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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-31

There were thirteen marriages and
thirteen births in Mitchell county
during the month of February.
A member of the Missouri legisla
ture will deliver the Memorial day
address at Hiawatha this year.
A chess tournament will be fea,
ture of the Brown county fair, which
will be held next fall. This is some,
thing new for Kansas.
Spring is here, according to the time
table; but any one with memory 6
year long knows that this weather is
not the real spring article.
The need of fire department is felt
at Humboldt. No town of 1,70O inhab'
itants and over should be without
some means of fighting fire.
Highlands creamery has been
obliged to shut down on account Of
the condition of the roads. Drivers Of
milk routes have learned this season
what real grief is.
A Kansas boy who is with the Tween.
tieth Kansas says: my only wish
when they send MS home is that it will
be by the of New York. Then can
say have been around the world"
Little River, down in Rice county,
isn't very big, but the town don't owe
a cent on earth as the last bond was
taken up last week; and the treasury
contains over $500 now-about one
dollar for every man, woman and child
in the town.
There is an Uncle Tom show work
ing Kansas which has but one Marks
and one Topsy; no donkey and no
bloodhounds. A manager who will
sell tickets for Tom show which has
no donkeys and no bloodhounds is
guilty of perpetrating grievous fraud
on the children of the land.
A few days ago appeared an article
in reference to the great favor with
which Kansas flour is considered in
England. Just few days ago mill
ing firm at Clay Center shipped two
car loads of flour TO La Guayra, the
most important port of Venezuela,
South America. There isn't anyone
on earth too good to feed on Kansas
-four, and it won't be long before it
will be possible to obtain it in any
civilized portion of the globe.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-31
Cheap Rates via Santa Fe.

For the Democratic Conference hell.
at Topeka, Kansas, March 30, the San
ia Fe will sell round trip tickets to
Topeka for one far Tickets on sale
March 90 and 80, good to return to and
including March 81, 1899.
l.. r. DELANEY, Agent,
Wichita, Kansas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-31
Cheap Rates to Pacific Coast via Santa Fs

The Santa Fe are selling tickets to
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
and other California points at the very
cheap rate OF $32. so.
To Portland and points in Idaho and
Oregon $2s.s5 For particulars call
on or address, l.. R. DELANEY, Agt.,
Wichita, Kans
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-31

HeoAs Pts cure liver llsi tho non-irritatins ans
only e.tAaEt.e . saks VIII H00d's saIsapaIllIa
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-31

State Encampment, G. A. R., Sons OF
Veterans, Woman's Relief Corps, La
dies of G. A. r. and Ladies Aid Socie.
ties, held at Hutchinson, Kansas, April
24-3O; one fare for the round trip.
Tickets on sale April 94-27, good to re-
turn on and including May 1st
l.. r. DELANEY, Agent
Sam Garland, an Osborne county ne
gro who was cloak room guard dur
ing the session of the Legislature, i;
now trying to get a colony of negroes
to settle out in Graham county. There
are number of negro farmers ou'
there now, and Nicodemus has beer
known for long time as negro set
Element Sam tells his colored friend:
that farm in Graham county beats
staying in Topeka and Kansas City
and depending on getting jobs from
day to day.
Cattle hides are quoted at six cent?
out in the stock territory this week.
Work is progressing quite rapidly
on the new cottages for the guards al
the federal prison at FIT Leavenworth.
The foundations have been laid for
twenty-five sets of quarters, and the
most completed ready to erect upon
the foundations. Considerable plan
ming was necessary to find suitable
sites, for the prison is considerably
cut up with hills and hollows, which
necessitated much grading.
Blacksmiths and horse shoers OF
| Wichita intend to form a union.
A majority of the farmers of Lyons
county are of the opinion that the
wheat crop is considerably damaged,
especially that sown on plowed
ground Wheat sowed in cornstallSs
and listed or disked in stubble ground
is said to be in very good condition,
but does not equal the condition of
IlC BIOWlnB CIOp az biiio oSdoOh ldoO
year. This may be due to the ex-
tremely cold winter and the late
spring.
In portions of Sumner county horses
have recently died with something
that resembles spinal meningitis
On March 4th the Kansas legislature
passed bill making appropriations
for the State Agricultural college in
which s25, 900 was allowed for dairy
bcilding Sc, 900 for equipment of build
ing. and $4,000 for a herd of cows and
place to put them This is a much
needed addition to the equipment of
the Agricultural college and will be
greatly appreciated by the interests
dairy of the state.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-31
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07
uNHEAITHFuL ;PoMpADoUR.
Physician Says HRnex Action -
Scalp AHectxt Whole Ner-
vous s4stem.

