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an unusually long lumber wagon, though 1t was impossible to see what it was carrying. Such an odd sight elcited general curiosity, and no one seemed to know what It was all about
 As the strange procession drew nearer IL turned from the street and crossed the field toward the clubhouse, the teams and their strange charge following. Still in the dark, the boys could only look blankly at their unexpected visitors, who greeted them with amused smiles. The long wagon was halted at the edge of the crowd, but as It was loosely covered with canvas, no one coulu find out what it bore.
 Mayor Barclay stepped forward with spade in his hand, and bowed to his mystl- fed hosts. At a certain place In the held' quite near the house, four small pegs were seen in the form of a square. The Mayor dug the spade into the turf and tossed a sDadeful of earth to one side. Two sturdy laborers took up the task at once and were soon digging a deep pit about three feet In diameter. The Mayor was almost convused with laughter, but he recovered himself, cleared his throat and addressed tho audi ence:
 Ladies gentlemen and sorely puzzled members of the Perseverance Club: l feel that some explanation Is due, in view of the extraordinary actions of myself and this delegation of sober and solid citizens We are thoroughly in our right minds, though I must confess appearances are against us. [Laughter.l To be brief, we have felt that the town of Riverview owes debt of grati- tude to the Perseverance Club, not only for it's splendid work in bringing the baseball championship to us, but for it's excellent standing and character, both individual and collective.
 You stand for all that Is noble and worthy in sport, and you have made the town of Riyerview proud to count your organization among its honored institutions. Applause. You do not always win, as our friends tho Golden Knights can testify today [laughterl, but you take your defeats as you take your vctories-lke true sportsmen!
 And now, in behalf of the citizens of Riverview, 1t becomes my pleasant duty to present to you this token of their sincere regard and lasting esteem,' As he spoke these words the crowd broke and made way for eight men, carrying on their shoulders a beautiful white iagpole, 56 feet in length They stopped at the pit, dropped the butt of the pole into 1t and slowly erected 1t to
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respected the rules in all their contests. They took turns at marking and rolling the courts.
 As soon as everything was in shape the club members took up the sport with enthu- siasm and practiced constantly. Other boys clubs in neighborlng towns had ten nS teams, and of course Perseverance was not to be outdone in this respect. In order to decide which boys best deserved to repre- sent the clubs, club tournament was held, open to all members of the club the four winning players to constitute the Persever- ance tennis team. Sixteen of the 20 mem bers entered, the other four acting as off, clals.
 The preliminary rounds were held on Sat urday afternoon, May 24. The opposing play CTS were matched by drawing lots. The win ners were Frank Carson, Teddy Ensign, Rex Ticknor, Alex McGregor Fritz Bum bach, Tom Barry, Joe Stein and Alfred Da- vldson.
 The second round, semifinals and finals beat Frank, Rex beat Aleck, Tom beat Fritz and Joe beat Alfred. The four winners ac- cordingly qualified for the club team. In the semifinals Teddy Ensign beat Rex Ticknor and Tom Barry beat Alfred Davidson. Teddy and Tom fought out the finals for the ind- vidual championship. Teddy finally won, 26, GO, 9-7, 4-6 6-4.
 On Wednesday the team, under Teddy S captaincy, played the Dauntless Clubs team. As was expected the latter proved very easy, the Perseverance boys making clean sweep in both singles and doubles. A tourna ment with the Golden Knights was arranged for Memorial Day.
 The tournament was held on the Perseyer-
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suited in victory. He concluded by declaf- ng that while their financial gain was most yratifying they should never allow money considerations to Influence their sports in my way. fhe true aim of sport being wholesome enjoyment of athletic exercise on d strictly amateur basis.
 Roy Rogers attended the meeting, al though his ankle still troubled him little. It came around nicely in few days-but ne always regretted that he could not nave finished that great game!
 The handsome silk pennant was embroid- cred with the name of the winning club, and by the end of the week it hung in the clubhouse precious trophy of a memor- able struggle.
