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The Fire worahinars.

Azerbaljan, n province In northwest
ern Persia. is the home OF the descend
ants of the Ghebers. the ancient firt
worsIiipers OF Persia. The whole coun
tryside is admirably adapted to the
propagation of fire worshiping creed
for earthquakes and caverns vomiting
fumes from subteiTanean confiagra
tons abound in the neighborhood of
Tabriz. One of the most remarkable
caverns in the world is that of Sccun.
dereah. whose character resembles the
Grotto del Cane Of Naples. II gives off
noxious fumes. which at certain tic es
are certain death to man and beast
But the most astonishing place in Aver
baijan is the ruined city of Takht-i.
Sueimnua. or Solomon's temple. The
city stands on hill l5O feet high. with
q wall Of thirty feet embracing the
crumbllng remains of temple and
shrine. In the midst is n Take OF deep
est azure" Although most of the
are ai the Mohammednn ne
ripd. there is one striking mass which
has been identified as the temple OF the
fire worshipers.
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CHAPTER XIV.

"fie Is Prisonerl"
IN IURING the long voyage to
III Hongkong the three were
SzfF51y thrown much together. and
g Sir Donald learned in full the
history of the Master Key" mine and
the present search for the plans Of the
site OF the mother lode.
At first he could hardly believe that
such things conld happen. but slowly
he came TO understand that the ire
mendous passions that were lighting
TO be satisfied would stop at nothing.
II fear sou will find 1t different In
india" he told John many times. THE
country IS immense. II IS inhabited by
races of different speech and habits
and religions. and yet over 1t all there
is the vague spell OF the east which Is
so foreign 10 yonr western America
that fear yon VIII not easily recover
what yon seek
But must get the napers back"
said John quietly. There is no ques-
tion about It."
Many a man has refused TO ac-
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80 Qonalo fnversham Volunteers.
VE his search for the Hindu
M All who had bought the Idol con
675y tanning the plans OF the moth
cr lode Of the Master Key
mine, John Dorr had recourse again tc
The pawnbrolker
That individnal's curiosity was arous.
ca BY now, ana he asked d great many
questions, which John answered eva
siycIy.
When It came to getting descrip-
fion of the Hindu the broker could give
but few details.
He laid emphasis on the fact that he
sold rugs and that he looked like any
one of dozen East Indians Frequent
Ing Pacific port He knew OF no nd.
dress.
With this Dorr had to be content, and
he returned 10 Ruth TO discuss with
her what they shonla do next
III sNikerson gets 1t there Is an easy
way TO get him." he said In the course
y pf their conversation.
How" demanded Ruth
Have him arrested as fugitive from
Justice and held for the comfy sheriff
and ihe warrant that Tom Kane swore
onf. no replied.
isnth considered This tlloushtfnlly
and shook heF tead
ut world mean our going back TO
the mine and al. kinds OF trouble" she
said wisely BESIDES, we wouldn't be
any nearer the papers father wanted
me to have"
..Tllat Is very true.p Iohn agreed 1
"We'll keep that IN reserve in case /
we discover that be has tho Idol. Our I
only plan. then, is to trace this Hindu.
That will be Il bard Job"
Why not put detectives on the
trailsr
= don't thilk any detective could Go
better than myself" was the reply.
But ynu can't do il all." she argued
"You can't be looking for this peddier
and keeping an eye on Wiikerson and
seeing TO me at the same time"
THE seeing to you is the pleasantest
part Of the job he said laughingy.
~ refuse to delegate that to any one.
OF course you're quite right, though.
about it's being too big an affair for
me to handle alone. think I'll ask :
Everett TO join Us. Maybe be can sug
gest something. III wire him. and
