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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-09
BRYjAN'S SON-IN-LAW.

ST. LOUIS, November 3O.-Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Leavitt announces that her art
list husband, William Homer Leavitt,
has decided to remain at Humansville,
Mo-, where the couple have been guests
since their marriage and next year seek
the Republican nomination for CO.
gress in the Seventh district.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-09

The following have been commissions
ed as unpaid For'sters for their rcs-
uoctlyc jurisdictions.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-09
THE STORY THAT JONES TOLD.
CCon t1nued from Page u

most of it agreed with Chillingworth's
recollection. II. w. Kinney, who was
present during Jones statement, was
the next witness. His recollection of
the statement was very similar in the
main points to that of Chillingworth.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-09

Want ads i'm the Star bring quick re-
suits. Three lines three times for 20
cents.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11

secord, then looked through and past him.
He had never seen eyes like them eyes WITH
such a wealth of possibilities, such a
gamut Of expression. What an incon-
gruity that these eyes should be set in
the serious mask of a business woman's
face!
Some very casual, most studiedly indif-
ferent inquiries to the managing editor re-
vealed that the, girl was Miss Helen Nor
ton, who had rather a nice circle Of ac-
quaintancc and wanted TO try newspaper
work.
When he returned from his summer re-
viewing of new plays In Paris and Lon
don he made further superiority careless
inquiries. Yes, the girl had lasted" She
was a keen observer, a hard worker, mad
| a rational view Of things and wrote with
| dramatic effect. Gorham, the Sunday edi-
tor, had asked that she be transferred to
HIS department and made a special
| writer"
1t was at one Of the most important of
| the fall openings that Stephenson, stroll
ing about the foyer with a brother critic,
| deep in a discussion OF the play, saw an
elderly man and a young woman walking
before him. The girls carriage and attire
| charmed Stephenson's still artistic eye.
| Though small she turned all of her sparse
inches to account. Her head was SO well
poised, her shoulders SO straight, that she
eph g. IcS 49, - tAbhS' aA'N 'e'.
hier. dark hair glistened above the rose
tint Of her, crepe gown and the creamy
1EWhite: of her evening coat. He caught a
glimpse of a soft, womanly profile.
IL wish she would turn around he
thought, ignoring his friends learned com,
parsons. At the instant the elderly mar
looked over his shoulder IN recognized
him. "Ah, Stephenson" he said, come
here and meet my niece. You should
know each other. You are"
The sentence was poised in midair anc
darkness. The lights had been turned GU
and the curtain had risen. The few be
ated ones made their way cropping to thei
seats. Fred Stephenson got no furthe
glimpse of the girl in rose and cream!
white that night.
The next week the critic received
grateful little note from the author of
oclety play. Stephenson said it ha
aerit, WY was crude and displayed tn
matcur. He babe the anonymous autho
york hard and fulfil her promise of bet
ser things. The aFthor wrote to than,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11
Ana we so nearly met

Ana we so nearly met"
You have said that before. When?'
A the theater, when uncle-he'S dead
now, dear old man. tried to perform the
ceremony of Introduction and the lights
were turned off, and again when ! thanked
you for your criticism of my anonymous
play"
"Was-that--werc thcy-you?" he STAN
mered.
None other"
I'm delighted, my dear; that girl 1 met
at the theater was my one regret, She
was stunning"
Il know" she said, as he glanced at her
conventional business black, men admire
women for their clothes
But love them for themselves. At any
rate, 1 am glad you look SO well at the
theater. You will go with me to every
first night, ! hope
When Miss Plympton opened the door
the girl was counting the pages Of her
copy and the critic was studiously exam
ming the files OF the Sunday paper. She
thought this absorption in their tasks
somewhat impolite. But when she received
their wedding cards she understood. for
once, when she was younger, Miss Plymp-
ton had been engaged herself.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11
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COPYRIGHT l9o3,B BY WR HEAk51. nv ana ,eTrpeom,
GRERr BKl1AH NiHS RESERVED VI 'iv' '''.N|VS~
COPYRIGHT, 1903 BY WR. HeRR5I.
GRERr Bkl1AIH RliAHKE5ERvEp

