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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
TWO CRACKS AT PENUCKLE.
Congressman Henderson and Dunn to
Battle at Cards.

congressman Henderson and Dunn to
Battle at Cards.
In all the boundles west there is no
one that can hold Il candle to Represent
tative Henderson, of Iowa, in playing
penuckle. His fame begins ut the Ohio,
reaches over the rolling praries, ripples
across the Rio Grande into the lair OF
the Mexican and loses itself in the tow.
ering peaks of the Rocky Mountains,
says the Washington Post. When he
announces that he is to play, all tho
lesser lights of penuckleism bend their
heads in silent alteration; the Iowa
State Band the pride of the Missouri
Valley-no longer toOts the resonant
horn, and over the wide eXpanse of land
and sky the silence reigns supreme.
Representative Dunn. of New Jersey, 4
pugnacious freshman, who feareth not
gods or men, much less the young pc
nuckler who comes out of the West, is
something of a hand at the game him
self He can keep track of the twelve
cards in a way that makes your head
swim. He can count 200 and 400 while
you are wondering which is the trump,
and as for the nine spot, he can corral
them with an ease that is as graceful
as it is marvellous. Well, Mr.. Dunn
and Mr. Henderson have challenged
each other to penuckle combat. Now is
the sky lurid with prophecy of the great
and momentous struggle. Behind Mr..
Henderson, in serried ranks. stands the
entire Republican membership of the
House, with the Western men cheering
loudly and rampant for the success of
their hero. Mr.. Dunn has rallied the
Eastern Democrats, and pocketbooks
filled with gold, silver and legal ten.
derS wave in the air and obscure the
azure heavens. Ten games are to be
played Already the champions have
met around the table and have Separ-
ated from their friendly Skirmish with
honors even. Wait until the match is
played! The glory of the West and of
the East will then be pitted against
each other. Either the snowy submits
of the Rockies are to shine in refulgent
beauty or else the mosquitoes of New
Jersey will sing IA paean of praise.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
Following Line of Least Resistance,

Following Line of Least Resistance,
Proofs of the truth of this proposition
are constantly passing under our eyes,
If we upset Il jug of water on table or
floor the stream of liquid does not fol
low Il straight line, but moves in little
curves and bends, caused by the exist
ence of distractions very likely so
minute as to be unnOticeable, yet of
sufficient Importance to influence the
direction of the stream of water by
making its passage over the spots where
they exist slightly more difficult than
where they do not.
We observe the same phenomenon Oh
Il large scale in the beds of rivers, and
the advantage of lightning conductors
Is also due to the principle of least re.
siStance. Though in this instance there
is no fluid stream, yet there Is u mo-
ton of something and the motion is
mere easily transmitted by means of
metal than by stone, brick and wood of
buildings. Consequently, if the latter
are provided with well-constructed
lightning conductors, the electric dis.
charge will take place by their means
and without affecting the rest of the
edifice. although the accidents which
still occasionally occur indicate that
protection from lightning is not yet
completely understood.
Organic growth also takes the direc-
ton of least resistance, though here
the conditions are so much more COM
plicated than in the case of inorganic
motion that the principle is less read
ily distinguished Words.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
A Warning.

Author-What did you think OF my
play? Critic-Great! old man. Fun
niest thing / ever saw. Author
Funny? Why, good heavens, man, it's
a tragedy. Critic-Look here. don't say
that or you'll kill it-Exehange.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23

'"Then Long give out ROrybory AlluS.
You could heard pin drop in tibet
room. Unison he begin slow, as eff
it was dead easy; 'A-r-o-r-a, Aurora
Dor, Aurora BOr; e-a-l-i-s, Aurora BO-
realis.'
"They was humble went over tn
room, an he seen he was wrong an
yelled: 'A-u, mean.'"
"'Too late says Long. Only one
chanc't ct a time tell one or tn other
spells ct. Tn gentleman who gifts ct
right first wins, accordin' ter rules
"Jimison was white as n sheet an his
face an hands was a-twitchin' as he
stood there glarin' ct Quincy. Muthers-
baugh looked at tn floor like he was
stedyin'. seen Hannah elders lean
for'a'd an grip tn desk with her hands,
an then l know'd she'd made up her
min which she favored.
"He begin: 'A-u, au; FOR, ror, Auror;
a, Aurora; B-o-r, Dor, Aurora Dor; Z,
Aurora Bore; al, al, Aurora Boreal-'
Then he stopped an looked at tn floor
and stedied.
II jest stood up. was tibet excited.
fer knowed what was wrong. l seen
tears in Hannah elders eyes as she
leaned for'a'd, not breathin'; l seen
Unison grin an know'd he remembered
he'd left out tn an 'ud spell ct sure
jest as quick as he'd get chanc't. !
believed Quincy was gOin' ter say a,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
CHAPTER XXI.