The tight POM sdonr. especially
when worn over rat" is a menace to
the nervous system. Drawn away from
the face in a direction opposite from
that which nature Fstended. it irritates
the nerves of the snalp, and, by reflex
action. affects the Entire nervous sys-
tenn. The woman whose hair is ''natur-
ally curly" has an :sivantage. for it can
be combed SO loosel3 as to form a natur-
al pompadour. and:>so strain the roots
of the hair but littlsz if at all. The fash
ion Of wearing asatight pompadour
strains the muscles and affects the
nerves of the head. and, Indirectly, the
entire nervous svssem. The practice
of wearing rats IS bad one, for II
heats the head and snduces congestion.
A physician who:t Is foremost in these
Investigations. ands Who is preparing
paper on the subjecs to be presented at
the Medico-Legal society. says:
''The muscles atesh top and front of
the head are most obstinate. Those at
the back are mucs more pliable and
lend themselves easly to manipulation.
Indians are quick =, discover this. and
their squaws braiGs half the hair from
the head and let IL fall at the sides Of
the face. Our graadmothers modified
the barbarian stytc, and yet adapted
themselves to the limits which nature
has put upon the a,anipalation of the
hair They wrote Is in loose rolls at the
side of the face ard fastened the ends
of this Fart of the nair in the coil at the
back 81
"The roots of fbe hair are not set
vertically, as is gesfrally supposed, but
al a slight slant. in the head. The parts
of the roots which reach the surface
point slightly to cssher side, indicating
that nature desigaed that the hair
should be parted r. the middle instead
of brushed back from the forehead.
There are small muscles controlling
the action of the roots of the hair.
They are known IL the erector pill. 1t
is these muscles which cause the hair
to literally 'stant. on end in case Of
fright or shock. When the stiff pompa-
dcur brings them into play, as it does
perforce. the erec9or pill get very tired
and rebel. This tnsurrecfion on the
part Of the tiny MUSCLES is communicat-
ed to the other mascles and the nerves
and induces nervous prostration.'
1t is noteworthy that the great
spread of nervous poostration among
women has taken place in the past ten
years. ard so is cantemporaneous with
the rise and sway of the pompadour.
.'Sixty per cent Of our women are
Inconsistencies sid an American lee
turer three years ago. Since that time,
according to authorities, the number
has increased to IS per cent. En- pas
SAINT it may be noted that IS per cent. OF
the women of America have worn POM
padours for a part. at least. of the past
three vears.-N. y. Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Odd bits OF DoA4estic Lore for the
Use of the Ausy House,
v.sfe.

All the receptacn.s for flowers should
be clear glass oIswhite china. Some
ladies have sets sf Eelleek, but it is
rare and costly, and any clear glass will
do as well.
Cheese sandwiches are always in or
der to serve wisl salad. Crate any
cheese and rub tito paste with but
ter. spread the bread, sprinkle with
salt and pepper aud cut into strips.
A little pipe clay dissolved in the wa
ter on washing days will thoroughly
clean the dirtiest linen, and will help
to save labor asd soap, besides the
clothes being MAGE much whittier.
A favorite fornlsof table decoration in
Paris this summer is to place tall vase
or basket of fruit or flowers in the very
center of the table. 4 recent pretty
decoration had what the schoolmistress
sisters in ''vanit. Fair" called beau
pot" or a nice plant of some kind, IN
the middle Of the dinner table; but 1t
has been reserved for the last two or
three decades tpi heap the table with
flowers-the costaer, the better liked
and to make this decoration promi-
nent feature of ne entertainment at q
dinner or supper:and. to less extent,
of luncheon party.
White wells mag be nicely cleansed by
soaking for half an hour in solution
of ivory or castiis soap. Then press be
tween the hands; until clean. Rinse in
clear water. Make cupful of very
weak starch or gam arabic water. soak
the veil in it ffssv moments. then clap
in the hands upssl nearly dry. Spread
towel over pillow and pin the lace
in each point sr7,oothly over it. letting
it remain until perfectly dry.
Starch is warm weather necessity,
but it takes the unerring instinct OF
an artist to apply it properly. The sins
of omission and commission the aver
age laundress perpetrates in its name
might be called one of life's little sad
ironies. if puns were not SO detestable.
If some gifted woman, or man. for that
matter, would give up trying to make
book. a statue ar picture, and found
school where the gentle art of starch
ing would be tscght. she might attain
fame and the eternal gratitude of her
fellow mortals at single bound. A
department in which people could be
instructed how 10 infuse the desirable
amount of starch into their summer
manners would also be valuable.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirei.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07

