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He'll put in all the things

our stockings. He'll put in all the things
for you. -
"Lord love you r roared the burly
cattlemau. "He won bring me nothin'.
One of us Il sit up, anyhow, and tell him
i'll for you. "
Then the children knelt down on the
floor of the car beside their improvised
beds. Instinctively the hands of the men
went to their heads, and at the first words
of "Now lay me, hats were of.
The cowboy stood twirling his hat, and
looking at the little kneeling figures. The
cattleman's vision seemed dimmed, while
in the eyes of the travelling man shone
distant look-a look across snow-filled
prairies to a warmly lighted home The
children were soon asleep. Then arose
the question of presents.
ssIt don't seem to me I've got anything
to give en-, said the cowboy, mournful-
". ssunless the little kid might like my
spurs. I'd give my gun to the little girl
though on general principles don like to
give up gun
.'Never mind, boys said the drum
mer, ''you come along with me to the bag
gage car. >.
So off they trooped. He opened his
trunks, and spread before them such an
array of trash and trinklets as took away
their breath.
seThere," said he, 'just pick out the
best things, and I'll donate the lot r
''No, you don'tr' said the cowboy.
"Pm goin' to buy what / want, and pay
for it, too, or else there amt goin' to be
no Christmas round here
That my judgment, too," said the
cattleman, and the minister agreed.
So they sat down to their task of selec-
ton. They spent hours over it in breath
less interest, and when their gifts were
ready there arose the question of Christ
mas tree. 1t had stopped showing, and
tramping out into the moonlit night, they
cut down a great piece of sage-brush. The
mother adorned it with tinsel paper, and
the gifts were prettily disposed Christ
mas dawned for two of the happiest chill
dren under the sun, and happy mother,
too, for inside the big plush album selected
for her, the cattleman had slipped hun
| dred- dollar bill.
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before Power gold-everything that
gold can buy =
eff she had lived-'..began the man.
"She was no mate for such as you,
said the spirit, jealousy. "She was
womanish creature, all smiles and tears
and dimples and love =
The man sighed. He saw face in the
embers, eyes that pleaded, lips that tempt
ed, hair that shone.
.sshe was very beautiful, he said,
ssand she loved me T.
eff you had married her, love would
have crowded out your aims. There would
have been children. The hands OF child
are too soft and clinging to spur man
onward in his race with his kind. You were
free!"
The mans face grew sad. The gaunt
spirit crept close to his side. He looked
up again at the ivorytinted painting on
the wall
"But now, when all this has been
achieved, and all the dreams are realized,
he said, 'I am alone y
cam not with you p whispered the
spirit; and she put cold hand on ms.
"I know you not r said the man,
shuddering
"Ah, but you will learn to know me,
for YOU will have a good time Many
evenings like this we two shall sit here
over your fire. l have sought you out,
and shall remain with you =
"Why have you sought me?' faltered
the man.
because [ am the guest that comes to
all such as you-you who in Gfe's battle
remained true to your ambition and your
ideals, whatever they were, 50 that love
had no part in your history
"But now shall have love as my re-
ward said the man, his eyes glowing.
sI shall seek out the fairest, loveliest wo
man in the world, perfect in beauty and
charm. She shall sit at my table and at
my hearth. | will hang diamonds on her
breast and in her hair. Children voices
will sound in this quiet house"
"Ah. no p said the wrath woman,
and she put her arms about him, "l-l-
alone will sit at your table and at your
hearth p
eyes p
"When you placed that rose on the
grave, did you not know what was buried
beneath it p
''It was her grave, said the man.
s:It was the grave of love. You killed
love in the rush of your ambition and your
eagerness for fame and wealth. That vel
vet-hpped girl"
ssHush p said the man, trembling
ssOh, do not blame you r said the
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Goats and Suits.

Nowhere can be found larger or better
line Of Coats or Suits.
Ladies Goats iii all the popular styles,
from So. 80 to $40.
Ladies Suits in walking or dress lengths,
from SO to S25.
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gelett Story.
BESIDE A CHRISTMAS FIRE.
From Town Topics.


