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BRAZOS RIVER MEETING
Improvement Association Held an
Important Meeting Yesterday.
TAXING DISTRICTS ARE PROPOSED,
congressman Ball and Burleson Were in
Attendanoe--Resolutions to Be Pre-
sented to the Legislature.
TAXING DISTRICTS ARE PROPOSED

The BRACES River Improvement assocla.
tion convened in this city yesterday, the
session being held at the rooms Of the
Business League.
The general meeting OF the association
was preceded by meeting Of the central
committee at p. M This committee is
composed of the following gentlemen: Fort
Bend, Dr. r. l.. Harris, sr.. Fulshenr
Washington, ]. e. Roult, Chappen Hill;
Brazorln, j. p. Bryan; Grimes W. n
Brown, Navnsota; Galveston, p N. Harris
Galveston; Robertson, Charles Wood,
Hearne; Burleson, John C. Jones, Cooks
Point; Austin, L. Tiliotson, sealy; Brazos,
Prof. n. H. Harrison College Station.
Besides members Of the committee, there
were present at this meeting Congressman
A S. Burleson and Thomas II. Ball, Sen
ator j NJ. Hale of Burleson Representa-
tive I. C. Glenn of Austin county, Homer
r. Wade of McLennan county, Guy NJ.
Bryan of Brazos Hon. d. c. Giddings, Jr.,
president and j + Buchanan, secretary,
Of the association, A; o. Seward Z u.
and n number of others largely Interest "a
in Brazos river lands
The meeting of the central committee was
called TO order by President Giddings,
At n previous meeting of this committee
held at BRENNAN subcommittee composed
of Hon d. c. Glddlngs, Jr., and l.. X.
Bryan WAS appointed TO confer with Colo
mel Richie, government engineer and ascer-
tain definitely when work would begin On
the Improvement Of the Brazos river under
| the appropriation made by the last con
gress This committee reported that Colo
| mel Richie had assured them that work on
| the survey would begin within the next
month and that the actual work of dredging
| would begin within three months.
| In response to letters written by the pres
& ..Tf 81 ton T,a a.
! dings. Jr., asking their cooperation In Sc,
! curing needed legislation FOR the improve
| ment Of the BrazOs river and the reclama
| tion of its waste lands, replies received
| from the following gentlemen were read
| Senators Bailey and Culberson, Congress
men Ball, Bureson and Henry, eX-Gov ruol
| Hogg and Hon. George Clark, all expressing
| sympathy with the movement and promls
| ing all the aid in their power consistent
with governmental Limitations.
| Senntnr BnileY wrote as follows:
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Luck 81 Homeseeker from Ohio.

Talk about what can be accom-.
plished in the great west. Why, a
homeseeker who came west with the
wave of immigration in the spring of
1901 is now one of the prominent
landed proprietors of western Mon
tana, besides being the possessor of
the only large herd of buffaloes in
the world.
st happened in this way: Last
April young man from Ohio made
up his mind to accept the advice of
the late Horace Greedy, and came
west to grow up with the country. He
used his stopover privilege freely.
Among the places visited was Selfish,
small town on the Northern Paci-
fic, just west of Missoula. This place
is particularly noted for a ranch
narby upon which is grazed the only
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[The following is an extract from let
ter to a former parishioner and long tim'
friend.l
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Registration Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
time for the registration of the names
OF the qualified voters of the city of
Kalispell for the First, Second and
Third precincts to vote at a general
municipal election in and for the city
of Kalispell, state of Montana, to be
held on the 7th day of April, A. D.
1902, in and for said city, will expire
on the 5th day of April, 1902, at the
hour of 10 p. m.
Notice is further given, that /, A. A.
Stanley, register agent for the year
1902, in and for the city of Kalispell,
will sit and register all qualified cleo
tors to vote at said election, in and
for said city of Kalispell, at the city
hall, No. 233 Main street, in said city,
from l o'clock p. m. on the Bird day
fApril, 1902, until 10 O'Clock D. m.
of said day and at the same hour for
each day thereafter up to and includ-
ing the 9Th day of April, 1902, and at
which time and place all qualified
electors of said city will be registered
for said ensuing election
Dated this 18th day of March, 1902.
A. A. STANLEY,
Registration Agent.
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weaken my belief than to uphold it
Yet they were good.
Thcr> must, then, be some other lack,
and Il >auld be sought in only one
pla.,-among the perceptive faculties.
The truth was there, but 1 was unable
to see it. Argument might have done
something for my constructive mind,
but it had confused my perception.
The experienced teacher finds pupils
upon whom the mere restatement of
certain truths produces no effect, nor
can they be demonstrated to such
minds by any exercise of ingenuity. In
the old days the idea seemed to be to
beat as much as possible into the heads
Of such pupils, to make them learn the
demonstrations by heart and to trust
that they would subsequently under.
stand them. Nowadays we know bet.
ter. We realize that the pupils per.
ceptive faculty must be developed.
Fashion his mind so that it may see
the truth.
From that point the sermon wrote it.
self. Indeed, as | have minated, !
seemed from the beginning to derive
increasing assistance from without.
Some one who loved me sat beside my
chair and whispered the words Of reve.
lation in my ear.
l will not praise the plan for the de
velopment of spiritual perception which
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Auction sale.

