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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.
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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<W8. BE SET ASIDE AND PROP AIMED AS
A Special Thanksgiving Sale of Clothing and
Furnishings for Men and Boys
Thanksgiving Week~°"e ol the most
“■ -• - - eagerly - looked - for
Holidays by old and young alike—one that carries us back
nearly three hundred years, to the beginning—days of our
New World. In nearly every home over the length and
breadth of America, it is met with feasting, celebration and
good cheer. That we may do our part in making it a happy
time in our community, we have arranged a Special Sale on
a great list of things that the people need right now.
Beginning with Suits and Overcoats, Neckwear,
Furnishings and Shoes we go right down the line in every
department to make it unusually interesting and profitable
to our Thanksgiving Week customers. With good times
here again—to sta\—a bountiful crop and favorable weather
—we may feel that where is plenty to be thankful for—and
you will realize that you can extend that sentiment after you
find what a saving you can make this week as a result ot
this sale.
WAHL 8c PARCHEN
Open til 9:00 Each Evening
