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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-11
HEAT IN THE OVEN.
How the Bakers Determine It by the
Mere Touch Of the Hand.

Bakers have a curious way of tell
ing lust what the temperature OF the
oven is" said a downtown baker, vine
has been in the business for more Than
a quarter Of a injury, "and they can
tell. too. with almost marvellous accur-
acy. You take a man who Is an expert
in the business, and he can tell What
the temperature Of the oven IS by sEE-
ply touching the handle OF the oNeA
door. In nine cases out OF ten ne VIII
not miss it to the fraction of a degree.
Bakers have other ways, OF course o
testing the heat of the oven. For IN
stance, when baking bread they some
times throw a piece of white paper IN
to the oven. and if it turns brown rue
oven is at the proper temperature; OF.
when baking other Kings they VIII
throw a little cornmeal -four into he
oven in order to test the heat. But h
bakers fingers are the best gauge,
when o come to think Of the differ
ent temperatures required in baking
different things, it is no small achieve
ment to even approximate the heat o.
the oven by touching the handle of the
over door
Bakers figure that during the rising
time of a loaf of bread before it has
been placed in the oven, it ought to be
IN a temperature of % degrees Fahren-
heit. During the baking process, in
order to cook the starch, expand he
carbonic acid gas, air and steam. and
drive off the alcohol. the inside of the
loaf must register at least go degrees.
In baking rolls. buns, scenes. tea bis
cults, droo cakes, fancy cakes. New
York cakes. mullins. puff cakes and
things Of that sort. the oven must
how a heat of $50 degrees or higher
When the oven is at 400 degrees it is nj
for cream puffs, sugar cakes. queen
cakes, rock cakes. jumbles. lady fne-
ers, rough and ready and jelly rolls.
At $50 degrees wine cakes. cup cakes
ginger nuts and snaps, pies, ginger
bread. soiee cakes. such as raisin. cur
rant, citron. pound. bride and SO on
may be baked. It requires a still lower
temperature to bake wedding cakes
kisses, anise dro1s and things in this
class. But whatever temperature thu
old baker wants, he can tell when he
has it by simply touching the handle
OF the oven door.-NeW Orleans TimEs-
Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-11
THRoWs a sNoWBALL Il a Doc

