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Hans DAHL, cashier of the great firm
81 Felberg & Co, carefully examined
The outside of the great safe AM when
he discovered the single hair which he
i%ngeniously had pasted across the door.
and saw that it Was still intact, he
smiled u said to himself: EVERY
thing is O. IA"
Mechanically he twisted the knob of
h combination, opened the door and
with a small key which he took from
his vest pocket he opened Il small
drawer. Seeing that it was empty he
suddenly turned CHASTITY pale, his hands
trembled and he nearly tainted.
The night before he had put a large
amount of money in this drawer and
locked IT in the presence of the head
of the firm. Only he and I'elberg knew
the combination of 1.-The safe, and he
alone had the key of the inner drawer.
And again, the third time in less than
three weeks, the money put there had
mysteriously disappeared.
Mn. Otto Felberg entered the office,
and with trembling voice the cashier
told him what had happened.
"How much is missing?" asked Eel
perg.
-Four hundred and fifty kroner"
Dahl answered.
Now, Mr.. Dahl, I give you one more
week to discover the thief; these tlefts
must cease. Please ask my nephew to
come INTO my private ONCE
A few minutes afterward Edward
l7elberg, a young man of twenty-seven,
entered his uncle's sanctum.
II see from the report of the watch
man. Edward, that YOU did not leave
the office until $3.50 last night"
Yes, uncle; | had some Important
business to finish"
You are u conscientious fellow
Felberg said, and slapped the young
mans shoulder in a kindly manner iii
only all the others We're as painstakillg
as you, we would soon do more BUSH
ness than any house in Copenhagen.
Keep on as you ave started and l will
take you into partnership next New
Year"
Il thank you, Uncle Otto; you may
depend on ME doing my duty i'll full"
He emerged from the inner office with
II smile and went straight to his desk.
and was soon apparently absorbed in
his Work. AT / o'clock he Went oct for
lunch, bpt instead of going to II restau-
ran he went straight to Il poolroom in
& side street close by.
When he returned TO the office an
hour later nc found the cashier in an
animated conversation With Miss Berg.
one of the typewriters. There was
nothing unusual in this, but il provoked
him, for the young. girl was exceed
ingly pretty and had always openly
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DUCK oHooTlNe IN ,a-xlco.
Great Numbers from This Country
Spend Winters Along Pacific Coast.
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Great Numbers from This Country
Spend Winters Along Pacific Coast.
Tapacha!a Cor. Forest and Stream.
Inc duck shooting on this coast is
splendid during the months of No
veinpei, December and January. We
set y lot OF migratory ducks which, L
presume. come down the coast from
Salitornia, which is only 1000 miles
north of US. i AVE shot teal, Wild
Seon; sprig, %spoonbills and butterbalis,
besides our two varieties of native
ducks, the piiije and Muscovey.
~ large Muscovey drake will weigh
SIX pounds. The first year they are
Goa black, and after the first year the
wings are about half white. They are
, very nice eating; The pijije is about
ilhe size of Il widgeon. l do not think
,that 1T is the Mexican wood duck. as
L nave seen them in trees. But
tlhe Muscovey SIMPLY lives and nests in
Itfees. The nests are built in some hol-
low and they bring the young down to
n ponds.
There are some lakes and ponds
down on this coast which a b~reeehload-
er has been fired over. An In
DIAN does not shoot ducks, as there Is
too little result for him In such small
game. and his little SO gun does not
do mueh damage with small shot. He
much prefers to load With either ball
or bucllshot and get a deer or a wild
hog.
1 have seen ducks in such numbers
on one of these ponds that I am sure
one could have fired five or six hum
dled shells in a days shoot. The great,
drawback to his shooting is that 1T is
a long way from civilization, and the
neat is great. There is no ice, and
game will not keep longer than twelve
hours, so II has to limit his bag, as
there are no towns or inhabitants near
enough to use the game. / have at
times and i'm suitable places given
away as many as fifty TO some In
barbecue and just half cooked the
birds. They tell me that they will then
keep for days, but of course they are
not very good eating after being singed
n smoked over the fire.
L have an idea that more American
ducks come down every year to these
magnificent feeding grounds, where
they pass the whole winter without
ever having Il shot fired at them. I
"as told by an American plume hunter
that he had eaen ~canvasback down on
these lagoons, but I Very much doubt
1T, as 1 have had greater opportunities
than he for having met WIN TINS duck.
NOR have L ever seen a mallard. The
varieties already mentioned are the
only ones l lave ever seen here on this
coast.
I presume the more shooting done in
the United States the more the birds
VII! be driven down into these coun-
tries, where they have complete rest,
and possibly there will como a time
when some of them will stay here and
breed, though they will have to learn
20 keep out of the way of alligators.
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Babies as Tax Rebates.
From the Chicago Tribun

