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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-30

T 01naDoY HargFeave, nill1oaaires after q
11sas11pas escape fron the den - the
0an9 q militant thieves known - the
01ask Hundred, Hives the life Of . re-
0lass for eighteen years. HaFgFeave ae-
S8ae11nlly meets Braine, leader Of the
0losok Hundred. Knowing DFaiAe Will
S1y - gst hin, he escapes fron His own
As0s ~ q balloon. Before escaDang ~
writes . letter to the girls school where
eagAtsea years before he mystsrlously
left - he doorstep his baby daughter.
F1eReD0o Gray. That day Hargreavo
also AraWs e1.o00y000 from the banlk, but
sea when Ne balloon he escaped IN was
DActuFeA.
F1ersAee arrives from the gir1s' scAeel.
Countess Olga. DFaine's conpanion. Wis
1ts her and clainas her ~ q relative. Two
Bogus detectives call. but their pl0t II
1salsA ~ Norton, q newspaper nan.
~ bribing tie captain Of the Orient.
Merton lays q trap for BraiAe and His
sang. Countess Olga also visits the OH
enrs captain. and she easily fails tate
the reDoRter's snare. The plan proves
abortive through Braine's good luck and
ealy AirslinSs fail Into the hands ef the
Dslies.
After failing In their Arst attempt, he
Black Hundred trap F1sFenee. They ask
her for nensy, but she escapes, aga1n
telling theR.
Norton ana the eeuntess eau IN E1er-
ence the next day, enee mere sa1s At
home. The visitors having gone. jones
removes q section Of Aoerlng and fre0
q cavity takes . box. PuFsueA By nnena.
hers 81 the Black Hundred, he rusAes t.
the water frsnt and succeeds In drop
ping the bex into the Sea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-30

woman of her, and perhaps this phase was all
the more enchanting to him, who had his seri-
QUE side also. Her young mind like an
Italian garden, always opening new vistas for
his admiring gaze.
He went about his work the same as of old,
interviewing, playing detective, fattening his
pay envelope by specials to the Sunday edition
and some of the lighter magazines. Sometimes
he had vague dreams of writing a play, a
novel, and making a tremendous fortune like
that chap Manders, who only few years ago
had been his desk mate. He really began the
first chapter of a novel; but that has nothing
to do with this history.
Already, then. The chess are once more ON
the board, and it is the move OF the Black
Hundred
The day was rather cloudy. Jones viewed
the sky YEARLY. He could hear Florence play
ing rather a cheerless nocturne by Chopin.
Fourteen weeks ago this warfare had begun,
and all he had accomplished, he and those
with him, was the death or incarceration of a
few inconsequent members of the Black Hun
dred. Always they struck and always he had
to ward off. He had always been on the de-
fensive; and a defensive fighter may last a
long while, but he seldom wins; and the but
Ter knew that they must win or go down in
bitter defeat. There was no half way route to
the end; there could be draw. 1t all
reminded him of thunderbolts: one man knew
where they were going to strike.
The telephone rang at the same moment
Florence left the piano. She stopped at the
threshold.
Hello. You? Where have you been:
What has happcned?'
Who is it?' asked Florence, stepping for
ward.
Jones held up a warning hand, and Florence
paused.
Yes, yes; I hear perfectly. o! You've
been working out their new quarters? Good,
good! But be very careful, sir. One never
knows what may happen. They have been
quiet for some time now. . All! You
can't work the ceiling tbs time? Win
dow over the way. Very good, sir. But be
careful
The word sir caught Florence's atten-
tien. She ran to Jones and seized him by the
arm.
WHO was that?' she cried, as he turned
away from the telephone.
"Why?-
You said SIR :"
Jones' eyes widenel. at did:-
Yes, and it's the first time cve I'D
you use it over the telephone. Jones, you
were talking to my father"
Please, Miss Florence, do not ask me any
questions. cannot answer any. l dare not"
But if should command. upon the pain
ct dismissalf' eoldly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-30
Copyright: 1914: by Harold Mac orath.)
CHAPTER XIV
ANOTHER TRAP SET.

