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The Florence tribune., 1900-05-26

Globe has lately been incorporated and George W. Hunt has been chosen be the Council as the first Mayor. If Florence, when incorporated is as fortunate in the choice of Mayor, we will be in good luck in the security of an honest administration of city government.
The Florence tribune., 1900-05-26

Mir. and Mrs. Frank Carpenter, of Wentworth, mourn the loss of their youngest child, baby of six months which died the 20sh, and was buried in the Florence cemetery last Monday.
The Florence tribune., 1900-05-26

WANTED-HoDest man or woman to travel
 " for large house; salary s65 monthly and expenses. with increase; position per- manent; inclose self addressed stamped en- yelope. MANAGER. saO Caxton bldg, Chicago.
The Florence tribune., 1900-05-26

". Y. Price, c. D. Reppy and T. F. Weedin of Florence, Geo. E. Trueman of Kelvin, and Geo. Blair of Mammoth, were all in Phoenix this week attending the Demoenatis Con- ventien going as delegates from this county.
The Florence tribune., 1900-05-26

Mr. Andy o'Connor has completed the school census for the entire dis trict of the Wentworth school and finds sixty children of the age for school attendance. This makes a good showing for fine school iu that dis- trict when the fall term begins.
The Florence tribune., 1900-05-26

R. W. Wilson rode over from Tucson on his bicycle this week reaching Florence yesterday, long ride and . hot one, needing much indurance.
The Florence tribune., 1900-05-26

Messrs. Lyman Bridges, s. H. Gould aud J. D. 0ber registered at the Flor ence Hotel Wednesday,. These gentle men are railroad promoters and were driven about the town and valley by Landlord Drais, to get g good idea of the possibilities of future lines to be built into Florence.
The Florence tribune., 1900-05-26

Sheriff Truman left yesterday after noon for Yuma with the four prisoners whose sentences were given in the morning by Judge Doan.
The Florence tribune., 1900-05-26

Mrs. c. W. Lemon and family left last Saturday for Kelvln where they expect to remain, Mir. Lemon being in the employ of the Ray Mining com pany.
The Florence tribune., 1900-05-26

Mir. and Mrs. F. B. Maldonado have been in Florence the past week visit ing friends and relatives.
The Florence tribune., 1900-05-26

WANTED-Jury certificates and al- lowed claims against the county. Apply at this office.
The Florence tribune., 1900-05-26
An Art Book Free.

The 1900 PREMO CAMERA catalogue is out, and will be mailed free to any one interested. It is full of beautiful photographic illustrations. The PREMO is the finest camera made, and photos made with PREMO are bound to be good. Agents wanted for our cameras.
 PINNEY & ROBINSON.
 Established 1887.
 Bicycles, Typewriters, Photo Stock and Sporting Goods, Phoenix. Arizona.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-06
CHAPTER II.
THE DOVE TAVERN.

had never before and have never since
in cold blood struck violently an unarmed
man. God knows / recoiled as felt the
plates of this fellows skull give beneath my
fist, and, though ! knew my act to be a
righteous ore, and that had 1 been discov-
cred j would have had a foot of cold steel in
my vitaIs, l could not at once overcome the
feeling of having committed murder.
Whether or not the man was sentinel /
could not tell. The shiftless way of leaning
his gun against a tree and humming made
me doubt it, but it mattered little-he was an
obstacle whose removal was necessary l
was fairly sure there was more to overcome
beyond, but resolved to try strategy in pass
ing unless driven to open violence, and even
then my fist should not be my mainstay.
With my temper inhamed, it BODIED i'll for
the man who crossed me; with my pulses
slow and even, it went against my grain to
spill human blood, especially that of one
doing his duty, and this fact alone would
have made me poor soldier for the ranks.
Now / unshipped my sword, drew my
cloak about me, and walked on as openly as
though l was officer of grand rounds"
1t was miserable going. In the darkness l
seemed to find and stub every stone and
shoot into as many brambles as might be
discovered in ten-acre wood lot. l passed
unchallenged through the shallow ravine,
and was wondering ifsby chance had al
ready cleared the lines, when the works of
an advanced redoubt rose against the dim
sky, and at the same instant there came the
ring of musket and voice called: 'sHalt!
Who's there?'
1t was not my plan to halt, answer
either, for that matter. / had located the
voice to the right, but could see no one, and
was fairly sure that only the noise of my
progress had been marked, and not myself.
Therefore / swung toward the left and hur-
ried along as rapidly and silently as could,
soon having the pleasure of hearing the SEN
tinel stumble across my trail some distance
in the rear.
had now the redoubt to flank, and, as the
woods had been cut down at its front as well
as on either side, there open space for
me to traverse. Here lowered my dignity
by getting to all-fours, and, holding my
blade betwixt my teeth, l crept slowly on
ward, taking advantage of every stump and
fallen tree as post to halt and listen. But
these latter were none too frequent, and
used at least an hour in getting the few
hundred feet which lay between the works
and the abatis protecting them. Having
gained the abatis, l rose and felt my way
through the tangled branches of the felled
timber, making deal of noise l thought,
but finally got past and into the woods be-
yond. These woods proved to be but strip,
and a narrow one at that, for ] soon came to
a road which served me only in showing my
location, as knew of one crossing from the
Kingsbridge road to another leading to the
village of Greenwich.
was well satisfied with myself and my
progress, considering that the worst was
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-06
nOuncement of 1

gresham, in the senate and house OF
representatives, committees of those
bodies were appointed to attend his
funeral, ostensib1y to show to his
neighbors and friends the esteem in
which he had been held by the con-
gross. The sergeant-at-arms of the
senate and the sergeant-at-arms Of
the house made preparations for a
funeral train to bear the COMPRESSION
al joint committee to the scene of the
funeral Their preparations were cut
short, however, by the decision of
Mrs. Chickering that no congressional
committee would be desired by her OF
by the other members of the family.
Congressman Chickering was a very
popular member of the house of rep
resentatives. The announcement of
his death caused sincere sorrow to
those Of his colleagues who knew him,
and he was well known to almost
every man in public life. But a con-
gressional committee could not have
honestly shown respect and esteem
fer him, unless the members of the
committee had departed from the Gus
tom which has prevailed of late years
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-06
WAKING DREAMS.

Between mine eyelids and mine eyes.
Like red and satin poppy leaves.
Lie soft the dreams Of Paradise.
They linger when my spirit grieves;
They Quench the fever In my brain.
And kiss my hopes to life again.
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes.
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes.
Like star-beams melting into peace.
Drift on the visions out of skies
Wherein eternal years increase:
lose my anchorage to earth,
And feel the light Of second birth
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes.
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes.
With loves bright mystery and grace.
Ny precious friends without disguise.
With benedfctions In each face.
Walk slowly midst the trees and flowers.
Or sleep within the garden bowers
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes.
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes
A wandering spirit sweet as sleep
Comes singing where the daylight dies:
And tuneful founts of tears aleap
Begem the path her footsteps trod:
In hers my dim-eyed soul saw God,
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes.
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes.
I live and conquer see and know.
o let my spirit on this wise
Along the trackless confines go!
No other universe so sweet
AS this-forever bright, complete
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes.
Rev. Frank w. Gunsaulus. in Chicago
Saturday Evening Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-06
FELT OF A MAN-EATER.
The Thrilling Experience OF = Bland
Native of India with =
Wild Tiger.

This is a story of blind man who,
unarmed, laid his hand upon a free
tiger and lived, unhurt, to tell the tale;
lived to wish that he were dead. 1t is
the most extraordinary adventure
even in the thrilling annals of beast
ridden India.
The tiger was man-eater of Mysore.
for which the government had offered
reward Of 500 rupees.
Many were his exploits. He would
bound into a crowd of travellers on the
high road and bear one of themsaway,
For snatch the driver from the seat of
a creaking bullock cart.
he would even enter villages and
break into huts with great blows of
his powerful paws and drag forth his
prey.
There was a poor Dher. iow-caste
man, who was not allowed to live in
the village, but dwelt with his wife
and baby in a low hut on it's outskirts.
He was poor, extremely poor. aDE
blind.
One night this man was walked by a
strange shutting. snuff1ing noise in the
hut.
Upon the nameless odors of an In
dian interior two new smells impressed
themselves. He knew what they meant
later.
The man called; no voice answered.
Night was as day in his sightless eyes.
He crawled about the hut with blind
! mans noiseless step, feeling his way
with tremulous extended hand.
He neared the corner of the hut
| where his wife lay. prone upon the
floor, and stopped. Wrist deep his
| inquiring hand thrust itself into deep
fur.
In a flash he knew; he had heard and
smelled the tiger in his hut; had
punched the great man-eater's ribs He
waited for death.
One startled instant the tiger waited.
then bounded from the hut. quick to
suspect danger in the blind mans ap-
| parently bold advance. leaving the man
unscathed.
The Dher was left alone. Lower he
| stopped, until his hands rested upon
| the lifeless forms of his wife and child;
| were dabbled with the red blood that
gushed from their mangled bodies
where the great brute's noiseless paw
| had fallen.-Wide World Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-06

Guilty from which Iscould not easily recover.
was now at distance from the cross road,
and knew not if ! was bearing out of my
line northward or toward one of the two
great highways. to approach either of which
was fraught with the greatest danger.
Therefore determined to settle where
was until a glimmer of dawn should show me
my way onward. had no choice of spots,
and so sat me down on the stump had but
just fallen over. and, drawing my cloak
about my head, emulated the EXTREMIST pa
thence of Job, who, for all his troubles, had
never been beset as wasI
Not for an instant did nod or cease my
watchfulness through all the long hours.
The rain, noted for it's impartiality, seemed
to belle the adage and focus on me as though
l sat beneath a gargoyle. Toward daylight,
which came none too early, the heat had
gone from my blood, and something like a
chill took itssplace, and with the first sign
of lividness in the clouds above set out,
more from an instinct toward fight than
from any definite plan. The Dove was my
destination, but it was only to be ap-
preached by night, and it was scarce an
hours walk from where l sat. Nothing
could be gained by wandering aimlessly, yet
such was the spirit of fight within me that
even movement partook of the nature of
safety, and the loadstone attracting me lay
still to the northward. Toward the north,
then, I turned.
The birds had begun to stir in their nests
and twitter sleepily as / came to the edge
of the woods and beheld the checker of farm
fields and woodland from the elevation on
which l was standing, fine-drawn mist SO
blurring the distance that it seemed in
finite. 1 went on, and by sunrise crossed
the Minetta water, striking westward that
/ might get into the wilderness above
Greenwich, reaching that almost primeval
forest toward noorA
But it is useless to follow my old trail here.
l did it years after with great satisfaction to
myself, calling up cloud of memories that
brought back my lost youth, albeit it
brought (as it does now a mist before my
eyes as well. Through that afternoon /
wandered well toward Bloomingdale, and as
the shadows fell, cut eastward near the old
Apthorp mansion and across the wild land
which lies beautiful waste about the cen
ter of the island. sNow Central Park
l was now close to the Kingsbridge road
again, and not half mile from the Dove.
The storm had cleared with the going down
of the sun, leaving the air cool and pleasant
but, though am lover of nature and prone
to mark the effect of storm and sunshine, /
remember little of this evening save that it
was gorgeous one, with moon, something
less than halfgrown, swimming in the sky
like cleft coin.
ITO BE CoNTdNUED.1
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-06

passed, but my pride underwent sudden
fall when, as was putting my leg over the
snake fence, a voice came out of the dark
ness:
Halt! Who goes there?'
GA friend, but without countersign.
Where are your" returned, easily, though
made mighty start.
''Then stay where you be, or ire!"
every good! Come to me-" answered,
swinging myself back and retreating to a
tree near by, and from that to another.
1t gave me infinite relief to hear the
tramp of horse, and know the man was a
mounted vidette, and in the course of few
seconds he went by me to where had an
swered him, though by then Ishad retreated
along the line of the road and was 30 feet
away Hating his horse, he again ,-chal-
lenged, but, on receiving no answer, fired his
pistol into the woods and began cursing like
a pirate.
1 knew there would be trouble now, and,
indeed, the echo of the shot had scarce died
away when l heard galloping coming from
either direction as his fellows fastened to
join him. 1t would not do for me to linger
in the vicinity, SO leaped the fence and
crossed the highway above him, gaining the
opposite timber just before another horse
| man swept by toward the point of alarm.
At this juncture thanked my stars for
three things: First, for the wet and black
ness OF the night, second, that the lines i
had run were the third or inner lines, COM
paratively lily guarded and but half
manned, established to be used only in case
| of the fall of the outer defenses; and, third.
| that my present destination lay not beyond
| the next obstruction. / never would have
dared attempt the passage of the barrier
gates" as they were called, strong and
| continuous work across the neck of land be-
low Fort Washington; and even had this
! been possible, the outpost Of the British
army at Kingsbridge would have f1oored
| anything without pass or wings. There,
| in the face of the army of Washington, now
but few miles distant, it would have be-
come almost matter of creeping betwixt
the legs of the sentinels.
| was not possessed with great curiosity
| regarding the outcome of the trouble had
raised on the road, and gotmyself away from
| its locality as rapidly as was consistent with
rough ground, thickly growing trees and
underbrush and pitchy darkness. felt was
safe at last, safe from immediate disaster.
and then awoke to the fact that, save from
being warm instead of cold, was in about as
miserable q position any man uuhurt and
shaking free foot could well be. had eat
en- but little during the day, and a man Of
| my size and activity soon hungers, though
| as yet my hunger had not become a serious
| matter. was drenching, without shelter
! and without prospect of shelter, ard miles
from any possibility of helping hand. TIC
! stumble onward might land me in some diff
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-06

On all occasions when the sub3eca
came up for discussion Mr.. Chickerinp
denounced the hilarious junketing In
duIged in by congressman ON funeral
committees, and he often declared
that if he should die, while a member
OF the house of representatives, he
would want no junketing at his funer-
al. His wife saw enough of the hollow
ness of this congressional mockery:
and it is to her eternal honor as a
wife, and to her everlasting credit as
an American woman of the highest
type, that she carried out the wishes
of her deceased husband. and also
demonstrated her own individual con-
tempt for the mockery of an ostenta.
ton of unreal wne.
1t is fortunate for the country that
there have arisen a time and person
to stop this ghoul-like performance.
Mrs. Chickering has established q pre-
cedent which ought to stand forever
as bar to future congressional fu-
neral committees There ought to be
no more funds paid out of 1.-The con-
tingent fund" on such occasions for
champagne, whisky. cigars, gloves.
flowers. carriages, decorations, sumP-
tuous breakfasts, elaborate dinner.
and orgy suppers on the funeral
trains. Well-informed people have
long been shocked and Inundated by
knowledge of the preposterous pa
geantry, the discreditable and vulgar
ostentation, the shameful junketing
on such occasions, and the extrava-
giant expenditures incurred in these
fragrant parodies on sincere mourning
and heartfelt grief.
Mrs. Chickeripg deserves the admira-
ton of the country, the gratitude ct
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-06
A Charitable Girl.

Miss Cutting" began young Soft
leigh. "foh some time law have been
sewously thinking, doncher know. and
as a wesult, law have half a mind"
WELL" interrupted Miss Cutting
"that is more than any of your ac-
quaintances credit you with. but I'll
be real charitable and concede you tina
much; so pray say no more about it,
Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-06
L.eYffY.

Here the lecturer grew earnest.
liam convinced" he exclaimed. that
the woman who does her own cooking is
more likely to find place among the
angels than the woman who doesn't"
Now a voice obtrnded itself harshly.
'fIt she cooks with gasoline" said the
voice.-Boston Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-06
wanted a rrs.tfuI Public.

