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The Coolidge examiner., 1936-11-06
Wives.

CPEAKING on the question of
otrial marriages, well known
writer said, "There should be no
need for trial when two people
know their own abilities and have
measured themselves accurately.
Two people who understand them
selves will never, 1 believe, have
any difficulty living happily to-
gether after marriage"
That is new slant on the ques-
ton of success in marriage, sup
plements a woman writer of ma
tional fame. Not "Know my hus-
band" - or "wife," but "know
thyself!"
And, come to think of it, isn't
most of the discomfort and dlssat-
isfaction in marriage traceable to
ideas of ourselves-that may be
misconceptions, no less than our
illusions about the other person?
How many women's dissatisfac-
ton with their husband has as it's
source the thought of all they gave
up to marry him, all they might
have had'' if they had married a
certain other man?
How many women's discomfort
with the role of wife and mother
springs from the thought of how
much more fascinating pastimes
they might have had if they had
followed that career?
How many girls impossible ex-
pectations of fulltime lover and
Prince Charming originates in an
exaggerated notion of their own
devastating beauty and charm?
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Know Yourselves!-
Accurate Analysis Will Do Much to
Overcome Difficulty in Welded Life

If all discontented wives would
look deeply unto themselves,
measure themselves, stop fooling
themselves, many might discover
that the other man they might
have married is a self-nurtured
illusion; that the career of their
dreams is not a soft snap and
joy forever; but a grueling, ex-
hausting job which might have
worn them out if they had quail
fed for it, which they probably
would have been unable to do;
that they themselves are neither
devastating beauties nor always
charming, but women who are
frequently disappointing and diff
cult to live with. They might dis
cover and admit to themselves
that they are greatly in debt to
their husbands for many things
that make life easier and better
and more northumberland they
would not get along so well with
out them.
Then they might think more of
doing their part of trying to make
those husbands happy. And that
effort on the part of one must in
evitably go a long way toward a
mutually happy and successful
marriage.
g Bell Syndicate-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-11-06
Discovery of the Tomato

1t is not definitely known just
when the tomato was found to be
non-poisonous and edible or how
the discovery came about, says
Pathfinder Magazine. But tradi-
ton has it that it was a New Eng
land man who, despite the warnings
and dire predictions of his friends,
first ate of the love apple" in this
country. This fearless fellow is
said to have been Michele Felice
Corne, an artist whose best known
paintings were hose depicting
naval battles of the War Of 1872.
And there stands in a cemetery at
Newport, R. l., a monument to
Corne, the man who took chance
and thereby performed a great
service to mankind.
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Our Lessons

When one has learned his les
sons he may roam the fields and
float on the river at his own sweet
will; but so long as he is at his
desk he must be deaf to the in
vitations of the sky and the woods.
w. Mabie.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-11-06

dynaming took terrifying significance THE MATCH
BOX WAS EMPTY-CLEANED OUT BY THE SMOKERS AT NOON
1T little 300 the landing"
black
feeling along the footwa of the tunnel There
completed and before the blasting for the
could smell
gcerne slowly but the fumes the burning
mite getting dense minute.
They catching throat Breathing becoming
difficult The walls and mucky with slime that
had been formed millions of before ooed from the
dripped
along till realized had
of landing something of
seemed to shout 'Stop' 1 obeyed the impulse!
Lost in the Abandoned Workings.
"Underoot the of the
then that had taken the the
had enter the
In his left hand Howard still his mighted
he had another match Again. something inside him
himto him make another of his pockets
vest Careuy-very careuy made search
pocket found half match
in the shelter of coat Where in that damp tunnel
could find place to scratch this precious half
Would it light? thought of the buckle
felt With that splinter of
Howard scratched that of matchand it lighted Quickly he
guided candle wick spuered butt
prayer light by began
looking around him.
On the Brink of Water-Filled Pit
my I
the old tunnel Not 20 feet ahead the DID, abandoned
filled pit waiting
UNDERGROUND! I almost collapsed at the thought"
But suddenly Howard his toes blast
deafened still
Il dared not hurry he light might
this time wouldn't have half match Another blast
tunnel half knees Then the
hosting shaft through the murky smoke
voice ched from the fumes bawled out r ee sake hurry
ghost
And" Howard. one-only
match"
Service
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The Young Mans Measurements

