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Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-12-11

a pack train for the interior. On the
night in which the conversation at the
beginning of this chapter opened, the
pack train had reached a point on
Snake river on the Old Oregon Trail
near the Oregon and Idaho line. For
tunately, on the same night the es
cort consisting OF cowboys. sent out
Under the leadership of an expert
frontiersman, met her at this place.
Both sparties had camped in a small
valley near the river, surrounded by
mountains, covered with rocks and
boulders. The pack train consisted
Of thirty mules and two wagons, while
the escort consisted of ten men, be
sides its leader and a dozen horses
one Of which was used exclusively for
a pack horse, and another was brought
along for Bertha to ride.
Tired and worn out by the hard
ships of the trail, the packers had
hobbled out their mules. prepared
their meal. and gone to bed early. The
members of the escort. while not SC
fatigued, had prepared for retiring
early also, partly to keep from dis.
turbing their neighbors and partly to
be refreshed for the following days
journey, for from this point the pack
train would continue to the west and
Bertha and her escort would take a
course over the trailless plains and
mountains to the south.
After she had retired to a bed of
straw, this girl from a comfortable
home in Scotland had plenty to think
about before she fell asleep. This
barren plains and mountains over
which she mad passed during the past
few days. and the trackless desert be-
but the probable attack from
Indians and a long trip through bar
ren country to her destination were
calculated to increase her anxiety,
while the reference of the leader of
the escort to the danger from Indians
and the same tribe who, it was al
legged, had murdered her father thick
ened the mantle of gloom that hung
about her, and besides. she did not
ike the appearance of the man under
whose charge she had fallen. Wo-
mans intuition had properly aroused
her suspicious on this point
How long she had been asleep she
did not know when awakened by the
ficrcest yells that had ever pierced
her ears, and these intermingled with
the discharging Of firearms and a din
of oaths and shouts as IL a thousand
demons were engaged in war. And
1t was war. and the men fought like
demons! The packers and cowboys,
though outnumbered five to one stood
their ground until the struggle be-
came a hand to hand one. and not un.
til she had been snatched from her
bed and dragged short distance and
bound on the back OF horse. and was
being rushed out through deep can.
yen in the mountains, surrounded by
band OF Indian warriors, each seem
ingly claiming her as his prize. did
she fully realize that her people had
lost and that the red skins had won.
II was fortunate for Bertha that she
did not remove her clothing upon re-
tiring that night. and that she placed
her shoes on her feet upon being first
awakened, for the chill night air of
that altitude even penetrated these.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-12-11
CAPTER w.
The Chase.

The following morning showed the
effects Of the Indian raid. Two OF the
packers lay dead upon the ground,
their scalps taken, while one of the
escort had been killed, and three NOR
tally wounded. Not horse or mule
remained in the vicinity. These, an
important object of the attack, had
been driven away and treasured more
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-12-11
CHAPTER II.

THE LORD OF THE DESERT.
In the center of one of these
piateaus containing hundreds ol
thousands of acres of land, Is low
round mountain. From the distance
1t looks like a mountain peak, and Is
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
ANCIENT CHOIRISTERS.
An Old Mems Singing Club In Cali
fornia the Members of which
Are over 60.

One of the most remarkable clubs
of modern times has its headquarters
in Alameda, Cal. 1t is known as the
"Old Mems Singing club" no one be-
ing admitted TO il who has not the
gift of song and who has not passed
at least his sixty-fifth birthday. The
club has 101 members, with an aggre-
gate age of 5000 years. The only wom-
an artist was the Sonora Benina Ba-
rome, aged 1O3 years. who danced and
sang LA Tolla." This old Spanish
woman was born in Mexico in 17os. she
danced in the Spanish City Of Mexico
while in the first blush of maidenhood,
and the picturesque cavaliers Of those
times pelted her with roses. To the
tinkling accompaniment Of a guitar
they sang love songs underneath her
window. These, she says, were merry
days. The weary feet, which at their
owners request danced once more in
order that a few extra dollars might
be added 70 the fund for the POOR,
were as light as in the bygone DAYS
and If the aged voice quavered, no one
noticed it.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
PREFER DEATH TO BLINDNESS
Two Startling Instances of the Kind
Recently Reported from
Vienna, Austria.

