Ran Out J Skies HEItE once lived on a plantation a miser so mean and stingy that even his pigs were eter nally disgruntled, while his geese hissed at him as he passed, and his hens cackled derisively at the very eight of him. He never paid anybody more than half of what they were en titled to, and even the mosquitoes avoided him in disgust as having a hide like an automobile tire and with no more sustenance beneath it. No man, woman, child or beast was ever fed by him without rendering services in advance for more than the food w'as worth, and his neighbors were afraid to shake hands with him for fear that he would steal their finger-nails. He skimmed his milk twice, made his decayed apples into cider, and when his horses got so old they could not work for him any longer he killed them and made them into glue, and then used the glue to stick another mortgage on some neighbor's house. Of course everybody hated him worse than they did the fever and ague, but he did not mind that much because in one way or another he kept getting money and that was revenge enough for hint. Now, half a mile away from this man’s house was the little cabin of old Ike Clay and his old wife Sally. Ike was so poor that, even the mice could not afford to board with him, much as they liked him, and his pov erty was generally due to the fact that as soon as he got anything he would give it away to the first one who asked him for it, for Ike and Sally lived in the belief that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Also they were very humble and re ligious and devoutly believed in every day miracles and that the Lord would feed his children even as he did his spaiiows and fishes. And up to this time it had always turned out that way. but now the day before Christ mas had arrived and the cupboard was as empty as Ike's pockets, and Ike's pockets had nothing in them at all but holes. But his wife’s faith was unwavering and she filled the pot with water and put it on the stove that it might be hot and ready for the offering when it came. “Where our Christmas offerin’ is a-goin’ ter come from I shore don't know,but the Lord works in mysterious ways his wonders to perform, and I don't reckon he is a-goin' to ferget w-e nns," she said, confidently. But as the day slipped by and no special Providence befell them Ike began to become a trifle nervous—not that he doubted Providence in the least, but because he feared it might need a gentle reminder at this season of the year when there were so many de “Go Away!” roands being made upon it. So he de cided to make a little special effort of his own. He knew well enough that it would be a waste of time to ask the miser to give him a goose or gob bler. but he had a faint hope that be cause of the season of the year the old skinflint might perhaps soften enough to give him ciedlt on his well known honesty. 80 he set forth in the gathering dusk and sifting snow upon his mission and in a little time was tapping at the miser's back door. For several minutes he tapped away and scuffled his feet and at last the miser came forth—not as a man comet forth, but in the manner you would expect to see a miser appear, first a nose and then a foot and then a hand and finally the rest of him, as if he grudged even his presence, and stood frowning at Ike through the gloom. Ike's clothes were ragged and flapping in the wind and his toes were leaking from the end of his shoes, but the smile on his face was cheerful and would have made a friend of any one except a miser who loved no man or w'oman or child or beast, and whose soul was shriveled and warped, and whose conscience was as tough as the hoof of a horse. "What do you want?" lie asked iu a i voice as disagreeable as the sound of filing a saw. Ike look off his hat and his bare head began to bob conciliatingly up and down like the bobber of a fish line when the fish nibbles at the hock j below. "1 lias eonie to see yu', Mistnh | Skimpum, fo‘ the reason that 1 am I most pow’ful hungry an’ because there Is no meat in we-un's cabin. Anil be cause this is the evenin' of the most blessed day in the whole world when the good book says there should be peace on earth and good will to man. I am a-goin' to ask yu' to do me a mighty favor." "! haven't got anything to give.” in terrupted the miser, hastily. “And 1 don't believe In Christmas giving, any way. It is merely an excuse for beg gary. 1 wish you would go away.” Ike's head bobbed again. "Yes, suh, but I am not begging. I'll do yu' two dais' hard work to pay yu' for a tur key." "1 don't need any help. I do my own work." "Yes, suh, I know that. Hut if you'll loan me a turkey for a couple of days 1 11 work for somebody else and pay yu' in cash.” "No, I wouldn't trust you. And, be sides, if the Lord wanted you to have “Didn't I Tell Yu' So?” a turkey he would send you one with out your begging for it. So go away.” Ike took a step backward with quiet dignity. "All right, suh, I reckons yu' is correct. Thank yu’, suh,” he said, and then went plodding homeward empty of hands and as hollow inside as an old bee tree, the wind nipping at his bare toes and howling after him like a wolf, and as a matter of fact the wolf of hunger was very close to him indeed. But Sally did not despair when she heard his story. “That offerin’ is shore a-comin’, Ike,” she asserted, as she put another, stick on the Are to keep the water in readiness. "I don’t know jest how we-alls is a-goin’ to get it, but I feels it a-comin' in the air. And jest yu’ mark what I tell yu’.” Then they sat down together by the bare table and listened to the wind. And, my, how it began to howl! Away off in the northwest a great storm had been brewing that day and now it was approaching them like a giant in a rage. And as it passed along it came to the home of the miser and with a growl fell upon it. It gripped the house and shook it as a terrier does a rat, roaring down the chimney and whistling under the door until the shingles flew from the roof like feath ers and the bones of the cringing miser rattled together in his fear. Then it pounced upon the fowlhouse, and cuffing off the roof blew with all its breath within, and in a second the night air was filled with flying fowls that flapped and squawked as they went sailing into the distance like puff balls scattered by a blast. Over in their little cabin Ike and Sally heard the uproar and fell upon their knees in prayer. Frightened though he was Ike did not forget his hunger. “They say it is an ill wind that don't blow anybody good, dear Lord,” he began. “And I prays that out of this heah mighty gale will fall a few grain from yu’ bounteous store.” And scarcely was the ] raver finished than there came a fearful gust and the crash of a heavy body against the door. And the latch broke and the door flew wide and upon the floor there fell with a thud a ten-pound gobbler, wind-blown and ruffled to be sure, but fat, tender and soul-satlsfy lng—the very bird in fact, that the miser had fattened for his own sharp teeth. Sally arose and held the big bird high in her hands. Faith, charity and happiness illuminated her lean face until it shone as from a light within. "Didn’t I tell yu' so, old man,” she cried, exultingly. “Didn’t I tell yu’ I felt it a-comin' in the air? Bless the good Lord, for he shorely works in mysterious ways his wonders to per form.” (Copyright. 1908, by Wright A. Patterson.) Good Cause for Gladness. “Alas!” sighed the moody man, "there is no gladness for me in this joyous season.” “Tut-tut!” said the optimist. “Surely there is a ray of sunshine for you, as there is for all of us if we but look for it?” “No,” replied the moody one. “I have not a single friend, and no rela tives with whom I am on speaking terms.” "Cheer uj>, then,” advised the other, with a shade of envy in his tone “Can’t you be glad because you will not have to buy any Christmas pres ents?” Candidates Election Epcnscs Following is ;i listol election exj'on-i's as ti it d by the candi dates. .1. k. r \iv Republican can p lgn fun 1 I! ch ard Mtn County.82* 00 Telephone . "0 lit publican campaign fund f’aw uee County.27 t*t> Tribune Hub. Oo . caul* .... . 2 (Hi Httwnee City Republican c ub... 1 00 #.7.'i 70 A E. GANTT Humboldt Stuuciard, printing.. ,7 (Hi Hostage. fib Livery. 2 .70 Carfare on B. auo M. 2 72 #10 70 JOHN' WILTSK Campaign assessment. ‘Hi (Hi Cards printing, etc. 9 .‘0 #59 50 RALPH A CLARK Democrat Co. Cen committee... 40 00 Advertising and postage . 15 00 Livery, traveling ex . incidentals 55 00 #90 00 O. A. ZOOK Republican Co.* Yn> committee 50 00 Cards and printing . 2 (M1 Shuberi (it z»n •••• . 50 $52 50 S. H. BOLKJACK Republican (’o Cen. committee.. 50 (0 Cards and printing. 2 00 Sbubert Cit zen... 50 $52 .'0 HKN'KV HEROES Printing and postage. ] (il Committee assessment. 4d (M* #41 (il OTTO KOToEC Committee assessment. 