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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-14
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22
WHEN BEDTIME COMES.

Just when I'm having such good times
IneVer had before,
With all my playthings spread around
On table, chairs and floor;
When it's dusk behind the sofa back
And black dark under the stair,
And I wonder what strange animals
Perhaps are lurking there;
And think I'll go a-hunting them,
And begin to clean my gun,
Then mamma shuts her book and says:
tits bedtime, SON.
Outside the window by my crib
I see the sky all red
Where the poor old sun, like me, s'pose.
Has been carried off to bed.
He never sees the firehies dance,
Or hears the whippoorwill;
He never sees the rockets dart
Straight up from Signal Hill;
He never sees the wee star eyes
Wink open, one by one.
I wonder now who says to him:
It's bedtime, SUM-
Mary Marshall Parks, in Youths Com
paniOn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22

planned what had happened, and tho
three set forth for the temple where
Mr.. Pence was guarding the treas
ure. The Indignation of Sidney and
Mr.. Morton was tempered by a fear
that the millionaire had not sur
vEed the fate which his avarice had
tempted.
They soon reached the temple At
first they did not observe Mr. Pence.
Vincent had crawled down into the
cavern and announced that no one
was there before Sidney discovered
the slumbering guardian under
calabash tree.
1t was pathetic figure which these
three men approached. His hat had
fallen to the ground, and the matted
gray hair half covered the eyes of
the sleeping fnancier. One hand
was firmly clutched to the idol In
the relaxed fingers Of the other hand
was stout club. The linen clothes
were bedraggled in mud and slime.
The right foot was in pool of wa
ter. Were it not for the slight but
regular heaving of the soiled shirt
bosom they would have thought him
dead.
MIR. Morton pushed the idol with
his foot. The hand of the sleeper
instinctively frightened it's grip. He
awoke with start, and with sur
prising agility sprang to his feet
Back! back!' he shouted. ''You
shall not have it! [ will die irst!"
He brandished the club defantly
and swung q blow at Mr. Morton,
who stepped back, and narrowly
evaded it.
wake up, Mr.. Pence" said Sidney
Hammond. you are all right! Come
out of your trance; it is time to go
home"
Simon Pence blinked his eyes, ran
his hand over his forehead and came
to his senses. He threw himself into
Sidney's arms and gave way to his
emotions. When he recovered there
was no difficulty in persuading him
to go back to the bungalow. In
fact, he was eager to go. The ex-
periences of the night had overmas-
tered his rapacity. Each of the four
carried one of the images, and an
hour later were on the raft and soon
after all the members of the Social
Island Colony once more were be-
meath the roof of the bungalow.
After a meal they repaired to their
rooms and enjoyed several hours of
| refreshing sleep. 1t was late in the
afternoon before the castaways re-
| covered from the effects of the hur-
| ricane.
ITO Be Continued
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22
ITO Be Continued
Two Stories by a Preacher.

Rev. DR.. Parkin, in his address be.
fore the Ministerial union at Wither-
spoon hall one Monday, told two good
stories. The first was Of young min.
lister in the coal regions who had an
impeachment in his speech. He tried
many remedies without avail, till at
last, after saving a goodly proportion
of his salary by denying himself the
comforts of life, he came to Philadel-
phia to be cured, because he had
heard there were SO many "speak-
easies" here. The other was min
lister whose education in business
matters had been sadly neglected. He
had a small charge also, and eked out
a living by writing for the papers.
One day he received check for SIS,
made payable to his order. He took
it to the local bank, and, handing it
in, was told to indorse it. He hest
tated a moment, and then, taking up
the precious document, wrote on the
back: 81 heartily indorse this check"
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22
Oyernatched.

An amusing incident was witnessed
in a cigar store the other afternoon.
A newsboy, having picked up a
cigar stump, walked in and, address
ing the man behind the counter, said:
"Say, boss, give us a match" The
The man behind the counter, looking
down, said: my young friend, we
are not here for the purpose of giving
away matches; we sell them" "How
much are dey?" was the question.
Zone cent box" the clerk an
nounced. The urchin stuck his hand
into his pocket and produced, after a
great deal of hunting, a penny and
handed it to the man. He received
his box of matches, and, taking one
out, lit the "butt." Returning the
box to the man back of the case, he
said: "Say, put dis box on de shelf,
and when a gentleman comes along
and asks you for a match, why, give
him one out of my box.
ENQUIRER.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22
m OW many of you have ever seen

|" OW many of you have ever seen
lN that little delusion of the
swamps, commonly called the peep
er?" One Of the first signs of the
spring he is, peeping away through
the soft, warm nights. Did you ever
try to catch one? If you had tried you
would know why I call him "delu-
sion" When you reach the place
where the sound seemed to come from,
YOU don't see the little piper-he es-
capes you as surely as the mystical
.swill-o'-the-wisp, and chooses much
the same kind of place to live in.
The other day Dick, my persistent
nature-boy Ct call him that because
he usually succeeds in FRYING out ma
ture secrets when he makes up his
mind to try, declared he was going to
find a ''peeper." A friend told him he
had watched hours in vain for one, an
other said her father watched about
an hour for one, and at last he saw him
sitting right II front of him in the
tall grass When the man got there
the pepper just stopped his music and
clay low" The next day some one
brought Dick a copy of magazine
which had in it photograph of
peeper-said to be the first ever taken.
That night after supper, as soon as
it began to grow dusk, Dick put on
his rubber boots and started for the
swamp. nabout half hour he rushed
into the house, wildly shouting:
''I've got one! I've got one!"
In his hand was a little pinch of
soft mud He said he had gone TO the
place where he had heard the pecping
and waited. Finally, after keeping
still some time, one little fellow
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22
CAT FOSTERS WOLF CUB.

wolf, so the remaining animal was
carried home and placed in Tabby's
nest along with the black kitten. The
motherly animal at once began to lick
the doggish little brute and the latter
sucked at her breast as if he belonged
to the cat family. The black kitten
also took up with the stranger, wres-
tied with him at meal time and played
with him as if he were his brother.
The kitten is older than the wolf,
has his eyes open, while the "blinkers"
in the little round head of the wolf
are still sealed. The kitten thus has
the advantage of the wolf in feeding,
but when the latter fails to fully APP
pease his hunger he sets up a snarling
and wailing that quickly brings one
of the Blanchard children. A nurs-
ing bottle is then produced, the whe1p
is given a hold of the nipple and he
keeps it until the bottle is empty.
This is the regular season for CATCH
ing and killing Illinois wolves; and
although it is not generally known
that many Of the gray fellows are left
to tell the story of pioneer times tho
SOuhly CiClhS SOuuU SOOd Alduy
scalps and pay out considerable SUM
in bounties. The usual price is one
dollar a scalp for the young, while
ten dollars is paid for the scalp of an
old she wolf.
The old wolves generally know when
their dens are being robbed of their
young and set up dismal howl that
may be heard many miles. The night
is made hideous with their barking
and wailing, the mother making
fruitless search for the young that
have been taken from her.
A man who lives within an hours
ride Of Chicago has successfully raised
and tanned a black timber wolf. The
animal was the only one of three that
were caught at the same time that
could be tanned. The owner taught
him to do all kinds of tricks and the
wolf now hunts foxes for his master,
distinguishes coins, rides a horse with
the bride rein in his mouth, distrib-
utes handbills and does many other
interesting things. The owner called
him Teddy and wanted to give him to
the president, but Mr.. Roosevelt de-
clined the gift.-Chieago Daily News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22
O1d-Tfme Voting in Baltimore.

