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Evening star., 1903-07-24
STRANDED IN KANSAS
College Men Who Went There to Secure
Work as HarYesters.

A special to the New York World from
St Louis yesterday says: Stranded 1000
miles from New York, without money or
friends or hope Of securing employment in
the harvest fields, which they confidently
went from New York to get, several score
of eastern college men and artisans are IN
dire straits in the prairie towns Of western
Kansas. This is the story told by Fred
Nuttall Englishman, who passed
through st. Louis tonight, burned and blis-
tered by the sun, penniless and dishearten-
eG. on his way to New York to his wife
and babies.
Nuttall asserts that the plight Of the col
lege men he left behind him In Kansas.
many Of them poor young men working for
an education, and led by the hope of earn
ing 500 or $500 to assist them in their
studies next winter is desperate in the ex-
| treme. They are looked upon as tramps.
Nuttall came to the United States four
! months ago with his family, and i'm
mediately attracted by the advertisements
for harvest hands needed in Kansas. Ninety
days OF Kansas at $3.50 per day. board
ured this would give him the start he need
ed to make his way in the new country.
He went to the New York employment
bureau and was informed he must pay
$3.50 for transportation to Topeka.
He started with party of thirty-two,
mostly college men. They were all in high
spirits. At every station the college men
would shout their rival yells on the plat
forms. They landed in Topeka, their en-
thusiasm unabated, and were dispatched
by the Topeka agent to Ness City and
charged 81. so each for railroad fare. They
objected to this assessment, but without
result
Nuttall originally had $40. Of which, after
| deducting railroad fare and travelling ex-
penses, he had exactly $S left when he
laEded at Ness City. Farmers at their
wits end to save their crops were not
thronging the station to meet them and
| give them the expected employment. No
one was on hand except the usual quota of
loafers to be seen at any western depot
The party went to the only hotel where
for more than week they paid 81 a day
| for beds and for food they could scarcely
eat. They inquired for the farmers who
demand for harvest hands around there.
| Finally farmer appeared who wanted
five men. Nuttall was one Of those chosen.
| They worked for three days in the blazing
| burning sun, eating the coarsest food and
| sleeping in the barn and working fourteen
| hours daily. AT the end OF three days they
were given 50 each and told they were not
needed any longer. When they stated that
! they were given to understand they would
| be paid 81. 80 per day apiece, the farmer
| slyly reminded them that he had fed and
| lodged them and that he had deducted 81. 80
per day per man for this.
Nuttall with his $3 got on the first train
| going east. He had to give the So up t.
various brakemen before he got to Kansas
| City. There he sold his watch for 81 90 on
which he managed to get to ST. Louis A
purse was raised for him here and he
started for New York tonight.
Evening star., 1903-07-24
Does He Apprehendp


Reporter: Mr. Cleveland. suppose the
democratic convention next year should
nominate you for the presidency-woud you
accept the nomination." Distinguished
Statesman: Young man, to reply to that
question in a candid and straightforward
manner, | have no hesitation in saying that
the contingencies of politics are uncer
tain, and the issues so involved, that 1t be-
comes a serious matter whether or not
man who may be said TO have retired from
politics is warranted in assuming that a
convention will or will not pursue a certain
prescribed line Of conduct. Therefore, the
question naturally resolves itself into two
points. First, is there anything in the po-
litical situation that will justify such ac-
tion or lack of action? Secondly, to what
extent, If any, should a man who may be
said to have retired from politics consent
to identify himself with movement hav-
ing for its object the purposes herein stat
ed? This being the case it becomes ap-
parent at once that the main question to be
considered is one of purely relative import
ance. You apprehend me. do you not?'
Evening star., 1903-07-24

ginning to end" she said. land If Captain
Dyer had at heart the 3suerests of the two
organizations he would have forgotten his
personal grievances, II it be true that he
entertained grievances. Gle Is doing all the
to this time" "a
To the question of %kat steps she pro-
posed to take in the matter. Mrs. Ball re-
piled that she never crossed bridges till she
reached them, and she never rendered judg-
ment in a case till 1t was tried.
when the time comes for me to act,
shall be right there she declared, and
shall be mindful of my obligation as an Of
ficer while adjust matters in such way as
seems to me to be for the best interests Of
both the Spanish War Veterans and the
auXiliaries''
Evening star., 1903-07-24

