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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-20

National prosperity still continues
to quietly ignore the ups and downs
Of Wall street.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-20

PiitsburR uses over 81, 300, 900
worth Of water each year. You
would not think il to look at her
face.-Louisville Post.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-20

The fool killer with a large sized
club is badly needed down in the
Columbian senate.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-20

Excursion tickets on sale via the
Mo, Paeile Ky. TO Colorado, Utah,
and South Datola, June Isl to Sept.
goth return hmii Oes gust, Que fare
plas 50 CENTS round trip.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-20

Jefferiss whipped Corbe,t in the
tenth round.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-20
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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-20
urand ReunIon.

E WEST Manage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

do great things
 Coldfeet cut down the tree and after saying goodby to his mother and promising her to come back as soon as he could. started off with his stafr He walked fast and his stan helped him. When he grew tired and sat down to rest the stan, too, would lie quietly beside him, but 1t would become restless after a while and jump mp, seeming to say, Up, Coldfeet, come, let us go on." Then Coldfeet would jump up and of they would go up the mountains in a few leaps, down with a few jumps, and over the river at sin gle bound At last he came to an open plain. The grass was green and there were daisies and buttercups and bluebells, and many cows eating grass. There must have been thousands of them, and dear little calves, too. Now Coldfeet always liked to tend cows, and when he saw so many he thought to himself, Here Is a chance for me to get something to do, but wonder where the house Is, for there must be some one near who owns these fine cows" Ills staff began to shake and pull him along. An thought he, ..I will follow my stan; my mother said it would guide me-" Coldfeet followed his stan, and soon he say A large house with red roof and a big front door. Good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

'Why the mischief can't the Admiral mind his own business?' grumbled another angry Gloucester man, totally unconscious or the humor of his speech.
 But see, there's signal at the yardarm of the suwanee What can she want7 May I-knoek- -the-hagstafff Our chief qunrtermaster translated the signal for us and shout of laughter went up from the crew May knock down the fagstai I'm pudeneel Cant come within hfty rect or lt! Such was the unanimous opinion aboard the Gloucester.
 However, the Admiral, who, it seems, was much amused decided to humor the ambl' tious request You may have three shots, came the answering signal, as one tells small child he may have three cherries.
 Bang went the Suwanee's port fve-inch gum and a moment later geyser of dirt on the hillside above the fort showed that the shot had gone wide of the mark. An officer was sighting the gun, we could see, but oid not learn till later that 1t was Lieutetnant Blue, who had already distinguished himself by reconnoitering the neighboring coasts in the dress of a Cuban.
 Three minutes elapsed befre the firing of the next shot. Lieutenant Blue was not go ing to take any chances this time. He was waiting for the Suwanee to stop rolling long enough for him to draw a bead on the ob- noxious flagstaff. At last came the favor QDte npHtnl. iiS puiitu tue tAABSSA ioh- yard, the shell went speeding toward the mark and landed right at the base of the staff.
 F Aboard the Gloucester we were no longer coldy skeptical; we were as deeply inter ested as those on the Suwanee. 1t seemed an age before the next shot was fired. A dozen times as the Suwanee came to momen- tary rest on the crest of wave we looked to see a mass of flame and smoke issue from the mouth of the gun and frightened our muscles in expectation of the report, but it did not come.
 Suddenly as the Suwanee was sinking into the hollow of the sea, just as we least ex pected it, there was a flash and a roar, and the third and last shot had been fired.
 For moment there was breathless silence aboard the, Gloucester; then the crew broke Into ringing cheer as amid cloud of dirt snd stones the iagstaff tottered and fell and carried the flag to earth. Lieutenant Blue had redeemed the boast of the Su- vance and brought down the first Spanish flag in Cuba.
 WILLIAM WALLACE WHITELOCK,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

