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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14

toward maturity in al experience Of
ever increasing penury. The girl was
in the high school when her father
finally gave over his rather feeble ef-
fort Of living. At his death the father
left her a character we'll instructed In
the excellent principles that had been
his own. OF worldly GOODS not the
value of a pin.
Yet, measured according to the stern
standards of adversely. Mary was for,
tunate. Almost at once she procured
a humble employment in the Empori-
um, the great department store own
ed by Edward Glider. To be sure. the
wage was infinitesmal. while the toll
was body breaking, soul breaking.
Mary nevertheless avoided the worst
perfls of her lot. She did not finch
under %privation, but went her way
through it. If not serenely. at least
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14

Glider arriyest There are one or two
little matters ! wish q disetiss with
him.
.:All right: sarah agreed briskly.
and she buried on toward the private
sOfice. g4.
The secretary a barely scented ut
her desk wnen the violent opening Of
the door startled her. and 4. she look
"a mp q CHEEKY voice cried ont
a1Heilo. dnd!
AZ the, same moment 1 y0sn9 man
entered with an mir Of caresfrea assnr-
ants his face radiant. HIT III his
dance went "a the empty sar1arliair 1T
the desk M halted s~hrllrtly. ard his
~expreesion chanRAd III one XXI disnp
pnintmArtt sslS
MI M AZ. ~ Rtsan1hlsd Hhtn once
1GRin gxt1Y MI M IN hhilfE liffsesas his
s6 fsl y stas ~ Ind
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14
CHAPTER /.
The Panel Of liuht.

"HE lids Of the girls eyes lifted
. slowly. and she stared ut the
panel Of light In the wall. Just
at the outset the act of seeing
made not the least impression on her
numbed brain. For a long time she
continued to regard the dim illumina-
ton in the wall with the same passive
fixity Of gaze. Apathy still lay upon
her crushed spirit. In a vague way
she realized her own inertness and rest
ed in it gratefully, subtly fearful lest
she again arouse to the full horror Of
her plight. In a curious subcOnsciOus
fashion she was striving to hold on to
this deafness Of sensation, thus to win
q little respite from the torture that
had exhausted her soul.
OF q sudden her eyes noted the black
tines that lay across the panel of light.
and In that instant her spirit was
quickened M again. The clouds lift
ed from her brain. Vision was clear
now. Understanding seized the full
import of this hideous thing on which
she looked. For the panel Of light was
a window set high within a wall of
stone. The rigid lines Of black that
crossed 1t were ~bars-prison bars. 1t
was still true. then. She was in a cell
of the Tombs.
Cr0uching m~iserably on the narrow
bed. she maintained her fixed watching
Of the window-that window which
was a symbol of her utter despair.
Again agony wrenched within her.
The girl was appalled, by the merci-
lessness of u destiny that had 20 out
ragged right. She was wholly innocent
Of having done any wrong. She had
struggled through years of %privatiOn to
keep herself clean and wholesome. wor-
thy of those gentlefolk from whom she
drew her blood. And earnest effort
had ended at last under an Overwhelm-
Ing accusation, false. yet none the less
fatal to her. This accusation after soul
wearying delays had eliminated today
In conviction. The sentence Of the
court had been imposed upon her-that
for three years she should be impris-
oned.
There had been nothing in the life
Of Mary Turner before the catastrophe
came to distinguish 1t from many an.
other. It's most significant details were
Of = sordid kind, familiar to poverty
Her father had been an u~nsuccessful
man 40 success IL esteemed BY this gen
oratiOn Of Mammon worshipers. HI
was I gentleman. but the trivial fac
= 81 small avail today. He wal Of good
birth, and he was the p~ossessor Of a.
hhArlted competence. he had % vel
i~ntsIlieencs. but It was not Of . dnan
ctal -
y title By little, his fortune be
eano shrunken toward n~othingnes'
3 steas0n Of injndici0us investments
IL marrted 4 charming woman, who
0fbor@a brief period 81 welded happl
-. kave her lie to the birth Is IL
I sfpo9s cAild n ne union. Mary. a
~ ysbss paAss1 ire daughter ~
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14
~ e. 1900 Ns2sa-. y4Es8 =. .-W398s
rtssn = ~ fsst a ! 6utlss ak -

