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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-11-17
INDIAN SUMMER.

INDIAN SUMMER.
Far in the field the men
at work are singing,
Their voices by the distance
mellowed low.
O'er the crisp air
the words are floating family
ITS time for Us 10 CO."
You would enjoy,
ifyou could hear it with me,
That rich sweet cadence,
blown across the lot
All, no! In dreaming Of the past
one moment
The present forgot.
Never again we two
will stand together
To hear the negroes singing
in the field:
Never, in spring, together
make the woodlands
Their richest treasures yield.
Gone is the dear old
comradeship forever,
And though l cannot
bear to let it 60,
Yet in my heart,
through all my wild rebellion
know It must be so.
Think not blame you
it was your misfortune
That you were not
what you could never Be.
But in the old glad days
when first knew you
Perfect you seemed to me.
For in one short year
we dreamed dream together
Then slow but sure,
the disillusion came.
The vision faded,
leaving only ashes,
Only myself to blame.
The clear pale sky shines
darkler through the branches,
The west wind sways
the treetops to and fro
And still upon the air
the song is drifting
dts time for Us to go.")
though have ceased to love you
yet your presence
Follows me still,
wherever lies my way.
miss your very voice;
hundred tokens
Speak of you every day.
Still Life goes on;
and yet, alone forever
stand, for in the world
Ihave no part.
When Love and Hope,
and all the joy Of living
Are gone from out my heart.
! And ever through the day
hear strange voices
And ever through the night
strange sights l see
Until within my heart
belief grows certain
That fate is calling me.
Ache on, oh heart
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but has it's share of the gorgeous blooms in
surrounding profusion.
Through the green underbrush and over
the shocked fields of golden grain comes
the call of Bob White" See. there runs a
pair of quail now. just ahead of us, across
the road. But the hunting grounds along
Gravois road are al well posted with warn
ings. and offending hunters are severely
dealt with. Under this splendid system of
den. the quail have multiplied. and if Bob
White must contribute himself to the
tooth and palate of man. he apparently
proposes to render the self-sacrifice on the
altar of his protector, the man who plants
the grain he eats. for there are many quail
in the posted grounds along Chris Huskcy's
route.
our old lady is talking again. "a little
further along here" she is saying, is
where / used to so to school. 1 paid 80 cents
a week for board. and a dollar IA month for
schooling. And right up where that big
on top of that mound, and it never goes
dry. We lived over yonder in the woods on
the right, but Our spring water was too
hard, so we used to bundle the clothes up
and bring them over here to cleanse them.
It's funny. isn't it, how a pond can stay
up on top of a hill that way and never
go dry?
.Sappington's the town WI come to next.
and it's named after the Sappinstons. Old
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Zeph was about the first one to settle down
around here, and he used to have a grist
mill run by oxen. 1t was a good deal like
a treadmill. The oxen first kept a-steppiDg
up. a-stcpping up all the time, and going
no place in particular. But | suppose they
We're useful. because a powerful lot of grist
was turned out at Sappington's. | believe
they did saw some logs there once upon a
time. too.
There was old Zeph Sappington. 1 vas
telling you about. and then there was Jack
ard Lint SappinSton. And over yonder
TIN ouch there was where old Judge Fine
settled. The Fines wcle from the State of
Virginia-the State of Virginia." our old
lady repeated in Il measured voice of re-
srcct.
And over to the right used to be Sarah's
Lick. We use TO live over there. and
when my father died it's said he had money
buried there. | cont know whether that
was so or not. for we never could locate 1t.
But, from all I've ever been able to gather
it must have been over to the northwest
that he buried 1t. Now. maybe l oushtn't
to say anything about it. it seems so fool
;sh. but there are a great many who say
that after my fathers death he used TO
come back with a lantern at nights and
look for that money HIM 81 elf. OF course you
don't believe anything like that. 1t all
seems 50 foolish. doesn't it?
This is the Meramec River we're COM
ing to now, boys says Huskey, "and that's
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kill them. He had been separated from his
wife and she was stopping with her mother
So he went to work and took a basket of
dirty clothes to where there they We're liv-
ing. 1t was wash day, and they were wash
ing. and he just took the dirty clothes along
so as to have an excuse for going. Well,
when he got there he tried to shoot and
kill them both with a pistol he had in his
basket of dirty clothes. And then he shot
and killed himself. D.
We'll. that man used to live on this road,
over in that house there. See. in that stone
house right through those trees there. His
first wife died and he married the girl that
was working for them, and that's the one
he shot. What do you think of that?
Right up there's where a man got drunk
and fell down and broke his head on some
stone steps. He went crazy"
Tiger lilies and hollyhocks seem to be
most numerous of flowers after the nurs-
cries have been passed, and hardly & house
from the most substantial brick to the
humblest log cabin along the entire route
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tie Nqs Born One -fIuzr1CtrgdD
Years