She was not pretty. He decided that at
FIRST sight, being a mar of decision. She
was not pretty, but she was better than
that. So he concluded at first sight and
then smiled at himself for caring enough
to conclude anything at all about her. He
had a reputation for being Indifferent.
He was the brilliant m critic of
the BaZoo. She was new" and looked
humble under that term of reproach in
the city room, where time is believed to
have a mellowing influence, at least if the
time were not so long as that which Old
Jenkins had served. Jenkins had been
with the paper thirty years, beginning as
an Office boy, rising to the eminence of a
managing editor and sliding down grade
again TO filling the query column with
answers TO anxious subscribers and
readers of your valuable columns
Fred Stephenson knew no reason why
his eyes SHOULD follow her as she made
her way through the smoke-blue city
room and sit down at the last desk in the
long reportorial row. 1t puzzled him., for
he had an analytic mind that went TO a
cause as directly as u plummet finds the
bottom of a river.
lie decided it was because she had dis
tinction. The profile turned toward him
as he passed her on his way to his friend,
the managing editors office, was certainly
irregular. The lips were full and wom-
anly. He liked the forehead, which was
fun and low, smooth and very white. He
would like to see her eyes, he thought.
they must be dark, of course, with hair
OF that shade and with that olive tinted
skin. She was dressed in the exccrable
black shirt waist, black ribbon stock and
scant. short skirt that business women
directed and that always stirred Steph-
enson's artistic soul to revolt. He had
been a painter after he left college and
before he became the foremost dramatic
critic In the country. What was there
about this plain girl in black that held
one? He had it. 1t was distinction. She
Two most disconcerting things happened
at precisely the same momen
'Stephenson!" bawled some one rudely
In his ear, are you deaf? I've been
screaming at your elbow for fully five
minutes" The night editor looked Sc
we're.
And as though that were not enough
two eyes belonging to the girl with the
Irregular profile and the black gown
transfiXed him. They were gray eyes will
narrow and large pupils, liquid, re,
3ectiye eyes that met his absently for &
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11
BY ABA PATERSON. )

him for his encouragement and advice.
She was pleased with the one and would
follow the other. One phrase puzzled him.
we SO nearly met" she said, that
YOU have narrowly escaped my personal
thanks. How fortunate for you, for l
know YOU don't like to meet players and
playwrights."
She is probably old and ugly. Women
must become both before they ripen into
writing anything worth while" he said.
1t was during one of his necessary week
" conferences with the dramatic editor
that the critic became aware OF another
presence, Il young woman in business-like
black, who stood at the farthest possible
distance from the desk, waiting her turn
to speak to Editor Collins, but meanwhile
making a well-bred effort to efface her
self.
Some one to see you-a lady" he said
aloud. Introduce me, you duffer, or I'll
send late copy tonight and stick the pa
per-
Miss Martin, will you permit me to in
troduce Mr.. Stephenson? MI. Stephenson,
Miss Martini
The critic waited while the girl asked
the editor for some Information she needed
for a dramatic special" then escorted
her to the Offices of the Sunday
Il am happy to know you, Miss Mar
tin he observed, not very originally.
we sc nearly met" she began.
Did We? People are beggarly unsociable
in newspaper offices. l never saw any
one give a sign OF any intention to intro
duce u.s.
They had reached the door and he bowed
and left her. 1t is curious how often peo-
pie meet casually If they want TO do so.
1t befell that Mr.. Stephenson crossed Miss
Martins path nearly every day after that.
1t is curious also how quickly people be-
come acquainted when they really want to.
The critic proposed marriage to the
writer of Sunday specials while the fash
ion editor, whose office she shared, was
reprimanding aIcopy boy in the hall. and
he kissed her while that worthy woman
was comforting with the artist about hats
a 10 mode in the next room.
The eXplanations-there are always ex-
plantations after an Observation-Disclosures
while Miss Plympton's hand was Upon the
doorknob while she had the last word With
the artist.
Il wanted to meet you long before, but
no opportunity came that would not have
given the office Il chance TO giggle and
wink he said
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11

tinued, "the condition Of the hogs that
come to market accounts in part for the
advance in bacon. I have here a COM
parative statement of prices taken from
our own books for this date last year
Inc this year. 1t shows q decrease in
everything but hams and bacon, a con-
siderable advance in bacon and a slight
advance in some hams Good bacon is
hard to set, for the reason hat hogs are
coming to market too fat and heavy. The
best bacon comes from the lighter hogs.
Some are not fitted to be used in bacon.
Here is our price list for the provisions
,jnT0a rt -oapt.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11
Iona for Home.

