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Arizona republican., 1896-10-13
This Is Your OpportunitY.

On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps, generous sample will be mailed of the most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon- strate the great merits of the remedy.
 ELY BROTHERS,
 56 Warren St.. New York City. Rev. John Reid, IT,, of Great Falls, Mont, recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can emphasize his statement, ''It is posi- tive cure for catarrh if used as directed. "- Rev. Francis w. Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena, Mont.
 :, Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure for catarrh and contains no mercury nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents.
Arizona republican., 1896-10-13
CARPETS WERE UNKNOWN.
How the Fourteenth Century Mansions
 Were Furnished.

How the Fourteenth Century Mansions
 Were Furnished.
 Carpets in the fourteenth century were unknown luxuries, says Good Words, but the fashion of strewing the apart ments with rushes was being gradually abandoned. Bushes were still used in the retainers' hall, but for the better rooms sweet-scented herbs and fragrant, twigs were usually employed.
 In the fourteenth century windows; were apertures filled with glass SO as to admit light, but to exclude wind. The walls also were frequently hung with cloth or tapestry to protect the inmates of the room from the many currents of air that penetrated the strong but bad ly built walls. We learn from various ancient documents that it was the duty of the serving men and pages to sweep out the principal apartments, but as the use of water is rarely mentioned, damp and fragrant leaves and twigs must have aided not only in collecting the dust, but also toward refreshing the att mosphere in such costantly closed rooms, fresh air being only admitted through the doors opening on to the battlements or balconies.
 From old inventories at Thurleigh and elsewhere we ascertain how scant- fly furnished were these ancient man. sions, although they seem to have been abundantly supplied with flagons and drinking cups in gold, silver and finely engraved pewter, besides an infinite number of black jacks or cups made ot | leather.
Arizona republican., 1896-10-13

see where they would be benefited. They can't ship their products west to tthe mines, but they do know where they can dispose of their products if the factories of the east open up, that is where they will reap the benefit.
 tMr. Ainsworth has no doubt from what he has seen and heard that the silver craze is dying out and the people are coming to realize that they will not receive any benefit from the cleo tion of Bryan.
Arizona republican., 1896-10-13
Much Bean Porridce.

A family, residing in Lakeville, Conn.,, were visited by relatives residing some distance off. One of the visitors re- marked that there had been a great quantity of bean porridge made in his mothers family; enough" said he, Ito float 74-gun ship. Don't you think so, Uncle John ?'-appealing to one of his relatives. "Yes, yes" replied that uncle; and the ship could float 24 hours and not hit bean."
Arizona republican., 1896-10-13
AFTER THE ARMADA.
The Combination of Trade and Private
 War Under Elizabeth.

The Combination of Trade and Private
 War Under Elizabeth.
 The defeat of the Armada inspired England with energy and hope. Our people, says Blackwood's Magazine, be- came busy traders. Flemish traders had been ruined by war, Flemish refu- gees had focked into England, and Antwerp, the great port for new world commerce, had been sacked and taken. England succeeded to the trade of which the Dutch had been deprived. Beyond the ocean lay a vast world of wealth, of which Spain, united with Portugal, claimed the monopoly, thereby exclud- ing English commerce from the larger half of the planet. Systematic vio- lence-that is, the combination of trade with private war-was the only mode in which this monopoly could be att tackled.
 Elizabeth connived at this covert mar itime war both before and after the Armada, and the struggles between Eng fish traders and Spanish monopolists were far too numerous and important to admit of peace between the two gov ernments. It was this spirit of com mercial adventure, whether it be called piracy or heroic attempt to rescue the new world from the inquisition and give it back to the free use of the human race, which was the first step in the de- velopment of three colossal .growths- British trade, British empire, the Brit ish navy.
Arizona republican., 1896-10-13
WHY ENGLAND IS GREAT.
A Native Offers an Explanation-Britain
 Naval Superiority.

A Native Offers an Explanation-Britain
 Naval Superiority.
 How was it that half an island over which Queen Elizabeth ruled developed into the worldwide empire over which Queen Victoria reigns? First and fore most, says Blackwood's Magazine, it must be referred to, the qualities of the race, their energy and adventurous spirit, their capacity to colonize, to rule subject races, and to administer their affairs. That race was sprung of suc- cessive seafaring invoders of these is lands who were trained for generations in the arduous defense of these shores, and taught to achieve naval superior ity as a necessity of their position.
 As early as Edward III. the sover- eighty of the narrow seas was asserted, and conceded as matter of course by the people of the low countries. As centuries rolled on, the insularity of our position became more marked as our possessions, in Europe dwindled away. The drill sergeant, who is the artifcer of German fortunes, has had no ascendency in these islands, whose preoccupations have not risen from mil itary empires on their boundaries. Naval superiority has been the guarantee of our shores, and at the same time the foundation of an empire which has grown up beyond the seas. The same qualities which achieved ordered liberty at home spread commerce, settlements 1
Arizona republican., 1896-10-13
Kept Both Places.

When the czar was made colonel of the Royal Scots Grays an officer of the regiment said to his orderly. Donald, have you heard that the new emperor of Russia has been appointed colonel of the regiment?" Indeed, sir" replied Donald, ''it is a vera brood thing" Then. after pause. < Beg pardon, sir, but wull he be able to keep both places?"
Arizona republican., 1896-10-13
SPECIFIC FOR SCR0fULA.

Since childhood, :, have beeI afflicted with scrofulous Dcils anG sores, which caused me terrible suffering. Physicians were unable to help me, and l only grew worse
Arizona republican., 1896-10-13

cured, so that 1 have not had a boil or pimple on any part of my body for the last twelve years. I car cordially recommend Ayers Sarsa- parilla as the very best blood-purifier in existence" ."-G. T. REINHART, Myersvillel Texas,
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
PLAYED Poker In a PoorhOuse.

There has been o pronounced stand
taken against gambling in some quar-
tiers at Portsmouth recently. The fire
and police departments have been or.
dered to abandon card playing, and a
full grown poker game has been broken
up at the inirmary.
1t appears that several Of the inmates
receive small pensions and others earn
a trifo occasionally for tobacco money
by outside work. They have lately been
losing most of it to some of their fellow
unfortunates who are skilled in the
manipulation of the cards. They used
crackers and grains of coffee as chips
and played in the basement Of the build
ing. A poker game in a poorhouse
might be considered sufficiently unusual
to be worth permitting to proceed as a
curiosity, but Superintendent Mershon
thought not and placed the participants
under discipline. Columbus Dispatch.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
THE GARBAGE CLEANER.

How tho ''slOpper" Goes His Rounds Pick
ing Up UncOnsidCred Trifles.
"That man is o stopper, " rmarked q
police officer to q Star writer few
mornings since, "and he and his class
give us any amount of trouble. If he
stole, We could reach him by the law,
but as he only finds, VIC cannot easily
reach him." In further explanation, he
said: "a stopper is a man who searches
through tho garbage cans in the ALLEYS
in the rear Of hotels, boarding houses
and private houses. Some only search
for spoons, knives and forks that arc
thrown into the garbage receptacle by
careless servants, for it is fact that
there are more silver spoons and knives
and forks thrown away with tho gar.
bagc than are stolen by servants, though
the contrary is generally believed. Tho
stopper is generally an hour or so ahead
Of the garbage collector, and he is often
more regular and careful in his rounds
than the garbage man.
BY industry we thrive, as tho line
in the copy books used to maintain, and
by industry on a good west end route,
especially one which takes in q number
Of boarding houses or hotels, stopper
can find enough table ware to pay the
expenses Of his tour. Often he makes a
rich find. Very frequently he has per-
mission to 'slop' the can from the own
ers Of the houses themselves, for he tells
them he is on the lookout for stray
pieces Of meat, etc., which he sells to
those who have dogs to feed. Some
Shoppers are honest enough to return
any silverware they may find for the
dog meat privilege, but it is terrible
temptation to many, and one they can
not CT do not at times Withstand. -
Washington Star.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
SCIENTIFIC HITTING PAYS.
spaldirG Tells How he Was Ablo to
Place tho Dall Anywhere.

spaIdirG Tells How he Was Ablo to
Place tho Dall Anywhere.
Before I joined the Boston Red
Stockings" said A. G.. Spalding re.
Gently, II used to go up to the bat with
tho sole object i'll view CT hitting the
ball from the shoulder as hard as /
could, without any idea as to what part
of the field it would so or ON the
ground or in the air. All I thought Of
was to knock it out Of the lot, as tho
boys say. But soon found that there
was something moro in batting than
that. I think I got my first idea Of
what batting should be from defending
my wicket in cricket when we went to
England on that baseball tour in 1874.
At any rate, got into the habit of try
ing to place the ball, instead Of hitting
at random, and from that time real.
lied that to try to tap the ball to right
field over the heads Of the infielders
and short Of the catching reach Of the
outfielders was about the right caper.
1.-THE new method Of handling the
bat, I remember, came to mo all Of a
sudden. l had been for somo months
batting very poorly while hitting from
tho shoulder, q base hit being the result
in about eight of ten times at the bat,
and even less. One day 1 thought ]
would try something different, and, get.
ting some one to pitch swift balls to me,
I went i'll for tapping them to right field
so that they would fall safe, and after a
few trials up went my batting average
Of base hits at jump, and especially
did my hitting provo useful when rum
ners wero Oh tho bases. The boys be.
gan to want me to follow them at the
bat, because hit SO as to bat them
round toward home Then it was that
I first practically realized that swift
" pitched ball to the bat which was
just tapped by the bat--that is, hit
lightly, but not like 'bunt'--would go
to the field, sharp from the bat, with
surprising speed besides which, could
govern its direction better than it was
possible in hitting it from the shoulder,
as before.
Talking Of swift pitching, contin.
ued Mr.. Spalding, "Iused to think that
we old time pitchers could send in o
pretty speedy ball under the rule Of tho
underhand throw, but none of us ever
equaled the speed of the cyclone pitch
ing of the present time which comes
from the regular overland throw. Then,
too, with all our practice, we could not
command the ball in delivery, as is pos.
sible in overland throwing New
York Times.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

British and German ministers Claim That
Russia Is Acting Contrary to Treaty
Rights.
LONDON May ia special dispatch
received here from Shanghai says that
the British and German ministers at
Pekin have protested against the ac-
ton of Russia in occupying part of the
foreshore at Che Foo, contrary to
treaty rights. The dispatch adds that
the entire Russian squadron in Chinese
waters will rendezvous at Che Foo in
readiness to occupy Port Arthur or
Kiacho bay on receipt of instructions
from st. Petersburg.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
Special Attention 70 Passengers =.

Mr.. Chas. II. Durham has been ap'
pointed as special passenger agent
AtchisOn, Topeka & Santa Fe railway,
at Dearborn Street station, Chicago,
ILL.,, and will be on duty at arrival and
departure of all Santa Fe trains. His
duties are to attended exclusively to
Santa Fe passengers and see that they
are properly cared for and transferred
to and from their proper trains. All
agents have been instructed to ad-
wise Mr.. Durham, the name of passen-
gers and when they will arrive for
whom special attention is desired, that
special attention be given them. This
is done to insure the proper care of
women and children travelling alone,
as we'll as aged people. tt
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
PerFumed Flannel.

This is the latest fad with the wom'
en- of the smart set. In appearance il
resembles ordinary scarlet flannel of a
fairly good quality. 1t is prepared by
some secret process known only to the
manufacturer, so that it emits deli
cious perfume, small piece serving to
scent every article in bureau drawer.
1t is sold by the yard, but is only to be
had Of the man who makes it and who
is in Paris, but will forward it by mail.
The perfume is said to be far more en-
during than any Of the sachets common
y in use.-New York World
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

Some idea of the sadness of the wa
ters of the Dead sea may be gained
from the comparison made below The
Dead sea is situated in Palestine, 20
miles east of Jerusalem. 1t is 80 miles
long and from 10 to Is miles wide, with
an average depth of 20 fathoms (12O
feet). Common ocean water contains
but 80 parts of salt to the l, 900. That
of the Dead sea contains $50 parts to the
1000, which makes the briny solution
exactly one-fourth salt.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
THE PRISONER.


The waves in thunderous menace break
Upon the rocks below ny tower,
And none will daro the sea kings power
And venture shipwrcck for my sake.
Get oncc-my lamp path Of light
Across the darkling sea had cast
saw u sail-at lasti At lastl
It cleaned toward me through the night.
My lamp had been the beacon sot
To lead the ship through mist and foam,
The ship that came to take me homo
To that far land half forget.
But since my tower is built so high
And such sharp rocks are hid below
Iquenchcd my lamp, and, weeping low,
saw my ship 60 safely by.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

The Russian minister, Mr. E. De
kotzebue, is arranging to give a moon
light fete in Washington in honor of
the coronation Of the car on May 20.
1t will be an out of door arrangement,
with music and gorgeous display of
fireworks.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
To chicago bxDaHIlgnt.

The Santa Fe has put on swift
train leaving Hutchinson at Ills p. m.
running solid through to Chicago, ar
rivlng there the next evening, This
train passes Kansas City at 700 a. M,
making good connections with all
lines at that point; passes Fort Madison
at 800 p. M, Galesburg at 4:45 p. M,
and is the only passenger train run
ming between Kansas and Chicago
that crosses the Mississippi river in
daylight. Free chair cars and Pull
man sleepers vestibuled throughout.
Meals are served in dining cars, guests
only paying for what they order.
IL you prefer to leave Hutchinson in
the morning the Santa Fe offers you
the choice of two fast trains, the Chi
cago Limited at 1906 and The Chicago
Express at 0.10 a. m.
If you contemplate making a trip
anywhere by rail call and make inQui-
ries about our superior trim facilities
before purchasing tickets.
j. d. SWEENEY, Agent.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
HOmeaeekera' Excursion .

For full particulars regarding the
sale of hOmeseekers' excursion tickets
on the following dates: March 10th,
April 18th, April 2Ist, and May 9th to
points in Arkansas, Arizona, Indian
Territory, Louisiana, Oklahoma and
Texas. Call on or address,
J. d. SWEENEY,
Phone 25. Agent Santa Fe Route.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
Storm Ia Knnsnn.

TOPEKA, Kan, May IA terrific
wind and hailstorm ragged here for one
hour last night and torrents of water
fell, flooding the streets. The storm
extended over large territory and re-
ports say that much damage was done
to crops of NIL kinds. Gardens were
riddled. Rain fell over the eastern
half of Kansas, greatly reviving the
wheat
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
Rocky Mountain Views

Set of six beautiful Aibertype views,
including Castle Gate, Garden Of the
Gods, Summit of Pixies Peak, etc., on
1lXl4 paper, with wide margins, suit
able for framing. sent to any address,
postpaid upon receipt of fifty cents, by
f. A. Wadleigh, G. p. vt. A., Rio
Grande Western R'y, Salt Lake City.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

It was the desire Of Rev. Augustus
Jessopp, for many years country clergy
man in England, to be welcomed by
his people as q neighbor and friend
rather than as clergyman; but he con-
fesses that he was often pulled up by a
reminder more or less reproachful that
if he had forgotten his vocation, his
host had not! "Ever been to Tombland
fair, Mrs. Cawl?" he asked during a
parochial visit, which he describes il
1.-THE Trials Of a Country Parson."
Mrs. Cawl had q perennial flow Of
words, which came from her lips in o
steady, unccasing and deliberate mono
tone, slow trickle of verbiage without
the semblance of q stop. She began:
"Never been to no fairs sim l was
girl bless the Lord, nor mean to kept
once when my Betsy went to place and
father told me to take her to show,
and there was giant, and dwarf
dressed in green petticoat like mon
key on an organ, and I says to Betsy my
dear they's the works of the Lord but
they hadn't ought to be showed but as
the works of the Lord to be had in re-
membrance, and don't you think sir as
when they shows the works of the Lord
they'd ought to begin with q little
prayer?"
Mr.. Jessopp admits that he had no re-
ply at hand, and believes that Mrs.
Cawl ever afterward privately consid-
cred him an irreverent heather.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
a Taking Title,

"Your play is good enough, " said the
veteran manager after he had read it
through, "but it needs better title than
'Sticketh Closer Than Brother With
such a name as that it won't draw"
"How would The Mustard Plaster
dor" suggested the struggling artist
anxiously. London Tit-Bits.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
A Negative Quality.

Fervent Admirer-Don't you think,
Edmonds that Miss De MyIrh has beau
tiful features?
Rejected Lover-She has one feature
that 1 don't like very we'll
+. A.-What is that?
r. L.-Her noes. ,--Detroit Free Press
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

Why sell YOUR corn for Is and 16 cents
when you can get 20 cents for it at the
Standard Grocery? 1t will save you
20 cent@on the dollar by doing so. l
want forty or fifty thousand bushels
for which l will pay 20 cent in trade,
Respectfully, EMORY MCDERMED,
Proprietor Standard Grocery,
Hutchinson, Kansas.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
Retrenchinr ON the MemphI. RoDts

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 15.-vice
President Washburn, of the Memphis
railway, has begun reign OF re-
trenchment and reform on the system,
which is expected to result in an in
crease of earnings for the year 1896.
The primary cause of the movement is
decreased freightand passenger traffic.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

ENTERPRISE, Kan, May 13-Ehrs-
man machine shops, the largest in cen.
trail Kansas, closed down yesterday be-
cause of a strike of its employees They
claim that their wages are long over
due. Officers are endeavoring to ar.
range affairs.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
The Lake Resorts Of the North.

Are best reached by the Burlington
Route. Daily trains st. Louis. Kansas
City and st. Joseph, to St. Paul and
Minneapolis making connections for
Spirit Lake, Minnesota, White Bear
Lake, Duluth etc. Consult Ticket
agent. l.. w. WAKELEY,
G. p. A., st. Louis, Mo.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
Romantic Rlnck lEtlIs.
NOT SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA

HOT SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA.
Carlsbad of America. Bluest skies,
brightest sunshine, wonderful mineral
waters. Less than twenty-four hours
from Missouri river. Splendid hotels.
Special excursion rates. Send for
pamphlet and c,nsult ticket agent.
L.W. WAKELEY, G.P.A., st, Louis.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

Congressman U. S. Hall, of Missouri,
has prepared an address to the demo-
Gratis of his district that he will not
run again on any other platform than
TINT of sound money.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

After the rags used in the manufac-
ture of paper have been ground to q
pulp caustic lye is mixed with the
product in order to reduce the small,
hard particles that are found in the
pulp, and which, if left, would make
knots in the paper
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
Indiana @. A. X. AloKInIev Vote.

SOUTH BEND, Ind, May IA test
vote taken on the state G. A. r. head
quarters train resulted: Mckinley,
94i; Harrison, &c; Allison, 3; Morton, /;
Reed, 3; Matthew's, s.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
Our Uubine ORer

OuR Clubbing OmeP.
Combination No. I, $2.oo.
The Cincinnati Enquire,
The Topeka Advocate,
The GAZETTE and
Coins Financial School.
Combination No. 2, $1,000
The Toledo Blade, purely re.
publican,
The Kansas Farmer, nen-parti-
san.
The GAZETTE and
Coins Financial School.
Combination No, 3, $2.oo.
Warren Fosters Advocate,
The Cincinnati Enquirer and
The GAZETTE.
Combination No. 4, $2.oo.
st. Louis Sunday Post. Dispatch,
30 to 40 pages and
The GAZETTE.
Combination No. S, $2.oo.
Thrice.a- Week World, tdem.l,
The TOle1O Blade rep and
The GAZETTE.
This gives you 250 papers or less than
one cent each.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
A Look Through


The Kansas City, Fort Scott s. Mem
phis r. r. Co. has just issued magni.
iicent book of sixty OF more phOto-en.
eraved views of varied scenery in
South Missouri. From these views an
accurate knowledge can be obtained as
to the productions and general tOp0'
graphy of that highly-favored section
that is now attracting the attention Of
home-seekers and investors the cOun-
try over.
The title of the book is "Snap Shots
in South Missouri" 1t will be mailed
upon receipt of postage, four cents.
Address, j. E. LOCKWOOD,
Kansas City, Mo.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

@. B. Price has a card IN this issue
which stockmen should read. 1t is of
interest to them.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

Stop not, unthinking, every friend
you meet, to spin your wordy fabric in
the street. While you are emptying
your colloquial pack the fend lumbago
jumps upon your back %. ". Eolmes.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

The instinct Of brutes and insects can
be the effect of nothing else than the
wisdom and skill Of a powerful, ever
living agent.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

Langley-Don't you think Jack treats
things altogether too seriously?
Seaber-Not muchl He took that So
bill was kind enough to loan him last
month and has treated it as joke ever
nce.-Detroit Free Press.