Reporter-"Anything new in police mat
ters today?
Desk Sergeant-"What paper are you
working forT'
Reporter-"The Woman's Own"
Desk Sergeant-'I thought they didn't
employ anybody but women on that paper"
Reporter'I am the bearded lady. STRIP
Chicago Tribune.
Evening star., 1903-07-24
BON r1ARCHE, 314=32O 9TH St.

the "haw-haw'' on Broadway, and that II
the blame is ever fixed 1t will be somewhere
in the Rialto quarter. In the meantime 1t
is to be hoped that the English 'haw-haw'
will not go so far as to spread to England.
where it would surely create CONSERVATION.
Evening star., 1903-07-24
can Apache Princess"

Gen. Charles Kings new story not yet
published. will begin in tomorrows Star
and continue daily.
Evening star., 1903-07-24
THE YELLOWSTONE CANON
First Impression a Confused Sense of
Bigness and Barbaric Color.
From the Century.

Imagine, If you can-but you never can
a mighty cleft in the level earth a third of
a mile wide, its Drinks sharp, precipitous.
reaching over twelve hundred feet down
ward, sometimes almost perpendicular.
sometimes banked with huge heaps of
talus or buttressed with spindling pinnacles
and towers often surmounted with eag gle
nests and all painted glowing with tic
Evening star., 1903-07-24

Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball. acting president
of the District auxiliary, before whom the
auxiliary troubles will eventually be laid,
refused to discuss the merits of the ease to-
day.
1T is a most unfortunate affair from be-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22
(To DC c"ntinucd.o
About Left-Eyed People.

The man who spends half his time
irving to classify people said he never
saw so many left-cycd passengers IN
one car.
"What do you mean by left-eyed pas
sengerso" asked his companion.
"People VINO use their left eye more
than their right" was the reply The
species is not common. and OF course,
none but a student in ocular science
would be able to detect, off-hand, the
few who mwe do meet A left-handed
person advertises his popularity at
once; not so the left-eyed man. AS a
rule. it takes an oculist to determine
which eye has been used most. but
there are certain peculiarities OF the
pupil and lid that can be taken as pref
ty sure signs by the trained observer.
"Left-eyed people are made, not born.
Most of us have been blessed by ma
ture with eyes of equal visual power,
but the attitude we strike when read
ing or writing causes us to exercise
one eve more than the other, and the
first thing we know we are right orleft-
eyed. This is one-sidedness that
should always be taken into considera-
ton when buying glasses. A right
eyed man with left-eyed spectacles, or
vice versa. is at decide ddisadvant
age. and it is the opticians business
to see that he is properly fitted
New York Times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22
A Fair Business Woman

Mrs. Twitter-Oh. I've no patience
with my husband sometimes. He says
that women have no heads for bust
ness.
Mrs. Flntter-And after the splendid
work you have done at our church fair.
Where is the man. I'd like to know,
would could sell goods at 800 per cent
profit? Women have no heads for
business. indeed!-Boston Transcript.
A Plea for the Wooden Shoe.
I'VE have wisely taken to wearing
sandals says a physician. II hope
that before long we will learn the
sabot. Do you know that great many
diseases arc due to leather shoes
due to the wearing all day long of
tight leather that is often, in bad
weather. water soaked? And do you
know that by the wearing of wooden
shoes, which keep the feet dry and
which do not draw all these diseases
might be avoided? l have several
pairs of sabots. and so have my wife
and children. They cost about 80
cents a pair. and keep the feet dry,
without cramping them or making
them unhealthy tender. i believe
that the wisest thing Americans could
do would be to take up the sandal
and the sabot. discarding altogether
the shoe of leather -Philadelphia
Record.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22
p,- .ho confessed to herself th,t

Rur she confessed to herself th;t
there was a certain power about MIN.
Notwithstanding his want OF renne'
ment, there was certain power
about him which almost made heF
half afraid-a sensation she very rare
ly experienced.
She did NOT reply, save that she
threw into her face a look of reilel
and gladness which elated him.
"Wil it amuse you. and help XIII
time to take sail? The wind is just
right to go to the lighthouse" >he
suggested. w.,
Thanks! | should be so glad. You
really do me great kindness. Mr..
Burt. for / am so fond of sailing on
the salt water. and it is so very rarely
that have the chance
Miss Caryl as she spoke. smiled up
into Burt's face in a way that woman
bad never done to him before; and
that look, brilliant and lavishly sweet,
went through his veins like wine.
J,,ia was not. after all, such a
naughty, icy woman-or rather the
thought deep down in his heart as
she had meant it to be. was that tnere
was something in him that made her
unbend.
ITO he ContinucdD
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22
Due to a Bad LANGUAGE.

ut is a queer language" said a
bewildered Frenchman "a horse
falls into re subway, and it goes up
in smoke, and re firm goes under from
re fire. while re goods go down on
account of re smoke and re waittaire
when re fire goes out
''Ze wife runs up bill at re shops,
re bookkeepaire runs up re column of
figures in re ledgaire. re husband
runs from re collectaire, re shop
keepaire runs over to re court, and
re attachment runs about a month.
and zen it runs out.
re gamblaire sees re poor foreign.
er, re foreigner sees re gamblaire's
bet and raises it: zen he sees a flush
royale, and zen re police seize re
whole business. Re gamblaire sees re
wardman. and re foreigner sees his
money no more. 1t is a strange Ian
guage you have in re great country of
America. New York Tribune.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22
Cat Forty.Two Years Old.

Herr Pohl. president of the German
Society for the Protection of Cats, has
just published the results of his inves.
tlgation in regard to the age which
it is possible for these animals to at.
.ain.
Cats, he says, are like human beings
in cCe respect. The more peaceful
and better regulated their life is the
longer they are likely to live. AS a
proof. he points out that a favorite
cat in the royal castle of Nymphen.
burg has lived to be forty-two years
cid. and consequently may fairly claim
to be considered the dean of cats in
Germany.
That this ren 1rkable animal has
still scme youth in her is evident from
the fact that she gave birth to kit
ten two years ago. Moreover, the kit
ten thrived wonderfully and attracted
much attention when it was exhibited
at the exposition in Breslau.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22
MADE A NAME QUICKLY.
Few Congressman Becomes Popular
in WASHINGTON.

in Washington.
When Capt. Gardner arrived in
Washington to take his seat in the
mouse he was welcomed. by Secretary
Moody with the facetious greeting:
You are entering congress badly
handicapped. You have to live down
"a father-in-law, predecessor, and a
bad reputation" Gardner has been
here a fortnight and he has already
overcome his handicap. His first
chance came at the Gridiron dinner a
few days after his arrival, when he
gave a talk which was a gem of post
prandial oratory. He held his own in
unaccustomed surroundings and tossed
back telling retorts at malicious inter-
ruptions, until Speaker -to-Be Cannon
turned to Speaker Henderson with the
remark. THAT boy is all right. He can
lake care Of himself anywhere
At the Tantalus dinner Gardner
gave line that will live in history
when he referred to Littlefeld as the
man whose name was never sullied
by being attached to majority re-
port So that, thanks to his readi-
ness. Gardner is already better known
in the house than many man who
has been here for years.-Boston Jour
uaI
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22

WAS PUNISHED FOR ISLANDER
How the Laws Were INDICATED in
EnqIand i. 1864.


In the year 1864 John de Hakford
was convicted Of bringing false
charge of conspiracy against the
"chief men" OF London. The sentence
OF the court was that 'the said John
Shall remain in prison for one Whole
year and Il day. And the said John
within such year shall four times have
the punishment of the pillory-that is
te' say. one day in each quarter of the
year, and in this manner: The said
John shall come out of Newgate with.
Out hood or girdle, barefoot and un.
shod, with a milestone hung by a
chain from his neck, and lying on his
breast, it being marked with the
words. "A false liar And there shall
be pair of trumpets trumpeting be.
fore him on his way to the pillory,
ard there the cause Of his punish
nients shall be solemnly proclaimed
And the said John shall remain on
the pillory for three hours of the day,
and from thence shall be taken back
to- Newgate in the same manner, there
tc remain until his punishment shall
be COMPLETED
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22
Twenty-Five centurie. Old.

