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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-15

In the Bermudas rats often build their
nests In trees. like birds and squirrels.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-15
Your Blood


is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Hoods Pills act harmonious1y with
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-04-16
Thayer.

Wednesday April IA, '97.-Tom Rice
of Neosha was visiting his parents in
Thayer last Monday, Mr.. and Mrs
Peter Rice.
A. d. Lowrance visited both Shaw
and Austin, Monday of this week.
Ed Eagles has been sick for several
days past, unable to attend to bust
ness at all.
Willie Colling from Shiloh Twp. neal
Dennis, preached at the M. E. church
last Sunday night.
Thayer people were treated to gen
uine Japanese lecture at the Presby-
terian church Tuesday night.
The post Office fight being settled
and the city election having passed,
there is quiet and peace in our little
town once again.
We understand that VIM. Palmer's
health is rapidly improving at Eureka
Springs and he hopes to return a
changed man physically.
Rev. J. B. McNary went to Hum
boldt on the noon train, Tuesday to
assist the Methodist minister there in
a protracted meeting. He will stay
away week or two.
DR.. C. A. Place president of the
Winfield college delivered very able
lecture to our people at the M. E.
church last Monday night. Subject:
The Evolution Of Civilization.
Frank VanHone of Coffeyville, Kans.
has been spending several days last
week and this visiting his Uncle Da-
vid Ross who lives three miles east of
town. He returned home Tuesday
afternoon.
Thos. McNulty had the misfortune
to lose oneof his deer this week. He
was having the lot plowed and one OF
the deer became frightened and broke
through the wire fence and escaped,
No trace of it can be found.
Jacob Smedley, our efficient road
overseer is grading our main business
street. We think this is much nee
ded improvement, as it will effectu-
ally put stop to the water standing
in the middle of the street as it has
done for several yea z past.
Thos. McNulty has received the ap-
pointment Of postmaster at Misplace.
His commission and bond arrived Tues
day morning. We have been Informed
that he has made arrangements with
G. NJ. MCGOWAN, the present postmas-
Continued ON last pagel
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-04-16
st. Paul.

Tuesday April 13, 1S97.-A house in
the noIth part of town, owned by the
Angel Matthewson Mortgage Co., was
burned to the ground last Monday eve
ming. George Carpenter, who was
living in it at the time saved all his
household goods. The cause was a de-
fective chimney.
]. B. Willison of Erie was in town
Monday.
Barefoot boys are making their ap-
pearance.
Frank Fox of Kansas City is visiting
in this city,
Surveyor Cook was in town last
Wednesday.
]. NJ. Allen of Erie was in town
Wednesday.
J. J. Ryan is building fence around
his residence.
w. J. Reynolds made trip to Par
sons last week.
Newt Allen of Chanute was in town
last Wednesday.
Mr.. Buckner has moved into the old
Vernum property.
Fred Orton's little boy is very sick,
and is not expected to live.
VIM. May and son Charlie made a
trip to Parsons last Sunday.
Senator billiard, of Fort Scott, was
in this city last Wednesday.
Claude Patterson spent a few hours
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-04-16
in our town last Wednesday.

in our town last Wednesday.
j. M. Knott is having his elevator
rooted and otherwise repaired.
Mrs. f. S. Letcher of Ft. Scott il
visiting friends here this week.
Holder Combs returned to his home
in Waco, Texas, last Thursday.
Mrs. Lamb of Parsons is visiting the
family of j. A. Hutchings this week
The band boys gave our new mayor
and councilmen serenade last Tues
day night.
Rev. Corning and wife attended the
funeral of Mrs. Proctor at South Mound
last Wednesday.
w. H. Heffley and Fred Orton are
building house onJ. A. Hutching's
farm north Of Erie.
Mrs. f A. Norwood returned from
St. Joe, where she has been purchasing
her spring millinery.
w. w. O'Breen purchased carload
of cattle of Fielding Scott last Mon
day which he will ship.
Mr.. Snyder of Fairfield, Mo-, has ac-
cepted a position as miller at Munding
Bros mill. He has moved his family
here.
E. H. Crawford and wife came up
from Chetopa last Thursday, and will
make their home here for some time
to come.
Mr.. Macsweeney commenced drill
ing the gasswell Monday noon. They
will run night and day until the well
is finished.
DR.. Ballaine, who lately completed
his medical course at college, will To-
cate at Seneca where he will practice
his profession.
M. G. Cherry who has been sick for
some time, was sent to the Soldiers
Home at Leavenworth last Wednesday
by the G. A, r. boys.
Dave Howard, wife and daughter of
Chicago, are the guests of j. A. Brogan
and family this week. Mr.. Howard
was a former agent at the Katy depot
here.
Mrs. J. N. Cutler and son Emery re-
turned from Kansas City last Wednes-
day. Mr.. Cutler has finished his course
in dentistry and thoroughly under
stands his business.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-04-16
TALE OF TWO COUNTIES.
AS Sent in by the Times Cores
pondents from Neosho and
Wilson Counties.
w. Barger. Continued.

