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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-17
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ser beebrt gu mer0en.'
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-17
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mieien, a%bgeieben bon Sen un5abltgen
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-17
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~stuot ser Yaldite" genannt bat.
Cine Meibe straBen lit nod ibm &C.
uQ1111t un0 an oem Sauie, mo- er I'M
Ssobre 1910 mobnte, befinoet it@ etns
@eOenftafel.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-17
Manpr &miie pon Chicago fat id

an sic 5pibe elmer griinoli6en Srga=
niiirr1g aner freiiinnigen @lemente
Ser lemofraten nnb &epublifaner &C.
lteat, INN sic 8emiibungen ser Brobtz
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den, ausii6tslos gu MAIDEN. @r en1>
pfieblt auf 6os 9ringenoite cine ener'
qilde Mgitation gegen sic v8aierlMd=
tigen," oamit 0ieie gang geborig &c:
ihlaqen meroen uno iie 6te Suit u1o
SEN Mutb perlieren, ii6 iemalS mteoer
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len.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-17

Ger %apit fat aaroinal &ineea5o
@olu1teai gu leinem @ertreter BET Dem
i'm uaoditen september in Montreal
1tottfiuoenoeu GudariitenfongreB en-
ln,11t. Ser &aroinal miro gelege1t=
lih oieies aongrelies gan5 Canada
u1o ben qr0ibten She'll Ser Ser. Staa@
ten bell1ben.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-17

Sn ser am Mpntag Mbeno ge=
baltenen ipe5ieqen &eriammlung 0eS
in ct. CLOUD beiteben0en ct. Solepb=
Mdnnerpereins mlroen iiber 40 11el1e
Mitglie0er lit Sen elben aufgenommen,
10 oaB es Biz iett ser Mitglieoer IS
ltn6, melde ant Mben0e oes Sitermon-
tags in beiagten @erein eingefubrt
mer0en. 3uoem liegen nod mebrere
%Mpplifatione11 Dor, sic Ser l1nter5eid=
nl1l1g bes Inter ltdungsar5tes beoiir=
fen, 10 6aB Sic Mn5abI ser il1ngen
Mdiinner, melde lid Sem ct. Soiepbs-
perein angeidloiien BADEN uno am
Sitermontagabeno in 0enielben einge=
fiibrt meroen, sic ltattlide 5nmme
BON menigitens 100 betragen miro.
gead ginfiibrung Ser 1te1er MitgIie-
Ser miro oas freuoige greigniB oulm
eine l1nterbaltung gefeiert, bel mel
der mebrere Mnipra6en uno muiifa=
lii@e mie bumoriitii@e gortrage ge-
balten nr0 Grfrii6ungen perabret6f
tperoen. Ser bo6mite &err 8tidof
|Grobec, bo9miter &err Mbt @ngel,
s.. g. s., bon ct. Sobn's, sic bodm.
@eiitli@feit ser staot ct. CLOUD un6
Sic @erren @eorg @erIad, &raiioent
ser g.. 81. 6. 5taatsunteritiibungs.
pereins, un6 Sobn 8. SSiinemann, Sc
fretGr oes Staatspereins, baden lire
1beiInabme an ser @ereinsfeitIidfeit,
sic Mbenos z l1br in ser ct. Moriet1-
i@ulbaue beginner miro, 5~ugeiagt.
Ser in &idmon6 ~beitebenoe ct.
Soiepb-@dnnerberein belt pergange.
men Sonntag feline SSabresperiamm-
lung ltro 8eamtentpabI. Mit Mmsnah.
ME Ser 5mei Sefret6re tpuroen sic al.
ten @eamten b%eibebalten BIG 3u11t
De5ember, 3u nelder 3eit Sic neue
&onititution 6eS Staatsberban6es
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-17
Bic beute uukbare @aNerfraft I'LL

ieres 2an0es miiroe, auf Ser 8al1s Der
1ompffraft bere9net, menn man Die
a%oblenfolten nit $3.50 per Sonne uno
BEN getrieb gu 5ebn 5tun0en tagli@
anidlagt, iabrli@ einen @ertb BON
IT'S Miaionen 0ollarS baben. gu 8
@roaent fapitalilirt, ergibt oieS einen
Merth BON $500 MiQionen Dollars.
&ein Mun0er 6ober, menn &enner Der
@erbaltniIe nit iolbem Na6orud arT
ser Grbaltung 0ieier mertbpolen
&raft be1teben.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-17
8iidof Morris pon Gittle Mud

