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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-04-19

war, which was waged nearly 60 years
ago. And yet there are two veterans of
that war who are doing full service in
the United States senate and affording
irrefutable argument against DR.. Os-
ler's theory that mans greatest achieve
ments occur before he is 40, and that
men are useless at 60 and should be
chloroformed. These two interesting
characters are Senators Pettus, of Ala
bama, and Senator Bate, of Tennessee.
Senator Pettus will be "a years of age
on the 9Th of next July, but is still hale
and hearty and mentally and physically
strong. He is only two removes from
the revolutionary war, as his mother
was daughter of Capt. Anthony Wins
ton, of Virginia, famous revolutionary
soldier. On the breaking out of the
Mexican war, Mr.. PettuS entered as a
lieutenant and did valiant work. He
came back from Mexico, and just to
show the stuff he was made of and the
hardy life that men of that period de-
lighted to live, he joined party of his
neighbors and rode on horseback to
California. He was 40 years old when
the civil war broke out, and entered the
confederate army as major, rising in
rank to brigadier general of infantry.
Senator William Brimage Bate, of
Tennessee, will be 70 years of age next
October. He was quite a young man
when the Mexican war came on, but en-
listed and served as private through
out the whole contest in Louisiana and
Tennessee regiments. He had a great
record in the confederate army, which
he entered as private, rising to the
rank of captain, colonel, brigadier gen.
eral and major general. He was three
times dangerously wounded, and sur
rendered with the army of the Tennes-
see in 1865
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served IN Alabama regiments and have
been highly honored ever since.
From Arkansas comes the one-legged
confederate veteran, Berry, while Flor
ida furnishes two ex-confederate sol
diers in Senators Mallory and Talia-
ferro. Senator Mallory saw service in
both the confederate army and navy.
He was comparatively young man
when the war broke out, but went into
the war early, and near the close was ap-
pointed midshipman in the confed-
crate navy. Senator Bacon, of Georgia,
served all through the war, most of the
time as captain on general staff duty.
Senator Blackburn. of Kentucky,
served throughout the war, as did Sem
ator McCreary, of the same state The
latter attained the rank of lieutenant
colonel of the Eleventh Kentucky cav
airy.
Senator McEnery, of Louisiana, had
his full share of the war, serving in the
confederate army as lieutenant.
Money, of Mississippi, entered at the
outbreak of the war; and continued in
the army until 1864 Senator McLaurin.
OF the same state, enlisted as private
when only 16 years, old, which was in
1864, and served until the end of the
war. Bate, of Tennessee, became ma
Jor, general in the confederate army, and
Daniel, of Virginia, had reached ma
Jority when he was crippled by severe
wounds in the battle of the Wilderness.
His colleague, Martin, was cadet at the
Virginia military institute during the
war, but spent good deal of time in the
military service in the confederacy with
battalion of cadets.
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assistants, who had been standing be-
low, started out in pursuit of it.
Although she could not hear the in
structions of her husband. Mrs. Heaton
had had enough experience with aerial
navigation to know what should be
done. She knew that she could not man
age the machine by the levers and pro-
pellers that were in it, and also knew
that the only thing to be done was to
bring it down to earth before it fell into
the water. Accordingly she tried at first
to puncture the huge gas bag that acted
as balloon to the machine and kept it
above ground. Her first efforts were fu-
tile, but she persevered, and at last was
able to bring it down.
Mrs. Heaton, when she was rescued.
was none the worse for her expe-
rience. Although it might be ex-
pected that a woman would be fright
ened at what she had gone through,
she stepped out of her husbands air
ship without tremor and the only
thing that she said at the time was:
Il am sorry that l did not know how
to work the thing, and that I had
to tear the bag open. l was not
frightened. as realized right away
that it was no use to lose my head.
tried to burst the bag with a hair
pin at first, as the rope seemed to be
twisted. Then l grew excited Tor a
minute. and clawed at it, but il was
not long before I realized that the
only way to do was to get the rope
to working. So I UNFINISHED it, and
when it was straight, gave 1t pull,
and 1t collapsed gradually. was a
little afraid that / would come down
too suddenly, but there was no use
worrying over that, and, luckily, got
to the ground all right Still, don't
want any more experiences In air
ships all alone. The next time that
! 50 aloft want my husband to be
o5onG. .
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enormous straw hat with three long
feathers stuck in the band. Occasion
ally he comes to 1.-The store" for supplies,
birch-bark shelter at the top of steep
hill, the sack of flour resting on his
back fastened by strap passing over
his forehead. There are few full-blood
Indians who, however much they may
understand, profess to speak no Eng
lish; the men tall and thin, the women
stout. And there is goodly number of
small children, some of them reminding
me of japanese babies used to know;
the same stiff black hair, the narrow
bright eyes, the dear little round faces
In arbutus time they bring tight-tied
punches of these pink and white posies
to the train, and quickly dispose of their
fragrant wares; in summer, the Indian
Riddles offer to the travelling public wa
ter lilies, and later on tufts of Princes
pine and punches of wintergreen ber-
ries. They, too, are woodsmen.
The stranger finds the white woods
men, the lumber jacks, of no small in
terest, these gentlemen of the queer
high shoes, big hats and dashing air.
Some of them are half-breeds, some
French Canadians, many just Cana
dians, and there may be few Yankees.
We are often told of the roysterings of
the lumber jacks, but it were well to
dwell sometimes on other aspects of
their lives; their skill in woodcraft-it
is fine to watch them at work; and there
is no little entertainment in listening to-
their hunting tales when the days work
is over and they have gathered round
the campfire for smoke and rest. A
poor north-woods lumber jack is he that
has not shot at least one bear. OF the
deer hunting they say less-the birds
might carry word to the game warden
Every once in while in the deep
woods, close by stream or pond, one
comes upon the little hut of the trapper,
a shelter used for a few months, and then
the dweller seeks some fresh trapping
field. These cabins look, with their sides
of logs with the bark left on, the spaces
filed in with moss, very part of the
woods; one trapper, neighbor of mine
told me sometimes the deer came clean
up to his cabin, didn't see it till right on
it. Within, the cabins are squalid and
pretty dreadful, but the exteriors are
charming in their soft wood browns and
green's
KATHERINE POPE
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BRAVE GIRL CAPTURES
HER MANIAC BROTHER
st. Louis Nurse Performs Remarkable
Feat-Undaunted at Sight Of
Loaded Revolver.

