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u TUN NOKFOUC NKWR : FRIDAY , NOVEMHEK 18 , 11)03 ) , TOM JONES , COWBOY iiy c , n. LEWIS J Ooi/H0M | | , l ) f. I'll T. C. : Tom , lonrn WIIH n roil I Montana cow boy , 'the K''milno uttiir. ll > ' "mt | ( | cieanl ( lint lie WIIH no I'oiiRiiiniillvo win who linil been wilt out from Hoitim to try thu wcHtt-rn ozone , nor WIIH lie ffmhml. of Yale or Ilitrvnnl wlio was pk'Kiiin up $10 a month to help him JqiicnU llirniiRh collt-Kc. llo was born to this biiNlni'HH , Knew all tlio hm am ) < 3tit , . anil no one could boat him at turnliitf a KtiiniprdliiK herd or thiowliiK iii IIIHMI. II WIIH wild on all Hides that ? Hire wan only ono thliiK out of l.lller 'tvlui ' 'I'dnt .IOIIOH hi- hail iiHplratloiiK 'if'n | linil aspired to la-op three pum UootliiK nt onee or to hold four aeeii In.every oth r hand of poker , he might La < vo bad the nympathy of liln fellow V > ttai ! ; , but IIH ! aHplratloiw took a OIITmmi line. Tom Jones had read no ICNH than HX ! accounts of eastern lii'lresKon f ? out wi'Hl on a visit and falling In love with and marrying cowboys CowlxiyK had wivrd them from rob- liers , IndliriH , NtnmpcdcM and pralrln ( Jm , mid their natural gratitude ) mi | resulted In love and marriage. What had happened onee might happen Ogalu. ' Tom's aspirations , then , ran to tiolnwiH. Ho was expecting one along ny day In the week and was always prepared to carry out his part of the Contract. c , . lOvc.n an heiress may como to him , who wnltH , and In duo time , when her Qiigagcmonts permitted , Minn ( Jrlscomh , Croia Now York , paid a visit to rela- Ivrs nl Taylor's ranch. Tom hart heard Qf her beauty and what a pile of mon ey her old dad had In the bank within twenty-four hours after her arrival. It Wan now up to him to bring In tlu < ferrates nnd start things going. Ho got ( jut bin Sunday togs and greased his hair us n beginning. Nor WIIN the labor thrown away. IIo bad hardly set forth on a hunt for TOOK TOM 11 M ) 'io diiAii 'iin : TAIT < or iiu ; ( iiiii/n nonsr . tray ulcers when far across the plalna LL miw the object of his aspirations. The broncho on whose back Mio WIIH Rented bad stopped to Indulge In the Wild went business of bucking and jumping , nnd Tom Imagined that ho could hear terror stricken shouts from ( bo rider. It was all Imagination , how ever. When ho had reached her side after n furious burst of speed and pegged Iho privilege of saving her life , 4hc quietly replied : "IMeastt don't Interfere. I rather enJoy - Joy thu change. " Tom Jones was nonplused , but ho waited. In tliw course of two or three days Dutch I'etc broke loose on ono of Ms quarterly Jamborees. Hutch IVtc kept tin * ile-cgery at Head Man's Cor ners , uiul when he started out to clean Uj > thu state he kept bis two guns red fcut Tom figured that It would be on the bills for IVte to bear Miss CJrls- < ) iub away into the mountains , and ho buvcred ale < > g the Tort Wlngate road as her protecting angel. His tlgnres turned out to be way off. Miss ttrls Comb and Dutch IVte met one mornliig lit the cross-ing of Lame Wolf creek , when the cowboy came up the bad his hands ruined , and tlio lrl hud a gun on line with his eye. che thanked Mr. Jones very kindly for | be Interest he exhibited , but she really couldn't think of putting him to anj ( articular trouble. Then Tom Jones prayed for n cloud- bunt. Lame Wolf creek had Its rlso VP tti thu mountains. At 0 o'clock of a Summer morning It might bo a tnero tflTUlet dossing the stage road. An fcour later a flood wave six feet high might bo booming down as the result 4f x doudbnrst up among the peaks , burst came as prayed for. Miss was on the west side of the Croeic when caught by the flood , anil 011 cKcapu neemcd cut off when the Cowboy t-.ime tearing around Bull bend (6 rescue her. Three minutes later the flrl WUH rescuing him. Ills broncho got tunglctf up with a mass of drift- tfrood and was drowned , and poor Tom ( bad to grab the