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The Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
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NEBRASKA-
The Mystery
OF
CarneyCroft
By
JOSEPH BROWN COOKE
Copyright 1807 by Story lross Corporation
CHAPTER V Continued
I told him of my experiences in the
morning taking care not to omit a
single detail of what I had observed
in my interview with either Carney or
Bobbs When I had finished he re
marked with equal brevity
Well what of it
Thats the way with MacArdel
He can be and usually is the most
exasperating fellow that ever lived
What of it I exclaimed Theres
a deuced lot of it 1 tell you I want to
find out what this fellow is doing and
get him to leave it alone If you had
over seen his sister and could under
stand as I do the desolateness of her
position youd be as anxious as I am
to reform him
Woman in the case of course
murmured MacArdel softly taking a
deep puff of smoke which he held in
his mouth for a moment and then
blew out slowly in a long thin cloud
This is one of the most insulting
things that a man can do and MacAr
del knows it perfectly well I was in
clined to knock him down but I think
too much of him for that so I merely
said
No Mac dont be a fool but try
to listen to reason if you can
Impossible when youre talking
he observed softly
I ignored this and continued My
only interest in Miss Carney is that of
lawyer to client and Im not in love
with her or thinking of marrying her
In the first place Ive only seen her
once or twice in my life and in the
next the difference in our financial po
sitions to speak of nothing else is
quite enough to put out of the ques
tion any such idea on my part
Cat-look-king said MacArdel be
tween puffs
I suppose you mean by that to in
fer that a dog may loos at a queen
I replied testily but I tell you man
its all nonsense utter aonsense
Looks bad though said MacAr
del specially when a fellow com
pares himself to a dog and the lady
to a queen and he touched the bell
on the little table between us
Whats that for I asked Ive
got plenty of cigars here in my
pocket
Yellow cbatreuse he replied I
think you need it
Now seriously Mac I resumed
What do you think of this man Car
neys virtual denial of any excesses
Lie said MacArdel
Well I went on what do you
think of the servants behavior in
practically admitting the whole busi
ness and then turning about as he did
at the last moment
Nother lie he replied
Then you think they are a pair of
prescious scoundrels I asked
No damned scoundrels he said
slowly I think they are unless the
matter can be explained in another
way But Im not at all sure of it
Thats merely the way things look
now
Mac I said you dont know as
much as I do
That he replied is the most un
kind thing you ever said to me I
know things my boy that your philos
ophy never dreamed of I have been
trying to think while you have been
talking and in spite of you I have
thought to some purpose
In the first place as I said a min
ute ago I think the man is an ordi
nary drunkard and that this servant
of his is in league with him to keep
the facts from you and his family
Now I only think this because it is
the most plausible explanation that of
fers I am not sure of it by any
means and I want that distinctly un
derstood
In the second place you dont know
anything about it at all and yet in
your monumental assurance you have
settled the whole thing with the ex
ception of one detail and you have
come to me as a physician to supply
you with that necessary link in your
chain of evidence You think he is
the victim of some drug habit and you
want me to tell you from his symp
toms what drug he is using Isnt
that so and he blew out another of
those insulting streamers of smoke
I was forced to admit sheepishly that
he was right and my good opinion of
myself faded away like the smoke of
our cigars
Well he continued the symp
toms he presents could not be caused
by opium nor by cocaine nor by hash
eesh Whisky Is the mostly likely
thing of all and you have nothing but
a couple of vague expressions of aston
ishment from him and his servant to
make you search for any other solu
tion of the problem
There is however one other thing
that might be at the bottom of it all
but he could not get it here and it
would be pretty hard for him to get it
anywhere Moreover I am not at all
sure myself about it and would have
to look it up before I would ven
ture to say anything definite on the
subject
What is it I asked Impatiently
Never mind what it Is for the pres
ent he replied If I am wrong In
my surmise you can safely put it
down to whisky and if I am right
you arc no better off though perhaps
no worse Now I am not going to
say anything more about it to night
But in the meantime what am I to
do with him I persisted I may see
him again or be asked for advice
concerning him at any time you
know
Leave him to Uobbs Ware leave
him entirely to Bobbs and let him go
his own way as he will said Mac
Ardel earnestly If its whisky the
