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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-25
Negotiations.

NPEOtINtIOnN.
II called to see yen, SIR" remarked the
popular young pastor Of the Church Of
the Extended Invocation to the proprie-
tor of a shoe store. Ito ascertain what
You would pay for an assorted lot of slip
Itrs-say from one dozen to five-to be
delivered Immediately after Christmas"
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-25
A Mean Inain uatiOn.

Airtight-I shall give my wife hand.
some pair of spectacles for Christmas.
Guyer-Why. l didn't know you used
glasses.-New York Journal.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-25

He tried her mince to please the maid;
She begged him. slave some more, AattF''
But he declined; he was afraid;
1t tasted like . doormat.
New York World
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-25

IT is said that four-fifths of all the
hailstorms occur in the daytime.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-25

Too Much Plum Pudding.
Twas the night after Christmas,
And all through the house
Not creature was sleeping,
Not even q mouse!
Criterion.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-25

He Had EN-.
Walter-Did Uncle Jack see Santa
Claus last night?
Carolyn-I guess so. They say he saw
almost everything one could imagine
Truth.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-25

Dead Broke.
Johnson-Say. but wouldn't Christmas
presents drive you to drink?
Jones-Drive? Why. hang it, haven't
money enough left to even take a street
car to the saloon.
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my POOR XMAS
p@0l @@W(P |@lE@
BY Seaton Lord.

copyright. 1901. by G. L. Kilmer.1
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-25

The One Exception.
The days Of old may seem more pleasant,
For Joy was never meant to last:
Yet we admit the Christmas present
u better than the Christmas past.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-25

Good For the Kid.
II is plain to see by the large amount
OF presents received by the kid
That Santa Claus never kept strict account
OF half the things that he did.
Truth
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-12-17

the scnool, and fifteen boys in the draw
ing and manual training department.
Each one of these will receive a gift
besides bags of nuts and candy Miss
Timberlake president of the guild has
charge of the entertainment. She will
be assisted by Mrs. John Seabury, Miss
Britton, Miss Edith Forepaugh and Miss
Lanpher-
enjoy visit from Santan Clause this
year as usual. The old saint has never
missed a year in his visits to the chill
dren's ward and to the contagious ward
where even at Christmas time the ogre
sickness, holds prisoner many a poor little
tot At the hospital it is the custom
of the children to write letters to Santa
Claus, telling him what they would like
Miss Edwards who has charge Of the
children's ward, and who is Santa Claus
right hand man. sees that each little one
receives as nearly as possible just what
he or she desires most in the way of
toys. Many kind people remember the
hospital children on Christmas day, so
that there has always been plenty of
presents to go around. This year there
will be three Christmas trees at the hos
pital, two in the childrens ward, and one
in the contagious ward. The trees will
be lighted with electric light candles
and the presents will be distributed then
The children of the industrial school of
relief hall will have their Christmas tree
Saturday morning, Dec. %, in Relief hall
There will be programme of music
and recitations, after which the presents
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-12-17
The Globes Daily Short Jtory

awaiting the arrival of important let
ters remained for several days at the
vile little hotel. He spent nearly all of
ms time in tne barroom, watching the
movement of the evil-looking half-breed.
He noticed that whenever a crew of
freight trainmen patronized the bar,
| Carlos would invariably place two bot
ties of liquor upon the counter, pushing
a square bottle in front of where one or
more brakemen stood
one day when the opportunity offered,
the pseudo-stockman filled several TASKS
from the bottles Of liquor standing on
the shelves beneath the bar. These were
sent sent, TO = Caicago for analysis, and a few
wee Meehs Iater Dummy Carlos" was await
ing trial in the jail at Templeton ON
charge or poisoning, and the mystery Of
Dead Mems Section" had been solved
A curious story was brought out at
the trial of the vindictive haifbreed: a
story too long to here tell in detail, but
which was substantially as follows:
The analysis of the liquor Ia the sew
eral TASKS showed that it was aH OF toe
same cheap brand of whisky, but the
contents of one flask We're found to have
been heavily STEPPED with the woolly,
loco weed, commonly called crazy weed,
a plant native TO the Great Plains re-
gion, and which causes much damage
to the stock of ranchmen. The action
OF this poison on man in small doses is
to cause short period of hallucination
or mania, accompanied by defective eye
sight during which the affected person
is seized with an Irresistible desire to
run. 1t was the administration of tnis
decoction to the brakemen Of the middle
division that had caused them to run
along the cars of their train and, being
unable to see where they were stepping,
invariably fall to their deaths.
Carlos admitted the fact that eight
years back. when the C.. e. j. was first
built through that region, he was beat
ing his way on a freight train from
Gregson's to Warm Springs. when he
was discovered by two brakemen Uho
threw him from the train. Until thaE'
time he had been possessed of hts full
powers of speech but he was so Sc
verely injured about the head that the
portion of the brain controlling the vocal
cords became IN time affected and he
finally lost the power to articulate plain
ly. The Indian in his nature became
aroused and after he opened the
Rangers Rest near the railway sta
tion at Gregsons SHE determined to become
revenged on all freight brakemen running
eastward from that point. His devilish.
savage cunning led him to use the loco
weed as the best means to secure that
revenge as he was familiar with its
effect upon the cattle and horses which
roamed the plains of Texas He was
declared insane by the jury which tried
him, and he was sent to the state asylum
for insane criminals for life
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-12-17
<HoSQnEk

