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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-01-26

1t was a plan conceived IN the NINA
of Jerry Palmer, convict NO. 1910, Il
night as he tossed 10 and fro on ms
prison couch about three weeks pre-
vious 10 the expiration OF his i've years
sentence. Jerry had tried thlevlng,
burglary ana forgery and had served
sentences for all of them and after
thinking things ver had concluded TO
make a change. Reform was not in
cluded in the change. Jerry strongly
believed that the world owed nIm a
living and that it was his constitutional
privilege TO GET that living in the east
est way possible. He would keep right
on thinking so, but he would adopt a
new and safer line.
abduction is the thing exclaimed
Jerry to his prison walls when be a
thought the matter all out. There's
more clean cash TO be made in abduct-
ing some rich mans Gal than in commit
ting half Il dozen burglaries, and the risk
is a mere nothing. All YOU have to do is
to seize her, shut her up somewhere
iii TIC LtLlNI l3L4'i ~ pay 'SNA 1AtNS
and then produce her and lug away the
.plunks-no publicity, no police, no
prison walls. The rest Of the crowd
can go ahead on old lines, but its alb
duction for me for the rest Of my nat
ural life
Jerry hadn't been out of prison two
DAYS when he hunted up his old part
ner. Mike Donovan, and gave him the
tip. Mike. too, vas ready to drop old
lines and take up something new. He
had shown energy and ambition as a
burglar and had somewhat ~astoniShed
the police by stealing Il steam boiler
left on the public street at night, but
had found there was 10 money in it.
He had figured it out that the beef
trust was making more in three sec
onds that he was in three years. and If
he hadn't met Jerry he might have
opened a saloon and sold wood alcohol
to his patrons.
The first thing vas to find a rich man
with a daughter. No rich mans daugh-
ter can be abducted properly until aft
err she has been located. This task con-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-01-26
An Elephant Story

A queer elephant yarn is told in the
Japan Chronicle by the captain Of a
trading steamer. Or one occasion no
had on board Il cargo of forty ela.
plants. The ship was at anchor in a
calm sea, but began to roll violently
The captain investigated and learned
that the elephants had in some w.v
found that by swaying to and fro ali
together a rocking motion was produc-
ed that seemed TO please them i'm
menSely. So the great heads and bodies
rolled and swung in unison until tho
steamer, which had no other arg and
rode hight, was in imminent danger
OF rolling clean over. The attendants
We're hurried down into the hold and
after a great deal of shouting ond
humping, managed to stop their dan
gerous amusement. Jules Verne talls
as a fiction of the sinking of a shin
IN that way, and the question is. Has
some one in Japan been reading Verne
or was the novelist's fancy justified ~
. real experience?
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-01-26

yellow as corn silk. Her eyes We're dI-
rect in their glance, like those of her
own school children, and far more dis
concerning.
Carlton Cross. another guest at the
house, failed TO interest Tom very no.
ticeably. although Miss Latch appeared
to like him. Cross was spending a few
weeks in town settling up an estate for
which lie was counsel. He devoted
his evenings to Il pretty obvious effort
to settle the estate of matrimony SO far
as Miss Latch and he Were concerned.
Every evening after supper the two
sat on the broad porch While sun
set gloritied the valley below them and
twilight crcpt out of the deepest wood,
where it had been lurking and hiding
from the sun all day.
Tom Redding worked in one OF the
drug stores of the village. That meant
that his evenings Went into the drug
gists profits till such time as he could
command a store Of his own and hire
some other poor soul to work for him.
That was the end toward which Tom
was slowly advancing, but for the pres
ent he was forced to pass out OF the
door after supper. walk resolutely
across the porch 10 where the more ia
vored man and the girl they both want
ed sat, and with Il brave spontaneous
cheerfulness bid them good evening.
On w or three occasions Cross had
spared him this pain by taking the girI
of for a drive. That was worse vet.
1t IS true, Tom had his Sundays, but a
part of these he always spent with his
mother. He felt that Cross was forg-
ing ahead OF him in the race. The thing
that discouraged Tom most was this,
As he walked downtown he thought of
the beauty OF the long evening that was
just beginning. Having thrilled, him
self, under the spell of twilight, he
feared It's power upon Thisbe Latch.
If that clever chap" thought Tom
half knows his business and saws the
right thing and keeps still at the right
time. I'm afraid there's no chance for
me" But it was not his way 10 he
melancholy for long. He vowed if the
other man did get her he would nj
least make q little place for himself in
her memory.
lie thought of her through the day
and every night he passed her ON his
way downtown he had some word
commonplace it might be-that was
charsed with the days repressed affec.
uon. In the general chat of the table
IN the Sunday visits and in many nm.
considered greetings Miss Latch was
coming to know Tom far better thar
he realized.
one night as Tom crossed the norch
70 go to his work Thisbe asked him
lightly: ~
What would happen to your ole
drug store if YOU should sit here wifi
US awhile: believe you don't trns,
anybody but yourself to mix the nra
scriptions. You couldn't sit still 5
"hoie evening, could your
Yes, could" answered Tom 90
90 anyhow. only you don't see me
slt rlsht IN that chair and listen 10 ev
erything you say He pointed 70 =,
empty rocker les the one in whic,
Inlsbe sat. A look of amused nnaar
stanalng came into her eyes.
) when the charming Miss Ritob;
uilnks you are serving her an ice creo =
soda it's only an illusiop-I msan 80,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-01-26
Cement Mortar and Concrete

The bulletin devoted To the making
Of concrete or cement walls. walks,
floors and fence posts will prove valu-
able to every farmer. The high price
of lumber has resulted in this more
durable and very satisfactory Substi-
tute being very largely used of late
years. There are numerous uses to
which concrete can be applied where
the farmer can do the work salts
factorily without employing a mason,
and the information necessary to en-
able him to do this is fully set forth
in this bulletin with all necessary IL
lust.ationS. MouldS for making fence
posts are illustrated, as well as methnd
OF making walls, steps, etc. A tine
quality of cement is manufactured at
Yankton, and although at present is
only 2o cents per barrel less than
other brands of Portland on the mark
ct, in time it should become much
cheaper as the item of freight should
be greatly in favor of the home pro-
duct. AT the present price, cOnsld-
ering its durabability, cement is
cheaper than lumber, 1t will pay any
farmer to send for this bulletin.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-01-26
In. You are really here all

not the soda. You are really here all
the time.
Tom nodded Mr.. Carlton Cross
looked bored. Hr was o troubled
with very much Imagination. Later he
had a chance 10 continue his account
Of a very grand reception he had at.
tended nj Rochester. Miss Latch heard
the sound OF the young lawyers voice,
but her thoughts were Will, the drug
clerk. The idea that he. down at the
store. imagined himself in that partic.
ular chair fascinated her. She looked
at the empty rocker, and as the twi-
light ~deepened and the street lamp was
lighted she could fancy that the sliai.
ow which the pillar threw on its high
back was Tom.
Two days later, instead of leaving by
The front door. Tom came around from
the side OF the house. In one hand he
held n little bunch of paiIsIes. He
handed them over the rail of the porch.
his hat in his other hand, without a
word.
ooh. the beauties, Here's Il yellow
one with purple eyes and Il purple one
with yellow eyes exclaimed Thisbe.
When Tom was gone she remembered
Ophelia's saying:
"Pansies-that's for thoughts"
she also remembered that the poet
Keats was an ~apothecary's prentice.
The conversation of Carlton Cross be.
came less and less interesting. Being
. 4. n...n,.- 1fr,.ntg t4Jrl -.
occur to him that the little velvet leaves
were his rivals.
When Tom came home that night he
found Miss Latch on the porch. She
was still holding the pansies in her
hands. He walked TO the chair beside
her.
81 thought you said you We're sitting
there already said Miss Latch, with a
touch Of mischief.
''Ihat doesn't satisfy me any longer
broke out the man impatiently. 'Tha,
chair can't tell you what / think of
you, l can't tell You myself, but I'll
try. | think you are the loveliest wo.
man In the world. l can't help loving
you
For a long time she was still. Then
she began:
"If you can't help it, why. them
She paused, and Tom leaned toward
her. His hand covered hers, crushing
the flowers.
"%lhisbe," he pleaded softly, do you
care for me-
The hand he held answered for her
Tom rose from his chair and kissed the
girl on the lips.
A little later he said, You don,
know how much afraid / was, sweet
heart, to leave YOU here for those lonl
sunset talks with another nan"
you needn't have been" she answer
ed happily. The sunset and the twi
light seemed to belong to you. The
more he talked the more l dreamed o.
somebody else"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-01-26

Very Low Rates to Denver, Colo.
Via the North Western Line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold on Jan. 81, IS
and 20, limited until until Feb. 18th,
inclusive, on account of Wool Growers
and Live Stock Association Meetings.
Apply to agents Chicago s. North
Western R'y. j26
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-11
Ladies' Literary Club.

