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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01

heels four inches high and tapered
down to the size of a two-bit piece.
He wore a soft SLOUGH hat, an en-
broidered flannel shirt, and had red
silk sash tied around his waist. He
said he was broke" and looking for
a job.
Old Bob asked him If he could paint
a sign for the saloon. He asked what
kind of sign was wanted. Old Bob
told him he wanted figure of a great
originality and one that would tell the
name without any printed matter He
always put on airs in his speech when
he thought he knew more than the
other fellow did, and the dandy chap
was understanding, in spite of his
clothes.
Well, the stranger took the job. and
when it was done and put up over the
door and old Bob came out to size it
up he was roaring mad He swore he
wouldn't pay for it. The figure paint
ed on 1t was a big red goose. The
painter called all the town to proys
that he had painted according to ordar
b. asking each one separately what 1t
was. Every one of them said, Red
Goose" He then asked pointedly If
it was not OF great originality" and
every one to a man said it was the
first red goose they had ever seen.
So old Bob had to pay for the sign
and set up the drinks besides. After
tEey had settled it the dandy chap sat
down to a game of poker In the saloon
which he had christened, and in the
morning of the next day walked ont
of it and left with all the available
gold of the town in his pockets.
II was that night | spoke of-the
night before Christmas. The boys
kept roaring fire in the fireplace and
tried to keep the cheer going. but it
was too plainly an effort-all except
at the card tables. The most improb-
able things always happen without
warning. In at the door of the Red
Goose, like a bird blown from the
night, came a shivering, oldish-looking
man. His hair was long and a stub
bly, beard hid the under half of his
face. He was lost, he said, aud near
ly froze, and had the rheumatism and
wanted to warm at the fire
We all stood back and let him have
the fire to himself. He stretched his
long, slender fingers in the warmth
OF the large blaze, warmed his feet
at 1t and turned his back to warm.
his eyes wandered round the big.
ugly room and lit on the piano.
The man at the fire set his glance
so questioningly on the instrument
that Polaris volunteered to tell him
that 1t was a "pyanner," and asked
him II he could play on the "critter."
He said he used to play little, and
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01

feathery white fakes falling, we
laughed. When ii kept on and on till
the snow was nine feet deep the laugh
was on the other side of our mouth.
The snow settled and froze, and we
were in for 1t.
There was whisky enough and pro-
visions enough, so that we did not fear
dying OF thirst and hunger, but we
were pining for amusement
Forty forty days and forty nights
shaking dice and playing poker at the
Red Goose had become monotonous.
The Red Goose was saloon. The way
it got it's name was this-which is
also the beginning of the end of the
thing that happened. 1t was all fin
ished, the saloon was, and ready for
business, and big smooth signboard
waiting to be painted, but there
wasn't a man there could paint II.
We were falling into the way OF
speaking of it as odd Bob's" when
along came a dandy-looking young
chap with pants cut smaller at the
ankle than at the knees. and boot
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01

began to rub his hands together In
a minute a dozen voices were urging
him to play. He said he was afraid
his fingers were too stiff. They gave
him a drink of whisky and seated
him at the piano. He ran his fingers
along the keys several times and be.
gan to play. The men looked up from
their cards. He played the piece
through and part of The Girl Left
Behind Me-" and stopped to rub his
hands and straighten his fingers.
He threw his head back and the
long, wind-blown hair slid down on
his shoulders. His voice rose in vol.
ume and richness and thrilled us with
its vibrant sweetness.
The men dropped their cards and
their elbows on the table and rested
their faces in their hands and listened.
Some others went over to the window
and looked out into the white, cold
moonlight
There where you see that dark stain
on the floor which water never would
wash out IS the spot where young
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01

