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nhoW BE YE limp"


How be ye. Jim7' That sunny voice
Comes hack through the misty years,
Ind l see the grace of an old mans face
Smile up through his happy tears.
Long time he strays down the quiet ways
Where the path IS strange and dim.
But keep the cheer OF his love and hear
His words: How be yc. Jim?"
There came to me as comes to all
The voice Of PURPOSE when
lost the JOY OF careless boy
For the broad. bold world of men.
And the skies we're glad or dark or sad:
My thoughts ran back to him
TIN We met once more at the old home
door
And he said: How be ye. JImg'
Sometime in the far of by and by.
When the years are old and gray.
j shall wander down from the busy town.
Though that sweet and quiet way.
i shall find the riils from the rose-crowncd
hills,
And drink from their blissful brim:
And the best of all. I shall hear hirn call
And say: How be ye. Jlm7"
Nixon Waterman. in l. A. W. Bulletin.
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are d iven to some little hut secluded
in the foothills, which has the appear
snce Of an honest ranchman's farm,
and there the cattle are rebranded-
another brand placed over the first, so as
to deface IL. The cattle are then driven
into some other section and sold-or
shipped east by cattle trains. When
a gang II "rustlers"-half dozen or
more-hsve stampeded "bunch" Of
cattle, rsc cowboys who are on guard
. g the slal by firing few pistol
saots at them, and a general pursuit
follows.
But usually, the theft is made at
night, aud so quietly that IL IS not
known until morning. when the cattle
are missed by their tracks. Then a
designated n1nher of cowboys take the
trail, each carrying a small armory and
from so to 100 rounds of ammunition.
II the ''rusfiers" are overtaken there is
. lively time fo- awhile; hut as the
rustlers are usually in small gangs.
they do not risk general engagement
for the pursuing party is generally che
lsrger-the cowboys considering the
pursuit of rustlers as holiday excur-
sion and volunteering in large num-
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bers The Mexican 'rustIers" or ia
drons" operate individually -fhey raie-
ly organize inso gangs, and their oper.
atoms are against the rancher, mainl,
wb:.e The Iadrone is an expert with TIA
lariat, ana would meet even a cowboy
on neutral groani, 90 il is his narursl
weapon, he does not like the revolver
practice. So he prefers to act indi-
vidually and confines his depredations 20
the rancb-and while the rancher is
asleep. The ladrone steals orr, for
home consumption and the local
market. He takes the hide off Of the
beef, which is used for shoes, and sells
the meat in the neighboring towns or
mining camps. Sometimes the rancher
gets fresh on the trail of the ladrone,
and there is an interesting race.
Mexicans are good riders. and being
expert with the reins can so direct the
course of the horse as to elude even a
swifter rider. But being armed with q
lariat the rancher does not care to
come any nearer than pistol shot, as
the Mexican's strategy is to make a
sudden turn, throw the lariat over the
head of his pursuer and drag him TO
death. Sometimes a ladrone is cap
tured by number of ranchers, and IL
not dead when brought down by shot
he is taken into the woods and hanged
with his own lariat.
Owing to this heroic treatment la
drones are not so numerous in south
ern Colorado as they were few years
ago. But the number of Iustlers seems
to be increasing and their depredations
are more numerous.
Each baron, king and rancher has his
cattle brand, designed according to his
taste, or lack of it. The brand Is re-
corded, and to counterfeit ii is felony.
In the spring or early summer there Is
a round up" or "rodeo," the significa-
ton of .'rodeo'' being ito gather The
cattle of each owner are gathered SO
that the young calves may be branded.
In fact, three or four "round-ups'' are
necessary during the season; not only
to brand tine new calves, but to brand
anew the cattle where brands are
partly oblitersted by the growth of
hair. The animals are caught with n
lariat and thrown down and held firm
while the branding iron is applied. The
feet of the kicking ones are tied.
The bleatings of a calf under the APP
plication of seething red-rot iron are
almost human in the expression of
agony; but it is amusing to the cow
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boy. There is feast during the
roundup which lasts several days. and
in the evenings there is rout-a stag
dance" and several fights.
Cattle raising is one of the leading
industries of Colorado, and it is uni
formly profitable. We have several bar
ons. kings and lesser potentates, who
have realized fortunes in the business
and come here to live in style. Some
years, however, grass Is short, and the
streams run dry. The cattle die by
the thousands, and the plains are so
strewn with their carcasses that the
air Tor miles around is freighted with
the stencil. The atmosphere of Col
orado being almost devoid of moisture.
decomposition is very slow, and car
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MUSCULAR CHRISTIANITY.
Men of Drawn Have Been of Ores
Service to the Church

Men of Drawn Have Been of Greas
Service to the Church.
4 notion has begun to spread thar
life, to be Christian, should not only.
he serious, but sedentary; not only
meditative at times and seasons, but
kept apart from the toughest work of
the world, unless, iIdeed-and the ex-
oeptions greatly increased the revolt
against the doctrine-the business was
money-making, which was termed "en-
larging ones means of usefulness
The muscular Christians rebelled at
these ideas with a stir and stramash
audible to all men. and though they were
denounced, argued with. ridiculed and
reprOved, they succeeded in dispensing
that fog. They honored soldiers. They
worshiped explorers. They forgave
spOrtsmen. They defended all who did
the rough work of the world, even when
they had to do it roughly, and taught
once more the old creed that Christian
i'y was intended to purify the world,
not to arrest it's course; that manli-
ness was one of the foundations of vir-
tue, and that a man who shrank from
his duties in the name of Christ would
assuredly be rejected by his master.
With I. Hughes and Charles Kingsley
and j. NJ. Ludlow and many another To
express their thoughts, they soon
caught the public ear, and though, as
we have said, they founded no school.
and for themselves assumed no distinc-
tive name. the impression they made
and the change they wrought was deep
and lasting. They not only arrested a
tendency toward effeminacy, which,
probably would in any case have been
cvanescent, but they brought back to
Christianity entire classes. and es-
pecially large class of English gentle
men, who, in their disgust at tendencies
wholly alien to their temperaments.
had begun 10 think whether q little in
fusion of manly heathenism" would
not be good for the community. They
maintained that piety and joyousBess
were not inconsistent, and that David
with his overvigorous life was better
man than Saul with his melancholia;
that the life of the sea and the field
and the mine was as good as the life of
the parsonage; that there was other
Christian work than preaching In sea-
son and out of season; that, in short.
it was possible TO lead the ,ife of an
average English gentleman or work
man ard be a good Christis". too. Some
of them went too far in their recoil,
as appeared when the controversy over
Gov. Eyrie divided all England, but IN
the main their iieas acted as IA brisk
breeze acts upon a sultry day, caring
away the haze, restoring health to the
sickly and vigor to the exhausted. OF
this movement Hughes was not the
soul, for +. ID. Maurice. with his saintli-
ness and his sense, must b. called that
hut he vas, in way. its life blood
he so visibiy lived In the WI ole doctrine.
lived it heartily and enjoyingly long
after the force of the movement had
spent Itself from the absence Of resist
nnc.a ~ oudor. Cracra4ar
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base of the mountains which reaches
the SHOWS and mountain stream.
He employs a number of men, or
cowboys, about q dozen for each
thousand cattle, and turn them, cattle
and all, loose upon his barony. Some
of these cowpunchers are also one
lungers whose health was impaired by
close office work, and perhaps fast liv-
ing In the cities, and are now living a
rough life In order to build up a broken
down constitution. Those who are
strong enough to resist the temptation
of drinking whisky and shooting out
the lights at dance houses, invest their
money in cattle and evolve into "kiugs."
But such instances are few. Yet there
are great possibilities for fortunes in
cattle raising. and perhaps Colorado Is
the best field. The business requires
little capital compared to mining, and
Is not so speculative. Like interest on a
debt the cattle grow while the capitalist
sleeps. II the king has not enough land
his cowboys can Craze few punches"
on a neighboring ranch, or on govern
ment land, and drive them back before
IL water Is short on his domain he can
divert a stream, and as the streams In
the west and south are uniformly small
Il is comparatively an easy task. Graz
ing cattle on the lands of others, and
iiverttng the water, which belongs to
tire land through which II flows, is the
main cause of the feuds between the
"barons."
Sometimes the clans of one baron
attempt to stampede the intruding
stock, and there is fusillade between
the boys. AS all are good shots, the
result is always more fatal than a
French duel. Another thing that all
stockmen have TO contend against is
the "rustler" and the "ladrone." "Rust-
Ter" signifies in cowboy parlance a
cattle thief, and "ladrone" is the Span
fish for II. Cattle thieves are very
troublesome. They prey alike upon the
small rancher and the cattle king. The
''rustler" is frequently an ex-cowboy.
and is very handy with gun and
lariat. The "ladrone" is a Mexican out
law, who deals monte in the towns of
southern Colorado when he is not on
the trail stealing cattle. Stolen cattle
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grandson Howard Matthew's, ana nepneWss
Richard and Robert I.ockart.
The old black nanny was dead. The
faithful service of nearly three score
years was at last finished. One more
remnant of the old south was gone.
In keeping with the death notice
above came a funeral Sunday afternoon
an occasion worthy of record as a
tribute of unselfish love. an occasion
significant in its deep solemnity, pa
thetic in its observance, demonstrating
in its highest sense the devotion of mas
>er TO slave.
In the rush and turmoil of the pres
ent time, in the fierce struggle for ex-
istence, in the greed for gain, it has
been said that the sentiment of the
south has been sapped-that there ex-
lists no longer the finer feeling which
characterized q civilization that has
passed.
BE that as il may, hiatus was made
in the ceaseless rush in Atlanta, and
over the remains of an old negro woman
were shed tears of genuine grief, and
gathered about her grave was the fam
lily which she had served. Her life was
the life of Ihany who lived in the past
generation. Her history is the history
of many families who fiOurished before
the shock of war came.
Martha was born in Liberty county.
Before the war this section of the state
was the most aristocratic part of
Georgia, and its historic scenes are
identified with many well-known fam
lies She was the property of Maj.
Thomas ShackelfOrd, and was given
over by him as n maid to his daugh-
ter, Miss Caroline Shackelford. Both
were the same age, and Martha be-
came maid when she was about II
gears old. The little negro was, as was
the custom in those days, the constant
companion of her young mistress. The
maid was generally lifted above the
level of the common mental. She occu-
pied the relative position of bOdyguard
and handmaiden. II was in this ca =
pacity that Martha served. and when
Miss ShackelfOTd went off to school
the young negro girl went also. Their
lives were closely identified Martha
presided az the marriage, and was the
happiest mortal at the brilliant occa-
sion when Miss Shaekelford became the
wife of Col. c. II. Howard. She re-
manned with the family. constant in
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A FEW STOCK "BRANDs."

