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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-24
Cashier Kills Himself.

Newport. r. L., June 20.-Anthony
s. Sherman, cashier of the Merchants
bank Of this city, shot and mortally
wounded himself in the head last
night. Today the bank, which is a
private institution, is closed.
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SAAAAO1Ad 80 oOSsa@A 81 = ~ fl otSoos~
Since that time the number has in
creased rather than diminished. The
removal of the government land from
free range has been n of the burdens
Of the ranchmen. 1t has compelled
them to purchase land if they would
remain in the business and consequent
ly has made smaller ranches. The TAX
ing of the Comanche, Apache and XII
owa reservations from the range last
summer was another feature in the
shortage, for fully 100000 cattle were
sacrificed as q n result of this action.
Owing to the western movement Of
settlers a large amount of Texas and
list, and even in Nebraska there is
complaint of a discrimination against
the cattlemen and in favor of the set
tier, which does not appear to the av-
erage individual as very wrong. All
of these things have diminished the
cattle supply for the spring market
and has made possible the results of
the combination Of interests among the
packers. There is likely to be little
change until the cattle that are put on
grass ear be fattened for market. A
corn crop must be harvested in this
section Of the west before there can
be q resumption Of the feeding. With
the large amount Of money seeking in
vestment in the west farmers will have
no trouble in floating cattle paper, and
the coming OF a corn crop will proba-
bly, see more feeding than ever before
in the history Of the prairie states.
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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-03-06

also that received his message and
You viii rcmemberr He must put It
out OF his mimi
Kendall sians'd somewhat uneasily
al Brenda a. liz REPEATED this singular
message.
Il received FROM Mrs- simmons" said
be. "A telegram sent to her from your
mother-that Is. from one OF the family
haven't il here: must have left IL in
my room"-and he pretended to search
his pockets lit said that your mother
was not quite well enough to start at
once. and. in view of the encouraging
tclegrams sent last night your rela-
lives wouldn't let her come unless she
was quite able to make the journey.
Mrs simmons message. sent immedi-
ntely after you were hurt. was quite
alarming. I'm afraid: but we have cor
rected all that
My mother is Frustrated" said
Elsie, her eyes filling with tears. -and
I shall never see her again"
Il assure you that you Will replied
Kendall earnestly. and. by the way.
here's ierter from her II came this
Na~ ntrt WAS 10
other mail for you"
Its strange " hat has become of Mr..
Alden's letter~ said Elsie. ''the one IL.
mentioned in that note
-'Do you mean that you didn't receive
itg" exclaimed Brenda.
Elsie shook her head
1T didn't come she said.
Kendall did not understand the sig
niiicance OF this. as he had no accurate
knowledge OF the CONTENTS Of the note.
He arose and moved toward the door.
Brenda accompanying him
"lf you should chancr to meet Mr.
Eluirndorf This morning said she.
perhaps il would be- better not to men
ton what you have just heard
'Ahoui the letter.
YES"
Il win NOT speak Of It," said Kendall.
''and a. to ihe mcsSagv hich ! shah
take TO MIR Alden from Miss Miller.
whil,. Of course attach no sinister
meaning 10 il. shall take pains to for
sct Il Immediately
Ne rauuof know what il Is that sh,.
wisiiv~ him 10 pui out OF his mind
said Hrnda Perhaps bis love Tor
uer~
We VIII rake that view Of H. NJ
pl.,-d Kendall
At tltiS uiauHnt uur>e came tN tuSe
Instructions about hrskfaS, for Ru.n-
ia and ilIv patient. aud she brought
word that Mr Naclanr was iu the NJ
cepIion room, very anxious to s,-e his
daughter.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-03-06

