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The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-06-04

Elaine, down in the library, that she
had done nothing yet about the letter
from the Women's Guild.
Il wonder what there is upstairs
that | can give them" she thought,
as she re-read the letter. Il think
I'll see."
She started up, just as Inez was
leaving.
The adventures in the attic heard
Elaine coming and quickly slipped be-
hind door, letting Elaine pass her,
without being seen.
In the attic Elaine started to take
down and examine several dresses for
the rummage sale, laying them aside
one by one.
An attic is always place that calls
up memories of the past, and Elaine
soon began to think of things that
were suggested by one after another
of the discarded dresses. Besides,
some of them were scarcely worth
sending, anyway. She sat down, alb
sently, in the chair to think 1t over.
Suddenly a secret spring released
a set of bands that automatically and
swiftly clamped over Elaine's arms
and about her body and neck, holding
her in a grip of steel. At the same
time a vapor bulb in the back of the
chair shot out its smothering fumes,
rendering her unconscious.
Elaine was caught in trap.
Inez in silent exultation opened the
attic door just tritie. Then her
slender hand reached in and took the
key from the inside, shut the door and
locked it from the outside.
Stealthily Inez crept downstairs
from the attic and into Elaine's room
There, taking care that neither Marie
nor Aunt Josephine was about, she
opened the closet and took out the
dress, coat and hat which Elaine had
worn when she was kidnapped by WI
and stuffed them into q suitcase. Inez
closed the suitcase quickly, threw on
her own hat and coat and left the
house unobserved.
Half an hour later she entered the
opium joint on Mott street.
There were both WI and Long Sin
carefully examining blonde wig made
up as closely as possible to resemble
the golden masses that were the
crown Of Elaine's beauty. Four or
five other Cinnamon sat and stood
about at a respectful distance.
Have you the clothes?" asked WI,
greeting Inez.
YES" she returned. "All has been
done exactly as you ordered"
Good" complimented WI. Then
you may prepare yourself immediate
ly."
In the meantime a second trap was
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-06-04

Yes, ma'am," she replied, handing
Elaine the faxed note.
Elaine read 1t. 81 didn't know about
the rummage sale BEFORE" she COM
mented, as She went into the library,
but l guess I'll have to give them
something"
She sat down for a moment to look
over new fashion magazine. Out
side in the hallway Inez was reading
the note which the messenger boy
had brought, with the warning post
script written by Kennedy under
meath. She knew, as she destroyed
it, that it was only a part of Wu's
subtle plan to alarm Kennedy and
start him on false scent.
1t was not many minutes later that
the bell rang again, and this time
Jennings answered the door, disclos-
ing the expressman with a heavy
trunk.
'"Oh, l guess that's my trunk" Inez
exclaimed May have it taken up to
the attic, out of the way?"
The men carried the big trunk up
stairs into the attic, large room full
of trunks, some old furniture and a
great many old dresses hanging up.
AS they set 1t down she signed the
receipt for 1t, and the expressmen
dumped downstairs.
For a moment she leaned over the
railing and looked after them to make
sure that she was alone, then hastily
locked the door and ran back to the
trunk to unlock 1t.
First she took out the chair which
WI had devised and placed it near the
clothes hanging up. Next she re-
moved the phosphorus mechanism
and placed 1t In the shadow back
of the chair, piling up some excelsior
and other dry stuff over and around it.
Inez had scarcely completed her
! arrangements when 1t occurred to
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arm tight to his side, still with his
wrist pressing on the rope.
His heart fairly leaped. 1t worked!
The cuff link which he had devised
as cigarette lighter as a joke on me
was burning the rope.
Then he pulled at the weakened
ropes as he had before in his futile
struggles.
They broke.
Just on the other side of the door he
could hear the low buzz of the argu-
ment as Long Sin urged WI to allow
him to kill Kennedy.
Very we'll, then" WI at last
agreed, looking at his watch and nod
ding to Long Sin and the others who
sprang forward.
Free from his bonds, Kennedy had
been standing a second wondering
how to escape from the room. Just
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-06-04

SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystified by a
series of murders and other crimes. The
principal clue to the criminal is the warn
ing letter which is sent the victims, signed
with "a ''clutching hand" The latest vic
tim of the mysterious assassin is Taylor
Dodge, the insurance president. His
daughter. Elaine. employs Craig Kennedy,
the famous scientific detective, to try to
unravel the mystery. What Kennedy ac-
complishes Is told by his friend Jameson,
newspaper man.
After many fruitless attempts to put
Elaine and Craig Kennedy out of the way
the Ciutching Hand Is at last found to be
none other than Perry Bennett, Elaine's
lawyer and the man she is engaged to
marry. Bennett fees to the den of one of
his Chinese criminals. The Chinaman
forces from Bennett the secret of the
whereabouts of $7,0OO00O. Then he gives
the lawyer a potion which will suspend
animation for months Kennedy reaches
Benefits side Just after he has lost con-
seriousness.
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had no appetite. Since / have taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound the aches and pains are all gone
and feel like new woman. I cannot
praise your medicine too highly. Mrs.
AUGUSTUS LYON, Terre Hill, Pa.
1t Is true that nature and woman's
work mas produced the grandest remedy
for woman's ills that the world has
ever known. From the roots and
herbs of the field, Lydia E. Pinkham,
forty years ago, gave to womankind
a remedy for their peculiar ills which
has proved more efficacious than any
other combination of drugs ever COM
pounded, and today Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is recognized
from coast to coast as the standard
remedy for woman's ills.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, are files containing hundreds of
thousands of letters from women seek
ing health many of them openly state
over their own signatures that they have
regained their health by taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound;
and in some cases that it has saved them
from surgical operations.
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"Are You All Risht?" Gasped Craig.
then he heard footsteps outside
Quickly he replaced the ropes about
him SO that they looked as if he were
still bound by them
The door opened, and WI and Long
Sin entered, each with knife, while
behind them were three other China
men.
WI advanced. Slowly he raised his
knife to strike.
THE white girl is slowly being
burned to death" he Kissed, brandish-
ishing the knife. "The allotted time is
spent"
AS he poised the knife in fiendish
glee, Kennedy leaped forward from his
loosened bonds and knocked him to
the floor.
So unexpected was the assault that
before he knew it Long Sin was also
sprawling beside his master.
Craig seized the only weapon at
hand, a taboret, and brought it
down with smashing blows on the
heads of the other astounded and I'M
nerved Cinnamon.
Once on the street, even in China
town, he was safe.
But it was not his own safety now
that had nerved up his strength to
escape from the unacceptable.
Was he in time?
Il think had better go back to the
laboratory and wait for Craig" l said
at last to Aunt Josephine after wait
ing for a time that seemed like hours.
please let me know the moment you
hear from Elaine"
/ was about to turn from the foot
of the steps to the Dodge house, when
taXicab came dashing up almost on
the sidewalk urged on by some maniac
inside. Imagine my surprise to see
Craig, wild and dishevelled, leap out.
rs Elaine here-safe?" he demand
ed.
She isn't home,' l managed to
reply.
Are you sure?" he repeated. Did
you search?"
He uttered sudden cry, pointing
up at the roof.
Look" he gasped Mortified.
stared in blank amazement. Smoke
was pouring out of the attic windows
in dense black columns, lighted by
an angry flame.
"Fire!" shouted Kennedy, dashing
Instantly into the house.
AS we mounted the stairs now we
could hear muff1ed screams from the
attic.
Smoke was pouring out from under
the door and even through the key.
hole. Jennings had heard Kennedy's
call and was now dashing up after US
with fire extinguisher Back of him
came Aunt Josephine and Elaine's
maid, Marie, screaming for help.
Like a human battering ram we
went through that door. A sheet of
fame shot out at US with the draft.
But Kennedy stopped for nothing.
There was Elaine in a chair which
the devilish mind of WI Fang had
devised to imprison her while the
flames licked out her beauty and life.
Instantly Craig understood and acted.
Garry her Quit" he cried, gasping
for breath himself.
Together we seized the chair and
its precious burden Not a moment
too soon We set the chair down out
side in the hall, ourselves scorched
and blistered.
1t was as though Craig had accept
ed the challenge of the fiery monster.
He seized the extinguisher from Jen-
nings and attacked the flames.
By this time Jennings, Marie and
Aunt Josephine had succeeded in I'M
fastening Elaine, as our sudden on
slaught with chemicals and force
brought the fire demon under control.
"Are you-all right?" gasped Craig,
STOPPING over Elaine as she leaned
back half-fainting in his arms.
Are you?" she murmured heroical-
ly, forgetting her own hurts in her
fear for him.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-06-04
MRS. LYONS
ACHES And PAINS
Have All Gone Since Taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Terre Hill, Pa" Kindly permit me
to give you my testimonial in favor of

