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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
HELEN'S LEGACY
By A. R. Brownlee.

IHJHEN Helen Stockwell had re
w fused to 1earfy Winfield Bar
ton without his fathers consent, the
young manilad said: .Why, Helen,
you don't know my father. He al
ways refuses everything at first. It's
his way. 1t isn't because it's you. Ii
we were once married, he wouldn't
care anything about it."
To. which she replied: "It seems to
me, Win, that if you approached him
rightly, and told him that we didn't
wish to marry without his consent
and blessing, and that we would pa
tiently wait, it would not be long
before he would yield. 1t seems dread
full to marry with father or mother
against us. The memory of it would
last forever. 1t never could be made
right"
He had angrily replied, in his
wounded vanity, that he guessed she
didn't care much about him, or she
would proudly marry him if all the
world objected. And when he found
her still unyielding. had left her and
never gone back, getting consolation,
in due time, from the companionship
of pretty Retta Lowe, whom he mar
ried. His father had objected, but
when it was over, forgave him, as
Win had said he would. Helen often
met Win and his pretty, stylishly-
dressed wife, riding in their fine
team.
1t was not long after Wins mar
riage when Helen was left a legacy of
s., 1000 by a great uncle on her fathers
SIDE whom she had not heard from
for a long time. It seemed at first as
if fate had meant this good fortune
us a kind of salve to ease her sore
heart, and she was as joyful as a poor
girl a be who supports herself and
her mother by her own hands.
When, however, Helen Stockweng
looked more closely in the matter of
her Inheritance, she had a long strug-
gle with herself, then refused to ac-
cept it. She would have resented the.
idea of being called a goody-goody
girl. She prided herself on her broad
mindedness and her tolerance Of
other peoples beliefs,even when they
differed widely from her own. She
didn't say to herself that her uncle
had obtained his money in, morally,
y questionable manner She would.
not have criticised anyone else for
accepting such money. She could
only Judge what was right for her
own self. And she was quite sure
that, 80 far as she herself was con
Icerned, it was not right for her to
accept the money, in spite OF her
mothers quite different way of look
Ing at the subject.
ssMamma, said Helen, sadly, 81
want the best that life can give me.
but II I accept this money, / would
only be taking second or third best,
xorit will hive ~ blessing with it"
Yy&%ETiEtN tef
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
EpoCHs OF THE NEGROES.
Impressive Happenings ny
southern Farm-Hnnds D"'e
Their Family History.

CAS- white people frequently oa'e
noted happenings from some part'cu-
lar occurrence" said a man VINO was
brought up on a plantation, ACCORDING
10 , New York Sun writer. so the
negro dates events in his career from
a happening that made a lasting lm'
preston. An old nanny in my lam
ily fixed the age Of II of her children
by saying she was born when the
stars fell referring to a noted stellar
display which put more negroes on
their knees than anything else that
ever happened. !,
"tI foun' nah Jesus said a GOOD
old m in relating her experience,
when de Ohio ribber foated de cab
ms fun dar foundashuns in Ram
lucky
another one said: 4 was moughty
wicked twell de cliolry broke u a
long time ago, and folks died IN dar
tracks. right wha dey stood. Dey
didden' hab time ter go ter dar beds'
81 wus married ter nah man de
year oh de big comet said a former
slave, in reply to a question, an dat
were de beginnin' oh NAH troubles dat
lasted twell de summah de grasshop'
pahs come an eat up de watahmll
lions, when / see de great light dat
fotch peace TO nah hawt.,
"'Does YOU reckumembah de yeah
dat yoh pappy haid de measles" asked
an ancient granny of her grandchild.
Dat was de yeah yoh met Caleb John
son and dat yoh wer marred ter
him. An when yoh Caleb got de
breakin's out laik yoh pappy, he gih
his hawt ter de Lawd.'
"a negro mother who was telling
a white lady in New York about the
death of her daughter Lucretia said:
"'Yes, main, Lucreeshy was tuken
down sick de day dat de butcher mans
dawg bit one Of Miss Jackson's chill
lun. Jest after Miss Jackson was bap-
tized. Lucreeshy nebber left her bed
arter dat succumstants, and dat wus
de yeah dat l marred nah second
man gwine on seben months come
Mawch.'
"A Missouri negress was very GER
tain of an event which had been in dis.
pute, and carried her point when she
said: I amt nebber fohgot dat yeah.
1t was about de time dat de Ku-Klux
kim ter ouah place an tuck NAH son
Tom an hung i'm on a tree right in
nah back yawd. Dat berry night dar
was a pertracted meetin' begun in dc
Baptist chu'ch, an putty nigh ebry
niggah on ouah place foun' saliva.
shun.' ~
"Doan you membah,' asked a pious
old creature, to memory dear, de yeah
dat Mistah Bawsley's mewl, dat he
was plowin',s struck a STUN of yallah
jackets in de tiel'. an dey swan up
an'stingdatmewltwellhe died? Well,
honey, dat wus de yeah dat Samanth,
Puckins an ole Doctah Holliwav's
young body suyant, R%astus, run ava,
an got married by Squire Holcumb
an dat yeah a rebibal broke out in dc
n~aiberhood dat caused mo- shoutin
dan ebber was hcarn oh befo'. Yais, in.
deedy, honey. It all come back te,
me now"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
Reason for the stop.

