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The Detroit times., 1913-03-18

Together they went 20 the med.
of1cer's quarters. Doctor Breed had
come I'm ffteen minutes before. With
out preliminary, Lawyer Balm said:
II want 20 see that Jane Doe GER
tiicate again"
Aren't YOU afraid OF wearin' our
the ink on 1t. Adam retorted the
other with "a furtive grin.
And H. said Chester Kent In his
suavest manner. venture 10 trouble
you TO show me the certificate in the
case OF Wilfrid Blair"
Something like spasm shook the
lineaments OF Doctor Breeds meager
face. Blair" he repeated. How did
you know" He stopped short.
How did know that Wilfrii Blair
is dead" Kent finished for him
why. there has been time enough,
hasn't there"
The physicians hands clawed nery'
ously at his struggling; hair
Time enough he murmured.
Time enough? I'm only just back
from the Blair place my self
| News travels faster than a horse,
observed Kent
1T don't travel az fast as AL that
retorted the medical officer and shut
his teeth on the sentence as il he
could have bitten the tongue that
spoke H.
All commented Kent negligently.
l"Then he died within two hours or
500"
This morning" retorted the other.
/ ITS all in the certificate
All" required Kent. SO significant
" that Lawyer Balm gave him quick
look
All that's your business or any
| body elses said Breed, recovering
/ himself bit
| doubtless And I'm 70 be permit
/ ted 10 see this document
Breed pushed a paper across the
table. There il is. | just finished
making il out
81 see" said Kent. giving the paper
scant survey, that the cause or
death is set down as cardiac fail
ure.
Wei. What's the matter with
that"
Just tribe non-committal, isn't
I it You see, We all die OF cardiac tail
|
air-ships.'
THAT records good enough for the
Law" declared the medical officer
| doggedly
Who was the attending physician >"
II was
Indeed, And 10 what undertaken
was the permit issued?"
1t was issued TO the family They
can turn II over 10 what undertaken
they please
Where is the interrnent TO be-"
Say, looky here, Mr. Man" cried
the physician. breaking into the sud.
den whining fury OF hard. pressed tim.
idity. Are you trying TO learn me
my business? You can 20 to hell
That's what yon can do"
With your signature on my GER
tilcate?' inquired the scientist, I'M.
moved II won't trouble YOU so. far
Doctor Breed thank you
! Outside in the street LAWYER Balm
turned 10 his client. You didn't look
AT the Jane Doe paper at all"
/ NO. I'm not so interested in that
as in the other"
| Something queer about this Blair
DEATH"
Why. the fact that the attending
physician and the certifcating officer
are one and the same. that there
doesn't appear TO be any real cause OF
death given, or any undertaken ana
! that the interment is too private for
| Breed even TO speak Of with eQuanim-
/ ty, might seem SO. TO a man looking
| for trouble.
! Not another MURDER said the
/ lawyer.
fConttnued)
The Detroit times., 1913-03-18
CHAPTER XIII.
Loose Ends.

