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Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-09-06

To count no cost in time or will,
To simply Try my place to FL,
To do because the act is right,
To live as living in His sight,
To try each day His will to know,
To tread the way his will may show,
To regulate each plan | make,
Each hope ! build or hope ! break.
To please the heart which pleases me
Through daily tireless ministry,
To live for Him who gave NE life.
To strive fer Him who suffered strife
And sacrifice through death for me
Let this ny joy, my portion be.
-C-istian Work
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-09-06
CHAPTER MI.
A DAYLIGHT ATTACK.

- ESPITE the thickness OF tn
surrounding underbrush,
IL made quick progress. Jump
ing clean over bushes. dartin
around trees and under low limbs. afl
er running some 200 yards from th
guerrilia camp came TO compare-
lively open space. Seeing a figure
standing within 1t and surmising 1t to
be one of my friends. l was about to
call when a woman's voice cried
HALT" | knew that was covered by
a weapon and stopped short.
Are you
Eyes, and you
Helen. This way"
She darted away like a deer. soon
overlook her, and together we ran per-
haps half mile, when she began to
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-09-06

Pdnttng ana Dteeding am tea Ddch 70
the guerrilla camp.
The men who were crowding around
me gave way, cord was brought. and
my wrists and ankles were securely
bound. No one seemed to suspect that
Jacks dance had anything to do with
my flight, except that l had taken ad-
vantage Of the relaxed vigilance to
make the attempt Having tied me.
they threw me to the ground. Halliday
giving me a parting kick; a man was
deputed to watch me, and the band. ac-
customed to such episodes, left me to
turn again to what was far more inter
esting to them.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-09-06

Life is too short to nurse ones misery.
Hurry across the lowlands, that you
may spend more time on the mountain
tops.-Phillips Brooks.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-09-06

How long shall We go weeping loud.
For dear ones laid away?
How long go mourning 10 the stars
And crying al the day?
Until in deep sincerity
We lift our hearts above
And say. Thy comfort on Us, Lord,
We trust Thy healing lovei''
- Philadelphia Ledger.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-09-06

Reliable Goods For Family Use.
Per gal.
Export Old Sour Mash Bourbon, $500
Pet, Old Reserve, 600
Sherwood Pure Rye Malt, 400
Jefferson Club Bourbon, 400
Falkland Old Bourbon, SOC
Pets Y Y Rye and Bourbon, $50
Pttts X Rye and Bourbon, 200
Pure Corn Whiskey. 1.15
Pure Hay Now Whisky, l.50
+ 1.50
I,r-.o...,.. o,,,,.,x,D 1.75
-'"'e''' O'u Nie"ioiu hu'n' 200
500
Cadwell's Portorico Rum, 400
American Gin, 200
Rye Gin, 800
HOl Gin, 400
. Bottles California Wines (assorted) 100
100
California Wines, all kinds, I 1.50
200
Druggists Pure Alcohol. 2.75
Imported Port and Sherry Wine, $3.50, $3.50
and S4.00
All goods carefully packed aud shipped to
your address in any part of New England.
We make no charges for packages or packing
send T. o. order, Registered Letter or EX-
press Money order and you Will receive your
goods by return express. Price Lists sent
sent by mail on application. For reference
your local bank. 20 ems
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

[From the Atcfison Globe-1
Some people are so good-natured
they are disagreeable.
The hardest thing on earth is to act
pleased when YOU are disappointed
Every man cuts his eye teeth in
time. He may keep his troubles to
himself, but not one ever escaped.
There is a certain measure of good
luck in dying while one is still of an
age to cause people to be sorry about it.
w; H Bryning and wife go to Mar
shaltoWn, Iowa, tomorrow, to get
some board coming to them from kin.
When people talk about you. you say
it is none of their business But
they make it their business. just the
same.
The old saying that all the world
loves a lover should be revised to read
that all the world loves to make fun of
a lover.
We have always had a desire to know
someone from Ypsilanti. Mich, SO that
we could learn how they really pro-
nounce it.
We do not light the fires in the
mornings, and for that reason feel
great indignation because coaloil is
occasionally used.
Some people are so ornery all through
life that we imagine that when they
were born there was a distribution of
awfully cheap cigars.
A man who doesn't like music has
way OF walking past those who stop
on a street corner to hear a band play
that is full of scorn and rebuke.
When some men die they will beat
the merchants of the town out of two
months bills. They are always about
two months behind with their expenses
So much attention is paid at a we'd
ding to the bride, her sisters, her
mother, her dress, and the supper, and
SO little to her father, who pays for
it all.
What do you think of a man who
owns five pairs of shoes at one time?
Three Atchison men bought five pairs
of shoes, all for their own use, at Lakes
special sale yesterday.
Conceit is one of the strongest human
attributes. Every man elected to office
thinks the people want him for third
term, although there may be a positive
rule against third terms.
An Atchison man complained of a
sore foot for five days to his wife, and
when at last ne yielded to her entreat-
les and entered a doctors office he
didn't know which shoe to take off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29

