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not know, but he did know that to be
caught ON that curve meant certain death
to himself and the sixty odd passengers
OH the ear. The headlight of the ap-
preaching car now doomed into view . 1t
was coming at breakneck speed, but
Wemper's car with it's load of human be-
ings was now also speeding backward.
There had been no orders at the last
telephone booth and the outbound car
was supposed to have a clear track.
Whatever the error, it was a palpable
fact that the coming car was upon him.
There seemed to be no effort on the
part of the man in the other vestibule to
attempt to check the speed aud the most
Kemper could hope to do was to lessen
the force of the collision. On came the
opposite car until less than 100 feet. 1t
was one of the newest and most power
full OH the road and Kemper's heart
dropped as he realized that fact. The
passengers by this time had ascertained
they were speeding back, and the con.
ductor had his hands full striving to
check the panic.
Looking now right into the v~estibule
Of the opposing car, Wemper saw a livid
face with glaring eyes. One strong, bony
hand clutched the controller, trying II
force it still further around to get more
speed. There was a terrible smile or
cold sweat broke out on the fe,"head OF
Wemper. A cottage within which sat 8
woman smoothing the hair of a little boy
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-21

the current and sprang forward along
the shining ribbons of steel which show
ed up in the glow Of the headlight in the
endless stretch of white ahead.
The city had been left behind and the
farm houses quickly slid back into the
shadows as the car sped by. The shin
ing rails no longer showed up ahead. 1t
was all a dead level Of white. The swift
ly-falling snow had covered with its
mantle the rails of the line, but the
wheels still sunk through it and clutch
ing the rail drank in the electric fluid.
Thoroughly acquainted with the road,
and with the car under perfect control,
Wemper, one Of the most careful, but
also one Of the newest men on the road,
had no missivings as ne sped along the
snow covered way. Suddenly ahead there
was a blush light which seemed to dance
in the air. my God, what's this?' he
exclaimed as he sprang from his seat
white as the driven snow which sur
rounded the car. He shut off the cur
rent and put on the air with such force
as to bring the car almost to a stand
still, and throw the passengers from
their seats. Quickly the controller swung
around and the car slowly started to
move backward. To the man in the
vestibule it seemed an age before the
wheels began to revolve backward. The
car was on a long but abrupt curve.
Wemper knew what the blush light
meant. 1t was an inbound coming to-
ward him at full speed.
What caused the mixup Wemper did
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a quarter of a mile, and the power was
once more turned on. During his absence
the truth was discovered and when he
came back to the well-lighted and com
paratively uninjured car, a cheer went
up. The men passengers grabbed him
by the hand, while the women shed tears
Of gratitude. His own eyes moistened
and a lump came in his throat as he
thought of the cottage and its occupants.
Coupling the two Cars the journey was
resumed and the passengers began to
get off. AS they did so every one drop
ped something in the hat at the door.
When the end of the run was reached. a
man came forward. In his hand he held
a hat which was stuffed full of bills and
silver. Taking a slip OF paper from his
pocket the passenger folded it and turned
it with the other contents of the hat, into
the cap Of the astonished Wemper.
take this with a Merry Christmas
and a God bless you from the passengers
you saved from DEATH" he said, and then
left the car.
His eyes glistening, Wemper counted
the treasure. There was over a hundred
dollars in money. The slip of paper was
the check of a prominent banker Of the
town at the end of the line for 500.
"A Christmas for the wee ones, after
ALL exclaimed Wemper, his face light
ing up. Here. Bill" he shouted to the
conductor. 1--WE go whacks on the
cash"
Bill was 10th to accept, but finally con-
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numbers from II to ten or one to TWEEN.
ty-ive, according to the size of the tree.
Each person playing is blindfolded in
turn and is given a rcsette with which
he must decorate the tree" Each per-
son aims to pin his or her rosette ON OF
near to the highest number of the tree.
Each competitor has three trials, the
three numbers to which he pins nearest
being written down to his credit 10y the
hostess, who keeps tally. The one whose
three numbers added together gives the
largest sum total wins the first prize.
christmas candles" is a good old
time game. A lighted candle is placed
upon a table. The player is Dlindfolded
and stationed with his back to the candle,
about a foot from it. He's then told to
take three steps forward, turn around
three times, then to walk four steps
toward the candle and blow II out. His
attempt To do so will probably be as
amusing to the audience as disconcerting
to himself.
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II BIRDS.
A Happy Christmas Custom Among
Swedish Peasants.

Christmas is celebrated in Sweden to
an extent unknown in our country, and
the celebration is not over until Jan. ID,
or twentieth day Yule." A very pretty
feature of the festivities is thus describ-
ed by a writer who has visited that
country: One wintry afternoon, at Jul
tide las the season is called, / had been
skating on a pretty lake three miles
from Gothenberg. On my way home l
noticed that at every farmers house
there was erected, in the middle of the
yard, a pole, to the top of which was
bound a large, full sheaf of grain. why
is this?" l asked my comrade. "Oh.
that's for the birds, the little wild birds.
They must have a merry Christmas, too,
you know" And so it is; not a peasant
in Sweden will sit down to a Christmas
dinner within doors until he has first rails
ed aloft a Christmas dinner for the birds
in the cold and snow without.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
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while her body swayed gently to and
fro as she lulled the baby 70 sleep, came
before his vision. Who would fill the
empty larder now? Who %replenish the
dwindling coal pile? A groan burst from
him as they. pursuer and pursued, sped
by the power station aud back over the
switch. There was no danger from be-
hind and they dashed on back into dark
ness, leaving the sub-station keeper root
ed to the spot with establishment. The
fatal race was drawing to a close. Not
ten feet now interviewed between the
headlights Of the two cars when sud
denly there was pitch darkness. The
speed of the cars slackened and the
wild inbound gently came upon the spe-
cial. There was a crashing of glass as
the two headlights, now dull and dark.
came together: a slight jar and the dam
ger was passed. The sub-station tender
with a heaven-born CLEAN of common
sense had stopped the machinery and
turned off the power.
Springing from the vestibule as soon
as be realized what had happened, Wem-
per climbed into the vestibule of the
other car, livid with rage at the danger
into which the other motorman had
placed him. There was no need for his
anger. for it was a dead hand that held
the controller, and the stare was one of
combined madness and death. Not a
living soul was on the inbound car.
Turning off the current, Wemper took
the controller from the suffering fingers
and ran back to the Sub-station, about
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THE city's streets were thronged.
Crowds of Christmas shoppers hur-
ried to and fro. Electric lights from
the big stores shone on their rosy and
happy faces, and the younger ones
laughingly shook the snow from their
hair and capes. Charlie Wemper noted
all this as with his hand on the con-
troller he held the big suburban car in
check. 1t was crowded to the doors as
it started on its trip into the country
with its human freight. The passengers
were il q merry mood. They had re.
NAMED until the last car, the opera run.
and were going to their homes on the
line. with their arms full Of bundles and
their hearts filled with good cheer.
All this swept through the brain OF
the tired motorman, and there was no
answering smile as gay laughter reached
him through the closed doors of the YES
tibule. Here it was Christmas eve. He
had had fairly steady runs up to the time
the summer business began to slack off,
when the time table changed and he went
on the board as first extra. A wife and
two little ones at home had to be fed
and clothed, and his 20 cents an hour,
with an average of six hours a day, had
not placed him in a position Of a~fluence.
nor enabled him to look forward to the
glad Christmas time with any degree of
Joy. He thought of the scant supply of
coal in the shed, the almost depleted
larder and empty purse with pay day
still more than a week of, and sighed to
himself.
Eight dollars and a half coming to
me-" he said, as he almost savagely
swung around to six points. The car felt
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-21

catch the last train and spend Christmas
at home. 1t will be different from other
Christmases, for hospitality means mucn
in the country. It's genuine. It's I'M
mixed with business considerations. Your
father or the hired man will meet you
at the depot, and on the way to the old
home on the farm he will tell you of the
tthings you did when you were a boy.
y He'll point out the old schoOlhouse
where you learned your alb abs and had
some of the cussedness licked out of
you, and the little old church where a
preacher preached birthstone and fire in
a ~ay that made your flesh cringe and
you did, dare sleep alone.
1t will all come back to you You had
almost forgotten that you were a boy.
hadn't you?
You'll fill your lungs with pure air,
feel the singing breeze against your face
and your heart will begin to throb with
good impulses. Here everything seems
to be honest and real and good.
And the welcome! Don't be ashamed
of the tears that wet your cheeks. An
old man with snowy locks, trembling
with affection, a grand old woman, your
mother, who weeps softly, as women
do, because her heart is filled with hap
piness.
You couldn't make that woman believe
that You ever had Il petty meanness; that
you had even thought wrong; that you
took a narrow view of life, or that you
had enmities that embittered your ex-
istence.
You couldn't convince that old man
that in the world could be found a
smarter boy"
| Love forgets faults and exalts virtues.
sTo them YOU little successes seem like
triumphs.
Don't forget the little room. You oc-
cupied it as a boy. You slept well in
those days. You hadn't a care. You
were free, and you were sound in mind,
morals and body. 1t is good to think of
those things. 1t is good to think of
Christmas Day, OF the gifts and the
pleasure and good will that went with
them, Of the dinner and the long table,
surrounded by relatives and ~neighbors,
too poor to have their own Christmas
dinners.
And when the gray old man bows his
head, and with the faith Of a child, says:
I'VE thank thee, 0 Lord, for the mer-
cies thou hast shown u.s." the simple
prayer that follows will appeal to ali
that is good in your and give you new
hope, new life, new courage.-Cincinnati
Post.
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Tough Luck.

