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The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-10

mixed masses Of powder, forming
heap on the safe, into which he insert
ed two magnesium wires.
He lighted them, sprang back, hid
ing his eyes from the light, and
binding gush of flame. lasting per-
haps ten seconds, poured out from the
top of the safe.
1t was not an explosion, but just a
dazzling, intense fame that sizZled and
cracked. 1t seemed impossible, but
the glowing mass was literally sink
ing, sinking down into the cold steel.
At last it burned through-as if the
safe had been of finder!
Without waiting a moment longer
than necessary, the masked criminal
advanced again and actually put his
hands down through the top of the
safe, pulling out a bunch of papers.
Quickly he thrust them all, with just
glance, into his pocket.
Still working quickly, he took the
bust of the great orator, which he had
removed, and placed it under the light.
Next, from his pocket he drew two
curious stencils, as it were, which he
had apparently carefully prepared.
With his hands, still carefully gloved,
he rubbed the stencils on his hair, as
If to cover them with film of natural
oils. Then he deliberately pressed
them over the statue in several
places. 1t was a peculiar action, and
he seemed to fairly gloat over it when
it was done and the bust returned to
its place, covering the hole.
AS noiselessly as he had come, he
made his exit after one last malignant
look at Dodge. 1t was now but the
work of moment to remove the wires
he had placed and climb out of the
window, taking them and destroying
the evidence down in the cellar.
A low whistle from the masked
crook, now again in the shadow
brought his pal steaithily to his side
Its all right" he whispered hoarse
" to the man. Now you attend tc
Limpy Red
The villainous looking pal nodded
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-10

mo, must see them BOTH" he said
firmly.
We'll. there, then" and she thrust
forward an empty hand.
You dropped something behind
you," cried the fioorwalker, triumph
Rntly.
You have too many eyes," she
pouted. STOPPING to pick up what
she had dropped. 1t proved to be
valentine, and the fioorwalker snick-
cred.
"Jove! 1 thought that by the time
a girl got to be twenty plus she was
over that kind of foolishness."
"a girl is never too old to enjoy
being made love to-" she retorted,
and. in fact, the older she gets the
more she likes it."
Regardless of who does the love-
making, suppose?"
"Oh, no, she has her preferences, of
course, and after awhile, perhaps, she
gets to have a preference" She
paused and glanced at the f1oorwalker,
but he was absorbed in the valentine.
And she always enjoys a well-put
compliment"
Always? Now, have known girls
to snap you on, and tell you not to be
silly, and to declare that they hated
soft fellows
That's because you didn't pay your
compliment at the right time, at the
psychological moment, so to speak"
she replied. You probably told them
how pretty they looked when they
were rugged out in their Oldest clothes,
preparatory to doing some houseclean-
ing. Now, you should never try to
Jolly girl unless she can really fat
ter herself that. there may be some
truth in what you say, after ALL Never
miss an opportunity like the first
wearing of new dress. to tell her
what a charmer she is, and don't let
the occasion slip by on which she
wears that favorite pink waist others.
In other words, catch her in the
mood"
Il thought you just said that a girl
always liked to be made love to-" the
Koorwalker objected.
She withered him with a glance.
but she has other things to think of,
once in awhile, silly, except being
made love to- Once year. you know,
in Lent, she gets very religious, and
centers her mind on things not of
the world. AS you value her affec-
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-10
The Skin And Not The Blood.

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The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-10
ELECT d Great Kidney Remedy
Is Soon Realized.

feel it my duty to let you know what
Swamp Root did for me. was both
cred with my back for over twenty years
and at times l could hardly get out of
bed. read your advertisement and de-
cided to try Swamp-Boot. Used five
bottles, and it has been five years since
used it, and have never been bothered
a day since took the last bottle of it.
1 am thoroughly convinced that DIR.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root cured me, and
l would recommend it to others suffer
ing as did.
My husband was troubled with kidney
and bladder troubles and he took your
swamp Root and it cured him. This
was about five years ago.
You may publish this letter if you
choose.
Very truly yours,
MRS. MATTE CAMFIELD,
r. F. D. No. 3, Gobleville, Mich.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th, day of July, 1909.
ARvIN w. MYERS,
Notary Public
for Van Duren Co., Mich.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-10

type. He tried the door. 1t was locked.
There was not mark on it. The COM
bination had not been tempered with.
Nor had there been any attempt to
soup" the safe.
With a quick motion he felt in his
pocket as if looking for gloves. Find
ing none, he glanced about and seized
two pieces of paper from the desk.
With them. in order not to confuse
any possible finger prints on the bust,
he lifted it off.
gave a gasp of surprise.
There, in the top of the safe,
yawned a gaping hole, through which
one could have thrust his arm!
What is it?" we asked, crowding
about him.
'Thermit," he replied laconically.
"Thermit?" l repeated.
"Yes-a compound of iron oxide and
powdered aluminium, invented by a
chemist at Essen, Germany. 1t gives
a temperature of over five thousand
degrees. 1t will eat its way through
the strongest STEEL
Jennings, his mouth wide open with
wonder, advanced to take the bust
from Kennedy.
"No-don't touch it." he waved him
on, laying the bust on the desk. Il
want no one to touch it-don't you
see how careful 1 was to use the
paper, that there might be no ques-
ton about any clue this fellow may
have left on the marble?"
As he spoke, Craig was busting over
the surface of the bust with some
black powder.
Look" exclaimed Craig suddenly.
Finger prints," cried excitedly-
Yes" nodded Kennedy, studying
them closely. "a clue-perhaps."
"What-those little marks-a clue?'
/ asked a voice behind US
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-10

Until recently it has been generally
accepted theory that eczema was a dis
ease of the blood. Scientific investiga-
tions have taught US that eczema is
positively a skin disease and durable
through the skin alone. Meritol Eczema
Remedy is applied directly to the dis
eased skin. Do not delay trying Meritol
Eczema Remedy. Price SOC and $780,
Madison Drug Company, Local Agency
Adv. feb.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-10
Administrators Notice.

All persons having claims against the
estate of John Lanter, deceased, are
hereby notified TO file same with the I'M
dersIgned on or before April i, 1915. or
same will be barred. All parties in
debted to said estate will please settle
at once. R. E. LANTER, Admir-,
3-4t Union City. KY
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-10
Prove What Swamp-ROOt will Do for You

Send ten cents to DIR. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone. You
will also receive booklet of valuable
information, telling about the kidneys
and BLADDER. When writing, be sure and
mention the Climax Madisonian. Reg
ular tifty-cent and one dollar size bottles
for sale at all drug store.-Adv. feb.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-10

Gas in the stomach or bowels is dis
agreeable symptom of a torpid liver To
get rid of it quickly take HERBINE.
Il is marvellous liver stimulant and
bowel purifier. Price soc. Sold by Mad
ison Drug Co.-Adv feb.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-10

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Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-13
ONLY ONE "BEST'
Norwich People Give Credit W1ers
Credit is Due.

People of Norwich who suffer with
weak kidneys and bad backs want 8
kidney remedy that can be depended
upon. Doan's Kidney Pills is medi-
cine for the kidneys only. and one
that is backed by willing testimony
Of Norwich people. Here's a case:
Mrs. Catherine Hogan. % Hickory
St. Norwich, says: IT recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills. procured at N. D.
sevin's Drug Store. as highly today
as when I gave a public statement in
their praise some years ago. This
remedy cured me of a severe attack
of kidney complaint. causing the pains
in my back and trouble with the kid
ney secretions to disappear after
everything else had failed to help me-
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Hogan had. -Milburn Co.
Props. Buffalo. n. z.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-13

through which I breathe. sir. or tran
splre, the same as you do through
your nose or mouth and skin.
Didn't know l breathed? Oh, dear,
Mrs. Oak, did you hear that?'
Yes, L have known for long time
that humans and other animals, as
We'll as the birds, insects and even
the spiders thought we did not breathe,
drlnk, eat, sleep, or do any of the
other things so common in life.
of course we breathe like other or
gan1c things; but not through our
nose or mouth Our leaves are nurses:
they are graduate cooks from Dame
Natures domestic science school. They
actually work themselves to death in
nursing our children, caring for the
baby leaves and cooking all our food.
1t is their work that keeps the cam
Drum layer so well supplied, or gives
life and growth to even the root hairs:
and these same leaves do this work
through the numerous mouths we call
Stomata
Don't let my statement create a
wrong 1mpress1on-an my organs for
breathing and transmission are not in
the leaves thanks to Madam Nature,
but a great number are, and those
pores we call stomata
How the rabbits, mice and other
families from across the street do love
our cambrum layer or the stored I'D
cooked food found in that layer dur
ing the winter. That barking is very
injurious to US, as 1t cuts off the sup
ply OF food to our roots and thew
starve; starved roots mean dead
Mr.. Rabbit: No wonder Farmer
Ffschers boy is after yon, sir, Don't
you, see your barking the apple trees
made you fugitive from justice,
He'll eaten you yet, much as he ad-
nlires most animals and plants,
"Our stomata, or lung-Iike organs.
not only throw off the water sent I'm
by the roots, but absorb a heavy 90 3
from the air which all the animals,
bird and insect citizens of The Pool
have made and thrown away by the
operation of their lungs.
1.-The matter thrown away by ls In
largely oxygen gas. Of you do not
know what that is ask Johnnie Fox
how he keeps warm.)
Last year a class of pupils came to
investigate our leaf work They sa
on the ground beneath my shade and
1 heard the whole recitation.
GRANDFATHER LOWATER.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-13
THE POOL

Transportation as performed by the
vegetable kingdom is both an absorb
ing and a giving-of process, and al
though similar to a boys sweating on
hot day in its external effects, yet
the internal effects are different. and
the two processes should not be con-
founded. The functions of each diff
fer physiologically. 1t also has a strong
likeness to animal breathing.
Our leaves are doing nicely. aren't
they?' asked a Soft Maple of a near
by Willow.
What a lot of stoves we plants do
use. The raw food sent up to our
leaves by our roots will soon be re-
turning through our cambrum layer
even to the very toes of those same
roots. 1 can begin to feel as if my
cambrum layer was being gorged and
like Robert l will have to unbutton my
dress little to give room for an
expansion.
This expansion or ring business
causes lots Of wrinkles in the skin
doesn't 1t %
Yes, what you say is certainly So"
answered the Willow.
Look, see how my foliage is covered
with bees and other insects from the
south side of Entomology street.
What are they doing?
Some are collecting material that
they consider have wasted just be-
cause my epidermis was penetrated
and the gorged condition of my cam
Drum layer caused the cooked sap to
ooze forth while others are collecting
from my superabundance of pollen,
etc. 1t doesn't hurt me and does them
good. We should all try to be kind
and useful in this world. you know.
DIR. R. H. Woodpecker extracted
three borers from my trunk day be-
fore yesterday and that bleeds yet, to
the benefit of several seeking sap. You
see my stomata have been at work for
some time-soon after the snow melt
ed
1t was the leaves getting out of bed
that produced the pussy-willows the
children studied in their botany work
a while ago. OF course, it hurt to
have so many samples pulled out, but
then the school children have been
good TO US. and what is little dis
comfort compared to the happiness of
your neighbors.
What did 1 mean by saying my
stomata had been at work? Did you
ask, Master Rabbit?
why 1 mean the organs in my
leaves, eye shaped dots in FORM
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-13
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE.
AWAkES.
The Herrinq.

When alive, herrings have greenish-
blue backs and are silvery beneath.
But as the nets are drawn in at night,
and the fish brought into the boat, they
look like sheet Of bright, sparkling
silver. Although you can caicE a her
ring by a baited hook, yet the fish US
ually live on very minute shrimp like
animals. Hence behring's have to be
caught III nets.
The herring also come to feed
towards the surface at nighttime, so
the fishermen have to work hard, when
other folks on shore are sleeping. In
moving from the deep to the shallow
waters in shoals. they get SO packed
that the sea seems alive with them.
In fishing for herring the boats car
ry immense lengths of nets. The nets
are about so yards long and 10 yards
wide. Thus a wall of floating netting
will stretch more than a mile long,
against which the herring rush, to
be caught in hundreds of thousands.
At sunrise the nets are hauled up,
and the fishermen speed to harbor. The
fish are cleaned, sailed and packed in
barrels. Some are sent fresh to mar
ket, others are dried and smoked,
forming kippers, bloaters and red her
ring.
FRANK PARDY, Age IA.
Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-13
Grace,s Reward.

Grace had a stepmother, and step
mothers do not fill the place of moth
ers.
One spring the governor of Elbridge
offered prize for the best picture
painted. He wanted it for his daugh-
ter's wedding present, because she was
very fond of beautiful pictures.
Grace had a stepsister who wanted
to try for the prize, SO she tried also.
Armies picture was a failure, but
Grace kept on with hers. She finished
it and signed it Annie Stephens" and
sent it to the governor without telling
either her parents or Annie.
The governor, thinking Annie paint
ed it. sent her a twenty dollar gold
piece.
Armies surprise cannot be described
Grace, on hearing of the prize, made
her confession. Her mother embraced
her for not being unselfish and took to
her from that moment.
Grace thought that was better than
any twenty dollar gold piece was
worth.
ANNA BLATHERWICK, Age IA.
Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-13
Nero.
Norwich.

Nero was dog that slept in ken
mel in the yard to keep watch in the
night, so no thieves would come about.
One night he followed his master
upstairs to his bedroom. The servant
turned him out, but he howled and
scratched at the door, and when he
was driven away he soon came back
again.
At last his master, curious to see
what he would do, ordered the door to
be opened. The dog at once rushed
into the room and, giving a little short
bark, by the way of thanks, he crawl
ed under the bed, as If he meant to
stay there.
The master thought the dog acted
strangely; but he soon forgot all about
1t and at the usual time went to bed.
In the middle of the night a great
noise in the room woke the master
and he got UP to see what was the
matter. There on the floor was man
fiat on his back, and Nero standing
over him, growing very loud.
The man was tried and taken to
prison, and he proved to be a robber
who had come to steal the master
money.
What made the dog leave his own
bed and go up to the room of his
master, nobody ever knew.
He lived to be q very old dog, and
he had the best of care until he died.
CATHARINE NELSON, Age IL.
Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-13
Versailles,
The Way Many Flowers Got Thei
Names.

It is interesting to know how many
of our common flowers received their
names. Many were named after peo-
pie.
The beautiful fuchsias received their
name from Leonard Fuchs, who dis
covered this flower.
Andre Dahl found the dahlie in
Peru.
The camelia, which is so very popu-
lar, was carried from Japan to France
by a missionary named Kamel
1t is claimed the magnolia was
named after Magnol de Montpelier.
The names of many flowers are de-
scriptive of the objects they look like.
The lady's slipper resembles a tiny
slipper.
Lady's tresses are twisted in the
form of a braid of hair.
The odd flowers of the foxglove re-
senble the fingers of a glove.
The star-like rays of the aster are
said to have given it its name, as
aster means a star.
Daisy is said to be really days
eye"
Dande1ion is said to mean lions
tooth. 1t is supposed to be on account
of the peculiar notch on the edge of
the leaves.
OF course, the morning glory derives
its name from the fact that it blooms
in the morning; and the four o'clocks
because they open at that hour in the
afternoon
The evening primrose derives its
name from the fact that 1t blooms in
the evening between shutdown and
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-13
POETRY.
The Mothers Strike.


Such a dream 1 hadI So dreadful
That I never heard the like;
For l dreamt that on a sudden
The mammas agreed to strike.
I'VE are tired" heard them muir
muir,
Tired of working night and day,
And not always hearing Thank you'll
Such long hours and such poor
pay!"
So they would not mend the jackets,
Nor the holes in stockings small,
No one ran to kiss the bruises
When poor Tommy got a fall.
No one bound up wounded fingers,
No one glued the broken toys,
No one answered all the questions
OF the eager little boys.
No one tied the little bonnetS,
No one brushed the little curls,
No one basted dolly dresses
For the busy little girls.
No one heard their little troubles,
No one held them in her lap,
No one sewed on truant's buttons,
No one hunted Johnny's cap.
And there were no bed time stories,
And no loving hands to tuck
Blankets soft round little sleepers;
For their mothers all had struck.
0 so lonesome and so dreadful
And SO queer it all did SEEM
Aren't you glad, dear little children,
1t was nothing but a dream?
Anon.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-13
The Cara Of a Horse.

