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Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-03-13

Susie rose to go and Elaine followed
her to the door No sooner had she
gone than the Clutchiug Hand came
out from behind the curtains. He gazed
about moment, then moving over to
the safe about which the two girls had
been talking, stealthlly examined it
He must have heard someone com.
ing, for with gesture of hate at the
safe itself, as though he personified 1t,
he slipped back of the curtains again.
Elaine had returned, and as she sat
] down at the desk to go over some pa.
pers which Bennett had left relative
to settling up the estate the masked
intruder stealthily and silently with
/ drew
"A package for you, Miss Dodge"
announced Michael later in the eve
ming, as Elaine, in her dainty evening
! gown, was still engaged in going over
the papers He carried it in his hands
rather gingerly.
Mr.. Kennedy sent 1t, ma'am He
says 1t contains clues, and will you
please put 1t in the new safe for him."
Elaine took the package eagerly and
examined it. Then she pulled open
the little round door of the globular
safe.
1T must be getting cold out, Mi
chael," she remarked, This package
is as cold as ice"
1T is, ma am" answered Michael
She closed the safe, and with
glance at her watch, set the time lock
and went upstairs to her room.
No sooner had Elaine disappeared
than Michael appeared again, catlike,
through the curtains from the drawing
room, and, after glance about the
dimly lighted library, discovering that
the coast was clear, motioned to fig
ure hiding behind the portieres
A moment and Clutching Hand him
self came out.
He moved over to the safe and
looked it over Then he put out his
hand and touched it.
"Listen!" cautioned Michael.
Someone was coming, and they
hastily skunk eEhind the protecting
portieres. 1t was Marie, Elaine's maid
She turned up the lights and went
over to the desk for a book for which
Elaine had evidently sent her. She
paused and appeared to be listening.
Then she went to the door.
"Jennings!" she beckoned.
What is it, Marie?" he replied.
She said nothing, but as he came up
the hall led him to the center of the
room.
Listen! heard signs and groans!"
Jennings looked at her moment,
puzzled, then laughed "You girls!"
he exclaimed. q suppose you'll always
think the library haunted now"
But, Jennings. listen," she per-
sisted
Jennings did listen. Sure enough,
there were sounds, weird, uncanny He
gazed about the room. 1t was eerie.
Then he took few steps toward the
safe. Marie put out her hand to it and
started back
why, that safe is all covered with
cold sweat" she cried with bated
breath.
Sure enough, the face of the safe
was beaded with dampness. Jennings
put his hand on it and quickly drew it
away leaving mark on the damp
ness.
"Wwhat do you think of that? be
gasped
I'm going to tell Miss Dodge" cried
Marie, genuinely frightened.
A moment later she burst into
Elaines room.
What is the matter, Marie?" asked
Elaine, laying down her book. you
ook as if you had seen ghost"
"Ah, but mademoiselle-it ees Just
ike that. The safe-if mademoiselle
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-03-13
SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystified by a
series of murders of prominent men, The
principal clue to the murderer In the warn
ing letter which is sent the victims signed
with "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-
eomplishes is told by his friend, Jameson,
newspaper man. Kennedy illustrates a
daring attempt to rob jewelry store and
rescues Elaine from a boiler where she
mad been imprisoned by the thugs.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-03-13

