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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-07
O BIS ERV ATOMS

DOCTORS that bana good and hard
fully ripe
what doubles
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PAYS TO BE UP-TO-DATE

"a has to be uptodate to do anything nowadays"
Yes" replied Mr. Dustin when / talk
eating committee find desirable dwell needlessly the
pas."-Washngton
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A WISE WOMAN


Now for So announced the stargaze II will furnish yo
with phier which will make husband the
clusop of all others"
81 don't think I'll
But a philter him hon
his days. allow you percentage
realized"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-07

10 prisons in the country Investigator
still think
possibly the convicts be good after they get out
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-07

Here's picture of promising presidential candidate
the left lines fill them
ever with pencil Start at the ~ dot drawing straight line to
the 2 dot then another straight the 49,
consecutive numbers till touched all the Remember
straight lines dot dot regardless other lines
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-07

DIR. HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, author of The Science
thinks the habitual of wine has been
in stunning the Latin races
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-07

When a man compliments you
you never imagine for a moment
that he Is given to exaggeration
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-07

Half the people in the world
sweep the sidewalk off before 1t
Is done showing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-07

.CASIMIRPEPIER seesb Angeles harbor!'
L. distinguished French
future that
harbor A. D. 1899, and then
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-02
What She Wantn.

Il want you to build me fashionable
home"
Have you any special ideas as to the
style of house you wantT' asked tho
architect.
Not exactly. want one of those
modern places. You know the kind
mearl--one with living room too small
tn cook in-"-Detroit Free Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-02
A1.D Zz1SS
ZAN0NW 70 aNE egZ0E

Copyright, 1912, by Frank G. Carpenter)
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-02
Muslin Bed Room
Curtains

A Big Line Of Swiss and Muslin Cur
tains Bought to retail at $3.50 to
$3.50 pair; Q5O IN e1 IN
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-02

ZEBRA, Canal Zone. Panama.
I want to tell you something
about the dry glaciers Of the
Culbera cut, the mighty
masses of earth and rock
which are sliding down into
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-02

Slides of strata such a. have de-
described are common, but the engineers
know how to control them. They have
occurred so often that they are now
taken as a matter Of course. The hump
I saw today will be all out Of The way
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12

=
letter and his flight from the town
g5hind tie fastest horse o5tainable.
While I was only an amateur in
criminal investigation, prided myself
that I had followed everything as far
as Davis himself could have done. I
doubted if even he, with all his
shrewdness, could learn the identity
Of the dead woman or could explain
what the postmaster was doing with
such an unusually large sum. left Sc
ca-elessly hid in the cash-drawer. Ny
private opinion was that the money
was probably counterfeit and that
when We had solved the mystery We
would find that Hugh Crandau was at
the head Of a band of skilful rogues
who were defrauding the government.
More than likely they had headquar-
tiers somewhere in the vicinity. Prob
ably with the connivance of the post
master they conducted some sort of
green-goods or other swindling game
through Lock Box II. It seemed to
me more than possible that CrandaIl,
taking advantage Of Katharine Far
rish's love for him, had shared her
father into some nefari0Us scheme.
Such theory would explain her sud
den break with him and might even
account for her fathers terror at the
sight Of the yellow letter that had re-
vealed to her his error. The knOwl-
edge Of her fathers plight, too, might
have driven her to try suicide Old
Elser possibly was one of the gangs
duDes or agents who saw exposure
coming, through Katharine's activity,
and feared to face it. The one flaw in
my theory, it seemed to me, was that
it in no way accounted for the second
wOman's suicide, and in spite of Da-
Wis prophecy that there would be
more suicides, was inclined to be
Heye that perhaps, after all it was
only coincidence. Learning her
identity, I did not regard as half so
important as to locate Crandall. I al
most wished that had gone in pur-
suit of him alone. I would have felt
an unhOly JOY in rounding him up sin
gle-handed, while Davis followed 9th
CT LIiuOI cues. l6lL considerably
annoyed that Davis apparently was
more interested in learning who the
dead woman was than in discovering
CrandalIs whereabouts.
I have no idea what they have done
with the clothes, I said almost cross
ly. 81 suppose they are still in the
room. The inquest was adjourned IN
til tomorrow morning. Maybe they
have been taken to the undertaker's.
He came this afternoon and took the
body away I forgot to tell you that
CrandalI called up the Parrish house
this morning and asked for Katharine
right from this very hotel"
What did he say?" he asked apa-
thetically.
repeated the conversation with
Louise word for word as she had
told it to me.
THAT" said I, is definite evidence
that CrandaIl, the man whom we sus-
pect, was here in the place where you
sent me-here under an assumed
name. What greater proof of guilt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12
Rash ON FACE FOR 2 YEARS