You vhas mud" I avs, und I pellet
it vhas soOch a good joke dot 1 laugh
ash loud ash I can.
Mr.. Voglestein vhas mad und goes
oudt doors, but pooty Queek he vhas
back again und says.
Hans, maybe O vhas not der only
1901 IN town. Three days ago I meet
dot man Goblestrop. You know he vhas
DER mar dot run oafer a street car und
&liied Two people Well, we shake hands
ind he says it vhas cold und 1 saws f.
has cold. Den he SAYS:
"Noglestein. do you Delief I can show
you some blackberries in winter?''
course not / says.
'Nhell. you come oop to my house. I
mar got a surprise for YOU If I can't
show You some blackberries in winter
you can call me a liar"
II goes NIT Goblestrop. He lives more
ash three miles AWAY. ind I nav street
car fare for both. Vhen we gets to his
mouse ne shows me Observation-Disclosures
Ds4tles IN q Fan, und he pOkes me in der
Llns una goes hal hal hal Hans. vhas
1ot proper Was it good society2 Vhos
IL right to take ADVANTAGE Of an inno-
~0uL man una make some fools of him o.
Dut why don't you think of black
berries IN can2" I SAYS.
Why Why2 Why don't think of
an elephant Oop a tree2 Can I peIief
COZ SOMEBODY Will play me a trick like
ass IN America"
j don't say nottings. und Mr.. Vogle-
stem WAS mad for ten minutes und
likes to clean out my shop. BY uud nv
he feels better ind says:
u goes down by der Erie Rasin der
odder day to see Schmidt about some
green corn for Xxi season. He vashntf
IN his Office, ind I stop in next door to
ask about him. A man vhas writing at
a desk, und pooty queek he saws to mo
do YOU know about some pOetrv2~
II pellet ] do"
"Nhel. il YOU can help me oudf T
vhas mooeh obliged. Please write me
Und I sits down und writes.
"A womans who lives in Bagdad.
One time at her husband got mad.
Und She shumps in der rifer.
m dies init q shiffer,
Und nopody says it vhas sad"
Dot vhas splendid says dot man
ASH he reads my poetry, und we go out
una take a drink together. BY und by
4 ask him If dot poetry mas for a chill
orens book, und he says.
NO Tt vhas a verse to put on nv
second dife,s tombstone. She vhas dead
Now, Hans. look at me. Was dot
man Joking NIT me2 Does he pellet dot
WAS good poetry, or does he take me
Tor some fools2 I think und think. but
4 can't make her out"
guess he pellets Won vhas some
fools" ] says. ~
Ha- How dare he2 In ten min
ules Vhil go down und call him feeftv
BAD names und fight him for ten cents.
Ha; L shall show him who vhas der
fool by golly, Hans. if i vhas An eie
phant in Central Park 7 would brea +
loose una kin more ash twenty peples.
Mr.. Noglestein goes oudt door ma
throws a SNOWFALL at a dog, und when
he comes back again he saws:
70 more, Hans. I goes nv der
bank der odder day nit a check. md
der cashier looks at it und saws:
"Nhas YOU Voglestein2'
"Of course"
why vhas you Voglestein9i
because I Wasn't Dunderwinkle."
Don't try some hokes on me Yo11
must bring peoples who knows YOU
"Vhell, I bring more ash ten peoples
e. dot bank ind all OF EN- SAYS / vbas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-11
DEB GERMAN
Mr. voglsstein Drops in to Give Him
the News

the News
I vhas putting a cement patch on q
hhOe der odder day When Mr.. Noglestelh
comes in ind says
Bans. I vhas IN some troubles, una
mebbe you ear help me oudt. DO you
ener a some Jaws nit your WAe.
"Of course" ! said.
do you sometimes say you wish you
Vhas neffer maTried2"
For sure" -
you Will walk oudt doors ana ooh {
some back2"
yes. It vhas DOT vhay."
"Und What happens denE g.,
"Vhell. me und my wire WAS soOu
Dot don't help me any. says Mr..
WogIestefn. nit some shakes or MS
Aea i hat some jaws mt my wiz,
She calls me more ASH twenty Ddo
names. ind I box her ears. Dot makes
her all der worse. und l say I viii
leave der house. If I say / shall leave
der house I must go, shaint ~
"Of course"
Must pack oop my things und
walk oudt ind wait for my wife to
a she is sorry ind beg me to come
back?'
Dot vhas der vhay."
"Vhell. now, you see how he vhas.
Ny wife gets ahead of me. She packs
cop her things und goes AWAY before
I can. und now if ] ont be sorry
and beg some pardons h Will not
some home again. Hans vhas dot
right? What it according to some law ?
Was dot any way to serve a j und
loving husband2"
Il don't pellet she vhas, I says.
by golly. MOI 7 shall go by der
courts. I shall go by der police. I
shall cali out der fire engines und
False a row. No wife vhas q bigger
man a her husband-not even in
America"
Mr.. voglastein slaps his leg und
walks around und has mad, und it
whas sefen minutes before he says:
Hans. What you pellet happens to
my brudder-in-law ?"
'May2e he bets on der wrong horse"
I says.
mo. it was not dot. Now you keer,
Ct I'm mind. He vhas my brudder-in-law
because I marries his sister I hat an
aunt. und dot brudder-in-laW goes und
marries her. A child vhas born last
week. und now who am l to dot child
What is dot child TO me2 Was nv
aunt my sister-in-law2 Vhas my brud-
d~er-in-law my uncle? All der time
when I walk around keep asking my
self ind eafery night 1 has all mixeo
0op and can't go to sleep. Speak Oon.
you dunder-head. und tell me who L
vhas."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-11
WANTED-MALR HELP.