sooner he drinks himself to death the
better and if its the only other thing
it can be Bobbs Is a veritable God
send to him and to all of you too
Whatever you do leave him alone
yourself for you cant do him any
good and you may get into a lot of
trouble if you bother with him Lets
go down and play a game of bil
liards
CHAPTER VI
An Anonymous Letter
The first lot of bills that r paid for
the Carney establishment contained
one for two dozen bottles of Scotch
whisky which had been ordered by
Mr Carney and shipped by express
to Carney Croft on the day that he
and Bobbs were in my office I made
no mention of this item to Miss Car
ney when I was going over the ac
counts with her but paid it on the
chance that it was correct In this
I was not mistaken for although I
never saw John Carney again except
for an instant I did see the identical
24 bottles empty of course in the
cellar at Carney Croft
It was more than three years after
the death of the old gentleman and the
stable boy and I had gone back to the
place to arrange for its opening after
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reached the gates when as I wasun j
locking them with a key from the big
bunch that I had brought with me ho j
unbent enough to say Dont look
much like it uster here
Ho was quite right The grass stood
knee high on the lawns the road
beds and paths were choked with
weeds and the asphalted walks lead
ing from the front and sides of the
mansion and winding gracefully down
under the trees -to the river were
blanketed under the leaves and other
accumulations of three long years
The man waited until I had unlock
ed the front dour which swung in
ward with the fitful creaking of dis
use and then asked D ye want me
teh wait
Oh no I replied Not at all
All right he returned clucking to
his horse Ill tell Hoskins teh save a
room fur ye an it haint much of a
walk frum here anyhaow
Hold on I shouted as he was
turning the corner Dont do any
thing of the sort Im going to sleep
here to night if I can find any lights
and manage to turn on the water I
dont want to sleep at Hoskins un
less I have to but Ill be over there
for breakfast in the morning
His expression of amazement was
wonderful to behold as he pulled his
horse down on its haunches to hear
me through Then with a grin he
chuckled Wal its gol dummed little
sleepin yell do Ill warrant and he
drove on up the road
I wandered over the house raising
windows and opening shutters to let
in the light and air and then making
a frugal lunch of some things I had
purchased on the train for this pur
pose I lighted a cigar and drawing
a chair out on the veranda I watched
the sunset far away over the river and
waited for bed time
I had no doubt that my rustic
friends astonishment at my determin
ation to sleep in the house was found-
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Waited for Bed Time
it had been closed for the greater part
of that time
John Carney had remained at
only long enough to have a
short visit with his sister and put to
rights his own personal effects and
then accompanied by Bobbs he had
departed for a tour of the world or
goodness knows where I heard from
either him or Bobbs at varying inter
vals and on strictly business matters
and the only way I had of addressing
him was through a banking house in
London which was kept fairly well in
formed as to his whereabouts
Miss Westons health improved suf
ficiently to permit her traveling and
she continued to reside with Miss Car
ney who took a furnished apartment
in town as her brother and I had ad
vised her to do Later they traveled
considerably abroad and finally settled
down for a protracted stay at a little
village on the Mediterranean coast in
the hope of benefiting the health of
Miss Weston who as I afterward
learned was suffering from consump
tion
As I have said more than three years
had passed when I received a most un
expected communication from Miss
Carney saying that she had decided to
return home at once bringing Miss
Weston with her She asked me to
have Carney Croft made ready for oc
cupancy with as little delay as pos
sible Jplf1r
I haOjaTio va8tioVthat summer
andf occurred tome that instead of
attending to the matter at long range
I would go down myself for a week
or two and give it my personal at
tention
I arrived on a day that was almost a
counterpart of the one that saw my
first visit to Carney Croft and at the
station I was received with scant
show of welcome by the man who
had taken me down in his trap before
and entertained me on my return jour
ney with anecdotes of old Mr Carney
and a tale of ghosts
Want teh go daown teh th place
I spose he grumbled
We rode along in silence until we
ed upon the twaddle over ghosts that
was begun in the village three years
before and I rather welcomed this
idea for I felt that the more preva
lent it became the less likelihood
would there be of undesirable prowl
ers about rhe place
The room I chose for the night was
the one I had occupied on the occa
