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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-24
Hairy Maine Men.

Four members of a curious eommu nity of semiwild white men, which is said to exist in upper Maine, near the Canadian boundary, were arrested ill Norridgewock, Me, few days since for sheep stealing and are now in the county jail there, where they are attract ing much attention. They were almost naked when caught, and their chests and backs are covered with thick growth of fine hair. They seem to know little of any language The gang to which they belong consists of some 40 men, who live in caves, subsisting on what they can find in the woods and steal from neighboring farms.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-24
 and the W hiJe IIolls0

and the White ilo1ls0.
 It is said that recent experiments have demonstrated that the plan is en- tirely feasible. so that the president and his family can, by turning switch, hear the voices on the stage and the music as clearly as though they were in the opera house.
 Another device in the same line is proposed for the benefit of deaf people who attend the theater It is said that a number of chairs will be supplied with adjustable ear pieces, which will be al most invisible, and through which ev- cry word uttered upon the stage may be distinctly heard. Now York World
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-24
The Bioomer's Pocket.

The bloomer costume seems to have one drawback A pickpocllet located the pocket in it at once when robbing wo- man bicyclist in New York recently. This oversight will doubtless be reme- died without delay and the undiscover- able pocket of the usual gown of femi- ninity transferred to the bloomer un- mentionable. Boston Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-24
FoR THE PRE- EsIDENT.

oonnect the White House With g 1heater by Telephone.
 Ihinl paall IS under consideration in Eesr s'on ? for telephonic connection eA v a ehe Lafayette Square opera
 As8 n oourse of construction,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-24
Can't Beat Her.

Electricity and the bicycle may drive the noble horse to the rear, butlno me- chanical substitute will ever snpplant the humble COW. Chicago Tribune.
The advocate., 1895-12-25

provision In the mortgage made them
all due at the time the first became
due and was not paid and that as the
Ststuatory limit of FIVE years had
elapsed the property was now clear and
the case was dismissed.
Levi Chubbuck, of Kidder, Mo-,
Secretary of the Missouri State Dairy
Association, has been appointed Spe-
cial Expert Agent of the Dairy DiVi-
sion, Bureau of Animal Industry,
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, and assigned the duty of investi-
eating the dairy industry of Missouri
and Kansas.
The Ford county election contests,
in which the right of inmates of Sol
diers' Home to vote in that county Is
questioned, have been dismissed.
When the contested officers take pos.
session Of their Offices quo aO0TrGr1to
PIOCCCO4uSD VIII 10 AuetlbuJOu 4u bno
Supreme court and thereby an earlier
decision will be obtained.
The Seventh district Republican ed
itors met at Hutchison December 10
and a vote was taken on President and
Senator. The vote on President was:
Mckinley 8, Lincoln 2, Harrison 2,
Reed l. For second choice Allison got
6, Reed 4, Mckinley 2, Harrison l. On
Senator: VsndeVert 6, Ingalls, 3, Hoch
2, Johnston 2, Senator Scott /. Burton
was not in it.
A literary society down in Wilson
county recently discussed this ques-
tion: "Thst each township in the
county should vote bonds for improve
ment of public roads, bonds to run
twenty years at per cent. interest,
the money to be paid to residents of
the townships for work done on the
roads," Why not make the bonds non
interest bearing onesp
The advocate., 1895-12-25
Kansas Patents,

The following list of patents is re-
ported through the Kansas City Office
of Higdon & Higdon, patent lawyers
and solicitors, Diamond building,
Junction, Main and Delaware streets,
granted to inventors living in Kansas
for the week ending Tuesday, Decem-
Der II, 1895:
w. W. Charles, Evansville, Ind, and
r. W. King, compound railway rail; II.
D. Haggard, Gsrnett, dish-clesner: A.
Sclspbach, Scandis, end-gste fastener;
D. F. Taylor, Wichita, combined anti
rattler and thill support; J. W. I'm
cspher and G. F. Deplanty, Coffeyville,
attachment for Wsgon-Seats.
Whole issue of December II, 1886
Patents, 1894; designs, 13; trade marks,
II; total, 424.
The advocate., 1895-12-25

The Republican National convention will
consist of four delegstes-at-large from each
State and two additional delegates for each
Congressman The Territories and Dis
trict of Columbia will get two delegates
each. The conventions to elect delegates
must not be called on less than twenty days
notice and must be thirty days prior to the
National convention.
The advocate., 1895-12-25

You can get the old reliable Kansas
Farmer and the ADVOCATE, both one
year for s150 The Breeders Gazette
and ADvooArB for 800,
The advocate., 1895-12-25

t0WR.
Lelnnd announces that he is for Nc
Kinley. -
A good deal Of snow fell in western
Kansas last week.
"A Netawsks man is buying 4,OOO
bushels Of corn daily.
A broom factory is o new enterprise
scheduled for Santa Fe.
Ness county (Populist) has liz its
treasury $50, 600 in cash.
Beloit's Ere department kept losses
down to $500 in that town this year.
II cost $4,000 more to run Republi-
can Brown county thsnit did last year.
Governor Morrill, plays whist. Gov.
ernor Lewelling's favorlte game was
chess.
J. Jolly Jones, Of Arkansas City,
wants to run the Congressional res
tauEant
The 6unRos0er, by A. A. King and
Fred 0. Ayers, is new POpulist paper
Rt Holton.
Il. o. Trssk is now in control Of the
Madison star again. He succeeds Mr..
Yearout.
The Atchison Champion (Rep.) says
Dick Blue talks entirely too much with
his mouth.
IL is reported that the Anthony Jour
nal (Rep.) will suspend publication
January 10.
State Auditor Cole became lame
through being accidentally thrown
from q horse.
There Is not single jury case on the
Marion county docket for the coming
terra Of court.
W.. s. Anderson is the new editor of
che Westmorelsnd Signal, which sue
cseds the Nescs.
Judge Humphrey denies that he will
succeed Prof. Green as Dean Of the
State University.
Dawes holds that the printing of
official ballots must be given to the
official county paper.
The Riley Regent says that that
town Is the only one In the State where
cigarettes are not sold.
The Alta Vista Record runs ''sound
currency" plates, thereby proclaiming
its gold-bug procliyities.
Ex-Governor Osborn is being talked
Of as q member Of the proposed Vene-
zuela boundary commission.
Dr. Linn, Of Topeka, wants to be
delegate ito the Republican national
convention. He is for Reed.
Ex-Assistsnt State Auditor R. J..
Mackay is in the commission business
at 800 Fifth street, Kansas City, Mo.
Hiswatha business men are boycott
ting the Grand Island road because Of
its refusal to pay its share of city tax.
The Fifth district has two daily pa
pers, the Abilene Reflector and the Sa-
Bna Republican. The Sixth has none.
state Treasurer Atherton loet his
left eye az the result Of being struck
by q mimic ball at the battle of Peters
burg.
Judge w. G. Webb says Decoration
day, Labor day and Washington's
The advocate., 1895-12-25
Some News About Kansas.

buu COuGAnuo w uO Ln5 people,
The BeIoit cal will be cash in ad-
vance paper after January. Allpapers
ought to adopt this rule ct the earliest
date possible.
Governor Morrill, was recently put
off Of the Santa Fe ''limit9d" at Hutch
son. He rides on a pass and passes
don't 60 on that train.
Rice county has two redeemer can
didates for State Senator, J. E. Jen-
kins, of the Sterling Bulletin, and
Mayor Brinkerhoff, of Lyons.
The Emporis Gazette insists on as
suming ridiculous positions. Its latest
is prediction that Cy Leland will be
the next Secretary Of the Treasury.
The Meriden Ledger (Rep.) is for
Judge Vsndevert for Governor because
be would probably approve death war
rants for prisoners under sentence to
be hung.
Sturgis, the Assistant Attorney
General appointed forMitchell county,
has resigned. This is one Of his few
official acts which has met with unani-
nous approval.
Representative Gsrdenhire (Rep.), of
Shawnee county, says it is foregone
conclusion that the Republican ma
tional platform will contain a gold-bug
declaration.
The damage case against DIR. Kelley
brought by man who claims to have
been injured by taking the cure, is
being tried in the Leavenworth county
District court.
A cranky Sixth district editor re-
fuses to donate a copy of his papePto
the State Historical Society. That
fellow Is doing himself more harm than
he is doing the society.
Kansas correspondents of Eastern
papers have filled an enormous amount
of space with narrowing fsbricatlons
about the Topeka Medical college
trouble and the alleged mob.
James P. Essterly, formerly Of the
Manhattan Republic, has bought the
Eureka Times and will change its pol
itics from Republican to Populist. Mr..
Essterly is good newspaper man.
Colonel G. A. Lincoln, formerly of
Ohio, but now q resident of Cowley
county, is billed for 100 Populist
speeches in Bourbon county this winter.
He is a cousin of Abraham Lincoln.
The Ft. Scott Monitor says that that
town recently gave $50 for foreign
missions notwithstanding the fact that
there are fifty children in town who
cannot attend school for want of shoes.
The Lawrence Journal (Rep.) wants
"Tiger Bill'' Campbell to state his po-
sitlon on the matter of driving Pitcher
out of the State before he proceeds
further in his candidacy for Attorney
General.
o. o. Outcslt, whose Burlington
Courier is a decided success, has been
taking a Eve weeks lay.off. There are
several newspaper men who envy him
the good fortune of being able to take
q vacation.
Editor Ksrr, of the Valley Falls
Ne,o Era, has bought lunch counter.
A. hohh oska hlishrnanta will ha wall
The advocate., 1895-12-25

handle beer alone. The drug stores
number 1900. Who is 1t that uses the
remainder of these licensesP These
redeemeTS may be able to answer.
The lola Register (Rep.) prints pic
turee of seven Kansas Congressman
and recognizes "the eternal fitness of
things" by placing the picture of Con-
gresham Baker Pop at the head of
the column.
The Mail speaks of Hon. "Bill'
Pickler as q probable candidate for
Congress In the Big Sixth. 1t is prob
able that it is Dick Pickler that wants
the empty honor Of Republican nom
instion out there.
The story that this month is the first
month since the birth of Christ in
which there have been two full moons
is denied by Prof. Miller, of the Uni,
versity. He shows that there has been
seventeen such months since 1854.
A young man named Sunbrunz
placed steel rail across the railroad
track near Ottawa and a heavy passen-
ger train would have been wrecked
had section men not discovered the
rail. Sunbrunz said he had been put
off the train once and wanted to get
even.
Lieut.. Col. Charles McCrum, of Gar
nett, who was q member of the mill
tsry board that court-marshsled j. W.
F. Hughes, was elected Colonel of the
First regiment, Kansas National
Guards, at meeting of the officers of
the regiment held at Lawrence on the
10th inst.
Manhattan Nationalist! q! "The dis
patches report case out In western
Kansas that is q curiosity. A man
broke out into a fit of laughter about
ten days ago and can't stop. 1t is be-
lieVed that he has just heard of Judge
Vsndevert's candidacy for the United
States Senate"
The Kansas City Star locates Ma
rion county in the Seventh district.
Marion county citizens may not know
where they are at, but unless they re-
form considerably it is probable that a
large number Of them will vote for
Charley Curtis for Congressman as
usual next year.
A grocery drummer, who has been
selling in Kansas towns for many years
says Atchison eats side meat and cat
fish, while Lawrence is given over to
oat meal and dried prunes. Topeka
likes tea and canned goods, Emporis is
gone on fried mush, Aunt Jemima
cakes and Arbuckle coffee.
Redeemer politicians feel highly in.
dignant over the location Of the ma
tionsl convention at st. Louis, which
can only be reached by way of the
Santa Fe. They feel that it would
have distressing effect on their pa
triotism to have to pay fare for even so
short distance.
There is an old Justice of the Peace
record book in Atchison showing that
Chief Justice Martin once held that
humble office. Among the list of at
torneys appearing in cases before him
are the names of United States Judge
G. G. Foster, John J. Ingalls,, ex-Chief
Instina Horton and Senator John M,
The advocate., 1895-12-25
Alliance Litrature.

The following books are recommended
to assist in carrying on the department.
work Of the Alliance:
The advocate., 1895-12-25
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PAPERS.
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Send all orders to ]. B. French, sec
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-09-13

What is poor, struggling humanity to
do? We have learned painfully, but still
have learned, that water should be boiled
to be wholesome, and then somebody came
along and announced that boiled water
was airless and consequently not valua-
BILE To the human frame SO we stopped
boiling water except in cases of opidemics
and took to 1ltering. But here now is
an English professor who says filtered wa
ter is strained, indeed. of fever germs but
as well of various friendly germs that prey
on noxious microbes and bacteria in the
system, and so preserve its equilibrium,
which is the professional way of saying
keep us well.
For example, while we are OBTAINING an
insistent typhoid germ who seeks entrance
by water we are also keeping out the benef-
icent phagoeyte, whose intentions are
strictly phlanthropic and whose sole pur-
pose in floating in is to prey upon and con-
quer u sly diphtheritic or tuberculous mi
crobe that has preferred to travel overland,
as it were, and eschewing water, made
the trip into our internal economy ON
peach or strawberry.
What are we to do? Have we all got to
become archaeological experts and analyze
everything we eat and drink before under
taking either process, on can q law be pass
ed obliging phagocytes and other well dis
posed baeilli to carry light, like carriages
or bicycles, or in some other way indicate
their identity for our quick convenience?
New York Times.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-09-13

eve can let You have the bridal
chamber, - ventured the genial hotel
clerk as he rubbed his hands and looked
confidentially across the register at the
youngish couple.
"That is very kind Of you, replied
the young man as he drew a nervous
flourish beneath the abbreviation land
wife" and laid down the pen. But we
contemplate remaining ten days or so,
and you might need the room.
"You shall not be disturbed, assure
you, continued the clerk, land the
apartment is a lovely one.
"Airy?" asked the young man.
GAS to that. - and CLEAN Of intense
pride surmounted the clerk S face, Il
will say that the room contains seven
windows, all opening upon tiny veran-
das. -
The young couple looked at each 9TH
er. Then the young woman spoke.
81 don't think we shall care for that
room. You see, our three children viii
be here with their nurse in the morning.
They can all climb like goats, and I'm
sure they would be falling off those
verandas inside Of 10 minutes.
"Front, - mmmured the clerk in
voice that betrayed deepemotion, "show
this gentleman and this lady up to the
sky floor and have the maid put the
nursery in order Truth.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-09-13
THE ELDERS PRAYER.
1t Was out of the Regular Order, but
Proved Emcacious.

1t Was Out Of the Regular Order, but
Proved Emcacious.
The Rev. II. D. Fisher could not
resist the temptation to tell story ON
a brother minister:
at was Presiding Elder Still Of the
Methodist church. The good old man
is dead now, and it can't do any harm
to tell this story of him.
''The early travelling Of the elder in
Kansas was not easy. He had mule
on which he used to ride, and this mule
was not always obedient. One day the
elder and his mule encountered a swol-
len stream. Along the edge Of the
stream the elder and his mule strayed
in hope Of finding a safe crossing.
Finally the elder found tree that over
hung the stream, and from which he
believed he could swing to the other
side. But the mule couldn't swing.
He could swim, however, which the
elder couldn't.
Gan the extra clothing and the Bible
were made into a bundle and tied on
the mules back and the animal led to
the water. He swan safely across and
began eating grass ON the other side
1.-THE elder looked at the swinging
limb, and dropping to his knees, prayed
fervently that he might make no mis-
take in getting across. Then he swung
out and landed safely.
''He lnelt and thanked the Lord.
"But there was a new obstacle. The
mule was having a good time in the
grass and refused to be caught again.
Several we'll directed efforts flew wide
of the mark, and the good elder was in
desperation He must keep his appoint
ment and he couldn't walk it. There
was but one thing for the elder to do,
and the elder did it. Down in the
damp grass he dropped ON his knees
and prayed the Lord to help him catch
the mule
"This is the only instance ever
heard Of in which a man called on the
Lord to help him catch mule, and to
his dying day the elder firmly believed
the Lord did it, though it took them
both some time. Topeka Journal.
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a pAppgR - MARRIoR.
Brave but Dumpy Old Lord saltoun, the
Hero Of Hougomont.


In those long gone by days braye old
Lord Saltoun, the hero of Hougomont,
resided during the fishing season in the
mansion house Of Auchinroath, ON the
high ground at the mouth Of the Glen
Of Rothes. One morning, some five and
forty years ago, my father drove to
breakfast with the old lord, and took
me with him. Not caring to send the
horses to the stable, he left me outside
in the dogcart when he entered the
house. AS waited, rather sulkily-for
1 was very hungry-there came out on
to the dOorsteps a very queer looking
old person, short of figure, round as
ball, his head sunk between very high
and rounded shoulders, and with short,
stumpy legs. He was ouriously attired
in a whole colored suit of gray, a droll
shaped jacket, the great collar Of which
reached far up the back of his head,
surmounted by a pair Of voluminous
breeches, which suddenly frightened at
the knee. l imagined him to be the
butler in morning dishabille, and when
he aceosted me good naturally, asking
to whom the dogcart and myself be-
longed, I answered him somewhat
shortly, and then ingenuously suggested
that he would be doing me kindly act
if he would go and fetch me out hunk
of bread and meat, for was enduring
fortunes Of hunger.
Then he swore, and that with vigor
and fiuency, that it was a shame that 1
should have been left outside, called a
groom and babe me alight and come in
doors with him. l demurred-I had got
the paternal injunction to remain with
the horse and cart. Il am master here ~
exclaimed the old person impetuously,
and with further strong language he ex-
pressed his intention Of rating my ia
ther roundly for not having brought me
inside along with himself. Then a ques-
ton occurred to me, and ventured 10
ask, Are you Lord Saltoun?" "Of
course I am, replied the old gentle
man. ''Who the devil else should l
be?" Well, did not like to avow what
/ felt, but in truth I was hugely disap
pointed in him, for l had just been
reading Siborne's Waterloo" and 10
think that this dumpy old fellow in the
duffel jacket that came up over his ears
was the valiant hero who had held
through cannon fire and
fire, and hand to hand bayonet
fighting on the day Of Waterloo, while
the post he was defending was ablaze
and who had actually killed Frenchmen
with his own good sword was a severe
-Nineteenth Century.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-09-13

There seems TO be q new and important
use for the farmers product, hitherto
deemed useless, known as the pith of the
stalks of our Indian corn. A trial board
of naval officials, after thorough and Sc
we're tests at the Indian Head proving
ground on the Potomac, has decided very
emphatically that for the purpose Of pack
ing warships this abundant and hitherto
unappreciated American material is far
superior to the French-American cellulose
made from cocoanut fiber. With pack
ing Of cornstalk pith the shotholes through
a ships side, at or below the water line
will close up rapidly and so offectually as
to stop the leak. 1t is not so with the CO.
cOanut cellulose.
In addition to the water tests several fire
tests were made, the Marsden product be-
ing found absolutely incombustible, while
the cocoa material burned in every in
stance and twice burst into flames. An
other advantage of the Marsden material
was found in the fact that it is free from all
injurious acids, and it is perfectly clean
and white.
Exhaustive reports are being prepared,
and it is highly probable that the navy de-
partment will adopt the cornstalk packing
for all our coming war vessels
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-09-13

The work Of the monlzish sculptors,
both in wood and stone, shows a vast
amount Of humor. Witness the gar
goyles Of our old churches and the
devils, half human, half animal, which
adorn the upper galleries and form the
corbels and brackets Of many cathedrals.
These one can scarcely believe to have
been modelled seriously. as conceptions
Of the spirit Of evil, for, if the doctrine
Of the personality Of the devilw were held
faithfully, it is scarcely probable that
artists would have expended their satire
upon as terrible and vindictive a person
aF the arch fiend, nor would the monks
have allowed their misereres and stalls
20 be decorated with burlesqnes of his
satanic majesty Good Words
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-09-13

Accidents have happened on the stage
The skirts of ballet dancers have caught
fire, and the unhappy danseuses have
died from the effects. The story will
not soon be forgotten of Michael Kelly
in 'Lodioslza " The last scene repre-
sented a castle ON fire, and the beautiful
Mrs. Crouch, as the Princess, was to be
seen at a window. The draft carried
the flames toward her, and Kelly, see
ing her danger. rushed upa stage bridge
to save her, but the supports of this
bridge had been removed prematurely
by the carpenter, and Kelly fell to the
ground.
cat the same time, says Kelly in
his Memoirs, - 1.-THE fiery tower, in
which was Mrs. Crouch, sank down in
a blaze, with a violent crash She u,
tered a scream of terror. Providentially
I was not hurt by the fall, and catching
her in my arms, scarcely knowing what
I was doing, I carried her to the front
of the stage. The applause was loud and
continued. In fact, had we rehearsed
the scene as it happened, it could not
have been done half so naturally or pro
duced so great an effect. -
It was not the escape which made this
incident memorable, but Kelly's bull
He was furious at the accident and
rushed at Kemble, who was manager,
shouting, 81 might have been killed en-
tirely, and who then-who would have
maintained me for the rest Of my life?"
Good Words