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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
Little Jack

Sometimes imagine that heaven
must be place Of surprises. We will
go there, II we are fortunate enough
to go at all, with many preconceived
notions concerning what we shall see
and experience, and just as likely as
not the decided majority Of them will
be shattered. Browne of our set Ger.
talnly must be here, we will say, for
he was such a good and proper man in
life; then we will look about us, and
will be greatly astonished to find no
Browne. Muggins Of no set in partlcu-
lar cannot be here, we again will re-
mark to ourselves, for he was so
coarse and crude, or even worse; then
We will see the obnoxious Muggins sit.
ting pretty we'll forward In a rather
nice pew, and again we will be aston
ished. Occasionally | even fear that
the society in heaven may be some.
what mixed and common, but of course
trust and believe that this Is a quite
unnecessary fear on my part.
However, these reflections are quite
apart from the story, and 1t really is
time that 1t were begun.
At the time of which I write the
"enterprlsing City of Sodtown," as the
advertisements of enthusiastic real es-
tate promoters termed it, was wild and
Western and of the frontier.
On the whole, we Juveniles partook
largely Of the character of our sur
roundings; we were as uncultured as
we were good-hearted, and as rough
as we were care-free. This statement
applies to all of us, but If you had set
carefully to work to select the widest
young cub-human, you understand
among us all, you certainly would
have selected little Jack without a
moments hesitation.
Probably little Jack had another
name. Arguing from the analogies of
the case, | consider 1t likely that he
had, but, If so, nobody in Sodtown had
heard 1t or knew what it was. His
mother had died long before the child
could remember and his father was
known merely as big Jack, a gentle.
man who followed the more or less
lucrative profession of cowboy. So
little Jack grew without any hamper
ing circumstances worthy of men.
ton.
What would you expect of child Of
such lineage and environments? But
what you would expect really does not
matter greatly. AS a matter of fact,
the experiment of raising figs from
thistles never has been much Of a
success, and. equally as a matter of
fact, little Jack early developed a
moral toughness that was phenomenal.
even In Sodtown. At IL or IL years OF
age he fought, swore, lied and-stole,
was going to say, but the fact had
not been absolutely proved. and per.
haps 1t is mere justice to give him the
benefit of any possible doubt.
Withal, little Jack was small ath.
lete, and so we boys treated him with
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
IN Quest of Peace.

oh, thou, so weary Of thy self-denlals,
And so impatient Of thy lltuS cross,
Is 1t so hard to bear thy daily trials,
To count all earthly things a galnful
lOss7
Poor wandering soul! 1 know that thou
art seeking
Some easier way, as all have sought be-
fore.
To silence the reproachful inward speak
ing,
Some landward path unto an island
shore,
The cross is heavy in thy human meas
ure,
Tho way too narrow for thy inward
Thou canst not lay thine intellectual
treasure
At the low footstool Of the Crucined.
In meek obedience to the heavenly
Teacher,
Thy weary soul can only find its peace:
Seeking no aid from any human creature,
Looking to God alone for his release.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
Emharrasslnn.

DR.. George Edward Reed, president
of Dickinson college, tells a story Of
his preaching days which deals with
the rather disastrous II humorous set.
back one of his flights of oratory re-
ceived.
zone Sunday morning" says DR..
Reed, II made some statements in my
sermon which might be deemed ex.
IRENE, and so | cautiously began 10
make certain qualifications. said.
Perhaps there are business men pres
ent who think don't know what I'm
talking about
lament That's sol Hallelujahi'
cried out the dear old deaf brother
Sitting right under the pulpit"SNsw
York Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
EXPOSURES,

The photographer was about to take
a picture Of young woman. Its so
dark here" he said, that | guess I'll
give you about thirty seconds, and,
drawing out the slide and removing
the cap, he began to count in a meas
ured and mechanical tone. "One. two,
three, four, FIVE" and so on. When
the exposure was finished the sitter
said: you gave more than thirty sec
onds to that plate. You counted very
slow-Im sure it took you a full min
ute to county thirty" The photogra.
pher handed his watch to the young
woman. He said: "I'll count thirty
again. Time me-" And he made the
count exactly as before, and he was
just twenty-nine seconds making 1t.
Zone second off-not so bad. Near my
old record in fact said the photogra-
pher. Ten years ago, when | made
more pictures than do today, could,
by counting, make exposures up to
five minutes without being more than
one second off. Usually I'd be Sec
ond under, but over or under, 1t was
only by one second that I'd be out Of
the way. But" he ended. this gift
is not remarkable. Nearly every
photographer has it. Nearly every one
of us can guess spaces of time running
from a half a second to five or six
minutes with what is, for all practi.
cal purposes, perfect accuracy
Philadelphia Record.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
Last of "Fiqhtina Mccooks.u

