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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-02

TO an agreement. She was 10 furnish
typewriter bills of fare for the twen-
fy-one tables in the restaurant. a new
bill for each days dinner aud new
ones for breakfast and lunch as often
nelanges occurred in the food or as
less required.
sturn for this. schulenberg was
three meals per diem to Sa-
ruJ room By waiter -an Oh
A- NJ que il possible-and furnish
wfternoon with Il pencil draft
s. kw fate had in store fer Schulen-
customers on the morrow.
asltuai satisfaction resulted from
AAs0fAe agreement. Sehuienbergs patrons
~ snaR knew what tie food they ste was
He'd even il its nature sometimes
azlea them. And Sarah had food
s i cold. duh winter. which was
pain thiBg with her.
fls alHanlc lied aud ssid
hid ealn, Spring comes
hes. The frazen SHOWS of
las ike aslainant IN the
streets The hand organs |
KIN fhe Good old Summer
alpif December TfselettF
Men began to make
G1ses bay Easter dresses
60 ste;lln And when
aasliiea enc may know
stu q the clutches Of
YIN shixered in her
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-02
Worse.

Bell-So he's a bore. Does be tell old
Jokes:
Nell-oh, worse than that. He tells
original ones. Spokane Spokesman
Review.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-02
I rattle
motor

Fate she
of dan-
fious ac-
bass had
light ana
an ignoI
PR summer
Love NAV,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-06-24

Because it is so hard to locate"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-06-24
Whv He WhiteWashed.

A country doctor tells a story Of a
mar who moved into a dilapidated old
cottage, and was found by the doctor
busily whitewashing it inside and out.
I'm glad to see you making this old
place so nice and neat" said the physi-
clan, cts been an eyesore in the
neighborhood for years" "Tain't
nothing to me about e%yesores," was
the reply. "The last couple what lived
here had twins three times, and l hope
whitewash is a good disinfectant. Ye
see we've got ten children"
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CHAPTER xxlll.-continued.

I clenched my hands, my nerves
throbbing, tramping from rail to rail
a excitement as the men hacked, yet
I VA first to grasp the exposed latch,
and force the released wood back
ward In its groves. Through the mar
how opening thus attained there came
vhistling q blast SO frigid as to drive
n headlong back, gasping for breath.
Cold as it was without there on the
omen deck, that cabin revealed a tenn
perature SO awful In intensity as 70
make us recoil before it. our hands to
our faces. A hundred years of win
ter-the black eternal winter Of the
youth pole-smote us with icy breath,
seeming fairly to ear the flesh with
tn o touch. Dade dropped un-
der 1t, and we dragged him aside. Sob
hing like q baby. 1t was several min
utes before we could ever draw near
enough to hack away more OF the Ice
and. with the X. drive the door far
Their back into its grooves.
Il was intensely dark within, every
window and portfolio shrouded, only
the narrow door-opening permitting
the slight glimmer Of the o to
touch the edge Of the black interior.
/ wrapped my munler to the very eyes,
and stepped across the threshold, feel
ing a. IL the icy air grasped me with
actual fingers. yet resolute to learn
All. ana confident no other there would
ever venture 1t. / touched an over
turned bench with my knee; my nm
GERS explored the back OF q neavy
chair having . carven top. and tnen
came into contact with q bare table
heavily ridged along the edge. 9
fngiy this stood crossways OF the CAD
ii; ana / felt cautiously along II, 2
deeper cowardice gripping me with
every hesitating step forward u the
dark. Suddenly I touched 9 ana
~ gelid coidness Of frozen mesh. and
y Instantly Nleaped backward. mao
NitA nAmelees terror. The overturned
enaA tsipped me, and ! fol-, grasping
ne door easements, and thus
Eaeged myself ont Of that hell-hole ~
S# U ~4NUU sS& ~ ~
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BE CONTINUED.
A LEGAL

A seasoned old lawyer was cross ex.
amining a recalcitrant witness. The
question at issue was the Identification
of an individual charged with assault
and battery. For some time the law
yer endeavored to break down the at
tempt on the part of the witness to de-
scribe the guilty party, and at last,
becoming ~irritated, he put the follow.
ing question:
"You say the assailant had black
hair?"
Il did calmly replied the witness.
What is the color of my hair?''
continued the attorney.
1T is brown" was the answer.
Thereupon the lawyer rose to his
feet. and snatching OF his wig, which
disclosed q pate as bald as an egg, bel.
lowed out as he glanced in triumph
toward the jury box. What II the
co1or Of Il Aew i"-Harpsris Weekly.
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DAISY FLY KILLER
~ your ideas. 64-page book and
advice FREE. Established 1850.
FitzgeraidACo. Box X. Washingtos, DC.
An Almost Universal Prayer.

