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Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23

For some moments the man scru- tinized the pretty 'ace opposite his.
 According to the newspapers that was an accidental death. said i.-. Il don't know much about it. though
 "I1l tell you about it. For ny neighbor's sake interested myself in the case: I've gone as far with 1t as I can without a mans assistance. You're to be the man"
 What she recounted may be briefly sketched
 On the morning of May 3lst the lifeless body 0: Henry Paradis had been found. under peculiar circum- stances. at his North Halsted street residence. In the middle of the room used by the old bachelor as a library stood a tsble-desk, and lying on a rug in front of this and underneath a protruding drawer the body had been discovered by the households sole servant. a middleaged negro named Sam Webb.
 There were numerous factors that tended to veil the fatality in mystery On the surface these factors sug' gested that Henry Paradis had opened a drawer of his desk and i'm mediately fallen dead from a bullet wound inflicted by his own revolver By way of mute. testimony, there was the partially open drawer hall full of neatly tied packages of let ters. together with papers and docu ments Of various sorts, upon top o' which lay the weapon. It's cylinder contained five loaded cartridges ana one freshly exploded shell. The re | volver was of a weil-known make. 3s caliber, and just below the dead mans heart was a small purplisl
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Hopes Women Will
 Adopt This Habit
 As We'll As Men
Glass of hot water each morn ing helps US look and feel
 clean, sweet, fresh.

Happy. bright. alert-vigorous and vivacious-a good clear skin; a nat ural. rosy complexion and freedom from illness are assured only by clean. healthy blood. If only every woman and likewise every man could realize the wonders of drinking phosphated hot water each morning, what a grat- flying change would take place.
 Instead of the thousands of sickly. Anaemic-looking men. women and girls with pasty or muddy complex ions; instead of the multitudes of nerve wrecks." "rundowns." brain flags" and pessimists we should see . virile, optimistic throng of rosy checked people everywhere.
 An inside bath is had by drinking. each morning before breakfast, a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in 1t to wash from the stomach. liver. kidneys and ten yards of bowels the previous days indigestible waste. sour lamentations and poisons. thus cleansing. sweeten- ing and freshening the entire alimen. tary canal before putting more food into the stomach.
 Those subject to sick headache, bill. iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism. colds; and particularly those who have pallid, sallow complexion and who are constipated very often. are urged to obtain a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from any drug gist or at the store which will cost but trifle but is sufficient to demon strate the quick and remarkable change in both health and appearance awaiting those who practice internal sanitation. We must remember that inside cleanliness IS more important than outside, because the skin does not absorb impurities to contaminate the blood. while the pores in the thir- ty feet of bowels do.-Ady.
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Her Bad Break.

