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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13

bappy. Since then she has exposed
those sensitive organs only when Ge-
curely indoors with all the windows
barred and the curtains drawn. She
lives in a dark, barely furnished little
cottage on Richards street, compare
lively alone, a life of seciusion and oc-
ular fasting. Not once since the year
| 1886. she affirms, has she uncovered
her eyes to the glamour OF degeneracy
which now scorches the world in cal
cium glare The world is wicked and
she will not look upon it-that is the
sum and substance OF the whole mat
| ter.
Vancouver knows nothing of Miss
Cunningham's origin. She drifted
quietly into the city in the early part
OF 49, we are informed by the lady
herself, and cut no very swell figure
in the neighborhood until che became
known as the woman who would not
look at mankind. Then she began to
shine.
There were not lacking unkind per-
sons to tap their foreheads and supply
the usual theory which that significant
and popular gesture is intended to sig
nifty; but these may have been ladies
with especially fine toilets which Miss
Cunningham couldn't see, or gentle
men of redoubtable personal charms,
which passed the oblivious young re-
cluse unnoticed. Anyhow, the theory
did not materialize to any great ex-
tent. and Miss Cunningham grew so
austere in her ignorance of their ex-
istence that they fell into the habit OF
drawing aside and saying nothing
when she swept through a thorough
fare on which they happened to be
| passing.
People who happen TO be passing
when Miss Cunningham walks down
the line are of no consequence what
ever. They are units in large, horri-
bic sum of infamy which floats along
in the inevitable tide Of hours. like de-
bris on the crest OF wave, unworthy
of attention. She brushes past them,
with her head in the air, her eyes
tightly closed, her hands put forward
to ward off collision. her whole man
ner disdainful and repellent.
stand out Of my way" says this
manner. "I do not wish to sully my
eyes with the sight of you. Retire oil
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13
Soy Beans for Swine.

Many farmers in Iowa, Illinois and
Missouri are using soy or sofa beans as
forage crop for swine with great sue
cess, says the Farmer In the dryer
portions of Kansas KafIir corn has been
found a great drouth resister and fine
crop for swine feeding. Experiments
in all directions are suggesting new
and cheaper food for pork making. and
the farmer who wants to be up to date
must keep posted as to the new discov-
cries along the line of cheap food for
pigs. Prof. Shaw, from some recent
experiments, is confident that he has
variety of the soy bean that will sue
coed in the northwest. We already
know that rape - u furnish an i'm
mense amount of d to the acre, and
rape grows anywhere in the northwest.
When clover grows that is cheap
food. If the soy bean proves to be
better than clover or rape it will be
valuable acquisition as it is son rem
ovator, like clover and peas. Prof.
Shaw will soon have something for the
public relating to the new variety OF
the Soy bean. When he gets hold Of
q good thing he does not hide 1t under
"a bushel.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13
CARPETS FOR ARTISTS.
Tho Regulation Thing Is Rare In Real

Tho Regulation Thing Is Rare In Real
Life.
Zone of the favorite properties OF
story writer's Is the garrett" grumDled
an artist the other evening according
to the New Orleans Times-Democrat'
1.-THE starving genius always writes his
great poem in garrett, the poor, little
sick child never fails to die in garrett
usually on pallet Of straw and when
future great men come to a strange
city they invariably live in garrets as a
prelude to glory-in short, the garrett
is the theater OF all manner OF ro-
nance. pathos and adventure-in nc
ton. In real life it Is different. When
7 went to New York to study art | had
the great garnet myth firmly fixed on
nv mind, and the first thing that di0
was to look for habitation of that
kind. was not especially hard up,
but a garnet seemed eminently the fit-
ting thing for struggling artist. TO
my great disappointment I discovered
that there were no garrets in town.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13

At last the world has got so very,
very low down in the eyes of Chris
tan responsibility that woman has
revolted from sight of it and closed the
shutters OF her soul with hang against
further intrusion Of its visible iniqui-
ties.
She is Miss Sarah Cunningham, and
she hasn't looked upon the earth for
three years.
Miss Cunningham resides in Van
couver. She says the world is too
wicked for her-she has stood a great
deal, but there is limit She arriv-
ed at that three years ago. AS the lady
seems perfectly sane, and has lived in
other places than Vancouver, there
is no reason to suppose her view Of
the earth is based particularly upon
what she has seen there. 1t is fair to
infer that all wicked places look alike
to Miss Cunningham. and that Van
couver is fit sample OF wickedness to
be selected for general rehuke of the
whole outfit.
Three years ago the young woman
did her panied eyes up in bandage
and drew apart from those who looked
upon the worlds villainy and were
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13

realized for last years growth. Here
is chance for a great invention" said
one of the jubilant vineyard owners.
"If electricity will do this, what is the
use Of waiting for lightning which may
never come? A genius who could con-
trive some means Of sending a ripening
electric current through our vines at
the proper time would realize fortune
from his ingenuity. Grape growers in
and near this city have been puzzled to
understand how the shipment Of lus-
cious fruit could be made from the
Ridge district while their own VICES
are still weighted with green grapes.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13

II takes all kinds OF freaks to mako
a world-even cheap sort OF world
that isn't worth looking at-and when
really sincere one hobs up there Is
something afoot sufficiently unusual to
be thankful for, II you're tired of the
kind of freak that really turns out to
be lesser one than he claims to be.
We are all freaks, more or less
chiefly more-but when 1t comes to
denying ourselves view of the circus
just because we belong to 1t and are
scornful of the way the other freaks
are acting, not many OF us are up to
Miss Sarah Cunningham Of Vancouver,
b. Cor Vancouver, A. d., either.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13
Three Times In a Year.

Somerville IN. J) special N. Y.
Tribune: AS the result Of a slight
wreck at the Bridge street crossing Of
the New Jersey Central railroad here,
walter Shea of Asbury Park. brake
man of coal train. had his leg broken
and was otherwise severely injured.
This is the third time within year
that Shea has been badly hurt in the
performance of his duties on the Cen
trail road. Shea's father. who was an
old railroad man, was killed on the
Central railroad at Hampton about a
year ago, and his brother was killed on
the same railroad at Elizabeth three
months ago.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13
How SARAH CUNNInGF1An GOES I
! THROUGH TIE WORLD WITHOUT SEEING IT. Il

There were few lofts used as store
rooms, and top-hoor apartments with
slant roofs, rented at enormous prices
to photographers and fashionable
painters, but the legendary garnet was
entirely unknown. was finally
obliged to compromise on hall bed
room with livery stable exposure. 1t
was a cruel shock to my imagination.
When run across the old garnet gag
in a story nowadays it makes me mad"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13

couver correspondent of the Exam
iner), that you will never look upon
the ground because wickedness stalks
upon it throughout the world. Is there
any truth in this?"
You have been correctly informed"
answered Miss Cunningham, after con-
Quoting her caller into the cheerful
room above described as her parlor
This world is so wicked that a few
years ago, while 1 was thinking it all
over, l resolved l would never look at
it again. My conscience seemed &c
hurt me when l used to walk around
and see all the sin going on, and
could not bear to contemplate 1t any
longer. Since l have not seen the earth
for some time my nina is at ease again
and l am perfectly contented with the
life / am now leading.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13
THAT SHE MAY NOT SEE SIN in THE WORLD.

If you will but stop and think of
the sin and crime going on In this
world today, you will readily see that
the average person does not come up
to the high moral standard OF the man
or woman OF fifty years ago. 1t is con-
elusive that the world is going to the
devil.
1T formerly made me sad and retro
spective to see the way people were
indulging in sinful habits in which
they said they could see no harm; but
now that my eyes do not see them, and
as / have almost forgotten their evil
actions, am beginning to feel better.
The bright side of life only occupies
my mind now. and although l am
aware and conscious OF the sin going
on. 1t does not trouble me as much as
in former days"
Miss Cunningham says she used to
go to church, but didn't see anything
there that made her wish to keep her
eyes open for it alone. She thought
she might have been induced to en-
dure the whole show to the rest OF her
days if even one phase Of life had held
out any attractions to the eye. IN
her opinion every department fell
down-and the church seems to have
been the last straw. When it failed
her in her search for the one thing
worth looking at she relapsed into
such mental gloom that her physical
vision got alphabetically depressed
and took to bandages, as aforesaid
But, aside from the WEAKNESS OF the
worlds sinscapes. there is nothing
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13


Both Of these are necessary for the
proper growth of a flock of sheep. but
the source of the water Is very I'm
portant, says E. p. Smith in Michi-
gan Farmer. Water from sandstone or
slate rock is usually pure, but water
that comes through bed of limestone
is very apt to cause trouble in sheep.
Most of this water will be found to
icontain too much lime and magnesia,
and the sheep, by absorbing a lot Of
these mineral elements, may come
down with an attack Of goitre. But II
water cannot be obtained from any
other source it may be partly purified
and the excess of alkali neutralized by
exposure to the air. This can best be
done by DETECTING the course of the
stream or brook so that the water
will have to filter through q bed OF
sand. This tiltering process will re-
lieye the water of all organic matter
and make it harmless to the animals
Ordinarily little attention is given to
the drinking water of the animals on
VIC Dut IL 10 SA&"~
many Of the common diseases which
affect them can be traced directly or
indirectly to the impurity of the water
they have been accustomed to drink.
Next to their food the drinking water
of sheep and all farm animals is the
most important factor in their growth
and development.
In the great West the wild animals
always resort to what are called salt
ticks, which is really a salt marsh,
where the water is not only good to
drink, but has an excellent effect other
wise in preserving the general health
of the creatures. This habit of the
animals shows the necessity Of having
good water to drink, and the natural
craving they have for salt. The crav-
ing for salt is natural, for the system
requires certain amount of it all the
time. Special physical conditions OF
the animals will also demand that
more salt shall be taken into the sys-
TEN. Salt is one Of the elements OF
the gastric fluid by which food is d.
gested, and good digestion is impos-
,sible without a sufficient supply OF
salt. An animal suffering from indi-
gestion will often require more salt tc
set her right. 1t is the lack of sufii-
cient salt in the gastric fluid that some
times induces Indigestion, and the true
way to remedy the trouble is to give
20 the animals larger supply. Nature
generally indicates the trouble by
stimulating an abnormal craving for
salt.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13
RiPENED THE GRAPES.

Lightning Comes to the Aid of the
Growers.
Visitation by lightning has proved a
blessing in disguise to grape growers
in the Ridge district, seven miles from
ST. Joseph, Mich, says a letter to the
Minneapolis Tribune. Bolts which were
DESCRIBED upon their vineyards a few
weeks ago brought ripening to the
green fruit instead Of the ruin every
one feared. AS result the fruit was
on the market three weeks before the
usual time and sold at double ,as price
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13

When the Prince of Wales was a boy
the book that most took his fancy was
Robinson Crusoe," and even now It
amuses him greatly to read a chap
ter
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13

twenty-five years ago France was
able to put az many soldiers in the
fed az Germany. Today 1t falls short
BY aboat 100000 msn.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13
nMIS5 SARAH CUNNINGHAM
vi CEFOKE TIE WORLD BEG AWE
u: ODIOUS TO HER SIGHT.

vii. consent to un-
veil her eyes and
take a dim look at
such visitors as
may be deemed fit
to enter into that
favored relation CT
intimacy with her;
but even then she
will not turn the
light Of a mirror on
her face as a need
less counting Of op
teal dissatisfac-
ton.
She talks with
but few people, pre-
ferring to hear al
most as little Of the
world as she sees;
but if a child of
sincerity applies at
her shrine with a
r e a ii y genuine
thirst to know
what she thinks of
the things she re-
fuses to see, she
will admit him
courteously enough
and ease his curl
osity with a whole
some hospitality of
explanation.
at is reported,
Miss Cunning ham,"
said one of these
visitors recently
(hn was tho VAN
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13
Mutton the Primary Consideration.

Mutton the Primary Consideration.
Notwithstanding the apparent con-
traction of our Aocks the sheep in
dustry has made substantial progress,
says a report of the Department Of
Agriculture. 1t has been established
in a more permanent and lasting ba-
sis by making mutton the primary con-
sideration and wool incidental, in
stead of the reverse, as has generally
been the case heretofore. On this
basis, sheep raising will return a sat
isfactory profit one year with another
independent of the price of wool, OF
nearly so, as it has been clearly DEM
onstrated that it does not cost any
more, If even as much, to produce a
pound of mutton from good mutton
sheep under average farm conditions
than to produce a pound of beef, when
the wool is left entirely out of con-
sideration; and the wool always has
some value; it seldom goes so low that
well-bred mutton sheep will not yield
q fleece worth from 70 cents to s150.
Meat and Grain.-When meat is CIV
en- it is not necessary to give so much
grain. For instance, If meat is fed at
noon II will be only necessary to scat
ter a few handfuls of oats in each pen
to keen the inmates at work. When
hen becomes too fat she will lay soft
shelled eggs. Where plenty of meat is
to be had as one Of the cheapest arti-
cles of food a greater quantity Of oats
may be given. Wheat is the best all
round food. The waste Of the farm In
conjunction with meat and the hot
morning meal and exercise will bring
plenty Of eggs.-Ex.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13

whatever the matter with the ladys
eyes. They are clear and rather pref
ty, hazel in color, and dashed with
curling black winkers. Before the
wickedness OF the world drove them
into eclipse, they helped to give her a
rather progressing face. as the pho
tograph reproduced on this page Sub
mitted by the lady HERSELF will attest.
To voluntarily relinquish the sight OF
two unlovely and unsound eyes would
seem willful enough waste OF the
blessings of God; but to go blind OF
ones own accord, when ones eyes are
not only lovely but sound, amounts to
somewhat more than enough. Yet Miss
Cunningham makes the sacrifice, and
this very enormity of sef-denial rather
lends a color of sincerity to the weari-
ness NJ the worlds visible depravity.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13

The explanation was given by a Ridge
district grower and ample confirmatory
testimony was easy to secure. The
grapes readily brought Is cents bas-
ket, against cents last year.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-13

Hebrews In Italy.
There are $1,000 Hebrews in Italy.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-18

survive for months on bread and water.
The fair opium victim, physical and
mental wreck through the curse was
soon afterward found dead il her bed,
a suicide.
But the calamities of DR.. Davis d d
not end here. He had two sons by a
former wife. One of these was very
wild, and his pranks were famous. He
was handsome, an athlete and dancer,
doing the hornpipe on a looking glass
laid on the floor In his occasional de-
bauches young Davis would mount a
pair of black horses and race through
the town at full speed, himself stand
ing upon their bare backs and lighting
cigars with ten dollar bills. One day
the exhausted and foam covered horses
plunged into the little lake which bor
ders the highway, the shock killing
them instantly. Davis swan to shore.
One night, some time after, the
youth came home, after tarrying over
the bowl, pounded his way up the stairs
which wind about the quadrangle to
the third story, promptly fell over the
banister and dashed his brains out on
the hall floor, three stories below, his
blood dyeing the oaken boards to this
day. His fathers fortune began to
dwindle away, and broken hearted he
moved away from the sad scenes.
Walter BUDDING lived there from
1882 to 1851. He was very rich and
kept many slaves, but he, too, went
financially to pieces, and fires were his
Nemesis. All his barns and granaries
went up in smoke one day, and as the
carpenters had just succeeded in put
ting up new buildings in the place OF
them, slave set fire to the new build
ings burning them to the ground. One
night Pudding gave a party, an old
fiddler furnishing the music. Beside
the fine old fireplace the old man fid-
died and fiddled till all the guests had
departed, scraping on till daybreak
when he was found lying beside the
dying embers stone dead Bankruptcy
followed BUDDING, and he moved away.
FIRES AND SUDDEN DEATHS.
After BUDDING was a Captain Backus.
who bought the place in 81 and sold it
in 80, losing money enormously on the
investment, but never assigning rea-
son for his vanquishment. Whether
he heard the spirit of Burr stalking
through the bleak walls and chambers
or not will never be known But the
next occupant was wealthy DR.. Doty,
who lived there from 80 to go, after
having come from California, where he
made an immense fortune. The doc
tor here entertained very lavishly, but
soon fell a victim to mysterious fires,
his barns and sheds, filled with blood
ed stock, going down into ashes re-
neated1y Later his horses were poi
soned. with copperas, and his invest
ments went wideFof the mark. To cap
the climax. his wife refused to live
longer in the house, and moved por-
ton of it up the street, where wings
were added in the form of cross, the
doors and windows being surmounted
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-18

himself the forced guest of Commodore
Truxton.
For three weeks Aaron Burr remained
in hiding in the upper room, whittier
he could go by secret passage behind
the very fireplace where Washington,
the noble and brave, had warmed him.
self more than once but few years
before The news of the death of Ham
ilton was soon bruited abroad through
all the country, but the disappearance
of Burr was likewise a thing to ponder
upon. Every night Burr came from his
hiding place, and with the Commodore,
his host, paced up and down, up and
down under the dense shadows of the
old sycamores that surrounded the
home, but Burr was ten days gone be-
fore the neighborhood knew that the
old mansion on the crossroads had
sheltered him. From that evil hour the
fortunes of all beneath that roof, and
all who have come after, have changed.
Burr wandered about for months,
fugitive. On March 22d, the following
year, he wrote his nephew, Joseph
Aston, that he was under ostracism-
I'm New York I am to be disfranchised,
anu III NEW JSISSy udiiSCO 41dN Ia
substantial objections to both, I shall
not for the present hazard either, but
shall seek another country" The "other
country" was across the Alleghanles,
where Burr attempted to fit out trea-
sonable expedition, which was to ad-
vance down the river and take New
Orleans, seize stores and munitions,
money and securities, and disrupt the
Union, making himself the President OF
the western portion. He had also a
plan to free Mexico from British rule.
President Jefferson Immediately or
dered Burr's arrest, and after a long
and tedious trial at Washington Burr
was acquitted of the technical charge,
while every citizen of the country felt
in his heart that the man who had
slain Hamilton would stoop to anything
and stop at nothing. Burr wandered
over to Europe, lived miserably there