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Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
The Roar of China's Ducks.

Tourists in China are always sur
prised by the number of ducks they
see. There are more ducks in China
than in all the rest of the world. Their
voices are familiar sound in every
town and country spot of the sea
coast and the interior of the vast en-.
2ire. Even in tho large cities ducks
abound. They dodge between the
coolies legs. The. fit squawking out
of the way of the horses. Their in
dignant quack will not unseldom drown
the roar of urban commerce.
Children herd ducks on every road.
on every pond. on every farm, on
every river There is no backyard
without its duclzhouse. There is no
boat. little or great, without its duck
quarters.
All over the land there arc great
duck Matching establishments, many OF
them of n capacity huge enough TO
produce 10000 .oung ducks every
year. Duck among the Chinese is n
staple delicacy. it is salted and
smoked like ham or beef.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
SYNOPSIS.

Lawrence Biakeley. lawyer goes to
SpittsAurg with the forged notes in the
3rons9n case to get the deposition o.
John Gilmore, millionaire. In the latter's
nome he is attracted by n picture OF n
young girl. whom the millionaire explains
Is his granddaughter. \ lady requests
15iakeley co buy her a Pullman ticket. He
gives her lower eleven and retains lower
ten lie finds a drunken man in lower
ten and retircs i'm lower nine. He AVA
kens In lower seven and finds his clothes
and bag missing. The man in lower ten
rs found murdered. Circumstantial evil
.dence points to both Blakeley and the
unknown man who had exchanged clothes
with him. Blakeiey becomes interested
an girl in blue. The train is wrecked.
Blakeley in rescued from the burning car
by the girl In blue. His arm is broken.
They go 20 the Carter place for break
fast The girl proves to be Alison West.
his1sartner's sweetheart. Her peculiar
actions mystify the lawyer. She drops
her gold bag and Blakeley puts it in his
pocket. Bla<eley returns home. lie finds
that lie is under surveillance. Moving
pictures OF the train taken just before the
wreck reveal to Blakeley a man leaping
from the train with his stolen grip.
Riakcley learns that a man named Sui
tvan ieaped from the train near M
and spraired his ankle. He stayed some
time. at the Carter place. While making
Snquiriea at Carriers, Blakeley finds All
'son and kisses her.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
REST AND PEACE
Fall Upon Distraeted HOUSEHOLDS
When cuticura Enters.

Sleep for skin tortured babies and
rest for tired, fretted mothers is found
In a hot bath with Cuticura Soap and
a gentle amounting with Cuticura Oint-
ment. This treatment, in the major
ity OF cases. affords immediate relief
in the most distressing forms OF itch
Ing, burning. scaIy, and crusted hui
mors, eczema. rashes. infamraations,
Gritations, and chaflngs, of infancy
and childhood, PERMITS rest and sleep
to both parent and child. and points
TO speedy cure, when other remedies
fail. WORKOUT and worried parents
will find this pure, sweet and econom-
ical treatment realizes their highest
expectations, and may be applied to-
the youngest infants as well as chill
dren OF all ages. The Cuticura REM
edies are sold by druggists every
where. Send to Potter Drug & Chem.
Corp. sole proprietors, Boston, Mass.
for their free 32-page Cuticura Book Oh
the care and treatment OF skin and
scalp OF infants. children and adultA
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19

list as if he read from it. who's the
woman?"
Search me-" l replied, in the same
way.
When the chicken came, / still
found myself gazing now and then at
the abstracted couple near me. Evi-
IDENTIFY the subject of conversation was
unpleasant Bronson was eating lit
tie, the woman not at all. Finally he
got up, pushed his chair back noisily,
thrust n bill at the waiter and stalked
out.
The woman sat still for a moment;
then, with an apparent resolution TO
make the best of it, she began slowly
to eat the meal before her.
But the quarrel had taken away her
appetite, for the mixture in our
chafing dish was hardly ready to
serve before she pushed her chair
back q little and looked around the
room.
caught my first glimpse Of her
face then, and | confess it startled me.
1t was the tall, stately woman of the
Ontario, the woman | had last seen
covering beside the road, rolling peb-
bles i'm her hand, blood streaming
from a cut over her eye. | could see
the scar now, little affair, about an
inch long, cleaning red through its
layers of powder.
And then, quite Unexpectedly, she
turned and looked directly at me.
After a minutes uncertainty, she
bowed, letting her eyes rest on mine
with a calmly insolent stare. She
glanced at Mcknight for a moment,
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19

Certainly" ] sat down opposite
her and glanced at a cuckoo clock on
the wall Il am sorry, but have only
n few minutes. If YOU" She laugh.
ed a little, not very pleasantly. and
opening a small black fan covered
with spangles, waved it slowly.
"The fact is" she said. 81 think VIC
are about to make a bargain"
"a bargain?" / asked incredulously
You have a second advantage of me.
you Know my name"--I paused sug-
gestively and she took the cue.
Il am Mrs. CO 1way," she said. and
flicked n crumb off the table with an
oyermanicured finger.
The name was scarcely a surprise.
| had already surmised that this
might be the woman whom rumor
credited as being Bronson's common.
law wife. Rumor, / remembered, had
said other things even less pleasant,
things which, had been brought out at
Bronson's arrest for forgery.
I'VE met last under less fortunate
circumstances" she was saying. 81
have been fit for nothing since that
terrible day. And you--you had a
broken arm, l think"
Il still have it." I said, with lame
attempt at jocularity; "but to have
escaped at all was a miracle. We have
much, indeed, to be thankful for"
II suppose we have" she said care.
lcssly, although sometimes doubt
it," She was looking somberly to-
ward the door through which her late
companion had made his exit.
you sent for me" | said.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19

then back to me. When she locke,
!, away again breathed easier.
Who is it?" asked Mcknight undel
| Ills breath.
Ontario" I formed Il with m,
lips rather than said it, Mcknight
eyebrows went up and he looked will
incre. .lced interest at the black-gownet
figure.
/ ate little after that The situation
was rather bad for me, began to see
Here was a woman who could, if she
wished, and had any motive for sC
doing, put me TN Jail under a capital
charge. A word from her to the po
lice, and polite surveillance would be
come active interference.
Then, too she could say that she
had seen me, just after the wreck
with a young woman from the mur
dered mans car, and thus probably
bring Alison West into the case.
1t is not surprising, then, that l ate
little. The woman across seemed in
no hurry to go. She loitered over q
demi-tasse, and that finished, sat with
her elbow on the table, her chin in
her hand, looking darlIly at the chang
ing groups in the room.
The fun at the table where the col
lege boys sat began to grow a little
noisy; the fat man, now q purplisE
shade, ambled away behind his slim
companion; the newspaper woman
pinned on her business-like hat and
stalked out Still the woman at the
next table waited.
1t was a relief when the meal was
over. We got our hats and were
about to leave the room, when
waiter touched me on the arm.
81 beg your pardon, sir" he said
"but the lady at the table near the
window, the lady in black, sir, woult
like to speak to you"
looked down between the rows o.
tables to where the woman sat alone
her chin still resting on her hand, hel
black eyes still insolently staring
this time at me.
"Tll have to CO." said to McKniSh
hurriedly. "She knows all about tha
affair and she'd be bad enemy"
81 don't like her lamps McKnigh
observed, after a glance at her. bet
ter jolly her little. Good-by."
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
PAT PUTS ON STYLE
ASToNiSHEs SPOUSE BY PuR,
CHASE OF SUIT OF PAJAMAS.
Indignant frishman Reratcs Merchant
Who Failed to Explain How Night
Garments Were to Be
Worn.

