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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

the hour of three, did Dorothy pause
for more than the short rest which
she took while eating her simple din
ner; then, with Nellie in her arms,
she sank gratefully into the old-fash-
ioned rocker by the sitting-room win
dow, and as she glanced out was sur
prised to see how fast and furious
the storm had grown. The snow was
falling so heavily that she could not
even see the barnyard fence, and she
remembered with sigh of relief that
her father had said the chores were
all done. so that the stock would need
no further attention until morning
if he should not return that night.
As She sat and hummed a drowsy
little tune to the baby, Dorothy
thought she heard the gate latch
click, and a moment later some one
knocked loudly at the door. She
hastily laid Nellie in her crib and
went to open it, and there, to her
surprise, stood great, bearded,
rough-looking stranger. \ tramp!
thought tn girl in dismay that was
not lessened by the mans request,
made in hoarse voice, to be allowed
to come in and get warm before going
farther in the storm. Dorothy had
been taught that hospitality is "A most
gracious virtue, so she assented to
the strangers plea. and drew chair
for him close to the roaring fire.
Isn't this the Hunter farm?" in
quired the unwelcome guest. after a
moment or two, as he spread out his
brown hands to the grateful blaze.
Eyes, sir. That is my fathers
name" replied Dorothy quietly, re-
suming her seat by the window.
where is he? The folks haven't
all gone away and left you alone,
have they?"
For n moment Dorothy hesitated,
and then she told him the story of
her aunt's misfortune and how her
parents had gone to render her what
ever assistance they could. For long
time then the silence was unbroken.
and Dorothy began to think it high
time that her guest was taking his
departure, when he suddenly said:
You couldn't make up your mind to
let me stop for the night, could you,
sis? I've come a long ways to-day
and am tired enough. I'd be right
glad if you could let me stay"
20, no, | couldn't do it! | am sure
father and mother would not wish
me to. You must 90 on, and don't
YOU think it is time you started? 1t
is getting dark, you see," and Dorothy
half rose from her chair in her eager
ness to urge the departure of this
man, of whom she was growing more
than half afraid.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

well, | suppose it is time to start
if I've got to CO." and the stranger
rose wearily and buttoned his worn
coat tight up to his chin, to keep out
the freezing blast of the storm. How
far is it to Dutton?" he added turn
ing again to Dorothy.
Two miles. It's good ways to
walk when you are so tired. | do
wish father and mother were home
so you could stay here" and then she
asked softly, as though she were al
most ashamed: "Have you any money
to pay for your lodging when you get
to Dutton?"
It's shame to have to tell it,
Miss but" the stranger began, and
then he coughed and stammered, in
embarrassment, and the sympathetic
girl hastened to his relief.
'Oh, yes, | know!" in a plying
tone. You must have had bad luck"
and then she went to a drawer in the
bureau and took out a shabby, lit
lie pocketbook in which were two
coins. a silver dime and half dollar
Here, take this she said, laying
the larger piece into his hand. 81
have more and shall not need it; it
will pay for a bed and breakfast for
you, poor man."
The stranger took the money and
moment later was swallowed up in
the storm, and Dorothy was left again
alone. At nine o'clock that night
when she had long since given them
up and gone to bed, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hunter reached home, tired and
chilled from their long ride. Dorothy
thought it might frighten her mother
to be told of her visitor, and so de-
cided to say nothing about him for
that night at least, and contented
herself with telling that she and the
baby had been very comfortable.
The next Monday night, which was
New Years eve, as Dorothy came in
rosy and smiling from her mile and
half walk from school, she was as
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

So she stood before this last store-it
was a jewelry store-and, oh, how
beautiful the jewels looked-sapphire
and rubies and diamonds-how they
glittered. The sight was enough to
fascinate older eyes than Annie's.
Presently some mething in one corner
of the >window caught her gaze-it
wasn't jewel, it was switch of love-
ly hair; not one, but several, and be-
low them in pretty, shallow, satin
lined boxes, were clusters of curls A
sudden thought came to Annie; she
pressed her little hands together and
held her breath, then paused a mo-
ment to gain courage, and passed reso-
lutely into the great store. A kind
looking man came forward to meet her
and said: what can | do for you, lit
tie lady"
''Do you buy hair?" she asked
Sometimes, little one; why do you
ask?"
"Will you buy mine? See, / have
plenty" she answered, taking off her
hat and shaking her curls down over
her shoulders, and looking up with
anxious eyes.
"But, my little girl, are your curls
yours to sell?"
"Oh, yes, sir; if you only knew why
| must sell them, | am sure you would
buy them. Teddy is so i'll that he needs
things, and mother" and here she
choked up so she could say no more.
"And you want to sell your beautiful
hair to buy things for your sick broth
er; is that it, little one?'
EYES, sir"
81 wouldn't take 1t, but"
"Please don't refuse me, sir; my hair
will grow in again; it grows awful
fast; see, it is below my waist"
at is beautiful, very rare color, and
so curly" said the man. stroking the
ripping mass of shining hair.
"Mother's is just like mine, only it
is little fady here and there. You
will take my hair, won't you? Please
do; it will surely grow again, and my
brother needs things so very, very
much; the doctor says sol"
The man led her into back room
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

rived. He talked to the little girl For
awhile, then surprised the jeweler ~.
httle Annie by bursting into tears.
They've told you about Uncle Luke,
haven't they?" he asked
"Oh, yes, Often" replied Annie. He
| is in Australia where the bark falls G ~
the trees and the leaves stay on, aRd
where the birds have no wings, and ey-
Ierything is so queer!"
"But what if he came home?"
"Oh, he won't" she said; mother
has lost him compile etely."
But he has come home. | am he"
Then there was what Annie called "a
| time"
That was how il happened that just
as the doctor was praising Teddy's pa
tience, and saying how the wine had
| helped him, there was a great fiutter
| in the hail. and Annie bounced in, drag
ging big man with kind eyes in a
rough face by the hand.
"My curls found him. IT is Uncle
Luke, mother, and he has money
enough to buy my curls back two or
three times. | know, because he
said So"
And then there was much more OF "a
time" And the doctor held Teddy's
hand while Uncle Luke told about his
/ long search for his sister, and mother
explained about fla hers death and her
removal to the city, and how she lost
Uncle Luke's address and could rot
get letter 10 reach him. Then they
talked about Annie's curlS. and the
doctor blew his nose furiously and dug
at his eyes, and Annie heard him say:
"Old idiot that | am! | guess I'll try
to see about way of getting wine
when | prescribe it again for n hog
whose mother has that frightened IoGt<
in her eyes
Annie tucked her little shorn head
under the Doctors arm and whispered:
''But you see how it was best, don't
you? My curls found so much for US
they brought us an uncle. just look at
mother; don't she look happy? Isn't
good uncle the best New Years pres-
ent in all this world?"
Wine is a good medicine when ore.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

baps, all night? Deacon Parsons Just
stopped to tell us that Aunt Kate has
fallen and broken her arm, and she
wants us to come over as quickly as
possible"
"Why, yes, of course | can Dor
othy replied promptly, you hurry
right along and get ready; I'll heat
the soapstone and help you get start
ed, and after you're gone I'll finish the
work"
81 hate to leave you, daughter. 1t
will be a lonely day for you, and,
though we shall try to come, of
course, it may be just possible that
we cannot get home tonight; it is
nine miles to Dunbar, you know, and
I'm afraid there is a storm coming
on. You are sure you are not afraid,
Dorothy?"
Afraid? Why, of course not. You
forget that | was IA last month, and
what in the world should | be afraid
of, anyway" and Dorothy laughed
at the thought.
A few moments later she stood at
the window with two-year-old Nellie,
the baby of the family, in her arms,
and watched her father and mother
drive away down the snow-drifted
road. She smiled brightly as long as
they remained in sight, but when a
turn in the road hid the sleigh she felt
just bit lonely after all, and it was
not surprising that she did. There
were no other houses within sight
their nearest neighbor lived mile
away, and, standing as it did upon
seldom-traveled road, the Hunter
homestead was a dreary place.
However, Dorothy did not spend
much time meditating. She paused
just long enough at the window to
note the few, big, sIow-falIing flakes,
advance messengers of the coming
storm, and then went about the be-
lated household tasks. SO much was
there to be done that not until the
cid clock upon the mantel twanged
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

needs it, and Teddy improved rapidly
SO rapidly that he was almost ready
to try the new sled that Uncle Luke
brought home to him on New Years
eve. As for Teddy's mother, the roses
began to tint her cheeks again, and
Annie was sure she was the prettiest
and best mother in all the world-La--
dies World New York.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

time go by,
Fronting each to the others thought. with
the moons face, sweet and thin,
A-watch at the space of the window place,
waiting the year begin
Waiting us usher the Old Year out and well
come the New Year in.
Heavy my soul with grief and pain-heavy
and bowed with tears
Worn with the weight of Sorrows hand,
not with the weight of years;
And 'twiXt us many thing of woe, many
thought Of sin,
While the moon outside, like a pure-eyed
bride, was waiting the year begin
Waiting us usher the Old Year out and
welcome the New Year in.
My soul it spoke In the Silly dark-spoke,
and ] shrank and heard,
The chords of my being pulsed and leaped,
affrighted like captive bird;
l heard, and | knew that such words were
true-while the new moon, sweet and
thin.
With sad surprise in her tender eyes was
waiting the year begin
Waiting us usher the Old Year out ard
welcome the New Year in.
And I plead with my soul: Judge not
judge not!' and | prayed: New Year,
bring grace"
fell on my knees in the hush and dark-I
wept and hid my face;
For out of the finite bounds of Time, from
the realms of ''the might have been"
To sepulcher of the infinite past bearing
mistakes and sin,
The Old Year stole as the church bells
chmed-and the New Year entered In
Mary Clarke Huntington, in Good House
keeping.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26
All mems good

Be each mans rule. and universal peace
Lie like a shaft of light across the land
And like a lane of beams athwart the sea,
Through all the circle of the golden year,
And feeling sure
That unto him who works and feels he
works
The same grand year is ever al the doors y
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

breakfast dishes at the sink in the
farmhouse kitchen, when her mother
came hurriedly in from the sitting
room, with a flushed, anxious face.
"Oh. Dorothy, dear she said. ''do
you think you could stay alone and
take care of baby all day and, per-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

l WAS early
morning of the
Saturday before
New Years day
and ID o + o I h V
II u n I e + W a s
was h i n G I h e
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-07-26
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids will be received at the
Office of G. A. Heegaard, secretary,
Mandan, N. D., up to 4 o'clock p. m.
OF August 10, 1901, for the erection OF
a Reform School building at Mandan,
N. D., for the state of North Dakota.
Plans and specifications may be seen
at the Office Of the secretary at Man
dan and at the Office of Webb Bros, at
Bismarck; and at the Office of the
architects at Fargo, N. D.. Each bid
must be accompanied with a certified
check for $500, payable to G. A. Hee-
gard, secretary, as a guarantee of
good faith to enter into contract.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids. ~.
BY order ofxthe board.
HANCOCK BROS,
'~@ Architects.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-07-26
Jury Completed.

The jury in the Barry murder trial at
Langdon was completed at $50 last
evening. when James Bryor OF Hannah,
the eighth man examined On the last
yenire of twenty men drawn yesterday,
was accepted by both the state and de.
Tense. " e% D. &'~
All the jurors are we'll known men OF
Cavalier county, and the jury as a whole
is generally considered q very represen-
tative one by those with whom the nom
bers are personally acquainted. (
Both the state and defense are pre-.
pared to proceed with the trial at once
and the examination OF the witnesses for
the state will commence this morning.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-07-26

and it is thought that the state will
probably rest the latter part of this week
or the first of next, and that the trial
will be concluded in about two weeks.
Now that the jury has been secured
and the introduction OF. evidence will
commence, interest in the case and its
developments willincrease. The court
room at Langdon has been packed dur.
ing the efforts to secure a jury, and will
be crowded till the trial is over. Many
who are interested in the case are pres.
ent from all parts of Cavalier county
and the case will be one Of the most i'm.
portant v tried in that part of the
state.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-07-26

merchandise business at Portal fol
$4,000. Mr.. McNamara was succeeded
in the postofice by George Scofeld, U,
S.revenue inspector at that place. s
John McCardy, a Towner county
farmer near Cando, fell under the train
at Churchs Ferry. One foot was cut Of
and aleg and three ribs broken. TT Is
feared thu, injuries will prove latal. He
was one Of a delegation that had visited
the state agricultural college, and at.
tempted to jump on the train while il
was running at a high rate of speed.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-07-26
THE SAME OLD STORY.

J.. A. Kelly relates an experience
similar to that which has happened in
almost every neighborhood in the
United States and has been told and
re-told by thousands of others. He
says: Last summer I had an attack OF
dysentery and purchased a bottle OF
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, which I used &C
cording to directions and with en-
tirely satisfactory results. The trouble
was controlled much quicker than for
mer attacks when I used other rem.
edies.". Mr.. Kelly is a well known
citizen OF Henderson, N. G. For sale
by Beardsley & Finney, druggists.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-07-26
POOR AND BIG HEARTED.

&peCdmenB OF the Hospitality of h
Southern Mountaineer.
The latchstring hangs outside every
cabin door If the men folk are at home,
but you must shout "Hello!" always
outside the fence.
1--WE uns is porer- you will be told,
'but y'u're welcome eff y'u kin put up
with what we have"
After a stay Of a week at a mountain
cabin a young '~furrtner'' asked what
his bill was. The old mountaineer
waved his hand. "Nothin," he said,
"'cept come ag'nv
A belated traveller asked to stay all
night at a cabin. The mountaineer an
swered that his wife was sick, and
they were "sorter out Of fixin's to eat,
but he reckoned he mought step over
to a neighbours an borrow some" He
did step over, and he was gone three
hours He brought back a little bag
of meal, and they had corr bread and
potatoes for supper and for breakfast,
cooked by the mountaineer. The
stranger asked how far away his next
neighbor lived. "a leetle the rise OF
six miles, / reckon" was the answer.
(which way?" Fl.
t"'Oh, jes' over the mountain thar"
He had stepped six miles o7er the
mountain and back for that little baa
of meal, and he would allow his guest
to pay nothing next morning.
Ihave slept with nine others in a sin
gle room The host gave up his bed tt
two of u party, and he and his. wife
slept with the rest Of us on the floor
BE gave US supper, kept us all night
sent us away next morning with
parting draft Of moonshine applejack
Of his own brewing, By the way, and
would suffer no one to pay a cent 70,
his entertainment. That man was 6
desperate, an outlaw, g moonshine,
and was running from the sheriff a,
that very time. Y
Two outlaw sons were supposed tt
have been killed by officers. I Offered
aid to the father to have them decentl,
clothed and buried, but the old man
who was as bad as his Sons, declined 1t
left for that, and If not, why, he had
'The Southern Mountaineer," by job,
Fox, Jr., In Scribner's.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-07-26
AN OLD TIMER.
Man Killed at Moorhead Served Term
in the Per Here.

Man Killed at Moorhead Served Term
in the Pen Here.
1t has become known that the remains
of the man found on the G. N. tracks
in Moorhead Tuesday morning were not
the remains of Chas. LAGRANGE. but
that his proper name was Chas. Meal
lister. though he was known to many as
Grange and to others as LAGRANGE.
Police Officer Duncan Of the Fargo
police force has known the man for
many years and says that he was n of
the best known thugs that visited this
section of the country. Mr.. Duncan
arrested him some years ago at Buffalo,
on the charge of ~endeavoring to steal
three 500 gold pieces from an old soldier,
named Stafford at Buffalo. He seved
two years in the penitentiary at Bis.
marck for stealing a bicycle at Bismarck
four years ago. Since his release from
the penitentiary he has been bootleg
ging in several parts of the state and
doing odd jobs at holding people up and
thugging. He was known to all most al
of his acqnaintances as ':Texas" and is
said to have murdered several men in
Montana.
Officer Duncan says that McAllister's
brother is one of the most prominent
physicians in New York city and that
the dead man was the 'baby" of the
family and had been given his own way
and pampered in every way. He told
the officer all this one day in a burst of
confidence.
It would appear reasonable that the
story of his name being McAllister is
true, for the reason that a prescription
was written in the memorandum book
found in the pocket of his coat which
was signed by Dr.. McAllister. MI.
Duncan says that he was of the
smoothest sharks that has ever visited
the northwest, appearing sometimes as a
gentleman in the finest broadcloth suits
and at other times as the toughest of
the tough in rags.
Every police officer and sheriff in
North Dakota: and Montana that has
been in service for tho past ten years
knows him we'll.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-07-26

If Assistant Darling is appointed to
fill the place made vacant by the resig-
nation of Chief Engineer Mchenry, the
loss of the ~latter's skill and ability will
be minimized al far as the Northern Pa
ciic is concerned.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-07-26

The Fargo Forum intimates that North
Dakota would be better off if Editor
Packard would follow Tuttle-over to
Europe. Packard never did follow
futile,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-07-26
SOIL MOISTURE STUDIES.

pOFIduG over CfleQ IN CQaC part OF CQ6
state.
SOIL MOISTURE STUDIES.
Some conclusions from studies Of
soil moisture at the agricultural COL
1ege, as given in the latest bulletin, are
as follows:
Last year was one Of the driest early
and the wettest late seasons recorded
in the states history.
The soil contained more moisture
November Il than ever before recorded
at that date at the station.
If the moisture could all be con-
served for the use of plants only about
half of North Dakota's rainfall would
be needed to grow a crop of wheat.
Flowing six inches deep gave half
greater yield in 1900 than blowing
three inches deep upon land which
had been in wheat for five years.
Good cultivation on spring plowed
land gave nearly double the yield OBJ
tanned from ordinary cultivation upon
continuously wheat cropped soil.
The best continuous wheat plat
yielded about half as much as those
which had been rotated with corn and
potatoes.
Good cultivation alone is not sufi-
cient to produce good crops-a rota-
ton Is a necessity for both wheat and
fax.
Good cultivation increased the yield
of flax 70 per cent upon wheat-con-
tinuously land, while land which had
grown corn in 1899 yielded about 40
per cent better than the ordinary
wheat land.
Wheat left 81 per cent Of moisture
in the soil upon the station grounds
as unavailable moisture, and the soil
of all the plats was uniformly dry at
harvest time.
Corn land went into the winter sea-
son, Nov. Is, with 2 inches more water
in the soil than wheat or flax land,
and one inch more than potato and
millet ground despite the heavy sum
mel and autumn rains.
Bare, cultivated land contained the
largest amount of moisture and tim
othy ground the least at the close Of
the season.
Little change occurred in the moist
ture content of the soil during last
winter.
July "a, 1900, before the rain fell,
corn ground contained 5A inches more
water than wheat ground.
Barren summer fallow, plowed once,
with no cultivation is little better than
continuous wheat growing for con-
serving soil moisture. ~,
The MANFRED ground produced nine
per cent greater crops, but contained
five per cent less moisture in the soil
at harvest time than did the unma-
nured ground.
In the spring Of 1901 the manured
land contained more moisture in thu
surface soil than the unmanured land
The Campbell method of soil culture
has yielded small crops Of wheat-ani
has given no appreciable saving o.
soil moisture.
| Poorer yields were obtained upor
shallow than upon deep blowing.
Disk plowed land has not yielded 81
we'll as shallow plowed. t.
Subsoiling has increased the yield
but required a little more water tt
produce the crop.
Sub-surface packing and narrowing
after plowing have given a slight in
crease in yield, and have conserved thu
soil moisture. 4
Rolling and narrowing have giyer
increased yields in wheat, especially
upon spring blowing, but the soil hal
been left drier than the ordinary
blowing at harvest time.
Narrowing wheat conserved the sol
moisture and proved beneficial.
AS an average for all trials for tws
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-07-26
Observe the Sabbath.

Mandan Times: Some Of the nnre-
generate at Bismarck have been playing
--or trying to play-baseball on Sun
days. The Tribune breaches q short
sermon on the subject and arrives at the
conclusion that while the act Of playing
may not be SC bad it is wrong to play
where shouts, etc, may disturb Others.
This strikes us about right and reminds
us that there are a few kids in Mandan
who 9 to take delight ii racing their
horses and shouting past the churches
Sunday evenings while services are be-
ing held.
Shirt waists and all kinds oE white
goods At reduced prices at Webb Bros
Saturday.
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Funke's chocolates. q nice line re-
ceived today at the Capital Book Store.