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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03

up an important letter OF the Presidents
and thrown the pieces over the precip.ce
just before they laid hands on me He
threatened to shoe, me. but contenied
himself with having me nogged with
cowhide whips until I was unconscious.
When l recovered my senses FL was
night The revolutionists had camped and
fallen asleep around their fire. There
was no sentry, and most OF them seemed
to be dead drunk. for several empty
aguadiente' TASKS We're scattered around.
I was dizzy and sick. and my back smart
ed horribly. but l managed TO crawl up
TO the commandante who had ordered
me to be Rogged After ! had finished
with him. ] took up my mail bag and
crswled away and hid myself IN the for
est There ] found some friendly Indians
who helped me To get TO my destination
ard deliver the letters.
But what did you do with the com
mandante?" asked the American
What should ] do. senior? lie had
ordered me 10 be Gogged-me. whose
grandfather was a cabalieTo Of Spain,
! cut mis- throat with bis own machete.
OF course. -
The postman who carry the mails g.
small boats between the thousand islcts
that stud the coast % Greece. are often
carried away 10 set b. the sudden squal
which have given the Mediterranean an
evil name amongst sailors. often they
are never seen again. Next day. when
the sea has resafned its treacherous pia-
cidity. w pieces Of wreckagc are wash
ed ashore 10 ten Of yet another lost let
ter-carrier.
in some parts 81 the West Indies and
the archIpeiagoes Of tie Pacific. the ISL
land postman Is exposed 70 the same
fate
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03

two bells behind him. and then tolls the
great bell of the clock by striking 1t with
his battle-axe. The two standing knights
their haibreds. and at the first stroke OF
the great bell the four knights on horse
back over the inside dial start at a gal
Top. and rush round and round the turret
in mimic turRamen; in which one
knight is thrown from his horse ard re-
gains his seat in every revolution.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03


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..veu he might rs wen have asked me
for s5.e3o.oe9 at that time. and of course.
! had M faith in his scheme When ne
to,d me yvhar it was had less
1T seems he mad been set TO work writ
ing M some scrf of an article an real
estate ana he had come across on az
those chances thar the, saw men get
ono, in q while though that's "a thing +
don't believe when hear if.
"Tfe baa found n house. with an owner
.,,at was wilkins "a sell it outright fer
s-an -, cash over ana ahove tse amount
that WIS alreeav lied M in a rno-trae..
And ba found another man Who vas vii
lire 70 rive several thousand in cash fur
H. hons, more tban the amount or tie
,,,o,.t.,ss-e
.,,yan talked ~ him, fo~ IN hour trv-
,rg - Get hin, n On 10 sor,ei7o.sv " no
mad money who would go in -sith him
but he woul5a.f listen r. thse 1ta SAID
IL was his own idea. ana his cAanc, and
hs would do II himself. The onlv-t-aahle
was aho,,t The s-a
re came back 10 that over and over
again IN I son impatient ana anally
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
The Early PoStman also
had his Troubles

without waiting TO INVESTIGATE the
native ran on to the nearest village and
reported his adventure. y large party at
once set ont TO hunt the beast but found
him helrlassiy crippled at the bottom o.
the rit. Iio was made captive and trans
ferrel to this big Gaze here Tie ha
never recovered wholly from the effects
Of that fan, ard ycu can sec how he stin
iimps from side 10 side Of his cage.
we feed him on raw beef and mutton
but DE doesn't seem to Ike it 50 well as
his old diet Hes the worst tempered
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03

