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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-01-29
A ROBIN HOOD" MISHAP.
How n. c. Barnabee Nearly Broke Up
Bostonian Performance.

ITO" T1s " 0dTfldUCc Nearly DIoHS Up
Bostonian Performance.
There was a serious stage wait one
night at the Academy of Music, New
York, during the Boston1ans' engage
ment which. but for the ready wit OF
Grace Van Studdiforj and w. H. Mac
Donald, would have neeessftated the
ringing down of the curtain in the mid
die OF the second act of "Robl.
Hood. Many who knew the opera
we'll. thought Harry 5. Smith had in
troduced new scenes to add to the in
tereSt OF the revival, but Little John s
banter with Lady Marian was all i'm
promptu, though almost as bright as
the original dialogue. Several minutes
were gained by this, and several more
by the repeated refrain of Brown
October Ale" which was taken I'D bv
the chorus, off stage, moving farther
and farther away. This was a fine er-
feet and may be permanently retained
in the opera
The cause of the trouble was H. c..
Barnabee himself, who, but for being
one Of the owners, would have been
fined SO by the stage manager. Mr..
Barnabee had changed from the sheI-
ifs handsome costume to his disguise
as a tinker, and having a few minutes
to spare decided to take a peep from
behind the curtains of one Of the side
boxes at the water fall of the Sher-
wood Forest set. which he had never
lights of the calcium.
There is a standing order at the
academy that the doors on each side
of the state leading from the boxes
shall be locked during the perform
ance, the manager of the house and
the manager of the company each hav-
ing key. 1his is to prevent the
artists leaving ty any other way than
the stage door. and members of the
audience from gaining entrance to the
stage. One of the managers hao
passed through a moment before and
left the door ajar
Mr.. Barnabee as he went cut into
the corridor drew the door to and did
not notice that it had fastened with a
click until he tried to get back. The
voices of the chorus drowned all the
noise he made hammering at the door.
He waited until almost the last mo-
ment when the cue is given for his
entrance with the thinkers" and, see
ing it was his only chance, he made a
hsty exit by the front of the theater
in Irving place and thence into
Fourteenth street to the stage door
Here there was more trouble The
museum across the way was just let
ting out it's audience and the sidewalk
was filed with people. Mr.. Barnabee
in his tinker's garb, that had done
service ever since robin Hood was
first produced thirteen years ago, all
ragged and ancient like rip Van
Winkle," had the appearance of an
escaping wild man and the crowd got
around him in a Iwinkling. A police
man made rush for Mr.. Barnabee,
and for one of the working staff of the
Bostonians at the stage entrance it is
likely that the comedian would have
found himself under arrest
Mr.. Barnatee in his excitement to
get on the stage, made his entrance on
the wrong side for the first time in
his life, but he never played the scene
better.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-01-29
DYING WORDS.
The Last Utterances of Some Good
and Some Famous Men.

The Last Utterances of Some Good
and Some Famous Men.
The following are selected from a
much larger collection of dying
words:
ut is well. Washington.
81 must sleep byron.
''Is this your fidelity ?"-Nero.
'Then l am safe. "-Cromwell
Let the light enter. Goethe
Goods will be done. bishop Ken.
Lord, take my spirit. Edward vi
Lord, receive my spirit. Gran
mer.
Don't give up the ship."-Law-
renee.
cit is the last of earth."-J. @.
Adams.
81 am about to die" -Samuel John
son.
Independence forever. John
Adams.
"Give Dayrolles a chair" -Chester-
field.
81 shall be happy. "-Archbishop
Sharp.
Don't let poor Nellie starve. -
Charles II.
81 thank God 1 have done. my duty"
Nelson.
Il feel as if l were myself again.
Walter Scott.
"An emperor should die standing. Z"
-Vespasian.
''The best of all is, God is with u.s.
John Wesley.
ct matters little how the head
lieth. Raleigh.
"a dying man can do nothing easy"
Franklin.
Many things are becoming clearer
to me. Schiller.
81 feel the daisies growing over
me."-John Keats.
Taking leap in the dark o
mystery. Thomas Paine.
Don't let that awkward squad fire
over my grave. BURNS.
Here, veteran, if you think it
right, strike" Cicero.
81 thought that dying had been diff
cult. Louis XIV.
LET me die to the sounds of de-
licious music. '-Mirabeau
t'It is small, very small" abiding to
her neck.-Anne Boleyn.
Let me hear those notes so long
my solace and delight. mozart.
eve are as near heaven by sea as
by land.'-Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
81 do not sleep. I wish to meet
death awake. "-Maria Theresa.
81 resign my soul to God; my
daughter to my country" Jefferson.
81 would not change my joy for the
empire of the world. Phillip Sidney.
Farewell, Livia, and ever remem-
Der our long union. "-Augustus
Caesar.
81 have sent for you to see how
Christian can die."-Addison to War
wick.
Unto Thy hands, o Lord, I con-
mend my spirit "-Christopher Colum
bus.
81 want nothing, and I'm looking for
nothing but heaven. Phil. Melanc-
cthon.
Il have seen all things and all
things are of little value. Alexander
Severns.
"Remorse! Remorse! Write it!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-01-29
Write it! Larger! Larger. John