tail of the girl's horse ml bike a tow to the bank. "Ton had better go homo and change yonr dotUcs , and I hope you will be careful In future , " was all the a lie got as the heiress rode away find left him to hang himself up to dry. dry.Teoi Teoi Jooea felt that ho had made a failure of It thus far. but ho hoped for e stampede to change things. In one 0t tlio atorini hit bud read a cowboy knd unved an hotrfxn from n ntninpcd * mid won her nndylng love In ten min utes. There were 5,000 steers eovtrlng lie plain between Taylor's ranch and .nine Wolf creek. If they would only ; et a move on them at the right time , le would be there to do the hero's part , 'ho steers More cheerfully willing. Ono morning soon after the heiress had mused down the road they lowered heir heads , threw up their tails and lampeded. The move wns not expect- d by the cowboy , but by great good tick he was on hand to mix In. It cents the easiest thing In the world or a hero to cut across tliu front of a tampcdlng herd of steers and Hiiateh n helrcsM from her Huddle and bear icr away Io safety and win her eter- ml gratitude , but Tom .Tones didn't ml It MI In practice. As a matter of act , In1 WIIH rolled In the dust and valked on In a shameful mannrr , vhlle the heiress saved hrrself , ami vhen the herd had passed she helped Iiu to llnd the remains of ts ! hat and dvlsed him Io go home and keep quieter or a few iliiys to avoid nervous fever. There was only one moie hope for he cowboy hero. If be could rescue illss ( Irlscomb from a prairie lire , all night yet be well. A drunken Indian irouglit things about an he wished , It vasn'l an overgrown spectacular ills- ilny as fnr as llames went , but there vas a heap of Hinoko and a grand op- lortnnlly for yelling , and In due tlmo 'om Jones started In on his work of oseno. Whllo he was dashing through ho billows of Hinoko and frantically ailing upon the heiress to bo saved ho had already saved herself , and It ut him to the quick to have her re- nark MH he llnally rode up to her that ho didn't like thu smell of slugud hair. The cowboy had played his last card , nil , weary nnd hopeless , ho sought out ho Diogenes of the tloclc and stated itn case. "My son , " said the old man when ho lad hoard the Btory , "did you over icar the saying of 'up to date ? ' " "Of course. I'm there myself. " "And there lies the cause of your allure. Miss Uriscomb Is moro up to ditto as a girl than you are as a man. 'on had bolter etop making a fool of yonrflulf and uustlo those ulcers around. " MASTER OF THE VESSEL. A Story of 1'nrrnKiit Iti Coiuninnil AVlirii hut TuclvcVnrn of Ane. The story of a boy of tw-elvu years it'll UK as commander of a ship BCCHIS rather wonderful , yet Parragiit was nit twelve years and four days old vhen he was put In command of the la relay , n prl/.o ship taken by Captain 'orter. In consideration of bis tender ears , says thu author of "Twenty-six Ilstorlc hliis , " the former lOngllsh mister of the vessel was sent In her or the possible benellt the young prize mister might llnd In his advice. Kar- agnt tells the story of the queer ill- Islon of authority In his Journal as ollows : "I considered that the day of trial lad arrived , for I was a little afraid of he old fellow , as every one elbe was. till the time had come for me at least 0 play the man. Ho I miHteivd up 'ourage and informed the captain that desired the main topsail tilled away n order that wo might close up with he Ksscx Junior , lie replied that he would shoot any man who dared to oneh a rope without his orders. He voiild go his own course and had no don of trusting himself with 'a blasted uitshell,1 and then he went below for its pistols. " 1 called my right hand man of the crew and told him of my situation. 