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The Elbert County tribune., 1913-12-05

-But snswer me. Christin>s
IN heavens name, Il you are alone
answer mel''
RaouTs name.
Yes! YesI 1t is II 1t is not a
dreaml Christine. trust me!
We are hcre to save you
but be prudent! When you
hear the monster, warn usl
Then Christine gave way to fear.
She trembled lest Erik should dis
cover where Raoul was hidden: she
told us in a few hurried words that
Erik had gone quite mad with love
and that he had decided to kill every
body and himself with everybody II
she did not consent to become his
wife. He had given her till eleven
o'clock the next evening for refiec-
ton. 1t was the last respite. She
must choose. as he said, between the
wedding mass and the requiem.
And Erik had then uttered a phrase
which Christine did not quite under
stand:
Yes or no! II your answer is no,
everybody will be dead and buried!'
But / understood the sentence per-
fectIy. for 1t corresponded in a ter
rible manner with my own dreadful
thought
Can you tell us whore Erik isr" /
asked
She replied that he must have left
the house.
Gould you make sure?"
mo. l am fastened. cannot stir
a limb"
When we heard this, M de Chagny
and gave a yell of fury Our safety.
the safety of all three of us. depended
on the girls liberty OF movement.
But whore are your" asked Chris
tine. There are only two doors in
my room. the Louis Philippe room of
which told you. Raoul; door
through which Erik comes and goes.
and another which he has never
opened before me and which he has
forbidden me ever to 20 through. be-
cause he says 1t is the most danger
GUS Of the doors. the door OF the tor
ture-chamberi"
Christine, that is where we arel"
You are in the torture-chamberr"
Yes. but we cannot see the door"
"Oh, If I could only drag myself so
far! ! would knock at the door and
that would tell you where It Is"
rs It door with a lock to itr" /
asked.
"Yes. with a lock"
"MademoiseIle." said. 1T Il abso-
lutely necessary that you should open
that door to usI"
But howf" asked the poor girl
tearfully.
We heard her straining. trying to
free herself from the bonds that held
her.
Il know where the key IT," she said.
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the man who rang at the SIRENS door
Just now-go and look II he's ringing
at the bottom OF the lake-weli. he was
rather like. There. turn round
are you glad? You're free
now. Oh. my poor Christine.
look at your wrists; tell me. have
hurt them? That alone de-
serves death. Talking of
death. l must sing his requiem."
Hearing these terrible remarks. 1
received an awful presentiment !.
l too had once rung at the monsters
door and, without knowing
1t. must have set some warning cur
rent in motion. ~. And remem-
bered the two arms that had emerged
from the inky waters. - What
poor wretch had strayed to that shore
this time? Who was the other one.
the one whose requiem We now heard
sung?
Erik sang like the god OF thunder
sang Dies Irae that enveloped US as
in a storm. The elements seemed
to rage around US. Suddenly. the or
gan and the voice ceased SO suddenly
that M. de Chagny sprang back. on
the other side OF the wall. with emo
ton. And the voice, changed and
transformed. distinctly grated out
these metallic syllables:
What have you done with my
bag7"
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In voice that seemed exhausted by
the effort she had made. But am
fastened SO tight. oh, the
wretch!"
And she gave sob.
Where Is the key7" l asked. sign
ing to M. de Chagny not to speak and
to leave the business to me. for We
had not moment to lose.
I'm the next room. near the organ,
with another little bronze key. which
he also forbade me to touch. They
are both in little leather bag which
he calls the bag of life and death.
Raouli Raoull Flyl Everything IL
mysterious and terrible here, and
Erik viii soon have gone quite mad.
and you are in the torture-chamber
90 back by the way you
came There must be a renson why
the room 10 called by that nameI"
Christine" said the young man.
I'VE win 80 from here together or die
togsthsri"
I'VE must keep COOL" / whispered.
why has he fastened you, mademoi-
seller You can't escape from his
house; and he known iti-
Il tr1se - commit suicide, The
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-12-05
Valuable Find of Manuscript

