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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
CHAPTER XVIII.

BECOME A HAIRDRESSER s ASSISTANT.
To replace the dummy letter by the
original and to pocket the former did
not take long, and as no step upon the
stair announced the professors return
thought might as well avail myself OF
the opportunity of ascertaining any
thing that was to be learned about his
other correspondents. With this end in
view put out my hand to take down
the packet again when voice behind
me said:
"Wot hinterest he do take in COR
respondence, to be sure. Be id If he
amt at 'em again' And as turned
round / saw the professor in the act Of
closing the door, locking it and put
ting the key in his pocket.
"Now, then. Mr.. Emery Watson" he
said. with an ugly look upon his face.
Eyer and me AS got to come to hun
derstanding. Yer comes here very
haffableliko a.wanting to back 'orse,
with introduction from Mr.. Emery
Morrison of Doncaster. Tall man. clean
shaved, small heyes. wore fawn coal
and billyoock ut. did hef Ali ! knows
'im--Vaiksr's lis name. 'Orsesl'-
with sossn too whitening to be expressed
| By nsA~s I'm and ink. ssYeF know
NJ 'ossssl Why. yer sneak
p aAa't . knaokes in th'
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"Mr. Jednes &c left particular aCord."
Jim was to be put in henvelope and
addi .ssed to i'm at Professor Law
RANGES air cutting establishment at
Stanby, and we was to let i'm know If
any one harsked after i'm.
At that moment the bell over the to-
bacconist shop outside announced the
entrance of a customer, and two young
men, pushing open the swing door of the
hairdressing saloon, seated themselves
to await their turn.
Under the circumstances, and espe-
cially as bad learned all 1 required, L
did not think it wise to ask further
questions, but had particular reason,
which the reader shall shortly hear,
for wishing to possess q specimen of the
handwriting in which the letters for
Henry Jeanes, Esq. that were sent on
10 the care OF Professor liawrance's es-
tablishment at Stanby, were directed.
"Can you spare me second in the
outside shcre" / said to the hairdresser.
with pleasure, sir" he answered,
following me out. "What can do fol
your" :.
Look here" said, pushing half
sovereign toward him over the counter
chats for your trouble in letting mi
have my letters addressed here Ant
now another matter. I've not been yer,
well today and want to see a doctor
Who's the best man to go tor
."Dr. Carruthers, Devonshire 'Ouse
Grayland road, sir. Best doctor in tn
town, SIR" he responded.
Would you mind writing 1t dow
for me7 I've got beastly memory"
with pleasure. SIR" he said pro
ducipR q bottle of ink, q pen and she'
Of psper from drawer. "That'sis, 81
Much Obliged, sir. I'll be very oaref'
ont the letters. and good dsv. ss."
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and then followed him. lie was at that
moment being lathered for shaving; SO,
after wishing the professor good morn
ing and remarking that was in no
hurry, | took seat close to the mantel-
shelf and pretended to read The Daily
Telegraph. II was on this manteisheif'
rs was aware, that the box containing
tine letters was kept, but on looking
round | saw, TO my dismay, that the
mantelshelf had been cleared for the
display of big, coarsely colored picture
of "the great fight between Slade and
Soroggins The picture was labeled,
"To be ratified for, the proceeds for the
benefit of the widow.
Whether this was intended as deli
OF way of intimating that the conflict
had proved fatal to one of the conflict
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[ro BIZ CONTINUED