st. Louis.-With remarkable cool
ness and courage Miss Mamie F. We'd
Ter. for the past three years nurse
at the city insane asylum, faced re-
volver brandished by her brother, VIII
liam Wedler, former patient at the
asylum, and, without resorting to
force, Gained him SO that he could be
removed to the emergency hospital for
observation. The sight Of the revolver
kept dozen masculine pursuers at
bay until Miss Wedler arrived.
Wedler was an inmate of the city
insane asylum about six years ago.
He was held there for nearly IA
months before he was dismissed as
cured. He had been staying at the
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islands. This is long step in the prog
ress of humanity, when the habits of
the orient in the treatment of animals is
regarded the dumb brutes as legitimate
objects of torture and abuse. Now that
the better class of these natives are be-
ginning to appreciate the barbarity of
such conduct, the advance of American
ideas becomes apparent.
The incorporators of the society in
clude ladies and gentlemen, both native
and American, who occupy prominent
positions in the social life of Manila,
and good degree of authority has been
granted them in order to further the OBJ
jects of the society. The organization
is authorized to appoint five agents in
the city of Manila and two in each prov
ince of the archipelago, who shall have
full police authority to make arrests for
violations Of the laws enacted for the
prevention of cruelty to animals, and
they can also call upon the regular po-
lice force to aid in enforcing the law.
The society Is required to make q
full annual report of its transactions to
the governor general each year, and
shall maintain principal Office in the
city of Manila, but has authority to es-
tablish branch Offices in other parts
of the island. One half of the fines inn
posed are collected through the efforts
of the society shall belong to 1t, and be
used to further its objects. The dill
gent application of the laws is expected
to be productive of considerable revenue
at first, as there will be no lack OF mn.
terial on which to work.
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as soon as it gets little warmer | shall
turn my back on the unsightly city
thawing and seek better things some
400 miles to the north. A few years ago
/ believed in the poet that sang of jour-
neying south to meet the spring. but ex-
perience has taught me a better way
journeying north.
Depressed by Chicago's annual strug-
gle to throw off winters grasp, chilled
to the marrow by the dampness that
permeates everything, eager to get
away from slush and the black ugliness
in which the city is buried, run away
from it all; l take a Northwestern night
train, and when l open my eyes in the
morning, 10! l am in a new land, a new
world. A world that, in spite of the
white snow patches here and there. has
about it much more tangible promise
OF spring than the country south.
In the night l had felt an added chill
in the air as the swift wheels bore on to-
wards Lake Superior, and had drawn up
a discarded blanket; but when | arose
and looked out upon such brilliant sun,
such dry earth, knew that, no matter
what the thermometer said, it was not
such a shivery spot as the one l had
quilted. And when left the train at the
little station of Scion Springs, l found
evidences not few that the season was
farther advanced here than in Cook
county.
Imagine prowling in the woods and
marshes about Chicago the first of April
Ugh!
But practically live in the woods
when | spend the early spring days in
the north country. To be sure the
nights and early mornings are decidedly
cold, but it is the days that are delight
full. The wonderful dryness makes
spring so pleasant, the sandy soil in
twinkling disposing of melting snow
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-sured me 1t was time for the frogs, that