Ne bcicld TIC strange ,cord rctefscd.
did not come in. Whether this was bis
luck or Elmendorf's may he bard TO de.
tcrminc
The detective sat down by Alden's
desk holding the money in Ills band.
His face wore look of triumph. but II
was not pleasant TO see. Tor the resent
meut which this crime had inspired in
him was burning In his heart. lie was
not the hunter who does days work
In the woods and counts his gains with
dun interest NJ night Tie wns The man
who has caught the wolf that killed the
pet inu,h,
But there came slow change upon
him His face was puckcrcd around the
eyes. and his lower liz got between tbs
teeth Presently with hasty hand he
scrihhled upon sheet OF paper this
sentence:
for further particulars inquire OF William Ell.
mfnaorl New Nctl de,rctye burrsu. 900 siui.
berry street.
This message he inclosed instead OF
the munsy IN the envelope, which
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-03-06

careruiIl resraieT tie Defu u paianccu
upon two fingers for a uinneDt. pyine
II critically Then he replaced IL IN the
hra p,.f un.lrr lie iapers
The Lrife with which he bn,i oln,Iieil
fhe envelope WAS lying op.'u r.'ta ~.
desk He picked II up. puil~i dgwp
Ills. di.Sk's lia and draw aiii an. ~ the
sliding leaves. upon which il,' b,ai out
8 gentle tunr with fIn- point OF he
knife blade lie had worn "a little hole
la the wood wiiiioui ir.iDg aw;ir,- nf il.
wnen ne Beaid noDIn~oD voice Ju~f
outside the door
Eimendorf suddenly sripprd the knife
hard and sei III. point upon iii,- hack
6f his left hand Then with INT OF
laugh he shifted the knife, 10 lis lefi
hand and slnwiy. sieaslils pressed tiir
blade down upon III" utiirf ThiS Spar
tan act was accompanied 10y Bucl
wrlnkline of the forrh.ad and n few
hard words softly uttered When Rob
inson opened the door the knife was
ivine OF the tioor ana Ellnendorf was
striding toward bowl iD The corner
dropped my knife On Ili,- back al
my hand.- he sad ''SIiar., blade AMI
1t went In deep
Robinson came forward hastily ami
viewed the injured mrnut,cr froin
which steady siream Of hlood was
flowing
-Bleeds like the deure,' said he
You musi have rut an artery
Eimendorf looked kr.niy at Roldn
sou. holding his hand rnsanwhilc in n
stream OF cold watsr
1T viii stop 10 half minute" said
the detective n yon'il ituii any haul
Terchhf oui OF my Ilockei aud tear on
q couple Of strips ven tiv II up
Robinson assisted N th.- operation
hy request unt BE- wa- awkward and
asrvotS aud Sernicd MOI 10 reiisi, the
~ishl Of plood Mh.n 81 WIS dome III
nirn'iori ihansrd itiu -oniiaiiy asked
few irisiai questions nBd departed
Half an hour later be delivered the
axe si,'0 hiIis 10 Ibc ehiai or the de
iecliv- hnnau with fuli r.rart upon
the manner 10 which tbry had com.
into his possession aud tb. method by
which he had sucre.d,-d 10 identifying
one of them
Is=ITI-n
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-03-06

Kendall Brenda Ua~ Sufiicteuily auU
vt,N lv.cumiusly attiu-l and not >,
uucll IT. single shiaJus thread Of bcl
hah shnW,,i The smallest di>Array yeI
shr could not hvlp f,s'lins >,nS' a.
disadvaumg, Having l.an,d upon ,h'
couvruiloualjtb,> puitc steadily alt hvi
III, shr had ,uiUc to n,-'d tlIcm. and
pr Kendall was ua her Il young m;n
whom she had met IN >ocirtN raihcs
than q physician she was surprised
aud a liii'c aslam,i to md that ,his
was true
A. tor Kendall, be was all docior
that morniug He had ht'n detained
from Elsie longer than ltr would hav,
wished. and that straugr thing which
+ doctors conscience was driving
him hard lie wasted no time in words
until he had satisfied himself about his
patient Ia the course of his inveStiga
tiou bc discovered that Elsie Still calm
~ believed that she would die OF her
wound. aud this was the sole untavnr
able symptom II was Thc more ~
n,strkahlc because she had not Al that
time any SENSATIONS which a rational
mind could attribute IL the appNsach
OF dissolution, Thcrc was pain. of
caurSe. but Il WAS not Of the kiad that
dopress,.s and trighteus the sufferer,
The tloctor spoke u her In the most
Encouraging words that he could COM
uand, hul they seemed not to produce
an adequate effect Elsie said little
rpon the subject OF death, but II was
clear tha, her mina was fiNeh upon II
j a gF...
inr, mir. Alden is waiting In my room
81 a state of anxiety that uced not de
rihe | shah not saiy relieve thar
completely, but shall toll him that he
may see YOU this afternoon. tive m,n.
utes precisely. and Miss Maciane viii
bold the watch"
Tell him. please" said Elsie. that
thans him very much for the vio,ets.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-03-06


