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The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

THOMAS A. EDISON recently said: II
am ready to build a telephone circuit
completely around the earth. So far
as invention is concerned, the work is
done. 1t is now Il question for capital
1t involves a carle laid across the At
lantic ocean from New York to Sou h.
ampton probably, and after passing
under the English channel, by way of
Paris, Berlin. Vienna and Constanti-
nople. across Asia TO Calcutta Thence
1t would follow the Chinese coast to
Behriug straits, where, crossing over
to Alaska, it would run southwark to
San Francisco and thence back to New
York"
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

THE st, Louis Republic says; In the
news of the completed formation of n
gigantic flour trust, embracing all the
principal mills of this country. and
with a contemplated capitalization of
$3.50, 900, 900, the people are more di.
rectly than ever before brought face
to face with the full menace of the
trust evil Thousands of farmers,
hundreds OF thousands of mill en-.
ployes and millions of bread-wi inners
will be vitally affected by the opera
tions OF monopoly thus controlling
the selling price of wheat, the produc-
tive capacities OF mills, the purchase
price of flour
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
Potato Dumplinws.

Boil eight peeled potatoes with one
quart of water, one tablespoonful salt
till done, then press them through .
potato press; add one tablespoonful
butter; mix well and let stand till cold,
then add TWO heaping tablespoonfuls
aour, the yolls of three eggs; form this
into small balls the size of an egg; roll
in -four and boil in large saucepan Of
salted water ten minutes; remove with
. skinner and serve.-Brooklyu Eagle.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

EXPORTS to prevent Brigham H. Rob
erts, representative elect from Utah.
from taking his seat in the Fiftv.sixth
congress because he is q polygamist
and advocates that doctrine Of the Nor
mon church are to have the organized
support of hundreds OF thousands of
women in the United States. The
initial woman's movement is to take
Organized form In New York at Il
meeting Of the Presbyterian Woman's
Board of Home Missions on Decem-
Der 20.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

Rock ISLAND, in the straits Of Mack
inac. was recently sold By the register
Of the Marquette, Mich, land Office
for five cents. II was put up at auction
and was sold TO the highest bidder
William ST James, Of St Irnace.
The island contains oue-twenty hfth
OF an acre.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
Tn, sultan Make. promi.es.

Constantinople, Dec. Is. : Oscar
Strauss, United States minister to
Turkey. has had an audience with the
sultan. 1t is understood that assur-
ances were given to the American
minister regarding a satisfactory set.
tlement of all pending questions be-
tween the United States and Turkey.
including the payment OF indemnity
for American losses in Armenia
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

THE report OF the commissioner gen
eral of immigration shows that 229. 2g9
immigrants arrived during the year, a
decrease, compared with the preceding
fiscal year, of l,533. The number of
those debarred and refused landing
was $500 as compared with l.sso for
the preceding year, and was composed
Of Az alien-cont laborcrs, 2,26i
paupers, 25S diseased persons, one
idiot, l2 insane, two. convicts, 10 as
sisted immigrants. aud 1893 who were
returned within one year after their
arrival. having become public charges
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

CATDISAL GIBBONS. in behalf of the
presares Of the Catholic church in
America, has submitted petition to
congress, asking that the contract
school question be rc-optncd and that
congress again 90 over the whole sub
ject of Indian education.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
Alarmed over Dlph.h- r. Ep,d.m,c.

Fort Scott, Kan. Dec l4-An cpl
demic of diphtheria in most virulent
form is reported at Garland, l2 miles
south OF here. 1t affects old and young
alike, and six fatalities are reported to
have occurred in the past few days,
while new cases are developing daily.
The schools are closed.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

SECRETARY LoSG has submitted a
bill appropriating $40 900 for the cree
tion OF monument at Colon cemetery.
Havana. where the dead of the Maine
are buried. Congress authorized last
March the transfer OF the bodies to
the Arlington cemetery, but the out
break of the war prevented it As
Cuba may ecome part of the United
States, the authorities do not see that
there is any necessity for a transfer.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

YoUNG Bradley Martin contributes
TO one of the current magazines M
article to justify the lavish expend.
iture Of great wealth by those
who possess it lie calculates that
man with fortune of $780,.
O00.0 and an income of $1,000,
900 year spends great deal more
money than would be spent If this $780,.
600, 900 was owned by 10000 people
with an income OF $500 year. There.
fore. insists young Martin, the 1oo-mil.
lionsire puts more money into circuia.
tion than the 10000 persons with a $500
income and as such is greater boon
70 community.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

Bosros has discovered that we do
not know how to walk; that the time
hOuored. conventional method we are
all taught Of "toeing out" is not the
natural method; that we should walk
with the feet parallel, as young chill
dren do. The pioneer of this new the
ory is DR.. Jane D Kelly, OF the Physical
Education society, Of Boston.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
Seven snow hov.l.r. K,l,.d.

