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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-12-11

any one watched him they would think
he was only looking down the cut
water. The thought Of money and
the pleasures It will buy makes Gun.
ming the stupidest OF dolts; and Steve
was ordinarily a dolt. But tonight his
brain was keen enough for all pur-
poses. II was a hazardous job to get
the box on the huke without letting
It slip back into the sea. Steve, how
ever, accomplished the feat, climbed
back on the rail and sat down. wait
ing. A quarter OF an hour passed. No
one had seen him. With his coat Sc
curely wrapped about his precious
find he made for the forecastle, His
mates, save those who were doing
their watch. we're all in their bunkS.
An oil lamp dimly illuminated the for
ward partition. Steve's bunk was al
most In darkness. Very deity he rolled
back the bedding and seereted the
box under his pillows, and then
stretched himself out with the pre-
tense Of snoozing till the bell called
him to duty.
He was rich; and the moment a
nan has money he has troubles;
there is always some one who wants
to take 1t away from you. His bunk
was on the port side, and there was
plenty OF hiding space between the
iron plates and the wooden partition.
He intented to loosen three or four
planks, and then when the time came,
slip the box behind them. Some time
during the morning the fo~recastle
would be empty, and then would be
his time.
But he suffered the agonies Of dam
nation during the four hours watch.
Supposing some fool should 60 rum
maging about his bunk and discover
the box2 Suppose But he dared
not suppose. There was nothing to do
but wait. II he created any curiosity
on the part Of his mates he was lost.
He would have to divide with them
all. from the captain down to the cooks
boy. It was a h~eart.rending thought
From being the most open and frank
man aboard. be became the most cur.
ming. From being = man without
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-12-11

