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Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-09
CHAPTER XI.
The Chinese Merchant.


It was while Professor Griffin was
talking of Chinese characteristics that
the thought Of little Now Chez first
occurred to me- The professor said
something about the average China
mans disinclination to speak of death,
directly, and how he Invariably EN-.
ployed some euphemism. The phrase
pass from sight of men into torment"
the professor pointed cut as an Illus.
tration. And then l remembered little
Now Chez. who was in my class at
Yale, and how, once, in speaking OF
the demise of fellow classman, no
had used the odd expression, "he has
saluted old age which I afterwards
learned was quite Il common form in
China.
1t was now year or more since !
had seen Now Chez, but I recalled
that at our last meeting l had made a
note of his address; and so on reach.
ing my desk the next morning
looked it up. Curiously enough pri.
yate detective agency which / had
arranged to consult CHANGED to have
It's ONCE in the same building on low
er Broadway as the Pacific Transport
company, by which Now Chez was
employed; and thus the plan which
had been shaping mentally the preyi.
GUS afternoon, as I hurried away from
Professor Griffin's, was readily set in
motion before noon of the day fol-
lowing.
In the evening I had discussed it
with Evelyn; and though the detec-
tive feature did not at first meet with
her approval. she eventually conceded
that it was q necessary part of the
project. 1t was agreed. however, that
the real purpose for which that aid
was invoked should not be diyulged.
Philetus Murphy was TO be Swallowed
and daily reports were to be made to
me. That he had been under suspi-
cion of brutally numbering his Chi
nese servant was sufficient reason for
the proceeding, and to the detective
agency l gave no hint Of any further
consideration. @
AS for my Celestial classmate. was
not by any means sure that | should
find him at the Pacific Transport Of
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captain Macleod must go PACK
Sc, ~Where you left him, Where
it? Siasoonset? He must trace
n. Fills trail won't lead to Glouces.
r, I'm sure of that"
My self-esteem was not being vigor-
nusly stimulated by the young lady
1T this juncture. Indeed, was being
made to feel more and more my stra-
tegical inferiority.
and l." she continued, with the
methodical expediency Of a command
erin-chief, SO curiously inapposite In
ose so young and inexperienced as
she: land shall find out about those
letters"
Find out what?" asked II aston.
ishment.
Find out what manner OF man
wrote them" she amphfed
But how can you?" I inquired.
THAT seems a pretty big undertaking
- scle, for one so SMALL
brave thought of a way" she de-
noncommlttally.
|Gd what am l to do?" was my
question, feeling miserably small
Ide this efficient child.
You must give me the letter you
ave. and help me look for the 9th.
.rs.'
The first part Of the command was
easy enough of obedience; for ths
letter was in my pocket at the mo.
ment. But my assistance in searching
for the first two communications was
more energetic than successful To-
gether we ransacked desks, bureaus,
tables, closets, trunks, clothes. In
deed, every possible hiding place both
at. Cragholt and on the Sibylla was
carefully and Systematically delved
into and exhausted without reward.
Either Cameron had destroyed the let
tiers, or he had them on his person
when he vanished from the yacht.
At Eyelyn's request, however, /
wrote copies of those two strangely
couched. maleyolent eplstles. az near
~ as l could remember them: and
save. perhaps. for possibly two or
three verbal errors they we're, think,
quite accurate.
"And now" asked again, "what am
I to do"
1t was nearly midnight. and I was
leaving her, my car waiting in the
soppng driveway to carry me home
you are not to worry any more
than you possibly can help" she told
M, with brave little smile, for we
are. going to succeed. And tomorrow
you must 20 to your office, and keep
cil9rf oh 10. I,
,pened. And then you are 10 come to
me again in the evening, and I will
tell YOU all have learned"
With which she gave me her hand
to kiss. in the odd little French way
she had-a way that could scarcely
have been a part Of her convent teach.
ing.
AS I come to review these matters
now, it seems singular that I should
have so readily consented TO be guild
%sby this girl's will in case Of such
importance; yet I cannot but
There was something proriden-
= ~ in her assumption Of leader
y chip and in my own unquesuoning ac-
quiesceAce. For the day of office
work and silence, which she enioined,
was exactly what needed to restore
my nerves to their normal tension, It
was, in fact, sort Of cOunterrritant,
which brought me up standing, with
revived self-confdence and recuperat-
ed energy.
So when. little before five o'clock
that afternoon, just as l was making
ready TO run for my train, | heard
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER T.-Robort Cameron. capital
let. consults Philip CLYDE newspaper pub
Usher. regarding anonymous threatening
letters he has received. The first promises
a sample of the writer's power on d Ger
tain day, On that day the head IS mys-
teriouslY cut from portrait Of Cameron
while the latter is in the room.
HAPTER-T1.-Clyde has theory that
the portrait was mutllated while the room
was unoccupied and The head later re-
moved by means Of string, unnoticed
by Cameron.
CHAPTER III.-Evelyn Grayson. Cam
eron's niece; with whom Clyde is in love-
finds the head of Cameron's portrait
nailed to a tree. where = had been used
tcrecy.
SHAPTER IV.-Clyde learns that a
chinese boy employed by Philetus Muir
ply, an artist living nearby had borrowed
q rifle from Cameron'S lodgekeeper.
CHAPTER. v.--Clyde makes an excuse
to call on Murphy and is epulscd He
pre-, pretends to be investigating alleged In
FRACTIONS of the game laws and speaks OF
finding the bowl of an opium pipe under
the tree whore Camer0n's portrait was
found. The Chinese boy is found dead
next morning.
CHAPTER VI,-While visiting Cameron
In his dressing room a Nell Gwynue mir
ror is mysteriou " shattered.
CHAPTER v1I-Cameron becomes. Sc
rlousiy Ill as result of the shock The
third letter appears mvsteriouslv on Cam
against the life of Cameron. CLYDE tells
Cameron the envelope was empty He
tells Evelyn everything and plans to take
cameron en- yacht trip.
CHAPTER V1IT-The yacht picks up
FISHERMAN Usher found drifting helplessly in a
II n
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CHAPTER XII.

