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INTER-STATE Journal Kans., and Missouri. Bv F. L. JELTZ. This paper shall speak on all candidates as there is no law against good government in this country as we are not offensive partys. Yours truly EDITOR. EDITORIAL If you do not think this paper reaches your city and county when you give a candidate just monkey with the "band wagon". There are one or two "Stinkers" down at Emporia who believe us to be a bluff--but before November dawns they will appreciate the real thing later on -- we will call their names. BON-BPWAGGENER and SEATON at home FOR LEGISLATURE. B. P. Waggener of Atchison is a candidate for the Legislature against Capt. John Seaton, from the Atchison District, and the probabilities are that he will be elected. Ex United States Senator Lueien Baker, Cyrus Lelanc and ex-Congressman Kirkpatrick are also candidates for the Legislature. With these men in the House, the people of Kansas may expect wise and judicious legislation. Captain Seaton has been in the House for eighteen years, but during that entire time has done nothing but look after his private interest. It is a mystery to the people of the state why he should be retained in this office for so long a time. The colored people are under no obligation to Mr. Seaton. It is true he employs colored men, but they earn from him all he pays them. He has built up a great fortune on their labor, but when one of them cannot earn all he pays him, he is turned out like the wornout horse... to grass. Seaton invests his money in Missouri,—Waggener invests his in Atchison. Mr. Waggener is a capable lawyer, and would make a creditable Representative. Atchison's Choice for Sheriff Seemingly. One of the best known men in Atchison county is Hon, Elias Graves who is running against sheriff Kiff for the office of sheriff Mr. Graves was a candidate three years ago against "Czat" Kiff and came in six votes of being counted in as one of the chosen Elects but fortune smiled on Kiff and He was declared sheriff by the lucky six. Since then the Biennial Election Law has said Kiff should hold over till January next at which time he would have served 3 years, but Kiff belonging to that Avaricious class of Greed says he must be elected this fall making him 5 years in all. As Mr. Graves is getting quite old he does not see it that way he thinks he voices the sentiments of all good conservative voters and he intends to bag the game in November. Elias Graves came from good old "abolition stock" and his people were Pro-Slavery. He has always stood up for the colored race and if he defeats Kiff, which there is no doubt.. the colored race shall not only wear a Star in name but shall hold a place in his office. Mr. Graves needs the place, Kiff is well fixed on the Spoils of the office. For the last eight years a farmer has come to town every Saturday morning and hitched his team of mules to exactly the same post in front of a certain store. If another horse or team happens to be hitched to his favorite post he unties it and leads it farther down the street. He has a yellow beard about a foot long and the clerks in the store all call his hitching place "Alfalfa post". Subscribe for "The Stale Ledger", only 2 Dollar a year. The State Ledger. DO RIGHT--KNOW THAT YOU ARE RIGHT; BEAR NOMAN; BUT RENDER; JUSTICE TO ALL Few people in Lyon county who do not know Mr. J. D. Eastin, young men of more than ordinary ability who wants to serve the people as their next County Treasurer. Mr. Eastin has been in the Ticket department of the Santa Fe for many years during which time he has given eminent satisfaction. Mr. Eastin having a desire to center politics No better man could have been chosen to lead the forces to Victory this fall than him. He is making an effort which is very surprising and that is he understands that He has to go after the office as there are few offices seeking the man these days, hence it is up to him and his many friends to settle this great question in November next—of which result—the writer does not doubt if his Campaign is made along the Line he started out on simply making a clean light and appealing to persons alike. He does not snub the "colored vote" and needs them as well and we can safely predict if he is ELECTED this fall that he will give perfect Satisfaction in the office to which he is now aspired. We understand by many voters that there will be only a few who will not have the backbone to "stand up" and have moral courage to get on this young man's "band wagon" and remain there all November. It has been coming for a long time men who are your friends competent and less politics--Will tell you more later of his candidacy. E. L. McCain was born in the city of Emporia; his father is an old pioneer, he is a prominent democrat of Lyon county, living there for 32 years. He graduated from the Emporia city schools and practiced law in Emporia since 1897. He was elected justice of peace in the city of Emporia in April 1901. He has made an honest and fair justice. He was nominated for probate judge in July (last) 1902. E. L. McCain stands high in Lyon county and it is sate to predict that he will be a formidable opponent in the field. He is out for the office to win and chances seems to be very favorable toward him in the coming contest in November next. "The Ledger" thinks he is a good man for the place. Ex-chief STARL of Shawnee county seems to be getting nicely into the race for sheriff, in fact the chief is well known as an officer and an honorable citizen makes him very prominent for the place he seeks at the hands of the voters of this county. Frank Stahl's ambition to please the people and carry out the precedent- started when he was chief puts him square in "the ring". We know but little now of the future and outcome of the forces for the office of sheriff. However the ex-chief is out for the office and is making friends and a good impression. EMPORIA NOTES Hon W T McCarty, County attorney of Lyon county, is a candidate for Re-election. Mr. McCarty stands well with all classes and is likely to be re-elected. He has made an excellent Record as county attorney and he will no doubt get there again on his past Record as the public generally concedes the Election to the faithful for 2 Terms. He therefore stands a good show to succeed himself. No one can say anything against W T McCarty and that speaks well as having done his duty. The President's visit to Topeka on September 28 will be a great event in the annals of Mayor Parker's street cleaning department, the order having gone out to clean the streets. What Topeka needs is a Presidential visit about once a week. State House he Sta THAT YOU ARE RIGHT; FEAR NO TOPEKA, KANSA TOPEKA, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER 13 1902. H. H. Biffinger carries a nice line of delicious Meats. He keeps everything in season. A. C. Trueblood is making an excellent City Clerk—He is now in his new quarters. "You had better hurry" if you want a circulation like this paper in Atchison. John M Baker, Dealer in Confectionery, Cigars, Tobacco's and soft drinks. Remember his place, No.125 North 8th street. The laundries may have to pay more for their fuel, but the increase in their business caused by the use of soft coal will enable them to come nearer than most people to squaring the account. --- Atchison Notes. Buy your Fruits, Candies, Drinks and Confectionery of Mr. R. Ayres corner 8th and Commercial street. Chief Sullivan is making many friends among all classes by his economic administration. He makes a good chief and is well liked by all. Hon. A. F. Martin, present City Attorney of Atchison, is making a good and efficient Officer for that place and will be returned when the time comes. Mr. O. Orlopp, the prominent candidate for county clerk, has lived in Atchison county years and is very popular. There is no better qualified man in the county for the place than Mr. Orloff, and it begins to look as if old glory is coming his way. Mr. J. W. H. Morris, the veteran barber who operates a fine shop at 106 south 6th street, has added to his Residence two new rooms at 723 West Douglas street and graded his park—Mr. Morris suffered a lost recently—By thevery losing 3 pair of clippers 5 razors and two pair of shears. Mrs. (Bell Brown) Murray has secured a position in the City schools of Atchison, after loosing her Husband in Oklahoma City, who was in the Postal Service at this