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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-12-01
JOUR Boy

Yes, me and ma had turkey IN the old
Thanksgiyin' way,
With all the fixin's proper fer to celebrate
the day.
And l Kin taste that turkey yet'twas sure
slick old Bird
/ ate SO much II was an hour afore hard
ly stirred
We had some neighbors to the spread,
which added to the joy,
But let me tell We, Hiram, me ana ma we
missed our boy.
Ye see, he alters jned with us la our
Thanksgivin' feast
Until he took that city job a-sellin' goods
down East.
Ma wrote him bout two weeks age, and l
stuck on n line:
l guess he couldn't jes' make out that
shaky hand o. mine.
Leastwise, he didn't iine us, as In other
years he did;
L wanter tell We, Hiram, me and ma we
missed that kid.
/ reckon folks that's CROWN old is apt to
fgger back
We sat thar eatin' turkey, but our thoughts
was all o Jack.
Ma had chair pulled up fer him, ana
plate, and forks, and all,
And on his plate his picter, she had takea
from the wall.
Ye see, Jack was the only one God gave
us to enjoy;
We cried little Hiram Ne and ma we
missed our boy.
Milwaukee Sesttnei.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-12-01
THE RED BARN DOOR.

Close snugged down in furry robes, mid
sOapstones' kindly heat,
We cleft the drifts to grandpa's house. our
mothers kin to greet.
All day our juggling sieigh-bells' tune smote
keenly on the air,
But long ere noon some small voice piped
Pa, aren't We almost theref
Then to beguile our restlessness our father
told once more
How we should know the place afar the
sign, red barn door.
Ger hill and dale we gaily sped, past farm
steads dull and gray,
And hailed each snowy hamlet as a mile
stone on our way
NO homely roadside object but our eyes
were quick to see,
And muffied voices chartered fast in child
ish jubilee.
We WED in sighting landmarks which IA
miliar aspect bore,
And lOngingly we looked ahead for grand
pas red barn door
Our mother, from the seat in front, held us
In heedful thought,
And stayed our rising hunger with the
cookies she had brought.
Twas she who chose the friendly house
where We should stop 10 rest,
And saw Us tucked, all warm again, within
our sleigh-box nest.
She talked OF names once common in her
glrlhoods rustic lore
And knew each twist and turn that came
before the red barn door
The reins held lsxly In his hand, our father
sat serene
And hummed quaint melodies that kept his
old world memories green.
The long miles stretched away, and when
the heightened shadows fell
No thought Of cold or cramping limbs our
eagerness could Qucll.
We scanned each distant looming crest that
reared itself before,
TIL al at once somebody cried, II see the
red barn door,
Now sometimes when the sleish-bclls ring
and roadways CLEAN with snow
l feel that flooding joyOusness that thrilled
me long sgo.
l gee the shining faces in the paling win
ter light
The arms that wait in welcome there, to
clasp and hold me tight.
And then | pray that heavens gate such
gladness may restore
As when we came to grandpa's house. be
side the red barn door
Alice Crittenden Derby, in Youths Com
panion.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-12-01
A Thanksgiving Fable.

A gay Young Gobbler. seeing how
Melancholy the Turkeys We're, PROFOUND
ed A Conundrum.
''Why are Turk. Us the Drum Corps OF
the Fowl Creation? Give it up2 Be-
cause they all carry Drumsticks.
O-u-c-hn' He lodged A blow from the
Patriarch OF the Flock who Overheard
him.
"Spare Me-" said the young Fellow,
assuming the Defensive. Il can give
you A Better one. Why do Turkeys
have No Hercafterw
The Patriarch clustered Around and
dragged his Wings, looking very Fierce.
He knew he ought to know, but couldn't
for the Life OF Him remember. SO he
Glowered at the Culprit and asked Sc
verely: ...
"Well, Sir, why do Turkeys have No
Herea fterT'
Because they have their Necks Twiri-
ed in This"
POOH said the Patriarch Contemp-
tuously. "That was around ON Clutches
when Adam wore kits. Now, here is
Something new that / Caught on the
Wing. We are All TO be Dry Picked
this Year"
" nat. soHEleheh n R1uIy bioiu Will
o pink Crest. Not on Your hfe!''
No Silly, but as Soon as it is Over.
II is the old Way OF Turkey Undertake
ing and The only Way. In Philadelphia,
where / Clipped into the World. Dry
Picking was the Correct Thing. All the
old families held to 1t. That gives Tur-
key Feathers the chance of their Lives.
Turkey Tails for Fans am told the
Ahorigines quite Dote on Them."-Chi-
cago Record III erald.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-12-01

