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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-07


Me and my cuzzin Artie was up in
my setting room smoking some old
mattriss Stuffing in our clay bubble
pipes, tasting kind of funny but SMELL
ing mulch verse, and all of a suddin
pop. came in without hardly giving
me and Artie time to quick stick our
pipes in our pockets, pop smelling out
loud with his nose and saying, Pew,
L think the inferior quality of gas
that's being supplied to us is a scandal
and shame, you can positively smell
it all over the house weather it's being
used or not And he tried all the gas
things to see if eny was termed on, and
then he went around going, Pew,
pew, and opening all the windows,
saying, Do you meen to say you boys
don't smell that?
Yes sir. I smell it, pop, I sed, and
Artie said, So do I, Unkle Will. Wich
we both did. us being the nearest to
it of enybody, and I sed, Well, gosh,
pop, I don't think it smells so fearse
I've smelled fearser smells than wat
that is.
That amt anything ALONGSIDE of
some I've smelled fsed Artie.
Well then L pity both of you frum
the bottom of my hart, said pop
Meaning we must have smelIed some
awful smells. And just then ma came
in. saying, Willyup, for mersey sakes
wat have you been smoking
You flatter me- that's gas, sed pop.
Gas nuthing, sed ma. if you haven't
bin smoking these boys must have
bin, after all they've bin told, too,
Willyum, they must be punished.
1t was ony old mattriss insides. ma,
sed. And me and Artie showed her
the bubble pipes and pop sed, Enybody
who has smoked enything that smells
like that has been punished enuff,
pew. And he took the pipes and
threw them out in the alley, and we
y ~ - 1t.
a much verse of a punishment than
the SMELL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-07
Your Mistakes Tell You What To Do.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. observation-disclosures

would a dog-weli, to do this. is in
itself a greater mistake than the origi-
nal mistake.
Jump over your mistakes walk
past them. make faces at them. bury
them, starve them-forget them.
No man or woman ever begins to
create and accumulate power until a
real healthy mass Of mistakes start to
stare them in the fnce and to dare
them on. Mistakes are challengers.
And only those who are able il
courage to face their mistakes. wi a.
out one single inch of housekeeping II
f1inching. ever enter the ranks Of the
immortals-
What ought you to do? Talk that
over with your mistakes-and Thea
get busy For-as Tennyson says
MEN rise on the stepping stones
OF their dead selves
To higher thinsz."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-07
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ ais. ELrzABErH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: VIII you
kindly outline a plan for two ladies'
who are going to Chicago next month
and would like to see as many OF the
interesting places as possible in three
or four days2 Please suggest a rea-
sonably rated r0oming place.
THANK YOU
1t is against the policy OF my
column to advertise places OF things.
would suggest that you go to the
Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton for the information you desire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-07

Gen. Leonard Wood has been
awarded a distinguished service med
al. Since he was not permitted to
fight, the medal probably is given in
recognition of the manner in which
he trained the seth division and the
rapidity with which the work was ac-
complfshed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-07
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST
Sliced Oranges Cereal and Cream
Soft Boiled Eggs
LUNCHEON
Tomato AMI Bean Soup
Whole Wheat Bread and Peanut
Butter Sandwiches
Soft Gingerbread
Canned Apple Sauce
Tea
DINNER
Meat Balls Kentucky Potatoes
Lettuce and Pimento Cheese Salad
French Dressing Bread
Plum Pudding Jelly Coffee
Recipes.
Kentucky PotatoesHSlice raw DO
tatoes thin. Put in baking dish, sea-
soning with salt and pepper. On top
sprinkle bits of butter substitute. Pour
in milk until even with the top of the
potatoes Bake one hour in slow oven.
This is a good way to cook potatoes
when old and needing to be cut away
Jeliied Apples With Tapioca-Four
medium sized red apples, two table
spoons graduated tapioca. four table,
spoons brown sugar, one-half teaspoon
salt. Wash. pare and core apples. put
the skins on to boil with two ounces
of water: boil until very tender, then
rub thru strainer. Return to fire and
add the tapioca, sugar and salt: boil
until clear. While the tapioca is boil
ing. the apples are put into pudding
pan with two tablespoons of water:
cover pan and steam the apples until
tender. Place in individual dishes or
shallow glass dish and cover with
tapioca A tablespoon of chopped
nut meats sprinkled over top adds
very much to this dish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-07
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY x. MoULroN