already his sisters had found arbutus
in bloom, that the ice would soon be
going out, that in week the snow would
be all gone. And Joey proved a true
prophet, for the three seks we spent at
Deerprint cabin were three weeks of con-
slant outdoor living Often at moor
there was really an almost tropic heat
when the sun shone perpendicularly on
the hot sands, and not infreQuently we
would seek what shade the tall pines af-
forded. We usually ate our noon meal
out of doors, boiled the kettle over
gypsy fire built at the edge of the mead
ow bordering on Deerpoint lake. 1t was
a pleasant place for a incoming, this
meadow of wild hay" at one end rose
gentle slope whereon grew group of
young poplars, the light trunks and few
yellow leaves well set against thick
dark pines; the little lake, one of the
myriad that gem the woods of northern
Wisconsin, was pleasant water to idle
by, and we were wont to prolong our
incoming, Joey and 1, Joey taking natur-
ally to leisure, adopting the profession
for awhile
Not always, however, did the spring
fever hold us inactive, for a number OF
times we trudged many miles along
woodland paths, or down the Trail to La
Point, that old government road in DAYS
gone by much travelled by Indians in
their Journeyings to Ashland.
What l so like about this land is the
Indian atmosphere over everything, the
silent forests, the quiet little lakes, the
blessed wide stretches of untenanted
lands, the game Astounding in the woods,
the birch trees, the canoes-all the set
ting like that of those thrilling early
romances of the red man. The summer
day | first saw the Big lake and was
rowed across it by Leo. grandson of
Osaugee, Chippewa chief. rubbed my
eyes to make sure l was awake scarce
could realize that yesterday l was SUBJ
jected to fiendish noise of an elevated
train passing over my head, to the yells
OF newSboy and teamster, and to-day was
soundlessly crossing the Big lake, my
boatman silent Chippewa Indian.
One sees different types of Indians up
here, and, of course, not a great many
survivors of picturesque sort But
there are few. There is the old Sioux,
short, stocky, erect Indian, quite
ee-score-and-ten, who wears an
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In on the 4th of March two or three ad-
ditions to the corps of little men. One
OF these, George S. Nixon, of Nevada,
Is probably the smallest man in stature
In the senate. He is even smaller than
Alice, of Delaware, and that is saying
good deal. Mr.. Nixon comes to the
senate, however, bearing a reputation
OF unusual ability as a lawyer and q
man of affairs, and he is counted on to
take a place in the front rank of the
strong men in the senate.
Another short man who has Just come
In is Bob" La Toilette, of Wisconsin,
the strenuous governor and the success
full fighter of the stalwart wing of the
republican party. He matches his col
league in stature, as Senator Spooner
is also below the normal height of man.
IL La Toilette had had two or three
more inches in height he would never
have been heard of in the political
world and would never have come to
the senate. His earliest ambition was
for the stage, and he developed histrion-
1c ability of rare quality, but as he
wished to play tragedies, his diminutive
height was an insuperable bar to a ca
reer in that line. A hero on the stage
OF some five feet four inches in height
would have hard time to achieve sue
cess, no matter how fine his elocution-
airy qualities. La Toilette gave up the
Idea of going on the stage and went
into state politics, and he is now pretty
nearly the top of the heap.
Piles, of Washington; Martin, of Vir-
GINA; Alice, of Delaware. and Knox, of
pennsylvania. The latter has always
been represented as an extremely di-
minutive man, physically, but he over
tops in stature at least four of his col
leagues in the senate
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sooTHED HIM WITH A FEW WORDS.

