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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-21
Drink Habit Talk In A Pullman Car
sasaseesBOTTLED UP. A COUPLE OF SKEPTICS.

TraveIosue Was Exalted
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-21
LIBERTY.

WEST-The writer had the pleasure Of
attending the tin wedding reception
June Is of Mr.. and Mrs Henry ID. Tur.
ner of Appleton. formerly of this place
There were about 80 present from vari.
Gus parts of Maine, who showed theii
friendship and good wishes by many
valuable presents, consisting of tin. cut
glass and linen. A bountiful dinner and
supper was served, also ice cream and
cake. Mrs. Abe Fish furnished music on
a monograph which was highly appre-
cated by all. At a late hour all return
ed home wishing Mr. and Mrs. Turner
life long happiness.
Edwin Howes caught a fine salmon
Saturday in the lake here while fishing
for bass.
Mrs. Minnie Ham is i'll. 1t is feared
she will have pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Stiekney visited his
mother, Mrs. H. f. Evans, at Washing
ton Sunday.
Mrs. Rachel Thompson and daughteI
Vera of Pleasant Perraie, Wis. is visit
ing her mother. Mrs. r. H. Colby.
SoUTH-Mrs. Percy Benner, who hat
been at work for her aunt, Mrs. Han
nah Prescott for few weeks returne,
home Monday, Mrs. Prescott being yer,
| much improved in health, and able t,
do her own work again.
| Mrs. f. w. Cunningham and Mrs an,
Miss Thompson called on friends AM
relatives in Appleton, and Union las
Sunday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton sticknev q
Liberty called on his mother, Mrs. II. +
Evans, Sunday. 3uN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-21
FREEDOM,

SOUTH-Miss Gertrude B. Bradstreet
is in Gorham this week attending the
Commencement exercises.
Bert Stone of Lynn. Mass, is spend
ing his vacation with Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. Greeley.
a. H. Davis was in Belfast the past
week on business.
John Stone of Palermo is stopping with
Clyde Young for few days.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
y SYNOPSIS.

Jack Keith, a Virginian, now Dor
der plainsman. is looking for roaming war
parties of savages. He sees wagon team
at full gallop pursued by men on ponies
When Keith reaches the wagon the raid
erS have masSacred two men and de-
parted He searches the victims finding
papers and locket with womans por-
trait. Keith Is arrested at Carson CITY.
charged with the murder, his accuser be-
Ing ruffian named Black Bart. A negro
companion in his cell named Neb tells him
that he knew the Keiths in Virginia. Neb
says one of the murdered men was John
Sibley. the other Gen. Willis Waite, former
1y Confederate officer. The plainsman
and Neb escape, and later the fugftives
come upon cabin and find its occupant
TO be young girl, whom Keith thinks
he saw at Carson City. The girl explains
that she is in search of a brother. who
had deserted from the army, and that
MT. Hawley induced her to come to the
cabin while he sought her brother. Haw-
ley appears. and Keith in hiding recog-
nizes him as Black Bart There is a ter
rifle battle in the darkened room in which
Keith is victor. Horses are appropriated.
Hope. joins in the escape. Keith explains
his situation and the fugitives make for
Fort Larned. where the girl is left with
the hotel landlady. Miss Hope tells that
she Is the daughter of General waite.
Keith and Neb drift into Sheridan, where
Keith meets an old friend, DR.. Fairbaln.
Keith meets the brother of Hope Waite.
Snder the assumed name of Fred VIII
loughby. and becomes convinced that
Black Bart has some plot involving the
two.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17