from the Chicago Tribune.
Babies are worth from $500 to $3.50
each at the board of review. Without
attempting to establish a market price
which would be beyond criticism or
Which would satisfy the parents, the
reviewers have adopted a sliding scale
with the above figures as the extremes.
In the question of equation babies
are regarded not as assessable property
Which increases the taxes of the pa
rents, but as grounds for rebates, off
sets and drawbacks.
This secret was not divulged until
the closing days of the boards session
for fear the revenue of the city might
be reduced materially by u sudden I'M.
crease in the population. but now that
1t is known, there is reason to believe
Chicago will reach the 3.000.0 600 mark
before the board reviews taxes next
year.
Roy O. West, father of a %4-year-old
boy and Il 4-months-old girl, is the chief
apostle of the Theory that Il citizen who
is the father of a baby has paid part of
his state. city, library, school and park
LAKES. and should be credited With it.
AS the reviewers system works. it is
not made applicable to the taxpayers
whose assessments run up into the hum
dreds OF thousands, but the small tax
payer is credited With an offset for each
child he is rearing-that is, if he comes
in and makes complaint that his
are too high.
Since the board took up the reviewing
Of assessments Mr.. West has been
heard to ask one question insistently
and consistently of all his applicants
fer reductions-towit: How many
babies have you?' Yesterday it was
admitted that babies were as good as
tax receipts.
The circumstances leading up to the
edmission included a large fatherly
boxing German. a sinooth-shaven young
man, Il shrewd looking middle-aged
man and a young business man. The
fatherly looking German got to MI.
West first.
What's your salary??" asked West.
Eighteen hundred,'' said the Ger
mar.
How many babies have your"
-Four" said the German. with a
smile.
That's ALL" said West, dismissing
him. Against the Germans assess
ment of $4,000 he wrote $780,
Nh smooth-shaved young man came
neSt. He went through the same ques-
lions, answering $500 and two"
You ought to be pensioned instead
of taxed said West, writing mo as
sessment or the young mans papers.
Then came the shrewd looking middle
aged man. who replied $4,000 and
none. West wrote confirmed after
the assessment of $1,000. The young
business MAJ had a friends case in
The friend was assessed $500
and thought $3.50 was high enough.
West and the young man argued the
matter for a moment. but the reviewer
did not seem inclined to lower the as
sessment.
He has a baby only a month old and
that's expensive" the young man said,
at aahazard.
There was no further discussion.
West reduced the assessment to $3.50.
Thus caught in a chain of evidence, he
admitted that babies were grounds for
tax rebates.
II don't know what the parents think
they are WORTH" he said, but it takes
about 81, 900 to keep one"
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will understand hat 1 will have to ask
for your resignation, though 1 person
allv do not doubt our honesty
Mr.. Felberg," Miss Berg said, in
the most quiet manner excuse me for
interfering, but l think l cam. throw
some light upon these thefts il you
will please come With me to the cabi-
met where the records are kept"
II do not understand, Miss Berg, but
i will do as you say.
When they had opened the cabinet
Ishe asked the cashier to empty it, II
then removed part of the wooden back.
With a knife h then easily pushed
one of the steel plates aside and pulled
the ash drawer through the opening.
But who can have done thiso?' the
chief exclaimed.
Young Mr.. Felberg was here very
early this morning, as he has been
every time money has been missing"
Miss Berg said. looking straight into
the old mans eye
Miss Berg, you forget yourself. 1t
is Impossible that he could have done
tt.'
The money was stolen this morning,
and / have a way of detecting the
thief"
Sne then explained all about the
powder to Nh. Felbergs, who asked her
and the cashier to follow him into his
office.
We will try your plan. Miss Berg,
and I hope that we will find that you
are mistaken"
She handed him a little bottle, which
he emptied into the basin. which he
then filled with water and sen for his
nephew, who entered with an uncon-
eerned smile.
Edward" the old man said, you
know that we have been repeatedly
robbed during the last month, and 1
now intend to ask a question of every