son was a proud one for Kansas It
probably is not understood, however.
just how great the states Industrial
triumph was. The secretary of the
state agricultural department has just
issued a report showing that the total
yield of wheat was 81, 100000 bushels
with home value of $51,00O,0OO This
yield of wheat surpasses any other
harvest in the history of Kansas and
exceeds any single harvest of any other
state. There was an average of sixty
one bushels for every inhabitant of the
state. In spite of the great drought
the total value of the wheat and corn
crops was but eleven per cent below
that of last year. This years corn
crop was $4,000, 600 bushels having a
home value of about $22, 100000. The
counties of Sumner and Barton pro-
duced last summer l., 100000 bushels of
wheat. The secretary points out that
taking into account the value of the
harvest and that there is already about
$50 per capita in the banks of the state,
no one need worry about Kansas
ability to get through the winter COM
for tah
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
RABBITS BY WAGON LOAD.
Thanksgiving Hunters Secured
Plenty of Game.

It is estimated that several wagon
loads of rabbits have been offered for
sale to Topeka meat dealers within the
past "a hours by sportsmen who went
forth Thanksgiving day seeking what
ever they might shoot at.
The country was full of hunters
Thanksgiving day. Some of the trains
running out into the surrounding coun-
try early in the morning bristled with
shooting irons of various descriptions,
and scores of sportsmen went out in
buggieS.
Quail was the principal game sought.
The quail season does not properly be-
gin until December 1, next Sunday, but
most hunters think Thanksgiving day
is near enough to the open quail season
to risk killing a few if they see them
and are good enough shots. The latter
condition is important. But compare
lively few quail were bagged. Either
the birds received a tip of what was
coming and hid out, or else there were
none to hide. It is claimed that many
people have been violating the game
laws and killing quail out of season,
and that already the birds are scarce
before the season has legally opened.
The mortality among the rabbits was
something frightful however. Every
body who could shoot anything at all
shot the poor rabbits. Enough rabbits
were slaughtered Thanksgiving day to
furnish material for sausage for some
time to come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

FROM the Chicago NeWS.1
The man who boasts Of being a cynic
is not very dangerous
1t is no crime to be poor-unlesS the
word is applied to singers.
Fame is something that makes a lot
of fools want to shake your hand
Every man ought to have a good
natured wife to grumble at occasion
ally.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance
and it is always payable in advance.
A woman's weakness lies in her love
for man who is strong enough to
work
A bachelor always wonders what is
the matter with baby when it isn't
crying.
Lots of married people in the world
pose as danger signals to those who are
single.
A Kansas editor alludes to a rival as
a reservoir of corruption and an aQue-
duct of mendacity.
If young man wants to make a girl
blush all he has to do is to tell her
that he is a mind-reader
A Kansas man, in advertising his
farm for sale. says it is advantag eously
located fifty miles from a lawyers
office
Possibly married men think Just as
mean things about women as old
bachelors do. but they are afraid to say
them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
BANCROFT ESTATE.
Fortune Left by Dead Historian to
Be Distributed.

