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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-21

\ Dung Man Who Got License to Marry
Sixteen Year-Old Girl.

Especial to News and Observer
Fayetteville, Feb. 18.-Clayrnan
Ackamy, charged with perjury, was
bound over to Superior Court. Fail
ing tc give bond he was placed in jail
The arrest was the outcome of Ackamy
securing marriage license to marry
Miss gertrude Arnett. who is said TO
be only sixteen years of age. The
father Of the girl got wind Of the af-
fair. prevented the marriage, T
started the prosecution.
n most excellent mixture for clean
ing n hen house is one Of carbo,ie
acid and Whitewash. Paint al +nA
interior with it, using an ounce Of -ne
acld to a pail of whiteWash.
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these farm investments and the
.h1Isiness OF farming will be special
w emphasized from the soil, plant a.l
animal sides.
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Seeing ffaisey again that night r
was about five, o'clock when Jiddv
ieit me for a nap before dinner. bav.
ing put me into a gray silk dressing.
gown n a pair of slippers. I listened
70 her ~retreating footsteps, and as
soon as she was safely below stairs
l went up to the t%runkroom. The
place had not been disturbed. and 7
proceeded at once to try to. discover
the entrance to the hidden room. The
openings on either side, as I have
said. showed nothing but perbaps
three feet of brick wall. There was
no sign OF an entrance-no levers. no
hinges. to give a hint. Either the
mantel or the roof. ! decided. and aft.
er a half-hour at the mantel. produc.
tive of absolutely no result, I decided
to try the roof
am not fond of a height. The few
occasions on which I have climbed a
step-ladder have always left me dizzy
and weak in the knees. The top of
the Washington monument is as i'm.
possible to me as the elevation to the
presidential chair. And YETI
climbed out on the Sunnyside roof
without a seconds hesitation. Like
a. dog on a scent, like my bear-skin
progenitor, with his spear and his
wild boar, to me now there was the
lust of the chase, the frenzy OF pur-
suit, the dust of battle. I got quite a
little Of the latter on me as 1 climbed
from the unfinished ballroom out
through a window to the roof Of the
east wing of the building, which was
only two stories in height. fo.
Once out there, access to the top of
the main building was rendered easy
lat least 1t looked easy-by a small
vertical iron ladder, fastened to the
wall outside OF the ballroom, and per.
haps ~ feet high. The IL feet looked
short from below, but they were diff
ficult to climb. 7 gathered my silk
gown around me, and succeeded final.
ly in, making the top of the ladder.
Once there, however, I was complete
~ out of breath. ] sat down, my feet
on the top -rung, and put my hair pins
In more securely, while de wind bel
lowed my d~ressing-goN ont like a
sail ] had torn a great strip of the
silk loose. and now | ruthlessly fin
ished the destruction of my gown by
jerking 1t free and tying it around my
head -l-ag .
Luckily, the roof al fiat. and
able to 60 owe every inch Oft. But
the result was disappointing; no trap
door revealed itself, no glass window;
nothing but a couple Of pipes two
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~eAAPrea xxxMi.
All tba Eoot q the s,air,.

A the Foot Of the Stairs.
As Idrove rapidly up to the house
from Casanova station in the hack, !
saw the detective Burns lettering
across. the street from the Walker
place. SO Jameson was putting the
screws ,on-lightly now. but ready to
give them a twist oil two, i felt GER
tain, very soon. .la4s .f 4tl.
The house was quiet. Two steps of
the circular staircase had been pried
on without result. and beyond a sec
ond message from Gertrude hat Hal
sey insisted on coming home and they
would arrive that night there was
nothing new. Mr.. Jameson, having
failed to locate the secret room, had
gone to the village. l learned after
wards that he called at DR.. Walkers,
under pretense of an attack of acute
Indigestion, and before he left had in
CURED about the evening trains to the
city. He said he had wasted a lot
OF time on the case, and a good bit of
me mystery was In my imagination!
The doctor was under the impression
mat the house was guarded day and
night. Well, give a place a reputation
like that, and o don't need a guard
at all-thus Jameson. And sure
enough. late in the afternoon, the two
private detectives, accompanied by
Mr., Jameson, walked down the main
street OF Casanova and took a city.
bound train
That they got of at the station
and walked back again to Sunnyside
al dusk was not known at the time.
