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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-03
STORY OF AST0NEl|N.
a Discovery That Stirred |
Missouri Town
An uoPPoRTUSB DESIHICAIt


osA lsss fsad We lGaki.e = q . 2
Mccoy ExAIAltirs His Rso1nos6
We. Alsse Came . wenfa - ~
sg.issa the rake e Her HuGhsA M
Tho "petrffled man" hoax - ~ y
had powerful hold upon the it,
Of the public. In the west, CO.
mountainous districts, IL II an e1u61
dull year when n stone man il ~ ~
cred. A variety Of crinoid fossils NJ
jsrly supposed to be petrificd ousn{
Tho cowboys and miners tell q Wuo00
story Of "Petrifiod mountain" Ami
sitting In tho Chicago Inter Oceen a
said recently: A.
"Shoo, nuvver hecrd nv PeefWA
mountain Wy, wen ye git thar e q
foot ye see pcrtaters m apples an mus %
terrified an layin roun on the groun.
little higher up tho roots nv the g1nss q
trees Is petter1cd. Prcsn'ly yc notics tn
the blades Nv grass Is gittin pctterned, q
then the bodies nv trees. After while yp1
notice at ever blamed linn on ever ID
gone troo Is petcrfied, an ever branch q
ever linn IN ever twig on ever besnc
an ever leaf on ever twiG p piun1DolI
fled. An kick my shins ef thar amt
rassel NV pcttcrflcd birds on them petta
iied trees a-singin petterficd songsr'
A Chicago drummer tells a good souE
OF tho finding Of petriilcd man at Neoshr
In southwest Missouri. short time ago:
u was dickcring for q trade on a LOT q
ovcrcoats with old man Moss. the piouce
storekccpcr down there. Along came
lot OF boys and gang Of men, and 4
nbout five minutes tho whole population
were moving as fast as their legs coul
cary EN- In the direction Of tho creek DO,
tom north Of the town. We soon foun
that pctrificd man had been discovcre
ON land belonging TO an old fellow name
Todd, who had lately moved from Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-03

essli0esIsy eompre myseiftosleep. About
toe ysan go . began taking DR.. Milesf
ueass Cure The erxt bottle gave ne 10
percsseibis benefit but after taking The
shird began 20 feel much relief and Coz
sinued Toe some noufhA Ihavc good 70.
% - believe the cure h permanent
d.. Niles Remedies are sold By all drug.
e,sss under positive guarantee. first bSssls
bsseAts 90 money refunded. Book on Hsass
ed nerves sent free TO all applicants
DR MILES MEDICAL CO.. Ekhart LA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-03

U1EARf DISEASE Of long standing =
De easily cured. but II n cuRAsLE.
hdef wn. reanison writes: 81 vas
aaDcsed Sos thirty-ave ycars with heart dr.
60. n fsct. troubled With 10 nearly all my
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-03

rsso1nR Essls;Ehlng, who holds the
chat q Dsso11 lbe1Ds 1t che University
Of w. - - HE instruction re.
ccuoV ~ aEoWfi y , nadman, enc Of his
patmA = 1872 = his stse& The man
b lreo4 vi oepsolenl at.acks Of mania,
du4sg wh1cA ~ - 1bucD moro clever and
witty than wh'A,i nn His lecture on
THE Mental Cfjiitic 4 Of The Maniac IN
Periodical Att3 - oil Madness' was =
s ss''' :s.. s sss 8 i "'' over
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-03

Algerian Chief
American for the tod
The Captive-Pq
emit scare me. I've
1ond Plain Dealer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-03

his dag. He = hig lumbering virginian
who wsse - Eeoshe slter tie war. He
was never known - b sober. He would
sell his so1l ~ pln1 81 whisky. 1t Is
believsd On al hn21b Chat Charcoal was
the original a the pelsifcd man, alias a
Mexicnn leo. slias 81 Lceg, The man
was msodsa cut a ss0e sort af Is0nglom.
crate n s. LsuiD fD1n thscast of Char.
Goals e1aGn1s 49,
IT, pal ~ Hssteriy policy Of d.
lenco - - ~ trades horses"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-03

oss = .pas 4 nk sosssssaassly d
H1sesd IN lndiana 49, IN afs.unfs.I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-03

