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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-25

esteemed clergyman Of the NJ. E. church. pastor
Of the Church Creek circuit in Dorchester
County. Maryland:
&C. i. Hood Co., Lowell. Mass;
II feel 1t duty TO the public to send this ccr.
tincate. saw In a Philadelphia paper q letter
from man who had suffered from
Muscular Rheumatism
and had been restored by the use of Hoods Ear-
saparilla had the grip In the winter Of 81
and "a so severely that Il deprived me OF the
use Of my arms 50 that my wife had to dress and
undress me. and when away from home had
% sleep In my clothes. tried i've doctors and
not one accomplished anything, Then I saw
the letter alluded to and determined 20 try
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-25

Hartford thinks IL has done pretty
well for American literature in having
been the home Of Mrs. Eigourney, Har-
riet Beecher Stowe, Isabella Beecher
Hooker. Mark Twain, Charles Dudley
Warner, William Gillette. the play
wright. Noah Webster and many others
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-25

The Jews were commanded 70 cele.
brate q jubilee feast. or national holt
day. every 90 years. All Jews in bond
age to their brethren went free on this
least
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-08

Picturesque and beautiful, with it's rich
rolling hills of grain, its rock-ribbed
canyons, it's sparkle and splash of crystal
waters, its little fiower-studded glen. Sunol
Valley, nesting at the foot of the Liver
more range of hills, is one of picturesque
CALIFORNIA; fawless if lesser gems.
The road which winds down from the
orchards and meadow-lands of the San
Antonio meets that which, with many a
twist and bend, follows the ceaseless muir
muir of the stream, just at the point where
that same stream energies from the canyon
into the wide sweep of the valley.
Westward winds the dusty stretch, far
up among the Mission hills. But here, a
few hundred feet from the west bank of
the stream. it divides, only to meet again a
few rods away. Within the small in
closure thus made stands stunted oak. its
struggling branches bent and twisted
toward the east, making it look like a
pettish child, who, in fit of the sulks,
has thrown her hair over her face to hide
her look of discomfort under the friendly
veil.
A blot upon the landscape it surely is,
and yet may no careless hand ever strike
down its dusty. ragged branches, but let it
live on, homely memorial of the loyalty
and heroism of a supplemented, simple
hearted Digger Indian, noble old Chute.
AS we'll would you have looked for the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-08
was so sorry he cried, and SO the sharp
4or L. 4 rir

was so sorry he cried, and SO the sharp
shooters took him prisoner.
Bearing our wounded we slowly returned
from the field of battle through the great
gate and found that the enemy had pre-
coded us and had surrendered as prisoners
of war, and all asking for an office if only
as police or to work on the roads. And
thus ended the one and only war of the
Hawaiian Islands The dead were never
numbered, but our wounded was counted
and cared for. He was carriage-trimmer
by trade and so the pension allowed him
was not so great as it would have been had
he been messenger-boy or anybody else
who has to make his living sitting down.
This war wears the belt as the most civil
civil war that was ever fought in all the
annals of history, ancient or modern, on
all this CORY globe; and If ever there is
another civil war on these islands, which
| heaven forbid, it will be even more civil
than this, for there is only one German
carriage-trimme in Honolulu and he will
not again be required to carry a pistol.
He has done enough.
And now let us leave this most laugh
able war ever heard of and turn seriously
to sad, but not hopeless, subject.
To begin with, you hear less about lepers
in Honolulu than in almost any other part
of the world, and you see nothing at all of
them. They are no longer sent directly
from the city and the wall of the departing
wretches is no longer heard above the din
of trade at the wharf They, the few, the
very few now, are kept at and sent from
receiving station few miles out of town.
But the pleasant thing to contemplate is
the fact that the spread of the dread malady
is arrested, on the decrease. More than
that, eminent English medical authorities
report two cases actually cured in India;
and in forty cases, taken in early stages as
an experiment, the disease has been, and
it is hoped permanently, arrested. You
must know that the lepers OF Hawaii are
but a 1.-THE of those on the globe.
There are lepers in London. Lord Ten
nyson has leper in the play he wrote for
Irving. One of our own Southern States
only last year had to make provision for
the care of 100 lepers. They are found as
far north in Europe as civilization reaches.
But the sudden increase and spread of the
scourge in the islands few years back,
caused by unwisely inoculating natives
when the smallpox ragged there with mat
ter taken from Chinese who were untlean,
directed the attention of the world there,
and the idea still obtains that the deadly
blight prevails there as nowhere else.
But l find this paper already beyond
limits, and to treat this subject fully
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-08

