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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-26

"Is it likely?" she said fiercely. "a
good woman! How should l be a good
woman? l tell you, I'm the piece that
was lost, and nobody ever looked for
me. II was a good woman, do you
suppose / should be where l be-only
% years old, we'll and hearty, and
every door in the world shut in my
face? tell you the man who wrote
that story didn't know women; they
don't hunt for the piece that's lost
they just let 1t go. There's enough Of
them and don't get lost"
Poor Martha Rogers was sorely per-
picked, all the more that her way had
lain so smooth and plain before her
that she might have walked into II
blindly. II she was a lost piece of
silver, it was not she who lost It: but
what II It were the Masters, precious
to his heart, and a careless hand
dropped 1t and left it to lie in the dust?
And what II he bade her to seek it, and
find 1t for him? Should she dare re-
fuse? On this very day, when she
needed so surely the help which she had
so looked for in vain, had not this
woman been sent to her very door.
and was 1t not plain leading Of Prov
idence? 1t is a blessed thing for us
that we are usually driven to act first
and theorize afterward, even though
the after-thought sometimes brings re-
pentance. The bread was ready for
the oven and the woodbox empty.
you may fetch in some wood" said
Martha Rogers, and the woman
promptly obeyed, filling the box with
one load Of her slnewy arms, and then
stood humbly waiting. Hetty came in
to the kitchen and began to clear the
table, but her mother said, go upstairs
and fetch a big apron and one Of our
sewing caps, and see II you can finish
up your dress"
Away went Hetty, her light heart
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-26
A Prediction About Railway.

The following prediction, made by
the Royal College of Physicians Of Ba-
varia in 1885, is now on record in the
archives of the Nuremberg and Furth
Railway, in that country. When it was
proposed to build this line, the ply
sicians Of the country met and for
mally protested against it. "Locomo-
ton, by the aid of any kind of steam
machines whatever" the Bavarian
physicians declared, Should be pro-
hibited in the interest Of the public
health. The rapid movements cannot
fail to produce in the passengers the
mental ailment called dellrium furios-
um. Even admitting" the protest went
on, that travellers will consent to run
the risk, the state can do no less than
protect the bystanders. The sight alone
Of locomotive passing at full speed
suffices to produce this frightful malady
of the brain. 1t is, at any rate, indis-
pensable that a barrier at least six
feet high, should be erected on both
sides Of the track"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-26

bounding with the unexpected release;
and the mother turned again to the
woman, furnished her with coarse
towel, and sent her to the wash house
for thorough publication. Half an
hour afterward, with her hair hidden
In the muslin cap, her whole figure en-
veloped in the calico apron, comedy
woman was silently engaged in house
hold tasks, doing her work with such
rapidlty and skill that the housewife
drew sigh Of relief.
There's a handful Of towels and
coarse clothes left from the ironing;
you might put the irons on, Mary, and
smooth 'em out"
The woman turned startled face
upon her, and then went quickly for
the clothes; but something 1t a
tear?-rolled down her swarthy cheeks,
mingling with the bright drops she
sprinkled over them. When had she
ever heard anything but Mol? Not
since among New Hampshire hills q
pale woman had lain her hands upon
the tangled curls Of her little daugh-
ter and prayed that some one would
watch over these hayward feet, lesI
they should go astray. 1t made Mol
shudder to think of 1t. What did she
know about joy in heaven over one
sinner and repenteth?
silas Rogers listened to the days
story as he sat mending bit of har'
ness with clumsy fingers, and among
his other thoughts he grasped the idea
that his wife had secured valuable
! and much-needed helper.
1T seems a risk to rum" said Mar
tina, anxiously, "and l don't know bu
it's presumtuOus; there's Hetty ant
there's Reuben"
"And there's the Lord" said Sllas
stopping to open his knife.
Eyes," said Martha, with a little
start, land 1 quite can't get rid o.
what she said about the piece that wa'
lost though, to be sure, the woman
that lost it ought to hunt it."
"She never does; folks are always
losing things for somebody else tt
find; faint many of them can say
Those that thou hast given me I have
kept right straight along"
But if you lose your own piece look
ing after other folks"
well, there's the risks, as you say
but I'd rather take a risk for thu
Lord than agin him."
Martha Rogers took the risk for tn,
Lord, and he abundantly justified ant
rewarded her faith. For the piece tina
was lost becomes my piece" to tn
heart that finds it again in the Mas
ter's hand; and locking the story o
the wanderer in her own breast, 1t wa
only to the angels that she said, IRE
joice with me-"
And when years afterward the.wom
an herself said before the COMMITTEES
Of the church, II am the woman owe
whom there is a great joy in heaven,
there was not wanting those VIII
thought she was presumptuously claim
ing to be a saint.-Emily Huntington
| Miller.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-26
,AAAAAAAAAAAAO
THE PIECE THAT WAS LOST, :



1t was a midsummer morning. The
grass was waiting for the scythe, but
after breakfast Silas Rogers took down
the old bible that had been his moth
sr's daily companion for over eighty
years, and they sat reverently down
to worship. The reading was that ten
der lesson of the wandering sheep, and
the lost piece of silver, and ended with
the heavenly rejoicing "over the SIN
ner that repenteth," and after the earn
est, though hOmely prayer, they were
ready for work. Abner, the hired man,
and Reuben, the boy, as they started
put of the house, almost stumbled over
woman sitting in the doorway, aD-
sorbed in thought. Silas looked at her.
but did not stay to question her. And
when they were gone, she rose
abruptly and said, "Will you give me
some breakfast"
Mrs. Rogers looked at her. She was
r tall and not uncomely woman OIL
about thirty, but with something in
leflnably evil about her face. The hard
mouth, the bold, defiant eyes, repelled
her, yet it seemed as if at any instant
they might break into scornful tears.
who are you?" asked the good wife
coming nearer, with pan of bread
In her hand. Again the face darkened
and lightened, grew hard and yield
Ing, with the sudden declaration, u
am the piece that was lost"
Martha Rogers had not particle OF
poetry in her nature, but she had the
most profound reverence for the Scrip
ture, therefore the words both puzzled
and shocked her. But she was not the
woman to refuse bread to the hungry;
so she placed food upon the table, and
motioned the woman to chair, say
ing, "Set up and eat"
ing-and she did not hasten-her eyes
followed the mistress and Hetty, the
bright young daughter, until Martha
Rogers grew nervous and sent Hetty
" reu up the CndmDerS.
! will you give me work to do?" she
demanded rather than asked.
who are you?" asked Mrs. Rogers
again, simply to gain time.
II thought you knew. l am Mol
Pritchard; they have turned me out Of
my house, burned it over my head"
and her eyes grew lurid.
What can you do?" asked Mrs.
Rogers.
Anything that woman can do, or
a man. 1 can work in the field with
the best of them; have done 1t many
a time; but should like to do what
to be like other women"
Are you good woman?"
The question came straight and
strong, without any faltering. She had
heard Of this Moll Pritchard, a woman
who lived alone in tumble down hut
below the sawmill, and won meager
living by weaving rag carpets, picking
berries for sale, and, 1t was suspected
In less reputable ways; but Martha Ro-
gers took no stock in idle rumors. If
she had not the divine compassion, she
had something like divine justice,
which is altogether a sweeter thing in
Its remembering of our frame than
the tender mercies Of the wicked"
The woman lookedat her curiously-
at first with a hooking smile, then
with a sullen, and at last with defiant
expression.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-26
A sure Sign.

II saw Mugglns on his front porch
this evening smoking a cigar; 1t must
be that his wife is away"
What makes you think so?"
why, when she's at home he smokes
a brier-root pipe and tries to look eco
nomical. "-Buffalo Express.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-26

IT NOW rests with the Republican
party to demonstrate that the gold
standard is a good thing. II 1t don't
do Il It ought to be evident to every
man that It is a fraud and that neither
old party can be depended upon.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-26
Freak Of lightning.

All the doors in John Kipp's house
at Cedar Bayou, Harris County, Texas,
were opened and lid Of the kitchen
range was blown of by a bolt Of
lightning.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-26

Rev. John wier, after nine years OF
continuous labor in Japan, is soon to
return with his family to this country.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-12-12
Fer Over Fifty Wears.

John @. Fox.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-12-12
cpular naiIy Excursions TO Chicago
and the East,

the Union Pacific is the only line ruu-
ring upholstered Pullman tourist sleeping
cars from California and Nevada to Chi
Gag 0 without changing every day in the
year. Through Pullman double drawing
room sieepers and dining room cars to
Chicago daily without change on "The
Overland Flyer" Only one change to
New York and Boston. ime from Ne
<a|" Il hicagc only nree days.
steamship tickets on sale to and from
sas points in Europe.
For full particulars. tickets and sleep
z car Accommodations, call or address D,
~ Hitchcock, General Agent, No. I,
NJ ontgCmery street, San Francisco, Cal
acg W D. Phillips, Agent s. P. Co., Rene
Nevada,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-12-12
Millinery Goods!

Bessie Elvian Murphy has pnr-
chased the business OF Mrs. knowles
and has greatly Increased The stock
She Invites the patronage Of the ladies'
Of this city, New goods are being
constantly receives, and the most fna-
tilj're Ale bound to he pleased,
WANTED House Of three or fou
Il" ms, completely furnished for
ou-ekeepiug, Address \. this office,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-12-12

Mrs Ninslow's Soothing Syrup, has
Oeeu ns"l foE children teeJh1ng, It
sooth6 the child. soflen5 the gums,
alays all pain, cures wind collie, ana
the best remedy Cor D!errhoca
twenty-five cents d bottle.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-12-12

StIaH berries, raspberries. peaches
and apric IS, put up for cream at
Walsh& WyIie's.
just received a full supply of Frey's
G. ographies at Introductory prices. Conf
plete Geography price 81 IS, Allowance for
old Biographies 50 cents. Frey's Prjm-
arv Geography 90 cents. Allowance "
Oh books 20 cents.
John G Fox
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-12-12
Beans and Brown Bread.

BY request OF many patrons the
Boston Bakery will begin the delivery
81 Baked Beans and Brown Breal
svery Sunday morning, Leave orders
Friday.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-12-12
Notice.

have purchased at the Sheriff.
sale all Of the Groceries, provisions
wines liquors, glass, paints, oils and
general merchandise in the store OF
ArChar Baker au [ will continue the
business at the old stand opposite the
Mint. [ respectfully Asa a share OF
pdbiic patronage. ana | promise fair
and liberal dealinE.
Martin Lutz.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-12-12

I will sew out for % cents a dav and
sard. My residence is opposite Mr.
Frank Folsom's.
MKs. ]. NovAcov1CH. Nv t3
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-12-12
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-16
SAVE YOUR CHILD.
Mark How Thin, Palo, Nervous and
Puny tho Little One IL.
uo Won Can Mako IL Well and yigor-
Gus. Words OF Wisdom by a Wen
known Physician.

4 well known physician writes very
interesting article in regard to what 10
give children. especially weak, nervous
and rundown children, in order 20
make them strong. vigorous and well
Mr. and Mrs Thomas iiallows, says
this writer, of Peckhom ST., Globe VII
lage. Fall River. Mass. thank Dr.
Greene Nervura blood and nerve rem
edy for restoring Che health and proba-
bly, preserving Che life OF their little
son. who, almost from infancy. was
troubled with Indigestion and nervous
troubles. attending physician. 10
was called, advised Che parents 90 give
the child such medicine as seemed bcs.
fitted 20 such a condition Dr. Grconc's
Nervura blood and nerve remedy was
recommended.
The taking - q Few bottles Of Dr..
Greene's Nervura effected o. cure. and
the little one is healthy to-day. enjoy.
ing play with the other children. Mr
and Mrs. Hallows say they must r.ro
the credit of the cure to DR.. Greene
NerYura blood and nerve remedy.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-16

ment. as well OF political parties as oi
States. and whereas we have Witnessed
with pain and regret the reyoluilondry
proceedings at Richmond November -.
1875. innugurated by Messrs. Allan. Nad-
dil and others. who were In helpless
minority at the State Convention noid IN
Staunton, Va, on the I'd day OF Aprli.
1896 and whereas we have entire cOnil-
dence in the ability. integrity ana skill
of our Executive Committee, elected In
JulN last at norfolk, ma strict accord mo"
with the plan OF party organization
adopted at said Staunton convention,
containing among its members two dis
tinguished eN-Confederate officers. ana
tho son Of another. ara haNiuE 90" Der
sonal confidence and respect Of men OF
all parties in Virginia.
Therefore We the Republicans OF Buck
inghlm county. i'm mass meeting assem-
bied. do commend our State Chairman.
Colonel william Lamb. and his-associates
o. the Executive Committee for their
loyalty 10 the party. and their faithful
work during the campaign under the
extraordinary embarrassment OF being
superseded. In great measure by the in
sfnlintfon as "campIign committee" IN
Virginia OF men who had go official con
uoctiOn with our party ORGANIZATION. We
condemn the action OF those members of
the State Committee. ~ no irrosulariy as-
sDmhlcd al Richmond On flr 2Ih Of No
Vemhcr. and Illegally counted In" as
members of the State Committee from
the Second and Fourth districts per-
sons whose claims had been decided
against heretofore. and who ignored the
existence Of our Executive Committee.
and attempted by indirccton to remove
said Executive Committee which. under
the plan Of organization. the state Com
mittce has no right 10 do. Having been
elected az very full meeting OF tho
State Committee In July no subsequent
meeting OF the State Committee could re-
move or annul that action or fail TO
give dire recognition TO the Executive
Committee
Resolved. therefore. That we unquali-
nodly refuse 10 recognize the dual "csccu-
tive committee claiming election on the
nth Of November. i>sG. and wholly rcpu-
dilfc the action of the meeting then
held
Resolved. That r. is our judgment that
M members OF the State COMMITTEE who
10 not fully rrco0ni7e the proper au-
thority OF Colonel William Lamb Alvah
d. Martin. l.. = Walker Harry Libby.
and r. T.. Hubbard. the State Executive
Committee OF the Republican party OF
Virginia. should be deemed 10 have ere
helicd' against the Orglni21tion and va
Gated thor places as committeeman.
which places should al once hc filled by
fhe remaining members Of the state
Committee bv virtue of section Of arti-
olc T.. OF Our plan Of organization OF the
party. 20 the end that The organization
may hc properly preserved TN the next
State Convention.
Resolved That Colonel William Lamb.
State Chairman and Hon. Mark \. Han
ua national chairman Of the Republican
party. Doc furnished with certified copies
OF the above declarations
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-16

lures and do all the other wicked things
that the World mentions. There is not
a word or an intima,ion In what Mr..
Choate said that justines the inference
that he would endorse trust that bribed
legislatures and did those other wicked
things. II f. plain that II the World
would have us believe Mr.. Choate Is thc
bad man II takes him for. 1t must pro-
duce other evidence in support OF It's
case.
Nor are we able TO assent 10 the World
proposition that II would be an insult TO
Mr. Choate's understanding or moral
sense 10 accuse him Of believing what
he saws. We do. openly and without
couivocarion. accuse him Of believing what
he says. and we intend no sort OF ahroht
IN him by H. either Nay. more. we be-
,fovo what he said TO be true; and what
10 more we will produce TO the World
II II wf'hcs to see 1t. great oedi III
the law-books that IS plainly derosatory
70 capital and more virulent in proper
ton 10 the amount OF the capital
As to the Worlds enquiry. where IS the
man to end and the lawyer to begin we
replv nowhere. The lawyer must be the
honest man always. He must never make
n statement to a court that he does ho'
believe. And the World will never even
begin TO prove that Mr.. Choate fans 10 act
upon this principle by. quoting the IAN
enage on which it has built its attack
nnOn him.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-16

interests ne occurred during the Nene-
zuelan crisis. the public VIII Know p,
yond all possibility OF rumor or fepo,"
that the difference Is one when VIII DC
settled by arbitration instead OF .pos
sible resort 10 arms. TINS pnpnc secure
against alarm assured by the treaty y
felt TO be no less beneficial than the plan
or arbitration Itself
The treaty being an experiment only.
Il is limited In its operation 10 I'VE years
But. If II once goes into operation there
is no danger Of a failure. to renew H.
When the two nations have once felt
the advantages that will result from such
an assurance that their friendly relations
can not be disturbed no person amount
ing TO ANYTHING. will be found In either
country willing to run any future FISK
OF differences between them. IL Is true
that the announcement that has been
made states that insults TO the nag OF
either country are excepted from the
operation OF the treaty. and II Is very
proper that they should be. But what
English officer would deliberately offer
an insult TO the American flag. and what
American officer would deliberately oIet
an insult to the British flag? We regard
the exception as altogether proper. but a.
amounting to nothing whatever in
practical way.
President Cleveland made an awful mess
Of II with his Venezuelan war message.
and he probably contributed more by il
to the horrible campaign we have Just
gone through than any other one event
did But this arbitration treaty is no
doubt the direct outcome Of the war
scare the two countries then had. The
incident has fixed responsibilities upon
US in regard to the countries OF South
America that may yet cause us no end
OF trouble, but we can devoutly thank
Heaven for this result OF it. This arbi-
tration treaty may fairly be claimed as
zone Of the sweet uses OF adversely"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-16
Az ARBITRATION TREATY.

II is announced and apparently with the
consent and appreciation Of the admins
,ration. that the negotiations known to
have been pending for some time he
tween this country and Great Britain Tor
a general arbitration treaty, have prac-
ticaly resulted IN an agreement which
will probably be definitely signed and
submitted TO the Senate for its action
within the next three or four weeks. The
treaty is TO last for five years and II
disposes of all the vexatious questions.
which have been for some time at issue
between this government and England.
except such as are definitely provided
for in some other way. Ike the Behring
Sea and the Venezuelan cases. IL also
provides for submitting TO arbitration all
questions that may arise betw cen the
two governments during the period OF
its existence The arbitrator are TO
consist OF three chosen from the judi
clary OF Great Britain and three chosen
from the judiciary of the United States.
The benefits TO arise out of this arbi-
tlOtlOn treaty are utNOuu computation.
Apart from the fact that IL will make
war between the two countries practical
ly impossible. it will prevent a recur-
renee OF any such disastrous war scare
as was produced by President Cleveland's
Venezuelan war message. AS one OF those
who took part in negotiating the treaty
said, a day or so back:
when a serious difference arises .e-
tween the two countries, instead Of a pub
lie feeling that war may result. and there
b Y consequent unsettling OF commercial
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-16
N.m Indn.lrie. for Pnln.kL.

NEWHTI-S. VA. Dec. -. Special. It
is currently reported that Mr.. nicF wood
has recently purchased "a iset 80 DE-
erl land on Laurel creek. about ten niles
south OF Radforl. and proposes u eject
in the near future large furnace.
10 i- uncertain as vet whether tho Iro-
ducts VII bee carried ont boy lranch
road connecting with the Norfolk M d
Western at Hiawassce. or Radio IT,. her
route is practicable.
The land is said 10 contain llrge cufn
titles Of am excellent quality ~ iron ore.
and Il g. thought the adventure 'fill be
"A very lucrative Investment.
The Bertha Zinc Company. Of ulagKL
have also just closed a contract for 20
large body Of land on Little rivar which
tiev viii commence 20 mine imm 'i ''rey
and transport to their plant in ?llcski
city
With the opening OF these nsw Tiants
and mines pulaslrs future IS beginning
To cast its shadow before.