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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
TO TUNNEL UNDER CHANNEL
.Lono.Delayed France-Engllsh Project
10 Once Moro Being Put
.,HF Forward.

A tunnel between England and
France beneath the English channel
was first proposed at the beginning
OF the nineteenth century by Mathieu,
a French mining. engineer. says the
Argonaut., Fifty years later the
scheme was financed. but it was not
until 1867 that 1t seemed that the
project would be actually attempted.
At that time there we're dozen or
more plans for rail communication
between the two countries. The &C
cepted -scheme was that of tunnel
bored beneath the bed Of the channel.
Tho estimated cost Of the undertak-
ing was about $50.00o,oo0. Prelimi-
nary boring had been made, when the
work was interrupted by the Franco
Prussian war. In 1874 the French
and English governments resumed ne
gotiations concerning the tunnel,
leaving the matter in the hands of a
Joint commission. Failure on the
part of the English company holding
tho contract for the work to receive
sufficient funds resulted in the fail
ure Of the enterprise in 1880. Now
the project is receiving some atten-
ton, better feeling having been es.
tablished between the people OF the
two countries.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
Nothing Is Ever Destroyed

and instantly reinsert it. Let it burn
down until entirely consumed. Now
reweigh the apparatus. You win find
that it actually weighs more than it
did before the candle was burnt!
What had. happened? The carbon
and hydrogen Of which the candle was
composed have been separated, have
drawn oxygen from the air and COM
bined with it, forming water and car
bon dioxide or carbonic acid gas. The
caustic soda has absorbed the carbon
dioxide and made, sodium = carbonate,
and has also caught the water. The
extra weight is simply that of the oxy-
gen taken out of the air..
This is a practical Illustration of the
great truth that nothing is ever de-
stroyed. Matter changes, but does not
cease to exist. st. Thomas Aquinas
taught this in the thirteenth century
thus as in so many other ways an
ticipating modern scientists-and
some Of the ancient Greek philoso-
piers understood it.. 1t has only been
proved experimentally in recent years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
Matter Changes, But Does Not Cease
to Exist-slmpIe Experiment nat
proves Proposition. ~ ~.

when candle burns 1t is not de-
stroyed. What seems like destruction
ia merely change. Any one can prove
this for himself by. a very simple ex-
pertinent.
+. Take a glass tube ind At cork into
ZACH end. Bore some holes In the low
or cork, one Of them in the middle
large enough to hold a candle. BEND
a smaller glass tube to U shape, NIL IT
with small pieces Of caustic soda ana
cork one end. Now connect the two
cylinders by a small glass tube through
the corks. Insert the candle through
the lower cork and suspend the whole
apparatus from one beam Of the chem
fcal balance. Weigh it carefully.
Connect the free end of the U tube
to an aspirator SO as to establish a
uniform current of air through the
tubes. Remove the candle, light it
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11

