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They ceased talking, and Rupert
blew out the candle.
"Gawd-!" began the laborer, but
a hand was clapped over his mouth.
In the silence that ensued, soft
steps weer heard in the road. They
approached slowly and hesitatingly,
and then paused. A church clock
in the distance chimed the half
hour. The gate creaked.
Now the footsteps were resumed.
They crunched on gravel and drew
closer. A tall, lanky form made a
sudden smudge outside the sheds
entrance.
rs anybody in there?" inquired a
voice.
1t was a rather high. rather me-
lodious voice. At another time, 1t
might have sounded quite pleasant.
Rupert replied.
YES, there are four people in
here. Who are you?"
I'm afraid / haven't my visiting
card on me-" answered the voice,
land I doubt whether you could
read it in this light even if I had.
But my name, if you really want to
know, is Simon Brill-you may have
come across it in the Ocult Review,
if you ever read that most interest
ing paper-and I am taking a little
stroll. Hearing voices in the
grounds of an empty house, ! ma
turally stopped. I hope that the
four gentlemen, who, I understand.
are listening to me, are satisfied
with this explanation-and can,
themselves, give one al satisfactory"
I'VE cam responded Rupert,
promptly. while his companions
wondered what the explanation was
going to be. Three of the four
gentlemen are on a motoring holi-
day, and stopped to inquire the way.
While they inquired-or rather,
while they were discovering that
there was nobody here to inquire OF
somebody ran off with their motor
Dear me-" exclaimed the indi-
vidual. whose name appeared IN the
Occult Review. How shocking!"
"And the fourth gentleman Is not
q mOGOrlSI, DuC d p0uc>lA LoA2' wiz
Is saving his hotel bill by spending
the night in this she'd"
Then I advise him 20 find an
other shed, if he must save his hotel
bill" said the newcomer. For this
Is not a very healthy district
What makes you say that?" de-
manded Rupert.
"Well-when I described the house
as empty just now, that was not
strictly accurate, sir. 1t is occupied
yes, occupied-but not by human
flesh"
"Ere-wot's that?" exclaimed
Ted. his eyes popping.
II assume I am now addressing
the pedestrian who Is saving his
hotel bill" remarked the newcom-
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Wesley Jones in Texas

| Wichita Falls was given the first exhibition of the
Operation Of the Wesley Jones federal law. TWO cul-
prits appeared before e federal Judge. One was given
$50 days in Jail and the other was fined 500 and sen
Atenced TO IS days. In addition to this their autonlo-
Abiles we're forfeited and the machines are the prop
Herty Of Uncle Sam.
This is the first record Of the operation u The
|skies Of the Lone Star state.
John Barleycorn appears to Be a perpetual trouble
|maker on land or on sea. Now the British lion IL
sgrowling over the sinking Of I'm Alone and the cap
|tain of the craft has denounced the seizure and the
slnking Of his vessel as the most cowardly act Of the
year as wei as a violation Of the -Anglo-American
treaty Of 1923.
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Health and Right Living
BY ROYAL S. COPELAND, nj. ID.
Former Commissioner or Health.

Deafness is a miserable trouble.
1t is q constant annoyance. 1t in
terferes with the happiness and
usefulness of the victim.
1t is said that total deafness is
worse than total blindness. Per-
haps the blind man would dispute
this, but there can be no doubt that
any degree Of deafness is disagree
able, to says the least.
There are several causes for deaf
ness. Proceeding from the outside,
the first cause is an obstruction in
the external canal of the ear. This
is very likely to be an accumulation
of wax.
The canal is not a straight tube
Of uniform diameter. 1t has a shape
like an hour-glaSs. That is. it Is
narrower in the middle than at each
end. In the middle it is quite re-
stricted.
AT the inside end, at the bottom
Of the canal, is the drum membrane.
This is stretched across the canal
and guards the middle ear from
the entrance of insects, dirt, wax
or other foreign matter.
The external canal is lined with
skin. This possesses sweat glands
and oil glands, just as the skin does
everywhere else. In addition, it has
some large and active glands, called
sebaceous glands. They supply the
wax. which in some persons is too
freely manufactured.
The wax has an important func-
ton to perform. It Is a sticky,
smelly" material, intended to be
offensive, as it is to most insects, or
to catch their feet, as sticky fly
paper does. If they venture too far
into the a canal.
The wax serves, to catch and hold
the dust, which otherwise might get
down against the drum. So, you
see, the wax serves a useful purpose,
unless it gathers too freely, or is
pushed down the canal.
Nature has arranged splendidly to
keep the wax from collecting in the
ear. The large wax glands. of which
! spoke, are situated outside the
narrow part of the canal,
Then. Nature has provided for a
renewal Of the skin cells from with
in outward. AS the new cells are
formed, they push old ones outward.
That movement will carry the wax
along, too. If left alone, there will
be no dropping of this substance
into the deep part of the canal, be-
yond the construction.
But it seems natural TO poke at
the ears. Folks use toothpicks. pen
ellis and all sorts of things, to "clean
out the ears. Instead Of removing
the wax, they push it beyond the
narrow part Of the canal. In time,
a plug Of val is produced and deaf
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StarIOre
HOW OF STARS
ARE REVEALED
By ARTHUR D. CARPENTER

by ARTHUR u. CARPENTER
Perhaps the most amazing fact
in the whole realm of modern as
tronomy is, that the instrument sci
ence has devised, called the spec
troscope, when properly adjusted to
the telescope, indirectly reveals the
structure of the atoms in a distant
star. That star may be so remote
that it takes hundreds Of thousands
of years for light to cross the vast
expanse Of space between the ste
and the earth. Yet the spectroscor
records the behavior of the atoex.
which produced that light hundr -
Of thousands of year ago. LikeI hgJ
sis in the rocks of the earthJ yog
record ancient history, so thee Ep6il
light of remote stars is MAIDEN, iii
vulge their secret thoughts.
More Tomorrow
Y Answers to Foregoing Questions
Henry l.. Stimson; secretary Of
state; William r. Taft's.
2. KoSciuszko.
3. South Africa.
psalm xviii, 80.
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The Once Over
BY II. I. PHILLIPS

HE INFLUENCE OF PURSUIT n SEARCH
ON THE SPRING POWER-BOAT ADS.
i FOR SALE-36-foot cabin cruiser with complete
kruising equipment, including shell-proof state-rooms,
IRON hats, and form letters for complaints to con-
kress; beat incapable Of speed greater than six knots
En- hour. which reduces prospects 0 repeated board
- hv Coast Guard men to a minimum. Any
ksasonable offer considered as owner has become
l,m-shv. Box Is. General Delivery.
= : 3
4 rvENrY-EIGHT-foot power-boat offered at a
.rcain for q quick sale; makes IA knots per hour
-ef,~ira If illegal holdups; needs a little repairing
vrere bullets have Clipped deck; has sound-proof
or,nartrent for putting women and children when
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government dry agents come aboard and begin pro-
family; owner is ~disposing of vessel because he de-
sires to spend a summer unmolested. Widgett,
Phone 3-z567.
TO CHARTER-Beautifully appointed day cruiser,
52-feet over all; in good shape except for rudder
carried away by random shot from Coast Guard
ship, which mistook if for rum-runner; engine has
been removed, which makes it an entirely safe ship
in which to spend the season; owner has decided
to sell and enlist in. the Mexican war. Phone AGA
danny 5794.
WILL SELL my 32-foot speed-boat "Unhappiness'
to anybody who will make decent cash offer; great
chance for somebody who Graves excitement;
answers rudder quickly and will come about at first
sign Of firing; sedan top lightly riddled by mistake;
owner would like to keep boat but his wife is too
nervous under fire. Twilett Yacht agency.
OPPORTUNITY-Wll exchange new 58-foot DIESEL
powered cruiser in first class condition and with every
convenience, including emergency hospital. for row.
boat, raft or canoe; this boat was bought last year
at a cost Of $4,000 but the owner, after one attempt
to enjoy unmolested cruise, is determined to get a
craft that can not be mistaken as member Of boot
Logging fleet; might consider washtub with out board
motor. Captain Beetle.
PUMPING STATION GULLIBLITY
A dumb young man is Willis Wrenn
Whose brains are weak, if any:
He asks the man for gallons ten
And thinks he gets that many.
THE POINT
Il know said the prospect as the power-boat
salesman concluded his glowing description of the
36-foot cruisette, but how does she act under shell
fire?"
Charlie Chaplin says he will never appear in O
talking picture. Not. at least, until somebody pro-
duces a custard pie with sound accompaniment.
TRY TO BEAT EN-
At that moment when a paragrapher gets the idea
he Is pretty good, he might profit from reading of
some Of Ed Howe's best as reprinted in plain
People" Here are a few:
In a country town a man hears gossip about his
sin coming home from it.
A Pessimist is foolish one way and an optimist
IS foolish the other.
You may talk al you please about patriotism and
more than anything else.
Gentlemen talk Of government by the people, Of
the people and for the people. There never was any
such government; that was one Of Abe Lincoln's
jokes,
Except the flood nothing was ever as bad as re-
ported.
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Who am I? What cabinet posi-
ton do I hold? In what other cabi-
net was I secretary Of war?
What Polish patriot was an adju-
tant to George Washington?
In what part Of the world Is a
village sometimes called a Kraal?
ct Is God that girdeth me with
strength, and maketh my way per-
feet" Where is this passage found
in the Bible?
Today's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are
strong willed and stubborn. They
have many friends, who trust their
judgment. Women born today are
more sarcastic than men.
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Rupert'S logic impressed his hear
ers. There was another silence, at
the end of which Brown nodded
rather gloomily and observed.
II desa you're right"
"Of course, he's right" said Char
lie. IF we drag the police in well
probably get the girl into trouble"
Which brings us to the nasty
question" added Rupert, slowly,
ARE we backing a wrong 'un?"
But that was too much for Brown.
She's not a wrong uni" he cried.
you've not seen her!" Then he
added. inconsistency. But I'll
back her, even if she isl"
80 will l." murmured Charlie
sadly. 7 have seen her"
Very good-we back her. saint
or devil" answered Rupert, smiling
slightly. And we're round again at
the point we started from. What
do we do?"
"Wot ! want ter know" remarked
a voice from the interior of the
shed, lis wot the bloomin' ell yer orl
talkin' abart?"
They had forgotten Ted. Brown
and Charlie exchanged glances.
Strangers, surely, should have been
excluded from the council of war!
But there was something oddly be-
nificent about the laborer, and it
was difficult to conceive him in the
role of an enemy. 1t was this sub
conscious tribute that had caused
them to speak so freely in his pres
ence.
We'll, it's all rather complicated"
responded Rupert, turning to the
laborer. "One day, when I've got
three or four weeks to spare. I may
tell you. Meanwhile, you'll have
gathered that we think the lady is
in trouble, and are trying to help
her"
"Yus, but wot's this abart a blood
stained 'ankerchiff, and a Teller be-
in drugged" persisted Ted. IF she's
a wrong 'un, then we orter tell the
police"
You tell the police" threatened
Brown, darkly, and ~forgetful of the
fact that he himself, was the first
to have suggested it, "and you'll get
into trouble, I promise you'll"
Yes, don't forget you broke the
window yourself and effected an il
legal entry" added Charlie.
"Wot's that?" blinked the laborer.
Steady we mustn't QUARREL" in
terposed Rupert, warningly. He
knows quite well that the police
wouldn't listen to him any more
than they listen to us. Besides, old
sport" he went on, turning to the
laborer, IT only raised the question
as to whether she was a wrong 'un
alphabetically means, but 1t doesn't
matter. The point is that she's not
a wrong 'un. And-do we look like
wrong 'uns, either?"
mo, you DON'T" admitted Ted.
That's a fack."
Then you stick to us, and we'll
stick to you. Now / come to think
Of it, you might earn, say, a couple
of dollars by staying in this shed
and telling US in the morning what
you've"
Ssh" interrupted Charlie, sud
denly. Someone's out in the roadl"
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ness results because the canal is
stoppered.
There is an old saying that moth
ing should be put in the ear expect
the point of the elbowl" or course
you couldn't get your elbow there
and nothing else should be at
tempted.
The simple form of deafness
caused by wax is quickly relieved.
But my advice is to have your doctor
take 1t out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-08
Washington Letter
By HERBERT g pIUTNTnrER

WASHINGTON, April 8.-RooSevelt was president
when Pat McKenna took up his duties as official
ooorkeeper to the executive offices of the White
House.
That was IS years ago. He has been at his post
ever since, serving under Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson,
Harding Coolidge and now Hoover. His post is with
III the shadow OF the door leading to the presidents
cII-ce, and no one sees the chief executive without
first passing McKenna. Cabinet members. diplo-
mats, members Of congress and plain citizens-each
Is eyed BY the veteran doorkeeper before being usher
ed into the presence Of the president.
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Physician says the secret Of health is in eating
onions. Whaddya mean. secret? And how could you
keep it?-Fort Wayne N-ews-SentineL
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Reading stirs the imagination and awakens new
sppetltes and ~longrngs" So, for that matter, does a
charge accumulation Beacon Journal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-08

The only uncertainty as to how a Chicago gansster
viii die results from the fact that no one knows inst
who viii shoot him-Nashville Banner.
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KEEPER OF KEYS

McKnnas job is to see that the presidents daily
visitors are presented to him in their order and with
the least possible confusion and loss of time. He
must also make sure that no one gets into the offices
Of the chief executive who has no business there.
2 VIII tell you that this is quite a job. Many of
the first visitors to the White House have an idea
that the door to the presidents offic swings both
ways, and that all they have to do is to walk right
II. Il IS McHenna who stops these democratic souls
and advises them as to what they must do in order to
get within the inner sanctum.
Mc1enna also holds the keys to the White House
proper, insofar as visitors are concerned. To get q
glimpse Of the presidents home one must first have a
card signed by the doorkeeper. to be presented at
the door of the executive mansion.
During the rs years he has been doorkeeper. NC
Kenna perhaps has come in contact with as many
important people as any other one person in the
world. Also, must he act as the go-between for the
thousands who come from everywhere to shake the
hand of the president.
It IS the latter class that make his Job anything
but the most pleasant. They are always making
some absurd request, and some seem wholly unable
to understand why they can't be granted.
SILLY QUESTIONS
While we were talking to McKenna a visitor
rushed Up with the request that President Hoover
place his signature in an autograph book.
But the president is not receiving today the
docrAeeper informed her.
The visitor insisted that the signature must be
had. There was no way out McKenna took the
DOCK and said he would try and get the president to
sign. The visitor could return. later in the day and
set II. He was shown where the signature was want
ed' marked the place. and put it on his desk to await
opportunity to slip into the presidents office and ask
him to write his name.
Il get this every day." he said. But I am accus-
tened to it. And after all. it's in the days Job"
Mehenna refers to the president as that teller
IN there" and he always accompanies his statement
with q wave Of the hand towards the executive Of
fees.
1t is never President Hoover this or that-always
that fener in there"
The only uncertainty as to how a Chicago ganrster
VII die results from the fact that no one knows lust
who viii shoot him-Nashville Banner.
Reading stirs the imagination and awakens new
sppetites and ~longings." So, for that matter, does a
charge accumulation Beacon Journal.
Physician says the secret Of health is in eating
onions. Whaddya mean, secret? And how could you
keen it?-Fort Wavne NewS-SentineI
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UNDERGROUND n4 A53x5 s sSs
By JEFFERSON FARJEoN roMArna A-a44arA
READ THE FIRST:

READ THE FIRST:
The plot concerns some weird
noises that no one can fathom. They
are underground sounds, beneath a
house in Byford Moor, people say
is haunted. Brown, eating in a
restaurant, overhearS a converse
ton, and it appears that a girl is
in danger. He follows the girl to
the haunted house. On the way he
meets Charlie and Rupert, who are
on a walking trip. They decide to
join forces with Brown. Arrived at
the haunted house at night, they
meet a ragged fellow called Ted.
He has been hanging around the
house all day, trying to figure out
the mysterious noises. The three
fellows enter the house, and sudden
~ the girl appears. Before they
can question her she disappears
mysterious,y. The three then hold
a council to decide whether to call
the police.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY)
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THE I

Il know" said the prospect as the power-boa
salesman concluded his glowing description of TIL
36-foot cruisette, but how does she act under shell
fire?"
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had looked carefully towards the
house. Rupert glanced at Brown.
"CnninnOD ha ;~-,,j~1I
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-24
WOMEN LEGISLATORS

No less than 145 will sit in various
state legislatures this year, Connecticut leading
with 20 female members, while the most populous
state, New York, will have but one.
New York's members Mrs. Rhoda Fox Graves,
has the added distinction of having been returned
to the state assembly for the fifth consecutive term
a record held by no other woman. In private life
she is the owner and operator of big dairy farm.
AS time goes by, it is only reasonable to sup
pose that more and more women will be elected to
legislative bodies of the country, including Congress
which will have five women in the new body which
will be known as the list Congress.
1t can hardly be said that any striking infiu-
ence has been exerted by in politics so far.
They generally align themselves with their parties
and among their ranks we find Republicans and
Democrats vets and drys, paciists and national de-
Tense advocates, just find among the men,
1t will probably always be that way.
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of music, lectures, moving pic
lures, readings, and playlets; sew
eral noon mass meetings and last,
but most important perhaps, the
big ninth annual Farmers and
Homemakers' Supper for visitors
and University Farm faculty men,
bers.
Those from Stearns county who
registered were:
Alex Behnen, Richmond; Geo.
Blenker, Albany; Henry Brink
man, st. Cloud; Paul Erpelding,
Cold Springs; Charles Exner, Sank
Centre; Anton Gruenke, Albany ;
Frank Habiger, Albany; John Kol-
ties, st. Cloud Leo. J. Lauer, Avon ;
Ernest Lee, Belgrade; C. H. Lien,
St. Cloud; Othmar Mumm, Cold
Springs; Chester Quisberg, Bel
grade; Ben Schroeder, Richmond,
R 1; Berthold Schwinghammer, Al
bany; Elworth Tretsch, Avon; Joe
Voytella, Holdingford; Martin
Weismann, Rockville; Ed. H. Will
lenbring, Richmond; John A. Will
lenbring, Richmond; w. H. Boldt,
st. Cloud; A. J. Bork, Paynes-
vile; Norbert Brix, Avon; E. G..
Helm, Paynesville; w. %. Kruger,
Paynesville; Frank Pesheck, Sank
| Centre; Norbert Rolfzen, Melrose
Hildegaard Schwinghammer, AL
bany; L. J. foreman, Paynesville
Ben H. Muir, Albany, R. L.; Ray
mond M. Neis, St. Cloud, 80 9Th
Ave. &c.; A. H. Nietfeld, Melrose
T. G. Ogdahl, Brooten; Henry Rol-
/ fes, Holdingford; Mrs. Martha
Scherfenberg, st. Cloud, R. |; C.
L. Schuster, Chokio, r. 2; R. j..
Helm, Paynesville; j. P. Baeber,
Cold Spring; H. A. Helm, Paynes-
vile; p. A. Ba1.helemy, st. Cloud
Merthold Schwinghammer, Albany
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Thursday, January "a, 1929
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE
Notice is given that a mortgage
upon which there is now due
$7675.S9, dated January 10TH. 1920,
made by Carrot Wiekeraad and
Lena Wiekeraad. as mortgagors. to
Traub & Mantz Mortgage Corpora
ton, as mortgage. recorded In the
office of the Register of Deeds OF
Stearns County, Minnesota, on jan
uary 29th, 1920, at 1890 o'clock A.
NJ, in Book IS of Mortgages on
Page 3O2, and assigned by said cor
poration to MARI L. Thomas by an
instrument recorded in said office
in Book 20" Of Assignments and
Agreements on page 294, mortgag-
ing the East Half of the Southwest
Quarter CEN SWA) of Section
Twenty one CID, TOWNSHIP one
Hundred Twenty-Five (125), Range
Thirty-five (35), in Stearns County.
Minnesota will be foreclosed by the
sale Of said premises pursuant to
statute at the front door of the post
office in the city Of Sank Centre in
said county, on February 23rd, 1929,
at 10 o'clock A. NJ, to pay the
amount then due on said mortgage
Including any taxes paid, and the
costs and disbursements Of such
sale. Dated January 8th, 1929.
L. L. Kells, Attorney for
Assignee of Mortgage.
Sank Centre, Minnesota.
Published Jan. 10-17-24-31. Feb.
TIA, 1929.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-24
Short Course Attracts Al
Stearns County Farmers
Total Attendance Nearly 1000 =
Intensely Interesting and In
structive Program.

Forty-one men and women of
Stearns county recently journeyed
to st. Paul where they took part
in the fifteenth annual Farmers
and Homemakers' Week Short
Course at University Farm. This
short course, the largest state
wide farmers event of the year, is
sponsored by the department of
agriculture of the state. university
and is free to all Minnesota peo-
pie. This years attendance was
nearly 1000.
More than ITS speakers gave
instruction on all phases of farm
ing and homemaking and con-
tributed to the entertainment and
inspirational features of the
short course. About 70 of these
men and women were from outside
the university, among whom were
more than a dozen from other
states.
Several leading statewide farm
organizations held their annual
meetings at University Farm
during the week. among these
were the Minnesota Farm Bureau
Federation, the Minnesota State
Grange, The Minnesota State Poul-
try Breeders association, the
Minnesota Livestock Breeders as
ISOLATION, the Minnesota Crop I'M
provement association and the
Ten-Year Club, an organization OF
men and women who have attended
ten or more of the annual Farm.
ers' and Homemakers' Short
Course.
Among the many entertainment
features enjoyed by the folks from
this and other counties were a ser
les of four big evening programs