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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
Compelled to Establish Her
Claim Within Limited Time.

The interests were bonds and real e.
tAte / was compelled to make good nv
claim within a limited tine, and the cnly
way IN which I could prove my original
trusteeship was TO procure certain papers IN
safs deposit at Kansas City.
I dared not 20 direct TO Kansas City on
leaving the Penitentiary. as I knew the
prison authorities would search IN that d.
rection. as my children were near Kansas
city. So l went 10 st. Louis. and when I
had earned enough money by my sewing. 1
bought a ticket TO Kansas City. went there,
stayed only a few hours. got the papers and
returned TO st. Louis. There I placed the
whole matter In the hands OF a ST. Louis
iawyer and II IL now Strengthened out. The
lawyer told me that the amount Of Money.
was fully $1,000"
Receipts from tbs sewing machine COM
pany. a recommendation and character
from the ST. Louis lady who employed her
as q domestic, and other papers ACQUIRED
during her stay IN 81. Louis. are IN her pos
session. and were shown TO Warden WOLF
ridge TO verify her assertions. The Warden
believes her story IN every detail. One fact
IN her favor Is that the hardships OF her
trip without money and proper wraps to St
Louis were far greater than any she would
have endured by continuing her life as g
rusty at the PenItentiary. '"Trusties-
here. Eave for the consciousness that they
- ' a. ~ -AN~@A NA ~ AOO0
and shelter than q large proportion Of the
very poor.
She did not consider her work done when
the financial matter was settled. She wished
10 know IN h sort OF home were her
babies. So she risked & letter to her hus-
band. She received. she says n curt re-
ply. Then abe went to a farm near Kirk
wood. where she had arranged to place the
children in ease they were not happy IN
Platte County.
a second responsibility which she felt was
upon her when abe left the PenItentiRry
was the reported serious illness OF her
mother in Chicago. She says that II her
parent had needed her. she would have
gone thithsr. but she did not want to take
the risk OF the visit unless the case was
urgent. Through letter she learned that her
mother was recovering.
Her mothers improving health. and the
sharp answer OF her husband, left nothing
more for her to DO. So she decided that is
was time 70 cut short her Jean Vatican sx-
istence and once more return within the
prison gates. She boarded q train for JEFF
ferson City and again assumed the obliga-
tion which The sentence OF court had placed
upon her. HASTINGS MacADAM.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

then ] had 10 go over a Ions bridge prob
ably that over the GaHconaGe). II wes fully
a mile Icing, and looking down, l could
see the water and Ice under me-. I became
SO dizzy several times that / had 10 sit
down. II a train had come / should have
been killed.
II kept walking that night and the next
day and part Of the next night. During the
day ! stayed on the tracks as long as no
wagon road was near. hut II ] saw a road
too close ! would take TO the blufs and
Eet along as best ! could. ] never met q
man or a woman the whole time, until lats
on the second night. when / reached a rail-
way station. where i decided TO tske d
train ~ nv money would pay the fare 20
81. Louis. / found that the cost would De
rs. l bought a ticket. and had Just -
cents left.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

she claimed TO have had dealings. that Re
wrote to this lawyer and found her state
mentS corrOborated in every particular
Prisoners Own Account of
Her Movements While Away.
When seen to-day Il was In the presence
Of Aatron Mrs. Emma Mackey and the
Warden, but this was nj restriction In
deed, among them she seems perfectly at
home. Is called Nell" and as her note. ro-
produced with this article. shows that shn
regards her jailers as her Dear Friends "
Il went away about half past 10 at hight
said she. 81 started for st. Louis. but l
knew my money was not enough for a
ticket from jefferson City even IL l dared
board the train here. 1 went. walking care
fully and lodging everybody. down to the
railroad tracks and started to walk The
river was frozen. and the bluffs rising Up
from the side OF the tracks seemed desc
late and cold. All that night L walked.
'Once l went through a tunnel. ]
thought It would never end. 1 imagined /
heard trains coming at every footstep. Then
again. 1 heard a queer sound 1 could not
understand Flap. flap It went. and II
seemed terribly loud I hesitated TO 80
ahead. but l did. and found that 1t was
only water dripping down from overhead
into a pool beside the track
Finally ] got through the tunnel. out
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
Found Work in st.
Innis LndTinr-Hnnse.

