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turesque but more convenient. Yet in
many streets, you may see a building of
Two or three centuries ago, whose roof
describes lovely bumpy curves, wedged in
between two Smart-looking structures
with plate glass windows
somerset has a few features OF m
usual historic interest It formed part of
the ancient British kingdom that offered
the last resistance to Saxon invasion,
Camelot, the "dim rich city" of King
Arthur's time, capital of his domain. was
In Somerset. Alfred, greatest of Saxon
Kings, sought a hiding place here. and
Glastonbury, once known as the Isle of
Avalon, for ecclesiastical interest has no
rival in Great Britain.
The town, with its ruined abbey. Is rich
IN associations, but its browning inter
est is that there the first Christian church
IN Great Britain was founded
Joseph of Arimathea with eleven dis.
clples landed on the coast of Somerset
about A. D. 69, was kindly received bv
the British king, Arviragus, and given
twelve hides Of land on the Isle Of Avalon
where they erected a small chapel of
Wattles and mud. In after years this
edifice was held in such veneration that
Its proportions were carefully inscribed
IN brass tablet and when it could no
longer be preserved, the succeeding chanel
was built over and around it ere it was
taken down. An imprint from the brass
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effect of the basins will be to improve
still further the water by subsistence.
The pumps will be located in the base
ment Of the pump house on the shelf
above. The boilers will be in separate
building
The depth Of the excavation shown in
both views, almost forty feet, will give
some idea of the magnitude Of the task
that the city engineer has undertaken.
To get solid foundation it was neces-
sary to drive about 1900 piles a distance
of fourteen feet into the hard clay un-
derlylng the surface soil. These piles are
all fastened together with big tins and
the whole overla1d with concrete a foot
thick The basin and basement walls will
be of dressed sandstone blocks. The COST
of the pumphouse complete will be prob
ably more than $150,000. While the water
will be taken at the start from the river
opposite the station, 1t is planned even
tually to extend an intake pipe as far up
the river as the changed conditions re-
quire. DR.. Corbett, city bacteriologist,
testifies to the present high character Of
the water at that point.
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'Mongst the hills Of Somerset,
WishIt I was a roamin' vet.