ness!' thought Coldfeet, "a giant must live here, but l guess 1t will be all right to knock at the door, for my staff would not take me where I would be harmed;
 He knocked gently at the door, but It dla not open, so he knocked louder; then ne took his stan and gave three great knocks. This time the door flew open, and what do vou think stood before him? giant.
 When the giant saw that he was not afraid he said: well, my boy, want some one to tend the cows, and if you are not afraid of giants will give you the job. You see, on the other side of the mountain there lives n giant with six heads. Now, every day he comes and carries of hundred cows and the boy who tends them; so you see it's risky to take the job; but if you are willing, l will pay you handsomely; but you must kill the giant" Coldfeet did not like the idea of be- ing carried of by the giant, but he thought of his poor old mother at home and how very happy she would be If he came home very soon with enough money to keep them. Then he thought, too, of what she told him about his staff. ''Ah," he thought "that will help me if l get in trouble; will take the job
 He told the giant he would try if he would promise to give him a bag of gold and a nice fat COW for every day of hls life. This the giant said that he would do, but he must first kill the giant and plant his heads where
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
The SuWanee's Feat at AQuadores.

did strike it. Moreover, the spaniards had been kind enough to demolish one end of the bridge by dynamite a few nights previously, so there was no object in shooting at it.
 We, therefore, confined our attention to the wrecks of the little tin sheds and to low, broad matched roof at the foot of the fort, under which the garrison had sought shelter from the sun in happier days As for at tempting to knock down the flagstaff 1t seemed utter folly. There was bout as much chance of hitting the staff itself as of count ing the steps of q running centipede, and our guns were not heavy enough to undermine the pile of rock and earth around it's base.
 The Suwanee, however, in the pride of pos session of 5-inch gun and in the confidence of ignorance, sought to sweep peremptortly the fort and all it contained from the sight of man. Her shots threw up good deal more dirt than ours, but the resultant dam age was by DO means commensurate with the noise and hurlyburly
 Half way down the slope commences the fort, which consists of a castellated wall fol lowing the fall of the land in three steps almost down to the water's edge. On the middle step stands miniature tower, and ons the highest point above waved the red and yellow flag in defiance of the Stars and Stripes. The railroad from Siboney, on the east, after crossing the bridge necessitated by an indentation of the land at this point, disappears behind the promontory and con tinues an invisible course toward Santiago. Altogether, the scene is very romantic.
 But we were not there for romance We were concerned with the harsh realities of warfare, and in the poetry of war there is no such line as Gunner, spare this forfr In fact, we were much disappointed wher the flagship signaled to cease the bombarl ment after it had continued about half an hour.
 Look at thati" growled an old man-of wars man. 'Stoppin' us just when we were going to knock the old thing to smitber- eens."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

Here comes that old tub, the suwanee, roekin like a hobby horse; l wonder what she thinks she's going to do" said Jimmy Legs" of the Gloucester, derisiYely.
 Jimmy Legs Is the name that belongs by right of immemorial custom to the master at Drms of men-o'war, the policeman of the fo'castie, the chief petty officer who runs liberty breakers and other offenders to, the mast and keeps order generally among the crew.
 'srhat miserable converted lighthouse ten der's always pokln' round where she's not wanted" said one of the coal passers, who happened to be on deck and who wanted to appear to know about naval affairs. "She couldn't hit the side of Spanish barn door, and as for converted, don't believe she's any more converted than you are, Scotty."
 This raised a laugh at Ecotty's expense, but es Scotty s only language'was broad Scotch dialect his severe reply was lost on the by islanders.
 Exactly why the Gboucester's s crew did not like the Suwanee would have been hard to say. l think it was because the Suwanee tried to patronize us. We could have stood this from the New York or the Oregon, or sven the second-class battle ship Texas, but when 1t came to being patEonized by lean, lanky numbering lighthouse tender, that looked like distorted Egyptian duck es- caped from mural decoration, we drew the line.
 Moreover, the Suwanee was encroachmg on our preserves. The fort at Aquadores we considered our private target. In a sense, we had discovered it, for before our arrival on the blockading station no one had paid any attention to this quiet little outpost a mile and half east of Morro Castle, nestled lnnocently down in cut ir the abrupt coast line.
 Every morning at four o'clock, when the sun relieved the night watch aboard the Gloucester. we would find ourselves lyina riOse in shore, within q quarter of a mile of the fort and the railroad bridge at it's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
How COIdfeet won his Name and his Wealth.