How Our Esteemed Contemporaries
View the Trend of Events.
F.P. A.-The Budapest newspapers
have suspended, so the stories about
revolution must be authentic. Nothing
short of a real revolution gives
newspaper man day off.
Don Marquis = Happiness comes
fleetingly, now and then, to them that
have learned to do without it; and to
them only. l.
Sophie Irene Loeb-The WORTH
while man is he who never uses a
woman's name carelessly or with NAL
ice. Nor will he countenance one who
does.
fieIen Rowland-There is no posi-
bility that we shall ever discover a
cartoonist who Will draw picture OF
a married pair in which the lady Is
husband.
Beau Broadway-With Mr.. Root at
torney for the per cent beer, will we
not have to call it Root beer?
Walt Pulitzer-As an editor. my
idea of heaven is a place where tine
incoming subscriptions outnumber the
contributions.
Many n Man Has Smart wife. AIccl<.
Dear Roy-The other night my wife
and I attended a "musicaP' concert.
One of the performers was flute
mustache. During one of the pauses
L remarked to my wife: II don't see
how he can filter enough air thru that
alfalfa sieve" And quick as the snap
ping of a prune pit came the reply:
That's how we get the strains of mu-
sic" That knocked me out for the
rest of the EVENING". Alexander
Thomas.
And She Gets That Kind OF Welcome.
Dear Roy-The name of the young
lady in this office who accompanies the
ghost every Friday is Miss Cordial
Would you believe it?-R. NJ. A.
IL Is told that a New York couple,
just married. boarded a train and were
so absorbed in each other that the
bridegroom handed the conductor the
marriage certificate when he called
for the tickets. This Is good for =
long. weary journey" said the con-
due, but not on the New Haven and
Hartford read"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-07

Trotzky is reported to have ordered
the Russian fleet to attack the allied
naval forces. If the sailors refuse to
obey orders they viii he shot. Also
s l. they obey orders they will be shot.
1t appears to be, up to the Russian
sailors to make their choice of execu-
tionerA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-07

fcepyrashtsd, 1877, ~ ne wAee1<f syudi.
catA- Ine1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-07

How Our Esteemed Contemporaries
View the Trend of Events.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-07
Many Man Has Smart wife. AIccL
And She Gets That Kind Of welcom.

Dear Roy-The name of the young
lady in this office who accompanies the
ghost every Friday is Miss Cordial.
Would you believe it?-R. NJ. A.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-27
MEL MONDE DEL PIU'

Dopo sofferenze indescrivibili,
aggravatasi ancOra vieppi1 dopo
POperazione. subita nell 'ospedale
Oh Indiana, Domenica 81 scorso,
verso le ore s 80 del mattino 81
spense serenamente mel bacio del
Signore la distinta signora GER
NINA GIORGI
Mel fore dele sue 81 primavere
di vita laboriosa ed attiva, consa-
crata mel santuario della famiglia,
disse addio al monde, lasciando
mel piU acerbo dolore il marito af-
fezionato e sci teneri fglioIetti, il
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-27

mo per q Interest," della United
Mine Workers Of America. ha te-
ste fatto ritorno in Indiana, dopo
parecchi giorni spesi nella cittG
Ill Cleveland, Ohio, quaIe deIega-
to ALA Convenzione international
le cola tenutasi durante Ie giorna-
te dal 9 al % corrente mese.
II medesimo visit6 anche
Niagara Falls, owe neIIa anne
nita del Iougo, ritempr6 la sua
fibra, atfiacchitasi durante / giOr-
nj faticosi della Conyenzione.
pronto per accingersi di nuovo al
lavori del suo mobile apOstolato in
difesa dele masse produttrici del
carbOne.
Al nostro miglior AMIGO il ben
tomato.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-27
UCCISO IN AUTOMOBILE

La sera stessa che avrebbe dc
vutO far ritorno in Italia, il signor
GregOrio Cont. di. ami Is. resi-
dente in Pittsburgh con awaits
simo negozio in Vini Liquor al
numero Sol Wylie Avenue, veni-
va assassinato da tire individui che
con lW eranO mel suO automobile.
lie cause dell 'Omicidio sono da ri
cercarsi su una vendita fraudolen-
ia fatta dalla Pittsburg Wine and
Liquor Co. Inc ALA cui presidenza
era il Cont, che molti per6 riten-
COMO innocente.
Raccolto in mezzo ad un lago di
gravemente ferito con
quattro colpi di rivoltella ALA
venne trasportato nell o.
spedale di San Francisco, owe spi-
70 appena giuntOvi, identifcato
dial proprio fratello DR.. g. Cont.
eli omicidi 81 trOvano al largo.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-27
NOMINA MERITATA

II signor Alfonso De Gaetano,
motto conosciuto in citta quale
Sarto-Mercante, con local. al nu-
nero 730 Philadelphia Street, ed
ancor pin conosciuto fra gil italia
nj ed americani della intera Con-
tea, quale ex-State Police, con un
record" d'attivita singolare da
meritarsi un alto encomio dial Di-
partimento Statale di Polizia di
Harl'isburgh, Pa, venue nomina-
to, di recente High Constable"
dial giudice Hon. J. N. Langham
della Corte d'Indiana.
Ci congratuliamo vivamente con
l lamico De Gaetano, cui siamo Ie-
gait ola vincOli di sana amicizia. e
gil auguriamO un 'Ottima carriera.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-27
AVVIso AGLI INTEREssATI

Tutte quelle persone i quail in
una riunione tenutasi giorni or
sOnO, 81 inscrissero nelIa Iista per
la formazione di un cOrpO musi-
Gale bandistico italianO nella no.
stra citta, sono vivamente invita-
ii voler presenziare laltra impOr-
tante rimione che avra luogo la
prima Domenica di Ottobre nei To-
cali del conOsciutissimo Sarto-
Mercante signor De Gaetano, al
numero 73O Philadelphia Street.
NessunO manchi.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-27
ALA VOLTA DELL'ITALIA

AccOmpagnatO ola unO stuOlO di
amici ALA staziOne della Pennsyl-
vania r. r., il comune AMIGO 81
gnOr Giovanni Rezzolla lasciava
questa citta Giovedi % ultimo
scorso, diretto ALA volta di New
York City owe imbarc6 in rotta
per l'ltalia, per riVedere dopo an,
hi di assenza / parent ed amici
tutti nella citta nativa di Troia
lFoggia)
Nella sua breve permanenza in
patria il signor RezzolIa 81 pro
mettere di far capolino neile prin-
cipali citta italiane ed estere. non
che Parigi, Lyons, Cherbourgh ed
/ campi devastati di Francia.
All 'amico nostro carissimo, che
sara di ritorno fra moi pei prossi-
mo Natalie, auguriamo di tutto
cuore una dolce permanenza in pa
tria.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-27
BIGLIETTI FALSI DA 20 DOL
LARI

Una nOtizia pervenutaci da
Washington ci ia sapere che e sta
ia scOperta la circolazione di una
serie di biglietti falsi da venti dol-
lari, figuranti emessi dalla "Fe-
deral Reserve Bank" di New
York.
II bOrdo del biglietti e 10 sfondo
su cQi, posteriormente, risalta il
ritratto di Cleveland, sono fitta-
mente neri, nero e il numero del
la tesoreria, invece d'essere blue,
Italiani della Contea, attenti.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-27
MISTERIOSO FERIMENTO

I connazionali Augusta Pompi-
te e Serafno Marcolini, conosciu-
tissimi RESIDENT di Sycamore, So
no giacenti nell ll'ospedale Adriani
di Punxsutawney, ambedue feri-
ii da parecchi colpi di rivoltella
allie gambe. ST ignorano i motivi
per cui avvenne la sparatoria, CO.
me pure connotati del focOso pro
tagonista fuggitivO.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-27
ATTRAVERSO Ia CONTEA { DINTORNI

primo del quail appena trediceu-
ne.
La signOra Giorgi nacQue in Pie
di Lama, provincia di AscoH Ri
ceno ed emigr6 insieme a tutti di
famiglia in queste terre Is ami
or sOnO stabilendo dimora in Err
nest, Pa.
| funerali ebbero IuOgO sOlenne-
mente Lunedi scOrsO.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-27

81 CERCA-Un colono per ac-
cudire allie faccende di una far
ma. Condition. di paga: porzio-
he Cd a salario. Buonissima op-
portunia. Per information rivol-
gersi H. T. Lambert, $40 Phila-
delphia street, Indiana, Pa.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-27
DI RITORNO FRA MOI

II signor Pietro Ferrara di que
sta citta, organizzatore attivissi-
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-27

NAPOLI-Un incendio dovuto ad
una esplosione di Natta ha danneg-
giato grayemente 10 storico monu-
mento di Castelnuovo.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-04-23
YOU NEED TO KNOW!