n of the employees. AS a matter of
form l will begin with you. Dip your
hands in the basin and swear that you
know nothing about this affair.""
But ! protest against this insult.
uncle. Surely, you do not think that
T.
DO as I say and then go and call
the other clerks"
Seeing that his uncle was in earnest.
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snoWed her dislike of him. though he
had been very attentive to her. She
did not dare to complain of him to
tts Inele, as she was afraid of losing
her POSITION and she had a widowed
Nother to support. She had openly
told Kim that h was engaged to Mr..
Dal.l. the cashier, but this had made
no difference to him, and he let no OPP
portunity pass to be near her.
now Dahl was telling her about
die last theft from The safe and how
he felt that if the thief was nor dis
covered he would probably be dis
charged next week.
Helga Berg was an intelligent and
unusually energetic young girl. Day
and night she had tried to find means
TO catch the thief, and it was she who
had advised Dahl to paste the hai1.
not led to any result. and she MAS now
crying to invent a new trap.
II give 1t up, Helga; I DO Longer
see any way out of this. l may as we'll
ask Mr.. Felberg to find another cash
Ter tomorrow"
Hans, tell me nee more the whole
thing, from beginning to end"
But you know it all, darling. I can
tell you nothing more
mo, there are still some details
(which are moi clear to me. You keep
$odl OOOh0 w. IA A4A1NllI Ol Lie
safe, the other is divided into q num-
Der of smaller compartments and the
cash drawer. Now, the safe is built
into the wall and has q back consist
ing OF steel plafes"
Yes, that is true answered Dahl.
Tell me, Hans. did you eve pull, the
drawer entirely out of it's hole?'
NO. that cannot be done; it can only
be pulled out, but not entirely re-
moved"
And when it is locked it is held i'm
m%ovable?"
No: it can be pushed back a little
until 1t touches the rear wall of the
safe"
And OH the other eide the wall is
the cabinet where the records are
kept?"
Yes"
WHO has the key to the cabinet?"
1T is always kept u a drawer in
the main entrance"
And all the clerks know this?"
Yea"
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Now, / have noticed that the thefts
always take place when we have taket
in more cash han usual after The banl
is closed. The thief must know wher
we have considerable cash on hand
DO o suspect anyone?'
NO, i have no idea. / Go not sec
how anyone can~open the safe without
knowing the combination"
Nov, Hans, / have a plan. YOU
know my father was very much inter
ested in chemistry. One day, a few
months before he died, I found him
experimenting With a white powder
which ne heated over a gas flame. ]
asked him what it was, and h2 an
severed smilingly:
Rub a little of it on your hands
and see what happens
"'Why, nothing at all. father
""Then there mus be something
wrong, he said, and filled a basin with
water, into which he put a few drops
of a colorless liquid. Now dip your
II did so and Immediately my hands
turned red as blood. l have some of
his powder. and when you put the
money in h drawer next time, sprin-
kle both drawer and money with it,"
A few days later Miss Berg went to
the office AN hour earlier than usual.
She had hardly started working when
'-'N GU SfDSiS 'stHie va. ~ -
surprised to see her and went straight
to her desk.
What brings you here so early, Miss
Berg? / did ncG think / should find
anybody here at this hour" he said,
with Il smile, but l ann delighted to
be alone With you. 1 have something
to tell YOU"
He tried to lay his arm around her
waist, and b sprang up, blushing
With anger.
ooh. it is of no use to get angry;
you look TO sweet, and l will not let
you sc until you give me Il kiss
He tried to kiss her, but she struck
him fun force in the face, and in the
same minute he felt an iron hand
around his neck and, turning around,
found himself facing Hans Dahl.
You miserable scoundrel,." the CASH
Ter said. ut would serve you right if
L thraslled the life out of you and if
YOU dare annoy Miss Berg. il only
With a word, you will have TO go to
Il hospital for some time"
Muttering a curse young Felberg
sneaked out of the office.
The next morning 700 kroner had
disappeared from the drawer in the
safe.
MIR. Otto Felberg was debating a let
ter to Miss Berg when Dahl came In
to report the new theft.
Il am very sorry, Mr.. Dahl, but you
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Threatened the Reoiment.

Extra Billy, Smith, the confederate
general, was one of the most irascible
as we'll as one Of the most patriotic of
men. Upon one occasion he was lead
ing a regiment on a long and difficult
march. Weary and exhausted, they
halted for a rest by the wayside. When
it became necessary to move on, the
general gave the order, but the tired
men remained stretched upon the
ground. The order was repeated per-
emptorily. Still no motion. BY this
time the temper Of the general was at
white heat. He Numbered out:
IF you don't get up and start at once
I'll march the regiment off and leave
very id one of you behind"
They started.
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Skunk Oil Scarce and High.

EioIH lIle NEW AOTh Sul.
Neither tradition nor the emor of
living man runs back to a time when
prospect was not the skunk oil metrop-
Oils of Maine. Ever in the times when
angleworm oil and snake oil ran skunk
Oil a close race for leadership, Prospect
maintained it's regulations for produc-
ing more skunks to the acre and fat
ter skunks than any other town. In
the days of the civil war General Hea-
gan, a veteran of the conflict with
Mexico, gained a reputation for benev-
olence and a small fortune by extract
ing the oil from skunks and sending it
to the army hospitals for the relief of
the stricken troops.
The harvest of skunk oil for 1905 has
been very much below the average,
due, it is said, to the fact that last
June n July We're cold and wet, and
as grasshoppers hatch in those months
the weather killed most of the insects
in infancy, h u cutting off the food
supply of the skunks. AS an Offset for
the poverty in the yield, the selling
price of the oil has advanced from 81
to Sc a gallon, and buyers are busy
collecting all the job lots On hand. In
average years a fair-siZed skunk would
yield q quart of pure oil, which was
worth 81, and this sun. added to the
SO cents to 81 received for the pelt,
made skunk hunting an important in
dustry for the farmers and their sons.
The skunk hunters say that the crime
of substitution has afflicted their trade
more than any other, as dealers who
are INSCRIPTIONS do not hesitate to d.
Lutte the genuine product of the skunk
with SO per cent. or more of hens oil,
which resembles skunk's oil in every
respect except in smell. BY adding
a small quantity Of the fiavoring x
tract which skunks keep in stock the
imitation article a be sold to Gus
toners without fear Of detection.
The practice Of selling adulterated
oils for genuine has become SO wide
spread that the hunters of skunks say
that they will ask the next legislature
to pass an act making adulteration q
crime punishable with a heavy or i'm
prisonment. AS science is unable to
distinguish skunk oil from hens oil
goose's oil, by any test except its
smell, it Is feared that evidence Eufi-
to convict will be hard to ecu
W
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handsome while the quality, while not OF
the best, is sufficiently good to please con-
sumers so that in the market 1T will bring
good prices. The tree is an excellent grow
er, very productive and, so far as can be
told with a new sortpossesses unusual Wig
Or. 1t is to be hoped that the variety does
as we'll in general planting as under tests
for If it does it will surely prove a most
desirable acquisition. Sufficient is known
OF it to warrant moderate paintings in
every neach growing section.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-12
A MOST PRoMIsINc PEACH.

For a long time peach growers have been
looking for a variety ripening a little later
than the popular EARLY Crawford, of equal
quality yet larger and it is thought that in
the Niagara this variety has been found.
IT is Of comparatively recent Introduction
30 has not, perhaps, been fully tested, but
so far as can be Judged in the tests 1t
seems to be a variety that has come to
stay. 1t ripens between the Early Craw-
ford and the Elberta bringing it into the
yaarket at an excellent season, but more
than all 1t is very large and exceedingly
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-12
A Gladstone Fancy.

From the Washington Star.
do you think that the government
ought to own the railroads."
, Sometimes" said the member of con-
gress. .If the government owned the rail-
roads we wouldn't be worried by these
rumors of suspended courtesies. We'd
probably get passes for our personal trans
p%ortation the same as we now get franks
for ou1 mall" /,
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will ct In It: to sttll further prevent Sslip-
ping drive q spike on either side OF this
notch. To use. dig away from the posr
to be lifted and work II loose az much q
possible. Then insert the end OF the iron
in h post: near the ground and use tho
small log prepared for the purpose ass
fulcrum. h post WIN be deep indeed ifs
II does not readily yield TO the pressure.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-12

The latest addition to the London Mu-
scum Of Natural History is a collection
of 200. 900 beetles be1ueathed by Alexan-
der Fry.
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AN EXCELLENT PosTLIFTER.

" G|NN6ICETNt FO0V .c1fTEHs y
The little implement here described costs
so little that one should be on every farm
although the lifting Of posts liz not done
very often. Select a strong post of hickory.
four or five inches in diameter and seven
or eight feet long. Have the blacksmith
fit in one end OF 1t n heavy piece OF iron
sharpened to a poin1 which turns upward.
Then. take a SOUND :iece of log a foot IN
diameter and cut a notch in one side Of IL
just deep enough SO the handle Of the post
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them She green stuff and the bulk which
they crave. 1t is true, as the writer re-
ferred to claims, that there Is some cut
clover offered in the market that Is not fit
to feed but the same state of affairs
exists with other foods hence all clover
ought not to be condemned or that
account. Add green cut clover to the menu
of green stuffs fed the poultry, give it to
them after steaming and somewhat warm
and they will eat it greedily and 1t will do
them good.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-14
Today's Games.

Ottumwa at Marshalltown.
Burlington at Clinton.
keokuk at F't. Dodge.
Oskaloosa at Waterloo.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-14
MORE WATER MAINS ORDERED.
Several BIocsk of Pipe to Be Laid in
Sections Demanding Service.

The city council. on recommendation
of the water department, at its meet
ing Monday night, ordered several adj
ditiona blocks of mains to be laid at
once The territory affected is where
city wells have been condemned by
the health officer and where fire pro-
lection is greatly needed. AS the city
has most of the required material on
hand, it was decided to continue the
main now being laid on West Summit
street to a point near the city limits.
Several residents on that street have
agreed to become patrons of the wa
ter system. Mains of one block in
length will also be laid on East State,
Bromley and Woodbury. streets. where
four-inch pipe will be used and the
expense will not be great.
The council visited West Summit
street in a body today, to look over
the ground with view of changing
the ordinance establishing the grade
there. When the street car company
proposed to extend it's line west to the
city limits on that thoroughfare an
ordinance was passed fixing the grade
and entailing deep cut. That eX
pensive work is not now necessary and
before the water mains are laid it is
proposed to change this grade by re-
ducing the depth of the cut.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-14
STORIES ABOUT WEBER
Papers Are Talking About Certain
Things Henry Weber Is Alleged
to Be Doing at SO North Center

Frost or no frost, cold weather or
warm, people must eat, and SO must
the livestock. 1t is for this reason that
Henry Weber commands so much at
tention. He sells the White Swan.
Washburn -Crosby's Gold Medal and
Ceresota flour There is no better flour
made in the world. or else Weber
would have it.
Then he grinds mill feed, midlings
and shorts, and just now is making
special prices in order to move lots OF
it in brief space of time.
Bring your wheat to his mill at 80
North Center street and exchange 1t
for good flour at more pounds for the
bushef than anyone else will give.
Weber always makes good what the
papers say about him. Try him and
see either at 33 North Center or 500
South Center.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-14
QUAK[RS TURN AND
SHUT OUT BROWNIES
Locals Drop Last of the Series
Because They Could Not
Hit Miller
FINAL SCORE WAS 2 TO 0

Brownies Threw Away Chances to
Score in the Early Part Of the Game,
and After oskaloosa Took the Lead
They Never Had Another Chance
Luke Pitched.