Buffalo, n. Y. Dec. IA Seven snow.
shovelers were killed and several in
jured on the New York Central near
Crittenden. They stepped from in
front of au approaching passenger
train onto the freight track and were
struck by freight train. They all
lived in Buffalo.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

Col. j. A. Corby. of the Fourth Mis-.
souri, volunteer regiment, will repre-.
sent Missouri at the meeting Of the
Interstate National Guards associa.
ton At Chicago on the 14th. Adjt
Gen. Bell. who Is sick, designsted Col
Corby to represent him
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

Mr. WILLIAM T. SNEAD. editor of the
London Review OF Reviews. who has
returned from the vatican, gave to the
correspondent of the Associated press
an unqualified denial Of all stories rep
rcsenting that the pope is hostile to
the American policy regarding the
Philippines. On the contrary. his no.
liuess is ready to cooperate with the
United States in restoring order there.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

SENATOR GALLINGER calculates that
the pensions on account Of the latest
war will amount 70 between sis, 600. 600
and $40, 600, 900 in the very near future.
Gallinger is at the head Of the pen
sions committee and is an expert on
the subject
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
National Hoard OF Trade.

Washington, Dec. l4-The twenty.
ninth annual meeting OF the National
Board of Trade, representative or
ganization Of the business and com.
mercial interests of the United States.
began here to-day and will continue
for several days
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

Much complaint is made OF the quail
fty of gum used on the two-ceut post
age stamp. 1t is said that when an
uncanceled stamp is peeled off an
envelope it is almost impossible to
make it stick again without regum.
minp
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
worth Con.iderinx.

She-Humph! What has any member Of
your family ever done to make your name
go ringing down the corridors of time?
He-Well, my Uncle John had Is chill
dren, mostly boys.-Cleveland Leader.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

Warns Neqr".s to stAv Away from Cuba.
Topeka, Kan, Dec. 9.-Rev. G. D..
Olden, the negro preacher who has
just returned from Cuba with the bal.
lots of the Twenty-third Kansas regi.
ment, will advise the Topeka negroes
to stay away from Cuba. ut is no
country for anybody to &c to and .
Kansas man will be much better of II
he stays at home," Olden said.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
CURRENT COMMENT.

"Es. GARCIA thinks the annexation
OF cuba Is possibility of the future,
though he is not its advocate now.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

SENATOR MORRILL, says Vermont has
the smallest foreign population Of any
state in the union, the total being only
$500 all told, most of them Irish.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

LAST year on American railways one
passenger was killed in accidents out
OF every a,s.7.47i passengers carried.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

Some men even pretend to be well in
formed by pretending to forget what books
they have read.-Washington Qa.) Demo
crat.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

Milwaukee, Dec s.-Judge Seaman
upolds the federal bankrupt law and
declares that it divests the state courts
entirely Of Jurisdiction in insolvency
cases.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
Perr,1exiDR.

money talks" and "Silence is golden"
With two such precepts what is man 60
ing to DON. Y. Journal.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

With rub or two lumbago is often cured
By st. Jacobs Oil. Small cost, big profits.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

At once use St. Jacobs Oil for sprains.
At once it will cure. Athletes know this.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

The politician who cannot lie may as wei
be out of the world.-Spanish Proverb.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16