place. She returned to her home in Atchison and hence the result. She is a educated lady of the Hill City. Mr. Dick Ferguson, one of the best known men in Atchison, formerly a letter carrier on the force, but took his leave when the democrats to the Federal office at this plase and is now one of the leading horseshoe workmans in the city. He is "liberal" and has a kind heart for all. Leavenworth Notes W. N. Todd, Chairman of the Curtis republican club, is the right man for engineering of such Proportions. Mr. Todd is "too" able and clever to be overlooked or turned down by any Member of the republican Party. The Hon Jepp. Ryan, the affable Mayor of Leaveaworth, is coming to the Front. Each Hour he is not only Mayor—But he is honest Business man Jepp Ryan; he is going up higher sure as you are born. Mr. M. A. Przybylowicz the present City clerk of Leavenworth is meeting with much favor in his office. He has a host of friends of all classes and wishes to see him hold the "fort" at the Clerks office. Mr. J: J. O'Donnell the Leading Funeral director and Emoalmer has operated business in this City for at least 35 years and we take great pleasure in saying good words for him in all his Transactions. Dr. G. G. Brown is making a moving start in life for a young man. He has won a good practice that pays and is well fixed up and deserves to succeed. Help the young Physician along. He is highly competent. Present Register of Deeds Mr. M. J. A. Aron is a candidate for Re-election to succeed himself in that office. This is his second term. He was before his officiel career Superintendent of the county poor farm and made many friends. He is alright. We find Mr. Jac. Engel, Street Commissioner, is at his post doing his duty. He is worthy of the place by reason of his kindness to all Classes as an official. Everyone speaks in Words of Praise for him. Keep up the good work Mr. Engel. Many a bright young man fails in life because he got started wrong. The value of paternal advice and early environment cannot be overestimated Mr. O. Hastings, candidate for county superintendent of Atchison county, is a young man of wide experience. He has taught Public schools for a number of years and being the choice of his party he wants to be elected this fall. Remember him. PERSONAL Mrs. M. J. Harris and daughter Myra are in Fort Scott, Kansas. The Sewing circle of the C. M. E. church met at the residence of Mrs. Lena Merritt on Taylor street last Friday. Prof. R. G. Jackson, director of the Lawrence Choral Club, gave a very entertaining concert last Friday evening at 118 West 8th street. The concert was well attended and well received by an appreciative audience. Pr f. Jackson is a musician of no small note and rendered several fine selections on the piano. He needs to be commended on the manner and way he directed his chorus of fine singers RINGLING BROS.' EXCURSIONS Special excursion rates on all lines of travel have been arranged for by the management of Ringling Bros.' World's Greatest Shows, and those who wish to come to Topeka where this great circus exhibits Tuesday, September 23, can do so at comparatively small expense. This will be the only point in this vicinity where the show will exhibit this season, and no one should miss the opportunity to see it. Ringling Bros.' Circus has been the leading areneic exhibition of Amerika for several years, but the show is never permitted to exist upon its reputation. Although it long ago passed the point of competition, every year sees a greater and grander show. This year's performance is entirely new, and the magnitude of the exhibition dwarfs anything of the kind ever before attempted. There is a great triple ring exhibition given by 300 high-salaried artists from all parts of the world; a trained animal department, presenting marvelously educated bears, seals, dogs, ponies and elephants; a magnificent horse spectacle; a vast menagerie, which exhibits the only giraffe on earth; a gorgeous revival of the old Roman hippodrome and many other great features. Circus day opens with a brilliant street parade, two miles in length. Don't fail to see it. HERE AND THERE Cooler weather now- Tuesday afternoon James Kaye plead guilty to murder in the second degree and was set tenced by Judge Hazen to twenty-seven years at hard labor in the State penitentiary. The girl who picks a husband by his Panama hat, patent-leather shoes, ability to dance and tell funny stories will wish she had tied a mill-stone about her neck and jumped into the nearest lake before she gets through with the affair. Give your girl industrial training There is nothing more pitiable than to see a young woman thrown upon her own resources with but a smattering of education, ignorant of the smallest details of housekeeping, sewing, cooking, millinery or laundry work. During the maneuvers to be held at Fort Riley, Kansas, this month all captains of the K. N. G. will receive 3 dollars a day; lieutenants 2 dollars; first sergeants 1 dollar; musicians 88 cents; corporals 60 cents; privates 52 cents. Is this a fair deal? Oughtn't the musicians to receive at least as much as the lieutenants? It is no trouble to find grumblers, complains and critics, who would speak evil of any good work instead of helping it. This has ever been the case, and ever will be possibly. The better the work, the more evil is often said of it. It is the devil's business to never do good, but to oppose the good for it interferes with his evil business. Here is a puzzle that puzzles everybody, says the Mountain Sun: "Take the number of your living brothers, double the amount, add to it three, multiply the result by five, add to it the number of living sisters, multiply the result by ten, add the number of deaths of brothers and sisters, subtract 150 from the result. The right hard figure will be the number of deaths, the middle figure will be the number of living sisters, and the left will show the number of living brothers. Some men are foolish, some have foolishness thrust upon them, some acquire foolishness, some are foolish for the want of money, but the greatest of all foolish men are they who are fools for the want of knowing how really foolish they are...Ex. Local sportmen say that quails and prairie chickens were never scarcer in this county than they are this year. They say that an unusually large number of broods were hatched this spring but the heavy rains in June drowned them. More quails and chickens have been killed by the rains than by the hunters in the last ten years. Another way the quails are being killed off is that old ones make their nests in the alfalfa fields and when the alfalfa is cut, the nests are disturbed and the eggs broken or the young ones killed. G. BRAFTEN NUSUM, Physician and Surgeon. Room 3 & 4, Bundrem Building EMPORIA, Kansas. G. W, BRINER, Seventh Avenue Market. Fresh and Salt Meats. Phons 97. 627 Commercial str. Emporia, Kansas. J. O. GRAHAM, Coal, Wood and Feed. 819 Commercial str., Emporia, Kas THE ASTORIA L. E. BUMP, Proprietor. Lunches and Short Order first class in every particular. Corner Delaware and Cherokee street. LEAVENW JRTH, Kansas. Kansas City. Mo. .... Ads Mrs. A. RUFF Groceries- Meats & Bakery Fresh Pies and Cakes daily. 1308 West Ninth str Miller Bros, Staple and Fancy Groceries Fruits, Country Produce, etc. 1301 Union Avenue. First Class Sam le Room, Tino LYNCH, Prop- Fine Line of Wines, Lipuors and Cigars. Open Day and Night- 1330 St Louis Avenue- BIGEST OFFER in the HISTORY 1 Gall 8 year old Rey Whiskey, 1 Gall Bl Brandy or Wine. Glass and Cork Screw — only $3.00. Send a Money order at— State Line Exchange, 1721 West 9th str. F. JOSEPHSON & CO. BATMAN & TAYLOR, 1331 West 9th street, You may bird all the things in the puzzle, but you can't find better — DRINKS than we have all the time. Try LEO'S Cafe and Lunch Room Good Place to Eat A nice ice to lunch counter. Good Service Board and Lodging Looms 1527 W. wi 1729 West 9th str.rial solicited. ATCHISON, Kansas, .... Ads. L BORSERINI Wholesale & Retail Mercantile Co. 730-732 Commercial str. Wholesale Dealer in Van Blatz Milwaukee Beer. Importet and Domestie Liquors — O. A. LEE & CO. Dealers in HAY, GRAIN and FLEED. 8th & Main str. ATCHISON, Ks. Cosmopolitan Refreshments of all kinds. Give them a call. 419 Minnesota ave. MIKE KURBY. CILLE HANNA THE ADMINISTRATION. First Class Liquors, Wines and Cigars, Schlitz Beer on Draught Fine Bottled Beer for Family Use a Specialty 913 North 6th street THOS. HETHERINGTON Refreshments. 