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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-04-15

haired girl, with delicate complexion
and slim, ladylike hands.
Brannigan, swinging in with his huge
ice block, took swift, appreciative
look at her, dumped the ice in its re.
ceptacle, and stopped on the return
swing for conversation.
"'Tis warm day!"
Dreadful" said Alma, listlessly.
II didn't see you before?"
mo. I've just come"
yell not stay here! the old lady
can't kape no gyurl more than week
It's hole Of a place!"
I'm Mrs. Browns daughter, from
Halifax"
Brannigan went away at that, sud-
denly speeches..
He saw her nearly every day after,
but he did not seem to make much head
way. A packet of chewing gum, which
had appeared to him graceful atten-
ton suitable from any gentleman to
any lady, was received with disappoint-
ing GOODNESS.
Its very kind of you," she said, .sbut
never use it. Mrs. Daily, where lived
in Halifax, thought it was common
One day about month after her ar
rival, he found Alma alone in the
kitchen-and marked with concern that
her eyes were red with crying. Now,
Brannigan had mans philosophy re-
garding tears.
Aren't We we'll at ALP" he asked.
coming up beside her.
'I'm all right" said Alma, holding
her head down, and plunging her thin
little arms into tub of soapsuds.
The next moment she was startled
and scandalized by the clasp of an arm
about her waist, and the touch of a
brown mustache on her cheek.
"Ah, cheer up!" whispered Branni-
gan, tenderly, ait don't sthorm livery
day!"
He stepped back to avoid the expected
slap; but the girl made no sort of DEM
onstration. She simply stood there with
white face and looked unutterable re-
proach.
Tactics of so novel kind were dis
composing. Brannigan's bronzed cheek
famed, and the laugh died out of his
eyes.
"Say. I'm mighty sorry." lie nvir-
INJURED; IL niver thought but ye'd like
Il! The gyurls mostly does, an It's no
harm at ALL
TN not that kind" said Alma,
gtsrnly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-04-15
FREE TO MILLIONS OF
SUFFERERS.
The New Cure for Kidney, Bladder
and Uric Acid Troubles.

Almost everybody who reads the
newspapers is sure to know of Swamp
Root, the great Kidney remedy.
1t is the great medical triumph OF the
nineteenth century; discovered after
years of scientific research by the en-
inent kidney and bladder specialist, DR..
Kilmer, and has truly wonderful pow.
ers in curing kidney, liver, bladder and
uric acid diseases.
Kidney trouble is responsible for more
sickness and sudden deaths than any
other disease, and is so deceptive that
thousands have it without knowing it.
Thousands owe their health and even
life to Swamp-Root, and thousands more
who to-day think themselves beyond
help, can be made well by the use of
this great remedy.
Swamp-Root has been tested in so
many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to
purchase relief, and has proved so sue
cessful in every case, that a special ar.
rangement has been made by which all
readers of this paper, who have not al
ready tried 1t, may have sample bottle
sent absolutely free by mail. Also
book telling more about Swamp Root
snd containing some of the thousands
;.rc2, thousands of testimonial letters
received from men and women who owe
their good health, in fact, their very
lives, to the wonderful curative proper
ties of Swamp-Root. Be sure and men
ton this paper when sending your adj
dress to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton,
n. Y.
If you are already convinced that
Swamp-Root is what you need, you can
purchase the regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles at drug-stoges,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-04-15
TIM BRANIGAN'S
$3.50 COURTSHIP
BY B. W. Charming

