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New-York tribune., 1912-01-07


r, nn o,age used in quotation and the idea it carries
When Row Norton writes Of elemental in
rrneva surroundings poetry and strength IN MS Work '
has something spendo qualities that seem to be d"aTed by CIVIL
tin and ecav by women civilization Only the spaces
can his eve far and his imagination soar -.
tale Of two old men whose feeling each other has something
N Of that love which passes understanding 1t IS OF those stores
that make one feel finer noer and herein lies Its ess lhee
no escaping the grip it, the thankfunes OF It, .
If there was nothing ISSUE this story "od make ia
distinguished 1t the kind Of story our SUNDAY MAGAZINE
believes in because it has those qualities vvdy expressed which
all right thinking folk believe.
,r VOICE IS also prize entry author
Lynch 1t has to with the musical temperament and usually
that more tragic when it is complicated with love aa as
usually is real hero unusual IN hcon ana IN real
life This tale really charming exqte the characters drawn
so sweet and the sentiment 1t seems sort OF ay story
and like real fairy stories rings That the best test for any tale
,HE QUAKER NATE by Frank also prize apant and
love story background, OF course ou kno"
that for many specialized tales OF old whaling
ships deep maybe the description OF the
Brothey Love and the subsequent adventures Will appeal
to you the other hand the love may mean more to you
the 1t is hne story from eler Ve"
and it admirably written
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extraordinary the ddest haired most inter
estng shown remarkable degree You may
remember Maroe heavyweight romantic daughter OF the head
the Corrugated Trust? Marjorie finally decides married
really married. quiet home way supposedly But ism quiet at all
something riot had not been tor Torehys
rcsourcefulnc in Outwting some college boys
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New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
A REALLY BIG STORY

Knute and me thinks its here. some-
where" Joshua answered; but maybe the
Lord don't want US TO have il. Tain [ His
fault. You see. He has 70 be mighty careful
who He gives things to. what with so many
1eople in the world begin for this and that
evervtime things goes against EN-. why l
reckon if | was the Lord I'd go clean nutty
about prayer time, tryin TO listen 70 all the
moor cusses asked Of me! I've got heap OF
sympathy for the Lord, have. and if tie
sometimes has 20 overlook a little fellow like
me, | CANT blame Him at all, cain Il!
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

THIS extract is from prize competitor By
Roy Norton, which bears the rather com
noonD1ace title of THE GARRULOUS AND THE
MITE. But the story isn't commonplace There
IS lust the same distinction between the Ian
guage used in the quotation and the ideait carries
When Roy Norton writes Of elemental men in
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-08-01
Skagff C0mmty==PF0sp@r04A and Progressive
Its Oats Hay and Dairyf4g

Great is the Skagit Valley and great
are the people who are developing it.
Western Washington has hundreds
of fertile valleys teeming with riches
and settled with a class of people who
are making this the greatest state of
the Union. OF all these valleys none
are more favored than the Skagit
Valley in Skagit county Here the
lion years been preparing one of the
garden spots of the nation, and when
the mighty hand of Nature threw
mountains in Juo air whose snow
capped peaks glitter eternally III the
sunlight it left Mount Baker one of
the mightiest of them all. This
mighty mountain stands as sentinel
from which the summer sun and
winter snow create. a mighty stream
known in Indian legends as the
Skagit. This mighty river, rushing
down in great channels and draining
an empire, has been at work prepar-
ing the land for man's habitation
from the days when time was young.
Millions of cubic yard Of fertile soil
washed from hills to be deposited in
a broad estuary where the mighty
Skagit met and was swallowed up in
the beautiful Puget Sound.
AS time went on acre after acre and
mile after mile was spread out into
one of the most fertile regions of the
earth. The famous deltas of the Nile.
which have been known since the first
historian undertook to write the
history of nature. is perhaps no older
than the famous Eats CT the Skagit.
Centuries have elapsed since man
cultivated the soil of the Nile, but
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only decades have elapsed since the
first white man penetrated the wilder
ness of the Skagit flats. Less than a
half century, in fact, has elapsed
since the first effort was made to
subdue this vast tract of fertile soil
and make it produce wealth for the
benefit OF mankind.
Miles and miles Of great dykes were
thrown up so that the water could no
longer overflow this country of tangl-
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-08-01

ed grasses. Where few years ago we
found magnificent forests on highlands
and a thousand creeping streams and
pestilential swamps on the low ground,
we now find this converted into waving
fields of grain and grasses.
Before we cross the county line
from Snohomish into Skagit we come
to the beautiful little city of Stan
wood, and see how man has conquered
nature. From here practically all tt g
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way until Mount Vernon is reached
we find nothing but waving fields OF
grain where the forest has been cut
away. Mount Vernon, the county
seat Of Skagit county, is in the midst
of magnificent farming section. To
the north is the famous Olympic
Marsh, which but few years ago was
an immense fiat filled with bogs,
mOrasses and covered with swamp
grasses, cat tails and similar water
vegetation, but the dreamer was there
who could see in this morass untold
fertility, lacking nothing but the hand
of man to pour its water into the
Sound. Following this came the in
dominable spirit of the American
pioneer and water forthwith was
emptied as we empty a vessel. At
once the soil was turned upwards to
the sun and what was formerly blot
on the face of the earth became the
smiling home of happy hundreds.
Across the Skagit river are the
famous La Conner Flats, known the
world over as the greatest oat fields
on the face of the earth. A ride over
this wonderful county sees magnificent
country homes, hundreds of dairy
cattle and hundreds of acres of way
ing grain. One OF the beauty spots is
the home of old Captain Conner,
first settler of the country and from
whom the little city of La Conner
received its name.
But agriculture alone is not all of
that part of Skagit county. On an
island jetting out into the mainland.
like ldger pointing to the Orient.
Continued on page u
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Continued on page II J
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-22
THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH

In observing the physical character
istics Of her children, the careful moth
or soon learns that health is depend
ent on the regularity Of the bowels.
When the bowels become clogged with
the stomach's refuse. loss Of appetite,
restlessness. irritability, and similar
evidences of disorder are soon appar-
ent. Keep the bowels regular and
healthy, happy child is assured.
At the first sign Of constipation tho
mother should administer mild laxa-
tive to carry of the congested waste
from the stomach that is fermenttno
and forcing poisonous gases into the
system. A simple compound of laxa-
tive herbs with pepsin is highly recon-
mended as being very mild, yet posi-
tive, in its action, a teaspoonful at
bedtime usually serving to bring an
easy, thorough. natural movement
next morning. This compound Is
known as DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin
and is sold by druggists everywhere
for SOC bottle. A larger bottle, put
up especially for the family medicine
chest, costs one dollar.
The use of salts and violent purga-
tives and cathartics should be avoid
ed. They are too harsh and drastic.
tending to upset the entire system
Write to DR.. w. B. Caldwell, 203 West
St., Monticello, ILL.,, for trial bottle
of his Syrup Pepsin, If you have never
used it. He will be glad to send it
without any expense to YOU. Adv.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-22