LYDIA II. Plnkham 9
V e ge ia Bile Com
pound. When l first
began taking it /
was suffering from
female troubles for
some time and had
almost ali kinds of
aches-pains in low
err part of back and
in sides, and press
ing down pains. I
could not sleep and
Cs~~ T Lo.,o ko1ro-
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-04-02

| list may often be entirely unframed,
while others rod away may be stung
by the very bees which his manipula-
tons anger.
His quiet, determined demeanor is
his safeguard, while the uninitiated
strike at the angry bees until they are
stung.
When you wish to open a hive of
bees, if you wish to be perfectly safe,
arm yourself with smoker, cover
your head with veil, and step boldly
to the front of the hive; send the
smoke through the opening for half a
minute, then stop, and repeat the OPP
GRAFTON after another half minute, or
until they make steady hum, which
will show that they have given up the
desire to fight
Then open the hive, smoke gently
and you may lift the combs one after
another.
Many people have kept bees but did
not succeed on account of the worm
moth, but worms very rarely, if ever,
destroy a colony of bees in normal
condition.
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NOT AT ALL PLEASANT TASK
sampIing Candies Sounds Attractive
as Profession, but 1t Gets
Tiresome.

"Do I get tired of sampling every
dainty this company makes?' echoed
the official sampler of huge confec.
tionery company. 81 can answer that
question both Yes and No When 1
have a few minutes of spare time
usually nibble a soda cracker. Ono
never gets tired of them, for they
only use the more plentiful saliva
juices.
I'm the rush season, that is, just be-
fore Christmas, We have thousands
of pounds of all sorts of dainty sweets
to sample before they leave the
bakery. It is then that one gets tired
of the always sweet. You have no
idea how many sweets people eat UNI
til you have to sample the stuff. ]
get so used to the different taste OF
different sweets that invariably / know
whether or not a certain making is
all right before l have finished the
first bite.
After eating sweets for long time
one loses the acute taste which each
dainty individual has. When this hap.
pens take few minutes off to take
drink of plain water, then / eat
plain soda cracker, which Immediately
restores my discriminating taste.
Medical authorities assert that the
losing of this taste is due to the fact
that after a long period of overwork
certain Saliva glands temporarily give
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No HiQh Relief in Russia.

Economic and geographic areas OF
Russia are in no case separated by
physical barriers, as is our Pacific
slope from the states east of the
Rocky mountains, or even the Allan
tic seaboard from the territory beyond
the Alleghenies.
Russia is without high relief; the
watersheds are almost imperceptible
elevations.
Indeed, European Russia is so fiat
that the Baltic-Black Sea canal is to
be made available for large ocean.
going vessels by the construction OF
only two locks.
Naturally, therefore, the rivers and
waterways of Russia have been OF
unusual importance, especially before
the days of the railroad, in binding
the different economic areas together,
affording magnificent arteries for the
of internal trade both in
winter and summer.
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GRADING FARM AND
GARDEN PRODUCTS
Where Work Is Done Honestly
Ready Sale and High Prices
Are Obtained.

(By E. P. SANDSTEN, Colorado Agri-
cultural College.)
Wen packed and honestly graded
farm and garden produce will always
command a ready sale and higher
prices than carelessly packed and dis.
honestly graded goods.
The greatest asset of the manufac-
turer is his commercial honesty, and
this honesty is evident in uniform
quality and the careful pack and dis
play of his goods. In other words, his
goods are standardized.
Farm and garden produce may be of
the highest quality, but if the packing
is carelessly done, and in old and
dirty retainers, the discriminating
buyer will not buy and the producer
is forced to accept lower price. The
practice of facing the packages with
produce of the highest quality and
then filling the remainder with infe,
rior goods. is plain dishonesty and does
much to prevent both the honest and
dishonest producer from obtaining the
market value. The producers first
aim should be to establish a reputa-
ton for his products, and when this is
accomplished more than half of the
selling problem is solved. Each pro-
Queer should have his packages Ia
beled with his personal label or trade
mark. This would indicate that the
producer is willing to stand behind his
goods.
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KEEP LAYING HENS
FREE FROM VERMIN
Lice Cause Most Damage by vio-
lent Itching and Pain They
Cause the Fowls.

The estimated offspring from a sin.
gle pair of lice in eight weeks is one
hundred and twenty-five thousand.
Lice are insects which inhabit the
feathers OF the bird. They have not
piercing mouth, but one that is used
for biting. The louise subsists on the
production of the skin and fragments
of feathers. 1t is not SO much what
they get as nourishment from the in
dividual that hurts, as the violent itch.
ing and pain they cause, especially il
present in large numbers.
They also spread as rapidly as they
breed. The lice from one Individual
may spread through the entire flock.
Factors which favor their develop
ment are poorly ventilated quarters,
insufficient food and weak stock. The
laying hen that looks poor and sickly
is the one most likely to be infested.
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FCUADOP,S
COMMERCIAL
w CAPITAL

| a height of about ten feet and then
| spreading out into thick, bushy top.
| These tops have all been trimmed to
are of very even growth the effect is
neat and regular to degree. This is
not By any means the only avenue OF
trees in Guayaquil, but it is the best
and most remarkable.
The chief business in Guayaquil is,
Ecuador is one of the greatest pro-
ducers of this valuable food product
in the world, the welfare of the city,
and, indeed, of the whole country de-
pending almost entirely on the cacao
crop and the market. Most of the
firms engaged in this trade have their
offices and warehouses on or near the
Malecon above the Gale Nueve de Oc-
tubre, conveniently situated for receiv-
ing the product from the river craft.
that bring it down from the interior
and for shipping it away to Europe
and America, while the broad streets
serve as drying grounds for the red
dish-brown beans.
Guayaqui1 is particularly well pro-
vided with public squares and open
spaces such as the Plaza Bolivar, con-
tanning fine bronze equestrian statue
of the great libertador, the Plaza Ped
70 Carlo, near the MERGED church,
and the Plazas Montalvo, Rocafuerte,
and Sucre. All of these are we'll kept
and bright with roses, many colored
crotons, and other tropical plants, be-
sides having excellent bronze statues
of men celebrated in the history of
the country.
The city has an excellent street car
system, partially electrified, with lines
across and from end to end
of the town through all the principal
streets. 1t is well worth the visitors
while to make trip along the Gale
Industrial, leading from the center of
the city southwark to the district
where the chief local manufacturers
and shipbuilding yards are located, for
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/ ~ UAYAQUIL, the largest port
and the chief commercial city
u of Ecuador, is located on the
| NJ west bank of the River Guayas,
about seventy miles from the
| sea, in splendid situation, at the end
OF deep-water navigation, and at the
confluence of number of rivers that
spread over much of the country that
lies to the westward of the Andes,
says writer in the Pan American
Magazine.
Rounding bend in the river. we
pass a number of shipbuilding yards
and factories, and then, as our steam
er slowly draws up to her anchorage,
the whole of the busy water front is
revealed to our view like the unrolling
Of scene in panorama. Backed by
low hills, the city lies on a piece of
level ground in an open and beautiful
situation, stretching for several miles
by the side of the river, which is at
this point more than a mile wide and
deep enough for steamers of consider
able size. The whole of the water front
Is occupied by jetties and piers, where
craft of many different types load and
discharge their cargoes, the twin
spires of the cathedral and numerous
churches stand up, white and cleaning
above the roofs of the houses, fine
buildings face the water, and on a
wide thoroughfare between them and
the water streams of traffic pass to
and fro.
The first impression of Guayaquil
is that it is a large and busy place,
with considerable local and foreign |
trade-an impression that is fully con-
frmed by closer acquaintance. The |
city is laid out in squares with streets |
running parallel to the river inter-
sected by others at right angles to it.
buildings are large and in good style,
and there is general air of business
like activity. The streets, well CAM
bered and paved with blocks of gray
stone, are remarkably wide. many of
them are lined with trees, and the
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Designed to Get Results in the
Increased Production of
Eggs.
SUNLIGHT is PROVIDED FOR
cheapiy Built and Easily Made Com
Portable for the Fowls in Any Kind
of Weather-Arranged So That
Inside May Be Thorough
Iy Cleaned.
By WILLIAM A, RADFORD.