Personally. / knew nothing of either
move; I had other things to absorb
me at that time.
Liddy brought me some tea while l
rested after my trip. and on the tray
was a small book from the Casanova
library. 1t was called THE Unseen
world" and had a cheerful cover. on
winch a h%alf-dozen sheeted figures
linked hands around a headstone.
AT this point In my story. Halsey
always says; Trust q woman to add
TWO and two together, and make six"
10 which I retort that If two and two
Plus X makes six. then to discover the
unknown quantity is the simplest
thlhg In the world. That a houseful
Vi detectives missed 1t entirely was
because they were busy trying to
HoVe hat W and two make -four. ~
h depression due to my visit to
we hospital left me at the prospect Of
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inches across, and standing perhaps
Is inches high and three feet apart,
with a cap to prevent rain from en-
tering and raised to permit the pas
sage of air. / picked up a pebble
from the roof and dropped 1t down.
listening with my a at n OF the
pipes. i could hear 1t strike or some
thing with a sharp, metallic sound.
but 1t was impossible for me to tell
how far 1t had gone.
I gave up finally and went down the
ladder again. getting in through the
ballroom window without being OBJ
served. I went back at once to the
trunkroom, and, sitting down on a
box, gave my mind. as consistently as
L could. to the problem before me. II
the pipes in the roof were ventilators
to the secret room, and there was no
.%trap-door above, the entrance was
probably In one OF the two rooms be-
tween which 1t lay-unless,- indeed,
the room had been built. and the open.
ing closed with a brick and mortar
wall.
The mantel fascinated me. Made OF
wood and carved. the more looked
the more / wondered that 4 had not
noticed before the absurdity OF 81 l
atmantel in such a place. 1t was Gov
cred with scrolls and panels. and FIJI
ally, by the merest accident. l pushed
one of the panels at the side. 1t
moved easily, revealing a small brass
knob.
It is not necessary to detail-the
fluctuations of hope and despair, and
not a little fear of what lay beyond,
with which / twisted and turned the
knob, 1t moved, but nothing seemed
to happen. and then discovered the
trouble. l pushed the knob vigorous,
Eiy to- one side. and the whole mantle
swung loose from the wall almost a
/ foot. revealing a cavernous space be-
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IN 80 way across the lawn she
vas confronted by Arnold, who for
anne reason was determined to get
into the house. He had a golf-stick
In his hand, that he had picked up
.~mewhere, and on her refusal he had
struck her with II. One hand had
been badly cut. and it was that, pois.
ouing having set in. which was killing
her. She broke away in a frenzy of
rage and fear. and got into the house
while Gertrude and Jack Bailey were
at the front door. She went upstairs.
hsrdly knowing what she was doing.
Gertrude's door was open. and Hal.
sey's revolver lay there on the bed.
She picked 1t up and turning a part
way down the circular staircase. She
could rear Arnold fumbling at the
lock outside. She slipped down quiet
" and opened the door; he was in.
side before she had got back to the
stairs. 1t was quite dark, but h
could see his white shirt-bosom. From
the fourth step she fred. AS he fell
somebody in the billiard room
screamed and ran. When the alarm
was raised. she had had no time to
get upstairs; she hid in the west wins
until every n var down on the
lower floor. Then she slipped upstairs
and thew the revolver out. of an up-
Dor window, going down again in time
10 admit the men from the Greenwood
club. tEsa tsl-1
II Thomas had suspected, he had
never told. When she found the hand
Arnold had injured was growing
worse. she gave the address of Lucien
at Richfield to the old man and almost
800. The money was for Lucien's
board until she recovered. She had
sent for me to ask me if I would try
to interest the Armstrong; in the
child. When she found herself grow
Ing worse she had written to Mrs.
Armstrong, telling her nothing but
that Arnold's legitimate child was at
Rlchfield. and imploring her to-recog-
nize him. She was dying; the boy
was an Armstrong. and entitled to his
fathers share Of the estate. The pa
pers were in her trunk at Sunnyside,
with letters from the dead man that
would prove what she said. 1t was
she who had -crept down the circular
staircase, drawn by a magnet. that
night Mr.. Jameson had heard some
one there. Pursued, she had fled
madly, anywhere-through the first
she came to. She had fallen
down the clothes chute, and been
saved by the basket beneath. L could
cried with relief; then it had not
been Gertrude, after all! 1VFE0I
That was the story. Sad and tragic
though it was. the very telling of It
seemed to relieve the dying woman.
She did not know that Thomas was
lead, and l did not tell her. / prom
10 look after little Lucien, and
rat with her until~the intervals of con-
'ciousness grew shorter and finally
'eased altogether. She died that night.
, 1911-01-19
CHAPTER xxxlv.
The Odds and Ends.

or DIR. Walkers sensational escape
hat night to South America. of the
recovery Of over $1,00O,000 in cash
and securities in the sale from the
chimney room-the papers have kept
the public well informed. OF my share
In discqxering the secret chauhar
CONTINUED on Page ~
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|. W. WANT,

Cattle branded on lsft sids; horses
aft shoulder. Range C,ti- srspk
W. 4sd-asa. Ss-stoSa. Wvo
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which will not permit the fowls to
roost upon 1t. When used in a house
this hopper has openings only on one
side, and is hung against the wall.
The narrow openings permit the hens
to eat the dry mash, but not to
scratch 1t out into the litter.
Dark Nests Preferable.
The darkened nest has several ad.
vantages in that hens are less liable
to break and eat their eggs or to dis.
turb each other The nest should be
at least 12x14 inches in size and
enough nests should be provided so
that there is at least one nest for each
six hens. Make the top and sides sep.
arate from the bottom, so that Il
may be removed and easily cleansed.
Such nests should be taken out at
least once a month and thoroughly
cleaned. The sloping top Is neces.
sary to prevent the hens roosting
upon the nest.
In providing perches many farmers
make the common mistake Of not plac.
ing them on the same level. Hens
naturally like the highest roost. and
will crowd each other off often, with
serious injury. Six inches of roost'
ing space for hen is ample. Under
the perches a tight, removable drop,
ping board should be provided, which
may be regularly cleaned In winter
and may be removed entirely In sum.
mer, while the fowls are not using the
house so constantly. The prime es.
sential in handling poultry for sue.
cess is to keep them clean.
Most farm poultry houses are not
tight enough to keep the fowls sufi-
ciently warm; are stuffy and poorly
ventilated, and soon become filed with
fumes from the droppings until they
are decidedly unhealthy. Two extremes
are commonly observed, either a
large number of fowls are crowded
into a small, poorly constructed hen.
house or they are left to seek their
roosting places as best they can on
either piece Of farm machinery or a
stable parit
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-04-28
IN LATE WINTER
AND EARLY SPRING
We seldom feel IUSr RIGHT

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latest Blood Purifier, the most successful
prescription for spring humors and such
disorders of the blood as boils, pimples
pustules, blotches, sores and cutaneous
eruptions. Kasparilla is admitted to be
the best remedy for that lack OK energy
and the peculiar debility SO prevalent
during the close of winter and the opening
of spring. For arrangements of the di
gestive organs it is natural corrective,
operating directly upon the liver and ali.
mentary canal, gently but persistently
stimulating a healthy activity. Its
beneficial influence extends, however, to
every portion of the system, aiding in the
processes Of digestion and assimilation Of
food, promoting wholesome, natural
appetite, correcting sour stomach, bad
breath, irregularities of the bowels, con.
stipation and the long list of troubles
directly traceable to those unwholesome
conditions. Kasparilla dispels drowsi-
ness, headache, backache and despond.
ency due to inactivity of the liver,
kidneys and digestive tract. 1t is a
strengthening tonic of the highest value.
The BEST SPRING MEDICINE
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down to Az feet on the back. A roost'
ing closet, in front Of which Is hung q
muslin curtain, must be provided In
one end for winter use. This curtain
should be hung upon rod supported
by cleats so that it may be removed in
summer when the curtain Is not
needed.
