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The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

Robey," be said, pointing to 4 dis.
patch 1t is impossible for me tn
60 / can't leave no. 6: and there
are two critical cases in the city.
Will you go?"
Eyes, if you will trust me-
''As ! would myself" was the doc
tors reply.
Soon the train for Robey was
bounding westward with Elsie
aboard. Somehow her thoughts went
back to the happy days following her
marriage. = thousand images Of her
husband came to her mind. With
all his faults he had meant to be kind:
in other circumstances, all would
nave been different; and although
she was in the first flush OF success
she would have given up all for him
even now.
At last the Robey stat on was
called. AS she aligbted she was met
by boy carrying smoky lantern
and man mutfied in fur. AS Elsie
stepped forward, the man stared at
her cuTiously
''Dr. Gay couldn't come" she said.
That's the word we got, said the
man beh.n nd the fur collar Said
he'd send one Jest as good We
hadn't counted on it's bein' a woman,
though The gals alwers ben puny, :"
he continued
Then they left the station and
presently they came to a house where
lights were burning in the lower
rooms. Elsie was shown into a small
sitting-room. The kitchen door stood
ajar, and through it a short, thin
woman soon entered
I'm Mrs. Plympton, she said.
tits our daughter Henrietta She's
been ailin', off an on, tour years
We've tried no end of medicines. Our
doctor calls it angeling pectnris He
made deal Of Henrietta; he meant
to marry her, miss.
Elsie checked this torrent Of speech
when she could and sat down in the
sick-rOom and watched her patient
who was young girl, perhaps l8. On
| the table by the bedside were bottles
and vials. She glanced at the labels
and shook her head in indignation.
Its pneumonia" she said. 'EThe
girl has been treated wrong, alto
! gether wrong. 1t is atrocious bung-
ling"
The room was still vibrating with
her words when the attending physi.
| clan entered
''Dr. Hobart, I" sobbed the mother,
| but she could not 60 on.
There was moment Of bewilder
ing confusion. The family had with
drawn. and Elsie. stunned and almost
pOwerless, stood gazing at her hus
band This man Of many schemes
had grouped his way into high pro-
fession; he had tlOated into a hap.
hazard connection with some medl-
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

Marbe is now so closely initiated
by chemical means that there is
often great difficulty in telling the
imitation from the natural stone.
by new process limestone or chalk
may lie converted into the nature of
marble Of any tint or combination Of
shades, while the specific gravity is
increased On the surface OF the wa
ter bath used for the yeining there Is
sprinkled a varnish composed If ses-
quioxide Of iron. gum, and turpen-
tine. and water being unstable. a
freedom of design is obtained. es-
pecially when the tUrpentine is
broken up by the addition Of soap
Alter the stone is dipped in turpen-
tine. it is immersed in solut ons Of
sulphate OF iron, copper or zinc, sep
arate or in combination. The diff
ference ia shades is obtained by va
rying the period of immersion, and
the order Of tanks used Copper and
iron sulphate give dark colors; zine
and iron alternately give light vel
low. while the use OF the three con-
secutivelY gives dark yellow and
brown in variegated tintS After
being treated in the sulphate baths
the stone is i'm ersed in a warm wa
ter bath 10 tix the cOlors, all air be-
inc meanwhile expelled. The color
is said TO permeate the full thickness
OF the sto e. which j. afterwards
dried in an oven The next ster Is
an immersion in an Indurati. = tath
II solution O. phat Q! Zlnci which
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

Beecham's Pills. OF druggists. rs cents
A CHRISTIAN does not have TO have
a big fortune to prove TO God that he
is grateful.
THERE is somebody who will not
believe in Christ until His face is seen
In your lite.
GoD is always looking for better
place in which to put the man whom
He can trust
No ONE can belong to God for an
hour who does not intend TO belong
to Him forever.
Too MANY people never recognize a
good opportunity until they have
seen its back.
THERE are people who say they
would like TO do good, who don't
smile once a week.
CHRIST will knock at the door of
your heart but He will not come in
without an invitation.
THE preacher often needs a change
OF people as much as the people need
a change OF preacher.
ONE OF the hardest lessons to learn
is that we are made out OF the same
kind Of clay as other folks
TALK OF improving the liquor
traffic You might as well under
take 10 paint the devil white.
THE dangerous thing about saying
no to God to-day is that you may
have to keep on doing il forever.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

