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Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15

house on low ground and in town you
have a sewer, but IL you strike
spring or the indications OF damp
ground you can for a few extra dol
lars have a course of drain tile laid
outside of the wall that will carry
away any water that might accumu-
late. Then a plastering of cement
mortar on the outside Of the wall acts
as further assurance against damp
ness. One Of the greatest annoyances
in house is a damp cellar. You
can avoid 1t by a little personal at
tention when the house Is being built.
but 1t Is hard to correct the difficulty
afterwards.
Another advantage In a house like
this is the ease with which 1t may
be heated by placing a small furnace
in the cellar. The furnace should be
put under the dining room near the
big chimney; then six short pipes will
carry the heat to each room In the
house including the bathroom, and
about five tons Of coal will keep it
warm all winter.
The size of the house is Al feet in
width by 25 feet in length, not very
large on the ground for cottage,
still you get five good rooms and they
are well arranged for convenience.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15
Floor Plan

means so much to the oldfashioned
people we occasionally meet in coun-
try places where they have lived for
number of years, in a permanent
home around which the true home
sentiment has grown and developed
while the children budded into youth
and blossomed into young manhood
and young womanhood. The divinest
earthly heritage is good comfort
able home whether it be large or
small; IL it be we'll managed it is
the only satisfactory way OF living.
What | particularly wish to see is
more little homes like this, homes for
the common people. the ones Abra-
ham Lincoln said the Lord must love
because he made SO many OF them.
But even small house like this
cannot be made comfortable and home
like unless it is started right. In the
first place cellar drainage must be
looked to when the excavation is be-
ing made for the foundation. This
is something you cannot well put in
the contract because you never know
when commencing to dig whether
you will strike springy spot or not.
N the country no one builds a
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15
no N0nnW STOOD RET0RE III. ZEAlVGA CH2LD

| saw that l had been early, and that
it was even now but 20 minutes to the
hour.
The minute hand had not swept past
the figure VIII when the door opened,
there was a hurried step and two
women stood before me leading a
child between them. Both women were
closely yelled, and the child was muf
fled and swathed till its features could
not be seen.
one of the women was young, the
other older-perhaps middle-aged
Both were tall and well-made. l looked
eagerly upon them, for one of them
must be the Unknown, the hidden en-
ployer whose task had carried Henry
Wilton to his death, who held my life
in her hands and who fought the des-
perate battle with the power and
hatred Of DOddridge Knapp. 1t was to
the younger that | turned as the more
likely to have the spirit of contest but
1t was the older who spoke.
Here is your charge, Mr. Wilton,
she said in low. agtated voice AS
she spoke felt the faint suggestion
of the peculiar perfume that had
greeted me from the brief letters of
the Unknown.
II am ready for orders" | said with
a bow.
Your orders are in this envelope"
said the Unknown, hurriedly thrust
ing a paper into my hand. Drive for
the boat and read them on the way.
You have no time to lose"
The younger woman placed the
child in the hack.
climb In, Wainwright" said !, eye
in. the ycUag1teT uafayorably. VIII
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15

man had no money and the sight OF
sign caught his eye and it set him to
thinking. Back in Ireland II years
ago he had left his mother to come to
America to make his fortune. But he
had started wrong, and somehow after
three or four letters had been ex-
changed he had ceased writing. The
thought shocked him-the words on
the wall struck homeland he made a
resolve to do the right thing" in the
future.
When he had been "thawed out" he
left the mission room, and shortly
touched" sympathetic pedestrian
for Is cents. Then he bought paper
and envelope and went home" to
ten-cent lodging house near by. That
night he mailed the long-delayed let
ter to his mother telling her he was
going to brace up and asking for
giveness for his neglect.
A month later letter bearing a
foreign postmark, but handwriting
that was not his mothers, arrived at
the general delivery. Tearing open
the envelope, the hobo" who was a
hobo" no longer, found two letters.
One was in his mothers hand. Eager
ly he read the letter. She forgave
him, 1t said. But the letter was I'M
finished. 1t ended abruptly in the mid
die of a sentence and bore no sigma
ture. Wondering, he picked up the
other. Tearfully he read Of his moth
er's death-and she died before she
could finish the letter.
But she forgave him! And that
thought Is keeping him straight.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15

companied such an excursion, but the
fact is woman puts off going up
stairs to attend to the housework
as long as possible. The rooms are
out of sight so that there is not the
same incentive to keep it looking
nicely.
Such small cottage houses extend a
strong invitation to American fami-
lies to settle down and make a home.
In cities the practice Of living in rent
ed apartments is so common that the
home feeling is sacrificed for the
questionable advantage of being near
the center Of the city. This has led
to the habit of moving from house to
house, or from one fiat to another
until moving may be almost charac-
terized as national mania. The
members>o Of a family soon get tired of
a fiat on noisy street in the city
and they move into another fiat in the
vain hope of finding something more
comfortable.
You seldom find among such people
the contented home sentiment that
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15
Round the World II Times.

Capt. Herbert Edward Greenstreet,
commander of the New Zealand Ship
ping Company's twin-screw passenger
steamship Rimutaka, starts off this
week on his seventy-second globe-en-
circling voyage, in the confident ex-
pectation that before he comes ashore
for good he will have reeled of a CEN
fury of such trips. Each voyage from
London to New Zealand means $4,000
miles of steaming. Then there are
from 1000 to 1000 miles on the New
Zealand coast, so that each round trip
really means from $4,000 to $1,000
miles. AS the Rimutaka makes three
voyages in Is months, 1t will need
another ten years or so OF seafaring
before Capt. Greenstreet completes his
hundredth 'round-the-world trip.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15
Use of Adiectives.

Certain adjectives are reserved for
men and others for women. A man is
never called beautiful" Along with
pretty" and lovely" that adjective
has become the property of women
and children alone. Handsome" and
the weak good-looking" are the only
two adjectives of the kind common to
either sex. Even belle" has no real
masculine correlative in English,
since beau" came to signify some
thing other than personal looks. 1t is
singular that handsome" should have
become the word for strikingly good
looking person, since its literal mean.
ing is handy, dexterous. But pretty"
likewise comes from the Anglo-Saxon
word meaning sly"
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers OF this
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor, Author and Manufac-
turer, he is. without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William A Radford, No.
1874 Fifth Ave, Chicago. ILL.,. and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply
This is a new modification of the
old cottage house idea that is being
built in some sections of the middle
west. The low roof with a wide pro-
lection gives the house a different
finish, sort Of plain aristocratic
neatness that everybody likes. The
house may be built Of wood, brick, &C.
ment or stone. 1t is often built of
wood to the caves and the gables plas-
tered with cement mortar on metal
lath. You can get five rooms In a
cottage of this style and secure more
comfort for the investment than you
can get from five-room two-story
house and it looks well when nicely
kept.
Generally speaking. cottages are
now being built more than ever be.
fore, not that they are new, but be-
cause they may be cheaply built and
because they are especially adapted
to the suburbs and country places.
The women seem to like a cottage
house after they become accustomed
to it. partly because it is easier to
do the Homework where the rooms
are all on one floor, but at the same
time there is less excuse to neglect
things. We have all had the expert
ence Of going through a house I'M
expectedly when the down stairs was
neat and clean enough, but upstairs
presented very disorderly appear
ance. Profuse apologies usually &C.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15

strangeness of the situation, and
would speak no word.
Why was he put thus in my charge?
What was | to do with him? Whittier
was l to carry him? | reproached my
self that | had not stopped the I'm
known to ask more questions, to get
more light on the duties that were ex-
pected of me. But the hack on
sudden pulled up, and | saw that we
were before the long low, ugly wood
en- building that sat square across
Market street as the gateway to San
Francisco, through which the tide of
travel must pass to and from the Col
den City.
Look out on both sides, Vain
wright" / cautioned. You carry the
boy and I'll shoot if there's any trou.
BILE. See that you keep him SAFE
There was nearly 10 minutes before
the boat left, but the hurry for tickets,
the rush to check baggage, the shouts
of hackmen and eXpressmen, the rat
tie and confusion of the coming and
departing street cars that conferred at
the ferry made us inconspicuous
among the throng as we stepped out
of the hack.
Here FitZhugh Brown" | said
catching sight of two OF my retainers,
get close about. Have you seen any
thing-any signs of the enemy"
Il haven't" said Fitzhugh, "but
Abrams thought he saw Dotty Fer
guson over by the Fair Wind saloon
there. Said he cut up Clay street be-
fore the rest of us caught sight of
him-so maybe Abrams was eff his
nut"
"oulte like'v." admitted as we
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15
CHAPTER XXI.
Trailed.


did you see him." asked Vain
wright, as the hack lurched into Mar
ket street and Strengthened its course
for the ferry.
Who"
"Tom Terrill. He was behind that
big pillar near the arch there. / saw
him just as the old lady spoke to you,
but before | catches your eye, he cuts
and runs"
Il didn't see him." | said. Keep the
child between us, and shoot anybody
who tries to stop us or TO climb into
the hack. l must read my orders"
"All right, sir" said Wainwright,
making the child comfortable between
us.
| tore open the envelope and drew
forth the scented paper with its ia
miliar, firm, yet delicate handwriting
and read the words:
Take the train with your men for
Livermore. Await orders at the hotel
Protect the boy at all hazards"
Enclosed in the sheet were gold
notes to the value of 5000 thought
full detail for which | was grateful
at the outset of such an expedition.
thrust the money into my pocket and
pondered upon the letter, wondering
where Livermore might be. My knowl-
edge of the geography of California
was exceedingly scant, and Livermore
was no where to be found in my geo.
graphical memory.
| had some thought of questioning
Wainwright, who was busy trying to
make friends with the child, but re-
fecting that | might be supposed to
know all about it | was silent. Vain
virgins efforts to get the child to
speak were without success. The lit
tie thing might from its size have been
five years old, but it was dumb
frightened. as supposed, by the
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15
sriaand's New Means of Extortion.

Even cremation has been made to
subserve the purposes of the brigand
in a manner in which those interested
ought to take note. At Strasburg
there Is a crematorium with depos-
itory for urn attached. From this
place there disappeared some days
ago the urn containing the ashes OF
two members of wealthy family
named Berle. The police have been
quite unable to obtain any clue but
the family were called up by tele-
phone the other evening and notified
that the restoration of the urn would
cost them 5,00O.-London Globe.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15
House Fly a Common Enemy.

Although the mosquito specializes
on yellow fever and malaria and Is
universally recognized as an enemy
to be fought outright, scientists have
come to regard the common house fly
as the more dangerous. The mosquito
will spread only one or two diseases,
but the house flys only speciality Is
filth. Typhoid germs, tuberculosis
germs and a hundred other germs
that drops its load of refuse in the
butter or milk.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15

ne travel with us, ma am? He's rather
young"
He'll so all right" said the elder
woman with some agitation. He
knows that he must. But treat him
carefully. Now good-by."
Oakland ferry, driver" l cried as
| stepped into the hack and slammed
the door. And in a moment we were
dashing out into New Montgomery
street, and with a turn were on Mar
ket street, rolling over the rough cob
bles toward the bay.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15
SYNOPSIS.

