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The Washington times., 1917-12-08

VIE light from the tiny lamps
fell in all sorts OF odd forms.
1 as the rays crossed each othsr.
or the capacity OF our bodies
threw great shadows. could not for
my life get sway from the feeling
that there was some one else amongst
rs.
I suppose Il was the reeoileet1cn,
30 powerfully brought home to me
By the grim surroundings. Of that ter.
ribls experience ~ fransyfvania- I
think the feeling was common 70 rs
all, for noticed that the others kept
looking ovsf their shouldsrD II every
round and every new shadow, Just -
felt myself doing.
HoD.NAu MARKS on .
IDUsT-coYERED BIOOA
me whole place was. thick win
dust. The door was seemingly inches
deep, ezcspt where Ehers were recent
footstsps. IN which on holding down
my lamp could sse marks Of bob
nails. whsro the dust wAs erneksd.
The walls were rhuRy and hssvy With
dust. and IN the corners were masses
Of spiders webs. whereon the dust
had gathered TN they looked like old
tattsred rags As the weight had torn
them party down.
On . able IN the hall was . great
bunch Of keys. with time-yellowsd
label On each. They had been used
several times. for on the. table were
several similar rents IN the blanket
OF dust, similar to that exposed when
the professor lifted them. He urnsd
TO me and said:
''You know this place Jonathan.
You have copied maps Of Il. and 'you
know II at least more than We DO.
Which Il the way 70 the ehapeif- y
had an idea Of its- direction. though on
my former visit had not been abls
to get admissioa TO Il; 90 LED. the !
way. and afer few wrong turnings
found myself opposits low arch
ed oalIsn door. ribbed with iron banda
This II the spot" sAid the profss-
sor as he turned his lamp on . small /
map Of the house, copied from the file |
of my original correspondence regard |
ing the purchase. with . little trouble
we found the key on the bunch and |
opened the door. We were prepared |
for some unpleasantness. for - We
were opening the door . faint. NAL |
odorous arr seemed 20 exhals Through |
the gaps, but none OF us ever expect |
ed such an odor as we encountered
None OF the othern had net the
Count at all at close quarters. and
when~I had seen him he was either
in the fasting stage OF his existence
in his rooms or when he was gloatod
with fresh blood, IN . ruined building
open to- the eiFi but hare the place
was small and close, and the long do
use haA nado The air stagnant and
foul.
The Washington times., 1917-12-08

vanced. For a moment she had dis
armed him. Before he knew 1t,
is darted past him. as he lunged
to seize her. and was gone through
the open door.
II was too late, though. Already
from behind, her cruel pursuers had
seized Doris. just as She turned and
began battling with them, fighting
them OF like a tigress.
Roughly they threw her into the
stern OF the boat and started the
engine, Just as Ramsay managed to
free himself and ran halloolug
down the shore. 1t was too late.
They were heading out from the
shore already and were some dis
lance away.
At that moment. around a point
came a small, rounG(bottomed row.
boat. with a single oarsman. II
was the fisherman himself who had
discovered the loss OF his motor
boat at the float on the mainland
and had been toiling at the oars
ever since the storm had let up.
As he caught sight OF his very
boat. he swung out across the bow.
calling and swearing loudly at the
thieves. rowing savaGely right
across their course. The Hidden
Hand tried to avoid the rowboat,
but It was impossible.
A Terrible Trick.
Here, you pirates, that's my
boat" growled the aggrieved fisher
man, seizlns 1t by the Eunwale as
IL swept past, now towing him
along.
II was a chance for Doris and she
as about to take II. Besides she
could now see Ramsay calling on
the shore.
But the chance asd. A. the HiA-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
LEADERS OF ALL PARTIES FAVOR OUR
GOOD ROADS
EFFICIENT HIGHWAY
COMMISSION
1.tf * 5titt<f .@s
Cost of Administration Lowest in
the Country.

A striking tribute to the efficiency
and economy of the Wisconsin State
Highway department is found in a
report just issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture. This re-
port discusses State Highway Mileage
and Expenditures for the Calendar
Year 1915 Some interesting facts are
set forth therein.
Analysing the engineering and adj
ministrative costs of the eleven states
which spend 100000 or over under
the direction of state highway COM
missions it is found that this cost in
the state of Wisconsin is 1.94 per cent,
being lower than all the other states
except Michigan, which is 1.8O per
cent Il Under the Michigan system,
however, a large part of the engineer,
ing and administrative cost is borne by
the counties and hence it may be
stated that the Wisconsin highway
commission is administered more eco
nomically, that is, the cost of en-
cheering and administration, is less
than any state in the union. New
York tops the list with an admins
trative cost of 90 per cent, Massachu-
sets is second, with II per cent,
Pennsylvania third with Ga per cent,
and then follow Minnesota 40 per cent,
Maryland 4 per, cent, Ohio % per cent,
and Michigan and Wisconsin as above
indicated. The average engineering
and administrative cost Of all these
states is So per cent.
Some other interesting features are
developed by the analysis. During the
past twelve years the annual eXpendi-
lures on rural roads and bridges in
the United States has increased from
about $18,OOO,OOO to $282,0O0,O00, an
increase of over 1900 per cent Dur
ing the same period the annual state
aid for road and bridge construction
and maintenance has increased from
$2,550,OOO to $53, 492, 900 or almost
1000 per cent. AS the analysis says
it means that efficient road construc-
ton is demanding larger unit. AS
showing the growth of state super
vision, in 1904 state aid and control
of highways and bridges prevailed in
only eleven states. In 1916 all but
four states Georgia, Indiana. South
Carolina, and Texas had some form of
a state highway department
Another striking feature is that in
1904 practically all of the state funds
were applied to road construction, not
to exceed per cent being devoted
to maintenance. In 1915, about $6,000,-
900 or 80 per cent was applied to main
tenance sEf3tt ,gli@ii li.t stfh
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
GOOD ROADS THE ENEMY OF
=. THE MAIL ORDER HOUSE

There is a widespread campaign
throughout Wisconsin on the part of
the local business men against the
mai. order house. The business which
once went to the local dealer is now
gofne TO Chicago AID other large cen
tiers. There is no more effective way
of meeting this competition than by
good roads. TIE. mail order :, house
saves one trip for the farmer. It saves
several hours in driving into town
to get the purchase. He simply writes
a, letter and Uncle Sam carries it for
him. He has but one trip to- make
to receive his goods when. they arrive.
Give the farmer good roads and he
will be far more likely to come into
town to see the local dealer before
making his purchase. He will come in
often. Frequent trips mean frequent
calls, and this means business. Good
roads will move a farmer miles near
er to your store. There is no stronger
slogan for the business men than
better the roads and beat the mail
order house, s b.goI h9e aa
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
The Doctors Prescription.

OF, historical interest is the1 emblem
.Sund on every prescription written by.
/ physician. consisting Of the letter L
with a thin line across the tail at an
acute angle. According to historians, it
had its origin in the ancient custom Of
allowing the stars to dominate every
day incidents of life. The r thus mark
ed is said to have been the emblem used
by the, ancients to designate the ST.
premacy of Jupiter. Therefore it seems
probable that some chemist Of ancient
days gave prescription or recipe to
some patient and wrote upon it the en-
blem of the planet then in the ascend
ancy, which happened to be Jupiter.
This emblem has come down to the
present time and is always used. In a
more modern sense it stands for a
recipe, or an order or instruction to
take something. Literally construed.
recipe means "take" or take thou"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04

IT RAINED THE NIGHT BEFORE

IL KLAuNED III lNIJI1l BEFOFE
The Napoleon met defeat
Was because did not die
But all his in they wouldn't
And simply for the that It raned the night before
1t happened Europe, in the Badger
the could
And the it that 1t raned the night before
We eve hundred thousand in Wisconsin
astounding
But the muddy the
And all machines rains the
The capital invested in the people own
Is Forty Million their history
They and
But they nickel if it rains
an County
Twenty
So all the home for it rained before
The
The Fair turned a and its prestige took
Was wholly that it rained the
The
1t mostly the that it rained the
Since the started
But the them emphasizes
How ALL useless if it
the the have
To make Wisconsn's Highways the finest
Then completed,
But it difference If it the
William Dawson, Madison,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04