sudden increase OF light awokc her
and she found that Brenda WIS hold,
Ing both her hands.
y was afraid you would move too
much sud hun yourself said she. Il
knew you must wake soon. How 10
you ferif-
Elsie wiukrd her eyes and twisted
the iefi curner of her mouth with the
air OF one who Is testing a brui>e to
ssss how SORE Il H.
'-rhcrr was a riri who felt hertrr
once hong time ago" she said, -hut
It dO''sni matter. Haven't you been 10
b,-I all this night =
Il have Slept on the couch" replied
BRENDA My maid brought down this
ious'- gown. and I've b,- IA very comfort.
able ! have had some Il ings brought
from your house too
Did you get my little u 'er mirrorT~
asked Elsie. with saE.rn, - "Oh. how
good Of you, Please let the have It,
Brenda gave her the mirror aud she
gazrd long and inirutly into il. then
she sighed and laid down the glass
AN gone she said well. that
doesn't matter either Nothing matters
any more. But uS,-d To think / would
he pnity when | WIS dead
$50 you wiil. my dear" answered
Brenda ~Nou'll have swec;cr. prei.
tier face than you have now the dear,
est old Erandmoihcr'S face. with beau,
tlful white curis all around and the
children who come to Kiss you will cry
Ike Little shower on May morning.
hut they win t,c better children after
ward. Tor they VIII want to live thr
lie thar brings such happy sleep at the
end OF IL
u Wish | could say things Ike that.
said Elsie Even IL they arcn', true
they make people feel good l--look
ncrcr, buu', l. h1nesiiyy'
~Fieurr' echoed Brrnda -why.
anything else in the world. | should
say
That's slang" said Elsie. 1T men.
iy means terrible"
We'll. I'D hardly agree 20 that word
either" said Brenda .'You donl iu
little Bit pale. AMI perhaps you have
cried too much.-
You must think | am perfect hahy
Really II isn't SO. ! have buruc snmc
things In this life fairly well / would
bear much more aud be as happy A.
any girl II only knew how Rut
there's no way. My life Is In tanrlc
that cannot be unwound Just siul.
ply cus't 70 on, Brenda That's what
reli when ! opened my eyes IN this
room the hrst time aud while / iay
thinking before would let Dr. Ken
dall know I was conscious rherr IS
no way, absolutely no way
Her voice began to tretnhIe. bu, She
resolutrly checked the tendency
How everything settles down on
you In the morningr- she said you
wake so happy Perhaps yon have
dreamed OF the pleasautcsi things
almost always dream OF people ljkg
and OF being with them In the fields or
abroad somewhere in strange city
and all dressed up In the most wonder
ful clothes, and then the reality be.
gins 10 come down. like Ike great
hall OF rags. saw them loading
barge with rags once she was along
side stvamer-snnd ! always remrlo-
hcred how those dirty. heavy, stliluc
hnles came down. They were like HE
Your life hasn't been altogether a
bale Of rags, my young friend" said
Brenda. and unless TN much mis-,
taken Il win he In the future quite
like some OF those dreams. There was
n Young man who made a promise or
two about strange cities and beautiful
clothes, you know" she added, rcdden-
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-03-06
6 MAr
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets
THEY CRUSH THE POWERS

This is written in mid October. The long.
oppressive summer is quite gone. Fading
leaf, withering tree and the rustling corn in
the fields sre Signs of the season. Fog,
frOst, rain. Snow. they are coming. You
remember last winter; Of 1900 and iS0l.
The weather Wsss cruel Ahi the thous-
snds it killed, and the hundreds of thous-
ands il naiused aud crippled Oh, the
rough grasp il lad On men 1t work, women
Mt horne, snd ehiilrcn in cribs and cradles.
Coughs that hessAn before ThEnksyivins
and grosriti-s worse IS they dig deeper inte
the poor, tirei throat aud lungs Man,
were cured by using Rcnsons Porous Plas-
tiers. For the seotlnng aud healing power
of thess plasisrs is weuderful They con-
Qacr tho coravlainis
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-03-06
CHAPTER NJ
HEN the sun had
4. wiNIFnKD's-NoHNIyo.