911 North 5th street. BLOMQUIST Tailorin Gomp. Our fall styles are in now. Call and make your selections- 627 Minnesota avenue. FOLD KAU AN MEAT MARKET Dealers in High Grade Meats. Manufacturers of all kinds of Home Made and Foreign Sausages Kettle rendered, Lard a Specialty Phone 85 Grand- 434 Minnesota ave- E, DAVIS—Groceries Fresh and Salt Meats, full line of everything kept in a first class store. 76 W. James str. B. A, JACKSON & CO. Dealers in—FRESH and CURED Meats POULTRY and GAME. 408 Minnesota avenue. LYNCH BROS, Dealers in Coal, Wood, Flour and Feed. 538 North 3th str. Kansas City, Kansas OLDEST And best they all say. Established 1892. VOL. 10 NO. 11 W. N. HARRIES..... Dealer in Fruits, Confectionery Cigars, Tobacco & Oysters. Give him a call—He will serve you right. 427 kansas avenue. Compare With what you are paying to have your Laundry done—: Plain Shirts 8c. Cuffs (per pair) 4c. Colars 2c Work guaranteed. CAPITAL HAND LAUNDRY, 109—I11 East Third street. Tel. 790. G. D. OLDEN, Manager. SWIFT & HOLLIDAY Drug Company Have your prescriptions filled by us Anything you want. Chili Concarney, Chili-Colorow, Vegetable Soupe, Hot Weiners. Boiled eggs—Hamburg Sandey's. Stop in at ..... Dad's..... place 118 E st Fourth street. Best Meal in the city—only 100 THE PEOPLES Market Horsfield & Stump, Props Fresh and Salt Meals. Fish, Oysters and Poultry, Pickles, Jellies and Preserves 203 Kansas Avenue Fresh Kaw River Catfish daily. We close at 10 on Sunday Telephone 642. J. A. LORTIE, Horseshoer. All Ailments of the Feet and Gait Skilfully Treated. Residence: 516 Chandler street. Shop: 223 Kansas avenue TOPEKA, Kansas. Restaurant and Meas Short Order The Best 15c Meals in city. Rooms to let: is the Place to get the Best of Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Fish, Game and Smoked Meats Buyer and Shipper of LiveStock 320 East Fourth Street, Dealers in Staple and Fancy Gre- ceries. Fruits and Vegetables in Season. Goods Delivered promptly— Telephone 873 Go to -- ULAMPRL'S DEPT. STORE...408-410 E. 4th Street Bell Phone 871 CORBAN E, JUDD, M, D., PHYSICIAN and SURGEON HOURS: 10 to 12; 2 to 5 P. X-Ray Work and Electrical Treatment Office, 618 Kan ave. Tele 650. Residence 07 Greenwood ave. Tele 650. Topeka Kas. A. T. WAGGONER DR. GS AND MEDICNES Your trade solicited. 731 Kansas Avenue. THE FAMOUS H W SHAVOR, Proprietor All kinds of wild Drinks- Meals and Short order South of Square— HOLLON, KAS E. J. BLACK, Restaurant & Meals— Short Orders, Board and Lodging -- day or week 21 meals for weeks board. Call and try me. 30 Cherokee str., Leavenworth, Kansas. JOHN J. O'DONNELL Funeral Director and Embalmer, Corner Shawnee and Fifth street, Open Day and Night. Office Telephone 221, Residence Phone 222 Leavenworth, Kansas. REICH BROS. Dealers in FLOUR, FEED and GRAIN, Wholesale and Retail. EUREKA, Kauza. Subscribe Subscribe for The State Ledger. The best Newspaper you find to real first class news in all! particulars. Everybody should read it! Subscribe at once.. It pays you Don't wait to long! It is to your benefit! THE STATE LEDGER By F. L. JELTZ TOPEKA. Halti badly needs the services of a husky policeman. Now look out for the coronation poetry that was postponed, too. The Russian bear must expect to be bitten when he bucks the tiger. The Kentucky feud is dying out. Seven persons were killed in one day. Perhaps he has been called home because he couldn't Wu Congress effectively. Some mountains are judged by their volcanic actions and some by their hotel tables. Unless the British owners loosen up the only way to preserve Tara hall will be in song. There seems to be a first-class opening in Venice for a building inspector who knows his business. The average man is inclined to slide with strikers until they get too near home for comfort or profit. Have you been down to Oyster Bay to take lunchon with Teddy yet? All the other prominent people are going. A little city girl up country has written home that she is "getting fat on milk and eggs—right from the cow." The red-headed girl and the white automobile are the latest pairs announced at the eastern watering places. War is not such a dreadful thing when managed as they manage it in Colombia, no violence being permitted. Mrs. Clarence Mackay is just now being exploited as an elegant faddist. She has made babies fashionable in the smart set. A good many men who can be extremely eloquent on the "right to work" are notably backward in exercising that right. The Boston Herald mixes Dowle up with the Zionist movement for setting Jews in Palestine. Even Boston nods occasionally. Baltimore has a big tomato trust. It is buying up all the big canneries and means to yet own everything. The cans it generously gives to the public. Germany's crown prince is said to be determined to marry a lovely American girl. Here's hoping that he's half worthy of such supreme good fortune. The rebels have won a battle in Hayt, and may, if they can pull off another victory or two, be in a position to challenge Jeffries for the championship. The Michigan scientist who has found a fungus that will poison mosquitoes may yet be so wealthy that the ordinary patent medicine millionaire will envy him. The scientific discovery that even the most persevering man over 40 cannot expect to beat his small boy at golf again illustrates that this is the young folks' age. It costs about $6,000 for a young lady to make her debut in New York society of the first class. Lots of fathers would be willing to give more than that to get out of it. Just what it was that Mr. Fitzsimons said to Mr. Jeffries at the fateful moment seems destined to go down to posterity with the unsolved problems of history. Perhaps that volcano in Nicaragua that has been emitting groaning sounds for the last twenty days is mourning the probable transfer of canal operations to Panama. Any man who has been around among his friends trying to borrow $3 till Saturday will hardly agree with Comptroller Ridgely that the loans in the country have increased at an alarming rate. The wealthy German who has offered prizes to men who marry homely women over forty will not have any imitators in this country because, of course, there are few persons qualified to be beneficiaries. A young woman whose husband is a bigamist says that many times she has kept him out of the penitentiary. If she had not been so considerate in the past she might not have to work so hard to send him there now. Kitchener refused to smile at the people who cheered him in the coronation procession. It must be real hard sometimes to have to play the part of the stern, immovable warrior. It is emphatically denied that J Pierpont Morgan is to retire. There are several outlying precincts that have not yet come under his control. A North Dakota senator is being cured by the X-ray. There aren't many politicians that would dare resort to so searching a remedy. The Brooklyn woman who has been sentenced to jail for ten days because she slept in church ought to sue the preacher for contributory negligence in not providing a wide-awake sermor Russell Sage declares that the country has too many holidays. What possible difference can it make him, since interest draws right along The French aeronaut who is going to attempt a balloon trip across the Desert of Sahara must have a good deal of sand to start win. LO IS STARVING THIRTY THOUSAND INDIANS IN DESPERATE STRAITS. CAUSED BY NINE YEARS OF DROUTH A Utah Sheriff Appeals for Government Aid for Them—Says They Are Practically Out of Food and He Fears There Will Be an Uprising—Ponies for Food. SALT LAKE, UTAH.—(Special). Sheriff Christensen, of San Juan county, Utah, Thursday made a formal appeal to United States Senator Rawlins for the relief of the Navajo Indians of Southern Utah, and the latter has telegraphed the situation to the Indian commissioner at Washington. Sheriff Christensen confirms the reports that the Navajos are in a desperate condition. He predicts that, unless immediate relief is given, serious results may follow. "Thirty thousand Navajo Indians are actually at the point of starvation in Southern Utah, New Mexico and Arizona," said the sheriff. "Unless something is done to mitigate their condition soon, there will be an uprising that will not result well for the whites. The Indians are practically without food and winter coming on. The deplorable state of affairs has been caused by nine years of drought. Year by year their herds have been thinned out, until now many of them have killed their last pony to feed their squaws and pappooses. It has been impossible to raise corn, and game has become so scarce that the Indians have been driven to the last extremity." PHOENIX, A. T.