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The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
Franks Plays by Lightning.

The British steamer Myrtledene, al
Philadelphia. from M.ddlesboro. Eng
land, with a cargo of pig iron. had. ac-
cording to its skipper. Capt. fule. q
terrifying experience while crossing
the Atlantic All sorts of bad weather
beat the ship. but the thing that will
live longest in the memory OF the crew
will be the wild pranks that electricity
played with it. the fire balls leaping
all over the rigging and making the
sailors believe the day of doom had
arrived Capt. Yule declared that not
only did the fire halls play about the
steamer. but they appeared shooting
about the sea until the chief mate.
who was on the bridge at the time.
was confident that the ship was sur
rounded by a feet of vessels. The
Myrtledene is a steel screw vessel.
schooner-rigged. and there was not
a mast on which the electric balls OF
fire did not rest and plunge down.
This ocurrced almost in midOcean.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
A Youthful LO :ician.

He was very small boy, ana mann
ma was getting him ready for bed.
She had taken off all his clothes. even
to the last little shirt, when the little
boy. delighting in his freedom. escaped
and. dressed only in the little flesh
colored suit with which nature had
provided him. ran laughing around
the room.
Come right back to mamma. dear.
said the mother reprOvingly. God
will not like you to do that"
LES he will" replied the urchin
with a glance at a big picture upon
the wall which had served as the text
for many small sermons delivered to
him by his careful parents. The does
it hissef." And the mother. follow
ing the child's glance. had nothing to
say. for there was that famous picture
of the Holy Family and the infant
Jesus appearing in that absence of
clothing in which children in warm
climates revel-New York Times.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
TAUGHT LESSON IN PoLITENEss
Small G:rI Reminds Learned Man Of
HIS Br. ach Of Etiquette.

Nora's strong point is poiiteness
Whenever anybody does anything for
her she says Thank you" and when
she performs service for another she
expects to be rewarded with a like
courtesy. Such being her high ideals,
she meets a good many people who
fall short of her social standard.
Mr.. Eicilmore is one of these delia-
quents. Mr. Bickmore does not mean
to be rude. but he is a student and
preoccupied and has rot time always
to observe the small amenities of i;f,
He visited Nora's father one day last
week. and while reading a learned ar
ticle On microbes he was seized with
sudden and unconquorable thirst. He
voiced his desire for refreshments ard
Nora was sent to bring him a glass of
water. This she did. and the visitor
Quaffed the liquid hastily That done
he returned the glass and resumed the
study of microbes. Nora stood at his
side few minutes. watching him ex
pectantly. Seeing at last that the
learned man had no intention Of re
pairing his breach of manners. she de-
cided to remind him Of his shortcom-
ings.
You're welcome" she said. ve:y
loudly and distinctly.
Mr. Bickmores studious face actual
ly flushed.
oh. thank you" he said. mcc:;ly.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
Pointed Paragraphs.

SANDER is moth that eats holes in a
good name
\ tombst, lie marks the & viGing line
between iere and there.
Woman never allows Ter opinions to
spoil f Want of being aired.
Occasionally woman's face is her
fortune AID he: husbands misfortune.
Nearly every man actually believes
that other meE are interested in his
troubles
|: isn't what man is. but rather what
be pretenGs 10 be. tina. makes him ritlir
uious.
Too many men attempt to pass through
the word on ;he reputation of their
ancestors.
Usually when man is failure he
has patti mt little wifi. who makes ex
cusss for him.
All tie worlds stage upon which
each actor plays his part-after VIII CHI
he occupies a private box.
If a man loses his friends after his
money is all gone, it was his none, and
not himself that had friends
Some men work themselves to death
trying to earn sufficient money to keep
up the premiums Oh th-ir life insurance.
Chicago News.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
In Old Missouri.

