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The Irish standard., 1915-10-09
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CT the capture. Poe finally managed
sketch the whole thing to him. Just
hat had happened when he was alone
18th Horton.
How the devil did you spot the
Glow" burst out Burns.
ut was easy from the minute I no,
.ced t'at misspelled 'labour,' and saw
ne duplicate of that flnger.print you
old in Your hand" he explained. III
o'.h stop to think, you'll remember
"at Erglishmen stick to the old form
spelling honor armor.' labor and
ne like They always put in the lette2
a. making it honour armour
nd T.. bo-u-r.'
We'll, the minute I saw that word
spoiled la-bo-u.r' l knew an English.
man had done the work, and evidently
aad been an engraver on English
stamps or securities Of some sort in
which the word labor also appeared.
and that the spelling Of it had become
second-nature to him.
Then came across the finger-print
on the bill; you and Mitchell didn't
seem to take account Of the fact that
the finger-print showed in light green
ink. identical with the ink used on
the back of the note. That proved
that the counterfeiter himself had
touched 1t while 1t was still wet, or
while he had little of the fresh ink
on his finger: he smeared his light
mark on it without noticing. On ex.
aiming that finger-mark under the
microscope I was doubly sure the
counterfeiter was the one who had
left his mark. for I found that the
ridges on the flnger-print. which were
loops approximating tented arches, 40
they classify them in the print identi.
heavy calluses. As these were ON
ncation system, showed calluses,
the forefnger Of the right hand. I i'm.
mediately knew that the man was an
engraver. for only the continuous use
OF the graver could have left such q
mark"
Poe paused for breath. and Burns
suggested:
But that didn't give you the tdenti.
ty Of the man."
mo. Then l found the two scars,
close together on the flngerprint. /
figured out. by the process of elm.
inatton. about the only thing they
could have been caused by. Then /
suddenly recalled seeing twin scars
on the finger Of q snake-charmer. left
Dy cobra's fangs. Immediately felt
these must have originated the same
way. Having the facts that the man
was English. had been bitten by
cobra. and that the snake was a tame
one with his poison sacks removed, or
the man would have died before the
plte became scars, began putting
two and two together The counter.
letter must have associated with East
Indian fakirs to have been bitten by
. show cobra. a. they are the only
ones who tame them. recalled. too.
the fact that fine paper is manufac.
tured In India, and that some Of the
bonds uttered by the British Govern
ment there have silk threads in the
paper, similar to our currency. con.
ceived the notion that q clever Eng.
lishman might have worked in the en-.
for the government
there. and come to America with this
wonderful new counterfeit, and few
East Indian fakirs. his friends and
servants, to help him get rid of the
stuff without suspicion falling on
him."
That's just what he confessed" put
In Burns.
The Irish standard., 1915-10-09
Mend,no Curtains.

Try this method of mending lace
curtains: After washing carefully,
place curtain on frame. Take needle
and use thread according to curtain.
Do not knot but tie end Of thread to
curtain and then proceed to weave in
and out curtain as near like the pat.
tern as you can. Small holes may be
drawn together. For the larger holes
you can readily see what is best to
be done. If the curtain begins to dry
just take cloth wet in the starch and
apply around the holes. When cur
tains are hung these places will hard.
" show.
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Fruit Salad.

This delicious and ever welcome
dish 10 made by slicing or cutting into
dice various kinds Of fruits, fresh or
preserved, such 90 peaches. apricots,
bananas. pineapple. orange etc. Ar.
range the fruit in layers in q salad
bowl or deep glass dish, sprinkle each
layer Of fruit with sugar, and pour
over Q little good sherry or Madeira
wine, one or two wineglassfuls, 90.
eording to the quantity Of fruit used.
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Rice Chicken Pic.

Boil until tender one chicken or Q
good fowl, barely covering with wa
ter; remove and boil two cupfuls of
rice In the same water; salt while
boiling: put the rice into q dish and
stir in one teaspoonful of butter, one
and one.Quarter cupfuls of hot milk
and two beaten eggs; season with
salt and pepper. put q layer of chick.
en- in baking dish and then q layer
of rice. and SO on. until the dish b
full, having rice on top; dot with but
ter and bake till brown.
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roo plunged At once into the Dur.
pose Of his visit.
"Will you kindly give me what rec.
prds you have Of East Indian jugglers
In shows here. preferably those man.
aged by Englishmen?"
The Captain turned to directory
and skinned through It.
There's lots Of East Indian troupes
this year," he said. Here are some
addresses. But you don't suspect those
fellows. do you?"
mot exactly" was the reply, as
Poe rapidly copied down the names
and addresses. Many occupations
were included in the list; some were
jugglers. others fortune-tellers, dane
ers, dervishes, snake-charmers, and
magicians. The whole list was quite
long and the Captain could offer but
little information concerning the man.
agement of the Indian performers.
Thanking the officer for his cour-
tesy, Poe left at once, pulled Burns
into the vestibule of the building, tore
the list of names in half, and asked:
Have you much money with you?"
about fifty dollars, l guess" an.
ewered Burns, feeling of his wallet.
"Well, here's q hundred in tens. I
brought an extra amount. Take It,
and go to all the shows at these ad.
dresses; pay in tens. and keep sepa.
rate all the flve-dollar bills you get in
change. Ask at each place who the
manager is, have it understood that
you want to hire some jugglers for .
show. II you stumble onto any bunch
OF East Indians with an English man.
hger, take his name and address. Then
meet me here at exactly nine o'clock.
All right" answered Burns blankry,
out no was too we'll acquainted With
Poe's methods Do ask useless quess
lions.
Poe began at once his circuit of the
shows employing East Indians. He
paid everywhere with q ten or twenty
dollar bill, and always stuffed the
notes he received in change into q
separate pocket, without more than
glancing at them. At each show he
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secured several addresses.
Finally, having found nothing Of i'm.
mediate interest, and 1t being almost
time to rejoin Burns, he slipped back
to the police-station. and, picking out
q vacant corner in the vestibule. turn
ed his back to the door. rapidly thumb
ing over tho collection Of bills he had
received in change. There were nine
fve-dollar bills In the lot. To his
great satisfaction, on examining Prest
dent Jackson's Jaw on each he found
that six were identical with the coun
terfeit bills he had studied all after
noon.
Burns came shortly. with SIX hve
dollar bills. received in change at Eas,
India shows; two Of them were coun
terfeits.
Christopher Poe put the false money
away carefully and stood for . mo
ment, thoughtfully running his thil
hand through his damp brown hair;
the corners Of his mouth twitched. and
two deep wrinkles appeared, Joining
the lips to the nostrils in heavy fur
rows.
How many managers did you un
earth?" he asked Burns abruptly.
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close over his eyes. and turned quickly
into the Bowery.
At number Is Christopher Poe found
q big gay music.hall, with the stereo
typed dancing and singing girls. On
the lurid bill In front was a huge ad.
vertisement:
SPECIAL
EAST INDIAN TROUPE OF 10 PER
FORMERS
NAUTCH DANCERS
JUGGLERs
SNAKE.CHARMERS
As he came to "snake.C harmers''
on the list. the Observation-Disclosures eve.
brows shot up in sudden interest:
then he walked into the cafe, and
! seated himself at table. 1t was a
large, substantial place. doing a ire.
mendous business, and Poe took in all
the details carefully, noting the height
Of the ceiling and the two passages up.
stairs, one on either side.
Having taken sip of the tasteless
beer placed before him, Poe slipped
from his chair, and walked through
one Of the side doors, ascending a
harrow fight Of stairs.
At the top was big door, closed.
Poe stepped up, and knocked on It. A
full minute he waited, vaguely con.
scious of the fact that unseen eyes
were peering at him from somewhere
near by.
Suddenly the door swung open noise
aessly, and an East Indian servant,
! dressed severely in black silk, bowed
to him with q funeral grin.
Il should like to see Mr.. Horton. 81
said Poe in hurried, business.like
tone. I'm from Atlantic City. you
know. Tell him Mr.. Hardy. I've rot
two new places over there, and ia
like to get hold Of good troupe Of
East Indians"
The servant bowed, took the prof.
fered card. bowed again, and abruptly
slammed the door in Poe's face.
Cool one!" exclaimed the banker,
wonder where he was watching me
from before he opened the door. He
certainly's got some lookout hole.
Didn't look at me curiously, must have
been watching me-"
Two minutes elapsed; the door slid
open. and the East Indian bowed him
to enter.
It was a strangely cool and restful
apartment, seemingly far removed
from screeching, sweaty Coney, though
below was riotous music hall, and
there was q break-neck toboggan with
shrieking joy.riders just across the
street.
Poe noted with interest the thick.
ness Of that front door. It was at least
eight inches, doubtless to make 1t
Bound.proof.
Having been guided through pleas
INT little reception room with severa
heavy chairs and deep-napped car
pet. Poe was ushered into q large
square room, quite plain; representa-
tive Office of busy America.
"a gray-haired, thin.faced man of in
determinate age sat in large square
chair before a roll-top desk. He wa,
alone. and looked up with a quick, en-
gaging smile as Poe entered.
"Mr. Hardy?" he said interrogative
ly. with an English intonation. "St
The Irish standard., 1915-10-09
Apple omelet.

VPPt0 OVteV0es
To eight large apples, stewed veYy
soft and mashed fine. add one cupful
Of sugar and flavor with nutmeg Oh
cinnamon. When cold stir In three
well beaten eggs and one-half teaspoon
full cornstarch dissolved in two table
!spoonfuls of milk. Stir we'll and bake
SLOWLY for 20 minutes. Serve hot,
The Irish standard., 1915-10-09
Celery Roast.

Toast neat slices Of bread, buttea
and trim the crusts from them. Drain.
dry and broil small oysters till their
edges begin to curl, then spread them
over the toast. Sprinkle with salt and
cover thickly with finely chopped
celery. Pour . cupful of hot crean
sauce over the dish and place in the
oven for a few moments. Serve ve1y
hot.
The Irish standard., 1915-10-09
Green Corn Balls.

Oreen Corn BaII8.
Crate enough corn from the cobs "a
make two cupfuls; into this stir
beaten egg, teaspoonful each OF
sugar. melted butter. with salt ia
taste. Add enough -four to enable you
tc form the mixture into balls: RON
these in flour and fry in deep fat.
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also a small quantity Of plain sirup.
Place the bowl on the ice for about
two hours. Just before serving add,
small glass of liquor, such as Kirsch.
wasser, Curacao. Benedictine or Char.
treuse. This is most refreshing
dish, suitable to all seasons of tho
year, but more especially for hot sum
mer days.
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Only two" was the reply.

Only two" was the reply.
Poe took the names and Addressed
compared them quickly with the sew
eral he had procured, and then, his
eyes lighting up strangely, remarked:
"You stay here: IL I'm not back I'M
one hour. get the Police Captain I'd
give you eight omcers and come at
once to these two addresses. It's evil
dent the bad money 10 emanating from
these East Indians. I want to talk ii
over alone with their managers. Send
four Of the policemen to this frst1
address on Surf Avenue. and you come
along to the Coney Island Bowery,
yourself with the other four. II en-
trance is denied ct either address.
force is to be used"
Without . word Poo darted out of
the building, and threw himself into
the tangle Of merry-makers in the
street. It was gay night at Coney,
and with dificulty Poe made speed to
the address on Surf Avenue.
There he found q roomy lodging
above . moving-picture show, and ask.
cd for the proprietor. one Of the two
managers Of East India shows he had
picked out to call upon.
He received Information that the
man was not in and wouldn't be until
the next day. Somewhat disappoint
cd. Poe walked slowly down the steps
and stood for moment In the curb.
Then he glanced ct the card. The
other name and address was:
I; ED0EwoRTH HORTON.
| Is B0WERY. 81.
n.cn .v,,.., ~-,,I,.. a.A-.
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Household Hint.

HoueeHoId Hint.
After boiling salt beef leave two On
three cooked carrots in the liquor
until cold. The carrots will absorb
the salt and the liquor will be clear.
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around to make certain that he was
still in the strange apartment belong.
ing to Horton.
He moistened his throat with great
effort. and managed to articulats:
We'll? Did you get"
Eyes. We got him." Burns voice
came clearly. as he kneeled beside the
silk rug. I'VE got him right. Just in
time. too. He and his black minion
were trying to destroy the counter.
feitins plates whom We managed to
break through that heavy front door.
We got him with the goods; he was
Just jumping through tho window, but
we had a man below. He's confessed
1t all-bully for you! Horton used to
be an engraver on bonds for the Brit,
fish Government; he was located In
Calcutta"
$50 they found the plates and"
Better not TALK" put in q voice
strange to Poe, and he suddenly real
lied the strange was . physician.
A strained silence ensued. In ton
minutes time Christopher Poo had be.
come quite himself, though he still
passed his hand over his bruised neck
mechanically. . curious halfsmile IL
Illuminating his otherwise drawn face.
He finally reached into his vestpcck
Of, and broug out the bit Of prepared
paper (evidenly overlooked BY Hor
toni containing the counterfeiter's
right forennger imprint He handed II
% Burns. and watched him musingly.
j In answer e big frlend'l anxious
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22
Roach Invitations Issued.

