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the corpse. From the condition of the
face and throat it was all too plain that
death had been by strangulation, still.
reasoned, a powerful man might
have strangled the woman first and
hanged her afterward to conceal his
crime. l determined to put the theory
up to Davis as soon as he arrived.
Twirling the knob Of the ancient
safe that stood in the corner. the ho-
tel-keeper reached in and drew out q
well-worn handbag Of black leather
and upset the contents on the desk.
There were three one-dollar bills, neat
ly folded. three dimes and eight pen;
nies-a meager amount that suggested
the boarding of pennies for this trip,
whatever it's purpose. There was q
half-ticket. the return stub Of a ticket
from Bridgeport and another one from
New York to Ardway. and that was
all, save two neatly folded black-bor-
dered handkerchiefs
Looks like she came from Bridge
port. after ALL" the constable volun-
teered.
Maybe she did" said the landlord,
unfolding one of the handkerchiefs
and holding it up to orr gaze. Maybe
she did come from Bridgeport, but her
name wasn't Teiler-not Mary Jane
Teller by long shot"
In the corner Of each handkerchief
was a neatly embroidered "S."
1t gave me quite shock as / looked
at that mute evidence Of her assumed
name, to her effort to mask her
identity.
Could her name have been Elserf
Was this the way in which she was
connected with the two suicides in
New York? But even so, suppose shs
was the sister or relative, or even the
unrecognized wife Of old Andred e.
ser, what possible connection could
these two humble people have with
Katharine Farrishf
The mystery was growing deeper.
How / wished that Inspector Davis
would come.
CTO BE CoNTINUED)
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"Titanicp as Baby's Name.

A baker. on registering the birth Of
his daughter, at Arad. in Hungary. In
formed the registrar that he intended
to have her christened Titanic, as she
was born on the day the White Star
liner sank. The official, however. 70
fused to accept this name. as II 10
not to be found in the calendar Of R0
man Catholic saints days and the
baker had to content himself with tbs
less topical name Of Rosalia- Il this
case the rule of the church. which 10
upheld by the state, saved the child
from bearing through life an appellar
ton which is Tot only unsuitable. to
say the least Of 1t. for little girl. but
would also recall for many years ons
of the most tragic disasters Of mod
ern times. Sometimes. however, the
rule operates rather hardly, ~ when
recently a viennese was not allowed
to have his child christened Daisy.
after her mother. who Is an EnghsA
woman.
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cBy r. @. wEATHERsroNE)

