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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-07-14
CHAPTER Xxx w.

ssIt's the very same" said Brace,
taking the store in his hand,
"Do you take care OF it, said |,
''ior | find enough 10 DO to take care
OF myself"
oval, reckon it won't be long be-
fore we're on tie best side O this
hole" he replied putting the stone il
his pocket.
He was certainly III at ease, and
less confident than usual, FOR he took
his torch and examined the tastenings
OF the ropes, and then, from an Ad-
iacent cavity, he brought out another
coil OF cord, in which cross-pieces OF
stout lick Dry were knotted at inter
walls OF foot. He uniastened it. and
laid it loose upon the rock, with the
looi,ed end free.
The ropes has been years expose!
to the damp. and they're bound to
go one day. Het they should happen
to 90 this day, this here knotted rope
may come in partic lar handy. You
know how to use it, my gel. Here's
for a start.
With the torch in his hand, he began
the return along the rope.
He had got to the middle when he
stopped.
"What's tha-?' he asked sharply,
holding the upper rope with one hand,
while he raised the torch with the 9th
Ell, and peered out into the darkness
1t was fearful to see him standing
there with one upheld torch over the
awful chasm, one luminous OBJ
ject in the b!ackness.
"Did you hear anything partner"
"No.'
Seemed to me hcerd rifle cocl,
ed. burned old fool" he muttered in
self-reproach, as he continued his
course.
Without accident. brother incident,
he reached the ledge, and with grunt
OF content, seated himself on a bould
er letting the torch drop by his side.
There was pool o; water there; with
a hiss, the light went out.
The next instant there was a fash
in the darkness beyond, followed by
the sharp crack of rifle shot.
We could see nothing, but from the
ledge opposite came a groan, and
Brace called family:
"I'm hit pardner; look out for your,
self"
The shot had been fired after the
light was cxtinguished leaving him
in obscurity. Thefaculty that had en-
abled the assassin to descend that
terrible ledge, in the dark, had enabled
him to mark down poor Brace when
he was no longer visible to our eyes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-07-14

iHE MD > tItN:-
with fruit, everywhere there was a re.
dolence OF orange b!osSom,-"a very
suggestive fragrance, my dear fellow"
said the Baronet, pressing my hand.
Edith was charmed with all she
saw.
"Is this my home?" she asked.
turned to Sir Edmund.
"Well. wemust go through the form
ality of!ookins at the books, my dear, "
said he.
had no hesitation in showing them,
and when he had seen the splendid re-
suits .hey already showed heformally
saEctioneda renewal OF our engage-
ment; but we had not waited for that
consent to let our hearts join in I'M
constrained delight.
Our second engagennt was happily
longer than the first. but we were
married the week after the vines were
cleared
Brace was az our wedding break
last. When it was over, he took some
OF the flowers from the table and dis
appeared for some days. knew how
he had spent the brief holiday. Ii l
had entertained any doubt, it would
have been dispelie,l when, on his re-
turn, he took the old agreement from
his pocket and pointed to the post
script:
1t is understood between the above
partners that, in the event OF a lucky
find, the Kid shall not be forgotten. :"
And, indeed, in my wife had found
a dearer prize than any l had dream
ed OF when | signed the compact.
THE END.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-07-14

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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-07-14
Trapping Cut-WormS.

A Michigan correspondent OF Vick's
Monthly writes: II wish you. would
try my method OF catching the cut
worm. have tried it the past two
years and found it a perfect success.
AS soon as the ground is ploughed in
the early spring before planting, !
lay down the common mullen plant
about twenty feet apart on the fur,
rows, and it is so attractive that the
worms will gather under the plant in
good numbers. The best time to
gather them is early in the morning.
It takes but few pickings to rid a
field OF the pests. l trapped as many
as 50, 900 in the summer OF 1891"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-07-14
An Appropriate Name.