now rtoon ~ hog feet n . s0uteGg ~ q.
element
why. MI. Dick!' Sarah gasped.
"Heilo, Sadiels came the genial saiu-
tatiou. The young man a6vanesd and
shook hands with her warmly. '.I'm
home again. Where's dad7'
Even al be asked the question the
quick SOLDERING Of his face bore Wit
ness to his disappointment over mot
finding his father in the once. And
In the patent chagrin under which the
son now labored vas to be found a Ger
tain indication Of character not to b
disregarded. Unlike many q child. he
really loved his father. The death Of
the mother years before had lett him
without other opportunity for affection
in the home, since be had neither
brother nor sister.
In that simple and sincere regard
which he bore for his father, the boy
revealed a heart ready for love. willing
to give Of itself its best for the one be-
loved. Beyond that as yet there was
little to be said Of him with exactness.
He was a spoiled child Of fortune. II
you wish to have It 90. Certainly, he
was only a drone In the worlds hive.
Thus far he had enjoyed the good
things of life without ever doing aught
to deserve them by contributing In re-
turn. save by his smiles and his genial
air of happiness.
In the twenty-three years OF his life
every gift that money could lavish had
been bis. II the sum total Of benefit
was small. at, least there remained the
consoling fact that the harm was even
less. Luxury had not slapped the
strength Of him. He had not grown
vicious. as have SO many of his fellows
among the sons Of the rich.
Sarah explained that Mr.. Glider had
been called to the court Of general SEES
sions by the Judge.
But whist is dad doing In court?"
Sarah explained the matter with her
usual conciseness:
Zone Of the girls was arrested for
stealing"
"And dad went to court to get her
out Of the scrape. That's just like the
old man."
'She was tried today and convicted.
The Judge sent for Mr.. Glider 10 come
down this morning and have a talk
with him about the sentence"
There was no lessening of the ex-
preston Of certainty on the young
mans face. He loved his father. and
he trusted where he loved.
1T will he all right" he declared in
a tone Of entire conviction. Dads
heart is al big az q barrel. He'll get
her off,"
Then of u sudden Dick gave a VIC
lent start. He leaned toward the Sec
retary's desk and spoke with a new
seriousness of manner:
"Sadie. have yon any money? I'm
broke. Ny taxi has been waiting out
side all this time"
Why. YES" the secretary said cheer
Dick eagerly seized the banknote of:
fered him.
"Mi~htv much obliged. Sadie he
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14
PROLOGUE.

This is a story of a brave girl
who suffered great wrong. She
went to prison for three years for
a crime that she did not commit,
and when she left prison her rec
ord stood between her and a liv-
ing earned honestly. She gained
more than a living, and she got it
legally. She met bad men and
good men, and she pitted her wits
against those Of men trained in
the intricacies of the Law and in
the plans Of criminals.
Mary Turner is good or bad
according to the way you look at
her. The police and the repre-
ssntaffves Of law and order that
had condemned her to a felon's
cell called her bad. One young
man believed her to be good, and
he stood by her through storm
and stress, through circumstances
that tried his soul.
This story gives an accurate If
Teetine view Of the methods of
work ofthe police and the crin,i-
mails, and it shows the finish ofo
brave crook who followed unde-
1iatinely the course he had map
ped out.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14

Perhaps II Ouimet had been older he
would have done even better still. Hi
opponents can extract that much con-
ISOLATION from the fact Of bis youth.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14

A German specialist who says that
hotel orchestras are driving people In
sane IL evidently some music critic too.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14

Sir Oliver Lodge insists we're immor-
tai. That ought to make an infinite
change in the plans Of some Of us.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14

One advantage Of being q horse IL
that 0 on the cob never gets too
tough for his uses.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14

An objection to good roads IL that
people who have onc had them will
have no other kind. The luxury Of
today II the necessity Of tomorrow.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14

Householders need anticipate no
shocks in becoming adjusted to the
new tariff. The tradesmen will break
It to them gently.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14

The nude In art IL to be barred from
the mails, but there ID no indication
that Il will be barred from public dis
cussion.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14

So, Sir Thomas hopes also to win a
bride over here next year. That will
be q lot easier.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14
no ~ ~conHnuedj
pseiurx Renahiaa

UOVJ0Vy UQnotS1o4
Perjury. besides bsing one of the
oldsst of odensss n the catalogue of
crims, has always besn very severely
punishsd. h To days Of the Romlns
empire any one who committed ner4
Jury was thrown from ! precipicA
while the Grseln branded their false
swearers. II y interssung u note
that when tn Iattsr embraced the
Christian religion the punishment was
altered to that Of having the tongue
cut out. . sort OF punishment which
was considered 10 6t the crime IN the
early centuries. IN the middle ages
some countries adopted the system of
giving the perJurer the punishment
Tor the crime he falsely accused an
other OF. Thus n be swore ! neigh.
Dor had committed murder and tho
charge was disproved the perjureF
would be sentenced to death. and the
other penalties Of the penal code were
enacted for the particular crime a.
legged.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14

War veteran. sfxtJ.dins. ran 40
yards In seventeen seconds-in 1913.
not In 1858.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-14

Girls and Men.
Little girls believe in the man in the
moon. big girls. In TIE man in the hon
eymOon.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-11
HOUSE

Continued From rage One.)
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-11