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Sandoval, H., Aug. 3.-If Uncle Frank
Binnion of Vernon. this CMarioD county,
lives unit 1.-The ninth day of this month he
will nave rounded out a century of years,
and great preparations are being made for
a great gathering at his home on that day,
there being from 800 to $50 people expected
to be present and participate in the cele-
bration.
Uncle Frank as he Is Familiarity known.
was born in Bedford County. Va, the 9th
day of August. 1900, and was married in
1924. His wife died in 1855. and he has never
remarked.
He is the father of nine children, has %
grandchildren and 81 great grandchildren
Coming TO Illinois in 1912. he settled just
four miles from where he now lives. He
has always been a stanch Democrat, cast
ing his first vote for President for Andrew
Jackson. and declares W ]. Bryan will get
his next vote, if he lives to cast it.
In 1861 Mr.. Binnion united with the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South, and still re-
mains a member of that church.
The family has a military record. both
his grandfathers having fought in the Rev
oiution. his father in the war of 1872, three
sons in the Civil War, and four grandsons
in the Spanish-American war.
Uncle Frank Is still hale and hearty
and with his daughter conducts a hotel at
Vernon. He always attends the Old Set
tiers Reunions. and never fails to get the
prizes offered to the Oldest man. and the
man most active for his age on the grounds.
He prefers walking to riding, often visiting
neighboring towns in this way.
When asked how he accounted for his
longevity. he replied that it was regular
habits. and added that his father lived 70
be 1H years old and his grandfather ITO.
He has never used tobacco and but very
little liquor. His occupation has been
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chiefly farming. although he was a carpen-
ter by trade. Many of the early pioneers
of the county lie buried in collins made by
Uncle Frank" and the labor, and often
the material. were given by him. Collins in
those days were very rude affairs, when
made, as they were. at home. Mr.. Rinnion
says that he believes that he has given
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more labor away than any man in the
county. a fact which gives him more real
satisfaction than if he had charged for his
services. His life has been one of useful
ness, and his fellow citizens intend to honor
him right royalty on the 9th of August.
The little child in the picture is a neigh
boris in whom he takes great pleasure.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
AWAITING oRDERS.
Allies Are RefraininE From AESrcs-
stye Actions.

elVe JhCtAOlASs
London, Aug. %. The latest news
from Picking indicates that the situa-
ton there is unchanged. The Imperial
city is still invested, but has not yet
been occupied The allies, when the
last message left, were still refralning
from aggressive action, pending in
structions from their governments. An
attack from 10000 Boxers was antici-
pated, and to meet this, the whole
American force and the British artili-
cry, according to a dispatch TO the
Morning Post from Picking, dated Aug.
is, We're moved to the outer city wall.
The Boxers We're reported coming from
the south. Gen. Dorward in his report
of the engagement outside Tien-tsin
Aug. 10, when the Americans, British
and Japanese
Signally Defeated
a large force Of Boxers, killing over
800, says in dispatch, dated Aug. 25:
"The lines of communication near
Tien-tsin are now free from danger.
The enemy had been treating the vii
layers bad. Several decapitated bodies
were found near their camp. The viii
layers are now f1ocking toward Tien-
tsin at the rate of about thousand
day. AS there is not more than a
months food supply there is a prospect
Of a famine shortly"
This announcement that a famine is
imminent in consequence of a shortage
of provisions at Tien-tsin adds to the
difficulties of the situation. A Shang-
hal dispatch states that the
n enOrtes1 (santura 5lE5.&
Of Emperor Kwang Su by the Japanese
was an error. 1t was case of mis-
taken identity At conference Of
ministers and generals held at Taku
Friday it was decided, according to
the Daily Telegraph, to refer the fate
Of the forbidden city to Europe. Tien-
tsin dispatches to Berlin dated Aug.
%. say. THE Japanese troops are In
possession of the wall around the in
nerrnost part of the forbidden city, but
have not yet made their way to the
imperial palace, owing to lack OF
Government Instructions.''
the First Siberian army corps, cabling
to st. Petersburg under date Of Aug.
26, says: There are no longer any
Boxers in Picking. They were driven
out to-day by the French and Rus.
SLAMS, whose flags We're hoisted over
the imperial city. The empress dow
ager, the emperor, the heir apparent,
and the whole court have fled to the
province OF Shen ST. Ii Hung Chang,
according to Shanghai dispatch, has
once more postponed his departure for
the north"
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
Deus Il Il GDGGR

