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The Monte Vista journal., 1901-03-09
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Jan. ~, ttDt.
N",icr !. h~rehy given that th~ tll0~ Iux
nsm~s! p~ttlcr has aled asatr~ ~ III. lat~~tl,s,
4, maLs nnai prsf u supsawt II hi. rlains. ssi
that aid ps.sS viil - rad. l.for- sl,~ krais.
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Register.
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Rec.nt .xperimrnt. show that n

Recent experiments show that All
elaases os foods msv In completely
dl9ssted by = preparation called kaiol
Dyspepsia Cure. which absolutely IL.
eests what you eat. A. IL II the only
cOmbInattou of all the natural digest
sots sves devised the demand Tor II has
becoms soosasoua. Il has never fxiir,i
70 cure the very worst case~ oi ,ndIsss.
sIoa add Il aiways gives ,ns,sn, r~li~f.
Rice DsugStor~.
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ARTHUR GRAVES.

Coun,erfelts of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve are liabl. to cnus. blood poison
ing Leave them alone. The Original
has the name DcWitts upon the box
and wrapper, lt,sn harmless and h.nl.
ing snlve Tor skin diseases Cnequallrd
Tor piles. Rice Drug Store.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-03-09

The lingering cough following gripp.
calls Tor One Minute Cough Cur. For
all ,hroa, and lung troubles this Is the
only harmless remedy ,hn, siy"s lmm".
dat. results Prevents Consumption.
Re. Drug Store.
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Lives Of poor men oft remind us

Lives Of poor men oft remind us
honest men won't stand a chance.
The more we work, there grow
behind us bigger patches on our
pants. On our pants, once new
and glossy, now are stripes OF Diff
erent hue. all because subscrib-
ers lingcr and don't pay us what
Is due. Then let us bc up and
doing; send IN your mite, however
small. or when the winds of spring
time strike us, we shalt have no
pants ut all. Hooper Press
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Naxer Had A Gold

since l,egsn carrying n package oi
Krauss's Cold Cure Capsules in my vest
pocket. take one whenever { feel y
cold coming on. It's easy. Price DC.
Sold by tics's Drug Store.
Al the meeting II the San LUIS Val
ley Cattle and Horse Growess' AssociA.
ton held NJ Alsmoss on the sth day Of
January Last il wss ordered that the
association will not be responsible sos the
loss OF cattle having on the brands owned
by W. u. Adams. John Adams and T.
d. Workman. they having failed To ray
their assessments. Aud the s-cr-tar,
was directed To publish nosic~ of the
order In the valley papers.
Gno. &. WiDNAS. S~cf~tary.
The Monte Vista journal., 1901-03-09

Montana points.
On each Tuesday. from Febru.
ary l2 to April 30, the Denver 4
Rio Grantle II. r. will sell one.
wav Colonists tickets, from all
points on the mxin lines between
Denver aud Grand Junction At the
following rates: San Francisco
Los Angeles and San Diego. s25.
Portland, Spokane, Tacoma and
Seattle, 1923 CO. Butte aud Helena
~. 90
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y'ssu ng Stm'k.

have II head Of young stock
Tor sale-4 10 3 months old; in
goo,l order.
W. G. MEiNzgR.
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.7Hr,ae o, ersaiI
c. G. KERR, REAAEsTATE.
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Farm buildings of J. NJ. Brashear two
m'les east Of Monte Vista, joining Soldie<s
ii ,me grounds
.t.tt..i.
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We carry n full line Of Heaters
Ranges aud cook stoves u, lowest
prices. GlBBs n ABRAMS.
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Threshing scene on tarm of J. H. hashear
Wheat 3Sii bushels per acre; oats. 10 bn
A sample of our many bargains.
.ttf.s{.
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special Rates.

Low excursion rates to Califor.
MIA. Oregon. Washington and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-15

in, dear" Gum Ching's eyes filed with
tears, for she had never before known
the sweetness Of a loving wonlan's
voice. She was led into the room not
even caring now If she were punished.
Her little oblique eyes almost danced
out of her head at all this
beauty. Everywhere were spark
les sparkles and they fairly
dazzled her. 1t must be
a dream-she thought. She looked
before her, and-what was that great
green tree towering toward the ceiling?
1t vast must be-the Christmas tree!
And did all those beautiful things real
ly grow on the tree? She could
not understand il. Her brother
could not believe his eyes when he
saw her there. She ?-nothing but a girl!
What right had she to enjoy herself?
But she was there for all that, and
her little brown timid hand was held
in a warm and loving clasp by one OF
the kind teachers, and she was made
to feel that, after all in the big. lone
~ world, there was some one who
cared-and her little heart was full to
overlooking. and she had to blink aw-
fully hard to keep back the tears
tears of pure Joy.
She was given so many things from.
that beautiful tree, and best Of ALL
the teacher took her home, and Ho
Chun was so good to her, and did not
punish her at all, but promised-just
to thing of it-promised that she could
go TO the tree again next year.
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Weber and the staggering Capt.
Rice, the animal trainer, pointed proud
ly to the two boys; astonished them
selves, to tell the truth, at their way
of entering.
Gentlemen" said Willie in loud
voice to the two proprietors Of the
show, kindly ride our steed about for
exercise while we do a few acrobatic
tricks" Perhaps 1t was the command
ing tone that made the two men sus-
picious. Any way they declined with
shake Of the head. The eagles were
rufiing their neck feathers and they
looked rather dangerous. Then Woo
pressed a magic button and the two
men started walking backward toward
the birds. In desperation they clutched
the air, trying to stop themselves, but
without avail. 1t was like some one
trying to walk down a moving stair
way that was going up.
A moment more and they were sit
ting astride the eagles. The next in
slant the birds were flying for hole
in the canvas near the roof.
Where are we going?" cried Rice
In frightened, whimpering voice
You're bound for the planet Mars,
was Woo's cheerful retort.
And that was the last ever seen OF
the rascally showmen.
There was a sudden explosion: the
huge tent disappeared in a cloud of
smoke, and the panic-stricen audience
beheld the entire menagerie let loose
and tearing madly for the broad river;
One by one, as they reached the riv-
er's brink, they jumped in and disap-
peared Suddenly Woo clutched Willie
by the arm.
my dear boy" he painted. II near
ly forgot, my days of magic are over
in FIVE minutes; must be back where
came from or / shall forever remain
boy such as / am now, but shorn OF
ali magical power"
Jupiter! Let's hustle to my home
| quick!" cried Willie.
Mice old farm house. that of yours, "
remarked Woo, when he and Willie ar
rived after having Travelled there In
| the locomotive cab via the "Air Line.
YES" said Willie. But / wish 1t
was a fine house with lots of horses
in the stable and a big safe full OF
money for daddy" Then Willie rubbed
| his eyes, for hardly had he finished
speaking when the old house disap-
| peared in a cloud of smoke. When II
| cleared away beautiful mansion stood
in it's place. and his father and mother
stood on the front piazza staring in
wonder at the Transformation.
| III you'd only stay with me Tor al
ways, Woo. l think I'd be perfectly
| happy" said Willie to his companion
as the engine touched the ground and
they got out. Woo thought a moment
/ "All right" he said presently, 81
