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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

'Nettie is her own mistress. returned the
widow Il think it would he best for YOU
to 90 about your business, and make no
further attempt to modest my daughter"
Il mean to have the girl"
Move out of here, sir, or IL Will be
worse for you." warned Nettie at this mo-
ment we have friends within call who
| will punish you as you deserve if you per-
sist in making yourself obnoxious"
The black eyes of the diamond seeker
| snapped, and a red glow suffused his thin
cheeks.
eWill you persist in refusing riches at
my hands?n he questioned in a low, menac-
| ing tone, at the same time moving gently
| across the floor.
Back, villain"
Mr.. Skinner recoiled.
At the end of Nettie's extended arm
cleaned revolver.
The ideal" gasped he. a girl using a re-
yolyeri Put up the weapon, and let us
have peace"
Leave, or I shoot" threatened the girl,
severely.
With groan, Jonathan Skinner sank into
chair and covered his face with his hands.
Nettie approached and stood over him.
She had lowered her weapon now. deem
ing him utterly harmless from fright.
palr OF Keen eyes Cleaned between the
long slim fingers.
go now-at once" she commanded,
laying hand on the mans shoulder.
ooh yes, l will GO.
The lank form came upright suddenly;
the next instant a long arm encircled the
girls waist, and she felt her revolver
wrenched from her hand.
"No use resistingi' Kissed the lank vii
lain. Il cannot disappoint myself; my
dream of diamond treasure shall come
true"
Release me-"
NO, pretty witch; you go with Jonathan
skinner to help him win Montana dia-
monds."
Then the man moved toward the open
door with the struggling girl in his arms.
When the widow would interfere he threat
ened her with his revolver. Nettie uttered
a loud scream. Before her captor gained
the door man leaped across the threshold
with a revolver clutched in each hand.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

Guided to accept the dark mountaineers Of
fer. On the railroad they would feel safer,
and there they would doubtless find lawyer
whom they could consult regarding the yasi
interests left by the murdered cattle owner.
Revolver Guy took his leave, but in an
hour returned with mule team hitched to
low wheeled cart. A bearded man sat on
the seat and welded the whip with the dex-
terity of an expert.
as this the rig that is to take US over the
road to the Northern Pacifc?" queried Net
tie, with smile at sight of the huge
mountain cart.
It's not handsome, but seryiceable,' an
swered Revolver Guy, laughing.
Soon the few necessary articles needed
on the journey were dumped into the cart,
and then Revolver Guy assisted the females
to a seat in the rear of the broad shouldered
driver The sun was shining, and all ma
ture was in its pleasant mood, which seemed
| TO bode good for the little expedition that
was leaving Rocket Bar forever.
Revolver Guy sprang in and seated HIM
| self beside Nettie, the driver cracked his
whip with "glong," and the cart rolled
away toward the wagon trail that led south
| from Rocket Bar.
"Are you to accompany us?' questioned
Netiie. as Revolver Guy settled himself at
her side.
But a short distance. l confess that it
would be a great pleasure for me to keep
Won company all the way; but | have duty
| to perform which will necessltate my re-
manning in Rocket Bar for short time In
| the course of fortnight You may look for
me at the station"
Soon they gained the wagon trail and
| Rocket Bar was left behind, the mountains
shutting in like a wall in the rear.
You will send guard?"
The widow asked the question with a
| tone of uneasiness in her voice.
Certainly. l shall send two of my
| friends, stalwart fellows, to guide and guard
| the precious treasure this cart contains,
| and the black evil eyes of the dark noun
| taineer riveted their gaze upon the face OF
| the fair girl at his side in an admiring
| way.
Nettie drew away from the touch of his
hand. He noticed 1t and frowned.
II must leave you here"
Revolver Guy sprang out when the
| cart came to a halt mile out of Rocket
Bar.
"Good-by, until We meet again, and may
good luck go with you"
He shook the hand of each, then turned
away. The driver cracked his whip, and
once more the cart rolled on, and soon
the form of Revolver Guy was lost to
view.
Half way back to Rocket Bar, and Revol-
yer Guy came to a sudden halt, mad oath
falling from his lips, his hands going to his
revolvers. A man had suddenly stepped
into the wagon trail and confronted
him. 1t was Primrose Pete, the dandy
sport.
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CHAPTER VIII.
PRIMROSE AND REVOLVER GUY.

PRIMROSE AND REVOLVER GUY.
Hands up, pard, or I'll split your
heart"
Revolver Guy reeled backward without
drawing his weapon. Primrose Pete COW
cred him with leveled six shooter, and
had the drop on the gambler for the time.
Primrose Pete, what's this for?"
1--WE been at the cabin of Jonas Harver,
said the yellow haired sport, grimly.
"Well?"
"The females are gone"
"What is that to me?"
at may be a good deal" answered the
cowboy sport, with frown. Doubtless
you know where Mrs. Harver and Nettie
are?"
you're mistaken there. know nothing
about the women," answered Revolver Guy.
I'm not in the habit of bothering my head
about females. It's gold nuggets / seek,
my dandy pard."
Don't lie to me, old man. I'm on the
trail, and when 1 find the man l want he's
going under"
The man you want?'
"The assassin of the old cattle owner"
"Ha. that's the trail you follow"
A fierce CLEAN shot from the eyes of the
dark mountaineer as he spoke, and his
| fingers worked nervously over the butts of
his six shooters.
Don't get excited, old man." went on
Primrose Pete. Il mean to follow the trail
| to the end, and when / make sure of my
man, then let him look to himself, for |
| will show him no mercy"
| Have you a susplcion?"
Il may have"
Name the man"
Preston Forge"
| Hal"
| The dark face of the mountain gambler
| blanched, and his eyes We're filled with
! lightning CLEANS. He clutched his re-
| volyers tightly now and seemed about to
| draw them. The keen blue eyes OF Prim-
rose Pete were watching him closely, how
| ever, and the gambler did not attempt q
game in which he was likely to hold a
| losing hand.
You seem excited, pard. What is the
| man l named to you, Revolver Guy?" de-
handed the yellow haired sport sharply.
| Nothing"
Il am not so sure of that"
Il care not for your opinion" 81 GER /
| the gambler. II never heard of Preston
! Forge until you mentioned his name Just
now. If he is the man who put an end to
! the life of Jonas Harver, /, too, will follow
! him to his doom. [ am on the same trail
/ tIdt you pItltHIl " 1OllON. IlIuTObG L eJe-
Indeed! / am glad to hear it. We
might travel in company. Have you seen
| Frisco Matt to-day"
| No."
He is pard of yours2"
No"
No more lying to me, old man, retort-
| ed the Montana sport. Il know all about
/ You and the desperate gang of toughs who
/ swear by Revolver Guy. Six of them made
an attempt on my life last night, but met
with defeat. The buzzards will find plenty
of food on the mountain plateau where they
| fell. You ought to know better than to
| buck against the cowboy king"
| "COr0mbd!" exclaimed the gambler. IF
you will give me fair show will put you
down, braggart"
You never give fair show TO your VIC
TINS, retorted Primrose Pete; why should
| show mercy to you, miserable, sneaking
coyote, who would shoot pard in the back
for gold nugget"
fro RE CONJT,TrrD
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05
Carrnfa.

The carrot is the best of all roots
for nourishing man or beast. When
analysed it gives but little more solid
matter than any other root, eighty
five per cent. being water; but its in
fiuence in the stomach upon other ar
ticles OF food is most favorable, con-
ducing to the most perfect digestion
and assimilation. The result long
known to practical men is explained
by chemists as resulting from the pres
ence OF a substance called pectine,
which operates to coagulate or gela-
tinize vegetable solutions, and this ia
vors digestion in all cattle. Horses
are especially benefited by the use OF
carrots, which should begiven to them
well washed, cut up and mixed with
meal or shorts. Some like mangel-
wurtzels for mich cows, but | prefer
the long orange carrot, grown in sub
soil land so that the roots can go
down without clubbing.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05
Danger !

If you have fell q oppression ano uneasi-
mass a little above the diaphragm and lust be-
low the right ribs aggravated by lying on the
right side look out As sure as fate, your liver
is disordered. Perhaps rot seriously as yet out
fatal hauatie Assesses are not uncommon
Hostetters Stomach Ritters is the precise rene
DIV to REGULATE the liver, and prevent its coh9eS
ton and Inflammation, ana TO olsperse suen
minor jnlicia OF its deraugement as yelloTress
of the skin and ball OF the eye, furred tongue,
sourness Of the breath nausea on rising III the
morning dizziness, sick headache and ecnsupa-
tiO, nv relaxing the bowels paiu'essly, il opeI
a emanuel of exit for the superduous BILE checks
q tendency to congestion and eDgo9Semenf Oh
the liver at the some time giving gAntle lIlt
t1s to it's sscretive action. aud affords 1eliei 70
The stomach which is usually inactive, out OF
order and oppressed with wind when the Doves
ave eostiva Use tie Bitters also IN lever auc
aeHe rheumatism and Edney lroubles.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05
A Momentous Question.

From the Charleston News and Courier.l
Recent events furnish grounds for a
new and very plausible theory in re-
gard to the burning of the world, a
theory that attributes the confagra-
ton to well-known natural agencies
agencies which at present threaten to
get beyond human control, and by
WHICH the world, and possibly the uni
verse, may be destroyed, not only in
our time, but in the course of a few
years, or even months. 1t will be re-
membered that within the past year
what is known as natural gas" has
come into very general use in parts OF
Pennsylvania. This gas is obtained
by boring through the surface of the
earth into cavities where the gas has
been stored by the processes OF ma
ture, and whence it escapes into the
upper air as soon as an outlet IS or
feed. Gas wells have been discovered
in Ohio, New Mexico. aud California,
and will no doubt, like oil wells, be
discovered in many localities, perhaps
in Europe and Asia as well as in this
country. When we have a circle of
gas wells extending from Pennsyl-
vania through the Ohio Valley to the
Missouri Valley, then to the Pacific
via Alaska and Behring Straits to ST.
IBERIA, and on through Russia in Eu-
rope to Germany, and even England,
who knows what may happen? Even
with the few wells now running, what
would occur if the fire by some chance
should be conveyed to the great gas
wells in the bowels OF the earth :?
Might not the sea be dried up and the
mountains hurled from their founda-
tions? Indeed, might not the earth
be blown into fragments converted,
SO to speak, into decillions OF incendi-
ary rockets for extending the con-
flagration to the rest of the universe
Who knows?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05
THE RURAL HOME.
Mothers Mendins Basket.

Over and under, in and out,
The swift little needle flies;
For always between her IN loleness
The mending basket lies;
And the patient hands though weary,
Work Lovingly on and on
At talks that never are nnlsned;
For mending is never DONE
She takes up the father stocking
And skilfuily knits in the heel,
And smooths the seams with a tender touch
That he may no roughness feel;
And her thoughts to her merry glrlhood
And early wiiehood go.
And she smiles at the first pair oil stockings
She knit so long ago.
Then she speaks to the little maiden
Learning to knit at her side,
And tells her about those stockings
Uneven and shapeless and wide
81 had to ravel them out, my dear;
Don't be discouraged, but try,
And after while you'll learn 10 knit
AS swift and even as l.
She takes up a little white apron,
And thinks of the woeful face
OF her darling when she came crying.
"Oh, mamma I've torn my lace"
So she mended the ehild's pet apron.
Then took mp a tiny shoe,
And fastened stitch that was broken,
And tied the ribbon of blue.
The maiden has wearied of working
And gone away to her play;
The sun in the west was sinking
At the close OF the quiet day.
Now the mothers hands are resting,
Still holding the stocking OF red,
And her thoughts in the twilight shadow
To the far off future have fed.
ooh where will the little feet wander
Before they have time to rest?
Where will the bright heads be pillowed
When the mothers loving breast
In under the springs blue violets,
Is under the summer grass,
When over the fall the autumn leaves
And the storms OF winter passP'
And prayer from her heart she utters:
'fGod bless them, my dear ones ALL
Oh! may it be many, many years
Ere sorrow to them befallP'
To her work from the mending basket
She turns with heart at rest;
For she knows that to husband and children
She is always the first and best.
New York Ledger
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05
CLOUD PICTURES.
BY GEORGIA BUBLEIGH

look far away
From over the bay
Where the clouds are so thin and tender
To the cleaning light
OF the sunset bright,
Flashing all with its golden splendor,
High up in the air,
Toward a castle fair,
With its turret and spire and dome,
Is an angel form
On the light breeze borne
To its beautiful shadOwy home.
On a cloud afoat,
A fairy-Iike boat
Seems sailing forever and ever;
Like phantom seen
In some happy dream
Is that wonderful, shoreless river.
high golden crest
Looms up in the west;
A gate, set with pearls, is now swinging
The shadows fly past
Through that portal vast,
To the Sun their tribute all bringing.
As night bends over
Like a proud lover,
And kisses 10 rest the fair earth,
sit and ponder
Over the wonder
That in fancy has all had its birth.
Thus, in Lethes wave
My soul / can lave,
And leave, for time, the stern real.
/ scorn cold duty;
crave the beauty
That comes only in life's ideal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

