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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-11-19
Exit CARSON NOT FORGOTTEN.
Many Traces Of the Famous Scout In
the Southwest.

Every American in whom spark OF
romance is alive knows the name
Kit" Carson, says the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat. And the majority OF
us began young to know it, for Life
and Adventures of Kit Carson" was
among our choice boyhood books. To
be a Kit" Carson was and long will
be boyhood's ambition. Quick to act
and never known to boast" is the Car.
son epitaph, and one that any boy may
we'll emulate.
Kit" Carson, this greatest, perhaps,
of American scouts and frontiersmen,
can be claimed by old Missouri. To
be sure, he was born in Kentucky,
but he was only a year in age when
the family removed to historic How
ard county, which, although now in
the center OF civilization, at that time
was exposed to savage beasts and In
dians.
Howard county in the '20s grew too
tame for him, and his apprenticeship
to a saddler, David Workman, Ca good
name), waxed uninteresting. The call
of the wilder wilds was insistent, and
when he was II he joined a Santa Fe
caravan. He already was an excellent
shot, proficient hunter and strong,
alert, steadfast youth.
In November, 1926, he turned up at
Fernandez de Taos, now of north
eastern New Mexico, then of Mexico
ITSELF Here today are to be found
many traces of him, for Taos was his
rendezvous and home through 40
years. At Taos he and his wife are
buried.
The house which he occupied for
many years while he was Indian
agent still stands and also the low
adobe structure containing his office.
In Taos lives Alloys Scheurich, Car
son close friend, holding whose hand
the scout died, and Mrs. Scheurich, the
scouts niece.
The doings of Kit" Carson after
his arrival in what is now New Mex
leo have been faithfully recorded and
embodied in print. But unfortunately
his boyhood in Howard county seems
vague. 1t is to be hoped that the right
effort will result in more information
concerning this not unimportant Pc
riod of his life-the crucial period real
ly. He was well schooled in all the
perils and vicissitudes and lore OF
frontier life and he extended his To-
Gale, according to hazy report, by
hunting buffalo with the Sioux His
knowledge of the Sioux tongue after
ward stood him in good stead.
He is a character of whom Missouri
may be proud. His honors apparently
are mtarnished by the vices so prev.
alent in his rough and ready day.
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AprQDoS of 1.-THE Devil"

Now thar those two Devils" are ex-
hibiting Themselves at the Lyric and
Garden theate:s, weak jokes and plays
on words regarding his Satanic ma
jesty are ail the rage, says the New
York Times.
I'm gong to the devil tonight" "
one reSa-ks, listening hopefully for
the ensuing cachinnation-or else so
and-So has gone to the Devil" ETC.,
through delightfully."- bewildering varia-
tions.
And then, of course, there is this
gem: When some one tells you heat
edly "go to the devil!" you suavely
inquire: Which Devil, please?"
All this recalls something that hap
pened in Boston few years ago,
which, though somewhat similar to
these "Devir' jokes, was distinctly
funny. There was dog show at
the time. Whoever ran the press
agent end of the thing conceived a
brilliant idea. Instead of having ordi.
nary signs hung on the street cars go.
ing to the show, he caused to be
placed on each one a placard an.
uouncing in big black letters:
This car goes to the Dogs"
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SIZE.
DsrMin's Modestv.

On Sunday afternoon Sir John Lub-
book, our host, took us all up to the
hilltop whence in his quiet Kentish
village Darwin was shaking the world.
The illustrious pair, born in the same
year, had never met before. Mr.. Glad
stone, as soon as seated, took Darwin's
interest in lessons of massacre for
granted and launched forth his thun-
derbolts with unexhausted zest. His
great, wise, simple and truth-loving
listener, then, think, busy on diges-
tive powers of the drosera in his green
house, was intensely delighted. When
we broke up, watching Mr. Gladstone's
erect, alert figure as he walked away,
Darwin, shading his eyes with his hand
against the evening rays, said to me in
unaffected satisfaction, What an hon
or that such great man should come
to visit me"-From Morley's Life of
Gladstone.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-11-19