 The citizens of the town, who had al- ways expressed great interest in the club found very appropriate means or proving to the boys how deeply they appreciated their efforts in bringing the championship to Riverview ,, and in deference to their wishes the club voted to lay out tennis courts and organize n tennis team.
 There was an excellent place for the courts at the side of the clubhouse. The ground was of a caylike substance, making an ideal surface The boys essayed to do the work themselves and they found It more difficult than they had expected. They cleared space 96 by 90 feet to allow room for two double courts, each 7S by 36 feet. Taking up the sod was a hard enough task, but the work of levelling the courts was much worse After the mounds had been reduced and the hollows nicely filled in a malignant rainstorm washed deep furrows in the ground and spoiled all the previous work.
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ance courts, beginning at o'clock. The Golden Knights, smarting from their de- feats at basketball and baseball, were re solved to beat their opponents whose hollow victory over the Dauntless team had in spired them with confidence. In the first series Teddy Ensign beat Robert Van Voort to, 6-3, Co. On the other court Sands and Robinson beat Tom Barry and Joe Stein, 2-6, 60, S-6, 6-1. In the next series Sands beat Tom Barry. 6-4 GO, 60, and Jones and Van Voort beat Teddy and Rex, 1O-S, 7-9, 46, 6-3 9-7.
 Perseverance had now lost both sets of doubles and had broken even on the two sets of singles played. Rex Ticknor was beaten by Jones, 7-9 4-6 11-9, S-6, 9-7 so that Joe Stein would have to beat Robin son in order to tie the score. At the close of the Ticknor-Jones series Joe was leading his opponent, S-6, 2-6, 9-7 2S6, lilo. The play was fast and scientific, and sur prisingly good for boys not over Is. Robin son used fancy serve, which bothered Joe considerably, but the latter made up for 1t by his cleverness in returning. Time and again he would smash the ball down to the extreme corner of his adversary's court, making the white dust fly, or he would drop it neatly over the net just beyond Robin sons reach. Robinson took the twenty sec ond game, however, making the score 11-11. For some time the seesaw continued, till each player had 15 games to his credit. Rob- inson took the thirty first, and 1t was now 15-16 In the thirty game the score remained near deuce for long time, neither player being able to score two successive points. At last Robinson scored on two driving smashes that Joe could not touch, and consequently the set was his, 17-15. This meant that Perseverance had lost the singles, 1-3, in addition to the doubles-cer- tainly not record to be at all proud of.
 After the contests the boys served Ice cream and cake to their guests, after which the party adjourned to the clubhouse. Jack Henderson was telling one of the fair wis itors about the baseball series, and to illus trate his remarks he said he would show her the pennant when he reached the clubhouse. His surprise may be imagined when he found that the pennant was not In It's usual place. The news of its disappearance spread rap idly, and everyone looked for 1t, but in vain. It was nowhere to be found
 well, this is too bad" said Jack "Its hard enough to lose the tennis tournament, but to find our pennant gone is worse yet. wonder who could have been mean enough to steal anything like that"
 He had hardly spoken the words when someone called attention to crowd of peo- pie coming up the street back of the club house. There must have been at least POO people in al and in the center were two teams of horses drawing what seemed like
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begged to make up the other $1. In every house where they were children the great est interest in the project was shown. By 8 o'clock, when they had at last secured the S3, the rescuing party consisted or cbout 50 little folks, each of whom, having contributed toward the eaptive's release, felt that Tick was partly his or her personal property.
 The man at the Shelter laughed as he counted out the money and then. going into an inner room where there was scores of dogs and cats, opened the doo- and led Tick out. With a rush he threw himself rapturously on everyone of the children In turn, licking Effies face with canine ecstaey and barking and eaperiDg so wildly that all the dogs inside who were not so fortunate set up a dismal howl until the din was deafening. Then the triumphal homeward- bound procession started. The people at the windows along the avenue gazed in wonder at the crowd, asking their neighbors what the commoti)n was all about. The baker and the butcher had to come out Into the street ;o pat the re" turned wanderer. The policeman. who was just going out on duty, thought something needing his presence was going on until he beheld the small black dog capering so joy ously In the midst of his admirers. The grumpy old man who was curious to know what was the cause of tho excitement banged down his window and was not seen on the street again for a day. When he did come out he made pass ut Tick with his cane, but the little fellow failed to resent 1t, for what did one old mans animosity count to hin,, "Ihe dog of the commonwealthT'
 EDITH TOWNSEND.
