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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-23
CONCERTS TODAY
AND TOMORROW
Captain Be- gers Band Play.
Today at Emma Square
Sunday at Makee Island.


This afternoon nc Emma Square the
Government band wilt give short con-
cert beginning at $50 o'clock. The usual
sunday afternoon concert will be given
by the band az Makes Island. Kap.olani
Park.
Following r. the program Of this after
noon'A concert:
March-~Greetings" .................. Hall
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ............. Rossi1i
rinaie--"Lucia" .................. Donizetti
sciec tion-"The serenaders" Qy re-
quceO ........................... Herbert
Gavottc-"Dawn OF Love" by re-
quesO ............................ Tobani
Mediey-'The Winner" Cby requesO..
............ ............ ............ Mackie
THE Star Spangled Banner"
The program Of Sundays concert will
be ~ follows.
PART T.
The old Hundred.
Ovcrture--"Caif Of Bagdad'' ...........
s.ssss.ss ss.sssss..sss...s..ss..s Doleldieu
Eallad-"The Palms" .............. Faure
Fantasia--"Torchlight Procession ..
s.t.s.ss .ss.ss.s.....s..s...s... MeyerDeer
\ Grand Selection-"Faust' .....,. Gounod
y PART III.
AeIcction-"The Rose OF Persia" (new)
...... .s...........sss.....s ..SuiliNau
Chorus and Cavatlna-"Bellsar,o''
........ ......................... Dobizettl
lallad-"Alice W here Art Thou go.
........... .......................... Asher
Overture" Masanieilo" ............ AuDer
The Star spangled Banner"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-12
EIGHTH DAY.

STRONG HEARTS AND WILLING HANDS.
1t would be difficult to say who were
the more surprised. Chester's friends
or his enemies, when he was missed on
that Monday morning. Dallon was
clearly uneasy. He was very "ugly"
and be.ated and abused every one un-
mercifully. Every foot Of the cave
was searched, and scouting parties
We're sent out along Bone gulch as far
as the railroad spur without any trace
Of the fugitive being discovered. The
gang dared not show themselves out
side the gulch, for by this time Dallon
knew that search parties would be pa
trolling the railroad track in quest Of
the lost cars.
Draper and his party knew not what
to think. The CONSERVATION of the ban
dts was so evidently genuine that nc
suspicion of foul play was possible
They were forced to the same .conclu.
sion-that Chester had escaped, but
how? None of them dreamed of the
water course as possible means Of ex
it. So after deal Of bad language OF
the part of Dalton and his minions al
hands, captors and captured, settled
down to wait for Mondays sunset, be
fore which hour it was futile to expect
Filley's return with the money.
Slowly. the long hours slipped away
| in the semidarkness of the cavern
| The ladies bore up well under the cir
| cumstances but the ordeal was try
ing one, and Mrs. Hurst declared sh,
Should die If she had to spend anothe
night there. Uncle John, us may b.
imagined, had his hands full.
To Be Continued.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-12

Upon the back 1t was also Endorsed
by the maker.
II have purposely dated 1t tomorrow,
this being Sunday" said Draper as
Dallon peered over Filley's shoulder at
the magic document, adding also for
the latter's Information, "'Tis drawn
to self or bearer. Better go to the
Drovers' bank, as they know me, and
there will be no trouble.s
Then addressing Dallon he said,
slow do you want the money. In large
bills or small ones?"
"Ohr, fiftles and hundreds'll do" re-
piled the rogue nonchalantly; "hey,
boys" turning to his henchmen.
what you say goes, car" was the re-
spouse of the former spokesman.
Now, young feller," said Dallon,
turning to Filley, you goes under the
escort Of these two gents" indicating
II couple of the gang euphoniously
known as Leather Jack and Bill Root
who had stepped out of the ruck and
were waiting with their Winchesters
slung carelessly in the hollows of their
left arms. They've got strict orders
to keep you In sight this side Of Den
yer, which you'll reach tomorrow morn
in. They'll wait for you, and IL you feel
like playin any games just think O. the
very wust Us happenin to them you
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-12

