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Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06
.IIked TO BE GuIIedo

Sir William Gull. the well-known
London physician, was once the vic,
tim Of an amusing piece of repartee
on the part of fellow practitioner.
The occasion was a dinner party at
which several distinguished medical
men were present. The conversation
happened to turn upon the subject OF
quackery. and Sir William Gull ev.
pressed his conviction that certain
amount of 1t was essential to success
in practice. adding: 1T is an exam.
pie OF the old saying. 'Populus vult
decipi" people like to be deceived)
Quite so,' said the host: now, can
any one present give an English
equivalent to that?" Nothing easier"
,dryly remarked a well-known physi.
clan Of one of the Manchester hos.
pitals. The public liked to be
gulled.'"
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06
Expedition Across Greenland.

The Swiss Society of Natural.sts Is
raising funds to enable DR.. A. de
Quervain to undertake journey
across the inland ice OF Greenland.
from Disco bay. on the west coast, to
Angamagsalik. the only inhabited
place on the east coast. The expedi-
tion expects to leave Europe on the
steamer Hans Egede April l. 1912. and
to start eastward from Disco bay the
middle of June. 1t is expected that
four weeks will be required for the
journey. but provisions for twiee that
time will be carried. Two members OF
the expedition are to remain on the
west coast of Greenland until the
spring OF 1913 to carry on glaciological
and Astrological studies-the latter In
connection with similar observations
that are to be made at the same time
on the east coast of Greenland. in Ice
land. and in Spitzbergen.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06

begged the "trap-door lover" as We
used to call Erik In my country. to
open its mysterious doors to me. he
always refused. l. made very many
attempts. but In vain. to obtain ad
mittance. Watch him as | might.
after ! first learned that he had taken
up his permanent abode at the opera.
the darkness was always too thick to
enable me to see how he worked the
door In the wall on the lake. One
day. when thought myself alone.
stepped into the boat and rowed to-
ward that part of the wall through
which l had seen Erik disappear. II
was then that l came into contact
with the siren who guarded the ap-
proach and whose charm was very
nearly fatal to me.
] had no sooner put on from the
bank than the silence amid which /
fioated on the water was disturbed by
sort Of whispered singing that how
cred all around me. It was half
breath. half music; It rose softly from
the waters OF the lake; and | was sur
rounded by It through l knew not
what artifice. II followed me. moved
with me and was SO soft that It did
not alarm me. On the contrary. in
my longing to approach the source OF
that sweet and enticing harmony.
leaned out OF my little boat over the
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06

nervous l could not sleep, then I would
be so tired mornings that could scarcely
get around. 1t seemed almost impossi-
bic to move or do bit of work and I
thought never would be any better un-
til submitted to an operation. COM
menced taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and soon felt like
new woman. had no pains, slept well,
had good appetite and was fat and
could do almost all my own work for q
family of four. / shall always feel
that I owe my good health to your med
icine. Mrs. HAYWARD Sewers, Cary,
Maine.
If you are i'll do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
tOLydia aE.Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held in strict confidence.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06
SYNOPSIS.

Ueth that the Opera is managed by De De
btenne and Pohgny because OF the ap
e evidence on several previous occasions.
Christine Daae. a. member of the opera
company. is called upon to fll very
Important part and scores great sue
oess. Count de Chagny and his brother
Raoul are among those who applaud the
Inser. Raoul tries to see Christine II, IN
and later discovers that some one Is max.
Ing love to her: She energies alone. and
WSiie % the Farewell e i0e CEREMONY ns T for the re-
t!ing managers Is going on, the Opera
Ghost appears and informs the new man
BOZ No. s is sold e with disastrous results.
The managers receive a letter from the
Opera Ghost calling attention to the er.
4he has gone to visit the grave Of her
l9iiow. her to the church. w9nderfui
graveyard. Raoul is found next morning
eimo.t frosen. Moncharmin and Richard
sos No and decide fEa to ,roes
the leading part IN "Faust., is warned to
% iefS.ins e loses ss' her 70 VOICE 's in the middle
crashes down. killing a woman and
Christine. who has disappeared. He sees
her at last. but does not speak. and later
q note is 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 converting with some one
whom she calls Erik. Raoul visits
Christine and tells her he knows the
name of the unseen man whom she calls
the Angel of Music. Christine and Raoul
become secretly engaged prior to polar
expedition that Raoul is to make. Chris
tine relates a strange adventure with the
unseen Erik and promises to run away
with Raoul. Raoul announces his inten-
tion of marrying Christine, which dis
pleases Philippe. In the midst of a per-
formance the stage Is enveloped in dark
ness and Christine disappears. No trace
of her is found. Moncharmin and Rich
ard behave strangely. Raoul searches
madly for the missing singer. The Opera
Ghost demands the first installment OF his
allowance. and when 1t is left at an Ap-
pointed place the sum mysteriously dis
appears. Raoul goes in search of Chris
tine. He meets mysterious person
known as the Persian. The Persian plans
TO aid Raoul in locating Christine and
they gain access to secret chamber.
The two find themselves in a passageway
which they expect will lead to where
Christine has undoubtedly been carried
by Erik.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06

