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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-11-29
DULUTH, MINI.

We have in this club what is known
as our agricultural department. Mr..
Hostetter has been at its head for the
past five years. We found the great
est need in this country was the de-
velopment of our agricultural resources.
We found that the average settler was
usually the man who went on the land
for the sake of the timber it contained
and did not know the first principles of
farming. In each separate community
each individual grew whatever his
fancy dictated. AS an illustration,
where each settler raised whatever
variety of potato they cared to, they
discovered it very hard to find mar
ket for that particular variety, or
that he did not have enough to ship to
a good market without mixing them
with those of his neighbor, sending
them to market without any sizing or
sorting, with the result that there was
no market for them in that condition
and they probably sold for enough to
pay the freight. And the commission
man was blamed for having swallowed
the product.
We have changed these conditions in
our county. By experimenting we have
found out what is best to raise. We
have furnished good seed to the farmer,
gotten him to realize the advantage of
using good seed. taught him how to
pack for market, how to ship and when
to ship. We urge the growers in each
locality to raise the same variety of
product in order that they may ship
their stuff by carloads, securing a bet
ter market and better price. We have
been instrumental in securing the rails
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CHAPTER XII.

Early in the dull hot dawn a clat-
ter OF wiuChcs and hustle OF
shhdowy figures on the deck of a
small trading vessel which had spent
the night between the moles Of the
harbor OF AIGcrs. announced that tho
anchor was being weighed
While this was taking place "A small
harbor boat, manned by two native
watermen and carrying n single pas.
senger, put out from the steamship
quay the oarsmen rowing with % viii
that hiuted NJ a premium having been
placed upon their speed The coaster
was barely under way, moving slow.
Iy In the water, when the boat ran
alongside A line was thrown from
the ship and caught by one OF the
watermen. the boat hauled close in,
and It's passenger taken on deck.
An hour later n pipe between his
teeth, O'Rourkc stood by the helms.
man, staring back over the hcaving
crpanse. swiftly widening. that lay be.
tween the coaster and the Algerian
lIttoral. The world behind was gray
and wan but the skies ahead we're
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SYNOPSIS.

The story opens at Monte Carlo with
Col. Terence O'kruTkc. military free
AnCC aud something uf "A gambler, In his
hotel Leaning on the balcony he secs a
beautiful glrl who suddenly enters the
elevator and passes from sight ~ the
gaming table O'ROuTku notices two men
watching him one ls u" Hon Hcrtlc
glynn. while his companion ~ NiscOuut
Des TTcbcs, duclist TN" NIsrOunt tells
PIN the French government has directed
hlm TO O'ROurkC as man VINO "nuld
undertake a secret mission, At his apart
ncnt. O'ROurkc. who had agreed to un
dertHkc tho mission nUds u mysterious
tettcr Tho vlsCuunt arrives, HANDS u
sealed package to O'Ruurke. who r. not
60 open II unill on the ocean. pair OF
cHinty sllpperH are seen pTutrudlng from
under a doorway curtain The lrishmau
finds the owner OF the mysterious t'ct 70
be his wife. licatriN, from whom he hhd
run away "A year pr"vlpuH They are
r~cOnyllrd. and opening the letter he mas
that IiHugOun lHw frm offers hin
iOlDH pounds for icw"l known hH ne
pool uf Flame aud lyft to him by dy-
ing friend but now IN keeping ut ono
canned Chumbrot In Algeria. Oltourke
worHts the nOblcmHu In a. duel The wlie
bids O'ROuTkc farewell and he promises
10 aoou return with the reward. II" dls-
covers both Glyun and the viacount on
board the ship hs ha finds Chnnhrtt
there In an attack 10y bandits ana ms
friend dies telling OHnurkc TINT u" mas
tcft tho Pool Of Flame with the governor
general who at sight uf "a EiEnri ring
given the colonel win deliver over the
}swel Arriving nt Algeria tho lrlshmAn
1nds the governor general away. prH
Tr"bcs makes a myHt"r'rHs nppH'niw'ut
aud tells O'R1urkc that o., htH gained
lOssesslpn OF the jewel hy stealing IL
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golden. "A fair omen!" breathed the
adventurer hopefully.
The bulk OF the great ruby in his
pocket brought his thought back In q
wide swing to the girl w.:o would be
waiting for him at Rangoon. Faith,
and ! must be getting below and max.
ing dab at writing a letter to her.
That was nothing"
He nodded with meaning towards
the bold profile OF AlgIers.
An III wind It was that blew Colonel
O'Rourke into Athens. II has
blown itself out and been forgotten
this many a day. praises be! but that.
once It had whisked him thither, i'm.
medlately It subsided and stubbornly
It refused TO hft again and watt him
forth upon his wanderIngs. in the
course OF time came to be matter OF
grievous concern to the IrIshman.
All OF which is equivalent to saying
that the dropping breeze of hts
finances died altogether upon his
arrival In the capital OF Greece. he
disembarked from coasting steamer
In the harbor OF the Plraeus encum.
bered with hundred francs or so. an
invincible optimism. a trunk and
kitbor. and kings ransom on his
person In the shape OF the Pool OF
Flame; which latter was hardly to
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ALMOST FRANTIC WITH
ITCHING ECZEMA

