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/ DO want to find her? Why. man
she must be found. Maybe she's been
/ kidnapped"
All the bell boys were called. In
sructions were issued, and they were
about to begin the hunt when the bride
| groom shouted:
And there's ten dollars to the boy
that brings trace of her, and $40 to
the man that finds her."
The boys needed no other incentive
They went along the halls shouting her
name. Guests were awakened and
asked if they had seen her. Sympathiz-
ing women joined in the hunt. For an
hour the hotel was crowded by anna
teur detectives. But no trace of the
bride was found.
The lake" finally shouted the hus-
band.
Have TO wait until morning." said
Clerk McHenry. And he spent the
remainder of the night trying to calm
the bridegroom. Day was breaking
when a brewery wagon stopped at the
hotel.
We'll, what do you think of that?'
and the driver pointed to the fire es-
cape.
Say, they must be doing an awful
business" came from a pedestrian.
well, it's a cinch that she'll escape
II there's a fire." from another. Clerk
McHenry began another investigation,
this time to see what the second trou-
BILE was. He saw a woman asleep on
of fro
Say, how was your wife dressed?"
he demanded of the bridegroom.
''In her nightgown." answered the
husband. Have you any tidings of
her?"
The clerk led him to Van Buren,
street
That's She" shouted the man from
Boston, and he would have shouted at
the woman, had not the clerk restrained
him.
Don't. The shock might awaken her
and then she would fall. We must be
mighty careful. She's found, but not
yet saved"
Then he ran for a blanket. -Four
men caught the four corners and the
blanket was held beneath the sleeping
figure.
Now call her softly" advised the
clerk
"Oh, Harriet" called the man from
Boston. The woman yawned.
'Oh, / am so hungry" she said. Then
she became fully awake. Her husband
shouted instructions to her. But they
were unnecessary. When she saw the
crowd below and then saw her night
gown, she got away quickly enough.
She explained to her husband after
ward that she walked in her sleep. and
that she probably left their room and
stepped down on the fire escape, and
when she came to the last round and
could go no farther, sat down and con-
tinued her nap.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14
COPPER WITH A HISTORY.
Cent That Was Used to Determine the
Name of the Metropolis
of Oregon.

F. W. PettSgrove, son of F. w Petty
grove, one of the founders of Portland
and the man who named the city, has in
his father won the right to select the
name. He is commercial traveller for
San Francisco house and naturally sets
great store by tbs cent, which he has
shown to Manly here on his visits to this
city, says Ehe Portland Oregonian, Some
of his fdenSs have besought him to turn
tins cent over TO the Oregon Historical
society to be preserved, but he has not
been able to make up his mind to 90
this. George II. Hines, secretary of the
society, has been advised to wrestle with
Mr.. Pettygrove, and 1t is not unlikely
that he may succeed in securing this
historical coin. Mr.. Pettygrove has also
( in his possession the Bible used on the
occasion of the first sermon ever
preached In Portland, which with the
cent was presented to him by his father
as a keepsake.
1t was in the summer of 1S45 that A.
L. Lovejoy and F. w. Pettygrove, who
owned the claim on which Portland was
located, employed Thomas A. Brown to
survey their property and lay it off into
T streets, blocks and lots, and when he had
completed the plat the proprietors under
took to choose a name for the newly born
city. Mr.. Lovejoy desired that it be called
Boston in honor Of the capital of his ma
tive state. Mr.. Pettygrove contended
that Portland was more appropriate, as
it was at the head of navigation and the
port where would land all the freight
intended for the valley Of the Willamette
and all the southern produce of the ter
ritory. In order to decide the question
It was proposed by Mr.. Pettygrove to toss
copper cent, which he had brought with
him as souvenir of his eastern home
This was agreed to by Mr.. Lovejoy. The
cent was tossed and, Mr.. Pettygrovs
proving the winner. Portland was
adopted as the name of the embryo city
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14
SAWED WITH HIS MOUTH.
How a Tramp Got n Good Meal with
out Doing "A Lick of Work
for 1t.

