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TO SHARE THE PROFITS.
Steel Trust Offers to Make Employees
Stockholders.

In a double circular, one to the stock
holders and the other to the officers and
employees, the United States Steel Corpora
ton has announced it's intention to in
augurate a system whereby the humblest
workman on its rolls may, II he desires.
become a permanent stockholder and share
in the profits Of the corporation.
The scheme Is the result of months Of
preparation by the finance committee of
the corporation. and the circulars are
signed by George w. Perkins, the chairman.
The plan is said to have originated with
Mr.. Perkins.
The circular to the stockholders points
out the apparent advantage Of the plan,
which was devised with equal fairness to
every man, from the president of the steel
corporation itself to the man with pick and
shovel working for one of the subsidiary
companies" - 49,
The circular goes on to say that at this
time there are about 5000 stockholders.
who, it is believed, would feel greater
sense of security in the corporations earn
ing power if they knew that officers and
managers generally were willing to enter
into a contract by which part of their COM
pensaton for services rendered shall be
paid only after the realization of $50, 600 900
profits This represents interest on bonds
dividends on stocks, and reserve for sink
ing funds. 49, ,..rr
The plan inviting the officers and en-
.ployes to participate is divided into two
parts. Part one preseribes that from the
earnings Of the corporation during the year
1902 there will be set aside at least $1,000
Co., and as much more as is needed for the
purchase Of at least 2o,OO0 shares OF pre-
ferred stock, which will be offered to en-
pIoyes of the corporation and constituent
companies.
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b. CEN CHARLES KING .

nerve. they heard nothing of the happenings
about the Fosters doorway, where by this
time post commander, post surgeon, post
Quartermaster and acting post adjutant,
post ordnance, Quartermaster and commits
sary sergeants, many Of the post guard and
most of the post laundresses had gathered
some silent, anxious and bewildered, some
excitedly babbling; while within the SER
geant's domicile Esther Dade, very pale and
somewhat out of breath, was trying with
quiet self-possession to answer the myriad
questions poured at her. while DR.. Waller
was ministering to the dazed and moaning
sentry, and, in an adjoining tenement, a
little group had gathesed about an uncon-
scious form. Some one had sent for Mrs.
the limp and almost lifless hands of a
girl in Indian garb. The cloak and skirts
of civilization had been found beneath the
window Of the deserted room, and were
exhibited as q means of bringing to his
senses a much bewildered major, whose
first words on entering the hut gave rise to
wonderment In the eyes of most OF his
hearers and to an impulsive reply from the
lips Of Mrs. Hay.
play us some Indian trick, but he ordered
her release" said Flint and with wrathful
emphasis came the answer.
'The general warned you this girl would
play you trick, and. thanks to no one but
you. she's done IT."
Then rising and stepping aside. the long
suffering woman revealed the pallid. sense
shrinking charge and guest-but OF the
niece she loved and had lived and lied for
many and trying years-Nanette LAF1eur.
a long lost sisters only child.
So Blake knew what he was talking
about that keen November morning among
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employed in trade or business, and so ne
must set about to apply remedy. Under
our system government revenues increase
when business is most active throughout
the country. The result, unless carefully
guarded against, is a lock up of money In
the treasury just when it Is most needed
elsewhere.
Crop-Moving Time.
''When the crop-moving time comes in the
fall, and the great money centers are send
ing currency to interior points, the treasury
is bombarded with requests for relief. AS
the rates for money advance the cry be-
comes louder. For more than half a CEN
fury now it has been the established policy
Of the government to heed that cry, espe-
cially when 1t is apparent that the treasury
itself is disturbing factor. Recent expert
ences demonstrate what must and should
be done SO long as our system permits the
boarding of funds in government vaults.
and so Long as that situation Is complicated
by an unsatisfactory bank-note circulation
not related to the expanding and contract
ing wants Of commerce. Within the past
few months the Secretary Of the Treasury
by extraordinary efforts succeeded in stimu-
lating national banks to take out some
$25,OO00 600 additional circulation. He also
increased the amount of public funds which
national banks are permitted to hold by
$G, 900, 600. He anticipated the payment Of
interest on the public debt for October and
November without rebate and for the whole
OF the fiscal year. to such as cared to avail
themselves Of the offer, subject to a rebate
Of two-tenths Of 1 per cent month, by
means OF which latter method he succeeded
In paying out So, 600 900 more, with a profit
Of over $4,000 to the treasury; and, finally.
when the business of the country demanded
still further relief, he anticipated a portion
of the public debt itself by buying bonds
and thus releasing some $23 600 00O. By the
time the crop-moving season was over the
of a4rh ot,, 11xy 011y1 T., %t,o
treasury had been reduced by nearly $50
1900, and there was left in the treasury
vaults only little over $50. DOC, 900, which
tradition and practice have established as
a fair working balance. The responsibility
for managing the public funds Is heavy
one, but it has been met at all times and
under all administrations, by every Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, with high courage
anu devoted effort to keep the treasury as
near as may be out of the business world
to avoid the wel-recognized evils that ex-
list and to take advantage of all the good
there Is in our present national financial
system"
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To Cure a. Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug.
gtsts refund the money II 1t falls to cure. e. ".