Meehan's Monthly suggests in re-
gard 10 field mice. what might possi-
bly be applicable TO gophers also:
lit Is said that ia some parts Of
the eastern counties Of Scotland, field
mice have ia reased in such great
proportions that scarcely blade Of
grass is left undeyoured over hun
dredS of acres. and that the farmers
are holding public meetings 10 i'm
plcre the Cove nment to do some
thing to aid in the determination Of
the mice All hands were said to De
set TO work hunting and killing the
mice one by one. We think Our
American cuItivatOrs would make
snort work Of the trouble by burying
turDips, potatoes or other vegetables
well impregnated with Paris green,
in their runs They attribute their
misfortune TO the great destruction
OF owls, which heretofore are said 10
have fed chiefly on field mice"
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

The figure Of the Confederate sol.
dier that is 10 be one Of the orna-
ments 10 the Richmond (Na) mem.
orial, designed by william L Shepard
and Sculptor Caspar Buberl, in honor
Of the soldiers and sailors Of the
"lost cause" is neary complete
The lower limbs were successfully
cast here in bronze the other day,
3. 500 pounds OF metal being used.
The figure will weigh, when com
pleted, about ;. 500 pounds Ii all
the castings shall prove perfect the
statue will he shipped 10 Richmond
about April >. some OF the upper
portions OF tht statue have already
been successfully east The model l.
sixtecp feet high, aud whec com.
p!eted there will he repr d. et 10
bronze = fac-simile Of the soldier IN
gray -Lond0l Spectator
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

wlll-this is what it means Five
Tears ago he promised to come back
to you as your lover: tonight you
have saved the life Of the girl whom
he processes to love"a
There came sound as OF some one
being dragged along the platform:
and a railroad functionarY emerged
from little office.
IFS that Hobart? Don't say he's
ben"
mo, he hain't," With convincing
gestures; This Dreath's jes' like a
rose.
"But what's to pay, Toby? Where
was he:"
.Layin' On the track, close TO the
switch. lie seems to be thawn'
out now" continued the man, medi-
tatipely. III s'pose the trouble was
that case D. Plvmpton's gal. They'd "a
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

soFered carpet, while children scat
tered flowers; lately she had walked
ma kitchen floor.
Six years before, when Putnam Ho-
hrt led his wife out OF the little rus
ii church at Forsyth, the May sun
none encouragingly into his face
smooth roads seemed to stretch out
d every direction. Things went
veil for a year. Then the financial
crashes came and he began to 60
down. He speculated with Elsie's
money and lost it, Then he became
sclerk, with meager wages, and all
this time their home life, with little
money to support it was becoming
unhappy. Finally on the 1st OF June,
he was thrown out of employment
entirely and since then he mad hung
azly about. seemingly without am
4 hti0n and with no aim to do any
4 hing. 1t was now July and on this
ky, the 5th, he was to accept a posi-
aOa out of town for which he had ap-
hied In answer to An advertisement
ind it was to enable him to catch an
early train that Elsie was preparing
heakfast at this early hour, while
the ether villagers were still sleeping
As she went about her work,
thoughts of the past filled her mind
] nd made her angry, while looking
INTO the future she saw little hope.
He'll be back again, sOOn," she
nd to herself. ''The work won't
athim; I know it"
That morning he went to take the
pace Two days later he came back.
IAe work was not to his taste-that
vas all he said. Two days after that,
aErt secured by some Of his cred
tors was served and then the cred
TORS came. But they found little
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08
sEvENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST YEAR
The Locust Is a Pest, Likewise a Favorite
Prey-ExceIlent Fish Bait

