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Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-06

A # Reddie and wife, who recently
arrived in the territory from Phila-
delphia, have gone to housekeeping in
the frame building near the corner Of
north Fifth street aud Marquette. Mrs.
Morris Crosby, who ia here from Brad
ford, Conn, has room at the same
place.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-06

ThOs, Hughes, Jr. and Ernest Hayden
will leave TO morrow for Bear canon.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-06

II ia reported that Sig Grunsfeld is go
ing to Washington in regard to the Al
buquerque postotilce, he being an appli.
cant for the position.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-06
RenI Esintn rrnn.fnr.-

Fernandez TOfOya 10 Trinidad SandO.
val, warranty deed TO a piece OF land in
the town OF Albuquerque; consideration
$500.
Ayelina g Gonzales TO Candido q. Con.
zales, warranty deed to one-half Of grant.
or's interest In Baca location No, /; con.
sideration tl25.
John A. Thirion to Gilberta A. Thrion
warranty deed to lot 10, Nichols Il Bow
den addition; consideration $500,
j. C. Baldridge and wife TO Flora A
Griffith, warranty deed TO lots 4 aud Is
block 80, n. NJ. T.CO consideration 1915
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-06

Jow a Lee.
Restaurant, ll5 Railroad ayenue. Open
day and all night. Short orders.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09
KEEPING HOUSE.

With their little foreheads puckered
And their little minds perplexed.
Never knowing what new duty
May crop up to claim them next,
All too eager for the burdens
Life must surely bring-to wait.
Woman's work and woman's worry
Little tots anticipate.
would-be mothers cradle dollies
In their loving little arms;
Little hearts are all a-tremble.
Stimulating loves alarms;
There are sick beds, doctors gather.
Heightened faces tell of grief
How girls love to borrow trouble
Passes any boys belief.
Baby brows are corrugated,
Wouid-be housewives fuHe and fret:
All the woes of every household
In each mock menage are met;
Naughty children, saucy servants,
Bills TO pay. and Iong-drawn signs
Ger dyspepsia caused by eating
UNDERGONE o'er-rich mud pies.
Be she big or be she little,
Child yet. or 10 ripe years grown:
Pain is pleasure to a woman
So 'twould seem-as all must own:
Born to trouble while a toddler
Meekly to her fate she bows;
Lacking trouble, she must make it
So she plays al keeping house."
MARY Norton Bradford. in Boston Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09
Keepiux the Eeet Drv

The dryness of the feet depends large
~ upon the kind and quality of the boot
or chloe worn. Shoes are better for
Ordinary everyday use thaneDoots. es-
pecfally for those people who walk
For riding, or when obliged to stand or
travel through deep snow. boots are the
best a cheap pair of shoes is dear
at any price. 1t pays in every way to
get a good shoe; looks better, wears
longer, and gives better satisfaction. Do
not wear shoe after the outer or first
sole is worn through. 1t is conducive to
both health and comfort to get it
apprehension Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09

of one big squadron of the -th, four
troops, and Capt. Blinker's battery of
mounted artillery, and what fairly pes
tered Buxton was why the colonel
should have sent for Mr.. Merriam with
in ten minutes after the dispatches be-
gan coming in just after retreat. and
Merriam wouldn't tell.
The first dispatch was from depart
ment headquarters, and babe the
colonel hold his entire regiment ready
for instant duty and journey by rail.
BuX was with him when it came, and
together they had gone to the Office.
Then was handed in another. which the
c,lonel read but did not pass over to
his second in command. On the con-
trary he thought bit and sent for
Mr.. Merriam, and took him to one side
five minutes duration that was inaudi-
BILE to every body else. Bux did catch
a word or two. but could make of it
nothing that did not stimulate his curl
osity. killed. 'Mescalero noun
tains." written statement"-"McI.ane
only 3D." were some of them, and
when he took the commanding officers
desk the next day he ransacked it to
find that dispatch, supposing it to be
something official. 1t was only semi
official, said the operator. 1t came
from department headquarters. but
was addressed to the colonel personal
ly, not in his capacity as post COM
mander, consequently it was not fled,
and Bux couldn't find it.
The guard had to be reduced, and
buxton gave orders accordingly-a SER
geant, three corporals, II sentries for
four posts, and the inevitable and in
dispensable orderly for the command
ing officer being all now authorized.
since both battery and troop command
ers had to keep up their stable guards.
But Buxton insisted on lieutenant as
officer of the guard, and, as luck would
have it, the man directed to relieve the
Infantry sub starting off with his regi-
ment was Randolph Merriam.
He had FASTENED home to let Florence
know it was the rifiers, not the cav
airy, that were summoned this time.
and instead of finding her somewhat
tranquillized was distressed to see
traces of continued. if not greater.
agitation. Mrs. Hayne, of course, had
been hurried home. Florence had left
| the sofa and was nervously pacing the
| little room. He heard her rapid foot
steps as he let himself in at the door
below, but as he bounded up the stairs
| she hurried to the window and stood
| leaning against the sash, her back to-
| ward him as he entered.
| Closing the door and fastening to
| her, Merriam took her in his arms and
I turned her face to his. 1t was hot and
| flushed. The eyes were still red with
] weeping. the lids swollen and disfgured
ITO BE Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09
CHAPTERoX.

That night the rifers, seven COM
panies, were whirled away by special
train to the rescue of the railway
shops and roundhouses at Cimmaron
Springs, a hundred miles to the north.
One of those unaccountable manias that
prompt men to appropriate other peo
pies property had seized upon the en-
pioyes of the road. The Valley division
had been forced to abandon all trains,
aud it was only question of time, said
the ringleaders, when the Mountain di-
vision would follow suit. Passenger
and cattle, fruit and freight trains were
biockaded. The mails, sent through at
first with a single car, were presently
belated, then blocked entirely, and
Uncle Sam, who had been showing his
teeth for twenty-four inches, now
showed his hand. In the old dayseof
Sedgwick it was the cavalry that was
perpetually being hustled off on the
warpath. leaving the infantry to hold
the fort, but or late the Indians had
kept the peace and the cavalry the post.
Then came the sudden outbreak of
troNble on an eastern road, the swift
assurance of sympathy from brethren
in the west, and then a strike that
speedily established the fact thaAthere
were still savages in the valley of the
bravo, for men who tried to stand to
their duty were kicked and battered
into pulp. and helpless women and chill
dren were burned out of house and
home.
The colonel was in no wise eager to
go on any such mission. He kept 81
the metaphorical front, but the actual
rear. of his men, secure in the pre-
caution that cooi-headed Capt. Hayne
was forward on the pilot of the en-
CINE Ii the trestle work were sawed
away or bridges burned at inconvenient
points, Hayne would not be apt to let
the train stumble into the pitfall. 1t
was nearly dawn before the special
reached Santa Fee Junction, but the
rif1ers marched thither soon after mid
night, leaving many weeping wives at
home. They had not the stoicism of
those women long .schooied in such
calamities-the ladies of the cavalry.
Buxton succeeded to the command of
the post and its garrison, now made up
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09
CHAPTER IX.-CoNTNUED.

There were two restless and unhappy
men at Sedgwick now-gunner and
trooper-Minturn and Whitaker, and.
each at his appropriate stable, man
aged to intercept the troop commander
on the way to his own, each i'm
Fortunate for tidings of the fair in
valid, each resentful of his Indifference
and Implying response. Grafton was
a warm friend where he liked, but an
unbeliever and cynic where he did not,
and Grafton believed that he had
fathomed Fanny McLane's shallow
nature and secret purpose, and was in
tolerant of her to the verge of rudeness.
He loved his wife. He mourned the
semi-deception in which she had in
dulged in having. against his wishes.
brought her former friend within her
gates. But now he looked upon Har-
r:et as being quite sufficiently punished
and equally willing that Mrs. McLane
should take herself elsewhere. If,
therefore, Merriam should see her and
door refuse to do-that which she de-
manded of him, Grafton felt that he
might speed his parting guest and re-
lieve not only his own but his fair wife's
shoulders of heavy load. He was
late reaching stables, fact burly old
Buxton would be quick to notice and as
quick to rebuke. He had delayed only
a minute or two after the sounding of
the call, because he wished to have his
interview over and done with. The men
OF his troop were already leading out
as he came in sight of the long row of
yellow-washed rookeries that passed
for sta bles, and it annoyed him to be
hailed on the way, one after another,
by these two admirers of so much that
he couldn't admire at all. Then, as luck
would have il, the Northumberland
was the next to accost him and to re-
mark that he was five minutes late.
which wasn't so, but couldn't be con-
tradicted, and Grafton was gritting his
teeth when he reached his troop. He
was in no mood to talk automatically
with Merriam just then. and knew it,
and was thankful that the lieutenant
was still another stable beyond, when
who should appear. walking rapidly
back from the bank where the horses
were watering, than Merriam himself.
Seeing inquiry in the captains eye, he
stepped quickly toward him.
my wife isn't feeling at all WELL" he
explained, ''and I'm excused in order to
return to her."
Nothing serious. 1 hope" said
Grafton. There. at least. was woman
ne approved of.
"Nothing that I can understand. or
the doctor either" said Randy, anxious
ly. 'sShe hasn't been like herself for
several days, and gets worse instead of
better. I don't like to be away from
her, although Mrs Hayne is there
great deal, bless her!"
"I'm sorry-I'm doubly sorry. Mer-
riam," said Grafton, uncomfortably,
"for I was on the point of asking you
TO come over and see Mrs. McLane about
a matter which is giving her deep
anxiety"
Merriam's face began to darken at
once. but he said no word
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09
An Army Wife.
BY CAPTAIN CHARLES KING.
SYNOPSIS.
Copyrighted. 1896. by F. Tennyson Neely.l


Chapter I.-Fannie McLane, a young
widow, is invited to visit the Graftons
at Fort Sedgwick. Her sister tries to dis
suade her, as Randolph Merriam (whom
she had Tilted for old McLane) and his bride
are stationed there.
Chapter II.-Fannie McLane's wedding
causes family feeling. A few months later
she while travelling with her husband,
meets Merriam, on his wedding trip.
Chapter III.-Some time previous to this
Merriam had gone on a government sur
vey, fallen i'll, and had been nursed by Mrs.
Tremaine and daughter Florence. hasty
note from Mrs. McLane's stepson takes
him to the plains.
Chapter IV.-Young McLane dictates TO
Merriam a dying message, which is sent
brother-in-law of Mrs. McLane). Reply
causes Merriam to swoon. He is taken to
the Tremaines; calls for Florence.
Chapter V. = Engagement of Florence
Tremaine ito Merriam is announced; we'd
ding shortly follows.
Chapter VIM. McLane is mysterious
ly shot in San Francisco. Merriam is
greatly excited when he reads account in
papers. While still in mourning Mrs. Nc
Lane prepares to visit Fort Sedgwick-
Chapter VII-Mrs McLane arrives at
the fort. Merriam is startled at the news.
and he and his wife absent themselves
from the formal hop that evening.
Chapter VITI.-Mr and Mrs. Merriam
pay their respects to the widow on an
evening when she would be sure to have
many other callers. When the call is
returned Merriam is away, and his wife
pleads Illness as excuse for not seeing
her. Mrs. McLane receives telegram: Ar
rested, Chicago. Your uncle stricken-par-
alysis You will be summoned. Secure
papers, otherwise lose everything. c. NJ. %
She fafntS, is revived with difficulty, but
open air. Tells Grafton she must see Mer-
Ram. q
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09
oPHtR's CHRISTMAS MAIL.
How 1t Was Lost I'm a SnOwslide for
Twenty Months.


Recently, writes a correspondent
from Denver, I was looking over the
old mail pouches stored in the inspect
ors' department of the Denver post
office, and on one of them I noticed a
card tied near the rusty lock. On it
was written: This pouch was in a
snowslide on the dead carriers back for
20 months, near Ophir.'
Swan Nilsson, a Swedish nail-carrier,
was the man who bore that pouch to
his death. His route was from Silver
ton to Ophir. and on December IS, 1868.
a terrible storm was raging in that
part of the Rocky mountains. Nilson's
friends advised him not to attempt the
trip, but he would not listen to their
warnings.
81 mus co. he said. 81 hat many
Christmas things in my pouch, and l
not disappoint the good friends at
Ophir. Tt will not be Christmas there
unless Swan Nilsson bring the mail"
So the brave carrier set forth, his
mail sack tightly strapped to his back.
Norwegian snowshoes on his feet, and
a long guiding pole in his hand.
AT Ophir the miners of the camp
were waiting and longing for his ap-
pearance. Christmas eve came and
went, while the storm ragged fiercely in
the mountains. The morning dawned
clear and bright, but the faithful mail
carrier did not come. Impatience
changed to anxiety; search parties
were organized and went out along the
trails. There was nothing to be seen
or heard of Nilsson.
The winter passed. and with TIE com
ing of summer the search for the lost
carrier was renewed, but nothing could
be learned of his fate. Another year
rolled round, and during the summer
another search party was organized.
On August Is, 1865, at the bottom of a
snowslide, the picks and shovels of the
searching party uncovered the body of
Swan Nilsson, and still strapped to his
back was the old pouch with the Ophir
Christmas mail-Youth's CompanioD.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09
A Race Against Fire.

After a ten days fight to avoid death, the
crew OF a steamer from Spain recently ar
rived in Baltimore In mid ocean it was dis
covered that flames were raging IN the YES
sells hold. For ten long days the crew brave
ly fought the flames. If men would fight as
persistently against disorders OF the stomach
and digestive organs, there would be fewer
premature deaths. The best weapon for such
fight is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters- 1t Is
the greatest of tonies, and the best OF RENE
dies for kidney, liver, bladder and blood dis
orders.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09
The UngratefuI Thfnr.

A man was cured of blindness by
a surgeon remarkable for his unprepos-
sessing appearance When vision was
fully restored the patient looked at his
benefactor and said: Lucky for you,
young man. l did not see you before
you operated, or 1 would never have
given my consent.".Afedical Record.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09
A Real Prise.

eff had such wife as Mrs. Negley
think could be Supremacy happy"
"Why, don't consider her especially good
looking, and it is easy to see that she isn't
very clever"
Il know, but when her husband starts to
tell funny story she doesn't assume the
look of a martyr or try to change the sub
iect"-Cleyeland Leader
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09
How He Shoae.

''Does young Mr.. Slimmins shine in
society?" asked young woman.
Some" replied Miss Cayenne; @es-
pecially about the coat sleeves
Washington Star
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09

Limp and lame-iame back st. Jacobs
Oil cures it promptly, surely.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that Is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by an infiamed condition of the mu-
cous lining OF the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inhamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it Is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing viii be destroyed forever;
nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh.
which is nothing but an infamed condition
of the mucous surfaces
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, Csc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09
{ SteIl Cod
Easily

Are you frequently hoarseF
Do you have that annoying
tickling in your throatP Would
you feel relieved if you could
raise something? Does your
cough annoy you az night, and
do you raise more mucuS in
the morningr
Then you should always keep
on hand q bottle Of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09

A dull, racking pain-neuralgia. Its sure
Cure-St. Jacobs Oil.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09
Deafness Cannot BE Cared

Where a woman coaxes a man threaten.
Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09

We have not been without Piso's Cure fC
Consumption for 20 years.-Eizzie Ferre
Camp ST., Harrisburg, Pa, May 4, "a.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09

Life is what we make it, but there are
people who do not even make their own
living-Ram's Horn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09

Two persons die of starvation in
London every week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09

Most BARRIERS have to ''rake and scrape'
to get along.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09

It is harder to do wrong than right, if W.
but knew til. a. W. Bulletin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09

A coid-sore and stiff. All right again.
st. Jacobs Oil did it-cured.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09
An Authority.

Willie-Mamma, what does making a bad
break mean?
you'd better ask your father, Willie.
Indianapolis Journal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-29
RETURN OF THE PRESIDENT.
Entire Party Satisfied With the Trip To
the south.

Washington, Dec. 22.-The presi-
Dental party, after an absence Of seven
days in the South, arrived at the Penn
sylvania station over the Southern rail-
way at 1880 o'clock this morning, ex-
actly on schedule time. With the
exception of Mrs. Mckinley, who was
slightly indisposed at Atlanta, every
member of the party has been in the
best of health, and all pronounce the
trip most enjoyable and splendid sue
cess in every way. Everywhere a stop
was made the president was received
with greetings and demonstrations of
an enthusiastic character. and during
the entire week there was not a disturb
ance. The run from Columbia, S. c.,
was uneventful, and on its arrival
here the special train of ak Pullman
cars, under the personal supervision
Of General Agent Brown, was run up
the Sixth street siding, where all
alighted.
Tho president and Mrs. Mckinley
were driven to the White House at
once, and the mem bors of the cabinet,
Mr.. Porter and Mr.. Cortelyou, secre-
taries to the president, and their ladies
were driven to their homes.
The entire morning aboard tho presi-
dental train was spent in farewell
visits by the different members Of the
party. The president received his
guests in his own car. He expressed
his entire satisfaction over the trip.
With this sentiment every member of
the cabinet aboard heartily conceded,
while Generals Wheeler and Shafter
repeated the eulogistic expressions al
ready made in their public speeches.
The general impression prevailed that
the trip had cemented, to a marvellous
degree, the good-fellowship between
North and South, and mad brought into
prominence the excellent condition and
capabilities of the army.
The original object of the visit, to
celebrate the peace with Spain, lost its
significance directly after the pres-
dents memorable utterances regarding
the CAFE of the Confederate dead.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-29
SKATER EXPLAINS.


santiago Commander Before the War
Com mission.
Washington, Dec. 20. - General
Shafter appeared rather UNEXPECTEDLY
before the war investigating commits
sion this afternoon, and told his story
Of the Santiago expedition. He was
supported by his aid, Colonel Miley,
who was with him in Cuba, and was
fanked by a large portmanteau of pa
pers, to which his aid occasionally APP
piled for reference.
General Skaters story of the opera
tions around Santiago was tersely told,
but at times was quite vivid in its re-
cital and interesting in detail. Briefly
summed up, his estimate of the San
tiago expedition was that it had been "A
military success and cheap at the cost
of 500 men lost in the fight. He con-
sidered the expedition to have been as
we'll fitted out as the time allowed
would permit, and said that, in look
ing back, he had no criticism of his
plans to make, and would not change
them ii the events had to be gone
through again. He said he had no
complaints Of any sort to make, and
would be loath to intrude them at this
time if he had.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-29
JUMPED FROM HIGH WINDOWS
Deaths Result From Fire in New
York kesIdence.

New York, Dec. 22.--Two women
were killed and another woman, who
afte1ward died, and a man severely in
iured today during fire at the resi-
dence of G. II. Raymond. at West End
avenue and Seventy-thrd street.
Mrs, Underwood, sister Of Mrs.
Raymond, leaped from q eecond-story
window, her head striking the sidewalk
and death was instantaneous.
William Doerr, in trying to rescue
Mrs. Underwood, sustained fracture
of the skull. which probably Will ro-
suit in death.
Mrs. G. II. Raymond followed Mrs.
Underwood out OF the window, and
was picked up unconscious. She died
tonight.
After tho flames were extinguisbed
the body of Harriet Fee was found on
the third floor Of the house. She had
been overcome by smoke.
a superb collection OF pictures and
tapestries owned by Raymond was en-.
tiroly destroyed.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-29
MIGHT HAVE BOUGHT CUBA.
John Sherman Says Negotiations Were
Once Under Way.

John sherman Says Negotiations Were
Once Under Way.
Chicago, Dec. %. special to TIE
Tribune from Washington says: Ex-
Secretary of States John Sherman, in
an interview, tells an interesting cab
met secret, which in the days before
the war was frequently suspected, but
never established. With considerable
emotion, the ex-secretary said:
II tried to prevent this foolish war
with Spain. As matter of fact, nego-
tiations were already in progress to pur-
chase Cuba from Spain when the war
feeling suddenly rose and swept every
thing before it. And Spain would
have accepted the terms.
This is matter of secret history.
And now what have We got to show for
all this expense? Some islands in the
Philippines, for instance, which are
worth about $4,000 per annum in
come; increased Indebtedness of $780,
600. 900 and lot OF islands inhabited
mainly by man-eaters.. And the most
distressing feature OF the affair is that
we are now about to be called upon to
pay $50, 900, 600 for territory that we
could have taken without expanding q
dollar -