ing happened. There was not a sound.
He looked cautiously into the room.
Apparently there was nothing
Il
| 1t had been about the middle OF the
morning that an express wagon had
pulled up sharply before our apart
,ment
Mr.. Kennedy live here?" asked one
of the expresJmen, descending with
his helper and approaching our janitor.
Jens Jensen, typical Swede, who
was coming up out of the basement.
Jens growled surly, "Yes-but Mr.
Kannady, he bane out"
TOO bad-we've got this large cab.
met he ordered from Grand Rapids.
We cant cart 1t around all day. Can't
you let us In so We can leave IT."
Jensen muttered: Well guess II
bane all right"
They took the cabinet off the wagon
and ~arried II upstairs. Jensen opened
our door, still grumbling, and they
placed the heavy cabinet in the living
room.
Sign here"
you fallers bane a nuisance" pro
tested Jens, signing nevertheless.
Scarcely had the sound OF their
footballs died away in the outside hall
way when the door of the cabinet
slowly opened and masked face pro.
truded, gazing about the room.
! II was the Clutching Hand!
From the cabinet he took a large
package wrapped in newspapers. AS
he held It, looking keenly about, his
eye rested on Elaine's picture A mo.
ment he looked at 1t, then quickly al
the fireplace opposite.
An idea seemed to occur to him
He took the package to the fireplace.
removed the screen and laid the pack. |
age over the andirons with one end |
out into the room.
Next he took from the cabinet a
couple OF storage batteries and a coil
Of wire. Deity and quickly he fixed
them on the package.
Meanwhile. before an alleyway
across the street and further down
the Ions block the express wagon had
stopped
Having completed fixing the bat
teries and wires. Clutching Hand ran
The wires along the molding on the
wall overhead, from the fireplace un.
II he was directly over Elaine's pic
ure. Skillfully he managed to fix the
wires, using them In place of the pic.
ure wires to support the framed pho
ograph until II hung very noticeably
skew on the wall.
The last wire Joined, he looked
bout the room, then noisel .ssly moved
o the window and raised the shade.
Quickly he raised his hand and
'rought the fingers slowly together.
was the sign.
Of In the alley, the express driver
nd his helper jumped into the wagon
nd away it ratified I
Jensen was smoking placidly as the q
'agon pulled up the second time. l
Sorry" said the driver sheepishly, I
bit we delivered the cabinet to the b
rong Mr.. Kennedy"
He pulled out the inevitable book to II
rove It, y
Wall, you bape fine fallers,"
rowled Jensen, putting like a furnace, a
his fury. "You cannot go up d
game" Z"
Well get fired for the mistake" C.
eaded the helper. -
Just this once" urged the driver, as
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-12-24
ssxySSys ssss s ssssssS s ysssssssssss
Holly and MistIetOe Game


Provide green and red ribbons OF
about two inches in width. Divide the
party into sides, giving one side red,
the other green streamers. Those hold
ing red are holly; the green are mis-
tletoe. One person holds the end OF
all the ribbons in his hand; a child
holds the end of a single ribbon. Form
circle with the ribbons radiating
from the center like the spokes of a
wheel. The test Is this:
When the leader calls, "All holly let
gor' they must hold on tight, while the
mistletoe drop their ribbons, and when
the command is Let go mistletoep
the hollies must obey. The ones who
fail to do the reverse of the command
are required to pay forfeit-recite,
sing, draw a picture or do some anus
ing stunt" Paying the penalties may
be made very entertaining feature
OF an evenings fun.
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Guessing Hands,

A VERY original sociable that is
~ especially good when jolly crowds
are assembled for Christmas fes-
tivities is an all hands function. The
invitations are written on cards shap-
ed like an outstretched hand, and "all
hands" are invited to join in the fun
to follow.
OF course there is a guessing game
where hands are the puzzle subjects.
First the young men guess the girls
hands, which are thrust through holes
in a curtain or held above a screen,
and afterward the maidens must say
which hand belongs to which man.
There should be a left handed game,
where each man or girl must write a
copy" using the left instead of the
right hand, and the prize might be an
autograph guest book.
Then see which of each sex can take
the biggest handful of nuts from a
basket of these goodies passed to all.
Most nuts grabbed win the prize, but
there must be separate awards for the
girls and the men.
Or have each guest plunge his or
her hand into q basket of nuts and,
taking up as many as possible on the
back of the hand, run around the room
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"OId Soldier In Town"
SsSyssssss M IA IA ssxsssaasssssSSss

This is a very old English Christmas
game and Is not nearly as simple as 1t
seems to be. The players sit all
around the room.
One person comes around to each and
puts a number Of questionss which
must be answered without saying Mr..
or Mrs, white or black, yes or no.
The game begins something like this:
An old soldier has come to town to
see what you have to give him. The
answer may be nothing" or ian old
coat" as it worn at alp he asks.
at is not" is the reply. What color
is it" Gray" "a light gray~ "a
very dark gray" "Are there any pock-
cts in the coat?' "Three." "Only
threeY "Three only" "Well, have
you anything else?" Nothing" mot
a single thing but the old coat?" mot
a thing" "Well, who lives in that
house over there?' "The Browns"
"Do they visit you" Sometimes"
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Brown" Usual
ly" "Have they any familyr' 1.-TWO
children" 1.-THE house is painted
white, is 1t notT "Well, should say
a shade of ivory" IT suppose you are
thinking l should be making my way
to the next door, do you not?" II do"
IT hope have not given you too much
trouble, have I?' mot at ALL" The
player who gets caught during the SOL
diers visit must pay forfeit and is
out of the game. OF course different
questions will suggest themselves.
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Game of The BOOkbinder"