DRANNIGAN carried ice for the Syl-
ID van Spring Ice company. He was
a goodly young fellow, standing
six feet one in his stockings, with
a countenance deeply bronzed by
weather, out of which his wide
blue eyes laughed increasingly. His
flannel shirt, open a little at the
base of the strong, round throat, and
his broad felt hat, indented with YER
teal Denver poke" gave him a cow
bow effect. He was perfectly cognizant
OF this, and traded on it with the maids
at the various houses on his beat, before
whom he staggered not little, drop
ping hints of western past, strewn
with Indian scalps.
"And was you ever there, now, Mr..
Brannigan"- one of them once asked
him, and he answered, ambiguously:
saw, an if l hadn't a-been, how
would get the wownd on me CROWN"
'What wownd on your crown? Go
on!"
"I'll show it We if yen step over
here"
Brannigan bent his FURNISHED curls,
and pretty Norah stretched on tiptoe
to meet them. But just as the two
heads reached one level, the hero lifted
his own quickly and kissed the fresh
colored face that looked SO intently at
him.
'Shure, the situation was that con-
vaynient, ! cudden't help it'll" he urged,
fleeing to the door with a smart cuff
ringing in his ears.
But he was to learn that there was
type of womanhood demanding more
deferential approach.
The first time he saw Alma was on
hot afternoon in August, when she had
just come down from Nova Scotia, and
was feeling the atmosphere of the South
end oppressive.
Her mother, who kept boarding
house, and had combined with that re-
sponsibility the care of shiftless sec
ond husband and his two small. boys,
had written to Halifax that Alma was
needed. Alma was a slender, dark
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-04-15

Hon. Myron II. McCord, Ex-Governor
of New Mexico, in letter to DR.. Hart
man, from Washington, D. c., says:
Gentlemen-At the suggestion of a
friend l was advised to use Pe-ru-na for
catarrh, and after using one bottle be-
gan to feel better in every way. 1t
helped me in many respects. l was
troubled with colds, coughs, sore
throat, etc., but as soon as had taken
your medicine began to improve and
soon got well. / take pleasure in recon-
mending your great remedy to all who
are afflicted with catarrh.-M. III. Nc
Cord.
Thousands of cases of chronic catarrh
have been cured by Pe-ru-na during the
past winter. In spite of changeable
weather, in spite of the natural set
backs from catching cold, and confine-
ment to illy-ventilated rooms, the great
catarrh remedy-Pe-ru-na-has effect
ed these cures. But now spring is here.
The days are longer, the sun is warmer,
and the blizzard is gone for another
year. This presents much more favor
able opportunity for the permanent
cure of chronic catarrh, especially old,
stubborn cases. Now is the time to be-
gin treatment. Other things being
equal, one months treatment in the
spring is worth two months treat
ment during the inclement weather of
winter. Insist upon having Pe-ru-na.
There are no successful substitutes for
this remedy. Send to DR.. Hartman, Co.
lumbus, Ohio, for a free catarrh book.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-04-15

He-Do you believe that there is such
a thing as true and lasting love?
She-Possibly; but / sometimes
doubt it.
"Well, there's Mr.. and Mrs. Gessing.
for example. They have been married
ten years, and they seem to never want
to lose sight of each other. Doesn't
that look like true and lasting love?"
1T may be that, but it looks to me
more like true and lasting JEALOUSY
Chicago News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-04-15
American war.hip..

There are go modern steamships fit
for cruising now available by the United
States navy in case of war, exclusive
of regular war vessels building or in
commission, and there are rapid-fire
guns enough to equip Is of them within
a week. These ships are the ocean
liners and coast steamships carrying
the American flag, and in a naval war
they would be found decidedly useful.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-04-15

The new United States naval station to be
located at San Juan, Porto Rico, will be of
the utmost Importance to this country as the
key to the situation when the Nicaragua
canal is constructed. The key to good health
is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Itguards the
digestive organs from attacks of Indigestion,
biliousness and constipation, just the same as
the new naval station at San Juan will ward
off attacks upon this country by foreign foes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-04-15
Naphtha In Ru..Ia

The growth of the naphtha industry
In Russia has been rapid one. In 1870
the output of naphtha for the whole of
Russia did not exceed 1,75o,0OO pools;
in 1882 the yield was already more than
100000 pools; ten years later, about
300,000,000 pools, and in 1894, BIG, 00o,-
900 pools, of which 3O9.000,o0O were
obtained in the BaAu governmental.
Y. Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-04-15
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Hlaz27 l3:ZldH

Hoods Pills cure liver Ills, the non.irritatng and
the only cathartic to take with Hoods sarsaparla
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-04-15
Not wtat She rsxpected.

