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Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-09-09
THE WEATHER INDICATIONS

ALMANAC FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 8.
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) Forecast for New England: Fair; light
variable winds.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-09-09
Jet Trimmings.

An entirely new line in the most de-
sirable effects, comprimng Edgings. In
sertions. Points, Yokes and Fronts. Be
sure and ask TO see them; the prices
will surprise you.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-09-09

exscing
doing The
in print Come them and Judge youasf
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-09-09

kaJI A1u6u I aDI6 VOV618.
rs bleaehed damask Table
Covers, all linen, colored borders,
2 IL yards long, Csc.
Same, 3 yards long, $1.25.
25 pieces Outing Flannel, light
and dark colors, &c yard.
Good black Dress Goods, MAKES
business and that's what we have,
quality first every time. Step in
and see the goods; SOC, 75c, 81.
200 Window Shade, with all
linen fringe, assorted shades, 29c
each.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-09-09
New Dress Tyimmin

Fancy colored beaded yokes,
studded with Rhinestones,
real value % at.................
Fancy colored trimming Istud-
ded with Rhinestones to
match yokes, a ysrd............
A beautiful line OF trimmings
in fancy colors, a yard.........
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-09-09


inch Hamburg, 75c; 8 tucks, IL
inch Hamburg, 88c.
Ladies' bleach Drawers, good
quality, 25c.
Infants Knit Jackets, 25c.
Baby's Silk Bonnets, 25c.
Shoe Department.
We have a few pairs of youths
tan, spring heel lace shoes, .izes
8 to IL, always sold az $l.25 pair;
we will close out at 79c.
Boys Lace Shoes, satin oil calf,
sizes IL to 2, worth $1.3S pair, at
98c pair.
Misses School Shoes, sizes II to
2, at 98c pair lace or button;
sizes 8 to 10 1-2, at SIC a pair.
Child's spring heel. button,
sizes 5 to 8, worth 75c a pair, at
Acc q pair.
Ladies' fine dongola kid boots,
all styles in lace or button, all
sizes, better than many 81 boots,
at $1.38.
Mems Shirts.
We have Is dozen Mems Night
Robes, elegantly trimmed, good
cotton, worth 75c and SIC each, to
close at 49c.
Boys Waists and Blousee-We
have about % dozen to close at
19c each; worth 38c.
Our 50c ones at 37c each.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-02-07

and trains held up. q Travellers were
compelled to give up their possessions
at the business end of revolvers. At
Claremore Cook and has staff robbed the
station agent; at Inola they robbed both
the station and train, getting away
with everything from cash to canned
fruits; the depot at Gibson station was
plundered so often that the agent
asked to be relieved Of his job. Some
time in July the gang captured the
town of Red Fork, drove the inhabit-
ants into a vacant lot, surrounded them
with guards and then proceeded to rob
the depot, stores and train which ar
rived just in time to be of profit to
them. a few days later Bill and his
ininions raided the bank at Chandler,
Okla, during the busiest hour of the
day. The raid ended in fight during
which several citizens and outlaws
were killed In October the bandits
took the town of Watova by storm and
looted every store in the village. From
there they rode To Talala, ten miles
distant, and repeated the operation.
Two days later the same gang took the
town of Correta, partially wrecked a
train, brutally assaulted number of
citizens and committed every depreda-
ton of which they could think.
This last outrage aroused the anger
of the government Officials in Okla
homa and the court authorities at Fort
Smith An army OF Indian policemen
was sent on the trail OF the outlaws.
which was Kept red with the blood of
murdered and MANNED victims. A num-
Der of the desperadees were captured,
but Bill Cook escaped and was com
parativelv safe until Sheriff Perry made
up his mind to round him up, dead or
alive.
Unless justice rliscarries, Bill Cook
will stretch hemp before he is two
months older, and 70 one will mourn
his departure but Martha Pittman,
who has remained faithful to him, and
his sister Lulu. The latter, by the
way, although not q, bandit, is one OF
the unique characters of the Indian
country. She is said to be daring
horseyvoman, and her favoritc amuse-
ment is to ride into frontier town,
yelling at the top, of her voice and
shooting right and Left. As a lady is
never insrltel in cowboy land, she
usually has the streets 10 herself. Miss
Cook, it will surprise some to hear, is
reputed as u strilSing-loolling young
woman. tall and of magnificent figure.
She will, no doubt, heard from dur
ing her brother trial.
G.. w. WEIPpIERr.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-02-07
THE ELDER DUCK.
Habits of the Bird Whose Feathers Are
Worth Twelve Dollars Per Pound.