"After ALL said the busy merchant,
christmas comes but once a year."
"Yes," rejoined the old man who had
seven children and nineteen grandchil
dren, "and I'm heartily glad Of it,"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-21
Two Christmas Games.

A Yuletide version of the donkey par
ty is played thus: On a sheet sketch or
paste a design of a Christmas tree. Have
each branch of the tree terminate in n
circle containing a number, using the
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-21

The night before Christmas is one of
the rare occasions on which the small boy
is threatened with insomnia.-Puck
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-21

serted and there were two merry Christ
masses on the Main Line. Detroit FREQ
Press
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@2sS@2SS9s2e2H2H
CONGRESS-
IS s.
A2S2SG3M1SSNNa

In the Senate Thursday a resolution
authorizing the payment of the Senate
expenses incident to the funerals OF Sem
ators Hoar and Quay was adopted. Mr.
Hepburn of Idaho called W the pure
food bill. Mr.. Aldrich asked that the
measure be read and it went over on OBJ
lection by Mr.. Tillman. 1t is thought the
bill will not pass. In the House bills to
reduce Southern representation were in
troduccd by Messrs. Sherman of New
York and Morrell of Pennsylvania. Mr..
Bingham of Pennsylvania called up the
legislative, executive and judicial appro-
p~riation bill, explaining its provisions.
The annual attack on the Civil Service
Commission was begun, Messrs. Maddox
of Georgia, Grosvenor of Ohio and Hep
burn of Iowa severely criticising the sys-
tenn.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-21

The smiling face Of william
j. Jeffords was seen on our
streets yesterday. He lives In
Cincinnati, and has done well.
1t Is his first visit to his old
home In twenty years. He Is
stopping with his aged pa
rents, Captain and Mrs. w. j.
Jeffords.
That is just a homely
news item clipped from Il
country paper. 1t has some
thoughts in it for you, Mr..
Busy Man.
Nearly all of Us live in
the future. We are on the
right side Of 50, and have,
we hope, many long years
before us. If we are rich
we hope to become richer.
If we are poor we hope to
become wealthy, and few
people who consider old age
and a completed career as
something distant stop to
think of the duty we owe to
the old folks down in the
country" That is where
the majority of the success
full business men came from.
In thousands of cases father
and mother are still on the
old farm, content TO die
where they have lived, far
from the strife of city life,
close to the soil and nature.
This year you should slip
q few things into a grip.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-06-03
NORTH HOOsICK:

The Epworth league will hold a cab.
met meeting at the home of Mrs Ar.
thur Milliman on Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs John Hayes have been
spending a few days in Cambridge.
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Milliman who
have been spendieg few days in Viii
liam stown have returned home.
Mrs Levi Brooks and Mrs William
Fairburn spent Saturday with friends
in South SALISBURY.
Your correspondent is visiting
friends in North Bennington.
George Sigmund has returned home
and is working for l.. j. Burgess.
The Cuban Giants played a game OF
base ball with the Hoosick Falls team
Sunday. The score was 9 to u in fav-
or of the former. There was large
crowd in attendance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-06-03
WHY HE PUSHES IT.
Druggist GOkay Recommends and
Pushes Mi-O-na, The DyS-
pepSia Remedy.

