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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
CURSE OF THE PRAIRIE DOG.

W UT LIE 1Uk61k1tlG DOCa
WRITTEN FOR THE sUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The prairie dog-which. Of course. Is noe
q dog, but a large ground SQUIRRELS aus
ing much greater trouble in the West. from
Montana and the Dakotas southwark To
Texas. than ever before: In parts Of the
plains region 1t seems to be increasing IN.
numbers. but the chief difficulty arises from
the fact that civilization is invading tn
natural domain. The settlers a coma
and a fight is on between them and the
prairie dogs.
When the settler starts a field Of wheat, on
other attractive crop in the neighborhood Of
a prairie dog village the animals are apt
to forsake their quarters in the barrens and
BULL them a new village in the cultivated
area. They are extremely destructive, espe~
ciaIly to grain and alfalfa. Also they attack
the native bunch grass, and ranchmen COM
plain that on certain grazing lands over
last few years their mounds are so numer-
Gus and their consumption of heritage %
great that only half as many cattle can be
pastured as formerly.
To a certain extent this situation of At.
fairs is due to the destruction Of the natural
enemies Of the prairie dogs. such as hawks.
owls. badgers and coyotes The largss
hawks and owls kill a good many of the
little brutes,I but the worst foes OF the lit
ter are the coyotes, which have been reck- l
lessly killed on by ranchmen because OF
their raids UPON sheep and chickens, 1t
would be vastly better If the ranchmen pro-
tected the coyotes. which are their best
friends. and shut up the fowls and lambkius
at night. as they might easily do.
Government experts to whom appeals On
the subject have been addressed, recon-
mend poisoned grain and ~bisulphide of car
bon. The former Is cheaper, and In early
spring may be counted upon to destroy %
to 80 per cent Of the animals, at q cost Of
10 cents an acres. The rest may be kfues
the bisulphide; which is simply pourso
upon a lump Of dirt, the latter being throw
into the burrow. Tho opening of the burrov
IS then promptly closed and tho occupanfs
are smothered to death. !
In the early spring the wise old fssm.S.
Will ten you that the fruit u an kineA- -
, Little later hsEW ten You that r. iuXs
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27

RITE FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBIlc.
In the quiet hour OF the night when the
ylaudits of the admiring thousands who
worship at the shrine of her art have SUBJ
sided into siIence-Mrs. Patrick Campbell
retires to her real rest and seeks her sweet
est soIace.
She is alone. and yet not alone.
Her companion is a voice. the voice of
her beloved husband who was killed two
years ago while fighting for tina hnor OF
Old England in South Africa
The invention of an American genIus-a
product OF the country she IL now visiting
for the first = 1t possible for
the still bereayed wife to hold communion
with the man whom she loved better than
any one else on earth. the ideal of her life,
whose body sleeps the sleep Of eternity in
a soldiers grave on the bleak Yelt near
RiepfonteIn.
bridge between the present and the great
beyond is a photograph
This precious instrument l. Mrs, Camp
bells constant companion.
To her 1t IS proceless.
Although time has interpesed a stretch
VI N"o JNuAo SAtAt "a D. rat ldHI HaW AcT
late soldier husband, the speaking marvel
has carried his Voice ever plains, mountains
and seas.
Its accounts are as familiar to her ears an
II they were spoken by her side from the
lips of her husband-aliva and lering her
of old.
The romance OF handsome, strapp,ns
pat Campbell and Stella Beatrice Tan
ner is one OF the sweetest Of English love
stories.
\ The love lore OF the country, where the
Stn.stletos is the emblem beneath which
troths are plighted and hearts arc sealed,
furnishes no prettier record than that OF
the voice from far away South Africa and
the devotions Of the living wife and mother.
Famous Actress Masa
Bride at Seventeen.
It was a rare love match. that Of. Patrick
Campbell and a slip OF a girl, who Is noz
one Of the worlds famous actresses
She was II. he was Te.
Mrs, Campeell's father was John Tanner.
= the manager OF an Oriental banking tnsttc
4 tuition in London. ~
Beatrice Stella, his daughter was the
i pride Of his life, the apple OF his eye. Mis-
8 fortune came to the father and descended
: to the child, He failed. left England and
= emigrated to America. where ha found a
refuge in Texas,
Beatrice steila was left largely to her
resources and her recognition AZ one Of
the most famous actresses OF the time Is
due to the force OF her own personalities,
. the ~unbendh1g determination Of her will
1t was not long after her father left Eng
land that She met the gallant frishman
whose name she still proudly wears.
It was the ever new and ever ela story
of leve at the first sight
They were married. In the course Of time
two children came to them. One was q boy,
Allen-the image Of his father. The other
q girl. Stella-her mothers prototype.
Business ventures called Patricic Camp
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
Points of Interest That
Should Be Visited.

