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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-03
FOURTH OF JULY QUESTIONS.

How can guns kick when they have
no legs? They kick with their breaches.
Why is a rife an insignificant
weapon? 1t is within a II" Of being q
trifle.
Why is a newspaper like an army:
1t has leaders, columns and reviews.
Why is a society lady like a wise
general? She knows enough 10 keep
her powder dry,
Why is the Fourth of July like
oysters. Because we must HAYS
crackers to properly enjoy them.
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1T is Arnold Armstrong he said.
looking al me oddly. eand he has been
murdered-in his fathers house,
After a minute I gathered myself
together and Mr.. Jarvis helped me into
the living-room. Lid5y had got Ger
trude upstairs, and the two strange
men from the club stayed with the
body. The reaction from the shock
and strain was tremendous. | Was col
lapsed-and then Mr.. Jarvis asked me
a question that brought back my wan
dering faculties.
Where is Halsey?" he asked.
"Halseyi" Suddenly Gertrude's
stricken face rose before me-the
empty rooms upstairs. Where was
Halsey?
He was here. wasn't he2" Mr.. Jarvis
persisted. HE stopped at the club on
his way over.
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CHAPTER iii.
Mr. John BAILEY Anne.r.


HAD dinner served in the break
fast-room. Somehow the huge
dining room depressed me. and
Thomas, Cheerful enough all dav. al
loweq his spirits to go down with the
SUM-. He had a habit of watching the
corners of the room, left shadowy by
the candles on the table, and altogether
1t was not a festive meal. /.
Dinner over / went into tile living
ROOM I had three hours before the
children could possibly arrive. and 7
got Sout my knitting. / had brought
along two dozen pairs of slipper soles
In assorted .sfzes--I always send knitted
slippers to the Old Ladies'. Home at
Christnlas-and now I sorted over the
woods with "a grim determination NOT
TO think about the night before. But
my mind was not on my work; at the
n of a half hour / found | had put a
row of blue scallops on Eliza Kline
faitef's lavender slippers, and Isput
them away. y
1 got out the cuff-link and went with
1t tos the pantry. Thomas was wiping
silver and the air. was heavy with to-
bacce smoke. l shifted n looked
around, but there was no pipe to be
seen, y
Thomas" 1 said, you have been
smoking"
No, mann He was injured limo.
cence itself. It's on my coat, ma'am
Oversat the club the gentlemen-"
But Thomas did not finish. The pan
try was suddenly filled with the odor
of smuggling cloth. Thomas gave a
clutchs at his coat. fwhirled to the sink,
filled "a tunbler with water and poured
1t into bis right pocket with the celebrity
Of practise, .s,-s sasss
"Thptnass". said. when he was
sheeHshly mopping the floor, .smoking;
is a filthy and Injurious habit II you,
must Smoke. you must; but don't stick
a lighted pipe in your pockets'again.
Your gskih's YOU own: you can blister
1t if you AiKe Bit 5fiis house is moi
ne4a4dasxaanp1sM
ibid ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS before a.
No, be never had. he said, but he
looked at 1t oddly. ~+1s !.
Il picked it up in the hail." / added
indiffefently. The .old-man's eyes were
shrewd under his bushys eyebrows. j.
There's strange ~goin'sron here, Mis-
lnnes,Ys he said, shaking his head.
"Somethin's goin' to happen, sure. You
amt took notice that the big clock in
the hall is stopped, ! reckon?"
Nonsense" / said. Clocks have to
stop, don't they. if they're not wound?1
It's wound up, all right, and it
stopped at three o'clock last night" he
answered solemnly. "More'n that, that
there clock amt stopped for fifteen
years, not since Mr.. Armstrong; first
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PRIZE-WTNNERS.

Many children were smart enough TO
guess the correct answer to the puzzle
of the carpet store, published last Sat-
urday, which was linoleum. The fol-
lowing sent in the neatest correct
answers and were awarded prizes:
MARIE MAYER, aged l.. Spring
street, Millburn (box of paints; MAR
GARET FRIEL, aged 10, 1l5 John
street, Belleville (book); JOHN BIN
OWSKI, aged II, sos ,-orfolk street.
Newark tgame); JOHN RYAN, aged S,
327 Central avenue. Newark (penknifel.
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CHAPTER v.
Gertrude's Engagement.

A 7 10 O'CLOCK the Casanova hack
IA brought up three men. They in
troduced themselves as the coro-
ner Of the county and two detectives
from the city. The coroner led the
way at once to the locked wing, and
with the aid of n of the detectives
examined the rooms and the body. The
other detective, after a short scrutiny
OF the dead man, busted himself with
the outside of h house. 1t wa oniy
after they had got a fair idea of things
as they were that they sent for me.
| received them in the living-rooin.
and l had made up my mind exactly
what to tell. I had taken the house
for the summer, 1 said, while the ARM
strongs were in California. In spite
of a rumor among the a about
strange noises-I cited Thomas-noth-
ing had occurred the first two nights.
On the third night I believed that some
one had been in the house; I had heard
a crashing sound, but being alone with
one maid had not investigated. The
house had been locked in the morning
and apparently u~ndisturbed.
Then. as clearly as / could. I re-
lated how. the night before, a shot had
reused us; that my niece and l had
investigated and found a body; that I
did not know who the murdered nan
was until Mr.. Jarvis from the club in
formed me. and that I knew of no rea-
son why Mr.. Arnold Armstrong should
steal into his fathers house at night.
1 should have been glad to allow him
entree there at any time.
tTo BE Continued on Tuesday,
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"I-don't know where he is" he said
feebly.
One of the nen from the club came
in, asked for the telephone, and ]
could hear him excitedly talking, say
ing something about coroners and de-
tectives. Mr.. Jarvis leaned over to me.
Why don't you trust me, Miss In
nes?" he said. "If l can do anything
l will. But tell me the whole thing"
l did, finally, from the beginning,
and when I told Of Jack Bailey's being
in. the house that night, he gave a
long whistle.
Il wish they were here he said
when I finished. Whatever mad prank
took them away, it would look better
if they we're here. Especially
Especially what?"
Especially since Jack Bailey and
Arnold Armstrong were VIGOROUSLY
bad friends. 1t was Bailey who got
Arnold into trouble last spring-some-
thing about the bank. And then,
90
Go on" l said. If there is any
thing more. l ought to know"
There's nothing more" he said eva
sively. There's just one thing we
may bank on, Miss Innes. Any court
in the country will acquit a man who
kills an intruder in his house, at night.
If Halsey-'
why, you don't think Halsey did
it," / exclaimed. There was a queer
feeling of physical nausea coming over
me.
mo. no. not at ALL" he said with
forced c~heerfulness. Come, Miss In
mes, you're a ghost yourself, and
am going to nelp you upstairs and call
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NOT ALL II TIME.

A gentleman afflicted with a bad
stammer consulted a specialist. who,
after asking man. unnecessary ques-
lions but offering no rea assistance.
inquired. And do you-ah-stutter al
Ways" "N-n-n-n-no," replied the suf-
ferer. losing all patience. u s-s-stut-
t-tter only when I t-t-t-t-talk.'-Phila-
delphia Inquirer,
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CHAPTER ~.
where Is HaIsey.

- ERTRUDE gazed at the face in a
II kind of fascination. Then she
put cut her hands blindly and
/ thought she was going to faint.
HE has killed him!" she muttered
almost inarticulately; and at that, be-
cause my nerves were going, l gave her
a good shake.
What do you ean?" I said fran
tically. There was a depth of grief
and conviction in her tone hat was
worse than anything she could have
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NO PAGE MONDAY.

As there will be no children's depart
ment on Monday. on account of the
holiday, the news OF the outing of the
Juvenile Humane Society nin be pub
lished on wednesday. Watch for r.
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Copyright 1908,
The Bobbs- Merrill Company.
synopsis OF prcyiou, chnnter..

Rachael lines. a spinster, who has raised
nef brothers orphan children. Halsey and Ger
.,ude. from childhood. engages .'Sunnyside,"
me country house of a banker, about whose son
there are ugly stories. With Liddy Allen. =
domestic, she goes. to prepare the place for oc-
oopancy. On the second night, while locking,
UP sney are startled by seeing a face peering
IN throuSh a window At midnight a .~rattlinx..
metallic sound in the house awalxens them
Next morning they fnd the doors all locked.
ne only indications of a visitor are a half of
a link cuff button and some scratches on q cir-
cular staircase leading to the cardroom.
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Newark; Marie Mayer, age y, Spring
street, Millburn; John Ryan, age 5, S27
Central avenue, Newark; Agnes Burns,
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street, Newark; Edward Dane, age 10.
222 Orator street, Newark; Henry
Auer. age 10, sos South Eleventh street,
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THE PROBLEM OF INDEPENDENCE DAY.

