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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

Scottsville Courier: It would be a. good
idea to disfranchise the old way of work.
ing the roads and enfranchise a new sys-
tenn.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

Macon Telegraph: With the figures of
the recent State primaries before him,
it is not thought Senator Tillman wilt
soon threaten to resign and appeal to
the people OF South Carolina.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

The Orange Observer says:
''1'he business men of Orange generally
express themselves well pleased with the
summer trade. and are now making ample
preparations to meet the wants of the
people this fall
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

Raleigh Post: OF course the President
was pleased with what he saw in North
Carolina. No one can fail to be pleased
with the Old North State and her people.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16
rhe Warrenton rrue-Index says:

The WarfenfOn ITUe-IHUeE- sdys'
1.-THE true people of this country re-
f,;se to be longer led by dead issues, and
the sympathy and esteem that the men
wllo really did the fighting North and
South feel for each other can no longer
be suppressed. It is refreshing to read
the emancipation proclamation OF the
Grand Army of the Republic. penned by
General Terrence. and liberating over one
hundred thousand old soldiers from po-
litlcal slavery
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

Tuscaloosa Times: Alabama ranks
fourth among Southern States in the
matter of cotton mills. North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia are ell ahead
of the Cotton State" in this particular.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

Newport News Times Herald: The Lou
doun county jury which tried the alleged
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

Fltzslmmons farewell 70 the prize
ring is being warmed over for use after
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16
Remarks About Richmond.

ReT1drKS ABOUT RTCFfIlOHu.
Buena Vista Advocate: Richmond is
not healthy place for boodlers while
Judge Crutchfield is around"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

Which is the national game, porker o.
lase-ball? -i%ew York Tribune.
Neither. Lovemaking.-Bosto Globe.
Wrong. Mimic war game.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

'.Ah!" said the customer. significantly;
that accounts for. them getting In the
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

Papa Newrocks-WcIl. don't know as
that settles It'll think good many OF
them connysoors has stuck me already
Puck.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

The Newport News Press tells us that
the oystermen are complaining Of the
TOO rapid disappearance of the bivalves
and says:
ut will require the opinion Of experts
as tc what is best to be done. but it is
evident to the most uninitiated that the
State must exercise more vigilance during
the closed season to prevent piracy. The
ratter is one of greatest and vital inn
po!tance to Virginia. and 1t should re-
ceiYe immediate consideration"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

"My fingers seem to be all thumbs to
day alphabetically remarked the clums.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16
THE OF THE LAW

IT is said that counsel for John NJ. King,
who is under indictment for having &C
cepted a bribe while member of the
Board OF Aldermen. will take advantage Of
every technicality of the law when the
case comes on for trial in the Hastings
Court to get their client off.
The lawyers cannot be blamed for this.
But the court has been warned in adj
vance, and TO be forewarned is to be fore
armed.
We have no disposition to hound Mr.
King, but we are interested In seeing the
law indicated If he is innocent he ought
to be acquitted and exonerated. But If he
is guilty. he should not be permitted to
escape through technical loopholes in the
law. The law was made to punish crimi-
mails. not to shield them. and when
through technicalities guilty men are per-
rnitted to escape the law is perverted and
is brought into contempt.
That sort of miscarriage of justice in
,yites lynch law When men find that the
courts are unable or unwilling to punish
criminals, they are very apt to take the
law into their own hands when emergen-
cies arise.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

Your Uncle Mark Hanna has not yet
reported that Editor Governor. Stone or
Senator Plat has shown him how to set
tie a big strike.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

Dealer-Any connoissour will tell you
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

The people OF Southern Ohio are to be
denied the privilege of seeing the circus.
Why thSt nation?-Cleveland
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

An ecru straw with a wrsash
OF pink moss roses has 4 drapsd
veil OF silk lace to match the
St-au
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

The little war game that Governor
Beckha1n, of kentucky, pretends to be
putting UP Will not head off the Louisville
prize fight.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

Editor Bryan must feel like striking
the New Hampshire Democracy off the
-ommoner's free list.-Hartford Post.
The Commoner does run a free list.
n isn't rim that WAY
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

Couldn't expect to run the preaching
candidate and the circus together in the
same territory, could you!
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

Still. in spite of our indisposition to
Champion pugilism. we hope that the
Rev. Sam Small will be able to knock
out John Barleycorn in the first round
T ortfo
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

Kindly state in your answers to CORE
spondents what days OF the week jan
uary, 10. 1856, and April IT. 1862. fell upon.
January 10. 1856. fell upon Thursday.
April y. 1862, fell upon Sunday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

John got the best of it in the first
round. Let's all pray for Sam in the
second.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16