Resuming the main route, the course OF
the Gironde will be followed to Toulouse.
the stop for lunch being at Agen and for
dinner and the night at Toulouse. On the
following day the route will be to Carcass
some. and thence for lunch at Narbonne.
on the Gulf Of the Lion. the halt for the
night being at Montpelier to the northeast.
The run on the next morning will be a
short one. to Mines. an interesting old
place, famous FOR former scenes Of bull
fights. Aries. also a short run, will be
made for dinner and the night. The coun-
try hereabout is notable for its fine looking
girls and young women.
Marseilles will be the destination on the
following day, the trip being made easily in
the forenoon. A day or two may be passed
here. and then begins the run through the
Riviera, along fine roads tina afford fire.
Quent giimpses Of the sea. Cannes, Nice.
Monaco and Mentone are passed in turn,
and ones time schedule is likely to be ar
ranged to permit Of a short stay at one or
another Of these places.
Continuing along the coast, Italy is en-
tered and Genoa will be the first tarrying
place in that country. Then the run Will be
to Florence and from Florence to. Rome,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
An Average of Two
Hundred Miles a Dav.

In planning for a longer tour 1t should be
taken into consideration that an average of
200 miles a day can be made with ease,
including stops for meals. II one would tarry
by the wayside the average would be more
or less cut down.
The tour outlined by NJ. Fourier, and
which has been taken by several members
of the Automobile Gu of America, with
slight variations in route, may occupy two
weeks. three weeks. a month or longer, &C.
cording TO the whims of the tourist.
The first section of the journey 10 over
perfect macadam highways along Les Bords
de la Loire. through q wine country and
past countless old castles of much historical
interest. On the first day out lunch may be
had at Orleans and the stop for the night
be made at Blois.
As there are many castles to be visited.
the start on the second morning should be
begun early, and it may be more convenient
to return to Blois for lunch. Dinner and
rest for the night will be had at Tours.
At Tours the Loire is left and the route
is southwark to Bordeaux over some OF the
finest roads in Europe. Lunch on the third
day will be at Poitiers, and the stop for the
night at Angouleme. The run into Bor-
deaux may be made on the following morn
ing and the remainder OF the day be spent
in and around that city.
From Bordeaux may be taken many in
teresting side trips. one of the most popular
being to Bassin d'Arcachon on the Bay OF
Biscay. In fact, several days could be
whiled away in visits to the vineyards and
old castles around the Gironde River.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
Bad in Spain.

AsOdOS <1IC NOtoIlOusly
Bad in Spain.
But when the tourist plans to visit coun-
tries other than those named it may be
well for him to make a careful selection of
his course. In Spain the roads are noto-
riously bad: in Southern Italy hey are not
much better. In Northern Italy they are
likely to be dusty. and in Switzerland the
grades are sometimes trying. Austrian
highways often afford easy travelling, but
they are declared to be uncertain. Many of
the German roads are all that could be
wished. and the route from Frankfort to
Cologne along the Rhine is one of these.
Another point to be considered in pro-
miscuous travel is the quality of gasolene
obtainabie in different countries. In France
and In England there is not likely to be any
din1culty as regards either supply or quail
fty. but in Italy. Germany and Austria IT is
recommended that fuel supplies be tested
before filling the tanks with them. For this
purpose a gasolene testor ought to be car
ried on the journey.
Still another. and a very important point.
is the matter OF customs duties payable
when entering one country from another.
Usually a deposit Is left at the border,
which Is redeemable If return be made by
the port Of entry. Much trouble of this
sort may be obviated il the tourist be so
fortunate as to obtain a card from the
Club of France, which will be
recognized as a passport.
II 1t be desired to make one or two short
trips out ef Paris before starting on a
longer journey. one of the pleasantest runs
would be to Trouville, a distance Of about
10 miles. over grand roads. Other popular
short runs are to LIE Havre and Dieppe.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
Roads Are VIGOROUSLY

ridiculously small cost, will not be far
apart on roads likely to be ridden over.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
~1PLEASURES OF TOURING EUROPE IN AN AUTQm