holiday Can you tell from the rm what It's hym are making so much noise with in their enthusiasm?
. Iu find the answer fill out the cMon bdowa d send to Uncle lack Evening STAR Newark u
box Of paints a f baseball gd book mknn or any one of snhv very fascinating games If hen name
not writer plainly the answer will be rejected Uncle Jack will publish the hue fanny nNewhmr who csn
smdh him photograph THype pictures cannot be used The przewmneS VIII please write to Uncle JACK tg
him how they like their wards
yes to avoid dMsa Mep oeme The names the przewHnesw viii be mn0need@ saturday. July
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A 7 10 O'CLOCK the Casanova hack
IN brought up three men. They in
troduced themselves as the coro-
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tTo BE Continued ON Tuesday,
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mo. no. not at ALL" he said with
forced c~heerfulness. Come. Miss In
mes, you're a ghost yourself, and I
am going to nelp you upstairs and call
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
ATTEND TO BURNS Az ONCE
Neglect Often Means That 4 Scar
b Left Which Means Perma-
nent Blemish or Worse.

~ MALL burns are too lightly regard
ed: though seemingly light, II
~ they are not properly treated or
IL the blood is in bad condition
they may fatally mar ones
beauty.
A young girl dropped some hot
fudge on the forefinger of her right
hand. 1t did not pain very much.
and after the preliminary scream lit
tie attention was paid to it.
The blister that was raised was
allowed to break rather than be
opened carefully with an antiseptic
needle: poison got into it. the finger
became infected and eventually had to
be removed below the second joint.
Exclude air from any burn. however
slight. This can be done in several
ways. II no other remedy is at hand
common kitchen soap applied in a
thick paste helps remove pain.
Wrapping the burned place in a rag
wet in baking soda or keeping it moist
with witch hazel will quickly give
relief, even to rather severe burns. A
good proportion for the former is to
use a heaping tablespoonful of the
soda to pint of water.
Do not neglect a burn as soon as
the first sting is passed. Should there
be the least sign of Inflammation or
of pus accommodating call in q doctor
at once.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
PRIZE FOOD
PaIatable, Economical, Nourishino,

A Nebr. woman has outlined the
prize food in a few words. and thar
from personal experience. She writes:
After our long experience with
Grape-Nuts. cannot say enough in its
favor. We have used this food almost
continually for seven years.
I'VE sometimes tried other adyer-
ised breakfast foods but we invariably
returned to Grape-Nuts as the most pal
atable. economical and nourishing
Of all.
when I quit tea and coffee and be-
gan to use Postum and Grape-Nuts I
was nervous wreck / was so ir-
ritable / could not sleep nights, had
no interest in life.
AFTER using Grape-Nuts a short time
/ began to improve and all these all
rlents have disappeared and now I am
z we'll woman. Ny two children have
been almost raised On Grape-Nuts,
which they eat three times a day.
They are pictures of health and
have never had the least symptom of
stomach trouble, even through the
most severe siege of whooping cough
they could retain Crape-Nuts when all
else failed.
"Grape-Nuts food has saved doctor
bills, and has been, therefore, a most
ecC lomical food for u.s.
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read ''The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and fun If human
Interest.
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HE VISITS A COMPATRIOT

stick right in front of where the cow
boy always sits, and I heard Pa whis-
per to the cowboy that he would head
the ship direct to the coast, and when
we got away from the camp a few
miles, Pa would give the signal and
the cowboy was to cut the rawhide
rope and let the king take fall out
of himself.
Pa stee-ed the airship south. and
occasionally the negro king would yell
and point to the east. where the tribe
was located whose wives We lad de-
signs on. but Pa kept his direction.
and after running an hour or so We
came to a beautiful lake of blue wa
ter. and Pa told the cowboy to get
ready to throw off about 200 pounds
of dead weight. The cowboy said:
AYE, aye, SIR and got his knife
ready. Pa let the airship down about
SO feet above the water of the lake SO
the fall would not kill the negro king.
and when We got nearly across
the lake, Pa said: Cut the rope" and
the cowboy reached over with his
knife and cut it. and down went Mr..
McGinty. hanging on to the rope. and
turning over in the air a dozen times,
and striking the surface of the lake
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
THE WEALTH OF FRANCE.
Better Distributed There Than in Any
Other Country.

I'VE never tire of telling the world
that We are great financial democ-
racy, possessing immense wealth"
said Frederic F. Flahaut. a banker Of
Paris, France. who is making q pleas
ure tour of this country.
Frances wealth belongs to a ma
jority. and not to a minority of her
people. The rich and the excessively
Opulent, possessing millions, are hard
ly to be counted by units; they may
be designated by name. The large for
tunes are limited to few people-pos-
sibly ten persons possess each some,
thing like $2O,0OO,OOO and over; 100
may have between $4,000, 900 and &c.,
100000; 600 may have between 81, OOO,-
900 and $2.000.OO0; 1000 have from
$500, 900 to 100000, and $4,000 have
from 100000 to $4OO, 900 each. Out of
100000 voters we have from 7,0O0,-
900 to 100000 who are capitalists
and owners of interest-bearing stock,
landed properties, holders of Partisan
bonds, credit foncier bonds, railroad
bonds. national bonds; members of CO.
operative bodies. people who put by
for the rainy day small sums in the
banks, that serve to assure life or in
sure against death. 1t is not the rich
who resort to the cooperative COM
panies or to the savings banks. The
manner of distribution of property,
real and personal, constitutes the for
tune of France"
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but is this Mr.. Roosevelt?" and Pa
said: Not on your life. but just as
good a man, all right"
The man said he was expecting Mr..
Roosevelt, but not until after March
4, but he didn't know but what he
had come a little ahead of schedule
time Pa said he was Roosevelt man
all right, though he had always been
a Democrat, and that he was an Amer
lean.
But what are you doing in African"
said the man. who seemed to be the
leading citizen. oh" said Pa, as he
lighted a cigarette, Il have been taking
in a large part Of Africa, and just
dropped down to see If you had any
news of the election in the United
States"
The man said he was an American,
too, and lived in Michigan when ct
home. but he came out here for his
wife's health, and opened up little
ranch. He said Taft was elected all
right, and Pa said he thought 1t would
come out that way, and then the man
asked us into the house. and the 9TH
ers crowded around our airship, and
before long the cowboy was riding a
polo pony. and l was playing tennis
with some boys about as big as me.
and Pa was drinking high balls and
club soda, and, as the rum went down
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
PROPER CARE OF THE NAILS.
Adequate Attention Necessary for
the Wonan Who Would Have
Her Hands Beautiful.

- RETTY nails are considered q
great beauty. At the base there
should be white crescent. and
the nails should be as rosy as
the dawn. Beautiful nails are
compared by the poets to onyx. and.
in fact. in Greek onyx means nail. Ac-
cording to the NEUROLOGICAL legend:
"One day Love. finding Venus asleep.
cut her nails with the iron point Of
his arrow and flew of. The clippings
fell ON the sands of the shore. and as
nothing which comes from the body Of
an immortal can perish. the Fates
carefully gathered them up and
changed them into the Quasiprecious
stones which are called onyx"
The art of manicuring' was origi-
mated by Stitts, who was Louis Phil
ippes pedicure His descendants are
still famous in France. and the Sits
method. which totally condemns the
use of steel either under or around
the nail. undoubtedly is the proper
and scientific one. Madame Sits says:
AN Orangewood stick with little
French amadine will keep the nails
perfectly smooth and clean under
meath. Why roughen them with q
piece of sharp steel or thicken them
with an acid? And as for cutting and
decorating the cuticle around the out
side of the nail, why, that was intend
ed by nature as selvase (lisiere).
and If you cut it, you make it ragged
just as you would the selvage on a bit
of cloth. As well cut the border OF
the eyelid or ear"
The nails should be cut in curve
which follows the shape of the end OF
the finger. The surface of the nails
should also be polished.
One hour a week spent in caring
for the nails is sufficient to keep them
in good order, if they are rubbed and
cleaned carefully each day.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
Persian Effects.