VIII You let me know as soon as con-
venient whether or not 1t is proper to
say "a litt' when referring to an ele-
vator in an apartment house? \ friend,
in speaking OF her house, said that they
nad "a lift and upon my asking what
that was, she told me it was an elevator.
Now l nave never heard that expression
before, and TO me it sounds very vulgar.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-14

one of the men who shot at the goose.
The owner of the calf presented
bill for SIT, which the unlucky goose
hunter had to pay.
About quarter of mile from the
Widow Simpsons home is the village
school, presided over by young wom-
an teacher, who has some 80 little
boys and girls under her charge
One Monday morning the goose flew
in at the front door Of the school
house and began to make things live
ly. knowing the evil nature of the
fowl the teacher and her pupils were
badly frightened at its appearance.
1t began operations by grabbing a
book out of child's hands and tearing
it to pieces. The teacher, armed with
a broom, and some of the holder of
the pupils, with rulers, made COM
bined attack on the intruder, but it
scared them off and inflicted number
of severe injuries on them, including
bad cut on the teachers face, made
with stroke of its powerful wings.
Finally, seeing they were no match
for the bellgerent goose, teacher and
pupils fed, leaving it in possession of
the room.
Help was summoned, but when it
arrived the goose, with a loud squawk,
flew out of the doorway and winged
its way to the woods, since which it
has not been seen. The interior of the
schoolhouse presented scene of wild
wreckage. The floor was strewn with
torn books, desks were upset, ink bot
ties spilled and number of panes of
glass broken. 1t cost nearly $40 to
repair the damage, and the school
trustees talk of suing the Widow
Simpson for the amount if the goose
comes back.
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partner, w

saw the chimney of a little shack off
from the road and we turned to-
wards it.
Lizard Snyder lives there he said,
'and he always has some good liquor
on tap. l reckon good stiff horn of
whisky is about what we need
Certainly, if there ever was time
when it was justifab.e to drink whisky
it was then, for the cold was in our
bones and we were almost overcome
with exhaustion. We knocked up old
LIZARD and he let us in without much
grumbling.
"sWe're almost Frozen my partner
said, 'and we want a drink of whisky
Lizard went down behind his little
bar and brought up his key of whisky,
but even it was frozen solid. The key
itself was cracked and long icicles of
whisky hung down about it.
"'There you are said LIZARD now
what are you going to do about it?'
'For a moment we were 'up against
it, Then my partner had bright
idea.
"'Just break us off ten-cent icicle
apiece he said.
81 haven't heard of anybody in this
neck of the woods who has run against
anything in the line of weather as
tough as that, have you?"
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moods; some hysterical, others calm.
and not few delighted with the ex-
perience.
Among others was daughter of the
famous Quahnah Parker, the noted
Comanche Indian chief. This daugh-
ter, whose name is Amy, had dis
pleased him by attempting to run
away and marry white man, and
cowboy at that, so Parker decided
that the best thing would be to sell her
at auction. THIS is the first time that
Parker, who * counted by his white
neighbors highly cultivated red
man, has ever allowed any of his rela-
tives to be sacrificed at the auction
block. But the wrath of an Indian
parent knows NO bounds.
Sad and silent, Amy Parker was led
to the block for SALE The first bid was
II ponies. Jack Wild Horse, we'll
known scout of the tribe, was the bid
der He was Immediately raised by a
rival, likewise a scout. This latter
claimant bid Is. Others then cut in,
and Miss Parker was run up to so
ponies. Her face grew pale when she
saw that Wild Horse was determined
to get her, as he is known as the most
desperate savage on the reservation
when drunk and angered. 1t is said
that he has killed three wives when
drunk. Wild Horse, however, won the
young squaw for 63 ponies. The stock
was turned over to Parker, and med
icine man married Wild Horse and the
squaw, according to the Comanche
rites. The couple then went to Ell
Reno, where a regular marriage IL
cense was issued to them and the cere-
mony repeated by pale-face minis
ter. Although the marriage took
place only three days ago, dispatch
from Lawton says that she attempted
to commit suicide after failing in an
attempt to kill her new husband.
Other young women objected quite
as strongly as Miss Parker did to be-
ing auctioned off, hut it did them no
good whatever. Big Bow went ahead
with the sale until every one of them
was sold. Tie lowest bid made for
any of them was 20 ponies. This was
the price paid for half-breed wom-
an who had been married to white
man, but, the latter having died, she
reverted back to her parents again.
In all over 1,50O ponies changed hands
in the three days of the big bridal auc-
ton. Not for many years have the
squaws commanded such spirited bid
ding and big prices as in this latest
event of its kind among the Co.
manches.
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THEY DRANK 1cIcLEs.
Recent Cold Spell Reminded Truth
full Tourist of Montana Winter
Experience.

