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as not to expose himself TO the IRE OF
the Apaches. ne piled them on top Of
the upper wall IN such n fashion as TO
form little turrets. He left an open
ing in each. through which be could
observe Ia turn each point II the com
pass whence danger misht be expect
ed and could fire his Winchester with.
out exposing himself Then he began
going from post TO post on a contIu-
uous round OF self imposed sentinel
duty. 'If could only climb the sa-
huaro" he thought. "and dy my red
shirt rs a flag to let the ruraies know
I've hanked the enemy. II might bur
~ them along In time 20 put n crimp
In these devils before they get me
But It'll have 10 be hold the fort
without any oh. say can you seer
business. Anyhow. I'm dying the rat
uesnake dag OF Bunker Hin. Don't
tread on me- Whether the rurales
see il or not. I've saved their hides.
IL the Apaches had got 20 this fort
first. gee. how they would have crum-
pied up the greasers as they came
along the train
Beuderod thirsty 10y his exertions.
Lane remembered the canteen In the
bisnaga. Will be had forgotten among
his other preINrations for defense. He
cautiously reached his hand over the
ledge and secured the precious vessel.
but IS be was Withdrawing It. ping.
came bullet through the canteeu.
Knocking it out 81 bis handl AS 1; fell
Gathering down the side OK the ledge
he groancd: Good shooting, They've
probably left their best marksman bc-
low with the ponies. No hope for es-
cape ON that side Well. there's some
consolation In the thought that they'll
undoubtedly finish me before get too
thirsty. Glad 10 wasn't my hand"
Although The period ne spent wait
Ing for the attack was less than an
hour by his watch II seemed 10 Lane
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There's a bunch OF cowpurch-