A very interesting and remarkable
discovery of Illuminated manuscripts
and early printed books. ranging as
far back a. 1850. has just been made
In the library at Oxton Hall. says the
Nottingham (Eng.) Guardian.
Il came about In this way: Tho
vicar Of the parish. Rev. W. Laycock.
obtained permission to 60 through the
books In the library at his leisure.
While 30 doing his curiosity was
aroused by locked and forgotten
cupboard therein. which he proceeded
to investigate. Its contents proved to
be bskwesn forty and nfty volumes.
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monster went out last nfgnt, after
carrying me here fainting and haif
chloroformed. He was going to his
banker. SO he saidl When he
returned -he found me with my face
covered with blood. l had
tried to kill myself by striking my
forehead against the walls"
"ChristineI" groaned Raoui: and he
began to sob.
Then he bound me- -. am
not allowed to die until eleven o'clock
tomorrow evening"
"Mademoiseile.' declared. ''the
monster bound you and he
shall unbind you. You have only to
play the necessary part! Remember
that he loves you!'
forget IT."
Remember 1t and smile to him
entreat him tell him
that your bonds hurt you"
But Christine Daae said:
Hush! ~. ! hear something
in the wall ON the Iakel 1t
is he! Go awayi> Go awayl
Go away!"
We could not go away, even II we
wanted to-" said. as impressiveIy as
! could. I'VE cannot leave this! And
we are in the torture-chamber!"
'Hush!" whispered Christine again.
Heavy steps sounded slowly behind
the wall. then stopped and made the
floor creak once more. Next came a
tremendous sigh. followed by a cry
Of horror from Christine, and we
heard Erik's voice:
Il beg your pardon for letting you
see face like thisl What a state /
am in. am not7 It's the other ones
fault! Why did he rinsf Do | ask
people who pass to tell me the timer
He will never ask anybody the time
again! 1t is the sirens fault"
dous still. came from the abysmai
Another sigh. deeper. more tremen-
depths Of a soul.
Why did you cry out, ChristineY p
Because am In pain, Erik"
Il thought I had frightened you"
Erik. unloose my bonds. :.
Am not your prisonerr"
You will try to kill yourself again. %
You have given me till eleven
o'clock tomorrow evening. Erik"
The footsteps dragged along the
floor again.
After all. az We are to die together
and am Just as eager as you
+. yes. / have had enough of this
life. you know. wsit. don't
move. will release you. You
have only one word to say: NOT And
1t will at once be over with every
body! You are right. you are
right; why wait till eleven o'clock
tomorrow True. 1t would have been
grander, finer. But that Is
childish nonsense. We should
only think Of ourselves in this life,
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some Literary RIunder..

Doctor Smythe-Palmer gave somt
delightful instances Of literary blund
ers about works In recent Londor
institution lecture. The case Of
"curmudgeon" should be add 4. Doc
tor johnson, dealing with the puzzle OF
its etymology. recorded 1t as coming
from the French occur merchant"
(wicked heart), adding unknown cor.
respondent" to indicate that some
anonymous helper had contributed
this conjecture. Another lexicograr
pher, Ash, annexing this etymology,
explained the world as derived from
occur. unknown; merchant, cores
pondent."
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cro BE coNr1NunD.,
Clever Dogs rraIned BY smuaaIe

clever logs Trained py Smu9oIerb.
The manner in which dogs arr
trained by smugglers to assist in theiA
operations on the Italian frontier IL
certainly ingenious. The canine pupf
is submitted to various torments OF
Swiss territory, and after being re
peatedly shot at by one Of the gang
attired in the uniform Of an Italian
customs official. It is driven acros.
the frontier into Italy. Here 1t meet
with the greatest kindness at thu
hands of the smugglers. SO that 1t soor
learns to know on which side are it,
friends and on which its enemies. Th<
dog is then taken back to Switzerland
where 1t is laden with sugar. tobacco
and other articles OF contraband. and
is then allowed to escape back to ii
friends In Italy.
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which confirmed the impression con-
veyed by the antiquity OF their ap-
pearance that they belonged to the
very earliest stage Of the art of print
ing. which was introduced into this
country in 1S47.
The majority of them are folio vol
umes. and with one exception they are
all In their original bindings The
covers are carefully planed boards Of
solid oak, and the books are bound
with stout leather laces. the backing
and lining being fragments of illum-
mated manuscripts of much earlier
date. cut up ~ waste with ruthless
indifferaneA
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-12-05
Household Hinta.

