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Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-12

d you have any h~ighwaymen out
here?" asked the timid tourist.
Yes" answered Broncho Bob, who was
reading the papers that had come in by the
weekly mail. but cheer up. They're Just
amateurs. We haven't any trusts YETI
Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-12
THE COUNTRY DOCTOR.

II. f. Day, in pine Tree Ballads"
In his big fur coat and with mittens big
as hams,
With his string Of bells a-jingling, through
the countryside he slams.
There are lots of calls to make, and he's
always on the tear,
Adjoining in his cutter like an amiable
bear.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-12

Those who roll out FIFTH avenue as far
as Seventy seventh street on the padded
cushions Of their automobiles, as we'll as
those who are junketed on the top of the
quaint but ever-popular old Fifth avenue
stage, now look with renewed interest at
Senator Clark's great white palace, which
may ultimately become the home Of the
billion dollar baby for which a mother
gave her life, says a New York letter. This
palace-for 1t cannot be called a house
is a pocket edition OF the world. From
garrett to cellar it contains every variety,
every beauty, every convenience, every lux
ury and every sensation that the heart
could desire. 1t is so complete that SEN
ator Clark might shut himself up within
its walls and never come out, yet lead a
normal, active and even exciting life. The
house contains three separate dwellings,
each complete as to drawing rooms, bed
rooms, libraries, dining rooms and even
private roof gardens; great art galleries,
a sculpture hall, a music room twice the
size of the ordinary ball room, a grand
salon of the size and style of a French
throne room, a conservatory, an observa-
tory, a theater complete In every detail,
an old Roman bath in pink marble. a Turk
ish bath, a swimming pool, a gymnasium,
a billiard room, an automobile room, two
running fountains, both the works OF IA
nous seulptors; a great banquet hall, an
elevator, furnished, lighted and hung like
an ordinary drawing room; an electric Hight
plant, a cold storage room for furs. a grand
marble stairway like those Of the French
court, a secret passage with a secret stair
way winding down to a secret door and
hundreds of other modern and medieval
wonders.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-12

A surging crowd besieged a wagon on the
corner Of Broadway and Ann street the
other day, relates the Post. In the wagon
was a tall, %cadaverous gentleman with a
swollen face, watery eyes and mustache
stained with tobacco. His voice was rasp-
ing, nor did he look or sound lik an orator,
and yet he held the crowd spellbound, stir
ring it to frequent enthusiasm In which
men fought to get near enough to take
what he offered them. His only speech
was this:
Here yarl Here var! Balzac complete, 5
cents! Balzac's complete works in ten vol
umes fer 5 cents!"
His wagon, which was filled with great
stacks of pasteboard envelopes about as
large as an ordinary novel, was emptied
in forty minutes. He must have sold more
than 1000 during the morning, IL he had
them to sell. A curious person wishing
to save his nickel, looked over the shoulder
Of one of the buyers as he hastily opened
his envelope. There were ten thin pamph-
let's inside, one Of them bearing this title:
9Th Next Pope"
There is not much Balzac In the en-
velope," commented the curious one.
mo" replied the other, 81 didn't expect
It. But they are worth a nickel, I guess"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-12

II wish l could remember what II was
my wife told me to bring home this even
ing"
why didn't you make a memorandum
of it?"
'Confound IT, / did! / wrote Il on my
cuff when / started from home, but the cuff
Is all one color Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-12

Greater than in any year previous In
the history of the port Of New York, the
number of cabin passengers landed dur
ing 1902 by the steamship lines reached
the grand total of 139,S4S. This is 11,7O5
more than the preceding year and almost
1000 more than in 1901, when the Paris ex-
position was the magnet that drew many
to the other side. To transport the great
army of travellers 922 trips were made by
the ocean liners and more than twenty
three routes of travel were traversed by
the incoming people. Together with tho
large cabin lists came 574,276 in the
steerage, or a greater number by 1S5, 4OS
than the year before, and only approached
in size by the figures of 1882, when 52O,S55
we're landed at Castle Garden.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-12

The wise ones in Wall street who think
they know a gold brick when they see II
took passing kicks the other day at a
shining bar of metal in lower Broadway.
This brick Of real 22-carat gold, worth hum
dreds of dollars, was kicked about the hnan-
cial district by messenger boys, ocular
brokers and knowing fnanciers for an hour
or so, when a stupid youngster who had
never heard a Joke in his life came along
and picked 1t up. The owners were found
to be assayers on John street and the boy
was handsomely rewarded.
No sooner did this fact appear in the
newspapers than several Of those shadowy
gentlemen who sell gold bricks to farmers
labeled a number Of their brass bricks and
were offering them for sale. In each case
the article was offered at a price much less
thai S257.07, with the suggestion hat the
purchaser could have it remelted and make
a good thing out Of 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-12

millionaire's house.
Second Stork-Funny things. these human
beings! I've just delivered three to one
woman in a tenement, and her husbands
out of work and they haven't a cent
Brooklyn Life
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-12

PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-12
ROUND ABOUT NEW york.
RippIes on the Current of Life in the
MetropoIia.

The sneer which New Workers. usually
hurl at "the provinces" and the p%rovincials
who gravitate to the big city are in soak
for the present. A young Jay from the
country who was not as green as he looked
blew in a few days ago. stationed himself
near one OF the ferries and plucked scores
Of native youngsters with the skill OF a
professional. They we're dead easy" TIL
country CRATER would fasten on some
y%oungster going to or from his work or on
some errand, and in a little time would
find out all about him. hen the CONVEX
sation would run something like this;
How much are you getting?'
Three dollars a week"
"oh, heaven! And l can put you on to a
place where you can get Sc. All the boys
are raised to IS in a couple Of weeks"
The other boy was interested. Then the
country youngster would say; How much
money you got with your"
Eighty cents"
Give me that. There, now you go to the
Erie railroad ONCE. Mention me and you'll
get a good job right of. So long"
A dozen or more boys applied at the Eric
offices and all told the same story. One Of
them paid 81 and another a $3.50 gold piece
his employer had given hin
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-12

He watched the love scene enacted on the
stage and shook his head regretfully.
II wish 1 could do 1t ike that" he said.
There's nothing like trying, Harry" sug-
gested the girl at his side.
Shortly thereafter they went into eX-
ecutive session.-Chicago Post.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-05

self-destruction epidemic. SO long has
DR.. Carter been successful in pulling,
the wool over the eyes of the Old Gus
tertes it is said that the sllirmishes on
the political line have been so over
whelmingly one sided and the situa-
ton has become 50 mOnotonous and
strenuous that even the sheepherder
finds it necessary to exercise drastic
measures to bring about a more congo
NAL state of aifairs-and shuffles off
this mortal coil. It is certaialy be-
coming alarming when the sheepherder
cannot live in sublimity, and to avoid
old Custer becoming depopulated, its
citizens should get together and give
those of a di fl'erent political color an
opportunity to "feather their nest,' for
the stones in the republican gizzard
inevitably grinds on the taxpayers
finances.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-05
Newspaper Men Not InfallibIe.

w. Il. Eggleston, editor of the Hell
ena Press, recently addressed the
pupils OF the public schools of Helena
upon the subject of "Newspapers and
Newspaper Men" What Mr.. Eggles-
ton said to the public school pupils of
Helena is good enough to be pondered
by all newspaper readers. Mr.. Egg
gleston said in part: "Newspaper
men are not infallible. Therefore if
you find you are in error, don't stick
to your error. The world knows that
you are human, that any one is likely
to err. Be manly enough to admit your
error and the intelligent people of the
community will respect you for your
manliness. Sometimes you will have
some difficulty in correcting an error,
as was the case with the editor who
wished to compliment man in his
community by speaking of him as
'oattle SCARED veteran" The printer
got it wrong and the man was called a
'battle scared veteran" The editor
wrote an article apologizing for the
mistake and said the term he meant to
use was ''battle SCARED veteran"
The next day the paper had it ''bottle
SCARED veteran.'
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-05
ExeuEt Tiger.