By r. @. WEATHERSrONE)
Several systems of raising calves
are In vogue among different stock
men. The calves may be allowed to
run with the cows and suck at will.
They may be confined and allowed
to suck two or three times per day.
In this system one calf may be
allowed to suck one or two cows, or
two calves may be allowed to suck the
same COW. according to the flow Of
milk and size OF the calves. Calves
may be confined and fed fresh whole
milk from the pail. Again. they may
be fed on fresh sweet skimmilk or
separator milk or on sour skimmilk.
or even buttermilk or whey.
On the western ranges and in other
localities where beef is the chief OBJ
ject and where the milk is not desired
for other purposes, the calf is allowed
to run with its mother. Under range
conditions this is the only possible
economic way of raising calves. The
sucking calf develops into a more
promising yearling than the skimmilk
calf. especially II the latter is fed in
careless or irregular manner. With
out proper care skimmilk calves make
small pot-bellied yearlings.
Wherever cattle are raised on a
small scale and there is good mar
ket for milk. 1t does not pay to let
calves suck the cows. Only calves
which will bring fancy prfces for
breeding purposes can profitably be al
lowed to run with its mother. Milk
Will bring larger price as butter than
ordinary calves can make from it.
The results of numerous expert
ments in the United States and Cana
da are in substantial agreement with
regard to the most economic method
OF raising calves. They should be- al
lowed to suck the cows for three or
four days. They will thus get the
colostrum or first milk and exercise
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favorabla-influence In preventing IN
fiamation of the udder.
About the fourth day the caves
should be separated from the COWS
and fed whole milk by means OF an
artificial feeder, or taught to orink
whole milk from a pail As soon as
they have learned to drink the whole
milk should be gradually replaced
with warm sweet skimmilk SO that the
calves are receiving nothing but skim
milk ct the end of four weeks. me
skimmilk should be fed sweet ana
warm COS to 100 degrees FL. me
change from whole milk to skimmiik
should cover a period Of about two
weeks The skimmilk ration nay be-
gin at ten pounds per day and IN
crease to fifteen pounds at four weeks
of age, after which it may range from
eighteen to twenty-four pounds
1t is best to teach calves to drink
by using the fingers. as artificial feed
ers are not very satisfactory. Securing
In calves is usually due to feeding too
much milk, or sour, cold or unclean
AiiAh- OoLCiul dttcutAon ohouAa ~
given to these details. II securing
persists. the calves may be fed small
quantities OF wheat bran or rye bran
or little lime may be added.
For their bes. development calves
require milk for four. or five months.
After that time milk may be omitted
from the ration. Small quantities of
grain should be fed from the time the
calves are two to three weeks old.
Corn meal. kafir corn meal. oatmeal
and ground flaxseed or linseed meal
are best for this purpose. Calves may
be taught to eat by placing handful
OF dr. meal in the mouth.
Calves which come in the fall are
less subject to securing than spring
and summer calves. and there are
many other excellent reasons why fall
calving should be practiced.
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before, but when the witness men
toned that she was tearing up let
ter sudden notion came to me that
it might be the one of which / was In
search. A detective who is working
on the case will be out here this eve-
ming and then / can tell you more
about it."
! spoke the last sentence in a whis-
per so low that II reached only the
coroner's ear. He pondered over my
statement and then abruptly an
nounced that the inquest was ad-
journed until nine o'clock the next
day. l would have escaped him If
could, but l saw that he was deter
mined to worm out everything l knew
or suspected. / decided that activity
would be the best remedy for his
curiosity. Accordingly l invited the
coroner and the constable to come up
to my rooms where, without waiting
for them to question me, began fir
ing questions hot-shot at them, sug-
costing things for them to do. simple
| things that would have been the first
thought Of the police Of New York or
any other large city, but which they
had not thought o. Had they tele-
phoned description of the woman to
the Bridgeport police with her name
to see il she could be identified as
any one who was missing from that
city? Had they examined her clothing
to see IL there was any mark on 1t that
might identify her? Had they studied
her writing on the. register to see If II
gave any indication of being assumed
or disguised? Had they examined her
pocketbook to see If it contained any
clue to motive? Had they consid-
cred whom she might have come to
this town to see?
That idea of calling up the Bridge
port police amt such bad one," said
the coroner. Suppose you do 1t
now" he said. turning to the con-
stable.
I'D like to know who's going to pay
for 1t IL / do" the constable objected.
There amt enough fees In this Of
fee for me to be spending my money
that way"
You go ahead and do 1t and Ill see
that you get the NOR ey back"
IF you're going to pay it out of
your own pocket I'll do it, but If you
expect me to wait till you put 1t
through as lawful expense amt
taking no chances"
Their petty wrangling over such
trifiing amount exasperated me not q
little.
Here" said /, pulling a five-dollar
bill from my pocket. take this and
pay for it and tell them to telephone
you as soon as they can what they
have found out. This ought to cover
both the message and the answer and
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CffzSiRR'aFf5Ee6HFHEs