least three feet nb6ve Its normal Level
and then subsidized. This proved that
the inlet or oritice by which it entered
the cave had capacity or bore suffi-
cient to carry the larger flow of water.
When the flood drained away, there
would naturally be space of three or
four feet left between the water and
the roof Of the tunnel-if, as he sup
posed, there was subterranean tunnel
connecting somewhere with the open
air.
What was to hinder a man escaping
from the cave that way? Prudence
said, "No; remain where you are until
Filley returns" But suppose Filley
met with some accident or the bank
refused to pay the money? What then
would be the fate Of Madge and Flor
ence and Mrs. Hurst? He shuddered
to think!
By this time 1t was pitch dark in the
cave. A small fire was kept burning,
but the embers had died down to a dull
red glow. One by one the women sue
cumbed to fatigue and excitement and
lay down on the sand, their heads pill
lowed in each others laps. Uncle John,
Henry, Alec and Gustave soon follow
ed their example. The robbers were
all withdrawn to the mouth Of the cav
ern, that, in their estimation, being the
only spot worth guarding.
Soon the regular and rhythmic
breathing around him convinced Ches-
ter that he was the only person awake.
He rose to sitting posture, then got
upon his hands and knees and in this
fashion wrlggled his way to the upper
end of the cave, following the sound
Of the flowing water on his left hand.
He had covered less than hundred
yards when he was stopped by wall
Of rock. Gently stepping into the
stream, he felt all around the opening
and found 1t had radius of about
three feet above the water, being Of a
roughly semicircular shape. The bot.
tom Of the stream was smooth and
pebbly and the water not more thau
nine inches or foot deep Rising to
his feet, Chester looked back along
the full length OF the cave to where
the embers Of the fire glowed like q red
spark. All was quiet.
Again he stopped and got on all fours
in the bed of the stream. This brought
his head below the level Of the arch
and cool, fresh breeze came blowing
In his face, proving that not far away
there existed some sort of connection
with the open air.
With a whispered "For Madgeg' hi
began to move forward cautiously, the
ice cold water reaching nearly to his
middle and smashing and curling
around his legs and arms.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-12

Each spra,lg dst4tde an animal and
started at a hard gdllop.
cave stream and whose gravelly margin
was still wet and glistening with the
high water mark caused by the cloud
burst Of few hours before. What
next to do Ives did not know. He was
stranger to the country and totally
ignorant of the lay of the land. To
proceed In the darkness seemed we'll
nigh impossible, yet to wait for morn
ing would be a pitiful waste of time.
He had no very exalted idea of Filley's
good faith nor of that of the Dnllon
gang-in fact, he reposed about US
much confidence in the one as the 9TH
er. If Filley bungled In any way, he
dreaded to think of the consequences
to those dear ones left in the clutches
of as cold blooded set of wretches as
ever drew trigger or .bestrode stolen
horsefesh. Besides, he shrewdly sus-
pected that Filley would take good
care to look after No. and If he failed
to get the money might content himself
with keeping out Of personal danger
and perhaps giving an alarm without
heed to the fate of Draper and his
party.
All these reflections flew through
Chester's brain as he sat shivering and
squeezing the water out of his clothes
on the wet bowlder. Casting his eyes
around the horizon, he noticed white
glare off to the north. showing clearly
in that marvelously pure atmosphere.
That, he thought, must be the lights Of
Denver and in that direction would
help most likely be found. So, weary
and cold, with chattering teeth and
aching in every Joint, he set out along
the bank of the little stream, stumbling
and at times falling oyer the obstruc-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-12
available as a base Of attaekyo