WIT AND WISDOM.

The wise man always carries IN 0m-
hrella in place of a corkscrew.-Chicago
Eaily News.
OF Course He Thinks Sole thinks
he understands women" "How do YOU
know" Hes bachelor" ."-Brooklyn
Daily Eagle.
Married people should be more care
full to avoid the first quarrel than the
first scratch ON their new furniture.
but they are not.-Atchiscn Globe.
Polite Passenger-"Madam, this is
the smoking car" Old Woman (pro-
ducing her pipe)-"Yes. l tho't it be.
Great convenience, amt they ?-Ohio
State Journal.
Teacher--'Some one has been throw
ing paper behind my back. James. do
you know who it is?" James (who is
the. culprit himself)-"Yes, sir, but
hardly like to telf." Teacher-"A very
honorable feeling, James. You may Sit
down."-World's Comic.
Small Boy dom, wonder that
women's heads so often ache" Little
Giri-"Why Small Boy - Every
time they see any of their children
they've got to think up some reason
for not letting them do what they
want to."-Stray Stories.
Miss Cute-"What made Miss Mil
lions accept Cholly after first refusing
him?" Miss Pert-'Oh, he looked so
cheap when she turned him down that
she couldn't let the chance for bar
gain escape her."-Philadelphia Rec
ortl.
81 will give you e1.ooo." said an
Irishman to an old gentleman. "if you
dom I stand in your own light" How
"You have daughter. and you intend to
give her s1O,0e0 as a marriage por-
t.on?n II do" ''Sir, will take her
with 9.OOO."-Boston Traveller.
The Chance She Needed.-Mr. Club
man (appearing at the breakfast table
for the first time in a month)-"You
lock oppressed and discontented.
dear. l believe you require change.
Mrs. Ciubman-'1 am well aware OF
that, John, but i can't get it without
going through the distasteful notoriety
Of divorce proceedings. Richmond
niS nate
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

NJ. Millerand, the French socialist, Il
one of the best Informed men in Eu.
rope with regard to American affairs.
Addison Cammack, the Wall street
bear, knows the highest and lowest
prices every listed stock has reached
IN every month for ten years past.
Joel Chandler Harris does his news
paper work at home, outside OF Atlanta;
and walks into town daily to carry his
copy" to the office of the Constitution.
Lillian Whiting has presented to tx
Boston public library some valuable
autograph letters written to the late
Kate Field by George Eliot. Anthony
Trollope. Charles Dickens. Walter Saw
age Landor, and the two Brownings.
Ex-Gov. L. Bradford Prince, of New
Mexico. has a collection of over l,0ol
stone idols once wcrshiped by the
Pueblo Indians. He is president OF the
territorial historical society, and has
been occupied a dozen years in making
the collection.
Eldridge I. Gerry, in his house on
Fifth avenue, New York. has the finest
private collection of law books in the
United States. The library is splendid
IL fitted out, divided into alcoves, each
one of which is marked by column OF
rare marble. Surmounting each col
umn is bust of Roman emperor. The
ceiling is of thin onyx. through which
a good light is admitted.
Henry NJ. Stanley, when at the
height of his career, was once looking
bored at one Of his own receptions,
when young Lorimer Stoddard was
brought up to be presented to him. The
explorers face lighted up at the name
"Stoddard." and when he found that
the young man was the son OF the poet.
he expressed his great delight at meet
ing relative of one who had given
him so much pleasure. This same Lori
mer Stoddard. as is well known, is at
home in three arts-printing. literature
ard the dramatic last being his
chosen profession.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07

Muzafiir-I-Din, shah OF Persia, was
made the governor of province when
he was quite small boy, though he
had no work to do in connection with
the Office. Owing to his fathers jcaI-
ousy and parsimony he was kept very
short of money and desperately igno-
rant. while he was also indolent and
Needless Nowadays he seems fairly
amiable sort of gentleman. He spends
his time in shooting. taking snapshots
playing with little telegraph instru-.
ment and pottering in his garden. in;a
pea Jacket and Scotch tweed trousers
setting and resetting plants. He IS
still slcvenly in his habifs.-ehscago
Times-Heraid
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07
whe. Coree I. Lett over.

With the most careful calculation
there is frequently coffee left over. not
enough perhaps for another serving as
! beverage, but TOO much to be wasted.
Do not leave il in the pot with the
grounds, but paur it on or strain it
carefully, and ii it be used again hot
let it just come to the boiling point.
This will be much nicer than to reheat
it with the grounds. 1t may be used
to dilute the egg for the next morning. .
coffee, or as ftavoring in custards and
creams and ices; or as the liquid in
place of or wish milk in gingerbread.
cookies, cakes, etc, or when there II
sufficient quantity it can be made into
ieily-N. Y. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07
she Let Hin swing.

"Villie," she cried from the window.
'you two boys get right out of that
hammock. The first thing you know
YOU will break it down." -.
Two little fellows like me and Tom
NV can't break it down" exclaimed tine
boy. -
.yes, you will"
AN last night when that Mr.. Smith.
kins was calling on you. an you got
tired sittin' on the porch. an -,
"Never mind. Willie," she interrupt
ed. hastily. Maybe it's all right, aftci
all."-Stray Stories. e
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07
strange II True.

HEWITT see that Philadeiphians
have erected a statue in honor OF Ben
jamin Franklin.
Jewett-Thn they must have heSro
that he is dead.-N. Y. World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07
A New Leaf.

First Tramp-Pve about made up me
mind dsA won'tdepend on charity fer
. livin' no longer.
Seconds Tramp-What are yer goin
ter do? NE
eve got sandbag."- PUCK.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07

Bramble-Dobbs thinks he is good
poker player, doesn'the?
Tho-ne-Yes, but it costs kim COCA
deal of money to think SOY. Y jour
nal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07
TheELast WOra.

After some ssives succeed in getting
the last word they sit down and cry
over it.-Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07
Pec.liaritie. q CoIored Chslaren.

Colored children are much more
sensitive TO heat than white children
which probably means that their power
of discrimination is much better. and
not that they suffer more from heat
Colored girls have larger circumfer-
ence of head at all ages than white
girls. White children not only have a
greater. standing height than colored
children. but their sitting height is
still greater; yet colored children have
a greater weight than white children,
that IS, white children, relatively to
their height. are longer bodied than
coloreds children. The percentage of
long-headedness (dolicocephaly) among
colored boys is more than double that
of white boys. This may he due to
racial infiuence.-Journal Of American
Medical Association.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07
HOW ENLISTED MEN SALUTE.
A. Omeer In shown . Great Deal
Of Courtesy by Men i'm
the Ranks.

When an enlisted man without arms
passes an officer he salutes with the
hand furthest from the officer. il
mounted he salutcs with the right
hand. Officers are soluted whether in
uniform or not.
An enlisted man armed with satcf
and out OF the ranks salutes all ofhcers
with the saber if drawn; otherwise ne
s1lutes with the hand. If on foot ana
armed with rifle or carbine, heNmakes
the rifle or carbine salute. A mounted
soldier dismounts before addressing an
officer not mounted.
A Anon-commissioned officer or private
in command of detachment without
arms salutes all officers with the hand;
hut if the detachment be on foot and
armed with rifle or carbine he makes
the rife or carbine salute, and if armed
with n saber he salntes with 1t.
An enlisted man, if seated. rises on
the approach of an officer. faces him
and salutes. II standing, he faces the
officer for the same purpose II the
parties remain in the same place or on
the same STOuhu SuSh ~"hfAA
need not be repeated. Soldiers actually
at work do not ceaSe work to salute an
officer unless addressed by him.
An enlisted man makes the pre-
scribed salute with the weapon he Is
armed with, or. if unarmed. whether
covered or uncovered. with the hand.
before addressing an officer. He also
makes the same salute before receiving
a reply.
Indoors. an unarmed. enlisted man
uncovers and stands at attention upon
the approach of an officer; he does not
salute unless he addresses or is ad-
dressed by the officer. If armed he sa-
lutes as heretofore prescribed without
uncovering.
When an officer enters 4 room where
there are soldiers the word "Atten-
tion!" is given by some one who PER
ceives him, when all rise and remain
standing in the position of soldier un-
til the officer leaves the room. Soldiers
at meals do not rise.
Soldiers at all times and in all situa-
tions pay the same compliments to of
ficers Of the army, navy and marines,
to officers of volunteers and officers OF
the militia in the service Of the United
States, as to officers of their own regi-
ment, corps. or arm of service.-St.
Louis Republic, .tE
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07

Odd Point of Professional Etiquette.
Professional etiquette prevents
French judges and judicial officials
from riding in omnibuses.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07
The only vieti...

what time did the hotel catch are?"
midnight"
Everybody get out safely?"
IAN except the night watchman. We
couldn't wake aim up in time"
Bits,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-07
BeautIfnl Marble.
That beautifuI transparehtF ston'
fcalIed Tabriz marble, much nsed in tn

That beautiful transparency stone
cnlled Tabriz marble, much nsed in the
burial places of Persia and in their
grandest edifices. consists Of the petri-
fed water of ponds in certain parts OF
the country. This petrification may be
traced from its commencement to its
termination. In one part the water IS
clear. in a second it appears thicker
and stagnant. in third quite black,
and in its last stage it is white like frost
When the operation is complete a stone
thrown on its surface makes no inn
preston, and one may walk over It
without wettirg ones shoes. The SUBJ
stance thus produced is brittle and
transparent. and sometimes richly
striped with red. green ard copper
color. So much is this marble. which
may be cut into large slabs. looked
upon as a luxury that none but the
king, his sons and persons especially
privileged are permitted to take it,
n. Y. World.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-05-17
THE KISSING HABIT.
Observations bv One Viewing 1t from an
Ethical Standpoint


A young woman lecturing in New
York before the Household Economic
Association startled her hearers by q
passionate denunciation of the kIssino.
habit. 81 hope to see the day." she
exclaimed, ''when kissing is unknown.
wish 1t could be made illegal. 1t is
not clean thing to do. 1t should he
discountenanced by every thinking
woman" The members of the Honse-
hold Economic Association are pre-
sumably thinking women; but they
did not respond enthusiastically TO
this suggestion. 81 never let anyone
kiss me-" said the young reformer
But even this demonstration of Spar-
tan virtue awOke no answering desire
for self>ahnegatlon. A kiss Is a harm
less saluUation, the others doubtless
thought; and they only smiled when
the lecturer said Il hope no one Will
ever try to kiss me, for shall not let
them" Had they been ill-natnred
they might have suggested that The
warning was unnecessary. But wo-
men ares always generous III their
treatment of their own sex.
1t is easy enough to sympathlze with
objections to kissing up 10 certain
point. English-speaking people are
not great kissers in any case. They
look with soorn upon foreigners who
use this mode of salutation indiscrimi-
nately. Even in moments of supreme
emotion Englshmen merely shake
hands. Frenchmen and Germans and
such, on the contrary, embrace rap>
turously on he most ordinary occa>
sipns. Yet we fancy that it would be
hard to support the theory that kissing
Is unhealthy by showing that English
men escape diseases frequent among
their neighbors. No doubt there is
something in the disease plea; but has
not too much been made of it? We are
finding germs everywhere IN these
days, and we are taking the most elab~
| crate precautions against them. 1t
remains TO be seen if we are healthier
| than our fathers in consequence. In
| any case, those who really find pleasure
IN Kissing may not be deferred by the
warning of science. Many of the
things we like 20 90 are not good for
us, but we keep doing them just the
same.-PrOvideI Ce Journal.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-05-17

With The Good of His Party at Heart. The
President Wants 80 Prepare for the
Campaign If 1900.