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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06

fat cat. Snakes are rood enough for
me. The lowest ever got was lizards,
which amt very delicate eating"
And then If you have been very pa
tient and interested, Mr.. Bond win in
troduce you to the mysteries OF the
cuisine.
First, he catches his snake by deity
surrounding him with a hair hoop,
which tightens as 1t reaches the fat
tened neck Holding him out at arms
length, he speaks admiringly of his con-
ditfon. A keen Ratchet removes the
head. the body is hung up. and, still
wriggling, goes through the process or
dressing. After the disemboweling the
skin is cut in strips and peeled on as
the small boy peels the salmon.
Then comes the cooking. If It il @
roast he wants, Mr.. Bond will place the
remains in the ashes, where they will
do to a turn in three hours; If fry,
small pieces are in order, and no grease
is needed in the pan. And all that is
left over goes into fancy stew for the
morrow.
Mr. Bond eats all sorts of snakes,
from the harmless garter to the deadly
RATHER. "Only I'm careful about the
rattlers," he will say. Sometimes they
bite themselves in the catching, and
don't want any of that kind OF tndiges-
ton"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06

TIME Pacific Mail dock looks de-
serted these days, but housed
I'D aloft in the main building
are hundreds Of Chinese. The
extraordinary employment of
the big China mail steamers for trans
port duty has sidetracked these ma
tive sons merchants" travellers"
and professional coolies all struggling
to find hole in the Chinese restriction
law and gain admission to this country.
Not only does the Pacific Mail Com
pany guard these bonded Chinese"
with vfgilant care for it means a pay
ment of $500 if one Of them escapes,
but lynx eyed Federal custom house
officer watches them night and day.
At the foot of this stairway yester-
day sat this customs officer in his arm
chair; above was a crowd Of curious
Chinese, packed like sardines in tin
They were all striving downward
toward the forbidden land of promise.
where so many good American dollars
were to be won. Only the presence OF
the man in uniform detained them
ITS getting on supper time" he re-
marked, as he waved them back,
that's why they're so excited"
I soon understood the reason for all
the fuss, for just then a couple of huge
trucks, propelled by stalwart men, ap-
peared at the entrance to the dock.
More Chinese, emboldened by the re-
tirement of the officer, emerged from
above, pigtailed heads peered surrep-
titiously over the barrier; there was a
subdued chorus of heap good"
From Monaghan point of view it
was undoubtedly heap good" The
trucks were laden with huge baskets
Of snow white rice, great tins of vege-
table soup, hot and greasy, evil smell
ing fish Of the Kind which the China
man particularly delights in, and. to
wind up with, many cans of steaming
black tea 1t was a feast to win the
heart of an Oriental, though eau
casian would have turned from it in
disgust.
'HThe great thing" said Mr.. Busse.
the restaurant keeper, who feeds ali
these men by contract, lis to give. them
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06
RAISES SNAKES TO EAT.
,oooooooooo

with a queer sort OF scaffold or trellis
built near the door; and here In the
sunny season he dries his legless and
wingless game and so boards UP pro-
visions against a rainy day,
He is a simple man and not at all
averse to talking about his gastronomic
speciality. Visit him and he will ex-
plain the trellis and the mode of Jerk
ing snakes and ask you to dinner to
boot.
Say to him: Snakes! Why, you
don't eat snakes?" and he will smile
as arniab bly, as though he had never
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06

"HERE are snake stories and snake
stories-this one differs from the
others in that 1t is true.
Down on the Colorado River, a
few miles below the Needles, on
the Arizona side, lives a man whose
steady diet consists Of snakes. He is
not an Indian, nor an epicure, but just
a plain American citizen by the name
of Carl Bond, who eats snakes because
he likes to do so, and more particularly
because they come handy. He lives in
q. little old cabin made Of cottonwood,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06
oDe Of the FoDD Games in Full .be

heard the same exclamation a thou
sand times before.
What do you eat?" he will ask by
way of argument. And when you say
beef, mutton, pork, veal and fowl he
will tell you that he has forgotten all
these grosser fleshes; that butcher
shops do not abound in his neighbor-
hood; that snakes are easy to catch
and f1rst-rate to eat.
II used to eat frogs, long time ago, :"
he will go on, like the dudes in the
city, but soon as I once tasted snake
I said good-by to frogs. Why, now
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06

az don't like that Mamie strawboard.
She looks sly.
.Does she?" 49,,
Eyes she does. She looks to me Ike a
girl who would announce her engagement
to Hero Hobson, and then write and ask
him how he dared start such an absurd
story."--Cleveiand Plain Dealer.
.sI suppose golf w1ll gradually die over
here, as every other game has"
siPossibly: but statistics show Il Is not
Hksly to die Of OLD ase, Bro9klYn I&fss
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06

shaT we say?-hearable. So Anthony
T T4aii e says ' about books "of ali the
needs a book has, the chief need is that 1t
be readable" Wilkie Collins has the same
any good out of book that did not In
terest me in the first instance. '-Homi-
Ietic Review
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06
Weird scenes arou

goungbes to
the
chests filled With gold and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06

