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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-06-21

the candidate shall enclose in an en-
velope, and cast into the sealed ballot
box any time before p. m. on Satur-
day, June 20. Candidates are advised
to write their name plainly on the
envelope and also on the lists within.
Money and lists 60 into the ballot box
and by this method no candidate knows
what amount the other has deposited
in the sealed ballot box. AS the office
clock ticks off the hour of 900 y. m.
on the evening of June 20. the con-
test will close. no more subscriptions
will be accepted and the judges will
then open the box. make the count by
crediting the money with votes accord
ing to the double vote schedule and
announce the winners of the different
prizes in the presence of the candidates
and any Of their friends who wish to
be in attendance when the count is
made.
STANDING OF CANDIDATES.
Double the number of votes in the
following schedule and you will have
the amount of votes that we will issue
on all subscriptions until the contest
is over.
VOTE SCHEDULE.
Money paid on subscription to The
Tribune is good for votes as per the
following schedule:
One year, 81. $1,000 votes.
Two years, So. OO-13OO votes.
Three years, $4.5O-23OO votes.
Four years, Sc. OO-35OO votes.
Five years. $75O-5OOO votes.
Ten years. SIS. .OO-15, 900 votes.
The following is a list of the candi.
dates and their respective standing ur
to and including Wednesday, June 22.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-06-21

Our Big Double District Contest
in which we are giving away over
5000. 90 in prizes to the candidates
for their work in collecting and soli-
citing subscriptions for US, will come
to a close at 9 p. m. sharp on next
week Saturday, June 20, 1912.
When the sealed ballot box is opened
and the count made by three repre-
sentative business men of Morris
whom we have asked to act as judges
we will award the prizes to the win
ners as follows: The candidates in
each district who have the greatest
number of votes will receive the first
prizes, $3.50. Valley Gem Pianos.
The girls who finish in second place
in each district will get the diamond
rings. The third highest in each dis
trict will be awarded the $40. o0zbusi-
ness college scholarships. Fourth
highest in each district will receive a
$25 ladies' sized Elgin watch.
DOUBLE VOTE SCHEDULE.
From Saturday till the close of the
contest we are going to give double
votes on both old and new subscrip-
tions. This means just twice as much
as the regular schedule and will count
you in votes as follow s: One year
. under the regular schedule counts 600
votes, under this offer it will be
worth 1900 votes and so on up five
years at the regular schedu gives
5000 votes, under the double vote off
er it will count 10000; ten years will
according to the double vote count
you 10000, whereas under the regu-
lar schedule it amounted to only Is.
900. Just Think 80, 600 for every 10
year subscription that you turn in
from Saturday until the close. OF
course it will be hard to collect sub
scriptions of this amount, but just
think where few of them would put
you in the standing, no matter how
low you stanl now. And think of the
reward, $4,000 Piano. Don't
waste a single minute during the next
week bu; get around and see all your
friends and all the back subscribers.
There is still plenty of money to be
collected from the list and you only
have one week in which to collect it.
But remember that some long term
subscriptions are essential to success
and it is to your friends that you
will have to look for these long term
.,ones. Any girl can get the little
ones, but it takes worker" to get
the big amounts. You have one
week in which to line up your friends
and a sufficient number of votes tc
win the First Prize Piano. Don't
delay, but start very active Cant
paign at once. And aim high, gel
all you possibly can. REMEMBER
1t is better to be sure than sorry,
better to win the Piano by hundred
thousand votes than to lose it by one
single subscription.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-06-21
ONLY ONE MORE WEEK TO WORK
And There Will Be Over 100000 Worth of Prizes
Awarded to the Candidates on the Last Day.
) Double Votes on Old and New Subscriptions Until
The Close.

This makes it possible for candidate how low
her standing is, work hard during the remainder
of the contest and win of the beautiful pianos.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31
CHAPTER XVIII.

At small hour of the morning they
made Diamond Harbor in pitch dark
ness and without misadventure were
successful In causing themselves to be
transhipped. bag and baggage, to the
twinscrew steamship Poonah, which
vessel rode at anchor in midstream
Toward eight o'clock of the white
hot forenoon that followed, O'Rourke,
in the shadow of long-boat on the
Poonah's promenade deck. stood fin
ishing matutinal cigar and watching
narrowly tender ferry out final
boatload of passengers from the east
ern river bank.
Slowly the tender forged toward the
steamers side: and as 1t drew near,
O'Rourke forgot to smoke and bent
over the rail to inspect with unremit-
ting interest those upon it's decks
The forward deck of the tender held
his regard but briefly; those who
waited there. eyeing impassively the
towering fianks of the liner, were one
and all of the east, of races. creeds
and types too numerous to catalogue.
These the adventurer might not read,
save individually upon personal con
tact. If trouble was to come from
them, collectively or individually, he
would not know until the blow had
fallen. On the other hand, he might
be able to hazard shrewd surmises as
to the potential animus inherent in
any one of the Europeans who were
to be his fellow passengers.
The latter were a mere handful !;
half dozen commercial travellers
from London, Paris, Berlin, their avo.
cations evident beyond dispute; a sal
low English missionary with his with.
cred wife. sombre figures in the stark
sunlight. red-faced deputy-sub-some
thing-or-other of the Indian govern
ment, complacent in white drin and
new pith helmet with gay puggaree;
lone English girl, and Frenchman
The two latter held the Irishman's
attention; the girl because. even at q
distance. her slim white-clad figure
and well-poised head seemed singu
larly fresh and attractive; the mar
because-well, because O'Rourke was
susceptible to premonitions.
He was a tall man and broad, the
Frenchman-well-mad well-groomed
carrying himself with an indefinable
air of distinction. His face was rath
er pale (and therefore notable in that
concourse of dark skins). its features
strongly modelled. the mouth and chir
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31

ye he'd taken measurements av the
stone and made a wax mould ay ut,
so thot whin he failed to kill yersilf
and had got his strength back, he wint
TO Paris and had an imitashun av ut
made there-somehow be fusing chape
stones together and all thot, l behave.
Twas ixpinsive an him tight up for
money. so he takes Missus Prynne in
to partnership and she puts up the
cash. Thin-they've been watchin'
\ yersilf all the time. sor-they sets
| Cap'n Hole onto ye to get the stone
away, and he does 1t like ye know.
Afther ye escaped from the Pelican,
he goes ashore and mates the lady
at her hotel and daylivers the stone
to her. getting his pay and the imita-
shun into the bargain. he insistin on
thot because he knows yen be comm
back for the Pool av Flame, and he's
l'afraid av ye-afraid yell kill him If
he can't turn over ruby to ye like
the wan he stole. So twas the faxed
stone we TUX from him thot same
night and the same we brought aboard
the Rance and the same the serang
sthole from ye."
81 begin to see. But how about the
serang? What did Cecile have to say
in explanation of him?"
"She couldn't account for him at
all. sor. save thot mebbe the natives
in Rangoon had somehow got wind av
the fact that the stone was comm
back and gang av thin set out to
stale ut. She sez Missus Prynne niv-
er cud account for the way they dis
covered she had ut, but they seemed
to know pretty certain sure. sor. for
yell recall they niver bothered ye at
all at first. and,'tw only be chanst.
like. thot the serang got the imitashun
from ye."
But what about Des Trebes? Did
the maid say?"
mo more than he'd been lift in
Paris. sor.'
And what 'ev ye done with the two
of them. Mrs. Prynne and the maid?
Are they still locked up safely?"
"Divvle bit. yer honor. Twas i'm
possible to kape them SO. Dravos said,
wild Missus Prynne threatening to yell
bloody murther out av the poort and
kick up such row thot the authori-
ties wud be down on us-if we didn't
let her go. Besides, we'd got what we
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31
BuckIno Hor...

A touch of the spur or flick of the
quirt signals the start. says the Ameri.
can Magazine. in an article on our
western horses. His knowledge OF
what to do must be heritage from
his ancestors. for all horses do 1t. and
all American wild horses are sprung
from horses that once carried men
He pops down his head and leyitates
straight heavenward While he and
you are high in the air he arches his
back and stiffens his body to iron rig
idly. Thus he comes back to earth
The sensation to the rider is as II his
spinal column had been struck by a
piledriver. The impression is not an.
alyzed at the time. for the horse goes
into the air again Immediately. He
swings to right or left. or he Changes
ends completely while in the air. and
you come down facing southwark.
whereas you were facing northward
when you assembled.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31
STORMS TO PREDICT SELVES
Wireless Stations to Be Used to Make
Tempests Send Their Own
Warning Ahead.

