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The Ely miner., 1915-04-30

the powerful Limousine, On uptown
they went, the only thing preventing
the limousine from escaping being the
fear of pursuit by traffic police II the
driver let out speed. They were con-
tent to manage to keep just far enough
ahead to be out of danger of having
Kennedy overhaul them. AS for us,
we followed as best we could. on up
town, past the city line. and out into
the country.
There Kennedy lost sight alto
gether of the car he was trailing.
Worse than that, we lost sight of
Kennedy. Still we kept on blindly,
trusting to luck and common sense in
picking the road.
was peering ahead over the
drivers shoulder, the window down,
trying to direct him. when we ap-
preached a fork in the road. Here
| was a dilemma which must be decided
at once, rightly or wrongly.
AS we neared the crossroad I gave
| an involuntary exclamation. Beside
the road, almost on it. lay the figure
of a man. Our driver pulled up with a
jerk and / was out OF the car in an in
| stant.
There lay Kennedy! Someone had
| blackjacked him. He was groaning
and just beginning to show signs of
consciousness as bent over.
Whats the matter, old man?" /
asked, helping him to his feet.
He looked about dazed a moment,
then seeing me and comprehending, he
pointed excitedly, but vaguely.
"Elaine!" he cried. They've kid
naped Elaine!"
What had really happened, as we
learned later from Elaine and others,
| was that when the crossroads was
reached the three crooks in the limou-
sine had stopped long enough to speak
to an accomplice stationed there. ac-
cording to their plan for getaway.
He was tough-looking individual who
might have been hoboing it to the city.
When, a, few minutes later, Ken
nedy and Elaine had approached the
fork, their driver had slowed up. as If
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Knew Where He Was Headed.

The story is told Of very crusty
gouty old gentleman who lost his pa
tience with his doctor because he did
not make enough fuss over the pain
he suffered.
Doctor" he cried out, twisting and
turning because of the agony. you
don't understand! You don't seem to
grasp the case! You talk as though
there were nothing the matter with
me, whereas, | assure you, l am en-
during the torments of the lost!"
What, already?" replied the doctor.
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!: OxYACETYLENE WELDING co. :
"Come, Walter" he cried, running
up the shore.
A moment later, breathless, we
reached the doorway. 1t was, of
course, locked. Kennedy whipped out
his revolver and several welldirected
shots through the keyhole smashed
the lock. We put our shoulders to it
and swung the door open, entering
the factory.
Beside a work bench stood two long
cylinders, studded with bolts.
That's what I'm looking for" ex
claimed Craig. Here, Walter, take
one. I'll take the other-and the
tubes-and-'
We ran, for there was no time to
lose. AS nearly as could estimate it,
the water must now be slowly closing
over Elaine.
What is it?" asked, as he Joined
| up the tubes from the tanks to the
peculiar hooklike apparatus he car
ried.
"An oxyacetylene blowpipe," he NUT
tered back feverishly. used for weld
ing and cutting, too," he added.
With light he touched the nozzle,
instantly a kissing, binding flame
needle made the steel under it incan-
descent The terrific heat from one
nozzle made the steel glow. The
stream of oxygen from the second
completely consumed the hot metal.
Kennedy was actually cutting out a
huge hole in the still exposed surface
of the tank-all around, except for a
few inches, to prevent the heavy
piece from falling inward.
AS Kennedy carefully bent outward
the section of the tank which he had
cut, he quickly reached down and
lifted Elaine, unconscious, out of the
water.
Gently he laid her on the sand. 1t
was the work of only a moment to cut
the cords that bound her hands.
There she lay, pale and still. Was
she dead?
Kennedy worked frantically to re-
vive her.
At last, slowly, the color seemed to
return to her pale lips Her eyelids
fiuttered. Then her great, deep eyes
opened.
AS she looked up and caught sight
of Craig bending anxiously over her,
she seemed to comprehend. For mo-
ment both were silent. Then Elaine
reached up and took his hand.
Craig" she whispered, "you-
you've saved my life!"
Her tone was eloquent.
Elaine" he whispered, still gazing
down into her wonderful eyes, 1.-The
Clutching Hand shall pay for this! 1t
is fight to finish between us!"
cro BE CONTINUED3
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Corn's Nutritive Value.