Among the late Bishop Foss' anec-
dotes about prayer" said a Philadel-
phia Methodist, there was one con-
corning a very original Norristown
preacher.
This preacher, in the course OF a
long prayer II Sunday night, recount
ed the many misfortuneS and evils that
had befallen him in the course of his
long life. Then. signing heavily, he
prayed:
Thou hast tried me with affection,
with bereavement, and with sorrow of
many kinds. If thou are obliged to try
me again, Lord, try me with the bur-
den of wealth."
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bottle half-filled, and some scraps of
frozen food. The bodies Of two men,
one with a cloak over his shoulders,
occupied the bench within three feet
of me. The one nearest had fallen
sideways, and hung there, his arm
hooked across the back Of the bench,
his long, black hair dangling over his
face; the other sat with head bowed
on the table, his features hidden by
his arms, but the gold rings in his
ear plainly showing. Directly oppo-
site these two, sitting bolt upright in
a chair, eyes wide open, staring
it was De Nova! The same eyes, the
same dark curly hair, the same little
black mustache, the same smile
curling the thin lips. l could have
sworn it was the mate, endeavoring to
frighten and mock me. l even
wheeled about angrily. flashing the
light of my torch over that cluster of
faces in the doorway. No! by heavens,
the creole stood behind, and this, this
counterpart, was a dead man-deaG
for a hundred years. No words can
ever retell the struggle | made to con-
troll myself, the smoking torch sha-
king in my hand and casting its mis-
cradle flicker over that charnel house,
every limb trembling like aspens, my
eyes staring into the shadows. My
very violence of fear angered me-;
what had l to be afraid of? How
could these poor frozen bodies injure
me? Nerved to the endeayor l stepped
forward around the end of the table,
throwing the faint glare of the torch
into the after space concealed by the
huge rlast-butt. A tall, thin man sat
on the deck, braced against the wall,
his long, gray beard almost concealing
his face: on a wide divan, nearly OPP
posite, lay a woman, her dark hair
loosened, a large diamond glittering
on the hand which hung rigid over the
edge of the couch. Just below her
fingers, az If dropped there in final
weakness, lay a baby's well-worn
shoe.
/ scarcely comprehend how I ever
conquered the sickly horror that smote
me as l gazed about upon this scene
| of death, rendered eve more terrible
by the silence and the Pickering,
smoking torch that furnished the only
light. Nothing except the sense Of
| command, the remembrance of those
women waiting outside in the cooks
galley, ever afforded me strength and
courage to remain. The task must
be done; by some n it must be &C.
| complished, and that some one, of ne
cessity, was myself. With clenched
teeth, my face as white as those of the
frozen cead about me, l advanced from
door to door down one side of that
cabin, and up the other. Out from the
staterooms that had remained closed
there came the same awful breath OF
the trigid south, rendering ever the
icy air Of the main cabin ten times
colder. and causing MI to breathe
with d!ficulty as / peered hastily
within. These staterooms were all OF
fair size, the two situated farthest aft
being unusually large and comfortably
ntted, althoygh n CREST disorder. =
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There are dead men in there" | ex-
of terror. Il touched one in the
dark"
They drew back from the open
door, gazing with new horror into the
blackness of the interior; but my W
courage was rapidly returning, as l
"Well, lads, it startled me, all right,
but we cannot afford to give up this
ship to dead men. De Nova, take
Kelly with you, and try to discover
something on board with which to
make a flare. There ought to be plenty
OF dry stuff in the galley. Not a word
to the women about what l found aft"
The rest Of us hacked away, while
they were gone, at the ice %concealing
the front window shutters, and partly
uncovered me-. But we could get no
purchase upon it from the outside and
no one volunteered to venture within.
l kept them all busy, however, the
hard work and sense of command
combining to restore my own nerves
to a normal condition. The mate de-
spairing of doing better, finally
brought back a table-leg of pitch pine
which We contrived to ignite after
several unsuccessful experiments, the
yellowish-red flames circling the heavy
end like SO many coiling serpents, and
sending forth a weird reflection
through spirals of black smoke. 1t
was a poor glim enough, yet 1t would
serve; and l bore it inside, holding the
torch we'll before me. the men clus-
tering about the door.
The notified flare cast mingled light
and shadow over the horrors thus
dimly revealed, rendering the CHASTITY
sight one to chill the blood of any
man. The cabin was a long one, ex-
tending aft clear to the stern, the
most separating it into two apart
ments. About this was arranged a
great arm-rack completely filled with
a variety of weapons, many of them
flashing back the g%littering rays Of the
torch. At one time that had been
a rare sea-parlor, but now it vas a
wreck, the walls and ceiling dingy
with smoke, the gilt defaced and bat
tered. Overturned furniture was every
where; piles of clothing, and a perfect
rifraff of articles strewed the deck
floor; a violin lay almost at my feet,
all but one string snapped: and some
sort of an odd music-box rested
against the bench over which l had
fallen. A great square box-stove
stood just before the mast-butt, a huge
pile of ashes all about. An immense
lantern, as strange q looking contriv-
ance as ever I saw, swung solemnly
from q deck-beam. and just beyond,
suspended by wires. vas a gorgeously
colored picture Of the Madonna and
Child"
beheld all these details at . glance.
although at the time ! scarcely realized
any Of them, my entire horri1ed atten-
tion being riveted upon the scene Of
death revealed. The table, which ]
IA ~sprovioualy touched, extending
eipne16Spk thecabin, - uncovered
~ 711 nH&(CE.N9nr4os 4 I1SGon
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Riqht Name at Last.