| chattering blackbirds We stopped and
| listened Down the green ranks the silken
| taSSels were waving and soft murmuring
rustic answered the light play of the south
wind upon the leaves. "The harvest will
be rich this autumn" said Chute. sit is
! breath of life; he comes softly on the south
wind; he whispers in each waiting ear.
| All, yes, the harvest will be rich this
autumn time.
Sometimes Cucusuy-the wicked, envi-
! Gus Cucusuy, who follows fast each year
| upon the footsteps of Mayan-sometimes
he reaches the cornfields frst-his breath
| is death-each growing grain is blighted-
and the cold frosts find the Indian hungry.
| His poor squaw looks pinched-her step
grows heavy, and the little children cry,
cry, cry, through all the winter. But
Magyar is here, the harvest will be rich this
! year."
What delightful little gypsy picnics we
children had with old Chute out under the
shade of the sycamore, our fire built upon
the fiat stones of the creek. Chute would
capture tender young squirrels, and with
our knees drawn up to our chins we sat and
watched him skin them and pin them
through with the spit improvised from a
peeled sapling, while we listened to his
chants and songs as if they were wholly
new to US.
Our only plates and dishes were large,
smooth sycamore leaves, each with its lit
tie mound of salt; and when the Juicy
| meat was done a tender brown Chute
would unsheathe the knife he always car
ried at the belt, and, holding the spit aloft,
dexterously cut off and with a flourish
throw the juicy morsel into our out
stretched leaves. How merry we were as
we caught them up in our fingers and
| tried to bite as large mouthfuls. or smack
| our lips with as much noise as Chute
| It was at one of these feasts that Chute
told us the story that forever after made
him hero and invested the stunted oak
with halo In our eyes.
| The feast ended, Chute gave a final
relishing smack, wiped his knife carefully
upon one of the sycamore leaves, replaced
the knife in its sheath and drew his knees
up to his chin like the rest of the little
tribe, who clamored for their story. Half
closing his eyes be said, in quiet voice:
II will tell you of the only time this old
Indian was ever afraid. Many years ago.
when your father was little boy, there
was Gringo named Fremont came across
the great mountains with, oh, SO many
men, all carrying guns, and mounted on
horses.
81 have heard Don Antonio say that
Fremont was a good man. / do not know; ;
| do not think Gringo can be very good.
His men with the guns were not all good.
Hull They call the Indians thieves!
What thieves those Gringos were! They
knew no difference between a common
man and cabalero. Don Antonio had a
band of horses, beautiful horses, pasturing
on these hills. / was very proud when he
put me in charge of the band. He was GO
ing to San Jose, and he came to me and
said: There are more than $1,000, Chute,
on those hills. Watch your band closely
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-08
THE STORY

hero in the plain old Indian as for the
monument of heroism in the stunted, wind
tossed oak.
AS far back as my remem hrance goes
Chute was a familiar figure in my child
hood life. Far down the level stretch of
road the dust would rise, fold upon fold,
out of which aspeck would evolve, which,
growing larger and larger, would finally
determine itself into queer, squat figure
astride buckskin bronco. With whoop
and whirl the figure and the bronco
would trot into our midst, while our child
ish voices raised shout of welcome.
Could Digger be anything but ugly,
and dirty, and repulsive? Yes; undeni-
ably old Chute was both artistically and
humanity attractive. A thick, squat figure,
clothed in such heterogeneous apparel as
but, on the whole, artistically striking.
The round brown face positively ugly,
with the usual Indian features-Jhick lips.
fat nose and low forehead. Nature had
been even cruel here, for to this was added
the Disagreement of smallpox. You would
naturally conjure up a picture OF utter
hideousness. Not So, however. One
eyes, and you loved him; one look at the
honest, good-humored, kindly expression
of the ugly old face. and intuitively you
trusted him.
And we did. We trusted and we loved
our dear old comrade, even though we
sometimes smiled incredulously over his
quaint old legends, solemnly related to us
as absolute facts of California history.
His small, black ewes would twinkle at the
most improbable passage OF the narrative
but we must not pretend to see it or to
doubt, or old Chute's dignity was offended
and story telling cut short for the day.
[ wish l could paint him as he often
stood in the middle of the kitchen floor
and with natural, courtly grace DOTTED
his much-betrimmed old sombrero with a
"Buenos dias, Sonora Patrona." Then,
with the battered mbrero under his arm,
he would prance about like clumsy dane
ing bear, singing "Mananitas; Mananitas,"
little Spanish love ditty, in husky,
squeaking chant, ending suddenly with
the invariable ha-ya which sent us chill
dren flying while he shook and rolled his
big head in silent laughter.
How we reveled in the old mans tales !
all the more charming to us because truth
and fancy and superstition were 50 inter-
mingled that they rivaled the most ex-
travagant fairy tale that ever Imagination
wove in the dim recesses of a subtle brain.
He loved to tell us of the great white
ships that spread their wings like the
beautiful pigeon of the woods and few for
days and days over the water.
"Have you seen one, Chute? 2" we would
ask.
"Have ever seen one!'' in accents of
the deepest scorn. "Why, don'ty know
that Don Antonio and came over in one
years ago from land they call La
Francia?'' And then. with rapid, excited
gestures, he would tell in his own quaint
way the story of Napoleon's struggle and
defeat in that far-away France.
The story Of Don Antonio's soldier life
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-08