WANTED-Several persons of character
and good reputation of each state Zone IN
this county reCuired) to represent and ad-
Vertise old established wealthy business
house of solid financial standing. Salary
S21 weekly and expenses additional. all
payable in cash each Wednesday direct
from head office. Horse and carriage fur
nished when necessary. References IN
close s-elf-addressed envelope. Colonial Co.,
CaxtOn bldg. Chicago
WANTED-Man and wife on farm, house
furnished. Farmer, care Journal.
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FARM . 80.

One Of the best farms in Shawnee coun-
ty. seven miles from Topeka, well i'm
proved, excellent neighborheod. price very
reasonable; terms to suit; possession March
i, If sold at once. S. B.. Rohrer. second
Central National Bank bldg.
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SALE OF H1eH-BRED HORSES.

SALE OF HIGH-BRED HORSES.
r. I. LEE will sell at auction Thursday,
March 3. commencing at 10 O'Clock, az
Topeka fair grounds, under cover, on la
months credit. his entire breeding stud OF
standard bred horses. all registered, 81
head, 16 stations, mostly out Of Great
Brood Mares and producing dams. bred
like Maxine a. 2:0S&. Jackdaw viii be tht
first offering. Send for catalogue to k
I. Lee, Wanamaker, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-11

AUCTION.
AUCTION SALE.
FURNITURE
116 EAST SIXTH ST.
February Il. Saturday at 1870 o'clock
Ladies cordially Invited
JOHN ASHBAUGHs Auctioneer.
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RANK sTATEMENTs.


(First published in the topeka state Journal
February 10th. 19OS)
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FREE nIsPENsARY


TOPEKA Rec DISPENSARY, south
sast corner 18TH and Tyler sts., from +
to = d. m, except Sundays. Conducted by
regular. practici1g physicians. for tbs
benefit of persons without means. who
need medical attention and treatment. Pa
tents are assured of careful and consid-
crate treatment. Medicines furnished in
most cases
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lolal --.--.----.- %AsSAVfoof -
state Of Kansas. hawne Co. So
l.. T. /. Bonebrake. President of the above
named bank. do solemnlY swear that the above
statement IS true according to the best OF my
knowledge and belief
P. 1. BONEBRAKE. President.
Subscribed and sworn to before ms thls eth
day of February, 1903
lSeal.) GEO. B. NAMING.
Notary Public.
Ny commission expires Sept. 18th, 1885.
C~orrect-AEtest;
CHAS. S. DOWNING.
I'D. NORTON,
CHAS. J. DEVLIN.
Directors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-11

1 AM A CANDIDATE FOR MARSHAL
Of the city court of Topeka, subject to
the decision OF the Republican primary
!. 7. WINTRODE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-11

G. A.. MAGAW, POLICE JUDGE. IS A
candidate for judge Of the Court of
Topeka, subject to the Republican pri-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-11

SALE-Five and ten acre tracts near
Sachs greenhouse. W. 10th ave.
F. J. BROWN. II Columbian Bldg.
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1 AM A CANDIDATE FOR A SECOND
term as councilman from the Fifth ward,
subject to the Republican primary.
H. S. NICHOLS
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PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.


IDA c. BARNES. n. d.
Office 726 Kansas ave. Residence Thir-
tenth and Clay. Office hours: 9 g. ID. &c
II a. M. and s p. m. to 8 p. m. Telephone
59S residence and Is office.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION Of THE
r NATIONAL BANK

at Topeka. Kan. in the State of Kansas, at the
close OF business. February 9Th. 1903.
RESOURCES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-11

ARTHUR J. McCABE IS A CANDI-
date for judge of the court of Topeka
subject to the Republican primary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-11

] AN A CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE OF
the court of Topeka. subject to the decisf
ion of the Republican primary.
FRED c. SLATER.
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TOPEKA BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
ExPREss pELTVERY.


