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Evening star., 1899-07-15
From Seven to Eleven,

Washington folks who car ride for the
air, the sights and sounds of the streets,
the cool evening breath of the woods and
the study of their car mates begin to flock
in the direction of the car lines along to-
ward o'clock in the evening. Then on un-
til close to II o'clock five in a row are to
be found in most of the seats of the open
cars. The married man has got into the
habit of taking his wife, his cigar and The
Star out for the evening car ride. He de-
posits his wife in one of the seats that
permit of his smoking, and sometimes he
is permitted to read fully four lines of the
news of the day between answering uues-
tons propounded by his wife and looking"
at persons and things she calls attention to-
Il just know that girl up in the fourth
seat biondines her hair-don't you think
SOP she asks him.
Of course, he has to look and emit an
opinion.
Did you ever in your life see such a
perfectly hideous shirt waist?" she asks
him before he has found his place In the
Dreyfus cable story that he has been read
ing.
"Um-er-don't see anything the matter
with 1t, he answers, gazing absentIy at
the shirt waist of the girl who has lust
taken the next seat forward.
Well, of all the frightful hats" etc.
etc, she proceeds, and by this time her
husband generally folds up his paper with
a martyr-like sigh.
Right at this point the humble inquiry of
ploddlng, Slow minded male person. with
reference to an inevitable feminine man
Hesitation on the open cars, may be in
serted.
He Wonders Why.
why" asks this inquisitive man, docs
every woman who gets into an open car
invariably feel Of her back hair as soon as
she takes her seat? Die ever notice it?
The hairpins always look tight and firm
enough to me. Is there anything in street
car riding that causes the rear hair to
collapse? 1t makes no difference whether
she is wearing a hat or is hatlass the first
thing she does when she gets into an open
car seat is to reach back with one or both
hands and give Sundry little feline jabs at
seen and unseen hairpins, always remind
ing me- of a station machinist trying the
screws and bolts of a locomotive with a
wrench before the engine starts out on an
overland cruise. Er-say-I notice that the
hand that wears the most rings is generally
given the most action in back-hafr adjust
ing, and l wonder if that
The mean man who rejoices in the dis
comfiture of others rides in the open cars
too. one of them was a rear seat in a
18th street open car, up bound, few even
ings ago. He noticed tina, the conductor
forgot to take up the fare of a young man
and woman ahead of him. The young man
had the two tickets in his hand but he
was waiting to be asked for them The
car was filed, and the conductor overlook
ed the two fares. This made the mean
man nervous. He had paid his fare and
Evening star., 1899-07-15
DEVOTED PATRIOTISM
Gen. Wheelcr's Daughter is Going as
Nurse to the Philippines.

Not content with the heroic and devoted
services which she rendered 10 our army
in Cuba and at Montauk Point. Miss Annie
Wheeler, Fighting Joe wheelers daughter.
Will accompany her father to the Philip
pines to act in like capacity there.
In the fever-stricken camp at Santiago
in the dark days that followed the surren-
der of the city, with disease and death
stalking through the ranks of the men. she
proved herself of truest metal and earned
the title of "the angel of Santiago" The
wheeler family Is noted for its close COM
partnership among its own members. Be
Tore the tragedy at Montauk Point last
September which robbed them of the
youngest, Tom Wheeler, there were six
children. of whom the two boys and Miss
Annie Wheeler served in the war with
Spain, making with the doughty little genp
Evening star., 1899-07-15