In Forsyth the festive tiger is now as
meek as Lyndes republican after
election and no longer is the click OF
the chips and the command .'go to the
hole to be heard in the saloons where
his tigership has held full and undis-
puted sway for the past several months.
This condition of affairs was brought
about Friday morning by an edict
which is supposed to have emanated
from the Judge of the district to the
sheriff's office. Anyway, notice was
served on the proprietors of the various
gambling resorts by the sheriff that no
gambling will hereafter be tolerated
and who intimates that the lawn
this respect-must be adhered to and
any one who gives his orders the "tin
ear will be arrested and punished
accordingly.
Slot machines also have come under
the ban of the officers and now their
cold backs are turned on the public,
while their tempting faces confront the
wall.
1t is the general belief that the sher-
ifs office has been aware that gamb-
ling has been going on in the town for
some time past, and the late action
taken by that incumbent came as no
little surprise to those who are fond of
'gamboling on the green.
For the purpose of aiding in the pas
sage of the law which passed in COM
mittee of the whole in the house of
representatives last week providing
for licensing gambling, it is said the
local gambling fraternity pooled issues
and sent someone to Helena to lobby in
behalf of the measure, but according
to dispatches from there the bill has
been killed.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-05

There were 1869 commercial failures
during January, with aggregated liza
bilities of $4,000, 900.
And yet the trusts and the nation are
the most prosperous on earth. Indi-
'ioual prosperity should not be con-
rounded with trust and notiona1 pros
perlty. In the eye of the trusts, indi-
Vidual prosperity be d. Therefore,
oear brother, vote the republican ticket
stra1Sht in the interest of trust pros
perity.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-05

Apropos to the occasion the Katzen-
Jammer Kid, who casually contributes
few editorial scintilations to the col
umns of the Yellowstone Journal dur
ing the infelicity of Fatty Felix over
the apparent downfall of his Uncle
Thomas Henry, attributes the MANY
suicides which that bailiwick has ex-
perienced of late to the fact that the
Northern Pacific has given up the idea
of making Milestown division point
While we have no desire to blast the
versions of the illustrious Kid, there
may be other reas ons for this wanton
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-05
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EDITORS! OLLIE MARCY,
FERN CLARK.

Anna Smith has been neither absent
nor tardy this term.
The children of the First A grade
are reading the story of Hiawa tha.
The regular quarterly teachers ex-
animation was held in the high school
| building last Friday and Saturday.
| There were but two applicants, Miss
Fitzpatrick of Forsyth, and Miss Lower
of Lee, Mont
The next regular meeting of the
Parents club Will be held in the high
school room Friday afternoon at $50.
l he program committee have arranged
very entertaining and instructive
program. The subject is School Dec
Grafton and Sanitation All patrons
o. the school are most earnestly re-
quested to be present.
If you hear or read a good story or
anecdote try to remember it to repeat
to others. II it has amused you it NAV
do as much for some one else, and a
teller OF good stories is much appreci-
ated. Even if you have to drag it in
without any apropos, as 81 heard a
story the other day" people will usu-
ally be glad to listen, and are attracted
by such a preface. 1t is also a noble
form OF influence to pass on in CONVEX
sation anything which in our reading
we have found helpful or inspiring.
Longfellow' birthday, Feb. 9th,
was observed in the high school. Tie
following program was given by the
Ninth grade:
Biographical Sketch of Longfellow
Maggie Shook
1.-The Slaves Dream
.............. 80. Lucy Mcintosh
changing of the Crane. ....
'''.'.' LOld AldTk
Footsteps of Angels. Ollie Marcy
''The Day is Done. Fern Clark
Quotations from Longfellow were
given by each member of the high
school.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-05

An organization has been formed,
called the Navy League of the United
States, the purpose of which is to Gre
a'e public sentiment in favor of a navy
that will make the United States the
equal of Great Britain in power.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-05

John ID. Rockefeller went down to his
once at % Broadway the other day,
ana few hours later emerged $1,000,
600 richer than when he entered.
standard Oil had declared it's quar-
terly dividend of $40 per share.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-05
From the State Press

Billings Times: The FORSYTH Times
says that "should the powers that be
decide upon joining Yellowstone and
Rosebud counties in one judicial dis
trlct, nothing would please the people
more than an opportunity to elect Hon.
Fred Hathhorn of Billings district
Judge. Wonder how the Forsyth
paper can have the gall to speak for
the people of this county. If the re-
publlcans of Yellowstone county would
not renominate Hathhorn for the Office
of county attorney they certainly would
not desire him for district Judge.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-02
Vigorous Old Age.