American" WIN hT"s Have Tried This Mode of Travel Say It's an Manner in Which to Become
Acquainted With Foreign Countries and Their People, as Person May Journey
Rapidly and Yet See Al ThmghW Which Hell Passes al Close Range
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-29
Faversham's Three Accidents.

If the old adagc that accidents go by
threes is true. then William Faversham
has had his full share and ought to be
able 20 look forward to the rest of his
professional career without fear of in
jury. He has had three experiences in
the way of injuries on the stage that
happily seldom fall TO the lot of an ac
tor. During his season in The Con-
querors,' when he played Eric and
Viola Allen played Yvonne. there was a
scene where the heroine. in a moment
of great anger, stabs the hero i'll the
back. 1t was not trick affair, and dur
ing one performance Miss Allen plunged
the knife so deeply into his back that it
required assistance back of the wings
to draw it out
Another time. while playing in ''Phro-
So" in which he played the herJ and
Guy Standing the villain. the latter, in
the combat scene. thrust stiletto clear
through one of Mr.. Faversham $ hands
The third and last occasion was during
the first performance of Romeo and
Juliet" at the Hollis Street theater, Bos-
ton, when he played Romeo To Miss
Maude Adams Juliet Campbell Colin,
who played Tyhalt in the duel scene with
Romeo. put the point of his sword clear
through Mr. Faversham's lip. Thus was
the proverbial triplet of accidents veri-
fed, and he trusts fate is appeased.--
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-29
A Horse that Lawton Rode.

When the news of Gen. Lawton's
death reached Nigau. large town on
the west coast of l.uzon, the boys of
the Third cavalry stationed there felt
more deeply about it than the infantry
companies of the garrison. for they had
served under him. ana they found way
to show il.
One of their horses. an old and worn
ont veteran, had been used by GEN. Law
ton during one of his campaigns \ COM
mittee appeared before the commander
of the post the morning after the news
was received.
We want old General put on the 70
tired list said the Spokesman and the
colonel granted the request After that
old General was allowed to wander
about tire streets and to come and 90 as
he pleased. Sometimes he would poke
his head into store window. if amy
of the boys were there. as he knew they
would he sure To give him lump of SUI
gar or some other dainty. The children
learned to know him also, and fed him
with stray wiSps of straw or grass Gen.
er@l led - privileged life and soon grew
"chesty.' He refused to eat with the
other horses and insisted that his food lie
given him apart from theirs. One day
he was taken with = disease common
to native horses, and died. Many of
the natives, who had learned his his
tory, firmly believed that Lawtou woult
ride old General again in the land OF
spirits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-29
A PREACHERS REBUKE.
Twice Heard, it Excited Suspicion of
Premeditation.

In New York several months ago |
went to hear well-knoWn preacher,
who delivered a remarkably eloquent SER
mon" said the travelling man. Just as
the minister was in his peroration he
suddenly stopped, took off his spectacles,
and, in a voice of censure, remarked:
~ will be very much obliged if that
young man in the rear part of the church
will cease his conversation.
He then replaced his spectacles and
proceeded with his sermon. As l hap
pened 10 sit in the rear part of the audi
torium | felt rather surprised at the in
terruption. for. while there were many
young men present in that part of the
editice, | did not notice the least CONVEX
sation.
Not long ago the same preacher was
invited to Philadelphia to preach on a
special occasion. | went again to hear
him. To my surprise. he took the same
text and delivered the same sermon.
was more than surprised. as he reached
his peroratiOn. To see him remove his
spectacles and give expression to the
same rehuke III exactly the same Ian
guage as he had done in New York.
could not help arrive at the conclusion
that he had Z place marked somewhere
in his manuscript for administering n re-
Duke whether it was needed or not and
that perhaps his intention was to attract
particular attention to something he was
about TO utter. Philadelphia Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-29
Old Joe, the Night watchman.