seen on the open car of summer even
ings- When the boy kicks the inoffensive
man beside him in the stomach, she says,
reprovingly:
'Dawling."
When the boy tips the hat of the man
in the forward seat over his eyes, she
smiles at him and says, reproachfulIy:
Now, Reggie, deah.
When the nice little boy reaches over
and yanks the ears of the old colored wo-
man in the next seat, and makes loud al
lUsion to the color of her skin, his mother
chides him thus:
why, precious"
Whereupon he gives her a swift jolt with
both of his cfenched fists, and she says to
him. in hurt tone:
"Ain't you ashamed to hit mammal
1t is fun to observe how the real crafty
people who ride in the open cars give
wide berth to the nice little boy whose
mother dotes on him.
Specimens of Men.
The man of prowess who relates his great
deeds unto the ears of his shame-faced
companion in a tone that can be heard
above the din of the car takes the air OF
summer evenings.
II seen this feller a-comin,' says he,
shouting so as to rise superior to the grind
ing of the brakes, AN says l t myself,
This is were 1 gifts hunk with you. pard,'
an walks up t him and soaks him one in
the nose" etc, etc.
The funny man who looks around out of
the tail of his eye every time he emits
something screamingly humorous finds
congenial field in the open cars. There is
always some pup-wit to laugh at his cheap
scintillation, and this is the breath of the
funny mans nostrils.
1t is always interesting to get into juXta-
position with an old man who has been in
Washington since 1864, and who takes
friend car-riding for the sake Of showing
him the land he could have bought at that
remote period for little or nothing.
81 could have got this whole 123 acres, in
ciuding the ground where that park IS, back
in 81, for a $500 note he says, and then
one looks over the old gentleman's frayed
black clothes and his shabby hat and Won
ders why he didn't
On the Wrong Car.
The pair of elderly, independent-looking
women who generally forget to ask for
transfers, or who get the wrong ones,
create diversion for the rest of the car
riders. When the car has gone three
squares beyond the point where they should
have transferred they wake up casually
from discussion of the hopeless invalidism
of one of their mutual friends), and this is
what follows. all in breath. without pause
or punctuation:
why goodness gracious me we're on the
wrong car where is the man taking us is
this car going to Georgetown couldn't that
conductor have asked us where we were
going tell him to stop there he is away up
N front and will he never look this way
mercy me the idea of such thing I've
good notion to write to the company did
Evening star., 1899-07-15

he couldn't see why anybody else should
be immune from the nickel tax for riding.
He twitched and twisted in his seat. and
when the conductor passed by on the run
ming board he leaned over and said:
Hey, thet young feller there with the
gal hasn't paid his fare"
''Oh, yes, he has," replied the conductor.
knowing that the mean man was right and
along.
The visible unhappiness of this mean
man was painful to observe for the rest of
the trip
Types of Mothers.
The tired-looking woman who deposits
three large. healthy-looking young ones
alongside Of her and then pays one fare
her own-while aged and decrepit women
stand UP. hanging on to the back of the
forward seat. in front of the sprawling
children, patronizes the open cars The
ISLANDERS look wistfully at the seats held
Evening star., 1899-07-15

they met the great Black Bull of the For
est. and both of the bulls to it and COM
menced to fight, and the like of the fight
was never seen before or since; they knock
ed the soft ground into hard ground, and
the hard ground into soft and the soft into
spring wells- the spring wells into rocks
and the rocks into high hills. And they
fought long, but at length the Black Bull
of the Forest killed Billy Beg's bull and
drank his blood. Billy Beg was so vexed
at this that for two days he sat over the
bull, neither eating nor drinking but cry
ing salt tears all the time.
Then he got up and he spread out the
napkin, and ate a very hearty dinner for
he was very hungry with his long fast;
and after that he cut a strip of hide off
the bulls back and another off the belly
and made belt for himself, and, taking it
and the bit of stick and the napkin, he set
out to push his fortune, and he Travelled
for three days and three nights, till at last
Evening star., 1899-07-15

down by the climbing young ones, and the
mother of them, If knowing what
passes In the ISLANDERS minds, looks dag
gers at them. The position in which a
conductor is placed who is compelled to
ask such seat claimant to hold one Of
her young ones in her lap in order to make
room for an old woman who has paid her
fare is a sorry one Even If he makes his
request stick-which is not always the case
he generally comes out second best in
the argument.
The dotfng mother who is airing a four
year-oid boy with the embryonic energy
and strength of a coming pugilist is often
Evening star., 1899-07-15

bark on New York or Chicago street car
without a hat would unQuestionably excite
the suspicion of the cop on the rear plat
form Here, she seems quite natural and
right. She looks the skirted Diana or Ata-
lanta- Somehow, she makes an open car
look homelike and inviting. When there
are four or five of her in a row, entranced
strangers from other cities have been
known to lean to the most exalted rhetoric
in lauding her and the beauty of the hat
Evening star., 1899-07-15
A Business Proposition.

Lawyers daughter-"This sonnet YOU
have written to me is simply delicious, AL
gernon! Only the title To my heart OF
hearts, sweet love, is a little vague. You
might substitute, To Miss Mary Sharpe
and put the date, please. You'll find a pen
and ink on my escrtoire over yonder..
Evening star., 1899-07-15
Passing II Around.

