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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-18

Miss E. M. Snyder, of Pleasant
Prairie, was the first to get in correct
answer to the cross of pearls puzzle in
last weeks issue.
The. teamsters presented to the cOun-
Gil Monday evening a petition for an
extension of the teamsters' tax limit
and were given until April L.
Mrs. PERKINS, dancing class will meet
as usual Thursday afternoon and even
ing at Central Music hall. Afternoon
for children and evening for adults. fl8
Fred Borkenhagen, who was SO dan
gerously injured not long ago, in a
runaway at Truesdell station, is very
much better and entirely out of danger.
The Woman's relief corps will give
another of their popular socials at the
G. A. r. hall Saturday evening. Sup
per will be served from five until eight.
Dancing as usual at Simmons hall
after the programme.
Mr.. and Mrs Ward Bloss, of Salem,
entertained a large number of their
friends on Friday evening last. Among
those from Pleasant Prairie were eX-
Sheriff Cropley and wife, Mr.. and Mrs
p. A. Thomey, Messrs. W. l.. Dexter
and W. C. Dowse. All present had a
jolly time.
The Racine Times plays the baby
act in its write up on the game of in
door base ball between the Racine
Athletics and the Kenosha Athletics
played in Racine Friday night. In the
most peevish fashion it decries every
one of the plays made by the Kenosha
team and loudly denounces the Keno
sha umpire as having been unfair. The
Journal and News both act fairly and
state that the game was fairly won.
Castoria is truly a marvellous thing
for children. Doctors prescribe it,
medical journals recommend it, and
more than a million mothers are using
it in place of paregoric, Bateman's
drops, so-called soothing syrups and
other narcotic and Supplying remedies.
Castoria is the quickest thing to regu-
late the stomach and bowels and give
healthy sleep the world has ever seen.
1t is pleasant to the taste and abso-
lutely harmless. 1t relieves constipa-
ton, quiets pain, cures diarrh9a and
wind collie, allays feverishness, destroys
worms, and prevents commissions
soothes the child and gives it refresh
ing and natural sleep. Castoria is the
children's panacea- the mothers
friend.
Castoria is put up in one size bottles
only. 1t is not sold in bulk. DOM
allow any one to sell you anything else
on the plea or promise that it is "just
as goodn and will answer every pur.
pose. See that you get CAS-
T-O-R-I-A.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Skinkle and son
are visiting with relatives in Edge
water.
Joseph Turner, Of Chicago, who has
been visiting friends here for few days
has returned to his home.
Fred Dickhaut, who has been out of
town for some time visiting in Bloom
ington, ILL.,, has returned to this city.
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-18

Miss E. M. Snyder, of Pleasant
Prairie, was the first to get in correct
answer to the cross of pearls puzzle in
last weeks issue.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18
The Tame Fox.

Southey's story is of a tame fox at
Bridgwater, which had been brought
up from a cub to run in the wheel as a
turnspit. One day, however, his vaga-
bond instincts proved too much for him,
and he determined to take a holiday.
The feshpots of his Egypt were as dust
and ashes to his palate compared with
the chickens of his own selection. I'm
fortunately he chose the hunting season
for his excursion. and soon came in con-
tact with his hereditary prosecutors.
He evidently determined to give them
a good run, for he took them twice
through a stream called the Parrot,
after a grand Recommendations, which
involved a chase Of nearly 80 miles. He
made his way back with hounds in full
cry, and re-entering the kitchen re-
sumed operations in the wheel with as
much as though he had never
left it. The fat cook, with whom he
was a great favorite. succeeded in beat
ing the hounds off until the arrival of
the huntsman, who humanely assisted
in saving a life which, if sagacity and
ingenuity be virtues, we'll deserved to
be spared. New Illustrated Magazine.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18
She Was

A certain minister always felt it to
be his duty to give each young couple a
little serious advice before he per-
formed the marriage ceremony, and for
this purpose he usually took them aside,
one at a time, and talked very soberly
to each of them regarding the great i'm
p%ortance of the step they were to take
and the new responsibilities they were
to assume. One day he talked in his
most earnest manner for several min
utes to a young woman who had come
to be married to a bright looking young
man.
and now," he said in closing, 81
hope you will fully realize the extreme
Importance of the step you are taking
and that you are prepared for it."
"Preparedl' she said i%nnocently.
well, if I amt prepared l don't know
who is. I've got 4 common quilts and
3 nice ones and A brand new feather
beds, 10 sheets and IL pairs of pillow
slips, 4 all linen tablecloths, a dozen
spoons and a good six quart teakettle.
If l amt prepared, no girl in this coun-
try ever was. dundee Times.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18

until at length I found a place in the
desert where l meant to drag ont the
remainder of my miserable existence.
You wondered why | would not take
your we'll meant warning about the
Apaches. Well, in my secret heart l
welcomed the idea that a ~sayage's lance
might put a period to my w~retchedness.
When l learned from one of your fort
messengers who stopped to water his
horse at my place of the Apache out
break and the coming of Colonel Mont
gomery and his family, I was filled with
terror and de~light-terror for their
peril and delight at the hope that I
might perhaps sacrifice myself in the
effort for their rescue. / did not Join
your troop, because / knew your move
ments must necessarily be slower than
mine. l counted upon warning the colo
nel's party and holding the Indians in
check until You could come up. You
know what happened"
But you do not know" added Ag.
mes. %blushing, yet proudly, "that 1
loved him always; that l felt more sor-
row for him than / did for myself, and
that the bitterest hour of my life was
when the report reached me that he
was dead, as the happiest was'-she
hid her face upon his pillow-"when /
knew that he had not persisted in my
defense, but would live to be my own
by a double tie."
"An eye for an eye," murmured the
patient, with a fond smile.
Then I ~discreetly Withdrew.
THE END
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18

A writer in a critical review says
that one-haf of the book buying public
does not know what the other half
buys. All the books that are published
are by no means to be found in tho
bookstores. The most beautiful and
costly books never find their way into
the shops at all, are not sent out for re-
view and are known to a very limited
number Of people. Immense sums are
yearly spent on the making of such
books, which bring from 500 to 81, 600
each. These expensive volumes are not
sold in the ordinary way. but entirely
by subscription, and the business of
selling them in the United States is in
the hands of about half a dozen men.
who neither sell nor attempt to sell
anything else. Their season is short,
but the profits are large, and they live
at the most expensive hotels and drive
about luxuriously in broughams with a
man servant in attendance to carry the
books.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18
CHAPTER III.

We went on again at a rapid trot, and
shortly after sunset we were mounting
the rugged trail leading to the pass.
While we were stumbling up the stony
track. guiding our painting horses, here
beneath a lofty, overhanging wall and
there around the brink of al %unfathom-
able abyss, al uproar of shouts, cries
and rifle shots burst out. apparently a
few hundred yards beyond.
Forgetting all prudence, l dug spurs
into my horse and rode reoklessly up the
path, followed by my troopers as reck.
less as myself.
In two minutes we came to an open
plateau broadly illuminated by the
newly risen moo where, amid the
flash of firearms, the CLINT of waving
steel and yells which would have made
music for a carnival of fiends, a score of
dark figures were struggling and whirl-
ing to and fro around a small group.
one or two of whom wore the light, fiut-
terin9 garb Ct women.
l saw one of the shapes on horseback
bend down and drag one of the females
to his pommel. Then another figure on
foot darted toward him. There was a
double stream of red fire, and the shape
on horseback threw up a pair of naked
brown arms and pitched headforemost
to the earth. The figure on foot assisted
the female to the ground, then clasping
both hands before his face sank in a
heap at her feet.
The whole of this picture impressed
itself upon my brain in a succession of
lightning flashes. Then 1 was in the
midst Of the melee. l have no clear
memory of what anne after. I recall
only a confused plunging of Infatuated
horses, a wheeling and slashing of sa-
bers, the reports of carbines and revolv-
ers, a trooper rearing his charge to
make a down blow here, another bend
ing far out of the saddle to deliver a
thrust there, myself in the heart of it
all, working away, doubtless with zeal
c~ommendable in a young officer.
The skirmish was a matter of less
than ten minutes. When we had sent
those of the Apaches who were not left
dead or wounded upon the field scram-
bling up the heights for their miserable
lives, we pulled ourselves together and
began to take note Of u own condi-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18
Caught by a New Game.

