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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-07
IN HUNGARIAN STYLE.
He Rose and Bowed When They En-
tered the Church.

He Rose and Bowed When They En-
tered the Church.
Other times, other manners, re-
marked the man in the big leather
armchair to the Detroit Free Press
man, Ought to be amended to read,
Other countries, other manners Not
long ago | went back to the small
country town of my boyhood to make
short visit, and while there the
whole town was set agog by the ap-
pearance of highly interesting for
eigner-a Hungarian of noble birth.
No, he wasn't barber in disguise; he
was genuine titled Hungarian. One
of the clever, pretty girls of Small
town had gone abroad to study music,
and had there met and made serious
impression on this Hungarian gentle
man. who had crossed the water to
make her visit He held a military
position in his own country, and the
tails of his military coat-lined with a
brilliant red-nearly Frustrated the
entire community. One Sunday morn
ing he accompanied the young lady
to church, and, of course, Smalltown
was out in full force to get a good
look at him. Certainly his church de-
pertinent differed widely from any
thing ever witnessed in this country.
He was seated in the pew with the
young woman when her father came
down the aisle AS the father entered
the pew, the tall Hungarian arose,
placed his hand across his breast and
bent double in a ceremonious bow;
then seated himself, the red coat-tails
bein.; much in evidence during the sa-
lutte. When the girls mother entered a
few minutes later the same formal re-
ception bow was made to her. AS a
rule. Americans do not rise and make
sweeping bows in church; but, as is
evident, such is the Hungarian fash
ion. and Smalltown was naturally
much interested and agitated over this
unusual display of foreign manners"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-07
OF it please this court


But he never finished his sentence.
The taller of the three men who had
ridden up out side with the led mare
pushed forward before him and bowed
to the judge:
my name is. James Cozby, if it
please the COURT he said. Il am dep
utized by the people of the Watauga
settlement to represent this defendant
by challenging the jurisdiction of the
court to try him. When the court
wants him again, let it send to Wa
tauga for HIM"
In the breathless silence which fol-
lowed this astonishing utterance, an
other backwoodsman almost as stall
wart as Cozby, grasped Colonel Sc
vier's arm, and with the third of their
party in front of them, they forced
their way toward the door, pushing
the crowd to the right and left with an
energy which sent more than one man
to the floor. AS they reached the door
Major Cozby released Sewers arm,
drew pistol from. under his hunting
shirt, and shouted, "Sevlerl Sewer!
A rescued a rescued" thrust aside the
undersheriffs around the door, and
made way for his party through the
crowd. Fifty yards away across the
square stood young Sewer, holding the
horses. While Judge Spencer was still
speechless with surprise and indigna-
ton, the fugitives were mounting, and
before the sheriff had made his way to
the door of the court room they were
Gathering down the Watauga road.
followed by one after another of the
wild, high-pitched cheers, learned
from the Cherokees and famous IN
after times as "the rebel yell.
Through the whirlwind of summer
dust which rose around the reckless
riders, it could be seen that the lied
mare" on whose back Sewer had
been forced by his companions. was
already in the lead by dozen lengths,
and that she was gaining length n
every twenty she covered. More than
ona of the cheering tackles" recog-
nized her as Sewers thoroughbred
Bonnie Kate" who, when first i'm
ported, had come near bankrupting the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-07
VANITY FAIR.

Pclota may be the next substitute
for lawn tennis in England. 1t is of
Spanish or Basque origin and has long
been popular in Spain, South America
and (under an Italian name) in parts
of Italy. What billiards are to baga-
telle and polo to hockey pelota is to
tennis real tennis-not the lawn"
variety. 1t is played with heavy
ball Of leather and India rubber which
is struck by the players arm. The arm
is incased in a solid gauntlet or cestus
made of basket work, which gives ter
rife force to every blow. The game is
not for weaklings
An Indiana woman played a joke
inducing a. lilac bush to blossom twice
in one season. Having heard that
picking off the leaves Immediately af-
ter the bush and bloomed in the spring
would cause it to again blossom in
the fall, this woman tried the expert
ment. Regardless of the amusement
of her skeptical friends, she stripped
her lilac bush of its leaves and sue
ceeded in making the poor shrub be-
lieve spring had once more arrived.
Accordingly it again. leaved forth and
by the first of September produced
beautiful white flowers, as perfect and
fragrant as those which it bore ear
lier in the season.
Emperor Williams long-talked-of
visit to the holy land has at last been
definitely settled and it is to take
place during the coming year. The
exact date, however, will depend upon
how long they take to complete the
new German church at Jerusalem, as
his majesty is anxious to be present
at the opening. This church, which
is being erected on a site granted by
the sultan, will be the largest protes-
tant church in Jerusalem. The kaiser
will be accompanied by the kaiserin,
and it is not improbable that the
crown prince and Prince Eitel-Fritz
will also be of the royal party on
board the Hohenzollern. The German
residents in Palestine are naturally
looking forward to the royal visit.
Their majesties have no intention OF
combining their sojourn in Palestine to
Jerusalem alone. hut have expressed
the wish to see Bethlehem. the. Dead
sea and other places Of interest.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-07
lrJRGANTOWN RESCUE
5TiRRINC EVENT IN HISTORY
OF NORTH CAROLINA.
How Colonel SEWER Was Saved-Who
Was the Lank and Outspokeu Youth
Who Answered. to the Name OF AN
drew Jackson?" v

The crowd in Morgantown at the
opening of the Sewer trial was the
largest which had ever assembled in
North Carolina, or, for that matter,
in the entire country south of the Po-
tomac. The roads were unusually
good in the summer of 1898. and for
100 miles around people had ridden
over the hills to hear what the hero
of Kings mountain" who gloried in
having been a rebel and traitor
against England, would say when put
on trial for his life on the charge Of
rebellion and treason against North
Carolina. The high court did not open
until 10 o'clock, and long before that
hour both the court house and the
square around it were crowded with
men in every variety Of costume from
the uniform of a general of North Car
DINA militia to the buckskin shirt OF
the Watauga backwoodsman The
four "groggeries," which were ample
for the needs of the town on ordinary
fCOurl udyS, were SWdulpeu Will Cuo-
toners, and nothing but the liberal
supply of such pocket pistols" as our
colonial ancestors carried with them
on such occasions prevented deplor-
able epidemic of thirst. AS it was,
the crowd kept in a good humor.
There had been only one fight during
the morning, and it was all too brief.
In the crowd which hurrahed for this
fight, and for every other which took
place during the day, there was "a tall,
lank uncouth looking young man, with
long locks of hair hanging over his
face and his back hair done up in an
eelskin cue" According to Albert
Gallatin, his name was Andrew jack
son and he had stopped to hear the
trial. intending to proceed afterward
to Robertson's colony on the Tonnes
see side of the mountains. Gallatin
says "his dress was singular and his
manners those of rough backwoods-
man." This is undoubtedly true, but
it has never been definitely proven that
he was the same Andrew Jackson VINO
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-07
habitues of every race track in West
arr North naroIina

habitues of every race track In West
ern North Carolina.
It was fully three minutes before the
sheriff and his party of a dozen depu-
ties had made their way to the "hitch-
ing racks" which fianked the sides OF
the square. On reaching them, it was
only to find that every bride was tied
to the rack poles in double and twisted
hard knots. Swearing and perspirins
with their efforts, three Of the sheriff's
party did manage to mount and give
chase before the fugitives were out OF
sight, and the others struggled after
them as soon as they could cut and
piece out their bride reins. But the
chase was so hopeless that its failure as
spectacle exasperated the crowd in
to yells of derision. The tall young
the top of a gate which commanded a
view of the road until it disappeared
around the hill mile from the court
house. They are half a mile ahead
already, and it is no race at ALL" he
said. mo race at all, gentlemen; no
race at all! They will win in can
ter. If they ever come back over the
mountains to this court house it will
be with thousand men behind them.
And, by the eternal, if it is necessary
to defend republican principles against
the british ariStOprapV Of North Gar
DINA, | will be one of the thousand"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-07

as at the third command he puilsd
slowly off his coat, there went sob
through the school. They saw then
why he did not want to remove his
coat, and they saw the shoulder blades
had almost cut through the skin, and
stout, healthy boy rose up and went
to the teacher of the school and said:
"Oh, sir, please don't hurt this poor
fellow; whip me; hee, he's moth
ing but poor chap; don't hurt him.
he's poor; whip me-" We'll" said
the teacher, ITS going to be severe
whipping; I am willing to take you as
a substitute" well" said the boy,
II don't care; you whip me, il you will
let this poor fellow 60" The stout,
healthy boy took the scourging with
out an cutlery. "Bravo!" says every
man-"Bravo!" How many of us are
willing to take the scourging, and the
suffering, and the toll, and the anxiety
for the people! Beautiful things
to admire, but how little we have Of
that spirit! God give us that self
denying spirit, so that whether we
are in humble spheres or in conspicu-
Gus spheres we may perform our whole
duty-for this struggle will soon be
over.
One of the most affecting reminis-
cences Of my mother is my remem-
brance of her as a Christian house
keeper She worked very hard, aud
when we would come in from summer
play, and sit down at the table at noon.
| remember how she used to come in
with beads Of perspiration along the
line of gray hair, and how sometimes
she would sit down at the table and
put her head against her wrinkled
hand and say. We'll, the fact is, Tn
too tired to eat" Long after she might
have delegated this duty to others,
she would not be satisfied unless she
attended to the matter herself. In fact
we all preferred to have her do SO.
for somehow things tasted better when
she prepared them. Some time ago.
in an express train, 1 shot past that old
| homestead. | looked out OF the viii
dow, and tried to peer through the
darkness While l was doing so, one
of my old schoolmates, whom / had
not seen for many years, tapped me
on the shoulder, and said, de Witt.
see you are looking out at the scenes
of your boyhood." "Oh, yes" l re-
piled, Il was looking out at the old
place where my mother lived and died"
That night, in the cars, the whole
scene came back to me- There was
the country home. There was the noon
day table. There were the children on
either side of the table most Of them
gone never to come back At one end
of the table, my father, with smile
that never left his countenance even
when he lay in his coffin. 1t was an
eighty-four years smile-not the smile
of hamilton, but Of Christian courage
and of Christian hope. At the other
end of the table was a beautiful, be-
nignant, hard working, aged Christian
housekeeper, my mother. She was very
tired. / am glad she has so good a
place to rest in. Blessed are the
dead who die in the Lord; they rest
from their labors, and their works do
follow them"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-07
Napoleon's Lost Treasure.


The recent find of an old military
knapsack filled with French gold
pieces coined about the beginning of
the century near Vino, Russia, recalls
the dreadful fate Of Napoleon's grand
army and its disastrous Russian cam
paign in 1872. After the destruction
of Moscow the bold conqueror was
compelled to seek safety, but his return
to the frontier was not the retreat of
an orderly army; it was flight with all
its horrors. Napoleon himself hurried
back in advance of his army, in order
to steady the throne, which had be-
come shaky by events in Paris and
elsewhere. The shipping of the war
treasure, which at that time still con-
tanned 100000 francs, and which was
transferred in barrels in carriages
drawn by picked horses, was intrusted
to Marshal Ney. Napoleon never saw
the treasure again, and where it has
remained was kept a profound secret
for long time. Under strong cover
the transportation of the treasure was
Sldrleu lOT the lIOHlleI, DuI uOt ldl
from Vino the wagons stuck in deflle
and it seemed impossible to get them
out again. Rather than see the treas
ure in the hands of the Russians Field
Marshal Ney gave orders to break open
the barrels and distribute the money
to the returning soldiers as they passed
by and thus it was done. Many of the
soldiers threw away all their belong
ings in order to fill up their knapsacks
with gold, but only few of those who
carried the heavy wealth were able to
drag the burden to the frontier, and
the very gold which was intended for
their benefit was the cause of their
perishing.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-07

afterward exchanged shots with Sewer
ON the road to Knoxville. 1t is not
necessary for the purposes of this his
tory to dwell on that point. 1t is
enough to say that he had keen eye
for horsefesh, and when three stall
wart backwocdsmen rode up with a
led mare whose slim tanks, clean-cut
limbs and erect head showed her aris-
tocratic blood, he was alert at once.
81 want horse to ride over the
mountains" he said. 'Will you sell
or trade?'' .f..--5
This is not my day for trading!
seid the tallest of the three backwoods-
men, as he dismounted and gave the
reins of his own horse and Of the led
mare to a young man, who, as II by
Encouragement, pushed out of the
crowd to take them.
81 will give you hundred for her. 7"
81 tell you it's not my day for trad
ang" said the backwoodsman in the
hunting shirt, briskly. Come, gen
tlemen."
With his companions he pushed
through the crowd to the court house
door with the air of man who had
business there. To offers of "a hun
bred and fifty" two hundred" 1.-TWO
hundred and fifty" for the mare he
paid no attention whatever. The young
man in the eelskin cue, who had fol-
lowed him half dozen steps to make
them. returned to the youth who was
holding the mare and began to ques-
ton him. At first uncommunicative
TO degree. the young man finally re-
Taxed and said, half humorously, half
fiercely:
IF you want to know who those men
are can tell you. They are Maj. Jim
Cozby, Capt Nat Evans and Capt. Jack
Gibson. They were over in this part
of the country once before when the
British were licking you people, and
now they have come back to see you
hang my daddy, John Sewer"
ALLOW me to shake your hand, sir!
/ am pleased to meet you. sir, or any
other relation of Colonel SEWER, said
,the North Carolinian. The truth is,
,slr. that the gentry. who never were
anything but half Tories at best. have
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-07
ou.er Name for a Town.

The Warmest Place on Earth is ac-
tually a town. and not merely local
ity. 1t lies in San Diego county's des-
ert side, about twenty-five miles due
west of Yuma, and the name Of its
postoff1ce is Mammoth Tank. This in
formation has been dug UP through the
posting of newspaper at San Fran
cisco addressed to Hank Yohnsen,
Warmest Place on Earth" 1t was
sent in turn to Sacramento, Fresno and
Bakersfield. Then the marking con-
tinues: TRY Yuma" But Yuma sent
it to Tucson 1t visited Nogales. At
Phoenix it was hung up as humorous
exhibit. There some desert prospect
ors saw it and they proceeded to en-
large the postmaster's geographical
and social understanding. for Hank
Yohnsen is not a yoke" but prom
inent citizen of the Warmest Place on
Earth, Cal-Los Angeles Record.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-07

low great are the responsibilities of
housekeepers! Sometimes an indiges-
tible article Of food, by it's effect upon
a king, has overthrown an empire. A
distinguished statistician says of one
thousand unmarried men there are
thirty eight criminals, and of enc
thousand married men only eighteen
are criminals. What suggestion of
home influences! Let the most be
made of them. Housekeepers by the
food they provide, by the couches they
spread, by the books they introduce, by
the influences they bring around their
home, are deciding the physical, intel
lectual, moral, eternal destiny of the
race. You say your life is one of sac
rifice l know it. But, my sisters, thai
is the only life worth living. That was
Florence Nightingale's life; that was
Payson's life; that was Christ's life.
We admire it in others; but how very
hard it is for US to exercise it our
selves! When in Brooklyn, young DR..
Hutchinson, having spent a whole
night in a diphtheritic room for the re-
lief of patient, became saturated with
the poison and died, we all felt as II
we would like to put garlands on his
grave; everybody appreciates that.
When, in the burning hotel at st.
Louis, young man on the fifth story
broke open the door of the room where
his mother was sleeping, and plunged
in amid smoke and fire. crying, Moth
er, where are your" and never came
out, our hearts applauded that young
man. But how few of us have the
Chrlstlike spirit-a willingness to SUE
fer for othersl rough teacher in
school called upon a poor, half starved
lad who had offended against the laws
of the school and said, Take of your
coat, directly. sir" The boy refused
to take it of. whereupon the teacher
said again, Take OF your coat, sir,
as he swung the whip through the air.
The boy refused. 1t was not because
he was afraid of the lash--he was used
to that at home-but II was from
shame-he had no undergarment; and
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-07
An Excellent Substitute.

The riots in the Austrian reichsrath
are attracting a great many Viennese
to see the fun" remarked Squildig.
"Why not?" remarked McSwilligen.
"The sessions make an excellent sub
stitute for football games. '-Pittsburi
Chronicle.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-07

So great is the dexterity of the EN-
ployes in cigarette manufactures, nc
quired by long-continued practice. thu
some workers make between 1000 aud
5000 cigarettes daily, and. being paid
by piecework. at so much thousand,
earn about Sc weekly.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-21
Death Of capt. rnornburg.

Capt. S. T. Thornburg died at O'Clock
tuesday night at his residence in this city.
IN his 10Th year. On the oath of last month
he was stricken with paralysis from which
he never rallied. Capt. ThorDburg was
born in Western Maryland, lived tor time
In Ohio and Louisiana, where he was an
ante-bellum stage driver, and then went to
West Va. shortly before the civil war.
During the war he was in the quartermaS-
ter department as wagon master. At the
close of the war he opened livery stable
in Lexington where he remained about a
year and half, coming from that place to
StauntOn in 1867. From that date he has
kept livery stable here. He suffered heavy
losses from the flood of 1896, but bore it
without murmur or complaint. He had
long been a member of Trinity church, aud
was conscientious and faithful in his relig-
ious duties. In him Staunton loses valu-
able citizen, his family kind and indul-
gent parent, and those who were close
enough to him to merit his friendship SIM
cere friend.
Capt. Thornburg was twice married. his
second wife who was Miss Elizabeth Gill
lock, and who with their four children.
survives him. The children are Tom, Daisy
Maud and Russell The funeral will take
place from Trinity church this event ng at 3
o'clock.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-21
Death of Mrs. Jat. Ker.

Mrs. Jas. Ker, widow of the late Jas. Ker
of this city, died suddenly at Variety
Springs on Friday last of heart failure. She
had been delicate for years, and whilst her
death was a surdrise at the time it occurred
those who knew her best were to- a great
degree prepared for it. Her husband died
only year or two ago. She was daughter
of the late Col. Alfred Chapman of Alex
andria, Va, and her mother was Miss
Kinney of this city. She has several sisters
living here, and her son, Jas. Ker, Jr., who
is the passenger agent of the &. & o. at this
point. She was woman of lovely charac-
ter, always bearing her infirmity with
great fortitude.
The remains were brought to this city
Saturday and conveyed to the residence of
Mrs. Fanny McCue on Church street.
whence it was taken to Trinity Episcopal
church at o'clock Sunday afternoon where
the funeral took place. The followins gen.
tlemen acted as pallbearers-Capt. II. M.
McIlhany. DR.. B. M. Atkinson, Maj. A. F.
Kinney, DR.. Carter Berkeley, W. B. Miller,
T. R. N. Speck, W. 7. McCue, J. 4. Taylor,
Jr., Gilpin Wilson and Geo. P. Mcneil.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-21
GRAIN TRADE AND CROPS.

The Cincinnati Price-Current of last
Thursday says
The week has been attended with
dry weather in large portion of the
western agricultural districts, espe-
cially in what are termed the central
regions, and particularly in Ohio val
lev sections. The lack of moisture is
having an influence more or less unfa.
vorably upon the corn crop, and upon
pasture land. Most of the corn, how
ever, is regarded as not having yet
suffered seriously but much of it as
having reached that condition which
requires prompt and important relief
to avert irreparable injury. Taken as
a. whole the average condition of the
crop is not more favorable than a week
ago, and the general position seems to
be somewhat less assuring.
The July report of the Department
of Agriculture puts the average condi-
ton of corn at 1915, and acreage re-
duced per cent, which implies an in
dication of about 100000. 900 bushels
"a quantity. however, not likely to be
harvested this year.
The dry weather has favored har-
vesting conditions where in progress,
and also has facilitated threshing
operations, which are being carried on
to considerable extent in the central
regione. The indications are that
while occasionally the results are fully
up to or better than expectations, the
prevailing condition is one of disap-
pointment in quantity and quality of
the wheat.
The average condition of winter
| wheat is officially reported at 857, of
spring wheat at 95, and for the whole
at 49, 4-the latter being 8 points high
er than year ago. The previous re-
turns as to acreage sown indicated
| 1857 for winter wheat, and ITO for
spring wheat, compared with the pre-
ceding year-implying an average in
| crease of about Z per cent. The June
report placed the area at 1000, 900
| acres. The present indication implies
about al bushels as the average yield,
suggesting about 615, 900, 900 bushels for
the crop, or s., 900, 900 in excess of last
year. 1t is likely the later estimates
| will be on lower basis.
The average condition of the oats
crop is officially placed at 90 8, against
S7.5 a year ago, acreage 98.4. These
factors imply some increase compared
with last year, say approximately 1885,
900. 900 bushels-which appears to be
! decidedly excessive. The crop has
been favored and will be of good vol
ume, but it seems too much to expect
it to exceed last years production, or
even to fully equalit.
| The evidence of large hay crop and
generally of good quality are fully con-
firmed in tie late correspondence.
| July wheat at Chicago closed
&c below the highest point of the
week, at the lowest point, and
2sc lower than week ago.