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The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-11-04
MOTHERS Of
DELICATE CHILDREN
Should Read the Following
Letter-MrS. Stacks Story
About Her ChiId's Recovery
Is Entirely Reliable.

Palmyra, Pa.-"Three years ago my
little girl had black measles which left
her with chronic cough and SO awfully
thin you could count all her ribs, and she
coughed so much she had no appetite.
"Nothfng we gave her seemed to
help her at all until one day Mrs. Neibert
told me how much good Vinol had done
her little girl, so decided to try it for
my little one, and it has done her so much
good she is hungry all the time, her
cough is gone, she is stouter and more
healthy in color and this is the first win
ter she has been able to play out in the
snow, coasting and snow-balling without
any i'll effects. Mrs. ALFRED SLACK,
Palmyra, Pa.
We know Vinol will build up your
little ones and make them healthy,
strong and robust, therefore we ask
parents of every frail and sickly child
in this vicinity to try bottle of Vinol,
our delicious cod liver and iron tonic
without oil.
If we can induce you to try bottle
of Vinol as body-builder and strength
creator for your child, and you do not
find it is all we claim, we will return
your money on demand.
B. L. MIDDLETON, Richmond, KY.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-11-04


Il shall have to request you and the
family to accompany me to the sta
tion.p
But it Is all utterly impossible,
sir. know nothing of that money.
nor how it got there. It's a plot
declare on my oath, sir, that / am
innocent, that Miss Florence and her
companion know nothing about it."
You will have to tell that to the
federal judge, sir. Ny duty is to take
you all to the station. 1t would be
just as well not to say anything more,
sir"
Very we'll; but some one shall
smart for this outrage
That remains to be SEEM" was the
terse comment of the secret service
man.
He led his prisoners away directly.
Norton and his men had to wait far
into the night. The Black Hundred
did not intend to make any mistake
this time by hasty move. At quarter
after ten they descended. BEaine was
not with them This was due to the
urgent request of Olga, who still had
her doubts. The men rioted a bout the
house, searching hooks and corners,
examining floors and walls, opening
books, pulling out drawers, but they
found nothing They talked freely,
however, and the dictagraph regis.
which had so long defied discovery,
was in the cellar of the house occu-
pied by the Black Hundred. Norton
and his men determined to follow and
raid the building. And the reporter
promised himself a good front page
story without in any way conflicting
with his promises to Jones'
Events came to pass as they expected.
The trailing was not the easiest thing.
Norton knew about where the build
ing was, but he could not go to it di-
rectly. He was quite confident that
it's entrance was identical with that
which had the trap door through which
he had been flung that memorable
day when he had been shanghaied.
When they reached the building he
warned the men to hug the wall to the
stairs The trap yawned, but no one
was hurt They scampered up the
stairs like a lot of eager boys; broke
the door into find the weird execu-
tive chamber dark and empty and an
acrid smoke in their nostrils. This
latter grew sitting as they Numbered
about in the dark. BY luck Norton
found the exit and called to the men
to follow. They saw Beggs at the top
of the stairway and called out to him
to surrender. He held up his hands
and the stairs collapsed. Real nre
burst out and Norton and his compan-
ion had desperate battle with fame
and smoke to gain the street.
The fire was put out finally, but
there was nothing in the ruins to prove
that there had been a counterfeiting
den there. There was, however, at
least one consoling feature: i'm the fu-
ture the Black Hundred would have
to hold their star-chamber elsewhere
1t was checkmate; or, rather, it was
a draw.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-11-04

