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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-12-16

The sehoonera Advent and ON. Eel-
lo1g have arrived 10 load lumber.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-12-16

Japanese goods. christmas green's,
candles and refreshments for sale in
the basement or the Episcopal church
this afternoon ard evening.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-12-16

GIRL wANTED--for iightnouscworh
afternoons; call bs2 Exchange street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-29

one, which review, by the way was
wrongly credited to the senator hts
tory ought to be written by a man with
an x ray and generally is written by
man with telescope These frontiers
men never have had square deal.
When some one who knows the facts
tells then he can't get an audience
Eastern papers send out some little fel-
low in knee pants who regards every
body west of the Alleghanies as e.
sucker and west of the river as
barbarian. He belongs to some little
mOnohippic club IN New York and
brings letter to some poor sycophant
out here who makes a living by loafing
around New York city back doors,
hears him lie about his neighbors and
goes back to write the usual rot about.
Kansas.
My idea is that Kansas is as good as
anybody and what write / hope is in
accord with that idea Our frontiersmen
need no excuses. All that is necessary
is to tell the truth of them To the
length of my short cable tow I am try
ing to do that. believe Kansas has
characteristics as interesting and at
tractive as those which have made Cal
ifornia, for example, so fertile a literary
field and / hope to see some Bret Harte
of Kansas take the history of the early
days into popular favor.
when / was years old I used to sit in
the school house and watch the great
wagon trains go past to Santa F'e. One
the trip Another boy attracted a good
deal of interest because his family had
been captured by Indians and still another
because his father had kept buffalo calf
in the back yard. This kind of people and
this sort of thing perhaps gave me an in
sight into the western life which is quite
useful in getting these sketches. This
stuff, rule, has been written by men
bad man until they had voted once or
twice, while the noble red men put in
good deal of time in my fathers back yard
begging for something to eat and put
in lots of time watching Wild Bill and
similar gentlemen afoot and horseback
My idea in taking UP Wild Bill was
this: Most of the impressions of course
that get from history about individ-
ualS are wrong. Wild ELL had no place
in written history except as a dime novel
desperate, which he was not. l knew him
well little boy could and l felt
that somebody ought to tell the truth
about him to give him his proper place in
history, and when the opportunity came
to start the thing a little / did so. In
the Dodge City article l attempted to give
the exact conditions down there l was
at Dodge in the early days. happened to be
there the day Dave Mather killed Tom
Nixon. In fact. my father brought us to
Kansas immediately. after the war. We
came to Abilene in it's Texas cattle days
/ have gone to school with Indians and
on one eVentful occasion chased a herd of
buffalo with a stick when a little boy. OF
course | was all over the state in its early
day and through Colorado. New Mexico
and Oklahoma. so l happen to have quite
an extensive acquaintance, perhaps. with
the men who did these things and the men
who knew about it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-29
HER HUNT FOR GOLD.
Daring Relocates Ledge Found
by Dead Husband.

Vancouver B. c., March 29-With
some of the finest samples of free gold
that have been brought to this city,
Mrs. Heckleton of Squamish arrived in
Vancouver today. Two months ago
Mrs Heckleton left for the upper coun-
try to relocate some free mining gold
claims north of Iillooet. which were
found there by her husband nearly
twenty years ago. Her husband had
died before he could return to work the
rich gold lodges he had discovered. Mrs.
Heckleton had rough trip. She had
to GO over snow-covered mountains and
through deep ravines to reach the sec
ton where the claims were located.
guided by map left by her late nus
band. n.c-l
She did not have much difficulty in
finding the creeks and tracing them to
the points indicated upon the chart
where the gold was supposed to be. The
woman and her son, who accompanied
her, then staked off claims on several
different leads. as Indicated in the chart
and they intend to return later in the
year and make a complete prospect of
the district.
On the richest ledge indicated on the
plan specimens of free gold valued at
$500 to the ton were found, and some of
to be passed upon by persons interested
in the exploita ton of the district. The
specimens are fully as good as those
found by Mrs. Heckleton and her first
husband when they found the ledge
twenty years ago, and it is expected
that the claims will prove to be inn
mensely rich.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-29
AN OLD CHURCH BELL.
A Bit of New Mexico History in and
Around Socorro