LET her prattle on
without Interrupt
ton. There was a
strange fascination
in her voice, and
but that the cir
cumstances were
different, L might
have fancied it was
Mabel, my wife,
speaking to me, as
she used to do as
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
Female Labor in FRAMED.

One-third Of the females of France
over fourteen years of age are farm
laborers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23

ION that dark night on the ship,
when you spoke to poor little Bob and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-27
"SANCTIFICATIDN BAND !
BEAUFORT"

To the Editor: have been seeing many
things concerning the Sanctified %
band from time to time going the rounds
of different papers, and recently in the
News and Observer of June the Goth,
1897, l see communication from the
pen of C.. G.. Daniels, with the heading
which I've quoted above. ! would say,
God forbid that | should say a word
against sanctification as taught in Gods
word, but if we are to judge the tree by
the suit it bears, then, in many instances,
Deyilfcation would be a far less mis-
leading term than sanctifcation. There
are persons who profess sanctifcation,
that are doing all they can to disinte-
CRATE the Methodist church, yea, to even
exterminate it, and We know they are
just like the devil in that, for he was at
that before Joe Lynch was ever heard of.
I see Mr.. G. G. Daniels says: About
thirty members of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, South, on Chincoteague Is
land, Va, became ''holy." &c. While
Mr.. Lynch in his Discipline says it was
the Methodist Episcopal church, now,
think from the trend of Mr.. Daniels's
communication, that he talked with the
Band, and just gave to the public as he
received his information from them. We
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-27

would like to know which is right, NJ. E.
church, or M. r. Church South? 1t is
strange logic to me that Mr.. l.. would,
with his converts not stay at his old home
church and exercise a little patience,
thereby proving his sanetifeation, in try
ing to get them sanetifed, and start out
all at once venting himself of all his
vituperation ON the NJ. Il. Church South,
and her ministry as being unholy, when
if he is not ignorant, he knows that
sanctifcation has been Graded largely in
the bosom of Methodism; and, to-day,
! do not know of one Methodist preacher
who does not believe in sanctifcation. If
you want to learn of the effect OF the
Sanctifed @ Band ON the community
where they have spent some time, come
to Currituck county, n. c., and Camden
county, n. G. / will only say, God pity
the poor deluded, ignorant people who
have been caught in their net, is my pray
er.
J. III. NJ. GILES.
Currituck, n. c., June %, 1897.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-27
LITERARY NOTES

