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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-03-03
THE RAILROADS ARGUMENTS.
Vice President Morton Talks to the
CattIemen.
IF CARS WERE UNIFORM SIZE.

Topeka, Feb. GA large number OF
cattlemen and railroad people had q
conference in the supreme court room,
Governor Stanley presiding.
Vice President Paul Morton, Of the
Santa Fe, was called upon to open the
discussion. He said that the 100 pound
system was not new or untried. The
railroads appreciate the live stock iEr-
dustry: they recognize it as the leading
industry of the West, and one which
brings them in a large portion of freight
receipts. The change from the car
load rate to the 1Oc-pound rate was
made for the purpose of fairly asses
sing the transportation charges. 1t is
indefensible for the railroads to charge
shipper as much for %, 600 pounds as
for %, 600; for nineteen steers as much
as for twenty-three steers. The 100
pound rate prevents this discrimina-
ton. It has been in use in the East
Tor years, and has been in use in Kan
sas City on all interstate business for
long time. The system works no
hardships to anyone The shipper
simply pays for what he ships In
Kansas there has been some complaint
that the system raises rates" said Mr..
Ss8c~ton. eve think this is mistake.
"When carload rates were adopted
cars were twenty-eight feet long.
Later they were built thirty-two to
thirtyfour feet long. Now they are
thirty-six feet long. The increase in
the carrying space of the thirty-six
foot car is about 20 per cent; the in
crease in rate only 10 per cent. The
great trouble about the car rate is to
ell what car is. They vary so in size
that it is necessary to adopt some other
system as a basis for charging. The
tO0-pound rate is the equitable and
fair one. The interests Of the railroads
and cattlemen are mutual. The roads
want to do everything they ought to
do. Live stock is carried at less profit
than any other class of freight. The
rates are lower for the services per
formed than on any other class Of
freight The service generally has moi
bAen good during the past year. The
demand for cars was greater than the
supply. The roads should give better
service and they will do it from now
on. 1t vas not our purpose in the
adoption of the new system to raise
rates. In many instances the rates arr
lower; in some they are higher, but il
the aggregate they are the same. Rail
roads are now required to pay hig1
Der alone have increased enough to ad
vance the cost of maintaining thu
system over $500 a mile per year"
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For Wireless Steering.

An invention for steering any craft,
by means of an ether wave on the
wireless telegraph principle has been
perfected In naval war it is expected
to make the torpedo boat almost in
fallible In this respect it will equal
the famous Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which never fails to cure
constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia.
biliousness and malaria.
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Antrouon.rs OF Anci.nt Chfna

When Nineveh and Babylon were In
the spIendcr Of their might men in
China were predicting eciipses, max
ing catalogues and giving names to the
stars. But Nineveh and Babylon were
mere mounds of earth and rubbish
when China was great, and to this date
the civilization and life OF the empire
q the wonder OF the world.
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The Philippine Commission.

Washington, Feb. EFT is officially
announced that four of the five mem
oers of the new Philippine commission
had been selected. They are: Judge
Taft of Ohio; Luke E. Wright of Ten
nesee; H. c. Ide of Vermont and Dean
Worcester of Michigan. The fifth
member will be announced later. 1t
is generally believed he will be Ber-
aard Moses of California.
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OeEEAS0 Oz = 6CC8ASES
A twenty-Ave-mile railway for the
Philippines was recently packed In the
hold Of steamship at San Francisco.
Everything needed for the railroad wss
sent except the ties, which Will be OBJ
tanned in the islands. It Is said that
the railway will be used to extend the
thirty miles of railroad now controlled
by the American troops.
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LUCAS COUNTY,
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he IS the
senior partner of the firm OF F. J. Cheney & Co.,
doing business in the City OF Toledo, County
and State aforesaid and that said firm will pay
the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence this 9th day OF December, A ID. 1885
[SEALl Notsrv PnbIic.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials. free
F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, Q.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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waste Of Ammunition.

During the Franco-German war the
German artillery fired 100000 shots,
and the infantry 100000. This ter
rible hail of shot and bullets, sufficient
to extermfnate a nation. resulted in a
loss of AS 900 men to the French. Thus
every Frenchman killed involved an
expenditure of bullets sufficient to kill
a regiment.-Collier'sW Weekly.
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an Au-Ysar Resort

The Crescent Hotel Eureka Springs, Ark,
orens March l, 1900. A most desirable, at
tractive and convenient resort for health and
Measure seekers. Ideal climate pure sparkling
yrater best accommodations Through Sleep
ers Via Frisco Line Write for particulars 70
Manager Hotel or TO any representative Oh
Frisco Line
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GREAT BARGAINS FOR ALL

