DRIVING TOTE TEAM.
.lyuuhwlthwhomllired when!
wasaboyJadaiarplamily at his own.
éfllwasoneolthsflrstsettlerain western
.Wiaeoueht. and. besides carrying on .a
rrhlsiaratouthsbanksotoneoltheprin-
cine! imbulog‘atnamghe tooknlargc
louingcrawintothewoodaerery winter.
rumor camp wsa sixty miles up
therirer.enlail the supplies forthc men
' L find the teams were hauled from home,
‘ Theteam which did this mining—inc
"helm” I it was culled~rnitde one
trip. each week from the time the men
when» tbowoode in the fall until they
cameont in the boring.-
l‘he winter I was iourtcen, my cousin
Ted fifteen and bio brother George thir-
teen men were very carer, nod, although,
, wewwerather young tor such work. my
unclethountitsoletonilow twoot unto
take charge at the tote learn.
1 won alwayn one of the two who went
with the ham, and Ted and George took
”torn about,” one going with me every
othertrip, whilethe other etayed at home
todoybc choru. '
Wewere tough, hardy lioys, well used to
handling horses, and, although “toting"
was anything but play. we enjoyed it
greatly. We thought it nude men oi us
to do men’s work.
Wahul a great dealol sport, buteome
ofthe incidents of these toting tripe were
far from funny. ‘
At one place the road ran through a
large swamp or cranberry marsh, upon
tbecdge of which along the Twinks of n
’ mull river I band 0! Winnebago Indians
encampsd every winter. in this [wince
WW, including the fur bearing
animal- whieh the Indiana trapped. The
lite alluded than: braidi- good opportuni-
tiu to ”ewsp” with the common tote
teams which traveled the road.
We eontetim honored with the iodine
aucherticlce as flour, sugar, coflee, bacon
and tobacco for buckskin moccasins and
ax helree. Nearly all the men at the log-
ging canine wore moccasins and of course
therswae need of many ax heirs.
lanyof theaelndianawere indent in
and will make the heat of ex helrea.
They‘wersabarp traderetoo; but moment
then: had the reputation of ate-ling every-
thing they could get their hands on. We
were always carotid telnet them well,
and pro them full value iorali that we
traded (on.
There were so many oi tbuie Winne—
bagoo—or "Boga" at we called them-
eoattered about that region that tliewhitce
were slow to do anything that was likely
to provoke their ill will.
We always arranged the (root end 0! our
aids}: heiore we reached the indinnn’ canip
’ sothat wecould trade with them no u-
peditiously ea pristibie. We would giro
themaqnurt cup lull oi entire (or it good
at helre. and twice on much (or a pair oi
nonunion. Oieuprwegavetbeni twice
the amount we did of code. and oi dour
live timea.
One time when we reached my uncle’-
ly undo milled esa little for allowing
the indiaue to steal thing “right from un-
dsronraosea." asheputit Wemade up
oacmiah to keeps-harp lookout when
ererwestopped at thecamp again.
On our asst trip the jingle oi our sleigh-
helh brought the whole amp out to the
road. all when we awppal the indisti- ell
crowded around an nanal. .
w. ”harp. cold mornimaad all had
long blankets wrapped closely about
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on the Indlau'a wind
hint begin to weaken. anon
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arms suddenly“ reload their
hold around rant. mint auditor-pod
hie sides. hletongne hung out and blew-
Thendnatuahewaa about to loll.
vehima tunandoua whwblehaeat
In headlong ihto the deep snow. and
usable; up the ham. hurried hack to the
tied with it upon his shoulder; _
Now. an lndlan'e aenee of right and Joe
tine is often no keenalthatoihiewhlte
brother,andhe.mn appreciate a plucky
act as well. Perhaps thee Winnebaaos
would have been just as well planned ii the
young man had been able to mpg
the stolen ham; but as it was they could
not help admiring the white hoy’n daring,
and yelled with delight at the discomlltv
ore of the young brave ea he picked hint
sell up out of the snow and aknlked oil to
the 3mm House lobby and colored a
"White pnporae heap bravef’tlrcy about
ed an Ted crime heck tothc riled. "Ketchum
bad lnjnn etenlnni haml" '
We thought that would pot it stop to the
stealing from our load, but my uncle told
no to be on our guard, for the young brave
whom Tell had no disgraced in the eyes oi
his brother: would he mire to take revenge
upon us emnc way if he could.
