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Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-03

The house-fly does not create his
own germs, and If man produces the
conditions under which they thrive,
why should the fly be exterminated
for carrying them2
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-03

1t looks now as if the reading public
would before long be taking their daily
news on cornstalk paper. The cry for
free pulp will then be over.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-03

If DR.. William ]. Long cannot talk
with more accuracy about nature than
he does about Roosevelt, he has no
case before the court.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-03

Disabled teachers in Munich receive
pensions of rs per cent. of their sal
aries and a schoolmaster's wife who
loses her husband gets three ffths Of
his salary with an allowance for every
child under 20.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-03

Nine Melba intends during this
years professional tour in Australia
and New Zealnd to write a book about
the places she will visit. This book
she expects will agreeably reveal the
wonderful possibilities of her native
country.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-03

The Massachusetts, legislature has
had an obscured triumph. The Bulle-
tin will feel well if the Connecticut
legislature does no worse.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-03

It Is very complimentary for Speak
er Cannon to say that he is the serv-
ant of the house, when he knows that
he only appears to be.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-03

The boy who can make good shoe
at 20 usually beats the boy who at that
time Of life can deliver the valedictory.
He holds winning hand.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Down in Georgia the tipping system
is referred to by the newspapers as
petty graft
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-03

1t has to be admitted that America
has small and inadequate army, but
there is nothing the matter with its
nerve.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-03

To avoid serious results take Foley's
Kidney Remedy at the frst sign Of kid
ney or bladder disorder such as back
ache, urinary irres5iiardties. exhaustion.
and you win soon be well. Commence
taking Foley's Kidney Remedy today.
Lee & Osgood Co
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-03

This werd covers a multitude of
sins. II does not mean theft so often
as II means rebate, extortion, the TAX
ing OF brides, or the getting of some
thing for nothing in one form and an
other. Look at the Connecticut legis-
lature today-the house refusing to
meet more than Is or 20 hours week
and the senate out of business and
having motions made to adjourn for
two weeks that It may have something
from the house to act upon. Some
days we have been told, only Is mem
berE Of the house have been present
at roll call Salaries are not paid to
Legislators for dawdling away time and
If the legislators make no adequate
return for salaries paid to them thew
might under the general use of the
word, be called grafters. Grating in
cludes sins Of omission as we'll as Of
commission. and the correspondent
who made this frank and sweeping
statement may have desired to call
the attention Of the Legislators to their
questionable conduct, which, without
a breach Of propriety, may be called
graft
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-18

for my lawyer in New York. By the
by, If you decide to come, you can do
that in Venice, where there's a real
live consul. That's necessary. But
for all matters of business herein set
forth, we are now already The Nine.
da Cordova and Rufus Van Torp Com
pany. organized for the purpose of
building an opera house in the city of
New York and for giving public per-
formances of musical works in the
same, with a nominal capital hereaft-
er to be agreed upon That's what
we are now"
He folded the sheet, returned it to
his inner pocket and held out his hand
in cheerful, business-like manner
Shall we shake hands on it," he
asked.
"By all MEANS" Margaret answered
readily, and their eyes met; but she
drew back her hand again before tax.
ing his. "This is purely a matter of
business between u.s." she said, you
understand that? It means nothing
else?"
Purely a matter of business" an.
swered Rufus Van Torp, slowly and
eravely.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-18

sure that Logotheti would telegraph
first. and had perhaps done so al
ready, for the news of his passing
Cape Saint Vincent was already "a
hours old.
This was precisely what had hap
pened. When Mr.. Van Torp opened
his door, he came upon Margaret and
Mrs. Rushmore on the landing, on the
point of going out for walk, and a
servant had just brought the prim1a
donna a telegram which she was read
ing aloud, SO that the American could
not help hearing her.
Cruising till wanted" she read
quickly. Ruby found. Address,
yacht Erinna. Naples"
She heard Van Torp close his door,
though she had not heard him open it,
and turning round she found herself
face to face with him. Her eyes were
sparkling with anger.
Very sorry" he said. Il couldn't
help hearing"
IT'S of no consequence, for I should
have told you," Margaret answered
briefly.
He argued well for himself from her
tone and manner, but he chose to
show that he would not force his COM
pany upon her just then, when she
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-18