Eight years ago ! got eczema all
over my hands My fingers fairly bled
and II itched until II almost drove mo
frantic. The eruption began with
Itching under the skin It spread fast
from between the fingers around the
nails and all over the whole hands
got a pair of rubber gloves in order TO
wash dishes. Then 1t spread all over
the left side Of my chest A fine doc.
tor treated the trouble two weeks, but
did mo no good | cried night and
day. Then decided to try Cuticura
Soap and Ointment but without much
hope as | had gone so long There
was a marked change the second day,
and 80 on until was entirely cured.
Tho Cuticura Soap We have always
kept IN our home, and we decided
after that lesson that II Is cheap
soap In price and the very best in
quality. My husband will use no other
soap In his shaving mug" (Signed)
Mrs. q. A. Selby Redonda Reach,
Cal, Jan. Is, 1911. Although Cutlcura
Soap and Ointment are sold by drug
gists and dealers everywhere, a sam.
pie of each. with 32.page book, will
be mailed free on application 10
"Cuticura," Dept l., Boston
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CHAPTER XIII.

Some time in the golden afternoon
of the following day. the Pelican
weighed anchor and slouched with a
loatish air out Of the harbor OF the
Plraeus
"Plyn Bill Ole" tho captain said
he preferred to be called And PLAIN
Bill Hole" mused the Irishman. lean.
ing over the forward rail and sucking
at short black pipe. Faith. not
only plain, but even a trife homely."
he amended judgmatically.
AS for meself." he concluded later.
I'm no siren in this rig" And he
lifted his eyebrows. protruding his
lower lip. as he glanced down over his
attire.
1t was strange rig for the O'Rourke
to be in: an engineers blue jumper.
much the worse for wear, and pair
OF trousers whose seat. O'Rourke
maintained, was only held together by
It's coating of dirt and grease
O'Rourke eyed this get,up with dis.
dain. Fortunately" he comforted
himself. "twon't be forever I'll be
wearing It."
In the present instance, the dis.
guise was held an advisable thing.
since O'Rourke was officially register
ed on the ships books as assistant en-
gineer. The Pelican carried no H.
cense for passengers. and In view OF
his avowed purpose 1t was deemed
unwise for the Irishman to risk de-
lection by appearing too tony" tan
expression culled from the captains
vocabulary.
Otherwise, 1t was understood that
his duties we're to consist OF the pur.
suit of his own sweet will, that he
was to occupy stateroom aft, and
that he was to mess at the captains
table.
On an evening. some nine or ten
days after he had left Athens,
O'Rourke at the forward rail saw the
long. low profile OF Egypt edge up out
OF the waters, saw It take color and
form, made out palms and the wind.
mills, the lighthouse and Pompey's
pillar; and knew that he was close
upon his journeys end.
Her winches ratified cheerfully as
the Pelican dropped anchor, but
O'Rourke did not move. There would
be no going ashore. he knew, until
Hole was ready. and that would be
when the customs officials had paid
him q call and the usual courtesies
had been exchanged. The Irishmau
had no need to be In haste to change
from his present garb to one that
better suited him. So he lolled upon
the rail- and regarded with a klndling
eye the harbor views.
(TO BE CoNTINUED)
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Now Just as the sun was sinking be-
hind the mountains and Hymettus was
clothing Its long slopes In vague violet
ligM OF mystery and enchantment (for
this view alone O'Rourke took himself
TO the zappeion daily the Irishman' g
somber meditauons were interrupted.
"Phew! 'Otter'n the seven brass
inges Of ELI" remarked cheerful
voice, not two feet from his ear.
oRourke turned with an imper-
ceptible start-he was not easily sta.
tied. True for ye." he assented. TAX
Ing stock OF him who. with his wealth.
er.wise remark for an introduction.
calmly possessed himself Of the va
cant chair at the other side OF the
table and grinned rubicund grin
across II.
He showed himself n man in stature
no whit inferior to the lrishman. as
to height: and perhaps he was a
stone the heavier OF the two. lie
lacked. otherwise. O'Rourke's alert
habit, was OF a slower, moro stoiid
and beefy build. The eyes that met
ORourke's we're gray and bright and
hard. and set In a countenance fam.
ing red--a color partly natural and
partly the result of his stroll through
Athens heated streets.
His dress was rough. and there was
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from him ill the mono, was forth