Eat corn-it is really a food for
the gods" Such is the gospel being
preached to the Europeans. Prince
and peasant alike had associated corn
with stock food, and, therefore, de-
clined it. But corn in it's nutritive
value is little behind whole wheat
-four, containing within 6 per cent as
much carbohydrates and within per
cent as much protein. Much of the
food value of wheat is sacrificed in
preparation of flour to the end that
our dainty appetites may be piqued
by the snowy whiteness of the bread.
Thus, bulk for bulk, good corn bread
is quite as nutritious as is the wheat
en- loaf.
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popular with the Southern com.
manders. who realized its advantages
in aiding concealment. In the latter
part of the war almost all of the
manufactured uniforms were dyed
with butternuts.
In the last few years military lead
ers all over the world have given
more thought to color selection than
ever before. The adoption Of khaki
uniforms, about the time of the South
African war. was the first important
step toward protective coloration. A
uniform that tends to conceal the
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Belgian Mirrors.

1t will soon cost us more to "see
ourselves as others see u.s." and In a
few months plated glass will be unob-
tainable. This was one of the things
that Belgium made for us, at Liege,
Namur and Charleroi. But the factor
les have been smashed by the Ger
mans, and no more glass will be made
and plated there for long time to
come. For its manufacture it needs
a huge plant, acres of land, and a
fine sand which is found only in Bel
GUM and certain: parts of France, SO
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movements Of troops ranks next to
smokeless powder in military strategy.
Even the guns of the artillery, the
gun carriages and the supply wagons
Of today are coated with gray. The
war chiefs are closely following ma
ture in her deception by means of
protective coloration. "The CLINT of
the sunlight on the enemy's guns" is
fast becoming an obsolete war term
Washington Times.
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Imnortant Function

"That man doesn't seem to do much
but stand around and look important"
said the manager.
"Yes," said the proprietor. Hes
naturally gifted that way. All the
rest of US are hustling in such hurry
burly fashion that ] think it is well
to keep him around to give a touch
Of ease and dignity 10 the scene"
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Copyright. is4 BY the Star Rights
SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystified by a
series of murders OF prominent men. The
principal clue to the murderer is the warn
Ing letteY which Is sent the victims, signed
with ciutching 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-
cosnpbshes Is told by his friend, Jameson.
& newspaper man.
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WOMAN COULD
NOT SIT UP.
Now Does Her Own Work.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound Helped Her.
Ironton, Ohio -" am enjoying bet
eer health now than have for twelve

years. When i be-
gan to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound d I
could not sit up. I
had female troubles
and was very ner-
vous. / used the
remedies a year and
] can do my work
and for the last eight
onths ] hav 9
work ed for other
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PoMP OF WAR FORGOTTEN
invisihillty In the Field 10 the Object
Of the Commanders OF the
Present Day.

The greenish-gray uniform of the
German soldier which makes the
kaiser's troops almost invisible,
whether in woods, fields or roads. Is
very similar to the color worn by
the Confederate soldier in the Civil
war at first the Confederate uni
forms were bluish-gray-a color now
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30

