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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-12-19
Be Sure and Get a
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hereby given that
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-12-19
A Minister'S Mistake.

A city minister was recently handed =
notice u be read irom his pulpit Ac-
comranyjng it was Clipping from =
newspaper bearing upon the matter.
The clergyman started to rad the ex-
tract and found that it began; Take
Kcmp's Bslsam, the bes, Cou.h Cure. 4"
This WAS hardly What he had expected
aud, after moments hesitation, he
TUNED II over, and found on the o,her
side the matter intended for the reading.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-12-19

Some OF the Rand mines in the
Transvaal are worked at depth OF
1000 feet.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-12-19

ulIterntc Italian Copscripts.
The percentage Of illiterntes among
army conscripts in Italy is 80
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-12-19

A, +. Noorhies can supply you With
anything needed in the Photograph line
either amateur vr professional supplies,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-12-19
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Sept. 20, 1901.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07
Its Frishtful Fife cts
Seen in the Number
of Sheep That Perish.

and even the small twigs. This same
man had another force skinning dead
sheep and another whose business it
was to lift up the sheep when they fell
down and could not rise of their own
accord. This is to keep them from
the carrion crows. which hover about
over them and pick out their eyes if
they fall.
During these drouths the rabbits die
as well as the sheep. They drop dead
outside the RABBIT fences. You may see
kangaroos lying here and there dead
upon the plains, and / have been told
that even the birds drop dead from
the trees.
The Riverina country is one of the
best sheep raising districts of Aus
traiia. 1t produces some of the finest
wool, and is noted for it's excellent
grass. In the drouth of 1895 it looked
as though a fire had swept over it.
The most of it was as clean as base
ball ground. 1t could not have been
more bare if it had been plowed.
There was not green sprout or any
sign of vegetable life to be seen. Last
year much the same condition pre-
vailed in parts of Queensland There
were tracts covered with dead sheep,
cattle and horses and dead emus and
kangaroos were lying here and there
over the country. This and other
drouths have caused a reduction in
one district of "a per cent of the sheep
and other districts even more. 1t is
said that the drouth in 1895 lightened
the wool clip almost IL per cent, and
it decreased the lamb crop in New
South Wales about 5000, 900 head.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07
PATRICK HENRY'S EXPLANATION

AS the Green Bag has it, Chief JUS
tice Marshall used to narrate with
glee the following correspondence on
point of honor between Governor
Giles of Virginia and Patrick Henry:
Sir" wrote the governor, Il under
stand that you have called me bob
tail politician. L wish to know if it be
true. and if true, your meaning.
wv. r. Giles"
Patrick Henry's reply came prompt
":
.-Sir, do not recollect calling you
bobtail politician at any time, but
think it probable that have. / can't
say what I did mean, but If you will
tell me what you think / meant, will
say whether you are correct or not.
Very respectfully,
Patrick Henry.
This was leaving it to Giles with
vengeance; but as there was no fur
Their correspondence, the Governor of
Virginia must have veed satisfaction
somewhere between The lines of Pat
rick Henry's brilliant equivocal reply.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07
Queer Sec
, ) Gypsies

A strange and almost unknown part
of the population df they can be
called that of the British Isles are
the queer semi-wild folk known as sea
gypsies- Real gypsies they are, differ
ing from their fellow gypsies in the
fact that they always live on the sea
and that, never having mingled much
with landsmen, their type is much
purer and more nearly resembles the
original There are about 500 sea
gypsies in Britain. They cruise along
the coast. seldom touching the land,
but always close to it, in old and
weather-beaten craft that may have
carried their grandfathers. When the
tue is out the old craft will often drop
anchor by a sandbank island far out
at sea. and her crew will grub for
cookies with their hands, filling a
score of baskets, but saying nothing
to each other, for they are almost out
of the habit of speech. They find fifty
shellfsh where the ordinary fisherman
finds one, but they rarely do the same
thing two days running, and in the
next hour they may be sharing rabbits
on headland miles away. The sea
gypsies are wild eyed and thick set.
Their hair is always either jet black
or golden. They are still of almost
pure Morse or Danish descent never
having used the land and mixed with
the shore folk to any extent. Their
hands seem to be all thumbs instead
of fingers, so powerful and stubby are
the digits, because they have done
nothing but haul on ropes and dig in
the wet sand. There generally is a
whole family on each boat, and one Of
the younger members is sent ashore at
times to sell the shellfish The money
he gets he spends at once for flour,
meat and Irvine for net making The sea
gypsies never keep money about them
they do not care for it-but lay it
out at once in goods. The cookies
fished from the sea by this strange
tribe generally find their way to Bill
ingsgate eventually or are eaten in
the lodging houses of the seaside town.
They detest company of any kind.
Sometimes they fall in with an in
bound sailing vessel that wants a
pilot, and does not care to pay the
heavy dues pilots charge. So the eld-
est son on board the gypsy smack
takes her in charge, and the shipmas-
ter is delighted. for the sea gypsy
never makes mistake, and will do
the pilot work for very little. The o. d
smack is towed astern; but directly
the ship makes her port the sea gypsy
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