cass will keep for several months.
When water gives out the herdsmen dig
for il. The streams have habit OF
sinking out of sight, running along a
few miles or more, and again coming to
the surface, and thus the thread of q
stream run dry is caught up. 1t Is a
most pitifui spectacle to see large
droyes of cattle instinctively collect
around small stagnant pools or damp
spots where once flowed a stream, and
moan with almost human appeals to
the herders. Several years ago. during
an extreme drought. there was SO little
grazing that the herders resorted to
he cutting of shrubs and the leaves Of
trees as substitute.
j. NJ. SCANLAND.
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GlLT-EDGED BUTTER.
Eight Things Are Essential to Produce It
at Every Churning.

Eight InlnES are Essenttht 10 EEouucc ~
at Every Churning.
A correspondent of the Jersey Bulle-
tin gives eight rules for making gilt
edged butter:
1. Good cows, to secure rich, clean,
healthy milk. If possible, feed cows
on rich, old pastures, free from weeds,
preferably on upiands.
2. Milking the cows in clean, well
ventilated stable, free from all atmos-
pheric faint.
3. SETTING the milk to cream and the
cream to ripen in a clean, well-venti-
lated room that may be kept at a low
and even temperature.
4. Scrupulous cleanliness and regular
temperature in the churning.
5. Stopping the cllurn when the but
ter comes the size of wheat grains, and
freeing il of buttermilk while in this
stage; taking care not to break the
grain In working.
6. While in the granular stage, incor-
porate the salt evenly and thoroughly.
Z. Put up in neat, clean, sweet and at
tractive packages.
s. Scrupulous cleanliness from the
cow pasture to the butter box.
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eomethinr of a Change.

A French paper vcuches for this dia-
assize court. as being literally true:
"Why." asked the Judge of man WHO
had been caught stealing provisions,
did you attempt TO rob this poor
baker?"
ct was hunger that forced me to II. |"
answered the man. "When the forest
wolf is hunted from the woods by
starvation, he takes his prey where be
can seize it."
"Hushi" Numbered the court, rapping
on the desk. He does nothing Il the
sort He endures his ills, repents, and
becomes an honest mani
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The readers of this paper will be pleased
70 learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able TO cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh- Halls
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cuis IS taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
OF the disease, ana giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura.
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address i. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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There should be individual effort 70
secure more variety in ornamental
plants. Because our neighbor possesses
some very fine ornamental shrubs is nc
good reason why we should duplicate
them. 1t would be more to our credit
and individual taste. says writer in
the New York Post, il we tried to sur
pass them in beauty by selecting othe:
subjects that had not yet been gen
orally used. There is no excuse for
copying another persons lawn because
Il appeals TO our taste. 1t may serve -
an example and guio.. but it should no'
be imitas1u too closely.
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How They Got Even.

Reinhold DENSE and Michael Rider
pleaded guilty in the circuit court at
Racine to wrecking a beer train on the
Northwestern road, and also to attempt
ing to wreck the Green Bay passenger
train. They said they did 1t to get even
with the company. Both were SELL
fenced to seven years In the state
nriSon
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WITH THE CATTLE KINGS
How They Conduct Their Large
ami Profitable Ranches.
Rustlers stand ksssls show When They
Fall Into tbs Hands of the Cow
boys-Thc Annual "stound- Up
Branding the Cattle.
[spec.ai penver lUo,l Letter. |

More fortunesare wade In cattle than
In mining. and the cattle industry in the
west Is most always on the boom. A
cattle king" or as he is more commonly
rallied, "cattle baron" outranks the
"mining king" Colorado, and the far
west, is full of kings of this kind. The
reason that the cattle king ranks the
mining hing is that he Is, usually. an
educated man, or at least partly SO, and
has a practical knowledge of affairs,
while the mining king Is. in almost
very instance. an accident-an ordinary
mining prcspector, who makes rich
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ApouhIa wedding.

AtFairlawn, the home of Mayor Patti
son. there took place the most elaborate
social event in the history of Superior.
TIE mayors nieces. Mary Ann Gowling
and Eva Irene Thayer. became the
brides of Ralph C. Pope, a prominent
attorney, ard Frank C. Hamen, a local
druggist, respectively. The foral aud
art decorations OF the house entailed an
expense of about $1,000, and the pres
ents received by the couples are valued
at $4,000. The mayors gift TO each
bride was a piece of improved real es-
tate worth about $1,000.
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Herman Catholics.

At the German Catholic state conven-
ton i'm Racine resolutions were adopted
increasing the per capita tax from two
to five cents. officers were elected as
follows:
President, Theodore Kersten. Chiffon;
first vice-president, Charles Roemer, Ap-
pleton: second vlce-president. Charles MIL
Ter, La Crosse: corresponding and hnan-
cial secretary. Anton Bickel. Milwaukee:
treasurer, Anton Ce1einer. Milwaukee.
recording secretary. Jacob Koher. Apple
ton: executive committee. Custave Kaiser.
Milwaukee,; Henry Broecker. Racine:
Frank Gottsacker. She boygan; Mat
Schmitz. Kenosha
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A Gc-ar.. Work.

