware Co, tools and hardware. 81
lCofev Ricby one pair of nu -.
IW Mcleod supplies poor. 4
: iC s. J G Land chaingang supplies and lumber 4:
s u Windham, salary chaingang guard ::
9 Nv & Davis, attorneys charges
0 u NJ Brown, bridge work.
IL Hodge, for election booths.
2 IT Owens, commissions licenses
3 II L Wells postage and expense account a
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-03-25
A Basis For Social Success

Mr.. Blank-I was Esther amused to
hear the children gosslping about their
little playmates.
Mrs. Blank-The little dears! If they
only keep on, how they will shine in
polite society when they grow up!-Tit-
Bits.
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Hard to Part With.

The man at our boarding house has
the remains Of once prosperous
pocket comb, from which the teeth
have long since fed.
Why" we ask him, do you carry
that thing around with you-that
worthless old comb?''
And he replies:
"Well, I can't part with it."-BalH-
more News.
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II would Seem So

Fair Niece-Why do you object to
duets so stenuously, Uncle Tom?
Uncle Tom-Because when two peo-
pie attack one ino8ensiye piece Of
music simultaneously it's taking an un-
fair adyantage.-Chicago NeEs.
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Good Enough ar It Is.

Doctor, If pale young man named
Jinks calls on you for prescription
don't let him have it."
"Why not?'
"He wants something to improve his
appetite, and he boards at my house."