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would have taken the blue ribbon at a
man show
John Manning lacked in his compo-
sftion one the most beneficent ele-
ments of humanity, consideration for
others. He was cold in his nature as
frost, never having even bfushed; for
the fluid that circulated drought his
veins had never the warmth of blush.
Shrewd, calculating and near, very
near so close that he came almost to
dishonesty was John Manning. No one
ever got the better of him in any trade
or swap, yet all his business transact
lions were strictly within the law. He
would not rob any one or permit any
one to rob him. I there was a. doubt,
however, in the claim, he always took
the benefit Of the doubt. An honest
man so far as the world knew, render
Ing unto Caesar that which was Gaze
sar's, but the stamp on the penny must
not be so worn as to be doubtful"
Richard Baxter was the son of an
honest lawyer-how honest may be in
ferred from this incident:
1.-The last time he appeared in court
as an attorney was in support Of a
will. It's probate had been opposed on
the ground of forgery, the amount in
contest being over $4,000 He went
into the case with a full belief that he
was in the right.
1t Is unnecessary to go into the de-
tails Of the trial. The evidence had all
been submitted, and 1t was the opinion
of those who had listened to the case
that the jury would render verdict in
his favor without leaving their seats.
In closing with quite an extended pero-
ration. he said: Your honor, and gen
tlemen Of the jury, the evidence clearly
ShRWS q ic
hand bears the genuine signature Of
Abijah Ochletree.' Holding the open
sheet between his eyes and the win
dow, he continued: Your honor, and
gentlemen Of the jury, the evidence is
as clear as Gods sunlight At that
moment he stopped, turned pale, looked
staringly at the sheet he held between
him and the sunlight, threw down the
will. and in an agitated tone. said:
Your honor, withdraw from this case
He picked up his papers which were
scattered on the table, put them into
his green baize bag, and walked out
Of the court room.
Since the last word he had spoken
silence had reigned. 1t was the silence
OF astonishment. The opposing law
yer, as the door closed on Abraham
Baxter, picked up the will and held
1t to the light; then, turning quickly
to the presiding judge: Your honor
he said desire to make an unusual
motion, which. I think, under the cir
cumstances, your honor will grant.
That is. to reopen this case for the
purpose of resubmitting exhibit A, this
will, to the jury for examination. The
date Of this will is March 1, 1925. The
water-mark shows that the paper on
which it is written was not made until
1927. The judge directed the Jury to
render verdict against the genuine
ness Of the Will. which they did with
out leaving their seats
Abraham Baxter had always prided
himself as We have seen. upon the in
tegrity OF the causes which he adyo-
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THE UNITED SISTERHOOD OF
COOKS. BULLETIN.

Incidentally, the kitchen was as spicf
ever prepared therein, there was no
sign of the fact visible to the naked
eye. What 1 read upon the bulletin
was as follows
Rules and Regulations.
U. S. o. c.
ACTUAL working day for domes-
tics who are members of this union
divided into periods Of two hours EACH
between.
1.-THE days work shall be consid-
cred complete when dishes are washed
and put away, save in the case Of spe-
cial social functions, which may be ad-
justed personally between the domes-
tic and her employer.
III-Domestics shall be allowed one
afternoon and evening out each week.
in addition to the Sunday hours from
a. m. to IL m, when no work shall
be done under any circumstances No
work Of any kind shall be performed on
Sundays after p. m.
IV.-Questions Of wages shall be set
tied at the time Of employment, by
written contract, signed by both par
ties thereto. witnessed by third and
fourth parties, one each to the sig
natures of the parties of the first and
second part.
V.-No deductions for breakages,
spoiled food or any other reason what
soever will be permitted.
V.-AH complaints on either side
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S "JONES, he PAYS The FREIGHT BECOMES AN AUTHOR 8
22e5'SS

E0HAT Jones, who attained some
m fame that he didn't want in
~ 1885, when he ran for lieutenant
governor of New York and was
dubbed zones. he pays the
freight" is seventy-f1ve years old and
blind, and has written a book. The
title of it is Richard Baxter" 1t is a
story of New England country life in
$780, presents some curious characters,
and tells rather astonishing story.