Inc LOCUST lb a rest % 1AhoAAbc
Prey-ExceIlent Fish Bait
Our expected guests. the seventeen
year-Old locusts. who will be with Us
this summer unless the entOmOlo-
gists speedily find some potent means
of discouraging their proposed ar
rival, will receive warmer welcome
from beast and b rd than from the
human kind. In their train will
come swarms of feathered hunters
who will find in them dainty edi-
BILE, and make their lives one weary
succession of aer al twiStings and
turnings Kingbirds, bluejays, wood
peckers, fly catchers, and even the
larger thrushes and the smaller
hawks, forsak rng all else. will cleve
unto the unfortunate harvest fly and
grow fat uron his remains If he
grows weary in attempting to out
strip his feathered enemies in flight,
and seeks refuge beneath a shelter
ing branch, be falls prey to the
vigilant squirrel or chipmunk, who
finds him tOOthSOme mOrSel. Un-
der any tree in the still, sunny days
of the summer months YOU may find
little heaps of Yellow-ribbed gauze
wings, testifying to the tragedy of
the cicadas who escaped the attacks
Of feathered foes only to fall victims
to their furred enemy of the rodent
| species.
All men, too will hunt the un-
| fortunate locust, not as food, for he
is not the edible locust of scripture,
which. carnisheu with wild honey.
formed the staple diet of the ancient
wanderer, but out of desire TO de-
stroy him lest he destroy their fruit
trees and vines He is himself a
predatory individual and does great
damage to vegetation, wherefore the
farmers hold him in abOminatiOn,
But one man will there be who will
rejoice at the advent of the seven
teen-year harvest fly, and that is the
fisherman When all other bats
fail the larva of the Seventeen-yeaI
locust will tempt the wariest fish tC
the hook. 1t is not the full -iedged
insect, however, that avails here, but
the larva at the roots of trees, get
ting ready to emerge from his six
teen years of underground existence
and burst into the glory Of gauzy
wings ana more or less musica,
whir.
These Larvae are white and un
pleasantly moist, also, they look a.
if they might bite or sting or other
wise perform in a harmful manner
but they can't You may, by dig
ging down at the root OF a younG
tree, turn up a number of them a
every spade thrust. Put them into I
box, cover them over with dirt, ther
go to the nearest stream, bait you
hook with one of them, and throw il
your line. If you don't catch some
thing it is because the fish are al
dead, OF else you weren't born to b.
an angler Trout black bass, rocl
bass perch, pickerel, or even bull
heads will turn aside in diSdain from
fly, minnow, worm, or crawflsh, an(
eagerly grab at the larva of the l0
Gust There is use for everything
and if our periodical cicada guest
give us better fishing, then surel
their visits cannot be regarded as al
unmittipated evil
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

eaough to attach. Tn the garden
aak Wormwood and thistles look
town on panY corn; there was a
NOOd- pile in which wrecks Of furni-
lure and the refuse of recent car
lentry lay ia tangled heap; and in
he house the prospect was not much
better, Elsie's poor sewing machine
icing everything that the creditors
sh0ught worth taking.
Elsie went back to her fathers
With the children. Her hus band
lfayeled westward to one OF the river
tates He would come back in a
little while, he said: he would begin
I ute over again and be her lover once
more. More than year after his
Rords were still ringing in her ears,
out he had never come back. The
stfongest links which bound them
i bad snapped &sunder: the children
III lay buried in the graveyard on
The hillside. The physician who
] ried to save them was eloquent and
ignorant. In the early stages Of the
disease he prophesied their sreedy re-
4 tOvery: in a few days it was an easy
natter to predict their death. When
4 the last child lay dead before her,
1 the wish to know what the nature
f medicines was and what knowl-
Hnge could do to save life, became a
MettIed purpose with Elsie. She
sould be physic an;-and she would
faithful and thorough phys clan.
sie entered medical college in
arie city. Tn four years she became
aysicidn in the City Hospital She
a time to do many things for
she was not paid. With steady
" and cheerful presence, she
&tered to the sick and to the
u: If she could not save souls In
nonths she was known as skilled
can; in a year she had estab-
q that reputation throughout
hospital.
er appointment az the hospital
come through the influence Of
chief surgeon. She had been
sanity associated with him in her
ales; but her Platonic friend now
alne her devoted lover. Her ex-
aa1lOLs did not satisfy him. and
NM N, aesire that her work should not
49, and that their association
4 bnf.o not cease wrung her secret
PCT reluctant lips.
MI acy afternoon i'm February she
III mssamoned to Dr. Cats office
" sailed To a consultation in
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08
Queer Custom in a Boston Church.

Queer Custom in "A Boston Church.
In accordance with a custom in
England that the Kings Cabinet
must retire from office when the SOW
tereign himself either abdicates or
dies, so that the new severe gn may
not be hampered in any way by ad-
visers who might be adverse to his
policy, and which has been adopted
by the Central Congregational Society
in election of deacons, took place re-
Gently owing to a change of pastor.
The old board was reelected. The
deacons are: j. A. Denison, L. III.
Russell, aud j. A. Bennett. The
board will probably be increased to
six members in the coming fall. The
custom is believed TO be unique in
the church government OF Congrega-
tional churches, and was brought
about by church quarrel back in
the sos. when two or three deacJns
belonged to a minority which wanted
to be rid of the pastor In order TO
prevent future disturbances Of this
nature on account Of combatiVe
deaconS, It was agreed that al the
deacons should annually yacate with
a change of pastors-Boston Tran
script.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08
Summer Resorts OF the East via Nan-
dalia and Pennsylvania
short Lines.

The short route from -. Louis and the
only one over which fast express trains run
to Cresson, Altoona and other retreats IN the
Alleghenies, to which Tourist Tickets at re-
duced rates will be sold during the season.
For reaching the Adriondacks. the White
Mountains. the Catskills, and places Of sum
mer soiourn in Eastern New York. Vermont.
New Hampshire and Maine, these lines offer
exceptional advantages, being the most dt-
rect to New YoIk, where connection u made
for any OF the retreats in the mountains Of
the east. Newport, Fall River. Narragan.
sett Pier. Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard
and the delightful resorts down on Cane
Cod, are readily reached from New York,
from which point passengers have choice q
rail route or palatial steamers of the Fall
River Line Atlantic City, Cape May, Long
Branch. Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, and re-
sorts on the New Jersey coast are reached
via Philadelphia or New York over divisions
of the Pennsylvania System. For details ad-
dress J. NJ. Chesbrough, A. q. L. Agent. 81
Louis Mo-
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08
Freuuent Onslaughts

On the delicate membrane of the bowels and
stomach with drastic purgatives must nave
their natural cOnSequence-to weaken ana ulS-
able both organs. Nature exacts severe penal
ties for infringements of her laws, and there rs
no more glaring one than that which consists In
frequent and unnecessary dosing with violent
cathartics. This is. however, the course pur-
sued by many unwise people who seem to think
that the boweAs, unless constantly relaxed are
NOT in a healthy state. When laxative is really
headed, Hostctters Stomach Btters is the
safest and most thorough. 1t neither gripes
nor operates violently or excessively. Ii lnvIg-
orates the intestines and stomach and arouses
the liver Regularity and vigor are guaran-
teed by its use. Sleep promoted, appetite re-
stored, are among its benign effects. tenden-
cy to rheumatism and kidney trouble is NUN,
fed by it, and it completely eradicates malarial
complaints.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08
DOCTOR HOBAR,

/ story by Edward w. Flagg, IA the
lI.,I ~ England Magazine.
rsie Hobart was just a trife hot
..nnnered as she busted herself about
y little cottage preparing an early
s'.sskfast. u Her husband had been
~ Y. n work over a month and she
~ ~ been obliged to support him and
n n cbildren sewing day and night,
sstiI now she was almost disheart-
,ssd s She thought Of her wedding
N N when she walked fro il the
.surcn M to the carriage on bright
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

Siberia is popularity supposed to be
a barren waste, extending from the
frozen ocean on the north to the
sands of the Cobb desert on the south.
But this popular impression is alto
gether wrong, according to the Phila-
delphia Record. Exclusive of the
north and the deserts Of Turkestan,
Russia in Asia contains an area of
3, 600, 600 square miles of land suita-
BILE for agriculture or pastoral pur-
suits. Its population numbers nearly
1S,OOO,O ,OO0 There are several cities
with a population exceeding so, 600.
The agricultural products exported,
which constitute only a very small
part of the whole, are valued at an
average Of $50. 000 900 year. The
output of the mines exported is val
ued at upward of $40, 600, 600 annu-
ally, and the furS fish, skins and
other products that come into Eu-
ropean Russia from Siberia are worth
S., 900, 900 to ST, 900, 900. 1t was for
the purpose of developing this vast
territory and encouraging immigra-
tion thither that the Government of
the Car has undertaken to expend
$33, 900, 900 upon the Great Siberian
Railway, over 1000 miles long, which
will connect the Black Sea and the
Baltic with Vladivo5tOck, on the sea
of Japan. It is not expected that
the railway will pay the expenses of
operation for many years to come.
But it will doubtless be an important
factor in the future economic history
of the world. One result of the COM
pletiOn of the road may be an entire
shifting of trade routes; and it will
certainly open a new and productive
continent to settlement
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08
I SPRING MEETING.

rua BoD Boock againq
ta Iou ase ser You SO well and 80 merry
~ we're here ~t
atbeT e saaIy I yUishd I'd bite OF cherry
" rips Dss IN the south
3 lit p Z. y0u son sorry to leave ths sunny
fr.ni, u SSloom, SSm and Of bees and honeyP
i. here twill be bright and jolly
n ana w and blossom, but somehow now
gBn p.sssoosnhere 80 seems melancholy.
ee Iuss not leaf on a single bough,
II tneLs ssIind. OBJ how it makes YOU shiver
I'D tn1 T sor the balmy air that blows
lpd lons s,ssrs be reeds that culver
bOle Iarrn sUsn il Floridian sunlight fowsa
1st war; N
u. vou any new songs to sing this season.
bsfe, Jv rou know whore you are going to stop
Ipd " sten rooms in the very top
ssh vine Maple quite within reason; .;91 III,
Iea wN,ca Then surely you'll came and call.
sss .nsrs n.s Young People.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08
An Important Omission.

