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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-09

the street and dash over to the house
into which the cabinet had been taken,
They We're standing on the doorstep
when | joined them.
1t WAS Il diugy building. entirely
typical OF the dingy neighborhood. The
ground floor was occupied by a laun
dry which the sign on the front win
dow declared to be French, and the
room which the window lighted eX-
tended the whole width of the build
ing except for Il door which opened
presumably ON the stairway leading
to the upper stories.
Godfrcy's face was flaming with cX
citement as he turned the knob of this
door gcntly-gently. The door was
locked He stopped and applied an eye
to the kcyhole.
THE key is in the lock-" he wills
pered.
Simmonds took from his pocket Il
pair of slender pliers and passed them
over
Godfrey inserted the pliers in the
keyhole. graSped the end of the key
and turned 1t slowly.
Now" he said, softly opened the
door and slipped inside. | followed,
and Simmonds came after me like Il
shadow. closing the door carefully be
hind him,
Then we all stopped. and my heart,
at least was in my mouth, for from
somewhere overhead came the sound
of mans voice talking excitedly.
Even in the seimdarknesS | could
see the look of establishment and alarm
on Godfrey's face as he stood for n
moment motionlesS. listening to that
voice. | also stood with ears a-strain.
but | could make nothing of what 1t
was saying. Then suddenly | realized
that it was speaking in French. And
get it was not Armand's voice-of that
| was certain.
Fronting us was a narrow stair
mounting Steeply to the story over
head and after that moments amazed
hesitation Godfrey sat down OH the
bottom step and removed his shoes
quietly. motioning us to do the same.
Simmonds Obeyed phlegmatically. but
my hands were trembling.
When | looked up Godfrey and Sim
m0ndS were stealing slowly up the
stair. revolver in hand. followed
them. but confess my knees were
knocking together for there was some
thing weird and chilling in that voice
going on ana on. 1t sounded like the
voice of mailman. There was some
thing about it Mt once ferocious and
triumphant.
Godfrey paused an instant At the
stair head, listening intenty. Then
he moved cautiously forward toward
an open door from which the voice
seemed to come. motioning us at the
same time to stay where we were
And as | kneIt. bathed in perspiration.
caught one word. repeated over and
over
Revenge, revenge, revenge
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-09
A SERIES OF SHORT
LESSONS In ENGLISH

Every person, whether salesman,
farmer, cash Ejrl, day lahorer, ruEt.
ncCv, or whatever may be his work in
life. viii tjud that his proero&s and
success depend to n great extent upon
the way he speaks. Very few en-
p'oNCrs care to advance y salesman or
a workman 10 a place ot very great AT
thorN when this employee makes tad
hMulrys in his speech On the other
hand. many an crraud boy has cauGat
the at',Itiou OF his employer by uSiug
clear, correct, aud fOrCenl lanYu1Ee
and has Nocu rapidly advanced to pos.
items Ct greater Responsibility.
Il will be the purpose ot this series
OF lessons to point out some errors
that occur very often in the speech OF
mauy people, errors which have NO
doubt kept many person trou al
NaucjuE to y hotter position. No ono
who desires to set ahead in litn should
tolerate theso errors in his &reHct.
Sa)ysmvu and SalcswomCn, bank
clerks, agents, telephone operators,
toremvu. street car conductors, day la
horers, reporters. all pooplc. teachers
included would do We'll to torn clubs
for the purpose or improving their
English,
These lessons, which will appear
once week. may form basis ON
which Go work \ large number OF
CORRECT forms win be given. Fix
them in your mind
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-09