One binder, mower, rake, steel har-
row, bob sleigh, 314 wagon, spring
wagon, two seat; Ia inch combina-
ton pillow, one large seeder, three
brood mares, two two-year-old colts,
two yearling colts, eight head cattle,
one set harness, one pillow harness,
one single heavy harness, one saddle,
household goods, sewing machine,
one majestic six-hole range, and
many other articles, all first class.
For sale March, 81 at 10 O'Clock a. m.
at my place. Terms, cash. Frank
Edwards, auctioneer.
VALENTINE ZUBER,
Two and one-half miles southeast of
Hodgins school.
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large herd of buffalo in the world.

large herd of buffalo in the world.
The homeseeker, as do nearly all
who stop there, went to see the herd
of buffaloes.
1T happened that the owner of the
ranch was in need OF hired man,
and the Ohio man was not long in Sc
curing the job. Not long afterward,
the wife of the ranchman died, and
the widower, thinking it was not
good to live alone. espoused his hired
girl. About two months ago the
ranchman died, and the hired man
he from the hills of Ohio-wooed and
won the widow. He now owns the
herd of buffaloes, fine ranch and a
wife, all within little less than IL
months after first inhaling the invig-
Grating western breeze. Spokesman
Review.
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WHERE HAVE YOU BEENP" SHE CRIED.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" SHE CRIED.
is contained in that sermon, though !
could do so with perfect modesty since
it is not my own. Were it mine, how
ever, could feel no greater pride in
the help and comfort which it seems
able to afford. But | will speak the
truth as I see it and say that it came to
me from one who, having tasted mortal
death, saw clearer than / see the sun
today the reality of immortal life.
This conviction that the work was
not mine grew stronger will me as
continued. 1t became at last alarming,
and yet was unable to cease. wrote
with amazing rapidity. was drenched
III perspiration, which fell from my
forehead, plotting the paper before me,
and the sermon, as you will see it in
the pamphlet, was completed to the
third paragraph from the end-the re.
mainder being a mere formal conclu.
sion-when l sprang from my chair at
the sound Of my name spoken outside
my door. 1t was so dark that do not
know how I had been able to write in
the last half hour or more.
| / opened the door, which, without in
| tending to do so, / had locked. My
housekeeper stood there, and she sprang
back with a scream at the sight of me.
"They sent for you hours ago! she
! cried "She was worse-dying. We
could not find you"
l thrust her aside and ran as was,
without hat or overcoat, through the
great storm of that day.
| In the hall of her house l met her
mother. who was weeping. l dared
not ask a question. l seemed to
know. The white haired woman tot
tered into my arms.
"Where have you been?" she cried.
1--WE sought you everywhere. If she
had died.
l clutched my forehead and my hair
that was wet and cold with the snow.
s'Not dead?" 1 gasped.
The hard voice of DR.. Brett spoke in
my ear.
mo" he said. land she isn't going
to die. This time we'll make sure of
her. SO give yourself no anxiety"
So, you see. have destroyed appar-
entity the supernatural elemenI IN TINS
record Amy is well. She is my wife
today. 1t was not her soul that whis-
pered to me.
But listen. In the great old mahog-
any bedstead in crevice between two
parts of the headboard we found the