I A HEROIC AMERICAN roSTMAS.
Pcrilogs adventures OF hsirhreadth cs-
capes :alI TO the lot II the American
poStman as well as 20 hiss colleagues Ia
india Venezuela and other remote conn-
tries. Many grixxled veteran who wears
the light gray uniform can tell 81 nov
ing accidents by held and food. throues
which he has carried the mails at ,ths
risk Of his life
During the terrible blizzard OF March.
1888. when New York was showed us
for a week. policeman. who had hud-
died himself up in a doorway for shelter
and warmth, saw a little mound ia thu
smooth. white surface Of the street. lie
walked up Ia a. kicked aside the snow.
and found an unconscious. hsif-froxen let
ter-earrier underneath. lie thumped him
and pounded him unia be slowly recoy-
cred consciousness and staggered 10 rs
feet
.'wlH YOU Dc an rsht row. Tor q mos
ment. while ! leave you and so to ring
up the ambulance" asked the policeman.
Don't troublc. answered the pastman.
Il can't wait for any ambulance. I must
go on and deliver the rest Of my letter."
Nonsense. you must so to the hos
pitsi. man You are half dead
But the postman wouldn't hear % IL.
AS sooe IS his blood began "a circulate
freely he snouidsTed bis mailbag ana
staggered Of through The blizzard 20 HB-
ish his round
lie was only a tpye 81 his class. and
would probably have been surprised 70
anyone had told him that he was a finer
hero than most men who win glory is
the field or battle. IA sunshine aud storm.
In peace and war. through ,orrensiai
floods and jungles infested rs Wild Eni-
mails the postman 81 tae world 30 to and
fro doing their ussful work amidst .
thousand periis Ard none Of them =
drawer cr more devoted 20 duty than Ea-
Gle Sans gray coated Mercury
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03

"G-r-r-r-r-r-r-ri .~
The speaker WIS a big. lean toothless $,
NANCY old Bengal tiger, restlessIy pacing
to and fro in his strong cage in the Cal
cutta ZOO and rubbing now and then
a if he would like to break out and min
gle harmoniously with the open-mouthed
sightseers.
An English tourist went close to the
cage and mockingly offered the growing
beast a bun. Immediately one Of the
keepers hurried up
Don't SO near The Postman. sir" he
exclaimed. He's the worst tegnpersd
beast we've got"
why do you call him The Postwar ?'
the tourist asked. Its a queer name
for a tiger
A TALE OF 4 TIGER.
I'VE gave him the name because he has
eaten so many pos;men," the keerer Ie-
piled. Years ago he roamed the juneles
Of the interior OF Bengal The mail serv-
ice there was, carried on, as it is TO-DAY,
. by means of native carriers, who went
from village to village at a gentle job
trot.
This old tiger seemed TO have made
u SlSSCidl SlEAt III TIE ieti4-dl Il1l Sci
ice When old age overlook him ana he
was no longer agile enough TO trail the
deer and buffalo, he watched the various
mail routes anu devoured the letter car
riers.
NO other natives seemed to satisfy
his depraved appetite-only postmen- So
he tasted. day after day. at the cost Of
the mail service. But / must say. 10 his
credit, that he did not disturb the mail
Itself. That was usually recovered
Many efforts were made to Kill him
continued the keeper but it was not
until he had devoured almost all Of the
local mail department that he was cap
tured. His victims n1aoered over
score
How did they catch him at Iast?"
asked the tourist
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03

We'll, it happened in rather Il curious
way" said the keeper. a letter CARRIER
was passing enc day through a tilicket Of
bamboos which was wen known to be the
occasional feeding ground of wild Gle
plants. As he passed thick ciunp OF
canes. the notorious man-eater. even
then known as The Postman,' learCd out
n devour him. Int the native IS too
quick for the aged beast. Te-dodGea. and
the tiger landed on tic covering of IN
elephant pit on the other side of Tho .rai
and disappcaroa from sieht.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03

why do mosquitoes ale human beings,
According Is Or. saaioa Fernandez. II
Cube. f is because tho females csnao.
form their eggs without sucking souns
warm blood. u they faii 20 set u they
las no eggs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03

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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-07-29
ROUND ABOUT US.

According to the Pennington News,
j. W. Williams, OF DcsIogc, spent
three weeks recently on tile Meramec
River hunting pearls and has returned
home with quite a number of small
pearls and one large one about $1,000
worth altogether, He claims to have
refused 5000 for the large one.
The De Suto Press states that par
ties are arranging to furnish De Soto
altcsian we'll water for drinking pur-
poses at the st. Louis worlds fair.
TIE water is to be sold and since even
a drink Of plain water will not he free,
it would be well for YOU to taxa all
your money with you when you visit
the fais.
Twelve hnndred men. $50 employee
Of the National and $50 of the Desloge
lead companies, iu st. Francois Coun-
ty, went out on a strike last week.
The trouble is due to the companies
employing non-union men about Their
works. Labor trou bles have been fire..
queut in the lead belt of late, and
through them the men have been able
to force the new eight-hour law upon
tile companies. 1t seems they are
now also endcayoring to enforce a
strict recognition of labor unions.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-07-29

