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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-08
HnnsOming the Dead

IN medieval times not only were liv
,ns prisoners ransomed by their friends
uut ransom was demanded even 10,
the bodies OF those slain In action.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-08

F1n01nS DuyU VI tuC "CcAs
The prematurely aged young man
whose duty 1t is to get up The Rec
ord's Answers to Correspondents
column says that queries Of the same
nature always come in punches. They
seem to be epidemic. Just at present
a great many people seem eager to
know what day of the week they were
born on, and it keeps him busy figur-
ing the dates out. He has a system
which he uses, and for the benefit OF
Others who may be in search of like in
formation it is herewith given:
For instance, take Jan. Is, 1868. A
man born on that date writes to know
what day of the week it fell on. In
order to ascertain this divide the fig
ures representing the year by 4, reject
ing the remainder, If any. To this div
idend and quotient add the number of
days in the year to the given date. in
elusive, always reckoning % days IN
February Divide the sum by Z, and
the remainder will be the number of
the day of the week, 0 signifying Sat
urday. Here is the illustration, taking
Jan. Is, 1868:
DISCS
467
Number Of days to Jan. D.......".."" 10
D2s5o
1856
Thus, by this calculation, which is in
fallible, it will be seen that Jan. TO-
1868, fell on the fifth day of the week.
which is Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord. .
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-08

You should not feel tired all the time
healthy people dont-you won il you
lake Hood Sarsaparilla for while.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-08
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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-08

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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-25

in luck, and 1 won't give myself away
at any rate" And the brokers won
dered how Hudson could smile so, on
top of losing the Erie.
She might, at least, have thanked
a fellow said HOLSTER to his familiar
demon when the day passed and no
acknowledgment of his roses came to
hand. "Ah, well. her life is so full
of roses she has no time nor thought
for me or mine. 1 was a fool to have
fancied otherwise. What's a struS-
Cling fellow with little but love and
hope-what's he to a girl like that :?
She was reared to measure everything
by the gold standard, and women don't
often stray from such training for che
sake of love-"
Then HOLSTER went to sleep and
dreamed that his law books came down
from their shelves and changed to
golden imps and danced a minuet
around him. Only on each golden
body, in lieu of head, mammoth
Marechal Mel was perched;. and as
they passed, each imp seemed to pause
and smile mockingly at him
The next night, the trio met at Mrs
De Lands German. She, radiant, i'm
periaI, matchless-in turquoise velvet,
pearls and Marechal Niels. Croesus
looked upon her with more covetous
eyes than ever he had given to the
goodliest preferred" stock; and re-
solved to hazard his fate while that
alluring look met his gaze.
When HOLSTER saw his roses on her
breast, his smouldering rage dimin-
ished and love seemed, just then, the
only guerdon worth striving for. But
Croesus lowered about her and she let
him.
why not?" she said to that woman
1y something which shrunk back from
the words she felt were trembling on
hts lips why not take the plunge,
and have it over? The world ex-
poets tiny people expect it and am
not sure but expect it myself Then
why can't put on my golden shackles
and wear them gracefully? They'll be
twenty-five caret-warranted solid
through and through Hearts? Pshawi
What use has one for them in my
world? They are only fit to ache and
get under peoples feet-so why not
dispense with them and have done
with it?''
Croesus felt that the moment was
propitious-
"Come. let's go into the conserva-
tory. I'm sure you don't care for this
waltz?" and he had about him that
something which every feminine craa-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-25


planned the cuts to him by saying that
they were the results of numerous
falls which Gwendolin had during her
commissions. 81 would not harm the
child - she said to the coroner. s.for
love her dearly The coroner grant
ed the permit and the child was in
TERED.
And then arose a lot of gossip about
the cruelty with which the stepmother
had treated Gwendolin. These stor-
les reached the coroner's ears and he
issued orders for the exhuming of the
body and the necessary analysis. The
result sent a shock of horror through
the community and people are still
talking of the sickening story, as it
unfolded itself at the preliminary ex-
animation here.
Arsenic In the Stomach.
DR.. Beringer, of Camden, who made
the chemical analysis, testified that
he found seven and a half grains of
arsenic in the chi1d's stomach, more
than enough to cause death, and it is
positively known that the fluid used
by the undertaken who embalmed the
body contained no poison.
Other physicians who examined the
bruises on the head of the child de-
cause meningitis and that it was this
which caused death. The arsenic
they said, was also sufficient to have
killed the child.
Several witnesses testified to the
cruel treatment visited upon Gwendo-
lin One neighbor said that often at
night she had heard the sobs of the
child and the sound of the blows
which Mrs. Haines was inflicting on
it. But the most damaging evidence
in this regard was given by Nellie
Richards, former servant in Mrs
Haines' employ She said that Mrs.
Haines had a bitter feeling against
the child's dead mother and often
stated that if it lived it should never
hear her name According to this wit
ness Mrs. Haines used to bang the
child's head against the floor She
used to beat it at least three times a
day and then lock it in a dark closet.
At times Gwendolin's hands were tied
behind her back and she was made
to stand in a corner until she fell to
the floor unconscious. On one occa-
sion Mrs. Haines while giving it a
bath held its head under the water un-
til it was nearly drowned
The prosecution has more damae-
ing evidence than that adduced at the
preliminary hearing, but has held il
In reserve to be used befo--- the grand
jury and at the trial
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-25
ASSASSIN BORROWED
MONEY! HE NEVER
REPAID.