A man sat looking into the glow of the
log fire. The room was fragrant with the
flaming pine, the scent Of old leather and
pink roses that had opened wide in the
heat and dripped their fainting petals upon
the polished mahogony table top.
He thought he was alone, but guest
crouched unseen upon the floor beside the
fire, warming her gaunt hands at the blaze.
1t was a wandering spirit woman who had
come unbidden to the mans home.
Now and then flare of fame flashed
on the walls, and the mans eyes, follow
ing the CLEAN, rested upon wonderful
painting that hung low over the mantel.
1t was skull marvelously faithful in
its grim, ivory tinted coloring. About the
brow was bound wreath of fresh laurel
leaves.
That was all Not pretty picture, but
full of meaning to the man who had bought
it abroad through whim, and only now
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spirit, caressingly, ''it is with such as you
that I dwell on Christmas nights like
this p
"Your arms are cold,' said the man;
ssthere is no warmth in your lips. :
The ghost woman laughed.
"Bah what of that? In other homes
tonight there are carnival and wine and
silly old games and kissing beneath the
mistletoe. Hands are clasped in love and
friendship and bells ring their chimes, but
we've have each other +
ssWho are you p said the man, hoarse
ly, and he sought to unwind her arms
from his neck.
ssThe bride of such as you ! she sald'
oHold me to your heart and kiss my lips,
beloved, for | have come to dwell with you
forever r
ssWho are you p the man gasped
again, in horror, powerless in her en-
brace.
II am the Spirit of Loneliness, she
murmured.
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goetrp.
1T CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT
CLEAR.
Edward Hamilton Sears, in the Messenger of Peace

CIEA6.
dward Hamilton Sears, in the Messenger of Peac
1t came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold.
peace to the earth, good will to men
From Heavens all gracious Kingp'
The world in solemn stiffness lay
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they come,
With peaceful wings unfnrled;
And still their heavenly music floats
Ger all the weary world
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on heavenly wing,
And ever DER its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
Yet with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long;
Beneath the angel strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong;
And men, at war with men, hear not
The love song which they bring;
oh! hush the noise, ye men of strife,
And hear the angels sing.
And ye, beneath life's crushing load.
Whose forms are bending low;
Who toll along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow
Look now! for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing;
Oh! rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels singl
For 10! the days are fastening on,
By prophet bards foretold,
When with the ever circling years
Comes round the age of gold;
When Peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling,
And the whole world send back the song,
Which now the angels sing.
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had found leisure in his life to read its
meaning.
He was man of forty, strong jawed,
darkly handsome above the whiteness OF
his linen. His hands were fine, firm,
tensely jointed.
He was man whose dreams had all
come true. From his boyhood he had
desired fame, success, power. Now ne
compelled them once phantoms, they
were now his slaves.
The spirit spoke to him, but it was as
though he thought the words aloud.
"Nothing is left to wish for or to strive
for +! I have won the goal Of my ambl-
ton AS boy 1 said [ would do so 7
"You always were man who kept your
word, whispered the spirit approvingly
cat any cost, said the man.
"Success did not come to you at first,
said the spirit.
"No; fought and strove and suffered
and sacrificed everything to gain my ends.
"But you were always just and gave
all men their due. Your integrity is un-
questioned. 1t is splendid record to look
back upon p
The man looked proudly into the fire,
and saw not the smile that curled the lips
IF the wrath at his hearthstone.
seYou have wronged no one. You de-
serve then, all there is for you in life
You put aside SO much ID the way Of
pleasure =
Everything I
ssEyep love. When love came to you
and took you by the hand you bade Il
wait
The scent of the roses drifted across the
room. The man thought of girl s fact
and girls lips He remembered how
she had loved him, and how she had list
ened TO him tell of his ambitious dreams.
She had chung to him despairingly wher
he went abroad to win new laurels, and hs
had told her then of what he would make
of his Ife-of what he would achieve IL
the wears during which they two mus
wait: and when it was all his he woult
bring it all to her.
But women starve on ambition ant
ideals. They crave love and kisses an'
companionship and tender care, as fiowe
Graves sunshine and dew.
ssYou are thinking now of her, sal'
the spirit
II am thinking of rose that | onc
placed on a grave" said the man.
''You aged after that went on tn
spirit, gently; "the gray came in you
hair, and people said you had grown cold.
ssThere was nothing left then but am
bition 7" said the man, "nothing
/ "But success came to you greater thai
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How They Celebrated.