Let me show you our latest novel
ty," said the clerk in the h~aberdash-
cry. Here is the north pole collar
button. Named in honor of Cook and
Peary."
"By Jove!" laughed the humorous
customer. They couldn't find a better
name for a collar button"
why not?"
Because it is so hard to locate"
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placed ~snywhere,s t.
q & 4 kills all dies

tT0ttA - kihib al oIO0
Next,clean, ornaInen.
tal ,conveuieD t, cheap
Lasts All Seasen.
of metal cannot
or ii p over, will
not soil or iujure any.
thing. Gusrmtsed sf.
fective. Ufall dealers
or s~rntprepaid forf0a
HAROLD SOMER0
! Dekalb Ave.
hrSoklyn, New fsrh
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-06-02

A well.ircRscd stranger entered the
once OF Justice William n. Williams.
Montelair. y. J.. and after shaking
hands as,oniAhed the justice by say
ing: Tin here to redeem that coun.
terfeit $40 bill passed ON you. Two
years ago | called on YOU With my
siri and two Witnesses and you mar.
ried us. handed you a so bill. |
had n counterfeit In my pockstbook
that I'D carried for several years. |
never missed IL until yesterday. Then
remembered that Id accidentally
handed you the hill The caller pro
duccd a good SO bill. but the justice
refused to take IL. Don't let that
worry you. my dear fellow" he
laughed. 4 never knew II was a
counterfeit. No Kind OF money sticks
to me over night. I'm married. my
self"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-06-02

INSECTS play large part as me
I ehanicai carriers OF disease and
none is worse than the common house
fly. yet II Is allowed TO infest meat ex-
posed for sale. bread and sweetmeats.
berries. the edge Of the milk pail and
the food on the kitchen table.
The keynote OF cleanliness Is espe-
cially sounded with respect 90 keeping
pet animals In the kitchen. The fur
Of the cleanest OF them must come In
contact with many things which we
would not care to have touch our food.
This information Is impaired In a
bulletin issued by the department OF
agriculture. prepared under the super
vision OF the Office OF experiment sta
tons. II IL entitled. Care OF Food in
the Home" and Is for free distribu-
ton. Its author. Mrs. Mary Human
Abel. has advanced. many new ideas
and called attention to many simple
house methods that make for cleanli-
ness and wholesomeness Of foods in
the home.
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peared impressed by what he said
when he had finished his argument
against tho, bill the boy turned
prophet. lie said that In ten years u
would be possible for persons ON land
to communicate with distant points
by wireless.
III a man has an automobile break.
down 25 miles from home. ten years
from now" he said. ''ali he viii have
TO do will be to take out his wireless
kit. call up his butler and tell him he
viii not come home 20 dinner"
Master Stokes also Informed the
members Of The committee that for.
elgn nations we're far ahead OF the
United States IN the development Of
wireless telegraphy and blamed the
era Of wireless stock exploitation this
country has experienced. lie said
there were between 5000 and 10000
boys In the United States interested
In wireless telegraphy and expressed
the belief that their experiments
would prove Of great value 20 the M.
ton In the future.
Young Stokes Is the son Of the pro
prietor of the Ansonia apartment ho
tel In New York. and will be remem.
bered as the first person 10 devise a
receiving box for the interrogation OF
wireless telephone and telegraph mes
sages.
This device was perfected In Sep
TENDER. 1905. on the roof OF his IA.
Tiers hotel II was the result OF long
and secret experiments In which the
hoy was unaided. When his inyon.
tion was examined by wireless CT.
perts they pronounced him an electri.
cal prodigy.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. gray-beard.
w cd members OF the United States
senate committee on commerce list
ened recently with respectful atten-
ton TO the arguments OF i3-year-old
boy in knickerbockers whose head
barely topped the table which sepa
rated him and his dignified auditors.
The youthful orator was William r.
n Stokes. Jr.. OF New York. and his
theme was wireless telegraphy and
telephony. lie Is president OF the
Junior Wireless Club OF America. Ltd.
and he Is opposed TO certain features
of the Depew bill. which provides for
government regulation OF wireless tel.
egraphy.
Master Stokes said the members OF
his organization were amateur wire
less telegraphers. all OF tender years.
He told the committee that the boys
favored a nominal license fee for
wireless operators. the license TO be
revocable for malpractice"
The boy lobbyists voice was youth
full. but his words were those Of a
grown man and a scientist and his
bearers smiled broadly at hearing him
roll fluently from his tongue the
polysyllabic technical terms OF his
craft. However. they paid respectful
attention TO his arguments and APP
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-06-02

WITH smoke curling from their vari-
w favored cigars. heart specialists
from throughout the country who re-
Gently attended the congress OF Amer
lean physicians and surgeons gath
cred in Washington to discuss wheth-
err the prolonged and excessive use
Of tobacco meant sudden death" At
the close OF a lengthy debate they
were far from reaching an agreement
as to what was the real effect OF the
use OF tobacco on the heart.
DIR. ii. L. Elsner Of Syracuse. N. y.
introduced the subject by discussing
the influence Of tobacco on hyperion
sion In the circulatory system. Smo-
king In moderate amount by grown
persons might not be injurious. he
said. but he expressed a belief that
smoking was injurious to those who
had hereditary heart afiiictions.
DIR. Judson Daland OF Philadelphia
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Taft In Quandary; His Cook Has Quit

enough extent TO demand protection
under the contract labor law?
Foolish question No. e67.76e' No.
not at all. but the chances are II Will
be a mighty serious question with the
honorable the attorney general OF the
United States and the honorable the
solicitor general. ditto. ditto. to say
nothing OF the president OF the same
place. who needs the cook.
Just how serious are the Intentions
of the president toward his former
cooks relative In Sweden time alone
will divulge. but labor union officials
are not SO reseryeds They. through
Secretary Frank Morrison OF tbs
American Federation Of Labor. cannot
understand how the president can
even consider the importation OF .
cook from Sweden.
Mr.. Morrison said he could not 90
Into the details OF the affair. because
he did not know them, but he said the
president ought 20 know all abost the
law and ought not TO think OF doing
such thing. The contract labor law
is plain aud its provisions are not 70
De eFaaeo- ILL., 49,
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Smoke as They Discuss Tobacco's Harm

told OF family OF four whose parents
had died OF causes other than angina
pectoris. Three OF the brothers. cigar
manufacturers. who were compelled
TO smoke more than 20 cigars n day.
developed angina pectoris. while n
sister at the age OF SO never had suf-
fered from the disease.
So far the anti-tobaeco men had had
the floor. DR. r. q. Curtin OF Phiis-
delphia rose 10 stem the tide. lie told
OF so cases OF angina pectoris. In
which seven Of them were In female
subjects
Women commonly do not use to-
bacco." said he. although hear 70
Gently they are taking II up"
He pointed TO Japan. where boys
begin 10 smoke at nine and girls at
ten. and where angina pectoris is not
common" 10 prove that tobacco did
not cause the disease. He said II
might aggrayate the disease but not
cause II. So might the mind. for that
matter. he said. He told OF an Epis-
copal bishop who always had an at
tack OF angina pectoris when he drove
up hill and Of another patient who
was accustomed 10 have an attack OF
this disease when he ran for street
car
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MADE PROMISE or SECRECY
Therefore NcaIIer Could Only Guess
Who Had Taught Youngster to
Stand on His Head.

The venerable countess OF Card.
gan. the author. you know. Of that
wicked book of memoirs. thinks the
modern girl Is too athletic and hoy
denish.' said an English visitor to
New York. "a
THE countess Of Cardigan often
tells OF a young man who was drink
ing tea with a beautiful girl when her
little brother slipped into the room.
-Mr. Mannering.' the boy asked.
can you stand on your head 81
"'No. said the visitor laughing. I
don't believe l can as
-'well, ! can. said the boy. Look
here
'And he stood on his head very
neatly In the corner.
ala. hat laughed Mr.. Mannering
And who taught you that?'
THE urchin frowned.
S.Sister, he said. told me must
never tell"
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She was q nsherman's daughter. she
wore her hair In q net, and she pre-
ferrcd love In q piscatoriai way.
MY love-" he whispered. you hold
FIRST place In my hearth Although I
founder about In expressing myself
my sole wish IL that you win save
me from becoming grabbed old
bachelor. I shall stick 20 you closer
than 'limpet. from you a 'wink1r
be the road 20 guide me. Together
we VIII skate over iife's rocks and
wher look at your hand beside me
shall say 10 myself: Fortune was
mine when ! put herring therel"
And then the lady dropped her eyes
In sweet confusion. and murmured,
Pass the salt"
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STOOD WHERE SHE WAS PUT
wife obsysd orders 20 ths Letter, ous
unfortunsssIy wortmsn Moved
Post Hole.

In western state workmen began
10 dig a post hole for an electric light
IN front OF a Dutchman's dwelling.
when the master forbade them TO con
tinue. After some discussion the
Dutchman babe his wife stand on a
large. nat slate with which he Gov.
cred the hole. Now. Gretchen" he
said. "dat ish where you shtands TN
I comes hack NIT elm eniunction." The
solid frau stood there like a statue.
her hands on her hips. When the
husband disappeared. the leader Of
the workmen ordered the slate. with
the frau on n. 10 be removed. With
perfect pollteness the lady was set on
one side az n she had been fat tea
pot on a salver. The Dutch wife stood
like Casablanca, but the hole was well
In It's place when the householder re-
turned with the injunction. lie was
overcome with establishment and
wrath. Wy vas you not stood on dat
hole :" he demanded OF his wife. 1T
was on dis stone dat you var puts
me-" she answered. lie looked al her
In helpless indignation a moment. and
then cried: Il vas not mean dat you
shtand on dat stone ven dat hole was
carried awayi"-Christian Register.
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TO be the White House cook and pre-
! pare the food for the president. his
family and guests Is an honor. but 20
be the bride Of an Irish policeman de-
tailed for duty at the executive man
sion has proved more attractive To
Martha Peterson. WAC has resigned.
Now when Martha decided 10 be-
come the wife OF Policeman Mulyey
she thought Of hei cousin In Sweden.
who she says is a better cook than
herself. So she recommended her
cousin to the president as the chef.
The president was considering the ad-
visibility OF having Mrs. Mulyey's
cousin TO como over TO Washington 10
do the White House cooking when the
question arose: Is Swedish cooking
en- American industry to- = great
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Animals In Kitchen Peril to Health

One Of the most important sugges.
tons Is that In regard TO ptomaine
poisoning. On this subject the author
says:
Food may become dangerous evcn
before IL shows outward signs Of Do
composition and the danger hardly
be recognized without laboratory Rp
paratns. II Is no uncommon thing
TO hear that a large number OF per
sons attending a banquet were taken
violently Al within few hours. These
cases OF Wholesale poisoning general
ly occur In summer after n heated
term. II "a n safe rule TO eat spar.
ingly OF foods liable 20 changes In
hot weather and where the serving
Of a large number at one time brings
a strain on the culinary forces. when
material Is certain 10 be served which
has been prepared a considerable time
In advance" -
Mrs. Abel thinks ordinary kitchen
methods fall short OF today's require
ments. especially with respect 10 sani
tary science. The old fashioned ha.
tired for dirt Is not enough. This sp
plies especially with respect to TIA
cleaning OF kitchen utensils. For Ia.
stance. boiling has long been known
10 XIII whatever was the cause OF
spelling" food. However. most house
keepers did not boil out the milk
cans. etc. but simply scaldcd them.