AhS ouhS V1dh NACdS
The Society of Directors of Ply
sical Education set the following
standard of measurements of the
physically ideal American student
OF p: With height of feet 9 inches
he carries weight OF 15o pounds.
The girth of his neck, knee and calf
are the same, with the upper arm
one and one-half inches less. The
glrth of his thigh. is ore-half inch
less than that of his head. His ex-
panded chest is 40 inches. the girth
OF his waist 10 inches less, his hip
glrth almost the same as his un-
expanded chest, while the breadth of
his waist barely exceeds the length
OF his foot, and the stretch of his
arms measures two inches more
than his height.
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A Narrow Window

"A IN al wv w AkAoSV
A NARROW window may let
in light,
A tiny star dispel the gloom of
night,
A little deed a mighty wrong
set right.
A rose, abloom may make a
desert fair,
A single cloud may darken all
the air,
A spark may kindle ruin and
despair.
A smile, and there may be an
end to strife;
A look of love, and hate may
sheathe the knife;
A word-ah, it may be a word
of life.
Florence Earle Coats.
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4" The Spark of Life
BY FLOYD GIBBONS,
Famous Headline Hunter

HERES Distinguished Adventurer Howard Hartling of
Brooklyn, N. Y and his yarn starts out like this
up on the surface sat smoking.
OF he smoke matches I
to with
out a it. & of much
UNTIL MY LIFE DEPENDED ON HALF OF ONE
Canadian disaster
while Well
Hartmg going tell the similar misfortune
the mining district
lad Howard worked the Famous gold Halifax
Scotia the digging
tunnea tunnel that deep
that the the gold
side.
Smokers Borrowed His Matches.
Howards adventure
self started shaft
sat around smoking and borrowing his matches.
Just about the time Howards match box handed
to him, the whistle blew and
the 3O0oOt level
The distant sounds dynaming reminded Howard
almost time knock started for the mouth
the tunnel exploding
he hurried his
the shaft landing which
hickered
Left in Pitch Black Darkness
Only little thing the blowing out Of that candle but Howard
darkness, darkness things
Once he took turning he might get into the old abandoned
there
safe either below for after blastings
and those explosions periousy
reached for his box of matches and suddenly the
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this was taking his weight, he could
not aim, and though in a fash he
had thrown his weight to the left
in that instant my fingers had
caught the wrist of his pistol-hand. |
For a moment he fought for his |
freedom: then he let himself fall
on his back: but now my wits were
working and before it could reach
his pocket, I had hold of his other
wrist.
And in that instant the room was
flooded with light. . -.
For a moment l thought that
someone had entered the chamber.
And then I guessed that Pharaoh
had turned the switches when first
he came into the room, and the
switchboard itself might report the
repair of the damage which he had
done.
So far the first time that night l
saw my enemy's face.
I think he must have known that
/ was his assailant, but the sight
| Of me seemed to send him out OF
| his mind. He fought no more like
as serpent, but like the mailman
he looked, his face convulsed with
passion and his eyes staring out of
his head.
/ At last, to my relief, the tempest
blew itself out, and he lay back,
spent and painting, to take his rest:
but, before could think of moving,
he had lifted his head once more
and was staring into my eyes.
| looked back, grimly enough.
He did not struggle: he simply
gazed upon me, as though he would
brand my image upon his memory.
Then the fellow spat in my face.
| So a mailman made mailman.
If he resisted, knew not, but
used him as lay figure from that
time on.
dashed his hand on the
massive plinth of the table, to break
his wrist, and when his pistol had
fallen / brought his hands together
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-04-23