But nothing could be more astonishing,
perhaps, than the fact that Jones" has
coined the ranks of American novel
writers"-as the introduction goes-at
the age of seventy-five. For Jones'
was born in 1928. He is now quite
blind, and much of his book is said to
have been dictated to an adopted
daughter, to whom the volume is af-
fectionately dedicated.
The appearance of Richard Baxter"
recalls once nationally known figure.
Edward F. Jones was, in 1865, citizen
of Binghamton, n. Y, where he made
hay scales. His business was of mod
crate proportions only until he con-
with the catch phrase: Jones, he
pays the freight"-that is, if you
bought scales of Jones the freight was
paid in advance. This was a new
method just then, and it caught on.
Jones catch phrase was heard every
where, and his business greatly in
creased. In 1885, when he was running
for lieutenant governor of New York,
Jones was more or less embarrassed
by the phrase that made him famous.
The opposition papers specialized a
great deal over the amount of freight"
Jones paid in the way Of campaign ex-
penses. But he took it in good part,
and was lieutenant governor for six
years.
Today, at the age of seventy-five, al
though blind and in the decline of life,
Gen. Jones' spirit and energy remain
unflagged, it is said. In his novel there
are many character studies, and it Is
made up Of incidents for the most part.
The Villain Appears.
The direct story concerns two young
men who are exact opposites in nature
and deed. They are Richard Baxter
and John Manning. John Manning is
so very bad that he would make prize
villain in an Alhambra melodrama. His
father was bad before him. John"
Novelist Jones says, was, in many
respects, wonderfully like his father.
He was a fine specimen of physical
manhood, tall. broad shouldered, full
chested and well developed. Powerful
muscles, large bones. well covered with
sound flesh, but not an ounce of adj
pose tissue. Physically speaking, were
there to have been selection of the
survival Of the fittest he would have
been among the first chosen. He was
good-looking, and might have been
called handsome had 1t not been for
his square jaw, that gave a hard and
almost cruel look to his face His hair
was brown and his eyes Of that merci-
less steel blue, forbidding a second ap-
peal. 1t was his misfortune to be an
only child, and his natural sellishness
was greatly increased by never having
had to share with any one. Viewed as
an animal, he was fine specimen, and
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will you tell the jury all about il? ''
Then the district attorney handed it
to the foreman Of the jury, remarking:
There, gentlemen of the jury, is a
specimen of the ability of the prisoner
to forge other peoples names. Look
at the bold signature of John Hancock.
Don't you think that the old governor
would have thought that he wrote it
himself? That's all, Mr.. Foster, unless
Cunning to the dock) the prisoners
counsel desires to cross examine the
witness to which there was no re-
Spouse.
He then called the barber to show
Richards inability to pay his rent;
Sam Drisco, to show that he and Rich
ard had always been close friends, and
to prove that there had been con-
spiracy between him and the prisoner
to defraud John Manning; but in this
last he utterly failed.
The next witness was James Cook, a
former student in Richard Bakers Of
flee.
The district attorney handed him the
satisfaction. did you ever see that
paper before seeing it in court today"
Yes, sir
will you go on in your own way and
tell all about it?'
'One day Mr.. Baxter had been busy
writing all day. He said to himself,
There, I don't believe the devil could
detect that l said, What did you say,
sir" and he answered, I didn't say
anything Just that minute somebody
called, and he went out with him, after
putting the paper in the desk, under
some other papers. I'd been suspicious
for some time that he was up to some
thing wrong, so 1 took the paper out
and read it, and it was this satisfac-
ton"
Are you certain that this is the
same paper? Tell how you identify it?"
Il marked the letter &C. on that cor
ner."
why did you mark it?"
Because l thought there was some
thing wrong. that might come out some
day"
Two more witnesses were called by
the prosecution, both of whom testified
that they were familiar with the sigma
lures of Daniel Manning and Abraham
Baxter; and that they did not think
those on the satisfaction genuine.
"The prosecution rests" announced
the district attorney.
The judge arose and said:
Does the defendant desire to pre-
sent any testimony? If not. the case is
closed"
your honor" said the district attor-
ney, the prosecution has no desire to
uselessly consume the time Of this hon.
orable court; therefore is ready to sub
NIT the case to jury without argu-
ment."
docs the defense desire to submit
argument?" asked the judge.
No reply came. The judge waited
but moment and then proceeded to
charge the jury.
Gentlemen Of the jury, there are no
points Of law to which desire to call
your attention. The law makes you
the judge Of the evidence. The fact
that no defense has been offered is a
virtual plea of guilty, confession,
one might say. AS have said, the law
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ter was not dead. He had been over
come. When he was revived he was
sent to the state penitentiary and from
there appealed to the governor-an old
friend of his fathers-and the case was
reopened. On the next trial it was
SHOWN that the two witnesses had been
bribed by Manning to testify to the
Iorger1es, an old colored man recalled
that he had seen Manning and Drisco
together in Manning's office the night
the satisfaction was signed, and a bank
cashier was found to testify that Dris-
co had drawn all his money from the
bank at about that time. Thus was
Richard Baxter triumphantly vindicat-
ed. How he afterward found a large
sum of money cleverly hidden by his
father in his old law office and how he
later married the heroine of the story,
Mary Mills, need only be touched upon.
But every reader will be eager to know
what became Of the bad John Manning.
He went straight to the devil;
Like many another" writes Novelist
Jones, who had been reared in the
austerity Of a religious country life, he
had easily yielded to the temptation Of a
great city. and plunged without reserve
into the vortex of city vice. He had
learned to sing:
Women and wine,
Toast divine,
Drown all sorts of sorrow" etc.
His hitherto moral and religious life
was no stronger barrier against the temp
tations Of immortality than is a splendid
physique against an attack of typhuS or
malaria.
1.-The atmosphere of Mendon was not
congenial to John Manning. and he did
not return there to live He progressed
into a regular debauchee and spent his
money In riotous living. Fortunately for
some woman. he never married.
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finding of the satisfaction. All the evil
dence, except as to it's genuineness,
was admitted by the defense.
John Garfield, for the defense, Of
fered no evidence, but contented him
self with claim that the satisfaction
was forgery a deep plot to defraud
his client, and in his argument charg-
ed the PLAINTIFFS attorney with the con-
ception and execution of the fraud and
the jury that there was no cause of
action. The judge did SO. and the
jury, without leaving their seats, rem
dered that. verdict.
Immediately the sheriff stepped UP
to Richard Baxter, presented a war
rant, and arrested him for forgery. He
was stupef1ed with surprise. The con-
sciousness Of his innocence rendered
his establishment the greater. He.
Richard Baxter, guilty of forgery! Who
could think so? He soon realized that
he had to meet the stern realities Of
law, as he was under arrest. AS he
turned he saw standing before him
John Manning, with a devilish grin Of
satisfaction on his face.
Shouldn't have thought this of you,
DICK he remarked, with an ilI-con-
cealed tone Of pleausre."
From this time on, John Manning,
through his lawyers, pursued Richard
Baxter mercilessly. When brought to
trial for forgery Baxter found himself
confronted by a remarkable chain Of
evidence. The district attorney said
he would prove not only that the salts
faction was a forgery, but that Baxter
was a forger in other es1ects. Then
follows the coup, or melodramatic cli-
max of Novelist Jones' book. in the
following scene:
First" said the district attorney,
I'VE will show the ability Of the pris-
oner to commit forgery. Clerk, call
James Foster"
James Foster! James Foster!" A
slim young man stepped out from the
audience.
'"Take the stand Hold I'D your right
hand. You solemnly swear to tell the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth in the evidence you will give
in the case of the commonwealth
against Richard Baxter?'
The district attorney put the usual
questions as to name, age, residence,
etc. He then asked:
DO you know the prisoner,
Eyes, SIR
'How long have you known him."
: Nearly twenty years"
Did you go to school with him ?''
Eyes, SIR,
Il desire to put in evidence this pa
per, which I will ask the clerk to mark
or Identification, exhibit A." To the
witness:
Did you ever see that paper be-
fore?"
Eyes, SIR
What is it?"