When' Pat MeCaffery got boss job
in society to sport new suit While
at the mems furnishing store he no.
ticed some pajamas.
AN wat be ye askfn' fer thin
summer outin' suits?" he asked the
clerk.
Those" smiled the young man. "are
the latest style in pagafnas."
"Pajamas, is ut? An wat hes the
use at thim?"
Why, gentlemen who pretend to
any fashion wear them when they re-
tire"
Retire firm bizness. ye mane?'
mo. When they retire for the
night. Go to bed"
"Ah-h, me young felrer, that's it. is
ut? Well now, Pathrick McCaffery's
not goin' short anything av a fash
nable way av shlapin' Oi'll take 30 suit
av EN-
Eyes, sir What size OF shirt col
lar?"
Sixteen an a half"
So the clerk put up the purchases
and Mr.. McCafferty went happily
home He had little scheme to- as
tonish Mrs. McCaffery. Going straight
upstairs, he put on his new suit, hid
the pajamas in the closet, and went
down stairs again. where he displayed
the new clothes to the delight of Cath
rine.
"Ah-h-h. but" thought Pat to HIM
self, wait till we see me pajamas."
A little before his usuar hour for go.
ing to bed Pat said: well. Katie,
darlint, Oi'll 70 upstairs and lay away
me garmints.''
Mrs. McCaffery finished the socks
and mittens she was mending, and
then followed Pat. When she got TO
the bedroom door it was fastened
Pat wat bes We doin' wi tn dure
locked?" she called.
''Whisht, Katie, Oill let ye In in
about a mint. Ohm gettin' up little
s'prise f'r yes"
Two or three minutes passed burt Pat
did not open the door. Katie get i'm
patient and thumped on it, Pat Nc
SetiLSiy, lCb iilS III. w nat ulNtulllHL
are ye up to, anyways" A smothered
voice spoke from within: Just wan
moor second, Katie"
Another minute passed, then Katie
kicked the door and shouted: Path
rick McCaf7ery, Ia ut crazy We are?
Open tn dure, Or Oi'll schrame f'r an
orfIlcer," The door was opened, and
there stood Pat. He surprised her.
all right. The pajama trousers had
fallen down over his feet, he had on
his nightshirt, and the pajama shirt
over that. His hair was in his eyes
and his face red with anger.
Mrs. McCafery screamed, "Howly
hivens, Pat! Are yes havin' fit?"
Fit, is ut? Divel q fit can OF get.
The dommed little Jew niver towled
me II the pajamas go on over tn night.
shirt, or varsa versy."
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
Fable of Pan Of Biscuits.

A Vassar girl married Kansas
farmer
Two weeks later a cyclone made the
happy pair friendly call.
1t cayorted around the premises.
ripping up the fences. scattering the
haystacks and playing horse with tho
barn, but when 1t looked through the
open window ii drew back in alarm.
There lay the brides first pan of bis
cults.
II ain't feelin' very strong this
morning." murmured the cyclone.
And with another glance at the ter
rible pan It blew itself away.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
She Probably Could,

Senator La Toilette. apropos Of GER
tain scandals, said at dinner in Mad
lson These things recall the legisla-
tor who remarked to his wife, with .
look of disgust: One OF those land
lobbyists approached me today with
another insulting proposition"
"The wife, young and pretty wom-
an. clapped her hands. oh, goodl'
she cried. Then can have that sable
stole after all, can't |, dear?'"
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
Firm Of Purpese.

a,rhis Is thc third alarm clock you
have bought in the last two weeks"
Yes" replied the man with good
intentions. IL set them to ring at in.
teryals of half an hour each. be
lieve in facing the truth and knowing
,us. how much am oversleeplng my.
self."-- Washington Star.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
"SPOHN'S.w

This is the name of the greatest Of all
remedies for Distemper, Pink Eye, Heaves.
and the like among all ages of horses. Sold
by Druggists. Harness Makers, or send to
the manufacturers. $50 and $l.00 bottle.
Agents wanted. Send for free book Spohn
Medical Co., Spec. Contagious Diseases.
Goshen, lad.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
Easy for Her.

An extremely corpulent old lady WA
entertaining her grandchild ut lunch
con when she found occasion to repri-
mand the little girl for dropping some
food on the tablecloth.
you don't see grandma dropping
anything on the table," she said.
"Of course not" replied the child:
God gave you something in front to
stop Il"
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
CHAPTER Xxx.
The Notes and a Barcain.

TIC INOlCS dTIu q DGI gdII''
went back slowly to where the
woman sat alone. She smiled rather
oddly as i drew near, and pointed to
the chair Bronson had vacated.
"Sit down, Mr. Blakeley," she said
81 am going to take few minutes OF
your valuable time"
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
An ExactIna Personaas.