from him till the mono, was forth
coming: something whicn irked the
Irishman's soul. Why could he not
take me word for it7" he demanded
OF midnight darkness tempered by
feeble lamplight. But. faith. | forget
what I'm dealing with. Besides. It's
sure | am TO find Danny"
He arose and resumed his packing,
blowing an inaudible little air through
his puckered lips. "Divvilish awkward
| II | don't By the Gods! I'd
all but misremembered :"
He failed to state exactly what he
had misremembered. but stood mo-
tionless. with troubled eyes staring
at the lamp flame. for full Ave min
utes Then
I'll have to chance IT," he said
slowly. 'Tisn't rs II 1t were mine.
He unbuttoned the front Of his shirt
and thrust a hand between his under
shirt and his skin, fumbled about un-
der his left armpit, his brows still
gathered thoughtfully, Presently he
gave little jerk and removed his
hand. II contained chamois.skin bag
about the size OF ducks egg, from
which dangled the stout cord by
which he had slung 1t about his neck.
Holding this gingerly, as II he fear
ed 1t would explode, O'Rourke glanced
at the window, drew the blind tight.
and tiptoed to the door, where he
turned the key In the lock. Then. re-
turning to his bed and making sure
that he was out OF range OF the key
hole. he cautiously loosened the draw
string at the mouth OF the bag.
Something tumbled out into his
palm and lay there like a ball OF red
fire. brilliant and coruscant
ORourke caught at his breath sharp
ly; his very voice had an ominous
ring In Its timber when he spoke at
length.
Blood" he said slowly, blood. .
doubt not that rivers Of blood
have flowed for the sake OF ye. Be
like ye were fashioned OF blood In the
w naiilllht, ibA no NhthN y yOAi NN'D''
and the story Of ye as I've heard 1t Is
all told when I've said that one word
blood!
And, after bit. "l'd best put It away.
I'm thinking 'Twouldn't be safe to car
ry It that way any longer. II some
thing should catch in me shirt on
board and rip 1t. and Hole happen to
see it-why. me life wouldn't be worth
n moments purchase. I'll hide It In
me box there theyll niver suspect"
And with that he thrust tho Pool
Of Flame back into the leather bag.
and the bag into the depths of the kit
box; which no presently locked aud
noIselessly moved beneath his bed,
After all OF which he lay down and
with another sigh slept TRANQUILITY.
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be esteemed negotiable asset There
after followed days Of inactiou, while
his hopes diminished.
Nearly two months had elapsed
since he had promised two people
himself and one Infinitely more dear
to him-to be In Rangoon In ninety
days In little more than a month
she'd bo waiting for him there.
And whore would he be? Still was
he far by many long and weary
mile from the first gateway to the
East-Suez; and still he lacked many
an aloof and distant dollar the funds
to finance him thther
II only he could contrive to get TO
Alexandria Danny was there
Danny Malone, he OF the rcd. red
head and the ready fists; Danny. who
held the ORourke as only second to
the Pope in dignity and importance;
who had been ORourke's valet In a
happier time and OF late in his hum.
bier way an adventurer like his mas
ter. lie was there, in Alexandria,
half partner In a tobacco importing
house. by virtue OF money borrowed
from O'Rourke long since. at time
when money was to be had OF the
man for the asking And
Danny would help.
You must see ORourke revolving In
his mind this unhappy predicament Of
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anda and down. n short step, to the
lawn The vicomte stood aside quick.
~ bringing his feet together and sa.
lnting in the fun glare OF light.
ORourke whipped hllt to chin with
consummnte grace. his heart singing.
Work such as this be loved The
night was pitchy black. the windows
barred It with radiance, In the dark
apaces between man might easily
blunder and run upon his death.
Somewhere in the shadowy shrub.
berry a night.bird was singing as
though its heart would break. There
was a sweet smell In the air
His blade touched the ylcumte's
with a shiverlng crash, musical as
glass
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LAZY ENnresRinn-

Slang and rutted phrases may be
brilliantly used and so pass current
legally. But for the most part they are
not brilliantly used. They serve chiefly
the lazy mind and are bore ono
can, and very many ones do shirk the
thought process by the mode of ready
made and ill.ftting expressions. 'Tis
as easy as lying. More aptly. It's as
easy as swearing And very much such
a slovenly habit as swearing. Very
many who might, as early, speak and
write English well groove their minds
with slang and bad usage OF the Ian
guage until their thoughts can hardly
travel out except through the burrows.
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Seemed Strange to Her.

