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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-11-28

The broker glared ut him.
Buy! Buy in this market? Man
are you mad?"
i said buy" was the firm answer
whats the limit?"
Mot a share without a stop loss or.
der under it."
swell. with the stop?"
"In buy you 400 shares on a -four
point stop"
"And when it goes up five pointsy"
the doctor asked eagerly.
I'll double your purchase and raise
your stop. and every five points up I'll
keep on until you are a milllonaire!"
The old broker smiled contemptu.
ously, but it vas all lost on the doctor.
do it quick"
The order was scarcely given before
1t was executed. Dugro handed the
memorandum to Woodman with a
grunt.
1T don't take long to get 'em today
The words had scarcely left his lips
when a hoarse cry rose from the crowd
hanging yer the ticker.
Copper had Ieaped upward a whole
point between sales. A wild cheer
swept the room For ten minutes every
stock on the list responded and began
to climb.
The doctors face was wreathed in
smiles. Men began to talk and lanSN
n feel human for the first momen
in two weeks
Dugro grasped the doctors hand,
and his deep voice rams above the
roar:
You're a mascot! You've broken
the spell! For Gods sake stay with
us!'
Suddenly another cry came from the
crowd at the ticker. The boy at the
board sprang to the instrument with
a single bound, his eyes blazing with
excitement. His cry Of DOWN. pierc.
ed every ear in the room with horror.
The panic had come.
In ten minutes stocks tumbled five
points, and the doctors last dollar was
swept into space. while the whole mar.
ket plunged down, down, down into the
abyss of ruin and despair.
Men no longer tried to conceal their
emotion. Some wept, some cursed,
some laughed; but the most pitiful
sight Of all was the man who could
do neither, the man with white lips
and the strange, hunted expression in
his eyes who was looking death in the
face for the first time.
A full quarter Of an hour OF the panic
had spent itself before the dazed
crowds in the brokers' Offices read the
startling news that caused the big
break. The ticker shrieked it's message
above the storms din like a little
laughing demon.
1.-THE Van Dam Trust Company Has
Closed It's Doors and Asked For the
Appointment of a Receiver!"
Bivens had not kept his solemn
pledge. The great bank had stood the
run for two hours and closed it's doors.
And the work of destruction had just
begun.
At 3 o'clock the doctor walked out of
Dugro's Office without a dollar. BE
felt almost happy by contrast with the
fools he left shutting over the floors OF
Dugro's Office.
His own sense Of loss was merely q
blur. The revelation he had just had
Of the mad lust for money which had
begun to possess all classes was yet so
fresh and startling he could form no
adequate conception of his own posi-.
ton.
1t was not until he entered his own
door and paused at the sound of Har.
riet's voice that he began to realize
the enormity of the tragedy that had
befa1len him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-11-28
fro BE Continued
A Miatako.

A Mistake.
Hewitt-WM you watch my trunk for
a minute?? Jewett-What do you take
me for, a chest protector?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-07
CHAPTER Ill.

AS he stepped out of the lift Colonel
o'Rourke remarked a light in his
room, visible through the transom
over the door.
"The femme de chambre," he
thought. "sure and the poor things
still busy trying to clear up. )"
To the contrary, he found the door
fast. "Tis careless she was to leave
the light on" he observed. fitting his
key in the lock.
If thoughtless in that one way, the
woman had fulfilled the letter Of her
word in the other. 1t was with COM
prehensive relief (since he anticipated
a caller) that he found the room once
again presentable.
But one thing surprised him; and
more surprising still was the fact that
his ordinarily Indifferent eye should
have detected 1t at the first glance.
Fe had indeed hardly entered before
he became aware Of square of white
paper tucked in the corner of the bu.
reau mirror.
"The divvle, now!" he greeted it.
That's curious. Could one of
me many admirers have bribed the
femme de chambre to bring a note to
me?" He chuckled, holding to the
light much soiled envelope, grimy
with the marks of many fingers, plas
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-07

raced gardens. Ever descending, they
came at length to the secluded, little
lighted and less frequented portions of
the grounds which border the water
front, and presently sat side by side
upon a bench, looking out over the
harbor. Then and then only did Des
Trebes approach his subject-some-
thing which he had until now studious-
ly avoided, distracting the not over
patient Irishman by a falling fire Of
banalities.
~ dare say, Colonel o'Rourke," he
suggested abandoning his mother
tongue for excellent English-"I dare
say you are wondering"
II am that"
II feared so. But 1t was essential
that we should speak in privacy"
Yes"
"But before proceed, may put you
a question or two bordering, perhaps,
upon impertinence, yet not SO con-
ceived?"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-07
Round Trip Excursion Rates

