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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
TRAPPING A SOLDIER WILD MAN
BD NORRIS J. ATKINSOV

,o . force Of natives dug g pit
- ,Ae. Joox by fourteen deep. Nnea
-ssdy 4 was covered over the sane as
Z, 70 catch q tiger A few yaros 70
re ro-eh and south q the pit we az
---.d nooses. which led over 2
uubs Q. tres. and By sundoTn We
se,t sure CT cur usn II be came mat
usr Two soldiers and three natives
wa-z hidden near the pit 70 act as
ssutsnes and give the alarm. and al
was eut n TIE camp and image II
TIE usual hOur-
At , O'Clock in TIE morning we were
turned o.; By an aarm from The SCI
rnels. and cur whole force az once
hzzend to the pit Tie Wild nan
la on down tie raTine and fallen
into the pit Notwithstanding rs
dep.h be vas vi again IN q moment
and but for the trzp on the north SD
ne should have lost him He ran into
that. was caught by the leg and sus-
peaded IN the ar. and when we ar
rived lie was screaming and shouting
and eu-sing n 4 way 20 make ones
hair stand up
He was ~defenseless. but for q iong
tine 10 one dared 70 20 near him lie
made TIE most tremendous efforts %
escape. and tut for our throwing
uososed ror-es over his bead and draw
fng them tight be would soon have re-
gained bis liberty. When we finally
had him fast and secure be had tired
himself out and was a pitiable object
70 behold He had been beard 20 use
a few English words. but no \ had
heard Tim make sentences before HIS
speech cane back 70 him as We stood
around him. and be used many OF the
commands given a soldier at drill.
We remained IN camp four days an
er capturing the Wild man. hoping u
] subdue him and make him ~presentabls
az headquarters. but he was worss
than a wild beast Not q stitch OF
clothing could be kept on him. and b
had 70 be bound hand and foot all tbs
tine. He preferred raw meat TO cook
ed. and when fed be would growl and
roar as II the sight Of meat put him II
a frenzy.
The surgeon with Is could mak'
nothing Of his case. and We finally go
a cart and started for home to turn tn
poor fellow owe TO the proper authori
ties On the second day Of the journey
the cart broke down, and as II did 81
the wild man burst bis bonds and Is
capped into the Jungle. We put in te'
days hunting for him, but got no trac'
and finally abandoned all pursuit.
Six months later he was e onc o
twice IN the foothills 10 the north. bu
no pursuit was organized. and II no
dead he IS today wandering about III.
forests and jungies Ike a wild beast
How he could have escaped dealt
during the two years I write OF is
singular thing. as the country was IN
Tested with poisonous serpents an
savage beasts.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17

and al The Literary" His vein Of
humor was delicious, and the smiles be
evoked were near neighbors TO the
pathos that be knew always mingled
with the various phases OF his life.
The lecture bureaus finally awoke 10
the fact that be was desirable, and for
season after season be had for his field
most Of the United States He ap-
peared In combination with Edgar VIII
son Nye Obi Nye) for two seasons
and at many notable entertainments
a~lternated with his friends Mark
Twain. Eugene Field and Robert j.
Burdette, to the last Of whom be al
ways felt indebted for his introduce
ton TO the broader FIELD opened 70 him
through the lecture bureau. But he
was never dependent upon help, being
able to furnish a whole evenings pro-
gram by himself.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
POETS EARLY STRUGGLES

