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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17
FATE AND THE FLETCHERS
Intervention That Made 1t Certain
Hour for Senator's Death Had
Not Struck.

Senator Duncan u Fletcher of Flor
Ida sought his berth one night on a
sleeping car on the way south from
Washington. Pulling back the cur
ta1ns of a lower nine, he saw that his
bed was already occupied.
eli, there!" called the senator,
shaking the stranger by the shoulder.
The sleeper awoke and protested
angrily.
MY names Fletcher" explained
the statesman, "and this is my berth"
You've got nothing on me-" an
swered the other. my names Fetch
er, and this is my berth"
My full name is Duncan U. Fetch
er," the senator elaborated.
Sos mine," agreed the intruder.
All, | see," said the senator, po-
litely. There must have been mis-
take in reserving the same berth for
two men of the same name. "Tll go
into the next sleeping car"
The stranger, by this time, was fully
awake, and proceeded to apologize,
anu W ohel W give up Tie ocl ILL., IhAo
the senator would not do, but went
into the car ahead, and found place
to sleep.
An hour later the train was wreck
ed The car in which the stranger
occupied the lower nine fell through
a trestle, and that Fletcher was
killed. The senator's car was not
damaged at all.-Popular Magazine.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17
The Wonders f@out Us.

Let not care and h'<ndrum deaden
us to the wonders and mysteries amid
which we live, nor to the splendors
and glories. We need not translate
ourselves in Imagination to some 9th
er sphere or state of being to find the
marvellous, the divine, the transcend
ent: we need not postpone our day
of wonder and appreciation to soma
future time and condition. The true
inwardness of this gross visible world
hanging like an apple on the bough
of the great cosmic tree, and swelling
with all the juices and potencies o!
life. transcends anything we have
dreamed of superterrestrial abodes.-
John Burroughs.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17
PROLOGuE-Continued.
The Storm Without.

The Storm Without.
The Woman's first thought when she
stepped outside the door was that at
all hazards they must go back. The
wind almost swept her away; only the
steadying grasp of the boy, better pre-
pared than she for the attack of the
storm, enabled her to keep her feet.
Yet the presence Of that CHASTITY thing
on the floor which was affecting even
her iron nerve, prevented their return.
Whatever happened they must go on!
Tho door of that shelter was closed
to chem forever by the dead or dying
tenant. She realized however, that
their chances Of escaping freezing to
death in this mad endeavor were SO
small as to be practically none. Well,
fate had forced her into this position.
She would follow the path she had
chosen, whatever might be at the end
of the way.
Speech was well nigh impossible.
The boy staggered on past the win
dow, and she followed until the lee
of the house was reached. Between
open space the horses were tied.
The boy was a natural horseman.
He had picked out the best two bron-
cos in the camp. If any animals could
take them to safety, these could. Not
yet chilled by the fierce cold, they
united the shivering, reluctant, terri
ded horses from the wooden pins driv-
en- into the chinks between the log
walls of the house to which they had
been hitched, mounted them, and
threading their way round the drift
started southwark on their awful ride
They left death behind them-and To-!
death loomed before and on either
hand.
Except where the storm was broken
by houses, drifts had not yet formed
The wind was too terrific; it swept
the level prairie clean. But away
from the shelter of the house they got
the full force of 1t. Although they
were thickly clad in wool and fur, the
pressure Of the storm drove their gar.
ments against their bodies, and soon
filled them with icy cold. There was
40 help for it, no relief from it. They
had to bear it. They could only bend
their backs to it and keep on, trust
ing to the endurance of their horses
The woman judged that it had been
about one in the morning when they
had started. The Overland Limited
ran through the station at three. Nc
horses that lived could have made
that Is miles in two hours under those
conditions. 1t was more than prob
able, however, that the limited would
be greatly delayed by the storm, and
If they kept going steadily they would
be likely to catch it. At any rate
when they reached the station, they
would find food, fire and shelter.
If their horses did not give out. Il
they were not turned adrift on foo
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17
CHAPTER l..
The Loneliness of Mr.. GormIy.

