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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

interrupt our connections and CORES
pondence. They, too, have been deaf
to the voice of justice and cCnsan-
guinity. We must, therefore, ac-
qulesce in the necessity which de-
nounces our separation, and hold them,
as we hold the rest of manklnd-ene-
mics in war, in peace, friends.
We, therefore, the representatives
of the United States of America, in
general congress assembled, appealing
to the Supreme Judge of the world for
the rectitude of our intentions, do, in
the name and by the authority of the
good people of these colonies SOL
EMMY publish and declare, that these
united colonies are, and of right ought
to be, free and Independent states; that
they are absolved from all allegiance
to the British crown, and that all po-
litical connection between them and
the state of Great Britain is and ought
to be totally dissolved; and that, as
free and independent states, they have
full power to levy war, conclude
peace, contract alliances, establish
commerce, and do all other acts and
things which Independent states may
of right do, And for the support of
this declaration, with a firm reliance
on the protection of Divine Providence
we mutually pledge to each other our
lives, our fortunes, and our sacred
honor. JOHN HANCOCK,
President of Congress and Delegate
from Massachusetts.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02
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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

dent: that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain inalienable rights; that
among these are life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness. That to secure
these rights, governments are insti-
tuted among men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned; that whenever any form of gov
eminent becomes destructive of these
ends, it is the right of the people to
alter and abolish 1t, and to institute a
new government, laying It's foundation
on such principles, and organizing its
powers in such form, as to them shall
seem most likely to effect their safety
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

our repeated petitions have been ans
wered only by repeated injury. A
prince whose character is thus marked
by every act which may define tyrant
is unfit to be the ruler of free people.
Nor have we been wanting in atten-
tons to our British brethren. We have
warned them, from time to time, of at
tempts by their legislature to extend
an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.
We have reminded them of the clrcum-
stances of our emigration and settle
ment here. We have appealed to their
native justice and magnanimity, and
we have conjured them by the ties Of
our common kindred to disavow these
usurpations which would inevitably
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02
A webster Anecdote.

Once while Mr.. Webster was address,
ing the senate the senate clock COM
menced striking, but instead of strik-
ing twice at p. m. continued to strike
without cessation more than forty
times. All eyes were turned to the
clock and Mr.. Webster remained ST.
lent until the clock had struck about
twenty, when he thus appealed to the
chair, Mr.. President, the clock is out
of orderl have the fioor!"-Argo-
naut.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

the most sacred relic of our infancy as
a nation. 1t has been printed ana re-
printed as it should be. Every Amerl-
can should know it by heart. every
foreigner coming to our shores shouiu
familiarize himself with it before enIel-
ing upon the privileges of citizenship.
Yet it is safe to say that it is not reau
much nowadays. Fifty years ago the
reading of the declaration was part
the part-of every Independence Day
celebration. OF late decades the custom
has disappeared almost entirely III
ought to be revived. No celebration OF
the day should pass without its being
read and without its history being re-
told.
The immortal document was drafted
by Thomas Jefferson, amended slightly
by his colleagues of the committee OF
the Continental Congress, and reported
and adopted on July 4, 1776. On June
7th of that year Richard Henry Lee,
of Virginia, offered in the name of his
state a resolution in congress:
"That these united colonies are, and
Of right ought to be, free and indie
pendent states"
This resolution was seconded by
John Adams, of Massachusetts,; the de-
bate upon which began on the follow
ing day, and continued two days.
On July 2, 1776, Lees resolution was
called up, and delegates from twelve
colonies (New York not voting unani-
mously declared that these united
colonies are, and of right ought to be,
free and Independent states"
But as the declaration was not re-
ported and adopted until July 4th, the
anniversary of independence was fixed
on that day. The document, which
had been relegated to committee for
preparation, is as follows:
When, in the course of human events,
it becomes necessary for one people to
dissolve the political bands which
have connected them with another, and
to assume, among the powers of the
earth, the separate and equal station
to which the laws Of nature and of ma
lures God entities them, decent res
pect to the opinions of mankind re-
quires that they should declare the
causes which impel them to the separa-
ton.
We hold these truths to be self evil
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Travel is a joy to those who know
how to get the most ont of it. Luxur-
ious Pullmans, comfortable chair cars.
modern and day coaches, regular and
appetizing meals at dining-rooms or in
dining-cars, in connection with short
est distance and time between given
points, makes travelling a pleasure at
any season OF the year. This is what
you pay for and get when your ticket
reads via Santa Fe Route. National
Educational Association, Milwaukee.
Wis. July 6 to 0, 1897.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Mark Twain has written to the New
York Herald that he will gladly do
without monument if his friends will
raise enough money to pay his debts.
That shows that man may be hui
morist and at the same time have plen-
ty of good sense
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02
Ere the Farewell il Spoken

