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Hutchinson gazette., 1899-12-21

The Rock Tslaud playing cards are the sllckest
you ever handled One puck will be sent by
mail on receipt of l5c in stamps A money or.
uer or draft for fifty cents or Aame in stsmpb
will secure four packs, and they will be seut
by express charges prepaid. Address,
JollS SER,sTIoY, G.P.A. CIR LIZ p, Chicago
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-12-21

The "Rock Island" Route has chesp rates,
liberal stop over privileges, through cars etc. I,
10 the G. A, r., Philadelphia. Ask or write
"Rock Island" agent for Information and one Of
the souvenirs, or address
IL. W. THOMPSON,
A. g, P. A., Topeka, Kansas.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-12-21

The Prince Of Wales sent an i'm.
mense wreath, mine feet in diameter,
TO the celebration OF the centennial
anniversary of, the death of George
Washington at Mount Vernon.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-12-21
nMINIsrRAToR,s NOVICE.

State of Kansas County OF Reno, ss.
In the Probate Court in and for said County;
Notice 10 hereny given, that lettere OF admin
lstratlon on the estate Of l.. W. Spesy
deceased, we're granted the undersigned on the
7th day Of November, 1909, by the probate
court Of Reno county, Kansas. Now oil per-
sons having claims against the said estate are
hereby notified that Trey must present the
same to the undersigned for allowance, within
one year from the date Of said letters, or they
may be precluded from any benefit Of such es-
tate; and that II such claims be not exhibited
within three years after the date OF said letters
they shall be forever barred.
LAWSON |. SlPBa, Administrator
of the Estate Of l.. W. Sipes, deceased,
November ~, 1899.
First publication, November 90, 1885,
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-12-21
MUTCnINNON MARKETS,

FFnitsi Apples 1.Oo@i 2Sper bu,
Cabbage, &c per D
oplons, SOC per bu,
Potatoes 900 per bu,
s.BOateBi Country, TOTO 10,
Eggs 10
country bRFdi 6hc.
ChhekeBsi Hens NC;
Grain.
WheAt-No9, 2, b5c.
COrn-MIxed, 2ihoi white 2hic.
Bran-6So per owt.
Shorts-7bo per cwt
Hay--Baled g. 90,
Chop-0Oc; mixod,1Oc
Live stock.
Cattle Butchere' steers, $3,75 to sFOO fat
cows $500 to S3,25; yeOrling stockers, per head,
SlS. 90 TO S22,tt
Hogs-$D .0Oo83 90,
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Get a l4xl7 Photo Q
Yourself.

The following merchants have
made arrangements with Mr. Hirst,
the Progressive Photographer, to
make for their customers q beautiful
photo from life, size 14x17, in his
galleries, for $2.95. The photo
is fully guaranteed in every respect.
See samples displayed in each Of the
following stores; ask for tickets
when buying:
SMITH 6 BREHd, Grocers.
CHAs YoUNGHEIM, Hub Clothiers
L. B. YOUNG, Boots and Snoes.
R. s. TREAT, Druggist.
CHAs Z. CAMPBELL, Book Store.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-12-21
A DMINIsTRAToR's NOTICE OF HEAR
AING PETITION TO SELL REAL ESTATE

A DMINIsTRAToR's NOTICE OF HEAR
FING PETITION TO SELL REAL ESTATE
To VIII I'M II may concern, but more especially
to Sarah IT, Slpes, widow Priscilla A.
Holmes Mary II, Roplu, L. I, sipeb, Laura
NJ Pray, @. N. Slpes, d, w, Slpes, Ada M.
Sipes, P. A. Sipes, II, II. sipes aud u E,
Sipes, heirs at law and guardians ad liten
OF heirs at law of L, W, sipee, deceased,
late OF Reno county, Kansas;
You ore hereby notified that |, Lawson l. sipes
administrator Of said deceased, did on the 9th day
Of December, A, D. 1900, file his petition In tho
probate court OF Reno county, Kansas. praying
that might bo authorized and empowered to
sell the following described land, for the pur-
pose OF paying the debtB and costs Of Adminis-
tratlon OF said estRte to wit Lots 10 and II in
block /, Sun Flower Town Company'e second
addition to Hutchinson, Reno county, Kansas,
And said petition Will be heard Ut the Office Of
probate Judge OF said county on the 23d day Of
December, A. ID, 1890, at 10 O'clock q. m, Of said
day, at which time and place each Of you and
all others interested are notified to be present
and show cause, II any you have, why an order
Of sale as prayed for should not be granted.
Dated this 9Th day Of December A, d. 1890.
LAWSON l. SIPRs, Administrators.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-12-21
AIger In Pleased.

