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HER FRIENDS
GOOD ADVICE
The Results Made This Newbur4
Lady Glad She Followed
... Suggestion.

Newburg. AlA.-"For mors than o
year" writes Myrtle Cothrum. OF this
place. II suffered with terrible pains In
my back and head. / had a sallow
complexion, and my face was covered
with pimples. Our family doctor only
gave me temporary relief.
A friend Of mine advised me to try
Cardui. 80 I began taking It, at once.
and with the best results. for l was
cured nfter taking two bottles. My
mother and M a0At have also used
Cardui and were greatly benefited.
shall always praise Cardul to SICK
and suffering women"
Cardni Is q purely vegetable. per.
fectly harmless, tonic remedy for wo.
men, and will benefit young and old.
Its ingredients are mild herbs, havs
Ing gentle. tonic effect. on the wor
manly constitution.
Cardui has helped q million women
back to health and strength.
Have you tried II? II not. please
DO. 1t may be just what you need.
N.D.-Write 10: Ladies' Advisorv Dept. ChartA.
eoosa Medicine Co. Chattanooga. Tenn iot Special
{sSiructi0ns. and bt-pagr book. Home TreatnsnD
- Wssss." ssni In plan ~'sDpsr. sa fsavaaL
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IN fares. the land to fastening
ills rrey." and Wyoming certainly
had troubles of her own back in the
booming eighties when the cattle
barons held their sway, The rustlers
stockmen were ut their wits end in
trying to devise ways and means for
stopping the inccssant pilferinss
which had reached such enormous
proportions as to become an infant
industry in most localities. 1t was
then that the stock detectives came
into vogue but even such cunning
trailers us Captain Smith, Joe Hog
ner. Billy Lykens and Tom Horn
could not head off all the funny busi-
ness that was going on in such q
Wholesale way. The local and cen.
trail associations could do nothing
but shell out money while the depre-
dations kept right on in the old IA
miliar way.
Finally the sDotttng had the effect
OF tracing down some OF the leaders
in the brigandage and the first to be
tcalled upon for desperate account
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cnatomer had ranch somewhere up
in Crook county which was overrun
by crooks. The place was some forty
miles from Sundance, north of the
Cheyenne river. 1t was through this
old pirates fence that most of the
dark lantern shipping was done and
although he posed as u decent citi-
zen and was pretty well fixed finan-
cially he was singled out as the goat
for the wrath to come In the way of
retaliative vengeance and 1t came on
like the sullen stroke of the hour.
THE pillars of thy house-what rest
thee on?" One day three strange in
dividuals, rather consequential in
their general bearing. called at Sun
dance and obtained bogus warrant
for the arrest of Tom Wagner for
cattle stealing.
The next day they rode up to Wag-
ner's ranch and placed him under ar
rest on the funny warrant. He evil
identity regarded the document as
genuine and submitted to arrest with
no suspicion that he was soon to trav-
el very strenuous road. He was
mounted on his 1ony and on each
side of Wagner and one riding eb-
hind. They had not proceeded alon
the way for more than an hour when
Wagner, mediating over his sins and
sizing up the situation about right.
lifted his eyes and said with chok-
ing voice: II know what you fellows
want and what you are going to do
with me. There Is no use of going
any farther. Just over the hos-back
there is n cottonwood tree and If II
is Just the same to you. you can
hang me there, but have one re
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MT. Iassen, California New Product Gives Prom
ise of Developing Into Real Volcano Smoke
dAshes Now Issuing In Immense Volume.

and fierce rains of ashes have buried
the snowy peaks beneath their murky
blanket. Neighboring creeks have beer
so filed with ashes from the yawning
crater that their waters have become
UNIT for use. and all around the vol
cano, for miles and miles. the country
is buried under ashes and huge bould-
ers poured forth by the mountain in
its agony. And 1t Is the opinion of
seologists and scientific investigators
that Mount -fassen has only started a
period of intense activity.
Signs OF Activity.
For weeks preceding the outburst
numerous geysers and boiling mud
springs at the base of the mountain
developed unusual activity. At Bum
pass He'll, weird caldron-like de-
preston near the southern base OF the
great peak, huge mud springs started
to cast forth vast quantities Of boil
ing earth and water. And then came
the first eruption. Intense excitement
naturally followed the spectacle. and
when the cruptions grew fiercer and
more frequent hundreds Of people sped
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new forest is further away from the
crater than the ancient growth, and
its picture of sparkling life in the
midst of deadly desolation and disp!--
ting expanse forms strange and
never-to- bc-forgotten sight. Near the
crater the sand Is seven to ten feet
deep. but disappears to make place
for lava few miles from the peak.