On the deck of the steamer or on board the
train that is to bear you away from those dear to
you you will, if you are wise, have safety slowed
away in your luggage a sufficient supply of that
safeguard against illness Hostett2rs Stomach
Bitters. Commercial Travellers, tourists and
pioneer cmigiants concur in tesifyin1 to the for
tifyng and saving properties o, the great tonic.
Use for constipation bilousness, malarial and
sidney complaints and nervousness.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Judge-I think have seen you before.
Prisoner-I have had that honor, your
honor. shaved your honor last week.
Judge-TWsaty years.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

The editor of this paper advises his
readers that free package of Peruviana,
the he t kidney and liver cure on earth. will
be delivered FREE to any sufferer, if writ
ten for promptly. PERUvIAYA REMEDY Co.,
$50 9TH St, Cincinnati. Ohio.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

An editor finds it very hard to please
the public, but think of the reporter
who must please the editor as well as
the peoplel
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Our idea of good luck would be to
have physician tell us that we must
not work in hot weather, and warn our
riends of the dreadful consequences.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02
Don't Tobacco Snit n

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smok, Your Life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, he mag.
netic full o, life nerve and vigor take No-To.
Bac, the wondrr'worker. that makes weak men
strong All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guaran.
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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

One of the jubilee presents to Queen
Tictoria that will be likely to find it's
way to the ash barrel at Windsor Cas-
tie will be bronze medallion from
Chicago, engraved with petition for
the pardon of Mrs. May brick.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

This is the season when the members
Of family begin the day with u quar-
rel at The breakfast table as to which
sleeps in the hottest room.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Whenever we have an uncontrollable
prejudice against girl, we can usual
ly trace it to the fact that somewhere,
sometime, we saw picture of her
showing her teeth.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

1t is predicted by chemist in the
agricultural bureau in Washington
that the oil extracted from sunflower
seed will ultimately become very
popular substitute for olive oil. In the
meantime, what is to become of cotton
seed oil, which is understood to be eX-
tensively translated into olive oil by
journey to Europe and back?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02
THE DECLARATION.

HE Declaration of
independence was
the grandest docu-
ment ever penned
by human hand.
The original docu-
ment is still pre-
served in the gov
eminent archives
at w a S h i n 6 t on
where it is guard
cd night and day as
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

FITS PermanentyCured. No fits nervous after
first day use of DIR. Kline Great Nerve Restorer,
Send tor FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
'h X ii. KLINE Ltd, 93l Arch St., philadelphia Pa
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

We have never posed as Il judge of
art, but the air castles we build have
no enlarged pictures hanging on the
walls.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

The only safe way to guess wo-
mans age is to put it ten years less
than your lowest guess.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

When it rains on garden fete we
never wonder at it, but we always
grow as indignant as if we had been
pei sonally inyited when it rams on
garden party.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

No wonder good men are scarce; it
is not once a month you run across
really good lead pencil
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

The New York Presby terry is opposed
TO Sunday funerals, which it pronoun-
ces "a growing evil, the cause OF much
secular labor and an additional burden
to many overworlked pastures.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Breeding from immature stock has a
strong tendency to degenerate the Of
spring.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

We would hate to be q preacher
Every woman gives them chicken, and
they must be awfully tired of it.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

full benefit of their rest at noon, al
ways remove the harness.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

A San Francisco paper states that
800 Chimes and three men were drown"
ed through the laundering of a vessel
near Vancouver, British Columbia, last
week.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Get all Of the manure out possible
before planting.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Almost every owner of cherry tree
would rather see the birds steal his
fruit than let the boys help themselves.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02
One Fare for Round Trip Plus So 90

When doctor starts gossip, it is
worth listening to.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Feed the growing pigs good ration
of ship-stuff wet up with skim-millS
twice daily.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

One object in pruning is to lessen
the amount of fruit and increase its
quality.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

The new stockings for womed lool
like neckties.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

There is one thing we never expect
to see; man go into an ice cream par
Tor alone and order ice cream for him
self.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

1t has been said that the Lord shows
what He thinks about money by the
kind of men he permits TO have it, and
Mr.. Astor shows what he thinks about
it by blowing IN thousands of dollars
TO obtain foothold in the smart set
in London.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Imperfect teeth are sure sign of
civilization, perfect teeth being found
only among the savages. This eN-
plains the epulence of Boston dentists.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Some people like a bad thing so well
that they make shortcakes out of
Rooseberries.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Engaged people always think that
everybody is taldlng about them They
need not worry.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

If man tries, and does the best he
can, everybody suggests that he do a
lot of things he can't do
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Hegeman's Cnmphor leo with GlycerIne.
The original and only genuine. Cures Chapped Hands
and Face, Cold Sores &c. Z. c. Clark Co. " Haven Ct
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

The first honor man at West Point
this year is also the best Splinter of
his class. Is it policy for our national
military academy to train its gradu-
ates to run?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
n G d-send to me-Wm. b. Nc Jlellan,
Chester. Florida, Sept. II, 1885
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy CathaItc, cure constipation forever.
lUc II e. G. G. 'ail, druggists refund money.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

To euro Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartc. l0c or 25c.
II c. G. @. fail TO cure, druggists refund money.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Clean, well-dtting harness for the
work teams will often save having sore
shoulders.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

A wife only has one master, but
man has two, after his daughter grows
up.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

We have never learned why women
wear corsets, but suppose it is so they
can find ont where their waist begins.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

With pigs it is always best to push
the growth and sell young, and in that
wap lessen the risk of loss.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

The English sparrow is getting dis
liked in his own home. In Yorkshire
the farmers are Strengthening the birds
by wholesale, and the agricultural
board refuses to interfere. And to
think that this noisy, lazy thief should
have been imported into America in
the interest of agriculturc.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Every man claims lis wife had to
work mighty hard to get him.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

GET STRENGTH AND APPETITE.
Use DR.. Harters Iron Tonic. Your druggist
will refund money if not satisfactory.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

The real right men are those who
keep the fact that they are fools con-
cealed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

sidney complaints and nervousness.
The silver lance., 1897-08-13

sale next morning and sold my pork
ers for 16 cents q pound, as they stood
squeahng in the pens. That was the
most successful trip across the noun
tains ever made. though had charge
of many bigger droves. Once 1 rode
west over the Alleghenies with $175, 900
in my pocket. 1t was all In bills, good
sized lump of money even now, and a
princely fortune in the early '30s."
When eastern Ohio became more
thickly settled, Mr.. Page moved into
Illinois. He lived score of years in
Braddwood, and has been in Joliet for
more than a dozen years. He has
lived half century with only one leg.
1t is some four years ago that he be-
gan to carry papers. He became popu-
:ar at once, and is now one of the
most trusted and most efficient news
boys In the employ of George B. Nc
Clelland, the local agent of the Chi
cago papers. He refuses to sell any
thing but Chicago papers. He claims
that his hfgh-water mark was reached
one exciting evening during the big
strike In "a, when he sold 315 copies
and then stopped only because his sup
ply gave out.
The silver lance., 1897-08-13
A RATIONAL SPARROW.
Recognized Timely Aid and Remember