(From the Pail Mall Gazette, LondonO
How often ON returning home late on
a dreary winters night has our sympathy
gone out to the poor old night Waterman
as he sat huddled up over his cage fire,
overlooking the excavations which our
City Council in their wisdom, or other
wise, allow the different water companies
to make so frequently in our congested
streets. In all weathers, and under all
climatic conditions. the poor old night
Waterman is obliged TO keep watch over
the companies property, ana to see thar
the red lights are kept burning. What
life, TO be sure; what priyatioas and hard,
ships; no wonder they have aches ana
pains. which nothing but st. Jacobs Oil
can alleviate.
''Old joe is in the employ of the Lam
beth Water Works. He has been night
Waterman for many years, in the course
of which he has undergone many expert
ences. What with wet and cold, he con-
tracted rheumatism and sciatica, which
fairly doubled him up, and it began 10
look a serious matter for ol0 Joe; il look
ed extremely doubtful if he would much
longer be able TO perform his duties. on
which his good wife and himself depend
ed for q livelihood; but as it happened \
passer-by, who had for some nights no.
ticed Old Joe's painful condition, present
ed him with a bottle of st. Jacobs Oil
and told him to use 1t. Old Joe followed
the advice given; he crawled home the
next morning and bade his wife rub his
aching hack with the st. Jacobs Oil a
gentleman gave him." and undoubtedly
his wife did rub, for when Old Joe went
on duty at night he met his friend ard
benefactor. to whom he remarked;
Then Oils you gave me, Guv'nor, did
give me a doing, they was like pins and
needles for a time, but look at me now"
and Old Joe began to run and jump like
a young colt. All pain, stiffness aud
soreness had gone, he had peen telling
everybody he met what st. Jacobs Oil
had done for him. Old Joe says now he
has but one ambition in life; and that is
to always to be able 10 keep a bottle Of
ST. Jacobs Oil by him, for he says there
is nothing like it in the world.
st. Jacobs Oil serves the rich and the
poor, high and low, the same way. It
has conquered pain for fifty years, and it
viii dc the same to the end of time. Sim.
pie facts like the above tell an honest tale
with which nothing on earth can com.
nptp
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-29
"OLD GLORY"
a Salem Mass Skipper Credited with
the Bestowal of the Name.

A Salem tNass.l Skipper Credited with
the Bestowal of the Name.
The flag, the Stars and Stripes, was
named "Old Glory" in 1851 by a Salem
(Mass.) skipper named William Driver.
He was nc one time captain of the brig
Charles Doggett
Capt. Driver was a successful deem
sea sailor and at the time of bestowiug
the name "Old Glory" on the Stars and
stripes he was preparing to shape the
briggs course to the southern Pacific.
The story is told by the compiler Of the
genealogical memoir of the Driver fam
lily. Harriet Ruth CNaters) Cooke.
just before the brig left Salem a young
man NJ the mead of party of friends
saluted Capt. Driver on the deck of the
Doggett, and presented him with u large
and beautifully made American flag. 1t
was done up in stops, and when sent
aloft and broke out to the air Capt.
Driver christened it "Old Glory
He took it to the South Pacific. and
years after, when old age forced him to
relinquish the sea. he treasured the flag
as an old friend.
Capt. William Driver removed 20 Nash
vile, Tenn, in 1887, and he died there
in 1886. Previous to the outbreak of
hostilities between the North and the
South "Old Glory was flung to the
breeze every day from the window of
1dlh. AfilNti , ANdSllNliie uOuSes uuL Wnen
the bullets began TO zip and the odor
1Uf ginnoMdeEs to eFsfiat- thee-siFs, 4fl leld
flag had to be secreted.
1t was kept out of sight inside a great
bed comfortably until February %, 1852.
when Brighten. Nelson's wing of the
Union army appeared in Nashville, when
Capt. Driver presented it to the general
to be hoisted on the capitol. 1t was run
up and Capt. Driver himself did the
hosting He watched it through the
night and heavy wind coming up. he
took it down and sent a new flag up in
its place.
ming to ribbon The second flag owned
by Capt. Driver was given to the Ohio
Sixth when that regiment left Nash
Vile for home. 1t was placed i'll the rear
of a baggage wagon. where Il mule uosed
it out and devoured it,
The original "Old Glory was pre-
served and after the death of Capt. Driv-
er in 1886 it was presented by the com
piler of the Driver memoir to the Essex
institute at Salem. Mass, where it may
now be seen.-BoSton Globe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-29