Giles Dudley arrived in San Francisco
70 join his friend and distant relative
Henry Wilton, whom he was to assist
IN an important and mysterious task, and
VINO accompanied Dudley on the
ferry boat trip into the city The re-
markable resemblance of the two men
gers on the ferry. They see a man with.
snake eyes, which sends thrill through
Dudley. Wilton postpones an explanation
of the strange errand Dudley is TO per-
form, but occurrences cause him to
know II is one of no ordinary meaning
Dudley is summoned to the morgue and
there finds the dead body of his friend
Henry Wilton. And thus Wilton dies
without ever explaining to Dudley the
puzzhng work he was to perform in San
Francisco. In order to discover the Sc
cret\ mission his friend had entrusted to
him, Dudley continues his disguise and
Iermits himself to be known as Henry
7Wilton. He learns that there is a boy
whom lie is charged with secreting and
protecting Dudley. mistaken for viii
ton, is employed by Knapp to assist
in stock brokerage deal. Giles Dudley
finds himself closeted in room with
Morther Borton who makes confidant
of him. He can learn nothing about the
mysterious boy further than that 1t is
Tim Terrill and Darby Meeker who are
after him. Dudley visits the home of
Knapp and is stricken by the beauty or
l;uella his Daughter, Summing tour
TO Chinatown. Giles Dudley learns that
the party is being Swallowed by Terrill.
Luella and Dudley are cut off from
the rest of the party and imprison-
ed in a hallway behind an iron-bound
door. Three Chinese rufiians approach the
imprisoned couple. a battle ensues. One
is Knocked down. Giles begins firing. Tim
Terrill is seen in the mob. n newly form,
ed mob is checked by shots from Giles
revolver. Policeman Corson breaks down
the door with an AK and the couple is
rescued Luella thanks Giles Dudley for
saving her life. Knapp appears at the
office with no traces of the previous
nights debauch. Following his instruc-
tons Dudley has n notable day in the
Stock Exchange, selling Crown Diamond
and buying Omega. the object being to
crush Decker, Knapp's hated rival. Dudley
discovers that he loves Luella Knapp.
Mother BOrton tells Giles Dudley that
-.theX'Xe discovered where the boy is
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15
CHAPTER xxI.-Continued.

send six men to s o'clock boat. Come
with one in hack to courtyard of the
Palace Hotel at 7:40."
Mother Borton's face changed not
a whit at the reading, but at the end
she nodded.
she knows" she said.
What does it mean?" l asked
What is to happen?"
Don't go, dearie-you won't go,
will you?"
Yes" l said. 81 must 60"
oh" she walled; you may be
killed. You may never come back"
Nonsense" said |. I'm broad day
light, at the Palace Hotel? I'm much
more likely to be killed before l get
home tonight"
Her earnestness impressed me, but
my resolution was not shaken. Mother
Borton rested her head on the table
in despair at my obstinacy.
We'll, if you will, you will" she
said at last; and an old woman's
warnings are nothing to you. But if
YOU will put your head in the traps I'll
do my best to make it safe after you
git it there. You jist sit still, honey
And she took the candle and went
to corner, where she seated herself
at stand.
Mother Borton appeared to have
some difficulty in arranging her words
to her liking. She seemed to be writ
ing but the pen did not flow smoothly.
At last she was done, and sealing her
work in an envelope she brought the
flickering light once more to the table.
Take that" she said, thrusting the
envelope into my hand. IF you find
a one.eyed man when you git into
trouble give him that letter I've writ
We, and it may do we some good It's
the best | can do fer we. You'd better
go now and git some sleep. You may
need it.
thanked Mother Borton and
pressed her hand, and she held the
candle as l tptoed down the stairs,
joining my waiting guards and went
out into the night.
Where are Barkhouse and Phil
lips?" | asked, as we turned our faces
toward the west
Porter gave a low whistle, and as
this failed to bring an answer, fol-
lowed it with one louder and more pro-
longed. We listened, but no response
came.
Wed better get out of here" said
Wilson. There's no telling what may
hal pen when they hear that whistle"
Hist! What's that" said Porter,
drawing me back into a doorway.
There were running steps on the
block above us, and l thought shad-
ow darted from one side of the street
70 the ether.
There seem to be friends waiting
for US" said |. Just get good grip
OF your clubs, boys, and keep your
receivers handy in case they think
they have a call TO stop us
Hold on" said Porter. There's a
gang Of 'em there. l see dozen of
EN- and If we're the ones they're after
we had better cut for it,
II believe you are right" said /,
peering into the darkness. | could see
a confused mass, but whether of men
or boxes / could only guess.
We'll go up there, and you can cut
around the other way" said Porter.
There's no need for you to risk It.
There's no need for any one TO risk
it. Well cut together"
This way then" said Wilson. Il
know this part of town better than
Won do. Run on your toes And he
darted past Borton's and plunged into
al alley that led toward the north.
Porter and | followed as quietly as
possible through the dark and noisome
cui.oa to Pacific street. Wilson turned
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15
Imnossihle.

do you love your neighbour" asked
the good man who was endeavoring to-
show Bassford the way to heaven.
IL should say not! He keeps an
unmuzzled dog and whistles the NJ w.
waltz Chicago RecordHerald.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15
WORDS THAT STRIKE HOME.
"How Long Since You Have Written
to Mother?"

There is sign in little rescue mis-
sion out on Olive street where num-
Der of young men devote their ener-
gies to helping the unfortunate.
Not long ago tramp of the down
and out" variety strayed into the mis-
sion room. 1t was cold night, the
the fire inside looked inviting. The
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-15
Just a Thouuht.

We needn't worry about who Is
going TO plant flowers on our graves;
lots of people would do it gladly, no
doubt
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1908-03-24

Set er OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES rltnot
pn1 paa &anoet, iom / 9pltens SiO,
bpor De ltaar u~benptteOe ben ifal
bcnpttes til 6erietolonier for 81
bprnene, og Der itol ipges opnoaet
arrangement meO 9ru9sforeninger
og anoel5meierier. 9r. @pgilO fore
laar, at man gaar ct SfriOt pi0ere
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boge til SperL at OperlaOe 6oriom-
li~ngsbulene til IrbelOere ira 9per=
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Cages SerieopbolO poo atorofoliter
anllaas til for Ell &pbenbapner finn
at bile %anOruge ca. 20 &r. iolt.
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6plgcr Segtrnp ON EGbagugifem

SEQ bet ltore 6riIfolemooe
Soenie bolot 81. q. @6iifoleforItal.
Der @olger 9egtrltp SOreorog on
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le0e .St60 fra &~er0enSItrpmnitger
iu0 / SfOleItllelt - en0og, 6por
@prn paa s Aor ii0Oer inmmen.
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6iforie, pil 1eIe Sem mso ftor Snz
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Nrnct rocr Hnnb.

@crct Goer @anb, Sc ii0Ite I'll
Gers ItGrfe ueltlige Storn1e 9ar, fri
per DSbiiteO q. SiOenoe", Lungs belle
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rtn0er Stormen Ssnoog Sen l..
Wtarts alene taget mellem 10 og
20 Same al Sf9nten lige Noro for
Wolen, iQale0as at Ser I'LL fun er
ca. Is 9llen fra Sfr9nters &ant til
Set lGllglt noe ltooenoe 6iifepaf6us,
og ma er ~forbereOt pno, at Ell
Storm til al famine Stprfe JONI Ben
nGpnte S6n0ag fulo1tpnOig pel bort
ifpqe @afbuiet.
6iiferiforeningen 6ar 0erfor ben
penot Jig til OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
for at fdo 0efte I'll at toge AnPre.
Der ct I'LL Sale ON MOB 5popeit at
ltffe ben oo6ne @ro for at le, ON
fife Bette flnOe binore, at @opet
goor langare inO / 2on0et, iOet man
9oor uo fra, at set er Sc Itore Goio-
mosIer, Jon presses gennem Slab
ningen, Der ~forourioger 9ortifgG-
llitgen.
Noget lignen0e bar man life Bis
I'll fer0t Ser poo Steoet. Men bpao
Ser mi enO ifol gores, geGOer set
ON, at Ser bon0Ies burtig; en- MI
Storm fan 10 fomme bpert 9iebIif,
% Ioo fer 2atoItrofen.
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Gre mpitiifc SlDc6ranoe. Den g..
Ntarts ON GftermiOoagen blep
&ranOuGiellet i &%06enbuun purret
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NeperoiIsgaOe 10 paa &eiterbro.
ser bar SlOen ligeleOeS / 9oftS=
etagen, men bapOe on0erleoe5 Iterft
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mnotte relies, o. SrunOfolfene
maatte iloa @ul pau 9oget for al
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Sang meO Sluf1ingen, tom Ser
@ran0meloing ira GjertOomnten 9fr.
101 pau 81. &ongepei. Ser bar
ser ligefrem lagt ct Soal tilrette /
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ret 6prta, erflGre0e, at ingen al BE-
res Meolemmer bapOe p9ret pau
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til @%ulterfomret ooben, % bet jpn
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