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The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-02

within the editorial sanctum; for in the
midst of all excitement he still remem-
bered that. ex-officio. he was an edit
or. snd--he was both a thrifty and a
cautious man.
An hour later another edition of the
Exponent appeared. double-leaded, as
IL I'm mourning. and the copies sold for
dollar piece. The editorial was
brief and to the point:
From a telegram received only too
late by our town marshal, because OF
the necessity of forwarding II by mail
from Crouch's, 1t appears that our late
distinguished visitor, Stemble, was
none other than the well-known des-
perado and confidence man Ike Rogers.
lately a fugitive from the Black Hills.
1t is painful to be forced to state that
the greenbacks which Rogers so gen.
erously distributed while in Lariat. are
clever counterfeits, in exchange for
which he carried away thousands of
dollars of our citizens earnings.
THE editor of the Exponent bids
farewell to his many friends. and an
nounces his intention of pulling up
stakes and moving Immediately to the
Big Horn country. Dudley
Rhodes. in January Lippincotts.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-02

and a single skate-bladed runner for the
front wheel The forked runner extends
an arm on either side of the rear wheel,
whose spurred tire takes hold of the slip
perry surface in the space between These
rear runners act as springs 20 keep the
rear wheel of the ice or snow when the
weight Of the body does not hold II down.
The front wheel Is locked when its run
ner is used. Upon reaching a bare spot,
however, the rider may pull up all of his
runners. lifting the front one up over his
handle bar, and thereby unlocking the
wheel.
Even a more complete winter equipment
for a bicycle consists of a runner for the
front wheel, a roughed tire for the driver,
a mast sail and snow plough. The mast
resembles a jointed fishing pole fitted into
the central bolt of the handle bar. This
supports a straight sail, which may be
changed to any position by simple rig
ging. In front of the forward wheel the
small rotary snow plough cuts path,
just wide enough for the wheels to pass
through. When used on ice. during a stiff
breeze the rider may convert his bike
into one huge skate by adding a runner
to his back wheel.
More impracticabfe inventions are for
ice and snow cycles which cannot be con-
verted into ordinary safeties for summer
riding. Most of these have two runners,
corresponding to the two wheels in posi-
dion, behind which is revolved, by pedal
power, a spurred wheel whose circumfer-
ence comes in contact with the ice or
snow beneath.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-02
He Beat the Town.

The whistle footed a warning note,
the hell rang, and the colonel cordiaiiy
shook hands all around. stepping on
the rear platform of the train, ne
turned about once more and waved MS
eood-byes TO persons in the distance.
lust at the moment that the wheeis pc
san 10 turn. Hank McDougaI, his mar
shars star cleaning on his vest-ne
wore no coat--came running down wy
or,inr avenue from the postofhce,
yellow paper in his hand, which ne
waved dramatically over his head.
s.Stop that train" yelled the town
,oarshal. But the conductor and engi-
neer did not hear. and the train
moved on. -, -.
"Jump. YOU scoundrel. jump! again
velIed Hank. at the same time drawing
hts pun The colonefs only answer
VAS a polite wave of the hand. Then
Hank took a snapshot at the fast de-
nartinr train, and-would you believe
itS-that little old man whipped out
two pistols from somewhere, quick as
,,,nk and for a few moments the
wav the bullets whistled about the
reads OF the crowd along the track
was something wonderful Aho as .i,e az.
train grew smaller ana smaher III rs
straightway course over the pralrle' % .ne
last act of the lone passenger on iae tne
rear platform was 10 wave MHieS ~
handkerchief towards the nttle city Vi
I.ariat and disappear within me car.
The town marshal replaced ms sun
I'm his hip-pocket ana turned sauIS
away. Deaf TO repeated inqul44e- as :.
lie nIeaklng OF ii all. he dlsAppeale'
The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-02
HE WAS MERELY JOLTED.
The Blind Man Was Not Aware of tn
Fight That Was Going On.

