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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29
A Burglars Text Book.

The police of New York found upon
a burglar, arrested by them, a treatise
on safa-cracking that is said to be the
most remarkable document that has
ever fallen into their hands. The con-
tents are so well compiled that the
police unhesitatingly declare the au-
thor a past grand master in his pro-
fession, and, according to Popular
Mechanics. are somewhat anxious to
find out just how many copies are in
circulation throughout the country.
For the most part the manuscript
is in the yegg code. lingo freely used
by thieves the country over. 1t de-
scribes the two kinds of safes recog-
niZed by the profession. namely, the
fireproof and the burglarproof, assert
ing. however, that there is no genuine
burglar-proof safe, and that kind that
are drill-proof are only called so by
courtesy. Minute directions for
cracking safe are given, together
with diagrams to illustrate the treat
Use. .
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Miss Innes. spinster and guardian OF
Gertrude and Halsey, established summer
headquarters at Sunnyside. Amidst nu-
merous difficulties the servants deserted
As Miss lines locked up for the night,
she was startled by dark figure on the
veranda. She passed a terrible night
which was filled with unseemly noises
In the morning Miss Innes found
strange link cuff button in a clothes
hamper Gertrude and Halsey arrived
with Jack Bailey. The house was awak-
ened by revolver shot. strange man
was found shot to death in the nail
IT proved to be the body Of Arnold Arm
strong, whose banker father owned the
country house. Miss Innes found Hal
sey's revolver on the lawn. He and JACK
Bailey had disappeared. The link cuff
button mysteriously disappeared. De-
tective Jameson and the coroner arrived;
Gertrude revealed that she was engaged
70 Jack Bailey, with whom she had
talked I'm the billiard room few mo-
ments before the murder. Jameson told
Miss lines that she was hiding evidence
from him. He imprisoned an intruder IN
an empty room. The prisoner escaped
down laundry chute. 1t developed that
the intruder was probably woman. Ger
trude was suspected. for the intruder
left print of a bare foot. Gertrude re-
turned home with her right ankle
sprained A negro found the other half
OF what proved to be Jack Bailey's cuff
button.
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CHAPTER TX.
Just Like a Girl.


Aunt RAY" Halsey said from the
gloom behind the lamps. What in
the world are you doing here?"
Taking a walk" 1 said, trying to
be composed. l don't think the an
swer struck either of us as being ri
diculous at the time. "Oh, Halsey,
where have you beenP"
Let me take you up to the house
He was in the road, and had Beulah
and the basket out of my arms in a
moment. / could see the car plainly
now, and Warner was at the wheel
Warner in an ulster and a pair of
slippers, over heaven knows what.
Jack Bailey was not there. l got in,
and we went slowly and painfully up
to the house.
We did not talk. What we had to
say was too important to commence
there, and, besides, it took all kinds
of coaxing from both men to get the
Dragon Fly up the last grade. Only
when we had closed the front door
hall did Halsey say anything. He
slipped his strong young arm around
my shoulders and turned me so !
faced the light.
Poor Aunt Ray!" he said gently.
And I nearly wept again. Il must
see Gertrude, too; we will have a
three-cornered talk"
And then Gertrude herself came down
the stairs. She had not been to bed
evidently; she still wore the white
negligee she had worn earlier in the
evening, and she limped somewhat
During her slow progress down the
stairs 1 had time to notice one thing:
Mr.. Jameson had said the woman
! who escaped from the cellar had
worn no shoe on her right foot Ger
trude's right ankle was the one she
| had sprained!
The meeting between brother and
sister was tense, but without tears
Halsey kissed her tenderly, and 1 no
! ticed evidences of strain and anxiety
! in both young faces.
els everything she asked
Right as can be-" with forced
cheerfulness.
l lighted the living room and we
went in there. Only a half-hour\ be
fore I had sat with Mr.. Jameson in
that very room, listening while he
overly accused both Gertrude and
| Halsey of at least a knowledge of the
death of Arnold Armstrong. Now Hal
sey was here to speak for himself:
should learn everything that had puz
zled me.
Il saw it in the paper tonight fol
! the first time" he was saying. 81
knocked me dumb When l think Of
this houseful of women, and a thing
like that occurring"
Gertrude's face was still set anC
white. That isn't all, Halsey," she
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29

