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grown. lie stands 80 inches high. His
breast is broad, like that Of a bulldog;
his legs are long; his head is square.
but catlike. He growls like a lion,
but ends with a bark. V heard
of his attacking a man, but the ma
tives of the jungle fear him. He
would be a dangerous adversary at
close quarters. The only way to be
certain that he will not attack a man
is to try one out. Personally, don't
care enough for the knowledge to
risk the experiment.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
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to withdraw from this warfare. which
gradually decimated their numbers
without getting anywhere toward the
goal.
tones shouted that the limousine
was tearing down the road. Some
thing must be done to stop it. He
suggested that he drop behind, leave
his horse, and take a chance at pot
ting a tire fro2a the shrubbery at the
roadside.
Keep going. Don't stop, Norton
till ycu are back in town. I'll manage
to take good care of myself"
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gle can be told in a few isolated in
cidcnts that have happened to pass
under my notice.
An orchid beckons from the branch
of a tree, a pair of wild pigs dash
away into the brush, a tiger cat shows
its bright eyes for a moment, and, in
q flash. the heron balances daintily on
a reed by the river, an alligator slides
from a mud bank into the water, o
keys lark in the trees, a lion growls
such slight things sum up my jun
gle lore.
One hour the sun looks through
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kept his head and sought his lodgings.
To call up doctors would be utter
folly; for it would take a week for a
thorough combing. This vas the Sec
end time the man had got away.
perhaps I'm to blame" admitted
Braine. Il should have advised Miles
to stalk him and pot him if he got the
chance. There's a master mind work
ing somewhere back Of all this, and It's
time l woke up to the fact. But you,'
turning to the auto bandits, "you men
have your instructions. More than
that, you have been given a free rein.
See that you make good, or by the
Lord Harry! I'll break the four of you
like pipestems."
We haven't had a failure yet" spoke
up one of the men, more courageous
than his companions.
You are not holding up a bank mes
senger this trip. Remember that.
Drive me as far as Columbus circle.
Leave me on the side street, between
the lights, so l can take off this mask"
Later Braine sauntered into Pabst
and ordered a light supper. This
nights work, more than anything else,
brought home to him the fact that his
luck was changing. For years he had
proceeded with his shady occupations
without encountering any memorable
failure. He moved in the high world,
quite unsupported. He had written
books, given lectures, been made a lion
of, all the while laughing in his sleeve
at the gullibility of human nature. But
within the last two weeks he had re-
ceived serious checks. From now on
he must move with the utmost caution.
Some one was playing his W game,
waging warfare Unseen. A battle or
wits? So be it; but Braine intended
to play with rough wits, and he wasn't
going to care which way the sword
cut.
He hated Stanley Hargreave with all
the hatred of his soul; the hatred of a
nan baked in love. And the man was
alive, defying him; ali"e somewhere
in this city this very night, with a bull
let under his skin.
SIS everything satisfactory, sir?" he
heard the head waiter say.
Satisfactory" Braire repeated
blankly.
Eyes, sir. You struck the table as
though displeased."
"O!" Then Braine laughed relieved
ly. "If l struck the table. it was done
unconsciously. ! was thinking"
BEG pardon, Sir! Anything else,
sir?"
mo. Bring me the check"
y
Your master gives riding ~lessors?'
The groom who had Fed the hcrse
back from Hargreave's eyed his ques-
toner rather superciliously.
YES" The groom fondled the anil
mails legs.
How much Is it7'
Twenty dollars for p ticket Of five
rides. The master is the fashion up
here. He doesn't cater to any but the
best families"
Pretty steep. Who was that young
lady riding this morning with your
master?"
That's the girl all the newspapers
have been talking about" answered
the groom Importantly.
"Actress?"
Actress! I should say not. That
young woman is the daughter Of STAN
ley Hargreave, the millionaire who
was lost at sea. And it won't be long
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Detects Listeners

