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WOLVES EAT A RAILROAD.
The Hungry Beasts Devoured the
Rawhide Track.
(To be continued.)

| The Hungry Beasts Devoured the
| Rawhide Track.
About 1872 one Of the first railroads
of the Northwest was built in the Ter
ritory of Washington, from Walla
Walla to Wallula, along the banks OF
the Walla Walla River, and following
the general line Of what is now the
Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
pany's road between those points, says
C. F. Oliver, in Recreation.
The road was a primitive affair, and
was built, owned and operated by DR..
Baker, of Walla Walla. It had no
Pullman cars, chair cars or buffet cars,
and the day coaches were mostly plat
| form or fiat cars. Instead of having q
| right of way the road had permission
| to go through the fields Of the farmers,
| consequently the road was not rapid
transit one, as the train hands had to
get off and lay down the rail fences
| and put them up again, after the train
had passed through says the Anaconda
| (Mont.) Standard.
The roadbed was constructed by lay
| ing cross ties six or eight feet apart,
and on those laying wooden stringers
| for rails. The heavy traffic over the
road caused the rails to wear in spots
so that train wrecks and smashups
were of daily occurrence. These were
| not serious, for when the train crew
saw a wreck coming their way they
| would hop off and let it wreck.
The annOyances, however, soon be-
came detrimental to the interests of
| shippers, so the owner had to devise
some means of overcoming the diff,
Guilty. Rails Of standard railroad iron
were out Of the question, they had to
be shipped 1.-The Horn around" and
| freighted by wagon quite a distance,
| and strap iron could not be had, and
| the doctor, with Yankee shrewdness,
finally hit upon the happy idea of sub
stituting rawhide for strap iron. Cat
| tie were plentiful and rawhide cheap.
so the doctor soon had his tracklayers
at work putting the rawhide on the
wooden stringers. The rawhide soon
became dry and as hard as iron and
answered the purpose admirably dur.
ing the dry weather.
The winter succeeding the laying of
the rawhide track was d severe one for
that part of the country, The snow Law
OH the ground for several weeks. The
wolves were driven from the noun
tains by the deep snow md skirmish-
ed for living as best they could In
the valleys. When the snow began to
melt it softened the rawhide and the
hungry wolves soon found the tracks,
When spring came and the snow had
melted the wolves had eaten up the
railroad track from Walla Walla to
Wallula.
F1owery speeches do not always indi-
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SSSS$S
PIER III.-(Continued.)

"a queer young woman" muttered
Reuben. as he walked to the front door
and let himself out of the house. de
drove into the city of Worcester with
his face graver and more thoughtful than
he had driven away from it that morn
ng-although he had foreseen mulch OF
the result of his journey, and had pre-
pared for it. He should remember COM
ing to Worcester again to the last day OF
his life. It was new beginning; even
tn the rain last night he had stepped from
the commonplace to a something like ro-
nance but he had forgotten the first in
eident of his arrival until he was in Mud
dleton's coffee room, and the waiter was
leaning across the white cloth toward
him.
BEG pardon, but he's been-the young
man who helped to carry the luggage last
night for you"
HAS she?" said Reuben.
eyes, sir And he said that he thought
half a crown a precious little, consider
ing how he had spoiled his things with
your trunk. The Internal trunk, he call
ed it, along with other names"
''She said thatw
HE tried it on very hard for another
shilling, but l told that l had my orders
from you direct, and could not afford to
advance, and that it was like his impu-
dence to come at all. l said that, sir, !"
added the waiter deferentially, because
he got awful saucy, and we had to put
him out of the house. His langwidge, sir,
was bad"
what kind Of q man was hep" asked
Reuben Culwick. "a womanish kind of
face-with big eyes-black eyes?'
ooh, no, sir-not a bit womanish. He
was as full Of pock-marks as a cribbage
board, and his eyes were particularly
small, sir"
every good-or, rather, very bad, -
said Reuben Culwick half a crown
poorer, and the man has got the money
instead of the woman"
Indeed, sir-yes, sir" and the waiter
departed. Outside the door he tapped
his forehead significantly, and jerked his
thumb over his shoulder in the direction
of the room he had quitted-this for the
instruction or amusement of another
waiter coming downstairs.
Mad as a March hare, Bob" he said,
Sententiously.
"Who?" said Bob.
Forty
CHATS young Culwick, amt it?'
Eyes"
sob! he always was a rum 'un.'
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Marvellous Gro,v.,