Write it! Larger! Larger" John
Randolph.
20 liberty, liberty, how many crimes
are committed in thy name?"-Mme.
Roland.
Let US cross over the river and
rest under the shade of the trees. -
Stonewall Jackson.
"Crito, We owe cock to Esculo-
plus; pay it soon. pray you, and neg
Iect it not. Socrates.
Il am dying out of charity to the I'M
deTtaker who wishes to turn a lively
Hood. Hood.
Throw up the window that l may
once more see the magnificent scene
of nature. ''-Rousse eau.
Il pray you see me safe up, and for
my coming down, let me shit Tor my
self"-Sir Thomas Moore on the scat
fold.
My soul | resign to God, my body
to the earth and my worldly posses
sions to my relatives. Michael Ang-
elo.
L have provided for everything in
my life except death and now, alas,
am to die, though thoroughly unpre-
pared. Caesar Borgia.
1T will not be long before God
takes me, for no mortal can live after
the glories which God has manifested
to my soul."-Toplady.
Lord, cnlighten and soften the
hearts of my executioners. AQieu for
ever, my dear children. l go to join
your father" Marie Antoinette.
BE of good comfort, brother, for
we shall this day light such a candle
in England as, by Gods grace, shall
never be put out. "-Laiimer to Ridley.
What is the matter with my dear
children! Have alarmed you? On,
do not cry. Be good children, and we
will all meet in heaven."-Andrew
Jackson.
MY country! o, how l love my
country. Pitt, the younger.
Here is a book (the bible) worth
more than all others ever printed; yet
it is my misfortune never to have
found time to read it. l trust in the
mercy of God. 1t is now too late."-
Patrick Henry
mot one foot will | flee so long as
breath bides within my breast, for He
who shaped both sea and land this
day shall end my battles or my life.
| will die King of England Richard
! III.
Father in heaven, though this
body is breaking away from me and
I am departing this life, yet l know l
shall forever be with Thee, for no one
can pluck me out of Thy hand. Mar
tin Luther.
81 shall die regretting. | have al
ways desired the happiness of France.
l did all in my power to contribute to
it. can say with truth that the first
wife of Napoleon never caused a tear
to fow.''-Josephine.
'Lockhart, 1 may have but a mo-
ment to speak with you. My dear, be
good man, be virtuous, be religious,
be good man; nothing else will give
you any comfort when you come to
lie here. walter Scott.
"Thy creatures, o Lord, have been
my books, but Thy Holy Scriptures
much more. l have sought Thee in
the courts, fields and gardens, but l
found Thee, o God, in Thy sanctuary,
Thy temple."-Lord Bacon.
II have meditated upon the state of
the church, the spouse of Christ |
have fought against spiritual wicked
ness in high places, and I have pre-
vailed l have tasted of the heavenly
joy, where presently l shall be! Now,
for the last time, | commit soul, body
and spirit into His hands. Now it
has come."-John Knox.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-01-29

Edward Riederman, treasurer of the
town of Jefferson, who resides several
miles from Jefferson, was attacked by
four men while going home one night
recently, but before they could divest
him of his money, of which he had q
large quantity belonging to the town,
he knocked them down one after an
other and escaped. 1t is supposed
that their purpose was to rob him, as
he is now collecting taxes there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-01-29
A RAIN AND SHINE SONG.