NJ s: 6: :: &: :: {: :: !: !: 6: !:
- - win a fortune on q single trip
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24
Executors Notice Of Hearing
Petition to Sell Real Estate

To all whom 1t may concern. but more es-
prcially to the heirs and all persons
interested In said estate of Ann Bentley,
deceased. late # sum er count. Kansas
YOU are hereby notified that |, Chas Bert
l. ley, executor OF said deceased. did
on the 9Th day Of February, A. D. lslS.
ME apetition In the probate court OF sum
ner county. Kansas, praying that might he
authoriz-d and empowered to sell the follow.
Ing described land, for the purpose of paving
the debts and costs Of administration OF said
estate, towit:
southeast quarter OF section 2s, township e.
range 2west; north one-half of northwest
quarter OF section 81. TOWNSHIP 81 range .
west 10 Sumner county, Kansas.
And said petition will be heard at the office
OF the probate judge Of said county on the
2srd DAY OF FEBRUARY, A. D. 1898,
at 10 o'clock a. M of said day. at which tim.
and place each of you and all others inter-
ested are notified to he present and show
cause, II a,y you have, why an order Of sale
as prayed for should not he granted.
Dated this 9Th day OF February. A d. 1875
CHAS BENTLEY, Executor.
First published February TO- lS9S-in VOICE
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24
Administrator Notice.
State Of Kansas,
Sumner County. %

State Of Kansas,
Sumner County.
In the probate court in and for said county:
10 the matter OF the estate OF Fannie X.
Howe, deceased:
NOTICE is hereby given that Letters OF
~ administration have been granted TO
tne undersigned on the estate of Fannie X
howe, late OF said county, deceased. by the
honorable, the probate court OF the county
ana state aforesaid. dated the eth day Of
February. A. d., Isos.
=, NOW all persons having claims against
inc said estate are hereby notified
that they must present the same to the un-
uersigned for allowance within one year from
the date OF said letters, or they may be sre-
Guided from any benefit Of such estate; and
that II such claims be not exhibited within
thfee years after the date OF said letters they
shall be forever barred.
HENRY II. HOWE,
Administrator OF the estate OF Fannie X
Howe, deceased
First published in VOICE Feb. 10. 1858.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24
The Elaine Explosion.

A telephone message from Wichita
late last Thursday said that informa.
tiOn had reached that city that inves-
LEGATIONS into the cause of the wreck
OF the U. S. battleship Maine in the
harbors of Havana, DEVELOPS the fact
that the disaster was the work of a
submarine torpedo. A diver went
down aud found portion of the fuse
used In destroying the boat. A large
mole was found to have been blown in
he bow of the boat directly under
the magazine.
The wreck is being guarded by the
United States navy to prevent the
Spaniards making away with it in
order to destroy evidence. The idea
that it was the work of Cubans to
precipitate war and thus gain their
freedom, does not seem probable
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24
CASH PREFERRED,
seventh District Cuban Relief Committee
Wants Cash Instead of Flour.

Aho ~oou instead OF FI0ur.
A letter from Col. II. G. Toler O
Wichita, chairman of the Cubar
Relief committee for the Seventh
congressional district, states thai
cash donations henceforth will be
preferable to -four, for the reason
That Col. Toler has made arrange.
ments with an export firm for supply.
ing aour packed in jute sacks of lac
pounds each at $3.50 per hundred.
The flour already sent in for the
relief of the Cuban sufferers had to BE-
repacked for shipment to Cuba, which
necessitated a great deal of expense
and trouble. Money expended in This
cause can be put to much better use
by Col. TOler than by individuals and
for this reason the committee here
after desires the money instead of the
-four.
Sumner County has been rather slow
in responding to the presidents call
for aid. To date only three sacks of
-four and 50 in money have been
donated. We ought to be ashamed Of
ourselves. The -four came from the
Belle PLANE Grand Army post and
81 each came from Thos. Buttrey of
this city, and A.. D. Spangler of Perth.
The call has been extensively circula-
ted in all parts of the county and
there is apparently no reason for the
small amount of donations received
other than a general want of sym
pathy on the part Of the. people for
the struggling Cubans. journal.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24
The Modern Way

commends itself TO the well.in-
formed, to pleasantly and effectually
what was formerly done in the crudest
manner and disagreeably as well. To
cleanse the system and break up colds.
headache, and fevers without un-
pleasant after effects, use the delight.
ful liquid laxative remedy. Syrup of
Figs. Manufactured by Califm mia
Fig Syrup Company
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24
Many People Cannot Drink

coffee at night. 1t spoils their
sleep. You can drink Grain-O when
you please and sleep like a top. For
Grain-O does not stimulate; it
nourishes, cheers and feeds. Yet it
looks and tastes like the best coffee.
For nervous persons, young people and
children Grain-0 is the perfect drink.
Made from pure grains. Get a pack
age from your grocer today. Try it In
place OF coffee. Is and 25c.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24
Rows This!

we offer one hundred dollars reward for
any case Of CT tayrh that cannot he cnred i ~,
Halls Catarrh Cure. -'S" "
+: J. CHENEY & CO.. Props. Toledo. O.
We the undersigned, have known r
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
ions ana financially able to carry ont any
oDligstions made by their firm. '
west iruaI; Wholesale Druggists. Toledo.
Druggists Toledo, D. ""Oi's''io
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internallv
acting directly upon the blood and mncoy,
surfaces OF the system. Price. - cents ner
eol,ie' Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24

may not receive state fund. You re.
member | called for them, but in
Valn' Do you know, any clerk who
falls to make his report is liable to a
fine of not less than $50, and it is the
duty of the superintendent to enforce
the law? Please read the law, and
reports will be on hand in due time, |
hope. All who have not the new law
Can get it at my office. | kindly ask
all our county editors to copy this
article, as desire to reach all school
boards. Respectfully.
JOHN W. MCLAUGHLIN,
Superintendent.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24
Teachers and District Boards.


County examinations for certificates
redefcient in determining who are
successful in the school, as an appli-
cant may fail in making the grade as
required by law, while being duly
competent to enter upon the duties of
an instructor, and govern and lead
the pupils far more satisfactorily
than another who made the required
per cent, Therefore, district boards
are often seriously mistaken in engag.
ing their teacher, Notwithstanding
they are permitted to examine the
applicants frst-grade certificate.
We are not mistaken when we af-
firm that we are able to point out
third-grade teachers who are able to
do better work than some first and
second grades. District boards make
a mistake in saying We will have none
but first grades, with experience.
They find those who are able to an-
swer certain questions, and then fail
in the school room. The law fails 10
reach the remedy by denying the ap-
plcant the third-grade, but drives
from the room, often, far more sue
cesSful teacher than many who are
holders of higher grades.
We have conceived the idea of grad.
Ing the work of the teachers in their
respective rooms, and place it on the
certificate for the benefit of the dis
trict board. Superintendent STRIKER
will order blanks prepared for this all.
important wOrk-the link needed ST.
long. Those boards who have been
made acquainted with this change
aficm they will consider the 100 Der
cent following the words Faithful
ness in SchOOl-room''on the certificate
of more value than the 900 per cent
following some certain branches. Do
not understand we advocate the idea
OF encouraging continuation of third
grades; far from it, but this plan will
cause those who are not calculated to
make desirable teachers, to seek other
occupations, as any certificate having
less than Is per cent for above grade
lscOnsideled sufficient warning to the
school board. Hence, if school boards
will attend to their business in exam
lining the certificates of all applicants,
those who are deficient will not travel
far with less than 70 per cent, but
seek other employment, which will be
better for all Col rned.
Do not imagine our worthy teachers
object to this plan, but are highly
gratifed, looking forward to such
thinning of the RANKS that will raise
the standard and make the profession
more desirable and profitable. As it
is not my intention to ask for the
Office again, l am DESTROYS of making
my words good in doing better work
than before, this being my third
term. l had arranged plans for much
Improvement, l consider, but the new
law forbids carrying out those plans.
desire clerks to be prompt in for.
warding reports, as cannot aud will
not wait this year as last. | have not
received some of the annual reports OF
last year yet. and several districts
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24

A mule owned by Nat Rogers of
Paris, KY, committed suicide under
peculiar circumstances. 1t had been
afflicted with q malady, which seemed
to be brain trouble, and which had
dened the skill of veterinarians. The
mule suffered cOnvulsion after copypl.
slon' and finally rushed into a popd
aud drowned itself. A post norton
revealed the fact that a mouse had
crawled up the mules nose and eaten
into its brain.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24
Don't Tobacco SUit and Smot. y0n, ~. 49,

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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24

Frank Sherwood was down town to-
DAY, the first time since he had his
tussle wish cholera mOrbus. He saws
he drove thirty miles. later he was
taken, and never came so near diving
IN his life. After this when he goes
out in the country he will take a
bottle of Chamberiain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhcea Remedy with him.
Missouri Valley Iowa Times. For
sale by all druggists.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24

Wm' Zumbrum of Belle PLANE,
hauled to Wellington three sacks of
flour, donated by the Belle Plaine G..
Ar. post and the W.R.C. This is
the kind of patriotism that bears the
stamp of sincerity.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24

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tue most wonderful medicine ever
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by H. f. Smith. ~
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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24

Funeral services over the remains
OF Miss Francis Z. Willard, president
Of the Worlds WOman's Christian
Temperance Union, we're held in
New York Sunday. The body will
then be sent to Chicago.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24

The ensuing years advertising for
that well known high class remedy.
Paine's celery compound, is to be the
largest in its history. The sales of
this medicine are phenomenal
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24
OVER THE COUNTY,

oOutn haven.
Mulvane sent 81 sacks of -four to th
suffering CubanS.
The South Haven Baptists hav
bought new 900 pound bell.
Spring plOwing has,commenced il
the eastern part Of the county.
Conway Springs has already com
menced to writhe in the throes of
city election.
The dedicatOry sermon of the new
broad-guage church at Hunnewell will
bepreached next Sunday.
The question of supplying the bust
ness streets Of Mulvane with more
hitch racks is agiLating the CONNER
cial club.
The habit Of fraternal lodges in one
town visiting lodges in neighborine
towns is becoming the fashion in Sum
ner county.
The diphtheria and measles have
disappeared from South Haven and
the public schools have cautiously
opened up.
An IOwan was in South Haven last
week looking for suitable place for a
colony of Hawkeyes. They're coming
to Kansas from all directions.
The question OF adding Two more
years of study in the Mulvane schools
is being discussed. This will require
the employment of an additional
teacher.
The papers are beginning to report
wolf killings again. There is not d
wolf 10 Sumner county. They ar,
nothing but common, lean, lank, hun.
cry, yelpiDg coyotes.
A Conway Springs girl named May,
who had fad for chanping her name,
first spelled it "Maye, "then "Mae,''
then May" and soon after she gol
married dropped the "y" aud now
spells it "Ma."
The peach editor of the Conway
Springs Star reports that the peacli
BIRDS are not developed very much a.
yet, but are in good condition. He
thinks the prospects good for an
abundant crop this year.
Pigs are dying of "black teeth" near
Mulvane. This is a curious disease.
If the black teeth are extracted in
time the pigs will get well. The teeth
are loose at first and can be easily
pulled with a pair Of forceps.
The latest joke on County Commits
sloner Joe GOOch is tod by the Con-
way Springs Star: The county super
intendent, while making The rounds
of the schools in the county, called at
the school in district las and proceeded
to question the scholars on diver,
matters educational. Finally he
asked: "Who makes the law?" One
bright young hopeful held up his hand
and said, 81 know" "Who?" asked
the superintendent. "Joe Goochr
promptly and proudly answered the
future political light.
At the meeting of the Christian
church Monday night, the officers
were elected and a unanimous call
was extended to Rev. Frank Talmape
of Wellington, as its pastor. Services
will be held every Sunday. Preach
ing both morning and evening. Rev.
Talmage is man who needs no intro.
ductiOn to a great many people in this
section. His labors have been attend.
ed with good success. The church is
to be congratulated on being able TO
secure the services of a preacher Of
national reputation, as Mr.. TaImape
has. An invitation is extended To the
people of this community to come out
and hear him. The work of building
is to begin at OIce and pushed to an
early completion. 1t is the intentiup
OF the congregation to have the bouse
OF worship ready for dedication Feb
ruary 20, at which time Mr.. Talmape's
labors will begin with this church,
Hunnewell RepOrter.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24

Miss Frances E. Willard, president
OF the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, died shortly after midnight
Thursday morning, at the Hotel En-
pire, New York City.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24

The rain falls on the just and un-
just, Begg's Cherry Cough Syrup cures
a cold, asthma, and LaGrippe caught
IN rain or shine. We keep It'll. F.
Smith, ~
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24

The number of dead as the result of
the destruction of the U. 5. battle
ship Maine in the Havana harbor
is 260.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24

County Superintendent Mclaughlin
Is busy issuing certificates for the last
teachers examination.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24
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