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The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-08-13

Have you seen il? Have you tried
it? The Singer GO. the most Won
derful machine of the twentieth cen
tury; light running, noiseless. At
the Singer Store, 315 Main street
J. W. Clarke, Manager.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-08-13

Mr.. A. T. Taylor, who for several
years was engaged in business n
East Columbus. and who recently
went West in the hope OF recuper-
ating his failing health, died IN Den
yer Monday The remains viii De
carried to Belk, Ala. the former
home of the deceased, for intermen1-
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-08-13
suburhan Home for Rent.

The suburban home Of Col Thos-
J. O'Neill is offered for rent for one
year from September 1, 1908. The
renter will be required 10 give notes
for same. For further information
apply TO Marer Realty Co.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-08-13
Excursion via NJ. s o. r. r.

To St. Louis, Mo-, and return, $1,000
To Chicago. H.. and return, $500
Tickets will be sold Saturday even
ing, August 18th, for train No. 4, at
2:27 D. m, and for train No. 2, leav-
ing Columbus, Miss, Sunday at S:25
a. m, August 18th. Stop overs may
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-08-13

be obtained at St Louis on return
portion of Chicago tickets. Return
must begin on or before August 3st.
For sleeping car reservations, ap-
ply to w. B. Hopkins, ticket agent.
j. NJ. Beall. G. P. A.
w. Fl. Hopkins, Ticket Agent.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1908-01-04

Of letters from the interests threatened
to the members Of Congress-, who are
identified with the proposed restrictive
legislation.
The reason which calls forth these
letters lies In two bills introduced by
Senator Culberson, of Texas, and Rep
resentative Burleson, Of the same
State, designed to wipe out speculation
In cotton futures. The bills are identi-
cal and while they apply only to cot
ton, as originally drawn, there is like
lihood that IL either Of them Is report
ed out of the committee TO which they
have been referred the provisions will
be extended to apply to wheat and 9th
er grains.
The central idea In the Burleson bill
is the application Of the power to reg
ulate interstate commerce 80 as to re-
strain telegraph and telephone compa-
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1908-01-04

tracts aimed at In the measure are
made. Heavy penalties provide the
means of restraining the telegraph and
telephone companies. 1t is the conten-
ton Of Representative Burleson that If
information Of the kind prescribed can
be kept away from the people living
will put the New York Cotton Elk
change out of business. Frankly, it is
admitted, that such is the object of the
bill.
The Boards Of Trade In several
cities are aroused. Probably what
they chiefly fear Is that public senti-
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1908-01-04

sentative Hepburn, of Iowa, has in
hand a plan to regulate dealing in
stocks.
Both France and Germany have
adopted radical restrictive measures
relating to dealings In stocks, grain,
cotton and other things on margins
and their example Is being pointed to
by American legislators who are ear
lest In their intention of doing some
thing along the same line. The laws
Of France prohibit gambling in several
securities and provide heavy fines and
Imprisonment for attractions thereof.
The French penal code also prohibits
corners" or attempts to control the
supply or affect the prices of grain,
-four, bread and other food products.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1908-01-04

ment against spec
ulation In both
stocks and bonds,
which has been
accentuated by the
+ e cent financial
condition, m a Y
hasten a demand
for the passage Of
the bill.
In addition to
the B u r | e 9 o n
measure, Repre-
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1908-01-04

MES from trans
hitting messages
relating to a con-
tract for the fu-
ture delivery OF
cotton. The use Of
the mails also Ia
prohibited to pub
LEGATIONS contain
ing notices or rec
ords of the trans
actions Of any pro-
d u C e exchange
wherein the con-
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1908-01-04

Reports from New York and other east.
ern seaboard ports indicate November
shipments of steel products of 76,199 tons.
being an increase Of nearly So per cent
over the previous months record, and rhe
heaviest shipments for any similar period
during the last two years. The leading
cargoes of rails went to the far East, as
did the shipments of nails and pipe. while
South America was the largest purchaser
Of wire.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1908-01-04

HERE has been
a sudden awaken
ing throughout
the country to the
fact that some
thing is going on
1 n Washington
which threatens
gambling In cot
ton and grain,
and possibly, too,
which aims to
place an embargo
on speculation In
stocks. Indica-
tions OF I II 1 s
awakening appear
In q regular Hood
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1908-01-04
CHAPTER XVI.

