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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-01-22

narbor. Says lem take the long
chance and stand TO win.' Don't
YOU run away with the idea that
the ice was u level field stretch.
ing from shore TO shore, fitting
the rocks and kept as neat
us n baseball diamond. IL wasn't.
Some day in the winter the wind
had jammed the bay full of big
rough chunks-thcy call them
pans in this country-and the
frost had stuck them all together.
When the spring came, OF course
the u began to melt that glue,
and the whole iloc was just ready
to fall apart when had the bad
luck TO make the coast. ! vas n
day too late. knew il. And I
knew that the ofrshorc wind would
sweep the ice To sea the minute ii
broke up.
81 made the first hundred yards
in ten minutes; the second in NJ
teen more. In half an hour Id
made half n mile. The ice was
rough enough and nimsy enough
10 take the nerve out of any man.
But that wasn't the worst, the
worst was that there we're hun
drcds of holes covered with n thin
crust Of snowfall right to look at,
but treachcrous. knew that If !
made the mistake of stepping on II
crust instead of solid lee, I'D go
through and down.
II had four otter skins, some
martens and ten fine fox skins in
the pack on my back. To do any.
thing in the water with that han.
dicap was too much for me. So |
wasn't ut all particular about
making time until found that the
night would catch me II didn't
wag along n little faster.
NO, sir" the trader said, look.
Ing me deep in the eyes. 81 didn't
want to be caught out there In the
dark.
"By good luck. | struck some
big pans about half way over.
Then ! took TO n dog.trot, and left
the yards behind me in n way that
chccrcd me mp. just before dusk
got near enough TO the other side
TO feel proud Of myself, and be.
gan to think of what u fool I'd
have been IL I'd taken the shore
route. a minute later ! changed
my mind. ! felt the pack moving!
Well, in n flash ! said good by TO
Cherry Hill and the boys. Not
many men are caught twice in u
place like that. They never have
the second chance.
"Thcrc ! was. aboard II rotten
+loc and bound out 10 the big. lone.
~ ocean, ut the rate of four miles
an hour.
"'Oh. you might as well get
ready To 90, jim thinks l.. I,ut |
didn't give up. lopcd along
sl0rcward in II way that didn't
take snow crust or airholcs into
account. And made the edge of
the Hoe before the black hour of
the night had come.
There was II couple of hundred
yards OF cold water between me
and the shore.
"'This Is the time yon think
more of your life than your fur
thinks !.
There was n stray Fan or two
little RATS of things-lying of
the edge of the Hoe; and beyond
them, scattered between the shore
and me, half a dozen other pans
we're floating. How to get 10 the
other side was Il puzzle. They
were 30 or 60 yards apart, most
of them, ana ! had no paddle. II
was foolish to think of making a
shift with my jacket for n sail:
the wind was out, not in, and had
no rudder.
"What had |? Nothing that /
could think Of. II didn't occur to
me, as you say. wish il had.
"'Anyhow,' says | To myself, Ill
get as far as | can
NJ -I-
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-01-22

"Surpriscd? was worse than
that. was dead scared. For u
minute | thought | was going to
rise under the ice and drown right
there.
How IL happened don't know.
but ] came up between the pans.
and struck out for the one Id left.
| got To the pan all right and
climbed aboard. There | was on
II little pan Office. beyond the reach
of the Hoe and leaving the shore
behind me. and cold and pretty
well discouraged.
"Thcrc's the riddle of The corkcd
bottle" said the trader, inter.
rupting his narrative. "Now, how
do | happen 10 be sitting herc?"
"I'm sure ! can't tell" saidI
mo more you should" said he,
"for you don't know what | ear.
ricd in my pack. But You see had
the hottie in my hands, and |
wanted the ginger ale bad; 10 |
thought fast and hard.
"lt struck me that | might do
something with my line and jig
ger. \ jiggcr, you know, is n lead
fish. about three inches long.
which spreads into two big barbcd
steel hooks ut one end; the other
end IN tied 10 about ~ fathoms of
stout, waxcd fishing line. The
fishermen of the coast use tbSm Ia
jerk big cod out of the water when
there IL no bait.
"Don't you see the chance the
barbcd steel hook aud the 80
fathom of line gave me? When |
thought Of that jiggcr, ! felt just
like the man who il told 10 push
the cork In when he can't draw II
out.
"Td got back to the pan where
I'D thrown down my pack, you
know so there was the jiggcr right
at hand.
1T was getting dark by this
timc-gctting dark fast, and the
pans were drifting farther and far
thcr apart.
1T was easy TO hook the jiggcr
IN the nearest pan and draw my
pan over to 1t; for that pan was
five times the weight of the one
J was IN. The one beyond was
about the same size; they came to.
gcthcr NJ the halfway point. OF
course this took time. could
hardly see the shore then. and il
struck me that might not he able
10 find 1t NJ all, when ! came near
enough to east my jiggcr for it.
".About 80 yards oil was n big
pan. lswung the jiggcr round and
round and suddenly let the lin"
shoot through my fingers. When
hauled it in the jiggcr came too,
for il hadn't taken hold. That
made mo feel bad. | felt wors"
whcni IL came back the second time.
But I'm not one Of the kind that
gives NJ. kept right on casting
that jiggrr until ii landed in the
right spot.
"Mypanc crossed over as hauled
in the line. That was all right;
but there was no pan between me
aud the shore.
"'.Ail up" thinks /.
at Was dark. ! could T. mel
thcr pan nor shore. Before long |
couldn't g Il thing in the pitchy
blackncss.
"All the time ! could feel the
pan humping along toward the
open ca. | didn't know how far
or the shore was. ! was in doubt
about just where il was.
"'ls this pan turning round"
thinks /. Wen, ! couldn't tell;
but ! thought I'd take n nicr M
hooking n rock or II tree with the
jiggcr. The jiggcr didn't take
hold. tried a dozen times, and
every time | heard il splash the
water. But kept on trying-and
would have kept on till morning II
I'd needed to. You can take me ut
my word, I'm not the kind of fool
! ths 4 piNns pn I',,. l.., L. H..
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-01-22
Cost Of Baths.

nAustraliin hotels no charge IL
made for baths. In Edinburgh no.
tells the charge for a daily bath il
$3.50 q week.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-01-22
STORY OF THE
FUR TRADER.
ny NORMAN DUNCAN.

said my new acquaintance.
Aboard the Virginia Lake. five
miles OIL the coast of Labrador,
and bound down, was far enough
away from a New York tenement
district TO excuse my glance Of
surprise.
Fact" said he, with u nod.
'That's where | was born and
bred. And do you know how |
came TO be up here? No? Well,
I'm n fur trader. I'm the man
that bought the skin Of that all.
vcr fox last winter foi $50 and
sold II for $3.50. I'd rather be the
man that bought II from me and
sold Il in London for 5000. But
I'm not"
".lnd you're bound for home,
now" ! asked.
"Ics," he drawlcd. 'l'm bound
home for New York TO see the
folks. I've been away for six
years, and came nearer to leaving
my bones up here in the north
last spring than ever ] did before.
I've done some travelling in my
time. You u take me ut my
word; | have"
The trader laughed uproarious'
~. lie was greatly pleased to
meet a man from "thc States" and
he was In a volublc mood. KNEW
that he needed but little cncour.
agemcnt to tell me the story OF
his escape.
at makes me think about that
old riddle of the corkcd bottlc,"h he
said. Ever hear II? This IL IL:
II yon had u bottle Of ginger ale,
how would you get the stun out
without breaking the bottle or
craving the cork? Can you an
swcr that?"
'Thc answer doesn't occur to
me-" said J..
That's just it," he burst out.
"Thc way TO do ii doesn't occur to
you But II you had the bottle in
your hands now and wanted the
ginger ale, il would occur To you
fast enough Ia push the cork in.
Well. that was my case. You think
of yourself on Il little pan of Ice,
drifting straight out Ia sea with a
strong olTshorc wind, water all
round you and no paddlc--just
think of Yourself in that Ease. and
way of getting ashore might not
occur TO you, But once you're
thcrc-oncc you're right on that
pan of lee, with the hand of death
on your collar-you'Il think like
lightning %: NJ! the thugs you can
do. Yes, that was my case"
| said nothing to interrupt the
stocky, hard featured, ill.clad lit.
tie man while he muscd.
"'Don't YOU he fool enough to
try To q the bay this evening"
says ! To myself" he went on.
But I'm u hundred mile man,
and I'd gone my hundred miles.
can carry grub on my back to
last me just that far; and my grub
was out. From what I knew of
wind and ice, ! judged that the lee
would be four or five miles ont to
sea by dawn of the next day. So |
didn't start out with the idea that
the trip would bc as easy as n
promenade over E"ooklyn bridge
of n moonlight night. Oh, no! I
knew what was doing. But II
was Il question of taking the risk
or dragging myself into the settle.
mcnt at Racquet Harbor in three
days time as lean as Il car.horsc
from starvation. You see, it was
forty miles round that bay and
four across; and-my grub was
out. Siany n nan loses his life in
these parts by looking at the
question in just that way.
"'Oh, no" says | 10 myself.
You'd much better take your
chance of starving, and walk
ronnd.'
ut wasn't in human nature.
though. TO do II. Nor when | saw
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-01-22

Walnut street, ur-
bana. H., lsays ;
In the fall Of 1899
after tnking poan's
Kidney Pills | tcsti.
fled that they had
relieved me uf kid.
ncy trouble, dis.
pos - u lame back
with pain across my
loins aud beneath
the shoulder blades.
During the interval
which has elapsed !
have had occasion
Ia resort 10 Duan's
Kidney Pills when |
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-01-22
WORE A MAGIC CAP.
Modern Aladdin's Purchase Brinsi
Him Purses Of Gold.


y German organist who came e
st. Petersburg from Orcnburg ol
Il visit tn his relatives has mel
with an adventure which caused
him To wonder whether he had
by accident been transported into
the mystic east aud carried back
To the times of the "Arabiau
Nights" The story of his advcn
turc might well be- entitled 9TH,
Magic Cap and II will H. e.
that II bears u strong resemblance
10 the history of Aladdin and hi,
wonderful lamp, says the Lon
don Mail.
On arriving in 81. Petersburg
the German visitor purchased q
cap, which he thought would Ia
more comfortable than his ordi
nary hcadgcar for exploring the
town, with which he was not well
acquainted. ON arriving home In
the evening after his first days
sightseeing he was greatly sur
priscd 10 find in the packets Of his
ovcrcoat two purses, one Of then
containing over fl0.
He maryclcd greatly nj his mys
FERROUS luck. and sailed out again
next day. When he came home
again he found in his pockets sew
cral more purses, and began To
feel alarmed. When on the third
day he came home with another
windfall in his pockets he became
frightened. but his Tcutonic
common sense would not allow
him Ia believe in the existence Of
magic, and he resolved To have re-.
course To the prosnic police force
in order 10 elucidntc the mystery.
Accordingly hc> sought ont the
chief of police and told him all the
facts. The astutc official exam.
incd him closely Ms to the clothes
he was wearing, and particularly
M 10 the cap he had bought in ~.
Petersburg. and on receiving his
replies sent the German with no.
liccman 10 the haticr's shop. The
shopkccpcr explained that the
cap VAS of an exceptional kind.
Some time ago n man had called
on him and given him u large piece
of English cloth, out of which he
was Ia make IL caps of exact sim
ilnrity. ON concluding This order
the halter found that he had a
piece of cloth left over. aud OF this
he made an extra cap the idrn.
teal onc which was sold 10 the
German.
ON the strength of this informn
tion III" chief of police arranged
for n dctc"tiy" 10 accompany the
German on his next days sight
seeing. aud ia" mystery of the
magic cap was cleared up Watch
ing his charge carefully, the dctcc,
tive saw various men lounge fur
lively up to the German and trans
fer something from their hands t.
his pockets. On each occasion the
man thus discovered was arrest
ed, and in the course of two or
three days, during which the same
plan was pursued, the police made
prisoners OF about n dozen men
They turned out To he n gang Of
~pickpockets, aud all wore n cap of
the same pattern as that pur.
chased by the German. Their plan
was 10 pass ON their plumber to n
confederate, for whom the Ger
man had been mistaken.
The adventure of the German
though not perhaps so profitable
M that of Aladdin, still brought
him a considerable sum Of money
for the chief of police was so clat
ed at his success that he present,
ed the principal actor in the affair
with n handsome souvenir in the
shape of II substantial purse o.
rabies.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-01-22

II Curra Colds. Coughs, Sore Throat, Croup. Inrr.
.nli, Whoopiug Cough, bronchitis and Arthn--
n elrnln cure. for Consumption In nfrt stages,
snd sure relief Ia advanced stngea. Uso at onoc.
You Will ace tho excellent effect after taking tho
hf,i uo-n SOFA BY dealers everywhere. Large
bottles 70 cents and so cent?.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-22
WOOED BY MUSIC.

Among the Yao Midos. one ~ the many
BuTmese-TGrtar people the young men
WOO their wives absolutely without words
but 10 the sound OF music. On the first
day Of winter they have a great feast,
~ which al the manageable girls gather
and listen 10 the music made by the
bachelors. who sit under the desire
tree each playing his favorite instru-
ment- As the maiden he loves passes him
the youth plays louder and more feeling g
Is. II the girl ignores him ayd passes On
he knows that she will have hone % him:
IL She steps up 10 him ana lays flower
upon the Instrument ne jumps up. wrasps
her By the hand taking care not TO drop
the flower. and they go away together
Exchange.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-22

'Oh. we lose half day broke in Pc
jay. You don't want TO swim that there
Arroyo" 4 peculiar note. half of sur
prise, touched with mockery. Il tentative
challenge, was in his voice.
"Oh. 1 don't know-too swift for my
swimnin' gait" said Pejay Alden didn't
believe the man. The Arroyo might he
deep. but certainly the current was not
strong. 1t simply lazed along. 1t held
quantities OF yellow mud. but surely any
horse could cross it without trouble. He
took a sudden resolution.
I'm going to swim it-you tell joe
Whitwell TO keep his nurses At home."
Pejay rode over 20 grasp bride rein.
Don't get locoed. Sonny" he soothed.
Alden flushed. angry at the puncher's
calmness and at his own incertitude. He
had said he would swim Arroyo Grande.
and he would though he drowned in the
but it was absurd 10 think that the
crossing could he dangerous. Yet Pejay
seemed genuinely alarmed
Turn the rein loose, ordered Alden
curtly Pejay did so. then spoke:
IF you're bent on goin' in don't 60 In
handicapped. Pull OF your boots-aIl
your clothes-and tie EN- around your
neck. and tie EN- SOS you can chuck
en- loose Il Schoolrnarm gets away from
YOU I see you're bound u GO III watch
you from here and help if YOU need nc
Keep the bronc' headed up stream, for
you've got 10 make the trail over there.
II was as IL Pejay had bee ntrying u
make horse th;ef-s last minutes before
being lynched as cheerful as possible.
Alden could not have backed out now
TO save his life. Il WAS his stroke 10 be
free from the half paternaI espionage Of
Joe Whiiweli. his chance 10 make himself
one with those who do and dare He
didn't believe Pejsy was afraid OF the
water, but he know that the puncher
would b faithful to Joe Whi,we!Is in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-22

Quite unlike a centaur in action, Alden
rode with Peter James Morrison. faml-
iarly known as 'Pejay." to the hill pas
ture. Joe Whitwell had found the blond
had anticipated from his optimistic broth
ers description. Alden would not ride the
respectable, amblirg old gray that had
been known 10 carry 2 woman and three
children from La Junta to Sugar Creek.
He selected ''Schoolmarm." a trim sor-
traits Of character than a mine promoter.
Similarly with work and the men. In
stead of preferring the ranch house pi-
azza and the occasional society Of the
owner, Alden. putting bows on his glass
ee. rode forth trustinsly with Pejay.
Jack Whtwen after two weeks of Colo
RADIO. pledged his brother TO a close
watchfulness over Alden. and returned TO
New York.
Pejay was a diverting companion. He
Mixed TO talk. and Alden listened with
erow!ng establishment at the wide range
<,f his knowledge and imagination The
Sowboy was like q skflfui fortune teller.
drawing his scant store of facts from
the men he talked with planting them
anew. trimming them and bringing them
90 blossom as his own.
On the day that Pejay and Aide nrode
twenty miles up to the mountain pasture
che discussion ran upon religion. The
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-13

no one was available for the job at that
time. 1t would require only a few
months, and the elevator man was in no
particular hurry to so away. The job
meant a life post with remunerative
salary and something on the side as
well. But the doubt arose in the heart
of James Murphy once more. and. for
lack of self-confidence he refused this
offer, and continued to WELD the birch
nc S45 a month.
Then, while his brother was prosper
ing, sickness came into his family. and
his meager stipend went for medicine
and doctors bills. He became heavily
in debt. Not long after murmurings
arose among the people. of the town,
and he was declared. to be ''old-fash-
Toned and not up to date Then some
one demanded that the ''old fogy'' he
ousted and some one be given his place
who knew something"
That, too, was the upshot of the agi-
tation, and poor James Murphy. gray
haired and almost broken down. was
turned out. and with no trade to which
he could lay his hand.
Let us draw the curtain on how his
prosperous brother had to provide for
him,'and point only TO the moral:
BE self-eonfident'- Drank NJ. Welsh
In Chicago Tribune
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-13