Round Trip Excursion Rates
Via Augusta, Ga.,-Via Southern
Railway-Premier Carrier of the
South.
Account Aviation Exhibitions, Au-
gusta, Ga, January 10, 26, Februa-
ry IA, %, March 13 and 80, 1912,
by the Aviation Schools, the South
ern Railway announces low round
trip tickets to Augusta on the above
dates, good returning the third day
from, and including date of sale.
For further information, call on.
ticket agents, or,
John L. Meek, AGPA.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Frank L Jenkins, TPA.,
Augusta, Ga.
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of Chance: he was accustomed to see
ing them fall fat and Tapping, empty,
lust when a venture seemed most
propitious. The loss OF the money
was nothing; the initial amount had
been little enough in all conscience,
though the major part of all that ne
possessed; but to him the woman was
everything-the world and all.
And now she was gone, had disap-
peared with her companions! In that
instant in which he had turned from
her to the table, she had made her es-
cape.
He cursed roundly the weakness
that had lost her to him, and passing
rapidly through the lobby, left the
Casino, pausing before the entrance
to look right and left.
There was no sign Of what he
sought; the parry had vanished. And
who should whittier?
"Damnation he grumbled.
Monsieur" a voice intruded at his
side.
'He turned with a start. annoyed.
"Well?" he demanded curtly, recogniz-
Ing De Trebes.
The Frenchman bowed. "I have the
honor to address Monsieur le Colonel
O'Rourke?"
Rejecting that the man might af-
ford him the information he sought,
O'Rourke unbent. 81 am he, Monsieur
des Trebes."
Surprised, the latter lifted his eye
brows, showing even white teeth in a
deprecatory smile. ''You know me,
monsieur?"
"By sight and reputation only, mon
sieur."
81 am honored."
mo more than meself, if it comes to
that"
The vicomte laughed "Then 1 may
presume to ask the favor of word
with you?"
"Kre ye not having it, monsieur"
"True But in private?"
zone moment. Ye can do me a
favor, if ye will. Afterwards"
81 am charmed"
"'Tis not much I'll be asking ye-
merely a question or two. Now that
gentleman ye were talking with awhile
back: isn't he the Honorable BERTHE
Glynn?"
"The same monsieur"
"And the lady who spoke to
him-?"
Madame smyth-Herriott, believe;
[ know her only slightly
"Then We are not of their party?"
"Party?" Des Trebes appeared per-
picked "What party?"
"Why, Lady Plinlimmon's. of
course"
81 have not the, honor of that lady's
acquaintance, monsieur"
ooh, We have not? But Mr.. Glynn?"
as here with me, monsieur-a fly
Ing trip. We ran down from Paris but
yesterday. Our meeting with Madame
Smyth- 9erriott was quite accidental"
"Oh, the divvle!" said O'Rourke be-
meath his breath. Plainly he might
expect nothing more helpful from this
man; he had jumped prematurely at a
baseless conclusion, it seemed. And
by now 1t was much too late to think
Of further pursuit. "That is all /
wished to know, monsieur" he admit
ted lamely. There was a lady in the
group whom 1 thought 1 recognized.
wished to find her, and fancied ye
might perhaps direct me. Ye didn't
by any chance happen to hear Mrs.
Smyth-Herriot say where she was &C.
Ing with Mr.. Glynn?"
"Unhappily, no, monsieur"
VERY we'll then. What can 1 have
the happiness to serve we in?"
The Frenchman hesitated briefly.
"This is trifie public" he suggest
ed. will you not be kind enough to
walk with me little distance, while
we converse?"
Gladly, monsieur"
Des Trebes produced a cigarette case,
and together, smoking, the two turned
their backs upon the casino and wan
dered off along the paths Of the ter.
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SYNOPSIS.


