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thing. You III want them yourself, -
exclaimed the brothers in breath.
'No, 1 don't. Haven t the least me-
chanical genius in the world Can t
| drive nail without hitting my fingers
! You III find them in an awful mess,
| though. / broke the buIl-n Sc plane the
| day got them, trying to scrape a nail
out of my boot. And last week turned
a screw on my bicycle with the chisel
and nIoked piece out. Now, boys, l IN
| going. Success to you. Goodby, Hope.
l IN coming up to see you all some day. -
They had another welcome addition to
their stock. A thriftless mechanic, one
| of their fathers fellow workmen, came
up leading q half-starved, broken
| down old horse.
"Your father lent me $50 once, and I
! couldn't ever seem to pay it back, +" he
said. Somebody said you was going to
try farming. Now if you can make any
use of this old mare you re welcome to
her. She old and banged up, and she
looks bad because she's only been straw
fed, but she's sound and gentle as u
kitten. -
''we shall need a horse for farm
work - said Ned.
"Take her. She's no beauty, and
she can t trot in 2;49; but she III pillow or
haul Eood-siZed load, well as a hand
some animal. IN throw in an old bar
ness and saddle. -
Before they left Ned took very SEN
sibie and practical step. He went to an
old man close by who had the reputation
of being jack of all trades and served a
short apprenticeship in various simple
crafts.
He learned to set pane of glass, to
file and set saw, and do numerous other
things that to procure done is the tor
ment of the farmer.
CHAPTER v.-THR MAN WITH HISTORY.
When the children alighted from the
train they found crowds of people on the
platform. Martin scanned them eagerly
to find among them some impressive
hgu-e-''The man with history -
It was hard to decide upon him. There
were brisk-looking travellers coming and
going. At one side of the platform q
ranehman wearing 8 gray felt hat had
just stepped out OF a light wagon and
was trying 10 calm his horse, noble
bay, which shlvered at every puff of the
engine, and seemed possessed with
furious desire 10 leap forward upon the
platform aud dash herself against her
iron rival.
1t interested the children to observe
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short, little excited, and looked at
each other.
s'what if some one should be living
| here-some hermit or crazy person?
suggested Martin, who was given to sem
sationAl theories.
'Nonsensei'' exclaimed Ned. ''It is
probably some wild thing-a coon or
coyote. -
When they came ont of the tall mus
tard field they saw before them an old
adobe house, clumsiiy built and badly
orumbled away in pieces.
The children tied the calf to the
cypress and bent their footsteps toward
the house
1t was low structure, long and mar
row, with the front door under the
caves, and fanked by two windows on
either side. Beside it was Monterey
cypress, and before it stood two pepper
trees, through whose fernlike foliage the
air and sunshine played. A pink rose
rioted over the small porch and flung
leafy screen over one of the windows.
1t seemed strange to them that the
front door should be ajar, but they OBJ
served that the thumb latch was broken.
What dismayed them as they climbed
the riokety steps and walked into the
front room, was the confusion OF tracks
that went ahead of them and seemed to
wander aimlessly over the floor.
The room in which they found them
selves was some twenty -four feet long
and fourteen feet wide, with solid floor,
and walls sealed with rough boards.
There was rough fireplace at one end,
but it was lily constructed, and the
place within was Uttered with crumbling
brick. The chimney was built out into
the room and had no pretsnse at man
tel, but the lodges of brick, where the
fire arch narrowed into the fius, still held
pieces of broken clay pipes and some
rusty nails.
Behind this room was an open door
leading into a little ''lean-to'
which a captious housewife might
have called sitting and stuff
fly and man other dlsagreeable
names; but our little housekeeper
looked cheerfully into it and declared
that it would be nice and snug when it
was cleaned out and fitted up. Ned OBJ
served that there was stove-pipe hole
IN the wall, and drew rule from his
pocket and took its height and measure
ment, with an eye to business.
One more room waited to be exp ored;
this opened off from the front room and
had a window wreathed by the climbing
rose. AS they took their way to 1t they
were startled by hearing a movement
within, as of some heavy body dragging
along the floor.
Inn
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cowboy. which include not only lassoing
but dragging cattle from boys, etc. =
because of their combined lightness
strength and freedom from kinks II
the learner becomes sufficiently expert
to make it worth while, he can then pro-
cure one of these pleated lassos from any
large saddlerY house in San Francisco or
Albuquerque or probably Kansas City,
for about SIS.
An ordinary rope, however, is the
proper thing to learn with; and indeed
many cowboys use it altogether, because
Of its cheapnsss. 1t is almost as good 1,
IN every way, as the plested reata, but
costs only q twentieth rs much.
Get three eighths inch hemp rope,
forty-one feet long, secure the end from
fraying by winding tightly with waxed
shoemaker's or carpet thread, and make
the houda Qoop) by 'grafting the
other end back on the rope, and wind the
graft in the same way. Never tie knots.
The houds should be two or four inches
In diameter, so as to let the rope play
through it with perfect freedom.
Having the lasso thus made, give it
two hours In clean water; then whip 1t
out free from kinks, aud stretch it tight
between two posts or trees-never putting
the ends around the posts, but stretching
by another rope at each end, and leave
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ward, bidding them jump into the spring
wagon, while he went off to see about
their luggage.
Martin, smarting under the sense of
his error, looked oritoally after DIR.
| John, and saw only man of medium
height and slender figure, who moved
and spoke and acted precisely like other
men. There was not the least sugges-
ton of the hero about him, and Martin
felt defrauded.
1t was plain that DR.. John was q gen.
eral favorite, from the friendly greet
ings he received as he progressed along
the platform. Some of the villagers
! drew near and addressed friendly in
quiries to the children. They seemed to
be at once adopted into the community,
because they were DR.. Johns charges.
"What is it, Ned?' asked the doctor,
as he returned and found Ned waiting on
the platform.
This way of addressing them by their
Christian names seemed to place the chill
dren on q near and friendly footing from
the first.
al must have freight bill TO pay, )"
replied Ned.
The children could not understand the
merrimsnt that this remark appeared to
arouse among the bystanders.
Here's the freight agent, - said the
doctor genially. Hatton have you any
bill against these young psople?''
DIR. John, this is too bad - protest.
ed the man called Hatton
"Ned, !" said the doctor solemnly,
"thRt calf of yours is a fnancier. She
breakfastsd on from her own way bill. -
''And all the others 1 had in my
pocket, sheepishly confessed the
agent.
The children could not help but laugh.
II was SO like Beauty.
Soon they were riding swiftly over the
smooth road and past the Village. Mar
tin added one question on the road.
''Dr. John, who was that tall, dark
man who spoke to you about the horse;
the one you called 'doctor?' -
"He? Oh, he lie a sort of itinerant
dentist, replied DR.. John, carelessIy.
eve don't think very highly OF him.
He CANDLES and gets drunk, and it is ru-
mored that be beats his wife.
All of the land they saw under cuIti-
walton. Although it was the last of Sep
TENDER there was stin an abundance of
fruit everywhere. Apple trees were Ia
den with red and green and yellow fruit.
Lats peach trees bent beneath their
golden burdens. Fig trees sheltered
great purple lobes beneath their abun-
dant foliage. The russell of pears. the
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diameter, dry and scorched by the long,
hot season, aud crowned with dry pods
that ratified when they were touched,
and showsred their seeds dowu on the
parchsd vegetation under foot.
With difficulty they threaded this little
forest, starting all sorts of wild things as
they progressed. Cotton-tail rabbits
fed before them. Gophers stuck their
heads out of their burrows, and Waved
them with jewel-liKe eyes, then noise
lessly retreated TO their underground
preserves. Large, gray ground-squirrels
SAT up on their launches with their great
tails curved gracefully around them, and
their wee forepaws dropped downward as
If in mimic courtesy, but scampered on
at their approach. Flocks Of birds arose
from their feeding grounds, and lizards
rustled through the dead leaves.
When they had advanced few rods
they were surprised to ind narrow,
open trail, where the ground was packed
hsid. as if by daily usage. They stopped
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then gave an aDologetic whinny, and
laid her nose on her masters shoulder,
dooile as kitten.
The tall man turned away.
"Dr. John.
1t was Martin who spoke and hailed
him.
Here, my boy; where are the rest of
you?''
A hearty voice with a sound of honest
welcome. Martin stopped short and
Ned and Hope looked pleasantly be-
wildered, for 1t was the ranchman who
spoke, and who now came cordially for
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15
HOW TO THROW THE LAsso.
BY Charles F. Lummis.

ny OII0IIIt1 T. A1uLIIIIIss
Copyrighted, 1890, by the Anthor.I
The "biggest half'' of this world is
what my Mexican and Indian neighbors
here in New Mexico call "el saber'' =
''the know how Even the great me-
chanical inventions require skill in their
use; and still more striking is the power
of ''the know howl in getting wonder
full results from very simple means. Per-
haps there is no better example of this
than the lasso affords. That which is to
the vast majority of Americans q mere
rope with loop at one end, good for ty-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15
a QUEER KIND OF GARDEN

BY John S. Billings, Surgeon Unit,d s...--
Army, Director ot the Army Medical
Museum at Washington.
Copyright, 1880, by the Author
have before me, in a box abort Nv.
foot square, garden IN which sevar.,
millions of each of about fifty difTsrsr,
plants are growing rapidly. Most n,
them were planted about q week ago. n,
rather l should say that about loo n
each kind were then planted and ALREADY
each group numbers millions. II tbsv
were to go on multiplying ut the sgms
rate they would fill this great room IN
less than month, and that would be =
very bad piece of business, for while
some of them are very useful. tbers
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15

ND so you want
to take up land a,
Ell? Turn raneher
What for?''
The register had
come forward, his
fine face lighted with
interest.
"To make a home
and earn q living for
my brother and sister
and myself, - re-
piled Ned promptly
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are a few which are
extremely dangerous.
Each kind is growing
in a glass tube about
as thick as YOU,
thumb and as long as
your hand. Some are
planted in small slice,
of potato, some on O
paste made Of bread
crumbs, but most OF
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15

eeiA'in' Of vessels of the ooay
fpneumOnis fredlander. they may be CAR
s.isd along in the stream until they i ne
n some of the finest vessels ana 1l a,
broduce an abscess. They are knO O';c,o.
ebs nus producing organisms, or H. q,
'coooi, and they have been the cau aus 10
Heath of hundreds Of thousands OIL in'-
wears gone by. early 50
But they have not caused 49, Of
great loss OF life as have the anees. !. nj,
soms 81 the other plants growing ~ a .~s
GARDEN. Before trying to describe i hsy,
81 these it will be convenient 70 dit.
- names for them. All Of these ,.o ~
s so, kinds of organisms are k DSo.s
collectively as "baoteria. ~. ok
~ricb are ike little grams ,.,o-
.nherss are called coeci or n ~ ara
opcei. those which are rod-snspS su
called baciIli. Each particular KIM
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15

bright yeliO" 81 %
upon the jelly
which streak Is
formed by an az
gregation of seyersl
millions o ( Little
spherical c els
grouped together
like little bunchs'
of grapes. II SONS
of these get into az
open wound, suon
as that made BY
knife or by q pistol
ball , they may pro,
coed to grow anu
multiply rspiul!t
D,oducing inasm-
nation q n d NV
formation Of pus.
If they get into In !
,-h or blood
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them are growing on, or in kind Of
jelly, made out of isinglass with a little
beef juice, and poured into the tube
while it was warm and fluid, and allowed
to cool and become solid there. After
the soil, if 1 may call it so, had been
thus prepared, the point of fine needle
was dipped into a drop Of fluid contain
ing some of the organisms which We wish
to grow, and then the surface of the
potato or of the Jelly was
pricked or scratched with the point Of
the needle. You could see nothing on
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15