Four travellers who we're snowbound In
a western passenger train on Christmas eve
speedily became acquainted with each 9TH
er. and sat about the stove at the end Oh
the car to stalk it over. One OF the
men was a drummer, another cowboy,
the third big cattle man, and the last
the minister who tells the story. They
finally fell into conversation with poor
woman and her two children, the only re-
naming passenger who had tried to main
tain herself by sewing since her husband $
death, was giving up the unequal struggle
and going home to live with "grandma.
The little threadbare children, says the
Youth Companion, had been promised a
ioyous Christmas there, and when they
found that the blockade would prevent
their getting farther, for the present, they
cried bitterly until sleep quieted them
just before they dropped off the drummer
remarked
"Say, parson, we're got to give these
children some Christmas.
.eThat's what p said the cowboy.
"Im agreed, added the cattleman
The children were told to hang up their
stockings.
"We amt got none," quavered the
little girl, "ceptin' those we We got on, and
ma says its too cold to take EN- off.
"I've got two pairs of new woolen
socks" said the cattleman, eagerly 4
amt never wore em, and you're welcome
to en-
The children clapped their hands, but
their faces fell when the elder remarked:
"But Santa Claus will know they re not
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A wedding without a ring seems incon.

A wedding without ring seems incon-
gruous but in Cadiz, Spain, no ring is used.
After the ceremony the bridegroom moves
the flower in the brides hair from left to
right, for in various parts of Spain to wear
a rose above your right ear is to proclaim
yourself wife.
Paris has municipal department that
not only moves large trees from place to
place, but takes such as are sickly to a
tree hospital, where they are restored to
vigor and then set out anew.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-24
COY, SAVAGE WANTS HIM
EDITOR ACCUSED OF ABDUCTION
We Took His Granddaughter Who
Was Unhappy-Herre1d May
Help Him.

Special to The Journal.
Armour, S. D., Jan. 24.-There is much
excitement in the little town OF belmont,
twelve miles north Of here, for the editor
of the belmont Record is just now oohe
~ contention between Governor Savage
of Nebraska and Governor Herreid OF
South Dakota. ~
II all came about over the EDITORS TAX
ing his 16-year- old grand daughter from
Nebraska, where the divorced wife OF his
son lived. The girl wrote to her 1atner'
in Michigan, that life was uncomfortable,
and few weeks later she did not return
from school: The mother searched every
where in vain, and finally the Nebraska
sheriff found the girl in the editor S
home.
He refused to be arrested and Governor
Savage issued requisition papers. Attor-
new Wanzer of Armour resists the papers,
and has appealed to Governor Herreid not
to recognize them.
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with sour or .watery risings, a formation OF
gases, causing pressure on the heart AM and
tickle appetite, nervousness and a general
There is often foul taste in the mouth.
coated tongue and If the interior of the
stomach could be seen it would show Shiny,
inflamed condition
trouble is found IN a treatment which causes
the food to be readily, thoroughly digeSted be-
fore it has time to ferment and 1rritate the
delicate mucous surfaces of the stomach. TO
one necessary thing to do, and when normal
digestion is secured the catarrhal condition
will have disappeared.
According to DR.. Harlanson, the safest and
tablet, composed of Diastase. Aseptic Pepsin,
a little Nux, Golden Seal and fruit acids.
These tablets can now be found at all drug
stores, under the name Of Stuart's Dyspepsia
can be used with perfect safety and assur-
ance that healthy appetite and thorough d.
gestion will follow their regular use after
meals
"Catarrh Is local condition resulting from
neglected cold in the head, whereby the lining
membrane of the nose becomes infamed and
the poisonous discharge therefrom,. passing
Stomach Stomach thus s0 producing eatarrh Of the
stomach Medical authorities prescribed for
me for three years for catarrh Of the stomach
without cure, but to-day I am the happiest OF
Dyspepsia Tablets. I cannot find appropriate
words to express my good feeling. nave
found flesh, appetite and sound rest from their
use.
preparation, as well as the simplest and most
con venient remedy for any form of indiges-
ton, catarrh Of stomach biliousneSs, sour
stomach. heartburP and bloating AFTER meals.
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Western railway show an increase each
month during 1901 over the record of 1900.
The Great Northern will put on pas
senger train between Huron and Minne-
apolis about Feb. 1. At present the only
service is mixed train three times a
week.-Hitchcock and Ladelle lodges of
the Rebekahs joined the lodge here in the
initiation of new candidates Tuesday
evening. Several candidates were initia-
ted. Supper was served in the hall.
The annual banquet of the Hunters
club at Kent's was one of the events Of
the winter. Responses were made by
Mayor Cleaver, NJ. L. Tobin c. F. Koepp,
W. H. Rogers and John Longstaff. F. II.
Kent was chosen president and L. c.
Kemp secretary.
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LIBERAL ARTS HALL
Dedication Day at the Iowa State
University.
cuMM1Ns AND DoLL1vER SPEAK
Body of Legislators
and State Omcials on the
Platform.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Iowa City, Iowa, Jan. 24.--At 1. O'clock
this afternoon Governor A. B. Cummins
formally opened the doors of the new hall
and declared it dedicated to the purposes
of higher education. The dedicatory ex-
ercises of this new 100000 building were
of most suspicious character. The
Rock Island train arrived from Des
Moines with $50 guests, all being state
officers legislators and their wives, with
large force of newspaper men. The
guests were escorted to the opera-house
by the university battalion. Members Of
the faculty students and citizens formed
solid lines from the station to the opera
house, between which the visitors were
conveyed Governor Cummins, Lieuten-
ant Governor Herriot, Senator Dolliver
and Mayor Stebbins occupied carriage
drawn by four horses. While the opera
university campus gave the governor s
salute.
The opera-house was beautifully decor
ated, old gold predominating, with nation
al colors in evidence. The stage was
seated with chairs for the guests and the
auditorium was filed with the faculty,
students and citizens. College yells were
interspersed with enthusiastic cheering
for ''Prexy" MacLean, Governor Cummins,
Senator Dolliver and the twenty ninth
general assembly. The ''medics" ap-
pealed to the lawmakers with songs OF
! I'VE Need the Money" and banners bear
ing in red letters the inscription: $780,
900 for new medical building"
President MacLean offered cordial
words of welcome and introduced Govern
or Cummins as head Of the board Of re-
gents who presided. The Governor made
a fitting response, after which he intro
Queer Regent Babb, who gave the report
| OF the building committee.
| Governor Cummins in his dedicatory adj
| dress eloquently expressed his Joy that
the state university was entering into a
new epoch. Il believe before time has
silyered the heads Of you students as 1t
has these men about me, you will see
upon your campus collection of build
ings which have no superior in the United
States"
Senator Dolliver, like the governor, was
greeted by burst Of applause. He very
earnestly congratulated the university on
its progress and said: I'VE Iowans are
the best now; in fifty years we will be the
wealthiest in the union. I wish you pros
perity not only with the legislature but
with the commonwealth.
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SERVED HIS SIX YEARS
SOLDIER HAD TO WAIT For BRIDE
She Had a. Romantic Turn and
Wanted Him to DistinGu1sh
Himself. *
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Sioux City, Iowa, JAM 24.-E Beatty Of
Fort Meade, S. D., like Jacob OF old,
served six years in the army as the price
of winning his school girl sweetheart,
and yesterday, when he was married here
to Miss Belle Arthur of Meckling, s. D.,
he received his reward.
Beatty and his bride were children to-
gether and went to the same schoolhouse
and spelled each other down. The boy was
her willing slave and with age the en-
chantment only grew. But when her lover
claimed her, she told him he would have
to do something to distinguish himself.
So he enlisted, saw service on the hot
plains Of Arizona and New Mexico and
won some distinction in the San Juan
campaign. When he returned with his
discharge, he found his sweetheart wait
ing for him.
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DISLIKE Mr.. JONES
Indians on the Cheyenne Resent
Recent Orders.
REV. EDWARD ASHLEY TELLS WHY
Suspension of Rations Will Cause
Trouble as There Is No
Work on the Reserve.
Special to The Journal.

Speclal TO inc journal.
Aberdeen, s. D.. Jan. 24.-Indian Com
missioner Jones is succeeding In getting
himself thoroughly disliked by the Indians,
as well as by most of those who are look
Ing after their welfare. Rev. Edward ASH
ley of Cheyenne agency, who has had
charge of missionary work for the Ep1s-
copal church among the Indians for twen-
ty-etght years. is in the city attending
the Scottish Rite reunion and is very out
spoken in condemning Mr.. Jones' recent
orders Speaking Of the recent hair
cutting order he said: ~
None of those who come back from school
let their hair grow long again. We have
never asked the Indian to cut his hair when
converted to Christianity, but we require
that he unbraid his scalplock. and this he
has done.
That part of the commissioners orders re-
lating to painting and to dancing ds wholly
useless SO far as the Cheyenne Indians are
concerned They do not use paint. nor do
they dance. It has been a long time since
there has been any dancing among them. TO
my certain knowledge can say this, and /
can say very we'll. too. that when dancing
was done H. earlier years, representatives OF
the department. would visit the reservation
and issue rations for a dance and when they
witnessed it would pat the Indian on the back
and tell him he was ia good fellow. had II
not been for such incidents as these. there
would not have been as much dancing as did
take place.
There are some things about the order re-
quiring that rations be suspended in the case
of all able bodied men after April that will
be hard to carry out. It is provided they
shall be paid $1.25 "a day for working, but
there appears to be no funds from which the
money can be paid, SO far as I know, and 1t
probably means that the Indian can wait for
his pay In this case as he has done in all
other cases where there is money due HIM
from the government. Besides 1t is difficult
to see where the Indian can secure work on
the reservation. When left on Monday no
indication had reached the agency OF any
modification of the order which made it apply
only to the younger ones who had graduated
from Carlisle or Hampton and have some
trade. .t.# -5
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HOFFMAN TO BE HANGED
Rejected by Miss Porter of Cherokee
q He Shot Her Twice in
the Back.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal ~.
Cherokee, Iowa, Jan. 24.-Harry Hort
man, who killed Miss Florence Porter, was
yesterday found guilty of murder in the
first degree and the penalty was fixed at
death by hanging,
Hortman had been paying the young
woman attention, and because OF his dis
solute habits she rejected him. He went
to the restaurant in this city where she
was employed on the afternoon of Nov. 80,
and asked her to reconsider her decision.
She refused, and he fired three shots at
her, two of which took affect in her back
and from which she died on Dec. 8.
The girl was % years old and HOFFMAN
is "a years Of age.
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SOUTH DAKOTA BUSINESS MEN
Meeting at Huron Will Discuss a st.
Louis Exhibit.
to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Huron, S. d., Jan. 24.-Under call of the
president, j. w. Martin Of Watertown, and
C. M. Harrison, of Sioux Falls, secretary,
the South Dakota Business Mems associa-
ton will meet in Huron Feb. 5 for the
election of officers and the transaction of
some importa ant business. The matter of
q South Dakota exhibit at the St. Louis
exposition will be an important feature
Of the business that will be taken. up.
The receipts for freight and passenger
business at Huron station of the North
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Assets of but 1916.

Special to The Journal. =,
Fergus Falls, Mimi, Jan. A.-Martin F.
a petition in bankruptcy in the United States
court in this city to-day, placing his assets
at $40, all exempt, and his liabilities at
50, 667.50.-E. j. Weber and DR.. T. N Nc
Lean have purchased the 25-foot lot occupied
by the Ekeberg store building on Lincoln
avenue from ]. B. Cutter for $4,000. The
present wooden building will be removed and
a handsome three-story brick erected in the
early spring.
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MASONIC FUNERAL AT LAKE BENTON
Special to The Journal
Lake Benton, Mimi, Jan, A.-W. ]. 10y,
an old-time resident Of this place. died yes
terday of dropsy at the age of 60 years. The
funeral will be held on Saturday and will be
conducted by the Masonic body, of which fra
ternity he was a member.
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