Washington, Dec. Il Secretary
Alger yesterday afternoon designated
Gen. Ludlow to act as first military
governor of Havana city. with full
powers to deal with all local questions.
He will leave for his post shortly
Gen. Greene, at Havana, will remain
there until relieved by Gen. Ludlow,
and then come home to be retired.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-02-11
MOCKRIDGE SAVED THE DAY
HIS Transportation Feat More At
tractive Than His Singing,

ttFoct1ve Than HIS Singing.
Whitney Mockridge, the noted tenor, was
once taking troupe of singers around the
country giving concerts at the principal
towns In the middle west and northwest:
The troupe also included a violinist and a
solo pianist. They eventually arrived at
st. Louis, town on the Mississippi river.
From there they expected to take train for
Sedalia, a fourishing town in the interior
But to Mockridge's dismay, there was no
train which would take him to Sedalia in
time for his concert. The officers of the
Missouri Pacific railroad were sorry, but
it could not be helped. Mockridge tele-
graphed ahead to his agent to see if the
concert could not be postponed. "Impos-
sible," was the reply.
But the tenor was equal to the emergency.
He CROPPED down in his broadcloth and ex-
tracted roll of large, potent bills, currency
of the arealm. These he waved in the coun-
tenances of the railroad people. and demand
ed locomotive, special car for his troupe
and clear track as far as Sedalia. Money
talked and he got the train and the right of
way. He telegraphed to the anxious agent:
eve are coming, Father Abraham, 10000
strong. Meet us at the depot with band. !"
The news spread through the town and a
crowd gathered at the depot The special
train ate up the l78 miles between ST. Louis
and Sedalia as a hungry tramp eats piece
of huckleberry pie. The wheels only hit the
high places. The crowd at the depot was
madly enthusiastic when the train leaped
into town. and there was crowd at the
concert. To hear the singing? Oh, no. To
see the fellow who had saved the day, with
Sedalia l7S miles away.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-02-11
REGULAR MIND READER.
A Music Box That Knew What Air
to Play,


am fond of music, and, as do not play
and have no little ones about the house,
bought one of the finest music boxes that
l could find: 1t ives a large box and had
nearly score of melodies, from the sacred
to the catchy negro airs, stored up within its
recesses; There were bells and cymbals,
too, and a tiny drum. It was swell music
box and no mistake Well, one: day lost
my position and was in absolute need of
ready money. My prospects were excellent,
and l did not want to injdre them by Dor
rowing from friends, or whom, however,
knew could depend. To tide me ever my
difhcuity.I determined to pawn my music
box tit cost me upward of $lO0-imported,
you knowl, and readily secured SOS. Well,
Things did not pan out exactly as i expected
things seldom go just as they are scheduled
to go-and ut. was a year almost before
found myself in a position to redeem the
music box from the pawn shop. took the
ticket, went to the shop and told the man
IN charge that / wanted to redeem my in
strument, and asked whether it had been
kept in order and had not been injured He
assured me that it had not been tempered
with and, in proof thereof, he offered to
let me wind it up and make it play before
L paid back the money had secured by it's
the box up, it started to play. Now, what
do you think that darned old, long-forgot
ten musical instrument played:''
As he looked around the crowd no one
could suggest the name of the air, and he
said: Darn my buttons if it did not start
right in and reel off Il Know That My Re
deemer Liveth.' Almost human knowledge
that, almost human, sirs."-N o. Times
Herald.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-02-11
AN INSPIRATION.
She Would Show Her Strawberry
Mark for Identification.

Mark for Identification.
"There," she said as she finally got the
check properly indorsed, and handed it to
the paying teller; "I'd like to have the
money, please"
The young man scanned it carefully, and
then looked at her.
"Is there anything wrong with it" she
inquired, apprehensively.
No; l am sure it's all right. Only we
have our rules here, and before we can let
you have the money you will have to be
But the friends am visiting took trip
into the country with my mother this
morning"
Then you will have to wait till to-mor-
row."
But I need the money to do some shop
p1Ag with this afternoon
I'm very sorry"
Its absolutely necessary to be identi-
fed: she asked, plaintively.
Absolutely"
well, I suppose I can manage it.. Will
the bank be open for an hour?"
"Yes''
''Then I'll hurry home and put on my
evening gown. It's great deal of trouble,
but it's the only way, and I'm glad hap
pened to think of it.
II don't quite understand
why, l have a strawberry mark on my
right shoulder; and everybody who has read
anything at all knows that there isn't any
better Identification than strawberry
mark. Washington Star.
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The Kafser's Title..

In case any of our readers may have
occasion to address the German en-
peror, we have modelled on his brothers
speech OF yesterday the mode of appeal
ing to his majesty which is most like
ly to elicit favorable response: "Most
Sublime Emperor, All Powerful King.
and About-to-be Lord of all the Earth
Inspired Sender of kilograms, Serene
Annexer OF Foreign Ports. Beloved Mas
ter, Most Mighty and nlustrious Mon
arch. Amounted and Made in GERMANY
Ruler OF All Men, for ever and ever.
Hooray! Hoo-jolly-ray! Hoo-Billy--
ray!"-London Globe.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-02-11

There's nothing succeeds like success"
There is no withstanding the living argu-
men of the man who should be dead, who
isn't dead. but who would be dead. but for
a preserving medicine. That's about the
way it seemed to strike Editor Lawrence,
of the Ohio Farmer, Cleveland, Ohio. He
was afflicted with one of those colds that
have, thousands of times over, eliminated
in consumption. when not promptly cured.
In this condition he met a friend, con-
sumptive, whom he had not expected to
see alive. The consumptive friend recon-
mended Dr.. J: c. Ayers Cherry Pectoral
had helped him wonderfully" 1t helped
the editor just as wonderfully, giving
almost instant relief" But read his
letter:
About two months ago. was afflicted
with bad cold, and, meeting a friend, he
advised the use of Ayers Cherry Pectoral
which, he claimed, had helped him won
derfully. As he was a consum ptive, whom
I had not expected to see alive for several
years, concluded there must be merit in
this preparation. 1 accordingly bought a
couple of bottles, one of which I keep on
my desk all the time. This is certainly
the best remedy for cold ever used. It
gives almost instant relief, and the ]. C.
Aver Co. are to be. congratulated on posses
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-02-11
EARLY EDUCATIONAL METHODS
The Whole school Spelled Out In

The Whole School Spelled Out in
Rev. George Charming wrote an ac-
count of the school of his youth, which
lie attended just after the revolution
Girls and boys attended together the
primary school, and sat on seats made
Of round blocks of wood of various
heights, which were furnished by the
parents. Children bowed and kissed
the teachers hand on leaving the room
The teaching of spelling was peculiar
1t was the last lesson of the day. The
master gave out long word, say null
tiplication, with blow of his strap on
the desk as a signal for all to start to-
gether, and in chorus the whole class
spelled out the word in syllables. The
teachers ear was so trained and acute
that he at once detected any misspeIl-
ing. If this happened, he demanded the
name of the scholar who made the mis-
take. If there was any hesitancy or re-
fusal in acknowledgment he kept the
whole class until, by repeated trials of
long words, accuracy was obtained.
The roar of the many voices of the large
school, all pitched in different KEYS.
could be heard, on summer DAYS. for q
long distance.-Alice Morse Earle. in
Chautauquan.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-02-11
THE MISTAKE SHE MADE.
She Did Her Best to Entertain q Bored
GnRaf.

At a party the hostess said to guest:
want you to entertain Mr. Blank lit
tie; he looks bored to death / will intro
duce him, and you must try to amuse him.
You know his strong point is butter, on
which he has written book"
The lady-guest graciously undertook the
task of entertaining the man, inwardly won
dering that he should be so interested in
butter-of which she knew very little-when
his face indicated mind given to much pro-
found thinking
However, with butter in view, she began
on the weather, gradually got to the coun-
try, then on to farm, from that to cows,
and at last to butter The man looked more
bored than ever. the magic word butter"
producing not the slightest effect, and he
left her somewhat abruptly, and soon with
II did my BEST" she explained to the
hostess; II went through agonies to prove
that | was deeply interested in butter, but
"Butter!" exclaimed the hostess "What
possessed you to talk to that man, of all
men, on butter? 1 told you he had just
written book on Buddha, and knew how
subject" az
=, And they said in chorus: "Gracious!"-
Tit-Bits.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-02-11
IN ALL SORTS OF WEATHER.

He tried the best physicians but without
being benefited and has used several specific
rheumatic cures, but was not helped.
About one year and six months ago he read
in this paper of case somewhat similar to
his which was cured by DR.. Williams Pink
Pills and concluded to try this remedy
After taking the first box he felt some
what better, and after using three boxes, the
pains entirely disappeared, the dizziness left
him, and he has now for over year been
entirely free from all his former trouble and
enjoys better health than he has bad since
his boyhood.
He is loud in his praise of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and will gladly
corroborate the above statements. His post
office address is Lorenzo Medley, Horton,
Jackson County, Michigan.
All the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves are contained, in con
dcnsed form, in DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. All druggists sell them.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-02-11
An Old War-Horse Of Journalism DIS.
covers the Virtue OF = New
Medicinal VARIETY.

There are only few of them left
Since Chas. A. Dana's death, Joseph Me-
dill, the war-horse of the Chicago Tribune,
Is the CHIEF surviving representative Of the
OLD school OF xir'ie, aggressive editorial
40 have mud thrown at them was part of
the profession at all times, but to find health
IN mud is rather moder0 innovation. That
IS what Joseph Medil3 has been doing of
late -
Nj. ~'Medill is an investigator and when
the stories of the miraculous Magno-M Mud at
Indiana Mineral Springs began to spread
over the country. the great editor became
interested and eventually decided to try this
mysterious substance on his own rheumatic
limbs and weigh its value; He was accom-
Armenian scientist of high attachments.
The great editor was mud. Illuminated daily
for several weeks and gained visibly in
weight, strength and vitality.
The final result of the experiment was an
beck to Chicago in September, and wrote an
editorial about Magno Mud with his own
hand. Next, he sent his sonsin-law for u
little of the mud-treatMent. In November
he went down again, and since the new
bath house is completed he expects to be
regular visitor four times year.
This mud-treatment in which Mr.. Medill
found SO much virtue, is peculiar, yet logical.
After ALL every form of life springs from the
earth, which is the great destroyer and assim-
ilator of dead and effete matter. At the
natural amphitheatre, the slopes being
grown with magnificent oaks: Atthe foot OF
the, converging hills, big Litha spring
gushes forth at the rate of :, 200 barrels day
and floods the soil, WHICH consists of rich,
foliage of the oak tress% THfs peculiar soil
saturated with mineral salts for ages, is as
soluble as sugar, and, being devoid of clay is
not sticky in the least. 1t is not, therefore.
in any sense related to Observation-Disclosures
OF the roadway; of the Chicago street or to
The mud is applied to the patient ON cot,
the subject being entirely encased in the
substance, steamed to PROPER temperature
1t then acts, as poultice stimulates the
skin, superficial blood vessels and nerves.
opens the peres and Initiates the blood, dis
solving all unic acid deposits. Nothing can
be simpler or more rational.
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Pres. Mckinley W.. Free silver.

A battle of giants is going to take place
this summer on 80, 900 farms in America, not
in talk or votes, but in yields. Salzer's new
potato marvels are named as above, and he
offers a price for the biggest potato yield,
also $500 in gold for suitable name for his
corn (17 inches long, and oat prodigies Only
seedsmen in America growing grasses.
clovers and farm seeds and selling potatoes
at 81 so barrel. The editor urges you to
try Salzer's Northern grown seeds, and to
SEND THIS NOTICE WITH 10 CTs IN STAMPS
to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse. Wis,
for IL new farm seed samples, worth $1,000.
to get start, and their big catalogue 8
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-02-11
MOTTO ON THE DENTISTS WALL
EnraEcd the Suffering Patient Hut
Pleased the Tooth Puller.

Pleased the Tooth Fuller.
81 tell you what it is" the Infatuated pa
tient was saying to the dentist, 81 don't
mind so much the way in which you yanked
out that tooth, nor even the fact of it's be-
ing the wrong tooth, nor the price you
asked for paralyzing my nerve, nor any OF
the disagreeable things you've said to me,
nor the insinuation that a ten-year-old
child would have stood it better; no, can't
say that l care for any of that racket. 1t is
something else that barbed the iron that
entered my soul! mean my jaw"
suppose you didn't like the manner in
which [ assisted you out of that chair?"
said the dentist
1T wasn't that" continued the man with
the fractured jaw. Il was in the army and
am used to being shot out of cannon. Nor
it wasn't the pain when you took the top OF
my head off. No, sir, it was none of those.
1t was that framed and emblazoned motto
on your wall which aroused in me the feeling
that insult had been added to injury
:, The dentist smiled as his eyes followed
those OF his tooth-tortured patient, and read
those words: