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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-29
The Queen as a Mother.

The queen, although kind, has been
despotic mother and grandmotner'
and has concerned herself, says m. A.
p" more than the average parent with
the bringing up of her descendants. Be-
sides carefully supervising her chill
dren's education, selecting OF approx
ing their friends, and providing their
husbands and wives, she has vigorously
controlled their pin money, of when
there never has been any wasting IN
the precincts of old Windsor. Toys
and gewgaws in the royal nursery were
limited, but there never was any lack
of books Each child had its own min
iature book case, and was responsible
for keeping it in order, as well as Tor
a periodical report showing just how
many and what books had been read.
The report was submitted to the queen
at the end of every month. The chill
dren frequently preferred to pass the
time playing, making out their list at
random, but were invariably caught.
In this respect Princess Louise is re-
ported to have proved the worst delin-
quent, and it is said that on an aver
age her royal highness spent whole
day of each month in an empty room,
as punishment for this offense alone.
On one occasion, when child of 8, she
reported that her literary food for the
month had consisted of few fairy
tales "The Meditations of Marcus Au-
relius" and 1.-THE Life of Zwingli." The
queens suspicious being aroused, she
questioned her daughter as to who
these personages were. Unhesitatingly
came the reply that Marcus Aurelius
had discovered America and Zwingli
was a famous German actor!
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-29
How IA Certain Duel Was STAYED on.

Lord March (afterward the Marquis
of Queensberry) was not accustomed
to view duel with unbecoming appre-
hension, and usually attended an affair
with an air of enjoyment that often
was decidedly displeasing and embar-
RAISING to his adversary. But he was
served at last with that sauce which
the proverb explains is for the gander
as we'll as for the goose. 1t was when
he was challenged to fight an Irish
sportsman. Lord March appeared on
the ground accompanied by second, a
surgeon and other witnesses. His op-
ponent arrived soon afterward with a
similar retinue but added to by a per-
son who staggered under the weight
OF a polished oak coffin, which he de-
posted on the ground, end up, with
it's lid facing Lord March and his par
ty. Lord March became decidedly I'M
comfortable when he read the inscrip-
ton plate, engraved with his own name
and title, and the date and year Of
death, and peace was patched up.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-29
NEW YEARS DAY IN KITCHEN.

Cook will probably have he's New
Years callers, and if you are wise you
will close eyes and ears for the nonce,
nor investigate too closely the contents
of dish or demijohn For her friends
are hale and hearty, with old fashioned
ideas on the subject of hospitality and
an aversion to such foolish fripperies
as tea or coffee!
If you have a few flowers or ribbons
that you do not need they will be well
bestowed upon her, and will add to her
attractiveness as she sits in state be-
hind a well filled table in her kitchen
presiding over some such scene as
this:
Ting-a-ling-ling!
Mary, there's the basement bell.
G'wan now an open the dure."
The kitchenmaid does so, and re-
ports:
It's Mr.. Duffy"
"Arrah! come right in, Mr.. Duffy.
It's tn first ye are, an good luck to
you"
Good luck to you, Miss Kelly.
Shure it's fine night, God be
praised"
alvin! Sit down."
Duffy does so, and stares around in
awkward fashion.
AN are ye maxim many calls, Mr..
Duffy"
This is the first. shure l didn't
lave the dumps till SWIM"
True for YOU Anpwhat will you
have to drink? There's sherry wine
an port wine, an claret wine an some
whisky"
Mr.. Duffy's dull eye brightens.
"I'll take little of tn ould stuff,
he says with grin.
He takes it, but not little.
Twill yez have some cake or sand
wich?"
Have yez arrah a corn bafe SAM
wich in tn house?"
"Shure have. Take two of thin"
He does so, and munches till the bell
rings again.
The maid announces "Mr. Geo.
hogan"
Duffy rises with some show of per-
turbation.
II think III be goin'."
"Arrah don't hurry. Ye know Mr..
Geohogan?"
81 know no good av him."
"Arrah, PLAT talk have you more?'
Duffy moves to the door as the new rles,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-29
WOOD.