In all directions tower massive
mountains. their snow-capped heads
o:srcing the wonderfuliy-blu heavens.
Burrey Butte. Crater Peak. Butt
Mountain and other Ti.ans rear their
hcary heads. ranging from 10000 TO
$4,000 feet high. forming scene OF
surpassing grandeur. And high over
all, the Ajax of the range. looms the
mighty peak OF Shasta. snow-velled
and apart. mounting Euard from the
skies.
Rocks Hurled High IA Str.
Mount Lassen no longer CLEANS
white in her mantle of snow. BlacI
ashes have covered the snow-drifts 10
depth OF many inches. and all
round the crater huge rocks weigh
ing 90 to 100 pounds are strewn. Many
Of these rocks have been hurled 200
to 400 yards from the crater. and the
various eruptions have been so sud-
den that great danger naturally at
tends the ascent OF the peak. 1he
great crater Is constantly growing
larger and Is nearing the rim OF the
old crater. which formerly poured Its
lava down the mountain. Late in
June this new crater was about 500
feet long and so feet wide. and esti-
mated to be from 100 to 200 feet in
depth.
The eruptions are generally preced-
ed by rush of steam and then the
smoke pours forth like a giant mush-
room. At Its zenith the huge smoke
column seems like a titanic dynamite
blast only immeasurably more ter
rible and awesome. At times the
smoke pours forth in pufrs. as though
actuated by a rapid series Of subter-
ranean explosions of terrific intensity.
But generally 1t ascends steadily,
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-15
s4O.OOO, coo EMBEZZLED IN
UNITED STATES EACH YEAR

That cmbezzlemcnts aggrega.ing
forty million dollars every year take
place in this country and that So
per cent of them are due to what may
be called "consciencing salvin, Is
he statement made by the president
of one of New York City's large
bonding companies. 'Four-fifths Oh
the cashiers, bookkeepers and other
financial trusted employees in the
first stages of embezzlemcnt. says
ne, tell themselves they honestly
intend to pay back their unanthor-
;zed borrowings Few of them es-
ape detection long enough to do so.
However, the figures go to show that
ayer-growing spcculations. each with
the idea of rccouping sufficiently tt
replace all money, take place unit
the inevitable disclosures of thefl
oriso SsSl
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by automobiles to the base of the
peak. The forest rangers speedily
warned all of the danger attending
ascent of the rumbling mountain, but
scores insisted on climbing to the
summit. Numerous narrow escapes
were reported. one party being lost for
two days in the cloud of blackness
that overspread the peak when ashes
and smoke belched in vast volleys
from the crater. James Graham, n
lumberman and member Of this party.
was seriously injured by a huge bould-
er shifting him in the darkness. and
the others saved their lives by luckily
finding shelter under ledges of rocks.
Mount Lassen is snow-capped
peak and towers over great volcanic
ridge fifty miles long and S5 miles
wide, formed of great mass of vol
canic cones. Evidences OF compare
lively recent volcanic activity are
abundant. and biologists estimate that
200 years ago Cinder Cone. a noun
tain ten miles northeast OF Lassen
poured a Hood Of lava over the sur
rounding area. The ridge has been
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mounting higher and higher until the
fierce winds that constantly scourKe
the lofty peak scatter the murky pail
far over the land. Practically all the
eruptions have exceeded mile in
height. This distance has not been
roughly estimated, but established au-
thoritatively by means of scientific in
struments. The eruptlons have been
plainly visible at Chico, Portola and
other towns more than 15O miles dis
tant. and showers of sulphur have
been carri ad to great distances from
the volcano. Slight earthquakes have
been felt in districts tributary to the
volcanic range, but whether these dis
turbances are due to the mountain
has not been conclusively esta blished.
Compared To Vesuvius.
b1ount Lassen Is more than twice
the height of vesuvius. the famous
Italian volcano rising 1000 feet above
the sea. compared with the 10.437 feet
of Lassen. But there is u remarkable
AEailarity between the craters of
fes1vius and Cinder Cone. The lava
on the slopes Of Vesuvius is more
smooth than that on Lassen, the rough
charaoker of the latter being particu-
larly marked. The craters also differ
in this respect. but each have the same
conical shape and depressions. II
Lassen develops into second Vesu-
vius it will be a vastly greater VOL
cano. Its Immense height and enor-
nous extent assuring this. Despite
the evidences of recent volcanic ac-.
uvity, Lassen was considered extinc.
before the late outburst. and its sud-
den activity proves that the subter-,
ranean forces are still active, and that
the near future is likely to develop,
events of potential Importance in this
region. So important Is the outburst
considered that the United States gov
ernment has taken cognizance OF its
new wonder, and Prof. J. S. Diller Of
the Geological Survey has been de-,
tailed to examine the peak and makel
a report. Through its corps Of forest
rangers the government is also keeps
Ing in close touch with Lassen a
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-15
WAR PRICES NOT YET JUSTIFIED.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
For the prompt advance of meat
and other foodstuffs We must borrow
the president term. 1t is psyche
logical. There Is as yet no economic
mind. namely: There is war. War
means high prices. Therefore, we
will charge high prices.
In the actual arena OF war there
was reason for the skyrocketing of
prices. Government there, neverthe-
less, have adopted drastic measures
TO protect the public from the ruth
less operation of an unslIacklcd law
pf supply and demand. They have
liked prices.
We In America have nibbled at the
scheme in normal times. We have
fixed railroad rates in effect by con-
trolling maxims. Are we to be
tempted to drastic measures by this
war? II is to be hoped matters will
never get that far. but certainly the
readiness to raise prices of neccs-
.aries shown with so little excuse is
not pleasant to think about. This
movement will produce more than in
convenience. IL will result in real
deprivation. II creates harsh pres
sure on those least able to bear 1t
and at time when there has been
and may continue for II while to be
much unemployment.
There should be no such pressure
in the absence of real necessity. III
cur psychology" in this matter does
not resort to better second thought.
measures should be taken to protect
,e public from extOrtionatc enter
Prise. at least where it bears heavily
on wage earners and all people oil
small means.
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built up of lava issuing from more
than l2Q fhat nt
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built up of lava issuing from more
than 120 vents, and that many OF
the volcanoes were Of enormous size
Is shown by the numerous giant
craters, some of which are more than
mile in diameter. Dhe great lava
covered area produced by these vol
canoes covers approximately 100000
squares miles. territory in which
Grea: Britain and France might be
comfortably settled, with considerable
country still unused. II Is said to be
the largest lava field in the world.
covering as 1t does great portions OF
California, Oregon and idaho. and
even extending into Washington and
Montana. AT the height of the vol
canic activity 1t is believed more than
dozen huge volcanoes were erupt-
ing at the same time. including the
great Mount Shasta. which poured a
great Hood of molten lava into the
Sacramento valley for nifty miles.
a Dcsolatc Country.
For miles in all directions from MI.
Lassen the country presents sterile
appearance, the nearest towns OF iul
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portarce lying SIS to G5 miles dista nj
in an air-line. Volcanic activity has
been so recent the elements have not
had time to reduce the lava to soil.
.nd save for heavy timber and under
brush in sections of the great eXpanse
of barren rocks. little in the way OF
vegetable life occurs. AT the base OF
Mount LaSsen is Manzan!te Lake, a
sheet OF water covering about eighty
acres. thickiy surrounded with forests
and receiving its waters from the snow
piled high on the great volcano. High
er up are found vast belts of sand,
strewn with huge masses of rocks. A,
Cinder Gone the tops of dead trees.
victims of former eruption, protrude
through the rocks and ashes and sand.
and growing on the more recent soil
is forest OF pine trees. many show
ing diameter Of twelve feet. The
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~ UHERE the mighty mountain
chains of the Coast Range
and Sierra Nevadas meet IN
northeastern Cali ifor a
stands Mount Lassen-the only active
volcano In continental United States.
Eowering 10.437 feet above the lever
Of the sea. and topping the surround
ing country by 5000 to 5000 feet'
Mount Lassen broke into violent erup-
tion on Memorial Day. after sleep OF
centuries. A flood of smoke, steam,
and ashes poured from the crater, ana
.aiant boulders thundered forth from
the belching pit. to crash down the
mountain side. Several eruptions nave
followed the initial outburst. ana tne
xient crater is seething and rumbiihs,
pouring forth clouds of smoke and
-Steam. with the mountain top crumb-
ling into the vast opening. I"
The eruptions have generally iasteo
from ten to, thirty minutes. with the
vast pillar Of smoke at times attain
ing a height of two to three miles,
with two and three outbursts occur
ing in a single day. Vast quanutles
Of sulphur have been belched forth.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-15
"REMINISCENCES OF FRONTIER DAYS IN THE WEST.
Are Told by the Pioneers of This Section.
the Builders of the Glort Empire West.


quest to make, VIII you please use
my own rope?" And saying this he
lifted the coiled lariat from his pom
mel and passed it over to the big fell
low on his right. Then they pulled
off the lonely trail and sure enough
when they reached the top of the
ridge the cottonwood tree was there
in the draw just beyond as Tom Wag-
ner had said 1t was. The emotions
that shivcred his timbers must have
been natural enough for as Oscar
Wilde said: 1T is not sweet with
nimblc feet to dance upon the air,
and there right ahead of them was
the awful gallows tree ready for the
worst and seeming to smile at tho
prospect. But grim to see is the
gallows tree with its adder bitten
root. and green or dr.. n man must
die before it bears It's fruit
| The hands at the Wagner ranch
thought, of course, that their boss
lad been taken over to the county
seat and stuck in the dnghouse where
they often kept such undesirable men
and 1t was two or three weeks before
somebody re turning from Sundancc
brought back the startling informa-
tion that Tom Wagner was not there
nor had anybody at the sheriffs Of
flee seen him. This was pretty
hoy do-you-tio, as Koko remarked dis
mally. and the look that came over
the blanched faces at the Wagner
ranch revealed their inner realiZa-
tIons for it was the story without
words which needed no further in
The scattering ranch
| ers struck out on the death hunt and
In day or SO the body of Tom Wan.
ner was found hanging from the cot
tonwCod tree just as the strangers
had left II and from that day to this
no one up in that country pretends
to even guess who they were. short
ly thereafter the Johnson county war
broke out and it was war to the fin
ish, but this is quite another tale
which has mcen told before.-Ficld
and Farm.
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.Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh Is a blood or constitutional disease
and in order to cure IL you must take In
ternaI remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure IL
taken internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces. lialIs
was prescribed by one of the best ply
sicians in this country for years and is
a regular prescription. 1t Is composed OF
the bess tonics known. combined with thc
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combina-
tion Of the two ingredients Is what pro-
tuccs such wonderful results in curing
eatarrh. Send for testimonials. free.
r. ], CHENEY Il Co. Props. Toledo. G
Sold by Druggists. price &c.
Tshe Halls Partly FiIln f.. constipation
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While many persons throughout
the country were doubtless puzzled
as to the word moratorium" when IL
first began to find its way into print
In connection with the suspension of
specie payments abroad. it seems Il
bit odd that the word should have
stumped Wall Street. However, that
ts exactly what it did. A bog bond
house received cable from one of its
foreign correspondents which ended
moratorium expected The mes
sage was not in code but the word
moratorium completely puzzled the
cable clerk. Finally he consulted his
code book and discovered that 1t was
the symbol for I'VE shall draw on
you for $1,000" As this intcrpreta-
tton did not fit In with the rest OF
the message expert advice was
sought, the office manager and then
the partners being consulted in turn.
As none of them could shed any light
on the matter the cable company was
requested to repeat the message,
which 1t did with no further results.
Finally 1t occurred to the office boy
" aoon wi the Woiu Ill lHt
ary and then the mystery was
solved. This volume defined mora
torium as an emergency suspension
OF specie payments by government
banks made possible by special leg
islation.
+ + + +
The effect Of the war on traffic in
food stuffs is already developing
many novel angles. 1t now seems
certain that this country will have
to do without imported cheese. One
firm here which has imported on an
average Of 10000 pounds of cheese
a day is now without any prospect Of
fresh stock. Ninety per cent of i'm
ported cheese comes to this country
from Switzerland. 1t is stated. As a
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Our Own Little War Muss: Dur
ing the latter part of August. 1864 i.
Denver was completely cut Off from
the east by bands of hostile Indians.
Colonel Chivinston. in command of
the district of Colorado, proclaimed
martial law and shut up all shops
except, those for the dispensing OF
medicine. Those for the supply OF
food were allowed three open hours
a day. Every ablc-bodied man be-
tween the age Of 1G and decrepti-
tude was obliged to join the regi-
ment. These troops left Camp Evans
tho old camp of Weld had been
chang ae,l In name-in November
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result of its scarcity the prices
jumped 80 per cent with the certain
ty that when the present supply Is
exhausted there will be none obtain
able at any price. The fact that
caviar. which comes from Russia,
will no longer be obtainabIe Is an
other item which will doubtless
cause epicures to groan. while thous-
ands of followers of the German EN-
peror in this country are already
wondering what will happen when
the present supply Of imported heed
from their native country Is exhaust
ed for after that there will be no
more available. The price hns al
ready been advanced in some hotels
here of imported wines since the sup
ply on hand is said not TO be great
and also because of n rather unsatis-
factory year in the foreign grape
growing districts. 1t is significant.
however, that America will probably
have more food than any of the Eu
ropean nations and that while GER
tain delicac'es may be missing from
the hotel bill-of-fare there Will be
no need to fear shortage of the sta
pie articles of consumption.
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revolver. well. you won't Just
now; that guns not loaded. Whats
that?" exclaimed the Englishman,
turning the revolver toward himself
to look into the chambers. And on
the instant the Mexican drew Il knife
and planted it to the hilt in the chal-
lengcr's stomach"
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1864. 1t was the last body of troops
to occupy the camp. After 1t lelt
the buildings were allowed to fall to
pieces. For over three years they
had sheltered all of Colorado's troops.
These were the First, Second and
Third Colorado volunteer infantry.
and the First. Second and Third
Colorado cavalry. In those days
there were no railroads west of the
Missouri river SO that most of the
transportation had to be done over
very poor roads and mostly by foot
and thus 1t was no easy matter 10
get around.-Ficld and Farm.
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YORK Aug l5Thc of the of NewY
ohce port the of
the
the of II
AmeFa 10 the commercial
hrs foreign trade VIII be
o
trade can be Amercanized if
men
predict all
ny the war look at
sumo the commercial
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The Overloaded Musket: There
were kickers other than those OF the
human kind whom we know so well
nowadays and the primitive firearms
of the pioneer could speak for them
selves when 1t came to making Il
roar. Just after the Tenth cavalry
had organized Mt Fort Riley In 1866
Colonel Gricrson sent a battalion oi
the black regiment into No Mans
land and with ii went jolly team
stcr by the name of Mike Donnelly,
The fellow was an Irish hunter and
always kept Il game eye peeled Tor
something to shoot besides the spal-
peen redskins which prowled around
his path.
When the outfit reached Camp
Wichita some wag in the train
sneaked out Pats old Henry muskct
which he used us a shot gun and re-
loaded it with nineteen charges OF
bird shot. The next morning the
toamstcr took his trusty fowling
piece and stcrncd ont few rods from
camp to engage covey OF prair:e
chickonc. When the gun went Of: II
not only made an awful roar but II
sent Pat Donnelly spinning around
| like Il humming tOD. The musket
itself performed queer freak by
sailing away few PAGES and lods-
| ing in the earth. muZzlc end down.
When the whip cracker got
through initiating n spinning jennei
he made a brave stasser to get his
weapon again and ii did look invit-
!ing-like sticking there in the ground
| passively reaching ont to be gathered
| in. Hey there called Henry Dee
gacr, the wagon boss who had wit
messed the big noise. don't touch
that gun. II has eighteen more loads
in it." And the Irish nimrod pried
II loose gingcrly. packed 1t into camI
and went to get some horse linimeni
for his sore shouldcr.-Ficia and
Farm.
| A Quick Move: When n mar
Whips cut Il gun and gets the drop
there's nothing to do but throw VI
your hands" That's whore you foo
yourself" replied the man from thu
southwest. "If fellow has thu
nerve he can face Il gun and ge
laway with it-sometimes. onc'
saw an Englishman pail gun on
Mexican whom he caught cheating II
a game of cards. You give me bacl
that money or I'll blow your hea
OFF," You will" said the Mexican
looking calmly into the muzzle of TIL
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Odd Id! War Angles
From New York

fo w,tn commerce Rapidly Vanishing supm
acy Oh seas tor United States Puzzles Wall Street
Until Clerk Discovers Meaning Caviar Imported
Snees Champagne and Imported
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HERE the mighty mountain
chains of the Coast Ranss
and Sierra Nevadas meet IT
northeastern Calif form