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm, fol-
the readers of this paper. On account OF
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he is, without doubt. the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago.
ILL.,, and only enclose two-cent stamp for
reply.
A poultry house Sc feet long natur-
ally divides into two compartments.
This poultry house is only IL feet
from front to back, which is in &C
cordance with the ideas of a great
many poutrymen who are anxious to
have the sun shine clear back to the
far wall during the very early spring
weeks when eggs are high in price
and the hens need every possible en-
couragement to supply the demand.
Shed roof poultry houses present the
high sides of the buildings to the sun.
Poultry houses are always faced in a
southerly direction, and they are al
ways closed in tight at the north and
WGSt, UeCduo6 Inc picfdiiid6 SOio
winds usually come from those two di-
rections. The sun shining against the
high side of the building during the
day usually keeps the house comfort
able during part of the night because
of the stored up heat. In addition to
the warmth house is much more
cheerful on account of admitting con-
bright sunshine.
Shed roof poultry houses are quite
common in the eastern states where
thousands of farmers keep poultry for
profit. Some of them keep poultry
only in a small way, but they have
studied the needs of laying hens and
have provided means to keep them
comfortable and to induce them to lay
eggs in the winter time.
These shed roof poultry houses are
cheaply built and are easily made COM
Portable for the fowls in all kinds OF
weather. Usually such houses are
made quite low at the back. Some are
as low as three feet, being designed
for the comfort of the fowls rather
than for the convenience Of the atten-
liant, because considerable stopping is
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required when doing the cleaning IN
the back part of house.
When shed roof poultry houses are
ventilated by means of cheese-cloth
covered openings in front, they are
easily provided with fresh air.
The general ground plan is to leave
the whole floor space free to be COW
cred with straw several inches deep
for scratching purposes. Laying hens
must be kept busy to prevent them
from getting too fat. In order to man
ufacture eggs the hens must be well
fed. The difference between fat hens
and laying hens depends upon the kind
of food rather than the quantity, but
the element of exercise has good
deal to do with the keeping of laying
hens in proper condition.
In these shed roof poultry houses
the droppings board usually is placed
under the low roof at the back. The
roosts are supported few inches |
above the droppings board and the |
nest boxes are suspended underneath. |
This work is all done in such way |
that the whole outfit may be taken out |
easily and the whole inside of the |
house may be thoroughly cleaned. The
easy cleaning proposition is worked
out in connection with all parts OF the
house. Cleanliness means great
deal in the poultry house.
The plan of this particular design
further provides for closed-in room
for brooding coops. This room may /
be divided by partition, or it may be
made into one room for the use Of
houses. Some poultrymen use this
center room for the nest boxes as
well as for broody hens. The laying is
done in December, January
and February and brooding seldom
commences before March
Shed roof poultry houses seem to
work out better than any other style
If roof when 1t comes to ventilation.
It is not easy to manage a poultry
house IN such way as to ventilate it
The ventilation in all farm
buildings depends on certain degree
II warmth Large animals, such AZ
.attle and horses, have considerable
,ody warmth, which sets the air in
notion. Fowls are so small that their
'ody heat is not sun to warm