"Talk about this being cod wealth
err said the man with no overcoat
to Chicago Tribune reporter, "why,
it's positively ba,my compared with
some of the weather I've met with out
west. Last month, for instance, was
out in northern Montana and had
lot of riding across country to do.
One night my partner and got caught
out on the hills in terrific storm, with.
the thermometer so far below zero
that we lost all track of it. We rode
for hours without getting in sight of
building of any kind. Finally my
partner, who knows the country well,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-14

the door and asked if he was within.
He was.
She asked if he was steady at
tendant and was told that he never
missed night. She was shown list
of membership and the weekly pro-
ceedings for years and years, and she
turned away with sorrow in her heart.
On her way home she wept. On ar
irving there she flung herself upon the
lounge and sobbed. She was still
struggling with her feelings when her
husband arrived.
"Is our child dead of croup?"
"N-no. 1t is that haze found you
out at last"
"Found me out in what?"
ST have found out that you really go
to your lodge every Thursday night"
"Of course I do. But what of it?" he
asked.
Nothing, except that I am disap-
pointed and heartbroken to think that
you have not been lying to me all these
long, long years! What will all the
other women say about it?"
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wore no clothing, was covered with
hair from head to foot and looked to
be about 60 years old.
He at first refused to talk, but when
the hunters leveled their Winchester
rifles at him he said that when he was
IS years old he fell in love with girl
of IL. He was engaged to marry her,
but on the very day, and within ten
minutes of the time appointed for the
ceremony, she dropped dead.
He then decided to hide himself from
the view of man forever, and went into
the woods and cliffs of DEVILS creek.
Since then he had never seen a human
being until last night, when hewas dis
covered by the coon hunters. He had
subsisted on roots, bark, berries and
game, and after he had worn all his
clothing out he hardened himself to
the cold by degrees, until finally it did
not have any effect upon him.
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TALE TO TOUCH HEARTS.
Trained Nurse Relates Experience
Which Defies Both Munchausen
and Joe Mulhatton.

II will tell you what it is for" said
the demure little New York nurse who
had just askedfor contribution, "and
I believe you will agree that it is
sad case and well deserving any aid
you may care to give.
Near my old home, down south in
Alabama, is lake which until last
winter had never been frozen, when
for the first time solid sheet of ice
covered the surface of the water. On
the shore of this lake was little cabin,
the home of a happy family of negroes.
Gone evening large flock of wild
geese alighted on the ice and settled
down for the night. When darkness
came the whole family armed them
selves with clubs, went out on the ice
and started in to kill the geese, which
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-14
THE WIDOWS GOOSE.
1t Made Things Lively in P an
sylvania Village.
After Committing Various OGenses,
the Bird Invaded che SCHOOL,
house and Put <eacher and
Pupils to r .pid Flight.

The Susquehanna (Pa.) correspond
thority for the statement that there's
lots of trouble in the little village of
Brookdale, and that it's all on account
of the disorderly conduct of wild
goose owned by the Widow Simpson.
The widow bought the fowl from
hunter when it was a yearling, and has
since been trying to make a pet of it,
with very disastrous results. There's
one thing that the people of Brook
dale pride themselves on, and that is
the well-kept lawns in front of their
homes. Widow Simpsons goose has
taste for tender grass, and, after de-
stroying the pretty plot at her cot
tage, made predatory raids on the
neighbors' lots. This started the
trouble, and the Widow Simpson, from
being one of the best-liked women in
the community, became the most
hated.
The goose seemed to realize that it
was heartily hated by it's owners
neighbors, and that demand had
been made for it's death. with which
the widow refused to comply. The
fowl then began persistent series of
attacks upon the people who wanted
it put out of the way. 1t bit and Sc
riously injured a four-year-old girl,
upset 4O-gallon can of milk, tore
down the family washings and
dragged the clean clothes in the mud,
and made raids en- poultry yards, kill
ing off the young chickens by the.
score. 1t became such terror that
the people of Brookdale organized
themselves into a vigilance commit
tee and started out to kill it. Volley
after volley was fred at the goose,
but it seemed to bear a charmed life
and escaped unhurt, flying out of
range of the buckshot fired at it, and
screening defiance to the men and
boys who sought to kill it.
One result of the vigilance commit
tees raid was the killing of calf by
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-14
GHOSTS ON RAMPAGE.
Flaming Sword and Uncnnny APP
partition Cause Great Excite
ment Mt Richview, Ill.