Sioux Falls, S. D.-'My trouble OF
skin disease started merely as a rash
on my face and neck, but it grew and
kept getting worse until large scabs
would form, tester and break. This
was just on the one side of my face,
but it soon scattered to the other
side. suffered a great deal, especial
ly 1T night, on account of its itching
and burning. I would scratch it and
of course that irritated it very much.
This rash was on my face for about
two years, sometimes breaking out
lots worse and forming larger sores.
It kept me from sleeping day or night
for a couple of months. My face look
ed disgraceful sE3 was almost
ashamed to be seen by my friends.
"a friend asked me to try Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment. I would
battle my face with hot water and
lot of Cuticura Soap, then I would put
on the Cuticura Ointment. In. less
than two days time, the soreness and
Inflammation had almost entirely dis
appeared, and in four weeks time you
could not see any Of the rash. Now
my face is without spot Of any kind.
I also use them for my scalp and hair
They cured me completely" (Signed)
Miss Pansy Hutchins, Feb. S, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12
TROUBLE in OIE!NG ROOM
Little Mixup Between Ladies Accepted
sophieaIIy by the TorpidvilIe
Landlord.

AT one time yesterday it looked
like We was going to have a little
trouble here in the dining room, but it
didn't come to nothin' much" related
the landlord Of the ToTpidville tavern.
Maxine and Sylphie. the young lad
les that are waitin' table, got to SQUAD
bin about pint of etiquette, or the
merits Of their respective feIleTs. or
something hathaway, as ladies is
everlastin'Iy dOin', and Sylphie. Teck-
on it was, told Maxine, or mebby Max
inc told Sylphie-anyhow, one told the
other that she wasn't no better than
she ort to be. And Maxine, or
Sylphie, whichever it was, got sorter
fussy about it and answered that she
was too. and she didn't care who knew
it! And then they kind O. tied in on
each other and went round and round
as it were, and it took EN- quite a
while after it was over to wash the
ketchup and broken glass out of their
Golfers. as they call their hair. But
that's al it amounted to. and there's
no use in fTin' en-, for ladies will be
ladies and there amt no help for it"
Kansas City Sur
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12

zee woman had worn Perhapa
it was something in Davis authorita-
tive manner.
There's no use in yoaT looking
these over, said They We're care
fully examined today, and there is not
a mark on them. The only clue is the
letter s on two black-bordered hand
kerchiefs and return ticket tc
Bridgeport. She signed her name as
Mary Jane Teller, but there is none
Of the Bridgeport TeiIers who an,
swers her description. nor are any Of
them missing. I found out all that
long ago"
Davis was paying little attention &c
my conversation. I doubted if he
was even aware that I had spoken.
With small pocket tape measure he
was taking the various dimensions of
the coat and skirt. He turned up the
hem Of the latter and inspected it as
/ carefully as if he expected to find a
name written there. He did the same
! thing first with one sleeve and then
with the other.
You say that she registered as
I Teller and that her handkerchiefs
were marked with an so" he sudden
~ asked me, showing that he had
heard all I said.
Both the landlord and I answered
him afirmatively.
Where is the teIephone?" he asked,
q want to call long distance"
Tho, %
in his voice that indicated to me that
he believed himself on the verge Of
some discovery, though what it was
| could not imagine.
He dashed away to the telephone,
the landlord following. I ate my sup
per alone and waited. Just as I was
finishing he came back into the
room, and, seating himself, began to
eat, apparently Indifferent to the fact
that everything had grown cold in
the haIf-hOur he was absent.
We'll" I said inquiringly, "did you
! learn anything?"
He nodded and calmly finished
drinking his cold coffee,
Expectantly I sat there, waiting for
him to go on. He seemed not to no
tice my Impotence, though it must
have been apparent, and waited until
he had pushed back his chair and
lighted a cigarette. He always rolled
his own, and never before had I real
lied what an irritating operation roll
ing a cigarette can be made. 1t
seemed to me that he was taking en-
| tireIy unnecessary pains to have the
ends twisted just so. Finally I could
brook no further delay, and burst out
with: We'll, what have you discov-
cred, Mr.. Inspector?"
supposed that he might have OBJ
tanned a clue to where the woman's
| garments had been manufactured,
some tiny thread by which he hoped
to run her identity to earth. Little
was I prepared for the startling dis
coveries he volleyed at Lac, so tersely,
so concreteIy put that could not
doubt the accuracy of his information
The woman was Sarah Sackett,
spinster. She lived on 3 little farm
just outside Bridgeport with her broth
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12
RESOURSEFuL.