He gained swiftly everything to be had
over footlight. Within five years
he was richer than any other marquis
born in the villa at Sorrento.
More northern and colder blood
would doubtless, after these years,
have given up the Virgin of the
Mountain, and gone about enjoyment
Of its much goods. like that certain
rich man. But not so this blood,
brewed in its sun-vat by the Mediter-
ranean.
All this was related in minutest de-
tail by the servant Pietro to Ran
dolph Mason. The occasion for It was
the finding of the Virgin of the Noun
tain. Not by the Marquis Mazaccra
nor the host Of Italian servants in
New York, all commissioned by the
authority on the East side to search,
but by accident. An Italian paper
hanger, sent to help with the interior
decoration of house on East Forty
eighth street, had discovered the
painting rolled up il a closet of a
room on the second floor whose door
he had opened to find a place for his
paste pots. The house belonged to
To1man Perkins, retired iron manu-
facturer. This man, like all those
who, having got fortune by middle
life and having come to New York
to enjoy it, had found inactivity un-
bearable, and had gone wandering
over the earth. He was about to re-
turn from three years sauntering
through the Japanese east, and the
caretakers were getting the house in
order for him.
The fame Of Randolph Mason had
been carried by Pietro into the king
dom of New Italy. The authority
there wished to know how the pic
ture might be recovered and adequate
vengeance visited on Tolman Perkins.
Pietro laid the matter before Ran
dolph Mason one night after dinner
Randolph Mason babe Pietro sit
down in chair before him, and he
explained with great patience the
avenues Of redress. A suit could be
Instituted in the circuit court of the
United States by this Mazaccra, a
subject of King Victor Emanuel the
Third Of Italy, against Tolman Per-
kins, to secure the painting and ade-
quate damages. The picture could be
taken, meanwhile into the custody of
the court by proper writ. This was
the direct legal plan available in such
a case, and to be advised. II this
authority on the East side preferred
not to go with such a matter into the
courts, then he would give it a plan
by which the matter could be adjust
ed without the running OF any risk.
But first, Pietro should go back to
New Italy, state exactly what Ran
dolph Mason had said, and learn
which Of the two plans the authority
there preferred to follow.
But, in the meantime, the Marquis
Mazaccra had elected to follow his
own plan. Taking the place of the
Italian paper hanger who had found
the picture of the Virgin of the
Mountain, and disguised as that
workman, he went on the day follow
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I kins, the district attorney did act. He
| caused the valet to be arrested.
When told Randolph Mason of this
his eyes narrowed and his under jaw
moved resolutely forward.
PARKS" he said, II am coming to
have an interest in this district attor-
ney. Let US visit him."
Then he summoned the marquis
from the Dresden, and three of us went
in carriage to the Criminal Court
building. We we're brought almost i'm
mediately into the presence Of the
district attorney.
"Sir," said Randolph Mason, per
NIT me to present to you the Marquis
Mazaccra."
For a moment there was an express
sion of the keenest inquiry in the
steady eyes Of the lawyer, then he
arose and bowed courteously.
May I inquire" he said, why l
am thus strikingly honored?"
saw instantly that no fears cud-
geled this unusual man.
you have caused an innocent man
to be arrested for the killing Of Toll
man Perkins," said Mason; I'VE came
to say that"
How do you know that he is limo.
cent?" said the lawyer.
Il know it," replied Mason, I'm pre-.
| cisely the same manner that you,
yourself, know 1t, and with the same
conviction"
4 would prefer" said the district
attorney, Ito hear the Marquis Mazac.
era upon that point"
with pleasure" replied the italian
"The valet did not kill Tolman Per.
| kins."
who did kill him." said the law.
yer instantly
Pardon me-" replied the marquis:
lis not that query trifie beside the
point?" y s''%
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-22

ing the discovery to the house on
Forty-eighth street and brought the
painting away with him inclosed in
a roll of burlap.
Pietro reported to Randolph Mason
that the stolen picture had been thus
recovered and that the authority Of
New Italy now considered the matter
ended.
The Marquis Mazaccra, however,
did not consider it thus ended. The
score with Tolman Perkins remained
yet to be settled. The Latin mind
was not accustomed to the idea Of
punitive damages at law for an in
jury.
On a certain Sunday morning, a
few days after the recovery of the
picture OF the Virgin of the Noun
tain, New York was astonished by a
homicide belonging, in it's deliberate,
cruel and theatric details, to some
inquisitorial era. Mr.. Tolman Per-
kins, a bachelor, was found by his
valet at seven o'clock on this Sunday
morning, in the library Of his house
on Forty-eighth street In a dying
condition.
Mr.. Perkins, insensible from loss
of blood, was taken Immediately to
hospital and a saline solution in
jected into his veins. He revived a
little and attempted to talk, but was
unable to do so. A pencil was put
into his fingers and he was asked 70
write the name of the person who had
attacked him. Finally, after repeated
efforts, he wrote the following words:
1T was that Italian, the Marquis
Mazaccra, who did 1t. When l get
we'll will kill him."
He died at three O'Clock: But the
curtain was not yet rung down on the
tragedy.
happened to be with Randolph Ma
son at about five o'clock when,
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Inexperienced.

In boarding house for bachelors,
Amanda, typical Nanny" looked az
ter the guests comfort in true south
ern style SO we'll that one of the men
thought he would take her away with
him in the summer in the capacity of
housekeeper. Toward spring he way
laid her in the hall one day and said:
Mandy, do you like the country"
Mandy reckoned she did.
Would you like to go away with
me this summer and keep house for
me?"
Mandy was sure she would.
Suppose get just bungalow. Do
gou think you could take care of it
nicely by yourself?"
Mandy gasped and rolled her eyes.
"'Deed, no, massa! Reckon you all
better get somebody else; don't
know nothin' about taking care of any
animals!"-Harper's Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-22

through the window, l noticed Pietro
enter the back gate Of the house with
an Italian fruit, vender.
"Oh, Mr.. Mason" he said, "a ter:
rible thing has happened! The Mar.
quis Mazaccra is lost!" "
Then, hurriedly, gesticulating with
his hands and shoulders, he poured
forth the whole story: How a wax
impression of the lock on the Forty.
eighth street house had been taken
for the Marquis Mazaccra after the
picture of the Virgin had been
brought away. and key made; how
with this key the marquis had admit
ted himself to the presence Of Toll
man Perkins in his library. seized him
from behind as he sat reading by his
table, and visited upon him this ghast'
ly ordeal Of retributive justice; how
Tolman Perkins, contrary to every hui
man possibility, by reason of blood
clot forming in the wound, had lived
long enough to tell who had killed
him. The Italian janitor at the hos
pital had made a copy of his dying
statement; the Marquis Mazaccra was
instantly notified, and by the direction
OF that authority on the East side, OF
whom I have spoken, had come in
stantly, disguised thus, to Randolph
Mason. He was there by the door.
LET me see this statement" said
Mason.
Pietro handed him a piece of wrap
ping paper containing these lines in
pencil:
1T was that Italian, the Marquis
Mazaccra, who did it. When l get
we'll will kill him"
"You will at once" said Mason tc
the marquis, abandon this absurd dis
guise, and Immediately return to your
usual life at the Dresden. conducting
yourself there as though nothing I'M
usual had happened Refuse to be in
terviewed. If you are fortunate
enough to be arrested, decline tc
make any statement whatever and
send Immediately for me-"
Sir" he said, II never in my life
nave OOCA oCCuSLOluOO W tdAO I'LL e.
tons from any man; but since I have
come to you for directions. shall i'm
plicitly obey them"
Then he picked up his basket from
the floor and went out of the room,
followed by Pietro.
From the great newspapers of
America nothing can be hidden; nei.
Their flight on the wings of the morn
ing nor a dwelling in the uttermost
parts Of the sea provides adequate
cover. On Monday morning the whole
story of Tolman Perkins killing was
laid in detail before the world under
headlines inquiring who the Marquis
Mazaccra was.
Friday, Saturday, week passed,
and the Marquis Mazaccra was not
yet taken into custody.
The people, waxing vitriolic, began
now to speculate; conjecture to wag
its double-pointed tongue.
In the mean time the district attor-
ney remained as silent as the unmo-
Tested, singing marquis. However, ten
days after the death Of TOlman Per-
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Kidney Pills the swelling disappear
ed and he felt himself again. He says
he has been benefited and blessed by
the use of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sew
eral months later he wrote: I 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 box at
your dealer or Dodds 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.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-22

Ing. was dizzy
and exhausted at
the least exer-
ton. Hands and
feet were cold
and he had such
a dragging sensa-
ton across the
lOins that it was
difficult to move.
After using 5
20 @I1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-22
A cLERGYMAN-s TESTIMONY.

The Rev. Edmund Heslop Of Wig.
ton, Pa, suffered from Dropsy for q
year. His limbs and feet were swol-
len and puffed. He had heart futter-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-22
Woman Police Officer.

Woman Police Officer.
Miss Mary Steele Harvey is the first
woman to be appointed a police officer
Baltimore. The last legislature Gre
tied five police matrons with full DO
ice powers. Miss Harvey is the first
" the five to be appointed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-22
New China Currency

New China Currency.
The new Chinese dollars of the
Chinese republic are objects Of much
curiosity among the natives They
carry English en- the diverse side and
Chinese on the reverse, with the pic
ure of Dr. Sun Vat Sen, founder of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-22

YOU CAN CURB CATARRH
By using Coles Carboisalve. It II q nnoue
effective remedy. All druggists. Is and SOC. Adv.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-22

For the legal principle In
VOWED In this story see Green
leaf, or any textbook on evil
.dence.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-22

One proof that a woman is Jealous
| Is to hear her say she isn't.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-22

The identity of this prisoner with the
Marquis Mazaccra having been now
admitted, l take it that the people
have made their case"
Then, posing on one foot, and rails
ing his voice until it carried to the
bailiffs at the door, he read the origi-
nal statement of Tolman Perkins:
"1t was that Italian, the Marquis
Mazaccra, who did it. When l get
well, I will kill him."
If any one had been at that moment
observing closely the face Of the pre-
siding Judge, he would have noticed a
curious transition there, as Of lights
swiftly changed behind the immobile
features. The Judge was an able and
conservative trier Of causes, and made
it a point never to read any notices
Of a crime, nor to be advised in any
manner Of public opinion, nor of any
comment antedating the trial Of the
prisoner. He thus got his knowledge
Of the case solely from the evidence
produced before him on the trial.
MAY I inquire, Mr.. Fagan," he said,
If you have any evidence further
than this declaration to offer for the
people?"
mo, your honor" replied the law
yer. "This seems quite enough to es-
tablish the guilt Of the prisoner. The
people rest with 1t"
The Judge looked down at Randolph
Has counsel for the prisoner any
thing to say on the admissibility Of
this evidence?"
NO" replied Mason, rising; II oh.
1ect merely to Its Introduction, and
The day book., 1912-01-03
on streets of N. Y. in 1911, 121 by
automobiles alone. ..
Torpedo boat destroyer May


rant met liner Mauretania at sea,
and circled about her twice at full
speed and within close range, to
show she could sink her.
Fred Eek, N. Y, has Is cents
left to his name: Turned on gas
to die. Supply of gas ran out be-
cause of quarter-in-the-slot meter
and Eek couldn't raise another
quarter.
Ultra fashionable Country
Club, Lakewood, N. J., busted all
to pieces because Mrs. Jasper
Lynch, who.lost jewelled bag, had
some members searched. Bag
wasn't found either.
Mrs. Grace Foster, Milwaukee,
daughter of Col. A. J. Watrous,
put burglar to flight by throwing
hot water bag at him. Bag burst,
and thief was scalded with boil
ing water.
President Taft has taken cog
nizance of protests to appoint
ment of Vim. Gather Hook to the
Supreme Bench, and is now con-
sidering new candidate-Iustice
Francis J. Swayze, New Jersey
Supreme Court.
After failing in her home and
spraining her ankle, Mrs. Johan-
ma Bufmire, Denver, fell into
deep sleep. Has now been sleep
ing 65 hours.
DR.. w. P. Whiting, Is, son of
Judge w, P. Whiting, Peoria, ILL.,,
killed near Louisville, COL, when
interurban car crashed into his
automobile.
Iosenh Abraham. car inSnector
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mashed between couplers Of two
cars.
Lima Cavalier, noted opera
singer and beauty, was granted
divorce from Sheriff Bob" Chan
Ter at Paris today.
Florence Boyden, IL years old,
died at Red Deer, Alta, heroine
today. Boyden home caught fire.
Florence escaped. Then rushed
back to rescue 2 year old baby
brother. Before she could stag
ger out of house with baby in her
arms, roof fell in, and both were
killed
Chief of Police Griffin, Kansas
City, Mo-, says 180 girls and wo-
men disappeared from that city
in 1911, and have never been
found. Four ffths were between
IA and 19 years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tilburg,
oldest inhabitants of Rochester,
N. Y, died within hour of each
other from natural causes last
night. Both near 90.
Mrs. Roselyn Monzee, Nowata,
Okla, was granted divorce from
M. R. Monzee on ground he is an
infdel.
Vim. H. White, Brockton,
Mass, has discovered that curl
Gus substance he picked up on
Nantasket Beach Christmas Day,
is ambergris, and worth $4,000.
Emma Benson, 2 years old, is
dying at Bellevue hospital, N. Y,