"A train travelling on a small branch
railway in the Highlands suddenly
came to a standstill. One Of the
passengers poked his head out Of the
window to ascertain the cause, and
just caught the guard as he passed
under the window on his way to the
engine.
why are we st%opping?' he in
CURED.
"Hoot, mon, ye maun JUS abide q
wee; the waters game af tina boil
London Answers.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
Our vcnomou. SNAKE.

OF the 1865 kinds of snakes fn,na
the United States but 20 are yenomonx
They are the c%opperhead and water
moccasin, which + closely related.
the coral snakes Of the southwest. tbe
two species of Sistrurus and the ~
species of ~rattlesnake. The mos, don
gerous OF them-the water moccasin
us not seen north Of Tennessee
Gle eland Leader.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24

colored and showing "brick.dn.,, :,
deposit. Urination is infraonust.kt
frequent or excessive. yd daent' tn
heed these danger signals l Sse
chronic complications set IN oe' ION
betcs, Dropsy, Bright's disease auT =
Doan's Kidney Pills in time lag
cure is simple. ano tA.
]. +. Wainwright, Of thu g.
Bones & Wainwright, pajnte rsn y
contractors, Pulaski, Va, savs. sT aud
or five times a year fl, fe s
past few years l have sur.. ",
with severe attacks of pain IN 70
back, caused from kidney tront \!
During these spells / was in s sus
misery from the constant main sun ~,
aching that it was almost imnos. asa
for me to stoop or straighten. and y
really seemed as if the whole sm, n
of my back had given awav '~l ~
times I also had difficulty with u.
kidney secretions which were H.
colored, irregular and scaldinp. and !,
was also greatly distressed win
headaches and dizziness. I mead
q number Of recommended ram.
dies but I never found anything !.
successful as Doan's Kidney pin,
When I heard Of them 1 had an a
tack and procured a box of them, h
a few days the pain and lameness al,
appeared, the trouble with the KID
Eey secretions was corrected and m,
system was improved generally.
have every confidence in Doan's Kid
ney Pills"
A FREE TRIAL Of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Vain
wright will be mailed to any part 0
the United States on applicatic,
Address Foster-1filburn Co., BufaI
N. Y. For sale by all druggists, prie
so cents per box.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
innocent Tommx.

Mr.. callow What a funny littlehoaa
in the sofa! II looks like some one had
been boring.
low.
sI?"
Yes, ! heard sister say you we're
bore.'-Chicago Daily News.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
$4,000 REWARD

$4,000 REWARD
will 30 paid to anyone who
can dtaprove this statement.
Because w. L. Douglas
isthel argest~m manufacture
he can buy cheaper and
produce his shoes at q
lower cost than other con
Germs, which enables him
to sell shoes for $3.50 and
$500 equal in every
way to those sold else
where for 81 and $500.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
TWO SIGNALS

