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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17
MExIco,s SIGN LANGUAGE.
It's Standings and Suggestions Arc Be-
vond All Translation,

Its Standings and Suggestions Arc Be-
yond All Translation.
Mexico is land OF many tongues;
but above the Indian dialects and
Spanish there is one universal Ian
guage. the language Of signs, says
Modern Mexico. 1t is the most ex-
pressive of all; the Mexican eye and
hand are eloquent members. 1t is
capable of infinite variation; its shad-
ings and suggestions are beyond all
translation. But there are certain ges-
lures that have fixed meaning, sig
MITIGATION we'll understood to every ma
ton and every tribe from Guatemala
to Texas. A general upward move
ment of the body shoulders shrugged,
eyebrows raised, lips pouted, the palms
outspread vary in meaning from Il
don't know and l don't care" to a most
respectful, Really, sir, 10 not under
stand YOU" The index finger moved
rapidly from right to left, generally
before the face, means, mo more" or
simply "No." To move the right hand
palm outward from the body toward
another person means, Just wait; I'll
be even with you yet" The index fin
ger on the temple, moved with boring
twist means, He's drunk" The right
hand held to the lips three fingers
doubled, thumb and little finger erect,
varies from HE drinks" to Have one
with me-" To move the open hand
over the cheek in imitation of razor
has reference to the idiom playing
the barber" and means ito flatter." All
four fingers and the thumb held points
together and moved toward the mouth
means ito eat" The right hanI held
before the face, the two middle fingers
moving rapidly, is familiar saluta-
ton.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17
WITH APPENDICITIS.
She Suffered, but Announced There Was
Cure in Sight.

Cure in Sight.
A woman from near Sabatis came
into Lewiston after doctor to go out
and visit her daughter, who was Ill
in bed, as she said, the other night.
The woman explained that once week
as sure as certain night came around,
the daughter was taken i'll and went
to bed with all the symptoms of appen-
dicitis, as soon as supper time came.
The doctor didn't like going out to
Sabatis in the cold, but went. The
woman said that her daughter didn't
know that she was coming in after the
doctor. She had gone to bed and
locked the door of her room. When
there the doctor warmed himself while
the lady went up to tell her daughter
that the doctor was there. In little
while the woman came down, and,
with scared face, said that the door
was locked and she could not arouse
the girl. The doctor went up and tried
to shake open the door,, but it would
not shake. So the father of the young
lady put his shoulder to the door and
the room, and the bed had not been
tumbled. That they were startled is
putting it light. They adjourned to the
kitchen, and finally went out to search
for the girl. Nothing was found of
her, and the next morning they were
talking of it at breakfast time when
down she came from the bedroom as
il she had been asleep in her bed all
night. The CONSERVATION on their faces
showed that she was found out, and
she confessed that she had been going
to dances once week; and that in
stead of being i'll when she went to bed.
she went out her window, and in that
way found her way to the street, where
a beau waited for her. But am go
ing to be married now, and it will
not make much difference whether 1
go to the dance with your consent or
not" she said.-Lewiston Journal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17
A WILD ROSE SKIN.
How 1t Can be Easily and Healthfully
Obtained.

When a Swedish woman has a clear,
beautiful skin, it rivals almost in ex-
quisite loneliness the bloom Of the
English rose" or her cousin, the
American lily" To lie in bed and be
waited on by nurse with wild-rose
complexion and to discover that when
health returns one may hope to attain
such a complexion by the use Of very
simple means, seems to make up in
some degree for the weary days in
bed ooh, nurse, if only had your
complexion! If could change my dull
spotted skin for one like yours, it
seems to me 1 would be willing to
jump into barrel Of boiling oil"
well, den, mees," was the reply, you
can hat it, sure, if you do but one lee
tie ting. My skin vas all spots vat
you call 'peemples' and the doctor he
say it change of climate. He den tell
me to buy 25 cent worth of phosphate
of soda. take a teaspoonful in glass
warm water at bed time, and de same
before breakfast. 1t not nasty. So,
for Won week also take the same be-
fore each other meal; after dat for
Won week I take only night and morn
ing. In two veek, behold me as now"
Reader, l have followed the advice
for won hat week" only, and already
my skin seems like that of a little
child" To those who desire to change
a thick, unresponsive skin for a clear,
bright complexion, this simple and
practical advice is gladly given by
convalescent.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17
CHAPTER VIII

We must allow the Indian fleet to
pursue its way to the Cape with every
variety Of wind and weather. Some
had parted company, but the rendez-
vous was Table Bay, from which they
were again to start together.
Philip Vanderdecken was soon able
to render some service on board. He
studied his duty diligently, for en-
ployment prevented him from dwelling
too much upon the cause for his en-
barkation, and he worked hard at the
duties of the ship. for the exercise
procured for him that sleep which 9TH
erwise would have been denied.
He was soon favorite of the cap
tain, and intimate with Hillebrant, the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17

Two commercial travellers were COM
pairing notes. Il have been out three
weeks" said the first. and l have
only got four orders" THAT beats
me-" said the other Il have been out
four weeks, and have only got one
order. and that's from the firm to come
home"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17
Looking Ahead.

'Ts huyd white folks put in heaps O.
time" said Uncle Eben, "ahgufyin'
bout whethuh we's descended fun
monkeys. Dat ain de question. It's
whut direction is we gwine now
Washington Star.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17

From the prosecutions of the Pill
grim Fathers and the Huguenots In
other lands, God set upon these shores
nation. The council-fires of the abo-
rhymes went out in the greater light
of a free government. The sound of
the war-whoop was exchanged for the
thousand wheels of enterprise and
progress. The mild winters, the fruit
full summers, the healthful skies,
charmed from other lands a race of
hardy men, who loved God and wanted
to be free. Before the woodman's axe
forests fell, and rose again into ships
masts and churches pillars. Cities on
the banks of the lakes began to rival
cities by the sea. The land quakes
with the rush of the rail car, and the
waters are churned white with the
steamers wheel. Fabulous bushels of
Western wheat meet on the way fabu-
lous tons OF Eastern coal. Furs from
the North pass on the rivers fruits
from the South. And trading in the
same market are Maine lumberman.
and South Carolina rice merchant, and
Ohio farmer, and Alaska fur dealer.
And churches and schools and asy-
lums scatter light and love and mercy
and salvation upon seventy millions OF
people.
I pray that our nation may not copy
the crimes Of nations that have per-
ished; that our cup Of blessing turn
not to wormwood and we go down. l
am by nature and by grace an optimist
and I expect that this country win
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-06

he exclaimed, and both boys anxiously
rushed to the birds.
They are not our cokerels!" cried
Will ''See those yellow feathers"
And the white in their faces" said
Fritz Il see through the trick. That
greaser has snapped with u.s."
"Beaten." VIII CALCULATED, with a
long face.
Not yeti" Fritz exclaimed. Hes
taken to the beach. See Mildly He
knows. You go down by the old road
and I'll take the steps. Well catch
him yeti"
The little colony sat on bluff rising
almost perpendicularly from the beach.
There were two paths to the sea, one
by an easily inclined road which wound
around the cliffs, and the other by a
long. steep flight of steps that scaled
the face of the bluff.
Fritz and MILDLY anXiously scanned
the heights and beat about the little
eucalyptus grove before scrambling
down the steps, but discovered nothing
to encourage them. Will, who had
made the long detour of the winding
road, arrived at the foot of the stairs
almost as soon as they did, hot and
breathless, but with no trace of the
fugitive to report.
Il wonder what that craft is about?"
asked Fritz, pointing to a fisher. boat
lying to a short distance down the
coast.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-06
TORTOISE A BAROMETER.
Doesn't Like Rain, and Hides Before
a Storm.

