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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-06

The Charles Dixon Live Stock Commits
sion Company had a letter from Thomas
Dixon. Junction City. Kas.. under date Of
July 4. in which he says, We had a good
rain to-day and corn is all right here.
L. L. Ashbrook, of Manhattan, Kas., writ
ing the same firm July 4. says: W had a
good rain here last night and another one
to-day. An average corn crop is assured.
Grass never better and cattle doing well"
And from NJ. Walsh, Steinaur, Neb-. they
had a letter enquiring about feeding. In
which he said that crops were good in
his section.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-06

Export buyers are still doing some bust
ness here in spite of the torrid weather
They got !. 726 choice heavy cattle here last
week. which is not bad for this time Of
year.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-06
sam Crawley surrenders.

wounds. MalIicoat is under arrest. His
injuries are not serious.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-06
ssChicaxo Limfted.0

Leaves Arrives
6p. m. via 9:&5 a. m
CHICAGO & ALTON r. r.
Cafe dining cars. No other line makes
quicker time or runs finer trains.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-06
''Chicago Limited.~
Leaves

Leaves Arrives
6E. m. via 80 a. m.
CHICAGO & ALTON r. r.
Cafe dining cars. No other line makes
time or runs finer trains.
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Draft horses. good

MULES-Mules. 10 to IA hands,
I TO ! years. good flesh and hair. Is Goa % 90
Mules. II TO IL hands,, 4 to {
years. good flesh and hair. 81 Goa As 90
Mules. Is to ISL hands. 4 to Z
years. good flesh and hair. IS GOA go 90
Mules. 15tz to Is hands. Z to Z
years. good flesh n hair. so cog rs 90
Mules. Is to 16r hands, extra
good flesh and hair ........... IS NOGlOO 90
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-06
The darlington Route.
The best line to st. Paul.
est. Louis Limtfed.''

Leaves Arrives
S:t5 p. m. via 1905 &. m
CHICAGO & ALTON R. r.
The finest compartment sleeping cars
and chair cars ever run out OF Kansas
City. The whole train Is a butte"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-06
SANTA FEE ROUTE.
Kansas City to Chicago.

It is the shortest line.
Finest train and dining
car service tween the
two citiec Try 1t.
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Glorious weather
Epworth League, Toronto. Ont.