Maj Gen. Mcdowell McCook, who
was the last of the fighting McCooks"
to leave the active rolls of the army
where at one time were the names Of
his eight brothers, his father and sew.
eral cousins-was born in Columbia
county, Ohio, April 22, 1881.
He was graduated from West Point
in 1852, and after a short experience
in drilling recruits at Newport bar.
racks, in Kentucky, was sent to JEFF.
ferson barracks, in st. Louis, to join
the army expedition that was prepar-
ing to go to New Mexico and estab-
llsh new posts there. The expedition
went by boat to Fort Leavenworth,
and then marched in sixty-nine days
to Santa Fe. After a short service in
the Southwest he was recalled to the
East to become assistant instructor
of infantry tactics at West Point. He
was there when the civil war began.
From that time Gen. McCook's mill
tary life was one of almost ceaseless
activity, his work bringing him from
the rank of captain to that Of brevet
major general in the five years of the
war. He took part in the capture Of
Nashville, and the battles of Shiloh,
Perryville, Stone River, Liberty Gap,
Chickamauga and other fights.
In 1890 he was appointed brigadier
general and was assigned to the COM
mand of the department of Arizona,
now the department of Colorado. One
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
In Honor Of Dead Author.

A fund of $4,000 is being raised
tor q memorial to the late Charles
Waldo Haskins. whose book, House
uold Accounts" was published just
after the authors recent death. The
fund will be used for the endowment
If a professorship in the school Of
commerce, accounts and finance of New
York university, to be known as the
Charles Waldo Haskins professorship
II auditing and history of account
Incy. Ten thousand dollars Of the
,und has already been subscribed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
A Natural Question.

At the time when some anxiety was
,elt in Washington regarding the
health of Gov. Taft Of the Philippines.
Secretary Root cabled an inquiry as
% his condition. The governor an
Iwered saying he had just completed
horseback journey of twenty-five
niles and stood the trip we'll" As
Nr. Taft weighs $50 pounds, the secre.
AIRY could not resist the temptation
% inquire by cable: How is the
iorse?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
BRIDE OF KANSAS GOVERNOR.
Chief Executive Had Long Been En-
uaqed to Mrs. Ida Weede.

Mrs. Ida Weede was the Kansas
City widow who was engaged to Gov,
w. ]. Bailey of Kansas for two years
without anyone knowing it, and while
he was receiving thousands Of letters
OF proposal following the publication
of stories that he was a confirmed
bachelor and that the executive man
sion at Topeka might be without a
hostess during his administration
Mrs. Bailey, whose marriage to the
governor took place June 8, was en-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25

Mrs. Mary Mcknight Of GRANVILLE,
Mich, who is in Jail at Kalkaska,
Mich, and has confessed to the MUIR
der of her brother and his wife and
baby by administering to them strych-
nine, denies firmly that any other Of
the twelve deaths ascribed to her
were due to her efforts. In answer to
questions she repeats her faith in
Providence that all she has done has
been for the best and, while she talks
freely on the circumstances of the
Murphy murders, refuses to answer
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25

questions relating to the other cases.
She has lived at GRANVILLE all her life,
respected and supposedly sane. But
for the filing of mortgage with the
figures raised, alleged to have been
given her by her brother, the crimes
might never have been discovered,
She first confessed to one murder,
then at other times to two others, say
ing her mind was freeing ITSELF and II
is thought she will tell of the killing
of some of the other persons, includ-
ing two of her former husbands.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
Officials Use Automobiles.

City officials in New York whose
iuties require them to visit various
places are taking to the automobile
IS a means of locomotion, the city
paying the bills in some cases. Police
Commissioner Greene makes his
rounds regularly in one of these ma
chimes, as do several other depart
nent heads. An auto has been pur-
chased for one Of the water depart
uent engineers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
A Canine Giant.