the different Sunday schools of the city
will, of course, have their usual Christ
mas tree entertainments. IN recent years
a commendable change has been made
In the manner of conducting these Sunday
school Christmas entertainments. Form
erly it was customary for the teachers
and parents of the children to put gifts
on the big tree for their pupils and chill
dren, but now in many of the st. Paul
Sunday schools list of poor children in
the congregation is made up, and instead
of receiving gifts the children of well-to-
DO parents give them away. The offer
lngs are made unobtrusively, SO that no
rhild is hurt by any reference to her
poverty
The Kings Daughters, Il charitable or
ganization with membership of twenty
i've, met yesterday morning at the home
of Mrs. W. H. Lightner. or Summit
avenue, and outlined plans for a Christ
mas festival to be given to large num-
ber of poor children who are under the
societys care. The details of the enter
tainment will be under the charge of the
following officers of the society: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Archibald MasLaren; vice
president, Mrs. John Owens Townsend:
sceretary, Mrs. John I. H. Field; assist
ant secretary, Miss Furness; treasurer,
Mrs. W. H. Lightuer.
A special meeting Of ST Margaret s
guild of the Church of ST. John the Evan
gelist will be held this afternoon in the
guild house of the church, to arrange for
the annual Christmas festivities for the
children of the industrial school of the
guild. The Christmas tree will be dis
PLAYED at the club house Oh Dale street,
probably Christmas day. There are
twenty little girls in the sewing class of
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-12-17

Wretched night. A heavy storm of sleet
and rain beat down with chilling force
on that barren waste of land, and Henry
Fortune made it his first duty to see that
the passengers were taken to Gregson's, S,
and there made as comfortable as possi-
BILE in the miserable adobe building bear
ing the name of THE Rangers Rest
The proprietor Of this squalid hostelry
of the Texas plains was a singular in +.
dividual. He was a tall, lank, sinister
looking half-breed, whose beady eyes
| seemed to glow with a malignant passion.
A semi-mute, he was unable to articulate
intelligibly, but could understand perfect
ly all that was said to him. There was
something about the man that Fascinated
Henry Fortune, as he watched his sbifty
cat-like movements, while dispensing vile,
yellow-Iooking whisky over his bar TO
the motley crowd of cowboys gathered
in the foul-smelling, earth-f1oored bar
room. Why it was, the superintendent
could never tell, but intuitively the con-
viction was suddenly forced upon him
that in some way this evidently treach-
erous man was connected with the mys-
terry of Dead MEMS Section"
This opinion, once formed, grew strong
er in the mind of the superintendent as
time passed, and when, some weeks after
the wreck of the Mexican rlyer," q
brakeman tumbled between the cars of
his train a few miles east of Gregson's,
and by good luck was but slightly hurt,
he set about to investigate the accident,
on the assumption that Dummy Carlos
the proprietor of The Rangers Rest
was at the bottom of ii.
The injured man was taken to the
hospital at Templeton, where he was
interviewed by Henry Fortune
Yes, Mr.. Fortune" said the brake
man, Il did have drink at Carlos
before u-o la6 rt1f ~, C,-,~~
son's-the whole crew had a drink, for
that matter. But l don't think it was
the whisky that affected me-leastway VS.
It never did other times. 1t was just
like this near as l can remember
was walking along the top O. lot o.
box cars towards the front O the train,
when all at once everything seemed to
shine like gold. Then. it changed to
white, and ] felt that l must run-run
| as fast as ] could. Felt frightened like.
And then couldn't help myself any
more. and ran till I fell from the train.
But Henry Fortune was obdurate in
MS belief that the sinister-lookIng mute
was to blame for the mortality among
his brakemen, despite the fact that he
had not one scintilla OF proof to that
effect. and employed private detective
The detective sent by the agency to
the middle division assumed the role OF
a freight brakeman For two weeks ne
| reported nc progress and tnen one
ll5ut tOc, lSll FiCtHu ~ Tie OedO
Mems Section mich to the disgust
modification and dfsapr tnieE. of Hen
ry Fortune.
When the detective agency was in
| formed of the death of the operative
| and learned that he had met the peculiar
and mysterious fate OF sc many brake
men. it became more determined than
ever to sift the occurrence to the Dot
tom. and sent several of its best men
to the section of the country between
| Gregson's and Warm Springs.
In the latter part Of February a man
claiming to be a. buyer OF cattle for q
Chicago packing house. put up at The
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-12-17
Dead Men S Section.
BY j.. PERCY BARNITZ.

Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub Co.
Section four was the longest section
on the third division of the c. & j.
railroad. 1t was so long and so many
fatalities had occurred on that stretch
of road that the management decided to
call it the middle division, thinking
thereby to escape the odious namo OF
Dead Mems Section, which it was call
ed by railroad men the country over. But
call it what they would the Management.
could not free that particular portion of
the line from the gruesome application.
The sections on the C. & ]. are not
eight or ten-mile stretches of track. as is
the case on Eastern lines, but instead a
150-mile stretch is the usual section on this
important link in the Great Trans
Continental Route" which traverses
the Lone Star state from the Red river
to the Rio Grande.
Henry Fortune was made division SUI
perintendent at Folger, the terminus OF
section three, and the Headquarters for
the new middle division. Ard ne said al
ways that it was anything but good for
tune when he was promoted to tiat posi-
ton. for until his appointment ar F'olger
he had never known that the cup of life
could be so full of trouble.
Freight brakemen only-with few eX-
ceptions-were the ones whom death
seemed to single out as his victims. And
the majority of those who were killed
met their deaths by falling beneath the
cars while the trains were running east
ward between Gregson's and Warm
Springs.
Because of the. "hoodoo,'' which rail-
road men said was on Dead Mes Sec
tion,'' it was almost impossible to secure
reputable employees for the freight service
of the operating department of the mid
die division. As consequence the per-
sonnel of the freight trainmen on that
division was composed literally of the
scum of the earth. And, therefore. it is
not to be wondered at that the life of
Henry Fortune, superintendent, was not
a happy one. The difficulties he experi-
eneed in handling the poiygenous freight
crews were legion; but thy were as
nothing compared to the depressing fact
that in spite of all precautions death held
the middle division in a irmer grasp than
ever.
Although the middle division passed
through land of weary desolation,
which, with its f1int-like soil; its bound
less, unbroken monotony of plains Was
enough in itself to depress the SPIRITS OF
almost any man, yet the superintendent
never for a momcnt supposed thai. any
of his men committed suicide.
There were but few men in his empls y
that did not use liquor. But liquor could
hardly be held accountable for the
strange fatalities on Dead Mems Sec
tion' Other trainmen employed on the
division besides freight brakemen drank
just as hard, and yet there were nc
more accidents among them than usually
occur on the ordinary railroad.
One night in early January the Mex
lean Flyer was wrecked between Warm
Springs and Gregson's. The superintend-
ent accompanied the wrecking train tc
tha snanes of the disaster. It was Z
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-12-17

Draw the pigeon, remove the lungs, oil
bag and the pin feathers, rinse quickly
in cold water and wipe both inside and
outside with piece of cheesecloth. Cut
the neck off close to the body and tie
the legs to the tail. The pigeons are
now prepared like so many little chickens
and whether you will stuff them OF not
is matter of taste. Most people would
not, but if a stuffing is used make it from
three parts of hot mashed potato to one
of stale bread crumbs. Season with salt,
pepper sweet herbs and add to one-half
pint of stuffing a tablespoonful of melted
butter and the beaten yolk of one egg.
Put the pigeons in sauce pan with
water to half cover them, add a slice Of
onion and cover closely. Set where the
birds will cook slowly for three hours,
or until tender. Remove from the sauce
pan and cool. Rub two level tablespoons
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-12-17
TOMS VISITORS.

The air was so heavy and close in the
school room that afternoon that it re-
minded Tom of the long, warm days o!
the summer time.
He wished that it were summer, there
had been so little skating and almost nc
snow for coasting all winter. and he
yawned in an aggrieved manner.
The buzz and hum of classes at theiI
recitations sounded not unlike the bees
and insects among the summer flowers
Tom leaned comfortably back and quite
forgot the physical geography lesson
which he had been studying besides he
was not particularly interested in equa-
torial currents and cyclone centers.
His eyes rested on an empty ink bottle
that stood on the top~of his desk. II
the teacher would only leave the room
for minute he would so like to throw
that bottle at Ray Brown, just to let
him know that he appreciated the lump
of coal that he found in his lunch basket
Just at that instant out of the bottle
popped little head, surmounted by a
funny peaked cap. The owner of the head
and cap drew himself forth from the
1nkY depths with briskneSS that be
tokened determination.
He had pair of swapping black eyes,
a sharp nose and very pointed chin,
while a few scraggly black hairs stuck
out from beneath the cap. His coat fit
ted snugly and had long tails behind
much like the ones Tom had seen in
pictures. He wore knee trousers, finish
ed with buckles at the sides. and Ills
long, pointed shoes were adorned with
buckles to match.
He swung himself around and sat down
on the edge of the ink bottle and drum
med his heels impatiently on the slanting
sides
"Who are you?" demanded Tom in
amazement, for he was brave boy.
Who am I?' snapped the queer little
man. why, am Inky Ike, of course,
who did you suppose l was?''
Il didn't know answered Tom meek.
ly.
The little man glared at him very hard.
SO you were going to throw my bottle
house at Ray Brown, were your
II did not know you were inside, ~re-
sponded Tom in self f-defense.
"Of course, you didn't retorted Inky
Ike, because you do not know very
much anyhow; you need not say that YOU
do" he added in vehement manner, as
he saw Tom about to contradict him,
for l say that you do not, and l guess
I know. Haven't seen you fail day after
day at your lessons? Oh, yes, you know
a lot! Why, boy, you do not even know
ink bottle, much less the precious ink
that you daub about on your face and
books. Did you ever stop to think what
this world would do without ink, young
MANI"
Use lead pencils, suggested Tom
sulkily.
Nice looking books you would have
printed with lead pencils sneered Inky
Ike They would last a long time and
never blur Oh, moi" lhe little man
doubled up with laughter and shook SO
heartily that Tom expected him to tip
off his seat on the rim of the ink bot
tle but he did not.
"Then, too" continued his visitor,
when he could get his breath, ''wnat
would the tons and tons of mail be worth
that Uncle Sam carries every day, if it
consisted of blank pages?"
Perhaps some folks would rather have
blank pages than bills anyway" replied
Tom.
"Af, but, you see,' said Inky Ike, ''they
would not even get the blank pages, with
out ink to address the envelopes; lead
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-12-17

the coming year. The following women
were In charge of the sales tables: Mrs.
Leslie Parlin, Mrs. F. w. Steeg, Miss
Ellis, Misses Belle and Maud Godfrey
and Misses Carrie and Emily Bell. The
supper room was in charge of Mrs. Paul
Kruger. Miss Addie L Knapp, Miss
Mary Hill and Miss Inez Hunter
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: Worthy matron, Miss
Caroline E. Bell; worthy patron, Law
renee Hope; associate matron, Mrs. Belle
F. Miller; conductress, Miss Lovett NJ
Gray: associate conductress, Miss Anna
Porter; treasurer, Miss Lillian NJ Ellis.
The officers-elect and those to be ap-
pointed viii be Installed at the first meet
ing in January. st. Paul chapter will at
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-12-17
ETIQUETTE OF GIVING.

There is an etiquette governing the
giving and receiving of presents, is there
is about most things, because there is al
ways a best way to do everything
If we penetrate below the surface of
the little courteous conventions we shall
find that consideration for the feelings
of others underlies all. Do not try to
make your gift look as though it cost
mere than you paid for it.
Aside from the paltry spirit of such
giving it is a delusion and a snare, for
next year your offering must seem to be
as fine as the one of this season or you
may appear to have been less anxious to
please your friend.
The best gifts are those which put no
tax upon material resources, but trif1es
of which the recipients may make fire.
quent Use and SO keep the giver in mind.
Take the time to write a few words OF
loving or cordial greeting on the cards
that accompany your gifts.
Without that evidence of individual.
personal thought the offering of even
the finest present appears somewhat
graceless and perfunctory. A message
on a card is better than note, because
more informal, and one should not seem
to make much Of a gift.
Having your presents daintily wrapped
is not less matter of courtesy. Let
their outward appearance commend
them. Leave them or send them to their
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-12-17

The poster girl has insinuated herself
into the burnt wood domain, and her
WilloWy form is seen on tall panels OF
wood. 1t is a medium which suits her
very well. These panels are painted as
well as burnt, and are exceedingly eff
fective.
The Christmas gift problem might be
satisfactorily solved for one of the stern
er sex by a wallet of tan monkey skin
having plain gold rim.
Such fascinating array of fancy bas-
kets as are Osbe found in the shops just
now in the prettiest possible shapes, col
ors and weayes! When lined with satin
and tied with smart ribbon bow, with.
pe!chance, a spray of holly or flowers
may be converted into a dainty Christ
mas gift. 1t maybe filled with bonbons,
tahonery, bottles of perfumery, sew
ing material, or made useful In varioEs
ways. There are. paper racks, letter
racks, whisk broom holders and catch
allssin hasketry which only need bit OF
decoration in the way of ribbon, ana
possibly flowers, to. become as ornamental
as they are useful.
Singular things to be kept by large
book store-but there they are, among
the holiday novelties-are little round
boxes labeled Pills for bachelors The
contents are surprising. too; they consist
of two diminutive china dolls, laid in a
nest of pink wadding.
Boxes of stationery are in gay holiday
dress of ribbon bows and sprays of hol-
ly Those in octagon shape tied with big
bows of ribbon of two different shades
are quite imposing in appearance. A
dainty hand painted box may add not a
little to the cost of the note paper.
Atomizers artfully disguised behind a
group of dainty bisque figures are some
of the novelties Imported this season.
Pretty for blue Bedroom is set In
atcmizer, powder box, pin tray and
string box.
The woman who wishes to invest sew
eral hundred dollars in a lorgnette should
have it hung on long gold chain, stud
ded with precious stones. Attached to
such a chain was a gold lorgnette hav-
Ing in the center large opal surrounded
{ with diamonds. Another also Of gold was
carved with a spray of feur-de-lis, caught
with diamond crescent.
F Nothing handsomer in the way of 4
vinaigrette than those Of favrile glass
with carved gold tops. They are long an 1
slender and of varying shape. Cut glass
vinaigrettes with tops of gold in old rose
finish and studded with jewels are also
in style.
Brazilian beetles have appeared. as
heads for hat pins, possibly suggested by
( the flower toques, for which they seem
peculiarly appropriate. Art nouveau de-
signs in French gray and old rose finish
are other novelties in hat pins.
Address books are so tastefully gotten
up nowadays that they may well be
entered on the list of desirable gifts.
Bound in fire leather and with silver
. mounted corners theys-are good to look
upon = 5's1sA 49, -
A useful and dainty article for miladys
toilet table is string box of openwork
silver. 1t is ballshaped and stands on
three little legs
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-12-17

of butter and one and one-half table
spoons of flour to a cream; spread over
the breasts ofathes birds, and set them
on a pan in the oven to reheat and to
cook the butter and flour, which will be.
come frothg crust like a frosting.
Thicken the liquid with -four and cook
five minutes, strain it and you have a
brown sauce. which may need little
additional salt if the birds were not
stuffed. u so
Make cream dunplings from one cup
of sifted pastry flour, two level tea
spoons of baking powder, pinch of salt
and sweet cream enough to mix soft
enough to be handled. Cut in small
rounds not over an inch in diameter and
bake while the pigeons are browning In
the oven. Arrange the dumplings on
platter as supports for the birds and pour
the sauce round. Alice E. Whitaker