Meditation furrowed the brow or
Lawyer Adam Balm. Customarily an
easy minded participant in the PLACID
affairs of his community, he had been
shaken out of his rlft by the case in
which Kent had enlisted him and in
which he had. thus far. found oppor-
tunity for little more than thought
Nobody VS.. Sedgwick, grumbled
he Public opinion VS. Sedgwick.
he amended. "How's a self-respectinc
lawyer going 10 earn a fee ont OF
that? And Len Schlager standing
over the grave Of the corpus delicti
with a warrant against searching. so
to speak. in his hand For that mat
ter. this Prof Kent worries me more
than the sheriff
X sharp hUmmtug rose -t+t-; Aa-air.
and brought the idle counselor TO his
window. whence he beheld the prime
author OF his bewilderment descend
ing from a car A minute later the
two men were sitting with their feet
on one desk, fairly good sign OF
mutual respect and confidence.
Blair" said LAWYER Balm. mo.
don't know him. not even 10 see.
Took Hogs Haven, didn't he?"
Then he doesn't use this postof-
hce?"
NO. Might use any one OF half a
dozen. See here" He drew a county
map from shelf Here's the place.
Seven railroad stations on three DIFF.
ferent roads, within ten miles OF H..
Annalaka would be way out OF his
reach"
yet Gansett Jim seems 10 be
known here
"Oh: is it Blair that the Indian
works for? never knew. Closer n
a deaf mute with lockjaw, he IL. Well.
expect the reason he comes here oc-
rasionally is that it's the nearest II
cense town.
j. 10. the poor Injun when he wants
drink
VIII walk ten miles as easy az
you'd wink
DO you know most OF the post
Offices around here?"
There isn't but one postmaster
within twenty miles that ] don't call
BY his first name, and she's post
mistress"
Then you could probably find out
~ telephone where the Blair family
get their mail.
Easy"
And perhaps what newspapers
hey take ~
Hin, Yes, I guess so
Try It. as soon as You get back"
Back from where"
Back from the medical officers I
place | think he must have returned I
by this time
You want 10 see Tim Breed >"
No. just his records Burial per.
mlts. ] suppose, are matter OF pub
lie record"
Yes. All you've got 10 do is 10
go and ask for ON. You won't need
me
Regrettable az his bad taste IS
said Kent with solemn face. II fear
that Doctor Breed doesn't regard me
with that confidence and esteem
which one reads OF in illuminated res
olutlons.
Ana You want me as an accelera.
tor. oh - smiled the LAWYER AN
right. It's the Jane Doe permit you're
after, ! suppose"
Which,
Jane Doe. They buried the corpse
from Lonesome Cove under that name.
Unidentified dead you know"
or couTse, OF course" assented
Kent.
If you're looking for ANYTHING |
queer in the official paper you won't !
find it,
You've examined IL Yourself"
YES"
Good Nevertheless. I'd like To
see the record"
The Detroit times., 1913-03-18
CHAPTER XII
The unbidden Visitor

One. Of eKents Washington friends
once criticized the scientists mode or
motoring. as follows: "Kents good
driver.4and a fast one. and careful;
hut he can never rid himself OF the
thaogy that there's strain of hunter
n ayery well-bred u1tor-car.'
+. Cross-country travel was. In fact.
rather a fad OF Kent's, and he had
trained his light car to do everything
but take five-barred gate. After do
parting from the Nook. It rolled along
beside Sundayman's Creek sedately
enough until II approached the wide
bend, where It INDUCED in a bit or
path-hnding across the country ana
eventually crept into the shade of a
clump OF Bushes aud hid. It's occu
pant emerged. and went forward
afOOt until he came in view Of Hedge
row House. At the turn OF the stream
be- leaped a fence. and made his way
20 . group of willows beneath which
the earth was ridged with littl,
mounds.e Professor Chester KentA,ga,
trcspassing. He was invading the ter
ritory of the dead.
From the seclusion of the graveyar,
amid the willows fair view was al
fOrded 10 ~Hedgerow House. Grim a,
was the repute given II. II presented
"a the intruder an aspect OF homelN
hospitable sweetness and quaintness
Tail hoifyhocks lifted their flowers tc
smile In at the old-fasbioned windows
Here and there. on the well.kep,
lawn, peonics 'gIowed. crimson anc
5)te.~ A great, clambering rose tire,
~ thrown its arms around IN.
1norW porch. softening the uncom
<o0ising angles into curves of ieai
The Detroit times., 1913-03-18

over score OF cowgirls, and the dar-
ing they showed on the half-wild COW
horses made the staid matrons who
jcurneyed to the sta.ium in automo-
biles gasp with terror
You see. the best, or perhaps II
would be better to say the worst, buck
The Detroit times., 1913-03-18

PARIS. March lS--Wth the small
hats parasols will be more in favor
this summer than they have been for
many seasons. and they are coming
out in all sorts OF fanciful shapes.
The up-to-date girl Will not be sat
isfed with one /sunshade, but wilt
have them 10 match her different
summer costumes.
Particularly quaint is the one worn
with this brown satin striped white
wolfe. II IL OF brown satin striped
white wolfe
The whole get up OF this cos.
tune Ia both quaint and striking. an
achievement which 10 almost an i'm.
The Detroit times., 1913-03-18

(Continued.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-13

farm in Assinippi, where he turned to
chicken farming.
Two years later. a child was adopted
by the admiral. II lived but Il short
time and at its death. Mrs. Eaton
publicly charged her husband with
having poisoned it. Investigation fail
ed 10 substantiate the charge.
Poison talk in the Eaton home was
revived a year or two later, when Mrs.
Eaton complained to friends that the
admiral kept all sorts of strange East
Indian posons about the place. She
wrote To IL friend that he was ii sub
tile, dangerous maniac" and that she
was in fear of her life.
Mrs. Eaton is 45 years old. Her early
life as the daughter of a prominent
Virginian family, the Harrisops, and
in Washington will be described at the
trial, witnesses having been summon
ed from both places.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-13
The Chinese and Opium.