The Blind Man Was Not Aware of tn
Fight That Was Going On.
From the Buffalo Express.
A blind man got on trolley car the
other day and took a seat near the
door, Soon afterward a drunken man
got aboard. When the conductor tried
to collect the drunk's fare. he refused
to pay, and the conductor undertook to
put him of. The drunk was big man
and full of fight, and matters began to
be pretty lively. The conductor and
the obstreperous passenger wreStled
for a few minutes, and finally both
went down together on the top OF the
blind man. Then several other pas
sengers went to the conductors assist
ance, Kicked the drunk off, picked up
the blind man and put him on the seat
again.
Are you hurt?" asked one. sympa-
thetically.
"Oh, no." replied the blind man. I'm
used to riding on trolley cars, you
know. But, say, don't you think that
jolt was unnecessarily hard? / always
expect to be thrown off my feet every
time the car stops, II 1 am standing,
but I never was thrown out OF my seat
before"
Being blind he had not realized what
had caused the mishap, and supposed
IT was due merely to the ordinary tum-
bling about of passengers that the pa
irons of the Buffalo cars have become
accustomed 10 whenever the brake is
applied.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-02

lungs, but the terrible drain and waste
go on all over the body. The only way
to get rid of consumption is to work on
the blood, make it pure, rich and whole
some, build up the wasting tissues, put
the body into condition for fight with
the dread disease. The cure of consump-
ton is a hght-a fight between sound
tissues and the encroaching germs OF
disease.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
fights on the right side. 1t drives the
germs back, forces them out of the body.
It will cure oS per cent. of all cases of con-
sumption if it is taken during the early
stages of the disease. Its first action
is to put the stomach, bowels, liver and
kidneys into good working order. That
makes digestion good and assimilation
quick and thorough. 1t makes sound
healthy flesh. That is half the battle.
That makes the Discovery" good for
those who have not consumption, but
who are lighter and less robust than
they ought to be.
A large book of I6o pages, telling all
about this wonderful medicine, will be
mailed free on receipt of this notice and
6 cents to cover postage by WORLDS
DIsPENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, No.
663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
CAUTION.-Buy of reliable deal
ers. With any others, something else
that pays them better will probably be
urged as lust as good"
The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-02
JUMPED THE TRACK.
A Denver Newspapers speclal Wrecked
aud Two Me- Killed.

HnU WO MT FNIIItUs
Denver. Jan. LA Rocky Mountain
News special. carrying its New Years
edition and intended to break all records
for mountain travel, was wrecked at 7:l5
a m. at Malta, five miles this side of
Leadville. The train slowed down as IL
approached the station. but the rails be-
ing covered with ice and snow. Il jumped
the track. The engine crashed into the
depot. the baggage car was thrown on TO
the coal car and broken in two. but the
coach remained on the track. Ralph But
Ter was in charge of the news car, as
sisted by Frank Kelly and Special Mes
senger Harris. Engineer /. G.. Baker and
Fierman II. Hartman were killed.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-02

I,ate patents IN Ice and SHOW bFcycIes
are more interesting. Winter, whose at
mosphere is more bracing than that OF
any other season. need no longer be asso-
ciated with idle wheels or idle bloomers
Many late patents have been issued ror
snow and ice attachments for safeties,
one OF the most interesting OF these out
ats besides one of the metal tires de-
scrihed includes an L-shaped bracket
which. when fastened to the front wheel.
holds a sharp. skate-bladed runner be-
meath II. A long bar to be fastened 10
The brake lever extends straight down
through this runner and jabs its pointed
end into the ice or snow when the brake
Is prt on.
Another bicycle attachment consists OF
. forlea Y-saaped runner Tor he gear
The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-02

The weste-1 Montana ofnce OF 1s
Standard ic At Room 4. Daily Block. MS
soula- Telephone. No. l1a Advertising
rates furnished on applicatton-
The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-02
sumption

Con su option
kills more people
than rife balls. 1t
Is more deadly
than any of the
much dreaded cpl
d c mics. Fully
one : sixth of all
the deaths in
America are caus-
ed by consump-
ton. 1t is a steal
thy, gradual, slow
,disease. 1t pene-
trates the whole
body. 1t is in
every drop of
blood. 1t seems to
work only at the
The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-02
Nhean Trav-ltng.

You can travel on a railroad train
that cost S5O.O0o.O0 for day and AZ
night for 5000. but you can't own the
train Pay the Standard $1,000 for a
yearly subscription and Sights and
Scenes ~ the World and they both De-
long 20 yoa.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-02

Consumption. LaGrippe, Pneumonia and
all Throat and Lung diseases are cured
by Shiloh's Cure.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-02

For Hoarseness, Conghs Asthma aud Bron-
chial trouDes, use Browns Bronc iial
Troches." sold only nj Boxes. Avoid init 4
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-11-04
Very Polite.