New York, Nov. 2e.-According to the
Herald more than half million dollars
is to be distributed among the heirs OF
George Bancroft, historian, who died
in Washington, D. c., on January IL.
1891. The New York Life Insurance
company as trustees brought suit for a
construction of certain clauses of the
will and also for an accounting of the
will. Mr.. Bancroft was 81 years of age
at the time of his death. A peculiar
feature of his will executed in 1887 was
the tying up of the bulk of his fortune
until November 1, 1900. Charles G. Clio
yer and James NJ. Johnson were APP
pointed executors and trustees. The
referee, Franklin B. Lord has reported
that at the end of three years, the ex-
ecutors turned over to the trust COM
pany securities worth $541,S73 and this
has since increased to s614.42 The
referee finds that 1000 is now suffi-
cient to pay the income to the annuit-
ants. This leaves almost $650,000 for
immediate distribution. This will be as
follows:
One-fourth to the state of John c.
Bancroft, one-fourth to Sarah Wooling-
hon, one-fourth to Susanna Carroll and
onetwelfth each to Wilder Dwight
Bancroft, Pauline Bancroft, FSlach and
Esther Bancroft, children of John c.
Bancroft.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
TWO SUDDEN DEATHS.
Mr.. Smith, of Wakarusa, and Mrs.
Dunphy, of Carbondale.

Carbonate, Nov. 2s.-The people OF
this community have been greatly
shocked by the sudden deaths of two
persons within period of "a hours.
About 6 o'clock Monday evening at
the home of Cyrus c. Smith, residing
near Wakarusa. Mrs Smith and her
son stepped into the yard to attend to
some chores, leaving Mr. Smith, who
was somewhat lame from rheumatism,
in the house. A few minutes later the
mother and son returned to the house
and found Mr.. Smith lying on the floor,
in the throeS of death.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Sarah Ann
Dunphy of this place, was weaving a
piece of carpet at the home of a neigh
Dor by the name of Johnson.
About p. m. Mr.. Johnson and his
wife went to a patch of corn to get
some fodder. leaving Mrs. Dunphy
alone.
When they returned shortly after.
they found Mrs. Dunphy with her ell
bows resting on the frame of the loom
and her hands supporting her head,
asleep in death.
Mrs. Dunphy was the widow of an
ex-confederate veteran. her husband
having served in the rebel army.
Both were victims of heart disease
and both were in unusually high spirits
all day prior to their deaths
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29

It Is rumored that there will be some
opposition to the confirmation of the
appointment OF Capt. Crozier of Ieav-
enworth to the position of chief of
ordnance with the rank of brigadier
general Commenting upon the matter
the Providence Telegram says: Matters
appear to be a little mixed in the ap-
pointment of Capt Crozier to succeed
Gen Burlington. army chief of ordnance
This is a Jump over twenty-eight off,
GERS who are Crozier's senior in rank
and gives him the rank of brfgadier
general The last official act of Buffing-
ton was to sign contract for $500. 900
worth Of gun carriages. which had been
reported against by the Notifications
board Gen Burlington maintained that
the carriage, which was the joint inven-
ton of himself and Capt Crozier, should
be continued Unless Secretary Root
revokes this 100000 order there will be
more inquiries concerning the why I'M
der all circumstances of Crozier's an
pointment We are not among those
who affirm that advancement must al
ways be by the rule of seniority. and
we agree with the president that the
good of the service in the army de-
mands that promotions should be made
for merit. Merit and experience often
go together with seniority though not
always Now that Crozier is appointed
the question naturally is, what will be-
come of Buffington's order for the $780,
600 worth of goods not wanted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
Young T0wanda Girl is a Favor
ed Parsonage.
HUNDREDS CALL TO SEE
Nellie Shrfyer But 13 Years Old
the Victim.
Mysterious Rappings and Slate
Writing Happen.
Spirits Point Out Boys Who
Killed Favorite Dog.

Ell Dorado, Kan, Nov. 29.-''Towanda
mas a spiritual sensation. Miss Nellie
Shriver, a girl of 10 years, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Josh Shriver. who are
among the oldest pioneers of the town
ship, seems to be the special and favor
lite mediK1n of spirit manifestations that
are very strange and curious. That Miss
Nellie is sincere and all the writings. an
swers by writings and queer exhibitions
genuine is held by all who have been to
see them, and they are many.
THE rappings began about two years
ago and were at first terrifying to the
family. They came more pronounced as
time went ON and familiarity lesSened
their terrors until Miss Nellie offered OPP
braced. She takes a slate to bed with
her and placing it and pencil beneath
the covers, Instantly the writing begins,
the scratching of the pencil plainly heard
and the writing perfectly leSible. All
this with no effect nor actifn her
part Questions answered by yes or no,
accurately and promptly by rappings up
on the bedstead- Doubling persons or
ward the spirits are met by a storm of
rappings upon the bedstead and it and
its coverings are tossed about like boat
on storm beaten waters.
Miss Nellie and her family disclaim
any collision with the spirits. She is the
involuntary means of communication with
Shrivers lost a favorite and valuable dog.
1t mysteriously disappeared: the spirits
wrote the names of neighboring boys who
killed the dog and threw its body in
said he had been solicited to assist in the
killing
serious to aock to the Shriver home in
great numbers and the notoriety is very
disa greeable, yet they are powerless to
stop the strange and uncanny occur
renceS''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
LOCAL MENTION.