then we'll take trip down to the wa
Ter front and interview our launchman Z.
again. He seemed to me pretty level
headed chap, and he'll maybe be able
10 put us on the track OF the Hindu If
he took a steamer for the north. as ! 7
strongly suspect he did"
Ruth could not understand why the
,eddler should do this. and Dorr ex. I
,lained that the Hindu evidently had u
et great store on the idol. as be had
lot only paid cash, but had given rug 2
IS well 10 exchange.
He would know that the thing was
vorthless rs an article of merchan- d
lse." he went on. In the next place, q
e wasted no time In getting posses
ion Of II once be saw 1t. have no IN
oubf that 1t Is sacred in his eyes-a
3D. Il was stolen 1T some time from to
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"Eut Mrs Grundy insists on the maid
been allowed TO 80 pretty much tt
ruin. Tom Kane wonld do bis best, oi
course bur actually we are looking fol
Iihe bird in lhe bush when we have one
il the hand.'
4 see your point" the promoter said
promptly. My oG'cr Of days ago still
holds good III finance this matter 10
the cnd. ard III look after the mine
TOO So you ean be care free so far as
tia; goes. john
"You Know | wouldn't take it for
| myself, John hegan awkwardly and
was silenced hy a smile.
The next morning they had barely
| finished breakfast when the launch
captain was announced
The three Of them found him burst
ing with news.
II think located your Hindu" he
told them HE c;tme down at day.
light this morning looking for a steam
er sailing for the north The Halcyon
leaves at noon. and the steward gave
him a job in the galley"
But it might be another Hindu"
Ruth suggested.
The captain turned toward her and
shook his head Il don't think its
possible" be said. He answered the
description clear down to the rugs
Besides that, he seemed kind of nerry
ous, and when one of the sailors jollietl
him the man nearly had fit I'm
sure he's your man"
There's only one thing for you to
do" Everett said promptly-"take pas
sage on that steamer yourselves to San
Francisco. BY that time you can be
pretty sure whether he's your man or
not"
This was agreed upon. and Ruth
started on her preparations immediate
ly, Everett insisting that she take her
maid with her.
"But ! don't need her" Ruth protest
ed. shes SO expensive too"
"You are merely youDgster" Ever
EFT said quietly. "and yen must have
a woman travelling with you. It is all
right to do as you Ike in the mines.
where no one would dream Of speak
ing evil or thinking it. but Mrs. Grun
dy insists on the maid"
John agreed with Everett and de-
parted to get the tickets. in spite of
Everett's warning that ,se had better
send and get them
The result was that George Drake.
Just landed from the mine and in
search of Wilkerson. found him shad
owing Dorr
Drake explained bis coming by say
Ing tflat be had heard nothing from
either Wilkerson or Mrs. DarneIl. and
be could be Of no use at the master
Key"
IT'S Just as WELL" wHkerson said
sulkily. 81 have dozen things TO at
tend TO. and you can help. The first
s not TO let that man Dorr get ont of
our sight or turn hand unless we
know it"
In a few sentences died with bitter
HeSs ue lOiu tne Story OF the DndIng OF
the chest and the futile search for the
plans and the abstraction of the Idol
them
When Wilkerson found that Dorr
ind Ruth booked passage on the Hal
,yon for San Francisco and had in.
luired about the next sailIngs Tor the
Orient be took Drake aside and fhey
that this could only mean |
me thing
Dorr was on the track OF the idol
''We'Il follow them" he said savage. {
y. We've spent too much 10 quit ]
Iow."
Jean DarnelI reeeiycd Drake eooily
nd listened 10 WiIkerson'S explana- q
Ion OF his new scheme without a I
rord. ,
Her stormy eyes boded no good TO
ONE 0ne. and wllkerson feared she g
rould abandon him. {
But there was the tenacIty Of d.
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A DAY Or QUESTIONS.

Matthew 22:15-22-
"Render therefore nnfo Caesar nc thin0a that
are Caesars, and unto God the things that
arc Gods.u-Versc e1.
- ODAY'S Study shows that the
wicked vinc-dresscrs, the un-
~ ready guests, were so cnnm-
CURED OF their own methods
and theories as to be really blinded to
the beauty OF the Divine Plan as ex-
pressed by Jesus. Perceiying that His
teachings were influencing the masses,
the worldly-wise (and sprit-blind)
Scribes and Pharisees. who knew the
Inconsistencies Of their own teachings.
thought that they could show up as
inconsistent the teachings OF Jesus. To
this end they sent amongst the multi,
tude some Of their followers to ask
questions and to seek to entrap Jesus.
and thus to discrcdit Him with the
people
The first Of these was to entrap Jesus
into saying something that would lead
to His arrest ms d seditious person,
teaching contrary to Caesars law. On
the other hand. If He advocated Cae-
sar's law, they thought that thus He
would antagonize the public sentiment.
Jesus had n wisdom from Above. In
answer to their query rs il lawful to
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welfth Installn,ent

he had also ascertained that they had
left TOR the Interior under the escort of
Sir Donald Faversllam.
Without delay they followed and IN
due time landed III Bhala, not long
after Sir Donald had rescued Dorr
from the mob who had seized him
when he had tried to recapture the
idol. WiISerson grinned when be told
Mrs Darnell Ut this fiasco
'isut will sou fare my better?" she
demanded.
Sure" he said confidently I'm let
Dorr and this British baronet burn
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several years ago-a great many, In
truth. 1t is the tutelary deity of a
small city on the river Bhala, and it is
about as sacred an article as You could
pick up The people Of that city think
that since they have lost their image
the god is angry with them. and for
some wears they have quietly conduct
ed search for IT,
And this man will take 1t TO Bhala?"
demanded Ruth.
"He has already started. under
stand from some of the natives
know"
Then what are we to doy' demand
ed John
-Bliain Is some hundreds OF miles mp
Sir Donald continued Part
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thdt lne eau or
This Gospel Age Is with view TO per.
Uniting Jesus followers to be His as
sociates in His Messianic Kingdom. we
should be flied with reverence and as.
constituent. Realizing the possbili
ties of such a change of nature and
attainment of glory, honor and immor
tality, we should render to God our
little all, and realize that 1t is un
worthy of Divine acceptance, save for
the merit of Jesus sacrifice.
But we must not render unto Caesar
the things that are Gods. "No man
can serve two masters Hence 10
serve the Lord with all our mind, soul
and strength. to render Him His dues.
means to put ourselves crosswise with
the sentiment of the world. This is the
real test Of Christian eharacter-"God
first"
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holy and accepta-
BILE unto God. This
reasonable service
is accentuated
when we realize
that God purposes
to bless the whole
W rid with the
privilege of resti-
tuition to all that
was lost by Adam
and redeemed at
Calvary.
When we learn
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A e;t T;rea

a somewhat weather beaten tramp.
being asked what was the matter with
MS coat. replied: Insomnia. It hasn't
had a nap in ten years."-Christian
Register
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81 Y hluutS Wutt'
Caesar or not?'
He replied, why
do re tempt Me.
We h y p ocrft es?
Show Me the trib-
ute money And
they brought Him
a penny. And He
saith unto them,
Whose is this i'm
age and sup e ~
scription n II h ey
said. Ca es a II $.
Then saith He unto
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Render Unto God l1is Due.

Had the questioners been intent upon
rendering to God their obligation due
Him, they would have been in so differ,
cnt frame of mind that. instead OF
seeking to entrap Jesus in His words.
they would have been glad to be His
disciples. What things. then. are
Gods2 We answer that as His crea-
lures we are His, Every talent and
power we possess ought to be used in
the service of our Creator and for His
praise.
Additionally, we who recognize the
fact that by nature we are sinners. and
that Gods mercy has provided re-
demption through Christ, should glad.
~ present our bodies n living sacrifice.
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For sale-Riienen cabinet. cheap.
Leader office.
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them, Render
therefore unto Caesar the things that
are Caesars; and unto God the things
that are Gods" 10 wonder they mar
veled at such an answer!
"The Things That Are Caesars
Nor can we say that the Master dodg.
ed the question sbrewdly. His answer
was the truth. in every sense Of the
word fully IN harmony with all His
teachings His followers were In
structed not to be seditious, not to be
qnarrelsome, fault-finding but to be-
thankful, holy, happy, subject 10 "theI
powers that be- They were to recog
nize that these powers are ordained of
God, and not merely Of men
True, indeed, earthly kingdoms arel
not Gods Kingdoms. as sometimes they
claim, True indeed, they sometimes
foster sin. iniquity. unrighteousness.
ana are largely. from outward appear
ance, the result OF human schemingl
and wickednnss Nevertheless, God 5
people are to recognize that Jehovah
Is the great 0ver.Lord: and that Hcl
exercises such a supervision Of humanl
affairs rs justifes the statement that
He ordains. authorizes permits, these
Kingdoms. Whatever. therefore. tho
Heavenly Father has authorized. non,
of Ills obedient children should think
for even a moment of resisting or over.
turning.
In the case Of the Roman Empire, of
which Caesar was head. centuries be-
fore God had foretold through the
Of Daniel its rise to universal
1t was not, therefore, for
Jesus or any OF His disciples to speak
against representatives of that Roman
power If Rome ruled, Rome should
be supported: and the method OF sup
port was. properly enough, through
How just. then. We're Jesus
words. We remember that the Master
paid tribute. instructing st.
Peter. when they had no money to
:atch n fish. and from its mouth OBJ
ain the coin necessary for his taxation
ind that Of Jesus
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NV Matthew Z2i To- zz'--T--s-
ssRcnder therefore nhto Caesar thc things that
are Caesars, and unto God the things that
arc Gods."--Veysc 81.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-07-14
CHARGED With
KIDNAPPING
Jennie v. Jones, Of Waterloo, Arrest
ed, Charged With Taking Child
From Elmer Ely Home. %,
AT ROCKWELL CITY
Hearing Before Justice Rollins, Who
Gave Custody Of Child to the
Elys Until Court Sets.

