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n
came rushing down the lawn from the
barn. and in the semIdarkness l made
out two enormous Dane hounds. Tie
object OF the burglar alarm flashed
across my mind In an instant.
The electric wire that had started the
bells to ringing had also released the
watchdogs. and they were now upon
me.
AS If by instinct they rushed upon
the piazza. catching the scent almost
Immediately. But in that instant had
turned and fed toward the woods. my
only place of safety. Could l reach
the woods and climb tree before they
caught up TO me?
This question flashed through my
mind. but l could not answer it. al.
ready heard their feet behind me. strik-
ing the ground with heavy patters as
they loped rapidly across the interven-
ing space.
The blood seemed 10 rush 10 my head.
and for an instant I thought or death.
| had never been cCrnC.ta quite so
completely before | gathered Up my
strength for a final effort and cleared
the fence with bound. hut ms leaped
upward the foremost Dane made a ire
mendous lope and cleared the top rail
of the fence in fine style.
We both landed on the other side. but
the force of the hounds leap carried
him several feet over my head Be
fore he could turn upon me had
cooked my revolver. and as be made a
savage dive toward me l exploded it
full in his face. The range was so
short that the explosion must have
partly stunned him, for he rolled over
and kicked few times and then lay
quite still.
But 1 had no time to prepare for the
second one. AS If angered by the sight
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Inferred Apureciatton

Dolly-Edgar Ellington is so com
plimentary.
Polly-What does he say?
Dolly--Ohl He doesn't say any
thing; but when am talking to him
he cocks his head on one side and
shuts his eyes, as if he were listening
to three-dollar concert.-Puck.
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II AnDepends

1.-TWO heads are better than one,
you know" remarked the individual
with the quotation habit.
well, don't know anything of the
kind" rejoined the glum man, who
happened to be the father OF twins
Chicago Daily News.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
Chnracter-

Character is the condition of en-
trance into the presence Of GodI A
character of holiness-Christ in you
lis the hope of glory in an end
less eternity Rev. j. L. Caughey.
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CHAPTER ".

HS--SE[SNII rance IA grooming the
-IlES horses. hut John took
pleasure in exhibiting
his superior knowledge by showing me
just what to do. | must have been an
apt pupil, for he nodded approval every
time l attempted to do the work ac-
cording to his directions. But | was
not cut out for mental labor. 1t was
the anticipation of finding out more
about Charles Goddard. my new mas
ter and companion in crime. that had
first tempted me to accept such posi-
ton as groom.
l soon found out, however, that he
had skillfully banished me from his
presence. He never appeared around
the barn, and so far as seeing him was
concerned l might as well have been
hundred miles away. He went out
riding every day, but John hitched up
the horses and drove up to the front
OF the house, where shrubbery and
trees hid them from view.
1 stayed in my place five days with
out catching a glimpse Of my master
or OF Miss Stetson, and / was on the
verge of throwing up the position in
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CHAPTER v.

J was nearly a week
after this ride before
1 could decide upon
a night favorable for
a visit to DR.. Squires.
1t is a poor burglar
who Fo;ls -
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fro BE CONTINUED
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
CHAPTER VI.

: was daybreak before
l recovered from my
fright, cleaned my
clothes of the blood
and dirt and returned
to my quarters in the
barn. John was not
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-10-01

