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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-02-21
(Copyrivbt by 4. c. NcClurx & Co.. iso1.)
SYNOPSIS.

George Williston. poor ranchman.
high minded and cultured searches for
cattle missing from his ranch the Lazy
s." On a wooded spot in the rivers bed
that would have been an island had the
Missouri been at high water. he discovers
band of horse thieves engaged in work
ing over brands on "attle He creeps
near enough to note the changing of the
Three Bars brand on one steer to the
~. r." brand. Paul Langford. the rich
for by. Willston and is informed of the
operations Of the gang of cattle thieves =
a band of outlaws headed by Jesse Black.
who long have defied the law and author
tiles Of kemah county. South Dakota
with impunity. but who, heretofore. had
of the great Three Bars ranch Willis
ton shows his reiuctancy in opposing a
band so powerful in politics and so dread.
ed by all the community. l.angford
pledges Williston his friendship Il he
will assist in bringing Jesse Black" and
known as "Williston's little girl" Louise
Dale. an expert court stenographer, VINO
had followed her uncle. Judge Hammond
Dale. from the east to the "Dakotahs
and who Is living with him at Wind city.
Is requested by the county attorney;
Richard Gordon, to come to kemah and
take testimony in the preliminary near
ing Of Jesse Black. She accepts the invi-
tation and makes her first trip into the
across the river from Kemah. she Is met
by Jim Munson. hot headed cowboy OF
the Three Bars ranch. In waiting for
the train Munson looks at some cattle IN
the stock pen. In the herd being shipped
to Sioux City by Bill Brown he detects
belonging to his employer of the Three
Bars ranch,
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Food Adulterations.

Through the labors of the
state pure food and drug commission
he general public Of Colorado has Of
ate seen some remarkable revelations
concerning the nature OF the things it
eats. Tho commission. instead Of pros
acuting cases, has been warning deal
ers, and the result is that close in
spection nowadays will show strange
changes from the labels that have hith-
erto been made familiar to the public.
In design and general appearance the
new labels are like the old, but close
examination will show strange things
printed. usually in very small type.
Here Is list of some Of the changes: :
Formerly Pure Maple Syrup" now
Cane and Maple Syrup" on what was
previously known as pure apple cider
The words limitation and artifcially
colored," but in very small type, now
appear; potted turkey is now "potted
meat, turkey flavor" pure cider vine
gar is now distilled and artifcially
colored;" pure apple butter" is now
fruit butter, apple flavor. 25 per cent.
glucose"
The new labels confess that bologna
sausage has preservatives In it, that
current jelly is Is per cent. apple Juice.
and that pepper contains rs per cent.
Of adulteratior-such as charcoal, corn
meal and ground cigar boxes; that ice
cream is frozen milk and coloring mat
ter: that French mustard is is per
cent. not mustard at all; that olive oil
Is made from cotton seed, and that
wnisny and port wine are mysteries.
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CHAPTER w.
Nothing but a Hoss Thief, ANYWAY

NotHlHS put d TOSS nicr, anyway.
The island tecmed with early sun.
flowers and hints of goldenrod yet to
come. The fine, white. sandy soil
deadened the sound of the horses
hocfs. They seemed to be spinning
through. space. Under the cotton.
woods it grew dusky and still.
AT the toll house IA dingy blackboard
in state of weird dilapidation, with a
tean of shaggy buckskin ponies, stood
waiting. Jim drew up. Two men
were lounging in front of the shanty,
chatting to the toll-man.
Hello. JIM" called one of them. a
tall, slouching fellow with sandy col.
orng.
Now, how the devil did you git
so familiar with my name?" growled
Jim.
The Three Bars is gettin' busy
these days" spoke up the second man,
with an insolent grin.
You bet 1t is." Dragged J m. When
the officers O the law git to sleepin'
with hoss thieves and rustlers, and
take two weeks to arrest bunch of
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"Ar. Williston informed, did he

"Ar. Williston informed. did he
not?"
"Williston? Oh, yes. he informed.
but he'd never "a done it II it hadn't
q been for the boss. The oil jellyfish
wouldn't "a had the nerve to inform
without backin'. as sure as stone
wall. The boss is a doin' this, l tell
you, Miss. But Williston s goin' on
the stand to.morrer all right, and so
am L.
The two cowboys at the corner table
had long since finished their supper
They now lighted bad-smelling cigars
and left the room. To Louise's great
relief Munson rose. too. He was back
very soon with neat little runabout
and spirited team of bays.
"Boss's private" explained Jim with
pride. "Nothin too good for lady,
SO the boss sent this and me to take
keer o it, And O. you, too, Miss" he
added, as an afterthought
He held the lines in his brown. mus
cular hands, lovingly. while he slowed
away Louise's belongings and himself
snugly in the seat and then the blood
burned hot and singing through his
brOnZed, tough skin, for suddenly in
his big, honest. unframed sensibilities
was born the consciousness that the
boss would have slowed away the lady
first. 1t was an, embarrassing mo-
ment. Louise saved the day by climb
ing in unconcernedly after him and
tuckinS The linen robe over her skirt.
1T will be Il dusty drive won't it,
she asked simply.
Miss you're a-dandy." said Jim
as simply.
AS they dove upon the pontoon
bridge, Louise looked back at the little
town On the bluffs and felt momen-
! tary choking in her throat. 1t was a
strange place, yet it had tendrls
reaching homeward. The trail be.
yond was abscurely marked and not
| easy to discern. She turned to her
companion and asked quickly: Why
| didn't Mary Gomez"
Great guns! Did ! forGt to tell
| you? Williston's got the stomach
ache to beat the band and Mary's got
to physic him up gin to-morrer. We've
got to git him on that stand if it takes
the hull Three Bars to hOl him up and
the gal a pourin' physic down him be
tween times. Yep, Ma'am. He was
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plZened. You see, everybody that ale
any meat last night was took sick
with gripin' cramps, yep but Willis
ton he was worse'n all. lie bcin' Il
hearty cater. He was a stayin' in
town over night on this preliminary
business, and Dick Gordon he was
took, too, but not so bad, bcin' what
YOU might call light eater. The boss
and me We drove home after all,
though we'd expected to stay for sup
per. The pesky coyotes got fooled
that time. Yep, ma am, no doubt about
ii in the world. Friends O Jesse's
that we ain't able to lay hands on yit
pizened that there meat. Yep. no
doubt about it. Dick was in an awful
sweat about you. Was bound he was
comm after you hsseIf, sick AS he
was, when we found Mary was off the
count. So then the boss was il comm
and they fit and squabblcd for an hour
who could be best spared, when |,
comm in settled it in Il jiTy hy
o1erin' my services. which was gladly
accepted. When there's pZcnin' gOin'
Oh, why, the boss's place is hum. And
nothin would do but the boss's own
particular outfit. He never does things
by halves, the boss don't. SO hikes
home after it and then hikes here"
Il am very grateful to him. | am
sure" murmurcd Louise, smiling.
And Jim. daring to look upon her
smiling face, clear eyes and soft hair
under the jaunty French sailor hat,
found himself wondering why there
was no woman at the Three Bars.
With the swift. haf-ntuitivc thought,
the serpent entered Eden
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THEIR DEGREES OF HAPPINESS.
Marital Relations Of Rural Postmas
tiers Not All Serene.

The chief clerk Of the post Office de-
partment at Washington recently sent
to all the postmasters in the country
a list of questions asking for certain
information, says the New York Sun.
to be used in the preparation Of the
government Blue Book. One of the
questions in the list was, What are
your marital r6iations?"
The object of this particular ques.
tion was to find out whether the post
masters are married, single. widowed
or divorced. But some of the rural
postmasters did not understand. and
many answers were received in which
the persons addressed endeavored to
give a clear and lucid explanation Of
the status of their married life. One
postmaster briefly stated that his do.
nestle affairs were Fine and dandy"
Another, not so fortunate, replied:
Fairly middling." while third filled
in the blank space with two words:
1.-The worst"
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tTO BE CONTINUEDJ
Mans Pre- judice for Black Clothes.

In opening an artistic dress exhibi-
ton Mr. Louis y. Parker. master of
the recent Warwick pageant. said
there could be no doubt that the
clothes men wore were foolish, says
the Pail Mall Gazette. He claimed
that as woman could array herself in
sympathetic colors and flowing folds,
the time had arrived when man should
be placed on equality with her. instead
Of the having to array himself in black
for dinner, the theater, funerals and
weddings. He believed and hoped that
his pageants would do something to
sweep away the prejudice for black.
for it was horrd custom on the part
of civilization.
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Hypnotic Sunstrcke.

A German physician who had pa.
tient who could not afford to go to a
warm climate. thought he would ac.
complish the same result by means OF
hypnotism. The doctor chalkcd a pic.
ture of the sun on the ceiling. and by
suggestion induced the patient to be.
licve it really was the sun and that
it would cure him. But the patient
soon died When the doctors friends
suycd him about the novel treatment
he Indignantly explained that the pa.
tient was getting along nicely and
would have got well had he not unex
pectedly cied Of sunstroke.
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Nearing the End.

Joe Lincoln, whose Cape Cod folks
are well-known characters, recently
attended a lecture. When asked how
he liked 1t, he related this little story:
A stranger entered a church in the
middle OF the sermon and seated him
self in the back pew. After a while
he began to fidget. Leaning over to
the white-haired man at his side, evil
IDENTIFY an old member Of the congre-
cation, he whispered:
How long has he been preaching?"
Thirty or forty years, think" the
old man answered. 81 don't know ex-
actly."
I'll stay, then" decided the stran-
ger. HE must be nearly done. Ely
erybody's Magazine.
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Museum Appointment.

Denver.-Dr. W. S. Ward has been
appointed director of the department
of art and minerals at the Colorado Mu.
scum of Natural History, located in the
city park. Dr. Ward has a large cir,
Gle of friends throughout the state, and
his abilities have been frequently rec.
oSnized by those connected with state
and national expositions. Among the
many positions he has occupied may
be named those of chief of the Colorado
mining department, Chicago. in 1898 ::
assistant director of the department
OF mines and mining for the United
States in Paris, 1900. under F. j. V.
Skiff, and field director of the mining
department at the st. Louis exposition
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Fish Hatchery Insurance,

Dcnvcr.-David |. Farr state game
and fish commissioner, has received a
draft for 81 500 from the ST Paul Fire
& Marine Insurance Company, In pay
ment of the insurance on the Del Norte
fish hatchery, which recently burned A
new hatchery has now been built at a
cost OF something over $4,000. making
the actual loss to the state on the fire
only $3.50. The capacity of the new
hatchery is 100000 eggs at time.
with three hatchings a year.
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Peru viii Welcome Elect.

Lima. Peru.-The American fleet
which is steaming up the west coast
of South America. is expected to ar,
rive at Callao Thursday, and the gov.
ernment has ordered that Rear Ad.
miral Evans be rendered the honors
of vice admiral. The cruiser Coronot
Bolognsi left Callao Sunday for this
port. Everything is in readiness in
Lima and Callao for 4 glorious wei
come to the American visitors. The
official program includes a great ban
quet which will be given by President
Pardo to the officers in commemora.
ton of Washington birthday.
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Scarcer There Than Here.

Miss Blanche Bates, the eminent
actress, in the course of luncheon
that she gave at Sherrys, in New York,
to her sister artistic, Miss Geraldine
Farrar, said witty thing about mar
riage.
..In heaven, we are told" she re-
marked, there is no marriage nor CIV
ing in marriage"
She smiled and added.
mo wonder, when there are not
men enough even here to go around"
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CHAPTER V.-Continued.

"Whatll you have" he asked, hos
pitably, the familiar air of the Bon
Ami bringing him back to his accus-
toned selfcontident swagger.
Might have some tea and toast,
please?" said Louise, sinking into a
chair at the nearest table, with two
startling yet amusing thoughts ram
pant in her brain. One was, that she
wished Aunt Helen could have seen
her swinging along in the wake of this
typical bold and licentious" man,
and calmly and comfortably sitting
down to coZy little supper for two
at public eating house; the other
startling thought was to the effect
that the invitation was redolent with
suggestiveness, and she wondered if
she was not expected to say, "A whis
key for me, please"
Guess you kim" answered jim,
wonder in his voice at the exceeding
barrenness of the order. Mrs. Hig-
gins, hello there. Mrs. Higgins! ! say,
there, bring on some tea and toast
for the LADY,
Louise. her thoughts straying to the
terrors of 15-mile drive through
strange and uncanny country with
stranger and yet more uncanny man.
She had accepted him without Ques-
ton. He was part and parcel with the
strangeness of her. new position But
the sud1enness of the transition from
~ CT aif1in
raised her proud head and she looked
this new development squarely in the
face without outward hint of inward
perturbation.
Say, where was you raised?" asked
Jim, with tolerant scorn, between
huge mouthfuls of boiled pork and
cabbage, interspersed with baked DO
tatoes, hot rolls and soggy dumpings,
shoveled in with knife. fork or spoon
He occasionally anticipated dessert
by making a sudden sortie into the
quarter of an immense custard pie
Fastening the end by means of noisy
draughts of steaming coffee. Truly,
the Three Bars connection had the fat
of the land at the Bon Ami.
'Why, its the Three Bars that's
bringin' you here. Didn't you know
that? There's nary man in the
hull country with backbone enough to
keep off all-fours 'ceptin' Paul Lang
ford. I'm. You just try once to walk
over the boss. will you? Lord. What
a grease spot you'd make"
Mr.. Gordon isn't being walked
over, is he?" asked Louise, finished
with her tea and toast and impatient
to be off
"Oh, Gordon? Pretty decent sort O
chap. Right idees. Don't know
much about handiin' hoss thieves and
sich. Amt smooth enough Acted
kind o like chicken with its head
cut off till the boss got into the round.
up"
oh" said Louise whose concep.
ton of the young counsel for the state
did not tally with this deineation.
Yep. Miss. this here's the boss's
doin's. Yep. Lord. What'U that
gang look like when we are through
with 'em, Spendin' the rest o. their
days down there in Sioux Falls, meGi. |
tatin' on The advisablity o. waIkin'
clear o the toes o. the Three Bars in
the future and cussin their stupendi- |
fed stupidity in foolin' even once with
the Three Bars. Yep, sir-yep. ma am,
| mean-Jesse Black and his gang
have acted just like pesky, little plum
fool moskeeters. and we're goin to
sIap EN-. The cheek of 'en, lightin'
on ID. Three Bars! Lord"
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READ SOMETHING LIKE CIPHER.
Fearful and Wonderful Memorandum
Of Baltimore Cook.

In tho family OF a former Balu-
morean now residing in Providence.
r. l., there is middle-aged German
woman-a relative of the family-who.
though having lived in this country
over a quarter Of century. has not
yet thoroughly mastered the English
tongue. The expressions OF this rela-
tive, who keeps house for the fam
ily, sometimes afford much amusement
to those unaccustomed to her peculiar
ly characteristic pigeon English"
Happening to visit the kitchen sew
eral days ago the head of the house
discovered tackled up against the wall
crude memorandum pad. Inquiry
developed the fact that it was a re-
minder Of the days culinary needs.
This is what was written in combina-
tion English-German chirography on
the little sheet:
Tapioca
pruns
corn Starsh
Shradded Wieth
Sardien
saman F
Egg Gle
Salse
sellerie
The memorandum was confiscated
and sent to friends of the family in
Baltimore. 1t is being preserved as .
classic.-Baltimore News
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Correct Interpretation Essential.

Many if the most beautiful pieces of
poetry in literature would seem unin.
terestiug and fiat if read by a bad
reciter. IN the same way, a good re.
citer will make attractive a poem
whose BEAUTIES are not so apparent.
A fine painter will light up each little
beauty in his pictures until the small
est detail is attractive and strikes the
eye. 1t is only the mediocrity whose
work is characterized by sameness
and lack of interest.
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$500 in Gold, Free.

Send US the names of your friends
who want piano, and if We secure an
order as a result we will give you IS
in geld for your trouble. Send all the
details you can and write plainly. Tho
knioht-Campbeil Music Co., 1625-Sl
California St, Denver, Colo.
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Derivation Of a Term,

The reason we call money dust
Is. as I've cause to know it.
To get 1t we must raise the wind
How easy then to blow It,
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COLORADO |
SEDGwICKISS.
l. Noa B. lfor County Clerk in and for said County i'll
aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing
of the above Segwk County
rad the 3st day of December, A. d. 1907.
NORAH B. REDFORD.
EOunLu nrh
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-12-23
OBITUARY..

Jane West Cullum was born March
IA. 1929. in Baltimore, Md. On June
16. 1847 she was married to Charles
Howard Steffey, Laurel, Ind. He was
born in Williamsport, Md, Nov. TO-
1919, and died Jan. 30, 1874. Her par
ents were Naomi p. Taylor Ia niece
of Pres. Zachariah Taylor and r.
H. Cullum.
Mrs. Steffey has been a devout
member of the Methodist Church
since she was twelve years of age
and an active member of Sunday
School and church societies. She
lived in Basco. ILL.,, all her married
life until 1903 when she came to La
mar and gave her letter to the churcl
soon after coming.
Her health failed her in the second
year here. Her favorhe book in the
Bible is the book of Psalms.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-12-23
A Great Surprise.

Last Friday afternoon the football
game that the Crestomatheon Liter
airy society challenged the Atheneum.
to play, was played. much to the JOY
Of the Atheeneums. who expected GER
tain defeat. The Cresties were very
confident OF their ability to play foot
ball or they would never have chal-
lenged. But the Atheneums won
the game. 6 to 0.
The sides agreed on fifteen minute
halves at the beginning of the game.
but at the end of the second half
neither side had scored and the ball
was in the center Of the field. Each
side being confident of victory. the
players called for five more minutes
of play. and during the last minute
the Atheneums pushed the ball over
the goal for touchdown, and Bill
Leigh kicked goal. making the score
6 to o. The Cresties are the most
surprised bunch ever. and so are the
Atheneums. for they expected defeat.
This victory means that the Cresto-
matheon society will not win an
athletic contest this year. unless an
other surprise happens. which is not
at all probable.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-12-23

Mr.. N. N. Mclean and wife
returned from Kansas City Fri
day morning. Mr.. Mclean Is looking
after his business. just as If nothing
had ever happened. He still walks
with cane though, and probably will,
for some time.
The Delta Alpha class held class
meeting last night. but owing to the
fact that many of It's members are
clerking in the stores during the
rush season, there was not a very
large attendance. Those who were
there enjoyed themselves.
The Q. o. c. Club and few gentle
men friends, or rather boys. were en-
tertained at the home of Miss Edna
LyVere on Tuesday night. Quite an
interesting time was had by all pres
ent, although some of the girls had
their compilations ruined playing
thread the needle"
The Lamar Public Schools closed
for the Christmas holidays last Fri
day. They will not open up again
until January 4, 1909. This will give
the teachers a much needed rest and
will give the children an opportunity
for sixteen days Of skating and other
kinds of amusement.
This afternoon while Mr.. Glover
was driving an automobile down MAR
Street he ran the machine into the
curbing on the west side of the street
The cause of the accident was the
drivers trying to keep from running
into a team and wagon. In attempt
ing to do this he turned to quick
and also too far.
Sunday afternoon while out riding
John Dey had his leg broken by his
horse falling with him. This acciden
will spoil all of Johns school work
this year for he cannot be around for
at least six weeks. His parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Dey left Saturday
night for an extended visit with rela-
tives In Louisiana. and their trip will
probably be cut short.
Miss Corine Morehouse arrived
home from a years trip abroad, on
Friday. Miss Morehouse spent sew
eral months OF this time in Fac
Paulo. Brazil. where Mr.. Tom Berry
zil. Mr.. and Mrs. Berry. and Mass
Morehouse went to England and
Scotland. then they travelled through
France, Switzerland. Italy. Germany
and Belgium. Mr.. Berry and wife
will spend the Christmas holidays
with relatives in Scotland and then
come home to Lamar.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-12-23

a lid on 1t. thus by continuous cnlti-
walton growing a crop of winter
wheat every other year. But to send
poor, land hungry people out onto
these lands as homesteaders and to
sell the adjoining railroad lands at
prices above mentioned is cruelty
heartless. Men who have made 1t a
study for ten or twenty years know
the folly OF undertaking to farm
where nature never minded any
thing but the steer or the COW to
exist. In their judgment. the home
stead laws should be so amended as
to permit the farmers to homestead
section, as intended in the Kincaid
law. In this way they could dry
farm eighty acres or quarter
leaving the rest in the grass OF which
it requires from fifteen to thirty
acres to support steer, and by doing
so they could make living. VIII
E. Curtis. in Chicago Record-Herah.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-12-23

Mrs. Steffey is the mother of five
boys and three girls, of this number
three boys and three girls are still
living. Mrs. Naomi Mourning and
Mrs. Emma Filkins reside in Lamar.
What, is she dead? can it be?
She will never meet us with a SMILE
Never more greet us here on earth
And share in our joy and innocent
mirth.
Yes our mother Is dead and laid away
To wait the resurrection day