One fare for round trip. with diverse
routes via rail and steamer east of Chi
cago. Apply at Burlington ticket office for
information and pamphlet OF trip.
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tans, but their religion is so mixed up
with idolatry, fire worship and four or
five SuperStitious Beliefs that the pure
Mahometans look on them as out-and-out
heretics.
Proclamation for an astrologer was
made by heralds and couriers. Queer
looking, sheepskin-clad warlocks came
from Thibet and Asia long-robed der
wishes from Persia and Arabia, turbaned
priests from across the mountains,
whiskered and weaponed fanatics from
Afghanistan- The tribes now at war with
Great Britain sent many candidates. Ev-
cry caravansari in Khelat was choke full
AT last, on April II, there was a grand
parade, and the would-be prophets
marched in imposing though dirty array
past the khan and his vizier. The British
agents, among whom was your informant,
occupied seats beside his majesty. 1t was
a sight the like of which l never expect
to see again. A young Englishman pres
ent said that he had never imagined that
there was SO much unkempt human hair
in the world Indeed, the boards and
whfslers of these applicants were simply
appalling in their luxuriance.
LAS each astrologer strobe by he re-
cited in a loud voice his qualifications
religious beliefs and place of birth. To
such as pleased him.. the khan bowed
with great dignity; and, at this signal,
the vizier, Mahmud, deftly flung d pebble
from one of the SheepSkin bags which his
attendants held in readiness.
You should have seen how the lucky
prophets caught those pebbles. Our
cricket felders or your American base
ball players might have copied their
catching with advantage. Once or twice
was scramble. when two or more as
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trologers quarreed over the question of
to whom the pebble had been cast. But
the khan's guards leaped into the thick
of the fight. and quickly, settled all dis
putaS. The candidates, thus weeded out
numbered only 100.-
Next day there was a second parade
this time in the grand court of the
khanat. AS each prophet passed the
khan he exhibited his talismanic pebble
and recited a brief verse, composed by
himself, in which the glories of Balu-
chistan'S sovereign were dwelt upon
When a verse pleased his majesty he eX-
ercised his nodding prerogative, and a
pomegranate was thrown by the vizier
to the successful blarney-maker. Only
q poets managed to satisfy the khan s
bump of self-esteem. These were the per-
sons permitted to enter for the examina-
lions proper.
Every candidate of the q had assigned
to him cell or small room in a building
abutting on the principal mosque This
/ building was to become his own place
were he the chosen aStrOloger. By day
he was guarded, and at night he was
taken to the fiat roof and hidden to ex-
anime the stars.
AT the birth of a new moon hes was ex-
pected to prophesy. We tried hard to
obtain from the vizier some of the
prophecies, but the utmost secrecy was
observed. All we could learn was that,
| if the prediction thus made did not come
true before the waning of the third moon
thereafter the erring candidate was I'M
tremendously dismissed, after having
Deen subjected 10 a SOulQ LHrdSulHS. Il IL
teen were thus sent about their business
in the first three months.
Evidently the six remaining were
good prophets. for they held their own,
and a banquet was given in their honor
by the vizier Mahmud. But new trial
came with the new moon. 1 left Balu-
chistan before than, but heard that four
of the prophets had turned out badly.
"A letter from Darjeeling now informs
me that the two still left are running a
neck and neck race for supremacy. Ev-
cry forecast is carefully entered in a
book, and before Christmas we may ex-
pect to learn the name of the winner 1t
is rumored that one astrologer has
prophesied the defeat of the British in
the Himalayas. while the other has an
nounced British victory. The probabili-
ties are that the war may last into the
new year, thus putting both in the wrong.
| Whether or not an entirely new examina-
ton will then be held, l cannot say. 1t
seems hard that after predicting correctly
for almost a year, the labors of the two
candidates should go for naughtl
THE post of court astrologer of Balu-
histan is one l should not care to own, .
! concluded Professor Gray; lit is too ex-
| citing. The bastinado is inflicted for any
remissness in prophesying, and if one S
] prophesies turn out false the execu-
| toner is almost certain to be called in"
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to keep the upper hand of his work.,
handicapped as he was by a place all
out of repair, and instead of having two
or three bees" during the season, as
was the custom of his shiftless prede-
cessor, he gave none consequently the
larger boys of the neighborhood, who
regarded a bee as first cousin to a
picnic, felt that they were being cheat
ed out of some of their rights. And
when fall came, and Joggins got in his
abundant crop of corn, and husked it
out and stored it away in the crib
without giving the usual husking bee
well, that was a little too much, and
the feeling of hostility toward the
newcomer rapidly developed.
Here, at last, was something tangible
to base their prejudices on, and from
thinking mean things about Joggins,
the boys soon got to talking them.
Tell you what, boys" said Will Per-
kins one day when they were discuss
ing the matter, II knew right from the
start that Mr.. Joggins would turn out
to be that kind of a man. When Mr..
Doolittle lived ON that place he always
used to get up the liveliest husking
bee of the whole neighborhood. Catch
him husl1ing any of his own corn; no,
stree; he let the boys have chance at
it every time; and he wasn't afraid to
trot out the pie and cake and sweet
cider, either A fellow could always de-
pend on getting all the pumpkin pie he
could eat at Doolittle's husking bees.
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CHAPTER Nv.
TIE AVALANCHE.

It was late in the day that the little
steamer arrived at Dyea, which was
found to be village with one log
store, number of movable tents, and
without any wharf, the beach being
SO fat that at high water the tide
reaches a half mile or more inland
To guard against losing any of their
supplies Tim McCabe told his friends
that 1t would be necessary to unload
them themselves.
From this pint" said he. eve must
hoe our own row; under hiven we must
deplnd on Ourselves. Hartman, lind a
hand there, and step lively"
To the establishment of the youths
the man took hold and wrought with
right good will jeff looked at Tim
queerly, as he pointed out the different
articles, he himself, as may be said,
overlooking the job, but the conclusion
was that the Irishman had promised
him small amount for his help. When.
however, the task was finished. Tim
came 70 the group, and while Hard
man, with shamefaced expression re-
manned in the background, he said. with
that simplicity which any one would
find hard to resist:
You see poor Hartman is In BIZ i
luck: he hain't any outfit and wants rs
go to the gold fields, but will have to
git some one TO stake him; observi,, :
the same, 1 made boNld To remark tina
1t would give me frind Jiff the highest
plisure to do it for him not forgetting
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been even little darker so they could
have got away without being observed,
they would have liked it better yet.
They began making excuses, but jog
gins broke in with:
mo time to listen to excuses now,
boys; come ahead and get something to
eat first. and Wen hear the excuses
afterward if You have any to offer.
There didn't appear to be anything
else to do, SO the lads, with emotions
that can be better imagined than de-
scribed, followed Mr.. JOggins TO the
house, where he ushered them into the
big, CHEEKY sitting room. and then
went to cal up Mrs. Joggins and Jim
the "hired man, as the boys generally
called him, though he was not much
older than some Of them-and intro
duced them to the unexpected company.
Jim-who Mr.. Joggins explained,
was relative of theirs, and had been
employed by him ever since the death
of his parents, which occurred some
years befOre-proved to be very
clever, entertaining companion, upon
closer acquaintance: while Mrs. jog
gins was one of those gOOd-natured,
motherly souls that no one, especially
a boy, can help liking, and she gave
the lads such q cordial welcome that
they were soon at their ease, chatting
with all hands as if they were old
/ friends and lowering the contents of
I her well-StOcl1ed larder after a most
alarming fashion.
Say. boys, this is as good as husk-
I mgr announced Hank Barlow, after
surrounding his third piece of mince
pie.
"Husking, eh?' spoke up Joggins.
THAT reminds me; Jim used to go to
all the husking bees, and he said we
ought TO have one, same as the rest of
the neighboTs, and if mother hadn't
received some bad news just then we
/ intended to do it. She got word that
/ her sister, who was a missionary in
: China, had been killed, and it upset
I her so for a spell that she didn't want
to do anything or see any one but her
/ own folks, so we had to give up the
/ idea of having a husking, and Jim and
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[ went to work and husked the corn
out ourselves.
But mother is feeling more like her
self now, so we've been talking OF haV-
ing a house-warming some night next
week and inviting all the neighbors,
BOYS. girls and all, to have a good time
and sort of get acquainted all around.
Ought to have attended to the matter
long before this. but we found so much
to do when we moved here, and the
work has been crOWding US so all the
summer and fall that We really haven't
had time to be more than half way civil
to people: but now the worst of the
rush is over. and mother and 1 are go
ing to try to be a little more sociable.
We haven't given it out yet, but our
house-warming is to be next Thursday
night, and we want you boys to all be
sure to come.
Now, you won't forget it, will you?
We ..1aII expect you without fail, and
you must bring all your friends, too,
urged Mr.. Joggins, as the boys arose
to go.
NO, we won't forget" replied VIII
Perkins, speaking for the crowd; but
but I want to tell you before we go
that we've put that wagon up there
ourselves, Just to be mean. and if you
don't want to have us at your house
warming it viii serve US just right
"Shol You don't sayr exclaimed
Joggins. Did it yourselves, en-? Well.
it's down again all safe, and if you
keep the matter to yourselves nobody'n
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CHAPTER III.
Up TEE LYNN CANAL.

Up TIE LYNN CANAL.
Roswell and Frank were standing in
front OF one OF the curio stores, study
ing the interesting exhibits, among
which was a pan of Klondike gold. but
they kept a watch of the stranger who
sslonche6 np 70 them and halted at the
side Of Frank.
4 say, eds,' he said, in the gruff.
wheedling tones Of the. professional
tramp. cant you do something for a
chap that's down on his lucll?"
AS the lads turned to face him, they
saw an unclean. touseled man. very
tall with stopping shoulders, protrud-
ing black eyes, spiky hair and a gen
orally repellaat appearance.
What's the trouble?" asked Frank,
looking into the face that had not been
shaver Tor several days.
Had the worst sort of luck; got
back from the Klondike two days ago
with $50, 600, and robbed of every cent.
Tn dead broke
You seem to have had enough to
buy whisky remarked Roswell, who
had q Whit of his breath, and placed
no faith in his story The man looked
angrily at them, buC restrained himself
IL hopes of receiving help.
mere where yCC re mistaken, my
friends. 1 haven't had anything to eat
for two days, and when a stranger Of
fered me a swallow of whisky to keep
up my strength. I took it. as a medi-
cine; if it hadn't ben for that I'd have
1lunked right in the Structure as
you live. What are you doing, if 1 may
ask, in Juneau?
We are listening to you just now,
but we are on our way 10 the gold
fields, replied Roswell.
Not alOne2"
We are going With two men, one of
whom has been there before now"
That's more sensible; let me give
you little ADVICE"
I'VE really do not feel the need of
it, interposed Roswell who liked the
man less each minute. You must ex-
cuse US. as we wish TO join the men at
the hotel; good day"
See here said the fellow angrily, as
he laid his hand on the arm Of Frank,
"ain't you going TO stake me to a
bit?'
The lad shook off his grasp.
Even if we wished to do so, we
could not, for our friend at the hotel
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Mrs.SDoolittle was great on pumpkin
pies, and Mrs. Joggins may be, too, for
all l know but if she is you can wager
that Mr.. Joggins will see to it that no
one except himself and Mrs. Joggins
and the hired man ever get any of it
to eat.
Speaking of the hired man, it didn't
look just right for Mr.. Joggins to bring
Jim along with him when he came
when he could just as well have hired
some one living around here. He is
good worker and sticks right to bust
ness, I'll admit that, but it isn't exactly
the thing, fetching a stranger into the
place to do work that lots of people
here would be glad to get"
That's so,' spoke up Hank Barlow,
but [ don't care so much about the
hired man part of it as I do about Mr..
Joggins not giving a husking bee. 1
haven't liked him very well any of the
time: he acts to me as if he had come
here from another planet, and felt
rather above the people on this one;
and when man carries his exclusive
ness so far as to husk his own corn, in
stead Of giving husking, 1 think it
is about time something was done
abo.t it,
THAT is my idea exactly" chimed in
Carl Bunker. But the question is,
what can we do in the matter? Wonder
how it would work to put a piece
about it in the paper, and mark it and
send it to Mr. Joggins?"
Take too long to do that and the
editor might not print it, anyhow" in
terposed Hank Barlow. Might better
write what we want to say in a dis
SuiSed hand on a sheet of paper, and
put skull and crossbones on it a2d
tack it onto his front door"
THAT would be too much like the
White Cans that we used to hear so
much about" objected Will Perkins,
land if we begin anything of that kind
we Will have the whole neighborhood
down on us. No. boys, I'll tell you a
better plan than that. I've just thought
of something that will do first rate:
Well compel Mr.. Joggins to make a
bee"
But how can we do that?" asked
Carl Bunker
Easy enough replied Will Perkins.
IF YOU fellows will come along with
me tonight I'll show you how Let's
see-thera are two, four, six, eight, ten,
intellectually a dozen of us here and
that will be just enough to do the job
UP in good shape. And now all who
Want to be counted in on the venture
will please raise their right hands"
Every hand went up.
''All right; that settles it; the job is
as good as done. Wear your working
clothes, and meet me under the big elm
this side OF Mr.. Joggins' house at 8
o'clock tonight"
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has all the funds that belong to our
party; perhaps if you go there, ana he
Relieves the story, Nj. Graham may de
something fer You, but Tim McCabe
has not the means with which TO help
ANYBODY"
At mention Of the Irishman's name
+ae fellow showed some agitation. Then,
seeing that he was about 10 lose the eX-
nected aid, he uttered savage eX-
preston and exclaimed:
Il don't believe . word you said
at is no concern Of ours whether you
believe IL OF not replied Roswell, as he
80 Frank started down the street to-
ward their hotel. The Iellow was
-,,nazed at the defiance % The lads ana
s+ood staring at them and mptteTing
955grily to himself. Could he have car
,~iad out his pronptings he would have
-.oFbed both but W&S restrained by
several reasons.
In the first place, juneau, despite the
;rA1,x OF miners, IS q law-abidlng city,
and the mans arrest and punishment
,---o1,ld have followed speedily. More
-e-. il would not have been an alto
eyef,er ..sl1re thing" for him to attack
~ .,a,,tllg. They were exceptionally
III oetive and strong, and wcUld have
.-sxrar, him trouble without appeal to the
z3resr111s which they carried.
- r ~. looked round and smiled, but he
did ret FOLLOW them. " men they reached
NE s,atei they related the incident.
would ye oolige ne with a. descrip-
49,, ce The spalpeen?' said Tim Nc
che after they had finished. Roswell
did as requested.
are the powers it's him. exclaimed
Tin: It spected 1t #hen We told me
49,, which I've heerd he has been tell
inr rersd tS.sy1
-, :,ersl do you rlaan9v asked Frank.
..-fs--s,47.srs; Ike Harosnan ilirnsiif.'
.V7ho is hcg
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THE JOKE ON JOGGINs,
AND THE REASONS WHY IT
HUNG FIRE.
BY WILL 5. GIDLEY.
(Author of the Happy Col Lucky Pa
pers, etc)

To begin with, the boys Of Hemlock
Hills We're decidedly prejudiced against
Ephrai1n Joggins. Why this was so was
a mystery. If they had been asked
what reasons they had for this feeling
probably not one of them could have
furnished q satisfactory reply. All the
boys knew was that they didn't like
Joggins None Of them knew exactly
why. Joggins had never treated any
OF them badly. He had always attend
ed to his own affairs and let them at
tend to theirs, yet there remained that
indefinable but unmistakable feeling OF
dislike toward him.
Perhaps it was because JoSgins was
new element in the community and had
rot yet become assimilated with the
rest of the ingredients which went to
make uD the society of Hemlock Hills
He had moved into the neighborhood
only six months before our story opens
buying a farm which was all run down
and with fences and buildings out of
repair, and had kept steadily at work
t;lling the soil, making needed inn
provements and slowly but surely
bringing his purchase UP to the stand
ard OF the surrounding prosperous
homeSteads.
FOf lnlS NE utpellutu Wholly upoll lHS
exertions of himself and a willing and
able-bodied assistant, whom he had
brought with him when he came to
Hemlock Hills which fact, strange as it
may seem, did not serve to increase his
popularity with the boys, even if it did
with their elders.
1t was the custom in the neighbor-
hood. whenever a farmers work got
behindhand or he had some unusually
hard job ON his hands, to make a
bee, inviting all the neighbors in for
half a day or a day, to assist him out
of the difficulty. But Joggins managed
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have got that blackboard down in the
world without your help, and L want
to make it right with you in some way.
Mother has just baked UP nice batch
of nince pies and l believe there are
one or two squash pies and some cake
in the pantry, too, so you must all
come to the house with me, and I'll
rouse up mother and Jim and We'll
have q little sort Of an impromDtu
picnic and get better acquainted with
each other.
Come right along, boys, every one Of
you; we'll need all hands on the pie
business. same as We did in getting
the wagon down"
The boys were glad it was so dark
that Mr.. Joggins could not read their
thoughts at that moment; and if it had
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II.

The boys soon separated, and at 8
agreement, they met in the shadow of
the big elm.
Well remarked VIII Perkins, as he
looked over the crowd, I'm glad to see
that none of you backed out; and now
we will proceed to business. We've got
a big job ahead of us, and when We
get it completed | rather think Mr..
Joggins will have to call in his neigh
bors and make bee of it to get things
back to where they belong. In the first
place, [ propose taking apart the buck
board wagon that he keeps standing in
the shed back of the barn, carry it up
on the roof of the barn, put it together
and leave it UP there, with the wheels
standing astraddle of the ridge pole
Guess it'll puzzle him and the hired
man some to get it down when they
discover it, not to mention few other
little chores of that kind that we will
fix UP for them before we get through.
But, come on: we'll elevate the buck
board first, and when we're through
with that I'll tell you about the rest.
And, remember no talking above q
whisper while We're at work.
In silence the boys followed their
leader, and in very few minutes they
had the blackboard apart and were con
veying 1t by piecemeal to the roof OF
the barn. Young Perkins had provided
himself with a monkey wrench, 80 get
ting the wagon apart was simple
enough, but the rest was not so easy.
But by the aid of two ladders, one OF
which reached from the ground to the
caves of the barn, and the other, which
had a hook at the top to hold it fast,
from the caves to the ridge board, SO
that some of the crowd could go on
ahead and pull while others pushed
behind. they soon accomplished their
purpose.
They had Just got the blackboard nice
iy put together and anchored astride of