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Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25

81 went up Z tn house ABOUT O'Clock
and brought this cot down, intendin' t
turn in here an relieve father at mid
night. Father was settin' out there on
tn pier a.smokin' his pipe when l
turned in. went t sleep almost as
soon as / touched tn piller. l don't
know how long it was, but after awhile
I kind O. woke up an heard voices
a-talkin' out there on tn pier. / got
up an looked out tn winder an purity
soon I saw it was Mr.. Drysdale with
father"
"Drysdale? Who's hep asked the
coroner.
Hes friend Of mine," spoke up
Delroy quickly, ian old friend. Hes
staying here at the house with US. In
fact, he's to marry my wife's sister,"
The coroner bowed.
"Yery well,' he said, turning back to
Graham, "you may continue"
"Well," went ON the young fellow,
"as soon as l saw it was Mr.. Drysdale
knowed 1t was all right, so l went
back to bed ag'in. An didn't know
nothin' more till great clap O. thunder
nearly took tn roof off tn house. l set
up in bed. but | couldn't seem t git
awake fer q minute, my head was
whirlin' So Then l got on my feet
an looked out tn winder an jest then
1t lightened ag'in an seen father
layin' there
He stopped with sob that shook
him through and through.
"Thut will do for tie present" said
the coroner kindly. 1T seems rather
extraordinary" he added, turning to
Deroy. tat It's man should have sat
out t'erc in tie rain ut tat time of
night. Was he fshing!"
Eelroy sprang to his feet with sud.
den start.
"Fishingy' he cried. "NO! I'd for
gotten. lie was guarding my wife's
necklace"
He threw open the door and ran out
on the pier. the others following. AT
the extreme end rope was dangling
In the water. He reached over and
pulled 1t up. The wire cage was flap
ping open. The necklace had disap'
| Deared
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25

Drysdalc paied suddenly: his hands
were trembling
Murder" he repeated blankly.
Robbery"
"Precisely Graham. tc gardener.
was murdered last night and Mrs. Del
rOy's pearl necklace stolen. iGu were
tie only person who lett i'e i!oI e. iodr
revolver was found beside him. Tis
button. torn from your coat. was found
in his hand. hope you will now per-
ceive tie wisdom Of giving us Il tctailed
account OF your movements while you
were away from t'c house
Drysdale had listened with Il grow
Ing pallor. When the coroner had fin
lshed he was fairly livid, and he passed
his hand helplessly before his eyes.
But he did not speak.
"Well!" asked Helfclbower impa'
tiently, after moment.
Drysdale took down his hand and
steadied himself against the back of
his chair.
81 have nothing to say" he MUIR
INJURED hoarsely.
"Do you persist in tat decislon?'
asked the coroner sharply.
II certainly do"
"Then." said Heffelbower, rising In
his turn, "in tie name of tie law.
shall haf to arrest you. Please finish
your dressing"
Drysda.e was ready in few mo.
ments, and the little party passed out
into the hall.
Suddenly from the farther end came
the swish Of skirts, and Grace Croydon
appeared. radiant as the new day.
She paused in astonishment as sue saw
the group Then she came forward.
Her eyes went anXiously from face to
face.
what Is 1t, Richard?" she asked.
What has happened?
Delroy laughed mirthlcss laugh.
Enough and to spare" hc answered.
They're arresting Jack. here. for muir
der"
For murder! Oh, why did you kill
himY she cried, turning upon her
lover. "Why did you not watt
"Kill himw echoed De!roy. "Bnt ne
Iidn't, Grace! How can you think such
1 thing? He could clear himself by
telling where he was last night, and III
.efuses to do 1t. Maybe he'll tell YOU
She turned her searching eyes to hel
overs face.
"Where were you last night Jack!
| she asked. you'll tell me, won't you!
"Tell youY" he sneered, his eyes
,,azing with savage anger. Where
vas L? You ask NE that:'
And with q gesture of fierce con
tempt he went on down the stair.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25
Apples for Cows.

I have lot of inferior apples that ]
am minded to feed to milch cows. Is
there any real objectionP A. B. c.,
Springfield, Mass. [Apples contain
about 20 per cent Of dry matter, not far
from the same quantity that is found In
In fairly good ensilags, and this dry mat
ter has food value, because It 10 largely
made up of compounds that have we'll
recognized function In maintaining the
activities of the animal body. We
should not expect . reasonable quantity
OF apples to injure the milk, and they
would combine admirably with grain
ration. We advise feeding small guam
tity at first, increasing to 10 or 70 los.
daily. They may be made to take the
place Of portion of the coarse fodder
Country Gentleman.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25
Trotters Expensive to Raise.

In recently published letter explain
ing why his celebrated "Dreamwold",
stable Of horses were to be sold at tho
Fasig- Upton sale Thomas w. Lawson
gives some figures which are not CAL
culated to encourage breeding for pure
" record speed racers. He says:
When read of the profit made In
breeding trotters, and that after each
great sale where youngsters averaged
$500 and $500 each, and 1t is called good
and money making, l have disgust for
the compliment offered the intelligent
readers Of horse journals. The sales OF
youngsters are matters OF record, avail
able to all.
Let me give you few figures on the
cost OF raising good trotting youngsters.
not ss I raise mine, for mine are so well
housed and cared for that the cost IL
above the average. McKinney's fee Ia
$500. The interest on 5000 mare Is
$500. As she will not produce more
than six good ones, that is, good enough
to race, in her life time, the cost of her
get 10 5000. Her cost Of keep to each
youngster 10 500 and the cost of the
youngster- at least $500. Without the
interest on farm or plant and other costs
you have a total of $1700. / know
horsemen don't like the figures, but I'm
a business man, and when 1t comes to
breeding or any other business l deal
with facts as find them.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25

fSyVvT was not untll tnc ouho"y
I# evening following Tremaines
departure that l found my
E4x) self alone with Cecily ana In
a position to begin that conversation
from which I hoped So much.
She had arrayed herself in the same
garments she had worn the first night
| had met her-the gorgeous costume
Of the belle affranchie, in which she
was most ut home-but ] had grown
more accustomed to her and sat down
near her without any great Dedazzie'
ment. She was lying on the couch en-
gagged In rolling cigarettes with re-
markable skill and celebrity ana had
quite a pile on the taboret beside her.
1 sat and watched the supple fingers
and the red, red lips and the dark face
changing with every wave OF feeling.
"My friend" she said suddenly. turn
Ing to me with intent gaze. do you
know where doudoux has gone"
NO" I answered; "he did not tell
me. He said only that bis business
was calling him away"
Business! Ohe! And you believe
thatT 49,.
"Why shouldn't believe II, CecilyT
"If It were merely business he could
have taken me along. Tambou! He Is
growing weary Of me; annoy him;
can see it. 1t was, Of course. inevita
BILE. Soon he will be sending me away
Ohew And she stretched her arms
above her head with that gesture
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25

tors stopped hin, ana ne changed color.
"Sit down, Mr.. Drystlale." said the
coroner sOlemnly, himself taking chair.
"Our buiine.s may take some little
time. You own revolver, believe"
"Yes," said Jack. "a Smith & Wes.
son. was Just looking for It, When
I opened Ty trunk just now l missed
It,"
"How long has it been since you
saw itY
81 can't say-two or three days. per.
haps."
did you have your revolver last
night"
mo; 1 haven't seen it for day or
two, tell you"
"Iss It's your revolver" asked the
coroner, producing the weapon.
Drysdale took 1t and looked at II
with an air Of astonishment.
"Why. yes." he said. where did
you get it,"
"And iss It's your raiueoat?
"YeS; but what
"You wore it when you went out last
nightY
"Yes; but I insist
"Mr. Dryslale," asked the coroner
sternly, "for what purpose did you &c
out last night, and where did you go!'
Drysdale sprang to his feet, his face
red with anger.
"Why. you internal busybody" he
cried. Its none Of your business"
"T'en you refuse to answer"
II most certainly do, and | think
you'd better go back to Babylon"
81 shall go back in due time. Mr.
Drysdale," retorted the coroner in Il
cool voice, holding up his hand. Per.
haps you have as yet not heard Of tie
murder committed here last night and
of tie robbery which accompanied it,
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25
Adviye to Creamery Men.