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years of health and enjoyment to many a HE.
Use this great medicine regularly, and lis inris-
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W.l.!.s & RICHARDSON Co..
Gentlemen, Just word in favor Of
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r:a:ac's Celery Compound was rcconmende'''
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c,o} health, and have Keen we'll man e,e'
since. Yours truly, GEORGE 7. MORSE
I..oM:NSr@e, Mass, Oct. -, 1902.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-02

the first friendly saIutatlons had
passed, Il may have a meeting with
Conrad, Count Damonof. He has
sought quarrel-insultcd me most
erosslv-aimed blow at my head
and | knocked him down. You can
Judge as well as I what the result
must be. >
"Most assuredly he will challenge
vou." cried the officer excitedly.
$50 Think" resumed Ruric
calmly. "And, now, will you serve
me in the event ?"
"With pleasure.
81 may refer his messenger to
you?"
eyes, surely. And how shall I
act? What will you dc? ?"
"Knock him down again under
the same provocation."
"I understand. You wish to re-
tract nothing?'
'No. Listen; I will tell you all
since seek your aid"
And thereupon Ruric related all
that had occurred at the time of the
counts visit to his shop.
"Good," uttered Alaric as the
gunmaker finished. 'He must chal-
lenge you, and then you'll punish
him. He's too proud now. He can
handle some Of his hlytops who as
sociate with him, and perhaps he
thinks he can do the same when he
comes out among the harder men:
But never mind, I will be punctual
and faithful"
Ruric reached home just as his
mother was placing the board for
dinner. He often went away on
business, and she thought not OF
asking him any questions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-02

Ruric Nevel-An insult of the most aggravatins
nature has fo- the tine levcled all distinctions OF
caste between Us Your blood a,onc wash out
the STAIN would not Elurcec you outright, and
in no other way but tbs can ! reach you. Ny
friend. the bearer CT tais. viii make al arrange
mems. If you dare not meet Ele, say 50, that all
NAV know who IS the coward. DAMoSoFF.
When Ruric had read the missiye,
he crushed it in his hand and gazed
its bearer some moments in the face
without speaking.
''WiN you answer" asked Urzen-
He spoke more softly than before,
for he saw something in the gun
makers face which he dared not
provoke.
care you acquainted with Alaric
Orsa, a lieutenant Of the guard"
eyes, sir; l know him well.
''Then let me refer you to him
He will make all necessary arrange
ments, and I shall hold myself
bound by his plans. I trust that is
satisfactory"
eyes, sir
E'Then you and I need have no
more to say"
"Only on one point said Urzen,
with some little show of confusion
'eYou are the challenged party, and
you will have the choice Of weapons.
The count has not mentioned this
mind you, he has not, but I as
his frien0 deem it no more than
right to speak of it trust you
Will choose gentleman's weapon.
In the use of the pistol or the gun
he is not versed."
"While you imagine I am said
Ruric, with a contemptuous curl Of
the lip, for he knew that the man
was lying. He could see by the fel-
lows very looks that Damonof had
commissioned him to breach this
matter.
"of course you are" returned Ur-
zen.
card the count is most excellent
" versed in the use Of the sword, IS
he not ?"
"He is accounted fair swords
man."
"Aye; so I thought. But it mat
tiers not to me. The thought had
not entered my mind before, save
that I supposed swords would be the
only weapons thought of. However,
Orsa will settle it with you. I have
given him no directions at all save
to serve me as he thinks proper and
to act upon the understanding that
if / have given offense to the count
I would do the same again under
provocation. You understand now%
II do, sir, returned Urzen IN q
choking tone.
"Then wait moment, and / viii
give you message to Orsa."
Thus speaking, Ruric went to his
desk, and upon the bottom OF the
missive he had received from the
count he wrote:
Dear Alaric-I send this to you by the same
hand that bore it to me. and YOU are hereby GU
powered to act for ne as you may deem proper,
shall be governed strictly by your arrangements
i:CE:e.
TO El: CONTINUED.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-02
CHAPTER III.
LOVE.