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water. for there was no doubt in my
mind that the singing came from the
water Itself. BY this time, | was
alone In the boat in the middle OF the
lake; the voice-for 1t was now dis
tinctly a voice-was beside me. on
the water leaned over. leaned still
farther The. lake was perfectly calm,
and moonbeam that passed through
the air hole in the Rue Scribe showed
me absolutely nothing on its surface.
which was smooth and black as ink.
shook my ears to get rid OF a possi-
Bile humming; but | soon had to ac-
cept the fact that there was no hum
ming In the ears SO harmonious as
the singing whisper that followed and
now attracted me.
Had | been inclined to superstition,
should have certainly thought that
had to do with some siren whose bus
mess It was to confound the traveller
who should venture on the waters OF
the house on the lake. Fortunately, |
come from country where We are
too fond Of fantastic things not to
know them through and through; and
! had no doubt but that was face to
face with some new invention or
Er1ks. But this invention was SO per-
feet that, as | leaned out OF the boat,
/ was impelled less by a desire to
discover its trick than to enjoy it's
charm; and | leaned out, leaned out
until | almost overturned the boat.
Suddenly, two monstrous arms is
sued from the bosom OF the waters
and seized me by the neck. dragging
me down to the depths with irresisti-
BILE force. | should certainly have
been lost, If / had not time to give a
cry by which Erik knew me. For 1t
was he; and. instead OF drowning me.
as was certainly his first intention,
he swan with me and laid me gently
on the bank:
How imprudent you are!" he said.
as he stood before me. dripping with
water. Why try to enter my house?
| never invited you! | don't want you
there, nor anybody! Did you save
my life only to make 1t unbearable to
me? However great the service you
rendered him, Erik may end by for
getting it; and you know that nothing
can restrain Erik. not even Erik him
self"
He spoke. but l had now no other
wish than to know what | already
called the trick of the siren. He sat
isfied my curiosity, for Erik, who is a
real monster-I have seen him at
work in Persia, alas-is also, in GER
tain respects. regular child, vain
and self-conceited. and there is moth
ing he loves SO much, after aston1sh-
ing people. as to prove all the really
miraculous ingenuity of his mind.
He laughed and showed me a long
reed
Its the silliest trick you ever saw"
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06

afraid win catch you in my arms.
Raoul soon heard a dull sound. evi
IDENTIFY produced by the fall OF the
Persian. and then dropped down.
He felt himself clasped in the Per
SLAMS arms.
"Hush!" said the Persian.
And they stood motionless. listen
ing
The darkness was thick around
them, the silence heavy and terrible.
Then the Persian began to make
play with the dark lantern again.
turning the rays over their heads.
looking for the hole through which
they had come. and failing to find 1t.
"Oh!" he said. The stone has
closed of ITSELF"
And the light of the lantern swept
down the wall and over the floor
The Persian stopped and picked up
something. a sort OF cord, which he
examined for second and flung
away with horror.
The Punjab lasso!" he muttered.
What is it?" asked Raoul.
The Persian shivered. 1T might
very well be the rope by which the
man was hanged, and which was
looked for SO long,
And. suddenly seized with fresh
anxiety. he moved the little red disk
of his lantern over the walls In this
way, he lit up a curious thing: the
trunk OF a tree, which seemed still
quite alive, with its leaves; and the
branches of the tree ran right up the
walls and disappeared in the ceiling
Because Of the smallness OF the
luminous disk, 1t was difficult at first
to make out the appearance of things:
they saw a corner of a branch
and a leaf and another leaf
and, next to it. nothing at all,
nothing but the ray OF light that
seemed to reflect itself. -. Raoul
passed his hand over that nothing,
over that reflection.
"Hullo!" he said. THE wall is q
looking glass;"
Yes. a looking-glass," said the
Persian, in a tone OF deep emotion
And, passing the hand that held the
pistol over his moist forehead. he
added. I'VE have dropped into the
torture-chamber!
What the Persian knew OF this tor.
ture-chamber and what there befeIl
him and his companion shall be told
in his own words. as set down in a
manuscript which he left behind him.
and which | copy verbatim.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06
to others! You know what you prom