The Growth of Periodical Litera-
ture" was the subject of a humorous
paper before the club Friday by Miss
Linda, Jessup.- Miss -Jessup took up tho
early colonial literature and followed it
growth along by means of the early
writer's, making especial reference "a
''POor Richards Almanac" as filling q
great place in the literature of the
time. She spoke of the growth of comic
papers and illustrated papers, and COM
pared the period of fifty years ago with
the present time in neWspaperdOm.
Miss Nellie PearsaIl followed with a
paper on The GOldsmith's Art" dwell
ing especially on the magnificent ex-
amples of the art as found in Etruscan
relics, and the almost priceless pieces
made by American Workmen today She
described some of the more noted
crowns Of the world and also some of
the best known pieces Of jewelry in pri-
waite collections
Music was furnished by Mrs. D. FL
lott Kelly. who played two piano Sc
lectiOns, aud by Miss Daisy Wulfgang.
who was heard at the club for the first
time. and whose wonderful cOntraItO
voice won for her applause even after
q second response
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Salt Lake Preparing to Celebrate Holiday of Cupid
Valentines szeheas

&C side beneath a long table while
the opposite side is required to guess
its location. Prizes are awarded, these
also to be appropriate to the day.
Hunt the Slipper, which should be
called Guess the Slipper is another
old favOTite worked over. It is played
by separating the couples and allow
ing the men to guess the owners of the
varieties of slippers displayed after the
girls have removed them. Prizes for
the daintiest slipper and for the man
guessing the greatest number of own
ers are given.
Flower games hanging on the sig
nifiCance of certain flowers, are espe-
cially favored for Cupid's celebrations,
the god and the flowers always having
been close associates. A game in
which the names of flowers are
guessed from their description is an
old one. 81
A game a little more difficult i'm its
outcome is one played with quotations
in regard to the grand passion" or; it's
lighter substitutes. Given lists of yquos
tations from the various authors who
have taken this for a theme. the play
ers guess the name Of the author.
This may be varied by guessing the
remainder of a quotation, a part Of
which has been given. =
The matter of decoration seems to be
an easy one but it is one i'm which
great latitude is allowed Hearts pre-
dominate in all the show work. while
Cupids and quantities of flowers
abound. Unique baskets are provided
by florists for special features i'm deco
rations, and new ideas in Arrangement
are to be had on demand from these
versatile people.
pretty table decoration suggested
recently is a glass heart-shaped box
whose transparent sides show a heap
of finely cut red hearts which are kept
in motion by tiny electric fan, the
sides and lid preventing their escape.
Envelopes used as place cards NAV
contain a handful of the same which.
when opened, are propelled by the
lightest breath in all directions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-11

sued for the past few years by Raphael
Tuck, and the work originally by Miss
Icliza Curtis of this city The humor
inItheD4 is. of aswhOlesone kind, found
IN the lives of children and set off with
clever, little rhymes pleasing to the
childish fancy.
Still another line of valentines con-
sists of the jigger kind the loose joint
ed figures which work with a string
The little figures are arranged to stand
and hold a basket or box of flowers and
are among the most popular with the
little people, while the funny cards with
cartoons serve for the joke element
Despite the display made in all these
things the lover of today will not for
bOnbOnS or flowers. The latter should
at this season be chosen either for
their own significance or as favorites
of the one to whom they are sent
Boxes for CONNECTIONS are in a variety
Of shapes, the faVOrite being the heart
shaped boxes.
The Gibson pictures, single and in
books bound appropriately, are signifi-
cant gifts for the season, as are also
the small pamphlet kind of books filled
with tOasts or with quotations anent
the eVer-popular subject of love. More
of these are found in the local book
shops thaa ever before, many Of them
being i'm hand-tinished style embossed
in imitation of the old-fashioned mis-
sal
Games for the Occasion.
The games appropriate to the time
are of many varieties A great num-
Der of them relate to the legends of
the day, and had their origin
when all the world was young, lad
And all the woods were green,
And every goose a swan, lad,
And every lass q queen"
Adapted to modern ideas and made
to fit modern customs they are still the
same. games. One played with a small
heart suitable to hold in the palm of
the hand, is called Hearts Up" It
requires two sets Of players. and is
played by passing the heart along to
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large for you naturally and, of course,
that exhausted our supply of the larger
size suits, as at the time we ordered the
tight-ftting suit was the style; these
remarks also al ply to overcOats. But
the stout man is in his glory in the
other lines such as shirts, collars, etc,
for there is always a large supply of
unstable large sizes left over. and it is
right there that the big fellow fills the
bill and also the clothes"
The third one has the idea, that lies
at rhe bottom of every sale. He said:
We'll, you see we have to take Ii out
of the stout man sometime, and 1t is
right here that we do it. A great big
fellow measuring about the waist fifty
inenes comes in and wants the latest
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-11

first part of the season, but when he
comes to a sale it is to buy and to get
the very cheapest that we have. 1t is
not an uncommon thing for stout man
to- bring in a pattern and say that he
will give a certain price for a suit of
that material; v ell, of course, sUfne-
times we can fit him out but generally
he offers about One-haf as much as
the already much-reduced sale price.
THE thin mar has the advantage in
some lines, while the stout leads in
others, said the second guesser,
though to sum it up in a few words,
in suits and OVeICoats the thin man has
a great advantage, because of the
change in fashion. You know that the
style is TO wear a suit several sizes too
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w omen $ Clubs.
The Annual Breakfast.

The event in club circles to which ali
are looking forward is the third ami
yersary breakfast of the Ladies' Lit
erafy club for which invitations arc
just out The affair is in the hands OF
the entertainment committee OF the
club, with Mrs. E. d. Miller as chair
man. The remaining members are
mrs j. NJ. Bowman, Mrs. NJ. j. Chees-
man, Mrs. William DFuehl, Mrs A II.
peabody, Mrs. A. II. Boxrud. Mrs. VIII
nam ii. Dale, Mrs. Charles Mcmahon
and Miss Katherine Page. Miss Ethe
raul VIII be tOastmiStress, and tOasts
will be given by Mrs. ]. c. ROyle. Our
cub" Mrs. A. j. GOrham, "The Presi-
Dental Chair of Fame" Mrs. Fisher
Harris, New Club Members and Their
Ambitions" Mrs. w r. Hutchinson
Club Ornaments-They Toll Not, Mel
Their Do They Spin" Mrs. A. c. Parma
lee, The Club Woman's Dream" Mrs
). NJ. Dart, Club Ghosts" Mrs. w. II
Dale, The Cheerful Topic Giver-The
Chairman's Refuge" and Mrs. William
j. Jennings, Hearts and Clubs"
There will be no meeting of the cur
rent events and current literature sec
ton of the Ladies' Literary club durine
the present week, as the day is taken
by the club breakfast. The next meet
ing will be held the first week in March
when Mrs. John Reed of Denver a for
mer club member win give some read
ings for the club.
The new programme committee of the
Ladies' Literary club held the frs
meeting Friday and elected Mrs WI
liam G. Jennings chairman The othe1
members are A. H. BOXrud, Mrs. How
ard 5. Stowe, Mrs. Walter G. Tuttle
Mrs. A. H. Peabody, Mrs. James /
Franken and Miss Katherine Page.
The house decoration section of the
Ladies Literary club will meet tOmor-
row at the club house at 1880. Mrs N
j. Cheesman win read a paper on ''Tht
Proper Treatment of Bedrooms and
Bathrooms
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Wasateh LIterary circle.