sion of my former visit and after mak
ing up my bed in true bachelor fash
ion with bedding which I had no trou
ble in finding I locked the house se
curely and slept the sleep of the
just
I awoke suddenly startled no doubt
by a ray of sunlight gleaming fairly
in my face and finding the day so far
advanced I sprang out of bed thor
oughly refreshed by my sleep and ex
hilarated by the crisp morning air
that was blowing in through the win
dow As I threw back the sheet some
thing fell to the floor picking it up I
found a small square envelope ad
dressed in a cramped and totally unfa
miliar hand
Frederick Ware Esq
Carney Croft
I tore it open and my astonish
ment at its discovery was increased
ten fold by its contents The note
read
As you love Florence Carney and hope
to make her your wife keep her away
from this place at any cost
I read it over and over again until
the letters fairly danced before my
eyes and then I suddenly awoke to
the importance of finding if possible
how it had been placed in my bed
The window was open to be surer
and had been open all night but it
was too far from the ground tohave
been reached without a ladder and
a later inspection of the ground be
neath showed conclusively that no lad
der had been placed under it More
over the little tendrils of ivy that
waved in the breeze all around the
sash were absolutely unipjured which
could not have been the case if an
entrance to the room had been effect
ed in this way
CTO BE CONTINUED
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SEE END OF STEAM
ELECTRICITY IS THE COMING MO
TIVE POWER
Experiments Along This Line Have
Met with Such Uniform Success
That the Day of General Adop
tion Is Near
Five years ago except for the over
head trolley and a few other experi
mental cases there was not a railroad
in the country using electricity for
its motive power Ten years hence
say the railroad prophets the steam
locomotive will be almost as much of
a novelty as the horse car is to day
and the electric motor will reign su
preme in the handling of all freight
and passenger service
It was only five years ago when the
motive power of the elevated roads in
New York city was changed from
steam to electricity The example
thus set was followed by the subway
and later by the terminal system of
the New York Central lines The first
electric train was run by the latter in
December of last year 37 miles of
electric equipment having been built
on the Hudson division and 27 miles
on the Harlem Now over 200 electric
trains pass through the terminal tun
nels of the Central daily in a year it
is estimated all the trains on this line
will enter the city by electricity and
in ten years according to the opinion
of some of the oificials of the road the
electric motor will replace the steam
locomotive on the entire Central sys
tem
In this change of its motive power
from steam to electricity the experi
ence of the Central merely illustrates
what is taking place or what is
planned on the other great roads of
the country Now that the danger
from the deadly third rail has been
practically eliminated by incasing the
latter in wood the chief hindrance to
the adoption of electricity by the
through railroads has been overcome
As a consequence the demand on the
part of the railroads for electric equip
ment has increased so rapidly that it
has passed temporarity quite beyond
the ability of the manufacturers to
meet it Meanwhile enough has been
KEEPING STEAM UP WITH OIL
An Entirely DifferfVt Job from Firing
a Locomotive with Coal
Firing a locomotive with oil is a
very different matter from firing with
coal In Texas on account of the
low cost of fuel oil many lines burn
it In their engines
The oil is stored in tanks In the
tender and enters the firebox below
the door writes a Texas firemon in
the Locomotive Firemens Magazine
A small pipe called the atomizer con
nects with the oil pipe just as it
reaches the firebox which sprays the
oil evenly all over the firebox which
is lined with fire brick
The fireman has five valves to op
erate the oil valve to regulate the
supply of oil the atomizer to spray
it the heater which heats the oil
in the tank the superheater which
heats the pipes connecting tank with
firebox and the blower which must
be worked a little when steam is
shut off to create draught enough to
keep oil burning
Firing an oil burner is a very par
ticular job The operation of te oil
valve and the atomizer must corre
spond at all times with the amount
of work an engine is doing not
enough fire starts an engine leaking
and too much oil makes black smoke
gums up the flues and makes loss
steam
It is then up to the fireman to
get down on the deck and fill up a
funnel with sand to clean the flues
By putting the end of the funnel into
a hole in the firebox door the sand
is drawn through the flues and out the
stack
Firemen on helpers and yard en
gines prefer coal as it requires less
watching but on a through freight
especially on the heavy hills oil is
all right The engineer can drop her
down a notch or so and just as quick
ly can the fireman give her a little
more oil and the atomizer
The hardest work an oil burner
fireman does is to take water It is
not a dirty job either but I have
never seen a fireman wearing a white
collar It is all he can do to keep
clean overalls The pay was just the
same as for the coal burners in that
locality
In reference to hiring experienced
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The Present and the Future
gathered from the actual experience
in the running of elevated subway
and interurban lines to establish some
thing like a comparison between the
electric motor and the steam locomo
tive from which a definite idea may
be gained of what is likely to take
place on the railroads of this country
in the near future
According to an estimate if all the
railways of the United States were to
day run by electricity using the sys
tem adopted for the equipment of the
New Heven railroad the energy re
quired being developed by power
plants such as are now in extensive
use the aggregate cost of railroad op
eration which in 1905 amounted in
round numbers to 1400000000
would be reduced by about 250000
000 In other words it appears that
the entire railroad system of the Unit
ed States could be operated at a less
cost by the electric motor than by the
steam locomotive and this with an
earning power much greater than it
has to day
That the change from steam to elec
tricity will come at once is not re
garded as either possible or advisa
ble The art of electric traction as
applied upon a large scale to heavy
trains is still young and the wisdom
of making haste with deliberation in a
matter involving interests of such
magnitude as those which are tied up
with the transportation systems of the
United States is obvious But in view
of the present day experience of the
railroad companies the era of the
steam locomotive appears to be rap
idly nearing its close
New Explosive of Great Value
Potasimite is a new explosive per
fected in Monterey Mexico and first
used with success upon the construc
tion of a Mexican Central railroad
branch with wonderful results for it
is pronounced safer cheaper and more
powerful than dynamite Those explo
sives based upon nitrogen produce a
gas that necessitates abandoning
closed works such as a mine or tun
nel during the explosion and the la
borers can not return to work for a
long time thereafter depending upon
the facility for carrying off the gas
Potasimite is said to produce no nox
ious gas the only precaution neces
sary in its use being that the work
men get out of the way of the flying
particles of blasted rock
firemen some roads do and some do
not but I think they all prefer to
make their own firemen as they will
stay through the slack times when a
boomer will not
Just ten minutes before I approach
ed the master mechanic for a job an
honest knight of the scoop wearing
the regulation 1000 mile shirt round
black hat and the badge of our noble
order called upon the same gentle
man and stated his case but was told
that there was nothing doing
I was wise to the master mechan
ic on that particular railroad and be
fore I asked for work I visited a second-hand
store and fitted myself out
with long legged boots sombrero and
a big red handkerchief all I lacked
was a gun and then I told the mas
ter mechanic my trouble
He asked me if I ever fired an
engine I replied that I had never
fired one but that I had seen lots of
them He wanted to know what I
had been working at and I said I had
just come down from the Panhandle
where I had been chasing longhorns
all my life I got the job
Study Locomotive Economy
The Pennsylvania system is investi
gating the problem as to how many
miles a locomotive should make before
being sent to the shop irrespective oi
whether it is broken down or not An
expert engineer is studying the prob
lem and is making exhaustive reports
on the mileage that can be made eco
nomically by a locomotive before it
should be sent to the shops for an
overhauling When this mileage is do
termined orders will be issued to send
every engine to the shops when it
makes the specified run regardless ol
its general condition Iron Trade lie
view
Arc Electric Lights on Trains
Western railroads have begun tc
plan the installing of arc electric lights
on passenger trains de luxe These
are to be operated on a battery of 5C
cells which will prevent fire or ex
plosion following a wreck The use ol
the incandescent electric lights on
trains was regarded as a distinct ad
vancement but the ar lights glow
with a light so much whiter and soft or
that they will be adopted by progres
sive lines A test made in Chicago
during the week by one of the rail
roads was entirely satisfactory The
battery is ample for a 50 hour run
DONT GRUMBLE AT TRIFLES
Twentyflve Bushels Wheat and Forty
five Bushels Oats Per Acre Are
in Western Canada
Saltcoats Sask
8th December 190G
To the Editor
Dear Sir
I willingly give you the result of my