(C0pyfl3nSs
CHAPTER XIV.
ANOTHER TRAP SET.
vT the truth IL to be told. Jones was A.
deeply chagrined over the outcome Of the
4 counterfeit deal a. was Braine. They had
both failed signally to reach the goal
sought. But this time the organization had
broken even with zones, and this fact dis
turbed the butler. II might signify that the
turning point had been reached, and that in
tn future the good luck might swing over to
the side of the Black Hundred. Jones re-
doubled his cautions, reiterated his warnings,
and slept less than ever. Indeed. as he went
over the ground he conceded a point to the
Black Hundred. He would no longer be able
to keep tabs the organization. They had
deserted their former quarters absolutely. The
agent Of whom they had leased the building
knew nothing except that lie would have to
repair the place. The rent had been paid a
year in advance, as it has been these last eight
years. He had dealt through an attorney who
knew no more of his clients than the agent.
30 1t will be seen that Jones had In reality
received a check.
More than all this, it would give his enc
n
deeper menace than he cared to face. But he
went about his affairs as usual, giving no hint
b any one of the mental turmoil which had
possession of him.
1t is needless to state that Norton did not
scoop his rivals on the counterfeit story. But
h. set to work exploring the cellar of the
gutted building, and in one corner he found a
battered die. He turned this over to the
secret service men. There was one man he
wanted to fnd-vroon. This man. could he
ind him, should be made to lead him, Norton,
to the new stronghold. He saw the futility OF
trying to trap Braine by shadowing him. He
desired Braine to believe that his escape from
the freighter had been bit of wild luck and
not a preconceived plan. Braine was. out Of
reach for the present, he began the search
fol the man vroon. He haunted the water
front saloons for a week without success
He did not know that it was the policy of
the Black Hundred to lay low for a month
after q raid of such a serious character. So
the Hargreave menage had thirty days of
peace always watched. however. For Braine
never relaxed his vigilance in that part of the
game. He did not care to lose sight OF Jones,
whom he was positive ready for flight II
the slightest opportunity offered itself.
Norton went back to the primrose paths Of
1--we: and sometimes he would forget all about
such thing ~ the Black Hundred. So the
summer days went BY, with the hlacs and the
roses empowering the Harsreave home. But
Norton took note Of the fact that Florence
was no longer the light hearted schoolgirl he
~ AESe INST Her trials had made serious
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-30

Aecomplices Of Braine kldnap F1oreaoe
while she In shopping and hurry her on
to sea. She leaps overheard and II
picked up In . dazed condition By Ash
e1aen. The Black Hundred locate her,
and Bra1ne, Aisgulsed ~ her father, takes
her back to sea with him. Flo1eace sets
IRE to the boat and 10 rescued By q skip
On which Norton has been shanghaied.
Norton and Flerence, safely ashore,
take the train for home. The train -
wrecked. Morton, who tries to rescue
her. - tied to the railroad tracks. Flor
enee saves hin and finally Jones comes
to the rescue of both.
Ceneealed above the rendezvous Of the
Black Hundred, q man learns OF the re-
covery from the sea Of the box OF jew
els BY . sailor and Of Its subsequent re-
turn to the bottom OF the sea. and he
A aaplieate box II planted and later Sc
tents are exanineA the box mysteraously
AfsaDDears.
Owing to the falling on Of eontribu-
t1ons to the DareAt organization In Rus
saa, m agent arrives and assumes the
leaAezshiD Of the American branch -
TIE Black Hundred. Through the con-
nivance Of the countess ana Braine tho
new head II thoroughly huniliated.
Finding himself cAeekmated at every
turn. Braine endeavors to ensnesh the
Hargreave Household in the law In or
der to gain free access to the house.
TIE timely discovery Of the Plot By Ner-
ton sets the pelice at the heels II the
paek ana results in q raid ON the gangs
Hendezveus, which, however. proves -
- barren Of results. f'*f
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-30

avoids committing itself to making any
additional payment whatsoever next
year. Tho unwillingness Of the dis
tribution 10 thus prolonged and sm-
phasized. Whatever OF encoura cement
and inspiration the increased pay might
give is wholly destroyed by the ,surly,
grabbed attitude of those who are to
hand, 1t over.
Minneapolis owes her grade teachers
more money. The grade teacher 10
proportionatsiy the hardest worked.
poorest paid employe Of the city. She
must have b wide variety OF subjects
at her fingers ends and she must be
responsible for from 80 to so pupils all
the time. Her maximum pay under
present conditions is $1,000 a year. In
contrast, the high school teacher Is
paid up to $1,000. The high school
teacher has smaller classes and fewer
topics.
The great big work Of the public
schools is done below the high school
grades. The big educational RESPONSE
bility rests upon the grade teacher, for
thousands Of pupils never go on to the
high school. 1t Is poor policy and bad
democracy to permit SO wide a dis
parity between the pay Of the teacher
who does the bigger work for the
greater number and the compensation
of the teacher who performs the small
er work for the smaller number
The legislature has authorized a tax
levy which would be ample to care for
any increased pay desired. Enough
money is already provided for to make
some sort Of a start. The grade teach
ers should begin to get that money
at once and they ought to get 1t in a
way that will not cause them to feel
that they are working for a community
which wants to pinch them down to
the lowest wage which will permit self
supporting women to be respectable
Minneapolis News.
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The floral offerings were many and
beautiful.
Mrs.. W, q. Ward ana daughter. Mrs.
Charles .Lindauist, left for Abiline.
Kan, Friday to visit at the home Of
the formers mother. Mrs. Samuel
Bricker.
The high school. pupils viii take up
bookkeeping and business spelling
during the second semester. The ninth
grade English began reading 1.-THE
Vicar Of Wakefield" by Goldsmith.
Mrs. Howe Of Green Mountain visited
a few days last week with her son.
Leo Howe.
Harold Buck is able to be In school
again after an attack Of pneumonia.
Word received from Mrs. Page by
friends here is to the effect that her
daughter -in-l law, Mrs Emma Page, Of
Des MONIES, js still dangerously Ill.
After q weeks visit with many
friends here Patrick WEIGH returned to
his home in Coon Rapids last Friday.
Miss Molly Corcoran left Monday for
Missouri to visit her sister. Mrs. Brace.
Tuesday. while enroute to State
Center, Charles Keoppel had mishap
when the rear axle Of his car broke.
Luckily none Of the occupants. includ-
ing the members Of Mr.. Keoppel's Gam
lily was injured.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-30
MAJORITY or 90 VOTES FOR
UNITING OF EIGHT SCHOOL
DISTRICTS.
SPECIAL ELECTIONS
TO BE CALLED SOON
Board Holds Meeting to Prepare No
tioss Calling Special Elections to
Vote on Directors and Bond District
Modification Meeting Held at Mel.
bourne Thursday Night.

Rural school consolidation with the
Melbourne town school won in the spe-
cial election held at Melbourne Thurs
day afternoon. A majority of 80 votes
carried the proposition.
In the town the vote for consolida-
ton was practically unanimous. there
being 72 votes for to against. In the
outside districts the proposition did not
carry with as large a majority, the
vote standing 70 for to 80 against This
gave the proposition total vote Of
142 for to. A against. or majority
of 90.
The principal opposition to the con-
solidation came from Logan district
No. 4. south Of Melbourne.
Eight Districts Included.
In the consolidation all or parts Of
eight districts are included. The terri
tory takes in parts Of Washington,
State Center. Logan and Eden town
ships and all or part of the following
rural school districts are included:
Nos. 9 and 10, Washington; Nos. 2, 4,
and 5, Logan, and the Melbourne
school; No. 6. State Center; and No. &,
Eden township.
The description of the territory Of
the district Is as follows:
Beginning at the southeast corner Of
section %. Logan township, then due
north six miles to the northeast corner
OF section q, Washington township;
then west five and one-half miles to
the center Of the north line Of section
rs, State Center township; then south
two miles to the north line Of section
No. 2. Eden township; then west one
half mile to the northwest corner Of
section 2, Eden township; then south
three miles to the southwest corner
Of section IA. Eden township; then
east two miles to the southeast corner
OF section No. 10. Eden township; then
south one mile to the southwest corner
OF section 10. Logan township; then
east four mites to the starting point.
=. Board Plans Elections.
The school, board met Thursday
night, following the canvass Of the
votes. and made arrangements to issue
notices for special elections to be held
to determine the personnel Of the con-
so1tdated district board; also to vote
on the bond issue for the district,
JoIiifcation Meeting.
The ringing OF bells. and the light
ing OF bonfires. marked the, jollification
over the election at Melbourne Thurs
day night. The fires were kept burning
until midnight.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-30
QUIT MEAT WHEN
KIDNEYS BOTHER
TAKE A GLASS OF SALTS IF YOUR
BACK HURTS OR BLADDER
TROUBLES YOU.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make mistake by
flushing the kidneys occasionally. says
a well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which excites the kidneys,
they become overworked from the
strain. get sluggish and fail to filter
the waste and poison from the blood.
then we get sick. Nearly all rheuma-
itism. headaches. liver trouble. nervous
ness, dizziness, sleeplessness and uri-
nary disorders come from sluggish kid
neys.
The moment you feel a dull ache in
the kidneys or your back hurts or II
the urine is cloudy, offensive. full Of
sediment, irregular of passage or at
tended by sensation of scalding. stop
eating meat and get about four ounces
of Jad Salts from any pharmacy; take
q tablespoonful in a glass of water be-
fore breakfast and in q few days your
kidneys will act fine. This famous
salts is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon Juice. combined with lithia.
and has been used for generations to
flush and stimulate the kidneys. also
to neutralize the acids in urine so 1t
no longer causes irritation, thus end
ing bladder weakness.
Jad Salts Is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithia water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active and the blood
pure. thereby avoiding serious kidney
complications.-Adv.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-30
BEING Grabbed to Teacher.