-Ger me anything you please. But
I'd feel better with little sunshine
That's universal" replied Jones,
gong into the hall for his hat
Had the telephone rung again at
that moment 1t is quite probable that
the day would have come to a close
as the day before had, monotonously.
But the ring came five minutes after
Jones had left the house
''Is this the .Hargreave placer
"Yes,v said Florence. who is it?''
'sThis is Miss Hargreave talking?"
yes"
"This is Doctor Morse I am at the
Queen hotel Mr.. Norton has been
badly hurt, and he wants you and
Mr.. Jones to come at once. We can
not tell just how serious the injury is.
He is just conscious Shall tell him
you will come Immediately?
TO BE CONTINUED
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-11-04


crap Crane by snadowing him. He
desired Braine to believe that his es-'
cape from the freighter had been
bit of wild luck and not a precon-
ceived plan. Braine was out of reach
for the present, so he began the search
for the man Vroon. He haunted the
water front saloons for a week with
out success.
He did not know that it was the
policy of the Black Hundred to lay low
for a month after a raid of such
serious character. So the Hargreave
menage had thirty days of peace;
always watched, however. For Braine
never relaxed his yiligance in that
part of the game. He did not care to
lose sight of Jones, who he was posi-
tive was ready for flight if the slight
est opportunity offered itself.
Norton went back to the primrose
paths or love; and sometimes he would
forget all about such a thing as the
Black Hundred. So the summer days
went by, with the lilacs and the roses
empowering the Hargreave home. But
Norton took note of the fact that
Florence was no longer the light
hearted schoolgirl he had first met.
Her trials had made serious woman
of her, and perhaps this phase was all
the more enchanting to him, who had
his serious side also. Her young mind
was 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,
fatteniniy 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 for
tune like that chap Manders, who only
a few years ago had been his desk
mate. He really began the first chap
ter of a novel; but that has nothing
to do with this history.
All ready, 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 playing rather cheer
less nocturne by Chopin. Fourteen
weeks ago this warfare had begun, and
all he had accomplished, he and those
with hir1, was the death or incarcera-
ton of few inconsequent members OF
the Black Hundred. Always they struck
and always he had to ward off. He
had always been on the defensive;
and a defensive fighter may last a
long while, but he seldom wins; and
the butler knew that they must win
or go down in bitter defeat. There
was no half way route to the end;
there could be no 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.
"HelIol You? Where have you
been? What has happened?"
who is it?" asked Florence, step
ping forward.
Jones held up a warning hand, and
Florence paused.
Eyes, yes;. 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 nntn'
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-11-04

Ior some time now. All! You
can't work the ceiling this time? :.
Window over the way. Very good,
sir. But be careful.
The word "sir" caught Florence's
attention. 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"
Jone': eyes widened. Il did,"
Eyes, and it's the first time I ever
heard you use it over the telephone.
Jones, you were talking to my father!"
PLEASE, Miss Florence, do not ask
me any questions. 1 cannot answer
any. I dare not"
But If l should command, upon
the pain. of dismissal?" coldly.
"Ah, Miss Florence" and Jones
tapped his pocket, you forget that you
cannot dismiss me by word. 1 am le-
gally in control here. / am sorry
that you have made me recall this
fact to YOU"
Florence began to cry softly.
81 am sorry, very sorry" said the
butler, torn between the desire to
comfort her and the law that he had
laid down for himself. at is very
gloomy today, and perhaps we are a
little depressed by it. ] am sorry.
30, I realize, Jones, that all this
amending mystery annd secrecy have
a set purpose at back. Only, it does
just seem as if should go mad some
times with waiting and wondering.
.'And if the truth must be told, it
is the same with me. We have to
wait for them to strike. Shall get
you something new to read? / am
going down to the drug store and
they have q circulating library"
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-11-04