ia he Hditor:-E Hung ohang's sec
yetary has recently written the Century
Oompany expressing the pleasure the
vireroy is taking in General Horace For
ter's articles campaigning With
Grant," now appearing in The Century.
Mr.. Pethick, the secretary, says: his
ExceIlency has had read to him General
Porter's articles on General Grant, and
has been greatly interested in studying
the character of his great friend during
the greatest of his campaigns for the
preservation of the Union. 1t is rare
privilege to read such deeds related SO
eIoouently by one who henorably partlcl-
pated IN them"
Some years ago when Grant made has
tour around the world he and LII Hung
Chang met and formed a strong friend
ship.
Richard Harding Davis concludes his
Soldiers of Fortune" in the June Serb
ner's, and the novel has already appeared
in book form. This is Dayis's first long
story and the publishers say it has been
we'll received. The leading feature of the
current number of the magazine, how
ever. is James w. Aiexander's Under
graduate Life at Princeton" 1t is well
illustrated and interesting throughout.
Amid the great mass of literature
which the magazines bring every month
enc feels that he hardly has time to
glance through the back numbers; but if
you have not read '"Twixt the Cup and
the Lip" in recent issue of Scribner's
it will pay you to look it up.
The Atlantic Monthly prides itself
upon its poetry especially, and the Allan
tic always is of high literary quality.
1.-The Farthest Voyage" by that Wig
orous versifer, William Prescott Fos-
ter. in recent number, gives some
ground for the claim. 1t is unquestion-
ABLY poem of rare excellence, especial
ly the first half of it. AS North Caro-
linians know, Mr.. Walter Page, of our
State, is connected with this publication,
and hence the magazine should be of es-
pecial interest to our people; but if he
is in any way responsible for those abom-
liable articles by Professor Trent, and
North Carolinians will read the contr1bu-
tions, he will deserve and receive the
sharpest criticism. Trent is a South
Car9iiiAiap, teaching history IN South
ern college,. Whatever of excellence
South Carolina, according to Professor
Trent, does not possess is always found
in Virginia. North Carolina is wholly
ignored. Despite all his eulogies upon MS
native State, the Charleston News and
Courier could endure him no longer, and
broke out recently in righteous indigna-
ton at the injustice his writings do the
South Other prominent papers, notably
the Richmond Times, have handled the
Professor as he deserves to be. Our peo-
pie are beginning to wake up to the fact
that there is a great deal of teaching
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-27

prejudicial to our principles going on In
our colleges and universities and we are
not discovering it too soon.
The children are always delighted with
St. Nicholas. This popular juvenile is
conducted by Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge,
assisted by corps of the leading writ
ers among English speaking peoples.
1t is always full of stories, verses, jim
giles and pictures, and never fails to in
terest and teach. "Perils of Fireman's
Life in the June number, is alone
worth a years subscription.
when Molly Was Six is a pleasant
little story OF child life. The author deals
sympathetically with a cffild's character.
Published by Messrs. Houghton, Mif-
fin & Co.
A book that should have an extensive
sale in the South has recently appeared
from the press of ]. b. Lippincott q Co.,
Philadelphia. The title is Songs of the
South" and, as one would infer, the
book is made up of choice selections from
the writings of Southern poets. Miss
Jennie Thornley, Clarke, of the Normal
and Industrial College of Georgia, is
the compiler; and our own Joel Chandler
Harris, dear old ''Uncle Remus," writes
an introduction. The best poetry the
South has produced is to be found in
these pages. Miss Clarke has shown
good taste in her selections and the
publishers have given them handsome
dress No Southern library should be
without the volume.
H r. STOCKARD
Fredericksburg, Va, June rs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-27
ETERNAL VIGILANCE

Is the price of perfect health. Watch
carefully the first symptoms of impure
blood. Cure boilS, pimples, humors and
scrofula by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Drive away the pains and aches of rheu-
matism, malaria and stomach troubles,
steady your nerves and overcome that
tired feeling by taking the same great
medicine.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-27

Hoods Pill, are the best family cathar.
tic and liver tonic. Gentle, reliable, sure
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-27

prejudicial to our principles going on in
our colleges and universities and we are
not discovering it too soon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-27

wand ehenton nnoyngt - -
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-31
THE ODDS ON
THE BIC FIGHT
On Form Slavin Is Held
Too High in the Bet
ting Ring.
Joe Choynski Believes That
Butler sh I'D Be an Easy
Winner.
Maxwell Is Two to One Against
Raphae', but There Is Little
Money Changing Hands.

Frank P. Slavin. of whom so much is
known in Australia, England and the
East, and who has never been seen here
him out, will have an opportunity to- night
OF illustrating what he can do against a
man in his class and whose record as a
pugilist stands on par.
Joe Butler, who is to face Slavin in the
star event given at the meeting of the Cali
fornia Athletic Club at Woodward's Pa
vilion Tonight, is presented to the people
who study form as a hard hitter, who
cares less for punishment he receives than
he cares for that he gives. He aims 10
put his man out with speed more than he
does to chop him down. He is scientific
only to that extent which will not inter-
fere with his aggressiveness, and trusts to
his staying abilities to Withstand his op.
ponents blows while he mixes things up
to get in his own finishing touch.
Slavin is just such another man. He
fights like bulldog, with a dead set pur-
pose OF winning no matter at what cost.
The men will weigh in at 1S5 pounds,
within three pounds, give or take.
There Is hardly any reason why Slavin
should bs selling at $40 to S. in the pools,
for Butler has an equal right from past
performances to be picked as q favorite.
Honest" John T. Sullivan is to referee
the light.
AT one time it was expected that Billy
Delaney, Jim Corbett's trainer. would be
a second to Butler, but some trouble has
cropped up on account of the ''color line, !"
Jeffries, who is being managed at this
time by Delaney, thinking that the latter
should confine all his attention to white
men.
1t is positive that Delaney will chal-
enge Slavin in behalf of Jeffries should
the former win the fight.
Joe Choynski, who fought a three-round
draw with Butler in the East, writes here
that the colored man should win the fight
against Slavin.
In the Maxwell Raphael engagement,
the former is two to one favorite.
There is not much money going up on
the fights. The bulk of the betting will
be done to-day, but the odds are such that
the inside sports do not care to put out
any coin.
Billy Brady and Jim Corbett, the ex.
champion, of the Palace Athletic Club,
New York are on the alert to secure the
winner Of the coming big event, to put
him against some one of the aspiring
stars.
There were inquiries by wire last night
as to the amount of Slavin money here to
be taken up at the odds of to 3. The
New York people, as well as the knowing
ones from Boston who saw Choynski and
Butler in their three-round go. believe it
Is good thing to take the short end.
Corbett starts in tomorrow selling
"puts" and "calls" on wheat, pork, rail-
road stocks and other values. based OF the
Chicago and New York markets. The
touts in fstiana, therefore, are looking
forward to hard summer unless they can
master the details Of the wheat pit.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-31
PROF. JORDAN TO LECTURE.
He Will Address the Socialists on
Wednesday Evening.

He VIII Address the Socialists
Wednesday Evening.
The several branches of the Socialist
La Dor party are vieing with each other in
presenting attractions for their lecture
platforms. This is regarded as the best
method OF carrying out their propaganda
work. and SO far it has proved success,
for their several halls are filled with inter
ested audiences at every meeting. Next
Wednesday evening Professor David Starr
Jordan of Stanford Jr. University will
lecture in the Temple. at III Turk street,
under the auspices of Liberty Branch S.
L. P. His subject will be The Pursuit
of Happiness" As the admission is free
a very large nun Der Of people besides So
cla!ists will be present.
Colum bian Branch, the latest bran ch OF
the socialist tree, has treat in store for
its audience next Sunday evening. 1t will
hold its meeting in Pythian Castle, 900
Market street. The opening meeting will
be addressed by Professor Jordan OF Le-
land Stanford Jr. University. and his sub
ject is, The Attitude OF the Farming
Glasses Toward Socialism" The speaker
will answer questions pertaining to the
subject, and free discussion will follow
the lecture.
The meetings of American Branch, held
every Sunday evening at Washington
Hail, on Eddy street, are largely attended !;
in fact, the hall is filed to the door.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-31

third story. thus giving her body whlrl,
SO that she struck the planklng two feet
above the ground squarely with her 1eet,
bursting 1t in fragments, and striking the
ground with such force that the nelgh oors
at 722 eating their dinner, felt the dlsnes
rattle, and hastened into the yard TO see
whether an aerolite had struck IN the
vicinity. Then Nine. Labordet hastened
10 722 to announce what had happened.
DR.. StiDso was called and morphine was
given to assuage the lady's sufferlngs.
The Duncombe am bulance was called
and Miss Tram pou was sent 10 the french
Hospital. An examination showed
lacerated chin and badly confused lace.
the ankles sprained and bruised, very
badly lacerated left wrist, but no broken
bones, no internal injuries, and not an in
jury OF any character likely to prove fatal
or even very inconvenient.
A rumor was soon started that the
woman had been thrown from the win
dow during a quarrel with Napoly, but
there seems to be no basis for such an as
sertion, as no complaint was made by her
on the way to the hospital or elsewhere.
Napoly was with her, and has been very
attentive during her sufferings.
The story told by the Labordets is cor
roborated by Miss Trampon and her
friend. She was resting quietly at the
French Hospital last night, and will soon
be herself again.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-31

cued and brought to town by another
nsherman named Joseph Vinchi. Their
boat drifted ashore near the Cliff House.
Two more ov-rturned boats were picked
up and towed in half full of water by the
tug Sea Witch. Their owners, Manuel
Splro and Ricardo Dominica, were rescued
by the tug and brought to Fisherman's 8
wharf.
One OF the boats was seen to be in dis
tress by William Trem bev, waiter at
the Cilff House. about 8 A. NJ. and super,
intendent Wilkins predicted he would
orlft to the cove in the Golden Gate where
ne was saved Wilkins sent Trem bley and
rat Sullivan with life line to the spot,
and they ran half a mile and arrived just
IN time to tie their life line TO the one
Hawken had and thus assisted the res
cue.
Captain Varnay of the life-saving sta
ton, was out four hours in the effort to
save the fisherman. He was unable to
reach the Greek before Hawken saved
him.
The gale was very strong-blowing
iorty..hree miles an hour. John Hyslop,
the Merchants Exchange observer, says
IL was one OF the worst seas for boats to
contend with he has seen in sixteen years.
The ferry boat Sausalito picked up one OF
the boats on her $3.50 trip to this City.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-31

two cases the occupants narrowly es-
capped drowning. A stiff gale was blowing
at the time and the sea was so rough that
the lifeboats could not be launched.
The first boat capsiZed near Mile Rock
at about IL A. NJ, and its occupant, Fran
cisco Cezario climbed upon the over
turned smack. and proceeding to disrobe
attempted to swim ashore. Harry Haw-
ken, one of the life-savers at Sutro's Baths
took life line and swan half way to Mile
Rock to meet him. He accomplished
Cezario's rescue, but was SO nearly ex-
hausted after his heroic effort that both
would have been drowned were it not for
the life line. About 100 people witnessed
the daring feat, and they sent up great
cheer for Harry Hawken.
One boat with two men, Michael Niche
ly and George Cominica in it, capsized off
Seal Rock about noon. They were res
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-31
An Ancient Title.

Earl of Monteith and Strathearn" is
the title which Mr.. George w. Graham
asks Of the House of Lords, claiming de-
scent from younger line of the Graemes
than that represented by the Duke OF
Montrose, but the one which first ac-
quired peerage. The earldom of Mon
teith dates from 1924. 1t was granted by
King James I as compensation for that
of Strathearn, which had come to the
Graemes by marriage, and of which they
asserted they had been unjnstly deprived
by the crown. The earldom was later
raised to dukedom, and has lain dor
mant since 1894. though Burke calls it ex-
tinct. S'rathearn remained with the
crown aid has lately been revived in the
title of Queen Victoria's third son, the
Duke of Connaugbt and Strathearn.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-31

the earth in the yard so violently as to
shake adjacent houses, and lives, COM
paratively unha1med, to tell the story of
her escape. She fell nearly sixty feet.
More marvellous than the revolutions
made by Miss Trsmpon's body in the air.
and more to be wondered at than the
velocity that caused her to crash through
the heavy planking two feet above the
ground, is the fact that no bones were
broken, that she made no outcry. and that
she was not for q moment unconscious.
Miss Trampon and Henry Napoly were
in their room together just before the ac-
cident, having come from dinner a few
minutes before the fail.
She had been i'll for few weeks and was
very weak. The window was open, so the
story runs as told in the liquid French of
M. and Nine Labordet, landlords of the
house, and as Miss Trampon walked over
to lean against the casing she lost her bal
auce and plunged headlong to the ground,
her heels striking the window-sill OF the
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-31
To Defraud His Creditors

Alexander Wheatiey, saloon~keeper on
Kearny and Commercial streets, was arrested
yesterday by Detective Anthony and Police
man Jerry Dinan on the charge of disposing
OF goods with intent to defraud his creditors
About two weeks ago he bought 800 worth OF
liquor from NJ Rothenberg q Co., wholesale
liquor merchants, and the following day dis
poseo of his stock and fixtures