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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-23
.LA n.AyAMEsI,,

Maxine Gomez had seven camping
places in the timber, SO welconcealefl
that nobody but well-traiid ttmbar
wolves could find him. andn one Of
these retreats a hospital VS. MAIN
tanned for more than two yes by ar,
ebony Amazon called La BaNnesia.
Her real name is Rosa Caellanos,
and she was one of the genuh hero.
ines of the War for Liberati She
is now living at camaguey, phticing
| tho profession Of nurse and Iwife,
honored and respected by d trus
Cubans,
La Bayamesia Is n giantess, full.
blooded nesress, six feet five nes In
| height and as Mack as q blu Of
Eanthracite coal Her muscular delop-
! ment Is extraordinary. Her stAgth
| was so great that she regularlAar-
/ ried the sick and wounded insuInts
| from the camps and battlefield OF
/ Santa Clara and Puerto Prinefptpn
her hack twenty, thirty and evenly
miles to her hospital in tho Ns$a
| Hills, southeast of Camaguey, Ga
Mill that is inaccessible to ordiy
| people she had a row Of tents ruy
I supplied with the necessaries OF
and she hoisted her patients to thep
In hammocks. The hospital was
pregnable; no army could have ia
1t, and 1t was so concealed by tim
/ that the Spaniards could never ~
found it except by accident, TN
Rosa castellanos nursed the slck
wounded. with the assistanceof seve
hospital stewards and nurses. EVd
4 native farmer and lahorer In that nj
i of the country knew there was su
a place, and respected her requests
LIE they We're the commands of the n
4 mighty. They gave her whateveYH
needed from humble stores andf
J, was much hetter supplied than|3
a part of the insurgent forces,
Tho insurgent government gavN
a commission "a captain IN the q
She was much more entitled top
rank of general than the majoridS
4 those who who parade as such,lt
when her hospital was vacant, Va
there was no Hck or wounded to IA
for, la Bayames!a went down N
] fought In the ranks. She Is now Y
s tween sixty and seventy years old, !
; as vigorous as q woman OF thir
When the proceeds of the thirty-f
j million dollar loan We're being q
!, tributed among the veterans OF
revolution she received $1,000 asSf
SHARE with which she bought q no
in the city Of Cana guey, and there
lis living now,--W. e. Curtis, IN Ch1ca
Record Herald,
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hood, The old peace was again steal
Ing over her; perhaps 1t would fully
return IL she went to her fathers
grave,
| Before she was half way there the
day of foodless exposure began to tell
upon her strength. The last confused
sound which reached her ears was the
roar of the Storm It was the same
train which the night before had
brought her from New York.
Half an hour later a horse which
came along through the darkness re-
fused to pass drift in the road. The
two men who got out of the sleigh to
Investigate found Kittie lying across
their way,
When next she opened her eyes they
rested upon many persons whom she
knew. The one she knew best OF all
stopped and kissed her.
"FIow did you fine meg" she asked,
feebly.
cit was easy to guess where YOU
I had gone, after what you told me when
| we last met"
Perceiving that they were not need
cd. every one then left the room but
1.-THE anxious stepmother and he who
was most concerned,
1T was useless to come" protested
Kittie; II dare not listen to YOU"
You are too uncompromisingly scru-
pulous," he said. "ahd 1t has caused
you to misunderstood everything. The
twin laws of growth and change Mt
tack and distract everybody: they are
the supremest tragedies In the uni-
verse; but since you cannot alter them
you must not let them dismay yon
Take life as it is, and remember that
1t Is almost impossible to do anything
4 honest or otherwise. which does not
4 Invade some PERSONS rights. or make
some bell or another Jingle out Of
i tune. For Instance. that which YOU
.Inow believe to be your duty would only
NIL you with new remorse mean, you
would soon uphraid yourself for de,
4 nying mo my sole chance of happiness
Il In this world, The Investigation OF
ethics OF seAshness hadn't taken yol
4 quite SO far as that, had It. my poor
. puzzled darling?"
!. The nallor ON her cheeks increased
for an .instant; then she smiled-fol
the first time In many weary day,
\ '.Another onfusion--nearly an
other. sln-entiraly another point o
y view!" she faltered. us there nothing
! anywhere but the point Of view?"
"oh, yes" he answered. as she hi,
her face on his shoulder to obseur
. the dawnlng of g new light, there l
|, something Very much. better; there !
) love-tfe balm for all confuslons an
: for every polnt of View"
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N the far New Hampshire hill cum
try stands lone farm house which
has weathered more thar century.

