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the young lady is progressing" said the doctor.
who was really first rate surgeon and who
had performed number of skilled operations
upon various members of the Black Hundred
anent their encounters with tie police "I've
got Miss Florence where you want her. It's
up to you now.''
She ought to be separated from her COM
Danion. We have left them alone for whole
week. so Jones will not worry particularly
mighty curious thing has turned up. Be-
fore Hargreave's disappearance not a dozen
persons could recollect what Jones looked like
He was rarely ever in sight What do you
suppose that signifes?"
Don't ask me-" shrugged the man of medi-
cine. shouldn't worry over Jones'"
But we can't stir the old fool. We can't
get him out of that house. I've tried to get
that maid to uit a little something in his
coffee, but she stands off at that She says
that she did as she agreed in regard to Flor
ence, but her agreement ended there We
have given the jade five thousand already and
sic is clamoring for the balance"
Have you threatened herr" asked Olga.
Braine smiled a little. "My dear woman,
it is ffty-ffty. While I have hold on her.
1t is not quite so good as she has on me- We
are not dealing with an ordinary servant we
could threaten and scare. No, indeed
shrewd little woman who desperately wanted
money. And She will be paid; no getting out
OF 1t. She will not move another step, one
way or the other, after she receives the bal
ance' Hargreave will have pretty steep bill
to pay when the time comes"
She has no idea where the million is?"
" If she had, she's quite capable of Juggling
it off all by herself said Braine.
The doctor laughed.
"Olga," went on Braine, you must look at
it as do: that it is still in the middle of the
game, and We have neither lost nor won"
How do you know that Hargreave may
not have at his beck and call an organization
quite as capable If not as large as ours?"
subBesteu tne PHYSICIAN
That is not possible" Braine declared
without hesitation.
Well, 1t begins to look that way to me.
We've never made move yet that hasn't
been blocked"
" Pure luck each time, tell you; the DEVILS
own luck always at the critical moment, when
everything seems to be in our hands. Now, we
want Florence, and we've tried hundred
ways to accomplish this fact and failed The
question is, how to get her away from Ler
companion?"
Simple enough" said the doctor COM
placently.
"0ut with it, if you have an idsatf
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AccompIIces of Braine kidnap Florence
and hurry her on to sea She leaps over
board and is picked mp in a dnzed con-
dition by fishermen. Braine, disguised
her father, takes her back to sen with
him. Florence sets Are 40 the bOnt and
is rescued by a ship on which Norton has
been shnnE haied.
Concealed above the rendezvous of the
Black Hundred, n mnn learns of the re-
covery of the box from the sea by
sailor and of its subsequent return to
the bottom of the sea, and he quickly
communicates the fact to Jones. A dupII-
cate box is planted and later secured by
the band, but before its contents are ex-
amined the box mysteriOusIy disappears.
Finding himself checkmated at every
tarn, Braine endeavors to enmesh the
Hargreave household in the law in or
der to gain free access to the house.
The timely discovery of the plot by Nor
ton sets the police mt the heels of the
pack and results in n raid the gangs
rendezvous, which, however, proves to be
barren of results.
Following n telephone message Jones
received from a mysterious person whom
he addressed MS "sir," Florence is again
lured from her home and taken out to
as an aviator she is rescued and returns
to her horne in time to confront an agent
of the Black Hundred.
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Copyright: 1914: by Harold Mac Grath.)
CHAPTER XVI.