The bones of the largest dog ever
known, the Stockkeeper says, are now
being exhibited at the American hu-
scum Of Natural History, New York.
The dogs skull, the bones Of his neck
and a part Of the larger bones OF one
Of his hind legs we're found in Texas
last year by some Of the explorers for
the above mentioned museum. This
dog, the scientists say, was as large
Is the largest polar bear ever seen,
and looked and acted like a bear. l1
bones were found embedded In solid
rock, and It must have been dead when
the rock was forming.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25

member. Then the suns rays, which
so long had seemed to lack vigor, OF
a sudden became potent, and the snow
moved off in raging floods of water.
The Jim" river, ordinarily little more
than a creek, became a resistless tor.
rent, in some places three or four
miles wide, and the cabin homes of
the settlers scattered along the valley
generally were swept away. To walk
along its banks then was to look upon
gray desolation Of waters, only brok
en- here or there by floating cabins or
barns or the white glitter of great
cakes of ice.
Some of us boys were so walking
one afternoon when a shanty floated
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25

the respect that is due to physical
strength and prowess. We knew that
he would fight though his opponent
were twice HIS size, and so we did not
cross his path except We very strong.
ly felt that the god of battles and
justice was on our side.
The snow lay deep on the ground
till late in the spring of 1881. as resi-.
dents of Dakota at that time will re-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
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Harbor Bar.
All in the feathered palm-tree tops the
bright green parrots screech,
The white line Of the running surf goes
booming down the beach;
But l shall never see them, though the
land lies close aboard,
I've shaped the last long silent tack as
takes me to the Lord.
Give me the Scrlpters, Jakey, m the pipe
atween my lips,
I'm bound for somewhere south and far
beyond the track of ships;
i've run my rags of colors up and clinch-
ed them to the stay,
And God the pilots come aboard to take
me up the bay.
You'll mainsall-haul my bits o. things
when Christ has took my soul,
N you'll lay me quiet somewhere at the
landward end Of the Mole,
Where l shall hear the steamers sternS
a-squattering from the heave,
And the topsail blocks applying when a
rope-yarn fouls a sheave.
Give me a sup Of lime-juice: Lord, I'm
drifting into port,
The landfall lies to windward, and the
wind comes light and short
And I'm for signing out, and off to take
my watch below,
And-prop a fellow, Jakey-Lord, it's
time for me to go.
John Masefield.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
Old Lloyd Homestead.

out OF the strong grasp of David
Lloyd. and, Notwithstanding the de-
termined opposition Of Jasper Yeates,
he succeeded in having the land con-
frmed to him by the proprietary gov.
eminent
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
Rev. M. E. Koonce and Miss Sara
Thompson.

Rampant City. The romance began
when the couple lived on adjacent
farms near GAINESVILLE. Miss Thomp-
son left home to study music in New
York and meantime Mr.. Koonce
graduated, became an ordained min
lister Of the Presbyterian church, and
then went with the American army
to Porto Rico as first lieutenant. He
was afterward sent as missionary to
Alaska, and it was on his return
home that the engagement was an.
nounced.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
W2S TILRQXH

ployed as a clerk in Kansas City after
the death of her husband and until
Gov. Bailey's election last year. She
has two sons, the elder being IL years
old.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
Travels 5000 Miles to Get Married

Travels 5000 Miles to Get Married.
Miss Sara Thompson, a young
music teacher of GAINESVILLE, Pa, is
now on her way to the gold fields Of
Alaska to marry the man she loves.
She is unaccompanied and in spite of
this has no fear of the S,O0O-mile jour-
ney.
Miss Thompson's fiance is Rev. M.
Egbert Koonce, who is stationed at
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25

The Late Gen. A. D. Mecook.
year before his retirement, in 1895, he
was promoted to the rank Of major
general
Gen. McCook represented the Unit
ed States government at the corona
ton Of Car Nicholas in May. 1896.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-19
HELPING ITS JEWS.
Russia Adopts Measures for Their
Relief.

