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The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03
Pardon by Governor Peabody.

Although the board of pardons on
March 3rd refused the petition of Emil
Baeder, serving sentence in the penl-
tentiary of twenty-five years for the
killing of A. II. Austin. for pardon or
commutation of sentence. Governor
Peabody exercised his pardoning pow
ers in the case on May 9th, and cum
muted Baeder's sentence to ten years.
AS he was sentenced on February 23.
1897, the time allowed for good conduct
made him free man.
In December. 1896. Baeder shot and
killed Prof A. H. Austin, graduate of
the University of Oxford. and a man
well known in educational circles of
the state. on the street at Central City
for an alleged insult which Baeder
claimed Austin had inflicted on his
wife. According to the story told at
the time, Mr.. and Mrs. Baeder were
living in the house next to the one
occupied by Professor Austin.
Mrs. Baeder strung clothes line
in front of Austin's window and hung
some clothes on it, Austin asked Mrs.
Baeder Is take it down. and when she
refused, he cut it down, at the same
time telling her she was no lady. Mrs.
Baeder told her husband this, and he
demanded an apology. war of words
followed and AuSun STRUCK Baeuer on
the nose. breaking it. as was after
wards learned. Then Baeder drew a
revolver and shot Austin through the
brain, killing him instantly.
Baeder was found guilty of murder
in the second degree and sentenced to
twenty-five years Imprisonment by
Judge La France.
Baeder's petition for executive elem
ency bore the signatures of nine of the
jurors who had convicted him. 1t was
also stated that Baeder was In the din
ing room of the penitentiary on the
night that Night Captain Rooney was
killed. and rendered service by giving
the alarm at the risk of his own life.
In his own statement Baeder said that
at the time he killed Austin he was
under the influence of morphine and
was scarcely responsible He is bar
tender, and his wife and family are
now in this city.
Governor Peabody felt that in view
of the circumstances Baeder had been
punished sufficiently and accordingly
commuted his sentence last month.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

The seven masted schooner Thomas
w Lawson has proved to be a failure.
1t was an overproduction to the eX.
tent OF about four masts.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Child
rem, used by Mother Gray, nurse in
Children's Home, New York, Cure Fever
isbness. Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders,
move and regulate the bowels and destrGx
Worms. Sold by all Druggists. 25c. Sam
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted. LeRoy, n. -
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

person who cannot argue is like
person who cannot chew; ne
swallows the facts of life unprepared
tor digestion.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

A police court judge has rendered
an opinion to the effect that one even
ing a week is enough for married
man to spend in a bowling alley, but
it may ne reversed by the Supreme
Court.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

"Herlihy mandamuses Gen. Green
is the way a New York paper puts it.
This capiases the cake.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

And her golden hair was hanging
down her back" is threatened with a
revival by the latest fad at Newport
The hair is ali right, but cant we be
spared the song?
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Two Berlin doctors as a cablegram
tells, believe they have an infalible
remedy for insomnia. If their claims
are justified their names are 10 stand
high on the lists of those who have
produced universal good.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

II you don't get tho 81 ggest and
,a., it,s your own faAlG Defiance
Starch is for sale evefyw1here and
there is positively nothina 70 equal
IL In quality or quantity.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

The class poem is seldom a classic,
although it sometimes makes the class
sick.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

THE Hopeless Turk" which is the
latest appellation, fits him quite as
well as the "Unspeakable Turk"
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

When woman goes into room
and doesn't walk up to the looking
glass to gaze at herself it is a sign
that there isn't one there.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Magistrate-Were you not brought here
by' drunkenness? Prisoner-Youi Honor
was brought by drunken policeman.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

"See here. I haven't time to hunt up
the dictionary: what is a syllabus" 81
reckon 1t must be kissing ii giggling
girl"
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Common sense would prevent many
divorces. 1t would also prevent many
marriages.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Among other hardships. the explor
ers just starting for the north pole
will have to endure waiting at least a
year to learn which clubs won the
baseball pennants.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Being such an inventive genius Mar
conf might invent bettsr word than
.marconigraph."
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

To provide for future contingencies
the railways must take higher ground.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

The best critic is the one who shows
n man where and how he fell short OF
doing what he meant to do.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces
in a package, 10 cents. One-third
more starch for the same money.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

The verdict regarding Eleanor Rom
son, the newest Juliet is that she at
no point rose to ideal heights, though
she insisted on wearing hish-heeled
shoes.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Senator Clark of Montana says it is
difficult TO find safe investment for
surplus money. Has he ever consid
cred that the safest investment for it
is to spend it doing good?
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

The hour is ripe for the brainy
engineer who can figure out how to
store up flood waters and set them to
work irrigating the country's arid
places.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

A bankrupt Texas oil company's as
sets are is mules. So the creditors
still have few kicks coming.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Mr.. Carnegie has already given
away 100000 900, and he hasn't got
around to us yet. We think he is play
ing favorites.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Russia wants access to warm water
and is prepared to keep the rest of
Europe in hot water until it gets what
ii wants.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Piso.s Cure cannot DO too highly spoken q -
. cough cure.-J. w. oBRIEN 322 Thlrd Ava,
NJ, Minneapolis MINI. Jan q looo
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

what is he professor Off" 81 forget
whether he plays the mandolin or cures
corns."
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Rinks-Were YOU ever in automobile
Incident Jinks-Wel. | should say My
wife accepted me in an automobile.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03
1hIs win interest Motheks.

tom me of 'JSa JOB Sss' Was an unproi,tabia Job.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Charlie-So. your mother sees harm II
kissing? Dolly-fes. but mamma ha
gone out
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

q In the country, now. the season
when all boys go barefooted is on.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

An optimist is one who thinks things
nre ALI right or soon Will be. and a pessi-
mist thinks they are all wrong. Both
are mistaken
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

"one thing Is certain. old Moneybags
can't take his cash with him when he
dies?' Il don't know about that. they
say he has money to burn.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

| 1t is generally the least careful man
| who is most full of cares.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Some fellows marry poor girls to settle
down and others marry rich ones to set
tie up.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

.I can't tell lie said the witness.
from the truth. when II glib lawyer
gets to talking.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

at beats all" how good cigar you can
TRY n .Bullhead"
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Defiance Starch is guaranteed big
gest and best or money refunded. 16
ounces, 10 cents. Try 1t now.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

The secret of the popularity OF Baxter's
"Builhead' 5-cent cigar is revealed in one
word-"Quality."
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

To Cure a Cold in One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money il it fails to cure. 25c.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Mrs wInsIow's Soothing syrup
For children teething softens the gums, reduces in
allays pain wind collie. 25c bottle
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

The state auditor recently issued
certificate of Indebtedness for 81 100 due
to grovery firms for groceries furnished
the state troops during the late trou-
bles at Colorado City. He will issue
number of others. amounting to
about $4,000. as soon as he receives
the vouchers, These certificates draw
interest at four per cent. year. and
cannot be paid until the Legislature
meets two years hence, when appro-
priations may be made.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

A smile of satisfaction goes with one of
Baxfer's "Rmllhead" h-cent cigRrs
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Try me Just once and am sure
to come again. Defiance Starch.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

There is asvast difference between the
golden rule and the rule of goll.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally: Price. 7sc.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03
THE FREE KIDNEY DOCTOl

INC TtasoH Spu o8u A.
this trial free Is becas ~
they cure Kidney Ills NJ
will prove 1t to you. n
WEST BnAScn, Mlm =
poan's Kidney fills hit The
case. which was an uuu sual
desire to urinate = had get
up five or six times OF III nBht
Think diabetes was VI rlI un'
der wny, the feet nnd ankles
swelled. There wa1 Ih IN
tense pain in tho | 9tk the
heat OF which would asr' Ike
putting ones band up 10 a
lamp chimney. II Nv ,mt, used sSi
the free trial and tE0 tull
boxes of DoAnr H .ii,,1. Il VIA lhe
Am cured Thev re- the rem.
edy par excellsoc
RF1EAiLann
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-02-20

wrote from revolutionary battlefield
to the manager of his estate. Let the
hospitality of the house with respect to
the poor be kept up. Let no one go
away hungry. II any of this people
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-02-20
His RELIGIOUS Views.