CHAPTER XVI
TREAcHERY IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
~ HE maid stole into the house, wondering
if she had been seen. She wanted to
be loyal to this girl, but she was
tired of the life she wanted to be
ner own mistress, and tie small for
tune offered her would put her on the way
to realize her ambition. What had she not
seen and been of life since she joined the great
detectives force! Lady's maid cook, ship
stewardess, fash woman, actress, clerk, and a
dozen other employments. Her pay, until size
secured some fat reward, was but twelve hun
dred the year; and here was five thousand in
advance, with the promise of FIVE thousand
more the minute her work was done. And it
was simple work, without any real harm to-
ward Florence as far she was concerned.
The whole thing rested upon one difficulty:
would Jones permit the girls to leave the
house2
One day Florence found Susan sitting in a
chair, her head In her hands.
"why, Susan, what's the matter?" cried
Florence.
al don't know what is the matter dear, but
I haven't felt well for two or three days.
I'm dizzy all the time. l can't read OF sew or
eat or sleep.
why didn't you tell me2" said Florence,
reproachfully. She rang for the detective
maid. ELLA, I don't know anything about
doctors hereabouts."
II know a good one, Miss Florence. Shall
l send for him?"
"Do; Susan is ILL.,"
Jones was not prepared for rreachery in his
own household; so when he heard that a
doctor had been called to attend Susan lie was
without the least suspicion that he had been
betrayed. More than this, there had been no
occasion to summon a doctor in the seven
years Mr.. Hargreave had lived here. So Jones
went about his petty household affairs without
more thought upon the matter. The maid had
been recommended to him as one of the
shrewdest young women in the detective busi
ness.
The doctor arrived. He was a real doctor;
no doubt of that. He investigated Susan's con-
dition--brought about by subtle though not
dangerous poison-and instantly recommended
the seashore. Susan was not used to being
confined to the house she was essentially an
out of doors little body. The seashore would
bring her about In no time. The doctor sug-
gested Atlantic City because of its mildness
throughout the year and it's nearness to New
York.
I'm afraid she'll have to ge Alone" said
Jones, gravelgr
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-04-30

Caught Both Ways. j
i saw Tommy stealing the JAM"
And l saw him jamming the steal. !"
Baltimore American.
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N. M. MEL SON
Princeton, Minnesota
First Pub. April 23-2t
Notice of Hearing ON Petition 70
Formation OF New District.

Whereas, petition has been filed
with the county board of the county
OF Mile Laos, with the approval of
the county superintendent of schools
of said county endorsed thereon,
signed and acknowledged by major
lty OF the freehOlders who reside in
the proposed new district herein de-
Scrlbed, and who are entitled to vote
at school meetings in their respec-
tive districts, and duly verified by
the affidavit Of one of the residents
of said proposed new district, gray
ing for the organization of a new
school district out of the territory
hereinafter described, to-wit: All
Of sections five (5), six (6), seven
60, eight (S), nine TO-, sixteen (l6),
seventeen GT, eighteen (1S), the
northwest quarter (nw1) and the
north half of southwest quarter
(nH of sw4) of section ten (lO), all
in township thirty-nine (39) range
twenty-seven (27), and the said
county board have appointed a time
and place for hearing upon said
petition as by law required.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby
given, that hearing upon said pe-
tition will be had at a meeting of
the said board, commencing upon
the 10th day of May, A. D. 1914, at
2 O'Clock in the afternoon of said
day, at the office of the county au-
ditor in the village of Princeton, in
said county, at which time and place
the said county board will hear argu-
ments of all persons interested, for
or against the proposed organization,
of said new school district.
Dated at Princeton, Mimi, this
18th day of April, A. D. 1914.
By order of the county board of
Mile Laos county, MINI.
W. G. DOANE,
County Auditor and Ex-Oficio
Clerk of Board.
(Official Seal)
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COL. ROOSEVELT
Story of Thrilling Hunt For
the King Of Beasts of
South America.

IFrom Colonel Roosevelt's second article
describing his journey in the Brazilian
wilderness in Scribner's Magazine for
May, 1914. Copyright. 1914, by Charles
Scribner's Sons]
N"HEODORE ROOSEVELT In the
May number Of Scribner's Mag
IL azine describes the second stage
Of his journey as "A Hunter
Naturalist In the Brazilian Wilder
ness" This was a side trip which he
took up a. little branch of the Paraguay
called the Taquary, where his party
visited great modern ranch, grazing
10000 cattle, and made it point Of
departure for jaguar hunt.
The jaguar is the flercest beast in
South America, much larger than our
lpanther, or cougar. He describes its
pursuit with dogs through marshes and
into the jungle. Incident to the hunt
as a very pleasant picture Of the jour-
hey up a very beautiful river and of
the native cowboys and hunters. No
Feature of this new and strange coun-
Iiy Is OFCl1OOkSO. Lie uunC was lull
LOT hard work and adventure, but the
colonel and his son Kermit each got
a very fine specimen of the jaguar.
Nicknamed by Kermit.
Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit named
one Of the native hunters in Brazil who
accompanied them on the jaguar hunt
after Nips, the monkey in the ''Swiss
Family Robinson who always tested
out doubtful food. This particular ma
tive was always chosen by his asso-
ciates to try out the dangerous Doggy
places on the trail. Therefore he be-
came Nips to the rest of the party.
Colonel Roosevelt in describing the
killing Of his first jaguat says:
'"The pace quickened, the motley
pack burst into yelling and bowling,
and then a sudden quickening Of the
note showed that the game had either
climbed tree OF turned to bay in a
thicket. The former proved to be the
case. The dogs had entered a patch
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TRUTH TRIUMPHS.
Princeton Citizens Testify for the
Public Benefit.