Bacillus of autleras their structure. were
it not for them the dead tree, or weed
or beetle, or man, would remain WIN
little change, instead Of being resolved
into gasses, fluids, and salts which are
needed for the development of other
living things. If you look at them win
a powerful microscope you find that they
are little globes or rods, or oyal-shaps1
bodies, sometimes separate, soneIlus'
linked in pairs or long chains, and near
liz ali the plants in this garden have one
\or the other of these shapes. They ai'
hound almost everywhere upon the iana'
IN ali drinking water, 10 the air, in me
Upper layers of the soil, on the surface .sS o.
the skin, in our mouths-in snort ne
hre in and about US night aud day II -
tonlv in the air far out at sea, or near Ins
Holes. or on the top of the very hisH
Mountains that they are absent.
! said that some of them are danger
bus. one or the tubes before me nss
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prick or scratch was colosis.
made, there appeared little stain or
spot about as big as n very small pin
head, and this rapidly enlarged. One
organism made white speck, another
gray one, while some produced yellow,
blue or rose colored spots. The growth
of one of them has nearly covered the
surface of the piece of boiled potato on
which it was planted with q thick, red
slime, looking like blood, and few
hundred years ago such growths some
times caused great terror among the peO-
pie by appearing in large numbers on
bread aud other substances, giving the
appearance as if ram of blood drops
had occurred during the night.
In several of the tubes the Jelly has
been liqueiied into dirty, grayish fluid,
and the organisms in these tubes have
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this needle point, for
these organisms are so
small that 8 g vera l
t b sand of them
placed sid 9 by side
would hardly make a
line long enough TO
cross a pin g head. In
two or three days, at
the point where the
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very important work
10 do in the world
They are the uubuild-
ers, whose business iE
is TO deeOmpose dead
plants and animals
and change them into
simple combinations
which can be used By
new plants TO build up
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however, as it has to be in real lassoing.
When you can guide the moose surely
at the first range, increase your distance
from the post little BY little. In time
you Will be able to "bag' the post
every shot at thirty-hve feet. Then It
is time TO begin practice on moving OBJ
jects-an accommodating ehum, for in
stance. Lst him run slowly and pursue
him, whirIing the noose overhead as you
run, until you can make throw 1t
viii take longer to learn TO calculate his
speed and where TO throw in order TO get
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CHAPTER IH.-(Concluded 1.-THE
HEAD OF FANNY.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-03

kimbali (South Dakota) Graphic: 1T
il quite impossible for us to speak know
issly of the merits of the various articles of
merchandise advertised. But there are ex-
ceptions occasionally, aud ~ noteworthy
exception is the celebrated Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. This now universally
known medicine has l.,en advert ise. in the
Graphic for four or five years, but not until
recently had we any personal knowleds. OF
its wonderful efficacy. which has come
about through the prevailing influenza aud
the stubborn cough that has So often at
t.n.ied it. Ia the writer's family this med
irine has an several occasi.us this winter
cured cough that balilrd any aud all
other remedies; aud the number oi families
IN kimbaII aud vicinity in which ihi, rem
sdy has been used with like effect attrsts to-
it's value MS II Specific Tor coughs aud colds
vf every mature. For sale 10y W. W. lie
Witt.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-03

There are -four members of the United
States senate who can never he candi-
dates for the presidency ol this repub-
lie under the constitution. becalIse of
allen birth. says the Pittsburs Dis
patch. Senator Jones of Nevada was
born in lIsrefordshire. England; Gen.
Mcmillan OF Michigan. in Hamilton,
Ontario: Senator Beck of Kentucky
in Mumphriesshire, Scotland. and Sen
ator Pasco of Florida in London. Eng
land. While it is the exception rather
than otherwise that "A senator was
born in the state he represents, sec
tional lines have been closely observed
OF the northern senators only two
were born in the south-Senator Gull
lom of Illinois, in Kentucky, and SEN
ator Hawley of Connecticut, in North
Carolina. Not one southern senator
is of northern origin.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-03
rwO PER CENT FOR CASH.
How Travelling Salesman Treated Holzhay,
the Notorious Train Robber.

,h,, hos mayor
"e'' y s''" Wv ''''''
been printed, shld a triNellhS sales
man for big Dearborn street safe eand
lock comnauv. "It's ON Uolzhav. th,,
, ot.i.. :, ,;,..
""' ',,.
sentence Tor kll'ih. man up w Nor'h-
ern Michigan who resisted him.
This story was told me 10y sales.
,, ,or h;a s,a,e s,re., DIV .oods
,'''" 'o'
house ana although IL hash Deem
t,rv. il will 90. Nv informant han
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-03
Notice of Final Proof.

Land Office. Helena Mont,
March :. i>.a,.
Notice is hereby given that The following
named settler has filed notice at his inteu-
iion to make final proof IN support "i his
claim, and that said proof will he made
beiore the Judge. or in his absence the
clerk of the pisi rict Court of Fergus
County. at Lewisiown. Mont. On April Il.
ls.s'. viz:
William %. Rieks.
who made homestead application No. 2ls;,.
i" the NWi,. See. -. Tp. ~ ", u. ~ T..
lie names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of. said land, viz: Frank bay.
Reuben r. tpiingrr. Henson II. Bowman
and Peter Anderson, all ri Lew;stown,
Mont.
:. W. L,NGuoENE. Eeristei.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-03
The Truth at Last About Baby Mine.

Puck: He yells intermittently all
night.
He persists in having the colo or
some similar ailment six days out OF
seven.
He much resembles n pig in his table
manners.
lie is homelier than sin: and my
wife'r relations all say:
lie is the perfect picture oi his lat her.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-03
NOTICE OF FINAL ENTRY.