On ore point there has been more
discussion and probably more misrep-
resentation than on the subject of
Washington's religious faith. 1t is quite
natural that there should be on the
part Of the clergy an effort to establish
that a man whose example was likely
10 WELD so tremendous weight was a
stanch churchman and rigid observer
OF all religious rites.
AS a matter OF fact, he was neither
one nor the other. He was baptized in
the Protestant Episcopal church, but
he never was a communicate His
breadth Of views was so great that he
was more than once accused Of athe-
Ism. Whatever we're his real views,
he seems TO have kept them to him
self. although in all public ways he
threw his influence on the side of re-
iigioh.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-02-20
(To be continued.)
Oh, He's All Riuht.

OF course, every young mother
thinks her baby the center of the uni
verse. There have been several boy
babies born in the little town of
A. during the past summer.
This is not intended as a startling
piece of news, because their arrivals
have been duly and appropriately
chronicled, but it is only stated as the
basis Of little joke.
Some days ago four of the happy
young mothers, all of whom had fine
boys at home, met in one of the large
shops. They completed their pur-
chases about the same time. AS they
were all leaving the place, within
speaking distance of each other, a
fresh young assistant, in an effort to
be pleasant, fired the stereotyped
question at one of them, How is the
boy, to-day?"
In an instant four beaming faces
we're turned towards him and four
pleased voices answered in chorus,
"Oh, he's all right, thank you"
The assistant nearly tainted.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-02-20
Tea at Mount Vernon.

brought Martha Washington as a
bride to Mount Vernon, and he loved
to lead his guests about and show how
his planting had thrived.
Could one in fancy repeople the
grounds and mansion with the dis
tinguished company that used to gath
er here, what q quaint and pleasing
picture it would be, Soldierly Count
Rochambeau and eloquent Marquis de
Chastellux and their suites; noble and
courtly Lafayette; the young Span
lard. Marquis D'Yrugo (who gave his
heart to the fair Philadelphia. Sally
McKean), and-more than all these TO
us-our own franklin. Jefferson and
Hamilton, and illustrious revolution
airy generals beyond the naming. would
move through the historic rooms and
over the grounds. while music from
Nelly Custis' harpsichord would feat
through the open windows. And the
private soldier and the neighboring
poor would be here too. Washington
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-02-20
Observarces of the Day.

One hundred and seventy-one years
ago, Feb. %, George Washington,
the first president of the United States,
was born at Wakefield, Westmoreland
county. Virginia. AS early as 1881 the
soldiers of the patriot army and the al
lied French forces celebrated his birth
day in elaborate fashion. Gen. Wash
ipgton then had his headquarters at
Newburg and wrote Count de Rocham-
beau as follows:
"Tae fiattering distinction paid to
tho anniversary of my birthday is an
honor for which dare not attempt to
express my gratitude; l confide in
your excellency's sensibility to inter-
pref my feelings for this and for the
obliging manner in which you are
pleased to announce it"
In 1880 the Society of the Cincin-
natl gave a public celebration in Phil
adelphia in his honor. They marched
through the streets and to the execu-
tive mansion where they paid their re-
spects to the president-geneTal Six
years later motion was made in con-
.gress to adjourn in honor OF Washing
tons birthday. The motion was lost
BY disaffected members. who made a
plea of bad precedent. When this be-
came known about the town a large
crowd gathered which made so much
noise that congress had to adjourn
and the precedent was SCI
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-02-20
LIFE AT MOUNT VERNON
Washington's Beautiful Home

To Mount Vernon, historically the
most interesting place on our CONT
nent to the patriotic American, tide
of pilgrims from all over the world
continues to flock each year. over
100000 visitors have tried the expert
ment of a seat in one particular chair
in the mansion, and the register shows
many thousand callers annually. A
favorite occupation of patriotic pill
grims, as they wander through the
mansion and over the grounds, is to
imagine how life went on here in
Washington's time.
The rooms, so empty and silent now,
used to re-echo with much stately
merry-making; and advertisement, too,
of a lighter sort, for Washington was
fond of having young people around
him at Mount Vernon, and he loved to
see them happy. He sometimes sought
to enter into the amusements of his
beloved adopted daughter, beautiful
Nelly GUSTS, his wife's orphan grand
child; and rather deplored the fact
that his presence acted somewhat as
a restraint upon her lively companions.
He used to go into the garden and
gather roses himself for Nelly On
Washington's .birthday, 1899, Nellie
Gusts was married to his favorite
nephew, Lawrence Lewis. That was a
grand day at Mount Vernon!
Ceremonious observance was not so
strict at Mount Vernon as in the eX-
ecutive mansion at New York and Phil
adelphia; yet here, as elsewhere, that
dignity which was inseparable from
Washington character and manner,
inspired all who came in contact with
him. Our first President did not in
augurate the practice of greeting call
ers at a reception with handshake.
Ye: he was as charming host as he
was great as a soldier and states
man, and his gracious wife was fit
ting helpmate in rendering guests
happy and comfortable. A lawn party
at Mount Vernon must have been
most delightful function. One can see,
in fancy, the fine ladies and gentlemen
walking about in the flower garden
and admiring the sego-palm, the lemon
trees and the century plant, which had
come from the West Indies, and which
were kept in big tubs, that could be
moved into the dollhouse in winter
Washington took great interest in his
garden and lawn. Many Of the trees
he had set out himself before he
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-02-20
wAsHINeroNs. BIRTHDAY.

"And II was the custom Of Mrs.
Washington to spend the day prepar.
ing for the tea which was served in
the early evening. Life of Washing.
ton, Martha Gusts Washington.
Martha Gusts Washington,
Back In colonial days,
Did you bake and brew and find much
to do,
In a thousand wifely ways?
And when fields were drift with snow.
In the winter of the year,
Did you catch each shy rift or stray
sunshine,
And fiji the house with good cheer?
Martha Gusts Washington.
Were you an amiabe Wife,
In those mystic old days was he-to you
The dear object of your life?
What did his birthday mean to you,
o, woman of honored name,
Did you know that some day the whole
Would ring with his well won fame?
Or was he to you just loving mate
One who would. cares forsake,
And listen to air your condolences,
over the birthday cake.
Martha Gusts Washington,
BACK from lHe SuduOWS CpHhci
And tell us the ways of those glad old
days.
The songs we have left unsung,
Show us your home-the tender side
A guest to your Preside take,
And tell us about that happest hour,
over the birthday cake
Though first to lead, in war and peace,
He was first in the home, | say,
.. 1At of
AS we keep his natal day,
Augusta Prescott.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-02-20
HAS A VALUABLE RELIC.
Balustrade Behind Which Washington
look Oath of Office.

COX Odtn OF OlIlCe.
The recurrence of Washington's
birthday recalls some interesting
points, and its observance by a dinner
at the old Morris house was highly
appropriate This storied mansion will
gradually drop the Jumel name and
also its associations, while those of the
Norris family will resume their i'm
portance. 1t was built by Col. Morris
Of the British army, who married Mary
Phillipse Washington's first love. Nor
ris acquired the Phillipse manor by
this marriage and built this lordly
dwelling for manor house. The
property was confiscated during the
Revolution, and Washington made it
his headquarters during the darkest
time of the great conflict. After cleo
ton to the Presidency he drove out
to the old house in his state carriage
accompanied by few friends and re-
viewed those scenes of painful inter-
est.
One of the most recently discovered
memorials is the balustrade behind
which Washington stood when he took
the oath of office, and which is now
preserved in the Historical society.
The discovery of this relic was made
by myself, and if the reader will par
don a brief introduction of the first
person, | will tell how it was done.
Some years ago l frequently visited
Bellevue hospital, being acquainted
with one of its medical staff. | no
ticed at that time resting against the
wall in the hall large stone slab on
which, as l was informed, Washing
ton stood during the inauguration.
When the statue Of Washington was
subsequently erected at the sub-treas-
ury in Wall street this stone was used
as its base but how or why such
relic should ever have been stored in
Bellevue hospital was a question not
easily solved. Eventually | learned
that the demolition of Federal hall and
the purchase of the Bellevue property
occurred at nearly the same time, and
hence all available materials we're re-
moved to the latter, where they were
uSeu III lue Clidilly DuiluliSo'
After my surgeon friend left the hos
pital my interest was continued by my
occasional visits to the adjacent NOR
que, and at one of these visits my at
tention was casually attracted by the
large veranda near the hospital porch
Looking at it closely | noticed
strange difference in workmanship, for
while most was comparatively modern
in the centre the style was rude and
primitive, and took the shape of a
balustrade The latter on closer eX-
animation was composed of thirteen
bars, each end being marked by hal
berd, and the whole was so different
in style from the other work that they
evidently could not have belonged to
the same age. Then l recalled the
slab which | had once seen in the hall,
and the chain of immediate thought
convinced me that was gazing on the
old balustrade of Federal hall. The
builder of the veranda had utilized it
as a matter of economy and had es-
capped detection, but l reported my dis
oovery to the Historical society, which
lost no time in securing this valuable
relic.-New York letter to Troy Times.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-02-20
The Melancholy of Great Men.


1t is said OF Washington during his
hfe-said by those who knew him
best; said by the artists who studied
his features and tried to reproduce
them upon canvas-that there was a
shadowy something in his face which
the memory could never quite picture
in his absence, and which Gilbert
Stuart admitted he could not distinctly
depict or even suggest with his brush
So it is very clear none of the por-
traits enable us to think of him as he
actually was. We know he had dark
brown hair; that his eyes were light
blue, verging upon gray; that his nose
was long and prominent, with too
much breadth to be Roman and not
quite enough to be coarse or heavy.
We have Gilbert Stuar.'s statement
that his eyes were set in sockets
larger than those of any person this
great portrait artist had ever painted.
Stuart and many other people tell us
that the hab:tual expression of his
eyes was reflective almost to the point
OF melancholy.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-02-20
Had She an x.Rax Eyer

They had not been married very
long, and that complete blissful trust
which young husbands and wives have
in each other had not yet been broken.
But one morning wife meekly re
marked:
II men6ed the hole in your trousers
pocket last night after you had gone to
bed, John dear. Now, am not a
thoughtful little wife?"
Husband (aubiously):. "Well-er-
ye-es. you are thoughtful enough, M
dear. But how the mischief did you
discover that there was a hole in my
DOcket?"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-02-20
CHAPTER X.
Popular Opinion.

TOHuidI OpllitOUs
Then Joris went home. On his road
he met Bran, full of the first terror
of his sisters disappearance. He told
him all that was necessary, and sent
him back to the store And see you
keep a modest face and make no
great matter of it" he said. BE not
troubled nor elated. 1t belongs to
you to be very prudent. / will not
have Katherine made a wonder to
gaping women"
Lysbet was still little on the de-
fensive, but, when she saw Joris COM
ing home. her heart turned sick with
fear. Thee, Joris; dinner will not
be ready for two hours! Art thou
sick?"
"Katherine-she has gonel"
Gone? And where, then?"
with that Englishman; in The
Dauntless' they have gone"
Then he told her all Mrs. Gordon
had said, and showed her the frag-
ments Of Katherine's letter. The
mother kissed them, and put them in
her bosom: and as she did so. she
said softly, 1T was a great strait,
Joris.''
well, well. me also must pass
through e. The Dominic Van Linden
has gone to examine the records: and
then. II she his lawful wife be. in the
newspapers I must advertise. the mar
rage"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-02-20
The Washington Family

(From a Famous Painting)
should be in want of corn, supply their
necessities. christian Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-01

The Keswick Hunt Club. ono.of the
best known Virginia organizations of the
kind. met recently at their head1uar-
ters. near Keswick, In Albemarls county,