sea. an undefinable change of express
sion in those brown eyes looking out
of the albumen paper. Our magma
ton is subject to such unhealthy fiut-
ters as this, yet most interesting grew
that picture, and H. Parker's eyes and
heart were won, II his reason sane
toned not.
Preposterous and incrediblel The
duck skirt began to move slightly, as
~ stirred by breeze from the sea, and
the margins of the picture drew far
Their and farther apart, until on one
side a row of bath houses came into
view. while on the other the broad,
blue ocean sparkling in the summer
sunlight More than this, H. Parker
was conscious of slight odor OF salt
in the air. as of seaweed and wet rocks
left by the tide. The distant boom OF
breakers, soft at first, grew louder and
nearer. When the girl stepped down
from the drift log to the sand before
his eyes, the doctors smile OF incredul-
ity suddenly expired. When she looked
at him and spoke he felt a tremor
in the very marrow Of his bones, and
not a tremor wholly OF surprise either.
There he was-on the beach with
her again; not Baxter OF surgical treat
lscs and test-tubes. but The summer
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-29

gold, and the other emerald! Come In
today! The world you leave behind Is
a poor world, and II will burn and pass
off like pillars of smoke Whether the
final conflagration will start In the COAL
mines of Pennsylvania, which, in some
places, have for many years been BURN
ing and eating into the heart Of the
mountains, or whether 1t shall begin
near the California geysers. or whether
from out the furnaces of Cotopaxi, and
Vesuvius, and Stromboli, 1t shall burst
forth upon the astonished nations, L.
make no prophecy; but all geologists
tell us that we stand on the lid OF
world the heart of which is a raging,
roaring, awful flame, and some day
God will let the red monsters out OF
their Imprisonment, and New YORK on
fire in 1885, and Charleston on fire In
1866 and Chicago on fire in 1871, and
Boston on fire in 1873, were only ike
one spark from a blacksmithls forge
as compared with that last universal
blaze, which will be seen in other
worlds. But gradually the flames VIII
lessen, and the world will become a
great living coal, and that will take
on ashen hue, and then our ruined
planet will begin to- smoke, and tne
mountains will smoke, and the valleys
will smoke, and the islands will smoke,
and the seas will smoke, and the cities
will smoke, and the five continents will
be five pillars of smoke But the BLACK
vapors will begin to lessen in height
and density, and then will become
hardly visible to those who look upon
1t from the sky galleries, and after a
while from just one point there will
curl up a thin, solitary vapor, and
then even that will vanish, and there
will be nothing left except the charreo
ruins of burned-out world, the corpse
of a dead STAR the ashes OF an extin'
guished planet, a fallen pillar of smoke
But that will not interfere with youl
investments IL you have taken Chris
as your Savior. Secure heaven al
your eternal home, and you can looi
down upon a dismantled, disrupted
and demolished earth without any per
turbation.
when wrapped in fire the realms o
ether glow,
And heavens last thunders shake tn
earth below,
Thou undismayed. shalt DER the ruin
smile,
! And light thy torch at natures funera
pile"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-29

room with its music and flowers? THAI
cottage half buried in the pines seems
a truer home than many a brown stone
front on the avenue2"
"Ah, thousand times" answered
Grace with the frown dying out OF her
face. His words we're slow and earn
est, but she seemed not tol connect
them with the speaker. They put her
into a brown study and she fell to ex-
aiming a handful of sand for garnets.
Watching the search. he continued
even more quietly than before.
Would there be happiness for You
in little home such as that cottage.
far from town, with all its parties and
things, where yon would be with real
people, where you would be loved and
served by real friends?"
Closer scrutiny of the sand.
Would you give up that luxurious
life that You have followed FOE this.
and for a fellow whose every energy
would be turned to your happiness
such fellow, in fact, as I?'
The sand slipped away, and the gar
nets were lost.
oh, Grace, Grace, would you-coud
you-T
Ding, dong-ding, dong-ding, dong;
| twelve o'clock.
II. Parker Baxter awoke with great
start and looked around astonished. He
had seen the New Year come in Au-
| gust
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-29