Recognized Timely Aid and Remember
the Helper.
The truth of the following incident
is vouched for by a correspondent Of
the Louisville (Ky) Courier Journal:
1t Is rare occurrence for animals in
. wild state to select man for a COM
panion and friend. yet well authenti
Gated instances when this has been
done are a matter of record. The fol-
lowing instance is vouched for by my
correspondent, young woman who is
q close and accurate observer: Last
week my brother IA lad of IL killed
. snake which was just In the act of
robbing a song-sparrow's nest. Ever
since then the male sparrow has shown
his gratitude to George In a truly won-
derful manner. When he goes into
the garden the sparrow will ny to him.
sometimes ahghting on his head, at
other times on his shoulders. all the
while pouring out q tumultuous song
Of praise and gratitude. It will ac-
company him about the garden, never
leaving him until he reaches the gar
den gate. George, as you know, il a
may account In a degree for the spar
rows extraordinary actions. am per-
fectly convinced that the nesting birds
on my place know me, and that they
remember me from one nesting time
to another. I have repeatedly ap-
preached my face to within a foot of
sitting birds without alarming them.
On one occasion l even placed my hand
on a sitting cardinal, which merely
fiuttered from beneath it without
evincing further alarm; yet no
wild bird has ever evinced to-
ward myself any special de-
gree Of friendship. When 1 was a lad
I remember that a certain decrepit old
drake would follow me like dog, and
which appeared to enjoy himself in my.
society. could not appreciate his
friendship then, and greatly fear that
1 was, at times, rather cruel to the
old fellow.
The silver lance., 1897-08-13


will celebrate his eightieth birthday.
And he is laying his plans, too, for a
celebration that will set a high old
mark for all newsboys who may reach
the age of fourscore in the twentieth
century.
Morning, noon and night, month in
and month out, Joliet's champion old
newsboy stands on the depot platform
with his bundle of papers tucked neat
ly under his arm. Like the ancient
mariner of old, weathers have no ter
rors for him and when the mercury
sizzled in the shade at the lis notch
recently he stood at his post as stead
fastly as when the Thermometers froze
hard in the blizzard of last winter.
Joliet commuters and the regular
passengers and trainmen who ride
through this city have come to look
upon the weather-beaten newsboy as
an immovable landmark. A bare
glimpse of his tall, slim figure reas-
sures Joliet passengers that they have
reached their right station more con-
vincingly than the brakeman's bar
barous yell of "Jolly-ett." Between
trains the aged "newsboy" stumps the
block or so to his cozy little cottage on
Jefferson street. Once at home he
places his papers on a stand close by
the open door, drops into high-back-
ed armchair that looks older than he
does, and unbuckles the wooden leg
which has given him his nickname OF
"Peg-leg." Then he goes to sleep. His
nap lasts until train time. Orsanius
Page is proud of being the Oldest
newsboy in the world. But he wants
everybody to realize thaat he hasn't
always bsen a newsboy. He has lived
a life full of interest, and he has In
his time handled thousands of dollars
where he now counts over cents.
He was born in Cattaraugus county
in the western corner of New York
state, February IL, 1878. When he
was 10 years old his father moved the
family a distance of about 100 miles
across the state line into Ohio. 1t
was there he grew up and spent the
best years Of his life.
"I began to work about as soon as
1 could stand alone" said the old gen.
tleman, giving an account of his ex-
periences. "In the first quarter Of this
century boys, and girls, too, for that
matater, were brought up to begin
work as soon as they were strong
enough to sit on a horses back or
scour a tin pan. wasn't more than 6
years old when my father lifted me
on the back of an OK. My hands were
hardly big enough to go around the
whip handle, and that's the way
learned to drive oxen to plow. When
had grown up to be a man and was
20 years old, / was given charge OF q
drove of hogs, and told to drive them
to New York city and sell them there.
II was about 500 miles, and part of
the journey was pretty rough. I got
across the ridge of the Alleghenies and
was pushing the drove down the slopes
on the Pennsylvania side, when a
snowstorm cane on. l had couple OF
drovers with me, and by hard work
we finally succeeded in getting the
whole 7S5 hogs into pens in little VII