Btid)of Morris bon Nttfle Nod,
Mrfanias, fat in einem Saitenbirten,
ibreiben cine &%eriammlung ser 2aien
ser gr50i05eie 2ittle &od einberufen
uno 5mar auf Sen 30. Mar5. Sober
Gfarrer ion menigitens 5mei reprd-
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li9 perpfli6ten molten, 3u fornmen,
fir ieine @emeinoe ienoen, Juno"
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lentanten meroen Mittmo6 Morgen,
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-17
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-17
6iterionntas a1n ~. Mar5.

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fir gl1d, UNI guren Siteran5ug gu
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un6 laBt uns Cure 8eitenung iebt TO-
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-17
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The Lamar register., 1910-09-28
TIL CIRCULAR STAIRCASE

called the hospital, while we crowded
around him. And when there was no
longer any doubt that it was Halsey,
and that he would probably recover.
we all laughed and cried together.
am sure l kissed Liddy, and. / have
had terrible moments since when
seem to remember kissing Mr..
Jameson. too, in the excitement.
Anyhow, by IL o'clock that night
Gertrude was on her way to Johns
vile, $50 miles away. accompanied by
Rosie. The domestic force was now
down to Mary Anne and Liddy, with
the UNDERGRADUATE wife coming
every day to help out. Fortunately.
Warner and the detectives were keep
ing bachelor hall in the lodge Out
of difference to Liddy they washed
their dishes once day, and they con-
cocted queer messes, according to
their several abilities. They had one
triumph that they ate regularly for
breakfast, and that chung to their
clothes and their hair the rest of the
day. 1t was bacon, bareback and
onions. fried together. They were al
most pathetically grateful, however.
noticed, for an occasional broiled ten
derloin.
1t was not until Gertrude and Rosie
had gone and Sunnyside had settled
down for the night, with Winters at
the foot of the staircase. that Mr..
Jameson preached a subject he had
evidently planned before he came.
The Lamar register., 1910-09-28

Miss Innes," he said. stopping me
as I was about to go to my room up
stairs. how are your nerves to-
night?"
Il have nome" said happily. with
Halsey found. my troubles have gone"
Il mean," he persisted. do you feel
as though you could go through with
something rather unusual?'
THE most unusual thing ! can think
Of would be a peaceful night. But II
anything is going to occur. don't dare
to let me miss II"
Something is going to occur" he
said. And you're the only woman /
can think of that | can take along"
He looked at his watch. Don't ask
me any questions. Miss lines. Put on
heavy shoes. and some old dark
clothes. and make up your mind not
to be surprised at anything"
Liddy was sleeping the sleep of the
Just when went upstairs. and /
hunted out my things cautiously. The
detective was waiting in the hall, and
] was astonished to see Dr. Stewart
with him. They were talking con-
fidentially together. but when ! came
down they ceased. There were a few
preparations to, be made: the locks to
be gone over. Winters to be instructed
as to renewed vigilance. and then.
after extinguishing the hall light. we
crept. in the darkness. through the
front door, and into the night.
I asked no questions. ! felt that
they were doing me honor in making
me one of the party. and l would show
them / could be as silent as they. We
went across the fields. passing through
the woods that reached almost to the
ruins of the stable, going over stiles
now and then. and sometimes step
ping over low fences. Once only
somebody spoke. and then 1t was an
emphatic bit OF profanity from DR..
Stewart when he ran into wire
fence.
We were Joined at the end of five
minutes by another man. who fell into
step with the doctor silently. He car
ried something over his shoulder
which l could not make out. In this
way We walked for perhaps 20 minues.
The doctor was puffing somewhat
when We finally came to a halt. con-
fess that just at that minute even
Sunnyside seemed a cheerful spot. We
had paused at the edge of level
cleared place, bordered all around
with primly trimmed evergreen trees.
Between them | caught glimpse of
starlight shining don on rows of
white headstones a. an occasional
more imposing monument or towering
shaft. In spite of myself. / drew my
breath in sharply. We were on the
edge of the Casanova churchyard.
saw now both the man who had
Joined the party and the implements
he carried. 1t was Alex, armed with
two long-handled spades. After the
first shock of surprise. l fiatter my
self I was both cool and quiet. We
went in single file between the rows
of headstones, and although, when l
found myself last, had an instructive
desire to keep looking back over my
shoulder. found that, the first uneasi-
The Lamar register., 1910-09-28
Letter Journeys Long Distance te
Reach Destination Ten Feet
from the Starting Point.