Jefferson City, Mo-, July 19.-
Invitations have been issued by
Secretary and Mrs. Cornelius
Roach for the wedding Of their
daughter, Miss Pauline, to Tom
B. Ellis of Ft. Wayne, Ind.
1t will take place at $50 p.
IN. on August 3, at the family
residence in East Miller street.
Written invitations are being
sent to the relatives and immed-
late friends Of the two families,
but it is to be a Missouri"
wedding.
Miss Pauline will be the first
Of the "13 reasons" to wed.
Tom" Ellis is Jefferson City
boy, an honor graduate of the
engineering department of the
University Of Missouri, and has
been in Indiana for several
wears.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22
State Will Distribute $4,000
Fund for Roads.

jefferson City, July 49,
The state will distribute 100000
for road improvements this year
among the various counties
which file plans and requisit ions,
it. is stated in bulletin just is
sued by State Highway Com
missioner Frank w. Buffum.
Attention is called in the bulle-
tin to the fact that unless reQui-
sitions are sent in by Aug. l the
county will lose it's share of the
State road fund.
Two other bulletins just is
sued from the Highway Com
missioner office relate to road
dragging and to suggestions for
various plans of improving the
States roads. The former bulle-
tin recommends that dragging
on the various roads leading
from county seats be done as
nearly as possible on the same
day. The other bulletin is ad-
dressed to all of the commercial
clubs of the State and calls at
tention to various plans of road
improvement.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22
Falls Down 16-Inch Pipe.

Tulsa, Ok, July 17.-Otis Bur-
roughs, a tool dresser, while
working at an oil well in the
Gushing field late yesterday, lost
his balance and fell down into
the 16-inch casting. The well
was 720 feet deep at the time,
and was filled up to about $50
feet of the top with water. About
100 feet down Burrough became
wedged in the casing.
While he directed rescuers,
with his head down, the driAers
lowered cable. Burroughs
managed to hold the cable while
he was pulled out an inch ut .
time. He apparently suffered no
injuries and was at work again
today. This is the first acci-.
dent of its kind ever recorded in
the Oklahoma oil fields.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22
Montgomery Curtis.

Mr.. Harry L. Curtis and
Miss Ada Montgomery were
married at Montrose Farm, the
home of the brides mother,
Mrs. R. r. Montgomery, at high
noon Wednesday, Rev. Ed l..
Hunt, of the M. E. Church South
officiating. Only relatives were
present to witness the ceremony.
After luncheon the happy
couple departed on the Kansas
City Southern for Excelsior
Springs, Mo-, to spend their
honeymoon. They are expected
to return Sunday, when they will
reside at the DR.. Bolts home on
East Hume street. DR.. and Mrs.
Bolts will depart next Thursday
for the west to spend the sum-
mer.
Mr.. Curtis, who is cashier of
the Hume State Bank. has. been
identified with the commercial
and financial interests of Hume
for a number Of years, and oc-
cupies a prominent place in our
community. The bride. during
her residence with us, has made
many friends, and is a young
lady of many excellent attain
ments. All join in wishing them
q long life, and much happiness
and prosperity-Border Tele-
phone.
The Times extends to the
happy pair the heartiest congrat-
ulatiOnS.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22
Twenty One Deaths Caused by
Heat.

Cleveland, Ohio, July 1.-THE
death of three men and six ba-
bies was the toll of the heat
wave in this city Thursday and
Friday, according to figures
compiled by the police and
health officials.
Piftsburg, Pa. July l7.-One
death resulted from the heat
wave which prevailed through
out this district the last twenty
four hours.
New York, July 17.-New
York and the entire east is in
the grip of heat wave. Five per-
sons died here today as the re-
suit of the intense heat.
Philadelphia. July 1S.-Five
deaths We're reported here today
as due to the heat and a sixth
man committed suicide while
temporarily insane from oppres-
sive weather conditions. The
maximum temperature for the
day was 30 at 80 clock. This
was three degrees less than the
maximum of yesterday, when
the majority of those who died
today were overcome.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22

r. l.. Witherspoon Of Brown
ing, eight miles from Clinton
comitted suicide Thursday. He
wandered into field near his
home. placed a stick of dynamite
on the ground, lighted it and
laid his head upon it. He had
been ill and was in a private san
itarium at Kansas City. but was
dismissed as cured. He was 80
years old and married. For a
number of years he conducted a
hardware store at Bloomington.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22

The United States exported in
the first ten months of the fiscal
year 1915 approximately $685.
$50 miles of barbed wire, a
quantity sufficient to go around
the world twenty-five and one
half times. This output weighed
235,S34,595 pounds and was val
.ued at $5,297, 1893, a so per cent
increase over 1914, The wire
was sold for war purposes.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22
Harrisonville Defeats Butler.

