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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19
BELLE SCHAFER.

southern Indiana and a part of Hi
nois. The first heard of her by hei
parents was in telegram from the
city marshal of Charleston, ILL.,, say
ing Belle had been arrested there anG
was held as vagrant, also that SHE
was clad in male attire. This was nc
surprise to Mr.. Schafer, and he did moi
interest himself in his daughters case
The Charleston authorities released the
girl after having equipped her with q
wardrobe more suitable to her sex.
She left Charleston and was next
heard from at Casey, ILL.,, where she
had discarded her skirts and SUBSTITUTE.
ed mems clothing. From Casey Miss
Schafer wandered eastward, carefully
avoiding the towns, and escaped fur
Their detection as a masquerader She
arrived in Bedford about week ago
wearing. pair of blue jeans trousers
a red sweater, bicycle shoes and q
jaunty little cap Belle is girl AGAR
now and may be seen in the streets
almost every day. She is about q
years old, but rough life has had its
effects upon her and she looks several
years older. Her physique is effemi'
nate in every detail and in feminine
apparel she is quite handsome girl
She makes up we'll as boy also, and
for this purpose she has had her darl
wavy hair clipped close to the scalp
When asked if she had had enough ex.
perience in ways of men, she replied.
mo, l won't be woman; l despise
the house, l want to be outdoors.
want to travel and see the country. A
woman can't do that like a man, and
I'm going to be man. know can't
do a mans work, but l can wear his
clothes and be tramp. l came home
because winter is coming on and
didn't want to travel around during
the cold weather. In the spring l eX-
pect to go away again, but l won't be
caught next time. There are several
reasons why l prefer mems clothing
1t is not such clumsy toggery as skirts
in getting on and off trains, and be
sides is a protection from rude men"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19
CURES RHEUMATISM. ETC.
A Recent Discovery That 10 Working
Wonders.

A Recent Discovery That le Working
Wonders.
The most prevailing Affections that
for a century have been engaging the
most scientific skill of the medical
world are rheumatism, neuralgia, ca
tarrh, asthma, la grippe and their KIN
dred ailments. The country is full OF
sufferers from these complaints. AL
though the most learned experts Of the
medical profession have labored for a
century to produce a curative, until
quite recently no positive results were
effected. To the Swanson Rheumatic
Cure Co.. 167-69 Dearborn street, Chi
cago. belongs the credit for having
produced the new remedy. 1t is being
extensively advertised under the
trade mark of Five Drops" The
trade mark is self-explantory. Five
drops make dose. The effect is mag
icai. In days. gone by other alleged
cures have been marketed with the
nromise to take effect in thirty days
or more. Five Drops begins to cure
at once. Immediate relief is felt. In
order to more effectively advertise its
merits the company will for the next
thirty days send out 100000 of their
sample bottles Of this positive
cure for % cents a bottle by mail pre-
Maid. Large bottle, 800 doses, 81 Qor
thirty DAYS bottles $500 Those suf-
fering should take immediate advant-
age of this generous offer and write
them to-day.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19
English steel Rails.

In tearing up siding on the Straits
VILE division of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, the other day, the sec
ton men discovered that several OF the
rails had been made in 1863. Suisse
ouent investigation revealed the fact
that these rails were part of lot that
were bought in England during the war
at a cost of SIPS per ton in gold. The
rails we're still in very fair condition
and for light motive power would last
ten years longer.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19
THE YoUTn's COMPANION.
207 Columbus Ave, Boston, Mass

In China the hen is kept constantly
busy. When not engaged in Matching
her own brood she is compelled to
hatch fish eggs. The spawn of fish
are placed in an egg shell, which is
Theoretically sealed and placed under
the unsuspecting hen. After some days
the egg shell is removed and carefully
broken, and the spawn, which has
been warmed into life, is emptied into
a shallow pool, well warmed by the
sun. Here the minnows that soon
develop are nnrsed utll strong enough
to be turned into lake or stream.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19
SHE. DRESSES LIKE A MAN.
Miss Belle schafer Shocks Indian
Society.

Miss Belle schafer Shocks Indiana
Society.
People of Bedford, Ind, who nave
known Miss Belle Schafer for any
length of time will readily understand
why she has at last gained notoriety
as the "boy tramp" since she has al
WAYS had a decided preference for
masculine ways and association with
the sterner sex. Even when little
Girl she was tom boy" Now with
out any conjunction whatever she dis
regards alb laws of society, and when
ever opportunity offers masquerades in
male attire and seeks the company as
well as the habiliments of men. She
cannot do this at home-people know
her there, and, besides, it is a violation
of Indiana laws. Miss Schafer talks
willingly of her adventures and seems
willing to become notorious. She was
not satisfied with local notoriety, and
last June she appropriated suit OF
her brothers clothes and went out In
to the world full-fiedged tramp. Her
peregrinations have covered most all
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19
Some men are alive simply because
Il is against the law to kill them.

Rudyard Ktplng has written of his best SORES
for the 1898 volume of The YoUTH's COMPANION.
.The Burning of the SARAH SANDS" is Its title, and
It is stirring tale of herolsm In the ranks Those
who subscribe to The YOUTHS COMPANION now VIII
receive the paper free for the rest Of the year and
THE COMPANIONS twelvepage calendar Tor ls'S
THE CoMPANIoN's yearly calendars are recognized
"a among the richest and most costly examples OF
this form of art
Illustrated Prospectus of the vo'ume for 1898 and
sample copies Of the paper sent on application.
Addrpsa
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

A juror in Worcester recently asked
to pc excused on account of deafness.
The Judge refused to excuse HIM and
he sat pa tiently through trial lasting
several hours. At its close the other
eleven jurors were for conviction, but
he voted presistently for acquittal on
the ground that, as he could not hear
the testimony, he could not vo.e for
conviction.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19
Reauty is HIood Deep.

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty withoutit. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic C cans your blood and keeps it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all I'M
purities from the body. Begin to-day 10
Danish pimples, boils, blotches blackheads,
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 1Oc, 25c, oOc'
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19
NIurder M,.tery un.olved.

Although two arrests have been
made for the murder of Mrs. Emma
Zane and her daughter. Mrs. Sarah NJ.
Shaw, at Camden, n. j., the mystery
remains unsolved. The suspects are
Pennsylvania railroad employees who
have been on a drunk.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
to cure In all its stages and that Is Ca
tarrh Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitution,
al disease requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken
Internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and as
sistng nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith In Its
curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to
cure. Send for list of Testimonials.
Address Il. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Chronic Patient-"Doctor, what do
you consider my worst trouble?" Ply
sician-"My friend. to be entirely
frank. the worst trouble there is about
you is that it takes too long a time
to collect a bill from you."-Chicago
Tribune.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19
A NalnnhIe Frnnchise secnred.

The franchise of easy dgestion-one OF the most
valuable in the gift of the medical science-can
be secured by any person wise enough 10 use
Hosietter's Stomach Bitters, either to suppress
growing dyspepsia, or to uproot 1t at maturity
Bilious rheumatic and fever and ague sufferers
persons troubled with nervousness and the con
stipated. should also secure the health franchise
BY the same means.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

recommendation has gone before the
Presbyterian board of the effect that
women be forbidden the use of pulpits
for public addresses TO mixed
audiences, and that it be considered
improper to give notice of such meet
ings from the pulpit. Women, howev-
err, are still to be permitted to give
pubic testimony for the benefit and in
the presence of the privileged sex.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Inventors in India are not as slow As
might be supposed A cooking box,
introduced by Hindoo, is run by solar
heat. 1t is lined with mirrors, concen-
trating the rays on heater of copper
covered with glass, aud performs its
work quickly in boiling, baking Oh
stewinp
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Russian papers complain that the
Siberian railway, instead of civilizing
the regions through which it passes, is
teaching the natives the art of robbing
trains, which is greatly in vogue.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

In these days of electricity it is not
essential to have somebody turn out
the lights. Time switches are made
which can be attached to clock and
made to turn out electric lights at any
desired hour
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19
FROM A LIVING TOMB.
CONVICT WAS BURIED ALIVE
FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS.
Sentenced to Life imprisonment for
Arson at Nine Years of Age aud
Turned Over to a Contractor-Par-
doned by Gov. Atkinson.

YDER billiard, a
young negro, is a
victim Of Georgia's
pernicious pc n a !
S y S t e m, W h ich,
happily for t h e
sakes of hundreds
of miserable con-
victs, will soon go
out of existence,
according to a re-
cent act Of the leg
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19
Read the AdvertIsements.

You will enjoy this publication much
better if you will get in the habit OF
reading the advertisements; they will
afford most interesting study and
will put you in the way OF getting
some excellent bargains. Our adver-
tisers are reliable, they send what they
a n yertise
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

No man who has whisllers should be
allowed to eat in public or sing.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

If rabbit should screw up his cour-
age to quarrel with lion, and the lion
didn't fight back the rabbit would final
ly slap his face.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.

1t is said to be good plan to put
old barrel slaves around post to
prevent its heaving out by frost in the
winter. The frost will heave the
boards out Instead and leave the post
in position. The plan is worthy OF a
trial where posts heave.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

1t is good thing that girl is 16
only one year; otherwise she would be
worse spoiled than she is.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

1t seems odd that a woman can be a
cracker-jac cook for the heather, at
church festivals, yet always needs a
hired girl to cook for her husband.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Atlanta has an ordinance prohibiting
vehicles from passing places of worship
at rapid rate of speed on Sundays.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

hook agents are supposed TO be very
smart, but they are not in it with deal
ers in Christmas goods. No one is
compelled to buy subscription books,
unless he wants them, but everyone
must buy Christmas presents, or be
tabooed by society.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Kansas has the biggest apple orchard
in the world. 1t comprises 1900 acres
and one seasons product brought $4O,-
O00
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Boston will this year REACH the sew
enty.ffth anniversary of her incofpor-
alton as a city.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

The women are great chumps; they
work hard to raise money for the
church, and the board of trustees,
composed entirely of men, decides how
it shall be expended.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Let any man wander around with
girl Oh bright moonlight nights and
the last quarter will find him engaged.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

There are two things men don't en-
joy kissing girl through her veil OF
the visits of her kin.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

We admire people who have a baroed
wire air about them; there are entirely
too many genial people.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

We notice that girls with steadies
never have fascinating girls come to
visit them.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

FITS Permanently Cured. No fits ornervousness after
first days mse OF DR.. Kline Great Nerve Restorer.
Send tor FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
M. r. IL KLINE Ltd, 93l Arch St, Philadelphla, 70
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
of all cough cures.-George w. Lotz'
Fabucher, La, August 26, 1873.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

A man usually uses his best iudg
ment in buying cigars and his poorest
in selecting a wife
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 2Sc
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

We would rather be able to eat pork
sausage and buckwheat cakes every
morning for breakfast, than be presl-
dent
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
BAG, the wonderworker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 5oc or 81. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Some men who are really lions, have
been abused so much that they act like
rabbits
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

The whole coast Of the Gulf of Cali
fornia abounds in pearls, and last year
$3.50, 600 worth was harvested in Lomer
California alone. Pearl fishing is the
entire occupa ion of the natives and
La PEI, the headquarters, a city of the
peninsula, with about 20Oo inhabitants,
is solely dependent upon the industry.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Daniel Webster: God grants liberty
only to ttose who love it and are al
WAYS ready to guard and defend it.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

A six million dollar steel bridge is
being talked of to connect Boston with
East Boston.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

The Chicago city council passed an
ordinance taxing bicycles.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

A telegram frightens woman, but
a letter, addressed in feminine hand,
will set man to guessing, no matter
how good he is.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

A widow seems to mourn as much
for bad husband as for good one,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

No man is as good as good bond
signed by several good men.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

When two brothers marry girls in
the same family it is sign that if
there are any more girls in the family,
they are worth going after
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

A great many people, without know
ing it, seem to be members OF pro-
pressive scandal club.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

We would rather see man unusual
ly homely than just ordinarily good
looking.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Every man feels the need OF some
agreeable person to grumble to.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Everyone dislikes an old man who
imagines he is too young for his wife.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Londoners drink $4,000 gallons OF
beer daily.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

California is once more leading IN
the production of gold
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

r OF course the cold cash we hear so
much about, comes from Klondike.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Lots of people are robbed who never
say anything about it.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
10c. 25c. IfC. c. C. fail druggists refund money
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Mrs. WinsIOw's Soothing Syrup
For children tcethng softens the gums reduces inam'
ation alnys pain cures wind collie. 20 cents bottle,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

No man hates rival in love as he
hates rival in business.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

There are two kinds of robbery; law
fnl and unlawful.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

Kansas City has almost as many res
taurants as st. Louis
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

The Prince of Wales spends many
hundreds of pounds year of diamond
and other pins, brooches and so forth.
They are presented to all sorts and
conditions of men and women for
trihing services and cat largely into
tho royal private income.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

People don't look as good swallow
ing raw oysters as they feel.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Germany makes two millions OF false
eyes annually.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Some men are built for politics, the
same as other men are built for work,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

You never had a friend who did not
talk about you.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

When people invite you to come and
see them the don't mean IL.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19
500 Reward, 500.

A man is occasionally called chicken
hearted because be refuses to steal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Human patience protects many
chump.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Dead beats stand so well in some
communities that they expect an apol-
ogy every time they are dunned.
A woman who undeniably has taste,
and who knows what she is doing gave
a lunch recently without lunch cloths.
The other women are in great flutter;
they do not know what to make OF it.
Have lunch cloth gone out?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Star Tobacco is the leading brand OF
the world because it is the best
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Smoke Sledge Cigarettes, 20 for s cts.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

Very few nice girls have fool moth
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

A consignment of sixty-fvc tierces
of corned horse meat has just been sent
from Linton, Ore, to Rotterdam.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes wear
men strong, blood pure. SOC. 81. All druggists
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic lUc or zoc'
nc. c. c, fail to cure druggists refund money.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-19

When answering advertisements
please mention this paper.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-04
Seven Lives Lost in Fires.

New YORK, Feb. during the
early hours of yesterday, two fires oc-
Cured in Hobolzen, N. j., which re-
suited in the loss of seven lives. Many
poor people were made homeless and
had narrow escapes for their lives.
The fires occurred in different parts of
the city, and one of them, at least, is
believed to have been of incendiary
origin. The first fire started in the
three-story frame building at 40 New
ark street. There a mother and five
children lost their lives. At the other
fire little girl was burned to death.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-04
PuBLIc DEBT OF KANSAS.
Ex-State Auditor Bonebrake Shows That It
Is but Small Fraction of the Total

Ex-state Auditor Bonebrake Shows That It
Is but a Small Fraction of the Total
Value.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 1.-P. I. Bone
brake, president of the Central nation
al bank of Topeka, has prepared, at
the request of eastern parties, a state
ment of the public Indebtedness of
Kansas, meaning the indebtedness OF
the state, counties, cities, townships
and school districts. The statement
shows an aggregate indebtedness on
June 80, 1896, of S35, sol ,673. At the same
time there was in the several sink
ing funds S979,634. Deducting this
amount from the first would show a
total public Indebtedness of S34, 522, O39
Mr.. Bonebrake also shows the resources
of the state. The taxable property as
fixed by the state board of equalization
for the year ended June 80, 1896,
is 1921, 216. 93s. Kansas property
is assessed at from 25 to 80
per cent. of its true value. Ac-
cepting the assessment of 1896 as true
value, the public Indebtedness of Kan
sas equals 10 7-10 per cent. of it's tax
able property. On basis of the as
sessment being one-third of true value
the per cent. of public Indebtedness
will equal 3.57 per cent. of true value.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-04

TO learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure In
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is TIE only positive cure
being q constitutional disease, requires q
constitutional treatment. Balls -Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.