On the next trip up we trmled with the
Winnehngoee, as usual, and [was certain
that nothing was (stolen while we stopped d“
at their village, (or i lied George kcepstrict
“’flich of everything on "i" [cad while]
did the trailing. lint when we unloaded
thnt night in camp:- liity pound neck of
flour was thiamine. What had hecoum oi it
we: more than we could tell.
I studied the matter orer for several daya
and i «true to the conclusion that more
thieving lingo has] been hidden behind a
tree close to thonwl, just beyond the In-
dian vilingemud that utter we luv! finished
trading and had muted ourselves on the
front and o! the loud and started on he had
eprnng out. snatched sh» sack oi ilour irom
the rear of our sleigh “l" dud!!! incl: he
bind the tree until we were out oi sight.
I told 'l'cd about it when we reached
“1 nm periectly sure that's. just the way
it wudonc,"snid he,"hnt just let them
trytbat game again. We’ll he ready for
then: next trip."
And-owewere. it was George's turn
tostay athonte; and alter Ted and i had
arranged our load we took four heavy,
double epring otter trope and not them
arouml the rear end oi our liclglt among
the nacho! dour, bacon, lining. and other
supplies, fastening the chain of eoch'ae-
curely to the sleigh box. while over the top
of everything we spread, as usual, n piece
at limp cunraa. ‘
George and Lon the trlpwe had just
made,uotlced that the young icilow who
had tried to atal the ham was not in the
crowd which surrounded onr sled the
Neither wait he to be seen
when Teri moi Totoppevl at the village this
,Tbie woe very rum-ix what we hm] or
My customer» kept me lills)’ dishing out
cupaol sugar and come And Ted we! try.
in; to cut a plug 0! tobacco in two with
hie jackkuiie for an indian who wanted
hall n plug, when he elvly nudged ill? and
pointed up the road will: his thumb.
Without stopping my work i glanced in
the direction Ted indicated. and saw about
hall a black head peering out from l-rhind
a big pine which stood within three feet 0!
the pied track and alyout iorty rode up the
We traded M Tongue the indium had
anything to hurt", and then straightened
up the load, mounted our real in from nml
drove Ieiiinrriy on, [making neither to the
right nor the be“.
We had barely pawl the big pine when
we heard u owiit nuivement behind na; and
then, in an instant. we heard one oi our
trot» chase with a "click” and a kind oi
thumping noise.
Knowing that we must bare the thici in
tow. Ted carelesaiy tracked hi. whip at the
team and away we went nt n brink trot.
The mod for several mile. ahead run
along the stream, and won no level and
month the!» the bone! mrceiy hit the
loud behind them, while we chatted nmi
laughed as though nothing had happened.
though of mono we were really much u-
died and tell an intense curioaity to look
I were aoonbnaydeaiingout
We could hear the regular pet, pat, pat
oi the eaptire'a meal-red [vet upon the
well packed enow ea he inept pace with the
turn, but were carcinl not to turn our
heada ill hla direction.
We molt have driven on thin way nearly
a mile when the iatizue and pain, martin!
with the hopelcaanm of trying to get hia
handout olthetrap, road- it import-tide for
the tide! to control hia rage lunar,
lie uttered a yell that second almoat to
iiitthecaps lrom our haul-mud when we
turned around he shouted:
But only cracked hiswhip and made
the team so latter. The
black eyes apsrhlrd with race and lury an
hsyellui at the top o! hh voice. at the
came time making a loop a ll toluntp on
mummy-I bonol lat iujaa
no! lulu-tiller:
“0h,yonwill, will your-id Tad. aeos
one oi the newly purchased a:
beireasodnprauatothsruar of thsload.
fin." is shouted tome.
”andwewill make hi- de; a diluent
tuaebetorebepto hi- haad onto! that
ltouthdaptkstsa. while Tat-teed
tostrikethe-salths
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'l'wo mes rat in aseclndadmrnerot
, , chat on! theiralter dinner elm
ml was not a remarkable tact. but one
o! the minonsoitho best known
members in his protection. and if he
wereinellnod toiellahiatoryol hie lu-
teresting experience it would all rol-
umea. The Imooth sham gentleman
with the quiet demeanor in one at the
keeneat o! criminal catchers. G. X.
Fletcher, of Chicago. Mr. Fletcher ro-
lnted what he cello the rimmed and
luckiest piece of trailing in hit lite, and
the end 0! the trail wo'in “'Mlllnm,
"although,u aye Mr. Fletcher, “it w
only lock on fiiy part that it did.”
Fifteen years ago a wealthy old (unit:
named Wilson was found murdered just
outside his him-w, near Evolution, Ill.
