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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-06-13

Texas, where he vas caught and imsrison.
ell for some act of outlawry.
Bob Ford, whose connection with band
its will make his words of interest. was met
last evening and questioned regarding the
bank robbery. He stated that he was OF
the opinion that Frank James was not
there He also stated that he believed he
knew two of the men who were connected
with il.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-06-13

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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-06-13

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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-06-13

There is a woman in the case, the wife of
one of the robbers. She is described as
being young and pretty and determined to
stick to her husband through thick and
thin. She hid the bulk of the money and,
after the arrest, went with officers from
Brook6eld to point out the place OF its
concealment.
There was an attempt by the authorities
of Adair county to hold the robbers for
horse stealing, but they were soon made
ashamed OF the foolishness of the effort,
and the prisoners were taken to the scene
Of the robbery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18
BOmbardments.

The history of bombarding towns af-
fords an instance of something like act
ual deterioration in the usages of mod
ern warfare.
Regular or simple bombardment, that
is, of a town Unfortunately, and not
merely of its fortresses, has now become
the established practice. Yet what did
Vattel say in the middle of the last
century? "At present we generally
content ourselves with battering the
ramparts and defenses of place. To
destroy town with bombs and red-hot
balls il an extremity to which we do not
proceed without cogent reasons" What
said Vauban still earlier THE fire
must be directed simply at the defenses
and batteries OF place,
and not against the houses" Then let
us remember the English bombardm9nt
of Copenhagen in 1907, when the ca
thedral and some 800 houses were de-
stroyed the German bombardment at
Strasbourg in 1870, where riied mortars
were used for the first time, and the
famous library and picture gallery de-
stroyed and the German bombardment
of Paris, about which, strangely enough,
even the military conscience OF the Ger
mans was struck, 80 that In the highest
circles doubts about the propriety OF
such proceeding at one time prevailed
from moral no less than from mill
tary point of view. With respect again
TO sacred or public buildings warfare be-
comes increasingly destructive. 1t was
the rule In Greek warfare TO spare sacred
buildings and the Romans frequently
spared sacred ard other buildings, as
Marcellus, for instance, at Syracuse.
Yet when the French ravai;ed the Pal
atinate in 1863 they not only set fire to
the cathedrals, bit sacked the tombs of
the ancient Emperors at Spiers. Fred
erick III. destroyed the finest buildings
at Dresden and Prague. In 1874 the
English forces destroyed the Capitol at
Washington, the Presidents house and
other public buildings and in 1915 the
Prussian General, Blucher, was with
difficulty restrained from blowing up the
Bridge of jena at Paris and the Pillar
of Austeriltz.
There is always the excuse of repris-
ais or accident. Yet Vattel had said Gin
language which but repeated the Ian
guage of Polybius and Cicero eve
ought to spare those edifices which do
honor to human society, and no not
contribute to the enemy's strength,
such as temples, tombs, public build
ings and AL works of remarkable beau.
ty. "-Geatteman' Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18
Small Change in Mexico.

In one of the small towns bought
some lines end gave the girl 81 in pay
ment. BY way of change she returned
me forty-nine pieces of soap, the size of
a water cracker. looked at her in as
constituent, and she returned my look
with equal surprise, when police officer
who witnessed the incident fastened to
inform me that soap was the legal tender
in many portions of the country for small
sums. examined my change and found
that each cake was stamped with the
name of town and of manufacture
authorized by the Government. The
cakes OF soap were worth / ] cents each.
Afterward in my travels 1 frequently
received similar change. Many of the
cakes showed signs OF having been in
the wash-tub, but that, / discovered,
was not at all uncommon. Provided the
stamp was not obliterated, the soap did
not lose any value as currency. o.
casionally n man would borrow cake of
q friend, wash his hands and return it
with thanks. made use of mine more
than once in my bath and subsequently
spent them--Phiiadelphia Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18
The Deserving Poor.

In my opinion, the beggar who open
ly asks for and receives charity Is not
so much to be pitied as those who suffer
every day without complaining; the time
has been when they we're masters of
their wants and wishes, and they have
too much of their old pride remaining
struggling on, and are every day forced
to deny themselves some want or comfort.
There are homes In every large city
where the support depends upon the
women, and their only way of earning
money is with the needle. Hard is their
struggle-working continuously, deny
ing to their lives every pleasure, and
wasting their health and strength, they
are hardly able to meet expenses. The
insuficieny of wages paid to sewing
women has much of the sorrow and the
suffering of this world to answer for.
Often it will be found that these girls
have lived in happy and comfortable
homes, and this changed condition OF
affairs is wearing and killing to them;
they feel the crushing weight of poverty,
and long for the companionship of which
the change of fortune has robbed them;
They do not cry over their misfortune
or 90 out and court charity, but, as long
as strength and health is left, go strug.
Cling on, seeking to hide from the world
their sorrow and suffering, like proud
man does his deformity. Such people
are deserving. Assistance offered in a
friendly manner, and without ostentation.
could not offend, but would be gladly
received and let the sunshine into MANY
q dreary hour.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18
Fascinated by n Snake.

veritable instance of the peculiar
fascination which the snake exerts was
witnessed within a short distance of our
city. The gentlemen who saw this says
he was walking leisurely along the road
when his attention was directed to the
movements Of brown thrush which
was fiuttering about near small plum
bush, and, at intervals, giving a cry as
OF distress. He walked up to the bush
supposing he would find brood of
young birds. He looked carefully, but
saw nothing, and was walking off, when
he noticed that the thrush had returned
TO the bush from which he had fright
ened it. He waited a moment to watch
its movements, when he saw il fly down
on the ground beneath the plum. There
1t stood still a short while, then began
to circle around the bush, still crying in
its peculiar tones. This circling was
kept up for a while, and then the thrush
seemed gradually to weaken, and at
length stood perfectly still-immovable,
with its wings partly open, and with its
head bent forward. He drew nearer to
the bush, when he heard an ominous
hiss, and, looking down under the plum,
saw huge black snake coiled up and
about TO spring upon the bird. He
frightened the snake away and picked
up the bird, which made no effort to
escape, and seemed powerless. In
few minutes, however, the bird revived,
and shortly aftsrward flew off,
Petersburg Inder.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18
American and British Officers.

America sent as its military attache to
tn Russian army for the campaign OF
1S77-78 young engineer Lieutenant.
That officer had to struggle against the
disadvantages incident to the inferiority
of his rank. But he did honor to his
country and its army by writing the
standard history of the Russo Turkish
war, work of so great merit that the
Russian general staff has adopted it as
an obligatory study for its aspirants-a
work that has become the textbook of
that war to every student of the art mil
itary. To-day this officer is plodding
along in the rank he held before the
American subaltern took rank among
the military historians OF the world.
The Russian Emperor has conferred on
him not a few medals and decorations,
some in appreciation Of his knowledge
of his profession, others in compliment
to that personal courage of which his
constant presence in the forefront OF
operations was fruitful in occasions for
the proof. But these, in its austerity,
the nation through its Congress has de-
MED him the privilege Of wearing. En-
gland also had a military attache with
the Russians-an officer whose rank was
that of Captain and Lieutenant Colonel
in the Guards. He wrote no history of
the war, but his services were rewarded
with full Colonelcy in the army,
overstepping 120 seniors an appoint
ment as Aide-de- Camp to the Queen :;
the position of First Secretary to the
Vienna Embassy, and permission to
wear the order conferred on him by the
Russian Emperor. The Abyssinian ex-
petition was almost exclusively an affair
of commissariat, supplies and transport
alton; medal was granted for it, but
the fighting done in it was infinitesimal.
For his successful conduct in this opera
ton British General was made Peer,
received a money grant, the thanks of
Parliament, and other honors and re-
wards. The officer who in his capacity
as Quartermaster General 80 organized
and carried out the system of supplying
the Federal armies throughout the whole
of the civil war that scarcely was only
twice known, aud that plenty all but
universally reigned, held that honorable
and onerous position for twenty years
with the rank of Brigadier General,
and when he retired the other day, had
his Major Generals brevet converted
into substantive rank for retirement
purposes, as an exceptional honor ac-
corded only in recognition of a career SO
meritorious.-Archibald Forbes, an
North american Revie,O.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18

When Mrs. Davenport sued for a di'
vorce in Missouri court, says Z. w.
Higginson, in facetious vein, she testi-
fed that her husband chad theory of
his own in regard to marriage, and
wanted his own married life TO be in ac-
cordance with it. That theory was that
the wife should have no will of her own
in any respect, and that she must obey
him in all things, and question nothing.
Being q man of accurate and methodical
mind, he seems to have embodied the
application of these principles in certain
rules, to which he obliged her to SUBJ
scribe. She was to wear what clothes
he babe her wear. She was to eat only
what he directed. She was to walk in
the streets only with those whom he
named. She must correspond only with
her near relatives. She must show MIN
all her letters. And finally she must
"speak to no one about books or htera-
ture or Europe" Here was simple
and consistent basis for married life.
Here was the old principle of "baron
and feme put into practice. In theory
it should have prod iced model house,
hold, with which even DIR. Shattuck or
Mr.. Parkman would be quite content.
Alas for the uncertainty of human wish
es The actual working of events was
quite the other way. Mrs. Davenport
could not permanently endure such a
condition of things-to be forbidden
even to mention Mont Blanc or Queen
Victoria ; and to have her dresses select
ed by one of that sex who are, as DR..
Jeffries assures us, very generally color
blind. In the brief abstract of the trial
which have seen, it does not appear
that the married pair actually came to
blows on a question of ribbons but
Mrs. Davenport frankly admits that,
under certain circumstances, she talked
back" 1t ended in her leaving her hus-
band and returning 20 her mothers
home. Here it is that the Roman virtue
of Mr.. Davenport seems to have quailed.
Perhaps in his zeal to control his wife's
wardrobe he did not ask himself what,
in her absence, would become of his
own? Perhaps it was not till he found
himself buttonless and stOckingless that
his courage yielded, and he weakly wrote
to her as his "tomsy- womsy," called her
the best and sweetest of women, and inn
plored her to return. She. not wishing
the sterner sex to have the monopoly of
weakness, relented also; she returned;
the rules were again put In force, and
she sued for a divorce. The court gave
it to her and now the one consistent and
old fashioned husband in America Is
without tomsy-womsy."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18
this glove shall go back to its owner. +"


Mary and Lizzie went to church that
Sunday morning. Katy declared she
couldn't go, having but one glove. l
STAYED at home with her, and offered to
keep Mrs. Howell's children for her, and
so persuaded that worthy woman to at
tend worship with the girls.
And this is how it came about that
while we were having frolic on the
carpet with the children in Mrs. Howell's
rooms, we heard ring at the door, and
Bridget having taken herself off some
where, there was no help for it but for
one OF us to answer the summons.
"You go. Katy" whispered in dis
may, II cannot appear"
Katy glanced serenelJ at her own
fIizzy head in the looking glass, gave a
pull at her overskirt and touch to her
collar, and opened the door.
Immediately afterward was shocked
to hear her utter genuine feminine
scream, and see her drop to the floor !;
and that man, a perfect stranger to
me, gathered her up in his arms and be-
gan raving over her in a manner that
astonished me. He called her "his
darling" and "his own Katy" and
actually kissed her.
1 was surprised at myself afterward
that hadn't ordered that gentleman out,
but it never occurred to me at the time,
and when Katy "came to" and sat up
on the sofa and heard his speeches, she
seemed SO well pleased that 1 left them,
and took the children up to our room,
feeling bewildered all over.
What shall 1 say further? Only that
Katy lives IN pretty house in the town,
known as DR.. Craig's residence, where
we three factory girls have a home
whenever we want it. And there are no
liquors found ON the sideboard nor at
her table.
One day l heard Arthur say: You
were silly child, Kate, to run away
from me. L should have given up the
point at last, / know"
"But there would have been the
splendid cellar and the ten thousand a
year." answered she. at would have
been such temptation. We are safer
as it is, dear"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18
Tact.

An orators purpose is to persuade. He
must therefore create the magnetism Of
goodwill between himself and his audi
ence. Edmund Burke may properly be
called great thinker, or a great states
man, or great essayist, but he Is not a
great orator. For instead of conciliating
his hearers he invited their hostility.
"Mr. Speaker" he said Oil one occa-
sion, in the house of commons, 81 rise
under some embarrassment, occasioned
by feeling of delicacy toward one-half
of the house and of sovereign contempt
for the other half"
Prof. Phelps, of Andover, tells an an
ecdote of a humble Massachusetts,
chaplain, who showed himself much the
superior in oratorical tact Of the great
Englishman. He was once ordered dur
ing the war, to preach to wealthy con-
gregation of outspoken sympathizers
with the south in Norfolk, Virginia.
"My friends" said the chaplain, in
beginning his discourse, 81 am here by
no choice of mine. came to your city
as q chaplain, to look after the souls of
my neighbors who are here, as am, I'M
der military rule. stand in the place
of your honored pastor by command of
my military superior; but l am a
preacher of the same Christ whom you
reverence, and I ask you to hear me for
His sake"
OF course they heard the. man who
had the tact thus to disarm their preju-
dices; and they heard him willingly for
the next three months.
The oculist is a savage who gouges
ont an eye in order to examine it. The
more inflamed it is, the more gentle
must be his touch.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18
THE OLD BOYS.
DEDICATED TO ONE or THEM Br MRS. n. L. RArxE


The wise old boys tho wise old boysl
With steel gray hair and wrinkles;
With shaky pins and double chins
Aud natures full of crinkes.
They know II all, from grave To gay,
Experience was their teacher,
But when they groan DER decades gone,
We ridicule the Preacher
They have the rheumatic " 30 bad
To dance they are unable,
And so they frown amusements down,
And Join the social table.
When talking % their worldly sons,
They nearly drive them frantic,
Forgetting they, when young and gay,
We're in the main as antcl
The brave old boysl they've borne the cross,
And climbed the hill Of sorrow;
And still they lsugh and ike to chat,
Still CLEANS of fun they borrow;
Still turn the mental somersauits
The boys of sixty favor,
And tell OF joys "when we were boys"
To some more recent shaverl
Ali dear old boys We'll miss you when
Upon your life's horizon
Deaths shadows fali-his gloomy pail
Your home Of silence lies on;
And II in heaven We find you not,
With locks OF silver shining,
"Where are the boys? the dear old boysW
Wen ask with sad repining.
Our Continent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18

Gen is celebrated in England foI
,toneand in France for method OF cook
ing tripe; Marseilles, associated with
waistcoats and a revolutionary hymn, is
dear to Frenchmen as the abode OF
bouill.baisse Troyes is the source OF
the gatherings so much more liked
abroad than in England; Amiens has
not only cathedral aud railway
station but admirable duck pies Lyons
is famous for things fried or stewed
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18

with bits of parsley on them, and for
sausages Bordeaux wine is only little
better known in Paris than crayfsh cook
ed la Bordelaise Aries is renowned for
Roman remains, pretty girls and those
saucissons which are said to be made,
despite the popular disbelief in those
animals, OF dead donkeys. AL the Year
Round.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18
A PIOUS PUNSTER.

To church the two together went,
Both, doubtless, on devotion bent.
The parson preached with fluent ease,
On Pharisees and Sadducees
And "A they homeward slowly walked
The lovers OH. the sermon talked,
And he-he deeply loved the maid
In soft and tender accents said:
Darling, do you think that we
Are Pharisee and Sadducee 2"
She flashed on him her bright black eyes
Ia one swift look of vexed surprise,
And thus he fastened TO aver,
He was her constant wOrshiper:
!" But, darling, insist, said he,
"That you very fair-I-see
know you don't much for me,
And that makes me sad you-see."
On certain occasion train, which
Merewether had gone to meet, was
somewhat late A testy old gentleman,
stranger to Merewether, got out of all
patience at the delay, and exclaimed :
"What an internal station this is They
try to irritate one on purpose. Look at
those girls in the refreshment room !;
why do they dress them all in black ?"
"Don't you know ?" said Merewether,
in a most solemn tone of voice, and with
an awe-struck look on his face. "No,"
replied the stranger, in a subdued voice,
and looking quite alarmed. Why"
said Merewether, "they are in mourning
for the late train"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18

THE census returns give 155, 600, DOC
pounds as the amount of wool clipped
from $4,000, 900 sheep in the United
States in the spring of 1881. Ohio and
California head the list in the amount Of
production.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02
Grouping the Hair.

Atlength it appears, says an exchange,
that radical change in the fashion of
arranging woman's greatest glory, her
hair, is really to take place. We hear
'rumors of impending innovation from
headquarters = in other words, from
Paris. 1t is probable, though, that they
will here be simply voices in the air and
nothing more for some time still. First,
because new fashion never gets fairly
started with us until it is almost an old
one on the other side (this statement
may sound both unfair and unpleasant,
but it is literally exact, nevertheless),
and then become the close, prim, de-.
mure little couture pAnglaise which
Is now " )rn, and has been for the past
two years Oh more, is exceptionally
suited to the small, delicate head and
slim face of the average American
woman. It is not 80 well suited to the
piquant, irregular-featured "minors" of
the Parsieanes, however. Therefore
they have begun to adopt loosen, softer,
less severe style of couture.
The hair will, during the winter, it
seems, be worn lower on the neck in
coils, braids, or curls, and in the even
ing, when flowers are added, they will
be mounted in trailing sprays and gar
lands, to fell gracely ON the said coils,
braids, or curls. The latter (the cllrls)
are apparently destined again to most
especial favor. And there have been're-
Gently number of young ladies seen
abroad with their hair cropped short
like boys, and curled in fluffy rings
all over the head, after that same fashion
SO very much in vogue about ten years
ago.
There are faces to- which it is an un-
deniably becoming col6ure, this. But
as to its being generally becoming, or
even remotely so-that is not, assuredly.
A blonde, rather small and delicate and
vivacious, with eyes soft, silky hair, and
rather q child-like face, perhaps. looks
most charming with her sunny halo Of
clustering rings, quite o cherub, and
probably ten years younger than she is.
We knew a Polish lady some few
years ago, with q pretty, pale, spiritu-
ellie face, ash-blonde hair; dark brown
eyes, and mole on her left cheek, who
had adopted this coi6tre, with black
velvet and blue ribbon passed across the
front occasionally, and it suited her to
absolute perfection. But then there are
hosts OF women who, after they have
made the sacrifice of hair for o passing
of fashion, look anything but we'll with
cropped and curly heads-in fact, look
quite decidedly the opposite from we'll
And it is no small sacrifice for q woman
with u fine suit of hair to have it cut of,
either. The result should pay very we'll
to make the performance at all satisfac-
tory. It is one of those cases in which
the immortal Shakespeare's counsel to
look before we leap may be pondered
with good effect.