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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02

A Notable Shipment of Percheron
Housewife following appeared last
week in Chicago paper: Chicago has
become horse market for the Pacific
coast. Yesterdays overland freight On
The Northwestern railroad took a car
load of sixteen giant Percheron Craft
horses, consigned to a brewing and
mailing establishment in Seattle,
Wash. The animals had to themselves
a palace" stable car equipped with
everything dear to equine appetite and
comfort, with special attendant to
minister to their wants. 1t is said to
be the first time Chicago has been
drawn on for such a consignment to
a domestic destination nearly $500
miles away. In anticipation of the
new field of traffic the shipment may
open, the railroad company has sent
along its right-of-way orders to rush"
the car to the coast with all possible
dispatch. None of the horses was I'M
der sixteen hands high, while they
tipped the scales at an average weight
of 1,750 pounds. They were of the
uniform shade Of "dapple gray" and
were bred on the prairies of Iowa and
Illinois.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02
The pest Prescription for Chills

and Fever is bottle OF GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. 1t is simply iron and qulnlne
in a tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, SOC.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02
Halls Catarrh euro
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.

Between two evils some folks have
no choice; they embrace them both.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02

The loser of the game is never ac-
cused of cheating.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02
Filthy Drinking Utensils.

DR.. Woods says: The drinking water
is a fruitful source of disease. I'm
pure water should not be allowed
within reach of fowls. 1t is no I'M
common sight on poultry farms, other
wise we'll kept, to find the water yes
sells in a filthy condition. Putting
clean water into foul receptacles Is
labor wasted; yet we not infrequently
see on poultry farms dirty wooden
tubs or unclean metal vessels contain
ing uninviting drinking water. On
farm which l visited recently the fowls
are supplied with running water in
metal trough. Judging from the con-
dition of the trough, and the accum-
ulated filth and slime, it had not been
cleaned since the plant was built-sev-
eral years; yet the proprietor was un-
able to account for bowel troubles and
other ailments to which his fowls were
subject We cannot be too careful
about the drinking water. 1t should
be such as we would be willing to
drink ourselves, since it plays an i'm
portant part in the makeup of the
fowl and of the egg. Metal water
dishes, if kept clean, are all right; but
glazed earthenware ones are better.
They should be so made that they can
be easily and thoroughly cleaned
should be we'll rinsed each time re-
filled, say twice or three times daily.
Once a week they should be washed
and scalded.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02

A genius is fool who succeeds; a
fool is a geuius who fails.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02

A mans idea of good resolution is
one that will stretch.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02
For Housekeepers.

A woman who laughs at love gener-
ally does it to keep from crying.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02

Love of money is the root of all evil
and of much good.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02

LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. 4e, s70l
"I had female COM
plants so bad that it
caused me to have
hysterical fits; have had
as many as nine in one
day.
"Five bottles Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
cured me and it has
been a year since | had
an attack.
r1rs. Edna Jackson,
Pearl, La.
If Mrs. Pinbham's Compound will cure
such severe cases as this surely it
must be a great medicines there
any sufferer foolish enough not to
give it trial?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02

A retired confidence man says that
any man worth doing at all is worth
doing we'll
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02

A man forgets when questioned
about things he never knew.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02

All persons who milk the cows
should have the finger nails closely
cut.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02

Every neglect in poultry raising has
its cost.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02

Dry matter is the portion remain
ing after removing or excluding the
water from any material.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02

Fattening Shropshires.-At the Ok
lahoma Station two Shropshire lambs
made gain of 80 lb. in four weeks, eat
ing two pounds each daily Of Kafir
meal, aside from hay. One Of these
lambs was quite fat at beginning Of
trial, and made gain of only 10 ID. in
second period of seven weeks. Three
grade wethers, thin in flesh, made
gain of SO h. in five weeks, an aver
age gain of trifie over one half pound
daily. They ate 237 lb. of Kafir grain.
Sheep digest unground Kafir grain
better than do horses, cattle or hogs.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02

Mrs. WinsiOw's Soothing syrup
Scr children tcething softens the gums reduces nn
alton aays pain cures wind collie. 25 cents bottle.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02

The main difference between luna
tice and other PEG pie is that lunatics
have no fads.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-02

Tomato Fertilizers.-Nitrate of soda
is usually very beneficial to the tomato
plant in early stages of growth. Later,
potash and phosphoric acid both may
be used. Just before setting the to-
matoes, 200 lb. per acre of the follow
ing mixture might be applied: 100 Id.
of nitrate of soda, 100 Id. of dissolved
rock, and 25 h. of muriate of potash.
Thoroughly incorporate with the soil
Country Gentleman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-07

the Catholic university, and the new
Trinity college for women will make
the fourth. The other novitiates are
the House OF the Paulist society and
the Holy Cross college, the latter the
novitiate of the University of Notre
Dame, Indiana, to be opened September
and to be dedicated in October with
elaborate ceremonies. In no section of
the United States are the Roman Cath
ollcs so numerous as in washington
and the country around it. MARYLAND
was settled 10y the Catholics. and those
who have come after Lord Baltimore
have kept the old faith with a resolute-
ness which is quite astonishing. con-
slder1ng the falling away from early
religious traditions and beliefs which is
a part OF the history of Protestant
colonial settlements. Had New Eng
Iand, for instance, been as true to pur-
ltanlsm and the form of belief which
greW'out of it as Maryland has been to
Roman Catholicism, New England
would today be the controlling shirt
OF the Protestant Evangelical religious
world OF the western hemisphere. In
stead OF this, however, she is chiefly
distinguished in more recent religions
history as having given birth to mod
eM Onltarianism and Universalism, to
say nothing of agnosticism in some of
its more alluring forms
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-07
TO PURCHASE RELICS OF LINCOLN

Congress will be asked next winter
to purchase the collection of Lincoln
relics, which for a good many years has
been on exhibition in the old house on
Tenth street in which the great liber-
ator breathed his last. This collection
is the finest in the country, and is
growing year by year. In addition to
rich store Of the personal BELONGINGS
OF the man, there are in the collection
about 1000 biographical works and
books relating to slavery and the civil
war, nearly 800 portraits and busts,
more than 200 medals, a large number
of autograph letters, IS pieces of music.
250 funeral sermons, $50 pictures il
Illustrating the assassination and
funeral, more than 800 newspapers con-
tanning addresses and papers, the flag
in which Booth caught his foot as he
leaped from the box after firing the
fatal shot, one Of Booths spurs. a
black locust rail split by Lincoln in
1880, the last cOokstove used by Mrs.
Lincoln in the home at Springfield, ILL.,.
family bible 100 years DID, in which
41AhiSOI1A "1oIC HIS 1cttllS NuS1 d 10Y OI
9 years; the cradle in which the Lin
coin children were all rocked, an office
chair used by Lincoln in Springfield,
two settees belonging to the family,
torch carried in the campaign of 1860.
and many other things, numbering
in all more than 5000. The attitude of
congress toward the collection thus far
has been one of Indifference 1t was
only after the most earnest efforts that
an appropriation could be got through
for the purchase of the house in which
the collection is at present located. The
house having been secured, however,
it is believed it will be less difficult to
interest congress in the relics. These
are all on the main floor, where the at
tempt is being made to keep the build
ing in its original condition. On this
floor is the small back bedroom in
which the president died. There
has been no alteration of any Sort even
the same old paper being still on the
walls. The house was built in 1S49,
and has received little or no attention
since.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-07
ELECTRICITY IN ECUADOR

The following extracts are from q
letter by ConsuI-General De Leon
dated Guayaquil, June II, 1899. to a
New York firm, to which the original
has been forwarded:
There is no electric power usnd in
Guayaquil and no demand for electrical
supplies. I believe, however. that
there is an excellent opening for An
electric light and street railway ser
vice. This is a prosperous citv of
about $4,000 inhabitants, and with the
construction Of the proposed railway
to Quito is bound to increase in popn-
lauon and wealth. 1t is al Dresent
lighted by gas Of poor quality. which
costs the municipality a considerable
sum annually. A street car system
traVerses almost every street; but
mules, the motive power. are COSTLY
The finances Of the municipality are
IN a Hourlshing condition. The stock
OF the car company was at so in 1895.
tneTe IS now large cash reserve. equal
10 oO per cent. OF. capitalization; Is per
cent. annual dividends are declared
and the stock brings today s15O ner
snare. Fuel is scarce and expensive,
out superb water power is available at
some distance from the city. In 1896
tie Installation of an electric light SER
vice was IN progress; but the great fire.
which burned SO blocks of the best part
OF the city, destroyed the work and
caused the enterprise to be abandoned.
The city is almost rebuilt with a better
class OF edif1ces, and the time seems
ripe for system combining transpor-
tatiOn and illumination.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-07
JIM CROW.
Oh, say, Jim Grow,

| Oh, say, Jim Grow,
Why is it you always go
With a gloomy coat of black?
Why don't you change its hue,
At least for day or two,
To red or green or blue?
And why do you always wear
Such sober, somber air,
As glum as the face of Care?
| wait for your reply,
And into the peaceful pause
There comes your curious, croakine
"Oh, because! cause! 'cause.''
Oh, say, jim Grow,
Why, when the farmers SOW,
And the corn springs pu in the row,
And the days that once were brief
Grow long and laugh into leaf,
Do you play the rascalIy thief?
l can see by the look in your eye
Wary and wise and sly
That you know the code in vogue;
Why will you then, oh, why
Persist in the path of the rogue?
I hearken for your reply
And into the empty pause
There rings your graceless, grating
cry
ooh, because! cause! 'cause."
And say, Jim Crow,
With all Of the lore you know
Lore of the wood and field,
Lore of the clouds and the clear
Depths of the atmosphere,
To our duller ken concealed
Why is it you ever speak
With mingled squawk and a squeak
You, with your talents all,
AND your knowledge of this and that
Why must you sing like a squall,
And talk like a perfect "fat?"
I listen for your reply,
But in the lapse and the pause
All [ hear is your impudent cry
"Oh, because! cause! 'causel"
-Scollard in Woman's Home Com
panion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-07
DEED OF KANSAN TOLD,

Harry Armstrong, one Of the Chi
cago correspondents at Manila, sends
the following rhymed appreciation of
the American volunteer to a friend at
nome. He confessed, also by mail
that news Of what that volunteer is
capable Of doing and has done is
thanks to the cable that was spliced-
already within the knowledge of the
American people:
Oh, he feared not the river that ran
With the tide far out to sea.
Oh, he feared not the rank
On the opposite bank
OF the sweeping Pampange-
This spirit bold Of the whiskered man,
Of the dusty volunteer,
AS he rushed them on
From CalOocan,
With a howl he called a cheer;
A cheer as wild as the beard that grew
All over the Kansan's face -
From Bulacan
To Pulian
He set them a terrible pace.
For the rebels heard, and then they
knew
That their time had come to run.
Right up the flank this modern Yank
Brought death with his yell-and
gun.
He's big and dusty and grave and
grim,
With an eye extremely true.
His language Of flint
Won't do to print,
For it's mostly composed of blue,
He trusts his colonel, and follows him
Through waters both deep and wide
At Calumpit
And Apalit
That stand there side by side.
For he feared not the river that ran
With the tide far out to sea
And he feared not the rank
On the opposite bank
Of the sweeping Pampange-
This spirit bold of the whiskered man.
Of the dusty volunteer,
AS ne rushed them on from Caloocan
With howl he called a cheer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-07
TRADE OF HONG KONG.