Mrs. Jennie V. Jones and husband,
of Waterloo, were arrested Monday at
Rockwell City by Sheriff Wheeler, OF
Calhoun county, upon an information
from Denison, charging the couple
with kidnapping child from the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Ely, of Deni-
son. The couple were brought to
Denison and given a hearing before
Justice Rollins, and after hearing the
evidence in the case, Mr.. Rollins gave
the child into the custody of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ely until the next session of
the Crawford district court, when the
matter will be more fully aired.
Some time ago Mr.. and Mrs. Ely
adopted child, aged - years, from
the Jones at Waterloo, and proper
papers Of adoption We're made out, but
were not made OF record at the court
house. At the time Of adopting the
child the Jones couple had previously
adopted four children from an orphan
age at Baltimore. Later disagree
ment arose between the two and the
children were re-adopted by different
people over the stat, and the Jones
gave the girl to the Elys' in Denison.
Monday they came to Qenison and
hired an automobile and were driven
to the Ely home where, it is said. the
child's clothing was changed and she
was taken by the Jones in the auto
to Deloit, where train on the Illinois
was taken. Sheriff Cummings was
notified and he Immediately wired
along the line and the couple Were
stonnad at Rockwell City We are
informed the charge Of kidnapping has
been dropped, for one reason that Mr..
Ely had failed to have the papers prop
erly recorded at the court house, and
was therefore not in possession of
title to the child. He has since had
the proper recording done.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-07-14
FARM BUILDINGS
BURN TO GROUND
Peter O'Meara Suffers Heavy Loss
When Lightning Strikes Large
Barn on Farm Sunday. ..
CRIBS AND SHEDS BURN ALSO
Mr.. Divine, Tenant, Also Loses Har.
ness and Hay-Four Hundred
Bushels of Corn Lost. -.

Dow City, July Especial
O'Meara met with quite a loss last
Sunday night when the big barn on
his farm seven miles southeast of town
was struck by lightning and burned
to the ground A big double crib and
granary and q cattle shed located
nearby caught fire from the barn and
were also consumed. The farm is Oc-
cuped by Earl Divine. On account Of
sickness in the family. Mr.. Divine was
about the house during the storm on
that particular night, and his atten,
ton was drawn to an unsual light out
side. He was amazed to see the build
ing in flames and FASTENED to the
burning structure, but was unable to
save anything, the whole interior be
ing like furnace 1t was fortunate
indeed that there were no horses in
the barn, but Mr.. Divine lost six sets
of harness and some hay. The struc-
ture contained two stories, 24X3S feet
with Il shed addition 1SN3S feet with III
foot posts. The crib was .42N26 feet,
one side being a granary. The cattle
shed was 3AX40 feet and was situat
ed between the two Other buildings.
On account OF the close proximity 1t
was impossible TO save any OF the
three. The wind carried the flames
and cmbers away from the other out
buildings, but directly toward the
house, and for Il time anxiety was felt
Continued on Page Three)
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LUTHERANS LAY
CORNER STONE
Services Held Sunday Last, lmmed-
ately After Services in Church
Large Gathering Present
NEW BUILDING COSTS 100000
Church and School in Very Substan.
tiaI Condition at This Time
New Members Are Added.