From the Columbus Journal.
Griggs-"If ! knew where to find my lawn
mower 1 would use it this evening"
Briggs-"Don't you know where It tsp"
Griggs-"Not exactly. Jones borrowed II
the other day, but the last time l heard Of
it Brown was using it. 1t may be two
blocks from here by this time
Evening star., 1899-07-15

1t was he who killed the dragon, in dis
guise; and he claimed the kings daughter
But she tried the shoe on him and found it
didn't fit him; so she said 1t wasn't him.
and that she would marry no one only the
man the shoe fitted.
When Billy got home he changed the
clothes again, and had the horse in the
stable, and the cattle all in before his mas
ter came. When the master came he began
telling Billy about the wonderful day they
had entirely, and about the warrior hiding
In the well of water, and about the grand
stranger that came down out of the sky
in cloud on black horse, and killed the
fiery dragon, and then vanished in a cloud
again. And. now," says he, BILLY, wasn't
that wonderful?'
1T was, indeed" says Billy, very won
derful entirely
After that it was given out over the
Evening star., 1899-07-15

You ever hear the like in your life here we
are miles away from where we ought to be
for goodness sakes alive will he never stop
the old car, etc, etc, until the conductor
approaches to find out the cause of the
commotion, and humbly takes the dose OF
trouble that is coming to him
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-30
TOWN CLOCK FOR CANTON.
The County Commissioners and City
Council Incl; {. viii \ Appropriate $llo0 I.
For the Purchase Thereof.

The proposition to place town clock
in the tower of the new court house is
an assured success. The board of county
commissioners have pledged 5000 and
the city council $500 for the purchase
and completion thereof. O. "A. Rud.
olph has for some time been correspond
ing with the best manufacturers in
the country and his letters have been
placed before the committee on pro-
motion and clock to cost about $1,1OO
has been selected. This clock will for
machinism be the equal of anything
for sale, and with large bell will be a
credit to the city and county. The
dials will be Of glass and the county
will probably place an arc light within
so that the time can be ascertained as
well at night as by day Il
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-30
FAIRNIEM.
June "a, 1893.

June "a, 1899.
Misses Murphy and Frisbie went to
Hudson on their wheels Friday evening.
DR.. Chambers dentist came up from
Hudson and was doing dentist work for
q good many Of our citizens Friday and
Saturday.
VIM. Koskey and j. Smiley were
doing business in Fairvew Saturday.
Mr.. Spencer arrived on the north
bound passenger train Saturday noon.
His friends note he is not quite 80
heavy as when he left, but are all glad
to welcome him back nevertheless.
Mrs. Brant arrived on the noon train
to join her husband, who came. some
time ago to take half interest in the
mill here. The mill is turning out
the best flour and Smith and Brant are
the right men to runit.
2. L. Minis came down from Canton,
Monday returning Tuesday.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-30
Save you moneys.

Chairman James Lewis, Ex-States At
torney NJ. 2. Rudolph, Ex-S States SEN
ator B. G. Jacobs, Ex-County Auditor
Bennett, Ex-Superintendent Of Schools
C. B. Isham, Ex- City Justice and local
politician H. N Cooper, County Judge
G.. H. Wiggin, States Attorney "A. r..
Brown, Clerk Of Courts E.; S. Beck,
County Auditor Jonas Minot, Repre-
sentatives Wilbert Kinsley, and Frank
sDortland, Commissioner Fred Gerber
and N. G. Nash, editor Of the g. O. p.
organ. This list of names compose halt
of those present at the convention and
will convey some idea Of the Repupli-
cans interested in the, campaign. OF
the heretofore MENTIONED II delegates,
the following went to kedfeld Tuesday
s Clifford, Thoss Thorson, NJ. e.
Rudolph, Filing Opsal, Frank Dortland,
Wilbert Kinsley, 81. Kunkle and N.
Renli. sss ss. 3 Z
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-30
Up-to-D.' late
Fashions /
in Millinery { Goods. ., . i. !.
My TriI)lDler,

MISS ANNA HAGE, s
studies the wearer's features and
complexion, and makes the hat /
accordingly, that it may be at
tractive. becoming and a source
Of pleasure. NJ \; ....3
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-30
THOSE CRITICISMS UNJUST.
The Sioux Falls Argus-lsader Prints
al Interview With Sergeant
Barris Of the S, D. S. II.