There was undoubted sharpness in the
domestic atmosphere at the Rectory the
next morning. Every one was tired, and
Aileen was undeniably cross and snappish
with every one. She sent message to
the big house to say she was too tired to
skate that morning, and after being 50
sarcastic to Bride concerning some writ
ing she ought to have done for her father
that the child was reduced to tears, she
shut herself up in the school room with
the Overlooking contents of Moyra's mend
ing basket.
The school room Grew" and Vera went
of to the pools. Terry went into town
to lunch with college "chum," and
Moyra, after finishing her Homework,
Joined Aileen, and found that the ILL
humor had been worked of on pile of
mended garments and darned stockings.
Moyra drew her chair beside Aileen's, and
for the next two hours they talked and
sewed, the bright needles flashing to and
fro in their skillful hands.
"Bertram Charters used to be our
very great friend In those days. Aileen
remarked as abe threaded her needle.
"What awful holes Terry does make
And how his laundress does cobble! What
caused him Bertram. mean-to 70
away In such hurry, Moyraf remem-
Der GO little about II, but I've got the
Impression that he vas obliged to Eo.''
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1908-01-04

Total .$103,S1790
This apportionment, with that OF
June makes the amount distributed
for the present year 1914 per capita
for the school population of the state.
The present apportionment, which is
II cents per capita. is made on y
school population of 146,202, which is
4624 more than was shown by the
census Of last year. The apportion-
ment for the two payments of 1907
is the largest In the history of the
state, being $19,722.49 greater than
Tor last year.
The work of examining the papers
sent in by the different counties for
the November teachers examination
has been completed and shows that
out of 6S1 applicants for certificates
$50 passed and but two were rejected.
OF those who passed 10 secured first
grades, 204 second grades and 227
third grades. A larger percentage. OF
the applicants passed than for the ex-
aminations earlier in the year, and this
is no doubt on account of the credits
given on certain subjects in former
examinations on those subjects and on
ly requiring the examination on the
subjects on which they had previous
ly failed.
Friday last was the last day on
which Lower Brule filings could be
made with preference right on the
part Of those who drew numbers, and
from that time on it was a free for all
for any lands left While no one has
nf At
tention to the filing numbers for some
time, on the last day ten claims were
taken by those who secured numbers
in the drawing. From this time on,
any Of the land yet open to settlement
is free picking to the man who gets
to the land office first, regardless OF
whether he was in the drawing or not.
Attorney General Clark has called
a meeting of the states attorneys of
the various counties of the state, for
the 7th Of Januaryto discuss the better
enforcement of the laws While the
liquor law is not mentioned specifical-
ly In the call, that will more than like
ly be one Of the subjects of discussion,
as failure to comply with its provisions
is probably more fragrant in some sec
tons of the state, than is probably
the case with any other statute.
At meeting of committee of one
from each Of the churches of Pierre
recently. the Y. M. c. "A. movement
was given another boost, and it was
proposed that as soon as suitable
| location can be secured to begin the
construction of building for that
purpose to cost between seven and
ten thousand dollars.
The state land department has re-
| ceived clear lists from the govern
ment for $50 acres of indemnity land
in the Rapid City land district, which
was selected in lieu Of state lands.
taken by the government for the Wind
Cave national reserve. ~
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1908-01-04
HIS Curiosity Excited.

The subject under DISCUSSING at the cor
ner grocery was the, Panama canal.
"I've heard a good DEAL" remarked Mr..
Wipedunks, "abont this Culebra cut.
Why In thunder don't some Of the news
papers print it,"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1908-01-04
My;|k|k;zzZll
les,s!|s!!a,!kl;!SVftE1I.

The December apportionment of the
income from the permanent school
fund has been made to the schools.of
the state by the state land depart
ment, being over 100000. BY coun-
.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1908-01-04
BILL IN CONGRESS-
TO CURB GAMBLING
Measures introduced by Texas
Members Would Prevent OPP
tions i'm Cotton and Grain.
MAY COVER DEALS IN STOCK.
idea Threatens to Place an Embargo
on Market Speculation OF
All Kinds.
MAY COVER DEALS IN STOCK.

