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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-26

them into the house, four Of them, and
led them out to the hall. There could
be no doubt whatever that the burglar
was in the dungeon. He had been
busy with his knife. and the lock was
nearly removed. II the officers had
been two minutes later, the dungeon
would have been empty. The girls were
sent upstairs at once, with the Allan
boy as guard-as guard. without re-
gard for the fact that he was probably
more frightened than any one Of them.
The chief officer raped briskly ON
the dungeon door. Then he clicked his
revolver.
There. are enough Of US to over
power three of you," he said curtly.
"And we have men outside the house,
too. If you put your firearms on the
head, you1l be we'll treated. If your
hands are not up. we fire on sight. Get
your revolvers ready. boys"
Then the officer opened the door.
Evidently the burglar was wise enough
to appreciate the futility of fighting
against odds. His hands were above
his head, and In less than a second he
was securely manacled.
The chief officer had been eying him
closely. "sayl" he exclaimed. "Aren't
you Limber-Limb Grantf The burglar
grinned, but did not answer. "By
Jovew shouted the onicer. TT is!
Call the girls down here" he ordered,
and when they appeared. gazing at the
burglar with mingled admiration, pity
and fear. he congratulated them with
considerable excitement.
Its Limber-Limb Grant," he ex-
planned. There's a reward Of i've
hundred dollars for him. You'll get
the money. as sure as you're born"
Then he turned again to the burglar.
'Say, Grant. what's a fellow like you
doing on such a ffth-rate job as this?
A Methodist parsonage 10 not just In
your line, IL itr'
Lmber-Limb laughed sheepishly.
"Well," he explained good-naturedly.
Chicago got too hot for me. had
to get out in a hurry, and couldn't
get my hands on any money. I had
fine lot Of jewels, but was SO pushed
! COuAOh Use lucH0s l ChIuC mere duu
loafed around town for a while, be-
cause folks said Mount Mark was so
fast asleep 1t did not even wake up
long enough to read the daily papers.
I heard about this parsonage bunch,
and knew the old man had gone OF to
get more religion. This afternoon at
the station saw a detective from Chi
cago get of the train, and knew what
that meant. But needed some cash,
and SO l wasn't above a little Job Of
this kind. I never dreamed Of getting
done up by q bunch Of preachers kids.
I went upstairs to get those family
Jewels I've heard about, and one Of
the little ones gave the alarm. al
ready had some Of them, 30 I came
down at once. I stopped in the dun
geon to get that money, and first thing
I knew the door banged shut. That's
all. You're welcome to the Ave hun
dred dollars, ladies. Someone was
bound to get 1t sooner or later. and
I'm partial to the ladies', every time"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-26
6uIIetins on Poultry.

The following publications Of the
United States department of agricul-
tural relate to poultry culture. The
Farmers Bulletins are available for
free distribution by the department:
81 Standard Varieties Of Chickens.
2s7 Poultry Management.
$50 Pheasant Raising in the United
States.
452 Capons and Caponizing.
52S Hints to Poultry Raisers.
$50 Important Poultry Diseases.
562 Boys and Girls Poultry Clubs.
574 Poultry House Construction.
5S5 Natural and Artificial Incubation
of Hens Eggs.
624 Natural and Artificial Breeding
of Chickens.
632 Simple Trap Nest for Poultry.
6S4 SQUAD Raising.
697 Duck Raising.
1877 Goose Raising.
791 Turkey Raising.
sO1 Mites and Lice on Poultry.
These publications are for sale BY
the superintendent of documents. gov
eminent printing office, Washington.
D. c., at the prices named:
"Guinea Fowl and It's Use as Food"
(Farmers' Bulletin 234.) Price. 8
cents.
Commercial Fattening Of Poultry"
Department Bulletin Ply Price, 10
cents.
white Diarrhea Of Chicks, With
Notes on Coccidiosis in Birds" tB. A.
l. Circular 1881 Price. s cents.
"A System Of Poultry Accounting"
(B. A. I. Circula 176.) Price 8 centA
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-26

get him in the closet? Begin at the
beginning. and tell me all about It."
Carol began the story with keen rel
ish. II woke up. and thought heard
someone in the room. supposed 1t
was Prudence. said, Prudence and
nobody answered. and everything was
quiet. But I felt there was someone
in there. nudged Lark, and she woke
up. He moved then, and we both heard
him. He was fumbling at the dresser,
and our ruby rings are gone. We
heard him step across the room and
into a closet. He closed the door after
him, didn't he Larkr'
"Yes, he did," agreed Lark. "His
hand was on the knob"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-26
CHAPTER vII-Contlnued.

Mr.. Starr had gone to Burlington
that morning to attend special revival
services for three days, and Prudence
had fifty whole dollars in the house.
an unwonted sum in that parsonage
And the dungeon was not locked. With
Ssut q word. she slipped softly out OF
the room, ran down the stairs. making
never q sound In her bare feet, and
saw, somewhat to her surprise, that
the dungeon door was open. Quickly
she flung it shut, pushed the tiny key
that moved the "catch." and was rush.
ing up the stairs again with never a
pause for breath.
A strange sight met her eyes in the
twins room. The twins themselves
were In each others arms. sobbing Bit
terly. Fairy was still looking hurried
ly through the dresser drawers.
'"They are gone" walled Carol, "our
beautiful ruby rings that belonged to
grandmother"
Nonsense" cried Prue with nervous
anger. you've left them in the bath
room, or on the kitchen shelves.
You're always leaving them somewhere
over the place. Come on. and we'll
search the house just to convince you"
"No, no." shrieked the twins. Lets
lock the door and get under the bed"
The rings were really valuable.
Their grandmother, their mothers
mother, whom they had never seen,
had divided her real jewelry" between
her two daughters. And the mother of
these parsonage girls, had further d.
vided her portion to make 1t reach
through her own family of girls!
"Our ringsl Our rings!" the twins
were wailing, and Connie. awakened
BY the noise, was crying beneath the
covers Of her bed.
Maybe we'd better phone for Mr..
Allan" suggested Fairy. '1The girls are
% nervous they will be hysterical by
the time we finish searching the
house."
"Well, let's do the upstairs then"
said Prudence. "Get your slippers and
kimonos, and we'll 60 into daddy's
ROOM"
But inside the door Of daddy's room,
With the younger girls clinging to her.
and Fairy looking odd and disturbed,
Prudence stopped abruptly and stared
about the room curiously.
sTairy, didn't father leave his watch
hanging on that nail by the table?
Seems to me I saw 1t there this morn
fne. I remember thinking would
tease him for being forgetful."
And the watch was not there.
II think 1t was Sunday he left it."
answered Fairy In low voice. II re-
member seeing 1t on the nail. and think
ing he would need it-but believe 1t
was Sunday"
Prudence looked under the bed, and
in the closet, but their fathers room
was empty. Should they 60 farther7
For q moment, the girls stood looking
at one another questioningly. Then
they heard Q loud thud downstairs, as
Of someone pounding on door. There
was NO longer any doubt. Someone
was In the housed Connie and the
twins screamed again and clung to
Prudence franucally. And Fairy said.
II think we'd better lock the door and
stay right here until morning, Prue.
But Prudence faced them stubborn
~. IF you think I'm going to let any
one steal that nfty dollars. you are
mistaken. Fifty dollars does not come
often enough for that, I can tell you"
IT'S probably stolen already" OBJ
5ected Fairy.
"Well. II It 10, we'll md out who did
v and have them arrested. I'm going
Aown to telephone to the police. Yoa
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-26
Need Of Influence,

Every one of US needs influence
and some impulse outside of ourselves
to compel US to strive for our ideals.
The best impulse that can uplift the
life is the friendship of Jesus. He
says: 'Ye are as friends II ye do what
soever I command you"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-26
Coda Presence.

Did it ever occur to you that the
signs Of Gods presence are granted
to the farmer more than any other
mani Look around your home and
fields and see.
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(TO BE CONTINUED.)

Trees Affected by Lightning.
No particular species Of tree is more
susceptible to lightning stroke than
any other except In so far as the spe-
eiss detesminas ths height e tho tsaA.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-26
IT'S TRULY AN ILL WIND
THAT BLOWS NOBODY
GOOD AND THIS WIND
BRINGS LUCK TO THE
PARSONAGE.

Mr.. Starr, widower Methodist
minister. Is assigned to the con-
gregaton at Mount Mark. la.
He has Ave charming daughters.
Prudence. the eldest, keeps
house for him. Fairy Is a col
lege freshman. Carol and Lark,
twins, are in high school. Con-
stance Is the baby" The ac-
ttvities Of the Starr girls-Pru-
dence's work, Fairy's school af-
fairs. the pranks Of the young
sters-and the family perplexi-
ties make the story; 1t is simply
q recital Of glorifled homely in
cidents. This installment de-
scribes the capture of burglar
in the parsonage.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-26

Now what do you suppose the
girls will do with that five hun
dred dollars7 How much will
they devote to church purposes
foreign missions, for instance?
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-26
IMPROVED UNIroRM INTERNATIONAL
NlNDMSOO0L
LESSON

(By REV. P. b. FITZWATER. D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible in the
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.)
tcopyriEht. 1918. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-26
WOMEN'S WORK IN THE WAR
Ask the College Woman's InteIIi
geace Bureau.

ASK us. If we don't know we will
find out"
This sign will introduce a College
Woman's Intelligence Bureau into
hundreds Of towns this summer. The
bureau will cooperate with other 10.
cal food conservation agencies now
organized.
These bureaus are being started by
college girls who took the Food Ad
ministration' food conservation
courses this past winter while they
were at school.
The purpose of these bureaus is tc
answer any question that may arise
in the mind of the housekeeper in fol
rowing the program of the Food AID
ADMINISTRATION and to give her the ben
eft of the specialized training in fooC
science these girls have received dur
ing the past winter
IF Mrs Duncan wants a weeks
Wheatless menus of perfectly bal
anced meals, by notifying the Col
lege Woman's Intelligence Bureau il
her town to this effect, that day thu
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-26

OF them, and seemed deeply touched
ana strengthened by finding that Am.
eflcan women had come so far 10
help
One Of the great reasons why it is
necessary to send American women
abroad is the atmosphere they throw
ABOUT the caneens and hospital huts
Men build houses; women make
homes, remember in this connec.
ton hospital ward which the won.
ell nurses had made specially home.
like They had utilized every sort Of
receptacle for flower vases. Even
boche helmets were filled with for
get-me-nots, and tin can covered nv
old straw hats were used as baskets
for field buttercups.
The greatest thing | brought back
from my trip was that we must take
nome to our boys over there. We
can do it partly by making our letters
Just as full of cheerful home news
and normal life as possible"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-26
Types OF Women Needed For
War Service In Europe

Miss Mabel Boardman, the only
uoman on the executive board of the
American Red Cross, who has lust
returned from visit of inspection
abroad. answers the question, What
sort of women workers should 60 to
Europe?" Miss Boardman says.
Those who are absolutely repre-
sentative of the best American wom-
anbood should be sent abroad. Our
women over there in relief work rep
resent the whole United States to our
allies and to our own soldiers. They
must be women of strong character.
Who are able to face abnormal condi-
tions, who possess perfect health and
an infinite amount of tact. This is
no adventure, but the hardest of
hard work. The canteen workers,
for instance, must be ready at any
time during the day or night to be
on duty when troop trains are routed
through.
When a woman says to me, Il
want to go to France to do executive
work | feel doubtful of her success.
But when woman says, 1 want to
20 to France to do any sort of work
that may be expected of mel am
willing to do anything | feel then
that she is the material out of which
a possible executive may be made
The woman workers must be able to
obey orders and to work under rigid
discipline.
Many persons have wondered why
we have sent American women for
canteen work instead of American
men who are not in the Army OF
English and French women who are
already over there. In the first
place, the rolling canteens near the
front are conducted by men The
canteens on the lines Of eommunica-
ton are conducted by women because
II has been felt that their presence is
an encouragement to the soldiers. In
the second place, French womer
would not be able to understand the
soldiers, and neither they nor the
Englishwomen would represent
home to our men, which is the mos
essential thing. Again and agar
canteen workers told me that soldiers
entering the canteen stopped in The
doorway with amazement at the sigh
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-26