We are living in an age of efficiency
and the most conspicuous example of
American inefficiency is the bad roads.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
River Falls AstonisIIed by Mer-
chants Story. !. sven

AT merchant relates the = fol-
lowing: For years could
not sleep wit hout turn
ing every hour. Whatever l ate
caused gas and sourness. Also had
stomach catarrh. ONE SPOON
Full buckthorn bark, glycerine,
ETC., as mixed in Adler-i-ka relieved
me INSTANTLY" Because Adler
ika fushes the ENTIRE alimentary
tract it relieves ANY CASE consti-
patton, sour stomach or gas and
prevents appendicitis. 1t has
QUICKEST action of anything we
ever sold."sC. r. Taggart. druggist
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
Ry Francis E. McGovern.

"The time has come for more sys-
tematic development of the main high
ways in the state. This should in
clude, among other things, the de-
velopment q the state trunk line.
Without neglecting any county, or
altering the present scheme, which
makes the county the unit Of admin
istration, continuous highways of uni
formly high-grade construction, run
ming through all the counties and con-
Meeting the various parts of the state,
should now be maze. l..E
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
La Toilette, Philip, McGoVern, Hat
ton, Williams and Husting
sJ@8 l..i Join Hands. sa III

Prior to the recent primary at which
candidates for governor were nomi-
mated, in response to the request OF
the Goods Roads Association Of Wis
consin, the various candidates went
on record in favor of the development
of an inter-county system of roads.
The following are excerpts from state
ments furnished to the Good Roads
Association of Wisconsin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
BY William H. Hatton.

'fAs it is apparent that the greatest
number will be served by trunk lines
connecting the principal centers OF
population, it is advisable to provide
at the beginning comprehensive plan
for such a system which shall reach
all parts of the state and with which
side roads will connect, these trunk
lines to be constructed wholly by the
state to insure efficiency and economy
in engineering and in the letting Of
contracts"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
By Senator Posert M. La toilette,

''Your program of state trunk roads
nc--th and south and east and west
is based on sound, economic principles
Such roads would materially aid the
farmers and many of the sinai! towns
of the state. The Beautiful lakes C
the state would be more accessible
to the centers Of population. Such
improvements of our highways woule
bring thousands of tourists frcm othe.
states, make better markets right a.
hand for, the, products of the dairy
and farm. 1t will be followed by a
greater incentive for the intensive
cultivation of our land ~ % 5e'21
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04

TRY OUR PRIME ROASTS
You will be captivated completely.
Everybody likes our roasts. Why2
That's easy. Its because they real
ways perfect, like roasts should be
We make no mistakes in meats and
our customers make no mistakes
buying of as.
MODEL MEAT MARKET
VINCEnT FAT PROPRIETOR
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
BY Governor Emanuel Philip.

'T believe we would get better re-
suits if the state would give it's as.
sistance in the construction of trunk
lines I do not think that we shall
ever get good roads by, the, present
system of building short pieces here
ana there. & = / hope that the
next legislature will seriously consider
a change in the trunk line system"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
BY Burt Williams.

There is vital need for the construc-
ton of main trunk lines throughout
the state to serve the states interests
as quickly as possible, to replace scat
tered and ineffective effort with CO.
operation and unity and to give great
er leadership and inspiration to the
road movement in Wisconsin,"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04

Twenty-six, million, horses in Amer:
lea consume $4,000, 100000 worth of
food yearly, more than the, cost of:
operating the 25OiO0O miles of railroads
With the development of the explosive.
type of motor engine it is going to be.
found that the horse is an expensive
means of transportation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
BY Senator Paul O. 1Husting.

! n By Senator Paul Q. 9Hustlng. eIJ
] 1.-THE folly and wastefulness Of the
methods that have in the years past
been employed in the Improvement OF
our roads is SO, apparent and the need
and economy of systematic and pernla-
nent highway Improvement is so self
evident that it should not, in my
opinion, be open to argument. Or
CARNATIONS of your kind deserve the
credit for educating the people. to the
waste of money and energy caused
through piece-meal highway improve
ment." f KS n!as.Jta o aE3t
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-04-26
Bows And Girls.

The difference is apparent early: A
boy has as much fun in stoning cat as a
girl has in hunting for vioIets. A boys
curiosity is directed TO ihe ice box girl
would like to see what is in the top bureau
drawer.
A girl can give the impression when
away from home that her parents are
wealthy; boy cgnnot.
Every boy is old enough TO be welcome
10 sit in the neighbor girls parlor many
years before his sister thinks he is old
enough TO sit in the parlor at home.
A girl is never so young that she will
reveal 10 guests at party that the spoons
are borrowed; a boy child never grows
so old that he fails TO.
Give the boy dollar and he will eat
it; give his sister one and she will wear
il.
. A brother and sister may have hair OF
the same shade, but the boys is called
red and the girls, auburn.
When brothers fight, it is over the
larger share OF pie; when sisters quarrel,
one has worn something belonging TO the
other without asking permission.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-04-26
Editorial Courtesy.

II is said that the return OF manu-
script to its author may imperil the life
OF the Chinese editor and that only apollo
getic language can he expect TO avert the
awful wrath of the contributor whose
manuscript is declined, and save his own
editorial head from swift decapitation.
The following letter from Celestial edi-
tor, accompanying the return OF manu-
script, surely denotes tactfuness and a
realization OF the direful consequences if
the recipient took offense thereat:
Most honored brother OF the sun and
the moon: Your slave is PROSTATE at
your feet kiss the ground before you,
and implore you TO authorize me to speak
and live. Your manuscript has permitted
itself 10 be looked upon by US. and we
have read il with enchantment. swear
on the tomb of my ancestors that have
never read anything more exalted. Ii is
with fear and terror that | send II back.
II allowed myself to print this treasure,
the president would Immediately order
me to use it forever as an example, and
forbid me 10 dare TO prirt anything in
ferior. My literary experiences enables
me to declare that such literary pearls are
only created once in ten thousand years,
and this is why take the liberty OF re-
turning il 10 you.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-04-26
Time To Quit Extrayagance.

II is time for sacrifice in little things.
We have been living, as a people, on an
extravagant scale. We have wasted our
food as if there were an abundant and
never failing supply, though the world is
facing another crop shortage. Our Gov
ernment estimates are portentous. The
outlook for the wheat harvest is dark.
And yet we are expected to furnish more
wheat this year than last year for the AL
lies-our Allies. Higher prices confront
us. Shall we 90 on with elaborate din
ners end banquets as if the granaries OF
the country were filled 10 bursting and
the cattle ranches overstocked
A season OF palmer living and thinking
would do us good. Our bodies and
minds would be the better for if. The
last few years have been a time of physi-
cal and intellectual overfeeding. Our
"literature" aud "art' have suffered from
dyspepsia and nerves. We need diet
of simplicity and seriousness 10 put US in
trim again.
The war has wrought just such change
in Europe. 1t has compelled men to
slough off the uuwholesome superfluities
OF life and turn their thought upon the
realities that count in the end. ltis a
trem endous tragedy that has overtaken
the belligerent countries beyond the sea !;
il is a solemn hour for us who stand at
the threshold of the great conflict. Let
us meet our new responsibilities not with
mere emotional patriotism. but with the
dignity and solemnity that fittingly char
acterize the making ola rigorous but right
eous war.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-04-26
A Slight MIx-Up,

A girl from small town was the latest
arrival at select boarding school in
Massachusetts,. Being pretty and well
dressed, she became very popular
She was elected 10 be an usher for the
monthly musicale and, being painfully
shy, she was wrought up over Il. She
never could do-no, there was no draw
ing out. The evening found her perfect
flutter of pink frills, waiting 10 receive the
early comers. Each OF the other young
women who were acting in this capacity
bore forward an imposing auditor. and
Elsie found herself inquIring OF very
old and elegant gentleman, in voice
scarcely audible.
"Sir, shall show you 10 seat2"
"What, what, whai?" demanded the
austere old fellow, holding his hand to
his ear.
"Sir," she screamed, in clustered
voice, 'shall ] sew you TO sheet2"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-04-26
Eo,ler Than The Fox.

The fox was smart enough but had
neither quadrant nor calipeD with him.
Dave Lester tracked the big fox into a
den during the snow and then played his
wits against the fox's. He took his boys
box rabbit trap and bored a iwo-ineh
auger hole in the rear end OF IT, lie set
II so that Il took up the whole entrance OF
the den. The fox could look through The
trap and could only guess as TO the sper-
aiure caused by the suger hole. The fox
knew that The trap would fall but he con-
Guided 10 risk il. lie entered The trap
and the door fell and there was no escape
through the auger hole and his hide Is
now hanging on the wall. The fox came
out the first night. The record In this
vicinity for fox TO remain holed up
when he has been discovered Is 23 days.
-POcdhOnfds Times.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-04-26
Caught.

He had no stomach for the army, but
presented himself for examination with
"sure trick" up his sleeve TO "work his
ticket" He was physically perfect. but
his eyesight was shocking-so bad, in
deed, that the sergeant thought the doctor
should see him.
First class physically" pronounced
the doctor, but when the medical man
applied the eye tests the would be re-
cruifs sight appeared much worse than
when the sergeant had him in haHd.
"No, no, my man; with sight like that
you're no use for the army" said the
medico. "But you ought to get glasses.
Stay, I've pair like microscopes and if
you see with them you can have them"
The spectacles were produced and fit
ted on and the recruit at once cried, "Oh,
see spIendidIy."
"Do you now2" said the doctor, with
sarcasm. Take him along. Sergeant,
and get him sworn in. There's no glass
in the spectacles."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-04-26
Deer And Their Horns.

As every year horses shed their old
coats for new ones. so the deer in our
forests or parks drop their horns. Then
in about l3 weeks new pair OF horns ar
rives, but they are tender and easily hurt.
A deer's new horns are called velvet
because they grow inside OF tough skin
which Is coarse and brown, like plush.
For a long time he Will not thrash his
horns in the brush. ltwould be too pain
full
When deer is without horns he feels
weak. When the new horns start and
grow he begins to feel strong again. At
ter while he tosses his head from side
to side every day, and then he runs rap
idly through the brush and underground.
As his new horns become big they also
become less easily hurt. Ia running
through the brush the outer skin or "vel-
vet" is brokea and peeled away. In the
spring time the velvet" drops oil. The
deer is then very proud This new clothes.
II a deer is not afraid OF pain, he VII
try out his new horns long before his
mates do. He will not wait until the
"velvet" Is gone. Wherever this outer
skin is broken too soon the horn grows
longer and larger. Thus Il IS that the
bravest deer has the biggest pair oi ihons.
Dogs can easily follow deer by means
OF scent In each hoof there Is pasty
mass which leaves a slight odor on the
ground. For this reason hunters usually
take dogs with them.
But wise deer can get away. Tie viii
dash into a stream. run In II. wash the
odor from his feet and then circle back to
his home. This act causes The dog TO
lose the deef's trail.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-04-26

Johnson recently bought fine new
motor Car, and proudly drove home in it
to show it off to his wife.
Now, Mrs. Johnson was plain OF face
but wealthy; moreover, they had had a
tilt that morning over brekfast, and she
hadn't recovered her equilibrium yet
"Humph!" she said coldly, as she eyed
the glittering car. "It's very nice, but if
it hadn't been for my money it wouldn't
have been here"
Johnson. stung badly, promptly re-
piled;
"Ah, well, Maria, you must remember
that, if it had't been for your money, you
wouldn't have been here either |"