"Bookbinder" is holiday time diver
sion that looks simple and tame, but
can be mace highly exciting. Any
number of persons sit in circle, each
holding a book on the back of his
clinched fists. One who has been cho-
ten bookbinder and stands In the mid
die of the circle goes to any player
and, Selling that players book, at
tempts to rap his knuckles. which the
holder of the book tries to avoid by
pulling back his hands quickly.
If the bookbinder succeeds In this
the player whose knuckles he raps
changes places with him; otherwise he
replaces the book and tries to do the
same with some one else. The book
binder may pretend to seize a book
without actually doing so, and If the
holder pulls away his hands so that the
book falls he must take the leaders
place as If his knuckles had been rap
ped.
The leader can make this game very
exciting If he runs quickly from one
to another, pretending to take up one
book and then selling another.
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GUESSING HANDS.

with the booty. The number of points
in ones score is represented by the
number Of nuts ON the back of the
hand when the runner completes the
tour of the room.
Drawing a hand is another good
contest, and 1t would also be amusing
to have the guests name as many IA
nous anecdotes connected with the hu-
man hand as can be recalled at the
time and written down.
Or the hostess may prepare In ad-
vance a series of puzzle questions to
be answered by her guests. Such ques-
lions as the following will convey an
idea of what questions are meant:
What famous lady had great diff
Guilty in washing her hands? Lady
Macbeth.
What nursery hero is suggested by
part of the hand? Tom Thumb.
What name is frequently bestowed
upon the forefinger? Index.
What delicacy is suggested by the
human hand? Lady fingers.
1t would be amusing to have index
fingers with signs tackled up in all the
rooms and corridors to which guests
have access during the party-thus,
"This Way to the Refreshments"
"This Way to the Lemonade Bowl"
etc.
Prizes In the games should be arti-
cles relating to the hands. Such ar
ticles as gloves, handkerchiefs, thin
bles, ETC., are suggested.
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allowed to burn for few minutes un-
til. when the fame is extinguisheu'
there remains a lively glowing point.
The players being ranged in circle
the stick is passed from hand to hanu'
Each player before handing the stick
TO his neighbor must repeat the words
Toms alive" So soon as the worus
are uttered the next player must re-
ceive the stick offered to him. the
unlucky one who has Tom die In MS
hands must pay a forfeit. The most
convenient forfeit for this game is that
the one who is the victim should sub
NIT to wearing a mustache or eye
brows drawn on the face by the charred
end of the stick itself.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-12-24
"Nioht Before Christmas" Game.

Everybody has read 'The Night Be
fore Christmas" most famous Of Yule-
tide poems, many times. 1t is an in
teresting intellectual Christmas game
to try to set down how much one re-
members of the verses. Tablets and
pencils are passed, and each player is
asked to write as much as he or she
can remember of the poem. Allow if
teen minutes for the recollection and
compare the different papers with the
printed poem. Give an illustrated copy
of the poem as n prize for the best
recollection of 1t.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-12-24

Pacific Telephone & Telegraph lines
in Washington and Oregon would, if
run out in one direction, reach a dis
lance of 341,255 miles.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-12-24
Lost a Customer.

Lady Ordering boots for her hus-
band)-Do you keep mems bootsP
shopman-No, madam. but we keep
up to mines In women's.- London opln-
ION.
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numbers ON the watch dial, but at the
eighth tap strike twelve, at the ninth,
eleven; at the tenth, ten, and SO on
around backward until you are noti-
fed by the chooser that he has reach
ed twenty in his count.
If the instructions have been prop
erly followed the pencil will then rest
upon the chosen number, because If
twelve-the highest number that can
be taken-is chosen, eight taps will
bring it to twenty, so that your pencil,
according to instructions, will then be
on twelve, and any other number Sc
lected on the dial will be less than
twelve by just the amount that will
cause the pencil taps to shift back
ward from twelve to the thought OF
number when the count Of twenty has
been reached by the chooser.
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The Caspian Sea.

The Caspian sea is as Herodotus said
1000 years ago. "a sea by itself, having
no connection with any other" Every
schoolboy knows that now. but it Is
remarkable to find Herodotus saying
so, because centuries after his time
such authorities as Strabo and Pliny
believed that it was connected with
the northern ocean by long and mar
row gulf. Geography seems to have
had a setback in the interval through
false information received at the time
Of Alexander's conquests Herodotus
says that the Caspians length was
fifteen days voyage with a rowboat,
its breadth eight days. Since the
actual figures are 80 miles and 400,
this shows that rowboat of the time
did fifty miles day.-London Graphic.
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CANES
AND SPORTS
Doing the Watch Trick