In the club they were comparing the
resouTcefulness Of their wives in diff
cult social situations The man who
lives in a Harlem fat had been a good
listener, but he finally found an open
ing.
Yes said he, my wife isn't bad at
that sort of thing. We were having
some people to luncheon on Sunday
last spring, and just at an hour when
all the delicatessens were closed she
discovered that she needed some mus
tard and didn't have a grain OF it in
the kitchen. And she isn't the sort
that will borrow from people next
3oOr that she doesn't know. 1t was
bad fix, all right. But she got mus
ard enough"
Went to the deIicatessen mans
house and routed him out, 1 suppose? ?"
suggested a member from the Bronx.
Not much. Just went to the medi-
cine closet, got down a box Of ready
made mustard plasters. put EN- to
soak, and squeezed enough of the hot
stuff off
Good night, said the man from the
Bronx.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12
CHAPTER WIZ.


a New Cue.
SO, Davis" I concluded. You see
that every new clue points to Hugh
Crandau."
The post Office inspector shifted.
What have they done with the
dead woman's clothes?" he asked Il
want to see them at once"
I had been anxiOusly awaiting Davis
arrival, not without some little feeling
of triumph, to tell to him the startling
developments in the mystery since I
had left him hardly more than twenty
four hours before at the ferry. was
at the station awaiting him, and led
him at once to the little hotel The
noise of his coming had been bruited
about by the village gossips. and as
his fame had penetrated even 70 the
obscure Jersey village, there was a
curious crowd gathered at the station.
Some of them even followed us as
far as the hotel lobby. pressing so
close that private conversation was
impossible To avoid interruption, I
took him at once to my room and or
dered our supper served there.
While We waited for it I summarized
as briefly as I could the new features
of the case, beginning with my finding
the post office deserted, the name
missing from Lock Box It. the suicide
of the woman, the calling up OF the
Bridgeport police, the testimony of
the maid that the woman had been
crying over a yellow letter, the dis
covery of the five thousand dollars in
new hundred-dollar bills IN the cash
drawer the coincidence in the initials
Of Cock and Crandall that had first
attracted my attention 10 the missing
guest in the hotel, his peculiar con
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12

The only time I ever believed in
the transmigration of souls was one
frosty November afternoon on my
Indiana farm"
The speaker was George AIDE, the
humOrist. He continued:
1T was a cay or two before Thanks
giving, The trees were bare. The
f1el-s we're a russell brown color. To
ward me over those russell fields
st-Utted a very plump, very large
very young turkey.
Then it was that an ardent belief
in the doctrine of metempsychosis
seized me-
You said to the superb bird,
you are now turkey. And you will
die tomorrow. But, cheer up. Your
next TRANSPORTATION will be into the
body of a humorist not unknown to
fame"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12
New Wav to Get Money.

There are many ways to get money
from people, and in these days when
it is often necessary to raise various
sums for missionary and other church
work the ministers of the gospel
make all sorts of moving appeals.
But the preacher who takes the prize
in this line of endeavor so far is an
old colored man Down south.
I'VE has a collection to take up dis
mawnin, he said: "a collection for
a mos important cause, an we needs
as much money as we kin git. But,
fob de sake Of your regulations,
whichever of you stole Mr.. Jones'
turkeys don't put nothin' in de plate
That was how he got money out
Of every member of his congregation
Popular Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12
7a'7 Mn5zzaG0wNX RarnGS

.HEf B0BR5zMERRZL COhR4EY
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12
Lost Trousers Playing Poker.

William Verne appeared in a Detroit
police court attired in a dress coat
and some underwear-he had bet the
trousers in a poker game the evening
before and lost. His cash, his watch
and his diamonds preceded the trou-
sers into the bank" The trousers
were of good quality, so William bet
several blue chips on them. But his
luck didn't turn and when he was
cleaned out again he broke up the
game by quitting. He begged the lean
of the trousers to go home in, but
the bank took no risks and declined.
So William started in dress coat and
underwear and was arrested.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12

"At 4 a m. sharp" said the man
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12
Shaneyynen Of East Canada

the ccnteurs de conte, the impression
is gained that those OF the early lum-
bering days were Of the toughest and
most formidable chacacter-physical
giants, with whom TIE shantymen Of
the present day would be but miser-
ably contrasted From truer. though
less romantic, sources. II is found,
however, that those old bushwhackers
could not chop more logs in a given
time than the present day Iumbernen.
In fact. the whole system Of log max.
ing in eastern Canada is. with few ex,
ceptiOns, the same today as It was
some 50 years ago.-British Columbia
Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12
Push Sale of Red Cross Seals

The American Red Cross has AZ
ready printed over S5,O0000O Red
Cross Christmas seals and probably
the edition will number 10O.00O,0O0
before the end of the campaign. If
the anticipations Of the anti-tubercu-
lOsis workers are realized. no less
than 100000 viii be obtained from
the sale of Red Cross seals. Practic-
ally all Of the money remains in the
state or city where the seals are sold,
only a very small percentage Of it is
going to pay for the cost of the print
ing and distributing the seals and fer
the expense of running the campaign.
In case any persons cannot obtain
seals in the community where they
i've, they can secure them by writing
to Red Cross Seal Headquarters, us
Union Trust Building, Washington, D.
c. Red Cross seals cost one cent
each and every seal sold is a bullet in
the fight against tuberculosis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12

books is all straight, is more than I
can imagine"
What's he been spending It for?"
Well, I noticed him the other day
wearing big diamond in his neckte
and he bought himself a gold repeater
watch and he's always hiring horses
at the livery stable and going off for
drives in the evening. One night I
seen him buy a round of drinks that
cost dollar and ten cents. That's
what I call spending"
Maybe he met with an accident on
his drive
Maybe he did, but I don't believe it
likely. a fellow that can get along
/ with women can get along with horses,
and while Charlie wasn't athletic or
anything like that, never seen the
horses yet ne couldn't drive
BY this time Miss Cox had her mail
I aorted and turned to Us with: IF you
/ two gentlemen want to see what's in
the safe, now is your chance. I'm 60
| ing to open it."
Everything inside the safe was in
/ the neatest order. She removed the
Iedgers and put them on the desk. in
/ spected the cash-drawer of the safe
and made a tab Of the amount. She
/ also carefully counted the reserve sup
ply Of stamps, possaIcards and
stamped envelopes, and added them to
her tally.
Now for the daily cash-drawer, -
suggested the constable. Lets see if
he's taken any of the cash"
That's just like a man" snapped
Miss Cox. How are you going to tell
! till I go over these books and see how
much there ought to be? Well open
the cash-drawer after I'm through
/ looking"
There was nothing to do but wait,
and it was perhaps half an hour be-
fore she completed her calculations.
being often interrupted by callers for
mail.
IF the cash-drawer hasn't been
robbed" she said, wen find exactly
sixteen dollars and forty-eight cents
in it."
In the presence of both Of US she
opened the drawer and carefully count
ed out its contents. One fve-dollar
bill, two two's, four ones and three
dollars and forty-eight cents in silver
and pennies were in the drawer.
/ Right to t." she exclaimed tri-
umphantIy. 4 believe you two are
disappointed at not finding a shortage.
Charlie ROuser may have his faults,
but he's honest"
What's that there at the back of
! the drawer?" asked the constable,
paying no attention to her remark.
The drawer, one of those heavy
wooden affairs with a circular pocket
for silver, had been pulled out almost
| to its utmost length. Where the
money compartments fitted into the
| back Of the drawer a little space was
/ left, barely visible under the overhang
! of the desk. It was at this particular
space that the constable was pointing.
| Following the line Of his finger,
| caught q CLINT of yellow, Just as the en-
| eTgetic Miss Cox gave the drawer a
hard Jerk that brought it out to its
/ full length. She reached into the slit
! and brought out a neat package of
One-hundred-dollar biIIs-ffty of them.
The three of us gazed at each other
in blank amazement.
| What was a poor country postmas-
ter on six hundred dollars a year do
| ing with five thousand dollars care
/ IessIy concealed thus?
/ Where did he get it?
| Where was he?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12
When the sIeerer Woke.

: There is a prominent lawyer in New
York who finds an afteT-dinner nap
an absolute necessity. He cannot keep
awake and the habit of drifting of for
q few moments. no matter where nor
how. brings him frequent embarTass-
ments. Recently his wife saw him
doze while talking to a distinguished
Judge who was their dinner guest. but
she was clever and quick enough to
divert the visitors attention to her
self, so that the lapse passed unno-
ticed at the time. Unfortunately, just
as the host regained 4 stupid half
consciousness the guest rose to de
part. The lawyer stepped forward
with his most courteous greeting.
How do you do. Judge?" he in
Quired, smothering a yawn. why, ]
never saw you looking better. I hope
you're going to stay to dinner with
us?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12
SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and finds the house IN
grgat "vctsement over the attempted sui
eide OF her sister Katharine. Kent starts
an investigation and finds that Hugh
GraGdaII, sutton for Katharine, who had
been forbidden the house by General Far
risl had talked with Katharine over the
telephone just before she shot herself.
a torn piece Of yellow paper is found.
as sight Of which General Parrish is
srrieE1n with paralysis Kent discovers
HAT Grandall has left town hurTedly.
-+HIreW Eiscr, an aged banker. commits
sIicide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life. A yellow envelope is
found in Elsers room. Post Office IN
sRao tor Davis, Kent's friend takes up
the case Kent is convinced that Gran
Eal Is at the bottom Of the mystery
I<ataarine's strange oUtcry puzzles the
detectives. Kent and Davis search Gran
daIrs room and find an address. Lock
BOX f. ArdWay. n J. Kent goes to Ard
@ay q Investigate and becomes suspi-
rs7us 0f a Henry Cook" woman
commits suicide at the ArdwaE Hotel. A
yellow letter also figures in this case
Kent calls Louise on the long distance
telephone and finds that she had Just been
called by Crandau from the same booth.
Cook" disappears. The Ardway post
master is missing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-12
Strenuous, Genial and Virile Typs
That Has Not Changed in
Seventy Years.

OF all classes Of laBorers, the east
.rn Canada shantyman-parucularly
The French-Canadiau wOOdsmen Of
Quebec provinces the most strenu-
Gus. while at the same time the most
genial Of workers.
shIIfuI in all that pertains to log
making and the use Of the AK. which
he has learned to handle from early
childhood, he is ever at home in the
forest and wilds Like the Indian,
were he unable 70 find his campground
before nightfall. he would assure you
that it is not he, but the camp, that is
lost, for he is at home anywhere in
the forest, while cold and hardship
have no teTrors for him, since he can
usually make himself comfortable in
spite Of the worst conditions imagi-
nable
Tracing the history Of the shanty-
man through the romantic legends OF