The old man had that they “included the
mic or a piece of property, nod was to
turning with morly $3.000 in his pocket,
as it was growing dark, thee-0b having
been '41 Met alter bankinghonrsin
Er I. and Will-on inoantioualy al—
lowed thé remark to drop that he wished
he had not made the sale until (next
Ht! tllci it'll. like the it!” of carrying BO
much wraith to his home. tire mile: dia-
tant. The-49 inc , bin-3.1.1! the murder
itself, and the k wlodge that o notorio
our gambler not i Edmond“ had
overheard the axon-ch. were all the clue
oileml lilo Alvlct'livm, who were act to
work on the cow with n reward of $3,000,
hold out :5 an inducement {or running
down the murderer or murderers.
Monilm morMJmt no further trace of
the giunblpr who was motion-w mold be
loom! anywhere. ,
During the early epriugoi i371 Fletcher
was sent mat on omission by the agency
of which he is 3 member. and in the
counter)! his trip concluded to :pend a
day or twain Washington before return-
ing to the Like (my. While posing up
Promyivnnie avenue. near Sixth street.
with n irivuul. bienncnlion was attracted
to a email visiting card, which. alter the
mnnncro! iii» maxim, be picked up
and examined.
”I won't thinkinx of hnaineaa jm
then,” and Er. Fletcher, "but I nuppon
instinct led use to do a 1 did, and what
do you ruppoeo that walnut-ml con-
tained? The aniogl'upll of the very nan
I had been looking (or for months 0!
course the nignalure was not lonriliar to
toe, but the lint thought lb suggest it.
cell was, ‘How did the card got there?
and [could aimwr it only one way-—
Elmondwn lm-l tlfllx’lpi‘il ii ~hul how did
he happen in ri'iillli the some name if he
was gn'iity. nub-m El“ divl lhn’ hour detec-
tion?
“Well, to cut a long story short, 1 dc-
tcruiirmi toeioy in Worthington awhile
and my what could be set-n. I found
out the moat nnm‘olo 1mm where u
gambler of his type would i»- likely to
hold forth. Mill m’lrr ton 11:.in olindow-
ing 1 found him in nu old from» inmate
on Fllnf’alldrI-Hli" street. Fairnondv
eon came with rim without a muiaition.
and mfllll.’ no light. iin fact. he won
tired oi lending is hunlml life and con-
l‘emnl the crime. [Tr amid he alwayr
hard on ideathat the visiting card would
more his doom. but amneluiw or other
he umld not ilroiroy it, and know at
onus when he: missed it iron) "his care
that it would be a claw. [or he had
been traveling under an mowed name
rince the murder. The curd won the
he! link of his former life.
”Eilinomlwn was hanged nfew mouth-
lati-r, and that ended the hull curious
episode in my twenty~iire year-.i' cape
iii-nee an a detu‘tivr.”—— Wuhington
Poet.
“soothing Wrong.
"Well." mini the "brute" to his wile
so i...- took his place at the imam»
table. "who are the new neighlm next
door'.”
" 'hy. how ehould ihnow'!’ art-wand
the wife.
"Dim't you know their W
"0! wow not." ’
“Are they wealthy?”
“for sure i don't know."
“The man on old Mullet?
”i don't know."
“Bi: wile extravauntl”
”You will have tout-om- mean.”
” ny deem Auden they proud
and clock on!"
“Why. 1 don't know."
“Anything mysterious about than? A
sum mental with the family?”
”i don't know anything slant theta.”
“What! You don’t?
“lie.”
dmmtowa.“
”Whetsreyuugotmio ssudthedoo
toruplor?’ “
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rated in horas. having
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own training (i) and driving.
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$100,090.00 in Drone Goods, 860,000.00in Clocks, «5,000.00 in For».
Ill ”Halli.“ ”m“ “w" “'0 MM with all: or “
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modictsly repairs! to the viilsip M.
when the write oi thedllertcntheaa-
were dlsmasdereryerculouandirnportc
ed his newly learned knowlerlp hows
shoeing to hie noixhlmrc. What he had
and Berlin. 'Mnny nyiesue exclusively our own, embracing
”mm” newegectuthetcunnotbedupheetedmcopied. _ .