other women to avail themselves OF
this valuable medicine. Mrs. E. n.
FREDERICK, Bloomdale, Ohio.
Backache is a symptom Of female
weakness or arrangement. If you
have backache don't neglect it. To
get permanent relief you must reach
the root of the trouble. Nothing we
know of will do this so safely and surely
as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. Cure the cause of these dis:
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The great volume of unsolicited tes-
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conclusively that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, has restored health to thou,
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If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege.
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write to Mrs. Pinkham at Ly mn,
Mass, for advice. Your letter
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and the advice free.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29

What In the world is the matter
with you?" l snapped. Has the day
of good common sense gone byi Sit
up and tell me the whole thing"
Rosie sat up then, and SMILED
Il was coming up the drive" she
began.
You must start with when you
went down the drive, with my dishes
and my silver" interrupted, but,
seeing more signs of hysteria, gave
in. Very well. You were coming up
the drive"
II had a basket of-of silver and
dishes on my arm, and l was carrying
the plate, because-because l was
afraid I'd break it. PARKWAY up the
road man stepped out of the bushes,
and held his arm like this, spread out,
so l couldn't get past. He said-he
said-'Not so fast, young lady;
want you to let me see what's in that
basket"
took hold of my arm.
1T was like this, Miss Innes," she
said, "and say you was the man.
When he said that l screamed and
ducked under his arm like this. He
caught at the basket and l dropped it.
l ran as fast as 1 could, and he came
after as far as the trees Then he
stopped. oh, Miss Innes. it must have
been the man that killed that Mr.
Armstrong;"
Don't be foolish" I said. Who
ever killed Mr.. Armstrong would put
! as much space between himself and
! this house as he could. Go up to bed
now; and mind, if hear of this story
! being repeated to the other maids, I
| shall deduct from your wages for
every broken dish find in the drive"
could fancy Liddy's face when she
missed the extra pieces of china-she
had opposed Rosie from the start If
Liddy once finds a prophecy fulfilled,
especially an unpleasant one, she
never allows me to forget it, 1t
seemed to me that it was absurd to
leave that china dotted along the road
for her to spy the next morning; so
with sudden resolution, I opened the
door again and stepped out into the
| darkness. AS the door closed behind
me half regretted my impulse; then
l shut my teeth and went on.
1 have never been a nervous wom-
an, as l said before. Moreover, a min
ute or two in the darkness enabled
me to see things fairly well. Beulah
gave me rather start by rubbing un-
eXpectedly against my feet; then we
two, side by side, went down the
drive.
There were no fragments OF china
but where the grove began l picked
up a silver spoon. So far Rosies
story was borne out; l began to won.
der If it were not indiscreet, to say
the least, this midnight proving in
a neighborhood with such a deserved.
ly bad reputation. Then l saw some.
thing cleaning, which proved to be
the handle of a cup, and a step or
two farther on l found V-shaped bit
Of plate. But the most surprising
thing of all was to find the basket sit.
ting comfortably beside the road, with
the rest of the broken crockery piled
neatly within, and handful of small
silver, spoons, forks and the like, on
top! / could only stand and stare
Then Rosie's story was true. But
where had Rosie carried her basket!
And why had the thief, if he were a
thief, picked up the broken china out
of the road and left it, with his
booty?
1t was with my nearest approach tc
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29

nervous collapse that heard the IA
miliar throbbing of an automobile en-
CINE. AS it came closer l recognized
the outline of the Dragon Fly, and
knew that Halsey had come back.
Strange enough it must have
seemed to Halsey, too, to come across
me in the middle of the night, with
the skirt of my gray silk gown over
my shoulders to keep off the dew,
holding red and green basket under
one arm and black cat under the
other. What with relief and joy, be-
gan to cry, right there. and very near
ly wiped my eyes on Behlah in the
excitement.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29

across my bacK Srau-
ually became more
severe until 1 was in
constant misery. My
feet and hands were
swollen to twice their
natural size. The kid
ney secretions were
in a terrible condi-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29

to be clear blood. 1 became so dizzy
everything seemed to whirl. My con-
dition was alarming when began
using Doan's Kidney Pills. Before long
l improved and was soon strong and
we'll"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents a
box Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29
Guilt Revealed.