The Butler and Harrisonville
base ball teams played good
game of ball on the Butler
grounds Sunday afternoon. Nar-
risonville winning by a score of
Z to 3. Butler tried out a new
pitcher, W. Wright, who outside
of the first two innings pitched
good ball. The fielding of the
home team was erratic at times
and they had an off day at the
bat. The Harrisonville bunch
are fast lot of players and play
clean base ball.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22

Congressman W. :. Cowherd,
who died recently in California,
left an estate Of $1S5,000. which
was placed in the hands of the
Probate Court Friday. Cowherd
left no will and for that reason
one-half of his estate will go to
the widow, Mrs. Jessie X. Cow
herd, and the utttrrr traff Will Will thr hr
divided between two sisters.
Miss Sallie Cowherd of Kansas
City and Mrs. Fannie Graves of
Lees Summit.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22

Geo. FL. Courtney. 81 years
old, a well-to-do farmer living
near Keytesville. committed sui
eide Sunday by hanging himself
with an iron trace chain. Re-
Gently the district school house
had been ordered built on a cor
ner of his land. He objected to
this, it is said. brooding over the
matter until his mind became un-
settled. ..
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22
GERMANS GAIN IN RUSSIA.
Fifty-Nine Turkish Vessels
Sunk by Russian Torpedo
Boat Destroyers.

London, July 2O.-The SEEM
ingly' irresistible march of the
Austro-German armies is win
ming for them town after town
in Russian Poland and in other
territory through which stretch
es the thousand-mile battle front
in the east.
From the shores of the Gulf of
Riga in the north part to that
part of southern Poland into
which they drove the Russians
from Gallicia. the Austro-Ger-
man armies still are surging
forth and if Warsaw can be de-
MED them it will be almost
miracle.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22

The first of the 1915 crop of
cantaloupes of Mississippi Coun-
ty were placed on the market at
Charleston, Friday. The melons
are large and of an unusually
good flavor. equaling any
shipped here from the South.
The watermelon crop will begin
moving about July 80.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22

August H. Kuhs was ousted as
a member of the st. Louis hoard
of education Thursday and was
ordered by the circuit court to
pay back to the board $11,500
profit he was alleged to have
made illegally in the sale of a
school site to the board. of
which he was a member.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22

Frank vogelpohl, an aged far
mer committed suicide by hang
ing on his farm near Waterloo,
Ills, Friday. He was II years
old. Three weeks ago hail ruin
ed wheat field that promised
to thrash 5000 bushels and last
year his crops suffered from the
drOuth.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22
MISSOURI NOTES.

James A. Houchin has formal.
ly announced his candidacy for
the Democratic nomination for
governor in 1916. He was a
candidate in 1912. Houchin for
merly was the largest employer
of convict labor in the state.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22

On August Is, Coor's Brew
cry, a $1,000, 900 plant at Golden,
Colo, will discontinue the manu-
facture of beer, and devote its
entire force to making matted
milk. The same number of en-
ployes will be kept on duty. in
the milk industry.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22

fact that 5000 persons are killed
each year while trespassing on
railroad tracks. 'Trespassing, it
lis pointed out, results in greater
loss Of life on American rail
roads than all other causes COM
bined.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22

The Supreme Court in banc
adjourned last week until court
in course. which will he October
12. Divisions Nos. l and 2 have
not finally adjourned for the
term, but both vii do so in few
days. The work of the year Just
closing has been heavy. and the
court has made more real prog
ress in the way of reducing the
docket than has been accom-
plisled in many years.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22

Matthew McNulty, the origin
al "Village blacksmith of Lafay
cite, Ind" has retired with d
fortune Of $4,000, after sixty
years devoted to that business
He estimates that he has shod
half million animals. He was
the "official horse shoer' fol-
the Wabash and Erie canal in
the early days.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-22

The size limit for packages by
parcel post is increased from u
by 81 inches in length and girth
combined. The principal effect
is to bring the commercial crate
within the regulations. Herein
after the sender of package
may obtain a receipt for it on
payment of I cent.