Paris Pattern No. 1885, All Seams
Allowed.-This simple little model for
an overcoat for small boy is very
useful and serviceable, and may be
developed in tweed, corduroy, serge,
Venetian cloth or broadcloth, cheviot,
frieze cloth or velvet, and as it hangs
straight from the shoulders, in box
style, it is easily constructed by the
home dressmaker. The wide square
collar and turn-back cuffs are stitched,
as are the patch pockets, and the regu-
lation coat sleeve is finished with a
stitched edge and small buttons at
the outside seam. The coat Is closed
in double-breasted effect and the
shield is of the material, or if pre-
ferred, this may be made of trr. The
pattern is in five sizes, two to six
years. For a boy of four yeaiS the
overcoat requires 3A yards of faate-
rial 27 inches wide, or rs yards 54
inches wide.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper
Write name and address plainly, anG be
sure to give size and number of pa+sa@n.
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(TO BE CONTINUED)
sAvAeERY OF A CENTURY AGO.
Poor Woman's Execution Then a Mat.
ter of Little Moment.

The hanging of a woman, which in
these days calls forth public protests,
was apparently a matter of indiffer.
ence to our grandfathers and grand
mothers, says the London Chronicle. 1t
was in the nineteenth century that a
woman found guilty of some trifling
offense was sentenced to death. BY
chance the warrant for her execution
was not sent to the high sheriff, and
she remained in prison for about three
years, acting as Jail washerwoman,
and occasionally, as favor in ac-
knowledgement of her good behavior,
going out, as was then the custom, as
washerwoman to private houses. But
clerk looking through the home Of.
fee records found the warrant that
had never been dispatched, and It was
thereupon promptly forwarded to the
sheriff for due process. The woman
was found by the turnkey at the wash
tub in house in the town-Aylesbury
well, missus," said he, you are to
be hanged. The warrant has come at
last, and we must carry the sentence
out tomorrow morning at the latest" !"
Very we'll, then," the wretched
woman submissively replied, II sup
pose l must 60" and having washed
the soapsuds off her arms departed
with the official. She was duly hanged
next morning. From all which it would
seem that barely a century separates
us from a condition of primitive bar.
barism.
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The Nine Tailor Saw,

The tailor-he was a cutter at 5000
week-sighed as he looked about his
luxurious apartment.
"She refused me-" he said. "Why?
Because she didn't love me? No. Be-
cause of that old saw about its taking
nine tailors to make man.
And that saw is mistake. It is a
corruption of Nine tellers mark a
man. 1t doesn't signify that tailors
are effeminate. 1t simply shows that
mankind is liable to err
"The toll of bell in the olden time
was called teller, and in the olden
time the church bells tolled nine times
for every mans funeral. Hence the
saying, Nine tellers mark a man.
In our stupidity we have corrupted
that into, Nine tailors make a man.
or 1t takes nine tailors to make a
man.
The cutter sighed.
This rank error" he said, "dooms
me to bachelorhood"
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Suddenly he drew /. revolver ano

Suddenly he drew . revolver ano
sent shot after shot in our direction.
We were far beyond the reach Of a
pistol bullet, but Mrs. Knapp screamed
and lodged.
How he hates mel" she cried
again.
When the last shot was gone from
his revolver the man flung the weapon
in frenzy, as though he could hope to
strike us thus.
Then a strange thing happened.
whether due to the effort he had made
in the waves We left behind us, or to
a stumble over some obstruction,
| could not say. But We saw the man
suddenly pitch forward over the low
bulwarks of the tug into the waters Of
the bay.
Mrs Knapp gave a scream and COW
cred her eyes.
stop the boat!" l shouted. Back
her!"
The other tug had checked its head
way at the same time, and there was a
line of six or seven men along its side.
There ne is!" cried one.
The captain laid our tug across the
tidal stream that swept us strongly
toward Goat Island. Then he steamed
slowly toward the other tug.
He's gone" said Dicky.
The other tug seemed anxious to
keep away from us, as in distrust of
our good intentions. ] scanned the
waters carefully, but the drowning
man had gone down.
Then, rising not 20 feet away, float
| ing foI a moment on the surface of the
water, | saw plainly for the first time,
the very caricature of the face Of
Doddridge Knapp. The strong wolf
features which in the King of the
Street were eloquent Of power, intel
] Iect ana sagacity, were here marked
with the record of passion, hatred and
evil :ife. l marveled now that l had
| ever traced likeness between them.
Give me that hook" l cried, lean
ing oTer the side of the tug. go
ahead a little"
One OF the men threw a rope. 1t
passed too far, and drifted swiftly be-
| hind.
! made a wild reach with the hook,
but it was TOO short. Just as | thought
| should succeed, the face gave con-
vulsive twitch, as if in parting out
burst Of hate and wrath, and the body
sank out Of sight.
! stood half-bewildered, with a
bursting sense of relief, by Mrs.
KNAPP. At last she took her hands
from befc her eyes and the first
rays Of the sun that cleared the tops
of the Alameda Hills touched her calm,
solemn, hopeful face.
"A new Gay has dawned," she said.
Let us give thanks to God"
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CHAPTER Xxx.
he End of the Journey

