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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-07-04
CHAPTER II.
An Affable Rogue.

The carriage containing the gentle
man with the reversible cuffs drew up
at the side entrance. Instantly the
Arab guides surged and eddied round
him; but their clamor broke against
composure as effective as granite. The
roar was almost directly succeeded by
a low gurgle, as of little waves reced-
ing. The proposed victim had not
spoken word; to the Arabs it was
not necessary; in some manner, subtle
and indescribable, they recognized
brother. He carried a long, cylindri-
cal bundle wrapped in heavy paper
variously secured by windings of thick
Irvine. His regard for this bundle was
one of tender solicitude, for he tucked
it under his arm, cumbersome though
1t was, and waved aside the carriage
porter, who was, however, permitted
to carry in the kit-bag.
The manager appeared. When comes
he not upon the scene? His quick,
calculating eye was not wholly as
sured. The strangers homespun was
travelworn and time-worn, and of
year before. No fat letter of credit
here, was the not unreasonable conclu-
sion reached by the manager. Still,
with that caution acquired by years
of experience, which had eliminated
in what is known as Swiss diplomacy,
he brought into being the accustomed
salutatory smile and inquired if the
gentleman had written ahead for res
ervation, otherwise it would not be
possible to accommodate him.
81 telegraphed," crisply.
"The name, if you please?"
"Ryanne; spelled R-y-a double-n Q.
Have You ever been in County Clare?"
'No, sir" The manager added a
question with the uplift of his eye
bFows.
WELL" was the enlightening an
Hwer, you pronounce it as they do
there"
The manager scanned the little slip
Of paper in his hand. "Ah, yes; we
have reserved a room for you, sir.
The French style rather confused me-"
This was not offered in irony, or sar-
casm, or satire; mining In a Swiss
brain for the saving grace of humor
Is about as remunerative as the ex-
traction of gold from sea-water. New
ertheless, the Swiss has the talent of
swiftly subtracting from a confusion
Of ideas one point Of illumination:
there was a quality to the strangers
tone that decided him favorably. It
was the voice Of a man in the habit
pr being obeyed; and in these days it
was the power Of money alone that
obtained obedience to any man. Be
yond this, the same nebulous cogita-
ton that had subdued the Arabs out
side acted likewise upon him. Here
was brother.
"Mail?"
II will see, sir" The manager sum-
noned q porter. Room 208."
The porter caught ND the somewhat
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-07-04

q good writer of advertisements. This
quiet laughter. unburdened as it was
with ridicule, was enough to set
Georges muse a-winging, and she
never came back.
After leaving college he was given
q modest letter of credit and told to
go where he pleased for a whole year.
George started out at once in quest
Of the Holy Grail, and there are more
roads to that than there are to Rome.
One may be reasonably sure Of get
ting into Rome, whereas the Holy
Grail diversified. variable, innumer-
able) is always the exact sum Of a
bunch Of hay hanging before old Dob
bins nose. Nevertheless, George gal
ioped his fancies With loose rein. Re
haunted romance. burrowed and
plowsd for It: and never his shade
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sweet and gentle, had a will, iron un.
der velvet, and when she held out for
Percival Algernon and a decent knowl
edge of modern languages, the old
man agreed If, on the other hand,
the boys first name should be George
and that he should learn the business
from the cellar up. There were sew
eral tits over the matter, but at
length a truce was declared. 1t was
agreed that the boy himself ought to
have a word to say upon subject
which concerned him more vitality
than any one else. So, at the age of
fifteen, when he was starting off for
preparatory school, he was advised
to choose for himself He was an ODE
dent son, adoring his mother and idol
izing his father. He wrote himself
down as George Percival Algernon
Jones, promised to become linguist
and to learn the rug business from
the cellar up. On the face of it, it
looked like a big job; it all depended
upon the boy.
The first day at school his misery
began. He had signed himself as
George P. A. Jones, no small diplo-
macy for a lad; but the two initials,
standing up like dismantled pines in
the midst Of uninteresting landscape,
reused the curiosity of his school
mates. Boys are boys the world over,
and possess a finesse in cruelty that
only Indians can match; and it did
not take them long to unearth the ia
tai secret. For three years he was
Percy Algy, and not only the boys
laughed, but the pretty girls snig.
gered. Many time he had returned
to his dormitory decorated (not in
accord with the fond hopes Of his
mother) with a swollen ear, or a
ruddy proboscis, or a green-brown
eye. There was a limit, and when
they stepped over that, why, he pro-
ceeded to the best of his ability to
solve the difficulty with his fists.
George was no milksop; but Percival
Algernon would have been the Old
Man of the Sea on broader shoulders
than his. He dimly realized that had
he been named George Henry William
Jones his sun would have been many
diameters larger. There was splen'
did quality of pluck under his appar
ent timidity, and he stuck doggedly
to it. He never wrote home and com.
planned. What was good enough fol
his mother was good enough for him
1t seemed just an ordinary matter
of routine for him to pick up French
and German verbs. He was far from
being brilliant, but he was sensitive
and his memory was sound. Since
his mothers ambition was to see him
an accomplished linguist, he applied
himself to the task as if everything
in the world depended upon it, just
as he knew that when the time came
he would apply himself as thoroughly
to the question of rugs and carpets.
Under all this filial loyalty ran the
pure strain Of golden romance, side
by side with the lesser metal of prac
ticality. When he began to read the
masters he preferred their romances
to their novels. He even wrote poetry
in secret, and when his mother discov
cred the fact she cried over the senti
mental verses. The father had to b<
told. He laughed and declared tha
the boy would some day develop into
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-07-04

soling ends of his abundant mus
tache. Curious; but all these persons
were occupying or about to occupy
adjacent rooms. There was truly
nothing mysterious about it, save that
the stranger had picked out these very
names as target for his banter. For
tune Chedsoye; it was rather an I'M
usual name; but as she had arrived
only an hour or so before, he could
not distinctly recall her features. And
then, there was that word bucolic.
He mentally turned it over and over
as physically he was wont to do with
postcards left in his care to mail.
He could make nothing OF the word.
except that it smacked of the East
Indian plague.
Here he was saved from further
cerebral agony by timely Interrupt
| ton. A man, who was not of bucolic.
persuasion either in dress or speech.
urban from the tips of his bleached
| fingers to the bulb of his bibulous
nose, leaned across the counter and
asked If Mr.. Horace Ryanne had yet
arrived. Yes. he had just arrived: he
Ito be continueds
The Washington herald., 1912-02-28

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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Washington HeiEhts-Josiah A. Van Orsdel ct W. q
Louis II. Emmert. lot s., block 5. SO.
Mount Pleasant and Pleasant PiainsrJeanetts A
Graham 10 Thomas j. Morgan. lot ZS. block &
Washington Heishts-Louise N. Emmert to Joseph
A. Roth, part lot Il, block 5. so. Joeerh A
Roth conveys same property to Louis II. En-
inert, SO.
Tenth street northeast, between and X streets
Middsugh. & shannon to Frank H. and Islea A.
Wslpole. Mt IS, square ss2 $40.
Fourteenth Street Ternce-Linnie NJ. Bourne to W.
+. Wilson, part lying north Of square als, $40.
south Kenilwogth-BeTnard @. Brown ct to
John r. Hayes, lot g., square Gl55, $40.
Hampton Park-Howard S. Gott ct al, trustees. to
Municipal Building Company, lots 2 and %.
square 5I5s; lot 60. square 5leo A,a5 Municipal
Building Company to Irving z. and Dora Jor-
dan lot %. square slso, sla Same to James and
lnez L. Tate, lot g. square 5l53, SO.
Sixteenth and streets northwest-Elbertine r.
Hamilton ct al to Thomas h. Pickforc, part
original lot "a, square I75, SO.
Navy place southeast. between and streets-Mse
NJ. DAVIS to Edward W. Davis. lot -. square
Navy place southeast between and I streets-Mar-
gEret T. Little to Milton D. Campbell, lot es,
square SIS, SO.
Twenty-sizth street northwest, between I and X
streets-Charles n. Weaver ct ux. 10 David r.
Weaver. lots s. and 81, square ls SO
G street northwest between Eighteenth and Nine
tseuth streefs-D1Fid r. Weaver ct ux. to BERTHE
F. Weaver. half interest in part original lot 10.
Addition to Cieseland Park-David r. Weaver ct ux
to BERTHE r. Weaver. lot T. square 1913. slo.
EcEinEton-Robert X. Feather.toDe. TO Charles z.
Clapp. lot q, square 3sls, SO.
Wisconsin Avenue Park-Capital Realty Company 10
Mary r. Marshall. lot Il. square le9. SO.
MattinFy Tract-Thonas l. keeler ct ur. TO Ruth
u. Wheat, lot s. square 2sjs. SO
siztsenth street Highlands Holmes Central Really
The Washington herald., 1912-02-28

The operations carried on by the Sc
curity Cement and Lime Company. whose
principal Offices are in Baltimore. con-
stitute one OF the most important indus
tries in the State Of Maryland. In the
fall of 1910. the Security Cement and Lime
Company was organized and took over
the plants of the Berkeley Limestone
Company. at Berkeley. w. Va, and the
Maryland Portland Cement Company, at
Security, Nd, three miles from Hagers-
town, Md.
The president of the company Is Loring
A. Cover, a young and energetic vIr-
ginian. Associated with Mr.. Cover are
Douglas II. Gordon. De Courcey w. Thorn,
II. B. Warner, and Charles W. Warner,
and other well known business men. A
F. Sinclair is the general manager for
the company's plant at Hagerstown and
Berkeley.
Among the big contracts which this
company has secured is that which was
awarded them in July, 1911. by the Dis
trict government This contract pro-
yides for the entire cement requirements
for the year. aggregating 5000 barrels.
to be used in the District OF Columbia.
and before the contract was awarded the
government sent a number OF its experts
to the company's plant. near Hagers-
town, where a thorough investigation
was made OF the character of the ce-
ment produced and the extent OF the
cOmpany's operations.
Experts Examine Plant.
The most thorough investigations were
made by Charles Catlett, engineer and
geoIogist, OF Staunton, Va, and Edwin
c. Eckel, formerly chief OF the cement
division OF the United States Geological
Survey, in connection with the Maryland
geological survey. with a view to finding a
satisfactory location for cement making
A site near Hagerstown was selected and
a plant built with a capacity OF 500 bar
rels at point now known as Security.
Later on this plant was increased until
II has a present capacity OF about 1000
barrels a day, or over 10000 barrels a
year. making II enc of the more i'm
portant Of the great concentrating COM
Germs OF the country. Nearly 1900. 900
has been expended in the actual construc-
ton OF the plant at Security. the entire
capital having been furnished by Balu-
more people without any public subscrip-
ton, thus showing the faith of the peo-
pie who backed the enterprise with their
own money. Later on this company pur-
chased at Martinsburg, Va, a quarry and
ume-maklng plant Tor the manufacture
Of lime for all purposes, and road
building material II is said that this is
now one Of the largest lime-making
plants in the world.
The company's property at Berkeley
consists OF about sos acres. owned in fee.
and adjoining 40 acres held in perpetual
lease. This tract is over one mile In
length. and across its entire length con-
tains large deposits of low silica lime
stone. For fiuxing purposes and the
of lime the stone in this
vicinity is considered OF the very purest
and highest grade. and especially well
lends itself TO the industrial uses to
which II Is put
Have Six Quarries.
The limestone quarries at the Berkeley
plant are six in number. and are located
within a distance of 1850 feet Of each
ether. Two distinct veins Of stone are
The Washington herald., 1912-02-28
7wo-year-old Company Big Factor
In the Cement and Lime Industry
Product of Security Company after
Thorough Investigation and Contract for 10000 Barrels
Awarded-Hagerstown Md, Plant Has Energetic
President IN Loriug A. Cover.