With that amount / got to 81. Louis my
second morning out. All OF tals money l
-pent on calico for a dress. Eight yards at
s ceutg a yard would have made 4 dress.
but I wanted to look nice. so l bought
enough 10 make ruffes and houncss. Then
I saw n place where cheap boarding was
advertised. / rang the bell and told the
landlaGy that I had no money. but wanted
20 work for my keep until l could get a
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

n whecnG ne bullet sts6H her sr not I
was % wrought W. IL must have anscssd
my mind
II DO not think I was aitoZsthsF to baamA
People were not considerable Of me- II thsy
had been just IL would never have coma t.
to this
With these last words the sense that shs
was a convict" one forever branded IN
the eyes Of society. returned upon her with
recoubled force. Her se~lf-control was lost
completely. II was some time before she
could resume her narrative. Then she BE-
gan upon another line altogether.
During the time I was In Oklahoma Z
had brain fever. I was advised that IL would
90 oettor II I made somebody else trustee
for my children's property. I chose an ola
friendE won't mention his name-whom I
could trust Later. he died. leaving
daughter. who lived in ST. Louis, IN cLarxs
or his own and my affairs 1 felt that mat
tiers were safe IN her hands. and made no
ehahge- or course. this daughter did not
know what had happened to me; did not
know that I had been sent to prison She
died That was a year ago. and the news
OF her death reached me In q very round
about way. BY inquiring by letter through
friends I found that my childrel's property
was tied up IN the Public Administrators
hands az Cincinnati.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

she claimed TO have had dealings. that Re
wrote to this lawyer and found her state
ments cOrroborsted in every particular
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

The harsh term convict must not Be
applied without limitations to ME- Mont
Eomery. Warden Woodbridge himself calls
attention to the fact that whel ahe left
his houss she took nothing which aid not
belong to her. In a plain vegetable basket
she put such few things as she had-nes-
dIeA. thread, one extra pair OF shoes and
q few thrinkets. One old wrapper given
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-10
EGGS HAD GONE TO SMASH.
Why One Should Not Sit Down In the
Dark on a Commuters Train.


Dark on a Commuters Train.
The train had just pulled out of the
Erie station in Jersey City. A large,
stout man, who had seated himself in
the smoking ear, changed his mind
just as the train entered the tunnel,
and he started to get seat in one of
the other coaches.
In the coach he entered were many
commuters carrying home household
supplies in packages. The majority
carried their purchases in their arms,
but some of them had laid their bun
dies beside them.
The stout man did not hesitate a
moment as to where he would sit, and,
it being very dark in the tunnel, he
just took chance and sat down any
where. When he did sit down crash
ing sound was heard throughout the
car.
Just as the train passed out of the
tunnel the passengers in the coach
were very much surprised to see the
stout man standing in the center of
the car, his trousers spattered with
broken eggs. He was in a rage and
was swearing.
A glimpse at the seat beside an
elderly man who was loaded down
with parcels told the tale. The stout
man had sat on couple of dozen eggs
that had been placed on the seat.
All the passengers sympathized with
the stout man. The elderly man next
the broken eggs just looked on and
never said word
The stout man stared hard at him,
and evidently suspected him of being
the owner of the eggs. He approached
him and said:
Who owns those confounded eggs?
Do you own them?"
mo, sir! Know nothing about
them" answered the elderly man.
This answer left the stout man moth
ing to do but keep cool, as he could
not prove that the elderly man was
the owner of the eggs. The conductor
came upon the scene at this juncture,
and cleaned the seat as best he could
The stout man decided to stand up for
the rest of his journey, and when he
left the train at Paterson he shook
his fist at the elderly man.-New York
Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-10

