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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-25

| these mountain mall-carriers lose their
# lives daily on the dangerous trails in Colo
ndo, carrying the mails on snowshoes to
he frontier mining camps. In Utah,
IDAHO and other parts of the West, in the
nme manner they force their way over the
bfy ranges. Some mountaineers are
moved in for the winter and it is impos-
ible to reach them, but so far as possible
she remotest settlement in the valleys and
IN the peaks of the Rocky mountains have
1he mail sent to them. How different the
Insilcarriers on the mountain trails of
ndcontinent, with his mail pouch
weighing twenty or twenty-five pounds,
howshoeing his way over the dangerous
psses, compared with your neatly dressed
IND stylish carrier who leaves your mail
a the door steps in the large cities. The
luniers in the frontier of the Rocky noun
bins strap the mail sack, usually No. 4,
tm their backs, put on their Norwegian
Inoxshoes, and with long guiding pole
lar on their weary climb over the range.
Usually there is crowd at the little
huntier postofice to wish him good luck.
IOnly men of known strength and courage
undo this work, for that twenty-five
pounds Of letters, papers and packages be-
Zones very heavy and burdensome in
Plumbing the mountains. These carriers
IIaow the peaks, passes and trails as well
~ the city carriers do the streets and
Plumbers Of their districts. But sometimes
Iiae storms are so severe that even the old
Inountaineer grows weak with his heavy
IelFden and sinks almost exhausted in the
soscure trail. With compass in his hand,
Is carefully feels his way along the preci-
pcs and dangerous places, and often the
perm IS so severe and binding, that he is
compelled TO find shelter under some
rsnaly cleft, or dig for himself a bed in
ne snow-bank. If no fuel be handy,
must keep awake all night,
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weep would mean rest
t~,a "hich he would not awaken. Al
uielr great overcoat and clothing
4sla oA rough, yet their underwear
n rease the fancy of the aesthetic.
ksoss OF them have silk underwear,
E1ssS trom SO to $40 suit. Under the
kssTyypking gloves are handsome silk
~ ,h ane SIX keeps out the cold and re-
l.e neat, and, if hard up, a mountain
tsssss VIII buy cheap outer clothing
"a ~ 'lo.ney Tor handsome and warm
&slSs aik underwear and gloves. On
ahs the summit of the mountains. the
Il sao1lGerS the pole, and placing
messhoes close together. begins his
|, ksor Inc old-timerS on the trails viii
avn the mountain with the swiftness
WIND, mile a minute. But
the one who Is inexnerienced,
&cssIa siips the guiding pole, up come
kasaees, aud the unfortunate carrier,
and all, SO rolling down the
Sometimes the ice and SNOW
n i 4, and hard as glass. Those ex-
M the use of snowshoes in Canada
= &sn'iern New York would have 10
@kr- 70 Their laurels competing with
tE asserS OF the Rockies in climbing
] \ nss.ss.aulng the ranges where the peaks
1Ias p.s Two miles high. The carriers
slSy mountains are as expert and
An as the channels hunters OF
sap;;;aan AID the man who cannot keep
N Saofgm, rushing with lightning
.-tsA s vi tne mountain side, Is hardly
~ mid-oontipent -
tsis;,s4a. ions trip brings him To some lit
n camp nestled in the mountains.
kbsSsstiul greeting he receives. There
F hsIthe mere from the East. far away
kssy ,sa,a aia and the sunny South. How
khe - nave watched the trail for the
<ssS me carrier. Some times he II
Iii ,hSs .'le storm on the range, and al
kshias men of the camp have been
&, lor him, fearing that he had
sslda W swept away by the terrible
:. 10. ~ a. ~ yeu learn To watch for the
BON, we carrier who leaves the mail
uoors III tho great cities,
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Read that. he continued. handing me
the old mail pouch of Swan Nilsson.
4 card has been tied 10 the pouch. near
the old rusty lock, on which was written
the following:
This mail pouch was IN a snowsiIde
on the dead carriers back for twenty
months, near ophir."
WILL Z. FERRiIL.
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HOW TO BREAK Up A SEVERE COLD.
From the Virginia City, Mont, Madisouian.