Il ALL ooRTs OF STORIES GOT AT {.
>on Gsnfcamc in at about clock
a dun away with 1t. Old Todd
1 y nad q could be. He kept awning
1Dd and 9ying nothing.
IA wagbn .wss made and I'll tarted
q 20 theoi,gh south Missouri 9i 1kan-
= exAih ting the curiosity. Til reused
% p Indignation, and there W ak of
&C. bn being taken by the old ldiers.
Thy were saved the trouble, hoi er. As
500 as they struck Sulphur Spi with
Sa Ply he was identified. A won rccog
niz him as Silas Legg, her ia +. who
die ,iust before the war. She ituted
pro- fedings at once to get 20 Bion Of
the bdy. 900 -, ,...r
I" Smpathy, of course, was vi ~
woJ IN. Each side had good cd
the teliminary trial good dea|
was MD On the actions of til ollian
whc she first saw the petrifled bSiy. The
pros lution brought in a lot of pathetic
evidence TO show that the instant Mrs.
Bradley saw tho stone man she screamed
and said, between sobs: oh, my poor,
poor father! I'd know you anywhercv
"The Identification seemed ecmplete.
Old settlers recollccted Silas LcIg as a
great fighter. He never came TO town
without loading up with whisky and pay
ing off few old scores. He was strong
as a mule and could lick anybq " in New.
ton county. Once he got into rough and
tumble scrimmage and his yersary bit
of the top of his right car. daughter
told this story and old settls rroborated
it. This seemed to fix the faty Of the
pctrifled man.
"The defense claimed that the woman
had been coached to make the claim by
persons who recognized the fact that a
petrlflcd man wIs handy thing to have
in the house.
"The trial played ont. Somebody used
influence somewhere and the prosecution
was withdrawn. About this time curiou:
individual wrote to The SmithsoniGiS insti
tuition. The authufitjes wreee back that
they had heard Of aged mapy1 bekthings,
but that this was tho Woeste Ahuh.pctrifac
ton didn't take pleos once In =. million
times, and then In only parts Of bodies
that conditions must be very peculiar fol-
this to happen-in fact, that such won
der rs whole petri6ed body was absurd
swell, Sandy b n0w lying around some
where, gathering mold and dust. The
story has leaked out peetty gcncralsy BY
this time and it's - much ~ your lie i:
worth to mention 'petr16slli nnan' to any
body down there. 1Ths hccerted theory
now is that somebody, noly necssarily old
man Todd, had plaseej cast n,nde oi
Charcoal, who was . great character In
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-03
1la.he-{l ".

as.Ladies. "said tAirman Of the
meeting Of gthe US Advand ed
Thought andPra xti 1erience club,
"this meeting, ] ! selhs annound ed
to be q ymposiu imp subject {of
Apartment Hons } Us
There wasIs NJ iiult assent dnd
approval, and fri h@mV every 10.
mal in the lhll p4l l up it vas
evident that the ste bne of til lem
who didn't feel t ihao something
Of impoeance to e9a1 ubject.
81 hope,I con sNiii chairman,
that we will be at Through
this afternoon. bI 'Aht 1estion hbly
most comprehel ow ISL 1and, with
your permission. rsr axe Il b di-
eide it so that 4 e Ee b ond' fea.
ture at tiule. ," len \
$50 lovelyp'i pin. Jmgr and
..,How nice!' d thsneous parts
Of the hall. f sl
Il would 81. .,ye4 fst take
up the landlhie
Cries of ~ h PRO missed
us a porcelaiI It agov
"Won't rape}e
lis one dr. build
| ing evils. lAi i'm.
think psrL&pl
| n5Crie$ IF turep
.Freei IS Us ely in
sultina'' et
Should >. w
all ca4 speaJs IN thi
branc Of Il ID IDLY "
may fhd il Ri cussiq
of it'll Tlg that
group chill b u
Cries on lind u
"Dirty creatq gstel
etc. '3's
-'sand bn Of
| eceab
lakl6g. at q
other. in. 81 y, b
fhsnialmosh got
and hoved(
Personal s.
one as she d
81 never y I
life," said al
And thus 1ol
I-Chscooo D.
Trained Fol
Algerian Chief
| American for the toI
The Captive-Pq
en- t scare me. I've
4 IL MI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-03

.eral others. hberlafn's parents
iar4iSt| livin b3der brother says
,hA Glh take Be- 10 highest courts
lie thinks ID la no penalty for .
young man gti0 young woman II
both ara Willie This case. :.
Mr.. w. S. q, father Of the girl,
grows indii 81 IN speaking of the
case, and 50 Is Of taking . warrant
he should b shotgun and ended
the young He claims that his
daughter Ig to 60 with boys
|tdhd fhas G. is not her equal in
|lany respect rson says he notified
Chamberlai i9 keep the girls COM
pany, and h q s to see that he does
not do SO ag) well. The course Of
the case id BIZ Cher courts will be
watched witt Et by the large num-
Der Of Poop re interested in the
Johnny lawSORv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-03

Good Wine has been regarded % Q DO.
tsus fsosor In regalning and preserving
good health. Do you know whore TO
gss the hest? The Em.El Family
L'qaos House, l7os Third avenue.
haS gained . standing In this CON.
munity % being the only Wholesale
house having . legal right 10 retail
their wines and Whistles In any
quantity TO suit your needs. Their
Iosition % Wholesale and retsil deal.
srs affords you the security not found
elsewhere Of obtaining the puress
wines and Whistles ct ons-haH the
prices prevailing elsewhere. In
health they are . joy. In illness In.
diepsasibls. Our special stock and
prices:
Calrosnis wines Pom. sherry, Angelica, Mus
estsi and CAfsvss. years ole. 81. 80 pr rAlloa.
ksse Sesat.ties q psopossicesie psiees.
ehsssiee, ns.es,si. Aseesis and Malaga, o. 50
wlissies. saann,eed psre and ss reprsscnsed-
pesrcs., Jews on. " 81 per gallon. Csc aquart;
G ... 's,s. a. Is. fe1 ssas 1:,
rslssl.., 70 iss's old, d 50 pr gallon, q. 81
SIas 6.aay for xinss Neat, $50 per s.,os,
0c quas
oDs. syssinss sntil 10 oeloes.
Telephone loa-iSt.
The Em.EL.
HssIy Llauor Score. ias Third svsnae.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-03
SIR CUPID IN MAINS;
Tennessee's aJohnnytaw" De
mics the Right % Flirt..
FIRST TEST CASE AT KNOXVILLE.
Irats Parent Has Young itan Arrested
For Paying Attentions to his Daughter.
ana All Tennessee IL Interested In the

An act for the protection of boarding schools
and colleges for females and Abe principals
and inmates thereof.
Section !. Be it enacted by tlit general as.
iembly of the state Of Tennessee that here
after it shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to willfuily unnecessarily interfere
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-03
REMOVAL.
GET THE BEST
Plumbing.
Heating.
Gas Fitting,
Sewer Pipe.
Al WORK Guaranteed

R0Oen1eld Bros.
isos THIRD AvKNUI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-03

life; I think 70 heredi.
tary ~ my father was
amicsed with It. I have
suffered great distress.
my heart palpitsted 10
such an extent - 70
shake ny whole body.
30 distressing was q I
cnuId nnlH With mat.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15
MILK IN THE CocoANUT.
There Are TWO Good Ways of Gsttins
at It When One Wants to
Drink 1t.

Every boy knows the three eyes to be
found In one end of cocoanut, and
many boy has bored these eyes out,
or one or two of them, with the small
blade Of a pocketknife so as to get at the
milk in the cocoanut, which he has then
drained out into cup or drunk direct
from the cocoanut itself. But there is
more fascinating way still Of getting
at the milk in the cocoanut.
BY this other method the cocoanut is
opened at the other end from the eyes.
The cocoanut is struck all around
gently and repeatedly with hammer,
or stone will do, at distance OF
about one-third of the way down from
the top, about where the arctic circle
would be on globe.
A continual gentle tapping will final
ly crack the shell of the nut all around;
not in line exactly on the circle, per-
haps, but pretty near to 1t. Sometimes
1t cracks shell and meat of the nut, too,
SO that both can be lifted off together;
sometimes 1t cracks out only she'll
cap at the top, which is lifted off, and
the cap of meat underneath is then cut
out around with a knife.
And then there you are with white.
lined cocoanut cup to drink from.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15
IN A NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.
Men Are Silent and Orderly and Are
Simply Part of the Machine
cry of the Ship.

We are all curious to know how tho
men who man the guns on warship
are affected by anengagement-whet TIL
er they are full of the excitement of con-
fict that soldiers experience in battle.
H. G. Skinner, of Hudson, Mass, who is
on the Cincinnati, which took part in
the attack on Matanzas, answers the
question In a letter to the Hudson En-
terprise, as follows:
You are just one of the parts of the
fighting machinery of the ship, and you
must do just as you are told, without
asking questions or wondering why you
are doing 1t. must say that / had al
ways supposed that an engagement Of
the kind would work man up to the
highest notch; that his blood would boil
in his veins, and that his brain would
reel from the madness of excitement. I
thought that cheer after cheer would
pour from the threats Of eager sailors,
that the light Of battle would shine In
their eyes till they cleaned. 1 thought
that men new to battle behaved like
demons. or like the proverbial tiger who
had tasted blood and would not be salts
fed until he had gorged himself to re-
pletion. But there was no sight of any
thing like that. The men were silent and
orderly In going to their stations at the
sound of general quarters / could see
little difference from the ordinary pro-
ceedings at drill"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15

The reputation Of this wonderful region,
probably the most unique and certainly the
only one of its kind In the world, becomes more
extended yearly. Mankind never tires of seeing
or reading of its grand GEYsEa FOUNTAINS. It's
superb CANYON, the beautiful YELLOWSTONE
LAKE moro than 1900 feet above the ocean, the
high MOUNTAINS, the CASCADES and CATARAcTs,
the BEAR, ELK, DEER and ANTELoPE, the I'M
equalled TROUT fishing and other interesting
features found there.
The PARK is free to the WORLD and is under
the control OF the United States Government.
Large hotels, electric lighted and steam heated.
are found at convenient points and first class.
specially constructed four horse stage coaches,
transport tourists from place to place.
Wonderland 'eS has chapter which contains
a fund of information about the Park that
makes it perhaps, peculiarly valuable for
SCHOOLS and TEACHERS. The features Of the
Park are described and there is besldes a large
amount of practical information about the
region and the ride through it. The Park tour
can be made either in the coaches, or on horse
back or bicycles. The book win be sent to any
address upon receipt of six cents by CHAs.
FEE, General Passenger Agent, Northern
Pacific Railway, st. Paul. MINI.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15
VIA PNEUMATIC TUBE.
The Way Dinners May Be Served In
the Near Future II We So
Desire 1t.

An inventor has worked out a scheme
by which restaurant company, or
municipal kitchen like that at Grenoble,
France, could supply any number Of
patrons with hot dinners via pneumatic
tube, and do away at the same time
with dish washing in the home, says the
Philadelphia Times.
The idea is to lay pneumatic sub
way from the manufacturing kitchen
or restaurant, with branches to the
dtning-rooms Of patrons. At the proper
points valves worked by electricity
from the restaurant shut off the tube
ahead and divert the vesseh travelling
in the tube to the house for which thew
were intended.
The various edibles, including soups,
dessert, etc., are to be inclosed in air
tight metal balls, enameled in different
and pleasing colors. These balls will
have tops that unscrew, and each pa
tron will be provided with proper tool
to unscrew, his dinner. He viii then set
the lids to one side, place the pretty
circular dishes made Of the lower
halves In wire or other stands on his
dining-room table, and proceed to dine.
After each meal he will screw the
covers on again, drop the balls, with all
refuse, back into return pneumatic
tube, and light his cigar in peace, with
no worry about dish washing, and moth
ing else to do but pay the bills.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15
cATN1p FOR THE CATS.
Man Of BOSTON Popular with
the FeIins~.

Speaking Of cats, young man living
in East Lexington has become the hene-
factor Of several downtown Toms, who,
having passed their lives in office build
ings, never tasted the Intoxicating cat
nip. He is great friend of cats in gem
eral, and when he began work In the
city the first thing he noted was the
useful animals that prowled around the
corridors. patrolling for rats, relates
the Boston Herald. So this young man
from East Lexington took pity on their
condition by filing his pockets with
fresh catnip and freely distributed it
among the crowd on arriving at his
place Of business. The effect was In
Simultaneous. The Pied Piper of Ham
elm was nowhere. Such an experience
these creatures may have dreamed, but
had never realized, and some nearly had
fits, the herb was 80 in intoxicating, while
others vainly tried to express their
gratitude for the kind attention.
Therefore, don't forget the downtown
business cat. Recollect he needs his
salad as much as the human being.
See that he has some grass to eat now
and then, and little catnip to cheer
him up when, times are hard.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15
GOODNESS OVER The FLAG.
Flung to the Breeze In the Night, 1t
Sent Terror to q FrtenHs
Heart.

There Is painful GOODNESS between
two women who live In big apartment
house uptown, and an American flag la
at the bottom of 1t. The flag is huge
affair, made Of bunting. The woman
who owns 1t says in extenuation that
her husband bought it, and that you
know how men are about buying things.
1t came home late one evening last
week, and Its patriotic owner insisted
on finging it to the breeze at once, that
1t might wave all night. Accordingly
the pole was fixed to the window sill,
and Old Glory streamed out into the
night, says the Washington Post.
The woman who occupies the apart
ment Immediately under the window
from which the flag hung is very nerv-
GUS person. That night she was awak-
ened by soft, swishing sound against
the window. 1t was like the rustic Of q
garment, and the nervous woman
thought frst Of burglars and secondly
OF ghosts. She was afraid to get out Of
bed to look out of the window, but she
huddled up with her back to the wall
and shivered the night away.
Again and again she was sure she
heard soft, ghostly fingers at the win
dow. She could feel her hair turning
white. She says she didn't sleep wink.
After 80 or 30 hours, she says, morning
came, and she yentured to the window
and raised the blind. There hung the
flag, Tipping against the window with
every breeze.
The nervous woman is courageous by
daylight. She drew table to the win
dow, climbed upon 1t, pulled the win
dow down from the top, and, reaching
out as far as she could, calmly proceed
ed to cut the end Of the flag off. The
woman who owns 1T says that anybody
who would mutilate her country's flag
Is a traitress, and the woman who did
1T says that some people haven't the
sense they ought to have been born
with, and, as began by saying, there is
marked GOODNESS up at that apartment
house.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15
THE INDIAN BLUsHED.
How He Quietly Rebuked the Girl,
for Their Impert1nence
and Curiosity.


Visitors at the worlds fair in 1893
will recall the Indian exhibit or en-
campment on the shore Of the south
pond. One of the tents or wigwams
was occupied by an athletic and fine
looking, but somewhat taciturn, speci-
men Of young Indian manhood as his
particular home, aud while it was open
at all proper times for the inspection of
visitors. he resented any approach to i'm
pertinent curiosity, says Youths Com
panion,
A bevy of young women dropped into
his tent one day before his usual hour
for opening it, and found him sewing a
rent in blanket.
"See how he blushes!" exclaimed one
Of the visitors. eve have caught him
doing squaw's work"
"Why, that's his natural color" gig
gled another. He always bushes"
Eyes, young ladies'" said the Indian,
In perfectly good English, che bushes
for some of the civilized and enlightened
white Americans of the nineteenth oen-
tury."
The visitors Joined him in blushing
and shortly afterward went out with
out further remarks.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15
WHITE FEATHERS.
cowhidet Calfsldn and sheepskin,
and the Uses to Which They
Are Chiefly Put.

White cowhide has long been used for
various purposes, though It's place has
now been taken to considerable ex-
tent by other and cheaper feathers. II
Is used, for example, in making sus-
pender tips, and its use in making mill
tary belts Is familiar. For this purpose
II Is made up with the flesh side out, and
the belts are whitened as occasion may
require with chalk or pipe clay, says tha
New York Sun.
White calfslzin is more extensively
used than white cowhide. White calf
is used for fine and costly work in book
binding, 1t may be for gift books, and
sometimes for prayer books. White
calf is also used for suspender tips.
More extensively used than either
white cowhide or white calfskin are the
white sheepskins. White sheepskin is
used also for suspender tips, and for
covering trusses and other articles of
metal, and for the trimmings of shoes.
1t is used for book binding, especially
for the binding of medical books, In
which use 1t Is first sprinkled with
coloring material which gives it mot
tied appearance.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15
HE CAME AND WENT !
} Copyright, 1868 By M. QUAD. \
Copyright, 1858.
By M. QUAD.


1t was about ten o'clock in the fore
noon when Montana Bill made his first
appearance at Cheyenne, which was
then the terminus of the Pacific road.
He came into town on horseback, and
his cayuse was on the dead run. AS
the animal was galloped up one street
and down another Its rider fred right
and left and uttered blood-curdling
whoops. When Bill finally halted at
the crossing of the two principal
streets he bowed right and left to the
crowd and said:
"Gentlemen. the newspapers will give
ye my name and history after few
days, but in order not to keep ye in
suspense I'm goin' to say right yere
and now that I am Mon tana Bill, from
nowhar' in pertickler, and from every
whar' in gineral. If thar's critter
among We who hasn't heard of my
name and deeds, let him step forth like
man"
No one stepped. The shooting In
Cheyenne didn't begin, as usual thing,
until after midday.
81 amt hefty with the pen, and I
can't read as we'll as some," continued
the caller, "but l do know what be-
longs to good manners. I might hev
slid into town like jackrabbit slip
pin through the grass, but I preferred
to foller good manners and interduce
myself in the regular way. Here am.
Sich of you as knows me knows that
I'm dangerous when aroused. Sich of
you as don't will find out in due time.
Has anybody got any remarks to make
as to my looks?'
Nobody had. He looked about the
same as the rest of the bad memo
better, no worse.
Has anybody got any filings to fling
at this cayuse, who's lost one eye and
is sprung in the knees?"
A score Of men looked the animal
over in neutral way and were indif-
ferent as to his blemishes.
"And yere's my guns" continued Bill,
as he fired right and left over the heads
of the crowd; does any critter want
to obsarve that don't know how to
handle 'em, or that they don't look
dangerous?"
His guns appeared to be dangerous
enough, and his way of handling them
was up to date. Later in the day there
might have been more general interest,
but at this early hour, before anyone
had been killed, Bills arrival was rather
a bore. The crowd was beginning to
break up. when the man fired the rest
of his cartridges, threw up his hat with
a whoop and then dismounted to say;
"Bein' as thar's no objections, I'll take
drink and make myself at home and
purceed to run the town. If any of you
wake up this afternoon come and see
me-"
An hour after noon several people
woke up. They also called and woke
up Montana Bill. There was nothing
in particular to dispute about or take
as the basis of a quarrel, but they be
gan shooting at him on general prin-
ciples; and, as some one always had to
die on such occasions, Bill was called
in and his outfit ratified off before three
o'clock.