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The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13
THE MINISTER MEANT WELL.
But His Good Wishes Bodied III for
the COMPENSATION,

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The debt of the struggling little
church had all been paid OF but $500.
A minister noted for his skill and
success in raising church funds had
been sent for and was presiding over
the meeting. The work of stirring up
the audience to the requisite pitch of
enthusiasm had begun. Subscriptions
rose rapidly to $500. tnen to $500. and
after considerable effort to $500.
where they stuck. In vain the visit
ing brother exhorted and pleaded. The
limit Of the cash resources of the
congregation appeared to have been
reached. and at last he sat down dis
couraged.
Then Brother Burymen, = highly re-
spected undertaken. who had made q
liberal subscription already, rose and
said:
Brethren. this thing shan't fall
through after 1t has got as far along
as $500. believe in man giving as
he has prospered. and, although have
given = pretty good-sizsd donation, I
am ready to do more. Ill pay the last
500 myself"
Il don't know your name, brother
shouted the visiting preacher, Jump
ing to his feet with enthusiasm, but
hope your business will double dur
ing the coming year. and I believe it
WILL"
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13

'Tisn't much of a life, bein' a hired
man, when you work for some folks
There l was out in the prairie coun-
try, miles from nowhere. A long days
work, and when it was done, nothin'
to do but sit around and wish you
was back at the old home again. And
thinkin' an dreamin'. dreamin' an
thinkin' till you fell asleep. A cross
grained, stingy, quarrelsome man to
work for; one you couldn't satisfy, no
matter how well you did your work;
and with wife that matched him.
But it was diff'rent after Melted
come to work there; diff'rent for me.
! mean. They didn't change any, I'M
less twas to grow harder to please.
But what did care for all their
meanness after Nellie'd come? Pshaw.
1 didn't notice it, for I'D something
better to think about.
can't describe folks looks-never
could. I'm afraid can't make you
feel the half how pretty and dainty
Nellie really was, with her clear. gray
eyes that at times seemed to be look
in SO far of. and her figure SO slim
and graceful, and her soft brown hair.
How did she come to be workin'
for them, SO diff'rent from them as
she was? Well. that l never knew
exactly, for they never spoke to me
about her, and she never talked much
about the things knew was troubling
her. for all her laughin ways. l had
q kind of an idea. though, that she
was someways related, that her peo-
pie was dead, an that she'd been Of
fered a home there for her work.
Well, the days run along, and Nellie
and I was gettin' better acquainted
all the time. come from rOugher
stock than her, and wasn't naturally
her sort at all, but know l was .
better man, and cleaner one every.
way than before she'd cara. into my
life. The sight of her filed me with
determination to make q success Of
myself. But what could hope to do.
stayin' there on that farm? felt
l must get up and out, and rub up
against the world, and make a man
of myself; and then-oh, perhaps then
win Nellie.
I've said 1 was dead In love with
Nelle, Uul uOu tuAuh ! uVAu HCE d..
Perhaps she Knew it. for somehow a
girl generally guesses at a mans feel
In towards her. though he mayn't
have said a word. But IL she did she
never let on.
Just before Nellie'd come I'd writ
ten to my brother. who was pros
pectin' up in Montana, askin' him II
he thought there'd be chance for me
up there. Well. one day. sev'ral
months after that, his answer reached
me. He said for me to come at once.
Instead Of goin' to Nellie then and
there, like man, and tellin' her how
l felt towards her, and askin' her II
shed be willin' to have me for her
husband; and, II SO. il she'd wait for
me till got my start-instead of that.
thinks l. I'll just slip away without
sayin' anything. and when the proper
time comes I'll come back and ask
her.
That evenin' when began to pack
up my things, Nellie saw me. an
asked what l was dom.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13
THE JOURNEY BACK

copr,gst.s. 1905, sy 7M Author. n.sn.as~s Company
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13

"sesms to me ought to know yeu."
after day, week after week. gettin'
what we'd come for-the mountains
gold. We'd had more'n usual luck.
and twice had struck it rich. But
hard as worked. and eager as was
for success, there was one thing was
always thinkin' about, an that was
Nellie. What was she dom? Did she
ever think of me? Did she care for
mel Such questions l was askin' my
self all the time. But, fool that l ~as
didn't write to her. for l was think
in all the while. "Ill be goin' back to
her soon; then there'll be time for her
to answer all my questions"
I've said we'd had more'n usual
luck. my brother and i; 80 after eight
months or SO, one day. says I to Lay
self. "Now's the time for me to go
back and ask Nellie"
Ill never forget that journey back.
What happy world this looks like II
you're only happy yourself. l was
two days on the trail back to the rail
road town. 1t seemed a rough, lone
some road when l was comm: but
goin' back could feel the beauty of
the wild country. And then on the
train. two more days. How diff'rent
IT all seemed from when l went.
was interested now In everybody and
everything saw.
At one small town where the train
stopped few minutes 1 looked out,
and there was a little jewelry store
across the street. A sudden thought
came to me. an out dashed. guess
that jeweler thought wsD = crook
when I burst in and asked to see the
best diamond rings for ladies he'd got
But. my roll showed him l meant
straight business. and 1t was soon
done. Back to the train I ran, and
got it Just as 1t was pullin' out.
WELL" thinks l, st amt much OF
q ring, I'm afraid; but gladly I'll get
her q better one, II only she'll be
willin' to take it from me. and wear
it."
Twas toward nightfall of the Sec
ond day. Just in the gray Of the twi-
light, that the train reached my stop
PIN place. 1t had been happy jour
ney back. Out I piled into the cool
air, and walked along the platform.
lookin' to see II there was anyone I
knew. didn't see anyone at first.
but when the train rolled on east l
noticed a farmer on a wagon just over
the other side OF the tracks, and saw
twas Mr.. Welker that lived = couple
o. miles past Morse's farm, where
was bound for.
Good evenin'. Mr.. Welker." says 1.
eff you're Eoin' to be headin' for home
soon, will you give ms lift ~ far ss
Morse's?"
The old man looked sharp at me.
seems II ought to know you." he
says. why. Amt you the young chap
that was workin' out there at Noess's
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13


1t is 4 curious fact that Lord KEEL
win. who has done SO much to ad-
vance the worlds knowledge of cleo
tricity. dislikes the electric light.
When he visited this country a few
years ago with Lady Kelvin they
spent q weekend with Mr.. and Mrs
George Westinghouse. whose Leno1
home after shutdown is q blaze Of cleo
ericity.
The first night they spent there
Lady Kelvin rang up q servant to beg
they might ''be accommodated with a
couple Of tallow dips, - they were
unaccustomed to such intense light in
their bedroom"
Lord kelvin's country home in
Scotland IL an unostentatious house
overlooking the Clyde at Largs, where
electricity II unknown even for public
iIlsaination.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13
Banker Wanted Information.

In his memoirs Adolf Kugsmaui re-
lates a curious story Of q Heidelberg
banker. This banker was known for
his naughty. forbidding manners; con-
sequently DR.. Nuhn, the professor, of
anatomy, was much surprised one day
when the banker came and sat with
hisi in a railway car and, after q pleas
AMI chat, asked him all sorts of ques-
tions. especially about the anatomy OF
the heart. The next day he even
called by permission in the medical
department and watched the profess
FOR dissecting one of those organs.
Then he drove home and committed
suicide by skillfully plunging dagger
into his heart.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13
: The oandeiion.

Little dandellon
Stahted in one day
Grinnin' at de autumn
Jes' like II was May.
Nebber mind de chilly wind
Nor de sky severe.
Little dandelion.
Fohgot de time o. year.
Little dandelion
Made de day seem bright.
Though de fros' will ketch him
Long befo' de night.
Reckon he's a hero
OF humble style.
Case 1t takes heap o. grit
Sometimes jes' to smile.
Washington Star
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13

The pension issue last year was the
largest IN ten years; the issue for the
FIRST quarter of the present year ex.
ceeds the Same period last year by %
DER cant.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13
Naval on7eer Buys Pew.