was crowded out Of her rightful,
though unappropriated place
The, matter ranked in Mrs. Wer-
theimers mind, and the thought of
getting rid OF it grew in her heart.
So it was, that one night when Mr..
Wortheimer had hurried home, ready
for a romp before supper, there were
no signs of life in the house; no bark
ing dog, no singing bird, no Growing
baby.
Where's baby?" he inquired of his
stern-faced wife, with a sudden mis-
trust in his heart.
"Oh, yes, it's always baby, baby,
nothing but baby" answered the wom-
an, petulantly. IL suppose you
wouldn't have cared IL had caught
my death of cold, or worked my fin
gers to the bone waiting on 1t, as long
as you could have something to play
with. made up my mind last night,
after | had gotten up three times to
attend to it, that l would not be i'm
posed upon any longer, so this morn
ing took it to the Founding Asylum
and"
"You-took--that-poor-child to
an asylum" stammered Mr.. Werthei-
mer with sudden anger and curl Of
contempt on his lips. you took that
little motherless child to a public in.
stitution after promising its father
that you would take its mothers
place? | thought every woman had
| some love in her heart. II not for her
husband, then at least for helpless
babe, but you-a nice religion you
have, with all your pratlng about
Christian duty and charity-it is des-
picable."
Mrs. Wertheimer was appalled, at
this outburst from husband who had
always been KIND and gentle, and his
guage frightened her. Womanlike,
she began to cry, at which her hus-
band softened and looked surprised.
1t was the first time he had ever seen
tears in her eyes. Could it be possible
that she had heart?
Martha. / said more than | should
have; pardon me. Never mind about
the baby, it's only one more disap-
pointment and will live through it,
With that he turned away, but his
wife, whose eyes were opened to the
full significance of what she had done,
called him back, and putting her hands
| upon his shoulders, looked him full in
the face with a strange, unwonted
expression in her eyes.
John, | must tell you the truth
now. 1t was not heartlessness, Il was
because-oh, John, do you not under
stand? l was jealous of your love for
the child. was afraid you had ceased
to love he. My hardness was all as.
sumed, John. Say you forgive me,
and | will go this moment and get the
child again"
| The woman's habitual reserve melt
ed under the tender caress of her
| husband.
Dear wife, have always loved you.
but it seemed to me that you did not
love me, you were so-no, | will not
say it, because know now that | was
wrong. My heart is big enough for
both you and the baby, so let us go
after it before we do anything else"
But the baby was not there, another
woman who wanted a baby having
taken 1t away. 1t was too late that
evening to do more, &C procuring the
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01

Che void In his heart. Moreover, he
was jolly sort of man and felt the
need of something to bubble and gush
over. His home environments we're
well. were somwhat frigid.
On the contrary, Mrs. Werthelmer
was a strict disciplinarian on the
score of duty, dogmatic and unyield-
ing in her disposition. and opposed to
sentimental displays; even her smiles,
when she forgot herself and INDUCED
in such worldliness, were frost-bitten.
But she had gathered the idea at the
Woman's club. during a protracted
and heated discussion Of the subject.
that 1t was the duty of every woman
20 assume the guardianship of at least
one embryo human being, for the
purpose of training 1t according to the
standard recognized by the club in
the right way, of course, and thus
save an immortal soul from contami.
nation by the wickedness of the world.
which was badly in need of making
over again. Besides that, the lady
had noticed the waning influence of
the dog. cat, and bird TO keep Mr..
Wertheimer at home in the evenings.
Hence. Mrs. Werthe,mer thought a
baby in the house might accomplish a
double object, to wit: A halo and a
stay-athome husband.
let me see" she said, pausing in
her busting. John and quarreled on
Thanksgiving day, and to make him
understand that he was in the wrong.
gave him corned beef and cabbage
for dinner instead of turkey. Then
again, on Christmas day he was not
as liberal as thought he should have
been, and the turkey was tough.
there weren't any cranberries, and
the only dessert was bread pudding
instead of plum-accidental, of course.
To make up with him, | think l will
present him with a baby on New
Years day, and that will keep him at
home for year at least But where
shall get one?"
Now II SO happened that Mr.. John
Hopkins had more children than he
could care for; half dozen OF them
reaching up like the steps of ladder.
all vigorously healthy and constantly
clamoring for something to eat and
wear His wages not increasing with
h his family. II was very difficult to get
even bread. To add to his misery.
Mrs. Hopkins committed the folly OF
presenting him with seventh, and,
as a last straw, she up and died in
the midst of its raising. leaving him
forlorn with en- eight.months-old baby
and a string of children too young to
help care for It. II seemed to him
that the world was cold and unfeeling,
for the neighbors. instead of Offering
any assistance, intimated quite plain
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01

Ihad Marblehead died with an oath in
his mouth. and over there where you
see that greasy-looking spot on the
wall is where a dab of Jim Earring.
tons brains stuck and stayed till it
dried and his partner scraped it or
with his bOwie-knife.
Plank by plank the bIood-stained
floor slipped OUT inch by inch the
smoke-grimed walls dissolved; the
bottles and glasses melted away
The thousands of miles of savage
wilderness and trackless desert they
had conquered to reach this golden
fringe of creation were not And out
of the pure white moonlight and the
di2nond-crystaled snow stole in the
faces and forms at home, sweet home.
There was a grand roll of song and
sound, low, slow wall of melody, a
snap, twang and silence.
The men waited, each in his atti.
tude of listening, for the length of q
breath, and then one big. concordant
sigh broke the stiffness. By ones and
twOs and threes, without a word or n
sign. they went out into the silence
and the snow.
This would be good place to stop
the story, but it did not happen that
way at the Red Goose.
The first ones in to get their morn
ing dram" found the proprietor in a
towering rage. He said he thought
that old musician a nugget forty
karats fine that had just rolled itself
into his hands for Christmas pres.
ent. He had made him a bed by the
fire, taking the grizzly bear skin from
MS own bunk TO make the floor softer
sor him, and told him there was plenty
OF wood in the ccTner and for him 10
Just help himself at the bar. And
when he put his head in at the parti.
ton door and called christmas Gift"
to wake the old chap up to breakfast
ne was gone. SO was the grizzly skin
he slept on--so was the gold in the
box on the wall end of the bar; four
thousand dollars in gold dust-every
ounce of it gone.
In its place he had found q piece of
paper with some lead.pencil scrib-
blings on it, which read:
Excuse my leave.taking unheard,
And the hour, for my way it is far;
Iaking you as man of your word.
have helped myself at the bar.
For your kindness give this advice:
Never leave your dust laying round
loose,
Never trust either women or mice
| painted your sign Of the goose.
The laugh was on old Bob.-San
Francisco Call.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01

blue-eyed infant. with little wisps Of
golden curls hanging around a shape
ly head. It was bobbing around in a
wobbly fashion, it's tiny hands
stretched out trying to reach large
gray cat, wisely sitting just beyond
its grasp, blinking at the new acquisi.
ton In sleepy wonder. Jack, the dog,
was manifesting his approval of the
new arrival by furiously barking and
wagging his stumpy tail, at the same
time frislSing around and upsetting
the cat, drawing her about by the
tail, and performing other astonishing
feats to entertain the baby.
Great Caesar!" he exclaimed.
What's the row anyway? Have you
started a menagerie?"
This is our baby" explained Mrs.
Wertheimer, relating her experience
and intentions.
well, now Wen have some fun and
life around the house." said he, get
ting down on the floor to investigate
the new playthlng. "She's mighty
pretty. anyway" was his decision. In
a few moments he was mixed up with
baby, dog and cat in such a noisy
revel that his wife, with an express
sion of disapproval, came in from the
kitchen, where she had gone to pre-
pare supper.
John, didn't know you could make
such fool of yourself. Just look at
your clothes, all lint and dust. and
you are making more noise than the
whole lot put together. Have you
no consideration for the neighbors?"
We'll, what did you get her for. II
you don't want me to play with her?"
And he laughed good-naturedly. 81
can't just sit and look at her; that
amt enough"
Il took her." responded his wife Sc
verely, because it is our duty to make
a home for some child that didn't
have good one. YouH make such a
fuss over this one that it will soon be
spoiled, and | want it TO grow up
good and sensible. | have my own
ideas about its training. Come, get
up. supper's ready"
For two weeks Mr.. Wortheiner lived
in paradise, and, strange to say, he
never once went out in the evening.
But not so Mrs. Wortheimer. Babies
require good deal of care and atten-
ton; she had not calculated on this.
and her idea of duty became very
much modified. In fact, she com
planned of the trouble the baby was
giving her, in, addition to which there
was a trifie of jealousy. Mr.. Wer.
theimer devoted all his time to the in.
FAINT and none to her. True, she had
never invited his caresses, but that
did not make any difference; the baby
had wedged in between them, and she
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01

of the two for the same object
did not emanate from the same
view point; there was nothing marital
in their thought. the son-and.heir idea
never occurring to either of them.
A dog. cat and a canary bird had
hitherto Seen the objects of Mr.. Wer-
theimer's amusements when off duty,
but he had grown weary of the monot-
cny of all three and wapted something
human that he could love. pet and
cherish--animals did not seem to fill
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01

viii not find Mantown on the map of
California, for the reason that il most
~ ceased TO be before the map was
made.
When the Parson, who was an early
riser, threw the wet floursack he had
wiped his hands and face on at my
head and said: THE old lady up
there's picRin' her geese, Tom" and
Polaris and | looked out and saw the
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01
Pot
Grand View

Grand View
most complete
ed in this dis
ed recently /
Pills for tho,
from diseased
tion finds (
words. Peopl
seem to take
Take what n
for example:
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says Mrs. Pa
when l was
would take ]
could not stra
81 sent and
Dodd's Kidne!
Finished takir
bad gone, AM
Since.
Other peOpl
Experiences "
and their pop
Increase.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01

r. w + r TifEI-
MER wanted a
baby.
Mrs. Werthei-
mer's a S pir a
tions for a
household C G n
ter of attraction
was substantial
ly In the same
direction.
Ii must be ad-
mitted, however,
that the desires
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01
CHRISTMAS In MANTOWn
A Mining Camp Story

"Mantown" had been showed in
forty days 1t was on the night be-
fore a Christmas the thing happened
which | am going to tell you. You
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01

address, Mrs. Wertheime- resolved 20
start after her baby early in the morn
ing-it was her baby now, truly.
A vigorous, impatient pull at the
bell and young woman with weak,
childish face appeared. There were
traces OF recent tears, and the cheeks
VIE red with much rubbing.
IF this is Mrs. Harris. permit rue
to enter and state the object of my
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01
We WnnI

To write US for
butter. poultry,
ship a carload
week In the yea
no charge fOl
promptly for {
references in y
Write us tO-da1
Huron Whole
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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01
In Winter |

"A powder.
able, nervous
III you have sW
shoes, try All
all druggists a
Samples sent
Olmsted, lie r
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01

Did Adam /
cOrsets ? Did
Did Ruth chew
of Israel make
crossing the
eat gum dro
Weekly News.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01
What S

Gladys-I'm
reader, myself
Ethel--Indee
Gladys--Yes,
glance what a
Ethel-WOnC
often find 1t 6
Exchange.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01
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Austria's Rul
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Whatever h
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ago the widow
ing by the ru
titled to a per
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her one as an
His majesty
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candid friend
the smiles Of
ness of despai
ing her that,
attached his
this was as
therefore, bur
of weeping tn
the audience
wrong. When
tiers stood, |
guilden be
from his r
the benefit o
others like hi
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Ito what may
a proverb: "A
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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01
A NEGLECT

A NEGIFVI
leads to pneumOr
Coles Cough G.
begins and a few
money back il i
so cents at drugs
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-01

Luck rarely
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-26

Have you seen our Miniature Railway? Loco
motive regular steam engine, tender, d n ~
passenger coach and circular track 80 80
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-06
ARE TOO THINLY CLAD
New York Newspaper Voices Protest Against Those lndvd
uals Who Wear Summer Clothing When the Snow
Flakes Are Flying in the Air.

hood. a real. old-iashioned hood such
as were commonly worn in the 7os,
made Of cashmere. edged around with
fur and accented with smart ribbon
bows
"Ha that's the girl for my money,
said the chilly mortal Wouldn't she
warm the cookies Of your heart? /
remember well when they wore those
things, and they always looked charm
ing in them, too.
These creatures that go about IN
freezing weather with scarcely clothes
enough on for a cool summer should
be suppressed. II doesn't matter
whether they feel warm or not they
should be obliged 10 look warm. too.
Fortunately there is still a comfort
able majority who enjoy the warm ap-
propriateness OF furs and thick boots,
so there is probably no danger Of an
other such freak of fashion as the
French revolution introduced IN Eu-
rope The rage for showing the shape
WAS such that women were then led
into the most absurd extravaganza Of
clinging draperies. which they wore
with thin slippers and bare shoulders
and arms on the bitterest winter days.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-06


There was a small celebration at
the Belasco theater IN New York when
The Darling Of the Gods passed its
FIRST and entered its second century in
the number Of performances. Mr.
Belasco was presented with two large
vases of satsuma while Miss Blanche
Bates, the darling herself. received an
exquisitely embroidered Japanese
cloak. accompanied By the following
unsigned note:
ITO Miss Blanche Bates, The Oar
ling of the Gods, Belasco Theater-
Most Gracious Princess: Honorably
pardon the presumption Of one who IS
iniserably unknown TO you. Deign con-
siderately to wear this token Of Old
Japan. where the writer loved a Miko
who. Ike Yo-san, danced in the tenn
pie before the gods. So like is Yo-san
10 Niji-san, my MikO, that l have not
thoughtfully failed to look upon her,
lot these hundred nights. Accept
humbly my thanks. and, for the sake
Of remembrance. let the fair shoulders
of Yo-san augustly wear the mantle OF
Morimoto and Niji-san."
And the guessing in the company as
to whom Miss Bates is indebted is
still going on.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-06
Christianity in Japan.

The Christians have already given
to Japan one cabinet minister. two
Judges OF the Court Of Cessation. two
speakers OF the house OF commons
Zone elected twice). two or three as
sistant cabinet ministers. besides q
number OF chairmen OF legislative
committees. judges OF the appellate
court, etc In the present parliament
the spr .ker and thirteen members are
Christians; one of them was elected
by majority of five to one 60 repre-
sent a strongly Buddhist district. In
The navy the captains Oh the two larg-
est men-of.war are ChrisIans Three
Of the great daily papers in Toxic are
In the hands of Christians. and in sew
eral others Christians are at the head
Of the various editorial departments
The best charitable Institutions are
under Christian directors. The ma
iority Of reiieious persons among the
middle classes OF Japan are admitted
ly Christians. The lower classes still
cling TO Buf lhism, more through SUI
persutious Ignorance than from actual
belief in It. The upper classes remain
con mittea to the religious views OF
cue emperuf ond court
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-06
All star Romeo 40 JuIlet.

The star cast which Liebler and
Company. in the last week Of April.
Will send on tour in Romeo and Juliet
has been completed. Kyrle Bellew
viii be Romeo Eben PlymDton, Mer
Quito; w. H. Thompson, Friar Lau-
renee: John f. Kellard, Tybault; Ed
win Arden, Paris; Forrest Robinson,
Benyolio; George Clarke, Capulet;
w. j. Ferguson, Peter; F. c. Bangs,
Montague; Edmund Breese, Escalus;
Ada Dwyer. Lady Capulet; Mrs. W.
G. Jones Nurse. and Eleanor Robson,
Juliet The production viii be elab'
orately staged and will be produced
under the direction Of Eugene Pres.
bury. The first performance win take
place in Albany on April 27, and after
visiting nearly all the large cities in
the cast and the middle west the com
pany viii return to New York for the
week Of May 25