A fixed or permanent laying house
for farm flock may be constructed about
as follows: The building should be IA
feet wide and as long as Is necessary
to provide 70 feet compartments which
will hold 40 to 80 hens each. The
partitions between these compart'
ments may be made of netting. This
building should have long and short
slope roof about feet high on the
front and An feet on the rear. In the
front window, covered with one-inch
netting. open the year around, Will
furnish ample ventilation and light.
Perches should be put in at the rear
over dropping board. in front OF
which is hung the muslin curtain to
be dropped In severely cold weather to
confine the heat from the bodies OF
the fowls into a small space. Suffi-
cient ventilation will be secured In the
roosting compartment through the
muslin.
Mixed gravel furnishes the best
material for the floor of house for
laying hens, and II changed each year
is quite sanitary. This gravel should
be at least six inches deep upon a firm
foundation. II rats are troublesome
/ the foundation under the walls OF the
house should be made of concrete
and a tight bottom of concrete over
which four inches of gravel may be
spread. This gravel is covered with
six inches of litter. which must be
changed as rapidly as 1t becomes damp
or dirty.
Glover Good Litter.
While straw Is quite universally
used as a scratching litter in poultry
houses. clover hay will prove more
efficient and but little more expensive
- ''Nst farms. A forkful added each
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Snick!
Something struck Private Weaver
on the breast Of his blue fame! shirt
and hung there. He locked down
at tiny arrow-and went sick will
terror. Fer in the Filipines poisoned
arrows are the soldiers bugbear; and
about San Benao there were many
tribesmen adept in the use OF the
deadly dart.
Weaver glared at the wall Of greer
Jungle along which his beat ran. II
quivered under the assault Of yer
tical sun, but there was no one in
sight. Hastily he tore open his shirt
and undershirt. and prayer oi
thanks giving ascendcd from his heart
The skin was not broken; the virus
could have no effect.
Then, gingery. he untangled the
barb of the arrow, and laughed sheep
ishly. 1t was innocent Of the deadly
brown stain at the tip; so 1t was not
a poisoned arrow at all. The dart
was daintily fashioned, almost as
light as a straw, and was stained a
pale blue.
At the feathered butt something
white was attached-a little roll OF
paper He smoothed it out, first as
suring himself that Melgs on his
right and Mccarthy on his left were
walking their posts and paying no at
tention to him. On the bit of paper
in round feminine hand. was the SIN
gle word, "amigo?"
"Amigo-friend," pondered Weaver,
his boyish brow wrinkling with per
plexlty. with a question mark at
tached. A woman wrote that. Am
q friend Of a woman In distress? Am
] game? am" Turning to the wall
of green he said cautiously. "Yes,
senOrita."
Snick!
On the next turn another tiny ar
row whizzed out of the jungle and
clung to his breast. He unrolled the
note 1t bore: Il fear lockers and can,
not talk now. At the church Of San
Juan at midnight. Three small
whistles"
"Twice-over the heart" mused
Weaver. That's some shooting, G
you Filipino Cupid"
II was dark at midnight at the
church OF San Juan, and lonesome
The woman had gone down. Private
Weaver kept the butt Of his revolver
within reach. The church was out
side the American lines and wander
ing bands Of insurgents criss-crosset
through the Jungle, looking for un
fortunates to cut up.
AS the sexton beat out the houl
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lis ENUNClATI0N WAS POOP
:ostnaster Had No Letter for Farm.
er's Cow When Asked for Mail
for Mike Howe.

The burly farmer strobe anxiously
nto the postolfice.
Have you got any letter for Mike
Iowe?" he asked.
The new postmaster looked him up
Lnd down.
For who?" he snapped.
mike Howe" repeated the farmer
The postmaster turned aside.
81 don't understand" he returned
stiffly.
Don't understand" roared the ap
plicant. Cant you understand plain
english? ! asked If you've got any
letter for Mike Howe!"
well, l haven't" snorted the post
master. Neither have l letter fol
anybody else's coW!"
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had soreness in each side, could not
stand tight clothing and was irregular.
was completely run down. On adj
vice l took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and Liver Pills and
am enjoying good health; 1t is now
more than two years and l have not
had an ache or pain since I do all my
own work, washing and everything,
and never have the backache any more.
l think your medicine is grand and I
praise it to all my neighbors. If you
think my testimony will help Others
you may publish t."-Mrs. OLLIE
WooDALL, Morton's Gap, Kentucky.