a. fireman was killed and Ave injured
In an incendiary fire at Peoria, Ill.
Three persons were killed by the ex-
plosion of saw mill boiler at Glen
ford Ohio.
Mrs. +. S. Monet Of Columbus, Ohio,
was accidentally shot. She may re-
cover.
Miss Blanche Sleeper of Clear Lake,
Iowa, was kicked in the face by a
horse.
Mr.. Huff, cattleman. was killed In
Custer county, Okla, by some one
who fired through an open window Of
his home. The herd law there is said
to be the cause Of the crime.
The plant of the Kelly AK Manu-
featuring company at Alexandra, IND,
worth 100000 and employing 1000 men,
was destroyed by fire, the flames cut
ting off the water supply.
Miss Marie Tempest made her debut
in comedy in the Prince Of Wales the
alter London, recently, in Anthony
Hopes and Edward Roses dramatiza-
ton Of Simon Dale" produced under
the title, English Nell" The audience
gave every manifestation of approval,
and though the play may lack
strength, Miss Tempest's interpreta-
ton of the title role was conceded to
be excellent. #
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
Personnl Mention.

Judge John Cromwell Orrick of ST.
Louis is dead. ii
Judge John Beverly Of Amsterdam,
N. Y, Is dead. 81.
william Henry Lawrence, negro
minstrel, is dead.
Sir William Stokes, surveyor to tf'a
queen, is dead at Durham.
Prof. $. p. Langley, Of the Smith
sonian institution, is in Berlin.
The president has appointed John
Buchanan postmaster at Eagle Grove.
Iowa.
"Tod" Sloan was a passenger on the
Cunard steamer Lucania, just arrived
from Liverpool.
Frederick Kostig, one of the surviv-
ing members Of encourage of Maximil-
ian, is dead in Mexico.
Germany's exports Of war material to
China last years aggregated S,150,on
marks as against 3,430 for 1898.
John G.. Hawley of Detroit, q well
known and widely quoted authority on
criminal law, died at Harper hospital.
William B. Felker. state senator, eS-
railroad commissioner, and one of the
leading attorneys of Denver, Col, died
recently, aged sixty three years.
Prof. Jencks, of the United States In
dustrial commission. has arrived "a
Berlin. after visiting Austria and ITALY,
to study trusts and syndicates there,
including labor trusts.
Nathaniel Harrison Harris, briga-s
der general on Gen. Lees staff ana.
formerly Of Mississippi. died at Nal
vern, county of Worcester, Eng. Mrs.
John Hayes Hammond Is his niece.
A. c. Shellenbarger, Democrat, was
nominated for congress on the forty
fifth ballot at the fusion convention Of
the Democrats and Populists OF the
Fifth Nebraska district. He defeated
r. D. Sutherland. Populist, the present
congressman.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
Otherwise.

The amaIgamated wage scale will be
settled by referendum vote.
A miners strike is probable at Hazle-
ton, Pa.
Richard NJ White of New York says
Klondike is in Alaska. @
The cable steamer Angela reports
371 nautical miles of cable laid Aug. 10.
Three New York assemblies will
leave the Knights of Labor for the
American Federation OF Labor.
After three days conference at Pitts
burg, Pa, the wage scale committee of
the prescription bottle manufacturers
ard the workmen came to an agree
rnent by adopting compromise scale
which gives the worlSmen general
advance.
Mrs. Matilda 3. Carse, president of
the temperance temple trustees at Chi
cago. denied the statement that the
temple indebtedness is 81, 100000.
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Vessel and Cargo Lnst.