During these strenuous, history
making times every house should be
taking a reliable daily paper. Con-
ditions which will vitality effect ev-
cry person are happening, and will
continue to happen during these
next several months.
The Minneapolis Daily News, with
it's independent editorial policy and
three complete news services is en-
deavoring to give it's readers the
plain, unvarnished facts in an i'm
partial, understandable way.
We have made arrangements to
represent The Daily News in this
vicinity. You can send your SUBJ
scription through us. or we will
make you a special price of SIS. SO on
club of The Daily News with our
paper for year.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-04-23
'THE 70 TO aR AND u AS
5l Contin from first page.)E

~ -
which have had 4 remen.do Gus value.
Tn have destroyed the | beauty of
the u sE' country for at least generation
and thousands of tourists will curse
them for years to, come. The worst
Of it IS that they own timber right
on up into the heart Of our most
beautiful lake country. Are we going
to let them continue to devastate
that at their pleasure? The mere
beauty of that country is worth mil
lions of dollars to The state in tour
ist trade. Are we going to let one
company destroy it? = r.: d. -.
f At Cramer the road leaves the
baneful influence of the Alger-Smith
Company and passes into another
world. The primeval forest, = un.
touched and unburned towers on
both sides of the road. The contrast
is tremendous. And in the midst of
it all the road passes into Cook
County. The roads in st. Louis, and
Lake counties are good, but they are
old roads made over and the location
is none of the best. They are hilly
ands lack daily care. Nevertheless
they are good as roads go-and ia,
above the average of the state. But
the road in Cook County is superb
Laid out since the discovery of the
art of modern highway building, it
is without heavy grades, broad
straight with a perfect gravel sur.
face and enough patrolmen to keet
it so. The 'culverts, too, are graded
over so that they are passed without
notice. They do not stand up q
sheer six inches above the surface as
they do on SO many Of the otherwise
good roads. The forest breaks away
here and there an d exposes a beauti.
full vista to the lake. Trout streams
with such names as Beaver Creek
Baptism River, and Cross River tum
BILE down from the inland hills II
roaring falls and pass under the roac
to the lake
There are lots of things that Cool
County, with it's vast undevelopec
territory and scant population, doe:
not have, but a good road is not one
of them. There is not another coun
ty in the state, no matter how
wealthy or how densely populated
that can show an equal length Of
road as well built, as we'll kept anc
as attractive as the road from the
Cook county line to Port Arthur
The North Woods.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-04-23
farm FOR SALE 100 acre i'm

FARM FOR SALE-a 100 acre i'm
proved farm located at Finland, Lake
county, a Finnish settlement. "a
acres cultivated, balance pasture,
easy to clean. Buildings in good con-
dition, good roads, rural telephone.
Will sell at once or May End. Come
and see or write to John Williamson,
Finland, Minnesota. Auction on the
above farm May End at 10 o'clock a.
M, in which will be sold horses,
cows, chickens, and farm machinery
such as 6-foot binder, / 6-foot drill
pillow, disc and spring harrow and all
other kind of farm tools-John Will
Hanson, Finland, Minnesota.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-04-23

FOR SALE-160 acres, well tim
bered, 272 miles from Lake Superior.
Ell of SWA, VIZ of SEA, of Sec
ton 50, Township 81, Range 2 East.
Also minerals and good speckled
trout fishing. Apply tow. E. Luz
cas-, Halliburton, Ontario. Canada.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-04-23
NOTICE
To Whom It May Concern:

To Whom It May Concern:
The practice of visiting and using
our central office for a meeting and
stay-out place has proved to be a
hindrance to our operators and on
account Of loud talking and other
noise our subscribers have made
several complaints. We are therefore
asking you to visit only on very
necessary occasions and if possible
only on business connected with tele-
phone service.
Lake Shore Telephone Cmpany,
BY L. A. GODIN,
Manager.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-04-23
FOR SALE
A Good Improved Farm and
Fishinu Place

One hundred acres, partly under cul.
tivation and fenced. Good dwelling
house and barn. One half mile lake
front. n of a mile from the Tofte
consolidated school. Telephone and
daily mail delivery.
Here is your chance to purchase
one of the best located farms and
fishing place in the county. In a
thriving and we'll developed settle
ment. Call or write to- A. Godin,
Tofte, Minnesota.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-04-23
statesmen WANTED

Lubricating oil, grease, specialties,
paint. Part or whole time. Commits
sion basis. Men with car or rig pre-
ferred.
RIVERSIDE REFINING COMPANY
Cleveland, Ohio.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-04-23
CARD OF THANKS.

I want to thank all my neighbors
and friends for all sympathy and
kindness to me during my sickness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas johnson,
Schroeder, MINI.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-04-23
NOTICE!

Cook County Cooperative Tele-
phone Co., stockholders annual meet
ing on the 18th day of May 1919, at
l o'clock P. NJ in Tofte town hail.
l. C. FRIDBLOM, Sec.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-17
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

Births-John and Anna Urek. 40O9 Poyd
street, boy; Charles and Minnie Stoup,
3754 Camden avenue. girl: Stanley and
Any Czech, 2615 South Twentysixth street.
bny; Carmelo and Addolorata Greco. 1907
',iark street. boy: Angelo and Conc tia
Nigro. 10s South Thirteenth street. oy.
Deaths-Mary Qualey. IS. 1927 south
Twenty-fifth street; Demarest ]. Smith
7S G1Is Florence boulevard.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-17
BUILDING PERMITS.

Meyer Green, 1871 Douglas street. re-
model building. $500.
e. H. Hess. 1880 South Thirty-fifth
street. frame dwelling. $4,000.
Michael ]. Grove. 4314 South Nineteenth
street, frame dwelling. $4,000.
II. A. Waggener. 1S1s-20 Douglas street,
alteration. SIS, 900.
Mrs. Julia NJ Cusick. 2sO3 Ames avenue,
brick store building, $4,000.
Drake Realty Construction Company,
se03 to 2211 Jones street. brick and re-
Enforced concrete building. $4,000.
Shaw & Carley. 1120 Farfam street. ex-
.end show windows $500.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-17

K1MBALL COUNTY LANDS.
Owner will sell some Of the very best
quarters and half sections in Kimball
county, Neb., in the corn and wheat
country, to responsible farmers. I will
sell direct and make very good terms to
men who will farm and improve 1t.
Priced right to men who will come here.
Don't want to deal with spectators.
Address P. .. Box 137 Kimball Neb.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14

QUOTE following Billy Time
mild L i
of
thoroughly
the back
most Sonny Woodpecker brought
the auditorium The II
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-04-12
THE COSMETIC OF THE lNANlMArE.

III m the of surfaces.
II am the word-old preserver.
HNoah for he pitched the ark within and without
fThe Pharaohs sought adornment for their
their mummies endure because conserve.
I'll the woad of the ancient Btons their blue battle hue
because of the of the Sne Chapel defy
ment.
III the keeper of the antique.
III am the servant of progress.
HCoumbus found bedeckng the who watched him
Fernands banner the shores of New SPAIN and
of his the elements of the West
through my aid.
1.-THE pioneers westward vending their daubed the prairie
schooners with my protection.
the royal robes of civilizations monarchs Steel and Lum
Der.
1.-THE wings Of the airpane CLEAN under protective
1.-THE suen dreadnaugh the homng transport pillow the
seas impervious to corrosion because of me.
III wateproofd of destruction the bullet and the
shell.
NThen drew the mercy of my conceang camoufage over
your hospitals
II gten the homes the barns and the cement
surfaces.
HWhere life is, l am alive.
HWhere death and decay my absence hastens them
Hand my mission is to preserve.
HSaver of Surface, am PAINT
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-04-12
- The
Scrap Book
why ~. Nan Was MOI kIII,d.

Charles Morrow, IA Muncie contract
or. driving his automobile to Indian.
apolis few days ago, saw In the road
a few feet ahead Of him. while his car
was going ut rapid rate. an object
that seemed to be man. Unable to
do anything to avert an accident, Nor
row gripped the wheel firmly and
steered the machine In such q why
that though he might strike the pros
trnte figure. II would not be In vital
pnrt of the body. He and his compan-
Ions. however, were surprised that the
machine experienced no shock on
whiriing over the spot where the
"body" was seen and hurried back to
the place. not knowing what to cx-
pect. but were bafiied at seeing not
the slightest trace of any object In the
road. There was a clear view In all
directions. and the man, even though
uninjured. could not have escaped be-
ing In sight. Finally the mystery was
solved when Ralph Young. a member
Of the party, observed a scnrecrow
Tapping its arms by an apple tree
nlong the roadside. Young discovered
that on approaching the scarecrow at
the right angle. its shadow falling on
the road mnde almost an exact figure
Of man lying in the highway.