Fangle--I saw your friend, Mrs. JAY
smith, get ON the train and leave town with
a married man this morning.
Mrs. Fangle deeply interested We'll,
I've been expecting scandal in that quar-
ter for some time. Who was it with the
shameless thing?
"Her husband. Harlem Life.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16

The Twentieth Kansas band will
begin a tour Of the state this week.
Ed Nelson and Lewis Brown were
ordered released from jail by the COM
missioners Thursday.
J. b. Watkins has secured a tax
deed to 40 acres Of land in Dixon
township. and 50 acres in Bluff town
ship.
The commissioners have granted
the petition Of j. f. Ward for the
opening Of a road on the stale line
between Guelph and South Haven.
Prof. j. J. Ansell came in from
Paris, Tex, Thursday, where the
Sells Oropaugh shows have gone into
winter quarters. He will pack his
household goods for shipment in few
days, and will probably make his
winter quarters at Dallas, Tex.
Two masked men held up the pas.
sengers in the waiting room OF the
Rock Island depot at Ell Reno Tues
day night just before the midnight
train arrived. Officers were sum
moned in time to arrest one Of the
men. The other escaped with small
amount OF money and some valuables
John Doty was ever from Oxford
Thursday and presented a bill TO the
county cOmmlss oners for $40 fol
boaidipg aud clothing Eva May DOty,
daughter Ut Chas. .Doty, from August
26 1896, TO April IS, 1897. The bill
was allowed, though the commission
ers did not think the county legally
| bound To pay Il.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16
Burglary at Mulyane.

The general merchandise store Of
John Rucker at Nulyane was burglar
lied Wednesday night and a large
amount Of goods stolen. Several pairs
Of shoes, gloves, suits and OvercOats,
besides a good supply of sugar were
taken. From the fact that the thieves
helped themselves to sugar and lard,
and several articles in the grocery
line, it ia thought the thieves must
have belonged to the town of Null
v4ne, as the officers say professional
tramps or burglars never take such
articles as these. The thieves entered
by saving part OF the rear door out
and etfecting an entrance in com
paratively easy manner. The amount
of goods stolen is estimated to bt
about 500.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident, Of which Nj.
John Oliver OF Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows;
Il was IN a most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes
Sunken, tongue coated, pain cOntin-
ually in the Ulck and sizes, no sppe.
extraordinarily grOniug weaker day
~, day. Three physicians had give
me up. Fortunately, 4 friend advised
trying Electric BitterS;' and to my
great joy and surprise, the first bottle
made derided improvement. | cor
tinusd lhsir use for three weeks, and
am now well man. ] know the,
saved my life, and robbed the grave OF
another victim" No one should fa'l
to try them. Only Soc, guaranteed,
at F. r. Sn'der'S drug store.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16
Three Joints PuIIed.

Will Hastie's place, "Big jim"
Nevins' place, aud G. D. Getter's
pace were raided by the sheriff and
his deputies Friday, and the
proprietors and their bartenders
arrested on warrants issued by
County Attorney J. N. Ready, charg-
ing each Of them with violating the
prohibi;ory liquor law on four counts.
Three of the counts are for selling
whisky. The fourth counts are for
maintaining nuisance.
Sheriff HeSkett raided Hastie's joint
and arrested the prOprietors, Will
HASTE aud John Tegder, and the
bartender, Club Hastie. Deputy
Hinchcliffe raided Nevins' joint and
arrested the proprietor, "Big JIM,
and bis bartender, John Doe
Under Sheriff Harry Brown raided the
Arlington Joint and arrested the
proprietor, c. D. Getter, and his bar
tender, Brick" Wilder. Nearly a
case of malt was secured at Hastie's
place, and about the same amount at
Getters place. Nearly a case and
half was secured at Neyins' place.
No whisky was secured at either
place.
All Of the men arrested gave bonds
in the sum If $500 each and were
released. Hastie's trial is set for the
2Sthiust. Nevins' trial is set for the
3Oth INST, and Getter's is set fol
December 4 AL Of the trials will be
held before Justice L. D. ChaddOu.
The information against the joint
lists was furnished the officers by II
fl. Carter, manager Of The Wellington
| Creamery Co. HI. Woods has beer
employed by several pr~hibitlOnists tt
assist the county attorney 10 The
prosecution.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16
Link Barnsr Of Palestine township
was a visitor 10 the city Friday.

The will OF VIM. Harris, late of
South Haven, was admitted to pro.
bate Friday.
There will be a dance In Armory
hall Thanksgiving night. Prof.
Blume's orchestra of Wichita, will
furnish the music.
State Bank Examiner Osborne was
in the city Thursday examining the
two state banks. He went to Medicine
Lodge next morning.
Superintendent Bailey has issued a
notice to the effect that Santa Fe
transportation is good over the
Hutchinson & Southern.
Oscar Tucker is reported to have
suffered relapse with typhoid fever,
and is again under the constant atten.
tiOn OF physician at the Santa Fe
hospital 10 Topeka.
Hit Atkins of ST. Louis, who Wis.
tied relatives in Wellington about A
mouth ago and became sick with ".
phaid fever while here, died soOn
after reaching home. He was a
machirist, and formerly worked in the
SaUta Fe shops here.
Charlie Shaver received a letter
Of cOugratulatiOn from Willis K
Folks at Lawrence Friday, and
Shawver'S home town, Lewiston, ILL.,.
held celebration Wednesday night
when they heard of his election.
D, D. Bailey is moving into The
Will Keuneke property on South G
street, the first door south OF DR.. f
lG. EmersOn's. viii Keuneke hai
shipped his household goods, aud hi
and his wife are visiting relatives il
South Haven before going to For
Scott to live.
The news Of 10th: A narriaC,
license was issued in Washington y s
terday to Admiral Dewey, 6l years o
age, aud MIS-. Mildred lIazen, 80
The wedding is expected to occu
next w,ek....E Republican victoris
were not so pronounced as yesterday
dispatches indicated. Andrew Car
negie has offered to sell his interes
in the Carnegie-Phipps-FriCk plant
for l25 million dollars. Vice Pres
dent Hobart refuses to die, and
getting better. The car and car
ina o. Russia are on a visit TO Gel
, many.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16

The legislature Of 1897 passed a
hedge law giving counties the right
to vote on the question Of whether
the farmers shall be compelled to cut
and keep trimmed their hedges. II
requires petitions froma majority Of
the township boards to have the
question submitted TO vote. A
majority OF the township bOards Of
this county failed TO file the required
petitions, hence the question was not
voted upon a, the recent election.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16

no happiness ior
either mother or
child without
health. Doctor
Pierce's Favorte
Prescription It has
done wonders" for
many a woman,
by restoring her
health and open
ing for her the way
to happy mother
hood. This really
wonderful medi-
cine is not a cure
all. II is a prepara-
ton specially de-
signed to cure dis
eases peculiar to
women. 1t dries
facilitating drains,
heals inflammation
and liberation,
cures female weak
ness, and removes
the causes which
! & EN- orally make
women nervous
and sleepless.
There is no alco'
! hol in cFavorite
J Preservation = anC
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16
To Cleanse the System

Efectually yet gently, when costivs or
hilioss, to permanently overcome habitu
al constipation, to awaken the kidneys
and liver to healthy activity, without
irritating or weakening them, to dispel
headaches, colds, or fevers, use Syrup Of
Figs, made BY the California Fig Syrup
n
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16

it contains no opium, cocaine or other
narcotic.
Mrs. lanes W. Blacker, Of Gag Gather.
inc Street, Syracuse, n Y, writes: Your
medicines have done wonders for me-. For
years my health was very poor; ! had -four
miscarriages. but since taking DR.. Perce's Fa
vorite Prescription and Golden Medical Dis
covery,' have much better health, and now
have fine healthy BABY
Use DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets with
oFavorite Prescription" if the bowels
are inactive or irregular.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16
Drink GralD.U

after you have concluded that you
ought not to drink coffee. 1t is not a
medicine but doctors order it, because
it is healthful, invigOrating and
appetizlng. 1t is made from pure
grains and has That rich seal brown
color and tastes like the finest grades
OF coffee and costs about t as much.
Children like it and thrive on it be-
cause it is genuine food drink con-
tanning nothing but nouriShment.
Ask your grocer for Grain.O, the new
food drink. Is and 25c.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16
A thousand tongues

Could nat express the rapture OF
AunIe f. Springer, 4 ll25 Howard
ST., PhlIadelphi4, Pa, when she
found that Dr.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption had completely cured
her Of that hsrkirg cough that tol
many Years had made life burdeo
All other remedies aud dOctsrs c0uls
give her Ia h;lp, but she says OF thi:
Royal Curt soon removed the
paiI in NJ chest md ] can now Sleel
S0undlr, something | can scarcely re-
membsr doing before. | feel like
.oanGirP It's praises throughout The
universe" So will everyone whC
triss D. Kings New Discovery for
'nr tIo1ble Of the throat, chest OF
lungs. Price SOC. ard sl.OO Tria
hotties free at L B. Snyder'S diug
store; every bottle guaranteed.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16
A Happy Mother

FrOlicking with her baby makes one Of
the prettiest spectacles ever seen in the
home. But nothing is sadder to see than
the unhappy mother, weak and nervous,
striving in vain to hush the cries Of her
weak and nervous babe. There can be
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16

The Rock Island Playing Cards are
the sickest you ever handled. One
pack will be sent by mail on receipt
OF Is cents in stamps. A money order
or draft for 80 cents or samein stamps
will secure 4 packs, aud they will be
sent by exp ess, charges sresaid.
Address, John Sebastian GA. c.
RI. & P, Chicago
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16
Rheumatism Cured Ia Bay

mystic Cure" for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cure, u one tO
three days. Its action upon the
system is remarkable and mysterious.
1t removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. Is cents,
Sold by Il. T. Smith, druggist, Wei
lingtOn. Is
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16

Mary A. Cornell has bought a
residence and six acres Of land near
Caldwell uf VIM. b. Willis, for S725.,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16

The Baptists of Winfield will put
a $500 pipe organ in their church
Would Jesus spend $500 on a pipe
organ?
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16

Br. and Mrs.. Wili Krureke have
retained from 2 v'Sir 10 friend, ir
South Haven, and are rrcraTing 60 90
to their new home in Fort Scott.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16
Special Clubsils offer.

Twice-s-ueet Times $I.oo, with the
VOICE, fI.so.
Jerry Simpsons Bayonet $I.oo with the
VofcE 81. 20,
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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-16
ILLUSTRATIONS
OVER 14O R RAeEu sTR

No book of biography ever issued has been finely illustrated
drawings my are pictures and by far the greater number ar
and pleasing VIII and authentic There nearly 500
substantially bound il aristicaly decorated cover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-14
WASHINGTON DIGGING OUT
From Under a Fall of Snow Three
Feet in Depth.

Washington, Feb. 14.-The storm
swept past Washington about midnight
last night and this morning the sun
Shone bright from clear, blue sky on
a city buried approximately three feet
deep in snow.
When househoIders awakened this
morning they found themselves banked
in by huge snowdrifts. In places the
drifts were eight feet high.
Many persons became bewildered and
exhausted during the blizzard yesterday
evening and night and fell into snow
drifts. Two score or more of cases were
reported to police headquarters of per-
sons who had been picked up partly or
wholly unconscious, and there are many
cases of severe frostbiteS. The only
sign a rescuer had of one woman whom
he dragged from a snowdrlft was
bunch of feathers sticking out of the
snow. Today a large force was at work
under the direction of the district gov
eminent clearing ways through the
streets and those gangs as well as the
police had orders to search all large
drifts for unfortunates. 1t is thought
likely that a number of cases of deaths,
resulting directly or Indirectly from the
storm, will be reported in the city and
vicinity before the week is out. The
river is frozen clear to it's mouth and
the ice is covered with a heavy coating
of snow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-14
MORE AFFIDAVITS.
Attempt to Prove That Juror Stevens
Slept at the Collins Trial

The attorneys for John Collins have Sc
cured leave from Judge HaZen to file more
affidavits. They relate to Juror Charles
Stevens, who was accused of drunkenness,
and are signed by Mrs. Collins and sew
eral others who were inattendance at the
trial. They are as follows:
titled action affiant frequently observed
Charles Stevens, one of the jurors before
whom said action was tried, and that dur
ing the trial of said action, and especially
during the last two weeks of said trial,
said Charles Stevens frequently appeared
drowsy while evidence was being, offered
and received as well as during the final
arguments of the attorneys engaged in
the trial of said ACTION. That at such times
the said Charles Stevens would frequently
sit for considerable periods of time with
his eyes closed and his head bent forward
he aroused from his apparent lethargy he
appeared dull and stupid.
1.-The affiant does not know whether said
Charles Stevens was at such times in fact
under the influence of Intoxicating liquor,
was at least partially intoxicated, or else
suffering from the effects of recent drunk
PnneSS''