Tho following uses ot THEM arc
correct. saw them. | heard about
them, | saw John with them, want
Probably the very worst error amy.
one makes in his speech Is the wrong
use of THEM 1t is wrong to use
THEM with noun ms in them stones.
It is wrong to use THEM as tho sub
ject, as Them are the ones. Anyone
who allows himself to use such ex-
pressions simply marks himself at
once as unoducatcd No employer
would want to advance such person
to n place whore he would be repro
sentiuE the company before cultured
people
Study these forms; they are cor
rect: Those shirts are soiled. Those
lines are down. These are all right.
Those papers didn't come. Those Jobs
are open. ! want those coats by five
O'clock hope those girls got the
letters off all right. Did you get those
shoVeIs? Take these papers to Mr.
Jones. Don't you like these colors?
think those are even prettier.
Please note that the word THERE
should not be used with THESE
THOSE or THAT; that Is, you should
not say those there things, etc. You
should say those things, that horse,
that pile, etc,
And remember this: you must be
careful about your speech all the timo,
not merely when talking with your
employer or customer. Tho bad
habit will otherwise crop out when
you least expect It, A bad habit Of
speech il n luxury no one can afford
Keep these thoughts in your mind.
Copyright, 1914, by G. Il. Rounds)
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-09
STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP

Management, Circulation, etc" of
The Iowa County Democrat, pub
liShed at Mineral Point, Wisconsin.
required by the Act of August,
1912:
Names of editors, managing editors, business
managers, publishers, George Crawford and
Robert NJ Crawford; post Office address,
Mineral Point, Wisconsin.
Known bondholders, mortgages and other So
curty holders, None,
Signed RoHERr NJ, CRAWFORD,
Sworn and subscribed TO before mo this 18th
day of March 1914
IsEALl ELIzABETH KIM,
Notary Public, Iowa Co., Wis
(My commission expires May a. 1850
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-09
CHAPTER XII.
Death"

- ODFREY. on hands and knees,
was peering into the room.
Then he drew back and mo-
toned us forward.
In the middle Of the floor stood the
Boule cabinet. and before II. with his
back to the door. stood a man ripping
savagely away the strips Of burlap in
which it had been wrapped. talking
10 himself the while in sort Of say
age siugsong and paCsing from mo
ment 10 moment 70 glance al hud-
died bundle Wing on the floor against
the opposite wal For time could
Then. straining my eyes. saw that 1t
was the body Of man. wrapped
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-09
The Mystery
of the
ROuIe Cabinet
~ BURTON E. STEVENSON
Copyright, 1913, by Burton Z.
Stevenson.



"Why. no; let him have his cabinet"
said Godfrey. with an alacrity that sur
prised me. IF your theory about it
has been exploded, what's the use Of
hanging on to it?"
81 don't see any use in doing So |
admitted, but l thought perhaps you
might want more time to examine it."
"I've examined it all I'm going to-"
Godfrey answered, and | told myself
that this was the first time | had
ever known him to admit himself de
feated. "PerhapS I'll see you tomor
row." he added, and we parted at the
corner.
But ! did not see him on the morrow
l was rather expecting a call from him
during the morning, and when none
came | was certain | should find him
awaiting me when | arrived at the
Vantine house, in company with NJ
Armand But he was not there. and
when | asked for him Parks told me
that he had not seen him since the day
before
l confess that Godfrey'S Indifference
to the fate OF the cabinet surprised me
greatly: besides. | was hoping that he
would wish to meet the fascinating
Frenchman-more fascinating. if pos
sible. than he had been on Monday.
There had been less delay than he had
anticipated in getting the cabinet off
the boat and through the customs, and
it was not yet 3 o'clock when we reach
ed the Vantine house,
II haven't seen Mr.. Godfrey" Parks
repeated. but there's others here as 1t
fair breaks my heart to see"
He motioned toward the door of the
music room. and. stepping to it. | saw
that the inventory was already in prog
reSS.
THE cabinet is in the room across
the hall" l said to NJ. Armand, and led
the way through the anteroom into the
room beyond.
Parks switched on the lights for US,
and my companion glanced with sur
prise at the heavy shutters covering
the windows.
I'VE put those up for protection,
/ explained We had an idea that
some one would try to enter In fact,
one evening we did find a wire con-
Meeting with the burglar alarm cut,
and. later on saw some one peering In
through the hole in that shutter yOn-
der
You did, NJ. Armand queried quick
Iy. Would you recognize the man. if
you We're to meet him again."
"Oh. no; you see the hole is quite
small There was nothing visible ex-
cept pair OF eyes. Yet might know
them again, for never before saw
such eyes-so bright, so burning"
NJ Armand was gazing at the cab
met. apparently only half listening.
will you show me how the secre,
drawer is operated. Mr. LESTER" he
said Il am most curious about it
placed my hand upon the table and
pressed the three points which the
veiled lady had shown US. The little
handle fell forward with a click. and
pulled the drawer open.
He examined il with much interest
pushed it back into place and ther
opened it himself.
Very clever. indeed" he said, -
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-09
BUY REAL ESTATE
In Il Prosperous and Growing
Town.