Pedigree is only proof of breed
ing.
Any kind of stock likes variety Of
feed.
Sheep are the quietest and easiest
handled Of all farm stock.
Provide light and ventilation. Use
plenty OF bedding for absorbent.
The hen that is on her job, is a hap
py hen Mis-rust the hen that never
sings.
Avoid all extremes in feed and
exercise when caring for breeding
stock
Graceful carriage and stylish action
are the leading qualifications in
coach horse. =
A little time spent now training the
spring colt may save trouble and acci-
dents later.
Worms In sheep or hogs are caused
by infected pens or pastures. Watch
these places.
Thorough grooming OF work horses
saves feed and adds to comfort and
health of the animals.
There is as much difference in the
milking qualities of brood cows az
there is in dairy cows.
Some men have to be fairly dragyesr
into believing that hens are paying
property on every farm.
Two or three hours of exercise !,
day are necessary to keep the dairy
bull in the best of form.
Any great transportation OF live
stock requires the closest attention be.
cause 1t is prolific Of disease.
The more rapidly an animal can be
made to gain the less the cost OF that
gain, other things being equal.
Early maturity means that we have
created an animal that we can put
upon the market at an early age.
A matured breeding SOW raises
stronger and better pigs. as 4 rule.
and more Of them at given age.
The dairy COW should be removed tn
comfortable quarters outside the
stable when sick or at calvinx time.
A good collie dog will save you an
inestimatable number of steps Be.
sides he makes likable companion.
The only cure for sows laying on
new born pigs IL to provide q suitable
place where this IL least liable to han
pen.
As you improve your herds and
locks. improve your methods Of
caring for, feeding and keeping
them. or results will be unsatis-
factory.
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.iA .remulous oldiashicned hann ilrtls
used to handling the pen. There waa
perhaps a little more space between
the last two names than after the first
-as IL she hesitated a moment while
deciding what name to use or perhaps
with an honest woman's natural aver
sion to assuming any other name than
her own.
Let's look at the clothing" sug'
gested. eager for an opportunity to zee
whether there were any indications
that would point 20 anything other
than suicide.
The four of us FASTENED 10 the room
again. To my annoyance ] noted that
the rope had been removed from the
rafters, though the woman's outer
clothing still lay piled on the chsir.
There seemed to be nothing about the
inexpensive black suit to identify the
owner, no mark Of any kind except the
label of the concern in New York
from which Il hac been purchased.
Where's tie Hack bag she car
ried?" asked the coroner.
There was some money in It," MIR.
Williams replied. Il put It In the
safe"
AS we left the rooTa to return to the
hotel Office I gave hasty glance at
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IL there f. anything left get yourself
some cigars with it."
The constable needed no second bid
ding. As soon as he had disappeared
turned to the coroner:
Did you notice that man Cook at
the inquest? Who is hef"
II don't know who you mean" he
replied. "The only Cook know here
in the town is Bob Cook. and he's laid
UP with broken Leg"
Didn't you notice tall, smooth
shaven fellow who stood right close
beside where you were ,is'iug7 He
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Artificial Graveyard.

What is perhaps the most remark
able graveyard In the United States
adjoins the old Spanish church In the
ancient Indian pueblo Of Acoma. N.
NJ. and took over forty years to ca
struct. The village Is situated higA
In the air upok huge. hat-toppe6
rock many acres In extent and IN
tirely bare Of soil. In order 70 ere
ate the graveyard II was necessary
to carry up the earth from the plain
800 feet below. blankstful at tims
on the backs of Indians who had tc
climb with their heavy loads up
yrecipitous trail cut IN Che face Of thu
clifi. The graveyard thus laboriousl,
constructed II held In place ON tire.
SIDES hy high retaining walls q st II
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SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and finds the house in
great excitement over the attempted sui
eide of her sister Katharine Kent starts
an investigation and finds that Hugh
Crandail. suitor for Katharine. who had
been forbidden the house by General Far
rish, had talked with Katharine over the
telephone just before she shot herself
A torn piece of yellow paper Is foInd.
at sight of which General Parrish Is
stricken with paralysis. Kent discovers
that Crandall has left town hurriedly.
Andrew Elser. an aged banker, commits
suicide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life. A yellow envelope Is
found In Elser's room. Post Office 1r-
spector Davis. Kent's friend. takes up
the case. Kent Is convinced that Gran
dali is at the bottom of the mystery.
katharine's strange cutlery puzzles the
detectives. Kent and Davis search Gran
dalrs room and find an address. Lock
Box II. Ardway. N. j.. Kent goes to Ard
way to investigate mad becomes suspi-
rious of a Henry Cook" woman
commits suicide at the Ardway Hotel.
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fastened to 1t. The other end of the
cord encircles the shock. From q
large spool on top of the upright an
other cord is fed out. and this encir-
cles the shock higher up. BY turning
the handle at the side the two cords
are frightened around the shock and
automatically fastened. whereupon
they are cut free and the shock is tied
In shorter time than could be done
by hand and in more shipshape fash
ion.
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APPARATUS FOR TYING GRAIN
BY Turning Handle Of Device Two
Cords Are frightened Around Shock
and Automatically Tied.

An apparatus for tying up shocks of
grain has been invented by Tonnes
see man. An upright has a curved
shield extending from one side and
two conical pins, one extending
through the shield. A rotating shaft
is mounted on top of the upright. On
the upper conical pin is section be-
hind the shield that acts as drum
and has one end of Tightening cord
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Feeding Floor for Hogs.

Do you intend to feed your hogs in
the mud this winter. or do you intend
to be humane enough to expend q
few dollars in constructing feeding
floor? No matter how small or
how large your herd you should most
certainly have feeding floor. No
matter how much 1t will cost TO con-
struct one. q feeding floor win pay
for itself every time.
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listened cioseIy 20 The testimony and
the minute we began looking for the
scraps Of the letter, didn't you see him
slip out Of the room?"
Come to think Of It." said the coro-
ner, II believe / did notice. him, but
cant say as l seen him going out.
Maybe twas one of the guests Of the
hotel"
Il think he is, and I'm pretty sure
he's registered in the hotel as Mr..
Cook, too. but I'd like to know more
about him."
Let's go down and ask Mahlon. II
there's anybody In his hotel he don't
know about it's something unusual"
We found Mahlon Williams in the
little boxed-off corner behind the ho-
tel desk that was labeled Private Of
fee" The curious crowd was still
gaping at the door of the room where
the suicide had taken place, at least
such of them as had not adjourned to
the bar to talk it over, SO that we
were alone in the Office.
mfr. Williams" said, what do you
know about this man Cook, who is
stopping here in the hotel?"
mo more than / know about you."
said he. land not as much, in fact, for
he didn't ask no peculiar questions at
the inquest. Speaking about that let
ter"
How long has this man Cock been
in the house?" interrupted. deter
mined not to let either him or the
coroner annoy me with questions.
The hotel-keeper, plainly provoked
at my attitude, stared thoughtfully at
me for a minute and finally decided to
answer my question as the only hope
of getting me to answer his.
He came just the night before you
did-got in on the seven-two train"
His answer settled everything in my
mind. Cook wss Crandall. The ar
rival Of Cook In the village ccincded
with the departure of Crandall from
New York. The haste in which he
had departed was applicable by the ar
rival of the old woman on that train.
Evidently he wanted for some reason
to arrive in the village at the same
time that she did. What had been
his motive was still mystery to me.
II flashed across my mind that per
haps, after all, her death might not
have been suicide. A clever criminal
might easily arrange things to look as
though she had hung herself. l deter
mined to make an investigation to see
IL there was any evidence to- prove
this, but l said nothing Of my sus-
picions as yet. slready regretted my
precipitancy in asking about the yell
low letter. The Questions of the land
lord and the coroner might be deferred
for a while, but sooner or later l
would have to make some explanation.
and had none to give.
What is Cooks business?" asked
the landlord hastily. anticipating q
question saw forming on his lips.
II don't know. He kind Of looked to
me like a traveling-man-ora lawyer.
What was"
The return Of the constable from
telephoning saved my answering the
question he was about to ask
There amt no woman missing
from Bridgeport that the police know
anything about" he said sententi-
ously.
Did We tell them he's manner" asked
the coroner.
Yep. They say there's only three
families Of Teilers in the telephone
book and only four in the directory.
and they are going to look them up
and telephone inside Of an hour"
Maybe her name wasn't Teller"
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suggested the hotel-keeper. II recol-
lect seeing her kind of hesitate a.
she went to write in the register"
That's Just what ! was thinking"
I cried. glad to divert his attention
once more. Let US go and look 1t
the register and then examine her
clothing. Maybe there are some
marks on it."
That's a good idea," said the coro-
ner. Wonder we didn't think of that
before"
The hotel register showed us little
cave the name Mary lane Teller" L.
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KarakuIe Sheep.

Doctor Young of Texas at pres
emit has the only herd of Karakule
sheep in the united States. having
raised IS head of fullbloods from .
herd of is which he brought to this
country two and half years ago.
Doctor Youngs purpose is to cross the
tull.blooded .Karakules with native
ewes and raise furs better than We
import from Asia.
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Roup a Tenacious Disease.

Roup may be apparently cured BY
systematic treatment. but 1t can never
be entirely eradicated from the sys-
tenn. II IL always apt to break out
again. or to be transmitted to the
young. Under mo circumstances 10 II
wise to use fowls In the breeding that
have suffered from the contasion In
any form.
The Washington times., 1913-03-09
PRESIDENT CHEERED
At THEATER PARTY
Usual Formally at Entrance
of, Nations Chief Dispensed
With Last Night.

President Wilson. appearing for the
first time m theater in Washington
bowed and smiled his acknowledgements
of applause by the audience when he
stepped into q box at the New Ma
tional last evening. The audience did
not rise. and there was no playing OF
Hall to The Chief. by. the Orchestra,
and no United States flag draped the
box sheltering the President OF the UNI
ted States. -
But when the President eptered pub
lie vision at the National. handclappins
broke out yail .eover the house. The
President. stflf on his feet looked just
shade self-conscidus. and then bowed
and smiled. Throughout the rest Of the
evening he challenged the players on
stage for the interest Of all spectators.
Yet President Wilson and Miss Billie
Burke. the star Of the company. found
the audience on whom the eyes OF
spectators found themselves turning.
vies With Chief.
This was Miss Elizabeth Wilson. a
nine-year-old child, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Wilson. members of the
Presidential party. She sat with her
parents and with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wilson. the Presidents cousin. who
were the hosts of the evening. Misses
Margaret and Eleanor Wilson, daugh-
tiers Of the President and his wife. also
drew interested attention.
The play which the Wilson party saw
was "The Mind the Paint Girl by
Sir Arthur Pinero. in which Miss Billie
Burke plays the title role. The Presi'
dent is known to be fond of the theater
evening. He followed the acting and
the lines closely. One sitting near him
could see many changes Of facial ex.
preston on the part of Mr.. Wilson a.
he smiled at the sallies allotted by the
dramatist to the title role player OF
expression betokened close i.terest dur.
ing the third act Of the play. which 1,
the Only very dramatic one that Pinerc
wrote.
Applauds Actors.
The President applauded the perform.
ers at the end Of each act. although HI
did not clap his hands together with th<
unrestricted enthusiasm which used tc
be seen done by President Taft Tnoss
watching the players on stage closely
could see that when lines and .'busi.
ness" permitted. they were stealing oc.
casional looks at the stage kox on thefl
right
The women Of the audience were
greatly interested in what the women
of the Presidential party wore. Mrs
Wilson was attired in a handsome gown
Of silver brocade under gray chiffon
with lace about the bodice. Her hair
was simply dressed with silver ban
deau crossing the front Both Miss
Eleanor Wilson and Miss Margaret Will
son wore cream-colored gowns Of char
meuse, and Miss Eleanor Wilson gave q
charming touch to her toilet by a bunch
OF crimson .roses In her corsaSe. Miss
Margaret Wilson wore a bandeau OF
gold leaves In her dark hair.
The Washington times., 1913-03-09
WOMEN SEEK FUNDS
~
FOR SCOUT MEDALS
Boys Who Tried to Save March
ers From Crowds to Be Hon.
ored by Decoration.

In order that the work of raising the
money to pay for medals for the 400
boy scouts who aided the women's s,if-
frage parade last Monday may be facili-
tated, Mrs. B. c. Cockrell. who is lead
ing the movement. Is having a number
OF photographs made showing the scouts
at work, holding back the crowd dur
ing the parade. Mrs. Cockrell believes
that the sight of the little fellows fight
ing for order, will be the best advertise
ment which can be used.
In these pictures the broken slaves
Of the scouts, accentuated TO show
what difficulty they had in restraining
the crowd. over one hundred slaves
were broken during the parade.
In speaking of the staves, A. c.
Moses, president Of the Washington
Roy Scout organization. stated today
that the staff is one Of the most i'm
portant features Of q boy scouts equip
ment. The staff is used as the sides
for stretchers, crane from which to
suspend the pot in camp, lever for
removing boulders. and tent poles. The
stan can also be used for measuring
distances, as the regular scout staff Is
marked with the metric system OF
measurement, as well as In inches and
feet