The tortoise is not an animal one
would naturally fix upon as likely to be
afraid of rain. but it is singularly so.
Twenty-four hours or mere before rain
falls the Galapagos tortoise makes for
some convenient shelter. On bright,
clear morning, when not a cloud is to
be seen, the denizens of a tortoise farm
on the African coast may sometimes be
seen heading for the nearest overhanS-
ing rocks. When that happens the
proprietor knows that rain will come
down during the day and as rule 1t
comes down in torrents. The sign
never fails. This presentation, or
whatever you may call ii, which exists
in many birds and beasts. may be eX-
planned partly from the increasing
weight of the atmosphere when rain is
forming partly by habits of living
and partly from the need of moisture
which is shared by all.
If we want to find a country where
nature has turned things topsy- turvy-
that is. according to our notlon-we
must go to Australia. Many things are
reversed in that country. 1t is summer
there while it is winter in America.
Trees shed their bark instead of their
leaves; fruit has the stone or kernel
outside: swans are black; there is
species of fly that kills and eats the
spider, and a fish, called the climbing
perch. that walks deliberately out OF
the water, and with the aid of its fins
climbs the adjacent trees after the IN
scots that infest them. When to this
we add that most of the birds have no
song and the flowers no odorS. 1t is
easily seen that it is on the other side
of the world in more senses than one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-06

They hurried down the beach and at
the same time the little craft hoisted a
rag of sail and made toward them. She
was almost opposite when MILDLY, who
had been jumping around like a crazy
doy and looking in all directions, sud-
denly gave out a loud yell and started
back as if he had been shot.
The boys wheeled around and stared
Look" they shouted simultaneously,
and started after the dog.
A bare-legged and swarthy Mexican
had emerged from one of the large
hollows worn by the sea in the bluff.
and was running down across the sand,
straight for the surf. They could see
that he had large sack in his hand
Meanwhile Il fresh breeze had struck
the dory and it was making good head
way in his direction.
I'VE shall lose him!" said Will. Hes
going to swim for it,
After him. Go after him, Middy."
yelled Fritz.
The dog needed no urging, but bound
ed down the beach and took to the
water after the man with the bag.
The tide was out. but the fellow was
already in the surf and the boat was
rounding to, just outside the breakers.
No use" sighed Will He has too
good a start"
He may not make it," persisted
Fritz, and if he does we won't give
up"
Just then shrill cry of pain came
from the surf, followed by another,
still louder.
The fugitive had halted. He stag
gered in the deep water that was now
above his waist. and turned and limped
toward the shore, bowling grievously
as he slowly retraced his steps.
What is it?" asked Will in amaze
ment.
Il know-it's a stingaree," exclaimed
Fritz. The thief has hot barb in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-06

his heel, and it's cramped his leg.
We've got him.
With a cry of rage, the fellow lifted
the bag above his head and flung it
as far as he could into the sea.
But the setter was too good a bird
dog to wait for any command to swim
for it and bring it ashore, and it was
safe in his mouth before it could sink.
Hurrying to meet him, the boys found
their precious cockrels in the sack,
frightened half to death and their white
plumes dripping but not beyond re-
covery of animation or family pride.
AS for the. thief, the boys cut the
barb out of ManuePs ankle, dressed the
wound, gave him back his substituted
birds and sent him home vowinS sol
EMMY to keep at an honest distance
from other folks chicken coops, with
the burning smart of his injury to re-
mind him of his virtuous resolution for
many days to come-for the barb of
the '.stinSaree'' is STEPPED in poison.
1t is the wasp of the sea, the sting
ray, and the warm surf of the Pacific
beaches is its favorite abode. 1t is
round, fiat fish, varying in. diameter
from a few inches to a foot, with
barb an inch or two long reposing in
neat groove on the top of its tail.
The sting-ray employs this weapon
only for defense or retaliation. When
a bather steps on the fish, the barb iiles
UP as if the indignant sting-ray had
touched a spring, and lodges in the I'M
lucky heel or ankle; but the ray is not
disposed to press the spring till pressed
to do so.
You anticipate the conclusion of my
story. OF course the Krantz brothers
cockerels took the $50 prize, as no rivals
approached theirs merits and magnif-
cence.
This victory added.to the fame of the
young breeders; and eggs for Matching,
from their pens. now command a pre-
MUM. adding much TO their revenue
and many to the comforts OF their little
home on the bluffs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-06
DIAGRAM OF PUZZLE.