line, and once they fairly crept for an
hour through a mass OF buffalo. graz
ing SO close that a fusillade of guns
sounded from the front end of the
train. A little farther along she caught
a glimpse of a troop of wild horses
dashing recklessly down into shell
tering ravine. Yet + principally all
that met her straining eyes was ster-
lie desolation. Here and there a great
ugly water tank reared its hideous
shape beside the track, the engine al
ways pausing for fresh supply. Be
side it was invariably a pile of coal.
few construction cars. hut half
buried under earth, loop-holed and
barricaded, with several rough men
loafing about, heavily armed and in
quisitive. A few of these points had
once been terminal. the surrounding
scenery evidencing past glories by
piles of tin cans, and all manner OF
debris, with occasionally a vacant
shack, left deserted and forlorn.
Wearied and heartsick, Hope turned
away from this outside dreariness TO
contemplate more closely her neigh
bors on board, but found them scarce
ly more interesting. Several were
playing cards, others modify staring
out of the windows, while few were
laughing and talking with the girls.
their conversation inane and punctu-
ated with profanity. One man was
figuring on a scratch pad, and Hope
decided he must be an engineer en-
ployed on the line; others she classed
as small merchants, saloon-keepers,
and frontier riff-raff. They would
glance curiously at her as they
marched up and down the narrow
aisle, but her veil, and averted face.
prevented even the boldest from
speaking. Once she addressed the
conductor, and the man who was fig-
uring turned and looked back at her.
evidently attracted by the soft note
of her voice. But he made no effort
at advances. returning Immediately to
his pad, oblivious to all else.
tTo BE CONTINUED
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
Declined to Swap an Old Vest for
Worn-Out Farm Full OF
Diamonds.

In this day of great fortunes It is
not unusual to read in the daily news
columns of great fortunes being lost
and won in day, and the following
anecdote Is quoted to illustrate how
one man cast aside an opportunity to
become many times millionaire
Years ago man named Saltzmann
owned an estate in Griqualand. and
adjoining his property was an old
worn down farm that had not been
worked on account Of its poor soil and
the lack of necessary water. The
owner of this tarm met Herr Saltz
mann one day and offered to trade the
farm for an old waistcoat he had seen
him wearing.
As Saltzmann did not wish. to bur.
den himself with pine q worthless
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
CHAPTER xIx.-(continued.)

The dead silence which ensued was
broken only by heavy breathing. Then
Scott swore. bringing his fist down
with crash on the washstand.
THAT rather stumps yer, don't 1t.
Bart? Well, it don't me. tell yer
it's just as I said from the first. It
was Keith an that niger what
jumped We In the cabin. They was
hidin' there when we rode in. He
just nat'rly pumped the gal. an now
he's up here trailin' you. Blame it all.
1t makes me laugh"
Il don't see what you see to laugh
at This Keith isn't an easy man to
play with, let me tell you. He may
have got on to our game"
"Oh, hell. Bart. don't lose your
nerve. He can't do anything, because
we've got the under holt He's a fngi-
tive; all we got to do is locate him.
an have him flung back inter jail
there's murder an hoss-stealing agin
him"
Hawley seemed to be thinking
swiftly, while his companion took an
other drink.
We'll. pard. amt that so?"
mo, that trick won't work. Scott.
We could do it easily enough If we
were down in Carson, where the boys
would help us out The trouble up
here is that Wild Bill Hickock is
Marshal of Sheridan, and he and l
never did hitch. Besides, Keith was
<,,,a ~ hi, 6aD,,t;as doxyn ~ Dod1o %xr~>
years ago-you remember when Dutch
Charles place was cleaned out? Well,
Hickock and Keith did that job all
alone, and Wild Bill isn't going back
on that kind Of pal, Is he? | tell
you we've got to fight this affair
alone, and on the quiet. Maybe the
fellow don't know much yet, but he's
sure on the trail. or else he wouldn't
have been in here talking to Willough-
by. We've got to get him, Scott, some
how. Lord, man, there's a clean mil.
lion dollars waiting for us in this deal,
and I'm ready to fight for it. But I'm
damned sleepy, and I'm going to bed.
You locate Keith tomorrow, and then,
when you're sober, we'll figure out
how we can get to him best; I've got
to set Christie right. Goodnight,
Bill"
He went out into the hall and
down the creaking stairs. the man he
wanted so badly listening to his de-
scending footsteps. half tempted to
follow. Scott did not move, perhaps
had already fallen drunkenly asleep
on his chair. and finally Keith crossed
his own room and lay down. The din
outside continued undated, but the
mans intense WEAKNESS overcame it
all, and he fell asleep, his last con-
scious thought memory of Hope.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
JUST BEFORE THE TROUBLE
His Friend Was Trying
to Sayi