There Q r e
t W o serious
sig n Of
kidney Ills.
The first sig
nal c o m E 6
from the back
with numcr-
GUS aches and
pains $. The
second signal
comes in the
kidney secre-
ito n 3, t e
urine is thin
and pale or
too highlY
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16
Tie mineral resources of Louisi-

The mineral resources OF Louisi-
ana will be exhibited in a space Of
one Thousand square feet in the
Mines and Metallurgy Building at
the worlds Fair, and will consist Of
the following: Rock Salt Of which
extensive deposits occur in the
southern part Of the State, will be
presented in large blocks, statues Of
Lots wife and small sacks "f pre-
parat'ons, for special pu1u"ses. aud
commercial samples. These ex-
mbits will he made by the Avery
Salt Mining Company and the
Myles Salt Company, OF this State.
The Union Sulphur Company Of
SuIphnr City. La, will display sui
phur in variety Of forms, together
with photos OF their works ana pro-
ducts. Besides this, there will ap.
pear IN the Agricultural Building,
statue Of "Mephistopheles" III
sulphur. life size, Which has al
ready been prepared by the Com
mission. Petroleum will be shown
IN all of lis forms, raw aud refined,
aud maps of the wells throughout
the state will also he given. Liz
mites, especially the excellent arti-
ticle recently discovered IN such
abundant quantities, in the Do
let,e Hills, will lie shown. Sam
pies taken from the mine, showing
the entire height of the section,
8x2x2 will be exhibited tor the pur
pose of showing the thickness of the
seams. Marbles from WINFIELD.
"Coochie Brake,' and from
"Bayou ClIicot'' wrought into
blocks and columns, together with
the crude material, will be exhibit
ell. Lime made from each one Of
these deposits will also he shown.
iron ore from the northern part of
the State will be presented in huge
blocks. While specimens Of clays
kaolins graveIs and marls will be
collected from ,arious portions of
the State and exhibits of the aalne
made together with their products,
porcelain pottery, bricks and artifi-
cial stone.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16

"rhey all look up to J. r. Nor
gan down here," said a WalI.street
broker, 'any one of US would break
our neck TO get tip from him,
but no one loves him. There is
not mar who would not 90 up
against him and break him il
lie could. Not because they have
any thing against Mr. Morgan, but
that's the spirit that rules in Wall
street. First, do up the public; !;
second. do up each other -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16

Mr.. JOSE p: Pominville. ot Still water,
Mimi, utter having spent over 81 700
with the hess doctors tor stomach t:ouble
ithout relief, as advised by his drug
gist Nj. ,iex. kichard, to try II box Of
Chamberlain, Stomach and Liver Tab
let's. He did Sc, and is a vel mar. to-
day Ii troubled with Indigestion, bad
t,.s,e i'll the mouth, lack CT appetite OF
constipation, give these tablets trial.
and you are certain to be mors than
pien sed VI it'll the result. For sale at 25
cents per box, Ly V. II. Frederick, drug
gist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16

There are men who do not care
to be judged by wha: they really
are, but what they want o,hers to
think they ale.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16

When girls are little they want
To ''go bye-bye," but when they
are big they want to 90 buy, buy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16

In lis Fast Day proclamation
the Governor of Maine said !:
"Wholly contrary IT, good sense
and in spite OF my own convictions.
l GO now appoint Fast Day,
hoping nobody will observe it, feel
ing sure that It. is y mockery and a
farce, and wishing with all my
beart that i'd might be abolisl:e d
and thus enable me to keep a clean
conscience"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16
A FARMER s1RAIcn1ENED OUT.

A man living ON fam n ear here came
in a short tin ago com pletely douole,i
up with rLcunutism. l handed Linn II
buttle Of Cham berlain's Pain BALM and
t,id him to use it freely and If not satis-
fed after using it he need no: pay cent
tor it, sa,s c. p. l:ayder, o. Pa:tens
Mills. N. \. "a few days laser lie walk
ed into the store as straight as q string
AT Il handed me dollar saying, give me
another bottle Of ChaL berlain's Pain
Balm. l want it in the house all the
time, for it cured me-" For sale by v.
II. Frederick, Druggist.
Nations, like individuals, are
powerful ip the degree that they
command the sympalhles Of their
ncighbors
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16