Most Of our Democratic cx-
changes are publishing Al item
which pats the state administration
on the back for the showing made
in the state sbhool fund distribu-
tion for the current year. Accord
ing to the figures given by Auditor
Allen, the amount to be distributed
is 81, 2,b9l.14, being $;62, ,2s6.- :
66 more than last year. There is
no special reason why the admlnis
tration should be conlplimented
upon the fact that it has collected
50 much money in taxes from the
people and has seen to it that this
money has reached its proper chan
mel. If the Democrats arc now
honest in handling the school funds
it 10 no more than they should be OF
is expected Of them. However, a
sudden spasm of rectitude on their
part now does not ameliorate the
school fund loot Of the past.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-07-29
Americas Beer Bills.

Fifty'two years ago the average
American drank los gallons OF
various things that aren't water
but are more or less alcohol. More
than half-2.23 gallons for every
mun, woman and chi!(l-was whis-
key or brandy.
Now only 1.36 gallons pei head
OF distilled drinks are used, but the
increase in beer aud light wines
has brought the total Of alcoholic
drinks up to 1915 gallons. Beer
alone counts for 11.4o gallons. The
American of to day gets not quite
rs much alchohol as bis grandfath-
er, but he takes more mutt and
hops and water mixed with it.
Illinois makes more whiskey
than any other state, but New
York is long On beer. This state
bGews almost three times as much
Of the amber fluid Us Wisconsin, in
cluding, Of course, milwaukee,.
"Imported wines" arc far more
largely drunk than they were 10
years ago, if you trust the restau-
rant ''programs;;" only they aren't
really imported. The imports OF
foreign wines in 1888 were worth
5lo, 900, 900, in 1902 only $4,000,
OoO.
Subscribe for the Journal, only
&i.VO per year.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-07-29
Missouri: Shorter Catechlsm.

What is an election!
The will of the State House Ring
expressed by Buffers Indians, and
registered by Dockery's commits
sloners.
What is Il Boodicr?
A member Of the ring who has
been shown in his true colors.
What is a Statesman:
"A member of the ring who sue
goods in escaping Folk.
What is the State Bonded Debt !!
Another name for the State
School Fund.
What is Certificate of Indebt-
edness!
An l. O, L. for money squand-
cred by the Ring.
What is Alum.
\ Medium Of Exchange in the
Legislature.
Who is the greatest living Dem
oera..
Alexander NJ. Dockery.
Who settled Missouri.
Alexander N. Dockery.
Who has Ribs of Steel and a
backbone of Corrugated Iron?
Alexander NJ. Dockery.
Who shook the hand of the leg
islator who shook the hand of Bill
Phelps:
Alexander NJ. Doc.ery.
Who hopes for the vice-presi.
dental nomination:
Alexander N. Dockery,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-07-29

that court, finds favor with neither
the press nor the people Of Mis-
souri,. The citation was issued
against the two editors on the
grounds that they published q
criticism of the court S ruling in Il
suit for personal damages against
Il railroad corporation, in which it
wus alleged tha tthc court had been
influenced by corporation money.
Right or wrong this allegation can
not be regarded us eonteinptuous
conduct against the judicial body,
the editors probably had good rea
son to believe they were correct in
their estimate of causes of the
courts action. Still, did the Judges
feel themselves aggrieyed over hay
ing their motives impugned In q
manner held to be illegal, the laws
relating to slander and libel would
have given them ample recourse.
Instead of following this course
tho court has attempted to muzzle
the press by citation for contempt
and the imposition of fines, exces
sive in one Of the cases referred to.
AS general thing the American
people have great respect for
their legal tribunals, but since the
supreme court of Missouri has
taken upon itself the authority to
abridge certain inherent and con-
stitutional rights Of the people the
latter will promptly place them
selves in an attitude calling for
their general citation for contempt
of the supreme court of the state
of Missouri.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-07-29
Granting that the Sullivan Sen
tinel knows what i, Is talking about