been a-fatten' a-puppus for Thanksgivin'
and we could have 'em like as not"
Where did he live? we asked next. The
future possible President turned his
thumb in the direction Of our back prem
Uses, and said that his name was Sam
Flale.
If he had said it was Norval on rae
Champion Hills, we could scarcely have
been more surprised. Hadn't those
wretched turkeys belonging to our unde-
sirable neighbors, the Flales, been the pest
and destruction Of our gardening opera
tions all summer? and hadn't pater IA
malias threatened to shoot them until he
was hoarse? And wasn't it rather funny
that, after all our toll and tribulation
the coveted turkeys could be found under
our very noses, and delicately fattened
for us on the best of sweet corn and 10.
matoes, and other sass" that turkeys de.
light in-all from our own garden?
Somebody said the dinner was a poem
and it certainly was a triumphant sue.
cess.
The company were in raptures and one
guest, who had never lived in the country
said it was so easy for us to get good
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-12-01

Can spare any," said the dredful voice.
'Show returned the old lady as she
ended the colloQuy; guess we ken spare
one. How'll that do?"
We informed Mrs. Shines that It
wouldn't do at all. The offer OF one tur-
key in place of three was a perfect insult,
and rather indignant that our time had
been wasted for nothing, we left our
hostess to finish her 'settin' to-"
The second one on the list was Of the
male persuasion, "and as great an old
screw as ever lived" we were confidential
lp informed. We found him at work in
the barn. very hard-looking specimen
indeed. When he was made aware of the
nature of our errand he eyed us suspi-
ciously. Seemed to him we were takin'
time by the forelock it wanted three hull
weeks to Thanksgivin yet
We were taking time by the fOrelock,
we admitted, because people made such a
rush for turkeys at the last that we were
afraid of not getting any then.
That's jest it," he rejoined, with g
shrewd grin, ''and 1 guess I'll keep mine
till they go up"
Several people in succession, who had
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-12-01
INSOMNIA CURED
Or. Williams Pink Pills Restored
Wrecked Nerves. to Normal Con-
ditior and Good Health Followed,

OSuSH SVo NSOoSt Tteaitn = olloweo.
The Sufferer from sleeplessness too Of.
ten resorts to habit-forming drugs in
order to secure the coveted rest. But
sleep obtained by the use of opiates is
not refreshing and tho benefit il but
temporaryfat best.
Mrs. ii. \. fletcher, of 80 Blodros
street, Manchester, n. H., is living evil
dence of the truth of this statement.
She says: Il received a shock of an
apoplcctic character. 1t was so severe
that the sight of my right eye was az
fected, causing me to sec objects donble.
! was confined to my bed about four
weeks, at one time being told by the doc
tor that could not get well. When
coulh leave my bed / was in such ner-
vous state that could not sleep ut night.
1 would get up and sit OH chair until
completely tired out and then go back to
beG and sleep from exhaustion.
"1 had been under tho doctors care
for six weeks when my sister, Mrs.
Lovclanl, of Everett, persuaded mo to
try DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. I began taking the pills with
tho result that | soon experienced relief.
Ono night soon after taking them lay
awake only short timc ard the next
night L rested well. From that time
slept well every night and soon got well
and strong. I have recommended DR..
Williams Pink Pills number of times,
and my niece has taken them for weak
nerves and poor blood and found them
very beneficial"
DR. Williams Pink Pills have cured
many severe nervous troubles, headache,
neuralgia and sciatica as well as diseases
of the blood such asanemia, rheumatism,
pale and sallow compilations and many
forms of weakness. All druggists sell
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, or they will be
sent by mail postpaid. on receipt Of price,
80 cents per box, six boxes for $3.50. by
the DIR. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-12-01
COFFEE IMPORTERS
Publish n Book About Coffee.