Washington correspondence
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1908-01-04

The state land department has re-
ceived clear lists from the govern
ment for $50 acres of Indemnity land
in the Rapid City land district, which
was selected in lieu Of state lands,
taken by the government for the Wind
Cave national reserve.
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.EQInngC Money !
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O~OO~

The Boy and Marcy thought and
thought and thought. Finally they
went to Violet Amanda in the kitchen.
for they did not want TO let father and
mother know. 1t was TO be a surprise.
This Christmas they had planned to
keep the spirit Of old st. Nicholas In
their hearts, and there were to be gifts
bought with money of their own earn
Ing. How to carr 1t was the question.
Violet Amanda had 40 suggestions to
offer, but Robert. the hired man, had an
idea. Now, to look at Robert you'd
slowed away under his black skin and
woody topknot; but looks are some
times deceiving.
"Out In de melder,' he said, slowly,
as Violet Amanda poured him a second
cup Of coffee, .dey's a pow'ful heap
sight oh hick'ry nuts on dem big trees.
an deys mo in de wood lot. Yo' alIs
could git money TO dem nuts eff dey
wuz gaddered. Dey's jes' ripe TO- fall
In out de shucks."
Marcy" cried the Boy. Its just
the thing. How much could we get for
Z bushel OF 'em. Robert:"
Il heerd somebody say" said Rob
ert. as he wiped his mouth on the back
OF his sleeve, dat yo' could cit two
dollahs TO- dem dis Fall up i'm de city,
We'll start the minute we've fin
ished breakfast" they cried.
Mothers consent to a nutting party
was given without question. Bags and
baskets were provided and q lunch Of
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-12-18
az there are hearts on earth full or een.
crosby and love.-Portland Oregonian,



"Next Tuesday'1l be New Years day."
Said little Johnny Lake.
Some restrictions. nom declAreA
really ought to make.
Mons promised to stop gossipin',
An SO has Sister Sue.
I guess I'll reso ,ie n bit.
Les see-wg;a ~.4ail | do?
I'll resolute, / guess, to quit
A-splittin' kindlin' wood;
Then pop'n have to do that work,
Like fathers always should.
An then, while I'm a-doin' 1t.
I'll resolute to quit
The Sunday school, fer goin' there
With me don't make no hit.
I'D like to ~resolute some way
To git myself a goat;
| want a buttin' billy ram
With whiskers on his throat.
An then I'll resolute, | guess,
To beat up Tommy Hunt;
He's took an stole my girl frum me-
The doggone little runt!
II reckon that's enough fer me
To resolute jist now:
At any rate, I'll make that do
It's plenty, anyhow.
Les see--I start on New Years day.
Well, that amt very fur.
Won't nom be tickled when she finds
How well I've minded her?"
Denver Post. :
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- IOvs ~ to wen eysr to sas~ Aa,r
piness.' she said.
That was her f~avorite apology.
"It Il only people without passion who
sAn be happy" she told him once. Il
sometimes think that you belong to that
family"
And she was dead. she whose undisci-
plined love had SO plagued and tried him,
she was dead and he felt himself her
murderer.
Alas. douhly n murderer, since she had
persisted just at that time when her life
should have been most precious to him,
when he should have made n sacrifice
to secure her peace. He who had seen all
the evils Of a fretful temper exhibited in
her character had yet been weak enough
to yield to n moment Of snger, and to
insult the woman whom he ought to have
cherished.
NEXT morning he was taken before
the Judge d'IpstructioE for the second
time. The two fishermen who picked up
his wife's corpse were present AZ wit
rcsses ; also his wife's maid. and the three
other servants: also his wife's doctor.
He wal again questioned severely. but
this time nothing could induce him to
give a direct answer to any question. lie
nved about the Italian Republic. OF which
be was to be chief. He told the French
magistrate that France had conspired
with the Italian tyrant to imprison and
suppress him.
Every other pretense is a suhterfuge."
he said. my popularity in Italy Is at the
root Of this monstrous charge. There will
be a rising OF the whole nation IL you do
not instantly release me. For your Owl
sake. sir. / warn you to be prompt"
This man is pretending to be mad"
said the magistrate.
II fear there Is more reality than pre-
tense about the business" said the doctor.
He took Ransomc to the window, and
looked at his eyes in the strong white
light Of noon. Then he went over to the
magistrate. and they whispered together
for some minutes, while the prisoner sat
staring at the floor and muttering to him
self.
After that there came a long dark In
terval in George Ransome's life-a wax.
ing dream OF intolerable length, but not
uIdlioyeu miSrTy LOT the HalluclnatIOIs
which made his madness buoyed him up
and sustained him during some part OF
that dark period. He talked with princes
and statesmen he was not alone in the
m~adhouse cha amber, or in the madhouse
garden. or in that great iron cage where
even the most desperate maniacs were
allowed to disport themselves in the air
and the sunlight as in a gymnasium. He
was surrounded by invisible friends and
fiattcrers, by public functionaries who
qnailed before his glance and were eager
TO obey his commands.
ITO be c~ontinned.)
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-12-18