promise him immunity for some other
offenses."
Tell him he shall have immunity
on the word of the chief. But also
say that he must come to see me in
person"
'AIl right, sir"
Il don't believe it would be wise
for Beggs to see me here. / gave him
a good send-off-Sing Sing-five years
ago. He may recollect." said Norton.
Suit yourself about that: Only.
keep in communication with me by
telephone and I'll tip you off as to
when the raid shall take place. Lucky
you came in. l should have honestly
gone there and arrested innocent
people, and they would have had a
devil of time explaining. 1t would
have taken them at least a week to
clear themselves. That would leave
the house empty all that time"
Norton did not reply, but he put
the blotter away carefully. There
was no getting away f, ON the fact,
but the god of luck was with him.
do you know what's back of it
all?"
Il can't tell you any more than I
have" said Norton.
Then 1 pass. / know you well
enough. If you've made up your mind
not to talk a man couldn't get any
thing out of you with can-opener.
And that's why we trust you, my boy.
Don't forget the telephone"
81 shan't. So long"
That same night Braine paid the
Russian woman brief visit.
81 think that here's where we go
forward. The secret service will raid
the house tomorrow and then for a
few days well roam about as we bally
please. I'm hanged if 1 don't have
every plank torn up and all the walls
pulled down. More and more I'm con-
WINGED that the money is in that
house"
Don't be too confident" warned
Olga. so many times have we been
tripped up when everything seemed in
our hands. The house should be
guarded but not entered for day
or two; at least not till after the raid
is cold. I'm beginning to see traps
everywhere"
"NonsenseI Leave It to me. We
shan't stick our heads inside the Har-
greave house till we are dead certain
that it is absolutely empty. Olga,
you're a gem 1 don't think Russia
will bother us for awhile. Eth? Paroff
will not dare tell how he was film
TANNED. The least he can do to save
his own skin is to say that we are
fully capable of taking care Of our
selves"
Olga laughed. ITO think of his
writing note like that! Florence
would have recognized-and no doubt
did-a palpable attempt to play an
old game twice"
How does she act towards your"
Cordial as ever; and yet =. -
yet what?"
81 thought her an ordinary school
girl, and yet every once in while she
makes what you billiard players call
a professional shot. What matter?
So long as they do not shut the door
in my face, l ask nothing more. But
do you want my opinion? feel itDln
my bones that something will 60
wrong tomorrow"
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-11-04

Word.
lives and money. Well, if she would
be fool enough to love this man she
must abide with the consequences.
She wanted him all by herself, out of
danger, in a far country. He might
tire, but she knew in her heart that
she never would. This was her one
great passion, and while her mode
of living was not as honest as might
be, her love was honest enough and un-
swerving, though it was not gilded
by the pleasant fancies OF youth.
''Of what are you thinking?" he
asked when he concluded that the
pause had been long enough.
You"
HIN. Complimentary"
No; just ordinary everyday love-"
"Ah, Olga, why the deuce must you
go and fall in love with bundle OF
ashes like. myself? Ashes and bitter
ashes, too Sometimes regret But
the regretting only seems to make
me all the more savage. What opium
and dope are to other men, danger
and excitement are to me. 1t is not
written that 1 shall die in bed. have
told you that already. There is no
other woman-now. And do love you
after a fashion, as a man loves COM
rade. Wait till this dancing bout is
over and l may talk otherwise. And
now l am going to shake hands and
hobnob with the elite-beautiful word!
And while l bow and smirk and crack
witticisms, I and the devil will be
chuckling in our sleeves. But this
I'll tell you, while there's a drop OF
blood in my veins, a breath in my
body, I'll stick to this fight if only
to prove that I'm not gutter"
He caught her suddenly in his arms,
kissed her, ran lightly to the door,
and was gone before she could re-
cover from her establishment.
The affair went smoothly, without
a hitch. Norton and his men gained
the house through the tunnel without
attracting the least attention. The
Black Hundred, watching the front
and rear of the house, never dreamed
that there existed another mode OF
entrance or that there was secret
cabinet room.
Half an hour later the head of the
secret service, accompanied by his
men, together with Spider Beggs,
who was in high feather over his sue
cess, arrived, demanded admittance'
and went at the front of the business
at once.
your name is JONES'" began the
chief
The butler nodded, though his face
evinced no little bewilderment at the
appearance of these men.
What is it you wish, sir?"
81 am from the secret service and
1 have it from pretty good source
that there is counterfeit money hidden
in this house. More than that, can
put my hand on the very place it is
hidden"
THAT is impossible, sir" declared
Jones Indignantly.
I'm an old hand, Mr.. Jones. 1t
will not DO you bit of good to put
on that bold front"
Beggs smiled. How was he to know
that this was comedy set especially
for his benefit?
81 should like to see that money"
said Jones, not quite so bravely.
Come with me- said the secret
service man. Where's the library?'
Beyond that door, sir"
The chief reckoning to his men,
entered the library, went directly to
a certain shelf, extracted three. vol
umes, and there lay the money in
three neat packages
Good heayens!" gasped Jones.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-11-04
CHAPTER XIV.