Backache is symptom of organic
weakness or arrangement. II 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 surely as Lydia
E. Pinkham's Compound.
Write to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass, for special advice.
Your letter will be absolutely
confidential, and the advice free.
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"AmIgo-Frlend,' Pondered Weaver"
with his bamboo hammer on the
chimes Of San Luis In the village,
Weaver gave three low whistles. A
rustic and out from the jungle stepped
two women. They were fairly out
lined In the starlight-a slender girl
ahead, an older woman STOPPING be-
hind.
"Thees Is the Senor Weaver?"
asked the young woman. In curiously
accented English.
at is," said the soldier.
Il have come to save the life of q
countryman of yours" she continued.
"He was soldier, too, but the in
surrectos captured. He In the village
OF Gomaro is kept but a few miles
from here, but much hidden. The in
surrectos leave 1t soon; they cannot
take him on the march. He must die,
With your help. my father and can
save him We can to the village 80,
since the insurrectos trust us. You
VIII aidT
Sure" returned Weaver, heartily
He was betting with himself that a
girl who owned low. melodious
voice like that must be pretty. You
aren't Filipino?" he Queried alb
ruptly.
81 am Spanish" returned the gir
proudly, land in your United States
was educated. But listen" and she
talked rapidly for several minutes.
Fine" cried Weaver. admiringly
when she had finished; that's goot
plan. senorita never would have
thought OF It."
your praises please me, senior.
said the girl, quantity. Until to
morrow. then"
II was slim. smooth hand which
answered-or did it?-his own ouicl
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try posted in pass above the village
1t had worked out perfectly, but
even as they talked faint sounds came
from the trail below. The insurrectos
had discovered the deception and
were In angry pursuit. The senior and
his daughter hurried up the trail, TAX
Ing Mallory's pony with them. The
two soldiers, each with his Krag cud-
died to his shoulder, lay down at a
turn Of the path to cover their re.
treat.
The fight that followed Is an army
tradition. Hearing the firing, Captain
Carter, commandant at San Benao
rushed out two companies to do a lit
| tie investigating. Near the search OF
San Juan the troops encountered a
Spanish gentleman mounted and lead
ing an extra pony. His pretty daugh.
ter. from whose cheeks the roses had
fed, piteously implored them in quaint
English to hurry to the aid of Senor
Weaver, who was hurt
Down the trail they went at the
double-to stumble onto Weaver, ly-
Ing prone In the dust and firing vi
ciously, a red stain growing on his
Logging. Beside him lay-apparently
"a little old Filipino woman, gaudy
skirt tucked up to show pair of
faded and tattered khaki breeches.
she" was emptying long-nosed
Krag with deadly effect into a cloud
of advancing insurgents, and swear
ing comprehensively while the blood
from a wounded arm dripped off
her" finger tips.
Az sight of the bowling reinforce
ments the Flipinos fired one more fu-
tile volley and disappeared with great
celerity. Weaver and Mallory lay at
ease in the dust as their comrades
charged over them and grinned at one
another as men will grin who have
done a good days work.
Some evenings later, Weaver. q
cane between his knees. sat beside
the Senorita Orillia, on the porch of
a house In the village. For obvious
reasons, the senor and his daughter
had abandoned their home outside the
lines, beyond the church of San Juan
The regiment has been ordered
home" said Weaver; I'VE sail In
three weeks from Manila"
rs 1t so?" replied the senorita, de,
murely; then We will together go
For my father is decided to live in
America. He has all his lands sold
here"
Weaver gathered one Of the little
hands into his own strong fingers
Isabella" he murmured. cant we al
ways be together? That first arrow
you fired pierced my heart; you alone
can heal the wound There is a priest
In the village We can be married
before we sail"
With a sigh Of utter content, the gir
dropped her head against his shoulder
There must be Flipino-what you
call-Cupid," she said. For my heart
was pierce, too. at first sight of you
tall, brave Americana. So kiss the
arrow before fire him, and pray ht
reach his mark