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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-06-08

lives Of several people, my friend. How
ever. there's another one downstairs"
what in blazes do you mean?'' de,
manded. Another what?'
Another clock. But this was the
uncle's room"
Uncle? You mean old Sam Mer.
rilI?"
Yes. The man who In his last years
seemed so fond of Arthur. yet left all
his property to George. in a will dated
five years before"
II don't understand
civilian Pendulum" he answered
willis N. Pendulum. The will is in
the pendulum. And now. by heaven.
1t is in my hand!'
While speaking he had swung open
the door OF the clock case. and now he
turned toward me so suddenly that we
crashed together.
Light a match he cried And
managed TO do it.
! saw yellow and stained paper in
my friends hand. Before the match
burned out we knew the nature Of the
IL
and the name signed to 1t was Samuel
Merrill.
We did not wait for lamplight. but
examined the will then and there by
the aid of matches. 1t seemed quite
reguar-it was dated 1S63-and 1t
made Arthur Merrill and not George
the chief heir--sole heir indeedto the
property In Kingsford
ARTHUR left all he possessed to Jane
Stanbury." said Drummond by this
will he was made owner OF this estate
1t therefore passed to his fancee 1t
was never properly at issue in the pres
ent litigation. No interest in 1t belong.
ed to any Of the contestants nor could
have passed to me. / have signed away
my share for nothing. because this es-
tate Is legally vested i'm Jane Stanbury.
and ] shall never contest her right
to It.
And now" he added as the last
match burned out, do you begin to
understand what happened? George
Merrill, who was at home on furlough
when his uncle died. found this will
here In this room. Doubtless he knew
that the earlier will had not been de-
stroyed. Upon an impulse he hid this
document in the first place that he
could think of and never had the moral
strength to reveal its existence until
the hand OF death was on him Then
he told comrade. one who was suf-
ferer with him In the same hospital. no
N e~t.eN zI IL. 20
the secret, to disclose the right will.
but preserve Georges name from dis
grace. Why this riddle wasn't read
long ago Is a mystery to me-"
Although this was largely conjecture.
1t has stood every test OF subsequent
investigation. and the title Of Miss
Stanbury 20 the property has been con.
drned by the usual legal means.
Whether this has made my friend poor
er In all that counts for real value In
this world ! will not venture to assert.
Indeed. he has lost the estate only TEN
porarily. for II will no doubt pass to-
Margaret Stanbury at her aunt's death.
and Margaret and Drummond are To
be married early next month.
AS for the soldier beneath the stone
cross. he Is now designated by his
rightful name. The clew furnished by
his association with George Merrill anil
by the presumption of his having been
an inmate Of the same hospital closc
upon the date OF Merrill's death SUI
iced for his identification after pr
tient search OF records. and his nam
proved to he Albert Stevens.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-06-08

RAILROAD regulation must encourage
sound credit or regulation Is failure"
says A. J. County. vice president OF
the Pennsylvania railroad. Sound
credit is just as essential in the rail-
road business as In mercantile affairs.
and railroad cannot have sound cred
II without the earning power to pro
duce credit basis. Cos
servafiox, Ncr York.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03
ENGLAND NOW CHEWING GUM
Foreigners for Years Refused to Adopt
American Product, but Situation
Suddenly Has Changed.

For n great many years American
chewing gum manufacturers have en-
deavored to teach foreign countries to
appreciate their product. The stuff
that ways the American jaw has been
advertised ~assiduously n France, Eng
land and Germany. but with small
success. The non-American couldn't
understand it. He tried to swallow 1t,
and when he couldn't he gave it up
as incomprehcnSible nonsense. Over
in London, where it was called "Ameri-
can Chewing Candy" many shops
called attention to it, but the British
ers passed it by and went on buy
ing toffee and lollipops and Turkish
delight.
Suddenly, and without warning, the
situation has changed. Remarkable
figures recently published appear t.. in
dicate that England has incontinently
become a nation of gum chewers.
Manufacturers report that within six
months they have increased their
monthly sales from 3,OOO,O 600 to 2O,UOO,-
600 sticks. And the English .wspa-
pers cannot understand it.
The explanation seems simple. 1t is
said that the largest amount of chew
ing gum is used in the army, and the
next largest amount in the navy. Dur
ing the last great advance. it was is
sued as an army ration. Somehow or
other the soldiers discovered that it
Stpadied their nerves TO have SCme-
thing to chew on in time of stress;
and of course it has the effect of
keeping the parched throat moist. It
is more than probable that the Cana
dian soldier impaired this information
to the English TOmmies-and expert
ence did the rest.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03

in Il chronological file, he would have
mad" the discovery that the stiffness
of those letters had gradually worn
away and that they were now a good
deal more than mere pro forma bulle-
tins. There had crept into them, so
Subtly and So gently that between one
of them and the mex no striking diff
ference was to be observed, Il friend
illness, quite cool, but wonderfully firm.
She was frankly jubilant Over the sue
ccsS of her costumes in Come On In"
and she incloSed with her letter q COM
piece.
Ii was a week later that she wrote:
Il met James Randolph coming up
broadway yesterday afternoon, about
five o'clock. He's changed. somehow.
since | saw him last as brilliant as
ever, but ralher-lurid. Do you sup
pose things are going badly between
him and Eleanor? He told me he hadn't
seen you forever. Why don't you drop
in on hinl!'
1t was quite true that Rodney had
seen very little of the I,andolphs
since Rose went away. When it came
to confronting his friends, in the
knowledge that they knew that Rose
had left him for the Globe chorus. he
found that james Randolph was one
he didn't care to face. He knew too
much. He'd he too Internally curious.
too full of surmises, eager for expert
ments.
But Roses letter put II different face
on the matter. The fact that she'd
put him. partly at least. in possession
of what she had observed and what
she guessed. gave him IA sort of shield
against the doctor. So one evening
about nine o'clock he slipped out and
walked around to the new house which
Willis had built for Eleanor.
Rodney reflected, as he stood at the
door after ringing the bell, that his
own house was quite meek and conven-
tional alongside this. BERTHE had gone
his limit.
The grin which his reflection afford
ID him was still on Rodney's lips when.
servant having opened the door, he
himself face to face with the
lrchitect. Berthe. top-coated and hat
n hand, was waiting for Eleanor. who
vas coming down the stairs followed
y a maid with her carriage-coat. He
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03
DRYING IN THE sun
Have All Fruits and Vegetables
Properly Prepared.
SIMPLE APpARATUSF0R WORK
Bright, Hot Sunny Days Are Best, and
Close Watch Should Be Kept That
Rain or Dew Does Not Hit
Product-Avoid Insects.

(From FARMERS BULLETIN S41, United
States Department of Agriculture.)
The drying of fruits and vegetables
In the u is a simple process If they
have been prepared properly. In Its
simplest form such drying consists In
spreading the freshly prepared slices
or pieces on sheets of paper, or, If
there is danger of the products stick
Ing, spreading on old pieces Of muslin
held down with stones. Bright, hot,
sunny days are chosen for this work,
and a close watch is kept to see that
no rain or dew vets the product. If
flies and other insects are abundant, a
mosquito bar Is thrown over the prod
uct. Once or twice a day the slices
are stirred or turned over with the
hand and the thin ones which dry first
are taken out. Sun drying has much to
recommend it. since it requires no ex-
penditure of fuel and there Is little
danger of the product becoming over
heated. Dust, however, gathers on the
product, and, unless it is protected
carefully, flies, and especially certain
insects which habitually attack dried
fruits, will lay their eggs upon 1t.
These eggs later will hatch out, and
the worms, or larvae, will riddle the
dried fruits or vegetables, rendering
them unfit for the table.
Trays Of Uniform Size.
Fruits and vegetables, when dried in
the sun, generally are spread on large
trays of uniform size, so constructed
that they can be stacked one on top
of the other and protected from rain
by means Of a cover made of oilcloth,
canvas or roofing paper.
A very cheap tray can be made Of
Of lumber three-fourths of an
inch thick and two inches wide, which
form the sides and ends, and lath,
which is nailed on to form the bottom.
one-eighth inch wide should be
left between the laths for ventilation,
and the traps can be raised off the
by placing them on poles or an
lmprovised %trestle. AS laths are four
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03
I'D like to know what you mean by

I'D like to know what you mean by
that" said Rodney.
"Why, look here" Randolph said,
"You know what n kid she was when
you married her. Schoolgirl! l used
to tell her things and she'd listen, all
eyes-hOlding her breath! Until l felt
almost as wise as she thought / was.
She was always game, even then. If
she started a thing, she saw 1t through.
If she said, Tell it to me straight,
why, h took 1t, whatever 1t might
be, standing up. She wasn't afraid OF
anything. Courage of innocence. Be-
cause she didn't know. Well, she's
courageous now. because she knows.
She understands tell you-every-
thing.
"Why, look here! We all but ran
into each other on the corner, there,
of Broadway and Forty-second street /;
shook hands, said howdy-dO. If l had
a spare half-hOur, would l come and
have tea with her here at the Knicker-
booker? Shed nodded at two or three
passing people while we stood there.
And then somebody said, Hello, Dane
and stopped. A miserable, shabby,
shivering little painted thing. Rose
said Hello and asked how she was
getting along. Was she working now?
She said no did Rose know of any
thing? Rose said, Give me your ad-
dress, and if l can find anything I'll
let you know The horrible little beast
told her where she lived and went
away. Rose didn't say anything to me,
except that she was somebody who'd
been out in Il road company with her.
But there was Il look in her eyes -.
ON, she knew-everything. Knew
what the kid was headed for. Knew
there was nothing to be done about it.
She had no flutters about it, didn't
pull Il long face, didn't, as l told you,
say Il word. But there was a look in
her eyes, somehow, that understood
and faced-everything. And then we
went in and had our tea.
II had a thousand curiOsities' about
her. I'd have found out anything l
could. But it was she who did the find
out. Beyond inquiring about you,
how lately I'd seen you, and so on, she
hardly asked a question; but pretty
o l saw that she understood me.
She knew what was the matter with
me-; knew what I'd made of myself.
And she didn't even despise me!
Il came back here to kick this
thing to pieces, give myself a fresh
And when | got here, l hadn't
The sand. l got drunk instead" He
poured himself another long drink and
slipped slowly.
Everybody knows" he said at last,
that dOwn-and-outs almost invariably
lake to drugs or drink. But l know
Why they do"
That remark stung Rodney out of his
ong silence. During the whole of Ran
iolph's recital of his encounter with
Rose he'd never once lifted his eyes
rom the gray ash of his cigar. He
|ldn't want to look at Randolph, nor
hink about him. just wanted to re-
member every word he said, so that he
Ould carry the picture away intact.
GRO RE
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03

feet long, these lath trays are most
economical of material when made -four
feet in length.
Better but more expensive trays can
be made by substituting galvanized
wire screen, On%e-eighth or One-fOurth
inch mesh, for the laths, in which case
the most economical size would depend
upon the width of the wire screen OBJ
tainable.
A cheap and very satisfactory drier
for use over the kitchen stove can be
made by any handy boy or carpenter
from a small amount of small-mesh
galvanized-wire netting and a number
of laths or strips of wood about one
half inch thick and two inches wide.
The screen may be tackled directly on
the framework to make the drying
shelves, or the framework can be made
to support separate trays. By using
two laths nailed together, the frame
work can be stiffened and larger trays
made if desirable. This form or any
of the lighter makes of driers can be
suspended from the ceiling we the
kitchen range or over the oil, gasoline
or gas stove, and it will utilize the hot
air which rises during the cooking
hour. 1t can be raised out of the way
or swung to n side by a crane made
Of lath when the stove is required for
cooking purposes, and lowered or
swung back to utilize the heat which
otherwise would be wasted when the
of the stove is not in use.
Another homemade cookstove drier
be used on a wood or coal range
Or a kerosene stove can be made easily
md cheaply. Dimensions: Base "a by |
10 inches; height SO inches. A base
six inches high is made of galvanized
sheet iron. This base slightly flares
-oward the bottom and has two small
openings for ventilation in each of the
our sides. On the base rests a boxlike
'rame made of 1 or 1h-inch strips
# wood. The two sides are braced
With 1A-inch strips which serve as
'leats on which the trays in the drier
est. These are placed at intervals of
hree inches. The frame is covered
With tin or galvanized sheet iron which
s tackled to the wooden strips of the
rame. Thin strips of wood may be
Ised instead of tin or sheet iron. The
|oor is fitted on small hinges and fas-
ened with a thumb latch. It opens
vide, so that the trays can be removed
asily. The bottom of the drier is
made of a piece of perforated galva-
lied sheet iron. Two inches above
he bottom is placed a solid sheet of
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03

'Wnat makes you think he knOWST'
Violet demanded.
well. for one thing" said Jimmy
when Rose was asking for news of
all of you. she said: 4 hear from Rod
ney regularly. Only he doesn't tell
me much gossip"
Hears from him." gasped Violet.
~"Regularly " She was staring at jim
my In n dazed sort Of way. swell,
does she write t. him? Has she made
IT up with him? Is she coming back! y
II suppose you can just hear me
asking her all those questions? Casu-
ally, IN the aisle of II theater, while
she was getting ready for II running
Jump into II tnxi?"
The color came up into Violet's face
again. There was Il maddening sort of
~Jubilant popularity about these men,
the looks and almost winks they ex-
changed. the distinctly saucy quality
of the things they snid to her.
"of course she said cOolly, "if Rose
had told me that she heard from Rod
n"y regularly, although he didn't send
her much of the gossip, l shouldn't
have had to ask her those questions.
ia have known from the way she
looked and the way her voice sounded,
whether she Il writing to Rodney or
not, n whether she meant to come
hnc to him or not whether she was
ready to make it up if he w;ls-all
that. Amy who knew her at
NIL would, Only IA man, perfectly i'll
iatuated, grinning -. See If you can't
tell what she looked like and how she
said it,"
task.
We'll" he said, "shc didn't look ME
in the eye and register deep mean-
ingS or anything like that. | don't
know where she looked. AS far as the
of her voice went, it was
just as casual as if she'd been telling
m" what she'd had for lunch. But the
quality of her voice Just richenrd up
a bit, as If the words tasted good to
her. And she smiled, just barely, as
if she knew I'd be staggered and didn't
are. There you are! Now interpret
INT" me this dream, oh. Joseph"
NfOlet'S eyes were shining. "Why,
as plain" she said. "Cnn't you see
hat she's just waiting for him; that
come like a shot the minute he
says the word? And there he Is eat
ng his heart out for her, and in his
charging poor John perfectly ter
life prices for his legal services. when
he's got to do is to say please in
to be happy"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03

galvanized iron which Is three inches
less In length and width than the bot
tom. This sheet rests on two wires
fastened to the sides Of the drier. This
prevents the direct heat from coming
In contact with the product and serves
as a radiator to spread the heat more
evenly.
The first tray is placed three inches
above the radiator. The trays rest on
the cleats three inches apart. A drler
OF the given dimensions will hold eight
trays. The frame of the tray is made
of one-inch strips on which is tackled
galvanized screen wire, which forms
the bottom of the tray. The tray Is
Il by 10 inches, making 1t three inches
less In depth than the drier. The low
est tray, when placed in the drier, ia
pushed to the back. leaving the three
Inch space in front. The next tray is
placed even with the front, leaving a
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03

three-inch space in the back. The
other trays alternate in the same way.
This permits the current of heated air
to pass around and over the trays. A
ventilatOr opening, about two inches
wide and six inches long, is left in the
top of the drier, through which the
moist air may pass away.
This principle of construction is fol-
lowed so that currents of air will pass
over the product as well as up through
1T, gathering the moisture and passing
away. The movement of the current
of air induces a more rapid and uni
form drying. The upper trays can
be shifted to the lower part of the
drier, and the lower trays to the upper
part as drying proceeds, so as to dry
the products uniformly throughout.
Another Home Drier.
Still another home drier is the cook
stove oven. Bits Of food, %leftovers,
especially sweet corn, can be dried on
plates in a very slow oven or on the
back of the cOokstove and saved for
winter use. If the oven is very warm,
the door should be left ajar and the
temperature of the oven often noted.
Trays for use in the oven can be made
from a cOn~venient-sized galvanized
wire screen by bending up the edges
one Or two inches.
CoOkstOve driers on the market are
Of two types. One type consists Of a
series of trays upon which the material
be dried is spread. These trays are
placed in a framework one above the
forming a compartment through
which the heated air rises, carrying off
the moisture. The second type con.
Of a shallow flat metal box filled
with water and designed so that one
end can rest on the back of the stove
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03
GRAY Squirrel a Pest.

The American gray squirrel is likely
to prove a pest in England, as the
experience has been with the imported
rabbit in Australia. and the English
sparrow and startling in the United
States. OF its Introduction into Rich
mond park. Sir Frederick Treves re-
ports that it has not only driven out
the red squirrel, but it has spread into
neighboring gardens, where it is doing
great damage, especially to the buds
and shoots of young fruit trees, peas
and strawberries. Though its destruc-
ton has been ordered, it may have
scattered so far already that control
will not be easy.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03

~"o '~0SsaOsSO VII
Homemade Racks by Forcing Air
at Room Temperature Across Them.
and the other on a leg reaching to the
floor. 1t also may be supported over
a lamp.
Use Of Electric Fan.
The use of an electric fan in facili-
tating drying is feasible for those who
already own a fan. 1t has been found
that many sliced vegetables and fruits
placed in long trays three by one foot
and stacked in two tiers, end to end,
before an electric fan can be dried to
the requisite dryness within twenty
four hours. Some require much less
time. For instance, sliced string beans
and shredded sweet potatoes will dry
before a fan running at a moderate
speed within a few hours. In many
cities the electric fan will cost not
more than one-fourth of a cent an hour
run. The fan should be placed close
the stack of trays, and they should
not be filled SO full that the air cannot
pass freely through them. The fan
has a marked advantage I'm
the product keeps cool owing to
evaporation while 1t is being dried.
tending to retain the color and
eliminate spoilage.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03
To Dry Apples and Pears.

Early varieties and sweet apples
are not well adapted to drying. Win
ter apples should be used for this pur-
pose.
(a) Peel, core, trim, and slice one
fourth inch thick. Dip in weak salt
solution containing eight teaspoonfuls
to one gallon of water. Spread on
trays and dry. 1t is only necessary to
dry apples long enough for them to
become tough and somewhat leathery.
(b) Pare. core, and cut into eighths,
81 o r and slice In rings, using fruit
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03
Woman Carpenters in France.

A few women are being employed as
carpenters in France as an experiment
tai measure. They are housed in army
huts built by the contractor for them,
herself directly under a French mana
ger. A housekeeper-cook and a woman
supervisor have been engaged. Their
output and their pay is about half that
of men. They do lighter work of car
Dpntry.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03
Pay Her to Wait.

Shoe Salesman-But, my dear
Madam, you had better purchase a
pair while they are only twelve dol
lars. The price will soon go to twenty
five dollars.
Complacent CustOmer-Oh, then 1
won't take any just now. If they 70
that high I'll Just wait for my sec
ond childhood snd then l can 60 bare
foot.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03
CHAPTER XIII,

Rodney Gets a Clear View Of Himself.
1t VAS Rose herself who began this
correspondence with Rodney, within a
month of her arrival in New York.
If Rodney had done an unthinknble
thing: If he had kept copies of his let
tiers to Rose, along with her
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03

or vegetable slicer. As apples discolor
quickly, do not let them stand long
before drying. To prevent di~scolora-
ton, as the fruit is prepared 1t may
be dipped for M minute in a cold
salt bath, using one ounce Of salt TO
n gallon Of water. Remove surplus
moisture and dry at ITO degrees to
LOO degrees Fahrenheit, raising tenn
perature gradually. Dry from four to
six hours, and longer If necessary.
Pears are dried In the same way AZ
apples. They may be steamed ten
minutes before dryin0
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-01-31
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To Joe Wise, your heirs, ex-
 ecutors, assigns or personal re- presentatives:
 You are hereby notified that I l have expended in labor and improve ments the sum of one hundred dol- lars each year for the years of 1914, 1915 and 1916 on the Hidden Treas ure claim, a lode claim situated on right limit of Negsue Creek and re- | corded and more fully described in the records of the Cape Nome Min ing and Recording District, Second Division, Territory of Alaska.
 The above amount has been ex- pended under the provisions of the law concerning annual labor upon mining claims, being the amount required to hold said claim.
 And you are further notified that if you fail to contribute your pro- portion of said expenditure within ninety days after the last publica- tion of this notice, your interest in said claim will become the property of the undersigned, your co-owner, under section 2324 Revised Statutes of the United States.
 MARTIN STEINER.
 Co-Owner Date of first publ, Jan. 31, 1917. Date of last publ, May 2, 1917.