w. Barger. Continued.
A. T. & S. f. Ry. Co. VS.. Board o
County Commissioners. Continued.
William Beanblossom VS.. Hannal
Pardun ct al. Continued.
Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co., US. Sol
omon w. Miller, judgment for plaintiff
for $1731.25.
John A. Brooks & II. M. Brook, Elk
ecutives VS.. T. q. Stevenson ct al
Continued.
Barton Bros. VS.. j. R. Cotton & Co.
judgment for plaintiff for $426.29.
Dan'l Bloomheart VS.. Peter Bloom
heart. Settled.
J. A. Hutchings VS.. Chas. Gibson
and VIM. Relihan. Continued.
Wells and Farmer vs.. DR.. Edwards
Rheiner, ct al. Judgment for plaintiff
and also the interpleaders.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. to AL
bert d. Arbegah, wd net less Ry., 2E
30 20 $2500.
Western Invest.C Co. to North Ameri'
can Trust Co., wd WI ne4 10 q 20 n!
net q IS, set net q and sw4 NV 2f
27 10 net q 30 IS, WI net 10 30 IS, nj
set IA % 1S and ST swt 27 20 IS, 81.
Henry Lodge and wife to First Pres
bytr. church Of Erie, wd lots 2 and 3,
blk Is, Erie 81.
Martha @. Williams and hus. to Mil
ton Cain and J. S. White, wd lots 2 8
and blk 8, Erie 5000.
Flora M. Ward and hus. to Emma
Robinson, wd lots 16 and II, blk IS,
New Chicago $500.
E. H. VanLaningham and wife to
Thos. J. Ellis, wd lots and 3, blk 4,
Biles End add to Chanute $1,000.
Thos. j. Ellis and wife Annie f.
VanLaningham, wd lots 4 5 and 6 and
n As 7, blk 15, Tioga $1,000.
Jane M. Forbes to John H. Forbes,
wd lot 2O,blk Is, Jones' 4th add to Cha
mute $500.
Jane M. Forbes to John H. Forbes,
wd lots 2 and 3, blk IL, Park Place
add to Chanute 5000.
S. e. Beach and wife to T. j. Ellis,
q d lot 5, blk 15, Tioga 81.
P. Hurt and wife to G. A. B. Jack
son, q d lots and 3 and nj se4 net
3 27 IS $120.
G. H. Howard and wife to A. l..
Shatfer q d lots and 3, blk IS, Mis-
sion 500.
j. r. Wilson to II. L. Combs, wd ST
ne4 and net net and lot 26 20 20 $565.
Thos. Inman and wife to Thomas
Inman wd lot u, Truitt' subdivision
blk 4, Truitt's 3rd add to Chanute,
1925.
Sheriff Neosho County to J. H. God
dard, shift d. sw4 "a 20 18 $4O0.
M. G. Vallette to W. L. Willard, wd
lot I, blk 80. Erie 10.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-04-16

They are so small that the most SEN
sitive persons take them, they are 50 eff
fective that the most obstinate cases of
constipation, headache and torpid liver
yield to them. That is the way De-
Wits Little Early Risers are known
as the famous little pills. .-Boschert q
Williams,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-04-16

1t is surprising what "wee bit Of
thing" can accomplish. Sick head
ache, constipation, dyspepsia, sour
stomach, dizziness, are quickly ban
ished by DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
Small pill. Safe pill. Best pill
BOschert & Williams.
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lContinued on last pagel
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-05

been SO wrought up by the wonderful
stories that were continually coming
from Alaska and British Columbia,
that he was seriously thinking of join
ing the northward bound procession.
Startling as was the announcement
of Jeff Graham, a discussion of the
scheme brought out more than one fact
to recommend it. The youths were in
perfect health, strong and athletic;
Jeff volunteered to provide all the
funds needed and his early experience
in mining and his love for the boys
made him an invaluable guide and
companion despite his years. he mad
turned over in his mind every phase Of
the question and met each objection
the affectionate mother brought for
ward, alarmed as she was at the
thought of having her boy go SO many
miles from under her care.
1T will be necessary to talk with
Roswell about it, said the father, af-
ter the conversation had lasted a con-
siderable while.
mo, it won't; I've talked with him
and he's as crazy as me to 60"
But what will Franks mother say?'
She's said what she's got to say
had a talk with her last night and it's
all fixed; I've sent word to Tim that
I'll be at Juneau by next steamer, and
have two of the likeliest younkers with
me on the coast; then We'll head for
the upper Yukon and bime by hire a
ship to brink back all the gold We'll
scoop in
1T seems to me that we have nothing
to do in the premises, Jeff"
Nothing 'cept to git the youngster
ready
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mass of wreckage. This was just what
Rob wanted. Down came the axe with a
right good will on that terrible tail.
That first blow disabled it. A second
and a third completely severed it. Down
came the ak again and again. now on
the armor-cased body, now on the head.
now on the legs. A few moments more.
and the huge reptile lay dead.
When Bob's uncle and aunt got home
they found him lying insensible across
the monster he had slain, not hurt. but
overcome by exhaustion and excite
ment. Neither was his pony seriously
injured.
The alligator measured 10 feet in
length In it's stomach We're found two
tin cans, three lightwOod knots, a mans
leather shoe with the foot bones still in
it, some pieces of a clay pipe. and q.
portion OF a cloth vest, with the but
tons on it. John Dunn had spoken the
truth. It was really the same "nan-
eater" for whose capture hunt after
hunt had been made without success.
But the best of it all was that no one
ever again called Bob a. coward. 1t was
John who had reason now to hang his
head
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robbed him OF the desire ever to return
to the east. Hostile Indians storm
cold. heat priVation and suffering were
the cause of their taking of, as they
have been Of hundreds who undertook
the long journey to the Pacific coast in
quest of gold.
Jeff spent several years in the dig
giHgs and after varying fortune, made
a strike, which yielded him sufficient
To make him comfortable for the rest
Of his days. He never married and the
income from his investments was all
and indeed more than he needed to Sc
cure him against want.
He was now past three score, griZ-
zied, somewhat stoop-shouldered, but
robust, rugged. strong. and. in his way,
happy. His dress varied slightly with
ire changes of the seasons consisting
of an cid slouch hat, a red shirt, coarse
trousers tucked in the tops of his
heavy boots and q black neckerchief
with dangling ends He had never been
addicted 10 drink and his only indul-
gence was his briarwood pipe, which
was his almusl inseparable companion.
his trousers were secured at the waist
by a strong leathern belt, and when he
wore 4 coat in cold weather he gen
orally had revolver at his hip, but the
weapon had not been discharged in
years.
overland train whom Jeff never forgot.
They were young children, Roswell and
Edith Palmer, who lost both 81 their
parents within FIVE years after reach
Ing the coast. He proved the friend in
need. and no father could have been
kinder to the orphans, who were 10 and
i years younger than he.
Roswell Palmer was now married,
with son named for himself, while
his sister, Mrs. Mansley, had been
widow a long time, and she, too, had
an only son, Frank, who was q few
months older than his cousin. The boys
had received a good common school ed
ucation, but their parents were too poor
TO send them to college. Jeff would
have offered to help, but for his preju-
dice against all colleges. The small
wages which the lads received as clerks
in a leading dry goods house We're need
ed by their parents, and the youths
active lusty and ambitious. had set
tied down to the career of merchants
with the hoped-for reward a long, long
way in the future.
One evening late in March, 1897 Jeff
opened the door of Mr.. Palmer's modest
home, near the northern suburb of San
francisco, and with his pipe between
his lips. sat down in the chair to which
he was always welcome. In truth, the
chair was considered his, and no one
would have thought Of occupying it
when he was present. As he slowly
puffed his pipe ne swayed gently back
ward and forward, his SLOUGH hat on the
floor beside him and his long, stray
Cling hair dangling about his shoulders
while his heavy beard came almost to
his eyes.
It was so late that the wife had long
since cleared away the dishes from the
table ana sat at one side OF the room
sewing by the lamp. The husband was
reading a paper, but laid it aside when
Jeff entered, always glad to talk with
their quaint visitor, to whom he and
his family we're bound by warm ties of
gratitude
jeff smoked a minute or two in si-
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The Sharp-Pointed Pole Went Well
Down Into His Open Jaws.