Johnny, do you smoke cigarettes? o.
Il dido ll-little. sir" stammered
Johnny. paling beneath the tan of the
baseball field.
The boss fixed him with his eagle
eye.
Then gimme me one." he said 7
left mine on the bureau"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29
Had a Reason.

why don't you call your newspaper
the Appendix" asked the enemy Of
the political boss.
ANY special reason for wanting me
to do so?'
well, it's a useless organ
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29
IN A SERIOUS CONDITION.

A Case of Terrible Kidney Trouble.
Henry Palmer, Cole and Walnut Sts.,
GAINESVILLE, O., says: my kidney
trouble was caused by hardships and
exposure in the army. The awful pains
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29

ana TlSnG Sue, auO
was tired all the
time and nervous.
II could not sleep
and every month !
could hardly stand
the pain. Lydia e.
|Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound re-
| stored me to health
again and made me
feel like q new wo-
man. I hope this
letter will induce
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29

DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW
If 80, use Red Cross Ball Blue. 1t will make
them white as snow. 2 OF. package cents.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29

What can harm us If we are true
to ourselves and do what we think Ii
right?-Black.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29

Our dearest thoughts are out Of
reach-Van Dyke.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29
YOUR
BACKACHE
WILL YIELD
To Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Bloomdale, Ohio suffered from
terrible headaches. pains in my back
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Barber-ous Humor

Barber-ous Humor.
Barber-How would you like your
hair cut. sir?
Stude-Fine. Do you think l came
in here to discuss the tariff?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29

Constipation causes and seriously aggravate
many Diseases 1t is thoroughly cured by Dr
Pieree's Pellets Tiny sugar-coated granules
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-06-29

Lewis Single Binder gives q man what
hs wants, rich, mellow-tasting cigar
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Search others for their virtues, an(
myself for thy vices.-Fuller.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-11
Rheumatism
DIR. Whftehall'S
Rheumatic ReIned Y

for years the Standard Remedy for
acute and chronic rheumatism. If
you suffer from this dread disease,
or are afflicted with lumbago, govt,
sore muscles, stiff or swollen joints
it will relieve those distressing SYM
ptoms, destroy the uric acid, and pre-
vent recurring attacks. SO cents per
box at druggists. Write for trial box.
TINE Or. WHITEHALL MEcRiNINE co.
South Send, Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-11
|KQt77r Boys Are Good Servants
Hmor in the Names They Choose and Sometimes in Their
Cookng-Squaws Hired Girls in Nevada.

more adaptable than the Shoshone or
Washoe Sallies. The remnants of
these three tribes have their homes
up in the high hills above Carson,
where no one else wants the land.
They come down to the city every
day, but they never stay there over
night
The eastern woman in Carson new
er fails to look from her window at
the sunset and watch them making
their way along the trail, Indian file.
In and out winds the long life. across
the face Of the darkening mountain,
always ascending, the last sunbeams
flashing on their red blankets. Each
Jim is invariably with his own Sally,
the squaw always carrying the pa
pOose, but the father sometimes
shouldering tired toddler. Up winds
the long file to the brush tepees at
timberline, where each tribe in it's
own place. separate from the other
two, cooks it's scanty food at its little
camp fire and goes to sleep among
the moaning pines.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-11
Society Is After Perfect Man
New York Collegiate Aumnae Begin Autopses on Family
Skeletons for Improvement of Posterity

