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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17

s WIN taples' chairs, lockers and o,nar
4t = ~ ni'ure as needed. From these rooms
mere Will be easy access to the cham.
DER through fly doors fitted with glass
panels Each of the retiring-rooms is to
be eighty feet long and thirty.nino f. feot et
wide. The galleries are to be sunnortoJ
Dy rows of pillars extending north and
South across the retiring rooms The
entrance to galleries at the east and
west sides of the chamber as recon.
structed will be by a central entrance
10 each gallery, each entrance TO he
reached by a bridge passageway ex.
tending from the upper main corridor
across each retiring-room so construct.
Gu as TO insure the privacy of retiring
rooms. These bridge passageways are
10 De lighted from above"
Arranged in the manner described Inv
congressman Heatwole the Hall of
representatives will be a compact room
IN which speakers can make themselves
neard without difficulty, while the lis
tenlng members will be arranged in
rows on cushioned benches where thew
must perfOrce give attention. The in.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17
CURIOSITY ABOUT THE DEAD.
Unnatural Desire that Prompts Stran-
gers to Invade House of Mourning,

Unnatural Desire that Prompts Stran-
gers to Invade House of Mourning.
Please, missis, may l see the die.
ladyF The speaker was the biggest of
a group of three diminutive street girls,
and the door bell which she had just
pulled vigorously was hung with Grape
The reluctance with which, when final.
ly convinced that the delight of 'seeing
the die-lady' was not for her, she led
her little band of followers down the
steps again was characteristic of
phase of public curiosity, but little
known save to those who have person.
ally experienced annoyance from it, but
which is decidedly on the increase in
Chicago.
Whether from religious, superstitiouS
or merely curiosity-satisfying reasons
there are Aumbers of people in this city
who make practice of invading the
houses in which death has entered, and
pesterlng the mourners with requests to
inspect the body. Up to the door of the
darkened house just mentioned crept
that same afternoon, no less than half O
dozen individuals of this description
and of social grades and characteristics
widely dissimilar.
Il should like to pay my respects to
the Dead" explained the solemn and OBJ
sequious colored man, who tiptoed
thither in the gathering dusk. This man
evidently had an idea of indulging in a
SOCIAL Of Iii
really hurt as well as indignant to tind
his modestly preferred request refused.
"lts SO lucky to say prayer by a
corpse" pleaded the Italian vender,
who also importuned for lust a peep
att the dead body, while the lame beg.
gar who insisted upon returning to the
basement doorway again and again un.
til threatened with arrest offered nc
reason whatever for his peculiar action.
Nor are such incidents as these by any
means confined to the class of individ.
uals mentioned. There is a growing
plague of the people who stream in at
funerals, annoy and distress harassed
mourners by their persistent petitions
to be allowed to view the sacred dead,
and who even make a practice, where
this is possible, of taking the trip to the
cemetery. Well-dressed and addressed,
old and young, rich and poor, alike,
these people are. Their persistence is
exceeded only by their numbers, and
the only thing which will send them to
the right-about is a stern "No." Since
the people whom they distress and tor
ment are rarely in a condition to be
stern and indignant, they are often en-
abled to satisfy their inexplicable de-
sires.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17

monarchy. The princess mother was
the Princess Miriam Likelike, sister of
the late King Kalakaua, and of the de-
posed Queen Liliuokalani, and through
her she was descended from the Kane
hamehas the founder of which dynasty
united the islands under one govern
ment.
The princess was born on October 16,
1879. After the death of her mother,
in 1887, the princess went to England,
where her education was perfected.
On March 8, 1891, she was proclaim
ed heir apparent to the throne by
Queen Liliuokalani, the fact being Of
llcially communicated to the United
States Government and acknowledged.
In March, 1S93 she came to the United
States to protest against the Harrison
treaty of annexation. She declared
that she had never taken, nor desired
to take, any part in politics, but felt
that it was her duty, in view of her po-
sition, to uphold the nationality of the
Hawaiian people.
Il do not care for myself" she said,
put suppose this wrong Is consum-
mated, and l return to Hawaii and my
people come around me and say 'Kaiu-
lani, you were there; you might have
saved us and you did not How can
answer them?"
The princess then issued a pathetic
and eloquent protest to the American
people.
She afterward returned to England,
but came here again in October 1897,
on her way to Waikiki, a beautiful
suburb of Honolulu, where her father
had built magnificent home for her.
She had then dropped her title, calling
herself Miss Victoria Cleghorn.
The princess was typical Hawaiian
beauty, tall and finely proportioned.
She was an excellent athlete and an ac-
complished musician.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17
SHOOTING OF HENDRIcKsoy.

body and fired again and again. Bull
let's fell about her. but she fired all the
faster. Deputy Sheriff Booth dropped
dead and almost at the same instant
bullet pierced her breast and she
fell. She was captured.
Mollie Mathes, the leader Of the Kan
sas gang, is masculine in her bravery,
rides horses like a cowboy and shoots
rife like an old bear hunter. She Is
perfect in her use of the revolver and
It would mean sure death to challenge
her to duel. She always used pistol
Of blued steel so that her exact position
would never be betrayed as by the
flashing Of a nickeled one. One of the
members Of her gang is now serving
time for horse-stealing and he recently
confessed the crimes of her gang.
Besides stealing cattle and robbing
banks and stores the gang were coun-
terfeiters. Mollie Mathes distributed
the spurious money. She was SO
shrewd that she escaped detection for
eight years.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17

A man lies to prevent trouble; a
woman lies to make it.
Artlessness in grown-up woman Is
the result of training and experience.
A dowdy woman is as pleasing to a
man as mushy sponge that is falling
to pieces.
1t is only when girl is getting inter-
ested in man that she takes particu-
lar pains to let him know she isn't.
When man is sure that he has mas
tered woman it is a sign that at last
she has him where she wants him.
The most wonderful thing about a
baby is the way he conceals his shame
at hearing the queer sort of stuff his
mother talks to him.
The husband who begins by resolv-
ing to let his wife have her own way in
everything generally ends by letting
her have it in nothing.
If men understood how women rank
ed them in Importance with powder
puffs and curling tongs, more of them
would go off and try to make dogs love
them
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17
Vitality of Snails.

The snail is blessed with great pow
ers of vitality. A case is recorded of
an Egyptian desert snail which came
to life upon being immersed in warm
water after having passed four years
glued to card in the English museum,
Some species. in the collection of Ger,
tain naturalist, revived after they had
apparently been dead for fifteen years
and snails, having been frozen for
weeks in solid blocks Of Ice, have re-
covered upon being thawed out. The
eggs are as hard to destroy as the snail
itself. They seem perfectly indiffer-
ent to freezing, and have been known
to prove productive after having been
shriveled up in an oven to the SEM
blance of grains Of sand.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17
When Nicaragua Canal Is opene,

When Nicaragua Canal Is Opened.
In spite of the impetus recently
given to geographical study, it is prob
able that ten out Of twelve well-read
persons will estimate distance between
Liverpool and San Francisco, via Cape
Horn, to be at least one thousand miles
longer than from New York to the
same port of the Golden Gate; but it is
actually one hundred and fifty miles
shorter!-the two routes being respec-
lively 14,690 and 1880 miles long.
The greatest surprise, however, is to
find that New Orleans is further away
than either of the two other cities, be-
Ing 1862 miles from San Francisco.
When the Nicaragua Canal is opened
this Southern city will be only 4.O47
miles from her Western sister: New
York will be distant 4,946 miles; and
Liverpool 1904 miles. The economy
to the shipping interests of England
and America alone would pay for the
canal twice over in a short time, to
say nothing Of the advantage to COM
merce of reaching markets hitherto in
accessible.-Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17
ing instincts composed her company