Miss Melcher In describing the
commencement exercises OF n certain
medical college to Miss Bungler, said
that she had felt quite awed whom
the Hlppocratic oath was admins.
tered to the graduates.
Il should think you would have!"
Miss Bungler exclaimed in indignant
surprise. "A hypocritic oath! new
or heard OF that. Something new.
l suppose. shouldn't think any
physician would want to bind himself
to a thing like that"
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At the Devon horse show n mot OF
Miss Eleanora Sears was retailed.
A very stout young woman. the
story ran, asked Miss Sears advice
about her costume for fancy dress
ball.
i think OF going as Helen OF Troy"
she ended. DO you think It would
SUIT me?"
Miss Eleanora Sears. surveying the
young woman's swelling contours with
faint smile. answered:
Helen OF Troy-or. perhaps. don't
you think. Helen Of Avoirdupois would
be better?"
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Bill the PhIlosopher.

Wise remark. by Bill. the Philosoph
er:
There's one good thing about II
Anybody who talks about himself all
the time hasn't time to be a knock
er."
Know any OF 'em?-San Francisco
Chronicle.
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WHO DOES WRITE THE JOKES?
Principally the Professional Funny
Man, Which Easily Explains Their
"Sad" Quality.

How are jokes made? The funny
bone Of the American people demands
thousand new pleasantries every
day The doctors say that our dia-
phragms must be tickled or we will
die. How can anybody sit down and
deliberately make Up jokes that will
tickle u.s.
The main source Of newspaper Jokes
Is the professional funny man. The
funny man works In various ways
crude beginner at the joke trade usual
ly opens the dictionary at random and
begins to look for words to make puns
on. He comes TO the word horse"
That reminds him Of horse sense"
So he frames the following little John
ny and teacher anecdote:
Johnny" said the teacher, write
sentence using the words horse
sense" Johnny wrote: "One night
pc forgot to lock the stable and he
hasn't seen his horse sense"
This Joke is duly published in the
FUNNY column OF the metropolitan pa
per. a magazine writer, seeing the
story In country paper. thinks IL
original and exclusive. He steals It
and sells II to a weekly magazine OF
national circulation. From this maga-
zine London editors grab the little Jest
and It is now anoat on the wide ocean
OF English language and 1t probably
VIII outlive the man who wrote t.
Most OF the anecdotes tina, fill tho
funny columns never happened in real
life. They are the brain children OF
some hired Jester who dotes on anec-
dotes. There is n pun. right there.
Tho professional funny man would
ponder that minute. then perhaps
produce 4 rhyme like this:
Artic chokos on nrtlchokes
And writhcs about IN pain,
But ArrtIe dotoB on antllotes
And coon hos well again
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Hand Vacuum CIeaner

For use with vacuum cleaner a
Massachusetts woman has invented n
glove. dust being drawn through
tubes inserted in Its palm. while small
brushes are provided between the
fingers to smooth down the nap of any
fabric which the suction raises.
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Another ExcltIna Game.

Friend-What wero your sensations
In tie wreckf
Victim--Just the same as In foot.
ball Three coaches passed over me
and then the doctors aama.-puncs
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Keep to Old Custom.

At the 600-year-old Audlem church,
In Cheshire. England, the curfew is
regularly rung. after which the date OF
the month is tolled, a survival of the
times whon no almanaes existed.
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Half the world don't know how they
live themselves.-Li
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Artic chokos on nrtlrhokcs
And writhcs about In pain.
But AprtIe dotoB on antllotes,
And soOn hos well again.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-09-05
GOVERNMENT KEEPS
AFTER THE S. P.
FILES ANOTHER SUIT FOR RE
covERv or CALIFORNIA
LANDS.

Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. 5.--Another
government suit against the Southern
Pacific Railroad company for the re-
covery Of 1000 acres of mineral land
valued at $5,OOOOOO probably will be
begun here soon. Willis n. Mills,
special attorney general in charge oi
other actions pending against the
company for the recovery Of oil lands
has returned from Washington with
authorization By Attorney General
Wickersham to bring q new action
It is understood patent to the LAND
involved was issued more than 81
Years ago. and ordinarily the statute
Of limitations would run. The GOV
eminent, however, viii contend tha
the alleged fraud was only recently
discovered and that the statute Q
limitations should run only from tha
period.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-09-05
Rorder PatroI Increased.

washington, Sept. 5.-The appear
ance of a large number Of Mexican
rebels at Ojinaga has made It neces.
sary to increase the American patrol
force in the Big Bend section and
troops are being sent from Fort
CLARK. Seven hundred rebels are en-
camped ten miles below Quitman and
the rebel general salazar, with 1,OOO
men Is In the Caputian mountains,
west Of zabipaI station on the Mexi-
can Northwestern railroad Neither
side is moving to attack and ths bor-
der troubles are as bad as formerly.
Three hundred rebels are encamped
1s miles southeast Of Juarez and Gen
eral Salazar seems to command q
large section Of territory bounded BY
Guzman, Casas Grandes, oiitos an
Boca Grandes where he had been re-
reinforcements from Sonora.
General Schuyler reports that Cana
nea is now safe, but that the situa.
tion at Nacozari is precarious. ~
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-09-05
POPE is ENTITLED
TO DRAW HIS PAY
COMPTROLLER DECIDES in CON.
TRovERsY INVOLVING FED
ERAL JUDGE

Washington, Sept s. --Comptrollei
Of the Treasury TracewelI today de
clared William # Pope. the new dis
trict judge for New Mexico, is entitled
to his salary between the time of his
taking the oath, February 20 last, in
Washington and the exercise of his
first judicial functions March / in
New Mexico
The comptroller held that United
States judges may discharge various
official duties while away from their
districts
These d,ities,p the decision point
ca ont, are not fyscessarily restrict
ed to the making Of orders or to the
exercise of strictly Judicial functions
but may include duties Of an admins
trative character. necessitating off
eial correspondence"
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-09-05

Douglas, Ariz., Sept Recruiting
of two hundred Americans to attempt
the rescue of Americans besieged at
Nacozari and other points in Mexico
below here is in progress. So TAR not
anoueh men with arms have been se-
cured. An express car loaded with
ammunition arrived here today from
El Paso. It is understood that the
ammunition win be used for the ex-
petition.
The country south Of Douglas ~
overrun with rebels, who are said to
be short Of ammunition and have not
attempted to attack incorporated
towns defended by police and volun-
teers, Rebels yesterday visited Ysa-
bel station, near the El Tigre min
inc camp, an American property. Mer-
chandise valued at $1,000 was taken
from the company store. The rebels
then burned bridges and tore up
track on the Nacazari railroad near
Ysabel. only thirty-five miles south
Of the border at this point Another
band Of four hundred rebels is report
ed five miles north Of the 81 Tigre
camp.
A meeting to organize the expedi-
-
tion was held last night behind closed
doors and reports were made relative
to the situation Of Americans at the
various mining camps now being
threatened by marauding rebel bands.
Millions Of dollars worth OF American
property in Sonora, the reports said
was in imminent peril Of confiseation
or destruction.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-09-05
FaH IS InvestIaatInq.

Long Beach, Cal, Sept s Senator
A. B. Fall, member Of the senate
committee to investigate the report
that American capital is responsible
for the present trouble in Mexico. ar
rived here and will be Joined IN a fev /,
days by Senator William Al IL
Smith Of Michigan chairman : ~ *
committee on foreign affai II, 81
win go to ri Paao 10 co ,.,s',,a 4ssi, ~,
Investigations
Senator FAN de- ,aa tbat (.
ssSs.,1 srau A'us'lsal w ,dpltal engepdsred Z,
$500 .1s'.'san ~ .tution. He said s. IL.
t'Ils',sssA tSs asl "A thua far that such, Il,
! s,as ~. = ~ though there was ~ &c
! 80 ant pf American capital = Texl NV
% and might have had SO za,.s.,sa Il l !
40 with the continuance q ~ troy
bic He disagreed with 49, = ~ who : /. I.
Ieve the trouble in ~ Su0s9 - naa !,
an end and predicteS esesSo .'~,,,, 1. l
General Orozco r lohs s'fss.s,' 20
by Senator Fall As oneo elAp'ss ..,, J
hauling freight. q IA Paso' he sal