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were wet and slippery. and he had just
taken two steps when to his modification
and Huldah's CONSERVATION. his heels went
mp and he went down. and there he law
with his elegant fl cure stretched at full
length on the floor.
Huldah bent snlicitouslv over him.
IL am afraid you are hurt, SIR" she
said
Nay. not hurt" with strong inclina-
ton to laugh. but" pleadingly lifting
face, "hUw am to get up? Can't you,-
won't YOU just reach me your hand ?"
And Huldah. in good faith. believing it
was necessary to render him assistance.
held out her small wet hand. clasping it
more firmly than there was any need. the
tall, handsome fellow was instantly on his
feet.
MANY thanks" he said warmly. watch
ing the color came in her cheeks That
was an awkward fall. Will you tell me
to whom | am indebted tor once more
standing on my teetP"
TO girl your housekeeper hired to
help clean house," she replied demurely
as she ran away to tell Mrs. Madison of
his presence. and beg that she would not
reveal her name.
All of Robert Rangers carefully ar
ranged queries concerning THAT hand
some girl with the white arms and the
melodous voice. failed to elicit the re-
quired information.
As Hudah went to her home that night.
IA telegram having come announcing her
fathers return on the morrow, Robert
Ranger could gain no trace of her where
abouts.
But he did not intend that the only girl
in whom he was ever interested should
slip thus suddenly out of his life. Even
though he had found her doing work OF
the most mental description, he had rec
ognized in her perfect lady.
But for time all quest was unavailing.
and he had given up all hope of ever see
ing her again, when one morning upon
ringing the door bell at the residence of
to transact, she answered the summons.
Very ladylke and more than pretty she
looked. attired in dress of soft gray
fabric, shot through with roseate tints,
purchased with the very money she had
earned of his housekeeper, her gray eyes
shining, and her dark hair simply caught
up in knot at the back of her head.
He held out his hand. The dreamy look
left his brown eyes.
II have found you at last" he cried
joyfully. "What made you disappear so
mysteriously ?'
Il had finished my work at your place."
she said rogushly letting her long 1ashes
droop over her eyes to hide their mis-
chievous sparkle. Il am now in the en-
ploy of Mr.. Lester. He was expecting
you on business to- day. Walk in, SIR !;
and she ushered him into small room
where Mr.. Lester sat examining yellow
ish documnnt which he held in his hand.
Father, here is Mr. Ranger she said.
And then, as the gentleman's eyes opened
wide with surprise. she left the room.
Ere long Robert called again at the cot
tage. Indeed as the DAYS sped by, he
seemed TO have "A great deal of business
there. judging from the frequency and
length of his calls.
The old man. however, said that "his
business did not amount to much he only
wanted Huldah for his wife. and as she
was willing, and he was rich, he was en-
tirely welcome to her.
And so the neglected daughter became
the cherished wife of the rich and hand
some Mr.. Ranger.
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Netu Annert,srmrnts.
Am Only Daughter Cured or
COnsumDgiOn.

When death was hourly expected from con.pr.
ton, all remedies having failed. and DR.. H. Js,Tt
was experimenting. he Academia " made prcnss
tion OF Indian Hemp, which cured his only child ana
now gives this recipe receipt oftvo stamps n ~
expenses. Hemp also cares night sweats nausea ),
the stomach, and will break fresh cold In ~ han
Address Craddock Co., 1892 Race Street, Philadsi
phia. Pa, naming this paper. septl6d&w9w
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were wet and slippery. and he had Just
taken two steps when to his modification
and Huldah's CONSERVATION, his heels went
mp and he went down, and there he Law.
with his elegant fl cure stretched at full
10Th on tho foor
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There will be held at Riverside, meeting Of ia =,
proprietors Of the Congregational Meeting House -
in Vaesalboro, Saturday, Sept. Zin'
1884, at O'Clock p. NJ, for the purpose Of organ1
Ing said Projectors q corporation; also to deter
mine whether the proprietors Of said meetingnouss
will vote to repair remodel the same, and 10 tfan
sact any other business that may properly come
before said meeting.
ISAIAH ROBBINS.
Riverside, Sept. 3, 1884. sept0diaw3wkw1
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There rs no remedy top of the earth that
possesses so mush reat absolute merit as
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment. 1t is both for
internal and external use and is worth more
in a family than seventh son
One single box of Parsons Purgative Pills
taken one a night will make more new rich
blood. and will more effectuallv purify the
blood in the system than $40 worth of any
other remedy known at the present time.
oct7+&wlw
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"a bull in china shop" is out of place,
but bottle of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup in
the china closet, or any other handy place, is
something that every sensible housekeeper
likes to have. For Group, bronchitis, sore
chests and colds it is prompt and efficaciOus
remedv
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CORYDON, INDhNA.-Mr. Levi Hottie saws
he suffered from pains and inflammation result
ing from fractured clavicle, He applied St.
Jacobs Oil the great pain cure externally,
and was cured. so cents bottle.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-26
!. K rerrisziug lightning Episode.

