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commands by the captain of each class. the Thirds" were ordered to charge, and charge they did with all the splen- dor of a trained army. The onslaught was fierce, and the greater size and strength of the Thirds" soon began to wear out the defendants, and one by one, though they fought with valor and skill, the captain would order soldiers to the fatigue line and call fresh ones to take the vacated places.
 Finally, the Reserve Squad was dimin- ished to the least sturdy of It's members, and original ones. only half rested from the combat, were called upon to resume their places. The struggle, after the Seconds" had lost their first vigor, was easy for the Thirds" though. to be sure, the picked men had worn them selves to exhaustion more in the pleas ure of a wild attack than in absolute necessity.
 At last, only two of the Seconds" of any strength remained to drag the in- vader down as he tried to scramble up the pole and secure the colors, and when one of the two was downed and disabled by a vigorous backward kick from the enemy In his mad ascent the captain called excitedly for volunteer.
 Howls of derision rent the air when Muddy Ted" who had been standing in the ring as a spectator, flung off his coat and rushed to the center. With one grab at the enemy's heels he threw him to the ground. Again he struggled to the pole, but was prevented by Teddy from even grasping it.
 Wild enthusiasm reigned. Excited
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past houses, shops and factories. going like a tornado. Then Willie thought of the days to follow this one only just begun. Another day, and yet another one. with nights In between. And he all alone-going farther and farther from his papa and mamma. from his going to the Great West, hundreds of miles away And at the end of his journey what awaited ?-only strangers
 people whom he had never seen and knew only through having heard their
 He could think no moro. Tears were now falling into his handker- chief like rain. He tried to hide ths fact of sar his cXng from the G5her S self on not being sirllsh). and stuffed his sobs in his throat Oh, If he had only stayed at home-home, the sweetest place on earth to him now. He re- membered his own pretty room, with his toys, his desk and traps. a place where his little friends were always welcome to come to play. And there was his mother ever In the picture. just as he had last seen her as the laundering train pulled him away. His father. too, came Into vtey, his dear, devoted papa, as if he (papa) was a boy or Willie slowed and stopped Willie took his handkerchief from his eyes and looked out. Why, here they had stopped at Thistlehurst, . pretty little suburban station about 19 miles out from the city. Many times Willie bed come out here on the trolley caf with his parents. He
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about her neck, where did you come from? What does this meanf I saw you going away on the train this morn ing-and here you are.'
 - got off at Thistlehurst," answered Willie, and come hopping back on the trolley. l decided I didn't want to go out West now. l like 1t in the East all right. I'll so to school this afternoon, mamma It won't be but half day missed. you know. You'll write an ex- cuse to the teacher for me, won't your" mamma's answer. and any little boy or girl knows how glad she was to have her little son back in the home nest again. After the first surprise of Will lies return was over mamma said: We must telephone down to Papa and tell him of your arrival from the West. And he must wire for your trunk to be returned by express. I wouldn't wonder if he will hear from the conductor at almost frightened out of his wits when he finds his little passenger has made his escape"
 I'm whole lot of bother" said Will lie, for the first time realizing just how the matter stood.
 Not a bit of it." gently assured Mamma, putting her arms round him and taking him to the phone with her. When Papa heard that the traveller had but said that he thought 1t was a wise conclusion for Willie to postpone the visit till later, saying that then he and Mamma would go along. too, and that Willie could then shoot all the antelope, bear and buffalo he wanted to.
 My. won't that be fun." exclaimed Willie a hs hung up the receiver.
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might have come on trains through here, too, but he only remembered tho trolley rides now, for the knowledge that he was yet connected with home by the street cars had come to him like great joy, and he was still within easy reach of those he loved and longed for.
 People were getting on the train and in another moment they would be flying westward again. and the next time they stopped there would be no trolley line leading to his house: then 1t would be too late. Quickly Willie grabbed his belongings and dropped off the car steps just az the train pulled swiftly away from the station. Putting his luggage on the platform he drew long breath of contentment. Then he began to fig- ure out the geography of his surround ings. Yes, just across the corner on the left was the trolley track. along which a car would soon come flying out from the city, and which would return with him a passenger. He immediately be- took himself and belongings to the cor ner, and in a very few moments he was aboard a car headed for home. Never once did he think of his trunk that was travelling along towards the West; nor did he remember the conductor, who would become much alarmed when he should look in vain for his little charge.
 He only thought of the Joy of getting home once more.
 In about two hours after Willie had said good-by to his parents at the rail- road station he was standing on the bell. When the door was opened by his mother The jumped into her arms with shout of gladness and almost hugged her breathless.
 Why, Willie, Wilie" she exclaimed as soon as she could loosen his arms
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ny. Our teacher has a wart on her nose and Is very fat. she makes us all stand on the floor if we don't behave when 1t aint recess or nuno. You oan things to go hunting with. Your room malt and frend
 THOMAS HENRY BROWN.
 Dsrtonville, coon co
 scription in perpsndiouiar and childish hand. was delivered to the house of Brown the, postman had nQ idea of the Ersst ;0y he ss1o had csrrisa ,,; thiihsr in the lonSed and longed to so West to see the land. the cowboys. the prairie dogs. the Texas cattle and ponies. and. of course, las.snl his unols. s aunt and cousins And his when their Western relatives found it convenient to invite him. But she did not, know that this promise set Willie into furnishing the coveted invitation.
 One evening following his mothers promise Willie looked himself In his room room and secretly PenAned the following was one year his junior;
 Dear oouein Tommy: Mama has prom ised that l may pay you long visit liam sent me a invitation. May bee they have never thought of 1t Is why they have not already done 1t. or may bee you have not got no room for me, that is what mama sposes Is the case. But can stlok In any old corner that no- body else wants, and ain't at all petic- uiar about what eat. any thing suits pc for ain't eyer very hungery when get the invitation to come He come a-hoopins. I am 10 years old and big for ny size. Wonder If I can throw of money to so so far on the cars. but Papa has a barrel of 1t so every body what knows him says. But papa says he haint got none td throw away.
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Way over In India, where tigers striped and leopards speckled creep through the Jungles by night, long. long ago, there lived a man who has become famous as the Brave Chatteemaksr. He wasn't brave and he knew he wasn't brave, but everybody thought he was. and that counts a great deal with peo- pie who write history
 The Brave Chatteemaker, when he was a poor chatteemaker. and no one suspected him of being brave, used to go down to the tavern at night and drink rice wine. He spent. thus, all his earnings and his poor wife had trouble enough. But nothing could change his habit, though 1t was far from a brave one.
 Late one evening he was going home. very drunk, when by the roadside he spied an animal, which in the darkness and In the condition in which he was. he took to be his own donkey. How fortunate I ami' he mumb1ed. Now I can ride home instead of having to stumble along as I have been doing"
 So he brided and mounted the beast, and he was too drunk to notice it's long, sharp teeth and it's sharp, long claws. I don't know why the fierce beast sub mitted to being bridled. but they say nothing will harm fool He hit 1t on this side and he hit 1t on that side; he pulled 1t this way and he pulled 1t that way. He rode 1t home and hitched it in front of the door. Then he stag gered in and went to bed.
 When his good wife wakened in the morning she went to the door, and be- hold you, there was tiger all striped and bridled hitched to the post. The tiger looked up and said, "Gr-r-r-o- o-or!'
 The poor woman rushed within and slammed the door, She shook her sleep ing husband and screamed in his ear:
 What was that beast you rode home last night?"
 The Chatteemaker rolled over and said, "Huh?"
 Again she dug him in the side.
 Get up and see what you rode home last night"
 Take the bridle off and let him go, drawled the sleepy man.
 But the woman was afraid to do this,
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The Brave Chatteemaker.