four and a half years experience ii
the District of Saltcoats
Previous to coming hero I farmed in
Baldwin St Croix County Wisconsin
and as I havo heard a great deal about
the Canadian North West I decided
to take a trip there and see the coun
try for myself I was so Impressed
with the richness of the soil that I
bought half a section of land about
five miles from the town of Saltcoats
I moved on to the land the following
Juno and that year broke 90 acres
which I cropped in 1904 and had 39
bushels wheat per acre In 1905 with
an acreage of 160 acres I had 21 bush
els wheat and 35 bushels of oats per
acre In 190G with 175 acres under
crop I had 25 bushels wheat and 15
bushels of oats per acre
From the above mentioned yields
you can readily understand that I am
very well pleased with the Canadian
West Of course I have had to work
hard but I dont mind that when I
get such a good return for my labor
To anyone thinking about coming to
this country I can truthfully say that
if they are prepared to work and not
grumble at trifles they are bound to
get on Some things I would like dif
ferent but take the country all round
I dont know where to go to get a bet
ter
Yours truly
Signed O B OLSON
Write to any Canadian Govefnment
Agent for literature and full particu
lars
Coming Popular Craze
Signs are not wanting that amateur
photography will have a vast increase
of raw recruits in 1907 From the
cloistral retreats of the learned it
has transpired that we are on the
verge of discovering the art of direct
color photography And the masses
there is abundant evidence of it
are beginning to turn their eyes to
wards this hobby which promises so
many wonders for the near future
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local appltcaUons as they cannot reach the dis
ease J portion of the car Thcro U only one way to
cure dcafnessand that Is by constitutional remedies
Deafness Is caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube When this
tubals Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Im
perfect hearing and when It Is entirely closed Deaf
ness Is the result and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restoicd to Its normal condi
tion hearing will be destroyed forever ulna cases
out of ten are caused by Catarrh which U nothing
but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces
Wo will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of
Dcafnes3 caused by catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for circular free
K J CHENEY CO Toledo O
Sold by Drupglsts 73c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Chivalrous English Candidates
In a recent municipal election at
Chard England two male candidates
withdrew in order that two women
might have an uncontested election
In a Pinch Use ALLENS FOOT EASE
A powder It cures painful smart
ing nervous feet and ingrowing naiis
Its the greatest comfort discovery of
the age Makes new shoes easy A
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Lies often tread on tne toes or me
unshod truth
The Evolution of
Household Remedies
The modern patent medicine busi
ness is the natural outgrowth of the
old time household remedies
In the early history of this country
EVERY FAMILY HAD ITS HOME
MADE MEDICJNES Herb teas
bitters laxatives and tonics were to be
found in almost every house compound
ed by the housewife sometimes assisted
by the apothecary or the family doctor
Such remedies as picra which was
aloes and quassia dissolved in apple
brandy Sometimes a hop tonic made
of whiskey hops and bitter barks A
score or more of popular home made
remedies were thus compounded the
formulae for which were passed along
from house to house sometimes written
sometimes verbally communicated
The patent medicine business is a
natural outgrowth from this whole
some old time custom In the begin
ning some enterprising doctor im
pressed by the usefulness of one of
these home made remedies would take
it up improve it in many ways manu
facture it on a large scale advertise it
mainly through almanacs for the home
and thus it would become used over a
large area LATTERLY THE HOUSE
HOLD REMEDY BUSINESS TOOK
A MORE EXACT AND SCIENTIFIC
FORM
Peruna was originally one of these
old time remedies It was used by the
Mennonites of Pennsylvania before it
was offered to the public for sale Dr
Hartman THE ORIGINAL COM
POUNDER OF PERUNA is of Men
nonite origin First he prescribed it
for his neighbors and his patients
The sale of it increased and at last he
established a manufactory and fur
nished it to the general drug trade
Peruna is useful in a great many
climatic ailments such as coughs colds
soro throat bronchitis and catarrhal
diseases generally THOUSANDS 05
FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED THE
USE OF PERUNA and its value in the
treatment of these ailments They
nava learned to trust and believe in
Dr Hartmans judgment and to rely
on his remedy Peruna
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