Grove signature Is on each boz. DC.
se3Ot tn this 15Rt
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CHAPTER xxi.


In the whirl and excitement following the
startling outcry from the flats, all Fort
Frayne was speedily involved. The guard
came rushing through the night. Corporal
Shannon stumbling over a PROSTATE form
the sentry on number g, gagged and bound.
The steward shouted from the hospital
porch that Eagle Wing, the prisoner pa
tient. had escaped through the rear window.
despite its height above the sloping ground.
A little ladder, borrowed from the quarter
masters corral, was found q moment later.
An Indian pony. sadded Sioux fashion, was
caught running riderless toward the trader 8
back gate, his horsehair bride torn half
waiting for no orders from the major. no
sooner heard that Moreau was gone than
he rushed his stable guard to the saddle
room. and in fifteen minutes had not only
his own squad. but half dozen casual
troopers circling the coast in search of the
trail. and in less than half an hour was hot
in chase Of two fleeing horsemen, dimy
seen ahead through the starlight, across the
snowy wastes. That snowfall was the
Sioux's undoing. Without 1t the trail would
have been invisible at night. With It the
start. Precious time had been lost in CIR
cling far out south Of the post before max
Ing for the ford. whittier Crabb's instinct
sent him at once, to the end that he and two
OF his fellows plOughed through the fOaming
waters barely I'VE hundred yards behind
the chase. and. az they rode vehem-ntiy on
ward through the starlight, straining every
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the pines at Bear Cliff. He had unearthed
an almost forgotten legend Of old Fort
Laramie.
But the amaze and discontinue of the
temporary post commander turned this
night of Thanksgiving, so far as he was
concerned into something purgatorial. The
sight of his sentry. bound, gagged and
bleeding-the discovery of the ladder and
of the escape Of the prisoner. for whom
he was accountable, had filed him with
dismay. yet for the moment failed to stag
ger his indOmitable seh-esteem.' There had
been plot. of course, and the instant i'm
pulse of his soul was to fix the blame on
others and to free himself. An Indian trick
of course, and who but the little Indian
maid within the traders gates could be the
instrument! Through her. of course, the
conspirators about the post had been en-
abled to act. She was the generals pro-
tege, not his, and the general must Shout
der the blame. Even when Flint saw Nam
cite, self-convicted through her very garb
and her presence at the scene Of the final
struggle-even when assured It was she and
not the little Ogalalla girl who had been
caught in the act-that the latter, in fact,
had never left the traders house, his dis
proportional mind refused to grasp the sit
uation; Nanette. he declared. with pallid
face. must have been made victim"
Nothing could have been farther from
her thoughts than completely in the escape
Of Eagle Wing" 'She had every reason to
and to the fostering care Of the good and
charitable body Of Christian people inter-
ested in his behalf" 'All this would be
endangered by his attempt to rejoin the
warriors on the warpath' The major or
dered the instant arrest of the sentry sta
toned at the door Of the hospital room
shut out by the majors own act from all
possibility Of seeing what was going on
within. He ordered under arrest the cor
poral Of the relief on post for presumable
completely, and. mindful Of the famous case
of Ethiopian skill then new in the public
mind. demanded of DR.. Waller that he say
| in 30 many words that the gag and wrist
thongs on the PROSTATE sentry had not
been seif-applied. Waller impassively point
ed to the huge hump on the base Of the
| sufferers skull. Gag and bonds he might
have SO placed. after much assiduous prac-
tice," said he. but no man living could hit
himself such a blow at the back OF the
head"
who could have done 1t. then?" asked
Flint. 1t was inconceivable to Walters
mind that any one Of the soldiery could
have been tempted to such perfidy for an
| Indians sake. There was not at the mo-
ment an Indian scout or soldier at the post,
or an Indian warrior. not a prisoner. UNI
accounted for. There had been half-breeds
hanging about the store prior to the final
| escapade OF Pete and CraDaud, but these
had realized their appropriately after the
| battle on the Elk. and had departed for
| other chimes. Crapeud was sttn under
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perhaps. Six didn't know. Certainly no
trace of 1t could be found in the snow.
Then nothing happened for as much as
twenty minutes or SO. and he was over
toward the south end Of his post, but
facing toward the hospital, when she came
again down the steps. and this time handed
him some cake and told him he was good
soldier not to drink even wine, and asked
him what were the lights away across the
Platte, and he couldn't see any, and was
following her pointing finger and staring,
and then all of a sudden he saw a million
lights dancing and stars and bombs, and
that was all he knew till they began talk
ing to him here in hospital. Something
had hit him from behind but he couldn't
tell what.
Flint's nerve was failing him, for here
was confirmation of the generals theory.
but there was worse to come and more Of
1t.
Miss McGrath, domestic at the traders,
had told a tale that had reached the ears
sof Mistress McGann, and twas the latter
that bade the major summon the girl and
demand Of her what 1t was she had seen
and heard concerning ''Crappo" and the
lady occupant Of the second floor front at
the traders home. Then 1t was that the
major heard what others had earlier con-
jectured-that there had been clandestine
meetings, whispered conferences and the
like within the first week Of the lovely
niece's coming to Fort Frayne. That notes
had been fetched and carried by "Crappo"
either a somnambulist or a good imitation
of one, as on two occasions the maid had
"peeked" and seen her down stairs at the
back door In the dead hours Of the night.
or the very early morning. That was when
she first came. Then, since the recapture,
Miss McGrath felt confident that though
never again detected down stairs, Miss
Flower had been out at night, as Miss Nc
Grath believed her to have been the night,
when was It? when little Kennedy had his
scrap wild the Sioux the boys do be all
akin about'-the night. In fact, that Stab
ber's band slipped away from the Platte,
Rays troop following at dawn. Question
ed as to how 1t was possible for Miss
Flower to get out without coming down
stairs Miss McGrath said she wasn't good
at monkeyshinee herself. but "wimmen
that could ride sthraddle- wise were capa-
BILE OF climbs more dinlcult than that
which the vine trellis afforded from the
porch floor to the porch roof. Miss Nc
Grath hadn't been spying. of course, be-
cause her room was at the back Of the
house. beyond the kitchen. but how did the
little heel tracks get on the veranda roof
the road dust on the mating under the
window. the vine twigs In that "Quare"
made skirt never worn by day. That Miss
Flower could and did ride 'asthraddle'' and
ride admirably when found with the Sioux
ut Bear CHI everybody Mt FrAyne wen
knew by this time. That she had 20 ridden
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guard Peter was still at large. perchance,
with Stabber's braves. There was not an
other man about the traders place whom
Flint or others could suspect Yet the ser
geant Of the guard, searching cautiously
with his lantern about the post of Number
Six, had come upon some suggestive signs.
The snow was trampled and bloody about
the place where the soldier fell, and there
were here and there the tracks OF mecca
sined feet-those Of a young woman or child
going at sped toward the hospital, running,
probably, and followed close by mecca
sined man. Then those of the man, alone,
went sprinting down the blum southeast.
ward over the flats some distance south OF
the Fosters doorway and up the opposite
bluff, to point where four ponies shoeless.
had been huddled for as much, perhaps, as
half an hour. Then all four had come
scampering down close together into the
space below the, hospital. not fifty YARDS
from where the sentry, Tell, and the mecca
sined feet of "a man ,apa woman had sour
ried down the bluff sfr9M the hospital win
dow. to meet them west. Of Fosters shanty:
Then there had been eDnfusion-trouble of
some kind. One pony. pursued short dis
lance, had broken away; the others mad
gone pounding OUT southeastward up the
again, in wide sweep. Through the valley
of the little rivulet and along the low bench
southwest OF the forty icrossing the Rock
Springs road and stfittipg, further on. dag
onally, the Rawlins trail. where Crabb and
his fellows had found 1t and followed.
But all this took hourA OF time, and mean
while. only half revived. Nanette had been
gently, pityingly borne away to sorroWing
woman's home, for sat last 1t was found,
through the thick and lustrous hair, that
she. too. had been struck harsh and cruel
blow: that one reason, sprobably. why she
had been able to oppose no stouter resist
ance to SO slender q girl as Esther Dade
was that she was already half dazed
through the stroke of some blunt, heavy
weapon, welded probably by him she was
Meantime the major had been pursuing MS
investigations. Schmidt. the soldier sentry
in front of Moreau's door. supplemented
Teuton Of irreproachable character, tear
fully protested against his Incarceration.
He had obeyed his orders to the letter. The
major himself had brought the lady to the
hospital and showediher In. The door that
had been open. permitting the sentry con-
slant sight of his prisoner, had been closed
by the commanding officer himself. There
fore, was not for him, q private soldier,
to presume to reopen it. The major said
to the lady he would return for her soon
after ten. and the lady smfiingfy (Schmidt
did not say how smilingiy-how bewltchfng-
ly smilingly. but the major needed no re-
minder) thanked him, and said by that time
she would be ready. In Q Few minutes she
came out, saying doubtless with the same
bewitching emile) she would have to run
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MR.. ALLIES EXPLAINS
TELLS SCIENTISTS HOW TREAS
:URY Is OPERATED.
Many Worries and Cares Of Secretary
Organization and Operation Per-
fect-General View.


How the Treasury Department is operated
was explained to the American Association
for the Advancement of Science this after
noon in a most attractive manner by Milton
E. Allies, assistant secretary of the treas
ury Mr. Allies was NEST complimentary in
his estimates of the department.
1.-The organization is a well-nigh perfect
one" he declared Notwithstanding the
uo,n,+rde of tho danartnent and tho varf-
...s -. a.. ~,
ely Oh interests coniuhleo " IT'S eaHe '"s
work Is accomplished with reasonable ex-
petition and little delay. More than a CEN
turv 81 prow1h and develonment has re-
....u..-.. 20 e.. ,,.,,o,ta
Su'.eo III meal "0s u".'ns"' Va 10 ~
parts SO that there Is TO-DAY minimum Oh
friction and maximum Of economy. l
have heen connected ling enough with the
service tn witness fine coming and going of
MANY able and n,Iblfc-spirited officials. New
officers entering uron service In the depart-
nent not infr..nuertlx take IN their duties
with sone idea of accommodating admins
trative reforms Most Of them come to
scnfF hut remain To nray and those who
have nassed ont info the great world 20
ninela with theirefelIow men in the pro-
fassinns ~ In hnsinesa garry With them nd
niration for the cemnIeteness the pre-
cision The Accuracy the integrity and tina
hIoh mindednass WITH which AFFAIRS great
anS small arc CONQUERED
0 ' ~
The Cares OF the secretary.
.",h. .,o,on,,o oner.tiona Of the denart
,-o-,a.. oe
Heht- reiale ceiehS " inc Ailiiosei' -
the revenues. In the public mind this part
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at Fort Frayne was known to no officer or
lady of the garrison then present. but be-
lieved by Miss McGrath because of certain
inexpressibles of the same material with
the "quare' made skirt: both found, dusty
and somewhat bedraggled, the morning
Captain Blake was having his chase after
the Indians and Miss Flower was SO wild
excited. like" All this and more did Miss
McGrath reveal before being permitted to
return to the sanctity of her chamber. ard
Flint felt the ground sinking beneath his
feet. 1t might even be alleged of him now
that he had connived at the escape OF this
most dangerous and desperate character.
this Indian leader, Of whom example.
prompt and sharp. would certainly have
been made. unless the general and the ends
Of Justice were defeated. But what stung
the major most Of all was that he had been
fairly victimized. hoodwinked, cajoled.
wheedled. fattered into this wretched pre-
of woman No one knew 1t, whatever
might be suspected, but Nanette had be-
wftched him quite as much as missives
from the east had persuaded and misled.
full heart that the major sought her on the
morrow. The general and the commands
afield would soon be coming home. Such
Indians as they had not rounded up and
captured were scattered far and wide The
campaign was over. Now for the DISPOSE
ton Of the prisoners. 1t was to tell Mrs.
Hay and Nanette, especially Nanette. why
the sentrfes were re-established about their
home that, though he would not place the
traders niece within a garrison cell. he
should hold her prisoner beneath the trad
er's roof to await the action Of superior
authority on the grievous charges lodged
at her door. She was able to be up, said
Miss McGrath-not only up. but downtown
in the breakfast room, looking blither and
more like herself than she had been since
she was brought home.
Say that Major Flint desires to see her
and Mrs. Hay" said Flint, with majesty
of mien, as, followed by two of his officers,
he was shown into the traders parlor.
And presently they came-Mrs. Hay pale
and sorrowing: Miss Flower, pale. per-
haps, but triumphantly defiant. The one
sat and covered her face with her hands
as she listened to the majors few words,
cold, stern and accusing. The other looked
squarely at him. with fearless. giittering
eyes
you may order what you like 30 far as
I'm concerned" was the utterly reckless
answer Of the girl. ''I don't care what you
do now that 1 know he 10 safe-free-and
that you will never Lay hands on him
again."
''That's where you are In error, Miss
Flower" was the majors calm, cold-blood-
ed. yet rejoiceful reply. It was for this.
indeed, that he had como. "RAiph Aoreau
was run down by my men soon AFTER mid
night, and he's now behind the bars"
Go b continued tomorrow.)
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Pa. Ave. and 9Th St.

now in Honduras demanding payment.
When the Honduras government wanted
to build the fifty-six-mile railroad running
into the interior from Puerto Cortez it
f1oated large amount of bonds. The bonds
were taken up by Englishmen and Germans
principally. The government has never
made even a pretence to pay either the in
terest or the principal and the whole now
amounts to about slO0,O00OOO, which Is
more than the country is worth.
The bondholders are disposed to compro-
mise. The impression, however, prevails
in Honduras that England and Germany
will take up Honduras next and force the
government to pay its debts, as the two
powers are now doing with Venezuela.