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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

land the colony safe in Oklahoma. If
he did this he was to receive a certain
stated sum and if he failed he was to get
nothing. Judge Locke of Wichita was
to be paymaster.
The little band left Arkansas CITY.
Kan, in April, 1880, and, guided by
Harry Hill and H 81. Stafford, slowly
entered the forbidden country. After
many adventures with soldiers and
Indian scouts they landed near the
present site Of Oklahoma City and be-
gan TO build q town In a lack oak for
est, calling the place Ewing City, after
General Tom Ewing. 1t rained inoes-
sanity, and, Payne being taken sick,
was pilOted by Hill to the old cabins
which he had himself used the year be
fore. Here the ratiOns gave out and
the raiders were in distress.
Captain Huffbar had a heavy insur-
ance on his life, and made up a scheme
to throw out the impression that he
was dead. For this reason he stranded
his wagon in the quicksands of the
South Canadian River, and leaving his
shoes and some other distinguishing
marks he fed to Texas, while the man
with him came on back to Wichita and
reported him dead. This man gave
such a sensational account of the af-
fair that many of the people began to
look on Hill as his murderer. Not be-
ieving that the man was dead, and not
liking to live under a cloud Of suspi-
ciOn, Hill took Marshal James Cairns
into his confidence, and together they
hung Huffbar's friend up by the
thumbs in a lonely spot on the Arkan
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

engagements with the Indian owners
whereby this country can be thrown
open to settlement.
The adventurous raids made into
Oklahoma will always be interesting
history, and a correct and accurate &C
count Of these fOrcible raids at this
time will prove of interest, as they
were all made across the Cherokee
Strip, the present land in dispute.
T. K. Albright, of Caldwell, Kan,
writing to the Chicago Times, gives an
interesting history Of the various raids.
Back in the '70s, he says, when good
Government land was still to be found
jim large lots, Oklahoma began to at
tract attention and be coveted by those
who had visited it, because Of its great
richness and splendid location.
1t was in 1879 David L, Payne, an old
soldier and scout, better known under
the title of the "CimarrOn Scout" be-
gan to make speeches on the Oklahoma
question at Wichita, Kan. Payne had
been dOOrkeeper at the. National House
of Representative and had there learn
ed that the Indians had no clear title
to the land known as Oklahoma, and
returning to the West infamed with the
spirit Of the adYentUrer had begun his
ifework.
@. O.. Carpenter started to boom the
opening of Oklahoma several years be
fore Captain Payne formed his Wichita
colony. He had headquarters at COT
feyvilIe, Kan, and from there issued
circulars, setting day in 1879 for
grand raid, and telling of the beauty of
location and fertility Of soil in the
Oklahoma country.
These circulars created great excite
ment in parts Of Kansas, Texas, Mis-
souri,, and Texas.
Among those who received and read
one of these Carpenter circulars was
Harry Hill, then a young man stopping
at Fort Worth, Tex. Hill is Ken
tuckian by birth and a natural-born
trader and adventurer. After reading
this circular issued by Carpenter he
conceived the idea of joining him with
a Texas colony, and gathering a crowd
of fifteen together, he telegraphed his
wife at st. Louis that if she wished to
see him again soon, to come to Fort
Worth at once.
As soon as steam could bring her
Mrs. Hill joined her husband and in
sisted on accompanying him on his
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

well, I'll be hanged!" he gasped as
he sat on the window-silI in the Post
Office yesterday, with an open letter in
his hand
whats the matter?" queried the
friend with him
why, I advertised for a lady CORE
spOndent, not over twenty-five. lively,
brunette preferred. Hero Is my first
answer"
"Any name signed ?"
Eyes. 'Maude, but I know the writ
ing. It's my own wife's hand and she
is a blonde, very dull, and over forty
years old! Just think of her cheek in
answering such an adj No wonder our
sex has lost its confidence in Women!'
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

In an account of a banquet which
was given in neighboring city few
evenings since. the statement is made
that "the table fairly groaned under the
weight of the good things heaped upon
it." IF Edison is the man we take him
for, he viii come to the relief of those
who give generous entertainments.
From time immemoriaI dinner-tables
groaned. But how sadly out Of place
is a groan at a feast! Fortune and
fame await the man who invents a table
warranted not to groan.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

