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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-04-21

and Territories, are fairly firm and in
good request; but fine woods are without
animation. While quotations are nomi-
nally the same, the market is decidedly
in buyers favor, and the tendency is to
weaken.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-04-21
The Coming School.

Great Falls voted short time ago upon
the proposition to erect $4,000 school
house, and carried the proposition by a
vote of $50 to 70. Some determined OPP
position on the rart of the rabble was ex-
pected, but did not develop, and the boom
of improvement was thus substantially
advanced in the new town.-Helena Sun
day Record.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-04-21

Owing to the bad
weather Of Monday and
Tuesday | will continue
the display Of fine and
imported patterns and
cotton novelties for the
remainder of this week.
G. P. THOMSON,
Reliable Dry Goods House
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-04-21
MEXICAN GOLD FIELDS.
Quartz Lodges Found in Lower Cali
fOrnia.

Quartz Lodges Found in Lower Cali
fornia.
SAN DIEGO, California, April 1S.-The
special correspondent of the San Diego
Sun, who was sent to the new gold fields
in Lower California with instructions to
report the facts exactly as they stood, tel
egraphs from Real del Castillo that there
are great minerrl indications in the region
and that score of clearly defined quartz
lodges bearing free gold have already
been discovered, and that hundreds of
rich specimens are displayed by the ma
tives.
1t is recalled that J. E. James, the
well-known civil an mining engineer,
who died at Tombstone, Arizona, year
or two ago, always wanted to get into
Lower California in order to prospect it.
The range he wished to explore was
probably not the same in which the late
discoveries have been made, but it was in
the same direction. At one time Mr..
James went into the country for the pur-
pose of making an examination and re-
porting upon the feasibility of turning
the waters of the Colorado river into the
Colorado desert, and transforming it into
great lake. While on this mission Mr..
james, in some places, travelled through
unexplored parts of the country under
the guidance Of the Indians of that region.
He saw many fine looking quartz veins
and also many flats and gulches in which
he was confident there were good placer
mines. The Indians had stipulated that
no attempt at mining Or prospecting must
be made. They were very jealous and
vigilant. They hardly left Mr.. James
alone II moment and would not even allow
him to pick up and examine a piece of
rock. If he took up bit of rock or dirt
an Indian would take it out of his hand
and throw it away. They were willing to
have lake made of desert, as that
would bring in waterfowl and fish, but
they wanted no mining camps in the
country. Mr.. James found that the Colo
RADIO could be turned into the desert at no
great cost, but for some reason the enter
p4ise was dropped.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-04-21

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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-04-21

DR.. H. H. Wynne, Aurist and OculIst,
Will he professionally at Great Falls, at
the Park hotel, on Saturday and Sunday,
May 8 and 6.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-04-21
The NJ. e. Conference.

HELENA, April 1S.-The regular dis
trict conference OF the Methodist Episco-
church will convene in this city on May
third. m
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-04-21
A. B. TAYLOR
UNDERTAKEN.

would call the attention of the public to NV
Rase ana GGsskets Black French
easkets White broeade and White gloss for cb
dren. Also the solid oak alright and selfsaal;na
Gae will o9tast when exposed To- The
Grand street, Helena. Burial robes on ba neau Oh
A. B. TAYLOR,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-05

