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this city scores Of beautiful and costly
homes which are turned over to care
takers, sometimes without rent. and
with coal. gas and electric light bills
paid. On some occasions, even, care
takers are paid nominal sum to live
In the houses.
Now is the season when these
caretakers are the busiest. Those who
have had these positions in the past
are the most active and they besiege
almost daily the various real estate
Offices in the city. For this business
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Johnson his
the United society in
While Johnson researches the
buried Roman highways which
shifting succeeded
Carthage
Lepis
"On init
ua than opportunity to study them
than section hitherto
warriors
night
then walls smooth by
hundreds of feet below
II difficult the and bred there
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Unsuitable Crop.

Corn Is not suitable crop with
which to follow alfalfa, unless there
Is an abundance Of rain.
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Capital Folk Scramble for Rent-Free Houses

hundred Wasngonans for rent
the ciy exclusive
outside the capital realize that there are In
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
Set Plants In Rows.

Arrange the garden planting so that
all plants are set in rows like field
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
Uncle Sam Needs Rifle Ranges for Civilians

VA probability that citizen dery called to national
issued statement explaining the rifle practise
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The problem of the care OF these
living nlants while under observation
was solved through the cooperation
Of the department of agriculture. which
assigned special greenhouse No. Z, at
E,ourteenth and B streets northwest,
for housing them. Today veritable
desert fiourishes in it, filled with all
,rinde of strange desert plants. espe-
cially cactuses from North and South
America, of which there are perhaps
in the neighborhood of five thousand
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People who never set eyes on
fruits or vegetables.
Towns of 5000 to 5000 inhabi-
tants, in which there is not a building.
the people living in holes in the earth.
A land of no shadows between 8
a. m. and p. m.
A nation in which women are
never seen.
These are some of the wonders
described by Frank Edward Johnson,
the explorer and lecturer and contrib
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Washington Explorer Finds Strange Cave Men

WY ASNGToNCaves
O
people Men running
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CHAPTER VIII.
The White Rose,


But now. in the secret chamber. the
unexpected happened-unexpected, at
least, in Sancha's reckoning. For the
king, instead of firing of Godiva's re-
calcitrant ways and leaving her till a
time more propitious for his purpose,
made still further desperate love. And
again the struggle was on. Forth and
back across the chamber they fought,
the girl fighting not to live, hut to
die; for ever and anon she would
make a desperate lunge with intent to
seize the dagger which the king wore
in a short scabbard dangling from
his leathern belt. But ever and anon
the king would frustrate the girls
tragic design. till finally his majesty
caught the dagger from its scabbard
and hurled 1t far beyond the maiden's
reach. .
Then came a further unexpected
happening. The king, in rage, opened
the door that revealed the stone
steps leading down to the room that
was over the palace dungeon. And
through this door the king dragged
Godiva
Sancha concealed behind the cur
tains, perceived that now indeed all
opportunity to assassinate the girl was
gone. He rushed from his place of
concealment and pressed the secret
spring that opened. the panel in the
wall. Through this aperture Sancha
stepped into the kings apartment,
closing the painting behind him.
Then through the palace corridors
Sancha hurried till he came to the
door of the queens own apartment.
This he entered very cautiously.
The queen was pacing the floor in
eager expectation.
THE trophy!" she demanded
Where, again I ask you, Sancha,-
where is the bleeding heart?" f
"Alas!" replied Sancha, this night
we are doomed to be the victims of
many tricks of fate. Just as l was
ready and waiting to do your bidding,
your majesty, the king tore the girl
from the secret chamber and thrust
her down into the room that is over
the donJon. What his maiesty's pur-
pose can be, who can say? Mayhap
he intends thrusting the girl down
into the oubliette to suffer the fate
OF her lover, the peasant huntsman,
Paulo."
SO thou hast failed again, Sancha,"
said the queen with fine scorn. "Fooll
will kill her myself"
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HOUSEHOLD
TALKS
Henrietta D. Grauel
Several Staffs of Life