long tiSs ago, in Ireland, there lived a boy whonN every one called Coldfeet, although his real name was John.
 The reason that he was called Coidfeet was because when he was little boy he grew so fast that there wasn't room in the house for his feet. Poor things! they had to sleep out of doors, and in the win per time they would get very cold and shiver and shake, but 1t didn't make any difference; they just had to stay out in the cold. because the house was not large enough for both John and hts feet. That was the way he came to be called Cold feet.
 Could you guess how much coldfeet would have to eat7 You can imagine that it | t have been a great deal, because Coldleet was a very big boy. It took a sheep n day, besides all the vegetables his mother could pick up In year. At last she grew tired of trying to get him something to eat, and one day she said to him:-"Now, my son, you are old enough to go out to seek your fortune. You have eaten all of the sheep on this mountain, and if you stay here you will starye. Cut down the witch hazel tree that grows by the gate and take 1t for your stan; 1t will keep you from all harm and guide you to place where you will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

foot Slowly, reluctantly we would move out to our day station, hardly able to resist the temptation to let fly a six-pounder at the picturesque mass of gray stone, Dehlnu which we almost thought to catch the glint of angry Spanish eyes. Day after day thls training of self restraint continued, until at last one evenMs we received permission from Admii~a,w ,wampson to attack the place the next morning. At the time we did not even know It's name.
 On the first of July, as we lay of Aqua dores the Suwanee, for the first time, came lnquisitivey pulling and steaming up to learn what was going on. The crew of the Glouces- ter resented this as unjustified trespass, ,-and poked all manner of fun at the unconscious little lighthouse tender, whose big five-inch guns made her stagger like drunken man. But the desplsed ugly duckling held big surprise in store for us.
 We lay in quite cooe to shore, not over quarter of q mile from the fort, and the Su- vance took up position three hundred yards to the east and slightly further distant from. the land The flagship New York lay mile or so out to sea, calmly watching us. Sud denly the ball opened
 A Spaniard was sighted In a small cave like opening directly at the foot of the fort, presumably the exit of an underground pas sageway from above, and our executive off, cer, Lieutenant Harry F. Huse, called to the captain of the little bow three -pounder to try shot at the foohardy soldier. Bangl went the gun, and everyone craned forward to watch the effect.
 One, two second passed, and then rose a cloud of earth and dust right In the mouth of the cave, where an instant before the Spaniard had been standing. At the sound of the gun he had drawn quickly back. but whether he succeeded in getting out of the way of the missile Is a question. At all events be did not make second appear ance.
 And now the Suwanee began to take part in the game. With dull, deep roar her port fye-inch gun sent a shell whistiing through the air to land on the hill above the fort, and to throw up mass of harmless dirt and stone. The gunner had not yet got the range. Bang! bangl went our three pounders and siX-pounders ill high treble so to speak, to be answered by the bass of the heavier guns of the Suwanee which fired about one shot to our two For while the fun continued at lively pace.
 We were lying with our port side to the ;and, so, in order to preclude jealousy. the gun crews from the starboard battery were occasionally shifted over to the port guns and allowed;a few shots to ease their burst ing desire. II was hard, however, after this brief career of glory to go back to private life Very few of the shots fromeither the Gloucester or the Srwanee went far wide of the mark.
 By experience we had learned the futility of firing our light shells at the masonry of the fort itself or at the little railroad bridge. We could hit the fort, but we could not knock it down; whereas, apparently, we eorId not even hit the bridge. At least our shells made no impression on 1t even if they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
OUR DOGS.

If you see q little doggle running up and down the town, With pretty silky coat and eyes and ears of brown,
 He's mine, But if you see a doggie with coat and tail awry, With very wicked glare in his very hungry eye,
 He's thinei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

they would fill up the valley and make new mountain for the cattle to graze on.
 So Coldfeet went out on the mountain to tend cows. The cows were lying down chew ing their cud, and as Coidfeet was tired after his long tramp he thought that he, too, would lie down under a tree to rest He was care ful to keep his staff in his hand, and he tried to keep awake for fear the giant might catch him unaware. He was so tired that he could not keep his eyes open; as soon as he would open them and say ss.Now l will not go to sleep" they would begin to close again. At last, just as he was going to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

sleep. he heard voice, the loudest voice he had ever heard, roaring, ''I smell the blood of a man from Erini his liver I shall eat in my porridge tonight"
 "Ha,'' thought Coldfeet, There Is my man, but will peep around the trees to see how he looks before I get up to fight him." Coldfeet looked and saw coming toward him with great strides giant about as tall as he was, but with six heads Never can kill him., said Coldfeet to himself; then he felt his stan shake in his hand, as much as to say, FDo not be afrald:sI will help you This gave Coldfeet courage, and he got up and marched boldly up to the giant,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

and when the giant got close to him he waved his stan three times in the air, and then lee 1t come right down hard on the top of one or the giants heads, then on top<o another, until all six had been smashed. The giant was well pleased with what Coldfeet had done. He had been watching him all the time, although Coldfeet did not know it. He was sorry to lose so good and strong boy, but he gave him the bag of gold that he had promised and told him ever morning as long as he lived he would find a nice fat COW at his gate, and then hes bade him good-by
 FLORENCE KnEsSLEg GHIswn'n
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-02
Worth Remembering.

Don't be afraid to blush. 1t is be-
coming. A sudden flush accomplishes
more in a moment than the sustained
efforts of the statuesque beauty.
Don't be Jealous Of the beauty,
youth and success Of others. Jeal-
cusy plants ugly lines in the face.
Don't think it enough to be a .
beauty: in order to approach perfec-
tion, a woman Should try to improve
berself morally and Intellectually as;
well as physically.
Don't imagine that in order to be a
belle you must be a great beauty.
Charm cf manner. beautiful voice or
accomplish turns inauy a plain
woman into a belle.
Don't gush if you want to be at
tractive You may not be beautiful,
but If good tempered, possessed Of the:
gift Of looking on the golden side Of
things and never given to gushing you
may be more attractive than many
girls VINO can boast Of their beauty.
Don't think that women are less
beautiful than formerly. There is
greater beauty now, and more Of it,
than at any time in TIE worlds his
tory. We may congratulate ourselves
that we live in the most beautiful age
Of the world. Don't fail t., appreciate /.
the fact that while beauty may not
bring happiness, it is nevertheless a.
power. 1t is to a woman what capi-
tai is to a merchant. Its absence may.
not be a misfortune, but it's culture is.
wise and proper.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-02
Pointed Paragraphs.

Male goss;ps are the worst of the
breed.
Dirty streets ans dirty politics are
twain evils.
The thread Of a love story usually
winds up with a tie.
Shads should be pretty sure Of any
thing they feel in their bones.
Mustard plasters come under the
head Of drawing instruments.
a man dosen't necessarily lead a
dogs life because his wife pets him.
When an indiyidul minds his own
business he is one kind Of monopolist.
Too many men waste valuable time
talking about the things they are go
ng to do.
Occasionally women make fools of
men, but they are not responsible for
all the fools.
Don't think because man is TAX
ing lessons on the harp that he doesn't
expect to live much longer.
A hens teeth are almost as scarce
as are the people who worry them
selves to death because they are shy
Of wisdom.
When rich old man marries a
young wife and expects her to keep
his memory green later On he is the
victim Of homemade green:goods
game
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-02
amer,can Cotton Output.