'Jerusalemr' gasped John, that's
the big man eater they've been trying
to catch these three years. Come, let's
run. He'd just as left eat US as look
at us. Run, run, he'll get us instead of
the pony"
Without a backward glance, John
fled as fast as his legs would carry
him.
(which of us is the coward now?"
shouted Bob. A big pole stood against
the wall. He seized it, and leaping
over the ruins of the doorway, got in
side the stable just as the alligator
made a plunge toward the pony, tear
ing the flesh on it's flank. The pony
kicked, in it's terror and agony and by
good luck, one of its hoofs struck the
monster full in one of it's eyes.
Roaring with pain, it whirled around
and tried to strike the pony with it's
tail. Instead, it struck and crushed an
intervening post, bringing down a lot
of boards and shingles. For a few mo-
ments Bob could not see either pony or
reptile, both being covered by the
debris The alligator was wild with
pain and rage, the pony was wild with
pain ard fear, and such a squirming
and tussle as they kept up under all
that mass Of timber, was never seen
before.
the small boards and shingles flying
into a shower around brave Bob. as he
stood watching a chance to strike. The
moment the monsters head emerged
from the debris the sharp pointed pole
went well down into it's open jaws It's
sudden side leap gave a jerk to the
pole that sent Bob flying upwards,
turning Q somersault that landed him
perilously gear that lashing tail. A
swift roll over and over. and the brave
Bob sprang to his feet, nothing daunt-
ed
The swapping jaws We're fast making
kindling wood of the pole. so Bob ran
to the woodshed near by, and snatched
up an ak. The powerful tail was play
| ing a fierce tattoo among the spIintered
/ boards, the cruel jaws were almost free
! from the pole, but Bob, cool and calm
waited his chance, and brought the az
i down on the alligators head. 1t was &
lucky blow, FOR it struck the uninjureo
eye, ard completely blinded its owner
Kissing, roaring, it's tail lashing, its
fierce jaws swapping, the reptile plung-
ed forward and freed itself from the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-05
MR.. GRAYTOP.
His Observations Upon the Cracking
of walnuts, a Second Story Gus
toner, Etc.