To cure your husband of swearing
around the house is easy. though 1t
may require little practice. Swear
whenever he does--and even more pro-
fanely. II possible.
Stair carpets may be made to last
indefinitely by using them only. whom
you have company.
There are many cures for warts.
but as a rule nothing that has cured
anybody else's wart win cure yours.
To keep undesirable visitors away
from your house teach the dog to be
overly friendly to them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-12-05

Mrs. Charles Anspaugh. r. R. !.
Kimmell. Noble Co.. Indiana. writes:
"Peruna has been a godsend to me-
can feel safe in saying that It saved
my life, as was all run down and was
just miserable when 1 commenced TAX
ing your Peruna, but am on the road
to recovery now. I cannot thank you.
too much"
Those who object to liquid medI-
cines can now procure Peruna Tab
let's
Ak Your Druggist for Free PerunA
Lucky Day Almanac for 1914.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-12-05

Factory Re-Manufaetured Typewriters.
Remington No. and No. 7 at $50.
IS per month, or $27 cash. Smith
Premiers No. and No. 4 at $25. IS
per month or $3.50 cash. Guaranteed
by the manufacturer. A typewriter
will be shipped on approval on receipt
of IS and satisfactory reference.
Write today. Remington Typewriter
Co.. 1886 Champa ST.. Denver. Colo
Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-12-05

of our own death the rest
doesn't matter. You're look
ing at me because am all wet7 i.
oh. my dear. it's raining cats and
dogs outside! Apart from
that. Christine. l think l am subject
to hallucinations. You know,
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CHAPTER xxil.
q the Torture chamber.

In the Torture Chamber.
The PersIan's Narrative Continued.
We were In the middle Of = little
Glx-cornsred room, the sides Of which
were covered with mirrors from top
70 bottom. In the corners, We could
clearly see the "joins" in the glasses.
- ssgmssts intsadsd 10 turn a
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-12-05
Expensive Tributes,

People who once threw bouquets at
that man now throw eggs"
with eggs at so cents dozen7"
exclaimed young Mrs. .Torhns. MY!
They must think lot of him"
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CHAPTER xxl-(contInued.l

all comfortable on jumping into his
house. knew what he had made OF
= certain palace at Maxenderan. From
being the most honest building con-
ceivable. he soon turned It into =
house OF the very devil. where you
could not utter word but 1t was over
heard or repeated by an echo. With
his trap-doors the monster was re-
sponsibie for endless tragedies OF all
kinds. He hit upon astonishing in
ventions. OF these, the most curious,
horrible and dangerous was the So
called torture-chamber. Except in
special cases. whom the little suitana
amused hsrself by ipfiicting suffering
upon some unoRenAing citizen, no
one was let into It but wretches con-
demnsd to death. And. even then.
when these had had enough" they
were always at liberty to put an end
to themselves with a Punjab lasso or
bow-string, left for their use at the
foot Of an iron tree
My alarm. therefore. was great
when saw that the room into which
N. u vicomte de Chagny and had
dropped was an exact copy OF the
tsrture-chamber OF the rosy hours OF
Naxenderan. At our feet, Ifound the
Punjab lasso- which / had been dread
ing all the evening was convinced
that this rope had already done duty
for Joseph Buquet. who, like myself,
must have caught Erik zone evening
working the stone In the third cellar.
Ho probably tried It in his turn, fell
into the torture-chamber and only
left II hanged can we'll imagine
Erik dragging the body. in order to
get rid OF It, to the scene from the
Roi de Lahore. and hanging 1t there
~ an example. or to increase the su-
perstitious terror that was to help
him In guarding the approaches to his
lairi Then. upon reelection. Erik
went back to fetch the Punjab lasso.
whfcn IL very curiously made out OF
catgut. and which might have set an
examining mAgistrate thinking. This
explains tho disappearance Of the
rope
And now I discovered the lasso, At
ear feet. in the torture-chamberi
i am no coward. but Z cold sweat COW
cred uy forehead ~ moved the lit
de red disk Of my lantern over the
walls.
N. dp Chagny noticed 1t and azkod:
~What is the matter. sirr'
I made him . violent sign to be
sllsnE
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Mrs winslow's Soothing Syrup for Chiidrsn
teething, softens the gums, reduess innAmma-
tion ,allays pair, cures wind oolic, ,26o bottlsAv
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-12-05
The Menu.

The Menu.
did you have homily when your
minister came to dinner?"
mo. we had fried chicken"
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-12-05
Its Natur'

Its Nature.
"That article is rather vague"
"Of course 1t is. It is all about
London fogs."
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SYNOPSIS.

