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held it poised in the ar-and there, in the middle.
his sentence broke off. That kind of thing went
all around the table until when George had COM
pleted his crime the whole place full of thick
solemnlty and silence
Those men began to light the cigars. Rev. DR..
four heroic whiffs, then gave it up. He got up
with the remark that he had to 60 to the bedside of
sick parishioner. He started out. Rev. DR. Bur-
ton was the next man. He took only Whit. and
followed Parker. He furnished a pretext, and you
could by the sound of his voice that he didn t
think much of the pretext, and was veXed with
Parker for getting in ahead with fictitious ailing
client Rev. Mr. Twichell followed and said he had
to GO now. because he must take the midnight train
for Boston Boston the first place that occurred
to him. | suppose.
1t was only quarter to eleven when they began
to distribute preteXtS At ten minutes to eleven all
those people were out of the house. When nobody
computations of conscience, griefs of any
kind. But George was beyond speech. because he
held the honor and credit of the family above his
own, and he ashamed that this smirch had been
put upon it. told him go to bed and try to sleep
it off. l went to bed myself. At breakfast in the
morning when George was passing a cup OF coffee,
saw it tremble in his hand. | knew by that sign
that there something on his mind He brought
the cup to and asked impressively:
Mr.. Clemens. how far is it from the front door to
the upper gate!
said 1T is a hundred and twenty live steps"
He said Mr. Clemens. you start at the front
door and you go plumb to the upper gate-and
tread on of them cigars every time.
1t wasn't true in detail but in essentials it
THE subject under discussion the night IN ques-
ton was Dreams The talk passed from mouth
t. mouth in the usual serene way.
| do not remember what form my views CON
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| telling it again here in the club.
In 1888 | was steersrnan on board the swift and
popular New Orleans and St Louis packet PennSyl
vania Captain keinfeter | had been lent to Mr..
Brown, of the pilots of the Penns ylvania. by
my owner Mr.. Horace E. Bixby, and had been steer
Then, in the early days of May 1858, came tragic
trip,-the last trip of that fleet and famous steam
boat. | have told all about it in of my books
called "Old Times the Mississippi But it Is
not likely that told the dream in that book. 1t is
impossible that can have published it. think.
because | never wanted my mother to know about
the dream and she lived several years after pub
lished that volume.
7 HAD found a place the Penns ylvania for my
L brother Henry, who two years my Junior 1t
was not place of profit: it was only place Of
promise. He mud clerk Mud clerks re-
ceved salary: but they in the line of pro
and second clerk; then chief clerk-that IS to say.
purser. The dream begins when Henry had beer
mud clerk about three months. We were lying III
port at St. Louis. Pilots and steersmen had nothing
to do during the three da that the boat lay port
in St. Louis and New Orleans; but the mud clerk
had to begin his labors at dawn and continue them
into the night by the light of pineknot torches
ourselves upon brother in law, Mr.. Moffet,
night dodgers while in port. We took our meals on
board the boat. No. mean | lodged at the houSe.
not Henry He spent the evenings at the house,
from nine until eleven then went to the boat to be
ready for his early duties.
On the night of the dream he started away at
eleven shaking hands with the family. and said good
shaking good 10y not nerey the custom OF
that family. but the custom of the region-the Gus
tona Of Missouri may say In all my life, up to that
ti,1,e had never member of the Clemens
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corning dreams took at the time dom remember
now what my notion about dreams was then; but
some detail of my speech, and also remember that
when had finished it Rev. Dr. Burton made that
doubling remark which contained that word have
already spoken of having been uttered by my
mother, in such connection. forty fifty years
before. was probably engaged in trying to make
those people believe that now and then, by some
accident or otherwise, dream which was prophetic
turned up in the dreanler's mind
The date of my memorable dream was about the
beginning of May. 1888. 1t remarkable
dream and | had been telling it several times
every year for more than fifteen years; and
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(D:ctateI Jan. IL. Iqo5.0
!;
Tut l am used to
having my state
ulents discount
ed. My mother began
it before | was seven
wears old. Yet all
through my life my
facts have had 4 sub
stratum OF truth. and
therefore theVWere not
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reached the door he hesltated. and climbed the
stairs and shook hands good by once more
IN the morning when l awoke had been dreaming
1 and the dream vivid SO like reality. that
it deceived me- and l thought it was real In the
dream l had seen Henry corpse. He lay in me-
talic burial case. He dressed in a suit of my
clothing, and his breast lay a great bouquet of
center The casket stood upon couple of chairs
l dressed and moved toward that door. thinking
l would go in there and look at it; but changed
my mind l thought l could not yet bear to meet
my mother | thought l would wait awhile and
make some preparation for that ordeal. The houe
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loillll hloS oiioii.~-
one except once.
When my father lay
diving in our home III
Hannibal. the twenty
fourth of March, IS47.
he put his arm around
nv sisters neck and
drew her down and
kissed her. saying.
Let me die. p" | re-
member that. and |
remember the death
rattle which swiftly
followed those words.
which were his last.
These good bys OF
Henry's were always
executed in the family
>itting room on the
econd floor. and
Henry went from that
room and down stairs
without further cere-
mony.
But this time my
mother went with him
to the head of the
stairs and said good
by again. As l re-
member it, she was
moved to this by
something in Henry's
manner. and she re-
manned at the head Of
the stairs while he
descended. When he
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-10-01

see the Wright family leave Cenese'
but business interests have made the
change necessary. = Cenesee News
Lovers of the thoroughbred in
horsefesh and square deal in
horseracing cannot fail TO be highly
grati6ed at the splendid list Of
winners entered for the big races at
the lewiston Charleston Fair, October
12-17. The directors of the associa-
ton have secured 200 horses for the
event, each one Of whom is famed
for speed, and horses that are
familiar with the largest race tracks
in the United States. and no crooked
work will be tolerated on the track.
Six splendid races will be the
daily program, and to enliven the
monotonous waits between races, the
c. w. Parker shows, who exhibit on
the streets of Lewiston during the
week, will have their fine list of free
attractions placed before the grand
stand every afternoon.
An enumeration of the Occur
d'Alene Indians on the reservation
the other day showed 485 members
of that tribe now living as compared
vith soz when the previous census
was taken last March. This is a |
decrease Of 81, or little more than
four per cent, inside of i've months,
which is remarkable mortality list.
The deaths are mostly of infants or
young children, and it is a notice
able fact that very large portion of
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-10-01

the Indian children born do not Iiva
to the age Of maturity. Hereditary
diseases, unsaniiary conditions CT
their homes and ignorance of parents
Of the laws Of health are all col
ducive to the shortening of III.
average span Of life. and thess
causes are rapidly filing the cems
terry with little graves. II is true
that some of these people live to an
extreme old age, but a far larger
number perish intheir youth. Tekoa
Blade.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-10-01

Nezperce. Idaho. Sept. %. 1903
Editor Herald:
AS there seems to be some mis-
understanding as to the cause of tie
mail being held at Vollmer SO long
! wish to say that have talked wit.
the assistant postmaster at Vollme
upon the subject and he informs ne
that he has the mail ready about 4
half hour after its arrival. If this
be true the postmaster there is nc-
to blame. In my recent article I
did not say the postmaster at Voil-
mer was TO blame for our mail leav-
ing there late, for l did not know
where the fault lay. I have always
tried to give facts in matters PER
tanning to the mail service and if I
have misTepresented anything it is
because / have been misinformed
Yours truly,
w. D. Hardwick, P. N.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-10-01

