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The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-18

Pel.in, Jan. 1.-THE bomb which
VAS thrown at Premier Yuan Shi
Nai's carriage while he was on his
way to the imperial court and which
killed two soldiers, injured seventeen
other persons. Eight or ten of these
ale expected to die
The three Chinese who attempted
to take Yuan Shi Kai's life hoped to
escape by mixing with the crowds
which thronged the streets at the
lime. They were, however, captured
and we're taken into q house In the
vicinity.
The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-18
csIluiold Comb caused Death.

Chicago, Jan. 17.-Nellie Mckenzie,
8 years old, died from burns suffered
while she was trying to make her
toilet before . grats fire. The child
vaS using . celluloid comb which
was ignitsd by the heat.
The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-18
lin St EMPEROR 70 ABDICA1E
"''' Retire to Summer Palace at Jc.
hol-WouId-Ee Assassins Of
Premier Captured.

San Francisco, Jan. MA cable
"essage from Shanghai, received by
he Chung Sal Vat Bo, Chinese
newspaper in this city, said that news
ad reached there from Pekin that
':'oclan alton of abGication was pub.
! ned by the throne The message
further stated that the empress
dowager and the emperor announced
b.. cir willingness to retire to the sum-
ner palace at Jehol.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
Candle Makinu In China.

The manufacture of candles in
China is no new thing. Years before
the advent Of the foreigner the ma
tives made them by crude methods
and used them in home and temple.
Even today millions of candles are
made by the old process Of dipping.
at which the old Chinese are very ex-
pert. A mixture Of tallow and castor
oil is first prepared and the operator,
placing a straw to serve as wick
between each Of his ten fingers, dips
them into the preparation as many
times as necessary to give the candles
the desired thickness After this they
are set up on end against board to
harden and the straw wicks clipped
to proper length. The finished prod
uct burns we'll, gives fair light, is
consumed slowly, and, best of all, in
native eyes, is very cheap. These can
dies are usually made by small fac.
tories for sale to sterekeepers. but
many individuals still manufacture
for family and temple use.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
Humane fcelanders.

A woman from Iceland. the wife OF
well known Icelandic scholar, was
spending season in New York. Lo.
cal pride gave her no rest. She held
that day lost in which she had not
pointed out to some one something
that was better done in Iceland than
In the States. One evening while she
was dining with friend the conver.
sation turned upon the work Of the
s. P. G. A.
"In Iceland" said the victim of local
pride. 1--WE have no need of humanita.
rian societies. Cruelty is unknown
among us. We are naturally race Of
humanitarians."
"You are also great fishermen. are
you not?" inquired second guest.
"Oh, certainly" she cried. great
fishermen. You have no such expert
fishermen in the States"
But what cruel sport for an island
full of humanitarians!" cried the sec.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
Wonderful EARRINGS.

Few present day earrings surpass in
taste and delicate finish the earrings
Of Biote. the daughter of Aristotle,
which were found in Chalcis, where
the young woman was buried These
ornaments represented doves swinging
in golden hoops. The miniature birds
were marvelously wrought, the feath.
ers Of granula1ed gold. the wings and
breasts enriched with bands Of color
supplied by inserted gems. Precious
stones cleaned like tiny sparks for the
eyes. Daintiest device Of all, the tail
feathers were SO finely made and curl
ousIy adjusted as to move at the slight,
est motion Of the pendent hoop. so that
whenever the proud wearer should toss
or shake her head her two attendant
doves would seem to balance them
selves upon their perches, as live birds
do in swinging on a bough. They were
found by exploring archaeologists. The
daughters trinkets have survived as
long us the fame of the fathers phi.
os0phy.-Chicago Record Herald
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
Good Elderberfy
Wine
-.-s By M. QUAD
Copyright. 1911, by Associated Lit
erary Press.
By M. QUAD

One summers day i'll the long ago,
when you could meet q lightning rod
outfit at every five miles on the high
way, one of the craft drove into the
town of plaintield In showing off his
fine horses he ran over Il hog, and the
hog limped squealing away. 1t was
nothing to make fuss over. and none
would have been made If the hog
hadn't belonged to Elder Carpenter.
The elder was a solemn. severe man.
He happened to be passing at the time
the animal was run over, and he
caught a laugh and an oath from the
lips Of the man Of lightning. What
does he do but go before a justice and
swear out a warrant for malicious In
jury to hog. An arrest and trial fol-
lowed OF course the lightning rod
man testified on his own behalf that
no malice existed. He and the elders
hog had. never met before. He was
driving up to the hotel in a fancy way
to show off before the loafers sitting
on the veranda, and the hog was TIL
seen until too late.
At the conclusion of the trial the
lightning rod man told the elder and
about forty others what he thought OF
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
Private Coleridaa.

In his young days the poet Coleridge
had little love affair which ended in
disaster, for the lady refused him. In
despair he enlisted in a cavalry regi-
ment which he hoped would be or
dered on foreign service. For family
reasons he dropped his correct name,
but from feeling of sentiment re-
tanned the initials, so Samuel Taylor
Coleridge became Private Silas Tomp-
kins Camberbatch. The regiment did
not leave the country, and it was not
long before his soul wearied of BAR
rack life and its utter absence Of ro-
nance. Hfst military, life ended in a
curious fashion. One day while Ccle-
ridge was doing a weary sentry go
two officers strolled past. One of them
made use Of a Greek quotation which
the other corrected. The. first insisted
on his correctness, while the other
was Just as positive he was wrong.
While they disputed the sentry sud
denly presented arms and respectfully
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them. their town and their fathers and
mothers before them. and there was
fight, in which he got badly banged up
and driven out Of town. OF course he
wanted to get even. You must know
that there is fellow feeling between
men who are skinning the public. and
it was quite natural that the elders
his instrument for carrying out his
plan.
A shallow river runs through Plain
field At that time it's banks were
lined for mile up and down with ell
derberry bushes. Toward the last of
August the clusters Of berries were
sight to see. One could gather a wag-
onload in half day. One day tin
peddler stopped to gather couple of
bushels In answer to inquiries he stat
ed that he was going to make elder
berry wine after a recipe brought from
China by a missionary. Your mother.
If she lived in the country, used to
make wine Of these berries, but only
in limited quantity. 1t isn't the bev-
erage to make one enthuse. There was
considerable talk about the tin ped
dler and his Chinese recipe. and an ex-
citement followed. He returned TO
Plainfield with a twenty gallon keg of
new wine and wanted to form a syn
dicate for gathering the berries and
making the wine. He had with him a
letter purporting to come from a large
wine house and offering him So a gal
lon for all the elderberry wine he
could ship
Six hundred dollars was the cash
capital wanted for press and build
Ing and to pay for the gathering. The
dividends for the season would be 400
per cent. There was no hayseed in the
hair Of the population Of Plaintjeld.
The peddler's talk sounded all right.
but the people said he must show them
before they invested. That was why
that twenty gallon keg was placed on
the tavern veranda. and the public
asked to help themselves. Elder Car
penter was a temperance man right
down to refusing ginger beer, but he
brand Of elderberry wine and selling it
for medicinal purposes.
1t was three hours before the keg
was empty, and By that time it was
the universal verdict that the peddler
was goo fepl'' and that the town
stood ready to invest not $500 but
5000 OOO.OO0 in his enterprise. They
would buy GOO0 presses. They would
gather 10000 loads of berries. 1t was
In the midst of the greatest good feel
ing and general hilarity that the town
blacksmith said that Elder Carpenter
was a hog himself for making the
lightning rod man trouble over the 9th
er hog. The elder promptly replied
that the smith was a born liar and
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
ROSS LIVE COLUMN

John A. Ross expects to run this
column during the year 1912 for
tine benefit of people who make
him their agent will have a good
assortment of homes and vacant
lots for sale at all times. Also will
look after insurance ON property
entrusted to my care. ~s
.%. For CaIn @-
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03