Some forty. ave hundred people who were IN
the coliseum At Minneapolis, Thursday attor-
noon. had an experience to be remesmbe Ir y
! The dress circle and balcony were vel MEG,
and tie stage presented bright and chset!ul
appearanceyz Il The full chorus Of nearly thous-
and children were seated in the great soundng
!, hoard! the girls dressed III white. $8
{ 'ThrouFhoT1t the entertainment thereswa the
occasional disturbance of rumbling distan!
thunder with flashes of lightning that seemed
to trace the bright wood finish. One or Two
SHARP ,peals. added to the apprehension, when
suddenly there was o loud, sharp report, up,
parently in the space between the ceiling ana
roof, the crash Of falling glass from the centre
skylight, and confusion worse confounded
People started to their feet; faces blanched,
and their fear was written on many faces 4 =
panic was threatened among the children and
in the audience, audit was amoment of intense
excitement, and wonderment and questioning
in every look q II u
4 As the thundershower passed over IT singled
out for an electric shock the gilt ball on me
top of the flag staff in the center of the build
ing, the highest point that presented ITSELF
The electric current flashed down the pole,
shattered the apex Of the building, ran along a
timber, attacked % bolt, followed along TO an
electric light wire, and thence made it's way
without further injury to the building and to
an electric lamp and passed outside the build
ing and to the head Of the stops from the rail.
road, which it shattered, and then buried itself
the emergency entirely among the children, and
the excitement Of the little ones was added to by
the intercession of anxious parents, one alarmed
mother mounting the stage from the orchestra
while it was playing to where her child was tx
be found =5-s:. 4, .;;}4;.s .aS{si r.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-26
The iowa Pharmacy Law.
Letter from Des Moines.

Letter from Des Moines. 81 Il i5is.'j 4.
Y Last week Igave you the decision Of the
state board Of pharmacy as to their construc.
ton OF the statute relating to the sale of lquol
;by druggists, which was that under the phar.
macy lawtof 1880 and 1882, they were authorized
to sell and dispose Of liquor for medicinal pur.
poses without obtaining q permit from the
county board of supervisors. Now, comes the
attorney general with IN elaborate opinion
addressed to the board in which he reverses
their decision and holds NH i $s3 E
First THAT the supplemental act Of 1889,
printed without number or chapter, and which
was not approved by the governor ia invalid. @
Second-That under the pha rmacy law Of
1880, rs mentioned by chapter 1877, laws Of 1882,
druggists were not required to get a permit
Third--That chapter las, laws OF 1884, re-
peals section 1910 Of the code, and provides
q substitute, which provides penalty against
any person selling liquor for any purpose, iun-
less he has s1 permit; TINT the pharmacy Law
that chapter 143, laws Of 1881, repeats all laws
in conflict Herewith. sii8: s.5ts
Fourth-That after July q druggist must
get permit to sell liquor for medicinal pur-
poses, and that his application for q permit
must be signed by o majority of the legal yot-
ers in the ward or township In which he resides
or does business. III Il ss5 Z q. Z;
Fifth-That the act of 1884, does not change
the code relative to the granting Of permits,
and that the power is still in the board Of
supervisors, and is discretionary.
This settles q much yexed question among
pharmacists in this state from and after Fourth
the legislation upon the subject will concede
that the attorney generals opinion is in har-,
mony with the object and intent Of the slegis-
lature rs y, ,t.sf 5gysl NJ 800; .
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-26
Grant in the Nicaragu,,Lau Bod eue.

IA Grant in the Nicaraguan Scheme. Il
New York sun'a Washington Special: One Of
the items in the diplomatic appropriation bill,
respecting which the house and the senate are
at loggerheads, in an appropriation Of $780,
COO to the secret service money OF the state de-
partment 2 II
The senate adopted this item with something
approaching unanmity It Ia even said that
Messrs West, Van Wyck, and Vance were the
only senators who in secret session voted
against it but this is doubtless an error Tho
real purpose OF this curious appropriation for
secret service money is to pay Gen. Beale, and
their associates for . concession for an inter-
oceanic canal, which they haze obtained from
the state OF Guatemala, and which it is pro-
posed the United States government shall buy
from them by means of this big grant Of secret
service money. Grant, Beale & Co., are be-
E lieYed to have expended in surveying and
otherwise some SIS, 900 or S20, 900 and selling
the thing out for aauarter Of . million they
will do o handsome thing for themselves. FL:
h The scheme is that the United Suites govern
ment shall construct the intereoceanic canal at
m expense OF about seventy millions Of dollars,
and shall own it, with strip of territory
mile wide on each side, after It Is constructed.
subject to the laws OF Central American repub.
lies through whose territories twill pass The
4 United States government, being the owner sis
to have the right To close the cana. against the
ships Of hostile nations In time Of war; and it
is thought that in this way the United States
may set up an effective opposition against the
French canal of Ne de Iesseps, and also against
the pretensions Of England and their consecrar
ton in the Clayton BulWer treaty. ss
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-26
a MULE AND THE BULL
- Interesting Adventure In the sto,
H: Rangas OF Nevada.


- Interesting Adventure IN the stook
ss Ssss Fang OF Nevada.
San francisco Call:3s
! ] rode once with some cattle-buyers
through the stock ranges Of Nevada.
NY pony was called B Job had drift.
cd into Nevada, Utah, and was known
as buffalo hunter. Bob was as mean,
looking % q sl,eared sheep, and as
bullet headed as a political opponent.
However, Boband 7 got along very we'll,
the first day Of our acquaintance; got
along, in fact, about fifty Nevada miles,
which have carefully estimated to be
equal to sixty-f Christian miles. q The
next day Bob was tired /, Or: cross, or
bored. He regarded the wastes Of sage.
brush disdainfuliy while I threaded my
whip upon him, md lunched off the
sage brush, while I wore ouss my spurs
on his shaggy sides. Then ] led him
few miles, and he regarded me in big
eyed meditation. w hen, Il 5remonnted,
which I did only when my shoes were
worn out, Bob appeared so broken up
that I felt sorry. i determined to 90
no further that day than the ranch
house we we're pproaching for Idld
not want Bob's life charged to my cru.
city. Just before we reached the house
herd of cattlereaohedi us. As big, bull,
the biggest and widest 4 remember
ever to have seen, selected Bob and me
for o target. s5sy.
Considering Bob's condi tion, I was
about to dismount and take my chance
afoot, when Bob started i beliayeehe
thought he was entered for the Derby.
You never saw suth a remarka bic rate
of speed attained by sucha remarkable
gait. Bob would alternately roll him
self up in q ball and stretch out to three
times his normal length his head would
get out Of sight in the distance. Sud
denly. Bob stopped very suddenly
SO suddenly that il unseated
my dignity and pose. Look
ito be that the bull had stopped Just
as suddenly the bull began charging
the other7way, and Bob that fool Of a
Bob began charging after the bull. If
we JUL uAu Ue6n u peck or OAGSF bod
could not have displayed more earnest.
ness in the chase. 6 ss4 EsJs. s n. 4
Between my anxiety lest Bob should
catch the bull and not knowing what to
to do with it, and my UNI certainty as to
my seat, 7 was very unhapp Bob,
however, app Feared to be having q real
good time. The chase was kept up for
miles, and until the bull suddenly
stopped short, and swung his big horned
head around at Bob and me as We came
along. Both lodged beautifully, and
then the bull chased us awhile. h That
thing was kept up for hours III If the
bull wouldn't chase us Bob would chase
the bull it was the same to must
as much fun for one as another. reck-
on: we chased each Other oh and the
bull and about fifty miles, when we
happened upon q little oasis and Bob
and the bull BEGIN browsing thennex-
pected grass together in the most friend
~ manner. excused myself and
walked back to the ranch. 81
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-26