A Hungarian woman and an Aus
trian judge committed suicide because
they were appalled, by fear Of total
blindness. Miss Michael Yung, who
lived alone, but in comfort, in Gross
warden, had been told by the doctors
that blindness was her unavoidable
fate, says a late account from Vienna.
She straightway had a large carving
knife sharpened, lay down on her bed
and cut her throat so sayagely that
her head was detached from the body,
rolled off the bed and was found on
the floor by those who entered the
room in the morning.
Court Councillor Won Holzinger, the
most learned, most feared, yet up
right judge of the high court Of Vi
emma, blew out his brains. He met
all his friends in the last week of his
life, visited all his favorite spots,
seemed quite himself all the time,
passed his very last day precisely as
usual, and at 1880 that night went
to his office in the courts, locked him.
self in, wrote a few lines to say that
fear of blindness made him wish to
end his life, and he hoped that his
friends would forgive him the bru-
tally of his exit from life, then shot
himself.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
ART IN IcE-BLOCKS.
AppoSxing Display of Good Things
40 Eat in the Window of
Restaurant.

Likely TO catch the eye of the passer-
by is the restaurant window display
consisting Of big block Of artificial
ice with an assortment Of good things
TO eat frozen within It. Sometimes
fruits are thus displayed, and some
times vegetables; or fish, or game, or
crustaeea, states the New York Sun.
Sometimes the display is composite;
and reveals some pattern or design.
Thus appearing in the crystal depths
Of an ice block lately seen were two
fine shad, heads downward and meet
ing at the bottom Of the cake, and each
fish holding in its mouth a lemon.
Head downward thus, the forms Of
these fishes, uncooked and so Of course
Of their natural color, rose in the ice
block like the arms Of a tall, but not
very widely opened letter V; and be-
tween the forms Of the two fishes was
placed a lobster, cooked and so, of
course, red in color, making a striking
contrast TO the green gray Of the two
shad. In freezing in fruits and veget-
ables and so on they use celery and
other things that permit Of effective
arrangement; and so this window dis
play consisting of a block of ice with
things frozen in ii may be easily made
one TO attract attention.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
WHEN ABROAD SPEAK ENGLISH
He Who Attempts n Foreign Tongue
May Get Into a Predicament
Like This.

The English-speaking tourist who
wastes half an hour of time. temper
and energy in trying TO make some
dweller in a foreign land understand
his bad French or Spanish, only to
be shocked at length by some such
a question as: Cant you speak Eng
lish?' is almost as common now
adays as the track-walking TRACE
dian. This is little story Of his
experience in Spain, as told by The
Dominic in Ladies' Home Journal;
One day we all entered a little
shop in Madrid and The Captain be-
gan to speak in Spanish to the girl
who was behind the counter. She
failed to understand and so he tried
again. Once and again he tried ana
tried, and summoned up his whole
vocabulary. At last in his attempt
70 make his meaning p By illus.
tration he drew from his pocket case
a card. and with it stroked his chin.
The girl fell into fits Of laughter and
in perfect English said: OH what
you want is a fne-tooth comb"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
THE ABYssINIAN FoRGIvES.
Poor People Who, Though Ignorant
Have Kept the Pith OF Chris
tian Morals.