she asked for room for tho night
cheap room. She seemed 10 feeble
gave her this room on the ground
floor. No. 4. and only charged her sew
enty-five cents for 1t. though it's dol
lar room, or dollar and a half for
bridal couples. She paid for it for one
night and right after supper she went
into It and stayed there. Yesterday
| morning after breakfast she went out
somewhere and was gone maybe an
hour or an hour and a half l. didn't
see her when she come in but l
| heard" ' , i
"Mahlon Williams" said the coroner
| severely, you ought to know enough
about the law to understand that what
you heard amt evidence. Tell only
them things you know Of your own
knowledge" ~ ....-.F
"All I know" said. Williams. percept-
IDLY miffed. rs that she come out
along about three in the afternoon and
paid another seventy-flve cents say
ing she wanted the room. another
night. That's all seen of her"
| Can I ask question:" said one Of
! the Jurors, all Of whom were towns
| men Of the class usually to be found
around the hotel bar-room.
III 1t is a proper question:. said
the coroner judiciously.
Where did she go when she went
out?" - r
1.-THE question is proper one. If the
| witness can answer It OF his own
| Id fNA
III I knowed I'd told already"
said the hotel keeper. -g. -,
One or two OF the other jurors asked
questions, prompted plainly more by
curiosity than by intelligent. effort to
| ascertain the facts; but 1t was plain
that Mr.. Williams had revealed all
that he knew, and he was dismissed.
Doctor Allen, who had been sent for
as soon as the suicide was discovered,
gave 1t as his opinion that the woman
had hung herself early the evening
before, as nearly as he could Judge
about five o'clock. .
who was it found the body" the
coroner asked. -.
Mary Evans, the chambermaid," =
the constable volunteered. Here she
is, right here"
The coroner proceeded to examine
her. IT, 'ss
Much embarrassed by the promi-
nence into which she found herself
thrust, but manifestly enjoying the un-
usual situation, the girl told how, early
In the morning, as soon as she began
her work, she had gone to the room.
IT didn't know there was anyone in
No. H." she explained, II knew the
woman had taken it for just one night
and hadn't bothered making 1t up the
day before. None of the other room
ers was up yet and thought I might
Just as we'll get No. of my mind. 1
knocked like l always do. and getting
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11

man whom the clerk had called Cook.
I thought he gave a quick glance IN
my direction but could not be sure.
The first witness was called, Mahlon
Williams, the proprietor of the hotel.
"Mr. Williams" said the coroner,
do you know this woman?" -
II can't say as do"
what was her name?"
"She was registered here in the no.
tel. The names on the book. You
can see for yourself. I don't know If
it twas her real name or not"
MARY Jane Teller, Bridgeport,
Conn.," was the entry In the hotel
register which was produced and sub
mitted for the jurors inspection.
Tell us, Mr.. Williams, what you
know about the, deceased" 3
mighty little: nothing at all. In
fact. She come here night before last.
Got in on the seven-two train from
New York. I calculate, from the time
of her arrival. She had no baggage,
only that little black bag yonder, and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
They Presented Arms.

W y. o.
as4 Two ScAJ ~AeaA 4AiAno$ J ~Ae AdQAos
were chatting in tramcar the other
evening.
so you've been down to the
camp?" said one t,$s X: ss,t Il.
Yes: and its splendid down
there -. 80 : Z SG5
did the soldiers have their arms
with them 7" 4 81 L. Y;
"Og course they did! You don't
suppose they would leave them at
home, do you = q; 4.
shouldn't like to be there when
they were firing. hate firing.
why, silly. they don't flre."
Don't they? What do they do with
heir arms, then?"
why, they put them round you.
pf course. and it's ever SO nice"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish TO
propose marriage and fnds the house IN
eide Of her sister Katharine. Kent starts
an investigation and fnds that Hugh gh
Crandall. sutton FOX. Katharine. who had
been forbidden the house by General Far
rish. had talked with katharine over the
telephone just before she shot herself.
4 torn piece Of yellow paper g. Is - f s% I.
stricken with paralysis. Kent discovers
that crandall has left town hurriediy:
Andrew Elser. an aged banker commits on r;Hs
ATTEMPTED her life. A yellow envelope IS
found in Elser's room. Post office In.
spector Davis. Kent's friend takes e.. up
dali is at the bottom Of the. mystery.
Katharine's strange cutlery puzzles the
detectives Kent and Davis searcn Gran ran
dalrs room and nna an aooress' toeN
Box IL ArdWay.n N. ]. 80 af..sE., 10. Z. =
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corridor shut me, OF from the main
hall. From the floor below came the
confused murmur. Of many voices and
the sound of men moving about-many
men. My first thought was of fire, but
there were no cries and there was no
smell Of smoke. The memory OF my
experience in the post:ofice required
to me. vaguely wondered If l had
been tracked and discovered.
| fastened to dress. II they suspect
ed me of ,robbtng the post-ofice, the
sooner I found out the sooner ! could
plan some method Of action. As put
on my collar heard footsteps in the
corridor, and. ,coatless as was, hung
open my door. A chambermaid was
passing.
whats the matter?" asked.
Haven't you heard about IT." she
asked in wonder.
Heard about what?"
The suicide in the hotel-in the
room right under yours. They discov-
cred it hours ago. The coroner's just
come and is getting ready to hold the
inquest" s.&e b.
who was her" asked. was
thinking it might be Hugh Crandall.
dead in some suicide, pact with Katha-
rine. A sense Of disappointment be-
gan to take hold of me. felt that Il
1t were Crandall my efforts to clear
tho mystery would be still more fu-
tile, but the woman's. answer quickly
dispelled the thought.
1T wasn't he It's woman.
She hurried on down the corridor
and fastened to finish my dressing,
recalling as did so Davis belief that
there would be other suicides. It
seemed absurd that there could be any
connection between the suicide of z
woman in country hotel in an OBJ
scure New Jersey village and the two
suicides the day before in New York,
and yet there was at least one link
between them. 1t was Crandall who
had telephoned Katharine. Some one
had telephoned Elser, too. 1t was IN
Crandalls rooms that we had found
the address of this place where the
third suicide in the series had taken
place. u,
With the triumphant feeling that my
friend the inspector finally would
have to accept my theory Of Crandall's
guilt, I hurried downstairs and forced
my way into the room where the coro-
ner had already begun his inquest.
On the bed, covered with sheet,
except for the face, lay the lifeless
body of a woman perhaps fifty, the
face still distorted from the death
agony. A bit Of rope attached to a
rod among the rafters Of the room
showed that she had hung herself. The
woman's outer, clothing lay neatly
piled on chair near the bed. This
much I had, time to notice before the
coroner finished selecting his jury.
Near the coroner, too. I observed the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
PerIls Of OverdelIcacy.

A bridegroom gave his best man an
envelope. -a5
Hand It to the parson after the
cermony," he said, but don't do 1t
ostentatiously."
The best man followed Instructions,
but it seems that he performed his
task too covertly. for the father OF
the bridegroom after the pair had
departed, believed that an omission
had occurred and quietly pressed a
banknote into the minister's hand.
But ehalso was too secretive about it,
and before the party broke up the
BRIDES brother felt called upon to
draw the minister aside and thrust .
$40 bill upon him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
Arsenic Found in Vegetables.

Arsenic Found in Vegetables.
Arsenic has been found as a normal
constituent in man and animals, and
now Drs. Jadin and Astrug, two
French biologists. show that it may be
derived from edible plants and fruits.
They examined thirty-nine vegetable
substances, and obtained arsenic from
all, the quantities ranging from 0.0s
part per million in the leek to OPS
part per million in almonds and beans.
Other vegetable matters, containing
arsenic are the common cabbage. the
turnip, the potato, cultivated mush-
rooms, black trufhes. Japanese rice,
red haricots, white haricots, gray
peas, split peas. lentils, artichokes.
satisfy, chicory, lettuce. spinach. green
peas, celery, carrots, watercress. cauli.
flower, wild asparagus. hazelnuts, fiji.
berts, chestnuts, apples, pears,
oranges, pineapples and bananas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
A DOCTORS SLEEP
Found He Had to Leave OH Coffee.