A motor-driven tellta.e device for
narty-line telephones ha@ been patent
ed, which will give conv':s'ng parties
the location of any subscriber who
NAV listen in" while thay are using
the line. .
The rising receiver hook at the in
]terloping station starts a motor driven
SIGNAL wheel which gives the code or
the station attempting to use the line.
The motor cannot be stepped or the
circuits interrupted until :he signal II
completed.
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trees and bushes, and races a thou
sand patterns on the ground; the next,
rattle OF rain on the leaves is deafen-
ing. Night falls, and the ~parrakeets,
crickets, frogs, lizards begin their
amending chorus; then the howl of
monkeys adds to the din, and now
and again the cry of the wildcat and
the growing bark of the mountain
lion makes a man glad that he is be-
side Il bright fire with his machete or
gun close at hand.
The lion Of the Panama jungle is Of
two kinds-black and tawny. Full
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at various points. One of these men
is Mr.. 0. L. Malmsbury. who is in
charge of the land surveys under
Colonel Goethals. In speaking Of the
jungle recently, in the New York Sun,
he said:
When try to become definite about
the jungle, realize how little ever a
man who has seer much of it knows
about its life. There are strong i'm
pressions of beauty, mystery. and fear,
a lure with a menace. a smile that
only half covers a snarl-and every
thing else that l know abou5 the Jun
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Noise"
he was eaten up with envy, as the old
wives say.
You are wondering if / suspect the
Princess Perigoff?" said Jones.
81 am" This mar Jones was de-
veloping into a very remarkable char
acter. The reporter found himself
side glancing at the thin, keen face OF
this resourceful butler. The lobe OF
the mans left ear came within range
Norton reached for a cigarette, but
his hands shook as he lit it. There
was a peculiar little scar in the cen,
ter of the lobe.
WELL" said Jones, 81 can find no
evidence that she has been concerned
in any Of these affairs"
you are suspicious?"
"Of everybody" looking boldly into
the reporters eyes.
"Of me-" smiling.
Even Of myself sometimes"
Conversation dropped entirely after
this declaration.
You're a taciturn sort of chap"
Am II"
You are. But an agreement is an
agreement, and while I'd like to print
this story, I'll not. We newspaper
men seldom break u word"
Jones held out his hand.
I. Sometimes l wish I'd started life
right" said the reporter gloomily. "a
newspaper man is generally improvi-
dent. He never looks ahead for to-
morrow. What with my special ar
ticles to the magazines, l earn be-
tween four and five thousand the
year; and I've never been able to save
a cent"
perhaps you've never really tried"
replied Jones, with a glance at his
companion. 1t was a good face, strong
in outline; a little careworn, perhaps,
but free from any indications of dissi-
patton. IF l had begun life as you
did, I'd have made real and solid use
of the great men l met. Id have
lade financiers help me to invest my
earnings, or savings, little as they
might be. And today Id be living on
the income"
You never can tell. Perhaps a wom-
an might have made you think of
those things; but if you had remained
unattached up to thirty-one, as | have,
the thought of saving might never
have entered your head. A man in my
present condition, financially, has no
right to think of matrimony."
1T might be the saving of you II
you met and married the right WON
an"
but the right woman might be
heiress to millions. And a poor devil
like me could not marry a girl with
money and hang on to his self-re-
spect."
True. But there are always eXcep-
tons to all rules i. life, except those
regarding health. A healthy man is a
normal man, and a normal man has
no right to remain single. You proved
yourself a man this afternoon, con-
sidering that yor did not know | oc-
cupied the wheel seat. Come to think
it over, you really saved the day.
You gave me the opportunity of steer
ing straight for the police station.
Well, good-by."
Queer duck" unused the reporter
as. after telephoning, he headed for
his Office. Queer duck, indeed! What
Il game it was going to be. And
this man Jones was playing it like
a master. 1t did not matter that some
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CHAPTER VII.

When all three finally met at the
Hargreave home Florence suddenly
took Jones by the shoulders and
kissed him lightly on the cheek.
Jones started back, pale and dis
turbed.
Norton laughed. He did not feel
the slightest twinge of jealousy, but
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VAST 'UNGi,ES OF PANAMA
Described by Traveller as Dense and
mysterious as Are Those
of Africa.

There SIRE jungles in Panama.
stretching away from the banks Of
Gatun lakn, as dense and mysterious
as those Of Africa. The only canal
men who grow the jungles intimately
are the Surveyors VINO have charted
the topos ri; ply of the watershed, or
who have made special Investigations
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LESSON TEXT-Mark 14:12-25, see also
Luke 22:14-25.
3 GOLDEN TEXT-As often as We eat
this bread, and drink the cup, we proclaim
the Lords death till He come. I Cor.
lips R.. v.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-18
SCHOOLS GIVEN $39,717,520
RockefelIer's General Education Board
Issues Report.

RockefelIer's General Education Board
Issues Report.
New York, Dec. 1S.-The general ed
ucation board, founded by John D.
Rockefeller, has issued report show
ing how it's funds have been used.
The total benefactions distributed
to outside institutions through the gen.
eral education board up to June 80 of
this year amounted to $39, ,717;520. By
direct appropriation the board had
devoted s15,S94,355 to universities, COL
leges, schools, educational confer
ences, rural organization work and
farm demonstration work. Gifts of
$13,554,343 to the University of Chi
cago and $1O,267, ,022 to the Rockefel-
Ter Substitute for Medical Research
were made. 49,.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-18
sAUSTRlANSa ARE ADVANCING
Moving Into Territory Formerly oc-
cupied by Russians. -.

MOVING INTO iSTV'SOTy ~VOTnSTiy OC.
cupied by Russians. ......
Vienna, Dec. 1S.-The recapture OF
Bochnia, thirty-ive miles west OF
Cracow, and the advance of the Aus
trian troops moving eastward in
Galicia to within sixty miles of the
besieged fortress of Przemysl, are re-
ported in an official statement from
the war Office.
"The retreating Russians in Galicia
and Poland are being successfully
pursued everywhere. At Lisko, Kier-
no, Jaslo and Bitlatale the Russians
fiercely opposed u.s." the statement
says.
"Our troops have penetrated the
valley of the Bonajre as far as Zak-
licsyn and captured Bochnia.
''In the Carpathians the Russians
are still in the valley of the Letcrczt
"Sorties from Przemysl resulted in
the capture of number of prisoners
and machine guns from the Russians"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-18
GARDNER NAY Be SUMMONED

Can state His Case to HOUSE Naval
- il Committee.
Washington, Dec. 18.-Rear Admir-
al B. M. Fisk, one of Secretary Dan
iels' aids, was called to discuss before
the, house naval committee the ques-
tion of naval preparedness.
The committee decided to call Rep
resentative Gardner, proponent of a
resolution for investigation of the en-.
tire naval preparedness.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-18
RAILROAD STRIKES AVOIDED
Federal Mediators Settle Important
Ones During First Year.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-No railroad
strike of serious consequence occurred
in the country during the first year of
operation of the United States board
of mediation and conciliation that was
not settled by the board satisfactorily
to all concerned, William L. Cham
bers, commissioner, reported to Presi-
dent Wilson in his first annual report
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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-18

Twenty light million are 1mprison-
ed in temples in India with Brahmin
priests as jailers
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-18

From 1926 200 tons Of tar annual
" produced in Great Britain from
coal about 100000 gallons of zen
Dol are obtained.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-18

Many women are taking up metal
work as means of livelihood.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-18
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DARING BANDIT
.ROBS TWO BANKS.
Secures Large Sum in Gin
cinnati Institutions.
ONE OFFICIAL IS WOUNDED

After First HoIdup Highwayman Es-
capes in Auto, but Repeats Perform
ance Several Blocks Away, Where
Cashier Is Shot and Seriously
Injured-Is Captured Later.
j. - /. !. i. !. !. :. (. i.
!. !.
!. Cincinnati, Dec. 18.-After !.
!. pistol duel with three police j.
!: men, one of whom he wound 4
!: ed, the automobile bandit was i.
! captured later, but not until i.
! one of the policemen's bullets 4
+ had found it's mark in the des- +
+ lperado's body. +
+ >2E =. r., %.-- !.
+ +...s !. j. !. < !. !. + !. < j. (
Cincinnati, Dec. 1S.-An unidentified
automobile bandit entered the West
End branch of the Provident Savings
Bank and Trust company, at Eighth
and freeman avenues, in the heart Of
the West End business district here.
fired two. shots at the cashier, gathl-
cred together about $4,000, jumped
into an awaiting automobile and es-
capped. The police in another car pur-
sued him. ,...,- -.~......->
The robber entered the bank about
an hour after it opened. He climbed
an eight-foot screen into the Office and.
without warning, fired two shots at
Cashier Edward Hughes. He then
seized $4,000 in currency lying on the
cashiers desk, rushed to q table near
by where $4,000 more was stacked,
stuffed this into his pockets and SLOW
ly backed to the door. He then jumped
into machine that had been placed
in front of the bank, and, driving the
car himself, sped away.
Two hours after the first, robbery
the Liberty Banking and Savings COM
pany, ten blocks from the scene of
the Provident bank, was entered by
man supposed to be the same bandit
and another bundle of money, value
not known, was obtained. George
Winters, cashier, was shot and prob
ably seriously injured. The bandit
again escaped in an automobile driven
by himself. ..- 49,.
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
LADY POLICEMAN

The Ladies of the Grand Rapids
Federation have engaged the servi-
ces Of Mrs. A. c. Smith to act as po-
lieanan commencing with the first o.
May. The ladies want the mayor an
common council to empower her with
police Authority so that she may hay
the right to arrest boys or girls, who
are out late in the evening or i'm i'm
proper place in the daytime. It will
be remembered that an ordinance
was passed nsstabl; shEng curfew hours
but that was not a success. Instead
of the eurfew signal which was SCUM
ded at nine o'clock i'm the evenin
the ladies expect that a lady police
man who makes it her business to
be about the city in the evening and
at the depots and at other public pla-
cas where the young people are lihel!
to hang about to kill time, etc, it
to their homes unless they are accom-
panied by guardian unless they
have some special duty to perform
ON the order of their parents. This
new service will be more or less ex-
detrimental but the ladies believe the.
have selected a good woman to per
form these duties. There is no doubt
hI1t what the MAYOR and the com
mon council Will be glad to invest
her with police authority.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
BROKE HIS PAROLE
AND Is RE-kRRESTE ~1

After parole liberty of twenty days,
William Doeau is again behind the
bars.
Doeau, who WAS serving 9O-day
sentence, was paroled at the earnest
request of the pastor of his church,
and friends. He secured employment
at the consolidated plant and ON Tues
day made his getaway. District At
torney Chas. E. Briere was notified
and took the matter UP with under
sheriff Cliff Bluett. The IJndershler-
Tiff learned that Doeau had talked of
going to Park Falls and Wausau.
Telephone messages were sent to Of
ficers. The result was that Doeau
was caught at junction City by dep
uty sheriff Boyer, who brought him
to this city last evening.
Doeau was sentenced to so days
in Jail by Justice Brown ON March
81, ~ "a fornication charge. He Was
paroled ON April s, after serving 9
days of his sentence Captured and
returned to Jail ON April %, after
paroled liberty of twenty days, he
now must serve his unexpired term
of 81 days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
BABCOCk.

House cleaning is the order of the
day
Mrs. S. Griffith and Miss Agnes
Miller We're Tomahawk shoppers ON
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Karbusli are
the parents of a new baby boy born
last Saturday.
Miss Mary Dickson, of Rudolph, is
a guest at the J. C. Stout home.
The Misses Dolores Ward and Ma
rie Stout and Ed Stout spent the
weekend at their homes.
Miss Wlelch, of GRAND Rapids, was
am over Sunday guest at the George
Ward home
Mrs. J. Mclaughlin was a Grand
Rapids visitor a few days of last
week.
Harry Williams, who lis suffering
with pneumonia, is being cared for
by Mrs. Mclaughlin.
Alpha Stout returned last week
from Rochester, Mimi, where he had
an operation performed ON his
throat.
Miss Meta Krantz, of Progress re
turned to her home, after spending
several months at the o. Hammered
home.
Ed Miller left ON Wednesday for
Jamestown, North Dakota, where he
viii be employed on the railroad.
Mrs. Anna Davis is having her res
taurant enlarged and the work on
same is progressing rapidly.
Mr., Schultz, of Bethel, was a Bah
cock business caller last Wednesday
MIR. and Mrs. B. E. Tubbs, OF
Bethel, visited at the Andrus home
+ last week.
Miss Faye Griffith and friends cele
brated her birthday last Wednesday.
Mrs. VIM. Stout moved out to her
marsh on Monday.
Mrs 1. Van WOrmer leaves on Tues
day for Montana, where she Will visit
friends and relatives.
A number of the girls went up to
Dexter last Saturday night to take
in the dance
Mr.. Frank Seebruck entertained
the Aid Society of the Catholic
church last Thursday.
The Misses Helen and Evelyn Mil
Ter were Tomah visitors last Tues
day.
School closed in the BFost district
last week and q picnic was given
the children (and grown ups) on Sun
day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30

Dr. R. P. Potter was q profession
al caller here last week.
E. A Rector spent Sunday at his
home in Grand Rapids
Mrs. Jack Smith visited relatives
in Grand Rapids Wednesday.
Miss Margaret Holmes has resum-
81 her school duties at City Point,
after a weeks rest
A. J. Cowell, of Grand Rapids. was
a visitor at the DfngIedine home one
day last week
Mrs. 3. Nottingham and son, Per
cy, were at Marshfield last Saturday,
where they received medical attention
Miss Clara Hoekstra was at Grand
Rapids Wednesday, where she sub
mitted to an operation for aenoids.
Mrs. George Lewis has been con-
fined to her bed the past week on ac
count Of injuries sustained in a run
away. Her friends hope to see her
cut again soon.
May 1st, Rev. and Mrs. Deans and
Mr.. Easter, Of Vesper, viii give a
Robert Burns program at the church,
The program viii consist of a lee
tUre and singing. Admission p cts.
| Children free.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy CutIer,w have
been visiting the latter's mother
Mrs. Ida Johnson, returned to their
/ home in Canada. While here they ,pu
/ chased the Herman JAM farm mean
/ Sherry, and viii take possession OF
| same in October.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
PLAlNFIELO.

Alfred RozeH has moved on the
Roberts farm near the Bancroft
creamery.
Arthur Cormwell was on the sick
list and under the care of a physic-
IAN Friday and Saturday
Mrs. Mamie Kapilslle, of Mhwau-
kee is visiting her sister, Mrs VT.
Clark, this week.
The funeral CT Mrs. James Crawford
was held at the Baptist church Sun
day. She is survived by a husband
and four children.
Sam FieIdman has disposed OF
his farm i'm Pine Grove known as
the Fred Mitchell place, to a farm
er near Almond, who has moved onto
the place.
John mdermuehle has disposed OF
his creamery and other property at
West PlainfieId to Albert Goth, OF
Rice Lake, who viii take possession
ut once. Mr.. Indermuehle Intends to
turn his entire attention TO agricul-
tural pursuits and dairying and VIII
remain i'm this vicinity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
ELK OFFICERS INSTALLED

The following officers were INSTALL
ed by the local Elks last evening o
R. Roenius acting ais installing Off
Ger:
G. A. bennington, Exalted Ruler.
Frank Abel, Esteemed Leading
Knight.
E. M. Hill, Esteemed Loyal Knight.
DR.. G. c. Rowley, Esteemed Lectur
ing Knight.
DIR. Geo. Houston, Secretary.
R. L. Nash, Treasurer.
Ed Turbin, Tyler.
Earl Pease, Director.
The building committee made a re-
port ON the final plans and specifica-
tions. Bids will he called for either
Thursday or Friday of this week yand
it lis expected that the contract for
the work will be Let Within the next
NO weeks.
The Elks Will give ONE of their
delightful dances Friday evening.
Exalted Ruler, c. A. bennington,
will be the delegate from the local
lodge to the Elks Golden Jubilee,
which will be held in Denver, Col,
in July.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30

Coombs a baby girl, ON Friday.
A large crowd attended the auc-
ton at Jones on Wednesday.
MIR. and Mrs. Geo. Johnson and
children, Of Rudolph, and Mesdames
Fred Fisher and B. Van Ert,of Port
Edwards, visited relatives here last
week.
Robert Week has purchased so
acres Of land from o. J. Len at Alt
dorf.
Carl Zeaman has gone to Minnesota
where he Will be employed.
Mrs. F. Whitman and brother, Of
your city, spent Wednesday here.
John Newman lis employed at Ait,
dorf.
G. c. Hart has sold his farm to
Charles Carlson of Chicago, and will
leave for Phillips to make his home,
George Forlund departed last
week for Minneapolis, Mimi. where
he has secured employment.
Miss Ida Jacobson is On the sick
list.
The marriage of Miss Anna Wal
lock, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Felix
WaIIock, to Felix Basinski, OF Wau-
sau, occurred at the St. Rosary Cath
OIic church ON Monday.
ERNEST and Miss Alma KronhOlm
came home ON Monday from Merrill,
where they have been visiting relati-
YES.
MIR. and Mrs. Victor Kronholm
moved into their new home last
week.
Bill Bymers and wife spent Sunday
with relatives at Vesper.
Andrew Anderson lis home from
RiUerview Hospital, where he has
been a patient.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
POLICE AND FIRE COM
MISSlONERS MET

At the meeting of the police and
fire commissioners held this week, "A.
B. SUtor was elected president and
F. G. GiIkey, secretary.
Mayor Cohen addressed the com
mission and called particular attenr
ton to the matter Of the strict EN-
forcement of the following:
l. The keeping of adj minors (girls
and boys under 21) out of saloons.
2. The keeping out of saloons of
all posted men.
g. That all saloon keepers be re
quired to refuse drinks to intoxicat-
ed persons.
4. The removal of adj things that
obstruct the view into private rooms
in saloons i'm accordance with the or
dinance.
Examinations will SOON be held for
the position of extra police.