What's the matter with you?'
asked the head of the firm when he
same in and found the Junior partner
pacing the floor like a Gagged lion.
Understand that this is strictly be-
tween ourselves" came the answer in
an iTritated voice. There are some
things that a man wants to endure
without any assistance or sympathy
from others. l was sitting here an hour
ago looking through the mail. A we'll
dressed man with pleasing manners
came in and asked for you, stating that
there was an important matter of bust
ness about which he must talk with
you personally. We had a pleasant lit
tie chat, when he looked at his watch,
said he seemed to have conflicting en-
gagements, and asked if he might use
the telephone. OF course 1 consented
and showed him through the Dext room
into the booth.
In about ten minutes he came out
smiling, thanked me cordially and said
he would be back in half an hour to
transact his business with you. He
wasn't more than out of the building
when the telephone jingled and the
main office inquired whom that message
to st. Louis should be charged to.
What message?' l yelled excitedly.
why, the II that just went over
the long distance, of course
My knees quaked and my voice
quavered as 1 asked how much it was.
''Just $15. So came the m%addeninp
reply.
"'Charge it to me, / shouted, and
then chased wildly around the block
looking for the fellow. That was an
other fool trick. To think of a man CT
my age and experience being such an
unmitigated and internal chump! I'll
hunt that fellow to the ends of the
earth. But don't you say a word. Mind
now. detroit Free Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18
Long Ago Life In Washington.

There are some entertaining pictures
OF life in Washington 70 years ago in
Stratford C%anning's diary and letters.
MY predecessor" he writes, chad
greatly the advantage owe me in his
collection of good stories. / record one
OF them to serve as a pattern of the rest.
He was Sir Charles Bagot, a man of
very attractive manners, intelligent,
witty and kind. An American minister
and his wife dining with him one day,
he heard Lady Bagot, who was at some
distance, say rather quickly, My dear
Mrs. s., what can you be doingT' The
salad bowl had been offered to Mrs. s.,
and her arm was lost in it up to the
elbow. Her reply was prompt-'Only
rollicking for an onion, my lady"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18
"Wel. sir, aUhat do you a0ant9"

wei, sir, aUhat do y0u lDdntf"
was at home, engaged in skinning a
freshly killed antelope before the door
of his hut, while the hungry dog sat by,
expectant of his share.
He gave me a cold and frowning re-
ception, but | was prepared for that and
seated myself unlimited upon a horse
hide stool to wait until he should have
finished his work. l uttered some COM
monplaces as to the weather in the ef-
fort to open a conversation, but he
v%ouchsafed 10 reply, going ON method
ically with his occupation in scowling
silence.
When he had completed his task, he
arose., wiped his knife and thrust it in
10 Its sheath, then, turning sharp upon
me, said in a stern, abrupt tone:
"Well, sir, what do you want?"
/ was SO disconnected that for the
moment l had no answer ready.
"Why do you come here" he went
Oh. "when l have given it to be under
stood with sufficient plainness that l
desire no visitors?"
You are hardly courteous, SIR" l
managed to reply stiffly.
~ have no intention of being so,' he
said in the same uncompromising tone.
~ wish to see nobody. I wish to be left
entirely to myself. / established myself
in this barren spot hoping that I should
escape intrusion upon my privacy, but
1t seems that ! am to be prosecuted by
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18

see it is a shod hoof, but that is no
proof. Two-thirds of the Apaches ride
stolen horses"
"True enough" responded the SER
geant, leading me a few steps farther on.
but what do you say to this?" And he
pointed to the fresh and sharply out
lined print of a boot sole. His horse
picked up a stone here, and he got down
to dig it out. He broke his ~jackknife in
doing it. Seev' He held up a bit of
pointed steel. "Then he spurred on
again like mad. Look!'' There were
blood f1ecks upon the leaves of the
hazels i'll the narrow passage through
which the animal had been urged at a
furious pace, as was evident from the
torn sod and splintered branches.
l thought Of Omer at once. He was
the only white man not a resident of
the fort within many miles. But why
should Omer be riding at headlong
speed away from the post, the only
haven Of safety i'll the whole region,
and directly toward the point of utmost
danger? I could not make it out, but
all the same l was quite satisfied in my
own mind that it was Omer.
l gave the word, and we rode on
again, pausing at intervals, but only
long enough to give the men and ami
mails the rest and refreshment they alb
%solutely required. At every few miles
the keen eyes of Sergeant jennings
would detect traces of the mysterious
white man who seemed to be acting as
our avant courier.
At 4 O'Clock in the afternoon our tired
horses labored to the brow Of a hill
which gave Us a view of the narrow
cleft in the mountains known as Skane
pass. In the intervening valley no signs
Of life were visible, but far off among
the wooded heights faint spirals of blue
smoke were rising in the clear air.
"Indian Smokes" pronounced Ser
geant Jennings, signals calling to-
gether the scattered gangsof cutthroats.
They have sighted the colonel's party;
that's sure"
"What is that black smoke down
there in the pass?" I asked.
THAT is the poor fool colonel camp
fire., he replied, with a hopeless shrug
Of his burly shoulders. "He hasn't sense
enough not to use green wood; might
just as well get out Oh a peak with a
trumpet and shout: Here I am! Come
and kill mel But look-look at that!'
He caught my arm in his excitement
and pointed to a shape, dwarfed almost
to a speck by distance-a man on horse
back %galloping toward the pass.
"That's cur manl' / exclaimed.
Forward, boys. We may not be able
to save the ,olonel and his party, but
let us try at least to drop a few of those
scoundrels before they get clear away"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18

BILE the rescue Of the colonel and his
party.
Il question if you will get there in
time, said Reed. sit will be touch and
go anyway. But you can try it. If he
loses his hair and the women are car
rled off, he'll have nobody to blame but
himself"
We had ridden hard for four hours
without meeting with any disturbing
sign, when Sergeant Jennings, who
was acting as advance guard and guide,
brought us to a sudden halt. He had
~dismounted and was bending over some
object in the short turf. 1 got out of the
saddle and joined him.
What is it?' I asked.
"a white man has been over this route
not two hours ahead of Us, he replied.
"Who is he?"
"Why not an Indian?" inquired,
studying the deeply indented track. II
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18

"But vou do not knOu," added Agnes.
earth, I fully believe. The doctor tells
me / shall lose the sight of II eye"
"But that, it seems to mel be-
gan obviously.
1.-The very reason" he interrupted.
"Yes, the loss of this eye is a repara-
tom
"Oh, Henryl' the girl exclaimed in
a panied voice.
''It is so, Agnes" he said, with a
tender smile. ~ feel that Providence
has dealt not only justly, but kindly,
with me. ] have paid an eye for an
eye, and I am only too happy that the
price has been accepted" Turning to
me, he continued: 81 am still very
weak and must confine my explanation
to a very few words, leaving you to
guess the rest. 1t was at a game of ten
nis'-his features contracted as he ut
tered the word-'that by an unlucky
blow, clumsy brute that l was-I-I in
jured the eye of the woman | loved
more than life. When l learned that
the sight of it was gone forever, l be-
came mad for a time, / think. I fed far
and fast. I travelled l know not where.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18

every impairment ldler VINO takes it in
to his head to force himself upon me-"
lyon have said quite enough, sir" /
retorted contemptuously. You are
upon your own ground here, and l am
an intruder, as you intimate, though I
trust not an impertinent one. I beg
your pardon and bid you good day"
He colOred and looked uncomfortable,
but said nothing, as I turned and walked
quietly to where my horse was fastened.
AS l was preparing to mount, however,
he called to me in an altered tone:
"Wait a moment. sir. l ask your
pardon most sincerely. l am conscious
that l have treated you very ~shabbily.
There are reasonable broke off and
added-"but accept my apologies and do
ME the favor to enter my house, such
as it is"
his conclllatory name backed by
my consuming curiosity placated me
very readily. 1 turned back and accept
ed his offered hand. Come in," he
said. Your ride must have given you
an appetite, and if you can put up with
an antelope steak broiled upon the
Goals join me at dinner. I can offer you
nc better fare"
l think my frank acceptance of his
invitation did more to establish friend
ly relations between us than Il amount
Of talk would have done. 1 ate his
antelope steak with hearty apprecia-
ton. After an hours conversation, dur
ing which l learned no more of his past
history than l knew at the beginning,
| babe him farewell and rode away.
He invited me to come again, but
begged me to keep my visits a secret
from my fellow officers at the fort. 9th
erwise, he added, with a melancholy
smile, he would be forced to pull up
stakes and seek seolusion still deeper in
the heart of the desert.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18
TraRical.

A weary traveller thirsted
And made the echoes wake
AS toward the fall of evening
He viewed the billowy lake.
For as he reached the edges
He hoarsely muttered: "Foiledi
Water, water everywhere
And not d gallon boiled"
Chicago Record.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18
He Sometime. Escapes.

Preacher-And do you always say
your prayers at night?
Johnny-Not allwus. When pa don't
come home to supper, ma gifts SO excited
and tears around SO that she fergits,
and I sneak off to bed without sayin
'em. -Cleveland Leader.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18
The Serpent.

The Roman Goddess of Health always
bore in her hand a serpent. The serpent
was the emblem Of Gsculapius, the
deity of physicians, and in Roman folk
lore it is said that during a great pesti.
lenoe in Rome he appeared in that city
in the form Of a serpent and staid the
plague.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18
In 1t,

"Why, Mrs. Parvenu, this is unmis.
takably an old master" said the enthu-
siastic caller.
"That's just what I told John. I'll
send it back to have it reprinted and a
new frame put on. detroit Free
Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18
Different Here.

SIN Japan she said, "the SHOP
per is considered the merchants
guest and is treated as SUCH"
That's all right where it's neces.
sary, he replied, ''but it isn't nee
essary here"
"Why not?"
why, l gather from what 1 have
seen of shoppers in this country that
they own any store they happen TO
be in. They don't have to have cour-
tesies extended to them either; they
can reach for them. Chicago Post
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-18
The Venetian RiaIto.

The Rialto at Venice is said to have
teen built from designs Of Mionael
N.ngelo. 1t consists of a single marble
trch SO feet long and was completed
about 1892.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-14
ACTING MAYOR CALLAHAN LEFT OUT
Summary Action Taken BY Republican
Aldermen of Lewiston.

Lewiston, April ia majority of
the Republican board of aldermen
sprung surprise cn Acting Mayor CAL
lahaa this afternoon at a meeting called
TO draw jurors, by voting to adjourn TO
Il sldermanio chamber and organize
for other business, against the vigorous
protests of the acting mayor, who said
that such action was illegal, and IN
called for in the notice of the meeting.
Four of six aldermen fled upstairs and
organized with Alderman Sanborn as
chairman. They at once voted to re-
store TO duty the six policemen dis
charged by Acting Mayor Callahan last
week, ana did other important business.
AS chairman Of the board of aldermen,
Alderman Callahan is acting mayor. By
tia action today, Alderman Sanborn is
chairman ana as he has majority CT
the board, has control of the city govern
mept.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-14
FIFTEEN KILLED THIS TIME.
Weyler Continues To Do Lots of Fighting
But Little Damage.


Havana, April 15.-Captain General
Weyler on arriving at Sancti Spiritus
learned that Quitnin Radera, the well
known insurgent leader, had passed the
military line acre SIS the province of Puer-
to Principe, from Jucaro to Morona and
the island of Turiguano before the AL
fonso XIII. battalion occupied that
island. The insurgents succeeded in pas
sing through the swamp lands between
the island and Morona.
The Captain General has ordered the
Alava and Vizcaya to pursue the enemy.
A skirmish with the latter has already
taken place at PicoJo. The insurgents
left eight men killed or the field. Ban
dern was accompanied by only 1900 men.
The Barcelona battalion has killed 81
men in skirmish and it is believed the
latter formed part OF Bandera's band OF
of dispersed groups formerly belonging
TO the force commanded by General Max
iom Gomez. The troops in the engage
nent with Banderas insurgents had Is
men wounded.