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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-11-30
KANSAS TORN APART.
Cracks I'm the Yields I'm some Places
niE Enough for Cows TO
Fell In.

The attention OF the Kansas state
board Of agriculture has been called DC
occurrences which are mys,ifying the
alfalfa farmers of Jewell and Republic
counties. IL is reported that great
cracks and sink holes are appearing iu
the alfalfa fields there. says a Topeka
CORE spondent Of the New Horl sun.
The cracks are sometimes rods in
length. from two 20 ak feet i'm depth.
and from one 20 ten feet wide. They
appear only 10 alfalfa fields, and the
farmers have never before seen any
thing like them.
They do not come gradually. but
suddenly. II is becoming dangerous 10
drive . team across alfalfa fic.cS be-
cause the ground may suddenly sink
beneath il.
Some section hands were working on
a railroad track few days ago near
an alfalfa field ON the farm of Edward
Randall. not far from Jewell City. They
heard a COW low but there was uo cow
IN sight. The sound seemed 10 come
from under the ground.
They made a search and discovered
the cow in an alfalfa sink hole. several
feet below the surface. The cow was so
weak that she could not stand after
she had been dug out.
The alfalfa plants have very ionS
roots. One theory Is that these root.
loosen the ground SO that 10 i washeC q
away by an underfiOw.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-11-30

The sultan OF Turkey has six sous
and seven daughters, who are kept in
the seeuress seclusion, the former
ns'ser leaving the grounds Of the house
n which they were bora
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-11-30

Comparatively few horses attain to
IT hands. but Kansas boasts of one
that measures 20 hands and weighs
2.4ia pounds. This big creature is
owned by man named Stout. who
lives in Doniphan county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06

Is it not true9 Women suffer- feel the very life crushed
out of them grow old before their time Each morning
wake up determined to do much before the day ends
and yet
Before the morning very old the dreadful BACKACHE
attacks them, the brave spirit sinks back in aright
matter how hard they struggle the clutch is upon them
and they fall upon the couch crying:
"Why should I suffer 500 What can dos"
The is ready, your cry has been heard, and
is able to restore you to health and happiness
Backache is only a symptom of fatal trouble
heed its warning in time.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will
stop your torture and restore your courage Your pains
from unnatural 1nenstruaton arrangement
of the womb Let those who suffering read Mrs Nor
toms letter and be guided by her experience.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
COIN BACK.

I've packed my traps and I'm goin' back
where the fields are green and broad,
And the colts, with their legs all doubled
up, are rollin on the sod;
They'll smile, l s'pose, when they see me
come, and they'll, some of en-, likely
say
They thought I'd forsaken the farm for
good the day that 1 went away
But let 'em smile-I'm goin' back-Im sick
of the noise and fuss.
Where a couple of dollars count for more
than the life of a common cuss;
They'll nobody notice I've went away-if
you told 'em they wouldn't care,
But somebody's face'll be full of JOY wheu
she greets her boy back there.
I'm goin' back, for I've had my fill-Fve
saw what there is to see;
The city may still be the place for you, but
it's lost its charm for me;
And won't l be lonesome there, you say
with the people so far apart?
Well, mebby they're few and far between,
but each of EMS got a heart;
There amt no hundreds of thousands there
to push you around l know,
Not carin' a cent where you're comm from
or where you're tryin' to go
For the one that's jost,ed day after day
with never friend to greet,
There amt lonesomer place on earth
than the city's crowded street.
I'm goin back where the dogs asleep on
the step by the kitchen door,
With his nose pushed down between his
paws-Tm sick of the smoke and roar;
There's money to make where the crowds
are thick and they're tryin' to rip
things loose
There's money to get if you've got the grit,
but, dang it all! what's the use?
They hustle for dollars all through the
Of dollars in he'd
And forgive the gougin' fellow may do
as long as he gets ahead
They hustle and hustle and coop them
selves in dark little holes and fret
And honor a person accordin' to the money
has managed to get.
I'm goln' back where the poplars stand in
tail rows down the lane,
Where the bobsled's settin' beside the barn,
defyin' the sun and rain;
Where the birds are singin' away as
though they were hired to fill the air
With sweetness that nobody ever can
know who was never a boy out there;
I'm goin' back where they'll not expect me
to sit in the kitchen when
I'm courtin' the girl ! love because I'm
workin' for other men
Where the richest among emil shake my
hand, instead of lettin' me see
That they think the money they've got
must make them blamed sight bet
ter than me.
I'm goin' back and you'll stay here and
rush, in the same cid way,
Coin to work and then goin' home-the
same thing day by day
And you'll think you're havin' a high old
time and I'll pity you. lookin' back
IFrom where l whistle across the fields) at
you in the same OLD track
I'm goin' back but the crowds won't know.
and they'll still keep rushin' on;
They'll never notice that some ones face
is missin when l am gone
No, they'll never notice that some ones
gone-if they did they wouldn't care
But every tree'll be noddin' to me when l
turn up the lane back there.
S. Z. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
MARRIAGE SETTLEMENTS.
John c. Calhoun Regarded Them rs
Unfriendly to the Happiness of
the Marriage State.

Just before Calhoun's marriage he
had a long talk with the legal coun-
sci of his sweetheart's mother re-
garding Floride's marriage settle
ment, and directly thereafter, says
George Wolsey Symonds in Ladies'
Home journal, wrote to his prospec-
tive mother-in-law on the subject:
"From prejudice, or reason, l have
always been opposed to marriage set
Elements. l think experience and
reason prove them to be unfriendly
to the happiness of the marriage
state; and that they tend to produce
pecuniary embarrassment. In that
state there should be one interest,
one happiness and one destiny. That
entire confidence. which is reposed
by a female in the object of her
choice, in placing both her honor and
her property in his custody, gives
rise to the most sacred and tender
regard. A marriage settlement i'm
plies a dist~lst. 1t is no safety
against inevitable accident. 1t is a
guard against the imprudence or mis-
conduct Of the husband only. = y
If successful in life there is no bene-
fit in one; if unsuccessful, what more
disagreeable than to have property,
but not to be able to pay just debts :.
1t would to me be wretched. 1t would
be splendid poverty"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06

de men are out jes' now, but he's ex-
pectin' one back in a minute.
"'Whos bossin' de libery tonight p
says l. 'NIike?'
Yes
"'Tell him dere's guy wants to see
him out here fer "a minute
mike an me is old pals, an when
he comes out l gifts him on to let me
put on a drivers coat an go out wild
de guy me an 1927 t'ink is Glimmer.
An l tells 1927 to git quick hustle out
with the telegraph to de fly an to
bring de fly back wild him.
"'You call up 16 offs on de tele-
phone frum de fy's house. says, AN
I'll leave word dere fer you what's to
do an where de guy has went
$50 goes in, an Mike says: Here's
a driver for you, sir An de guy says:
Well, hurry up. l haven't got no time
to lose l takes a piece of red chalk
| finds in de stable an | makes a mark
on de back of de guys coat when he
amt lookin'.
de n | says to him: Excuse me, sir,
but you got something on the back of
yere coat Brush it off, he says, an
| pretended to try, but couldn't make
it come. 1T won't come, SIR says,
AN it looks like big letter in in red
paint
'W-w-well, I'll g-g-get it off, the
guy says, an unbuttons his coat an
starts to pull it off. Then he stops
sudden an pulls it up again around
his neck an says: %, well, never
mind, III change my clothes in de
morning, anyhow
by the time Mike gifts my cab
hitched up 1927 is started out fer de
fly. goin' out West Thirty-frst street
like a fire engine, an it's along to-
wards tW2 o'clock in de mornin'
"'Where to, STRIP ] says, tcuchin' my
hat to de guy.
"'To de uni"c..l station III hurry
b" rs. 4 want to catch train at
three o'clock
II gifts a hustle over to the West
side an seen my guy safe In lower
tree in de st. Louis car. Den / calls
up 16 offs an puts de manager wise
to the whole show.
"'327 will call you up in a few min
utes,' [ says, AN you tell him an de
| ay to catch de train at de Englewood
station. Dey got time if dey drive
fast. De guy dey want is in lower
tree in de st. Louis car
"De fly and 327 makes a quick run
in an catches de train 0. X. at Engle-
wood. De fly walks in and takes John
Rawlins Glimmer out of de berth. An
John Rawlins is rabbit an gives de
hull game away. Den fly gives 327
a dollar bill an says: Split dat wild
your pardner, my boy he says, and
dat was de nearest we ever came to dat
$4,000 reward. Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
Patience Does the Trick.

When you know you are on the
right track, do not let any failures
dim your vision or discourage you.
for you cannot tell how close you
may be to victory. Have patience,
and stick, stick, stick, in spite of
every hindrance. A Chinese student
became so discouraged by repeated
failures that he threw his book away
in despair. While in this Respondent
mood he saw poor woman rubbing
an iron rod on stone to make a
needle. Struck by the wonderful pa
thence of the woman, he went back
to his studies with new determine
tion and became one of the greatest
scholars in China.-O. S. Marden, in
Success.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
OUR OLD NEW WORLD.
Regarding the Age of the
Western Continent.

Long, long before man was, there
were Americans, j. e., beings inhab-
iting the continents now called the
Americas, to which beings great man
has given very awful names because
mysterious beings must be named
appropriately, says a scientific ex-
change.
The most conservative European
savants have to admit that the Amer
icas are many millions of years old.
1t can't be helped, really. Nowhere
is this fact more evident than in the
so-called bad lands" of Dakota and
Wyoming. Since 1870 m;-Ay scientists
of repute, like Marsh, Cope, Owen,
Workman, Osborne, visited those re-
gions-where they were called "old-
bone men''-and established the fact
of the very great antiquity of our
continent. They found, for instance,
conclusive proof that long ago there
were inland seas far exceeding in size
the five big lakes, and of which now
nothing remains except Salt lake and
Sewer lake. Along the shores Of
these inland seas vegetation luXuriat-
ed, and the antediluvian forests of
strengthening trees were the dwell
ing places of animals more grotesque,
more hideous, than even the most
fertile brain conceived during the
ages when faith in the existence of
dragons, etc, was universal, though
vague.
The skeletons and portions of
skeletons of the monstrous land and
water lizards of prehistoric times
make it possible to state the size of
those terrible animals.
The "Atlantosaurus immanis" had
n height of 81 feet and a length of
1872 feet! The Elasmosaurus, IS feet
long, had a snake-like neck % feet
long. which enabled it to cover a ter
ritory As feet in height and breadth
without moving a foot.
The Dinosaurs were immense land
lizards, somewhat resembling the
kangaroo. The carnivorous Dino
saurs were a little smaller than those
subsisting on vegetable matter, but
were possessed of immense strength,
which enabled them to make leaps of
20 feet and more. Besides, they were
armed with horns and teeth which
would have cut through the hide of a
rhinoceros as if it had been paper.
At the same time, the waters were
dashed by monsters. of which the
traditional sea serpent is but faint
| image. What dimensions the Mosa-
saurs had is approximately shown by
the fact that, within a cast of one of
these creatures, preserved in the Brit
ish museum, 26 persons have dined
very comfortably. Of many of these
| beasts, remains of which Prof. Cope
discovered in the clays of western
Kansas, no less than 81 different
species had length of 100 feet and
more.
Gigantic birds and lizards with bat
wings measuring 25 feet from tip to
Tip, scared through the air in search
of prey. The "Mastodon Americans"
exceeded in size the elephant of to-
day as much as an OK does a calf.
BY and by, in the course of millions
of years, the vast inland seas were
filed up, dried up and the mon
sterS here mentioned disaDpeared
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
VALUABLE HISTORIC RELIC.
Washington's Sword to BE Sold by
Descendant for the Sake of a
Pretty Baby.

Miss Virginia Lewis, who has at last
consented to sell the sword of Wash
ington, for which she once refused
$4,000, was turned from her desire to
keep it by the, prattlings of a baby, and
that baby is certainly entitled TO the
money, if blood counts for anything.
Mrs. Grace Lee Lewis Mann is the
mother of the baby, and the niece of
Miss Lewis, who set out for Baltimore
a little while ago to sell the sword.
Miss Lewis has already negotiated by
mail and in person with the Metropol-
itan museum of New York, but the
museum disagrees with her in mat
ter of $4,000. She wants 100000 for
the heirloom, and its offer has not yet
gone above the half of that price, says
the Cincinnati Enquirer.
1t certainly has accomplished about
enough for one sword already. 1t at
tended to the settling of some French
men and some Indians in a very neat
manner, and later on it showed the
British a trick or two. 1t might have
earned rest by this time, one would
think, but no. 1t is to bring neat
price that Baby Mann may have what
her mother calls more nice things"
when she grows up.
The line by which Mrs. Mann traces
her connection with George Washing
ton is a long one, fun of distinguished
people. She is to join the Society of
Colonial Danes. \ lot of people
would give their eyes to be able to
squeeze into the Danes by even one
| ancestor: two makes you a distin-
pushed member. Look at the names
on Mrs. Mann's application:
On the paternal side she claims lin
cal descent from Hon. John Lewis,
Hon. Augustine Darner, Col. Lawrence
Washington, Col. Augustine Washing
ton, Col. Fielding Lewis. On the ma
ternal side she claims lineal descent
| from Gov. Samuel Ogle, Gov. Benjamin
Tasker, William Baden, Col. John
Tayloe, Hon. Henry Corbin.
Any one of these ancestors would
entitle her to become a member of the
| Colonial DANES. All of them together
make her tenfold member, and that
is more than enough for one 17-year-
old woman. But she has the further
audacity to have George Washington
for her great-great-grea -granduncle.
This comes through the marriage Of
Col. Fielding Lewis and Elizabeth
Washington, the presidents sister.
When Mrs. Mann was baptized the
water with which she was spriukleN
was contained in Washington's punch
bowl. When the baby was baptized a
year ago the same punch bowl made
| the trip from Baltimore to serve as a
| font for her.
To this same small Betty Washing
ton Mann is to come the heritage OF
| the price of the ancestral sword. 1t
was exhibited at the worlds fair. and
Miss Lewis was offered $4,000 for it.
Later on it went to Tiffany's, and its
owner refused much larger sum for
| it. She has set her valuation at $780,
600 and that price she has determined
| shall come to California to the little
grandniece of the distinguished line
| age.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06

IN rcd-headed Sunday school teachers
what wears kids in de right hand little
finger, but dey all yells. an one of 'em
hanGs 227 swift kick in de STATS so
we knows dey are de real ting an not
bank robbers.
"All dis time de peppers is printin'
stories about John Rawlins Glimmer.
Traced to Chicago dey said. 1T Is
Knowed Dat de Newton Bank'Wrecker
Cum to Dis City, Offer of Reward Is
Doubled Ten Thousand Dollars fur
His Arrest, and Detectives Are Hot on
de Trail
"De night dat piece cum out in de
pepper dere was telegraph cum from
New York to de bigges' fly copper in
town. 1t cum in about midnight an
it read like dis:
OCTOPUS, Glimmer, tentacles, Chi
cago, seven, t.mpus, catamaran.
Eye
"'Deliver dis message by special
messenger immediately it said.
Spare no pains. Most important
DE fly copper de telegraph was fer
lives six miles out in de rubarbs, an
de manager calls in me and 327 an
tells us to go over an git buggy at de
libery stable an make hurry-up trip.
We goes over an | stops at de hash
foundry to cop some sinkers an Gigs
fer lunch on de way. 327 goes ahead
to get de horse hitched up.
"When l Gums up to de stable 1927
ducks out an leads me into de alley.
Say he says, shiverin' all over,
'dere's guy in dere wild red hair, an
his mustache is jes' shaved off. He's
wearin' mitts, an de collar of his coat
is turned up to hide de back of his
neck
can I'll bet says 1927, dat he's de
guy we're after. We as good as got
him pinched now says 1927. What you
gon' to do wild yer SCOOP he says.
'Glimmer's in dere tryin' to hire rig
to drive him downtown, an the libery
stable guy says he'll have to wait a
minute till he gifts driver in; dat all
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
LIKES BUCKWHEAT CAKES.
ing Lessons in American Gull
mary Art,

Americans will be glad to learn
that a new bond of sympathy has
been woven between the German en-
peror and the people of the great re-
public. 1t is announced that the Ger
man sovereign has added buckwheat
cakes to the royal menu; also Goldfish
cakes, hominy pancakes, oatmeal and
Welsh rarebit! By his order the inn
perial chef took passage on an Amer
lean liner, and on the voyage was in
structed in the preparation of long
list of typically American dishes. The
emperor capitulated to buckwheat on
the occasion of recent visit to the
new Hamburg-American yacht, the
Prinzcessin Victoria Luise. The chef
of chefs of the neutrality-suspicious.
line is Emil Fahrenheim, of the
steamship Deutschland. For the oc-
casion he was transferred to the
Yacht and for the kaiser's breakfast
prepared a typical American menu,
which, so the story goes, so pleased
the emperor that he invited himself
to remain for luncheon and dinner.
On his return from the theater at
midnight he was RECALLED with
Welsh rarebit. Then = was that the
kaiser capitulat"d,
"Ach. colt" he exclaimed fervent-
", "E YER have l tasted such deli
cacies as these buchweizen pfann-
kuchen and hominy pfannkuchen.
They are so light So tarty So
rich! My Gordon bleu shall be in
tructed in the art of preparing
them"
So Herr Voelkers, the ltoeniglich-
kalserlicher mund koch, sailed with
the Deutschland and was put through
a course of culinary sprouts, taking
voluminous notes, and upon arrival
at Cherbourg graduated from the
tutelage of Herr Fahrenheim with
high honors. Some day he is to
make the round trip on tn Deutsch-
land and learn further of American
cooking. The emperor has but just
embarked upon his culinary conquest,
and there are still worlds to con-
quer. The Welsh rare1it win but
give him an appetite for the golden
buck, the Goldfish cake, for brown
bread and baked beans, the buck
wheat cake, for mince pie. And after
these there will still remain scrapple
and fried mush.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
oooooooooooOoooooooooooo
Didn't Get the Reward
)OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC
THE Reformed Messenger Boy took

THE Reformed Messenger Boy took
a dirty and time-worn paper from
the inside pocket of His vest. He I'M
folded it and spread it out on the table.
1t showed the face of middle-aged
man, with a brief description below
it. Above the face, in big black let
ters, was the single line: $50 Re-
ward"
"Dere," said the boy, SIS de mug of
de guy what me an 1927 got pinched.
If it hadn't been fer US de fly cops
I'D a-been lookin' fer him yet. We gifts
wise to his nobs, an gives de tip to de
flies, an den dey makes de pinch, cops
de coin, an gives me an 327 de double
cross.
His name was John Rawlins Glim-
mer, an he made a quick sneak out-a
New York five years ago, after pinch
in $250,000 from de Newton national
bank. De peppers was full of how
smood guy he was. He was de book
keeper, an kept de bank dope books,
an he'd been pinchin' an maxim de
books lie about it fer ten years. Every
day it was pinch an carry one wild
him, an in Ae afternoon he'd go down
an put a z5rw dollars on de ponies,
'spectin' all de time to win out an put
himself back on de square.
me an 1927 was readin' all about it,
an wishin' dat we could git chance
TO do little fyin', an win de dough
de bank offers fer catchin' de guy.
Den my fren', de lutte over to Central.
gimme dis bill of de play, wild de guys
mug on it an tellin' all about him.
Me an 1927 learns it all by heart.
"'John Rawlins Glimmer,' it saws.
'4s years old, red hair and mustach,
mixed wild gray Little finger on right
hand is missing. Has big scar on back
~ - When e. -c..c. IS ant f. stint
ter badly, Has taught class in Sunday
SCHOOL, an may be found talip' par.
in revival meetin's. $1,000 reward fer
his errest an detention. Left New
y ork June II, an is supposed to have
come to Chicago.
"'327,' l says, after him an me has
got de descript down fine, me an you
mus cop dat dough. We mus keep
our lamps lit fer Mr.. Glimmer, an
when we sees guy wild his right mitt
shy one finger We'll t'row him down
an look fer de scar on de back of his
neck. You'll have to go to Sunday
school, 327,' says, AN rubber fer guys
wild red hair and mustaches.'
1927 goer de mex Sunday, an dere's
a big gazaboy dere wild de right color
roof on his nut and a red mustache.
but he has gray kid gloves on his
mitts, an 327 can't tell whedder he's
shy little finger er not. 1927 says dat
kid gloves are suspicious, anyhow, so
he waits till de guy gets out on &c
street. Den he sneaks up an gives
him a pinch on the little finger on de
right glove, t'inkin' if it was stuffed
wild sawdust de guy couldn't know it
But de guy let's out yell, and so 1927
knows dat he is on dead 'un. De mex
tree Sundays me an 527 puts in pinch
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
AN OPEN LETTER TO WOMEN.

"DEAR MRS PINKHAM:-I have been so delighted
with Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
I thought I would write and thank you. Ny system
entirely down. 1 suffered with terrible back
ache in the small of my back and could hardly stand
upright; tired in the morning than retiring
at night. had appetite Since taking your Com
pound have gained fifteen pounds, and am gaining
every week Ny appetite has improved have no back
ache, and look better than ever looked before
81 shall recommend it to all my friends as it GER
tanly is wonderful medicine. E. F. MORTON
500 York ST.. Cincinnati O.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
Variable Old Table Silver.

A complete set of 10 James l. silver
spoons belonging to Lord Dormer was
sold in London recently for $500.
Only two other sets are known, one
in Corpus Christi college, Cambridge,
the other in Goldsmiths' hall in Lon
don. An Elizabethan standing salt
cellar weighing 2o1s ounces was sold
for $4,000, nearly $3.50 an ounce.-Chi-
caRo Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
Requires Little sIeen.

The distinction among animals of
requiring least sleep belongs to the
elephant. In spite of its capacity for
hard work the elephant seldom. if
ever, sleeps more than four, or occa-
E;onally five, hours.-NGture.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
Wanted Protection.

Have you in contemplation any
risk or dauger?" asked the life insur-
ance man.
Il am going to discharge our
cook tomorrow" faltered the unhap-
Ply Observation-Disclosures American.