Storm centers move usually in an
easterly or northeasterly direction.
Hence the prediction of storms on the
Atlantic coast is possible. since most
of them come from the Mississippi
valley. Some come up the coast from
the Caribbean sea, but even in this
case We have no warning.
But western Europe is less fortu-
nate Its tempests come from the At
lantic, and with little warning. Euro
pean weather men have made as much
as possible study of the paths of
American storms across the Atlantic
and are sometimes accurate In pre-
dieting the time Of their arrival; the
same has been done with storms COM
ing up from the South Atlantic.
But it often happens that storms
vary either their route or the rate of
movement. SO that predicting cyclones
on the coast of western Europe is
more or less guesswork.
AS a possible help In this respect
Director Andre of the Lyons observa-
tory is making a deep study of the
gaivanometer records of various wire
less telegraph stations.
He has found that the antennae are
sensitive to any stray electric currents
as well as to messages, and he hopes
to discover way to make the storms
telegraph their own warning ahead of
their arrival
Every storm is accompanied by elee-
rical disturbances, and already M.
Andre has accumulated mass of evi.
dence to show that each storm in this
way gives warning. Just how to read
this evidence is the problem to which
he is devoting himself.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31

Missus Prynne and Misther Drayos
and mesilf locked her in her cabin.
Thin afther talkin' things over we let
Cecile out and be dint av threats and
persuashions. got her to tell what she
knew
go on
"She sez thot Frinchman ye kilt
back there in Algiers. sor. is at the
bottom av It all, only he's not did be-
cause ye didn't make clane job av
ut, but lift him wild the Taste susphic-
ion av the breath av life In the body
av him"
II was afraid OF that" nodded
O'Rourke. The next time we meet.
Des Trebes and l. there'll be no mis-
take about it,"
"she sez thot befure he fought wild
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31

in her SO. and I'm maxim grab at
her waist whin be accident like what
do catch hold av but something un-
dernathe as big as hin's egg-a
stone she's carryin' round her neck,
the same as yer honor did wild the
Pool as Flame; and be the feel av III
ut's the same entirely; and thin I'm
sure It's the same and thot some soul
duggery's be way av havin' been put
upon ye."
What the diyvle,"
WAN momint more. Now
in fghtin' wild me the collar ay her
waist has come unfastened and me-
self can see the string av ribbon that's
holding the thing there So sez to
mesilf. sz'I, 'Tis strange enough to
bear investigatin'.' szI, an I'll be
takin' chanst at this II the masther
do be afther hayin me alive. So
calls Misther Dravos and gets him to
hould her fast while takes out me
knife and cuts tnot ribbon and pulls
the thing out widout any immodesty
whatever; and there on thot ribbon is
chamois-case, all sewed up. and I'm
rippin' 1t open an finding-this!"
God In Heaven.' cried O'Rourke,
stupefied and agape; for Danny. hav-
ing worked up to his climax. had dra-
matically whipped from his pocket and
cast upon the table between them the
Pool of r'lame.
He looked up, blind to the glee and
triumph in Danny's face.
How did ye come be this?" he de-
manded, speaking slowly ard steadily.
as one who, having drunk more than
enough, listens to his own enunciation
to detect in it the slur that liquor
brings. Il mean-I mean-how could
ye have taken this from the woman
when 1t lay all the time at the bottom
of the sea-six hundred miles and
more behind us?'''
Ask Misther Dravos If ye do not
behave me, sor. How would be hay-
in it at all. widout | got 1t like I've
told ye? 'Tis the real Pool of
Flame ye're handlin; that's sure.
Tother one-the stone the serang
flung into the say. sor. was counter
felt
How do ye know that?"
'Aisly enough. yer honor; be putin
the maid Cecile on the witness stand
Twas this way: TUX the stone from
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31


wanted out av her. and pwhat was the
use av holdin' her amy longer?"
so ye let them go?"
'Yissor."
81 could kill ye for it." said
O'Rourke. 'and Dravos. too; for
there's deal of matters I'd like to
be inquiring into with the lady this
blessed minute. But, Danny boy,
there's nothing in the world can't
forgive ye now, for what we've done
for me. and twill be strange thing
If l don't serve ye handsomely when
| come into a fortune. Now
don't be standin' there like ninny,
but be on with ye and pack me things
before I lift me hand to ye. 'Tis in
haste we are-with Des Trebes alive
and Mrs. Prynne on the loose; and
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31
CHAPTER XVII.
Danny