De Rain. he say: Dat wor'l III drown,
En- wipe it out dis minute!"
Wen here de Sunshine streamin'
down,
Wild a rainbow tangle in it!
Come down, o, Sunshine
Warm de weather col!
En- open wide de winders-
De winders er yO' soul!
De Storm, he say: 'TIl blow away
Dat worl' Whar sweet bells ringin'.
But yonder come de peaceful day,
Wild all de glad birds singin'!!
Come down, o, Sunshine
Whar de thunder roll!
En- open wide de winders-
De winders er yO' soul.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
Oeallah.

Received too late for last week.
The new NJ. E. church is all framed
and partly closed.
Will Cox will have charge of Yosts
elevator for another year.
Harvest progressing very slowly sew
eral days cutting yet to be done.
MIR. Marquand's new residence is
about completed ready for the plas-
terer.
Ross & Waldo have been working a
force of five men on their elevator and
expect to have it completed by Satur-
day.
DIR. d. w. -Knrtz was introducing
his brother to friends at Ogallah,
Thursday. The young mans home is
Columbia, Mo.
George McEwen, of Topeka, is Wis
iting his brother-in-law, e. ID. Yetter,
and has been spending few days in
the harvest fields.
Mrs. Emma Collins. of Leadville.
Colo, formerly Miss Emma Locker
of this place, has been visiting old
friends for several days.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08

Miss Hattie Burnham is visiting rel
ativeS at Ellsworth.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
First publication August 1. 1903
Road Notice.

20 whom 1t may concern: -
In pursuance of an order made By the
Board of County Commissioners of the COun-
ty OF TregO in the State of Kansas. in regu-
lar session on the 9Th day of July A. d. 1903
notice is hereby given that G. A Mason, q.
c. Wilton. G. SchunIssn. h. ID. HilIman.
william f. LaRue. E. W. LtRue. John
s. kelly.C. H. Jordan. L. N. Cress. Samuel
Kernen, James Smelling and g. P. Britt.
hOuSehOlderS OF said county. residing In the
vicinity whore it Is proposed to lay out and
establish the road below mentioned. have
presented to said board their certain petit
stfon. praying the laying out and establish
ment of n public road In said county AS fol
low: Commencing AZ the northeast corner of
section fifteen u5). township eleven QD
south. range twenty-five CD west of the 9th
p. M; thence south on section line or AS
established. to point at the railroad right
twenty -three CID in township twelve Old
p. M Said point Of termination to be at tine
north line Of said railroad right of way be-
tween said sections twenty-five CID and twen-
~ three CID; and that louis Wagner. Charles
sweet Sr., and James Rfnker, viewers duly
appointed, will meet Mt the northeast corner
of section fifteen Q5). township eleven Old
south. range twenty-twol&o west of the 9th
p. M. on the 24th day of August A. d. 1908
and proceed TO view said road, and to give
all parties q hearing.
Witness my hand and the seal OF said
county, affixed at my ONCE In said county,
this 9Th day of Juiy.A. u. 1903.
Attest: ]. W. PHARES.
isEAL.i County Clerk.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
First published August 1. 1903. I
Road Notice.
To whom it may concern:

..
In pursuance of an order made by the
Board of County Commissioners of the COun-
ty of Trego. in the State of Kansas. in regu-
lar session on the 27th day of July A. d. 1903,
notice is hereby given thatC. H Benson. T.
Hays; H. T. Benson; e. C-Yetter, e. D.
Yetter. Basil Ridgway. W. A. Tawney. John
Harrison: Albert Lindberg. E. Ltndberg; D.
of said county. residing in the vicinity where
1t Is proposed to lay out and establish the
road below mentioned. have presented to
said board their certain petition, praying the
laying out and establishment OF n public
road in said county as follows: Commencing
at the southeast corner of section twenty
one CID. township twelve CD sonth, range
twenty-five C29 west of the 9th p. M. thence
north on the section line to the northeast
corner Of section nine 10 In township twelve
IL, south. range twenty-five CD west of the
9Th P. NJ. and there terminating; and that
Thomas Wynn. Daniel Pershing and Henry
Cutler, viewers duly appointed. will meet at
the southeast corner of section twenty-One
CD in township twelve Cd south. range
twenty two CD west of the 9th p. NJ, the
9Th day of August A. d. 1903. and proceed to
view said road, and to give all parties
hearing.
Witness my hand. and the seal of said
county. Affixed at my Office in said county,
this 9Th day of July A. d. 1903
Attest: j. w. PHARES,
lskAL.i County CLERK !
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
DELINQUENT TAX LIST
..-OF-
ReuI ESI0Ie IN 1IegO County, kGaSGs, Tor The
Year 1908.
ONCE nf
COUNTY CREASUR ER,
rREfsn C0rNTY