->iS " 4 L.
From hamlet's quiet to clty's mart, +
l travel, though oft with a lonely hear
| yearn for the faces | seldom see,
For the scenes OF n place hat Is HON, +
me. Il
Oh, take me home when 1 am dead, /
There let the funeral prayer be said;
The home l knew In another day,
When l was young and life was May
And If, ~perchance, the day is fair, +,
Let the service. he in the open air, !.
Meath the elm and elders spreacs
:: shade. ;
Where from the window as l laid, 4
I've watched tho silyered m~oonbeams IL
And heard the cooling rain-dove's call
HaNe smelled the perfume on the breei
The breath of blooming orchard traes.5
Go gather flowers from the vine,
Ihato DER the porch the trelliS tWines (
Bring. blossoms from the snow-white tire
II shades a spot that is dear to me.
Weep not'too sadly, M let your tears
Be for those who've gone in other years
l love you all, my brethren
And I'm content-Im home again.
When hushed is the music's sacred swt
Let them bear my body, who knew i
well.
TO the graveyard, by the timbered brook
Where the evergreens and towering o
Cast their shadow in tender embrace,
Around the family burying-place.
There lay me down and let me rest
BY the forms of those I love the best.
Frank d. Tomson. Cedar Rapids. Ia
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11
Specimen Irish Bulls.

New York Tribune: George Moore,
The novelist, has accumulated from his
residence in Ireland a number of Irish
anecdotes that are not included in his
book, The Untitled Field"
MI. Moore says he was walking n
day In a Dublin street when an under
takers assistant passed him, carrying
on his shoulder a coffin unusually tiny.
A young man stopped the assistant
near Mr.. Moore.
rs it possible" exclaimed the young
man, that his coffin is intended for
any living creature?'
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11
The Queer Chinamsn.

His left LAND is the place OF honor.
He carries u pig instead of driving him.
He whitens instead of blackens his
shoes.
His ~favorite present to a parent is a
coffin.
He says ~six-fourths instead of four
sixths.
He keeps out of step in walking with
others.
He shakes his own hands instead of his
friends.
He puts on his hat in salutation when
we take it off. y
He prefers a wooden rather than a
feather pillow.
He rides with his heels instead of his
toes in the stirrups.
He deems it polite to ask a casual call.
er's age and income.
His long nails are not u sign of dirtiness
but respectability.
His visiting card is eight and some.
times thirty inches long.
He often throws away the fruit Of til,
melon and eats the seeds.
His merits often bring a title not Il
himself. but to his ancestors.
Ills women folk are often seen il
trousers accompanied by me gowns
A Chinaman's given name W AFTER
( not before, his honored fam, ..aIae.
His compass points south, a.l he sieak.
of .weStnorth instead Of noil."e.
He does not consider IL ei~.a. ,yQ
Z courteous, TO take BON n4..s - o.e. {.
cup OF .&a-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11
Appearances Ceceitfu!.

Boston Post: edmund j. James, presi-
dent of the Northwestern university, was
travelling some months ago with a cler-
gyuan. This clergyman, a nan of about
GO, looks older than he really is-a fact
of which he hates to be reminded:
At a small rural station an aged and
bent farmer, painting violently, boarded
the train.
II nave had to run" ne said. nearly
half a mile to catch these cars"
Then, addressing himself 10 Professor
James companion; he went On:
TITS a bad job, sir, when old folks like
you and me has to un."
The Clergyman, frowning, asked the
farmer how old he was.
I'm So was the reply.
oh" said the Clergyman. there is
twenty years difference between you and
me-"
Goodness, sir" exclaimed the old man,
you don't mean to tell me you're 1862"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11

The price lists show that they are min
imum. lists and not necessarily the only
prices statesmen are allowed to charge.
They do not all snow reductions, as will
be noticed, but the reductions are much
more numerous than the advances in
prices. Some kinds are listed under diff
ferent names, and comparisons are easy
to make IN all cases. For example, the
ol6 prize list !saOWS strips, sirio!n. 10 cents.
while the new has three classes, those
over S pounds at 10 cents and small oass
ID . and ~ cents Il pounG.
As TO Pork Prices.
las for pork prices" MIR. Armour con-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11

Chicago Tribune THAT nephew Of yours
is a promising looking young fellow. What
does he run to m~ostly-money or brains?"
"He has brains enough to run to money.
He's making a dead set at old Bullion's
~Nsughter."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11
PAoyERS' STORY OF
!, MEAT SITUATION
Deny Great Alleged Discrep-
ancy Between Buying and
Selling Prices.
LABOR, TOO, COSTS MORE
And Then, 1t Is Claimed, There Has
Been a Great Reduction in the
Value of the Numerous By
Products of Stock.