You won't find 1t all fair sailing In
the creamery business, but whatever
comes keep your temper. You may
have to speak plain sometimes; but, II
YOU do, don't get mad. We hear people
talk about freeing their minds. but 1t
don't work that way. You lose your
self.respect and the respect OF your
patrons. Keep good-natured; 1t will
nav YOU and you will feel better about
it..F. L. Smith, Cloverleaf Creamery,
Fletcher, Vt.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25
fro BE CONTINUED
A x,., That Brought Death.

Courtship In Spain Is regulated by
the strictest etiquette. As 10 well
known, a young man Is never left
alone with his fancee. Near Malaga
q beautiful young girl Of twenty com.
mItted suicide by drinking q cup OF
coffee in which phosphorus had been
dissolved. 1t appears that the girl had
been driven to the deed by the adverse
comments Of neishbors who became
aware that she had given her sweet
heart q kIss.-I.ondon Mail.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25
The Family Game.

Mother coming into the chlldrsn's
ro0m)-RoSie. what are you making
such terrible noise over? Look at
Hugo. See how quiet he sits there.
Rosie-Ycs. It's easy for him to sit
quiet In the game we are playing. He
is papa. who has come home late. ana
I am-you..-W.cner Salonwitzblatt
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25
The Great Difficulty.

A gentleman driving an automobile
ON q country road, says a writer In q
virginia newspaper, met an old-fashion-
cd high carriage In which was an Old
fashioned couple, writes Youths Com,
panion. They jumped to the ground
and the automobile came to halt. The
gentleman Of the car stepped forward,
and offered to help lead the horse past
the machine.
"Oh, never mind tho horse, never
mind the horse" said the old gentle
man. "You lead the old lady past that
thing, and I'll get the horse by oil
riCht.n
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25
Explicit.

The KeIah postofiice authorities have
somewhat blunt way OF putting
things. Copies Of Penang paper post.
cd to subscriber were the other day
returned marked. "Addressee hanged
for MURDER Bangkok Times.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25
Scrofula

b very often acquires. |.
though generally Inherited.
BadhySiene. 1oular. impure
water, arc among tts causes.
+ b called "the col for
tubercjes," }" and where h b
allowed % remain tubercu.
losis or consumption b
pretty sure 20 take root.
Hood'sSal:saparma
Removes every trace q
oc,,ofuld. Get Hoods.
rcr tsetinoaiaIs q remarkable aFso
80 loe Book O. S9oful1, No. ].
c.l Heqd Co, teMc Mseo.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25

The man or woman who smiles. nll.
ing the hearts OF friends from day to
day with sunshine, does more for the
world tlian all the medicines OF ths
apothecary
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEHD THE PLow."

Correspondence on practical agricultural topics
IL solicited. Address all communications In
landed for this department 70 HkN1I d.
ocrat. Paris, Ne.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25
S E E D
T I NJ E
w experienced farmer
has learned that some
grains require far differ

We experienced farmer
has learned that some
grains require far differ
ent soil than others
some crops need differ
enthandling than others.
lie knows that a great
deal depends upon right
planting at the right
time, and that the soil
must be kept enriched.
No use of complaining
in summer about a mis-
take made in the spring.
Decide before the seed
is planted.
Ue best time to rerne-
dy wasting conditions in
the human body is be-
fore the evil is too deep
rooted. At the first evil
dence of loss Of flesh
SCOTS Emulsion
should be taken imme-
diately. There is moth
ing that will repair
wasted tbs sue more
quickly or replace lost
flesh more abundantly
than SCOTS Emulsion.
It nourishes and builds
up the body when ordi-
nary foods absolutely
fail.
We ,vm send yo0 = sanpk f'ss.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25
CHAPTER XVIII.