AS Hong Kong has no custom house,
the only official source Of information
concerning imports and exports is the
annual report Of the harbormaster.
His report for the year ending Dec. 81,
1898, has just been published, and it
contains many items of interest to
shipowners who are interested in the
commerce of southern China and the
Philippines. 1t will also be interesting
to note the increase of American ship
ping in this port in 1898 over 1897.
This has all taken place since August,
within a period Of four months. The
increase for 1899 will be fully double
that of 1898, because Of the large
number of ships plying between Manila
and Hong Kong that have gone under
the American flag, and because of the
greater consumption Of American
goods in Manila
The total tonnage entering and clear
ing this port for the year 1898 amount
ed to II, 265, $50 tons, an increase COM
pared with 1897 of 1926 tons. There
arrived 39,815 vessels, aggregating
S,64S,274 tons. Eleven steamers flying
the American flag entered during 1898,
as against four in 1897. Thirty-two
sailing vessels came in under the
American flag, as against 80 in 1897,
America standing second to Great Brit
ain, with So under the British flag.
The year 1898 was marked by heavy
trade in rice and coal, and the intro
duction Of oil from Langkat, Sumatra
The demand for rice was largely from
Japan, and that for coal was a result
of the late war with Spain and center
ing of so many foreign fleets in this
harbor. The American kerosene oil
trade remained practically the same as
in 1897. American -four shows a con-
siderable increase in spite of the fact
that from April to August the Manila
market was practically closed to it.
Hong Kong imported from the United
States 90 04 tons Of cargo, as against
! 2IS,111 tons from the continent of
Europe and 416,517 tons from Great
Britain. The imports from the Philip
pine islands amounted to 169,526 tons.
| The exports from Hong Kong to the
| United States amounted to 14S, 525 tons
and to the Philippine islands to 152, 1896
tons, leaving a balance Of trade heav-
lily in our favor. Among the imports
| in which the United States is interested
| are 103, 544 tons of -four, 36,611 tons of
| cotton and cotton yarn, $3.50 tons of
| hemp, 1882 tons Of kerosene in bulk,
/ and 59,115 tons of kerosene in case. all
! Of which items except kerosene show
an increase over 1897. There arrived
/ during 1898, on vessels Of all classes,
1920, 902 passengers. The total reve-
nue. Of the haTbor department, which is
! made up of light dues, licenses, and in
ter0al revenue and court and Office
! fees, amounted to 1S3,62S.01. These
| figures in some measure show Hong
| k0ng's Importance in the shipping
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-07
SUGAR as ARMY RATIONS.
Some Experiments That Were Made
in Germany.

A paper was recently read at Metz,
Germany, by DR.. Leitensdorfer, at a
meeting Of the local Army Surgeons
Society, on the subject of the use of
sugar as food in the army. The lecturer
based his remarks upon personal OBJ
seryations. In three companies of SOL
diers ten men without means and OF
weak constitution were used for the
tests, and ten stronger men to control
the same. Before the experiments 6e-
gan, the weight, pulse at rest and pulse
at work, and respiration were taken for
each Individual. The stronger man
having a pulse at rest of so or less
showed an increase Of to Is beats al
work; the weaker ones, when subjected
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-07

to the identical exercise, showed an
increase as high as 80 beats above 80 or
over
The sugar men received seven. and
and later on ten to twelve lump Of
sugar day, each lump being equal to
five grammes. In some cases the
amount was increased up to seventy
grammes day. The result of the ex-
pertinent was the following: In a
scientific sense a favorable influence
upon the capacity Of the individual was
shown at so to so grammes a day added
to the regular ration, the pulse and res
piration being lower while at work
than with those not fed on sugar. and
then the men fed on sugar showed an
increase Of weight greater than those
who did not eat the sugar. The favor
able influence Of the sugar upon the
muscles and the heart exhibited itself
in greater endurance. From a practi-
cal point Of view it was determined: /.
That men like sugar and it agrees with
them. 2. That sugar satisfies both
hunger and thirst 8. That sugar
gives quick relief in case of hunger.
faintness and exhaustion, owing to the
fact that it is easily absorbed.
The Agricultural Society of France
on March 3, at the instance of its presi-
dent, N. S. Tetard, resolved to request
the government to allow a more impor-
tant place to sugar in the army ratfons.
The request has led to an order by the
minister of war to the corps command
ers to make experiments for the pur-
pose of determining if, and TO what ox-
tent, the addition Of sugar to the ration
would be profitable in the field.-Beet
Sugar Gazette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-07
ROMANCE OF ALUMINIUM,
How Roman Artificer Startled Tibe-
RUS and Lost His Head.