If any man ever admired his wife,
that man was Howler. And when the
Fitzboodles asked Mrs Howler to get
up and sing, There is a Garden in
My Face" the husband glowed with
pride.
No matter that she had face like
a h1ppopotamus and a voice like an
elephant. he sat beaming as she sang,
and could not refrain from bending
over to his neighbor and Whispering:
Don't you think my wife's got fine
voice?"
"What% said his neighbor, who
was little deaf.
Don't you think my wife's got q
fine voice?" repeated Howler.
"What:"
Don't you think my wife's got q
fine voice?" roared Howler.
"Sorry!" returned the neighbor
shaking his head. Cant hear a word
you say. That awful woman over
there is making such a frightful row
singing"
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out from some av the lads down be-
low
The only equipment operating into
Sheridan was a construction train,
with an old battered passenger coach
coupled to the rear A squad OF
heavily armed infantry rode along, as
protection against possible Indian
raiders. but there was no crowd
aboard on this special trip. as all
construction work had been suspended
on the line indefinitely, and most OF
the travel. therefore. had changed to
the eastward. The coach used had
| partition run through it, and, as
soon as the busy trainmen discovered
ladies on board. they unceremoniously
drove the more bibulous passengers.
protesting. into the forward compart-
ment This left Hope in comparative
peace, her remaining neighbors quiet,
taciturn men, whom she looked at
! through the folds of her veil during
the long. slow, exasperating journey.
mentally guessing at their various oc-
cupatiora. 1t was an exceedingly tedi-
Gus, monotonous trip, the train slack.
ening up, AMI jerking forward. appar-
emily without slightest reason; then
occasionally achieving full stop.
! while men, always under guard. went
ahead to fix up some bit of damaged
track, across which the engineer
dared not advance. At each bridge
spanning the numerous small streams.
fraiumen examined the structure he
fore venturing forward. and at each
stop the wearied passengers grew
more impatient and sarcastic, per-
feet stream of fluent profanity being
waited back whenever the door be-
tween the two sections CHANGED to be
left aiar.
Hope was not the only woman on
board. yet glance at the others was
sufficient to decide their status, even
had their freedom of manner and loud
talking not made it equally obvious.
Fearful lest she might be mistaken
for one of the same class, she re-
manned in silence, her veil merely
lifted enough to enable her to peer
out through the grimy window at the
barren view slipping slowly past. This
consisted of the bare prairie, brown
and desolate, occasionally intersected
by some small watercourse, the low
hills rising and falling like waves to
the far horizon Few incidents broke
the dead monotony; occasionally a
herd of antelope appeared in the dis.
lance, silhouetted against the sky
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
CHAPTER Xxx.
Hope Goes to Sheridan.

FVoPC SOCS TO SnSFt0dn.
The discovery of the locket which had
fallen from about Keith's neck made it
impossible for Hope to remain quietly
for long in the hotel at Fort Larned.
The more carefully she thought over
the story o. that murder at the Cim-
maron Crossing. and Keith's tale of
how he had discovered and buried the
mutilated bodies, the more assured
she became that that was where this
locket came from, and that the slain
freighter must have been her own ia
Their. She never once questioned the
truth OF Keith's report; there was that
about the man which would not per-
init of her doubling him. He had
simply failed to mention what he re-
moved from the bodies, supposing this
would be of no special interest.
Mrs. Murphy, hoping thus to quiet
the apprehensions of her charge. set
herself diligently at work to discover
the facts. AS her house was filled
with transients. including occasional
visitors from Carson City. and was
also lounging headquarters for many
OF the officers from the nearby fort,
she experienced no difficulty in pick
fng up all the floating rumors. Out OF
these. with Irish shrewdness, she soon
managed to patch together consist
ent fabric of fact.
"Shure. honey, It's not so bad the
way they tell 1t now" she explained,
consolingly. Nobody behaves now 1t
was yer father that got kilt. 1t was
two fellers what stole his outfit,
clothes an all, an was drivin' or wild
'em inter the sand hills. Divil a wan
does know who kilt 'em, but there's
some ugly stories travelin' about.
Some says Injuns; some says the
posse run 'em down; an Black Bart
an his dirthy outfit. they swear 1t was
Keith. Owe got me own notion. An
nyhow. there's bout three hundred
dollars. come mules, an lot o val
Tble paDers missin'."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 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 a 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 1t is not found
that they even eat the tenderest
shoots.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
A Disappointing Man.