1--WE Were In Peking Together"
At my evening conference with Eve
Ign Grayson. reviewing the days
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Continued from Saturday,
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CHAPTER III-Evelyn Grayson. Cam
finds the head of Cameron's portrait
nailed to q tree where = had been used
as target Clyde pledges Evelyn to Sc
tcrecy
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.CHAPTER-TI-Clyd has theory that
the portrait was mutiated while the room
was unoccupied and The head later re-
by Cameron.
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CHAPTER IV.-Clyde learns that
Chinese boy employed by Philetus Muir
ply. an artist living nearby, had borrowed
@ rifle from Cameron's lOdgekeepcr.
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CHAPTER VI.-Whne visiting Cameron
IN ms dressing room a Nell GWynue mir
ror is mysteriou " shattered
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-25

a :cessories- Ordinarily, gasoline is
found surrounded by mo Smoking"
signs, the inference being that lighted
cigar is dangerous in its vicinage; al
though many hold that the article fire.
quently encountered today might be
used with the utmost success as the
sousing factor of a fire exting1isher.
In nature, we find gasoline to exist
in petroleum, an indolent, oleaginous
juice which went to the bowels of the
earth to hide from the eye of man, and
was dragged out and put to work
And; in this connection, some day or
other, when gasoline comes into it's full
recognition, q learned savant is going
to get up a mighty interesting little
monograph which will throw a new
light on the true cause of earthquake S
and place the blame where it belongs.
Chemically, one distills gasoline from
petroleum. A little natural gas fzzle S
out at first; then a little fraction of
rhigolene. Rhlgolene, by the way. is
oil dildCSIuSIiC, anu III lIo DIcStHCt
here we find another example of
natures wonderfully beautiful working;
being about to endow us with gasoline
and all that it entails. a perfectly re-
liable pain-killer is first provided, to be
tucked away conveniently and used
when needed. The rhigolene worked
off, gasoline boils its way into existence.
There are several varieties, plain and
fancy, light and heavy, each with its
uses. The last of the lot to come over
is ''stove" gasoline, and even this lives
up to its honored surname, as a source
of action and entertainment. Handled
by an absent-minded person, in just the
improper way, gasoline stove will
furnish more real motion and diversion
than any other one thing under the sun.
With the load of gasoline removed, a
pang of shame comes to petroleum; it
settles down contentedly to give forth
kerosene for our lamps, vaseline for
our burns, paraffin for our jelly jars,
and it gasolines no more. Edgar
Franklin in February Popular Mechan-
les Magazine.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-25
Law of the Apex.