Ing instincts composed her company
and they went forth to make trouble,
and they did it. They stole horses and
cattle, looted stores, robbed travellers
and rified banks and postoffices and in
their last battle for escape killed three
men and wounded several others of a
posse of citizens.
Lately they became so reckless that
the authorities had no difficulty in To-
eating them. With a posse of twenty
men the sheriff Of Stoddard County
rode out from Bloomfield, the county
seat, to the little village of Dexter.
A few miles away the band was locat-
ed in an isolated house. The sheriff
with his party took cover behind trees,
separated and surrounded the place.
While they were doing so the rifles of
the bandits were cracking from almost
every window In the house. They
were answered by the men behind the
trees and for two hours the battle was
kept up. There were nine desperados
in the house against the attacking par
ty of twenty. The sheriffs were draw
ing the fire of the bandits all they
could and reserving their own as much
as possible, the object being to exhaust
the supply of ammunition in the house.
Evidently the scheme of the attack.
ing party became apparent to the Hen
erickson woman, for she had her men
cease firing and preparations were
all was ready she placed herself at the
head of her band and rushed out of the
door, rifle in hand and gang at her
heels. She dropped on one knee, lev
eled her rifle and one of the attacking
posse fell. All then began rush of
200 yards against the posses position.
They fired as they ran. When half the
distance was made old man Hendrick-
son fell dead. Emma knelt beside his
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17
GREAT JOURNALIST GONE,

Death of Joseph Medil1 Removed an
Able Wr ter and Cool Citizen.
The recent death of Joseph Medill, of
the Chicago Tribune, removed one of
the veteran and leading journalists of
the country and one of the most high
ly regarded of the citizens of the West.
ern metropolis.
Mr.. Medill was born in New Bruins,
wick, Canada, in 1923, but early re-
moved to this country with his par
ents, and they settled in Stark County
Ohio. His first Independent venture in
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17

. Washington correspondent of the
tonsas City Star says that when the
landing changes in the arrangement of
.bo Hall Of Representatives in the Ma
lanai Capitol are made visitors will
LARGELY recognize the big room in
Thich the lower house of Congress
nppts. American tourists who have
sod the rather grudgingly given privi-
bee of seeing the British House Of
rommons in session have been aston
,shed to find that, instead Of the great
soll in which our Congressman meet,
There each man has a desk and plenty
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17
INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

of elbow room, the British representa-
tives of the people sit in rows on either
slde of broad aisle, each man having
70 be content with what space he can
Bet on the crowded benches. After all
the laudation of our system of seating
.pur congressman, we have suddenly
discovered, he adds, that the House of
Commons idea is the correct one.
The congressman have to thank
themselves for the change, he contin-
peS' The desks have proved altogether
POO comfortable. Instead of attending
4 70 the business for which they were
.fent to Washington, it is charged that
the representatives put in the time
Then Congress is in session writing,
feadlng or chatting while some speaker
swearing out his lungs trying to make
lmself heard above the buzz Of con-
Sersation. The only way to stop the
objectionable Congressional practice of
opening and answering letters at the
House, it was agreed, would be to take
eway the desks that spread out, fan
lke from the Speakers rostrum. Joel
r Heatwole, chairman of the commit
fee had this to say of the proposed
change:
The House Of Representatives is
nOlsy body. Under the present arrange
lnent each member has desk at which
pc may transact business incident not
pnly to the proceedings of the House,
put to his general duties as Representa-
'Ve Conversations are constantly car
'sd on, Irrelevant to and disturbing to
parliamentary proceedings. The size
" the House and the irrelevant noise is
fucn that no man of average lung pow
Y can be heard throughout the hall. A
relOerative body, representatives of
ue interests of 75,00O,OOO people, ought
50 conduct itself that every subject
Z legislative discussion may be heard
rau understood by those who are
aatged with the duty of legislating.
.uuer the present arrangement this is
IpoSslble. The committee has there
Ure re approved plan whereby:
Inc present hall is to be shortened
'Om length of 139 feet, including gal
'slles to length of eighty feet, in
fludlng galleries.
Aue present floor Is to be shortened
''Um U length of 113 feet to sixty feet.
Inc present galleries are to be
lOught forward to conform to the hall
PS shortened.
Inc hall, as reduced in size, will be
.a'ed with benches or seats, running
s'ailel with the east and west walls
.ne chamber, half of them facing
.on. s'ward and half facing eastward, ex-
~. Tue benches or seats In the north
.S ss' and northeast corners of the
A. kanoer, which will. face southwark.
Opeh space 15x40 feet, will extend
ra % tne Speakers desk northward,
sr,. w. aisles at appropriate intervals will
.oou .nu from the aisles between the
iros S' The floor will rise as 1t recedes
EIn Um such open space. The chamber
| assu "ave : a seating capacity of 406. No
t,on,, nS LOT members or delegates will be
4, ,'ued ,a in the chamber, which will be
srs legislative business exclusively.
|,r m space taken from the present
N NJ" each end by the alteration de-
lrln,"e ,eu VIII be made into two large re-
foOms for members and fitted
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17
A POPULAR PRINCESS.
kaiu1ani, of Hawaii, Who Recently
Died at Honolulu.