According to dispatches from the
lar east, the Chinese are spending
thef money for Bibles instead of
opium. Official reports indicate that
they will buy five million Bibles this
year. The twenty thousand chests of
Indian opium, valued at $50, GOO, 000 to
$10000,000, which the British have in
the treaty port warehouses and are
trying to force on the Chinese, are still.
practically untouched, though over a
year has passed. Now it is reported
that even the British, who have forced
wars on the Chinese in the old days in
order to get opium into China, have
come to the conclusion that China
really means to put a stop to opium
use in the eighteen provinces. As
result, the dispatches now bring re-
ports that the British syndicate has
closed a deal with Mongolia, which
now asserts its independence of
Peking, and on the payment of $4,000
a year is to be permitted to unload
opium on that semi barbarian people.
Official investigations are in hand.
General l.. Chang, China's commits
si0ner to Great Britain, on the opium
matter, says that the native produce
ton of opium has been greatly re-
dueed, and in a public statement i'll
London. last month. he pointed out
that Ghina's difficulties are much ag-
gravated by "England's policy to con-
tinue to force Indian opium on China
He fears that the stocks in the ware
houses will mean much trouble be-
tween China and the British mer
chants and interests. 1T may be said
he says. that Britain is not going to
send any more opium from India to
China. | would like to say i'll reply
that the people in China can not see
any difference between opium import
ed from treaty ports and that import
ed directly from India. As long as
they see that foreign opium is allowed
To be imported they say, Why is ii
that our government does not protect
our home producers, but ON the con-
trary, confscates our farmers lands,
destroys their profits and often kills
them in order to give foreign mer-
chants the monopoly to enable them to
get tremendous profits from u.s. -
indianapolis News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-13

foundation OF our present civilization.
The state spends more money for schools
than for any other-I can say almost all
other things ! spend money for
There is not II church in the land that
does not assist in some way some col
lege convent. seminary, academy. paro-
ehial or private school The State con-
tributes and to more than 80 charitable
and philanthropic Institutions, such as
hospitals. homes for aged men and wo-
men, the deaf, blind and unfortunates in
every way.
1.-The church has been responsible in
most eases for the establishment of these
institutions and is always working for
their support.
1.-THE State brings to you its pledge of
assistance i'll all that is best. The State
welcomes and aids all orders and assoc
Citations of men and women whose puf-
pose is the betterment of the race Your
noble purposes as declared by the con
stitution of your order are a guarantee
of your usefulness and help To mankind
We are one people with one thought
Notwithstanding the many forms and
ways we have of expressing ourselves,
and | can only add that that Is best
which does best. life of service is the
life that helps our felowmen. and is the
true Christian life
Il congratulate you upon all your
worthy endeavors and promise You the
NEST generous cosmopolitan and catholic
spirit on the part of the State in all
your efforts for the betterment of the
race The State knows nn class or creed
only one citizen and that the man and
woman who does the best in the most
unselfish way that he or she is able to
do with the mind aud ability that is
given them, always remembering that 1t
is better to give than to receive and
that the best rule for human action is
to do unto others as you would that
others should do unto you"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-13
SURVIVOR OF VOLTURNO TELLS
STORY OF TERRIBLE DISASTER.
Continued from Page One.)

around and much time was occupied
in fastening them. We We're told
that the fire might soon be quenched,
but the captain thought it wise for all
to have belts as a precaution The
fire frightened the children, who cried
bitterly. There We're many babies in
arms
THE fire grew worse. We saw
things blazing down below. About 10
o'clock there was a cry TO lower the
boats.
THE captain behaved splendidly. SO
did the officers, who We're English. I
am sorry to say the crew. who were
Germans and Belglans, behaved very
badly. The people rushed about Wild
~, and the crew seemed to think they
ought to have first place, and instead
of quoting the passengers, they made
the panic worse.
THE first officer took charge of the
first boat but. although he wanted the
women and children saved first, a ma
jority of these who entered the boat
We're members of the crew.
This boat was smashed against
the ships side. Just as it reached the
water II broke in two and all were
drowned.
! Meanwhile attempts We're made to
lower the second boat, | cannot say
who was in charge of this but / do
know after the chief steward had
thrown provisions in he jumped in
himself. There were more men thar
women and children in this boat
which did not go down for it was
broken against the ship and all were
drowned.
There two boats were amidships
Three other boats We're put out aft
The fourth officer was in one of then
but l cannot say which one. All wa
confusion. The ropes broke and thu
occupants We're thrown into the wa
ter and drowned or Killed. When TIL
captain saw what had happened h
cut the tackle of the other boats, 8
that they could not be launched.
eve were so glad when We saw tn
Garmania come for We said Now W
shall all be saved.
The fremen rushed up from belos
and refused to go back. The capital
drew his revolver and drove them be
low but soon afterward as the fir
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-13
Something About the RedTaiied
Hawk,

Not so very long ago il used to be that
at the word hawk the farmer would
run for his gun under the impression
that the bird was bent on capturing a
nice fat hen-all hawks were known UNI
der a single name, "hen hawks or
chicken hawks'-but nowadays, from
the Industrious efforts of the Biological
Survey at Washington in the distribu-
ton of bulletins and information of all
kinds, the farmers have come to under
stand that there are only about three
out of the 70-odd birds of prey which are
more harmful than beneficial to man.
More and more the people are coming
to see the value of birds and the farm
ers and truck gardeners are carefully
studying the interesting eolored draw
ings of birds gotten out as a farmers
bulletin, and now only use their trusty
muZzle-loader to end the life of the
coopef's hawk and its allies Luckily
the cooper's hawk is quite rare in Harris
county and very few chickens fall prey
to it.
As a general thing the food of the red.
tail consists of meadow mice. although
at other times they subsst on other spe-
eies of mice. insects, rabbits, moles and
shrews. one would hardly think n large
bird like the red-tai would be one to
catch insects, but the amount of grass
hoppers they destroy is incredible
OF So stomachs of the red-tail exam
ined by DIR. A. X. Fisher of the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington, 27S
contained mice, 13i mammals, Al insects,
8 crawfsh. "a game birds and poultry
81 reptiles and lizards and the rest were
empty. Thus we see what an immense
amount of good these hawks do. What
farmer would not give the price of a few
chickens to "A man who killed such an
immense amount of mice and other
harmful pests to his growing crops? In
deed one tiny mouse alone could soon
destroy enough groin to more than equal
the price of a hen.
The red-tail is one of the largest of
our hawks and seems to take pleasure in
circling high among the clouds, often
rising to such a height as to be invisible.
When setting it sits ON the highest
limb of the tallest tree it can find, where
it can have an open view of all the sur
rounding country, rarely allowing any
one to approach within gunshot of it.
Many young red-tails are in captivity
and make interesting pets. feeding on
mice and rats as well as any other food
of the sort. One has to be a good
climber indeed to be able to climb to the
nest of the red-tais. 1t is placed in the
tops of the tallest trees in the deep
woods being quite large and made of
stick and twies firmly packed together.
mixed with small amount of rubbish,
such as moss. grass and dead leaves.
Two or three eggs are usually laid, be-
ing of a whitish color,--Morning Mer-
curry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-13
Electrical Conductors.

In n recent issue of the London
Electrician a correspondent describes
a new method of hermetrically seal
ing electrical conductors through
glass and other Vicious substances.
An aperture is formed in the glass,
just large enough to receive the con-
ductor, and after the conductor has
been inserted the glass is strongly
heated by means of blow-pipe
flame, until perfect cohesion has been
obtained between the glass and the
conductor. The seal is then taken out
of the flame and when it reaches a
dull-red heat 1t is cooled by several
dimensions in bath that may consist
of sperm or other oil, wax or fat, pre-
viously warmed. Each immersion
should last about two or three seconds
until the seal is completely cooled. In
this way local differences of temper
atures are avoided and hence there IS
so cracking of the glass around the
conductor. If large conductor
should be used it should preferably be
sealed in place in the form a TUBE
which may subsequently be filled WITH
a conducting substance.-The Argus.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-13
A Curious Mistake.

The chiropodist had just moved into
his new premises. Before his arrival
they had been occupied by a dentist.
Though as yet no white marble foot
upon the pavement informed the unini-
tiated. that dwelt within an operator
upon corns and bunions at a reason
able rate yet such was the case. A
rushing business had been in progress
all the morning, among others two
young ladies'. aged about Is years.
Doctor" said one, I bring you
Norah. You relieved me from great
pain some months ago"
The doctor didn't quite recall what
work he had done for the girl but po-
litely requested Norah to walk into the
operating room and get ready. This,
in the language of the chiropodist
means to remove the shoe and stock
ing. When the chiropodist entered the
room Norah was awaiting him. she sat
leaning back in the big chair, with a
nervous expression on her face, but
without any change in her attire. The
operator was trifie surprised. but he
supposed this was a new experience
to his patient.
Just remove your. shoe and stock
ing, please he said, as he walked over
to the window.
Norah grew pale with fright but
complied with his request, taking eff
both shoes and both stockings. She
looked very unhappy as she sat in the
high operating chair, with bare feet
dangling just above the floor.
Now where do you feel the great
est pain?" asked the chiropodist.
Norah threw her head back, opened
her expansive mouth, very wide, and
pointing with one of her fat red fin
gers to a wisdom tooth on her uppes
Jaw, exclaimed.
There. Oh, it's something awful"
Fun. a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-13
Rabies.

The popular belief that there is an
undue prevalence of rabies during that
part of the year known as dog days
has been pretty thoroughly exploded;
yet the heated period of the year does
bring this subject to mind. II is fully
recognized that not all dogs callet
mad are suffering from rabies, am
that IN hot weather dogs may have
Commissions from heat-stroke or from
other causes as well as from rabies
In fact, many have found that Thu
good natured animal may be ANNOYED
TO the point at which it will turn OF
those who pet it; especially will
harmless, starved mongrei, annoyed by
the heat, the dust, the flies and tn
persecution of persons and things tina
surround him, attempt to defend him
self and snap. Immediately those Il
the street jump at the conclusion tina
the dog is mad, and scare is on
1t must be remembered, however, say
The Journal of the American Medica
Association. that in the mingling of
multitude of like animals which ar,
constantly snarling and quarrelnf
among themselves, when one animal II
infected the chances are that the in
fection will spread rapidly.
While the precaution already sug-
eested-that not every dog that bites
is the subject of should be
borne in mind, nevertheless, for
the welfare of the person who may
have been bitten by dog, il is i'm
portant To know whether or not the
dog is rabid. Ii is unfortunate when
an animal that has inflicted such a.
wound is destroyed Immediately The
sane procedure is to quarantine it, in
order that definite dia gnosis may lie
determined. 1t should be property
guarded and kept from contact with
other dogs or animals. but under COM
Portable conditions. If it is rabid the
fact soon becomes evident If il is
simply case of bad temper and NOT
disease. the proper punishment or dis
posal of the dog may be decided aftes
this fact has been established. II fog
any reason it becomes necessary to kill
the animal at once. or if this mistakel
has been made, the head and neck off
the animal should be packed in iea]
and sent To properly equipped lab
oratory as quickly as possible.
1t is hardly necessary to suggest that
wound resulting from the bite of an
animal should be thoroughly cleaned;
carbolic acid should be thoroughly ap.
piled, and then neutralized with alco-
hol. and the wound covered with a
large. wet. antiseptie dressing. OF
course this local dressing alone is not
to be depended on when the diagnosis
of rabies in the animal inflicting the
wound has been established. AS soon
as this condition of the animal is def
nitely determined, the patient should
be given the benefit of the Pastens
treatment, which is most effective
when begun within fortnight after
the wound was inflicted.
More important than the cure Of
hydrophobia is it's prevention by adj
ministrative measures. The British
muzzling order, absolutely enforced.
has rendered Great Britain practically
free from rabies. Surely all dogs
worth the price of muzzle or a leash
should be thus restrain ID, the rest
should be destroyed This procedure
would rob rabies of its terrors.