Another Trap Set.
If the truth is to be told, Jones was
as deeply chagrined over the outcome
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-06-19
FARMING CAMPAIGN
p. G. HOLDEN AND OTHER NOTED
AGRICULTURAL LEADERS
ON THE JOB.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City, the Various
nate Institutions and from
Many Different Parts Of
the Sushine State.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


Sisseton.-The great agricultural
campaign, covering all Of South Da-
kota east of the Missouri river, be-
gan Monday, June s. at Aberdeen. and
will continue for three weeks. 1t IS
a campaign by the farmers and bust
ness men OF the state. with the CO.
operation OF the Chicago and North
western and the Chicago. Milwaukee
and st. Paul railroads.. the state
grange. commercial clubs and better
farming associations and =. G.. HOl-
den. director Of the agricultural eX-
tension department of the I%nternation-
al Harvester company, and his entire
staff.
In this campaign more than 500
meetings and demonstrations will take
place on the farms and in the towns
throughout the eastern part of the
state. The demonstration train will
travel more than 1000 miles and will
make 100 stops. At every stop it will
be met by the people Of the community
In automobiles, and in these automo-
blies, the speakers will go, five, 10,
Is and ever 20 miles out to the farms
and small communities for the meet
ings that have been arranged. This
is the Holden method of carrying on
campaigns for better agricultural
methods, and it has proved wonderful
ly successful in other parts OF the
country.
The leading topics of this campaign
will be alfalfa, live stock and methods
of preventing hog cholera-all OF
which lead to rotating and diversity
ing crops to get the maximum yields
from the land. the greatest reward for
labor done and the building up Of the
soil. There is a humanitarian phase
to this campaign which will be brought
out strongly by all of the speakers.
1t is that modern. practical methods
Of farming not only make farming
more profitable and farms more vel
liable, but go to make better schools.
better and happier homes and more eff
tlcient people.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-06-19
Seed Work at ColIeue.

Pierre. A Wisconsin inquirer
writes the State college as follows:
Have you anything you can report
in a few words of work being done
at our station, or that has been
done during the past year, that will
be OF special interest to the seeds.
man? Anything along the line OF
plant breeding would be valuable at
this time" Reply by Agronomist A
n. Hume: 1--WE are sending you a
bulletin, which you no doubt already
have, on the advantage of using larger
seed pieces Of potatoes. Last sum.
mer we continued the experiment with
potato seed pieces. using large. me
dunn and small seed pieces, taken
from the same sized tubers and sec.
ond from the small tubers. Our re
suits indicated that. not only is the
size of the seed piece important. but
also that the hereditary effect OF the
tubers is In ia or of the selections OF
good sized. well shaped seed tubers
With corn. we have been breeding
high and low protein strains, not
only with reference to the percentage
OF protein contained but also with
reference to yielding power. Our find
ings indicate that high protein strains
actually yield more corr per acre than
low protein strains. We have a bulle
tin also ready, and in the hands OF the
printer. giving results Of producing
sweet clover here in South Dakota. II
seems to be a very productive crop
not only from the standpoint Of the
seed, but also from the standpoint OF
forage. The yields Of forage were not
enormous. but were very satisfactory
as compared with yields OF alfalfa"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-06-19

Supreme Court Uohoids the Aberdeen
Board of Education.