We say Bread is the staff of life -
but after all bread is only wheat or
rye, or corn, or some cereal well cooked.
Every nation has its favorite staff. F"
Ours is wheat and most of our bread
is made of this, but the Scotch High
Ianders used to carry parched oats as
their only provisions on their border
forays. The American Indian was sat
istied with corn parched and ground,
and 1t was only when III camp enjoying
all the comforts of home that time was
taken to boil the grain and make it
into cakes.
No other nation has such wealth
of cereals as we enjoy; corn, oats, rice,
wheat and barley are always to be had
and every one of these is offered to us
In form of -four or rs cereal As a
consequence we have greater variety
of breads than other people.
So great has the cereal output be-
come that We have invented new cereal
dishes. We are manufacturing forty
two varieties of "predigested" or
ready to eat" breakfast foods. All
of them are wholesome and, if you do
not object to their high price, great
helps to the hurried mother of fam
lily at breakfast time.
Lately we have had new" wheat
called Durum; it comes from Russia
and is exceedingly rich in nutritive
properties and is used for macaroni
and similar pastes as well as for the
hest whole wheat" bread Of all the
stats it is the strongest.
Though Durum wheat -four is new
to us it has long been preferred abroad,
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his eyes. Then looked he aloft to
the iron grating and saw lying thereon
his dear love robed all in white.
"Godiva, my Godiva!" he called
How camest thou in this place? Has
the king taken thee captive? Oh, my
Godiva, better that thou vert in thy
gravel"
List, my Paulo," Godiva said. And
look!"
She produced from her bosom the
vial containing the potion given to
her by Hagar the witch.
"Canst see what my hand displays
to thee, my Paulo?" she asked. "'Tis
potion of which am about to par
take. For escape from the king there
is none. Hagar the witch gave to me
this magic potion. that now will save
me from worse than death. | have
but to swallow this powder and 10!
Paulo. then shalt thou witness trans
formation that will please thee, since
1t Will release me from the fate that
surely will overtake me should | re-
main in this place in mortal form.
Into a white rose shall be changed.
And the rose, as Hagar said, will
never die. And thou-surely thou wilt
find a way to escape at last from this
place And then, in thy freedom, thou
must take the white rose which will
be my very self-thou must take the
white rose, | say, speedily to Hagar
the witch and she will change the rose
back to Godiva, thy own love. For
Hagar alone has this power. And so.
my Paulo-see! will come to thee!"
With that Godiva emptied out the
contents of the vial into her hand.
And from her hand she partook of the
powder. And she swallowed the magic
potion and lay upon the iron grating
still as death
And then, behold, The form of Co.
diva vanished and in its place a
white rose appeared and fell between
the iron bars down into the uplifted
and welcoming hands of Paulo the
huntsman.
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And with that she snatched the sti.
letto from the belt of Sancha and
swept from the chamber.
In the room above the dungeon the
king and Godiva were holding final
parley Said his majesty:
Here, sorceress of hell. who hast
riven the king with passion for thee.
shalt thou remain till thy spirit breaks
and thy will disintegrates and be-
comes as supple twig that will bend
IN my hands,"
And he flung her upon the iron graf.
Ing that looked down into the dungeon.
And there she lay inert.
"Look!" the king said Down yon-
der, at the bottom of this well of
death lies thy lover, Paulo. Behold
him-lying within the shaft of MOON
light that strikes upon him from yon-
der hole in the WaIl-behold thy lover
Godiva, in my power with death not
tar away. See that thou dost quickly
become more tractable and that thou
consentest to remain within the pal
ace as my willing guest-else thou,
too, shalt be let down into this DON
jon to join thy lover. But mark
thee, not until after thy lovers soul
shall have left his body and his bones
are picked by the rats
Godiva shuddered but made naught
OF reply. And the king with last
shrug OF contempt for the girl who had
dared defy his kingly will, mounted,
the steps that led to the secret cham.
ber.
Godiva now called softly down to
the sleeping prisoner at the bottom of
the well-like dungeon.
"Paulo, my Paulo!" she called.
"Awake!"
Paulo, thus called from sleep by the
voice he 80 loved. sat up and rubbed
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MUSICIANS HEAR PAPERS
National Association Members Guests
| at Special Pittsburgh Conference

Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. 31.-Reading
OF several papers entirely of tech,
meal nature was the chief business at
the afternoon meeting of the second
day s session of the thirty-sixth annual
meeting of the Music Teachers Nation
al Association yesterday at the Hotel
Schenley.
Discussing performers or Musi.
clans, Which Should We Raise?" Roy
D. Welch, of Smith College, said music
masters have been so concerned with
the details of producing music and the
adequate performance of a few compo.
sitions that they have forgotten the
proper end of their labors, fitting the
ears to hear and the mind to know
what the ears have heard.
Charles c. Cow, of Vassar College,
discussed "The Future of Harmony
Study A concert for the visiting
musicians was given in Carnegie Mu,
sic Hall last night by the Musicians
Club of Pittsburgh.
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escape thy clutches. For |, Dulcinea,
will help her to escape"
During this bold speech the queen
had been stealing closer and closer
to the secret spring beside the secret
painting. She now cautiously pressed
the spring and the secret panel swung
on its pivot. The king sprang to in
tercept, but was too late. The queen
passed through the panel and was
even now darting to the door that
opened on the steps that led down to
the room above the palace dungeon
The king and Sancha followed.
Down the stone steps sped the
queen, even to the room with the iron
grating. And all about she looked for
glimpse of Godiva. But no Godiva
did her eyes behold.
The king and the chamberlain
Joined her, both amazed and, for the
moment, speechless at the vanishment
OF the lovely peasant girl.
Where is Godiva?" the queen asked.
"Ay, where is Godiva?" the king
echoed. He called through door that
led to the corridor of the guards. EN-.
ter, varlets!" he said And when two
guards had entered, the king asked:
Hast seen the maiden Godiva pass
thy door, varlets? II so, thou shalt
die here and now at the hands
of my executioner. | swear it,.
Nay, SIRE" the soldiers said. "The
door has been well guarded without
and we can swear, forsooth, that nei.
ther maiden nor angel nor devil could
escape from this place without our
knowledge"
Then where is Godiva?" the queen
repeated, deeply puzzled.
They peered down into the dungeon
and saw that Paulo, the prisoner, was
alone. They saw not, however, that
Paulo at that moment hid within his
shirt 2 white rose, hid it with fingers
most tender against heart throbbing
with love for that self-same white rose.
"Ay, it's strange disappearance! 7"
the king said you, varlets, remain
here on guard, while others search
the palace. From moat to turret the
castle shall be searched, every nook
and Granny, till we drag forth the
hidden Godiva."
Thereupon the king mounted the
steps, and was followed by the queen
and Sancha the chamberlain. And the
two soldiers remained on guard at
the iron grating.
And time passed. Hour after hour
slipped by and still the guards re.
NAMED alone in the room with the
iron grating, till at last the guards
fell asleep and snored. And Paulo.
below, heard the snoring and was we'll
pleased.
Now" he told himself "fs nv
chance to gain my freedom. | shall
escape now or die in the attempt"
And securing a foothold in the crey.
ices of the rock Of which the walls
were formed and clingholds elsewhere
for his clutching fingers, Paulo the
huntsman began ascending the wall,
lizardlike. toward the iron grating
above.
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Of strength? With all the Drawn of
him he bent one bar to the right and
another to the left. And 10! now there
was space between these two bars
for the passing of the body of Paulo.
A moment later he emerged from
the grating and started for the door
of the corridor of the guards. But
Just then, unhappily for the two snor.
ing guards, those self-same guards
awoke
. On Paulo they leaped. But Paulo
was as skilled with fists as with
crossbow. Quickly he felled the sol.
diers both. And next instant Paulo
was cropping his way through the cor
ridor of guards toward an open door
through which moonlight streamed-
at the far end
A few moments later Paulo was n.y.
ing like the wind through the royal
park. Over the kings wall he climbed,
ana then sped away toward the forest
on his way to the cave of Hagar where
the witch would take the white rose
and restore it to the human form of
his surprising Godiva.
Just at daybreak Paulo dashed into
the cave of the witch.
"Hagar" he cried, mis- eyes trying
to pierce the darkness. For Hagars
nre burned not and the darkness of
purgatory filled the cave.
Paulo groped about-and found Ha.
gar at last. But Hagar was dead.
To Be Continued.
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Continued