Property will bc listed and ADVERTISED for
sale IN th)S column trcr II charge for advertise
1nG unless sale is ul9dc. II the property is sold
Clt.rr RN this 3Ecucy Cr 10y the uwuer or other
PARTIES the usual commission will he charged
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-09
DO | LOVE THEE?

DC LOVE 7 II EE?
Do | love thee: Ask the bee
If she loves the tloWcvy lea
Where the honeysurklc grows.
AS she answers, yes or no,
Darling. fake my answer 50.
Do l love thee? Ask the bird
When her matin song is heard
If she loves the Sky 50 fair.
Fleecy cloud and liquid air
AS she answers, yes or no.
Darling, take my answer so.
Do l love thee? Ask the flower
If she loves the vernal shower
Or the kisses of the sun
Or the dew when day is done.
AS she answers, YES or no.
Darling. take my answer so.
John c. SAKE.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
When Electricity Will Be as Cheap
as Air
By EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN.

wants is electricity as cheap as
air, water and sunlight This
really is the dream Of electricians.
Since nothing exists but cleo
irons. and these are electricity,
II does seem that we ought to get
all we want for nothing by mere
ly taking or tapping the supply.
But Edison, Thomson, Ruther-
ford and Tesla, and Steinmitz
have not blazed the way into this
unknown problem of the ages,
I have no doubt that man will
make this conquest; for have I
not declared constantly during As
years that the mind PLEASING in
man is illimitable?
WHAT is cdrbon' What is
cdrbonic acid? What is cdrbonic
order"
Al do not know what carbon
Is. Carbonic acid is a compound
OF carbon and oxygen: one atom
of carbon being chemically united
with two OF oxygen in each MOLE
Guile.
Carbonic oxide Is the name given
to the molecule made up Of one
atom of each element, carbon and
oxygen. ! do not know what any
thing is. FOR everything is made
Of electrons; these are electricity:
but I have no Idea as to whac
that is. | may get a rubber type
reading. II do not know" This
will save many quarters OF sec
onds OF golden time when writing.
-"Whdt is the process OF ler4-
tat:on, the lifting Of hearp
icei0hts, ,cithout the application
Of force. or any mechanical pOto-
crg'
A.-This has been done, from
periods before any history. The
cause is totally unknown to any
one of the great standard mathe-
NAUTICAL sciences. I can not an
swer this question by reference 10
any known law Of nature
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
.. What's the Matter With Aviation?

