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local distributor he always had plaus-
ible story of getting it from some stranger.
The counterfeit was fairly good, and
many business men and even one bank
cashier had been deceived by it.
AT last Roberts had so fully ingratiated
himself into the good graces of May, the
man formerly arrested but who at this
time was in control of what was known
as the Charlton District" that be con-
sented to sell considerable quantity to
RobertSS friend, whom he should intro
duce, and whom Roberts represented as
anxious to engage in the business and
get rich quick" May lived in a small
log house in the 'tie-woods' and professed
to be a wOod-cutter. The place of meet
ing was to be where one road crossed
another near Mays house, where he was
to have the money at dawn of day in q
hollow stump.
Warrants having been issued to Will
Jams, shortly after dark one night, with
posse of armed men, he started for the
neighborhood in which May lived, about
20 miles away. Some time between mid
night and day they reached the vicinity
of Mays house and went into camp in a
very dense wood. At early dawn Roberts,
in company with Jonas Caskey and 7. ].
Dockery, of the posse, went to meet May.
1t was arranged that DOckery should re-
main concealed in the thicket, while Cas-
key and Roberts did the negotiating.
May had not yet risen, but Roberts
awoke him and told him that his friend
had come, and was now ready to make
the purchase.
AN right" said May, seeming to en-
tertain no suspicion, or, if any, very
slight. He hastily dressed and joined
Roberts, who asked:
"Have you got the stuff handy"
Its in the stump"
That's all right. My friend is a little
skittish about this, for the Government
officers are watching us, and he wants TO
get away before sun-up."
Caskey was found waiting at the place
agreed upon. He was introduced by Rob
erts under an assumed name, and May
was assured that he was "all right" Then
came the negotiation between May and
Caskey. The former was wary, and at
first declared he knew nothing of spurious
money, but Caskey pressed him so strong,
displaying a roll of bills that May said:
"Well, / hain't got any counterfeit
money myself, but if you'll give me $40
I'll show you where ye kin find lot of
it."
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IESHE AMTNFTLN TnNCE HTT Practically Complete His
Hi AHELNISAN SUNELlSle tory of Our Country we'll
O the Rebellion.
By
portraits and 80 views, battles

There is no substitute for Mr.. Greeley's
great work. 1t is a matchless story of
mighty events which covered period of
the Nations growth from the beginning
of the Government to the close of the re-
beliion. This work is so important con-
tribution to our literature that no library
can lay claim to being complete without
it. 1t is scarcely possible to be thorough
ly acquainted with the up-growing of the
American Nation out of collection of
struggling colonies until finally cemented
into one homogeneous union by the civil
war without reading this book. Our edi-
tion of this great work is exactly iden-
tical in matter, size of page and type and
illustrations with the original. There has
been no abridgement or curtailment of a
single line anywhere, but in addition to
the original work we have added a brief
sketch of the life of Horace Greeley.
We have the sole right to publish an
edition of The American Conflict at q
price which brings it within the reach of
many who hesitated to buy a set of books
the cost of which varied, according to the
binding, from 50 to $13.
All who are interested In political at
fairs, or In the study of the great Ques-
tions which for more than 80 years di-
vided the country practically in two, and
everyone interested as participant in the
various wars in which we have engaged
should have this work. Mr.. Greeley pos
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PUBLIC serrics Of. Railways.