Harry Sanderson, manager for Tony
Pastor, who lives at Crawford, N. j.,
not feeling particularly we'll, took a
day off recently and remained at home.
From the window of his library he OBJ
served a tramp entering his gate and
he walked down to the rear door TO
meet him. 1t was the old story-a re-
quest for a meal. Having a load of
unsawed wood in the shed, he told
the fellow that if he got to work and
performed on the sawbuck for a brief
period he would have something pre-
pared for him.
The tramp went to the shed and
Immediately the sound of vigorous
saving was heard, stick after stick
parting under his energetic efforts
Calling the amp into the kitchen,
SandersoI limented him upon
his ener e tramp replied with
r'"| lat whenever he had
an. do ne generally paid at
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to give his wife the best when they
arrived at the Victoria hotel.
THE finest suite in the house." he
said to Clerk McHenry.
Sure said the clerk, and gave them
the keys to room 3f3.
According to the Chicago Chronicle,
1t was about II o'clock when the bride
groom and bride left the lobby. An
hour later the bridegroom returned to
the clerk.
Have you seen her?" he queried. and
he was excited, too
"Who?" naturally asked the clerk.
"Why, my wife"
Then the clerk looked at the bride
groom. He wore bathrobe. What else
the clerk could not tell.
NO" he answered. finally.
well, she has deserted me-"
$50 soon?" from the clerk.
well. she's gone"
The clerk didn't know just what to
do.
well, do you want to find her?" he
asked at last.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14
What Black
Mike Saw *
BY w. w. HINES
so0G@S0ees0oa96900eceo
Copyright, 1868, by Daily Story Pub. COZ

because he was surIy, the men
d called him Black Mike" Riordan.
Yet those who knew MIN best swore his
heart was one of The kindest.
Whatever tne verdict Of others, it is
convincing enough proof chat he had
his good side, in that kittie Donoughue
loved him better than all the world
They were 10 have been married just
before Lent. ana Blac,s Miae wore his
scowl no more. Kittie was never strong
and a cold just snuffed her life out. so
Black Mike became blac..er than ever
before.
Some would have tried TO comfort him.
but ms fireman, Dan A.eagher. who knew
him better tAcn any one else. said:
Leave him be. He likes it best So.
And after period of mourning, Black
Mike, with a blacker scowl than ever.
came back TO work on the Central di-
vision. There had never been but one
love in his life. that for Kittie DON
oughue, who was dead. but there was a
sincere liking for young Dan Meagher
who had been his fireman. and for en-
CINE 126, on which he had pulled the
throttle
With silent hand-clasp Meagher well
coined him bach, and he could feel that
No. l26 was glad again TO feel the touch
OF his hand at the throttle. So he
climbed UP on the right side of the en-
CINE and the Cannon Ball express pulled
slowly out of the brilliantly lighted
station, with its first stop SO miles away,
and II minutes of time to be made ND in
the worst storm and the blacklist night
of the year.
Haln came in sheets, driving before
the heavy gusts of wind and beating
against the glass sides of the cab as
though 1t would drive them in. Even in
the yards it took sharp watching to
make out the signal lights, but there was
time to be made up, and even engineers
have to take chances of the safety of
their train in such an event Schedule
time is a sacred thing in the eyes of the
men of the Central division.
On the whole, Black Mike was CRATE
ful to the storm. There was a wild tu-
multi In 1t that struck responsive note
in his heart, where pain was eating like
live. mad thing. gnawing and rending.
The Cannon Ball express has the right
of way over everything, and only acci-
dents can detain her.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14
DOG CARRIED A BOOT,

There was depression in the earth un-
der Reegan's body, else he would have
been killed instantly
The dog, seeing the predicament Of
his master, began to bark, supplement-
ing it with attempts to pull his master
from under the tree. Finding ii useless,
he ran toward the house. When he ar
rived there he sat down in the dooryard
and howled.
When the door was opened the dog
was seen with one of his masters boots
in his mouth. The.men saw that some
thing was wrong, and followed the
dog, which still carried the boot. When
the tree was reached Reagan explained
that the dog had, after hard work, sue
ceeded in pulling off the boot and talk
Ing it away. Reagan was soon released
little the worse for his queer experience
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the woods. The hunt was resumed, but
the girls could not be found.
Later Gheen and Gagnon rejoined
them, and they sought shelter in a land
lockers shanty several days.
Gheen and Gagnon went on up the
lake, but Gagnon returned with a
third fellow, whose name is unknown.
Gheen came back in time to see the
Quartette board a steamer for Fort
Francis, Canada, where they were to
be married.
This is the first elopement from the
school. and the authorities are greatly
chagrined to be outwitted by two girls
The story has been kept secret. the es-
cape having occurred on September 10
Gheen has returned to Tower and re-
sumed his position as a pilot on g
steamer.
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she had been poisoned A young man
tasted the soup, and announced that
1t was favored with nothing more
dangerous than tobacco. An investiga-
ton followed. The jealous young man
was accused, and finally confessed.
Some of the young men proposed hold
ing him under the schoolhouse pump,
but one of the girls suggested that he
be compelled to eat the soup and to
pay for it at the rate of % cents a
plate. Rather than stand under the
pump. he consented to eat all he could
and TO pay for the rest.
The sirl he most admired leaned on
his rivals arm and applauded as plate
after plate was set before the vie
tim.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14

to a pair OF queens and caught a small
pair. Pete split a pair of jacks and found
straight.
''Oh. I'll bet kitten" said Booker.
See your kitten and raise you two
CATS" Pete came back.
Booker called and lost.
For the next six hands they simply
snapped kittens back and forth without
getting any action. Then on = jackpot
Booker opened for one cat, holding pat
club straight, nine high.
Pete discarded queen of hearts and
caught the ten of diamonds, which gave
him diamond straight, ten high. Then
the cats flew into the box fast and furi-
Gus.
The boxes began to get bit crowded
and a vacant room was used to accumu-
late the chips. Both men left their cards
on the table and stood by their respec-
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aem.
For little distance the headlight half
enetrated the rain and darkness. which
;csed in black and impenetrable a hun
led feet away
Black Mike is not on his seat He is
standlng on the swaying floor OF the cab;
one hand on the throttle, the other on
the air brake, and the reverse lever rest
ing in the crook OF his right arm.
In the intervals of throwing in coal,
Dan climbed to his seat on the left of
the cab and pressed his face against the
glass.
Neither can hope to make out dam
ger in time to stop the engine, but there
is an undefinable fear in the hearts of
both. 1t is the schooling of engineer and
fireman to take things on trust, but to
keep on the alert The Cannon Ball
has the right of way. and there is moth
ing 10 fear except some accident to the
track.
OF sudden, Meagher looks across to
see Black Mike with his face pressed
against the glass. 1t is not the position
of the engineer that arrests and fixes
his attention, but il is the expression on
his face. The face is as white as a sheet
through the CRIME of coal and perspira-
ton, and his eyes are blazing with a
light that seems perilously akin to
madness.
See, lad! Look" says Black Mike
in hoarse. unnatural voice.
But from his own side of the cab. the
fireman can make out nothing save
clouds of rain which drive across the
path of light in front of the locomotive.
Il see nothing, Mike" says Meagher.
Just look ahead, lad, moving with
us. the shadow on the track. Look, lad.
look. and for Gods sake tell me what it
isl"
Rain drops on the glass of the head
light Mike; that is ALL"
Nay, nay, lad. Look, 1t beckons us
to stop. By the Mother of God, tits the
wrath of Kittie Doncughue."
Releasing his hold upon the throttle,
Black Mike throws the reverse lever over
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14
and John Gagnon, aged q and IS, re-

and John Gagnon, aged q and IS, re-
specuvely, pilots on lake steamers.
The girls remained that night under
a rowboat on a point in the lake dur
ing one OF the most terrific storms of
the season, while the fellows returned
to Tower to allay suspicion.
After picking up the girls, the fell
lows took a small steamer and went
up Vermillion lake, pursued by Bob
Fleetwood, an officer at the school. and
an Indian policeman. At roadhouse
halfway across Crane lake portage
the quartette were captured, but the
girls eluGed the officers and escaped to
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Twas Kittie, who wanted to save
the passengers and to give me warming"
said Black Mike. and in this belief he
persisted. He would not take out anoth.
err engine, and died within week Of
heart disease.
The engineer of an express train is
particularly liable to the attacks of heart
disease" said the company's doctor.
But Dan Meagher, who has an engine
OF his own now, never passes the spot
where the Cannon Ball was brought to
so sudden a halt without crossing HIM
self. unostentatiously and in all rever-
ence
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14
Pet Crow Attacks Children.

Several residents of Crookston.
Mimi, have fed a crow during the
summer, and the bird became so tame
that the children could feed it from
their hands. The little folks have had
great sport playing with the bird, and
were in the habit Of Harvesting it with
strings. One day, however, when the
children started to play with it in the
afternoon they had cause for sorrow.
The crow darted at them, as if to peck
their eyes out, and scared several Of
the little ones so that they called for
help. Several scratches on faces and
arms resulted from the attack, and a
dead crow is the result
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14
Bride Maps on Fire Escape
Ioung Boston woman Disappears Nupua Chamber and k Found
the Next Morning. Sound Asleep Dzzu Iron IadderSom-
nambulism Explains This Novel Honeymoon Experience
MFRS. MONTGOMERY SEARS BUT

n n RS. MONTGOMERY SEARS BUT
Nl LER, Boston bride, spent the
first night of her honeymoon on
a fire escape at the Victoria hotel. in
Chicago.
Montgomery Sears Butler, the hus-
band of the Boston bride, spent the
night roaming the streets, striding up
and down the hotel corridor. wandering
through the hotel halls-in fact. every
where save in the bridal chamber.
incidentally, when the bride was
found perched on the lowest round of
the fire escape, men were ungallant
enough to make remarks about a wom-
an who chose to spend the night cling
ing to the side of building
MIR. and Mrs. Montgomery Sears But
Ter are prominent in Boston At least
that is what their friends say. The
bridegroom showed that he was willing
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tention to it. The meal was eaten and
the tramp expressed his thanks and
departed.
the shed and was surprised to find
every stick of wood intact. Upon in
Quiry in the village he ascertained
that he had been entertaining a
stranded ventriloquist. who was work
ing his way back to New York from
Easton, Pa. The mean chap had sim
ply gone into the shed and given his
imitation of saving wood.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14
ATE TOBACCOED Soup.
Had Favored 1t for Hated Rival,
But 1t Was Forced Down His
Unwilling Throat.

: Prompted by jealousy because the
girl he most admired was going to sup
per with his rival. young man emp
tied the contents of his tobacco pouch
IN the oyster stew which was being
made at social held in the Bellinger
schoolhouse, near Emericksyille. Pa.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14
INDIAN GIRLS ELOpE.
leave Government School at Night
and Make Their Escape by
Canoe and Steamer.

Two pretty quarterbreed Indian girls,
II and Is years old, escaped from the
government Indian school on Vermil-
lion lake, near Tower, Mimi, by q
rope from the Mushroom window, and
eloped with their lovers. Thomas Gheen
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Fashion. Strict Rnla-

Arctic Explorer believe I'll put on
this dress suit for dinner, Just for fun.
His Wife-But it isn't proper to wear
evening clothes before shutdown.
ooh, well, put 'em away, then, for q
couple Of months ore"--Town Topics.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14
OF Interest to- Dentists.

Twenty years ago a young lady of
Miller's Falls, Mass, had two teeth
extracted. Now, at the age of 40, she
is cutting teeth in the places once oc-
cupied by those extracted.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14
Peculiar Pets of Ladies.

sell these snakes as pets for la
Dies" explained recently a London nat
uFalist who regularly contracts for a
supply of harmless common grass
snakes to be so disposed of
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14
Advice All Can't Follow.

The advice about not putting all ones
eggs into one basket is of little value to
the man who has but one egg.-Town
Topics.
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SAVED MASTERS LIFE.
DOG Runs for Aid when n Tree Fails
on the Man and Carries Evil
dence Along.

John Reagan, a Cascade (Pa.) farm
er, went out to fell trees. The dog fol-
lowed him, Reagan cut down tall oak.
1t fell and lodged against another tree.
Reagan was pinned to the ground.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14

The doing operator at Mertohsville
was aroused as the Cannon Bah swept
by, and walked to his instrumens to re-
port her as passed,
mi! Nj! Mi" his station call, tame
over the wire, and when he signifled
that he was on hand, came the message
from the chief train dispatcher:
Flag express ali hazards. Bridge
down"
Express passed before message re-
ceived. Trying 30 report her when yo1
cut in on WIRE" he answered,
There was no other station between
Mertonsville and the bridge over Ben
son river, so the chief dispatcher had
done all in his power to prevent the inn
pending catastrophe. Immediately up
on receipt of wire from the operator
at Ordway, on the further side of the
Benson river, he had wired to Merton
vile in the vain attempt to stop the ex-
press. The dispatch from Ordway
uS1<31:
Track walker reports bridge down
Cannot get flag man across"
With quick, sharp orders, the dis
patcher had a special made up to carry
doctors and nurses to the scene of the
accident he now regarded as inevitable
They were ready to start in an hour, anC
a wrecking train was only few mo-
ments behind them.
Picturing the track in his own mind
the dispatcher could see no escape fol
the express. There is a sharp curve anC
a heavy cut just before the approach t.
the bridge, and, with orders to max,
up lost time, Black Mike would be run
ming at the utmost speed of which his en-
gine was capable.
1t was the fault of nc one. Everyon
had done his duty-but 1t is horribl
thing to sit impotently IN chair an,
feel that over hundred people are an
preaching their death.
Darkness and storm around them, tn
beat of the rain against the windows O
the cab drowning even the noise Ct tn
nngine, Black Mike and Dan were hzs
49, - - T.
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Nature Health Restorer Asthma
Low Rates to California and North
west.
E RISCO SYS IN

We will sell daily between Septem-
18th and November Both. 1908, low rate
colonist tickets to points in Washington,
Oregon, California, Montana, Idaho,
Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Utah,
Arizona and New Mexico.
Short line, quick time, no bus trans
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For rates. schedules, maps. and full in
formation write TO +. E. Clark, Travel-
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w. L. SAUNDERS,
Gen1 Agt. Pass. Dept
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n-inht Children

It IL the only extraordinarily bright
child that can avoid being an infant
phenomenon.-N. o. Times-Democrat.
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Ammonia for Iodine Stains.
iodine stains will disappear II dipps6
h Liquid ammonia
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Women Graduates.

At the Royal University of Ireland
last year, out of every four of the total
number of students who matriculated,
one was woman.
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Big Gold Find.

Ninety-six ounces of gold were taken
out Of hole two or three feet deep in a
few days in the vicinity of Brisbane.
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Sparrow Thrives i'm America

In the United States the sparrow has
six broods year; in England seldom
over three.
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Cnnvicts in Ohio.

The convicts in the Ohio penitentiary
now number Lass, against 2,5S6 in hard
times.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14
The Ffsh We Ear

Three times more herrings are con-
sumed than any other kind OF fish.
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Cheap Settlers Tickets.

On the first and third Tuesday of each
month till April. 1904, the Frisco Sys-
tenn (St. Louis and San Francisco Rail-
road) will sell reduced one-way tickets
from birmingham, Memphis and Saint
Louis TO all points in Arkansas, Kansas.
Missouri, Oklahoma, Indian Territory
and Texas. Write W. T. Saunders.
General Afient Passenger Dept, Allan,
ia, Ga, for further information.
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Opium in England

The Importation Of opium in England
has more than doubled since 1898.
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Primitive Liwhthouse,.

The frst lighthouses had fires Of wood
and coal kindled at the top of them.
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Darkness and storm around them, thu
beat of the rain against the windows OF
the cab drow ming even the noise Ct tho
nngine, Black Mike and Dan were hasA
Ryipg to keep sharp look out ahead q