They examined the ropes. and then
old man Btley pushed the door softly
open.
HALT, thar weak voice said, as
Bitley stood on the threshold.
Alb shook with fear and Bitley' S
yellow face grew yellowcr, as they
found themselves facing Il cooked and
levcled gun. The weapon, with its
breech resting on the poor bed. was
upheld by sick woman, SO thin and
feeble in appearance that it seemed as
if life was held in her wasted body only
by the slightest bond. Her eyes
cleaned unnaturally bright with eX-
element and fear, and there was Il
burning, hectic flush on her sunken
| cheeks
/ On thin, Worn quilt, on the floor.
lay the distorted form of Alb. Stacker 5
wild man. His eyes were closed, and
he was breathing fitfully and moaning
as if in pain. although unconscious.
His long hair was clotted with the blood
, that had oozed from great wound in
his forehead. The ray of light that
strayed in through the hole in the roof
lit up his face, in repose not vicious,
only weak and vacant.
His body was distorted almost out of
| likeness to = human form. The rain of
the previous nights storm had fallen
upon him, and his bed quilt was still
wet, while, in a depression of the floor,
was little pool of water. A rude ia
bic. overturned and broken, lay near.
| and on the floor were the remnants of
few pieces of crockery. The limb of
the blackberry tree, that had broken its
way through the roof, reached almost
to the floor.
1t was evident that when the fall Of
the great tree had driven the limb
through the roof, it had struck down
the deformed young man who now lay
moaning on the old quilt.
You shan't take him. quavered the
woman's thin voice. "You shan't take
him till I've fired one shot for my poor,
afflicted boys freedom! We've ben
hunted from place to place an now it 8
come to an end. Hev mercy! Hev-"
Old man Bitley grasped the situation.
He interrupted the pitiful pleadings of
| the woman
Yer barkin' up the wrong tree" he
said, and his voice was as soothing as
if the denial had been uttered in the
most polished paraphrase instead Of in
! the home!y slang of the border.
I'VE hain't a-huntin' nobody's boy"
What air them ropes fer?" qua
vered the woman.
TO tie the shoats with" old man
Bitley answered. promptly. Storm
last night blowed down the fence NV
my hog lot an let twenty head NV
Berkshires scatter all over seven States.
Half the towns ben a-helpin' me. an
we've ketched all but couple NV
shoats. Them two kin no more be driv
than they kin fly. so we brung these
ropes 'lowin' to tie 'em an haul 'em
home"
The hectic flush faded from the wo-
mans face. The gun began to waver.
and old man Bitley sprang forward
and laid it on the floor. Now that the
strength impaired by the excitement
mad fled. the woman seemed deathly
weak.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-05
SHELTER FOR POULTRY
A House That Combines Cheapness. Con
venience and Comfort.

II you would avoid roup and kindred
disease among your fowls. you must be
prepared for their proper care and at
tention.
You can not safely crowd your pets,
into confined and limited quarters,
neither can you safely allow them to-
roam and roost at large. in trees. upon
fences. and in open sheds at their Own,,
sweet wills.
A proper home must be provided for .
their winters comfort. This does not
precribe that the same must be elabor-
ate and expensive. An expensive
poultry house is not necessarily any
more comfortable than would be one of
more modest preteDses. As far rs we
have observed. the cheaper sort of
houses are generally the more comfort
able.
Most beginners make their first mis-
take in the matter of buildin2s-beauty .
being preferred to comfort and utility.
What is wanted is cheapness,. combined
with durability, comfort and. oOnven--
fence.
For winter purposes. and to accom-
MEDIATE surplus stock. the cheapest pos
sible style of house is all sufficient.
A safe and cheap one would be sort
of "lean to-" built against the poultry
house or outbui.dinCs, which could be =
removed in the spring. or rs soon as.
the surplus stock has been disposed Of.
and can be constructed at but little il
any expense. especially to farmers.
Take any sort of old lumber. rails or p
poles. and lean them againssthe build e.
inc where you desire the fowls tn roost,
and batten them closely; and that tbs 70
interior may be perfectly comfortable.
and frost proof, cover with straw or
fodder.
Such retreat can be Init by any
one possessed of pair OF good stout
arms and legs, and that. too. without
the outlay of any extreme amount of
cash capital, and requires but little if
any mechanical ability.
The longer these structures ere made,
and the thicker they are covered with
straw or fodder, the more comfortable =
will be the fowls. Jack Frost has but
little 10 do about such y. retreat, andal
the birds will come out all right in the =;
spring with nice bright red combs and
wattles. and win have contributed their
share to the winter Ssnpplyy of eggs
P0u!ter.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-05
DRUMMERS' METHODS.
Two Totally Different Ways of Selling
Large Lines of Merchandise.