The number OF passengers carried dur
Ing the year ending June 30, 1900, as
shown by the annual reports Of railways,
was $40, SIS, ,230, showing an increase for
the year of 53.6SS, 100. The number Of
passengers carried one mile-that Is
passenger mileage-was 1898, ,U07 ,21T,
there being an increase in this item OF
All .6I9,6O There was an increase in
the density Of passenger traffic, as the
number of passengers carried one mile per
mile of line in 1900 was S3, ,295, and in
1889, II ,S2i.
The number of tons of freight carried
during the year was ]. .1O1 ,6S0,23S. an in
crease of 141 .916,655 being shown. The
number of tons of freight carried l mile
that is, ton mileaEe-waS 141 500, l5T, ,270.
The increase in the number OF tons car
ried l mile was 1881 800, III. The num-
Der Of tons carried l mile per mile of line
was 1886. These figures show an in
crease in the density of freight traffic of
15,S0l tons carried l mile per mile of line.
The average revenue per passenger per
mile for the year ending June 80, 1900,
was zoos cents. For the preceding year
it was 1925 cents. The revenue per ton
of freight per mile was 0.T29 cent, while
for 1899 it was OT24 cent. An increase In
earnings per train mile appears for both
passenger and freight trains. The aver
age cost of running n train 1 mile in
creased nearly 9 cents as compared with
1899. The percentage of operating ex-
penses to earnings shows a small decrease
as compared with the preceding year.
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boat has been known to me for some time,
but l have been unable to locate it."
Mr.. Bliss then asked how long it would
take him to arrest and bring the parties
into court. A weeks time, or perhaps
less, was all he required. He was de-
tailed at once for the. hazardous task.
1t was the latter part of March, 1879,
but the river was still blocked with ice.
The detective took the train for Keokuk,
where he soon learned that photograph
boat" such as he was in search of, was
tied up under the bank, on the Illinois
side.
He secured the aid of a Deputy United
States Marshal. and as soon as it was
dark crossed the river, filled with floating
ice, landing some distance below the boat;
then they crept along the bank until they
were just above it. The bank at this
point was about six or eight feet higher
than the top of the cabin and Buzzarrio,
calling on the Marshal to follow. boldly
leaped down upon the roof. and from
there to the forward deck. But in that
supreme moment the Marshal failed him
and ingloriously fled across the meadow.
Buzzarrio, nothing daunted by odds and
desertion, kicked open the cabin door and
discovered the counterfeiters, two men
and woman, at work. The furnace was
glowing with heat, and melted metal was
IN tne pot, Wnlle from ldule Iney were
in the act of filing the molds. 4 num-
ber of shining dollars lay on the floor of
the apartment, which was dimly lighted
by a smoky coiloil lamp.
"Surrenderp' cried Buzzarrio. Rhodes
seized a large bowie-knife that lay on
the table and leaped at him. The detec-
tive seized his wrist and by a dexterous
jerk of the arm and trip of the foot sent
him head first to the floor with such force
as to hurl the knife to the other side of
the room. The second man drew a re-
volver, but BuZzarrio was so close he
caught his arm, and the pistol was fired
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giving a jerky glance at the door, he be-
gan: Its old Jack Rhodes as makes the
stuff, he an his wife, an another man
don't know. They are in Photographic
boat sometimes at Keokuk, sometimes at
Warsaw, and sometimes somewhere else.
The substance of his confession was as
follows: The money was nodded on
barge which piled the Mississippi between
Keokuk, Warsaw and other points, hoy
ering near the corner Of the three States,
so as to escape jurisdiction. The ostensi-
bic business of the boat was photography,
being one of those floating galleries which
still ply the river, making cheap tin
types" and poor photographs. But down
in the hull of the old barge was a small
movable furnace, with molds, large guam
titles of babbit metal, broken glass, and
all paraphernalia for making spurious
coin. Jack Rhodes was a notorious cOun-
terfeiter of whom | had heard much, but
had never been able to get any positive
testimony against. Cooks confession was
so like a dme-novel story that | did not
feel like acting upon it without consulting
the District Attorney.
l went to st. Louis and submitted the
confession to Mr.. Bliss, who, after care
fully reading it, asked: Have you never
heard of this boat bcforeY L answered
that | had heard some vague rumors Of
such boat, but doubted its existence.
Mr.. Bliss sent for one of those Special
Treasury Agents, who had had great ex-
perience in bringing makers of spurious
coin to justice. His name was Buzzarrio,
an italian, and finer specimen of physi-
cal strength / never saw. He was not
large, scarce above medium hight, but his
muscles were like steel He was shrewd,
daring, strong and athletic, all of which
qualities were essential to his calling.
When BuZZarrio had carefully read Cook s
confession Mr.. Bliss asked him his opIn-
ion of it.
at is genuine" was the answer. "This
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into the ceiling. By another dexterous
jerk and trip this second man was laid
across the first assailant with such force
that the weapon flew from his hand. Buz-
zarrio clapped his foot upon him, and was
feeling in his pocket for handouts when
the woman struck him a blow over the
head with the ladle that staggered him.
Stunned as he was, he grasped her and
jerked her across the PROSTATE men, and
in a twinklins had handcuffed all three.
The Marshal, hearing the shot, sup
posed that Buzzarrio was killed. and did
not return to ascertain the real situation
until daylight.
Before the week was up Buzzarrio had
all three of the culprits in Mr.. Blss's Of
fee. \ few more arrests were made, and
all indicted, and Rhodes and HicoX put
on trial and convicted. The conviction of
the others quickly followed, save Cook,
who was permitted to become Govern
ment witness, and discharged. That sec
tion of the State has never since been in
tested with rural counterfeiters.
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Waste in Cooking.

Professor Marshall, the noted English
economist, estimates that S500,000,000 is
spent annually by the British working
classes for things that do nothing 10 make
their lives nobler or truly happier. At
the last meeting of the British Associa-
ton, the President, in an address to the
Economic Section, expressed his belief
that the simple item of food waste alone
would justify the aforementioned esti-
mate. One potent cause of waste, today,
is that very many of the women, having
been practically brought up in factories,
do not know how to buy economically, and
are neither passable cooks nor good house
keepers. 1t has been estimated that in
the United States the waste from bad
cooking alone is over thousand million
dollars a yearLProfessor William Math-
ews, in August Success.
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Their experiences form those of the raw
recruit, and in the course of time the sea-
soned veteran.
They encounter the dangers Of the bat
tlefield and the WEAKNESS of the tlresome
march and suffer Imprisonment. Under
all these circumstances these boys do their
part manfully, having their ups and downs,
their hard times and their good times,
with a succession of comical blunders,
brilliant achievements and stirring advcn-
lures which make up the panorama of u
soldiers daily life.
Many other characters are introduced.
Among them may be mentioned little Pete
Skdmore, the Jew Spy, and Deacon
Klegg, Sis pap" who visits the army to
see the boys, and falls into many trying
places, from all of which, however, the old
mans hard sense and good fortune COM
bined extricate him, and he goes back full
of experiences to relate to mother and
the girls
These sketches have been laughed at
and cried over in 10000 homes OF veterans,
in Post rooms, at Campfres, and wher-
ever the survivors of the war have gath
cred by twos or threes or by hundreds.
Their adventures are still continued in
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periences of a cavalryman than there is
to be found in this story. The reader
of these pages will go with the author
into his life and see how the boy was
transformed into soldier; will march
with him over mountains and across riv-
ers; will camp on the hillside and stand
guard in the moonlight and in the rain
storm; will be with him as a videt in the
lonely forest, and again in the wild charge.
The humorous, the pathetic, the pre-
postcrous, the extravagant phases of war
are all told with the pen of a master.
Finally comes grim battle, the defeat, the
surrender, the travelling through the South
as prisoner of war; the experiences in
Richmond prisons and at CHASTITY Belle
Isle; then comes the climax in the prison
stockade at Andersonyille itself, with its
10000 men, its poverty, its starvation, its
death. All these things are told with the
dramatic power of truth, and they are
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RURAL COUNTERFEITERS.
ShreWd Detective Work That Broke Up Extensive Operations of
Gang in Northern Missouri.
BY JOHN R. MUSICK.

thought he could USE From SO to $50
was the amount which the local agent pur-
chased, as he was too shrewd to ever have
much about him at time. He was the
local distributor for the manufactures,
though he was seldom seen away from his
farm. and l doubt if half of these farmer
circulators even knew the manufacturer
by name.
Wood-choppers' camps, country stores
and small villages We're the places where
the money was circulated, there being less
liability of detection than in towns. The
victims seldom suspected that bogus money
had been passed upon them until they
went to some merchant to purchase goods
or attempted to deposit it in the bank.
When the money was traced back to the
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have the same fascination which attend
the exploits of freeboOters, the daring Of
navigatOrs in unknown seas ana the do
ngs of hunters in untrodden wilds.
Such narrative is the one told by the
Boy Spy in Dixie. 1t is a relation of
stirring episodes among enemies, in the
face of the gibbet. The author, while
mere youth, was sent by the great War
Secretary into the heart of the COnfed
eracy.
Here in the midst Of constant peril he
watched the doings of Jeff Davis and his
Cabinet and the Confederate Congress,
and by means of correspondence III cy-
pher sent forward day by day to the Gov
ernment at Washington the reports of his
observations. His experiences were va.
ried and trying. At times he was in the
confidence of those high in authority in
the Confederacy, and again an object Of
suspicion. Finally, by stress of circum-
stances, he was compelled to enlist and
become n Confederate artilleryman; and
being ordered with the command, deserted,
finding his way once more to the protec-
ton of the Union flag. No sooner had he
reported at Washington, however, than
he was again sent on perious expedi-
ton within the Confederate lines. Every
day added to his jeopardy. He was not
only Union spy, but rebel deserter.
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tention upon the ever
changing panorama Of
active warfare, the voice
of heroes dying in prison
pens was lost. No news
came from the men herd
ed like cattle beyond the
mountains of the South.
The Nation knew little
of the horrors behind
the stockade.
The author OF Ander-
Eonville has told a thrill
Ing story. If it has her-
rors they are not Of his
Invention.
The book, however,
will be found to treat not
only of prison life, but to
abound In incidents of
the camp, the march,
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sessed the wonderful faculty of being able
not only to write forcibly upon civil af-
fairs, but also to describe campaigns in
a most graphic manner; therefore, no his
tory of the war of the rebellion written
since his time surpasses in interest the
work which he began and finished while
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T is ! m p 0 S S j b ! e,
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The General Result.

General-Stop that reporter.
Aid-Whatl Don't you want to have
him send home an account of your hero
ism?
'No. I don't want to be an American
hero for week and punching-bag for
the rest of my life.'
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scured by the smoke of battle in
front While the public was kept
daily informed of march and siege and
desperate attack and repulse, fixing the at
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