The statue which Miss Nellie Mears
designed for portion of the Wisconsin
exhibit at the worlds fair is shortly to
be placed In it's final resting place in
the state capitol. The bronze of the
plaster cast which was on exhibition
at the worlds fair has arrived in Mad.
ison. The statue Is to be placed in the
northeast corner of the rotunda and
will add greatly to the beauty of the in
terror of the building.
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Miss Upham to Wed.

The engagement of Miss Caroline Up
ham and Philip II. Sawyer was an
nounced. Miss Upham is the daughter
of Gov. and Mrs. Upham, and Mr.. Saw
yer Is the son of Edgar Sawyer, of Osh-
kosh, and grandson of ex-United
States Senator Philetus Sawyer. He is
a member of the junior class at the Uin-
versity of Wisconsin.
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.Among the onarks. y

The Land Of Big Red Apples, is an attrac-
tive and interesting book, handsomely Illus
trated with views of South Missouri seen
ery. including the famous Olden fruit farm
of 5000 acres in Howell county. IL pertains
to fruit raising in that great belt of Amer
lea, the southern slope of the Ozarks, and
will prove of great value, no. only to fruit
growers, but 20 every farmer aud home
seeker looking for a farm and a home.
Mailed free. Address j. +. LOCKWOOD,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Special agents of the eight insurance
companies represented al Eau Claire by
Stephen W. Thomas examined the books
of his office and figured up a shortage of
over $1,000. He was said to have made
collections up to the last hour before he
took the train for parts unknown.
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rhre. fnr nnIIart

Three whatl Three charmingly executed
posters in colors, drawn by W. w. Dens
low, Ethel Reed and Ray Brow, viii be
sent free OF postage TO any address on re
ceipt of One Dollar. Ali who are afflicted
wi h the '.poster craze will Immediately
embrace this rare opportunity, as but q
limited number of the posters will be is
sued. The scarcity of a good thing en-
hances its value. Address Gro. ii. FEAF
FORD, General Passenger Agent of the Chi
cago, milwaukee & st. Paul Railway, OLD
Colony Building. Chicago, Ill.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
COVERED RARNYARp.
With 1t Increased Amount of STOCK |
Can BE Kent.

With IL an Increased Amount of STOCK
Can Be Kept.
The value of covered barnyard is too
apparent to need extended argument
to prove its worth upon the farm. With
it as a factor in farm management, it
is possible to keep the manure from
teaching, even in the slightest degree,
and keep il also from that bane of most
manure heaps, .'fire-fanging." With
the covered barnyard all the manure
can be wheeled out daily, kept covered
with litter, and kept SO closely packed
by the running of cattle upon il that toe
rapid heating is not at all possible. In
the covered yard there is, moreover, al
ways a chance for the stock TO exercise
and secure fresh air, without exposure
to storms or cold winds. There is an.
other use also to which the covered yard
may be put, III some localities. at least
Sheep that lamb in spring mot In the
winter-do not require exceptionally
warm quarters during cold weather
AS matter of fact, many sheep-raisers
are of the opinion that clothed with q
thick fleece of wool as they are, sheep
cred barnyard, inclosed on all sides ex-
cept the south, in many parts of the
country sheep could certainly be win
tered in the yard. and fed in racks at the
sides. In this way an increased amount
of stock could be kept on many farms.
1t is fact. however, that most farm
ers will hardly be induced TO cover their
yard because of the pxpensa-fha i,laa
of roofing all outdoors" not appealing
to them as profitable, though they may
be willing to concede the advantages of
the covered yard. A plan Is presented
herewith that does away with some of
these objections, for the addition to the
barn, which is shown in the cut, secures
q covered yard as an incident in the Sc
curing of other barn and stock accom-
modations. The addition shown is vir-
tually two wings to the barn, with a
roof spanning both, the roof space be-
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a por Nth Art,ac,., r...,.

1t is said that dog In Mulliken. Mich.
possesses and uses daily full set Of
artificial teeth The dog is very old. and
Is a family pet. When it lost its teeth
recently it's owner. according to the
story, had the local dentist make the
animal q full set of teeth. and they ars
said to be perfect working success.