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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21
Look on the Bright Side of
Things.

The American Farmer is an optim-
list; that is, it prefers to take cheer
full view of life and it's affairs rather
than to borrow trouble. All Of US dis
like the neighbor who is always COM
ing to tell disagreeable news; who
never has a good word for anybody;
who is always telling hardluck stories
Women who do this are called "com-
mon scolds." Men who do it are set
down as cranks. They are all equal
ly common nuisances whom every
body breads to see coming. What we
like is cheerful face, an encouraging
word. 1t is this which makes child
rem so beloved by everybody, They
have not reached the loomy stage of
life. They know nothing of Its sor-
rows and are always laughing What
comfort are their bright eyes, their
merry laughter, their beaming count
tenances, as they hound in and out
full of life and Youthful vigor. There
is much in life to discourage. Sick
ness and sorrow, disaster and misfor-
tunes of various kinds come to all of
us as we wend our way along life's
tedious journey. There are many nat
ural causes for this and still more that
are artificial. There is a class which,
not satisfied with what comes natur-
ally, insists on borrowing trouble.
They make themselves miserable about
what is going to happen, though when
the time comes it does not in fact hap
pen. This is an unfortunate state of
mind which all should fight against
cultlvating. The thing to do is to
cultivate spirit of cheerfulness, a
spirit Of hope. Look for the best and
thus at least be happy by anticipation.
The characteristics of certain class
to which we have alluded, sometimes
takes hold Of and permeates a whole
organization like political party, and
then 1t becomes a national calamity.
With its manifold agencies OF public
speakers aud press and thousands OF
individual members it permeates the
whole body polite and becomes a veri-
table agency for the incubation of"the
blues" on a national scale. Such a
party In time becomes national night
mare, for It is the nature Of i'll weed:
TO spread fast and OF gloomy news tc
travel far. One Of the principal OBJ
jections 20 the party and the move
ment which had their overthrow on
the eth Of November was precisely
that pointed out. II was pre-emin
emily a party Of woe, aparty OF fault
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

The English Society for the Prevention OF
Consumption" presided over by the Prince OF
Wales, was recently addressed by Sir William
Broadbent who stated that it was definitely
known that every case of consumption began
with germ communicated from some other
case. There is no such thing as inherited con-
sumption. Their may be local weakness which
tends to consumption, but the germ has absol-
utely to be planted in that weak spot before
consumption can ensue. This ought to comfort
thousands of people who have weak chests =
or weak lungs" They are not foreordained
victims of this dread disease. All that is need
ed to bid absolute defnance to this deadly
scourge. is to be able to strengthen the weak
lungs, and build up a strong body. The answer
to this need is found IN DR.. Pierce's, Golden
Medical Discovery. 1t so puri6es the blood and
increases the blood supply, that disease is
thrown off, and the weak organs are nourished
into perfect health, which defies germs of every
kind. People. given up by doctors, emancipat.
coughs, are being cured every day by the use of
Golden Medical Discovery" 1t is strictly
temperance medicine containing no alcohol,
whiskey or other intoxicant.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21
The top sale of straight car load OF

The top sale of straight car load OF
unassorted cattle yesterday was OF
twenty-eight native steers fed by the
Wright Bros, R. B. Wright, jr., and
Walter Wright, of Mt. Leonard, sa'
line county, Mo. They averaged ,77d
pounds per head and were sold by the
Eimore-C Cooper Live Stock Commission
company to the Schwarzschild q Sulz'
berger Packing company at $3.50 per
cwt and crossed s100.2S per head. They
were a good grade of native steers, not
thoroughbreds. They were on feed
about nine months, during the sum-
mer on grass and later on plain ear
corn. This is Wright Bros first ship
ment to Kansas City, as heretofore
they have always gone to Chicago, but
are now convinced that Kansas City is
their best market.-K. G. Times, Dec.
Ath
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

the human life. The farmer boy learns
early what hard work is, but work in
the pure air and bright sunshine is
the tonic that gives health and
strength of the body and mind. Not
every boy brought up on the farm is
fitted to be farmer, any more than
an artists son is apt to Inherit his
fathers talent, Many farmers sons
have drifted to the cities and become
successful business men, but vast
member have made failures just such
failure as the average city boy would
make si;ould he tackle agriculture, Of
which he knows practically nothing.
However successful the cOuntry-bred
n,,t -t'v-deyeloped man may be there
comes a time in his maturer life when
he wishes that he may be back in the
quiet rcstfui life Of the farm, and far
away from the nerve-racking city
The strength of character that the
farmer boy gets generally lasts him
through life, no matter what vocation
he may follow. Boys should have all
reasonable encouragement to remain
on the farm. There is more sweet con-
tentment in agricultural pursuits,
more freedom from care, and less wor-
ry about things in general than in any
other business that one can follow
American Farmer.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

The war in Africa is humping it.
self at a merry gait. The British
have lately lost several hundred of
their crack soldiers, and don't seem
to be able to round up the Beers to
any perceptible extent. Lord Kitch-
ener may lose some of the glory he
won in the Soudan if he doesn't do
something to change the current of
disastrous events
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

Barney Sheridan has telegraphed
VIM. Bryan on offer of Sc, 900
year to edit his Paola Spirit.
This will be a hard winter on the
unreconstructed Democracy, but
Chief Rolling Stone has sccumulat-
ed a few hundred thousand 100 cent
dollars during the last four years and
does not need the salary. He will
establish a newspaper of his own in
Nebraska and continue to support
the principles of the Chicago and
Kansas City platforms of 1896 and
1900, which have proved SO popular
with the masses.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21
The Farmer Boy.

II environment has anything to d.
with shaping human character ther
the boy who is raised on the farm ha:
many advantages over the one brought
up In the city. Boys, and girls, too
for that matter, seldom realize when
they are best set off, but that is not
strange, for there are many grown-uI
boys and girls who fail to know when
their conditions are most favorable,
and the smartest people are not often
satisfied with their lot. 1t is human
nature to look forward and upward,
and grasp at something just beyond
the reach. 1t is such motives honest
" carried out which leads to progress
and has brought the world to its pres
ent state Of high civilization, il there
is any great advantage in that. The
boy on the farm breathes the atmos-
phere best calculated to build up the
strongest manhood, both physical and
spiritual. He gets his earliest lessons
from the stars and the birds, from the
blossoms of the flowers and the habits
of the bees. His first impulses are
along the line of honest industry, and
hand in hand with nature, good
thoughts are moulded and high ideals
implanted. This is the best founda-
tion to build on, and that is why so
many good and great men have come
from the farms. Boys here have such
a chance to expand and develop the
native force that is in them without
the warping influence of noxious city
associations. The merits of country
and city life have been discussed for
many centuries. but the preponder-
ance of evidence that goes to build up
useful intelligent citizenship is still
on the side of the country. YouEg
men are lured to the city by the glaEea
and glamour of false lights that prove
an ignis fatuus before the CHASE is
over. Good character can best be
built up and best maintained where |
there are the fewest opposing and an
influences.
1t is the popolar notion among farm
r boys that if they could get to town
jhce and secure a foothold where they J
could have ali opportunity &c let loose
5heiF talents tie progress of the world
would be advanced several notches.
The city boy has a similar notion of
MS own greatness, il he, in turn, could
get out in the country, where there
would be room enough to flap his
wings. All this idle dreaming, how
ever, is but the growth of ambition,
Ind the natural feeling we all have to
De dissatisfied with our present con-
litions. Thousands of good, high
minded boys have been raised in the
narrow limitations of great cities, and
10 there is no hard and fast rule that
,an be applied to human conditions
goodness or greatness, or ev-
n happiness. may be ingrafted into
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21
Among the tens of thousands who

Among the tens of thousands who
have used Chamberlain Cough REM
edy for colds and la grippe during the
past few years, to our knowledge,
not single case has resulted in pneu-
mona. Thos. Whitfield & Co. ,240 Wa
bash avenue, Chicago, one of the most
prominent druggists in that city, in
speaking of this, says: "We recon-
mend Chamberlain Cough Remedy
for la grippe in many cases, as it not
only gives prompt and complete recov-
cry, but also counteracts any tendency
of la grippe to result in pneunonia."
For sale by all druggists.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

Chas. F. Scott, editor of the lola
Register, was elected by safe ma
jority to the position of Congress
at-large, at the recent election,
and is receiving the congratulations
of his many newspaper friends there
on. A man of unusual attainments,
honorable, broad minded and pro-
gressive, Editor Scott is peculiarly
fitted for the position to which he
has been honored.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

have found entire relief from the ills
peculiarly feminine, by the use of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, that it
seems almost criminal to neglect the
opportunity of a complete cure offered
by the use of this medicine.
You are invited to consult DIR. r. V.
Pierce, of Buffalo, N. ", either person.
ally or by letter free of charge. If your
case is severe or others have failed to
reach it, do not hesitate to write to or go
and see DIR. Pierce. Your letter will be
read in private, its contents treated as
sacred confidence, and an answer
promptly returned in plain envelope
bearing no printing upon it. Write
without fear and without fee.
az had been great sufferer from female weak
ness for about two years" writes Mrs. Emma
Richardson. of Goss, Wayne Co., KY Gould
not do NV work part of the time. took Jour
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

octopus, the boys may be forced to
neglect the interests of the horny
handed, long. haired cohorts of re-
forms dwelling along the miasmatic
underbrush of Labette Creek. Sue
cess to you, boys, but don't slop ov-
err so much again. 1t isn't good
form.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

finding, a pessimistic party, party
OF calamity howlers. Their speakers
had no good word to say for the count
ry, no message of cheer to the despond-
ent, no encouragement for the count
less sons OF toll. They looked through
darkened glasses, Everything appear
ed blue to their jaundiced vision. For
the glorious songs Of america" and
'.The Star Spangled Banner" they sub
stituted "Listen to My Tale of Vice."
Instead of singing "Away, Despair"
and "Let Us Live in Hopes of a Bet
ter Day Coming" doleful strains came
from these wheezy political organs to
the air Of "the tune the old COW died
on" This trait, kept up long enough,
becomes chronic. A party so affected
not only is miserable but it makes ev-
erybody else miserable. 1t forgets the
maxim "Hope springs eternal in the
human breast" aud prefers old Wild
ow Bedotts lachrymose lament, "We
are all poor critters together"
Such a party as this. aside from the
public policies it advocates, becomes
a national nuisance on general princi-
pies. 1t is like doctor who should
be constantly telling his patient that
he would surely die. 1t is like nurse
who should come into the sick cham
Der every morning to assure the suff-
erer that he had no hopes of life. This
party of which we speak actually did
this to the whole nation. Mr.. Bryan
boasts that he made 600 speeches dur
ing his late campaign. running from
a half dozen to thirty day. Yet, in
all these speeches we defy any one to
point out a single cheering fact for the
people, single word for his govern
ment, or a single message of encour-
agement to the nation at large. 1t
was woe, woe, woe calamity, calam-
ity, calamity-rUin, misery, disaster
of all kinds. Our domestic policy was
robbery; our foreign policy "criminal
aggression" Our President was weak
and wicked, our judges corrupt; all our
leading public men rascals or thieves
or worse. In effect, the party which
includes the great bulk of intelligence,
energy, probity and public
spirit of the country, was made up,
according to them, of fools and rascals
who were allowing their leaders to de
seiye them and use them as tools to
destroy the liberties and prosperity of
,he people. And who was it that was
,hus slandering the millions OF men
Who have made this country, fought
or it, and who stand ready to fight
or it again? Mostly upstarts, who
we their prominence to the accident
4 politlcs-meh who have never been j
IDENTIFIED with the public business,
tho have had no experience with large
fairs, who are mere Adventures who
lope by creating up-heavals to get
omething for themselves from the
wreck. This is the outfit that was
ebuked, and justly rebuked, on the
ecent Ides of November. The PEG
lie not only unloaded the nightmare,
,ut they crushed it so utterly that it
will not be able to soon squat again,
ike yenomous toad, on the bosom
# the nation. The votes of Novem-
yer gave the party of calamity what
t most needed-a drastic dose of COM
,ound cathartic pills to work off its
lille and get the jauudice out Of its
ystem. Never was defeat more de-
erved, and never was one more effect
vely administered.-The American
farm r.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

Disease and danger Turk in the Wit
al organs. The blood becomes vitiat-
ed and the general health Is under
mined whenever the stomach and liver
fail to perform their functions asnat-
ure intended. HERBINE will tone up
the stomach, regulate the liver, where
other preparations only relieve. Price,
so cents, G. p. Wilder,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

The Dennis Leader has moved to
Thayer where the Miller boys will
give Bro. Palmer an Aguinaldo for
his money. Their arrival has al
ready caused the News man to put
in a new press, which shows that he
means to die game, anyway. We
fear, however, this move will be a
sad blow TO their constituents, for
once within the tentacles of the city
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

Independence, Kan, now has free
mail delivery. They simultaneously
started free delivery for the city and
four rural routes. We can't see why
those rural delivery mel might not
just as well distribute the mail In
the sleepy old town.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21
The Burton managers at Topeka

The Burton managers at Topeka,
when asked the condition of the
senatorial fight, simply smile and
say the fight is won. They seem en-
tirely easy and sanguine in the mat
ter, yet they keep close tab on every
political move that is made or at
tempted.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

Billy Bryan will start newspap-
er. 1t will be a weekly and will be
published at Lincoln. He announ-
ces his intention to support the prin-
ciples of the Chicago platform.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21
The life of the

The life of the
business woman is
not easy. Usually
it is n nonotonous
routine of work,
often aggravated
by the III temper
or stupidity Of
others. And when
the physical con-
dition Of the wom-
an keeps her in
constant suffering,
it makes her lot a
hard one.
CN.xarx x.,ntt,ast
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

Elephant parties, though now the
fad in Egypt, are not likely to be-
come the prevailing fashion in this
country, for various reasons. Each
guest is is expected to come to the
party on the back of an elephant
which the hostess supplies.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

We are now going to have wire
less telephones as we'll as telegfaphs.
Won't it be great when young lady
can just pucker up her sweet lips and
send a rousing old smack to her
solid, no difference where he may be?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

s'Prison Statistics" is the name of
the official organ of the convicts of
the Kansas penitentiary, and John
Collins, the university student con-
victed of the murder of his father,
is its editor.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

Miss Jessie Morrison has been ad-
mitted to bail in the amount of
S., 900. 1t is not believed that she
will ever be brought to trial again.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 81. 1900
The Empire is overdue.

We shall probably celebrate next
Christmas as usual, but it's really
too bad that the 4th of July must
be taken away.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

bottles of DR.. Piercc's
Favorite Prescription
and felt as well as I
ever did. l have also
used Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical Dis
covery for liberation
of the throat with
good results and half
Of one bottle cured my
throat when l could
scarcely swallow"
The permanent
benefit to health
from the timely
use of DIR. Pierce's
Pellets is testified
to by thousands
of women. They
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21
Excursions via Katy"

Holiday rates, one fare for round
trip to any point within 200 miles OF
Chanute. Tickets on sale Dec. %, "a,
25, 81 and Jan. /, final return limit
Jan. 2, 1901. The Katy Flyer goes
north $50 a. m, and south eos p. m.
b. d. BRowNELL, Agt.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21

Semi Weekly Excursicn Sleepers
leave Parsons via Katy Flyer IN. X. &
T. Ry.l every Sunday at 2:30 a. m. and
Wednesday at $50 a. m. for San An
tonic, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
First Sleeper leaves Nov. 4th. See
KatY's agent.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-21
M%,.~

This signature Is on every box Of the genuine
Laxative Brom0-Quinine Tablets
ths remedy that cures n cold In one day
The National tribune., 1900-09-20

1t is n pity the women who have started
initiating American dress, so many Of
them;-they were very well as they were.
Many of the girls are quite pretty-layins
race prejudice in favor of n white skin
aside-and in the original costume OF 4
dazzling white upper garment and the
gorgeous "saya" skirt they are simply
picturesque. Below the waist and above
the knee the ''saya" is tightly compressed
by dark shawl drawn around the body,
so that its folds break out with a sort of
flower effect. Also. this swathfng compels
a very short, mincing step, and this, with
their downcast eyes, gives unique Mi
kado" appearance of modesty and timidity
which is not borne out by the facts at
all.
Uncle Sam is tripping over himself bad
ly in the custom arrangements of this
port. There is so much red tape-partly
inherited from his predecessor and partly
evolved to keep the islanders from stealing
him deaf, dumb and blind-that when Il
Government transport comes up to deliver
Government goods at Government go
down, the Government customs can't
manage to get her unlOaded, for days
sometimes. Once, while back, boat,
chartered at the expense of several hun
dred dollars day, lay there for a week or
more, merely waiting to get papers signed,
while a flock of cascOs, hired by the day,
reported every morning, hung around till
'lIeW LUZ tuch
Col. Maus, Capt. Ahern and Capt. Hor-
ton have been sailing down among the
southern islands for two weeks hunting n
site for leper colony. The choice pre-
scented some difficulty, because they want
ed accommodations for 30, 900 people, Civ
ing plenty of room to grow, and there are
few fertile and desirable tracts of such an
extent unsettled. 1t is believed that "A
group of three little islands near Ccbu
was chosen. They found peaceful condi-
tons everywhere and not q shot was
fired. On many islands the natives had
never seen white man before. In one
place they fled precipitately, leaving be
hind only an old cripple, too infirm to
walk. And he was scared. When a cam
era was focused on him. he closed his
eyes, turned his head to the wall and pre-
pared to climb the gates Of the New Jeru-
salem.
Aguinaldo here calls him
''Aggie"-is very much in favor of Mr..
Bryan; but he is one of the lonesomest
sen on the islands that way; that is, OF
the men whose opinion is worth record
ing. Last weeks manfestO-we count
that week lost when Aggie doesn't mani
fest bit-says: IF Mckinley is de
feated Bryan will give us our independ
ence. Away with peace unless it comes
preceded by that glorious banner which
floats over the fields of the Transyaal"
As the only banner that is floating over
the fields of the Transvaal to any great
extent is the British flag. we hardly know
what he means. However. that often
happens. McGIOLLA.
Manila, July q, 1900.
The National tribune., 1900-09-20

old Independence bell had rung its story
to the world, Congress met to inaugurate
on March 4, 1893. for the second time
the man who had carried his country
through the trying days of its infancy.
When by the trade of Hamilton and
jefferson the Capital was carried to the
Potomac, it was agreed that Philadelphia
should have the Capital for 10 years, be-
fore it be moved to the Potomac.
An immense concOurSe of people had as
sembled at 9th and Chestnut streets to
witness the proceedings of an Inaugural.
1t is told that an air of punctiliOusness
yet stately courtliness pervaded the whole
proceedings. Washington was carried to
the Hall in splendid coach drawn by
six white horses. Two gentlement pre-
coded the President, carrying white
The National tribune., 1900-09-20
|STORIE.Sm|
eM4ZGLZRA
By MARY S. LOCKWOOD.
Copyrighted. 1900, by THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
Gen. George Washington.
Continued from last week.l

Continued from last week.
Parties are a part of the healthy par
aphernalia of all Governments. At the
very beginning there were Republicans
(now Democrats) and Federalists. The
old Republicans, or Democrats, stood for
a Government republican in form and
democratic in spirit, with right of local
elf-government and State rights ever up
permost. The Federalists desired Gov
eminent republican in form, with checks
upon the impulses and passions of the
people; liberty rigidly regulated by law,
and that law made firm by central au-
thority, the authority of the National Gov
eminent to be final in appeals.