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Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-26

J. n. and B. w. Holmes attended
the party at Piney Fork Friday even
ing.
Mrs. John Holmes and daughters,
Misses Grace and Helen, and son,
David, attended the missionary meet
ing at John Chambers Saturday.
Nathan Holmes called at T. H.
Shields recently.
Miss Grace Holmes called on Jane
and Mabel Adams Thursday.-Cadiz
(O.) Democrat.
you and Tom came near having a
serious runaway, didn't your"
Yes, it was a narrow escape"
Tell me just how it happened"
THE horse became frightened sud
denly and Tom grabbed for the lines
-
Grabbed the lines? Why, wasn't
he holding them?"
1t took at least five minutes to ex-
plain.
And then, again, there's a POSSIBLE
ity that President McCurdy receives
$3.50 900 a year for o telling what he
knows.
And he is earning the money.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-04
Irrigation in the Milk River
Valley.

Montana is coming in for a big
share of the general prosperity
of the country, and it will only
be a few short years when she
will rank with any of the North
western states in agricultural
greatness. The recent act of the
Interior Department of the Uni
ted States in setting aside ST.
600, 900 toward reclaiming three
or four hundred thousand acres
in the Milk River Valley is but a
beginning Of a much vaster de-
yeiopment of this section as the
needs grow apace. Already the
agricultural worth of this to be
famous valley has been adequate
ly demonstrated in the results
which have followed the irriga-
ton works already established.
It has been successfully proven
that all kinds of agricultural pro
ducts grow in great abundance
wherever irrigation, is used. The
soil is naturally rich and needs
only moisture to make it yield
nrolifically. The Great North.
ern Railway furnishes adequate
transportation facilities, it's main
line practically cutting the valley
il two. The fact that the gov
ernment has decided to begir
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-04
The Tramp's Sermon

A tramp accosted a party of
gilded youth in a saloon with a
request for drink. 1t was
granted, and one of them request
ed: in bantering way that he
make a speech as his share of
the entertainment. AS an ex-
change tells the story, the tramp
Strengthened up and stood before
them with a grace and dignity
that all his rags and CRIME could
not wholly obscure:
Gentlemen, he said,' 7 look
tonight at you and, itseems to me
I look upon the picture of my
blighted manhood. This bloated
face was as handsome as yours.
This shambling figure once
walked as proudly as yours, for
I was once man in the world of
men. I too, once had a home
and friends and position. I had
a wife as beautiful as poets
dream, but I dropped the price
less pearl of her honor and re-
speet in a cup of wine, and like
Cleopatra, saw it dissolve, then
quaffed it down in the brimming
draught. I had children as sweet
and pure as the flowers of spring,
and saw them fade and die under
| the blighted curse of a drunkard
father. l had a home where love
lit the fame upon the altar and
ministered before it, but I put
out the holy fire and darkness and
desolation reigned in it's stead.
I had aspirations and ambitions
j that scared as high as the morn
ing star, but I broke and bruised
their beautiful forms and
strangled them that I might
hear their cries no more. To
| day I am husband without a
wife, a father without a home
and a man in whom every i'm
pulse is dead. All have been
swallowed up in the maelstorm
of drink"
The tramp ceased speaking,
the glass fell from his nervous
fingers and was shattered into a
thousand fragments upon the
, floor, the swinging doors were
pushed open and shut again, and
when the little group looked up
the tramp was gone. Farm and
Real Estate Journal.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-04

A Morgan county, Ind, man
while on a trip to Arkansaw, ac-
costed a middle-aged woman in
the rural district with the in
quiry as to the political condition
in her region, She didn't know
what he meant. So he varied the
question Have you any repub-
licans around here ?" Look
here, stranger" she replied, my
old man hunts and traps all over
this section and if he ever caught
one he never brought the hide
home
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-04
An Uutruthful Liars pipe Dream

An exchange says women in
North Dakota have a novel way
of hanging out the clothes
on wash day. They don use a
line but flap the clothes up
against the sides of the house or
barn and the wind holds them
there until they are dry. Great
difficulty is experienced in TAX
ing the clothes down and the old
man, the hired man and the hired
girl are all called into requisition
to pull together. During the
summer month the clothes are
hung on the south side of the
house and during the other
eleven months on the north side.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-04
Will You Keep Quiet Now !?

A couple Of skunks crossed
the rood just after an automobile
had passed. Stopping in the
road a moment, one of them re-
marked as he caught the odor of
the passing vehicle, Whats the
use."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-04

immediate operations will prove
a great incentive to the people Of
that section who have always be-
lieved in the future of their coun-
try and will open to settlement a
vast area of rich land to the
home seeker and investor.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-04
REV. Il. TRICK

Now of Hiilsb orc, Oregon, Writes
interestingly of Their Jour-
ney to the Pacific Slope.
Editor Hope Pioneer
A copy Of The Pioneer upon my
desk reminds me that l have
promised to give a brief account
of the trip half way across the
continent. It would require too
much space to give a detailed &C.
count of the journey, so | will
mention only a few things that
especially impressed me.
Of course, the mountain seen
cry is the principal thing to OBJ
serve on a trip over the Rockies
and Cascade ranges. After the
chill March weather of eastern
North Dakota, one is impressed
at the warm climate in Montana,
especially when one considers
the high elevation. We were per-
fectly comfortable sitting upon
the rear platform of the Qbser-
walton car, without any outside
wraps or hat. Little Granville
was delighted to ride on the plat
form without either coat or cap.
He was especially interested in
the huge pushing engine which
assisted us in climbing the grade
out of Livingston-and Living
ston is worthy of mention be.
cause of the fine buildings in
which the Northern Pacific R'y
officers have division headquar-
ters. All about are relatively
high peaks, so that as one walks
along the fine station waiting for
a change of engines, one really
wonders where can be the open
ing between the peaks through
which the train may pass on its
journey west.
Let me say to anyone who pla1
to come to Portland this spmme1
that the North Coast, Limited
will take you up the mountain:
into Butte just before sunse
when you will have fine view o
the Rockies as the sun sets, ant
in the twilight. This range i'm
pressed me as bold, grand ant
barren, rather than beautiful
To my mind the Cascades are ia.
more beautiful. This latter re
minds one of the White noun
tains. The Cascades were climb
ed late in the afternoon of tn,
second day of the journey. w
were delayed an hour or mort
on the highest point because thi
way was obstructed by wreck
ed freight car. 1t was almos
dark when we began to descen,
the west side of the range, s.
that we lost some of the bes
scenery. You will not be SUI
prised to learn that there was
heavy fog when we arrived j,
Seattle. Here late in the even
ing we went to our berths fo
the remaining 1876 miles befor
reaching Portland, Ore. W
were awakened at the wharf O
the Columbia river, but on az
count of the fog and the earl
hour Of morning nothing coul
be seen of the river. After cross
ing, when it became light enoug
to see, we found ourself ridin
through a low level valley alon
the banks of the Willamette. W
entered Union station after
} trip of about 100 miles, in th
same car, exactly on schedul
time, which is aremarkable thin
considering the distance espe,
tally with the uncertainties {
railroading over the mountai
ranges, Wonderful, too, was tt
, fact that, with the exception
) the fog and mist on the trip frol
Seattle to Portland, the weathe
had been perfect and was fa
when we arrived in Portland.
Perhaps in a later letter
may describe some Of the scel
cry in our new home and civ
9 some impressions of the old Sc
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30

coming Of this possible friend or foe.
Inc thuddlng of hoOfs through the In
ferno of darkness stopped as the rider
below considered the latest move Of
me horseman above. They We're SO
near that Judith could hear the labored
breathing of the sweating horse. The
blackness of the night had become n
tangible thing. The towering noun
taihs We're one piece with the gaping
precipice, the trail, the scrub pines,
the gauntlet on her hand. The horse
below resumed its stumbling gait. Ju-
dlth crowded Dolly close to the rocky
wall. If the chance comrade of the
wilderness should pass her by in the
darkness-God speed him!
What the deuce are you blocking
the trail for?' sung out voice from
the darkness. AT sound of it Judiths
heart stopped beating. The voice was
Peter Hamilton's.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30

swers If Peter were elsewhere tl1u
riding beside her Whittier was he %
ing? They had met casually on .ra;,
KNOWN TO Few honest men. l.. led over
a spur OF the Wind river to sor, OF
no mans land, the hiding place OF
horse and cattle thieves. She had gone
to warn her brother Could he be <,
Ing there She could not bring herself
to finish.
Her heart was divided against itself
Within 1t. We're fought again the red
and the white mans battles bitterly
and to the finish. And now the white
man. with his open warfare, won. and
all her love rose up and Scourged her
little faith. She would wait on the
trail for Peter, penitent and ashamed
And while she waited suspicious bred
of her Indian blood stirred distrustful.
ly. and she told herself that her moth
er's daughter made worthy champion
of the ways Of white men. Did Hamil-
ton hunt her brother gollowsward. max
ing merry with her the meantime? He
had not even been courteously con-
cerned as to where she was going when
they met on the divide. and she had
not thought to wonder Mt his possible
destination.
She was by this time well down tie
divide. The temperature had risen per-
ceptibly on the down grade. The heat
of the plains had already mingled with
the cool hill air. The heights where We
nus kept her love vigil were already
past. Judith gave Dolly breathing
spell. herself lounging easily mean
while. She knew how to take her ease
In the saddle as well as any COW
puncher on the range.
Peter, coming up with much blown
horse, found her chanting an Indian
song.
"Sing verse for me, Judith. Heaven
knows | need something to straighten
out my Internal luck"
She had begun to cant, then stopped
suddenly. Il must not. You know 1
am n Catholic" Suspicion that had
been scotched, not killed. raised its
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30

head. "What was his present ven
ture:' Her eye had not changed in ex-
preston, nor tone of her voice, but in
her heart was a sickening distrust for
all things. Her mind was busy with IL
multitude of schemes. Fool though she
had been, she would not be the instru-
ment of her brothers undoing.
"Ive come too far" she cried in sud-
den dismay. Il should have stopped at
the foot of the divide. I've never been
over the trail before"
"You foolish child! Why should you
stop in the middle Of the wilderness?"
She wheeled the mare about and
faced him, figure Of craven resolu-
ton
II promised to meet Tom Lorimer
there Now you know"
With which she cracked Dolly sharp
ly with her heel and began to retrace
her way over the trail. Peter turned
his horse and followed, with the feel
ing of utter helplessness that man
has when confronted with the granite
obstinacy Of women. Judith had
meanwhile expected that the announce
ment Of her mythical appointment with
Tom Lorimer would be received dif-
ferently. Tom Lorimer's reputation
was of the worst. An eastern man for
merly. an absconder from justice. ru-
NOR was busy with tales of ungodly
merrymaking that went on at his
ranch, where no woman went except
painted wisps from the dance halls.
But Peter was too loyal friend. de-
spite his shortcomings as lover. to
see in Judith's statement anything
more than sisterly devotion so deeply
unselfish that it failed to take into
account the danger to which she sub
iected herself.
However, it was plainly his duty to
prevent an unprotected rendezvous
with Lorimer, to reason. to plead, and,
if he should fail to bring her to a
reasonable frame Of mind, to go with
her. come what would of the result.
There were reasons innumerable why
he. n cattleman. should avoid the ap-
pearance Of dealing with the sheep fac
ton, he reflected grlmly. Lorimer
owned sheep, many thousand head. His
herds had been allowed to Craze un-
molestcd, while smaller owners, like
Jim Rodney, had been crowded out be-
cause his influence, politically, was Il
thing to be reckoned with, so Peter
followed Judith, pleading Judith's
cause. She did not understand, he
told her, what she was doing. and.
while perhaps there was not another
man in the country who would not
honor her unselfshness In coming to
him, Lorimer's chivalry was not thing
to be reckoned with, drunken beast
that he was, and Judith, worn with
the struggle, tried beyond measure.
made reckless By the daily infusion
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30
Dicken. and Thackeray.

II once missed meeting Dickens at
Chatsworth. He left the day of my
arrival" writes Leyeson-G Cover In his
memoirs. "Thackeray came that same
afternoon and was anxious to hear
about Dickens visit. He wondered
whether he had toadied the duke very
much. My impression is that, though
protesting to be friends, these two
great novelists did not care much for
one another"
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30
A Careful Wife.

Hubby desperately)-Give me youi
clothesline. I'm going to hang myself.
Wifey (sweetly)-Oh, George. I'm SO
sorry This clothesline is so rotten 1t
won't hold you You'll have to buy
one, dear!-Cleveland Leader.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30
Sad Result of Experiment.

Aunt A..n-You think John no longer
loves you? New Wife (sobbing)-I-l
know II, auntie! p-put on an ug-ugly
old hat this morning and he never no.
ticed the observation-disclosures
Tribune.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30
CHAPTER Y

ND Judith, taken unawares by
~ the unexpected turn Of
things, comforted as Il lost
a child that 10 found fnJ1 oil
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-18
Time Lock Ont Of order.

Hartford. Connecticut. January
12-Fcra week the big steel door
of the vault of the home office of
the Aetna Insurance Company has
bsen closed and all the securities
and books If the company are in.
accessible for the making of the
annual report now due. No one
knows what made the door stick
But the time look refused TO
work, and experts who have worked
three days trying to Jar the bolts
with a huge battering ram have
now decided to drill an inch hole
through the foot thick steel door
Through the hole mirrors and an
electric light will be inserted, by
which it is expected the experts
will be able to determine the diff
GUILTY with the look.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-18
Hurry Calls to Washington.

Mayor Milstesd of Portsmouth
.ud delegations from Ashland, Cat
slettsburg and Huntington lef,
Wednesday afternoon for Wash.
'ngton to go before the Rivers and
Harbors committee on a hurry
call from Col. Patton. saying they
we're wanted at once. The cause
of the excitement was that the fol
bYing dams be constructed.
No 26. below mouth of Kama
vhs.
No 90, below mouth of Big
sandy
:Scioto.
Pittsburg is trying to override
ne recommendations of the
ngineers and the recommends
ions of the o. V 1. A.. and secure
appropriations for dams in rots
ION from Pittsburg down, thus
dsferriug the general benefits from
distribution of the dams men
ioned-Gallir oils Tribune.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-18
Report of the Game Warden.

Hon. Frank Lively, of Hinton,
game and fish warden of this state,
has just submitted his report to
the governors for the last two
years.
His report contains quite a num-
Der of matters of interest to the
sporting fraternity of this and adj
joining states.
Within the last two years there
have been over 200 prosecutions
against violations of the game laws
of the state, of which 19l were con
victed. Twelve were acquitted
and there are IL cases pending or
appealed.
OF these 22O cases 81 were for
dynamiting fish. Eighteen of
these were convicted and three ac-
quilted Two were sent to jail for
six months, two for one month
9 oh and two for 10 days each.
The fines from these Is cases sg
gregate $3.50. The total fines for
the two years amount to So 997 so
of which more than $500 has
been collected Two hundred dol.
lars fines assessed against persons
for shooting rabbits ont Of season
in Morgan county were RENTED.
leaving $500 in fines against per-
sons from whom it was impossible
to collect
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-18
Unfortunate Individual.

An unfortunate tramp. who gave
his name as Jas. Cavanaugh, died
in the city lookup on Wednesday
Cavanaugh drifted into town
from Marietta about week or ten
days ago. He drank heavily and
VS. under the influence of liquor
for a few days after be arrived here.
He was looked up one evening for
drunk. and the next morning the
Recorder gave him ten minutes to
leave town. He promised to 90,
but began drinking again de soon
as be got away from the city build
ing. He was again arrested on Mon
day and was sentenced to the lock
up for ten days
On Tuesday he was taken i'll.
and continued to grow werse On
Tuesday night George Buckley, the
night clerk, called DIR Hudson, who
gave the man attention, and also
prescribed for him, but he oontin.
ued to grow worse. and died, his
death being due to delirium trem-
ens.-Parkersburg Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-18
The Registration of Law.

While a registration law is not
only desirable. but has also been
commanded by the people. the leg
islature should be very careful in
the sort of one it enacts. In the
hands-of interruptions machine
politicians registration is a fruit
full source of corruption. It is
largely by the aid of the registra.
ton law that the Philadelphia
machine is enabled to keep ite
grip upon that city. In Missouri
the registration law has been a
weapon in the hands of the cor
ruptionists and it came near de-
feating Joseph Folk for the nomi-
nation for governor. It is easier
to cast illegal votes from padded
registration list than it is to run
them in under the present system.
The opportunities for corrup-
ton should be minimized as far as
possible in the registration law to
be passed for West Virginia. Pro-
perly administered registration is
helpful towards securing honest
elections. but the same could be
aid about any law. But if the
law is to be designed to perpetuate
in power any single set of politi-
CLANS it would better be left un-
touohed
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-18
Senator Frederick Dumont

Senator Frederick Dumont
Smith has prepared a bill for in
PRODUCTION in the Legislature of
Kansas to make marriage civil
contract with time limit. He
says he prepared the measure at
the request of a delegation of
women. In his opinion the pass-
age of the bill would do away with
tbs scandal of divorce.
Husband and wives would get
along like partners in a business
affair" said Senator Smith, land
each would have more respect for
the other" Senator Smiths bill
is as follows:
"All marriages celebrated in the
state of Kansas shall be deemed
and held to be civil contracts for
ten years. subject to all the laws of
this state now in force relating to
divorce and alimony. At any time
within three months before the
expiration of said cotractoral per-
iods to such marriage contract
may, by filling a joint declaration,
renew said marriage contract for a
further period of ten years with
out further ceremony. In case the
parties to marriage contract shall
fail OF refuse to renew the same all
property accumulated by suoh
parties shall be divided equally
between them and the wife may
have alimony out of her husbands
estate in the same proceedings as
are now provided by law"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-18

loIo.
The January number Book of
the Royal Blue starts the New
Year with most interesting col.
eectlt q Of sketches and poems By
several of the best known writers
IN the United States.
The illustrated poem, stGoin'
Home. By Mr. Gillian, Of Bali.
more. gives delightful impress
sion to the reader, which is kept
up to the end.
Mr.. Taher, of New York, contri
butes more Ballads to Bad Ba
bies, and most delightful Song
OF the Cat Bird, " which is publish
ed by his special permission, and
which is to form part of An operetta
under preparation.
Edmund Vance Cooke, of Cleve-
land. The popular humorist- Iectnr-
or, contributes breezy little sketch
entitled Adam J"
Mr.. DAILY, of Philadelphia. fur.
nishes story entitled DRAFTED -
Mr. Robbins. of Newark, N. j.,
has "a Page of Robbins
Mr.. Lewis. of Norfolk, continues
Stub Ends of Thought" which
now are universally known and
copied.
The interesting description of
the Relief Department of the Bal
tImore d Ohio Railroad in this
number should be read by every
railrosd mrn It presents some
features of railroading that are not
generally known.
A new department has been es.
tablished in the January number
which will increase the readers
interest from time to time. The
newest and best things from the
pens of the American Press HUI
morists will appear each month
under the heading nHumor and
the Humorist.
The Book of the Royal Blue"
ia real magazine, and differs only
from others in that its advertising
pages are used exclusively by the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany. The quality of its reading
matter in many cases is better than
the average.
The greatest care is exercised in
selecting articles for publication,
which accounts for it's increasing
popularity in the eight years of
its existence.
The subscription price is but
90 cents year; single 5 cents
Address D. B Martin, Manager
Passenger Traffic. Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad. Baltimore.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-18
Russian Compliments Japanese.

Toxic. Jan. 14.-Lieutenat Gen
eral Maiden, one of the Russian
prisoners, says the bravery shown
by the Japanse navy is beyond
comparison. With the Japanese
navy and the Russian army moth.
ing in the whole world could con-
pete. He says the bravery of the
Japanese soldiers is unriyaIled.
and that it seems sinful to kill sue h
men.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-18
Henry G. Davis Cordially Greeted
by President.

Washington, D. o, January ID.
Former Senator Henry G Davis,
of West virgiuia, recently Demo-
cratic candidate for the vice presi.
dency. called upon the President
yesterday TO pay his respects. The
President greeted Mr.. Davis cor.
dially, saying:
Il am glad to see you, Mr..
Davis. Walk right into my office
You are entitled to precedence
over ell others"
The President and Mr.. Davis
had a pleasant Chat about matters
of mutual personal interest.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-18
Tbsre are a number of e1Celler

There are a number of excellent
suggestions in Governor Whites
message to the legislature. and one
sof which rather obscure, but
Rhich ought to receive the atten-
: ION of the legislature. is that re-
ommending that. before saloon
license can be granted. the name
Of the applicant, place where he
proposes to do business. etc. must
be published in two newspapers
for at least thirty days before the
license is granted.-Huntington
Advertiser.