For a few minutes we were silent.
Water and land and sky started into
new Glor,es at the touch CT the rising
SUN The many-hilled city took on the
hues Of q fairy picture, and the win
dows cleaned with the magic fires that
were 1iasneG back in greeting to the
god Of day.
1t seemed scarcely possible that this
was the raging, tossing water we had
crossed last night. And the fiery
scene o; passion and death we had
just witnessed was so foreign to its
calm beauties that | could believe it
had happened elsewhere in some
dream of long ago.
! was reused by the voice of Mrs.
Knapp, who sat at the head of the
cabin stairs looking absently over the
water.
Il have not dealt frankly with you,"
she said. Perhaps it is better that
you should know, as you know so
much already. | feel that l may rely
on your discretion"
'I think can keep a secret" l re-
piled, concealing my curiosity.
Il should not tell you if l did not
have full confidence" Then she was
silent for a minute. That man" she
continued at last, with a shudder in
her voice. that man was Mr.. Knapp's
brother"
ITO BE CONTINUEDO
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-11-19

horseman was the only sign of life
behind us.
OF sudden there sounded a long
roll, as of a great drum beating the
reveille for an army of giants. The
horseman quickened his pace and gal
loped furiously beside us.
They're crossing the bridge" he
shouted.
Whip up!" l cried to the driver.
They are only four blocks behind US. !"
The hack swung around few cor
ners, and then halted.
Here we are!" cried Dicky Dahl at
the door. You get aboard the tug
and push off. Jake and l will run up
to the foot of the wharf. If they come,
we can keep EN- off long enough for
you to get aboard"
The tug was where it lay when we
left, and at my hail the captain and
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-11-19
ADOLESCENCE OF THE DOLLAR.
Present Unit of Value Has Had Many
Forms and Shapes.

The dollar took some rounding. Nor
did it formerly ring true, but, much
alive Simply gave bleat or below.
Cattle, among country folk, at one
time constituted the dollar, while
primitive man generally made use of
any article sufficiently abundant for
the standard payment of all merchan-
disc, writes R. Holt Lomax in Harper's
Weekly. Thus, in ancient Greece, a
large bronze tripod had the value of a
dozen oxen. A good hard working wo-
man, on the other hand, was given in
| exchange for only four such beasts.
When metal took the place of money,
the dollar clung to it's traditions, and
coins were still called after live stock.
Thus. 'pecunia," applied to metal
money, derived its origin from 'pecus"
| (cattle). From the custom of counting
| heads of cattle came the present des-
ignation of sum in cash-capital, or
capita" (heads). In Sanscrit, roupa,
(herd, tlock) made roupya, or the In
dian rupee, while the ingots of elec-
trum, or admixture of gold and silver,
when first in use as money, bore the
impress of an OK or COW. Not clumsy,
but too fragile, were the shells in use
as money by the negroes of Africa,
and throughout ancient Asia, where
the natives, taken by its beauty, gave
the shell money value.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-11-19

his crew of three were astir. 1t was
moments work to get Mrs Knapp and
her charge aboard.
Come on" I cried to Dicky and his
companion. And as the lines were
cast off they made a running jump
on to the deck of the tugboat and the
vessel backed out into the stream.
When the mist and darkness had
blotted out shore, wharves and ship
ping. the tug moved at half-speed
down the channel. ] persuaded the
captain that there was no need to
sound the whistle, but he declined
grufly to increase his speed.
Il might as well be shot as run my
boat ashore he grOwled, with a few
seamanlike adjectives.
| did not know of any particular
reason for arguing the question, so
Joined Mrs. Knapp.
Thank Cod we are safe!' she said,
with a sigh Of relief
I'VE shall be in the city in half an
hour, if that is safety" | said.
1T will be safety for few days.
Then we can devise a new plan. l
have a strong arm to lean on again"
Returning to the deck l found that
the light of the morning was growing.
Vessels were moving. The whistles
of the ferry boats, as they gave warn
| ing of their way through the mist, rose
shril on the air. The waters were
still, faint ripple showing in strange
contrast to the scene of last night.
There's a steamer behind u.s." said
Dicky Dahl, with a worried look as l
joined him. I've been listening to it
for five minutes
It's tug" said the captain. "She
was lying on the other side Of the
wharf last night"
Good heavens!" | cried. Put on
full steam, then, or we, shalt be run
down in the bay. It's the gang we are
trying to get away FROM
The captain looked at me suspici'
ously for a moment, and was inclined
| to resent my interference. Then he
shrugged his shoulders as though it
was none of his business whether we
were lunatiCs or not so hong as we
paid for the privilege, and rang the
engine bell for full speed ahead.
We had Just come out of the Oak
land Greek channel and the mist sud
denly thinned before us. 1t left the
bay and the city fair and wholesome
in the gray light, as though the storm
had washed the CRIME and foulness
from air and earth and renewed the
freshness of life. We had come but 6
few hundred yards into the clear all
when out of the mist bank behind US
shot another tug.
At the exclamation that broke from
us our captain for the first time show
ed interest in the speed of his boat
and whistled angrily down to his en-
gineer.
I'VE can beat her." he said, with
contemptuous accent on the her"
That's your business, / returned
and walked aft to where Mrs. KNAPP
; was standing halfway up the step
! from the cabin. r,..ts
Can they catch us?" inquired Mrs
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Knapp. the lines tightening about her
mouth.
II think not-the captain says not.
l should say that we were holding our
own now"
At this moment a tall, massive fig
ure stepped from the pilot house Of the
pursuing tug and shook its fists at us.
The huge bulk, the VOLTAGE, just dis
tinguishable. distorted, dark with rage
and passion, stopped the blood and
felt faintness as of dropping from a
height.
'Doddridge Knapp!" cried.
Mrs. Knapp looked at me in alarm
AMI grasped the rail.
No! no." she exclaimed. "A thou
sand times no! That is Elijah Lane!"
| gazed at her in wonder. Not Dodd.
ridge Knapp! Had my eyes played me
false?
DO you not understand" she said
in low, intense tone. HE is Elijah
Lane, the father of the boy. An evil,
wicked man-mad-truly mad. He
would kill the boy. He killed the
mother of the boy. know, but it is
not case for proof-not a case that
the law can touch. And he hates the
boy-and mel"
But why does he want to kill him p
You do not understand. The boy
inherits a great fortune from his
mother. Mr., Knapp and l are left
trustees by the mothers will. If he
had control of the boy, the boy would
die; but it would be from cruelty, dis
ease. neglect. 1t would not be murder
in the eye of the law. But l know
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CHAPTER xxlx.-continued.

on, now thankful all. SllSu
Mrs Knapp. There is weight of
anxiety off my mind, Can you imag-
,ne what I have been fearing in the
tast month";
q had thought little about that
myself" | confessed. But we are
not yet out of the woods, | am afraid"
"Hark. what's that" said Mrs.
Knapp apprehensively,
The carriage was now making its
ray through the bad stretch in the
lane. and there was little noise in its
progress.
Il heard nothing" said, putting
iown the window to listen. What
Mas it?"
L thought it was a shout.
There was no noise but the steady
splash of horses hoofs in the mud
and the sloppy, shearing sound of the
wheels as they cut through the wet
soil.
As we bumped and groaned again
through the ruts, however there arose
n the distance behind us the fierce
barking of the dogs. their voices
IN anger and alarm.
There was faint halloo, and a wild
az barking followed. Then my ear
Taught the splashing of gallopinS
h0Ofs behind, and in moment the
man of the house rode beside us.
They've come" he said, "or, any
how, somebody's come. ! let the dogs
lsose and they will have a lively time
for while"
few yards more brought us to the
main road, and once on the firm
ground the horses trotted briskly for.
ward, while the hOrseman dropped be.
hind the better to observe and give
he alarm.
| leaned out of the window. Only
thp deadened sound of the hoofs of our
own horses, the deadened roll of our
own carriage wheels, were audible in
the stiffness of the night. Then
thought | heard yells and faint hoof,
beats in the distance, but again there
vas silence except for the muffled
noise we made in our progress.
Cant we drive faster?" asked Mrs
Knapp, when | made my repoN.
Il wouldn't spoil these horses fol
$780, grn"led the driver when
passed h.hl the injunction to hasten.
It's 5000 for you if you get to the
wharf aA,ad of the Others" cried Mrs
Knapp.
And you'll have bullet in YOU
hide if you don't keep out of gunsho
of them" added.
The double inducement to haste hat
It's effect. and We could feel the swifte1
motion of the vehicle under us, an(
see the more rapid passage of thu
trees and fences that lined the way.
The wild ride appeared to last fo
ages. The fast trot of the horses wa!
funeral pace to the fight of my ex
cited and anxious Imagination. Wha
ii we should be overtaken?
At last the houses began to pas
more frequently. Now the road wa
Oroken by cross streets. Gas lamp
appeared. flicking faint and yellow ii
the morning. air. We were once NOR
within cit: limits. The painting horse
never slackened pace. We swept owe
a long bridge. and plunged down
shaded street. and the figure of tn
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-11-19
Violin as a Hair Restorer.

1t is now scientifically proved fact
that music exercises a great influence
on the growth of the hair. 1t is with
good reason that great musicians,
such as Paganini, Listz and Paderew.
ski, are represented with a growth Of
hair which Absalom might have en-
We'd. Science has proved that stringed
instruments have favorable influence
on the growth of the hair, while brass
instruments act in the opposite direc-
tion, Every one has probably OBJ.
served that a bald violinist is as rare
as bald horn player is common.
Wood instruments. such as the flute,
seem to have no pronounced influence
either way.
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20 twice day every seaman in the
service received a regular whisky ra-
ton, furnished by the Uaited States
government.
On our boat were 200 .ailors, who
every morning at II and every dter-
noon at five would line up on oeck
while the allowance was dealt nut.
The liquor stood in huge tin tan,
and beside the can was wooden
frame in which were set 20 little
measures called tots. Each tot COLI
tanned about three swallows. AS the
men filed slowly past the cans the tots
were filled with dipper and each man
drank his share.
One noon our whisky gave out.
More was ordered, but the time came
for the evening ration, and still the
expected supply had failed to ar
rive. This caused trouble. The
boys had been known to take short
rations of beans and bacon without
grumbling, but to do without whisky
was another thing.
Row over to the flagship and br-
row whisky enough for the evening
ration" was the order given me. So
with our great tin can in the
stern of our boat, and four men
to row, started for the commodore's
vessel, the Black Hawk.
As we came alongside her in the
dusk, she loomed high above our
heads; and, glancing up, we found
ourselves directly under the muzzle
of a cannon. The loan Of whisky was
readily granted, and soon our can was
! filled and lowered carefully into the
boat. AS | dropped to my place and
gave the order to pull away, from
the deck of the Black Hawk, high
overhead, came a voice: Young
mani"
| l looked up. There, gazing down
! at me, stood the commander Of the
| fleet, Commodore Foote. l saluted.
Young man, what have you got in
that CAM"
Whisky, sir"
Il thought so" Then after a
pause: Young mani"
l saluted again.
Look up here" looked.
What do you see?"
"a cannon, sir"
What does that cannon mean?"
Now this questioning made me de-
cidedly uncomfortable, and l scarcely
knew how to reply. But his eyes de-
manded an answer. 1T means death
and destruction, sir" l ventured.
He bent down over the guard rail
and stretched out his forefnger
toward the can in my boat as though
he were taking aim at it, while with
the other he pointed to the cannon's
mouth directly over my head. Young
man, this cannon here does mean
death and destruction. It discharges
shot that weighs 64 pounds. Yet
you, in that can of whisky there,
are carrying more death and de-
struction to our own soldier boys
than this big gun will ever carry to
anybody"
I waited. That's ALL" said the
commodore; remember it,
L saluted again, and we rowed
away. But l. remembered it. l
was only a boy then, but many time
in the years that followed 1 remem-
bered the true words our commodore
spoke that day.
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Paris Pattern No. 260S, All Seams
Allowed. Hand-emoroidered French
flannel has been used in the develop
ment of this extremely pretty little
shirt waist, which is simple in both
cut and outline. The deep yoke is
trimmed with insertion of cream
colored lace; similar insertion being
used on the collar and the points of
the long close-fitting sleeves. The
body portion of the waist is gathered
to the shaped yoke at the front and
back, and closes at the center of the
latter. The pattern is in six sizes
32 to AZ inches, bust measure. For
sc bust the waist requires Az yards of
material 20 inches wide, 33s yards 27
inches wide, "a yards 36 inches wide,
or 21s yards AZ inches wide; 2% yards
of insertion.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper.
Write name and address plainly and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.