Publish a Book About Coffee.
There has been much discussion as
to Coffee and Postum Lately, so much
I'm fact that some of the coffee import
ers and roasters have taken to type to
promote the sale OF their wares and
check IL possible the rapid growth OF
the use of Postum Food Coffee.
In the coffee importers book a chap
ter is headed Coffee as Medicine"
and advocates its use as such.
Here is an admission of The truth,
most important to all interested.
Every physician knows, and every
thoughtful person should know, that
thabituaI use Of any medicine" of the
drug -stimulant type Of coffee or whisky
quickly causes irritation Of the tissues
and organs stimulated and finally sets
up disease in the great majority OF
cases IL persisted in. It may show in
any one OF the many organs Of the body
and in the great majority Of cases can
be directly traced to coffee In a most
unmistakable way by leaving of the
active irritant-coffee- using Pos
tum Food Coffee for matter Of 10
days. liz the result is relief from nerv-
Gus trouble, dyspepsia, bowel complaint,
heart failure, weak eyes, or any other
malady set up by poisoned nervous
system. you have your answer with the
accuracy OF a demonstration in mathe.
nEticA
There's q reason" for Postum.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-12-01
AMERICAN WASTEFULNESS.
We Act as IL We Thought Our Re-
sources Were Inex hauHtibIe.

We Act as fr We Thought Our Kc.
sources Were InexhnuHtible.
Instances OF American wastefulness
abound on every hand, but there is no
better example than is afforded by the
devastation Of the forests. Untold mil
lions Of board feet Of timber are left
every year by lumbermen to rot on the
ground or in stumDs, and quantities al
most as vast are destroyed by forest
nres.
1t was scarcely decade ago that the
forests OF the United States were be.
lieved to be ineXhaustible, but now ev-
erybody who knows anything of the
subject is aware that they are going so
rapidly that their complete extinction
is matter of only few years.
This fact is realized by the railroads,
the great numbering concerns and other
extensive users of timber, and some of
them are taking steps to replace the
forests already destroyed. But from
the planting OF the seed to the cut
ting Of the matured tree IS a long time
to wait-from twenty to thirty years
and meantime where is the country to
look for its lumber supply?
The deposits OF minerals and metals
are going the same way. In an ad-
dress to the Columbia University grad
yates in science the other day DR..
James Douglass said that the mon
strOuS wastefulneSS' of the mining
methods in vogue in this country
would soon bring about the exhaus-
ton of chose resources which we have
fondly regarded as neXhaustible"-
Colorado Springs Gazette.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-12-01
What Turkeys Eat.

Turkeys are the greatest grasshopper
eXterminators in the world. When very
young they must be fed bran, but after
that they pick up their own food. For
the starchy elements they eat waste
wheat from stubbls fields; for the vege,
table part of their diet they devour sew,
eral varieties of weed and grass seeds
and for meat substance they consume
grasshoppers and bugs.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-12-01

"Whats Bill Holdup doing reading
all desc scientific papers here Of late"
asked the champion pOrch-climber.
why, he's interested in ballooning,"
replied the star safe cracker.
"BalIooning2 What on earth put him
wise to ballconing, pal?"
"Why, he heard dat great many
balloons carry sandbags."
Austria Hungary has the longest from
tier of any European nation, its frontier
line being 1886 miles. Great Britain han
2757 miles OF coast line.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-12-01
No Tabloid Birds.

There are only three Of us In the
family" said the customer, "and FIVE
pound turkey for Thanksgiving would
be all we could possibly manage"
You'll have to take a real turkey"
briskly replied the dealer. 1--WE don't
keep 'em In tabloid form" Chicago
Tribune
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-12-01
Turkey Now.

II see," remarked the duck, that chick
ems -re selling III the market at 3 cents
a pound"
Yes replied the hen, II never felt
as cheap in nv life"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-12-01
RefribuHon.

poultry. Then we told our story, and the
peals of laughter that reverbera5ed
around the table were called forth by our
turkey hunt and its very unexpected end
ins.-People's Home Jourtal.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1906-10-01
Editorial

If you expect your candidate to
win, get out and see the people.
The Prohibition party seems to be
in it this year from Maine to Cali
fOrnia."
We know where your heart is but
what have you done to elect the state
and legislative ticket?
John B. Moran, the candidate of the
Prohibition party and of the indie
pendence League for Governor of
Massachusetts, has been endorsed by
the Democratic party. What next?
If you will, after reading this Cam
paign Special, pass it on to your neigh
Dor, it will double it's circulation But
first clip out the order blank for ex-
ira copies of this issue and hurry it
along to us.
John D. Rockefeller in an interview
comments on the movement toward
government regulation of so-called
private industries and makes a strong
plea for national development. He
says, eff we limit opportunity We
would have put the brake on our ma
tional development. Will the individ-
ual strive for success if he knows that
the hardearned prize is to be snatched
from his fingers at the last by his
government" All right, John; if it
will please you any better we will take
the Standard Oil property over at
once.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1906-10-01
OUR LEADERS LEAD.

Chairman Higgins and Secretary
CalderwOOd, who are in command of
the legislative fight, are not saying
Co" but "Come!" Both are in the
thick of personal conflicts. Neither is
leaving any stone unturned. In no
district in the state is the candidate
of any party doing politics" in a
more level-headed and thorough-going
fashion than are these two peerless
leaders in the 44th and 39th districts
which they hope to represent at the
State Capitol next winter.
1t need hardly be said that their
relation to the state work gives them
no pecuniary advantage over other
Prohibition candidates. Lest some
may suspect otherwise, we will whis-
per that we happen to know that Sec
Calderwood's campaign for a seat in
the legislature two years ago cost that
faithful official more than $3.50 per-
sonally. This is the kind of men who
are exhorting the Prohibitionists of
Minnesota to heroic endeavor to cap
ture the citadels of power in order
that they may eXterminate the saloon.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1906-10-01
THERE ARE ENOUGH OF US.

The prohibition party is baSing this
campaign, as all recent campaigns,
on the belief that there are in our
state to-day sufficient number of
enemies of the saloon to give it it's
death blow if they will only line up
at the baIot-box and VOTE. This be-
lief grows with the years. If the
Prohibition party, exasperated by the
treatment it sometimes received at
the hands of old party politicians and
papers, was bitter at times, that is
true no longer. We are now treating
our fellow-citizens as patriots and
brothers.
No good reason exists why legisla-
ture and governor should not be elect
ed this year pledged to the immediate
outlawry of the saloon. The Prohi-
bition party affords our saloon-hating
citizenry the opportunity. Will they
use it? This serious question, preg-
nant with mighty possibilities, must be
answered by each citizen Of the North
Star state for himself.
The force of the old argument, 81
believe as you do and would like to see
you win; l would help you if it would
do any good but l don't like to throw
away my VOTE" is gone forever. We
can win! We are winning! Your
vote may determine the issue in your
district this year. How will you
vote? For Prohibition or for party
whose policy is to let the saloon alone?
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1906-10-01
WHY NOT GIVE THE PROHIBl-
TON PARTY A CHANCE?

