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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-12-21
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; The Christmas Rose :
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1t was Christmas eve. The air was
frosty. Mems boot heels made the
snow creak under them as they passed
with quick tread. There was a rum
bic OF carriage wheels. a rapid, hurry
ing tread of thousands of feet in the
crowded thoroughfare of the great
city.
And amid all this Christmas activity
Philip Meredith walked with an acrid
and indefinable pain at his heart. He
was as strangely incongruous amid the
joy, the color, the brilliancy OF this
festival eve as a skeleton at feast.
He made a strenuous effort to forget.
He had told himself that the coming
of this anniversary should not over
whelm him with that agony of recol-
lection which he knew down in his in
nermost soul he could not endure. For
days the approaching holiday had filed
him with an unacknowedged terror.
1t was the first Christmas he had
spent without her without Mirabel.
And, telling himself that he would for
get, that he would not remember, he
straightway remembered with the in
innate fidelity Of pain all that could
wound him now.
A breath of fragrant air from out
florists shop made him turn his head
for moment, and as he looked he saw
forget-me-nots. The sight gave him
pang. He recalled the morning they
had first met. Ii was a morning in
spring, fresh with innocence-one OF
those mornings that yet dawn on the
world to evoke images of primordial
daybreaks when the world was young.
Her eyes were blue-blue like the for
get-me-Iots. Then, less than a year
later, they were wed, and the one
Christmas they had spent together
had seemed to him more exquisite in
it's perfect happiness than the one on
the plains of Judea could have been to
the shepherds. Then came misery;
scarcely had the echo of the Christmas
bells died away in the air than that
fatal episode had occurred that had
parted them. 1t arose in trifle, as
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-12-21


murmured words they could but indiS-
revived so that her conversation be-
came Ineligible But with the return
of consciousness she seemed to guard
her secret more closely. She refused
to answer the questions of the hoSpi-
tai physicians, and insisted that she
would soon be strong and well and
would leave the hospital. There were
no marks of violence on her-there
was absolutely nothing to point to her
identity-only the sinister fact that
she had fallen in a faint on her way
to the river gave the officials hint
of what might be concealed. The we'd
ding ring shone on her hand, yet she
steadfastly refused to let her husband
be notified. The hospital physicians
shook their wise heads and turned her
over to the tender nercies Of the nurse,
saying that she would be all right
when size recovered her full senses.
Shortly after noon the nurse ap-
preached her. She bore large box.
Here is something for you.' she
said.
1t was large white box; around it
were wide, pale blue ribbons. A spray
Of holly lay on the top. She locked az
it listlessly
Shall / open it for your" sail the
nurse pleasantly. 1T was sent espe-
cially for you by a friend"
The pale patient almost smiled. The
nurses kindness was almost pathetic.
There is no one to send me flow
ers." she said; but you may open it
for me-"
The nurse did so. A rush of frag-
rance filled the air. The roses burst
upon the vision of the pale woman
with the glory of midsummer, dazzling
in their brightness. They lay in their
satin padded home like fragrant jew
els.
"Oh, how beautiful" she cried. LET
me have them"
AS she took them card fell out
She looked at it as one might look at
dear face that had been hidden for
years. Her eyes dilated She was
silent for one moment, then she cried
out in a voice that thrilled the nurse
and caused every head in the ward to
be lifted from its pillow.
1T is he"' she cried. at is he. I
must go at once"
They demonstrated with her, but the
sick woman was well. She arose from
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-12-21

ARE YOU CHOOSING MY GIFT?
most of the worlds misery and wars
have, and then before he knew it he
had said words that had made gulf
between them which ii seemed could
never be bridged She said she would
go away and battle with the world by
herself; he made brutal reply Then
they parted.
Again the opulerce Of florists shop
met his gaze. A sudden resolution
came to him; he stepped u, to the win
dow and speculated between orchids
and lilies.
"Ah, Philip. sre you are choosing
my Christmas gift" said voice at his
elbow. He turned-it was his cousin.
a woman born to bring to others some
OF the light and joy denied them in
their own poor lives. do not hest
tate So" she continued, laughing. "You
know how easily / am pleased in the
matter of flowers. Shut your eyes and
choose whatever you see first when
you open them, and it will suit me-"
1T will give me more pleasure tn
suit your taste than to trust to a har-
hazard choice" he replied. Give me
your parcels, you look like Mrs. Santa
Claus. and come with me straight into
! the shop and say what you will have.
III will see to II that the Christmas
saint wears a fowery garland for
you
ooh, Philip" said the woman, her
eyes filling with soft mist. you are
always good and generous, and will
Jet you give me bunch of those
american beauty roses-but not for
&3me. want to send them to the Wom-
pms hospital In the morning."
He purchased the roses, and they
Beparated at the door.
~ 1t was Christmas morning in St. Jo-
4eph's hospital. There was faint an
fiseptic odor in the air. The long lines
% narrow white cots stretched their
eerried rows down the room In pitiless-
~ quiet arraw. In one cot lay wom-
pa, who was mystery to the hospital
ehicials. She had been brought in
Rte in the Afternoon of the day before
nsensible. She was young and bean
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-12-21
THOSE CHRISTMAS CHILDREN

The Little folks at our house-they talk
like anything
Bout Santa C,aus comm, an what he's
goin' to bring;
IN mother never has to scold, or EEL
EN- bout the noise
They're just the sweetest little girls
TIE best of little boys!
Cause why? They know that SAINTS
Claus knows everything they do
an While he's loGdin' UP his sleigh
he's wat2hin' of EN-, too!
Al them that minds their mother
they gets the most O. toys
They're just the sweetest little girls
the best o. little boys!
They've just been writin' letters t.
Santa Claus each day,
An tellin' him just what they want
an shown him the way
To where our house is, SOS he'll know
just where to leave the toys
Fer just the sweetest little girls-th,
best O. little boys!
They're lorgin', longin', longin' fer thu
days and night to so,
An all o. them are happy, an the!
make their mother SO!
She never has to scold 'em, or tell ZEN
bout the noise
Cause they're the sweetest LITTLE girl
the best o. little boys!
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-12-21
Don't Give Begrud gingly.

No loveless gifts. no gifts that are
given to satisfy convention or gruding-
ly, should dishonor the day of love
and when your Christmas list Is cut
down to this limit you have pruned
away all the germs OF WEAKNESS and
anxiety, and left only the Joy of CO.
operation in a blessed lovemaking
which involves the world. II your
powers are limited to leaving at a
friends door a bunch Of holly tied
with a bit of bright ribbon and little
card of greeting, you have still had
your share in the pleasure giving and
dispensing of good will toward men; y
and If you have but bestowed some
rosy apples for the children and a
pound OF tea for the grandmother, you
have Hghtened the hearts of the poor,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-12-21
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
f. -. CHENEY g. Co, Props. Toledo, O.
We the undersigned. have known f. j.
Cheney for the last Is years and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tons made by their firm
West & Truay. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo
o.: Walding. Kinnan 81 Marvin. Wholesale
Druggists Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price
s5c per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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tiful; her clothing was that of a gem
tlewoman; she had all the marks of
refinement, albeit with certain signs of
toll, but every mark that could iden-
tify her had been carefully clipped
from her garments. All night silva
the Destroyer had lowered near her.
Yet he passed her by, and in the early
hours of the morning she revived and
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-12-21
The lesser of the Two Terrors.

horrible fate"
"How sou
to q medical society, and now the news
has arrived that he has been killed and
eaten by cannibalSr-Life.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-12-21
directly Noncommitta1.

"That cook asked me il we had hard
wood floors"
What did you tell her, JackT
Il didn't answer her at all. How
could l tell whether she wanted them
Or didn't want them indianapolis
Journal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-12-21
Far Gone.

He-Darling.
She-In minute.
He-Darling.
She-Here / am, dearest What IS
It,
He-Nothing. Just darling!-New
York Press.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-12-21
IL Ynn Use Ping Tohncco

You should read the tar Plug Tobacco
adj, ertisenent in this paper. They make
the most attractive offer ever matA for the
return Of their Tin Tags.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-12-21
|LLIONS

res OF choice agri-
1Tnl LANDS now
led for settlement
Western Canada.
, is grown the cell
ted NO. | HARD
(ghest price in the
nds OF cattle are
I being fed grain,
Send for informa-
Western Canada.
Immigration, OF
bed, who will mail
free oil cost. w.
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No Secrets between Us.

ourselves"
That's because we've had time to
get thoroughly acquainted. "-Indianap-
oils Journal
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for

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at thousands
mcacy of SO
a Curative as
any Ache or
In body, there
a all America
ROPS!" Send
.ge bottle, con-
bottles for IS.
c CURE Coz
lineage, HI.
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that pale couch with sudden vigor--
her eyes were bright-avery trace OF
illness left her. II must go to him"
she repeated, time and again. The doc
tors came and looked at her and then
conferred in a low tone with the nurse.
"she may 60" they said.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-12-21