The census bureau report issued
to-day on the cotton ginned in the
United States shows the crop OF 1900
to have been l0,4S6,145 commercial
bales (bales as marketedD equivalent
to 1O,123,027 bales of the 500 pound
standard or to 5,061,513,294 pounds.
This is an increase OF S40,174 COM
mercial bales, or more than eight
per cent. in excess Of the 1899 crop.
Texas grew "a per cent. Of the en-
tire crop of 1900 and one-fourth OF
the worlds crop Of that year. Its
crop increased 80 per cent. over 1899,
the 1900 crop being 3,53e,5o6 CONNER
cial bales and the 1899 crop 2,65s,555.
East of the Mississippi production
decreased
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-02
There Es No Snhe!snf.

ts'nr+e IS s:u %':tte::jit
NtsoeffSSt Ntsio,eefSt e..si1t. -etaa I,e,catil (sG 5v;;l
An;s Hsits TO SIS !. push a7.s:a:- :hs c:cd /;
Trusts i.e in Coz.
There IS no albe:iei:
Whoever says ?shen clouds ars iii the
sky,
''Be patient, heart, light 6;iGaReth by
and by,
Trusts the Most High.
There is no unbelefi
Whoever sees meath winters ticld OF
snow
The silent harvest of the future grow
Gods power must know.
There is no unbelicf..
Whoever lies down Oil his couch 20
sleep.
Content to lock each sense in slumber
deep.
Knows COD will keep
There is no unbelief,,
Whoever says, tomorrow, 'iio ''i'
known
1.-THE future" trusts that power alone
He dareS disown.
There is no unbellef..
The heart that looks on when dear eye
lids close,
And dares to live when life has only
woes,
Gods comfort knows.
There is no unbelief,
For thus by day and night uncon-
sciously,
The heart lives by that faith the lips
deny,
God knoweth why.
Lizzie York Case.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-02
How Green Turtles Feed.

The green turtles Of southern Flor
ida live in deep water and feed on sea
plants. mostly the kind called turtle
grass" which they cut off near the
roots, eating the lower parts and leav-
ing the tops floating so that it collects
in great fields and marks the spots
where the animals are to be hunted
for by the fishermen. After browsing
on such ocean pastures the green tur-
ties 90 to the mouths Of rivers for
baths of fresh water, which they seem
to need from time to time. The Flor
ida fishermen say the reptiles enter the
creeks and roll together masses OF
grass. cenlenting them into balls with
clay. When the turn Of the tide takes
the balls out to sea they follow them.
The fishermen watch for such balls
floating down the creeks. and when
they see them they stretch nets across
the mouths Of the streams and always
catch the turtles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-02
A Clever French Captive.

A person who was supposed to be the
French General Mouton, count de Lo.
bau, was once captured by an English
vessel, but after a time the captain dis
covered that his prisoner was the
Count de Montrond. "Why did you de-
ceiye me?' he demanded angrily of the
count. Il did not deceive you replied
Montrond; mot at all. You thought /
was General Mouton. You told me so.
You have fifty gun frigate. Was It
for ME. who have only pocket pistol,
to contradict you?'
The captain did not forgive Montrond
and took every opportunity to treat
him rudely. One evening at dinner
some one proposed the health Of the
French. AS Montrond rose to acAnowl.
edge it the captain cried: They are all
towards! make no exceptions"
When Montrond's turn came lie gave
this sentiment: "The Ensiish--they are
all gentlemen. but make exceptions"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-02
49,. .au.au.u, >.eu.

Pausanius. the Greek general, died
by self administered poison. When
hotly pursued by those sent to appre-
hend him on charge Of treason and
sacrilege he took refuge in the sane
tuary of temple. Unable to remove
him by force and also unwilling to
violate the sanctuary. the officers
walled up the entrance and began to
unroof the building. When he could
be seen they noticed that he was chew
ing something which proved to be
Quill filed with poison. By the time
the work had sufficiently advanced to
admit Of their entrance he was in
dying condition.