Hope often exists without a sub
stantial foundation In many in-
stances the man who spends his life
waiting for his ship 10 come in wastes
his time. because he originally
omitted to send any ship out.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

so closes up the pores and hardens
the stone that it acquires nearly the
density of natural marble, and is
then ready for polishing in the ordi-
nary waV
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

The Man for the Place.-Editor: You
wish position as prcof.reader? Applicant:
Yes, sir" ''Do you understand the require
ments of that responsible positionT "Per-
fectly, sir. Whenever you make any mis-
takes in the paper, just blame 'em on me,
and I'll never say a word. New York
Weekly.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

A Steady WCrkman.-Housekee !
don't believe you ever did a stroke of work
in your life. Tramp: was six years IN one
place, num-" Indeed How did you hap
pen to leave?' II was pardoned out, mum. !"
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

Mrs. Billus: Why don't you pay it and
say nothing, John? wouldn't make so
much fuss over a doctor bill. Mr.. Billus
(cross-eyed with wra,h): didn't say doc
tor bill, Maria | said doctored bill. It's
from the gas com pany!
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

Expensive Tastes. Father: Yes, admit
that your lover has good income. but be
has very expensive tastes. very. Daughter:
You amaze me. What does he ever want
that Is SO very expensive? Father: Well
you. for one thing.-New York Weekly.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

Suspicious Silenced.-Mrs. Slimdiet Why
do YOU bring the dog into the houseg Cook;
Please, mum, the boarders always inquire
after him wen there is sausage for break.
fast-New York Weekly.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

This business of tracing one of my lost
manuscripts makes me think of a dog once
owned" said Scribbier. I'm what respectF
oueried Mawson. ''He had habit of chas-
ing his own tail replied Scribbler.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

W. II. GRIFFIN, Jackson, Michigan,
writes: Suffered with Catarrh for fifteen
years. Halls Catarrh Cure cured me"
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

Teacher: What was it that the race OF
man needed most after securing food, shell
ter and ra1ment? Johnny Gibbs (from Chi
caonl. An umbrella.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

Maiden listening to Mendelssohn' We'd
ding March'): / don't see why they have
the clashing of the cymbals. Young Mrs.
benedict: WHY, as a symbol of the clash
ings which are TO follow, of course.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

Good Enough to Hang.-Husband: Those
plaques you have bought are miserable
daubs. No artist ever painted them" Wife:
Oh, did not purchase them for table use.
They are only to hang up.-New York
WaoEIv
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

His attentions to you have been marked,
have they not" said the young womans ex-
perienced friend ''Oh, yes. He has never
taken the price tag off any of his presents"
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

When you hear little child use profane
language you can be reasonably SURF ihaf
his father shaves himself.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

No Nonsense Nowadays.-M Modern Poet;
Give me a rhyme for influenza. Friend:
What are you writing Modern Poet; An
ode to spring. New York Weekly.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

''Why do you always employ women as
typewriters?" asked Mrs. Curtain Lecture.
$50 that can have someone to dictate to,
replied the unhappy man.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

HegeMan's Camphor Ire with Glycersne.
Cures Chapped Hands and Pace Tender or Sorr ftet.
Chilblans, Piles. sc. G. q. Clark Co. New Haven. II
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

Who SUFFERS with his liver, constipation,
bilious ills, poor blood or dizziness-take
Beecham's Pills. OF druggists. rs cents.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

Tommy: Paw, when a man commits po-
htical suicide does he shoot his head of
Mr.. Fipp: No; merely his mouth.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

shiloh o Cons Amptaon Cure
i -cAA on a guarantee. II cures Incpsent Eonsuue
ton. IL h the best Cough Cure 5ctAa Dct2 . eiAA
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08

"Hanson's Magic Corn salve."
Warranted to cure or money refunded Ask youi
druggist for IL. Price Is cents