TITS a copy Of the names of the
signers Of the names of the Declaration
OF Independence"
us ii your property"
yes, sir"
1Diek Baxter made it when we
went to school together, and gave it to
me-
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Gated, and the outcome of this suit so
mortified him that he never entered the
court house again, nor would he take
a case that required his appearance in
court"
Thus it was a heritage of an honest
name that came to Richard Baxter
and that was about all. After his COL
lege career he established himself in
his fathers old Office and was forced
to split wood to pay the rent, since
clients did not come. And his career
was not eventful until the wicked and
rich John Manning crossed it.
Manning Sets to Work.
The yillainies of John Manning be-
gan when he asked Farmer Gibson for
the hand of his daughter, Sally. Sally
loved Sam Drisco, and when it was
suggested that this might be a diff
Guilty, John said confidently: 81 can
fix him. He's Of no account. I've a.
mortgage on his farm that's past due
and the interest will more than eat up
his personal property"
But Johns wooing was not success
ful, even If he had Father Gibson on
his side Sally was true to Sam, and
eventually there was a terrible scene
when old man Gibson tried to shoot
Sam and ordered him from the vicini-
ty. Sally had promised she wouldn't
marry Sam, but neither would she
marry John Manning. She compro-
missed by drowning herself. At this,
according to the novel, John Manning
was merely disappointed and
chagrined at the outcome of his mat
rimonial venture"
With stern malignity he at once got
out the mortgage that had been held
by his father and cast out the Driscos,
bag and baggage" AS Sam had been
kicked by a horse and was unable to
move, and as all their friends were
without means, they were forced to go
to the poorhouse. -
Then John Manning began to swell
around a bit. He bought fast horses
he crosses Richard Bakers path.
The Last Satisfaction"
The cause of Mannings hatred of
Baxter is not made very clear in the
novel. but the ingenious method by
which he got Baxter into the peniten-
tiary shows familiarity with the
most approved methods Of viIlainy. In
a drawer filled with old papers Bax-
ter came across a paper. It was "a
satisfaction of mortgage, Daniel Man,
ming to Eben Drisco," signed by Daniel
Manning, and witnessed by Abraham
Baxter. Then, 1t seemed, eDrisco had
paid the mortgage before he died, but
1t had never been recorded. Manning
consulted the county clerk, who ad-
vised that copy Of the satisfaction
be made and attested, and the original
placed in the Office vault, as the copy
would answer every purpose until the
trial.
1t may well be supposed that John
Manning determined to fight the 1e
gality of the satisfaction, and as prin-
clpals and witnesses We're dead he ap-
peared to have the best of the case.
THE trial was short. The only wit
ness for the plaintiff was Richard him
self, and he could only testify to the
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I DID not know that my household
was honored by so distinguished a
person until last Sunday morning, when
I was informed by my valet that
would better hurry up and dress If L
wanted a hot breakfast.
It's twenty minutes to nine, sir,
now; so you've hardly time for your
bawth as it isl said he.
What the dickens are you talking
about. Griggs?" said 1, sleepily. and
rather huffed at being awakened out
of a dream in which 1 seemed to be
Just cashing up ten thousand dollar
dividend check on my Pumpkin Pie
preferred. you've choused me out OF
a fortune by your beastly previousness.
l told you 1 intended to sleep until 10
o'clock
Il know that, sir; but notice has
come up from the kitchen that no
breakfast will be served after nine
o'clock, this bein' Sunday, SIR said
Griggs.
"The deuce you say! Orders from
the kitchen, eh?' observed. sitting up
and rubbing my eyes. "Who is sending
up orders from the kitchen, pray?"
Kitchen General O'Rafferty, sir" be-
gan Griggs.
Kitchen which," 1 queried.
Kitchen General O'Rafferty-that's
Bridget, Mr. Jenkins" said Griggs.
You know Bridget has been elected
head of the United Sisterhood of Cooks.
which is the National Culinary associ-
alton of this country, sir. 1t is made
up of a lot of minor organizations like
Broilers, Union No. of New York,
the Chicken Fricasee Brother and Sis
terhood of Boston, and The Amalga-
mated 'Scorchers of Chicago. Every
large city of the United States is rep
resented in the national union, and at
their last meeting they chose Bridget
as the leader of their cause, sir"
Bids Z - sGgIt.
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kitchen, where, sure enough, the rules
were posted upon board, which was
labeled:
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-02-13
LAUGH is ON OIL TRUST.