Sancha resolved that now was the
tlme TO exact OF his mistress the
promise he had long sought Above
all else In the world the queen de.
sired the death of the one who was
more beautiful than Lerself There.
lore now surely the queen would give
any promise as the price she would
pay to one who would encompass her
merciless wish.
Dulcinea," Sancha said, before l
do for thee this narrowing service
at risk of my life should the king
perchance enter the secret chamber
before / have done-for this service,
] say, thy promise of thy love shall
be my reward"
The queen, shrewd and we'll taught
in the ways of men, understood the
yelled threat She knew that Sancha
implied that unless she gave tho
promise of her love Sancha would
find way to fail again to encompass
the girls death; and thus the one
who was more beautiful would still
live to be compared with her mai.
esty.
The promise of my love thou hast,
Sancha, the queen said, shrewdly
foreseeing that she would refute the
promise and repudiate his advances,
once he had executed her will.
She gave Sancha, with significant
smile, dagger. Nov go!" she said.
And see that thou losest not thy
courage till that stiletto is stained
with the blood of Godiva"
Sancha bowed himself from the
queens chamber and hastened to the
lower region of the palace. He
reached the room over the death dun
geon, wherein was the iron grating
through which he peered down and
saw Paulo, the doomed prisoner. lying
asleep on the floor of the oubliette.
Sancha then mounted the stone steps
of which the queen had spoken. At
the top he found the door her mai
esty had described. Sancha opened
this door-and stood within the Sc
cret chamber. The king and Godiva
had, up to this time, not yet entered.
And Sancha concealed himself behind
the curtains at the side of the couch
and waited.
1t was soon after the chamberlain
had thus secreted his person in the
secret chamber that the king and Co
diva entered as already described.
And now maddened by the girls
scorn of his kingly attentions, the
monarch Of Urania seized her roughly
and smothered her. face with kisses.
the maiden struggling desperately in
his arms. And Sancha. behind the
curtains, toyed with his stiletto and
awaited the opportunity to execute
the queens will.
Presently" he thought, "the king
Will leave the girl to her own devices.
Exhaustion will speedily bring sleep
to her eyes. And then-then. |. San
cha, will silently steal upon her--and
she will nevermore awake"
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especially in the Orient Here it is
mixed with water and dried fruits and
rolled in sheets and baked until it looks
like leather These bread sheets are
three or four yards long and yard
wide and the Arabs, and the Russians,
too, often use them as a protection
against rough weather. Travellers soon
become accustomed to seeing their
guides wrap themselves in such bread
rolls and tear off bit here and there
to eat as they feel hungry, or to using
the bread sheets for temporary avn
ings.
DAILY MENU
Breakfast
Cereal Diced Figs Cream
Shredded Ham
on Toasted Steamed Bread
Crisp Potatoes Coffee Cake
Coffee
Luncheon
Barley Broth
Cheese Squares
Creamed Oysters Gherkins
Stuffed Fried Celery
Luncheon Cucumbers
Fruit Sherbet
Dinner
Ox,tail Soup. Crackers
Egg Ball Garnish
Scallops in Ramakins
Maryland Chicken Riced Potatoes
Liver and Bacon Brochettes
Fried Sweet Potatoes
Buttered Turnips Corn Fritters
Lettuce and Onion Salad
Jellied Cherries
T.. re-
Imperial cake Dinner Punch
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SOLD POISON IeNoRANTLY
Druggist Claims He Did Not Know Liq
uor Was Wood Alcohol

Middlebury, VT, Dec. 31.-Dr. D. A
Bisbee, a Bristol druggist, on trial
here, charged with having caused the
death of four persons by selling them
poisonous liquor, did not know the liq.
uid was wood alcohol, according to his
testimony yesterday.
II intended to sell spirits contrary
TO law" he admitted II sold from
four to five gallons of alcohol a week,
but / certainly would not have sold the
liquor which is alleged to have caused
these deaths if | had known it was
wood alcohol. All those who died were
my friends, some very personal
friends -
Bisbee asserted that the liquor came
TO him labeled "cologne spirits" from
Il Troy, N. Y, FIRM, and that he was
not aware of the real nature of it.
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PARDoNs BY ITALY's KING
Amnesty Granted to Many in Honor o.
Daughters Birth

Rome, Dec. S1.-King Victor EN-.
manuel yesterday signed royal de.
cree granting amnesty to large nun.
ber of persons in celebration of the
birth of his daughter, Princess Maria
last Saturday The amnesty extends to
the railway men imprisoned during the
strike in April and to others arrested
during the riots in June.
The King has decorated Premier Sal.
andra with the Order of Annonciade,
the highest Italian decoration, which
entities the bearer to call himself a
cousin of the King He conferred the
decoration at the ceremony of baptism
OF the newl y-born Princess, and spoke
warmly of the services rendered to the
state by the Premier.
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CHAPTER TX.
"Where IL Godiva ?"