the old grOcerymdn went with crash
TO the back end of the store, the front
windows blew out on the sidewalk. the
Ctore was full of smoke. the old man
rushed out the back door with his
whiskers singed and yelled Fire"
while the bad boy fell out the front
door with his eye winkers gone, and
his hair singed, the cat got out with no
hair to brag on. and before they could
breathe twice the fire department
came Gathering up to a hydrant and
soon turned the hose inside the gro
Gerry. There was not very much fire,
and after tipping over every barrel
and box that had not been blown sky
high the firemen gave one last look at
the inside of the grocery. one last
squirt at the burned and singed eat,
that had crawled into a bag of CHINA
mon on the top shelf, and they went
away leaving the doors and windows
open: the crowd dispersed. and the
bad boy went in the front door, peered
around under the counter, pulled the
cork out of a bottle of olive oil and be-
gan to anoint himself where he had
been scorched. Hearing a shutting. as
OF arctic oVershOes filled with water. In
the back shed, and a still small voice
saying: We'll. I'll be condemned" he
looked up and saw the red face of the
old groceryman peeking in the back
door.
Come in, AleXandrovisk and rub
some of this sweet oil on your coun-
tenance, and put some kerosene on
your head, where the hair was Geet
but you are a sight. Don't you go out
anywhere and let horse see you, or
he viii run away"
Have all the forts and war ships
come down yet?' said the old man,
looking up toward the ceiling, holding
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-13

of ak handles is the Russian army. en-
renched behind the bag Of coffee
Now. we put a little powder under all
Of them, and lay a train from one to
the other, and now you get out few
Of those giant firecrackers you had left
over from last Fourth of July. and a
Roman candle. and we can illustrate
the whole business so. AleXovitch and
Ito would take TO the woods
mo danger. is there?'' said the old
groceryman. as he brought out the
fireworks, looking as happy and, inter
ested as the bad boy did. Il want to
post myself on war in the far east but
don't want to do anything that
would occasion remark"
"Oh. remark nothing" said the
boy as he fixed firecracker under a
barrel of rice. another under "A tin can
OF soda crackers, and got the Roman
candle ready to touch off at the stove.
1T win not make any more fuss than
taking a fiash-light photograph. Just
S-s-sis-boom-and there you
are, full of information"
Well let-er-g Gallagher said the
old man. sort of reckless like. as he
got behind the cheese box Col darn
the expense. when you want to illus
trate your ideas of war
The boy lit the Roman candle, got
behind barrel of potatoes and
turned the spluttering Roman candle
on the giant firecracker under the
stove, and when he saw the fuse of
the trecracker was lighted. he turned
the torch on the powder under the bar
red of dried apples. and in a second
everything went kiting; the barrel of
dried apples with the cat in it went
up TO the ceiling, the stove was blown
over the counter, the cheese box and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-13
THE STORY OF A FAILURE.

was the veritable doubling Thomas-of
himself
NO. no, Oe; 1 don't believe III try
it." he said Il might make failure
Of il. and what would become of Carrie
and the babies? 1 must think of them"
''Oh, pshaw," exclaimed the brother.
who had heard of the episode relative
To the principalship. You let one OBJ
portunity pass by. Why. let this? Why
don't you put little confidence in
YOURSELF"
We'll, Joe, how do 1 know / could
sort mail? 1 might be able TO teach the
kids. and even the principal" he added,
regretfully. But why should 1 give up
what 1 have for something have never
tried?"
''Shucks," responded the other. you
can get a job teaching school any tins.
Take my advice and try this You'll
come out ahead"
NO, Joe, L don't believe L WILL. re-
piled James.
A year later Joseph Murphy appeared
with another roposition-another on
portunity. The superintendent Of the
elevator was going away, and Joseph
had secured the promise OF the position
for his brother The old superintendent
was to teach the newcomer thoroughly
the whole business Of buying and sell
ing wheat before he left, simply because