new Drapery and Ufiholoery Rooms
Our largo rooms for displaying Upbol und Drapery" 15W"
have been entirely remodelled and eulfargd. Every facility it
ourcommand heeheennecdandnoexpenee inmaking
theseroomethe lergest,best lightednnd moot 'roin thia
country. Onrstock is replete with all thenew nor ltiee {erupt
bolstery and interior decorations. These beautiful fabrics have “
been selected direct from the leading manufacturers . '
France, Germany, Switzerland and America, and embrace many 0
one. ’ rare novelties which are only shown by no in America. = ' '
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be answered aa tailowa:
"I was out to Hamlin'ii today,and be
had a blackmail by the name of Honour.
from Knew York, out there allowing hie
man lmwhahuhmand iwnttotell
you that what that New York black-mill!
didn’t know about horlce’ lent ain't worth
knowing." The luau wanaoerhlently i3-
nornnt of Mr. Bonner'u true ponition that
none of hia heaven bad the heavttoerr
lighten him on the subject—Rider and
tot-theme! hta
mmetuvluridtr
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grime“. In!-
4% at lain-l «I
flow tho India- Valle.
The indinn hunter has n distinct-i." Flt.
Hla tins. either atreiaht More hint or
pointing inward. cover the center“ In"
lty. Hie hips away slightly to the»
ping aide, and bio In! 1060
liited. but rather pselsd ofllhs ground
jut high coough‘lo clear the eurfoce. and
retrial in itenewplaoe belon- the weight
comes on it. lie does not owing his shool‘
der- nor walk with a spring. nor plant his
[mt with a about, so the while man done.
it the ‘94"1” were turned to atone while
in the act of stepping, the natue would
probably stand balanced on one loot.
This gait giver the limbo amount
over his movements. lie to always poised.
it a click cracks under him it in because of
hbwsigbhandnot hyrcaaon of the im—
pact. lie goes aiicntly and with [not
economy of torus.
The muscles have lean strain anthem
and do not tire so coon. Sometimes it
nema- ll they never tired. Ha tread-
throuxb woo-la and awarnps and down
timber with on who except the rustling
olthsirrasa and leaves disturbed by hie
roaNnYouaA. —III
is. local.
m7h$en~78acwsuacwttlae~litflddena
Seam“. Sundown—43 an.
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stoves.
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Plumbing in all its Branches. 1...
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colmmrm‘ro So“ is. ten.
Thinoieare that}:
lfilmsmflll
Sundeve—eaeuaad D I!
naile-
(nodule... 3i.
needy ammonia to put
hismorinz loot down on may as you
would lay an anon the table. You could
not bear the thud oi a lootlaii it you lb-
tened a week. The gaitia not elntie nor
apringy nor handsome, nod it even locks
the man seem howlcggcii.
person in leather boot- on a iloor not! you
would trnlv my tho: ho stumps-d along.
but in rnocmuim on a hunt be due. not
walk, he glidea.~i-1xchau;zr.
EUR ILL KINDS OF RUBBER 80008 60 T0
.GLQVER &OLSEN’S.
F. H. NASH, mafia.
Cat-ethyl” a! the Oneida.
(lite oi the moat extraordinary catastro-
plm rho: have iniallon vent-else! the United
States destroyed the oloopoi-wnr Oneida
in it'll. filler mu lumtui homewoni, with a
jolly aliip’a company, eager to Ice wives
and uweetheortaand native land one: more.
when not [or out oi port the was struck by
the British ucainer [Mutiny coming in.
The nteni of the Bombay cut oil lhr- atern
oi the Oneida. The chip woe sinking rapid
lr onil xuno oi diatreaa were immediately
tired. but the Bombay steamed on her way Maxi
and left the revel lobar doom. She went ”I".
down 3M All but one 0! two M her mg no“
The captfln at tbs Bombay gave mother s
reamn tor his conduct than that he had
Lady Eyre, lbs wile oi n diatinguiabrd 0"
Britiah satrao, on hoard, and did not win!
to disturb her aervea with serum oi thin
wreck. ila I‘ll mowed when he netball
Yokohama, dhmlaaed front the service. so
daily tohooed iron: that time on. and died
in div-grace a year or two lake—Sun Franc
clam Amount.
'lhily except flanday.
[his LIN! DIVISION.
Trainairarslkidnportaelelhwaz:
1'6sz tor
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a-dlllhaa m.
Decorated Dinner and Tea Sells. Vases,
Lamps: Alsoflne variety of Julian. Carie-
bad. French and American goods. Just
the thing for Young and Old America.
at the lowest prices. , "
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Thc our» datroctlrc mode at capturing
the neutral to hysprariuic Vourorlre
rodent imatiiraaorloorteat began at
cumiinaemu section trainee! woodor
iron, and their iminta are well chevron-l,
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