be shipped either way over a wide and
important consuming area The COM
pany has its own spur tracks. extending
through various parts OF the plant and
connecting with these two railroad lines.
The enlargements made at the COM
pany's Portland cement plant at Sc
curity. Nd. TO bring its daily output up
to 400 barrels have also been COM
pleted. This plant was built a few years
ago by the Maryland Portland Cement
Company, but the demand for its prod
uct Increased so rapidly that when the
plant was taken over by the Security
Cement and Lime Company it was i'm
perative that an increased output be pro-
yided.
Seq ty Portland Cement and Berkeley
LIND foducts have recently been used
on following buildings: Civil Service
Build Woodward Building. Victor
Building. Continental Hotel, Washington
Hotel, Raleigh Hotel. Powhatan Hotel,
Wireless Tower Station, Corby Bakery. all
Of Washington. ID. C.: Baltimore Bargain
House, McCreary Building. Fidelity Build
ing. Industrial Building. Seventh street
bridge. United States Fidelity and Guar
antee. American Ice Company plant.
tobacco warehouse, blind asylum. the
New Theater, Emerson Hotel Mercy Hos
pital. No. public school, Homewood
apartments. Harriet Lane Building (Johns
Hopkins Hospital. pumping station.
Notre Dame Academy. and Country School
for Boys. all OF Baltimore. Md: Seminary
Avenue Bridge, Baltimore County, Nd:
Frederick City Abattolr. Frederick. Md:
Hagerstown post-office and Trinity
Church. OF Hagerstown. Md; Crowns
willie Hospital, Brownsville. Md; Union
National Bank Building. Clarksburg. W.
Va: United States Marine Corps. Stump
Neck, Md; Maryland State road work:
New Cumberland Bridge, New Cumber-
land, Pa: Greencsstle reservoir. Green
castle, Pa; Sewage disposal plant. Cham
bersburg, Pa: Logging factory and
Suter Warehouse, OF Hagerstown, Md:
Life Insurance Building. Richmond. Va:
re-enforced concrete bridge. Old Point.
Va: 5000 barrels. harbor and deck i'm
provements, Baltimore, Md; 10000 bar
rels, sewerage commission. Baltimore.
Md: 5000 barrels, New Connellsville ex-
tension of Western Maryland Railway;
o. 900 barrels municipal improvements,
Baltimore, Md: 5000 barrels, District of
Columbia cement contract, 1872: l.. 500 bar
rels, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad con-
struction work: 1000 barrels, Forest Park
reservoir Baltimore. Nd.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-28
INDIAN CASE POSTPONED.

BY consent of prosecution and defense,
United States Commissioner Anson S.
Taylor yesterday afternoon postponed
until 2:3o o'clock next Tuesday afternoon
the preliminary hearing of Nicholas
Mades and William Lloyd. who were ar
rested by United States marshals on war
rants issued at the request of the Bu-
Teau OF Indian Affairs. charging the sale
OF liquor to Bacon Rind and Henry Red
Eagle. chiefs of the Osages and wards
Of the Federal government.
Mades and Lloyd are at liberty under
500 bond each.
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Is Well Located.

This plant is especially well located
in regard to railway facilities, being in
a fork with the Cumberland Valley Rail-
road, which is a part Of the Pennsyl-
vania system, on the one side and the
Baltimore and Ohio on the other; conse-
uuently, the products of this plant can
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Arnrded ss.ooo nnmnr,..

A jury in Justice Gould's court yester-
day awarded Edwin A. Downey a verdict
of 5000 in his suit against the WASH
ington. Alexandria and Mount Vernon
Railway Company Downey. who was a
conductor on the defendant line, had his
leg crushed under the wheel of a car
November, ., 1907. while crossing the
bridge TO Alexandria
The Washington herald., 1912-02-28
RiotIne Case Continued.

man. Joseph Green, and Hiram Crews.
the four colored men charged with lead
ing a riot on Benning car last Satur-
day night. was called before the Police
Court yesterday and continued until next
Tuesday. because Of the seriousness of
the injuries of Henry C. Becker, who
was brutally attacked.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-28
Death of Kantz Accidental.

Paul Kantz, ironworler. who fell to
his death from a sixth-story steel beam
on the building being erected at Fiji
teenth and c streets northwest, died from
injuries received accidentally, according
to the verdict returned oy corcner's
jury yesterday. The body has been fe-
moved to his home at Highlandtown.
Baltimore. A wife and five children sur
yiye
The Washington herald., 1912-02-28
Have Six Quarries.

The limestone quarries at the Berkeley
plant are six in number. and are located
within a distance of 1850 feet OF each
ether. Two distinct veins Of stone are
The Washington herald., 1912-02-28
IrrInE Pntterron ParoIcd.

Through the efforts Of Attorney Robert
I. Miller. Irving Patterson. formerly en-
ployed as a storeroom keeper at the
New Ebbitt, charged with eight counts
OF petit larceny. was yesterday paroled
by Judge Pugh in the Police Court.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-28

found in these quarries, one having the
best grade OF high calcium limestone,
containing less than u per cent silica
and the other being higher In SILICA. The
purer grade is used In the manufacture
OF the lime products and huxing stone
for steel and glass making. and the other
for crushed stone purposes. II driven
to a lo0-foot depth. the company has
sufficient stone to last II, at the pres
ent capacity Of the plant. for $50 years
During the whole period OF putting the
kiins into operation promoters were
used In order 10 determine the exact con-
ditions under which TO obtain a full and
Uniform quantity and quality of heat,
and at all times during operation regu-
lar samples OF gas from both the bottom
and top OF the kilns are taken and an
alyZed. In other words. both I'm every
phase Of design and operation, the most
scientific ideas have been utilized.
The capacity OF the limekilns Is 4 100
bushels daily. and the capacity for
ground lime is 100 tons daily and hydrat-
ed lime 100 tons daily. All Of this prod
uct Is a very pure. high-calcium lime
bein@ about 9S per cent pure
Makes own Barrels.
making OF barrels. In this department
are assembled the slaves and heads,
which are purchased. and ii has a ca
racity of 100 barrels daily.
For taking care OF any immediate re-
pairs that may be necessary from break
downs or other causes. a machine shop
and storeroom are maintained. In the
storeroom a full supply OF equipment snG
spare parts that may be needed is always
kept on hand. Through a card system
perpetual inventory is kept OF every
thing in the storeroom. so that the stock
is not allowed at any time to be depleted.
Current for operation Is received
from the hydro-electric development on
the Shenandoah River of the Winches-
ter and Washington City Railway Com
pany, twenty-eight miles away. In order
that its power supply may always be
constant, the railway company has also
installed a 1,JOO-kilowstt steam turbine
electric generating unit. At present the
total power consumed by both the lime
and stone plants Is about SO kilowatts
daily, but this will be later increased to
50 kilowatts.
One of the striking features of this
plant is the splendid manner in which II
has been laid out. One department fol-
lows another in natural sequence, and
the material - conveyed through the va
rious stages by automatic conveying
equipment so that practically from the
time the material enters either OF the
plants in the raw state until IL emerges
in the finished product 1t is not neces-
sary to handle or touch 1t in any way.
Thus not only is full and uniform out
PUT obtained, but this is done with the
use OF a minimum amount Of manual
labor: in fact, IL will only take some for
ty men on both shifts to operate these
two plants. Altogether about 200 men
will be employed, most OF them being
in the quarries.
Is Well Located.
This plant is especially well located
in regard to railway facilities, being in
fork with the Cumberland Valley Rail-
road. which is a part Of the Pennsyl-
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Corporation to Sophie L. Searisht, lot 10 and
part lots % and q. square Z2, so.
I'D X street northwest-Mary L. Mcdaniel et al. TO
Fidelity Trust and DEPOSIT Company Of Mary
land. part original lot o. square l06. SO.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-12-20
XMAS. SERVICES
 CHURCH EPIPHANY
Song Service Arranged by Rev. ZeigIer--Members of Fair
 banks Choir to Assist.

The Christmas Srr\icrs tu be held at the Church of the Epiph- any by Rev. w. 1T. Iriglrr will be largely q song service. The reg ular choir nf the church and Srv- "ral members of the choir of Si Mathews church of Fairbanks, will sing the following numbers
 "Silrnl NiHhl." Michael Haydn.
 Hymn, 70, Little Town nf l'"thlehenl,' l.. II. Rcdnr<. words by Phillips Brooks.
 ''N"nitr. EXultrmuS Duru:I.,. = J. Robinson.
 "Tr D"un I.au,Ialnu~. WmG .IackSum. 'I}rnr,iiriuS,' Anon. 'kyri" EliSon" and .; ,.rIa Ir- i Ii. 'rthnld Tours. Hymn. "Gabrirl. Irn,!rI lunal. anthem, "P"ar" on Earth,'' c.; ."h-SirnIn'r. ,ir pa", by M" Amk. Hymn. .iur.. ir F.. l !..- l;". LinH--.'b. tie. lll =. la'.h- r.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-12-20
Afternoon Session.

Mr. trOssl"N rr~lInIrh his arr gnnirni, claiming lllal the casr, cited hy d"frmIauI'S rnrluSrl diff Tered From ill" cas-" al bar. in the respect thai defendant in Ihis raS" pr"frrr"h himself, WhiI. in Inc ra~"S cited certain crr,Iitur4 W"r" preferred hy Ihr rurI,nra- iI"n> through their duly author Iz"d officers. kn"Wing Ihr con- dIlinn Of ill" bank as did GauI i}nrn"li". as iiS president. | con- tend that Iir did q wrnngful acI m drawing nui that money with nnl h" consent of the dirrrIors nr Sluckhnl,lrrS.
 Mr. Gibson admitted his do,lbI as lo Inc position of Inc. gov "rnlnrnI. lIr felt that if I}arnciIr withdrew the money on his check II r"suIvcd itself in Inc end lo lIl" same proposition as in the cases ciIcd.
 Tn" Court: will lake until lnInorrow to look into ihis mal- fer.
 Court adjourned.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-12-20
MOTION MADE FOR
 INSTRUCTED VERDICT
(ctniiinucd on page 3g

 tI" trial courts d"risiun would '" upheld when preparing his de- frnSr.
 Mr. tr"~Sh'y replied lu Mr.. fInk. iI"I'ling that Mr. BarnrIIr'.; :; position m ti" bank Was differ "nl illan in iII" cases cited in inc numerous authorities ulIulrd hy fIIIk. Mr. 5arn"tir was the who'll" bank. Ilr >uhur,InalrS. di- r"rfor> and Investigating commit - nllttc"S were mere iigurrhrads nIallIpIiai"d al pleasure by the d"f"ndanf. Neither did Inc de- f"niami carry out his agreement wiIh the bank by rndnrSing inc notes turned over by inc cn-part- n"rSlIIp T." IIr" Nevada rnrpnra- lion.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-12-20
.F|REMEN DECIDE
 ID ARB|TRATE

Brook lym. Dee. 2n.--I'hr fire men wh" lla\" been taking q ref rrrIIlIIrI vote aS tO ihr wish of lh, majority iu arbiiratr he de- nlanh If he iirrIrI"n made on h" ra'lr"ad ""!nI'hui"~ for an iu- rr"a>r. have decided in IIir ar- firnIaIi\" amI Hi'Irilralnr- will soon l" alp"InI"h
 The E,r"Irrnii>" "iI.iu.rr- r"- rrniiN received an increase +! pay hH q similar iilrtiiud. ih" ar bIIraI"r~ Gi>in- Il" ur"u an iu- rr"a>" and told Inc rnirIpaili"~ in rlIarv" III" public more rur
 i:hi and ra~>"ngrr rates.