the intensive training of sailors. We
must back up and encourage these not
only with the power of public opin-
ion, but with money and still more
money, for our vital interests are now
fixed upon the sea, and, indeed, not
only for the duration of the war but
for all time. Opportunity, with big
O. now beckons us to re-establish ou2
merchant marine to its former proud
place upon the seas.
have been making a trip on the
Newport. the merchant marine school
ship of the New York State Nautical
School. Had | space, | could bear
extended witness to the excellent
work that is being accomplished by
this institution. The pity of 1t If
that there are not more of such state
institutions. Massachusetts, is now
THE only other State maintaining a
Nautical School. Pennsylvania had
one but 1t was discontinued for want
of support. Such schools should now
be maintained by every maritime
state in the Union, for they turn out
trained sailors, fit upon graduation t"
become officers of merchant ships.
Their field of usefulness is, however,
necessarily restricted to the training
Of bows of their own states-fo" they
are state institutions, and therefore
their increase is all the more urgent
ly called for.
The New York State Nauticai
School is now planning to extend its
field of usefulness. May its hands
be properly upheld! We have but two
training ships. Great Britain has sig
teen such before the war, and every
great power, to say nothing Of some
lesser ones. was better equipped than
we in means for training its merchant
marine.
There is another phase of the ship
ping question that demands public at
tention. Insidious German propagah-
Ha is still spreading its poison gas II
cur shipyards and doing much to re-
duce the output. All the more need
therefore, of good American propa
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-26

ganda to Offset this-such propagan-
da as the Vigilantes are enabled to
send broadcast. There are times, at
least, when the voice of the people
is the voice of God, and for Gods
sake and for the country's sake let
this voice be uplifted to fan the breeze
that will blow our ships across the
sea and in a demand for more ships
and more men to man them
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-26

men,
We've got the money, too"
This is a couplet from Englands old
lingo song and | would that Uncle
Sam could join in the chorus feeling
that he could make good the words.
We have got the money but we
haven't got the ships or the trained
men, and these are the crying need
of the hour.
i We plan to have a million and a
half men across before the close of
the year. 1t is estimated that this
will necessitate 100000 tons Of
shipping. At present we have a
scant 100000 tons. Experts of the
Shipping Board, confirmed by leading
naval officers as we'll as Secretary
Baker, say that fighting man can
not be sent to Europe properly armed
and equipped and properly maintained
on less than nine tons of shipping
General Wood estimates that 5,00O,-
900 American soldiers will be needed
for the winning of this war. This
means the stupendous total of 45,0OO,-
900 tons of shipping, and this ship
ping must be properly manned
Either we must have tse required
amount of tonnage or we must send
our men unarmed to Europe in the
hope that our Allies can supply them
with the proper equipment.
Our success in this war, victory, de-
Ipends upon the ability of our mer-
Icbant marine to transport our forces
Ito the fighting line in France. The
enormous amount of tonnage de-
Imanded calls for an enormous num-
Der of men to man the ships as they
are launched. And it must be remem-
bered that it takes time to make q
sailor.
On the 4th of July next, there will
be the greatest launching of ships In
cur history, but ships are useless
without trained sailors to man them
and these ships, to be launched on
independence Day, will be but droF
in the bucket to what must come al
ter.
We must have trained men, we must
provide the facilities for training men
We can't rely upon million sailor
Swinging up overnight any more thar
we could realize Bryan's foolish
dream of million soldiers mad
ready overnight The whole world is
calling for ships, ships-but OF VIVA
iuse are ships without men 70 mar
them?
There are various organizations fol
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-26
NEW SUGAR REGULATIONS

( Three pounds of sugar per I
Z person per month is the new (
: allotment of sweeting, accord (
! Ing to a ruling telegraphed by
J State Food Administrator Brax- I
= ton Beacham to County Food I
Administrator J. Walker Pope. I
= The telegram, which will be I
2 read with the greatest interest
, by every housewife, because of I
? its vital connection with the
2 business of housekeeping and
? the difficult task of planning
2 three meals day, is as fol-
z lows:
2 Orlando, Fla, June 81, 1918.
2 u. Walker Pope,
2 Winter Haven, Fla:
2 Make public Immediately
2 following order which super
2 sedes all previous orders relat-
2 ing to sugar. The allotment of
2 sugar for the State of Florida
2 under this rule is fixed at
2 three pounds per person per
e month, and no retail dealer
z shall make sale to an individ-
Q ual of quantity greater than
2 three pounds per month. Ho-
2 tells and public eating places
2 shall be allowed an allotment
2 of three pounds of sugar for
q each ninety meals served
2 Home Gamers will be allowed
2 but twenty-five pounds for
2 home-preserving purposes on
q certificates now in use. Further
y details of this order will be
2 mailed you without delay.
9 (Signed) "BEACHAM.
u
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-26

Wilson Hardware Co.