mile Of the Gilsen house. "Onions!-
Quite unconsciously he spoke this word
aloud.
Huh? Well, if ye don't like onions,
find a hooker that packs violets in
her hold" was the cheerful advice
of the man at Steve's elbow.
Who's talkin' t your" grunted
Steve. VIVA did l say?"
Onions, ye lubber! Don't we know
whut onions is? Amt we smelt EN-
so long that ye could stick yer nose
in tn starboard light an never smell
no kerosene? Onions! Pass tn
cavity"
Steve helped himself first. The man
who spoke bunked over him, and they
were not on the best of terms. There
was no real reason for this frank
a%ntagonism; simply. they did not splice
any more efectually than cotton rope
and hemp splice. Sailors are moody
and superstitious; at least they gener-
ally are on hookers of the Captain
Manners" breed. Steve was superstl-
tious and Jim Dunkers was moody and
had no thumb on his left hand. Steve
hated the sight of that red nubbin.
He was quite certain that it had been
a whole thumb once, on the way to
gouge out somebody's eye, and had
inadvertently connected with some
body's teeth.
Spanish doubloons and pearls and
diamonds and rubies! It was mighty
hard not to say these words out loud,
too; blare them into the sullen faces
grouped around the table. He was of
watch till midnight; and he was won.
dering II he could get the box without
attracting the attention of the lookout
who had a devilish keen eye for every.
thing that stirred on deck or on water
Well. he would have to risk Il; but he
would wait till full darkness had fallen
over the sea and the lookout would be
compelled to keep his eyes on the
deck. The boys wanted him TO play
cards.
Not for me. Busted. How long d
y thing $40 II last in New York, any
howl" And he stalked out OF the fore
castle and went down into the wais.
to enjoy his evening pipe, all tn,
while keeping a weather eye forward
at the ratty old pilot house.
It was ten O'Clock, land time, wheI
he rammed his Guilty into a poke
and resolutely walked forward. |
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OF the crew Dunkers would have been
badly injured, perhaps fatally. They
hauled back Blossom, roaring out his
oaths at the top Of his lungs. 1t took
half an hours arguing to calm him
down. Then the captain demanded to
know what 1t was all about. And
blubbering, Steve told him.
six hundred feet OF water, II I've
got my reckoning right. The anchor
lies in go feet, but the s~tarboard side
drops sheer 900. You swab! Why
didn't you bring the box to me? A
man has a right to what he finds. I'd
have taken care of It for you till we
got back to port. l know; you we're
greedy; you thought I might want to
stick my fist into your treasure. And
you'll never find it in 600 feet of water
and tangled, porous coral. That's what
you get for being a blamed hog. AS
for you" and the captain turned to
Dunkers, get your dunnage and your
pay and hunt for another boat back.
l won't have no murder on board Cap
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Today she was an onion ship: which
Eecludes any idea Of adventure. She
vas about four thousand tons. am. her
engines were sternward and not
amidship. She carried two masts and
Q half dozen hoist booms, and the only
Visible sign Of anything new on her
! var her bowsprit. This was new doubt
Ter because she had poked her nose
TO far into her last slip.
He crew was orderly and tractable.
Fher1 we're shore drunkg, to be sure,
because they were sailors; but they
we're at work. They moved about
briskly, for they were on the point Of
failing for the Bahamas-perhaps for
moro onions. Presently the windlass
Feaked and shrilled, and the bobby
Inks, much In need of tar paint, red
as fish gills, clattered down into the
bow. Sometimes they painted the
ohain as it came over; but paint was
eostly, and this was done only when
the anchor threatened to stay on the
bottom.
There was a sailor among this crew,
ind he went by the name of Steve
blossom; and he was one of his kind. A
grimy dime novel protruded rakishly
Aom his hip pocket, and his right
meek was swollen as with the tooth
ache, due, probably. to a generous
"chaw" Of Seaman's Delight. He was
q real tobacco chewer, for he rarely
Rpat. He was as peaceful as a back.
water bay in summer; non-argumenta.
I've and passive. he stood his watch
- fair weather and foul.
No one gave the anchor any more
attention after 1t came to rest. The
great city over the way was fairy-like
n its haziness and softened lines. Il
was the poetry OK angles, Of shafts
end spars OF stone; and Steve Bios
som, having a moment to himself
4AAned against the rail- and stared re
Eretfully. He had been generously
Drunk the night before, and 1t was {
pleasant recollection. Chance led hi,
glance to trail down the cutwater. Hit
neck stretched from his collar like {
turtles from tie shell.
We'll, I'll be homswoggled!" h,
murmured. shifting his cud from star
heard to port.
Caught on the fuke of the anchOi
was the strangest looking box he hat
over laid eyes on. There we're leathe
md steel bands and diamond-shaDet
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ceiling above. And some day. my
energetic friend, I'm going TO pay yoa
back for that bullet"
Count PRrofi cleared his voice and
laid his plans before his audience.
ITO act frankly and in the open.
to go boldly to the Hargreave home
and proclaim myself Hargreave. I
can disguise myself in a manner that
will at least temporarily fool the but
ler."
"Who has been with his master for
fourteen years, knows every move.
habit, gesture, infection" interposed
Braine. But proceed, count, proceed
You win remember the old sdage:
too many cooks"
"Ah," flashed back the count, but
a new cOOkT'
Olga touched Bralne's arm warn
ingly.
You mean, then, that there has
been talk m 81. Petersburg Of dispos-
ing Of some One?"
"A good deal of talk, sir" haughtily.
forgetting that he had bent humbly
enough but a few moments gone.
Very wen; go on"
Thought the nan at the peephole
above; There's another adage. Whea
thieves fal out, then honest men get
their dues. Yes, yssi proceed, pro
ceedl"
Paroi went on. 81 shall. then, 20
frankly to the Hargreave house and
claim my own. Meantime | leave TO
you the business Of Turing the butler
away. HaH an hour is all | need to
bring that child here. to break the
wall that stands between us and what
we seek"
rs that SOL" murmured Bralna
Olga, | want you to play a trick on
this handsome delegate-atlarge, I'm
not very enthusiastic over his talk I
want him Inundated. All you have
to do, he says, is to walk into tina
Hargreave house and walk out agaiR-
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CHAPTER XIII.
An Agent From Russia.

M NECWI FTOW NIbbIa'
The Black Hundred, not as individu-
ais but as an organization, began to
worry. Powerful, and often reckless
and daring because it was powerful,
1t began to look about for some basic
cause for all these failures against
Hargreaye's daughter and H~argreave's
ghost. They had tried to put the In
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28
The Ignorant Swear.

Perphaps through some suggestion of the Lenten season, more than one reader has written 10 The Leader la menting the prevalence of profanity and the seeming absence of any con- siderable effort to check the habit. It is timely topic and cause worthy of all support. That this is an age large ly given to loose talk is updeniable
 One can hardly walk along city street or ride in a public car and not be forced to hear language not only blasphemous but foul. Men of decent instincts have daily occasion to be ashamed of their kind. What women must sutfer-what must be their opin-
 ion of a sex that shouts coarseness in public places one hesitates to think
 How many fathers would choose to have their sons. let alone their wives and Daughters. hear what they them selves hear every day? Reproach to civilization and pubic decency that it is, the profanity habit has few active or efficient foes. All the churches, of course, condemn it. But in the midst of reforms and uplifts of many sorts the common speech remains polluted. We have movements for better streets and cleaner streets, but none for clean CT and better street language. We make it matter of public concern that chiIdren's mouths should be kept physically clean, yet we do nothing to preserve them from hearing and learn ing that which morally befouls not only their mouths but their minds. That every man or boy who reads these lines may recognize a reason why he should at least keep the words of his own mouth clean, let us agree that this is true. Wholly apart from religious considerations, profanity is objectionable. Like abscenIty, it is vulgar. Like silly if harmless slang expressions, both blasphemy and in- decency are habitually resorted to by the ignorant as substitutes for intel ligent speech Cleveland Leader.
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28
Call tor Election of
 Educational Board.

On Saturday, March 2S, 1914, an election will be held at the School House. in each School District of Mo- have County, Arizona. for the purpose of electilg q Board of Education con- sistiny of five members. three of whom shall be residents of Kingman School District No. f. the other two from the remaining territory of the County Union High School District.
 No trustee of any School District is eligible to serve as d member of the Board of Education. Said Election shall be conducted in the manner pre- ,cribed for the election of School TruS- tees. Ballots shall be arranged as follows:
 One Mem Der for term of five years One Mem Der for term of four years. One Member for term of three years. One Mem Der for a term of two years One Mem Der for term of one year.
 1t shall be the duty of the Election Officers to report the result to the County Superintendent of Schools.
 CHARLES METCALFE,
 County Superintendent of Schools
 Kingman, Arizona. March 1tn, 1911.
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28
Rare Metal Vein.

A Las Vegas, N. M., dispatch says Word comes from the workings of the Romero Mining company's properties at Fl Polvenir that at depth of 7SO feet, in tunnel, rich strike has been made of uranium and vanadium ores. This metal is in great demand all over the United States and shipments have been made frequently to European countries. Uncle Sam is after this metal for his warships, and it is also extensively used in the manufacture of automobiles.
 Tho chief use of vanadium is in the manufacture of special steels. Prob. ably much the larger part of the "high speed" tool steels now on the market contain a small percentage Osss than l per cent) of vanadium. It is also used in making cast steels where special toughness is desired, and is much used in locomotive frames and tires and in in automobile construction In small CT quantities it finds number of uses.
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28
SUMMONS.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MOHAVE
 County State of Arizona. MINNIE JONES, Plaintiff
 Vs
 JOSEPH JONES' Defendant.
 Action brought in the Superior Court of Mo have County State of Arizona and the com plaint filed in the office of the Clerk of said Su- peror Court
 In the name of the State of Arizona, to Joseph Jones, Defendant, Greeting:
 You are hereby summoned and required to ap- pear in an action brought against you by the above named plaintiff in the Superior Court of the County of Mohave State of Arizona, and answer the Complaint therein filed with tn. Clerk of this Court at Kingman, in said County. within twenty days after the service upon you of this Summons, if served in this said County. or in all other cases within thirty days thereafter, the times above mentioned being exclusive of the day of service, or judgment by default will be taken against you.
 Given under my hand and the seal of the SU- perior Court of the County of Mohave. State o- Arizona, this second day of March, 1914.
 (SeaD l.. M. TEALE, Clerk of the Superior Court of said Mohava
 County.
 First insertion Mar. "A Apr.
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28
Tunnel to Tap Rich Gold Sand

A Sonora, Cal, dispatch of March b says: The Springfield Flat Tunnel and Development company, which owns 1000 acres and seven miles of undis- turbed ancient river channels, is run ming tunnel from Deadman's gulch on the western slope of the Stanislaus canyon to tap the Big Buchanan chan mel. This tunnel, which it is estimated will be run 100 feet to reach the chan nsl. is now in 600 feet. When finished it will drain one of the richest sections discovered by the argonauts.
 The level of the tunnel is 100 feet lower than the bedrock of the converg- ing channels and is being run on a grade of l7,6 per cent. It will strike fifty or sixty feet beneath the chan nels at their junction, and will give them perfect drainage. The tunnel is an immense affair, SxS feet. ana can handle 2000 tuns of gravel daily. It will reduce the cost of milling the gravel rom 3S per ton to 9O cents or less. The channels which run thru the property are known locally as the Big Buchanan, Ranch, Fox, Clark |, .2ancheri, Barry and Slaughterhouse. The Buchanan, thought by many to be the main channel is the first that will be tapped.
 The district is part of the old O. lun bia and Springfield flat sections, the latter of which from 300 acres yielded 55.O0O,00OS. In preliminary work. gravel with values running from l.25S to COOS were uncovered, but the same which drove the torty-niners from the diggings was too much for modern appliances.
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28

the mine to watch operations and at the same time to assist In sacking 50 tons of the richest portion of this gold streak. This ore will be shipped here within about 30 days. and it is from this consignment that some of the en- gineers of the Gilmore camp claim the company should realize from $75,000 to $l00,000 The company management does not feel inclined to make pre- dctions, but it is willing to acknowl- edge that it will be one of the richest shipments ever made from Idaho.
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28

Report from Pearce is to the effect that the Common mill is now running full capacity and handling $50 tons of ore day To do so only re- quires the addition of three men to the shift in the mill. everything being done automatically. President Knox of the Common wealth is still at Pearce and it is rumored that he is about to become more interested in Arizona, as report has it that he recently leased the Worlds Fair mine, belonging to Frank Powers in Patagonia. Tom b. stone Prospector
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28
The Forty Year Test.

An article must have exceptional merit to survive for period of forty years. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was first offered to the public in 1872. From small beginning it has grown in favor and popularity until it has at- tained world wide reputation. You will find nothing better for a cough or cold. Try it and you will under stand why it is favorite after a per- Tod Of more than forty years. It not only gives relief-it cures. For sale by all dealers.
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28
Rich Ore in the Allie Mine

A Salt Lake City dispatch says: One of the richest exhibits of gold ore that has ever been seen in this inter- -moun- tain section are the samples to be seen in the show windows of the Gardner & Adams company. The rock is alive with free gold and is some of the samples that were taken from the re- cent find in the Allie mine at Gilmore, Idaho The rock was placed where it could be seen by passers by, as result of so many requests to see the char acter of the ore that was being mlned in that property since the news was released that the second rich car had arrived at tho srnelters in Midvale.
 The largest rock looks attractive to the big crowds that have been viewing this ore, and Mr. Ross says that assays show that it carries values of $3.200 in gold to the ton. All this ore comes from the deposit which Is 11a feet wide and carries an average value of $350 In the yellow metal to the ton. There is about eighteen inches of this streak from which these samples were taken, which is the best ore yet found in that section of Idaho, and possibly the rich est in the state.
 President E. c. Ross has returned to
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28
Smiled Upon by Nature.

Surely Arizona is land that basks continually in the smile of Nature. No other country on top of earth is so rich in natural advantages as is this wonderful state, and though supreme as Arizona may be in many ways, she is just now on the threshold, and the future, not the present, holds for this state the realization and accomplish ment of all that is good and desirous. Other states have rich mines, but none so rich as those which dot the hills of Arizona; other communities are rich in agriculture, yet no other country in the known world can match Arizona in the products of the soil; other sections boast of the millions represented by cattle and livestock. yet the activities of mankind have not yet extended to a place where richer returns are had in the cattle and live stock business than h Arizona. And so it is on down the line-other coun. tries and other states boast of wealth in one particular line of activity or endeavor, yet it remains for Arizona, youngest of the sisterhood of states Arizona, land of richness and of prom ises fulfilled-to combine all these ad- vantages found separately in other states, in one great commonwealth.
 Truly Arizona is land smiled upon and blessed by Nature. Death and privation as the result of climatic ex- tremes are unknown: poverty and starvation are things of dread we know of only through reading the news of other lands, while happiness, contentment. and willingness to strive for better things in the future are blessings and virtues found in every home in this broad, happy land of ours.-Dunbars Weekly.
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28
Mine Warning Notice.

To Whom It May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the Connor and minnesota lode mining claims, situated in Wallapai mining district, near the town of Chloride. Mohave County. Arizona, togther with the mill. mill building, hoisting plants. machinery and appurteuanceS thereunto be- longing. are under lease and bond to parties working the same. and that neither the mines. nor machinery and buildings thereon. nor the labor or debt contracted nor injuries sustained by any employer employee in working said properties; and that no employer or employee is the agent of the owners for any purpose, and that all operatives engage in such service a, their own risk. and that debt claim ot debt is valid against said mining claims or its owner GEORGE CLEELAND.
 Philadelphia. Pa. May 10. 1910.
 First insertion May 21.
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28
Dlsordered Kidneys Cause Much Misery

With pain and misery by day, sleep- disturbing bladder weakness at night, tired, nervous run. down men and wo- men everywhere are glad to know thae Foley Kidney Pills restore health and strength. and the regular action of kidneys and bladder Mrs. Sula Barnes, Bowdon, Ga, R. l, says: ''I suffered with terrib ble headache. back ache and hearing down pains, so bad 1 was hardly able to get around. I took 3 bottles of Foley Kidney Pills and since then I have been entirely we'll" H H. Watkins, Druggist.
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28
The Mothers Favorite.

A Cough medicine for children should be harmless. It should be pleasant to take. It should be effec- tual. Cham berlain's Cough Remedy is all of this and is the mothers fa- vorite everywhere. For sale by all dealers.
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28
Notice for Publication.
 No. 024256.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
 IL s LAND OFFICE AT

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
 US LAND OFFICE AT
 Phoenix, Arizona. Feb. 2S 1914. Notice is hereby given that Edward M. Carrov of Kngman Arizona. who, on January 2Sth. 1914 made Homestead entry. No. 024256 for ERSWi4. Sec. 27; ElaNWA, Section 34. Town ship l6l sN, Range l3W G & SIR Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make five year Proc to establish claim to the land above describe d before Anson II. Smith, U. s. Commissioner, at Kingman, Arizona, on the 7th day of Apr 1914. Claimant names as witnesses:
 w. R. STEPHENS, J. W. WARD, A. F. HARRIS, FRANK RUSSELL, all of Kingman, Arizona
 THOMAS F. WEEDlN
 Register. First insertion Mar. "A Apr.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-25

No less than half a dozen uniformed
servants dashed toward the door to save
that plate glass. But the chief justice
did not see the commotion and his cane
banged loudly against the plate glass
until it seemed the glass surely must
yield and shatter into bits.
Then, the glass doors were swung open,
the bolts o nthe bronze doors were shot,
locks were turned and wide swung the
great bronze doors to admit the chief
justice OF the United States. He entered,
the associate Justice entered. and the
doors closed in the face OF the hundreds
standing on the steps awaiting to be
received. Inside the Supreme Court was
giving its hats and coats to servants and
forming in a reception line.
The line formed, the doors again were
opened, and those to be received were
received with all the dignity and decorum
that goes with a reception by the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
But what would have happened IL the
chief justice har not carried his cane?