ONCE nj
COUNTY TREASURER,
TREGO COUNTY.
wa-Keeney. Kan July 10. 1905
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that he
IN County Treasurer will sell at public
auction, at his Office in the CITY of Walk ee-
ney. on Tuesday. the 1st day of September.
1903 and the next succeeding days. so much
of each tract of land a nd town lot described
in the following list as will pay the taxes
and charges thereon.
A. b. COOPER.
County Treasurer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08

Lawson Bros, the big cattlemen and
wheat raiserS of Wilcox township,
were in the city Tuesday on land Of
flee business.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08

Tuesday was pension day for the old
veterans.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08

The lecture-recital, Emusic and Its
Mission" at the opera house, Wednes-
day night, by Prof. A. l. Seamans,
was an entertainment that did that
gentleman much credit He is an
artist on the guitar and mandolin; he
gets from his theme eloQuence,
beauty, harmony; he is extra good.
Too bad there were not more present.
-Delphos Republican. GDon't miss
this treat at the court house next
Tuesday evening
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
Resolutions.

We, the members of Trego County
Normal Institute, do hereby express
our appreciatIOnS of the reception
given US by the Ladies' Good Will So
ciety.
That we especially extend our
thanks to those who furnished the
music of the evening. Be it
Resolved, That copy of these res
Olutions be sent to the President of
the Good Will Society and to each OF
the county papers.
RS. IDA PERSON,
MAMIE GLENN,
DOLLIE GERMANN,
Committee.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08

Ben Rogers, formerly night agent at
the depot, was up from Leavenworth
over Sunday and drove out to his
homestead south of town on Monday.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
Harvest is over.

Threshing is the order of the day.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08

KinzieaRogerssand son, Clark, drove
up from The Smoky TUESDAY, Clark
made us a pleasant call. He says the
finest wheat. is on the Dutch flats
north of Ransom and that threshing
has commenced. IL. .. u "a
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08

Wanted Boarders during Normal.
Mrs. W. r. Holmes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08

Mrs. Rev. Gunckel occupied the
pulpit at the NJ. e. church last Sun
day while Rev. Gunckel attended
campmeeting at Ridgway.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08

Mr.. Phillips is the new night man
at the depot.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08

G. F. Hall arrived from Iowa the
latter part of last week and is stop
ping at the home Of d. p. Roberts
east of town. He started his thresh-
ing machine. on Mr.. Roberts farm
Wednesday.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08

The commissioners were in. session
the fore part OF the week fixing the
tax levy and attending to other bust
ness.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-25

carrying his stan Inns was inc Limit
dard into the thick of the fight, but in
creasing years, with their legacy OF
fe%ebleness and failing sight, have
served him the summons at last, and
hereafter the agreeable task will be
executed by younger hands.
Several times Of late Uncle Jerry has
raised the flag union down. 1t hap
pened, unfortunately, on the day the
Honorable Artillery of London visited
the white house, and that brought the
situation to a climax.
A retired enlisted man of the navy
and a retired sergeant OF the army will
now perform the ceremony by turn
which is fitting; as the president is
commander in chief of the army and
navy of the United States.
There will be sincere grief over the
departure of Uncle Jerry. No public
functionary in Washington, has been
more Familiarity known by all sorts and
conditions of men. A southern darkey
of the old type, courteous to the point
of elegance, with a CHEEKY smile and a
profound bow for every ~frequenter of
the executive mansion, he has been a
picturesque survival of the earlier day.
Nobody will ever fill his place. His long
white apron and broom and his
honeyed speeches are things of the
past, never to be recalled.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-25

0A' - 0fS'o" position as long as
he likes, as is Mr.. Bristow.
In the course of his career as fourth
assistant postmaster general he has
made enemies by the hundred, and
many Of these enemies are men high in
position and possessed of great inf1u-
ence; but he goes cheerfully on, SEEM
ingly Indifferent to friendships or en-
mites, attending strictly to business
and making good.
Bristow occupies an anomalous posi-
ton. He not only has administrative
duties in the postal service, having
immediate supervision v fourth
class postmasters, and now temporarily
of the delivery systems; but he is also
head of the force of detectives, known
as inspectors, who are set over the rest
of the postal service to see that it is
kept up to the mark. These inspectors
are constantly going up and down all
over the United States looking into the
operations of every post office, so that
Bristow is in reality at the head of a
great detective bureau, and in the
course of events, through long habit,
he has become al ingrained detective
himself. Perhaps that is now his most
marked characteristic. He hunts for
crime with the instinct of a policeman,
and he glories in it's discovery. In pur-
suing the ends of justice he Is in1u-
enced by neither personal nor political
considerations. No wonder he is not
liked.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-25