That night Ruric Nevel had
strange fancics while waking and
strange dreams while sleeping.
Long and deeply did he ponder up
on the strange business which had
called Count Conrad to his shop,
and in no way, under no light, could
he get any reason from it. Why
he. q youth who had never spoken
with The proud duke save once on
common business and who was SO
far down in the social scale should
have been thus called upon to give
q virtual consent. to the bestowal
Of Rosalind ValdAs hand, was be-
-.o,.,,l5 /, - Tor, but a poor
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-02
CHAPTER ".
THE CHALLENGE.

| THE CHALLENGE.
In the afternoon Ruric retired to
his shop, where he went at work
upon a gun which had been ordered
some days before. As yet he had
said nothing to Paul concerning the
affair of the day before since his re-
turn from the Kremlin. He asked
him now, however, if any one had
called.
"Only the MONK returned Paul,
without seeming to consider that
there was anything very important
in the visit.
sDo you mean the black monk
Vladimir ?" asked the young man,
starting.
eyes, my master. He called here
about the middle Of the forenoon.
He wanted one of the small daggers
with the pearl haft." :"
"And did you let him have one%
Certainly. He paid me 4 duc-
ats for it and would have paid more
had l been willing to take it."
"And did he make any converse
tion?"
eyes. He asked me why the Count
Damonof came here yesterday"
cha! How did he know Of their
yisit?''
ssHe was waiting at the inn for a
sledge when he overheard the count
and his companion conyersing upon
the subject
"And did he ask you any ques-
tions touching the particulars :"
''Yes-many."
"And how answered you"
''I told him the whole story, from
beginning to end. I found that he
knew something Of their purpose
from what he accidentally over
heard, and, rather than have him SO
away full Of surmises, | told him
/! ALL
"Of the message too?"
C.es, my master. | told him all
that happened, from the showing OF
the paper which the duke had drawn
up to the departure Of the angry
man. p .
"And what did the monk say =
Ruric asked very earnestly.
"Whv, he said he knew the count
and that he was a proud, reckles:
fellow and worth but little to so2i-
etv: that was all. He did not seen?
to care mach about it anyway; on =
he said he should have done just IS
vou did and that every law of JUS.
tice would bear you out. He lad
more curiosity tAan interest, thousa
| am sure al! his sympathies are
with YOU
'Vcry well, returned Ruric. 1T
can matter bat little what the non
thinks aboat it, though woai,
rather have him know the truth i
he must know anything, for | wo:$ d
not be misunderstood"
"Iie understands it all now, u
master. and trust YOU are not 6:
fcnded at the liberty took in to-
ing him.
Here tie conversation droppe::
and the work was resumed IL 81
lence. It was past 3 o'clock whc;.
Rurics mother came and informcJ
him that a gentleman in the house
would speak with him.
is it Stephen Urzen: asked the
youth.
His mother said ii was.
"Then bid him come out here.
Claudia retired, and in Il few mo-
mcnts more the gentleman made his
appearance.
very stih1v and haughtlly, i brlnG
message from the Count Damo
noff."
every we'll. sir. returned the
gunmaker proudly, Il am ready t'
receive ii.
Therenpon Urzen drew a seale'
note from his pocket and handed i
to Ruric. who took it and broke th'
seal. lie opened it and read as 10.
lows:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-02
Unsolicited Testimony.
Suited After Thirty-fve Years.
First Methodist Church. R. Herbert Jones,

Pastor.
Sumter. S. c., May 2nd. 1905.
DR.. H. F. Highsmith. Sumter, S Z.
Dear Sir and Brother This is to sa7
that the lenses furnished by YOU SOM
weeks ago are giving me great satisfaction :
! and that l am as we'll suited, notwlthstahe-
ing the difficulties, as I have ever been
After an experience of thirty nve yeaS-
with Opticians and Oculists IN the leao'n'>'
cities in two states, ! make this sta1emeo-
to your creGlt.
You are at liberty to use this letter II
any wav for the benefit of the comuiunlty
| would like others to know that theE
can get work in your line done as well K.
Sumter as they can in Charleston v7
Atlanta. Yours truly,
R. BERBERT JONES.