The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 13, Number 16, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 19 August 1920 — Page 3

, ~ - ~ nt j | .The Mystery of Hartley House | | By CLIFFORD S. RAYMOND’ 1 ?£< ======================= s»♦< Illustrated by IRWIN MYERS ’ Copyright by George IL Doran Co. >*<;■

*♦ ■■■ ' ' B* BLACKMAIL. Synopsis. — Dr. John Michelson, just beginning his career, becomes resilient physician and companion of Homer Sidney at Hartley house. Mr. Sidney is an American, a sernimvalid, old and rich and very desirous to live. Mrs. Sidney is a Spanish woman, dignified and reticent. Jed, the butler, acts like p. privileged member of the family. The family has come from Montevideo. South America, Hartley house is a fine old isolated country place, with a murder story, a "haunted pool,” and many watchdogs, and an atmosphere of mystery. The "haunted pool” Is where Richard Dobson, son of a former owner of Hartley house, had killed his brother, Arthur Dobson. Jed begins operations by locking the doctor in his room the very first night Doctor John fixes his door so he can’t be locked in. He meets Isobel, daughter of the house, and falls'in love at first sight. In tne , night he finds the butler drunk and holding Mrs. Sidney by the wrist. He interferes. Mrs. Sidney makes light of it. John buys a revolver. John overhears Jed telling Mrs. Sidney lie will have his way. In reply she says she will not hesitate > to kill him. Mrs. Sidney asks John to consent to Ute announcement of his. engagement to Isobel. The young people consent to the niakebelieve engageriient. Later they find it is to head off'. Jed, who would, marry Isobel. Jed tries to kill John, but the matter 'is smoothe 1 over. John, though “en--gaged” to Isobel, conceals his love. Mr. Sidney visits a nearby prison and has Dobson, the murderer, point-d out.» Jed tells the storj' of the I’t bson murder. The family go to South America for the winter. John is left at home, but the "en- /■ gagement” is not broken. John hears the story of a tragedy "that might have happened in Monte- , video.” The family returns. A mysterious Spanish sailor appears. Jed recognizes him and wants to kill him. The sailor plays burglar. Mr. Brown, "attorney” for the sailor, calls on John. * : ■ ■-* —9— “Where was that?” I asked. The little man pulled at his coat cult's and smiled again. “My client being Spanish and Mr. Sidney having lived many years in Montevideo, it might be assumed that it was thertx” lie said. “It was there, and my client came into possession of a document —by dishonest means, I suspect—of- which he now retains only one page. I wish to leave a copy of this page with you, and later to find out to what extent it interests Mr. Sidney.” , , “You mean —to find out if he will smbmit ro blackmail.” I said. .“I anticipated your remark,” he said. “I look at the matter differently. If Mr. Sidney has something to conceal, w 6 shall be glad to help him to conceal it. 1 will leave a copy of the page from the document with you, and with your permission will see you later.” He handed me a long envelope and with a bow asked tcube shown to the door. Jed. net suspecting that the little man had any connection with the sailor, showed him ou'K» I went to my room to examine the paper which had been left with me. It was accompanied try an explanatory statement by “Attorney Phlletus M. Brown." I will give the explanatory statement first. “Memoranda for Dr. Michelson: The accompanying typewritten sheet is a part of a document stolen from Mr. Sidney in Montevideo ten years ago by Alejandro Dravada. then a servant in the capacity of porter. Dravada preserves the original, of which I have had several typewritten copies made. Dravada had the complete document in his hands, but only for a short while. He had discovered, in the course of several years’ service under Mr. Sidney in Montevideo, that a strong box in Mr. Sidney’s room was particularly guarded. He supposed it contained jewels. He is, I should judge, a person of small moral character and great cupidity. He determined to steal the box, hoping that its contents would enable him to get married and set himself up in a small business. “He succeeded in getting the box, by entering Mr. Sidney’s room, but before lie could make his escape he was ! unfortunate enough to be discovered by another servant, known to you as Jed. Jed leveled a revolver at my client and made him surrender the box. “I can only conjecture here—frequently’ this case has caused me to conjecture; but I think that the man Jed, although -he knew something valuable was contained in the box. thought, as did my Spanish client, that it was personal property; and, unlike my client, he was not careless of property rights. This conjecture may not interest you, but' I imagine you asking: ‘Why did not Jed steal the box he afterward took from my client?’ It was, I think, because the man Jed was by nature honest, and it was only when his inhibitions had been broken down by the sight of another man committing a crime which had been easier for him to. commit, that he lost'control . of his morals. ' “The man Jed took the box. My client, desperate at finding himself robbed of his loot, armed himself immediately and broke into Jed’s *oom shortly thereafter. He flound Jea disconsolately looking at a mass of pa-j pers, which was all the supposed jewel casket contained. “In this disappointing occupation Jed was aroused by the stealthy entrance of my client through a window’, but there was no conflict. Jed pointed to the papers and laughed. My client was shrewd enough to read pied’s emotions. He knew that the feature trove had proved a soap bubla la a man of violent' temper

In his double disappointment he sprang i at Jed, stabbed him in the shoulder, i seized the papers, scattered them about the room and jumped out of the I window. “If this had been all, I should have no client in this case. But. in his rage Dravada, when he was throwing the papers about, had unconsciously retained one sheet in his clenched fist. He found it in his list when he came out of his senseless and inordinate rage later; and then, his natural cupidity and cunning reasserted, he realized that something was being guarded in the box; that something being only papers, it must follow that the papers were valuable. He reproached himself that his anger had defeated his judgment when it was possible for him to take the entire contents of the box. He did not dare go back; he had scabbed Jed; the house might be alarmed. He had only a single sheet of the guarded manuscript. It is a copy of that sheet which you find here. “I said I would give you my conjectures. You will ask first why I am so candid in committing to writing a communication of this nature. It is because: first, I prefer td write it. owing to a physical timidity in conversation; and second, but equally important, because I know the last thing Mr. Sidney or any true friend of Mr. Sidney’s, desires is to have the story, of which this is a page, made public. “I do not know what this story is, but I know who does know what it is. That person is the man Jed —now, as before, a servant of Mr. Sidney. I tfave made sufficient inquiry as to the position of Jed in the household ofMr. Sidney to know that he retains the manuscript found in the box, or if he does not retain it, knows its contents. “The visit of Mr. Sidney and his family to Montevideo this winter betrayed Jed’s whereabouts to Dravada, He came north after they had sailed. His cupidity has determination. I think your man Jed appreciates that. I think from what Dravada has told me. in his simple boasting fashion, that Jed was dismayed to see him again in Montevideo. “My client’s first impulse, having followed Jed to the United States, was to get at this secret by force or theft, but he sees the physical difficulties in the way; and. being, except in his violent moments, a reasonable man, he has had recourse to an attorney to obtain such settlement as his knowledge may be worth. “I do not' wish to defend my course in the matter. I suggest merely that Mr. Sidney and all concerned will fare the better for having a man of consideration and discretion, such as I Hatter myself I am,, intervening between them and a man of the moral complexion indicated by my client. I shall be at your disposal, doctor, within any reasonable time. I leave it to your judgment to handle the matter within Hartley house.” The copy of manuscript which accompanied the letter was as follows: “ . . . would be fatal to the success of what I have done and intend to do if this confession were to be found. It might be asked, then, why expose myself and my happiness to the chance of discovery of things which I may lock forever by simply forgetting. It is sufficient answer to that question to admit that for me I could not be content unless it were certain that what I have done should be known. I want the record of it known. It increases my satisfaction to know that I shall cause moralists to be indignant. I want to be known as a criminal. I want my crime to be talked about. I want it remembered. That is the savor of my life. It would be impossible for me to obtain a sufficient satisfaction unless I made It possible for the story of a crime to be known some time. So long as I live, I shall need and seek concealment ; but I should not be happy unless I could anticipate disclosure. My crime ...” That was all. Several persons—two at least; Dravada and Attorney Brown—knew as much as I had read. Three persons, in the hfijjse, Mr. Sidney, Mrs. Sidney ' and Jed, knew the story completely. It was this knowledge which had given Jed his control in the house, Mrs. Sidney her unhappiness and Mr. Sidney some of his pleasures. The search for a solvent of the Hartley house mysteries was insistent. Alcott’s incidental remark came back to me: “It might hav’e been Montevideo.” I felt uncomfortable to recall this, ashamed and abashed, as if in recalling it-1 had done something to lower myself in my self-respect. I had to go to Mrs. Sidney with the information and insinuations Attorney Philetus M. Brown had given me. My desire was , to protect her from precisely this kind of trouble; my necessity was to carry the trouble to her. I had to know how to act. Byway of preliminary I told her of the three appearances of the Spaniard and then of the appearances of the .lawyer. When I offered her the sheet of paper containing a transcript of a i page of Mr. Sidney’s diary, her hands , trembled, but she took the sheet resolutely. She was greatly alarmed but regained her composure. She read the page hurriedly and then more carefully and, it seemed, i with relief. 1 “I have to deal with these men,” I s said, “and I must know how to do it. i They can be dealt with by criminal 1 law if there is no reasoin why protection should not be sought in that sash- i ion.” s “There is,” said Mrs. Sidney, “and I cannot tell you the reason.” i “You know that I do not ask for I it,” I said. i ■ z

i “You know there is something very | i strange about this house?” “That was evident in twenty-four I hours,” I said, “but it means nothing, to me. Lfam not curious. I merely] want to know how to deal with these men.” “It is not a lack of confidence In you that keeps me from telling what is ■ wrong here.” said Mrs. Sidney. ’ “If would be a relief to do so. It has been hard to. stand it all alone, John.” I was glad, for the first time con-, sciously, that my name was John. It I had an honest, straightforward sound, ‘ suggesting the plain, honest dealing j that might be needed in this house. “The reason I do not tell you, John.” i said Mrs. Sidney, “is because I would not have another conscience distressed, j You could .never again be really happy ! if you knew the story of which this . sheet is a page. You could not do me , arfy good if you knew it. You would only torment yourself." “So much for that,” I said. “I take: your judgment. But how am Ito deal ■ with these fellows?” Mrs. Sidney hesitated. “I don’t know,” she said. “I’m sure i I don’t know.” “Do you know a man named Dra-' vada?” I asked. “Did you know him : when you lived in Montevideo? Can you tell me anything about him with-j out telling something that you do not | want to?” “I can tell you about Dravada,” said ■ Mrs. Sidney. “Mr. Sidney 1 was head I of a shipping firm. Dravada had been a sailor. He had come to be a porter or stevedore about the docks. We needed a porter at home, and Mr. Sidney brought this man from the docks to fill the position. He was a docile creature, very strong and useful, am} never • annoying. . . . Now I will tell you as much as I possibly can without doing you a great injustice. “We bad lived in Montevideo fifteen years when Jed came to us. He has been with us ever since. Mr. Sidney began writing the manuscript, of which this is a copy of one sheet, the year Jed came. “The only reason I do not tell what the manuscript contains is because I value your peace of mind. I know W ■■ ww TW “The Only Reason I Do Not Tell What the Manuscript Contains Is Because I Value Your Peace of Mind.” from my own experience that your conscience never would be at rest if you had full knowledge, and yet you would be entirely helpless. So out of consideration for you I shall not tell you more than I have to. “Mr. Sidney never has had the slightest scruple as to what he has done; he rejoices in it. Tou have spoken of his will to live; what I am holding back from you would explain it. He says in this page of his manuscript which you have seen that it perfects his satisfaction to leave a record of his crime. I know that it does. I understand that he had to have it known after his death that he had done what he had. “Jed’s family name is Arliss. He was a sailor on a British ship which sailed from Montevideo to Liverpool, and he became tired of sea work. Mr. Sidney had seen him about the wharf and had been attracted to him. They had talked enough for Mr. Sidney to learn of Jed’s ambition for a comfortable life on shorti. Mr. Sidney gave him the chance to realize it in our house. “Jed, after he was taken into the house, found that Mr. Sidney used greht precautions with something which he locked in a box. When Dravada cam>, he also saw the box which 1 Mr. Sidney seemed to guard so care- ■ fully. Dravada decided to steal what- j ever was in the box. Jed found him i in the act. They fought, but Jed re- 1 tained the contents —Mr. Sidney’s man- ■ uscript.” i “Then Jed knows the secret?” I i asked. 1 “He does.” i “And Dravada does not?” ] “He cannot know any more than you < know from reading this one sheet from ’ the manuscript.” < “Where is the manuscript?” • “Jed has It.” “Does Mr. Sidney know that?” “Not yet. You have been wondering at Jed’s control in the house. He has ' the manuscript and he knows the ’ story which for your own sake I would ’ not have you know. He presumes upon his knowledge.” i “But doesn’t Mr. Sidney ever want ’ to see the manuscript he sets such store by?” 1 asked. “No. He wants to know it is In his strong box. If he ewer finds that it is not, we shall have to meet the situ- i atlon somehow. God teaws how.” i

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I “Then this sailor and this blackmaili ing lawyer know no more than I know j now?” “No more. s<s far as I am aware.” Brown, the lawyer, came to Hartley house the next day to see me. I think I lie regarded his plan of blackmail as irresistible, i wonder that he did not I have an express wagon and a large I chest with him. He was amiable and i expectant. “You have decided?” he said as Jed, having brought him to me on the porch, went away. He had his cane and his I gloves and his nap-worn suit. “You get nothing,” I said, “and may ! act upon that information.” The disappointment was unpleasant to him. If I wanted to dramatize the ; effect, I’d say it was catastrophic. He I sat down suddenly in the nearest wick- ! er chair, and his face became ugly in I appearance. I “You must know, doctor,” he said, “that I am nerved to the performance ! of my duty by the thought of a wife ! and two daughters for whom I have I provided indifferently. I will not say ■ that their situation is desperate, but iit may make me desperate. I feel that , we have a claim here which might eas- ! ily be adjusted.” “You use a number of euphemisms for blackmail,” I |aid, t “and none of j them conceals your meaning. If your i wife and daughters are in need, you j might approach Mrs. Sidney as the i almoner of Mr. Sidney’s charities, j That, at least, would be an honest , statement of your case, and it might be effective.” He brightened at once. “I thank you for a lesson in procedure,” lie said. “We shall consider it upon such an understanding.” I saw the mistake I had made. “I assure you,” I said, “you may consider nothing upon the terms you wish to have considered in this house. Your attempt at blackmail is so unconsidered that you may go shriek to the world or to the prosecuting attorney. The family is not’interested in you or your client.” » The shabby little fellow seemed to get blue-nosed and blue-lipped in disappointment. “I am sure you cannot have considered your interests,” he said. “Mr. and Mrs. Sidney certainly do not want a scandal.” “Certainly not. How are they threatened with one?” “But the manuscript indicates one." “Does it? I have read it, and I knew nothing. You have read it. What do you know?” “I can read English,” he said with spirit. “I read in Mr. Sidney’s handwriting that he had committed a crime and that he was committing an indiscretion in putting the account on paper.” Jed falls into the hands of his enemies. <TO BE CONTINUED.) SIDON ONCE POWERFUL CITY Metropolis of the Ancient Phoenicians Knew Domination of Three WorldRuling Races. Sidon, the metropolis of the ancient Phoenicians, was dominated first by the Egyptians, but the yoke of the Pharaohs was thrown off, after which the Assyrians ruled with heavy hand. Later Phoenicia . became a Roman province. Greek culture had a shaping influence, so that the story of Sidon is in large degree the story of the ancients through a period when classic history was shaping. Sidon was built on an island, but the shifting sands of the Mediterranean filled in the harbor and joined the island with the mainland, so that the site of the ancient city is now on a peninsula. The Sidonians, along with the Phoenicians in general, were a seafaring race of fishermen. The calling of the sea was directly responsible for the rise of the Phoenicians to a powerful place in the nations, the domination of the Mediterranean, the founding of Carthage, colonizing in Spain and the threatening of Rome itself. As early as the seventh centpry before Christ, the Sidonians had piloted their tiny craft, propelled by sails and banks of oars, around Africa. Many of ‘the archeological finds of Sidon have been in the British museum and in the museum of Constantinople. Boiling Steel in Oil. Cincinnati is one of six places in the world wherh steel is strengthened by being boiled in oil. At a plant in Carthage, a steel shaft weighing 30,000 pounds, the largest piece ever subjected to the new method, went through the process of being strengthened. It was a “hollow bored tumbler shaft” for use in dredging gold in California, costing about $17,000. The great shaft was first suspended in an upright furnace until heated to just below theunelting point. A crane then picked it up and dropped it into a huge well of oil, where it boiled and sputtered, throwing out clouds of oily mist. Why Clear Nights Are Colder. A clear, bright starlight night in winter is always much colder than a cloudy one. The reason for this is that the heat of the earth is always thrown off more quickly when there is nothing to intercept it. Clouds act as a kind of blanket, and in preventing the earth’s heat from escaping, tend to keep the atmosphere warm. There is no telling where a sinner will land when he begins to monkey with a fishing outfit on Sunday.

GOBI SHORTAGE IIIEIIIS CONFLICT OPERATORS’ ASSOCIATION SAYS NO ALARM NEED BE FELT IF PLANS ARE CARRIED OUT. MUST INCREASE CAR SUPPLY Full Co-Operation of the Miners 's Necessary, for Figures of the Geological Survey Show Existence of a Real Shortage. By JAMES P. HORNADAY. Wa^i-ngton- —There are still conflicting views as to the seriousness of the bituminous coal supply problem and the solution thereof, but concerted action taken by the interstate commerce commission, the bituminous coal operators and the railroads has tended to develop assurance that the nation will get through the coming winter safely. \ y The NationabCoal association, which is composed bituminous coal operators, announces that no alarm need be felt by the public as to a coal famine this winter If the comprehensive plans which have been worked out are executed to the f Co-operation must come not alone from the railroads, the association says, but also frpm the miners, who must dig coal needed to fill the cars. The plans referred to provide for an increase of 25 per cent in open-top car supply so as tp insure the shipment from the bituminous mines of approximately 12,000,000 tons of coal a week from now until the end of the present coal year, which is April 1, 1921. The program also calls for priority in soft coal shipments to the Great Lake ports in tiie Northwest and to tidewater ports for New Eng? land. These two sections of the country would be most seriously affected if an actual coal famine should develop and therefore they are being given first consideration. Geological Survey's Figures. ' The bituminous coal operators contend that a real coal shortage exists, and use figures published by the United States geological survey to back up their contention. According to the survey’s figures, the output from all the soft coal mines for the six months ending June 30 was 258,360.000 tons. It is pointed out that if the same ratio of output were maintained for the balance of the year up to April 1 next, the aggregate production would reach 516.720,000 tc’vs. The coal operators estimate that 545,000,000 tons will be needed to reach this .year’s requirements. This demand would exceed the output for last year by-some 88,000.000 tons, while being under the production for 1917 and 1918. Some of the reasons given for the increased demand upon the mines this year are that there has been greater need for coal on the part of manufacturing interests; that the coal operators have been obliged to make up a deficiency of some 15.0tK).000 tons of coal stocks which under ordinary conditions would iflive been lying in the country’s bins on April 1 ; that because of the miners’ strike of last winter, which closed down the mines for six ’weeks, the country’s surplus •stocks entirely disappeared and up to the present have never been made up. The coal operators estimate the existing aggregate shortage at 35,000,000 tons. The lake movement of coal, by which is meant the movement of soft coal from Lake Erie ports to the upper lake ports, Duluth for example, is over 5,000,000 tons behind 1918 and 6,000,000 tons behind 1919. Making Assets of Cripples. The work of reclaiming for usefulness persons who are Injured in industr ywill soon begin with the federal government co-operating with the states in an effort to solve the problem of the industrial cripple. Seven states —Minnesota, New York, Oregon, South Dakota, Indiana, Arkansas and Arizona —have practically completed the plan to be followed in each state, and these plans will be submitted soon to the federal board for vocational education. Under a new law, approved by President Wilson just before congress adjourned in June, the federal government wiH match dollar for dollar the funds appropriated by any state for the reeducation for useful employment of those who havq been incapacitated by injury. , The work of industrial rehabilitation will primarily be carried on by the states, the federal government aiding finanicially and through the federal board of vocational education supervising and guiding the states. Within a few years, officers of the federal board anticipated that the industrial rehabilitation work will be nationwide. Four Years to Try Plan. It is not proposed that the federal government shall take the disabled men and train them, but that each state shall have the co-operation of the government in allotment of funds, there being $750,000 available for use before July 1. 1921, and 1,000,000 for each of the three succeeding veqrs. State allotments of this money will be on a pro rata basis of population, with a minimum allowance set at $5,000. , ’ ' ' '' J The four-year period is expected to From Wood to Silk. Whole forests have been cut dbwn to supply the world with pencils, but timber in still larger quantities is now required for the manufacture of silk stockings and other attire made of artificial silk, for which wood is the raw material. Leather in Cow and Horse Hides. The hide of a cow represents thirtyfive pounds of leather, and that of a horse a little more than half that amount

serve as a try-ouc of the plan, within which time every state will join in the movement aimed to make the Indus- ( trial cripple an asset for the community rather than a liability. In the present days of labor shortage, this movement is regarded as economic as well Mjiumanitarian. L. formerly director of vocational education in the state of New York, will have charge of the federal government’s participation in the movement, and L. H. Carris, formerly vocational director for New Jersey, is in charge of she Immediate development work in the states. At present Mr. Carris is on a trip ( through the country that will take him to the Pacific coast and back to Washington. No reliable statistics are available to show the number of industrial cripples but Charles H. Verrill of the United States employees’ compensation commission estimates that 14,000 persons every year suffer injuries at work that cause amputation of the leg, foot or hand or loss of sight. Roughly, the official guess is that 100,000 or more persons will be re-educated annually when the new law is in full operation. The wide scope of the federal law Is apparent from the definition of i those who may be benefited by It, a section reading;: “Persons disabled shall be construed to mean any person who by reason of a physical defect or infirmity, whether congenital or acquired by accident, injury or disease, is or may be expected to be totally or partially incapacitated for remunerative occupation; the term ‘rehabilitation’ shall be construed to mean the rendering of a person disabled fit to engage in a remunerative occupation.” Many States Have Started. While no stare has yet submitted its plan, which on approval by the federal board will entitle it to government funds, the seven states named in the foregoing have accepted the principle of the federal law, while others are expected to act in the near future. In fact several states, including California, Virginia, West 5 irginia. Illinois. Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, already have state laws providing for the rehabilitation of their injured industrial workers, but ‘ slight changes will be needed in their laws before they can obtain federal aid. In order for a state to share in the federal funds, there must be cooperation between the state vocational educational board and the state workmen’s compensation board. Progress of Par Clearance. The federal reserve board has just Issued an interesting report showing the progress of the movement started some years ago for the collection of all bank checks at face value through tlie federal reserve syste m. AIL of the banks in the country except one-half of those in eight southeastern states do not make any charge for the exchange of checks. In 40 states and the District of Columbia, one may write a check on his hometown bank, though a thousand miles from it, get its full face value and not have a single cent added at home lor the exchange service.' Not many years ago practically all banks made a charge for this service—generally 10 cents for each sl,tW or less —and this practice still obtains In the southeastern states. A study of the federal reserve board report discloses some interesting surprises. It is difficult to have popular conception grasp the fact that lowa has twice as many banks as New ‘ York; that even North Dakota has L more banks than the great financial eastern money market; that Ibwa has more banks than any other State in the Union, or that Texas has more banks than Ohio or Pennsylvania. The movement for the par collection of bank checks was begun by the federal reserve board because the law creating it decreed that member banks could not pay an exchange charge. In the early stages there was considerable opposition to the movement, and me fighting, has not yet stopped. Georgia Bankers Opposed, Recently state bankers in Georgia conducted a strenuous fight against par collections, carrying their protest to court against the federal board’s collection of checks through express companies, post offices and over the counter generally. Still the fight Is not yet ended, and is expected to come »bcfore the Supreme court of the United States in the near future. Elsewhere in the country there also have been protests against the activities of the federal agents, some bankers complaining that the district reserve banks collected large amounts of checks and, appearing suddenly at the bank counter, demanded cash — sometimes more than the legal reserve. These protests reached congress, and Governor Harding of the board when called upon to explain cited the law, and told the congressional committee that it was up to congress to repeal the provision against exchange payments if it was desired to stop the par clearance movement. No action followed in congress, and since then more banks have been added to the par list. • The eight states-in which par clearance is not general are Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida. In these states a total of 1,803 banks do not belong to the federal reserve system and are not on the p ar llst - There are, however, in these states 1,481 banks belonging to the federal system, at which no exchange charge is levied against checks collected at or through them. How to Test a Current. To find out if an electric circuit is fed by continuous or alternating current, approach a magnet to. the filaments of an incandescent lamp. These will be attracted if the current be continuous; they will vibrate if it be alternating. One Argument Against the H. C. of L. “Don’t charge so much for the. coat. Remember, the cheaper it is the less 1 shall owe you.”—Klods Hans. Copen hagen.

OATS BEST CROP Statistics Show Advantages * Over Com Growing. On Comparatively Cheap Land •Ir Western Canada Farmers Get Record Yields—Cost Per Acre Much Less Than Corn. How much more does it cost to grow an acre of corn than to grow an acre of oats? To, get a proper com- * parison it is necessary to tpke an illustration from a farm on which both crops are grown successfully. An example has just been brought to the writer’s attention of the comparative cost of growing corn and oats on a Minnesota farm. It is furnished by Albert Inmer, a well-known farmer in Cottonwood county. Minn., in an article which appeared in the Cottonwood Citizen. Mr. Inmer says: “I had a curiosity to know how much it would cost to ratSe an acre of oats and corn. To find out I kept account, during the year, of the time required and the cash expended to grow the above mentioned crops.” His figures show that it cost him $31.49 to grow an acre of corn and $18.13 1-3 to grow an acre of oats; or a difference of $13.00 an acre. In favor of oats. Provided the respective crop yields are not altogether out of proportion to the ;cc|St of growing the crop, this seems to be a good argument in favor of growing oats. But to grow oats successfully it is not necessary to use $l5O or S2OO land. In western Canada some of the best oat-growing land in the world can be bought »for abouts 2€ ah acre. On this land good yields.and a high quality of grain is obtainable. Fifty to sixty bushels to the acre In properly prepared land is a fair average yield for oats in western Canada in a normal season but yields of up to 100 bushels, and even more, to the acre have been frequent in good years. The quality of oats grown in western Canada is attested by the fact that at all the international exhibitions for many years past oats grown In western Canada have been award- - ed the leading prizes. There is on record oats grown in western Canada that have weighed as much pounds to tht/ measured bushel, and the dominion grain inspector is authority for the statement that 85 per cent of the oats examined by him in western Canada xyeigh more than 42 pounds to the measured bushel. The standard weight for a bushel of oats is: 34 pounds. Samples of these oats weighing upward of 45 pounds to the Inislj^ l ar< on exhibition at the Canadian government information bureau, located in various cities in the United States.— Advertisement. A Friend in Need. Mrs. Flatbush —Who is that man . with the red nose you just bowed to? Mr. Flatbush —Oh, he’s a man 1 met out west. “He is certainly not a prohibitionist, is he?” “Why, I never had occasion to ask him, dear.” “But how did you happen to meet him?” “Well, 'we were traveling out of Milwaukee on the same twin one night. He had a bottle, »nd I discovered that I had a corl; screw.” —Yonkers Statesman. Aolil Stomach, Heartburn and Nausea quickly disappear with the use of Wright 1 ® Indian Vegetable Pills. Send for trial bog to 372 Pearl St., New York. —Adv. Aqueous. She—They say lie' is quite devoted to aquatic sports. He —Yes, he drinks like a fish, you know. Better a dozen freckles on j’our face than one on your character. DEPENDED UPON IT2OJEARS Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Has Been This Woman’s Safeguard All That Time. Omaha, Neb.—“l have used Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for over

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