The law of the apex has proved
more productive of expensive litiga-
ton than of economical mining. In
many of the more recently established
and more progressive mining districts
this statute has been made imperative
either by common agreement or y
compromise between adjoining owners.
It's repeal could not affect established
equities under patents already granted,
but would render possible more certain
property rights in large mining dis
tricts, not as yet discovered, where
new and valuable claims will be To-
Gated hundred years from now. The
unit of disposition should be the claim,
preferably square, limited on it's four
sides by vertical planes, and of a size
sufficient to allow the miner occupying
two contiguous claims to follow the
vein or lode to considerable depth,
even if its dip is only 10 degree. Such
definition of a mining claim is found
practical in both Mexico and British
Columbia, and in the latter country the
change from the apex law was effected
without trouble or confusion.
The same knowledge of natural con-
ditions that leads to the suggestion OF
a repeal of the law of the apex forces
the further suggestion that discovery
of ore in place can not lie made uni
versally a prerequisite to the location
of mining claim. Geologic study OF
ore deposits has furnished examples in
number of regions where the present
law cannot be complied with. althoue +
rich deposits exist underground ano
their extent can be more definitely sur
missed than in most places where ore is
discovered at the surface. To NEE
such actual conditions the law should
provide for the acquisition Of metal
hferous mineral land classified as such
upon the basis Of adequate geologic
evidence, whether actual outcrops are
present or not. Annual Report. Di.
rector United States Geological Survey.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-25
Old papers for sale at Mining
News office, 10 cents a bundle.
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

To John Condron, your heirs, ex-
ecutors, administrators and assigns:
You are hereby notified that l have
expended during the years 1908, 1909
and 1910, the sum of one hundred
dollars (S100) in labor and improve
ments upon each of the following
named lode claims, situate in Robbins
Mining District. Idaho county, State of
Idaho; the Union Jack, recorded in
Vol. l. page 16, records of Robbins
Mining District; the Roxbury, recorded
IN Vol. 3, page 341, records of Robbins
Mining District, Idaho county, State
of Idaho, in order to hold said
claims under the provisions of
section 1924 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, and the amendment
thereto approved January %, 1880, con-
corning annual labor upon mining
claims. being the amount required to
hold said lode claims for the period
ending on the 31st day of December.
A. D. 1910. And if, within ninety DAYS
from the personal service of this notice
or within ninety days after the publica-
ton thereof, you fail or refuse to con-
tribute your proportion of such expen-
diture as a co-owner, your interest in
the claims will become the property of
the subscriber, your co-owner who has
made the required expenditure by the
terms of said section.
CHRIS P. SMITH.
First Publication Noy, 2, 1911.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-25
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho
December 81, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Hiram
D. Brundige, of Elk City, Idaho, who,
on July II, 1908, made Homestead
Entry No. Oil. for tract of 159 acres
probably within T. % NJ. R. 9 E., b.
NJ, described as follows: Beginning at
the southwest corner of William Cole s
calm, or at post No. l thence S. SO.
30 E., 40 chains; thence S. 12' W., AZ
chains; thence N. 83' 30 W., 40 chains
thence N. 12' E., 40 chains, to the
place of beginning. Has filed notice OF
intention to make final five year proof
to establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before C. M. Butler, U. S.
Commissioner, at Sites, Idaho, on the
9th day of February, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: John
". Wood, Fred Duhrkop, Hiram Cart
wright all of Elk City, Idaho; Henry
.. Oliver, of Sites, Idaho.
T. II. BARTLETT,
Register.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-25
His Worthless Son.

There lives an old negro truck farm
er In Alabama who has frequent occa.
sion to reprove his children for their
lack of industry.
"Yo' suttinly is wuthless son." the
old fellow declared one day to his old
est. Its a doggoned good thing TO
yo' 1 amt rich nigger"
What yo' talSin' bout, pap" asked
the son. what yo' think yo' do denY'
I'D disinherit yo'l OATS what l dor'
exclaimed the old man wrathfully.-
Lippincott's.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-25
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
To w. W. Doty, your heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns

To W. W. Doty, your heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns:
You are hereby notified that 1 have
expended during the year 1911, the
sum of one hundred dollars (S100) in
labor and Improvements upon each of
the following named lode claims, situate
in Elk City Mining District, Idaho
county, State of Idaho; the Mother
Lode No. l and the Mother Lode No. 2,
of which the location certificates are
found of record in book H of Mining
Claims, pages 500 and $40 respectively
of the records of Idaho county, in
order to hold said claims under the
provisions of section 1924 of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States,
and the amendment thereto approved
January %. 1880, concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said lode claims
for the period ending on the 31st day
of December, A. D. 1911. And if,
within ninety days from the personal
service of this notice or within ninety
days after the publication thereof, you
fail or refuse to contribute your pro-
portion of such expenditure as a CO.
owner, your one-fourth interest in the
claims will become the property of the
subscriber your co-owner, who has
made the required expenditure by the
terms of said section.
GEO. BROWN.
First publication, Jan. 4, 1912.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-25
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

ANOI1O1- Wv I ~ LII O<h 1O@N-
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho
December 81, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Hiram
Cartwright, of Elk City, Idaho, who,
on August Is, 1908, made Homestead
Entry No. 0422, for tract of SO acres,
probably within T. % NJ, R. 9 E., B.
NJ, described as follows: Beginning at
point S. 49, 80 E., IL chains and so
links east of the northwest corner of
Lew Brundlge's claim, or at post No. l;
thence S. 49, 30 E. SO chains and 30
links; thence S. IL E., "a chains;
thence S. 79' w, Is chains and so links
thence N. IL w. Is chains; thence S.
79' W., IA chains and % links; thence
N. g W., 10 chains to the place of be-
ginning; has filed notice of intention to
make final five year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore c. NJ. Butler, U. S. Commissioner,
at Sites, Idaho, on the 9Th day of
February, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: John
w. Woods, Fred Duhrkop, Hiram D.
Brundige all of Elk City, Idaho, Henry
Brundige of Sites, Idaho
7. H. BARTLETT.
Register.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-25
Swayed by a Bells Tones.

The Church of St Nicaise. in the city
of Rheims, is surrounded with pillars.
When a certain bell in the tower Is
rung the top of one pillar always
sways to the extent of seven inches
on each side. although the base is i'm
movable, and the stones are so firmly
cemented as to seem like a solid piece
Of masonry. Notwithstanding that
each of the four bells is about the
same distance from the trembling pill
lar none Of the others has the slightest
effect on it.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-25
Gold Beaters' Skin.

A cheap substitute is much desired
for goldbeaters' skin, which is prepar-
ed from the outside membrane of the
large intestine of the OK. 1t is said
that goldbeaters first tried paper for
inclosing the metal. and mulberry
fiber paper is still used in China and
Japan, but animal parchment has been
mostly employed for two or three cen
turtles at least. While u thinner leaf
can be beaten out between paper
parchment sheets. it is damaged by
adhesion A special German paper is
coated with isinglass or albumen. and
paper parchment of some kind is much
used in the first stages, but goldbeat
ers finish their product between gold
beaters' skins, still pounding an ounce
of gold into 200 square inches of leaf
New York Tribune.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-25
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Let's AL Boost Elk City.

Do you know there's lots of people
Settin' round in every town.
Growlin' like broody chicken,
Knockin' every good thing down.
Don't you be that kind of cattle,
Cause they amt no use on earth.
You just be booster rooster,
Crow an boost for all you're worth.
If your town needs boostin', boost err.
Don't hold back, an wait to see
If some other feller's willing,
Sail right in, this country's free;
No ones got mortgage on it,
It's just yours as much as his;
If your town is short on boosters.
You get in the boostin' biz.
If things don't just seem to suit you,
An the world seems kinder wrong.
What's the matter with boostip',
Just to help the thing along;
Cause if things should stop goin'
We'd be in sorry plight;
You just keep that horn blowin'
Boost 'er up with all your might.
If you see some fellow trying
For to make some project go,
Can't you boost it up trifle?
That's your cue to let him know
That you're going to knock it,
Just because it amt your Shout"
But you're goin' to booot little,
Cause he's got ''the best thing out. "
If you know some feller's failin's,
Just forget 'em, cause you know
That same feller's got some good points
Them's the ones you want to show;
Cast your loaves out on the waters,
They'll come back" s sayin' true;
Mebbe they will come back 'buttered"
When some Teller boosts for you.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-25
The Great Gift, Gasoline.
What is gasoline?

Commercially speaking. It is The rea-
sonably limp:d. colorless fluid. care
fully thinned and lightly sprinkled with
tiny splinters these latter being pro-
vided to clog your carhuretor-for
which the proprietor of the wayside
garage charges you from IS to 10 cents
per gallon, according to the advertised
price of your car and the presence OF
absence of a chauffeur on yonr list of
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-25

Application for grazing permits.
Notice is hereby given that all appli-
cations for permits to Craze cattle,
horses and sheep within the Nezperce
National Forest during the season of
1912, must be filed in my office at
Grangeville, Idaho, on or before March
l. 1912. Full information in regard to
the grazing fees to be charged, and
blank permits to be used in making ap-
plications will be furnished upon re-
quest. Geo. V. Ring, Supervisor.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-25
The Lerot and the Snake.

Every one has heard of the remarka-
BILE combats of the Indian mongoose
with venomOus snakes, in which little
rikki-tikki-tavi comes off victor. The
fact that the mongoose invariably sur
wives has led to the suggestion that Il.
is immune to snake poison. Other ami
mails said to be immune are the pig
and the hedgehog. The experiments
of British naturalists show that an
animal of the dormouse family must
be added to the list of the immune
This animal is known as the lerot and
is said to fight fiercely with vipers
Large doses Of viper's poison were in
jected into one lerot, from which in
lection no i'll effects followed On one
occasion a lerot was bitten badly il
the eye by a viper. and no signs of
poisoning occurred. There can. it is
thought, be no doubt that the lerot is
immune to snake poison.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-25
Sidestepped.

Father (at supper table)-Well, John
ny, how did you get along at school
today?> Johnny-Papa, my physiology
books says conversation at meals
should be of a pleasant character.
Let's talk about something else.-Chi.
cago News.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-04-06

house. with nothing TO distinguish It
externally from its neighbors. except that
IT is placed little further from the street
and thanked with two well grown and
time obscure the upper portion Of the
building from the glance Of the passerby.
But there is something about the place,
possibly in the arrangement Of the trees
and the air Of permanence afforded by
their well achieved growth. that tells
the sightseer at once that this house and
no other is the one that must claim his
The house is dignified. simple and un-
rretentious and 1t has the repose but not
the dilapidation of a well assured and
seryieeable age. short hallway opens
into the parlor or living room, where the
windows are not so large as they would
be nowadays and where the ceiling is low.
Through the windows can be seen the
width OF Bloomfield avenue. which in
spite of its trolley cars is in many places
like street in Hadley or Salem or some
other old New England town.
Behind the parlor is the room with the
taplet, room so small tndt TWO steps
in any direction will bring ones hand in
touching distance with the walls. On the
left OF this room is the dining room. which
opens upon a small veranda screened
with vines. Between these rooms another
that Is almost an extension Of the hallway
serves as a library. and on the second
floor are all the present bedrooms in the
house. There is no veranda other than
the small one in front Of the dining room.
Between the manse and the First Pres
byterian church of which II is the rectory
there lies quarter of a mile. In prac-
ticaliy all the history of this old house II
has been the home Of ministers. Nelson
C. Chester. present rector Of the Caldwell
Presbyterian church, has written an ac-
count of this manse. In 1889 1t sheltered
the Rev. Baker johnson. who was asso-
ciate pastor OF the Presbyterian church.
with the father Of Grover Cleveland.
The house was fine one in its time and
cost nearly $500. which in the days when
people crossed the continent in wagon