There's a bunch OF cowpurch-
crs ia this story it will do you
good to meet and for good meas
ure there's Slim Hoover, sheriff
whom nobody loves because he s
a J0t man. And there are other
characters Of the great south
~est-R'oH1eu Of charm and infer
est de- pcrndoes and soldiers
WhoSe doi1gs on the stage have
called forth much favorable com
1'ent from The pubic and the
critics. They are woven into q
plot Of dramatic interest, coIored
by characteristic actions and say
fngs Of typical women and men
Of the land Of the rofjIcsnakc and
the ella monster. the long horned
steer end the IowIy, dcSpfscd
sheep. The incidents Of the tale
will hold you; the women and the
men riH attract you. They are
differeHt from those Of other
yarns Of the vest that IS eve.
ready for q JigEt or q frolic. -
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The leader, shot through the head, fen
from his horse
so long that be had hopes that the
rurales would appear In time 10 res
cue him. His spirits rose with the
prospect. Looking about him at the
walls, the fireplace and the red cross.
he reelected. II am not the first man
or even the first white man. that has
withstoOd an attack in this place"
In Imagination he constructed the his
tory OF the fort. Here. in ages re-
mote. tribe Of Indians defeated and
driven 90 the mountains. had con-
structed an outpost against their enc
mics Of the plain, but these had cap
tured the stronghold and fortified II
against its former occupants. Later a
band OF Spanish gold seekers had
made a stand here against natives
whom they had reused against them
by oppression. Or, perhaps. as indi.
Gated by the cross. II had afforded ref
uge 10 the mission fathers, those he
role souls who had faced the horrors
OF the inferno-iike desert in their
sanity efforts TO convert its fiendish
inhabitants.
With his mind occupied by appre-
tensions Lane looked at the rattle
snake upon the sahuaro, whose strug.
giles by this time he'd diminished to q
feeble movement of the tail.
Poor old rattlerr' he thought. Il
wish ! could spare a cartridge to put
you out OF your misery"
At length as Lane peered up the
mountain side be saw a brush on n
ledge a little 20 the left OF the trail
culver as If stirred by a passing
breath OF wind. He aimed bis Win
chester through a crack IN the wall
at the spot and when moment later
an Apache rose up from the ground
and leaped toward the shelter Of q
rock below Lane fired. and the savage
fell crumpling. Like an echo OF the
explosion ride on the right spoke.
and bullet struck the rock by Lanes
head. He marked the spot whence
the shot came and quickly ran to an
other part OF the wall From here he
saw the edge OF an Indians thigh ex-
posed by the side OF the bowlder be
had noted. Crack went Lanes Win
chester. The leg was suddenly with
drawn. and at the same moment a
head appeared on the other side OF the
rock. as II the Indian had stretched
himself out Involuntary. Crack again.
and Lane had got his man.
1.-TWO shots IL an Indian Is expen.
sive." thought the prospector; "other-
wise this game Of tip-jack would be
very Interesting"
I There was cry In the Apache
tongue. and suddenly nine half naked
bodies arose from behind rocks and
bushes extending In an irregular ores
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yS.C5o by express some time before put
In AN appearance. I hope you got The
mortgage renewed nj the end OF the year.
III my failure to show up then has caused
you trouble. you'n foreive me old follow.
/ know. under the circumstances. rlg
make IL up 20 YOU / owe you every
thiag- You're the best friend a man ever
had That's why I'm writing TO you IN
stead OF TO Uncle Jim. for I ut YOU TO
DO me another friendly service Just
break IL gently 20 Echo Allen that I'm
alive and wen. though pretty badly dam
aged by that renegade Mckee. and tell
her tina. IL Rsn't my fault wasn't home
on the day promised. She'll forgive me.
l know. and be patient awhile longer
It's all for her sake I'm staying away.
Give her the letter I inclose Your ola
bunkie. DICK LANE
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spines That were barbed Ike n fish
hook. Its short taproot was fixed In
"A crevice n few feet below the para
pet. Lying on the edge OF the cliG
the man sliced OF the top OF the cac-
rus AID began jabbinE into its anterior.
breaking down the fbrous walls OF the
water cells. Of which the top heavy
plcnt is almost entirely composed. In
few moments he arose.
Vow 1 can empty my cGnteen iu the
conecpot- sure OF q fresh supply OF
water by the time 7 am ready &c
mosey along
He filed the pot. set # on the fire
and then pressed the uuc0. ked and
empty canteen down into the maccr
ated interior Of the bisnaga.
While his coffee was boiling the pros
pector continued his examination 81
the fertilization. beginning. in the man.
ner Of his Kind with the more minute
"sisns" ana ending with what 10 a
tourist would have been the FIRST ard
only subject OF observotiou-the vicy.
ON the inner side OF the large bowldcr
En- the wall ne disccrucd The faint oui-
line or a cross painted with red ocher
Scraping with his picb beneath th.
rock 90 see II the emblem was the si. do
OF hidden treasure or relic. he uneartl
ell n ratilesnake. Before 40 could strisv
with quick fling Of his tool he sent
the reptile whirling high 10 the air To-
ward the prccipice But from the clumr
or cactus growth along the parapct
arose n sahuaro. with branching arms
and against this the snake was Huns
Wrapped around the thorny top by the
momentum Of the cast. IL hung. kissing
and rafting with pain and hatred.
The prospcctor looked up at the i'm
paled rattlesuake with n smile. Rem
iniscences OF sunday school dashed
across his mind
Gee I'm a regular Mosesr' he c5ac
ulatcd. FIRST l bring water from the
face OF the rock. and then 1 lift up the
serpent In the wilderness. The wear
I've spent I'm the mountains and desert
seems Ike forty 10 me. and now m
last / have a sight OF the promised
land. God. what a magnificent View
Dropping his pick. be stretched out
HIS arms with instructive symbollza.
ton OF the wide prospect and express
sion Of an exile's yearning for his ma
tive land.
cover there Is Gods country. sure
enough" he continued, giving the trlte
phrase a reverential tone which he had
not used in his first expression OF the
name OF Deity. Thank him, the paral
lei with old Moses stops right here
Many a time l thought / would never
set out OF the mountains alive aud that
my grave would be unmarked by SC
much as a bowlder with a red cross
upon IT. But now before night IN be
back In the States and In three more
days at home on the Old ranch. I
promised 20 return I'm year. and I'll
make good 10 the hour. ] sure did hate
70 leave that strike. though. after all
the hard luck I had been having. Sixty
dollars day and growing richer But
the last horn was blowing-no tobacco.
six matches and nothing left OF the
bacon but rinds Well. the gold Is
there. and the claim II bring whatever
! choose te ask FOR f. And Echo shall
have a home as good as Allen Ha-
cienda and a ranch as fine as Bar One.
Yes. it'll be Bar None. my ranch"'
Out OF the sea Of molten air that
stretched before him. that nebulous
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-13
ROADS MAKING MONEY.
F. D. Underwood Declares Railway Bust
ness Is Good, but Not What 1t
Ought to Be

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 11.-Frederick
ID. Underwood, president of the Erie
railroad, arrived in Chicago Tuesday
morning to preside at the annual round
up fo the traffic department of the road
at the Congress hotel, the purpose of
which was to boom Chicago and the
Erie railroad. He has been spending II
vacation at his farm near Milwaukee,
Business is good" said Mr. Under
wood to newspaper men. 1T is getting
better. 1t isn't as good as it ought to
be, but we ought to be pretty well sat
isfed."
Mr.. Underwood said that the Erie
had earned $5,0OO,0OO more during the
year just closed than in the preceding
year, and that it would be put back into
the property i'll improvements. Il don't
think there will be many new railroads
built i'll the near future" he said; there
is no crying need for more roads now
What we need is to improve the roads
we have got and increase their efficiency
rs much as possible
AS the 40 men whose business il is
to get business for the Erie in all sec
tons Of the country filed by to greet the
president of the system, he took time to
ask each 4 question or two regarding
his district, showing an intimate knowl-
edge of conditions in each Office.
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ing tory and deserving the American
cause, was any great surprise 10 me.
The constant and uniform tenor of his
conduct in this city looked strongly
that way, and the court he paid to
the tories was too plain and evident
and too universal to arise from any
other motive than the laying of a
foundation for joining them at some
day or other, but the magnitude of
his treason and the extent of his
plan, | must confess, startle and
amaze me: | could scarcely have
conceived that the pride of an ambi-
tious man and that sense of honor, or
at least the pretension to it, which
every man of station thinks himself
bound to wear the appearance Of,
whether he really feels it or not,
would have prevented a man of his
situation to rush at once into a vii
lalnty so atrOCiOuS and degrading to
human nature. But he seems to have
been determined not to be a little vii
lain. Nothing short of the highest
rate could satisfy him, and in this he
has shown his courage, though his
plan has failed. | shall at present
add only one reflection upon this af-
fair, and that is that 1 consider it
as a public benefit not only that the
plot has been so seasonably discover
ed, but that the attempt has been
made"
In writing about Gen Gates South
ern campaign Petit says: "The
Southern gentlemen particularly seem
ed DESTROYS that Gen. Greene should
be appointed. The Southern people
are strongly prejudiced against a Gale
DOMAIN (Gen. st. Clair, having an
ugly pest of them in their own bow
els in North Carolina"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-13
TRIAL IS SENSATIONAL,
Awful Story of Cruelty to Sparta wis
Man Is Told by Deputy Sheriff
at Trial of Eight.

SPARTA, Wis, Aug. 6.-[Special i
Sensational testimony marked the morn
ing session of court at the trial of eight
Sparta men charged with inficting cruel
ties upon Frank Allen. Deputy Sheriff
Goodman repeated the story which
Frank Young, one of the defendants is
said to have told him. In this, Young is
alleged to have informed the deputy that
Allen was taken into barn where he
was hung up to one of the Tafters. One
Of the defendants, it is charged, held his
pulse and a watch to see that he did not
hang long enough to cause death. Later,
it is said, Allen was taken to the river
where he was ''ducked' and told that he
would be drowned. Goodman's story
was to the effect that Allen the day fol-
lowing, was taken before a justice and
fined for grand larceny. He was unable
to pay the fine and was then ordered out
of town. The justice is one of the
defendants. Allen then pawned his
watch, and bought ticket for Roches-
ter, Mimi, where he spent a week in
regaining strength enough to walk.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-13
To Stop Coughing,

Coughing is one of the nuisances
that no one has been able to abolish in
churches or in theaters. A physician
however, claims that the coughing nui-
sance is mere question of acoustics.
There is a subtle connection be-
tween the ear and the throat" he said.
When the ear is strained the throat
is affected and a cough is the result.
When we can hear perfectly in
church or theater it never occurs TO
US to cough. But when we bend for
ward, straining every nerve to catch
the actors or preachers mufied svl-
tables, then we find ourselves coughing
every little while. Build auditoriums
with perfect acoustic properties. and I
warrant that the thunderous choruses
of coughs, so common now among US.
will be no more heard"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-13

TT is all very well to laugh at US
suburbanites, said one of them. "but
l think my scheme is a pretty good
one"
And that is?"
Il rent my country home for the
summer for enough money to take my
wife and me to Europe and pay all
our expenses during the rented period.
We can live so much cheaper over
there that l am actually ahead of the
game, and, as we take a different
route every summer, we are seeing all
Of Europe on quiet installment plan
that we like very much and that we
should not feel we could afford ex-
cept for the extra income from our
home"
But you don't get any good of a
country home except in the summer,
and, being away, you miss all that
you really bought the place for"
mo, indeed. That is a theory you
city people have. On the contrary,
we people who really like to live in
the country enjoy it greatly in the
fall when the woods are at their most
gorgeous garb and cur chrysanthe-
NUNS are the wonder of all the neigh
bors; and in the spring we take great
delight in our hotbeds of early salads,
radishes, tiny onions, crocuses. vioIets
and other flowers and vegetables. as
well as in the miracles of spring
woods and wild flowers. We even
enjoy the country in winter-but it
would be idle to talk to a city man
about that, l suppose. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-13

die HemloCk from Ashland and
Bayfield, Counties

NEW RICHMOND, Wis, Aug. IL
Especial. Negotiate are now pend
ing between the pulp mill interests
operating plants in Ashland Eau Claire
and other northern Wisconsin points and
the Willow River Lumber company for
a portion of the hemlock logs Of the cut
by the company along the line of it's
railroad. the Superior q South Eastern
in Bayfield, and Ashland counties.
The 500 line is taking an active inter
est in the deal, aud if consummated some
extensions will he made along their Ash
land branch to handle the traffic. The
hemlOck is wanted particularly for the
pulp mills at Ashland and Eau Claire.
The Willow River Lumber company will
not in any event sell but a portion OF
its cut each year and will deliver the
logs on board cars.
The deal will not interfere in any
way with the operation of the Willow
River saw mill in this city, as the stump
age sought can be handled to better adj
vantage over the 500 line, while the local
mill secures its supply of logs by rail
over the Omaha.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-13
Bullet Strikes Near Heart.
VICTIMS MOTHER TAKES STAND.
Mrs. Sutton Recalled at Inquiry to
Identify More Letters.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Aug. 1O-When
the naval court of inquiry Investigating
the death of Lieut.. James n. Sutton re-
sumed proceedings today there were few
err people present than on any recent
day, Notwithstanding it was understood
that Mrs. Rose Sutton Parker, Lieut..
Sutton's sister, would be placed OF the
witness stand.
Mrs Sutton, mother of the dead Off
Ger, wau recalled to the stand at the
request of her counsel, Mr.. Davis, who
presented two letters, which were read
by members of the court and the coun-
sci. Attorney Birney, representing
Lieut. Adams, objected to the introduce
ton of the letters, but the judge advo-
cate urged that the letters be admitted
and the court so ruled. The letters were
identified by Mrs. Sutton as having been
written by Lieut.. Sutton, one to her and
one to her brother. They were chatty,
intimate and hopeful in character That
to Mrs. Sutton was mailed the day be-
fore Lieut. Sutton was shot, and CON
tanned no hint that he meditated suicide,
but spoke of his plans for the future.
Sister Is Called
When Mrs. Rose Sutton Parker, sis
ter of Lieut.. Sutton, was called to the
witness stand, she said she started for
Annapolis on the day following her
brothers death, previously making pre-
hminary arrangements for his burial at
Arlington, because, as a suicide he could
not be buried in the cemetery lot of the
family in Portland, Ore. they being
members of the Roman Catholic church,
Mrs. Parker told OF interviews in her
room at Carvel hall, with several OF
the young Eeutenants. She asked that
Lieut.. Adams see her alone because
Lieut. Adams seemed i'll at ease when
she met him, and because she believed
he had information which he would
probably not give her in the presence of
Others The interview began at and
ended at 10 p. N. Relating what passed
she said she asked Adams to tell her
everything about her brothers death and
not spare her feelings, and that Adams
told her of Lieut.. SuttOn's unpOpuIarity
with brother officers.
Adams. she said, stated that Lieut.
Utley hated Sutton and had declared
some one ought to take it out of him.
Reading the record of Lieut. Adams
testimony questions, which the latter had
declared he could not answer as he did
not remember, Mrs. Parker declared
that Lieut. Adams had told her of the in
cidents of the fight that followed the au
ton1obile trip TO ''The Dump"
She said Adams told her her brother
went for weapons having declared he
would kill Adams, Utley and Osterman
and that he described the final encoun.
ter. Mrs Parker said Adams told hel
he would not swear her brother com
mitted suicide: that he knew if Sutton
had lived his own life would have been
in danger and that Sutton would ''gei
me-"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-13
STRANGE DISEASES
TAKES OFF TWO.
Racine Girl and Brother Die of Paralysis
Of Spinal Column-Disease Hits
Feet First.

RACINE, Wis, Aug. 6.-[SpeciaL i
4 sad double death occurred here last
night of acute ascending paralysis of the
spinal column, SAID by physicians to be
the first case of its kind that has ever
occurred here. Della OstensOn, aged II
and William Irwin Ostenson, her broth
er, aged IS, the daughter and son of Mr..
and Mrs Louis Ostenson were the vic
tins. Miss Ostenson was taken sick on
Sunday last and her brother on Tuesday.
The disease appears have struck both of
them in the feet and worked its way up
to the brain. The deaths occurred with
in an hour of each other. Miss Ostenson
had just been graduated from the Osh-
kosh normal school and had position as
first assistant principal in the Stock
bridge high school. Her brother was a
graduate of the Winslow school and was
to have entered high school this year.
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1kJns. Science
Ii g&S9z- ANp
Ifs2elf1ventiOn

Arkansas leads among the states in
the production of bauxlte, her output
being more than 60 per cent Of the
total last year.
Holland has a new law fOrbidding
the adulteration of butter, under pan
atty of Imprisonment, which may
reach one year.
The brilliancy of a limelight used
in demonstrating lantern can be in
creased by slipping it over an ordi-
nary gas mantle.
The United States government main
tains fifty-seven wireless telegraph
stations and has ninety-six vessels
fitted out with the apparatus.
A professorship of aerostatics has
been founded in Gettingen Universe
ty, and schools for training aeronauts
are to be established in several Ger
man cities.
The word "tungstoiler" has been
coined to define the fixture used to
hold a group of tungsten electric
lights in proper position to give the
best service.
Austria limits the number of drug
stores to the number of inhabitants of
a district or city, and the need Of an
additional one must be clearly shown
before the license is issued.
The geological survey is erecting at
Pittsburg a testing plant for structu-
raj material that will be able to han
die Orders So feet long and give them
a tension of 100000 pounds.
Government tests have shown that
many Goals which are too high in ash
and sulphur for economical use under
boilers or for cooking may be made
commercially valuable by proper wash
ing.
Messrs. Henri and Stodel recently
demonstrated to the French Academy
of Sciences the practicability of steril
izing milk by means of the ultraviolet
rays emitted by mercury vapor lamps.
Milk thus treated can be completely
sterilized in the cold At the same
meeting of the academy Mons. A
Gascard showed that milk to which
potassium bichromate has been added
as a preservative keeps much better
in the dark.
The Yana language Of northern Cali
fornia represents distinct linguistic
stock, and had formerly three dialects,
one of which is now extinct 1t pos
sesses two forms of speech, one of
which is employed by men speaking
to men, while the other is used in all
other cases. Practically, the language
has only nouns and verbs, the adjecti-
ives, adverbs, numerals, interrogative
pronouns and conjunctions being form
ed from the verbs.
In the Calaveras National Forest
there are two groves of big trees In
the North Grove, in Calaveras County,
there are ten trees each having
diameter of 25 feet or over, and more
than seventy having a diameter rang
ing between Is and % feet. The tree
called the Father of the Forests"
which now lies on the ground is esti-
mated to have had a height Of $50
feet and a diameter, at the ground,
of more than 40 feet. The bark on
these trees runs from inches to
feet in thickness. Besides the giant
sequoias, there are hundreds of sugar
pines and yellow pines from to 10
feet in diameter, and ranging to 275
feet in height