other day some sheets of paper. They
are written upon closely in my moth
er's hand They were prepared when
she lay there in her last illness. and
they were for me, her son. whose spir-
itual weakness she perceived as only a
mother could
Those sheets contain perfect dupli.
cate of the thought in that sermon
The language is not identical, but the
ideas, the arrangement, the sequence
in short, all that makes the sermon OF
value to humanity is there in my
mothers hand, Do you prefer to believe
that paper and ink spoke to me out OF
8 the hiding place in the old bedstead
BY all means if it suits your mind, bu
/! it seems to ME far more natural t
0 suppose that my mother came to hell
me in my trouble just as she always
/ old when she was of this world.
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SPENT HOURS Beside HER Bell
know how much sincerity there might
be in me. When he warned me to forti-
fy my spirit against the worst, seem
ed to recognize a willful imitation of
clerical language, as if he were inter-
ested to observe how l, who so often
fed others with the husk of consolation,
would relish it myself Perhaps it graf
flied him intellectually to see me take
the news with the grief and terror of
child, pure protest of the flesh unmixed
with spiritual comprehension.
He FASTENED to assure me that he had
by no means given up hope.
"She may be as well as ever on the
wedding day that you have set" said
he. "but cannot deny that the indica-
tons this evening are somewhat alarm
ing, so much so that felt it my duty
to speak to her parents and to you.'
1t became necessary for me to sum-
mon up courage in order that | might
help the others, but made poor at
tempt. In the course of that night
Miss Wilton passed into condition of
coma so closely resembling death that
a thousand times | supposed it had
come. | spent hours beside her bed. my
eyes turning from her face to the ply
sician's and back again mechanically.
expecting always TO read in his eyes
the final confirmation of my fears mo
mentarily treasured, yet ever despair
ing.
Meanwhile was conscious of an in.
ward, vain and, at the last, q frantic
search. a scurrying of the soul in its
most secret chambers. seeking some
treasure long locked up there for this
very occasion and now lost. 1t was
against my conscience, against my ex
perience-l would surely have sale
against my reason also-that | shoulc
regard this scene as possessing the ter
rifying element of finality. Yet | was
utterly incapable of looking beyond it
There must be within me the means Il
enable me to do so. My faith. 1t wa
that which l sought in anguish; it wa
that which did not find. | sat ther'
all that night believing that If Am!
died it was the end.
About sunrise, to the great amaze
ment of DR. Brett and the consulting
pnySlcldns. as tney all SuosequSh1'.
confessed. an unduly sudden and yer.
favorable change set in. 1t was ex
pressed in the dear girls aspect an'
was obvious to any eye. Though mo
tionless as before, she ceased to lool
like one dead. She became as mucl
alive as any of us. 1t seemed to m
that the air or the room felt the thrill
that the inanimate surroundings sen
forth faint sigh as OF one who wax
ems And at the same time fear de
parted out Of my heart.
1--WE coEnt upon her recovery" sal
DR.. Brett at s O'clock.
Shortly arterward | had breakfas
and then sat for some hours in the |
brary of the Wilton house alone. fe
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Notice of Dissolution.