and voyage across the sea TO California
had taken such hold of his fancy that he
dreamed, and at length grew to believe,
that he had shared it, and he would de-
scribe it all with wonderful dramatic
power; and we, loyal little souls that we
were, loved old Chute better for his fancy.
We were so proud of that grand old Don
Antonio, whose early boyhood had been
spent in the French camps of war, whose
martial spirit had been crushed with the
great Napoleon's, and who, when his hero's
star had set, turned his face away from
home and kindred and here in the new
land by the setting sun carved out his own
fortune and handed down an honored
name to his posterity.
Though that pioneer grandfather was
never anything but a memory to US we
treasured up and Rugged to our hearts
every word of eulogy we ever heard pro
nounced upon his name. We knew that
because of his chivalry, his lavish gener-
osity, his exalted sense of honor, his great
nobility of heart he ranked among the
foremost of CALIFORNIA; pioneers, and we
SO gloried in the thought that Chute's oft
repeated tale found each time not only
ready but intensely sympathetic listeners,
who loved the old Indian even more than
before, because of the absorbing devotion
that made him lose his own identity in
that of his masters.
We smiled most indulgently as with
supreme inconsistency the next moment
would find him exclaiming, "Yo soy
Chute, ell Indio mas grande de California"
Il am Chute, the biggest Indian in Cali
fornia).
When the warm spring days came Chute
pitched tent on the edge of the cornf ED
the better to wreak summary justice upon
trespassing squirrels and that invidious
foe, the gopher. His grotesque figure
looked strikingly picturesque as he paced
slowly down the long green lanes chanting
in low monotone. We wandered down
one evening and found him squatted upon
his blanket in the full glow of the sunset.
We would have swooped down upon him
with joyous clamor. but raising warning
finger he whispered, "Hush! you flock of
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-08

would require a subsequent article.
Enough to say now that while the
mum 1er of lepers gathered together has
increased, owing mainly, now, to the
willingness of the stri cken ones to join
their afflicted fellows, the disease is really
arrested and on the decrease. The stricken
ones do not suffer the least pain, except in
one of the three forms, and it may truly
be set down that since Father Damien so
wisely led the way to their temporal as
we'll as spiritual comfort, there is more
real happiness to the square mile in the
leper settlement than in San Francisco.
They have their property there horses,
cows, pigs, hens, gardens. and no care
whatever, being supplied with what they
need, and they have almost no pain.
Reyerting again to the little family
oligarchy, which has been masquerading
under the name of a republic, it is safe to
say that, because of its Misrepresentation
and money-getting propensities, it is al
most as odious abroad as it is at home,
where the grass is beginning to grow in
the streets because of stagnation. And
that is why London and Berlin are hint
ing to Washington that if we don't want
the islands the present Government should
be quietly laid aside, as misfit shoe, and
the little Princess placed at the head, in
case the Queen still refuses to make fur
Their claim to her once prosperous and
happy Hawaii. The Queen spent every
thing that came to hand, and at home,
while her tinsel baby court drew much
travel and money. All this made times
good.
The present rulers do not attract trav-
elers, for they spend nothing, but, like
Cinnamon, hoard the last cent and send it
out of the country for safe keeping. This
makes times hard. AS Honolulu was built
by trade, trade is demanding return to
the old days and ways of prosperity. This
is the voice of shops, ships, hotels, every
thing and everybody not receiving pay or
prorit under the little family of officers
which we were once made to believe was
a republic. Any sort of decent regard for
the good of the people or the will OF the
people would induce these new rulers,
seeing how entirely they have failed, to
quietly quit. Or are they waiting for
another CORY civil war and another history
of it with pictures taken on the spot?
~Sl~r
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-08