listening. We listened also. There
certainly was a most peculiar noise
inside that tank.
Was it a muffied scream?
Kennedy reached down and picked
up a rock, hitting the tank with a re-
sounding blow. AS the echo died
down, he listened again.
Yes, there was q sound-a scream.
perhaps-a woman's voice, faint, but
unmistakable.
I looked at his face inquiringly.
Without a word ! read in it the con-
firmation of the thought that had
flashed into my mind.
Elaine Dodge was inside!
First had come the limousine, with
its three bandits, to the spot fixed on
as rendezvous. Later had come the
taxicab. AS it hove into sight, the
three well-dressed crooks had drawn
revolvers, thinking perhaps the plan
for getting rid of Kennedy might pos
sibly have miscarried. But the taxi.
cab driver and the rough-faced fellow
had reassured them with the sign OF
the Clutching Hand, and the revolvers
were lowered.
AS they parleyed hastily, the
roughneck and the fake chauffeur
lifted Elaine out of the taxi. She was
bound and gagged.
well, now we've got her, what shall
we do with herr" asked one.
TITS got to be quick. There's an
other cab," put in the driver.
"The deuce with that"
"The deuce with nothing" he re.
turned. "That fellow Kennedy's a
clever one. He may come to. II he
does, he won't miss US. Quick, now!'
"See," cried the third. See that old
boiler down there at the edge of the
water? Why not put her in there
No oneu ever think to look in such
a place"
With hasty expression Of approval,
the roughneck picked Elaine up bodily,
still struggling vainly, and together
they carried her, bound and gagged
to the tank. The opening, which was
toward the water, was small, but they
managed, roughly, to thrust Ter in.
A moment later and they had rolled
up huge bowlder against the small
entrance, bracing it so that it would
be impossible for her to get out from
the inside. Then they drove off hast
lily.
Frantically Elaine managed to
loosen the gag. She screamed. Her
voice seemed to be bound around by
the iron walls as she was herself. She
shuddered. The water was rising
had reached her chest, and was still
rising, slowly, inexorably.
What was that? Silence? Or was
someone outside?
Coolly, in spite of the emergency
Kennedy took in the perilous situa
tion.
The lower end of the boiler, which
was on slant on the rapidly shelving
beach, was now completely under wa
ter and impossible to get at. Besides
the opening was small, too small.
Kennedy gazed about frantically
and his eye caught the sign on the
factory:
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Handsome women are not Always
the most amiable
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this is an industry we shall not be
able to Anglicize in a moment
London Chronicle.
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Doubtful.

How is your mother, Tommie?"
"She's better, but not so better as
she was yesterday"
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-30

have the Companionship Of young
lady who plays with them and who
tells them stories two periods In the
day
The older children also have lee
lures during the day ON Nature
from fine lecturers from the univer-
sity They also have d "Frlilcrs'
Tub and Impressions of grand and
noble thoughts are made
our trips to the mountains are eve
er thrilling and enjoyable. Our
children have made some big climb
to Royal Arch and also TO Flag stan.
friends and know they would also cn-
joy these various treats and pleas
ures.
II only Mr. Barnes were with MS
we would be- lothc To- leave until Ser.
tcmber. but we are getting anxious
now for the home coming
When wo arrive WEE hope to Doc
able to take % boat ride ON beautiful
Lake Altrurlan That would Doe quite
an asset TO Snyder When ] get 90
writing forget time and also hm
the fountain pen continues to drop
ink
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-30
LETTER FROM MRS. BARNES.

Boulder Colorado, July q
The Snyder Signal:
Dear Editors Each Monday morn
Ing we enjoy to the fullest the news
from home" but hope ere this, rain
has visited you.
Since We hear from you through
the Signal perhaps some would be
interested In this little city Of Colora-
do.
Boulder is known far and wide
for It's University OF Colorado and
its Chautauqua, the greatest West
of New York Some might ask what
is Chautauqua
A chautauqun means more than
q tent big crowd, great excitement
and an entertaining program each
night Il stands for the rational
idealism. It represents o principal of
helpfulness and draws to itself, those
people who want to do worth while"
things
It adds to the sum total OF the
worlds optimism, altrurianimm, man
hood and womanhood II rs an insplr-
alton and am uplift TO those who at
tend aud fills their lives with pur-
pose to go forward and be more use
nul. It rs a place for getting reserve
Of strength for the problems and
duties which lle ahead II is place
whore memories and traditions clus-
ter and become dearcr with the years
The ideal location Of Boulder. here
In the mountains added 10 the above
makes her Chautauqua doubly rich Zoo
memories store house
My course in music is quite
pleasure My tutor Miss santer is
pupil OF Bloomfield Zelslcr OF Chi
caro Da pupil of Leschluzky'Hl
The Orchestra plays cvcry night
from z to S O'Clock ON the Ideal Cam
pus. from which YOU can see several
beautiful lakes Boo tho valley aud the
mountain range also AZ s O'Clock the
concert begins boz the auditorium
which holds some $500 people. You
may know . am fcastInr my soul ON
....H ......#. I.rs. ole, rfttNVfu.a
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-30
Shoes = Shoes
ShOes!!!

We have just received a large
shipment Of Fall and Winter of
1876 shoes in all sizes, shapes
and lasts. Some for the slim foot
some for the medium foot; some
for the broad short foot; in fact,
we are better able to serve your
wants in shoes than ever before.
Shoes for father; shoes for moth
err; shoes for big brother; shoes
for big sister; shoes for little bro.
ther; shoes for little sister, and
shoes for baby too; in fact shoes
for the whole fan lily; work shoes
and Sunday shoes too.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-01-22
NEW YORK, Jan. Is, 1915.

Florida shade-grown is moving at a
lively rate, and the Offices of concerns
with this kind of tobacco have been
crowded with buyers. There is also a
good demand for 1918 Gebhardt, of
which the stock is limited, most Of this
crop having already been disposed of.
There has also been slight movement
of the 1913 Pennsylvania Broadleaf,
owing partly to its quality and partly
to the scarcity of Gebhardt above men,
toned
Sumatra. Business is quiet in Sum-
atra, there being very little inquiry at
present. This is due to the fact that in
the past six months manufacturers
have stocked up much more heavily
than usual, and also to the small stock
in importers hands.
Havana reported destruction Of
the growing crop in Vuelta AbajO by
recent heavy rains has been the topic
of chief interest in the Offices of Ha-
vana importers. While the damage
done may have been exaggerated in the
reports, there seems to be no room for
doubt that the already small crop has
been considerably shortened by reason
of these rains; and it is too much to
hope that the supply of good, desirable
tobaccos will be largely augmented by
the new crop. Prices both here and in
Havana have stiffened since the news
of the rains. Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-01-22
New York.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 1915


The leaf market has opened quite
auspiciously for the new year as far as
demands for certain types are con-
cerned and the speedy dispatch of any
quantity of back orders. The new
Florida Georgia crop has held quite
reception this week, as it has just made
it's debut and many were the admirers
and suitors. Some briskness has been
infused into the Havana market by
the reports which appeared in our col
umns of last week and which helped to
accelerate transactions in the old stock.
And the Havana market in Cuba has
been somewhat enlivened by the re-
sumed shipments of the low grade leaf
to Europe. These shipments relieved
the market of an undesirable surplus
and helped to stiffen the value of the
better grades. The full extent of the
damage done by the torrential rains
has, however, not yet been ascertained.
1t is expected that it will not assume.
the dimensions reported. But what
ever the mishap may be to the growing
crop will undoubtedly rebound to the
benefit and advantage of last years
Vuelta crop, which is believed to have
come out as one of the best of recent
records. And good, old-fashion ed
Havana crop is sure to revive the Ha-
vana trade and clear Havana cigar in
dustry as if by magic. journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-01-22
Pennsylvania.
LANCASTER, PA, Jan. Y,

LANCASIEh, L a., y dIi' LIZ 4O4C.
If the amount of new tobacco bought
in Lancaster county recently is and in
dication to go by, then it is very appar-
ent that the 1914 crop will not be as
long in selling as was predicted earlier
in the season. Buying has been going
on steadily. Ten cents will undoubt-
edly be the maximum price limit of the
1914 tobacco. Nobody pretends to say
how much of the new crop has been
sold so far. Reports from few local
tiles, restricted areas it must be borne
in mind, say that the crops there have
been pretty wei cleaned up, but taking
the county through. much of it has
been untouched by the buyers. The
growers are putting forward the claim
that the new crop is the best they have
raised in the past twenty-five years.
AS it is too early for testing the tobac
co yet, there IS no means of learning
what its merits are, but for one thing,
they won't lie in the color All the
putting up of the crop in the world will
not make the trade believe the color
ing is good. AS to the burn and bou-
quet, these will be learned in due time.
Some of the tobacco sold has been
delivered and this will be force sweat
ed, in order to have it ready for mar
keting as quickly as possible. Unless
big outside concerns step in and begin
sweeping up the entire districts at
standard price, then this years tobac-
co will be sold strictly on its merits.
That already sold went at 81 to 10
cents, with more under 10 than at that
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-01-22
TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN, WIS, Jan. 22, 1916.

EDGERToN, WIS, Jan. %, 1915.
There has been some buying of the
tobacco crop in the Vernon county dis
trict of late and quiet packing away
in the lower sections but the movement
has not reached the proportions that
growers expected since the new year
Nor does there seem to be any organ
lied effort on the part of the large op-
orators to increase their holdings, which
is the most discouraging feature of the
market at present. When offers are
made prices are named considerably
under the figures of the early buying
A soft spell the latter end of the
week failed to bring the hanging leaf
into desired case because the tempera-
ture was too low and very little was
removed from the sheds in consequence,
so that stripping is still held back.
Enough Of the crop is ready for deliv-
cry so that the warehouses which have
been opened at the packing points are
able to continue operations with mod
crate sized forces.
A Pennsylvania dealer who was in
the state last week ordered 100 cases
or such matter of cured leaf. But
generally speaking the cured goods
market is extremely quiet.
The shipments out of storage reach
about 200 cases from this market to all
points since last report.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-01-22
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES

The following communication has been
received from a we'll known packer of
Wisconsin tobacco, containing we'll
founded protest against the mongre
seed used by many of our growers.
There is much food for thought in the
letter:
Editor Reporter writer has just
returned from a trip through the east
where he went to ascertain the true
condition of the tobacco market and to
gather statistics of crops of other to-
bacco raising states.
One large factory which had been
using all the way from 1900 to 2500
cases of Wisconsin binders year elm
mated Wisconsin altogether and for the
past four years has not used pound.
The writer was curious to know their
reasons for doing away with Wisconsin
binders and insisted upon getting the
real facts and can say that the whole
thing can be simmered down to this,
that unless something can be done to
dispense with the miserable hybrid
seed, Wisconsin binders will never gain
favor with manufacturers. This par
ticular manufacturer, who controls two
very large factories, stated that in his
experience he found it impossible to go
to Wisconsin and secure uniform lot
of binders for their factory use, and
stated that while they were using Wis
consin, they would open a case OF bind
ers and find one-half of the tobacco Of
good, Spanish type and the balance a
different type of tobacco altogether as
fit might be grown in Kentucky.
This manufacturer seemed very fair
in his assertions in regard to his eX-
perience with Wisconsin binders and
frankly admitted that they had rather
use Wisconsin than any other tobacco
but could not do so owing to the trouble
they had with it.
The writer could name factories en-
ploying from two hundred to five hum
dred hands, who, fifteen years ago,
used Wisconsin only for binders, but
who are now using dark Connecticut
and the seconds from other states at
sc per pound more money, simply be-
cause Wisconsin does not grow binder
which is uniformly satisfactory, and we
must concede the fact that Wisconsin
binders have cost the independent man
ufacturers enough money that they
were entitled to good quality and good
yielding tobacco and such they have
right to demand.
/ 1t simply resolves itself to this, that
it is up to the growers of Wisconsin to-
bacco to get good seed and uniform
seed SO that any packer can send one
half dozen men into the field and Sc
cure uniform lot of tobacco, some
thing that will appeal to the manufac-
turer.
The interest of using good seed is
mutual with grower and buyer, and h"-
fore raising another crop the grower
should investigate the seed proposition
very carefully. What's sauce for the
goose is sauce for the gander.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-01-22
Business Directory.
Wisconsin Tobacco Statistics.

Tobacco growing began in Wisconsin
80 years ago. Or.
Is counties now prOdS SC9"4;
~, 200 acres were grown III 1IS
Average yield in Wisconsin 90
$4,000, 600 pounds.
Brings Wisconsin farmers annual in
come of So, 100000.
$4,000, 900 spent annually FOR handllng
storage and insurance.
Edgerton has 81 warehouses on lnsur-
ance map.
The sixth important agricultural in
dustry in the state.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-01-22

The Importance Of using more uni
form type of seed in the production OF
Wisconsin tobacco provoked a lively
discussion in these columns year ago
but the urgency of the case did not ap-
parently sink very deep into the minds
Of the average tobacco grower, for
dealers inform us they note but little
improvement in the quality of the pres
ent crop. All agree, however, that the
greatest need to preserve the reputa-
ton of Wisconsin tobacco is this mat
ter of seed question. The dealers view
it of such vital Importance that they
are determined to call meeting of all
the dealers in the state at some con-
venient point to discuss the subject,
decide on some approved strain of seed
and if no other way out of the dilemma
can be found they will put up fund
and grow and distribute free to grow
ers sufficient amount of seed to pro-
duce the entire crop of the state. The
movement is already under way and
possibly the date for such call will be
issued in week or so.