@ W&-HEEE a@H wv AAo OWA pO-
litical future as anybody else.
The fact is that the Pennsylvania re-
publicans need Quay in the senate, and
nobody else could quite take his place.
He announced a year OF SO ago that he
would not be a candidate Tor reeIec-
ton. That was when he was ill and
felt his life might depend on his with
drawal from public life.
He is better now. In fact, he is better
than he has been before in years, and
the members of the organization think
he had better remain in the senate,
thus preventing a fight for the success
sion, which Is always unpleasant in a
state where the machine likes to sec
itself running smoothly without any
creaking of the joints. The chances
are that Quay will be reelected by the
machine and that he will agree to serve
again.
Quay has always been regarded as an
Indian in politics. He never forgets a
friend or forgives an enemy. 1t is not
generally known, however, that Quay
is really of Indian descent, and that he.
is very proud of 1t. If he had his
right he would be .chief'o of a tribe which
is now quartered in the Indian terri
tory. On certain ceremonial occasions
they always send for him and they al
ways expect him o come. He had
rather go out and fratsrnize with the
red men with whom he claims kinship
than participate in the most splendid
function in Washington. They are
proud of him and he seems To ba
equally proud Of them.
LOUIS A COOLIDGE.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-25
News Notes.

- news INOteS.
The organization of Coe /. Craw-
fera club, tn44advance that gentle
mans candidacy for governor, has
been Endorsed by every republican at
Miller.
Charles Clark, son of DR.. G. B.
Clark, of Lead, has started for Cuba.
If he finds the country to his liking
and a obtain desirable land, he ex-
poets to remain and engage in fruit
raising.
A. S. Guthrie has brought to Pierre
the old Concord stage coach which
wa used twenty years ago on the
Pierre-Bismarck trail, running be-
tween here and Forest City.
J.. w. Thompson, an old resident,
committed suicide by poisoning at a
Canton hotel.
Pupils of yer1nillion schools are be-
ing drilled to make a hasty tho or
derby exit from their respective rooms
in case of fire So thoroly rave they
practiced that it nov requires less
than a minute for them to reach the.
outer world.
The Mitchell Gazette has changed
hands again, it having been purchas-
ed by w. z. La Toilette, editor of The
Chamberlain journal.
The directors Of the Business Mems
club Of Deadwood, organized by the
election of John Russell, president;
Abe Holmes, vice president and John
Wilson treasurer.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-25
ing story Of that occasion which has

ing story OF that occasion which has
never been in print. 1t is history that
Johnson was in no conditionst take
the oath. To put it charitably, he was
oversstimulated. AS the oath was adj
m1n1stered he turned to those neal
him and muttered:
That amt the thing that counts.
they'll have to look at my record to
see what I'm going to do"
He then proceeded to deliver a ram
Ding address, which Hit took down in
short hand. The speech was SO ex-
traordinary that republican leaders who
heard it went to Hit and told him that
1t must not be given to the public in
the form in which 1t was delivered.
Hit accordingly wrote it out and sub
mltted 1t to some of the wiser heads
that night. They went over it CAREFUL
ly, polishing it into shape, all with the
view to preparing the way for a SEN
tence which they added: II shall fol-
low in the steps of my lamented pre-
decessor."
After this doctoring Hit took the
Ian y p1ColuCuI. ny ludl
time Johnson had sobered up. He read
the speech owe carefully and with evil
dent approval.
! didn't realize" he said, "that 1
was making SO good a speech"
But when he came to the last SEN
tence he baked.
Did I say that?" he asked. II don't
remember anything like that"
Hit replied that he hadn't quite
caught the conclusion of the speech,
put ne believed that was what the
president intended to say. But John
son wouldn't have it. He went over
the sentence several times and then
declared that he would not let it go
that way. He struck out the obnoxious
sentence, and all the scheming of the
wise leaders went for nothing.