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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-23
A PRIESTS NOBLE WORK.
Jim Root Not the Only Hero of tn
Forest Fires.

Jim Root Not the Only Hero of the
Forest Fires.
The exploit of the brave engineer
who piloted his train through the tor.
RADIO of fame in the Minnesota forest
fires and rescued swarms of terror.
stricken refugees has made him ia.
ion, the self-sacrifie of a poor parish
priest in Hinckley has hardly been men
toned, although there was in it much
of the finest quality of heroism.
From the moment when the destruc-
ton of the town was menaced by the
rapidly advancing wave of fame he
ceased to think of himself, and devot.
ell himself and all his energies of mind
and body to the protection and rescue
of others.
He went from house to house, warn
ing the inmates of their peril, and beg
g1ng them to take refuge in sand-pits
where there was water. While panic
stricken men were Harvesting horses
md frantically seeking to escape into
the burning woods, he was calm and
collected, reasuring everyone whom he
met, yet pointing out the only chance
of safety.
He led one group after another to the
Sand-pits when they were beside them
selves from fear and excitement. When
one place Of refuge was over crowded,
lie found another, and begged the strag-
glcrs to follow him.
The woods were flaming on every
side, and the refugees standing in the
water felt in their faces the scorching
breath of the storm of fire. The good
l'riest had words of encouragement for
ell He held children in his arms, he
supported fainting women when they
were falling from fright and fatigue;
he put the stoutest-hearted man to
shame by his GOODNESS, cheerfulness
and energy.
With his hat he poured water on the
heads of women and children in that
fiery furnace. He took the coat from
his back and tore it in half. One frag-
rlent he dipped in water, and bandaged
the forehead of a woman with a child
clinging to her. The other half he
wound around the heads of two help
less children whose faces were scorch-
ed with the heat of the burning forest.
Bareheaded and in shirt-sleeves he
stood among the dying, and ministered
to them while he had strength to stand,
eyes to see, and voice to utter words
Of comfort and hope. His was the
spirit of self-sacrifice and of ministry
to- the needy, and whether shown in
Catholic or in Protestant it is worthy of
hioh communication
The flight of the train through the
burning forest was the more stirring
story in print, but what could have
been nobler or more heroic than this
devoted mans work among his flock!
There were deeds of valor and chiv-
airy before the walls of Zutphen in
Flanders, but one act of self sacrifice
alone is remembered. Sir Philip Sid
nGy, wounded, dying and burning with
thirst, put away from his own lips the
bottle of water which had been brought
to him in his agony, and gave 1t to a
common soldier covered with gore who
had glanced at him wistfully.
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He got softer and softer and tenderer
and tenderer, SO that by the time the
fall huskin' was over that little tot with
her big blue eyes could twist him round
her finger as easy as nOthin'.
Father used to joke Bill, and ask him
If he was trainin' for the ministry. If
they had of him let alone. and he could
have forgotten his dog -goned stubborn
ness, 1 think he would have gone to
Sunday school off an on with Elsie,
and that would have shut folks mouths
after his death.
Along bout Christmas 1 could see Bill
was gettin' uneasy like in his mind.
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WAsHINGTON's WAY.
How the Father of His Country Per-
-dod Mars1na11 70 pm Cor Cnrnroaa

How the Father of His Country Per-
suaded Marshall to Run for Congress.
Washington knew men, and he always
adopted the best course to influence
them. Harshness in this case would have
defeated his object, but no man could be
more severe when his anger was fully
aroused.