Dukane-Beg pardon, Larimer, but
what name was that you called your
wife just then?
Larimer-I called her Revised Die.
tionary."
3. 'Isnt that rather an odd name to
apply to the wife OF your bosom?"
mot at all. You see, she always
has the last word. !"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-07-14
THE GREAT RESPER,
TALE OF A BIG DIAMOND.
How en- Immense Gem Was LosA.
Recovered. and Lost Again.
CHAPTER-XlN Continued.

tine greaser never got no furder
down than this; but it weren't fur
enough for me-" said Brace. II had
my idea OF gettin' right down to the
bottom OF this hole, where these wa
tiers must have carried tons O. gold.'
"Bue the ledge ends here"
at do but he added lifting his
torch. sit goes on again over there !"
The light Tell on a Uniting projection
OF quartz upon the opposite side OF
the Chasm, distant at least twenty
feet.
But you can not leap that"
Correct, end amt going to
try
He laid himself upon his face and
stretched his arm down the chasm
when lie rose. he had cord in his
hand. Pulling this in, lie drew up two
coils OF stout rope. As he drew them
in, saw that their other ends were
attached 70 rocks upon the opposite
ledge, one abov, the other, with
about four feet between
eve must hitch EN- tight give us
a hand, sill" he said.
i helped him to make the ropes
taut, and tHsten their loose ends
upon the projecting cracs that he had
long employed for thar purpose.
There, sir" lie said, takin. his
torch from Lola, and holding it over
the black gull, "there's us pretty Il
bridge and hand-rail as the heart OF
man could reasonably desire
For all that held my breath as I
saw him step out on the low rope,
and make his way, holding by the up
per one. across that black abyss. My
turn came, and with the blood hum
lninsn my ears, stepped out upon
the rope. 1t swung to and fro in the
middle, and ! was seized with that IL
resistible suggestion OF seli-aestruc-
ton which Affects the imagination Of
most people in looking down from the
extraordinary height.
Lola began to cross before I was
well Off, and when we stood all three
in safety on the ledge. a fervent
"Thank God" rose from my heart.
oval, we've got to git back
agin.' observed Brace, as if my
thankfulness were a little prema-
ture; "hows' ever faint bad
to think OF Providence when
you're in danger; now, my gel, it 8
for you to lead on
"You can stay here; you're too
heavy for where I'm going said she,
taking the torch from his hand.
With swiftness that terrified me,
she went down the side OF the
precipice, finding foothold where we,
looking down from the projection,
could see none.
"They don't know danger,-kids
DON'T" said Brace, in q low tone
END he added, looking into the
depths about him uneasily, 81
wouldn't mind feeling the same myself.
First time l ever felt skeery. down
this hole, and I'm burned itit shat
be the last. I'm gettin' too old to
emily risky work
| could not take my eyes from the
light below, as it passed in jerks from
point to point. At last it stopped,
and after a minutes pause, to my
great relief, it began to return.
Quicker and quicker the light danced
along until felt sick and giddy with
fear for the girls safety; and then,
with one last bound, she stood upon
our shelf OF rock, holding the Great
Hesper in her hand.
cam I good?" she asked earnestly,
pestling up to my side. 4r..rtr
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-07-14
Many OF It's Kind.

Quester-So that thiefyou were tell
ing me OF escaped after all, eh?
Jester-Yes.
Quester-Didn't you say the watch
man started to run him down?
Jester-Yes, but in the effort he ran
down himself; short. wind "watch, +"
YOU see.-From the Boston Courier.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-07-14

la. She had slipped it there before
she went
X X
Sir Edmund and Edith came to San
Diego in June. the loveliest season OF
that lovely land. The air from the
sea tempered the suns heat. The
plantations were already burdened
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-07-14

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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-04-19

too low-less than three feet above
ordinary high tide--and its dampness
aud consequent unhealthfulness have
caused it to be abandoned for higher
ground. All of Washipgton's larg.
est business houses, most OF which
were once on the avenue, are now on
+ and G streets, and the loss of bust
ness and consequent lowering of rem
tails have caused the forming of
powerful lobby, aided by both OF
Washington's daily papers, which
own plants Oh the avenue, to work
bills through Congress locating pub
Iic buildings in this swampy section.
Congress should beware of the
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-04-19

The diplomatic difficulty between
the United States and Italy, growing
out Of the tragedy at New Orleans,
has been settled, and the diplomatic
relations Of the two governments have
been fully reestablished. The United
States agrees to pay the Italian gov
eminent l25,000 francs to be distrib-
uted among the families OF the VIC
tins OF the massacre.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-04-19
Notice Of Application to Out
Timber.
coinage.