rowed under the furs an sorter dozed
off.
THE wind KEEP risin'. but didn't
| think no harm. for the sled KEEP well
ahead of it an the ice was purity
smooth. We skinned erlong in great
shape, an the faster we went the bet.
ter | liked it. The v'y'ge got ter be
SO easy that really did fall inter a
doze an had no idea where the sled
was till all of a sudden she slurred
hard on wrinkle in the ice.
1T woke me quick, an | started up
ter git my bearin's. l didn't wanter
run inter the island an knock it
or myself-off the map. But, by gosh!
we was right in under the head o. the
island, an amin direct for 1t; an
what | saw ahead driv all tn dreamin'
aout O. me. naow | tell We!
There, ahead of the fiyin' sled, not
a thousand yards away, was a stretch
of black. open water. reachin' clear
across the lakei And that old sled,
with all its weight of furs, an me
on top Of 'em, was rushin' right inter
- 80 haSt no ho q SdlC y VI uIlNt us.
tell ye, mister, the sight weakened
me!
Il knew that, all things considered,
includin' the heavy runners an iron
work on that sled, she was bound ter
go daown the minute she struck open
water, like ton O. bricks! I might
pull out alive myself, though to jump
from the thing at the rate she was
flynn would be reslxy; but them skins
would be dead loss-I was sure O.
that. An | wasn't slow in seem my
only hope for salvation, too. made
a dive forrad for the mast and tried
ter unship it. But the derned thing
had been too well wedged for me to
get it out in a minute. I'd set it up
as though | never expected to wanter
end my v'y'ge.
The old sled was a hummin', an
that streak of open water was DRAWN
near at erbout the rate the Yankee
Flyer comes up from Bosting. The
black gulf was jest ahead an | could
almost hear the waves breakin' erlong
the ice-front. Ev'ry moment I expect.
ed the runners would cut through the
snow ice and I'd go daown, mebbe
never TO come up again!
Tell ye what, mister. faint pleas.
ant ter see such finish ahead of a
man. dunno as ever felt less ready
an within as the preachers put it,
ter complete my airthly journey as
| did at that yere identical minute.
That was cold water, | knew, an
warn't anxious ter try 1t.
Lots O. strange thoughts pass
through a mans mind at such mo-
idees that amt no
help to him in the emergency he's a.
facin'. But one good one come to me.
Cut the ropes!' suthin seemed ter
say. an made a grab for my belt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-10

But I'd Jest been usin' the knife Il
cut tobacker, and twas down there
under the furs somewhere-'twould
ha' taken a Philadelphy lawyer ter
find it!
"An' then, twas too late to hunt
for the knife-too late ter do any.
thing but shut my eyes an wait for
the first icy plunge! The white ice
faded away on both sides O. the sled
an well, mister, shet my eyes
tight, an KEEP 'em shut, with my head
burrowed in the skins.
AN then come shock that ratified
airy tooth in my head an drove me
up inter the air like stone out O. one
O. them catpulps they ulster use in
Bible times. The old sled STONED
dead, the mast snapped square off. and
I turned sev'ral summersalts b'fore |
landed square on top of my head.
Il reckon that landin' kinder
knocked some sense inter me, for as
soon's l could open my eyes 'ithout
SEEM trees, an stars. an the lake, an
everything else fiyin' round me in a
sort O. merry go-round, | knew what
had happened. | warn't drowned; nor
| want swimmin' in no lake. I'd land
ed kerplunk on the rocky shore of
Pillsbury Island, and my sled had run
into it hard enough to loosen every
tint in the thing and scatter the skins
for yards around.
'Ye see. mister. 'twarn't open water
after all-that black space Twas
black ice that had formed across the
channel after the other, and since the
last fall of snow. But man nights
jest as well be killed as scaret ter
death, an that yere certainly had
scaret me. Tell We what
"Will /? Cert'nly! That's good
stuff-ah-h! II I'd had nip of that
the night was tellin' you CT, it might
ha' KEEP me awake an wouldn't ex.
perienced what | look back upon
now as my closest CALI"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-10
MEDICAL examiner
Of the United States Treasury Recon-
mendS Pe-ru-na.
The Women Also Recon-
mend Pe>ru>na.

Miss Blanch Grey, ia Alabama street,
Memphis, Tenn, a society woman of
Memphis, writes:
ITO society woman whose ner-
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know of nothing which is of so much
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months ago when | felt my strength
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Mrs Schneider, 2409 Thirty
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after taking several remedies with
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your valuable remedy, Peruna. | was
a complete wreck. Had palpitation of
the heart, cold hands and feet, female
weakness, no appetite, trembling, sink
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was suffering from systemic catarrh,
and l believe that / received your help
in the nick of time. ] followed your
directions carefully and can say to-day
that am well again. / cannot thank
you enough for my cure"
Peruna cures catarrh wherever locat-
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If you do not derive prompt and salts
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-10
The Fur Carriers Adventure.
BY w. BERT FOSTER.