In Mature Historiaarium," where
reference is made to an incident in Ro-
man history which up to the time of ST..
Claire Deville has been overlooked by
scientists for many centuries, it is re-
lated by Pliny (23 A D. to 70 A. D.
that during the reign Of the Emperor
Tiberius al B. c. to 81 A. d. a GER
tain worker in metals (Famer) ap-
peared at the place and showed a beau
tiful cup composed of brilliant white
metal that shone like silver.
When the artifcer was presenting it
10 the emperor he purposeIy dropped it
on the floor Of the chamber The COB
let was so bruised by the fall that it
seemed to be irretrievaDly injured, but
the workman took his hammer, and,
in the presence Of the court, repaired
the damage without delay. It was evil
dent that this metal was not silver,
although it had almost the same bril-
Iancy, besides being much more due
tile and considerably lighter.
The emperor questioned the artifcer
closely and learned from him that he
had extracted the metal from AN argyll
laceous earth, probably the clay known
to modern chemists as alumina. Tibe-
RUS then asked if anyone besides him
self knew the process, and received the
proud reply that the secret was known
only to himself and Jupiter. This an
swer was sufficient. The emperor had
reflected that if it were possible to OBJ
tain this metal from SC common a sub
stance as clay the value Of gold and sill
yer would be greatly reduced, so he de-
termined to avert so lamentable a ca
tastrophe. He caused the workshops
Of the discoverer to be wholly des-
troyed, and the luckless artifcer was
seized and decapitated, so that his Sc
cret might perish with him
NJ. Saint-Claire DeviIIe who had no
doubt that this metal was aluminium,
and he asserted that the wanton cru
city Of Tiberius had deprived the
world of the valuable metal, which re-
NAMED undiscovered for eighteen CEN
turtles. The extraction Of aluminium,
discovered by the Roman craftsman in
the first century Of the Christian era.
thus became one of the lost arts
Detroit Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-07
THE SLANTING WAIST LINE
Walk Right and There Will Be No
Need to Pin Belts.

AS everyone knows, the slanting
waist line is the proper thing in these
days. The Stanislaus girl would have
made it popular if it had not already
made the Stanislaus girl popular, for
II SO improves the figure and lessons
the apparent size of the waist that
woman must be blind not to see its
advantages. Contrast any one of the
old-fashioned women, whose waist
was often shorter in front than in the
pack, or even one whose belt knew no
deviation as it enslants, for confrma-
ton Of this assertion-but, and here
comes the usual difficulty with ex-
tremists, there is really no necessity
for placing the belt half way I'D the
back in order to obtain that slant.
That's what many women do. how
ever. They place their girdles at
least two or three inches above the
waist line in the back and then draw it
down about to the waist proper in
front, by dint of which manipulation
they manage to obtain a slant" which
makes them look more than a tride
deformed.
The slanting waist line on a woman
who holds herself according to the
laws prescribed by health and beauty,
and whose figure is normal, arranges
Itself. There is no trick about it and
the belt ought to require neither pins.
nor hooks, nor screws to keep it in
position. The waist itself slants-
therefore the girdle must. The lat
ter should not be worn too tight, how
ever, If the effect is to be of the best.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-07

world. The popularity of the Hong
Kong trade is that the consumption of
imports on the island itself is so small
as compared with the bulk of the trade
that 1t can be stated that almost all
imports are again exported Hong
Kong has often been called a vast
bonded warehouse and clearing house
Tor southern China and the surround
ing countries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-07
TWO AMERICAN JOCKEYS WIN

London, Sept 3.-The race for the
Michael Mas stakes of 500 sovereigns
yesterday was won by Lord William
Bersford's Blacksmith, at odds of 5 to
2, ridden by Tod Sloan. The race for
the September stakes of 500 sovereigns
was won by Sir R. Waldidifhth's Ian
drail, with Sheets Martin I'D.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-07

Recorder Golf, of New York, who has
just returned from a European trip,
while on the other side saw Dreyfus
and also his wife. With a kind of
French gallantry he mentions the lady
first and is of the opinion that she
IS remarkable woman. Dreyfus he
only saw at a distance, and as to his
guilt or innocence would venture no
opinion, saying that it would be
breach Of professional courtesy for
member of the judiciary of one coun-
try to criticise that Of another.