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The Marshall republican., 1907-02-08
County News
From Our Exchanges
Wheeler-Huf

LiSb TIudN . hdllSaS ClLN
papers made notice of the fact
thatAJ. G. Wheeler and Mrs.
Addie b.. Huff, both of this
vicinity, were granted we'd
ding license last Thursday.
and the presumption is that
they were married ON the same
day the license were granted.
The bride before her first
marriage, was Miss Addie
Fe,ote, and was raised in the
vicinity Of New Frankfort.
The groom was formely IA fire.
man ON the &. Il A., but for
several years has been solicit
ing business for life and ac-
cident insurance companies.
---Wil Haynie returned
from ST. Lo.is last week
where he has secured n posi-
tlon as travelling salesman for
the Simmons Hardware Co.
which Is said tn be the largest
establishment ~ the kind IN
the world. His territory for
the present will (be in north
east Missouri.----J j. S.
Thorn pson, who has been run
ming II five and ten cent store
in Slater for TIE past year,
made an assignment last Mon
day for the bene 6t of his credi-
G.. w. bridges is the
assignee. -I. II. Ireland
and Nj. Il. Miller will have u
sale of personal proper-
" on the r. L. Hams .tarm,
Wednesday February. 9TH.
Mr.. Ireland has decided TO
move VI Tulsa, |. H., whc~e
he thinks there will be pro tit
able employment for him. -
Jamison, one of the
oldest citizens in the county.
has been confined to his bed
his home in Clay township
Tor the past three months.
is 93 years of age and on
OF the nature of his
that of u cancer, there
is no hope Of his recovery
The Slater Rustler.
l.. G.. Heumann is visiting
his father in st. Charles county
this week. --One of the
sleets we have. seen
Tor "A long time fell Wednesday
Many seemed not To
DC satisfied by looking at il
and wonld sit down suddenly
and feel of II. Borp Ia the
wife of Gene Vanarsdell.
Thursday, JAM, 81, 1907. an 81
pound girl.--As we %, 10
press We learn from Miss
Pearl Bingham that
Miss Emma Townsend and
A. Wallace were piarried
asst Friday. Rock
statesman.
James Norman, of Nh ,rsball.
wan here this usoaL l.....-
The Marshall republican., 1907-02-08

horse, SS5: from Yankee, OF
Lamonte, bay team, SI73; from
j. w. Wicker, brown mare,
S6o;from Chas. PummiII mule
s.; from Chris Vanata, sor-
rell horse, S-.--Wm j.
Carr, United States mail con-
tractor. was here Tuesday To
receive bids for carrying the
star route to McAllIster.
Lewis Montgomery's bid was
accepted and sent to Washing
ton. for approval. The ous-
tonian.
The Marshall republican., 1907-02-08

'inahns, euuy' began "a
breathe.
But began the chief. seized
with sudden misgivlngs.
1T ID impossible. I tell yon." inter.
rupted Hamilton. Il know this gentle.
man is incapable OF tho theft. 1yhere
10 some frightful mistake. How the
dickens did you get here. Dicky?'
And briefly ! told him my story. my
ASS ears growing inch by Inch AZ I
went along. Hamilton didn't know
whether to swear or to laugh; finally
he laughed.
III you wanted To come. why didn't
you write me for on invitstion?"
II shouldn't have come TO your old
ball, had ] been invited. It was just
the idea Of the lark"
I'VE shall have 10 hold him. never.
theIess." said the chief. "tin every.
thing Il cleared up. The g.rl-"
Ito b coutIrued.
The Marshall republican., 1907-02-08
Fine Farm For Sale

Good stock and grain farm,
2 miles east Of Napt9u. LOO
acres. veil improved. will BE-
IsNld cheap u taken quickly,
C, HAruett.
4 n, i. psNeluOn.
The Marshall republican., 1907-02-08
CHAPTER VI.

.httt Wtta tVtlSu oFflrs ANHltlUK
his approach. Nonchaiance IL always
respected by tse police. I must have
presented a likely picture. however,
my face ~blaokened with coaldust. cob
webs stringing down over my eyes.
my Capuchin gown soiied and rent.
The girl quietly took her place beside
me.
80 you took n chance at the eel.
lars, ehT" inquired the detective ur.
bancly. We'll you look II. WIN o
30 with us quietly. or shall We have
TO use force?"
In the FIRST place. what do you and
your, police want OF mot" I returned
coolly.
He exhibited his star OF authority.
Il am Haggerty OF the Central or.
Noe. ! wan You for several things"
Several things? stared at him
stupidity. Several things? Then Il
came TO me. with a Jar like an earth.
quake. The story In the newspaper
returned TO my vision. Oh. this was
too much. altogether too much! He
took me to be the fashionable thief
for whom half the New York police
force were hunting. My sight swan
for q moment In a blur.
"what IL Il you think l have donei"
I demanded.
Ton have. or have had, several
thousand dollars worth Of gems on
your person tonight"
shrugged. The accusation vas 30
impossible that my confidence re-
turned.
mr.. Haggerty. you arc making .
stupid mistake. You are losing time,
besides. am not the man for whom
you are hunting. My name Is Richard
Comstalk."
One name or another. It does not
matter"
Plenty of gall" murmured one of
the minions of the law. whom I after.
ward learned was tho chief OF the vii
Iage police.
"The card by which you gained
admittance here" demanded the great
Haggerty truculently.
surrendered II. A crowd had by
this time collected curiously about us.
i could see the musicians on the stage
peertng over the plants.
"The thief you are looking for has
gcne.' said /. "He escaped by the
coal window" BY this statement my
feet sank deeper still.
What did ! toll youf" cried Hag-
Gerty. turning 70 his men. They had
an accomplish hidden In the cellars"
7 beg to inform you that you are
making : mistake that will presently
cost you dear."-thinking Of the polit.
ical pull my uncle had ii New York.
II Am the nephew q Daniel wither-
spoon"
Worse ana vorssl said ths chief
~ police.
we shall discuss ths mistake later
md y sisngth. OF course you can easily
explalp bow you came 10 impose upon
these poople,s ~jrpnically.. "Hahi The
oar1o y ", Whe1 you drcpped that
AZ - ydar6fa "a said y0a xeyal ~
IN m4qQ1evodo kpQv yStinr
oDtok ~ tei1 ~ irQo
The Marshall republican., 1907-02-08

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Blangr Rumpity bumplty blang
blangi
I have heard many stage thunders
In my time, but that racket beat any.
thing and everything this side Of siege
guns.
Instantly the door opened and a DO.
neeman ioked his head in. Before
had time to move. he grabbed me by
the arm and yanked mc--into the bali.
room! The girl and ] had made a
complete circuit OF tho cellars, and
had stumbled into tho ballroom again
BY the flight opposite 10 that by which
we left II. Cheerful prospect, wasn't
II? The adventure had ceased 10 have
any droll side to II.
Aha" cried the base mInlon Of the
law. Here you are. then, Hello.
everybody! Hello!" he bawled.
Caught! Here we were. the Blue
Domino and myself, the Grey Capu.
chin, both OF us in a fine fix. Dis.
covery and election I could have stood
with fortitude and equanimity; but
there was bad business afoot. There
wasn't any doubt in my mind what
was going TO happen. AZ the girl said.
there would be faring headlines and
horrid pictures. We were like to be
the newspaper sensation OF the day.
Arrested and lodged In Jail! What
would my rich. doiing old uncle n
10 that. who had threatened 10 dis.
inherit me for lesser things! felt
terribly sorry for the girl. but II was
now utterly impossible 20 hoip her, for
! couldn't help myself.
And behold! The mysterious stran.
ger ! had met In the curio-shop. the
fellow who had virtually haunted me
for six hours. the fellow who had mas.
queraded as Caesar. suddenly doomed
up before me. still wearing his sardon.
ic smile. At his side were two more
policemen. Ho had thrown aside HIS
toga and was In evening dress. His
keen glance rested on mo.
Here he is. Mr.. H~aggerfty!" cried
the policeman cheerfuiiy. swinging me
around.
A detective! And Heaven help me.
he believed me TO DO the theft Oh.
for Aladdin's lamp!
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-08
Acetylene Gas.

Paper Read Before the phautauQua Circle.
IN presenting this paper for your
consideration, the writer feels that
he owes an apology to the learned
members of the Pierian Circle for
the omission Of definite scientific data.
He can only offer in excuse the limited
field of research accorded dwellers at
this hotel. To the majority of people
acetylene gas is name denoting some
terrible, mysterious phenomena that,
while beautiful to look upon, is dread
ed and avoided. 1t cannot be denied
there is some justifiable ground for this
belief, but the prejudice is increased
and intensified by tainted news" sent
broadcast over the country by compet-
tive lighting interests, namely, the
Gasoline Light Machine Manufactur-
ing Association.
An example is this: Some months
ago house in New Jersey was wrecked
by an explosion of acetylene gas. 1
read detailed account of this acci-
dent in Boston, New York, Denver,
Minneapolis and Chicago newspapers.
The ordinary reader would notice moth.
ing Objectionable in reading this news
item, but to those hsying knowledge
of lighting exploitation it would be
known at once that hidden hand was
interested in placing this accident item
before the reading public, first having
conveniently forgotten to explain that
the owner of the house was investigat-
ing the interior of the gas tank with a
lighted match and was killed before he
could explain to the world what sort
of fool he was.
What then is acetylene gas? Acety.
lene gas is manufactured by the action
of water on chemical called carbide
of calcium, or more commonly called
simply carbide. Carbide of calcium is
a chemical in solid form, made by the
fusion of coke and lime in an electrical
furnace at six hundsed degrees of heat
When cool the carbide is removed from
the furnace bed in large sheets OF
blocks, and is sent to q crusher to bs
broken into different sized pieces fol
commercial use. These sizes run from
the ineness Of gunpowder to that Of
an ordinary brick.
In color carbide has slaty or darl
violet hue, is comparatively light il
weight, ordorless and by itself Is harm
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-08

less chemical lsubstance When brought
in contact with water its action is SIM
liar to unslaked lime; it bubbles, siz-'
zles and gives off heat and gas. This
gas, when confined and lighted in gas
burner, produces the white, brilliant
light, acetylene gas. Carbide has the
peculiar property when placed in water
and lgnited of being unextinguishable,
for the more water thrown on it the
more fiercely it burns. One other Pc
culiar property it possesses is the pow
erful all-pervading odor that resides
in the disintegrated particle. The
manufacture and sale of carbide of
calcium is controlled by, the Union
Carbide Co. of Chicago. who own the
patent rights to manufacture it in the
United States and Canada. Their fac
tories are located at Niagara Falls, N.
Y, and Sault Ste. Marie, Can. Acety-
lene gas is the most brilliant and pow
erful illuminant known. 1t is an ideal
light for the home and Is truly called
artificial sunlight. When lighted in
Schwartz burners con- bustion is almost
complete; it produces a steady, white
light, giving off scarcely any heat, in
striking contrast with coal or water
gas that heats as well as exhausts the
oxygen in the living room.
Acetylene gas, like all gases used for
artificial light will explode when ig-
nlted. Its explosive or destructive
power depends on the percentage of
oxygen combined with pure gas. In
general it may be stated that it ranks
with nitrOglycerine in explosive force.
Twenty years ago when acetylene light
machines were first placed on the mar
ket they were crude, unsafe and built
on what is now known to be a wrong
principle, namely, placing carbide in a
pan and allowing water to drop on it.
The theory was that when the water
was shut off the carbide would cease
making gas. But as matter of fact,
when once a quantity of water had
commenced, the slaking process of gas
would continue to be set free, and az
the storage capacity of the gas tank
was limited, portion of the gas was
necessarily wasted thru the overflow
pipes.
After years of experimenting and in
face of strong opposition, there are
now on the market acetylene machines
that are safe, economical in operation
and at price within the reach of all
These new machines are strongly
constructed and can be used for light
/ ing ten-room house or q two hundred
room hotel, large factory or ths
streets of city. One of the best ma
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-08

but en- route was wrecked. Everything
was lost, and as result the manager
went out of business. One more phase
of show life I wish to mention and
that is vaudeville. Most people think
this an easy and luxuriant life, but let
me assure you that it is far from it.
Think of travelling the year around,
making your own contracts. or having
an agent make them for you, sending
aud receiving kilograms, spending the
wee small hours at some water tank
waiting to make connections. then be-
ing closed after the first performance
and you will have an idea of few of
the troubles that the vaudeville artist
has to contend with.
This brings to mind certain vaude-
vile theatre in Peoria, ILL.,, that for
merly received the ill-will of many
performers. A man managed this
house, but what his wife said was law.
If after performance the wife didn't
like any of the acts, she would have
them closed. To avoid this, many re-
sorted to stratagem: Owing to the
lack of time l will mention but one
trick that invariably accomplished the
desired result, in fact had become a
fad in that particular theatre the last
time was there. If a performer ex-
pected to be closed, he would greet
this "amazon," before her husband,
with, good morning Mrs. j, what a
charming hat you have on. 1t is very
becoming and matches your rosy CON-
plexion. As you all know what fat
terry, especially when it concerns a
woman and her hat, will do, you can
easily see why the ruse was successful
In conclusion l will add that the
phases of show life that have tried te
picture, are common to the 4prsfessios
and are but few of what could be
mentioned would time permit.
ACROBATUs.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-08

chimes in use consists of two sheet
iron cylinders, open at one end, rang
ing in the small machines Eve feet in
height and three feet in diameter to
any size according to number of lights
used. OF these two cylinders, one is
inverted and placed inside the larger.
Enough water is poured in to half fill
the cylinder and serves two purposes;
first, to act as q gas seal; and second,
to dissolve the carbide. The inverted
cylinder is the gas holder. The carbide
magazine is attached to the inside at
the top of the gas holder and Is oper-
ated by clock-wOrk mechanism that
revolves 1t aud drops the carbide into
the water below. These pieces of car
blde, about the size of walnuts, dis
solve in the water, the resultant gas
causing the gas holders to rise and at
a certain height it pushes a lever that
stops the clock work. When gas is
withdrawn to use for light the gas
holder drops by its own weight, releas-
ing the lever and setting in motion
again the carbide feed arrangement.
Thus you see the machine is automat-
ic in action, making gas when needed
and stopping when the full capacity of
the gas holder is reached.
As to the cost of operation, no set
figures can be given except in candle
power, and the crude way this is esti-
mated by those not expert in the light
ing business, is the cause of erroneous
impressions as to the cost of the
amount of light used. In general it
may be stated that the cost per candle
power for acetylene gas, is at least one
half that for ordinary gas, figured at
$1.OO per thousand feet. In ten.room
house with family of four, acetylene
gas carefully used will cost about ten
cents day the year around. The cost
of the gas machine is from $125 to $50
for ten-rOOm house; the gas fixtures
and piping will cost about $50. The
Colt Acetylene Gas Machine Co., of
New York, have good reliable ma
chine; these machines use finely
crushed carbide. The Davis Acety-
lene Co., of EIkhart, Ind, make good
up-to-date machine, using carbide
crushed to walnut size, which many
think is more economical than finer
carbide.
There are many laboratory experi-
ments performed with acetylene gas
in conjunction with other chemicals
that time prevents explaining. l will
merely mention one, the combining of
pure acetylene gas with pure oxygen,
both coming from separate tanks and
mixing at the burner. This produces
Q heat sufficiently strong to melt steel
doors. T.J w.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-13
JAIL sAaaEo TO H,m
American Prisoner In China Rsceiv
Cold Welcome.

When tie Chinese day watchman st
the American consulate went his
rounds tie other morning he discov.
- nst one Of the cells that shoul
h"ss ccefa.ied prisoner was empty
NJ Ed -tndow we're intact ant
o" was no rign to show how the
escrpabt ~ tho tc!i-C. 8. Buttrick-
~ sAscted his escape. Buttrick was
ss'vi1s . ss"ic'co OF three years i'm.
priSransnt on . charge Of embezzle-
uest, Nnich was heard at Tien-tsin.
Ae night watchman. who was at
nrss suspected of connivance In the
escape, returned to his post at seven
,. m. ~ usual. He told a perfectly
Straightforward story. Ne came on
DUTY. he said. as usual. at seven
O'Clock the preceding evening. But
trick vss then out for his daily walk,
but returning at about nine p. m.
called for . tansan and then retired
10 his cell. The watchman saw moth.
Ing more Of him, and when he left
ct seven .. m. he placed the keys, ~
usual. on table where the day watch.
man would know where to find them
Another version Is that when But
trick returned from his evening walk
be va unable to get into the consu
late. He knocked and rang for some
time without any response, and nm
ally. in high dudgeon at the inhos
pitality Of the consulate. went else
where for his nights lodging. Our In.
fofmant adds that he would not be
surprised II Buttrick turned up some
day to lodge = complaint against the
American authorities for locking hin
out In this inhumaS mauner.-NortA
China Nevs-
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-13
WOMAN IN STRANGE FIELDS.
Exploration and Discovery No Longer
Left to the stsrnsr Sex.

Not long ago the triumph of a wo-
man VINO had ascended one OF the
Himalaya peaks to q height hitherto
unequaled by any mountain climber
was duly chronicled. A few days later
a foreign news item announced the ar
rival In South Africa Of an American
young woman who seeks the jungle
in order to study the language of the
monkey tribe. She is alone in her
daring quest and appears to have
full realization Of its perils.
Still another venturesome woman Is
Margaret Selenka, OF German birth.
who is to head an important scientific
expedition to Java in the early part OF
the coming year She goes there In
the endeavor to establish the identity
OF a fossil man-ape found on the
island, as the so-called missing link.
1t is evident that these women are
admitting no handicap because OF
their sex. They are courageously en-
terlng regions that few men have pen.
etrated and their action suggests that
1t may not be long before the suprem-
acy Of the sterner sex In the fields OF
exploration and discovery will be very
seriously questioned.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-13
oAbotG o. HUMAN SKIN.
Remarkable Object In Possession q
Philadelphia Man.

Human skin can be prepared, tan.
ned and made into durable articles
- successfully a. can the skin Of
horses and other animals. The result.
Ing leather 10 very much like dogskin
Of pigskin. William Hanseh of Phila-
lslphia has the largest article which
Aas ever been known to be made
from human skin-a beautiful pure
white saddls-and any ono examing It
would b at loss to tell the kind
Of skin from which It ID made. The
pores have . familiar look, but the
skin itself y Of An astonishing thick.
ness. The saddle was made from the
skin Of man. A woman's skin, gs4
orally speaking. would be too delicate.
Human skin leather 10 . very rare
article and there IL TO general trade
u It Sometimes . physician will
have . piece. made into q cover for
IN instrument cas-, and occasionally
medical students get enough to be
made into . purse or . pair Of slip.
Ders. Patients sometin have q belt
q . book made from . limb which has
bssu amputatsd.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-13
THEIR FAvoRIrE sGvERAces.
What Some ef the WORLDS Great Men
Preferred to Drink.

The entertaining author Of "Collec.
tions and Recollections" has been
writing on the favorite beverages OF
great men. Thackeray's choice was
claret He said that our intellect
ripens with good cheer and throws OF
surprising crops under the influence
Of that admirable liquid, claret." Mr..
Gladstone. to whom the other pleas
rres of the table meant nothing, was
stickler for port, believer in 1t, q
Judge Of it. Mr.. Russell says that the
only feeble speech he ever heard from
Gladstone was made after dinner at
an otherwise hospitable house, where
wine was not suffered to appear.
Lord Tennyson drank his bottle Of
port every day, and drank 1t undecant-
ed. for, as he justly observed. a de-
canter holds only eight glar ses, but a
black bottle nine. Mr. Browning, II he
could have his own way. drank port
all through dinner, as well as after 1t.
Sir Moses Montefiore. who lived to
complete his hundred years, drank a
bottle OF port wine every day after he
came to mans estate. Mr.. Finching.
the wine merchant In Little Dorritt."
thought champagne weak but palata-
BILE" and Lord st. Jerome, In 10
THAR was esteemed by the young
men a patriot because he always gave
his best champagne at his ball sup
pers. Town and Country.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-13
Most Wasteful Of Cooks.

To live to waste seems an unwrit
ten maxim Of English life. Our cook.
ing. the cooking Of our working and
agricultural classes. II about the most
wasteful cookery on earth. The French
peasant will live. and live well. on
what We discard. II Is said than one
hundred millions sterling . year are
added to the national wealth Of
France by the saving habits Of her pso.
Dio.-C. B. Fry's Magazine.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-13
q 1saetsr Declined.
,sr pupIl was ahseni

,sr pupil was absent from
0c. e day las week. The next
day SIC appeared at school and hand.
- the teacher y note explaining her
absence. written by her moth.r. The
following ID the explanation:
my Dear Miss C-Please excuse
0eesa for absence. a. she fell on the
01eWalk and hurt the side Of her
~ ~ By doing the saas you wijl
O1o1v eehgs,
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-13
poIns II Up.

Doing u Up.
This bill 10 too high" SAID the Gus.
toner. "Too high?" calculated the
laandryman. That's what l said; too
high" But, man. do you know how
long 1t takss 70 do up . shirtf' Why,
sbout four Washings."
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-13
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