Maggie was a maid in the employ of a Gotham family. One afternoon two woman visitors rang the bell, and. telling them to be seated. Maggie went into another part of the house to see If her mistress were in.
 T am very sorry" said the maid, returning a minute later. but Mrs. Brown went out and won't be back till dinner time"
 That is too bad" exclaimed one of the women, as the callers started for the door. And to think, too. that I have forgotten my cards. will have to-
 Never mind the cards, ma a'am." in- terjected Maggie. with a kindly dis posed smile. ''I told the mistress your names when I went upstairs"
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his, Sam Webb. was scared to cal: his soul his own. He held something over Sam, and treated him like a dog"
 Hazard turned to Curtis.
 Were you here at any time on the evening of the thirtieth-De1oration day?"
 Before replying the young fellow hesitated and glanced uneasily at his sister. She urged him with a nod to answer. Then
 ''I tried to hide it." he returned, but l suppose I might as well tell Yes. was here. saw my uncle lying dead on the library floor"
 Here's the way of it." Curtis pur- sued. Uncle Henry knew how liked to play pinochle. and he hired a shark to teach him so he could win my cdd bits of change-after he'd robbed me and sister of what was rightfully ours, too! Wed play two or three times a week, and other nights he'd be taking lessons from a fellow named Nick Blackburn. Nick got him job on the Andrew Cole started to work day before yesterday and he couldn't have fooled with the old man any more"
 Are you sure ne went to work on the thirtieth?" Hazard interrupted. Yes, sir. I saw him oil in the morning-Decoration day"
 Paradis then recourted. in so far as he was concerned. what happened at the house on the fatal night.
 "I came in like I always did, hoping might pick up a piece of chango from the old man. The house was al still as a cemetery. Sam was gone;
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any more; so when the old man drew the money from the bank the devil just naturally got into Sam.
 Sam he plans it all out. I'm chef on a Great Northern dining car. and he knows I'll be in Chicago over Deco ration day. He has me go to a col ored folks ball on Twenty-eighth street, where he's invited, and make out like I'm him. We've often done that just to be skylarkins. and thought nothing of it till saw the papers next afternoon. Then l real ized what a position I was in, pre- tending to be Sam, because right away l felt 1t was him that had killed his boss.
 'I was scared We favor one an- other so close. if the police was look ing for Sam, like as not they'd pick | me up instead of him.
 Twas wild to find him When I went to where he'd been working there was lady and gentleman there, and by | the frightened way they acted at sight of me l was surer than ever that folks knew Sam was guilty.
 Then I met this gentleman. and I thought I was gone for sure. reckon | I oughtnt to have run; but l just couldn't help it
 By and by some colored folks told me about the accident to Sam went to the hospital and had him brought here. After I'd talked to him a while he promised to tell everything and give back the money he'd taken"
 As he finished speaking he went to a dresser drawer and took out a long thick manila envelope. This he hand. ed to Hazard.
 You'll find all the money there just like Sam got it-$2,s0
 Sam Webb's story was not long. His plan to slay his employer and al. vert suspicion from himself was simple. He knew Paradis would be alone the night of the thirtieth. and also was familiar with Blackburn's frequent visits to the house and their object. He also was cognizant of Cur, tis' visits. He did not, however know that Blackburn had left the city on the Andrew Cole that morning and that. when he interrupted the old mans dummy-hand game and shot him with his own pistol, suspicion oi Blackburn would rebound from . dead wall and alight upon the real culprit
  You're a duck. Felix" Helen Der tel assured him when once more shs could breath the sooty but moro ia miliar Loop air You were kint enough to take me to lunch today if . girl should invite you to be hel guest at dinner tonight, would you Ask mel" Felix Hazard inter : rupted-
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On the records of the Sutherland Detective agency Helen Berters name was only one of several after which appeared the word, -StenOgrapher.
 As matter Of fact, in certain spe- clal lines of work this uncommouly pretty. self-reliant girl was one Of the most capable operatives the com pany ever had in it's employ. Although Felix Hazards lean. hawklike yisage was too well schooled to betray rny hint of his deeper feelings, neyerthe- less sometimes while looking at her Sis dark eyes took on an intense glow that shook the gIrl's pcise. She was wont to chide herself because this look had the power of agitating her. and she would discourage it in different vays-sometimes by treat ing Hazard with cool reserve, another tinso Sy poSS..Is fun a; A.:::, c-. most effective of all. by making some abrupt, unexpected appeal to his friendship. They never quarreled; they were much too good pals for that.
 Sp Uu a StEldiu June LlpihLhS NuS first, to be defnite-when Hazard found a note upon his desk in her handwriting. which was as familiar to, him as his own. he forgot every thing else until he had read it some balf-dozen times.
 AS he tore open the envelope and spread out the single sheet therein contained. two objects fell out and fiuttered to the floor. He picked them up. They were in the corners of two playing-cards. the knaye of dia- moncs and the queen of spades. These he laid carefully aside and read:
 My dear Felix:
 Take me to luncheon today and I'll
 tell you about the enclosed relics.-H.
 For possibly a minute he gravely specu,ated upon the card fragments but they only leased his curiosity The ragged torn edges exactly matched. demonstrating the two cor ners had been held tightly together when the balance of the cards were torn away: this was the sole infer ence he was able to draw from the relics"
 Promptly at hali-past twelve Heici Berters animated face appeared al Hazards doorway She vas a tall graceful girl. fond Of tennis and o being both on and in the water, fol
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off of South State street. . region whose population is mostly colornd.

off of South State street. . region whose population is mostly colornd.
 Hazard and his companion were conducted up two flights of stairs and down hall to a room where the ne- gro halted and threw open s door When they came up wish him 70 they could see within. he pointed dramat- ically to figure lying upon a bed.
 There" he solemnly averred, Ifs the man who killed MT. Paradis."
 The man rolled his head round and looked at the intruders, two of whom recoiled in astonishment
 Lineament for lineament. line for line. his face was a facsimile of the mans who had brought them hither!
 Yes" confirmed the man on the bed in a weak voice. 'I done it. I'm Sam Webb. And I'm about all in; I'm bad hurt"
 Sam's double spoke.
 My names Clifford Hartley. I knew you wouldn't believe me unless Sam and me was together, so 1 wouldn't talk
 Were first cousins, Sam and me. though We might be twin brothers by the way We look alike. We are al- ways being mistook for one another. and it seems like the resemblance has landed me in a peck O trouble.
 Sam can't talk much; I'll have to talk for him. Last night he was hit by an automobile. and the doctor says his spine is broke. He won't live long.
 Tt was like this. Sam's boss had treated him so scandalousiy for so 1 long that Sam just couldn't stand 1t
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23

This story throbs with real ism in the words narrowest meaning. It Is a faithful rem derins of an authentic expert. ence In the career of a high official Of a detective agency whose name is household word throughout the English speaking world. Real names of persons and places are some times disguised. In all ether re- speets the amazing. often thrill ing, always gripping facts are recorded just as they happened.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23

I couldn't raise my uncle-nobody at all. This seemed queer because the front door wasn't locked. "As soon ac I lit the gas in the Ii. brary l saw Uncle Henry on the floor, | dead. l was pretty badly scared. A pinochle deck was on his desk with lot of melds spread out, as if he'd been playing a game with somebody. On top of the cards was his gun. It looked like whoever had shot him had reached across the desk and poked the gun right against him, then dropped 1t and run. Right away I thought, whoever found the cards spread out like they were--anybody knowing how much we'd played together-would think I'd | shot him.
 'I dropped the gun into a drawer that stood open. and put the cards in my pocket"
 The balance of Curtis Paradis' story agreed with what Hazard already had heard, and likewise explained his movements when leaving his uncle 8
 house and proceeding south on hal.
 sted street.
 Just before turning oil the gas
 saw two cards in the old mans hand
 Believe me, it was worse than being
 shot at to stcop and snatch them
 away; yet I might as well have lief,
 the rest as those two. 1 Well, I snatched them, and the
 corners tore away. l was too rattled
 to stop and get the corners; l was
 scared stin. l beat it as fast as
 could"
 Knowing of Blackburn's vacated
 room, he had slipped into it from ths
 alley and remained there hiding al
 night. He it was who had left thu pack of cards there.
 A period was put to the colloquy by
 the hall door opening and the fright
 ened negro reappearing upon thu threshold. Mrs. Pell and Curtis re
 coiled before him in obvious alarm the latter exclaiming: sam! Whats been the matter witl you?"
 II The intruder addressed himself t . Hazard.
 Boss, I can't explain myself yer l | weIl-not here. I reckon you are police officer; I want you to com } with me. if you please" He paused and as Hazard only contiued to ey
 him steadily. in a moment added: , q can take you to the man wh !. killed Mir. Paradis."
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Queer Cattle.

'Begorry! thim shtory writers arc the quarest cratures in the world" An phwy so?"
 "Shure, an don't their tales como out av their heads?"
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,morovemen, on the Early Model.

"How's your boy getting on at school?"
 Fine. Sometimes I think he ac- .ually knows almost as much as thought I knew at h.s age"
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23
Piles Relieved by First Application

And cured in 10 I4 days by PAZO OINTMENT the universal remedy for all forms of Pilea Druggists refund money if it fails. soc
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Combination Gift.