Danny said O'Rourke
without looking up from the occupa-
ton which had engrossed his atten-
ton for the last three hours; and for
the first time In that period he spoke
audibly. making an end to the mum
bled confabulation he had been hold.
ing with himself. a Murray's Guide. a
Bradshaw, an Indian railway guide.
several steamship folders and a large
colored map of the Indian empire.
What days this day, Danny?'
Danny thought laboriously. Twas
this morn we lift tn Rance. sor?
Thin yestiddy was wednes-
day"
And today Thursday. be logical
progress of reasoning, eh7"
"Aw. yiss. sor."
And what's the timer"
Danny consulted O'Rourke's watch
on the bureau. "A quarter av twilve."
Then bestir yourself. ye lazy good
for-nothing. and pack up me things"
Aw!" cried Danny. expostulant.
Our train leaves at two. Ye have
an hour and half"
"Aw. but yer honor, is ut no rist at
all well iver be havin'?"
"Ye can rest on the train," said
o'Rourke. I've Just ten days left In
which to reach Rangoon, where I've an
appointment to keep with lady. Dan
ny, to wit. Madame ORourke. Dye
mind her. and do ye blame me, Dan
N.Y."
Danny became suddenly extraordin-
arily busy. why did ye not say as
much to begin with, yer honor?' he
complained. AS II l wouldn't work
me hands to the stumps av
thin. -
"'Tis now Thursday noon," CON
tinued O'Rourke thoughtfully. THE
two o'clock trains scheduled to land
us in Calcutta at ten Saturday night
At eight Sunday morning a steamer
leaves Diamond Harbor for Rangoon,
scheduled for fair-weather passage
of three days. That'll leave us lit
tie leeway. barring accidents. But
we've % time to waste"
But how'll we be catching thot
steamer at Di'mind Harbor, sor? How
far's that from Calcutta. now, an will
there be thrains at that hour av the
night?'
That's to be dealt with as it turns
up. Danny There's only forty miles
between the two places. and If there's
no train. we'll charter a motor-car or
boat down the Hughli :"
The latter expedient O'Rourke final
ly adopted. although he could have af-
forded a comfortable night in a ho-
tel at Calcutta. had he deemed it wise.
But in the fifty-six hours of unmitigat-
ed sweltering that he and Danny en-
dured in their fight across India he
had leisure to think matters over very
carefully, with the result that, all
things considered, he felt justified in
assuming the world to be in league
against him and In shaping his course
accordingly. Therefore 1t were un-
wise to permit himself to be seen and
recognized in Calcutta, or even to lin
ger on the soil of India an instant
longer than absolutely necessary.
Within an hour. then, of his arrival
at Howrah. he had. by dint of per-
sistence and rupees, succeeded in. hir-
ing launch to take him from the ter
minus by water to the steamer at Dia-
mond harbor-
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31

A girl thinks young man who
spends money freely is the whole
thing-but If she marries him and
hnds he has spent 1t all she changes
her mind.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31

Agriculture supports nearly 19,ooo,-
ooo OF the inhabitants of the German
empire.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31

:, Ten smiles for nickel. Always buy Red
Gross Bag Blue; have beautiful clear white
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31

thereT be no such thing as rest for
either Of us until we reach Rangoon."
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31

There may be crumbs of comfort in
knowing that some people cast their
bread upon the water.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31

German silver is an alloy of nickel.
copper and zinc.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31
CHAPTER xxvI.-(continued.)


about Mrs. Prynne?" demanded
O'Rourke, eyeing his servant curiously
and trying to fathom his but half-dis-
guised and wholly awkward air of self
esteem. Plainly the boy thought
highly of himself because of some
thing he had accomplished. some ex-
plot OF prowess or stroke Of diplo-
macy as yet undisclosed. :.
"Yissor. | was tellin' ye it
seemed to me the height Of maneness
she was displayin'. ma'nin' this same
Mrs. Prynne. whin twas mesilf knew.
none betther. how much ye've laid
out on her account and hersilf not
waitin' to settle up wild ye-"
what business was that OF yours"
Twas none, sor. But yersilf had
keeled over and was did to ivrything,
and what am for II not to look out
for ye at such times? So
I'm afther sthoppin thin two Just as
they would be lawn their staterooms.
and SCI. 'Missus Prynne.' SCI. me
masther's compliments and he'd like
word wild yees before ye'rs gone en-
tirely.' And What's this?' szshe wild
q fine show OF surprise-the dayceyt-
full huzzyl-though I'm watchin' her
and thinkin she was frightened about
somethin'. from the white turn av the
face av her. Sz'she: "Tis in the
divvle's own hurry | am the minute.
or words to the same iffict. Sz'she:
And phwat will he be wantin' av me?'
"A momint's conversation wild ye.'
r.h 81
me pass I'll be doing. sz'I. 'nawthin'.
like thot,' for be now I'm thinkin'
there's somethin' deeper behint her
duster and furry thin mere desire
to blk ye-p'rhaps twas this thing in
too-ishum I've heard ye mintion., And
the next mint I'm sure iv ut, for she
goes white as snow In the face and
the eyes of her begins to burn like
cold Crane fire and she screams to Ce-
cile for help and is afther whipping
out a gun to blow me out av her
way wild; but tits mesilf thot's be way
av bein' too quick for her and takin'
the pistol away; and be the mercy av
the Saints Misther Dravos hears the
shindy and hops down Just in time to
snatch another gun out OF the hand av
that same Cecile. and he grabs the
gurl and turns her into a stateroom
and shuts the dure on her and"
And, interrupted oRourke in a
black rage, rising and turning back his
sleeves-"And now I'm going to give
ye the father and mother of all
thrashings. yeN insolent puppyl How
dare ye lay hands on a lady"
- low, murtherl" chartered the boy,
leaping away. BE aisy, yer honor.
and hear me out, for It's thin yen not
be blamin' me, but II ye do I'll take
the batin widout word. sor."
Very WELL" assented O'Rourke ON
inously But be quick about It. for
I'm mistrustiul of ye altogether Get
on, ye whelpi"
Danny placed the table between
them with considerable expedition
Jaw. listhen now" he pleaded. while
Misther Dravos was 'tendin' to Cecile
this Missis Prynne was scrappin' like
a wildcat. scratching and bitin. and
tits all can do to kape her by wrap
pin me arms tight about her and hold
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31

Beware of Springs sudden changes; keep
Garfield Tea at hand. Drink hot on retiring.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-31
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens at Monte Carlo with
Col. Terence O'Rourke, a military free
lance and something OF gambler. in his
beautiful girl who suddenly enters the
elevator and passes from sight At the
gaming table oRourke notices two men
watching him. One is the Hon. Bertie
Glynn. while his companion is vlscount
pes Trebes. a duelIst The viscount tells
him to O'Rourke as n man who would
undertake secret mission. At his apart
ment. O'Rourke. who had agreed to un-
letter. The viscount arrives, hands a
sealed package 10 O'Rourlke. who Is not
to open Il until on the ocean 4 pair OF
dainty slippers are seen protruding from
under a doorway curtain. The Irishman
finds the owner OF the mysterious feet to
run away a year previous They are
reconclled. and opening the letter he finds
that Rnngoon law firm offers him
10000 pounds for n Jewel known as the
Pool Of Flame and left to him by II dy
Ing friend. but now I'm keeping OF one
named Chambret in Algeria; o'Rourke
wprsts the noblcman in duel. The wife
bids O'Rourke farewell and he promises
to soon return with the reward. He dis
board the ship. AS he finds chambret
there is attack by bandits and his
friend dies telling O'Rourke that he has
left the Pool of Flame with the governor
general, who at sight of aignet ring
given the colonel will deliver over the
Jewel. Arriving at Algeria the lrishman
Trebes makes II mysterious appointment:
and tells O'Rourke that he has gained
possession of the Jewel by stealing II. In
duel O'Rourke masters the vlscount.
secures possession OF the Pool OF blame
and starts by ship for Rangoon He finds
the captain to be smuggler who tries TO
steal the jewel II Is finally secured by
the captain and O'Rourke escapes to
land. With the aid OF one Danny and
his sweetheart. O'Rourke recovers the
Pool OF Flame. On board ship once more.
bound for Rangoon. mysterious lady
appears O'Rourke comes upon iascar
about to attack the lady, who Is Mrs.
Prynne. and kicks the man into the hold.
Mrs. Prynnc claims she Is en- route for
Indiana on n mission for the king.
O'Rourke is attacked by the lascar, who
secures the Pool OF Flame. the captain
10 shot and the lascar jumps into the sea.
The ship arrives in port.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-07
COUNTY JUDGE Offers
REWARD TO Leap Year GIRLS

GRAND FORKS, N. D., Feb. g.
Grand Forks county girls who are
brave enough to take advantage Of
leap year by popping the question" !"
and who will make statement Of
that fact to Judge l.. K. Hassell Of the
county court, will receive a marriage
license free Of cost. Although the
marriage record for this year, up to
the present time, is higher than in any
other year for the last four, Judge
Hassell says every man who has ap-
piled for a marriage permit has de-
clared it was he who did the asking.
II make the offer Of free marriage
license under those conditions y
Judge Hassell said, lin order to en-
courage the girls who may have the
bee a-buzzing in their bonnets."
The Judge is q firm believer in the
rights that leap year gives to the
:,irls.