Il suppose you find life easier
since the summer boarders have
gomez"
Nope" replied Farmer Corntossel;
were worlkin' an worryin' just as
much as ever tryin' to keep the hired
man contcnted."
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
Her Tcihute.

Randall--How did ycu like the milf
tary parade. Ida?
Miss Rogers-Glorious! I never saw
enough men In all my life before
Harper's Bazaar.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
Queens Hiuh.

Does Bliggins ever bluff when he
plays caTds?"
Never until he gets home and ex-
plains where he has been'
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
Both unnsrdonah

Agnes says she will never have
anything more to do with Gladys"
Which did Gladys recommend? A
1ressmaker or a summer hotel?"-
Harpers Bazaar.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
Pettit's Eve salve Restores.

No matter how badly the eyes may bs
diseased or injured. All druggists or How
ard Bros, Buffalo, n. y.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-19
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The Iron Market

Matthew Addy G. CO.'S weekly report
says: The pig iron market continues
quiet but from several quarters comes a
that the bottom has about been reached.
During the past few days some of the
largest buyers have endeavored to place
orders at prices under the lowest quoted,
but in each instance they have been
turned down. One thing is sure-that Is,
If the curtailment of production con-
tinues at marked rate. there is bound TO
be a reaction, though to what extent 1t
is. of course, impossible to say.
Iron is moving alone nicely and there
are no hold-ups in deliveries worthy of
mention; on the other hand, scarcely a
day passes that we do not receive letters
hurrying up shipments. all of which indi-
Gates that foundries and mills, generally,
are fairly busy.
Perhaps the depression Is most no.
ticeable IN the central west. Here a sort
of apathy exists and unless a buyer is
actually in need of iron it is hard to in
terest him. There has been quite little
buying going on in the south and num-
Der of sales are reported in the east
Quite a little Bessemer has been sold and
there are some good-sized inquiries for
pipe iron pending. Some interest is be-
ing shown in 1911 business, and some or
ders Of considerable magnitude have been
placed, although buyers are doing their
best to get iron for that delivery at this
years quotations and furnace men are
unit in holding their proudct at a prem
j,m for next year.
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From the Chicago Tribune.
Up to the present time the tired business
mans demand for the happy ending on
the stage has been confined to dramas,
but in London he is voicing his dissatis-
faction at the gloomy character of the
operas given during the season just con-
Guided at Covent Garden. Why, he
asks. do bright and volatile italians like
Mascagni and Puccini, who avoid any
thing like tragedy or unpleasantness IN
private life, choose horrible and sordid
tragedies as themes upon which to write
grand operas? Even their predecessors.
Verdi, Donnzetti and others, drew their
inspira ton from melancholy and gore,
and such later composers as Gounoo'
Bizet Charpeniter and Laparra delight
In plot and incidents reeking of the po-
lice courts. In the Covent Garden season
was the following array of crime and un-
happiness: Les Hugenots," hero and
heroine die together; III Trovatore, hero
executed, heroine takes poison; La Ira
viata," heroine takes poison; "Rigoletto,
heroine murdered by mistake, her father
being responsible "Othello,' hero muir
ders heroine and commits suicide; Lucia
di Lammermoor," heroine stabs her hus-
band and dies Of a broken heart, hero
stabs himself; Faust" heroine causes
her brothers death, goes mad murders
her child and dies her lover is carried on
by the evil one; Aida" hero and heroine
are entombed alive; "Lakme," heroine
takes poison; Romeo and Juliet hero
takes poison and heroine stabs herself;
'Paglacci," hero stabs heroine and her
lover; La Boheme," heroine dies of con-
sumption, and hero and friends are left
starving; Madame Butterfly" heroine,
deserted and betrayed. commits hara-
girl; La Tosca," hero is first tortured
and then shot, villain is stabbed by hero
inc who subsequently throws herself over
a precipice; Carmen" heroine deceives
one of her lovers and is stabbed by him;
La Habanera," principal character muir
ders his brother, goes mad, murdered
mans ghost returns and causes the death
OF heroine. That is a pretty dish to set
before the tired business man.
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ALABAMA DEMOCRACY