Circuit Attorney Falk. Of ST. Louis,
has secured three convictions in connec-
ton with the bribery scandal N the ST.
Louis house of delegates, two for brib-
cry aud one for perjury. IT. is not known
whether or not he intends to break into
state politics but if he does choose to
turn his attention in this dire ction the
politicians will do well to keep their
eyes on Joseph.
The state capital has taken on a
spasm of local improvement. \ grown
nan and small boy have been en-
pIr!ed to repair the water main
Clinton is experiencing successful
religious revival. Did YOU ever notice
that revival thrives best in a town
that is undergoing a spasm of nard
tirN.s:
Breckenridge Herald gives the ex-
celient advice to the farmers to stop
talking poi les and set themselves
about the task of raising more corn and
less weeds.
The Missouri state fair vii; be held at
SedaIa August 1922. Prizes to the
amount of 10000 will be offered and a
sreed programme of unusual excellence
will be offered.
The Jefferson City State Tribune
printed picture of the local high
school graduating class. The result
was as usual in such cases, a group OF
fourteen beautiful girls surround ng
lonesome and embarrassed boys
\ lady in Columbia. who liked to Use
big words, whether she knew their tx
act meaning or MT. was told that 'fer-
ment" meant "to work." One day she
had some callers, and she said to them
IS she came in from out of doors: Il
am very tired: l have been fermehting
in the yard all day" Her guests fell
off their chairs.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
President Palma's Career.

Tomas Estrada Palma, the new pres
ident OF Cuba. is 65 years old. He is
native of Bayamo. Cuba, and is law
yer and a planter. During the uprising
of 1868 he was a member of the revo'
lutionary congress ard was elected
president in 1875. Subsequently he
was detained in Spanish castles. He
visited the United States for BRIEF
period and then went to Honduras.
where he became postmaster-general
Returning to this country in 1882. he
established an institute at Central
Valley, Orange county. New York.
Spain offered to restore his estates to
him il he would swear allegiance. but
he refused to take the oath. Upon the
death Of Jose Marti. Palma was electe
by the Cuban revolutionary clubs as
the head of the Cuban movement out
side the island. While the Spanish
war progressed he was the leading
spirit of the Cuban junta.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20

Wealth is only measured by COM
parison. a person who is used to rich
es places his estimate of what cOnsti-
tutes d fortune" much higher than
does the one who has been poor or in
moderate circumstances.
A woman employed at housekeeping
by a family in Cleveland. o.. the other
day told her employer that she had
been working for some time at the
country home of John ID. Rockefeller.
with a dozen other women. She was
impressed by the interior decorations
of the nous" and especially by the pic
lures.
why" She said. Mr.. Rockefeller
has a lot of pictures. Some of them
have gold frames six inches wide.
guess" she confined. making a careful
mental calculation. that he must have
at least hundred dollars worth OF
paintings"
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
Princeton Preachers.

The senior class OF the Princeton
Theological Seminary. which was
graduated on May 6. was in many re-
spects one of the most remarkable
classes that has been graduated from
that institution since ii was founded.
ninety years of age says the New York
Tribune The class numbered forty
four members. more than a third of
whom will take mp their life work in
the cause of home or foreign missions.
Champions of the gridirOn and dia-
mond. of chess and checkers. debaters
and preachers Of no mean ability are
to he found among these young men
of the cloth" Two of them are mar
ried and twentyOne are engaged to be
married There is one cOlOred man
and one Japanese in the group.
Twenty-cight colleges and eighteen
states are represented by them.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
CAUSES FOR AVOIDING CHURCH
Long WindeI and Vocifer.us Bishop
Found No Favor with Q Child.


There is certain bibshop whose
piety is unquestioned, but who has
an unfortunate habit OF preaching
very long sermons. He has. besides.
an exceedingly sonoroUs voice. AMI
people living anywhere within block
of his church can hear him without
taking the trouble TO enter the Sanct-
uary. A few Sundays ago he was an
nounced to preach at a popular church
and the people who entertained him
had d little daughter who was very
fond of attending service. When the
family got ready little Elsie iatiy 20
fused to go with them.
Il don't want to go to church" she
declared.
What's the matter?" asked the
mother. much surprised. ARE you ill.,
Il don't like the bishop" confessed
the child.
''Oh. Elsie. that's a wicked thing 20
say" gasped the mother.
Il hate the bishop" insisted the lit
tie one.
Tell mother why" said the hostess.
We'll" said Elsie. confidently. the
bishop rrrcchos so long that | can't
keep awake. and he breaches so LOUD
that can't go 10 sleep" As the dl-
vine tells the story on himself. its
probably true.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
MuSir'S Decline In Germany.