and she thought he must be very brave to think no more than this of handling a fierce tiger with long, sharp claws and sharp long teeth.
 Just then the tiger growled real loud: "Gr-r-r-o-o-ori' and the Chatteemaker sat up in astonishment. He got up and went to the door. Sure enough. there was a tiger, all striped and bridled, tied by the door. He nearly fell over from fright But this didn't keep the neigh bors from calling him the Brave Chat teemaker, for they could see the tiger all striped and bridled and they couldn't { know how frightened he felt.
 Already they were gathered in a throng before the door, pointing to the beast and regarding it with wonder and terror. The tiger. seeing so many peo- pie looking at him. was frightened, though he was striped and bridled, and with roar that went, 'Gr-r-r-o-o-or! he broke the halter and leaped Into the jungle
 Pretty soon the people began gather ing at the Chatteemaker's shop. bring ing him orders. They were proud of their brave neighbor and wanted to do something for him. and felt ashamed of how little they had appreciated him.
 T didn't do anything brave" said the Chatteemaker remembering in terror what he had done. Tt was dark and
 And he Man Eater. all striped and bridled! How brave and how modest the Chatteemaker isl He did 1t all at night and not for our applause" said the people.
 If you only knew 1t. I wasn't brave," protested the Chatteemaker, his teeth chattering, just like this, and he trem- bled in terror of what he had done.
 Isn't he modest about it2" cried hIs admiring neighbors. And they bought more and more of him, and his fame spread far and near.
 The Chatteemaker was too frightened to go out any more after night at all, so he quit drinking, and as his trade Increased immensely, he prospered; and his pleased wife never tired of telling visitors about his brave deed till his fame went through all the land and has come down through the centuries.
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When Teddy was seven years old the great grief of his life was the fact that his name was Mudd. The first day of school, when teacher asked his name and he had told 1t unhesitatingly, giggle had gone round among the crowd standing nearest him.
 Within @ very few days, however. 1t seemed to Teddy that to be named Mudd was the very greatest calamity that could possibly have befallen him. Muddy" LAW, yer names Mudd" and Muddy Ted" were the names that greeted his burning ears when school let loose for recess; but though his little heart beat with rage and his lips trembled at times on the verge of tears. Teddy was a Spartan, and he never spoke of his great sorrow at home.
 The misfortune which made him an object of ridioule kept him from the children's games.
 "Aw, what can lump O common ole mud do?" someone would sheer If he attempted to join in any game.
 But of what use to mention 1t to mother or father-they, doubtless, bore the same grief in silence. So the winter wore away, with poor Ted the butt of ridicule for the secondreader class. There was one solace, however-teacher didn't mind his name or seem to think 1t any disgrace; in fact, when the sec ond-reader room had company teacher oftenest called on Teddy, for he always knew his lessons. Being an outsider, he had no part in the scribbled notes. side-splitting cartoons of teacher or shooting of paper wads at exposed neoks and noses
 With eyes glued on his book saying the words over and over, Teddy, with out intention, was becoming prize pupil.
 So 1t came about that his grief grew into an accustomed thing, and ceased to loom so heavily before him. In the evening, after school was out, he could be a real boy, with the name of Mudd in the background.
 Cutting home the shortest way, he found a playmate with whom a name was not of the slightest consequence. foundland dog: And such playmates as they werel Many were the fine sham battles they had, tearing about the yard In efforts to down each other.
 Tige was the superior in strength, and 1t put all of Teddy.s muscles to the test to keep on the defensive. As a consequence by spring they had grown Into hard little knots, which he viewed clenched fists toward his shoulder.
 Toward spring great excitement pre- vailed in the second-reader class.
 After school training classes were held ana reats or strenBtn were practlceo for on the 9th of May the Second Read ers'' were to struggle against the more stalwart Third Readers" to protect the class oolors in true college fashion. At last the day arrived and 1t being a short Friday, school was out at o'clock. Then pell-mell to the campus, where the pole stood in all its glory topped by the glowing crimson and gold of the second reader class, who were to defend 1t. A circle of big boys and girls stood around to watch the sport. with here and there a teacher to see that the battle did not wage too f1ercely.
 A crowd of picked Seconds" encircled the pole while the remaining ones the Reserve Squad, stood ready to take the places of exhausted comrades. After much placing and shouting of excited
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Such excitsment prevailed in the home of Willie Brown. And Willie was the most excited person of the household, for he was the direct cause of the ex- cttement 4 letter had just arrived from Wilnss Cousin Tommy. which
 Dere cu8in Billy: Ma says at you can Come to Pay us q vtait now If you want to for we have Got new ktchin bilt onto the back of the old Kitchen which is now fixed Up for a bedroom, Ma papered 1t up with newspapers all full Of Pictures, and it is my room all to myself. It has a lace curtain up to the wtndoe. If you come you can sleep with me fin my nice room. don't have to sleep on a cot in Frank and Jims room any longer which ticl1les me offul
 We can keep our traps in there and no body won't touch them. Ma says at you can go to school with us kids if you wantto. 1t is acrost the prary miles and Is a new stone house with big desks what Is vanished. Pa is on the board, The school Board I mean, and he says 1t is as fine as the sity schools If you Come rite right away sos we can have fryde chickin ma has A hundred fryes Gee, but we all will eat. am in the thurd reader and can spell bettern any body in my class; l can add and subtract but I cant divide very good Ma Keeps hired girl, she Is dutch and very fun
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BY MAUD WALKER.

But can come whenever I get the in vitation. When I do come if ever do, you can come home with me and see the great, large city Mamma says you never saw a city, that you were borned on the plains and never got away any place. l am very anctious to see how you all look. write soon, Your lovo-ing cousin
 WILLIAM MORRIS BROWN.
 After dispatohing the above letter, which he carried In his breast pocket, hidden safely away. till he was sent on an errand for his mother, and which he then dropped Into a mali box, Willie waited with keen anxiety for an an- swer. Impatiently he counted the days, for he had heard his father say that 1t took three days and nights to go from their part of the world to the Western place where his Uncle William lived. At the expiration of 6 week Willie could neither eat nor s1eep, owing to his highly wrought nervous condition, which was produced by his continued expectancy and suspense. At last, just as his fast was beginning to attract his mothers attention. it was broken by the letter from his Cousin Tommy, which has been reproduced in the first part of the story.
 After reading 1t over Willie's mother said: "Oh. dear. no; we could not think
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The fight did not last long. Stony was bigger than Teddy Out so was Tige), and Teddy kept stony from reaching the pole just as he had kept Tige from reaching the meat tied to the clothes line post in the back yard at home.
 At 5 o'clock the fray was ended, and the gold and crimson Of the second reader class slowed bravsiy against the evening sky.
 Teddy Mudd was e hsroi-a hero in the eyes of his fellows. and Muddy Ted" Lump of Mud" were appella- tions never again heard on the play ground of the Maydower School.
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How Teddy Became a Hero.
BY LEONE coLLIsrER.

shrieks of encourag cement urged Teddy to put forth his best efforts. When the remaining Second, who had fought shoulder to shoulder with Teddy. de- serted limp with exhaustion, 1t was hastily called by the referee man to man." which, in the language of the "Seconds' and Thirds" meant @ single handed struggle between the picks" of each side.
 "ETONY TO ATTACKi" shouted the captain of the Thirds" and up went a mighty cheer when the captain of the ..Seconds'' yelled: "MUDD TO DE- FENDr
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-06-09
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.

Hereafter the navy department in
tends to control and operate all wire
less telegraph stations in the United
States. AS the first step towards this
is to place the stations now in oper-
alton at the service Of the public, anu
will transmit messages probably with
out charge but without assuming re-
sponsibility for their delivery. The de-
partment desires to control all wire
less stations and will ask Congress
for legislation that will enable it to
do so. The wireless companies will he
forbidden to do business and the gov
eminent monopoly will be complete.
From this to ownership of the regular
telegraph lines will be but short step
and not revolutionary for the telegraph
was origianllyowned by the govern
ment. Such ownership seems likely
to be an early extension of govern
ment monopoly. 1t has been Urged III
Congress from time ii time and John
Wanamaker, when postmaster gener-
al was an earnest advocate and such
government ownership. The great
growth of the post Office departing 1t
may soon require the telegraph as an
adjunct to the present methods #
communication.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-06-09
Northumberland

The moral idea is being vigorously
worked at Washington. Objectionable
newspaper advertisements are now to
be attacked. Patent medicine advertis-
ing will be carefully scrutinized by the
post Office department and when a
case is found that involves violation
Of the law the Newspaper Publishers
Association and the individual news
paper publishing the advertisement
will be notified. 1t is safe to say that
few, if any Nevada newspapers will
be found offending in this way.
Dowie's departure from Australia
was Of a character to indicate that his
mission was failure He went there
with the idea of making many con-
verts and accommodating numerous
sheckels, but instead he has been boot
ed and assaulted and compelled to
call on the authorities for protection
He sneaked off in a launch to the yes.
sci that was to carry him away from
Australia and did not dare to show
himself until the ship was under way
Dowies day is about ended.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-06-09

Geo. E. Butler,
Genl. Agent.
San francisco, February 26, 1904.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-06-09
No Fishing.

The publ, is notified that no more
fishing will be permitted at the Cra-
dlebaugh reservoir. This order will be
enforced as the proprietor has got
tired Of closing gates and driving cat
tie from the fields All tresspassers
viii be prosecuted to the extent of the
law. HANS NELSON.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-06-09
Nv

Judge Murphy held court in Virginia
City yesterday.
Mrs. Milligan who has been visit :
friends in Virginia has returned 20
this city.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-06-09
Wanted.

A seven or eight room house. Give
price and situation with full partic.
ulars. Leave word at the Briggs
House.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-06-09
TONOPAH STOCKS

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Little Tonopah D. Co. 80
Lucky Ton. Con. M. 60.
Mcnamara M. Co. 20
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-06-09
NOTICE ASKING PROPOSALS FOR
FURNISHING WATER PIPE FOR
STATE CAPITOL WATER
WORKS.

Sealed proposals will be received
UP to IL o'clock noon May 81, 1904,
by the State Board of Capitol Com
missioners at Carson City, Nevada,
for furnishing $500 feet of joint screw
casing 3-inch diameter outside, of good
quality. Bidders must state gauge, sail
pipe to be delivered on car, Carson
City Nevada, on or before June Is,
1904.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids. Address proposals
to w. r. Davis, Carson City, Nevada,
Clerk of Board of Capitol Commission
ers, marked bids on pipe.
By order of the Board,
w. r. Davis,
Clerk
May %, 1904
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-11-18
A New Opera Hall.

Having secured five year lease
on the building he now occupies.
Mr.. Oakley will at once begin max
ing extensive improvements on the
second floor. The three rooms in
the front end will be thrown into
one and a hard maple flooring put
down. This work will be complet-
ed in time tor the trainmen's ball
next Thursday night.
Mr.. Oakley will also have stage
built IN the south end, which will
be fitted with drop curtain, seen.
cry, dressing rooms and every con-
venience necessary to enable theatre
cal companies to put on all class of
plays that generally come to Mont.
peller.
Mr.. Oakley will go to Salt Lake
in a few days to arrange for the
scenery and curtain.
The improvements will be pushed
to completion as quickly as possible.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-11-18
Thanksgiving Day Service.

A special service of praise and
thanksgiving to Almighty God for
all the blessings of the past year
will be held at the Episcopal church
on Thanksgiving day at II a. m.
The church will be handsomely
decorated with fruits, flowers and
vegetables. A special musical pro-
gram will be rendered and sermon
by Rev. Chamberlain appropriate
to the occasion.
The general public is invited to
be present.