Andrew Simpson, one of the oldest
voters in Baltimore, recalls with
much amusement an incident at an
election in the city in know-nothing
times. A visitor to Baltimore was
walking near one Of the polls with
his wife when he was approached
by some of the know-nothings and
asked to vote. He replied that he
did not live in Baltimore, but they
said that did not make any differ
ence and hustled him up to the polls
and made him vote. Then they threw
him into the street. Another party
came along, brushed the mud off
him, declared it was a shame to treat
him so, and asked him to vote again.
He protested that he had Just voted,
but that made no difference, and he
voted and was again thrown into the
street. In that way he voted three
times.-Baltimor Sun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22

Vincent, handing tnu idol to Mr..
Pence.
''What a singularly ugly thing
remarked the capitalist as he ham
died it gingerly. 'It's awful heavy.
What's it made Of"
Vincent pulled himself out of the
hole and brushed the mold from his
clothes. Mr.. Pence looked intently
at the image. He "hefted" it judi
ciously. It was of rusty brown
color, but smooth and well pre-
served.
Remarkably heavy!" said Mr..
Pence. His eyes glttered and he
was much excited.
"Let me take your knife he said.
Vincent produced knife and opened
the big blade. Mr.. Pence dug into
the fat nose of the idol. He gave
the knife a circular motion, and on
the end Of the blade lay a shining
yellow chip.
"Gold!" he shouted. "Gold! Solid
gold! Solid gold, and it weighs more
than ten pounds!"
The face of the millionaire was a
study. For moment it shone with
the splendor of the gold shaving
which rested in the palm of his hand
At that instant he was oblivious to
his surroundings. He clenched the
image tightly and regarded it with
rapt expression such as a mother
1avishes on her babe. Suddenly his
attitude changed. He recovered him
self with start. His face darkened
He glared at Vincent and drew back
from him as in aversion.
"Where did you find this?" he al
most shrielSed in a voice harsh anc
trembling with excitement.
'Back in there said Vincent, wav
ing his hand away from the mouth
of the cavern 'There's lots of them
back there"
''Take me there! Take me there!'
He dropped his voice almost to 6
whisper. He glanced around as il
expecting some one might see OF
hear him.
"They belong to u.s." he said, lay
| ing his hand affectionately on Vim
cents shoulder. "To US; do you I'M
derstand, to us. We found them
you and I. They are ours, Vincent
all ours. We win divide them be
tween us two-just you and I. He'll
me down there. Let me see them
Are you sure there is a lot of them
Perhaps they are not like this one
| Bigger, did you say? Which way is
| it? How awful dark it is! Take
hold of my hand!"
Before the magic of the touch OF
gold the natural cowardice of the ell
derby millionaire disappeared. Twice
he fell and bruised his hands, bu1
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22
YEARS AGo-A BOYS PLANT.

reckon years and years ago
To be a boy was bully fun;
You just was born, and then you'd grow
And keep on growing till you'd done.
You went to school awhile, know,
But mostly you'd just grow and grow.
The pies and things they used to make!
Give often heard my father telD
The pies and dumplings and the cake.
The cookies, tarts and jam as well!
OF course, corn bread they'd also bake,
But mostly it was pies and cake.
You went in swimming every day
In summertime at any rate.
The other boys would come to play;
You had a gun; you'd coast and skate.
Some work there was, of course-but
say
It mostly was just play and play.
Twas nutting-time the whole year
through,
And Fourth July would last week;
Old Santa Claus was really true,
And drove his RENDERS like a streak.
OF course there were the chores to do
But who would care with Santa true?
And then the people who were grown,
They gave a boy little rest;
"A fellow then was let alone,
And went to bed when he thought best.
Sometimes your father'd scold, I own,
But mostly you were let alone.
'Twould been more fun I really know
CA mothers club is my mas forte)
If I'd been born some years ago.
(My pa he reads my school reportD
Some things, of course, were pretty slow
But I'd a CHANGED it years ago!
Hayden Carruth, in Woman's Home
Companion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22

he did not care. They came to
the vault Vincent went in first
and lit match Mr.. Pence gave an
exclamation of delight. He rushed
to one of the images, lifted it, ran
his fingers lovingly over the sur
face and laughed with joy. The
match burned out and the room was
dark as midnight.
Light another, quick!" shouted
Simon Pence. cpl tell you what you
do" he exclaimed, as the match
lightened up the gloom. 81 will
stand outside and you hand them to
me, and I will carry them where we
can see them
Vincent did as he was told. He
started at one end of the shelf and
felt his way around, and handed the
images to the outstretched hands
Of Mr.. Pence, who carried them
along the corridor and placed them
in a corner of the outer room. 1t
took an hour or more to do this,
at the end of which timeVincent de-
clared that all figures were re-
moved. Mr.. Pence began testing
the images. AS he dug into each
idol and found it gold his joy knew
no bounds. Vincent also was de-
lighted. He owned half interest
in more property than he ever had
hoped to obtain, unless by chance
some of his cherished plans should
find a fnancier. Both forgot the
flight of time. They counted the
idols and images and found there
were So. They then attempted to
estimate the weight of their treas
ures. They calculated the smallest
one at ten pounds and the others
ranged all the way up to one esti-
mated at not less than 70 pounds.
AS nearly as they could judge, aft
er carefully estimating the weight
of each image, the total was about
1875 pounds.
"How much is gold worth a
pound?" asked Vincent, as he held
an idol out at arms length. He re-
membered that he could ''hold out"
weight of 80 pounds, and this one
required all of his muscular effort.
"Go4d is worth about 1924 a
Pouuu, Sdiu NIL. IcHcc. lHdU Is
based on the amount of gold in
coins. This looks like pure gold to
nre. It is awful soft. Don't rub
that image like that; you will wear
it out. What time is it?''
Vincent had no watch; neither had
Mr.. Pence, but they thought it was
about three o'clock in the afternoon.
"We must be going back at once -
said Vincent. What are we going
to do with those things? We can't
carry them with us. Let's each take
two of the smaller ones and start
along. We can get help tomorrow
and carry the rest of them to the
bungalow. In the meanwhile we
will put them back in that vault"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22
~GgsSso
BIZ MRs.E.H.SMIrH

peeped again, and Dick grabbed the
mud where the sound was, and inside
was the frog.
We put him in a bottle, and Dick
rushed off to show him to the natur-
alist, who had wanted to see one all
his life, and that now he could die
happy.
Such cunning little fellow he was,
a perfect little frog, bit over an
inch long; of an amber color, 7
should say, he looked in the lamp
light, though I have seen him de-
scribed as having "brown back
with dark cross On it, and white
stomach" I intended to examine
him more carefully by daylight. We
left him in the bottle with a piece of
netting over the top. When Dick
went to look at him in the morning,
there was just a patch of mud in ths
bottom of the bottle, and not sign
in the meshes of the netting Of tho
runaway's escape We never saw or
heard him again. Dicks little
brother "did hope he got back to the
other little peppers" He had what
looked like a bladder on his throat
This is called his vocal sac" When
he wants to peep" he fills it with
air. I have read that he has tiny
round sucker on the end of each toe,
by which he can easily cling to the
grasses, and he knows how to
freeze" when he hears anyone COM
ing. All winter the peppers stay down
in the mud, but come out when the
warm weather arrives, and finally
leave the water and live in The treeA
through the summer.-Littls Chron,
icis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22
CAT ADOPTS A WOLF.
Peculiar "ITnppy Family" Discov.
cred ON a Farm Only Two Hours
Ride from Chicago.

A singular outcome of wolf hunt
near Byron, Ogle county, only about
two hours out of Chicago on the st.
Paul railway, is that a two-weeks-old
snarling wolf whelp has been adopted
by cat owned by j. G. Blanchard, who
lives on farm near that town. The
motherly animal is at the same time
rearing a kitten that doesn't belong
to her.
One day recently Mr.. Blanchard
found on his farm wolf den, from
which he dragged ten whelps that
were not more than few days old.
Nine Of these were killed and the
bounty of one dollar a scalp was paid
for them. Mr.. Blanchard's folks
thought they would like to have pet
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22
Faithful to Her old Home.

A grocer in Syracuse gave brewer
an old cat and four kittens a day old.
The brewer locked them up in his
brewery for the night. When the
grocer came downstairs the next
morning he found the cat and her
four kittens asleep on his doorstep.
The brewery was four miles away,
and the kittens too young to walk
more than a few steps, so the old cat
had carried each one in her mouth
four miles.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22
A Miracle.

An English contemporary tells the
following good story of muscular
Christianity: In a smoking room of
a hotel in Dublin, where sat a huge
priest, some men were scoffing stupid
ly about miracles. Up rose the priest
and offered to perform a miracle. He
seized the most blatant of the SCOT
fers, carried him to the door, and
kicked him into the street. When
the unhappy youth returned the
priest asked, ''An' did We break your
backf" 81 did not" was the answer.
'"Well, it's a miracle We didn't" an
swered the priest.-N. 7. Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22

long thin needle into the pea. This
forces it always to return to its place.
A piece of thin wire can be used in
stead of the needle, which in order to
remain invisible, should not be bright
and shining. Care must be taken that
the needle or wire is fastened well into
the pea, so that it will not drop into the
performers mouth-Louisville Cou-
er-Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22
AN EFFECTIVE TRICK.
Dancing Pea VIII Amuse the Boys of
To-Day as Mach as 1t Amused
Their Fathers.

This is remarkably simple but
always surprising and effective trick.
The performer takes the stem of a
broken clay pipe or straw and, hold
ing it perpendicular to his mouth,
places pea quickly upon the upper
end. Then he makes the pea hop UP
and down to lively tune on the piano.
The whole trick consists in sticking
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22

The cement foundations of tele-
graph poles are called cement butts.
There is now company engaged in
their exclusive manufacture.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22
The KIDNAPPED
MILLIONAIRES
A Tale Of Wall Street
and the Tropics * *
By FREDERICK u. ADAMS
p T.
CHAPTER XVIII.

Copyright, 1901, by Lothrop Publishing Company.
All rights reserved.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-28
LYNCHEO NEGRO AND
FIRED TOWN,
AS a Result the Village of Pine
Apple, Ala, Was Almost Wiped
Off the Earth--Large Re
ward for Any Member
Of Mob.

Pine Apple. Ala, December 26.--tlre
broke out here 1T o'clock tins morning
and destroyed eight stores, two ware
houses. the postoffice and other property
In the business portion OF the town. inc
fire originated In tho city calaboose. Inc
loss Is estimated mt $35, 600. with IN
surance Of less than cne-third.
Evidercc seems to show that Arthur
Stewart a colored prisoner. confined IN
the calaboose had been lynched ana thc
structure set on Are to hide the crime
Citizens are highly excited and nave
deposited 81 600 reward with local
bank for the arrest ana prosecution OF
any member OF the mob.
The citizens in mass meeting today pass
cd a resolution requiring the imneha'e
presence Of Solicitor Quarles. and spe-
cial term Of court, to try members OF the
mob who wall be arrested. a committee
went 10 Selma tonight and had a consul
tation With Colonel Quarles a special
term will probably be ordered
It is learned that Oh Wednesday. +.
Melton. q prominent Young white man
had a duarrel with some negroes ana one
OF Them shot him Christmas day negro,
SAID to be his accomplish. was arrested
and placed in Jail. and the friends Of Mel
ton. it is alleged sworc vengeance. Ahls
morning ut = o'clock, a mob broke III
the caluhoose aad after knocking the ne
gro in the head. poured kerosene over
his body and set Il ahre, The flames
quickly spread to adjoining buildings
inc excitement continues intense to-