In Waldron. Nebr., when young man
sees his best girl out walking with the
other fellow he doesn't shoot himself. He
gets lasso, snakes the rival away, and
then conciliates the girl with icecream.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-08

A British steamer put in at Rangoon, in
India. recently, whose officers were all
Germans and the apprentices all Japanese.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-03

Misses Jennie Rosecr4nS aud Minnie
Jackson spent Sunday WITH tie Misses
Wright.
Elder Houston OF Perth will preach
at Moutray the first Sunday at 1890
a. m. and at night.
Mrs. R, L. POmerOy of Blackwell, o,
T., is visiting her mother, Mrs. J.
Wartick of this place.
Upon securing school in the Strip,
Miss Jennie Rosecrsns did not enter
the school at EmpOria, Nss.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Fl. Wright are tie
proud parents Of twin girls, who reg.
istered at their house the 10Th.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Tenant Of Nay
field visited relatives in this section
Of the country the first part OF the
week.
J. X. DOnOhue and son, Willie,
started Monday morning for Wyan-
dotte county to visit relatives and
friends.
RATS
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-03
KANSAS FARMER.
CORBIN.

Born, to F. E. Sommerville and
wife, girl.
Grandma Lucas is very sick with
malarial fever.
Mrs. Mudd is expected home from
Kentucky Thursday.
H. B. Williams has bought Ill head
Of cattle to feed this winter.
]. D. Horton and wife returned
from Lamont, o. T., Monday.
]. B. Brownback is feeding 100 head
Of cattle and is hunting for more.
Quite a number Of farmers are SOW.
ing wheat, Others are waiting for
lain.
Thomas Nelson was in town Mon.
cay for the first time since his serious
sickness.
While ]. D, Horton was away from
home, someone stole a barrel of ma
chine oil out of his cellar, belonging
to A. c. Tebow. 1t should be used
to grease his road to the pen.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-03

sermon was preached by Rev. j. W.
Prum at the NJ. E. church.
Mrs. ]. D. Simpson came up from
Wellington Saturday, remaining over
Sunday at Mr.. Spinnings'.
Our A.O.U.W. boys could not make
railroad connections to attend the an
niverSary at Arkansas City and did
not 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Duncan and
Mrs. Noah Duncan of West Line, Mo-,
are visiting with ]. 4. and Jesse
Duncan.
J.. s. Null came up from the Strip
last week and was being interviewed
by his many friends on our streets
Saturday.
Geo. OsterhOut, @. Campbell and
Bob TOler are some of the men who
are building new corn cribs to store
the surplus.
T. S. Richardson spent Sunday here
and Mrs. Richardson came up Monday
to visit few days. Tom and Maggie
have many warm friends here.
Two weddings in town since my
last. One was the Eggleston- Wise
which your correspondent enormously
reported a few weeks ago and the
other, Will Almond and Miss Ollie
Price. MeSsrs. Eggleston and ALMOND
are both railroad employees and the
brides eStimable young ladies of thi.
city. May the headlight of love
always illumine the track ant
switches be ne'er misplaced.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-03
THE FAIR.

Mrs. Tanner Hall and son, T. j.,
visited the HaltOn family near May
field Saturday and Sunday.
There are quite anumber of our peo-
pie talking Of going to the fair at
Wichita this week to hear Harvey.
Wolves are getting numerous
around here. They have been killing
chickens and turkeys at George Nix
On'S and John Chester'S.
After a pleasant visit with rela-
tives and friends here, Miss Minnie
Slater left over the Rock Island for
her home at Pond Creek, Okla.
When Charlie Robinson goes to see
his best girl again he had better hitch
his horse before going into the house
or we will have a runaway to report.
81. Motif left Saturday for his nome
near Fort Scott. s. J. was as home
sick as a l6-year-old boy for quite a
while before leaving but we bet be is
better now.
Our rOadOverseer ought to get some
lumber and have those bridges and
culverts sepaired that have been dam.
aged before the month is out when he
will have to hand in his road book.
Please look after this.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-03
CICERO.