f. Woodruff, Frederick A. Woods and
C. B. Davenport. David Starr Jordan
is the chairman.
The letter added:
This committee has prepared fam
lily record blanks. in which informa-
ton is asked concerning certain char
acteristics of a family for three or
more generations A specimen blank
is sent herewith. 1t is hoped that each
branch director will urge the men,
bers of her branch to fill out these
blanks and thus aid in the collection
Of the desired data
The questions asked by the commit
tee refer to place of birth, residence.
occupation. diseases, etc. of the recip-
lent, her parents and grandparents.
In Mrs. Huddlestone's drawing
room were members OF some of the
best families in New York-families
that could trace direct American de-
scent for generations. When the sam
pie blank went around it was inspect
ed curiously, and nine or ten signified
their willingness to answer the Ques-
tons. Others passed back the blanks
without comment. Mrs. HuddlestOne
said many of the members would
probably be able to answer questions
without looking up the data.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-11
TOO MANY BUTTONS

San Antonio, Texas, Jan. IL
Woman's fad of having several hun
dred buttons down the back of her
dress gave a fine chance to clever
thief, incidentally man is repeating
over and over again: What's the use?
4 certain wiley in this city. not yet
rich enough to have a maid, called up
hubby over the phone to request him
to kindly close his office for the space
of a few minutes and repair to his
home where he would have the pleas
ure of buttoning his other half's dress.
However, hubby was extremely busy
and forgot all about it. But the lady
had to attend party and when hubby
failed to show up, she decided that
her best would have to be worn any
way. even though she would have to
ask a neighbor to do the buttoning.
OF course, the neighbor was obliging.
But it took some twenty minutes to
finish the job. In the meantime events
in the form of a housebreaker moved
swiftly. With the dress carefully but
toned up wiley returned to her castle
just in time to see q gentleman thief
retreat through the back yard laden
heavily. There is little left in the
house that would attract the attention
of another burglar. Hubby, of course.
is to blame for it all. Moral: II your
wife's buttons interfere with your
business. give up business.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-11
ONE DEBATING TEAM
EarIham Will Have OratoriCaI
Contests With Two
Colleges.
ALBION AND WITTENBERG

The Earlham College Orotorical as
ISOLATION decided yesterday afternoon
to have but one debating team this
year, but to debate two colleges. One
team will be chosen to debate with AL
bion, Mich. and as practice debate
the team will meet Wittenberg col
lege, if the latter will debate here.
Some time ago the association de-
cided to have two teams, one to de-
bate with Albion and the other to de-
bate Wittenberg or Hanover Ow-
ing to the consensus of opinion among
the debaters for one team, a motion
was carried providing for such.
Another important step taken by
the association was the appointment of
a committee to consider designs for
medals for the several debaters. The
idea of giving medals to the men who
make the team is a new one at the
college, and met with general approx
al Harmon Maier, a junior at the
college and one of the best artists ever
attending the institution, will prob
ably draw design for the medal.
A committee was also appointed to
select judges for the debate with AL
biOn.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-11
A PECULIAR TAACLE
International Law and Num-
cipaI Ordinances Are
Involved.
HOW MEXICO WAS INVADED