Minneapolis grade school teachers
are to be congratulated. If they are
not to be condoled with for their for
bearance.
They have been following long and
stony road to increased pay and they
have not yet arrived. When the board
Of education heightened their working
day by jauntily lacking on half an
hour, that was nothing. When they
asked mite more money. that was a
serious thing over which there should
be endless conference andSshair-spht-
ting with due regard to the rebellious,
ineubor,dinate tendency springing up
among these extravagant women.
Now that a s mill tax, levy has
been granted to care for the increa sed
pay, the board Is sitting on the money.
easily credulous Of all the legal tech
nicalities interposed between the teach
ers and the actual cash. When the adj
ditional money already provided for is
finally paid over, 1t is suggested that
It be given in lump IN the FORM of
a ''bonus" By this device the board
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-30

vention. The national. convention usu-
ally adopts memorial to congress.
urging the enactment Of . federal law
or the submission OF an amendment
to the constitution.
(. But out Of the bewildering multitude
OF these organizations one of the most
recent stands out In solitary grandeur
1t Is the American Society for Thrift
While the full name Of the society will
not be found in the massive lexicon
aforementioned. the younger generation
will find among the obsolescent terms
tho word thrift" There are old per-
sons who profess recollection OF 4
time In our history when the word was
In general use and the thing 1t sig
.nified was held up as an object Of cul-
tivation. In the dim past children were
taught penmanship from copies" con-
tanning such sentiments as Fielding's
Penny saved Is penny got" One
Benjamin Franklin added to his con-
temporary fame by grinding out for
Poor Richards almanac epigrammatic
preachments on the necessity for
thrift In those days spendthrift was
subject to almost as much reproach
as is nowadays heaped upon the tight
Wad. In those days q humble citizen
had more concern about his savings
than about his gross income. There be-
ing no scientific weather observations
on which to rely. he looked upon rainy
days as inevitable and imminent and
he saved against them. The conse-
quence was that old age pension legis-
lation was not then crying need.
The American Society for Thrift,
while a reactionary organization, has
our best wishes. No isolated individ-
ual can practice thrift. He can not
tolerate the contempt Of his fellows.
The wild extravaganza of desire and
extravaganza Of expenditure which
characterize our time and our people
largely arise from mutual emulation.
The common defense of prodigality is
expressed by, the refrain Of the low
brow ditty: 'Everybody's doing It."
The temporary popularity of. the So
ciety for the Prevention of Useless
Giving signifies little. Giving is but
an incident Of n life: useless spend
ing attends us from the cradle to the
grave and even extends to the funeral
and the tombstone. Only by q union
of neighbors and associates can the
tendency be checked. It is gratifying
that the governors Of various states
have stamped the movement with
their approval. No legislation is
needed. While the department of agri-
culture may aid the cause with its
bulletins to some extent. the reform
must be accomplished by the volun-
tary efforts Of the people themselves.
Length Of days, power Of numbers and
magnitude Of results to the American
Society of Thrift.
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Crops. In Other Countries.