Copyright 1853, by Louis Joseph Vance
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-07

CHAPTER XXfI-There are suspicious
occurrences on board. and lascar seemi
to, watching O'Rourke aa3 Mrs
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-07

CHAPTER XXT.-The ship captain &,
offered money to increase the speed OF
the Vessel toward its destination.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-07

CHAPTER XXvII.-o'Rourke goes to
Calcutta determining to get rid Of the
Jewel and out Of the country.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-07

CHAPTER III.-At his room O'Hnurke,
who had agreed to undertake the mission.
awaits the viscount. O'Rourkc finds
mysterious letter in his apartment. The
viscpunt arrives. hands a sealed package
to O'Rourke. who Is not to open i unu:
.ernnient will pay O'Rourlse 5000 francs
for his services A pair Of ,.aintr slip
pers are seen protruding from under a
;dooryay curtain and the viscount CHARGES
,o'Ro6rke with having spy secreted
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-07

CHAPTER XX.-Mrs. pryrre claim,
shess9s en- route for India on 2 mission
for the King.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-07

CHAPTER xXIIT.-The woman tells o
some one prowling about tho cabin ant
trying the Coor Of her stateroon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-07

CHAPTER vI.-The loval wife bids
o'tsourke farewell and he PROMISES t.
soon return with the reward Offered. "a,
the Pool of Flame. He ,lisro"ers ho;i
G,ynn and the viscount on board tht
ship which takes him to Algeria.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-07

> CHAPTER XVII - O'Rourke again
forfns his plans to pursue his journey IL
Rangoon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-07

CHAPTER v.-o'Rourke is r"roed tc
fight a duel with the viscount. ~: hrng
CART nobleman is worsted IL KS combat
and acts the poltroon
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-07
State News From Exchanges

OF a crew of 13 Greeks recently engaged for work on the west
arn Pacific at Gerlach, three have met violent deaths. The balance
of the crew quit the job Wednesday.
A number of farmers of Mason Valley are devoting their alfalfa
fields to raising seed instead of cutting for feed. As the seed seiis
for IL cents a pound and up, it is figured that there Is more In 1t
than emitting for fodder. An acre of such seed last year produced
over $500.
Mrs. B. E. Blake, an employee of a photograph studio at Gold
field shot herself through the head Monday, dying instantly. Mrs.
Blake went there recently from Cotton, California, where she had
obtained adiyorce. She had been treated at a local hospital for
a drug habit.
1t is expected by those in charge of Nevada Sugar Company
affairs that 5000 acres will be planted to beets next year In the Vi
cnity of Lovelock alone. The farmers of that section are much en-
Unused at the results of this years seeding and are going to make
sugar beets one of their principal crops
Constable Ouderkirk is under arrest at Elko on a charge of ex-
tortion. the arrest being made by Sheriff Harris and the complaint
being issued by District Attorney Dysart on complaint of DR.. NJ. E.
Morrison. who accuses the constable of making him give up s. so
and threatening to beat him to death if he did not
The Railroad Commission of Nevada has directed a communi-
in the interest of better service the scale of monthly salaries be in
creased from one ranging from s25 to $40 a month as a maximum
to one ranging from $40 to $50 per month as a maximum.
Receiver Wndes of tho State Bank and Trust Company, has
declared the third dividend to the depositors of the institution, which
failed during the panic a few years ago. This payment will make
90 cents on the dollar returned. The receiver has had much liti
cation with the directors of the bank, but this has now been settled
While riding on a skip in the Quartet mine at Searchight, with
his partner, J. D. Funk, a miner named j. q. Jobe met death in
horrible manner. The men were going up the shaft, when they
noticed an obstruction on the track ahead Of the skip. Funk jump.
ed to a landing and told Jobe to do the same, but before the latter
could jump the skip overturned and he was caught between it and
the walls of the shaft. His head was crushed and he was disem-
boweed. Jobe has a wife and daughter at Redondo Beach, Cal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-07
What Makes Psssimisb

Sitting three hours on a hve.Incb
at a circus behind a picture hat.
Stopping a runaway horse and h...
your name spelled wrong in the n.y.
paper notice.
The morning mail on the ers, A..
the month.
Digging up your old dress suit onl,
find that the moths have eaten on.
off the coat. The only thing to Az :.
wait until they eat the other tail "a
then you will have a Tuxedo.
Living next door to al amateur ola,
netest.
Trying to find the beautiful scspe,v :.
wildly pictured in the railroad yaea,;o.
folders.
Discovering that you have got to bD, !.
longer belt.
Taking a family Of nine children ON !.
picnic.
Seeing a nan who owes you o. ridin,
by in an automobile.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-07
INSURINC THE WORKER
AGAINST THE FUTURE

In the stress OF competition and by
the accidents Of fortune many men fall
by the waysids. Sickness and improvl-
dence add to the census Of dependents.
Old age keeps Charity's hands full, and
its Red Cross stretcher is constantly
busy picking up the derelicts OF life.
A better, ~pleasauter. more practical
and more economical way would be to
insure against the future.
Germany does this. She has made
insurance for sickness compulsory
among laboring people. So there are
no pauper patients in German hospitals.
Every patient pays his way. Local So
cieties or insurance organizations pro-
vide the means for purchasing insurance
&C a nominal cost. Insurance is with
in the means of the person with the
most modest income. 1t involves No
hardship. no sacrifice.
The result is that the German laboriue
man 10 independent of charity. His
sell. respect has been vastly In
creased. SO has his confidence in the
future. He knows that, whatever bis
luck. in sickness he will be assured OF a
warm bed and medical treatment with
out begging them.
Is this not better than the old way.
asks the Sacramento Bee.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-07
LA?ES! ELECTION NEWS

The SENTINEL this morning received the following special dis
patch from the Reno Journal:
Reno, Nevada, September 6.
On the face of the returns from Ii counties in Nevada, McCar-
ran. Democrat. for Supreme Judge, has 2775 against 1917 for his
opponent, Heer.
Roberts, Republican, for Congress has 1857 against S4l for
Frohlich, his opponent
vermonts Presidential electors are Republican. For the first
time in three years Vermont has failed to elect its Governor by
popular vote, and the election now goes to the Legislature, which,
however, is Republican.
Roosevelt Carries California
San Francisco, September 4-Of the IL candidates for Con-
gress nominated yesterday in California at the Republican party
primary. returns indicate that six are Taft Republicans and five
Roosevelt Republicans.
The Roosevelt Republicans have nominated a sweeping ma
iority of their candidates for the State Senate and Assembly, and
will control the Republican State Convention, which names the
Presidential Electors for the Republican party in California
Women Beaten In Ohio
Columbus, Ohio, September 3-The women of Ohio failed to-
day in their effort to gain the ballot, according to early returns
tonight.
While the earliest figures on which this result is based come
almost entirely from Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Toledo and
DAYTON, it was in those places that the sufragists waged their most
determined fights, and politicians said the result would not be
changed by the final returns.
The women, ii is said, will not give up their fight for the ballot,
but plan to use the initiative and referendum to gain another vote.
The suffrage vote from $50 precincts showed 96,O63 for to So,
139 against The country districts we're expected to change this
result, however
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-07
and Dummies
By Mail January

Urban users of the parcels post sys-
tenn to be started January l are likely
to get noisy mail when the delivery be-
gins Of live chickens. rabbits and other
country products my mail. Fresh eggs
and country butter will also be handled
through the parcels post.
This is no dream of cheaper cost Of
living. but will be a reality under the
new law, which is designed 10 put the
producer into direct communication
with the consumer.
General farm aud garden produce
comes under the law. The Government
will not only carry these things. but an
indemnity will be provided for their
loss or damage in transit. A cash on
delivery system will be a novel feature
of the parcels post, which will be a
great convenience to farmers and mer-
chants.
Poultry dealers are especially inter
ested in the parcels post and have
flooded the Department with statistics
showing how eggs and chickens may
be handled and carried. One of the
public features of this trade will be the
"dsy old chicks" around the holiday
seasons
The commission preparing the plans
for the parcels post is in daily session
at the Post Office Department.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-07
MONA LIZA NOT STOLEN
BUT BURNED BY VANDAL
Paris Hears Dismissed Employee
Destroyed Painting and Theft
Followed Failure to Restore