Most boys and some girls have
played in their time the game of dibs,
o.; knucklebones, but few of them
know that the game has existed since
the third century B. c., and is prob
ably still older. How it was played in
ancient days no one can tell, but the
ankle-joint bones of the sheep, OK,
deer and pig were used, and the game
was called ''astragal," from the Latin
word for the ankle Joint In Scotland
pebbles are often employed, whence
the name, "chuckies." Even precious
stones and gold and bronze "stones'
have been used, and in some countries
the bones were marked with numbers
and colored to represent kiues
queens. knaves end pawns,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22
eAre or THE ARBITRATOR.
What Happened to the Mutual Friend
Peace Advocate. y

What Happened to the Mutual Fr'eno
Peace Advocate.
The lovers had quarreled. l..
"Ill never speak to you again." SIT
cried.
perhaps you'll give me back my
ring" he retorted scornfully.
II wouldn't wear your old ring for a
thousand dollars" she asserted.
This is tae end" he said.
wait a minute" interrupted the
mutual friend. Don't forget that these
are the days of arbitration, SO let's
arbitrate this affair.""
Hes entirely in the wrong she IN
sisted.
It's all her fault" he replied.
We'll, let's have statement OF the
case from each SIDE" said the mutual
friend.
The girl thought it over, and her face
grew red.
IF l tried to put it in words, she
said to herself, I'D be posing as q
little fool"
Somehow her grievance wasn't tang
ible.
The youth thought it over, and he
began to feel uncomfortable.
I'D be 6 jackass to try to explain
this thing to a cold b,ooded mortal,
nc said to himself.
We'll, let's hear what it is, said the
mutual friend.
Nothing" said the youth.
Not thing" said the girl, land
Id like to know what business it is
OF yours anyway"
IF you annoy my fancee any more
said the youth, I'LL break your head.
Here's your ring, Oracle"
You're so good to me, Ralph said
the girl.
Go away can't YOU" they both said
to the mutual friend.--Buffalo News.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22
A MournfuI Finish.

There was excitement in the hen
house The turkey on the top roost
gobbled himself hoarse with frenzy
and every other hen in the establish.
ment cackled like punctured tire.
Young Flatten Fluffy was monkey.
ing around the yard!" exclaimed the
messenger who had just arrived, "and
met the boss with large Ratchet"
And how did he behave himself?'
asked the Hurried chorus
oh" said the messenger, che lost
his head completely
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22
Earnings.

Clark-See here! You told me If 7
took course of instruction from Won
it wouldn't be long before I'd be earn.
ing 800 week.
Professor Skinner-Well?
Clark-Well, I'm getting $40 a week.
Professor Skinner-But, honestly
now. don't you feel that you're earn.
ing 500? Every clerk feels he earns
ten times as much as he gets.-PhiIa.
delphia Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22
Ranterino.

Laugh all you please!" Kissed Row.
land Ranatt, but will show you some
cay how can sweep everything before
Inc on the stage"
Yes" giggled the sweet SINCE,
probably you can ge. the position OF
supe, to use your broom when the
sand-dancers are through."-Ch;ca.o
News
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22
Defined.

Freddie-Whats q winter resort
dad?
Cobwigger-A place where there.
no winter.-Exchapee,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22

STOP THAT RACKING COUGH
and avoid danger Of consumption and pneumssi
promptly taking Coles Cough Cure. 1t t9lal
and Is good. Every bottle guaranteed. Isl
cents, by all good druggists.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22

All sorts of useless things are 10
found in the upper stories of men
old houses.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22

The man who is trying to lr|
double life is generally a man ,
can't live one decently.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22

DIR. j. III. RINDLAUB, tspeciau
Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat,
Fargo, n. ID.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22

Oh, no, Cousin John! South AMI
ca is not South Africa.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22

