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The Harrison times., 1911-09-16

prisoner In the kitchen when Stuart
was at the theater. The window was
left open on the fire escape only sufh-
ciently to allow a current of air; Ger
tainly not enough to admit Of Mikes
body squirming through.
Stuart picked up his dog and car
ried him into the dining room. Mike
looked sheeplshly up at him.
Look here, old boy" said Stuart
dropping into his big chair and com.
pelling Mike to stand on his hind legs
and look him in the eye, you and
must come to an understanding"
Mike would have slipped to the floor
save that Stuart held the two white
forepaws on his knees.
"By Jove! What's this you've got
on your neck?" Stuart's hands had
been stroking the dogs ears. "Now
where in the name of little fishes did
you get large pink satin bowY"
Mike hung his head.
Stuart bent lower over the dog,
"And your wiry hair is soft and
silky! BY Jove! And you are reek'
Ing, simply reeking with scent OF some
kind! Methinks you have been In my
ladys boudolr! White rose perfume
--Hmph-"
Stuart's hands fell from the dogs
head. Mike slipped off to his inter
rupted sleep, but the actor sat long
thinking over way to unearth Mikes
secret.
The next night Dudley Stuart sent
word to his understudy that he could
not play his part. Then, the actor
went out as usual at o'clock, He
fixed the window In the kitchen so
that Mike could in no way escape and
made sure of shutting the door lead
Ing to the hall.
within an hour Stuart came quick.
ly back,
He made no sound with his key
and his footsteps down the hall might
| have been those Of burglar 80 sound.
less they were. Stealthily, he opened
| the kitchen door.
Mike was gone In the darkness,
| Stuart saw that the window leading to
the Are escape was open wide. For
the first time, by the light Of tho next
kitchen window, Stuart noticed that
his window ledge was a mass OF
scratches, Mike had used his claws
| well.
| Suddenly he paused and listened
The Harrison times., 1911-09-16
Congress Has a Hot Tlme.

One reason for investigating the
weather bureau may be mistrust OF It's
reports that other towns in this coun-
try are hotter than Washington.
Back OF the Capitol is an unshaded
plaza paved with asphalt, and here
some Of the sporty members 60, each
bearing an egg. They walk quickly
out on the edge OF the sunburnt area.
break the eggs and then stand back
In the shade and watch them fry In
the cloalrooms supply of fresh col.
lars and handkerchiefs are kept, and
once or twice during each days ses-
sion the members retire and change
collars, The usual costume In very
hot days Is thin black alpaca coat
with trousers, Of courso--and hand.
kerchief tucked In the shirt collar.
The Harrison times., 1911-09-16
Supreme Court overtaxed.

For the FIRST time in eighteen years
the term docket of cases for consid'
Grafton by the Supreme court OF the
United States has reached 1000. or
this number the disposition Of prob
ab,y 400 has been made by tho court
during the term, leaving 700 for con-
sideration.
The one thousandth case was an ap'
peal Of the Southern Pacific Railway
company from the decree OF tho Call
fornia federal courts, holding that II
should pay the United States $4,000
for the sale Of land In California mis-
takenly patented by the United States
10 the railway company. rho case
probably win not be reached on the
regular call Of the docket for argu-
ment within three years.
The Harrison times., 1911-09-16
"TIGHT-WAD' CONGRESSMEN
One-Termers Of the New House Are
Out for All They Can
Save.

In the new house Of representatives.
there are a number of members who
have a full realization Of the fact that
they are one.termers. They know that
according to all human probabilities
they will not be returned, and so they
propose to make all they can out OF
two years In office. No expensive no
tells for them On the contrary, they
are figuring how they can live on
their mileage and clerk hire, and save
their salaries.
The result Is that the superintendent
OF the house office building has nad
hard work to keep members from put
ting cots in their Offices for sleeping
there. 1t is said to be fact thar
some of these "close" congressman
have insisted that they be given the
right to move their trunks into the
house Office building and sleep there
though they have not yet proposed DO
ing light housekeeping
Each congressman office Is fur-
nished with two desks, table, ming
cases bookcases and chairs, all ma
hogany. and one deep lounging CHAIR
which in itself is almost comfortable
enough to sleep in, But there are no
sofas or couches, else the parsimoni'
GUS members would not request the
privilege of putting in cots, but prop
ably would move in permanently with
out asking leave. The rooms have
nice brussels rugs upon the floors ana
each has a wash stand, 80 that they
could be turned into very acceptable
sleeping rooms II the superintendent
NJ the building would stand for 1t.
The Harrison times., 1911-09-16
Farms Raised $s,e26, 900,

The value of wealth produced on
farms OF the United States was 49,.
926,0O0,000 during 1910, as estimated
by the department OF agriculture In o.
statement Just issued. This is an In.
crease OF slOi,000,000 over 1909. Texas.
With her 100000 acres of cotton
wrested from Illinois during 1910 the
honor OF being the first state OF the
Union in value Of principal farm crops,
which aggregate $36@,110,00o.
The Harrison times., 1911-09-16
Cultivate Common Sense.

without entering into disputable
points, It may be asserted that the
aim Of all intellectual training for tho
mass Of the people should be to cult.
vate common sense to qualify them
for forming . sound practical iudg.
ment OF the circumstances by which
they are surrounded, John Bull aud
His Schools,
The Harrison times., 1911-09-16

sutance companies. The people are
warned not to patronize such COM
panies, as it is not to their interest
to do so. The following statement
is made.
The department hears of so many
unauthorized concerns doing. or at
tempting to do, business through
agents slipping int the state forl
a brief period, or through the
that If would ~----.ued In the Uniteo
} States for the last twelve years. Fol
five years he has been connected with
the diplomatic service of the country
He lectured at Harvard and at the
University of Chicago and also in
Washington. His deep admiration for
all things American is what has en-
deared him to the United States.
His wife, who is handsome young
American woman, met her husband
during his Harvard days, when she
was penetrating into the lore of the
Orient, and the marriage followed
shortly afterwards. Three children
The Harrison times., 1911-09-16

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Ducks eat many bugs.
Goslngs must have free range.
The quickest returns are from baby
beef.
Exercise is essential to the best
growth Of the foal.
You have some things to learn after
you get an incubator.
The best time to cut the lambs tail
and castrate is at one week old.
Calves make more gain with a given
amount of food than does older stock
Too much emphasis cannot be laid
upon the use of cover crops in our
orchards,
Giving water at irregular times is
injurious not only to chicks, but to
old fowls.
1t is seldom that the very early
varieties of potatoes yield so we'll as
those a little later,
: Mans object in fruit growing is the
production and improvement Of the
edible portion Of the fruit
Good ventilation is essential; but 1t
should be so arranged that the cows
shall not be exposed to a draught.
Everybody knows that in July
weather cows give a larger amount of
milk than in cold and wintry weather.
Build a good shed to shelter the
tools; 1t is doubtful If you can make
3S 1-3 per cent profit in any other
way.
There is a best temperature for
each individual lot of cream, but this
can be determined only by expert
eace.
Are there any old apple trees in
your orchard bearing undesirable
fruit? Easy to graft good varieties
upon them.
Keep ON good terms with the ewes
so that you can catch and handle
them without causing undue disturb
ance in the pens.
There is no phase of the dairy bust.
ness that needs more study or more
careful management than does the
breeding of the COW.
AS the time draws near for calving,
the COW should be put into comfort
able box stall, having plenty of bed
ding to keep her dry.
The open swlll barrel standing by
the kitchen door is a direct invita-
tlon to typhoid, diphtheria and like
diseases to enter the home.
When live stock prices drop 1t Is al
ways the man who knows how to
make meat at the least cost per pound
VINO realizes the largest profit.
When the fruit buds come very
thick most people take 1t as a sign
OF big yield, but when fruit grows
too thickly 1t must necessarily be very
small.
II the udder becomes hard or shows
a tendency 10 garget, apply unsalted
lard and give 1t vigorous rubbing;
after which give the eve a good dose
OF salts.
Skim milk, which Is whole milk,
minus part Of its fat, and which costs
only half as much as whole milk, fur
nishes protein about four times as
cheaply as beef,
When the COW Is comfortable ana
contented, she responds with a flow OF
milk far In excess of that which she
gives when she has been uncomfort.
able and irritated.
Cherry rot or brown rot affects all
stone fruits, including peach apricots,
etc, II is by far tho most serious and
battling OF cherry diseases to the com.
mercial cherry grower
Never feed hay. or sweep or In any
way stir up dust just previous to milk.
ing time, for this will contribute to tho
Introduction of bacteria. which con.
teammates and Injuries the quality OF
the milk.
In dipping pigs great care must
be exercised TO cover every part of
his body from tail to snout. II a
pat,h as big as thuniS nail Is left un.
touched II may contain the nucleus Of
a new crop,
The Harrison times., 1911-09-16
THE MONROE DOCTRl
ORIGIN OF FAMOUS UNWRl1 !
NATIONAL LAW.
Takes It's Name From President JS,
Monroe, Who First Stated It :
His Since Famous Message
of 1923.