The laying of the corner stone of the
being erected in Denison took place
last Sunday Immediately after the
morning services in the church, and
there was quite a large gathering of
those interested present. Professor
Weller, of Seward, Neb., had been Sc
cured to talk upon the occasion. but
at the last moment wired he was un-
able to attend. Rev. G.. Itunge, of Han
over township, was substituted, and
he, gave very able address, at IT,
church.
After the address a procession was
formed, headed by the resident pas
tor, Rev. VIM. Frese, Professor Nagel.
principal Of the school, and members
OF the school board, and marched to
the new school grounds, where the
laying of the corner stone took place.
Pastor Frese made a few appropriate
remarks, and Contractor j. f. Kobler
placed the stone in position, under
which were laid a copy of the church
records. a roster of the membership
of the church and school. the names
Of Governor Clarke and Mayor w. II.
l.aub and the three Denison papers,
the Herold, Bulletin and Review.
The stone is beautiful one and
was donated to the school by the
Svoboda monument works of Denison.
1t bears the inscription, Erected A.
ID. 1915. William Frese, Pastor; w.
II. Nagel, Principal, and Peter Teui
Max Koch and III. G. Finnern, School
Board"
The German Lutheran church and
school are in a most tlourishing cond-
ton. the membership Of the church
being over 100. and under the careful
guidance of Rev. Frese, ably assisted
by the trustees, is steadily increasing
in membership. After the laying Of
the corner stone the quarterly meet
ing was held and three new members
taken into the church. The school is
likewise doing splendidly under the
Jprincipalship OF Professor Nagel. AT
the quarterly meeting the board OF
trustees. took occasion to show their
appreciation Of his work by renewing
his contract and raising his salary
$l0c. 4,1a
A delegate to the synod at Fort
Dodge was chosen at the Sunday meet
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lNSURANCENIGHT
AT CITY HALL
ity Insurance Monday Night, and
Five Bidders Precent.
GAIL RICHARDSON GETS BUSINESS
City Pays $212.34, As Against Over
$aOO Last Year-AiI Insurance
Is Now Much Lower.

Monday night was insurance night
at the city hall, at which time the
council received bids for liability in
surance on the city employees. There
were five bidders present, and the city
was able to get a very low premium
on their Insurance.
The bidders were Messrs. r. IT,.
Cochran, George Nacve. Albert l!els-
ley, Gail Richardson and Carl Rich
ardson. A schedule of what the city
desired insurance on had been made
up, and the bids were tabulated as
they came in. The premium was fin
ally awarded to Gail Richardson at
a premium of $212.34 The next low
est bid for old line insurance was
$22l7O. made by Albert iIelsley.
Messrs. Cochran and Carl Richard
son represented mutual companies,
and Mr. Richardson's bid on the mu-
tual policy was $1SO.S0, while Mr.
Cochrans was $lS6.22. Mr.. Naeye's
bid was on a policy iii the Aetna In
surance company and was for $224.7O.
At the time the city t0k out inSur-
ance last year the law, only recently
having gone into effect, the rates were
very high and the Insurance eompan-
les were alta loss as to what rates to
make. The city paid over 100000 for
the premium Now the rates are much
lower and the companies have studied
rating sheets and are adhering to the
state laws as to commissions, etc. The
insurance is compulsory.
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now FOR THE
CHAUTAUQUA
Outline of the Splendid Program and
Exceptional Talent to be Heard
at Denison July 1925.
WEEKS REAL ENJOYMENT
Program AS Outlined viii Be Carried
Out to the Letter Unforeseen
Circumstances Excepted -.

Chautau1ua begins next Monday and
from all Indications the attendance
at the different sessions will be good.
The cold and wet weather SO prevalent
this spring and summer has some
what retarded farm work, but with the
aid of the auto, owned by so many Of
our farmers, people living in the rural
districts will find time to come in to
at least one session each day. The
Vawter association has promised 4
very attractive and talented program
for this year, and on Monday the
opening day, at 2:30 o'clock the open
ing exercises and impromptu announce
ments will take place.
The musical part of the program
will be made up of old time songs by
Our Old Home Singers" a company
made up of people who are brave
enough and strong enough to get en-
tirely away from the conventional and
sing the songs we have all learned to
love.
At 3 o'clock Monday Judge Man.
ford Schoonover will speak. Telling
of the judge. the Vawter advertising
man says: Judge Schoonover is a
real man. Moreover, he is a mans
man. His talk is rugged and robust.
He is a terror to sissy boys and molly
coddles. Lawyer, judge, orator, bust
ness man of the world, he has seen
the under side and can shy you away
from it without guess work" You'll
be satisfied with the Judge.
At o'clock the children will meet
the supervisor and the junior chau-
tauqua will be organized. There, are
many new and novel features this
year. In the evening there will be
grand popular concert songs by "Olr
Old Home Singers
Tuesday at a. M. the junior chau-
tauqua begins, and the children will be
delighted. At l0:30 special address
will be given by Yutaka Minakuchi,
great Japanese scholar on "The Men
and Religion Forward Movement"
This gentleman has attended college
at Pennsylvania, Yale and Carolina
and Virginia universities, and his flow
of English is of the best.
In the afternoon at 2:30 comes the
University Girls, an organization Of
choice vocal and instrumental music,