40 00 Printing. 2 00 $42 40 . H. STITZER Aid in gett'ng votes to polls.#1.00 HENEY SIEMERIN4S, JR Committee assessment. .$5 00 R. A. Coupe and Harmon Leonig. candidates for supervisor, eat'h file affidavits that they had no e'eetion ex petises. The Types of Cats. There are a number of classes of Persian cats, the division between them being purely arbitrary and based on the color of the fur. The most beautiful of all the Persians is the pure white. They are, however, very hard to keep clean, and a dirty white cat Is certainly anything but an orna ment about one's rooms. It is unfor tunate that many white cats are deaf, so when one Is making a purchase of a cat that color it is a wise precau tion to test the hearing. Another fail ing which white cats have, In common with hll light colored cats, is that their constitutions are not so vigorous as those of the dark haired cats.—Su burban Life. Two-Handed Writers. “Don’t go after wealth with both hands,” advises Rudyard Kipling. Isn't this a rather severe restriction on the ambidextrous authors who are making fortunes whanging out modern novels on the typewriter? Proper Lighting of Mines. It Is argued that the 'compulsory adoption of the incandescent system of electric lighting in mines will great ly cut down the death roll. are making the greatest preparation in our lives for Christmas. We feel, as many others do, that jubjtan tia.1 Presents will he more in de mand than flimsy, trifling toys,etc. We have, therefore, taken karpen’s advice and ordered a great line of GENUINE LEATHER FURNITURE from this famous Upholstery house. We have taken Stearns & Foster’s advice and have in transit the finest Cotton Elastic Felt Mattresses on earth. We have likewise listened to the warn ings of the Bissel Carpet Sweeper Co., the Victor Talking Machine Co., the Edison Phonograph Co., the Phoenix Chair Co., in fact to all the great leaders of their lines in the United States, and will have on our floors for your inspection soon the best the market affords. The Elastic Bookcases, too. All of these lines are our Exclusive Sale. You can’t buy them anywhere else. We feel proud to offer the product of these advertised houses to our trade for their consideration. All Christmas Presents marked, stored and delivered when and where you want them. Make your selections early from us--our goods will be sold earliest because of their reputation and publicity. REAVIS & ABBEY Superstitions of Great Minds. Many celebrities have been super stitious to an extreme degree. Cae sar never mounted his chariot with out first uttering a magic formula as a preventive against disaster. Lord Bacon and Sir Thomas Browne, be lieved in witchcraft, Richelieu con sulted an astrologer, Bismarck was su perstitious about Friday and about Bitting thirteen at a table. Actors are proverbially superstitious. Ra chel and Mars believed their success assured if they met a funeral just before appearing on the stage. Makes Many Kinds of Wins. Grapes are squeezed six times In making champagne, yielding wine of different qualities. Garden of the Gods. The Garden of tho Gods is a tract of land about 600 acres In extent, near Colorado Springs, Col. It abounds In weird and fantastic pinnacles and towers of red and white sandstone, some of them more than 600 feet In height. Among the chief features of Interest are tho Cathedral Spires, the Balanced Rock, etc. The gateway of the garden consists of two enormous masses of red sandstone, 330 feet high, sufficiently far apart for the roadway to pass between them. Accepted. "Do you consider your nerve is sufficiently steady to flt you for an air ship navigator?” "Well, I've been out in a canoe with a nervous fat glrL” Rolling Pin Method. A Nebraska woman sewed her hus band between two blankets and be labored him with a rolling pin until he agreed to sign a temperance pledge. We rather suspect that is one variety of prohibition likely to actually pro hibit.—Redlands Review. Paper Bullets Not Deadly. Shall quips and sentences and these paper bullets of the brain awe a man from the career of his humor?— Shakespeare. The Really Great. The really great are the few who make a success of a failure, though the many who make a failure of suc cess commonly get the name. DDAn AMA TIAkl* n IS HEREBY ORDERED. AND ■ IVVVLHITIH 1 lWIlt OROA'NHD AS HOLLOWS, THAT 'TIE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 22d, l