ccnstsrnation II caused on the last
pisht that the opera u managed by De-
pearance Of ! ghost. said to have been
N evidence on several previous occasions.
Sn5stins Pace; cs;,.a member Of the opera
csss. Count ~s Dc snu chasny rp's ana hls brother
ns .ra Raou ss soss e .0 sss ne e
ana later d.covsP. that I = some asos one 4 L max.
upon entering the room he finds It empty.
While the farewell ceremony for the re-
sho.st pd i sSn9 On r., the qDs5a
No 4 1a sold az with '1e Pesn!a
Opera Ghoss calling % attention dssr to % the err err
fcr. Christine Daas writes Raoul that
she has gone to visit the. grave of her
Follows her to tho church. wonderful
s,oisn music is heard, Raoui visits =
fro.en haoS !. lonmd nsnd snd Rahar
s3s S Fsa. a a'f'ss from e
i re .sna q that Dart sfs X Ss1sa a9 spso e
Fsfusins. loses her voice n the middle
cr.shs: down mo kiil!ns "a" a woman ' and
Sss . wsS hss Ss.: IS Mr s
: note IL received from her making an
appointment for . masked ball. Raoul
meets Christine at the ball. He sees a
person in the disguise of Red Death.
He hears her conversing with some one
Ehom she calls Erik. Reoul visits
Christine and tells her he knows the
pane OF the unseen man whom she calls
PIE Angel Of Music. Christine and Raoul
become 'secretly engaged prior to polar
efpsdiuon that RaouI - to mako. Chris
one reiate1 strange adventure with the
un.ssn Erik and promises to run away
ton Of msrryins chrtstine; which dis
kormance the stage II enveloped in dark
ness and Christine disappears. No trace
OF her IL found. Moncharmin and Rich
ard behave strangely. Raou1 searches
madiy for the missing singer. The Opera
Ghost demands the first Installment OF his
allowance, and when It IL left at an ap-
pointed place the sum mysteriously dis
appears. Raoul goes In search of Chris
ttne- He meets q mysterious person
known ~ the Persian. The Persian plans
70 aid Raoul in locating Christine and
they gain access to secret chamber.
The two nnd themselves in passageway
which they expect will lead to whore
Christine has Undoubtedly been carried
by Erik. The Persian knows Erik to
haye been one Of the contractors who
built the Opera Also that while the work
was in progress there was built secret
torture chamber beneath the structure.
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Smile on wash day. That's whe- you
use Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes whittier
than snow. All grocers. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-12-05

The village gossip never has time
to take vacation.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-05-12

C0ntimei ~ pA9e nv
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1913-05-29

Some New Inside Facts Worth Knowing

the prices shall be etc That is
all true but the statutes DO
NOT provide that they shall
not call for bids and then
make the appointment of coun-
ty printer, of the newsp aper
submitting the lowest bid.
FURTHER, the stipulated
price of eight cents per line for
first insertion and five cents
per line for each subsequent
insertion in printing delinquent
tax lists, is the maximum price
set to guard the people against
a more exhorbitant rate. It is
the limit, and it does not nee
essarily mean that they cannot
or shall not have the work
done for less.
Now to the point that will
brand Mr.. Commissioners state
ment as false.
When the News received the
printing of the last delinquent
tax lists. from a set of repub-
lican commissioners, at which
time the writer had no connec-
ton with the News the editor of
this paper was COMPELLED
TO BID for such printing. in
competition with the JOURNAL
and as a result, lost money on
the proposition, but that was
our loss and the peoples gain.
At no time during the incum-
bency of republican commits
sioners did the NEWS get all
the county printing at full legal
RATES but was compelled to
bid for it. Do you get that Mr..
County Commissioner? In the
face of these facts are you
still going to try to mislead the
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1913-05-29

No doubt, the people Of Cur
ry county have fully made up
their minds about the County
printing graft and we believe
their views are in accord with
the eminent speaker at the
Baptist church who in speaking
on the subject said, There
appears to be something rotten
in Denmark" No doubt many
are tired Of the subject but if
they will bear with us in these
few remarks on the question,
we will promise to let the mat
ter drop for time for your
verdict.
A frantic effort at explana-
tion has been made by a county
official in the western part Of
the county who now owns a
shirt tail full Of type and a
'wringer" for a press, but he
reminds us Of the fellow who
stole the COW and in the process
of securing counsel wrote this
to his lawyer:
Dear Lawyer:
1 am in Jail charged
with stealing a cow-I am in
nocent but if you will come and
get me out. I will give you the
COW.
The position taken by the
Board of County Commission
.ers in awarding the county
printing contract to the Journa
and refusing TO even consider
the bid Of the News for less
than half the amount of that
paid the Journal. is that the law
is mandatory in requiring them
to appoint a county printer
and that it also stipulates what
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1913-05-29

southwest to northeast, moving
at the alarming rate at a mile
per day.
The territory covered by this
formidable army of grasshop-
pers is variously estimated
from twenty to twenty eight
miles wide Every form of
vegetation, showing a sprig Of
green is being totally destroy
ed.
The insect is declared to be Of
the MGR atory breed and is ex
pected to be sufficiently devel-
oped to fly within six weeks at
the outside. When this devel-
opment is accomplished. the
army will move more rapidly
but the direction which it will
take is a matter Of speculation.
The gravity of the situation
was recognized several days
ago, when kilograms were sent
to officials at Washington.
This was resultful in ready re-
sponse, and a government ex-
pert has already been sent from
Roswell to the devastated and
threatened districts. This ex-
pert has asked in turn that an
entOmologist be sent out from
Washington, and it is through
that this will be done, for the
danger is an immediate one and
the destruction is Of a whole
sale character.
It's stated that trains have
been greatly delayed Will e
passing through the infested
district, certain freight trains
having found it necessary to
cut out and move in sections.
Hope is expressed that appli-
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1913-05-29
Army Of Grass
hOppers Coming
this Way.
Trains Stopped on Pecos
Valley Railroad by APP
pearance of Pests in
Large Numbers.

AI army Of young CRASH Op-
pers, covering an area Of from
fifteen to twenty miles are
headed this direction in their
journey northward having
Elida sixty miles south
of here on Monday night. Ac-
cording to reports Of railroad
officials they are so numerous
as to seriously effect the op-
Grafton of trains.
H. NJ. Bainer, Santa Fe Agri-
cultural demonstrators, sent two
men to the infested district
Tuesday with a quantity of poi
son and government experts
are now making inves-
tigation.
They will have wings soon
and by that time will either
take or p ass up" Curry county.
A despatch from the grass
hopper zone says:
Eastern New Mexico is alarm
ed oyer the steady approach Of
an army Of grasshOppers, mill
lions in number which Is dew
astating the country immediate
" surrounding Elida. and are
following a general course from
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1913-05-29

cation of arsenic and bran and
Paris Green and bran will
prove sufficiently deadly to halt
the onward march of the
grassboppers, and these will be
used in abundant quantity, as
the gravity Of the situation is
generally recognized. It is be-
lieved that the steps toward
eradication will prove effective,
and that the threatened terri
tory to the northwest will be
saved from impending destruc-
tion. Meanwhile, the interest
is keen.
LATER Reports have just
been made by two Santa Fe ex-
perts who have made a COM
plete investigation.
They say that all reports are
greatly exagge rated and that
the hoppers are really doing lit
tie or no damage to crops and
that there is no cause for alarm
in these parts. The hoppers
are not of a destructive variety
and not so numerous as first re-
ported.
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JAMES E. CURREN.

Miss Gertrude Jones return
ed from a visit to Claudell, N.
M. Wednesday.
Prof. Lewis Mersfelder at
tended the educational Rally at
Hollene, Saturday.
Visit the new Richardson
Studio when you want photos
of any kind. Best to those who
know. E. Grand. If
1t is announced that Joe Benge,
who is accused Of stealing Ra-
mey's horse will plead guilty to
the charge.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cash Ramey. eighteen mmonths
old, fell last week and bent his
arm bone.
Henry G. Coors, Jr. returned
the first of the week from q
visit to points in the western
part Of the state where he has
been for several weeks. Henry
is a candidate for appointment
as assistant u. S. attorney and
his many Clovis supporters are
bending every effort in his be-
half. Il is understood that
Summers Burkhard viii be ap-
pointed u. S. Attorney soon.
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people? Mr.. Scheurikh was the
democratic member Of that
board. ask him.
Now, while you ard absorbing
a few facts about cobnty print
ing, let us ask you, WHY did
you give an order to a certain
Clovis concern for fifty thous-
and (5O,O00) letter heads (best
gfade) and twenty FIVE thous-
and envelopes when You did
not need that amount? County
Clerk Await says that supply is
enough to last all the county Of
6cials for twelve (12) years
and with our knowledge Of sta
tionary uses. we believe this es.
innate very conservative.
Is this in keeping with your
policy Of public economy like
the other county printing?
Now, just one more question
and we will submit the matter
to the jury Of Curry Counry tax
payers.
Do you intend to offer remu-
neration to the county printer
in the form of a prompt pay
ment Of that $1OO6.95 for pub
fishing the last tax list in re-
turn for his noble and gallant
defense Of your position?
Now we have refrained from
making any reference to the
Pauley Jail contract in which
it is alleged there is a discrep.
ancy Of some $4,000 in bids
between taat concern and the
Midland Bridge Co., for the
reason that the matter is now
before the court in the form of
injunction proceedings but we
may have something to say
about it later. Adios.