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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17

I geance-vengeance- lived Sor u
| year after year. J wanted the chill
dren-but II ] took them all would be
lost. I followed them, watched them.
loved them-and they loved me.
would wait--wait-until my ven
geance would fall like the hand Of
God. and then ] would free them. and
tell them how beautiful their mother
was. When Joseph Smith was killed
and the split came the old folks fol-
lowed Strang-and IL, too"
He rested a moment. breathing
heavily.
Il brought my Jean with me and
buried her up there on the hill-the
middle grave. Nat, the middle grave
Marion's mother"
Nathaniel pressed the liquor to the
old mans lips again.
My vengeance was at hand-I was
almost ready-when Strang learned .
part of the secret" he continued with
an effort. He found the old people
were murderers. When Marion would
they had done. He showed her the
evidence! He threatened them with
| death unless Marion became his wife.
His sheriffs watched them night and
day. He named the hour of their
doom-unless Marion yielded to him.
And to save them. her supposed par
ents-to keep the terrible knowledge
OF their crime from Neil--Marion-
was -going-to- sacrifice herself
when
Again he stopped. His breath was
! coming more family.
Il understand" whispered Nathan
lei. Il understand
Obadiah's dimming eyes gazed at
him steadily.
Il thought my vengeance would
come-in time-to save her. Nat But
II failed. knew of one other way
and when all seemed LOST took II. I
killed the old people-the murderers
Of her father-of my Jean! I knew
that would destroy Strang's power"
In sudden spasm OF strength he
lifted his head. His voice came in q
hoarse. excited whisper.
You won't tell Marion-you won't
tell Marion that l killed them"
"No-never"
Obadiah fell back with a relieved
sigh. After a moment he added.
In a chest in the cabin there is a
letter for Marion. II tells her about
her mother-and the gold there's
for her-and Nell"
His eyes closed. shudder passed
through his form.
Marion" he breathed. "Marion!-
Nathaniel rose to his feet and ran
10 the cabin door.
'Marion!" he called.
Binding tears shut out the vision
of the girl from his eyes. He pointed.
looking from her, and she. knowing
what he meant. sped past him to the
old councillor.
In the great low room In which Oba-
diah Price had spent so many years
planning his vengeance Captain Plum
waited.
After n time, the girl came back
There was great pain in her voice
as she stretched out her arms to him
blindly. sobbing his name.
"Gone-gone-they're all gone now
but Neill"
| Nathaniel held out his arms.
only Neil."-he cried, only Nell
Marion"
| And you-you-you-"
Her arms were around his neck. he
held her throbbing against his breast
And you"
She raised her face, glorious In ita
love.
If you want me-still.-
And he whispered:
For ever and for ever!.
| THE END.
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No Apparept Reason.

Reporter-Colonel, you and / know
there was money used in electing Lit,
tlebrayne. How much did 1t cost him ?
You may as well tell me. for I'm 60
ing to find out.
Politician-What makes you think
there was-er-bribery?
Reporter-why. blame It. man. he
was elected,
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
Irish Wit,

Swift scoffed at Irish wit" in some
biting lines. nevertheless Irish wit IL
one of the most precious things. One
soon has a surfeit of the professional
funny man In England. the pawky
Scot. the American humorist The
Irish peasant never disappoints. and
with him 1t Is all SO naive and natu-
ral-London Saturday Review.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
THE HAPPY MAN.

First Lady-How very happy the
bridegroom looks! Really 1t is pleas.
ant to see young man looking so
joyful.
Second Lady-Hush. That's not
the bridegroom; that's gentleman
the bride Tilted six months ago.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17

uItdutu Brlght 5 dis.
ease. II you have any
kidney symptom, be-
gin using Doan's Kid
ney Pills at once.
Mrs. Sarah A. Black,
S0i S. Douty St, Han
ford, Cal, says: pic
tIlre me lying erin.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17

And the man who is driven to drinl
by adversely probably would have Il
brought to him by prosperity.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17

Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. II is thoroughly cured by
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favor.
lite family laxative.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17

No doubt the mind cure is all right
II you have the mind to begin with.
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Letter 10
~. kllasr \ Ca
E.nxhaatan, y. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Win Do For You

Send to DIR. Kilmer & Co.. Bingham
ton, n. Y, for a sample bottle. 1t will
convince anyone. You will also receive
! booklet of valuable information, telling
I'll about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing, be sure and mention this paper.
For sale at all drug stores. Price fifty.
cents and one-dollar.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17

The man who has a cold get, No
sympathy at this time of year Tn.
other fellows IL always much worsa
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
CHECK IT IN TIME.

