HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1930-01-09, Page 6The Solver of Mysteries
(BY 1100'17. HENRY TODD.)
Copyrighted 1020, by Bobo. H. To
For many months the Manhatt
Jcwelery Co., having offices and stt
100100 011 the twentieth floor of 1
Columbus Building at 110 Broadtte
010 been missing articles such
breast pins, brooches, napkin beide
belt buckles, etc., valued at from
to 1)0. Despite the utmost vigilan
of the waklunen the thefts continue
Tho case was put in the hands
the city detectives, ut at the expir
lion of three months they were relu
thinly compelled to admit that th
had not the slightest clue which \vou
lead to the solution of the mysterio
disappearance of the jewelry. Ev
while the detectives were working o
the case, the thefts continued with tl
same frequency as at first.
The detectives reported that the
had made senrching inquiries regarc
ing every employee of the compels
The answers to their questions wet
so satisfactory that they felt sure tl
roberies were being committed by a
dd. but he might be book tiny minute. So
011 1 Meyer went up to the rooms, osten-
,ek ,!sibly lo play with the monkey. A
he leareful search showed that Mr. Meet:
tV,was not at hmne.
11 Sweetman had returned he would
have found his friend rummaging,
5 about, apparently looking for tome -
thing ho had lost. Maybe he was
searching for the monkey. Who but
a nuldman would - look in berm
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of
a_j drawers or feel a pincushien'for a
e. monkey? And did you ever hear of a
,y sane man getting down on his hands
Id and knees, tapping tiles about a fire.
010 place, to see 11 11 monkey wae cutting
011 up monkey shines?
But this Meyer did, and further.
10 more his search 1000 rewarded, Taking
his knife out of his pocket, he dug up
y
n tile, He inserted his hand into 000.
ity and brought forth half a dozen
y. gold scarf pins.
.e Putting the pins back where Ile
le found them, Meyer replaced the tile
11 and went downstairs and had a chat
s with the landlady,
Sweetman, she said, was a Very nice
• man, and he paid the rent promptly.
o 'Yes, occaejonally he took the monkey
e out in a baeltet for an airing, but it
was always at night and he would
✓ come home very late,
t His father? 01, she never heard
hint say anything about his father.
y But she knew a lady evil() said she
e came from the same town 1(1 MT
• Sweetman, and this lady said his
outsider. But how and by whom, we
puzzle they wore unable to unravel.
Finally Benjamin Cohen, or "Ben
ny," as he (000 familiarly known t
headquarters tnen, was put on th
case. Bouny WRS 11 young Jewish
American. Ile bad successfull
brought to oak 001110 of the ehrewdes
crooks in the country,
One morning in August, a neatl
dressed young man walked into th
offices of the Manhattan Jewelry Sup
ply Co, lkt as the office men wer
getting ready for the dae,'s work. H.
inquired for the foremen of the stool
rooms,
A'boy leas sen for the foreman am
when tho foreman arrived the young
man handed him a letter, After not
ing the contentS 01 At: letter, the fore
man said something to the young man
and together they left the office and
'went through the vault door into the
stock rooms. To the other men in the
stock rooms the newcomer was intro-
duced as Mr, Meyer, the new order
clerk.
Mr. Meyer was with the Manhattan
Jewelry Supply Co. only few days
when he seemed to hove a particular
liking for the society of a f ellow-work-
er niieied Irani: Sw;eetnian, Sweetman
was one of those young fellows who
seem to take a delight in sneering at
the foibles of their companions. His
name certainly was a misnomer.
Meyer and he used mtite frequently
to go together to theatres and con-
certs,or occasionally drop into a pool
room for a game. In fact they had
many likes and dislikes in common,
and were becoming very good friends.
0110 evening Sweetinan invited
Meyer to his reins, which were on the
second floor of an apartment house in
West 43rd street,
"Bou certainly have swell diggings
here," said Meyer, as he looked at the
handeomely furnished room.
"Not too bad for an order clerk, eh?"
laughed Sweeenan. "That door over
there leads to the bathroom, and this
over here is my bed 'van, You see,
my old man was pretty well fixed, and
when he died he left a stipulation in
his will stating that I was to engage
in some sort of business until I rini
twenty-five. But when I am twent
y.
five—which I will be in another yea' t
—111 come into about $25,C00. Even t
new I get a decent allowance,"
"Cou're mighty lucky,'' said Meyer.
Just then there was a scratching on
the bathroom door.
"What's that?" asked Meyer. "Is it
a cat?"
"No," replied the other, "It's a --
just wait and see."
Getting up from his chair, Sweet -
man went over to the bathroom door
and opened it.
"Here, Pedro," he called.
Out of the bathroom there bounded
—a little monkey. It ran up to 5)1000,-
151011 and commenced to climb the leg
of his treusers.
"I've taught him some tricks,"
Sweetman said. "Turno a somersault,
Pedro," and the monkey instantly
threw himself into the air and twirled.
"Now stand on your head." Mr.
Monk's hind legs were instantly ole- do
vated, In
"That monkey is a wonder," said Sp
Meyer laughing, "Do you ever take th
1101 out?"
No," replied Sweelinan, rather
curtly. "I do not," n1
When Meyer left Sweetman's rooms in
that night he met a ne,rsboy on the he
street. After a short conversation he
handed the boy a dollar, th
The following evening. Meyer paid sit
an uninvited visit to Sweetman's 01
rooms, 0 was out, the landlady said, lit
o father was a respectable grocer. 0)1,
• yes, Ile was still living.
,„ Meyer thanked her for the 1)100111111.
tionand bade her good night. As he
I was walking along 43rd Street he 0100
the newsboy to them he had spoken
the previous night. The boy said
_ something, and Meyer replied, and a
moment later the boy hurried away.
That very night another robbery
occurred at the Manhattan Jewelry
Supply Co,'e offices.
Heavy Storms Have Been Playing Havoc in England
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THE MISADVENTURES OF AN ENCLIsti HOUSEBOAT ON THE RIVER THAMES
Badly damaged houseboat after it had been (Amyl) into River Thames by recent terrific storm that swept Lon-
don. Brat linally came to rest against bridge at 1101110(01 Court,
corner. Lying on the 00100 floor \vas
shining gold racelei. Manitoba and Alberta Get
Benny Cohen, learned, shortly after Vast Storehouse of Riches
his initiation into the duties of order
clerk in the Manhattan Jewelry Sup- In Resources Settlement
ply Co., that it was Sweetman's duty
to close the windows each evening be-
fore quitting time.
13enny watched Sweetman closely,
and he actually saw him place several
1 hey ll -suspecting lis mext," said
Sweetman, wrathfully, se he met pieces of jewelry on the window ledge
Meyer in the stock rooms otf the morn- before closing the window,
The trick monkey set him to think-
ing following the latest robbery. "The .
Lord knows it's bad enough to have mg, and his discovery of the breast
to be searched every tima e fellow pins Sweetman's 1,0001 wp
aspositive
leaves tae stockge, maybe thee proof that Sweet man was the thief.
. ' Benny engaged the newsbe rto sha-
dow Sweetman, with the result that
Sweetman was tracked to the Colum-
bus Building., and to room 1908, which
(('05 directly beneath the stock room
window, on the ledge of which Sweet -
think we eat the blamed Jewelry."
About a wee1.. later Meyer again met
the newsboy, and after a little talk the
boy hurried away, clasping a 55 bill
in his hand.
Meyer went direct to the police head-
man had placed the jewelry.
quarters. After a little parley he left
the station and walked ()vol. to the Sweetman was convicted and sen -
Columbus Building, ehere two study toned to seven years in Sing Sing,
policemen were waiting for him. Ile confessed that he had disposed "C
most of the jewelry te a notorious
They hunted up the caretaker.
Room 1908, le said, was vented by a character, who had hastily departed
nineralogist wile 00108111 used 1110 of- for
lice. He was an eccentric loan. Most The Manhattan Jetqlry Supply Co.
of the offices were untenanted after recovered only about $500 worth of
6 o'clock in 1110 evening, but the min- jewelry, but they were so pleased at
having. the mystery cleared up that
eralogist used his office as late as
eleven or twelve o'clock at night. He they presented 111007 with a cheque
had a special key. He always brought f" geed 001101) sum'
s
his samples in a basket, and he seldom The last timesaw Ped11), luo WAS
stayed 10050 than half 50 hour. doing a stunt on the vaudeville stag,e.
Meyer easily persuaded the care-
taker to hand over the key to office
1908.
Followed by the polieemen. Meyer
walked up to the, ninetenthe floor, as
the elevatorse were not running at
hat late hour. Entring room 1908,
hey locked 011 doer and hid them -
elves as best they could.
After a long, tiresome wait, or to
be exact, at 11.15, there was a click
at the door. Seine one was fitting a
key into 111e lock. The door was push.
ed open and a man carrying a basket
entered and closed and locked the door
after him.
Setting the basket on the iloor, be
raised the lid, Immediately 0 small
animal jumped out,
Going to the window, 110 unlocked 10
and threw it open. Then he picked
up a long thin pole that was lying on
the floor close to the wall. This he
thrust through the open window, and
resting one end on the ledge be held it
in an upright position.
"Now, then, old man," he said, "get
The animal jumped up onto the win -
w sill and climer rapidly up the pole.
a minute or two it returned and
rang into the room. The man pulled
e pole into the office.
"Hands up!"
Like the crack of a whip the cont-
end rang out, and the startled man
stantly threw his hands above his
ad.
The window was banged down and
e electric button pressed almost
nultaneously, and then, blinking in
e light, stood Sweetman, with his
tae monkey, Pedro, cowering in a
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Twentieth cool ury pajamas
it all over the gay nighties." PRACTICE
Practice anti theory stand in the
closest relation to each other. The
higher the sphere of life, the more
thoroughly does this principle apply:
it is most true to the 111(011011 1)1 011—
of the moral and religions sphere.— rl
Ullmann. 711
be
"there Is no medicine for the tree-
bles of life like work,"—Kathleen Nor-
ris,
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have
Mine, Forest, River and Lake Contribute to Wealth Now
Under Provincial Control—Mining And Power
Statistics Reveal Staggering Potentialities
Ottawa. Just what the transfer
Manitoba and Alberta of their natu
resources 111(11110, 111 lands, folios
mine1019 and is epitomized
broad and general terms by a 50
mary report just made by officers
the Interior Deportment,
The approximate acreage or Jan
to be banded over to Manitoba
126,000,000 itiires and in Alberta 10
000,000 acres, These figures armiti
rived at by subtracting from the tol
land area of the provinces, the lain
alienated which are under Federal a
ministration, together with Domini,
parks and ((050 '''5,
to tons, comprising 14 per cent, of the
rat entire world's coal reserves, 72 per
ts, cent, ot the British litipire's reserve
in and 87 per emit, of thinada's reserves.
10- 'Ole province has also vast reservoir
of or natural gas and production now
approximal es 1 5,000,000,000 cubic
(10 feet annually, (192S). Ailierta is the
is leading province in the production of
petroleum, although commercial pro-
0- (Notion is only of comparatively re-
al cent development, A number of wells
lo have been brought in and produce a
0- very high grade naptint, almost pure
gasoline, Extensive development
work is under way. Along the Atli a.
baska River are immense deposits of
bituminous sands ,estimated to cover
an area of 15,000 square miles, 'Ole
honer 1 alley, southeast of Calgary
0 and the Wainwright district, east of
Ilinoirf6e are the producing oil fields,
,
' Products of Forest
t In Manitoba's forest there is esti-
In9ted to be 2,440,020,000 feet hoard
t- measure of saw timber and 73,520,000
1 000(10 of smaller wood suitable for
'pulpwood, fuel, etc., a total of about
110
Hoge Power Resources
hi 'Manitoba the total availahle W
(Or power resources are estimated
be 3,709,0110 31,11, wider conditions
in
tt-
ordinary minimum flow, Dr 5,349,50
li.p. ordinarily available for six month
of the year. Cho total developed wa
ter power amounted at the end 110 11(0
year to 1(1,925 h.p.
In Alberta the total available w:
ler power retources are estimated 11
be 390,000 lip. under conditions of DI
(Unary !Minium) flow, or 1,049 50
lisp. ordinarily avallable for si
months of the year. The total tie
veloped water power amounts to 34,
532
Ender tile bead of fisheries, the fel
owing shone( the average value of
he fisheries production'for the five
mar period 1 924-1 928,
Manitoba, 11,16,7001 Albert a, 1596,-
00.
111Manitoba, Lake Winnipeg osis is
be mcst important fialting growl al -
hough Lakes Manitha, and Winni-
eg also furnish considerable quail-
ities, Pickerel is the most import -
at fish. followed by tullibee and
('1)101(01, In Alberta, commercial
siting is confined to the regions
001)1 01 the Saskatchewan 101001','11100011, trout, and pickerel being
le leading varieties.
Hope for fdlnerals
As to minerals, the report says that
ore than three-liftlis of tho total
has of Manitoba is underlain by (100-
11011)4011remotions similar to those
1)11(1 se richly mineralized in the
eiglibering province of Ontario, and
0)1110110 is now regarded as having
'eat possibilities as a mineral p01,
10(11(1' province.
In the Northwestern part of the
01,10(0 largo copper zinc deposits
eh as 1110 Sherritt Gordon, the 1h 1(1
on and the Mandy have been local.
tind much development work is
Mg done,
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8,400,000,000 cubic led, Of the saw
material 2,000,000,000 board feet is of
spruce and the balance chiefly, jack
pine, poplar and balsam, The cord-
wood 00 (00(1(0500 of 28 million cords
- of poplar, 20 million cords of jack
pine, 18 million cords of 0(10000 d
live million cords of witiM birch.
The Riding Mountain forest reserve,
tiomprising 1,348 square miles, Is to
be retained by the Dominion Govern-
ment for park purposes. Abed eleven
per cent..of the foreet land Is private-
ly owned.
In Alberta there is estimated to be
16,000,000,000 board feet of SAW ma-
terial and 270,000,000 cords of nuIP-
wow), Part of (1100 (0 located in the
parks and reserves which are to be
retained by the 110100)011 GOVall-
inent, and about 36 per cent. of the
forest 1000 is privately owned,
Coal in Alberta
Alberta has immense reserves of
al, estimated at 1,059,000 million
R.1.1011.292t.
'Did you enjoy the play?'
'Not much. The leading, lady 0 ily
changed her gown. three times."
Tasty Recipes
Rich Dark Fruit Cake
Ingredients:—.1 Tale a brettlifastcur
NI of butter, throe -quarters of a
breakfast cupful of brown Sugar,
hill' 1(111111)1 111' a brealtfastcupW
each of currants, sultanas, candied
peel, half a breakfastcupful brown
treacle, half a hreakfastcupful of
milk, Iwo heaping brealtastotpfula of
flour, hale 11 teasp000mi or baking
soda, one teaspoonful of clumunon,
two eggs. Method:. Beat butter and
sugar to a C1'00111, slowly add other
Ingredients, and hake one and a half
hours in a moderato oven. Almond
Icing: 111(10 a lamed of ground al.
inonds, six ounces of icing sugar, the
beaten while of ono egg, Worlc all
Into astiff. round of paste to fit the
top of cake, and 100T0 till 11020 ilay
after putting on coke. Glace Icing!,
11al0 a pound of icing sugar and
four tablespoonfuls of water into i
saucepan, 011r until dissolved. Ile.
fore it gets too hot 1'01110 VO front the
tire and pour over ea 10 at once bo
fore it sets.
Rich Winter Cake
Dream half is pound of lard and half
a pound of margarine, with three
tpuirler,i ofa potnal of castor sugar.
Beat 01 011(0 eggs (mixed with half a
Mut of milk). Add one pound each of
raisins, sultancia, currants (cleaned
and well (1ried), anti half a pound of
figs (chopped email); add two 0110000
Or 001011(10 (blanched 0111) chopped),
Mu(1rte). of a pound of mixed peel
((hopped), hale a gra( ed nutmeg, and
ono teaspoonful of mixed spice or
powdered cinnamon, Dredge in one
and a quarter 110101(10 of self-raieing
flour and beat well, adding 11 little
more 10011, if necessary. Place In
WO .well -papered and greased than,
and bake for IMO 1111)1 11 half hours,
lowering to liottom shelf for another
two and 0 half hours to soak through
atal darken. Decorate with halved
almonds and slices of citron peel or
use the following icing: Almond be
00(01 AIlx three -quart ors of 11 pound
of castor sugar, half ft pound of
ground almonds, ono tablespoonful of
ground :dee, with two eggs and the
juice of lemon. Boll out aud press
lightly on cake 1011011 cold. Sugar
Icing: One pound of sugar, whites of
two eggs, and juice of half 0 lemon.
Ally with a wooden spoon and spread
on cake with a knife dipped oc'
casionally in hot water
Excellent MIncetneat
Ingredients:—Three lemons, three
large apples, otto pound of prepared
raisins, one pound prepared currants,
one mind of finely -chopped suet, two
poinels of moist sugar, one ounce
each of sliced candled citron, orange
and 10111011 peel, one teacupfal of
cooking brandy (it lilted), two table.
spoonfuls or orange marmalade.
910(1)011: --(1101110 the rinds of the lem-
on.; and strain out 'he juice, then
boll the remainder of the lemon in a
little water until reduced to a Pull),
Peel and remove the cores from the
apples with an apple core, and bake
them, then add to the lemon pulp. Add
the rest of the ingredients and mix
thoroughly together. Put the mince•
ment into a stone Jar with a close.
fitting lid and store until required for
use.
Rich Iviincemeat
Ingredients :—One 'pound of raisine,
one and a half pounds of currants, 12
unces of lean Inef, one and a half
pounds of beef suet, one pouna o
melet sugar,. one onnce each of elt.,
rim, orange and lemon peel, half a
grated nutmeg, a few apples, ono
lemon, one gill of cooking brandy.
Method; Steno tual cut the raisins
into small pieces; then prepare the
currants an,' mix with the chopped
suet, the finely -minced beef, candied
peel, and the gra tett nutmeg, Pare,
core aiid mince the apples and add to
the other Ingredients, with the sugar.
Grate over the ria of the lemon and
strain over half the Juice. Mix tho
whole thoroughly together; then add
the cooking* brandy and mix again,
1II'sree,ss the mincemeat Into jars, cover
tightly, and un
store til required for
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TRUTHFULNESS
Complete truthfulness Is one of the
'arest of virtues. Even those who
regard themselves as absolutely
truthful are (1001(1 guilty of over -state.
ments end inler-statements. Exag-
geration is almost universal.
A. literary critic suggests that now.
adapt books can sometimes be mails
to sell by their labels, And also by
their 1111010.—Th° Passing Show.
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