drops IN Othor Countries.
Russfa's wheat yield for twenty years
has averaged only eight and one
quarter bushels per acre, with the
ground lying fallow every third year
and famine every five years.
The average farm lands Of New
England. New York, Virginia and other
eastern states have markedly decreased
IN productive power and value. Thous-
ands OF acres within 100 miles of Wash
ington, d. c.. once worth $50 to $75 per
acre, are now abandoned for agricul-
ture. The east frequently spends 81
to $40 per acre for plant food to keen
up it's soils.
Wheat In England averages thirty
two bushels per acre. but En- Gland i'm
ports four times as much wheat an she
produces. English farmers use several
hundred thousand tons of commercial
plant food annually.
Belgium imports five times as much
wheat as she produces and quantities
OF corn and oil cake.
Germany consumes nearly twice as
much wheat as she produces and i'm
ports corn and q billion pounds of oil
cake. While she exports principally
2,oo0,Oo0.0O0 pounds of sugar, contain
Lag Lo pluNL 1000 OF value.
Denmark imports more wheat than
she produces, besides corn and SOC. 900 :
QUO pounds of oil cake and exports
principally 175,o00,000 pounds of butter.
containing practically no plant food.
These countries that feed practically
all they raise and buy in addition large
quantities of fertilizers and other food
stu1rs from which to produce still
larger amounts of manure, can thus
make their soils richer than ever be-
fore, but the great agricultural areas Of
tne United States are being steadily de-
pleted.
Improvement in seed. cultivation and
crop rotation and the addition of 1000 :
oOo acres OF richest black soil have in
creased the average yield of corn in
Illinois. but some portions Of the 1000 :
ooo acres OF older corn land are now
producing smaller crops.
II we repeat in the great corn belt
the history OF land ruin in Palestine, in
soutnern europe, In Russia, and in the
eastern United States, where shall orr
chlldren go for bread? After the land
Is impoverished it is too late to invest
IN SOIL Improvement. Poverty Is help
less. illinois can not afford to wait
twenty-five or fifty years before adopt.
ing permanent systems of soil in,nrova
ment.
II we are to maintain the fertility ~
our lands we must apply limestone and
phosphate where needed to prou,
legumes to feed the grain crops. Thf.
Is the Illinois system for not only main
tanning fertility. but for increasing II
Observation-Disclosures Farmers Insti.
tute.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-30
aREEh MOUNTAIN WEDDING
Miss Nellie Michel Becomes Bride
w. Il. lyneh. Of Gladheaak.

Miss Nellie Michel Becomes Bride Of
w. =. Lynch, Of Gladbrook.
The B. j. Nichol home, at Green
Mountain. was the scene OF a pretty
nome wedding Wednesday evening,
when Miss Nellie I. Nichol became the
bride of William Earl Lynch, Of Glad
brook The service was performed at
$50 o'clock by Rev. F. M. Wheeler,
pastor OF the Church Of the Brethren
in Marion township, an uncle Of the
bride.
Thirty guests attended tho wedding
and were received by Mr.. and Mrs.
Nichol and the bride and groom. The
bride wore . pretty gown Of brocaded
crepemull. which was effectively trim
med with lace. She and the groom
werefunattended.
Immediately after the ceremony a
three-course dinner was served. q yell
low and white color scheme being used
In the menu. and yellow and white
roses. in decorating the rooms. The
supper was served by the four sisters
Of the bride, Mrs. Grant Yetley. and
Misses Ruby, May. aud Minute Nichol.
Mics Nichol is the youngest daugh-
ter q Mr.. and Mrs. Nichol, and has
always lived in and near Green Noun
tain where she Is very well known and
has many friends. Mr.. Lynch IL a son
OF NE. and Mrs. T. ]. Lynch Of Clad
brook and IL a well-known farmer. He
and his bride will make their home on
their: farm near that place.
TIE guests from away included Mr..
and Nrs. L ]. Nichol and family, of
David; Mrs. Elizabeth Kinsinger and
SON Will. and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
JohnlA Of Gruhdy Center.
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Marion Townst 10 Items.

The Helping Hand Aid was enter
tanned by Mrs. Otto Eich Wednesday
Dinner was served at noon. Mrs. Eich
was assisted in serving by Mrs. Fred
Jones. Mrs. v. Hasenstab. Mrs. G.
Specht. and Mrs. O. Lien. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Daniel Es-
tai
Mrs. Fred Wallen and daughter
Igerna. are visiting Mrs, Wallen's par
cnts. Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard, at Moul-
ton. Mrs. Wallen recently passed thru
a surgical operation.
Mrs. II. A. futile spent q few days
at the home of her son. L. NJ. futile
at State Center.
MRS. Nellie Nicholson il visiting her
son, A. w. Nicholson, at Beaman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-30
Farmers, Attsntion,

We are now prepared to make con-
tracts for growing the following crops
at the prices named:
Sweet corn, 81 per ton.
Tomatoes, SO per ton.
Pumpkins, $3.50 per ton:
Cabbage, IS per ton.
Hominy corn, 70 cents per bushel.
As our requirements. are limited we
will only be able to. accept . given
quantity Of contracts on each item
above listed. r
Last season there were number Of
applicants for acreage whom we were
compelled to- turn away. We would
suggest that you call at our office or
phone No. z. or drop US a postal and
we will send representative to call
upon you. Western Grocer Mills.