From the Walker County News.
The editor of this newspaper attended
the conference of Alabama democrats,
held at Blount Springs. He was there
by invitation but simply as a looker-on-
an observer OF initial movements OF the
state campaign which by the united cf-
forts of the loyal membership Of the
party is to result on November 8, in the
usual overwhelming victory of democracy.
No matter what may be whispered;
what Individual mutterings of uneasiness
or discomfort may fall upon the ears Of
some people, the Blount Springs con-
ference carried out the purpose for which
1t was called. 1t gave utterance to the
fact that the white mans party of Ala
bama redeemed from dark republican
misrule in 1874 stands today united and
determined as It has been for 36 years to
keep the state safe from intrusion by that
party which once blackened a page Of
state history.
The conference at 3icunt Springs voiced
the spirit of jefferson and of jackson.
protesting In favor Of local self-govern-
ment-government by the people. The
speeches Of the party's candidates for
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-20
ARMS AND THE MUsTACHE

From the Boston GLOBE.
The British are always uneasy about
their army. They are alternately filled
with dread lest it should be unequal TO
the task of driving back the French as
fast as they emerged from channel tun-
nel If such thing should be built. or of
knocking down the Germans before they
could chamber out of the Kaiser's air.
ships. which are forever floating over the
heads of all Britons In their troubled
dreams. Now the war office is alarmed
at the increasing tendency TO shaver up
Der lips In the army. An order has gone
forth commanding young officers in the
name of the King to observe the rule
recurring them to wear nlustaches. For
how could they bristle with defiance as
thew faced a foreign foe In defence of
the Englishman's home II shorn of their
bristles?
Doubtless this rule and order are based
or a scientific understanding of the re-
lationship between mustaches and mill
tary efficiency 1t would be highly en-
tightening to know just what percentage
of war-like strength each hair represents.
VIII some one please tell us what kind
Of mustaches Marlborough and Wellington
wore and also Napoleon? With what
manner of one did Caesar come and see
and conquer? Finally, how long was AL
exander's, pray, that people should call
him great?
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THE INCREASE OF SUICIDE

the increase of the population, ought to
suggest to the people of this country such
an Investigation of the whole problem as
could only be undertaken with the re-
sources and powers of the federal pov-,
eminent. Whatever difference of opinion
there may be as to the powers which
should be intrusted to a national bureau
of health with respect to jurisdiction over
the practitioners of the healing art and
over medical and surgical education. there
ought to be no question as to the utility
of research endowment under national
control and auspices.
With the medical aspects of the
problem the study will have been no
more than begun. for the facility with
which the means of self-destruction are
obtained is one of the most striking facts
which confronts the inquirer. This raises
the question of closer police control over
the sale of firearms and posons. and a
number of others will suggest themselves,
revealing the magnitude of the problem
and the difficulties that stand in the way
of any real solution. With conditions as
they are, modern civilization has scantu
room for self-congratulation. Increasing
insanity and crime is a poor commentary
upon the achievements of modern science,
Oh rather upon mans utilization of the
knowledge and experience he has won.
If recognition or failure Is a step toward
the regaining of lost ground. modern So
ciety should be on the way to better
things, but its progress is only to be
gained step at time and by untiring per-
sistence In the right direction.
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Prosperity In Mississippi

This is a prosperous year In Mississip-
pi," said James G. Dowd of Birmingham.
who travels as the representative of a
large Cincinnati buggy factory.
II have just returned from a trip to
Mississippi, having got over the southern
part of the state very thoroughly. The
boil weevil is doing a good deaf of dam
age, but there will be pretty good crop
In spite of the pest The weevil hasn't
reached Hattesburg yet, but it has got to
Canton. The farmers of Mississippi. like
those of Alabama, have applied them
selves earnestly and successfully to di-
versified agriculture. Mississippi will
make big corn crop this year and
heard that the rice crop is fair.
Most of the Mississippi towns are
thriving in a high degree. Business con-
ditions in Jackson are improving right
along. In fact, it is remarkably prosper
GUS right now"
Mr.. Dowd brought to Birmingham to
show to friends a glass jar of cotton bolls
containing weevils in operation. They
are fast eaters.