The Saxons are a very polite people,
so over-polite that they not infrequent-
ly bring down ridicule upon themselves,
1t used to be told in Dresden that a
stranger in the city was one day cross
ing the great bridge that spans the
Elbe, and asked a native to be direct
ed to a certain church which he wish
ed to find.
Really, my dear SIR" said the Ores
dener, bowling low, Il grieve greatly
to say it, but l cannot tell YOU"
The stranger passed on, little sur
prised at this voluble answer to SIM
pie question. He had proceeded but a
few rods, when he heard hurried foot
steps behind him, and, turning, saw
the same man running TO catch up with
him.
In a moment his .-ursuer was by his
side, his breath nearly gone, but
enough left to say:
my dear sir. you asked me how you
could find the church, and 1t panied
me to have to say that l did not know.
Just now l met my brother and asked
him, but grieve to say that he did not
know, either"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-11-04

Enthusiasm that will last Is that
which God approves and which he en-
kindles in the soul. 1t must have a
meritorious object in view. 1t must
have truth for foundation. The less
enthusiasm for that which Is not based
on truth the better. The sooner men
become discouraged in false under
taking the better for them and the
world. God will not inflame men with
the spirit Of triumphant zeal in a cause
that He cannot approve. Such zeal
comes from another quarter and is
without knowledge. Extravagant rep
reservations of good cause, or false
coloring, always produce reaction
sooner or later. when the facts come
out. While few may be ensnared, the
mass of people will see through the
thin coating and beware. Honesty is
the best policy In all things.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-11-04
DANGEROUS Sheep,

The dangers of mountain climbing
are In general pretty well understood,
and so can be guarded against, but Sir
W. Martin Conway, in Scribner's Mag
azine, narrates a mountain adventure
of really novel sort.
On the way to Mud Lake we had
strange adventure, Of which l was for
tunate enough to secure a photograph.
We were approaching the highest sheep
pasture as the day waned. The sheep,
seventeen hundred in number, saw us
from the surrounding slopes, and urged
by longing for salt, rushed down
upon us from all sides, with one united
Bar in wild, converging ava
lanche.
We beat off the leaders, but they
could not retreat, for those behind
pressed them forward. Finding that
Carrel was the salter morsel, the whole
flock surged upon him. They lifted
him off his feet, carried him forward
cast him to the ground and poured over
him.
Fortunately the ground was fat
When the shepherd saw what had hap
pened he whistled shrilly thrice, where
upon the sheep dispersed in terror, fee
ing up the mountainside in all direc.
tons till no two remained together.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-11-04
Losing Friends.

One OF the things that most people
wake up to when they are approaching
middle age is that they have lost a
good many friends through their own
carelessness. You receive an invita-
ton to the wedding of one whom you
knew well eight or ten years ago. He
has quite passed out of your life;
though, If you were living near each
other so that you would meet occa-
sionally, he Is the kind Of a man in
whose society you would find real
pleasure. When the invitation comes
you express your pleasure that Dick
or John is to be married, and hope that
he may be happy. And that is the
end of it. You do not send present,
or, what Is better-and often costs
more-a friendly note conveying your
congratulations and good wishes. The
occasion passes without any sign from
you, and you have lost an opportunity
of Identifying yourself with your
friends happiness. He will not asso-
ciate you with that epoch of his life,
and very likely will resent your silence.
1t is the same when you fall to take
note of friends Affections. 1t Is a
real effort to write a letter of sympa-
thy. But such note may mean vast
deal to one in trouble, and by 1t, you
bind heart to your own with hooks
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-11-04
Notes and Comments.

Commander Ballington Booth recent
ly stated that the Volunteers Of Amer
lea have 106 organized posts and 300
commanding officers, whilo the Volun-
teers' Gazette, the organ of the force,
has circulation of $4,000 copies.
At the recent session of the NJ. E.
Conference, at Moundsvilie, w. Va,
the proposed amendment to the consti-
tuition providing for the admission of
women delegates to the General Con-
ference was voted on and carried. The
result of the ballot taken was SO to so.
A proposition to make the lay repre-
sentation equal, in the General Con.
ference, to the ministerial representa-
ton was defeated by d vote of lis to
%.
Nothing has as yet been made public
to show that Cardinal Sarollfs success
sor will have any larger powers as
apostolic delegate than the cardinal
exercised, and hence 1t looks as IL the
statement lately circulated, that the
pope intended simplifying the dele
gates powers so that there would be
no appeal from his decisions save to
the sovereign pontiff himself, was
Incorrect Cardinal SaiollI found
his authority ample for the settlement
of all cases that were taken to his
courts, and Mgr. Martlnell will doubt
less enjoy the same experience.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-11-04
Keeping Up APPEARANCES.

Appearances should not be wholly
beneath the consideration Of any man
Nature does not disdain them. Moth
ing Is omitted that can enhance it's
beauty. Everything Is grouped and
arranged with the most consummate
skill, and with the direct and manifest
object of pleasing exterior vision. The
man, therefore, who plays the philoso-
pher, on the strength of neglecting his
attire, and who hopes that the world
will rate the superiority of his intellect
In direct ratio with the inferior of his
hat, Is no philosopher at all, because
the true wise man thinks from nature,
through himself.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-11-04
A THIEF IN THE NIGHT

There was n large party at the Cha
teau de Kerdall, near Vannes.
The Marquis de Kerdall and his
young wife had just returned from
tour of the world on their yacht, during
which they had paid flying visits to
Africa, America and Oceanica, and
they had celebrated their home COM
ing by gathering together all their
friends and relatives at their beautiful
country house.
Among the guests was old DR.. Corna-
buc, an illustrious member of the Acad-
envy of Metaphysical Sciences, so orig
inal. so absent-minded, so venerable in
his blonde peruke and his costume of
the fashion of 1850. Then there was
Nine. De Lartigues, an old school
friend of the Marquise, brilliant and
coquettish Parislenne. And there was
Miss Hawthorne, an English maiden
lady with youthful propensities. And
there were many Others, all of whom
found plenty of amusement to their
hearts content at Kerdall.
Outside of the ordinary pleasures of
life there We're some unusual attrac-
tons. In the first place the host and
hostess had seen and experienced so
much that was novel and startling that
their conversation was always fascin-
ating. Then the rooms of the castle
constituted a veritable museum, being
stocked with rare and curious objects
from two continents. And, finally, a
menagerie had been created in one cor
ner of the park and stocked with vari-
Gus animals, which NJ. De Kerdall had
picked up during the voyage and
brought back to France for purposes
of accllmatization. There were gazelles,
antelopes, Thibet goats, Nile ibises rose
fiamingoes, opossums, beavers and an
Asiatic ape of the mandrill species, as
mild as a lamb, but as mischievous as
all his kind. An iron lattice cage had
been built for him close 10 the conserva-
tory. SE M
AS will be seen, the chateau de Ker-
dali was verltable Eden, but this fact
did notprevent little Nine. De Lartigues
from dreading the isolated position of
the place among the wide expanse of
woods and fields.
II should be afraid to live here all
the year round,' she said.
afraid of what, my dearT asked
the Marquise.
"Oh, of robbers; they would fairly
revei here"
Robbers! In this mansion filed to the
caves with guests and servants! Ey-
erybody Knocked at the young woman
and old Br.. cornabuc told horrible
stories till Nine. De Lartigues, ashamed
of her chimerical- fears, was the first
to laugh, and when the retiring hour
came she mounted to her sleeping
apartment on the, Second floor supplied
with goodly stock of heroism. Within
a short time all the occupants OF the
chateau were In the land of dreams.
How long Nine. De Lartigues slept
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-11-04
Hirsch,a Hoodoo.

Baron Hirsch, shortly before his
death, sold his very beautiful estate
at st. Jean, because it was too damp to
be healthy. He purchased another
through an agent and started to erect
a magnificent chateau upon it. After
he had expended about f35, 900 on the
new property, which he intended to en-
dow as a children's hospital after his
DEATH he was informed that it was even
damper than ST. Jean. He went In per-
son to see, and finding the report true,
and that the property was of no use
whatever for his benevolent purpose,
added to the thought that he had been
swindled, caused him to fly into vio-
lent rage, which was the direct cause
of his death.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-11-04
What the Spider Told.

81 was spinning a web in the rose
Vine" said the spider, land the little
girl was sewing patchwork on the
doorstep. Her thread knotted and her
needle broke, and her eyes were full of
tears. 4 can't do it, she cried. I
can't! I can'tp
''Then her mother came, and babe
her look at me. Now, every time l
spun a nice silky thread, and tried to
fasten 1t from one branch to another,
the wind blew, and tore it away.
This happened many times, but at
last | made one that did not break,
and fastened it close, and spun other
threads to join it. Then the mother
smiled.
"'What a patient spider.' she said.
"The little girl smiled, too, and took
up her work. And when the sun wen.
down there was beautifu, web in the
rose vine. and a square of beautiful
patchwork on the step."-Babyland
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-11-04
AJAX God for What You Want.

81 do not wish you to attempt to say
long prayers" writes Ruth Athmore
In the Ladies' Home Journal. ASK
God for what you want, believing that
you will get 1t, and do not pray your
SELF as Is possible, into a state of re-
ligious conceit Think sometimes just
before you go to bed OF this verse:
Stand in awe, and sin not; commune
with your own heart and in your own
chamber, and be still. l will lay me
down in peace, and take my rest; for
1t is Thou, Lord, only, that makest me
dwell In safety He does not want
you to come to Him with loud wailing,
but with repentant spirit and In
Quietness Be generous aud ask that
He give His patronage and comfort to
all those who arc in sorrow. Ask for
the poor a competent support, con-
tented spirit and hope for the treas
ures In the hereafter. For all that
travel by sea or land freedom from
perils of all kinds, and that they may
reach the haven where they would be.
For those who grieve for some who are
asleep may there be given a knowl-
edge of the goodness of God and a
willingness to take up the burden of
life and to carry it joyfully until the
end Is reached. For all these who are
dlsconsolate ask for light from Heay-
en-, timely deliverance, and Gods grace
and comfort"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-11-04
He Was Not Ashamed.


A clerk, and his father just in from
the country, entered a Lima restaurant
one Saturday evening, and took seats
at table where sat telegraph opera
tor and a reporter. both known to the
writer. The old man bowed his head,
and was about to say grace, when
waiter came up to take their orders.
Father and son gave their orders, and
the former again bowed his head. The
young man turned the color of blood
red beet, and touching his fathers arm,
exclaimed In a low, nervous tone:
Father, it isn't customary to do that
in restaurants"
ITS customary with me to return
thanks to God wherever l am" was
the old mans answer. For the third
time he bowed his head, and his son
bowed his also. The telegraph operator
paused In the act of carving his beef
steak and bowed his head; the journal
list pushed back his plate and bowed
his head, and there wasn't man who
heard the short and simple prayer who
didn't feel profounder respect for the
old farmer than if he had been Presi-
dent of the United States.
When we remember how many Chris
tians are afraid or ashamed to be seen
praying. we may appreciate to the full
the devout spirit of this old man. who
was accustomed to return thanks to
God wherever he was.'-Union Gospel
News
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-11-04

men might look at it from the stars,
we see it at its exact worth, both In
It's conversations and its disappoint-
ments-not despising 1t utterly, since
1t Is the place that God has chosen Tor
us, yet coloring 1t no longer with the
old false hues. Then we see ourselves
as we never saw ourselves before.
Just as pain, and fatigue, and sickness
bring out the features of the body in
q kind of CHASTITY sharpness, so In the
hour when God Is searching us as with
candles we seem able to lock in at our
selves as persons outside look through
an open window into a house. The
growth of secret faults, such as covet-
BUSINESS, or envy, or pride-a multitude
of little failings separately but trif1ing,
yet together eating out our strength
with the voracity of parasites, the
heart settling quietly down into hasty
prayers, easy self-love, scanty self-de-
nial-these things all suddenly stare at
us as the lightning flashes into the
darkness of a closed room. And some
have felt at such times that there is
something more woeful, more intoler-
able even, than the death which has
changed the current Of our life; that
sin is the worst kind of sorrow; that to
have grown cold toward Jesus Christ
can move the stirred heart into more
bitter relenting than the thought OF
the dead face shut up in its long home,
never to smile on us again.-Bishop
ThOrOld.