Notice is hereby given that the
firm of Scott C Tomkins, of Kalispell,
Montana, has been this day dissolved
by mutual consent, ]. @. Scott retir-
ing from said firm. The said Ernest
F. Tomkins having purchased all of
the property of said firm, will col
lect all accounts owing to the said
firm and pay all debts owing by the
said firm.
Kalispell, Mont, March Is, 1902.
Signed,
J. G. SCOTT.
ERNEST F. TOMKINS,
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Fatality.

when began business" said the
plutocrat YEARLY. 81 made vow that
whenever had earned an even million
| would quit"
"Why. you've done that. many times
over. long ago." said the other man.
yet you are still accommodating"
That's the curse of it. Whenever
think I've made the even million
find on figuring it up it's either little
more or a little less, and I've got to re-
new the struggle"
And he sighed heavily. Chicago Trib-
une.
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her-I could not endure the thought!
AS before, her death was a finality to
me. could not see beyond it.
In the midst Of this agony ! fancied
that heard sound. and | crossed to
the door. but did not open it. Some
one was calling the housekeeper. /
must have been mistaken in supposing
that heard my own name.
returned to the table and began to
write. Without the slightest reference
TO the scheme of reasoning which l
had set up, pursued path that seem.
ed to open of itself. Is it through lack
of argument that one fails to grasp the
truth of the immortal life? Clearly
not. for my own arguments. though !
had earnestly believed them to be bet
Ter than my adversary's, had failed &c
satisfy me. They had done more TO
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2 OF - - q /.
: ST. PAUL'S !
2. An Easter Story *
I. BY EVERETT HOLBRoOK 3
q Copyright, 1901, by
~ Charles Ii. Etherington ID
An Easter Story
sETT HOLBRooK
Copyright, 1901, by
Charles ID. Etherington
) q q q q y 1. Il q q

rThe following is an extract from let
ter to a former parishioner and long time
friend.l
0\HE pamphlet containing my
Easter sermon which is the
subject of your inquiry was
published under the direction
of a committee of members of
st. Paups. There was, as you have
heard. a remarkable incident attend
ing its preparation-an incident which
rests upon my word alone and of which
I can offer neither proof nor explana-
ton. But you, my friend, will take the
story Just as tell it. .,,.....s
/ was at that time in dire extremity
Of grief. Coming close upon the most
perfect happiness. it may have unset
lied my mind more than / then sus-
pected or can now realize. For many
months 1 had looked forward with ever
increasing ecstasy to my union with
the most lovable of women, a creature
built, soul and body, of my highest
ideals-indeed of better fabric than
any dreams of mine could weave.
You may have heard that Miss Will
ton fell ill early in March. The attack
was not supposed to be serious for |
think we all put too much faith in the
ardent and splendid health which had
always distinguished her. 1t may be
that DR.. Brett entertained some appre-
hension from the beginning, but it vas
as late as the 23d Of the month when
he spoke to me the words that stopped
the heart in my breast.
I think he did not like me; that he
even despised me, believing that / was
a hypocrite, or. rather, being curious to
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She Wants 1t Published

Gooch's Mexican Syrup has Civ
ell perfect satisfaction in my tam
lily, and | want to recommend it
to everyone as the best remedy
for coughs, colds, and all lung
troubles. A young lady In myem
ploy who had been forced to quit
work. and who had been given
up to die by her friends with con
sumption, has by the use OF Goo.
che's Mexican Syrup been restor-
ed to health, and is now at work
earning her living and enjoying
good health. She wants me to
publish this. as it may be t h e
means Of saying the lite of some
other consumptive. r. NJ. Elem.
ing, Piqua, Ill,
Gooche's Mexican Syrup cures
a simple cough as if by magic.
and is the best remedy for whoop
ing cough. Price 25 cents.
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1t is true that other people
may see as well as II Painter,
but not with such eyes, A
man is taught to see as well
as to dance; and the beauties
of nature open themselves to
our sight by little and little,
alter a long practire in the
art of seeing. A judicious
well instructed eye sees Il won
derful beauty in the shapes
and cOlurs OF the cOmmOnest
things. and what arecompar
a lively inconsidera ble.-Jon.
athan Richardson.
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Want your moustache or beard beautiful
brown or rich black? Then use rsI
BUCKlNGHAM'S DYE tshIs.'ss:.r.,
Kindred Voices:

Iustus Forward, who set
tied in BelchertOwn Mass, a
hundred years ago, once re-
proved a workman for swear
ing while he was plowlng a
new field. Swear" said the
man, 81 guess you'd swear"
Mr.. Toward took the plow
and hurried after 1t indig-
nantly denying the charge.
Then, as the field became
impassable, he began pant.
ing.
t."T never did see the like!'
When he had gone once u.
round the field he stopped
brea thless and said:
There, you see, l didn't
fud it necessary to swear"
NO." drawlel the over
man, but you've told more
than fifty lies. You said y ou
never cid see the like a q d
you saw it all the time | was
plowing." "-Youth's Compan
ion,
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Had to Conquer Or Die.