There are doubtless living" said Mr..
Graytop. persons of mature years who
remember cracking walnuts on flat
iron placing the point downward between
the knees and cracking the nuts with a
hammer on the heel of the iron. There
may even be persons who remember
turning the handle down and cracking
nuts on the bottom of tha iron, when
nut cracker, and the old way of cracking
nuts began to fall into disuse.
1T seems to me that we don't crack
and eat walnuts around the fire so much
as we used to, though perhaps ! am mis-
taken in that. But I am quite sure of
this, that while the modern nut cracker
have about it the associations or romance
that cluster round the datiron and ham
mer.
A SECOND STORY CUSTOMER.
"a man who wanted an apple and who
was at work at desk by a window in
did not, as it might be supposed he would
do. get up and put on his hat and go
down to the street in search of a vender
to get one What he did do was to throw
up the window by his side and rising,
throw one foot out upon the coping that
projected just under his window and over
the door and window of the first story.
Looking down he in the street below,
directly in front of the building, a licensed
vender with push cart full af apples. To
him he said Hill!
1.-THE push cart man looked up; the man
above passed down a nickel. which landed
square in the center of the cart. 1t
seemed as though the vender knew this
second story customer, for. without q
word, he selected three fine red apples
which he threw, one after another. to the
man above who caught them skilfully
and then disappeared"
! STANDING ON THE REGISTER.
IN city street the other day. Mr..
J Wingleby said i saw standing over a
sidewalk grating, through which. came a
! current of hot air from some engine room
below a little girl. In winter you see
/ boys standing or lying on such gratings
/ to get warm; this little girl was standing
! there for the fun of seeing her skirts
round uD like balloon.
when I was boy, when schools were
| heated by furnaces with hot air registers
in the floor-as I suppose many are still
| the girls used to flock over the registers
to get warm when they came into school
on winter mornings: no boy could get
near a register when the girls stood on
81 never lost but one umbrella whose
loss disturbed me- said Mr.. Dingleby,
land that one 1 lost overheard on a fish
ing excursion. Umbrellas lost ashore are
of some use to somebody, but 1 didn't see
what possible use that umbrella could be
! to the fishes.
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had laughed ard called him a coward
This was the source of Bob's trouble
lin a NUTSHELL and he thought it was
a pretty hard nutshell, too.
But the worst of it was that he had
come very near breaking his promise.
1t had taken all his self-control not to
spring into the midst of those thought
less, jeering boys and fight the whole
lot of them He was a newcomer, had
only lately come to live with his aunt
and uncle in their Florida home: The
boys did not know him very we'll, but
some day, when he had chance, ne
would show them that because a boy
refuses to go into senseless hight ne
need not be a coward.
Hello Bob; pap sent me over to see
if your uncle will lend him the big
shears to prune the orange trees in the
morning"
It was John Dunn who spoke, the
very boy who had tried to make him
fight, and had called him g, coward.
Hes in the village" said Bob; you
will have to wait and ask him when he
comes back, or else come over in
the
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quite tidy sum, but his compan Mon
robbed him of it and the small amount
left barely kept him ahoat until the
arrival of Jeff Graham.
The old miner showed prudence in
bringing a plentiful supply of funds
with him and since he expected to
take back a hundredfold more than he
brought he could well afford to do so.
Slowed away in his safe inside pocket
was fully $1,000, and inasmuch as gold
is the coin of the realm" in Cali
fornia, as well as in Alaska, the funds
were in shining eagles and half eagles,
rather bulky of themselves, but not
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lence, after greeting his friends, and
the humping of his massave shoulders
showed that he was laughing, though
he gave forth no sound.
What pleases you, Jeff" asked Mr..
Palmer, smiling in sympathy, while the
wife looked at their caller in mild sur
prise.
1--WE heerd it said that a burned child
breads the fire, but I don't b'lieve it.
After he's burnt he goes back agin and
gets burnt over. Why is it, after them
explorers that are trying to find the
north pole, no sooner sit home and
thaWed out than they're crazy to go
back agin? Look at Peary; you'd think
he had enough, but he's at it once
more and will keep at it after he finds
the pole, that is, if he ever does find
it. hansen, too, he'll he like a fish out
Of water till he's climbing the icebergs
agin."
And once more the huge shoulders
bobbed up and down. His friends knew
this was meant to serve as an intro
dUction to something else that was on
Jeff's mind and they smilingly waited
for it to come
It's over 40 years since I roughed it
in the diggings, starving, fighting In
jins and getting tough" continued the
old miner musingly; latter l struck it
Pun y LII qulC, Due never Iolo YOU
how many times the longing has come
over me so strong that it was all
could do to stick at home and not make
q fool of myself
But that was in your younger days,
replied his friend; you have had moth
ing of the kind for a good while''
Jeff took his pipe from the network
of beard that inclosed his lips and
turned his bright gray eyes upon the
husband and wife who were looking
curiously at him. They knew by the
movement of the beard at the corners
of the invisible mouth that he was
smiling.
There's the joke; it's come over me
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so strong inside the last week that I've
made up my mind to start out on a
hunt for gold: what do you think Of
that, eh?"
And restoring his pipe to his lips he
leaned back and rocked his chair with
more vigor than before, while he looked
fiXedly into the faces of his friends.
JEFF, you can't be in earnest you
are past three score"
''Sixty-four last month"; he inter-
rupted: Tets git it right
Ard you are in no need Of money:
besides it is a hard matter to find any
place in California where it is worth
your while
But it amt Californy," he broke in
again. its the Klondike country No
use of talking" he added with warmth:
there's richer deposits in Alaska and
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was left of it, and then whack, within
a few inches of Bobs legs, came a
fierce blow from the tail of an alligator.
Another vicious blow brought down the
door post, and a shower of boards, that
fell rafting around and over the
monster.
In the light of the full moon, and
that in Florida is wondrously bright,
the boys could see the alligator living
close to the pony, which was struggl-
ing vainly to get on its feet. The huge
reptile was roaring and lashing it's
tail in rage at being disturbed, and
was plainly hesitating which to at
tack first, the boys or the pony.
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A HANDKERCEIEF BOZ, DoUBLE PHoToeRAPH FRAME.

When the embroidery work is COM
plete cover one of the cardboards with
the linen and attach it fast with cross
stitches at the back.
A very pretty handkerchief box can
be made by putting together four pieces
of heavy cardboard, each five inches
long and three inches wide, and two
pieces five inches and one-eighth
square.
Cut pieces of good round thread linen
to fit each board, and large enough to
lap over on the back edge; then, in lead
pencil, draw a design of violets on the
linen and embroider them solid with the
Asiatic flo silk.