Princess Victoria Kaiulani, who died
recently at Honolulu, was at one time
heir apparent to the Hawaiian throne
and was a great favorite in the sunny
islands Of the Pacific. She was the
daughter of A. S. Cleghorn, a man of
British stock, who had long been
resident of Hawaii and who held i'm
portant public positions under the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17

journalism was in Coshocton, in 1S49
when he established Free Soil paper.
Later he founded a paper at Cleveland,
and two years afterward he was one
of the organizers of the Republican
party. In 1853 he connected himself
with the Chicago Tribune and practic-
ally he had been the Tribune ever
since. In 1855 he became part owner
Of the paper, and in 1874 secured a con-
trolling interest.
Mr.. Medill was member of the I'LL.
nois Constitutional Convention in 1870
and the following year was elected
Mayor Of Chicago. He also served as
civil service commissioner, the only ma
tional office he ever filed. He was an
aggressive and able writer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17

different members will have the retir-
ing-rooms at their disposal.
1t looks little like treating the Con-
gressmen as schoolboys to take away
their desks because so long as they had
them they wouldn't pay attention, but
that Is exactly the state Of the case.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17

We have noticed that when Death
gets his Sickle out, and looks thought
fully around, his eyes glisten with an
ticipation when he catches sight of the
father Of eight or nine small children.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17
Sbarpening Razors.

Razors can be quickly sharpened by
q new device formed Of circular piece
Of flexible material, having fine grind
inc powder on its surface, the sharp
ener being folded over the back Of the
razor so that the grinding surface acts
on the blade as 1t slides to and fro.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17

When a school teacher walks home
from school with four or five pupils
hanging on her with their arms around
her, one wonders why some widower
with children doesn't realize what a
Lovely Character she Is.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17

If some Of the old maids had married
at the proper time they would now have
sons old enough to support them.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17

Your reputation is above reproach II
those who see you on the streets after
midnight wonder what sick man you
have been sitting up with.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17
FALL OF CONGRESS.
h RE REARRANGED AFTER EN-
GLISH IDEAS.

Ia Proposed that Representative
tho American Congress Sit as Do
r.o,and,s Comm Have
proved Entirely Too Comfortable.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17

Some people spend money only when
they have an audience
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17

People who give presents expect
presents.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17

The less artificial women are, the lesa
men laugh at them.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-05-20

in rules and regulations of Febru-
ary "a, 1899.
Rule 15-This issue takes preced.
ence over the rules and regulations
of February "a, 1899, in all matters
treated herein, and 10 to be fol-
lowed by transportation companies
and others desiring to bring cattle
into Kansas from territory sched.
uled herein.
Rule l6-All railroads, live stock
transportation and stock yard COM
panies and their employees, and all
other persons, are hereby forbidden
to transport, drive or In any way
handle cattle in Kansas, except in
compliance with the foregoing
rules, under the pain and penalties
of the following, statute:
Extract of chapter 2, session LAWS
of 1884: section q. Any person
who shall violate, disregard or
evade, any of the rules,
regulations, orders or directions of
the live stock sanitary commission,
establishing and governing quar-
antine, shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined in any sum
not less than 500 nor more than
GOO0.n
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-05-20
Millions Given Away.

It is certainly gratifying to the
public to know of one concern In
the land who are not afraid to be
generous to the needy and suffer.
ing. The proprietors of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for consumption,
coughs and colds, have given away
over ten million trial bottles of this
great medicine; and have the salts.
faction of knowing II has absolute.
iy cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma, bronchitis, hoarse.
ness and all diseases of the throat,
chest and lungs are surely cured
by II. Call on A. r. Kane, the drug.
gist, and get free trialbottle. Reg.
ular size Soc and 81. Every bottle
guaranteed, or price refunded.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-05-20
Brave Men Fall

Victims to stomach, liver and kid
ney troubles as well as women, and
all feel the results in loss of appe.
tite, poisons In the blood, backache,
nervousness, headache and tired,
Iistless, rundown feeling. But
there's no need to feel like that.
Listen to J. w. Gardner, Idaville,
Ind. He says: Electric Bitters are
just the thing for man when he 10
all run down, and don't care wheth.
er he lives or dies. II did more to
give me new strength and good ap.
petite than anything I could take.
I can now eat anything and have a
new lease on life" Only SO cents, at
A. r. Kane,s drug store. Every bot
tie guaranteed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-05-20
NOTHING LIKE CREDIT.

A few years ago there used to be
a joke-which was fact-that par.
ties up here would buy train after
train of Texas cattle, without even
having money enough to pay the
freight. A few days since a party
bought a 1900 acre farm for $1,000
and did not even have the price of
the revenue stamps 10 go on the
notes, It's great thing to have
good credit.-Vinita Chieftain.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-05-20
the BODY FOUND.

The body of Charles Bundy, the
young man who was drowned at
Lowell on Monday of last week, was
found on last Saturday in Spring
river about quarter of mile
above the old brush dam. Under
taker Harvey was notified and met
the searching party at the Baxter
bridge and took charge of the re-
mains and prepared them for buri.
al. The body was In a very bad
condition. The funeral services
were held Saturday evening and
the remains inferred in the Quaker
Valley cemetery.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-05-20
ON AGAIN-APRIL oorH.
THE KATY" FLYER.

Regardless of the trust
and big advances in the price
of Wallpaper, we are selling
it as low as Sc per roll. @
Heath & Milligan mixed
paint is the best for your
house-S1.4O per gallon. O
Joplin Ozark Mixed Paint
goods-S1 per gallo
Creolite gives a hard en-.
amel finish to your foors.@
Eureka Iron Ore is an ev-
erlasting paint for roofs and
barns--8Oc a gallon.
We have a line of cameras
and camera and kodak sup
plies. O O
Springs Sarsaparilla makes
pure blood-extra large bot.
ties 81.
THE COOPER DRUG co.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-05-20
Red Hot From tie Gan

Was the ball that hit Steadman'of
Newark, Mich, in the civil war. It
caused horrible ulcers that no treat
ment helped for 20 years. Then
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him.
Cures cuts, bruises, burns boils,
fellons, corns, skin eruptions. Best
pile cure on earth. Is cts. q box
Cure guaranteed. Sold by A. r.
Kane, druggist.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-05-20
lMpOUNDEO STOCK.

Taken up, by the city marshal Of
Baxter Syringe, Kansas, on Satur-
day, May l3, 1890. one black horse
colt one year old; left hind foot
white; small spot in forehead; no
brands.
Unless said property be reclaimed
and expenses paid on or before May
70. 1893, at 1 o'clock p. m, said ami.
NAL will then be sold at the city
pound in said city to the highest
bidder. w. NJ. GILL, City Marshal.