Manila, Aug. 26-The Japanese liner
Futami Maru, Capt Thorn, bound
from Australia to Manila, with cargo
of stores for the American government.
went aground and broke in twain on
the island Of Mindanao. The passen-
gers and crew camped for six days on
the island. They are now being
brought to Manila by the British
steamer Australian, Capt. Kock, the
officers of the luckless liner remaining
behind. There were no casualties. bur
the cargo. baggage and vessel will
probably prove a total loss.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
Fortign Notes.

A negro who killed his wife at her
-eauest, has been hanged in London.
Spain has agreed to sell a small Pa
Ieifc archipelago to the United States.
The new Servian queen has been pre-
sented with diamond necklace by the
,zar.
Lord Roberts will show no. leniency
10 burghers who broke the oath OF neu-
trality
The tallest man In the world has
been prosecuted in London for nom
payment Of alimony.
Julian Ralph has discovered a rlot to
Isolate Great Britain from the rest OF
the world in case of war.
The order of Commander Of the Lee
gion Of Honor has been bestowed upon
NJ. Pichon, French minister to China.
The duke OF York will visit Canada.
Pardon may yet be procured for Mrs.
Maybrick Her counsel and friends are
indefatigable.
News has been received from Austria
liza that the ship Canada has made an
other start on her memorable voyage
to Manila.
The Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin, am
nounces the engagement of Queen Will
helmina to Prince Frederick Adolf of
Mecklenburg.
FOREIGNwFollinsif srdl rdluttt
Lord Roberts has been appointed to
succeed Lord Wolseley as commander
in-chief of the British army.
D.. p p IS 4 -. . r q ~. e
Orders have been given to increase
the secret police in attendance upon
Emperor William during the Stettin
manouvers from Sept. to Sept. 90.
The Chilean senate has passed the
compulsory military service law. Pres
ident Errazuriz. it is announced, will
resume office at the close of September.
Sir William Stokes, surgeon in ordi-
nary to the queen in Ireland. and con-
sulting surgeon to the British forces in
South Africa, died in Durham. He was
born March TO- 1889.
King Oscar has formally agreed to
act as arbitrator of the claims for COM
pensation for losses sustained by Brit
ish and German subjects and American
citizens in Samoa.
The statement is published In Berlin
that Great Britain has paid 10000
marks as damages to the owners of the
German bark Hans Wagner, which the
British I'm iustiiably detained in South
African waters during the early days
Of the Transvaal war;
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IS 8 i Il q
AS England continues to send re-en-
iorcements to South Africa, in spite
Of the declaration that the war is prac-
tically over, the suspicious Frenchman
declares that the English government
is preparing for descent on NADIA
gascar. On the other hand, 1t is con-
jectured that provisions is being made
against the possibility that the Suez
canal may be closed in the event Of a
war in Asia. Neither supposition Is
tenable, says the Army and Navy
Journal. Whatever success the Eng
lish may have had against the Beers,
tho waste Of war is so great as to re-
quire constant reinforcement of IN
army in the field.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
Crimes and Criminal

Pat O'Connor of Fargo, N. D., was
killed by a train.
John Denell Of Dubuque, Iowa, was :
killed by train.
Three lynchers receive life sentences
at Palestine, Texas. H
a mob tried to lynch Joseph -.
Keith held for murder at Evansville,
Ind,
r G. Richardson OF Omaha, Neb.,
was fatally wounded by an evicted ten
ant. II
Frank Vernon of Mason City, Iowa,
made an unsuccessful attempt at sui
eide. q
Offcer Christopherson of West supe-
rior. wis, was beaten and robbed, re-
Gently.
A woman named Mcintyre was ar
rested at Fort Dodge, Iowa, for infa n e
fcide. 49, q
Del T.. Brown was arrested, charged
with starting a $4,000 fire at Weld
mar. Mich. 8
Frank Anez a saloonkeeper of West
Superior wis, was held UP IN his sa-
loon and robbed.
A freight train was wrecked near
Cedar Falls, Iowa, on the chicago
Great Western. g
Henry Bergman of Venedy town
ship. near Nashville. ILL.,, committed
suicide because Of ill-health.
A shooting affray occurred on
steamboat near Clinton. Iowa, IN
which one man was Injured.
Thieves stole 1885 which Samuel
Kendall, farmer, living near Alton
TIL, had hidden under his pillow.
Samuel Weller of Burlington. Iowa,
was arrested in Nevada City on
charge of embezzlenent at Burlington.
James NJ Burnham, publisher of the
wymoran, at Wymore. Neb., shot and
killed his father, Capt. c. A. Burn
ham, at their home yesterday. corr
oner's jury Immediately exonerated the
son.
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Wnshington Note...1