Worth Twelve Dollars Per Pound.
1t is not fur alone that the sea gives
my lady, As she is indebted to this ele-
ment for the elder duck, that lives
mostly on the water and frequents the
small islands on various parts of the
coast of Iceland, where, safe from the
attacks of land animals, they breed
and. ii may be easily imagined, their
rookeries are guarded by the natives
with most jealous care. Whoever in
Iceland kills an elder duck must pay a
fine of thirty dollars, and the secreting
of an egg or the poeketing of punches
of down is punished with all the rigorS
of law there. During the breeding
season all boats approaching these IS
lands are watched by the authorities
No one is allowed to land without spe-
cial permission, and guns are not per-
mitted in that vicinity. All noise,
such as shouting or loud calling, is
strictly prohibited.
The elder down is easily collected. as
the birds are quite tame. The female
having laid five or six greenish olive
eggs in the nest, thickly lined with her
beautiful down, the collectors, after
carefully removing the bird, rob the
nest of its contents, after which they
replace her She then begins TO lay
afresh, although only three or four
eggs, and again has recourse to the
down on her body TO line the nest with.
When her own stock is exhausted She
calls upon her mate with plaintive
voice, who comes to her assistance.
and willingly plucks the soft feathers.
from his breast t. supply the deficien-
cy. When the collectors become too
avaricious they rob the nest third
time, and the eldest duck abandons the
spot, never TO return, and seeks new
home, where she may indulge in her
maternal instincts undisturbed.
The brakes are perfectly white, and
they watch their brown wives with
loud cooling. they remain on the wa
ter nearly all the time the females are
on the nest. and when the little ones
are Matched they are the most attentive
to both mother and chicks.
1t requires about one and a half
pounds of this down to make coverlet
for single bed, and the best down is
worth ten TO twelve dollars pound.
The fact that most of the eggs are taxi
en- and picked for winter consun ptiOn
by the islanders, only few being left
to hatch, is known, and retards the
propagation of these valuable BIRDS
Cincinnati Gazette.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-02-07

Smith for six months. At the expira-
ton of his term, fully determined to
once more beeeme law-abiding citi-
zen, he enlisted under United States
Deputy Marshal Smith as a posseman
and soon became noted for his reckless
braver7. He knew every haunt of the
outlaws in the Indian country and adj
joining territory, and his fearless
pursuit of evildoers restored tranquil
ity in many localities where safety of
property had been unknown for de-
eades.
Having accomplished so much for the
public good Bill Cook presented himself
at the house of Martha Pittman's father
and asked the old gentleman for the
girls hand. Instead of receiving the
polite reply which he had expected the
sutton was informed that Martha Pitt
man should never become the wife of
iailbird. To make a bad thing worse
the lovesicll Bill was ordered from the
house and told never to show his face
again in the vicinity of the Pittman
habitation. Little Martha didn't like
the way in which her lover was being
treated and declared boldly and en-
phatically that she would marry him
clandestinely. But to this proposition
Bill turned deaf ear. NO" he said.
Il win marry you openly and above
board, with the old mans blessing
thrown in, or III go on the warpath and
put the whole Cherokee strip on the
run on the point OF my Winchester"
Bill Cooks word was as good as his
bond. He went into the mountains and
organized as tough band of outlaws
as ever disgraced American civilization.
He terrorized not only individuals but
entire communities. In fact he became
SO famous that old Pittman became
quite proud of him and consented to the
marriage between his daughter and the
robber chief. The old fellow went so
far as to secure a marriage license at
Musllogee, and the couple would have
been made one in October had not
detachment of Indian police been on
the trail of the prospective groom at
that particular time.
When Cook made his debut as a first
class desperate last june he was
twenty-four years Of age. At that time
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-02-07

creed 81 fate II wear 1t Isl she common
place atIaas phcre Of a mercantile life,
but thus it was.
To behold Mr. POdd on Sunday
afternoon. or on some evening, after
the muItituaiaoua affairs Of business
Eai ceased until the morrow. one would
almost have been led To believe that
the ElPti>u.ai name was scarcely ade-
luate q the man. for when Mr.. Podd
hal cast q side the euttsaIlinr shaclsies
Cf dependent cireumsta noes and stou,.
forth IL. tine fuu frecdEa Of small
saIarici clerk off duty. hc might readily
have bceu mistaken fora railroad mag
nate. or q hank official with an evident
inclination toward some country where
ex;raditipn law is not.
~ such periods IL required an ex-
ccedin-Iv imaginative brain 20 grasp
tine Thought that the Individual who
wniriei past in the newest, and most
styli-h 81 rigs 10 the utter annihilatjon
Of L.7 ,r.ti,, salary ar tvho occupied
one IL "a r.=erve3 paE O orchestral
chairs. front was bat the same person
win, smiliuglv tore dow one side of q
Grr goods c~tablishr, INT 10 enable
ss.a' utiitct iste.t ltiil'tLt ~ select Il ail15i
81 thread ar who REBOUND yards upon
yards of Ilambur = and other deco~a-
tive goods which similar consistent
creatures had examincd with q thor
oughncss known only To tn feminine
mind
Mr. P1dd CD rs ,ej Intentions, which.
If rightly IEy ,urcd. as they certainly
y-auEl ID. ia She course Of larnau events.
would give 10 hi, existence that couleur
de rose which the poets affirm consti-
tltes earthly felicity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-02-07
COOKING CAUlIFlOWER.
The Proper Preparation of This Palatabls
Vegetable.


Vegetable.
The cauliflower is one of those vege-
tables that. like cabbage, can be rem
dered as delicate as tender mush-
room by the right treatment, and can,
on the other hand, as it too frequently
is in the average American household,
be made unfit for the table by the man
ner of its cooking.
The very simple process of blanching
will make all the difference between
rancid and odOrous caulifiower and
cabbage and sweet, nutritious food.
This process of blanching is hardly
more than letting the caulihower soak
in pan of sailed cold water for an
hour before cooking, a tablespoonful
of salt to two quarts of wa
ter This freshens the vegetable and
serves also to draw out any snails
or worms from the head, if any should
have escaped the scrutiny of the cook
beforehand. 1t should then be washed
and allowed to stand in cold water for
a quarter of an hour longer Then it
should be placed in granite or por-
celain-lined stewpan and allowed to
simmer for half an hour longer, if it
is moderate-sized one, and for forty
minutes if it is large. There should
be plenty of boiling water. 1t should
be covered while simmering. Then it
should be drained and served with
sauce, half a teaspoonful of salt being
first sprinkled over it.
Two tablespoonfuls of butter and
one of flour beaten to cream, with
three gills of boiling milk poured over
the mixture, make a very good sauce
for caulifower. Let the mixture boil
for five minutes, and then add tea
spoonful of salt to it-N. Y. Tribune
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-02-07
DAPKENED PARLORS.
A Place Where Sunshine Should be Freely
Admitted.

Admitted.
How many homes there are in which
more care as lavished upon expensive
adornments than upon the free, every
day comforts and blessings of nature!
There are many women who, with the
best intention for the care of their
houses and their children, still commit
one heinous. hygienic sin by what may
be inaptly called furniture worship"
and so careful are they of carpets,
sofa coverings and curtains that some
rooms in their houses are maintained
in a cellar-like darkness except for
short intervals when they are thrown
open for company" If one thing is
more certain than another, it is the
fact that all sorts of microscopic
growths love the darkness. One has
only to search a dark spot in the for
est to find myriads of them, and dark,
sunless closets and corners come
close second, with molds. and, il we
examine carefully, a dust filed with
spores.
The army of scientists who are study
ing the nature and habits of the mi
crobes inimical to health and life have
lately been making extensive expert
ments on the effect of exposing them
to the action of light, says an ex-
change, and with one accord they tell
ms that the creatures were principally
killed outright, but the residue had
their vitality so interfered with that
they could not and did not develop nor
mally, if at all. Sunshine is a very
cheap article, has no offensive Odor like
sulphur, and can be easily applied; and
what matters it if the carpet does fade
a few shades, if the room can be wholly
sweet and wholesome? There are some
parlors, especially in country houses,
haunted by an abiding musty odor;
they never had thorough bathing in
sunlight. Bsdget.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-02-07
Mr.. Podd's intentions were Of "A ma,

Mr. Podd's intentions were 81 Il matri-
mpnial nature
lie loved.
species OF mild insanity that often at
tachs young mcE of a marriagable age
and an unmarriureab salary. and Mr..
Podd exhibited many Of the symptoms
IN an aggravated form
lie took in two or three extra squares
each dav in walking To and from his
place of business that he might pass
thc abode which sheltered the idol Of
his spul. and. PcrehaHee. be rewarded
by : smile. or bow of recognition from
the fair occupant.
Tac fair being who thus agitated the
pla sidity of Mr.. Podd's existence was
a Hiss Melinda Smythe-her father
spelled IL smith in bygone days.
This maiden dsyeIt with her mother.
whose small income was obtained by
working carly and late NJ dreSsmak-
ing
Miss Melinda led Hypothetical
existence. and while her mother
druJgcd. and cooked. and sewed
in the little back room. her daughter
receivci in the front apartment. or
went out 10 concerJsaud theaterS. from
which She brought back lyrical souven-
irs IL be- distributed. with the aid Of a
cheap rented piano. - the neighbor-
hood IT frequent intervals.
From the department IF Miss Melinda
IN public. one was lcsl t. regret that a
life of fashionable dissipation had
brought Cuuui 10 50 young a creature,
and when She referred To ''our resi-
dvnce.~ it was in "a tone that AT once
suggested a brown->tune front, plate
glass. ard an extensive retInue.
In Mr.. Podd's eyes. her bearing was
siraply regal. and be rejoiced IL the
diSt.u-ue atmosphere 81 her presence.
unm.ndsUl Of any doubts of its genu-
inenes~.
Mis- Melinda had gained her knowl-
edge of aristocratic department from
theatrical boards and the pages of that
romantic school 81 literature She de
lighted IN devouring in prodigiOus
quantities. but as Mr.. podd's ideas had
been generated 10y the same equivocal
source. ne detected none Of the flaws
patent IN q more acute or less interest
ed person
Mr. PoiJ's lodgings comprised the
most economical part of his eXis-
tenec, being IN an obscure street.
in building that wore the look of alb
ject-gcni-cl poverty. Considering the
dispiritiuE surrounding. 1t Is little mar
vel that Mr.. Podd frequently sought
the charming eompanionship of Miss
Melinda Smythe. or entertained. IN Sc
crct. visions of q vine-cmbo vered cot
tage. with this divinity as its presiding
deity, FOR il there be any excuse for a
rash plunge into the tumul nous sea of
Inatrimony 1t Is that the unfortunate
victim leaps from the positive infe-
LEFTY Of the typical obscure boarding
house into the blissful unknown
Mr.. POdd's sojourn at these lodgings,
however, was D'@tter Of policy, both
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-02-07
Appies for Luncheon,

An elegant way to use apples for a
dinner dessert or a luncheon is to re-
move the cores, steam them until ten
der, and then fill the hollow left by
taking out the core with candied fruit.
Select apples that are large and tart
and have red skins. For the filling in
eight apples Mrs. Rorer uses four
ounces OF candied cherries and
two of candied pineapples. Chop the
fruits and simmer them in a halfcupful
of sugar and a cupful of water. Ar
range the apples when cooked on an
ice-cream dish or chop plate; fill the
center heaping full of the fruit. drain
ing it free from the sirup Boil the
sirup until thick as honey, flavor with
vanilla or good sherry, and basic the
apples with it. Serve cold with whipped
cream heaped around the apples just
before serving.-N. Y. Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-02-07

States deputy marshal for some time,
performing the duties of that Office
along the Texas line, and at the recent
election was chosen sheriff of Chaves
county. When Perry caught his man
the force at his command consisted of
but few aids, and for this reason he
is now hailed rs the hero of the day
throughout OlIlahou.. , which terri
tory Bill Cook vii receive his trial.
Bill Cook was the RiaalIo Linaldini
of fin de sieclt brigands. Many of his
little acts remind one OF the gracious
courtesy Of The Italian highwayman
par excellence. But the most roman
tic feature of his criminal career-and
one that win appeal with great force
TO the sentimentally inclined-is its be-
ginning. If current reports can be be-
licved, the noted train robbcr was,
once upon a time, really useful mem
Der of society. His father was a poor
but honorable farmer. His mother,
half-breed Cherokee, his biographers
describe as good woman.
Bill one of three sons, grew up amid
scenes calculated to dry mp the milk of
human kindness in anybody's veins.
Nevertheless lie behaved himself pretty
kvell until few years ago, when he
WAS cowboy in the Creek nation. He
was noted among his rough companions
as a daring horseman, a ''dcad-sure
shot" and an all-around good fellow.
One day Bill and some of his compan.
ions visited the town of Sapulpa. On
Fhe way back to their pasture grounds
the cowpunchers stopped at the shack
of ranchman named Pittman. In an
swer TO their hallos pretty, black-eyed
damsel came to the door and babe them
enter the house. Bill was the only one
to accept the invitation He tried the
patience of his companions by tarrying
much longer than seemed necessary.
They had no idea that Cupid had fired
one of his famous darts and had struck
the hearts of gallant Bill Cook and
charming Martha Pittman. The happy
pair made love in the good old way; but
Bill, being a forehanacd fellow, thought
it would be wise to save money for the
building of a coy nest, and in this
good intention was encouraged by the
girl.
Now cowpunehing, although n very
healthy, is not very lucrative occupa-
ton, and Cook became a whisky SNUG
Cler. For awhile he made lots of
money, but one day fell into the
clutches OF n detachment of revenue
officers and was sent to the Jail at Fort
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greeting-nay, perhaps a tender one
found himself met with chilling scorn,
while that young lady dramatically
vGvel him hence.
"Begone. you villain" she wrathfully
exclaimed, in true stage parlance, and
with another tragic wave of her hand.
Why. Miss Melinda" began the as
founded Mr.. Podd
Don't Miss Melinda me. you base
hypocrite. your screamed the young
lady. allowing her temper 70 overcome
her prediction for heroics.
Great Jupiter. Ny dear Miss Me-
linda stammered the unfortunate
Mr. Podd
Co" cried Miss Melinda, in still
shriller tones. Must | have YOU
elected from this apartment? Mar"
she added, opening the door leading
into the back room, here is this con-
tcsaptible puppy, Podd.'
las he come back here ag'in?" and
the irate mother appeared upon the
scene. Maybe he come To see if your
cat still out-squalled YOU" she said in
harsh and sarcastic tones, as she con-
fronted the bewildered victim of their
joint accusations.
''Or 10 have my voice remind him of a
file on a cross-cut saw" rejoined
the da 'ghter with little hysterical
sob. %, mar! drive him away. 1
can't bear the sight o. him"
MY child! don't let such misera-
bic creature disturb YOU" said the
mother, soothingly; then, pointing to
the outer door. said:
Get right out o. here, an don't put
I your foot nigh this house ag'in. If was
a man I'd learn you how to insult un-
| protected ladies', she added, as part
| ing Injunction when Mr.. Podd, with
/ his hand pressed To his head in a dazed
/ sort of way, turned and fled into the
/ darkness.
/ An hour or two afterward, as he
stole dejectedly into his lodgings he
met at the door his landlady's daugh-
/ ter, who hi d his sentimental valentine
in her hand, and beamed upon him a
happy smile.
'-Oh, Mr. Podd"' she .tenderly ex-
claimed. ''hOw can | ever thank YOU
for this too awfully lovely valentine?
I've been watehin' for you ever since
/ supper. Do come into the parlor,
where there is nice warm fire an
J things look cozy."
1 Poor Mr.. Podd, lie muttered some
/ thing about being consumed by rag
ing headache, and declining all prof
fered remedies he went hastily to his
room, where, locking himself securely
within, he gave up fully to the anguish
of the hour.
| 1t is cause for little wonder, there
/ fore. that any allusion to st. Nalen-
/ tines day now causes deep depression
10 settle on his once susceptible heart
and chill to pervade his sensitive
/ Deing.--Detroit Free Press.