What are you knitting. dear?"
 "A shawl to send to Mir. and ArA Jones with our united love"
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23

But silence would improve some pse ple's conversation
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23

If you wish beautiful, clear white .lothes, use Red Cross Bag Blue. At all sood erocers. Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23
Economx of lanauaae

Passenger tentering car)-f1no morning. conductor.
 Conductor-Fare.
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Mrs. Pell and her brother were left in charge of the house. On the way down town Hazard and the negro were Joined by Miss Bertel, to whom the former had telephoned. The jour ney ended among the Twenties just
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-01-26
KINNE HOME BEREAVED.

Alice Lorraine, the little daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Kline, died at
the home Of her parents in this city
Sunday, January %, 1916, following
a brief illness due to inflammatory
rheumatism and heart disease. Fun
eral services were held at the FAM
lily home Tuesday afternoon,and were
conducted by Rev. C. X. Hudson, pas
tor of the Methodist Episcopal church
1nterment was made in Oakland
cemetery.
: Alice was born in Manchester on
August 3, 1909. She was an unusual
ly active and bright child, and was a
favorite among her little playmates
in the kindergarten and in the
neighborhood of the family home.
The sorrow that has come to the
parents because of the death of their
beloved little daughter, can be un-
derstood only by those who have
been called upon to pass through a
similar affliction. The grief stricken
parents, and all those who were at
tached to little Alice by family ties,
have the heartfelt sympathy of ev-
cry one in this great sorrow.
A lovely bud, so soft and fair,
Cal'd hence by early doom;
Just sent to show how sweet flower
In Paradise would bloom.
Leigh Richmond
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-01-26

crowd will attend, not only for the
pleasure and benefit to be derived
from the entertainment, but to help
the young people Of the Senior class
to add something to their Annual
fund.
Mr. Caldwell was with Eli Smith,
the famous Alaskan mail carrier, dur
ing a part Of his long drive with his
dog team from Nome to Washington,
D. c. His story of the mail trails is
intensely interesting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Caldwell spent sew
eral weeks on the shores Of Behring
Sea and saw the natives coming in
their skin boats directly from Asia.
In his lecture, Beyond the Klc n
dixie" he will tell CT many strange
customs of these queer fur-clad peo-
pie who i've on the barren shores Of
two continents at the place where
Alaska and American almost touch.
Mr.. Caldwell has very complete
set of pictures of the Totem poles of
Indian Tribes. He has studied them
suffice ntly to be able to read and
interpret many of their queer charac-
ters. The reading OF a Totem Pole
is one Of the most interesting fea-
lures Of his lecture.
Mr.. and Mrs. Caldwell had the uni
que experience Of travelling through
the wilderness of Alaska with the
Russian Bishop of America, Bishop In
nccent, of Sitka. His story CT TIE
Russian influence in our far away
possessions is not only interesting,
but somewhat startling to those who
have not investigated these things.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-01-26
MRS. l. n. MUCKLER.

Mrs. I. H. Muck1er passed away at
her home on Prospect street in this
city on January oath, 1916, following
an illness of several weeks. Funeral
services were held at the Methodist
Episcopal church this afternoon at
two o'clock. The services were con-
Quoted by Rev. c. K. Hudson, and
burial was made in Oakland ceme-
terry.
Elizabeth Dutton was born in Sarah
vile, Ohio, December 25th, 1S47.
When she was a child her parents
removed to the state of Illinois,
where the family resided for num-
ber of years. In 1858 the family came
to Delaware County, and settled in
the vicinity of the Bay Settlement,
south of Manchester where she grew
to young womanhood, and where on
December 25th, 1872, she was united
in marriage with l. HI. Muckler.
Three years ago Mr.. and Mrs. Muck
Ter gave up farm life and came to
Manchester, where they have since
resided
Mrs. Muckler is survived by her
husband, one daughter and five sons
The children are: Mrs: Will Lock, of
New Hartford, Iowa; c. E. Muckler
of Tacoma, Washington; Arthur M.
Muckler, of Temvick, North Dakota;
Earl and Floyd Muckler, of Wasta,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-01-26
MRS. w. r. FOSTER.