ITHE watch trick here described Is
interesting to while away odd
minutes at Yuletide. Request
some one to think of one Of the num-
bers from one to twelve on the dial Of
your watch and ask him to add one to
it every time you tap the crystal over
the dial with a pencil (see illustra-
tom until he reaches twenty, and then
to notify you. Tell him that by the
twentieth tap you will have read his
mind so accurately that you will then
strike the number he first thought Of
without asking any questions.
The method of doing this trick Is
very simple. For the first seven taps
you may strike at random any of the
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A Christmas Carol
By CHRISTINA G. RoSSETTI

By CHRISTINA G. ROSSETr
Lo, newborn Jesus,
Soft and weak and small,
Wrapped in baby's bands
By his mothers hands,
Lord God Of ALL
Lord God Of Mary,
Whom his lips caress
While he rocks to rest
On her milky breast
In helplessness.
Lord God of shepherds
Flocking through the cold,
Flocking through the dark
To the only ark,
The only fold.
Lord God Of all things,
Be they near or far,
Be they high or low,
Lord of storm and snow,
Angel and star.
Lord God Of all men,
My Lord and my God,
Thou who lowest me,
Keep me close to thee
By staff and rod.
Lo, newborn Jesus,
Loving great and small,
Loves free sacrifice,
Opening arms and eyes
To one and ALL
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MSRSsssSssSsSHSmsSSsssSSNsss
Lively Tom

One Christmas game that is as old
as the records of games is usually
known by the name of Lively Tom"
A small stick is lighted at one end and
New Britain herald., 1915-06-08
Opens Wednesday Morning, June 9th
TEN DAYS ONLY

hf ydtday-d They toughe o 
 
   Methods New and those
  and Mde rarh o n
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-09

Company, consisting of LardR are. tin- ware, granite ware, farming imple- mcnts, cutlery, and furuItute and fix lures. upon the following terms, one fourth cash. onc-fourth Il 30 days, one-Iourth ill 60 days, one-f0urth in 90 Gays, with six per cent interest from date oI sale. The purchaser Will be required to give personal sc- cuiltS to be approved hy the trustee, to guarantee the payment of the pur- chase price,
 Said sale will take place at the store house of the Bankrupt at 32l and 323 Main street, Pine Bluff, Ar kansas, at F o'clock noon. September IS, 1915.
 An inventory, showing the amount of merchandise, furniture and fixtures. is now in my possession and may be examined by anyone interested in said stock. The stock of merchandise will be shown at any time up to hour of sale.
 Anyone purchasing sad stock will buy same subject to the approval of the Honorable Chas. (. Waters, Ref cree ill Bankruptcy. w. (. HUDSON,
 Trustee McGaughy Hardware Co. S-S-10t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-09
|STAR CITY SOON T0 HAVE WATER SYSTEM
Io"n to Be Supplied with Puri ,. Spring Water to Be Piped S"' Three Miles.

work on a water system for Star City is to be started as soon as the material, which has been ordered. reaches that place. The system is to b. constructed by D. A. Mcintosh of Collins, Miss, and J. c. Hellums of Star City, who married a daughter of MT. Mcintosh. The plant will cost about s10,000.
 The Atkins springs, three miles from Star City, have been purchased by Messrs. Mcintosh and Hellums, and these are to be used as source of supply. A concrete reservoir will be constructed, and the. water piped to Star City, which is from 40 to 90 feet lower than the springs, thus avoiding the necessity of pumping station at the springs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-09
F . R K K N \ c. 5. NJ .N E "
i0S PINE STREET