The postoffice department has order
ed the establishment on Sept I of rurai
free delivery service at Milton, Wis.
The postoffice department has or
dered the establishment of rural free
delivery on Sept. at La Crosse, Wis,
and Clayton, Mimi
The United States consul general at
Cape Town, in dispatch of July % to
The state department. reports that
Peter Smith, an American citizen, Whot
was on guard at the plague quarantine
camp. died of an Illness of a few hours
on April Is last.
Dawson appears to be starting In
on a new era of prosperity" said
United States Consul hIcCook at Daw-
son City, in report TO the state de-
partment. Supplies are plentiful and
mining machinery in large quantities
is coming in to the city,"
1 1t is understood at the interstate.
commerce commission that the next
meeting OF the officials Of the railroads
comprised in the Western trunk line
territory. with the members of the
commission, will be held on Sept. is
instead Of Sept. IA, as originally fixed.
Controller Tracewell OF the treasury
department, in disallowing the mileage
account Of a Virginia marshal, insists
that deputy marshals shall use the
shortest practicable route In taking
their prisoners to Jail, or in serving
warrants.
Capt. q. w. s. stevens, signal officer
volunteers, and first lieutenant Sixth
artillery. having rendered his resigna-s
ton as an officer Of the volunteer army
and having resigned his commission In
the regular army, has been shonnrably
discharged from the service OF the
United States.
The Union Iron Works Of San Fran
Iisco have notified the navy depart
nlent that the monitor Wyoming Will
be launched on Sept. s. The same firm
also announces that the Wisconsin will
be ready for her preliminary trial trip
on Sept. Is. She will go first to Puget
sound to be dry locked and cleaned.
The state department has appointed
Chairman Martin w. Knapp, of the In
terstate commerce commission, and
Charles w. Needham, dean of Coluui-
bian college school of comparative
Jurisprudence and diplomacy, as Amer
lean delegates to the international rail-
way congress. which will meet in Paris.
Sept 18 next.
Gen. @. l.. Spaulding, assistant Sec
rotary of the treasury, has returned
from a. seven weeks trip through the
Northwest, including Alaska, on but
mess connected with the customs serv-
Ice. He states that the service in that
section Is in very competent hands.
and he has no criticisms to make OF
men or methods. az
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30

In Africa losses in action by the
British during the present war have
exceeded 1000 at Colenso, Dec. Is, 1899,
when there were 1.054 killed. wound
ed and missing; Farquhar's farm and
Nicholson's mex, Oct. 80, 1899, when
they numbered 1,226; in the battles
about Ladysmitih, 1.782, Feb. 10 to II,
1900; at Paardeberg, Feb. 1921, LABS,
and at Spion kop, 1916. Jan. II to
"a. At Stromberg the loss was 7O2; at
Magersfontein, 9O2; at Sanna's post.
541. In each of the other engagements
the losses amounted to less than 500,
the total being 1858 officers and 49,
12S men. s. ~
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30

Indoor gymnastics of the upside
down and violent type" when in
dulged in to excess, are said to induce
various physical ills in after life. In
the endeavor to develop one special
lied set of muscles, the harmonious
balance of the physical forces of the
body is destroyed. The athlete, with
the arms, shoulders and chest of a
Hercules. may have puny legs, an ir-
regular heart. or some other form of
weakness. what the man of today
needs most" says recognized au-
thority in the science of physical de-
velopment, "is not athletics, but plen-
ty of fresh air in his lungs. Instead
of violent exercise that weakens him
for hours afterward. he needs to learn
how to breathe right, stand right and
sit right" ~.