Copyright, 1902 by Daily Story Pub. Col
This yere Maine, said the old
man, who sat tipped Jack in a crazy
armchair on the shady side of the
house, sucking the blacklist of corn.
cobs, This yere Maine amt what it's
cracked up to be for game, nowadays
But you tellers from taown come up
her, git er crack at er Jim-buck er
two, an think you're havin' sport.
Talk erbout huntin'!"
| He snorted, and Chevier, who likes
to jolly the natives along, and could
get more information out of a we'll
sweep than most men can from a
college professor, offered the old set
tier his bag of ''cut-plug" and at once
they two began to get chummy.
"Oh, of coarse. twas poachin'," l
heard the old fellow say. and he spat
emphatically. You was askin' erbout
the Allegash waters. Them useter be
good huntin' an trappin' territory
wen | was younger. How? Take it
thirty year ergo-even twenty year
back. They're purity now, an good
fshin' an there's some game; but
took seventy otter pelts out er that
string of upper ponds in four weeks
one winter, an otter skins was with
fifteen dollars them days.
"No, l wasn't maxim a business of
poachin'. l had shack up there an,
as say, in four weeks sailed down
them seventy skins. But | only set
six traps, and wouldn't have been
there to tend them only we had
monstrous run of bad weather an |
couldn't tend to regular business.
was fur carrier. Yaas, smuggled
the pelts through for other fellers, as
you say.
That very whit 1r-'twas long err
bout February, and | knowed there
was big storm due mighty quick
! hit the thing at reckoned was the
closest call ever had. For a few
moments. Mister, reilly thought old
Gabriel had got his cornet tuned up
for me, an no mistake! An wen We
come ter fgger on it. there amt sech
q great dif'rence twixt gettin' killed
outright an bein' scared most ter
death-an' that lasts what happened
ter me that trip.
This yere happened Jest after l
got that run Of otter was tellin' We
of-seventy skins, ev'ry one of 'em
beauties. picked up big sled load
an when / started up Churchill Lake
early in the mornin' an my shack was
wiped out O. sight by bresh pint,
the old sled creaked along over the
ice as though she felt the weight. But
there wasn't any snow to speak of on
the river, so she run erlong kinder
easy, an made good time up Church.
i'll an erbout dark reached the thor.
oughfare into Eagle Lake.
Il stopped here an got er bite of
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-10
REASONING WAS GOOD.
Humble Bill Collector Gets Best Of
colIoquy with Bad Debtor.

What is known as the Bellevue
cafe set" is reported as shrieking
with laughter over the retort given
a pretentious young man who Is rid
den by fallacy that his lager-beer
income is sufficient to indulge his
champagne thirst, as it were,. He
manages, by considerable exertion, to
dress the part, but has not yet found
a tailor willing to give him his
clothes. One fashionable outfitter
dunned him until his landlady showed
signs of rebellion against answering
the doorbell. He managed to raise
the necessary amount. left word that
the collector should be admitted on
the next visit. and, handing over the
money IN exchange for the receipted
bill. said loud enough to be heard
three flights up
There's your money! And now
will you mind telling me. If you can,
what in the devil your employer
meant by sending you here eighteen
times to collect his petty little &C
count?"
I'm not sure, sir" replied the col
lector, respectfully; but 1t may be
because seventeen calls failed to eff
feet payment. Thank you, sir.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES York Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-10
He Reasoned Wrona.