BY the courtesy of NJ. l. NJ. McReynolds
we produce herewith the inscription on the
OLD church bell at Socorro, N. NJ, says the
White Oaks Eagle. The following is the
inscription:
This historic old bell was made in the
year 1919 In 1880 the church was destroyed
by the Indians. In 1874 it was dug out of
the ruins of Gran Quivira, Spanish city
of some size, many claiming for it over
10000 population.
1T was taken from there to the San Mi
guel church at Socorro. The church was
also destroyed by Indians in 1871, and the
people were driven out Of the country and
what is now Ell Paso, Tex.
I'm 1906 a colony of 20 families came
from Belen, on the Rio Grande, and re-
settled Socorro and repaired the old
church. where it stands today. Then this
old bell was again used by the hardy pio-
neer Spaniards, who inhabited the interior
of that great wild country, fighting their
way. mile by mile, with the savage, hos
tile Indians.
THE bell weighs 461 pounds. The metal
was taken from a mine in Grant county,
at what is now known as the Santa Rita
de Cobra mine and the faithful worship
ers added to the metal a great amount of
gold and silver and jewelry worn by them.
This bell was the first to ring upon the
American continent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-29

when he passed. He passed but Mas
terson could not shoot man in such
cold blooded manner. He let MIN pass.
carp walked up to Allison, who was
sitting a broncho in the center of the
main street at Dodge.
ssAllison, you had better get out of
town." said carp who had his revolVers
in his holsters. Allison was heavily
armed. Both men were quick on the
draw.
Come in and take a drink with me,
said Allison. carp. decided he was only
hoping for chance to draw ms re-
parleying but finally Allison was induced
to leave town. There was no blood shed
and no shooting. Other men with less
nerve than carp would not have walk
ed up to Allison unless they had their
revolvers drawn. Other men would have
precipitated a shooting ARRAY But carp
was the cool headed peace officer he
did not draw weapon, there was not a
shot fired and not a drop of gore spilled.
OF such men Colonel Little will write
about.
In speaking of his work at Abilene,
Col Little said:
like that in any quiet little city of New
England in the country. Beautiful
lawns. fine avenues lined with great
trees and handsome homes are its most
noticeable features. The Sand Springs
water N axes Abilene an elegant resi-
dence town. Third street there is one
of the prettiest village streets to be
found anywhere. The people are so re-
spectacle they are hardly interesting
any more, from a magazine standpoint.
Dodge City is about as bad for
study of the bad men. It is pretty
place and entirely modern. Even the
liquor traffic has disappeared in both
towns, just as it has in Topeka for the
last 20 years The old settlers of Abilene
seldom talk of the bad men, and what
they say would not, as a rule, look well in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-29
S95O,OOO FOR A HOUSE.
New Anglo-American Club Starts
With Flourish.

New York, March ga most en-
crossing subject in clubland continues
to be the new club founded by Anglo
American millionaires. says the London
correspondent of the Herald. AS al
ready announced, it will be called the
Columbia, and it is further said it Will
be the most elaborate. the most extern
sive and the most expensive club in
Europe.
The entrance fee, which is to be so
guineas (S262) with an annual subscrip-
ton of 10 guineas ($7S) is much higher
than any sums ever exacted in any
London club.
Negotiations are in progress for the
purchase of the building in Dover street
and Piccadilly. The syndicate offers to
pay $950,000 for the property, and it is
expected the purchase will be completed
in a few days.
The membership, which is limited to
one thousand, is said to be filled UP
already.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-29
A Boys Life Saved!
A Grateful Mother Writes About
the Rescue of Her Child.
Paine'S Celery
Compound
Triumphed After the Failure OF
Physicians.

Mrs. Tallman, of 191 Redmond St,
New Brunswick. n. J., grateful for the
rescue of her little boy from suffering
and death, writes as follows:
Il have used Paine's Celery Compound
FOR our little boy He had been under
the doctors care for five months, but
did not seem to get much better. The
physician said the child had spinal trou-
bile. He is three years old and was
obliged to creep on his hands and knees
and was too weak to sit up long at a
time We bought a bottle of Paine $
Celery Compound, and before it was
half gone, we saw a big change in the
boy. He is now real fat and strong,
and can walk all around the house, and
has red, plump cheeks Paine's Celery
Compound cured him."
In the face of such testimony, VINO
ran deny the fact that Paine's Celery
compound restores to strength, vigor,
and new life? Hundreds of such letters
as Mrs. Tallman's are on file for the
inspection of doubters-
When your children are weak, run
down. nervous. fretful, Respondent, have
loss of appetite, slow circulation OF
blood give them Paine's Celery Com
pound for a week or two, and note well
the cheering results in returning health
and vigor. We strongly urge the inn
mediate use of the great medicine for
all sickly and weak boys and girls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-29

Seven years ago the State Of Illinois granted
to the Physicians Institute of Chicago charter
There was need of something above the ordi-
nary method of treatment for chronic diseases,
something more than any one specialist or any
number of specialists acting independently
could do, So the State itself, under the powers
granted it by its general laws, gave the power TO
the Physicians Institute to furnish to the SICK
such help would make them well and strong.
Ever since its establishment this Institute has
endeavored in every possible way to carry out
the original purposes of its establishment under
the benefcient laws of the State.
Three years ago, the Physicians Institute,
realizing the value of electricity In the treatment
of certain phases of disease, created under the
SUPERINTENDENT of its staff of specialists an
electric belt. and this belt has been proved to be
of great value as a curative agent. From time
that stage of perfection which warranted its
present name of Supreme
This belt is the most effective of all agents In the
cure of rheumatism, lumbago. lame back, nerv-
Gus exhaustion. weakened or lost vital functions,
kidney disorders ana many otner CON-
plants
This s'Supreme Electric Belt" is made in one
grade only-100 guage-there is no better electric
belt made and no better bolt can be made.
Whenever In the opinion of our staff of special
lists the wonderful curative and revitalizing
forces of electricity will cure you we send you.
free of all cost, one of these Supreme Electric
Belts. Tt is not sent on trial, 1t is yours to keep
forever without the payment OF one cent. This
generous offer may be withdrawn at any time, SO
you should write to-day for this free Supreme
Electric Belt" to the Physicians Institute
at 2ll0Masonic Temple, Chicago, Ills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-29
How He Came to Write His In
teresting Stories.
AN ABUSED CHARACTER
Frontiersman Has Been Misrep-
resented Says the Colonel.
His Story Told by Men Who
Never Knew Him.

William Allen White once said "every-
thing good in Kansas comes from Abb
lene." That statement, taken WITT
out reservation, will be disputed by
many, and probably by Mr.. White him
self, for he meant it as a compliment,
but Abilene has produced its share of
ii all the goods and chattels and brains
and products of the state. 1t has
statesmen, writer's. politicians. a his
tory and a mineral spring.
The latest celebrity for Abilene to
point to is Edward c. Little in a new
role. Colonel Little has been known as
a politician and warrior, now he is
to be known as a writer. 1t has been
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-29

print. Still there are a number of gen.
tlemen there who have an extensive
fund of information when they care to
talk.
AT Dodge r. NJ. Wright. Mike SUIT
ton, ex-Sheriff Chalk Beason and others
are regular store houses of facts and 1
found them very kind and obliging
Dodge is a little nearer the old times
than Abilene.
You say, Are my sketches true
Well, / thought they were till l read
Senator Fred Dumont Smiths review of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-29
BAEsstAeS

the
ton with all the implies but the efforts which strengthen the
Of theo
Fig SyrupCo.
of san comor
palms, the colds headaches and
is pe
'front.'
in fmnyla
great advanag
package
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-29
Robbie Knew.

what part of speech is button?"
asked the teacher of the second grade
grammar class.
Its a verb exclaimed Bobbie, posi-
lively
"A verb" echoed the teacher, in sur
prise. How do you make that out?"
Well" answered Bobbie, when a
goat give a Teller buttin' don't it ex-
press action, bein' and state of bein' ?"
Ohio State Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-29
would smash the Club.

If members of the "Hay Fever associa-
tom would use DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption, the club would go
to pieces, for it always cures this malady;
and asthma. the kind that battles the doc
tors, it wholly drives from the system.
consumption, pneumonia, bronchitis owe
grip. saves little ones from Group and
whooping cough, and is positively guarau-
teed for all throat and lung troubles soc
81. Trial bottles free at Arnold Drug Co.,
S21 N. Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-29
New Idea in Dietetios.

A friend of DR.. Silas Scarboro sends
in one of his new ideas in .oietetics.
Aside from the question of canni-
balism," says the doctor, ''and also
aside from the question of digestion, it
would be extremely bad for the consti-
tuition to eat a piece of Dutchman with
breakfast. because the diet would be
entirely Teutonic. News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-29
An Electric
Belt Free
Send Your Application At Once To
The Physicians Institute.

They VIII Send You Absolutely Free One
ofTheiP 100 GuaGe Supreme Electric Belts,
the Belt Which Has Made SO Many Wonder
full Cures-You Needn t Send Even a Postage
Stamp, just Your Name ana Address
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21

One of the recent visitors of import
ance arrived at a Fifth avenue hotel
from Germany with his wife and two
maids. The maids were oldiSh, quiet
looking women who attracted no at
tention beyond an expression of sur
prise that the wife required the SER
vices of two women. II was not until
the party had left the hotel and gone
to the West that the real duties of the
two women were learned.
The man of the family was called
back to take part in the cerem onies of
receiving Prince Henry. His wife re-
mained in San Francisco, while he
came back to New York With the
distinguished foreigner arrived one of
the gray haired maids. She was not
in the service of the family for the
sake of the wife, but for her husband
She acted as his valet and looked after
his clothes and his other comforts
just as a man would have done
Her employer explained to one of
his friends that he travelled q great
drinking Wallets. who had repeatedly
caused him trouble in foreign countries
when he was unable to get any one to
take their places For some years he
has employed and found more salts
factory a woman, who is more honest
and keeps his possessions IL better
condition.-New York Sun.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21
About Eskimo Dogs.

Eskimo dogs are as good fishermen
as they are draugh1 animals. Though
they do not like cold water, one will
stand h1east-deep in it, motionless,
until a fish comes within range. when
he will dive like a seal. and come up
ten or fifteen feet away with the fish
in his mouth.
When the Eskimo treats his dog
cruelty. as is often the case, the dog
runs away and joins some pack of arc
nc wolves. Most of them have some
strains of the wolf in them. But it is
not SO much a disgrace to be related
to a wolf as it is to act like one wAcn
you are not related.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21

ngltsh-sDeaking countries have
-four different miles-tLe urdi.lary nile
of 52SO feet. and the geographical or
nautical mile of G0S0 feet. making a
difference of about ne-SCventh be
tween the two; the Scotch mile of 1929
feet, and the Irish mile of GEO feet.
four various miles. every one of which
is said to be by the Ledger Mon: hly
still in use.
The same magazine rpeaks also of
the discrepancies in the niles OF differ.
cnt nations.
1he German mile of to>Cay is 24.31S
feet in length, more than four aud It
half times as long as our mile. The
Dutch have a mile of 1925 feet the
Danes one of 2i.S75 feet and the Pir1s-
slams one Of ~. SO feet: and the Swiss
get morH exercise in walking one of
their miles tlan we ger in walking five
of ours. for theirs is 21,459 feet long.
and ours hut $3.50 fect.
The Italian mile is only = few feet
longer than ours. the Roman mile is
shorter, ana the Tuscan and the Turk
ish miles are 800 feet longer. r'he
Swedish milo is .2.023 feet long. ANA
the Vienna post mile is 2J.O37 feet in
length.
HesidcG- this list of twelve different
miles. there are otter rlcasl res of ds
tance, not counting the French kilo-
meter, which is rather less than two
thirds Of a mile. The Braz.lians have
Il milla that is one and one fourth
times as long as otr mile; the Neapofi-
tan miglio is about the same length:
the japanese ri is about two and one
half times as long as our mile: the
Russian verst, five-eighths as long.
The Persian standard is n farsalh.
about four miles long, which is not far
from the supposed length of the para
sang, so familiar to every schoolhoy
who has read Xenophon's "Ana,3asis."
The distance indicated by the league
also varies in different co lntries.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21

a story is told in faculty circles at
Yale which goes back to 1891 for its
time setting. and concerns itself with
President Hadley's manner of asking
the late Governor Luzon B. Morris. of
Connecticut. for the hand of his daugh-
ter in marriage. Professor Hadley
made the call, which was to determine
his future, just at the time when the
reelection of Governor Morris was in
grave doubt, and the courts were de-
batting the matter aud the legislature
refusing to ratify il. What can L 60
for you. Arthur" asked the older man,
kindly, suspecdnG that his daughter
was the reason of the visit.
Il have come to you" said Professor
Hadley, making his famous forearm
gesture, Ito know definitely whether
or no I may call you Governor. New
York Tribune.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21
A NJ MOuntain of Oh ak.

On the Manor Farm at Newton
Toney- near Salisbury. and in close
proximity TO the new railway stC ton.
as remarkable a piece of work is being
completed in the way of shifting and
repiling chalk Caused by q change of
plans in the construction of light
railway as has ever been accom-
plished in England a four acre field
was purchased from the estate of Sir
+. Malet. Bart Over this large area
the chalk has been piled in the form
of huge square with sloping sides
of great depth. On the :, utheast the
depth is quite twenty-five yards. while
the southwest embankmeut is nearly
as deep. The PERCEPTIONS sides of II e
immense mound are beiDg covere
with a layei of earth wherein trees
are TO be planted. This has been dome
partly TO relieve the bald. glaring as
pect of the mammoth chalk heap rs
viewed from the village OF Newt IL
Toney. The cubic contents are Csti-
mated at 5,0C000G tons Salisbury
Times.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21
No Chance Now

They wore on their wedding trip and
had gone UCck to the scelec - his
youth.
Here" lie sale. { stoD1.ry befor~ n
little frame shanty, 'iJ the h-us1 in
which 1 was bor1."
"Oh. Henry she cricC, clptchipg his
arm, why have ycu deceived me so?''
Deceived you?" he answered.
Darling, what do you mean? 1 have
always told you that 1 was born in
humble circumstances. Surely you did
not expect when L pointed out my
birthplace to see castle or a noble old
mansion en- some high hillr'
No" she sadly made answer, "but
1 understood from what you said that
it was log cabin, AMI so l had such
fond hopes. ."--Clicago Record Herald.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21

where his small store of money lay.
He was obliged to reach his long arm
behind her in passing out the coin. and
his heart beat some fearfully delight
full measure as he wondered if the day
would ever come when he might freely
throw a protecting arm
Cant change more than two dol
Iarsr' interrupted the conductor.
Paul looked up across her face at the
man, who continued:
This is five-dolIar sold-pfece
Haven't you anything less: -
''Oh yes Paul said. again extend
ing that lucky arm. Il thought it was
quarter ! gave you
But in taking back the gold piece his
hand involuntarily brushed the SHIN
mering aureole of her hair. his fingers
trembled, the coin slipped from his
grasp.
Did you drop it?'' grunted the con
ductor.
Yes. er-that is-never mind. III
find it. Here's the quarter
Paul blushed furiously as he passed
out the money. The tiower-like face
beside him became the color of a rose
The conductor made few careless eff
perhaps with visions of the empty car
and a lonely search for his own benefit
he gave it up and left Paul to his own
resources. If the confused artist had
been less deeply in love with the un-
known girl beside him he might have
at least wondered at her impassiye
behavior. She knew he had lost So.
yet she sat there like a beautiful
image, blushing, tidgeting a little. but
offering neither to stir nor aid in the
search. What she didn't know was
that the missing money constituted
Paul's My hope of giving his mother
and sister an outing with dinner at
Lake Ponchartrain. He had only for
ty cents left after paying three fares.
and there was nothing for them to do
but turn about Ind get back to the
city.
But he made no move. H. would
not have disturbed the girl becido him
for an ocean of fivG-dollar gold pieces
He would take his chance of finding
the money at the journeys end. When
the car was empty he bade his mother
and sister wait for him in the little
depot, and he did search most care
fully for the coin. He gave it up when
the bell rang to start back for the city,
cents at his disposal But the after
noon had lost its glories for him be
cause in his wanderiDgs about the lake
he saw no more of the girl of the cafe.
His mother thought he was worrying
about his lost coin. but his sister raj
lied him in most anwonted manner,