at the universities and above all, at
he Inns of Court and it was his BUSH
ness to see that there were no lapses
into seriousness during the Christmas
holidays. He was a very expensive in
%stitution, 1t seems for in Edward WIS
reign, b it was the business Of the
authorities to make the poor little boy
King forget all the murders that were
keeping him on the throne, the Christ
mas revels were particularly costly and
the Lord of Misrule's costume alone
cost f52 SIS. Sd.-New York Globe.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-12-18

bread ana butter. with honey spread
between, and Of they started for the
ciump Of hickory trees In the sheep pas
ture.
As they crawled through q hole in
the garden fence they could hear the
trees rustling in a very queer way for
n still day, and pretty soon they espied
somebody In one Of the trees, shaking
IL vigorously.
'It's a mani" cried Marcy. dismayed.
ITS n thief" shouted the Boy.
"Come on.' And from far away he
yelled You thief. Come down out Of
our trees
But before they reached the spot the
man swung himself down from the
branches. and behold. 1t was Robert.
grinning and ~chuckllnc.
II reckoned 20 alls couldn't get dose
nuts out DC TALES tree, SO | done shuck
'em down foh YOU"
So their first effort was made easy.
That days labor showed a fine start on
the nut heap. that grew and grew In
the corner of the garnet.
1t was not always SO easy. After the
meadow trees were stripped they had
TO hunt In the woods, and often the
trees were too high for the Boy to
climb.
Other times he and Marcy could go
W together and they would both dance
on the limbs with all their strength,
till the nuts came rafting down in a
jolly shower.
Sometimes, as the October days grew
colder, they would come home with
teeth chattering and fingers and noses
blue with cold. Then mother would
thaw them out and give them hot LEM
onade.
And the pile OF nuts in the corner Of
the garrett grew and grew.
You mustn't think that picking up tie
nuts was all Of the work. Not by any
sort Of means. For every nut had a
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-12-18

little green house of its own: and al
though sometimes the four little walls
of it fell away at a touch, oftener the
nut gatherers had to try force.
Two stones would do the business
n to pound on and the other to pound
with. Fingers and thumbs got pounded,
too. sometimes. and II you want to know
If it hurt or not, Just try pounding your
own finger sometime when it Is half
frozen.
But that was part OF the affair, and
mothers arnica bottle and salve would
stop the ache and dry the tears. Then.
too, it was very interesting to unwind
the long, narrow rag and show the
wound to father after supper.
All through the nutting season neither
father nor mother asked one single
troublesome question, so that made 1t
easy to keep the secret. although both
Marcy and the boy were nigh to burst
ing with the Importance Of ii.
And the nut pile in the corner of the
garrett grew and grew.
Every time they added to their hoard
the whole was carefully measured till
at last there we're three full bushels,
heaped to running over. Uncle Tom
was let into the secret. and he came
over n day when father and mother
were gone and took away the nuts,
Two days later he came back looking
very important.
"Hullo, children" he said, come out
in the woodshed with me a minute.
The old black cats u there washing
her face"
Out there. behind the chip pile they
never looked at the black cat, but Uncle
Tom opened his hand and showed them
six big round silver dollars.
There's your Christmas money" he
said.
We'll divide even" said the boy gen
erously. 'even IL you are the little-est
because You worked just as hard. Sc
there's three of EN- for each OF us"
What n Christmas we'll have" CRIED
Marcy rapturously.
'rhe best ever. It's great fun doins
things ourselves
And so the sweet kindly spirit of goot
cid Saint Nicholas lived again, anG
grew and grew in the hearts Of Marg,
and the boy. Just as the nut pile hat
grown in the garrett.
No, indeed, the soul Of Saint Nichola.
10 not dead, and will never die 70 lon,
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-12-18

Wee Elsie bad been told,
by some hohgeblin bold,
To hang her stockings neat
And then this verse repeat
sTwickledec. brieklrlcc, fee ii 70 fun.
Stocking, oh. stocking, much bigger be-
come
On Christmas Eve. therefore.
She said these lines thrice DER.
Lo! hardly were they said.
When right above her head
A pair of stockings were
That surely seemed, 10 her
: A giant to belong
Goodnight to you," she said,
And clambered into bed,
Quite sure next day would show
Them filled from top to toe.
Whoa there. my Jupiter. Gallant aad
Gray!
Quietly, reindeer. a moment here stay"
And leaving them his sleigh,
Old Sanity made his way
Quick down the chimney fiue
And through the fireplace, too.
Dear me. what's this I see?
1t surely cannot be-
None but a greedy miss
Would hang such things as this
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-12-18

Christmas In King Alfred's Reign.
In King Alfred's time, and all
through the middle ages Christmas be-
gan on st. Thomas's Day and lasted
until Twelfth Night, and was moreover
as much a festival for fathers and
mothers as for their children. There
was no %pantomime, it is true; but
there was a Lord Of Misrule, elected
In every important household, at court,
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-12-18
Vessel In from LONG Voyage Twice
saved by HaRk's Pet.


saved by Bark's Pet.
After having been twice saved from
destruction by a large Newfoundland
dog Snug on her voyage to Boston from
Buenos Ayres, the Norwegian bark
Queen sailed into the harbor Tuesday,
following a tempestuous and nerve
racklng passage, says the Boston Post.
Snug is hailed as a hero by the crew
OF the ship. lie by his sagacity twice
came to their rescue, once when the
vessel was threatened by a hurricane
on lIatteras and again on last Sunday,
when she nearly went ashore on the
Cape Cod sands.
Capt. j. Aall Taraldsen and his YES
sci hail from Grimstad. Norway. She
carries a crew Of twelve men, together
with Snug, two turkeys, four pigeons
and two large black pigs.
Snug il a veritable product OF the
sea ; lived aboard a derelict whenit had
been abandoned by the ships crew and
In a hurricane four years ago swan
from the washed decks of the sinking
ship aboard the queen.
The latest stunts of the dog are he
Ing told and retold by the grateful
crew. The Queen hailed from Rio do
Janeiro ON Nov. 30 and called Mt Barba-
dos, leaving there Dec. &c in ballast
trim for Boston.
A hurricane OF unusual severity
sprung up a week ago Tuesday, and at
times the vessel was threatened with
destruction. Her skipper feared that
she would turn turtle, SO boisterous
was the weather.
Throughout the gale Snug had kept
close to the shippers heels and when
the waves began to wash over the deck
Snug was dashed to n thwart. When q
big wave caught the skipper and made
him lose his grip on the wheel he had
been almost washed overheard when
Snug grabbed his clothes In his teeth
and kept him from going over the side.
The Queen came around Cape Cod
during the violent ~southcasterly gale OF
Sunday. Capt. Taraldsen Wore ship
and stood of shore, and after round
ing the pitch Of the cape came up the
bay and subsequently was picked up by
the tug Pallas and was towed to the
ballast wharf In South Boston.
During the gale Capt. Taraldsen be-
lieved that his vessel was doomed. Snug
followed at his heels and whlned and
yelped. In a last effort to trim the
sails aud wear the vessel around the
crew was sent to haul on the ~halyards.
They bent their backs to the strain,
but without gaining an inch.
Then Snug seized the rope between
his teeth and lent his weight to that
Of the crew. His strength was equal
to that Of a man. 1t was just enough
The crew got the halyard started
and hauled the sail so that the ship
gradually wore around and, within
sound OF the boom Of the breakers on
the shore, stood of I sea.
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that even our forefathers had their troubles.-Cincinnat Post.

So Sanity sadly took
The stockings from their hook,
And in their place he put
One meant for. smaller foot
Nor did he leave behind
A gift of any kind.
Next day, at sunrise. a little maid sobbed,
Bitterly crying that she had been robbed,
When right before her the goblin APP
peared-
"Greediness robbed you," he said, as he
leered.
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Clarissa-I'm always glad when New
Years day is safely over.
Fidelia-Yes: it is sadden!ng ami
versary.
Clarissa-Oh, l don't mean that.
Clarence and l always have a horrid
quarrel suggesting improvements In
each others conduct.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-12-18

Little Jessie woke up on Christmas
morning and called to her f~our-year-
old sister Mary:
Merry Christmas."
Jessie Christmas!' PROMPTLY m.
swered the baby.