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and stepped before the handsomely
framed photograph once more. He
passed the lens up and down and
across, over the face of the photo
graph, then wheeled about and faced
Jimmy Valentine.
Mr.. Randall" he said apologetical-
ly, you must excuse my mistakenly
most unfortunate mistake-and trust
that you will overlook my ungentle-
manly manners. l now realize that l
have been making insinuations against
an entirely innocent man. You of
course realize the difficulties Of my
profession-how in dealing with the
brightest criminal brains in the world
we cannot avoid making errors at
times, but"-his face glowed pride
Il will say in justice to myself that
this is the first mistake of the kind l
have ever made"
quite true-quite true, am sure,
my dear sir" commented Jimmy VAL
entine condescendingly. Il can see
that you are exceptionally able in your
Il
line. Some day if we ever have loss
here through thievery l shall be most
glad to recommend you to the direct
ors, and I am sorry that you feel 50
embarrassed at your error regarding
me-"
"Oh, cut that! Don't worry about
me-" said Doyle vengcfully. Wait
till l put the bracelets on the real
Jimmy Valentine, then save your SYM
pathy for him. He'll pay for this
days work. It's all through him that
1 made a sucker out Of myself today
Mr.. Randall, and when l get him he's
going to come through which means
confess" Doyle paused for breath and
concluded, I'm on the biggest job OF
nv whole career, and when / finish 1t
I'll have the real Jimmy Valentine
sewed up in a little stone jug by 8,
without light or fresh air, and what
he'll get to eat would make pit bull
terrier turn vegetarian.
(To be Continued)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-10
ODD WAYS OF TELLING TIME.
The Cock, the Sun and the Cats Eye
the Clocks of Turkey.

A watch or clock was about as rare
in Turkey fifty years ago as an aero
plane is in America now. Even today
in the smaller cities and villages q
timepiece in the house is convenience
and luxury INDUCED in by a few of the
wealthy class.
Nature is the clock of that land, a
clock which never stops or fails to
serve its purpose. The crow of the
cock is the simplest. says Armenia.
the sun the most dependable and con-
venient and the cats eye the most diff
ficult and to Occidentals the most hui
morous of timepieces.
The cock crows regularly morning.
forenoon, noon, afternoon and evening,
and serves the purpose of the striking
clock of a helfry tower. Sometimes a
cock crows at irregular periods. Woe
unto him! for superstition demands
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The assistant cashier thrust his
hands behind his back.

The assistant cashier thrust his
hands behind his back.
Don't you realize" he said trium-
phantly, that that is very old fash
ioned method of identification? Don't
you know that since the introduction
of a horsehair in sewing wounds
there Is never a SCARF" He smiled ir-
ritatingly at Doyle.
AS a reply the detective bent swift
ly across the desk, seized Valentines
arm and drew his left hand toward
him.
Gould an old scar be opened and
sewed with horsehair and disappear?
he asked dazedly as he saw the wrist
was unmarked by any indication Of a
scar.
Il don't know; presume so," in
differently.
Doyle was silent. This last denoue-
ment disconnected him more than had
anything else. An idea came to him.
He lunged forward, clutching Valen-
tines right hand in his own, and jerk
ed it across the desk. Was it the left
wrist that was scarred?" he cried.
He pushed back the cuff, but the
surface Of the right wrist was as
smooth and as unbroken as the other.
Anything else l can do for you?'
asked the assistant cashier calmly as
Doyle let go his hand.
by -, that's funny" murmured
Doyle. He looked across the room to
the picture on the wall. He drew
magnifying glass from his coat pocket
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-10
NEW METAL FOR TOOLS.
SteIlite Cuts Ordinary Steel With APP
parent Ease.

4 new metal for tools which will cut
and not rust has been obtained by
combining chromium and cobalt. Ell
wood Haynes, the inventor, calls the
alloy "Stellte." In color it comes be-
tween silver and steel and when pol
ished shows high lustre. 1t is both
strong and elastic. forgeS readily at a
read heat and can be bent at a right
angle when cold if the dimensions do
not exceed one-fOurth inch square.
Blades made from the alloy take a
finc cutting edge. j. kitchen knife
blade made from this material was in
use for two years without showing the
fainteSt sign of furnishing. \ razor
showed no signs of wear. though it re-
quired more frequent stropping than
a razor of steel. a small chisel, one
fourth inch square. cut twenty
penny wire nail in two without mar
ring the edge of the tool.
\ lathe tool made from it with
some notifications was found capa-
BILE of cutting ordinary steel at very
high rate of speed. In Il test made
against high speed steel the stellite
tool cut q continuous shaving from
the bar at the speed of 200 feet per
minute. while the high speed alloy
steel tools failed almost instantly.
The stellite alloy may be made by
melting in a furnace of special con-
Struction. operated by natural gas.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-10
THE term humus Is not synony.