Commander F. A. :iiller. U. 8. ~,
has purchased pew No. 11s in the
historic st. Johns church, Washing
ton, from Philadelphia. paying h..A
81 900 for It.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13

"Oh. Just goin' up in the country 4
ways" says l.
Il suppose 1t must seem dull to you
here" says Nellie. But you're not
goin' to be gone long. that is. very
long, are you?"
The pretty child. could see she
was trying to talk In a lively. cheer
full way; yet she couldn't keep an
anxious tone out of her voice.
WELL" says l, .thatll depend most
ly on whether have luck or not.
There's . girl. too, thatll have some
thing to say about it."
could zee Nellie give q start when
I said that, and thinks I, she known
Of course mean her." But Just then
] was called away by Mr.. Morse. my
Arizona republican., 1904-12-24
NAVAJO BLANKET FREE
The Advantage of Attending Sales at
 BaIhe's.

The sale of Navajo blankets at Balke's blanket room, opposite the Hotel Adams, is growing in interest and in the size of the crowds which attend it. In order to still further stimulate the interest, Mir. Bake de- cided last night to make somebody a present of handsome, genuine blanket at the final close of the sale. There are two sales every day, at 2 D. m. and p. m. At the close of each of these sales, all who are present will be given each a ticket, and when all of the blankets in the blanket room have been disposed of. some one will receive the fine blanket, or, in lieu of it, if that person should prefer, $35 in gold.
 There is still another way to get these tickets. One will be given to each purchaser at Balke's Big Curio store and they will be of the same force and value as those given at the blanket room. The advantage of pos sessing the greatest number of tickets is apparent.
Arizona republican., 1904-12-24

woman's exchange. Home cooked Christmas foods. Roast chicken, sal ads, mince pies, plum pudding, fruit and fancy cakes, salt rising yeast and brown bread at McKee's today.
Arizona republican., 1904-12-24

FANCY LAMPS, s SILVERWARE, TOYS, FANCY CHINA. DAVlDSON'S CASH STORE.
Arizona republican., 1904-12-24

Special prices on candy for trees, schools, etc. McKee's.
Arizona republican., 1904-12-24
MUSIC TEACHER.

Prof. Fountain teaches mandolin, guitar, violin and all instruments. Teacher and director of Phoenix La dies Violin Orchestra; Juvenile brass band and orchestra, Ladies Mandolin Guitar and Banjo orchestra. Studio and music store 243 East Washington.
Arizona republican., 1904-12-24

Special Christmas reduction on bicycles today at Ciriswold's, 9 South
 First avenue.
Arizona republican., 1904-12-24

Dowd's is the little drug store with the little Drices
Arizona republican., 1904-12-24

Maximum temperature, 59; mini mum temperature, AS. Average relative humidity 70 per cent. Total precipitation, .Ol Character of the day-Cloudy.
 H. K. HOLCOMB,
 Temporarily in charge.
Arizona republican., 1904-12-24
Of Loca1Y
 Interest.
THE WEATHER

Local Daily Weather Report for The
 Arizona Republican
Arizona republican., 1904-12-24

there was a tree and programme. To- night there will be Christmas services and trees in the Baptist, First Method ist. M r. South and Christian churches At the Baptist church there will be a special programme of Christ mas carols, etc. At the M. IG. church, south, the music will be largely by an orchestra of ten pieces. the public be- ing invited to come and hear it. On Monday night there will be a tree and appropriate services in the Presbyter- ian church and in the Salvation army hall.
Arizona republican., 1904-12-24

Forecast for today-Partly cloudy Data for 24 hours ending p. m. yes- terday:
Arizona republican., 1904-12-24

The Cooper-BIack Go. are celebrating their first birthday today. Their store certainly is marvel of beauty and cleanliness and it would be well worth any persons time to inspect their store. On another page will be seen their big Christmas add. Smiths orchestra will make it pleasant for their customers this afternoon.
Arizona republican., 1904-12-24
Stop! Don't Smash
 'em.
>oEll.

Don't they suit you?
 No,- they seemed to at first but can wear. them now. You see bought them of a travelling optician-he is gone and I can't use the glasses, Wish l could serve him the same way. e
 Now you might save both your money and temper by pa-ronizing those who are permanently located Should an error occur it will be made right without extra charge.
 When in need of glasses come in and see us, you will save both time, money and temper.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-01-22

The Pierre papers affect much Joy
over any announcement that the Mil
waukee will extend it's Chamberlain or
Evarts line CT both upon the SUPPOSE
tion that the Northwestern will inn
mediately counterfeit such a move
ment by extending from Pierre.
There isn't the slightest ground for
the Pierre ROSTERS to stand on. The
Northwestern has never intimated
from any source that it had the Slight
est intention of doing anything of
the kind-on the contrary reports are
constantly coming from the general
offices OF the company that no extern
sions in this state are contemplated
for years to come. Even should the
Milwaukee build, the Northwestern
could not afford to extend it's line
from Pierre just to catch the passen.
ger travel when it already has a line
to the Hills. And while the extern
sion of the Northwestern would nat
urallY be Of benefit to the Black Hills
country it would not make that town
any more accessible TO the IS per cent
of the states population living east of
the Missouri than it is now.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-01-22

Prosperity has increased the de-
mand for human skeletons to such an
extent that the following want ad re-
Gently appeared in the Chicago News:
BODIES WANTED-FOR COM
mercial and scientific purposes. ANY
one wishing to dispose of their re-
mains after death and having no OBJ
lection to the skeletons being sold.
please address NJ II, Daily News.
This was inserted by John H. Drake,
299 Ogden avenue, that city, who
makes a business of preparing human
skulls and skeletons for physicians
and students. Human bodies bring
five dollars each and skeletons sell for
twenty-five dollars.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-01-22

A movement has been started to
boom Marshal Field for the nominal
ton by the Democratic national con-
vention. II Chicago's great mer-
chant and public-spirited man would
accept of the honor he would give
"Teddy" Roosevelt the toughest
proposition in his strenuous career.
Marshall Field is among the few very
wealthy men of this country who has
made it without grinding others or
using the Rockefeller method Of stiff.
ing competition. His great stores are
noted for the stiff prices maintained
and the liberal salaries of employees.
He owns manufactures in every
civilized country on the globe and in
some countries where they are not
much civilized and you never hear of
any trouble from any Of the employees
in any of his vast undertakings. He
has all the advantages of Hearst's
great wealth-several times overland
ten times his ability. But Field
would probably decline the nomina-
tion if he knew he could be elected,
and it isn't likely that he could be
nominated, simply because he has no
use for w. J. Bryan nor the policies
he represents. But il a good bust
ness maj of Marshall Fields ability
and integrity could be placed at the
head Of this government about eight
years it would do it a vast amount OF
good.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-01-22

dividends in the creamery business
but agood price to the patrons as we'll,
provided the milk receipts are fairly
good.
AS stated, the difference between q
fve-cent and three cent levy perhund-
red for the sinking fund-out of which
must be paid the repairs on the plant
and the replacing Of worn out ma
chinery-amounts to but about two
fifths Of a cent a pound on the total
cost OF manufacture, and is therefor
a factor OF cost SO small that it should
not concern the patron as much as the
little details which add to OF lessen
the returns to the patron Il much
greater degree than he is aware Of.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-01-22

The theatre holocaust in Chicago
has started a rigid investigation of
places of public amusement all over
Che country and even in Europe. A
similar spasm swept over the public
after the Brooklyn fire in 1876, but the
incident was soon forgotten and the
making of 0re-traps went right on. 1t
will be- SO in this case. Most officials
would risk the lives OF all their rela-
tiyes for a complimentary ticket
their own included.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-01-22

The Bonesteel News takes the big
gest type in its Office to head the an
nouncement that the Northwestern
will not extend from that town.
Ordinary common Ems ought to tell
most people that the Northwestern
has no business for two lines into the
Black Hills. The first and only road
to cross the reservation will be the
Milwaukee. They are cut out of the
Black Hills business completely and
are losing a good deal of theft cattle
shipments to the Northwestern at
Bonesteel to boot.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-01-22
Domestic Troubles

1t is exceptional to find Il family
where there are no domestic r%uptures
occasionally, but these a be lessened
by having Dr.. Kings New Life Pills
around. Much trouble they a by
their great work in the stomach and
liver troubles. They not only relieve
you, but cure. 25c at Miller's drug
store.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-01-22

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Amador ledger., 1904-10-14
Making the Best of 1t.

Talking about philosophy" said a
noted author, who would never in the
world forgive me If 1 mentioned his
name, reminds me of a man 1 used to
know In Louisville He raised hogs
for living, not because the hog, per
sc, is thing of beauty, but because
he had an idea that by nurturing hogs
in certain way he could make them
pay better than any other crop.
"The idea was still in his mind when
the hogs were ripe. He drove them to
Louisville, but the price offered him
did not seem adequate He felt sure
that over in Indiana-Indiana Is a very
cultured state-hogs of an exceptional
kind would be more keenly appreciat-
ed. He drove the hogs to Indianapolis.
The price there also was inadequate,
so he footed it to Chicago with his
crop. Some time late in the fall he re-
turned to Louisville, still driving his
hogs before him, and there he sold
them for considerably less than the
price he had refused in the beginning.
Somebody expressed sympathy for him.
"Well,' he replied, I've lost the
whole summer, and I'm out good deal
on the cost Of them critters, but I've
had the society of my hogs Wash
ington Post.
Amador ledger., 1904-10-14
LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE.
a Change Would Cause Injurious De-
preston in Business-United States
the Most Prosperous Nation.

Comparison of the statistics of the
United States with those of other coun-
tries shows that this country enjoys a
much greater degree of prosperity than
any other. During the ten years from
lo92 to 1902 the population of Great
Britain increased ten per cent, that of
Germany 10 per cent, and that of the
United States 21 per cent. During the
same period the total deposits in all
banks in Great Britain increased 43 per
cent in the United States 101 per cent.
Coal production in Great Britain in
creased Il per cent, in Germany IS per
cent, in France % per cent, in the
United States Is per cent The produc-
tion of pig iron increased Is per cent.
in Great Britain, SO per cent. in Ger
many, IL per cent. in France, "a per
cent. in the United States. The pro-
duction of steel increased Is per cent.
in Great Britain, 1872 per cent. in Ger
many, l33 per cent. in France and 173
per cent. in the United States. The
exports of manufactures increased 18
per cent. in Great Britain, 30 per cent.
in Germany, 10 per cent in France,
and 155 per cent. in the United States.
Great Britain, with her enormous out
flow to her colonies, exported in 1902
manufactures to the amount of 81, 126, :
600, 900, while the United States export
ed 81, 403, 900, 600; but whereas Great
Britain in this item gained only IS per
cent. during the decade from 1892 to
1902, over the last preceding decade,
the United States gained 155 per cent.
Why should any person vote to ex-
change such prosperity as that for a
period of political incompetence, dis
turbing legislation and business de-
preston.
Amador ledger., 1904-10-14
FIGURES TELL THE STORY.

Stastics are generally dry, but
those which deal with the material
progress of the United States since
the birth of the Republican party
possess interest for every American
citizen. Since 1861, when Abraham
Lincoln was first inaugurated, our
population has increased from 81, 900,
600 to $4,000, 900; our nation al
wealth from about SIG, 900, 900, 900 to
about $3.50, 900, 900, 900. The de-
posits in our savings banks have in
creased from $146, 729, 1872 to So, 935, :
240, ,845, and the number of deposit
ors from about 1877 900 to over I, ,OOO,- :
900. There has been an increase in
our imoports 143 per cent. and in
our exports of 318 per cent. In 1860
there were 10000 wage earners
in the United States; in 1900 there
were 1886, 900.
These figures tell convincingly the
story of our development as nation.
With the exception of few disastr-
Gus years of Democratic rule, that
development has all taken place un-
der Republican administrations, and
the stimulating influence of Republi-
can policies.
Amador ledger., 1904-10-14
Coleridge,s Visions.

Coleridge once read to his friend Cot
tie, the publisher, from his pocket
book list Of eighteen different works,
not one of which he ever wrote. For
many years he meditated heroic
poem on the siege Of Jerusalem by
Titus, and among other projected
works were Treatise on the Corn
Laws" a "Book Of German Bellies
Lettres," Book of Morals" in an
swer to Goodwin, an Essay on the
Writings Of johnson and Gibbon," a
poetical pantomime and 'kind Of
comedy" IT should not think Of de-
voting less than twenty years to an
epic poem," he writes-"ten years to
collect my materials and warm my
mind with universal science" Five
were to be spent in its composition
and five with Its correction. His
tastes and inclinations were undoubt-
edly catholic, but persistent effort in
any one direction was Ill suited to the
genius Of Coleridge, and he was con-
tent with his books and his opium and
consequent glorious dreaming.-Cham-
bers' Journal.