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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-29

"The Key Of the Gate TO the Under
ground Passage In the Rue Scribe"
came to the eighth floor on the way
down.
There was no performance at the
opera that night and the passages
were empty. Suddenly. queer-look'
ing form stood before them and
blocked the road:
"No, not this way!"
And the form pointed to another
passage by which they were to reach
the wings. Raoul wanted to stop and
ask for an explanation. But the form,
which wore sort of long frock-coat
and pointed cap, said:
"Quick! Go away quickly!"
Christine was already dragging
Raoul, compelling him to start run.
ming again.
But who is he? Who is that man7'
he asked.
Christine replied: "It's the Persian
whats he doing here?"
Nobody knows. He is always In
the opera"
You are making me run away, for
the first time in my life. If We really
saw Erick, what l ought to have done
was to nail him to Apollo's Tyre. just
as We nail the owls to the walls OF
our Breton farms; and there would
have been no more question Of him.
my dear Raoul, you would first
have had to climb up to Apollo's Tyre;
that is no easy matter"
THE blazing eyes were there!"
ooh, you are getting like me now
seeing him everywhere! What took
for blazing eyes was probably couple
of stars shining through the strings OF
the Tyre
And Christine went down another
floor, with Raoul following her.
CAS- you have quite made up your
mind to go, Christine, l assure you it
would be better to go at once. Why
wait for tomorrow? He may have
heard us tonight"
mo, no, he is working, tell you, at
his Don Juan Triumphant and not
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-29
ITO be continuedI
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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-29

Three miles away, On the road to.
ward Mora, farmer said that a boy
who wore one gray mitten came to his
house and asked for food and for a
team to drive him to Mora. The boy
got the food, but not the team. He
ate heartily and started down tho
road on foot. That night boy who
wore one gray mitten took train in
Mora for Minneapolis.
Eugene Thomas was known in Mora
and he had been visiting at his uncle's
home ten miles out on the Wahkon
road. The uncle said that on Friday
before the murder he had told Eu.
gene that he ought to go home, that
the boy had talked Of going west and
had boosted of his misdeeds in Min
neapolis.
He told his relatives that a neigh
Dor in Minneapolis had fine dog.
that one day he went to the neighbours
barn, tied the dog up. hung it to a
rafter by its feet and watched it die.
The Minneapolis police were notified
to look out for Eugene Thomas and
WHeH u UOy IilSIu tOlu ulIu ne "do
wanted in connection with the Kama.
bee county murder. the boy went
home, talked the situation over with
his father, came downtown and gave
himself up. He refused to discuss the
murder.
Beginning with the time when he
was a youngster in short trousers Flu.
gene Thomas told of his life He said
he had read the cheap novels Of the
west and had resolved to become q
bandit He told how the determine.
tion to leave home grew upon him.
how he finally purchased two re.
volvers and left Minneapolis. He had
visited with his uncle at Christmas
time ard he decided to stop at his
uncle's homestead on his way west.
The boy told of his quarrel with his
uncle and his wanderjngs until he ar.
rived at the settlers cabin last Sun.
day Then he told how he determined
to rob the cabin, how he entered It
and opened the trunk, how he heard
a man approaching. how he drew his
revolvers and stood waiting, how.
when the door opened. he fred, how
his victim fell on the floor; how he
rifled the settlers pockets. left the
cabin and made his way to Mora.
The boy is chars ID with murder m
the first degree and the Kanabec coun.
ty grand jury will consider the case.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-29

Children are much more likely to con-
tract the contagious diseases when
they have colds. Whooping cough,
diphtheria, scarlet fever and consump-
ton are diseases that are often con-
tracted when the child has cold. That
is why all medical authorities say be-
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colds you will find nothing better than
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. 1t can
always be depended upon and is pleas.
ant and safe to take. For sale by all
dealers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-29
Repels Attack of Death.

Give years ago two doctors told me
had only two years to live" This
startling statement was made by Still
man Green, Malachite. Col. "They told
me | would die with consumption. It
was up to me then to try the best lung
medicine and began to use DR.. Kings
New Discovery. 1t was we'll l did, for
today am working and believe | owe
my life to this great throat and lung
cure that has cheated the grave of an
other victim" Its folly to suffer with
coughs, colds or other throat and lung
troubles now. Take the cure that's
safest. Price so cents and 81. Trial
bottle free at p. A. Clemmer's. F
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-29
synopsis.
ira IonS BY NGHet~e<>
1t <ou hh lie 6o6hs Merrill Gonoa7X

CHAPTER I.--Consternation 10 caused
on the last night that the Opera 10 man
aged by Debienne and Poligny because Of
the appearance Of a ghost, said to have
been In evidence on sc several previous n.s 90,
Ruquet 10 found dead. having hanged
himself.
Der Of the opera company. is called upon
to fill very important part and scores
p great success. Count de Chagny and
brother tbe are
Christine in the dressing room. but -
unable to do so and later discovers that
some one is making love to her. She
room he finds 1t empty.
CHAPTER III.-While tho farewell
see9 o Se as
death. Richard and Moncharmin. the
new managers, are then informed OF the
that certain sum shall DO paid to the
ghost and that box No. sha1l be re-
served for him.
CHAPTER IY.-Box No. IL sold with
disastrous results The managers receive
letter from the Opera Ghost calling at
tention to the error. The box keeper -
called in and gives her experience with
the ghost.
CHAPTER v.-Christine Daae writes
Raoul that she has gone to visit the
grave of her father. He goes also. and
In the night follows her to the church:
Wonderful violin music is heard. Raoul
10 found next morning almost frozen.
CHAPTER vI-Moncharmin and Rich
ard investigate box No. 8 and decide to
see the performance OF ~Eaust' from
front seats OF that box.
CHAPTER vII-Carlotta, who sinsr
the leading part in Faust, 10 warned to
give the part to Christine. Carlotta, re-
fusing, loses her voice in the middle OF
q song and the main chandelier crashes
down. killing q woman and woundinG
many.
CHATTER vI11-Raoul searches for
Christine. who has disappeared. He seea
her at last. but does not speak. and later
q note Is received from her making an
appointment for q masked ball.
CHAPTER IX-Raoul meets Christine
ut the ball and sees a person in the dis
guise OF Red Death. OF whom he Is jeal-
GUS. He hears her conversing with some
one whom she calls Erik. He makes his
presence known and Christine vanishea
through q mirror.
CHAPTER x.-Raoul visits Christine
and tells her he knows the name of the
unseen man whom she calls the Angel
of Music. Christine implores him to for
get the voice and the name he heard.
CHAPTER XII.--Christine relates a
strange adventure with the unseen Erik
and promises to run away with Raoul
the following night
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-29