Here is puzzle that is thousands of
years old. for it was invented by some
great Chinese mathematician centuries
and centuries ago. 1t is not we'll known
in America, and so, for the amusement
of the children. young and old, it is now
laid before them. You can make it
yourself very easily. All you have to
do is to cutcout a square piece of card
board. Then cut it in half diagonally
Cut one of these halves in half again.
The other half of the original square
must be cut according to the diagram
here (No. u, so that you have seven
pieces of cardboard after all are cut
out.
There should be two large triangles
of the same size. one somewhat small
er, two others of the same size still
smaller. a small square and an oblong
The first square may be as large OF as
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-06

One afternoon the boys had gone
back on the desert to hunt cotton
tail rabbits, which their mother knew
how TO fry so temptingly, and they
were returning with full bags. MILDLY
trotting along a few rods in advance.
As they neared their home in the lit
tie settlement by the sea, where only
few cottages stood, and those far apart,
MILDLY came rushing back as fast as
he could gallop, barking like mad and
beside himself with excitement
Wonder what's up?" exclaimed Will.
HE wants usSto come away" said
Fritz, and the brothers broke into a
run.
They soon ascertained what had ex-
cited the dog. There was a great hue
and cry in the poultry yard, and one
of the pens had been broken
THAT thieying greaser again, and in
broad daylight this timei"
VIII jumped into the broken pen as
he cried out, closely followed by Fritz.
They hurriedly took a census of their
stock.
None missing here said Fritz.
mo. they count up all right" replied
Will. land there are both the prize
cockerels over yonder."
Fritz paused moment and turned
pale.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-06

small as you please. so long as it is di-
vided according to the diagram. Now
that you have the seven pieces of
board the puzzle is to combine them SO
as to form the figures printed in solid
black. How this is to be done is shown
by the outlined figures. given as solu-
tions. All of the other solid figures
can be formed in the same way-but
you must remember that all of the
seven pieces must be used for each fig
ure. 1t will amuse and puzzle you and
your friends to find all of the solu-
lions, but they are so simple that you
Will be surprised when you do find how
they are done that you did not find
them sooner. The value of this puzzle
is that it illustrates the point so we'll
known to every artist, that with the
triangle and square you can draw al
most anything. afterwards rounding off
the corners.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-06

added TN sure of it," with a sniff and
a wag and an eye-fiash.
The boys had been called out of bed
by Middy's noisy alarm and the loud
commotion among the fowls in the cor
raj. They owned a chicken ranch in
southern California near the beautiful
bay of San Diego. Their invalid father
had come with his family from the
eastern states a few years before and
started this little industry. He did not
live to see it pay dividends, but he told
his boys that if they would stay with
it," ii would support them and their
mother; and always remember" said
ne, that the Lord helps those who
help themselves"
The young fellows knew how to work
and how to think. They mastered the
hen problem. They bred those famous
ortgage-lifters" white leghorns,
fowls that give good weight for the
corn they eat and produce lots of large
fair eggs. The boys broilers were the
first in the market, their layers had
scientific care, and did business when
others didn't, and their income from
their enterprise was growing every
year.
Swinging their lanterns with MILDLY
at their heels, they scanned the scurry-
ing people of the pens and all the corral
fences, on this midsummer night.
He got nothing" said Will at last,
with an expression of relief.
Good dog, MILDLY, good fellow ex-
claimed Fritz fondiy, patting the set
ter. we can go to bed all right with
you on guard.
But before going in they could not
help giving another look at the roost
where perched drowsily their pair of
pet cockrels. the pride of the coopS
and the hope of the young ranchers.
do you think they are winners.
WHIP" asked Fritz, as he cast a Ian
Iern-glow over the plump, contented
birds.
I'm sure of it," said VIII. There
isn't a pair in the county that can be-
gin with them. Everybody says So
The county fair was near at hand,
and these young ROSTERS were candi-
dates for the special prize of $50 Of
fered by an enthusiastic fancier for the
best pair of white leghorn cockrelS.
The boys had brought up the chicks as
if they were princes of royal blood and
had watched their rapid and symmet-
rical growth with the keeneSt salts
faction The birds, too, seemed to real
ize how much depended on them, and
10 practice the virtues and avoid the
perils which adorn and beset young
roOsterhood.
..Mucho beautiful" cried old Este
ban, the Mexican egg-buyer. when he
came around few weeks later. They
win sure. Ay, la blancura, Only one
pair come near them. They Manuel'S
cross the bay. but not so white, no."
They were beauties, everyone could
see that It did not require expert
eyes to admire their fine points. their
snow Csift plumage with not brassy
feather IN it, their CHEEKY red faces,
certain sign of good breeding. their
great seven-pOinted combs. standing
up as firm and proud as the Sierras
themselves. their beautiful wattles and
solid white ear-lobes. the despair of
so many breeders. and more than all,
their well-hlled bodies and obvious
weight. counting for so much with
either judge or marketman.
Yes. they were rare and almost per-
feet specimens OF their strain. and fully
deserved old Esteban's eulOgy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-06
Pedantry.