Russia Adopts Measures for Their
Relief.
Chicago, June 18.-The Russian gov
eminent has taken cognizance of the
protest against the Kishineff massa-
cres. Great concessions have been
granted to the Jews, which will re-
iieVe their terribly confined condition
in the large cities. where they are
herded together and constantly under
the eye of the government officials
The tidings were received in cable
gram from Odessa by Loen A. Bereziak
tonight. According to the dispatch,
a committee of fifty of the most in
fluential Jews of Odessa, consisting
of lawyers, bankers, and philantpro-
pists went to ST. Petersburg and were
received by the minister of law, Won
PlehWe, and the minister of finance.
Witte. Before these two a memorial
was laid, asking the Jews of
the region, where the perse-
cutions have been most ma
grant, might be granted conces-
sions. The ministers decided
that all villages, as regards the Jews
should be classified as cities, and that
Jews should be permitted to reside IN
them.
AS further concession it was decid-
ed that the Ukase prohibiting Jews
from living within fifty miles of the
frontier should be removed, and that
they be permitted in any portion of the
country.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-19
BATTLE WITH INDIANS.

Vinita, Indian Territory, June 1S.-
A desperate battle took place between
four deputy United States marshals
and a band of full blooded Cherokee
Indians in the Spooiaw Hills near the
headquarters of Ketoowahs at an early
hour this morning.
Deputy Marshal /. L. Gilstrap and c.
w. Biggars, accompanied by j. H. Hier
and Vadenwicket, surrounded the home
of Charley Wickliffe in an attempt to
arrest Wickliffe and three other full
bloods on warrants for assault with in
tent to kill.
III I'D shrdlu shrdlujppnu %? mbz
The Indians were not at home, and
after searching the premises thorough
ly the officers started away, and Va
denwicket went out from the yard some
distance when he was fired on by the
Indians in the brush. The officers re-
turned the fire and a lively conflict
followed, and about 100 shots We're ex-
changed at long range. Vadenwicket
was shot in the arm and seriously
wounded and the officers returned and
left the fullbloods masters of the stu
alton. The officers were unable TO state
whether any of the Indians were shot
or not, but thought they were.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-19
Never watches His Plays.

From the Detroit Free Press.
David Belasco never looks at his
play after the public has pronounced
1t a success. He was asked not long
ago If he spent his evening between
the wings. watching the performance
of THE Darling of the Gods"
II wouldn't look at the play again."
declared the dramatist, for any NOM
ey in the world"
The reason is that Belasco is never
satisfied with his work. AT the be-
ginning of Mrs. Carriers engagement
IN Boston this season he violated his
rule and took a peep at "Du Barry"
At once he began to tear the play
20 pieces and to rewrite whole scenes.
Mrs Carter was In despair, and his
associates were compelled to tear him
away IN order 20 prevent him from
writing a new version Of his success.
Auber, the composer was the same
sort OF a man. lie went one night to
the opera TO hear Faust" Coming
late, he did not hear the announce
ment that Auber's "Muefte de Por-
tici" would be substituted for 0on-
mods work on account OF the prima
dOnnnh Illness. Auber had just set
tied himself in his seat. when the
familiar strains OF biz overture struck
upon his esr, and with q snort o. die
gust, without weifinN for more. be
dashed bic hat over hia ears ana ruah~
"a out " the theefef,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-19
SKIN-TORTURED
BABIES
And Tired, Fretted
Mothers
Find Comfort in CutiCura Soap
and Ointment
When All Other Remedies and
Physicians Fail.

Instant relief and refreshing sleep
for skin-tortured babies and rest for
tired, worried mothers in warm baths
with Cuticura Soap, and gentle anoint-
ings with Cuticura Ointment, purest of
emollent skin cures, to be followed in
severe cases by mild doses of Cuticura
Resolvent. This is the purest, sweet
est, most speedy, permanent and eco
nomical treatment for torturing dis
figuring, itching, burning, bleeding,
scaly, crusted and pimply skin aud scalp
humours, with loss of hair, OF infants
and children, as well as adults, and Is
sure TO succeed when all other remedies
and the best physicians fail.
The agonizipg itching and burning
Of the skin, as in eczema; the frlghtfnl
scaling, as Ia psoriasis the loss OF hair
and crustlng Of the scalp, as in scaled
head; the facial Disagreement, as IN
acne and ringworm; the awful suffer-
ing Of infants, and anxiety Of WORKOUT
parents, as IN milk crust, letter and
salt rheum, all demand remedy OF
almost superhuman virtues 70 success
fully cope with them. That Cuticura
Soap. Ointment and ResolycDt are such
stands proven beyond all doubt. NO
statement h made regarding them that
Is not Justified by The strongest eyl-
dence. The purity and swsetness, the
power ~ a1Ofd Immediate relief the
certainty 81 speedy aud permanent
cure, fhe absolute safety and great
economy have made them the standard
stig cures and bumopf remedies % the
civilized world.
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-19
DELUSIONS ABOUT ANIMALS.
Things Are Not Always What They
Seem.