The Loneliness of MIR. GormIy.
To his great surprise, George CORN
ly sometimes found himself feeling
lonely, and the oftener SO as he grew
older. Every man who has natural
liking for women,-and what true man
has not?-yet who has no intimate
friendships with or relations to the
other sex, Is likely to find himself in
that state of mind sooner or later.
Gormly was sufficiently aged; he was
forty-four although he looked much
younger. He was sufficiently expe-
rienced; he had dealt with women for
a straight quarter Of century al
though he had neither loved nor mar
ried one. He was sufficiently self re.
liant: he had built UP by his own un-
aided efforts the greatest retail mer-
chandise business of his day and gen
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17
Tree Destroyers.

Porcupines are good climbers, and
when unable to get enough apples
wind-blown to the ground, swarm a
tree and cut down the finest bearing
limbs as quickly and neatly as beav-
er can sever the trunk of young
hemlock. Besides that, when other
food is scarce they nibble the bark
off young apple trees, and can destroy
a newly planted orchard in short
time. They also are great enemy to
the young spruce, but why they cut
them is mystery, as it is not found
that they even eat the tenderest
shoots.
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in the storm and snow, and left to plod
on until they fell and slept, and froze,
and died, they would perhaps get
away.
More experienced than the boy, all
these possibilities were present to her.
She did not pray, she could ask moth
ing of God; but she went warily and
carefully, helping the horse where she
could
AS for her companion, he did not
give these matters very much consid-
GRAFTON. He kept going toward the
south to the railroad station because
that was the only thing to be done.
Another, however, rode with him, if
not with her. Before his eyes was
ever present that CORY, grizzly spec
tacle Of human form, the red blood
yelling from its breast, redder still
from the white snow with which he
was surrounded. That awful figure
finer, better, than she. He was more
fool than knave; she was all knave.
Her thoughts went forward to what
was before her; but his went back
ward to what was behind.
After a long time it seemed to them
that the fierceness of the storm was
somewhat abated. The wind was GER
tainly falling; but the drifts were
steadily rising, and their progress
was more difficult every moment for
| fhof ThoiY souls
numb with the awful cold. Still they
went forward, slower now, and more
| slowly ever.
How far they had come, what time
1t was, where they were, neither he
| nor she could tell. 1t seemed to them
both that they had been hours on the
way. The woman was sure that they
must have comprised the greater part
Of the journey, when her horse sud
denly stumbled and fell. Her bron-
chos matchless endurance had at last
been exhausted by the terrible strug-
gle of their Journey. He lay dying
where he fell, and nothing she could
do could get him up again. The boy
had stopped, of course, when her horse
had fallen. He had dismounted and
helped her to rise. He had assisted
! her vain efforts to get her own played
out horse on its feet. The two now
| stood staring at each other in dismay
you must take my horse" said the
boy at last.
| The woman nodded With his as
sistance she climbed slowly and pain
fully into the saddle, took the reins
from the boy, and started on. Her
companion caught hold of the stirrup
leather and staggered forward by her
side. The going was now infinitely
harder for the remaining horse. The
woman Immediately realized that with
this almost dead weight plunging
through the deep drifts and dragging
heavily at the stirrup leather, the
remaining bronco would soon be ex
hausted
She had meant to play fair with
him but it could not be. And so for
long time the trio plodded on in this
way, the woman nerving herself to a
frightful action as best she could. She
hesitated to do it. She was reluc
tant-
But no horse that ever lived could
stand such strain. She knew that II
would be matter of minutes nov
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17
RZyryNesmr-
EyEM HIfNy'

up hope of recovery. There were de-
cided dropsical symptoms, my heart
palpitated violently and the pains in my
back almost drove me frantic. After
doctoring without benefit, began TAX
ing Doan's Kidney Pills and when I
had used two boxes, was as well as
ever"
when Your Back Is Lame, Remem-
berthe Name-DOAN'S. SOC, all stores.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17
Friend Indeed.

