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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-18
BY Frank Pratt.

antly asked me If I thought Mr. Strong
could afford 20 support "a wife and /
answered that the only trouble about
Mr. Strong was that he had more money
TO spend than was good Tor him as a
bachelor.
THAT ended my interview with Elise's
papa. lie got out Of temper with me
because his own reasons were worth
nothing. and l as good as told him so.
and De said / was "a special pleader' -
a term which ] suppose he, being "a Jaw
yer. knew the meaning of-and that |
was an impudent young man for coming
20 him with a brief for Strong in my
pocket"
4 funny thing about it was that until
Strong openly appeared as sutton
for the hand of Elise. oil Rertshaw
never had anything but good to say of
Strong. always insisted on entertaining
Strong when he went over TO that city
ana always came to see him when he
old Bertshaw-vlsited our city For
Strong and j lived. and still live, in the
same city. and in bachelor days we had
our rooms in common.
would not for worlds have advised
either Strong or Elise Bertshaw To skip
across tho river and make a runaway
hdich or IL. / nate runaway matches. II
only because / think them vulgar BY
plainly expressing this opinion TO Strong
after he had made up his mind without
my knowledge 20 commit the runaway,
] Incurred his resentment lie said he
had intended 10 ask me TO be best man.
but, as ! entertained such contempt
for both her and him. he could not Of
fend my fastid!ous taste.
So A. was that Sfronq wont Of do,.,
the river 10 his lazy love, went across
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-18

mOtherless girl. needed the companion
ship of "a mature mind that was Polly.
But in spite of my feeling of amaze
ment. I said nothing, made 10 comment
on Polly's statement
/ must have looked my feelings, for
Polly said Why jus. as IL l had
spoken Then she Went on, II hope you
don't think me vulgar. I didn't 30 wiki
them myself-Oh no. Now. in the first
place. you have 10 promise not TO tell
- soul that ! mad anything ID Do with
the affair until I give you leave. /
have quite special reasons Tor demand
ins THAI. YO- "fOmiset
"Oh, yes. [ promise that. And what
In the second placer
why" she said haven't you the sense
10 see that the next thing IS 10 bring
about a reconciiauon2'
"Its all very sad / said. THAT poor
old fellow all left by himself in that biz
house. l suppose he'll shut it up now
and live I'm a fiat or something Of the
kind"
Hon do no such thing" Polly sail
with much determination.
OH / remarked. rather wondering
how she could know what ne would do
"At least" she added looking up at
the ceiling, Il don't think he will. It's
his own fault. He was so absurdly OBJ
stiaate."
Couldn't you have persuaded him?"
81? Nobody can pedsuade him. II |
had tried. he would have lost his good
opinion OF my wisdom
when / tried he all but kicked me
out OF the house. Now his son-in-law
won't speak to me-
'Yes, IL is too bad" Polly mused
"Aa1 he-Mr. BerishaW-tbinks you
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-18

moreover. New York is TO each tale
that IS told. Either one knows exact
ly what sort OF kitchen is required in any
and every part Of the town.
Neither the king Of the guild nor his
chief rival needs 10 be informed that the
kitchen Of a hospital like St Luke's.
which has. by the way, the finest cook
ing establishment OF It's sort IN America.
if not in the world. must be laid out and
built with special reference 10 the prep
aratiou in quantities of nourishng
gruels and broths and other foods esrec-
Tally fitted 10 the consumption Of inya-
lids and cOnyalescents. II is not ncres-
sary to say. in case a kitchen for "A multi
milliouaire's mansion is desired. that a.
shall have facilities for the preparation
of every known and imaginable delcacy.
In a general way # may be laid down
as a rule that the clabOrateness ard con-
sequent structural cost of modern
hotel or restaurant kitchen bears direct
ratio to the class of custom sought
Thus the great range Of 20 certain cole
bratcd high-class hotel. whose walters
serve not far from 20)0 meals each %
hours. Is az least five times Pc long as The
range of certain more moderate priced
hotel that feeds q third more persons I'm
copper and iron pots and kettles. too. and
louC-handled stew pans for cooking
sauces. and open CRATES Tor broiling the
hieh-cass hotel kitchen is MANIFOLD bet
ter provided than the other From n cur
sorry view of both these cooking rooms.
the writer would say. that the former
shows ~ least ten times more coruer
than the latter and that the excess Of
crates for broilng is not less than as
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-18

Che river with her in the evening mar
RED her and brought her 20 our ely
without my assistance. l might as we'll
mention here that old Bertsnaw refused
Ca believe this.
very soon found some one who had
assisted them though. That was Polly
Harkns. / would never have suspected
Polly IL she had nor told me OF # ner-
self. Here is the letter l got from her
week after the distressing event:
Please come over by an afternoon
train tomorrow and drop I'm on me at
eight l want 10 talk TO YOU"
Without the least idea what she want
ed Of me. l went, and the first thing she
asked me was.
"H0w are the dear young thngs?'
IT YOU mean Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Strong" / said. 81 have not seen them
since they were made one. They refuse
To include me among their friends
IN see to that" sail Polly. you
didn't act right. but. II yOull help me III
little now. I'll get Leonard to forgive
and Elise
- don't suppose you approve Of such
proceedings" I said. You wouldn't 10
such a ..Ang yourself would YOU"
Anyway" she said. Il wouldn't tell
my liithui ~ gOu tlu' tidl II was Nul-
gar after | knew ne was going TO do H..
AMI II you care TO know, l suggested
IT,"
/ was very much taken aback by this
frank confession. Polly Harkins | be-
lieye was younger than Elise, but she
was supposed by everybody 10 be a girl
OF exceptional good sense and discretion. |
and old Bertshaw. In particular, strong
ly favored her as an associate and friend
OF his daughter, who, he said, being a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-18

helped them. | want you to go and tan,
TO him. There must be reconciliation
mean TO nave a reconciliation not later
than Christmas"
III YOU will stop to consider" | said
since he-Mr. Bertshaw-has put me in
his bad books for once taking sides with
Nj. Strong, and is now, as You tell me
convinced that l helped Nj. Strong TO
run away with his daughter. we can
not expect him to suddenly become
amenaDle 10 persuasion on my part Can
we?'
NO. she sail, II suppose not-And
II he ever finds out why | talked 10 him
50 long al the reception at the AIillcr's
that afternoon, my goose"-I suppose she
was going 10 add. is cooked" but she
stopped short there and then went on.
The only other way would take so long.
Never mind III have it all done by
chris mas or perish in the attempt
What Is the only other way?" |
asked
you'll see in good time"
Polly would not tell me what her other
plan was, AM 1 was only anxious 10 see
a foolish and melancholy family division
mended, not caring. for my part. how
the mending might be effected.
only l said, don't go and perish
in the attempt"
Il won't" she said, and smiled.
ono good thing came OF that trip:
Polly wrote to Elise and made her take
me back into Strong's favor. | helped
them 10 find really snug little fat, and
when after that. deserted by my former
bachelor chum. | felt lonely in my own
rooms, l often went and talked with
my new married chum and his new wife.
l must say. the obstinate refusal of
her father to be reconciled 10 them cast
gloom over the life OF the young couple.
October failed into November and Novem-
Der blew into December. and still there
seemed no sign of forgiveness.
polly Harkins writes me that father
will be sure 10 come round SOON" the
bride told me. ''She says she will an
swer for H. he will give us his blessing
b. Christmas day. but don't see what
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-18
a TIT FOR TAT CHRISTMAS.

or course. when I tell these stories
Of things that happened m The Middle
Western States. ] lD not expect people
81 enquire TOO closely about the exact
geographical position OF tho cities where
they happcrcl-I have always couHucI
myself t0 cities. y0u viii observe. with
ono glorious exception of tale of "a
RAILROAD emb4nkuoat And This time I
have 90 beg the reader uotA try 90
guess exactly where the two cities are
whore The following events took place.
They are two cities Within half days
Journey OF each other. both stand ON the
same river and each has more than
1000 inhabitants.
make no mystery about IT, that this
is ID tale OF "a Christmas reconciliation
know the circumstances because ! helped
to make them
Living ON tho border line between two
States strong could hardly Doe expected
10 resist Doe temptation to run of with
Elise HD,,shaw. cross thc lino and marry
her. Nobody hnew why her father OBJ
leetcl OBJ the mltch. probably ar. Bert
shaw dil mos know him .lf anyhow. the
reasons he gave were simply futile
FIRST. he said Elise was too young
ana That was nonsense Tor the girl was
over twenty-threc. at least she was by
tho time she and Strong made that
bleak autumn afternoon trip across the
river into the next State.
Ihcn De said that Strong was an un-
stable young le low who didnt know his
own mind. and that. as ! was bold
enough 20 remark 10 Mr. Bertshaw, was
quite inconsistent with the fact THAI
Strong hal persisted IN his wooing OF
Elise for over TWO years When | said
mat. the obdurate and unreasonable pa
rent pulled his grey moustache and def
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-18
she has to so upon"

she mas 10 80 upon.
No more did I-then.
on the Ord day of December Strong
came to my office, very much excited.
Look at this" he said, pulling let
ter from his pocket
Haven't time now" I said, taking it
from him.
you must" he insisted.
1t was another OF Miss Harkins' let
tiers. and il ran homething like this:
You and your husband must positive
ly abandoned all preparations for Keeping
Christmas I'm your own fiat. [ have been
as busy as a beaver DO just as | tell
you. Pack up ana come here Get into
a hack and drive straight TO your faith
ers house 50 as TO be there between l
and +. VI. Christmas day. Do exact
IL as tell you / know what l am talk
ms about. 1t will be all right, Polly"
What do you think Of it?' said Strong.
Il expect she knows what she's talk
ing about"
But what's happened?"
Don't know" 1 said. If she had
married the old gentleman we would
have heard OF It,"
"Oh. don't talk nonsense" said
Strong. "Ho isn't such a fool. at his
time Of life
Are you going" said avoiding argu-
ment,"
yes. we are" re said. This letter
has done Elise more good than anything
else could have done"
II suppose So" | said. but you for
get that l was 10 have eaten my Christ
mas dinner with you. What are you
going 10 do about it?'
you'll have to come along, l sup
pose"
And that was just what I did Trust
ing to Polly Harkins' knowing what she
was talking about, and feeling sure that
must at least be included In the pardon
extended to the young couple, in whose
offense / had not shared, l went along
with them.
Mr. Bertshaws house IS one OF the
few in that city that have a brick wall
in front and carriage drive. When
our hack turned in TO the private drive
another carriage was standing before
the door. Somebody had just alighted. T,
and the carriage did not keep US long
waiting for our turn.
As We three entered the door we ran
into Polly Harkins, who was just drop !
ping her wraps into the hands OF Mr.. !
Bertshaw himself. Her mother stood by !,
her.
"Hurrahr' said Polly. Merry Christ
MAST and she kissed Elise Then, nod |!
ding to Strong aud me. she added. What !
did I tell you
Mrs. Harkins seemed astonished at \
her daughters friyollty. 1T was all |
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-18
A PEEP INTO THE
XMAS KITCHENS
French and American Builders Run
ming Race for Perfection,
HOW BIG DINNERS ARE COOKED.
Preparations for Keeping the Roasts
Hot aud the Ice Creams Coid-The
"Bammary" and other Convcn-
icnccs-NaChine Dish Washer

NEW YORK. Dec. 1G-scionudc kit
chen building is q fine art the accom-
pHshod kitchen builder is am artist
scientist. o. philosopher and practical
man Of affairs AN rolled into one. And.
naturally. men of Gallo birth are better
kitchen builders as % rule. than men of
other races. Just as all the most ccie-
DRAFTED chefs are French. Indeed, the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-18
The August Grocery Co.
6f1-6f3 r. Marshall Strc.t,

Have a complete stock OF Xmas Goods.
such as kaisins, Currants, Figs, Mixed
Nuts Of all kinds, Oranges, Malsgt
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etc, so as TO give TO our esteemed pa
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but a prompt attention and an immediate
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Finest Country Butter (for tablet.
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Fresh Eggs from country. 23c.
Finest London Layer Raisins, i0c.
Very nice. pounds for 25c.
Rest Mixed Nuts. Zoe.
FINEST Layer Figs. l5c.
English Nalnuts. lie.
Very best CitrOn. Eye.
Mncemeat Atmore, best. ioc.
Finest Jelly. Sc.
Malaga Grapes. 3 pounds for zoe.
Finest Oranges. dozen. 30c and &c
Our Very Best Flour. for this week.
only NlJ.
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No efforts shall be spared so rs to
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In general the best satisfaction.
Extending our many thanks in advance
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Very respectfully.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-18
Very Important.

We want 10 make known 10 the people
Of Richmond. its suburbs, and Ashland
City that We
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-18
THE CHRISTMAS TOAST.

Here's that thou mayst gentle be
Through the coming year.
The maiden to the Love God drinks
Alternate hope and fear,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-18

very quiet" she said to me in a low
voice.
So il was very quiet indeed. But just
think OF it-Elise Strong actually looked
the gift horse In tho mouth. for her irst
words TO her father were. Father. how
could you?'
well. my dear" he answered. ~ you
chose TO please yourself why shouldn't
/? You forgive me and In forgive you"
That was my PLAN" said the second
Mrs Bertshaw 10 me.
Excellent" said.
And they LEI me stay to the Christmas.
wedding dimes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-18

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\ Id DOMINION STEAMSHIP

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The elegant steamships Jamestown
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d All business between New York and
B>ewport News transacted at Pier g.
All business between Newport News
sf"rfosk Smiti!ield and local points
transacted at Pier a, foot Twenty NTH
@rcet
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Steamer Louise leaves Portsmout h
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For tickets ana other information ap-
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Richmond Va.
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Suits, Cape
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-20
Over Studied,
A YOUNG LADY'S HEALTH RUINED
PREPARING FOR GRADUATION.
Was 0ver-ambitious and Went Beyond Her Strength.
Constant Pain and Misery Her Critical Condition.
From the Democrat, Shelbyviue, Ind.

In one of the main streets of Shelbyyille.
Indiana, resides Mrs. Emily Edwards and
her seventeen year old daughter, Cora. The
young lady is one of the charming misses of
the city, she being known for her beauty,
and perfect health.
although enjoying good health now"
said her mother to reporter recently, "she
has not always been so fortunate. l suppose
Cora, until two years ago last March, was as
healthy and strong as any girl of her age.
She was attending school and was studying
hard. Perhaps she was too studious, for we
noticed that the healthy color in her cheek was
rapidly disappearing, and she was becoming
pale and sallow. Dark, swollen circles be.
gan to appear under her eyes, and she rapidly
became worse. We were living in Franklin,
Indiana, at the time, and Cora would have
graduated that Spring. She stopped attend
ing school and endeavored to &c. rest, but
her health kept failing. Her blood was color
less and impure. She would also have sick
headache, could scarcely eat or sleep, and
was almost continually in pain. Nothing
which we did for her seemed to do any good.
Different physicians treated and pre-
scribed for her, but she kept getting worse.
She had formerly weighed 100 pounds, but
during her illness her weight had dwindled
down to ~ pounds. We began to think
there was nothing we could do for her bene-
fit, when I happened to notice an article in
paper regarding the merits of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. l thought that
if there was ever a pale person it was GER
tainly Cora, so decided to buy box of
the pills and let her try them. It was the
first Of last May when she began, and near
the middle of June when she stopped using
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-20

excepting for large stock farm. II
any so think, they are mistaken. It is
equally applicable to the eighty OF
hundred and sixty-acre farm. Go
where you will in Minnesota, during
the month of August, you will see
most of the pastures bare of grass,
but with plenty of weeds, the grass
killed out by too much stock, and, il
any roots of grass are left, they are
eaten so closely, that the burning sun
destroys most of them, and if any are
left the frost of winter about finishes
them.
The problem of every farmer should
be, how to extract yearly and perma-
nently, the most wealth from a given
number of acres devoted to stock
grazing, and how the lands should be
handled to attain this end. The GER
tain way of protecting the pastures in
the trying season of the year is, not to
allow them to be eaten down too close
ly. The farmer should relieve them
at these seasons, by feeding green
corn, or other succulent food, until
cool nights come, when the grass, par
ticularly bluegrass, commences to
grow. Pasture-land should be divid-
ed into two or more lots, so that either
of them can be fed upon at will.
The farmer who would succeed
with his pasturage, must of course,
treat his land in rational manner.
Some people, after raising wheat
and oats, principally the former, upon
piece of land for a period of twenty
to thirty years, without nourishing or
fertilizing the soil, try crop of corn,
aud when, as is natural, the produce
is from ten to twenty bushels of nub-
bins per acre, they proclaim that Min
nesota is no corn country. These
same people, if they undertake to seed
down for pasturage, land similarly
treated, will get only nubbins, and
will also conclude..that Minnesota is
not suitable for grass.
The farmer, however, who has his
land in good, strong, healthy condi-
ton, well-manured and in good filth
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-20

Residence for Sale.
Two good residences for sale cheap.
Inquire of John E. Moon. 22-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-20

the pills. The first dose helped her, and
after the first box had been taken, she was
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She is now stronger, can eat more, sleeps
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To leave no doubt as to the truthfulness
of her story Mrs. Edwards cheerfully made
the following affidavit:
SHELBYvILLE, IND, May 10, 1897.
This is to certify that the above story con.
corning the illness and subsequent recovery
of my daughter, Cora, is an exact and truth.
full representation Of the facts in her case.
MRS. EMILY EDWARDS.
SHELBYvILLE, IND, May Is, 1897.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of May, 1897.
L. C. MAY, Notary Public.
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