The national competition among
German composers, which was organ
lied last year at Leipsic has resulted
in a remarkable fiasco. A prize OF
e 800 Was offered for the best popular
opera and. among other conditions. it
was stipulated that competitors must
belong to some GermaEspeaking
country.
More than 500 composers in Ger
many. Austria and Switzerland wrote
to inquire for the details of the COM
petition, but only thirtv-six of them
actually sent in compositions. After
careful examination of these thirty
six operas the adj"iicators unani-
mously decided that not one among
them was deserving of the prize,
which will either be returned to the
donor or devoted to some musical pur
pose
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
To Fight Morgan's Combine.

\ determined effort is being made by
Canadians aud Englishmen to organize
an all-Britsh steamship trust comp 'sed
of the Cunard, Beaver, Allan and Elder.
Demrs.er lines that will cooperate with
the Canadian Pacific railway and its
Pacific steamship lines and make fight
against the Morgan syndicate. The
scheme contemplates fast service be-
tween Canada and England and calls fol
liberal British and Canadian suhsid, S
1t is Dire .m dear to the Canadian
imagination and if realiz ID vii! be still
dearer to the Canadian tax payer. II
will figure us enc of the counters in
Joseph Chamberlain : imperial game a,
the Coioni Il conference in Lo.don this
month
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
interesting Finds.

During the reconstruction of the
streets in the inner part of Vienna
city many old houses have been pulled
down. and some interesting finds have
been made. among others brick stamps
of the 10th. 18th and 18th legions.
The entire wall of Roman camp,
showing interesting details connected
with fertilization. and two meats,
with a palisade between them. were
also discovered. Four gravestones.
deeply carved with Hebrew characters,
bearing the dates of 1241. 1890. 1910,
were brought TO light. Very few
older dated Jewish gravestones are
said to he in existence. An ancient
document. certifying the sale Of a
niece of ground for Jewish grave
ward. is dated 1910. 1t was left by the
Jews when they were banished from
Vienna in 1455. and is among the rel
les in the Jewish Museum at Vienna.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
WHERE fLATTEHY WON THE DAY
United States Senator EartOn Tells
Good story II mSolf. .

United States Senator Burton Of
Kansas once had a bill to collect from
an impecunious Irish friend who had
kissed the Blarley stone to some pur-
pose. After my notices the cap
tain deigned 10 appear in Mr. Bur-
tons law Office. A half hour of COM
plimentary palaver awaited him moth
ing. and he agreed to sign note COW
ering the claim and furnish the best
man in town as indorser. says the
New York Times. When the Irish
man had affixed his mark Mr. Burtol.
Strengthening his face. sternly ie-
manded:
Now. Captain, who's going 10 lie
your indorser?'
The captain INDUCED in another
passage Of the most unctuous fiattery.
then leaned over Mr.. Burton's Shout
der, turned the note on its face. and
said:
You write J. r. Burton on the back
there, and it will be the name of the
best man in the whole county"
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
A CHANCE FOR THE OLD MASTERS
Mrs. NewT:ch Was Dissatis.. ed with
American Painters.

Mrs. NewT:ch Was Dissatisfied with
American Painters.
A reputation for wit is like a rolling
SNOWFALL. it gathers from without
more than it develops from within. re,
marks an eastern writer. He who
possesses the reputation for witty
stories shall have witty stories added
to him. so to speak. Just SO with
the great national type. the Ans !ican
parvenu. There is charming woman
in Washington who betrays her be@in-
nings sometiiy es so all the malaprop-
iSmS current are told of her.
And here is another. 1t is probably
quite as true as some of the others.
An acquaintance met the lady On the
deck of an outgoing steamer. Two of
her daughters We're with her.
What. off for Europe again? What
is the errand this time?"
I'm going to have the dear sirls'
portraits painted"
Why not in American
'Oh, I've tried all the American ar
lists in vain. Now, we're going over
to see what the Old masters can do
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
GOD NIGHT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH
Irish WOmans (onsoi iii IN u Priest
Who Did Not speak Gae ic.

Irish WOman's (onsni iii IN "a Priest
Who Did Not Speak Gae L..
4 few weeks ago a visitor 10 Lon
don workhouse found an Old Irish
woman in one Of the wards very II
and thought it advisable that she
should see the priest without delay.
A few days af,trward. when the Old
woman had rallied a little. the visito:
said to her:
well. Mrs O'Connor, did the prizes;
come to you?"
She replied: Yes. avic, hut | vas
surprised to find gjntleman like HIM
so ignorant"
Ignorant. What do you mean.
"Shure. he knows no Irish. Mrs
O'Connor knew her prayers in irlSh
but could not say them in English
We'll. that is unfortunate. the
lady replied.
Yes" said the old woman. an
the crathur. he was so fretted about
it | said to him. Well. never mind.
father, God Almighty understands al
most all languages. and who knows.
but he might G.therstand the Eng
lish.'"
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
inst a Gentle Hint.

IF any man by the name of Gard
ner." says Colonel-Major Jeltz. comes
a-monkying around here he'll get
thrown and kicked down stairs"
Which reminds us of a Western story
long enough out of print to be new.
1t was in a poker game at Colby. The
sheriff of Logan county had been
steadily losing to the treasurer of FL
lis county. The treasurer OF Ellis
county had the misfortune to be pos
sessed of but one eye and he was a
little clumsy in handling the cards
After a play in which the treasurer
took big pot from the sheriff the
sheriff said: Gentleman, | amt man,
in no names. but if some of you don't
quit raisin' cards from the floor he'll
get his other eye knocked out.
sas City Journal
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20

Representative Graft, of Illinois. who
is member Of the agricultural COM
mittee. has introduced in the house il
renovated butter bill. 1t proposes Il
tax of ten cents pound upon renovated
or process butter, a license of $500 Tor
manufacturers and :iS for dealers, b.
sides a fine of from $1,000 to 800, o upon
those who conduct business without a
license. The packages of process or re-
novased butter are to be marked with
label to show contents, and failure to
afiix label is to be punishment by 4 fine
Of $50 for each Otfense.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
College Vacations Too Long.

Professor Charles S. MinOt of the
Harvard Medical school has been
studying the question of vacations in
colleges. and he concludes. as he states
in an article in Science. that the
amount of vacation lis very excess
siye." With the vacation shortened
II would be easily possible to bring
Young men into active life year
earlier than is now possible. and that
would be an immense gain" There
isn't much doubt of that. But 1t will
be harder to effect change in this
line than it was to remove the vener-
able impression that Greek was the
sacred sine qua non of an education.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20

1t is remarkable how much money
has been sunk and made in the pro-
duction and sale of Sir Walter SCOTS
works. 1t cost Robert Cadet about
5000. 900 to produce his fine illustrated
Abbotsford edition, yet when he died
he left fortune of over $3.50. 900,
mainly derived from SCOTS copy
rights. What others have since made
out OF these same copyrights in special
editions of the works it would be hard
to say. but a conservative estimate
places it at 81. 500 900.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
Irish Wit.

An English old maid was driving
on a haunting car by the side Of a
priest along one of the tourists routes
in Ireland when she uttered an ex-
clamation of horror at the sight OF
some very small boys bathing in the
river we'll in view of the road. ITS
too scandalous," she exclaimed.
Where are the police" What is
it ma'am?" asked the priest. The
irate lady replied by pointing in the
direction of the river. ''Is it those
gossoons over there that you're study
ing?" asked the priest. For my
part, I'm not in the habit of reading
small print at that distance"
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
Fight Over Fair Estatp.

The fight over the famous Fair es-
tate of San Francisco lasted over Sc
ven years and cost the heirs in round
numbers a million dollars for court
and legal expenses alone. Besides
this 100000 was spent in settling the
claims of various relatives. When
Senator Fair died his wealth was es-
timated at $14.OO0.000. and this, de-
spite the great outlay in connection
with the suits, is said to have in.
creased to $17,000,0 900.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20
BENEvolENCE WAS TOO Costly
Absence of Pennies Frustrated kindiy
Plan Of Wealthy Marcnaut.

Absence Of Pennies Frustrated kinGiiy
Plan Of Wealthy Marc!,ant.
He is wealthy merchant vi amiable
mein, but penuriOus mind. The other
day he dropped in to can on an old
family servant. She is now married
to one of the merchants employees.
The family make their home III the
business building. and the merchant,
who delights in home cOoking to say
nothing OF economy. frequently takes
his luncheon with the one-time SER
want. who for Old-tiIe's sake refuses
remuneration. But the merchant eyi.
IDENTIFY has this upon his conscience. ii.
in the pressure Of business. this I'M
necessary organ has not been crowded
out of his anatomy, SO 4 bright
thought CHANGED TO occur to him as he
talked amiably and benevolen;ly with
the little girl of the family:
Nellie. dear" he said. You ought
to have bank so that every time l
come here l can put all my pennies
into it,
'Oh. have a bank, have 4 bank"
cried Nellie. much delighted. and ran
to bring it. Still with the benevolent
smile upon his face the merchant
fumbled in his pockets Only to with
draw his hand empty with a disap-
pointed air.
Now. isn't that too bad?" he said,
Il must have left ali my pennies
down stairs in my overcoat. and l
have nothing by a ten-cent piece. -
New York Press
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1902-06-20

We will send you The SENTINEL
and Kansas City Weekly Star. one year,
for the price OF THE SENTINEL alone
S1.JO.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-11
GOVERNMENT REPORT.

Washington, April 1.-THE Ap.il
report of the statistician of the de-
partment OF agriculture will show
the average condition Of winter
wheat on April 1 to have been 1871, as
against 91.7 on April !, 1901; S21 at
the corresponding date in 1900, and
.S2.4. the mean of the April averages
of the principal states are as follows;
pennsylvania S2 Ohio II; Mich
igan SO; Indiana 81; Illinois 90; Tenn.
so: Texas ~; Kansas 7S; Missouri
81; Nebraska and California each
SO and Oklahoma e.
The average condition of winter on
April was s5.l against 93.1 on
April 1, 1901 S4s at the correspond
ing date in 1901, and sS1, the mean Of
the April averages Of the l asst ten
years. The averages in the principal
states are as follows:
New York 92; Pennsylvania IS
Ohio 50; Michigan 81; Indiana 80;
Illinois "a and Kansas 81.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-11
RlvsRs ANo HARsORs.

Washington April H. The senate
committee on commerce yesterday
completed the river and harbor hill
numerous amendments being added
and the appropriations increased
50 6Os.l7 10 S7O.ss7. OF this increase
81 .46l .S35 is in the way Of direetap-
preparation and the remainder for
contracts authorized.
OaklandHarbor. Calf, contract 1858
2O3: Tacoma harbor. Wash. contract
s225. 600: Guam Habor $15O,OO0; con
tract $3.50 900: Missouri River $780,
OOO stockton and Macon Channel
$780, 900. contract s275,oOO; Columbia
river Canal at the Dalles, Oregon
and Washington 100000. substan-
TALLY no decreases were made from
the houss bin
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-11

events in the field OF commercial pol
iey may take will always exert con
siderable influence in the formation
OF such tariff schedules, but the
main consideration must always be
the needs OF the home producers.
The most prominent country using
the general and conventional system
is Germany. The general tariff is
practically that Of 1879 with the later
amendments. The conventional tar
in Is made up Of the schedules con
tained in the commercial treaties
with Austria, Italy. Belgium. Switz-
erland. Russia, Rosmania, Greece,
and Seryia. Partially through com
mercial treaties and partially
through the action of the administers
ton in maklna most favored nation
agreements. Germany has extended
the application Of the conventional
schedule until it is now given to all
European countries except Portugal
The general tariff, therefore, has only
very limited scope, and in this case
may be regarded as a penalty tariff
In Austria the general tariff is based
on the laws of 1882 and 1887, The
conventional tariff is the result oI
several commercial treaties and prac
tically applies to all countries of i'm
portance.
The maximum and minimum tariff
system is distinguished from thu
above system. first of all, in IL
form. Instead OF having two rate
for a few articles 1t has two rates oi
most articles ON which duties ar'
imposed. and for this reason is FIRE
quently called the double sarin sys
TEN. In the application of thes
rates the maximum schedule CORE
spends TO the general schedule an
the minimum schedule to the conver