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St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
Hank kScrubbins::
Confidence Man

81 HAL SOlQ a large invoice to the
proprietor Of the general merchan-
disc store in Chicago City and we were
sitting in the shade in front of the
store waiting for my train to arrive
at the little station close by. Not
wtthstanding the fact that the entire
place consisted Of railway station, a
general store and post office and sew
eral wretched frame houses that smut.
ted the adjacent landscape, the village
exulted in its metropolitan name and
often used it to tantalize rival towns
who could not boast such lofty titles.
The shade Of evening was falling on
the hot dusty Kansas prairie-a cool
relief from the burning sultry sun that
had baked the fields all day. A light
breeze started to blow, causing the
corn fields to rustic and the wheat
fields to sway in graceful rhythmic
waves.
l had been watching wagon drawn
by two large black horses approach
down the long road, leaving low
cloud of dust behind; the lone driver
was an old man, typical old settler.
AS he tied his horses to fence my
companion exclaimed:
ICY gum! There's old Hank Scrub
bins. Gets more letters about green
goods and get-rich-quick schemes than
any other fellow in the county"
docs he ever bite?" I asked.
Don't know about that. People al
ways called him a pretty smooth cuss
till all the green goods men in the
country got to warmin' up to him like
he was an easy mark
After Mr.. Scrubbins had been intro
duced to me he read q letter handed
him by the postmaster. When this
was finished he elevated his feet to
the railing, took a bite from plug of
tobacco and said:
well, recken, boys, you hain't
heerd about me turnin' confidence man,
have you?"
mo, how's that?" asked the post
master, all attention.
Jest like this. Last fall when
sold my wheat l. heerd that the old
Dobson Salt Marsh could be bought
by payin' the delinquent taxes. There's
. quarter section to it and salty as
rock salt, and when it's dry its as
smooth as billiard ball. Won't no
body have 1t because nothinM grow
on it; and as it joins me on the north
thought I might find use fer it. Lie
was dead set against it fer awhile. But
after promised her one Of those new
tangled washin' machines she was all
right, and SO l hitched up and we went
over to the county seat and got it
dirt cheap. The boys all laughed at
me fer buyin' it, but feller who has
jest sold 1000 bushels of wheat has
to spend part of it anyhow.
well, after had 1t fer six months
and found the land warn't no earthly
account to me Lie and my daughter
Marthy got talkin' about movin' to
some city where there was college
Lie seen in her 'Fireside Helper as
how we could get minin' stock, money |
or some good business store for our
whole plum farm and they kept nag |
gin me to do something. So writ to !
one of the fellers at Chicago and in |
4 few days got letter from a feller
In Kansas CITY, who .sez he was the
other feller's agent. Well, we kept get
Tin letters and papers, some of 'em
from fellers that said they used to
know my old dad back in Ohio So
after awhile I writ to one feller in
Kansas City to come and look at the
larm.
well, the fel;er came. I met him
here at the depet, just as it was gettin'
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09

The litigiousness of man is illus
trated In an Illinois law suit. A deed
nut cloud upon the title to . certain
piece Of land. and it waa one Of the
smallest ciouds ever on : title. The
deed conveyed title to "the east vigin-.
tilionth Of vigintillionth OF the
east ne-sixty-fourth inch OF lot L.
etc. The court remarked. with more
than i little show of reason, that "a
tract Of land described as the above
may perhaps be pictured in the imag-
snation, but such tract could not be
bound. ~
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
Henry Labouchere, of london. ha

Henry .Labouchere, Of london, has
been discussing in his paper the start
ling topic How to Thrash Wife 2
The brilliant cynic is outspoken, as
usual. He holds that even the best
Of wives at times stand in need of
correction, but advises that the mat
ter should never be undertaken with
out care and deliberation. Canes.
nokers and other similar instruments
are held to be dangerous, but "Lebby"
strongly intimates that strap may
be used to advantage when a wife be-
comes obstreperous.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
Il is said that a reporter who was

It is said that a reporter who was
assigned to talk with an American
millionaire on an important question
was repeatedly refused admittance to
his house. Then he sought out q SEN
ator, who was personal friend OF the
millionaire, and petitioned his aid.
Armed with the senator's card, he ro-
turned to the millionaire's house and
sent In his talisman. This time he was
admitted. young man." said the mil
lionaire, do you know that 16 report
ers have called upon me about this
very question, and that have refused
to see them all?" 4 ought to know it,
sir" responded the visitor, "lor am
the whole 16.'
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
LET SOMETHING GOOD BE SAID.