r HAVE just been reading an In
terview in a Partisan maya
zine with Santos Dumont on
the latest phases of aerial navi-
cation. History sprouts ana
pushes so fast nowadays in the
field where he earned renown that
some who once hailed him as
the first of bird men" may now
have almost forgotten his name.
l remember Santos Dumont
when he first came to New York
haloed with the glory of his
earliest aerial exploits. in
terviewed him for The New York
American 1t was away back
well, back in the nineteenth GEN.
fury. Cor some of us who have
been long associated with New
York Journalism 1t seems strange
that the nineteenth century
SnOulu HdNt pGNOllt II koSN uSNt
and counted as a back num-
ber.)
l found him in his room near
the top of one of our then already
skyscraping hotels. an aerie
which he assured me he had
purposely chosen because it gave
him a sense of being up in a ball
loon. In receiving me. he led me
instantly to a window and swept
his hand admiringly. superbly,
over the bird's-eye view of lower
Central Park. which lay spread
beneath our eyes.
II was a gesture that opened
his soul, and Immediately with
out waiting for questions, he ex-
planned like a panorama all the
story Of his achievements, hopes
and expectations.
| have never met man who so
thoroughly looked what he was
as did Santos Dumont He had
the swift, tripping step of a spi-
der What you saw was big
head, a little body. and legs so
slender that they seemed long.
The whole figure. apparently not
more than Ave feet tall. appeared
70 be strung on wires, but every
wire was under control. and they
all vibrated in unison at the sig.
nal of the commanding brain.
At that time Santos Dumont
was a kind OF scientific John the
Baptist He announced the COM
ing of greater things than he was
able to perform himself He was
the foremost symnast OF the air,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06

planes he was ignorant Of what
the Wrights had done. He pro-
duced his "Demoiselle," type of
monoplane which has done good
work in the hands of Garros,
Morane, Saulnier and other pi-
lots of the atmosphere, but since
1910 he had made no important
changes in his machine. He con-
tents himself now with regard
ing critically what others are
doing.
IF l were going to make a sug-
gestion to constructors" he says,
Il would say that in my opinion
they are wrong in exaggerating
the power of their machines.
They complain that aviation does
not develop among civilians, but
1t is because they are making It
too expensive. From motors of
30 horsepower they have passed
to those of 20, so, 100, $50 and
even 200 horsepower.
Machines that cost from So, 900
to $4,000 are too expensive, not
only at their first price, but es-
pecially in the cost of operation.
They are inebriates in their con-
sumption of oil The merest lit
tie turn out with them is a prodi-
gality. The cost per mile Of fight
with these puissant motors be-
comes recklessly extravagant.
Military aeroplanes, Of course,
must be powerful enough to go
out in all kinds Of weather, but I
think it is a grave error to seek
to force such machines upon the
market for private, civilian own
srs. The needs OF sport should
especially be consulted The
sportsman, the tourist, and even
the man who would use the aero
plane for commercial purposes,
can wait for proper weather. He
doesn't call for machine which
can battle with all the obstacles
OF the atmosphere.
"A private aeroplane should be
like a yacht-made and calcu-
lated for use IN decent weather
and not in tempests. So the con-
structors should turn their atten-
ton TO the production OF the
aeroplane of sport of simple pleas
ure, intended for fine days and
good weather. and made light and
at a low price Machines like
that would develop a taste for
aerial sports"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06

~ Us the prophecy that
'iCent the rounds about
S tioenty gears ago, that
some Tdy Of tapping nature and
thus securing unlimited supplies
Of electricity from air or from
space, coming trueP"
A.-The nearest approach TO
the great work OF tapping ma
lures unlimited store of electric
ity is the act of allowing irrigat-
ing streams from high mountains
To turn turbine generators over
and over again in different power
plants along down the sides OF
the mountains, and then, after
securing all mechanical work OF
gravitation, secure growing work
in the growth of food plants. This
is the height at present OF human
skill in the work of tapping ma
ture,"
Windmills turning armatures is
another way of tapping. And the
capture OF water in tides. using
the force of outflow, is still an
other. We still have the dyna-
mos with usy we must turn arma-
lures with their polar fields of
magnetic lines
We must use running water or
flowing winds TO tap Nature; or
burn carbon under boilers. which
is too expensive and prosaic TO be
called the high art of tapping, as
one would turn faucet,
| suppose my correspondent
means just tapping a free supply.
This suspicious event has not ar
rived unless using solar engines
is tapping. Heat reflected by
mirrors directly from the noon
day sun upon boilers has been
made to generate steam and turn
armatures.
Another way OF tapping is TO
allow the sun to shine on thermo-
electric piles. unions of ends of
bars Of unlike metals,
What nay friend evidently
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
By GARRETT P. SERVISS

one could rely, that man was on
the point of becoming a naviga-
tor of the air.
Since then Santos Dumont has
himself invented and made aero
planes. He declares that he did
not follow or initiate the, Wrights,
because when he made his aero
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
PRAISE FOR EDITORIAL.
Editor The Georgian;

Editor The Georgian
Through the forcefulness OF
your article under caption, You
Must Run the Gantlet,' by Win
sor McCay. l write this letter.
This article and cartoon i'm
pressed me very much. It is too
good not TO be placed before moro
people than only those who are
able to afford getting the advan-
tage ~ it through your paper
wish that every schoolroom in
Georgia had this article framed
and hung where every boy and
girl could read and study the les
son. II seems to me that this
alone, If placed before the rising
generation, would he the means
Of setting many a boy and girl
on the right road and !ts good
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06

Clothes and very tolerant of all his old acquaintance
Guiding Bill telling them how foolish they to be vast
ing their time in this 'hck town as he put twhen they
could really LIVE in place like New York and how it
to get along there.
That night Bill lay awake for long long time, figuring
it all out in his comfortable little room, with not
sound outside but the crckes chirpng and occasional
whippoorwil But what did Bill for peaceful noises
like those. He had heard them all his life and used
them What he longed for the cang of bells and the
hustle and hustle of great city So the next morning
breakfast Bill told his mother that he had decided 60
New York and get job. GRO Be contInued3
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
Making Good Citizens. "

MAKING GOoQ C1blzenS.
wonder If these three Prison
Commissioners know that Ward
en- McKenty is interested in the
making of good CITIZENS" and
not in the making of good
PRISONERS"
Probably they do not; for II
Patterson Dawson Rainey knew
these things they could not. in
the spirit Of honesty I believe
they possess, have said that "the
idea OF punishment should take
precedence over the idea OF refor
nation"
Mr.. Patterson, Mr.. Dawson, Mr.,
Rainey, let me earnestly ask that
you read lies Mlserables." Look
into the heart of Jean Vatican,
the man who went to the galleys
for thirteen years because he
stole a loaf Of bread to feed his
starving mother.
Read therein the story Of the
lowly bishop who took Jean VAL
jean in after his release when no
one else would shelter him; read
how Vatican, dragged back in the
morning after taking all the silver
he could find in the house Of the
good man who succored him, was,
in the presence of the gendarmes,
presented by the bishop with two
silver candlesticks (the only re-
naming silver in the house,, with
the remark:
Il forgot to give you these"
Read how that simple action
stirred the dying spark of man
hood in the mire of Valjean's
mind and led him through the
years Of struggle to a post OF
love and honor and respect among
his fellowmen.
Don't fail to read how minions
of the prison bounded him in ev-
cry effort that he made to make
himself a MAN
Don't fail to read therein this
word picture from the pen Of
Hugo:
There was during the first quar-
ter of the present century at
Montfermiel. near Paris, a sort
of chophouse - The Sergeant
of Waterloo.
Nothing is commoner than a
cart or wagon before the door
OF an inn; nevertheless, the We
hicle. or, more properly speak
ing. the fragments of a vehicle,
which INSTRUCTED the street in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06

Bill lived just outside of the small towns in Georgia
His father owned fairszed farm and while wealthy
count wealth the cities of average Bill had
been raised the farm andhated it, Bills father realized
the possibilities of the farming methods and wanted Bill
to to the agricultural school in their locality and
them he could take hold of the farm and make pay
they had really good market close by But for Bill he
had pictures of the cities and had heard talk
about them who had been there The thing decided him
finally the from of that formerly
went to school with Bill This young talked looked and
breathed New York his as he though very nifty swagger