The rectal and social given by the
Wasatch Literary circle on Tuesday
evening was a great success. The pro
gramme was as follows: Music by the
Boys Mandolin club; readings from
Widow O'Callaghan's Boys" Mrs By
ron Cummings; song, What Would
You Ttake for Me, Papa?" Enene)
kissing Papa Through the Telephone, %
Bernice Hall. Sister Brown on An
pies" Mrs. W. A. Wight; music by the
Boys Mandolin club.
The Reviewers club will meet to-
morrow with the president, Mrs. E. a.
Wedgwood, when Mrs. F. A. Vincent
will read a paper on Andrea Del Sar-
to-" and Mrs. William Igleheart will
give some readings from Browning
of course it's announced by Utahs
most popular road. this rate of S25 to
San Francisco or Los Angeles. Big
sale opens Feb. 18th, Salt Lake Route
Rummage sale Saturday, Feb. II,
1906, at 115 East First South street.
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%. instead of Feb. q, as printed in the
programmes. The programme will be
announced later.
The Treble Clef club will hold its reg
ular meeting at o'clock Wednesday
afternoon at Mrs. NJ. r. Kings studio.
255 Commercial club building. Although
a young organization and numbering
twenty-five voices, it is making such
progress that an evening is talked of
for friends i'm the near future The
members hope that this is the nucleus
of a splendid and permanent WOmen's
chorus, to be to Salt Lake what the
Tuesday Morning club is to Denver. 1t
is open to all women interested in ehO-
raj work and all are invited to attend
this meeting.
The tourist section of the Ladies Lit
erary club will meet Tuesday morning,
Feb, 13, at 10 o'clock. Mrs. NJ. J. Chees-
man will read a paper on the Second
FoEeign War and the Rebellion of Chi
ma, "'NAIrs. Sanford will also give a pa
Per on the "MOhammedan Rebellion and
the Modes. of Punishment of the Chi
hese' -
The Woman's Athenaeum OF Park
city held its regular meeting Monday
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CLOTHERS EXPLAIN WHY thin MEN
LEAD FAT BROTHERS At BARGAIN SALES

The first clothier interviewed on the
subject took rather mixed view and
said:
THE thin fellow is generally working
and, of course, wants the best he can
get. which he thinks is made to order
clothes; he never patrohizes a sale. Oh,
he may come in to get an idea of what
the correct valUes are, but he never
buys. Now. the stout man is generally
one that has a large family: he is older
and wiser, and gets his fine suit in the
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Provo Clubs.

The Utah Sorosis of Provo met last
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Sam
uel king.e Miss Georgia -Haogland read
a paper on Thomas H. Husley, and Mrs.
u. g. Donovan one on Evolution and
4Ethics i'm Morals" The club will meet
u ext Wednesday with Mrs Donovan.
p which time they viii be favored with
IA lecture from :. A King sN.r -..s-..
The Nineteenth Centat%-CTub of Proc
Vo met on Friday ey5Fffn 9 with Mrs. ".
r. Searle- A szeteh on Hannah Moore
was given bYzMiss Ella NJ. Andrews,
followed by sAIiss Clara H.rstwith The
Essayist's Place in Literature."
The music sector, of the Ladies' Lit
erary cl9b @sill naget 6edn esttaX: Feb.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-11
4 little talk on some Of
the most striking styles

DAINTY NEW COLLARS
The spring ideas are prettier than
ever. The new stocks are arriv-
ing daily.
One feature for Monday is a
turnover collar in all shapes and
styles. Special, &c.
You will be pleased with a
showing of tailored linen and lace
collars in white, cream and ecru.
Special, 35c.
A real opportunity awaits you,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-11

Isfe great sale season is now i'm full
swing and thin men may be seen com
Ing around with their wonderful bar
gain SUITS on. 1t may be asked how it
is/that the stont men are left out. II
rs perhaps "a cause for wonder why q
man Ohe1half/as large, physically, as
another, should dress or talk as if he
dressed twice as we'll as the other
Clothing men are perfectly willing to
explain this seeming mystery.
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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Of
flee of the Weather Bureau.

Maximum temperature. SO degrees; min
imum temperature, q degrees5 mean tenn
peratuRe. 80 degrees. which is 1 degree
below the normal; accumulated deficiency
of temperature since the first of the
month, A degrees accumulated deficiency
of temperature since Jan. 1. % degrees.
Total precipitation from g. p. m to p.
m Oh inch; accumulated deficiency Of
precipitation since the first of the month,
90 inch; accumulated deficiency of pre-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-11
EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED.

cut and the finest of goods-fn an 1915
suit. Well, one got a suit of that de-
scriptOn about two years ago, and
since then he has done nothing else but
haunt clothing sales. Leaving the
spirit of levity out the real reason is
that the regular size clothing will fit
the thin fellow and this is the principal
line we carry IN our sales
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-11

Dainty silk stock collars, chiffon
trimmed; white, blue and laven-
der. For Monday, 35c.
NOTTINGHAM-Fancy white
Nottingham for making lace
waists. Special price, % cents a
yard.
SOFA PILLOWS REDUCED
Roman stripe sofa cushions,
with tassels on each corner.
These are offered at the unusual
price of 23c.