! cral laws to provide for the initiative OF
referendum or both in its municipal at.
fairs. Elections and election privileges
3iS. p. II. Butler, relating to auditors
| notice Of tax sale. Taxes and tax laws,
3i9. p. II. Butler, providing for count!
trcasurer's notice to taxpayers. Taxes
$50. Steneehm. to avoid the expense OF
selling land or lots for a trivial tax.
Ways and means. ... .
3jl, Stencjehm, relating to tile Qualiti-
cations and examination Of persons call
ed to serve as jurors. Ways and means.
352, Stenejehm. to debar attorneys at
law from conspiring together to elect OF
defeat any person who may be a candi-
date for judicial position. Elections.
353, Stenejehm, to prevent oppression
and fraud by the foreclosure of mort
cages on real estate. Judiciary.
355, Dean. for an act to provide for
nom partisan municipal elections. Elec-
tons. .
1856, Twichell, relating to coroner's fees.
State affairs.
357, relating to the board Of control and
state hospital for the insane. Ways and
means.
1853, Dewitt. Lamber and Buck, relating
to increased jurisdiction of county courts.
Judiciary.
359, Twichell, relating to the fees of
witnesses. Judiciary. .
$50, Williams, relating to the redemp-
ton of bonds OF. money borrowed from
the state land department. University
ad school lands. e..
361. relating to laying out, altering or
discontiuing roads. Highways. .
1862, Doyle. providing that the state
legislature shall meet every four years
Judiciary.
363. O'Connor, relating to power of gov
ernor to demand return Of fugitives from
Justice. State affairs. =
1854, Miller, relating to compulsory edu-
cation and medical inspection. Health.
800. Hendrickson. making it the duty
of the speakekr of the house and the
president Of the senate to employ expert
accountants to audit the state Offices and
departments. Ways and means.
366. Buck, relating to second grade ell
ementary certificates. Education.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-11
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Care With Which EneIand's Standards
Are Preserved.

Every twenty years government Off
Cials compare The current weights and
measures with the standards, which
arc sealed up in the staircase OF the
house Of commons. There are only
two standards. the pound weight and
the yard measure. The standard pound
IS of platinum, which despite Its weight
is no larger than a cubic inch, and.
small as it is, the metal Of which it is
composed is worth f4O. The standard
yard is a bar Of bronze thirty-eight
inches long. OF which a yard has been
marked off in thirty-siS divisions of an
inch. The greatest possible care IS
taken OF these two important articles.
When a comparison is DtS,g made
they are handled with tongs. The
pound weight is weighed in the most
delicate Of chemical balances, and the
yard is measured with a micromctcr.
When they are done with the pound it
is wrapped in Il special soft paper II
laid in q silver gilt case. which is plac-
ed in a bronze case. this being put in a
wooden box, afterward screwed down
and sealed. The yard measure is plac-
ed on eight rollers in 4 mahogany case,
which is carefully sealed. Both cases
are then put into Il leaden casket, which
is sealed by soldering. The packing is
not yet finished, however. for the lead
ease is placed in a strong oak box.
When this is screwed down it is placed
in the hole in the wall. The wall is
built uD by Il mason. and the standards
can only be obtained by demolishing it
once mOrc.-LOndOn Globe.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-11
More Bills Reported.

more ollIS hePoTIeo.
The sixth order of business was
again referred and the committee on
railroads reported that Senate Bill
% had been amended by the commit
tee and was recommended for pas
sage, and the committee on state at
fairs reported similar action on Sen.
ate Bill 104.
This disposed of the days affairs in
the senate, and after several commit.
tee meetings had been announced,
Senator Hookway's motion adjourned
the senate at 1881.
New Senate Bills Read and Referred.
239, Elken, providing state exam
liner examine state departments four
times a year. Ways and means.
$40, Duncan, no tuition for entrance
of higher. schools. Education.
241, Overson, relating to improve
ment districts. Cities.
242, Duncan, relating to school
teachers. E%ducations
243, Hoverson, annual statement OF
county auditor and treasurer to be
joint statement published in three pa
pers of county. Counties.
244, Davis, raise qualification of SUI
~perintendent of public instruction.
Education. ~
245, Allen, establishment OF cot
tages by lodges at sanitarium at Dun.
seth. Public health.
FAC, Talcott, relating to election
privileges and publicity pamphlet.
Elections.
247, Mcdowell, by unanimous con.
sent, appropriating $500 for geologi.
cal survey. Appropriations.
24S, Clark, relating to burial of bod.
les of persons having died from con.
tagious or infectious diseases. Pub.
lie health.
New Bills In the House
SAG, Warmer. by request, to regulate
and define the extension n restriction
Of corporate limits Of cities, towns and
villages. Municipal corporations.
3if, u. r.. Butler, ny request. to an-
thorize cities organized under the gen
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-11
CHANCE FORECASTS.
Writers Of Old Who DimIy Pointed to
Modern Inventions,