Antitrust kilograms Are Merely
Ridicuied.

Ridicuied.
Washington, Feb. 11.-John d. Rock
efeller was almost as much talked
about in Washington as he was in the
Pennsylvania oil region thirty years
ago, when he secured control of the re-
fineries and a monopoly in the oil bus.
mess. Senators and representatives
discussed freely the report Of Mr..
Rockefeller's kilograms and every
man denies that he has been the re-
cipient of messages from the Standard
oil king. Mr.. Rockefeller has not de-
MED sending such kilograms and the
names OF some Of the senators who re-
ceived them are known. Among these
are said to be Senators Allison, Hale,
Keane, Spooner, Plat Of Connecticut,
Depew, Elkins, Lodge and Nelson.
They all decline to discuss the matter
or admit that they received such mes
sages. There has been some talk of
IN investigation to determine what ef-
forts have been made to affect trust
legislation, but there is little proba-
bility Of this, for there is no suggestion
OF a scandal attaching to any member
OF the senate because Mr.. Rockefeller
or any other trust magnate sent him
a telegram expressing disapproval of
the proposed legislation. The DISPOSE
ton among congressman is to laugh at
the way In which the Standard Oil
company conducted it's campaign.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-02-13
Sin and Sinners.

Alexander w. Waters was arrested
in Montreal upon the request OF the
United States attorney general on a
charge of embezzlement. Waters was
returning from Yokohama. 1t is said
that the man is named Wilson instead
of Waters, and that he is charged with
being an absconder from Manila in
the sum of $4,000.
Two ~ten-year-old girls, serving SEN
tence for general in~corrigibility at Og-
den, Utah, have confessed to Supt. Alli-
son that they set fire to the dormito-
ries in the state industrial school.
They said hat the fire was part Of a
plot for a general escape. The dam
age was slight.
The indicted officials Of the retail
coal dealers association of Illinois and
Wisconsin have reached an agreement
with States Attorney Deneen. The
cases will be argued on the counts con-
corning conspiracy under the statute
and the common law, the antitrust In
dictment being eliminated.
Bent Larson, Familiarity known as
California Larson" committed suicide
at jamestown, N. Y. Before killing
himself Larson told his wife that while
out driving Sunday he had quarreled
with a man known as "the crazy
SWede.' In self-defense he stabbed
and seriously wounded the Swede. The
coroner has been unable to find the
Swede. 1t is thought that Larson may
have hidden the body.
On charges of violating the postal
laws in connection with a so-called
wheat syndicate" -four men have been
arrested in New York. The prisoners
describe themselves as Fernando G.
Gardner = broker; Colgate Fales, a
broker and member OF the produce ex-
change; j H. Evans, publisher OF the
Wall Street Press, and Henry c. Sc-iv-
er, a general advertising agent, for
merly president of the Alaska Steam
ship line.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-02-13
REBELS ARE SLAIN
Severe and Bloody Engagement with
insurgents Near Manila.

Severe and Bloody Engagement with
insurgents Near Manila.
Manila, Feb. IA force Of 100 con-
stables under Inspector Keithly yes
terday defeated 200 insurgents near
N~ariquina, seven miles from Manila,
after a severe engagement in which
Inspector Harris and one man Of the
constabulary were killed and two 9th
er men Of the constabulary were
wounded. The enemy left fifteen dead
and three wounded. Inspector Harris
home was at Atlanta, Ga.
The body OF insurgents formed the
main force Of the irreconcilable gen
eral, San Miguel. The constabulary
was divided into three detachments,
which were scouting in the Maraquina
valley. The detachment commanded
by Inspector Harris came upon the
enemy, who were in a strongly in
trenched position. Inspector Harris
fell at the first volley, being hit five
times. The detachment of constabu-
larry, although outnumbered, held it's
position until Inspector Keithly, with
the main force, arrived, when the
enemy vas put to rout. Their head
quarters was captured and burned
and the constabulary seized the rec
ords of Gen. San Miguel, who asserts
that he succeeded to the command of
the insurrectionary forces when the
other generals surrendered. He has
only a handful of men under him and
his operations have been of no conse-
quence. The wounded Americans are
all severely injured.