Lydia e. Pinkham's vegeht|
Compound cures female ills Nh
all other means have failed,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-22


wishing so much to meet some one
who could entertain me! My brother
is gone. and l am just perishing with
ennui!"
Dicks first impulse was to be furi-
GUS at this intrusion, but when he
turned toward the speaker at her first
words and saw her eyes, full of a fiat
tering and enticing expression, his
mood changed somewhat.
i am very sorry, but fear can
not entertain you," he said. gruff1y.
Julia knew that this was man who
would need something more decided
to enchain him than the subtle attcn-
lions that might work their charm on
a more refined person.
She was prepared to be quite open
in her fiattery of him.
do not say that" she exclaimed,
despair. l shall think my first impress.
sion was true"
OF course, he grew little more in
terested. Had this beautiful woman
thought of him?
what was that"
THAT you disliked me, and that you
were sorry I had come"
Burt was confused, and yet pleased.
"There is nothing to beat women
in the notions they take" he ex.
claimed, his black eyes looking more
closely at Julia; and then he con-
tinued. IF your supposition were true,
then l have changed my mind"
Certainly he Is not q gentleman. :"
again decided Julia.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-01-02
Two Kinds Of Law.

There was a case In the police court
yesterday whore young man was
charged with the theft Of some boots.
but the parties settled. the accused
paying the acCusor 30 cents. You
had no RIGHT 10 take money 10 settle
a case OF theft" said the police magis.
tratc.
AS a ctntcmcnt Of law. this may be
al right, but how does the principle
worl. as applied 20 larger people than
the 5U-ccnt disputants In yesterdays
court? when n bank clerk steals
thousands Of dollars. does the law
say that the bank has no right 20 take
money 20 settle the case OF theft?
Whatever the written law may be.
the practice g. TO let big operators In
theft settle with the big Institutions
they have wrougcd. The principle is
IN practice-accepted that the big IN
sttUtion shall be considered and en-.
abled Co recover. IL II can, what has
been stolen from H.
The way u works out 81 this, rs In
many ether matters. ~ that there Is
one law for the great and another for
the smcll.-Toronto Star.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-01-02
septemher.


The memory of sunllt summer i,nrors
Upon he mouldrlng mansion. quaint
and gray:
Time touches tcndcrly with wearlcd On.
gers
Tho cIInslns Ivy which It Kissed ia
May.
I hear the frightened whispering of now-
crg:
4 robin files across the sullen sky:
And ola. the leaves are falling In the
bowers
whsr ws forgot that sunlit days must
die!
Alas, that from our eyes. by angels
blinded.
The world should brush the g,amor,
Heavens,
fain would dream. and never be re-
minded
That youth must vanlsh-happ,ncss be
spent.
n H. YOU know. tho on repeated story:
We dream our dream. and wake 10
find life real:
Some 60 despair, some TO n sh0rt-lived
glory
How few. alasi 20 hnd n hoped ideal
Felix y. Gcrson In Some Vcrtcs.'
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-01-02

expectorate blood for many days.
Then seIzing his pal! of soapy water
he dashed u into the face OF the
Prophet who had risen To give an
alarm. Then throwing open the WIN
dow which opened onto the broad
voranda, be exclaimed:
Rose, Rose; now or never Come.
With a startled cry OF Harry she
sprang toward him. and they leapeg
from the veranda and in a moment
were tearing out OF the grounds sur.
rounding Elysium In the Prophets
own carriage. which had been stand.
ing awaiting for him.
When the carriage and horses were
returned late that afternoon the burly
colored man who drove them carried
also n note to the Prophet. II read as
follows:
Lest you should want 20 take any
action regarding the escapade OF this
afternoon. / will give you my correct
name and address. Should you do
so. however. or make any sort OF
trouble regarding the estate OF my
wife. nee Rose Walker. | viii be
pleased TO meet YOU In n legal battle
that will 20 a great deal further than
you suspect"
Harry l.. Pearson.
Attornoy.at.Law.
Room IA. No. 327 Fifth St"
There was no sign from the
Prophet and bis followers.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-01-02
az a. e az Ar
IN THE HOUSE OF THE PROPHET.
Copyright, 1909, by Daily STORY Pub. COZ
by THOMAS BARGE

believer and renounced all ties when
she became one OF us. The inldel
husband chall never know. Verify out.
siders know nausht OF what happens
I'm Elysium.'
Then raising his voice until there
was a suggestion OF menace In e be
continued: Il have been n faithful
disciple. and II the rewards are no:
for the elect WAC are 90 have them ?
do not question the stewardship OF
the funds and the properties. II Is
duo that should have some OF the
joys Of the world"
The two mon looked into each
others eyes q moment. Then the
Prophet said: