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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-21

the sergeant, knocking his hands
together rather jovially. till the
dust Jew out of his white isle
thread gloves. TITS not all fair and
square. I shall make a report to
that effect, and await instructions. !"
"Psha!" interrupted miss; land
meantime Mr.. Wood may be muir
derej. I shall offer a reward of
500 pounds to whoever finds him,
but 1t must be within the next "a
hours"
''Now you're talking" said
heartily, "and I don't see we gain
much by staying here. The cage is
empty, and we've got to follow the
birds wherever they've flown"
Just then l saw some rough writ
ing in white chalk upon the gate.
and an arrow figured there with the
point towards Lonjon:
Cooked it. Follerin' on.-Joe."
They were as plain as print, so
was their meaning, and I pointed
out the word triumphantly to Miss
Fairholme.
II knew that boy wouldn't fail
me. He's got grit. he has. Some
day he'll be able to teach me my
business"
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CHAPTER v.
(COntinued)

"Where, no doubt, they had been
billing and cooing," added the gen.
eral But she is entitled to know
what has happened. You had bet
ter go round by Hill st. on your
way to Barnes. Enough said-I'm
off,"
We soon started, Savory and in
suggestion took the dog.
Hell surely find the captain"
said Savory. IF there is any sort of
scent; and the dog seemed to
understand his business, for direct
ly we reached Hill st. he was the
first inside the house, and raced up
stairs in a businesslike way and
evidently quite at home in the
place.
By and by he came down again,
followed by about the brightest,
smartest and sweetest young crea-
ture l had seen since my last Sun
day walk on Fifth av after churchill
It's not in my line to say what
she wore, but think it was a tailor
made garment, and 1t fitted her like
a glove. All I could see were her
flashing eyes. and the red lips apart
as she tackled me sharply.
"Of course you are from Captain
Wood? This is his dog. What have
you got to tell me? Quick. Elk
plain. Where is he HIMSELF"
81 wish, madam, I could tell you
that for certain, but l cannot. The
fact is, the captain is"
Here! Step in here" She open.
ed the door of a room, showed me
chair, then took her stand on the
hearthrug. with her arms behind
her back, and said:
Let me have the whole story, OF
as much as you know of it. Make
haste, please"
She still stood erect and fearless
showing great mastery over her
self, as l told briefly and quickly all
l knew. Except that the color
came and went, her cheek was now
crimson, now blanched a creamy
white, that her eyes glittered with
the tears she still resolutely kept
back, this brave child suffered nc
sign of emotion to escape her at
the peril of her lover.
well, what have you done?" she
asked imperiously. What do the
police say?"
l began to explain.
Tut, tut. Let us have no excuses
no beating about the bush. You
have known this-let me see-more
than II hours, and yet my, my
friend, Captain Wood, is still there
where you say they took him"
where l believe they took him.
"This won't do at all, Mr. dom
know who you are or what you cal
yourself-Snuyzer, an American de
tective? All, well, Mr.. SnuyZer,
shall now take this matter in hand
We've got to find Capt. Wood-a
least have, whether you come into
the business or not
In less than 10 minutes she came
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-21
A JOKE ON JOHN AND TOM

If such departed statesmen John Adams and Thos
Jefferson indulge in the human amusement OF josh
ing they must have good deal of fun with each other
these campaign days Adams Hamilton and that
school, looked upon the demand of the masses for the
right Internal scheme for giving the poor
chance to take the rich down and frsk them of their
wealth. 1t going to be awful when all men could
vote. Neither life property would be safe. Look at
the rule of the mob in decaden Rome in Greece and in
France! 1t would do. We had to have aristo-
cracy to rule the masses.
The Adams Hamilton school had the best Of it in MAX
ing the constitution and put in it such aristocratic
things the fetenure and the power of the
federal courts the arsocrac senate the electoral col
lege the difficulty of amending the constitution and all
that.
But Jeffersonism got hold of the country afterwards
and lodged all those provisions which capable Of
evasion and all the country the people became all
powerful. Adams must have stood horror stricken in his
Eysian home waiting for Sheo to turn loose with the
plutocrats
Nothing happened
He who stole from the people kept stealing.
Not privilege taken away except that of chat
tel savery-and the slaves had vote
The greatest joke perpetrated the joke Of
universal suffrage-on those who thought the people
would be careless of property rights Why the most con-
sentative force in the world is the mob! The farmers in
Doone valley refused to help Johu Ridd drive out the
Doones who stealing their cattle, their horses and
their daughters because they feared that robberes
would follow from other source They used to
the Doones way of stealing So they 'stood pat'' and
''let well enough aone.'
The farmers and aborers of the United States of Eng
land OF the civilized world act in just the safe and
sane' way.
The joke is on Adams His roaring lion Of mob has
turned out to be army of the tamest kittens.
It's on Jefferson, too for he thought democracy would
bring about sort of political millennium. Maybe how
he is waiting for real democracy to be tried. When
get the initiative, the referendum and the recall all
the nation and the power of amending the constu-
ton when the majority DESIRES and have put out of the
courts to stand forever in the way of reformswe may
begin to do things 1t to be hoped that shall develop
teeth and claws sufficient to enable to get rid of the
parasites, anyhow. But just now Thomas call John s
attention to the lining of 46 states ruled by the
In campaign for the control Of this continent. in which
there isn't single unlawful privilege that's afraid of be-
ing 'frisked,' to say nothing of rghtful wealth.
The joke is Adams and Hamilton.
The most harmless thing in nature is enfranchised
riot
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cal. In the recent election Boards
ley, who sought reelection, was de-
feated, the trolley employees voting
solidly against him. His offense
was a refusal to permit the trolley
trust to control him and dictate his
policy toward the public utility
companies.
Beardsley as mayor worked I'M
ceasingly toward regulating the
public service corporations and for
the creation of public utilities
commission. He forced obedience
to the laws by all of the public
utility companies, particularly the
trolley trust.
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SENT EAST FOR BURIAL

The remains of Mrs. Mary A.
Penney late wife OF d. G. Penney,
were sent last night to Minneapolis
for burial. Mr.. Penney accompan-
led the body. Mrs. Penney died
Sunday after a brief illness, leav-
ing an infant a few days old and a
son, besides her husband. Her
brother, Lyle Matthews. is a resi-
dent of this city. The casket bore
many tributes of the esteem in
which the deceased was held in
SnOkano
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-21
LITTLE BOYS USED
WOMAN As TARGET

Two penitent little boys. Willie
Burch. age IA, and Henry Bike, age
II. are in the juvenile Jail on a
charge of shooting with intent to
kill Mrs. Wilhelmina Meyer, their
neighbor at Milan. 1t Is claimed
that the boys deliberately shot at
Mrs. Meyer just to see how close
they could come to her and a %
bullet pierced her right arm.
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Trolley Trust Victim,

KANSAS CITY, April 21.-With
14OO employees voting as it wills in
order to hold their jobs, the Metro
politan Street Railway Co. holds
the balance of power in the two
Kansas Cities Of Missouri and
Kansas, AMI by this means has con-
trolled the municipal elections re
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-21

peatedly in recent years. It's power
was conclusively shown in the re-
cent election.
Two years ago the trolley trust
elected Henry M. Beardsley, re-
publican, am mayor. His demo-
cratic opponent was feared by the
trolley system as an extreme radi-
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The Mason & namlIn, IyerS 4 Pond

kurtzmann. Gabler, Kroger, Starck.
Capen and other good pianos; all
strictly high grade. at reasonable
prices and terms to suit
SPOKANE PIANO HOUSE
D. L. Bowers, Manager
Heath Block. 20 Monroe Street
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-07
tuberculosis in Brazil.

The present number of deaths due
to consumption in Rio de Janeiro.
and in Brazil generally explains the
extraordinary measures to be taken
by the Government against. tube rcu-
losis, according to the announced
plans. The tables of mortality of the
Federal district show that out of a
total of 1850 deaths in 1905, 1868
were due to pulmonary tuberculosis.
us compared with 287 from the
dreaded yellow fever. In 1906, out
of total of 1926 deaths 2649
were from tuberculosis, while in 1907
out of total of 1904 deaths 1851
was the proportion. Therefore of all
deaths in Rio de Janeiro during these
years, one in five was due to con-
sumption, and that, too, in spite OF
the highly commendable work done
by the League Against tuberculosis,
whose efficacy is already shown in
the Slightly decreased record for the
past two years. What systematic
work in sanitation can do, however,
is shown by the totals of deaths given
in the case of yellow fever In the
latter disease the deaths in 1905
were 287, in 1905 AZ, and in 1907
80. The disease is stamped out, so
far as the general public in Rio de
Janeiro is concerned, the few cases
noted arising in out-of-the-way places
and being SO well guarded and pur-
sued that all danger of epidemic un-
der present regulations is done away
with.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-07
OUNCE GROWING.

Ounces should be planted eight Or
zen feet apart on what would be
termed good late strawberry land
fairly heavy and moist, but never wet
or with stagnant water Ground
bone, wood ashes and manure, excel
lent combination for ounces. They
viii do well planted in a poultry yard
and may also be grown in tillage land
with crop Of strawberries or vegeta-
bles Some successful growers use
a straw mulch or stone mulch for
the ounce, ttt =
The chief enemy is the borer. These
can be dug out with wire or a sharp
pointed knife, going over the trees
three or four times a season. When
the ounce is trained in tree form it
is more easily Kept free from borers,
which are liable to work on the sides
Of the bush ounces American Gull
tiVatOr. ....-.-.......-.....-
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-07
Ethel and Sam.
Bv JOsEPH VAN RAALTE.

4 1t may be the shade and shape OF
those violet eyes, Of hers; it may be
her soft, warm cheeks, or her laugh
ing lips, or that provoking little nose,
tip4tilted like the petal. Of Hover.
Any one of these fascinating frag-
ments it may be, or the undesirable
combination of them all that makes
her such an irresistible curly little
bundle.
With fancy all aglow and off on
riotous theme, Sam sits with his
mouth and eyes full Of hair and his
arms full of Ethel--and right then
and there Fate catches up with him.
The brethren and kinsfolk of Sam
plead with their gods for light to
understand just what the young man
sees in Ethel; and the kinsfolk and
brethren of Ethel moodily wonder
exactly what, under the crescent
curve Of the new moon, the young
woman sees in that fellow Sam.
"a When the sisters of the young
man say Ethel is critical" they en-
ploy subtle and euphonious mode OF
calling her thin; and when the
cousins and the aunts of the young
woman term Sam interesting, they
assume an oblique fashion of saying,
Were not sure, but we think he
drinks" aea
The happy day arrives wherein the
young man stands up and in a shaky
voice promises never tosforget to love
the lady of his choice; while the rela-
tives, friends and enemies assembled
sit back signalling the message, All
right. You're happy now, you two,
but just waltz
They wait.
The honeymoon slips by. One day
Mr.. Ethel discovers that by means
of a little nature taking Mrs. Ethel
can in two hours so arrange her hair
that legitimately she may refer to her
efforts as coiffure. And about this
time Mrs. Sam finds herself face to
face with the distraeting fact that
Mr.. Sam is not as fond of chocolate
layer cake as he is of corned beef
and cabbage.
Comes the reimbursement.
Then they look at each other and
they smile "a reflective smile and
they both reach the conclusion that
it's prosy old world, after all.
But it isn't From Puck.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-07

William Leland Stowell of New
York describes the results of the
feeding of the children of some of the
wards of the City Hospital for Chill
dren on Wards Island on milk from
a city herd that was afterward as
certained to be tuberculous. The
herd was tested and all the animals
in it had to he killed, as the test
showed some degree of tuberculous
infection in all All the children who
had been fed on this milk were test
ed by the ophthalmo-reaction, II in
all. OF these 10 reacted; 13 were
surgical cases of tuberculosis, and 3
were not suspected of tuberculosis.
The author concludes that fresh,
clean milk is more wholesome than
pasteurized milk. The danger Of in
lection from tuberculous milk is
very slight. Less than 10 per cent
mortality in the whole hospital was
due to tuberculosis.-M Re.
cord, June 20, 1908.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-07
I. oAT BY-PRopuoTs.


There is class OF by-products
from the cereal mills of Iowa that
merit greater attention on the part
of our feeders. In this class are the
oat feeds, flours, middlings, shorts.
and possibly the bran, too, may be
used. These feeds are we'll up in
protein and have appreciable percent
ages of fat, which render them par
ticularly desirable as hog feeds, and
possibly their. use may with profit be
extended to horses. This is specially
true of the -four, middlings and
shorts. The bran, however, has too
high content of crude fiber to give
it very great value as flesh pro-
Queer or to render it palatable to the
feeding animal. These are compare
lively new feeds, and their practical
worth has not been definitely estab-
lished, but from their chemical COM
position it seems evident that expert
mentation with practical feeding
tests will fully demonstrate their
ranking we'll with similar wheat prod
ucts, If not outclassing them. Louis
G. Michael.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-07
PERHAPS woRTH TRYING.

At the close Of last season a rose
culturist gave notice in the papers
that insect powder" scattered over
roses would drive the striped bug, or
rose beetle, away He said he had
aried many other things theoretically.
So have many OF us--the only effec-
tive thing being the thumb and finger
remedy If picked off and dropped in
can of kerosene oil the bugs ceased
their forays on roses. This man says
Insect powder" is so distasteful to
them that they will leave If it is
sprInkled on. Others since have said
white hellebore sprinkled on will ac-
c0mplish the same result. We will
try insect powder" and keep thumb
and finger with us all the time, SO as
20 use them at once If the powder cure
is not effective. 1t is worth trial at
nil events.---William B. Cary, in New
York Tribune.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-07
LIVE STOCK AND THE SOIL.

The Palouse valley, in Washington,
has long been noted for it's wheat
productions. But there, as here, they
find that wheat grown constantly
without the rotation of crops, ex-
hausts fertility, and are turning more
attention to live stock farming to
keep up the soil. One of the Wash
ington agricultural college professors
says that with every ton of wheat
shipped from the farm SIS worth of
plant food leaves the farm, all OF
which could be saved and returned to
the soil BIZ feeding the products chief
~ to live stock. He believes that the
best returns from land idle in sum-
mer-fallow could be secured from
peas, rape or alfalfa, which could be
fed to hogs at great profit, as well
as being of great value in returning
to the soil those properties, which had.
been taken out by the continued
growing of wheat. He said the inn
poverishment of the soil took place
despite the intervening summer-fal-
lows y A
This is just as applicable here as
in the State of Washington, and our
farmers are coming more and more
to understand these hings,-Indiana
Farmer,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-07
TIne MUSK Deer of Tihet.

A number Of Tibetan traders who
visited Calcutta in March, 1908,
brought with them among other
articles large quantity of musk.
which is held in high esteem by the
the high-caste Indians. The little
deer from which the musk is OBJ
tanned ranges in the Himalayas and
Tibetan Mountains, 1000 feet above
sea level. The male deer yields the
finest and greatest quantity of musk.
The deer are shy and alert and diff
cult Of capture. J..
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-07
PURE BRETps ARE BEsT.

Even a nongrel flock deserves
good care and will pay for it, but no
one should be satisfied with such a
flock. The farmer is the last one to
realize the greater possibilities of
standardized Sstock It does not
cost any more to keep pure-bred stock
than it does to keep mongrels or
scrubs, and the returns are much the
largest from the good stock
Do not be deceived into believing
that practical qualities and fancy
points cannot be bred in the same
fowl. Indeed, there is absolutely no
excuse for keeping poor stock. The
well-to-do poultryman-farmer can af-
ford the best and the one with less
money cannot afford to breed poor
stock, as there is more profit in the
pure breeds. az ISL %
The best breed Of fowls depends
considerably upon who is behind it.
Some people do not seem to be able
to make a success with any breed.
while good poultrymen can make a
success with any breed in existence.
Remember that feed Is more import
ant than breed in most cases. Com
bine breed and feed and good man.
agement, and you have all the ele.
ments that are necessary to make
poultry profitable. -Epitomist.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-07
An Eye to Business.

An expert golfer had the misfor-
tune to play particularly vigorous
stroke at the moment that a seedy
wayfarer skulked across the edge of
the course. The ball struck the tres
passer and rendered him briefly in
sensible. When he recovered, a FIVE
dollar bill was pressed into his hand
by the regretful golfer.
"Thanky, sir" said the injured man,
after a l1indling glance at the money.
can when will you be playin' again,
sir?"-Lippincott's.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-07
PROTECT THE BIRDS.

The president Of the National Au-
dubcn Society makes the following
important and significant statement:
Eight hundred million dollars
worth of agricultural and horticul-
tural crops are destroyed by insects
every year, the destruction being di-
srectly traceable to the rapid decrease
in the number Of insectivorous birds.
1t is time for the horticultural and
agricultural interests to wake up, now
that the truth is out, and ally them
selves with the game protective assoc
Citations and other instrumentalities
with view to putting stop, ii pos
sible, to the wholesale slaughter Of
the best friends Of the tillers of the
soil.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-07
sponges of the Aegean Sea.

Sponge fishing is the most impor-
tant industry of the inhabitants of
the islands lying off the main coast
of Asia Minor, Thousands of sea-
men every year are busy cleaning,
drying and bleaching sponges, work
which is not always of a pleasing ma
ture, considering the number of lives
lost in stormy seas and in diving.
When sponges are first torn from
the sea bed they are of dark color
and living. BY tramping and press
ing them with the feet a milky SUBJ
stance oozes out, whereupon the
sponge dies. They are then i'm
mersed in the sea for the space of
eight or ten hours. The, dark skin.
ny substance is then removed by
scraping, and gradually, through
cleaning, drying and bleaching, they
take on the fine yellow color which
characterizes many of them. It is
said that the sponges taken from
deep beds are better than those
found in the shallow water.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-07
WONDERED WHY
Found the Answer Was ''Coffee."

Many pale, sickly persons wonder
for years why they have to suffer SO,
and eventually discover that the drug
-caffeine-in coffee is the main
cause Of the trouble.
i was always very fond of coffee
and drank it every day. I never had
much flesh and often wondered why
was always so pale, thin and weak
About five years ago my health
completely broke down and was con-
fined to my bed. MY stomach was in
such condition that / could hardly
take sufficient nourishment to sus-
tain life.
During this time l was drinking
coTee, didn't think I could do with
out it.
After awhile l came to the con-
clusion that coffee was hurting me,
and decided to give it up and try
Postum. I didn't like the taste of it
at first, but when it was made right
boiled until dark and rich-I soon
became very fond of it.
In one week began to feel better.
could eat more and sleep better. MY
SICK headaches were less frequent,
ana within five months l looked and
lelt like new being, headache spells
entirely gone.
My health continued to improve,
anu to-day l am well and strong,
welgn 14S lbs. I attribute my present
neairh to the life-giving qualities of
Postum"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of IRAman
interest.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-07
MAK1NG Al FLOWER BED.


I'm making flower bed consider
we'll where YOU put It and what YOU
went In H. aIf you want to grow
flowers for the flowers sake the bed
may be in the rear Of your yard or
TO one side and laid out like vege-
table garden; but if the bed is to be
part of landscape picture the flow
@rs should be freely distributed
among the border shrubs as edging.
It is seldom advisable to put formal
beds on the lawn. The place for
carpet bedding is a public park or
square, which is devoted to that par
dcular purpose. Masses of one vari-
ETY. are more effective than a mixture
OF different varieties Flowers grown
i'm the middle of the lawn have little
relation to other planting and no
background to show them off to good
advantage. They are exposed to the
sun and wind and the grass roots
absorb food and moisture, making 1t
Hard for the flowers to flourish. Ev-
cry effort must be made to keep the
formal beds trim, otherwise they be-
come displeasing, while if the flowers
are planted more or less promiscuous-
" in large irregular borders or along
che edge of the shrubbery the failure
Of one or dozen plants is not seri-
GUS matter. In making flower bed
nee that the ground is we'll drained,
that the land is in mellow and fria-
BILE condition and is rich. Each fall
it should have mulch Of rotted ma
nure or leaf mould, which must be
Spaded under deeply in the spring.
Make the bed as broad as possible, so
aba the grass roots from each side
will not meet beneath the flowers and
rob them of the moisture. Indian-
apolis News.