The wicked draper who adyertises and
sells muffS and capeS made of hare
skin as real sable is no longer to ply
his profitable trade unchecked. In spite
of lack of combination among members
of the fur trade the FurrierS' asSocia-
ton has appointed a vigilance committee
to deal with the matter by investigation
and prosecution. The modus operandi
will be simple one. When member
of the vigilance committee passes Win
dow in which is displayed an article
made of some inferior fur. which is la
beled with the name of another fur of a
different and far superior and more eX-
penSive kind, he will enter the shop and
purchase the bogus furS. Then he will
prosecute the tradesman under the mer-
chaudise marks act.
Marmot maSQueradeS rs mink" while
rabbit figures as fox Electric couey,"
otherwise rabbit. also duly prepared,
makes an excellent substitute for seal"
"AiusQuash." which in plain English is
rat. lhc skins of which animal are im-
ported by the million from America. also
figures as seal" Wallaby. when dyed.
sells ms bear" and Persian lamb" is
sold as "astrachan' because customers
prefer the name.-Loudon Mail.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-29
Niary's Lamb on the Stage.

New actors and young orators are sup
posed to be afflicted with stage fright.
And apparently there are others. In the
interests of realism a Baltimore thea
ter manager has introduced live sheen
i'm AS You Like 1t which the local
stock company is producing AT spe-
cial rehearsal Miss Atkinson. as Phoebe.
equipped with Il shepherds crook. start
ed out to practice with her peaceful
flock" However, it could not be said
that everywhere that Mary went the
lamb was sure to go, for no sooner had
the animals reached the open stage than
they became frightened. and bleatin=
and ha-aing with terror. damned first
one exit and then another. Several OF
them jumped into the orchestra onto the
heads Of the disconnected musicians.
Attaches. actors and musicians fnal
Corralled the frightened sheep in one OF
the boxes. The manager Is now look
ing for n hell wether' as the sheep
lead
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-29

the girl would be dragged from her win
dow and we would hear the swish of a
lashing whip and whmpering. Dennis
would go wild then, and rush into the
street and around to the house in the
middle of the block.
He was free to enter. Cinnamon do
not dare exclude a white man in his
own city, but Dennis could never find
his Yellow Lily. He told me so once
when he was trying to sober his senses
The climax came quicker than | ex-
pected. | knew it would come sooner or
later-every madness must have an end
The other men had lost their patience
with Dennis, but some way he was such
handsome, noble lad-when he was in
his right mind-that l could not desert
him in his fever.
/ knew too late from a bit of writing
he left behind that he had planned to
steal the girl and marry her. If ! had
known in time | should have sent him
to an asylum for the demented. /
thought he was growing better the night
1t happened. He came home acting like
himself, and went booming Annie Lau-
RE through the house, told you he
had n voice like "A pipe organ. He went
out late in the evening. / waited for
him to return. The boy was never dissi-
pated, only in his emotions, but he was
mad
When it was after O'Clock in the
morning | called the other men and asked
them to help me hunt for Dennis They
said they We're not the keepers of lu-
matte, but they were good fellows and
came with me, as ! wanted. a-~saf
- we fotind him under the Yellow Lady's
window with a bullet III his heart
No. we never caught the devil who
Killed him. We did not wait for the po-
ice we stormed the house. but it was
deserted. Underground Chinatown is
honeycombed with passages and the
Chinks had hidden like rats in their bur
rows. We pulled some of them out, but
they understood nothing and had heard
nothing. Cinnamon are like that, you
know. The Yellow Lily we never saw
again.
| said it then and I preach it now,
man should keep to his own race and
breed, it makes no difference what hap
pens Buffalo Enquirer.