A truthful statement of a Prince
ton citizen, given in his own words,
should convince the most skeptical
about the merits of Doan's Kidney
Pills. If you suffer from backache,
nervousness, sleeplessness, urinary
disorders or any form of kidney ills,
use tested kidney medicine.
A Princeton citizen tells of Doan IS
Kidney Pills. Could you demand
more convincing proof of merit?
". R. Bigelow, Princeton. Mimi.
says: 81 had bad case of rheu-
matte pain and kidney trouble. 1t
hurt me to bend and when I got
down or in a chair,I could hardly
get up. The trouble kept me from
work and several times when /
caught cold, the ATTACKS were worse.
I was told to try Doans' Kidney
Pills and did. I soon got relief
and a little later I was cured.''
For sale by all dealers or upon re-
ceipt of price, SO cents. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name -Doan s. and
take no other. Adv. Isl
( = . g 3 = f 4 y " 4
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COLONEL ROOSEVELT AND HIS ENTIRE PAR
TY RETURNING FROM JAGUAR HUNT
scar down his back where he had been
hit by one which charged him when
he came up to kill it at close quarters. -
An Enchanted Forest.
Colonel Roosevelt gives a vivid pic
ture of the Brazilian jungle. He says
in the course of this part Of his nara
tive: "For miles we rode through a
beautiful open forest of tall, slender
caranda palms, with other trees scat
tered among them. Green parrakeets
with black heads chartered as they
flew; noisy green and red parrots
climbed among the palms, and huge
macaws. some entirely blue, others
almost entirely red, screamed loudly
as they perched in the trees or took
wing at our approach. If one was
wounded it's cries kept it's companions
circling around overhead.
"The naturalists found the bird fauna
totally different from that which they
had been collecting in the hill coun-
try near Corumba. seventy or eighty
miles distant, and birds swarmed, both
species and individuals. South Ameri.
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ROOSEVELT EAGER TO FIGHT.
Reported Ready to Hurry Back and
Lead Brigade Against Mexico. '

Reported Ready to Hurry Back and
Lead Brigade Against Mexico. 10.
A Berlin dispatch to the New York
Times says that Colonel Roosevelt is
eager to get into the fray in Mexico,
according to an American official now
in Berlin, who saw the former presi-
dent few weeks ago in South Amer
lea. He says that the commander of
the rough riders announced his in
tention, in the event of hostilities with
Mexico, Of going home at the earliest
possible moment and fighting for his
country.
Colonel Roosevelt, who, if he carries
cut his plan, will again serve under
his friend, Leonard Wood, who was
his colonel in Cuba, said that he in
tended to organize and lead an entire
brigade of cavalry for service in Mex
leo instead of a regiment. He said
that he had his officers all selected
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AMAZON JUNGLE NATIVE KILLING GAME
WITH POISONED DART IN BLOWGUN.
save for couple of white stripes It
has a long bushy tail and very power
full claws on it's fore feet. 1t walks on
the sides Of it's fore feet, with these
claws curved in under the foot. The
claws are used in digging out ant hills.
Fights With Its Long Claws.
'But the beast has courage" he con-
tinues, "and in grapple is a rather
unpleasant enemy in spite of it's tooth
less mouth, for it can strike a formida-
Bile blow with these claws It some
times hugs foe, gripping him tight.
but it's ordinary method Of defending
itself is to strike with it's long, stout.
curved claws, which, driven by it's
muscular forearm, can. rip open man
or beast.
Several Of our companions had had
dogs killed by these anteaters, and we
came across one man with a very ugly
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-04-30
HUERTA HAS 42,7O1 SOLDIERS

