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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17


of North Carolina.)
Vance, and later occupied the same
position with Gov. Jarvis. He began
the practice of law in 1880. Five times
he was elected a memberof the leoisla-
,ture, and in 1887 he was the unanimous
choice OF the democrats for the
speakership, but was defeated by a
combination between the republicans
n the independents. He was elected
speaker of the house in 1893. In 1894
he was president OF the NorthC.rolina
railroad company. In 1895 he ,>as the
choice of the democratic cau.us for
the'l!nited States senatorship, hut was
defeated by Senator P%ritchard through
a combination Of republicans and pop
ulists. In 1900 Mr.. Overman was presi-
dent of the democratic state v
ton. He is nov president of the Sal
isbury Savings bank and for ten years
has been a member of the board of
trustees of the state university. Mr..
OHerman's wife is the daughter o:
United States Senator Merriman. He
succeeds Senator Pritchard.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17
s. NEWTON DEXTER NORTH.
\. Merriam's Successor as Director OF
the Cersus.)

e'af luc SeESuS.) G4 g
oughout the country as one of the
t authorities in the United States
the tariff and the tariff schedules.
remained with the Albany Express
three years, when, in 1890, he was
Ected secretary of the wool manufac-
fers' association of Boston, Mass,
(ich position he has held ever since.
In 1850 Mr.. North was selected to
epare the newspaper statistics for
e tenth census, and in 1885 completed
e preparations for the taking Of the
ew York state census. In1S9O he was
iected to make a special report or
DOL manufactures for the eleventh
Ensus, and in 1894 was secretary Of
1e republican branch of the senate
pmmittee on finance. While engaged
ms duties at the capitol as Il cor
espondent Mr.. North attracted the
ttention of the late President McKin-
~, who was then on the committee of
rays and means of the house of repre-
antatives. Mr.. Mckinley had charge
the preparation of the tariff bill
PASSED during his last term i'll con-
press, and which was known as the Nc
Alnley bill, and Mr.. North was charged
With the making of the tariff schedules.
later he performed the same service
or Representative Dingley. This
work secured for him a position on the
INDUSTRIAL commission, to which he was
appointed by President Mckinley in
1913. Agar later, at the earnest So
iicltatlon of the president, Mr.. North
resigned from the industrial commits
SION to become chief statistician in
charge OF the division of manufactures
OF the twelfth census. The work Of
Sir. North in this division has attracted
attention throughout the world, and
ms thorough knowledge of the statis-
,'cs, not only of his special division,
out OF all the divisions of the census,
made him a valuable aid to Director
Merriam.
a short time ago Mr.. North found
n a he could not continue as secre-
eary of the National Wool Mannfac-
eurers' association if he desiredt to keep
up the work of his division at the cen
sus Office. and as he preferred the for
mer OF the two positions he rendered
ms Resignation to Director Merriam
ABOUT the middle of February and left
the Office February 90.
mr.: North was mentioned for the
position OF director to succeed Mr..
merriam from the first, although his
sandldacy has been kept quiet by his
trends. He was strongly Endorsed,
however, and his selection by Presi-
.ent Roosevelt was no surprise to his
iormer associates. He was. popular
WIN an the employees Of the census
ulnce, and his departure from theSofice
was the occasion OF general regret.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17
co,Ieae for policemen.

4 college for policemen y II sxls1-
anoa - ST. Petersburg. In the school
= mnseum where candidates g the
.nolice force make themselves familiar
with the tools Of criminals-1. .nnas s,s
drills, chisels and contriyances : roD'
hing collection boxes.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17
News Notes.

lA H--
At q special election it wa voted
to bond the town of Nolga for $4,000,
$4,000 to be used for a system of wa
terworks for fire protection, and $4,-
600 for an opera-house.
The ministers of Canton have form
ed themselves into an association for
the purpose of enforcing the law
against gambling and the illegal sale
of liquor, and to carry on a vigorous
campaign against the introduction of
saloons, which is proposed at the COM
ing spring election.
Range reports indicate no damage
from the snow storm of last week.
The surplus flow from the artesian
well which furnishes the people of
Artesian with water for fire protec-
ton and domestic purposes has filed.
q twelve-acre lake to overlooking in
five months.
The loss to live stock by the severe
storms of February was evidently not
as great as reported. Stockmen from
different parts declared that very lit
tie damage was done.
Since the state auditor has gone
over all the appropriations of the leg
islature, he finds the amount of cash.
which will have to be supplied for
the next two years to be q total of
$1,s07, 059.99. OF this $780, O9.99 is for
special appropriations. The General
bill carried $1,2as,,05O.
A movement has been inaugurated
for the construction of. a telephone
line between Arient and Miller.
eS n76o = "A
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17
Mean HIT at %clersyman.

A certain PhiladeIphla
i very highly esteemed for his
many good qualities, is noted 9
nreaching sonorific sermons. His con-
rregation lately gave him a new pulpit,
: very ornate piece Of furniture, and
= hears this motto: HE ggiyeth his
halove Sleep
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17
BY PERsPIRATIoN W
That Was the Way the Holsters Of
This Elevator said 1t Was
Operated.

During an uncommonly hot week of
a summer when Bishop Henry G.. Pot
ter resided on North w ashington
square, he had as a guest a distin-
guished English ~churchman, a bishop
and member of the house Of lords.
The visitor was afflicted with rheuma-
tism and was unable to ascend the
stairs from the dining-room without
considerable suffering. ihe residence
was equipped with q handpower
freight and baggage elevator, large
enough toaccommodate one passenger,
although not ordinarily used for that
purpose. After noticing the evident
paincausedto the guest, it o~ccurredsto
Bishop Potter that the freight eleva-
tor might be available as a more con
venient means of ascent, relates the
New York Mail and Express. 8S
After dinner on one Of the hottest
days in summer the experiment. was
tried. The visiting bishop stepped
carefully into the gloomy box. Two
young men who had also dined well,
and to whom post prandial exertion
was in the nature of a sore burden,
were pressed into service to haul on
the ropes. The distinguished and af-
ficted guest was of portly habit and
weighed more. than the average Of
"ssstone."
The elevator was not built for great
weights, and it's lifting power depend
ed almost exactly upon the main,
strength at the end oftheropes. With
prodigious heaving and hauling the
ascent was begun. The two flushed
and painting young men looked at each
other, and had emphatic thoughts.
As the gathered calves 81 the ecclesi-
astic yer disappearing up the shaft,
an inch at q time, adeep voice foated
down to the crew:
II say, does It run by water power r? e
And IN gasping duel, the reply -
cended from below:
ssies. my lord: By perspiration
power
A Explained.
Mrs. o'Mulligon-oi want q cake az
soap.
Polite Clerk-Do you wish some
thing for toilet purposes, masam?
"Indade an OF don't. oil want It "a
wash me face an hands widssz--Chica,
60 Dai.:JJlNewst
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17
Rreweries In Germany.

More than half Of the breweries in
y world I ia Germany Altogether
mere are about $1,000, Of which 2s,oooi
are in Germany.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17

~ John Brown first achieyed public notice in the civil arinK Kansas, where
probably r9baafl that he conceived pnsi the idea Of establishing 9 station, capable Of
IN their flight into Canada. That was undoubtedly Browns intention when
1859. Brown took possession of the arsenal practically without opposition.
On the following day Col Robert E.. zee arrived from Washington with q
company o. marines % capture Brown. who, viii his six remaining men,,
tarricaded themselves in the engine-house. Two, of Browns o were
killed and he vas captured, tried a a feon and executed 1t Charleston, Va,
December s. 1859
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17
Gold

A vein of gold quartz was discovered
on the farm of August Kiphn. two and
a half miles south Of Fairfax. Sam
pies of the ore We're brought to Fair
fax, and miners say it will assay 5000
q ton. Crude tests, the best that could
be made here, showed the rock is hea-
Willy charged with golu and very rich.
Samples have been forwarded to
Washington.
The find was made at a depth of
forty-three feet, while a well was be-
ing dug, an eight-inch vein being en-
countered. 1t was never dreamed
there was any such mineral in Gre
CORY county.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17
Scared the Passenaers.

Two drunken men boarded the train
at White, a few miles south of Water
town, and began quarreling. When
the conductor appeared one of the
men pulled two revolvers from his
pocket and, backing against the end
of the car, commanded every one to
sit down. There was no alternative,
and everybody complied. When the
next station was reached the village
marshal was summoned and the man
was taken from the, train.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17
White Campers.

Frank Metal, a prosperous and law
abiding farmer living three miles
north OF Fairfax, has been warned by
an anonymous letter to leave the
country on penalty of death. The
communication was signed white
Caps"
Metal is a Bohemian and has always
been n good citizen, but, has been per-
secuted by someone in his neighbor-
hood for years, as he has had stock
poisoned and fruit trees destroyed. It
is the general belief here that some
one in Fairfax is interested in getting
him out of tn county i'll order to Sc
cure possession of his land, of which
he owns n fine half section. The per-
sons who sent the letter have been
spotted and no doubt sufficient proof
will be had in a short time to warrant
arrests by federal authorities.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17
steam as = Di.infectaat.

Experiments to determine the eff
cacy of various disinfectants made by
the New York board Of health show
steam to be the most valuable. it
not only destroys quickly all disease
germs, but has the power Of penetrat-
ing andsdisinfection not possessed by
formaldehyde OF sulphur fumes. No
other agent is effective in the disin-
fecting Of clothing and bedding
Scientific American.
A Snrs Test.
Chumley-He says he was born in.
Italy:
Dumley-Yes, 4 know: but I found
out that he was only lying aboutsthat.
sIssthat SOP
sYes; I8asked him casually one day
how long IT took to thoroughly roast
peanuts, and he didn't know -Phila.
delphia Press.
new Coins Cast last Yxar.
Dxying the calendar yeargof 1902 til.
coinage of the mints Of the country ag
gregateds s7s.4s5,sl5.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17
VIII Move.

Cases of towns being moved bodily
to a new location are rare, but Trent
will probably be one of the few towns
to have this experience. Through an
oversight on the part of the men who
started the town, it was located on
very low ground. 50 low, in fact, that
during wet periods the streets and
lots are sometimes covered with wa
ter. Owing to the peculiar location of
the town it would be practically inn
possible to construct a successful
drainage system. The sentiment
among the business men and other re-
sidents in favor of moving the town
to higher ground is very pronounced.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17
Strenuous.

Miss Ida Gamache, who was last fall
engaged to teach Il country school in
Hickman township, Marshall county,
is having a strenuous experience as
the result of having incurred the en-
nifty of a member of the district
school board because she had occasion
to correct his children wnen they be-
came unruly. The angry member of
the board, i'll retaliation, locked the
schoolhouse door, II the teacher has
since been unable to enter it. How
ever, she makes regular trips to the
school building to show her wiling
ness to carry out the terms of her con-
tract, her intention doubtless being
to institute a suit against the board
for her salary for the full term as
soon as the term expires.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17

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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-24
In the First chrlstmastide.

with timbrel and with tabor. with vlol
and with Lutte.
Bend out of heaven. dear Spirits, across
your frosty hight
For the crown of every labor, and of
every flower the fruit
The happy earth inherits, Love being
born tonight!
over the vast abysses Of nothingness and
gloom,
Where the old gods go Keeling at the
cry of the new name,
Lean your untold blisscs, and make the
midnight bloom
with your throbblng gladness stealing
in a thousand points of flame.
o Angel of all 1nnocents, your viol make
o Angel of an Lovers, touch tenderly
o Angel of all Heroes your rapturous
o Angel of all Triumph, sound your tim
brers swift pursuit.
For you hear the Voice above you like
the breath of some strong flute;
Tonight, tonight, Great Love is born,
and JOY Is absolute!'
Forget, o Voice untlrlng, Gethsemane's
dark cup,
Foretell not the heart breaking despair
of Calvary's hight,
For with boundless sweep and gyring all
the universe moves up,
The depth the dark forsaking with this
primal Christmas night!
While sinking at the warning OF the clear
and mighty cry,
Shall the evil that Is hoary, with the
booming that was meet
In the void of night and morning like a
mist dissolve and die,
And death grow into glory now Love
makes Life completed
Harriet Prescott Spofford, in McClure's
Magazine.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-24
HIS OVERSIGHT WAS FATAL.
Lord Randolph churshlll's Great Mis-
take In Overlooking Goshen,


The circumstances connected With
the appointment of Mr.. Goshen to the
exchequer Sigma" an English author
thinks are as dramatic as any that
ever occurred in English politics.
THE principal actor was, of course,
Lord Randolph Churchill, who, intoxi-
Gated with his rapid advancement,
had resolved to try his strength with
no less a parsonage than the prime
minister himself. J'audace, l'audace,
toujours, laudace,' was his maxim,
and for moment it looked as If the
game were going in his favor, when
he suddenly played a card which
proved his ruin. That is to say, hav-
ing, as he thought, reckoned with ev-
cry contingency, he resigned Office,
making certain he was indispensable
to the government, who would be com.
PEELED to supplicate him to return on
his own terms. But just as the great
Liverpool wheat 'cornerer' omitted
from his exhaustive calculations one
to Lord Randolph that successor to
him might be found outside the ranks
Of the conservative party. His resig.
nation was accepted, but he only re.
garded that as a matter of form, and
waited, first in surprise, then in some.
thing like CONSERVATION, for Lord Sal.
isbury's humble petition to him to re-
sumo Office. Day after day passed
and nothing came-not messenger,
not a note, not syllable of any de.
scription. What did 1t all mean?
Could it be possible that he was neg
ligible quantity and that they were
going to do without him, after all? A
paragraph in the Times soon enlight-
ened him. Taking up the paper at
breakfast, the announcement met his
eye that Mr. Goshen had been offered
and accepted the post of chancellor of
the exchequer, lately resigned by Lord
Randolph Churchill. BY God he Is
reported to have exclaimed, dropping
the newspaper, I had forgotten Gosh
emf"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-24
a MuIatto Nobility.

The color line cannot be absolutely
drawn In the artistocracy OF Great
Britain, for the announcement of the
coming marriage in South Africa of
Lady Mary Grey recalls the fact that
the third wife Of the late and eighth
Earl OF Stamford Is a mulatto, the
daughter Of Hottentot cook and
iaundress In the family of that peer,
whom he married after she mad borne
him two children. Lady Mary takes
her place in Burke's Peerage. but John
and Frances, the son and daughter
borne by Martha Solomon before the
earl married her in 1880, although le-
gitimate by the Dutch law. are not so
In the estimation Of the house of lords,
whose committee on privileges deter
mines the succession to peerages.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-24

| make enormous fortunes out of a
small investment. He knew just
where to go, and exactly what to do.
Everything that glittered was pure
gold to him.
The week flew away and no George.
Instead, Myra received 2 letter, her
first love letter, one full of protesta-
tions OF everlasting love, and con.
tanning the information that he would
be obliged to remain in Chicago an.
other week, as he had something in
view which would be lost IL he went
away from It.
Another week. and still no George.
The letter which came in his place
was very vague, though as full of love
as the first. This did not reassure the
girl, and she began to think some
thing besides business was keeping
him. Why did he write such incom-
prehensible things? What did he
mean by telling her to have a little
patience and he would bring back ten
times the money they had worked
three years to save? What did he
mean by talking about diamond rings,
silk dresses, velvet carpets and other
extravagant Injuries she had never
dreamed Of possessing, and did not
care about. What in the world was
an automobile" that he talked about
paying fifteen thousand dollars for
and that would make mile minute?
She was uneasy and consulted her
father.
Don't you worry, Myra," said the
old man after reading the letter. ITO
be sure, he does write kind Of wild
like, but he amt going to do any Of
the n things he mentions. The rush
and shine of the city has gone to his
brain. He's seen the automobiles and
the skyscrapers, perhaps he has
bought an interest in the Masonic
Temple, they all do it, I've done it my
SELF" and the old man chuckled at the
recollection of his green, salad days
when he swallowed gold bricks as
turkey does corn. HE didn't have
more than fifty dollars with him,
and when that's gone he'll have to
come home"
This was all the comfort Myra got
from her father, and she tried to be
satisfied with his assurances that
everything would come out all right.
But another week followed the others.
and this time there was neither
George nor letter. She said little,
but thought much, and she made up
her mind that she would not permit
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-24
|lps4!,aa eizAl !! % Il!
q S''"'o I've