started the row. Tne peddler nan..
for the tavern barn and hid away. but
bis example was not followed Eyery
man got the idea that 1t was his dnty
to wade into some other man. and for
an hour there was lighting 10 and
down the streets. Fathers whanged
away at sons. and brother punched
brother The three local ministers
butted in as peacemakers and were
early left stranded In the dust.
There were Il few men III the town
who did not get black eyes and bloody
noses and lumpy heads. but they were
the old men who had had their FUN in
! other days and were now willing to let
the younger genera ton go IN and
whoop 'er up. 1t was these old men
who assisted the women when it came
to poultices and bandages and to
wheeling home those who could not
walk.
Only two men knew what was In
that keg, and they never told 1t may
have been Chinese elderberry wine
according to missionary recipe, or it
may have been mixture Of whisky,
brandy, gin, wine and drugs. At any
rate, the feeling" lasted two whole
days, and there were fights almost
daily for the next fortnight 1t was a
month later that the lightning rod man
came driving up to the tavern again.
This time he ran over two hogs instead
of one. Elder Carpenter was pass
ing again. but he did not stop or turn.
He simply uttered an "um'' and held
his way. There was the usual crowd
on the veranda. but they crossed their
legs, spat their tobacco juice over the
railing and were mum. The town had
been struck by lightning and didn't
want any more Of it. 1t didn't even
want the empty keg the neddler had
left behind him in his flight.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
FOR RENT

A nice three room house two blocks
west of the postotfice on Main street.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.


Public Land Sale. Department. of
the Interior. U. s, Land Office at,
LewistoWa, Mont. May /. 1912.
Notice is hereby given that, as d.
rected by the Commissioner of tie
General Land Office, under provisions
Of acL Of congress approved June N.
1906 ~ stats, SID, Serial No. 013344,
we will offer at public sale, to the
highest bidder, but at no less then
$ l.25 per acre, at 10 o'clock a. m. on
the 7th day Of June, 19l2at this Office
the following tract of land:
81 Sc !, Sec. "a, TIP 8 N, r Is q,
M. NJ.
Any persons claiming adversely the
aboye-describid land are advised to
file their claims, or objections. on or
before the time designated for sale
9. b. McKoin, Regisfer
Wyllys a: Hedges, Receiver.
First Pub. May 3. -
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03

Coming home from the morning serv
ice one Sunday DR.. Beecher threw
himself on a lounge and said in a
tone Of deep detection, II believe that
was the worst sermon ever
preached" One Of his daughters pro.
tested that she had seldom heard him
when he was more energetic. "Oh
yes," was the impatient reply, when
haven't anything to say ! always
holler."- ."-Outlook. ..c
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
pana,s Ten eooks.

Charles A. Dana once made = list
of ten indispensable books" They
are the Bible, Shakespeare. the Dec,
,aration Of Independence. the Con
stitution of the United States, Ban
croft's "History Of the United States
Irving's Life Of WaShingi on Frank
Inns autobiography. Channing's "Es-
say on Napoleon Boraparte," Gibbons
"Decline and Fail Of the Roman EN-
pire" and Tarhell's "Early Life OF
Lincoln"
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
Ford Supplies a speciality.
Harlowton Auto Co.
One week only, 20 percent dis
count on all Ladies Hats for
one week at Marshall's
Try The News for Results,
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Isolated Tract

Public Land Sale Department Of
the Interior. y, s. Land Office at
LeWistoWn, Montana, May l, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that, as di-
recled by he Commissioner of the
General Land Office, under provisions
OF Act Of Congress approved June 27,
l9o6 81 stats, SID, Serial No. Ol4423,
we will offer at public sale. to the
highest bidder, but at not less than
$l.25 per acre, at 10 O'Clock a. m, on
the 7th day Of June, 1912, at this
office, the following tract of land:
Lots |, 2, Sec 2, Up 8 N, r l3 e, M.
Any persons claiming adversely the
above-descrlbed land are advised to
file their claims, or objections. on or
before the time designated for sale,
G. p. McKoin, Register
WHY'S A. Hedges, Receiver
First Pub. May 3.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03

informed them ailur Tie, We.1 aoti =:
error. He gave the exact quotation,
name of the author and other circum-
stances. This incident led to an in
quiry, and the poet was restored to
the bosom Of his family.-London
Graphic
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
. For Sale

For Sale. A four-room house on
f; East Main street, with one full lot.
This property is near the business
center of the town and is a genuine
bargain at S450.00. .-.*.4-&
A three-room house with one full
lot, one block from Central Avenue.
Price S65O0O.
A good house and lot on Echols ave-
nue.. Has three nice living rooms,
also has one roo:n 24x36 feet all nicely
fitted up for Cabinet Shop. This
property is worth today $1500.00, but
can be bought for $125O.0O. Terms,
$500 cash and balance monthly in
stallments easy payments. Would
take a good team and COW on the deal
at fair price. Reasons for selling,
owner going to his homestead claim
in the country. ..a. ."-
A lO-room house nicely furnished,
has lot 60x140 feet. Price given on
application. Terms, one-third cash,
balance on easy payments.
The William VanDyke home. Two
nice lots with three room house
nicely plastered, good clothes closet,
pantry, coal shed, and barn. Price
81, 10000.
The Bidison property on Fourth
avenue. This place has two beautiful
lots and nice three room cottage,
and is a genuine bargain. Price to
suit the times and will be given on
application.
FOR RENT
A nice three room house two blocks
west Of the postotfice on Main street.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03

For Quality and Workman
ship insist on La Preferencia
Cigars.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-04-25
Useful Agent for Show.

AL G.. Field, the minstrel man, has
another story which he is telling.
He says that not long ago an attache
OF his show was sent out In an Iowa
town to give some handbills, or her
aids, to boys for distribution. The
man found only one boy willing to
work. He didn't deem it necessary
to explain to the boy that the bills
were to be distributed about town.
He took it for granted that the boy
knew. The youngster took the print
ed slips of paper and the man gave
him a quarter and left. Half an hour
later the Snowman CHANGED to pass
along the street and saw the boy
standing on the sidewalk.
Whats the matter?" asked the
man.
The boy gave couple Of final sob5
and, wiping his eyes on his sleeve.
SAID.
"A man fist come along an took
one of my bills"
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CHAPTER VIII.

Preparations for breakfast were to-
ward an aroma of coffee and bacon
hung in the still, crisp air. The troop
ing had happened, laughing and jok-
ing, cleaning rifles, feeding the me-
hara, striking tents, drawing water
from the palm-ringed well round
which the camp had been made.
Out of sight beyond the edge OF the
sunken oasis a detachment was dig
ging shallow trenches for the dead.
In the open Chambret lay dying,
stark grim figure in the growing
light. ORourke sat by his side, near
the head of the improvised litter, ell
bow In knee, chin in hand, eyes fixed
on the face of his friend.
Just before sunrise the man on the
litter stirred, moaned, opened his eyes
and turned his head to see O'Rourke.
He smiled wanly mon ami" he said
in tones faint yet thick.
The Irishman rose. Don't talk"
said he. "I'll be calling the surgeon"
But Chambret stayed him with
gesture HAS he not told you, dear
friend?' he asked.
O'Rourke hesitated. Told me
what?"
THAT my wound was fatal-mortal?
Surely he must have told you.
It Is so. Presently l die Con-
tent Let him be-this sur
geon: am beyond his aid. Attend
to me. in my last moments, O'Rourke,
my friend"
The adventurer vacillated, torn by
an agony of compassion. II must do
something for ye," he said miserably.
Il must do something.
What can do?"
Comfort me-" The dying man
closed his eyes and lay still for lit
tie. You are not gone, O'Rourke?"
he asked presently.
I'm here, be your side, mon ami"
Tell me of madame
your wife. She is well?"
'She is very well, Chambret"
You have seen her recently?"
Within ten days"
You have returned to
her?''
"No-and yes. Twas not for lack
of love for her that gave her up"
Yes said Chambret impatiently.
THAT ! understand COM
prehend utterly your feeling.
But you owe her happiness, though
you sacrifice your everything
to give it her. She loves you
as she might have loved even me had
you not come into her life."
True.
You are about to pocket your
scruples that she may have her due
portion of happiness?"
I've promised, Chambret."
81 am glad. But you-what
has brought you hither?"
IL wished 70 zee "a"
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The vicomte favored O'Rourke with
a vicious glance, muttering something
about a thousand devils. The Irish
man. quick to grasp the situation and
fnwardly exulting, acknowledged Des
Trebes' attention with winning
smile
"Good evening" he said, and nodded
amiably.
"Oh, shut up" snapped the Honor
able BERTHE, unhandsomely. Where's
that letter."
O'Rourke chuckled. "Ye're a hard
loser, me bright young friend" he
commented. 81 though Englishmen
always played the game as it laid"
Glynn grunted and flushed, shame
faced, but the Frenchman cut short
the retort on his lips by a curt repe-
tition of Glynn's own question:
where's that letter, monsieur"
O'Rourke glanced at him languidly,
yawned, and smiled an exasperating
strictly personal smile. Then sig
nificantly he clinked the handouts un-
til they rang on wrist and ankle.
Answer mel" snarled the vicomte,
picking up his revolver.
'Divvle a word" observed O'Rourke,
Twill We get from me if We shoot me
dead, monsieur lie vicomte. Put down
your pistol and be sensible"
Des Trebes' face darkened, suf-
fused with the blood of his rage. Yet
the man asserted that admirable con-
troll of self which he was able to en-
ploy when it suited his purposes. Evil
IDENTIFY, too, he recognized the cold
common-sense of the wanderers re-
mark At all events he put aside the
weapon.
where's the letter." he demanded
again, more Practically.
Again O'Rourke yawned with NAL.
ice prepense, yawned deliberately and
exhaustively and dispassionately.
mot a word" he volunteered at
length, until We loose me hands and
feet. Which," he added, I'VE need not
hesitate to do, for I'll not strike back
unless We crowd me-"
The vicomte scowled darkly for a
moment, plainly dubious. Then pre-
sumably upon the consideration that
he could trust O'Rourkes word and
that most assuredly he would learn
nothing from him until his request
was complied with, he growled an or
der to Glynn to unlock and remove
the handouts. The Englishman obey
ed.
Free. O'Rourke stretched himself,
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situation - of which, however, he
must have had some warning from
the rattle of firing. He screamed
something in O'Rourke's eass as the
latter passed, and turning th:ew him
self fat and began to pump the trlg-
ger of his carbire, emptying the maya
zine at the on-sweeping line of Tou-
aregg.
The alarm was hardly needed;
O'Rourke and the guide swept on
over the slip of a depression in the
desert and halted in the midst of
camp already quickened and alive
with shadowy figures running method
ically to their posts, carbine and ac-
coutrement cleaning in the moon
light: men OF the camel crops, hard
ened to and familiar with their work.
They buckled down to 1t in bust
ness-like way that thrilled the heart
of O'Rourke. In a trice they were
doubling out past lines of tethered
mehara, past the white hillocks OF
the officers shelter-tents and, like the
sentry, throwing themselves down
upon the ground to take shelter of
whatever inequalities the face of the
desert offered; and their firing ringed
the bivouac with a fringe of flame.
O'Rourke slipped from his camel
and turned to watch the skirmish.
Massed, the Touaregg. in strength
greater than the adventurer had be-
Understanding like two hundred
mounted men, in all-charged down
upon the camp as if to over-run and
stampede it.
Yet at the critical moment, when
it seemed that of surety there was
no stopping them, they divided and
swung round the camp In two wide
circles, scattering into open order and
firing as they scattered. Here and
there a horse fell, rider threw out
his hands and toppled from his sad
die, a camel seemed to buckle at full
tilt like a faulty piece of machinery;
and so gaps appeared in the flying
wings.
For the men Of the flying column
were picked shots. They had need to
be, who had such tasks as this TO cope
with.
Nor--for that matter-were the Tou.
aregg the only sufferers. Here and
there in the camp man plunged for
ward in mid-stride, and on the firing
line beyond the tents now and again
a sharpshooter shuddered and lay still
upon his arms. Even at O'Rourke's
side an officer was shot as he ran to
the front, and would have fallen had
not the Irishman caught him with
ready arms and let him easily to the
earth. AS he did SO the stricken man
rolled an agonized eye upward.
"O'Rourke!" he said between a
groan and ID sigh.
And O'Rourke, kneeling at his side
and peeEing into his face, gave bit
ter cry. For he had found Chambret,
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But the dying are oftentimes and
strangely endowed with curious in
sight into matters beyond their ken.
Without perceptible hesitation Cham
bret made this apparent.
You have come for the ruby" he
said with conviction.
How did we know?"
1T is true, then? I fancied
so; knew that rome day you would
come to claim It, Bend nearer
to me. The Pool of Flame is
in the keeping Of my good friend, the
Governor-General of Algeria. 1t is all
arranged. When / am gone, take my
signet ring, tell him your name, and
demand the PACKAGE small morocco
leather box, wrapped in plain brown
paper and superscribed with nv name
and yours He knows nothing of its
value, save that it is great, and will
deliver it to you and only you without
question. That is ALL
The hand that clasped O'Rourke's
was like ice
"Chambret!"
"Beatrix.
The cold fingers relaxed. Gently
O'Rourke disengaged his hand and put
it to the pitiful, torn bosom of the
man who had died with his wife's
name upon his lips.