LAND OFFICE At HELENA, Mont,
March IL, ls.p.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intcn-
ton to Lake final proof in support of his
claim and that said proof will be made be-
fore the Clerk of the District Court Of
Fergus county, Mont, at Lewis,own, Mont.
on April -. 1890 viz:
George W. ROhrbac ker.
who made pre-emption declaratory state
ment No. lo233. ior the :! SWl See. 2,;
Me-. NWa, NV, NEi., See. 35, Tp. II NJ.
X. Il T..
lie names the following witnesses To
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of said land, viz: John john
son, William u. Jones Horace Collins and
William llawson. all et Cottonwood, Mont.
=. W. LANGHcRNE. Register.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-03
Notice of Final Entry.

Land Office at Helena, Mont,
March -; I>.1
Noticeis hcrch, given that the following
named settler has filed notice of her inten-
ion to make final proc; in support oi her
claim, and that said proof will he made be-
tore the clerk of the District court oi Fer
gus county, at Lewistown, Mont, on April
-. Is.D, viz:
Alice 4. Cameron,
who made pre-emption declaratory state
ment No. 9>.,2, for the lots |. and 3 Ne.
SWI, Sec. 10 IT.. y ", X. - +.
She names the following witnesses Ia
prove her continuous residence upoa and
cultivation ot said land. viz: George Jones,
Willard l.. llalhcrt, Thomas l.. Halbert, Jr.,
aud Emily a. Halbert, all oi lIalhert Mont.
:. W. LANGHoRNE. Register.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-03
NOTICE OF FINAL. ENTRY.
Land Office a. Helena. Mont
March IA. I>.s.

Land Office al Helena, Mont
March ~, l,.1.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice oi his inicn-
tiun In make final proof in support ri his
claim. and that said proof will be nade
before the clerk of the District Court "i
Fergus County, at Iewist"wn. Mont, "n
May !, 1>.,, viz:
Charles ROpsrss>,
who made pre-empti"n i"clarai"ry state
ncni No lu;2.:, tor the ~ SW',. ~ SEi,
Sec, -. Tp. - ~, u. 10 T..
lie names the fpilowing witnesses H.
prov. his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation oi said land, viz; William May
berry John u. Nainais, William BeNrrs
aud Frank bay. all OF Lraisiown, Mont.
:. W. L,NGiioENE. Register.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-03
Notice of Final Entry.
Land Office at Helena. Mont,

Land Office at Helena Mont,
March ~, I>.D.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton To make final proof in support of his
claim. and that said proof will ie made be-
fore the clerk of the District Court of Fer
gus county, at Lewistown, Mont, on
May -, ls.1, viz:
Thomas Casey.
who made pre-emption declaratory state
ment No. io2i2. Tor the ia SE!, NWl SCI,
SW', Mel. See. I, Tp. II n, u. ~ T..
lie names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation OF said land. viz: benjamin J.
Hill, George Duncan and Harry Brad
street, of Lewistown, Mont, and Nathaniel
NJ. Met o'auley, of Grass Range, Mont.
;. W. LANGHoRNE, Register.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-03
Notice of Final Entry.
Land Office at Helena, Mont..i

Land Office at Helena, Mont..i
March 3. lsW.,
Notice is hereby given that the following
ma med settler has filed notice of his inten-
tion to make final proof in support
of his claim. and that said proof will he made
before the eJudgc,o or in his absence the Clerk
oi the District Court of Fergus County. at
Lewistown. Mont, on April Is. l>.v, viz
B~"Jami" D. Phillips.
who made homestead application No. 3i2i,
Tor the u NWI aud - NE., sec. IL, IL. /.
~, X. II T..
lie names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon. and
cultivation at, said land, viz: James
NJ. Anderson, John T.. Thomas, Daniel
Thomas and Jasper a. Wall, all of stan
ford, Mont.
\. ". LANGuogNE. Register.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-03
A Pretty Stiff Fish Story.

Cleveland Leader: 4 Lafayette. Me-.
fisherman tells a story about catching
n pickerel that was imprisoned in n
two-gallon jug The fish must have
gone in when very small. the fisherman
thinks, and stayed until it grew too
large to get out. The baited hook
happened to drop into the jug, and the
pickerel seized it and was caught.