San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1.-THE
case of Jose M. Rangel, against whom
the jury of the federal court in this
city returned verdict of guilty, seems
to present rather curious tangle of
international and municipal law. Ran
gel was accused of having broken the
neutrality law Of the United States, by
setting on foot an armed expedition
against the republic of Mexico, culmi-
mating in the so-called revolution of
1908. Through two Mexican witnesses
Major Enrique Perez of the Mexican
ARMY, and Ramon G. Ysaguirre, collect
or at Las Vaces, it was shown at the
trial that Rangel had been seen on
The battlefield of Las Vaces and that
he had participated in the fight. This
evidence, however, in the opinion of
Judge Maxey, was deemed insufficient
Tor conviction for the reason that
the United States government is not
responsible under international and
municipal law for what a citizen or
resident may do in a foreign country.
Judge Maxey said:
''If Jose M. Rangel, the defendant,
merely went across the river the Rio
Grande) and joined in the fight, he had
every right to do SO, and will so tell
the jury in my charge. The indict-
ment is not for fighting in a foreign
country, but is for beginning and set
ting on foot of an expedition in Val
Verde county, Texas.
In his argument to the jury, C. C..
Cresson, assistant United States dis
trict attorney, admitted that the case
against Rangel was largely circum-
stantial, and that it had been impossi-
BILE for the prosecution to establish by
witnesses or other evidence that the
defendant had organized military ex-
petition in the United States. All
that had been shown was that Rangel
had participated in the fight. Not
withstanding this, the jury returned a
verdict of guilty.
1t is the opinion of local lawyers
that this may be considered the ex-
IRENE of the limit 70 which this coun-
try has gone in the prosecution of al
legged Mexican revolutionists. The
unanimous opinion was that it would
be impossible to convict Rangel since
no case had been established against
him under the indictment. The i'm
preston prevails that the ignorance
OF the jury trying the case and their
failure to distinguish between munich
pal and international law, is RESPONSE
BILE for the verdict. The great ma
jority of the men were farmers, who
probably had never, heard that munich
pal law does not extend to a case of
this kind. In the meantime Judge
Maxey has deferred sentence for sever
al days and much speculation is in
dulged in as to the step he may take.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-11

New York, Jan. 11-Diogenes, who
was forced to lay off this mortal coil
without accomplishing his self-impos-
ed earthly task-the finding of an
honest man-has been gone one bet
ter. The Association of Collegiate
Alumnae has set about to develop, Gull
tivate or in some manner hurl upon
the unsuspecting public perfect
man.
To that end the association is to dig
back three or four generations into
the family closets, bare the skeletons,
buried perhaps for years, and find out
just what was the matter and what
was it's cause.
The alumnae, composed of more
than 5000 members in varieties, is
about to test the law of heredity by
an investigation of it's own member
ship and their antecedents from three
generations or more. This was re-
veaied Saturday at a meeting of the
New York branch held in the home
of Mrs. John H. Huddlestone. AS
West Seventy-eighth street. The sec
rotary, Miss Dora w. Davis. read a
letter from Frances G. Davenport of
Washington. reminding the New York
members that the annual meeting in
Cincinnati recently had appointed a
standing committee on eugenics to aid
national committee on eugenics, or
ganized some time ago, to collect data
to be used in the study of human here
dity.
The national committee is said to
be engaged in an earnest endeavor to
determine, scientifically, the best way
to develop and improve the human
race. The members of the committee,
as given by Miss Davenport. are Alex
ander Graham Bell. Luther Burbank,
w. z. Castle, c. r. Henderson, A.
Hardlicks. r. II. johnson, V. l.. kel
logg, Adolph Meyer. J. Archer Thorn
son, ". j. Tower, H. J. Webster, C..
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-11
lincoln's Funeral Coach.

That the first Pullman sleeping car
constructed in 1864 in the shops Of the
Alton and Chicago and called the Pho
neer. served as funeral coach for
President Lincoln will be news to
many persons. Its cost was $1S.OOO
which was regarded in those days as
most extravagant. and as it was higher
and wider than the ordinary cars and
so wider and higher than the clear.
ances Of station platforms and bridges
when it was decided that it should be
the funeral coach of the president
many changes were involved. Gangs
Of men were set working night and
day to cut wider clearances all the
way from Washington (by way of
New York and Albany to Springfield
ul.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-11
Rich Mems Gifts Are Poor

as saying that I regard Electric Bit
tiers as one of the greatest gifts that
God has made to woman, writes Mrs.
o. Rhinevault. of Vestal Center, n.
Y, Il can never forget what it has
done for me- This glorious medicine
gives a woman buoyant spirits, vigor
of body and jubilant health. 1t quick
ly cures Nervousness, Sleeplessness,
Melancholy. Headache. Backache,
Painting and Dizzy Spells; soon builds
up the weak. ailing and sickly. TRY
them. SOC. at A. G. Luken e. Co.