sent him east and ran west-yes,
ran, with my heart in my mouth.
The idea was to find the Rolls ~.
if the Rolls had not gone.
ST found her at quarter to one,
up little track-and very near
cried with relief. You see, that
meant that my lady was yet in the
park.
II rushed off and stopped the
coupe, which was tapping for the
twentieth time, told the chauffeur
to go on patrolling, but to send me
reinforcements and tell everybody
he met. Then l went back to lay
nv ambush. soon had plenty OF
men and l did the job we'll.
cat a quarter of two a wallah
comes pelting with a message-we
very nearly killed him, of course.
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Nv Pistol on the Carpet before NC.
and got to my knees. And then l
was clear of the table and had
ierked him up to his feet.
I let his broken wrist go,
whipped out his second pistol and
pitched it across the room.
Then seized his throat with both
hands, turned him back to the table,
bent him across it's corner and
broke his back on the oak.
. .
Sitting on the bench by the fire.
place, I wiped my face and my
hands on Helena's black silk scarf.
Now that the business was over,
I found it hard to believe. / looked
at my watch.
The time was twenty minutes
mast twelve. Not an hour had gone
by since Pharaoh had talked" from
the ramparts and Dewdrop had
read his message to Rush and Bugle
and me. And now they were all
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-04-23

Mouth.
But by the time he'd said his piece
he was nearer death than be-
fore. The Countess Helena's compli-
ments, and will Mr.. Bohun come
back to the castle at once"
NV cousin covered his face.
81 don't think I've ever felt such
blasted fool. But blasted -.
"Well, took the Rolls and drove
back-to hear Lady Helena's tale.
"She was lying down on her bed
when a gag was clapped over her
mouth. Pharaoh, of course; but
alone. She put up fight, but he
very soon had his way. He bound
her wrists and ankles and took her
master key. Then he carried her
down her private staircase and into
a secret room-the ante-chamber, In
fact. to the cellar where lies the
gold.
"Im afraid, there's no doubt that
she suffered but, except that Pha-
raoh put it across her, she simply
leaves that bit out But he must
have been pretty ruthless, for in the
end she opened the secret panel con-
cealing the cellar steps.
"Well, Pharaoh and Dewdrop
went down, to view the gold: but
Rush and Bugle remained in the
chamber on guard. ought to have
said that her hands and her feet
had been freed. Still, she hadn't
much chance, for they kept a torch
! on her face.
81 shall never understand why
Pharaoh employed two such wash
outs as Bugle and Rush. The first
thing those two bright lads did was,
between them, to drop the torch.
By the time they'd found 1t again
their prisoner was gone. The door
TO the secret room is secret door.
II cannot be opened from within.
It was, therefore, standing open. In
flash my lady was out and had
shut the door.
"Well, though she was safe, she
wasn't clear of the wood. She was
locked in a staircase-turret, and
Rush had her master key. She
! called from the embrasures, but, as
the castle was empty, there weren't
any ears to hear. Then. after q
while she found Sabre standing be.
side her, licking her hand"
l felt that such statement de-
handed some sort of expression Of
disbelief.
u (TO BE CONTINUED)
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four or them dead, but was alive.
The reflection brought me up to
my feet.
Alive, If you please: but I was
shut in a chamber from which |
could see no way out.
For twenty minutes l sought that
secret door. I shouted and beat
upon the woodwork, using Helena's
name-all in vain.
Helena was locked in the turret-
my hand in my pocket fingered her
master key; which had taken
from Rush, but the turret, no doubt,
had embrasures, and she would be
found and released so soon as she
could make herself heard. She had,
of course, heard the firing, but II
the thieves were fighting what did
that matter to her? Let Pharaoh
revenge her escape upon Bugle and
Rush: or seek to blast his way out
Of the secret room.
Now when Helena's release was
effected and Godfrey and the war
den were found, the three would
take counsel together upon her re-
port. The position would be con-
sidered-but not for long.
The thing was clear. To open the
room would be madness. The coun-
ell would surely decide that Pha-
| l .oca hts oonononinno m,1St no
left to die where they were.
Somewhat dazedly surveyed my
surroundings.
| No windows, no doors. How did
one get out of chambers that had
neither windows nor doors?
It was then that / thought of the
fireplace.
A CRATE must have a chimney ;
and if the chimney was wide. :.
/ must have climbed forty feet
when my hand encountered ridge
and 1 felt a current Of air. Ano
then came to fireplace.
AS crawled out of that fireplace
l knew where I was. ! had COM
to Helena's bedroom.
Roughly / washed the filth from
nv head and my hands, but though
I did what I could to wipe the 500
from my shoes, I very soon saw tina
until could change my clothing,
should not be fit to move in a fur
nished room. And what clothes
had were at Plumage.
At once to get to the farm be
came my burning desire.
Before did so, I must set Helen
free. That was simple enough.
had her master key, and there wa
her private stair to bring me dow
to the hall. And yet / dreaded tn
duty. l did not want to see her
at least, not now. dreaded tn
explanations which / should b
forced to give. / did not want he
: to know that / had been there, |
that room; that I had seen Pharao
break her, that had heard her pu1
chase my safety for ten thousan
pounds year.
! / heard the whine Of dog an
then the scratch Of claws on til
door that led to the ramparts. In
moment 1 had it open, and there
my joy was Sabre.
The great dog seemed pleased
see me, but none too pleased to Sc
e. that 1 was alone.
"Come and find her, Sabre"
l said, ST know where she is"
ID The Alsatian started and stare
Then he bounded toward me, p1
o, his great paws on my shoulders al
I'd licked my face.
One minute later we stood in Il
Eh little hall.
e, With the master key in my han
I'd I turned to the turret door. For
moment I hesitated. Then took
! deep breath, fitted the key to tt
e. lock and pushed open the oak.
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CHAPTER xI-continued

