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The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26

Deputy Sheriff j. M. Welch
was kept pretty well busy in this
city Saturday afternoon writing
tax receipts. They are cheaper
this year than last. Those who
have not paid their tax, had bet
ter see at once that it is done
aud avoid an advance by reason
of penalty which comes little
later.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26
Is The World Growing Better?

Many things go to prove that it is.
The way thousands are trying to
help Others is proof. Among them
is Mrs. w. w. Gould, of Pittsfield,
N. H. Finding good health by tax
ing Electric Bitters, she now ad-
vises other sufferers, every where,
to take them. 'For years | suffer
ed with stomach and kidney troub.
lie. she writes every medicine
| used failed till took Electric Bit
tiers. But this grea! remedy help.
ed me wonderfully They'll help
any woman. Tbey'Ie the best ton
ic and finest liver and kidney rem
edy that's made. Try them. You'll
see. SEE at Swami Day Lumber
Co.'S store.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26
dives Aid to strikers.

Sometimes liver, Kidneys and
bowels seem To go on strike and
refuse 10 work right. Then you
nee thosed pleasant little Strike
breakers-Dr- Kings New Nife
Pills-,o give them natural aid and
gently compel proper action. Elk,
cellent health soon follows, Try
them. zoe at Swann.Day Lumber
Co.'S store.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26

A slight frost was visible Mon
day morning, but killing frost
came Monday night. This is
probably the latest date for frost
ever known in Kentucky, and
has come In very handy on ac-
connt of so much late fall work
and feedstuff being so scarce.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26

Taulbee Mountz and Noah An
derson each bad horse to be
killed by the west bound excur-
sion Sunday evening on the Brush
creek crossing. Mountz'shorse
was valued at 5000 and Ander-
sons at 1925.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26

The writer is not always a good
hand to forecast election results,
but it surely does look like this
time that the Democrats are 60
ing to have a much bigger ma
iority than before recorded in
wears,
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26

Louisville led the S;ouh in
building during the ''last fiscal
wear, surprising indianapolis and
Cincinnati, according to the re-
port of the Building Inspector
rcently made public.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26

Mrs. J. Fl. Hardwick, of
Stanton, had sudden attack of
appendicitis last Monday and
was taken to the Lexington
hospital. She is getting along
nicely and in all probability will
not be operated upon.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26

G. 7. Smith, of Beattyville, our
candidate for State Senator was
here a short while Saturday. He
spoke at Stanton in the afternoon
where he made a splendid
speech.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26

The Kentucky Bankers Asso.
citation began two days sess ion
at Lexington yesterday.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26

Prof. H. NJ. Brumley, for
mer principal of our city cshools,
writesja very interesting letter
from his adopted home, Hominy,
Okla.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26
THE TINES.
LOCAL BREVITlES.

Sorghum molasses and winter
apples are plentiful on the local
market.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26

The many friends of j. H..
Burgher will be glad to learn he
is now able to go about the street
for a short while at the time.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26

Tuesday is Halloween, a time
anxiously looked forward to by
the mischief bent young boys.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26

j. F. Martin and family Of Vim.
ton, spent a few days with. DR..
Martin the first of the week.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26

Only twelve DAYS until the e.
lection when the question OF
who's who in Kentucky. will be
decided.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26

The Kentucky State Medical
Association is in session at Pa
ducah.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-10-26

If you want
70 see your
dollars magni-
fly and increase
as you spend
them, W h ".
spend tn e IN
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31

And with that he took his departure
back to the Office. there to do some
hard thinking over a map of the G. &
P. between Reno and Oakland
Me for Reno, he mumbled to him
self. reaching for a timetable.
That's the real jumping-off place for
car No. 22662
Arrived in that pretty Nevada d.
vorce city, with it's Truckee river,
graded and shaded streets, modern ho-
tells. and charming private residences
he devated As hours to looking around
and getting his bearings. He found
that No. 43 was a regular train on a
regular run; that she pulled into Reno
every night at $40 almost as regu-
larly as the Overland Limited it.
self; that her train crew seemed a
pretty decent lot of fellows with
whom, in the assumed character of
an eastern literary Teller" looking for
material he more than once made the
run to Oakland and back. But not e
word was dropped about the missing
box car while swapping yarns in the
caboose between stations or sidings.
Nor could he discover through other
channels that there had been any un-
authorized offerings or settings of sill
yer bullion. Yet despite Cohoon's as-
surances he rather suspected scll-
duggery of some sort on the part of
the train crew.
Three weeks went by. and although
Marden had kept both ears and eyes
open in Reno and in Oakland, and up
and down the c. & p, the missing box
car was as much of mystery as ever.
He began to get mad. Then he re-
solved to go over the division mile by
mile and on foot. carefully inspecting
every yard Of the right Of way. So,
preparing for roughing it, he start
ed to foot the ties between Reno and
Oakland.
Foot by foot Marden tramped the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31

where II led. Almost Immediately the
rusty rails led into high-walled can
yon with an easy down grade. For a
mile or more ne tramped the weed
grown right of way. Clearly this spur
was abandoned, and, he figured quite
correctly, that it had formerly led to
some worked-out mine.
Suddenly the track curved, swooped
downward, ran out of the canyon, and
debauched on little valley all SCARED
and scanned with old workings and
heaps of refuse. There were even
some sheds and huts now rapidly fall
ing to- pieces. The track here ran along
a bench in the rocky wall. SO that
frcm where he stood Marden could
easily survey the whole scene while
picking his way over the ties.
But what was that? A rather curious
heap of wreckage arrested his atten-
tion-timbers blackened by fire, with
warped and bent iron rods, clamps
and bolts protruding here and there
from a pile of ashes, and-there could
be no mistaking them-eight heavy
car wheels still connected by their
axles! In an instant be sized up the
mound of partly destroyed beams,
planks, metal work, and running gear
for the remains of a railroad car. and
freight car at that He scrambled
down the incline and looking back
could see where the earth had been
acorad 40 though Soma hoavv hodv had
plowed through the soil and rock of
the embankment. Viewed close at
hand, there could be no doubt: A
freight car had been burned on the
spot. and Marden began to suspect
that the c. & N. w. would never again
see one particular unit of its rolling
stock.
However, there had been smoke and
fire; if the pile of debris had orig
inally been the missing 22662 1t was
certainly up to him to go further in
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watcher could not see 10 feet within
the arch. So Marden began to crawl
on his hands and knees further up the
old workings. He had noticed that a
rill of water ran down one side. which
he quickly decided must proceed from
some surface spring or perhaps a
watercourse. II it should be the lat
ter 1t might AFFORD a way of escape.
So, carefully feeling his way, Marden
coolly slid into the water. It proved
to be icy cold and grew a little deep
er as he progressed upward. Evident
~ the hand Of man had Strengthened
out the natural channel, which made
him hope that it would lead some
where.
Marden calculated that he had
crawled about hundred yards when
his stopped head came in violent con-
tact with wall of rock. Carefully
feeling forward with his hands he
made out low arch about four feet
high. through which the water was
running merrily and more swiftly than
ever. But what delighted him most
was to feel distinctly an upward draft
Of airl This told him that the water
course probably communicated with
the upper world. And so it proved.
After worming himself through this
natural pipe he suddenly felt the
fresh. cool night air all about him and
looking upward discovered that he
was in narrow. rock cleft, which
must widen considerably, since he
could see quite long patch of starlit
sky and not so high but what the late
rising moon was silvering its western
wall. He had escaped from the old
minei
Yet, unless he could climb out Of
this ravine and win the level country
on top. he might Just as well be down
below again. He knew that the man
with the Winchester was only wait
ing for daylight and reinforcements.
So it behooyed Marden. If he wanted
to write o. K after as well as before
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31
"MereIy LOOKING over the country. !"

Merely looking over the country"
was the innocuous reply.
'Lookin' fer what?"
"Just looking. that's all. hap
pened to strike that old spur up yon-
der and the fancy took me to see
where it led. Quite some doings here
1 should say. judging by the looks of
things
Should your" was the truculent,
growing answer. "Well, hombrey, let
me tell y some lookin's and some do
ms is pretty COSTLY Who tn blazes
are y. anyway"
Put me down as a tourist" said
Marden, easily. land as have no gun
guess I'll put down my hands,"
With that he took two steps toward
the entrance Of the tunnel as though
he would be going on his way, when
the Winchester clicked ominously.
mo you don't, hombrey. You stay
here till further orders, an If you
want to keep a whole hide you'll stay
quiet. I'm takin' no hell-roarin'
chances, mind"
The fellows talk, the fact that he
was evidently on guard as sentinel.
the burned car and that piled heap
near the entrance pointed to but one
conclusion: Marden had ferreted out
the secret of the missing box car and
its costly freight! But from the pres
ent situation it did not look as II the
information would do anyone very
much good.
The sentinel retreated to the en-
trance Of the tunnel, now fast darken-
ing with the shades of night; 1t was
wholly dark within. and the prisoner
squatted on the bare ground to plan
and think. After while the man
with the gun kindled tiny fire, prob
ably to guard against Marden running
by him in the dark. This made the
gloom within doubly noticeable and
1t was practically certain that the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31

road bed of the coast division Of the
C. & p There was literally nothing
doing" until after passing Blue canyon.
This was almost the last station in
the hills; Immediately after leaving
Blue canyon there was a short but
stiff up grade of perhaps mile; then
level stretch for half a mile.
His personal Investigations thus far
had convinced Marden that the silver
car was not far to seek, and that the
puzzle, though apparently insoluble,
was really very simple could one but
stumble on the clew.
But after leaving Blue canyon sta
ton on his tramp Marden was no
wiser As may be imagined he trav-
eled by daylight in order to see what
there might be for a pair of sharp
eyes to see. After Flooding through
Trukee pass he came to the level bit
Of track at the summit.
Here was siding perhaps a fourth
Of mile dong. where west-bound
freights sometimes waited for east
bound passenger trains. Marden had
not noticed 1t before while riding
over the road. because No. 4s was
never compelled to stop. But now
that he was afoot, the switch and sid
ing attracted his attention. Another
thing he noticed-a rusty spur Of
track forking midway out of the sid
ing before it again joined the main
track. There was of course switch
to this old spur, but 1t was red with
rust from long disuse.
Partly from idle curiosity Marden
determined to follow the spur and see
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31
inventions That Impressed.

Nadar, who has just died in Paris
at the age of 3d. published an account
a few years back of the inventions
which impressed him most profoundly
between his twelfth and his twentieth
year. Apparently the minor inven-
tions made the deepest impression on
him. The opening Of the first rail-
way he hardly remembers. but the IN
PRODUCTION of steel pens from England.
which occurred In his thirteenth year.
he recalls wildly.
When he grew older the introduce
ton Of detachable shirt collars marks
an era. Until the thirties shirts and
collars were considered inseparable
articles. The hosier who first sold
them apart was welcomed as a bene-
factor by young men who wished to
look neat but we're compelled By lack
Of means to keep their washing bill
within careful bounds.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31

search of those silver bars. So he
mounted again to the track in order to
see where the spur ended.
Suddenly the rails ran beneath a
rude arch, and Marden found himself
in a cavity hollbwed out Of the noun
tain-which he quickly decided was Of
artificial origin and probably one of
the old workings of this abandoned
mining camp. He had penetrated per-
haps so feet into the tunnel when he
almost stumbled over rough pile of
brick-shaped objects, four or five
feet high by FIVE OF six feet long. With
a muttered exultant exclamation he
was about to stoop and pick up enc
of the bricks" when, like a rife crack,
came command from the tunnel
mouth:
Hands up, durn vel"
Quick as a shot Marden wheeled and
saw silhouetted against the disk Of
daylight a tall figure with either a
shotgun or Winchester at his shoul-
der.
In the western country few men are
rash enough to disobey that terse
challenge; Marden was no foolish ex-
ception. So up went his hands and
he kept them there while the stranger
advanced. At six PAGES he growled:
Throw down your gum and no
monkey business or III blow you full
Of holes!"
81 don't usually pack gum" said
Marden.
9Th hell you don'ti Then p'raps
you'll tell me what you're doin' here?"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31

There are no fairer set OF men on
earth than the doctors. and when they
ind they have been in error they are
usually apt to make honest and manly
admission Of the fact
A case in point is that of a practi-
toner, one Of the good old school, who
lives In Texas. His plain. unyarnished
tale needs no dressing up:
Il had always had an intense preju-
dice, which can now see was uDvar-
rantable and unreasonable. against all
muchly advertised foods. Hence. I
never read a line Of the many ads of
Grape Nuts. nor tested the food TIL
last winter.
while in Corpus Christi for my
health. and visiting my youngest son.
who has four Of the ruddiest. healthi-
est little boys ever saw. ate my
first dish Of Grape-Nuts food for sup
per with my little grandsons.
Il became exceedingly fond Of II
and have eaten a package of It every
week since. and find It delicious, re-
freshing and strengthening food. leav-
ing no Ill effects whatever. causing no
quotations with which was for
merly much troubled). no sense OF
fullness, nausea, nor distress Of stom-
ach in any way.
There Is no other food that agrees
with me SO well, or sits as lightly or
pleasantly upon my stomach as this
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31

had an incessant cough and frequent
attacks Of bilious collie. from which II
seemed could not recover. Ny bowels
also became affected, causing alarming
attacks Of hemorrhages. I tried many
remedies. which gave only temporary
relief or no relief at all at last tried
Peruna. and in three days was re-
lieved Of the bowel arrangement. After
using five bottles I was entirely cured.
most cheerfully recommend the use OF
Peruna to any one similarly afflicted"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31
Why She Advertised

The BeIlville man who got a wife
through an advertisement and has
been against the power Of the press
ever since. win be interested in this
advertisement from Missouri paper:
Attractive woman, not day over
30, would De pleased to correspond
with eligible man. Not absolutely
necessary that he should be young.
Would prefer one with property. but
one with a good paying position would
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31

ture from their huts, where large
ire is kept day and night in an effort
to scare the intruder away.
The Indians, being too greatly
alarmed to kill the reptile, sought the
aid of white men, but upon their APP
pearance the snake could not be found.
At night the reds claim that they
can hear the snake crawling around
their huts and the kissing sounds
made by it are distinctly heard. They
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31

be satisfactory. The young lady is Of
medium height, has brown hair and
gray eyes; not fat, although most de-
cidedly she is not skinny Her friends
say she Is fine looking woman. OBJ
ject matrimony. Reason for this ad-
vertisement. the young woman lives
in a little dinky town. where the best
catches are the boys behind the coun-
tiers in the dry goods and clothing
stores. and every one Of them is
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31

In the New York courts recently a
girl, aged IL, on being told by her
mother that she was old enough to
go to work, replied: Work. viii
not: prefer to MARRY" wherenpon
she was married before night to a
young man earning IS per week.
This is of piece with the reasoning
Of another girl who. being interro-
gated by friend. Where are you
working now. Manner answered
promptly, Il amt working; I'm mar
Red Boston Herald.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31
Big Snake Seen by Indians Only

a. - indians on the reservation
<.,.. ZINES rom this city have become
sss.. 49, alarmed of late over the ap-
$3.50 $500 OF large snake on their
. n1. which is described by them
~ s as large as an ordinary stove.
,.rs. sno about ten feet in length. They
, .,sss e leave their homes unless &C.
k'-p aa'eo BY a white man, as they
a.. .ne great monster has come to
'ne'r lives and they win not ven.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31
New Music TAN aTurn.r

An exciting music hall turn" which
win be known as the human cup and
ball." was rehearsed In a shed at the
outskirts Of Paris. A woman IL shut
inside huge wicker ball. which is
then rolled down a steep inclined plane.
terminating In an upward bend The
ball shoots with lightning speed down
the slide and is hurled up into space
and caught by an elevated powl-
shaped receptacle rs feet away.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31

also say that this is the same snake
that was seen in Alexander valley last
year by tribe of Indians on the res
ervation and which has been inhabit-
ing northern Sonoma and southern
Mendocino counties for several years.
-Ukiah Correspondent San Francisco
Call.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31
SUFFERED
23 YEARS
Constant Sufferer From ciIron-
10 catarrII Relieved BY
Poruua.

AAo Ss IL
Bourland. San
Saba. Texas,
writes:
"For twen-
ty-three years
I was a con-
slant sufferer
from chronic
catarrh. Ihad
a severe mis-
cry and burn
ing In the top
Of my head.
There was all
most q con-
tinual drop
ping Of mucus
lntomythro
which caused
frequent ex-
pc c to ration.
My entire sys-
tenn gradually
b Q anne In
v olive d. and
my condition
.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31
The Kind Of One.

"The way showed up in the big ac-
cident the other day was feather in
my cap"
Yes. | heard you were showing the
white feather"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31

spoken for by the time he is out Of
short pants. Atlanta Constitution.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31
Many sounces.

Reggy Sapp-Yeas, am in the air a
great deal these days.
Miss Tabasco-Reallyl Are you
learning aeroplaning or horseback
riding7
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31
What Polly Wanted.

Lady Gin bird store)-Pretty Pollyl
Does Polly want a cracker?
Polly (late OF Boston) -Oh. slush!
Got any cold beans?
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31
! THE occIdental bank 1,

Y THE Occidental bank
building, San Francis
co, in the private Of
fee of o. X. Marden,
resident manager for
Bullivants Limited, the
desk telephone rang in
sistently. 20. K" him
self answered the call,
when the following
terse colloquy ensued:
"Yes-Bullivants. Mr..
Marden on the wire"
This is Patrick
Coohon, general traffic
agent G. & p, Mr..
Mardan"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31

A mind content both crown and
kingdom is.--Robert Greene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-13
IOWA DEADLOCK
 FINALLY BROKEN

Des Moines, Ia, April 12-The deadlocK in the Iowa legislature ended this after noon when Judge William S. Kenyon of Fort Dodge was elected United States senator to succeed the late Senator Jona- than F. Deliver. The election came with the sixty-seventh ballot.
 The second ballot of the day brought the victory when Senator Chapman and Representative Van Camp, who had been consistent supporters of Supreme Court Justice Horace E.. Deemer. changed their votes. Then followed other changes in quick succession that when the ballot was finally counted 1t stood S5 for Ken yon to 19 for Deemer, and 51 for Claude R. Porter. democrat. The balloting TOT United States senator began January F.
 At that time Senator Lafayette Young. the present incumbent was the Ieaung opponent of Judge Kenyon, but was sue cceded by Justice Deemer on the 23 baiiot about six weeks ago.
 Judge Kenyon, the new senator, was born in Elyria. O., on June 10, 1869, and received his finished education at Grinnel college. Iowa. He was admitted to the bar following his graduation, and short ly afterward was elected public prosecutor of Webster county, Iowa He was judge of the Eleventh Iowa judicial district until 1903, when he was appointed at torney for the Illinois Central railway. In 1907 he was made general counsel of that company with offices at Chicago and served in that capacity until 1910. fife was appointed assistant to the Attorney General of the United States March 14. 1910. IIik home is at Fort Dodge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-13

New Orleans, April 12-Twelve election commissioners pleaded guilty in the crim- inal district court today to charges of violating the election laws in the recent election held for justice of the Louisiana state supreme court.
 The indicted commissioners were charged with fraudulently making extra entries on the election tally sheets.
 The maximum penalty provides fine of $10O0 or one year in the parish prison. Sen tence was deferred unlh Frida& of next week.
 Those who entered pleas of guilty are:
 Joseph s. Glorious. inspector of the crry board of health; Gus J. Yeager, Thomas Goldman, Walter w Ryan, election com missioners of the Sixth precinct, Third ward.
 John F. Carlin, William c. McGawley, Thomas Kennedy. Joseph Henrick. com missioners of First precinct of the Third ward.
 Penny Sullivan, T. E. Domique, J. Clev- CTS. c. Heingartner, commissioners of Ninth precinct Second ward