cal Supplies, Mantels and Fix
lures are found.
A feature of special interest to
the visitor to the Main Store is
the splendid line of Ohio Steel
Ranges, which are held constant
ly in stock. After long years Of
experimenting and handling steel
ranges, this enterprising firm have
settled on the "Ohio" as being
more perfect than any range to be
had anywhere.
The various departments of the
big firm are under the care of
the following gentlemen:
Assistant manager of Main
Store, Mr.. F. w. Hicks; Mantel
and Fixture, Mr.. A. J. Stretch;
Advertising, Mr.. ] A. Hendricks;
Hotel and Steamboat Supply, Mr..
John w. Holiday; Secretary and
Treasurer, Mr.. T. S. Semple;
Manager of N. w. Fixture An
mex, Mr.. H. E. Gleason; Store
and Hardware Dept. of Main
Store, Mr.. F. A. Lane; Manufac-
turing Dept, Mr.. John Schwab;
Mantel and Fixture Dept. of Main
Store, Mr.. T. C. Thomas; East
ern Washington Representative,
Mr.. F. L. Greene; Vice President
of Z. C. Miles & Piper Co., Mr..
c. H. Keihl.
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ent location of the main store Of
the Z. C. Miles & Piper Co.
Labor troubles of the early
spring tied up an immense GUAM
tity of business, making a delay
of several months before con-
tracts could be completed, and
temporarily embarrassing the
company, causing the appoint
ment of a friendly receivership.
The difficulty has now all been
adjusted by the consolidation OF
the Northwest Fixture Company
and the Z. C. Miles & Piper Co.
This consolidation gives Seat
tie the largest jobbing house in
stoves and ranges, electrical sup
plies and fixtures on the Pacific
Coast, and with such active and
aggressive men in control will be
a credit to the city.
In the Main Store at First and
Spring Streets, are the Mantel
and Fixture, Hardware, Heating
and Furnace, and Manufacturing
departments, and in the Annex, at
3I3 First Avenue South, Electri-
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ties in less than three years, and
announced to the court an offer
to the creditors of 100 cents on
the dollar.
Then came the reorganization
under the name of the Z. c.
Miles & Piper Co.
The success of the new COM
pany was instantaneous, and soon
they were compelled to secure ad-
ditiona1 room. The only. solution
was the erection of new and
large modern building With that
object in view, the company Sc
lected a location which would fit
the business, an eight-story block
at First Avenue and Spring
Street. Here the company now
has its main store.
The business at the Northwest
Fixture Annex was purchased
August 27th last, and the COM
bined floor space of the two stores
is about 10000 square feet.
Mr.. Kasson, who was president
of the Northwest Fixture Com
pany, joins the consolidated COM
panies, and this story would not
be complete without few words
of his. He is a native of New
York State, coming to Seattle in
1888. In 1890 he engaged in the
electric business under the firm
name of Kasson & Bishop. In
1894 he organized the Northwest
Fixture Comapny, which grew
under his excellent management
until it became the largest house
III its line in the Pacific North
west. He built the business up
to its present magnitude at the
old store on First Avenue, be-
tween Madison and Spring
Streets, nearly opposite the pres
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-01-04
HIS FIRST VENTURE.


An American capitalist, who has
made fortune running far into the
millions, likes to tell story of his first
business venture, and how he sad
dened the local grocer. At this time
he was fond of frequenting public
salesroom near his home, where all
sorts of bargains were offered.
One day i noticed several boxes OF
soap of certain brand which had
often been sent to buy at the corner
grocery. thought to myself: THAT
will go cheap" so / ran to the gro
Gerry and received promise from the
man in charge to buy as much of the
soap at certain figure as could fur
nish. OF course he never suspected
that could furnish any of it.
/ returned to the salesroom, and
when the soap was put up bid it in,
and il was knocked down to me. Ny
name was demanded, and when gave
it, in shrill voice, everybody laughed,
for was then only 11years Of age.
Amused as they were at the sale, the
bystanders were amazed when l bid
in the whole lot of % boxes. I had
them carried over to the grocery, and
received the price agreed upon. Tbs
grocer wore weary look when he
heard how ] had obtained the soap
He said:
well. guess could have done that
myself"
I replied that I guessed he could
too. but he hadn't.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-01-04
RHEUMATIsM AND THE EYES.