First of all a horse should have a
warm, clean stall, large enough to
enable him to lie down. Many horses
are obliged to stand up ali night be-
cause their stall is not large enough to
permit them to lie down. The halter
strap should not be too long, or too
short. If the strap should be too
short the horse will be obliged to
stand up, for if he should lie down he
would choke If the strap Is too long
it might twisted about his legs or
neck and do his body harm.
The horse should have bedding of
hay or straw If the horse when
brought into the stall, is sweaty, cold,
or wet, blanket which is warm and
dry should be put on him. because if
this Is not done he may catch cold
Death is often due through the neglect
of putting on a blanket.
One should not drive a horse too
fast. Never make q horse draw too
large a load. After having driven a
horse do not feed for at least half an
hour, and of the horse is sweaty you
must wait longer.
Every morning as soon as you GO
into the stable, If you are kind to
your morse, he will welcome you. You
should brush him well and give him
his breakfast.
Never check a horse too high. Dc
not put frosty bits into his mouth
If you follow all the directions ]
am sure a horse will have good care
LILLIAN BREHAUT.
East Norwich N Y
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-13
Pics That PIoM.

Thousands of years ago, the people
of Egypt used their pigs for plows
and to plant and shell out their wheat
after it was ripe,
Our farmer turns over the ground
with a steel plow drawn by horses.
Then he makes the ground fine with
a harrow, which usually has iron teeth
like the teeth of a comb; after that,
he sows the seed and rakes it in with
the harrow.
. The Egyptians at first had no plows
or horses. They used their pigs for
plows and for horses.
Once every year their great muddy
river overf1Wwed it's banks, as it does
to this day, and covered the land with
mud, in which were many water ami
mails. When the river went back into
it's channel again the fields were dry.
Then the Egyptian called his pigs to-
gether by blowing a shell horn, and
turned them into the fields
The pigs were happy, for there was
a feast before them. At once they put
in their noses and began to pillow for
wriggling worms and fishes. Soon a
large field was plowed by the roofing
noses and narrowed smooth by the
feet of the pigs.
The pigs were then called off, and
the seed wheat was sown over the
field. Then the seed had to be covered.
Here was a puzzle.
Then the Egyptian caught every pig,
and tied a basket, or muzzle, over its
nose. Then he turned the whole herd
into the field. And the pigs trod all
the seeds into the ground.
GEORGE CONE.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-13
MiIdred's Duty,

The day was very bright, and the
sun shone high in the sky. Little
Mildred was in the garden with her
governess picking the beautiful flow
ers which they had planted that spring,
Mildred was a happy little girl and
full of fun. She liked to treat ev-
erybody in the best way she could.
One day while Mildred was play
ing in the garden. she heard the faint
bark of a dog, behind one of the rose
bushes. She ran to see what was the
matter, and there half dead lay a poor
little dog suffering pain from a broken
leg.
Mildred felt very sorry for the poor
pup, and without wasting a moment
she ran-for some water and a piece of
cloth, to bind up the broken leg.
After everything was ready the little
dog as if to say, Thank YOU licked
her hand.
Mildred took care Of the dog and
when the wound was healed, she
named him Snow White, because he
was as white as snow. Time passed
and Snow White became Mildreds
little guide and favorite playmate.
RACHEL MARSHAK, Age IL
Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-13
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Rose Alma Demuthy. of Baltic-I
have received the prize book and was
glad to receive IT. 1t is a very good
book and 1 like it very much.
Ralph Wilcox, of Moosup-Received
my book o. K. Have read it all
through and like it very much 1
thank you for it. Hope that 1 shall
win another.
Thomas O'ConneII, of Norwich-I
wish to thank you for my prize book
entitled The Campfire Girls in the Out
side World. I have read it through
and find it very interesting.
Viola Greene, of Coichester-I have
read my book through. and like it very
much and am grateful for having re-
ceived it.
Irene Vonasek, of West Wilmington
l thank you very much for the book.
1t was the same as you sent me be-
fore. but 1 exchanged with a school,
mate for a new book, Beautiful Joe.
! thank you just the same l know you
did not mean to.
(Report to Uncle Jed when you have
had a book twice and he will send
postage for its return and send the