NJ. Hughes lie Rgux, now lecturing
in America, contributes TO Century a
paper on New Trails in Abyssinia, "
from which we take this odd passage:
1t would be unfair not 10 mention in
passing that these poor people, how
ever ignorant they may be Of the laws
Of the religion they profess, have at
least kept the pith Of Christian morals,
the good which distinguishes them
from Islamic teachings-the doctrine
of forgiveness.
You cannot dismiss a servant, or,
with regard TO a culprit, take a stand
which everyone believes just, without
being visited by the friends and enc
mics Of the delinquent.
They all come and entreat you: "You
are a Christian? Forgive him" And
the humble do not ask merely that par
don shall be granted by their masters;
they endeavor to practice il among
themselves.
During the explorations that made
In the west, a rather good-for-nothing
boy who was in my private service tried
to kill my head servant. The victim
demanded, as was his right. that the
law Of retaliation be applied; but the
rest Of the servants united in an appeal
to the irate man, and the next day he
came 70 me and said:
81 have forgiven the murderer; give
him his freedom"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
Home Endorsement.
What An Old and Esteemed Resi-
dent of Barre Has To Say In
Regard To DR.. j. w. Morrow.

G. b. Minard, blacksmith, whose
shop is in the rear of Slayton's livery
stable and whose residence is No. G5
South Main street, when seen by the
writer said:
For the past three years | had been
great sufferer from stomach and
liver trouble. ! had tried doctors and
different medicines, but gradually grew
worse until got so bad | was unable
to work or even look after my shop as
| should. My stomach was so bad
that ! could scarcely eat anything
without its distressing and bloatng
me so that could not rest at night
and for over year my daughter had
to get up at two o'clock to fan me. as
my breath would get so short | could
hardly breathe, and my heart would
almost stop, as it seemed to me.
My bowels were very constipated
and my liver was so bad that / was
bloated to such an extent that | could
scarcely drag around, | had
given up all hopes of ever getting
well and was trying to sell out my
blacksmith shop as, in my condition, /
knew ! could not live long. But as a
dying man grasps at a straw, on Aug.
18th, lO9l,I went to DR.. Merow's office.
9 South Main street, more dead than
alive. After a careful examination DR..
Morrow told me that he could cure me
If ! would follow his directions, de-
scribing my case and symptoms to the
letter. So placed myself under his
treatment and everything has turned
out just as he said. | have done the
largest falls and winters work for
years, and know if it had not been for
DR.. Morrow ! should not be alive to-
day-in fact, owe my life to his skill
and medicines and would advise all
afflicted as ! was to consult DR.. Mor-
row If you can be cured he will cure
YOU
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
AN EVENTFUL DAY
HOW HAPPINESS CAME INTO A
CL0UDED LIFE.
After Months and Years OF Suffering.
this Woman is now Able TO Tell An
interesting Story.

at was an eventful day for me" said
Mrs. Mamie Mclean, of No. 206 +. Con-
/ gress street, Detroit, Mich, II looked in
to the future and saw health and happi-
ness in store for me-"
II had had a gloomy life," she contin-
ued. My entire girlhood was saddened
| by Ill health, the result of a cold contract
ed at a critical time in my thirteenth year.
Months and years of suffering followed
and doctors did not help me. Ny blood
/ had turned TO water and the natural func-
tions OF my sex had ceased. A noted
I specialist in the diseases OF women who
was treating me said my case was hopeless
and that could not live more than a few
years at most.
IL was so weak that / could not walk
across the room, / had not the slightest
appetite, my feet and hands were always
cold and was miserable and unhappy. 1
wasted away to a mere shadow; / looked
frightful and no medicine that took did
me any good, tried to be resigned to
my fate, but il was hard.
"Then came the eventful day. An old
friend Of our family came in and told me
so confidently that DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People would cure me that
began TO hope and life looked brighter. /
started taking the pills and / soon could
see that they were doing me good. NV
mesh began TO feel warm, my color to come
was gradual but sure. / continued faith
fully with the medicine and soon my func-
lions became normal and health came
back. My friends thought my recovery
was almost miracle and the physicians
who had given me up for death were forced
TO admit that DIR. Williams Pink Pills had
done what they could not do.
"lam now, as you see, a sound, healthy
woman. | cannot express my gratitude
but can only say that / owe nv life 10 Dr
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People,
No discovery OF modern times has prov
ed such blessing 10 women as Dr. WI
llams Pink Pills for Pale People. Acting
directly on the blood and nerves. invigor-
ating the body, regulating the functions,
they restore the strength and health i'm the
exhausted patient when every effort OF the
physician proves unayailing, These pills
are sold IN boxes al 90 cents box or six
boxes for $50, and may be had at all
druggists, or direct by mail from Dr. VIII
liams Medicine Co, Schenectady, n. Y.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
BAGGAGE RIGHTS OF CORPSE.
when Fun Fare Il Paid for IL tn,
Ticket Carries with IL the
Regular Privilege.

/ A dead man has the same baggage
rights as a living one. This questionhas
/ been passed on By the chief baggage
master Of the Union depot, and il was
done in a hurry, too, reports the Den
yer Post. There were five live per
sons and one dead man waiting for
the decision. The coffin was placed in
the baggage car and then the trunks
Of the five friends were weighed.
The weight exceeded the $50 pounds
for each, but if the dead man were al
lowed baggage, this would solve the
difficulty. The clerk had never heard
of such a thing before. He refused to
check a trunk on the dead mans
ticket.
The train was almost ready to start.
The five persons did not care to pay
for the excess baggage, neither did
they like TO allow the body to 60
alone The whistle Of the train toot-
ed its first warning.
Just then the chief baggage master
arrived. he took in the situation at
a glance.
Check the trunks" he exclaimed,
and the five hurried off in time to
catch their train.
Then he explained to the clerk that
the General Traffic Managers associa-
tion had passed on the question only
few days before. This organization de-
cided that when a full fare ticket is
paid for, for the transportation Of a
corpse, the ticket carries with it the
regular baggage privilege Of mot to
exceed $50 hounds"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
Wrote Himself Down.

The prisoner knocked me down,
calling me a scarecrow, wall-eyed
old fool, a reforming rooster, a dolt
and an idiot"
This was the conclusion Of tho
deposition. He affixed his signature,
which was preceded by the formal
entry: "All of which swear to ba
true" and left the court.-N. Y.
Herald.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
con.ldernhIe OF a ne,cent.

"He believes in the Darwinian theory
thinks he is descended from a mon.
key, you know"
We'll, so far as he is individually
concerned, ] guess he is right"
How is that?"
u am always ready TO concede that
anyone who win make that claim not
only has descended from a monkey,
but has descended a good long ways.
He certainly hasn't risen. Chicago
Post.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
DOan's Kidney Pills
Relieve the aches Of a bad
back promptly-cure all
Kidney and Bladder troubles.

Mr. J. r. II. Townsend, OF Townsend
Bros, carriage manufacturers. OF 10 Jeffer.
son street Beddeford, Me-, says: I'VE used
Doans Kidney Pills In our family, and
found them most valuable remedy There
are so many useless remedies on the market
that when one is found which experience
proves does what is claimed for II, Il Is a
pleasure TO endorse that preparation. /
procured Doan's Kidney pills at John Ber-
rvs drug store, under Hotel Thatcher, and
the satisfactory results obtained warrants
me In making the above statement"
Doan's Kidney Pills sold at all drug
stores; 90 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buff
fal0, y. Y,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
In the Stud, Season of 1902
KRAPOTKIN,
Standard, Registered No. 1882

Bay Stallion, stands 1922, Sired bv Krem-
lin, 2.07t. Sire of twenty in the 2.3O list.
Dam Bravissima, by Robert McGregor. .. ia.
lslre Of Cresceus, 2.02I), second dam Bravo.
5.l43y, by Baron Wilkes, 2.lS, sire Of Bumps,
tdam OF five in the list and of five produce
ers of speed, by Volunteer, So, fsire of ST.
Julien, 2.111), fourth dam Peggy slender
2.35, dam Of two in the list and of two
producers of speed. With very little work
IN 1901, trotted half in 1.13 and quarters
IN 30 seconds. A fast, clever, we'll built
horse. His colts are grand individuals and
privilege.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
TO UtiIi1e Wireless TeIerraphy.