Coal for sale = Enquire at th'
Herald office.
Al Brash is running meat marke'
at Whitebird.
w. L. Lyons was over from voll.
mer Tuesday.
Anything you want for school
at Ancerson's.
You can't miss it Il you patrOnize
the Boss Barn.
WAErED-l6-inch wood wanted at
the Herald Office.
Money to loan on real estate.
See P. w. Mitchell.
You need school books and sup
plies. See Andersons.
Several old wagons for sale at the
Ramey Lumber Company.
Wire cut horses treated at Nc
Lennan's shoeine shop free.
For FRS. class horse shoeing go 10
the Nezperce Machine Works.
T. r. Roberts. of Cottonwood.
visited with w. E. coble Sunday.
DR.. z. Taylor and wife. Of voll-
mer, were Nezperce visitors Satur-
day.
Anderson Pharmacy for every
thing in school books and school
supplies.
Mrs. L. n. Swift and Miss Cath
crime Mockler are visiting in Spokane
this week.
II honesty is the best policy there
are great many second classpolicies
in existence.
just received a fine line Of watches
at the jewellery store. Prices to
suit the times. Il
H. R. Morris left this week for a
two months business trip to Niche.
North Dakota.
Nov is the time to buy Nezperce
city property. See the Nezperce
Land Company.
B. F. Richardson the Jeweler all
work on watches and clocks guam
iced for one year. If
Vim. Prest is moving 10 town So
The children can take advantage of
bur excellent schools.
II you have Bluestem and Turkey
Red wheat see US before selling.
Nesperce Roller Mills.
Mark Harding is putting water in
I'D Stephen Badger building which
ne recently purchased.
FOR SALE hirty-head Of stock
,ogs. Weight SO to 90 pounds.
Frank Calls. 10, Idaho.
David Fish will have big public
iale at his place southwest of town
m Monday, October sth.
FARMERs-Remember that the
lezperce Chop Mill grinds at all
ines. c. H. Brooke, prop.
Attorney P. W. Mitchell and z.
l. Johnson we're Crangeville visitors
donday, returning Tuesday.
SPEcrAL-we want Bluestem and
turkey Red wheat for milling p,-r-l
'oses. Nezperce Roller Mills.
FOR SALE-Cood 2nd hand cook
tove, also horse power chop mill in
God condition. P. NJ. Harding.
Register Saturday at the Herald ,
flee. If you don't register you {
ant vote at the November election. 1,
FIR SALE-One gentle driving I
orse and one seated buggy-very {
heap. Enquire at Herald Office.
DIR. W. F. Shawley reports the y
firth Of big girl to Mr.. and Mrs.
asper Hancock yesterday morning {
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l
I wish to notify the public that
am now prepared to do all kinds 0
job work and repairing. w. G
McLennan.
We have good six room dewel
ing house in Nezperce which we vii
trade for good work horses. Rame,
Lumber Co.
! have opened up dray line il
Nezpesce and solicit share ofyoul
patronage. Delivering, moving
etc. Orve Poole.
Dan Morgan received Eve carloads
Of hogs at Nezperce Saturday. Free
Newell accompanied him with the
shipment to Seattle.
| ]. Il. Miller, a former resident Of
Nezperce, arrived Sunday from Cot
tonwood and has accepted a position
as manager at the Nezperce Inn.
Through an oversight last week we
failed to mention the birth of a
daughter TO Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Fink born Tuesday, September d.
DR.. Shawley wishes to announce
that on or after Monday. September
18th, he will be located in Nezperce
and viii answer all professional
calls.
w. II. Ralph wishes TO announce
that he is prepared to cry sales any
where at any and all times. All
dates made through the Herald
Office.
am showing complete line Of
Chase robes, both single and double
plush. Call and make your selection
before the line is broken. A. R.
Fike.
Mrs. c. McCariy and Earl moved
up from their ranch near Kamiah
the forepart of the week and will
live in the Englehorn property this
winter.
w. R. Grim, the auctioneer, viii
cry sales anywhere in the Clear
water country. Twenty years ex-
perience. Speciality made Of mer-
chandise sales. Positive satisfac-
ton. Give me trial.
Nezperce Local No. 2, F. E. g.
c. u. will meet in Wilson's hall on
October 10th. at 2 80 p.
N. The county union viii meet at
Mohler Saturday, October 5rd. Jas.
president Nezperce Local
No. ,.
Do Nor TAKE THE RIsK-When
you have bad cough or cold do
aot let it drag along until it becomes
but give it attention and get
lid oft. Take Chamberlain Cough
Remedy and you are sure of relief.
For sale by all druggists.
CoAL-Buy your winters coal
low, orders taken at the Herald
,fice. No. screened lump $50
ser ton at vollmer. We can get
I delivered during the grain hauling
season for $500 per ton. This
makes coal cheaper than wood at
500 per cord.
M. Lepley has purchased an in
crest in the Old Corner CONNECTION
ny Store with Geo. Pratt and has
moved his pool and billiard tables
nto that building. Bob Allison and
EDGAR Warren intend to open up a
confectionery store in the building
occupied by Mr.. Lepley-
Doan Galarneau and Rosa Beau
leu we're united in marriage Mon
ay, Father Corley officiating. They
re receiving the best wishes of their
iany friends on the prairie and the
herald joins in wishing them un-
ounded happiness in their married
fe.
Some idea of the kind OF whiskey
old in the prohibition state of Maine
lay be CLEANED from what a manu-
of the Maine article told
a English distiller the other day as
, his method of procedure. He
aid he took a gallon of wood alcohol :
nd put wineglassfuI of glycerine .
/ it to mellow it. then ground down
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-29
FIENDISE4 ATTEMPT TO
CREMATE GREGORY FAMILY Y.
WILLIAM o. BRADLEY
is ELECTED SENATOR,

Frankfort, KY, Feb. 8--wm. o. Bradley,
Republican candidate. was elected Senator to-
day. securing 90 votes. McNutt, Charlton Lii
lard and Mueller voted for Bradley.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-29
TELLS TOBACCO STORY
PROPPED UP IN BED.
James B. Duke Head Of the Great Trust Gives Testi-
mony for the Defense, Says Combinations Were to Re-
duce Expenses and Not to Advance the Prices.

New York, Feb. 26.-Propped up
in bed in his residence on Fifth av-
enue, where he is confined by illness,
James B. Duke, President of the
American Tobacco Company was ex-
amined as the first witness for the
defense in the Federal action against
his company for alleged violation of
the Sherman antitrust law.
Because Of Mr.. Dukes condition
and his desire not TO delay the pro-
ceedings, Commissioner Shields and
counsel in the case improvised
court room in Mr.. Dukes room and
Mr.. Dukes physician was in attend
ance during the taking of evidence,
which will be continued tomorrow.
The story of his early connections
with the trade and it's inception of
the American Tobacco Company was
related by Mr.. Duke, who said that
he embarked with his father in the
business when he was fourteen years
old. They started the manufacture
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-29
Personal Gossip

Moses L. Elb has gone East to buy
spring goods. He will visit New
York, Boston and other cities.
Prof. C. H. Dietrich is spending a
few days with his family.
j. T. Wall and son, Joe, have re-
turned from New York, where they
had been for several weeks buying
spring goods.
DR.. R. F. Mcdaniel has gone to
Chicago to take a post graduate
course in surgery.
Miss Belle Riley, of Allensville, and
Misses Anna May and Fay Petrie, of
Fairview, spent yesterday in the
city.
MIR. and Mrs. Elmer Little, of Ow-
ensboro. are at the Latham this
week.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-29
JUDGE BRUCE TO
PLEAD FOR LAW
People of Hopkinsville to
Take Firm Stand
Against Crime.
LEAGUE TAKES LEAD
Membership Now Approach
ing One Thousand, Good
Determined Citizens
LEAGUE TAKES LEAD

Hon. Helm Bruce, of Louisville,
will speak at the Court House Mon
day at 1:80 o'clock, the subject of
his address being Law and Order"
He will come under the auspices of
the Law and Order League of Hop
kinsville and Christian county which
now has membership of several
hundred. The League held an en-
thusiastic meeting Thursday night,
about 100 members being present.
Atelegram was ordered sent to SEN
ator Frank Rives and Representative
John Feland, urging them to present
to the Legislature the memorial
sent through them week ago.
The objects and purposes of the
League will be discussed by Mr..
Bruce, who is one of che oldest law
yers in Kentucky. Circuit Court will
be adjourned in recognition of the
great importance of his address at
this time, and the public is urged to
attend the speaking, especially those
who are inclined to disparage the
work of the forces of law and order.
The League also authorized the
sending of the following telegram
to Senator Rives and representative
Feland, which was done yesterday:
THE Law and Order League de-
mands your hearty and active sup
port of all measures designed to
suppress lawlessness, especially the
Cureton and Burnam bills, and will
hold you responsible for your ac=
tions in the matter"
A telegram was also sent to Gov.
Wilson endorsing his message on
the subject of night riding and
pledging support in securing legis-
lation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-29

of cigarettes in an old barn in
Durham, N. G.
MIR. Duke said the company in 'S9
spent $500, ,0001 in advertising and
as all the competing firms were ex-
pending like amounts of money it
was thought advisable to merge the
companies. The merger had not
been made, Mr.. Duke declared, to
shut out competition, but to save
expense in the marketing of the
product.
The President of the American
Tobacco Company told in detail of
the various corporations forming
the so-called tobacco trust" and
the stock allotted to each in exchange
for their securities.
Mr.. Duke also stated that the
various companies taken over by
the American Tobacco Company
since its formation were purchased
purely for investment and not to
stifle competition.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-29

to the Shipp place.
1t is mere conjecture as to how
many were in the gang. Mr.. Greg
ory saw but one man, but there were
undoubtedly several others, proba-
bly, 8 or 10. Ewing Wood, who lives
on the Princeton road, says the men
came up the Cadiz road. Curg Car
ter says several men waited on his
porch, seeking shelter until joined
by others 1t is quite likely that the
crowd came from both roads. 1t was
pitch dark and stormy and masks, if
worn, were unnecessary. Neighbors
heard the men ride up the road and
ride away rapidly. They fled some
what precipitately, doubtless hear
ing the approach of the relief party.
20 far as known, this is the first
residence burned. 1t isbad enough
to destroy tobacco barns, but the
attempted cremation of women and
children in their beds at midnight is
a new feature in the tobacco war.
y-ONirTNYTrxar, or xrorrrrxr !, AcC
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-29
REVENUE AGENT
Sues Numerous Persons for
Alleged Omitted Taxes.

Holland l. Anderson, State revenue
agent, has sued several persons and
estates for taxes on property alleged
to have been omitted, as follows:
A. L. Carter's estate, on notes and
accounts amounting to $35, 900, for
1903 to 1906.
Geo. D. Dalton, Admr. II. M. Dali
ton, on $500.
Jos. P. Welsh, Admr. Pat Dalton.
on $500. Also for inheritance tax
on $13,500.
Al. Elby, Admr. w. L. Bamber-
ger, on 81, 1926.
Heirs l. H. Cayce, on $4,000.
E. B. Long, Admr. j. D. Ware, on
Sd 600
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-29

The LATEST man in the world is the
one who won't take the trouble tc
smile.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-29
would be "a plenty.

This accusation Mr.. Gregory says
is not true. He made a crop last
year for his father. who is not a
member, working for wages and
having no interest in the crop, which
his father disposed of himself. The
young man is a member of tn e asso-
ciation. His father sold his farm
last fall and the young man moved
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-29
SOLDIERS HURRIED TO SCENE.
Night Riders Mounted Their Horses
and Escaped in the Darkness, a Few
Minutes Before Rescuing Party
Arrived at Scene.

Of all the many crimes perpetrat-
ed in this section by night riders,
none have been more fiendish in their
conception than the burning on
Wednesday night of the residence of
Broussais Gregory, just outside the
city limits, on WISt Seventh street.
Last week MrI Gregory and his little
family, consisting of his wife and
baby, moved into the Shipp home
stead, owned by Mrs. S. B. Dicken,
Of Colorado, whose mother, Mrs.
Lottie Shipp, died last fall.
A few minutes past midnight, Mr..
and Mrs. Gregory were aroused by
smoke coming through the floor into
the room. MIR. Gregory went out
in his night clothes and found that G
fire had been kindled by piling corn
stalks saturated with oil against the
house and setting the pile on fire.
With the assistance Of two negro
Walter Rives and John
Crimes, who responded to his call,
Mr.. Gregory put out the inripient
fire. AS he started back into the
house man approached around the
corner and with volley of paths or
dered him back into the house, firing
two pistol shots. He ran inside, and
while some were rekindling the fire,
others fired into the windows above
and below. Mrs. Gregory, with her
child in her arms, sought refuge
under the bed, while her husband
crawled on his knees to the phone in
the hall and called his father, Mr..
Columbus Gregory, in this city, who
turned in the alarm. While he was
at the phone, several shots were
fred into the hall. Mr.. Gregory
told them that he would come out if
they wanted him, but for God s sake
let him send his wife and child out
of the burning building to a neigh
boris, This was answered, he says,
by more shots. @a4
MIR. Columbus Gregory notified
the authorities and in few min
utes a detachment of the Middles-
boro troops were hurrying to the
scene. Another detachment who
had patrolled West Seventh street a
few minutes before and were in the
northern part of the city, also start
ed to investigate the shots. The
soldiers reached the fire in Is or 20
minutes, but found the incendiaries
had made good their escape. One
squad pursued them for two miles,
but saw nothing Of them, though
shots were heard down the Prince
ton road. The Cadiz and Princeton
roads fork about half a mile west OF
the scene. Other soldiers and citi.
zens assisted Mr.. Gregory in saving
his household effects, finding the
Rouse too far gone to save. Being
Outside tho city, the fire department
could render no service.
Mai. Albrecht found tackled on
the gate post a note signed Night
Riders, which said that Gregory had
sod his tobacco outside of the asso-
citation and that he would not be al.
lowed to raise crop this year, that
if he tried to, what was done to him
would be "a plenty.
This accusation Mr.. Gregory says
is not true. He made a crop last
year for his father. who is not a
member, working for wages and
having no interest in the crop, which
his father disposed of himself. The
young man is a member of tn e asso-
ciation. His father sold his farm
last fall and the young man moved
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-29
In New Territory.

Mt. Olive, KY, Feb. 27.-Night
Riders last night fired into Estil Cur
tls' store at Piqua, and destroyed a
wagon load of tobacco near Sandit.
No one was hurt. This is the first ap-
pearance of night riders in Robert
son county,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-29
MYSTERIOUS Fire.

C. w. Drinkard's general store at
Kirksey, Galloway county, burned
Monday night about 10 or II o'clock.
Nothing was saved, as it was falling
in when discovered. There is said
to be some insurance. The origin of
the fire is unknown. Mr.. Drinkard
had gone to Nashville to replenish
his stock.