HEN the sun had been
up three hours. II was
able TO look over a
low portion OF st
Winifrri's building
and see IA" window
OF the room wEe-c FL
81. Iay asl.,.n Inc
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-03-06

NoTE- - Alum baking powders in5uc~
dyspepsia, liver cornp!lInt and siduer
trouble. Alum usav n1J SiIl. but luft-5-
mnes the health, and Il! health masses
lite miserable.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-03-06

Good health depends mostly upon
the food we eat
We can't be healthy if we take alum
or other poison daily in our food.
DIR. Prices Baking Powder is abso-
lutely free from alum. It is made from
pure cream of tartar and adds to the
healthfulness of the food
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-03-06

Continne.I ~ -.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-03-06

Pace sAsi.o POWDER Co,
CHICAGO.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-08
MELONS IN WINTER.
q Russian Variety Of Musk
melon In Utah.

"And now, children" said Dean Peck
"let us cut a melon" Even the young
est child snickered. For outside there
was snow and ice, ana with Christmas
hardly week away, how could thu
good dean be so funny as to suggest
! melons?
But the wise dean merely smiled and
introduced a quiet, pleasant man in
gold-rimmed spectacles-A. L. Hitch
cock, of California. And Mr.. Hitch
cock had under his arm an oval bun.
die that might have been the hugest
egg of the biggest ostrich that ever
shed feather. That's what it might
have been, but it wasn't that. 1t was
a melon-a muskmeIon--and in the
winter time. 1t was big melon, says
the Denver Post
Now, letting alone the fact that it
was big melon to begin with, it GER
tainly did seem as though there was
something strange about that melon.
All the children had some, and they
ate and ate, yet when they were done
there was still enough melon for the
dean to take home. And he had some,
and his family had some, and only the
nurse asked for more, so there was
really something wonderful about that
melon besides its being ripe week
before Christmas.
There was another wonderful thing
about the melon; it grew in desert.
"The melons are called Khiva winter
melons," said Mr.. Hitchcock, "and the
headquarters for them in <his coun-
try is at Elgin, Utah, in the great des.
ert. There ]. f. Brown, who has
raised all sorts of melons for years,
has taken up the raising of winter
watermelons and muskmelons for seed.
They have become so well known now
that he can hardly keep up with the
demand for seed, even at 25 cents an
ounce. Yet five years ago these mel.
ons were unknown in the United States.
"The government got the first seed
from Khiva, Asiatic Russia, and sent
a sample TO Mr.. Brown to try. To
everybody's surprise, the melons did
exceedingly well in the desert, though
at Rocky Ford, famous for melons,
they failed.
"They are picked in October and re-
quire almost two months to ripen aft
er they are picked. Then they will
keep until March.
Everybody in Utah knows of the win
ter melons. l have just come from
there, and ! have been eating melons
every day. Green River is the nearest
station to Elgin, and it is one of the
sights, when the train pulls in, to see
the people rush for the piles of melons
that are kept waiting for their ar
rival. There is watermelon and
muskmelon, and each is equal to thu
best of the summer melons.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-08
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Mrs. Browne-"I didn't know your
son was at college," Mrs. Malaprop-
"Oh, yes, he's been there two years.
He's in the sycamore class now
Philadelphia Press.
A Safe Bet.-'Did the man who
wrote the Man with the Hoe write
the Beautiful Snow?'" 81 don't
know. But I'll bet it wasn't the man
with the snow-sfovel." cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Lady-"Did anyone call while
was out" The Maid-"No, ma am"
The Lady-"That's very strange. /
wonder what people think have a
day AT home for anyhow ?"-Indian-
apolis News.
Harriet-"Have you read the mag
azine, Charles?" Charles everything
but the matter that's inserted be-
tween the front and back advertising
pages; but 1 guess I've got the cream
of the number.-Boston Transcript.
Reason Enough see that a
western congressman has introduced
bill to provide for universal Ian
guage."- What's the good of ?" 81
guess you wouldn't ask if you had to
carry a district in which there were
II distinct varieties of foreigners
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Ahead THERE hope" said the
drummer, 'you were quite satisfied
with my report for the past month"
"Well," replied the head of the firm,
there was one part of it that really
exceeded our expectations" "And
what was that?" "Your expense
Standard and Times.
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Snail. Getting scarce I'm p..,.