home of his brother, George Wedler,
until January %, when he suddenly
disappeared, hiding at his mothers old
home, a few doors west. At the time
George Wedler could not account for
his disappearance and was unable to
locate him.
The other morning neighbor
rushed into George Wedler's home to
inform him that his brother was raw
ing at her place, threatening to kill
number of his fancied enemies. Miss
Mamie F. Wedler was notified and pro-
ceeded to the scene accompanied by
an officer.
The sight of the officer apparently
angered the maniac, who was holding
crowd at bay with loaded revolver
He discharged the weapon suddenly
and blood was seen to flow from his
own hand. The crowd retreated,
shouting warning to the maniac's
sister. The latter, undaunted, walked
calmly to Wedler's side and soothed
him with few words.
The officer placed the man in an
| ambulance and he was taken to the
observation ward at the emergency
hospital, where his wounded hand was
dressed. Later, during a lucid inter-
val, when informed of what had trans
pired, Wedler sobbed pitifully
His sister, Miss Wedler, is consid-
cred one of the best nurses in the in
sane asylum, where she has served
for three years. Previously she was
nurse at the city poorhouse for near
ly ten years.
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wearers of the Gray.

HILE the death of
Reagan wiped out
the members of
Jefferson Davis
cabinet and the
death of Senator
Vest a few months
ago took out Of
public life the last
member of the con-
federate congress,
there are still In
the house and sem
ate quite a coterie
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Can Conduct Funera1 Alone.

Wabash, Ind.-Rev. Clark Shawley,
who has been holding services in the
Friends church, this city, Is an all
round man. Besides being minister he
is in the undertaking business and is q
singer of local renown. He has been
known on many occasions to take charge
of the remains at q funeral, to preach
the funeral sermon, and help out with
the music at the service. He il much In
demand In his triple capacity.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-04-19

he recent death of
John II. Reagan, of
Texas, removes an
other of the old
t / m e democrats
who made an i'm
press on public af-
fairs in Washing
ton and elsewhere.
Mr.. Reagan was
well k n o W n in
w a S b / n g t on,
whore ha cnr1yad in
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of public men who wore the gray and
served with distinction in the confeder-
ate army. Nearly all Of the southern
states have representatives or senator's
in congress who were confederate sol
diers. Alabama contributes in the sem
ate two distinguished brigadier gener-
ais Of the confederacy in the persons Of
Senators Pettus and Morgan. They both
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Veterans of the Mexican War.

HILE the veterans
of the civil war OF
both the confeder-
ate and federal
armies are still
found in public life
d o i n g splendid
service, although
40 y e ar S h a v e
passed since the
close of that con-
fiict, they seem as
boys, almost, COM
pared with veter-
ans of the Mexican
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Progress in the Philippines.

HE pro g r e S s o I
American civiliza-
ton in the Philip
pines is well exhib-
tied by the enact
ment of a law by
the Phil p p i n 9
commission a u
thorizing the in
corporation of the
Society for t h 9
prevention of Cru
city to Animals in
t h e Philippine
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men AT Washington
NEW SENATORS SMALL IN STAT
URE, BUT BIG Drained.
"A TOILETTE OF WISCONSIN
Passing of John II. Reagan, Of Texas,
Old-Time Democrat-Wearerso of
Gray in Public Life-Prog-
ress in Philippines.
ASHINGTON.-

. SH l N CT On
The United States
senate is acquiring
a large number of
men of small stat
ure. They are d.
minutive only, of
course, in physical
stature, as most of
them are intellect
ual giants, famed
for their ability In
and out of the sem
ate. There came
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The Pleasant Holiday Land
Of the North Country ~ X *
Nature Lover As Well Sportsman Finds Here Reaches
Whose Charm Draws Him Back Again and Again.

YHEN do l like it best, this
J: :: !: !: :: J: :: ::
HxYRSH blessed region that lies up
kSNA there but half a days jour-
HkS2S ney from noisy, noisome
Y CO j Chicago? 1t is hard to tell,
and l am tickle visit it in
midsummer and revel in its
wealth of wild buttercups, the north
ern" tang of its air, the ripple and blue
of it's waters, the luscious berries, the
fragrant pines. linger there in the fall,
and vow no place displays such vivid
ness of autumn tints; the green of win
tergreen tufts on the ground and of tall
pines above, contrasting most pleasant
ly with ruddy scrub-oak and flaming
lower growths; following birches beau
tiful against background of somber
evergreens and roof of blue sky; the
drum Of partridge, deer fleeing through
the woods, make pleasant sound and
sight
Just now my thoughts dwell on the
spring aspect of the north woods, and
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Passing of Historic southerner
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-05-23
WORKING OF THE "HUNCH'
The Premonition Sometimes Is Effec
tive, and Then Again It
Fails to Operate.

Says the Kansas City Star: The
"hunch." which may be called premo-
milton, is wonderful thing. That II
exists there is no doubt. Almost every
body has lunches now and then, and
they usually say they worked out Hay
Clark, travelling man who was in a
sleeper bound for Texas recently when
about to happen 1T worried me SO
dressed and went into the smoker, three
cars ahead" said Clark the other night.
Fifteen minutes later broken rail
wrecked the train and the sleeper turned
completely over, injuring two dozen peo-
pie. | escaped without bruise." A doc
tor who lives at the hotel smiled at this.
Il had a queer 'hunch' once myself" he
said. Il was In Denver and was walk
ing along very dark street about mid
night. Suddenly a 'hunch' told me to
turn off the street or would be killed
by footpad l pulled myself together
and scoffed at it. Half block farther a
man stepped out Of an alley and raised
an iron pipe over by head. The blow,
knew, would kill me-" What hap
pened?" asked Clark. why" replied
the doctor. ''the 'hunch' made good.
The pipe came down on my head and
knocked my brains out" The doctor
slapped his sides and laughed heartily.
Clark was silent a moment Then he
said: We'll. doctor, I've often wondered
what was wrong with you That ex-
plains It." The doctor did not Join In
the laugh that followed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-05-23
FAILURE TO MAKE A WILL.
Curious Reluctance Of Many People
to Have Such Document
Drawn Up.

l think the members of my profession
will unhesitatingly agree that the aver
age human being pays the minimum OF
attention to transaction of the first
Importance, namely, the making of his
will, writes Judge Henry A. Shute, in
Good Housekeeping. Why this should
be so Is not easily understood or readily
explained, but it is nevertheless fact
that a large proportion Of wills are
hastily drawn, ill-considered, and but
imperfectly express the actual wishes
and intention of the testators.
A large majority of people have q
curious reluctance to make will or
even to remotely consider any subject
concerning their demise. The result is
that many who really intend to make
wills put the matter OF until 1t Is too
late, and leave their estates to the hands
Of administrators, who do the best they
can without the valuable guidance of q
well considered will; or in a large per-
centage Of cases the wills are SO i'm
perfectly drawn as to be invalid, or only
sustained after the great expense and
wearing anxiety Of protracted litiga-
ton.
Even old Betty Higdon's little John
ny put OF the execution of his will to
almost the last minute, when after max
ing signs to move his playthings, the
horse, the ark, the yellow bird. and the
man in the guards, to the next cot in the
hospital, made final bequest OF kiss
for the boofer lady," and then after hay
ing satisfactorily disposed of his share
Of the goods Of this world, left it.