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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-26
CHAPTER xv.-coniinued.

SFAr EN- AN.-SonflrucC.
Quite rights that the party be-
bind YOU. sergeant"
Yes, colonel"
Bring him here, then"
Lights from the interior of the
house found avenues of egress through
door and window. casting broad BAN
ners across the darkenlng piazza.
The so-called messenger was
darby.
Well Sambo. what do you want?e
demanded the colonel.
Is YOU Kernal Ridgeway, sah?"
That is my name"
"kernal John Ridgewayy"
Yes"
Use got somethin' for youse. sab, =
Well. out with it,
Eyes, sab. in one minute, sab. Jess
as soon as | disremembers whah
secreted UNI. sab"
Then followed hasty search OF his
garments. until John was really afraid
the scarecrow would fall TO pis-es UNI
der such vigorous action.
He knew just how to deal with such
irresponsible creatures-they only
need firm hand TO guide them--show
any excitement and they become too
ratified for anything.
Was this note you had. Pomp?"
he asked.
Oats jess wat II am, massa. II
kin only reeerlect whar put UNI"
Stop and consider-you desired 10
make 1t secure so 1t might not be
lost
CORY. how you knows dat. masss
kernai?"
Where would the safest place be-
in the lining OF your coat?"
"Ain't got none. sah.''
In your shoes?"
CORY, specks not wifi dem holes.
In the lining OF your hat?"
CORY, massa kernal, you am
wizard. II am dar. suah enuff, an
| hyar am de note"
Colonel John took the crumpled pa
| per and opened II.
No doubt his curiosity was some
what aroused, and yet the chances
| were ten TO one he would find ii
! begging letter from someone he hat
once known many years ago. who be
lieved he might have some influenc
now to save him from threatenin
danger, for with the advent OF tn
Federal forces into Atlanta no douh
more than one private score of Ion
standing was wiped out.
Whatever the contents OF the miss
I've, the colonel seemed interested. 10
he read ii over again.
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Cot Good Doc chean

Byrncs n waiting Of tho secret
services has handsome Russian wolf
hound
This dog" he said the othor day.
cost me 5000 II he bad belonged to
a commoner breed ii he had been a
Boston or French bull. griffon or n
Pomeranian--l could have gotten bis
like for s25
How? by using my knowledge OF
crime, by proftinr from crime-a
thing | wouldn't DO. Of course
But some men would used 20
know In Tcrre Haute reformed con
ndeuce man. lie had a good Job In a
charity society. went regularly TO
church and professed 20 be thoroughly
upright and good Bui---''
Mr. Waiting bent over and stroked
the silky white coat Of his hound
Il met this chap one morning OF tho
street
Loot here. said rs this your ad-
yertisoment in the paper Tor lost
dog7
% Yes. said re
aBut haBE p a'l faid l. 'y0a neTrr
had s dog 10 lose
He gfinne1
~ fno@ D.. be czp.ained. but
want a good dog now and i'll be able
10 make = very satisfactory selection
from The animals that nay advertise
inert VIII ,aN forth
Thai ulgbt be shSvcd IRE superb
French bHll thai hai cost h'm us DOR
larn s--ChicaEo Carunirle-
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FEARED FOR HER NEW SHEETS
Wife Saw No Reason Why Husband
Could Not Die Quietly

DIR. 7. T.. Sanger. one of the oldest
and best known physicians In north.
ern New Hampshire, tells the follow.
Ing incident. illustrating that the rul-
Ing passion In some women viii show
even In the presence of death.
"On certain occasion, many years
ago" he says, Il received a hurry
call TO the old homestead OF one Siias
Perkins. a misorly old farmer living
out on the Waterford road felt In.
tuitively that either Silas or his wife
must be at deaths door for them TO
call for the services Of doctor.
"on arriving at the house. the FIRST
glance told me the old mans hours
were numbered. He was tossing from
side TO side on the bed. and Kicking
out wildly In all directions with hls
long gaunt legs BY the bedside sat
Mrs. Perkins. and | fancied there was
an expression OF irritation a.d annoy
anca reflected from her face. rather
than sorrow or pity.
AT last she said. exploslyely:
Silas. cant you keep "a little mite
quIeter2
No, can't moaned the sufferer
I'm dyin', I'm dyin'
Wei. maybe you are admitted
the wife hut still there amt no sense
In you rippin and tearln up my new
sheets"
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rode away. the black looking more
like a grinnihg ape upon the back OF
horse than human being
The colonel having one arm In a
sling was not in q 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 APP
peared. the breastworks which the
Confederates had defended stubbornly
against superior foe. until the disas
tiers at Kenesaw. Peach Orchard and
other battiehelds warned them Allan
ia was doomed, and they must evaeu,
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 be the most beautiful IN
the Southland. the homes OF senators,
( governors and bankers
/ When they pulled up at stable and
/ dismounted. leaving the horses in
/ charge. Colonel John turned TO the
grotesQne searecrow whose hand had
I 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
ceiyed the note"
The negro cast a glance of inquiry
toward Shanks. which action was not
unnoticed by the colonel and his faith.
full attendant,
Does we all go, masss kernals"
asked the negro.
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 Union of
ficer might be In danger, did he
choose to roam about unattended
after nightfan. ! am not so great :
fool Lead on, SeIpio. you hear?"
Yes. sab, at once, sab" returned
the other.
Colonel John had already positiv,
evidence of the fact that he was no
without bitter enemies
That was the most cruel part of tn,
civil war--it divided families. cause,
hatred between brothers. and pitte,
father against son
MS COUSIN hatcu nun uitlNflys no
: because John had ever done him al
! evil turn, but simply on account OF Oh
; bitter feeling the wicked always er
, terrain toward any one different fror
themselves.
; Then there was Major Worden.
He had good cause to feel especial
. bitter toward the Yankee colonel.
! Being enamored with pretty Molli
Granger, and resolved to win her 10
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the cost of transportation will come to
over $755.000.
Eight GOLFERS accompany the fleet
The Marcellus, Hannibal Leonidas
and possibly the Sterling accompany
the fleet to Trinidad, and then re-
turn for more coal, Others will go
as far as Rio and return to join the
fleet again at Magdalena bay. and all
that have free space tween decks will
carry general supplies for the Mare
Island navy yard. The Connecticut
carries $50 tons Of briquettes made
of slack coal and pitch to test them
as suitable fuel for use in the navy.
The cost of coaling, exclusive of the
amount of coal carried by the ships
from Norfolk to Trinidad. will be
sl,22s.2S0 sum more than equal to
the bonded debt of the state of Idaho
or the state Of Washington.
Provisions In Plenty.
AS to provisions, Columbia must
pack enough In the giant hampers to
feed her sons for the long lis days.
and have enough extra goodies for
Christmas, New Years and Washing.
ton birthday dinners. and the list
shows she has not been niggardly in
her selection.
There are a variety of foodstuffs, in
Guiding tons OF cereals, salt meats,
dried fruits and canned goods. and
! 1880 pounds of -four for making
fresh bread In lieu OF long anathe
matized hard tack. There are tons OF
dessicated foodstuffs that have al.
ready been tested and found good, and
the more recent additions-dried eggs
and dehydrated vegetables. There are
5000 pounds of dried eggs. an equiv
alent of $4,000 dozen fresh eggs, and
when the Christmas baking Is on and
the 10000 fresh eggs also carried are
not available, the mixer OF cakes will
find that the dried product wher
mixed with water will froth as easily
as the fresh
New methods of communication be
tween the ships have been installed. and
new methods of controlling the fire
aioih the Suub- Do ne" Is lulS Sysleu
OF fire control that retired naval of
| fcer was heard to remark when the
news came to him: That is a goot
idea. a good idea | am glad to heal
it, indeed, for fire is a most dangerous
thing aboard a ship!" The Colorado
was first in this experiment Wireless
telegraphy has been a part of a bat
tleship's equipment for so many year.
now that 1t is quite an old story, bu
he feet decided 1t must have wire
less telephony, too, SO the past few
weeks have witnessed a busy scene II
Hampton Roads. and in New York ant
Brooklyn harbors, where experts hav,
been busy putting In the appliances
Connecticut Is Flagship.
Admiral Evans chose the Connec
ticut as his flagship. Capt Ingersoll Il
her commander and chief OF stan o
the Atlantic feet. Upon the shoulder
of Rear-Admiral Brownlow at Wash
ington. much OF the work of prepare
ton fell. The splendid condition OF tn,
| fleet when IL left its anchorage her,
to-day shows how well he has done II
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There was nothing about the place ,
to indicate danger,
Federal soldiers could be seen on
he street In either direction, for At.
lania wAs tight In the grip Of sher.
mans host. and overrun by the boys
In blue
Sergeant, walt for me at the door"
Eyes, colnAeI."
III cah or you hear any suspicious
sounds. enter"
Yes, colonel"
after se==. .1ave broken every bone
In tse hoay Of this aarky whoa
leave in ycur charge
Eyes. colonel"
"Golly. dag am ne-pse a dead mtg.
ger II de. massa koraal hah ut"
groaned Sanho, tut the sergeant paid
no heed 10 his lame ntaliuns and calm.
~ proceeded 20 lay a hand upon his
shoulder. while with the other he ex.
posed revolver. the sight Of which
almost made the poar darky's WOO,
stand up on end with fright
Meanwhile Colonel John staiked up
to the door uron which he knocked
loudly.
There were lights in the honse. hut
the curtains were drawn so shat not a
glimpse OF the interior could be OBJ.
tanned,
In answer 10 his summons the sound
of bolts being withdrawn could be
plainly heard
T0tep ~. ,i,ar npauod a f..Ny IA al a.
what do YOU want7" asked voice.
/ Il have eome-you sent foY me,
] returned the soldier 1T is Colonel
Ridgeway."
Then the door opened wider,
Colonel John experienced queer
sensation as in answer TO the invita-
/ ton extended to him he stepped
across the doorsili aud catered this
| house,
lie found himself in plainly fur
nished room,
Colonel John, having cast his eye'
around TO make mental note Of hi
position. now turned his gaze upof
a woman. the only person In the room
She had quietly closed the door
and stood there facing him.
He started at sight Of that dark,
beautiful face seeing which she CAV
a low laugh, a disagreeable laugh tina
gave the nearer u shudder.
Well ! hardly expected to find yo
here. madame" he said. with frowr
mo doubt, and yet YOU knew ! wa
in the city. my dear Colonel John.
returned the woman, advancing clos
TO his side.
That il true--you dared TO ca
upon my~-that IL upon Miss Grange
and tell her base lie-to afflrm tbs
| was your husband because throug
the grace OF my cousin Crockett 20
have right 10 bear the name ,
Ridgeway Perhaps | ought 10 than
you for your kind action, since ha,
reason to believe II has furtherod m
cause"
ITO be continued
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incorporated this sentiment in his
message of 1874 the United States still
paid tribute, because there was no
navy to prove her independence. How
ever, that congress appropriated $780,
900 with which to build six frigates.
Among these were the Constitution,
now the oldest ship afioat under any
flag. and training ship for appren-
tees at Portsmouth. With this feet
and it's later auxiliaries Decatur
taught the rulers of Algiers and Trip
oil stern lesson, and America soon
took her place among the naval pow
ers of the world, place which none
disputed after her victories over Great
Britain in 1s12-1S15.
Quick Work Of Preparation.
The president issued the orders for
the sailing of this feet on August 90,
and since then coal mines, railways,
provision dealers, and manufacturers
of heavy ordnance and ammunition
have known the busiest season they
have had since the Spanish-American
wal. aitO6SthCl ~ NSooCio 81 W odu
Francisco, and when all have as
sembled in the waters off the coast of
California, Fighting Bob" Evans will
have under his command the largest,
most invincible, the most perfectly
equipped feet that has ever modified
in one place since the history of the
world began.
The Aggregate displacement of the
vessels sailing is nearly $4,000 tons
and the aggregate power Is 664 guns OF
four inch calibre and over The four
divisions of this feet will carry ISL Of
ficers and 1880 enlisted men, as fine
an array of jackies as any navy has
ever known, and an earnest and eager
set, too, for as soon as the news OF
the cruise was noised abroad enlist.
ments increased rapidly throughout
the navy and assertions became prac.
tically unknown
The mooern wife who puzzles for
days over the packing of her hus-
bands grips and lunch basket when
he Is of for a weeks hunting trim,
can never begin to appreciate the
enormity of Columbia's task In fitting
out her 1880 sons for an outing OF
115 days, in which they are not ex.
pected ITO set foot on land at all. Be.
sides all the stores that each shin
can carry when her capacity is taxed
to its fullest. there will be two ships
that carry supplies alone. the Glacier
and Culgoa
immense Supply Of Coal.
The item of coal alone is not in
| considerable. On October IL. contracts
were let for 10000 tons to be deliv.
cred at the six seaport towns where
the fleet will stop, Trinidad. Rio
Janerio. Puita Arenas, Callao. Mag.
dalena bay and San Francisco. 1t is
mined INVEST Virginia, shipped by
rail to FUR tide water cities of the
Atlantic. and whom there is handled
4 by five American companies in 30 for
eign steamers to the ports named
where II Is piled on the piers ready
I for tie battleships. Fifteen of these
steaners go all the way to San Fran.
/ ciscf with their cargoes. The cost Of
the coal will be about SO a ton and
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cHApTEt vi
Tn. L.sso. Assins, the coion.'

The League Against the NoioHa-
Colonel John vas aroused by these
words Of his gulae--he had fallen 1910
quite a reyerie as be walked alonH
and Il may easily be surmisee that
the peculiar adventure had happenta
TO him under the Lyndhurs; roof O
cupied a prominent place IN hio
thoughts by day and BY night
He nov found they we've in fron' Of
a plain dwelling house.
II ala not differ from scores o.
others IN the immediate vicinity
which was OF the poorer classes
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~wfs; 80 yer understand Is 50
r'esy ctr hrr
III rses 10 t1caa \ ferao1 Nho t.ea
o break into sCcieiy
Used u meant
yes. SoN Il m5y reaR ps'fSS
eitr-her - -earch o, src.riy aeEs
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tn, Au,er ear school - Kesiia=.
~Ar o. .sslfr nurht hy correspon'
Geaec 49, 3p"sFa'as un3 10 laoofa'
torr ze- -re.a-g bg eg- method.
pf.yf tetsss - ~ }ue7. SID reelected
,ala-, a -nrc,afty srrtharr cases OF
ntev.stIr iaarst-y s1,irfrt.
-e-tlmeuials and photographs q
grateful sraqaa3es who have GOOD posi-
-. "a M Leisure class Puck
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rican Navy.

alton made for a
d was that of the
in 1775. and the
expected to pur-
enerally outfit 10
sent year, ending
will have needed
base of $4,000. 900
million alone go
The last appro-
or the building of
to be expended
ch of which is to
length, IS feet
knots an hour,
was appropri-
of the Holland
Der FIVE torpedo
contracted for.
>parlson with the
continental con-
and which was
pple of the colo
rivation.
a commerce we
defend it," wrote
the Barbary
= had been sent
means of stop
hers and Tripoii
vessels. For
Endured the hu.
ribute to these
N ashington had
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TO EVANS.
lspect and Love
III

lspeet and Love
'al.
OF the loyalty
n Rear Admiral
saying abort
He has 81
all forms of
ven have mtsre
and the III
they do more
liberty parties
men ar at
stains IN; P
hnse his men
IL warn for
ships o any
mistresed.
NJ an ppren-
a bali about
q policeman.
% In a boat
&C. see the
Eungs ter's
questions.
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fo,nd that the boy was doing no more
tan other civilians ashore at the
same time and seemed to have been
singled out for attack by the police
man because he was seaman. Turn
ing to the executive officer of the
flagship Rear-Admiral Evans said:
Pick out so good husky ones give
them = baseball and send them
ashore"
An hour later a boat came along
SIDE and chief Of police came aboard
wearing disturbed look.
Admiral. your men are beating up
my policemen"
Are they? Wen. I'm - glad to
near H. That's what l sent them
ashore for
The 30 husky ones had gone ashore.
tossed their bali about. and when the
confident police descended upon them
they found very different recan,ion
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voltaire.

voltaire.
Inc superauous is very necessary.
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a glri needn't feel hurt because her
sweetheart can't tell her why he loves
ner. he doesn't know himself
foung's Magazine.
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playinl
ibIe oil
anids
him u
sstpi
7 at las
ussef
gistrat
% uhe
se-xtar
wal
By hi
10 &C.,
com|
distrea
man.
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Va, Dec. 16.-The
I the great Atlantic
Pacific is only an
Egreat proofs OF the
growth and devel-
elad warship is only
passing through a
Eolution to its pres
3 American discov-
ICED the science of
bughout the whole
#now 270 vessels in
limited States navy
D, in Washington's
ere was not one.
D Is battleships of
Id class, carrying
outh this country's
nmander-in-chief of
pkins, might easily
Bgraced head when
ntal congress sum.
I'm.
pn Roads that the
be worlds history
written. 1t was
that the nation
finest sea fighters
hearty 10000 miles.
DC swung clumsily
ong ago and drove
Is of seamen who
such a monster,
ul and as swift as
ome and gone ali
have become a ia
ong these is the
est of Uncle SAM
next only in size
which King Ed
kunched with such
n so ago. and to
3 new monster of
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|pungster's
questions,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-11
In Darkest Asia.

Mr.. r. l.. Harris, United States con-
sh at Smyrna makes an interesting
report on conditions in Asia Minor,
and In regard to electricity, says:
THE city OF Smyrna, with nearly AGO.
600 population, has no electric railway,
electric light or telephone. There are
cities all over Asia Minor varying IN
size from 10000 to $4,000 inhabitants
where there are opportunities Of get
ting concessions for electric light and
traction. 1t is strange for American
electrical concerns to turn their backs
on this field, with the excuse that
nothing under a 100000 concession
would attract them.
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THE GIRL WHO PAYS HER WAY.

"You probably have no conception OF
your importance ~ a unit. Few of us
have, writes Margaret L. Sangster in
Woman's Home Companion for July.
yet society is so constructed that we
depend on one another, and without
quite understanding it, we constantly
assist in molding the opinions and shap-
ing the conduct of people whom we may
never meet and who apparently never
approach our neighborhood. For in
stance, knew intimately a young girl
who WAS born in tenement house on
the East Side Of New York, who scram-
bled up M best she could through II
meager and poverty stricken childhood,
working as cash girl in department
store when she was fourteen, and later
earning her livelihood in tobacco facto.
ry. Her work when she first became
one of my girls was very hard and un-
wholesome. Her face was pale, her
fingers were stained, her hours We're
long, and her weekly wage most of it
given to her mother, was q sum that
many girls in well.to.do families spend
on candies and chiffons without u
thought of economy. But she had a
dainty air, was fastidiously neat arrang
ed her hair very prettily and was gentle
and attractive in speech and manner
She had the sweet and refined air of a
lady. How to account for it would
have been puzzle had | known girls
of only one condition and training
asked no questions yet | found out
without much trouble what | wanted
to know My little friend was spend
ing Sunday with me, and she said
incidentally, when was Fresh Air, "
the year was ten, saw a young girl
who must have been fifteen. She was
the loveliest thing you could imagine
She used to drive down the road past the
farm where we were staying, and
knew she was going to the train to meet
her father. Often she stopped with her
mother and visited a little with us, and
made up my mind that would be like
that girl. tried to talk as she did, |
made her my pattern. Afterward, when
was cash, " ! sometimes saw her in
the store, and oh what joy it was when
at last she came to the Settlement and
sang for us in the evenings. That girl
has been my ideal.
" Did you ever tell her about it2' /
asked.
" 4 have never spoken single word
to her was the reply. i don't want to,
| like better to think of her rs star or
a beautiful flower. She belongs to me
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his first duty, is to his immediate house
hold. and that among the duties to his
family and to the heirs Of his estate is
that of practicing judicious economy
buying where he can buy the cheapest
and to the best advantage. And this
brings us to the second point IN the
argument-the paramount question OF
this commercial age-"Will it payT
What are the relative advantages OF
buying at the local store and ordering
from catalogue house? Advantages,
understand, that figure in the question,
will it pay?" Don't get away from
that question.
The catalogue describes the goods and
quotes price; maybe it gives picture
of the article also, but you don't see the
goods. The local merchant shows you
the goods; you may examine them critic
ally; he may allow you to test them or
to call in an expert to advise you. Is 1t
fair to conclude that the catalogue
article is the cheaper just because the
price is lower?
But to get at the bottom of the ques-
ton we must consider the far reaching
general effect of mail order trading. IT
single catalogue houses are to be cap.
italized at forty millions Of dollars, they
must be reckoned with along with
Standard Oil, the beef trust and railroad
mergers. If they are allowed to suck
the blood from our country towns and
small cities your grandchildren will find
conditions much the same as those of
your grandfathers time. Their markets
will be thirty, fifty or seventy-tve miles
away. The towns and villages will be
deserted, and the hubs will be too
distant to send the radiating spokes of
rural mail, telephone lines and other
modern conveniences far into the coun-
try. Less convenient markets may not
depress prices to the old level, but will
reduce the farmers profit to the vanish
ing point. If the value of land was
raised by convenience of markets will it
not be lowered by their removal?
These are the points to consider when
you get out the mail order catalogue
moral obligation and will it payY'
And after all, in the final analysis, they
are one and the same.