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blanket down OF his head and shoul-
ders-andsweetly proceeded to snore
At 1880 a tiny little fly fiuttered in
at Browns window and alghted on
Browns nose He stirred uneasily
and stopped snoring. The fly futtered
away, few around in a circle and
alighted again. Brown shook his head
and put his hand to his face. The lit
tie fly flirted about for a moment, lit
on Browns fingers and crawled
through them 10 the attractive nose.
Brown opened his eyes and brushed
IL on petulantly II returned again.
Brown kept his eye open, shooed it
away and watched It rise toward the
ceiling Back it came. Brown reached
out and grasped for it. 1t eluded him.
He grasped again. 1t flew tauntingly
back TO the ceiling He sat up In bed
and watched 1t pproach--nearer-
nearer. At last it alighted on the
counterpane. Brown lifted his palm
and brought It down with tremendous
force. The fly was dcadi
But Brown was widc awake now.
With sigh he got up and began to
dress.
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TREASURE BURIED IN RIVER BED
FOR YEARS RECOVERED.
Were Bought In England Before the
War and intended for Southern
Road Fortune for Lucky
Finder Of Property.

Liberty, Tex-Mlning for steel
rails is new industry, but il Is be-
ing carried on profitably at Liberty.
Forty-six years ago 10000 tons Of
steel rails wer purchased In England
bY syndicate of wealthy planters of
this section and a number of New
Workers. associated with them in a
railroad proposition up the valley of
the Trinity river,
The rails were paid for and brought
70 Galveston by water aud shipped
up the Trinity river by barges. They
we're unloaded Just below the town
and piled on the low bank of the
river The civil war came on and the
project was abandoned. The members
OF the company were either killed in
the war or lost their property or We're
scattered until not one of them has
been heard OF for more than a quarter
of a century.
A big food In the river occurred a
few months after the rails had been
piled upon its banks and were covered
with a heavy deposit OF sand The
fact that the rails existed finally be.
came a dim memory in the minds OF
the older residents OF Liberty and OF
late years the story of the disastrous
project has been a mere legend.
The river shifted several hundred
yards during the years aud mere than
30 feet OF sand and sol baa been de
posted unon the.efaiIs,j leaving no
tfa-e WlstDEer of -fnepg
II was left TO T. r. Nichols. OF Hous.
ton. to bring these rails TO the light
OF day. Several months ago he was
in Liberty on a business visit when he
Glanced TO meet an old negro who
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Sport with 4 DOLPHIN.

A fishing yarn from Algiers: Some
Arabs were fishing from a boat with
lines on the coast when a dolphin. II
feet long. IL feet In circumference
and weighing four tons. swallowed
one Of the baited hooks and dashed
on al a tremendous speed. The fish
ermen paid out as much line as pos.
sible and then made it fast. This
brought the dolphin up sharply, but
the strain snapped the line The
monster then attacked the boat and
capsized It. finging the fishermen
into the water other Arabs ashore
waited tin the dolphin was clear OF
the men and fiien Killed It With
rifles
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FLY DID THE WORK
APPARENTLY ONLY THING THAI
COULD AROUSE SLEEPER.
Ordinary Noises Of Household anc
Terrific Thunderstorm Brown Slept
Through, But Insect Would
Not Be Denied.


Brown had forgotten to tell the
family that he intended TO sleep late
in the morning. He had come in
tired and weary during the wee
sma hours and was determined to
get his fun nights rest If he stayed
in bed all day
About heif past O'Clock the maid
got up and through some perversity
Of fate, started to soour her pots and
pans. But hard and harsh as the
sound was it merely entered Browns
dreams as from a great distance. lie
sighed and turned over and. while
the goddess of the kitchen was stn
banging away at her pans, he sank
once more back into deep, peaceful
slumbor
At 6 o'clock the Brown baby awake
with a sputtering wall Mrs. Brown
got up and attempted to quiet him
but he only yelled the louder. The
baby had the colicl Somebody shook
Brown. but he merely muttered halt
opened his eyes, and then closed
them again. Mrs. Brown began to sob
and the oldest boy was sent flying for
the doctor The whole house was in
an uproar Meanwhile the baby
screamed-and Brown slept peace
fully on.
At half past when the family had
calmed down somewhat and the baby
had gone to sleep again, the alarm
clock. which Brown had forgotten to
fix, went Off 1t was one of those
startling and persistent affairs that
rings and rings and rings for five
minutes-and then rings on some
more AS the thing began to buzz
Brown peeped out Of one eve at f.
Then he rolled over, pulled blanket
over his ears and--went back to
sleep.
At Z o'clock there arose a terrific
thunderstorm. The wind blew and
the lightning flashed The baby
awoke again and began to yell The
thunder rolled and roared Mrs
Brown rushed about banging the
windows down and calling 70 the
servants Brown moaned ftfully
for a minute or two. stretched his
feet out until they touched the cool
metal end of the bed-pushed the
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some HInts as 10 pIet.

To know whether youi market man
Is selling you oleo or butter ask him
what he is charging you for It,
The theory that pumpkin pies are
unhealthy In July has never been put
10 the test except with canned pump
kin.
Onions should be eaten only at an
hour when you are sure no friends
viii call
The Irish potato is recommended
fof food in cases Of German measles.
The theory is that the racial anup.
athy of the vegetable and the measles
viii distract the attention OF the
germs from the system
II you should bite your hngegs while
eating corn on the cob. excuse your
self and tie up the fingers
The best time 10 eat a hearty meal
is when wealthy friend invites you
70 take dinner with him at his club.
Chicago Post
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srAaulne 10 nEArA.

Because her stomach was SO weakened
boy useless druggiug tina. she could not
eat Mrs. Mary III. Walters, Of St Clais
So, Columbus, o.. was literally starving
TO death. She writes. INV stomach was
SO weak from useless drugs that ! could
not eat and my nerves So wrecked that
/ could not sleep and a befose I was
given up TO die was I 70 iucel 10 Try
Electric Btters. with tho wonderful re-
sult that Improvement beraa az once
and "a complete cure 'oii0wed,a BE L
health Toaic on ea-th 500. Guaranteed
hy am drugggists.
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American Sewing Machines.

over 10000 patents have been taken
out on sewing machines American
sewing machines are now sold in
every country in the world They are
used for all manner of purposes. for
making boots and shoes, awnings.
tents and sails and some of them
have an IS foot bed, Some machines
are made for sewing carpet and car
sew as much carpet as 100 hand sew.
ers. They are also used to make
bags, corsets, hats. caps. gloves. nit.
tens, pocketbooks, saddlery and ha-.
ness.
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NoRTH DAKorA wAeAT oRoP.
VIII Lead Sister States by Yield oi
100000 Bushels.

Minneapolis, MINI. North Dakota
has this year the unprecedented total
OF 100,00O,00O bushels of wheat. a
record never before made W any
state. Minnesota. though growing in
wealth and importance with every
passing year. with bountiful crops OF
wheat and other cereals, must surren'
render the preeminence in wheat she
long held 20 her sister state The
northwest showing is as follows:
North Dakota. 0.OO0, 900 bushels:
Minnesota. S0.00O.000 bushels; South
Dakota 5O,OOO.00O bushels; total. $780,
100000 bushels
The Jones-Inglis report OF wheat
production is In part as follows:
We estimate the wheat crop OF
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the three states at 10000. 900 bushels.
and the total spring crop of the
United States at 3Oi 100000 bushels.
The winter wheat production is esti-
mated at 435. 100000 bushels. giving
a total for the United States OF 726,.
100000 bushels, or the largest yield
of spring and winter wheat the United
States has produced The govern.
ment overestimated the crop Of 1901
by 50.0O0,O00 bushels
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We ofter One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case OF Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENY K CO. Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned. have known f.
j. Cheny for the last fifteen years. and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able 10 carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARTIN,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nnlly. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. Tes-
timonials sent free. Price 20 cents per
bottle. Sold 81 all Druggists.
Take Halls Family pills for constl-
patton.
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Girls. Taaaed. Travel Alone.

Boston Mass.--Each Of them wear.
ing tag marked Portland. Ore, u.
S. three little girls. the eldest not
more than ~ years old. arrived here
uRaeeompanied from Helsingfors. Fin.
land. The girls were given over to
the railroad officers for their journey
across the continent. They go to
their father Peter Westgard. of Port.
land. Ore.
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they can be introduced II not desired.
This plan is also six feet square. The
whole idea of construction is Wen
brought out in the Illustration.
Both of these small houses. says
the Prairie Farmer, are designed for
field use where hogs are put out to
pasture and require some sort Of pro
lection from heat and storm. Many
who use similar houses report that
they have no trouble in housing hogs
In them throughout the winter.
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Helping out Others.

Atlas shifted wearily to the other
foot III ! can only continue to hold
up the world until few trust mag
mates are born, he said they viii
help a lot"
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Cures all Kidney. Bladder and Rheu
matte troubles. Sold by all druggists,
or two months treatment by mail for
500. DR.. q. w. Hall. 1925 Olive
street. St. Louis. Mo.
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sMALL coLoNY Hoe Aousg.

Our first illustration shows a plan
for a colony house for hogs that Is
built A-shapcd on runners lt is six
feet square at the base and six feet
to the gable Its only opening is the
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No one would buy a sail boat with sails
that could not be reefed. There is all
ways that possibility OF a little too much
wind that makes a cautious man afraid
TO go mprovided The 'hlnkingg maa
whose stomach sometimes goes back on
him provides for his stomach by keep
ing bottle of Kodol Fod Dyspepsia
within reach. Kodol dlggests what you
eat and restores the tomach to the
condition 70 properly pe~form its func-
tions. sold by c. r. Rc.fro
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
slsss,s's ssss, ,e: OF ZxA21Z<
HUGE Wagons Of Argentina.

On the Argentine pampas. where
men are scarce and horses are cheap.
and the roads are hardly roads at all.
enormous wagons are used Some
have hind wheels 12, or even IA feet
high, and the drivers seat may be
20 feet from the ground. Such wag-
ons are built as much as so feet in
length. and 10 to Is feet in width. As
many as 60 borses have been used on
one Of these huge wagons. on the
dusty plains of La Plata
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door in front This house is shown
without a floor but If one is desired.
planks can be laid across the run.
ners.
Fig. 2 shows a different plan. This
house is not buiit on runners, bu'
The Glenwood post., 1906-11-10
CHAPTER xv.-continued.

CHAPTER xv.-Continued.
quite rights that the party be
fnd you, sergeant?"
Yes, colonel"
Bring him here, then"
Lights from the interior of the
'ouse found avenues of egress through
Ioor and window. casting broad ban
sers across the darkening piazza
TIE so-called messenger was a
larky
We'll Sambo, what do you WANT"
.emanded tie colonel.
Is you Kernal RidgeUay, sah?"
THAT is my name"
"Kernal John Ridgeway?"
Yes"
Use got somethin' for youse, sab. =
Well, out with it."
Yes, sab, in one minute, sab, jess
IS soon as l disremembers whah I
ecreted um. sab"
Then followed a hasty search of his
garments, until John was really afraid
he scarecrow would fall to pieces un-
Ter such vigorous action.
He knew just how to deal with such
responsible creatures-they only
iced firm hand to guide them-show
my excitement and they become too
'attled for anything
Was this 4 note you had. Pomp?'
le asked.
Oats jess wat ii am. massa. il |
iin only recerlect whar | put UNI"
stop and consider-you desired to
make it secure so it might not be
ost."
CORY. how You knows dat, massa
kernal?"
Where would the safest place be
In the lining of your coat?"
Amt got none. sah.'
In your shoes"
CORY, l specks not wifi dem holes"
I'm the lining of your hat"
CORY, massa kernal. YOU am a
wizard. 1t am dar, suah enuff, an
tyar am de note"
Colonel John took the crumpled pa
per and opened ii.
No doubt his curiosity was some
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No doubt his curiosit

what aroused, and vet the chances
were ten to one he would find it a
begging letter from someone he had
Dnce known many years ago, who be
lieved he might have some influence
how to save him from threatening
danger. for with the advent of the
Federal forces into Atlanta no doubt
more than ore private score of long
standing was wiped out,
Whatever the contents of the miss.
I've, the colonel seemed interested, for
be read it over again.
| That it did not contain pleasant
hews one could readily guess from the
trown upon his brow.
| He turned upon the messenger
"Who gave you this note. Scipio?"
CORY, de lady herself. massa ker-
nal stammered the fellow. who
seemed to answer to any name, so
long as it applied an African descent.
Can you take me to her?"
"i sTect kin, sab"
Sergeant"
Colonel and Shanks. who had re.
sptHtfully fallen back while his officer
lnterrogated the darky and read the
hotc, loomed up again.
Have two horses saddled and pre-
pare to accompany me TO Atlanta. See
here, how did you come out to Lynd-
hurst, on horse or afoot?"
/ "Oh a mewl sah."
We'll, you'll ride back on horse
sergeant. an extra animal for Pomp
he can get his mule in the morn.
Ing"
"Gorry,' was all the scarecrow
said, but he looked as though he could
hardly contain himself at the prospect
Of soon being ast"ide a genuine horse,
fanked on either side by soldier in
the blue of the United States Govern
ment.
| That was glory enough for one day.
Colonel John walked over to the
group gathered about the planter, and
excused himself
"a sudden private matter calls for
my attention in Atlanta. | shall be
back in all probability before ten. Un-
til then, good night gentlemen
He called his second in command
aside and gave him orders concern.
Ing the disposition of the men.
They were comparatively few in
number and on the outskirts of the
Federal line.
1t behooved them to keep sharp
watch.
Bands Of guerrillas were rowing in
= miscellaneous way around the coun-
Try. and might at any t. 'ne happeE
Apon the plantation.
The Glenwood post., 1906-11-10
BOUGHT BY SANTA FE.
Big Corporation Takes in Holly d
Swink Railway.

Denver.-Formal transfer of the
Holly q Swink railway, which includes
the Arkansas Valley railway, making
the sugar beet district of the Arkansas
valley. has been made by the directors
of the road to the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railway. The transfer was
made in the office of Rogers, Cuthbert
& Ellis. attorneys for the Santa Fe in
Denver
At the same time new directors for
the road We're elected, they being
Henry T. Rogers. j. p Hall. general
agent of the Santa Fe in Denver, C. II.
Morehouse, general freight agent Of
the Santa Fe and w. r. Freeman OF
Denver. The old directors were Deu-
mis- Sullivan, H. C. James. R. B. Sui
livan and Platt Rogers. The present
officers are X. V. Schley of New York,
president; w. M. Wiley, general man.
ager; r. B. Sullivan. secretary and
treasurer; T. c. Zimmerman, traffic
manager, and G. ]. Hartman. chief en-
gineer. New officers will be chosen
at the next meeting of the directors.
The two sugar beet roads operate
among the factories of the American
Beet Sugar Company in the Arkansas
valley, and are feeders for the Santa
Fe. 1t was reported some weeks ago
that the sugar beet roads would ulti-
matelv be absorbed by the Santa Fe
The roads operate three locomotives
and sixty-five cars, all used in the SUI
gar beet industry
The Glenwood post., 1906-11-10
An Up-to-Oatc Nayy.

United States naval officers do not
admit that the monster battleships
planned by Great Britain and Italy
are necessarily more effective thar
warships of the Connecticut Louisiana
and the Michigan-South Carolina types.
Now that fuller details have reached
here regarding the Cuniberti battle.
ship. with which Italy expects to out
class the Dreadnaught, there is less
disposition than ever to overesti-
mate the Importance of Italy's
move. The assumption that the
biggest battleship can whip one
few hundred tons smaller leaves out
of account the matter of seamanship,
brains. courage, craftsmanship, and
relative efficiency, says Harper's
Weekly. American warships may not
he as t'y as the biggest, but in per-
.sonnel and equipment they equal any
'thing aaoas. Our newest warships
have steaming radius of 5000 miles.
much greater than that of a-y other
5oattleships atloat THIS is a very i'm
.portant element In the fighting eff
cheney of all war vessels, and one in
(which the large English and Italian
'battieships are likely to fail.
The Glenwood post., 1906-11-10

The sergeant accompanies us. This
city is in the hands of the Federals,
but there are many quarters. | do not
doubt, where the life of a Union Of
iicer might be in danger. did he
choose to roam about unattended
after nightfall. | am not so great 4
fool. Lead on. scipio, you hear?"
Yes, sab, at once, sah," returned
the other.
Colonel John had already positive
evidence of the fact that he was not
without bitter enemies
That was the most cruel part of the
civil war-it divided families caused
hatred between brothers, and pitted
father against SON.
His cousin hated him bitterly. not
because John had ever done him an
evil turn, but simply on account of the
bitter feeling the wicked always en-
tertain toward any one different from
themselves.
Then there was Major Worden.
He had good cause to feel especially
bitter toward the Yankee colonel.
Being enamored with pretty Mollie
Granger, and resolved to win her for
his wife, it must have been deeplv
humiliating to this proud soldier of
the South TO know that she had sacri-
feed herself to save the home She and
her father loved so intensely.
Yes, she was the Yankee colonels
wife, made so, it is true as brilliant
stroke of business diplomacy, but out
of his reach so long as her husband
lived
No wonder then, Worden was eager
to put him out of the way-Mollie as
the colonels widow would be a pos
sible prize for him to win.
Colonel John had these things on
his mind as he and the sergeant walk
ed along the streets of Atlanta behind
their sable guide.
The railroads had been crippled
ere Atlanta fell, but Sherman's men
were now engaged in building them
up and defending them
All the vast supplies for his army
must come by rail from Chattanooga,
and until these had been accumulated,
Sherman would make Atlanta his
headquarters.
Many stirring scenes could be wit
messed in the streets Of Atlanta.
Here blazed an incendiary fire, and
the soldiers in blue fought the flames
like heroes, for II 1t once passed ~
yond their control. with a strong vi
blowing, the entire city might be cU6..
sumed.
Whatever the motive that brought
Colonel John to the city on this ndahG
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0lsRGsZD 9S R Gaz7c Szzzy

| Finding it guarded by a Fedora
force they could easily Judge the
owner must be in close touch with
| the enemies of the South.
This would naturally arouse their
passions. and such lawless marauders
would take the keenest delight in an,
plying the torch to the buildings that
had thus far existed through the
troublous times marking the siege OF
the Gate City.
Sergeant Shanks presently appeared
again. announcing that the horses
were ready.
Together the three mounted and
rode away, the black looking more
like grinning ape upon the back of
| horse than human being.
The colonel having one arm in a
sling was not in a prime condition for
an engagement of any sort, but his
wound was slight and would be healed
in a few days.
Soon the environs of the city ap-
peared, the breastworks which the
Confederates had defended stubbornly
against superior foe, until the disas-
terS at Kenesaw. Peach Orchard and
other battlefields warned then Attain
ia was doomed and they must evacu-
ate unless they desired to have their
homes wrecked by bombardment
Then they rode among the houses
along the avenue that in the years to
come would he the most beautiful in
the Southland, the homes of senators,
governors and bankers.
When they pulled up at stable and
dismounted, leaving th~ horses in
charge, Colonel John turned to the
grotesque scarecrow whose hand had
delivered the message, saying:
Now it's your turn. my man. Lead
us to the house where this lady may
be found-the lady from whom you re
ceived the note"
The negro cast glance of inquiry
toward Shanks, which action was not
unnoticed by the colonel and his faith
full attendant.
Does we all go, massa kernal?"
asked the negro.
The Glenwood post., 1906-11-10
The Indifferent Citizen.

Indifference is the blight that af-
fleets all efforts for better things. The
prosperous citizen is optimisticaly
con d1ent that things are going right
iand that any sidestepping must be
only temporary So he lets them go
and is content to think that he at
least. has nothing to worry about.
Comfortably liked in the first cabin
with all the luXuries of modern life
about him, he cares nothing what
other people in the same ship are do
ing-whether they are scuttling it, set
ting it afre or preparing a mutiny;
all he knows or cares about is that it's
knighty pleasant right where he is and
that's enought. This negligence and
indifference clear the way for those
who do care and who have selfish ends
to serve. All the deals and machina-
lions that make modern politics dis
reputable are due. fundamentally, to
the neglect of the great majority to be
alert says the Hartford, Conn, Cour-
ant. 1t is nonsense to say that society
itself is rotten. 1t holds together just
Because of its sweet and wholesome
-strength. The pratical element that
lives on it is tolerated, not dominant.