Gratitude, like everything else, ID
when II Is oVerdoAe.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-12-21
Kansas Teaoner., Association

Annual meeting NJ Topeka, Kan, Dec.
20 TO 49, For the above occasion the
Santa Fe will make rate Of one fare for
the round trip to, Topeka and return.
Tickets on sale Dec. 25, 20, 81 and 2S,
limited for return to and including Dec.
80 Q. A, WALKER,
Phone 25. Agent, Santa Fe Route.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-12-21
Official Statement
or the Financial Condition of the
STATE EXCHANGE BANK,

of business on the 7th day OF December, 1899:
REsOURCES
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-12-21

When you write about it say you saw
10 the GAZETTE.
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do IL" said John. manfully And SO
they went out TO the hen houses. There
were 100 Plymouth Rocks and 100 light
Brahmas and 100 brown Leghorns.
John knew something about fowls
and so he tackled the, Brahmas first.
They are sober and tractable-for hens
and he thought that if he could get
them to marching that their example
might be followed by the others. even
the fiighty- Leghorns. But hens are
hens. / grieve Ito say. and they were
never intended for soldiers, and after
John had let out the hundred big Brah-
mas from the pens where they had
been cooped for days. they wer& so
glad to get to grass that they scattered
in a. dozen directions.
Some boys would have sat down in
despair. but John clucked gently to
them and whistled a pretty tune and
they soon saw they had nothing to fear
from him. Still, they didn't propose to
be led by him OF by any other merry
heart.
But if hens have a weakness-and
they have a thousand-it is liking
for raw meat, and John bethought him
of that fact and then il was as easy as
pie as far as the Brahmas and Plvm-
outh Rocks were concerned. He tied
scraps of meat at the end of strings,
and, mounting Larrabess sons
bicycle, he dangled the meat at the end
of a long pole and the hens made a
dash for the meat and followed it on
the run all the way to Farwells pens.
where they got it-not before. He led
the Plymouth Rocks in the same way,
although he set them a faster pace
than he had thought good for the
heavy Brahmas and then he returned
to lead the Leghorns. But when he
let the Brown Leghorns out they flew
all over the four acre lot and he saw
that the meat plan wouldn't work with
them. And it was getting close to
o'clock, a job for a whole one, as Mr..
Larrabee kindly explained to him.
But the bobolink and the butterfly
had been watching him and they whis-
pered to a wandering bee.
And that is why. a hundred hand
some humble bees appeared, each with
a kernel of yellow, corn in his talons.
Talons doesn't sound right. but how
could a bee hold a kernel of corn with
out talons? Each bee poised himself
in front of a Leghorn and as yellow
corn excites a hen as much as yellow
gold excites a human, those fowls
followed the corn and the corn was
borne to Farwelrs place as fast as the
bees could fly with their heavy loads.
1t was Just a quarter to s when the
last Leghorn entered the yards and
then John fastened the gates and went
into the house. Not a. hen had been
mixed up
Farwell had been preparing some
switches out in the barn and he had
not noticed Whit had happened. He
came into the house, glanced at the
clock and then saw John reading
He was speeches. with surprise. The
idea of the boy daring to sit there
when his work was unfinished, for of
course he must have failed in his Her
culean task. The evening breeze
brought an unwonted sound of growing. J
Farwell hadn't kept chickens in years.
The heavy, full challenge of Brahma
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place for you. You must go to San
Diego"
rs it far away" innocently asked
the prospective traveller.
"Oh, no. replied the ticket broker.
Not very far. Pleasant journey at
this time of the year. Nice country all
around there, too" and he at once made
out six tickets for San Diego over the
most expensive route.
"And do you know" says Mr.. Butler.
1--WE were six days getting to the con-
founded place. These Americans have
the most extraordinary ideas of going
into the country. Where do they go
when they contemplate a real journey.
of the moon"
Having once got into the country,
however. Mr. Butler finds it difficult to
retrace his steps to town: for the price
of six transcontinental tickets, to be
saved out of an allowance, always spent
three months in advance, is a problem
which would tax the ability of the
most expert financier
Not that he appears to be altogether
displeased with his country life. for in
the intervals in the bouts of his fenc-
ing classes, he is able to tell an atten-
tive group of young ladies many bon
mot tale of the London Upper Ten
Thousand of twenty years ago, with
the moral added of the folly of any man
with only e10,000 a year attempting TO
sit on the box of fast travelling coach
with certain exalted parsonage at his
side
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SIR REDvERS BULLER'S NEPHEW
Former Life Guardsman Now
Fencing Master In California.

/ Curious, indeed, is the fate which has
finally carried Charles Butler, nephew
of Sir Redvers Butler, communicating
chief of the British forces in South
Africa, to a little hut on Coronado
Beach, southern California, to become a
teacher of fencing and boxing.
Twenty years ago no man was bet
ter known in the fashionable and sport
ing worlds of London than the hand
some and accomplished Charles Butler,
an officer in the Life Guards. a bosom
friend of the Prince or Wales. champion
amateur boxer of England and three
times a member of the crack gentlemen
team of cricket players.
"A man to keep up such a pace" says
Mr.. Butler. requires at least 100000
year. 1 had only 10000 of annual
income, therefore, the inevitable result
California" Asked how it was that
he came to choose the edge of the Pa
cific ocean in the extreme limits of
southern California, as a secluded re-
treat from persons over anxious as to
the state of his health, Mr.. Butler tie
piled that it came about in the most
natural way possible.
Having at last decided that New
York would be a pleasant place of tenn
porary residence, he arrived in the me-
tropolis of the United States three or
four years since, and, as he explains,
found it a most interesting city to visit;
where, in fact, it was possible to spend
so much money that, at last, it be-
came absolutely necessary to betake
his family into the country for period
of financial recuperation.
But why to California;" is the ques-
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material ensures ccsnpactness, Its nom
absorbance CT moisture allows the tent
to be packed up without having to wait
for IL TO dry after exposure to damp
ness with no danger of it's mildewing.
This rubber cloth may be purchased for
from % cents a yard upwards.
To make this portable house, turn the
bicycle upside down, allowing it to rest
on the saddle and handle bars. and
measure the distance from the floor to
the highest point of either of the
wheels. Double the height of the
wheel, add TO the result twenty nine
inches ard cut two pieces of the ma
terial each the above length. Unite
these side by side. overlapping half an
inch Turn up a hem half an inch at
each end. You have now a piece of
cloth six feet wide and more or less
nine feet long, according to the height
of the wheel. AS the tent is to have
a wall for protection on each side,
measure eighteen inches from one hem
and double the cloth upon itself. max
ing a flap an inch in width upon the
outer surface of the fabric. Three rings
may now be fastened to this. flap. one
at each extreme end. and one in the
center, to which cords can be attached
eight feet in length. To the opposite
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AN INSECT CALCULATOR.

There is little insect found in New
Caledonia called the insect which
counts and which seems capable of
counting to at least six. 1t is found on
the leaves of the banana tree and when
the moment is favorable it may be seen
to turn around, with its head as a CEN
ter, in describing rapid circles. At first
il executes six of them, not one more or
one less, then it reverses the movement
and makes the same number in an OPP
posite direction. Ii stops a moment ana
begins again, but only makes five this
time. always alternatively in opposite
directions Another stop. then double
rotation in alternative ways. the turns
this time being only four, and so on,
diminishing constantly in such a way
as successfully three, then two, and
at last one single turn.
After these gymnaStic exercises,
which are at the same time mathemati-
cal, the insect remains absolutely mo-
tionless, until its agitation again takes
possession of il and it gives itself up to
its complicated calculations with an ex-
actitude which many people might
envy.
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several days, and then I'm sure they
! could not 60 it
However, John set bravely to work
and after he had done one row a bobo
| link perehed on his hoe handle and
1 began singing, and although the boy
had never understood bird language
before he now knew that the bird was
saying:
Keep on laughing while you hoe,
1 Will do the rest, you know
So John kept on hoeing and laughing
and whistling and the hoe travelled so
/ fast that he could hardly keep up with
! it.. He followed it up with his hands
on the handle and before you could say
/ Jack Robinson he had hoed ten long
rows, and when Mr.. Farwell came up
to trounce him for not doing his work,
John had finished the job and was
! blowing on a blade of grass.
Mr. Farwell was so surprised that he
| forgot TO be angry, and he told the boy
to go into the house and eat his break
/ fast and be quick about ii, as he wasn't
going to keep him in idleness.
John had chased the hoe so hard that
| he had a good appetite and he quickly
made an end of the popcorn and milk
that served for his breakfast.
The meal over. he wandered out into
the kitchen to see if there was anyone
TO talk to, for he was a sociable little
fellow. But there was no one. The
breakfast had not needed cooking. Mr.
Farwell popped enough corn to last a
week and so saved the expense of a
hired girl and he lived all alone. In
deed, no one would have dared to live
with him except John, who was too
light hearted to realize what fear was.
Farwell had breakfasted as soon as
he had arisen, and he now came in and
found John in the kitchen. Here, 1
didn't tell you you could snoop all over
my house. If you're through with your
breakfast go out and clear my four
acre lot of stumps. I've been meaning
to do it for years, but I've never had
the time nor the strength. Get it done
by noon or you'll have no lunch, but a
whipping
John laughed long and loud. Then he
said: It's easy to work for man who
makes my work so light and who feeds
me so we'll" For John was desperately
fond of popcorn and milk and thought
Il better than meat any day.
He walked gaily out to the lot where
the stumps were lying. He whistled like |
a thrush as he went, but when he saw
the size of the lot and the number OF
oak stumps he was troubled. However,
it was not like him TO give up al the |
outset. so he seized his hoe and toravely /
tackled the first stump. He hoed the |
earth from around it and then he i.ick- !
ed up a crowbar and tried to pry the
stump out of its earthly bed. but the
poor child might as well have tried TO |
throw the earth at the sun. The stump /
wouldn't bulge But he didn't cry or
sit down in despair. He simply whist
led a new tune and tackled the job |
again. While he labored, singing and |
whistling by turns, a beautiful butterfly |
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HANDY BICYCLE TENT.

A tent to cover both rider and b.cv-
Gle while touring may seem an idle
fancy. but a simple Waterproof cover
ing which anyone may make and carry
without difficulty was found very SER
viceable by the writer in trip made
from New York 10 Quebec. This tent
may be erected in less than three min
utes, the bicycle acting as uprights
and ridge pole. ana. when rolled up
may be strapped hack of the saddle or
upon the handle bars. making pack
age or roll about three inches in diane
ter and ten in length.
1t may be constructed of any material
which will shed water when stretched
out-Of course the thinner and lighter
the better. Gossaner cloth has many
desirable features-the thinress OF the
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Are Diamonds Really Alivep
New York IonrnaIN

tNeW 1 OK JOurndl)
The rather startling statement is made
that diamonds are alive. 1t is certain that
some precious stones are affected by the
health of the wearer. Pearls and opals
are both said TO grow dull through the
ilI-health of those by whom they are
worn. and the turquoise is said to become
pale from the same cause. We have heard
from excellent authority that a ruby ring
which ion the hand of an invalid went
paler and paler. until. on the patient 5
death the stones lost their color entirely
Pearls are extraordinarily sensitive to rhe
condition of the skin on which they rest.
An example of this fact is shown by an
episode of which a lady greatly desired
10 possess a pearl necklace, and her hus-
band bought her very beautiful one.
\ month or two afterward however. the
pearls began to lose their lustre, and he
took the necklace back to the jeweler
who sold it TO him. The salesman admit
ted the deterioration.
You are quite right ne said. but the
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family in the village who was not glau
TO keep John over night and give HIM
TWO meals just to hear his merry laugh
and his meIcdiouS whistle. And he was
a willing boy, too, and many is the
wood pile that has grown up by the
sound of his saw and many are the
weeds that have persisted insloriously,
thanks to his stubbv fingers.
Now, when ne was 3 years old ?
wicked and mean man, whose name
was Milford Farwerl and who 'farmed
it, about three miles out of Wood
stock, took it into his wicked head
that he must have a hired boy. And
this was less because he. needed help
than because he wanted TO have some
one TO hector and tease. So he sought
out John and asked him if he'd like a
nice LONE and all the comforts of farm
life, and happy little John smiled one
of his smiles and laughed one of his
laughs and said yes.
The next day John left the old car
penter shop. where he had been sleep
ing for some time past, and walked
out TO Farwell's place, which is near
Pomfret. He found it to be an unin-
viting looking farm of some sixty
acres. There was a big two-story house
connected with a wood shed, and a
carriage house a barn and ten hen
houses, all sadly in need of paint.
and went to bed without having been
scolded, but early the next morning
at daybreak-Mr. Farwell came up to.
the attic and called him with a rough
Here, you drowse-a-bed. what am l
feedin' and clothin' you fer, I'd like [
know. eff it amt tibet you may work
fer me. Git up an come out doors an ,
earn yer breakfast"
John rose and dressed. smiling all the
while at the rough words of Mr. Far
well. for he supposed that he. was jest
ing.
But Farwel never TESTED, and as soon
as the boy was out of doors he heaved
a piece of earth at him and said: Il
want my ten-acre patch of corn 'hoed
before breakfast. IF tisn't done, no
breakfast
John seized the noe and ran, laugh
ing. to the lot, but l know of no boys
who could do such job before break
fast, unless breakfast were postponed
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THE TENT WHEN IN USE.

Reinforcement strip. and join them six
inches from the rings into one cord for
each end. The top of the tent may
be made rig. by these two guy lines
TO be secured TO stakes in the ground.
in the same manner as those on the
side. Trout line will be most service
able.
These flaps or doors of the front and
back can be cut and fitted with ease
while the tent is standing. Leave a
slit directly in front of the wheel
so the flaps may be thrown backwards
upon the roof, out of the way, upon
entering or leaving. When closed they
may be fastened securely by strings or
tape attached to the two edges. Those
delighting in trips through wild dis
tricts. or where shelter is not readily
found. will see at once the usefulness
of this novelty. if only in protection
from thunder storms. The ordinary
tent, with it's poles and stakes, of
course. has no place in the bicyclist's
outSt.
Compare the usual back country
roadside tavern, its stuffy room and
questionable bed with the bicycle tent
and campfire of the true sportsman
sleeping 10 the music of a trout stream
and breathing good, fresh air.
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the earth from around them and then
yanked them out with ease, and by IL
o'clock he had cleared the whole field
and had piled the stumps up in a pyra-
mid sixty feet high.
Promptly at u Mr.. Farwell came out
to the lot looking like a cross giant.
J He was very tall and his face was ugly
and wrinkled in the places that indi-
| cate selfishness and cruelty. He was
growing and grumbiing and inwardly
chuckling because he knew that he'd
have the fun of thrashing John in
about two minutes. He did not see the
/ boy at first, but. hearing him whistle,
he looked up, and there sat John on
| the apex of the pyramid, smiling like
a Cheshire cat. Well, even Farwelrs
Miniature was not proof against that,
and he burst out into a harsh laugh
and said: You're the best boy to
work L ever saw. Come down now and
We'll have lunch"
Lunch consisted of milk and pop
corn. After it was finished Mr.. Far
well said: q have bought 800 fowls
of Edison Larrabee and l want you to
fetch 'em over this afternoon II you
get 'em here by nightfall you can have
some supper. If you're later than 6
I'll wallop you and send you to bed
without mouthful TO eat"
John always liked to work among
hens and he never borrowed trouble.
so he said: 'T'll go at once. Shall
hitch up and get EN- or shall 1 lead
emp
Hitch up? Why. there's 300 on 'em
and they're of three different breeds.
Wagon wouldn't half hold 'ein. They
must be led back. and if you mix em
up I'll mix you up so hard you won't
know your hands from your feet"
Now, Farwell thought he had set
ing to trounce the boy and would have
done so long before if it hadn't been
for his infectious laugh. That seemed
to render him incapable of his usual
meanness However, he was sure that
the boy would not be able to bring back
even ten of the hens, and he rubbed
his hands together in anticipation of
the fun he would have in beating the
poor little orphan at o'clock.
John sat out with a light heart. The
greatest writer that ever lived has told
US:
A merry heart goes all the day,
Your sad tires in mile-a.
And SO it was with John He made
nothing of the ten miles to Ed LARA
bees. and when he came to the house
he gave loud yippoo and Ed came TO
the front door. Hello, Mr.. Larrabee''
said John. Il have come to lead home
the fowls that Mr.. Farrell has bought"
Lead EN-? Why, man alive-or
rather, boy alive-ther's 800 of 'em an
they amt sheep. And you don't lead
sheep-outside of the good book"
well, it won't do any harm to try to
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ton which rises spontaneously to the

ton which rises spontaneously to the
lips.
''Oh, you see.'' replied Mr.. Butler. Il
went to one of those fellows you call a
ticket broker and explained to him that
L wanted to go into the country"
Where do you want to go?" asked
the ticket broker.
II really don't know. and don't much
care. either" replied Mr.. Butler, pro
vided it is a nice, quiet place, with a
good winter climate"
"Ah, then you had better go to San
Diego" promptly suggested the ticket
broker. How many of you are in the
party?"
By this time that ticket broker should
be the president of a railroad.
Six
One can imagine a slight twitching
about the corners of the lips of the
ticket broker, as he emphatically re-
Piled: "Oh, yes, San Diego is the right