FOINE NIGHT, GOD BE PRAISED.
conner enters, and the two men nod to
each other in a surly fashion.
Good night" says Duffy.
Cook follows him to the door, and
her sibilant whisper can be heard
plainly.
why don't you like him, Mr..
Duffy?"
"Shure he's a scabl An, besides,
he's from Tyrone. niver give coun-
ty Tyrone man more than tn tip av me
finger"
And the basement door clangs be-
hind him.
Mr.. Geohogan partakes freely OF re-
freshment, and is proposing marriage
when a new batch of callers arrive.
"Givan wild you now" says Cook.
pleased and flustered, IAN come back
whin your sober tomorrow. Here comes
the Donnelly's."
From this time on the room becomes
a rendezvous for Cooks many &C
quaintances.
The policeman looks in the door 20
exchange his good wishes for bite and
sup" the grocery clerk drops in. the
ice man calls, and as the new year is
ushered in with bells and songs and
horns and. shouts. Cocks guests are
there. to aid in the and of"-New
York Herald.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-29

clad. sun-tanned devotee' OF Granite
Head, and the very ardent. though un-'
assuming, admirer of Grace Marston.'
Her first words confused his Thoughts
he felt ghostlike atmosphere about
him.. but after that the glazing August
sun warmed him through, the sea
breeze exhilerated him, he was hlled
with energy and real live happiness,
Dear me, she was saying, to think
that there is nothing better for you 10
photograph than a summer girl max
ing guy of herself on an old log!
There go those Sewali girls from the
/ Pines IL you hurry you can eaten
them to pose in a group for YOU, I've
heard they are great at it."
"At posing. suppose" he answered.
mo, Miss Marston, L have graduated
from the snap-'emrwhenever-you-can
class and have entered the art school
hence L have chosen you for the pic
| ture."
"Ha-ha-ha! appreciate that,
laughed the girl as they began to saunr
ter down toward the cliffs, "bnt have
you considered, Mr.. Baxter, the proba-
bility of my breaking the plate?"
What. An angler, too? Shall
not humor the weakness in you, still
if you are summer girl. as your OWL
confession would indicate
Pardon me, Mr.. Baxter, you know
like the assertion better when you lie
me make it,"
"Of course. Observe that advance
no statements on the subject myself.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-29
Well Agreed.

A story told me the other day-cer-
tainly told for new, but good enough
to be old:
On one of the recent warm days a
sour-visaged, middle-aged. fussy lady
got on one of the smoking seats on an
open car in the subway. Next her sat
a man who was smoking a cigar. More
than that, the lady, shifting, easily
made out that the man had been eat
ing onions. Still more than that
she had the strongest kind of suspic-
ion that he had been drinking beer.
The lady fused and wriggled, and
grew angrier and looked at the man
scornfully. Presently she could en-
dure 1t no longer She looked square
~ at him and said:
IF you were my husband, sir. I'd
give you a dose of poison,"
The man looked at her. "If were
your husband" said he, I'D take
it."-Boston Transcript.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-29
By NJ. s. Jameson.


"Well, II those fellows are coming
around to see the old year out they
had better show up pretty soon,"
yawned II. Parker Baxter as he slam
med. down the cover of ponderons
and, gruesome medical book and turned
a pair of sleepy eyes to the clock, which
was complacently ticking away the
last fifteen minutes of '9& No other
sounds were to be heard, save the oc-
oasional settling Of the fire in the
CRATE, for the snow lay deep and soit
over the cobble and fiagstone outside.
The old year, after stormy flfe,. was
dying calmly ard beautifully
To our friend Baxter. one OF these
unimpassioned, dusty men who never
''join in," this ancient ceremony Oh
seeing the old year out appealed but
feebly. He used to say of New Years.
ian arbitrarily fixed point In time
which has become the inaugural date
for good resolutions, to the necessary
neglect Of all other dates for their
formation" but most of his friends
thought this simply a speech that ne
was gratified to make. He was trying
hard to pose as rising young phys
ician," and was really acting the part
to. himself, as many an ambitious man
will do.
But however this may be, as the
seconds licked along, H. Parker grew
He SpttIpQ
himself back in the chair, stared at the
fire. and blinked. Then his eyelids
dropped.
This will never do" says he
Strengthening up with jerk and
reaching out to the table for something
10 read or look at, Il must keep awake
a few minutes longer" Chance put
stack of photographs under his hand
and though they were stale enough ne
began to look them over again-incl
dentally yielding to the comfort OF ~
ing back in the big chair. Some were
portraits of his friends at school ant
college, some were old faded prints
that ought to have had romances at
tached, but which were really verI
prosaic, even to him. Others bore tn
brand of the amateurs first attempt
these to be passed by quickly; few
were the products of his own photo
graphic skill at Granite Head last sum
, mer-bathers in the surf, the hotel,
, clam bake, etc.-all very fair photo
l graphs in their way-but hold! her
5 is one that might be studied critically
e There is no hurry. 1t is too late nov
K for the jewellers to come. H. Parke
: shifts to still more comfortable posi-
G ton and the soft lamp light shine
+ over his shoulder upon as pretty III
v tie picture as you would ask to see.
|. 1t is the picture Of a dark-haired CIR
dressed in suit of duck. She is stand
: ing on log of driftwood with he
9 hands behind her and her handsome
= happy face turned squarely to the cam
e era. In the developing of this pic
ture H. Parker had conceded that NOR
care was required than in ordinar
work: he had watched its delicate line
appear with the enthusiasm Of tru
, lover of the chemists art. With an
q other passion? Possibly, but that wa
g past and gone four months ago.
Y The young doctor liked that photo
+ graph, somehow. He had examined
e time and again until he knew its ever
e detail. 1t did not grow stale like tn
o others. But tonight there seemed
y be a new light upon it, new tone
s the unlicensed background of sand an
Il
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-29
AGES SERMON.
) OF SMOKE. LAST SUM-
DAYS SUBJECT.

bmon's Song 3: o; Who Is This
ometh Out of tho Wilderness
illars of Smoke: = Suffering OF
Church.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-29

Some men lose hats on an election
and some lose their heads
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-21

Every
house
keeper
Housekeeping,
Linens.

likes to add more crisp
beauty to the linen closet
linens are always a
welcome and suitable
gift. This splendid stock
is full Of suggestions.
DAMASK LINEN SETS
In an endless variety of choice
patterns table-cloth and napkins,
$4.25 to IS. 90
TOWELS
At 12Hc, ca. Splendid bleached,
hemmed, all linen huckaback
Towels, all white and white with
colored border; also all linen dam
ask Towels with colored borders
and knotted fringe Worth tic
At roc. ea.--Pretty bleached dam
ask Towels, all white with hem.
Actual value 33c
Also all white linen huckaback
Towels with hemstitched ends.
Regular value Csc.
At 25c ea.-A very fine line of
bleached linen Towels from Ger
many. Some are all white and
others white with colored borders,
both with hem and hemstitched
ends, also knotted fringe.
Others at 37Mc, soc, 75c
SQUARES, TRAY CLOTHS,
BUREAU AND
COMMODE SCARFS--
Ore wonders how such elaborate
Kings can be, sold for so little
every bit handwork. Exquisite
Drawn work and embroidery, large
y the work of the Japanese.
SQUARES
6 inches to As inches, &c. to SO 90 ca.
TRAY CLOTHS
l7x27 and i20x30 soc to $I75 ca
BUREAU AND CoMMODE sCARFs-
1884; l8x72; 20x80. 75c to $500 ca
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-21
"A CHANCE TO SAVE $500 YEARLY
Missed Because of Failure to Make APP
preparation for New Storage Bat
Telephone 1888.

Missed Because of Failure to Make Ap.
preparation for a New Storage Bat
terry.
The failure of the board of finance tc
appropriate $4,000 for the purchase by
the fire board of storage battery for
the fire alarm telegraph system of the
fire department is severely commented
upon by those who understand the cir
cumstances of the case. The battery
now in use is one of cells requiring cop
per, zinc and sulphate of copper to sup
generate the one-tenth amphere current
necessary for the purpose 300 cells are
required and to run these during the
year an outlay of about $3.50 for mater
ials IS required. Each cell takes four
pound piece of zinc and two pieces are
used during the year.
Storage batteries are used in Hart
ford, Springfield Waterbury and in
nearly every other city in the country
having a fire department. These bat
teries are charged from electric light
plants or from street railway power
houses and the charging costs about
$500 per year in cities of the size of
New Haven. In Wilmington, Del, the
storage battery of the fire department
is charged free of cost by the power
station of the electric street railway. A
new storage battery would cost about
$4,000 and in view Of the fact that The
outlay Of that amount would save about
$500 per year the failure of the board
Of finance to provide the appropriation
required is being considerably criticised.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-21
NEW YEARS SERVICE.