NDetTOll JOurlldl-J
With an imperious gesture she arrests
the attention of the waiter.
Goldfish balls.' she cries in loud. rau-
couS voice.
But nobody is deceived. Everybody is
at once aware that she is stranger here
in Boston. L
For this is not genuine culture but tuI-
gar pedantry,.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-06
A Smart Retort.
(Spare Moments


A quiet-loolking young man was walk
ing along the Strand the other day when
he suddenly slipped over piece of orange
peel and fell into the gutter.
While he was in the act of rising,
swell who was passing by thinking to
amuse the bystanders) said:
Where did you lie last?
Where you were bred, was the uneX-
pected reply.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-06
Che Bert,et Of the Sea.
BY HARRY E. ANDREWS.

'It's a coyote!"
NO coyote made that mark-it's a
greaser!" And lowering his lantern.
Fritz Krantz pointed to the broad
print made by bare foot in the sand
u guess you're right said Will, the
younger brother, while MILDLY. the set
ter, who had been barking furiously,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
too soon yet for any candidate to
form an adequate idea Of his own

too soon et)for any candidate to
form an adequate idea Of his own
strength. The situation is too
new, and Mr.. Reeds withdrawal
too recent for any one to speak
with confidence as to his success
sol, | should not have announced
my candidacy had not the entire
delegation from Iowa offered me
its undivided and cordial support.
Many gratifying assurances of
support have reached me, and 80
| enter upon the race with the
knowledge that my candidacy
will have plenty of excellent
backing"
Col. Henderson was chairman
of the House Republican caucus
committee, which has already
performed the duty of preparing
9 financial bill assigned to It, and
with him nearly all the members
OF. the caucus committee come to
Washington. Owing to an agree
ment made with the republi. an
members of the Senate Finance
committee, the measure agreed
upon will not be made public until
it has received the approval of
the Senators. Members of the
caucus committee say that the
bill agreed upon is conservative
and express confidence that it will
be approved by the republican
party and by the business inter-
ests of the county.
Senatar Jones, chairman of the
Democratic National committee,
stole march on the eastern dem
ocrats who have been schemine
to depose him, by designating Mr..
J. G. Johnson, the Kansas mem
Der of the committee, to act as
chairman during his absence in
Europe, whittier he has gone to
benefit his health.
Representative Paine, of n. Y.
who is candidate for Speaker OF
the House, made this flatfooted
statement, that ought to put an
end to the foolish talk about Pres
ident Mckinley participating in
the good-natured contest going
on: "Mr. Mckinley has inform.
ed mo personally that he will take
no part whatever in the selection
of a successor to MI. Reed"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
The Sure La Grippe Cure.

There is no use suffering from this
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the right remedy. You are having
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is out Of order, have no appetite, no
life or ambition. have a bad cold, in
fact are completely used up. Electric
Bitters is the ooly remedy that will
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They act directly on your liver, stom-
ach and kidneys, tone up the whole
system and make you feel like a new
oeiDg. They are guaranteed to cure
or price refunded. For sale at Ray
Humiston's Drng Store, only so cents
per bottle.