Pierre.-The supreme court took ad-
case Of John Stretch VS.. Board of
Education of the city OF Aberdeen, In
which. in an opinion written by Jus
tice Whiting, the lower our Of Brown
county was affirmed in its decision
that The board has the right and pow.
of pupils in the public schools of that
city. In substance the court holds
that police power for the protection
OF health is not confined to literal
legislative provisions. That what
would be practically a necessary re.
Quirement Of one point under certain
conditions would be a hardship at an.
other place and under a different set
Of conditions, and that the law must
be construed to meet not only the
necessities Of occasions, but to meet
the ever changing views upon this
subject. That regulations which were
considered proper and necessary a
few years ago may not be considered
at all at this day, and what we con.
slider proper health regulation today
may be discarded at any time and
different regulations become a neces.
sity. The appellant contended In this
case. of the Aberdeen regulation, that
such examinations, that the examina.
lions called for may result in such
mental suggestions Of disease as may
result in mental disease germs" The
court holds IF such examination is a
menace to the health of the child. ow.
ing to the danger OF mental sugges.
ton, then the study of physiology and
hygiene should be excluded from the
schools.
Time may come that this contention
Will be the accepted doctrine of the
day. but courts must follow the &C.
cepted doctrine Of the present. except
where such doctrine is shown to be
wrong by evidence"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-06-19
Stanley County Seat.

Philip.-The town Of Midland ap
peared by its attorneys before the
board OF county commissioners, in
session at Fort Pierre. and presented
a petition and resolution asking that
the board submit to the voters Of the
county at the November election the
question OF a permanent location OF
the county seat of Stanley county
Stanley county has been organized q
years. but the applicants contend that
no permanent county seat has ever
been selected. For many years Fort
Pierre was the only organized mum
cipality in the county. and was at
the time Of original establishment Of
the county selected as the temporar9
county seat. With three county di
vision propositions pending. if there
is also a submission Of the question OF
county seat location there is likely
to be a lively election in Stanley
county this fall.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-06-19
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EASY TO BEAUTlFY THE YARD
Plot Of Ground May Be Small, But
There Are Always Possibilities
Of Improvement.

No matter how small a yard you.
have, there are possibilities for max
ing it a JOY to yourself and to others
In the congested parts OF a city i'm
agine the pleasure OF those who live
on the third and fourth floors OF q
house or apartment when they may
look down upon q tiny spot Of green.
It tells them of the changing seasons:
it rests them after a hard days work:
it stimulates them with hope: 1t re-
freshes them as nothing but a touch
Of beauty can.
Occasionally one comes upon such
a yard, eve when the owner has
neither much time or money to expend
upon it. but much may be done where
there is an inherent love for growing
things. One particular garden had for
its nucleus a great wistaria vine.
which was strong and fine with
age, and 1t glorified the backs Of un-
slightly houses and shielded an alley
from view.
no passer-by on the street could
suspect the wealth of beauty that lay
hidden behind the house. The little
back yard was aglow with the huge
purple flowers in full bloom. making
the rickety fence look picturesque
But this vine had been lovingly tended
else 1t would have long since fallen
into decay, as had It's %neighbors. An
other fence was made attractive by
vines that clambered from boxes
which were placed at measured dis
tances along the yard. There was a
narrow flower bed in the center OF
the tiny grass plot. Surely not a pre-
tentious garden, but one that soothed
the nerves at evening and made
known to all the world that spring
had come.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-06-19
HOUSE SET IN SHRUBBERY
Abode to Have a Bare and Unat-
tractive Appearance.

II have invested 81, 900 in my home"
a man remarked to a friend the other
day as they reached his house. Its
a comfortable little house and / will
always be able to get my money out
if | want to. Don't you think it was
a good Investment"
Fine" the friend replied. You
have a mighty attractive house. But
you have neglected just one thing to
make 1t a place hat would capture
everybody that saw it. The house
looks bare. BY spending a few dollars
for s%hrubbery around it you would
give it a setting that would be great"
There are several thousand houses
In Kansas City hat might have been
the subject Of such a conversation.
Men will make a large investment in a
house and then will fail to make the
ing that would make the big invest
ment really effective.
There is a charm, a sense of home
likeness about a house set in shrub
berry and trees that are lacking in the
house without such a setting. Bare.
unbroken lines are hard ard forbid
ding. Green leaves and branches
about a building make it part of the
landscape. They tie" it to the ground
and make it seem to grow out OF the
soil.
A house isn't really a home until
nature Is called into cooperation with
it.-Kansas City Star.