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\ beautiful story. beautifully told al the D"hbs show. Eagle hall. Saturla, night
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F. 5raten, upholsterer. 4th and Steadman ave. Work at your own house.
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Mining Buckets at r. Nome Shaer Metal Works 3l-Isl
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Go to the North Pole

Bakery for the best bread and pastry The only coffee house in town.
 Blatz Private Stock at the Bank.
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Rooms from SIS up at The Lawrence Also housekeeping rooms.
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LOST.

\ brown veil ~ith old isan pin Please l-aFr airh W EuuRrr
 Imported Coburser draft beer on tap at Board of Trade.
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?. sratsu, upholsterer. 4th and Ste1dman ave. Work at your own house.
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Hlatz Weiner Beer at the Bank.
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LOST.

Between Nome and Fort Davis. Sat. uriay back comb. set with one stou, and rindstnnes. S5 reward at l35 Riv- -r street.
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Lemp's Extra Pale imported Draft Beer at the Board of Trade.
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CiyfI engineer. 2s years old. eIx years -xfefi-nee on d-la and construction work. desires work Apply Nugget.
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Granite Mining canil.. ar. tn. best.
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Finger Jewelry in Ancient Times

forty nights, at the end Of which period
the ring was returned 10 him IN a huge
fish, caught and presented to his lord by
d loyal fisherman.
This story Of a ring, cast into the sea
and returned in a fish. finds reproduction
III thousand tales. The custom OF cast
ing a ring into the sea, a ceremony
performed at the succession Of each
doge of Venice. typihed the wedding Of
Venice 70 the Adrlatlo. Upon one oc-
easion' when the ring was found in the
BODY OF a carp, the people mourned as
at national disaster for they believed
their city doomed to certain destruction.
During the fifteenth and sixteenth cen
turtles, when the gentle art OF poisoning
was 50 greatly in vogue. that arch
poisoner, Catherine de Medici tDrro-
dueed into France, together with Doison-
ed gloves, rings IN which poison was
concealed, and It Is said these rings at
talned great popularity among such
folk as wished TO rid themselves. n
troublesome OF rich friends or relatives
Catherine herself is said TO have made
use OF her rings which she. had brourbr
from Italy. where the process Of ing
poisoning originated. Many hairless
courtier. STOPPING to kiss the hand NJ the
Queen, received IN his mouth the poison
which the ring concealed and 2 spring
released.
To wedding rings there has been Of
ten attached a value even unto death.
In testamentary document made by
Mary Queen Of Scots. shortly before the
birth Of her son, when the Queen was
IN great fear Of death, she beaueatbed
among other things her wedding ring
OF diamonds and red enamel .sto the
King, who gave Il me" Mary dld not
die as she had feared. and this sana
ring was afteTward used a second time
at her secret marriage to Dar,1a,, q,
RizziO's chamber at Stirling.
Though gold Is the metal geDeraTI,, a.
ceptcd for wedding rings various other
materials have done service in its stead.
There is one story Of an clipping bride
for whom ring was improvised from
her own leather glove. the church kew
has frequently done similar duty. md
brass curtain rings have been many
times substituted for a criciet Of more
valuable material
BY giving his wife a ring a husband
is supposed 10 take her fully into HIS
confidence. The fact that the left hand
has been chosen to wear It. signifies
that as the left Is weaker than the
right, so is a wife subject to her hus-
band, while the third finger has been
selected because Of an old superstition
that from the third finger Of the left
hand runs vein directly TO the heart
Just how the plain gold band came TO
be chosen as proper for wedding rings
is not absolutely known. II has o.
scended to us from early AugIo-Saxon
times ana probably was adopted be-
cause its simplicity made it most avail
able as universal symbol
IN America the demand for RINGS in
Creases yearly. and except fds- wedding
rings. which. TO be correct. should he
extremely narrow, the prevailing taste
is for elaborate and unique settings.
which for the most part originate in
Paris.
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only ones you have ever written q
The only ones except a lot of
nonsense verses. and the words TO
some Of my songs. am going to
publish book of verses some day,
Hospital Rhymes for Children,
but they Kill be nothing prsten-
tious."
And then Miss Lotus discussed
'the possibilities of her new play.
Fate and chance. she said, had
hitherto seemed to conspire to
keep her on the vaudeville stage
where she was forced 20 lead an
isolated existence, without the
pleasure of having the same people
about her week after week, but
always that moving throng and the
loneliness Of going to ones dress
ing room In the middle Of a per
ft4mance and going away, without
any Of that spirit of camaraderis
which exists among the men and
women who labor together TO en-
terrain the public.
Some myfriends tryto urge me
70 stay in vaudeville while you aFe
young, and make a fortune, then
retire or go into legitimate drama
with all cares for the future dis
PEELED But if stayed IN vaude-
vile until I had made a fortune,
which, by the way, would never
be, even when 1 did have wealth 1
would be dead from the strife, so
what's the use!" said Miss LOTUS
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Has Come Back at Last.

Il wanted to produce That Lit
tie Affair at the Boyd's' two years
ago, when Mr.. Gillette first al
lowed me to read it, but something
prevented, and now it has come
back to me at last really think il
is my time 70 have a big success,
but who can tell! To me the role
of the slavey seems rich in DOS
sibilities. I hope everyone win be
impressed and go away from the
theater Monday night saying to
each other, Well, now, that's
great
And with this exclamation Miss
LOTUS face beamed with wistfuI
excitement and there was avery
perceptible catch in her voice as
she clasped her hands tightly to-
gether in her lap, as though she
were about 10 applaud.
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She Sneaks FeeIingIy.

"And then, too, in a drama, if you
feel indisposed some evening you
can whisper to your companion in
a scene to help you out" And here
Miss LOTUS gave an appealing lit
tie side glance as though ] were
the companion in some scene. and
she were asking for assistance. I
can readily understand that the
plea would not be in vain. But
on the vaudeville stage you must
go on. and on and on, sick or well.
And sometimes you marvel at your
self that you are able 10 finish
an act. to smile and grimace. to
trip and sing, when each step and
each note you feel viii be your
very Iast-that you viii faint be-
fore you can reach the wings.
Il speak feelingly of this phase
Of the vaudeville work because my
experience has been so recent.
began the New Year by going to a
hospital and undergoing three OPP
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Did Write a Good One.

ooh, no." she exclaimed, in re-
ply TO a question. ct know that the
one in Golfers doesn't amount to
anything, but really I did write
a good one and this is only a sub
stitute. The good one has been
lost forever and I can only remem-
Der the last two lines Of it. Row
was it lost? Why, Robert Collier,
one of the owners of Golfers, was
calling in my apartments in New
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FASHIONS in ieweIry may come and
20. bat whatever other forms may not
be in style. finger rings are perenniahy
fashionable and perennially worn.
The ancient BabylOnians wore rings
and there Is in the British Museum To-
dav a letter written on a tile from a
certain high-born dame in which she
thanks her sweetheart for finding her
dog and for sending her a ring, which,
abe AYERS, fits her 70 perfection The
Persians. according 10 historians. did
not wear any rings Of gold their re-
Ugfon forbidding them TO have about
them any article OF that metal during
their religious devotions. AS they were
accustomed TO spend much time at
prayer. it would have been too much
trouble 10 remove their rings 50 fire.
quently.
The Egyptians were much given 20
wearing rings. and 1t is TO them we
owe our finest examples OF ancient seal
rings.
Among the Greeks OF Homer's time
there seems TO be no mention made of
rings. though the Lacedoniaus affected
rings Of iron, pretending to despise
those OF gold. and the later Greeks
carried their passion for adorning their
fingers to such lengths that the phrase
.KoIden-handed" vas synonymous with
the modern expression rolling in
wealth" From the Sabines the Ro-
mas adopted the custom Of ring wear
INK and at first, Ike those Of the
IacedDnians. they were made of iron.
used sor seals. and regarded rather as
articles of utility than of luxury. Every
free-born Roman had the privilege Of
wearing ring. and later as the Ro-
mans came more and more under the
influence of the Greeks. they. too. fairly
loaded their hands with jewelry. until it
was no uncommon thing for gentle
man of wealth and leisure 10 wear sixty
rings at one time
Among many ancient peoples the ring
was regarded as a symbol Of authority.
and an almost. Indispensable article OF
dress. since il contained its wearer 8
signet. and even derived its name from
a root meaning Ito impress a seal BY
bestowing upon Joseph his signet ring.
Pharaoh invested him with kingly au-
rhorlty. and Alexander the Great. in
giving his ring 10 Perdiccas. thereby
nominated him his successor.
SolomOns seal was engraved with the
mystic term ''shemhamphoTasch.' and
through the magic power of this phrase
he was enabled 10 build the temple.
Every morning. according TO the legend,
he was carried up into heaven, where
he learned the secrets of the universe.
and was thus daily endowed with fresh
wisdom Finally the genius Of the ring
persuaded the King TO grant him his
liberty if only for a time. and as a
result reigned for three years in the
stead of Solomon. who meanwhile wan
dered rather disconsolately about the
face OF the earth,
According TO Arabian tradition. the
ring was stolen by Jewess, who cast
It into the sea solomon. iu despair at
thus losing his seal and with 1t his poe
As OF divination, tasted forty days and
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fold. She has achieved a need If
success on the vaudeville stage
that has seldom been equaled, and
never surpassed. She has demon
strated beyond an question that as
a mimic she is In class by herself
Several years ago the little woman
whe could delight thousands by
acting how other people acted,
dreamed of doing something big
ger and more lasting than imita-
tions. Her tour with z. II. Soth-
ern was fiatteringly successful,
proving that her aspirations were
well founded. and she was soon an
nounced as star, the play being
Israel Zangwilrs The Serio-Comie
Governess."
This preliminary narrative we
are supposed to know before meet
ing the pathetic little figure who
sat Hstlessly at her window, clad
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What She Doesn't Want.