JEFFRE JOHNSON, who was at one
time a slave under the laws of. New
York, is still living in Kings County,
that State. A bill of sale, still pre-
served, shows that he was disposed of
for e5Oin 1909, and he was then, about
9 year old" Two of his sons did good
service in the civil war, and it is to the
further credit of the old man that he
never posed as the body servant of
Washington.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

They are telling of a gentIemanly
trustee of Vassar College who went
there to visit the institution and was
prevailed upon to remain over night in
one Of the guests rooms. When he
went to bed he left his shoes outside
his door as if he were in a hotel. Some
Of the girls, who were up at an early
hour, saw the boots and thought it
would be a good idea to do the boot
black act themselves. They did, and
when they returned the shoes they
stuck in each a handsome bouquet of
flowers. The sensations of the trustee
on discovering his shoes can be better
imagined than described.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

The largest tombstone in the world
monuments erected to distinguished
persons excepted) is probably that of
the late H. Scarlet, of Upson County,
Georgia. Scarlett was very wealthy and
noted for his misanthropic tendencies.
Heled the life of hermit. Why no one
knew, but it was limited that he was a
victim of disappointed love. Several
years before his death, which occurred
in the spring of 1888, he selected
monster bowIder, miniature mountain
Of granite, 100 by $50 feet in dimen-
sions, for a tombstone and had it APP
propriately Iettered by marbIecutter.
A cave fitted up as a roomy tomb was
excavated under the huge bowIder,
Scarlet himself uperintending the
work. After his death, neighbors, reIa-
tives and friends carried the remains
and deposited them under the rock ac-
cording to his ante-mortem directions.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

was shot by J. G. Adams, and died
from the effects Of the wound on the
23d Of last April. Capt. Couch was
born in Wilkes County, n. c., Nov. 2,
1850, and was consequently less than
40 years old. He was a brave, honor
able man, greatly respected by all who
came in contact with him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27
The Nerve would Be Attended To.

Enter clerk with his face all swollen
up with an angry tooth.
"Ah, says a sympathetic friend,
''you should go to the dentist imme-
diately and have that tooth pulled out. "
"I know I ought" said the sufferer,
"but the fact is, I haven't got the
nerve.
ooh, don't bother about that. The
dentist VIII find the nerve. Louis
mile POSt
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

WHEN Gen. Grant came to visit Ber-
lin, Prince Bismarck called upon him
in the most friendly and informal style
The Wallets of Prince Bismarck were
mJsgh amazed the next day when a
plain, sturdy gentleman, sheltered be-
meath an umbrella from the pouring
rain, without equipage and without at
tendants, came to call upon their mas
ter, and they learned that this informal
visitor was no other than our famous
ex-President.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

Tangle-I want a set of false teeth,
DR.. Stumps.
DIR. Stumps Cthe Well, sir,
this Is the place to get them. Pm max
ing the best teeth in the city.
Tangle-Wiu you guarantee that
they viii look natural?
DR.. Stumps Certainly I viii. My
false teeth are so natural that they
fairly ache.-LjghL
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

THE McAu Protestant Mission in
Paris, started eighteen years ago with
one station, has now 129, and has not
only spread over France but into Al
geria and Corsica, with an attendance
of 1,121, 446, besides one hundred mis-
sion schools with 1000 scholars.
with scarcely an exception these are
the children of nominalIy Roman Cath
Ole or infdel parents" Over 10000
meetings are held per annum.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

tools.
This is called the Strengthening
stone, as here it is supposed the VIC
tins were offered to the gods.
Beyond these are two great circles
of upright stones from eighteen to
twenty feet high, some weighing thirty
tons each. The outer circle is 800
feet in circumference.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27
The Question Is Unanswered.