! think l will"
And Willie's adopted brother. the
new house and an old locomotive or
the front lawn are all that is left tc
show that there was ever such person
as Woo Wang, the Fairy.
The End
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take orders fer town-maybe them fell
lers in thar'd gimme err commission"
Not a doubt of it--but l must get
that wire" Ned said, his mouth set
ting more obstinately than ever. Cleg-
gett grinned I'm shore ye're welcome
to it." he said, "but that's all l kin
do ter help We; faint to be expected
that I'd clear out the sto'-some few
air a-buyin' in spite o. the phone"
AS a matter of fact almost everybody
was buying-Cleggett sarcasm was
but the effervescence of his disappoint-
ment over the Massey orders His
three clerks were all on the jump, and
the credit desk showed under with nut
tering slips. Groceries, toys, dry goods,
anything, people stood three deep be-
fore the counters, jostling and crowd
ing gleefully, chaffering as they crowd
ed, and buying, buying, all the time, In
such volume the clink of silver dollars
accented the hubbub of gossip. The
crowd showed all sorts and conditions
of men, boys, and children. The wo-
men in 1t were either black, or or the
white renter class. Such sparse gentle
women as came to the store bought
whatever they had come for without
leaving their buggies. Everything
made way for the buggies-the loung-
ers gossiping on the porch, the foot
crowd on beyond even the heavily
loaded tobacco wagons, in wait for
their turn at the scales.
Tobacco was the regions main mon
ey crop Cleggett ~ bought 1t loose,
mainly In the way of trade. Renters
and troopers OF any complexion near
ly always sold him the extra crop
planted in the name of the women
folks, so as not to be bound for the
rent, and thus to supply the indispen-
sable Christmas money. Christmas
came upon the Tuesday OF next week
hence the deliveries of the Saturday,
which was moreover, mild and moist,
the best sort of handling weather. Low
clouds. fieecy gray, raced across the
sky letting fall now and then a few
big drops. There would be steady rain
as soon as the wind lulled. That was
what had brought the whole section
across the creek pell-mell to the store.
The creek. dry through six months OF
the year. had not a single bridge in
its 20-mile course. A big rain would
send It all out of banks, and keep 1t
past fording for at least three days.
Thus man and wind and weather
had consrired to keep Ned from any
chance OF privacy When he stepped
out on the porch with his purchases
under his arm he saw heads and hats
stretching the breadth OF the big road
all along the store 'front.' and marked
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In a recent discussion in the Royal
United Service Institution on 1.-The Abb
clifton of Typhoid Fever from the
Army" DR.. Rideal gave some interest
ing facts respecting filters and chemi-
calls for the sterilization of drinking
water. The essential fact, so far as
South African experience goes, is that
the filters became instantly clogged.
With clear water they might have been
efficient, but they were of no use with
the turbid fluid which the British
troops had to put up with in the Trans
vaal and Orange River Colony. DR..
Parkes and DR.. Rideal have expert
mented with bisulphate of soda, very
small quantity of which is said to kill
the typhoid germ, and "the salt is
being tried on a considerable scale In
South Africa" II does not appear from
the official statistics of deaths in the
South African service from typhoid
that the bisulphate of soda experiment
has been completely successful, but
perhaps IL has not yet had fair trial.
Soldiers are not very prudent in the
matter of potable water, and will drink
anything wet. no matter how much
good advice they get.
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A BATTLE OF FINANCE.
BY Martha McCulIoch Williams.

Copyright, 1901. by Martha McCulloch
Williams.)
The holiday crowd at Hillhurst was
twice as big as common-Cleggett the
storekeeper, had put in a telephone the
week before, and at least half the folk
round about were in doubt as to
whether or no telephone talk were not
all a make believe. When two or
three of the chief skeptics had actual
ly called up acquaintances in the coun-
ty town, and spoken privily with them
over the wire, doubt was swallowed up
in emulation-eVery white man in the
crowd, and at least half the blacks,
began to cudgel their brains for a rea-
sonabIe excuse to do likewise. Beyond
question the superior airs of those who
had telephone friends or concerns
were rather hard to bear. The fact
though was scarcely an excuse for
crowding Cleggett away from his own
receiver.
Cleggett was more than reasonably
shrewd He had known the phone
would draw crowd, hence, he argued,
trade. 1t cut him to the quick to hear
old Squire Massey call up Blinks &
bllhlllS III Tie COuAly lOWI, anu
haltingly, and with much repetition,
fifty-odd dollars worth of Christmas
stuff, not bit better than Cleggett
himself had in stock. Since there were
always plenty of people ready to fol-
low the Squire's lead, more orders went
into town-in fact before dinner time,
that is to say, IL o'clock, Cleggett esti-
mated his loss of trade at five hundred
dollars.
We'll! All got to say is-my FOSSIL
be your gain" he said to Ned Lester,
who had run in for crackers and cove
oysters. At least Ned said that was
his errand, though his eyes and set
mouth betokened something more i'm
portant. "Ef this we're station gifts to
dom big business the railroad'u pay
We enough ter live like er white man
maybe. Cteggett ran on: Way
things stand now, hit jest erbout half
starves ye-and you got tickets, ex-
press, and freight all ter tend to-not
ter name bein' postmaster"
well, 1 don't complain" Ned said,
laughing, but not quite easily: ANY
port in storm, you know-I had to
take whatever 1 could get when the
governor went to smash"
II know" Cleggett interrupted:
I've said always thar's whar We show
ed the breed We come of. Yer old gran
pap, he wus jest the up-and-do wn-est
white man, ever rid erbout this neck
O the woods. You don't favor him none
at all in the face, neither air you good
lookin' like yer pap-but somhow this
day we've got yer grandpap's look
Whut's up? Anything out O. the COM
mon?'
Il can't say-yet," Ned said, speak
very low, then quickly: Say, Cleg-
gett, is there any chance of my getting
at that phone, with nobody around lis
tening?"
None t all tell I shet up shop
that'n be Ground midnight" Cleggett
answered, smiling grimly. Maybe
won't keep open that long, though"
he went on. EFF this keeps up, pears
like I'd better shet down sellin' and
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him have the best Of it-weli, you'll
let him get all my Christmas fire.
crackers, too"
"Hunh! I hear dat Bunch holl'in'
right now" the Prophet sniffel dis
painfully. Ned slipped away. The
Bleckley wagon had halted in front of
the station. Nobody in 1t had ever got
a letter, but in common with the other
blacks, they regarded it as part of
freedom to ask: Amy mail?" When
ever they came near the postoftice.
Mail! I'll look and see" Ned SAID
affably. Come in here, Bunch, while
I'm lookin'-I don't want Aunt Mandy
to miss getting a hat that's over at
the store. The one with the red feather
you know-Puss johnson wants II
mighty bad, so hurry and get ahead
of her"
What else he said-to Bunch in the
privacy of station, need not be SET
down. Five minutes later the two OF
them came out and staggered across
the fifty yards between station ana
store. Ned locked the door behind him.
and made his way to the porch, leaV-
ing Bunch little way from ms enc
INV. the Prophet. Yet he whistled as
though in surprise when he heard an
gry bellows, followed by the noise OF
ouick. hard blows from the edge OF
the crowd. -,
Peace is an acquired taste. Print
tive humanity rejoices In a hghI
good fight-especially to look on, WIN
a comforting certainty that neither
combatant will be badly hurt. Instant
Nv the outside crowd made ring
about the fighters-almost as quickly
those inside the store rushed out to
push and jostle, peer over shoulders,
under elbows, or between legs. Barely
inside the ring. Gran Bleckley, Buneh
bIp brother, and Hi Elan, the Pro-
nhet's step-father. stood waving their
arms wildly and shouting: "Fa'ar tight,
gentlemen! Keep back; Faar nghtl
Gih dam bevs err chancel Dee got
Chrismus in dee bones"
A rafting fight 1t was, making up
With fury for all It lacked of science.
Upper hold or under, catch as eaten
can. pushing, wrestling, side-stepping,
the pugilists hung and swayed. AL
most in the beginning Bunch had tried
10 get in his famous -uip-the
prophet had saved himself nasty fail
nv clinging monkey-like to his antag-
onist. and swarming up about his
waist. They went down together side
wise. TO the advantage OF neither. In
a breath they were up and at IT, hard
or than ever. kicking, gouging, pun
melting themselves to standsul. After
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beyond, three wagon loads of fresh
customers Gathering down the hill.
The bill hardly deserved that name
IL was no more than a low swell. But
since the creek ran at its foot and the
railroad was carved out of its lower
edge, there was some excuse for con-
siGering it in the stations name. Ned
pulled his hat lower, pushed away a
couple of too-friendly dogs, nodded
greetings to twenty among the black
people, then went down into the press,
shouidering his way through 1T as
best he might.
In the edge of it he stopped short.
Right before him Prophet Elias Hin
ton, called Prophet for short, set his
hands trumpet-wise about his mouth.
and shouted: "You--der come all dam
dar niggers FUN Bleckley'sl Now you
all hear my racket!-sho' as dat
dar ugly Bunch Bleckley crook his
finger at me, Use gwine make soap
grease an sassige-meat outen him! I'd
do hit any way, fer dest erebout or
nickle."
"I'll give you a dollar to fight him
good and hard" Ned said, in his low
est voice, tapping the Prophet on the
cheek as he spoke. The Prophet had
been for two months past the game
cock of the black free school. He was
Is, looked II. had an ashy black face,
saucy tongue, and a head literally
and metaphorically of phenomenal
hardness. Bunch Bleckley, champion
of the school across the creek, was
yellow-skinned taller than the Prophet
and softer looking. yet accounted by
mis- partisans as a good fighter.
Flight him, dest dry so. Marse Ned?
Err must L bump up erginst Him?' the
Prophet asked, grinning. then some
thing shamefacedly. "Pears lex 1
oughter not do that. Me an dat dar
Bunch, us wus baptized tergedder, ter
be brudders in de church, no furder
back an last Sunday. Us two had de
same waiters-an eff us fit right yere
an now, dem walters might light inter
us wild bofe hands"
20, l see! You're afraid! 1 thought
you were a fighter" Ned said, making
as If to go in. Prophet Elias clutched
his sleeve. 81 is! 1 isl" he said eagerly.
"Marse Ned, yo' dollar dest de same as
in my pocket, right now. Does 1 get
hit fer dest fgthin' Bunch?-or is got
ter lick him?'
Lick him, of course" Ned said
promptly. "You don't think 1 want
Hillhurst school to be shamed by any
overtime creek niger, do you? In
fact, believe Bunch has come here a.
purpose to scrap with you. If you let
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give 1t to Mr.. Monroe-I'm going down
there first thing Monday morning"
'And you tell him, please sub, he
owe me er Christmas gf, fer sendin'
him dat papah," Uncle Wash said,
grinning as he went through the door.
Reprehensibly, Ned kept the letter
in his pocket until he found himself
with the division superintendent at
the other end of the phone. Say, Mr..
Daw," he shouted, do we want the
Wakefield freight"
80, no; of course not! We're running
a road Just to kill old cows and burn
up slaty COAL" came back sarcastical-
I ly followed by: Young man, the fool
killer is mighty badly needed out your
! way"
Mr.. Daw had put Ned in, and natur-
ally presumed upon 1t. But Ned was
too k.excited to mind anything. In
stantly he shouted back: IF we want
it, how badly do we want II? The Q.
| and V. people are reaching off the earth
after it,"
Let 'em reach" DAVIS voice was
thin and high. Keep your tongue be-
tween your teeth over it-but l sent
a man yesterday to offer old g. w.
a fifteen percent. rebate"
"The c. and V. will give him forty
fve," Ned broke 1t. He heard Daw
whistle, but was quite prepared for the
answer: stop giving me pipe-dreams,
telephone communication seems 70
have gone to your head"
Something worse has gone to your
head" Ned retorted, listen: Here's
what they say-never mind how know
1.-THE letters right here in my hand,
and signed by Masters himself"
Read it," Daw shouted-with a
rumble of profanity after the order.
Ned did read it-low. clearly, and in
full volume, though more than once
as he read, he caught disturbed sounds
from the other end of the line. He
was not half way through when Daw
howled to him: stop! You say Mas
ters stands for that? Well! DO you
go TO Wakefield, first thing Monday
get there a little after daylight IL pos
sible-and get that freight-get 1t II
you have TO take IL for nothing, and
throw in an annual family pass over
all our lines. Masters is so mighty
smart, / want to show him that for
once he's been quite too smart"
"Ill do It or freeze; good-bye!" Ned
shouted. As he hung up the sarpiece
his heart leaped. Bessie Monroe had
been his sweetheart back in the happy
DAYS before the governor went TO
smash. He had not been TO Wake
field since, but somehow he had no
doubt he would hnd himself welcome
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Liberal favors extended to corre-
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Interest compounded quarterly ON
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