A Pittsburg little girl. who was very
fond Of the inside Of cream puffs' pu'
who did not care for the crust. was care
fully removing the latter the other even
ing ct DESSERT, when her mamma saio
"What arc you doing. deefY' a.
"Peelin my owsam pun was sn'
sepl1. --Pittsburg Cbsy6iok
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all about him, so 1 nodded assent as
airily as possible and as if his question
had been q mere matter of course.
"Who is it?" he asked point blank.
Morrison" l replied without
moments hesitation, "Henry Morrison
of Doncaster. You recollect him--tall
man, clean shaven and small eyes;
wears q fawn coat and brown billy
cock He said any money l put on with
you would be quite safe. ~
The barber nodded. Like as not,
though l don't rekerlect him from yer
description. Well, wot dyer want me
to back?'
"Ah, that's what wish you to tell
me-, said--this time at least with alb
solute truthfulness, for al a matter of
fact did not know as much as the
name of one of the horses or what was
the race which we were supposed to DO
discussing.
Creased Lightning's the lay" he
said. "It's dead cert. ] can get yer
level money now. It'll DO to 2 hon to-
morrow. How much are yer going to
spring."
1 replied that he could put "flim-
sy' on for me, and after he had entered
the amount and my name-which /
gave as Henry Watson-in a greasy
notebook, / wished him good morning,
promising to call again soon to see il
there were any letters.
The rest of the day spent for the
most part in my bedroom watching
the customers who patronized Professor
Lawrance's saloon, nor was my vigil
without result in assisting me to form
an opinion as to the class of business
which was there carried on. Not more
than dozen people entered the estab
lishment during the day, and the ma
J jority of them had called neither to b'
shaved nor to have their hair cut. My
teason for coming to this conclusion
was not that had such telescope ant
microscopic eyes as TO be able to detec
in every case whether the caller hat
, been under the BARRIERS hand since hi
} entrance, but because most of Professo
Lawrance's customers did not remain
, inside his shop more than half a min
ute, and because, too, / saw letter u
/ the hand of more than one OF those VIII
= came out. And as the postman neve
passed the door without making deliv
t cry, and the callers were all more Q
less horsy in dress and appearance, tn
= evidence seemed to point pretty clearl
4 to the fact that Professor Lawranc
/. was, az 1 had already surmised, more {
1 a betting agent than q barber.
looked in next morning. ostensibl
Q to be shaved, but in reality to try to q
: sight of any letters which might hay
= come addressed to the professors carr
That worthy forestalled me by gruffl
= volunteering the information that thel
!. were no letters, nor could I succeed
7 leading the conversation to the subje
at In which was interested.
* The morning after, however, waite
a. until saw some one-who looked mo
y, like . customer In search Of q barb
lhaA q betting aRent-enter the sb'
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Bella Ste'-'c-
z3ees*lv part. ''~'" ord,
sir, tnat if hanybody harsked after i'm
we was to be sure and let i'm know. "
II see" said. "And when do you
expect Mr.. Jeanes TO call again."
"Mr Jeanes never calls, sir. We
'aven't ever seen i'm. e sent us him
structions that all letters wot come for
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CAPTAIN SHANNON
By OOULsON KERNAHAN.
Copyright. 1896. by Dodd. Mead s. Col
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTERS /. III, III and IV.-An unknown
person or persons commit frequent murders
and chalk on some object near tho bodies OF
the victims, "By order. Captain shannon"
The Daily Record is active in the arrest Of
Captain shannon, and its editor is murdered.
V, VI and VlI-MaX Rissler learns that Cap
tain Shannon is James Mullen and determines
TO find him. Having once met him, he inves-
tigates his past. L en- he goes after him, get
tipr enc Quickly 10 az sist. VIIl.-Rissler
seullen may be hiding on the hunks
wrage OF dynamite at Canvey and
Dc IX.-lIughes, the keeper of one
Eos, the Cuban Queen, is said TO have
oard boat comes ashore con-
pnan disguised as woman. Rissler
- stkly to follow him
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anu eau oe seen at Cne PdfoUu..----
dence. Bids will be received for the con-
tract for constructing same. The build
ing committee reserves the right to re-
J. ct any or all bids.
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name and address, after which I read
dressed the envelope in ink TO Mr.. Hen
ry Jeanes at Professor Lawrance's hair
cutting rooms, Stanby. initiating as
closely as ] could the handwriting of
the barber at Cotley, Of whose caligra-
ply had secured a specimen.
Most of my readers will already have
guessed why | troubled to post these
pencil addressed letters TO myself at
Cotley, and then, after rubbing out the
direction, readdressed them in ink TO
Jeanes at Professor Lawrance's estab-
lishment at Stanby, but as some may
fail to do so had better perhaps ex-
plain myself.
If letter for Jeanes should be for
warded on to Professor Lawrance's
rooms from Cotley, that letter il would
be my business, by hook or by crook, TO
abstract. But to do this without at
tracing suspicion it would be necessary
to have dummy letter with which to
replace it, and the dummy would have
to bear the Cotley postmark and be di-
reoted in hand as much resembling the
handwriting on the original letter as
possible. How TO arrange all this had
puzzled me at first, for, though l did
not anticipate any difficulty in hitting
upon pretext by which to obtain
specimen of the Cotley barber's hand
writing or in initiating that handwrit-
ing when obtained, l could not see
how to get over the difficulty of the
postmark. A postmark is not an easy
thing to forge without specially pre-
pared tools, and until the idea occurred
to me Of posting at Cotley letter adj
dressed in pencil to myself at Stanby, !
and then rubbing out the address and |
readdressing it to Jeanes, / was rather |
at loss to know how to effect my pur- |
pose. However, the difficulty was now |
satisfactorily surmounted. and, armed |
with my dummy letters, set out to
make the acquaintance of Professor |
Lawrance.
He was an extremely unprepossessing, |
not to say villainous, looking man and
regarded me with what 1 could not
help thinking was suspicious eye when
entered l submitted to be shaved and
shampooed, both of which operations he
performed badly, though he RECALLED me
meanwhile with his views in regard to
the winner of the Derby, and also of a
prize fight which was coming off that
day.
"By the bye" said as I was draw
ing on my gloves, ''can one have letters
addressed bere?'
mo, be replied shortly. Eyer can't.
1t don't pay-on the usual terms.
II know that" said. ''or I should
not have asked you. But I'm willing to
pay special terms.
lis 1t 'orses!' he inquired gruff1y.
eyes. horses" l said. taking up the
cue which he had given me, "but it's
fools game, and I've lost lot of money
over 1t already"
"Ah" with grin. "And yer've got
a introduction, Of course. don't take
." Srs of that sort without him
II ain't safe
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as we handle the 80. nr.d
:. $780, IIS utli
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a, yes, I think you might My
wSmithers-Alfred John Smith
VT any letters addressed to that
gme here you'll know they are
won't you?"
eiinly," he said. "Only too 'ap-
lige customer at hany time.
..ere, sir?"
ling for "a week or So" an
t"and l may perhaps come to
arm not sure yet. By the bye,
y~ever get any letters for my
y Mr.. Henry Jeanes?"
Henry Jeanes? Oh, yes, sirl
ou are the second gentleman that's
d me the same question. Mr.
e harsked me rs well"
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Essay" What We Owe to Washington. ......'
Ella Dymock.
aeotat,on--"An Englishman's Tribute. r.
Ma Az. I've
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!. It amt safe. -
I air was panning out beyond
| ling, but from what had tran
Dt.sure that l should be safe in
and most proiora--.of a betting
Lou's. is dead, aged IS. ,e wryesv
e,a1 to Joseph P TIC ~6y bluffing
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ar. James Bakewell Green?" said.
oh, yes; he is friend of mine too. Z"
''Hindeed sirr' (This with a depre-
catory cough, as if he did not think
much of the late Mr.. Green. and was
inclined in consequence to reconsider
the favorable opinbn he had apparently
formed of mys tne' Curious gentle.
w % the enter boupbt nothing
was. en- didn't. Most
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11
A License Reveaoe.