When over the fair fame OF friend or fne
The shadow OF disgrace shall fall; in
stead
OF words Of blame, or proof Of thus and
so,
Let something good be said.
Forget not that no fellow being vet
May fall 30 low but love may lift his
head.
Even the cheek OF shame with tear. i.
vet,
Il something good be said.
No generous heart may vainly turn aside
In ways OF sympathy; no soul SO iesd-
Bat may awaken strong and glorifed
It something good be said.
And so charge ye. by the thorny crown
4 And by the cross on which the Saviour
bled,
And by your own souls hope Of fair =.
5 noWn,
Let something good be said,
lanes Whitcomb Riley, Ia The Readav
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
II MET HIM AT THE DEPOT u

dark. He sez he was in hurry, had
big deal deal on in Kansas City and
had to get back, said he could look
over the place that night and get back
in the mornin' and wanted me and
Lie to go with him and see his part
ner In Kansas City. He had letter
writ by lawyer in the county seat
sayin' the records was all right. He
was dressed out fit to kill and talked
like creased lightnin', and didn't wan.
to see no one 'cept me and Lie.
Well, by dad! didn't know that salt
marsh was so purity till seen it that
night. Most level as table and roll
in. Ought o seen the feller's eyes
pop out-looked like twas worth 500
an acre. So Lie and me didn't want
to make him feel bad by tellin' him
It was salty.
$50 the feller bought our tickets and
we went to Kansas City on the three
o'clock train next mornin' Met the
feller's pard as we was climbin' OF the
car The new feller said he owned the
union depot and was goin' to build
better one soon as the railroads would
let him. They took us to hotel close
by and the fellers said not to worry
about expenses rs they owned the ho-
tel and would see that there was no
bills fe. US to pay. Seems as they was
buyin' the farm fer another feller they
called Client.
Well, first they wanted to trade SO
bills as was stole from the mint at
D. G., but Lie she kicked
On thai ineu they wanted us to take
Bome minin' stock in gold mine in
Californy, and Lie kicked again. The
Eellers then said they guessed they
would take only the north quarter sec
ion. After dickerin' awhile we reck-
,ned SIS a scre was q purity fair price
Then one OF them fellers ssz he had
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
Explained,

Say, paw" well, son?' What IL
frenzied finance?" "Frenzied finance,
my son, is the way your mother goes
after my pay envelope every Saturday
night Now run along and play. Mil
waukee Sentinel.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
Placing the Blaine

But, !" the young housekeeper nro-
tested, .'the milk is sour
-Yes'm," replied the honest mflk.
man; its shameful ht,W lazy them
farmers is gettin' Ye see, Eaa,am.
they've been oversleepin theirselytz
lately and before they git their cows
MIXED the stun turns. - Phlladelphia
Press. %
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
Art in Wonan's 5
Dress
PRACTICAL POINTS IN MAKING THE
MOST OF ONES OPPORTUNITIES
By EDMUND BUCKLEY, Ph. D.
(Of the University Of Chicaeo)
By EDMUND BUCKLEY, ph. D.
tCopyriRht. 1905. BY ]. B. Bowles.) J
(of tho University Of chicaeo.)

Definition of Monochromy - Most
Women Plan Costumes in at Least
Two Colors - Monochromy Gives
Unity and Rehnement-Ehfectiv
Arrangements Of Tints, Shades and
Grays-Jewelry Should Harmon
ize with General Scheme-White
Crude Color-Shirt Waists Should
Be Cotton and Colored,
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09

me crawl on hands and knees. / was
SO crippled for = time that couldn't
WALK without sticks, had headaches
and dizzy spells and the kidney secre-
tions were muddy and full Of brick
dust sediment. Doan's Kidney Pills
made the pain disappear and corrected
the urinary trouble. I have felt better
ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents . boz.
Foster Mi ilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
4 GIANT LAID Low.
cdppled and Mads III BY Awful Kidney
Disorders.
John Fernaays, fruit raiser, Webster.
N v saws: g used to lift railroad

ties easily, but
.wrenched my
back and began
to suffer with
backache and
kidney trouble
I neglected it
until one day =
twinge felled me
1s1.n = fnn ,na1N
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
HOLMES INDICTED.
Charged With Conspiracy to Defraud
the Government.