Tonnage of Entire Navy Doesn't Equal
That Of One Atlantic Fleet Battieshp.
The United States war department
estimates that there are 42,7O1 federal
soldiers in Mexico. At Tampico there
are $500. The federal forces are dis
tributed as follows:
Mexico City, 5000; Tampico, $500;
Guadalajara, 5000; Zacatecas. 5000:
Mazatlan, 1000; Lastilal, 1000; Guam
ajuata, 2,6S5; Acapulco, 1850; Vic
toria. 1900; Wales, 1,4O0; Puebla, 1000;
Tampecho. 800; Fresnillo, 800; Cabvilo.
500; Puerto Mexico, 500; Tulo, TOO; Los
CHARGES, 400; Topic, 800; Vera Cruz.
900; Iibre, 400; Jadaja, 300; Orizaba.
100; Tachurco, $50; Ometepec, $50; Co.
lima, 300; Manzanillo, 800; Ixtila, 500;
Ayutla, so; Tehuantepec, Ga; Gamboa.
SO; Ubero, %; Rincon, so; Conejo. 80:
Acayucan, Is; Port au Mexico, 80.
The entire Mexican navy is not as
big by nearly 5000 tons as the small
est battleships in the Atlantic fleet
The total tonnage of her navy is 49,
$780, and the vessels of the Louisiana
class are each 10000 tons. The ton
mage Of the Dreadnought Arkansas of
the Atlantic feet, the flagship Of Rear
Admiral Badger. is 27,243.
The most modern vessel of war fly
ing the Mexican flag is the cruiser
General Guerrero, which was built by
the Vickers in England in 1908. She
is of 1880 tons, and her 1900 horse
power engines are capable Of giving
her a speed of twelve knots. She car
ries six four-inch guns and two three
Founders. .s....sT'1 FL
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Look Over Your Bugqies

Look over your delivery wagons and
buggies. They undoubtedly need new
stubbs. Bring them to our shop and
have them put on before your wheels
are spoiled, as you know there is more
strain on the wheels when the axles
are badly worn. Bring them in now
before we get too busy with other
spring work.
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Tells HOW
HIS + FIRST JACUAR
Fierce Cat Bigger Than the
Cougar Was Trapped In
Jungle Treetop.

friends. They We're biggish, monde
script animals, obviously good fighters.
and they speedily developed the utmost
affection for all the members of the
expedition, but especially for Kermit,
who took care of them One we named
shenzi, the name given the wild bush
natives by the Swahili, the semicivi-
lied African porters. He was good
natured, rough and stupid; hence his
name. The other was called by a ma
tive name, Trigueiro. The chance now
came to try them.
Toothless Mouthed Beast
1--WE were steaming between long
stretches Of coarse grass about three
feet high when we spied from the deck
black object very conspicuous against
the vivid green. It was a giant ant
eater. or Tamandua bandeira, one of
the most extraordinary creatures of
the latter day world"
Colonel Roosevelt says of the ant
eater that 1t is about the size Of a
rather small black bear. It has very
long, narrow, toothless snout, with a
tongue it can project a couple of feet.
It is covered with coarse black hair
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Founders.

The Mexican student was watching
his first northern football game. It
held his interest firmly. His face grew
flushed; his arms were flung out; he
shouted hoarsely.
do you call thees a game?" he
asked Of the man at his right.
Sure was the reply. What would
you call it?''
I'm my country" said the stranger
from across the border. I'VE would
call it seven day pitched battle!'
Cleveland Plain Dealer. ISL
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! oRTHWE ! TERN R h0 |l' i 4.
AND SANITARIUM.