Cool weather with frost every
night.
Mrs. Farris Is visiting her friends
here.
Grandpa Fauchier is circulating
among friends.
Mrs. KingOi Home Valley is visit
ing in this neighbOrhood.
E.S. Millel, of Wellington, is hay
his wheat sOwed this week.
Mrs. Jesse Mendenhall has been re-
ported quite sick with intermittent
fever.
S. r. DOrsctt went to the Strip
Monday. He had received word that
Homer and family were all sick.
Miss Viola Platt ought to take the
blue ribbon for industry. She drives
seven miles each way every day to
teach her school. Who can beat
that?
The sick we reported last week are
all better with the exception Of those
who overdid themselves attending
the meetings.
We notice in the VOICE that the
probate Judge is slack Of business in
his department. Now we know of
several widowers and bachelors DINA
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-03
CONWAY SPRINGS.

]. F. Hunt smiles broadly over his
new girl.
Joe LANCE is attending the Wichita
fair this week.
L. K. OsterhOut is laid up with a
Sprained hand.
An infant daughter of ]. L. Crabill
died last Monday.
DR.. E. G. Farris is preparing TO re-
build in the burnt district.
S. G. RoOch is visiting his brother,
Prof RoOch, master of phrenology.
Regular quarterly conference next
Sunday at the Presbyterian church.
The Baptist preacher from Wichita,
Rev. Pritchett failed to appear last
Sunday as advertised.
F. G, POmeroy, post commander,
returned from the Louisville encamp-
ment Sunday evening.
Little Florence, the 7-year-old
daughter OF Mr.. John McKibben, died
last Saturday Of rheumatism of the
heart. The funeral Sabbath after.
noon was attended by large con.
course of sympathizing friends The
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-03
GUELPH.
Cool, frosty nights.

Cool, frosty nights.
Ira Morrison has bought a fine driv.
ing horse.
The frost caught some of the late
Kaffir corn.
A. Fl. Kincade is buying corn at 20
cents per bushel.
Ringing Bros. had large audience
from this neighborhood.
No wheat sown in this neighbor.
hood owing to the dry weather.
Corn very light when we get into it
Eight to ten bushels is the average.
Allen Morrow started Monday for
Great Bend, Kansas to attend school.
James McClaskey, a former citizen,
but now of Kildare, o. r., is quite
sick.
Neal Pickett got a horse pretty
badly cut on a corn cutter sled this
week.
Dick Morrow had to kill his best
mare this week as she got cut so bad
on wire fence.
Miss Maggie Morrow, who has been
visiting in these parts for the last
month, returned home the last week.
Neal Pickett has 81 head of big
bulls on full feed of corn. Mr.. Kin
cade is feeding 100 head of hogs for
market. Neal Pickett has go head.
Ben Owen, Bob Gillian, Bob Pick
EFT and Misses Maggie and Alice Car
son are all attending the high school
at Arkansas City. 1t seems that our
young people are determined to get
an education il times are hard.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-03
County Correspondence.

tured years who might be induced to
help him out, If the proper represen-
tatives were made. If the Judge will
give us a commission on the proceeds
we will furnish their names and ad-
dresses.
Politics among the Republicans is
very quiet. The POpulist brethren
are more on the move. They held
their primary Saturday evening but
did not move fast enough to bring US
the ticket for publication.
The Quarterly meeting held at Har-
mon Center was largely attended.
The school house was full at every
preaching service. Two united with
the church Sunday evening. The
Rev. Dorwin Of Winfield preached
some wonderfully touching sermons
Pastor Mcneil filled his appointment
at Dalton Sunday afternoon. The
school house not being in shape to use.
owing to repairs being made, the
preaching service was held at the
home Of ]. 8. Randall.
The commodious residence Of Ed
RedmOn was destroyed by fire 'Satur.
day evening just at dusk. The fire
caught from the fue and the interior
of the second story was on fire before
: discovered. This was a compare.
lively new house, only having been
built about four years and was one Of
the best in the township. The con.
tents were burned with the exception
Of lower floor bed room furniture,
Reports conflict concerning insurance.
They have our sympathy in their
trial.