Few people realize the grave dan.
ger of neglecting tho kidneys. The
slightest kidney trouble may be Ma
lures warning of dropsy, diabetes or
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17

In the Spring cleanse the system and
purify the blood by the use of Garfield Tea.
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prshr'tsr

Prof. Stork-And how are We get
ting on with our studies, Ernestine7
Have you been promoted to the fly.
ing class yet?
Little Miss Quacker-oh, no, pro-
fessOr. Mother has decided that
shall not take that course. She says
anybody can fly-but only the best
families take to water naturally.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17

Her savings are the saving OF many
Q business girl.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17

Improvidence in trifies never made
a millionaire nor swelled a bank &C.
count.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17

All druggists sell the famous Herb rem.
edy, Garfield Tea. II corrects constipation
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17

PILES CURED IN U TO II DAYS
Your druggist will refund money u PAZO ONT.
MtNr fails 20 cure any case of Itching, Bli0d
Bleeding OF PEotrudins Piles in 10 Il days. J0c.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17

Loud apparel naturally proclaims
the man.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17

IL s S'ssss.. .i:sl Thempssn's Eye Water
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18

to restore the vernal equinox to the time oc.
cupied in the days of Numa, that two ex.
traordinary months be inserted between No
vember and December of the current year.
These, with the intercalary month, made At
Is. Q. year of four hundred and forty-iye
days. de also ordered that the first, third
fifth, seventh, ninth and eleventh months
should contain thirty-one days. and all the
others thirty, except February, which had
twenty-nine. In Leap Year, however, it also
had thirty. This was sensible arrangement
and very easy to remember, quite unlike the
present one, which no one can remember with.
out going over the old rhyme about Thirty
days hath September"
But the vanity of the Emperor Aupustus
spoiled the plan. He could not bear TO see
August-which he called "his month"-con.
tanning less days than July, which was named
after Julius Caesar, so he took a day not
from January or March, but from poor Feb
ruary, making August thirty-one and reducing
February 10 twenty-eight. 1t was a cumbrous
arrangement, but it is not likely to be changed
after all these years.
The Julian calendar ruled the world for more
than sixteen hundred years. and then another
revision became necessary.
In spite OF the addition of one day every
fourth year, there was an error of eleven min
utes and some seconds every year, which in
one hundred and twenty Weight years amounted
to an entire day.
This had the effect of throwing back the
vernal equinox ten days since Sosogines de.
vised his plan. Pope Gregory the Thirteenth
corrected this error by emitting ten days, and,
to obviate the recurrence of the error, he
made rule that centurial years should not
be leap years unless divisible by four hun
dred.
Thus, 1000 and 200O are Leap Years, while
100, 1900 and 1900 are not. By this plan
the solar and civil year differ by only twenty
six seconds, which would only amount to a
single day in three thousand three, hundred
error is corrected by making the year four
thousand and all its multiples common years
that is, not Leap Years.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
History of the Calendar

In the early days of mankind the year was
roughly divided into two seasons-summer and
winter-and after a time spring and autumn
were added. There was, of course, no accur.
acy about this arrangement, since there is no
land where the beginning and ending of the
seasons can be determined by personal OBJ
servation. We speak of "late" spring or an
early" winter, although, in an astronomical
sense, the seasons began at exactly the same
period every year. But this careless method
OF guessing at the seasons was soon SUPER
seeded by accurate reckoning.
Astronomy is the oldest of sciences, and be-
fore the foundation Of the Egyptian pyramids
was laid the period of the vernal equinox had
been calculated. This was fixed as the be-
ginning OF the year, and so remained for CEN
turie1. Indeed, it was not until the eigh-
teenth century that January was universally
adopted by European nations as the first
month Of the year.
But the old Romans, as early as 251 B. c.,
had January and February introduced into
the calendar by Numa, and the next revision
did not occur until the time of Julius Caesar,
and not before it was needed.
The calendar had fallen into great confusion,
the ruler in power changing the length of years
to suit his own arrangements, or even his
personal convenience, intercalating days and
even months.
Julius Caesar saw the trouble, but was pow.
erless to rearrange the disturbed seasons, and
therefore called to his assistance Sosogines, a
Greek astronomer. Sosogines found that, by
taking any point in the suns path as a start
ing point, it takes the sun three hundred and
sixty-fve days, five hours, forty eight minutes,
fortynine and seven-tenths seconds to return
to that point. But this would not do for
exact division, as there would be the loss Of
nearly quarter of day every year; so
Sosogines proposed that every fourth year
should have three hundred and sixtysix days.
Caesar accepted the suggestion and issued
the decree, thus making the first Leap Year,
which was n b. O., the first Julian year be.
ing 46 b. O. Caesar also ordered, in order
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18

down the Truckee River, near Pyra-
mid Lake, is situated Nevada's mus-
cal mountain. This mountain was
- first discovered by the white settlers
in 1868, at which time there was
some excitement in regard 10 mines found in
its neighborhood. The discoveries were a
party Of ProsPectors from the Comstoek.
the mountain, and for few evenings thought
themselves bewitched. Each evening, a little
after dark, when the air was calm and all
was quiet, mysterious concert began.
Out from the face Of the big mountain were
waited soft strains that seemed to cause the
whole atmosphere to quiver as theu hoated
over the camp. The music then appeared To
pass over until it was far, far away, and al
most lost in the distance, when, beginning
with tinlling as Of many little silver BELLS
there would be a fresh glsh of sweet notes
from the mountain.
During the daylight hours, little of the mys-
ferrous music was heard, and it was soon set
spring near which the explorers had pitched
their tents afforded the only good camping
grounds in the neighborhood, and as each new
party Oh prospectors arrived at the spot, the
Some Piute Indians, who came along and
camped at the spring, were found to be ac-
qualnted with the peculiar musical character
OF the mountain. They called it the Singing
Mountain"
Some of the men collected in the camp be-
came more interested in the mountain than in
prospecting, and gave most Of their timo 10
an investigation Of the mystery of the musical
sounds heard to proceed from it. They found
that the whole face of the mountain was GOV.
cred with thin fakes Of hard crystalline
rock. There were great beds Of these flakes,
The investigators concluded that the musi
cal sounds heard proceeded from this loose
material, huge drifts of which seemed to be
gradually, working their way down the steep
face of the mountain.
At all events, the strains heard at the foot
Of the, mountain in the evenings stiffness
seemed to be produced by the uniting and
blending of the myriads Of bell-ike tinRlngs
debris creeping, glacier~lke, down the siope.
This solution of the mystery of the musical
mountain is the only one worthy OF notice.
AS no mines Of value were found, the dis
been visited. Therefore few except the Old.
time prospectors know much about the Sing
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
CITY OR COUNTRY


ture, and say if those in an art gallery, can
equal it! Nature is the best painter"
ooh, l can see as fine as that every day!
1 am tired of seeing fields and .quails."
with you country boys What lucky fellows
you are Here you see all you want, and
you get tired of it. | am down for a
week at Holden. l wish l could stay here
forever"
What! you would rather be here than
Yes, Of course I would"
well. | wouldn't. should like to live
Live in the city! Would you exchange
that beautiful landscape for a view of tall
buildings from your windows? Would you
exchange that lovely sky for the smoky at
mosphere of a big city? Would you rath-
SSr play on brick Pevements than in these
"Well, I don't think it queer at ALL You
boys in the city have lots more fun. You
can go to the theatre and see. lots of
things l wish l were in the city"
What would you do there? Go to school"
"No l would find work, and come home
rich"
Find work, and come home rich!" re-
peated the city, boy, laughing. ;.
"Yes!" said Leonard, rather Indignantly.
"How much do you suppose a boy gets in
the city,"
Ten dollars week"
No, indeed! Ii an oifice-boy gets that
much a month, he is doing well"
ri could live on that"
"But you wouldn't get rich. You could
mt pay your board out Of that unless you
lived at home. My father is a LAWYER. His
office boy lives at home-most office boys
and paid eight dollars for board, you could
mt get rich on that. And how many times
could you go to the theatre?"
rs that true what you are telling me?"
Eyes, it is. Very few people are rich in
big city For those that are rich, there
are more who are poverty-stricken and do
not know where they will get their next
meal. Many are out of employment, and
others see no green grass for days. Many
to fight their way to fortune, but, in
spite OF the story-books, very few sue
ceed."
With this the city boy walked away.
Leonard remained where he was and
thought. When he looked at the scene at
the edge of the oat6eld again, he realized
its beauty. Was he willing to give that up
for the picture his city friend had given him
Perhaps what the boy had said wasn't true,
but Leonard thought it was. The boy talk
ed as if he knew what he had been talk.
ing about
Then Leonard began to think how his pa
rents would miss him. They would not
KNOW Wnere ne was, ana would grleve at
his absence. So he determined to go back,
and, if he went to the city, he would wait
until he was older and could earn more
money.
Leonard thoughtfully retraced his steps over
the five miles he had come.
He returned to his work of gathering ap-
ples.
"After ALL" he said to himself, "the city
can't be SO much better than the country
if the city people come here to spend the
summer"
And Leonard was right.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18

early IN september, ana the DOaruers
who had been at his house for the
- summer had gone back to town
They had left him dissatisfied with
his lot, and filed with yearning for the
vague delights which he believed existed in
the city.
Ever since they had departed he had
unused on his fate. He thought how we'll
the people from the city were dressed, and
how rich they must be to be able to come
down there and spend two months without
doing any work.
Everybody in. a city, in the innocence of
bis heart, he thought must be rich, for he
judged them all by those who had spent
the summer at his house.
The result had been that he was thorough
ly discontented with his present and fu-
ture. He longed to see the wonderful big
city from which these people had come. 1t
would, he knew, be useless to ask permis-
would not permit him to do So
He determined that he would run away
from home. He would come back in two
or three years rich, and then all would be
well. 1t was easy to get rich in the big
Why not go at once? He had fifty cents
in his pocket. That would supply him with
food until he got to the city. 1t would
be only few, days walk, and he could
sleep at night along the roadside. 1t would
be easy enough to get work and make mon
ey when he got to the city.
1t was now early in the morning, and
if he did not come home to dinner at noon
they would think he had gone somewhere
else to dinner..-perhaps with the Butter
fields. He would not be missed until night.
So he determined to start at once, and,
leaving the apples he had already gathered
in one of the empty barrels which he
should have filed. he started cheerily out
to seek his fortune.
Along the road he trudged, brightly enough
for about five miles and was now a short
distance from Holden, the nearest village
He bad met no one on the way He was
glad, for he did not wish his parents to
know where he had gone. He had walked
along very rapidly, and when almost at
Holden he became tired. He would rest.
So he climbed over the rail fence, and.
gong across an orchard, came to the edge Of
an oatfeld, where he sat down to rest.
Leonard lacked an appreciation of nature
having been used to picturesque sights ali
his life, and SO the scene did not impress
ist wild with delight.
The sun shining brightly. but not warm,
was tempered by slight breeze, which caus,
ed the ripe oats to bend in waves of gold
en- light Here and there wandered quail,
teedihs t ing on the ripe grain which had fallen
As Leonard sat there at the edge of the
outheld, he saf anothe boy crossing the
orchard towards him.
He looked at him in some anxiety. lest il
might be some one who knew him. But
saw he was city boy
lhe young fellow came up to him, and,
with boyish unceremoniousness, sat down
beside him. -
Hello! Charming day, isn't it! How pret.
q %. 'D'' nsia OF oats io0k''" he volunteer
'Ts it? Why, 1 never noticed" renlied
Leonard, lanqmdly. 0-
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
Humorous Items

"John, Johnl" whispered Mrs. Green. nudg-
ing her husband. "What Is itY' he asked
sleeply. There's burglar in the house." {"
What do you want me to do-get up and run
the risk OF being killed" "No, but, ii you find
IA the morning that somebody has gone
through your pockets, don't blame mel"
One day dentist had occasion TO punish
his hveyear-old son for disobedience. AS he
picked up the rod the little fellow said: "Fath-
G, won't you please give me gas frstF
"A laboring man who was the worse for
liquor staggered into tramcar Murmurs
and complaints arose on all sides, and de-
mands were heard that the offender shoNld be
elected at once Amid the storm of abuse
q clergyman rose from his seat mo, mol"
he exclaimed. 'Iet the man sit down"
Thank ye, sir-thank vel" said the drunken
passenger. Il see We know what it IS to be
tightl"
M. Paul was a grocer in French town.
Mats overran the place and a price Of two
sous head was placed upon them by the
town council. M. Paul's errand boy, working
early and late, managed TO slay ninety rats
IN the cellars and attics Of the shop. The
boy took them to the Town Hail. and, re-
turning jubilant to the grocers, showed M.
Paul the nine francs he had gailed. TIE
grocer held out his palm. "Hand the money
oyer,s he said "You knew very well those
rats were mine. not Yoursl"
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
Il Forgot
CONTINUED FROM PAGE -FOUR

drov, homeward, the next afternoon, without
having the comfort Of q single clue as to the
whereabouts of the lost child.
Mr.. Jarrett, who had left matters in Mr..
Blooms hand while he took his family
home, looked sad and discouraged; Mrs.
Jarrctt's eyes were swollen with weeping
and Sam sobbed most of the way home.
It did not seem like going home. Little
Junior would not be there! And then there
was Lyman to tel. And, oh
The wagon turned the corner, an eighth
Of mile away from home, and the mouse
and its surroundings were in plain view.
Then the three sad-hearted occupants oi tne
vehicle caught sight of some, one PerGhed ON
the gate-post-some one whose httle sun,
bonnet had fallen back from his head and
iluttercd behind him, held by the strings
'"Why-why-" began Mr.. jarrett.
And the little figure on the gate.p gave
a baby whoop of delight at the sight OF them, s1a
and Lyman came around the mousse ana hl'
ed him down of the post.
cts Junior!" yelled Sam.
And Junior it was, safe and sound.
in less than two minutes the little fellow
was tightly hugged in his mothers arms.
There were hurried questions and answers,
and then the truth came out.
Lyman had concluded, after all, that he
would like TO return to the fair, and had
mounted the horse and gone. He arrived
there q short time after Sam had deserted
After wandering about the grounds for. a
while he had felt chill coming on, and be-
gan to lose all interest IN the fair.
just then he came upon Junior, playing
with the numerous children Of motherly-
locking Swedish woman, quite. a distance
from the bench upon which Sam bad left him.
want to do home" said Junior, wearily.
$50 do l." assented Lyman.
"Did anyone leave him in your charge"
ho asted Of the Swede woman.
She understood very little English, and so
she simply answered ''Yah," which really
meant noehing particular in this case!
'Tam wunned of and left me-" piped Jun
ior. want to do home!"
"Well, when he comes back, viii you please
tell him / have taken Junior homer asked
Lgmd,n, thinking he was doing the proper
@Yah," answered the swede woman, not
comprehending.
And SO Lyman had taken Junior away
with him. And they had a very salts
factory time at home, in total ignorance Of
the. commotion the little lads disappearance
had caused.
When all the points in the case had come
out Sam said, very meekly:
But that did not save him from receiving
the soundest strapping of his life.
Whether it was the remembrance Of the
strapping of his distress at the loss of little
Junior that worked the change, know not;
but after that, Sam thought more and forgot
less, Till now he rarely has occasion to say II
forgotW
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
Everything Against
Him
CONTINUED FROM PAGE FIVE

dynamite to Pauline, of which there were
dark hints
Something better than either happened, as
eo0ns as the burned fabrics could be removed
The footlight had been extinguished, the
camp stools folded up and stacked on the
stage. Then supper was announced.
The duke, again in prosaic dress, and the
duchess one more in ordinary boys clothes,
Pauline little disabled, but in good spirits,
and the servant. transformed into a refined
and merry fellow, assisted stage manager
Louis in distributing quantities Of sandwiches
and lemonade, cakes and ices
john was SO dismayed at what he had
doEe that he was taken home sobbing, and
repeating bis foolish plaint Everything s
BY mere sour temper he had lost all the
fun Of the theatricals from the heginn;no
and good supper into the bargain. Char
Ieys burns smarted, but at'heart he was very