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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

copy we will give q; crimson silk cord
for Il book mark. Each copy will he
done up in n White box and tied with
crimson cord"
He closed his eyes and tilted his
head upward.
"A thick book he said. with
deckle edges and pictures by Christy.
No. pictures by Pyle. Deep. mys-
terious pictures! Shadows and gloom
| And wide. wide margins. And a
gloomy fOreword. One-fiftS per copy.
at all booksellers"
| Perkins opened his cyes and set his
hat straight with IA quick motion uf
his hand. He arose and pulled on his
gloves.
Where are you going?" l asked.
"Contracts!" he said. CONTRACTS
for advertising! We must boom The
Crimson Cord!' We II boom her
big"
Presently. when ! supposed him we'll
on the way downtown. he opened the
door AND inserted his head.
Gilt tops" he announced. cone
million copies the first impression"
II then ne was %
A week later Chicago and the greater
part OF the United States was placard-
ed with '"The Crimson Cord" Perkins
did his work thoroughly and
terest in the mysterious title
1t vas an old dodge. but a good n
Nothing appeared on the advertise
ments hut the mere title. No wore ms
the novel;
But l don't rea a book in five
~years!" I exclaimed. II dom know
anything about books. / don't know
where to get n novel;
advertiser" he exclaimed. "Adver-
tise! You can get anything. from an
4 n AnnN 10 Nr - ,orr 49,. -
for 1t. Offer a prtze-offer $1,000 fol
the best novel. Their must be tl,ous-
ands of novels mo- i'm use"
Perkins was right. l advertised a.
he suggested. and learned that there
We're thousands of novels not in use
They came to us by basketfuls and
cart loads. We had novels of al
kinds historical and hysterical. hu-
morous and numerous. but particular.
numerous. You would be surprised t.
learn how ready made novels can be
had on shor notice. 1t beats quick
lunch. And most of them are equally
indigestible. l read one or two, but
was no judge OF novels. Perkins sug
gested that we draw lots to see which
we should use.
1t really made little difference wha,
the story was about. The Crimson
Cord fits almost any kind OF a book
1T is q nice. n-OncOmmittal sort OF title
a"u mean Inc Buiit etidl OOunC
two sinners or the tie Of affection tina,
binds lovers. or a blood relationship. OF
1t might be "A mystificatiOn title witt
nothing in the book about 1t.
But the choice settled itself. On
morning a manuscript arrived that wa,
tied with a piece OF red Irvine. and We
chose that one for good luck because Of
the Irvine. Perkins said that WAS q
recommend it az a thoroughly re.
spectacle and intellectual reprOduc.
tiOn?"
She said she could.
Haven't you read IT." she asked
in some surprise.
mo-" I afaMmered. AT least no,
yet. I'm going 60 ~ DOE 40 1 cas
md the requisite leisure. You see, W
are vefy busy inst nOw-very busy
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

right here. in Your Office. Youirc
falling Yer them. sitting ON them.
walking on them. Schemes! Evcry-
thing is IA scheme. Everything has
money i'm it,"
i shrugged my shoulders.
Yes said. for yol,. But you
are Il genius"
Genius. yes" Perkins said. smiling
cheerfuily. ..clse why Perkins thu.
great? Why Perkins the originator:
WHY the great and only Perkins of
Portland?
"All right 1 said. what ] want is
for Your genius t" get busy. IN give
You n week to work up II good scheme"
Perkins pushed back his hat, and
brought his feet to the floor with AZ
| smack.
why the delay, he quericd. Time
liz money. Hand me something from
your desk"
looked i'm my p~igeonholes. ANA
pulled from IA small ball of string.
Perkins took it i'm his hand and looked
at it with great admiration.
What is it?!" he asked seriously.
That" I said. humoring him. for I
knew something great would be evolved
from his wonderful brain. lis I; ball of
red Irvine | bought at the 10-cent store.
bought 1t last Saturday. 1t was sold
tn me by a freckled young lady i'm Il
white shirt waist. I paid"
looked at the ball of Irvine curious
ly. I tried to see something remark
able In IT.. I couldn't. 1t remained a
simple ball Of red Irvine. and 1 told
Perkins so.
The difference declared Perkins.
"betWeen mediocrity and genius. Me
diOerity always sees red Irvine: genius
sees Il ball of Crimson Cord"
He leaned back In his chair and
looked at me triumphantly. He fold
ed his arms rs If he a settled the
matter. His attitude seemed to say
| that he had Il fortune for us. Sud
ing my scissors. began shipping off
small lengths of the Irvine.
"The Crimson Cord" he CIRCULATED.
What does it suggest"
7 told him that it suggested a par
eel from the druggists. I had often
seen Just such Irvine about a drug
gist'S parcel.
Perkins shifted disdainfully.
..Druggists?' he exclaimed with dis
gust. .'Mystery. Blood. The Crimson
Cord Daggers. Murder! ~Strangling.
Clews! The Crimson Cord"
He motioned wildly with his hands.
as IL the possibilities of the phrase were
quite beyond his power Of expression.
1T sounds like Il book" I sug-
gested.
"Great!'' cried Perkins. 20 novel!
The novel! Think of the words a
Crimson SoTU III uIuOu-feu LETTERS Mn
feet high on a white ground" He
pulled his hat over his eyes. n spread
out HIS hands. and ! think he shud-
dcrc.l.
think of a Crimson Cord" he
muttcrcd. an blood-red letters on a
ground or dead. sepulchral black.
with a crimson cord writing through
them like Il serpent"
He sat up suddenly. and threw one
hand IN the air.
"Think." he cried. "of the words in
hlnet ~ white. with n crimson cord
tn what ."The Crimson Cord" q Per.
kins merely announced the words. and
left them To sGnkle IN the rcadcri
pi"d, and m Il natural c~0nReQueDce
each new advertisement served to ex.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

asking him to call. and he turned out
to be Il young; Oma
Our interview was rather shy. i was
| Il little doubtful about the proper way
to talk to Il real author, being purely a
CIlicagOan myself; and / had All idea
that. while my usual vocabulary was
good enough for business purposes, 1t
might be too easy going To Impress "A
literary person properly, and in trying
to talk w to her standard had to be
very careful in my choice of words.
No publisher likes to have his authors
think he is Weak In the grammar line.
Miss Rosa Belle Vincent, however.
was quite az clustered as l a She
seemed i'll at ease and anxious to get
away. which j supposed was because
she had not often ~conversed with
publishers who paid $1,000 cash in adj
vance for n manuscript.
She was not at all what l had
thought an author would look like. She
her on the street 1 should nave said.
There goes a pretty nip stenogpapher."
She was that kind-big picture hat and
high pompadOur.
1 was afraid she would try ia run
the talk into literary ines n lb.en
swa,nped in a minute. but she didn't:
and. although / had wondered how 10
break the subject Of none when con
versing with one who must be think
ing "f nobler things. | found she was
less shy when on that subject than
when talking about her boo
Well. now" said as soon as had
got her seated. we have decided to
+! buy this novel of yours. Can you
pile with his long forefinger.
aftermath" he crowed. After
math!,
"rhe dickens it Isl" 1 exclaimed.
And what has aftermath got to do
| with this truck: 1t looks like the
aftermath of a notion store
He tipped his "Air-thc-Hair' hat
over II ear. and put his thuubs in
the armhoies Of his ready tailored"
vest.
'Genius!' he announced. Brains!
Foresight! Else. why Perkins the
|Great? Why not Perkins the Nobody? ''
He raised the s~uspenders tenderly
from the pile and fondled them in his
hands.
finger along the red corded edge of the
elastic. He took up the tie and ran
his nail along the red stripe that
/ formed the selvedge On the back and
said. See this:" He pointed To the
red laces Of the low shoes and asked,
whOl collection.
What il it" he asked. It's genius!
It's foresight"
He waved his hand over the pile.
The aftermath" he exclaimed.
These s~uspenders art the Crimson
Cord s~uspenders. These shoes are the
Crimson Cord shoes. This tie ie Ia
Crimson Cord tie. These crackers are
the Crimson Cord brand. Perkins 4
Co. get out q great book. The Crimson
Cord!" Sell 100000 copies. Dram
affixed. it runs 200 night. Everybody
talking Crimson Cord. Country goes
Crimson Cord rae Result-up jump
tfsrimsRn (.Ord thjs and Crimson Gard
that. Who gets he benefit? Pes ine
q Coz No! We pay the advertising
bills and the other mar sells his Grim
son Cord cigars. That 10 usual
Yes" I said. Tin smoking 4 David
Hapusa cigar this minute. aud I am
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

? During the year 1911. 5s small PLAN
cts were discovered, but eight OF these.
were found, on examination. to be iden-
teal with bodies previously observed.
SO that on balance there are so aster-
oids to be added to the family that
circulate around the sun between Mars
and Jupiter. OF these. more than SO
were discovered at Heidelberg, the next
largest contribution coming from the
'~Transvaal observatory at johannes
burgll.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

Poets sing of the deep blue sea. but
IT is not always blue. Millions upon
millions of microscopic aigae or sea
weeds and %subaquatic plants give the
REQ sea its peculiar tint, and the YELL
low sea OF China is said to be colored
by the foods OF the great rivers which
wash down vast quantities OF mud.
Generally speaking. the ocean Is blue
IN ratio to its saltiness.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

Spelling bees are the rage in the state
of Washington this spring, and for the
nnal roundup candidates have been
cautiously warned Of the perils that
turk In the words: Prefer, klickitat,
cautious, justle, cipher, capsize. vanilla,
recipe, tandem, insertion. If there are
many words like Klickitat tenderfeet
will do we'll to keep out of that game.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

To give an idea of the extension of
the world petroleum industry within
the last few years the Near East men
lions that ut present "A petroleum
steamers are being constructed in
Great Britain, with a total carrying On.
pactty OF $4,000 tOns.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

Plans nave been made by the board
Of education to give tha graduating
class of the Coshocton high school an
excursion in lieu OF the usual COM
mencement exercises this year. The
class. chaperoned by members of the
faculty. will, be aiken on a weeks trip
to Pittsburgh and return by boat on
h Muskingum and Ohio rivers.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

Rome is busily laying plans for az
electric railroad running to the sea
coast at Ostia, together with a subway
tunnel for the part which crosses
Owl Work will begin as soon as thu,
government grants the franchise. The
subway starts from the enter OF town
near the Forum and runs to the city
limits mt the ST. Paul's gate. 1t win
accommodate a double track tunnel. II
is planned to finish h subway part of
the line I'm three years and then Ergi1
nn the Rome-Ostia line. which Will take
about Two years to build.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

Motor sleighs would seem at first
thought to be impracticable OH account
OF the dif1culty of propulsion. but Eu-
ropean inventors have overcome the
dimculty In several ways. One form OF
motor sleigh is driven by the action OF
. screw. or worm. which cuts into the
SNOW, II this Is said to have attained
. speed OF 30 miles an hour.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

Admiral Evans was once taken
through the Vanderbilt stables i'm New
York. The stable manager showed
him walls and floors OF pale translucent
thing. marble drinking troughs, man-
gers OF Circassian walnut, solid silver
fittings n so forth. do you find any
thing lacking, admirable said the man
ager. proudly. at the end. Nothing
the admiral replied, nothing except a
leather upholstered sofa for each
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

The Portland. Me-. Press saws the
stage horse Of Moose river, owned by
Jonas Holden. who transports mail be-
tween Moose river plantation and the
railroad station. in the last six years
has been In harness 2,1SO consecutive
days, travelling 1866 miles.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

The Barnard college girls at Colum-
bia university have a new the re-
fraip of which Is BUY a Brick" This
does not signify that the girls are com
mitted to militant suffragism, but that
they are taking an active part in rails
Ing money for a new building much
needed by the college.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

Pulp remaining after the sugar has
been extracted from bcets In beet sugar
factories Q usually been thrown away
N worthless, but It. is used for
feeding cows. The assertion IL made
that It 10 q good milk producer.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

for sin months or so, and
things were dull. ] was
- beginning to tire of sit
ting indoIently i'm my office. with
nothing TO do but clip coupons
from my bonds. Money is good
enough i'm lis way, but it is not
interesting unless it is doing
something lively doubling itself
or getting lost. What | wanted
was excitement al adventure
and | knew that if ! could find
Perkins. | could have both. \
scheme is a business adventure.
and Perkins was the greatest
schcmcr i'm or out of Chicago.
just then Perkins walked into my
office.
"Pcrkius.' | said. as soon as he had
arranged his feet comfortably ON my
desk. I'm tired. I'm restless. have
been Wishing for You for II month. I
Want to 30 into Il big scheme and make
a lot of ncw, up Ia date cash. I'm sick
isn't interesting. No cash is interest
ing except the coming cash
I'm with you." said Perkins, what
is Your schcmr:.'
~ have none" said sadly. THAT
is just my trouble. I have sat here
FOR days trying tn think of d; good,
practical scheme. but l can't. l lon't
In the whole Wide. wide world
Perkins waived his hand.
My boy" he exclaimed. there are
millions, Yuu'V. thousands of 'cm
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

For ironing laces and dainty fabrics
IN iron; has been brought out In Eng
land Ia the form OF q polished steel
soller, fitted with electric heating units.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

The heating element II In the bottom
of . new electrical frying pan so that
e can b turned over and the bottom
I'D to cook food Ii ordinary utensils.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

ON one of the Canadian railways a
train agent is the official name OF
IA fare collector. The train agent is
said to be notable for his politnllcss.
and to ask for a passengers ticket with
h words, Your ticket, please" To
wait patiently till he gets it. and then
invariably say. "rhank you" The malne
train agent" is harry fclicitous for this
Chesterticldian conductor. 1T sounds
too much like road agent" a name
which I'm the west has not always been
associated with agreeable manners or
PRACTICES.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23
MR.. PERKINS OF PORTLAND
THE VENTURE OF THE CRIMSON CORD.
By Ellis Parker Butler

.HAD NOT seen Perkins
for sin months or so, and
things were dull. was
- beginning to tire of sit
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

Mr.. Farrell, president of the United
States Steel corporation, in testifying
as tn steel rails AS made at present.
has incidentally thrown some light on
railway accidents caused 10y rail break
age The liability Of brcakagc.' he
says. lis much greater than In the old
softer rails. In many respects the
steel is moro dangerous and more
treachcrous. 1t is unq~uestionably. in
my Judgment. IN unsafe grade of steed
I'm view OF the severe conditions of ser
vice" This kin OF rail, he states, has
been made because of the demand for
hard rails in order to get creator wear.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23
SOUTH DAKOTA.

made showing, it is said, that Il vibra
ton OF oun having an amplitude of
less than MISREPRESENTATION of a
centimeter could still affect the sense
vi hearing. Such II vibration would he
20 short that it would have to be en-
larged 100 times before the most pow
erful -miscrOscOpe could render it Wis.,
thie. surprising that it were susceptible
of being seen ut all. Aged persons, II
is said, do not car high notes which
are audible to young people. and there
IS rcaso to believe that babies hear
notes that are inaudibic to their elders.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-20
The Book Said So.

| IIC DOOh Dd1O ~
The geography class was in
session. One small pupil aston
ished the class by stating that in
a certain section of South Amer
lea there were talking monkeys.
When the teacher questioned the
statement. the youngster opened
his geography and triumphantly
read: This region is inhabited
by a species of monkeys; proper
ly speaking, apes. "-Delineator.
| -o-O-
Mary Gardens latest an
nouncement is that she's going to
wear classic robes" Here's
where we cheer up, and we don't
know overmuch about classics,
! either.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-20
WASHINGTON

On the I'D of February
we are to have a holiday.
1t is the birthday OF George
Washington. Just think,
Washington was born near
ly two hundred years ago,
yet his birthday is still re-
membered by millions of
people all over the United
States.
Washington was a brave
soldier and a general in the
army when our country was
fighting with England. Be
fore this the king of Eng
land had ruled our people,
but after the war the Amer
leans were free to rule them
selves.
Then they called the
country "The United
States of America and
chose brave Gen. Washing.
for the first president. That
ly we call him "The Father of
Country"
is because Washington did
luch to help this country that
yone still respects and loves
lame.
Gorge Washington was born
n south, on a farm called ga
tation." He was out of doors
luch that he grew strong and
he learned to run, to ride
to swim and to row a
!. He loved animals and al
S had dogs and ponies for
fellows,
he best thing about the boy
The day book., 1912-02-13

ever seen there-a train that had
come 120 miles on a tIestle over
the ocean from mainland.
In 1899 Flagler called together
some engineers and showed them
a map of lower Florida long
string of narrow coral islands, or
keys"
Il want a railroad built out to
the last one of those keys" said
Flagler. That was Key West.
w. ]. Krone, a young Illinois
engineer, was sent out to survey
the islands. and the sea. He
trudged, rowed and struggled
through jungles and swamps,
over salt rivers and stretches of
ocean.
The construction work was
daring and perilous. Three hurri-
canes, of the merciless typhoon
type, did millions of dollars
worth of damage. In 1906 wind
of 125 miles an hour swept out to
sea houseboat containing over
800 men, and smashed it on a
coral reef.
Days later men floating on
boards were picked up on the
coast of Cuba, 100 miles away.
The work of years went down.
Steel girders 9 feet high and 90
feet long, and rocks, weighing
tons, were blown out to sea.
Build it again and build it
stronger" said the iron Flagler.
A hurricane in October, 1909,
sent waves under the great con-
crete arches and bursted them
The day book., 1912-02-13

concrete arches, crossing seven
miles of open ocean, foundations
built in 30 feet of water, anchored
to bed rock below the ocean floor,
carrying a railway track IS feet
above the widest wave that a
2O0-mile-an-hour wind can kick
up.
Almost every engineer on the
job has tied himself in the top
branches of a cocoanut tree, with
the waves sweeping the island be-
low him, and has tossed about
like a cocoanut, as the tree
whipped the sky, until the wind
died down.
In 1906 all the boats and
dredgeS were blown to sea. That
cost Flagler three-quarterS of a
million dollars.
After that, when hurricane
came along, they knocked holes in
the bottoms of the boats and sank
them where the wind could not
move them. When the hurricane
passed they pumped out the boats
and went back to work.
The ride to Key West is me
morable. On one side stretches
the gulf of Mexico to the horizon.
On the other the Atlantic ocean.
Behind the track seems to run off
the edge into black storm clouds.
Before, it runs over the ocean,
into the sky.
Now and then you come to an
island, dash through jungIes and
swamps for a few minutes, then
out again over the ocean. You see
L L
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-15
B. q o. Abolishing Jag Cars.

Following the lead of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, the Baltimore
and Ohio has issued orders disseminating
the sale of Intoxicating liquors in the
dining cars of its service between Balti-
more and New York. For some time
the Baltimore and Ohio has been syste-
matically cutting out the sale of liquor
on its trains. Three years ago it put
the ban on the sale of liquors in the
Pullman coaches, following a shooting
affray in which an irate Texan sought to
avenge his outraged dignity by taking a
shot at Pullman porter Until the
most recent order went out, however.
the company continued to sell liquor
with meals in the dining-cars. The
Company will continue to sell intoxicants
in diners on trains in the District OF
Columbia, West Virginia and Ohio.
Illinois has been prohibited territory for
number of years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-15
BITTINGER.

The Lutheran people of this COM
munity will hold their regular annual
church picnic in Elhthorp's grove on
| Saturday, August oath. A number of
prominent ministers will deliver adj
dresses on that day. Among them will
be Rev Siber, of Hagerstown; Rev. O..
c. Dean, of Accident, and Rev. w. W.
Morris, of Grantsville. Arrangements
are being made to have a brass band on
the ground all day and general good
time is promised to all who attend.
G. w. Engle. of Baltimore is spending
his vacation with his parents here.
Mrs. John R. Huston and little daugh-
ter, of Philadelphia, are visiting her
brother j. B. Emory, in this village.
Messrs. Otto e Orendorf have moved
their saw-mill into the Orendorf timber
tract and will soon begin saving lumber
M. K Malone. who was spending the
summer near here, was called home to
Elizabeth, Pa, last week by the illness
of his wife.
Messrs. Roy Hetrick and Austin Bit
finger drove up to the Park for visit
last Sunday.
miss Myrtle Wiley spent part of last
week with friends at Jennings.
MI. TdIHcSl DOWSGI anu MISS iAud
Schrock, two estimable young people of
this neighborhood, were quietly married
a few days ago. We extend cOngratula-
tons.
Miss Elizabeth Kerling, of Uniontown,
Pa, is visiting her mother, Mrs. John
Detrlck, of this place.
Mrs. Faithful and Miss Elenora
Meyers, of Baltimore, are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. M. Legeer.
Daniel.Klotz and wife, of Jennings,
passed through this village last Sunday
in their new Ford automobile.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Beachy are spend
ing this week with relatives at Canton,
Pa.
Rev Morgan, of Raleigh, N. c., will
preach in the Bittinger Lutheran church
on Sunday morning at 1870 O'Clock, to
which service all members and friends
of the church are invited.