Reformer-But don't you think that
public office should be a public trust?
Statesman-Why. certainly! l don't
believe in investigation committees, Or
anything like that!-Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-06
Gave Herself Away.

when did they discover that the bur-
glar was woman
when she looked In the glass to se,
If her mask was on straight" -Tit-Bits-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-06

My fist took thespan fair in the temple.
doubt if he ever knew what struck him.
for he went down with no other sound than
that occasioned by the fall of his body.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-21
SHUCKS STORY
Told ON the Witness Stand in
the Jester Trial.

st. Louis. July PA special to the
says:
Francis P. Shuck, aged 48, of StLouis,
Mo, told this story from the witness
stand at the Jester murder trial today:
In 1871, was journeying from Knox
county, Mo-, to Audrain county, Mo, to
visit relatives near Mexico. When [
reached Renick, / met an elderly and
young man with two wagons and a
buffalo calf. I talked with the young
man, whom I afterwards learned was
Gilbert Gates. He told me he was from
Kansas and was going to his home near
Chicago. He wanted me to ride with
him to Sidney, 16 miles. but the old man,
whom L afterward learned was Alexan-
der Jester, objected. He said to me:
You had better go where you started "
Mr.. Shuck said they parted, but after
wards he met the old man driving along
the road near Sidney. This time he was
by himself, but had two teams. Jester
yelled Hello as they passed.
The witness said he saw Jester again.
This time he was in the Paris Mo-,
Jail. Mr.. Shuck said he had seen in the
newspaper that it was alleged that Jes-
ter had killed Gates, and he called at
the jail to see if the prisoner was the
same old man who had objected to his
riding with Gates. He called at the Jail
and talked to Jester about 20 minutes.
The prisoner at first said he did not re-
if he was going to appear in court
against him. Il told him." said the wit
ness, that nobody knew I had seen the
two teams at Sidney. The prisoner then
told me that Gates cut his own throat.
Jester then chOked up and I left him"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-21
WATERS TO NAME HARVEY.
Will Nominate Topeka Man at Flu
sion Convention.

Capt. J. G. Waters is not at his Office
today. He has been wandering around
town, sojourning briefly at the state
house, on corners, under the shade of
friendly trees, always making point to
keep away from people who might en-
gage in conversation with him.
This enforced solitude is due to the
fact that Mr.. Waters. who under diff
ferent circumstances is very congenial
is putting together the speech which he
will make in the Fort Scott convention
next week presenting the name of A. M.
Harvey as a candidate for lieutenant
governor.
Good morning, Mr.. Waters said a
Journal man to the captain today
Il desire to present to this convention
the name Of one of the brightest and
ablest young men in-,'' was the reply
to the salutation.
A friend of Mr.. Waters who was in
formed as to the arrangement made by
Harvey and Waters, cleared the atmos-
phere by explaining the condition under
which the noted TQpekan was abroad
from his usual hauntS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-21
NOT BY ASSASSINATION.
Noakes Thought Goebel Was to Be
Killed in a Fight

Georgetown, KY, July 21.-Robert
Noakes, whose testimony in the Powers
case began yesterday, was cross-ex-
amined by Judge Tfnsley today. He
said he was deceived into a talk with
Colonel Campbell at Big Stone Gap,
Va, prior to his arrest, where the latter
met him, as Mr.. Kramar, interested in
mining. The conversation led into poll
tics and then to the Goebel assassina-
ton. He said Campbell did not promise
anything for his testimony.
Witness said that he had an idea that
Goebel was to be killed, but he thought
it would be in a fight and not by as
sassination. When told by John Pow
ers to keep out of range as some fellows
in the lobby We're going to do the work
for Goebel when he came in, he hurried
off to prevent the assassination
NoakeS was re-examined regarding
the trip of himself and his men to
Frankfort at the time of the meeting
of the election commissioners in Decem-
Der. He repeated that Powers had in
structed him to have his men crowd into
the state house so the governor would
have an excuse to call out the militia
When they got there, however, Governor
Bradley refused them admittance Wit
ness reiterated that the object of Pow
erS and others was to intimidate the
commissioners. Witness was still on
the stand when the court took a recess
till afternoon