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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-11-16
CHARTER OF YAEGER 4 BETHEL HARD
WARE COMPANY

The undersigned hereby agree to become assocI-
Ated together. and do hereby associate themselves
together, for the purpose Of becoming body POI
little and corpofate under the laws Of the State Of
Florida. the provisions Of which are hereby nc
cepted. The following articles of incorporation
shAll constitute and become ts charter upon issu-
ance Of letters patent according TO law:
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-11-16
ARTICLE l..

The name Of the corporation shall be ''Yaeger
q Bethel Hardware Company" It's principal
Office and place pr business shall be at the city Of
TallaheFses. Ftorida- Branch Ofiees may b
established At tuch other places as may be Sc
lected by the Boh rd Of Directors.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-11-16

70 witness whereof Ss have horeuntO set oar
names this. the 18th day Of November, A. D. 1906
LOUIS c. YAEGER
HENRY l.. BETHEI.
DOTTIE ~. YAEGER
ANNIE T. BETHEL.
Subscribe 20 The True Democrat.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-11-16
ARTICLE II.

The general Ature Of the business to be trans-
acted by the SAP corporation shall b: To engage
in business jobbers and retailers Of hardware Of
all kinds and de4criptions; to buy, SELL export inn
port and Fly deal in mill. plumbers, miners
blacksmiths', stkam filters and gas htterS' sup
plies; to buy. sell export import. and generally
deal in tools, eftlery. saddlep' goods, iron and
steel guns and porting goOds Of eli kinds and de-
scription; TO caEfy on the business Of plumbing,
timing and meehAnical engineering In all it's va
rious brancheg; 10 purchase, use, lease. sell and
mortgage real Ind personal property; to loan
money and 10 borrow money; giving it's bonds.
notes other SECURITY therefor; and TO have and
10 enjoy all the lights. privileges and powers
essary TO the infringement and operstion OF said
business.
ARTICLE III.
The amount of the capital stock Of this corpora
ton shall be twenty-five thousand dollars divided
into two hundred and fifty shares 81 the par value
Of one hundred hollArs each; said capital stock
shall be paid for In lawful money Of the United
States, or IN PROPERTY. labor or services at Just
valuation. 10 he ed by the corVorators OF by the
directors at a betting called For such purpoae.
ARTICLE W.,
This corporatioh shall exist for the period Of
ninety. nine yearsl unless sooner dissolved accord
ing 10 law.
ARTICLE
The business Of Ibis eorptratiOn shall be con-
Quoted by board d not leu than three N ore
than Ave directors. The * ard Of Directors shall
select from themselves = PRESIDENT. First Vice
President, q Second Vice. President, q Secretary
and q Treasurer. Md Bard Of Directors shall
have authority 20 apDoinf all necessary agents Of
this cor porAtion. Annual meetings Of the stock
holders shall Be held 4 tl principal Offices Of tho
corporation on the hfst Monday in each year. At
10 o'clock q m. or ~ sPot thereafter pTaetica-
BILE. AZ which the Board 9DrectOrS shall be chosen
by the stockholders. he officers TO Be chosen By
the Directors shall be eIS ben annually by them a,
the annual nesting to 81 held on the frat Monday
Of each year Immediately after the annual nesting
Of the StOckhOldsrs. Until the Board Of Diroetoru
shall have been rpt duly chosen by the Stockhold.
erH. the business of the corporation shall be con.
dueted ~ the following manned perSone and on
GERS; Louis G. Yaeger, President: LOttis ~. Yae-
ger First Yieo- Efestdsnt: Annie r. Bethal, SeO-
Ond Viee-PSosIdent; and Henry l.. Bethel Secre-
tAry and Treasurer.
ARTICLE VI.
The highest amount Of iDdebtednsss or liability
this corporation shall at any time subject itself
u twenty-five thousand dollars.
ARTICLE VII
The nance and residences Of the subsefikerS 70
these articles Of incorporation toEsthor with the
amount Of capital subscribed by each. are ~ fol-
lows toWit:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-17