that was the last 1 ever saw or heard
of him, but he left a souvenir in the
shape OF a small work of reference
called Blair's Synonyms, which found
next day on the table. remembered
seeing the book in his hand when he
came in, and he forgot it, no doubt, in
his eagerness to decamp after he Sc
cured the cash 1 threw it on the top
shelf in the library, so it wouldn't re-
mind me of the episode, for by that
time had come to my senses and real
lied what a first-class donkey / had
made of myself. OF course, the money
was never returned, and the story as it
stands is a rather commonplace in
stance of cunning and credulity, but it
happens to have a curious little second
chapter. In 1885 1 changed the loca-
ton of my Office, and when the books
were being moved, Blair's Synonyms,
forgotten and covered with dust, fell
out of one of the cases. I picked 1t
up, opened it at random, and for the
first time noticed the name of the own
er scrawled at the bottom of the back
f1yleaf. The name was Charles ]. Gut
teau.'-Utica Globe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-25
The Watch DiaAI Numerals

If you were told to correctly write
the numerals which appear on the face
of your watch without consulting your
timepiece, you would not consider the
task difficult You look upon the dial
of your ticker a dozen or more times
a day, yet the chances are that not one
OF 100 people would write the numerals
correctly. If they were in the Roman
form you would write I, II, III, w.,
etc Here you would be wrong The
four on your watch is expressed iii.
II in the Arabic, you would write from
1 to IL. Wrong again, for on nearly
all watches which have a second hand
there is no six Such little catches
show that our. faculty of observation
is not always fully developed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-25
GVITEAU
WAS BROKE

A Chicago lawyer tells a peculiar
story of his first and only meeting
with Charles J. Guiteau, the assassin of
Garfield. Zone afternoon in 1878 or
1879" he says, Il was sitting in my Of
flee, rather busy, as 1 remember, when
In walked an odd-looking, brisk little
man, who asked for a few moments
interview in private. He was decently
dressed in black, put there was some
thing about him, 1 don't know what,
that Immediately excited my curiosity
/ led him to the back room and, with
out wasting any time, he Immediately
came to the point. I am a lawyer he
said, as nearly as can remember his
exact words, and my home is in Buff
falo, N Y. Bad health broke up my
practice and forced me to go to Cali
fornia last year, but 1 have run out
of money and find myself stranded
here in Chicago. Will you lend me
enough to buy a ticket on a cheap ex-
cursion train that leaves for Buffalo
this evening? The amount will be re-
turned he added, before the close of
the week. 1 was astonished, very nat
urally, not only by his request, but by
the matter-of-fact manner in which he
preferred it. But why in the world
do you apply to me?' / asked: L never
saw you before and have no earthly in
terest in your affairs We'll, sir, 1 am
a religious man. he replied, and 1 be-
lieve in special Providence. 1t is alb
solutely necessary for me to secure this
assistance from somebody, and in pass
ing your door few moments ago
something told me that 1 would find it
here. The statement 1 made to you
regarding my predicament may seem
meager,' he went on, but it would be
childish to waste your time on details
when I have no means at hand for
confirming them. 1 gave you the es-
sentia1 facts and now ask you to lend
me the money on faith purely He
said all this in simple, straightfor-
ward fashion that impressed me with
its TRUTH continued the lawyer, land,
acting on one of those fantastic inn
pulses that occasionally seize the most
level-headed of us, 1 stuck my hand
in my pocket and gave him the sum he
wanted. He thanked me quietly, took
a memoranda of my name and address
and. was about to write his own when
stopped him and remarked that, as
long as it was purely faith transac-
ton, any data of that kind would be
highly superfuous. If you don't send
me the money said 1, 4 shall certainly
make no effort to collect it He
smiled blandly and walked out, and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-25

ture senses. and knows means, Yea,
or Nay
She felt 1t and was on the point of
going when HOLSTER came to her side
with steely CLINT in his eyes.
Since you wear my colors, may
not claim at least one dancer" he said
with significant giance ct the golden
beauties that were beginning to droop
upon her breast. She scarcely compre-
hended the force of his words save
that they meant little respite from
what she dreaded and yet felt was in
evitable, as well as a brief sotourn
In that other world-the world Of
dreamsi
Before Croesus realized that she was
going from him she was sweeping
down the room in HOLSTERS arms to
the dreamy music of the waltz.
What did they say to you-my
roses?" he whispered as they glided
on.
your roses?''-she started in sur
prise-"these?'
Il hope so. begged that you wear
them, and when 1 saw them on your
breast 1 dared"
DO you mean that you sent me
roses yesterday" and in her eyes there
hooAOu d SOIAClHluS OIO6SuS WOulQ uOI
have liked to see.
Yes
And a note?'
Certainly, but you did not answer
IT, l fear my roses were faithless
messengers. Perhaps my tongue would
not have played me SO false
And with the masterful way that
sways women's hearts, he led her out
from among the dancers into the
scented moonlight. And when she
heard from his warm, impassioned
lips the story-the story the roses had
but family limited at, she knew, at
last that the world of Dreams is the
Real world; and having once truly
entered it, the gilded world, for her,
did not exist.
When they re-entered the drawing
room, Croesus and her chaperone were
looking for her. She ignored his prof
fered arm and said with fine scorn as
HOLSTER relinquished her to her
chaperone:
"Appropriating another's stock may
be admissible on Change, Mr.. Hudson;
but there is another world where such
tactics do not always win"
Then Croesus knew that in King
Cupid's mart he was hopelessly
short
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-25
Mount Holly IN. IL Letter.

The prelude to what will probably
prove one of the most interesting muir
der trials in the history of this state
was written during this week, when
Mrs. Mabel Haines of Delanco was
held after preliminary hearing here
for tie action of the grand jury. The
charges against her are for offenses
SO cruel and inhuman, including the
deliberate murder of a helpless child,
that the case will have a wide public
ity.
Mrs. Haines is a young and not I'M
prepossessing woman and has stood
high in the estimation of the people of
Delanco. She is the second wife of
Howard Haines, the first wife having
died a few years ago, leaving baby
girl, Gwendolin. after her. Ii is for
killing this child that Mrs. Haines now
finds herself held for the grand jury.
The Childs Death.
A short time ago Gwendolin died.
The day of her death Mrs. Haines con-
suited a physician at his Office, tell
ing him that the child had cold.
Having obtained some aconite pellets
Mrs. Haines went home, but soon re-
turned to the doctors Office and said
that Gwendolin had commissions. When
the physician reached the Haines
home he found the child on the floor
dead. The little one was cut and
bruised about the head, and its nose
was crushed in. Mrs. Haines stated
that the injuries were old ones, but
the physician, having his suspicious
aroused, refused to issue burial per-
nit He thought it strange that he
had not been told about the injuries
when Mrs. Haines visited him, nor
been made acquainted with the fact
that the child, according to the step
mothers statements, had been subject
to commissions.
The family then called in Coroner
Wells, of Burlington. Mrs. Haines ex-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-25
HAVE A ROOM FOR BUSINESS
Women Want Home once for Their
Household Matters.

Women Want a Home once for Their
Household Matters.
Women who have taken to house
keeping seriously have lately adopted
new method of showing how bust
ness-like they are. The home Office
is the latest novelty in household ar
engagements, and the woman whose
house hapens to possess a room adapt
ed for that purpose regards herself as
fortunate. Otherwise she takes the
necessary steps to see that some part
of her house is made suitable for that
purpose. The room need not be large
and it is chiefly important that it look
business-like and not too feminine.
Into this room goes her desk, which
must be exactly the kind used in a
regular Office and accompanied with
appropriate Office furniture. 1t is here
that she keeps her books, the accounts
of the household expenditures and
hither come the cook and other SER
wants to take their orders. Here let
tiers pertaining to the business of run
ming the household are written, and
all that could by a liberal interpreta-
ton of the word be accounted house
hold business is done. Rooms of this
kind have become more and more
popular during the past few years, and
their number has now increased UNI
til architects of new houses arrange in
the plan for such an apartment, to be
used exclusively by what the pedlers
call ''the lady of the house. to look
after her daily affairs. Of course the
transaction Of social duties, such as
sending and receiving invitations, can
not rightfully be carried on in this
sacred apartment, as this is not bust
Hesslike enough for the room conse-
Grated wholly to the commissary end
of the household.-NewY York Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-25
Nature Never so Kind
as When Severins
HOW X
MEN DIE
Earthly Ties.

was one of the most brilliant and
charming men 1 ever met. I told him
that he could not live and asked him
if he desired to talk with a clergyman
He replied in rather careless way
that he did not feel disposed to change
his views-that death, as he believed,
ended all, and there was no use drag
ging religion in at the last hour. That
was in the morning. He then felt
strong and clear-headed. When saw
him in the afternoon he was weaker,
and referring to our earlier conversa-
ton told me that he had been raised in
the Methodist faith and that its teach
ings had left an impress on his mind.
He asked me to send for a Methodist
clergyman, which I did. When 1 saw
him just before he died he told me
what comfort the talk with the minis
ter had given him and that he would
now face death with a drawer heart
than he could have done before.
81 merely cite this instance" said
DR.. Andrews, ito show that there is
nothing which influences a man so
much in later life, and even in the
death hour, as the environment and
teaching of his boyhood days. Jimmy
Logue, the notorious burglar and
criminal, told me here in my Office that
that he did not kneel down and say his
prayers.
81 have found,'' continued DR.. An
drews, that persons of clean life, of
honorable, upright, religious character,
not only do not display an Indifference
to the approach of death, as those of
grosser life do, but welcome it as re-
lief from care and toll. There is some
thing about the approach of death
that recOnciles man to it. The senses
are dulled, the perceptive faculties
blunted, and the end comes quietly,
painlessly, like a gentle Sleep"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-25

If there is such a thing as being an
authority on death, DR.. Thomas H
Andrews of Philadelphia, should rank
high'a an expert. He has seen over
1000 persons die. In giving the re-
suit Of his observations recently, he
said:
Mature is never so kind to man as
when she is severing the ties that bind
him to this earthly life. She removes
all fear, ameliorates every harsh sur
rounding, softens every sound and
smooths the narrow pathway to the
grave with kindly hands. The easiest
thing in life is to die. In severe sick
ness death comes as a welcome visitor.
On the battlefield or as the result of
accident or sudden shock, when it
comes to a man swiftly, who but a
moment before was in perfect health
and half an hour later will be dead, a
fortitude which I cannot describe and
have never been able to analyze suS-
tains the victim.
''The scientist, the man or woman of
keen intelligence and trained faculties,
unless their lives have been conspicu-
Gus for an exhibition of faith in re-
ligion and its teachings, are slower to
accept the ministrations of clergymen
and others. The man of low intelli-
gence yields at the first approach and
calls for religious consolation. The
reason for this is, 1 think that the vast
majority of professional men, outside
of the clergy, and particularly the doc
tors and scientists generally, are not
inclined to believe or accept what they
cannot demonstrate as scientific fact.
And yet. as a rule, these men and wo-
men willingly accept religious minis
tration when death is only a matter OF
hours.
81 recall an instance during the war.
One of the most distinguished men
in the confederacy was brought to me
for treatment. I saw at once that his
death was a matter of hours only He
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-25

large one. l reeled him where I could
see him and found it was a large pike,
25 or 80 inches long. 1 pulled him up
TO my boat, but when lifted him from
the water he was as light as feather.
l measured him and found he was just
80 inches long, and should have weigh
ed eight or nine pounds, while he only
weighed two He had just skin and
bones I killed him, took my knife
and cut him open, and found a live
lizard, five inches long, in his stomach
The reptile was as black as coal and
very lively, living "a hours after took
him from his prison.-Field and
Stream
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-25
Boston Hor..wom.n to Rid. A.sr.de.

Boston Horsewomen to Ride Astride.
Several ladies of the most exclusive
society of Boston will in the near fu-
ture, if their present determination
holds good, appear in public in a man
ner that cannot fail to cause wide
spread comment and give rise to much
dissension, favorable and otherwise. 1t
is the intention of the ladies to appear
at the horse show and give a demon
stration of what has become consider
able of fad in the riding schools of
the city by riding their mounts astride
The reason for adopting this new
method of riding are said to be because
women are thus able to reduce consid-
cradle adipose tissue, the figure and
bearing are improved and a feeling of
greater security is standardization
Globe.