TITS all knowing how to reason"
said the Pittsburg man as he sighed
in sorrowful way. 81 owned house
and lot In town in our state and was
getting a good rent for 1t when a con-
gregation built church right on the
line. | reasoned it out that the place
was spoiled. and when | was offered
three-flfths of its former value I made
haste to close the deal patted myself
on the back over that bit of good
luck"
"And wasn't it good luck?" was
asked
mot a bit of 1t. I'm clean
thousand dollars out of pocket for rea-
soning hind end to. The chap who
bought my place had twin babies, q
piano. fiddle and barking dog, and
the congregation hadn't occupied that
church over four Sundays when 1t
raised purse and bought him out for
twice the value of the place."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-10

Ping-"Are Mrs. De styles enter.
tainments very exclusive?" Pong
well | should say so; she has just
made application to have the CONVEX
sation of her guests copyrighted
Jack-"It is mighty hard to be
son of self-made millionaire" To-.
why so?" Jack-"A fellow can't :
eide whether to go into business and
live up his fathers reputation, or go
into society and live it down."
See here" said Colonel Winders,
angrily. your reporter promised to
print all | said at the banquet last
night" "Well?" replied the editor.
We'll, he printed only few lines, al
though my speech was quite a long eff.
fort" Yes, but you didn't say much"
Fishermen in the Columbia river get
about twenty-five cents each for the
salmon they catch. The average
weight ranges from fifteen to twenty
pounds. Vast quantities of these are
frozen by Oregon dealers, and shipped
to Germany. where they sell for thir-
,y-tive cents pound.
The electric oath is one of the
newest things, although it isn't bath
at all. A thick robe is entwined with
wires, and this is donned. Then a
current of electricity is switched on.
and the wearer of the electrical robe
soon finds his body getting warmer,
until in a little while he perspires as
freely as if he were in Turkish
bath.
John Dillon's outbreak in the house
ST commons the other day, when he
called Joseph Chamberlain damned
liar" reminds one of the speech of
Mr.. Martin, member for Galway in
1889, which absolutely defies reproduc-
ton. He denounced a fellowmember
in language of unprintable disgust, and
could not resist the temptation of ap-
plying his words also to the mem
ber's sister. who sat in the gallery of
the house of commons at the time.
THESE Ponsonbys," he burst out. ARE
the curse of my country. They are
-, personally and politically, from
that toothless old bag who is now
grinning in the gallery. to the white
livered scoundrel who is now SILVER
ing on the floor"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-10
Saved the Baby.

New Providence, Iowa, July 7th.--
Little Helen Moon, the three-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. v.
Moon of this place, had narrow es-
cape from death.
Her mother noticed she seemed to
be very clumsy and complained when
she was rocked. Her limbs and face
were bloated badly.
A doctor was summoned but she
got no better. He said she had Kid
ney Trouble in the worst form.
Two other doctors were called in
and they agreed that there was very
little, If any, hope. She was bloated
all over, her eyes being completely
closed and her abdomen bloated I'M
til 1t was purple.
They bought six boxes of Dodd's
Kidney Pills and she commenced to
improve at once. She had used nine
boxes before the Dropsy was all gone.
The treatment was continued and
now she is as well as ever.
Dodd's Kidney Pills certainly saved
the little ones life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-10
&8gRR SEsESN9sg9sgSR

a big patch of shadow on the ice,
wen / started down the lake. The
wind was behind me. an it blew
strong an boosted me along nicely;
but the heavy sled travelled faster
n I did an KEEP rappin' me in the
heels. I'd sailed Eagle Lake fore that
time-in a canoe. Now l jest ran
ashore, cut a stout pole an two cross
pieces, an set the tarpaulin cover
of my sled for a sail.
There warn't nothin' for me ter do
but steer clear Of Pillsbury Island.
n that warn't hard job; so bur
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-10

nR. LLEWELLYN JORDAN, Medi-
- cal Examiner of the U. S. Treas
ury Department, graduate of Colum bia
College, and who served three years at
West Point, has the following to say of
Peruna:
'.AIyow me to express my gratitude
to you for the benefit derived from
your wonderful remedy. One short
month has brought forth a vast change
and now consider myself well man
after months of suffering. Fellow
sufferers, Peruna will cure you."
Peruna Immediately invigorates the
nerve-centers which give vitality to the
mucous membranes. Then catarrh dis
appears. Then catarrh is permanently
cured.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-10
Iiomeseekers' Excursions.

Great Northern Railway sells homo
seekers tickets. st. Paul or Minneapo-
lis. to all points West. including Mon.
tana and Washington, on the first and
third Tuesdays of July. August. Sep.
TENDER and October, 1902. Rate, one
fare for the round trip. Information
from all ticket agents, or F. |. Whit
ney, G. p. e. T. A., St. Paul.