to others! You know what you prom
ised me, Erik? No more murders!"
Have l really committed muir
ders?" he asked. putting on his most
amiable air.
''Wretched mani" cried. Have
you forgotten the rosy hours OF
Mazenderan?"
Yes" he replied, in a sadder tone,
Il prefer to forget them. used to
make, the little sultana laugh,
thought"
'All that belongs to the past" | de-
clared. but there is the present -.
and you are responsible to me for the
present. because. II | had wished.
there would have been none at all
for you. Remember that. Erik; 1
saved your life!"
And l took advantage of the turn
OF conversation to speak to him OF
something that had long been on my
mind:
Erik" asked. Erik. swear
I never keep my oaths. Oaths are
made to catch gulls with"
Tell me you can tell me.
at any rate.
"Well?"
We'll, the chandelier the
chandelier, Erik?"
What about the chandelier"
You know what | mean.'
oh" he sniggered. Il don't mind
faIIfnO Oh hn oh doI
1t wasn't L! The
chandelier was very old and worn"
When Erik laughed. he was more
terrible than ever. He jumped into
the boat, chuckling 30 horribly that l
could not help trembling.
Very old and worn. my dear
daroga! Very old and worn, the
chandelier! 1t fell of itself!
1t came down with a smash!
And now. daroga. take my ad-
vice and go and dry yourself. or
you'll catch cold in the head! {.
And never get into my boat again.
And. whatever you do, don't
try to enter my house; I'm not al
ways there daroga! And I
should be sorry to have to dedicate
my Requiem Mass to you'll"
So saying, swinging to and fro, like
a monkey, and still chuckling. he
pushed off and soon disappeared in
the darkness of the lake.
From that day, gave up all thought
of penetrating into his house by the
lake. That entrance was obviously
too well guarded, especially since he
had learned that / knew about 1t. But
| felt that there must be another en-
trance, for | had often seen Erik dis
appear in the third cellar, when |
was watching him. though | could not
imagine how.
Ever since l had discovered Erik
installed in the opera, lived in per
petual terror of his horrible fancies
not in so far as was concerned, but
l dreaded everything for others. And
whenever some accident. some fatal
event happened, l always thought to
myself. Il should not be surprised II
that were Erik" even as others used
to say. Its the ghost!" How often
have l not heard people utter that
phrase with a smilei Poor devils! II
they had known that the ghost exist
ed in the flesh. | swear they would
not have laughed!
CTo BE CONTINUED)
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06
Chinese Plckpocket.

For the first time in the history OF
the San Francisco police department q
Chinese is under arrest here on the
charge Of pocket picking. All Chong
Is the man. He was seen by passing
policeman wrestling in the street with
Greek citizen. In his possession was
the gold watch the Greek claimed had
been lifted from his pocket. SO grand
larceny" was written opposite Abs
name In the book OF tina city prison,
Stockton Mail
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06
Promoters of Spirituality

The old adage in regard to the way
TO a mans heart Is regarded by some
persons as libel on masculine hu-
manity, but Deacon Sampson of Gran
ston evidently did not regard It In
that light.
He went much farther than the
adage, and was willing to express his
opinion ut any time when 1t seemed
best When the members Of the
Central church were discussing the
best way to interest the young people
of the town and bring them into
touch with church AFFAIRS. Deacon
Sampson spoke his word.
Il believe in meetings. he said
firmly; nobody believes in 'em more.
and nobody attends 'em more than I
do. but along With the meetings
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06
CHAPTER xx-tcon,inued).