/ ttz y Z =
MrJ. B. Harris, who has been order
~ sergent of the Soldiers Home Hot
Spriags for four years, two under Cap.
tain Lucas and two under Colonel Linn
called at the gus-L.eader Office thi.
morning to protest against the state
meuts made recently I'm the Mineapoli,
Journal, and copied into this paper
| which puported to to Ibe criticisms mad,
by the ladies of the W. R. G. Of Aber
deem after their reoent visit to Il,
Home. Mr.. Harris Informed us tha
the,article in question was grossly in
correct and indeed 1.great injustice t.
thesC esCommandanto Of the Home. Sait
Mr.. Harris
81 have been an inmate of the Sol
,diers' Home for six years and I want tc
say that it has never, during that time
been managed with greater care ITO,
,the,comfort and we'll ilibeing Of the odd
soldiers than under Colonel Linn.
know nothing of ANY articles sent by
the ladies of Aberdeen to fit up a room
for the inmates OF the Home and SO
cannot speak as to the correctness .of
their, CRITICISMS in Shat particular. Bat
I am thoroughly familiar with the
:Momesin all it's detsiils and their other
.critioisKs are unfoamtled and most mn
just. i know that tlhe.Home is neatly
kept, ,as neatly as is amy institution and
the statement that tane,rooms are in a
filthy coEd dition is Absolntely untrue.
The bedding il char esd once week
and all the rooms an2 surroundings sSe
neat and clean. Winnie i was not IN
charge Of the hospltal I frequently
osnductedYisitors through it and =
was always clean and veil kept: i have
never heard, any comp about the
managemenss. So far - the bill Of fare
goes, it is qsite as good % that Of any
6EEst-class boarding house. For break
fsst we have always ooGfee, oatmeal,
l,real and butter and two or three
tines q week meat. For dinner. we
ha.e always hot meat, vegetables,
bread and butter, sauce. camned fruits
coffee and so farth. For supper, We
have tea warmed potatoes, bread and
butter, frequently cake and almost al
ways saace. Colonel Linn Stands well
with the inmates, is popular with all Of
them except those who want to get
drunk. He absolutely forbids the men
to return from town drunk and does
not allow them to bring liquor to the
Home. He has discharged some for this
offence aud they have criticised. But
outside Of these there Is no criticism
md no complaint, I left the Home six
weeks ago and can speak absolutely as
% the conditiors up to that time and
lon't believe that there has been any
change since. I am Republican and
hus differ with Colonel Linn in poll
les, but I want you to say that he has
lad no superior in charge of the
1ome.'" /
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-30
CONVENTION.
Delegates Elected to Go to RsdfieId,
NO Instruction Nor Ind6Iss-
nsnt for Present Court.

O1SCb 06EcSdLcSs To dCLeuu Inc SldVo COu
vention at Redfield, assembled in Bed
ford hall last Saturday Not since tn,
days Of the first settlement of Lincolr
county has there beena convention il
this county with so small an attendance
less than 25 delegates being present
Nileard Bennett, chairman of the count,
central committee called the meeting
to order and g. n. Wiggin wss elected
tenn porary chairman and 81. N. Cooper
temporary secretary. After g motion
| being made to that effect, the chair ap
pointed the following committees:
Credentials: B. G. Jacobs, j. B. Brad
ley, r. Boomgarden, Fred Ferber ant
A. f. Muncil
Permanent Organization: N. G. Nash
James Lewis, John Tollefson, Samson
Hanson and Andrew Brad6eld.
Resolutions: A. r. Brown, o. S. &Gif
ford, p. D. Cassill. N. G. Shore and
Thos Thorson.
After a short intermission the com
d1ittees reported
Ghe4 committee on credentials found
delegates from but half of the precincts
of L.incoln county present.
Chairman Brown of the committee
ON resolutions read we'll worded paper
praisipg the Mckinley administration
for its management Of the war. It also
contained that stereotyped phrase about
high prices and big wages Other than
that, Mwas silent on all national issues,
the great trust question included Not
one word did it contain either for or
against the present Repu bliean supreme
court. Nhe II delegates elected left for
lRedfeld, Tuesday to place in nomina-
tion three candidates for the highest
judicial Offices in this state and here
sat 9 convention of Republicans that
did not haze the desire to indorse nor
che courage to censure the present court,
nor to say wheather they should be re-
Nominated or not. It is generally CON
ceeded that the Republicans of Lincoln
county are opposed to the present
management, and such being
the case why did they remain silent?
2 The temporary organlzation was
made permanent.
When the time arrived for the election
of delegates, Jas. Lewis said there was
40 particular desire on the part Of any
,ne to 60 asa delegate; the question
vas, who would go, and he therefore
moved the appointment Of a committee
# five to canvas for delegates The
hair appointed James Lewis, NJ. E.
audolph, j. Eneboe, Gilbert Thompson
md E. NJ. Boyce.
The committee reported the follow
ng list of names as delegates: O. s.
iifford, NJ. 3. Rudolph, Thos. Thorson,
rank cortland, N. G. Nash, Wilbert
linsley, F. Boomgarden, P. o. Over
eth, E. Opsal, H. Kunkle, B. G. Jacobs,
J. H. Sogn, Martin Renli W. K. Shade
. p. Judd and James Lewis.
The convention then adjourned.
A LEADER reporter counted 81 people
! the hall during the convention among
HON we might mention: Ex Secretary j
State Thos. Thorson, Ext Congress I;
ian and candidate for governor o. S. l.
Fifford, Ex-Mayor G. NJ Seely, Ex- X
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-30
If you need anything in
Summer Dress Goods,

wash goods, lawns, dimties, piques, ducks dotted
mulls, or ready made skirts wrappers and under.
wear, look over our line and we will
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-30
PaSturap p0.

1 will have pasture for stock the com
ing season, two miles east of Beloit
Plenty of water and shade.
46tf D. D. SULLIVAN.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-30

Special Sale For q limi ted time
we will sell all of our $1.25 kid
gloves ct 65c. Puckett Bros.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-30
Going Out Of Business.

We have concluded to retire from the
millinery business SO will for the next
30 days sell our entire line Of goods at
actual cost. Come early and get first
choice. MISSES SCHoENAuER.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-30
Ests 70 Loans

At lowest rates. Enquire Of Z. b. LAR
SEN. Cashier Canton State Bank. e6tf.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-30

Where are You going my pretty maid?k
Going to get ashat, dear sir, she said.
May 60 too, my pretty maid2
No. but you can watch where ! so, she
said. !. III. 4; ;sss IN $. 55.5
And he watched her go straight to
Miss Hage's milliner store on Main
treet, where all other pretty maids
should go when they want q new hat.
Canton. Helga aage.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-21
p0gDERA.

Pondera is still alive, and growing
slowly, but surely.
B. j. Matthews and Edward Hughes
have opened a real estate Office in the
Jones Block. These gentlemen are TAX
ing this means of disposing Of their large
ranch property.
r. and Mrs. Frank Wall are winter
ing with Geo, Nc L. Peppard, and have
their stock with them, on the latter's
ranch.
The Cow Boy Carpenter" Geo. Nc
l., Peppard, has taken unto himself
another bunch Of cattle, about 60 head
this time, which he purchased at about
1927 per head, with calves thrown in.
Mrs. Frank Wall has gone to Great
Falls to visit with friends for a month.
Jas. Hughes has an outfit of 7 wagons
hauling hay, that he purchased last fall.
B. r. Fowler has built a large dam 10
miles east of his home.ranch. in Choteau
} county, where he expects to summer
most of his sheep, next year. AS Mr..
Fowler is the first to try this dam BUSH
ness, the experiment will be regarded
with interest, and it is hoped that it will
meet with success.
Mr.. Geo. Mackie has gone on a visit to
his old home in Scotland.
Mr. VIZ uiolzou boa oooan+o5 n ,oo;
ton as foreman for j. Gus Smith.
The section house is being run in first
class style, by Mr.. aud Mrs. S.. j.. Ogles-
by, who have demonstrated that they are
adedpts in looking after the comfort and
will being of their patrons.
Doolittle and Stuart are doing a rush
ing,trade in the livery business. They
are well supplied with good teams, and
the travelling public can depend on al
ways being able to obtain a first class
turn out. from this firm, on short notice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bush have taken up
their winter quarters in the Aldrich
house.
That much talked of Pondera bridge is
not yet finished, but will be, bye and bye
A bridge is much needed at this place
as some bad break-downs have happened
here this winter.
A light snow has fallen, bringing JOY
to the hearts OF tie sheep men, as then
winter ranges were getting short o
water, during the severely cold weathe.
of late
Every body seems well pleased tina
NJ. S. Darling @. E. has been appointed
U. S. Commissioner. He proposes tc
open an Office, in the near future, on thu
second floor Of the Morrison block.
A large number of settlers are expect
ed to locate in this vicinity, next spring
Mark Fowler built a very handsome
ranch house, the past summer, four miles
east of town, and made other improve
ments on his ranch. Mr.. Fowler has on
of the finest sheep ranches on the Pom
dera.
One OF Pondera's young ladies is sool
to be married to one of the conductor
on the Great Falls & Canada railway
Everybody joins in tie usual greetings
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-21
NOTICE.

Dissolution ofPartnership.
Notice is hereby given that the part
nership heretofore existing between the
undersigned under the. firm name OF
Scott & Pike is this day dissolved by
mutual consent, all accounts against, the
said firm to be settled by Frank Pike,
who is ais authorized t. collect all
amounts due. JOS. SCOTT.
FRANK PIKE.
Dupnyer, Dec. 18th 1899. IS At