Seem.
From the New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser.
The mole is said to be deprived of
eyes, which is untrue They are very
small, which prevents them from being
injured by the earth through which IL
burrows. When not in use the eyes
can be brought forward from the mass
of fur which conceals and protects
them.
Beavers do not use their tails for
trowels, nor carry the mud and stones
upon their tails, but between the chin
and forepaws.
The tadpole's tail does not drop off,
but develops into a part of the body.
The pelican does not feed her young
from her own blood, as is popularity
supposed, but brings the food, which is
always a fish, out of a pouch. To
place it in the mouth of her young
she presses the scarlet bill to her
breast, and against the white feathers
1t looks like blood spot.
Ii is supposed that the snake, bur-
rowing owl and prairie dog, being so
frequently found in the same burrow,
live together by mutual agreement
The snake and owl are intruders, and
cannot be routed.
of hot climates fans sleeping person
into a deeper sleep and applies its nee
dle-pointed teeth into the toe, sucking
the blood and disgorging the amount
taken, filling and refilling itself until
the patient expires. Neither is 1t true
that bats will dive into the hair of
bushy topped individuals. There Is a
common notion that bats cannot rise
easily from a level surface, but must
find some eminence from which to
throw themselves. Anyone will be
convinced of the fallacy of this who
puts q bat upon the floor.
1t is generally believed that the bite
of the cobra is fatal to all animals ex-
cept the ichneumon or mongoose, but
results have shown in a conclusive
manner that it dies almost immedi-
ately after being bitten.
The legs are not shorter on one side
Of the body of a badger than on the
other.
The llama has curious habit of
splitting at anyone who annoys them,
but the story that the saliva Is poi
sorous is absurd.
There is no truth i'm the statement
that the Arab when in want of water
kills his camel for the supply contain
ed In It's stomach. The accounts of
camels going many days without wa
ter are greatly exaggerated. They
may 20 three days, but not without
suffering.
The hoop snake. which is said 10
take the end Of is tail In It's mouth
and roll over and over like hoop,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-19

killing everything it touches with its
vencmous horns, is fiction.
THAI the breath of the blow snake is
deadly. and that the English viper
swallows it's young is also fiction.
The name guinea pig is a sad mis-
ncmer. as the animal is in no way re-
later to pig, or to Guinea; neither
did the Norway cat come from Nor
way.
The word buffalo should not be APP
piled to the animal that formerly
roamed over our Western plains They
were not buffaloes, but bison. The
true buffalo does not have the bushy
head, but is surrounded by immense
horns.
The white ant" that build such
enormous nests is not an ant at all
but a termite.
Alligator and crocodile are not the
same.
"Cowhide" whips are made of hippo
potamus hide.
Goblets made of rhinoceros horn were
once in high esteem as preservative
against poison. The Indian kings inn
agined that IL any poison existed IN
their wine the liquid would boil over
and betray its presence.
That which we call grasshopper IS
a Rocky Mountain locust. The true
grasshopper Is very pale green, has
thin wings and resembles the katydid.
Much has been said about the
mouse being able TO sing, but Il Is
supposed that the song In caused
by throat disease.
Large numbers a ladybirds are
looked upon with superFtitioue dread.
and the owl and raven are birds Of
evil omen without good reason.
n was formerly believed that an
elephants foreleRf had 30 Joints, and
therefore h. could not lie down, but
lnnfKibie 81 they are, be can De down
and occasionally dos. although he
sleeps standing % leaning against