from the Virginia City, Mont, Madisouian.
When we find a medicine we know to possess
genuine merit, we consider it duty. and we
take pleasure in telling the public what il is
such medicine we found Chamberlain Cough
Remedy last winter, when la grippe was pre-
vailing. We satisfied that we waried of
several attacks that were threatening by the use
OF this syrup and we have since relieved, in a
few hours, severe colds, and in the course of
two or three days entirely broken them up by
its use. as have several OF our friends to whom
We have recommended il. Ii is all that il is
represented 10 be by the manufacturers. If you
have cough and want 10 stop il, Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy viii do the work.
Al cases OF weak or lame back. backaehe
rheumatism, viii ind relief by wearing one OF
Carter smart Weed and Beiladonna Baekache
Flasters- Price - cents Dry them
Take it before breakfast" DR.. Henleys Eng
liSh bandelioB Tonic.
o. K T. means Oregon kidney Tea.
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Distinguished Changers.
l,ittshure plsnateh.

tlttShurs Di>pateh.
With Pat Calhoun. the Richmond Ter
minal Hirector, rs the standing Farmers
Alliance candidate in Georgia. We NAV ex
poet To see Jay Gould leading the agricul-
tural hosts as the farmers candidate for
president in iSf2.
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quite ill. A few dinners have been given
in their honor, but no fuss has been made
over them.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-25

Q. X. /. mean. Oregon kidney Tea.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-25

o. K. I. means Oregon kidney Tea.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-25

take it before breakfast" Dr.. Henleys Eng
lish Dandslicn Tonic.
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Take il before breakfast" DR.. Henley's I
liSh nandelioa Tonic
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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-27

trantula in Texas that isn't in 4 bottle for
. show. Thought you'd get some Of the
mulberries over There. I'll .go' and
Laddy ran to gather a cap full OF the black,
delicious. il unhealthy, fruit Of the mpl-
berry trees which had been planted by
some old ranchman and left as he moved
on. Az he climbed about and picked and
ate and picked he heard a little shrek and
puff. md looked around only in time to SEQ
the engine, where little Tim had put MP his
hand to try his strength o n a lever. move
slowly of, and then, Ms little Tim in a ter
ror threw himself on the wrong handle,
give what seemed a bound and a roar and
rush off up tho track.
II was in vain for Laddy to bound after
it, to run screaming and hallooing. The
engine slipped along like a comet, up the
l~essening perspective, and became a speck
upon the horizon.
What would happen now? Tim couldn't
manage that machine. He'd have an ex-
plosion. He'd run off the track. He
wouldn't know where to shunt when it was
time for the day-train coming down from
San Antoine. And Lady sat down upon
the track and gave way to his feelings. He
no longer the hero, the champion, the
proud and e1ultant Laddy running of with
an engine; he was a miserable little vagrant.
hungry and tired, tramping up the bad of
tho railway. For he must either tramp up
in the hope that little Tim might have
brought the engine to . stop; or he must
tramp down and make the best of his way
home, crestfallen and downhearted and
footsore. On the whole it seemed best to
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-27

follow little Tim, which then he proceeded
to do, wiping his wet face on his 6hiTt-sleev Q
a. hs went, for in spite of himself a fresh
burst of grisf would now and again make
that necessary.
But bitter az this dessrtion was to Lnddy,
it was more bitter yet to little Tim, who,
frightened almost out Of his wits, stood
staring from the cab window like q little
white image, more than palsied by fear,
struck, rs you might say. to stone. On
and on tina monster that bore him sped; the
wind of it's motion blew BY him in . gale. q
southeast wind that always blew across the
prairie. Things slid by him like phantoms;
he felt it, without saying as much, quite
within the power OF that engine, going at
that rate. to spin up to the edge Of the
earth and off into infinite space.
Suddenly q worse horror even than this
added itself to the rest. The track ran
through 4 deile here, the walls of which,,
although only a few feet high, were yet too
high for cattle to climb. and q bunch of
cattle had broken loose from some ranch
and we're trotting down this de6le, alarmed
in a moment the engine was upon them,
into them. over them, rearing, plunRing,
and the air was full of believing, of the
hiss of escaping ateam, Of great white
horns, Of infatuated red eyes, of lashing
of long tails. of cracking and grinding.
And then q crash, a fight, a fall through
space. and the engine was a mass of ruin
across the track in the midst of dead and
dying steers. and the rest of the yelling
and learing creatures had bounded up and
away, and little Tim lay insensible on
the soft hides of a mound of dead cattle,
when nearly an hour afterward laddy
reached the spot. white himself with heat,
with terror, and fatigue. His consterna-
tion. however, had given him new life afar
off; he called and shouted to Tim. sue
oeeded after a while in reviving him. and
when they found no bones were broken he
proceeded to drag Tim away from the
dreadful scene, and they hid themselves in
the mesquite Of the prairie till the day
train should come down. There was no
nesd Of tagging thp place with any danger
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that morning begun their conquering
career. They crept down and off Mt
the last stopping place. still escaping
observation; and that night, worn out and
Just alive, hailed their mothers doorsteps
az il they were the gates Of heaven.
I never shall tell tho punishment those
two boys had. II Was no more than they
deserved. And both Laddy and Tim have
made a solemn pact to save their pocket
money and all the pennies that by any pos-
sibility they can earn. till il makes a sufi-
cisnt sum to pay the railroad for the loss
of that engine and for the killing of the
cattle-for every one Of which cattle a bill
oughbred Jersey. I really cannot imagine
how old they will be when that debt is paid.
It rests entirely on their honor, for unless
the railroad people read this story they
never will know who the culprits were that
did that fatal business.
HARRIET PRESCOTT SpoTFoRD.
Copyright.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-27

sisnnl--in all the long. low line Of the rail-
way there the engineer of the day train
could SOC the obstruction many a milo
away.
OF course that keen sighted man, tho
engineer of No. 2, when IN process Of
time he drew neAr, saw the wreck before
him, slowed up his train in dismay, aud
by-and-by set all hands ut work to cloar
the track. "A wild engine" they said,
that ran into = bunch Of cattle. But
whero in thunder was the driver--the fir, :
m~an--anybody! Were they all ground IL
dust2" Bat no driver or ireman was 10
DO found in all the debris, and more
amazed than ever, trainmen and passen-
gers. when the track was cleared soma
hours afterwards, climbed back 10 their
places. When tho train p oceeaad Two lit
tie tramps, unnoticod by any, were re-
cutely brnced and hidden among the
trucks under the lauS car and carried
safely back over the road on which they had
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-27
THE WRECK.

the open prairie with all its mesquite bushes
glittering iii trembling in the sun.
well" said Laddy, Il reckon we're safe
enough now. They can't send Nh engine
ont after Us, for 'twouldnft DO amy use,
us, because wo might run into it and smash
both concerns. We're in for a glorious all
day ride!"
"Pm most tired to death now said little
Tim.
get ont and stretch your legs" said Laddy,
extraordinarily. And when presently they
came TO n solitary water tank Laddy sup
plied the engines needs and Tim jumped
DOWN for n run. atartling a flock OF red
iiids that were trying conclusions with u
inockipg-bird in tho big black .inck tree
there by tho water-tank. Hs presently
came clambering back. II was afraid OF
the tnrantulRs," Said he.
"Wolll II ! ever saw. There isn't a
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4 RUNAWAY LOCOMOTIVE.
Lapdy Kennett Executes His Boast 10
Take an Engine Over the
Road.
He and Little Tim Doolan Had
q Glorious Ride for q
While.
Then I.addy Got on and Tim started the
Engine ami Ran Into . Drove
Of cattle.
written for the HnLrsA 1sprrEsprsr.l

HEN lady KEN
nett nut his hand
gently on the lever
ana the great engine,
with a snort and I
pant and 9 bound,
bore him ont Of the
yard like the Afrset
Of an eastern tale. ha
felt an indescribabls
elation. 40 II he al
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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-27
Dyspepsia.

That nightmare Of mans existence which
makes food a mockery and banishes sleep
from weary eyes, readily yields to the no
tent influence of the celebrated English
Dandelion Tonic. It tones up tho digestive
organs, restores the appetite, makes az
stimulation of food possible and invieorates
the whole system. All druggists sell it at
81 Per bottle.
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Wisdom's Violet Cream

world for softeninn and Whitening The
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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-27

THROUGH TICKETS are sold at all coupon
offices Of the Northern Pacific r. R. to points
North. East. South and West in the United
States and Canada.
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Who have the majority of Patients under treat
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are now in the city.

All requiring Expert Medical or Surgical Services
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Doctors, now in Butte City, without
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Call at orr Butte City Offices personally. or nd
dress for particulars, Main offices 400
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-05
IMPROVEMENT IN STORING ELECTRICITY.

A new storage battery, which 1t Is claimed oy inc
inventors satisfactorily solves the problem OF the Storage
svsom Of electricity, has been put upon the 'arAc'
This battery contains neither lead nor acd anu IS uso
In connection with new motor OF great sVene'h apu
onciepcy 1t is claimed that while only weighing nan
A much as lead battery equipment, 1t VIII drive car
twice n. far 10 can be discharged slowly or sucdeny
at anv rate up TO full capacity, ana can be SNORT
olr.uted without injury. A remarkable tnlh9 aoous
these new batteries in their durability Cells which had
been in use from six months TO year were found 10 DC
doing a, good work as the newest cells The battery Is
snpl. IN construction and the form OF the plates a
bucking impossible. Another thing in its favor Is rs
moderate cost
The motor 10 o type OF gran'me ring machlno'
This form has many advantages, as 1t Is Impossible 70
burn It out and It's low speed makes noisy gearing
An interesting feature Of the new system
Is an electrical controller which Is placed on each pat
form Of the car This Will control the speed OF the
car absolutely. BY It's car running fourteen miles
an hour has stopped without jerk or jar In distance
OF twentynne to thrtyone feet, and without using inc
bandbrakc Energy Is stored in the cells while running
dawn hill and whenever the Is stopped The dynamos
us,d in charging the batteries Of new type and are
| combined directly with a engine.
car equipped with the system has been put on
a. road In Philadelphia and has been entirely successful
number of these Will be put into service In
| this city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-05
DON'T Throw up the sponge.

That hidoous ogre Giant Despair. often fastens his
clutch upon the chronic invalid Constantly plagued by
dyspepsia bousness and constpltionneyous and sleep
less toowhat wonder It that having tried in vain
multitude o. useless remedies he is ready, neuratyoy
sseaking to throw up sponge" Let the unfortunate
sake heart Of gace Hostetter's Stomach Bitiers
and Will put terminus TO his trials It strengthens the
stomach eonfers nervous vgor by promoting assimilation,
Of the food the liver when dormant and ieaxes
the bowels without pam The ability TO digest and
asmiate restored the ability TO sleep follows Nothing
then can stay the renewal Of health but mpfucence
HosteteFs Stomach Bittcrs moreover. traascends all
others as a remedy fos maaria rheumatic and kidney
complaints. wineglassful three times day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-05
THE SQUADRON OF EVOLUTION.

Washington, May 4.-Acting RearAdmiral John
WALKER commanding the Squadron OF Evolution was
in the city this morning having left the ships at Nor
folk He had long talk with Secretary Tracy In
company with Engnecrin- Chief Melville IN regard 70
repars on the vessels that he thinks orc necessary
There are all sorts Of rumors afoat as to tho real
object OF his visit mere end the gossipS are predicting
rapid dissolution OF the squadron as the result OF tho
conference The Secretary, 1t is said, is being I'M
portnpcd constantly to stop the evoutOns and to dis
tribute the new ships constituting tho squadron among
the stations that are unprovded with modern vessels.
It is believed that the Secretary is Inclined TO grant the
requests II has recently been suggested by Admiral
Walker that 1t would be good plan to put the squad
ron through series OF cvolutions in Chesapeake Bay
in the vicinity OF Norfolk, and he is supposed to have
taken ADVANTAGE Of his audience with the Secretary 70
urge the adoption Of this scheme.
Work IS to pressed upon the vessels OF the squad
ron The steam machinery has stood the test OF the
cruise well and considerable repairs Will be neces
any except in the OF the Yorktown, when re-
onlr5s a new set OF boiler tubes month will snice
10 complete this branch of The work: TIC const.uc9n
work NAV be more extensive, all of the ycSSels Will
nave 10 be docked to be cleaned and painted