FOR BAGGAGE and moving call up
phone 99S. Atherton Bros. Chice 7U
East 6th st.
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AM A CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELEC-
ton to the office of city clerk, subject to
the Republican primary Of March Il, 1903.
J. II. SQUIRES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-11

W. S. BERGUNDTHAL IS A CANDI-
date for mayor. subject 10 the Republic
can primary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-11

or of Topeka at the approaching election,
subject to the Republican primaries
]. w. u. G
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DRUGGISTS.


TOPEKA DRUG CO.. 20 kansas ave Tel
143. Prescriptions promptly and accurate
" filled. All kinds soda drinks at fountain
" F. LAKE. drugs, $50 Kansas ave.
Ind. phone 121. Prescriptions carefully
compounded by registered pharmacist
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FRRNcH ANp GRRmAN.


MISS ELEANOR DYER WHEELER.
teacher of French and German; pupil
diplomee Of Pro- Chas. Marchand, Paris.
Studio hours 1912. "a. sL2 Kansas ave.
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no R. R. EMPLoYEs.

RAILROAD EMPLOYEES.
Why will you pay $3.50 for main spring n
$50 for cleaning when I will do either
for 80 cents and at the same time guaran-
tee it for one year2
I. NJ. BLITz. 49 Kansas Ave.
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ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A CANDI-
date for the nomination of city clerk,
subject to the Republican primaries.
E E. LAIR
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LIFE INsuRANOE
FLORISTS.


MRS. NJ. E HOLCRAFT. az Kansas ave.
Cut flowers and floral designs. Phone If&
CIT FLOWERS and acral designs AZ
Hayes. 107 w. Sth at. Phone Sis rings.
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AcHINIsT



MILLER Furniture Com. Co. packs, ships
and stores household goods; Insurance on
storage. Ind. phone PAS. 423 Kansas ave.
MERCHANTS TRANSFER & STOR AGE
&C. packs. ship and stores household
goods. Tel 1876. Clarence Skinner. IL 4
9Th st.
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G. A. WOOD, So HANSAS AVE
Wall Paper. Prettiest Spring Patterns.
Pa-perhanglng anu Painting.
Promptly and Neatly Done
BY Experienced
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w-ANrED-mALE HE1P.

WANTED-A boy with a wheel, goo
wages. Mrs. Mercer, Crosby Bros.
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FREE MESSENGER ron WANTS

~
PULL an A. D T. call box or call by
either telephone No. 81 and have your
Want Ads brought to the State Journal Of
fee by free messenger. No charge to you
for messenger service. Cost Of classified
ads 5 cents per line OF 8 words to the
line and every fraction thereof.
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PROF. A. L. SYKES, instructor in Ger
man, French or Spanish: teach also nv
photograph, ~vitaopathy and palmistry also
taught; charges reasonable. us N. Jeffer-
son st.
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STAMPS. SEALS AND STENCILS
THE j.. c. DARLING 20. 1874 Kan Ave.
Rubber stamps. brass and aluminium tra1e
checks. Prices low. Catalogue fres- Tel ga
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~ HOUSE.


AN ACCIDENT occurred on the railroad
crossing last week There was a man
standing on the railroad track. who did
not wear an Edward l.. Strauss & Co.
suit. Do not let accidents occur to you
Tor one OF these famous suits and you VIII
&c safe. Zandition Supply Co., S1 Kansas
ave.
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FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE.


FOR SALE-At a bargain. 5 room mod
ern cottage; owner leaving city. Inquire
at 1913 Tyler st.
FOR SALES room modern house, con-
veniently planned, west side. on pave
ment. Strauss Agency, Central National
Bank bldg
FOR SALE-Good Z room house Taylor ST.,
$50 cash; balance monthly
, good lots Clay St, near 18th, 500 cash;
balance monthly.
2 good lots on Western ave, $50 cash;
balance monthly.
Lots and small store room on Kansas
ave, $500 cash. balance month1y
Lots on Kansas ave, North Topeka, near
depot, 500 cash; balance monthly.
Fine lots corner HuntOOn and Mulvane
sts., cash or on instalments.
Take hold while prices and terms are
moderate-big advance coming.
f.. J. BROWN, Il Columbian Bldg.
FOR sALE-No. $40 and ss21s. $500; No.
515. $500; No. 524. with 10 year lease. 81
500: all on North Kansas ave. No "a S.
Quincy, $1,000; l-3 cash; balance at 6 per
cent contract F.
San Pedro. Cal.
FOR sALE-Five and ten acre tracts near
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DEPARTMENT STORE
THE NEW MODEL SUPPLY STORE mas
seven complete departments under one
roof. Dry goods. stoves, clothing, mnln-
cry. hardware. drugs and furniture. The
stock is the most complete. goods are the
best and prices lowest of any store in Kan
sas. Kemper & Paxton. 2o0-210 e. 9Th st.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-06

curse your pale. puny. hateful face! You
get up. get up and get out OF here. And
do ii quick, too"
Silently wrapping her shawl about her,
the girl walked toward the door. Seeing
the bag by the stove. the woman threw il
after her.
Take your traps with you. and never
show YOU. lace here again. 'Tain't safe,
/ tell your
Opening the door. the girl for a moment
was daunted by the bitter cold. Then.
bravely facing the icy blast. she drew her
wraps tighter about her and was soon
swallowed up in the mass of swiriing
snow.
Around tina fire the other women still
sat. One reused enough to say: kinder
tough; she'll most likely freeze to death
Hope she will; it's easier h starv-
in" said another.
And she's made me kill the richest
gambler In the place-I may have to get
dow to work again" was the vag
comment OF the Duchess, who again knelt
beside Paul. seeking for a sign of life. Her
deadly knife had done its work only too
well. Finding her task hopeless. she again
rose and threw open the door leading to
the outer room, where the men were still
drinking.
Come in here and see what I lone! she
shouted. Led by the gaunt landlord, whose
firm favorite Paul had been. part OF the
men filed in. The sight of the dead face
sobered them all. The grief-stricken land
lord rudely grasped the Duchess by the
shoulder. "Myspoor, dear PAUL. This she
devil shall swing for itr'
Shaking off his OBTAINING hand, the
Duchess faced the mob without a trace Of
fear. Swing nothin'; Dock deserved ali
he got. and more. too. He lied to that
was the only woman in the world worth
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-06

living for. and / wasn't q bad-loeking
woman before he robbed ms Of my other
eye. No. sir. there amt no. use a-talkin'
about swingin'. You just make. a place for
Dock out there ON the table. where he can
lay"
With one sweep tbs dishes were dis
posed of and the body stretched cut to
await the dawn of another day.
frozen. returned without finding a trace
of the poor girl. saying 1t would Be i'm
d possisls =, for ibs any G,-1 one e, to tbs : SURVIVE m0i,g W. long
which grew fercer every moment. Soon
the steaming glasses Of hot whisky
blotted out all remembrance OF the young
Outside, around the wretched tavern.
thu wind still radly ragged. The broken
hearted girl. her senses dulled by the
lessly until overtaken by night with Its
mantle of darkness. On the hills the gray
wolves howled and howled. The swirling
but so silently and swiftly that soon all
trace OF the wanderer was blotted out for
ever.
beautifully v~ariesated nowers and grasses.
The mountain streams gliHted and ripple6
in the sunlight. The rails of a finished
road wound peacefully up from the gglch.
GUS solitude, with no sign of sin or sor-
row to mar the beauty OF the scene.
The bright sunshine Of this splendid day
sordid poverty of a miserable shakecown,
which held in one corner a rude camp bed,
in another an old stove supporting a rusty
boiler. while over a steaming washtub bent
q haggard one-eyed woman, who paused
in her work to mutter:
II wish I he'd let 'em done thai swing
in" Here, after its last journey up the
mountains, where II has been moved bodi-
ly with all its reeking ~wickedness, stands
1.-The End of the Line"
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smart saying OF this late enlightened
period of slang.
Chang says For shame" China also
invented Jokes with strings on them, as
witness:
"A countryman was caught in the act
OF stealing an X n was thrown into
prison.
His friend asked him: What have you
done to be thus punished
The man said: AS / was walking along
the road, ] saw the end of a rope, and
thinking some one had cast It away 1
picked It up
How can the picking UP of an old rope
be punished by imprisonment demanded
the friend. Something else was tied to
the other end Of the rope was the reply"
What was it?' the friend asked.
only a blowing OK the man NUT
tered"
PHILOSOPHY Turks BEHIND
EVERY CHINESE WITTICISM.
Tao pien vito get the joke on the other
fellows the spirit Of Chinese humor.
Nj. Chang is happily turning this Mon
COLO repartee into idiomatic English.
The examples of Jokes which he presents
illustrate the philosophy that turks behind
every Chinese witticism. Every Joke has
its moral at the end.
Style is everything in china Mr.. Chang
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frontier. They sat now in the only habi-
table room OF the Gulch Tavern, a long
ons-story shed, with the usual white can
vas roof. The parlor boastsd q stoves
warm, luxurious stove.
Around this these wemsn gathered In
mute and stony silence. inwardly dreading
the coming night, when the rseking dance
halls, a. near the gates Of hadss as NOR
tails can get IN this life. would woo their
absent partners to the insanity OF cheap
tain at THE End Of the Line" A chance
word. . quick shot md only another man
gone No one really cared. Somstimes q
few tears were shed by one who had bean
his sweetheart. but who frequently took
up" with the murderer the day after. No
one noticed little things Ike that at .'Ths
End Of the Line" Death was the on!y
leveler In this maelstrom Of guilt and mis-
eryj death that came swiftly and was a.
soon forgotten and rarely avenged.
Now, up the Gulch from the valley be-
low, painting and shriekins, came the tired
locomotive, dragging along two shabby
cars. Through their worn sides the
feathery mow found. an easy sntrance,
sitting its way under the thickest wraps
adding its icy quo to the heavy burdens
OF hunger and sleepiessnsss and causing
the half-frezen and about half-civilizsd
men who crowded the meeger space to
swear a little harder, although that
seemed impossible, 20 endless the stream
OF profanity.
The storm had delayed the train Elk or
eight hours. and long ago the last drop of
liquor had been drained, to the intense
grief OF the motley crew. One last hoarss
whistle announced the end of their Jour
ney, when q mad. precipitata rush was
made by the men. who paid scant after
ton to the one woman. who had spent a
terrified night in their midst, silently en-
during the drunken orgy throughout her
tedious journey.
Stumbling through the drifts. the man
soon filed to overlooking the big general
room of the tavern. loudly Demanding.
"whiskyf' Plenty of itr' Hot, and
ID quick, too!"
Finding herself alone, the solitary pas
senger. a pale, fragile girl. who looked
sadly out OF place in such SURROUNDINGS,
made her way with difficulty to the tavern
door. For q ONE she stood dismayed
at the sight which confronted her In the
outer room. Then n man. kinder than
the others. opened the door Of the parior
and the girl timidly entered the room
where the other women sat and made her
way to the stove. There she stood.
amazed at the surroundings, impressed
above all with the unfriendliness Of those
silent women. She carried q bag, which
she placed on the floor while she thawed
her numbed fingers. When tho warmth
had given her courage. she vsntured to
speak Il beg your pardon; this 10 Weston
Guich. Is 1t not?'
A coarse, one-eyed woman answered:
Yes. weston's what Il IA Did you think
1t was BostonT'
Il came from Boston," replied ths girl.
DIG your" retorted she Of the one eye.