Paris, September 1.-Leanardo Do
Vinci's famous painting. "Mona Lisa"
was not stolen, according to a reliable
report which has come to the art world
of Paris, but was destroyed in the Louvre
by a ~disgruntled photographers em-
ployee.
This man, thinking to seek revenge
on the world for what he thought his
wrongful dismissal, poured sulphuric
acid over the noted Giaconda, burning
it to a sheet of charcoal. This crime
was committed a year or two before
the world learned of the ''theft."
Now it has developed that the picture
supposed to have been stolen was a
copy placed in the frame while artists
attempted to restore the original. Find
ing this impossible and learning that
visitors were expressing their doubts
about the genuineness Of the painting
under the glazed frame. the manage
ment of the Louvre destroyed the copy
and announced that the painting had
been stolen. ~
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-07
The New West

Clarence 5adler representing the New
West Magazine. has been in Eureka this
week soliciting subscriptions. "The
New West" is edited by Edward N.
Buck of Tonopah. and the Nevada Press
ct Reno prints the book. The first edi-
ton is just out and ii is a very classy
magazine. Il is going to do a great
good for the State, for the industrial
write up in its development section work
will represent all the agriculture and
mining possibilities of the State. 1.-THE
New West will be sold by all news.
stands in the United States and Canada.
and the price Of subscription for one
year is $3.50.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-07
Hard And Soft Wheat

There has been a good deal OF talk
lately in connection with the crop reports
about hard aud soft wheat, and many in
ouries have beer made by the inexpert
as to the meaning Of these terms. Ac-
cording to its texture and firmness wheat
is divided into soft and hard. Hard
wheat contains more gluten, which is the
tissue making element supplied by lean
beef, and, therefore. makes the finest
bread OF any wheat in the world, but it
makes tough, hard pastry. Soft wheat
on the other hand, with less gluten con
tains more starch. This makes it valu-
able for cracker bakers and for pastry
-four. If you have aver tasted the hot
soda biscuits of the South you will have
q warm regard for soft wheat. Millers
blend different varieties of wheat to pro-
duce different varieties OF -four. The diff
ference between hard and soft wheat is
due to soil and climate. Hard Spring
is produced in the northwest, notably in
the Red river valley district while Kan
sas is the leading hard Winter State.
The middle States south of the Great
Lakes, Atlantic and Southern States,
mostly produce soft wheat, and a white
starchy wheat comes from the Pacific
coast and mountain States. Mime
apolis quotations are for hard Spring and
Kansas City hard Winter, while Chicago
is the metropolis of the soft red district.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-07
Pointed Paragraphs

But a rolling stone gathers some dirt.
Better a quick fight than a quarrel long
drawn out.
Every man has a job lot Of relatives be
doesn't like.
Marriage brings a few happy moments
and many unhappy hours.
A modest man gets over it before he
m~eanders very far from home.
Platonic love by any other name would
generate just as much gossip.
It's downright difficult for some men to
live an upright life nowadays.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-07
Aviator Drop. Bombs"

Newport, September Flying at
an altitude of nearly a thousand feet.
Jack Magee. the aviator, dropped into
the center of the Newport torpedo sta.
ton to-day two bags. which had they
been filed with gelatine explosives In.
stead of -four. would have destroyed
torpedoes aud other ammunition worth
millions of dollars. The flight was
watched with interest by a large mum.
Der of military officials.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-07
MINERS MAY HAVE
ASSAYS MADE FREE
State Mining Laboratory Holds Out In
ducements to Nevada PROJECTORS

State Mining Laboratory Holds Out In
ducements to Nevada PROJECTORS
Under an Act passed by the State
Legislature March 16, 1895. citizens
may SEND ores and minerals to the State
University to have them analysed.
Specimens coming from within the
State are analysed and assayed with
out cost.
During the Summer specimens were
received from 80 different persons.
There were 900 of these specimens, 20
of which came from outside the State
and consequently were not analysed.
The outside specimens came from New
Mexico. California, Idaho and Utah
The number of specimens received Is
more than double the number received
last Summer.
The work in the laboratory is in
creasing rapidly. Prof. Young is in
charge Of the laboratory. The assay
ing and analytical work is done by
Walter S. Palmer, assisted by Lloyd
Chapman. The mineral and rock de-
examinations are done by Prof. j. q.
Jones. None of the determinations are
made by the students.
Nevada is first a mining State, and
this State laboratory is a very important
factor in the development Of the rich
mineral deposits throughout the State
u. of n. Sagebrush.