You are an authority on feats of
strength, I believe, remarked q
stranger to the sporting editor.
The latter bowed and replied:
What can I do for you ?"
Il wish You would tell me which is
the stronger, the female shoplifter OF
the woman who holds up train z"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

The st. Louis father is a thrifty
soul. One of them is suing a young
lady to recover the presents which his
son gave her while they we're engaged,
the engagement having been broken
off. The girls father should retaliate
with a suit for the cost of oil, gas and
fnel
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

ELIJAH WArsoN, of Nashville, Me.
has doubtless held the Office of post
master longer than any other incum-
bent in the United States, having been
appointed in 1912 on the establishment
of that Office. He is still vigorous, and
meets all trains with and for his mail
as regularly as he has for so many
Years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

A CONTEMPORARY, who has been look
ing into the matter, reports that fewer
daily papers are published in Boston
now than in 1916.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

INCE the opening of
Oklahoma the atten-
tOn of the home
seeking public has
been directed toward
that noble body of
land, the Cherokee
strip. Efforts have
been and are still
being made to arrive
at satisfactory ar
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27
INTO OKLAHOMA.
SKETCHES OF THE MEN WHO LED
THE BOOM RAIDS.

Capt. d. L. Payne, Oklahoma Harry hin,
and W. L. COuch-Their Characters and
Their Adventures-A Curious and tx
citing Chapter OF Recent Western Amer
ican History.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

II is understood that among the
10000 Hebrews in New York there is
not one single saloonkeeper.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27
sTOEEHEEGE.
b 0. s. MATTEsoN.

HIS strange relic of 8
forgotten people is sit
uated nine miles from
Salisbury, England, In
a great plain which ex-
tends as far as the eve
can reach. The drive
way was once a broad
avenue, One-third of a
mile long, with "a bank
on either side, and q
ditch, out of which the
earth was thrown, now
all overgrown with sod.
At the end Is a mono
18th rising sixteen feet
high, and beyond is a
bearing the marks of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

CAPT. BAssETT, the veteran doorkeep-
er of the United States Senate, who has
been about the Chamber since the thir-
ties or forties. when he was appointed
a page through the influence of Daniel
Webster, is the only person who knows
the history Of the Vice Presidents
gravel The gaveI is a piece of white
ivory and has no handle. One would
think that a body composed Of million
aires could afford to drop enough into
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

In aletter to the Independence Beige
Stanley describes the dwarf tribe of
the forest. He says they are the oldest
aristocracy in the world, with institu-
tions dating back fifty centuries. They
are ruled by a queen, a beautiful,
charming little woman, who was ex-
ceptionally kind to Stanley and his
comrades. The dwarfs are of olive com
plexion, remarkably intelligent, inge-
NOUS artificers in iron and ivory, and
probably the only homogeneous race in
Africa.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

OBSTINATE nose bleeding IS frequent
ly one of the most difficult things to
check. Several aggravated cases have
lately occurred at the hospital Of the
University Of Pennsylvania. AS a last
resort DR.. D. Hayes Agnew tried ham
fat with great result. Two large cyl
inders of bacon were forced we'll into
the nostril and the hemorrhage ceased
at once.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

AN old duck hunter of Savannah
says that a flight of ducks coming south
on one day, if followed by other flights
in the same direction days or weeks
afterward, viii not vary to exceed
twenty-five feet from the path Of the
ducks which have preceded them, and
they will aIight in almost the exact
spot where preceding flights have
settled.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

A CHINESE mandarin has power to
order a subjects head Topped off at a
moments notice, but within three
months he must forward to the emperor
an affidavit from two citizens that such
execution was in the interest of religion
and good government. He has no
trouble in procuring these affdavits, as
the man who refused to make one would
also lose his head.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

a hat to pay for putting a handle in
their gaveI
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

An act of kindness, a word of sympa-
thy, may render the whole line Of life
different from what it would otherwise
have been. There are crises in many a
life when the course it shall take for
veal or for woe depends on a slight in
fuence-aImost single word. How
careful then should we be that our in
fuence may at all times be in the right
direction!
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-27

ALL men are bores, except when we
want them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-16
American "scheutn-r." Saying Farewell

Tho New York Central SchuetHen Corps.
which Will start Tor tho great international shooting
festival in Berlin on June s. held farewell meeting
and ban lueI at It's rooms aii IVES, I"r!y'se'enth
street lat evening Capt George lieh"Tg presided
and r.sporIr! . tNr toast 20 q tor,S' Ia cart
q = Gcupericl answered tho tpa-i 10 Tho Iuropean
Trim" Er. apts Uus licnry hr"ser and j. DuS also
smoke Apout Us, members anIN!Nss o: members wers
present.
THO plans ~ the coris FOR I've trip to Eer.n weEc
talked over at lsug;h ut tho meeting before the ban
apet Thrtynve members of the corps with Their fam
lilies will san on he FG,dn a. oriocA .ho morning ~
lime '"!r drHrfUre VII lie G." chTNlcd with - ~
a,.day German Ilrn,c IN iIubohen amt iney Will be a.
comItur 10 s,n.y ll'ok by some ~ o; tneT CON
raIo, am lutnls IN Ens -fehmloat - Join On Luy
tney 'W,.IHo,I iac REPRESENTATIVES. OF the New YORK
pnh iIe Yurh city ~uhucVeu tOTnA IN Hanover and
viii, prlt ecd G.Tr,t.y 20 lefiim
TLsy ~ viii enter the inter- den Linden through tho
HIaudrnhuTgCr IHuF. march Gown 10 tho Iaaur with
Amer GcTuuit, AND .p'lctS ,uofs lying and VIA
thern EsIru 10 little speech Of HccOmc from I'm
perur liam AferwaTl they WEI march To IUs, ny
Hall hrar an address, from Mayor NuG fDrchenberl
and leave their .ngk On the evening 81 JUS TIE IN
drprnlent fcUUcilen rurls wt give futTOiC hAu.urt
evening OF Ju.v ~ rt'oF Thrrr corps w.I hAys A
moustrr OpnE air reception m Kr0l'- Garden near The
ThleTgArten Berlin tsn RAJ PAr- IHe BhOUl.us fChU,
ynl viii last from Iu,y u TO ~,
The New YORK. central Schueuen Corps. wei an
the other three city Currs will contribute 'hulr share
toward the SrlO worth OF prizes 10 De distributed as
the eud OF the festival
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-16
an ATHEISTS MONUMENT.
SncriIeEiouH Inscriptions on n shat Made
In Bridgeport for Wisconsin Man.

In bridgeport for wisconsin Man.
BRIDGEPORT, May 15.-The Monumental
Bronze Company OF East Bridgeport, which
manufacture monuments and statues OF a
white metal, got o strange order from Louis
Knapp q former liquor dealer OF Kenosha.
Wis. and an atheist Of the most pronounced
type. The peculiar nature OF the inscriptions
which were to be placed on the sides OF the
shaft at FIRST caused the concern to demur, but
as tho cash accompanied the order 1t was de-
cided to 60 ahead. and now the monument is
nearly ready for shipment Knapp insisted
that the inscriptions he sent must be repro
duced carefully and entire. He proposes to
nut up the monument In the town cemetery,
who're large, marble monuments erected to
istlc sentiment The monument here Is ten
feet high. and on the front are the words:
Erected BY L. KNAPP. an n9wayerins adherent to
ST al ancient KID modern 6umbGE rslEions truly
5 nps Win me any On. rs
VIII will H. cheat steal rob, aud murder aud do ali
ast "osry and win settle the Bill III 'io u
On a lower plinth is this attempt at poetry:
Such Doctrines each r sqnasS ~ st 81 taught"
By, my sgo ts.son t.IsS's n .@s y ;IssehnN.
For 1t continually forces me TO feel
iHA' Ss b ill., you 0"'' W." N'' W ''''' inc 1'~n'
We sanity priest.rods, jeering simple amos
lightly this holy 6oddy
For fear Knapp might have been your daddy.
A quotation from Robert Burns is on an
other, plinth headed synopsis OF the Christian
Religion:"
o Thou who In the heavens do dwel-who as IT
hell and ali for broken laws thousands Of years before
their creation, through Eves ana Adams curse R. b.
On another tablet Is the following:
Human vampires sordii, ihicviuE, lying. swindling
S apS SUn my or labor and
seemed misnatsd and ! made TO feel like restless,
mo have a
10 do by Government protection laws also by the
nn @ 5 hope T f saSh an;
loathe aud hate ignore And expose 70 honorable souls
endless eiernity-ido Louis ksIrr.
Knapp IA not at all selfish in concentrating
the dead. for he devotes one whole plihth to
thizers, William Bruse. His tribute 10 Bruse Is
in these words:
pursr or noblsr soul never lived on earth Tho
Of anseash noble kindly Shnri,ablo deeds poor IN
s smd Tie r scs
S ;gop SSn@; ~ s0S SS 9s damned
merry tongues and forked tals stirrng infants up In
thodox church and literally paid his tthes thereto
Since the monument has been in tho works
some strange stories are told about It. One OF
the men who put on the Inscriptions declared
shop hands had gone to their supper flames OF
fire danced about the TOP OF the shalt AMI cast
luEid glare all over I the room; rieiHsed to
perience to his Companions. They jeered him
until he was persuaded lie return to his bench
sn hight bs U aS
ing his tools with him. and leaving word that
when the "hoodoo' monument was shipped
away he would come back II wanted. but until
then nothing could induce him 10 gaze on the
sacriegous shaft.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-16
The American Shooting Associations Tour
nnment.

ST. LOUIS, May 1.-THE rain did not inter-
ferc with the second days shoot IN the American shoa,
ing Associations tournament held here to-day. Tho
resultn follow:
Match One-Fifteen targets. open 10 all; entrance So;
twenty-five entries First money won by Cairncross
Mead and Spencer second by Babcock. third by BudI
See. and IIAmIne fourth by fRYeue.
Match Two singles and pairs: open to Glasses
and {. entrance 81 % entries. First money won by
third by Babcock and Lee, fourth by amlno and Pen.
derRAst
Match Threo-Fifteen targets open 10 ALI entrance
twenty hve entrieA First money by Rubls stew.
and Dazzle second by Spencer and See. third by
Fayeite S;rawn and Mead fourth by North and John.
Match Fourteen targets open to class c. entrance 81
y entries Frat money won by Wooster, second by
Match five-Ten singles aud pairs, open to ali; en-.
tran, e. g 19 First money won by Nan and I'a1cock
,s fourth by Tucker and a. Lee .s..... ana. . -.
entfaacs il entries 0H rs @oS H won
by Mead second by Rube and pAIZe, third by BabcOcG
ss saransss .nroS s. Is sn;es Frs, MONEY
won by Dazzle second, by fayette Spencer, and Dirk
Third by stefan aud spencer fourth by strAwn, bald
Match EiEht-CiAss c; Is tarEep: Glasses 4 and n
money BNnE second won by Taylor third. by
Wooster Bauer aud iiiOard' fourth, by Weber, Brown,
Mach hine- Fifteen targets; open to all entrance -;
IL entries First By Tucker Budd fAycte and stewart:
second by Spencer and North third by Carncross and
Match E.v.n-Nne pairS targets; one to all, entrance
spencer second Dv stewart Mead and kubo, third BY
llAmbline aud Babcock
c; entrance 81 q entries; rst money won by spcn
Ger. second by Spencer third by Hamline and I'aS'
Match Thirteen ~ targets; open Glass entrance
~ Weber Boswn, and roudsrgasL third Dy Blank
aud ring
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-16
pr. WOODS requests.

Tho will Of Ur. William q. Wood. the Har.
len. rhvs tar has hoeu r,el with Probate Clerk Der.
narl J. lluurY II bears date Of March 20. 1874
and, besides making provision for Dr. Woods family
contains ,.-.a requests
To the llnr.tm Library, tho income OF 300
To tie CHus'story OF tho Reformed Dutch Church OF
Harlem tho income OF 80 co.. for tho support OF some
guul who shall visit and talk 10 those Who never
- to ri rch and Others VINO need and Gssre IT,"
II nc Laiins' Ala society Of me reformed Dutch
{ UrrH the income Of 4hyp. 10 relieve tho needy Of
the congregation and IN the AnUiversarY Of mr. Wood
rth. f'N ~, To distribute 40 EEyc louycs OF nice
fesh brrai' among those who need and desire them
The executor arc instructed to MAINTAIN a school in
ITO uiLnt -at Ihiri Avenue, and to provide IN
srrcinr Of cOHnnu saIsr and ability" to dive instruo
ton 10 mo- exceeding seventy i've yuunI
the ages nf u ana 2pyeAr Tho resdae OF the estate
IL TO he devoted 10 tbs puruoss.