When Prof. Charles Zueblin of Har.
ward was last in Kansas City he i'm
mediately sought out L. H. Fiery. as.
sistant manager of the Coates House,
who was his boyhood friend. They
had played on the same college base.
ball team and were chums at school
One afternoon Mr.. Fiery and Prof
Zueblin went to Evanston to play golf
The professor is almost an expert al
the game. He was constantly ad
dressed as professor" Finally Mr.
Fiery's caddie whispered to him
rs he a professor of golf?"
"Oh, no, my boy" Mr.. Fiery an
swered. hes a professor in uni
versity."
The caddie studied a moment and
then said, with a decided show OF dis
appointment:
"Shucks! Is that all?"-Kansas CITY
Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
Scouting at Home.

mo thanks" says the man with the
grizzly mustache. I'D like to indulge
in little game of poker tonight, but
I think I'd best go home"
'Nonsense!" says his friend
What's changed you all of sudden
We'll, 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 I came in the night before.
Judge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
Trinity Church in Debt.

Trinity church, New York. rich as
everybody agrees beyond the thoughts
of money value, is $2,S5S,394 in debt.
Contrary to its former practice. it now
tells in it's annual reports the values
of it's properties, its income and its
debts. It's report of last year, just
issued, values productive property
owned at s15,117, 900, of which s13.-
$4,000 is real estate at city assessed
valuation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
A Musical PRODIGY.

In 1841 arrived in London Russian
boy. called Antoine Rubinstein, not
twelve years old. whose performances
on the piano had excited wonder
and delight among the musical ans
teurs. He was equally skilled in the
ancient as well as modern style d
playing and gave with wonderful ef.
feet the most difficult passages Of Bach
or Thalburg All this. too. was done
with the utmost apparent ease. and
in the most difiicuit passages he fre
quently INDUCED himself In grotesQus
limitations of the peculiar trtckeries q
the composer upon whose music -
vas engagea--Th Russian B.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
Don't Want EN- Back.

An economical young man who was
much bored by the requests OF tickle
young women to return their photo
graphs decided upon desperate meas
ures to put stop to the unnecessary
expenditure of time and postage.
He announced his intention OF start
ing Venus collection to contain the
pictures OF the 100 most beautiful wo
men in the world. and now the girls
never ask for their pictures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
Beware of Laziness.

Burton. in his famous Anatomy OF
Melancholy" says: Laziness IL pois-
on to body and mind. the ailment of
perverseness. one of tx seven deadly
sins; tits the DEVILS pillow. Ms bolster.
his main support A lazy Cog is full
of the mango. and how shall lazy
man not be otherwise? Laziness OF
mind is also much worse than laziness
Of body; an unused talent is mistor
tune; and to the mind rust is pest
a hell"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17

This is one Of the highest COM
pliments ever paid to the level-head-
ed, common sense of Americans
who cut or about two hundred mil
lion pounds Of coffee when they
found by actual experiment lin the
majority Of cases) that the subtle
drug caffeine, In coffee, worked dis
comfort and varying forms of dis
ease.
Some people haven't the charac-
ter to stop habit when they know
1t is killing them, but 1t is easy
to shift from coffee to Postum, for,
when made according to directions,
1t comes to table cup of beverage,
seal brown color, which turns to
rich golden brown when cream IL
added, and the taste is very like
the milder grades Of Old Govt Java.
Postum Is a veritable food-drink
and highly nourishing, containing
all the parts Of wheat carefully pre-
pared to which is added about ten
per cent of New Orleans molasses,
and that Is absolutely all that
Postum is made OF.
Thousands of visitors to the pure
food factories see the ingredients
and how prepared. Every nook
and corner is open for every visit
or to carefully inspect. Crowds
come daily and seem to enjoy it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17

Then the article proceeds to de-
nounce Postum and works into a
fine frenzy, because we have pub
lished facts regarding the effect of
coffee on some people.
The narrowing tale goes on.
Where a few years ago every
body drank coffee, several cups a
day, now we find In every walk In
life people who imagine they cam
not drink 1t. (The underscoring is
ours.) Burly blacksmiths. carpen-
ters, laborers and athletes have dis
continued or cut down the use Of
coffee; as there. is not a person
who reads this and win not be able
to find the same conditions existing
among his own circle of acquaint-
ances, is it not well for the Brazil
fans to sit up and take notice?"
Isn't it curious these dur
ly" strong men should pick out cot
fee to imagine" about? Why not
Imagine" that regular doses Of
whiskey are harmful. or daily slugs
Of morphine?
II imagination" makes the caf-
feline in coffee clog the liver, de-
press the heart, and steadily tear
, down the nervous system, bringing
on one or more of the dozens Of
types of diseases which follow
broken-down nervous systems,
many people don't know IL.
But it remained for the man who
has coffee, morphine or whiskey
to sell, to have the supreme nerve
to say: "You only imagine your
disorders. Keep on buying from
me-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17

Pain and Swelling seldom indicate in
ternal organic trouble. They are usually
the result of local cold or inflammation
which can be quickly removed by Hamlins
Wizard OIL
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces indamma
ton, alays pain, cures wine collie, Csc a bottle
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
A Question Of Ar.

WAS that play you speak of highly
artistic and poetical?" asked the girl
who poses.
Il don't believe it could have
been," replied the girl who is frank.
Il understood and enjoyed every
word of it."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17

People who take the will for the
deed never break into the millionaire
class.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
Suuelched.

oQUSICHSus
Gerald-What do you think Of this
recall idea?
Geraldine-One call will be enough,
thank you.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
Casting Aside a Fortune

land he kindly refused the offer A
few years later big clear diamonds
were fourd on this waste stretch. and
now millions of dollars could not pur
chase it
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
A Failure.

a Failure.
Has he had successful career?"
mo. He doesn't owe anybody any
money"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
There's a Reason

Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Greek. Michigan
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17

Some persons seem to have ex-
cess vitality enough to use coffee,
tobacco and whiskey for years and
apparently be none the worse, but
the number is small, and when a
sensible man or woman finds an ar
ticle acts harmfully they exercise
some degree Of intelligence by
dropping It.
We quote again from the article:
"These figures are paralyzing
but correct, being taken from
Leech's statistics. recognized as
tho most reliable"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17
lnsuited.

A strapping German with big beads
of Precipitation streaming down his
face was darting In and out of the
aisles of a Philadelphia department
store.
His excited actions attracted the at
tention of all salespersons. and they
hardly knew what to make of it. A
hustling young man of the clothing
department walked up to him and
asked, Are you looking for something
in mems clothing%
mol" he roared: mot mems CLOTH
ing; vimen's clothing. / can't find my
ife!"-Lippincott's
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17

The Humos of Il.
Stella-Were you shopping today?
Bella-Yes, 1 got solae things to ex-
change.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17

Here we see the cause for the at
tacks On us and the Brazilian
sneers at Americans who prefer to
use healthful, homemade break
fast drink and incidentally keep the
money In America, rather than
send the millions to Brazil and pay
for an article that chemists class
among the drugs and not among
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17

Let us continue to quote from his
article.
Notwithstanding the enormous
increase In population during the
past three years, coffee shows an
appalling decrease in consumption"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17

inc IOOuB.
VIII the reader please remem-
Der, we never announce that coffee
hurts all people"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-17

Then follows a tiresome lot of
statistics which wind up by show
ing decrease of consumption In
two years of, in round figures, two
hundred million pounds.