Harker-I hear your friend Mark
ley was married last night?
Parker-Yes.
Harker-I suppose you witnessed
the ceremony?
Parker-Not l. I don't believe lr
gloating over a friends misfortune
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17

hey .. 4NCSlSCL VI
t h e S e warnings
may prove fatal.
Begin using Doan's
Kidney Pills. They
cure sick kidneys.
Mrs. M. A. Gam
bin, Russellville,
Ark, says: 81 was
in such bad shape
from kidney dis
~a 41o+ T
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17
SYNOPSIS.

A foolish young tenderfoot becomes
fascinated with the bold, artful wife of a
drunken prospector in a western mining
town. They prepare to elope in blind
ing blizzard but are confronted by the
maudlin husband He Is shot by the
wife, but the chivalrous boy pnis note to
the body taking the crime upon himself
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17
Scouting at Home.

mo thanks" says the man with the
in a little game of poker tonight, but
I think I'd best go home"
''Nonsense!" says his friend.
whats changed you all of sudden?"
well, you see, my son has Joined
the Boy Scouts, and the little rascal
has become so shrewd that he can
tell by where my hat is just what
time l came in the night before. -
Judge.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17

Constipation causes and seriously aggra-
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly
cured by DR.. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar
coated granules.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17
DANGER SIGNALS.

Sick kidneys give unmistakable sig
nails of distress. Too frequent or scanty
urinary passages, backache, headache
and dizzy spells tell of disordered kid
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17

Some men have well-seated preju-
dice against giving up their place to a
woman In a crowded car.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17

Daughter-Pa, why do you let the
furnace go out every evening Mr.. Ro-
nance comes to see me?
Father-I am trying to freeze out
the microbe of love, my deluded
daughter.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17

Every time you meet crouch hand
1t a lemon
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17
Natural Perversity

Why is it that the people who don't
know right from wrong seem to al
ways be in the wrong?-Exchange
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17
Sheep-Raisinu Countries

OITCCP-TtaTSITT9 OVUTItI Too
Australia and the Argentina be-
tween them pasture onethird of all
the sheep in the world
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-21
Canadian Tories Are Proud
OF Name America Dislikes

Both Political Think Their System Of Gov
eminent Superior to United States
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-21
The. HeraId's \
Daily Short Story
NaAsma>e>-


scrambling up the narrow tran with
the white cliff towering before and
above him.
The slight furrow in the face O. this
wall showed dark against the surround
ing surface. Foot by foot he assembled
higher and higher. Half way 10 the
summit he paused for breath. Below
him extended the gloom
Abruptly a sharp volley Of shots
rang out and a dozen bits o. lead
spattered the rocks about him. With
a little startled cry he scrambled on
and on, madIy Another volley. There
was no longer doubt but that they
had discovered him. Now he was
within a few yards of the top he
reached out for a bit of protrudlnS
rock, swinging his weight upon IT,
while his toes CROPPED blindly for d
resting place.
Without warning the hold crumbled
in his fingers like a bit OF broken
glass.
When he stopped rolling he felt
sharp. horrible pain leap the length
of his right arm; then it went NUMB
and useless Loud voices were ap-
preaching The underground crashed
beneath running feet:
= 1t would never do to be captured
alive. Kent's advice came to him alb
ruptly, even in all his pain. For the
little mother, away off near the Dlue
hills. he moaned a prayer And for
the bit of his own flesh and blood,
whom he had never seen, he SAID II
over. He shifted the pistol to his ie1t
hand. lifted it to his forehead, ana
pulled the trigger.
The hammer fell with "a hollow cifck
upon the empty chamber. He groaned-
He tried to pull again, bringing the
loaded one into position, but his I'm
ger suddenly went limp and cold; ana
the moonlight and the voices ana the
crashing underbrush all fled, and ne
dropped down into a bottomless pit
When he came to the world again
the sun was flooding everything. He
staggered to his feet, rubbing al MS
eyes and trying to remember. A twlJcr
in his arm brought back the recoflec-
ton. He shuddered and looked about
him fearfully The silence was every
where.
He staggered forward. holding his
head with his left hand The crevtce
lay before him, and he stepped INTO 1t
Unthinking, bewildered, YEARLY lie
stumbled ahead Two men lay DOUBLED
over them without a thought. Once
outside, something appeared before
him. He gave glad little shout, and
once none he remembered, and the
fierce desire gripped upon his brain.
He leaped ahead and cried out to
his horse. The beast threw up It's
head and came beside him. He lifted
himself painfully to the saddle, and
lay there for the space exhaustedly.
He lifted his eyes to the distant blue
tipped hills that were reckoning, beck
ened. His eyes glowed radiantiy.
And he's my own flesh ana Dlooc. I"
he so5bed: my own flesh and blood,
and l amt never seen him.
And they left behind them the rocks
and the white cliff and the silent man
who lay face down with the blue. neat
hole beside his ear.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-21
Z AYears Ago To-
From he Hers u G2V
This Date 1897

