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The Winslow mail., 1900-09-13

the ashes of our fire. They'll make
one in the same place, but that's all the
good it'll do them. Still, think we'd
better stop up that hole, SO they can't
get through if they do find it,"
'Better do it at once, then,'' replied
Taylor. and the two men started for
the entrance to the gully. When they
had reached it Tarbox pointed to a
big bowlder lying almost on the edge
of the opening and said:
"Call the rest of them and we will
roll this chap down. 1t won't go far be-
fore it wedges, and then no living man
can come through"
But it required half an hours labori-
Gus work to accomplish this. They
were obliged to fell a small tree for a
lever. and even then it required their
united labor to move the Leavy bowl
der. Inch by inch, however, they forced
it along until it overbalanced. Then
with sullen crash it fellinto the rocky
bed and bounded down the steep way
for some 80 yards until it reached q
turn. Here it wedged itself fast, eon.-
pletely blocking the passageway.
But, mingled with the crash Of its
lodgment, the men distinctly heard a
muff1ed shout from beyond it, which
caused them to stare blankly at each
other.
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no signs Of

keep. our eyes open for that feller's
| tracks, l suppose" rejoined Rider,
wheeling his horse as he spoke. cts
mighty blind sort of a route along
here, but I'll find it if there's gold at the
end of our trip waitin' fer us. See if I
don't. I'm as good as one O. them di-
vinin' rods any time
He seemed to be right, for he picked
mis- way along with marvellous accuracy
until at length they reached an open
spot. Here he paused and said:
"It's guesswork now, but we'd bet
ter keep as nigh the same direction as
we kin. We amt far from the end
now"
But for once he was wrong. Had he
diverged more to the left he would have
soon reached the turn from which a
view of the gorge was to be had. AS it
was they inclined to the right, and as
il was nearly dark they decided to
camp for the night. Hank Bowers rest
less eyes were always on the alert, and
as they were unsaddling their animals
he suddenly gripped Riders arm with
one hand and pointed with the other.
"See that smoke!" he exclaimed
''Look!"
Rider did look, and there, plainly de-
fined against the setting sun, was a col
umn of black smoke curling upward far
| to the southwest.
What do you suppose it is?" he in
quired.
''That is a signal! No fool would try
to cook with wet wood when there's
plenty O. dry ter be had You stay here
and don't move till 1 git back!"
Without another word he strobe off
in the direction of the smoke, which
seemed to be beyond heavily wooded
| hill not more than a mile away. AT the
right of the hill stood a ragged rock
like sentinel on duty, and toward this
he bent his steps. He was not long
reaching it and from its shelter he
peered cautiously around the outer cor
ner
A party of men were unsaddling their
horses near the foot of high cliff, and,
as he looked. he distinctly saw woman
among them. The twilight was deepen
ing fast, and he could not distinguish
anv features, but he muttered aloud:
eff that don't beat all! L don't un-
derstand it nohow. [ must know who
they be, an what they're after!"
With stealthy steps he drew near the
party, sheltering himself easily behind
the powders as he proceeded. Soon he
was near enough to be certain that the
men were strangers to him, and he
watched the thick smoke with curiosi-
tv. He did not see Joe Tarhox, for the
latter had disappeared before the
watcher drew near, but as the latter
crouched behind rock he suddenly
uttered a savage oath.
"Sold! Curse him! He must have
been on to mel"
For there before him stood the man
he had parted with on the trail, while a
fifth man was shaking hands heartily
with one. of the party, his joyous shout
of "Avery!" being plainly distinguish
able.
For a few moments Hank Bowers
watched the preparations for camping,
then, apparently satisfied that the par
ty was settled for the night, he stole
noiselessly away, his evil face lighted
up with a look of triumph.
/ [To DE CONTINUED
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Sage Sauce.

Wash two tablespoonfuls of sago in
several waters and cook until clear in
one pint of water; add three table
spoonfuls of sugar and one teaspoon
full of lemon extract. Set away to cool.
This, on trial, will be found a delicious
and simple sauce to serve with cod
puddings. 1t may be favored with
vanilla, and a tablespoonful of grated
chocolate converts it into a choco-
late sauce; while half a pint of fruit
juice gives a delicious fruit sauce. If
you have a dish for dinner that calls
for the yolk of an egg, beat the white
to a stiff froth and add to the sauce; !;
it makes a delicious, foamy compound,
but it is just as good without. To the
remainder of the rice add one pint of
milk, half teaspoonful of grated nut
meg, one cupful of seedless raisins,
we'll washed, and four tablespoonfuls
of sugar. Turn into a buttered pud-
ding dish and cook one hour in cool
oven, stirring occasionally for three
fourths of an hour, then allow it to
brown. Serve cold.-Ladies' World.
The Winslow mail., 1900-09-13
PARROT CAUSES TROUBLE.
Lost Bird on an Elevated Road Train
Utters VentriIOquistic Cries
of Woe.

Don't leave me, don't leave me, for
place." were cries that rang through
a crowded car on Logan square train
of the Metropolitan elevated road one
day lately as it was leaving the Hal
sted street station, says the Chicago
Chronicle. Guards ran back and forth
through the car in efforts to locate
the owner of the voice without avail.
The guards and number of passen-
gers came to the conclusion that a
passenger had been left at the station
the train had left But their conclu-
sions were set aside quickly when the
train slowed up for Marshfield avenue
station, when again the owner of the
voice in a low, weird tone, cried be-
tween what sounded like sObs:
For heavens sake, take me out OF
this place or I'll die"
Again the guards and passengers i'll
fit of astonishment renewed their
search for the speaker, thinking that
he was in danger of his life. They
were greatly surprised when one of
one of the rear seats. Instead of a
human being, as was expected, the as
tonished guards found large green
parrot in a cage, around which was
wrapped a heavy brown paper. The
bird had pecked a hole through the
paper, and when discovered was pit
iful-looking sight. With its bill wide
open, its green feathers disheveled
and it's head protruding through the
cage the parrot remained until the
train reached it's destination and then
no owner of the bird could be found.
1t was turned over to the lost article
department and few hours later a
fat woman called for it, telling the
employees that she had forgotten the
bird when she left the train at the Hal
sted street station.
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years to wear its way down through the
rock to this depth. Right here where
we are standing it seems to have backed
up and made a sort of basin, which ac-
counts for the rocks being worn out so
much wider. When there was freshet
the water couldn't get out through the
opening fast enough. But we must be
getting the rest of the goods in here.
Drop your loads here till we have it all
out of sight
The others obeyed and as they went
back and forth he told them how he had
discovered the opening.
1--WE came down from Selllirk," he
said, "but we struck off somewhere.
north of where the trail divides. Itwas
lastsummer. We were prospecting and
headed over this way. We got all mixed
up in the woods and at last we came
out at the .,ther end of the curious
gully. We round gold and stayed there.
One day 1 followed this place down
from the other end and came out here" :"
1t required some time to carry all the
goods into the opening, and although
Tarbox soon returned and even the
young girl assisted with all her
strength it was an hour later when
Dick Taylor pulled the sheltering mass
over the entrance and hid it from view,
saying:
There! We are safe now from all
crying eyes. The next thing is to get
j this stuff into camp. It'll be a tough
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O--I--C

When a preparation has an advertised rep
utaticn that is worldwide, it means that
preparation is meritorious. If you go into
D. store to buy an article that has achieved
universal popularity like Cascarets Candy
Cathartic for example, you feel it has the
endorsement of the world. The judgment
of the people is infalible because it is i'm
personal. The retailer who wants to sell you
something else" in place of the article you
ask for, has an AK to grind. Don't it stand to
reason! He's trying to sell something that
Is. not what he represents it to be. Why?
Because he expects to derive an extra profit
our of your eredulity. Don't you see
Through his little game? The man who will
try to sell you substitute for Cascarets
rs fraud. Beware of him! He is trying to
steal the honestly earned benefits of a repu-
tation which another business man has paid
for, and if his conscience will allow him to
go so far, he will go farther. If he cheats
his customer in one way, he will in another
and it is not safe to do business with him.
Beware of the Cascaret substitutor
Remember Cascarets are never sold in
bulk but in metal boxes with the long tailed
"C' on every box and each tablet stamped
C. c. C.
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NEW POLICE CATECHISM.
Requisites of q Competent Copper aa
Understood by One of
the Finest.

Imagine class of about 40 stalwart men,
each dressed in blue uniform and attentive
ty listening to the words of wisdom that
semanate from the teachers lips, and you will
have some idea of one of Clerk of the Police
Board Harrison's school classes. Many ridi-
culous answers are given to questions
and some of them cause roars of laugh
ter to ascend to the ceiling. At a recent
class meeting Officer Dan Tehan was asked
to describe the requisite of good police
man, The answer was honesty, sobriety,
truthfulness, intelligence and several other
virtues, all of which are noticeable in mem
bers ts of the police force, says the Cincinnati
After Tehan had been asked the ques-
tion he chested out and answered in a
sonQrous voice.
"Hon-isteei Sobretee! Troot' 'fulness!
Guide mor-rulsi Impar-rtialitee! intelli-
:gincei A plain addrhriss-an-er-um
OH divil's own slew av t'ings besoides!"
A roar followed the answer, and Clerk
Harrison, endeavoring to keep his face
straight, asked: "Officer Blanchard, what
is extortien?"
Agd the class broke up when Blanchard's s
answer smote the air.
lit was:
"Extortion is an overloaded stomach."-
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SnoUdrift Sauce.

Boil one cup of milk and thicken it
with one tablespoonful of flour, worked
smooth in a little cold water. Cook FIVE
minutes; add one saltspoonful of salt
and set it away to cool. Cream one
heaping tablespoonful of butter with
one cup of powdered sugar, add one
teaspoonful of vanilla, and beat into
the cool, thickened milk. Beat the
white of one egg stiff. and beat it grad
ually into the sauce. To be eaten on hot
puddings.-Boston Budget.
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Best for the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
Up in metal boxes, every tablet has G.. G. c.
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
The Winslow mail., 1900-09-13
Four to One.

An English officer in Malta stopped, in rid
ing, to ask native the way. He was an
ywered by a shrug of the shoulders and a
"No speak English"
But the man knew enough English to ask:
"'Do you understand Maltese"
"No."
'Do you know Arabic?"
mo"
'.Do you know Italian?"
mo"
.,Do you know Greek?"
.''Then you four fools. only one!"-N.
2. Sun.
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I" DEAR Mrs, -PINKHAM

DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-
1have taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound as advised and now
send you-a letter for publication. For
several years l was in such wretched
health that life was almost burden.
could hardly walk across the floor,
was so feeble. Several of our best
physicians attended me, but failed to
help. l concluded to write to you for
advice. In few days received such
akind, motherly letter. followed your
instructions and am my old self
again. Was greatly benefited before 1
had used one bottle. May God bless
you for what you are dong for suffer-
ing women. - Mrs. CLARA GATES,
Johns p. O., Miss, Oct 6, 1899.
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just "Using" the Old Man,

Mrs. Manu- am afraid, Martha,
young Mr.. Styles is not altogether cor
rect in his habits.
"Oh, you think that because he and
pa are such good friends; but after we
are married l shall insist upon Charles
having nothing to do with pa."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Winslow mail., 1900-09-13
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn.

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot Ease,
apowder for the feet. 1t makes tight or New
Shoes Feel Easy. Cures Corns, Itching,
Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe
Stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad.
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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Sarcastic.

Myer-Have you noticed what a lot Of
new houses are being put up all over the
city?
Gyer-Yes; and I've been wondering why
they don't put up few old cnes just for
q change. journal.
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In Practice.

Yeast-Did you ever take any OF
those mud baths?
Crimsonbeak-Well. / ran for of1iCs
once.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Winslow mail., 1900-09-13

A girl may forgive a man for kissing her
on the impulse of the moment, but never for
apologizing for it.-Indianapolis News.
The Winslow mail., 1900-09-13

Black cigars are the very latest in
widowers' Weeds Chicago Daily News.
The Winslow mail., 1900-09-13
Carriers Ink

Is so good and so cheap that no family can
afford to be without it. Is yours Carter's?
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MY OWN SELF AGAIN"
Mrs. Gatos Writes to Mrs. Pinkham
Follows Her Advice and is Made Well.

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-For nearly
two and one-half years have been in
feeble health. After my little child came
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.MY MN get my strength
~ X again. 1 have
8A chills and the
lS severest pains in
eJ5S]l1 my limbs and top
Wf::Tfs:3 n s:k3fHfT of head and am
W&l Nl ltS ~ almost insensi-
A W. BILE at times. 1
<A also have a pain
y Ssa d just to the right of
SnAEr breast bone. 1t is
so severe at times
that cannot lie on
myright side. Please
= II# write me what you
3Z/E EssSA think of my case. y
E/HYIt EskA Mrs. CLARA GATES,
AkJA AxseA Johns P. O., Miss,
April 25, 1898.
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M0NEY 1aEsRss FOR s?Is'!ss.

Heirs of Union Soldiers who made homesteads oI
less than 100 before June = lst mo natter II
ab1 ndonpd) if the additional homestead right was
NOT sofd or used. should address with full par.
ticulars, HENRY n. COPP, Washington, ID. L.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-18
DEALERS EAGER 70 BUY
LARGE NUMBER OF BUYERS FROM
THE COUNTRY AT PRESENT
IN NEW YORK
BOTTOM HAS BEEN REACHED
Iron Ore and Finished Product
More Eagerly Sought For-VOI-
ume of Trade in Boots and
Shoes Very Heavy.

NEW YORK, Aug. r7-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say:
After a great wave Of advancing
prices optimism as to business is gener-
ally dangerous. But the top was reach
ed in the middle of March, since which
time reaction has come in every great
industry, SO that consumers are asking
whether in some directions the decline
may not have been reasonably large, as
was the advance, and whether buying
on the present basis of prices is not
fairly sure. There are further evil
dences of weakness in raw materials, no
tably the break in structural iron. but
each one is availed of to place heavy
contracts. New York is welcoming buy
ers from all over the country in larger
numbers than for many years at this
season, in dry goods, in grocerits, In
jewelry, and in hardware, and if con-
tracts are not placed to as large vol
ume as expected by this time it is be-
cause of the conservatism of those who
think they may compel some further
shading of prices.
Reports this week from other impor-
tant points of distribution show the same
eagerness to buy when the time seems
right. 1t is becoming more apparent that
the bottom has been reached in prices
Of iron and steel. The decline was Sc
we're, and recovery must be slow, and
the gradual advances and moderately
increasing activity more healthy than
violent changes. In no single division
is the Improvement more striking than in
any other. Except steel rails, all forms
Of iron, from the ore to the finished
product, are being sought more eagerly
and with less effort to secure further
concessions in prices.
The first effect Of the official report of
wheat condition indicating a total crop
of only 513997, 900 bushels, was to
strengthen prices, but when the secretary
of agriculture was reported as predicting
dollar wheat before the end of the
year." the market showed an inclination
to disagree, and the September option
fell below SOC at New York for the first
time in two months.
For the year thus far shipments of
boots and shoes from Boston are 1885,
44S cases, against 2,914, 1856 in 1899, but the
volume of business to date has been ex-
ceeded in only three years The trade
is suffering from accumulation Of stocks
that cannot be sold without a loss, as
compared with the prices at which shoes
could now be made. Hides are in a
better position than the leather market
seems to warrant
Failures for the week were 161 in the
United States, against 156 last year, and
"a in Canada. against "a last year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-18
FALL TRADE EXPANDING.
Firmer Tone With Better Buying of
Iron and Steel Is Evident

Firmer Tone With Better Buying of
Iron and Steel Is Evident.
NEW YORK, Aug. H-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say: Among the favorable
features reported this week are advices
of further expansion in fall trade dis
tribution at leading Western centers, with
relatively best buying proceeding from
those sections of the Southwest which
have profited by good crops, a rather bet
ter distribution by dry goods jobbers at
the East, a firmer tone and a perceptible
growth in confidence, accompanied by
heavy buying in some classes of steel and
iron, and a disposition to believe that an
average wheat crop, and much more than
average corn and oats crops, are assured
STEADY increase in current gross railroad
earnings over year ago, and an excep-
donally favorable net earnings reported
for the first half of the year are notably
encouraging features.
The list Of unfaVorable elements In the
trade situation is at best negative one
Speculation in nearly all lines especially
in food products is at low ebb, and
what price changes are noted are mainly
because of this, though weather and crop
conditions have played some part in
wheat, cotton and corn, respectively The
money market as a whole is still easy,
at the West, where trade is expanding,
but moving Of crops is still for the fu-
ture. Prices are slightly irregular, but
changes are small, and the larger num-
Der of staples are unchanged"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-18
SMALLER TOWNS PROTEST.
Merchants Excursions Are Destroy
ing Retail Trade Mt Home.

Merchants Excursions Are Destroy
Ing Retail Trade Mt Home.
The merchants of suburban towns to
Chicago have promulgated an earnest eff
fort to have the railroads prevent the is
Euance of communication tickets as they
claim it is a serious detrim mt and injury
to their trade. The merchants in E!gin,
Aurora, Joliet and other towns surround
ing Chicago hold that a large part of tn sir
trade is diverted from them by means of
the communication tickets, which afford
cheap travel for their patrons into Chica-
go and back. The amount paid out for
railroad fare is such as will, after they
have made their purchases in the metrop-
oils, compensate them for going into the
city and leaving their home town to buy
their goods.
A recent meeting Of the Western Pas
senger association was held in Chicago,
at which country merchants appeared
with their grievances, and urged upon the
association the petition to stop, or at least
restrict, the use of Communication tickets
The assoc alton members have as vet
taken no steps to accommodate the wish
es Of the merchants seeking redress, but
have informed the latter of the provisions
Of Illinois state law, which, if taken ad-
vantage Of. viii operate in favor and to
the desired extent Of the out-of-town
dea lers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-18
RAILROAD MEN INVEST
GREAT NORTHERN EMPLOYEES IN
VESTMENT COMPANY PROVES
TO BE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL
MOST OF CERTIFICATES OUT
President HIS Scheme Whereby
WOrlmen Can Become COpart-
ncrs in the Company Taken
Advantage Of.

The scheme evolved by President Hill,
of the. Great Northern, whereby the en-
plOyes of that road who have been in
the service for a period of three years
or over can acquire stock in the corpora
ton, is proving a most gratifying one
both to the company officials and the en-
plOyes, and it's mutual popularity insures
for it a successful career.
1t will be recalled that the basis Of the
Great Northern Employees Investment
company was created by increasing the
capital stock of the road $1,000,000, which
amount was set apart for the benefit of
employees alfiliating themselves with this
Idea and becoming shareTs in the stock
1t was provided that the limit Of any one
Investment should be $1,000, and the state
ment comes from an official that in many
cases the maximum has been invested by
employees. Certificates for the major por-
ton of the stock have already been is
sued
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-18
RAILWAY CLERKS PICNIC.
Twin City RaiIrOaders VIII Spend
tic DIV ut TetonEn.

Twin City RaiIroaders VIII Spend
the Day at Tetonka.
The railway clerks Of the Twin Cities
are to hold their sixth annual excursion
today at Lake Tetonka, Waterville.
They have prepared a lengthy and inter-
esting programme of exercises, and the
day IS designed to be a most delightful
one for all who attend. 1t is planned to
be the social event of the season for the
railroad men.
The excursionsists will go via the Min
neapolis & St. Louis. Their first train
departs from this city at 1870 a. m, the
second at S:15 another at 9 and the last at
1870 p. m. The Minneapolis trains leave
that city thirty-five minutes later. Re-
turning, the trains leave Waterville at
Sis, 7:15 S and 9 o'clock in the evening.
J. H Kane, of the Chicago Great
Western. is chairman of the executive
committee. The list of exercises includes
large variety Of sports, in which a game
Of ball between a nine from the Northern
Pacific and Milwaukee roads and one
from the Great Northern and the Great
Western will figure as one of the impor-
tant features. Another will be a balloon
ascension. Liberal prizes for each contest
are offered
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-18
NEWS OF COMMON CARRIERS.

The Master Car Builders Association
of the United States and Canada will
hold it's annual convention at Detroit,
commencing Sept. II.
The Union line, of the Carnegie COM
pany built to connect with the Besse-
mer & Lake Erie road. the Pennsylvania
at Bessemer, the Baltimore & Ohio at
Port Perry and the Pittsburg & Lake
Erie at West Homestead. is said to be
the most expensive road for its length in
the United States. The line will be
about twenty EIGHT miles long and will
cost about $4,000, 900.
Elder, Dempster & Co. have just issued
very large and elaborate and an agent
who makes out one of these blanks has
performed good part of his work The
uchet a contains ms, plank 10. Ior the agent
advice the ticket proper and notices of
embarl1ation in several different Ian
guages.