—(Special.) For some months past Apache Indians have been securing permission to leave the reservation and have been gathering at the abandoned Fort McDowell reservation, until now there are about 300 there. Settlers in that vicinity are complaining of their trespassing on melon and grain fields, and their threatening language when driven out. Settlers have petitioned the governor to aid in securing their return to the reservation, as they fear trouble. Delegations of Indians have waited upon the governor, saying they were peaceful and only wanted the privilege of living there, which they believed, from some former understanding, they were entitled to do. CAN'T RUN HIS OWN TOWN. Blackwell City Council Refuses to Allow Blackwell to Erect Monument. BLACKWELL, O. T.—(Special.) Colonel A. J. Blackwell undertook to erect another monument in this city Thursday to the memory of the city officials who enforce the law, whether it pleases the colonel of not, but his undertaking was a failure. He barely had it located upon its base when Chief of Police Stephenson and Officer Lund appeared upon the scene and proceeded to tear it down—monument, base, inclosure and all. The officers acted under instructions from the city council, which met while it was being erected and declared it to be a nuisance. On the Fourth of July, the colonel erected a monument and unveiled it with much ceememony, but it stood only a few days, being removed one night by unknown parties. Pieces of it are now to be found on the river bank. The same inscription appears on the new monument, and in addition, there is a photograph that purports to be a likeness of the mayor. This means another $20,000 damage suit against the city. The colonel now has four suits of this size pending, for one thing and another. He declares the city will have to pay heavily for its action Thursday. To Enroll Cherokee Infants MUSKOGEE, I. T.—(Special.) The Dawes commission announced that it will continue in session at Tahquah, I. T., from August 30 to October 31, for the purpose of receiving applications for the enrollment of such infant children as may have been born to recognized and enrolled citizens of the Cherokee nation on or before September 1, 1902. SHENANDOAH, PA. — (Special.) The school board of Mahony township Tuesday removed six of the oldest teachers in the township. The reason given was that members of the families of these teachers were non-union mine workers. Among those affected Is Miss Anna Beddall, sister of Joseph Beddall, who was killed during the riot of July 30. WHATCOM, WASH. — (Special.) Judge Neterol Tuesday overruled a motion for a new trial for H. S. John Dix and sentenced him to ten years in the penitentiary, the limit under the laws of this state. Dix was convicted of wrecking the Scandinavian-American bank in this city. He fed to England and was arrested there about six months ago. The Willis Wood theater, which was opened Monday, August 25, is experiencing a very prosperous week with its first offering, Amelia Bingham and her company in "A Modern Magdalen." The house, when opened, revealed that it could easily substantiate its claim as "the finest theater in America." It is beautiful enough to attract admiring crowds, even if a less attraction than Amelia Bingham were being presented. Next week "The Strollers," one of the brightest and prettiest musical comedies of the day will be the bill at Kansas City's fine new playhouse. Explorer Baldwin's Row. BERGEN, NORWAY—(Special). The United States consul, Victor E. Nelson, left here Thursday for Tromsoe with the object of assisting in adjusting the dispute between Evelyn B. Baldwin and Captain Johnson, of the Baldwin-Zeigler Arctic steamer America. Mr. Baldwin intends to hire a new crew for the America's voyage in search of the Baldwin-Zeigler steamer Frithhof. Set your mind on the eggs of pleasure and you will hatch remorse. First Serious Earthquake in Philip pines Reported by Chaffes WASHINGTON.—(Special). The war department Thursday received a cablegram from General Chafee, at Manila, reporting the occurrence of a series of earthquakes on the island of Mindanao. Twenty persons were killed by falling walls, the victims all being Moros. The Americans in the vicinity escaped and the dispatch says there were no reports that any of the soldiers occupying that portion of the island affected sustained any injuries. The upheaval occurred in the country adjacent to the Lake of Lanao, in the Moro section of the island, near Camp Vickers, which is now the headquarters of the American forces stationed in Mindanao. General Chaffee's cablegram says the mountains and rivers and other streams were disturbed and much damage was done. The extent of the damage, however, was not reported. It is presumed here that the seismic shocks occurred about five days ago, though the date is not mentioned in the dispatch. This is the first serious earthquake reported from that country during American occupation of the Philippines. The most important previous seismic disturbance in Mindanao was the one that partly destroyed Palak, Kota-Batu and the village on the banks of the river Mindanao in 1872. This phenomenon closely followed the eruption of the volcano of Makaturin. General Chaffee also cabled that the military situation in that section remains quiet and unchanged. No attacks have been made on the American forces at Camp Vickers since the last report, which was cabled eight days ago. TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK. Government Tailor Kills a Man and Woman—Committe Suicide NEW YORK.—(Special.) Lizzie Otto, formerly of Stroudsburg, Pa., Arthur Campbell, of this city, and Christian Ganz, government tailor at Fort Hancock, are dead as the result of a tragedy which took place Thursday in the apartments of the woman in East Twenty-fifth street, where she was known as Lizzie Hall. The woman and Campbell, it is believed, died almost instantly. Ganz died after being taken to Bellevue hospital. It is said by the police that Ganz shot the woman and Campbell because he objected to the presence of the latter there. Then he fired a bullet into the base of his brain, striking the spinal cord. The following note, dated New York, August, 1902, was found in one of Ganzs' pockets by the coronor: "This woman has ruined my life, and I hope that God will forgive me for what I am going to do. And I am not sorry for what I am going to do. Goodby to all. Christian Ganz." IS HE BARTHOLIN? Illinois Sheriff Arrests a Man Who He Thinks Is Allied Murderer. FREEPORT, ILL.—(Special.) A man who was arrested at Rock City Wednesday on suspicion of being William Bartholin, of Chicago, was brought to Freeport by Sheriff Fox. To a representative of the Associated Press he said his name was G. G. Holcomb, that he had recently been selling wines for a Weldon, N. C., firm and that his funds became exhausted at Madison, Wis., and he left there on foot Saturday night. He also claims to have been auditor of the Lexington hotel, at Chicago, for a period in 1901 and 1902. He bears such a striking resemblance to the Chicago man that Sheriff Fox has decided to keep him until his identity is established. At the Auditorium. The new members of the Woodward Stock Company who opened the season at the Auditorium in Kansas City, August 23, are playing "Hearts Are Trumps," this week, and judging from the marks of appreciation showered upon them, they are establishing themselves firmly in the hearts of Kansas City theater goers. A fine production of "The Christian," is announced for next week's attraction at the Auditorium. Hall Caine's novel, "The Christian," was one of the most widely read books of the day, and the play adapted from it has proved a splendid working out of the dramatic features of the story. ABERDEEN, S. D.—(Special.) The First National bank was robbed of $3,800 in silver Sunday night. The robbers entered the basement, thence going up stairs. They cut a hole in the vault through the side steel. The chest was not opened, the silver being stored in sacks outside of the safe. There is no clue. Trainload of Insane People COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA—(Special.) A special train carrying 253 insane patients passed through this city Friday en route from the state hospital at Clarinda to the new hospital at Cherokee. The patients were in charge of seventeen attendants and with but few exceptions were orderly and quiet. EL RENO, O. T—(Special.) The decision of the interior department Tuesday virtually attaching a strip of land four miles wide to Oklahoma from the Chickasaw nation has brought thousands of people here to file at the land office. More than 400 filings were rejected Wednesday. Special trains are bringing in crowds on every train. The rush for these lands promises to be almost as great as at the opening last fall. There are about 1,500 farms in the strip. Land office officials are rejecting all filings on the ground of illegality. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. George Douglas Brown, the author of the "House of the Green Shutters," died suddenly in London Friday. Oklahoma postoffices discontinued; Osage, Pawnee county; mail to Skedee; Shade, Beaver county; mail to Liberal, Kan. D. B. Swingle, of Manhattan, Kan., has been appointed scientific assistant in the agricultural department at Washington. CHOLERA HAVOC EPIDEMIC EXTENDS FROM ISLAND AND OF JAVA TO JAPAN. PEOPLE ARE DYING BY THE HUNDREDS More Than 500 Deaths Have Occurred in Hong Kong—Whole Families Have Been Wiped Out in China—American Syndicate Soon to Begin Building Railroad. VICTORIA, B. C.—(Special.) The epidemic of cholera is reaching alarming proportions on the other side of the Pacific, the outbreak extending further and having more victims than ever before reported. It extends from the island of Java to Japan, and almost every city on the coast and many from the interior are affected. The disease, too, is being contracted by Europeans as well as natives. In Hong Kong, from the first of the outbreak to August 6, there had been 523 cases, six of the patients being Europeans, and 511 deaths, of whom four were Europeans. In TienTsin the last report placed the number of cases for the year at 1,049, and 764 deaths within the city walls, and 1,015 cases and 593 deaths outside the city walls. In other places in China, the proportion of cases and deaths is just as great. A dispatch says hundreds have died in Java. A writer from Kuelin, Kwansi province says: "I write from a city stricken with a violent epidemic of cholera. People are dying by hundreds daily. Outside the city over 1,000 have died. Whole families are reported to have died." In Japan, the disease is working fearful havoc. American engineers are in Shanghai preparing for an early start on the construction of the Canton Hankow railway for which an American syndicate has a concession. Little news is being received of the rebellion in Kwangsi, as the wires have been cut in the vicinity of Nanking. It is said the rebels have their Headquarters at Hsiung, and Hsiung is a place near the border of Kwei Chow province, while Hsillin is situated not far distant from the border of Yun Nan. Viceroy Lin, of Yun Nan, has suggested that a strong force, consisting of soldiery from the three provinces, Kwang Si, Yun Nan and Kwei Chow, should be sent against the rebels without loss of time. According to a telegram from Cing Sha, anti-Christian disturbancesave broken out in the Prefecture of Yung Chow Fu, Hunan province resultingin the destruction of a chapel. It is said that that the order to Wu Ting-fang to remain at Washington wasissued at the suggestion of Viceroy Yuan Shih Kai, who memorialized the thronesaying that since the appointment ofWu Ting-fang to the ministry he haddone things to the great benefit ofCina, that in his opinion no otherofficial was better qualified for thepost and that therefore he stronglyrecommended that Wu be givenanother term of ministry. MURDERERS TO BE PUNISHED Chinese Government Says It Is Sorry About the Missionaries. PEKING—(Special.) An edict has been issued ordering the murderers of an English missionary named Lewis and an Australian missionary named Bruce to be punished. The crimes were committed at Chen-Chou, in Hu-Nan province. The government expresses deep regret at the occurrence and promises to make separation. It is reported that the murders were the outcome of an outburst of superstitious frenzy on the part of the populace, based upon the idea that the missionaries in question had caused an epidemic of cholera, which is raging at Chen-Chou, by poisoning drinking water. The mob wrecked the mission building and murdered the missionaries, who had but recently arrived at Chen-Chou, where they verb cordially welcomed. Refused to Stop Boycott. Refused to Stop Boycott. SPOKANE, WASH—(Special.) In the superior court Friday, Judge Richardson held that a boycott is not illegal when peacefully conducted, and, when not so conducted, must be dealt with by the criminal court, not by a court of equity. He denied the application of K. Tahashi, a Japanese restaurant keeper, for an injunction to stop the aggressive boycott of the cooks' and waiters' union, which tried to turn his customers away. Tahashi had applied for admission to the union, but was refused because of his race. MANILA — (Special.) Cholera official statistics show a total to date of 24,266 cases and 18,040 deaths. The actual number of cases and deaths is greatly in excess of the official reports. In Manila there were but eight cases reported Monday. In some of the provinces of Luzon, the cholera situation is bad, 414 cases and 317 deaths being reported from the province of Iloos Norte. SALT LAKE, UTAH — (Special.) Unofficial announcement is made Tuesday of the serious illness of Brigham Young, president of the Quorum of Twelve, apostles of the Mormon church. President Young, who has been on a trip through the Jackson hole and Teton basin country, in Idaho, for his health, has been operated upon for dropy and is said to be in a critical condition. As president of the Quorum of Twelve, President Young is next in line for the Presidency of the church. Sailing Vessel Breaks a Record HONOLULU, via SAN FRANCISCO. (Special.) The American ship Erskine M. Mhelpa arrived here Monday from Norfolk, Va., in the fastest time ever made for the trip by a sailing vessel. She covered the distance in ninety- seven days from Hampton Roads to Diamondhead, Honolulu. The best previous record was established about thirty years ago by a German ship, which came here from Liverpool in 101 days. Defiance Starch—16 ounces 10 cents. MINDANAO DISTRIBUTION OF PACES Visayan Philippine Moro Paguy tribes. The towns entered on this map are occupied by U.S. troops. Boundary lines of Spanish provinces. (Special Letter.) NXTEN different tribes of very darkable savages, without counting the pigmy negritos, dwell in the interior INTENE different tribes of very charitable savages without counting the pigmy negroes, dwell in the interior of Mindanao, numbering probably not less than 300,000 in all, and government ethnologists have already begun to make a study of them. Inasmuch as nothing worth mentioning has been known about them hitherto, there is plenty to learn, but a good many facts have been collected, and a "race map" of the great island has been drawn, to accompany a report on the subject which will be submitted to Congress next December. One of the most notable of the tribes is that of the Bagobos, who dwell, according to their own belief, at the gates of hell. They offer human sacrifices to the devil, who lives with his wives on the top of an active volcano in their neighborhood. The monster's name is Mandarangan, and it is necessary to appease him with regular supplies of blood, which is his only drink. Inasmuch as each Bagobos has two souls, one of which goes to heaven and the other to the infernal regions, he feels particularly anxious to placate the arch-fend. The origin of these tribes is uncertain. Presumably they came originally from the mainland of Asia, although some authorities are of the opinion that they voyaged all the way from Madagascar, and they certainly arrived later than the negritos. They settled in Mindanao, however, long before the Moros, who in recent times have preyed upon them, carrying off their women and enslaving the men. They are tall, well developed, intelligent, and rather light of skin, with aquiline noses. Some of them are fierce and warlike. The most numerous of these tribes are the Subanus, which number about 70,000; the Tagadauas, which are estimated at 30,000; the Mandayas, who are reckoned at 30,000; the Montesses, who are put down at 25,000; the Manobos, who are 20,000 strong; the Atas, who comprise 21,000 souls, and the Bagobos, who number 12,000. These are only guesses, however. The Tirurays (in the neighborhood of Cottabato) are approaching extinction by starvation, and two or three of the other tribes have been either enslaved by the stronger peoples or else wiped out almost entirely in war. The Bagobos are very strong and fierce, and one of their peculiarities is that the girls are as powerful, muscular, as the boys of this tribe, and Rosser. A Moro Warrior. it is hard to tell the sexes apart. They keep slaves chiefly for the purpose of sacrificing them to the devil. Equally ferocious are the Mandayas, who offer human sacrifices with extraordinary cruelty, cannibalism being sometimes incidental. They believe in two good divinities, a father and son, and two evil ones, a husband and wife. Earthquakes they suppose to be caused by the restless movements of an immense crocodile in the center of the earth. They bury their dead in holes in the faces of cliffs. The Manobos are ferocious and treacherous. They build their houses in tree tops near the rivers, so as to be safe from their enemies. It is the same way with the Baganis, though sometimes the latter place their dwelling on inaccessible crags. Among the Baganis the costume varies with the number of murders a man has committed. When a man has committed from five to ten murders, he indicates the fact by wearing a flesh-colored handkerchief on his head. A scarlet handkerchief and shirt decorate the person of the warrior who has murdered from ten to twenty people, while for more than twenty murders scarlet pantalons may be added. Thus it will be seen that some of Uncle Sam's new wild folks possess elements of attractiveness. When a Bagani has murdered somebody, he cuts off a lock of the victim's hair and attaches it to the edge of his shield, being thus enabled to keep count of A Savage of the Interior. the persons he has killed. He wears armor of split rattan, and one of his methods of discouraging a foe is to drive sharp pieces of bamboo into the ground where the enemy is likely to step on them and maim himself. Spring bows, also, are set in the jungle, so as to shoot anybody who may happen to come along. The Baganis are undoubtedly cannibals. Among the savage tribes both women and men chew tobacco and pierce their ears, distending the lobes of the latter enormously by means of plugs of bone. It is customary to tattoo the children, chiefly for the sake of identification in case they happen to be stolen, kidnapping being very common. A man pays for his wife in advance by working for her parents from four to six years, and one of the methods of solemnizing marriage consists in the giving of a handful of boiled rice by the husband to the wife, and vice versa, in token that they are mutually to sustain each other. Concerning the Moros, whose ancestors probably came from Borneo and Celebes, there is a good deal of contradictory testimony. It is admitted that the Moro is a man built for the fatigues of war. He excels in the use of lance, buckler, and sword (having small knowledge of firearms), and these weapons are his inseparable companions. He sleeps with them, and he fights equally well on foot, on horseback, or in his fleet war canoe. It has been charged that he is absolutely indifferent to bloodshed or suffering, and that he will take the life of a slave or a stranger merely to try the keenness of a new weapon. Looking upon work as a disgrace, his scheme of life consists in making slaves of less warlike men, to work for him, and taking their best-looking girls for his harem. On the other hand, some of our observant army officers recently in Mindanao declare that the Moros are very like the best of our North American Indians, such as the Nez Perces and Northern Cheyennes, in features and manners, in their love of independence, and in personal dignity and pride. They are apt to be courteous, light-hearted, and improvident. Their sense of humor is strong, and they are amenable to argument and reason. Their dislike for work is rather the warrior's contempt for labor than mere laziness. Though no reliable figures are obtainable, it is believed that there are about 500,000 Moros in Mindanao. Some authorities say only 300,000, however. The Moros, as a rule, are disposed to be very friendly when treated as equals, and by following out that idea the Americans have accomplished with them what the Spaniards, who behaved very haughtily to them, could not do in 300 years. Some women are such good financiers that they can afford to wear better stockings in swimming than at any other time. The first wagon load of this season's corn in the Emporia market was as large as a man's arm. Even Sherman county—out on the Colorado line—is complaining of too much rain. "Now," says the Coolidge Enterprise, "prepare for the news that hell has frozen over." A Goodland man advertises for the return of "a black shepherd dog, white on the nose, yellow eyebrows and hole in his ear." There is very little danger of mistaking the identity of that dog. The conference of Free Methodists in Arkansas City denounces Mayor Craudock for allowing 1,000 slot machines to run in Kansas City, Kas. In her "card of thanks" a Miami county widow after thanking every body else, concluded: "I also thank the band for its consoling music and Mrs. Avering, the milliner, who furnished me such becoming mourning. My dear husband's farm is for sale as soon as proper legal steps can be taken and will be sold at a bargain. Oh death, thou art terrible." The "meanst man" made his appearance in Atchison this week. He asked a blind man to change a dollar for him, and then gave him a Mexican dollar. The short grass country may find it necessary to change its name. In one town within halling distance of the Colorado line the weeds are nine teen feet high. Nearly every town in Kansas has reported a plague of some kind this summer. Ottawa has a "plague of noisy dogs." "Lane society," says a paper there, "is divided into two classes; those who have looped-the-loop in Kansas City and those who have not. In Paola a negro gave as his excuse for striking a woman in the face, that she was so ugly she made him tired. He was fined $10 and costs. Harmon Wilson reports that at a game of baseball between the dead mutes Saturday one mute on the bleachers rooted so hard that he dislocated his thumb. Wichita is too wise to indulge in any excessive hilarity over the "boom" which it is enjoying, but nevertheless it gained 3,396 in population last year. "Plunkett" Johnson of Wellsville is so tall that his friends say his head is "above timber line." A few day ago a farmer offered him employment "What doing?" asked Johnson. "Picking squirrels," answered the farmer. Atchison has contracted with the Banda Rossa for the Corn carnival and is so pleased about it that the band is referred to by its full name—"The Red Band of Italy." Solonel Rowland of the Soldiers' home, Leavenworth, tells this story. When the inspector visits the home the members are invited to make complaints to him. One grizzled old veteran eran arose and said: "I want to complain about the band. It plays nothing but Dago music. And when it does play patriotic songs it plays only one verse; before I get started whistling the tune it switches off onto another one. "San Antonio Pete," the steer which can trot a mile in better than three minutes, is billed for a race with a trotting horse at the Logan jubilee this week. Since a can of milk exploded in Parsons last week there is some fear that an effort may be made to blow up the jail with butter, or wreck a train with a cheese. It is reported that when John W. Gates' special train passed through Newton last week one of the yardmen said: "If I had all his money I would have my train drawn by two engines." In Waterville a man won $5 by riding a bucking broncho, but a purse containing $20 which he carried in an inside coat pocket was thrown so far into the weeds that he hasn't found it yet. "A Kansas man can usually keep the peace al the year 'round without feeling any restraint," remarks the Ottowa Herald, "until he sees one piece of news break into the papers. Then he has to hold himself. The news is about the annual reunion of Quantrell's gang, which is now in progress in Missouri." A Hutchinson man is roaring because he was forced to pay $2 in Colorado Springs for the use of a cot in a room with nine other men. In Meriden the principal duty of the town marshal consists of cutting the weeds. The Leavenworth Times rebukes 2 Lawrence paper which is perpetually harping on the theme of Kansas City "gall." "The 'gall' of Kansas City." Colonel Anthony says, "has stood here in good stead on more than one occasion. Without it she never would have amounted to more than a whistling station for Leavenworth or Lawrence." The Kansas contingent of the Grand Army refuses to march to "rag time" music. The old veterans are more particular than the young veterans. The Twentieth Kansas regiment won fame by fighting to the tune of a "A Hot Time." The dispute as to whether the overture from "Tannhauser" is really elegant music or only a jumble of loud noises has reached Howard. The Compant expresses the belief that "any man who likes music and can't get gobs of good out of 'Tannhauser' is beyond our comprehension." A story is being printed that Harry Tracey, the late Oregon fugitive, was tried in Coffeyville, Kan., for horse stealing eleven years ago and was sentenced to two years and six months in the penitentiary. Tracey was the only 17 years old. Mack Cretcher of the Sedgwick Panagraph went to the top of Pike's Peak a few days ago in the same car with Howard Gould, Mrs. Gould and Mrs. Gould's maid. "The wye not in clined to be chummy," he writes, "we didn't find it out until their names appeared in the Pike's Peak Herald." NO MONEY TILL CURED, 25 YEARS ESTABLISHED. we see! FREE and postpaid a 200 page treatise on Piles, Fistul and Diseases of the Rectum; also 100 page illus. treatise on Diseases of thousands bencured by the University of Kansas, till they furnish their names for DRS, THORNTON & MONSTER, 1030 Oak St, Kansas City, Mo. CHANGE OF LIFE. 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After more than 400 years it appears that Cuba has not yet been entirely discovered. Much of it and many of its treasures are yet unknown, according to the recent report made by Governor-General Wood. He says that after the centuries of Spanish occupancy there are large portions of the island that have never even been prospected, and practically remain undiscovered, so far as knowledge of what they contain goes. Water to Succeed Fire Invention and discovery assure us that there will be no limit to progress in the long distance carrying of electric energy. While water holds out to run, therefore, why should man bother with questions of coal mine exhaustion or wrestle endlessly with the smoke nuisance? Silently, cleanly, without fuss or fumes, a power that heats, lights and moves, all from the same wire, will yet be brought cheaply to the door of every shop and home. 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Farmers' Advocate, "but now don't jump at the conclusion that we have lost our head or spent a whole year $a$ income on one dinner. We have a neighbor who raises chickens and who believes in the 'Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man,' hence our good fortune." What an Almanac Did Matthews, Ark., Aug. 25th.—Mrs. Lee S. Sanders of this place tells how an almanac saved her life. "I have been troubled a great deal with my kidneys all my life and was constantly growing worse. "I chanced to get a copy of Dodd's Almanac for 1902 and in it read some stories of how Dodd's Kidney Pills had cured many very bad cases of Kidney Trouble. "My husband bought a box and I began to use them and in a short time we were surprised and delighted at the wonderful improvement in my case. "I am now as well as anybody and I can not say too much for Dodd's Kidney Pills. It was a lucky day for me when I picked up that almanac. "I believe Lodd's Kidney Pills will cure anyone who suffers with Kidney Trouble." Duchars Royals London The duchess of Albany was one of the most interesting members of the English royal family, who live in another country, in London for the coronation. Of late years she has spent most of her time principally in Germany, where her only son has become a petty German sovereign, and where, it is rumored, her daughter, the Princess Alice, is expected to make an advantageous foreign match. Taking in All the Sights An Iowa judge and his daughter were among the callers on Mayor Low of New York the other day. In the course of a chat with Mr. Low the young woman said artlessly: "We are here to see the sights, and so we called on you." The mayor's habitual pulse was somewhat shaken for a moment, but he saw that the remark was intended as a compliment and bowed his thanks. --- Politician With Poor Memory. The laugh is on Chairman Frey of the Ohio Democratic state central committee. He issued an official call for the state convention to be held at Sandusky and stated among other things that a lieutenant governor would be nominated. The Ohio Supreme Court decided some weeks ago that no such officer is to be elected this fall. Ohio State Journal. Lady Henry Somerset's Visit. Lady Henry Somerset expects to sail for New York Sept. 26. Unable to remain long in this country, she has pledged herself to few engagements beyond the national convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at Portland, Me. She will visit Montreal, Washington and Boston, in each of which cities she will deliver an address. Hoa Found Caoas Miara Has Found Cancer Microbiol Prof. Gosbourg of the University of Berlin is the latest bacteriologist to report the discovery of the cancer microbe. He has been experimenting along this line for several years and is considered an authority upon the subject. President Elliot Fond of Roses. President Elliot of Harvard is an enthusiastic rose grower. He is very fond of the flower, of which he has an exact scientific knowledge, and three bushes at his Cambridge home are his especial personal care. With my rose for lock and key None shall pick the lips, pardie! But to me, if they unclose All is safe beneath the rose. -Charles Henry Webb. (Copyright, 1982, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) All through the hot July forenoon a mover's outfit had dragged slowly along the red, sun-hardened road. When it reached the top of a long hill it swerved in under the shadow of some trees and halted. A tall, broadshouldered man clambered down from the wagon, and was presently followed by a young woman in a sunbonnet and an old man who peered eagerly from side to side. The mules were unharnessed and fed, and two guant, traveloary cows untied from behind the wagon and turned loose to graze. Then the man took a fishing pole and started leisurely toward a green line of bushes, which could be seen winding along in the distance; the woman went into the woods to gather fuel. The old man watched them depart with evident uneasiness. He loitered about undecidedly, and at last walked slowly down the road. A big brindle dog rose lazily and followed him. The wagon was concealed from below by an abrupt bend in the road. Along this were drooping masses of chincapin bushes. The old man paused near them and gazed wistfully into the valley. Every building, field and orchard passed successfully under his gaze, and his dim old eyes grew misty with loving recognition. Presently he saw a horseman in the distance, and he looked at him curiously. After awhile his curiosity changed to interest, and then to apprehension. As the horseman came slowly up the hill he trembled violently and at last turned and hurried toward the wagon. As he did so the dog sprang forward with loud barks of suspicion and defiance. Suddenly there was a sharp report, and a thin cloud of smoke rose hazily into the air. As it floated out over the chincapin bush the horseman came into view. There was a smile of amusement on his face, which instantly disappeared as he glanced toward the wagon. Underneath it, and lying in the shade was the form of a man, apparently asleep. With a startled exclamation the horseman threw himself from his saddle and hurried toward the recumbent figure. At the same moment the woman emerged from the woods. "What's the matter?" she demanded fiercely. "Have you shot him?" "N—no, I reckon not." The man rose and stood aside as she bent solicitously over the figure. "He seems to breathe all right and I can find no trace of a bullet." He paused a moment, but as she did not answer, added deprecatingly: "You see I only intended to frighten the dog and fired high." The old man groaned and throw out his arms as though to ward off something. The woman stroked his head softly. "I low he's all right," she said; he's been this way consider'bler lately. Coming back to his old home has made him sorter fitified, I reckon. Hil's the first time he's been round here in more'n thirty year." "Did he live in this neighborhood?" "I reckon so. Pap ain't been much of a hand to tell about his old home. A He turned and hurried toward the wagon. Most we know is what we picked up from words now and then, and from his actions." "Do you expect to settle here?" The young woman did not seem to think the question impertinent. The stranger was tall and of command fig, and she evidently believed him to be a person of consequence in the neighborhood. Possibly he owned the very land on which they were camped. "We all ain't settled about that yet," she answered simply. "We like round her, and will stay if my husband can get stiddy work. I'd like to on Pap's account. He ain't never been satisfied up in Calina. Not that he ever spoke of coming back, 'cept in his sleep,' she added hastily. 