Il ought to have remembered that
Erik talked to me about the rat
catcher" said the Persian. But he
never told me that he looked like
that and it's funny that
should never have met him before
OF course. Erik never comes
to this part!"
Are We very far from the lake.
sir? asked Raoul. when shall We
get there? Take me to the
lake. oh. take me TO the lake! D..
When We are at the lake. we will call
out! Christine will hear US!
And he will hear us. tool
. And. as you know him. we
shall talk to him!"
"Baby!" said the Persian. I'VE
shall never enter the house on the
lake by the lake! myself
have never landed on the other bank
the bank on which the house
stands. You have to cross
the lake first and 1t Is well
guarded! fear that more
than one OF those men-old scene
shifters. old door-shutters-who have
never been seen again were simply
tsDpted to cross the lake. 1t
b terrible. myself would
have been nearly killed there 4.
II the monster had not recognized me
In time! One piece OF ad.
vice. sir; never go near the lake. 3.
And. above all. shut your ears II you
hear the voice singing under the wa.
Ter, the SIRENS voice!"
But then. what are We here fory"
askSd Raoul. in a transport OF fever,
iRpatience and rage. IF you can do
sothing for Christine. at least let me
Gle for her!"
The Persian tried to calm the young
Enn.
I'VE have only one means OF saw
ing Christine Daae. believe me. which
y to enter the house unperceived by
Che monster"
And is there any hope OF that.
dr."
"Ah. II l had not that hope, would
not have come to fetch you'll"
And how can one enter the house
on the lake without crossing the
leke?"
FROM the third cellar, from which
We were SO unluckily driven away.
We will 20 back there now.
/ will tell you." said the Persian. with
. sudden change In his voice. II will
tell you the exact place. sir; It is be-
tween a set piece and a discarded
scene from Roi de Lahore, exactly at
the spot where Joseph BuQuet died.
Come. sir. take courage and
follow me! And hold your hand at
the level OF your eyes! But
where are we?"
The Persian lit his lamp again and
nung its rays down two enormous cor.
rfdors that crossed each other at
right angles.
I'VE must be-" he said, I'm the part
used more particularly for the water
works. ] zee no fire coming from the
fNYnaces.'
~ vert in froa4 Of Raoul, seeking
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06

don't know of anything that promotes
spiritual growth more'n strawberry
socials and oyster suppers. each ac-
cordlng to its eason."-Youth's Com.
panlon.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06

Lydia E. Pinkham's
We g e ta BILE Com
pound did for me.
One year agoI found
myself a terrible suf-
ferer. I had pains
in both sides and
8 uch q soreness I
could scarcely
str al gh tie n up at
times. M y b ack
ached, I had no ap-
petite and was 40
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06

he said. but it's very useful for
breathing and singing in the water.
learned 1t from the Tonkin pirates.
who are able to remain hidden for
hours in the beds OF the rivers
| spoke to him severely.
Its a trick that nearly killed mel"
| said. And 1t may have been fatal
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06
CHAPTER XXI.

Interesting and Instructive vieissi-
tudes Of Persian In the Cellars
Of the opera-The Persian's Mar.
ratlve.
1t was the first time that | entered
the house on the lake. | had often
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-06
WOMAN ESCAPES
OPERATION
By Timely Use of Lydia E.
Piakham's Vegetable
Compound.

Here is her own statement.
Cary, Maine. feel it duty owe
to all suffering women to tell what
Arizona republican., 1913-12-04

tory of farming throughout the Unit ed States shows that in every new section the tendency of the first farmers has been to crop the soil without any respect for it1 future fertility History also shows that this has resulted in every case in a decrease in crops yields either from 2 natural loss of fertility or poor physical conditional of the soil
 Thus in the Dakotas the yield of wheat of 40 years has decreased from 4e to 15 bushels per acre. In New England the result has been in the absolute abandonment of the hund- seds of farms In Arizona in the Salt River valley poor methods have caused the alkaH t0 rise. thus pre- venting cultivation of many acres. In all of these instances the trouble could have been aVerted bv the u-a of proper methods at the start Thus
 England and Germany where the soil has been titled for more than one thousand years are twice as great as in this country. and hl many cases are better than when the soil was in a virgin state X study If the soils of southern Arizona shows that they are very rich phosphate and potash the tyo essen t.aI elements, but usually deficient in nitrogen and humus.
 Humus is the material in the soil caused by the decay of plants and nlmals and is of tremendous inn portance to prevent baked hole mois- ture and get free the mineral eIe- ment for plant use"
 Roth ,,ftv,o.,
 destroyed by sunlight. heat ana block alkaH
 \. $. Parks, the pioneer date grow CT of Yuma was on hand and lie and pr. Vinson motored out to Mir Parks date grove and spent delightful
Arizona republican., 1913-12-04
MONTHLY REPORT OF
 BUILDING INSPECTOR
Official Figures Show That Novenn Der Permits Amounted to
 $o1.585

Now that the official figures for permits from the office of Building Inspector Howard B CIafn have been compiled for the month or November, il appears that The Re publican in it's estiatc or the probable valuation of the buildings authorized 70 be erected durn4 EovembcI IT. sivlng the figure 1t &75.00e. under estimated the amount According to Inspector ClafIin the valuation repre- scnted m the siNty-,v-o permis issued amounted to S91.5S5.
 of the whole number of permits issued Il were for new residences. aggreeating in valuation 269.G60. as compared with the estimate previous F published of S4o.uuo. For stores and warehouses; the valuation amounted 10 $19.50o S2.425 was spent for alterations. additions and repairs
 All these facts were presented tc the common council in the regular monthly report of Inspector ClafIin. |, was far from being the banner month of the year, but it was also far from being the least important. And December promises to come well within the amount necessary to boost the building permit valuations be- ycn7l the $1,500.0o0 for the entire wear of 1913. record never before even approached TT the history of Phoenix.
Arizona republican., 1913-12-04
MRS. OTIS BREWSTER ID
 SING FOR Y. W. [. A.
Charming Boston Soloist to Assist
 Phoenix Choral Society.

Mrs. Paul otis Brewster, who is spending the winter in Phoenix, will sing a group of songs at the Phoenix Choral Society concert for the bene- if of the T. W. C. A. building fund on Thursday evening at the auditorium of the Arizona school of music. The first song is by Charles Gilbert SIoss, the young American composer of New York city, who is gaining recognition IS song writer from all the leading singers now before the American and European public. Then follows a folk song of Tuscany. IL Colombo" CThe Dove). arranged by Kurt SchindIer and dedicated to the miniature song bird Emma Trentini. The group will close with the big aria from Iassen's opera Herodiade, TT est donX. II est bon tHe is Kind He is Good). which will afford her an opportunity for a display of temperament and dramatic inten- slty, which has bene so characteristic of her singing
 Mrs. Brewster is member of the Thursday Morning Musical and the Musical Art clubs of Boston, Mass. be- fore both of which organizations she has appeared solos in the historic old south church and the Arlington street church in Boston Her voice will also be heard to advantage in the big aria of Cantata, 70, Thou Whose Constant Mercies7
Arizona republican., 1913-12-04
DOUBLE DIP ORDER
 VACATED BY STOCK BOARD
Cattle Satisfying United States Re quirements Now Also Satisfy
 State

Little of the amount of business before the live stoch sanitary board could be finished in the meeting yes torday but at that vast amount of Interesting matter was waded through and much of the business which has been staring the board in the face for the past months was put on the shelf.
 All the members of the board were present, including Chairman J. A Johnson, of COconino county; J. NJ Eonstadt of Pima; I. L. Deadman. of Cochise, and Secretary Bradner. They worked on matters of impor- tance to the cattlemen all day and WiII continue the work at 500 this morning.
 Among the business of importance transacted was the formal Vacating of the double dip order This order. by the consent of the board. has been overlooked for some month or more, and cattle have been allowed to cross the border with the single dipping as required by the United States. From now on the cattlemen will bring their cattle across the line as they have been accustomed to do in the past month, and without the extra uouble and expense of the second sanitary dip.
 The quarantine placed on the port 't entry and some other land near Douglas, was raised, and fhe fences erected there were orderd torn down this quarantine was placed in Doug -as territory in october. 1912. when Se me of the Hestor cattle crossed the L"rder and were found to be infected "llh disease Since that time the Eort has been quarantined.
 resolution addressed to the mem hers of the United States congress rom Arizona was adopted by the beard, requesting them to use their influence to obtain the erection of q nee all along the international boundary between the state of Ari- /o ma and Mexico. This fence the beard thinks is necessary to keep ou+ 'I this state the infected cattle from the south. and to protect the customs officers from having cattle driven across the boundary illegally.
 The board will convene for +be second days work at 500 this morn iEg, and will continue in session tin all the business on the calendar is cleared up.