Large Lines of Merchandise.
How do travelling statesmen sell
goods?n is question easily and often
asked. but with difficulty answered.
Indeed there may be different answer
from almost every man who travels,
and yet no single explanation that
would apply to all cases. Two general
divisions might be made, however, in
method of selling merchandise. and
this is the way al old traveller divides
them:
There are great many successful
travelling men who make it their prac-
tice to 90 for business right away rs
soon as they enter store. There is no
waste of time and words in idle talk or
congratulations, but samples are at
once shown, and then it is: Il can
sell you these goods at such and
such a figure; do You want any
at those figures? No. Very well;
how about these? Or these.
There is no dicker about price, and it
is no use for the buyer to try to bluff
the salesman. The buyer knows his
man, and knows that what he says is
final. If he sees bargain that he
wants. he takes it as offered, knowing
that he can do no better with the sales
man. There are lots of men who pur-
sue this straightforward policy, and
never attempt to beat about the bush.
and they sell big bills of goods. Often.
however. they are not so successful un-
til they come known to the buyers.
but they generally manage to get what
they are after Then there is the other
extreme. Instead of talk M business
at the start, the salesman. if he has
big buyer in tow. spends day with his
man seeing the sights and generally ell
joying himself. but never word of bus
mess. There is nothing but pleasure
for the first day. When the buyer has
been well warmed up. and is in good
humOr, the salesman steps in to bid
him goodbye. and just rs he is on the
point Of .elving he mentions casually
that he had some fine bargains in GER
tain lines. and in very incidental man.
ner calls his attention to the goods.
When he finally does depart he takes
with him goodIy order, which he has
secured in very obtrusive manner
and without apparent effort. Now here
are two totally different methods of
selling goods. and very often both viii
be used upon the same buyer by differ
ent statesmen with equally geo results;
while on the other hand. many men
can only be appro ched by one or the
other of the methods. IL only shows
that to buy or sell goods one must know
his man "--Phi'ade'ph,a Rec0rG.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-05
SELECTING A COW.
Suggestions That Will Aid a Novice in Boy
ing satisfactorily.

Suggestions That Will Aid novice IN BUy-
ing satisfactorily.
We are called on to give the points
of IL good cow and some suggestions
that will aid novice in buying salts
factorily.
4 cow is in her prime when she is
from four to six years old, and
the best paying time to buy
is just after the birth of her sec
ond or third calf. Prominence and
fullness of milk veins and vclvety soft
ness of skin are good indications. The
milk veins should run down on either
side toward the udder, he easily per-
ceptible to the eye, or readily found by
pressure of the hand. Their hair
should not he hard, rough, or starring.
Symmetry, fullncsS and softness of the
udder, which should be well spread
out, projecting behind the legs, and
also reaching well forward under the
Eellv: it should feel soft and thin TO
the touch, and an absence of flcshineSs
and thickness. The number and cef-
dition of the tcats should be natural;
if one teat is lacking, a fourth less milk
will be the result. A cows udder IS
not, as some suppose. barrel with
four taps. but is divided into four DIFF
ferent compartments. called milk
glands, each of which has its own tap
or telt. 1t is not only important that
the full number of tcatS be present and
in working order, but it is desirable
that they be we'll placed, not crowded
together. but well apart. and ut nearly
equal distances apart; they should
be rather long and taperin-. Another
important point is quietne.s and dOcil-
itv of disposition. These qualities are
indicated by large, mild. clear eyes,
and an air of contentment generally.
A cow that is quiet and contented feeds
at ease. chews her cud WITH entire sat-
isfaction, and will secrete more milk
than a restless. turbulent animal, even
if it has similar milking characters
tics.-Fdrm, Stock and Lone.
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40 Alb. was to he found.
lhey started of without