Chicago, ILL.,. Nov. 1sth.--Mr. R. A..
Wade, the celebrated criminal lawyer
Of this city, whose opinion on legal
matters is unquestioned, has recently
made public his unqualified opinion on
: matter Of medicine. Mr.. Wade says
that rheumatism and Kidney Trouble
salfect the eyesight, and further. that
there is no case of Ahe kind that can
not be cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Hehas no fear Of being setright by any
Of his medical friends, for both state
ments have living and indisputable
proof in the person Of the great law
yer himself. who, as . result OF Kheu-
matism and Kidney Trouble, from
which he suffered for years, became
totally blind.
Physicians, the best in the country,
pronounced his case incurable and
hopeless, but Dodd'd Kidney Pills cured
him, restored his sight, drove away
the Kidney Trouble and with it the
Rheumatism and made an allround
web rneh Of him.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Several Japanese women barb1rs
are employed in Honolulu.
There is four times as much nour'
ishment in rice as in an equal weight
of potatoes.
Though life in geological garden
must lower the vitality of animals, the
London zoo has harbored polar bears,
cranes, pelicans and condor for Pc
RODS varying from 80 to 40 years.
NJ. ALBERT, French inventor, has
produced a successful apparatus for
exploding dynamite with safety in coal
mines where gas is present in danger
Gus volume, without. the use of cleo
tricity, the installation of which Is al
ways costly and subject to disarrange-
ment.
Buried forests found in Alaska in To-
calities where no trees exist now have
revived a discussion Of the theory that
the arctic region once possessed a
tropical or semitrop;cal climate. A
few years ago a New England pro-
lessor wrote book based on the idea
that as the earth first cooled at the
poles they were the original scene OF
vegetation and human life, and that
mankind gradually moved southwark
during the prehistoric period.
The dragon-fiy is the natural enemy
of the mosquito. The department OF
agriculture has discovered that the
English sparrow. among it's other Of
fensive traits, is fond of young dragon
flies, called "nymphs." When these
emerge from the water and come out
with wings, the sparrows catch them
by the thousand and destroy them.
This, it is believed, results in great
er prevalence Of mosquitoes, which
carry malaria and so infiict great in
jury.
A cheap and rapid method for con-
centrating the enormous quantities OF
blood collecting in abattoirs is de-
scribed by its inventor in the Tech
nische Rundschau. The blood is In
jected in finely pulverized state into
an oven-shaped chamber, open at the
top, and brought into contact with a
current of hot air ascending from be-
low. All the water is eyaporated In
the manner, and the blood powder is
carried to the receiving chamber. Ac-
cording to the inventor, the powder
thus obtained is tasteless and contains
74.S per cent. of digestible albumen.
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The accession of vice-Prcsident
Roosevelt to the chief magistracy
adds another to the list of presidents
who had but one Christian name. OF
the IS presidents but six, the younger
Adams, the elder Harrison, Polk,
Grant, Hayes and Arthur, had two.
Mr.. Cleveland, since the death of ex-
President Harrison, is the only living
ex-president. There have been but
three other instances where there
was but one surviving. In 1886. when
Madison died, John Quincy Adams
alone survived; in 1874, when Fill
more. died, Andrew johnson. and in
1856, when Arthur died. Hayes. There
have been but two occasions when
there was none surviving during tho
term Of John Adams, when Washing
ton died, and during the second term
of Grant, in 1878, when johnson died.
louisville Courier Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-01-04
LOST KENTUCKY SUPREMACY.


During the many years in which
Kentucky, additionally the Dark and
Bloody Ground, gave democratic ma
jorities without fiinching or wavering,.
it enjoyed unchallenged distinction as
the chief among American states in
the product of good whisky, fast
horses, fine hemp and tobacco, and as
containing the largest cave in the
United States and the largest number
Of distilleries, says the New York
Sun.
With the changes which have come
about in Kentucky many ofits former
distinctions have been ruthlessly
swept away. From Manila comes, I'M
der the protection of the American
flag, a grade of hemp far superior in
quality to any produced in Kentucky;
from Cuba comes the finest tobacco;
Illinois is now first among the states
in the product of whisky and in the
number of distilleries; Virginia has
the largest cave and New York has
become in recent years the chief head
quarters for fine horses, as the racing
interests of the country in trotting as
well as running have gravitated to the
racing stables here.
According to the last internal rev
enue report, Pennsylvania stood last
year at the head Of the states in cigar
making and New York in cigarette
making, Missouri exceeding Kentucky
in the amount of tobacco' produced.
In respect to the receipts from whisky
taxes, Kentucky has now third place,
and to the federal revenue from this
source last year it contributed only 16
per cent, Illinois contributing "a and
Indiana IS.
Kentucky's supremacy as state
| giving at every election democratic
majorities has long since passed, but
| in one particular the Blue Grass state
holds its own. There are, in the es-
timation of the people of Kentucky,
no prettier women anywhere in the
United States than those who hail
from the Blue Grass country.
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Theodore-It's all right, darling. ! hsvs
met your father, and we took to one another
1t once. He even went 20 far - to borrow
ten dollars Of me. Surely, he can't refuse
me your hand after that.
Edith-Dory, Pm afraid you've made Q
mess Of it. Pa told me about the ten dol.
lars, and said I'd better let you slide; that
you were too essy.-Boston Transcript.
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Pinchbeck1- Ah. doctor! / see you con
Doctor-f am glad to be able to report
noticeable improvement in his case.
Indeed! Is he able to do anything yet !"
Eyes, indeed He was able to pay his
bill yesterday, and that's . marked improve.
ment, as compared to the bulk OF my Pc
tients. Richmond Dispatch.
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No matter what ais s'ou, headache to Z
lancer, You will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without grips or pain, produces
easy, natural movements, cost you jus. 10
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has G. c. c.
,tamped on it. Beware Of limitations.
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The youthful lawyers profession il usual
y better than his praotice.-Chicago Daily
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Piso's Cure cannot be TOO highly spoken Of
Ave, n, Minneapolis. MINI, Jan. 9, 1900.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-01-04