his revolver and took aim. He aimed
a little above the two'eyes. Surely,
II they were eyes and If above those
two eyes there was a forehead and II
Raoul was not too clumsy
The shot made terrible din amid
the silence OF the slumbering house.
And, while footsteps came hurrying
along the passages, Raoul sat up with
outstretched arm, ready to fire again.
If need be.
This time, the two eyes had disap'
peared.
Servants appeared. carrying lights;
Count Philippe. terribly anxious:
what is it?"
II think | have been dreaming" re-
piled the young man. Il fired at two
stars that kept me from sleeping"
You're raving! Are you Ill? For
Gods sake, tell me, Raoul; what hap
pened?"
And the count seized hold OF the
revolver.
"No, no, I'm not raving. Be
sides, we shall soon see :"
He got out of bed, put on a dress
ing-gown and slippers. took a light
from the hands of servant and.
opening the window, stepped out on
the balcony.
The count saw that the window had
been pierced by bullet at mans
height Raoul was leaning over the
balcony with his candle.
"Aha!" he said. Blood!
Blood! Here, there. more
blood! That's a good thing!
A ghost who bleeds is less danger
ous!' he grnned.
"Raoul! Raoul! Raoul!"
The count was shaking him as
though he were trying to waken a
sleep-walker.
But, my dear brother, I'm not
asleep!" Raoul protested impatiently,
You can see the blood for yourself.
thought had been dreaming and fir
ing at two stars. 1t was Erik's eyes
and here is his blood!
After all, perhaps I was wrong to
shoot: and Christine is quite capable
of never forgiving me. All
this would not have happened If had
drawn the curtains before going to
bed"
"Raoul. have you suddenly gone
mad? Wake up!"
What, still? You would do better
to help me find Erik for,
after all, a ghost who bleeds can al
| Ways be found
| The counts valet said:
THAT is so. sir; there is blood on
the balcony
The other man-servant brought a
lamp. by the light of which they ex.
amined the balcony carefully. The
marks of blood followed the rail till
they reached gutter-spout: then
they went up the gutter-spout.
my dear fellow" said Count Phil
ippe, you have fired at cat
The misfortune is said Raoul,
with grin, that it's quite possible
With Erik. you never know. Is 1t
Erik? Is it the cat? Is it the ghost?
No, with Erik. you can't tell"
Raoul went on making this strange
sort of remarks which correspondent
so intimately and logically with the
preoccupation of his brain and which,
at the same time. tended to persuade
many people that his mind was un'
hinged. The count himself was seized
with this idea; and, later. the exam
lining magistrate, on receiving the re-
port of the commissary of police
came to the same conclusion.
who is Erik" asked the count
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-29
Bids Wanted for Road Dragging.

Notice is hereby given that the Board
of Trustees of New Oregon Twp. will
receive bids up to o'clock, Monday
afternoon, April LIST, 1912, for super
intendent of road dragging in said
township, also four men to operate
drags. Bids must state price per mile
for actual travel in dragging. Board
reserves right to reject any or all bids.
A. j. MINTEY, Twp. Clerk.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-29
CHAPTER XIII.

A Masterstroke Of the Trap.0oor
Lover.
Raoul and Christine ran. eager to
escape from the roof and the blazing
eyes that showed only in the dark;
and they did not stop before they
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-29
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-19
)O[TED TO THE STREET
WHEN BIG AUTO HITS CAR
Four Passengers on Sightsee.
ina Vehicle Treated at the
Emergency Hospital.

Five persons were injured. four Sc
rious enough to need hospital treatment.
when d sightseeing automobile and a
street car collided on Connecticut avenue
near O street this morning.
The injured are Herbert NJ. Haderman,
thirty years old. of 217 1st street north
west. chauffeur of the automobile; hurt
on shoulders.
knee injured.
right hip injured
John Shanaghy. c643 Washington bou-
levard, Chicago. ILL.,; left leg injured.
Miss August Hardwick. Clearfield, Pa;
shoulders. thigh and wrist injured.
Mr.. Shanaghy and Miss Hardwick are
still at the hospital but Mr.. and Mrs.
Taylor left after their injuries were
treated. The two patients are said not
to be seriously injured. Haderman, the
chauffeur did not go to the hospital.
The accident occurred in front of 1908
Connecticut avenue. The car No. Al of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company was running north on Connec-
ticut avenue. The automobile, which was
well filled with passengers, was coming
south. Just as the street car neared the
automobile, the big automobile struck the
southbOund track and skidded over to the
northbound track. the wet condition of
the street causing the machine to skid.
The car and automobile We're both run
ming slowly, but the momentum of the
two was so Sreatf that several of the
passengers We're. thrown from the auto
mobile. The fronts of both vehicles Were
badly damaged. None of the passengers
on the car was injured.
y telephone message was sent TO the
Emergency Hospital. and the ambulance
took the injured to the hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-19
crowds to diverge from their mathe-
matfcallY straiKht line which Is the

crowds to diverge from their mathe-
matfcally straight line which Is the
shortest and speediest way between
two given points. But one cannot help
remembering that once upon time
there used to be a Punch and Judy"
show in Palace yard.
1t was in that golden age, the early
7Os, before they had put the rail-
ings up. Every Wednesday at 6 o'clock
the house used to rise. Promptly to
the minute came the loud and arrest
ing crow which for so long as any of
US can remember has announced the
arrival Of Punch and his consort. The
legislators used to gather. and with
care and solemnity the ancient drama
was played through. Punch could not
have got much nearer the national
hearts than Palace yard. Now the ma
tional heart beats to other rhythms.
and Punch Is IAN obstruction" That
long road which he. has followed
through so many decades OF unwearied
journeying Is leading him at last to
it's end in the Land OF Shadows. He
il almost the last of many figures that
once were with him on the road to
make the life of the wayfarer joyous.
Where, for instance. is the old dancing
bear that, when we were little chill
dren. so often used to bring us terror
and delight? Years and years ago
that rough and genial beast shout
dered his ragged staff and marched
away out of our lives for good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-19
Trial Marriages in London.
From Tit-Bits.

When the famous novelist, the late
George Meredith. suggested that di-
vorce cases would become rarity.
and men and women would find true
matrimonial happiness il trial mar
riages were instituted, people laughed
at the suggestion and said the idea
was fantastic and impossible. Yet the
lgorrote natives of the Philippine
Islands, a number OF whom have been
brought over TO this country and es-
tablished in picturesque miniature
village at "Shakespeare's England
EarIs Court, have the custom of trial
marriages.
They have large hut where the un-
married girls congregate, while other
huts are set apart for trial marriages.
Earrs Court bearing an inscription
which tells that Beda and his fiance.
Kodpat are undergoing trial mar
riage, and on another that Dalison and
his fiance, Caioan, are also making a
similar matrimonial experiment.
The Igorrote native" said the or
ganizer of the native village to the
writer. may only have one wife. In a
certain sense the girl does the propos-
ing. II she wishes to marry certain
man she steals his pipe. II he does not
attempt to recover IL. it is sign that
he is agreeable to her advances. and
they enter upon trial marriage for a
wear II no child is born at the end of
that time the man is at liberty to look
about for another wife but when a
child is born that practically settles
the marriage question, and four-day
festival is hold in honor of the event.
The custom seems to work out well,
and there is very little jealousy or un-
happiness among the married couples.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-19
HONORS FOR M|DSH|PMEN
Commander of Regiment and
Battalion Officers Announc-
ed at Annapolis.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, September 19.-Mid-
shipman William II. p. Blandy Of Della
ware. one Of the star members Of next
years graduating class Of the Naval
Academy. has been appointed cadet COM
mander Of the regiment of midshipmen
for the forthcoming academic term. This
is the highest as we'll as the most coveted
military honor that may be attained by
a midshipman.
The appointments of the staff Is we'll as
the battalion officers, which are based
upon general efficiency in the professional
as we'll as practical branches. were an
nounced today by Capt. John H. Gibbons
superintendent Of the Academy. Named
as cadet lieutenant commanders to COM
mand the respective battalions of the
regiment are George A. Andrews of
Michigan, and Everett lie r. Gayhard of
Ohio. The regimental officers are: Lieu
tenant and adjutant, Bruce G. Leighton
of Pennsylvania: chief petty officer, Paul
Cassard of MARYLAND. Tie other officers
of the battalionS are: First Battalion.
junior lieutenant and adjutant, Charles
P McFeaters, Pennsylvania: chief petty
officer, W. T. Cochran. Indiana; I'd Bat
talon, junior lieutenant ard adjutant
Adolf Won S. Pickhardt, New York; chief
petty officer Robert H. Grayson, Ala
bama.
The cadet lieutenants who will COM
mand the respective companies are: First
Battalion. II. l.. Abbott. J. {. Jones, II.
E. keester and r. l.. Woodsue: I'd Bat
TALON Glenn B. Davis, Harold c. Van
Valzah. r. j. Wilson and Frederick q.
Crisp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-19
The Cult of Super-golf.
CIV York Evening Post

From the New York Evening Post.
The historic and shifting contest be-
tween the makers of armor and the MAX
ers of guns. to see which can get the
better of the other. has it's likeness in
what has for some time been going on
in the game of golf. Players and the
architects of theN> links are continually
pitting their wits against one another.
Every Improvement in cfabs or balls is
but a signal for making the courses
harder. The average skill of golfers Is
al the time increasing: but green's COM
mittees display a fiendish ingenuity in
seeing to ii that the average score does
not improve. You will see malignant
officials the watch for A poor shot
that luckily escapes severe penalty,
and then darkly muttering to themselves
that such a thing shall not happen again.
Sure enough, the next time a ball Is
sliced to the same spot it finds a new
made grave awaiting it-one of the places
rightly named pits full cas- they are
of lost souls and wailing and gnashing
of teeth.
There is growing complaint, in Eng
land as well as in this country. that the
authorities of the links are in pursuit
of a kind of supergolf. No one demands
that the courses be made easy as
once was the custom. There is no OBJ
lection TO difficulties and hazards. as
such. The protest is against applying
higher mathematics to the game. 1t is
becoming the fashion to lay out links on
the basis of the most precise muitiples
of the most precise shots. Opportunity
10 recover from. an imperfect stroke
is scoffed at The wages of golfing sin
or even peccadillo--is death. Your drive
must be exactly 1875 yards feet and 3
inches; and the ball must come to rest
within an area no bigger than Sir Wal
ter Raleish's cloak. If you hit farther
you are in trouble: if YOU fall shorter
you cannot possibly carry the bunker
guarding the green. Ten feet to the
right puts YOU where you can't see the
hole while couple of yards to the left
will send YOU down a slope into the
rough. So IL goes hole after hole. Every
stroke must be perfect on pain OF GER
tain punishment. The player has to
study the wind as carefully as marks
man at rife range, and in the hands
of professionals and experts golf is tend
ing toward combination of ballistics
and the integral calculus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-19
. New Light on Care of Insane.
Philadelphia Telegraph.

rum tSt i't'Siap"-
Kindiness on the part of prison keep
crs and of those having TO do with the
insane seems TO he trait general at the
present time. Instances are frequent
enough and notable enough to attract at
tention. y few DAYS ago the announce
ment was made that the keeper of a
Georgia prison camp. where convicts
We're employed under the contract sys-
. tenn at hard labor had abolished the ba II
and chain. and placed the prisoners ION
their honor. This change from chain
and shackle. the warden states. yields re-
suits infinitely better than did the former
harbarous method.
Now comes the announcement from
France that the official head of the great
ospital OF st. Anne has. on the recon-
bendati ton of Dr. Mangin. noted alien
E tst. done away with the straitjacket and
ither devices heretofore employed to curb
Inc violently insane. and that instead
iimp,e methods of Kindness have been
substituted The physician whose recon-
mendations have brought about the
change states that il is great error to
Use force and violence in the treatment
of the demen;ed. even though they be of
a violent disposition. In the advocacy
of his measures for curing insanity in
certain cases and amehorating the con-
dition Of the victim in others the eXpe-
rienced French alienist is opposed to male
nurses. believing them out of place In
wards for the insane. and he makes a
strong plea for the substitution of women
in every instance. Their gentleness. he
claims. is in itself a consideration that
appeals to the distorted mind Of the in
sane person at the outset, quiets his or
her nerves and makes the subject tract
able and easy TO manage.
In the hospital mentioned. where 1900
patients are treated every year. Dr. Man
gin has accomplished wonders according
to all accounts. by replacing force and
severity in treating the violent with kind
ness and patience. One of his theories is
that the insane patient requires long
hours of rest. hence he has adopted what
he designates as the bed cure giving
them fun opportunity to repose for many
hours in bed.