1udIdOu was LIylAS W AAAu AAN'
stealing this way and that. He had
only to brush against me, touch me
with the tips of his fingers, ana
should be-caught. His deadly
swiftness of action would see to
that. Any moment this might hap
pen. Any moment the roar of his
pistol might make the last SOUND
I should hear. He might be but
three feet off-now. In another In
slant might feel his breath on
my cheek.
/ began to tremble:: my knees
felt suddenly loose: my cousins
words came leering into my mind,
II never liked blindman's buff" -.
It was the remembrance of Hell
ena that put to shame my fear. l
had heard her whip Pharaoh-here,
in this very room: whip him before
his fellows; cut him across the face,
and the whip she had used was my
courage. "You fear him you
fear his hand For an instant !
thought upon her and strangely
enough remembered the way she
had pushed her hair from her tenn
pies, as though by that pretty ges-
ture to Danish care. Then ! turned
refreshed to my duty, which was
to take Pharaoh's life.
At once / set out to find him,
with my left hand stretched before
me and my pistol all ready.
I truly believe that my action
saved my life, for Pharaoh passed
me in, the darkness and came upon
Rush. I knew this was so, for he
fred upon the body, supposing 1t
to Be me, and the fame that leaped
from his pistol gave me mark to
aim at, instead Of lighting my face.
In q flash I had fired and had
drawn his fire, for, before / could
think, bullet had ficked the sleeve
of my. pistol-arm.
This showed me, once for all, that
SO far as snap shots were con
cerned, 1 stood no chance whatever
against such man. AS l whipped
to one side, made up my mind
must not fire again until / knew
for certain that my bullet was go
ing to kill. In word, If I was tt
win. I must come to close quar-
tiers with Pharaoh, if not to grips
had now come back to the table
and. as 1 edged my way round it,
thought of the knee-hole below.
think it will be admitted tina
In making you way to and FRI
In a room that is dark, you
tendency is to skirt the furniture
which you encounter, keeping il
touch with it's edge, because, / sup
pose, you like to be able to fee
YOUR way. After all, this is nat
ural: blind men move by the wal
If, then, I entered the knee-hol
and let Pharaoh move to and FRI
sooner of later he would skirt tn
pedestal table, and, though / shout
not hear him, had put out m
hands, and l should feel the slac
of his trousers as he went by.
An instant later I was crouchin
beneath the archway, with my pi
tol on the carpet before me an
my empty hands outstretched upo
either side.
/ had not long to wait.
When I did not return his fire,
fancy the man was uncertain whetl
er or not I was dead. He, therefor
sought the spot from which / hs
fred and, finding nobody ther
turned and came to the table e
actly as had done.
And exactly as | had done,
began to edge his way round 1t. !.
The slack of his trousers brusht
my hand.
In a flash had him by tt
ankles and, ripping his feet fro
beneath him had brought him dow
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With tremDllng myers, WHlppcu
the key from the lock of the turret
door. Then / opened the door which
gave to the winding staircase,
passed through and locked it behind,
me with all dispatch. Five minutes
later crossed the moat by the foot
bridge and entered the tunnel which
would bring me into the woods.
AS walked to Plumage | remem-
bered those terrible moments-hoW
in her pride she had flung my puny
efforts in ,Pharaoh's face and how in
her fear and trembling she had
sought to buy my safety by com
hitting a breach of trust. No queen
could have done more for the king
she loved.
Although had come to regard
with increasing apprehension the
opening of Helena's eyes-to the
truth, of course, that it was and
not Bugle that had stood in the
secret chamber and listened to all
she said-it had never occurred to
me that, if only held my tongue,
neither she nor anyone else need
ever suspect that I had entered the
castle that Friday night. Yet before
my cousin had spoken a dozen
| words, saw that, If | was careful
my secret. would keep itself.
He found me finishing breakfast
in his room at The Reaping Hook.
"Well, you have missed some
| thing" he said. "Let that be your
punishment for deceiving three sim
pie souls. Not that blame you
this time My lady had no right
to treat you like that. ] told her
as much in the coupe. But she
wouldn't listen to me. But that's
by the way. You've missed-in
way you've missed the most
astounding show that ever was seen
Lady Helena saw good bit-more
than enough, I'm afraid" He threw
himself into a chair. upon my
soul, l don't know where to begin"
"What do you know?" l said.
IT feel sure" said my cousin,
chat you will be glad to hear that
your failure to arrive at the castle
knocked the three of us fiat. Lady
Helena was wild. I'd never have
| I, ri,
swell, now that she was safe ir
the castle, l was only too glad OF
an excuse to get out, and so an.
nounced that Barley and / would
F.seek you without delay. She in
sisted that we should take Sabre
and gave the dog his orders before
we left. It's right you should know
, that she was extremely worried"
! NV cousin paused, to frown on hi
: fnger-tips
!, II hope, in the merciful course
. of time, to forget the way WI
employed the next two hours. W.
> used Sabre exactly according tt
. the instructions on the box. Should
= the dog display emotion, releas
him at once. Remain exactly wher
j, YOU were when he left you, unit
) he returns. Then take hold of hi
collar and he will lead you to John.
I began to shake with laughter
! "Quite so,' said Godfrey. "Quit
= so. After about an hour the dog dis
= played emotion and was released
= After another hour Barley and
displayed much more emotion an
withdrew to survey the mouth c
= the entrance drive. =.
1--WE hadn't been there ten mil
utes when we heard the Carlott
COMMISSIONING from the castle a
]. out. By the use Of our torches "
it stopped her, to find that she wa
d manned by flying squad. Watcl
men, porters grooms-all Of the
Ie armed to the teeth. They were g
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-20
PROCEEDINGS OF
ASKOV COUNCIL

The regular meeting of tie Askov
village council was held August 6.
All memte rs were present except
Hans Mosbak and Paul Frokjer.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting and one special meeting were
read and approved as read.
A. M. Simonsen appeared before the
council taking oath of office as justice
of the pea< e; he also presented bonds
to the village which were accepted.
A letter from the Askov Commercial
club was read. 1t offered the village
$500 for the fire bell tower not in
Guiding the bell. On motion duly
carried 1t was decided to accept this
offer with the reservation that they
take down the tower and store the
bell in q suitable place.
A discussion followed relative to
handling of the many cars that come
to Askov on Saturday nights. 1t was
agreed that serious accidents may re-
suit unless the village provides some
means of safety; as a result the vii
lage marshal was instructed to be on
duty on Saturday nights to see that
cars are properly parked and in gen.
eral, work for the best interests of
safety.
The clerk reported the following
collections: State of Minnesota, fire
aid apportionment, $49.06; and county
auditor, revenue, S554.26.
The following bills were allowed
and ordered paid:
Soren Jensen, janitor work for
July -. @4.oV
Fritz Holm, street work and cut
ting weeds .18.4O
American Publishing Co., ad-
vertising and envelopes ...... 3.75
Minnesota Power & Light Co.,
July service ................. 90
There being no further business the
meeting adjourned.
A. HENRIKSEN,
President of Council.
w. B. johnson,
Village Clerk