and extended to the man nearest him
a small wooden tablet, on which sew
eral Chinese characters were inscribed.
His evident anxiety that it should be
read led to the natural impression that
it was message of some Importance
perhaps from the palace itself,-and an
interpreter was specially summoned.
by whom the supposed message was
quickly deciphered- A look of surprise.
then of deep disgust came into his face.
When he had concluded, the soldier adj
dressed him volubly and with much
earnestness- What about this MANI"
the general asked. With an ill-con-
cealed smile, the interpreter answered
that the tablet just read testified that
the bearer was a Chinese soldier. In
his colloquy with the interpreter, he
had explained that he was guarding
the water-gate, and had left his post
for only few minutes, to find on his
.-eturn that the Americans had entered.
No one was permitted to do this, he
said. He feared the consequences
when the result of his neglect became
known to his commander, and he de-
sired General Chaffee and his soldiers
to retire at once. The absurdity of the
demand, the mans evident confidence
that it would be obeyed, and his appar-
emily supreme belief in the power OF
the authority vested in him evoked an
outburst of laughter, in which even
the general joined, although neither
place nor time favored merriment; and
with the captive's pigtail in the grasp
of an American soldier, the party went
onward to sterner things.-Youth's
Companion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07
A People Who Hate
the Dry Land.

demands his money and scuttles on
and the smack staggers out to sea
again, so strongly does the gypsy hate
the haunts of man. He is richer by
two or three pounds. which will keep
the entire family for as many months.
inns strange people has really no need
for money, except to buy tobacco, for
they will live on the fish, sea birds and
shellfish they catch for any length OF
time There was gypsy smack once
that fell in with the abandoned
schooner st. Levan, on Sunderland.
The gypsies boarded her and brought
her into Shields, being awarded the
vast sum of e i 400 for the salvage
That. gypsy crew, as many North
Country seamen know, lost their heads
over the requirement of SO much
wealth, and came to live in Shields,
in a cottage on the Sunderland road
A fortnight from the date of their
moving in the old smack was seen
putting to. sea again, and the landlord
found his tenants cottage deserted and
the sum of EGO left him as a years
rent forfeiture A sea gypsy, it is said,
would die within a month on dry land.
He looks awkward as wa1rus who
has lost his way when not on board
this strange old vessel. But there is
no healthier or happier race under
heaven than the silent sea gypsies.-
New York Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07
Drought in
:. Australia

One who has not visited Australia
can have no idea of the need of food
in time of drouth, writes Frank G..
Carpenter. Within the past 10- years
millions of sheep have died of hunger
and vast numbers of thirst This state
of New South Wales had 62,000,000
sheep in 1891. 1t has not more than
Al 600, COO now. Within 10 years the
number has fallen off more than TO-
100000. Estimating each sheep at
$3.50, this means a loss of $50, 900, 900
in the capital stock of the squatters in
one state only. There have been large
losses in South Australia, Victoria and
Queensland. 1 am told that numbers
of sheep die almost every year. and
that the losses during the past 10 years
have been almost continuous
You need not go far in Australia to
hear of the horrors of the drouth
You can easily meet a man who has
lost a fortune by dry weather. Men
sometimes go crazy on their stations
far OFF in the interior because the rain
fails to come. They have thousands
of acres and tens of thousands of
sheep, and they have to sit and watch
the animals die before their eyes,
knowing they cannot feed them. The
drouths clear the land of everything
green The pastures become as bare
as the roads and the sheep stagger
about, nosing in the dust for the seeds
of grasses and trees Sometimes trees
are cut down to give them food. One
man who had 1000 acres of land kept
100 men busy cutting off the branches
of his apple, oak. and other trees to
feed the sheep. They eat the leaves
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

at Newport" writes Washington
gossiper. The papers have notices of
gaudy entertainments given in his
honor by the swells. He is ming1ing
freely with the aristocracy, it seems
at breakfasts. luncheons. dinners,
functions Of all sorts, in fact-and do
ing it as cheerfully as though he were
back at Santiago climbing lofty trees
and hurting round robins at the yellow
fever do hope that nothing will in
duce the little general to have his
beard trimmed or his trousers creased
That would obliterate a most unique
personality forever. The birds ham
ker for his whiskers and the express
sion of those knees in their simple, un-
tutored north Alabama garb, is the
most pathetic thing I've gazed upon in
years Do not change him In anything
say l. Give us the unmitigated Joe
and let Newport educate itself"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07
Arlington.

Arlington.
No tap of drum nor sound of any horn
Shall call them now from this unbat-
tied hight;
No more the marcher tired delay
the morn.
Fell some upon the field with victory
From weakening grasp; and some
before the fight,
Doomed by slow fevers or the stray
shots spite;
And some old wounds through quiet
years have worn.
And all are folded now so quietly
Within her breast whose glory was
their dream
From her own bloody fields, from
isles extreme,
From the long tumult of the land and
Where lies the steel Potomac's jewelled
stream,
Like the surrendered sword of Mem
DRY.
Arthur Epson, in the Independent.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

Care in the wording of a will is
something which can never safely be
neglected. A man who died lately in
New York left his house, with furni-
ture and contents to his WIFE Other
relatives were named for specific be-
quests or as residuary legatees- The
inventory of the estate disclosed the
fact that among the contents of the
house was a safe containing over a
hundred thousand dollars, besides
which there was nothing of account
either in the house or out of it. The
widow naturally claimed the safe with
all it contained, but the courts have
decided against her, on the ground that
the money cannot be considered as a
part of the contents of the house
within the probable meaning.
Sober business men are saying that
I'VE have come round again to the day
of small profits" As matter of fact,
that day has always been here and al
of mankind nothing beyond a moder-
Etc competence is ever possible, and
this only on the condition of industry
and frugality. As heaped-up riches
ran only be gained by one in a hun
dred, what a pity it is that the other
ninety-nine should miss the enjoyment
of what is within reach through a few
srish eagerness to lay hands on the
pot or gold at the foot of the rainbow
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

After General Chaffee and an ad-
vance-guard of the American forces
had penetrated inside the outer wall
of Pekin. says the correspondent of a
London journal, they turned an abrupt
corner and came suddenly upon a soli-
tary Chinese soldier Only the pres
ence of General Chaffee saved him
from instant death. for American cas-
ualties had been severe in the advance.
and the feeling of the men was bitter.
With look of blank surprise at the
unexpected encounter. the soldier ad-
vanced toward the general and his
stan with q broad and guileless grin
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

1t is a fact of general interest, and
religious moment, that a new volume
Of sermons by the late Rev. C. H.
Spurgeon has been issued. Yet the pub
fishers have been printing his dis
courses during the past forty-six years
and they estimate that over one mil
lion copies have been sold. The organ
of the High-churchmen of England
speaks of it as a unique sale of unique
sermons, which deserve so to be cir
culated.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

Several species of animals unfortu-
nately have been exterminated because
of their commercial value; it remains
to be seen if like fate will ever over
take any animal because it is con-
demned as pest. The rat is already
under the ban in many countries, and
concerted action, it is said, might put
an end to his tribe. The mosquito, an
insect, seems likely to be greatly re-
stricted in his field of operations by
the new measures taken against him.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

While workmen were excavating in
the Roman Forum, under the guidance
of Signor Boni, a distinguished engi-
Geer, one of them came across a frag-
ment of marble, which closer inspec-
ton showed to be of singular value
and interest. 1t was nothing less than
a portion of the plan of old Rome,
wrought centuries ago in marble and
designed to be a record for future ages
of the exact dimensions of the city.
According to ancient authors, the plan
was automatically accurate.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

The government is gradually doing
away with the distribution of rations
to Indians. In five years the system
will be practically abolished. There
are now in the United States 268,O00
Indians. OF this number 45,250 draw
rations regularly, while 1900 more
are provided for at various times when
they are unable to work or do not
feel like it. In the latter class are in
cluded most of the Indians who have
grown old and have been deserted by
their young relatives.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

Our navy department is reported to
be planning the construction of two
new armored cruisers capable of
steaming twenty-three knots an hour
and having steaming radius of some
10, 200 miles The new Russian cruiser
Novik, built in Germany. has a speed
of twenty-five knots an hour, but the
Novik is small vessel of only 5000
tons displacement If the big new ar
mored cruisers of the American navy
enter the twenty-three-knot class they
will beat the world, all things consid-
cred
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

Omcers of the Army of the Cumberland
Gen. Charles King said in recent
interview: Three generals of the
Army of the Cumberland in the civil
war have been president; except Gen.
Miles every commanding general OF
the United States army since the wal
served in the Army of the Cumber-
land; IL members of that body have
served in presidential cabinets. 38 have
been senators and 300 have been con-
gressmen.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

1t is striking fact that the teasel
as an instrument for raising the nap
on cloth has never been superseded or
Improved upon, though various at
tempts have been made in this direc-
ton, notably with an apparatus of fine
wire.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

Military necessity does not hesitate
to obliterate patriotic memorials. A
tower built at Gravelotte as a tribute
to German soldiers who there fell in
battle has been blown up by the -engi-
neers because it commanded new
works outside of Metz. A first prin-
riple of warfare is that the most prec-
ious lives and the most cherished
structures must be sacrificed if need
arise.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

A college for washerwomen has been
opened in New York by the charity
organization society. The course has
IL daily lessons, and the students re-
ceive go cents a day and luncheon. In
structors teach the nature of fabrics
and the best methods of cleansing
them and exercise a strict supervision
until the student receives a certificate.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

John Wanamaker has given to the
university of Pennsylvania museum a
large and valuable collection of Indian
antiquities, besides numerous oil paint
ings and photographs of noted Indian
warriors and aboriginal scenes and
customs. The collection was made by
the late Thomas Blaine Donaldson, ST.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

A quick and easy way to change the
atmosphere in an invalid's room is to
pour some cologne into a soup plate
and set fire to it. The spirit will make
. pretty flame, and impart a delight
fully refreshing odor to the air.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

Miss Jennie Powers of Germantown,
Pa, is a Sunday school teacher. She
has not missed Sunday in 26 years.
She was given a gold medal at the end
of her Goth year of consecutive SER
vice.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

A man died in Bridgeton, N. J., the
other day, and it is said that his corpse
petrified within "a hours. The re-
markable change was attributed TO
lime salts in the system.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

Kansas City papers contain an az
count of three farmers being arrested
there while fighting over the posses
sion of an iole man, whom each want
ed for a farm hand.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

General Gomez says the Cubsr
patriots who are talking the loudest
are the ones who never smelled pow
der
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

The army worm is essentially .
grass-eating insect, though it ofte1
feeds upon other plants, and is SAID
to prefer oats to corn
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
SOME SHORT STORIES FOR THE
VETERANS.

How General Chaneo Saved . Confident
Chinese Soldier from Instant Death
The Army Is No Place for Men Who
Are in Love.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

IN Sweden the purchase of medicines
from abroad by individuals is forbid
den by law.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07

rhey say that little Gen. Wheeler
Joe'-is having great larlks
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07
No PLACE for Men in Love.

"The army is no place for man who
falls in love- muttered the corporal
connected with one of the uptown re-
crulting stations the other day, says
the New York Tribune. He took a pic
ture out of his pocket and looked at it
longingly. 1t was of a girl with short.
curly hair and her white felt hat was
pulled down over one eye, as contrast
to the direction taken by it's white
chicken feather. The corporal's eyes
said that it was about the finest thing
he had ever seen. There was love in
them This is a picture of my girl.
Lulu is her name, and she's the finest
ever Her and me want to get tied up
and if it wasn't for this blamed army
business we would have been spliced
long ago." Has the army legal right
to keep you from getting married?"
asked the visitor in amazement. "Of
course this is supposed to be a free
country, but they can make it mighty
uncomfortable for you in the army if
you get spliced without permission %
said the corporal. "They can't stop
you, but they can take your stripes
away and refuse to let you re-enlist.
l worked hard for these" He pointed
to his chevrons and stroked them with
affection. 81 don't want to lose them.
My captain is a sur1y old cuss that
never could get any girl to love him,
and SO he don't believe there is such
a thing as love. / asked him for per
mission to marry Lulu. Told him all
about her good job and how we
wouldn't never become a charge-on the
company.
Marriage says he, is bloomin'
failure and you'd best keep out of it.
Married corporals are a curse to any
company, and if you become one you'll
have to look for another job when your
enlistment runs OUT
What can l do? The army is my
profession"
IF l loved a girl and she'd have me
I'd marry her in spite of everything
said the visitor.
Yes, and get another job if your
employer didn't like it. You forget
there is only one army in this coun-
try" And he put the picture away.