"
Kansas City special: Charles w. Ar
lnour of the Armour Packing compan
says butchers who say there mas not peen
a reduction in the price of beef since last
year are mistaken. Mr.. Armour does not
claim that the reduction in all cases mas
price of the live animal, but says there
a ar5 9es'i th a may misb pg ba calIe ID b sng psire 1L
ana jnaease in The price of labor.
oui hilliiis III oCtoper' l'V-, was he'i-
ly twice as great, as in October of this
year he said, II be more accurate this
mouse Killed Gl,lSi cattle IN octoner a ycaT
ago ana 1915 catle IN Octopef lhis year.
Inc u!lefehSe III AoSs was wen d 4litle
greater, but the cattle Will 90 for a BASIS
1t was necessary TO use almost as much
power, labor ana other things that 30
INTO the handing OF the neat as though
We mad Killed as many as last year. Coal
costs more, Just as 1t costs everybody else
more, TINS year; water costs three times
as htuch because Oh the 1000 erect on
our wafer plant, forcing us to buy largely
from the city. Ammonia costs more and
an actual test shows that TOT coal, am
mona, salt anu water, we paid three
times as lnuch per mead OF animals killed
as we dld last year.
DGSlIfe. IN EV-frOGuCtS .
.'There has been a tremendous falling
off in Ihe value of things taken from n
hog or steer other than meat I mean
hides. oils. grease and the like. had
some figures taken THIS morning showing
comparative prices. They arc for No
yember q. 1902. and November %, 1902"
The figures he nrodl1cad are.
1907. 1909.
Lard l021 S..
Oieu Scarine. 1872 6lsM6i4
Irime tallow..........."."Is ia ~ asa.
StIllie aA9412
55TIlow sieISe' "a o2s44
ITrnni markat rerorts tJa nrihns of bidess
wore connnra,l ,rbev chow y red,,ction
mai rms from ia cents 70 CENTS a
1oI,nd ayara@ino ,onr0yi,no+o1 !, on cnn+s
a 1,o,,nd 1,ha ova,,, 90 ,veioht ~ hlaas
is aivnn NV Nj aA ,Inonr &c hat WOO, GftU1
nve ana siytv nn,nds Ioa,Hy Tay3s
h,das ara = ce1,ts ioutar. tban in E,,,. 1000
rrhe, are ,,eed cbien,y for, bn,tirg a,d TIA
demand ro,. hoItino &c s,id 10 20 r,1linr
Hfr W. ,7or,anstra - ,ha ofeao+ nr +hnne
Ga,r,os -, No ranrira E,,cinosr Mr. A.
,norr ,rndnnnd y rare,t frar, ~
Inna, t,,grts nc " W : oast ho ao ~
er n = samnIa Lnnoh ~ stoors bod honp
tu, y a ari ~ !, G 800 Nv ee9 9I rae 80 -
I1co,5 ora ~ aotla, Gn,r -, ~
chase Of forty-two native cattle last No
yenlber with figures based on this years
prices in another column. 1t seems that
the packers in figuring the cost Of a car
cass count the tallow, hides, bones and
such things against the cost of labor and
material. SO the loss in the price of these
things is treated as added cost for the
carcass. On this basis the clerk had fig
ured chat the cattle bought for $40 per
hundred pounds in the stock yards had
cost $7.24 per hundred hung up in the car
cass. If the cattle had cost S4,75 in the
yards today they would. according to
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11
Uncle Eemus saws:

De difference between bein,a arwisl
man and a fool am not SO great, but
what de pickin' UP of a hot hoss-shoe
may decide de question one WaY or de
odder.-Detroit Free Press.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11

This revived discussion Respecting
the a~dvisability of cutting the word
obey out of the marriage service is
useless. In the future as in the past
women will cheerfully promise obedi-
ence, but will make things interesting
for the man who undertakes I'd ems
force il.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11

Half the WORLDS Rubber Crop.
The United States now takes hall
the worlds crop OF rubber.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11

And If, perchance, the day is fair,
5 Let the $s5ylee be in !he epesn air,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11
Decline in Ry-Products.

There has been a tremendous falling
off i'll the value of things taken from a
hog or steer other than meat. l mean
hides, oils, grease and the like. ! had
some figures taken this morning showing
comparative prices. They are for No
Vember "a, 1902. and November "a, 1903"
I.he MgNres he produced are:
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11

Goodness, sir" exclaimed the old man
you DON'T mean to tell me you're 1862"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-15
FORCED TO RESIGN,
Lost a Good Position Through had Food

II felt Immediately better after my
first meal on Grape-Nuts, which be-
gan TO use after my health had broken
down and was nervous wreck,
MY stomach was in such a condition
that ! could eat nothing and trying to
eat was u burden to me.
MY pulse ran UP TO lis and my weight
fell q pounds ] got 80 ! couldn't work
and was forced TO resign good position.
] took milk punches between meals and
quit meat altogether but nothing Inn
proved my appetite and the condition OF
my stomach, ! finally went on one meal
"A day and had to force myself to eat
that and was rapidly starving until one
dav n friend suggested Grape-Nuts.
although my palate and stomach had
rebelled against all other foods Grape
Nuts agreed Immediately and | really
relshed this food while the changes In
my condition have been wonderful.
My weight increased from the start and
have now regained ~ pounds while my
pulse 10 normal and | am new person
all over. Life seems worth living and
enjoy all my meals.
"To make sure that this change was
due 10 Grape Nuts | made the EXPERT
ment OF leaving off the food for five days
but began TO go backwards so rapidly
that concluded had satisfied my curl
osity In this respect and | went back 10
Grape-Nuts again In hurry and began
Ia nick up again. Grape-Nuts certainly
touched the spot and did the work"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Look at each package for copy OF
the famous little book, THE Road to
MELVILLE"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-15
A DURABLE DISEASE.
Chronic CatarrlI Is Pronounced
Durable by DR.. Hartman.

There arc almost countless numbers OF
remedies said TO cure chronic catarrh.
The most of these ere Of no use what.
ever aud worse than useless, some are
actually harmful. \ few are successful
in n small number of casos-thoso which
are very slight and easily curablc--cascs
which might perhaps get well by simply
taking caro- not to catch cold again.
But Of all tho vast multtudes of medi-
cines il cannot be said that there are
moro than two or three which are actu-
ally specifics, and without doubt the
most reliable Ia Peruna. 1t always cures
when faithfully and conscientiously
used, 1t not only cures catarrh Of the
head and throat, bronchial tubes, lungs,
but catarrh Of the stomach, liver, kid
neys, bowels, and, in fact, any Of the
organs of the human body.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-15
Watermelon Rind Preserves.

and remove ali the soft red core which
can he used for watermelon frame. cut
the rlnd in twoEinch pieces, sprinkle with
salt and allow No remain all night. Tho
next morning rinse well and drain. Place
I'm the preserving kettle one quart of cider
vinegar and three pounds of sugar. tic In
a cheesecloth has half an ounce OF ground
cinnamon ana quarter Of an ounce Of
ground cinnamon and quarter Of an ounce
Of ground cloves add these TO the sugar
ana vinegar ana when boiling hot place In
the watermelon there should be two
quarts Of the pieces boil slowly until
tender and clear Take out the melon and
place IN glass Jars or stone crooks, and
boil down the liquid until only SUM-
pour on the rind while scaldlng hot. The
syrup may be drained off and scalded and
poured over the melon again In few
DAYS
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-15

A book Of "a instr lively illustrated
pages on catarrh and catarrhal diseases
will be sent free to any address by
The Peruna MedicinO Co., Of Columbus,
Ohio.
II you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use OF Peruna,
write OF once to DR.. Hartman, giving q
full statement OF your case and ho will
be pleased TO give you his valuable adj
wise gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-15

ernment experts and delegates, tender
ed by Senator w. A. Clark.
II y. --"Waldmelster'
bowl.
3 a. m.--Ambulances.
$3.50 a, m.-Breakfast.
$3.50 a. m.-Inspection arid states fruit
exhibit
II a. m Congress session. Subject
Colonization"
1880 p. m.-Luncheon, Pacific hotel.
1880 D. m.--Congress session. Subject
Legal Discussion"
1880 p. m.--ogden beet sugar factory,
car Union depot
6 %. m.--Supper, Pacific hotel
s p. m.--Concert, ogden tabernacle,
by Mormon" choir.