Jsaestewn Nests ucsaoe Nsspaue, Il
sot Frs@ uq,id Dsiak Estabasaasats
Jhea froa the TrsdeA Prsseeeisas asd
Occspatjses.
The city council of jamestown is pre-
pairing for consideration special ordi-
nance to provide additional revenue for
the city. 1t is in the shape of series Of
provisions for taxing and licensing Of
all trades. professions and occupations,
and comes the nearest direct taxation
without representation of anything that
has been tried in the state. Since the
closingpf the liquid drink establishments,
the city has been deprived Of needed
revenue. and the measure in question is
to supply needed funds. The measure
will provide license charge for every
business house, professionalism teacher,
skilled labor, etc., living in the city.
Newspapers will be taxed about 500 per
year for the privilege of doing business.
lawyers the same figure, and other trades
and professions in proportion. 1t is pro-
posed to make an annual license fee,
with the privilege of quarterly payments.
Railroad engineers will be assessed s.
per month, conductors $3.50 per month,
publishers and lawyers s. per month,
merchants according to invested capital,
etc. No trade or calling will be over
looked, not excepting teachers in the
public schools.
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11
lot, Of Truth Ia Ills.

The western and northwestern parts
of the state are the future manu-
featuring centers, and are destined,
to support large population.
The entire region is underlaid with lig-
mite coal in thick veins, and between
these veins are immense deposits of fire
clay, potter's clay and kaolin. The ma
terial for the manufacture and burning
Of earthenware, fire brick, terra Gotta
and vitriied brick are in the ground. All
that is needed for the development of the
industries is capital and low freight
rate. These will come in time, new
railroads will be built, and Bismarck
will not be so far out of the world. But
if the capital is to remain there the peo.
pie who occupy the rest of the state will
demand that there be wider difference
in morals between the local officers and
the inmates of the penitentiary than now
exists.-Times.Record.
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11
STATE NEWS.

Jessie Mcbride, accused of MUIR
dering man named Bryan at
Cando. has been acquitted.
During the month of Novem-
Der IS entries were made by ap-
plicants for government land in
the Bismarck district and 100 final
proofs were made.
Harvey, Wells county, voted to
incorporate II votes for and II
against the project. A contest Is
likely to follow, as Two men voted
who had no right to.
Blackboy, a full-blooded Indian
youth, has been arrested for burg.
iarizing the Fort Totten post.
Office. Blackboy made two raid.
and secured S32 in all.
a man named Grammer was re
Gently shot Ct Buffalo, and a ply
sicians found the bullet and atootl
n ma been knoc ocked out by II
1 = Il ths tongue ol II
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11
LIIERAN NoIfS.

"The Trend of American Commerce
and "The Eastern Policy Of Germany
by Cyrus c. Adams and G. Batista Guar.
mi respectively, are noteworthy among
the December Chautauquan's contribu'
tions for the importance of the subject.
and the thoroughly intelligent manner ol
their treatment. "A Study of Schiller y
by Joseph Foster, also deserves mention
as digni6ed and just literary produc'
ton.
Mark Twain's new humorous story
which he is now writing in Vienna, is to
60 in The Ladies' Home Journal, which
magazine has also secured F. Marion
Crawford's new story, which is tale Of the
unreal, with the strikingly uncanny title
of "The Dead Smile"
The pre-eminent topic of the day al
this season of the year is Christmas
Christmas festivities, Christmas legends
customs. and symbols. The leading ar
ticle Of the December number Of Demo
rests tells the story of christina
Chimes all over the World" The stor.
is told from the standpoint Of human in
terest, and is illustrated with eleven fin'
pictures Of the homes of the most famou
bells.
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11
Cosssmpt,oa Positively Cared.

Mr.. R. B. Greeve, merchant. of chilho.
vie, Va, certifies that he had consump-
tion, was given up to die, sought all medi-
cal treatment that money could procure,
tried all cough remedies he could hear
Of, but got no relief; spent many nights
sitting up in chair; was induced to try
DR.. Kings New Discovery, and was
cured by use of two bottles. For past
three years has been attending to busi-
ness and says DR.. Kings New Discovery
is the greatest remedy ever made. as it
has done SO much for him and also for
others in his community. DR.. Kings
New Discovery is guaranteed for Coughs,
Colds and Consumption. 1t don't fail.
Trial bottles free at ]. ]. Freeman's and
Drenkel & Davis drug stores.
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patient, and removed them.

Il u fie
The depositors of the First Ma.
tional Bank of Grand Forks
formerly operated by L. E
Booker. have received dividend.
amounting to IS per cent. of thei,
claims.
Walter Douglas has been SEN
fenced by Judge Pollock to three
years in the penitentiary. He
was implicated in highway rob-
berry. in which a man named
Quinn was killed.
Washington dispatches say that
additional charges have been filed
against Agent Cramsie of Stand
ing Rock. The former charges
were nepotism and the present
charges are for certain irregulari-
ties in making contracts for Indian
supplies. Geo. Bingenheimer, of
Mandan, wants the place and SEN
ator Hansbrough is helping him
to get it.
A Fargo dispatch says: Zone of
the largest personal mortgages
ever filed in Cass county has been
placed on record. 1t was for $780,
600, and covers twelve and one
half sections or 5000 acres of
land. The mortgage was given by
Oliver Dalrymple, the famous bo-
nanza wheat grower, to Grandin
Bros, owners of large wheat farms
in the Red River valley. This.
with good crops of the last two
years, is said to have cancelled an
indebtedness of nearly a quarter
a million, owed to a syndicate by
Dalrymple."
Cannonball correspondence to
Mandan Pioneer: The bodies of
Holy Track, Ireland and Coudot
were crossed at this point Thurs
day night. The bodies were interr-
ed at Standing Rock. Coudot,
being Roman Catholic, was bur-
led in the Roman Catholic Gene
terry, and Holy Track and Ire
land just outside the cemetery.
Handsome double coAins were
furnished for each of them, Cou-
dots people dressed him in new
clothes and Major Cramsie fur
nished a handsome new outfit for
Ireland and Holy Track out of
his own pocket.
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11
Personal.

Senator and Mrs. A. c. &ecillivray
are in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Bobb, of Taylor,
were in Dickinson on Tuesday.
Otto E. vinnedge was up from Glad.
stone last Saturday to make homestead
final proof.
Mrs. DR.. Stickney and daughter Doro.
thy and Miss May Hayes went to St.
Paul Monday night.
Miss Maggie currie, who made many
friends during her stay in Dickinson, has
returned to her home in Jackson, Mich.
Miss Gertrude Lawrence left Sunday
night for New York, where she will
spend the winter with her parents, re.
turning to Dickinson in the spring.
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11

ON Nov. Is, Louis K. Church,
the last territorial governor Of
Dakota, died at Juneau, Alaska,
of pneumonia. Deceased was a
native of New York. having been
appointed a member of the terri.
torial supreme bench of Dakota
in 1885, moving here and taking
up his residence at Huron. In
December, 1886, he was appointed
governor by President Cleveland
to succeed Gov. Pierce. He serv.
ed until 1889.
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11
County Treasurer's Notice.


The board of county commissioners
have instructed me by resolution, to ac-
cept the face Of delinquent Real Estate
taxes due the county for the year 1896
and all years prior thereto, If the same
are paid before January Ist, 1868.
Unless the aforesaid taxes are paid by
the date named, the law requires the
county treasurer to proceed to collect the
same. with full penalty and interest ad-
ded.
Parties owing delinquent personal tax
es will not only save interest and penalty,
but heavy costs by paying what they owe
before January Ist.
JOHN R1EssBEcK,
County Treasurer.
Dickinson, Dec. I, 1857.
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11
A Harvey Beaksmsa Meets VIII . ps,st.l
Aceideat.

Harvey Advertiser: Frank Rasbeck, a
brakeman on the 500 line and a resident
of this city, met with a severe accident
in the company's yards here last Tues
day night about II o'clock p. m. The
crew was making up the train for the
east when it was found necessary to go
in on the round house track. Frank, it
appears was about to make coupling
when in some manner his left foot got
caught in the guard rail and before he
could extricate it the cars were upon
him and with great presence of mind he
grasped the iron ladder on the box car
and like grim death held on, literally
tearing the flesh, muscles and large toe
from his foot.
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11
Old People.

Old people who require medicine t.
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
hnd the true remedy in Electric BIT
ters. This medicine does not stimn-
late and contains no whiskey nor othc:
intoxicant, but acts as a tonic a:.;!
Alternative. It acts mildly on the stom-
ach and bowels, adding strength ard
giving tone to the organs, thereby aid
functions. Electric Bitters 10 an ef.
cellent appetizer and aids digestion.
9 old people i'nd II just exactly what at
per bottle at Dreukel & Davis Drug
Store.
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11

MARTIN THORN has been con-
victed in New York of the MUIR
der of VIM. Guldensuppe. After
conviction, the condemned man
admitted that he was guilty and
that his testimony in which he
endeavored to implicate Mrs.
Mack, was false.
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11

The jamestown Alert says that
the prohibitionists of Stark coun-
ty, led by the Recorder editor,
are waging war on the b. p's. of
Dickinson, which indicates that
the Alert man is not acquainted
with the Recorder man.
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11

The Fargo Forums Dickinson
correspondent must have been a
little wild. The big cattlemen
know nothing of any reputed
lynching of "rustlers" south; they
look upon the report as a hoax.
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11
tn the Recorder man.

In the Grand Forks Herald it
is stated that receiver F. M. Kin
ter is to succeed Ely in the grain
commission firm of Shortridge &
Ely. Duluth, the first Of the year.
But the Bismarck Tribune denies
that there is anything in the re-
mort
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11

EDITOR MoFFEr made affidavit
that he could not get a fair trial
in Burleigh county and went so
far as to say that there was a
great prejudice against him in the
whole Sixth Judicial district. The
case goes to Morton county and
will be called at the April term.
Judge Sauter will try it.
The Dickinson press., 1897-12-11
Thoussnds are rryias 1t.

Thousands are Tryiag It.
In order to prove the great merit Of
Ely's Cream Balm, the most effective cure
for Catazrh and Cold in Head, We have pre-
pared generous trial size for 10 cents.
Get Il Of your druggist or send 10 cents to
ELY BROS, Sc Warren st., N. 7. City.
Isu6sred from catarrh Of the worst kind
ever since . boy, and I never hoped for
cure, but E!y's Cream Balm seems to do
even that Many acquaintances have used
Il with excellent results.-Oscar Ostrum,
Is Warren Ave-, Chicago, III.
Ey's Cream Balm IL the acknowledged
cure for catarzh and contains no cocaine,
mercury nor any injurious drug. Price,
80 cents. At druggists OF BY mali.