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DANGEROUS PROBING.
When 1t Came to Prying Into Family
Secrets She Didn't Want to
Be Insured.

She had concluded to take out a life in
surance policy and appeared before the ex'
amining physician.
whats your name?" he asked in his
crisp business way, and she looked 1nd1g'
nant as she answered.
"Age?"
FI didn't come here to answer imperti::
nent questions, sir. I came to be insured
fix the rate"
"What rate""
being insured.'
.Thirty-three, then," she snapped.
"You must be accurate or it will invall'
date the policy
Forty; but must say that never
heard such impudence."
"Weight?"
II don't know. Neither does anyone else
just as though that would make and diff
ference"
Married or single?"
"Sngle, thank heaven! Not but what
I've had plenty of chan"
"Of course. Any insanity in your fami.
"sir!'' and she tried her best to CONCEAL
him with look.
81 guess that you don't want to be in.
sured''
"And you guessed it right the first time.
l don't propose to be family encyclopedia
tor you or any other gossip monger," and she
founced out with vigor that made the doc
! tor think that she was pretty good subject
| after all.-Detroit Free Press.
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TIE COLONEL'S LOGIC.
lie Thought That Where the Cham.
pagne Flowed the Fish Would
Be Plenty.

II only wish 1 had thought of it befo'!"
exclaimed Col. Stillwell, as he seized his hat.
Where are you going?"
10 the sto' to buy some fshin' tackle.
I've missed lot of good spot this summah,
and I've got to hurry and make up fob lost
time. When 1 think Of what little care
ashamed!'
..Why,- you can fish at any time"
!, mo, can't. / can fish at any time in
the future. But I can't call back the golden
hours when I might have been fishin' at
Newpo't News. I'm willin' to put up with
the inconveniences of night trip in order
to get there, sub, and not waste any mo-
time. I'm a fshuhman by nature, sub, and I
have hitherto imagined that I have done
some very fancy angling But when I think
OF the harvest l ought to have been taking
care of feel that haven't minute to lose.
I'm goln' to have 60 at them even if I have
TO chop hole in the ice and sit ovuh it in a
furtrimmed ovuhcoat like an Eskimo"
ing elsewhere
$50 I used to think. All, my boy, it's
painful to think of what we miss in this life
because. we don't figure things out properly.
lately?"
why, at Newport News, 1 believe"
ship what do they do?'
"Why, they break bottle of champagne
over her bows, for one thing
most Of the fish in the Atlantic ocean and
its tributaries have gotten a hint Of that
fact by this time. They'll be there as thick
as stars in the milky way, and all I'll have
to do is to drop line over and pull 'em out -
Washington Star.
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BEST TIME TO KICK A MAN.
First Save His Life and Then You
May Apply Your Boot
with Impunity.

Perk and Quirk were. walking along the
crowded street, feeling very kindly toward
as they reached the middle of crossing
one: Of those aggravating individuals who
walk one way and look another stepped d.
rectly in front of cable car which was
rounding the corner. Of course the car had
no fender on it. Nearly everybody in the
vicinity yelled, and naturally the bewil-
dered man looked in the wrong direction.
Quirk didn't yell, though. He jumped to
the side Of the track and grabbed the man
by the collar and yanked him clear of the
tracks and almost out of his Shoes Then
he gave him another ferocious jerk to get
him out of the way of an express wagon,
and, getting him at proper range at the same
have driven his spine up into his hat. And
with the kick Quirk roared:
"Confound you, keep your eyes open when
you are on the street,"
Quirk looked unutterably savage, but Perk
tottered to the curb, sat down and laug ghed
until the tears came. Then he said:
"You are the only big enough idiot on
earth to save mans life and then kick
him for it."--Chicago Times-Herald.
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CHAPTER Y.

Mrs. Winfret solicitously accom-
panied her niece to her chamber. She
dismissed the drowsy maid, and herself
undressed the girl and sat beside her
bed for some moments. Her own
nervousness seemed to have taken a
little flight into the realm of gra titled
vanity over having aided famous de-
tective in most important investiga-
ton. When Dorothy seemed quieter
she rose and went softly to her own
room.
Dorothy found herself alone. There
was an awful solemnity about the ar
tistic chamber with it's high ceiling dec
Grated with figures that seemed to rise
from their somber background and
peer at her through the subdued light.
The passage of vehicles on the street
below was now markedly infrequent.
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for it all. She had really intended to

for 1t all. She had really intended to
throw the inheritance to the winda
rather than cruelty the purest yearn-
ing Of her soul and drag the man she
adored down into the dregs of despair,
and she bitterly reproached herself for
not at once acquainting him with that
secret resolve. She had refrained only
at the earnest request of her solicitors,
who begged for time to investigat the
legal status of the matter before she
acted, and she had allowed them and
her aunt to overpersuade her, and
now
She tried to sob out the awful agony
Pent up within her, but her eyes re-
NAMED dry, her torture became more
and more severe. She rose, and with
her hands clasped behind her neck and
her head drawn downward she began
to pace to and fro. Near the door she
walked into the arms of Mrs. Winfret.
"Oh, darling!" cried that lady, II
thought you were asleep"
For Gods sake don't talk to mel"
The girl ground the words between her
teeth.
Mrs. Winfret put her hands on the
girls shoulders, and turned her rigid
face to the light. It was as if Mrs. Win
fret were afraid that single word from
her would evoke another outburst, for
she said not word.
"Oh, aunt!" escaped the girls white
Lips, II cannot bear it-I simply can
not!'
The elderly lady released her niece
and sat down.
"You believe Arthur Gielow did it,"
she said, slowly and distinctly. "Well,
( am afraid SO, too. Poor fellow! he
must have been out of his senses, but it
IS disgrace to bring your name before
the world in such an outrageous man
ner."
Dorothy moved quickly to her aunt
and laid her hands on her shoulder.
Il must see him at once," she said.
calmly, decidedly. "He has done it all
for me. He must be told that the crime
has been discovered. He was in his
studio this afternoon. Imust warn him
Of his danger. and urge him to escape"
"Great heavens! where would you
go? gasped Mrs. Winfret.
tTo BE Continued
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J THE CARUTHERS =;
!, AFFAIR .. (
\ Copyright, 1898, by N.
A. N. Kellogg Newspaper 90. HARDEN
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SYNOPSIS.

Minard Hendricks, great detective, just
returned from Boston, finds awaiting him
an unsigned typewriter letter directing
him to apartments in Palace hotel, where
he will find remains of Mr.. Weldon Caruth-
ers-currently reported for past two weeks
to be out of town. Detective seems to con-
meet letter with attempt made on his own
life some time previous. Goes with friend,
DR.. Lampkin, to investigate. Upon search
of Caruthers' apartments remains Of cre-
mated body and jeweled hand of victim are
found in Hand bears marks of
finger nails manicured to sharp points.
Lampkin recalls reports of row between
Caruthers and Arthur Gie]ow, both suitors
for hand of Dorothy Huntington, who is
heiress to several millions should she mar
ry Caruthers, Internationally in case of
Caruthers' death. Late that night Hen
bricks and Lampkin call at home Of Miss
Huntington. Dorothy mentions a letter
which she had received from Caruthers
Detective asks to see it.
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lars. He said nothing all the rest of
the evening-it was here at a reception
one night"
Hendricks eyes flashed involuntarily
and then his face became again unread
able.
'How long ago was that?" he asked,
carelessly.
Mrs. Winfret reflected.
"About two weeks" she replied.
Miss Huntington had been leaning
forward eagerly drinking in what was
said, but, watching her closely, Lamp
kin saw her gradually take on the droop
of utter dependency. She rose with
a certain cold majesty.
"You must really excuse me-" she
said. ~ must go up to my room. Oh,
aunt. feel so tired! The gentlemen
will excuse u.s.
The men sprang up.
"Oh, pardon u.s." said the doctor.
''This is too much for your nerves."
'Rest is all I need," answered the
young lady, courteously apologetic.
"You must get something soothing to
drink and try to Sleep advised Lamp
kin, and he backed from the room,
followed by the detective.
Outside Hendricks seemed absorbed
in thought.
"Well?" inquired the doctor, as they
struck out down the avenue.
1--WE must sift Gielow to the bottom" :"
sighed Hendricks.
but I thought YOU said-'
81 know I did, and meant it at the
moment; but Miss Huntington knows
something to offset my theories in his
favor. She is absolutely convinced that
Gielow is in for it, and it must be pow
erful evidence to make a woman be-
lieve her lover guilty of murder. All,
| doctor, if it had been in my power to
| have comforted her I'd never have let
her go to her room looking as she did,
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The girl judged that it was about three
o'clock. The moonlight, chill and
ghostlike, fell in through window.
1T is no use," cried the girl. II can
see no hope for him. Oh, God help
mel"
She rose, and, drawing on a wrapper,
and thrusting her feet into slippers,
she went to her writing desk in corner
aud sat down. For a moment she
leaned her head on her folded arms and
her lips moved mutely. Then she
opened the desk, and from a secret
drawer took out package of letters
and began to peruse them. She was
searching for evidence with which to
subdue the horrible fear that was TAX
ing root in her consciousness. As she
laid each note aside voiceless convic-
tion cried out in her heart. One of the
letters she held before her long and
steadily, while her beautiful eyes dis
tended and her breath almost ceased.
It contained some passages which had
suddenly risen before her minds eye
during the talk in the drawing-room.
They ran as follows:
'Then there are times, darling. when ra-
tionality seems to desert me, leaving me
little more than man with the furious in
stincts Of a goaded animal. It is almost
more than can bear-to think, feel, know,
that your whole soul is mine and yet that
we must part because it would beggar you
tolink your fate with mine. In the face of
all this, when I meet the man-the human
barrier to our happiness-I become ver-
table savage.
THE other night at Harley's stag dim
ner man rose and drank to you and him,
and offered congratulations. Caruthers
was manly enough to admit that there was
no positive engagement, but he said it was
tacitly the same thing. Then a fellow
spoke up and said: OF course, It's settled,
Caruth>~s. The woman never has been
born who could refuse to marry a man at a
sacrifice of ten millions in hard cash.
THE Whole party, excepting myself,
drank-drank to you and him. While they
were getting up left the room. I thought
was unnnoticed, but he had his malicious
eye on me and grinned knowingly. AS I
looked back and saw his haunting face
horrible idea crept into my brain. Knowing
that you despise him. and that they will
eventually bend your spirit to the ordeal
of marriage to him. it flashed into my
head that If he were to fall dead where he
stood you would be free-we would be lib
Grated. Later another thought came-that
II he were to fall by my hand, and even II
had to give up my life in consequence, you
would secure your inheritance and in the
end would find happiness. Pardon me, dar-
ling, but am beside myself to-day. Ban
tinni hates him as cordially as do. I can
detect that in his constant allusions to the
: will. And I am sorry for Bantinni, be-
cause he Is suffering also. have never
liked him before, but love to hear him de-
nounce my rival. It Is sweet music to my
ear. and the count sees the injustice to me
in it all" -.l:
/ The girl did not finish the letter. She
was convinced now of her lovers guilt.
Again her head dropped downward till
it rested on her cold arms. She told
herself that indirectly she was to blame
Willmar tribune., 1898-11-30
TOM CORWIN'S WIT.
Peculiar Expressions Used In thu
Speeches Of the Famous
q Statesman.

One of the peculiar characterization
of Mr.. Corwin's speeches was the very
frequent Introduction of Scriptural
phrases and illustrations. His early
reading had included the Bible and
Blackstone's Commentaries, and the
former must have made the deeper i'm
preston of the two. Ihave heard Kim,
when defending poor newspaper re-
porter in Cincinnati, charged before a
United States court with aiding in the
escape of fugitive slave, after con-
vulsing the court with merriment at
his picture of ''the majesty of the
United States in hot pursuit of an
unhappy negro making toward Canada
as fast as his feet could carry him,
turn the fun into solemn silence by
apt illusions drawn from the golden
rule and the Sermon on the Mount.
Corwin's speech in the house in 1910,
in reply to Gen. Crary, of Michigan,
who hal attacked the military record
of Gen. Harrison, is still often referred
to as fine example of irony and sar-
casm. It covered the unhappy Crary,
with ridicule, and even the sedate and
serious John Quincy Adams, then in
the house, referred to the victim I'm
mediately afterward as 1.-The late Mr..
Crary." But there were in nearly
every one of Corwin's speeches some
scintillations of wit or humor to en-
liven the ordinarily dull debates, and
whenever he took the floor the mem
bers were eager to listen.
Speaking upon internal improve
ment of rivers, he said: "Your consti-
tuition is a fish that can i've and thrive
in a little tide-creek which thirsty
mosquito would drink dry in day."
In ridiculing the southern claim of
their right to dissolve the union if
precluded from carrying slavery into
New Mexico and adjacent territory,
he described the great American des-
ert as '1and In which no human crea-
ture could raise either corn or cotton
"a land wherein, for ovc= thousand
miles, a buzzard would starve as he
winged his flight, unless he took a
lunch along with him." 49, Ainsworth
r. Spoford, In Atlantic
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Honesty Not the Best Policy

Honesty Not the Best Policy.
He was an honest young man, unused
to the ways Of society, aad making a
call on one of the most stunning young
ladies of the city. "I1ow I love beauty -
she said. 1T seems to me would sive
almost any other worldly possession in
exchange for beauty"
Don't mind II you're rot handsome p
he replied, cts much bester to be kind
and good"
Then he went home wondering what
had given him a chill.--Detroit Free
Press.
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Pe00imiSI&.

''There is great deal at difference -
she said, with sarcasm, '"between the
way man parts with his money before
he is married and afterward."
eyes," replied Mr.. Pennywise. 'tBe-
fore marriage, when he gives her a
three-dollar bunch of flowers, she says
Thank you, George! You are so good
and kind and generousI' But after,
when he gives her three~fourths of his
salary, she merely looks hurt and says:
rs that all? ?"-Washington Star.
Willmar tribune., 1898-11-30
In Hook.

Hogan--Fwat do this in the paper about
'hock der kaiser" mean?
Grogan-lt is dillikit way av sayin' soak
'im.-1ndianapolis journal.
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lt1 Sole Feature,

Hodge-1 don't imagine would like
the pawnbroker business; too many
risks.
Dodge--Yes, there are good many;
but then you know the business has
its redeeming features, too.-N. Y.
World.
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on Her Mind.

'tThere's load off my mind" said the
italian lady, as she deposited the seven bush
els of coal that she had picked up along the
railroad tracks.-Chicago Evening News.
Willmar tribune., 1898-11-30

ri didn't see the widow at the funeral.' -
mo; her gown fitted so badly that she
couldn't restrain her grief enough to be
present" t."-Answers.
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Information Wanted

Mrs. Wickwire-I wonder what has be-
come of the paper. There was an article in
it | wanted to save-it was about jams.
Mr.. Wickwire- Fruit, log or im?-In-
dianapolis Journal.
Willmar tribune., 1898-11-30

A Fortunate Youth.
:, what beautiful linen young Scrims
by.wears.' = S., s,.
:az eyes; lucky dog: he married = laun
dressl" Plain Dealer.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-09-10
Special Trains Arriving Faster
Than the Terminals Could
Handle Them.
Features of the Day the Parade
of Naval Veterans and Va
riOus Reunions.
Letter From the President Stat
ing That Business Prevents
His Presence.

CINCINNATI, Sept. THE 32d an
nual enoampment Of the G. A. R., is q
success 80 far as the attendance is con.
cerned, even for these national events
which ars phenomenal for crowds.
The opening day surpassed expecta-
tions, but before the 81 guns were fred
at sunrise at Camp Sherman, the de.
pots were crowded with more arrivals.
The posts arrived in bodies and were
escorted to their quarters by. local posts.
The special trains arrived faster than
they could be handled at the terminals
in the early hours and the rush con:
tinued so that the later trains were
stopped at Camp Sherman and other
suburban points where street cars and
other transportation had been provided.
There is a capacity Of $4,000 in the
tents Of Camp Sherman, and it is well
filed, as we'll as the smaller camps
but the committee on quarters has un'
limited quarters yet in residences and
other places. The
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-09-10
WOODS BROS.
Decorations Are Unusu.lly Elaborate,

Decorations Are Unusually Elaborate,
the electric light designs in the public
squares and at street Intersections sur.
passing even the finest structures of
sxpositions, and the entertainment is
equally lavish. The National Naval
association gave q grand parade during
the morning. After their parade the
naval veterans were entertained on
steamboats, and they captured Coney
island. The features OF the day were
the regimental, brigade and other re-.
unions, at which the old comrades got
closer together than on any other occa.
sion. There were demonstrations on
the arrival Of several department. com.
manders and of governors and their
ssaffs. The citizens also rendered re-.
ceptions to Commander.in.C Chief Co.
bin, Rear Admiral Kelly, Mrs. 8. J.
Martin, president Of the Women g
Relief Corps, Mrs. Flora M. Davey,
president Of the Ladies Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, and others.
A letter was received from President
Mckinley stating that public business
would prevent him and Mrs. McKin.
ley from attending the enoampment
this week.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-09-10
NO G0LD-BEARING QUARTZ.

Alaska's Career as Mining Country
VIII Be Short-Lived.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7.-Captain
John McCafferty, ex-collector Of Gus.
tons for Alaska and mining engineer
by profession, has arrived here from
Dawson City. His summing up Of hiz
experience ls that the gold placer dig.
gings of Alaska are short-lived, and
that there are no true fissure veins in
that territory, because the country is
too much broken up, and because the
geological indications are such as tc
warrant the conviction that there is no
gold.bearing quartz in the plaoe. Large
broken "deposits" of gold or bonanzaa
may be found there, but they will be
Of the nature Of pockets and will not
last.
The most surprising opinion ex
pressed by him is that the placer dig
gings are on the point of being worked
ont, and that many Of them have
barely paid expenses.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-09-10
. Remarkable Rescue.

Remarkable Rescue.
Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield, Ill,
makes the statement, that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she
was treated for month by her family
physician, but grew worse. He told
her she was hopeless victim Of con.
sumption and that no medicine could
cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr.
Kings New Discovery for Consu m p
ton; she bought bottle, and to her
delight found herself benefited from
first dose. She continued its use and
after taking six bottles, found herself
sound and well: now does her own
housework, and IS as we'll as ever she
was. Free trial bottles Of this Great
Discovery at any Drug Store. Large
bottles so cents and $l.O0.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-09-10
KYLE MAY BE CHAIRMAN.

Labor Commission Co BE Named by the
President Soon.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Tt is expected
in labor circles here that the president
will announce the names Of nine men,
bers Of the labor commission during
the day. This commission is to con.
sist Of 10 members, I'VE Of whom have
been named by the vice president and
i've by Speaker Reed. As the commits.
sion is expected to organize on the
10th inst, the president has only few
days remaining in which to choose his
appointees. It 10 believed that Senator
Kyle, who was the first commissioner
named by the vice president, will be
selected for chairman as soon as the
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-09-10
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident, of which Mr..
John Oliver of Philadelphia. was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows:
II was in most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow. eyes
sunken. tongue coated, pain continually
in back and sides, no appetite-grad-
ually growing weaker day by day.
Three physicians had given me up.
Fortunately, friend advised trying
Electric Bttters;' and to my great joy
and surprise, the first bottle made a
decided Improvement. I continued
their use for three weeks, and am now
q we'll man. I know they saved my
life, and robbed the grave Of another
viotim." No one should fail to try
them. Only so cts per bot. at any
Drug Store.
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winter. Kayukuk is about 1000 miles
from the mouth of the Yukon and is
about 900 miles in length. It is this
side Of Minook and from the latter
place, from Fort Hamilton and Circle
City, the prospeotors will go in this
winter.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-09-10
COALING STATION IN SAMOA.

Gunboat Bsnningtsa ordsrsd There on .
Surveying Trip.
SAN FRANCIsCo, Sept THE United
States gunboat Bennington has bsen
ordered to Pago Pago bay, Samoa, 90
cording TO Mare Island reports, ia
make survey for . coaling station.
Upon finishing the survey she viii pro.
ceed to Manila and relieve the Con.
cord, which viii come to Mare Island
and 50 on dry dock, the English docks
not being availabl4
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HappiIy disappointed.

Salt Lake City, Utah. Beggs Mfg.
90. Az q general thing am down on
all kinds Of patent medicines, but am
happily disappointed after q trial Of
Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup among my
customers and patients. It relieves all
throat and lung difficulties at once.
Fl. 3. Ogden, n. D.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-09-10
BLACK A CANDIDATE.

Governor OF New York Decides to Seek .
Renominati0n.
ALBANY. N. T.. Sept. .. 7.-Governor
Black, Superintendent Of Insurance
Payn, Superintendent Of Public Works
Aldridge, and Charles 8. Francis, edi-
tor Of the Troy Times, held Q confer
ence and at it's conclusion it was defin.
itely announced that Governor Black
would be candidate for renomin alton
until the last ballot had been counted
in tho convention.