1t seems a long, long time since
this writer first began to hear good
men who were earnest haters of the
saloon excuse themselves from voting
with the Prohibition party on the
ground that one of the old parties
would soon espOuSe the prohibition
cause So far from doing so, those
parties appear to be farther than ever
from arraying themselves against the
saloon. The influence of the Nation
al Republican party, for instance,
tends strongly toward the repeal of
prohibition where already in force 1t
has accomplished it in South Dakota,
Iowa and several other states and
they say" that the reduced vote by
which Gov. Cobb was reelected gov
ernor OF Maine is prophecy of re-
submission in the Pine Tree state.
Hardly Republican or Democratic
politician known outside his own yard
is committed to prohibition. And all
this-and more, mark you!-in spite of
an overwhelming prohibition senti-
ment among the rank and file of those
parties. We doubt if there has ever
been more fragrant instance of mis-
representation.
During all these years the Prohibit
ton party has stood and plead for an
opportunity to puverize the saloon. It's
leadership has been able. 1t has re-
manned pure. 1t has resisted all
temptation to compromise it's posi-
ton in order to secure power When
it has been intrusted with power, it's
administration has been notably
clean, wise and effective.
Why not give the Prohibition party
a chance? Why not give it the sup
port of your ballot in this campaign?
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1906-10-01
MINNESOTA TAKES THE CUE.

Over 700 township and county Of
ficers were elected on the Prohibition
ticket in Pennsylvania last year.
Well, Pennsylvania is a nice little
state and there are good many very
pleasant people boarding there for
few months until they can scrape
enough money together to come West.
But what is the matter with Minnesota
Prohibitionists doing a little electing
on their own account? We are at it
and hope to be able to send some very
cheering news to our Keystone COM
rades about the 7th of November.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1906-10-01
THE RIGHT KIND OF COUNTY
OPTION

The Prohibition party does not look
upon county option as a righteous or
adequate solution of the saloon prob
lem. 1t would not favor referring the
license question to the people of the
several counties any sooner than it
would consent to submission of the
question of authorizing highway rob-
berry, arson or murder to vote of the
people by counties. 1t is the duty of
the legislature to enact a prohibitory
law applying to the entire state.
The law of the state, however, legal
ICES the saloon. Recognizing the fact
that the saloon not only meances the
lives of the people but also lays heavy
burdens of expense upon the villages
as such, the legislature in a wee-wee
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1906-10-01
OUR REPRESENTATIVE WILL
REPRESENT

The kind of candidates whom the
Prohibition party has in the field this
year are men of such breadth of vi
sion, that if elected, all the interests
of the state will be safe in their
hands. We used to be called cranks
by those who did not appreciate the
breadth of our issue, but few men of
intelligence and candor to-day apply
that term to the members of the Pro-
hibitiOn party. Our rank and file are
Industrious, thoughtful laDoring men,
mechanics, clerks and successful bust
ness and professional men. A re-
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1906-10-01

far as We know, and his office, if he
should be elected to it in November,
will yield him no salary. If one could
live on glory, we would suppose that
the joy of helping such a cause as ours
toward victory would be as film as
any at the price.
We have no tears for those who are
denying themselves ease or popularity
or power in order to stand in their
place in this fight. They are every
day winning the larger victory-that
of devoting themselves to the interests
of humanity. And as for their ulti-
mate object, victory over the SALON.
that, too, is coming and coming rapid
w.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1906-10-01
THE GOSPEL OF PURE POLITICS.

1t is estimated that more than sixty
Minneapolis pastors spoke on Good
Government o.. the Sunday preceding
the primary election. A large num-
Der of them of course declared for
the denomination and reelection of
Mayor Jones. If this was proper,
(and who doubts it?) why may not,
why should not, thousands of Mime
sofa pastors come out now for the cleo
tiOn of the candidates for the legis-
lature, nominated by the only party
which even processes to be opposed to
the saloon?
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1906-10-01

burst of wisdom and justice, has CIV
en- them, and also the townships, the
right to refuse license within their
territory. The Prohibition party IA
vors the extension of this privilege to
the counties also. The first plank in
it's state platform includes the declar-
alton: eve insist upon the right of
the people to vote out the saloon by
counties" Every Prohibition men,
Der of the legislature may be depend
ed upon to cast his ballot for such a
bill
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1906-10-01

markably large proportion of them
are the backbone of all the churches,
differing and teaching in the Sunday
school, carrying on the enterprises
of the church and paying the bills.
Our candidates fairly represent us and
will do honor to their constituents in
the places to which they aspire.