Bunny, in a woman with the devils
own will,'
Raffies tore up the letter from which
he had read these piquant extracts and
lay back on the pillows with the tired
air of the veritable invalid which he
seemed able to assume at will, but for
once he did look as though bed was the
best place for him, and 1 used the fact
as an argument for my own retention
in defiance of DR.. Theobald. The town
was full of typhoid, / said, and GER
tainly that autumnal scourge was in
the air. Did he want me to leave him
at the very moment when he might be
sickening for a serious illness?
You know 1 don't, my good fellow"
said Rallies YEARLY, but Theobald
does, and can't afford to go against
him now. Not that really care what
happens to me now that that woman
knows I'm in the land of the living.
She'll let it out. to a dead certainty.
and at the best there'II be a hue and
cry, which is the very thing have es-
capped all these years. Now, what
want you to do is to go and take some
quiet place somewhere and then let me
know, so that may have port in the
storm when it breaks"
Now you're talkingv' cried, recov-
ering my spirits. Il thought you meant
to go and drop a fellow altogether
Exactly the sort of thing you would
think" rejoined Rallies, with a con-
tempt that was welcome enough after
my late alarm. NO, my dear rabbit,
what you've got to do is to make
new burrow for us both. Try down the
Thames in some quiet nook that a lit
erary man would naturally select I've
often thought that more use might be
made of boat, while the family are
at dinner. than there ever has been
yet. If Rallies is to Ncome to life, old
chap, he shall so a-Rafiiing for all he's
worth! There's something to be done
with bicycle too. Try Ham common
or Roehampton, or some sleepy hollow n
trifie off the line, and say you're expect
ing your brother from the colonies"
Into this arrangement entered with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-17

me in whispers on the way home. IL
would be the first tight place / had
ever got him out of, and l was quite
anxious for him to get into II. so sure
was i of every move. My whole posi-
ton had altered in the few seconds
that it took me to follow this illuminat-
ing train of ideas. 1t was now so
strong that / could watch Raffles with
out much anxiety, and he was worth
watching.
He had stepped boldly, but softly, to
the front door, and there he was still
waiting. ready TO ring if the door open
ed or a face appeared In the area and
doubtless to pretend that he had rung
already. But he had not to ring at all.
and suddenly 1 saw his foot in the let
ter box, his left hand on the Intel over
head. 1t was thrilling even to hard
ened accomplice with an explanation
up his sleeve. A tight grip with that
left hand of his as he leaned forward
with all his weight upon those five
fingers, right arm stretched outward
and upward to its last inch. and the
base of the low, projecting balcony was
safely canght.
/ looked down and took breath. The
maid was removing the crumbs in the
lighted room, and the square was emp
~ as before. What blessing il was
the end of the season. Many of the
houses remained in darkness. l looked
up again, and Raffies was drawing his
left leg over the balcony railing. In
another moment he had disappeared
through one of the French windows
which opened upon the balcony, and in
yet another he had switched on the
electric light within. This was bad
enough. for now l at least could see
everything he did, but the browning
folly was still to come. There was no
point in il. The mad thing was done
for my benefit, as l knew at once and
he afterward confessed. but the lunatic
reappeared on the balcony, bowling like
mOuntebank-in his Grape mask.
1 set off with the empty chair. but /
came back. / could not desert old
Raff1es even when l would, but must
try to explain away his mask as well
if he had not the sense to take it off
in time. 1t would be difficult. but
burglaries are not usually committed
from a bath chair, and for the rest 1
put my faith in DR.. TheobaId. Mean
while Raffies had at least withdrawn
from the balcony, and now 1 could see
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-17

type, but she was also angrier than !
had anticipated when came so readily
to the door. The passage into which il
opened was an exceedingly narrow
one. as have often said, but 1 never
dreamed Of barring this woman's way,
though not word did she stoop to say
TO me. i was only too glad to fiatten
myself against the wall as the rustling
fury strobe past me into the lighted
room with the open door.
$50 this is your thieves Kitchen
she cried in high pitched scorn.
/ was on the threshold myself, and
Raffies glanced toward me with raised
eyebrows.
Il have certainly had better quarters
in my day." said he, "but you need not
call them absurd names before my
man."
"Then send your man about his
business" said jacques Saillard, with
an unpleasant stress upon the word in
dictated.
But when the door was shut l heard
Rafies assuring her that / knew moth
ing, that he was q real invalid over.
all he had told her of his life lie to
hide his whereabouts, but all he was
telling her now she could prove for
herself without leaving that building.
1t seemed, however, that she had prov
ed it already by going first to the por-
ter below stairs. Yet do not think she
cared one atom which story was the
truth.
$50 you thought could pass you in
your chair" she said, "or ever in this
world again without hearing from my
heart that it was you"'
Bunny" said Raffles, I'm awfully
sorry, old chap, but you've got to 60"
1t was some weeks since the first I'M
timely visitation of Jacques Saillard,
but there had been many others at all
hours of the day, while Rallies had
been induced to pay at least one to her
studio in the neighbOring square.
These intrusions he had endured at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-17
"And you mean to let him have his

"And you mean to let him have his
way?"
1 had no language for my mortifica-
ton and disgust, though neither was as
yet quite SO great as my surprise. 1
had foreseen almost every conceivable
consequence of the mad act which
brought all this trouble to pass, but
; voluntary division between Raffies and
me had certainly never entered my cal
culations, nor could think that il had
occurred to him before our egregiOus
doctors last visit, this very morning.
Raffies had looked irritated as he broke
the news to me from his pillow, and
now there was some sympathy in the
way he sat up in bed, as though he felt
the thing himself.
- am obliged to give in to the fell
low" said he Hes saving me from
my friend, and I'm bound to humor
him. But I can tell you that we've
been arguing about you for the last
half hour, Bunny. 1t was no use. The
! idiot has had his knife IN you from the
first, and he wouldn't see me through
on any other conditions"
80 he is going to see you through,
is he?"
1T tots up to that" said Raf1es,
looking at me rather hard. "At all
events he has come TO my rescue for
the time being, and it's for me to man
age the rest. You don't know what it
has been, Bunny, these last few weeks,
and gallantry forbids that L should tell
you even now, but would you rather
elope against your will or have your
continued existence made known to
the world in general and the police In
particular? That is practically the
problem which have had to solve, and
the temporary solution was TO fall i'll.
AS a matter of fact l am Ill, and now
what do you think? / owe it to you TO
tell you, Bunny, though it goes against
the grain. She would take me TO the
dear, warm underworld, where the sun
really Shines and she would nurse
me back to life and love" The ar
tistic temperament is a fearsome thing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-17

first with an air of humorous resigna-
ton which imposed upon me less than
] he imagined. The woman meant well,
! lie said, after all, and could be trusted
to keep his secret Loyalty. 1t was plain
| to me, however, that Raffies did not
trust her and that his pretense upon
the point was Il deliberate pose to con-
ceal the extent to which she had him in
her power. Otherwise there would
have been little point in hiding any
thing from the one person in posses
sion of the cardinal secret of his iden-
tity. But Rallies thought it worth his
while to hoodwink Jacques Saillard in
the subsidiary matter of his health, in
which DIR. Theobald lent him unwit-
ting assistance, and, as we have seen,
to impress upon her that / was actual
ly an attendant and as ignorant of his
past as the doctor himself. $50 you're
all right, Bunny" he had assured me.
"She thinks you knew nothing the 9TH
er night. / told you she wasn't a clever
woman outside her work. But hasn't
she q willp
told RaffieS it was very consl0erate
of him to keep me out of it, but that
it seemed to me like tying up the bag
when the cat had escaped. His reply
was an admission that one must be
ON the defensive with such a woman
and in such case. Soon after this
Raffies, looking far from we'll, fell
back upon his own last line of defense
namely, his bed-and now, as always
in the end, L could see some sense in
his subtletieS, since it was compare
lively easy for me to turn even Jacques
Saillard from the door, with DIR. Theo-
bald's explicit injunctions and with my
own honesty unquestioned. So for
day we had peace once more. Then
came letters, then the doctor again and
again, and finally my dismissal in the
incredible words which have necessi-
tated these explanations.
"Go?" 1 echoed. Go where?"
Its that ass Theobald," said Rallies.
"He insists"
ION my going altogether"
He nodded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-17

Inc base OF nc to;r, projecting bulcOny
tcds safely caught.
only his head as he peered into a cabi-
net at the other side of the room. 1t
was like the opera of Aida" in which
two scenes are enacted simultaneously,
one in the dungeon below, the other in
the temple above. In the same fashion
my attention now became divided be-
tween the picture of Raffies moving
stealthiiy about the upper room and
that of the husband and wife at table
underneath, and all at once. as the man
replenished his glass with shrug Of
his shoulders, the woman pushed back
her chair and sailed to the door.
Rafiles was standing before the fire.
place upstairs. He had taken one Of
the framed photographs from the CHM
ney piece and was scanning it at sui
cidal length through the eyeholes in
the hideous mask which he still wore.
He would need it after ALL The lady
had left the room below, opening and
shutting the door for herself; the man
was filling his glass once more.
would have shrieked my warning to
Raffies, so fatally engrossed overhead,
Dut at tbiS uuOLucHt tOl all OtueFS) d
constable (of all mem was marching
sedately down our side of the square.
There was nothing for it but to turn a
melancholy eye upon the bath chair
and to ask the constable the time.
was evidently to be kept there all night.
1 remarked, and only realized with the
words that they disposed of my other
explanations before they were uttered.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-02
He Was One Of Them.

There is a congressman from q
northwestern state who not long ago
expressed his sense of great veXa'
ton when a certain private pension
bill came before the house, for, while
his personal convictions We're directly
opposed to its passage, yet his pc.
litical interests were strong enough to
whip him into line. On the afternoon
when the bill came up for final dispo.
sition a colleague met the northwest
ern representative %neryously pacing
up and down the cloakroom, mutter
ing to himself and "gesticulating with
much emphasis,
What's up" asked the fellow mem
Der, why this eXcitement?"
"There's trouble enough for any
body" exclaimed the w%rought.up mem
Der. THAT pension bill is up. and
every cowardly nincompoop in the
house is going to vote for It. It's
sure &c pass, man; it's sure to passl'
III you feel that way about it,
suggested the colleague. why don't
you go on the floor and speak against
it,"
Speak against IL" scornfully re
peated the excited statesman. SPEAK
against It! Why, I'm one of the COW
ardly nincompoops myself!"-N. Y
Times.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-02
THE Air Wise,

planes, when. one day, c. c. Perry,
of Houston. Tex, assistant foreman
of the shop, conceived the idea of
an air wise. He accordingly made
the device shown in the sketch. An
old wise. A, in which the screw had
become nearly worn out, was con.
nected to the air brake cylinder, B,
in such a way that the air entering
the cylinder brought the jaws of the
wise together. When the air was re-
leased the spring in the cylinder
would open the jaws again.
The air in this arrangement, says
Popular Science, is controlled by a
three-way cock, c, which Is operated
by the foot levers, d. A wise arranged
in this way Is not suitable for small
work, as there is danger of iniuring
the hands. but for heavy work, which
has to be changed frequently, it is
Il great labor saver,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-02
HUMANITY AND MACHINERY.
Latter Is Called the Cornerstone Of
Modern Society.

Machinery is the cornerstone Of
modern society, the very foundation
on which law, science, ethics, the
arts, eve the state itself, rests. 1t
is so new that we do not yet know
its poetry. We do not yet understand.
Only two generations have lived be.
side the highway of steam; only one
has seen the Bessemer converter
transform the blacksmith into a
master builder of ships and towers.
The sewing machine, the far speaker,
the typewriter are common things of
to-day. accepted as a matter of daily
convenience, and yet are they teach,
ers of the people. Machines that come
close to our lives and homes, says the
Reader Magazine, insensibly teach
truth, precision, the adjustment Of
universal laws to human needs, re-
spect for that wise American idea
that labor saved is labor released for
higher and nobler toll. The machine
Is the head master of the high school
of the race.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-02
Aeolian Harp.

strument. Make the box of thin dry
pine, the top piece or sounding board
of extra clear stuff, about three-six-
teenths of an inch thick. Sides and
bottom can be one-quarter of an
inch; length two inches shorter than
the width Of your window; width ten
inches; depth two and one-half inches.
The ends should be of hard wood. and
thick enough at one end to hold the
Eyes or studs for fastening the wires
or catgut strings. At the other end
the wood should be thick enough to
hold a set of violin keys. IL you use
catgut; or iron piano pins, If you
use wire, which should be steel.
Two bridges of hard wood are glued
d~lagonally across each end, for the
strings to rest on. II steel wire is
used, q round wire should be inserted
on each bridge, so that the sound.
ing wires will not cut the wood. The
tuning should be harmonic, or, say.
thirds. fifths. and octaves, Make
about four holes in the sound board.
one inch in diameter under the
strings.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-02
WAY THE SCARF PIN GIFrs7
The Hotel Clerk Laments a Lack Of
Human Ingenuity.

q wonder why" unused the hotel
clerk, us he dickered with his tie in
front of n mirror fixed in the Office.
u wonder why whenever anybody
wants to give me a present he sends
me a scarf pin. II ! never wore a pin
l could understand IL. But ! always
wear one aud sometimes when | look
at the collection | have at home, | get
desperate and want to wear half a
dozen at a time. Guests who come
here and receive c~ourtesies always
show their gratitude by sending me a
scarf pin and, In a way, it's becoming
embarrassing.
For instance, one man gave me a
VOLTS head pin made of oxidized silver
with rubies for the eyes. 1t was a
beautiful pin, ! could see people look.
ing at 1t yards away when | was out
but one day l wore another and the
man who gave me the VOLTS head
blew In from Chicago and was quite
hurt Now | never know what pin to
wear. It Just shows how wealth has
its responsibilities"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-02

large windows is rery pleasing and
agreeable. The plIn provides for a
splendid cellar, and the way down to
quite common with some folks. and
this gives an opportunity for flies to
dodge In. Flies know where the doors
are and ruost there, waiting for an
opportunity. When they get in the
house they are in a trap and don't
know how 10 get out, and they
wouldn't go out II they did. Too often
openings are left a. the sides or
corners of screens that are large
enough to let the flies craw, through.
then garbage and other loud smelling
material IL left about to draw flies.
Some ~housckeepers know how to
whip them out easily end quickly. but
others apparently never think o. do
ing SO.
Another thing. not every house.
Keeper knows that dies won't stay In
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-02
Amerira Generous TO solenne

Prof, Ray Lancaster, in his opening
address before the British association,
pointed out what has been many
times remarked, that in no country Is
so much aid given by laymen to sci.
entific Investigation as in America.
The habh CT giving telescopes. labor
atofies and research funds has be-
come common among rich men, and
we rather take their gifts for granted.
It has been hnmorously said that the
will Of a Massachusetts man which
does not provide a Gift for a hospital,
an art museum. a university or an in.
stitute for the investigation Of human
pedigrees is in poor form, and reflects
On the social standing OF the testator's
family.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-02
For freckles.

Here IS a remedy for freckles which
has been satisfactory. but 1t is i'm.
possible to predict how soon the cure
will be effected; Thirty grains OF pull.
verified borax, dissolved In two and
pne-half ounces OF lemon Juice. This
makes a lotion that is very effective
in keeping freckles in allegiance where
1t agrees with the skin. II should bo
apply, 1T night, after the face has
been thoroughly washed and rinsed
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-02
INDUS1W<M,<
's2snEcaWH
A SIMPLE LIBRARY TABLE.
How One Can Be Built by the Handy
Man or Boy.

The cut shows a plan for uniting
library shelves and a table top In one
article OF furniture. A simple, square,
box.iike structure Is made for the
foundation. with shelves about the
four sides. The top, which may be
either 4 perfect circle, or an oval, 10
fastened directly to the shelves.
The top Is composed of two layers
OF thin boards, one being LAID at right
angles TO the other, and firmly fas-
tened together by screws passing up
through the lower layer into the up.
per. but not long enough to go
through the latter. II desired, the
edges Of the lower layer a be bey-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-02

he dark. Darsen every room IN the
house except one. and the flies viii
all be found in the Hight room. 1t is
not pleasant to occupy a house with
Insects that you know have Just come
from some manure heap or other
filthy place. The beasts are Matched
in filth and spend their time wallow.
ing in it except when they are paying
as a visit.
This house Is 2s feet vide and ~