in demand. 40 Alb. was to he found.
and finally 'dhey started of without
him.
Short - after they disappeared in the
woodA, a smaller expedition, consisting
of old man Bitley and young Alb.
Stacker, might have been seen making
a short cut to the timber. The old
mans head was still wrapped in great
bandage. from which his saffron-hued
face peered anxiously forward. The
''yaller janders," which had before
kept him confined to the house was of
only secondary Importance when there
was wild man in the prospective.
Each bore a gun and also a rope
with which to bind the wild man.
We'll slip up" explained old man
Bitley. IAN watch our chances to fling
these yere ropes over his arms an
legs. Then we've got him! One NV us
STAYS to watch him an the other dou-
BILE quicks to town to fetch a wagon
am
"Tll go!' broke in Alb. II kin run
the fastest"
Yes, l reckon that's the best way"
the old man replied.
And, thus. before they had even dis
covered trace of the wild man, he
was disposed of to the entire satisfac-
ton of both.
AN" added Alb, 1--WE won't give
none of the money to nobody"
Certain" replied the other. Hits
ourn an we're a-goin to keep hit. ."
'Yere's the trap" announced Alb, at
last
They found the spot where the wild
man had slaughtered the coon. The
storm of the previous night had en-
tirely obliterated the trail. so the best
the two could do was to proceed in the
direction in which Alb. had seen the
wild man going. As they proceeded,
the ravages of the storm became more
marked. Here it had been tornado.
Limbs had been torn from trees, and
here and there sapling was uprooted
or a decayed trunk blown down. Far
Their on, the damage was greater.
Presently. they came upon a little
clearing, at one side of which stood
little ..shack," or cabin. Just before
the hut, and, with one of its branches
thrust through the roof of the frail
structure lay great blackberry tree,
uprooted by the power of the tempest.
Cautiously, the two advanced to the
half-open door of the cabin. From
within came low means, as if of a per-
son in pain.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-05

Runs right peart!' some one re-
marked. Then, the attention of all
was turned to the game. A well-di-
rccted ''quate' had made ringer"
on the western peg and the players at
that end waited breathlessly to see if
The fortunate player could score Sec
Ond ringer"
Alb. Stacker. painting and breathless,
was almost upon the watchers at the
western end when the released horse
shoe left the hand of the player at the
eastern end. A puff of wind whirled
dust into his eyes. Half blinded he
stubbed his toe on the peg and fell
headlorg. The ''quate," thrown
-.short," descended squarely upon
Abs hay-colored pate, scoring a
.'ringer" and drawing lusty yell from
Alb. Gasping and almost unable to
utter another sound, he rolled over and
lay painting in the dust
The bystanders aided him to
rise while the players engaged in an
argument rs to the Legitimacy of a
.ringer" made on boys head Alb.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-05

A novel industry has been started
by BOYS in the San Monica mountains
in California. They catch lattlesnakes
by means of a slip moose of cord. box
them up and take them TO Los Angeles,
where they sell them. The Chinese
are the purchasers. They use them as
medicine, and the snakes sell for from
80 cents TO 81 each. 1t is said that the
Cinnamon handle them fearlessly and
never get bitten.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-05
PUBLISHED BY
T.. II. LIFTS e. co,
MY MIRROR.

Between the orchard and the mill
The brooklet Of its laughing tires;
Its waters there grow deep and still
About the piers, old and moss-grown,
Beneath the little bridge OF stone
Clasped, here and there, with wild rose
briers.
] was vain young country maid.
Each day at noon sent to the mill,
And used to loiter in the shade,
And lean above the jagged pier
Beyond the wild rose creeping near,
And peer into the placid rlll.
Twas not the water lilies there,
Nor pale green crosses that 1 sought;
But back 70 me bright eyes and hair,
Sun-tangled, framed in shadowy green,
Reflected, threw their glamorous sheen
And kept me longer than they ought
One day fingered, looking down,
Long past the sunshine OF midday,
When close beside me, big and brown,
Two eyes, so full Of laughter, met
Ny own within the r;vulet,
Ny eyes dropped low and turned away.
You see. twas fathers harvester
Our John" we always allied the lad;
Like TO his own my parents were,
And IL can not rightly tell
By what strange chance ii e'er beiel-
His coming made me always glad.
How shallow seemed the brooklet then
After the glance Of eyes like his.
] slowly raised my own again,
And found him gazing shyly down
! never knew that eyes Of brown
Were full OF such sweet mysteries!
For, looking up, how could guess
To find my irnaged features there?
A mirror full Of tenderness
His dark eyes made; the rivulet,
In all my loiterings, never yet
Had made me seem one-half so fair,
The wild rose blossoms all are dead;
And, where the water lilies were
The brook sleeps in its frozen bed.
Unheeded, let the winter pass;
have q truer looking glass
The brown eyes OF my harvester.
-EUG Best, IN Detroit Free Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-05