Many persons do not realize that q
bad stomach will cause insomnia.
Coffee and tea drinking being such
4 an ancient and respectable form Of
! habit, few realize that the drug-caf-
feline contained in coffee and tea. is
/ one Of the principal causes OF dys.
pepsia and nervous troubles.
Without their usual portion Of cot
fee or tea, the caffeine topers are
nervous, irritable and fretful. That's
the way with q whisky drinker. He
has got to have. his dram ito settle his
nerves" habit.
TO leave of coffee or tea ID an easy
matter If you want to trysit, because
Postum gives gentle but natural
support to the nerves and does not
contain any drug-nothing but food
Physicians know this to- be true, a.
one from Ca writes: s
II have cured myself OF a long.
! standing case of Nervous Dyspepsia
by leaving off coffee. and using Post
um," says the doctor. y
II also enjoy. refreshing sleep, to
which I've been an utter stranger for
20 years.
in treating dyspepsia in its various
types, find little trouble when l can
induce patients to quit coffee and
adopt Postum
The DR.. is right and there's q
reason" Read the little book, 1.-THE
Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs. A.
Postum now comes in concentrated.
powder form called Instant Postum.
1t is prepared by stirring a level tea
spoonful in cup Of hot water, adding
sugar to taste. and enough cream to
bring the color to golden brown.
Instant Postum Ia convenient;
there's no waste; and the favour II
always uniform. Sold by grocers-50-
cup tin 80 cts, 1OO-cup tin so cts.
IA 5-cup trial tin mailed for grocer's
name and 2-cent stamp for postage.
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd. Battle Greek.
I, Mich.-Adv.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11

stantiated anecdote it is only right to
quote the saying recorded in hts Life
volume l, page 442), "if l were to be-
gin life again. L would devote much
time to music. All musical people
seem to be happy; it is the most en-
crossing pursuit, almost the only in
nocent and unpublished passion" This
is noble tribute, though the general.
ization is perhaps too sweeping when
one thinks of the loneliness Of Beetho-
ven, the early and tragic ends OF Mo-
Fart and Schubert, of schumann and
Hugo Wol.-London Spectator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
Opera In the Boxes.

What was the story OF the operaT'
B What I heard ran about like this:
In the first act learned that Mrs.
Wallaby, the society leader. Is about
to sue her husband for divorce. In
the second act learned that Miss
Lolita Plunks smuggled in that IA
nous pearl necklace, and in the third
l heard that Mr.. Gerald Piffle il rap
idly drinking himself to death. /" Il I,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
klna George SuperstItious.

An incident which occurred while
the king was out shooting recently
over the Hon. John Wards preserves
at Woollsey shows that the monarch
shares with many other persons the
superstition about the number thir-
teen. The eight guns were Joined at
luncheon by five women OF the party
/ staying at Chiffon, and the king no
sttctng gthssNnlucly numbers would mot
sit down until Donald Harding. the
acting agent upon the estate, was
called In to make the number up to
fourteen:-NewEY York Herald. "
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11

no answer I, opened the door right
wide all OF sudden. Such shock
as it gave me !, never expect to have
again to my dying day. There was
the poor creature Arranging there. I
let yell out Of me that must have
walked the dead, and then ran and
called Mr.. Williams" !,2
Had you seen the deceased on the
day previous prs
Eyes. but she wasn't deceased when
saw her" ~
did. you have any conversation
with herr" "
mo more than to pass the time Of
day with her, you might say" : -,
EE(TO BE CONTINUEDJ .45.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
Old Landmark Gone.

The Blaine schoolhouse In Mars
Hill up on the hill. the one James G.
Blaine honored years ago by giving
bell, which still hangs in the heltry,
IL no more. It has been. converted
into storeroom and moved to an
other site. A good many bright boys
and girls, now old men and women.
graduated from this historical build
ing, and no doubt there is feeling
of sorrow as the old schoolhouse
leaves the foundation it.. was builded
upon years and years ago.-Kennebec
(Me.) Journal. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
peter poeubt,, RecIple Tor success.

Peter Doubts RecIpc Tor Success.
when !; am asked" = the Mime
apolis Messenger quotes Peter Doubt
as saying. /" the secret OF success, l."
r'Surely nobody ever came to you for
that" interrupted his wife. with just
q touch of sarcasm. Not up, to so
far admitted Mr.. Doubt, calmly.
But some day some one will. Bound
to. Everybody over fifty years OF age
is asked. sooner; or later, to say what
he thinks is the secret of success.
And SO when they ask me shall say.
Simply this: If you feel that you
must be born. try to be born lucky
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11

-' - - - - boxes OK Dodos
Kidney Pills the swelling disappear
ed and he felt himself again. He says
he has been benefited and blessed by
the dse of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sew
eral months later he wrote: have
not changed my faith In your remedy
since the above statement was author
lied. Correspond with Rev. E. Hes
lop about this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills. soc. per boz at
your dealer or Oodds Medicine Co..
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for, Household
Hints, also music OF National Anthem
English and German words) and re-
cipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv, III 90
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
CHAPTER VI.
The Third Suicide.