Startling figures and forms, flaming
swords and pillars of fire are the
visible manifestations of some occult
OF other agency which has convinced
the most conservative inhabitants of
the village of Richview, a few miles
south of Centralia, Ill, that ghosts do
exist after all.
The family of Beman Edwards for
merly scoffed at the suggestion OF. such
thing as ghosts, but when their little
one-story home became the center of
popular excitement, and the most
practical efforts failed to explode su-
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bag and had evidently left the house
before the break of day.
On the night previous George
Goarcke, from farm four miles away,
had stood under the window in the
cold for an hour and played on his
violin, and the mother remembered
that her daughter has seemed en-
tranced with the music
Half an hour afterward Mrs. Am
mond drew up in front of the Goarcke
house, where George, who is 81, lives
with his father and mother.
The good woman demanded to know
wether her daughter had followed that
"fool fiddler" over there. Mrs. Goarcke
said she hadn't, and if she had she
wouldn't have let her in.
After this outburst, Mrs. Almond
drove over to the lake, where the men
were cutting ice, and reported that
she had proof that Tessie had
jumped in.
Investigation showed footprints in
the snow leading down to hole. The
laborers quit work, and all day they
poked the hole with a long pole, while
the mother sat by fire on the bank
and directed the operations.
By night all Hope township knew of
the affair, and the search kept up until
George Deyoe, who carries the mail
between Belyidere and Free Union, re.
ported that he had seen a face at the
attic window in the Goarcke house
which reminded him of Tessie.
Mrs. Arnold lost no time in getting
to the Goarcke, farm. Just as she drove
around the corner of the barn she en-
countered George Goarcke and Tessie,
seated in buggy and evidently pre-
pairing for flight. For four miles
she pursued the runaways and just in
sight of the crowd on Mountain Lake
she overlook them.
Mrs. Almond reached over and
pulled her daughter into the buggy.
Then she laid her over her knee, and
amid jeers from the crowds she sound
~ spanked the girl.
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BIG sQUAW AUCTION.
Annual Sale of Brides by the Co
Manche Indians.
Amy Parker, Daughter of Noted
Chief, Sold to Wild Horse for 63
Ponies Other Maidens Also
Brought Good Prices.

A correspondent of the Chicago
Inter Ocean writes that the annual
distribution of Comanche Indian
brides has just occurred at the Saddle
Mountain mission, in southern Okla
homa. Fifty of the prettiest women
of the tribe were sold at public auc-
ton as the wives of tribesmen who
bid them in. This barbaric custom
was to have been discontinued by the
Comanches last year, but it went on
more boldly than ever this season, be-
ing conducted under the very eyes of
the white settlers.
The festival of the Comanche "pony
smoke" as this ceremony is called, is
of more than passing interest. Sell
dom are so many young squaws auc-
toned off as was done this year, but
the surplus was great and needed
thinning out, according to the head
men of the tribe. Their parents, re-
fusing to keep them any longer, the
girls naturally needed homes some
where, and it was deemed best by the
medicine men to auction them off as
wives, the highest bidders to take
their choice. Big Bow, monstrous
fat and ugly redslSin, acted as the
auctioneer. He was assisted by a
number of medicine men, who per-
formed the marriage ceremonies after
the sales had been made.
Five hundred Indians gathered at
the Saddle Mountain mission. This
mission is located 80 miles directly
south of Mountain View, and on the
range of the Wichita mountains. The
girls who were sold had been confined
in lodge for three weeks prior to
this meeting, and were well fed and
extremely well groomed.. They were
all clad in gay colors, and their hair
arranged in perfect Indian fashion.
1t was plain to see that their parents
had prepared them to bring fancy
prices. The girls were in various
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stopped feeding him with a spoon
after awhile and made bottle of the
stuff each night. 1t was just worth
anybody's money to see that little
beaver take that bottle, squat on his
hind legs and drink it until he had
enough. When he was about five weeks
old, would yer believe it he begun to
build dams? Up to that time he had
been sleeping in the same bed with me
at night and we would keep each other
warm. Early one morning before day
had begun to crack saw him creep
outer the bed and begin to gather
everything lying around and pull
them up to the cracks of the door. He
even got my shirt and the first thing
knew he had the slickest little dam
made that you ever saw. He kept do
ing that thing every morning until he
had used up all my clothes and I had
to pull them away from the door every
mornin' before could dress myself. /
got very fond of that little fellow and
l thought he was the slickest little
thing that ever lived. I got out of
flour one day and went up to the near
est trading point to get it and some
other things, but I forgot all about
the flour and, when got back, my lit
tie pet was very hungry, and I didn't
know what to do, but I remembered
that l had some self-rising flour in the
house. I was kinder doubtful about
giving him that, but as the little beaver
was so hungry saw that just had to
give him something. So I mixed up
little of the -four and gave him. It
didn't seem to hurt him or do him any
harm, so made him up bottle of it.
Well it wasn't many hours before that
beaver began to rise and swell and I
couldn't stop it. Before midnight that
little beaver had swelled up until he
was as big as his mother was and had
to kill him to end his pains, but I got
pay for grown beavers pelt any
how"
Everybody silently acknowledged
that that that was one of the biggest
lies told that night.