J. A. Friedenbloom has sold to w. A.
Irwin land in Socorro for s1Op.
George Birmingham and wife game
up from Chihuahua this morning.
Capt Petit is down from the seIden
dam. He says things are booming up
there
Carl Blumenthal is in the east. MAX
ing heavy purchases for the sprlng
trade.
Rev. L, R. Mtllican has returned
from a ten days trip through the
Pecos contry.
Judge and Mrs Crosby anc Miss
Kate Crosby returned from the city
of Mexico this morning.
Vice president Morton of the, 1nterna-
tional road came up this morning and
went west to California
The g:lded youth on stills has made
his appearance. This is a sure sign
Of the approaching spring.
superintendent Hurley of the Santa
Fe has issued orders prohibiting
freight trains carrying passengers.
Jury commissioners Haas. Thorne
and Turner are pulling the Dox for
the panel for the next term OF district
court.
The Golden Eagle saloon was bur-
glarized at 4:30 a. m. today by two
youths. who climbed in a WINDOW and
carried off bottle Of rum.
The city clerk began today OH a
brand new minute book, book J. It Is
a gaudy affair with the covers adorned
with celluloid, on which is stamped
in colors a bouquet of flowers.
The Knights of Pythias ball a, the
courthouse last night was by far the
largest social event of the week The
executive committee was composed OF
J. NJ Lucas, Geo. z. Wallace, Geo. NJ
McConaughey, J. E. Townsend, P. NJ.
Oats, o. r. DeYoung, L. C. smith,
Harry Reder and ]. r. Grant; floor
committee. P. NJ. Gates, ]. ]. Connors,
r. Robinson, W. ]. Ten Eyck and E.
A. Smith; reception committee, ;. T.
Grant. ". F. Hemphill. John N. Olson,
W. NJ Kelley, Ed. Blanchette, o. II
PurteH, Robert Bernauer and P. F. Ed
wards.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-21
DEVELOPING WATER
POWER OF SEABOARD
Government Report Shows
Increased Utilization of
Southern Streams.

Washington. D. c., Feb. 21.-Tne sur
face water supply Of the south Allan
tic coast and the eastern part OF the
gulf of Mexico is considered and set
forth in detail in a series of government
reorts entitled Surface water sup
ply of the United States, 1909" This
paper is published by the United States
geological survey.
The results of Investigations report
ed in the paper wre prepared FOR pub
Hcation by NJ. r. Hall and r. II. Boil
ster. Practically all the important
river basins of the southeastern states
are considered and daily gage heights
and discharges covering the year 1903
are given.
Determination of rates of water flow
are of Importance in leading 10 the
most complete utilization of the power
of stream. At any reasonable vaiua
ton per horse power, the undevelOped
power Of these stream is an important
industrial asset. In Georgia and the
Carolinas, more than 100000 horse
power has been developed and is beng
used by the cotton mills alone, and
public service corporations in these
three states are today developing $780,
600 to 100000 additional horse power
to turn the hundreds of mills and light
the many towns and cities in the re-
gfon. In the operation of the power
plants already constructed and in the
financing and building of those yet to
be developed the problem OF water flow
is an important factor.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-21
MASSACRE FOLLOWS
VICTORY IN HAYTI
Government Troops Get Be
yOnd Control and Burn,
Kill and Pillage.