As is the bud bit with an envious worm, T"
so is many youth cut down by the gnaw-
ing worm consumption. But il can be
made to release it's hold and stop its gnaw-
ing. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery" will if taken in time, effect perma-
nent cures, not only in consumption, but
in all cases ofchronic throat, bronchial and
lung diseases
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05
Eruit Notes,

AS soon as the blossoms drop from
your fruit trees, commence spraying
them with London purple or Paris
green water to destroy the insect
pests. Do not fail to spray the cur
rant bushes when worms commence
their work, with white powdered he'll
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05
Potatoes from Sprouts.

J. F. Barton, Cook County, H.,
writes: Two years ago this spring,
finding some potatoes in the cellar
with long sprouts, broke off two of
them, 3 inches long, and planted about
2 inches deep in new prairie soil, leav-
ing l inch sticking above ground
When about 6 inches high | hoed once,
giving no further care. They had to
encounter the striped bug above
ground and white grub below. In au-
tumn dug the hill of potatoes, and
the result was y 10. No fertilizer.
Our correspondent planted all there
is of potato that can grow. The on
ly function of a tuber or part of one,
in newly planted hill, is to furnish
nutriment to the young plants while
they are forming roots. Botanically
potato is not root, but an enlarged
portion Of the stem. The "eyes" are
in fact buds, from which young plants
start. In one case, a skillful horticult-
urist, having bought at large price
a single pound of a new variety, pro-
pagated from it in his greenhouse, cut
ting the sprouts to single eyes. They
were then rooted in the cutting bench,
ported off, and otherwise treated SIM
ilarly to bedding plants. When plant
ing time arrived, quite stock had &C
cumulated. These were planted in
rich soil, and carefully cultivated.
The result was a crop of between 6
and z bushels. This method would
scarcely pay in field culture, but for
speedily propagating new variety it
was successful. 1t was besides a very
interesting illustration of the capacity
of the potato for reproduction.-Prai-
rie EarLner
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05
CHICAGO last year handled about
1000, 900 hogs, over 2, 100000 cattle
and 132, 100000 bushels OF grain.

"GooD Deeds once said the celebrated
Richter, ring clear through Heaven like a
bell" One OF the best deeds is to alleviate
human sufferings. Last fall my daughter
wa3 in decline, says Mrs. Mary Hinson, OF
Montrose, Kansas, land everybody
thought she was going into consumption.
| got her bottle of DR.. r. V. Pierce's
'Favorite Prescription, and it cured her. +"
Such facts rs the above need no comment.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

THINGS one would rather have lett
unsaid: She-"And so you are gong
to America What line are you going
bv?" He-"Well, l can't max up
nv mind. The Lone Star line Is the
most comfortable, they say; but then
the White Stripe is the safest" She
(kindlyl-"O, take the most comfort
a blo - Punch
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

A SMART little girl who had just laid
her slate aside in order to adjust her
stockings, was asked by her mother,
"What are you drawing on your slate,
Mamie?" 81 amt drawing on my
slate" she answered, ''I'm drawing on
NV stocking. "-TrOy Times.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

A GEORGIA hunter, 65 years old,
says that since he began hunting he
has killed 991 deer and 1877 alliga-
bora
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05
Shot for Cleaning.

Ihave made another discovery late
ly which has all the charm OF novelty
to me, thought may be old to others.
| was tempted not long ago to buy a
pretty little cream pitcher saw, never
thinking of the trouble it was to give
me. 1t was one with long neck and
wide bowl, so that it is impossible to
get ones fingers into it to clean it..
But shortly after it's purchase ! found
it standing in the cupboard with cd
cream in it, and smelling as old cream
will. soaked and scalded in win. l
was in despair about my pretty pitch
er, until | happened to think of some
shot | had in the house. | took q
handful, shook them round in the
picher with hot water and soap, and
the pitcher came out as sweet as
though no old cream had ever been
near ii. Then I went to work and
cleaned up some bottles with narrow
necks in the same way, and tell my ex-
perience thinking it may help some 9TH
er housekeeper out of like dilemma.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

The number of so-caDed "glaes-eat-
ers'' has become amazingly large with
in q month or so. Several profess to
even diet on soft soap, coaloil, and
such like, including an Eastern man,
who, in spite of his claimed ability
succumbed to q dose of poison.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

Why suffer Piles? Immediate relief and
complete cure guaranteed. Ask for Rough
on Piles" Sure cure for itching, protrud.
ing, bleeding, or any form of Piles. SOC
At Druggists or Mailed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

/ Was taken with rheumatism and suffered
intense pain whether l sat up or lay down.
After taxing half a bottle of Athlophoros
the swelling is all reduced and l have had
no pain. Jed Grigware, mate of steamer
W. r. Burt, East Saginaw, Mich.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05
A Most Liberal Offer,

THE VoLTAp BELT Co, Marshall, Mich,
off,r 10 senn their CeIl IRA ted VoI7AIC Belle
and Electric Appliances on thirty days
trial to any man afflicted with Nervous De
bility, Loss OF Vitality, Manhood &c. II.
Illustrated pamphlet in sealed envelope with
full particulars, mailed free. Write them at
once.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

"A CRINAMAN who Keeps a laundry
under the 'Arbeiter Z5itung office,
Chicago, took six officers over there to
examine mysterious room in the
basement which proved to be nothing
more than the bottom of the elevate or
shaft
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

remedy for Catarrh, Hay Fever and Cold
IN the Head, found at last in Ely's Cream
Balm. Safe and pleasant to use, and easily
applied with the finger. 1t gives relief ilt
once and a thorough treatment positively
cures. so cents by druggists. so cents by
mail Ely Bros OyegO n Y
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05
Wells Hair BaIsam.

If gray, restores to original color. An ele-
CANT dressing, softens and beauties No
oil nor grease. Tonic Restorative. Stops
aair coming out; strengthens, cleanses,
heals scalp. SOC.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

"How are you coming on with your
tragedy 2. Better than l expected.
I've killed off ell the principal charac-
tiers except two, and they're not on
speaking terms. TEXAS Siftings.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

TWENTY years of suffering from Catarrh
and Catarrhal headache | never found any
thing to afford lasting relief until l tried
Ely's Crea m Balm. I have used two bot
flies, and now consider nay Catarrh cured.
have recommended it to several of my
friends with like good results.-D. t. Hig-
ginson, 145 Lake Street, Chicago, III.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

Rough on Itch" cures skin humors,
eruptions, ring worm, letter, salt rheum,
frosted feet chilblains, itch, ivy, poison,
BARRIERS itch. soc. lars.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05
Trough on Catarrh,

Cprrects offensive odors at once. Complete
cure OF worst chronic cases; also unequaled
as sargle for diphtheria, sore throat, foul
breath. SOC.
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HOW to Shorten Life

The receipt is simple. You have only 70
take violent cold, and neglect it. Aber-
nethy, the great English surgeon, asked a
lady who told him she only had a cough:
What would you have? The plague?"
Beware OF "only coughs" The worst cases
can, however, be cured by DR.. VIM.
HALLS BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS.
In Whooping Cough and Group it immedi-
ately allays irritation, and is sure to pre-
vent fatal termination OF the disease.
Sold by druggists.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

SOME scientist has been putting a flea
under microscope and describing how it
looked. When ordinary folks get hold of
1iea they put it under the thumb nail
and don't care snip how il looks
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05
though on Bile" Pills

Start the bile, relieve the bilious stomach,
thick, aching head and overloaded bowels.
Small granules, small Dose big results,
pleasant in operation, don't disturb the
stomach. 25c.
THE Duke of Newcastle is coming to
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

DUEANa in France, says the Ham
ilton Spectator, is good deal safer,
as an amusement, than playing Ia
crosse in Canada
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

PATENT MEDICINE Solomon remarks
that no one can develop the grace of meek
ness by listening to crying baby. Why,
then. are married men so generally Moses
like2
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Sold by druggists.

FLY's Cream Balm has entirely cured me
of long standing case OF catarrh. | have
never yet seen its equal as a cure for colds
IN the head and headache resulting from
such colds. 1t is a remedy of sterling merit.
Ed. L. Crosby. Nashville Tenn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-05

As an antidote for melarial disorders,
Ayers Ague Cure has no equal. 1t never
faila