The lament of the homesick emigrant
comes to mind, as I wander over the hills
he longed to see. Undulating, partly
wooded, green hills, divided by fertile val
leys, where queer round headed willows
dot the banks of meslndering streams.
Here and there in the distance struggling
cottages cluster around their parish
church, whose substantial square tower
characteristic of Somerset-punctuates the
view. Those villages are old-as old as
London-yet have always been just what
they are now.
Inelr churches usually boast some dis
tinct1ve feature, perhaps Norman font
pew-ends of wonderful Gothic carving
quaint old monuments or efigies, old
Drasses, or Saxon cross with its intri-
cate wriggling design. The structure, or
fabric, as it is called, frequently shows
Norman, early, middle and late Gothic
features.
Scattered about the country are abbey
farms, and their large stone barns, which
in times gone by received the tithes due
to some extinct monastery, are now used
for farm purposes. Their dignified eccle-
Siastical outlines look odd amongst other
barnyard properties. Sketching near one
of these farms recently, 1 was surprised
when o'clock came, to have a cup of tea
sent out to me with accompaniment of
bread and butter and cake. Nothing of
the sort had ever happened before in all
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tablet, in existince as late as the seven
teenth century, is the authority for our
illustration.
The present ruined chapel of st. Joseph
now covers the site Of that early one OF
wattles and mud. This is the best-pre-
served Of the abbey ruins, and is in the
richest style of Norman architecture.
East of 1t are the remains OF the magnln-
cent abbey church, green grass its floor,
the blue sky overhead. The splendid pro-
portions of the central arches can be
seen in the broken one yet standing.
After St. Joseph's death the Christian
religion declined, but was revived A. u.
166 by missionaries sent from Rome, who
found and restored the chapel. From this
time the place grew in Importance until
early in the fifth century st. Patrick be-
came its first abbot. His tomb was dis
covered in 1923 through an ancient docu-
ment found in some old library. King
Arthur was brought there for sepulture
after that last battle in the west, the site
of his grave was unknown till the twelfth
century, when a Welsh bard, reciting be-
fore Henry H., described the spot. The
king instituted a search and it was found
as had been said, "the bones of an ex-
ceeding bignesse,' with sword cuts in the
skull, and by him his queen, Guinevere.
her long, yellow tresses yet perfect.
grand tomb before the high altar, of which
all trace has vanished, except a bit Of
sculpture found in the crypt, and said to
have been portion Of one of the carved
lions that supported the corners of 1t.
ST. Dunstan was one of the notable
abbots of Glastonbury. He is the patron
saint OF workers in metal. In one corner
OF the great church you can put your head
In an alcove and hear dull intermittent
roar-St. Dunstan at his forge, accord
ing to local superstition. l heard it
plainly.
Up to the dissolution Of the monasteries
the abbey exercised a powerful influence.
Its reputation for sanctity anl learning
was SO great that dignitaries of other
lands made costly gifts to it. Royalty
often visited it, but now sheep feed in the
ruined chancel and the past with its ro-
nance and glory seems many-colored
dream.
| had afternoon tea in the abbey ground.
Slttlng where 1 could see the sunlight
play on the ancient stones. My visit had
peen timed for the full of the moon, to see
II by moonlight, also, and / was greatly
disappointed to hear that visitors were
not admitted after o'clock. Neverthe-
less, was in there that night between
~ and L. How, I may not tell, but the
scene was indescribibly lovely. The mel |
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The accompanying views of the new
northeast pumping station site show the
situation there from the front and rear.
They also represent the present stage of
construction of the new station. 1t is
tremendous task, accompanied by many
difficulties, and it is not probable that it
will be completed under another twelve
months. The work is being done by day
labor under the supervisor of City Engin-
eer Sublette.
The stone Golfer dam adjoining the river
is twelve feet wide and 150 feet long, and
was built last winter, while the river was
frozen. When the river retaining wall is
built the Golfer dam will be removed The
operations this summer have been con-
fined almost wholly up to this time to
making the necessary excavations for the
water basins, driving the piles to carry
the foundation floor and laying the con-
crete floor. The next step will be to build
the basin walls after which work on the
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pump house will be taken up. This will be
located on the shelf where the basin
stones lie, about twenty eight feet above
the floor of the basins.
These basins are a new departure in
pump house construction in Minneapolis,
and the effect will be, it is said, to i'm
prove greatly the character Of the water
through the elimination of foreign sub
stances-silt, and particles Of bark, saw
dust, etc.-some thousands Of yards Of
which are now pumped into the reservoir
each year.
There will be four of these basins, two
81 by 20 feet deep. The water will enter
them at the bottom through four en-
frances in the river wall, each eight feet
square, located from six to twenty feet
below the surface of the river, according
to the stage Of the water. From the ba-
sins the water will be pumped into the
reservoir main. Before entering the ba-
sins, however, the water will pass through
three screens of different sizes, which will
eliminate most of the sawdust, bark and
other foreign matter in the water that
now finds It's way into the reservoir. The
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solitary cottage on the ridge overlooks
the plain where Journeys were once held.
battered old woman with a very black
eye: result, she told us, of falling out of
In the loveliest part of Somerset, ,-inac-
an apple tree-made tea for us, and from
her cottage we followed a path to the
mystic well, where on New Years eve
the shades of Arthur and his knights come
to drink.
Near there, signs OF fierce battles have
been found, and an occasional ancient
weapon or silver horseshoe is dug up, but
the city Of the dragon sculptured gate
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ancholy charm that moonlight adds to
such place makes one almost see visions
One feels the pressure of past centuries
the influence Of vanished people.
cessible by rail,-is Cadbury Camp, a hill
fortress of very ancient origin, that is be-
lieved to have been the site Of Arthur's
Camelot Driving there with a party
recently, I was filled with admiration for
its wonderful defensive earthworks, made
unknown centuries ago. Nothing remains
of the marvellous city built by Merlin, ex-
cept the crumbling walls girdling it in
several places, and the deep trenches. A
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-11-02
Monster Fish
Caught by
a Woman.
This a-bass or

