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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
THE TREE and The CRAVE.
A STORY THAT Is TOLD OF THE
FOUNDING OF HOLTON, KAs.
An Old Oak Which Has Guarded the
Grave of n Beautiful Girl Bound
for the Gold Fields of CALI
fOrnfa in ~.

Early in the spring of '4s. a small party
OF emigrants set out from Indiana to seek
their fortunes in the gold fields of Califor-
MIA Among the little band were Mr.. and
Mrs. j. W. Taylor. now living at COTS.
Kas-, and a beautiful young lady who was
q relative of Mrs. Taylor. After they had
been or the way several weeks, a letter
was brought back to Indiana in which it
was told that the young woman had died
from a fever and that the body was buried
at the foot of a lone oak tree which stood
at a point about sixty miles west of Fort
L~eavenworth. The letter also gave other
details OF the death and funeral Of the
young woman, as well as d further descrip-
ton of the place.
Years passed and little was ever said or
heard in regard to the lonely grave. True
to his trust, the sturdy old oak kept faith
full watch over the buried treasure at his
feet, w~ithstanding alike the stormy blasts
of winter and the fierce attacks Of the
prairie fires.
One day a solitary traveller rode by the
old oak tree and. dismounting, drank ct the
brook nearby. Proceeding but a few rods
farther he staked out a claim. Other set
tiers soon followed and this first claim be-
came the nucleus for a village. The pres
ent thriving city Of Holton was surveyed,
leaving the old tree just outside its limits.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor, in the meantime
had returned to their Indiana home. They
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
A CLEVER BO0TRACK.
Tive Rods and Brackets Make . Pret-
ty Anair to Hold Damp
O~vershOea.

Nc we'll regulated house should b with
out a bootrack that will allow the air to
get at the soles of boots when not in use.
During the summer months especially
people are continually caught out in damp
and on removing their boots at night allow
them to stand with the soles in contact
cannot get at the wet portion OF the boot,
and they are often still damp in the morn
ing when one puts them on again. A very
simple and entirely sufficient rack may be
made at very little cost. All that is needed
is two side brackets and three wooden rods.
One rod is placed a little higher than the
against in order to prevent their slipping
backward. TIL other two should be SO
arranged as to well support the boots. the
rod as to prevent any slipping onward.
In order to accommodate boots Of differ
ent sizes the rods may be fixed closer to-
great and inexpensive home comfort.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
its agreeable and disagreeable features. 1t
is pleasant for a teacher to feel that the

its agreeable and disagreeable features. 1t
is pleasant for a teacher to feel that the
making of future American citizens takes
its beginning with h~er-specially when
this making is to be accomplished with
imported materials. OF the unpleasant Yea
mile walk from the street car line over a
rough. untrodden road. The school house
has been made out of a two-roomed miners
cabin. The inner partition has been taken
out, leaving the chimney standing in the
middle Of the floor. The walls are boarded
up with siding and painted drab. The cold
north winds are felt through the floor and
windows. But though the interior Of the
school room may be a trif1e dreary. the
outside setting is very picturesque. The ele-
walton on which the building stands is a
sort of third terrace from the level of the
river. There .s the .%..ssouri. with its fields
of floating Ice, on the first bank are the
railroad tracks; on a bank above that. the
mine tracks: and higher still stands the lit
tie school house, with a commanding view
Of the river and of the brown fields of Mis-
souri, beyond. The trains which whiz by on
the track below send up a volume of smoke
to darken the brightness Of the room as a
cloud drawn across the sun. The pictur-
esque in nature surrounds the little dusty
brick red school house Of the Riverside
miners children.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
SIX GENERATIONS ARE LIVING.
Indiana Man Who Has n Great-Gteat-
Great-Great Nephew-StranEe
Genealogical Tree.

Uncle Joseph Brown, the white7naired
but vigorous and well preserved trans
cript clerk in the county clerks Office. is
beginning to wonder how old he is i.etting
to be. A man who married his great-great-
niece arrived in the city yesterday and in
formed Uncle Joe that he has a great
observation-disclosures who is quite a
chunk of a boy out in Missouri. He
brought with him a picture of thu boy's
great neutrality-suspicious., who Is
Uncle Joe's sister, Hannah Brown Nash.
Hannah Brown Nash was born In 1IS1.
SO that Uncle Joe is the Oldest survivor of
1857 until 1895, or Ill years. Hannah Brown
Nash was the oldest and Joseph Br',wn the
She was born and raised in Indiana and
died In Putnam county. Mo, in 1872. Her
daughter and Uncle Joe'r niece, Margaret
Nash Welburn, were bort in Bro'rnsburg,
Mo, in 1886: The lattersl daughter. Ann
Weiburn Kennedy, Unc.e Joe's great
niece. was born in BrowIsburg, Ind. in
Isl Isl. anu 0ieu l" 'a''"s 'pu"'S At0' III
Her daughter. Uncle Joe's great-great-
niece, Emma Kennedy Crutther. was born
Crutcher's daughter, Uncle poe's great
great-great-niece. Katie Cru,rher Smith,
and is still living In that county. Her son.
Philip NJ. Smith, Uncle Joe's treat-great-
great-great nephew. who frst saw the
IGnl OF DAY ii year ago. HoW llpt tIe Deull
at twenty pounds and looks like(his great
Observation-Disclosures.
The man who apprised Uncle noe of his
new relative out West was Mr.. II. f.
Crutcher, husband of Emma Kennedy
Crutcher. and the youthful descendants
grandfather. Mr.. crutcher had tailes with
him showing the complete geneagogy OF
the family. He also had the pictures. six
in all. of the various heads of gene tations,
beginning with a daguerreotype OIL Uncle
Joe's sister. Hannah Brown Nash. down
80 a cabinet nhntn pf the Missouri INA hy
Three of the women in the line of dissent
were married at 20 years of age.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

Palace of the Lord and lies about eighty
miles south of the city of Khoukou Khoto,
on the Hoang Ho. down the valley Of which
the explorers route laid.
The Ordos are a strange people. trans
planted by an accident. as 1t were. from
choosing. They are the descendants of the
Tartar hordes whom Ghenghis Khan was
leading from the wilds Of Mongolia to the
he was assassinated at the i%nstigation Of
his third wife. "Bagha Etjin," 1.-THE Little
Sultana."
Here at "Etjin Karo.'' where he died, far
from his seat of power at Samarcand, his
remains were placed in 12z7, under the care
of his immediate followers. the soldiers of
ants of his body guard keep constant watch
over the tomb. ever expecting his awak-
ening to a new and grander career of con-
Under q huge canopy. or tent Of white
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
The Efrst Txnexrite..

The first typewriter ever invented was
made in Norwich. Conn. being invented by
a machinist OF the name of Thurber. The
raised letters and engraving was done by
George H. Martin. an expert penman and
engraver still living. The machine was
constructed over thirty years ago and met
with little encouragement from the scien-
lists of those days. The idea was laughed
al.
The machine did its work well, although
in a slow way as compared with improved
modern machines. TIL Thurber writer was
set in a small melodeon case in New Lon
don. The type worked with keyboard. The
machine was taken to various states and
exhibited. when inventors seeing the idea,
set themselves to work. and the result IL
the modern typewriting machine, with all
its m%ultitudinous variations.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

felt rests the coffin Of pure silver. contain
ing all that remains Of the Great Khan"
Beside it is his saddle Of gold, his two
bladed sword and his bow with his arrows,
planted feather up in the ground. The
no other. Their chief, the king of Djoun-
gar. is his thirty-seventh and last direct
male descendant. He lives with his five
wives and his niece, the nearest to him in
the line of descent, in a wonderful palace
built of bricks that were transported on the
backs of camels across the wid desert.
In this lonely place far out in the desert
from where any people would choose an
abiding place these people have lived. for
nearly 700 years. generation after genera
ton. with no other object than to guard
the slumbers of him whose career was, as
they believe, but Interrupted for a time. ex-
pecting him to arise and again lead them
on and finish the great work he began in
world.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

Some 600 miles west Of Pekin, the Tartar
capital of the Chinese empire. under the
great bend Of the Hoang Ho, or Yellow
river, in the country of the Ordos. a
strange people, hitherto but little known,
stands the tomb of the once mighty Mon
gol conquerer, Ghenghis Khan.
The spot was visited some months ago
by the famous French explorer. M. Banin,
in the course of his remarkable journey
from Tonking across the upper valleys Of
the Yanktse Kiang and Hoang Ho to
Aurga. in Southeastern Siberia. Besides
tirely new routes through regions here
tofore almost unknown to the outside
world, M. Banin was able to achieve the
distinction of being the first European ever
received by the Ordos and allowed to visit
the sacred spot where rest the remains of
the great Tartar chieftain.
The place is called '.Etjin Karo." THE
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
Two Men with h Same Thoughts.

From the San Francisco ArEonaut-
Theodore Hook travelling by coach; once
that after two hours of his company he
was impelled to inquire why he was SO
miserable. Sir" said the mar: Il had
r. away from me. saying that 1 should not
gamble our livelihood away. and she sold
Il. and it has now turned out a prize Of
.Weil. upon my nfe!" said Hook. IT
don't wonder at our woeful looks: IL l had
beer in your place I should have cut my
throat"
Just what I did, said the man, pulling
down his neckcloth and showing the cica-
trix.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

make myself offensive on account Of It. I
remember well a scene in a railroad train
near Russellville. Ark. A man bolted into
look like a man who would befriend an
other / said l would. and just then a
dozen men entered in hot pursuit. 1t seems
that this man had been so imprudent as to
say that the negroes Of Arkansas voted
more intelligently than the whites; or
course, that got him Into trouble. and per-
maps IL 1t hadn't been for me. would have
got him into the moose. ! talked with them
for awhile. and finally they cooled on.
How He Got the Indians Good Will.
Its hard to reach the Indians Of the
Indian Territory and Oklahoma On one
of my trips 1 had told a friend that l would
get in among them and establish e SUNDAY
found that the Indians who could talk
and understand English would listen, and
the others would pay no attention what mat.
took M hand in a nerveless kind OF way
that I knew didn't mean welcome. Finally
We came to a cabin. where the squaw coulo
speak a few words of English, and She
told us that all the men were over to
barnraising, two or three miles away. We
drove over in our buggy and founo the
Indians all there. One Of them was hewing
a log. I went up to him and without q
word threw OFF my coat and hat: took hold
of him and began to wrestle. NOW. IN my
I don't consider that I am bad at It now.
He understood what I was doing: and put
in his best ticks. I found that I couldn't
throw him. and to ave myself from being
thrown. which would rave spoiled my lit.
tie game. I broke hold and he did the same:
In the meantime the others had gathered
around and grunted their approval. I had
no difficulty after that In getting their ear.
Another time, when I struck a settle.
ment for the first time and the bucks didn't
seem inclined to listen, I went up to one.
who had a bow and arrows. took a board
and set It up thirty PAGES or so on: Then
I made signs to him to let me take his bow
and culver. I shot half a dozen arrows
and put three in the mark: Then I handed
the outfit to him. He shot the same NUM-,
her and hit the mark only twice. He patted
me on the back and we became friends at
once. And that is the way we get the
| heart OF the red man."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

He lat church)-"I wonder why those two
pretty girls across the aisle look so sad?'
net. I suppose" He-"I don't see why that
should be productive Of such melancholy"
prettiest."" HeG"The hem why d Sitr th has e e1s
change and be happy?'-Chicago News.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

n warmed his heart to hear the editor ex-
claim again and again. Capital" "Capi.
tall" "Capital!''' "Then you like H." said
the unfeeling editor; "I am merely taking
cognizance Of the fact that each line be-
gins with a capital letter, From that In
fer 1t Is poetry."-Boston Transcript
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

have rejected It on sight, unless he had
been anxious for the chance to insult
America, even through SO poor a medium.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
HEROINE OF ALASKA.
Lyons, the First Woman to
Cross Chilk0ot

Miss Esther Lyons, the young woman
who has lately sprung into prominence be-
cause she was the first woman to cross the
Chtlkoot Pass, is a retiring. refined, quiet
woman of medium height and slight of
build. No one would give her credit for
having climbed the Chilkoot as early as
the spring of 1894 and Of Drawing the perils
and terrors of the interior of Alaska. when
strong men shrank from the trip. She was
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

Pride" said Uncle Eben. lam CT good
ting Units place. But er country or err citi-
zen is in hahd luck when he ain got nuf-
fin much 'ceppin. his pride to be proud
ol."-Washington Star.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

Conspicuous among these advisers was
one-armed man. But I told them one and
al tn t,ll T ms. t asd /, to $. STAY fhe aals Wer sse Sth sax
to take my place and carry on the work.
II a got fairly well along at the meet:
ing in Organizing ,th;g,ssnnddednaiy s snS so mae
teachers. when a man entered and invited
me to step outside. I did so. and found that
bred armed and mounted men. so that I
could not have escaped II I wanted to. But
escape was the last thing I was thtnkin
leader. Again he said to me: Better get
your books and things. and tell EN- that
you'll 60 But again l refused.
and the rope was produced and placed
about my neck.
Now viii you go?' one Of them asked;
killed. and II you are bound that I shall
die ar all l t ask I rs a fs% m mae came no pray aps
ct left this arm.' said he. pointing to
his empty sleeve ON Lookout mountain
he iS,,t had aau been s1s tb a G Ssa1est man I GI ey eSos saw.
You're all right
GAS he said this. the rope was taken OF.
the and seemed to- melt away. and I was
and continue my work.
Seventeen years from that time I left
the people where 1 was then. at Palestine.
Tex. gave me q banquet.
Another time a plot was found to horse
from the town. and was returning on
horseback at night. A gang of roughs had
gathered in a thicket a little way from the
road, leaving one of their number on guard
to whistle to them when I should appear.
/ didn't know of the plot, but a long time
after I saw the man, and he said. after
telling what the arrangements had been:
Lips Wouldn't Fucker.
"@when you came along. and It was time
for me to whistle. my lips wouldn't puck
err, and I couldn't make a sound. l re-
turned after awhile and told the rest that
I hadn't seen anything Of you.
negroes, or politics. I am a Republican.
and my family were Republicans. / took
no especial pains to conceal 1t, yet I didn't
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
M0Ve I'm.

From the Detroit Free Press.
He-"What makes you appear so distant?
/ thought you said you were all mine?"
Shc-"I find II impossible to esteem a man
that can't hold his own"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
SchOOl tor Minera, Chfldren.

The Riverside school for miners children
Is a part of the regular school system of
Leavenworth, though the Riverside Mining
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

Teaching at the Riverside school has both J
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-20
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Valencienues Laces 25c. dozen
yards at L. B. Kerr's, Queen street.
Hurry up and obtain Hawaiian
silk flag. Only few left at Sachs
store.
For good Butter, Cheese and Eggs
go to Masonic Temple Fruit Store
Edgar Henriques.
For Lines, Lemons and Alligator
Pears, etc., go to Masonic Temple
Fruit Store. Edgar Henriques.
Persons requiring tombstones
should apply to Fred. Harrison who
has choice lot of new designs on
view.
The bargains at l.. B. Kerr's are
attracting crowd of ladies and they
all make large purchases. 1t looks
now as if the special lines would be
all sold out in a week.
We will sell for cash for one
month only, So pants for SIS, $25
suits for $l8. No humbug, come and
see for yourself. Medeiros & Decker,
Lincoln Block, King Street.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-20
COFFEES

Some are cheap now. Cheap
cereal adulterated coffees are
very plentiful and are forcing
down the prices of the old
Kona product, especially the
medium and lower grades
with which they compete.
The higher grades of Isl
and coffees have declined a
little in sympathy.
Our customers are the first
to benefit by reductions.
Fine, coffees are scarce and
no reductions can be made in
their prices.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-20
May Garry British Troops.

VANCOUVER (B. o., Aug. 12-It is
rumored here that the steamers Tar
tar and Athenian are being held in
the harbor for the purpose of trans
porting troops to China in case Rus
STA makes any hostile moves. Both
vessels are splendidly equipped, and
they each will carry 600 or 700 SOL
diers,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-20

Photographic Co. Ltd,
Corner Hotel and Fort SITS.

instantaneous Portraits at their Studio
AL, work done by first-class workmen aud
nothing but high class work executed
Portraits after Rembrandt and Bartol"zzi
Mezzo tints. Sole rroprietors of the Bas
Relief and Iridium processes. Mr. Davey
gives personal attention to all sittjngs,
does not wish hi patrons % take photo
graphs that are not entirely satisfactory.
We are prepared to make Gil. ups at resi-
dences, flash light or daylight. Copying and
Enlargng specially attended to. Life size
portraits made in oils on Porcelain finish
ed alter Color, Sepia or Crayon We
have the largest d most artistic collec-
ton of Island views. Samples Of Gus new
WORK, known as Life Size Paris Enamels,
the latest process in Photography, can be
seenat our Studio. Amateur print ng
and developing done with neatness and
dispatch.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-20

RIsDON IRON & LOCOMOTIVE
WORKS.
5S2-tf San Francisco, Cal.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-20
Seattle Beer.

This ever popular Rainier Beer is
becoming a household word and
"will you have glass OF Seattle"
is more often heard than anything
else. The Criterion Saloon have this
beer on tap or in bottles.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-20

orer" e'-as. Ecvr'u'v.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-20
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

THE UNDERSIGNED HAS THIS DAY
j. been appointed Executor Of the last
Will aud Testament Of Halo, h. copy
whereof is annexed, of the Estate OF
Halo, X, deceased, OF Waimea, Kauai,
and all creditors are hereby notified to
present their claims duly authenticated
even II the claim is secured by mortgage
or otherwise to the under named person at
his residence at Waimea. Kauai, within
six months from date or be forever barred
And all pc sons indebted tn the said
estate are requested to make immediate
payment of said indebtedness to the un-
dersigned
Dated at Waimea, Kauai. July g, 1898.
j. A. .AK1NA,
Executor of the Estate Of Halo, K i, de-
ceased. a39-4t oaw
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-20
More Steamers for Honolulu.

SEATTLE, August 1.-THE Boston
and Alaska Steamship Company are
to put the steamers Laurada and
South Portland on the Seattle
Honolulu run.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-20
FOR SALE OR LEASE.

A FIRST GLASS RESTAURANT IN A
"A good central position; thoroughly
furnished and equipped for business, and
doing good trade.
For particulars apply to
j. Il. MILLS,
911-tf Cor. Merchant and Alakea Sts.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-20
THE POPE WELL AGAIN.
He Gives Audience to Many of His
Visitors.

Rome, Aug. 12.-The Pope has re-
covered his health. He rose at 8
o'clock this morning and conferred
for half an hour with Dr. Lapponi,
after which he received Cardinal
Rampolla, the Papal Secretary OF
State.
During the afternoon the Pontiff
received others in audience.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-20
NOTICE

is HEREBY GIVEN THAT FROM AND
i after this date Mr. o Stillman has no
further autho ity tn collect for and on be
half of THE INDEPENDrNT.
F. J. TESLA,
Honolulu, Aug. I, 1898. Proprietor.
95S-U
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1898-04-07
Oie 9rD6te Amnff.

. Wutter battle 9ein 3inblein warm,
Die Welt lit falt uno belle,
llnb trae' es fromm in Deinem glrm
I'm Defines 6er3ens SdweIe.
. Wutter, baltic DEM 3inblein uarm,
Die Welt lit faIt uno belle,
limb trae' eS fromm. bit 9u III arm,
Gin an bes Grades Shweue.
@arum i9aut Der Grwa6iene 10
oft unb germ in ein a~inbesause, wdbs
renb IS mie Seimweb bur6 iein Sc
miitb 3iebt? Gr erblidt bier ben Spie=
gel Der llnidulo, ben Ibslan, Der fee
lii6en Heinbeit. Sieler unnennbare
!3auber bdlt i'm sefansen, oaB er nit
Der Sebniudt mad eiaem p~erlorenen
@ute ausrufen m06te: % lelis, 0
lelis, elm &inb nod gu iein!" Oas
@ewanb Der llni9ulo 1T aber 10 ,art
uno rein, baB i9on elm unbeba9tes
Wort, namentli6 wenn IS aus benz
Wunbe Der Gltern fommt, ben erIten
S9atten auf Die iusenbli9e Seele
werfen fam, @ie paiien gu biejem
@ebanfen sewihe @eipra1e, wel6e
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1898-04-07

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