George Bass and Mary e. Wood were
married at the home of the brides
parents in Lowman Hill last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Blakeley of 1860
born today. He will be christened John
Mills.
At lao Thursday afternoon there was
gasoline stove fire at the home of J.
West Tenth street. The loss was about
s25.
Elder Logee, the young man who stole
a horse southeast of Topeka a short
time ago, was sentenced this afternoon
by Judge Hazen to the Hutchinson re-
formatory.
The county commissioners this morn
ing allowed Mrs. Thorpe, police matron,
500 on account of the contingency fund
of $500 year set at her disposal to use
in aiding the poor.
Under special permission of the coun-
ell, the Palace Clothing company has
placed a Western Union clock in the
lobby of the city hall. The clock is
wound and corrected by electricity, and
has an lad" for the donors on the face.
DR.. D. M. Fisk received a letter yes
terday from DR.. G. A. Gates in which
DR.. Gates stated that he and Mrs.
Gates had started for California, and
that after his visit there he would no
tify the Washburn trustees of his de-
cision.
Samuel Parr filed suit in the district
court this morning for 1880 damages
against the county ON account of In
juries received by a bridge giving way
on the Tecumseh road last June. Parr
first asked the county commissioners
for $1,000 and when that was refused
brought suit for the larger amount.
Mayor Hughes presented the fire de-
partment, the police department and
the city hall employees each with bar
rel of winesap apples on Thanksgiving
day Whether or not a Thanksgiving
offering was due from Col. Hughes has
not yet been decided by the supreme
court but the recipients are willing to
accept the apples on account.
Sheriff Cook made out a requisition
for supplies with which to restock his
magazine. He has the goods. The
county may not pay the bill The
requisition read as follows: 900 rounds
of fresh ammunition that will go.
(See?)" The ammunition cost S4.40
The sheriff has it and the commission
ers have the bill Now County Auditor
WEIGH is looking up the law to see if
the county has to pay the bills of the
sheriff for powder and shot He may
hold that the sheriff must pay for his
sport with the gun by buying his own
powder and shot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
FINE POULTRY SHOW.
Clay Center Association Makes Its
First Venture.

Clay Center, Nov. 2s.-The first show
of the Clay County Poultry association
was opened November 81 and will close
Saturday, November 3Oth. There are
about $50 exhibits of the different varie-
ties and several pens of Pekin ducks.
The show is being we'll patronized and
the association is satisfied with its first
venture. Judge Rhodes of Topeka does
the scoring and awards will be made
Friday. w. A. Lamb of Manhattan has
a pen of brown Leghorns and Ross
Bros of the same place have a pen of
Buff Wyandottes.
F. A. Brown of Onaga has a pen of
light Brahamas on exhibition and r. E.
Wolff of Jewell City shows a fine pen
of White Plymouth Rocks. M. B. Cald-
well of Bala, secretary of the associa-
ton, has the largest exhibit. The mer-
chants have also given special prizes
which are on view in the hall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
SENT By MRS. ROOSEVELT.
Handkerchief From the White House
Sold at Wichita Auction.

Wichita, Nov. ga plain linen hand
kerchief, sent from the White House by
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, was the at
traction which drew a large crowd to
the fair given by the Ladies' Benevolent
Society of the Whitside Presbyterian
church. The handkerchief had been sent
by Mrs. Roosevelt in response to a let
of the proposed fair and its object-to
finish paying for the new church pews
Just one week after sending the letter.
Mrs. Hatfield received the handkerchief
1t is a simple white linen hemstitched
handkerchief, embroidered with bow
knots. 1t was sold at auction for $3.75
after spirited bidding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
OFFICERS COMMISSIONED.
Governor Stanley Issues Authority to
x. N. G. Members.

A number of commissions for officers
in the Second regiment, Kansas Ma
tional Guards, were issued today. Fred
r. Fitzpatrick was commissioned cap
tain; Robert A, Harris, first lieutenant,
and Albert F. Berg, second lieutenant,
of company NJ. Company NJ is located
al Salina.
Nels NJ Nelson was commissioned
captain of company K; Adolph Ander
son, first lieutenant, and Oscar l. Lind
quist second lieutenant. AS might be
guessed without very many guesSes,
company K is stationed at Lindsborg.
Harry ]. Hildebrandt was commits
stoned first lieutenant and Roy Fl.
Thompson, second lieutenant of COM
pany G., of Osborne.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
Pensions For Kansans.

Washington, Nov. 29.-The following
pensions have been granted for Kan
sans: Original-Eli w. Wagner. Belle
vile, SO; Robert H. Dawson, Castleton,
S. Increase, restoration, reissue, etc
Silas c. Davis, dead. Hallowell, $12;
Simeon w. Rove, Greenleaf, IS; Joseph
H. Jones, National Military home,
Leavenworth, $14. Original widows.
etc.-Nancy J. Davis, Halloween, IS;
minor of Beverly B. Hurst, Usage City,
$14; Hettie c. Bishop, Arkansas City, IS.
Increase, restoration, reissue, etc.-The-
odore r. Stevens, Eureka, $50. Original
widows, etc.-Beta Won Minden. Block.
81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29

The railroads are sharing in the gen.
eral prosperity that is favoring the
country and keeping well up their ac-
tivity and earnings In looking over
list of the earnings of nearly 200 rail-
roads, during the summer and fail
months, it is almost impossible to find
one that has not increased it's actual
earnings and, in some. the increase is
noticeable, among them the Santa Fe;
Baltimore & Ohio, Boston and Maine.
Canadian Pacific. Georgia Central, New
Jersey Central, Central Pacific, c. B. q
Q. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific;
Chicago & Northwestern, Denver &
Rio Grande, Erie Grand Trunk, Great
Northern, Illinois Central, Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern, Lehigh Valley,
Missouri. Kansas & Texas; New York
Central, Norfolk Western. and North
ern Pacific.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29

Minister WI is making a fight against
the re-enactment of the Chinese ex-
cIusion on the ground that it is unfair
and unjust to single out this people
from all the rest of the world and make
them the object of such legislation He
would like to debate the question with
some of the advocates of the exclusion
law. But there is nothing to debate
Nobody has made any claim for keep
ing out Wu's people on the score of
Justice, it is largely a matter of bust
ness and incidentally of morals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
To Gather in Telephone Lines.

Joliet, ILL.,. Nov 2e.-Directors of the
Interstate Independent Telephone &c
Telegraph company new 100000
corporation recently organized in New
Jersey for the purpose of acquiring and
controlling telephone companies, held
its first business meetings here today.
Directors were present from New Jer-
sey. Ohio and Illinois. officers were
elected as follows: President, Senator
H H Evans, Aurora, ILL.,; vice presi-
dent Frank Tracey, Springfield. o.
secretary and general manager, E. R.
Conklin, Joliet; treasurer, A. B. Conk
lin, Aurora
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29

Jules Verne has lived to see the sub
marine boat an accomplished fact. The
Holland submarine torpedo boat Full
ton has made a successful test of re-
naming under water for Is hours, or
from 7:30 o'clock one evening until
1920 o'clock the following morning.
Those who went down in the Holland
in addition to her crew were officers of
the navy, an engineer and an electri
clan. A severe storm passed over the
ocean during the night and sent huge
waves to the harbor and shore, but al
though there was but six feet of water
over the top of the turrets those on
board felt nothing of the storm. The
Fulton settled evenly to the bottom and
rested quietly there until she came to
the surface in the morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
FUMIGATE THE MONEY.
County Treasurer Will Kill the
Microbes

Deputy County Treasurer Eberle has
commenced a system of fumigating the
money in the county treasurer's office.
Hereafter all money that leaves the
treasurer's office will be as clean and
free from microbes as a liberal use of
formaldehyde can make it. Money with
the scent of everything from the
breath of crushed violetS to the odor
of onions comes into the treasurer
office. Hereafter the violet perfume and
the onion odor will be at once eradicat-
ed by means of disinfectants.