vVTSkSJS " Wv WV 0vUhyI W =
Modern Inventions.
Chance phrases in the literary works
Of other days describe with uncanny
exactness inventions of far later times.
for instance. we find in the "Prolu.
sions' of Strada the Roman. which
were published in the year lGl7. what
might be held to embody 4. crude de-
scription of wireless telegraphy.
Strada represents two friends as car
ryinS on a correspondence by means OF
u certain tombstone which has such
virtue in it that. if it touches two nee
dies when one of the needles begins to
move, the other, although at ever so
great a distance. moves ut the same
time and in the same manner"
In 1914 Robert Hooke published a
work wherein he observed that as
glasses improve the vision 50 ways
might he found to improve our other
senses. 1T is not impossible" says he,
Ito hear a whisper a distance OF a fur
long. and perhaps the nature Of the
thing would not make it impossible al
though that furlong should be ten times
multiplied" This seems to be a fair
forecast Of the telephone.
10 'Gulliver's Travels" Swift causes
his hero to relate in the voyage to La
puta that the astronomers there have
likewise discovered the two lesser stars
or satellites which revOlye about Mars"
This has been heldsto constitute q sd.
tire on sham science. Nevertheless
Professor Asaph Hall a few years ago
discovered the two tiny satellites.
1t was more than LOO years ago
that Lucian gave an account of the
manner wherein the inhabitants of the
moon drank "air squeezed or compress
ed into a goblet so that It formed a
H- . #r -H F|F. .. T.. , 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-11
Really ~Considerate,

as Mrs. Binks considerate Of her
husbands fcclings!'
Eyes. She always airs his Overcoat
SO early in the season that his friends
cannot detect the odor Of moth balls
when the first cold snap comes. "-Buf.
falo Express.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-11

Kin1 OF dew. This Clearly suggests
liquid air.
The same writer in "Vera Historic"
bumorously and at some length de-
scribes an aerial ship the sails Of which
were inflated By a whirlwind. thus i'm
polling it through space to the moon.-
Harper's. r . .g
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-11
Fortunate.

Kitty-lsn't it a most fortunate thing?
What? Kitty-That people can't
read the kisses that have been printed
upon Il girls lips.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-11

Holbrook Blinn is to revive "The
Boss" He wants to play Napoleon
some time in the future.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-11

'Everywoman" has been breaking
all the records in the South.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-11

A new tabloid musi'al comedy is
called "The Money uill.'
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-19

had been captured when but a child
andxtaken to the Mandan villages, and
there sold to a F%renchman known as
Chaboneau, who Kept her until she
reached womanhood and then married
her. She was destined to play a con-
spicuous part in the later work of the
expedition, and to lend to it one OF
its true elements of romance.
Winter Passed 5usiiy. plb
The winter was passed busily, but
for the most part quietly The men
suffered no serious I3C deprivation.
Game was abundant, and one member
of the party, who was a good amateur
blacksmith, set up a small forge,
where he turned out a variety of tools,
implements and trinkets,- which We're
traded to the Indians for corn. Every
thing went well. The officers were
as busy as the men, and their .occu-
pations were varied and vital.
- Gathered Much Material.
During the winter they were con-
tinually engaged in gathering materi'
al for a report upon the ethnolOgy
Of the upper. Missouri and the plains.
There were maps to be drawn, too,
/, and a mass of interesting objects
| was gathered to illustrate the natural
history of the route. This material
had to be cleaned, prepared, assorted,
catal0gaed"and 2hacked for shipment.
The tiveimonths spent at the fort did
not drag. lid 4. IT,: G. ~.
Began. Boat Building.
In March the men began boat
building preparatory to resuming
their. journey. The batteau was too
cumbrous for use toward the head
waters of the Missouri, and it was to
resent back to st. Louis. To take
its place canoes Were fashioned~ from
| green cottonwood plalks.
Winter Quarters Abandoned.
On, the afternoon of April 7, 1905.
winter quarters were abandoned. OF
the original As men two had been
lost; but three recruits had been
gained-Chahoneau, his squaw. Sace-
ajawea, and their infant son, born in
February. From Fort Mandan IA OF
the enMDsEetuHaMk3 to St.fsLouis in the
barge GcaarlrAXjini. documents, collections
and trophies, while 80 went onward,
to be separated from their kind for
almost IS months. ~ d.. p.
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riyaled those Of the Turks themselves
Ferdinand is that most despicable and
desperate of failures-a baffled ty.
rant--and so far as Bulgaria is N
ccr.lcd all the splendid results OF the
wal with Turkey have been d~lSsipated
through the %inscnsatc ambition of the
dcspot. There Is probably waiting
for Ferdinand either some st. Helena
TO make him more N%apolconic or the
more mercifnl fate of quicker death.