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A Watch Face As A Compass

If you ever get lost in forest or drift out to sea in your sailboat, the face of your watch will serve as a compass to help you find your way home, provided you can see the sun. You have only to hold the watch flat in your hand, with the hour mark then indicated as the time of day pointed directly at the sun, and point half way between that hour mark and XII. will be opposite to due south in the sky.
 For example, supposing that 1t Is 10 o'clock In the morning, hold the watch so that the mark X points straight at the sun, and the mark XI, half way between X and XII, will be pointing toward the south.
 Or, supposing 1t is o'clock in the after noon, hold the watch so that HI points straight at the sun, and the mark II, half way between HI and XII will be pointing toward the south.
 This rule is infallible, as you may find by testing it at any hour of the day, for 1t is based on a very simple scientific principle The entire circuit of the heavens, as tray ersed by the sun in 24 hours, Is reckoned 36O degrees-that is, the sun travels 15 degrees every hour. Now, let your watch dial repre-
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During the cheering and applause some of the boys realized that q fitting response was due, so they got Reuh Sayles. presi- dent of the club. and brought him to the front. Instead of being timld and nervous as many boys would have been. Reub had been so well trained in speaking at the weekly club meetings that he was perfectly at ease and left an excellent impression upon his auditors. He thanked the donors of the fagpole, referring to the generous encouragement and support which the town had always accorded the club, and con cluded by expressing admiration for the clever surprise which had been planned and carried through so successfully. He was frequently interrupted by applause.
 At the conclusion of Reub's speech the occasion assumed an informal character. Many of the visitors had never been inside the clubhouse, and the boys took pleasure In showing them its various features.
 The fiagpole was admired by all. Its graceful tapering proportions were set of splendidly by the beautiful flag which tugged proudly at its halyards. The boys were pleased beyond measure at the kind ness of their friends, and Reub's speech of thanks was supplemented by many ind- vidual expressions of gratitude.
 Finally the gathering broke up. Cor diality and good feeling was manifest on every hand, and as the boys shook hands with their departing guests they truly felt that it was the proudest moment of their lives.
 Not long afterward they purchased an American flag, the Stars and Stripes mak ing a pleasant alternate to the pennant. A flag was raised every morning, and every evening it was taken down and slowed away carefully in the clubhouse. In rainy weather of course no flag was displayed.
 The organization of a track team was the next enterprise of the Perseverance Club. The next tale In the series will tell how the team was started, how a track was built and how the young athletes held field and track meet.
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Daniel Boone:
 History Tale
BY KATE STEPHENS.

On the first day of January, IT'S, Boone went. with party of 30 men, to make salt at Blue Licks. on Licking River. In the ac- count of what happened afterward the Ken lucky hunter says:
 "On February ', as was hunting to pro- cure meat for the company, saw party of 1O2 Indians. They pursued and took me and brought me back to the Ticks, where 27 mon a.p fl4e4 paving returned home with the salt 1, knowing t N7S impossible for any men to escape. gave them no, Ut a distance and ordered them not to resist, Dn. 1 to surrender themselves captives.
 We proceeded as prisoners to old Chilli. cothe, the principal Indian town on Little Miami. During our travels the Indians en- tertained us well, and their affection for us was so great that they utterly refused to
 leave me in captivity to the British, as they
 left my men.
 "At Chllicothe I was adopted, according to Indian custom, into family as a son, and had great share of the affection of my new parents and brothers and sisters.