l0S PINE STREET tNONE 97l HOS w. 9th, 6 rooms and hall, strictly
 modern and up to date; close to
 school ---------------- $27.5o 1116 East Fifth, rooms, city wa
 ter - 12.oO 1912 West Third f rooms, modern cot
 tage lights, gas, bath--------$l3. 90 121 East Harding avenue, ) rooms,
 excellent repair, lights, gas. and
 sink S12.O0 1412 E. eth, f rooms, hall, city Wa
 ter 9Il.oU 1921 D. 7th modern, rooms and hall
 house, lights, gas, bath ------$13.O0 1904 w. 17th, 3 rooms, city wa ter $500 1902 D. 5th, rooms city water---S12,50 1o04 West 17th, rooms, city wa
 ter -----------s.-4------- .O0 1901 East 7th, rooms, modern;
 suitable for two families .----$20.OO 1912 West 3rd, rooms, lights, gas,
 bath, newly papered and paint 17oO w. oth, s rooms y---------$16.O0i 1404 w. End, lz rooms, .two-story,
 modern ----------So0.0o 1921 State, z rooms, modern, paved
 street.
 1521 Laurel, rooms, :podern, close
 to schools and churcA-------$lo.0O 510 East 2nd, rooms, newly over
 hauled, modern, close in------Szo.00 142O East 9th, city water, close to
 school and churches --------S12.o0 1902 Linden, rooms, city water,
 good repair 22nd and Main, 3 rooms, good
 we'll .Uc 23rd and Alabama, 3 rooms, gooo 1905 B. 9th, rooms, city water -$l2.50 8 rooms, POS Georgia, lights, gas.
 sins ---~-------------- --$S.ou 1909 w. 5th, roo,ns, hall mod.
 ern ----------------- ------S@o'o0 S05 w.. 4th, clcse in, seven rooms,
 modern ........--. ......s a@1'oe s02 ". 22nd, i've rooms, soot
 barn .. ...9 91o'oo 9o3 w.. Second, 6 rooms. hall modern;
 will repair to suit tenant. .$zo.00 1902 East 7th, rooms, strictly mod.
 ern ..........--.a.... .S14.uV b12 Beech st., rooms, modern $lo.0u lz12 Stale, 6 rooms; city water $ll.Oc Sl6 Main, 4 rooms, lights, gas, bath. 51O E. 18th, rooms, modern except
 bath; large garden spot. .Sl2.he 701 E. End, 6 rooms, modern except
 bath 4 .$zu.ue l07 E. 17th; rooms, city water; oI
 paved street ]. $S.oo l21 Georgia, 8 rooms, city water.
 close to business section. .$l2.5e
 F o R $ A !, E..
 6 rooms, ? acres, all in cultivation, good water; 31st and Poplar streets. Sell on small payment down, balance monthly.
 2 fire building lots, corhor alley between 22nd and 23rd avenues on Main street; 77x2fO feet. Will seil on monthly payments at a bargain.
 20 acres and up on Dollarway road, s2.oO per acre cash down; 50 cents per acre per month.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-09
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Transfers of real e,'ate -cc jrdtI yesterday are repcrt=d d by the G. w.. Byington Abstract company, as fol- lows:
 F. G. Smart to Neal Morgan lot II, block ), College Heights addition, 5000.
 E. E, Perry, to R. T. Atkinson SW SE 14-6-10, $100.00.
 J. I. Davis to Steve Walls, E 12 'SW 33-o--10 $100.
 Francis Antoine Vaugine to x. A. Barraque, ct al, part E 1-2 SEE 13-3-S, $1,000.
 Birdie Niven to Alyce Blackburn, s 1-2 lots ) and 6 s 1-2, lots ), 6, '. and s, block ). Hudson & Trulock's addition $1, and other considerations.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-09

In the court of l.. F.. Check, le1te r. Son county. Arkansas. M. w. Elkins, plaintiff vs. Wallace Duncan, defendant. The defendant, Wallace Duncan, IS warned to appear in this court within thirty days, and answer the complaln1 of the plaintiff, M. w. Elklns. September 1, 1915.
 l.. k. CHEEK, J. P. SHAW & .ASHCRAFT,
 Solicitors for plaintiff. 9-2-9-16-23-30.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-09
TRUSTEES SALE.

In the United States District Court
 for the Western Division or the
 Eastern District of Arkansas.
 McGaughy Hardware Co. in Bank ruptcy.
 Pursuant to an order of the Honor ahle Chas. c. Waters, Referee III Bankruptcy, made on the seventh day of September, 1915, will, as trustee, on the 18th day of September, 1915, o1- fer for sale the entire stock of mer- chandise of the McGaughy Hardware
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-09
WARNING ORDER.

In the Chancery Court of Jefferson county, Arkansas.
 Seaf Butler, plaintiff vs. Nina But Ter, defendant. ., The defendant, Nina Butler, IS warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of plaintiff, Seaf Butler. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 17th day of August A. D. 1915.
 F. M. REEVES, Clerk,
 s. F. VAULX, D. c. s 1925 2-9-16.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-09
E. G. HUDSON,S STATEMENT.

E. G. Hudson, merchant of Cha1 olee' Ga., says Foley Cathartic Tab Ie iels are the "best on earth'' for g thorough cleansing and movement of .ne bowels without the slightest in sohsenlence oss or sicleening and no bao Sile"ts. Ss. They certainly do relieve in- ,usestlon ,;ton or constipation quickly ano tn hsen up the liver. They make you Pharmacy.