Van Torp and his man departed, just
as Potts appeared, accompanied by
very neat-looking English stewardess
in smart white cap. Lady Maud was
unusually silent, but she smiled pleas
antly at what Margaret said, and the
latter made up her mind to drown her
anger against Logotheti, and at the
same time be avenged on him, in an
orgy of luxurious comfort, sea-air, and
sunshine. The capacity of a perfectly
healthy and successful singer for en-
joying everything. from a halfpenny
bun and drive in hanson to mil
lionaire's yacht and the most expen-
sive fat of the land, or sea, has never
been measured. And II they do have
terrible fits Of temper now and then,
who shall blame them? They are al
ways sorry for It, because It is bad
for the voice.
Mr.. Van Torp reached his quarters,
and prepared to scrub and dress COM
fortably after a week at Bayreuth and
railroad journey.
Lady Maud did not begin to dress at
once, as there was plenty of time be-
fore dinner; she left the stewardess to
unpack her things, and came out upon
the six-foot gangway outside her cab
in door to breathe the afr, for It was
warm. The city lay half a mile away
in the afterglow Of the sunset.
10 be continued
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-18
CHAPTER XII.

On. the morning after the transac.
tion last described, Van Torp's atten-
ton was arrested by a sensational
"scare-head' about thief and a ruby
worth $4,000. Some disaffected col.
league in London had known, or
cleverly guessed, where the stone was
that had been stolen from Mr. Pin.
ney's, and had Informed the police !;
the nice-looking young fellow who
spoke like an English gentleman had
walked directly into the arms of the
plain-clothes man waiting for him on
the pier in New York, the stone had
been found sewn up in his waistcoat,
and his pleasant career of liberty had
ended abruptly in a cell.
Mr.. Van Torp whistled softly as he
read the account second time Then
he neatly cut the column out of the
paper, folded it with great precision,
smoothed it with care and placed it in
his pocket-book next to a cheap little
photograph of Nine. da Cordova as
Juliet" which he had bought in a
music shop in New York the day after
he had heard her for the first time,
and had carried in his pocket ever
since.
He took up the mutilated newspa-
per and looked up and down the col
umns, and among other information
which he gathered in a few moments
was the fact that Logotheti's yacht
had passed Capt Saint Vincent, going
east, owner and party on board" The
previous telegram had not escaped
him, and If he had entertained any
doubts as to the destination of the
Erinna, they vanished now. She was
certainly bound for the Mediterranean.
He remembered haying heard that
many steam yachts coming from Eng
land put into Gibraltar for coal and
fresh provisions, coal being cheaper
there than in French and Italian
ports, and he thought it very probable
that the Erinna would do the same;
he also made some deductions which
need not be explained yet. The only
one worth mentioning here was that
Logotheti would be likely to hear in
Gibraltar that the ruby had been
found and was on its way back to
England, and that as he would know
that Margaret would be anxious about
It, since he had already given it to
her, he would hardly let the occasion
Of communicating with her go by AS
for writing from Gibraltar to any
place whatsoever in the hope that a
letter will arrive in less than a week,
1t is sheer folly. Mr.. Van Torp had
never tried it, and supposed it pos
sible, as 1t looks; but he was tolerably
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-18

one word. taken at random, might
have seemed uniformed, at first sight,
but the appearance of the whole was
oddly strong and symmetrical. Mar
garet read the clauses carefully. She
herself had already signed q good
many legal papers in connection with
her engagements and her own small
fortune, and the language was not SO
unfamiliar to her as it would have
been to most women.
Shall I sign first?" she asked,
when she had finished. my own
name? Or my stage name?"
Your own name, please" said Van
Torp without hesitation. "The others
only binding in your profession, be-
cause you appear under it, and it's
your business style'"
She wrote Margaret Donne" at the
foot OF the page in her large and rath.
er irregular hand, and passed the pa
per back to Van Torp, who signed it.
He waved the sheet slowly to and fro,
to dry the ink.
Its only preliminary agreement"
he said, "but it's binding as far as 1t
goes and I'll attend to the rest. You'll
have to give me a power of attorney
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-18
CHAPTER XIII.

The millionaire did things hand.
somely. He offered to motor his party
to Venice, and as Margaret declined,
because motoring was bad for her
voice, he telegraphed for a comfort.
able special carriage, and took his
friends down by railroad, and they
were all very luxuriously comfortable
Kralinsky was not on board the
yacht when they came alongside at
sunset in two gondolas, following the
steam-launch, which carried the load
of luggage and the two maids.
Stemp led the way, and Mr.. Van
Torp took the three ladies to their
cabins; first, Mrs. Rushmore, who was
surprised and delighted by the rich
and gay appearance of hers, for 1t
was entirely decorated in pink and
gold.
On the writing-table stood a tall,
gilt vase full of immense pink roses,
with stems nearer four feet long than
three. Mrs. Rushmore admired them
very much.
How did you know that 1 love
roses above all other fiowers? she
asked. my dear Mr.. Van Torp, you
are a wizard, I'm sure!"
Lady Maud and Margaret entered
and kept up a polite little chorus OF
admiration; but they both felt uneasy
as to what they might find in their re
spective cabins, for Margaret hated
pilk, and Lady Maud detested gid
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-18

ing, and neither Of them was especial.
ly fond Of roses. They left Mrs. Rush
more very happy in her quarters and
went on. Lady Maud's turn came next,
and she began to understand. when
she saw q quantity of sweet wood vio-
lets on her table, just loosened, in an
ed Murano glass beakef.
thank you," she said, bending to
smell them. How kind of you!"
There was not trace of gliding or
pink silk. The cabin was paneled and
fitted in rare natural wood of .
creamy-white tint
beg pardon, my lady" said Stemp.
"This and Miss Donne's cabin COM
municate by this door, and the door
aft goes to the dressing-room. Each
cabin has one quite Independent, and
this bell rings the pantry, my lady.
and this one rings Miss Donne's
maids cabin, as I understand that
your ladyship has not brought her own
maid with her"
Very nice," said Lady Maud, smell.
ing the violets again.
Stemp threw open the door of COM
munication to the cabin he had pre-
pared for the prima donna. The two
cabins occupied the whole beam of the
vessel, excepting the six-foot gangway
on each side, and as she was one Of
the largest yachts afieat at the time.
there was no lack of room.
Carnations, at this time of year!"
cried Margaret, seeing half an arm
full of her favortte dark red ones, in
silver wine-cooler before the mirror.
You really seem to know everything!
Thank you so much!"
She buried her handsome face in the
splendid flowers and drew in a deep,
warm breath, full of their sensuous
perfume, the spicy scent of a laden
clove-tree under tropical sun.
Thank you again." she said en-
Enthusiastically. Thank you for every
thing, the delightful journey, and this
lovely room. and the carnations!"
She stood up suddenly to her height,
In sheer pleasure, and held out her
hand to him. He pressed 1t quietly,
and smiled.
do as you would be done by" he
said. That's the companys rule"
She laughed at the allusion to their
agreement, of which Lady Maud knew
nothing. for they had determined to
keep it secret for the present
Mr.. Van Torp had not found an op-
portunity Of speaking to Lady Maud
alone, but he wished her to know
when Kralinsky might be expected.
"Stemp," he said, before leaving the
cabin, have you heard from the
| count?"
Eyes, sir. He got here this morn.
| ing from Vienna in his motor, sir, and
! sent his things with his man, and his
compliments to you and the ladies.
! and he will come on board in time for
dinner. That was all, think, sir"
Lady Maud heard, and made Q
! scarcely perceptible movement of the
head by way of thanks to her friend,
| while listening to Margaret's enthusi-
astic praise of everything she saw. Mr..
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-18

was in a visible rage, and instead of
stopping to exchange more words he
passed the two ladies hat in hand, and
bowling rather low, after his manner,
he went quietly downstairs.
Margaret watched him till he disap-
peared.
81 like that man. she said, as if to
to herself, but audibly. Il cannot
help it."
Mrs. Rushmore was more than de-
lighted, but had tact enough not to
make any answer to a speech which
had probably not been meant for her
ears.
Perhaps" she said, you would
rather not go out just yet, my dear"
Margaret was grateful for the sug-
gestion, and they turned back into
their rooms.
Meanwhile Van Torp had reached
the door of the hotel, and found Lady
Maud standing there with her parasol
up, for the sun was streaming in.
Il was waiting for you," she said
side, and she stepped out into the
street. II thought you would come
down, and I wanted to speak to you,
for l did not get chance last night.
They were both watching me, prob
ably because they thought I was ill,
and had to chatter like a magpie to
keep up appearances"
"You did it very WE'LL" Van Torp
said. ''If I had not seen your face
at the window when I got out of the
automobile yesterday shouldn't have
guessed there was anything wrong"
"But there is-something very
wrong-something 1 can hardly bear
to think of, though I must, until l
know the truth"
They turned into the first deserted
street they came to.
81 dare say I can give a guess at
what it is," Van Torp answered grave
ly. II went to see him alone yester-
day on purpose, before he started, and
I must say, if it wasn't for the beard
I'd feel pretty sure"
"He had a beard when / married
him, and 1t was like that-just like
that"
Lady Maud's voice shook audibly,
for she felt cold, even in the sum
shine
81 didn't know" Van Torp answered.
THAT alters the case. If we're not
mistaken, what can do to help you?
Let's see. You only had that one
look at him, through the window, is
that so?"
Eyes. But the window was open,
and it's not high above the ground.
and my eyes are good He took of
his hat when he said good-by to you,
and l saw his face as distinctly as I
see yours. When you've been mar
ried to man"-she laughed harshly
you cannot be easily mistaken
about him, when you're as near as
that! That is the man I married. I'm
intimately convinced of 1t, but 1 must
be quite sure. Do you understand ?"
"Of course. If he's really Leven,
he's even better actor than used
to think he was. If he's not, the re-
semblance is just about the most ex-
traordinary thing! It's true I only
saw Leven three or four times in my
life, but l saw him to look at him
then, and the last time did, when he
made the row in Hare court, he was
doing most of the talking, SO I remem-
Der his voice."
There's only one difficulty" Lady
Maud said. Some one else may have
been killed last June. 1t may even
have been the pickpocket who had
stolen his pocket-book. Such things
have happened, or do in books! But
this is certainly the man you met in
New York and who sold you the stone
you gave me, is he not?"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-18
What Fried Liver Is Good For.

A guest at an Atchison home came
for three Gays. and was still there at
the end of FIVE weeks. Il like ali
kids of meat" she remarked one day
as sac passed her plate for the thiro
helping. bat fried liver" That night
there was fried liver for supper; tried
liver the next day for breakfast, din
ncr and supper, and the next day,
when the guest was asked to have
fried liver, she packed her trunk ana
went home.-Atchison Globe.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-04
OUTDOOR SLEEPING.

Sleeping out of doors in summer is a
custom fast growing in favor in this
country. 1t is especially well suited to
California, where the absence of rain
and the relative dryness Of the air
make tents superiuous. No amount of
ventilation can make the air of sleep.
ing chamber SO pure as that of the
open, with nothing to obstruct the es-
cape of impurities exhaled with the
breath. Even when complete calm
seems to prevail there is always move,
ment of the atmosphere, so that an en-
tire change of the surrounding air oc-
ours every second. Doctors in Califor.
MIA now generally recommend sleeping
in the open air, and many patients ex-
perienee much benefit from it.-Sacra-
mento Bee,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-04
A wAYsIDE OBSERVATION.

1What I want you to Immediately
do, said the woman with determined
look, sis to uneeremoniously pick up
that ak and before eating this lunch
to carefully split some wood. -
"Alas,'' exclaimed Flooding Pete,
. how unreasonable some women arei
They think wood is as easily split as
an infinitive. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-04
THE SUMMER GIRLS PROBLEM

When forth she goes at fashion S call
To promenade and chat,
How shall she find parasol
That s bigger than her hat2
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-04

"De disappointed man. said Uncle
Eben, sis de one dat spent his time
hopin fob de best, std o. reachin
fur It, -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-04
ANXIOUS TO OBLIGE.

ffHave another drink, old man"
"We've had ten. / couldn t possibly
swallow another
cav, be good fellow.
"Then suppose you pour it over me
VIII that satisfy the requirements of
good fellowship?
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-09
iP0IND MOUNTAIN THE deal mining ~ ,rv.
Noo'D AMP OF THE ENTIRE STATE OF NEVADA

eru life. a fine public school and a pub
lie water system.
Round Mountain, relatively speaking.
has no past. The whole life of .his
camp lies in the future. What has
heretofore beer done in the way of ex.
ploration and development, has simply
yone to show that the big work which
has. as yet, to BE- done has not been en-
tered upon. 1t should produce one
million and a quarter dollars worth Of
bullion during the coming year and
there is NO reason why, for years to
come, the output should not reach three
millions per annum if capital goes after
il. Round Mountain has none of the
ghosts Of past glories to ruminate on.
II has a very live, active and virile
future to cope with which is fraugE
with immense and untold ~possibilitie,
for the production of wealth
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-09
RICH STRIKE Is REPORTED
IN THE JEsSUP DISTRICT

Parties arriving from Jessup report
that one of the biggest strikes ever
made in the new camp has been opened
on the Maekedon and Taylor property,
says the Lovelock Review. The new
find is reported in a 35-foot winze from
the lOO-foot level and consists of Il
inches of ore which will average better
than $3.50 in the yellow metal to the
ton.
The main vein of the strike meas
ures fully four feet wide and excep-
tionally high paintings can be hal
across it's entirety. In the streak lying
next to the hanging wall, however,
! some punches of picture rock are found
and altogether the strike has the ear.
marks of opening into a big bonanza.
The Review informator stated that
several sacks of the high grade had al
ready been extracted and that in a few
davs teams are to be put on the roai
hauling the ore to Huxley from where
it will be shipped to the smelters.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-09

families, maintaining their homes upon
the bounty of the desert; also a small
army of merchants, clerks and labore-s
who must attend to their demands for
food and raiment, necessities, Injuries
and amusements.
The development Of the Tonopah
mines during the past year has not besl
along the lines of in~discriminate
CUTTING Of orc in order to quickly
realize upon the riches of the under
ground. but in development along Prae-
teal lines with a view to the future.
And this development work BIAS proved
that the Tonopah mines arc permanent
properties, and that through the
mouths of their shsfts will come a
steady flow Of gold and of silver for the
enrichment and comfort of generations
vet unborn. A brief resume of the do
ings of the past year in the principal
mines will be of interest.
The Montana Of Tonopah
is equipped with n of the finest
hosting equipments in the west, using
electricity for power, and through MS
double compartment shaft Is sending
up something like $50 tons of ore and
waste per day. The ore is crushed IN
the ore house at the mouth of the shaft,
and carried by conveyor belt to the
fortv-stamp mill which was erected ID
months ago. and where, by eoncentra-
ton, amalgamation and cyanide process
a saving of 500 per cent of the total
values are made. The ore is kept at \
uniform milling value of $500 per ton.
When this property was in the shipping
class. prior to the erection of the mill,
its shipping ore ran $42 per ton, n
gave returns in dividends to its stock
holders Of $131,250. Since the erection
of the mill the low grade dumps have
been practically cleaned up, and the
mill run in the future will be on ore
from the workings. During the year
1908 the Montana of T%onopah company
paid out the sum of 100000 in wages.
And yet the principal amount of work
underground has been in the line OF de-
velopment-blocking out ore reserves.
The MacNamara of Tonopah
This property is equipped with a fine
hosting plant, and during the year had
shipped 5,O91 tons of ore to the mill at
Millers up to the last couple OF months,
since which time the Montana of Tone
pah mill has peer handling its ores.
Up to December l, 1905, 1000 feet OF
new ground had been broken, mainly
in the nature of development work,
enough ore being shipped-its aggre-
gate value being $25s,64O.6S to Dec. 1
to pay expenses of operation. Fifty
men are employed at present, and dur
ing the year the sun of $4,000 has
been paid out in wages. No DIVIDENDS
have been declared, but personal IN
spection Of the underground workings
show that vast bodies of ore, rich n
gold and in sulphidcs of silver anil
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-09
GuGGENHEIMS CINCH HOLD
ON BIG COPPER MINES

The G%uggenheim interests are now in
absolute control of the Nevada Con
solidated Copper company, the Cumber
land-Ely company and own more than
a third of the stock of the Utah Cop
per company. They fortified them
selves over the last month or two by
purchasing large amounts of the stocks
of the companies in question. The
~Guggenheims now own only an insig-
nifcant interest in American Smelling
and Refining. Their holdings in smelt-
ing having been ~liquidated and a large
percentage of the proceeds invested in
the Nevada and Utah Copper prop
critics, which it is claimed can produce
copper at 8 cents a pound. American
Smelling and Refining is now con
trolled by the public, most of the stock
being held by brokerage offices.