'hS'S 10 SOutNdE
Meanwhile King Leofric re-entered
the secret chamber and passed through
the secret panel in the wall and en-.
tered his own apartment, where he
flung himself on a carved chair an
pondered morosely over the way of
maid with king.
AND now into the apartment came
the Queen Dulcinea. The stiletto she
concealed under her mantle. And the
fire of jealousy burned in her eyes.
Sire" she said, confronting the
king, who was startled as at an an
partition, thou hast brought to this
castle. this night, a maid from the
forest. would see her. For curiosity
consumes me. would have sight of
one whom thou couldst for a moment
believe could take my place.
in rage the king sprang up.
Who hath betrayed the king?" he
cried.
Just then the cringing form of San
cha, the chamberlain, appeared.
Thou, Sancha! Vast thou be-
trayed to the queen what has trans
pired this night?"
Nay, sire" replied SSncha, trem-
bling with awful fear at the kings
wrath. Twas not !. Twas some
varlet of the castle who, perchance,
saw the maiden entering to thy pres
ence."
Stop!" commanded the proud
queen. ut matters not whose was
the betraying tongue. 1t is sufficient
that know, sire, of the maiden thou
hast concealed here. Thou art
wicked man, sire. as thou we'll know
est. And this maiden | intend shall
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WANTS FREE TEXTBOOKS
state School superintendent Makes
Proposal in Kansas

Topeka, Kan, Dec. 31-W. D. Ross
State Superintendent of Public Instruc
ton, will ask the Legislature to EN-.
power boards of education throughout
the State to purchase school textbooks
from the State publishing plant and
furnish them free to school children.
IF education is to be truly free
the means of obtaining it must be
available Id all cases. said Mr.. Ross.
such plan would be much more
economical, both in money and time.
than is the system of individual owner
ship. The same books would serve diff.
terent pupils in successive years. =
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Checks Group Instantly

hou Know Group is dangerous. And
you should also know the sense of Sc.
curity that comes from always havino
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound in
the house. 1t cuts the thick mucus and
clears awav the phlegm, stops the
sstrangling cough and gives easy breath,
ing and quiet sleep. Take it for
coughs, colds, tickling throat, hoarse-
ness and for bronchial and la grippe
coughs. Contains no opiates. Every
user is friend. George A. Gorgas. 16
North Third street, and P. R. R. Sta,
tion. Adv.
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NOT REAL WIFE, SUES ESTATE
Woman Declares Husband Had Another
Spouse Living

Reading, Pa, Dec. 31.-An unusual
legal controversy was brought yester-
day, when Harriet V. Sherkey insti-
tuted suit for $4,000 damages against
G. Henry Heinly, executor of the estate
of John l.. Snyder of Ruscomb Manor
township. She declares she married
Snyder without knowledge that he had
another wife, and that when she did
learn this she left, only to be assaulted
by him. Snyder died suddenly two
days after.
She declares Snyder struck here with
q hay fork, her left arm was broken
in three places and two fingers were
fractured
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2,4OO HANDS TO RESUME WORK
N, Y. Central Employees Ordered Back
on Full Time

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec, 31.-An-
nouncement has been made by the New
York Central that the Beech Grove
shops will reopen on January /, and
that they will be in full operation from
that time on, giving employment to
about 2,400 men.
These shops have been closed several
weeks. f. j. Mullin, superintendent of
motive power on the Big Four, said
the company expected to operate the
Beech Grove shops with a full force of
employees throughout the entire year of
1915.
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RoBs BANK WITHOUT MASK
Bandit Holds UP Only Man on Dut,
and Gets $1,000

Winnsboro, La, Dee. 31.-.An un-
masked man covered the assistant cash
ier of the Winnsboro State bank with
revolver and seized $500 in cur
rency from the cash drawer yesterday.
The man broke the telephone connec-
tion and made his escape on horse
rented from local livery stable. The
assistant cashier was alone in the bank