Buy what you do not need and
later ON you will sell what you do
need.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16

A young Maryland widow has
just won strange law suit. She
had q number of teeth filled with
gold. and after the work was done
she said it was not satisfactory.
The dentist asked to examine his
work. and while doing 50 pulled
ont all the teeth which he had filled
with gold. He said in court that
lie could not afferd to lose the
gold il he was not to get his
money, but the judge thought lie
had been a bit hasty. and it cost
him $4,000,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-06-19

One hundred members Of the Ken
tncky state guard were ordered "a
Mays,ille. ON the 18th. ~ protect the
negroes In Jail there. charged with as-
sauit "a rob John b. Farrow.
4 reception was given. ON the i,th'
10 Gen. Fred. -. Grant and his wife
by L.. :. Grant Post No. 32!. q. \. H.,
Brooklyn. n \.
The supreme lodge 4. q. II. W. elect
ed officers AT 81. Paul, Mimi, ON the
18th. Wm. II. Miller. 81 81. Louis, SUI
prcme foreman of the \. q. L. w. was
advanced 10 the position of supreme
workman.
DR.. Rudolph Baird. tried on the
charge Of having murdered his wife
with poison. was found not guilty. ON
the 18th. by a jury az Boulder. Col.
The flood has at last spent its fury
against cities on the Illinois side ct
the river in the vicinity of ST. Louis
and began to decline on the 18th.
Six hundred employees of the lum-
Der mills az Ashland. Ky. and AT Iron
Ton. a.. struck, on the 18th. for recog-
milton 81 their union.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-06-19

ghe situstIoa In East ST. Louis and vseaes'
~ Improving. 1sut = Gigantic
Task Reusaiu~

ST. Louis. June i3.-The flood has %
last spent its fury against cities on
the Illinois side Of the river in the
vicinity Of 81. Louis and passed on
toward the gulf. Forecaster Bowie's
prediction Friday night was that the
river would fall one foot by Saturday.
His forecast is proving true. and
the fall continues steadily. Al Hanni-
bal the river has fallen more than N
foot in the last "a hours. and al Her
man the Missouri river has fallen
more than two feet in "a hours.
The situation has been greatly re-
lieved in East ST. Louis. but the gigan-
tic task Of feeding and clothing ref
ugees now squarely confronfs relief
committees. President Al keechler
of the East st. Louis committee says
that the greatest need now Is 10 get
reports Of the refugees in East 81
Louis, so that they can be reached.
Blankets and clothing are being dis
tributed in boats to those who are in
need. Food is on hand in plainly for
present needs, but more will be need
ed soon. Money is needed TO buy
many things hat have been over
looked in the contributions and TO
provide transportation for persons
wishing 10 go to their homes after
losing all their personal property.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-06-19
CURRENT NEWS ITEMS.

Repair work has begun at Granite
City. ILL.,. and several plants expect
10 resume work in a few days.
The Kansas City MOI water works
haze been repaired since the flood.
and the city supply turned on.
George Baker and Frank Barr
swan the Mississippi at 81. Louis.
Friday. on bets of % cents each.
Cool weather has enabled partial
relief Of the milk situation at st.
Louis through deliveries by boat.
Trade between Porto Rico and the
United States records a million .
month each in imports and exports.
Cold weather is reported TO have
caused more injury to crops than the
recent foods in the west.
The st. Louis grand jury is en-
~deavoring to learn what disposition
was made of a $4,000 fund to secure
a compromise Of the beer tax by the
state legislature.
Many Joyous reunions are Of daily
occurrence. in the st. Louis estab-
lishmenis. where 1000 flood refugees
from the east side are being cared
for.
All the food victims ut Topeka.
| Kas.. have been comfortably housed.
and the work Of repair on the north
side i well under way.
The Exchange grain elevator IN tho
east bottoms of Kansas City was
burned. Friday night. destroying 49,
O00 bushels OF wheat and entailing .
loss Of $4,000.
The strike at Morenci, Ariz.. has
been settled. The miners accepted
the company's offer of nine hours'pay
for eight hours work.
The loss Of the potato crop in the
| American bottoms of Illinois has
caused the price Of potatoes To dou-
BILE. The crop damage is estimated al
more than 81 900. 900.
The lease Of the Catlin tract. closed
BY the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Co.. gives the Worlds fair 1910 acres,
or double the area OF Chicago's expo
sition.
President Roosevelt has appointed
William G. Hook. at present judge Of
the Kansas district court. Ia succeed
Judge Caldwell. retired. as circuit
Judge Of the Eighth judicial circuit.
Cotton fuctuated So a bale in New
York. Friday. without q collapse,
hreakir Z all records for the big mar
lkets ~ II. erpooi, New York end New
Orleans
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-06-19
10 DIFFICULTIES EXPECTED.
The Opinion Prevalent In OmciA
Circles In st. Pe~tersburg

(bbcueB ~ y
st. Petersburg. June lin official
circles here IL is stated thatnoneo Of the
powers is inclined 10 raise difficulties
in recognizing the sovereign the Ser
Wan parliament elects. whose acces-
sion is calculated TO relieve a dan
gerous condition which might lead 10
anarchy. An official note giving the
views OF the government follows:
.The tragic events at Belgrade
have occasioned profound emotion in
Russia. where there is the keenest
interest in everything affecting the
destinies Of the Servian people. All
the blood has which been shed can
only awaken in Russia a feeling OF
compassion. which in the present in
stance is increased by the fact that
the king and queen of a friendly
state have fallen victims of a violent
death, and hat the Obrenoyitch
dynasty. so closely bound up in thhe
history of Seryia, is now extinct. a
most feryent desire prevails in Rus
STA hat Seryia, after this fearful
crisis. may be able to pursue peace
fully the course of her national life
in the direction which the patriotism
Of the people and a proper conception
Of their supreme interests will indi-
cate"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-06-19
LATE NEWS ITEMS

The hotel OF II. !. Even. principal
witness against Jett and White in the
Marcum murder case AT Jackson. n.y.,
was destroyed by fire on the l4th.
Two wagoneers in the employ OF the
Hargis brothers were arrested.
Ewen's loss j. $1,000. and he j. prac-
tically penniless.
John II. lager was shot and killed
at Notre Dame university, south
Bend. Ind. on the 18th. by a watch
man who had ordered him from the
university grounds. lager was en-
gagged in fishing in a lake on the
grounds.
Inquiry after persons missing since
the vashouts az Madison. Venice and
East II. Louis grows daily. NJ the
Emergency Home and Hospital. No.
2siO Morgan street. 81. Louis. on the
l4th. .. persons were reported miss
ing.
Newton Harris. "A farmer. who lived
four miles from Pittsfirld, ILL.,. was as
sassinaied in the presence OF his wife
early on the 18th. by an unidentified
man. The assassin escaped. No mo-
tive for the deed has been learned.
Bishop j. c. Hart>ell announced IN
New York. on the 14th. that he would
begin his seventh Episcopal tour OF
the continent OF Africa. sailing from
New York on the nth.
Harry ". Voorhees,. formerly OF
Detroit. Mich. was killed. on the 18th.
by a runaway log train at kapowsin.
Wash. Mrs. q. :. Former was injured.
and died in 80 minutes.
Two children were burned to death
in a gasoline explosion. on the 18th.
at Milwaukee. \ third was fatally
burned and SIX Others we're painfully
injured.
The formal opening of the TWEEN
tieth tri-ennial <aengerfest of The;
Northeastern >aengerbund Of America
took place in Baltimore. Md, on the
18th.
Mrs. Lettie Mason Quine. president
OF the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society Of the Methodist church. died
on the lith. at her home IN Chicago.
Arthur B-ule. of Beaver Dam. WIS.,
and law student in the Wisconsin uni
,ersitv. was drowned. on the 18th,
while sailing on Lake Mendoza.
A cloudburst at Hasalt. Col. on the
| i4th. caused a landslide which car
ried away a section of the Colorado
| Midland railway tracks.
DR.. j. buchanan. while threatening
to Kill his wife and children at East
man.. Ga. on the lith. was shot ana
killed by his son.