Washington, August 26.-Edwin S.
Holmes, Jr., of Washington, D. c., un-
til recently assistant statistician of the
department of agriculture, but who was
dismissed as an outcome of the investi-
cation of the leakage in the cotton
grand jury on a charge of conspiracy to
defraud the government. This an
nouncement was made by United States
Attorney Morgan H. Beach just after
where he had been instrumental in
causing the arrest of Frederick A.
Peckham, the New York broker, at
Saratoga, and Moses Haas of New
ering the charges against the three
men.
Mr.. Beach said that Holmes. who mas
been away from Washington for some
time and whose whereabouts have not
been generally known. viii be here to-
day to answer to the indictment.
Section $40 of the revised statutes,
under which Holmes is indicted and
which it is understood forms the ground
of the charge against the three men.
provides that If two or more persons
conspire either to commit any ofTens0
against the United States or to defrau0
the United States in any manner, and
one or more of such parties do any act
to effect the object of the conspiracy,
all the parties to such conspiracy shall
be liable to a penalty of not less than
81, 600 and not more than $4,000 ana to
Imprisonment of not more than two
years.
The report of the secret service agents
into the charges alleging that advance
information regarding the cotton crop
reports had been given to cotton brok-
ers in New York asserted that Holmes
had communicated advance information
to L. c.. Van Riper, a New York broker
and Moses Haas of New York. who Mr.
Van Ripper said acted as a go-betweeu
in conveying information from Holmes
to other New York brokers.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
WILL CARE FOR CHILDREN.
Rev. 0. S. Morrow of the Orphans
Society Acts at Emporia.

Emporia, Aug. 26.-The Rev. o. S.
Morrow. state superintendent of the
Kansas Orphan Children's Home so
ciety, appeared in probate court in be-
half of two Lyon county girls about
whom some litigation was threatened.
Rev. Morrow surprised the lawyers
and interested parties in the cases by
showing them that he was the legal
guardian of the girls. He holds that
Office by virtue of certain state laws.
The home society is incorporated un-
der state laws.
row was interested threatened to de-
velop into a kidnapping. The mother
of an adopted girl came here recently
from Nebraska for the alleged pur-
pose of getting the Oldest girl to go
home with her. Thursday it is said
the mother made a number of at
tempts to decoy the girl. She asked
her to go to the depot, and after the
girl refused telephone message
reached the girl that her mother had
her. This also failed. Rev. Morrow
did not want the girl to go with her
mother, not considering her proper
person to bring up the girl. The
mother only wanted the larger of her
two daughters, who is about IA years
of age. This girl has had nine homes
in as many years, but bids fair to- de-
velop into a good woman with the
proper environment.
The other case in which Rev. Nor
row is interested was that of Lillian
Barnwell. of Neosho Rapids. 1t was
| the intention of some of the attorneys
| in the $4,000 damage SUIT flied through
| them against w. H. McMullin, to
make application for the appointment
of a guardian of the person and estate
of Miss Barnwell, but when Rev. Nor
row showed them that the girl had
never been released from the guard
| ianship of the home society, no appli-
cation was made.
| Rev. Morrow Friday in Judge
Evans court filed a petition of ha-
beas corpus to recover possession OF
Miss Lillian Barnwen, of Neosho Rap
| ids The petition states that the Barn
well girl was placed under the guar
dianship of the home society by her
parents July %, 1895, and they never
have ordered her taken from its Gus
tody. The defendants in this case are
mentioned as John Doe and unknown
persons The petition states that the
plaintiff has no knowledge of where
| the girl is at present or in whose care
! she is, as she is moved about from
| cealed from the plaintiff, the home
/ society. Mr.. Morrow petitions the
l court to order that the girl be re-
! turned to his care. He intends finding
a permanent home for her, and pos
II sibIy NAV take her back to Topeka.
1t is said the removal from the county
will not necessarily affect the case filed
by Miss Barnwell for $4,000 against
w. H McMullin, as either in person
or by deposition she would be Wit
ness in the case.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
KNOWS MORE THAN HoCH.
Abilene Man Declares Wine Was Used
at Christening.

Abilene, Aug. &c. C. Sterl, a prom
inent citizen of this place, returned to-
day from the east where he witnessed the
launching of the battleship Kansas and
he declares the stories that the ship
was christened with water were fakes.
He says he is positive that champagne
was used and that the substitution of
water was an impossibiIity. Before the
day of the launching the bottle of
christening the vessel was on exhibition
in the Belleview-S Stratford hotel where
Mr. Sterl first saw it. It was encased
IN a setting of heavy silver flagree and
bore then the original labels of the
makers. At the time of the launching
Mr.. Sterl was within a few feet of the
platform where Miss Hoch was stand
ing and he says that he could plainly
see the bottle she broke upon the bow
of the ship and that it was the same
he had seen on exhibition in the hotel
side of the vessel, Mr.. Sterl says that
the contents foamed and effervesced as
champagne does when it is suddenly
released from pressure.
1T is my opinion" Mr.. Sterl said,
that the water story was started as a
joke that finally grew to such proper
tions that the persons concerned did
not care to deny it. Although the east
ern papers first printed the story of the
substitution of water for champa agne,
they afterward refused it and came
out with the truth.
IF any juggling with water and cham
payne was done," he added cit was ex-
ecuted with great skill and deceived
hundreds of people" But Mr.. Sterl is
of the firm opinion that champagne
was used
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
MRS. NULL BOUND OVER.
Tremendous Crowd at the Pratt Trial
Father Signs Bond.

- dl1ACE O1SHS AOltls
Pratt, Aug. 26.-At the close of one
in this county, Mrs. Rosa Null, of
Cullison, was bound over to the No
vember term of the district court on a
charge of first degree murder. She is
band, respected and prosperous citi-
zen of this county, August 6, by the ad-
ministra ton of arsenic.
H. Clyde Kelly, who was held on a
warrant based on the findings of a
cOrOner'S jury, charged with having
aided and abetted the accused woman
in taking the life of her husband, was
acquitted of the charge against him
and his release was ordered by Justice
McMurry before whom the hearings
were held.
Testimony introduced at the hearing
by County Attorney L. G. Turner
showed that Harvey Null went home
from work in the field Saturday even
ing, August 5, and after eating supper
was taken ill. He grew worse during
the night and died without medical at
tendance early Sunday morning. An
analytical examination of the contents
Of NulFs stomach disclosed the fact
that it contained "a grains of arsenic.
A druggist of this city testified that he
sold arsenic to Mrs Null July 26.
Kelly had formerly been in the employ
of Null and was discharged after Null
suspected intimacy between Kelly and
Mrs. Null. After a two weeks abb
sence he was in Cul1ison the night
Null died and he left early the follow
ing morning.
Mrs. Null's bond was fixed at $4,000,
which she Immediately gave signed by
her father.
The court room will hold ESQ people
and $50 was crowded in-the Railways
full and a large crowd outside.
No case in the history of Pratt
county has caused so much interest
and prejudice.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
TO SAVE A woNIAN's NAME.
Her Lover Is Serving Three Years
Term in Prison.

New York, Aug. 26.-As strange
story as that constituting the plot of
any novel will be told to Governor
Higgins of New York by a New York
lawyer when he endeavors to secure
the pardon of man who chose to
serve a sentence of three years i'm
prisonment in Sing Sing prison for
theft of which he was innocent to
shield the name of a woman from
scandal Carl Fisher-Hansen, the
lawyer, said that he would at once ap-
peal for the pardon of the prisoner,
whose name he would not reveal, at
the request of the woman whose repu-
tation the prisoner had saved at the
expense of his own liberty. The wo-
man, Mr.. Fisher-Hansen says, had
visited his Office within a few days
and said that her husband had just
died and that she now wanted to do
Justice to the prisoner. They had been
friends and, more than a year ago,
when her husband returned unex-
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
AN OIL REFINERY.
ssUncle Sam" Acts Like AtchisOn
Will Have One.
CherryvaIe Company Will Start
the Work Monday.
WILL BENEFIT TOPEKA
Pipe Lines Will Run by This
City for Storage Tanks.
Will Give Cheap Rates Up the
Missouri River.
WILL BENEFIT TOPEKA

Atchison, Kan, Aug. 26.-The Globe
says;
1t is now stated that work on the
Atchison oil refinery of the Uncle Sam
company, of Cherryvale, will be COM
menced next Monday. A telegram
was received this morning from T. r.
Clendinen, secretary of the company,
asking that representatives. of the COM
mittee of forty come to Cherryvale to
inspect the refinery there, and that Of
tieers of the Uncle Sam company will
accompany them back to AtchisOn Sat
urday, and close up the deal.
The proposed Atchison refinery is to
be duplicate of the one at Cherry
vale, which is the object of the COM
mittee of forty in inspecting it. T. R.
Clendinen, J. w. Blair and S. r. Beebe
are expected to make the trip. The
Uncle Sam company has full page
advertisement in a Kansas City paper,
based on the Atchison refinery. 1t
outlines the company's plan to pipe oil
from its own wells in the CherryVale
and BartleSville district to Atchison,
and distribute it to the Missouri river
cities between ST Louis and Omaha by
means of barges. The advertisement
shows river scene, with steamboats,
and barges. 1t also shows a pipe line,
On6ITYVal6 AlCn1SOn DY way
of Topeka. OF course the object of the
advertisement is to sell stock in the
company The statement is made that
the company owns and controls $4,000
acres of oil and gas lands, and has 80
wells under pump, with more being
drilled as fast as possible. 1t has room
for 5000 wells on its holdings. 1t is
also stated that the company is put
ting in storage tanks at Hutchinson,
Topeka, Wichita, Salfna and COncordia
and that it has a much better start
now than the oil trust had in it's be
ginning.
The company figures that it can
pump oil from Cherryvale to Atchison
for cents barrel, about one-fifth
the present railroad rate. From Atch-
ison to Omaha the company expects
to barge 500 barrels at an expense of
S120. which is dirt cheap as com
pared to freight rates. It looks for a
tremendous business in fuel oil espe-
cially in Kansas City, Leavenworth, ST
Joe and Atchison, but will be in posi-
ton to reach towns farther up and
down to Missouri, and, by use of water
and rail, to cover Nebraska, Iowa
southern Minnesota, Wisconsin and
the Dakotas. The company claims
that it will greatly increase the manu-
facturing business on the Missouri
river through cheap fuel oil.
The writer of the advertisement
mentions the fact that he saw brick
burned with wood at Atchison, within
half a mile of the site of the Atch-
argument to show that the Uncle
sam company has something the peo-
pie need. He says the Atchison re-
hnery will be completed by January .
1906, and that forty miles of the pipe
line have been constructed.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
PRIVATE CAR LINES HIT.
Must Furnish Refrigerators
in Texas

Austin, Tex, Aug. 26.-Private car
lines operating in Texas received a
knockout blow yesterday from the
hands of the Texas railroad commits
sioners. They issued an order which
requires that all refrigerating cars for
the transportation of fruits and veg
etables must be furnished by the rail-
roads and that the icing of such ship
ments must be done by the roads or
the shippers. A maximum schedule of
icing charges for shipments between
points in Texas is promulgated. These
charges range from $40 per car for a
distance of 100 miles, up to $40 per
car for a distance of 400 miles.
Under this order of the commits
sioners the refrigerating cars of Ar
mour & Co. and of the American Re-
frigerator Transit company, which
operate in Texas, will be driven out of
the state, except in, the handling of
interstate business
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
RAILROAD NOTES.

F. c. Fox, general superintendent of
the Santa Fe, started west yesterday
on short trip over the system.
Mr.. Wilkie woodward has been ap-
pointed chief assistant construction en-
gineer of the Missouri Pacific.
Dan E. Cain, general manager of the
Rock Island, left yesterday for Kansas
City where he will remain for a couple
of days.
Frank T. Dolan. general superin-
tendent of the southwestern division of
the Rock Island, will return to the city
tonight after a trip over the Missouri
division
II. C. Short, general travelling au-
ditor of the Santa Fe. has finished
checking the local office at Albu-
querque. He will check up the office
at Santa Fe next.
Mr.. w. E. Dauchy. formerly con-
nected with the engineering staff of
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
ONLY ONE.
The Record in Topeka Is a Unique
One.

The Record IN Topeka Is q Unique
One.
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Pills and expressed through our To-
peka papers in the summer of 1899
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He is always ready to speak good
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