Il don't want them to go away
with, Yes, it's a very nice little
play, quite amusing on their lips"
And if William Gillette, the Gre
ator of Secret Service of "Clar-
ice" Of Sherlock Holmes" and
many other successful plays; Win
chell Smith, who produced Polly
Of tie Circus" and "Brewster's
Millions" and Dallas Wexford, who
made such a name for himself in
Mr.. Hophnson," I say, If all these
people do and have done their
parts as well as those who have
followed the career Of this gifted
young English actress know she
will do hers tomorrow night,
Cecilia LOTUS viii have that long
editor big success at last, for VIII
liam Gillette wrote THAT LttIs
Affair at the Boyd's," Winchell
Smith has staged It, and Dallas
Wexford is 20 be Miss LOTUS com
edy man.
RALPH GRAVES.
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Outcome Means Much.

Yes, l am making sure that 7
know the lines for my third star
ring venture. Aud the outcome
means so much lHat il is almost
depressingly appalling. VIII the
third be the great and lucky hit. or
only a strike? No one can predict,
you know, about a play. There are
no prophets in our profession, al
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charged with temperament and
talent, in whose mind these two
words are revolving with monoto-
nous regularity and increasing in
sistency.
could tell that she was repeat
ing them to herself when l called
to see her during the week at the
Arlington, for the woman is Cecilia
Lotus, and she is waiting for the
verdict of an audience at the Co
iumbia Theater tomorrow night,
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in a loose-fitting lavender dress,
with short sleeves of lace gleam-
ing yellow against the pallor of
her arms. She rose as / entered
her reception room, and, as /
glanced at the table, she pushed
aside the closely typewriter book
let, exclaiming;
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when she viii appear for the hrst
time on any stage in That Little
Affair at Boyd's."
Have you ever faced situation
in which the outcome of an hour
would mean the most intoxicating,
delirious. joyful success or the
most dismal and depressing of de-
feats? It doesn't happen often to
the average business man or the
average woman of society. But
for the people of the stage it is an
experience which they must face
at least every two years, and gen
orally every season.
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though ! do feel that ] was safe
and sane precursor OF tn fate Of
The Serio-Comic Gorerness' and
The Lancers' When The Lancers'
was in rehearsal I implored my
manager 20 let me retire from il,
for felt that the part of Sonia
was really only a small ingenue
role, and it was a waste Of time.
talent, and money to try to make
anything out of it. l believed. /
felt that was capable Of much
more
And this was the second Of my
starring ventures"
But why have you an aversion
10 vaudeville?" I asked. "In that
field your position is always as
sured. There is no harassing
doubt?"
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of the footlights for thirty min
utes. and all alone, than 20 enact
the longest roles in drama. There
is not a moment to rest. not
moment to think, not a moment of
repOse, for while the vaudeville au-
dience is, as rule, appreciative
and attentive. it is an audience
which demands It's moneys worth
more insistently than any other
class of theatergoers. And then
vaudeville means seven days in the
week. In the legitimate drama
there comes with such refreshing
regularity that sixth night when
you say 10 yourself: Thank good
ness. can rest tomorrow. With
vaudeville it means every after
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York few weeks ago, and as he
rose TO go he picked up a sheet
NJ paper from my desk. It was the
poem, the one that was really
good. He put 1t in his pocket and
walked out. Several weeks later,
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erations. and when I was able 70
get out went on the vaudeville
circuit too soon. For the first few
weeks I felt 5uoyant and in splen-
did health. but later ] saw that
I had begun work before I had
fully regained my strength.
"And now when a really big op-
portunity comes to me, the one for
which I have been waiting. it
comes at a time when I have such
a cold that everything is seen
through a blue haze and 1 have de-
cided to play the slavey in the
third act with a cold-it win be
so realistic, don't you know"
'In spite of the fact that vaude-
vile is such a strain upon your
nerves, I have observed that you
find time to go in for literature
occasionally, your poem on Free
dom in the last issue of Golfers
for example" l said.
"Oh, did you see that! When I
saw it in print ! was as elated as
a child, for It was the second poem
I have ever had published. The
other appeared in the Metropoli-
tan Magazine several years ago and
was really worth while.
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while 1 was in Pittsburg, Norman
Hapgood, the editor of Golfers,
wrote and asked me 20 send him
a copy OF the poem that Mr.. Col
lier had taken and lost.
q didn't have a copy, and could
not remember the verses. but the
letter had kindled nv enthusiasm
and I could not sleep that night.
Every few minutes I would think
that I had an idea and would get
up and try to put It on paper, but
as soon as I would begin 10 write
| would discover that my ideas
were only words. The next morn
ing I sent Mr.. Hapgood those two
stanzas on Freedom and told him
that he would have TO take all
responsibility for them"
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Vaudeville VS.. Legitimate.

"Ah, but in the thirty minutes
you are on the stage you are Civ
ug your cor .entrated self to the
audience. II IS an infinitely harder
nervous strain on the actor or the
actress to be Immediately in front
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FREEDOM
BY CECILIA LoFTUS

CAN 70 on ny way without your siS.
Il And lift fearless face mp the sky,
Singing . song Of thanks that am -
To the hind gods who made me unsfrsd
COMETIMES the lonely journey has seemed long,
~ And have thought and fesred needed You
But you have taught me whst knew true,
That only Solitude could make strong
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JCCESS? Fail
ure d? Fail
ure q? Sue
cess ?
T h e e is
one little
w o m a n I n
Wa shin gton
today sur
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noon, and " the time you have
finished one ordeal you must try
to pull yourself together for the
evening performance.
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without Peer as a Mimic.

But for Cecilia Loftu the terror
of the ordeal is accenCuated ten
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TAE WAS HINCTON TINES NACAZINE
The Dickinson press., 1908-10-17
ForSaIe

Eor Sale
Smallbuncthi4ml,,iix horses. Al SNAP Ii
taken ataSonce. 6. 4. CRowL, Haley i.
y. sa ,53sa ssso.1m 4
The Dickinson press., 1908-10-17

Joe Schroeder, q farmer from the
country 16 miles south, is busy haul
ing his grain to market He raised oves
1, 200 bushels Of wheat and about $40
bushels of oats.
Joe Anton, who lives seven miles
south of town, has something to show
for his summers work. He is marketing
his wheat this week and reports that he
harvested 862 bushels of wheat and /, 100
bushels of oats.
Peter Hensel reports that he raised
SGT bushels Of wheat and 265 bushels Of
oats on his homestead Is miles south Of
town. This is his first year at farming
and is a good showing but he intends
to 60 in much heavier next year.
Michael Werth, a farmer living 10
miles south. was in town last Saturday
with a load of wheat. This year he had
80 acres in crop and threshed /. 290 BUSH
els of wheat and 500 bushels Of oats.
A. W. Link, well known in this vici-
nifty, has been spending several days at
the Turner home. He is on his way
from Portland, OREGON, to Winnipeg and
took advantage of a stopover to visit his
old-time friends.
T. B. Triplett who lives 18 miles
south, has been busy hauling wheat for
several days. He threshed 1, 200 bushels
of wheat and 800 bushels Of oats. His
wheat averaged 12H bushels and the
oats were a good crop.
Anton Duckhorn is one of the hustling
farmers that made the soil produce good
results this year. From 100 acres of
wheat he threshed 2.466 bushels and
from 80 acres Of oats the machine
The Dickinson press., 1908-10-17

Just received 800 dozen Of the best
to be had. See u special plain lin,
en- at Ioc. Initial handkerchiefs in
good linen at 15c. An unequaled fine
cambria at SC. The very neatest
designs in lace and embroidered from
The Dickinson press., 1908-10-17

measured ont 2.477 bushels. He lives
EIGHT miles south of town and has the
best farm house ii this part Of the
country.
Ed. Libbe from the Black Butte country,
has been hauling his wheat 10 Gladstone
ftor tie past week. He raised 600 bush-
els 81 wheat and 800 bushels 81 oats at
his place and doesn't mind the long
hauls when he knows that he will Get
the y ''lons green for his grain.
Joseph F. Prince, q hustling farmer
from Horswill. has fine report to make
on. his second years farming. He was
delayed right in the midst Of his spring
work on account Of sickness In his home
but nevertheless he harvested /. $50 BUSH
els Of wheat, 700Nof oats, 800 Of barley
and 200 Of flax besides having q few
acres Of beams and sugar beeta He
raised the beets to feed out but the neigh
bors and farmers for miles around have
been after them for table use and he has
decided to feed the people instead Of
the cattle Last Saturday be. came to
town with two: big loads Of wheat,
making the 30-mile trip without Q driver
for the second team. He has fine horses
and and farms e il g business like names.
Every day IL market day in Gladstone
now. For the past. two weeks there has
been a string Of teams lined up in front
Of the three elevators from daylight until
late in the afternoon and It only takes
q few minutes to take in a big load Of
grain. The price and weather have been
very favorable to the FARMER and he is
losing no time in tuning his crop into
cash. Flax and oats have been taken in
in large quantities but wheat has taken
q strong lead thus far. The price has
been from IS to So cents, the grading
satisfactory and dockase light. The
Farmers Elevator Co., seems to handle
the largest per cent but Lees and Hollst'a
elevators have been crowded to their
fullst capacity and the shortage of cars
has commenced to bother some. Several
loads Of wheat were held up at Lees
elevator Saturday because all of the bins
were filled to the limit, with only one
car on the siding to relieve the crowded
condition. The merchants in town are
also coming in for a good stroke of bust
ness at this season. Nearly every grain
team carries away q GOOD bunch Of sup
plies and the summers credits on the
store books are being balanced with the
hard cash. The casual observer nigh,
think that the past week was a big rush
fol. a day Or SO but as a matter of fact
there is SO much grain in the country
that it will take three or four months t.
deliver it.
The Dickinson press., 1908-10-17
Gladstone

Miss Murn of Dick inson was in Glad
stone Wednesday. {,
j. S. Birdsall has been on the sick list
the past week. I
Albert Koesel of R%ichardton was in
town Wednesday. sIs VI
Charles Ofet is recovering from {
recent operation for appendicitis at thu
Stein hospital in Dickinson.
Mrs. Susanna Cooke and daughter,
Mrs. John Little, left Wednesday for
jamestown to attend the annual Metho-
dist conference.
Matt Lefor reports that he threshed
2.400 bushels of wheat and 500 bushels
of oats and is we'll satisfied with the
yield this year.
A new heating and ventilating plant
of the Waters Metal Construction Co. I
make has been installed at the school
house in No. 2 of the Gladstone district.
John Lefor, ST., has been marketing
wheat for the past week. He has a fine
farm about 10 miles south and reports
that his 120 acres of wheat averaged II
bushels to the acre.
MI. and Mrs. William L. Prindle left
this week for an extended trip through
tho east. They will visit in St. Paul,
Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburg and New
York, returning after the holidays.
A. w. Elliott from Horswill was il
with wheat last Saturday. He has SOt
bushels Of wheat and 615 bushels of oat.
to market this fall and most of it mus,
be hauled about 80 miles. NJ,