A private institution which combines all the
advantages Of a perfectly equipped hospital
with the quiet and comfort of refined and
elegant home. Modern in every respect Nc
insane, contagious or other Objectionable cases
received. Rates are as low as the most efn.
cient treatment and the best trained nursing
will permit.
IL. G. COONEY, M. D.,
nedicaI Director,
FRANCES S. COONEY. Supt.
NELLIE JOHNSON, Head Nurse.
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ROOSEVELT AND ELS FIRST JAGUAh.
of tall tree jungle, and as we cantered
up through the marsh we saw the
jaguar high up among the forked limbs
of taruman tree. 1t was beautiful
picture-the spotted coat of big, 1.-the,
formidable cat fairly shone as it snarl-
ed defiance at the pack below
Fired at Seventy Yard Range.
Il did not trust the pack. The dogs
were not stanch, and if the jaguar
came down and started 1 feared we
might lose it. So 1 fired at once from
distance of seventy yards. I was u.s.
Ing my favorite rifle, the little Spring
field with which have killed most
kinds of African game, from the lion
and elephant down. The bullets were
the sharp, pointed kind, with the end
of naked lead.
lat the shot the jaguar fell like
sack of sand through the branches, and.
although it staggered to it's feet it
went but a score Of yards before it
sank down, and when l came up it was
dead under the palms, with three or
four Of the holder dogs irving at it.
1.-THE jaguar is the king of South
American game, ranking on an equali-
ty with the noblest beasts of the chase
Of North America, and behind only the
huge and fierce creatures which stand
at the head of the big game Of Africa
and Asia. This one was an adult fe-
male. 1t was heavier and more pow
erful than a full grown male cougar
or African panther or leopard. It was
a big, powerfully built creature, giving
the same effect Of strength that a tiger
or lion does and that the 1.-the leopards
and pumas do not.
Found Jaguar Good Eating.
Tits flesh, by the way, proved good
eating when we had it for supper. al
though it was not cooked in the way
it ought to have been. tried it be-
cause had found cougars such good
eating. have always regretted that
in Africa I did not try lions flesh.
which I am sure must be excellent"
Writing Of a great anteater in his
collection, Colonel Roosevelt says:
eve secured more interesting crea-
ture than the jacares. Kermit had
charge of two hounds, which we owed
to the courtesy Of one Of our Argentine
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ca has the most extensive and most
varied avifauna If ali the continents.
On the other hand, it's mammalian
fauna although very interesting, IS
rather poor in number Of species and
individuals and i'll the size of the
beasts It possesses more mammals
that are unique and distinctive in type
than does any other continent save
Australia, and they are Of higher and
much more varied types than in Aus
tralia. But there is nothing approach
ing the majesty. beauty and swarming
mass of the mammalian life of Africa
and, in less degree, of tropical Asia.
Indeed, it does not even approach the
mammalian life of North America and
northern Eurasia, poor though this is
compared with the seething vitality of
tropical life in the old world.
Mystery Of Vanished Beasts,
Until geologically recent period"
continues Colonel Roosevelt, "a period
extending into that which saw man
spread over the world in substantially
the physical and cultural stage of many
existing savages, South America pos
sessed a varied and striking fauna of
enormous beasts-saber tooth tigers.
enormous lions, mastodons, horses Of
many kinds. camel-like pachyderms,
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IFrom Colonel Roosevelt's second article
describing his journey in the Brazilian
wilderness in Scribners Magazine for
May, 1914. Copyright. 1914 by Charles
Scribner's Sons.j
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giant ground sloths, mylodons the size
Of the rhinoceros, and many, many
other strange and wonderful creatures.
From some cause, concerning the ma
ture of which we cannot at present
even hazard a guess, this vast and
giant fauna vanished completely, the
tremendous catastrophe (the duration
of which is unknown not being con-
summateG until within few thou
sand or few score thousand years.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-26
In Mem0riam

After period of sickness of some
six months Mrs. Betsey (Flanders)
Blackwell wife of Thomas Blackwell,
died in Cornville at their home on the
East Ridge Road, March 18th. The
most of her life of eighty-seven years
and twenty-four days has been spent
in this town. Mr. Blackwell to whom
she was married in June 1860, is liv
ing and one son. Charles Herbert. For
forty-seYen years they have lived in
their present home. This woman was
one who made many friends and with
her it Was once a friend always a
friend. Throughout her life Mrs.
Blackwell was Aunt Betsey" to all
the children who knew her. They
were often in her home and she knew
how to make them happy She was
always cheerful and young in spirits.
She was a home maker. she looked
well to the ways of her household"
her neighbors respected and loved her
as one of the best of women. and her
husband and son rise up and call
her blessed" She attended the ser
vices of the church in Cornylle and
was a devout Worshipper. AS the
evening time of her life came to her
she was prepared to enter upon the
things which are eternal and was more
than ready to go and quietly waiting
for the summons to depart. Slowly
her strength failed and the end was a
peaceful one
she has passed away.
Like a gentle breath,
And her eyes are closed with the sleep
OF death;
The leaves of the trees will nutter
and fall.
And the drifting SHOWS will cover all
But she will peacefully, calmly rest
Forever happy
BY angels blest'
The services were conducted at the
home on March 10th by the Pastor of
the Bethany Baptist Church of SHOW
hogan. Rev. George Merriam. al II
O'Clock. The house was filled with
sorrowing friends Some were pre-
sent from Skowhegan and Hartand.
All felt a deep sense of loss The
floral offerings were many. The tri-
butte of respect was a sincere one.
"The memory of the Just is blessed