II was Just about gone,' writes
Mrs. Rosa Richardson, OF Laurel
Springs, N. G. IL had consump'
ton 40 bad that the best doc
tors said | could not live more
than a month, but l began to
use DR.. Kings New Discovery
and was wholly cured by seven
bottles and am now stout and
WE'LL" It's an universal life.sa-
yer in consumption. pneumonia,
10 grippe, AMI bronchitis, infalli-
ble for coughs, colds, asthma,
hay fever, Group, or whooping
cough. Guaranteed bottles soc.
and $1.OO. Trial bottles free at
Blackburn's.
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Cuban reciprority by it's reve
nue. reduction policy, as had
heen charged. He protests
that the committee has had
no conference in regard to the
Cuban matter and that its
action was the result Of a be-
lief that sour OWE people
should be relieved from the
burden occasioned by the
war before the needs of for
elgners were considered" Lit
tie faith IL accorded Payne's
statement, however, even by
the members Of his own par
ty.
The President ia known to
have informed the members
of his Cabinet on Friday that
he was firmly convicted of
the necessity Of affording re-
lief to Cuba that nothing had
shaken his conception Of the
moral obligations OF the UNI
ted States and that he pro-
posed to use every effort to
secure the fulfiIlment of b e
pledges made by Mr.. McKin'
ley. Under the circumstan
ces it would surprise no one
if a somewhat forribIe m mes
sage were received by Con
grpss in the rot distant fu
ture.
The question OF Southern
elections. representation, etc,
still continues to agitate the
republicans. and a caucus to
define a policy has been call
ed. 1t is not expected that
it will result in any action Of
importance as it is imp0ssi-
bic for the republicans to get
together on any line of ac-
ton calculated to produce
material results.
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wonderfully successful in promptly curing
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form Of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp.R00t Is not REQ
ommendedfor everything but u you have kid
ncy, liver or bladder trouble It will be found
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When writing mention reading this generous
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Dr.. Kilmer & Co. .Bins- Il
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regular fifty cent and Hs.sse svsnp.A3A
dollar sizes are sold BY al good dspggissk
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Nothing takes The conceit
out of a coqnette like bump
ing up against a masculine
heart that is unbearable.'
Saved Him From Torture.

There is no more agonizing trou
ble than piles. The constant itch
ing and burning makes life intol.
erable. No position is comforta
BILE. The tortnLe is unceasing.
.DeWitt's Witch Hazel Saliva cures
piles at onca. For skin diseases.
cut, burns, bruises, all kinds of
wounds, it is -unequalled. j. S.
Gerall, st. Paul. Vrk.. says:
"ErOm 1865 | suffered with che
protrldi itching piles, and
could find nothing to help me un
til | used Dewitt's witch b azel
salve. A few boxes completely
cured me. Beware of limitations.
T. J. Coffay & Bro.
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flag ioats-we will lift Jour
hats and shout the Stars and
Stripes forever But the pre-
sentation oi Uncle Toms Cab
in has not Taught. us that.
Liver Pills

That's what you need; some-
thing to cure your bilious
ness and give you z good
digestion. Ayers Pills are
liver pills. They cure con-
stipation and biliousness.
Gently laxative. An ai.s.,.... ass;
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Land, Timber and Mineral Wanted.

All persons desiring to sell or buy Lands Water Pow
Timber and Mineral interests respectfully invited
to call and see LINNEY & HAYES at Boone n. G..
ny- If VIZ don't buy We will find you buyer.
Bas- If Won won't sell. Will sell you.
LINNEY& HAYES, REAL ESTATE AGENTS Boone n. c.
Per F. A. LlNNEY, Attorney