One of the most remarkable mail
routes in the world is that In which a
letter journeys In going from Beebe
Plain, VT. to Beebe Plain. Quebec.
Canada. While the two offices are
within ten feet of each other-are To-
Gated in the same room. in fact-a let
ter mailed from one office to the other
must make a trip of 294 miles-67
miles in Canada and the remainder in
the United States
The plain. old-fashioned store build
ing which is situated on the interna-
tional boundary line contains both
the United States and the Canadian
offices. There are separate entrances
to each. but both are in the same
room, have the same lobby and there
are no partitions to mark the division
between the domain of Uncle Sam
and the possession of King Edward.
IF you mail letter from the Yer
mont side addressed to the Quebec
SIDE" says the postmaster. 1T goes
from here to the junction. then to New
port, then to White River Junction.
and back to Lennoxville, Quebec. over
the Boston and Maine. There 1t is
transferred to the Grand Trunk and
The Lamar register., 1910-09-28

handler at burying folks than at dig.
ging them up"
The uncanny moment came when
Alex and Jameson tossed the spades
on the grass. and ] confess ! hid my
face. There was a period of stress.
think. while the heavy coffin was be-
ing raised. felt that my composure
was going. and. for fear would
shrek. ] tried to think of something
else-what time Gertrude would reach
Understanding but the grisly reaii.
ty that lay Just beyond me on the
grass.
And then ] heard low exclamation
from the detective and ! felt the pres
sure of the doctors fingers on my
arm.
Now, Miss Innes." he said gently.
III you will come over"
held on to him frantically, and
somehow | got there and looked down.
The lid OF the casket had been raised
and silver plate on 1t proved we
had made no mistake. But the face
that showed in the light of the lantern
was a face l had never seen before.
The man who lay before us was not
Paul Armstrong,
The Lamar register., 1910-09-28

Of miles in the box-car, locked in. per-
haps, without water or food. l had
read of cases where bodies had been
found locked in cars on isolated sid
ings in the west, and my spirits went
down with every hour.
His recovery was destined to be al
most as sudden as his disappearance,
and was due directly to the tramp
Alex had brought to Sunnyside. 1t
seems the man was grateful for his
release, and when he learned some
thing of Halsey's whereabouts from
another member Of his fraternity
for 1t is a fraternity-he was prompt
in letting us know.
On Wednesday evening Mr.. jamie
son, who had been down at the Arm
strong house trying to see Louise
and failing-was met near the gate at
Sunnyside by an individual precisely
as repulsive and unkempt as the one
Alex had captured. The man knew
the detective. and he gave him
piece of dirty paper, on which was
scrawled the words: Hes at City
hospital, louisville" The tramp who
brought the paper pretended to know
nothing. except this: The paper had
been passed along from hobo In
townsville, who seemed to know the
information would be valuable to US.
Again the long-distance telephone
came into requisition. Mr.. Jameson
The Lamar register., 1910-09-28