Persian effects are still good, and
are conspicuous among the best men,
bers of trimming collections. One Of
the most charming classes of trim
mings is the one in which the bead
work plays a large part. In these
trimmings fine silk braids of exquisite
weave furnish outlines and the beads
a solid filling for the centers of mo-
tives and for borders. The loveliest
green's. blues. rose colors. ETC.. are
worked out in these braids and beads.
The solid beadwork of today is not
embroidered on background. like In
dian work, but is made in woven and
strung patterns. the result of lighter
effects.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
eARNlTuRE FOR SPRING HATS.
Floral characterization Is Used in the
Brightest coIors.

In floral garnitures the latest offer
ings of the season are little cowslips
in the natural tones of brilliant yellow,
as well as in fancy tints and black.
They are especially attractive when as
ISOLATED with violets, the cOlors afford
ing a delightful blend and imparting
smart, cheerful expression to the en-
tire hat.
A feature of note is the entire abb
sence of the bandeau this season. The
hats, whether large or small, low or
high of brim, are posed deep over the
head of the wearer. with just the
slightest slantwise tilt, and in many
instances almost touch the eyebrows.
Large and small hydrangeas in the
.laintiest and most delicate tones of
soft mauvish pink and blue are in evil
dence; and SO are iris-lilies natural
size and natural colOrs, MOSTLY, daffo-
dis and narcissus.-Vogue.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24

with a splash that shot the water up
nearly to the airship. $50 long, you
Senegambian cannibal." said Pa, as
the king struck the water. and the
airship shot up about so feet higher.
Give my love to 40 or so of your
wives," said the cowboy. as he
sheathed his knife. Take that from
your little Hennery," says /, as I lit a
giant firecracker and threw 1t down
near him. where it exploded like a
bomb. And then as we went along
through the air we watched him
loosen himself from the chair and
strike out for the shore. swearing in
negro dialect that he would eat us yet,
without salt. and then we got out of
sight of the lake, laughing at our es-
cape and wondering where we would
land.
We sailed along for a couple of
hours, and passed over villages of na-
tives, but Pa said he would not take
chances on another niger king, but
would run the ship toward the coast
as long as the gas held out, and on
we went until after midday. when the
gas bag began to flap as though the
gas was escaping, and Pa acted nearly
crazy. because We were over q dense
jungle. filed with wild animals, and
not thing to eat.
After 2. O'Clock p. m. we sighted q
nlo oh
houses. and as we got nearer we could
see herds of Jersey cattle, and CRATES,
and horses and elephants. and the
Queerest mixture of wild life and civ
ilization. and the nearer we got the
more 1t looked like Yankee settle
ment, and when Pa saw some auto
mobiles and tennis court, with men,
women and children playing tennis,
and riding around in gasoline and
steam autos. and a creamery and a
windmill and an ice house, he said
that was the place he was looking for,
and he pointed the airship for the
clearing. and told the cowboy to get
the anchor ready.
The people on the plantation saw
the airship and quit playing tennis,
the autos pointed toward where we
were going to land, and when we
threw out the anchor and came down
to the ground and made q landing
right on the golf links near the tennis
court. we were soon surrounded by 20
or 80 men. women and children. and
Pa got out and took of his hat and
made bow that would have captured
any people of any nationality
Pa was going to speak to the people
in French or German, but a man in
riding breeches came up and in the
purest English, said: Il beg pardon.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24

merry"
knees to worship the sun, and mo-
toned for all the tribe to do likewise,
but they turned their backs on Pa,
and the sun. and surrounded the old
king whose place Pa had usurped. and
by the motions they made and the
few words l could understand it was
evident they proposed to drive us out
of the tribe. The old king came to
Pa and said his tribe wanted to have
peace again. and wanted him to run
the shebang. and they wanted an old
fashioned cannibal feast, and that
they insisted on eating Pa and the
cowboy and myself, roasted Pa said
all right. he was willing to be roast
ed In the evening but not in the morn
ing. He said white meat always tast-
ed better in the evening. after a ride
up in the clouds. and he proposed to
the old king that we all three, with
the king. take a nice ride in the sky
cart. take along all the gold We had,
visit an adjoining tribe. buy all their
wives, and herd them, and let the
cowboy drive them back to camp and
then they could roast us and have the
time of their lives.
This looked good to the old king.
and he went and dug up all the gold
and diamonds they had, and put them
In a bag. which was tied to the bam-
boo frame of the airship. and after
breakfast we got ready to sail.
We fixed a sort of chair for the king
to ride in. tied with rawhids to q cross