In accordance with the rules and regu
lations Of the Honorable Secretary of the
Interior, dated May s, 1901, we, the un.
dcrsignrd, whose postoflicc address Is
Crane, Washington county, Idaho, hereby
give notice that ut the expiration of TWEEN
ty.one days from the first publication OF
this notice april IL. 1899 we will make
application to the Hon. Secretary of the
Interior for PERMISSION to cut and rem owe
Dir and pine timber for lumber and fuel
to be used by the settlers of the immediate
vicinity, from the unsnrveyed government
land Of the tract lying in the county OF
Boise and State of Idaho, and described
by the following boundaries, to-wit; Be-
ginning at the mouth of the creek that the
Crane creek road comes down, to Squaw
creek, thence east one r. lie, thence north
six miles, thence west two miles, thence
south six miles, thence east to the place
OF beginning, containing about two mill
ion feet of saw timber. The timbered
portion Is wholly unfit for agriculture
Timber nearly all pine, but little fir.
April 1e, ls02-w3] WALKER Bios.
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Notice of Forfeiture,

=. To John kennaly and Louis Garrecht:
lou are hereby notified that have ex
pended One Hundred (Sl00) Dollars in
laoor and improvements upon the Golcon.
Ga quartz claim, in Nor Creek mining
uislrict, Boise county, Idaho, in order 10
hold said claim under the provisions of
Seeti"n 1894, Revised Statutes of the
United States, for the year ending De.
cember 81, 1891. That The proportion of
SAID expenditure due by each of you is
twenty Five (S2o) Dollars, lawful money
ol me United states, and il. within ninety
days AFTER the legal publication OF ,h,s
notice, you fail or refuse to contribuie
your proportion of said expenditure, and
win legal cost "f this public ton, vour
will become The property of the
Undersigned, under SAID Section 1924
b. F. SIMPSON.
IDAHO CRY IdHho, Jan. 20, 1899
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-04-19

Heavy rain and snow storms in
Minnesota and Dakota on the 18th
inst. Six inches Of snow fell at Yank-
ton.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-04-19

The Democratic State convention
Of Nebraska "resoluted" against free
coinage.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-04-19
Trcasurer's Notice

Treasurer's Notice.
Inc following warrants will be maid
on presentation: s'N
COUNTY GENERAL FUND.
All warrants registered rr,or to .IuIv
1871; also warrants Nos. 3l5, 3l6. SIS
sZo' OF 1871. +. F. CHURCH,
,s., County Treasurer
Idaho City, Idaho, Feb 6, 1904
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TRHExorRosT

viii permanently cure the itching, swell.
ing and tingling caused by freezing and
trostbites Good for nothing else
Price, SO Cents; and 81 Bottle.
Only obtained from
q. u. PALMER PHI Co,
Neh. !, % kea.op, Ohh
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-01-28

Water alone can act thoroughly on the
blood, Il water produces four notice
able effects. 1t dissolves the injurious
principles of the blood, eliminates that
which has been dissolved, restores regu-
lar circulation to the purified blood and
f~ortifies the debilitated organism. In a
talk with the able after consultation
hours, he said that fifty years ago people
did not take cold as at the present time.
Why? Simply because the body was more
hardened to changes in temperature.
Water makes the body capable of en-
during all climates, and the best way to
begin the treatment is to walk barefoot
in the wet grass. After a quarter of an
hours promenade without drying the
feet, n must put on dry shoes and
stockings and exercise until the feet are
very warm. 'If you can find no dew,
no wet grass" said the able, 'swalk on
cold, wet stones, or even on the snow.
That is my remedy for those who are al
ways taking cold"
The abbe's treatment varies according
to the malady. For some he prescribes
vapor baths, for others wet congresses,
ioI otHtis pdtls Win oats VI nay duueU
to the water, etc. The water must be
as cold as possible, and in winter snow is
preferred. But a cold bath must never
last more than five minutes, including
the time required for dressing and un-
dressing, and the bather must never use
towels, but always exercise for fifteen
minutes after the bath. Friction only
causes unequal circulation, but exercise
produces a uniform heat.
Warm baths should always befollowed
by a plunge in cold water. The good
able says n must never drink too much
water, and the least possible during re-
pasts. Drink a little water before eat
ing, very little while eating, and two or
three hours after drink as much as O
wish."-Paris Cor. New York World.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-01-28
Connecticut Girl Farmers.

Eight years ago Miss Esther Peck
bought a farm on time up on Grassy
hill in Old Lyme, Conn, and began to
cultivate it. She was up with the sun,
laying out work for her men, and even
taking hold herself. She handled the
hoe and rake, drove the moving ma
chine and hay tedder, pitched hay and
did any other work necessary. She was
a successful agriculturist, and paid for
the farm in four years. Then she bought
a second farm and continued her opera
tions, adding live stock. Now she has
the lest stocked farms in New London
county, and supplies New London with
poultry, eggs, butter and beef. The two
farms are paid Tor and she has an in
come of from $1,000 to $500 a year,
which she is laying by for old age.
Miss Annie Bradley is another Con-
necticut girl who is engaged in an occu-
patton at which she is making a good
living. She lives in Ansonia and ped
dies milk. She owns her cows, and early
every morning drives into the village
and delivers the milk to her customers.
No storm deters her, and she is not only
making money, but enjoying splendid
health. Cor. New York Sun.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-01-28
Why Girls Want Old Gloves,

Days when a girl asked every man she
met for a necktie for her crazy quilt are
passed; she no longer collects his hand
kerchiefs to make curtains for her win
dows, and eve his match box is COM
paratively safe. But now the latest fad
is to ask the men for their old evening
gloves. "What does she do with them?'
the uninitiated quite naturally ask. For
"dream gloves" is the reply. This is the
way of it. Her hands, perhaps, still re-
tain some of the summer tan; perhaps
they are rough because she has helped in
the homework, or they may be chapped
from biting chilled. Whatever the cause
the remedy prescribed is ''grease and
Gloves
Now our dear girl finds her own
gloves are too tight for this purpose,
and thens generally, she wears hers I'M
til they are quite useless. So she thinks
she will. borrow her brothers evening
gloves, since he casts his away after the
first appearance of soil. Then my lady
thought it wonld be so much nicer were
she to have his gloves to protect her
hands, his gloves to tuck under her
pretty cheek. his gloves to dream upon.
Hence the origin of the name and the
fad. What will be the next?-Philadel-
phia Music and Drama.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-01-28

The plan of a number of well known
ladies of the city to form an institution
for the education of present and pre-
spective servant girls in culinary AR
needlework and many other ho1sehoi
accomplishments has been discussed
servant girl circles during the weei
and Judging from a communication r.
ceiyed from a servant girl, lie youn
women are not as enthusiastic over til
proposition as many of the promoters {
the innovation would desire. Tire con,
munication, a portion of which is used
expresses the sentiment of at least on
household servant. 1t says: ''They (the
ladies' are seeking to solve a problem
that they cannot. They had better use
their money, if they had any to spare, in
their own homes or for some charitable
purpose, where their kindness will be ap
preciated. They may offer any induce,
ment they like, but they will never get
the better class of girls to cooperate
with them. Any girl who honors and
respects her mother will carry her teach
ings through life, and will not be taught
over again by these ladies. The average
girl can teach them more than they
know. think if they would only teach
their daughters that which they propose
to teach US they would reach the desired
end more readily. They set themselves
up to teach the working girls what they
themselves don't know. They had bet,
ter put their energies together to invent
a machine that viii do the work for
them, and thus find Il means of escaping
the annoyance o. the queens of the
kitchen They can then set their little
machine in the corner when its days
work is done. 1t will not demand any
wages at the end Of the month, it will
not want an af!era0on out every week
and will not have Deaux coming to see
it. 1t will work all day and all night ii
you wish it to. Ne working girls are
called servants, but VIC are as independ.
ent as those we work for, aud, it seems,
more SO, Judging from the outcry OF
those poor unfortuuates.~- St. Loui.
Globe-Democrat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-01-28
MY SWEETHEART.

Whenever | play Oh the old guitar
The songs that my sweetheart taught me-,
My thoughts go back to the summer time
When first in her tolls she caught me:
And once again / can hear the sound
Of her gleeful voice blown over
The meadow, sweet with the scent of thyme.
And pink with the bloom of clover.
The faded ribbon is hanging still
Where her dimpled fingers tied it
/ used to envy it stealing round
Her neck, for she did not chide it;
And the inlaid pearl hat her ringlets touched
AS she leaned above it lightly,
CLOVIS even now with a hint of gold
That it once reflected brightly.
Whether her eyes were blue as the skies
On a monday in September,
Or brown like those of a startled fawn,
can't for the world remember;
But when she lifted them up to mine
know that my young heart tingled
In time to the tender tune she sang
And the airy chords she jingled.
Yet now. though l sweep the dusty strings
By her girlish spirit haunted,
Till out of the old guitar there trips
A melody blithe, enchanted,
My pulses keep on their even way
And my heart has ceased its dancing.
For somebody else sits under the spell
OF the songs and sidelong CHANGING.
M. f. Wardweil in Century.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-01-28
Proceeds of a Jackknife.

The champion horse jockey belongs in
Belfast in the person Of Lie Walker.
Just to give his boy an idea how to get
along in the world Lie started away
from home one day on foot and nothing
in his pockets but a jackknife. He was
absent just one week and returned driv-
ing a pair of horses harnessed into a top
buggy. Hitched to the rear axle was
another horse and a cow, while ahead
was a dog. See how your pap does it,"
said Lie to his son, as he gazed at the
time of day from a handsome watch.
For a fact he had got the whola turnout
for his iackknife, and swapping the pro-
ceeds into one thing and another.-Bei-
fast (Me.1 Mail.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-01-28
COLD WATER CURES ALL
A UNIVERSAL PANACEA FOR SUFFER
ING HUMANITY.

The Able Sebastian Kneipp'' and His
scribes the Method of the Priests Treat
m~ent-Cold Water Used Externally.
Few Americans have seen the little
village of Woerishofen, between Mem
mingen aud Augsburg, in Bavaria, and
yet for the past four o. five years this
little burg has attracted as many visitors
as Bayreuth and Oberammergau. Woer-
ishofen is celebrated not for its mineral
waters, not for its bracing air, but for
its marvellous cures performed by the
priest of the village, the Able Sebastian
Kneipp. Each year at least 10000 in
valids make a pilgrimageto Woerishofen
and endure all Inconvenience in order
to be cured by the Able Kneipp.
The Able Kneipp is a celebrity in
Germany. He is called a genius, q
savant, a benefactort of the human race.
Everything in the village is named for
the wise priest. For instance, there is
Kneipp coffee, Kueipp bread, Kneipp
linen, etc. Always at least a dozen
physicians are present at the consulta-
tons of the priestly healer, and these,
after thoroughly understanding his sys-
tenn, will found Kneipp Anstalten at
Stuttgart, Munich, Wurtzbourg, etc.
This good able believes hat water
will cure all the ills to which flesh is
heir. A friend who went from Paris to
consult the Able Kneipp has told me of
her experience at W~oerishofen, and of
her great admiration for the abbe's wis
dom,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-01-28
Go to the Devil.


1. Bad roads lead to profanity;
and make men swear.
2. Bad roads lead to intemper-
ance; men think it necessary to
fortify the inner man with a few
drinks to enable them to stand the
long journey through the mud.
3. Bad roads lead to cruelty;
even the kindest hearted driver
often has to stimulate q willing
team with the lash.
4. Bad roads lead to poverty;
the wear and tear on wagons, har-
ness and animals knock off a good
deal OF profit.
Conclusion: If bad roads lead
to profanity, intemperance, cruelty
and poverty, they lead to the
devil
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-01-28
An AereenhIe Surnrise.

The other day a Harlem mar
thought he would surprise his
wife by cutting off his beard. So,
delighted with the idea, he can't
home that night clean shaven. His
wife herself opened the door and
at once threw her arms about his
neck and began to kiss and hug
him violently.
"You like the change, do you
my dear?' he gasped as soon as
he could catch his breath.
"Oh, heavens, George Is II
YOU"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-01-28
Arrested For Theft.

Constable Bunton Thursday ar
rested J. W. Meredith, who lives
near Thompson, on a warrant is
sued through James Squires OF this
place. 1t appears that Dir. Mer
edeth lives on Mr.. Squires' farm
and on failing to pay 1925 rent the
latter attached the formers corr
crop. The attachment did no
prevent Meredith for using ths
corn, it seems, so Thursday he wai
arrested.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-01-28

At a recent family reunion in
Missouri, says an eastern exchange,
two unusually fat babies were proud
ly exhibited by their fond parents.
The eldest, aged five years, weigh.
ed fT pounds, and the youngest,
aged two and one-halfyears, weighs
ninety-.hree pounds.