Miss May Foster received mes
sage on Tuesday noon announcing
the sad intelligence of the sudden
death of Mrs. w. r. Foster, which
occurred on Tuesday morning, Janu
ary 25th, at Spokane, Washington
Mrs. Foster is the wife of w. r.
Foster, Of Williams, Iowa. She went
to Spokane, Washington, in Decem'
ber, and had been spending the time
with relatives. Soon after arriving at
Spokane she was taken i'll with heart
trouble, but rallied from the ailment,
and a few days ago her husband
went to the northwest to accom-
pany his wife to their home at Will
liams. She leaves to mourn her death
her husband and two sons Harold
md Marcus Foster. the latter Of
whom is spending the winter with
his grandmother and aunt in Man.
chester and attending High school.
Mrs. Foster and her daughter, Miss
Foster, and Marcus Foster will leave
Friday morning for Williams, where
the funeral services will be held on
Following the services the
remains will be taken to Warren,
Illinois, for burial. Manchester
friends Of the Foster family extend
sympathy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-01-26
WAR RELIEF WORK.

All interested in the war relief
work will haye an opportunity OF
helping the refugees in the war
stricken countries, by donating mon
ey, clothing, shoes, etc.
The committee having this in
charge request you to leave your
bundles at the rest room (under the
First National Bank) next week.
Cash donations may be left at the
banks, or deposited in the boxes left
about town for that purpose.
There is untold suffering and star
walton in Europe at the present time.
Let everyone do something to help
this worthy cause.
The cash and things collected will
be sent to Dr. Shurtleff in Paris, for
distribution among the refugees.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-01-26
BEYOND THE kIONDYkE.

The Staff of the 1916 M. H. S.
''Vanparcont" have arranged for Mr..
Frank Caldwell to give his illustrated
lecture Beyond the Klondyke, or
Two Thousand Miles Along the
Yukon" at the High School Auditor
ium, Thursday evening, January 9th.
Mr.. Caldwell, who recently moved
to Manchester from the Delta Of the
Rio Grande, is not only a traveller, bu
we'll known Chautauqua lecturer.
He is also the author of "Wolf, the
Storm Leader" published by Dodd,
Mead & Co. of New York, and said to
be one of the best of Alaskan dog
stories. Mr.. Caldwell, under the
management of the Mutual Lyceum
Bureau of Chicago, has appeared in
many of the leading Chautauquas and
Lecture Courses and his lecture, ''Be-
yond the Klondyke,' has been pro-
nounced, wherever given. as not only
intensely interesting and entertain
ing, but highly educational. The pic
lures to b. used were taken by Mr..
and Mrs. Caldwell during their long
journey through southeastern Alaska,
over the White Pass. following the
Yukon river from White Horse Rap
ids to it's mouth in Behring Sea, two
thousand miles below; with various
side trips into the mining regions of
the Klondyke country and Seward
Peninsula. Mr.. Caldwell donates his
services. so that the receipts will be
all profits to the Annual fund, to be
used in publishing the 1916 Annual.
1t is to be hoped that a large
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-01-26
A BIG FARM SALE,

On another page of this issue Of
The Democrat appears the public sale
advertisement of J. J. Welterlen, ad.
vertising a sale of horses, cattle,
farm machinery, ETC., on his prem
ises on February I'd. Mr.. Welter-
len is going to retire from farming
next spring and he proposes to dis
pose Of all of his stock and farm
Next spring he will
move to Edgewood, where his two
sons are conducting a successful au-
tomobile and general repair business.
Our farmer readers will find Mr.. Wei
terlen's large advertisement of in
terest, and should not overlook the
same Remember the date, Wednes-
day, February I'd, 1916.