Youth is eternal to him who believes
in eternity. To me youth means any.
where from eight onward. / was an
exceedingly old person at eight and |
trust | violate no confidence when I
confess youthful exuberance now
that l have bumped against the half.
way post. Fifty is a splendid time for
youthful expansion; ones fancy still
retains all its ingenuity while ones
judgment is bettered by experience.
When sitting on the SO milestone the
vane Of mans vision points southwark
to the past and northward to the fu.
ture with a minimum of oscillation.
Rancorous thought and splenetic ex.
preston give way to quieter nerves
and calmer view. and the mellow light.
ed vista of the years that have gone
soften the heart of the youth of a half
century Of years.-John Philip Souss
In the Circle.
The Lamar register., 1910-09-28

ness past, cemetery at night is much
the same as any other country place.
filled with vague shadows and unex-
pected noises. Once, indeed-but Mr..
Jameson said it was an owl. and l
tried to believe him.
In the shadow of the Armstrong
granite shaft we stopped. think the
doctor wanted to send me back.
Its no place for a woman" heard
him protesting angrily. But the de-
tective said something about wit
nesses, and the doctor only came over
and felt my pulse.
Anyhow, / don't believe you're any
worse off here than you would be in
that nightmare of house." he said
finally, and put his coat on the steps
of the shaft for me to sit on.
There is a sense of Dissertation, OF
a reversal of the everlasting fitness OF
things, in resurrecting a body from its
mother clay. And yet that night, in
the Casanova churchyard, l sat quiet
Iy by, and watched Alex and Mr.
Jameson steaming over their work
withouT single qualm, except the
fear of detection.
The doctor kept keen lookout. but
no one appeared. Once in a while
he came over to me. and gave me q
reassuring pat on the shoulder
Il never expected to come this" he
said once. There's one thing sure
I'll not be suspected of completely A
doctor is generally supposed to be
The Lamar register., 1910-09-28
NO HEALTHY SKIN LEFT

MY little son, boy OF five. broke
out with an itching rash. Three doc
tors prescribed for him. but he kept
getting worse until we could not dress
him any more. They finally advised
me to try a certain medical college.
but Its treatment did no good At
the time I was induced to try Cuti-
cura he was SO bad that l had to cut
bis hair on and put the Cuticura ONT
ment on him on bandages. as It was
Impossible to touch him with the bare
hand. There was not one square inch
Of skin on his whole body that was
not affected. He was one mass of
sores. The bandages used to stick to
his skin and in removing them It used
to take the skin on with them, and
the screams from the poor child were
heartbreaking. I began to think that
he would never get well. but after the
second application of Cuticura ONT
ment ] began to see signs Of improve
ment, and with the third and fourth
applications the sores commenced to
dry up. His skin peeled on twenty
times. but II finally yielded to the
treatment. Now can say that be Is
entirely cured. and 4 stronger and
healthier boy you never saw than he
10 to-day. twelve years or more since
the cure was effected. Robert Wattam.
114s Forty-eighth St. Chicago. H..
Oct. .. 1909"
The Lamar register., 1910-09-28
Showing tn. Evolution Of Steamers.

Showing the Evolution Of Steamers.
Furst bismarck fsso-9i. Deutschland.
300: Kaiss- Wilhelm IL. 1901. Mauretania.
1907 and thu, Hansa.
onehalf knots an hour and the cabins
accommodated only lis passengers.
Now the Franconia's length is 625
feet. its gross tonnage $4,000 tons.
displacement $4,000 tons: It can carry
1900 passengers and its power Is
twenty times as great rs that OF the
Britannia
More than three thousand workmen
labored on the liner for IL months up
TO the launching at wallsend on-Tyne.
The sister ship. the Laconia. has Just
been laid down In the same shipyard
and will be launched next year Next
in point OF readiness are the White
Star liners. Titanic and Olympic. two
ocean giants under construction at
Belfast. Already they are immense
in bulk and when they are completed
they will be 5000 tons each. or more
than 1900 tons bigger than the Maui
retania They are each $50 feet long
and II is understood they will be fitted
with turbine engines.
The Mersey dock and harbor board
has commenced the construction OF a
huge new dock at Liverpool. but as II
will not be fully completed for three
years. II may be guessed that the pro-
vision is mainly intended for the still
bigger Cunarder. that. report says.
will run to G0.0o0 tons. Definite infor-
nation is not forthcoming at the Gu
nard Offices on this latest plan. but 1t
is not denied that the news that has
come from Germany Of the new Ham
burg-American liner Hansa has reused
the Cunard directors to a determine
ton to produce something that will
lick creation for some years to come.
ANY way this new Mersey dock will
accommodate vessels 1000 feet long
and will have deep water entrances to
facilitate docking.
The big German liner Kansas ton
mage will be almost $4,000. or $4,000
more than the Mauretania and 5000
more than the Titanic. The Hansa
will not, according to present ac-
counts, aim at ocean speeding. II will
have turbine engines designed to run
II at 22 knots an hour. but the cargo
and passenger accommodation will be
immense. So carefully is It to be con-
structed that It will not be In commits
sion before the beginning 1913.
Apart from the natural rivalry OF
two great maritime nations In the
American passenger and freight trade
there is another influence on the Amer
lean side Of the Atlantic that has made
for shipping developments. Since the
Armbose channel and other New York
harbor improvements were carried out
shipping men have found the limita-
tons to the dimensions of their YES
sells removed. The biggest liners they
have ever dreamed of can now gain
ready access to New York. and the
difficulties at present lie more in the
harbors of the old world than the
new. $50
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SYNOPSIS.
SYNOPSIS.

Mics lines, spinster and guardian of
Gertrude and Halsey. established sum
mer headquarters at Sunnyside. Arnold
Armstrong was found shot to death in
the hall. Gertrude and her fiance. Jack
Bailey, had conversed in the billiard
room shortly before the murder. Detec-
tive Jameson accused Miss Innes of hold
ing back evidence. Cashier Bailey of Paul
Armstrong; bank, defunct, was arrested
for embexzlement. Paul Armstrong s
death was announced. Halseys fiancee.
Louise Armstrong. told Halsey that while
she still loved him. she was to marry an
the man. Louise was found unconscious
at the bottom of the circular staircase.
She said something had brushed by her
In the dark on the stairway and she
tainted. Bailey is suspected of Arm
strong's murder. Thomas, the lodgekeep-
er. was found dead with note in his
pocket bearing the name ,"Lucien Wal
Mace" ladder found out of place deep
Ems the mystery. The stables were
burned. and in the dark Miss lines shot
an intruder. Halsey mysteriousiy disap-
peared. His auto was found wrecked by
a freight train 1t developed Halsey had
an argument in the library with n woman
before his disappearance. New cook dis
appears. Miss Innes learned Halsey was
alive. DIR. Walkers face becomes nvid
ton. Evidence was secured from a tramp
that man. supposedly Halsey. had been
bound and gagged and thrown into an
empty box car. Gertrude was missing.
Hunting for her. Miss lines ran into a
man and tainted. A confederate of Dr.
Walker confessed his part in the mys-
terry.
The Lamar register., 1910-09-28
CHAPTER xxix.-Continued.

"She struck me as being an ugly
customer. and when she left. about IL
o'clock. and went across to the Arm
strong place, l was not far behind her.
She walked all around the house first,
looking up at the windows. Then she
rang the bell. and the minute the door
was opened she was through it. and
into the hail.
How long did she stay"
That's the queer part of 1t" Riggs
said eagerly. ''She didn't come out
that night at all. l went to bed at
daylight. and that was the last |
heard OF her until the next day. when
saw her on a truck at the station.
covered with a sheet. Shed been
struck by the express and you would
hardly have known her-dead, of
course. think she stayed all night
in the Armstrong house, and the
agent said she was crossing the track
to take the up-train to town when the
express struck her."
Another circle," l exclaimed.
Then we are Just where we started"
Not SO bad as that. Miss Innes."
Riggs said eagerly. Nina Darlington
came from the town in California
where Mr.. Armstrong died. Why was
the doctor SO afraid OF her? The Car
rington woman knew something. l
lived with DIR. Walker seven years.
and ! know him well. There are few
things he is afraid of. think he killed
Mr.. Armstrong out in the west some
where. that's what l think. What else
he did don't know-but he dismissed
me and pretty nearly throttled me
for telling Mr.. Jameson here about
Mr.. lines having been at his once
the night he disappeared and about
my hearing them quarreling."
What was 1t Warner overheard the
woman say to Mr.. Innes in the IL
brary?" the detective asked me.
She said I knew there was some
thing wrong from the start. A man
isn't well one day and dead the next
without some reason"
How perfectly it all seemed to At!