The term humus Is not synony-
nous with organic matter. Humus
includes only that part Of the organic
matter that has passed the most ac-
tive stage Of decomposition and COM
pletely lost the physical structure Of
the materials from which 1t Is made,
and has thus become. as rule, thor
oughly incorporated with the soil
case.
1T is the decay Of organic matter,
and not the mere presence Of 1t, that
gives life to the SOIL Partially de-
cayed peat produces no such effect
upon the productive power OF tho soil
as follows the use of farm manure or
clover residues."
Regarding the value OF humus, as
such. Professor Milton Whitney, chief
Of the United States Bureau of Soils.
makes the following statements on
page 16 Of L. s. Farmers Bulletin
257:
1--WE have studied the office of hu-
mus In the growth of plant We have
found that humus extracted from our
cultivated soils Is innocuous to the
plant. 1t Is apparently neither bene-
ficial nor deleteriOus. Humus Is a
very stable form OF organic matter. II
remains in the soil for years. It may
De exposed 10 extremes or heat and
cold. but still the black color Of
black soil will persist 1t ia much
more stable than wood. It Is into
humus that wood or wood fibre Is
converted II 1t Ia incorporated in
finely-divided condition in the soil and
goes to an end product: that is, II 1t
goes into its most stable form. I
really believe that humus, next to
coal, Is the most stable form of or
ganic matter that we know Of, and II
you think this over, you will agree
with mo that when organic matter Is
converted into humus. 1t Is as thor
ough ly preserved as any organic mat
ter that we have in nature"
or course, this refers to the value
OF humus as a source Of plant food,
and not to its physical value. By ex-
cessive tillage and the use Of caustic
lime, further decay Of this old hum Is
can be effected or hastened, and thus
some plant food can be secured from
true humus: but as a rule, the use Of
farm manure or Of legume crops as
green manures will be more profitable.
especially In systems of permanent
soil mprovement.-Cyril G. Hopkins,
University Of Illinois.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-10
CONCERNING EGGS.
Reflections BY the Wife Of Cold Stor-
ace Man.


age Man.
The recent catastrophe in the egg
packing business has reduced the egg
men and their wives to such financial
to literature in the hope that it will
help them buy their groceries. If they
cannot sell their eggs at profit, they
hope, at least, to turn their troubles
into literature and checks. The Tri-
bune is in receipt of the following dis
sertation on The Egg and It's Habits"
by the wife of Cold Storage Man."
Check goes forward herewith.
Lay not up for yourself eggs in cold
storage, where moisture and age doth
corrupt and where pure food laws
break through and squeal.
When 1 met Tom it was a case of
eggs at first sight and ever since life
has been one grand omelet to me until
this winter, when the bottom dropped
out of the case. During the late un-
pleasantness Tom, to use his own
words, got it in the yolk, and then
some AS usual, l was the innocent
bystander and was egged on until
was tempted to beat it. How was / to
know that eggs which went into the
cooler at 25 cents would came out at
5? I don't know any hens personally;
how could l tell? Eggs are just like
the boy who couldn't learn to spell
because the teacher kept changing the
words on him. You can't learn when
to store eggs because the weather man
keeps changing the weather on you.
That's what Tom says.
in my estimation a strictly fresh
egg is all right, but rotten one should
be canned. When you come to know
eggs as we'll as do you'll get to real
iZe there's a lot in them. There are
men in this town today who couldn't
hold a candle to an egg. A man may
be fresh and a fresher man 'awfully
fresh, while an egg under the same
circumstances would he fresh held
fresh, or fresh laid 4 man Is as old
as he feels and a woman is as old as
she looks, but an egg is fresh all the
time until something happens. 1t all
depends on the life it has led, whether
it has had a hot time and gone to the
bad early or has managed to keep cool
and earn the respect of the commu-
nifty.
THE egg has an awful crust. An
egg that is old enough to know better
will try to look like it hadn't been laid
an hour. It's nothing but shell
game. The way it keeps In storage all
depends on the shell. When an egg
has done time in the cooler until senile
decay is no name for what 1t has, its
shell grows a mossy fungus that Tom
calls whiskers. He says any warehouse
that is on the square Will 1urhish
razor with every case.
Speaking of eggs reminds me OF
the farmers and the pathetic tales we
used to hear of the poor farmer bum
coed by the wicked commission man.
But it's different now
THE commission man, all SAD ana
forlorn. is MIXED by the farmer all
shaven and shorn, who is driven home
in the early morn, in the limousine
with the crumpled horn, which he
toots and toots to show his scorn, ana
to frighten the hen that laid the eggs
that are stored in the house that Cold
Storage Jack built."-Chicago Tribune.
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and the first trip he made followed
him. Now, cut it out and declare
yourself. Do you come, or do l get
requisition papers and take you?" His
manner became as threatening as his
words.
You will do neither. and you will
desist from insinuating that l am a
criminal or l will cause the watchman
10 eject you from the bank. Further,
| do not know that you are u detec-
tive. Your actions are those of a
blackmailer-or"-
A clerk entered.
Did you ring, sir?"
Yes. Kindly remove that curren-
cy." cried Valentine, eying Doyle. so
many suspicious characters about In
these hard times that one must always
be careful Of strange visitors, partlc-
ularly in a banking office.
The clerk cast an apprehensive
glance at Doyle whose face had
turned red with rage, and, seizing the
tray. hurried toward the vault room
with it.
Take it out, take it out" command
ed Valentine, waving his hand. Il
shall take no chances. Now, Mr.. Doyle,
either show credentials to prove what
Won are or l shall telephone the po-
lice"
DOYLE, amazed at the effrontery and
daring assurance of Jimmy Valentine,
fell back against the wall, his legs
threatening to give way beneath his
heavy body.
In the name of Dan the Dip, ne
exclaimed helplessly, IF the crooks
were all as slick as you, Jimmy, the
jais would all be empty. You don't
dare do it,"
Jimmy Valentine picked up the tele-
phone and getting the central of the
banks exchange. ordered in II" uncer-
tain tones:
Get me police headquarters at
once
DOYLE was further astounded by the
readiness with which the battling
Young man before him had accepted
his challenge to call the police. Was
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il possible, after all, that he had been
mistaken? No. 1t was Jimmy Valen-
tine who stood before him, the same
Jimmy that was wanted by the Mas
sachusetts authorities for that old and
almost forgotten Job" in the savings
bank of Springfield, Mass.-$14,0oO
in currency taken on a Washington's
birthday night and not a mark of an
instrument or of an explosive on the
safe when next morning the doors
were found yawning open, the night
watchman gagged and bound help
lessly to the metal legs Of a stationary
washstand in the vice presidents Of
flee.
Here, cut that OUT" he cried, lung
ing forward at Valentine, awaiting a
response to his call. Don't bring any
of these locals in on big job like
this" He thrust back his coat and,
opening his vest revealed a shining
shield fastened on one of his suspend
er straps Valentine bent over and in
spected it very deliberately and very
closely. He turned to the telephone
and instructed central to countermand
his call-all a mistake The two men
seated themselves, Doyle drawing a
chair close to the assistant cashiers
desk
Very well, sir. Now if you can see
fit to refrain from your embarrassing
questions and innuendoes l am sure
we may arrive at something"
"Of course you know you will have
to prove that you are not Jimmy VAL
entine."
Pardon me, Mr.. Doyle, If set You
right on a point of law" smiled VAL
entine. You will have to prove that
am your friend Jimmy Valentine"
But you won't make me-" laughing
confidently.
No. To expedite matters I will con-
vince you that am not"
please do, Jimmy"
Very we'll Tell me how may
prove it,
Very simply. l said goodby to you
in a hotel one afternoon in Albany
three years ago. You were fresh from
Sing Sing prison"
Am l to understand that l was in
prison, a prisoner"
Doing Bit yes"
But l couldn't have been. I couldn't
have been in two places at the same
time"
No, not easily, and as Sing Sing
doesn't allow it's boarders to go visiting
l guess you were there. Now, think
hard and try to remember" advised
the detective.
Mr.. Doyle, there can be no chance
of any deception in so open and shut
a matter. If 1 was in prison l must
be your man. If was not
You were in Sing Sing; committed
on the 9th of February, 1906"
February 9, 1906, 1 was in st. Paul.
Minnesota, SIR" returned Valentine
positively.
We'll, the proof is finally up to
you"
But my word" injuredly.
"Oh, you are going to talk me out of
it,"
But can't get proof in an instant.
Go up there and investigate"
No: it's too far, and don't forget
you were going to prove it,
Valentine now appeared to be dis
concerted. Doyle watched him curl
ously. He did not underestimate the
cleverness of the young man who had
outwitted the veteran trackers of men
for years and whose escapades extend
ed over half a continent. But he was
anxious for the next step in what he
considered a colossal attempt at de-
ception.
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"AHas
Jimmy
Valentine"
CHAPTER XIV-Continued.

CHAPTER XlV-Continued.
"Oh, I'm to be arrested for this jim
my Valentine, am I? The last time
was mistaken for him was only en-
barrassed by having a tough on the
streets in Chicago claim my acquaint-
ance. You are really amusing, Mr.
Doyle" The assistant cashier chuck
led softly.
so that's your game, eh?"
No game that I can see."
Il suppose you are going to deny
that Bill Avery called on you today?"
Doyle watched the other intently to
note the effect of this shot. But Val
entine was entirely equal to the occa-
sion.
Il do not know your friend Bill, Mr.
Doyle" positively.
NO" exasperatedly. Then a man
with iron gray hair wearing top hat
and carrying a cane, did not get off a
train here today and come straight
here?"
1T Is not possible for me to know
how the men get here who call on me.
Such a man as you describe, however,
did call on me. But that mans name
was-er-er"- He crossed to his desk,
paused, glanced perplexedly at Doyle
and then reached to the telephone.
Il forget for the moment, but they
likely will know outside. Hello! Do
you recall the name of the last man
who called on me today? No, not Mr..
Doyle; he's here now. Cronin, that's
it. Thank you" He hung up the re-
ceiver. "Cronin," he added. He came
in here a short time ago to negotiate
a loan."
"Cronin!" gasped Doyle. so he's
taken new monaker, too, has he?
And he came to negotiate loan from
Banker Jimmy Valentine! Well, If
that isn't rich! 1 do wish Warden
Handler could be here today to hear
you pull off this little stunt. I always
told him you were too good for the
safe breaking game. You ought to be
an actor or United States senator.
You're wasting your time in this busi-
ness"
Il appreciate your compliments, but
l really quite fail to understand you"
Valentine spoke sharply. Your atti-
tude is trying my patience, Mr.. Doyle.
am a very busy man, with large re-
sponsibilities, and as this conversa-
tion is entirely DEMONSTRATIONS,
say-I must regret to fully inform you
that must continue on my days
work" He nodded toward the tray of
currency. Believe me. am perfectly
willing to do what any citizen should
do to help apprehend a criminal, but I
must ask you
oh, HI, Valentine, do you think
I've lost my eyesight? You're Jimmy
Valentine, and that was Bill Avery
who called on you. l guessed he knew
where you were and had him watched,
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Proof at last.-During some recent
manoeuvres a private had his skull
badly injured. The doctor told him
that the brain was exposed.
MY brains exposed?" the injured
one cried in surprise.
Yes, my mani" replied the doctor.
Please, doctor, do write and tell my
father about them," said the private.
"he always swore had none!"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-10

Sa" A movement is on foot among the
telephone girls in Rome to have abol-
ished the regulation which forbids
them to marry before they are %
years old. italian women reach their
prime before they are 20. and the tele-
phone girls consider their chances of
marriage greatly lessened by this gov
ernment regulation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-10

~ New photographs of Adelina Patti
and the dowagcr Queen Alexandra of
England have just been published.
Patti is 81, and Alexandra is &c. Her
majesty III speaking with the famous
prima donna is reported to have said,
1--WE are two of the youngest women in
England" Both pictures look as if the
subjects were women about 80 or 81.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-10

8A' Prices paid to cattle raisers in Ar
gentina have been rising steadily for
the last twenty five years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-10

ri Many who see the truth the most
clearly do not practice it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-10

.Tho organic matter Of the soil may
be considered in two classes, active
and inactive, although no very sharp
lines can be drawn between them.
1.-The most active organic matter
consists of such substances as decay
ing plant roots and crop residues,
green manure and animal manures,
Incorporated with the soil. These
products decay rapidly in the soil and
in the process of decomposition liber-
ate not only plant food which they
contain, including nitrogen, phospho-
rus. and potassium, but they also set
free other decomposition products.
such as carbonic acid, nitric acid and
organic acids, which have power to
dissolve more or less additional plant
food from the mineral part OF the
soil.
THE inactive. or less active. organ
ic matter consists of the more resistant
organic residue that remains after
several years and that decOmposes
very slowly. If present in large guam
tity, its gradual decomposition may
still supply sufficient nitrogen to meet
the needs of good crops, although its
power to liberate mineral plant food
from the soil may not provide ade-
quate supplies of available phos-
phOrus. potassium, etc.
Thus, we find that one soil may at
tho same time be richer in organic
matter and less productive than an
other soil. even though tho two soils
aru alike in other respects. Three
tons per acre of fresh, actively decay
ing organic matter may be more eff
fective for a year or two than thirty
tons of old and less active humus.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-10
Meundsville eriefs-

The condition ~ Mrs. j. y. Mcclure
who has ben seriously 800 az her home
on Firth street for tho past few days.
is stan unchanged. Charles Koontv has
returned 20 his home fn New Martins
vile after spending "a Few DAYS in the
city as the guest Of Mr. and Mrs. Will
lam Jarrett of Second street.
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. r. Cunningham have
returned % their home on eastern Sec
oni street from Lancaster. o.. where
they spent few days with their
daughter.
Mrs W q. @. Hu left yesterday
morning for her home Boz Cameron.
after spending the week with friends
and relatives on Fork Ridge.
Mrs. vs.. N. McSwain Of Grant ave.
nue.. who has been seriously 900 Tor tho
past Few days. is now improving
slowly
Clarence Autcn returned last even
INK to his home in tho city from Ci1r-
ington. where ne spent e. short business
visit
Mrs r. Hiatt returned yesterday
90 her home ON Seventh street from
visit in Huntington no the guest %
TT. and Mrs. &. J. Hiatt. formerly -
this clfr
claude o. sharr. ~ tho Mound city
Coal company. spent yesterday In the
CTS uu business
T. S Hi-rs who h1s been confined 90
hi7 home on Tnmiiraun avenue Cor the
past few DAYS i4 now improving nicely.
j. IS GnllHhcr who has spent The
past f.w weeks 500 Hammond. Kansas
returned fhc frHf uHrf nf fhr week o.
Die homo 0n Lafayette avenue
AIRS JONES schaun. who underwent
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-10
Brown Resians.

Martin Brown, city solicitor. recent
ly reelected TO I'LL the office for two
more years, Monday evening appeared
before the city council and asked that
his salary be raised This request was
made however after the council had
adjourned for the evening, and the
matter could not be brought before
the body Mr.. Brown then rendered
his resignation, and in a short address
stated that ne thought II a very IN
fair proposition for him 10 be draw
ing the very minimum salary the
charter called for, 5000. while all other
officials were drawing the maximum.
The matter will be taken up at the
next meeting OF council.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-10

Roney's FONT 10 oil the pike for sew.
eral hundred yards for the purpose OF
controlling the clouds OF dust usually
raised during the summer by passing
automobiles The practice IA an un-
usual one in this vicinity. although II
mas been tried with success elsewhere
The commissioners viii meet this
morning at $3.50 O'Clock and after the
transaction OF routine business will
make an inspection trip. during the
course OF which a number OF roads
and bridges will be examined.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-10
DONATION DAY
WIZ Be Held at Home for AGED and
Friendless Women on Thursday,
May 25th.

Arrangements are being made for
the annual donation day Of the West
virginia Home for Aged and Friend
loss Women at the corner OF Thir-
teenh and Jacob streets on Thursday.
May 25th. An effort will be made 10
make the event one OF the most sue
cessful in the history OF the institu.
ton.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-10
MOUNDSVILLE
Three Funerals in City Yesterday After.
noon-City Solicitor Brown
Tenders Resign alton.

Three funerals took place yesterday
at the Mount Rose cemetery. Mrs.
Albert Games, who died at the Glen
oale hospital Saturday evening. was
buried at this cemetery, following
services at the home OF her mother,
Mrs. Grace Fish on Cedar avenue. The
services. which were In charge OF Rev.
A y. Riker. OF the Calvary Methodist
Episcopal church. were largely at
tended and many floral offerings were
received.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-10

n you don't believe honesty is the
best policy. try g.