The late Gov. Wise of Virginia used to
tell an anecdote which illustrated his vio-
lence when obstinately opposed. After
Adams had been elected President, and
the outcry against the Alien and Sedition
laws ane the Excise became so loud as
to arouse Washington's apprehension that
the Rc1ptsiea7 might carry 4ha country
to the other extreme the work of 6lisfn-
tegration commenced, he sent a messen-
ger to Richmond with a note to John
Marshall, afterward chief justice, saying
he wished him to come to Mount Vernon
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bgGldiags there is likely to pass away In
terestdRg relics OF the early history of
our country which should be preserved
for the instruction and edificatlon of pos
terity. In this article pictures are given
of some few of these interesting places
where Washington and his generals lived
and which were the background for deeds
and counSeiS so important in our coun-
try's early life
1t was in April 1776, that Washington
first went to New York and took up his
headquarters there They were In q
house ON Pearl street, opposite Cedar,
There he remained until summoned to
visit Congress at Philadelphia toward the
end of May On his return, June 9, he
took up his abode at the Mortimer house,
later known as Richmond Hill, The
presence of Mrs Washington and the I'M
healthy condition of the city of New
York at that time induced the command
eT-in-cAief to change his headquarters
from the Pearl street house to this more
satubrioUs situation, Here Washington
remained until the evacuation in Septem>
Der, when he removed to the Roger Nor
rls house, Harlem Heights
1t was October %, 1776, that Washing
ton established himself at White Plains,
His headquarters here were at the Miller
village. This house. which is still stand
Ing and well preserved, gained its name
from its original owner, Elijah Miller, ad-
jutant of Col James brakes Westches-
ter Regiment of minute men, 1t is q
frame building covered with clapboards.
The roof at the southeast front projects
SO that a pretty pOrtico is formed. This
style of architecture was very popular in
many of the country cottages of that Pc
rod Washington remained here until
November IA, when he crossed into New
Jersey and established himself at Hack
enSack.
Another of the headquarters of Wash
ington about which cluster interesting as
sociations is at Neshaminy. By Sunday,
August 10, 1777, the army had moved
from Schuylkill Falls and Washington
had taken up his headquarters at Nesha-
miny camp, Bucks County, Pa, twenty
miles north of Philadelphia, The house
occupied by Washington was built of
stone, and is still standing on the old New
York road, near the bridge over the little
Neshaminy creek, about half a mile above
the present village Of Hartsville The
army remained at Neshaminy until Au-
gust %, when it moved down the old York
road and encamped for the night near
Nicetown. Washington made his head
quarters at Stenton, the old homestead of
the Logan family.
1t was during the autumn of 1777 that
Washington established headquarters at
White Marsh. These were at large
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Guiding a large collection Of Washing
tons letters, being iatored with It's
walls.
Another interesting headquarters of
Washington were in the house of Chan
cellor Wythe, at Williamsburg, Va,
where the General arrived September Ia,
1871.
This dwelling, which is still standing, is
a large two-story brick building, in APP
pearance a stately colonial mansion,
fronting upon a long narrow common,
called the Palace Green. During the
Revolution it was the home of George
Wythe, one of the signers of the Declare
ton of Independence, and for more than
twenty years sole chancellor of Virginia.
Since the days that Washington occu-
pied it the Wythe house has passed
through various hands. For many, years
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a WINTER NIGHT ON THE FARM.

La there aught in life we prize
Like the light of home that lies
Over us, when winter shakes
From the north his frosty fakes,
When the chill winds at the pane
Beat their icy wings in vain!
Is there any joy on earth
Like to that which indeth birth 8
By the freight, snug and warm,
OF the old home on the farm!
Undisturbed and far from town,
Dur ambitions narrow down
To a nest of small desires,
Bounded by the evenings fires;
All the passions of the year
Pass away in laughter here,
+ Where the saucy kettle sings
And the sturdy backlog filings
The defiance of it's glance
TO the winds, as they advance.
Here the magic popcorn snaps
Into little snowy caps
For the chubby hands that ache
In their rapture to partake;
Here the pippins, plump and sleek,
Piled up in the pantry speak,
Plain as any mortal may,
OF the summer passed away,
Bringing back to nights like these,
Bird-songs and the hum of bees.
Hickory-nuts and walnuts, too,
Break their hearts for me and you,
Yield their very souls to make
Pleasures for the children's sake;
And the elders kindly cup
Offers its keen spirit up
On the altar of good cheer,
On this wild night of the year
In this night when love and mirth
Hold their court around the hearth.
Out with all new-fangled toys!
Country girls and country boys,
Blessed with wholesome appetites,
Find their measure of delights
Where the pound-cake's pyramid
Rises like a mosque amid
Aromatic streets, that lie
Jelly fringed and paved with pie;
Never Bagdad's splendors bent
Over homes of more content.
Keep US ever thus, we cry,
Not too low, and not too high;
Teach us to appreciate
Just the store of our estate;
Hold in check the common greed
For all things beyond our need;
Measure unto every one
Fair desert of shower and sun.
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ington. The building was at once restor-
ed by a committee appointed by the Board
of Trustees, and the place formally dedi-
Gated July of that year. In 1865, by the
States authority, the care of the prop
erty passed to the city authorities, where
it remained until 1874, when the Legis-
lature appointed, by act of May IL, a
Board of Trustees to hold and main
tain II
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Careful of His Voice.-Neighbor John
ny! Don't you know that your mother has
been calling you for the last haf hour?
Johnny lat play: ''Yes'm, | hear her"
"Then why don't you answer her?' Pm
'fraid I'll strain my voice so l can't join in
the hymns next Sunday" il Smiths
Good News
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If really i'll he consults physician; if on
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Syrup of Figs.
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Sense Against Style.-Millionaire's 5 on;
Us rich people have an awful hard time. don't
we? Mother: What an idea Why YOU
think SO? Millionaire's Son; The Mllkman
travels around IN a wagon with a stove ia it,
but we has to freeze our noses in cold r.
riage.-Street & Smiths Good News.
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my big sister Everybody says he is a
beauty. JOHNNY; l bet she can't hold a
candle to my 81 ter fer looks. Why, my sis
ter sold twenty two tickets fer char ~ con-
cert.-Street q Smiths Good News.
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Reason for Closing Boy: Thanks
giving week our school was closed from
Monday to Saturday. Aunt: Why was thatY
Little Boy: | guess that was SO we'd have
something to be thankful for.-Street d
Smiths Good News.
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that Marshall remained the week out,
returned to Richmond, ran for Congress-
was elected, and took every post in Com
gress that the General wanted him to
take.
Yet Washington's biographers merely
tell US that Marshall was persuaded" by
him to enter Congress!
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Elder Preswick the day Sumter was
fired on. Deacon Stebbins-he sent q
substitute the grocery, but the
Elder laid his thin, old hand on Bills
big, brawny shoulder and said, just as
reverently as the parsOn ever did in his
big church on the hill, "Amenr' Bill
and the Elder put their names down on
the roll, side by side, and we followed,
forty-seven all told.
When we came back from the war
there was a pert young fellow from
Boston in Elder Preswick's pulpit He
was smart enough, as boys go. My
Martha liked him, but his high soundin'
religion someway seemed to jar with
the gentle gospel that Elder Preswick
taught us down there at the front.
Maybe we blamed the Lord cause we
couldn't bring him back with us, an
only eighteen of us struggled to the Cor
ners after Appomattox.
Anyhow, Bill took it harder than any
one else, and after his sisters husband.
Henry Foster, died in his arms before
Petersburg, he swore that there was no
God. No, don't set myself up to Judge
Bill for what he did during those days.
We laid Bills sister by the side of
Henry Foster, just one year to a day
after we got back, and Elsie went to
live with Bill 1t would have done your
heart good to have seen Bill plowin'
and whistlin' down in the back lot. with
Elsie a-seated up atween his big shout
ders
Every Sunday we called by for Elsie.
and she went to Sunday school with
our Patience, who was just her age
lackin' nine days Bill never went in
side the church, yet he stopped swearin'
and used to slick up on Sunday after
Elsie came.
Martha will tell you to this day that
she knew it would come out all right in
the end. Martha is a shrewd woman.
but she didn't know Bill as l did. There
isn't much in man that you don't find
out after four years of marchin' and
fightin', shoulder to shoulder, and Bill
was stubborn. 1t was Bills pig-head-
ness that saved what was left of us in
the Wilderness.
BILL said Cap'n Jim White, "if you
drag that field piece to the top of that
ere knoll you're dead man"
Dead be banked" answered Bill
And up he went
After the second mule was down the
Cap'n said: Corp. Coombs, com
mand you to return to your company,
~ all stood there like sheep. those
tllaSs wers Z. u ID besnI,llsuau
ail-day's fight aKd the raFS were 0Esiy
waiting for the word Asssweep up cur
broken divisions like a drop of water.
The field-piece might give US another
chance.
''Jim White" said Bill, his eyes kind
er shinin' out bright from his powder
blackened face. Il refuse to obeyp'
That was all he said. Nothin much
to tell, but it saved us. Jim White an
all. Bill was just so stubborn that after
the battle he pulled the chevrons off his
arm.
So it nettles me to hear Martha say,
.Didn't tell your"
1t was summer when Elsie came to
10, which was the savin' of Bill.
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Good as a Coat of Arms.-Little Ethel:
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A Masculine View.-Little Dot: What
does ''height of the ridiculous mean? Lit
tie Dick: The 'height of the ridiculous" ID
mamma cleaning house again. when she
cleaned it from top to bottom only a YeaE
ago,-Street d Smiths Good News,
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A Mean Man.-Winkers: Talking about
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it was the home of John Page, Governor
Of Virginia. and afterward of his widow.
Some years later 1t became the residence
of DR.. John Milington, who was the wor-
thy friend and associate of such men as
Sir Humphrey Davy, Faraday, Her
sehcl, Brewster and Lord Brougham.
The old house was also for some time the
home of the Harrison family. Among
the associations Of the past connected
with this mansion IL legend to the effect
that a titled dame. Lady Sklpwith. APP
pears periodically to the tenants OF to.
day. She Is always dressed In rustlinE
silk brocade. and her feet encased In high
heeled slippers.
After leaving Williamsburg the Cen
eral entered into the siege of Yorktown,
during which period he occupied tent.
After the surrender he took up his head
quarters at his own home at Mount Yer
non, November II, remaining there until
the Goth, when he started for Philadel-
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Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-26
A Sudden Change.

THE giving way of summer to win I ter is often very quickly done, and unfortunately the giving way of the haman beings by this change is often as sudden and sad. But when you stop to think. why shoald it not be so7 The pores of the skin are open. the muscles are r,laxed, the thermometer falls. the winds blow, the lorss are closed and the body becomes chilled, and then you are sick. Now do you ever stop 10 think that all this work is thrown back upon-what? The kidneys, nothing else. When the skin does not throw off the waste of the body by precipitation, the kidneys must do it, and too often they cannot stand the sudden strain.
 You know. if you are well read and in touch with the times, that there is but one cure for any kidney difficulty, but ore means of preserving the kid neys in health, and that is Warmers Safe Cure. So wonderful have been its results, so much has it accom- plished, that physicians, scientists and the best informed people, both men and women, throughout the world have admitted it. If you are suffering
 
 from any form of chill, pans in the muscles, lack of appetite. headache, or the many ills which come at thls special season, you should not delay moment. and you are foolish if you continue to suffer when you can so readily obtain relief.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-26
Faith First.
Selma Times.

Selma Times
 The Advertiser is 'as slick as an eel' in misquoting, when it tries. It says the Times favors letting "all white men into the democratic primaries" We were in- viting democrats, men whose political fleet had we'll nigh slipped" back into the democratic fold. And as an earnest of sincerity, we made the remark, If you will support the nominees, in good faith that is a good profession of faith, and you ought to be received into full fellowship-and we believe you will be" We say so still notwithstanding the Ad- vertiser's objection and demand, "Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works" Faith Is the handspring of action, both in religious life and in secular affairs for works without faith Is dead" The Advertiser Is a regular old Pharisee, hav- ing no use for any man who fails to keep, literally, the whole law, The prodigai son never would have taken a step to- ward the home of his youth had he not had faith" in the love and forgiveness of his father, whom he felt he had wound ed and offended If you won't accept the word of honorable men, we are sorry for you and your business future. AS a mat ter of practical politics invite all demo- crats back into the fold and give them a hearty welcome. If the press is not permitted to invite wayward democrats back to the fold what's the use In having recruit the democratic ranks? No, MT. Advertiser, the true "gospeP' plan Is faith" first if you wish faithful adher- ents-then works is the proof of con- version" no matter what the Sanhedrim of the party has taught in the past.