cts pleasure to sell medicine
when my customers come in afterwards
and tell me how much good it has done
them, " said Druggist Goksy, the pop
ular druggist to Banner man "and
that is why | like to sell and recon-
meud Mona, the dyspepsia remedy,
81 have so much faith in this ar
ticle that am going to guarantee it
in the future and will return the mon
ey to any purchaser of Mioua whom it
does not cure. That may seem rash
but my customers have said so many
good words in its favor that | DO
not expect to have many packages re-
turned,
"Any one who has dyspepsia, whose
food does not digest we'll, who has to
take thought as to what he can eat,
and when, can leave so cents deposit
at my store and take home box of
Mona and if the remedy does not reg
ulate his digestion and cure his dys-
pepsia, he can withdraw his money OF
returning the empty box"
This shows great faith in the merit
of Mona. 1t is really most unusual
medicine and the rapid increase in
sales since Druggist Gokay introduced
it in Bennington shows that it does all
that it claims to do, cures dyspepsia,
regulates digestion and enables those
who use it to eat Just what they want
and when they want with no fear of
trouble
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-06-03
FRANK E. HOWE, Editor and Publisher
The Bivouac of the Dead.

The Boston Pilot in 1901 gives the
poem of the above title as produced by
Theodore OHara in 1877 on the occa-
sion Of the removal of the kentucky
soldiers from Mexico to their own
state after the Mexican war. 1t is of
u stanzas OF eight lines each, of which
the following is the first:
"The mufiled drum has beat
The soldiers last tattoo;
Its men in life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few,
On fame's eternal cumping ground,
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn sound
The bivouac of the dead.
The eleventh stanza is as follows
crest on embalmed and sainted
dead
Dear as the blood We gave;
Noimpious footsteps here shall tread
The heritage of your grave
Nor shall your glory be forgot,
While fame her record keeps,
Or honor paints the hallowed spot
Where valor proudly sleeps"
The authorship of the poem is not
generally known but the use of the last
half of the first stanza is well nigh
universal in the English speaking
world. 1t is inscribed on a monument
in Crimea to the British dead buried
there.
O'Eara was a Kentuckian, an assis,
tant adjutant general on the staiT of
Major-general Breckenridge of the
southern army in the civil war.
1t is pity that a eulogy of soldier
dead of this lofty sentiment should not
have had az occasion more worthy OF
its production than was that Of our
Mexican war.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07
EAsTON FLDRIDCF & Co,


EASTON. ELDRIDGE & CO,
63s MARKET ST.
SIS. Ooo - Rents s144o ger annum; B brand
new fats Of rooms: saloon parlors; positively
the haEdsornest fats in the Western Addition.
ST500-Bush st. near Hyde: fine fats OF
4-6 rooms and baths; large unfinished base
ment. rents very low al $55 per mo. lot alone
worth the money; mortgage OF $1,000 can re-
main: wouli easily stand mortgage OF $500;
this property is situated IN a locality that Is
increasing day by day.
$500 - Rents $50 per mo; positiFeiy the
cheapest piece Of property in the nature OF fats
ever before offered situated on Folsom st. near
1Tth new and modern in every respect; 4-5
roorrs. porcelain baths. cement Washtrays gas
crates. frst-class fixtures; large high base
ment, concrete foundation,
s5250-2 fats on Masonic ave. south Of Pied
mont: brand new; containing So rooms; porce-
lain baths
S5coG-Reduced from S65oo; magnificent resi-
deace corTer on Dolores St; 5l;6 feet frontage
with L off side street 60 feet frontage; improve
uents. elegant 2-story residence.
5000 modern fats on Natoma st. near
sth; rooms and bath each; rents S4S per mo
you can make mistake investing south OF
Market; property positively bound TO improve.
s415c-2 handsome Mission fats. b-6 rooms
and bath. on Treat ave, running through 20
rear street: . frontages; fine stable on rear
frontage; rent S42 50.
s46Oo-Rents s612 per annum: Langton st.
near Howard: very fine tenement flats OF As
rooms and . rear tenements OF 3 rooms; perma-
nently rented: concrete sidewalk; newly papered
throughout: safe investment.
S4250-Tenement fats Of 4 rooms each; south
side Of Market: rents s41 per mo.
A FEW PICKUPS FOR THE FUTURE IN
BUILDING LOTS.
S2250-Frederick ST near Willard.
se50-Ffne corner on Hoffman ave. and Path
St: positive sacrifice.
s25o-LOt 2S foot frontage, on N ST., near
EAsToN. ELDRIDGE & CO.,
g3S Market 81
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07
zEAr. EsrArrAcrrr-roE sALE.


BALDWIN < sTETsOS.
81 Montgomery St. near Pine
over 20 years experience in san Francisco.
al Estzte Agents Rent Collectors
Pun charge taken Of property
Fire Insurance Ag=ncy- Telephone Grant l54-
See t5'days .chroniele'-linerent rst
We advertise only bargains.
Call at our ofacs and get fun psrtieulars-
$50 ooO-Northeast corner. 157.szs2.s: within
about ten minutes walk . kearny 81:
north Of Market ST. - per cent can -
got By changing Improvements into an
apartment house-
s12. eoo-western Addition corner. S2.exs7.s;
, modern fats. 5. : and rooms and
hath each low reHfs Al Sl1SA
s11. .75o-Rents s1sos: good Mission belt invest
ment; front fats and loi 4oFI-Z .SlI 80, .;
pays now over per cent net VIII Pay
Is per cent net b. building rear hat
plenty CT room.
ss.15O-Lasuna - business corner: large Iot:
modern sunny fats. and IONS
cent net b. changing high oassmsnt
into store.
s410oLTwsnty- second st. near Howard;
rents s4s2; good fats. brick fOuna@-
ss.25o-Rents $3.50: Leavsnvorth street: ?
good fats and lot
BALDWIN & sTETsOS
S17 Montgomery st. near Pine
OSCAR HEYMAN. Il posi- STREET.
SoYo-FOCR level lots. including small barn,
half & block from the Mlssion-st. cars
Spring Valley water.
$50 each-Two lots in the Abbey Homestead:
close 70 Missioa-st cars
$50 each-LJrs in the Excelsior HOMESTEAD:
not very far IOm cars
$50 each-L.ots ready 70 build On: half
1block from Silver ave; close 20 the cars
Sb5O-Iwo level lots View ave, near I'D
S5Jo-Fine corner, block from Chenery-st-
car line.
s44O-Two lots. including corner. In Ocean
View
$3.50 each-Lots On Douglass ST, near 2sth-
HEYMAN TRACT.
-SSO0-Lots. Douglass st. Hoffman ave,
22d St. View ave and Corbett road.
S55o-ChOics lots On De Haro 81. near Z3d:
concrete foundations laid. ready 20 build on.
SEQ each-TTO lots; street work done; near
COurtland ave. and schOoIhouss-
S5So-Lot On surry 81. Glenn Park district;
s9Oo-Six lots on 18th ave South
$3.50 each-T,wo lots. I block from Chensry.
$500 each-T'wo fine marine view lots near
Stanyan street.
S1T0o-Francisco st. near Dupont 81: nns
lot, suitable for hats
$500 each-Lots on 18th ave. South; 1 block
from Kentucky ST
Sl250-I4Ot on Precfta ave 100 Fact east OF
Mission 81.
$3.50 eseh-Parnassus Heights; lots half
BLOCK from cars: street bituminized: cement
sidewalks laid.
S5Oo-24xIoo: not far from Silver ave; viii
make good chicken ranch
SI5O-Nerritt st. near 18th; fine building
lots
Sl0OO-Nce St. near 2fst; building lots.
S'2o-Thirtieth st. near Noe St; building
$3.50 each-Fine- lots on Vermont and 25th
OSCAR HEYMAN. u POST STREET.
Also office OF Jacob Heyna1 Co.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07
HAYES STREET


$500 ss5oO se.5T.
street work all done. Lots
ready for building. Suitable
for houses and fats.
81 eco each-3 lots on west side Of Hyde
St, right where the cars stop at Beach
St. unsurpassed marine view nothing
like these lots for view and price TO
be had any where.
g. 5O0-Choice marine view corner lot, IS :ex
100; can Be subdfyided and sold at a
profit, Iarkiu aud Beach sts-, one block
from Hyde-st. cars; cannot obstruet
the view.
SIS. OOo-Corner on Cough st, vicinity Hayes;
size coKc0; frame building and part
q lot vacant; can be further i'm
proved.
T,ooo-sacra1nento St. Preside Heights dis
trict; lot 25x12T 81 new fats Of
6 rooms and bath each; rents s65 per
month.
$50 eoo-Viciuity OF California, Market and
Battery sts.; extra large holding. both
IN frontage and depth; brick improve
ments should be mOderniZed; 8il yield
9 per cent net on small outlay
so Ooo-Hales-st business holding: lot with
frontage OF rear street: extra width
Of 81 feet; well improved with stores
and fats