The Monroe doctrine, said to have
been involved in the Mexican situa-
The Harrison times., 1911-09-16

alton, [ a K e 5
its name from
p r e S ! d e n t
James Mon
roe, who il
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-09-08
CHAPTER XXI.
The PAYMENT.


What man seeks in love is woman
Houssaye.
When l reached Washington it was
indeed spring, warm, sweet spring In
the wide avenue the struggling trees
were doing their best to dignity the
city, and flowers were blooming every
where. Wonderful enough did all this
seem to me after thousands of miles
Of rude scenery of bare valleys and
rocky hills, wild landscapes, seen oft
en- through cold and binding storms
amid peaks and gorges, or on the
drear. forbidding plains.
Used more, Of late, to these wilder
scenes, I felt awkward and still half
savage. I did not at once seek out
my own friends. My first wish was
to get in touch with Mr. Calhoun, for
l knew that so l would most quickly
arrive at the heart of events.
He was away when l called at his
residence on Georgetown Heights, but
at last l heard the wheels OF his old
omnibus, and presently he entered
with his usual companion. DR.. Sam
uel Ward. When they saw me there,
then indeed ! received a greeting
which repaid me for many things!
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THING THAT PUZZLED BILLY
Was Sure Elevator Moved, but Prog.
ress Was Not Apparent to
His Eyes.

Billy was a quaint old darkey who
had come to the city for the first
time. One day his employer sent
him with a note to a man whose Office
was on an upper floor of a skyscrap-
er, where every floor of the building
was arranged and finished like the
first one. Billy was directed by the
elevator boy to enter the Gift" and
he would then show him to the office
he wanted. 1t was Billy's first expert
ence in an elevator, and he did not
rightly understand the nature or pur-
pose of 1t. On his return he describ-
ed some of his experiences to his en-
ployer.
when I got ter de buildin' | axes
er yaller boy wut wuz er standin' in
de inside oh de front doah whar Mr..
Browns office wuz, an he tol me ter
come wild him, an he would show me.
He TUX me inter err big cage an shet
de doah, an den We begun ter move.
An, Marse John, Use tellin' you de
gospel trufe, we got out right whar
we started an God knows we riz."-
Lippincott's.
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year. Our own party, although over
the Rockies, had yet the plains to
cross. l was glad enough when we
staggered into old Fort Laramie in
the midst Of a binding snowstorm.
Winter had caught us fair and full.
[ had lost the race!
Here, then, | must winter. Yet I
learned that Joe Meek had outfitted
at Laramie almost a month earlier,
with new animals; had bought a little
grain, and, under escort OF a cavalry
troop which had come west with the
wagon train, had started east in time,
perhaps, to make it through to the
Missouri. In race Of 1000 miles, the
baroness had already beaten me al
most by q month! Further word was,
of course, now unobtainable, for no
trains or wagons would come west
so late, and there were then no stages
carrying mail across the great plains.
There was nothing for me to do ex-
cept to wait and eat out my heart at
old Fort Laramie, in the society Of In
dams and trappers, half-breeds and
traders. The winter seemed years in
length, so gladly l make it's story
brief
1t was now the spring Of 1916, and I
was in my second year away from
Washington. Glad enough I was when
in the first sunshine Of spring |
started east; taking my chances of
getting over the plains. At last, to
make the long journey also brief, l
did reach Fort Leavenworth, by this
time five months loser in the trans
continental race.
AS to the baroness, she had long
since left Fort LeavenWorth for the
east. followed still with what speed
l could employ. l could not reach
Washington now until long after the
first buds would be out and the creep
ers growing green on the gallery of
Mr. Calhoun's residence. Yes, green
also on all the lattices of Elmhurst
mansion. What had happened there
for me?
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SYNOPSIS.

Senator John Calhoun is invited to be-
come secretary of state in Tyler's cab
met, He declares that if he accepts Texas
and Oregon must be added to the Union.
HE sends his secretary, Nicholas TriSt, to
ask the Baroness Won Ritz. spy Of the
British ambassador, Pakenham, to call at
his apartments. While searching for the
baroness home, a carriage drives up and
Nicholas is invited to enter. The occupant
is the baroness, and she asks Nicholas to
assist in evading pursuers. Nicholas notes
that the baroness has lost a slipper. She
gives him the remaining slipper as a
pledge that she will tell Calhoun what he
wants to know regarding England's in
fentiOns toward Mexico. AS security
Nicholas gives her a trinket he intended
for his sweetheart, Elizabeth Churchill.
calhoun becomes secretary Of state. He
orders Nicholas to Montreal on state
business, and the latter plans to be mar
ried that night. The baroness says she
will try to prevent the marriage: A
drunken congressman whom Nicholas
asks to assist in the wedding arrange
ments sends the baroness slipper to
Elizabeth, by mistake, and the wedding
is declared off. Nicholas finds the baron
ess in Montreal, she having succeeded,
intentions regarding Oregon. She tells
him that the slipper he had In his pos
session contained note from the attache
of Texas to the British ambassador, say
ing that if the United States did not an
mex Texas within 80 days. she would lose
both Texas and Oregon. Nicholas meets
q Ililul$tilSI, OH 1NlllcillO'CH, WIZ SlNco
him information about Oregon. The
baroness and a British warship disappear
from Montreal simultaneously. Calhoun
orders Nicholas to head a party of set
tiers bound for Oregon. Calhoun excites
the jealousy of Sonora Yturrio and there
by secures the signature of the Texas at
tache to q treaty Of annexation. Nicholas
starts for Oregon. He wins the race over
the British party. A British warship ar
rives with the baroness as a passenger.
She tells Nicholas that she placed a note
-iiV Gn6 hn
to return to Washington to repair the
damage she has done. Nicholas decides to
follow her.
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KENTUCKY'S NEXT SENATOR

The next senator from Kentucky
will no doubt be Representative Ollie
NJ James, as his Democratic opponent
Senator Paynter, retired from the pri
mary contest
Ollie James is the biggest man
physically in the house. He won fame
as an attorney in the Goebel murder
case in Kentucky, being one of the
lawyers for the prosecution of Caleb
Powers. 1t is something of coinci
dence that both James and Powers
are now members of the house, the
one a Democrat and the other a Re
publican.
In that murder case James also
won a reputation for physical courage,
for the times were stirring and there
were threats of violence going around,
so that anyone prominent upon either
side of the case was in physical dan.
ger. James would have made good
target for any bullet, as there is SC
much Of him to shoot at, but he went
through the prosecution in manner
Z a good nerve and was not to be de
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| This over, we all three broke out In
laughter at my uncouth appearance
I was clad still in such clothing as
could pick up in western towns as
hurried on from the Missouri east
ward; and had as yet found no time
for BARRIERS
eve have had no word from you,
Nicholas said Mr. Calhoun presently,
since that from Laramie, in the fall
of eighteen forty-four. This is in the
spring Of eighteen forty-six! Mean
time, we might all have been dead
and buried and none of US the wiser.
What country! 'Tis more enormous
than the mind of any of us can grasp"
You should travel across it to learn
that" l grinned
MANY things have happened since
you left You know that l am back
in the senate once more?"
nodded. And about Texas?" 1
began.
Texas is ours" said he, smiling
grimly. "You have heard how? It
was hard fight enough-a bitter, sell
fish, sectional fight among politicians.
But there is going to be war. Our
troops crossed the Sabine more than
year ago. They will cross the Rio
Grande before this year is done. The
Mexican minister has asked for his
passports. The administration has
ordered Gen. Taylor to advance. Mr..
Polk is carrying out annexation with a
vengeance. Seeing a chance for more
territory, now that Texas is safe from
England, he plans war on helpless
and deserted Mexico! We may hear
of battle now at any time But the
war with Mexico may yet mean war
with England. That, of course, en-
dangers our chance to gain all or any
of that great Oregon country. Tell
me, what have you learned?"
I hurried on now with my own news,
briefly as 1 might. l told them of the
ships of England's navy waiting in
Oregon waters; of the growing suspi-
cion of the Hudson bay people; of the
| changes in the management at Fort
vancouver, VI Tie CuduSS also HUH d
conciliatory policy to one of half hos
! tility. | told them of our wagon
trains going west, and of the strength
of our frontiersmen; but offset this,
justly as l might, by giving facts also
regarding the opposition these might
meet.
Precisely" said Calhoun, walking
up and down, his head bent. Eng
land is preparing for war! How
much are we prepared? 1t would cost
us the revenues of a quarter of cen
fury to go to war with her to-day. It
would cost us $4,000 lives. We would
need an army of 100000 men. Where
is all that to come from? Can we
transport our army there in time?
But had all this buster ceased, then
we could have deferred this war with
Mexico; could have bought with coin
what now will cost us blood and
we could also have bought Oregon
without the cost of either coin or
blood. Delay. was what we needed!
All of Oregon should have been ours!"
But, surely, this is not all news to
you?" / began. Have you not seen
| the Baroness Won Ritz? Has she not
made her report?"
THE baroness?" queried Calhoun.
That stormy petrei-that advance
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WANTS TO MARRY FOR LOVE

Col. Edward H. R. Green. president
of the Westinghouse company, with
assets of $125,0O0,000, owner Of the
Texas Midland railroad and son OF
Mrs. Hetty Green, is going to marry
within a year. Who the bride-to-be is he
doesn't know, but he says in all Sc
riousness that his bachelorhood will
end before he is year older. Here
is the secret of why Col. Green, who
is 43 years old, has SO long lived the
life of single blessedness. He prom
ised his mother 19 years ago, when
she took him down to Texas to break
him in as a railroad section hand
that he would remain a bachelor 20
years. He has kept his word. but
when the time limit expires next
year he is going to take unto himself
a wife.
Three hundred proposals Of mar
rage have reached Col. Green since
he decided to live in New York a
year ago to take charge Of his moth
er's interests. Scores of the aspir-
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HANDS WOULD CRACK OPEN

about two months ago my hands
started to crack open and bleed, the
skin would scale off, and the good
flesh would burn and itch dreadfully.
When my hands first started to get
sore, there were small blisters like wa
ter blisters which formed. They
itched dreadfully, it just seemed as
though could tear the skin all off.
would scratch them and the skin would
peel off, and the flesh would be all
red and crack open and bleed. 1t wor-
ried me very much, as I had never
had anything the matter with my skin
l was so afraid l would have to give
up my employment.
My doctor said he didn't think it
would amount to anything. But it kept
getting worse. One day l saw piece
in one of the papers about lady who
had the same trouble with her hands.
She had used Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment and was cured. I decided to try
them, and my hands were all healed
before I had used one cake of Cuti-
cura Ointment. 1 am truly thankful
for the good results from the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment, for thanks to them
1 was cured, and did not have to lose
a day from work. I have had no re-
turn of the skin trouble" (Signed)
Mrs. Mary E. Breig. 1922 Brown
Street, Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. IL, 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cutt'
cura," Dept. 6 K, Boston.
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LONG DISTANCE SKY PILOT

Rapidly as the public Is becoming
accustomed to aeroplane novelties, 1t
received fresh cause for wonder and
enthusiasm in the achievement Of
Harry N Atwood. When he landed In
Chicago on the first lap of his St.
Louis-to-B Boston trip he broke the
American record for a days flight
and demonstrated the remarkable eff
ficiency which has been reached in
aeroplane construction. Express
trains travel between Chicago and St.
Louis in hours; Atwood's time in
the air was hours and 30 minutes.
When he reached Albany, N Y, At
wood had flown 1,123 miles, breaking
all cross-country flights.
Atwood's boyish appearance attracts
attention. He is a tall, slender youth,
looking anything but the part of the
most daring and successful aviator In
the United States. Atwood shuns no.
toriety and reception committees as
far as possible. He cares little for
anything except achievement in the
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Fine Growth of Potatoes.

A remarkable potato has attracted
some attention at Annbank, in Ayr
shire, Scotland. Amongst some rose
bushes which Mr. Moran, the station
master, got from France, one potato
come to maturity. When it was dug
in the autumn Of last year it was
found that there were at the root 43
potatoes which weighed fully IA
pounds. The potato is of fine quality,
with shallow eyes and a beautiful
skin.