To Cure = Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Qainine Tablets. An
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PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do moi
spot, streak or give your goods an un'
evenly dyed appearance.
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A man who plays cards for living never
has anything except the backache.-Atchi.
son Globe.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-08

experienced printer or reader is as plain print and al
ways exactly correct to every punctuation mark
In the editorial work of the Courier ourna Mr.
Watterson is always stimulating and sunny presence lie
has habit of dropping the other editorial writer's and
talking them by the hour, When he appears work is
dropped and he bbufs forth joke and anecdote with the
heartness, boy OF the thorough of the
world and the wisdom Of the philosopher His ideal OF
journalism is lofty altogether devoid OF bitterness
and rarely noticing eusive attacks lie the reverse OF
yrannca dealing with his subordinaes, and whatever
mistakes they makenowng they may to his
deastey rebued though they may be corrected
with and kindness that make the occasion always
pleasant memory,
enormous and omnvorous reader. Having memory that
is like wax to receive and marble retain, his mind is
stored with world Of eruditon and his readiness win All
sorts of historical learning is marvellous Moreover ne mas
known intimately all the people worth knowing in the United
States since his childhood and most of the great and inter
esting people in the world well as the great common
people lie has the history that rarely gets into printed
books at his fingers ends and his conversation IS usually
most fascinating monoogue though he is good listener
too to one who is worth hearing
If there is thing upon which Mr.. Watterson really
pridcs himself, is that he is all round newspaper
mau, who do any and all work upon newspaper He
can go into the composing room and make up the paper
for the press well old managing editor and he
cNccls in any other line Of work Once when he was keep
ing active supervision over his force became necessary
to send good evil where great crime
had been committed The city editor fneal sort OF
chap who said he wouldn't send to such den of
vice Mr.. Watcrson promptly called cab, went to the
place obtained the particulars needed and wrote the story
himself
The distinguished editor has been one Of the most famous
of Americans since taking charge OF the Courier Journal in
1905 lie has been remarkable force in the South and in
the whole nation for he orator he writer
and IS pianist OF wonderful skill John Russell Young
said OF him that il to be writer Horace Greeley
be the equal of Roscoe Conklug and to play
the piano like Rubcnsciu constituted genius that Henry
Wducrson is He has inherited wonderful physique
his father also accomplished and gifted statesman
who died few years ago at nearly fourscorc. Mr. Wat
tcrsou, parents Tcnncsscans His father Hon. Iar
vcy NJ Waerson minister to Paraguay under President
Jackson. He also member congress Ten
! II. H.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-08

y PAGES TODAY.
IsrHmIAN CANAL DELAY

The patience Of the people has been taxed win re-
gard to the isthmian canal project until 1t is "ou nEn
exhausted The senate should take some definite a'
ton not only because the people demand If and their
lust demand has been met with repeated postpone
ments but because the Central American governments
are showing disposition TO gougo MS. According io
the latest dispatches Nicaragua and Costa iuca are
claiming that the protocols of last spring, wherein
they outlined the terms upon which they would make
canal treaties with us, no longer in effect The
state department believes that II lis necessary o draw
up new protocols. Whenever the balance OF opinion
incnes toward one route for the canal the government
interested IN the suddenly hardeos ts terms.
Colombia as to the Panama canal playing %" anne
game with that Nicaragua and Costa Ri'a ar" play
ing with regard to- the Nicaragua canal
The course to be pursued by the government IS
plain The senate must act. III has before from the
reports of the canal commission am the necessary data
1t must choose the canal route it deems advisable and
at once. It has before it the Hepburn bin passed by
the house providing for tho construction of the canal
via the Nicaragua route 1t can pass that bill. AS the
Darien route proposal is plainly fake uterposed only
for the purposes of delay aua 80 defeat tho canal
project altogether it need lo= amy ume over that
So if it does not think tho Nicaragua route the best
the Panama route Is the only Alternative and the sen
ate can pass a Panama canal a aud send 1T down {.
the house But it must act and choose tho one route
the other.
Once the route is chosen the Central American
governments must be held 10 the engagements thcl
have entered into in the protocols for treaties already
made-by peaceable persuasion if possible by force il
necessary Then the canal is to be dug The Amerr
can people demand this and they should not Doe uincC
with, either by the datoriness and INDIGESTION of the
government or by the rapacous greed of the Cen
trail American republics.
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TAX ON CITY FRANCHISES.

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