Something had happened.
awoke the next morning with a
start and sat up in bed listening to
the strange confusion in the hotel. In
stinctiyely recognized that the aensa-
ton Of the unusual that SO affected me
was something more than the feeling
every one experiences on suddenly
awaking for the first time in a strange
place.
sprang from. the bed and, opening
my door. looked out into, the hall. Il
could see nothing, forsa turn OF the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
Able Work,

Filkins-Thought you intended to
sell your suburban home?
Wilkins--I did, until read the allur.
ing story my advertising man wrote;
then l decided to keep it myself
Judge. a
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Dolly In Dismav.

Dorothy-Mother, when I, get mar
ried shall-1 have~a husband; like papa?
Enthusiastically, my dear.
Dorothy-And If 1 stay single shall
I:be an old maid, like Aunt Anna1
Mother-I think you will.
Dorothy with deep sigh)-Wel
axn in aSfx. = tisA 81
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
Explaining What snob Really Il.

B 1"UnCIe Roy, WHAT IS BuOU . EEI3.T
"A snob, Eddie. is person who In,
herits a great deal Of money. goes
abroad and buys himself a veneer Of
culture, returns home and poses as q
connoisseur OF something, and goes
around calling his poor relations par.
venues Why do you ask such .
question. Eddie?" ~ &. g.. &
Because heard Donald's big
brother talking about you this after
noon and he said you were snob.",
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
Retort pl.cou j, I,.,,

Stranger docking at the taximeter):
Nine dollars and: fifty cents! | told
you wanted to come In the most d.
rect way. and think you've been
driving me round about.
Cabby-Round about, eh? You ought
to have hired an aeroplane-Judge
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
sydney Smith on Music.

There Is a story. which we have not
been able to verify, of Sydney Smiths
once saying that he never had seen "a
more degrading spectacle than that of
500 people fiddling away about the chill
dren Of Israel" As against this unsub-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11

If you have Rheumatism, Piles
or Backache write to M. R. Zaegel
& Co., o13 Main ST., Sheboygan,
Wis, for free bottle EMO by
return mail. At drug stores, IS cts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11

do you think it is possible to make
an airship absolutely safe?" Sure"
replied the mechanician. "How?"s
Disable 1t before it gets chance b
leave the ground"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11

Ing. was ,dizzy
and exhausted at
the least exer-
ton. Hands and
feet were cold
and he had such
q dragging sensa.
ton across the
loins that 1t was
difficult to move,
After using {
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Contrary Justice.

There is one condition Of retribu.
ton which'go by contraries."
What Is that3' 49,.
THE one in which crooked men find
themselves in Strengthened, circum:
stances" - 800
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11
A cLERoYMAN's TESTIMONY.

The Rev. Edmund Heslop Of Wig.
ton, Pa, suffered from Dropsy for q
year. His limbs and feet were swol-
len and pulled. He had heart flutter-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11

Many man who would resitate to
make a wife Of his cook will make a
cook Of his wife, 6. .F
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11

you CAN CURB CArARRH
By using Coles Carbolisalve. It u . most
effective remedy. All druggists. Is and SOC. Adv.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11

7 Lots OF men tire themselves to
death looking for an easy place.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-11

E..s.-.. in popcorn crystals for hustlers. Finest
FORTUNES confectlon made. Send dino for sample
quick. Be nrst. Crystal Mfg. Co.. Harvey, Iowa
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stood Motlonle.. Minute Two Listening ntenty
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Romeo Hammletts-I see the wealth
or forecast says continued cold"
Komick Manne-Probably referring
70 your audience last night.
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W. N: u, CHICAGO, NO. 4s-1s12.-..