The rapidity with whios " !, y
done in the busting West !, %
shown in the case of Apads's
homa, a little city which raa'
brated the first anniyers svs'S
founding. Marvellous has h..
tory, from the sale of the t s,s
a cornfleld, Aug. 6, 1901 IL ~ y
metropolitan appearance
blocks have taken the place os ' \
and shanties in use tbo.
streets and broad Sidewalk, \
the corn rows long ago, tels0S.s
form a network at Soma ~ sp Y
conners, and everywhere mo, !
improvements not found Often !
Of ten times its age. A man.
plant. with a capacity of ar.''
tons daily, not only supnpa, \
but adjacent cities also ssr,
Weekly.
Contracts are now being b,
$4,000 courthouse, $4,000 in " .
school buildings, $4,000 w.,,'
etc. Electric light companies =,
ing propositions, SO that Som y
will be thoroughly lighted, wsts'
equipped in all particulars NJ.
lation now is about $500, and /
ing substantially all the tms
homes are springing up thrOu,S.
city. Indians recently receivsa,
payment due them on the soa :,
reservations, and spent It most,
adarko's numerous stores,
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ton and sentence, lasted three months
The verdict was greeted With applause,
but this was instantly suppressed by JUS
tice Lambert. Molineux was apparently
unconcerned and gave no evidence of
emotion when the words that established
his innocence We're pronounced. His aged
father, Gen. MolineuX, was deeply af-
fected and could with difficulty respond
to the greetings of friends who pressed
forward to offer their congratulations.
Immediately after the rendering of the
verdict the prisoner was formally dis
charged from custody. He left the court
room with his father and counsel In
passing out of the building the three were
cheered by a great crowd that had gath
cred in anticipation of the acquittal. At
ter removing his effects from the Tombs
MolineuX went to his fother's home in
Brooklyn, where he was again cheered
by large crowd.
1t has been estimated that the trials
of Roland 3. Molineux have cost more
than any trial for a capital offense in
any country where the English system cf
Jurisprudence is in vogue. The cost to
the county of New York in the first trial
amounted to $250000. This was expend-
ed in various directions, largely in fees
for handwriting experts who were
brought from the distant States, and for
detectives who endeavored to trace Moli-
neux's movements from his fifteenth
birthday to the time of his arrest.
The defense expended about SIS 900
in the first trial and it is estimated that
the total on both sides for the two hear
ings will foot up nearly 100000.
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Almost a Miraolo

Case No. 49,763. Mrs. NJ NJ
1907 Strand Street, Galvestn
who is proprietor of a boardn, /
at that address, numbering AM,
boarders a dozen medical MI
says: Il caught cold during 4,
Of September, 1900, and it sHI
my kidneys. Despite the fat /
tried all kinds of medicine All
under the care of physicians 4
crpciating twinges and dull 4
across the small of my back rem
leave, and trouble with the HAL
cretions began to set in. From /
ordinary Anglo-Saxon fails to /.
the annoyance and suffering IeI
The fearful pain through my bob
Of appetite, loss Of sleep, conn
loss of energy, and, finally, ami
ton Of complete dissolution co1I
me, from sheer agony and NJ
either lie on the floor and scNI
forced me into spasms. On SudI
sions my husband called in a plV|
whose morphine treatment reig
temporarily. l grew weaker and !
ner, and so run down physical F
nothing was left but skin and (
All my friends, acquaintan@
neighbors knew about my crlt1 +
dition, and on one occasion IN
ported dead and they came ton
corpse. At last the doctors alta
me held a consultation and d
that If l did not undergo an CE
/ could not live. Preparation (
made, a room selected at the cit
pital, and they even went 50 fa
have the carriage brought to th
to carry me there. l don't know
but something told me not tOg
I absolutely refused. Now Iva
readers to grasp every word
following: A friend of ours
McGaund, knowing that my
were the real cause of the entln
BILE, brought a box of DoanS
Pills to the house, and reQueA
to give them a trial. | had ti
much medicine that | was mon
discouraged, and had little,
faith in any preparation. How
reasoned if they did not do D
they could not possibly make me
so I began the treatment AhH
third dose, l felt something da'
me like a flash Of Lightning an
that moment l began to impNR
pain in my back and kidneys ps
disappeared, the kidney secfeun
came free and natural. At pp
rest and sleep well, my apr
good, my weight has Increase
118 to 100 pounds, and my
firm and solid. My FRIENDS
marvel at the change IN IL!
ance. Words cannot express
feelings. l am not putting it 1901
ly when l say l have been l .a.s
the dead. 1 am satisfied 'na,
not been for Doan's hlupi
taken when they were, | T0an
been either lying in the LIAM Ia
Cemetery, or an invalid for LIZ
of my life. 1 will be only ' " =,
to give minuter particulars Of y.
to any one calling on me- n IL ,S W
out of idle curiosity, but II ,n',
have kidney complaint anu =
know what course to pursue '"
lief" c,,,t
A FREE TRIAL Of this s g..
ney medicine which cufeu 4ia m i
will be mailed on appllttas"
part Of the United otae'' n
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo o.. "a a
sale by all druggists INV
per box.
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CROP REPORT SHOWS WELL.

Department of Agriculture Submits
Annual Tables of Grain Yield.
The report of the statistician OF the
Department of Agriculture is 26.S bush
els of wheat, as compared with an aver
oge Weld of 1871 bushels i'll 1901, 2o.3
bushels in 1900 and 1899, and a ten-year
average of 23.4 bushels.
The following table shows tor an
States having 100000 acres or upward
in corn, the preliminary estimates r ;lv
erage yield per acre in bushels in I9oz,
with the final estimates for 1901 and l9ou
and the mean of the averages OF the last
ten years.
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once condemned to
death and twice
placed on trial for
his life for the muir
der of Mrs. RATHER
inc J. Adams. Thir-
teen minutes sufic-
ed for the jury to
reach a verdict Of
acquittal at the sec
ond trial, which
lasted four weeks.
The first trial,
which resulted in
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j. B. Lewman and his brother were
robbed of 81, 800 and fine watch in New
York. Chloroform was used. They are
track men.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-15

The Indictment charging J 2. Stewart.
banker of Webb City, No., with being
party to the alleged Buckfoot racing
conspiracy to defraud and with improper
use of the mails, has been quashed by a
ruling in the United States Court of APP
peals in Minneapolis.
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MOLlNEUx is ACQUITTED.

Battle for Life Closes in Victory After
Four Years in Jail.
Roland B. MolineuX was set at liberty
In New York Tuesday after spending
nearly four years in prison and being
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More deer have been shot this season
In Vermont than in the last two years
combined.
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A household necessity h p
Eclectric Oil. Heals Du rors d
wounds of any sort; cures s,s sS-i b !
Group. catarrh, asthma n'
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palatcs-wby did Mrs rs. De Is f
fuse to pay for her portrait
lifelike? tbe q
De Auber-Yes, that "''
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Many little services VIII .; sn ofrs
as the big one, when the ''p If Lei
Ing comes.-The Thrall :"
Lucky, "a
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True dignity is never he sn ~
and never lost when
drawn.-Massinger. u
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The little folks love Cd, d. :, NIT b I
way Pine Syrup. r pasitiTe cr'
coughs. colds, bronchl'i9
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No chance for d Is spayIs Panea''
serve Mrs. Austin i'
grocers sell it. I'D
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The town in Nebraska oJh,,a1ngel n
Lancaster had its name copital
coin when it became lne Il
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Flowery speeches do not always indi-
cate budding genius.
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PUTNAM FADELLst't the betA
stain the hands or SPOT ~
cept green and purple. ID
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A money lender never
cipals. Bas'
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Mrs. Austln's quick rslslD' c''1
makes tender; c =, J bout 1t.
grocer can tell an ara 1T
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MIRA. w,nslow,s sD,aa irsduo:: !. ~ ~
sssthi9,s ling s sOf.sn Vim. nd eseIis . '''
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lake several hundred yards in circumfer-
ence- The crater occupied by this lake,
called LEtang, or The Pool has never
been active within human memory. There
are others. difficult and dangerous to visit
because of openings on the side of the ire
mendous gorge, and it is one of these, no
doubt, which has always been called La
Souffriere, that rained ashes over the city
in 1851.
THE explosion was almost concomitant
with the last of a series of earthquake
shocks which began the middle of May and
ended in the first week of August, all much
more severe in Guadeloupe than in Mar
Unique. in the village of Auprecheur, lying
at the foot of the western slope of Pelee,
the people had been for some time COM
planning of oppressive stencil of sui
phur, when on the 4th of August much
trepidation was caused by long and ap
paiiing noise in the mountain, a noise COM
pared by planters on the neighboring
slopes to the hollow roar made by a packet
blowing off steam. but infinitely louder.
''At II pm. the noise was terrible enough
TO fill all st. Pierre with alarm, and on the
morning of the 9th the city presented an
unwonted aspect. All the roofs, trees, bal
comics. awnings. pavements were covered
with a white layer of ashes. The same
shower bianched the roofs Of Morne Rouge
and all the villages about the two cities,
also whitening the neighboring country.
The mountain was sending up columns OF
smoke or vapor, and 1t was noticed that
] the Riviere Blanche. usually Of Elaucour
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every house In the city and community
Not more than twenty persons escaped
with their. lives. Eighteen vessels were
burned and sunk with all on board, includ-
ing four American vessels and a steamer
from Quebec named Roraima. The United
States consul and family are reported
among the victims. A war vessel has come
to Guadeloupe for provisions and will
leave at 5 tomorrow. .
"AYME, Consul"
The consul at Martinique is Thomas T.
Prentis. He was born in Michigan and
appointed from Massachusetts, as consul at
Seychelles Islands in 1871 and later served
as consul at Port Louis, Mauritius. Rouen.
France, and Batavia. He was appointed
consul at Martinique in 1900 The vice
consul at Martinique is Amedee Testart,
who was born and appointed from Louis
lana in 1885,
The latest available figures show that
the total population Of the Island of Mar
UNIQUE Is $4,000 people, of whom $4,000
lived in St. Pierre, and, according to Mr..
Ayme have nearly all persisted.
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ervoir against the surface Of the earth
must, In all probability. be sought for in
the expansive force Of steam; for when
water, penetrating through crevices Or
porous strata, comes in contact with the
heated subterranean mass 1t is evident that
the steam thus generated must press upon
the lava, and, when formed in sufficient
quantity, ultimately force it up the duct of
the volcano In other cases we may sup
pose a continuous column Of lava mixed
with liquid water raised to red-hot or
white-hot temperature under the influence
of pressure. A disturbance Of equilibrium
may first bring on eruption near the sur
face by the expansion and conversion into
gas of the entangled water, so as to lessen
pressure.
More and more steam would then be lib
Grated. bringing up with it jets of LIQUID
rock, and ultimately ejecting a continuous
stream of lava. It's force being spent. a
period of rest succeeds, until the conditions
for a new outSurst accumulation of steam
and melted rock) are obtained, and another
cycle of similar changes is renewed
Cablegram From Consul Ayme.
The following cablegram was received at
the State Department.:
POINT A PITRE. May Q. 1870,
Secretary Of State. Washington:
'At O'clock am. on the 9Th instant a
storm Of steam, mud and fire enyeloped the
city and roadstead Of st. Pierre, destroying
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lett, who arranged the program Of study
for the year, gave a resume Of what had
been accomplished, and asked for sugges-
lions from the members as to a study
course for next season. The members then
proceeded to the election of officers, the
result of the balloting being as follows:
President. Mrs. L. B. Chandler; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. NJ. Lora Coope; recording sec
rotary, Mrs. c. C. Farrar; corresponding
secretary, Miss Bertha Julian; treasurer,
Mr. Philip Tindall; chairman of program
committee. Miss Mary Wood
The club gave rising vote of thanks to
Miss Mary Wood, the retiring president,
who responded in a graceful little speech.
She was presented with some beautiful
roses by Mrs. Munroe. The club was or
ganized in October with eighteen members
and closes the season with forty.
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color. ran black 10 thdeAea. like an out
mile.
main force OF the explosia1S had been ex-
erted within the perimeter Of about 1000
yards. that various hot streams had sud-
denly glIshed out. 1t was also ascertafned
that the terrific sound had been produ> I
by the violent outrusk of vapor and ashes
from some of the rents. In hope of aiiay-
ing the general alarm a Creole priest
climbed. the summit OF the volcano and
there planted the great cross which gives
the height its name and stiH remains to
commemorate the event.
There was an extraordinary emigration
of serpents from the high wood and from
the higher to the lower plantations, where
they were killed by thousands. For a long
time Pelee continued to send up an i'm
nense volume of white vapor. but there
were no more showers of ashes and the
mountain gradually settled down to Its
present state of quietness."
May Be Cycle Of Catastrophe.
One of the most interesting features OF
this great CONFUSION of nature in the West
eruption.
mo one Prof. Hill said this afternoon,
"can predict whether it Is the beginning or
the end of a cycle Of catastrophe in the
Caribbean Islands"
Prof Hill said that the beautiful suburb
OIL MOrne Rouge IS yer1taDle lltue CITY OIL
wooden cottages al the foot of the noun
tain OF Pelee, which is covered with sugar
cane fields while nearer the summit was a
dense forest of grands pois, while above
were a few SavannahS.
/ Zones first impression Of Morne Rouge"
according to Hearn, lis that of a single
struggling street Of gray-painted cottages
and shops. or rather booths. dominated by
plain church. with four pursy-bodied
palmstes facing the main porch.
Nevertheless, MOrne Rouge is not a
small place, considering its situation. There
are nearly five thousand inhabitants, but
in order to find out where they live you
must leave the public road. which Is ION a
ridge, and explore the high-hedged lanes
leading down from it on either side.
1.-The cottages are screened about with
banana trees, India reeds and pommiers
roses. You will also see number of hand
some private residences. country houses OF
wealthy merchants, and you will find that
the church, though uninteresting exterior
ly. is rich and impressive within. It is a
famous shrine, where miracles are alleged
to have been wrought. Immense process
sions periodically wend their way to it
from st. Pierre
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KRAKAToA SHOOK THE WORLD.
Thousands Perished and Twilight
Glow Swept Round the Earth.

The terrible eruption Of Mount Krakatoa
is well remembered by thousands Of the
present generation. says the Baltimore Sun.
krakatoa is a volcano on an island of
the same name in the Strait Of Sunda, be-
tween Java and Sumatra. Its earliest re-
corded eruption was In 1850. The volcano
then became dormant and stood as an ir-
regular peak 1888 feet high until 1885.
when there occurred one of the most stu
pendous eruptions ever known.
The eruption began in May and continued
until August q when q large part of the
island was blown away, and fragments of
pumice and dust were thrown to a height
of twenty miles. Gaining the region of the
upper air currents, the dust was carried
around the entire earth and produced re-
markable twilight glows for many months.
The sound of the explosion was heard at
a distance of 2,247 miles. The waves pro-
duced in the air Travelled four and half
times around the world Sea waves fifty
feet high swept the neighboring shores and
smaller waves were observed on distant
coasts over half the globe.
One hundred and sixty-three villages were
destroyed and $500 human beings per-
iShed.
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Arranging for Memorial Day.

The Edith X. Roosevelt auxiliary to the
18th Immunes, Spanish War Veterans, held
a special meeting last evening to make
plans for Memorial day and to arrange for
a little presentation affair at their next reg
ular meeting Mrs. Lizzie Calver and the
members OF the auxiliary win. at the next
meeting of the 4th Immunes, which will be
just before memorial day, present to the
command handsome stand Of celors suit
ably mounted and inscribed. The presen-
tafion viii be public. Those who have the
matter In charge are: Mrs. H. p German
Mrs. Henry Castle and Miss Carnelia Clay
and Mrs. Calver. by unanimous request of
thu auxiliary. is its chairman.
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VOLCANOES CAUSED BY STEAM.
View of DR.. 6. Hartwig as to Origin o
Disaster.

DR.. G. Hartwig, in his book, VOLCANOES
and Earthquakes" gives the following as
his views of the origin Of volcanic erup-
tons:
The phenomena attending an eruption can
leave no doubt that below every active
volcano large subterranean cavity must
exist in which melted lava aecumulates.
The partisans of the theory which supposes
the earth to consist of central fluid mass.
with a solid shell resting upon it, attribute
the formation of volcanoes to rents or fis-
sures in this crust, through which the lava
is cast forth; but the local development Of
known cause, is quite sufficient to account.
for the existence of fiery lakes imbedded in
a solid mass, and which though insignifi-
cant when compared with the surface of
the globe, may still be large enough to
produce volcanic phenomena on the grand
est scale.
The cause Of the reaction of such a res