1 ilso Informed him that 1 wanted the naln topsail tilled. He answered with 1 clear 'Aye , aye , sir , ' In a manner that was not to be misunderstood , and my conlldeneo was perfectly restored. "From that moment I became master > f the vessel and Immediately gave all lecessary orders for making sail , no- Ifylng the captain not to como on with ils pistols unless he wished to go over- loard , for 1 really would have had very llttlo trouble In having such an order obeyed. " WHY CUBS ARE KILLED. Vrlioii I.lfo Often Hobs Animal * of Mntrruul Spirit. Among the huge cages of the carnlV- orous animals the lithe tigress , the treacherous and soft footed leopardess and frequently even the generous lion ess herself- the life of a baby wild ani mal becomes sometimes a tale of blood shed and tragedy. Nagged and galled Ity prlbon bars , by narrow conllnes that make exercise Impossible and by the excitement of throngs of sightseers , these naturally nervous and hlgli strung brutes become overwrought tea a pitch where they satisfy an unnat ural cannibal appetite on their own flesh and blood. Like llttlo bundles of sunshine the kittens of these ferocious brutes ap pear , mewing plaintively with tight shut eyes and groping In the darkness. Thousands of them have been born be hind the bara of menagerie cages no fault lies with the stork himself but most frequently the Irresponsible , crazy mothers pounce upon and devour them or else injure them beyond hope of re covery. When the watchfulness and n pitchfork of a keeper succeed In rescu ing one of these kittens , It Is given in charge of some big mother dog , which adopts the stranger and roars him. Now and then , however , some strong , healthy , intelligent member of this ferocious faintly ceases to worry anil fret at captivity , and , the maternal In stinct cropping to the fore , the care of a litter of cuba becomes a welcome re lief from the stem monotony of prison life. A. W. Kolkcr In McClurc'a. Like \Vomnn. . "If you'll notice. " said Flnnick , "the poets Invariably say 'she * when refer ring to the earth. Why should the earth bo considered feminine ? " "Why not ? Nobody knows Just how old the earth la. " Philadelphia Ledger * N > < W * My more having < voucbe / a source To make mo hunger more. Shakespere , Macbeth , iv , ' The more Uneeda Biscuit you eat f ; the more you want. < The more people eat them I the more people want them.r t * r . , * The more people want them the more we want to make them better and better. It's just a case of more and more. ; Uneeda The Crackle , You Hear J Is the Sign They are Fresh NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY DANGER IN SODA SIPHONS. They May Kxploile niul CIIIINV Injury Io TlioNi * Who Slay Ilr Nt'iir. Do yon know that the siphon bottle Dnllnarlly iwed for vlchy , soda water mil other effervescent drinks Is usually charged with a pressure of from ll0 ! to ll ( ! ) pounds to the square InchV The danger likely to result from an explo sion of one of these little household ar ticles is by no means Inconsiderable , mil yet the average person handles a siphon as though it were the most larmless thing in the world. There are two or three things to re member in handling siphons : Never keep your siphons near the range , for tlio unusual heat Is more likely than anything else to cause an explosion. Don't subject the bottle to any sudden change of temperature whatever. For instance , If you keep your siphons in the Ice box and that is the best and safest place for them don't grasp the .jlass part of the bottle with your warm luind , for the sudden change of temper ature Is apt to cause an explosion. The best way to carry a siphon at all tlmc-s is by tlio metal top at the head of the bottle. It Is needless to say the great est care should be taken not to drop n siphon , for an explosion Is the Inev itable result. When empty , the siphon Is , of course , quite harmless. That these bottles are considered a great source of danger is evidenced by the fact that the courts inevitably hold the bottlers strictly liable for all dam ages resulting from the explosion of one of them If even the slightest defect In the manufacture , of the bottle can bo shown. Washington Times. Cnnlno Intelligence. A striking instance of canine Intelll gence Is reported from Paris. A male schoolteacher named Dlllaz was way laid one evening near Gharcnton bridge by two roughs , who set upon him and , after rifling his pockets , flung him Into the Seine. A collie dog that happened to be near , without being encouraged to do so by any person Indeed there were none who saw the circumstance at once plunged Into the water and , catching the man by the coat , aided him to keep afloat until the river po lice , attracted by his cries , arrived to hla assistance. M. Dlllaz was subse quently able to furnish the police with a description which led to the arrest of his assailants. IlellKlitfnl Frocpect. "Do yon , " said the learned counsel , "swear that you will tell the truth , the whole truth and" "Oh , how lovely 1" the fair witness Interrupted. "Shall I really be allowed to talk all the afternoon If I want to ? " -TIt-lMts. Good money Is faithless. It leaves us almost as soon as we get It. Bad mon ey , however , sticks by us to the bitter end. Baltimore American. .Sin'cr.lni ; In tin1 Orion ) . Many savage and hemlclvillzed races of the orient have some curious cus toms regarding tlio sneeze. When the sultan of Monomtopa snoozes , for In stance , the fact Is made known from the palace by n certain signal. Instant ly every subject within hearing of the signal sets up a shout , the cry is taken up by others and so extends until it runs through the conllnes of his em pire. When the sultan of Senaar sneezes , on the contrary , every woman In hia harem or within hearing turns her back on him and mulct's a sign of contempt by smiting her hips with her hands disgusted that so mighty a per sonage should have to sneeze like un ordinary mortal. Dlnrncll anil Lord Itiirj- . When Lord Bury , afterward Karl of Albemarle , Joined the church of Homo , ho went to Disraeli to confess. He began by saying that a dllllculty had arisen , quite unconnected with politics , and that he was afraid It meant party embarrassment and that ho therefore placed his resignation in his loader's bands. Lord Beaconsfleld ( laconically ) A lady ? "Well , if yon like the scarlet lady. I have become a Catholic. " Lord Beaconsfleld But how very convenient ! A relative of mine has Just taken the same stop , and now you can tell mo , what was terribly puzzling me , the appropriate thing to say in congratulation. Maynoll's Biography of Beaconsflcld. CttUes an Love Letter * . The Hungarian gypsies use cakes as love letters. A coin is baked into the sweetmeat , which Is then thrown at the lady as she passes by. If she eats the cake nnd retains the coin all is well , but If she should fling back the silver It would be fatal to the lover's hopes. Among the savages of the Arabian desert the girl Is approached without ceremony while pasturing her flocks. She resists strenuously , attacking her suitor with sticks and stones. If ho succeeds In driving her into her fa- tkcr's tent she Is his , but If she should resist him lifelong disgrace would be his portion. Curb the Temper. The peculiarity of 111 temper Is that It Is the vice of the virtuous. It Is often the one blot on an otherwise noble character. You know men nnd women who are all but perfect but for an easily ruffled , quick tempered or "touchy" dhpos.tlon. This compatibil ity of III temper with high moral char acter is ono of the strangest and sad dest problems of ethics. A Onp nt It. Teachsr ( of class In grammar ) What do you understand by "parts of speech ? " Tommy It's It's when a man stut ters. Chicago Tribune. Good Second-Hand Organ At a Very Low Price. 0\ir Record for 1903 to Date : | 23 Pianos Sold , 45 Organs Sold. \ SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY ! We still do watch work at the old stand. The greatest drawback with our watch-work is that it al ways gives satisfaction. HAYES JEWELRY MUSIC HOUSE POOR AD neat it and the , ones fop Its patrons they sell tha Goods try one