has weathered more thar century.
Il The age Of the owner. though.
was not SO we'll concealed as that
of his house; for every one Of his eighty
years had set It's mark upon him In
passing. Still his back and shoulders
We're as straight as those Of IL boy,
and there was neither halt nor fa.ter in
his steps.
AS she met him at tho door, on n
certain August noon, his wife glanced
half -timidiy through the bell shaped
NAPLES toward the highway.
Eyes" he said. Its pretty neat
time the boy brung her. heard the
cars more'n half an hour ago. It's
awfully funny, though, how skcered
you be O. Kit! You'll like her on
sight Everybody does. Shucks. You
fellers down in New York wanted to
marry err T'want no use. She's all
farm. Never'll wean her from! that.
Can't make nothin' but a farmers wife
out o. her. Yes, IN course your like
her"
AS II overcome by a SENSE OF her
own righteousness she for a moment
laughed lightly. In partial unison with
has heartier mirth. then said, gravely;
but. you must remember. :tu
your second wife. and not her mother
That makes a difference
just then there came tho sound OF
wheels the barking of dogs, and &
shuttle of swift feet across tho Kitchen
floor I3y the time Mrs. Whites eyes
We're clear her husband and u gall ant
beautiful girl were clasping each othel
closely. hatf laughing and haif-cryinR
ALTERNATING little choky 5hours o!
'.Daddy." and 'I<it!'' and concentrating
the brief Intervening silence With We
sounding l<tssAs.
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The Balm for All Confusions.
By LEW VANDERPOOLE.

Mrs. Whites heart beat tunultuously
as she and the girl first faced each
other. In the single second Of silence
which followed a mutual chord Ot ttn-
der sympathy was struck between
them; their hands met, and thon their
lips.
You are my new mother said tho
one.
Yes, dear" answered the other
me Old man. satisfied, went sn,iling-
~ out to his work.
Ills wife and daughter were alult-
ting cordially when he returned In
doors. and it seemed to aim that HE
Immediate meal was the bas. he had
ever tasted.
That afternoon he and Kitty visited
every spot for which she had cared in
former years.
From her earliest infancy the farm
had been to her as one ofethe gardens
of Paradise, ministering to her every
need. and furnishing her endless omnse :
ment. Whenever these had oaen ulls
In the outdoor work. her fancy had
feasted on the tales OF soc!nl and al
venturous life. with which rho look
shelves OF the neighhorh2pd nbou,dcd
!, So 1t had ever been up to her fiji
teenth year, when she had reluctantly
gone to distant seminary. hut rcllher
that nor four years activity II, o Now
York publishing house, dimmed any
Of the northern lustre. IT was still /,
sacred household in a aoly place,
AT" twenty-five, her employers sen,
her abroad for a year,
Scarcely had she landed in France
when the news came that her ,nothe,
! had suddenly died. Though 4: lonS-Gx,
lpected, sorrow, this prca.ratei her fnl
a time. but the speedy outcome OF i
was to make doubly prectous Ia hel
the farm and Its associations.
! On the way TO bed shat night gll,
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passed through the parlor, whoaa rrc-
cincts formerly had been SO sacred
that she had only gone .here with
hushed breath and lightest tread. Now
1t was all so mean and rheap.-the
poor. WORKOUT carpet. the stnirod pine
table and tho flag-seated chairs.
Unable to understand 1t, throughout
the night she was torn AMI shaken
with the agony of despair. only failing
asleep Just before dawn.
Not long after her return to New
York Kitt!e began to fear that :here
again be indifferent, Evan ,Wme of
her fathers habits distressed her. He
ate with great gusto, dividing nls food
about equally between his mouth, the
tablecloth and the floor, and tho SUI
premacy of his knife as lifting fac
tor was far from being hla sola defi-
ance of eating. The lisr would have
been such long one she dared not al
low herself to make IT,
These daily nominations, tho mag
nitude OF which ever increased. always
OF such disloyalty to the being she
loved best: butt before shs Ind zine
to fret herself into n still more seri-
Gus illness there fortunately came ans
other interest into her life, at once
the newest and the Oldest in the world.
Almost from early childhood she had
cherished an ideal as to what the one
man most desirable to her must be
like; now her affections We're set upon
one who had little in common with her
dream, though she realized that lie
was far better suited to her.
Early autumn brought letter an
nouncing the illness Of her father
which at once routed all memories OF
his imperfections and fully restored
her appreciation of his virtues.
| Daily reports came to Kittie from
| her step mother which gradually be.
came more and more unfayorahle. The
/ girl was disturbed, but not alarmed
| strong. In few days he would re,
cover, She dared not go home unless
! his condition became serious, fearing
to upset the partial equilibrium she
| had regained
One day they brought her a tele
| gram which said: He is failing fast
Come at once"
Completely overwhelmed, she started
4 on the first north-bound train. he
4 sole aim In life now being to tell he
father everything and beg his forgive
4 ness while there still was time.
\ When she reached his bedside he wa
4 Needless of all outcries OF endearment
4 "Oh. make him speak to me--tus
4 once!" was her useless entrenty, man,
4 times REPEATED
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Oeen disappointing MIN III ncT lllc,
cheating him out Of the comfort In, her
now her last act In his lifetime had
been to cheat and disappoint him
again.
Limp and senseless she settled down
"a p!tiful little heap-upon the floor
A week following her return to New
York KittIe received the proposal Of
ineytable--he could not hold his peace
while she was In such bereavement
because he wanted to shelter her with
In the sympathy man gives to the
woman he loves,
" have outllved my right to love
and sympathy" she said, when he
paused for his answer; then she told
him everything. II am farmers
daughter" she added. finally, 'and !
had no right to wish to be anything
else Once my father was the one man
In the world to me-his Judgment my
sole standard of good. his ways my
only models for right conduct; and,
SO proud was of being country
4 girl, that no superficiality Of town life
could win me. 1t was the same. for a
time, after / went abroad. At length
IL found my standards wavertng and
began to be troubled. Hurtful and
/ haunting comparisons made me wish
Ito fly back to the beloved farm, where
! could set myself straight, But they
kept nae away SO long that the poison
crept into me more deeply than !
I knew. 1t was not till / was again IN
! tho midst of all l had q right to cher
lish that I saw how base thing l had
4 grown to be, My old gods were slain
and could no longer bear to stand
where they had been. You Will under
island me, now when i say that there
lis no longer any place for me In the
economy OF Nature. have shut tc
4 myself every door Of happiness through
Il which other mortals have a right tc
Z pass, cav he no mans Wife"
(. Before he could put ont a restrain.
alarmed, they looked for. her, she hat
also left the house.
The NEXT evening she once more
sought entrance Mt the old New Hamp
shire doorway. but the gentle step
mother was away in pursuit OF neede'
rest and the house was closed AM
silent.
; Forcing an entrance through an un
secured window. Kittle was glad Y
BIO alone. She could better fight he
battle by herself.
The next day was stormy one 0
Iwinl and snow. but sha spent tn
whole of 1t going again and again
with all the old love and longings, 7
teyery spot connected with her child
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The iaunted | Hall.
By HELEN NACAREsCO.
"a Roumanian Tale.)

- uLTANA. you and your
brother will have to sleep
here and guard the
corn" said the young girls
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In multitude of ways she had
been disappointing him all her life
cheating him out Of the comfort In her
to which he had been entitled, and
now her last act In his lifetime had
been to cheat and disappolnt him
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-23
The Politician $ Namesake.
BY ARTHUR HENDRIck VANDENBERG.

comes a time in the ca
reer OF every autocrat when
his power wanes and his SUI
premacy cruinbles in defeat.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-08-22

Wagner. 4 + ARg a6-di Grand
lodge Brothers oi Friendship aud Sisters
e he mysterious Ten eolafea1 Fare
and one-thiri, on the certificate plan.
Date of sale. Aus. 2a-ai.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-08-22

Melons Supposed % be Spiked. |"
TIE Muskagee Phoenix 5 resposlsl.
bic fuf this ere
Yesterday tSe United states deputy
marshals valked quietly % e. = water.
melnn waeon standing nsaf tie iesa
bulldlne ana aftef : careful examina.
tlon % seyefaI Of the larger melons.
bought four Of them ana walked aeaf
WiIlloug q uoFd 20 any one Their -.
tlons were those u log1e slsntiis and
not walefmelon-hungfy deputies.
scaTealg haa they left ne wagon eiisn
Z crowd uhleh had uaen watching tie
proceedings began . say things
4 Aay, believe there IA whlskey IN
them melons, aid one Thirsty look.
Ing individual
Ills opinion spFazd Iike wildnlre
and business IN lha uaicrmsllon llns
picked up Tie farmer VITO had tle
nanun load for sale d|srua4d Of lie
whole l0l IA : vaFY faN minutes. Msn
WAaked oVaT enBil nlher ~ get tlle
spiked maInna However. Giie msl.
nrs aid ua4 eou1aIn b0oze. but tie
purchasers Hould willingly lave taken
c4fH that 1I1a Deputies NeHa Of lie
opinion thai such - The eaze.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-08-22

The Coat = Eiscsiana IN England ard
the United states.


TIE cost Of elections IN Eariand A.
the last election. 18th personal and
governmental. Wa an syessee ~ & %
pr vote poilnd The 0fnelai returns
state All The items 81 expenditure ana
inclaae the expenses uf the successful
and defeased candidates The corrupt
practices aei of isk1 haa virtually
abolished the purchase and sale ef
votes and limits TIE expenditures q
candidates according 70 The sire and
popalation II the district The Fl
leetlye prasfstDn II the coFfufs psac
tees act Il that Il corruption or ees.
slon of he la~ Cah - shown against
The successful candidate. BE- ~ N
seatef ard he netg blehezt candidate
is declared eiecied unless his election
la aiao declared sainted with roTrae
tion. This provision 81 the Law not
ouiY prevents tae expenditure of
money uniaafgilY BY the candidate
aad bis ffieads. bui also limits the se.
teitY IN that direction q ite party
orKanizaiiona. for the rick Of diseox
cry Is TO- great - pAy to sake
chances
The attempts % limit coEfap, rrze
tices in The uaitea states. b igdaaI.
cient statute. could Neli Be- FesSsi esd
BY limiting expenditures ana aawsz
Ing candidates eleefnd. Nhoss etse
tons have heen ehown 10 q tainted
such provisions wuala cause each eaa.
aidate. hls frsepas and the party 81.
ganlzations 20 Al as detectives 81
each other aaa naturally tend % dls
COURAGE evasion ol the law
Legislators who are really intent n
cnaqslng = iaw % prevent political
corruption should investigate The Eng
llsh corrupt practices act and aasut
ne stringent provisions 3 sppiy -
conditions here Hat such can never
BE- accomplished unlil the voters ifst
vote 10 turn the raaeals oui. ~ elect
sne honest Representatives The lead
ers u the Repuhllcan parts ara evi
dsnfly vefy loath e. enact laws that
wia really prevent corruption. fof Il
h s fact that tht amount spent n
Close and aeuhtfal elections la the
chla1 cause # Republican success. Il
Il certainly within the truth 10 nay
fhaf FOR every dollar expended b. ne
Democrats there Is ten dellaFs and
exea more snsnl hx the Republicans
n 1856 TIE Democrats had lees tkan
81 GO 900 ln their campaign fund.
walls SIC sa0ao 600 wefn supplied By the
hanhm. railroads anH special interests
thaf were assessed foF the Hapabllean
camnalgn.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-08-22
NATURAL monopollas.


The ownership a our mir n
wealth ~ the steel trust. the eeA
trust, the copper trust and the smeltel
trust has become virtual monopoly
and the reasonable prices al TIE past
win never return. a. long a. thess
trusts Own the natural resources a
the country. The prcsent era hAa
been one OF development ny c0FnReGs
tion and win esgdentiy BE- followed
By an ass % monopoly Of our mlneral
resources unless drastic measures are
taken 20 suppress the evil A few
mnn controlling vast corporations with
enormous capital make our industries
and trade and our national prosperity
dependent apon these modern harons
They control elections. elect congress.
men and United States senators and
dictate legislation in their own inter.
est. with Ehe cooperation Of the rail-
road magnatea The preaeAy desire
of the people % control railroads
must be followed hy a determined e
fort to control AL monopoilea. 10 fact
the people win never have equal rights
until they abolish monopoly and 4 Is
their own fault n they continue to Al
low either the railroad baFuns or the
trust barons 70 plnnder them
A monopoly cannot exist without
special privileges oi some kind bat
when monopolists have been allowed
% obtain control of the natural rrod
ucts. such aa iron ore coal copper or
lead. il viii require drastic measures
10 dislodge them Such mouopoliea
can have no competitors AZ home and
mas even have combinations with sim.
ilaf monopoliea abroad
One would naturally think that The
people would not asa such mon0poliats
hy Jaw. bat the fact Is the United
States has protected them from CEN
petition hy compelling those xho
would escape their plunderlng 20 pay
enormous taria duties and thus allow
the monopolists not only e charge
gooa large profits en- what they pro
duee. bat also 70 add 10 those nrea,s
the amount of the taha tax and the
freight and costs 81 setting simiias
foreign products imported That 81
why an these monopolists arr staunch
Republicans and stand Tor the Repub
lican policy of the tariH which pro
iects them in charging "all the tratIic
VIII bear The nataral plan would b.
10 at once abolish an protection to
monopoly hy cutting % the tariff pro
lection, bat this majority uf the peo.
ole a. the last election refused 10 %.
although enough of them voted with
The Democrats 70 cut the Republican
majority n the house of represents
lives IN hair and defeated some of the
most ardent standpatters
but the nemocraey--the party of
the pcupleis not discoaraged. hut
Will try. try. Try again b. appealing
20 their .citissus fof equal rights
20 ali and special privileges to noaa
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-08-22

New York Republicans ere prenar
Ing : bili faF the eomlnT legislature Il
compel editors 70 print daily. II :
conspicuous place. the name of ths
responsible owner. and also the name
Of he edifaf Responsible for utter.
ancea IN he editorial and noae col
pmns II the eoFrupt Republluan
finKsgoru think they can stop honest
newspapers from aanounrina and -
poalng their corrupt political doIne.
b. that klnd 81 = hiaff. fhey are eaf.
iaiHiF mistaken. Honest politicians
are bat rarely attacked h me ness
papers. ard II they ere. nnlnsfiy. thas
always ilna defenders. cveu from al
t0fz who are political opponents. /.
Il he sailed iadea sho wlaee ana ihs
editors aad publishers a aswspapsfs
would b. delinquent IN their dulf 4
thef did net tell he truth about them
This back IRE against the neMspabarl
ms he aimed mt lhe great aalllss d
the ouuntrT press, bus the latter ssry
gensFaily elFe The names uf bofh nab
IishsEa and editors. and is any esaal
4 f comman knowledge i The com
maHllf wua II TIE owner. puhlIahe.
ana adiloF. This napnblIcan enorl &
~ nd restrict ~ activity IN ~
press has always failed and Vii
agaIn. fof Ehe fIehf Of free npeaeh
which incIndes ifszdom q lAa press
is 80 q eHf cherished lIbsFllcx.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-08-22

when tIlors u tire alighsast inAIca.
fIon Of indigestion. neaEt burn, Ilatu.
ience or any foFm Of stcmaon trouble
take q little Kodol occasionally and
you win gat prompt relief. Sold by
MalIarneY 4 Meyers and Peoples
Drug Store. ~
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-08-22
Lhna1ea ln lsasa

never cry a. DO children who are suffer-
ok from hunger. Such Is the cause of
eli baby's who cry ana are treated foF
sickness, when they really are suffering
ffem hunger This iseaased from ths.I
f3odnot being assimilated but deyouFed
hg worms A few doses Of White Cream
vermlfuge will cause them tocease cry.
ing and begin tothrive.at ouce. Give
It : trial. Peoples Drug Store "
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-08-22

Use Kennedy's Laxative Cough
syrup. ContaInes no oplates. II drives
the cold out Of The system by gently
moving the bowels, Contains Honey
and tar and tastes nearly a. GOOD as
maple syrup, Children like IT, Sold
by MaHaFney 4 Meyers and Peoples
Drug Store. y
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-08-22

President 0omnsFa invites ihe -.
operation q ~ iahaE unions 70 Oppose
Va and faE international arbitration
IA 81 dllfurHneaa go 1FGaa Else unil "a
Il - Their lnhaaHe1 with congress
msa 70 fkzI end. Al non1 citizens
VI 1e esza . oeeneFals IeE such :
hzHlzous ezasa
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-08-22

Rings Little Liver Pills keer the
system clean the stomach sweet.
Prompt relief for headacile and bilious
ness. Good for oil the family, sold
bF A. z Owens. lam