"A man in Gardiner. Me-. had let
his wife bring water from the well for
ten year,; but when he needed little
water daily for his business he at once
had pipe laid and a pump put in. Ito
save SO much extra labor" The Gardi-
ner Reporter says: "a little personal
experience is sometimes worth more
than a large number of object lessons
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-05

The office boy of the Bolivar
(Tenn) OjSerrer must have written
the following during the editors alb
sence: The savory smell of spare-ribs.
backbones and sausage regale the noses
of nearly every household in the land.
And the stomach stretches its elastic
self and Welcomes to its hug the sweet
scented morsels that go down.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-05

~ cal City. The ma jOr
portion of the male inhabitants of the
''city" were congregatcd at Perdue' S
combined grocery. dry goods, hard
ware, drug and furniture store, post
Office, public hall and real estate Office.
The residue of the males. with but two
exceptions. were lounging in front of
the Metropolitan Hotel, which con-
sisted of one-story "nIain part and
an unreliable looking "lean-to."
These two buildings. which, with the
exception of a blacksmith shop. formed
the entire business portion of Radical
City, stared at each other with their
expressionless window eyes from oppo-
site sides of the narrow little street.
The two exceptions, the males of
Radical who were not present at the reg
ular rallying-place, were old man Bit
ley and young Alb. Stacker. The former
was at home, the victim of a grievous
attack of the waller janders," as the
neighbors denominated his ailment.
The latter was supposed to be some
where in the Big Timber examining
his coon traps.
In the center of the street an ath-
1etic game of quoitS was going on.
The quoits in use upon this occasion
were horseshoes ("quates" the players
called them.) No one had thrown 4
''ringer" for some time and the inter-
est in the game was waning.
Phin Dozak turned his eyes up the
road TO where it bent into the lane that
ran into the Big Timber. As he looked,
a figure rounded the bend and came
down the road at the top OF his speed.
His feet twinkled up an down with
amazing rapidity. and. at each stroke.
they sent up puff of dust that looked
almost golden as the rays of the de-
clining sun shone through it. As he
approached. Phin saw that the runner
was Alb. Stacker.
''Yere comes Ab.r' Phin cried.
''Wander what's broke loose now?"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-05

-Thickening For Soup: Put into a
saucepan half pound of butter: when
hot stir into it half a pound of very dry
four; stir this over the fire till deli
cate brown, taking care that it does
not burn. One large tablespoonful
thickens n quart of soup This thick
ening will keep L long t.me--Dctroit
Free Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-05

Il see that New York firm deal
ing in imported tea has failed" Yes.
| noticed the account. Rather sim
gular. isn't it?" "Why?" I'm the
same column that contains the dispatch
appears an article showing that New
York State farms are oyer-rrn with
mullen weeds. ''-Nebraska STATE Jour
sal,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-05

For indigestion give the birds
plenty of sharp gravel. and also tea
spoonful of fcnugreek, in the soft food,
for every ten heils.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-05
SLACKER'S WILD MAN.
The Sensation OF Radical City,.
How It Ended.
Written for this Paper.1

HE Indian Summer
sun hung two hours
high above the jack
oak fringed top of
Hickson' S Bluff. It
slanting rays fell
upon the score of
roofs and general
inactivity OF Radi-
Tho ,naior