Wireless telegraphy is to be used
70 enable the meteorological stationed
at the top Of Zues pitt the highest
summit Of Germany, to communicate
with the post Office at Ebisee. ESQ
feet below.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
Appreciation.

Clerk-Mr. Shipper was in while you
were out; he said he'd call again To-
morrow
Proprietor-Very kind of him.
Clerk-But he wanted to collect a
bill.
Proprietor-Very kind to say when
ne would call.-Boston Transcript.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29

"Oh, may kiss you, sweet?'' he cried.
What cheek" exclaimed the belle.
Both, please" the artful chap replied
And on the lips as we'll"
Ally Sloper.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
Its easy to kill a Tiger

kitten, but it is a different thing with full.
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BLADDER TROUBLE and disorders of the
| blood They are easy 10 cure when the first
symptoms appear, but after they develop
into the more serious forms it is dficult
problem to handle.
Now, what are the first symptoms that
warn you of the approach of KIDNEY OR
BLADDER TRoUBLEl Well, few of them
are, dull feeling in head, bad taste, coated
tongue, pain in back and general depression.
These are the beginning, and are easily
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Ensr To Finhnn,

How absurd it is to say that a
man doesn't know on which side his
bread IS buttered when it's so easy
to find out"
"How?n
Drop it. Anyone ought to know
that 1t viii fan butter-side down.
Chicago Post.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29
NELSON'S Star,
Standard, Registered No. 357O8.

brother to Conquest Star, 2-years-old re-
cord 2.23. Bay Stallion, stands 15-2. Sired
by Nelson 2.09. Dam, Bright Star dam of
Conquest Star (2), 2.23 and Darling, trial
TO wagon 2.l3 la, by Starlight $685.. bv
Kentucky Prince $40; second dam. the
great brood mare Violet (dam of in 2. 3O)
by Volunteer So; third dam Miss Rarton
lthoroughbred) by Imported Trustee
Fee 5000 by the season, or $500 to
warrant. y
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Trouble.

Cannot some wise one tell US, -
Io ease our wondering minds, r.
Who Is II loses all the fault sza
That other people find? iEH
Baltimore World. Ssf
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FARMERS TAKE NOTICE

genuine Hallock weeders, ali Ei5s. Z
Farming Tools.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-13
C.S. LOTT OF CALGARY
Pioneer in the Land Business in
Alberta and Other REGIONS.

c. S. Lott Of Calgary, Alberta. real
estate, insurance and financial agent, has
been a resident of the northwest for nine
aminer of land for the Canadian Pacific
local land agent for the Hudson Bay COM
way company, besides doing an extensive
son of long training and experience, he
placing land values and in carrying on q
general land business. E.
Calgary is one Of the best towns in 'all
the northwest. It has a population OF
5000 and is substantially and permanent
ly built, all it's business blocks being. con-
structed Of stone taken from free quar-
ries along Bow river. The Alberta dis
trict is one Of the most promising in Can
ada. Its southern portion IS essentially
a ranching and dairying country and Of
fers unequaled opportunities for effort in
that direction. The diversified farmer,
feels at home at once in this splendid re-
gion. Cattle ranches flourish from the
start. The warm winds blow from the
Pacific and pure running water is afforded
the year around and stock rustles for.
itself the entire winter on the wild grass
es, rarely being fed pound of hay. In
short, Alberta is an ideal country for the
farmer and rancher.
Mr.. Lott has improved farms and ranch
es and wild lands on his lists and his
prices are low and terms easy. The In
tending settler can make no mistake in
opening correspondence with him. &: