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Miller's all wool clothing, mems and
boys, at The Fair.
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Everything in German sox. rubber
shoes, etc., at the Golden Rule Store.
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Bicycles cleaned, oiled and stored for
the winter. 81, at j. l.. McBride's.
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Tho Western Montana Office Of the Standard is
At 2l3 Higgins avenue. opposite Postofdce, Mis-.
Eouln. Telephone No. lis. Advertising rates
furnished on application.
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Latest styles of engraved calling
cards at the Standard office.
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From the Pail Mall Gazette


The Princess of Naples has retained, since
leaving Montenegro, the habit, learned
among her native mountains, of shooting,
of which she Is passionately fond, and
which is an accomplishment very rare
among italian women. That she is an
adept was proved last year during her jour
ney in northern Russia and Scandinavia,
when she hunted reindeer equaling the
of Capo di Monte at Naples. where she
lives, occupying the same apartments as
did Frederick II. she has had targets set
up, at which almost every morning she
shoots with her husband, far surprising
him, although he is no mean shot. Often
the princess rises very early for a shooting
expedition, in which she is accompanied
only by her lady-in-waittng, Countess Della
Trinita. The other day, returning from one
of these excursions, she entered the eleva-
tor of the royal palace. with her gun sung
across her shoulder. The countess called
her attention to the rife being still loaded
remarking that in so narrow place an ac-
cident might easily happen. Princess Helen
put the muZZle out of the lift and shot her
last cartridge, producing such noise thai
the whole palace thought q bomb had ex-
ploded, and the people rushed to the spot
to find the princess laughing at the commo-
ton she had raised. 1t was at his wife's
request that the Prince of Naples bought
the Island of Monte Cristo, almost facing
Pisa which he has turned into a hunting
lodge and park, after plans by Princess
Helene.
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the matter was brought To the attention of
congress with the result that a second Of
Tens" OF petty thirNiaE was made "a pcui-
t"niiary offcnse. This In a measure put an
cnd 10 the practice, but IL would appear.
from the increased number OF prisoners
during the cold weather. that they have
accepted some other line for the purpose
AS VIII appear from tn, following bin u
rare. which prevails at the prison th, scar
round, me inmates enjoy Variety as we'll as
pi,hi,uGe of good food:
Monday. Observation-Disclosures white bread
caffe" and potatoes D.uuor-t'p,n h,,f'
potatoes and corn bread
Tuesday: Breakfast Hash white bread
and coffee. binncr-Corn bread. fresh beef
and vegetable soup.
Wednesday: Breakfast White bread.
mackcrel. coffee and potatoes pinu,r-
Corn beef. corn bread and potatoes
thursday: breakfast Hash white bread
ana coffee. Dinner-Frcsh beef. corn bread
and vegetable SOUP
Friday: Breakfast Mackercl potatoes.
white bread and coffee. Dinner corn
bread and bean soup.
saturday: Breakfast Herring. POTATOES.
white bread and coffee. piurrr- Fresh
h,cf corn bread a"d vegetable soup.
sunday: Braakfast-Iiash, white bread
and coffee. Dinuer-Corn beef cabbage ana
com bread
The working men get three meals peg day
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Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
Just after a ball at the Sutherland man
sion Agatha Webb and her servant are
found dead. aud Philemon webb. Agatha
husband who for years has been growing
deucutsd. is discovered asleep at the Gin
ner table \ trace Of blood On his sleeve
points 10 him as tn. murderer Agatha
Webb is known to but few as rich woman.
Miss Page, the niece II Suthcrlands house
keep. persists in remaining about the
Webb premises. and discovers EIood on the
grass. tn money drawer is found To be
erIptS. aud robbery Is added to the mys-
terry. Frederick Sutherland. Maynard
youth. calls his father 10 witness his deter
miuati0u 10 b. a better man. and promises
not 10 marry Miss Page, by whom he has
been fascinated. Miss Page tells Frederick
that she followed him the night Of the muir
der. and knew where he had secrcted
thousand dollars. She gives him Il week TO
decide whether 10 marry her or he pro-
claimed as the murderer of Agatha Webb.
Ii is learned that the money was in new
bills, and the keeper Of a small store pro-
duces one that strange man gave him
late the night Of he murder for a loaf Of
bread detective arrives from Boston and
reports. simple case Murdered fer mon
ey- Find the man with the flowing beard
Suspicion fails upon one Of the label broth
eTs Frederick visits tie hollow tree. The
money Is gone. WRttles. a Boston gambler.
arrives and demands $3.50 Of Frederick in
payment Of gambling debt Frederick Sc
cures cheek for the amount from his
father. The label brothers are found dead
Of starvation, one # them clutchiug the loaf
Of bread. the other a bIood-staiugd knife.
The Boston detective declares the mystery
solved, bur young Sweetwater astoaishes the
company BY new chain of evidence point
Ing 10 another Uerpetrator Of the terrible
crime This time AnaLeI Page is sus-
pectc!. Sweetw tier finds the money where
he has seen Miss Page hide IT. Miss Page
is confronted Iy the detectives and officers.
and tells What she saw the night Of the
MURDER Frederick Overhears the talking
and joins the group. and Miss Page tells
just enough 50 that Il later confession will
imIlicafe Frederick II he refuses to marry
her. on the following day occurs the
funeral "f Agatha Webb. and late that night
Mr.. Sutherland discovers Frederick Weep
ing over her grave On the way home he
learns Of the death q Philemon. Agatha's
husband. Swcttwater suspects and follows
Frederick aud is thus discovered by Mr.
Sutherland Frederick places n package Of
old letters into Agnes HaIliday's hands and
his father seeks an explanation. Agatha
Wth5's viii Is opened. and by its terms Mr..
Sutherland il made executor and Frederick
sole heir q $l0rnno estate. Svcetwa-er
reasons that Frederick Is the murderer. but
because Mr.. Sutherland once saved his life
Svvetwaier l. unwilling TO give evidence. In
order to keep his secret he plans 10 leave
h"Eae, and. ~ auspicious haste, pretending
10 BE- in search If an important witness,
boards an outgoing steamer bound for Brazil.
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blood was shooting now through his veins.

blood was shooting now through his veins.
Yes, We just picked up her name board.
That was before we got a hold on you"
"Foundered, The ship from which he
had been so mercilessly thrown' And all
on board lost. perhaps. He began to realize
the hand of Providence in his fate.
1T was the HeSper 1 sailed on. I'm not
Just clear yet in my mind My first voyage
was made on the Proserpne. Well, bless
the gale that blew me from that deck"
He seemed incoberent, and they left him
again for a little while. When they came
back he had his story all ready, which
imposed upon them just so far as it was
for their interests Their business on this
coast was not just legitimate, and when
they found he simply wanted to be set on
shore they were quite willing to do this
much for him. Only they regretted that
he had only s. or so and his own soaked
clothing to give in exchange for the mot
ley garments they trumped up among them
Tor his present comfort. But he, as well as
they, made the best of a bad bargain. he
especially, as his clothes, which would be
presently scattered among half dozen
families, were the only remaining clew
connecting him with his native town. He
could now be Jonathan Briggs indeed. Only
who was Jonathan Briggs and how was
he to earn the dinner for which he felt
himself at that moment furnishing?
AT the end of a couple of days ne was
dexterously landed on the end of long
pier, which they passed without stopping,
on their way to their own obscure anchor
age. AS he jumped from the rail to the
pier and felt again the touch of terra hrma
he drew a long breath of uncomfortable
elation Yet he had not a cent in the world,
no friends and certainly no prospects. He
did not even know whether to turn to the
right or the left as he stepped out upon
the docks, and when he had decided to turn
to the right as being on the whole more
lucky, he did not know whether to risk
his fortune in the streets of the town
to plunge at once into one of the loW-brOW
ed drinking houses whose signs confronted
him on this watar-lane.
He decided that his prospects for dim
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ner were slim in any case. and that his
only hope for breaking fast that day lay
in the use he might make of one Of his
three talents Either h must find = ffdIiia
+, D!av IN a carucnter's hrnrh To ,,rorfI -,
or a niece of detective shadovinp to do
The Ia Il un,,d hrine, hin, hafarn tho No
rice of tho nolice which W., i,Iet TIA ,b;r.,
n. must avoid. Ga if vas Gi1Iinq or 80
rfrtr,, bo ,,net cell, oift.r. ,f ,,,ti,h ,.,,il
he difficnlt 70 ot,,in in b; ,,..,,lt ,
Tnt If dific,,Ities ~, 80 , F,.i ="
NV -, ~, VIZ H. ia ,, 100 ny ..
20 i "a. mel gu
s1f IL hi ,7,,,,Ii.t"I a. 80 80 ~
y.as he "a nn,,II1i,, f,aon,.a H. "ilG no"
""a ne ~ C"ihPi'iH because III d"!hs so
~ MY ~ 80 "Hii-i i'I d Gay Oh
w.. ~ sAilitpel MEL i7ueh AT MN or
ne nlIsnl 5ahcy sue ana WhiLe Struggling
~ III " ii'"'S 'IS "i4l4S W" II,
W. I'LL" sue Ed a, MN ioW re dld
ll'St 1liAh 9''S "'ui"; 9hs Was Oh the kiifd
VINO some Times 20 hungry themselves IN
oid age, some prtmohltloh oil TINS might
give heI Il reno" IeeLhS.
ne came TO a STAND before little child
Slttn@ On an ll-ktpt tooiSte Smiling at
hcr kindly. ne waited Tor her first express
sion to see how he appeared in the eyes of
innocence MOI so bad man, it seemed,
though his naturally plain countenance was
not eieVed by the seaman'S cap and knit
yea snift ne wore. FOR she laughed as she
loohed dt hiii anu ohiS ran away because
there wasn't room for him to pass beside
her.
'oHlofted niue ne sauntered on,
slahcIls mere ana tnere with that sharp eye
OF MS Tor piece OF work 10 be done. Sud
ueniy ne came TO n hait: market woman
had got INTO an aitefcatlon with an oyster
man ana her stan had been upset in the
contention, ana hGr vegetables We're rolling
mere ana there. ne fiShted her stall, pick
ed up her vegetables ana fruit and in
turn got Two apples ana red herring he
Mouid not nave given to a dog at home.
Yet 1t was the sweetest morsel he had ever
tasted ana the apples might have been
grown IN 1he garden OF the Hesperides from
ire satisfaction ana pleasure they gave this
hungry man. 1hen, refreshed, he dashed
INTO the town. II snouid now go hard, but
ne would earn nights lodging.
me DAY was windy, and he was going
along narrow street, when something
noated down from a window above past his
mead. 1t was a Woman's veil and as he
met the eyes OF IT'S owner looking down
from an open easement above him. She
was sestcuiatlns, ana seemed to point to
some one up the street. Glad to seize at
any Ihlhs "hlch PROMISED emolulnent or adj
venture, ne shouted up and asked her what
she wanted
mat man down there,' she cried: "the
one IN long plach coat going up the
street; keep a1ter MIN and stop him; tell
MIN the telegram mas come Quick, quick,
oeiore ne gets arouid Inc corner. He will
pay YOU run.
SWeetWater' with JOY IN his heart-for )
cents was boon TO MN IN the present con-
ditlon OF affairs-rusned after the man she
mad pointed out anu nastly stopped him.
some one ne ADDED, "a woman in a
WINDOW pack there pade me run after you
ana say me telesran mas come. She told
me you would pay me, ne added, for he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
THE DISTRICT JAIL
Historic Prison in the Eastern Section
of the City.
A MODEL INSTITUTION OF ITS KIND
The GaIows Upon Which Guiteau
Ended His Days.
THOSE IN MURDERERS' ROW

l., tI,o ov,ro,,, ..-,.,, -,,,+;,, lr III ,.;..
80 ,n.t - -
0i i''ii S'i'St oe'"S'H - anu r. Sti'''9
south. stands handsome, commanding
building OF brick and broWnStone. The
building faces the west. and is sbap.d
600. = 7f,-- . ---. =, 49, .. -,
80 ''' A"
sIe7t WHY'S running east Souih' west ana
north, respectively, from the central build
ing But for the fact that the great high
,-ipd,v-s AFRO stro,,.ri,- l,rr.a ,,-f+b ;-,,,
I.
"'iN' '''S "Ou'N S"tp'9S 'iS 81 u'1"i' ~
be any other institution than 1t -. the
United States Jail for the District of CO.
1,1rnhi for II baars from, n di-,a,,r. r,,,,..
20 ''' '''7'''7 ''''>''''7 ''''"' - VI q" pa '"''.
CT II Il prison. ana a Hlouel one TOO OF
its kind
The iail is surrounded 10y extensive we'll
H., -,.o,,,,l. ,,,.I r,f.r,, ~, mi, an,
- -. a.
.I"l',e d" htd.tH an '!lTS" hIdSS pa '''''' :
10 me attractive ap'eaE.'hte o. me q, ~
H. ,,i'., dnnr Of er,t.5 ron .o,ts
ingress: bur a touch of the hell IS answer
ed by the officer in charge. ana, if the Wis
itor possesses the proper crede nn4IS' The
t .,', Ho"[ M.lsS nor, n",S' ,7S.S .'Ch ~"
visit~T masses INTO The offfca Of The pris-
an ,I,his nj rom, r,,rs rho y,iIrt af
the western v-i,Ter ana from II l.. =, r,.ssls-
way 10 tbt. roIIInda of the Jail th,. rooms
of The warden and deuuty warden hriu.- on
one side of this paSSa .-ryy2v. and rooms of
The prisop plysician ana the hosnifaI sew
ara hainp' anrIosi.n
Tba refunia of the priso, Is = large.
sc,I,., r.-sf1I,aJ room o,ld from fts erGnn
49,. 10 tba arcbn5 rnnf on o},stro,., jn,
,,,an-s ~, NO NJ l,r-.rl a,,J e,,-1tbu-.lrIl
fr,,,, 10 r-+,,r.I, ,,,,, tbe +r-o ,,.i,1.,s ia
which M nal inr,,,tas ~ the iaiI are con-
5ne, Ec,'nI,4 fi.asa tl,o wins Inn in no
-, l-..4l- ,.[,,,r.ot.5 With tb-,,7 ,r1t ,.
IL ,,,1 Iielbt b1,- slihsta,Ii,i RON
- ,,,,,-.I- h.-,+7..5 .,,traI,,e T., tb,.s, in
nor WIS entr.I,7.a bf;na had I6rofIrh
Honrs Which are a1n-3y.s kent securely Lock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
The Cage.

wing, above the prison kitchen. There are
forty-eight of these cells. placed back to
back, sixteen being in each of the three
terS.The face of the cells Is OF open steel
work, and two swinging hunks are pro-
Vided in each. so that in the event of the
necessity arising. ninety-siX female prison.
erS can be accommodated. This number,
however, has never been reached since the
jail was built. there being at the present
time but thirty-three female prisoners, all
cOlored but one. The female department of
the prison is in immediate charge OF two
matrons. who alternate in their watches.
No communication is permitted between the
male and female prisoners. and, save when
they are on their way to or from the prison.
they never meet. The cells in the female
department are slightly more commodous
than those in the male department.
The western wing of the Jail is now used
by Warden Harris hospital, and also
as a place wherein to isolate any suspicious
case of Illness. Just now the prison is in a
state of quarantine, because of the preva-
lence of smallpox in the District, and all
general visiting has been prohibited since
early in February There has been no case
of the disease discovered in the jail during
the present outbreak, and as all prisoners
are vaccinated upon their arrival, and the
entire prison thoroughly disinfected every
day, Warden Harris has little fear of this
disease, or any other Of contagious char
acter. obtaining foothold there.
Pleased with the Fare.
The District Jail has long been noted
among those who most frequently visit II
through the judgment of the courts as
serving a most excellent bill of fare, and
as those sentenced to undergo imprison-
ment in it are not required to labor, Jail
sentence here is said to be looked upon in
criminal circles anything but harsh pun
ishment. Indeed, it was notorious GUS
tom some years ago for local criminals to
steal some petty thing during the winter
months in order to secure for the season a
term in Jail, where they were sure of
warmth and plenty of good, substantial
food. So general became this custom that
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upon this mans breast are not so easily
shaken off. Before he realized 1t his
thoughts had REQUIRED to the Old theme.
and h was wondering If he was really OF
sufficient insgnificance in the eyes of his
feiioW-towEsmcn not to he sought for and
fJuEI in that distant country 20 which he
was bound Would they. in spite of his
precautions. suspect that he had planned
this evasion and insist ~, his return or
would he be allowed 70 sip away and drop
out of sight like the white froth lie was
watching on the top of the ever-snifting
waves? He had boosted Of possessing
witness. Would they believe that boast
and send a detective m search of him. or
would they take his words for the bombast
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Not That Kind of Rest,

From Tit-Bits.
Doctor-"Your husband must have COM
plete rest
Wife-"I know it. 1 talk to him seven or
eight hours every day as to keep his
mind off business
Doctor-"On second thoughts madam. I
conclude that the one chance for your hus-
band Is to take him to the hospital, with
instructions that no one but the trained
nurse and myself be admitted"
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CHAPTER XVII.


"a man! Haul him in, Don't leave poor
fellow drifting about like that"
The speaker, q bluff, hearty skipper,
whose sturdy craft had outridden one of the
worst storms of the season, pointed to our
poor friend SWeetwater, whose head could
just be seen above the broken spar he chung
to. In another moment half dozen hands
were stretched for him, and the insensble
form drawn in and laid on a deck which
still showed the results of the nights fierce
conflict with the waters.
D it! how ugly he ISL cried one of
the sailors, with q leer at the half-drowned
mans face. Didn't please some merry
lass in saving him! He's fit to poison a
devil fish,!
But though more than one of them laugh
ed, they gave him good care for all that,
and when Sweetwater came to life and
realized that his blood was running warm
again, and that gray sky had taken the
place of darkness and a sound board sup
ported limbs which for hours had yielded
helplessly to the rocking pillows he saw a
ring of hard but good-natured faces about
him and realized quite well what had been
done for him when one of them said:
'Therei he'll do now; all hands on deck!
We can get into New Bedford in two days
If this wind holds. Norwest, the skipper
shouted to the man at the tiller. Well sup
with our old women in forty-eight hours at
New Bedford. 1t was the only word
Sweetwater heard. So, he was to get no
further away from Sutherlandtown than
mat. Evidently providence had not meant
him to escape. Or was 1T but trying hia
fortitude? A man as humble as he might
easily be lost even in place as small as
New Bedford. 1t was his indemnity he must
suppress. With that unrecognized he might
remain in the next village to Sutherland
| town without fear of being called up as a
witness against Frederick. But could he
suppress it. He thought he could. At all
events he would try.
What's your nameY' were the words he
now heard shouted in his ear
Jonathan Briggs. was his mumbled re-
ply. II was blown off a ships deck in the
gale last night
What ship?
THE Proserpine." 1t was the first name
| that suggested itself to him.
''Oh. thought it might have been the
| Hesper; she foundered off here last night -
"Foundered? The Hesper?" The 10,
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CHAPTER XVI.

SweetWater's one thought as he sank
was. Now, Mr.. Sutherland need fear me
no longer"
But the instinct of life is stong in every
heart, and when he found himself breath
ing the air again he threw out his arms
wildly and grasped a spar
II was life to him. hope recOnnection with
his kind. He clutched, chung and. feeling
himself floating, uttered Il shout of mingled
JOY and appeal that unhappily was smOth-
cred in the noise of the waters and the now
rapidly rising wind.
Whence had come this spar in his des-
perate need? He never knew, but some
where III ms Iemote consciousness an i'm
preston remained of a shock to the waves
following his own plunge into the water
which might mean that this spar had been
thrown out after him, perhaps by the al
ready repentant hands of the wretches who
had tossed him to his death. However it
came, or from whatever source, it had at
least given him an opportunity to measure
| MS doom and realize the agonies of hope
when 1t alternates with despair
The darkness was impenetrable 1t was
no longer that of heaven, but that of hell
or so IT seemed to this dazed soul plunged
suddenly from dreams of exile into the
valley of the shadow of death. And such a
death, AS ne realized its horrors as he felt
| the chill night and the oncoming storm
strike its piercing fangs into his marrow
| and knew that his existence and the hone
| OF ever again seeing the dear old face al
| the fireside rested upon the strength of his
Will and the tenacity of his life clutch he
| felt his heart fail. and the breath that was
| his life cease in gurgle of terror. But he
| chung on, and though no comfort came
| still chung. while vague memories of long.
/ ago shipwrecks, and stories told in hi:
/ youth of men, women and children TOSSING
! for hours on drifting plank flashed
| through his benuInbed brain and lent theil
| horror to his own sensations OF apprehen
! sion and despair.
| He wanted to live. Now that the dreat
| specter had risen out of the waters and haC
| his clutch on his hair, he realized that ths
! world held much for him, and that even IL
| exile he might work and love and enjoy
/ Gods heaven and earth. the green field.
] and the blue sky. Not such skies as were
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A Shooting Princess.

(To be continued.)
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they really were, and proceed with their in
vestiga lions in happy relief at the loss of
his intrusive assistance?
As this was question impossible for him
to ans Wer, he turned to other thoughts and
frttted himself for a while with memories
Of Amabels disdain and Frcdericks care
less acceptance of a sacrifice he could never
Know the cost OF, mixed strangely with re-
lief at being free Of it all and on the verge
Of another life. AS the dark settled, his
| head fell further and further forward on
the rail he was banning against, till he be-
came 10 any passing eye but a blurred
shadow mixing with other shadows equally
immova5le.
Unlike them, however. his shadow sud
denly shifted, Two men had drawn near
him, one speaking pure Spanish, and the
| other English. The English was all that
/ SWeetwater could understand, and this half
Of the conversation was certainly startling
CROUCH. Though he could not, Of course,
know 70 what or whom il referred and
though II certainly had nothing to do with
him, or any interest he represented or I'M
derstood. he could not help listening and
remembering every word. The English
speaking man uttered the first sentence he
cOmprehe nded. 1t was this:
Shall 1t be tonght?'
The answer in Spanish.
Again the English voice:
He has come up. | saw him distinctly
as he passed the second mast"
More Spanish; then English:
You may If you want to, but I'll never
bf-athe easy Whhe hes on the ship. Are
you sure he's the fellow We fear?''
rapid flow Of words from which Sweet
water got nothing. Then slowly and dis
tiLctly, in the sinister tones he had already
| begun to SILVER at:
Very good. The r. F. A should pay we'll
| FOR this, with the quick addition following
a hurried whisper: ''All right! I'd send a
! dozen men to the bottom for half that
money. But ware there! Here's a fellow
watching US! If he has heard
/ SWe-tWater turned. SAW two dasuar1 70
faces projected toward him, realized that
something awful, unheard of was about to
( happen, and would have uttered a yell of
dismay, but that the very intensity of his
right took away his breath. The next
minute he felt himself launched into space
and enveloped in the darkness of the chill
! ing waters. He had been lifted bodily and
flung headlOng into the sea