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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
SYNOPSIS.

Jack Keith Virginlan. now a Dor
der plainsman, is looking for roaming war
parties Of savages He sees wagon team
al full gallon 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 a Woman's por-
trait keith IS arrested at Carson city.
charged with the murder, his accuser be
ing Tutftan named Black Bart. A negro
companion In his cell named Neb tells MIN
that he knew the Keiths in Virginia. Neb
says one " the murdered men was John
Stbley. the other Gen Willis Waite. form
cry a Confederate officer. The plainsman
ana Neb escape. and later the fugitiVes
come upon cabin and find it's occupant
ne saw at Carson City. The girl explains
Ihat she IS IN search Of brother, VINO
MAO MAJ deserted from the army. and that
MI. HaWley induced her 10 come to the
sabin while he sought her brother Haw-
Iey appears. and Keith In hiding recog-
Mes him as Black Bart. There Is a ter
Tlhc battle in the darkened room in which
Efitti Is victor. Horses are appropriated.
a aI the girl who says that her name is
MS situation and the fugitives make for
IoTt L-arned. where the girl is left with
s she hotei ID landlady Miss Hope tells that
heith and Neb drift into Sheridan where
R1tith meets an old friend. DR.. Fairbain.
Keith meets the brother of Hope Waite
under the assumed name of Fred VIII
DInghby, and becomes convinced that
t Puck Bart has some plot involving the
''pc iSdlHS IHdI zen. waite. VINO
was thought murdered is at Sheridan
9mu goes there, where she Is mistaken for
IIhiistIe Maclaire, the Carson City singer.
Nei'n meets the real Christie Maclaire
ano hnds thar Black Bart has convinced
ne t mat there is a mystery In her life
%tIch ne ~ going 20 turn TO her advan-
sage The plainsman tells Hope Waite of
MI ~ resemblance to Christie Maclaire.
Ihey decide that Fred Willoughby may
n m2i the Key TO the situation Keith finds
.WiiiouShby shot dead. Hope is told of
,he dea n of her brother Keith fails to
learn what representa- tons Black Bart
mas made to Christie Macaire Hope
suggests that in order to learn the secret
sile must briefly impersonate the stage
SINGER: Or. Fairbain is In love with
ShfIstie Maclaire and Keith induces him
70 oetaln her from the stage while Hope
goes TO the theater where she meets
BLACK Bart, who thus deceived. tells
aHope that General Waite has suspected
nIs plans and that they must fly. Hope.
greatly alarmed. demurs General Waite
appears and says Black Bart has stolen
papers from him regarding an inheri-
lance. Keith is informed that Christie
MacIalre's real name is Phyllis Gale and
mat she is the half sister of Hope The
iatter has been carried away by Black
5BaFi and his gang. DR.. Fairbain avows
MS love for Phyllis and she accepts him
nelth and his friends strike the trail of
Black Bart.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01

this necessary delay. and now OBJ
sessed with the thought that Hawley
must have rejoined his party on the
Arkansas and gone south with them
finally broke away :rom the others
and rode ahead, to gasher together the
necessary horses AMI supplies in adj
vance of their arrival. He could not
drive from his mind she remembrance
of the gamblers attempted familiarity
with Hope, when b. had her. as be
then supposed. safe "a his power once
before in that lonely cabin on the Salt
Fork. Now. angry With baffled ambi-
ton, and a victim of her trickery.
there was no guessing to what ex-
tremes the desperate might resort.
The possibilities of such a situation
made the slightest d clay in rescue an
agony almost unbea able Reaching
Carson City, and perEsctly reckless as
to his own safety there from arrest.
the plainsmac lost ne time in perfect
ing arrangements .Ar pushing for
ward. Horses and pre- sisions were pro-
cured. and he very fortunately discov-
cred in town two co.Jboys belonging
to the Bar X outfit, their work there
accomplished and alb. ut ready to re-
turn to the ranch o. the Canadian.
who gladly allied themselves with his
party, looking forward to the posi-
bilities of a fight wits keen anticipa-
ton. Keith was mora than ever de-
lighted with adding th.,se to his outfit
when. on the final ar.4val of the 9TH
ers. the extra man brought from Sher-
idan announced that he had had
enough. ard was goitg to remain
there. No efforts maze revealed any
knowledge of -Hawle.'s presence in
Carson City; either h@ had not been
there or else his friends were very
carefully concealing tie fact The ut
ter absence of any trace. however. led
Keith to believe that the gambler had
gone eIsewhere-proDably to Fort
/ Larned-for his new outfit and this
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
INCREASE In NUMBER
OF AMERICANS
GOING TO CANADA

Although Western Canada suffered,
as did many other portions of the
west, from uHtoward conditions, which
turned one of the most promising
crops ever seen in that country, into
but little more than an average yield
or all grains, there is left in the
farmers hands, big margin of profit.
VI course there We're many farmers
who were fortunate enough to harvest
and market big yield, and with the
prices that were secured made hand
some returns. From wheat. oats. bar
ley and flax marketed to the LIST Of
January, 1912, there was a gross rev.
enue of s75.3S4,O0 The cattle. hogs.
poultry and dairy proceeds brought
this up to s101,620,0oO or 81 million
dollars in excess of 1910. There was
still in the farmers hands at that
time about 95 million bushels of wheat
worth at least another sixty-five mil
lion dollars following for inferior
grades), besides about 160 million
bushels of oats to say nothing of bar
ley and flax, which would run into sew
eral million Of dollars.
There is a great intush of settlers
to occupy the vacant lands through
out Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al
berta. The reports from the Govern
ment show that during the past year
upwards of 131, 900 Americans crossed
the border into Canada. A great many
of these took up farms, over ten thou
sand having homesteaded, in fact the
records show that every state IN the
Union contributed. A larger number
not caring to go so far away as the
homesteading area, have purchased
lands at from fifteen dollars an acre
to twenty-five dollars an acre. The
prospects for good serop for 1912
are as satisfactory as for many years.
The land has had sufficient moisture,
and with a reasonably early spring, it
Is safe to predict a record crop.
Those who have not lad the latest
literature sent out by the government
agents should send to The one nearest,
and secure copy.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
Copyright. A. c. Mcclurg & Co.. 1900

belle. left him more fully convinced
than ever of the fellows efforts to
conceal his trail
The party escorting Waite reached
the town in the evening, and in the
following gray dawn the adventures
forded the river, and mounted on fresh
horses and fully equipped headed
forth into the sand hills. The little
company now consisted of Keith, Fair
balm, who, in spite of his rotundity
OF form had proven himself hard and
fit. Neb, having charge of the single
pack-horse, the scout Bristoe, and the
two cowboys of the Bar x" rough.
wiry fellow. accustomed to expo
sure and peril. 1t was emphatically a
lighting outfit, and to be trusted in
emergency
They followed the cattle trail south
toward the Salt Fork. as this course
would afford them a camp at the only
water-hole in all that wide desert ly-
ing between With this certainty OF
water. they ventured to press their
animals to swifter pace. although the
sand made travelling heavy, and the
trail itself was scarcely discernible.
1t was a hard. wearisome ride. hour
after hour through the same dull,
dreary landscape Of desolation, the
hot remorseless sun beating down
upon them. rejecting up into f,eir
blistered faces from the hot surface of
sand. There was scarcely a breath of
air, and the bodies of men and horses
were bathed in perspira ton. Not
cloud hung in the blue sky; no wing
of a bird broke the monotony of dis
lance. no living animal crept across
the blazing surface of the desert. Oc-
casionally distant mirage attracted
the eye. making the dead reality even
more horrible by its semblance to wa
ter, yet never tempting them to stray
aside, After the first mile conversa-
ton ceased, the men riding grimly.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
bunch went from yere with thet split

bunch went from yere with thet split
hoof"
This was net so easily accom-
plished owing to the nature Of the
ground. but at last the searchers
stumbled onto tracks close in under
the bank, and one Of these revealed
the split hoof
THAT makes it clear. Ben" ex-
claimed Keith decidedly. staring out
across the river at the white sand
hills. They have kept on the edge of
the water, making for the ford. which
Is yonder at the bend They are out
in the sand desert by this time riding
for the Salt Fork Whoever he was
the fellow brought them five horses,
and the five old ones were taken east
again on the trail The girl is still
with the party. and we'll go into Car
son City and reoutfit"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
He TraiIed Behind,

An Episcopal bishop in New Eng
land state was the guest or friend
The bishop conducted the services
Sunday morning, and seemed much IT
ritated by the fact that his friend
in the body of the church was always
about five words behind the rest OF
the congregation during the recital
of the Apostles Creed AT dinner that
afternoon the eminent divine turned
suddenly to his host and asked. with
some asperity: John. why can't you
descend into hell with the rest OF
the congregation?
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
CHAPTER XXXiV.
Aqain at the Cabin,


They were Two weary Gays reach
ing Carson City, travelling along the
open trail yet meeting with no one
not even mail coach passing them
Evidently the Indians were so trou-
blesome as to interrupt all traffic with
Santa Fe and the more western forts.
The slowness of their progress was
on account of the General, whose con-
dition became worse in spite of Fair
bain's assidHous attentions With no
medicine the doctor could do but little
to relieve the sufferings of the older
man. although he declared that his
illness was not a serious one, and
would yield quickly to proper medical
treatment They constructed a rude
travels from limbs of the cottonwood.
and securely strapped him thereon.
one man leading the horse, while the
doctor tramped behind
Keith, frettfng more and more over
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01

silently forward, intent only on COW
ering all the distance possible Late
that night they camped at the water
hole. sleeping as best they could.
scourged by the chill wind which
swept over them and dashed grit into
exposed faces. With the first gray OF
dawn they swung stiffened forms into
the saddles and rode on, straight as
the crow flies. for the Salt Fork They
attained that stream at shutdown. gray
with sand dust. their faces streaked
from perspiration. feeling as though
the sun rays had burned their brains.
with horses fairly Keeling under them.
According to Keith's calculation this
cattle-ford must be fully ten miles be-
low where the cabin sought was stu
ated two hours rest, with water and
food. would put both horses and men
again in condition. and the travelling
was easier along the bank of, the
Fork With this in mind. cinches were
loosened. the animals turned out to
Craze. and the men. snatching a hasty
bite, flung themselves YEARLY on the
ground
All but Fairbain were asleep when
Keith aroused them once more, a little
before nine, unable in his Impotence
to brook longer delay. Within ten min
utes horses were saddled, weapons
looked 10 carefully. and the little party
began their advance through the dark
ness. moving cautiously over the I'M
even ground, assisted greatly by the
bright desert stars cleaning down up
on them from the cloudless sky over
head The distance proved somewhat
less than had been anticipated. and
keith's watch was not yet at eleven,
when his eyes revealed the fact that
they had reached the near vicinity of
the lonely island on which the ca Din
stood Refining in his horse sharply.
he swung TO the ground. the others In
SANITY following his example. reanz-
iag they had reached the end of the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
COST OF FOOD FOR CHICKS
New York Agricultural Station Finds
Ground Grain Ration More
Profitable Than Whole.

According to the New York agri-
cultural experiment station, the cost
Of food, per chick, to weigh one
pound, on ground grain. is three
cents; on whole grain, three and sew
en-tenths cents. After making re-
peated tests In feeding, this station
says the ground grain ration proved
considerably more profitable than the
whole grain ration with the growing
chicks; and the same was true of
capons of equal weight from these
chicks. and from others of equal
weight and age, fed alike before
caponizing. No difference was no.
capCns fed either ration
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
Front View.

the least possible amount Of floor
space. Feed boxes, hoppers, nests,
etc, should have sloping tops and win
dows should be arranged in way to
prevent birds from roosting in objec-
tionable places. A little forethought
in planning will make the house much
more satisfactory and convenient.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
Didn't Wait to Choose.

Il presume Blobster applied some
choice expletives to his automobile
when 1t broke down yesterday 80
miles from garage?"
mo, indeed. He just cut loose and
said the first strong words that came
into his mind"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
Certainly Not

Mrs. Styles-Dont you think this
new hat improves my looks, dear?
Mr.. Styles suppose so.
But what makes you look SO
CROSSE"
I'm thinking of the bill for that
hat. You can't expect that to improve
my looks. "-Yonkers Statesman.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
Test of ElioibiIitY.

Mans right to vote does not rest on
responsibility or intelligence. but on
the very fact that he has been wear
in. pair of pants for twenty one
years. and. in all probability. eat
ing or burning up a ton of cheap to
tacco
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
Insult to Injury.

How dare you throw that SNOWFALL
at me like that?"
81 didn't, sir. I threw it at that
funny ole woman who's wiz yer!"-
London Opinion.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01

Compound has done
for me. Fortwoyears
| suffered. The doc
tor said / had a tumor
and the only remedy
wa s TIL e su~geon's
knife. My mother
bought me Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
today | am a we'll and
healthy woman. For
months I s,1fferad
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
Test for Water.

To test drinking water. put one tea
spoonful of graduated sugar In pint
of the water Won want to test Cork
tightly, place on the Kitchen mantei
shelf Ii pure the water VIII remain
clear. if not it will cloud densely. am
ought to be analysed
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01

| g1YeNlye~7yaDY!
vi ~ ~ w. |
PORTABLE COLONY HEN HOUSE
Early Chicks and May Be Used
on Range In Summer.

{By H. L. KEMPsTER. Michigan Expeti-
ment Station)
The illustrations show portable
colony house which has a universal
use, being suited for brooding early
chicks, when fitted up with indoor
brooders. 1t may be used as colony
house en- the range for growing chicks
during the summer, or as a special
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
Keep Good Breeder.

If you have a male bird that has
proved good breeder do not discard
aim until you are quite sure that his
lays Of usefulness are over-but keep
watch for that event
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
Relics of Barberisn.

Hewitt Speaking of relics of bar
barism- g.
Jewett-I noticed them; you ought
to shave yourself.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
Stop the Pain.

The hurt of a burn or a cut stops when
Coles Carbolisalve Is applied. 1t heals
quickly and prevents scars. 25c and 50c by
druggists For free sample write to
j. w. Cole & Co. Black River Falls, Wis.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
Lasting Hatred.

There is a sort of hatred which
never is extinguished: it is the hatred
that superiority inspires in medIocr'
tY.-Paui Bourget-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01

Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels
Sugar coated, tiny granules. easy to take.
Do not grippe.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
A One-Rinqed Circus,

There's ring around the moon"
Il guess the man in it is having a
circus" III @
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01

from inflammation, and your Sanatiye
Wash relieved me. / am glad to tell
anyone what your medicines have done
for me. You can use my testimonial in
any way you wish, and | will be glad
to answer letters. - Mrs. CHRISTINA
REED, los Mound St., Peoria, Ill.,
Mrs. Lynch Also Avoided
Operation.
Jessup, Pa" After the birth of my
fourth child, had severe organic inflam-
nation. Iwould have such terrible pains
that it did not seem as though / could
stand it. This kept up for three long
months, until two doctors decided that
an operation was needed.
"Then one of my friends recommended
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and after taking it for two months
l was well woman. Mrs. JOSEPH A.
LYNCH, Jessup, Pa.
Women who suffer from female ills
should try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, one of the most success
full remedies the world has ever known.
before submitting to surgical opera
ton.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinne Tablets.
Druggists refund money If 1t fails to cure. Il. w.
GROVES signature is on each box. 25c.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01

Why comes temptation but for man
to meet and master and make crouch
beneath his foot, and so be pedestalled
IN triumph Robert Browning.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01

He is a brave man who will face
the parson with a short haired woman.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01
SAVED FROM
AN OPERATION
How Mrs. Reed of Peoria, I'LL,
Escaped The Sur
geon's Knife.

Peoria, Ill wish to let every one
know whatLydia E. Pinknam'sVepeta
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-01

Many things may come to the man
who waits, but better things come to
he chap who waits on himself.
The Caucasian., 1912-04-14
SNAPSHOTS OF La MoDz.

Hhat IL Attractive and New in Sum.
nsr Frocks.
Sheer white linen elaborately en-
broidered In eyelets and trimmed with
black velvet ribbon made one of the
prettiest frocks seen at recent French
fashion show.
None of the lovely fabrics that the
season. has to offer is more attractive
thaa1b0rdered marquisette. This gown
The Caucasian., 1912-04-14

These May Manton patterns are cut in
sizes for the skirt from % to 80 inches
waist measure and for the blouse from "a
to 40 inches bust measure. Send 10 cents
each for these patterns to this Office, CIV
ing numbers. skirt 1894 and blouse 7402.
and they will be promptly forwarded to
you by mail If in haste send an addi-
tional two cent stamp for letter postage.
which insures more prompt delivery. When
ordering use coupon.
No............ Size.
Name
ADDRESS
The Caucasian., 1912-04-14
MILLINERY MATTERS.

Yelled Effects Used on Hats Paris
Fad.
One of the prominent features OF the
spring millinery is the yelling of straw.
especially the crowns of the hats.
The MILDLY costume in such a pretty
and becoming one that 1t is general
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-08-09
SUMMER VACATION TRADE

A few merchants will sometimes
drop their advertising in summer or
the ground that good many people
are away on vacations.
While the vacation habit is spoken
of as quite general, there are hosts Of
people that never go away for more
than a day at time and compare
lively few who get away for more
than two weeks.
All those who do leave buy clothing
freely for themselves and children
before they go. and they spend good
deal more money in this way than if
they had remained at home. A con-
vincing presentation of your bargains
will persuade many of them to buy
goods at the home store, that other
wise might have been bought at a
distance on their travels.
Summer is an excellent time to
develope business through advertis-
ing. Anyone who watches the pub
licity work of the big city depart
ment stores will observe that they
spend money freely at that time.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-08-09

AS the campaign progresses the
people will tire of the vagaries o.
Roosevelt and the Bull Moose viii
grow wabbly in the knees and prove
to be merely foolish calf.
Most new parties are like blind
kittens-born to be drowned offhand
in the food of time and the storms oil
action.
Few men remember the Tyler party,
in which Webster. Caleb Cushing and
Wise, of Virginia, were leaders for
several months; then the Indepen-
dent Democrats of New Hampshire,
which snached away from that state
the rock-ribbed democracy of Jackson,
Isaac Hill and Franklin Pierce, in
l845, and laid the foundation of the
Republican party of 1854. Then the
Knownothings or American party,
which carried half the states for a
year or two, and almost stole Virginia
out of the hands of Wise, before it
nominated Banks for president in 1856.
The Barnburners, the Free-Soilers,
who defeated Cass and let in General
Taylor, along with Fillmore, who
signed the Fugitative Slave Bill and
was midwife to "Uncle Toms Cabin." "
Then the Webster Wings, the Bill
Everett party of 1860.
On down the line in the Political
Party cemetary there stands many
head-stones, while others have crum-
bled into dust. Anti Nebraskan Demo
Gratis, Calhoun and Davis disunionists,
the party that cost us four years of
the most disastrous war of history.
McClellanists, Peace-at-any-P Price
Democrats, the Ku Klux party, and all
the others that now are forgotten ex-
cept to the student of history.
No party founded on personal
grudge and nurtured by an analemic
milk of selfish ambition can long en-
dure. The careful analysis of the Chi
cago convention contested delegate
cases, made by chairman Hills, shows
conclusively that Taft was honestly
nominated. To the average American
a good loser commands respect;
Roosevelt lost at Chicago in a fair
contest, and presents today pitiable
spectacle to the American people
whose regard he but lately held. He
is a man of dominant personality and
his friends are loath to see things as
they are, but they are daily turning
away and the Bull Moose party will
with difficulty find head stone that
can withstand the ravages of couple
of years in the cemetery where the
names given above still are legible.