Granting that the Sullivan Sen
tinel knows what it Is talking about
we cannot entirely accept the
statement in its last issue, in refer
enco to the Meramec bridge qucs-
ton, that the county Judges OF any
county are law unto themselves,
and may appropriate the public
funds at their own discretion.
The conduct of the county judges
is clearly and positively defined by
the statutes of the state, and they
cannot exceed these limitations. If
the Meramec bridge, as the Senti
mel claims, is to be located entirely
in Crawford county, the, subject is
entirely up to that county SO far
as using public funds in its aid is
concerned. Neither Franklin Or
Washington counties may spend
their money in Crawford county,
no matter how we'll disposed the
courts of the former counties may
be towards the project. We do
not know how the people of Frank
lin county generally feel towards
the bridge enterprise, but over
here wo believe general sentiment
is fairly against it, and any at
tempts of our county court to
overstep the statutes to aid it will
meet with opposition. Whatever
sentiment we have been able to
find in favor of it lies with a few
politicians who hope to make poll
tical capital and n few votes out
OF It.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-07-29
8 All Around the State.
j. Special Aerograms to the Journal.

Missouri state militia which Wa;
held near St. Joseph last week was
marked by a number of disgrace
ful rows and riots. Too many o1
the soldier boys regard these en-
campments as an occasion for booze
fighting, hence the rows and
turmoil.
Intense excitement prevails at
Bloomfield, in Stoddard County.
over the death of Gcrtie Gibson, 9
years old. 1t is claimed that she
was the victim of Il criminal assault
in which Nick, Tom and Bob N.Y.
dem are alleged to have participant
ed. The Nydems were arrested
and on the night of the 23d inst, q
mob stormed the the Bloomfield
Jail with the intention Of lynching
The suspected men, but the sheriff,
anticipating such move, had re-
moved the prisoners.
A shooting aifray occurred ut
Browning on the evening Of July
Goth, between 3. +. Biycns and G.
d. Holmes both residents of that
place. Both men emptied their re-
volvcrs, three shots taking effect
on Pivons, one passing through the
right lung and lodging against the
shoulder blade and two passing
through the heshy part Of the left
thigh. One shot took effect on
Holmes, passing tho lower part Of
the right lung, lodging under the
skin in the back from where it was
removed. One shot inflicted a
scalp wound Oil Mrs. Holmes, who
had run in between the men. The
condition Of Divens is thought to
be quite serious. The shooting is
the result Of all old grudge.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-07-29
City Snares Sc. For Girls.

The st. Louis Christian Adyo-
cate editoria!ly says: "We would
be very glad to impress our broth
ers Of the country pross with the
very great dangers that lie in wait
for the multitude Of young girls
that arc flocl2ing to our cities, cs-
peclally St. Louis, and notably at
this time. The country press is a
tremendous power tor goou and if
they would keep this matter before
their readers, constantly warning
all as TO the open door to ruin,
many might be saved who else
were lost. The. gateway to St.
Louis, our great Union depot, is
heset by II thousand snarcs for un-
wary feet. Any young girl who
comes through the gates to the
midway is at once spotted and if
it be possible the snare will be 80
spread in her path that she cannot
escape. No girl should come hc. @
unless absolutely certain as TO ;er
course. Ihe muny tempting adj
vcr;i5elnents are often mere bats
for ignorance and innocence. And
il she comes to the city ready to
enter the first carriage whose driv
CT proposes to take her to q good. /.
cheap ho1r ding house, or % accept
The first situu:ion offered. where
mo experience is required" shc
may as well bid adien to innocence
and hope when size leaves her
home And ~ 4 matter Of coarse
the young mar is almost equally
exposed - far as mora! or even
physical! safety is concerned. Ii
the country papers will only keep
these things before their readers
they will serve God and humani
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-07-29

and in board measure each contains
$500 feet, Or nearly two miles The
supports are now jnplacc ready for the
superstructurc done.
The dome Oh TIE Missouri building
is to be one of the greatest pictorial
triumpils within the walled Exposition
city. Besides its :lmmoasity. there
are TO be 1900 incandcscent lights to
add Oeauty at night. Around the
done is Il prone made Is feet wide,
from which a splendid view may be
had of the entire western end of the
city of ST. Louis
Statf for the Missouri building is
now ready and neyt week the carpen-
ters will begin putting on the outside
iin;sh The fra'ne-"o.t. t. ii already Nd
and the contractors will have the
building ready for JccapaIcy before
December ist
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-07-29

In Chicago the other day 49,
year-old girl committed suicide by
swallowing carbolic acid because
she was compelled to work all day
long in hot, sitting laundry.
Her last wolds were: "Oh, faith
er! the work was so hard that it
was,killing me. l couldn't stand
it any longer" What an indict-
ment against humanity is contained
in those words and how their
pathos must arraign the conscience
OF the American people who per
NIT the system of child slavery to
exist in the larger cities of the
country. Thousands of children
may be found in the factories and
shops doing tasks that would tax
the strength of strong men and
women. The joys of childhood are
not for them, they know nothing
beyond the daily grind of arduous
labor. A few cents Il day is the
pittance for which they render up
their happiness and oftimes their
lives, and it is only in such instan-
ces as the above that the real facts
of the abuse of American ehildlifc
are brought into prominence. The
practical man of today calls social
ism a dream Of the visionary, but
socialism has among its tenots q
demand for the abolition Of child
slavery, and when children are be-
ing driven to death by their own
hand because of such slavery, ii
seems to us that socialism is the
embodiment OF humanity and
worthy of the calm reflection of the
American people.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-07-29
Democrats and Bosses.

The Atlanta Constitution, which
is II humorous paper, says the Dem
cracy differs from the Republican
party in never having had any
bosses. Did the Constitution ever
hear of man named Croker, who
lived in New York until recently
Does it know n person named Cor
man, who is something Of a mag
nate in Maryland politics, and who
has attempted to run the politics
of his party outside Of that state
Croker and his predecessors, Fer
naudc Wood, Tweed, Kelly and
others, helped to put the Demo
cracy OF their locality under very
heavy load of discredit at one time
and another. If the Constitution
wants 10 get some points about
Gorman's pernic!ous political ac-
tivity, let it ask Grover Cleveland
for them.
AS boss. nobody has ever gone
far ahead of VIM. j. Bryan, OF
whom the Constitution has prob
ably heard. BRYAN bossed the
Democratic convention Of 1900 in.
to the adoption of II policy which Il
large part of the party wanted tc
repudiate at the time, and which
most of it has rcp1diated since
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-07-29
EN- KCUTRIN NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary upon TIE estate Of Rob-
ert Ila,die. deceased, have been grant
ed to ME by the Probate Court of
Washington County, bearing date the
second day OF July, 1903. All persons
having claims against said estate are
required to deliver them to me for al
lowaEcc "iti!in one year from, the date
of said letters, or they may be prec!ud-
ed from any benefit of such estate
and If said claims be not exhibited
within two years from the date OF said
letters, they will he forever barred.
CYNTHIA HARD1E,
EXccutriX OF Robert Uardie, deceased.
Potosi, Nc, July IS, 1903.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-07-29

George Collins. tie Union ban
dit and convicted murderer, has
boon sentenced to be hnng on Aug
u.t 18th.
Abe Helm, a Jefferson City mer-
chant who has been in business
there in the same place for thirty
three years, has just sold out to
Late Bacon, who has been in his
employ twenty two years.
The Missouri Retail Grocers As
soclaiion which met in annual con
vention at Joplin last week, decid-
ed to take action against the trad
ing stamp evil and secure such leg
is!atlon as will tax it out of exist
tauce.
Joseph a. Taylor, postmaster at
Gardner, DousIas County, has
plead guilty before the u. 5. Com
missioner at Springfield to q charge
of having ombezzled the funds OF
his office. Being unable to give
bend lie in Jail.
With his feet weighted with
heavy shaclzles, Frank Bradshaw,
q negro prisoner in the St. Louis
workhouse, committed suicide by
jumping into an adjacent pond.
The watcl not being very deep he
deliberately held his head under
until he was drowned.
A North Missouri steer worth
$50 has been the cause Of litigation
between John aIassengalo Of Ma
con county and Eliiah Rise OF
Charlton county, in which the
costs amount 70 IS, 900. The sixth
trial as to the ownership Of the
steer began last week.
The annual encampment Of the