During the last few weeks half a
dozen banks, banking and brokers firms
have gone to the wall through the dis
honesty Of men to whom the chief man
sagement was intrusted. Now and then
one Of these fellows gets into the nell-
itentiary Perhaps twenty per cent. Of
the delinquents bring up there. As
for the rest they disappear for time
from public view, and al q later day
figure in society about as they did be-
fore the financial fasco occurred. In
New Isl' Jersey they have way Of sending
dis dishonest bank cashiers, tellers and
presidents to the penitentiary. In Mas
5sacehlnsetts they deal with them in about
the same way. The result is that in
those States defalcations are reduced
to o minimum. RI ST. E
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-26

The friends Of the higher education
/! of women in England are rejoiced over
the fact that Oxford has at last followed
the example Of Cambridge, Edinburg
and London Universities in throwing
open aminations to women. The
statute, framed to give effect to this
movement toward educational equality,
Was reeentl submitted to ssconyoca;
hon ], ! q the great body 81 registered
duates, who approved it by vote
s.of 464 to 321. The London Times says
aHenceforth women viii be tested by
the same standards as men in the studies
which they pursue in common, and
they will enjoy at Oxford a fair field
and no favor. Z Woman's rights in
Great Britain, SO far as higher educa-
ton IS ncerned, seem to be ahead Of
progress made in that direction in the
United States. 3i !..:
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-26
The Rasoally washington Bankers.

The Washingt ton Star says: Disclosures show
that the failure Of The, banking house Of Mid
dleton & Co., was not only most disgraceful,
but one Of the most disastrous on record. Pro-
perry left for safe keeping, good margins on
and in fact everything, has been swept away
andsused by this firm until it is doubtful If 4
pays . cent or mill on the dollar. It is shown
that they have been giving funds to make pur-
.chases which they have simply passed to their
own credit and spent Dickman, formerly Mid
dleton's partner in New York, said that if the
Middletons had any defense or explanations to
make, they could very easily appear before the
.creditors' committee and show il these large
sums were lost through failures in ordinary
business channels, or had been, as openly
charged, deliberately stolen. Some Of the OIL
GERS were befcrs the grand jury recently en-
deavoring to secure the indictment Of the Mid
dletons for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. The elopments are not yet made
public, but promises some very ugly featureaa
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-26
The Criminal Calendar.

Buzzard, the Pennsylvania outlaw, was
caught in Chicago. -. s igss : Il. I:
At New Lexington, Ohio James Clifford, a
lyncher, was let out by mob. ri II.
G. ". Richardson convicted in Cincinnati, OF
murder was sentenced to hang Sept %.
The mayor and city marshal Of Omaha are
under Indictment for perjury and bribery.
Anton Heilig is missing from Milwaukee
with $500 Of trades assembly picnic funds.
Ex-sheriff Seymour of Hartfort, CT, shot
himself on his sons grave, in q fit Of insanity,
recently. y 81 sIi,. i,:. g;},5 -
Officers Of Chicago Humane society have re-
turned from Monee, Ill, where, on Saturday,
they arrested Mrs Sophie Hinter for starving
into idiocy, beating with savage cruelty and
manning in nameless way her two-year-old
stepson She has been held to answer.
The Kentucky court Of appeals has reversed
the decision Of the lower court in the case OF
Thomas Crittenden, nephew Of Gov. Crittenden
Of Missouri, sentenced to the penitentiary for
killing a negro. Illegal evidence was the
ground of reversal The celebrated case OF
Cope Snapp. charged with stealing money from
the city Of Louisville, was, also reversed and
the case virtually dismissed I i It'll
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-26
a Result Of Religious Frenzy p y,

Wheeling " Va, Special: A boy named
Andy Adams attended 4 series Of meetings
held by the minister of Baptist church On
North creek, near here, in the district SCHOOL,
house. He became deeply impressed and
went insane on the subject of religion The
family consisted of tho boy, sister Of s years
and the mother, who lived in sparsely settled
nelghborhood. The appearance Of the
when the neighbors called they found that the
mother and daughter were both dead. The
former had her head maahed and the latter's
throat was cut from ear to ear. The bow was
found crouched in corner. In reply to cues
tons he said the Lord told him to offer lis
mother and sister as 9 sacrifice, and would
was killed with an axe, and the sisters fhroat
was cut with q butcher knife, The boy ID in
custody The religious meetings have beef,
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-26

One d, the victims Of Wall streetd did
not see how the purchase IF bonds BY
the Secretary Of the Treasury would
help matters. He said :5aWhat we want
3is to take off our hands the stocks for
which we have paid from s. to 80, and
which we have dropped to So and 40.
I; we want our money baokl Let Mr..
Folger pay ME what I paid the brokers,
and my confidence is at once restored
and this panic is arrested" He ex-
pressed the average views of those who
are continually clamoring for the gov
eminent to come to their relief.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-26

per manufacture has been over
done, like many other industries in this
country and q suspension Of production
s i nescessary in order to keep the mar
Aket a. good shape. Sixty per cent. of
the mills running on straw paper in
New York States have agreed to sus-
pension Of two months, and when seven
styTtiye per cent sign the agreement the
mills will be stopped.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-26
1zarkst Reporta., {

81. Paul Wheat. No. hard, g7@sl 90:
No j, BIC; No 2 hard. &c: No. q, &c, TN ~
3 Corn, No. ., SEC; No.933 4705Oc s5ts;
FL Oats, No. . mixed. 28c; Mo- 5 mixed. &c:
No. q white. 29c.; No. 3 white, 271Sc & &
Barley, No. SIC, 4
Rye, No. e, 64cs s5si
Balad Hay, vilda. % %; timothy, no % n.
"a Eggs, 14c. 4
A1rw4uKEE Wheat 10. :, ss55 q.
Corn, No. q, 56c. 81
i y Oats, 2, 3216c ESi III
M Rye, No. II 64e.
Barley, No q die II N
81 Ness Pork S1a5a 81,
n Lard, "a. 90
II Butter, choice creamery, 19(a20c; fair "a
good, @1sc; best dairy, 5@I6 s3
Eggs, 14@1451S5c M ;55a3s Il
ga1sAeo, 1hea. M: Chicago spring. 81
CON, sA 5 a
3ss Oats, VI sss
u Bye. &c 80 y 81 re
E Barley, 62(065c s5sg5 ;s x
4 Flax Seed, 81. co. u ~ q -
% Pork, siS. 9613i so Il, Z. *
8 Lard, 81 s5t9Sz On.
+ Butter crssmsry aotass dairy, .1s@lsa q
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-26

g Alexander Fiddler, q VIGOROUSLY hard char
acter, was lynehed jat sturgis Saturday morn
ing the 14th. he and two soldiers named Hewa
and Brown assaulted and robbed An emigrant
named schramma of $780, near Fort Meade.
wednesday evening: In the scpffie HewB was
s q IN the arm, and upon being questioned 1T
crates and the part cnlars Of; the assaiils Tho
parties were arrested. l&t IA this morning
Fiddler Was taken from the, of Ulcers BY fifteen
masked men mud conducted To the outslirts of
the town where; after threats OF hanging, he
promised to show where the money waa ScoIi-
TO . rayine and hanged on general principles q
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-26
Z Quits Against Grant, Ward and Fish.
Suits INVOLVING $50. 600 have been instituted

ct st. Antonio, Iowa, against Grant & Ward
and James D. Fish of New York. EGhu Spicer
is the plaintiff. The first suit alleges that on
July II, 1882, Ward executed and delivered to
spicer prommissory, note for s2o, 0O0, with 5
payment Of same, deposited with the defendent,
i5S4 shares of Yonkers smeltor stock, 1900
shares Of Freeland mining stock, and 1874
shares Of Tabor mining stock, Spicer seeks to
collect his $40 600 and interest by bringing suit
in this county, and suing and garnishment
against Berg / Co, of this city, who are in
idebted heavily to Ward The petition Of 70. 81
Mallory & Co., against Grant & Ward alleges
that April II, 1882, Grant & Ward executed six
promissory notes for 81, QUO each, payable to
James D. Fish, of the Marine National bank;
that Fish endorsed in blank, and for a consid-
efaton transferred them to the plaintiffs. Gar
nishment against Berg q 90. was also issued in
this suit Mallory md .Spicer gave garnIsh-
:ment bonds for $100, 600. II SSS V Z.