Some alarm is expressed by certain
Paris epicures because the supply OF
snai,s of the finest quality seems to be
falling off to serious extent. This
appre hension. however, viii, cause no
distress upon an extended scale, as the
taste for the deliberate creature that
carries his house upon his back Las not
been worldwide. In fact, i. has never
gained much ground outside OF the
Latin race, and gourmets who have ex-
to.led the snail as table delicacy of
the most desirable sort have not made
long list. But snails are clean feed
ers. Why should there re anywhere
a prejudice against them among the
eaters of Holsters and crabs, of styled
pigs and of the bu,ging legs of google.
eyed bulifrogs ?-Chicago Chronicle.
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but go out on de swell runs an play
craps de rest of de time,' he says.
Vow you chase yourself or I'll tie a
can to you'-meanin' dat he'd fire me.
$50 gifts move on, maxim up nv
mind dat de dog call daisy'd never
want me to bath her pup more'n once.
We come to de door herself an let
ME ID.
"Trilby isn't feelin' very we'll to-day,
roor little dear she says. You must
bsthc him gently. Git de water nice an
warm, she says, AN put in a little
stinkaiorum powder so it'll smell nice
nm rub him off nice an dry wild dis soft
towel she says, before you take him
cut for his walk. Better put on his
Pink blanket, so he won't catch cold ;
she says. BE sure you comb out his
Gear little silky curls, she saws. AN
don't pull his hair, the swee. little pre-
cious, she says. What perfume do
you want to-day, Trilby, DEAR she
says, de vi'let water or de extract Of
new-mowed hay she says, rubin her
face against dc pup.
"Say. dat game of talk made me feel
like ] had cream-puff jag on. She had
me groggy. an ] knowed dat IL she
didn't ring of I'll have to go to de mat
an AXE de count. So makes quick
brace.
I'm on I says. I'm wise TO de
hull graft. know jes' how to bath
poodle dogs. You jes' leave me an
Trilby here in de bathroom an we
won't have bit of trouble says.
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JOBS coMFoRTERs.
LOUISIANA


"if you had done SO an so.'' they say,
''You wouldn't be feelin' so glum to-day;
If YOU had looked with interrupted eye
On Christmas turkey an pumpkin pie.
You wouldn't be singin' a minor song
An kind o. hintin' the worlds gone wrong.
You wouldn't be tellin' tale of woe
II ycu had only done SO an so.
III you had done so an so. your health
Would be as remarkable as your wealth.
III you had been more alert to spy
The numerous chances there were TO buy
Some corner lots or some shares of stock,
You'd be ownin' a stone-front business
block
You'd never find your finances low
III you had only done so an So"
Amt II easy and ain't 1t fun
To criticise when the job Is done.
In the tales that history has to tell
Each enterprise would have turned out
well,
The pathway would always be straight an
plain
zhr thfs old world that is rafsfn' Cain,
'WEd al be happy, the books will show.
II folks had only done so an SO.
-W4ehington Star
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has. in fact, aspired to the law with
such good effect that he has become
one of its limbs, and now plays the part
OF policeman. and with such good re-
suits. too, that crime in that particu.
lar district patrolled by him is said
TO have diminished by two-thirds since
his entry into the force. 1t is at Client
that the dog has. become recognized
member of the regular town constab.
ulary. His introduction was the out
come of a particularly happy thought
of NJ. Van Wesemail, CHIEF commits.
sioner of police there, who has trained
his dogs to a very high degree of Ell.
cheney.