I" 1HE horizon was gray with the
coming dawn. but 1t was still
@ too dark on the pier to see
(4E anything distinctly. so they
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25
CHAPTER M.

fM1T was not until the Sunday
Ell evening following Tremaines
A departure that l found my
lX4&J self alone with Cecily ana in
Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25

IN lOR a moment no one spoke.
III Only the boys labored
ErzS breathing broke the stiffness.
OEA He was shivering cOnvusive-
LIZ. 1.l..4Ll,is,1x at tho Lntrnn nlz for cIlD.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20
PLAYED Music to Dead Wife,

Sounds of music coming from the
cemetery in the middle of the night
have terrified the inhabitants of the
Swiss village of Bregenz, near the
Austrian frontier Two gendarmes
hid themselves one night behind a
tombstone in order to investigate.
They saw young tradesman climb
over the cemetery wall, pull violin
from under his coat, and standing over
q newly-maae grave, began to play the
Bohemian Girl" They listened to the
end, and then went up to the man,
who said he had been playing over the
tomb of his bride, who had died the
week before ut was the piece she
liked BEST" he said to the gendarmes,
who led him away.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20
Nlcknames OF rres,aents.

A number of Grants nicknames
arose from his initials. Unconditional
Surrender probably attained the wild.
est popularity. The press of his day
manufactured not few U. S. sobri.
quets, like Unprecedented Strategist,
Undaunted Stalwart and so on. The
soldiers called him Old Three Stars,
and he was also styled Hero of Apo
mattox. Garfield did not OF course
become the Martyr President until
after his tragic death. He was also
styled the Preacher President from
his early callr"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20
VEGETABLE THAT KEEPS TIME
Plant of Borneo Has a Remarkable
Popularity.

regularity.
There is a venerable old riddle, so
venerable that it may have gone round
the cycle and become young again,
which asks: When do you get a
vegetable timepiece?" The smart man
who knows 1t all or was expected to
answer: When get turnip"-tur-
nip being at one time facetious for a
watch that wouldn't go. The correct
answer is: when l get up at 8
o'clock" Say that aloud and you will
recognize a pun that would blush to
blazon into print.
Now it appears that in Borneo there
is a plant which is known as the
clock-plant, and which in a rough sort
of way registers the time of day. 1t
has leaves of two sizes, one of which
acts in the capacity of minute hand,
which keeps moving until O'Clock
p. m. and the other keeps going until
morning. The larger leaves act as
the hour hand. Starting in position
when all the leaves lie close to the
stem, with the points hanging down,
they rise gradually until they turn
toward the top, and then they drop to
their former position. 1t takes the
smaller leaves about one minute to
go through this performance, and the
longer leaves just about one hour
The Sunday Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20

land then we shall see if you deserve
to have one glad to see you again"
OF course, 1t didn't go just like that.
1t was all in monkey-talk, but it was
plain to Mr. Healey, who understands
the language. In the little "park"
outside of Newark, Just about half
way between Jersey City and the for
mer town, on the Plankroad, is the
winter rendezvous for everything that
belong to the 400" in animaldom.
With the first signs of warm weather
the happy families are parted, soms
to go on the road with circuses, some
to go to GUNNER inland electric
parks" others to go to miniature
zoos" by the seaside, and still 9th
ers to make the rounds of the coun-
ty fairs. The reassembhng of the
forces when the summer season is
over is one of the interesting studies
in animal life, and Mr., Healey, as
dean of the animal studying industry,
takes full advantage of his opportuni-
ties. The questioning glance that
the lady monkey throws toward her
liege lord is just as plain as the
glance that the girl gives her fiance
as he returns from a weeks outing in
the woods.
The ring-tail Number One did not
get down from her perch until there
had been due amount of chatter
from the other side of the cage. When
both were apparently sa fed, they
came together and there IS the live
lest bit of "spooning" in that cage
that Mr.. Healey had ever witnessed.
Over in the kangaroo Enclosure
things did not move so smoothly.
Mrs. Kangaroo had, or believed she
had, cause for serious complaint
against her lord, who had been alb
sent some months and had not written
daily letters telling her what he was
doing or with whom he was flirting.
1t seemed that bad blood had existed
in the kangaroo family before the
parting came in the spring and the
feud was not forgotten by Mrs. Kan
goroo any more than Mrs. John Smith
forgets her grievance against Mr..
John Smith even though summer
passes over the ripple in the domes-
tic circle. Mrs. Kangaroo had been
over in Electric Park in Baltimore
for the summer, while Mr.. Kangaroo
had been the free attraction at the
entrance of the big iron pier at At
lantic City. Mrs. Kangaroo had
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20
Antediluvian Monster.

While on a hunting trip in Dead
Lodge canyon, in the Canadian North
west, H. A. Crofton of Calgary, AL
berta, came across the fossilized re-
mains of an antediluvian animal of
immense proportions. The backbone
of the animal is as large as a mans
body, seven feet of 1t having been ex-
cavated. Attached to so much of the
vertebrae as has thus far been I'M
covered are eight ribs of enormous
size, measuring three or four feet in
length, some of them being foot or
more in width. So far the bones dis
covered are broken, but can be easily
fitted together. No one at present is
able to classify the bones.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20
Failures and SUCCESSES.

Men have two kinds of ambition
one for dollar-making, the other fol-
life-making. Some turn all their abil.
ity, education, health and energy
toward the first of these-dollar
making-and call the result success
Others turn them toward the second
into character, usefulness, helpful
Observation-Disclosures the world
sometimes calls them failures; but
history calls them successes. Nc
price is too great to pay for an unfair
nished Nance. s. Marden in Sue
cess Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20

and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, aud above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1s43 she married Isaac Pinkham,
a builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days it
was common for mothers to make
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in physician only in specially
urgent cases. By tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained won
,derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetab BILE foods of
all kinds; SO, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi-
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was a rare combina-
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia e. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as a
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, so when the Centen-
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother, combined forces to
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20

truthfully said to have been up in the
air at one and the same time during
the heated family discussion. It re-
quired the interference of Mr.. Healey
and several of his assistants to re-
store peace in the Kangaroo house
hold, and even then 1t was an armed
peace for several days until the
younger Kangaroos reunited the
parents and the family war was at an
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20
DOGS Long Journey Home.

An instance Of the hOming instinct
in dogs is reported from Buckingham.
shire. Constable Atkinson, having
been transferred recently from Wrays-
bury to Long Crendon, took his re.
triever dog with him while on night
duty He missed the dog, and on the
following morning it was found in its
old home.
By the most direct route the jour-
ney is over fifty miles, and had been
accomplished in little more than sew
en- hours.-LOndon Daily Mail.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20
FOUR YEARS OF AGONY.
Whole Foot Nothing But Proud Flesh
Had to Use Crutches--"Cuticura
Remedies the Best on Earth"


Remedies the Best on Earth"
I'm the year 1899 the side OF my
right foot was cut off from the little
toe down to the heel, and the physi.
clan who had charge of me was try
ing to sew up the side of my foot, but
with no success. AT last my whole
foot and way up above my calf was
nothing but proud flesh. | suffered I'M
told agonies for four years, and tried
different physicians and all kinds OF
ointments. / could walk only with
crutches In two weeks afterwards |
saw a change in my limb. Then be
gan using Cuticura Soap and Ointment
often during the day, and kept it up
for seven months, when my limb was
healed up just the same as If never
had trouble. 1t Is eight months now
since I stopped using Cuticura Rene
dies, the best on Gods earth. / am
working at the present day after five
years of suffering. The cost of Cuti'
cura Ointment and Soap was only IS
but the doctors bills were more like
$500. John M. Lloyd, us S. Arch Ave-.
Alliance. Ohio. juno n, 1905
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20
SHOW HUMAN TRAITS
ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY MUCH
LIKE PROUD MAN.
Interesting Scenes That Follow Re-
union of Families In Geological Gar
dens-Domestic Harmony Not Al
ways In Evidence.

The stub-nosed ringtailed monkey
sat in the corner of the big cage and
gazed askance at another stub-nosed
ring-tailed monkey at the other end
of the barred enclosure. Its four
months since we have seen one an
other" began Number One, "and you
do not seem bit glad to see me-"
"You give me an account of your
self first" chartered Number Two,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20
"Mrs. Kangaroo Had Cause for Com.
plant"

"blood in her eye" from the moment
she spied the familiar surroundings
in the Plankroad hostelry. They evil
IDENTIFY brought back domestic men,
cries in which Mr.. Kangaroo had fig
ured unpleasantly during the long
months of last winter. At any rate,
hardly had Mr.. Healey escorted Papa
Kangaroo into his old home when
Mrs Kangaroo went, literally speak
ing, "up into the air." A moment
later Mr.. Kangaroo went into the air
also, and, as all of the little kan
garoos kept very close to their moth
er, the entire Kangaroo family may be