available as u base of attack"
81 should say not" replied Ives,
.teven If could find the mouth of it
again. which doubt"
do you know the locality?" Colonel
Byng inquired, turning to Gallup, who
sat silently chewing a straw all this
while.
Like u pictur book!' was the Ia
comic reply. "Why, l was one O. the
last men to drive n pick In Bone
gulchv'
"rhen you're the man we want"
was the clinching answer. How many
men shall you need, Crosby?" :
"scuse me, Cunnel Byng," broke in
Gallup, "athem fellers won't be caught
asleep-not by no means. They must
be took unawares. You'll want two
squads at least"
"How many are in the gang" inqulr-
ed the lieutenant of Ives.
Not over 20, should say. But let
me beg you to act quickly. Think Of
those poor women in the clutches of
such miscreantsw
"Rely upon it, Mr.. Ives, all shall be
done that can be done, and that imme-
| diately. You will accompany the troops
presumed"
"Most assuredly! was the reply.
"Thcn in that case permit me to offer
you mount, and while the men are
falling in you may us well refresh
yourself. From what you say there is
ample time Ills not yet IL o'clock.
The two watchers will not begin to ex-
pect your friend Filley for three or
four hours yet, and in any event they
could not be back in Bone gulch before
sunset, as they said. So your people
are safe till then or even till tomorrow
morning. Dallon wants the money
more than anything else, and he won't
proceed to extremities until he Is con-
WINGED there is no hope of getting the
ransom"
81 trust 1t may be as you say" said
Ives.
In less than M hour there rode forth
little company of mounted troopers
seasoned fighters all of them, number
ing exactly 20, under the command Of
Lieutenant Crosby. By his side on Ell
ther hand rode Chester Ives and Ber
Gallup, the former much refreshed aft
er bath and brush down. Thus, i
will be seen, the expedition numbered
just % men.
All that dny the little force rod,
southwark over the hot and dusty Col
orado trail. treading their tortuoul
path among the foothills, piloted b,
Ben Gallup. AT sunset they were les
than two miles from Bone gulch, &c
cording to Ben, but as 1t was then to-
late to think of attacking that nigh
the expedition proceeded to bivouac
No fires We're kindled for fear Of be
traying their presence to any Of jim
Dallon's pickets.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-12
SEVENTH DAY.
CHESTER IVES AT WORK.

OaEolEh Nv E6 IA WOhhs
The situation was an uncanny one.
Chester had no matches and would not
have dared to strike light in the
other event. The dense darkness, the
rushing waters, the utter sense of iso-
lation, the forcboding fear that any
moment might plunge him into
chasm which would prove nameless
tomb-these tangible and intangible
fears and dangers might have quailed
the heart Of the stoutest frontiersman,
much less Of an inexperienced tender
foot, well enough yersed in the wiles
of Wall street, but veritable tyro to
the dangers of the Colorado desert.
However, the stuff of which brave
men are made does not vary much the
world over, and Ives was buoyed up
with the hope and belief that on him
rested the safety Of the whole party,
including that of the girl he loved. II
he saved her from this peril, she would
belong to him in a dual sense.
For the space Of perhaps 20 minutes
he toiled painfully up the bed of the
stream. He was soaked from head to
foot, and his garments, heavy and sod
den with the water impeded his prog
ress and held him back. Even as he
foundered along he thought grimly of
what capital story the adventure
would make for the sensational press
Of the metropolis and how the natty
habitues Of the cafes Of Wall and
Broad streets would shout with merri-
ment could they behold him in his
present drowned out predicament.
Suddenly his head came in hard con-
tact with the rocky roof, which proved
that the oriflce was becoming narrow
err, forcing him to fatten himself out
until his chin was nearly touching the
water, and in this fashion he wriggled
for perhaps q dozen yards farther.
THIN, resting for moment and raising
his eyes, he beheld through the dense
gloom, but right ahead, cluster Of
tiny twinkling lights.
A moments reflection satisfied him
that they must be stars and that he
had at last reached the open air. A
few feet more, and he emerged through
crevice In the rocks on little beach
of pebbles and water worn rocks, al
the margin of which he could dimly dis
Germ the surface Of O considerable
stream, whose placid bosom reflected
the glorious armament overhead. New
er was the sight of the canopy of heav
en- more welcome.
Though he did not know 1t then. he
was on the west bank Of the La Fon
tame or Fountain. river, which fed the
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COPYRIGHT, 1900, hy Frederic Redddu. Illus.
trdtions byI. W. Tdber.

Very good, sir was all that Tilley
dared trust himself to say.
While Draper was speaking Dallon
unfastened the thongs that bound his
arms, but SO cramped were they that
several minutes vigorous rubbing was
necessary before he could WELD the
Fountain pen which Filley handed him
with trembling hands. Drawing q
pocket checkbook from the breast Of
his coat, the president knelt on the
sand In front Of an empty cracker box
and there filed in the necessary
blanks. The precious slip Of paper
was waved in the air for few min
utes to dry and then handed to Filley.
This was the way 1t read:
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-10-05
soLpIEK.s LIFE EASIER.
Protection, Weapons and Food Much
Improved of Late Years.

Improved of Late Years.
Although soldering would seem to be
4 more perilous business than It ever
was before, in consequence Of the
greater force, rapidity and range OF
weapons, and the higher power Of ex-
plosives, the result may show that mod
ern battles are not more deadly than
were those Of the Civil War, since an
attempt has been made to counteract
the destructive forces by stOuter pro
tections In forts and by a system Of
tactics that replaces the old solid for
nations with something Ike the Skin
mish order Of former times. 1t may be,
also, that the troops will fight at fur
Their distance, allowing for the longer
carriage of bullets and shells.
But of one thing we are certain. II
the perils of war have been multiplied
the comforts of the camp have been
Increased until they are a partial Offset.
Clothing is stouter, if the millers choose
to make it so; camp outfits include
cooking apparatus that can be carried
on the back of one man; the canning Of
meats, vegetables and fruits, the desic-
cation of other articles of food, and the
general cheapening of many things thai
were luxuries a few years ago make II
possible to live in camp almost as in a
hotel The substitution of aluminium
for iron in utensils is another advant
age, and in general there is tendency
to both lightness of outfit aud extension
Of properties contained in it.
In addition to the articles provided b!
the government in its clothing and ra
ton allowances, the man with a guI
is now allowed TO buy and have pipes
tobacco. soap. writing materials, pens
, basins, backing brushes. silk handker
chiefs, matches. towels and an addition
to his menu in cheese. canned good:
dried fruits, deviled ham, preserves
white sugar. lime juice. Worcestershire
sauce, pickles. jam, ginger, spices an
f cranberry sauce. Rum is discount'
E nanced in hot countries, for it encOul
ages sunsroke and intensifes othe
troubles peculiar to the climate
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-10-05

morning. 1t was heavy freight and
sometimes came past minute or two
late. 1t was not quite time yet for the
headlight to be in sight, and as l was
peering into the darkness for it pictures
of strikers overturning ears. tearing up
tracks and so on danced through my
mind. The headlight of the freight
finally split open the darkness and af-
fordeSd me little relief. The engine
passed. and but for the tiny caboose
lights away at the end of the long train
all was darkness outside again. l tried
IN nenetrate the blackness and see more
clearly the big black ears as they rolled
along mast me below the tower window.
The train was rumbling along
monotonously enough when suddenly
| .here was a little fash of light from
I hollow | invOluntarily shut my eyes,
aVnecting to be blown forty feet into
the mir the next second. But for some
..sson the explosion failed to come
off and opened my eyes just as the
cahoose with its little green light was
,sssing the tower That flash of light
,,.orried me more than | cared to OWL
oven TO myself. and | didn't rest until
the train and its crew got back TO Chi
,.ago again. | FASTENED to make guard
ad injuries Of the conductor and tho
hrateman as to all the happening
that transpred near Chicago that par
,innlar night. found ont that whel
ihe train reached Euglewood the train
mon had caught a tramp com .ortahl.
slowed away between two ears smok
inc pipe. That settled my scare
much to my disgust. The tramp ha'
struck match to light his pipe just a
no was passing my tower window
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-10-05

goat rode to Homewood, where It
jumped off and, it is said, went to a
stable which was its old home before
it ventured toward the heart of the
city. 1t is supposed that the goat sim
ply decided to take the train as being
the quickest means of reaching the old
homestead, to which it wished to re-
turn. The tower man declines, how
ever, to vouch for the latter part of the
story Of the goats adventure.
Il tell you, l thought once was 60
ing to be the witness of the most hor-
rible explosion that ever blew out lives
and mangled human bodies" said an
other old tower man. 1T was during
the hottest days of the old American
Railway Union strike and all kinds of
bad rumOrs were floating through the
air. Once in a while some Of us fel
lows who were doing night work in the
switch towers would get little Bit
nervous over the prospect of being
blown up. of having our tOwer-hOuses
fired or of being assaulted bound anC
gagged while criminal hands graspe,
the switch levers and threw trains anC
| passengers to destruction and death
So l suppose sometimes we were in ;
pretty feverish state. One night / hat
my head poked out of the window look
ing for train that was due to pas
my tower at about 2 o'clock in tn
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-10-05

train before him, he called upon the
two boys for help.
Hustle up. there. boys, aud drive
that billy out of the way shouted 'he
signal man.
Jaw, DAT goats all right, answered
the boys. not budging an inch.
But there's a train coming ITO"
town full tilt and there might be lrou-
BILE"
Go on: don't lie dat worry ye Dat
goatn take care of hisself all right.
who gives a - for that NANCY
old, moth-eaten goat. Get 1t OF that
track or train load of people may De
killed"
Watts de matter wild We, ANYWAY :
Dat goat never killed anybody IN MS
life. He won't hurt yer train. we We
knOwed him for long time ana ne
never did nuthin but butt over a rev
folks
The man in the tower swore at Tue
boys in his most expressive raliroau
dialect, but the boys declined to make
the train tore by with rush. Inc
tower man was glad to note thal 'ne
train didn't jump the track ana sniash
itself into kindling wood at the sue oi
the rails Then he began inspecting Tue
track closely for pieces Of little hoois,
twisted horns. slices of goat meat "nu
patches Of hair intermiXed with oloou
But there was neither hide nor ha'r Oh
the goat He had vanished as com
pletely aud as suddenly as II ne ia,
been thrown into the clouds. Inc TT !
road man scratched his head ana run
bed his eyes aud looked at the 'r"c'
again, but it seemed that not eve" ,"'
characteristic odOr of the patron :" u"
or the livery stable remained. ihVu IL"
switch turner nodded his head III Il,
'Oh. yes" manner, which was as lnur'
as TO say that he had fathomeu wv
mystery. He had decided tha' u"
train had hit the goat 80 hard tlla' =
had been tossed mp to the top oi 'u
plot dead and thus been carrleu ""''
The signal tower man needed On
more guess. however. The no!s' W"
had stood far enough down tue ''"o
10 see what had happened. cou'u Il"
enlightened him if they had De'n
Inclined. but they didn't feel ul"e' 20
obligation. When the train app'o",' =,
the goat had simply made spring ~
the pilot. where he landed safely nu'l
ing the worse for the jump, WIN a., ~
exception of terrific knock '' ~,
forehead just below his horuS' H.
forehead, however, is built for rec.
ing hard jolts. and only silslt s'' a.,
OF the head betokened the fac' una. 1 M
blow was lust q little bit "strong' A.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-10-05

At the interlocking switch tower JUS
out of the Northwestern station the
switchmen and signal men say they are
too busy to see anything but trains,
switches, targets and semaphores.
There are but two tracks in front OF
this tower, one for ingoing and one for
outgoing trains, and over these two
tracks must pass every one of the $50
trains which go in and out of the
Northwestern station every day. max
ing an average of one train in less than
every six minutes for the entire day.
OF course at night time there are COM
paratively few trains. In the busy
hours of morning and night when the
suburban trains are coming and going
thick and fast there are times wher
several trains pass the tower and are
piloted to the right tracks every few
minutes. 1t is supposed that these tive
tracks are the busiest in Chicago, If no
in the entire world. When thick foi
fills the atmosphere so that the switch
men cannot see where they have sen
trains a unique device is brought int
use. In a small glass case are clever
tiny red semaphores to correspond L
the eleven tracks of the Northwestern
thirteen on which are sent most of tn
trains destined for no further ru
than the Wells street station. BY mt
chanical device the arms Of the TO
semaph0res are thrown up when tn
track is occupied. and wlsen they ar
empty the arms fall.
BY original signals the trainme
make known to the switchmen in III
tower the track upon which they are
be thrown. Two of the tracks are le
tered A and p and the others are nun
bered from one to nine. Placing IL
hands above the head in V shape meal
track A. Putting one hand on top Of IL
head means track r. Tracks one. tN
and three are signified by placing ii
hands quickly together and then qnic
ly removing them. one. two or thru
times -Four is signaled by placing Il
hand in the air and holding the thun
with the other hand. Five is signlil
by simply throwing one hand with Il
five fingers spread out into the air. II
; rest of the signals are made by combi
ing these properly.-Chicago Chronic
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when bismarck Played Cousin.

The following is story on bismarck
for which an aged Swedish lady is the
authority. Nearly sixty years ago
when a girl, she went to Berlin, where
she expected TO meet a cousin. then
studying at the university there. The
cousin appeared. and proved to be a
fascinating youth For several days
he was a constant escort and charm
ing companion.
1t was only when she was on the eve
of departure that he made the explana-
ton: You see. my dear cousin, am
not your cousin. My friend. your
cousin. is so very busy preparing for
an examination that he has asked me to
take his place. My name is Otto Won
Bismarck" In 1856. when the lady
made her next visit TO Berlin, she
called on the Chancellor who remark
ed: Il have to thank you that I once
succeeded in seeing the Berlin muse
ums. l have never seen them again. -
Pittshurg Dispatch.