II was about thirty-fye years ago
that Riley was haunted with the dread
Of remaining unknown when he was
writing poetry at night and painting
signs in the daytime. and later, when he
was a reporter on the Anderson Qnd1
Weekly Democrat, published by VIII
liam y. Cream Riley and other con
genial spirits met regularly in the
evenings Of 1867 in the Offices of Cap
tain William II. Meyers, who became
secretary OF state under Governor
Claude Matthews OF Indiana.
Riley's poetic muse was making an
energetic fight for recognition. but 1t
came not. At one Of their sessions,
after Meyers had given Shakespeare"
and Richards and his photographer
friend had dissected the fame of art
lists, Riley drew from his pocket a Few
poem-a strange. weird thing, which
followed the style of Edgar Allan Poe,
the first stanza of which read thus:
LeonainIe angels named her,
And they took the light
or the laughing stars and framed her
In a smile OF white.
Ana they maze Eer mar OF BlooHy
Midnight and her eyes of bloomy
Moonshine. and they brought her to me
In the solemn night.
Riley was a captivating reader. and
the new poem thrilled all in the party.
Laying 1t down, he returned to his
other discussed theory Of unrecognized
merit and gave birth TO the "Leonai-
ME" ruse by remarking that If CIV
en- TO the world over Poe's name the
poem would be received. That sug-
gested the idea OF placing Poe's mi
tials to the piece and publishing it as
a long lost treasure Of the master Of
the muse.
There appeared on the front page
OF the Kokomo Qnd1 Dispatch. after
arrangements with the publisher. the
poem with the statement that it might
be a long lost poem by the famous au-
thor Of THE Raven"
Copies of the paper were sent broad
cast. The find attracted immediate
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
REMNANT or AcADlANs.
v.udslen Islands Are Inhabited b.
Their Descsndanta

Ireir OGs<HR4MHN&
vp in the center OF the gulf Of 81
Lawrence the small group Of MaEds-
len Islands are populated BY 3oo0 or
400 IneaI descendants Of the AGA.
dams under Champlain and De Monts.
who were driven out Of New France.
y. :. b. the English
since the first settlement IN iTG3 gen
srations q the same families have
raised seanfy crops in the valleys and
fed sheep and cattle on the high. con
ical hills which constitute a prom.
neut feature Of an insllar landscape.
Year after year men have gone oui
On the waters Of the gulf in search Of
the cod. mackerel and Holsters on
which a livelihood depends. They are
a simple, primitive people. these ma.
lives Of the MagdaleDs. laboring all the
While under Circumstances that are
most dis6ouraEfng.
The archipelago contains twelve or
thirteen Islands. including several
grim rocks which are not inhabited
and never viii BE-
But the remarkable feature about
the physical formation Of the whole
group IS the way IN which q island
s in some instances connected with
another By a long stretch Of sandy
/ beach. enabling a person. II he desires
10 do 50. TO 20 for q score Of miles "
more along the most barren shore In
the world. one that IS uninhabited and
unrelieved by vegetation Of any kind,
and the only animal life being the
thousands Of gulls. terms. gannets and
other sea fowl which are extremely
numerous In al this region-Rosag.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
A Political DipIemst.

Even the most corrupt man or the
most Insignificant or the most igno-
rant" the optimistic boarder was say
ing. may be a useful man as United
States senator"
"Tn what way, please- spoke up the
argumentative boarder.
"In two ways-hrst, as q horrible
example; secondly, he serves to hasten
the day when United States senators
will be elected by direct vote Of the
people"
This. as the optimistic boarder had
anticipated, brought everybody at the
table into the argument, and in the
confusion that ensued he had no trou-
bic in helping himself unobserved to
the last two m~acaroo on the cake
stand-Chicago Tribune.
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attention. and many critics accepted
"Leonainie7 as one Of Poe's works.
The literary world was discussing
the new poem when the expose was
made through the columns Of the Ko
komo Tribune. a rival paper Of the
Dispatch. Great was the criticism
against the hoax. Riley's friends
thought he was ruined The result Of
the bitter display by the critics was
that Riley made a public statement,
admitting the deception and giving rea-
sons which were sufficient.
From that time Riley gained ground
as a poet Over the pen names Of Ben
F. johnson Of Boone and afterward
James Whitcomb Riley he has won
lasting fame.
Riley's verse, gentle, tender and
easy flowing, has in II an element Of
tenderness, a winning appeal TO the
homely and humane side Of life.
"The man himself when on his lecture
tours" says a colleague, was Of an
unassuming, difident manner, with a
rasping but always kindly voice. He
was SO nearsighted that he was al
ways peering with a puzzled face into
the eyes Of the mar TO whom he was
talking. Riley made a home for him
self in the heart OF every one within
the reach Of his voice"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
Seemingly Impossible.

Mrs. Highupp-How was the charity
ball7
Mrs. Blase-An right but irs q won
der they made anything when you con
slider the small mount they spent on
IL. Their expenses we're actually less
than their receips-Puck
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
A Iendsr Wish-

A beggar had been for a long time
besieging an old, equity. testy, nmping
gentleman who refused his mite with
great irritability, upon which the men
dicant said:
An. please, your honor's honor, 1
wish Providence had made your heart
half as tender as your feet."-Tit-Bits.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
Pack of Sheer Nonsense
A shor.aas Of Poeksta

"Bertie," said the hospitable hostess
at a Sunday school treat. won't you
eat some more cookiesT'
II can't; I'm full" sighed BERTHE.
well, then, put some In your peck
cts"
Il can't: they're fun. too" was the
regretful answer-Youth's Companion.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
What Did He Meant

He-Well, really. l should hardly
have known you, the change is SO
great.
She (archlyl-For better or for worse?
He-Why. Of course. you could only
change for the better.-Black and
White.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
A Race Of eaehelon.

Mrs. Jenks-Mr. Ellington is such q
nice man that ] really can't understand
why he remains e bachelor.
Mrs. Tolker (absentmindedly)-oh, I
presume II is hereditary. His father
and grandfather before him were bach
elors probably-Judge.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17

Barber-Haye you had any expert
ence in shaving students7
Applicant For Job-Oh. yes. sir. |
always go over their faces twice with
the back Of the razor and ask them II
II pulls much.
Barber-Quite right. but you mustn't
forget to strop your razor several times
during the operation.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
GOOD CLEAR THROUGH"

Writers Of dialect verse are numer-
GUS, but 50 much Of their writing Is
tainted with the slang Of the day and
presented in such a strained style that
one Is often at a loss TO know what IS
meant by some OF the words and
phrases, and so much time has to be
spent In decipher1ng it that the charm
It may have possessed is gone before
one realizes that he is reading a bit Of
humor. The writers Of good, free
flowing dialect, clear and concise, easy
to understand and true TO nature. may
be counted on the fingers ends. OF
this class James whitcomb Riley has
stood well at the head OF the promi-
nent in the world OF letters. His po-
ems when delivered In a style such as
Sol Smith Russell or Riley himself
would deliver them make them the
more effective. OF him Robert j. Bur
dette said: "Riley Is good clear
through. His humor is gentle. 1t is
not caustic. 1t is pure and manly and
honest"
The present generation does not
hAiOH HtAAAAVt NAC 6A%AtAN'
Of James Whitcomb Riley as a reader.
lie developed that talent as his genius
grew In poetry, and for years before
he found a public to enjoy his books
he had charmed multitudes with read
ings from his own work. In fact, this
outlet was for him a most natural
one. because be al born an actor as
well as a poet. His imagination drift
ed easily into dramatic channels, and
what he saw and heard as a boy
among the homely, wholesome people
OF Indiana he later transmitted into
poetry and unc0nsciously began to i'm
personate the characters that marshal
ed themselves In his fertile brain.
lie began to read In a humble way
his works at country churches. enter
talnments. school exhibitions. old set
tiers meetings. Grand Army reunions
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REeukEo.

: Say not the struggle nausht !
sVsile.h, i
. The labor and the wounds are j
vain, !
The snsry faints not nor fsilsth. j
And ss things have been they
I remain.
! ~ hopes were dupsa fears may .
/ be liars;
! II may be in Yen smeks con- /.
! eesled .
/ Your comrades chase cen ne~ :
the fiers
! And. but for you, possess The /.
7 field. =.
! For while the tired waves, vain
I ly breaking,
i Seem here ne painful inch 20
= gain,
Far back through creeks and In
. let's making
: Comes silent, feeding the
i maln.
= And not by eastern windows only,
When daylight comes, comes in
. the lights
= In front the sun climbs Slow, hen~
I slowly.
: But westward. look. the land b
I bright.
! ARTHUR HUGH cLoUoH.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
Had Grabbed Mitts.

Her Father-Have you and my daugh-
ter made any preparations for married
lifef
choily-We've had a few preliminary
ngnts as tryouts Chicago News.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
James Whitcomb
Riley's Art of Put
tins Into Verse
Lies Things
That Such a Pen as
His Makes Big.

-HERE can nov Be little doubt
as 70 the popularity q the
muse Of James Whitconb Ri
leg, @tbe Hoo@ier poet" This
q not the time TO question whether
bis powers have enduring quality, but
among us OF today be has attained q
place which II hardly behO0yes any 20
say Will be changed By future geaer
atoms.
George Meredith went out Of his way
during the last year Of bis life 70 tell
the Joy he derived from The Old
gwfmmln' Hole @Onct We Went
A-nshin'" and THE Old Town Band"
II one abides By the verdict Of some
hyperion people one must consent TO
believe that the Joys and sorrow Of
Common folks, told IN their own
tongue, provide a passport TO oblivion
instead Of Immortality. Probably Ri
ley never debated that contingency,
nor need his admirers raise any argu-
ment. Robert Burns has survived
1t was only recently-at Christmas
time-that James Whitcomb Riley re-
ceived 300 letters Of greeting and
sympathy. He had then been III with
paralysis for practically two years and
had lost ali power OF his right arm
Il can't answer them" said Mr. RI
ley at the time, with a rueful glance
at bis arm. II can't hold a pencil ]
wish / could. But / am not so down
cast as many OF ny friends seem to
think. How cOrh be when / have
30 many wellwisb, from the Allan
tic 10 the Pacific v ION I eve have
seen7 This II a merry Christmas for
me and / hope for all my unknown
friends"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
HIS LOVE FOR CHILDREN

It was on his trips through the
country following his trade OF sign
painter that Riley learned to express
the feelings Of the child and the boy
who had come up in the cornfelds
and had grown gray whiskers. Later
be worked In one newspaper shop
after another as the merit OF his
poems became known. TX Marvel
donald G. MITCHELL was the first to
buy a poem which Riley had sent.
1t raj not very long after that be-
fore the whole country was murmur-
ing the lines OF "Goodby, Jim; take
keer of yourself"
Old man never had much to say,
'Ceptin' TO Jim,
And Jim was the widest boy he had.
Never heerd him speak but once
Er twice In my life. and first time was
When the army broke out and Jim he
went,
The old man backin' him for three months.
And all at heerd the old man say
Was, jes' as we turned to start away:
"WeIl. goodby, JIM
Take keer Of yours'fi"
Very great actors have found his
verses the best medium for the traia-
ed infections Of their voices. His art
seemed to soak the words he used
with the heavy sunshine and the lazy
air of the black dirt country's farm.
James Whitcorlb Riley first saw the
light Of day - Greenfield, Ind, In
1853. His father tried to make a law
yer of him. but he preferred writing,
and he got his way. His home in In
~dianapolis. although unassuming. is
one OF the places most hunted up by
! visitors to tat city.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17

"Reggy has a new attachment ON b,s
airship."
What for:"
For debt"-PhiladeIphia Evening
Bulletin.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17

Distance Lending Courage.
He-If should kiss you what would
happen?
she-I should call father.
He-Then | won't do II.
she-But fathers in Europe.-Lippin-
colts.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
A Monoioque,

Tommy--Pop, what is a monologuel
Tommy's Pop-A monologue, my son,
Is a conversation a woman carries on
with her Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17

Figg-what do you do when your
wife tells you about her last husbandi
FOgg-Envy him.-Boston Transcript.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17

THERE, little girl. 6on't evi
They have broken your doll,
knsSs
And yogr tea set blue
Ard your playhouse, too,
Are things Of the long ago,
But the childish troubles will 500
pass by
There, little girl, don't eri
There, little girl, don't eryl
They have broken your slate, ! know,
And the glad, wild ways
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17

-HERE can nov Be little doubt
as 70 the popularity q TIE
muse Of James Whitconb Ri
ler afhe Hooefr uoet" This
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
A LIFE LESSON

OF your schoolgirl days
Are things Of the long age,
But life and love will soon come by
There, little sirl, don't cry!
=
There, little girl, don't eryl
They have broken your heart, !
know,
And the rainbow CLEANS
OF your youthful dreams
Are things Of the long ago
But heaven holds all for which you
sigh
There, little girl, don't eryI
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-06-13
SYMPATHY AND WILD OATS

There is considerable racy
sympathy in high society, or low
society il You wish it so for Tie
masculine sport and uaIf.lady.
sappho, Du Barry. Camille, Don
Juan, Tom Jones, in literature,
and the sons Of Pitts1urg NIL,
lionaires in real life attract the
vulgar half'adm rim { reproach.
and the yc'loWness Ct il all in
covered by the coat Of N ny col.
ors While tie young man or
woman Of equal Or superior
mental power, whose life is
ordered in paths above repruach
lives and dies without getting his
name before the puolc in any
more prominent way than IS sug-
gasted by city dir, ctory or a
list Of taxpayers.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-06-13

ECN doe IS 70 que slion but
'lat&lS tIe vi G as gore sst1ay
is more 10 be ri,ied i an cen.
~u.pd, : 3ut not at all III ,l.ev way
OF G|o@sing over TIE wrong. That
a y0urg nan is IS owir o bis wild
cats is al 1T as an txplana-
zion. but never as an excuse.
The person WHO'S most entitled
10 our sym pathv and help is the
one who i earring on a battle
against tie thorn and thistle
tendencies of his nature and
|!nninG i. ONt DIES not emaS.
bculale himself in such strug.
Gle, SOC ely opinion to the
contrary, Notwithstanding.
Rather. be cultivates the nobler
and more natural passions and
sen iments in the strife Let
Us synpathize but let US re.
member where our sympatnieS
are most deserved
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-06-13
If True.

1t the reports we get from
Chicago is true in regard to the
seating of contested delegates in
and for the Republican conven,
ton in August and we have 10
room to dispute it, Taft will be
the next nominee on the Repub-
!ican ticket, for president while
We have spoke for Roosevelt at
ali tim IS, If he is defeated honest
ly, we will have this to say what
we have done, we would do again.
Not changing our sentiment or
principals, if Roosevelt is de-
feated we shall then look to the
next best man, and so advise our
readers.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-06-13
Peasant Confassss Murder
Of Is in Farmhouse.

Vienna. May 15.-Fifteen per-
sons have oeen found murdered
in 6 farmhouse near Floreschta
in Bessarabia including tue farm
or; his wife and family. and a
number OF IaDJrs livias in tAa
house.
They had apparently al been
killed with ahatchet during their
sleep and as no enc vas alive to
give any Information, a so-ca led
police hound was sent for from
Odessa.
The animal. which is cross
between dog and wolf picked
up the scent at once from the
farm door and led the police
straight to cottage in a neigh
boring village where it sprang on
a peasant named NooWieusky,
who was lying IN bed,
The man was arrested and
subsequently confessed to hay
ing murdered the farmer ont of
revenge for having been dismiss
ed. He said he then killed all the
others in the house for fear tina t
some of them might have seen
him enter.
The Kansas Weekly Capital.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-06-13
POLITICAL FIELI).

AFT WINS - contested votes
Gets every case heard so far
President in peril of collision
at sea.
Steamer Northland Narrowly
misses running Down Yacht
Maytlower.
Mrs. Taft on board.
Confusion of Signals as ships
are passing gives watchers q
shocl-.
Weekly Globe Democrat.
THREE Volcanoes in eruption in
Alaska.
Ilimna, redout aud hatm II in
aleutian range be'ching lava and
rocks.
Noise like cannon fire.
Kodiak and neighboring islands
thought covered-No loss OF life
reported.
Volcano fire fatal to many, is
report
Villages on shekil Strait
thought destroyed by eruptions
i Alaska,
Record 3 more shocks.
Rumblings para'yz, Wireless
service-re9enue cutter aid asked.
Weekly Globe Democrat.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-06-13
Recall:

We believe in a recall, and we
shall continue to believe so, until
there can be better arguments.
produced than Las Ger teen
done yet, for we believe tina. a
aupI IN Is IL power in one man,
takes liberty from others.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-06-13
Notice.

We want two good log cutters
that will cut logs by the tIIGu@,
nd. Mills are near MIlsi' |
But apply at tais Off ;e, for par
ticulars.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-06-13
WASHER

Now if you want one OF the
best washing Machines hi ade
you can get one by coming here
to this OFFICE and ordering
1907 Gravity thr oa1gh us for
$14. 90 on monthly payments or
400 cash after useing it @ ne
month. Also wringer for 5000.
On the same terms. N, G, Garrer