'Pap ain't been a complaining man. We all had ```markdown ``` The Return. a time in getting him started. He seemed troubled about somepin', and we had to persuade and persuade 'fore he'd give in." Here the old man opened his eyes and stared around questioningly. As his gaze rested upon the stranger he convulsively raised himself to a sitting posture. At first he seemed inclined to run away, then by a powerful effort he controlled himself. "I've been expecting you for thirty years," he said in a quawing voice, which gradually became firm. "You're Colonel Parkerson?" "Yes." "I've allers be sorry I run away," the old man continued, as he rose slowly and bowed his head, like a man awaiting sentence, "but hit all came A man in a suit and hat stands with a cane, holding a bag, as a woman in a plaid dress looks on. A man in a suit and hat stands with a cane, holding a bag, as a woman in a plaid dress looks on. "Oh, John, John! I thought I had killed you!" "Oh, John, John! I thought I had killed you!" on me so sudden. I loved your son John like as he was a brother, and—and the killing was accidental." The stranger gazed at him for a moment in amazed silence; then he grasped the unresisting hand. "Are you Phil Turner?" he asked eagerly. Then with disappointment in his voice, "Of course not! You are an old, old man, and Phil would be only fifty-two—just my age." "Ain't you Colonel Tom Parkerson?" There was fierce energy in the old man's voice. "I am John Parkerson. My father died many years ago. Why-" For the old man was groveling on the ground, caressing his feet. "I am an old, old man," he quavered, "but I'm Phil Turner; and I'm only fifty-two. Oh, John, John! I thought I had killed you!" The young woman had been watching them wonderingly. John Parkerson turned to her with moist eyes. "Your father was foreman on our plantation," he said softly. "He and I were young men together, and were like brothers. He shot me accidentally while out hunting. Poor Phil!" He raised the old man to his feet, and added cheerfully. "You must never leave us again, Phil. The old Burke place is for sale, very cheap. Thirty acres and house under a fine group of live oaks. I advise you to buy it." "I ain't prospered enough to buy land," he said deprecatingly. John Parkerson laughed. "You remember we owed you a quarter's wages when you left, Phil," he said. "That two hundred dollars has been accumulating interest for thirty years. It will be enough to buy the Burke place." Value of Oil as Stsamship Fuel. Much thought has recently been given to the use of oil as fuel, and it has just been employed on the British steamer Enterprise with satisfactory results. A steel vessel, built at Newcastle-on-Tyne, the Enterprise, has a carrying capacity of 4,000 tons. With coal as fuel her speed has never exceeded an average of eight or nine knots an hour, but she has just finished a voyage of 2,000 miles from Hawaii to San Francisco, burning oil, and has succeeded in steaming an average of ten knots an hour. It was demonstrated that in substituting oil for coal the ship made a saving of 40 per cent in the weight of fuel and of 36 per cent in the space devoted to its storage. There was also a slight saving in cost of fuel and operation of the ship. Sheep Eat Bottle Trees. During the prolonged drought that has devastated large areas of Queensland, a few squatters have been able to save a remnant of their flocks and herds by feeding them on bottle trees. The scientific name of this tree is sterculia, but its popular name gives an idea of its shape. It is like a soda water bottle, magnified to a height of four of five feet. The bulbous part contains a mucilaginous substance, which is wholesome and nutritious to those who have acquired its taste. It was pathetic to see the thirsty sheep gather around a bottle tree, pick up the chips, chew them and extract all possible moisture. ```markdown ``` AN ITALIAN CAPTAIN Cured by Pe-ru-na of Catarrh of the Stomach After Doctors Failed. A DAINTY SUMMER GIRLS USE CUTICURA SOAP assisted by CUTICURA OINTMENT for preserving, purifying and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair, and hands, for irritations of the skin, heat rashes, tan, sunburn, bites and stings of insects, lameness and soreness incidental to outdoor sports, for sanative, antiseptic cleansing, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Much that all should know about the skin, scalp, and hair is told in the circular with CUTICURA SOAP. DON'T SUFFER When You Can Buy a Bottle of Mexican Mustang Liniment For MAN OR BEAST Hon. J. D. Botkin, Congressman from Kansas Writes an Interesting Letter. CaptainO, Bertoleto of the Italian Barque "Lincelles." In a recent letter from the chief officer of the Italian Barque Lincelles, Pensacola, Fla., writes: "I have suffered for several years with chronic catarrh of the stomach. The doctors prescribed for me without my receiving the least benefit. Through the treatment of the catarrh of Peruna, and two bottles have entirely cured me. I recommend Peruna to all my Friends."—O. Bertoleto. In catarrh of the stomach, as well as catarrh of any part of the body, Peruna is the remedy. As has been often said if Peruna will cure catarrh of one part, it will cure catarrh of any other part of the body. Peruna is catarrh wherever located, and the remedy that will cure it anywhere will cure it everywhere. DAINTY SUMMER GIRLS USE CUTICURA OINTMENT for fying the skin, scalp, hair, and hand rashes, tan, sunburn, bites and stings incidental to outdoor sports, for san all the purposes of the toilet, bath, a Much that all should know about the circular with CUTICURA SOAP. 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Hartman, Columbus, O.: My Dear Doctor—it gives me pleasure to certify to the excellent curative qualities of your medes. to certify to the xi ties of your医 mices - Peruna and Manalin. I have been afflicted more or less for a quarter of a century with catarrh of the stomach and constipation. A residence in Washington has increased these times. A few bottles of your medicine. icines—Peruna and Manalin. I have been afflicted more or less for a quarter of a century with catarrh of the stomach and constipation. A residence in Wash. be has increased these troubles. A few bottles of your medicine have given me almost complete relief, and I am sure that a continuation of them will effect a permanent cure. Peruna is surely a wonderful remedy for catarrh affections—J. D. Botkin. This is a case of catarrh of the stomach which had run for twenty-five years, according to his statement, and Peruna has at once come to his relief, and once concocted for him more benefit than he had been able to find in all other remedies during a quarter of a century. It stands to reason that a man of wealth and influence, like a Congressman of the great United States, has left no ordinary means unattied and no stone unturned to find a cure. If such cures as that do not verify that the disease as dyspepsia is due to catarrh of the stomach, but also that Peruna will cure catarrh of the stomach, it is impossible to imagine how any evidence could do so. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Alessia Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. 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