Tie lucky man is the man who gees
ard gr2sps his opportunity.
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The age-herald., 1899-01-10
roo MUCH OF A BAD THING
he Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 It happened not so very long ago.
 Three girls had come to the theater to- gether, and they with the usual impedi- menta of coats and hats and opera glasses, quite filled up the three end seats near the middle aisle.
 Beyond them sat three men, who had also come to the theater together.
 They arrived late, after the curtain had gone up, in fact and the girls had to gather up that's, programmes and all, and rise to let the other trio file past them.
 That was all right. Not one word was said, and both parties settled quietly down to enjoy the play.
 But at the end of the first act the men wanted to go out. There were one or two smothered groans this time, as the clumsy masculine feet tramped to and fro across the skirts and toes of their neighbors, but the greans were smothered and everything looked as merry as could be.
 But no sooner had the curtain dropped on the second act than once more the three arose. grabbed their hats and signified that they wished to depart again. This time the girls looked wrathy. But never a word
The age-herald., 1899-01-10
WOMAN AND SOCIETY.
 ANNIE KENDRIcK WALKER.
saSs

Ireland, and from there to the United States. In appearance Miss Johnston Is rather petite, with auburn hair and dark eyes, She possesses, above all, a magnetic personality and this, with rare conversa- tional power, and charm of manner all her own, combine to make her a universal favorite in the social circles of the many states in which she is well known"
 Miss Bertha Boykin Lewis, of B'rming- ham, is a decided blonde, and is one of the most cultivated and popular girls of the younger set of society has vivacity and magnetism; is an artist and brilliant pi- an'st She is the daughter of Mrs. Rose Garland Lewis, and of the late Burwal B. Lewis, who was for years president of the University of Alabama. Her grand father, Chancellor Garland, was, for a number of years, at the head of Wander bilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
 Miss Mamie Pearson is the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. R. H. Pearson. She spent one year each at Philadelphia and New York in a select school for young ladies. She comes of dist nguished ancestry; is young and handsome, tall and stately, sparkling, winsome and gracious in man. ner There is subtle magnetism about her that wins you over at once. Some of the most elegant entertainments ever given in Birmingham have been at the lovely home of the Pearsons.
The age-herald., 1899-01-10
"IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED"
 TRY . A POL 10

said they They rose in stol.d silence. Even when a dainty bit of crimson velvet head gear was knocked to the floor by a switch ing coat tail and kicked three seats away, not a protest passed their lips.
 Back came the men, and for the fifth time did the long-suffering women folks grip their possessions and arise.
 This must surely be the last time," mur- murded the young chaperone. Ugh! just smell them! They certainly must know they can't drink any more without getting drunk, and as to cigars, why don't they buy better ones!
 But the hope was false. The curtan-went down on the third act at exactly the same moment that the thee men arose from their seats.
 To their surprise the girls sat still
 Twill you please let us pass?" asked the foremost man of the one nearest him. It happened to be the chaperone, and with all the dignity of her two months old wedding ring, she gazed blankly up at him.
 "Pass?" she murmured sweetly; why, I thought we had let you pass five times all ready. We're very tired. Don't you think you could use somebody else to climb over?"
 The man looked al his comrades, and, as if moved by springs, the three sat down.
 And, what is more, they stayed there. The other two girls patted the lucky one on the head and presented her with box of candy next day, and after the play was over three women of different parties in the neighborhood of those seats leaned over and thanked her for what she had done.
The age-herald., 1899-01-10
HyPNoTIsM EXTRAORDINARY.
Some New Feats by Parisian Young
 Woman.
From the London Pail Mall Gazette.

From the London Pail Mall Gazette.
 A very puzzing young person is at pres
 ent exercising the curiosity of Parsions.
 She is known to fame as Mile. Lima. Till
 recently she was an artists model Then
 Colonel de Rochas and M. Jules Bois dis
 covered her strange capabilities, and Mile.
 Lima has since passed much of her time in
 hypnotic frances, state in which she per-
 forms wonders that must be seen to be be-
 lieved. Her sponsors, it will be well to
 remark, are men of high standing and ac-
 knowledged reputation, and not profession-
 al organizers of raree shows. Colonel de
 Rochas is at the head of the Ecole Poly technique, a government institution and one of the foremost educational establish ments in France. M. Juies Bois is among the most talented of the younger school Of French notism and kindred subjects.
 Presented under these auspices, Mile. Lima cannot be dismissed as d vulgar im- postor. Her pretensions at any rate de- serve to be looked into. They are wonder ful enough. Mile Lima, for instance, is the best subject Colonel de hochas has far come across for demonstrating the phe- nonenon he terms the 'eXterorization of sensibility." When in a trance her sensi- bllity leaves her body and can be localized Dy tne operator III any ODJecl nc ueSlFSS within a few feet of her. If this object be pricked otherwise manipulated, Mle Lima experiences exactly the same sensa-
 tion as if the act had been performed on
 her own person, whereas he body while
 she is in this state is wholly insensibe. It
 may be objected that this sort of thing
 might be feigned. Colonel de Rochas,
 however, vouches for several cases in
 which deception would seem to be out of
 the question. On one occasion, for exam
 pie, the sensibility of Mile. Lima had been
 transferred to a photographic plate. Vari-
 ous experiments were made, and then the
 subject as brought back, as it was thought,
 to her normal condition. After the lapse
 of a considerable time Mile. Lima was
 suddenly seized with shvering, and then with violent sickness. It was found that
 simultaneously with the appearance of
 these symptoms NJ. Euer, to whom the
 photographic plate belonged, had immersed it. unknown to the rest of the company, and in a dark room in distant corner of the house, in chemical bath, and was de- yeloping~ it in the usual way-a process which had afflicted Mle., Lima with a sort of sea-sckness.
 | In another curious set of experiments music played an important part It was | found that when a piano was played with | in hearing of Mile. Lima whiie she was un- l der the hypnotic influence she adopted at- i titudes suitable to the music played. Ie
 every case the attitudes were so strikngly I beautiful and opposite as to excite -the ad- , miration of the operatic artists and paint
The age-herald., 1899-01-10
Beautiful Tributes to Birmingham Girls

In the January issue of the Armstrong Magazine, published in Atlanta, there is a charming article that will be of great local interest, coming, as 1t has, from the pen of bright Birmingham woman, and pay ing the tribute that 1t does to a number of Birmingham girls.
 The article "Prominent Alabama Wo- men," is by Miss Alma Rittenberry, and is written in the most delightful vein It is finely illustrated with half-tones. Miss Rittenberry, in referring to the Birming- ham girls, speaks first of Miss Ethel Sharpe She says:
 Miss Ethel Hansell Sharpe is justly ac- counted one of the beauties of the south, but her face has a charm of color and of varying expression that cannot be ade- quately interpreted by the photographers s lense. She Is an artist of more than local reputation, studying the past year in the San Francisco art school, and is at pres ent secretary of the Birmingham art school. Miss Sharpe is the daughter of Judge and Mrs. H. A Sharpe, her father having recently been elected judge of the supreme court of Alabama"
 Of Miss Mary Johnston, Miss Rittenberry writes: By the three-fod heritage of beauty, birth and brains, Miss Mary John ston is a worthy representative of the wo- men of Alabama. She Is the daughter of the late pr. W. H. Johnston of Birming- ham--one of the abest and best known physicians of that city-and a niece of Joseph r. Johnston, present governor of Alabama. Through her paternal line she inherits a goodly share of pure Scotch Irish blood, which has animated a long line of honorable ancestors. Miss John- ston bears indisputable witness to her Scotch-Irish descent, centiring as she does the wit and loving heart of the Irish, with the strength of miad and uncom- promising conscience of the Scotch. OH her maternal side she is descended from the Cages, who moved from England to
The age-herald., 1899-01-10
This Weeks Calendar
Of Literary Clubs

Wednesday. 1030 a. m., Highland Book Club. Place of meeting, Mrs. George L. Haven. Programme:
 Marthage and Her Builders-Mrs. Ran dall.
 Hanniball-Mrs. Haven.
 Traces of Rome in Afr ca-Mrs Woodson.
 Christianity in Afrca-Mrs. Jas. John- ston.
 Reading-from Dumas-"The Last of the Mamelukes''-Mrs. Tomlinson.
 Wednesday, D. m., Nineteenth Century Club. Place of meeting, Miss Emily Koe- nig Programme: Ipsamboul. an Exponent of Egyptian Architecture-Mss Miner.
 Industrial Arts-M ss Frances Meade.
 Reading: Story of Setna"-Miss Kate Rogan.
 Rameseum: Colossi-Club.
 Leader-Miss Bertha Lewis.
 Thursday 3 D. m. Edgewood Club Place of meeting, Mrs. Montgomery Programme: The Merchant of Vence-By the Club. Literature of the Seventeenth Century, Miss Lewis.
 Policy of the Stuarts-Miss Johnston. Series of Events Leading to the Down. fall of Charles Mrs Harry Harsh. Cromwell, and the Land he Bequeathed to Charles II-Mrs. Griffith Harsh Friday, D. m., Cadmean Circle. Place of meeting. Mrs. A. O. Lane. Programme: Lecture Day. Music-(German Folks Songs) Lecture by Mrs. Benjamin Guckenberger, Subject "The Care of Childrens Voices"
 Music.
 Open meeting.
 Music.
 Friday, p. m., Clionan Club. Place of meeting, Miss Morton. Programme: Amsterdam and it's Handicrafts-Mrs Campbell. Delft and its Wares-"The Pride, the Market Place. the Crown, and Center of the Potters Trade"-Mrs. Cruikshank. Laces and Tapestries-Mrs Dearborn. Inventions of Holand-Mrs Fell. Open discussion. Current events. Friday, p. m., Amaranth Club. Place of meeting, Miss Ada Simpson. Pro- gramme: Leo XIII-Statesman and Pontiff. A Talk on Italian Painters-Mss Mamie Kelly. Current Topics-The Club.