There, he is gone, and / won't see
him for whole week." and the
browneyed, slender young girl on the
station platform dabbed a gathering
tear from each eyelid with small
wad of handkerchief. Meanwhile the
train gathering momentum, sped
around curve carrying out of sight a
youth frantically waving his hat at
her from the rear platform.
George and Myra had always been
inseparable companions; had grown
up almost side by side, and gone
through school together. and finished
off at the academy. Cant have too
much book larnin'," was the comment
of the parents of both. and when their
school days were over, Myra taught
school and George went behind the
counter in old man Plumb's grocery
store. 1t was on the cards that they
should marry, everybody was willing,
and the two loved each other devot-
eddy.
But why should George leave his
sweetheart? The truth is, there was
a condition attached to their betrothal
which George insisted upon: 1--WE
must wait, darling, until | can pro-
vide home for you. | must work and
save enough money for a small nest
for my bride. Will you wait for me,
darling?"
Forever, George" replied the maid
en-, looking up into his face with
loving smile and smuggling up closer.
But it will not take that long. You
know | have saved little money out
of my school teaching, and you have
hands"
"Ye-e-s," said George with hesita.
ton and with a gloomy look, but it.
does not increase fast enough to suit
me-"
The truth is the money was all
gone, all their savings had been swept
away. There had been trouble in
Myra's family about which she knew
little. Her uncle John had been
drawn into scheme, shady trans
action bordering upon criminal Of
tense. The parties to 1t disappeared,
leaving Uncle John to bear the bur-
den, and to keep him out of prison.
Myra's father mortgaged his farm,
used up ali of Myra's savings and
gratefully accepted Georges hoard
when that young man came forward
and offered his all without reserve or
condition.
Myra was ignorant of all this, for
it had been kept a secret, and as
Uncle John had departed for some I'M
known section of the great West, new
er letting anyone know his location,
George considered his money lost, and
that he would have to begin all over
again, which meant postponement of
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-24
JUDGE AT A DISADVANTAGE.
Good Reason Why He Knew Nothing
About the Sub iect

A certain judge, living in the upper
part of New York, while trying case,
listened with pain and displeasure to
the testimony of colored woman
who was describing how she had
whipped one of her offspring. She
enlarged on the narrowing details I'M
til the judge stopped her.
"Do you mean to tell me that you
were cruel enough to punish your son
like that?" he demanded.
lob co'se | did, yoh honoh,' she re-
piled.
How dare You be so brutal?"
The colored woman looked at him
in fine contempt for moment, then
asked, slowly:
Look a-heah, jedge, was yoh cher
de father OBJ wuthless mulatter
boy?"
The judge almost fell from the
bench.
EFF yoh amt" continued the ne
gress, then you don't know muffin
about de case."-Harpers Weekly.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-24

his marriage to the girl he so dearly
loved.
There was his Job in Plumb's gro
Gerry, and Myra's salary, but his wages
were small, without prospect of in.
crease, and Myra's salary as school
teacher would cease on her marriage.
He was to be gone one week only.
That was the understanding, and dur
ing that week he was to accomplish
wonders and lay the foundations for
a modest fortune. He had carefully
read the newspapers, the columns of
which glittered with opportunitie, 40
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-24
The Ponies Democracy.

The following story of the pope is
told in the Italian papers: A deputa-
ton of the monks of some order had
obtained an interview with him. Ac-
cording to the etiquette of the vatican,
only cardinals are allowed to sit in the
pope's presence, and an invitation
from him to do so is deemed equiva,
lent to the promise of a cardinalate.
Pope Plus X. is plain man, utterly
Indifferent to the etiquette of the
papal court. He, therefore, begged the
monks to take seats. They hardly
knew whether they could venture to
do so, and while they stood hesitating
he said to them: You do not, I sup.
pose, expect me to draw your chairs
forward for you?"-New York Tri
bune.