This sea bass or
Jew fish was caught
this season by Mrs. ].
H. Barrett Of Los
Angeles at Avalon,
Cal, in the Catalina
Islands. 1t weighed
416 pounds, and is the
largest fish ever
brought to gaff with
rod and reel by an
angler unaided. The
photograph was taken
by Robert e. Ford Of
Throop Polytechn 1 Q
institute, Pasaden a ,
and son of Luther
Ford of Minneapolis
Mrs. Ford and her lit
tie daughter Dorothy
appear in the fore
ground of the group,
near the fiSh.
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TWO DROWNING BOYS
SAVED BY THE GOVERNOR
He Plunged Into the Mississippi and Swan With
Them to Land This Was Twenty Years Ago
and He Only Recently Learned Their Names

boat to get supplies In the city and then
catch up with the raft farther down, as
has been the custom on the river. The
captain passed the boys without perceiv
ing the danger they were in, but looking
back he saw they were drowning. He
turned his boat toward them, threw off
his coat and jumped into the river and
swan with them to shore. Johns lungs
were filled with water and it took hard
work to bring him back to life. He was
rolled on the sand, his arms were
stretched upward and backward and he
rl,hhed and twisted IN most Yigor-
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-11-02
AN ARTIST IN
STORED SOMERSET
Elisabeth A. Chant Describes and Pictures the
Historic Ruins of That Ancient
English Shire.

my sketching experience. Perhaps the
influence of old time hospitality still lin
gers about these venerable places.
The towns of Somerset are curious
mixture of ancient and modern. Ambi-
tious to be UP with the times, they are
gradually widening streets and replacing
old buildings with modern ones, less pic
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suscitated John, the boys ran down the
beach toward home, saying as they left
that they we're much obliged" which
part of the story brings a broad smile to
the governors face when he tells 1T.
One time when the governor was speak
ing with Mr. Remmler in this city he
made the wish he had so often expressed,
namely, to now who the boys were he
saved. fWell, here is one Of them," said
Mr.. Remmler, and that was the first time
anybody but the boys knew 1t.
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Special to The Journal.
Red Wing, Mimi. Nov. 2.-About twenty
years ago, when Governor S. R. Van SAINT
was a steamboat captain on the Missis-
sppi, and at time when neither he nor
the people OF this commonwealth had ever
dreamed that the captain would ever be
the chief executive Of Minnesota, he per-
formed heroic act by which the lives of
two Red Wing boys were saved. The
story OF this brave act is now retold in
connection with the drowning of Dennis
SeWell, the Minneapolis logeer while at
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IN the water. He had slid from sand
bar into deep water and was drowning.
Otto fastened to his rescue, but as soon
as he came within Johns reach, the lat
ter clutched him in such a manner that
Otto was made helpless, and being un-
able to liberate himself from the drown
ing boy both were going down.
One of Captain Van SAINTS raft boats
was steaming down the river, and the cap
tain, accompanied by one or two others,
was coming ahead of the raft in a row
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has vanished into the eggerwint, leaving
not a wrack behind
Elisabeth A. Chant.
Yevril. England, Sept 20, 1901.
OVERAWED.

EulIduSIpHld EFeSS.
Mrs. Nurich-I don't know whatever I'm
goin' to do with that father O. yours.
Mr.. Nurich-What's up now?
Mrs. Nurich-He insists on smokin' IN
the parlor, an he won't mind me.
Mr.. Nurich-Just tell the butler to speak
to him. He's scared o. him.
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respondent, is as follows:
The two boys had been up above the
city, on the Wisconsin side of the river,
picking wild grapes, which grow plenti
fully there. After they had their sacks
well filled and were about to return home,
they decided a bath would be refreshing.
Otto was a good swimmer and ventured
out to the middle Of the river, while John,
who could not swim, remained near shore.
When Otto turned about to swim toward
land he noticed his companion struggling
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tempting 10 save q
boy, and the interest
which the governor
has taken in the fund
for the bereaved fam
lily. There Is new in
interest in the story,
furthermore, from the
fact that it was not
until recently that
the governor was able
to discover the names
of the boys for whom
he put his own life in
peril, the boys never
having disclosed to
their paren t 8 or
friends what had hap
pened.
The two boys whom
the captain saved
were John Less and
Otto A. Remmler, and
they were about u
years old at the time.
The former, who grew
up to be a very prom
Using young man, and
who, by the way, was
a brother to the wife
Of Major Oscar See
bach, the present as
sistant adjutant gen
eral, died some years
ago. The latter, Mr..
Remmler, is manager
of his fathers brew
cry in this city, and
has been prominently
associated with re-
publican politics for
several years.
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Gus manner until he seemed none the
worse for his experience. Otto, who was
more scared than hurt, as the saying goes,
did not receive so much attention as John,
but thought it was necessary for himself
to go through the same performance as
his comrade. So he laid himself on the
beach and rolled over and turned and
twisted, initiating as nearly as possible
the contortions which John was put
through.
When Captain Van SAINT had fully re-
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Israel Oppressed i'm Egypt-Ex. 1. IA.
Golden Text-God heard their groaning and
God remembered his covenant-Ex., H., "a.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-27
FRUIT CROP IS SAFE.

Topeka, Kan, April l9.-Secretary
Barnes of the State Horticultural
society today turned out the follow
ing bulletin regarding the condi-
ton of the groging fruit crop:
THE prospect for large crop of
fruit in the state 10 very good.
Some of the peaches on the low
ground have been injured by frosts,
but those on the high lands are In
fine condition. The apples promise
to be first class, while the outlook
for a large crop of strawberies was
never better. The frost this morn
ing was not serious and I think no
damage will come of Il. The only
danger now 10 from hail storms
and exceedingly high winds which
might possibly knock the young
fruit from the limbs"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-27
MUST NOT 90 TO POOR HOUSE

The G. A. r. department of Kan.
sas has sent printed copy of sen.
ate bill No. ~ to each G. A. post in
the state, with the instructions tina,
it be read at the next meeting of the
poet and then be posted in a CON.
spicuous place so that all old sol.
diers can read its provisions. II ia
the bill which provides that no sol.
der of the civil or Spanish war, his
wife, widow or children, shall be
sent to poor house. In case az.
sistance is needed it is made the
duty of the poor commissioner of
each county to supply the neces.
saries of life and home IL the fam.
lily has no home. But under no
circumstances shall a veteran or
his wife. widow or children be nut
ia poor house. A heavy penalty
is attached for the violation of the
law by a poor commissioner.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-27
GOOD ROADS FIRST.

A Washington dispatch says:
The Postmaster General aud Mr..
Macheu, superintendent of the free
delivery service, are preparing new
regulations for the government
and maintaiuance of the free de.
livery services in the rural districts.
Heretofore, az a prerequisite for
the establishment of rural deliv-
cry route the department has re-
quired that there shall be we'll kept
roads over which the carriers must
travel, but in many instances it was
found that these roads, good as
they were in the outset, have been
allowed to become almost impass-
able in bad weather. In the future,
according to the new regulations,
the roads must be kept in good
shape all the year round and where
the service is interrupted by the
bad condition of the roads, these
roads must be improved at once or
the service will be withdrawn. II
10 the belief of the department Off.
Gals that these regulations will 90
a long ways towards the good
roads" problem, which has received
80 much attention from bicyclists
and automobiles during the past
few vears,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-27

in his side. He, too, received the
tender and careful ministrations of
the medical gentlemen.
John Wilson was one Of the big
medicine men of the Osages, and
was removed from the Quapaw
agency last fall by order of the In
dian agent. His wife, Ollie, was a
fuil.blood Quapaw, the daughter of
John Medicine, a former chief of
the tribe. She died from her in
juries Thursday morning. Her
body. that Of her child and her hus-
band passed through Miami Thurs.
day in charge of Peter Clabber and
others, and was taken to her home
near Quapaw Mission for burial.
Slim Jim, according to the state
ment of the Quapaws who passed
through here yesterday. could not
possibly recover. A mum her of the
Quapaws had been on one of their
regular pilgrimages to the Usage
country. and were returning to
their homes when the accident &C.
CURED.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-27
For Sale or Exchange.

An Oklahoma farm. Located 10
miles east and south of Norman,
Oklahoma, being northwest quar-.
ter of section IA, township 8, range
I castillo acres. Except slightly
elevated tract of about IL acres
near center (which is stony. all the
land 10 smooth, level and free from
stone. The whole tract has rich,
black soil from one to three feet
deep. 100 acres is nice. clean tim.
Der land; 30 acres cleared aud
fenced and in cultivation; a weeks
work will clear II acres more. and
another weeks work will clear 8
acres more.
This farm is in the best part of
Oklahoma-between the two Cana
dian rivers. in the famous "black
jack" section; 1t will produce three.
fourths bale of cotton or IS bushels
of corn per acre.
house liog) ioxlo reef; gooo well;
40 bearing apple trees and 60 bear
ing peach trees-,all choice fruit;
blackberries and grapes.
Value $1,000; mortgage $500 due
in 8 years at Q per cent.
A quick cash sale will get equity
for $3.50. If exchanged must have
full value of farm and must have
500 cash.
If exchange is offered submit the
fullest of details. No heavily en-.
numbered property considered and
none where epcumbrance 10 due or
nearly due.
SAMUEL II. SMITH,
Baxter Springs. Kan.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-27
LOOK OUT FOR FRAUDS.
Nobody Has Inside information Re.
garding Opening Of Indian Laads.

Washington, d. c., April i9.-The
prospect for the opening Of the new
lands in Oklahoma Territory to
settlement under the act of March
3, last, providing for the disposi.
ton of the lands coded by the WITCH
tia, Kiowa, Comanche and Apache
Indians has had the effect of in
creasing the correspondence of the
commissioner of the general land
Office until it has come TO be oi
enormous dimensions. Most of the
letters ask for information upon
this subject.
In January. 1927 letters were re-
ceived; in February, 4,239; in March,
5,074, and thus far during the pres
ent month this mail has numbered
3,744. In view of the fact that the
lands to be offered for settlement
included only about 1900 quarter
sections. or an equal number of
homes, it is foreseen that there will
be a tremendous rivalry.
Many persons in the vicinity of
the new lands and elsewhere are
represented to be holding out in
ducemeuts to would be. settlers to
consult them as to ways and means
of securing lands, protesting to
have exclusive information. Com.
Hermann of the general
land office today issued a warning
to the public against all such rep
mo one can have information on
this question that is not open to all
alike" he said. He also repeated
the departments warming against
saying that those who
abide by the law will be protected
in their rights, while those who vi.
olate 1t will be punished.
The lands vii be thrown open in
accordance with the terms of the
presidents proclamation, and un-
der the law that proclamation can.
not be issued until after August Is,
next.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-27
The Best Blood Purifier.

The blood is constantly being
purified by the lungs, liver and
kidneys. Keep these organs ia a
healthy condition and the bowels
regular and you will have no need
of a blood purifier. For this pur.
pose there is nothing equal TO
Cha IN beriain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets, one dose of them will do
you more good than dollar bottle
of the best blood purifier. Price, q
cents. Samples free at A. r. Kane's
drug atore.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-27

AZ vaccination prevents small
pox, and quinine chills and fever,
90 Teethina prevents and counter
acts the effects of the summer's
heat, much dreaded by mothers
with small children. Teethina re-
lieves the many troubles incident
to teething and the hot summers.
and no mother 10 excusable for NOT
giving Il, for Il costs only . cents
at druggists; or mail % cents 10 G.
]. Moffett, n. d, st. Louis, No.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-27

The editor of the Fordville, Ky,
Miscellaneous, writes az a post
script to q business letter: II was
cured of kidney trouble by taking
Foley's Kidney Cure" Take moth
ing else. A. r. Kane.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-27

The fellow who goes around look
ing for trouble doesn't need a tele.
scope.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-27
BRIBED TO ACT THE COWARD.

BRIBED TO ACT THE COWARD.
Mother coming swiftly)-Why,
Willie! Striking your little sisterl
Willie (doggedIyl-Auntie made
me.
Maiden Aunt-Why, Willie! I
said If you did strike her I would
never kiss you again.
Willie (still doggedly)-We I
couldn't let no chance like that slip.
-Tit-Bits.