Boothbay Harbor, Me- has the dis
tinction of having the youngest chief
engineer in the state. He is Merrill
Miller, age "a, and Is the chief engi-
.reer on the Dutch steamer Ysilhaven,
now on the way to South America.
His younger brother, Austin Is second
engineer on the steamer Snug Harbor.
He Is %.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-26

Secretary McAdoo says: Let no
one who genuinely loves America
and wants to serve fail to enlist in
the great army of War Savers during
the period ending June 28,"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-26

Every time a German submarine
sinks a ship, so much product of la
Dor and materials is wasted. Every
time you buy anything not needed,
so much product of labor and materi.
ais is wasted.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-26

menu will be sent to her explained
Dean Olin Templin. of the United
States Food Administration IF
Mrs. James wants to know how many
calories a quart of milk contains in
comparison to a pound of porterhouse
steak, she can have that information
in a few minutes by telephoning to
the College Woman's Intelligence
Bureau If Mrs. Morrison wants
some information concerning the
cold pack method, a member of the
bureau can either tell her over the
phone or go to Mrs. Morrison's home,
where she can 60 carefully over the
whole process of the cold-pack
method.
"These are only fe wof the many
little daily services that College
Woman's Intelligence Bureau can
give to any community"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-26

10 q q y q 4 q y q y y q q
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-26
MORE SHIPS AND MORE MEN
(By Henry Collins Walsh of The
Vigilantes.)

We've got the ships, we've got the
men,
We've got the money, too"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-05
KAISER Is TRYING
TO HOODWISK ALLIES.

WASHINGTON. Oct. "A des-
perate effort by the kaiser and his
advisers to hoodwink the allies and
the German people into a belief in
the democratiZation OF Germany is
seen by observers here in the ap-
pointment OF Prince Maximilian as
mperial chancellor and Scheide-
mann. the socialist, and Groeber,
Centrist. as members OF the cabinet
without portfolio.
1t is supposed that Germany is
about TO hake a new peace proposal.
With these new names on the roster
Of the rulers OF Germany. the kaiser
might point to them as a realization
Of his recently announced policy OF
popular rule. IL is noted, however,
nothing is said in the recent an
nouncement OF the relinquishment OF
power by the military party, or Of
making the members OF the cabinet
answerable for their conduct OF ar
fairs to the reichstag. The new Of
ticials. therefore. apparently will be
entirely without power az well as
without portfolio and actual control
may be left entirely in the hands OF
the iunkers. a condition that led up
10 the present war.
II is realized there is a possibility
that the kaiser, realizing Mis- country
is doomed TO defeat, may plan actu-
ally to turn over a share OF the gov
eminent to representatives OF popu-
lar rule and permit them TO try to
save the country.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-05

PERTH AMBOY. y. j., Oct. -
MANY men were killed and scores OF
others injured in tremendous eH-
pIosion tonight at the plant or lhe
T a. Gillespie Shell Loading COM
panv at Morgan, near here. The ex-
plosion. which shook the country
side for miles around and caused cit
liens of South Amboy 10 flee from
their homes was followed by a series
of less severe explosions and ny a
fire which for hours defied the ef-
forts Of fire departments sum.
moncd from all nearby cities and
towns. ..,,
The number Of dead and injured
can not he determined until en-
ployes of the plant answer ron cali
in the morning. Estimates late TO-
night however, placed the number
of Killed and hurt at from 1llty 10
more than a hundred,
Ambulances sent from here ana
carving - doctors returned with
MANY of the injured and for fear that
the citv hospital would not accom-
modate all the victims brought here
a hotel was prepared TO receive the
overflow. Ambulances despatched
from Eliza beth and other cities were
reported to be taking other victims
to those cities. United States base
hospital 40. 3 at Colonta sent am
balances and doctors to aid In the
rescue work.
Eight bodies were placed today In
the morgue AZ South Amhoy ara
others were being removed from the
plant shortly before midnight, II
is believed that Ssveral more men
were in tn. building where the orig
inal explosion, occurred. and that