Regular Evening Service at Trinity tt
be Held at II O'Clock.
The regular evening service at Trim.
ity church Sunday. December 81, will b.
held at II o'clock that night, There
will be the full vested choir in attend.
ance, a special musical service will bt
given and sermon will be delivered by
the rector, Rev. DR.. F. w. Baker. Com
munion will be administered as soon
after midnight as possible and large
congregation is expected. The chimes
will ring as usual.
This is the first time shat an Episco-
pal3 church in New Haven has held a
service at that hour. The Christmas
celebration of Trinity church Sunday
school will be held at $50 o'clock on
Thursday, December %.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-21
ONLY Three
Days Left
For Christmas
Shopping

And these days will
not be long enough to
accommodate b e | a tie d
shoppers, although the
store remains open till
late each evening. This
store has been doing it's
Christmas work right
well, we think, and the
week will round up with
a record for selling and
for satisfaction to our
patrons never equalled
in the stores history.
The regular selling force
has been augmented
greatly, SO much 50,
that the quick and salts
factory shopping has been
the subject of much COM
ment.
1t has been almost i'm
possible in these daily
chats to fully convey to
you an idea of the thou
sands Of things here, suit
able for gift giving. If
the advertisements have
been at all remiss in this
respect, the store extends
to everybody a hearty
to visit.
You'll find gift sug-|
gestions at every turn of
the eye, and there is a
certain amount of salts
faction that can be had
in no other store, in pur-
ohases coming from here.
Read carefully what
follows.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-21
Holiday
Handkerchiefs.
Above
a IL
things

y - - -
QUALITY is wanted in a
Christmas handkerchief
and if you compare
handkerchief sold at the
same price, you will be
surprised by the higher
quality of those that come
from this store.
Look over our particularly good
lines at l2Hc., Csc. and soc. Such
a yariety--it's a study to go through
them and see the endless variety OF
patterns--lace trimmed, embroider-
ed, beautiful drawn work and hem
stitched handkerchiefs, all-linen of
course, and one handsomer than an
other.
Lower priced handkerchiefs,
at 9 for 25c; s for use; 3
for 25c. etc. and finer ones at
75c, $r.ooa r7S, T.37 UP to
$3.25 ca,
REAL LACE
$500 to So. 81 ca
Have you seen the dainty Wedg-
wood boxes, in cameo effect, that
We give with each So. 90 purchase of
landkerchiefs?
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-21
IN FINANCIAL STRAITS.

Calhoun Printing Company of Hartford
in Trouble
Hartford Dec. 2o.--Notices have beer
sent to the creditors of the Calhoun
Printing company, theatrical printers
announcing that the company is in
financial difficulties and calling for a
meeting Of the creditors to consider the
situation and to determine what shall
be done.
President Higgs says that the difficult
ties in which the company now finds it
self are due to inability to collect large
accounts from customers. There is a
large amount due the company. Mr..
Higgs said that the total indebtedness
Is about $4,000 or 100000, The assets
are mainly the plant of the company
and the book accounts.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-21
A .VANDAL IN EDGEWOOD PARK
An italian Caught Cutting Christmas

An italian Caught Cutting a Christmas
Tree in Fdeewood Park
Alderman Felix Chillingworth, super
intendent of Edgewood park, yesterday
Afternoon caught a vandal at work in
the park He found an Italian named
Vincent Perpetti cutting down one Of
the small evergreen trees set out to
beautify the park. The shrub was near
Nv cut from the roots when Mr.. Chill
ingworth ascer.ained what was being
done. He called Patrolman Flynn, who
arrested Perpetti on the charge of VIC
lation of the park rules. Perpetti,
when questioned, said he was cutting
a Christmas tree.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-21
You don't
know what
to give her?
Here a tip
Lernaire's
Opera
Glasses.

A pair Of elegant
Opera Glasses, made by
the world famous Le-
MARIE. They're richly
mounted in pearl and
morocco leather, with also
without handles. Any
one would prize one Of
these-At lowest prices
here.
Beautiful pearl mount
ed Opera Glasses, not
Lemaire's, with especial
ly good lenses. $40.