 "I was exceedingly familiar and friendly with tue Indians, and because I appeared cheerful and satisfied they put great confi- dence in me. Often I went hunting with them, and frequently gained their applause for my activity at our shooting matches. I was careful not to exceed many of them in shooting, for none are more envlous than they in this sport, They showed in their countenances and gestures the greatest joy when they exceeded me, and when they failed envy was evident. slept and ate with them.
 Finally, in June, began to plan an es. cape. Early in that month they took me to some salt springs and kept me there making salt for 10 days. During this time 1 also hunted some for them. When returned to Chillcothe I was alarmed to see 450 warriors painted and armed in fearful manner. 'I determined to escape. On the 16th, be- | fore sunrise, 1 crept away in the most secret manner, and after a journey of 160 miles ar- 1 rived at Boonsborough on the 20th. During | my journey had but one meal. l T found our fortress in a bad state of do | fense. We fell to work and at length, aftei | 10 days our repairs were completed. w,
 daily expected the attacking Indians. But | a prisoner whom they had taken, and wht l escaped, told us their expedition against oul | fortress was delayed three weeks by my SC l cret running away that June morning."
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sent the circuit of the heavens, each of the 12- hour spaces standing for 30 degrees. Each half-hour space, therefore, would stand TOT 15 degrees.
 If 1t Is 10 o'clock in the morning and you let x point toward the sun, you will see that in two hours time the sun will be on the meridian, or due south; but as every half hour space on your watch represents 10 de- grees, the distance travelled by the sun In one hour, 1t will travel two of these spaces In two hours. In other words, at the expira- tion of two hours the sun will be on the me ridinn, and the meridian Is now, therefore, opposite to XI, because XI Is two half-hour spaces from x.
 If it Is 4 o'clock the sun Is four hours past the meridian, and the meridian, therefore, Is opposite to a point four half-hour spaces back from HI, which is IT.
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Lawn Tennis and a Pleasant Surprise.

Lawn Tennis apd Pleasant Surprise
 On the following Monday evening spe- eial meeting of the club was held, at which MT. Foster was present. Treasurer Char ley presented a report of the four baseball games
 'In the first game with the Invincibles our share of the receipts was $79.75. In the game with the Rangers we received $37 90 and we made $56.75 when we played the Golden Knights. The paid attendance at our last game was 4,683, representing $1,17075. The advertising and other nee essary expenses amounted to $120.25 leav- Ing a balance of $1,050.50, our share of which Is S52525. After deducting all ex- penditures of the club, including team and clubhouse expenses, since the last report, we have in the treasury $614.24. At pres ent we have $250 in bonds outstanding. I move that we buy up these bonds, which would cancel our obligations and leave about S350 on hand
 Charley's report was enthusiastically ap- plauded and his motion carried, after the report had been formally accepted. It was a great relief to the boys to feel that the club would soon be free from financial ob- lgations of any kind. Mir. Foster spoke a few words, praising the boys for their work in winning the championship and urging the continuance of the determined spirit and earnest training which had re-
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Our Buckwheat Cakes.

Our home Is very small and plain, We have no steam or gas; We have no nickel-plated range On which to cook, alas! Our food Is plain as plain can be, We have no stomachaches, Unless, perhaps, it's when we eat A meal of buckwheat cakes. When winter spreads across the hills. With everything froze tight; Then mother gets her buckwheat out And strs 1t up at night. She lets It stand behind the stove Till early morning breaks, And then she greases up the pan To fry her buckwheat cakes. Well, talk about banquet fair, With all it's filigree; It can't compare with mothers cakes For dad or John or me. We eat and eat while mother fries, score or more 1t takes To half way ease oGr capacities Of mothers buckwheat cakes. I like to see her standing there ' Like one born to command, The old black spider smoking hot, With knife and fork In hand. What care we If our youthful fles In coarse goosepimples breaks We're healthy, happy and content On mothers buckwheat cakes.
 JOE CONF
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its full perpendicular by means of forked props. When the pole was in place the pit was quickly filled up and the surface re sodded. The Mayor took one of the halyards In hls hand, and as he did so Charley Olmsted handed him bulky bundle of cloth Tho Mayor tied 1t to the halyards in two places, without revealing its character.
 Suddenly he gave a vigorous pull on the halyards, and the flag unfured itself to the breeze. It was the missing baseball pen nant! Charley had been let into the plans of the surprise party" so he had con cealed the pennant in his locker in order to have it ready to hand to the Mayor at the right time.
 There was a hearty cheer as the pennant scared aloft. Finally it reached the top of the pole, and the Mayor tied the halyards to a cleat at the bottom. There was a stiff breeze blowing, which strengthened out the pennant, revealing its inscriptions:
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The Lightning Artist-A Party Trick.
BY LAWRENCE B. FLETCHER

colors along its edge Any old brushes will do, and the more you have of them the better. They must be thoroughly satu- rated with water. but not dripping, as a fall ing drop of milky water might give the whole thing away
 Now set to work and paint" with rapid strokes, making great show of mixing colors on your palette and changing brushes frequently, so that the picture, as it grows beneath your magic brush shall not be clOuded by adhering chalk.
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Cover a chromo, or even an oil painting for it will not be injured-with a thick coat Ing of dry chalk or whiting" so that 1t shows no trace of a picture, but looks like a blank canvas. Then place 1t on an easel gently, so as not to dislodge the chalk, and call in your friends. You have provided yourself, of course, with a palette richly bedaubed with oil colors and allowed to dry. If you do not own and cannot borrow a palette and colors, make a palette of cardboard and drop sealing wax of various
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-07-05
ONLY ONE-NINTH PASSED.
Out of q Total Of 1O.O7O Pension Bills In
troduced In Congress This session,
1,l51 Found Favor.

Washington, July LIN the sen.
ate Monday Mr.. Gallinger IN. H.,
chairman of the committee on pen.
sions, made a statement of the work
done by the pensions committee dur
ing the present session. 1t showed
that the bills relating to pensions
introduced in the house aggregated
1878, while the aggregate number in.
troduced in the senate was 1859. The
total number passed by both the
house and the senate was 1,151.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-07-05
RECIPROCITY DISBURSEMENTS
Wood to Promote Trade Relations Be
tween Cuba and the United States.

Washington, July 2.-Acting Secre-
tary of War Sanger yesterday sent
a communication to the house of rep
resentatives in answer to the resolu-
ton directing the secretary of war
to furnish information as to what
amounts have been paid out of the
Cuban treasury or funds of the Gu
ban people to F. d. Thurber, or any
other person, corporation or asso-
citation, for advocating reciprocity
with the United States. The answer
of the war department consists Of
certified copies of vouchers covering
the payments referred to in the
resolution, amounting to S15,626.
These vouchers are accompanied by
letter from Gen. leonard Wood to
the secretary of war.
"The disbursements made" says
Gen. Wood, "were by me as military
governor of the island of Cuba and
were made for the purpose of pre-
senting to the people of the United
States without reference to party or
section the desires of the people of
Cuba as to the trade relations which
should exist between that country
and our own. The action taken was
approved by the Industrial and com.
mercial classes of Cuba. 1t received
the unqualified approval of the Sec
retaries of the insular government
and was an expenditure of Cuban
funds for the purpose of promoting
Cuban interests"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-07-05
MISSOURI STATE TREASURY.
Balance on Hand June 30 Aggregated
@2,534, Tor the
Past Three Months.

jefferson City, Mo-, July 2.-The
monthly report of State Treasurer R.
p. Williams for the month of June,
1902, is as follows: Balance, May 81,
1902, $2,555, 9s1.96; receipts for June,
including transfers, $221, 4s2.29; dis
bursements for June, 1902, including
transfers, $243,15O.44; balance June
30, 1902, 534,313.s1.
The report of the state treasurer
for the quarter ended June 30, 1902,
is as follows: Balance, March 81,
1902, $2,21s,276.74; receipts for sec
ond quarter, including transfers,
1884, 747.63; disbursements second
quarter, including transfers, $685..
71O.56; balance, June 30, 1902, $2,534,-
313.S1.