Cape Haytien, Hayti, Feb. Glow
eminent troops after recapturing the
town of 0uanaminth from the rebels,
after sanguinary fighting, got beyond
control Of their officers and a horrible
massacre followed. They piiIaged and
burned the town. and butchered the
inhabitants who had not fled
Jean Prospect, a citizen of France,
was ASSAULTED and his 1Syearold son
was killed and their home burned
Troops, in command OF president
Simon. had previously reOccupfed Fort
Liberty, without resistance Never
theleSs, a large number Of arrests Of
those suspected of treachery to the
government were made and suspects
were shot to death.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-21
UN'c1WEA Waits Denatured Poem

nothing more
puh the and ana
Of hava of he
this pass? when was
pride; uh
welth 1 was o eOuntry's president
Iwished to learnt and whlz!
the should be
soied by whiskers boiled And so
thevfn me- Of studied and then
BARRIERS chair wade
studied
sideboards off And when
BARRIERS chair and here sit all stuffed with
not
the dizzy breaks the human parent
often NAL
e..r,,.,, Isl, y e..,.. Matthew. .s.u. DA.AmA>s--
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-21
THE real Gus.

From Prescott (Ariz.) Courier.
1t is stated that a weakened old
Spanish Mexican land grabber named
Ono Luis Terrazas is the real cause Of
the insurrection in northern Mexico:
that the people really have nothing
against Diaz. The don is so years old
and has it is stated, absorbed so much
land that one can travel on train
from FL Paso for II hours at the rate
of 40 miles an hour and still gaze Prom
the car window on the old mans do
main. He is the biggest landed pro-
prietor on earth and is still at il.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-21
MADERO,s RETREAT.

From San Antonio (TeNaS) Express.
When last heard from Madero was
reported to be making hasty prepara-
tiOns to flee as a bird 70 the noun
tains It was also noted that ne was
taking his ammunition with him with
the idea of preparing a warm reception
for any who might follow
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-21
so WE ARE SAFE

From Houston (TexaS) Chronicle
The Rio Grande and the state Of
Texas are between the United States
and the trouble in Mexico.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-21
TO START A ROGUEs'
GALLERY IN Ell PASO.

A rogues' gallery Is TO be established
in FL Paso, and for starters the pic
lures of several prisoners in the cOun-
ty jail and police station have been
taken. All prisoners arrested IN the
future. who are charged with felonies,
Will be photographed and their pic
lures added to the collection
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-21

Uncle Ben Goodrich, the sagebrush
sage OF Tombstone, Ariz.. is at the
Sheldon, having come over from the
mountains on legal business.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-25

1t is also true that the Earber COM
pany has spent immense sums ia
fighting the Warren Brothers i'm tine
courts and they are still fightn, them.
Does this HOOK like non competitive
agreement? In regard To- the broad
grin OF Mr.. Edwin F. Smith. general
manager of the California Liquid As
phalt Company, Of Santa Barbara and
his remarks, we would say that Mr..
Smith is an intimate friend of one of
the men in California who is inter
ested in the Arizona Paving Company.
The Arizona Paving Company was I'M
successful in getting the business
here and this member of the com
pany seems to be very bitter over his
losing this business. He has stated on
number of occasions I'm California
that the Phoenix deal was crooked and
probably Mr.. Smith got his informa
ton and his broad grin from this
source. No member of the paving
committee, the paving commission, the
city council or any Of its employees
has ever in the remotest way indi-
Gated that they wanted, or would ac-
cept, money. II is an insult To men
Of such integrity for anyone to impute
such motives to them and the sun
would be better occupied to build up
Phoenix than in busying itself in an
attempt to blacken the characters Of
some of it's best people. In regard
to THE difficulty between the city and
tho having commission We have an
soluteIy nothing to say. as it does not
concern us. In regard to the resig-
nation of Mr.. Cornwall. we wish to
state that although we never had the
pleasure of meeting him until after
he had been employed by the paving
committee in Phoenix. we have very
high regard for him personally and
for his abilitY'