The ads of the John NJ. Smyth Co.
IN another column of this paper should
be of interest to every reader. The
firm is one of the largest in the United
States and is thoroughly reliable
Their catalogue of everything to eat,
wear and use is mammoth one and
complete in every particular. Write
lQr If fOdaU
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M Ceoa Drsnl. w,thoo. 1oa

Drinks may be cooled without Us
ing ice by wrapping the bottle in a
cloth wrung out OF cold water Then
stand it in a vessel filed with cold
water, place the vessel on a window sill
and create a draught by means of an
open door.
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believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick censunptiOn.-Mrs. Lucy
Wallace, Marquette, Kan, Dec. II, '95.
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UNION SOLDIERS

Who homesteaded less than $50 acres prior to
June = 1874, even if they abandoned home
stead are entitled to additionals I will buy
Address s. B. WILCOX, 44O SheIdley Bldg,
Kansas Cit. Mo
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Read the Advertisements.

You will enjoy this publication much
better if you will get in the habit of
reading the advertisements; they will
afford most interesting study and
some excellent bargains Our adver-
Users are reliable and send what they
advertise.
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Love is disease of which the ply
sfcians know nothing.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-03-03

a man never loves woman until he
is willing to let her hurt him.
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There is no limit to the number of
excuses a woman will invent for q
mans not telling her he loves her-if
she loves him
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Another Woman HeIped

E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
during change of life sud derived great
benefit from its use MARY Z. JAMES,
1876 Coydon ST., Bradford, Pa.
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Biography~shows a man as he really
is and autobiography shows him as he
thinks he is.
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Every woman knows more than a
man does-So she thinks.
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The only type of man that woman
may never love and yet never tire of is
the one who has the genius of friend
shin.
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Too many people want to paddle
their own canoe by proxy.
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PARKKR's HAZE BALsAN keeps the hair soft and
plentiful and restores the color when gray.
HIHDERCoRSs, the best cure for corns- 15cts
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History has to repeat itself because
people are so forgetful..
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The secret of feminine diplomacy is
to know how and when to tell a secret.
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A Book of Choice Recipes
Sent free By Waiter Baker & Co. Ltd, Dorcheste
Mass. Mention this paper.
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The true pessimist would rather be
wrong than happy.
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A good reputation is often only the
devils salvage on a soul.
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When a school teacher bakes a cake,
wants to taste 1T.
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The Best Prescription for Chins

and Fever is bottle Of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL. Tonic. 1t is simply iron and quinine in
a taSteleSs form. No cure-no pay. Price, SOC.
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Mrs. WinsIOW's Soothing. Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces In
hammstion alays pain, cures wind collie 2oc bottle
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A man is never in serious trouble till
all his enemies are dead
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16
4 Credit to the Cloth.
Battle with a Huge Shark.

4 ghip-tailed shark became entan- gIed in q fishing net off the Delaware coast the other day Captain Green of Green Brothers Sturgeon Fishing feet while watching his men at work noticed 8 great eemmotion fn the water and some Of his fishermen battling for life He bore down to the spot and he stnd his crew assisted in killing the shark. but not until i've men had been wounded by the monster. The shark measured 26 feet from tip te tip.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16
MYSTERY OF THE HANDSPRING.
some Breakages Not Yet Understood
 Despite Much Investigation.

Despite the investigations regarding the structure of mainsprings and the ef9crss to improve them, despite the experimentation and theorizing or tae subject, some of the causes Of the breaking of mailsFrings remain an un= solved mystery. Many. indeed. are the known causes responsible for breaking sncd IS faHfty cons truction or tenn periEg, careless handling. leading to the formation Of rust and poor fitting, bHt after all these which are recognized have been eliminated there still re mains the fact well known to watch makers that the best springs will, IH spite of the most careful handling and proper adjustment. unexpectedly break, sometimes in 3 number Of places. t gill thus happen that of two springs made at the same time by the same process, of the same material, tenn pered in the same way and handled with the same care. one may last for years. while the other may break after two weeks use, or even while being placed fH the barrel. When Ieis con sIdaEed that the spring $ but from =99s t0 .865 Of an inch inz thickness: lHat the material must be subjected ta 2 pFecess which shall give it a high state Of elasticity, and at the same tine enable t to do its prescribed work foI years. a slight molecular disarrange= nent in it's structure may expected % occur from causes too insignificant for observation. Many jewellers state that it is their experience tEat they have many more mainspriHgs @ repair after warm, humid day thsa at any other time Others believe the break ing 10 be due t0 electric disturbances stating that after an electrical storm they find that many of their custom CTS bring their watches to them for repair. The sudden eeoling and con seqaent contraction OF the tightly wound mainspringl caused bg the re moyaI of the watch rom the body on cool night following 2 warm daF, E believed by some to account in 2 meas ufe, for the accidents mentioned So far. however. 10 entirely satisfactory explanation has been suggested. The only= conclusion to De drawn from the acknowledged facts Of the case is thas # is not safe for the watennakef te infer merely from the breaking Of . handspring that I6=IsZof al inferior grade. nor for his customer to believe the WatehmakeH deficient iH skill be- cause the handspring Of his time piece has snapped shortly after beiag replaced.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16
MANY WEEDS GOOD TO EAT.
Certain Kinds Are often Used for Food
 by Families.

Go out on any farm and see the farm CT hoeing away at the weeds that threaten to choke his crop. You may hear him say things that wouldn't sound nice about the weeds. The dan- deIion isn't the only weed eaten by people who know what's good to eat. Take wild chicory. the plague of the farmer. It makes one of the finest salads served. piquant, tender and wholesome Charloek or wild mustard is another bane of the farmer. He doesn't know that as a pot herb it can give 3 soup a delightful flavor. The dock-Beeds-how annoying the whole family are! Yet the broad leaf vari- ety and the curly leaf are used ali over. Europe as table vegetables. There's pokeweed, commonest of all. In France it is cultivated. It takes it's place. Sorrel. fettieus and eheYril are looked on as a faYoring for soup. Everybody in American hates 3 net tle and can't see what use it is. h Scotland Poland and Germany tender young nettIe leaves are nsed as greens. THe Germans boil them with other vegetables to give them piquant fla yer. Purslane is another weed that can De treated tn the same way. Most people think mtlkweed poisonous. IL is 9 medicinal vegetable, with de- Hghtful flavor all its own. The young leaves when they are in just the right condition. are cross between spinach and asparagus. and iR salad are de lieioaz. Sorfel, fsttieus and eheTrl are looked on as field pests by ninety nine out Of every hundred farmers. The hundredth one picks the choicest leaves from these weeds and sends them 10 market. where they find ready ssle for salads to be eaten with game and for faForIng herbs herbs they are, and not weeds New York World
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16
MiCz HAVE A STANDING IN LAV
They Figured in a Recent Contest Over
 Land Ownership.

Aaey z aaszlz14 Tn I 1a6&eIa@ O08f test *1sed
 Land Ownership.
 Fro4 the Spokane Review The land-eoatss5 ease in which famil5. of nice played 2 prominent part has been aeei4ed=su= the appeal to =Biasel Hermann. commissioner Of tEe gen erai land cE5ze at Washington. fhe rodents are 5.os mentioned n the dacl- sion but eHe nan whom t #as claimed allowed 4He nice to establish a resi- deacs in his bed is allowed to retain possession oz lis homestead, the ral- ing e tas iseai land office being He- FeHsea aHd tae contest dismissed. ! ozzilIzzT fzaa.e= of the case Is that fzz=l family ef nice was first men, EIaaez !. va tended 5hat their presence Ia the bed of the entryman -egued aa abandonment of the home =tsaa and toe local land office appar- eazly took the same view of the mat -er. But when the decision was ap 9eatea from 1t was set up that the presence Of tHe nice was an argument [ favor ef the homesteader. Fred 0. 63Eutt sas the entFyman. having taken 1p 2 homestead near Davenport three years ago. Last August John O'Neil .assi5ated 3 contest to 6he homes6ead entry. alleging that GrBtt had aban- deEed the claim. did not keep Up a continuous residence thereon. and that the only inhabitants of the shanty on the TsneLI were family Of mice Aftef herring the case the registr2T aaa aa4er decided that Gru5t's en- tls shaa=a be eaHeeIed. From this de- cisi7n Gratt had sixty days in which to =6le an appeal to the commissioner at Washington. The appeal was filed by Leo Walton, attorney for Grutt. In tke appeal the mice family Nas re- feEHed 10 as follows. If there were any mice in this entryman.s bed dur ing the early part Of September, 1898, # plainly shows that the entfyman did have a bed oa the land 2t the time.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16
A Costly Brought.

The drought of the last few years aaz cost New South Wales an enorm- ous sum of money The fiocks of the colony have snrnnk from 6G.090o00 to @e.00o.0o9 representing q less of 20,- oQ0CG0 sheep. If to this is added the loss of the natural increase, the shrink ase amounts to 5o,00o GOO sheep; enough. that is. to equip a consider abie-sized colony In addition there has been loss of nearly 300.000 horses and 15o,0o0 cattle. That the colony has been able to survive these terrific losses is striking proof of energy and resource. Translated into money the colony has suffered loss due to inad- equate rainfall of from s60,000.00O to s100, GOO.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16
snnetnIne. .About Pones.

Of tae 253 popes, 15 have been Frenchmea, 13 have been Greeks, 8 have been sxrians. $ have claimed Germany for their birthplace, have hailed from Spain. were from Africa
 ? from Savoy. the same =numeer hay ing been sent by England, Sweden, Dalmatia, Holland, Portugal and Crete
 Italy with a total of 190, all since 4523. having been selected from among Italian cardinals. Eight of the number did not live a month after suc- cession z0 lived less than year, and 2 died when they had been less than two years on the pontifcial throne, 54 between four and five years, 51 when they had reigned less than ten years, 5l before they had finished the if teenth year, and IS died after reigning between fifteen and twenty years. Only nine lived over twenty years after their elevation Plus TX, who died during the early part of 1873, reigned longer than any of his prede- cessors. his pontifcial life extending over period of thirty-one years
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16
TESTING A NEW SHELL.
The Ishan1 PrsjeesHe Astouishes
 NGmber Of Experts.

Tine ishan Prejeeale Aztonishes B
 Number Of Experts.
 The first considerable quantity of a high explosive to be fred from an or dinary gun against armor WAS sent against 12=inch Ezarveyized plate at the Sandy Hook proving grounds re- eently. The projectIle Has . shell in vented bE Willard s. Isham. carrying 1z91s pounds of explosive gelatine and weighing, loaded. little more than 1,000 pounds. IL was fired from an or dinary 12-ineh sea-eoast# defense gun. with a reduced charge, 50 that the velocity of the projectiIe at the plate was about the same as if it had been fired with full service charge of pow der at distance of two miles. The plate Was backed with square oak beams and % feet of sand. The beams were so arranged as to represent more strength than the ordinary framing be- hind the armor of a battleship. To make the test conform yet more to the condition of firing against an armored battleshin, the plate was set at an afgle of 45 degrees To the line Of fire. There is no form of armor- piercing shell made that will perforate Harvey ized aFmor plate set at that angle, and t was not expected that the Tsham shell would penetrate it. In fact. there Was considerable diversity of opinion as to just what it would do, and good many persons Were interested in the results of yesterdays test. There was still doubt as to what had happened when the testing party started for the scene of the explosion from the firing point The thick. dark smoke from the explosion of the shell showed that the full energy of it's contents had not been developed, owing to an imperfect detonation. If perfectly detonated, perfectly white smoke is made. Tn spite of the imperfect detol ;. the plate of armor was dented in about two inches and was blown through it's oak backing and through 9 corner of the big sand pile, T. feet from where 1t had been set up.-New York Sun.
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KIDNEY TROUBLES.

The kidneys cleanse the blood and on their activity depends the health of the body II the liver becomes so torpia that il iaterfefes with the work of the kidneys the body suffers and dropsr results. The most val uahle feature in the curative effect of Frickly Ash Bitters is its stimn- lating influence iu the kidneys. It heals and strengthens those organs so that they resume their blood cleansing and urine gathering func- tions. purifies and regulates the liver, tones up the stomach and di. gestion, and by q mild vel thorough cathartie effect, all poisons and hil- ious impurities il the bowels are driven out. + quickly restores strength and health. Sold by Walker Drug Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16
Got Her DoIi.

4 little English girl dropped her doll in very deep hole not long ago and wrote to Queen Victoria that she thought it had dropped through the earth, and, as she had heard the other side belonged to the queen, she wished the queen would order it sent back. She did not get her own doll back. but she got another one. a great deal finer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16
Carnivora Have weak Lnngs.

It is q somewhat curious fact unf- versaIly noted by travellers that lions. tigers and other fierce earniFora= =ars too weak in lung power to run more than a half-mIle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16
No Immediate Dancer.

Sandy Waysides treadingl-"Heres a brand-new mierobe jest made it's ap- .pearapce.s Yawning rgasoa-@Den dere,s no immediate danger. Ne never get nuttin' tlll it's secondhand
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16
., .nc,ent custom obseryed.

The ancient custom Of presenting a fitch of bacon to each of those mar ried couples who could swear that 'in a twelYamonth and day they had re- pented not in thought any way of their married state was observed, with all the old ceremonial, at the small village of Dunmow, in Essex, England. The ceremony was held inside mar- aree erected in a field. There were two couples for trial by the jury of six maidens and six bachelors. The turv returned a verdict in favor of the claimants. who were accordingly awarded. amid cheers, a fitch Of bacon. gaily decked with ribbons and rosettes. After the trial the couple were ehaired and carried in precessions. and the at tendant fuH and feasting were main taiped until late hour.
 4 Credit to the Cloth.
 The Rev. c. ". Woodward. Metho- dist minister of Goodland, Kas., makes the following announcement in a local newspaper: T wish to inform the good people Of this town that I will not accept eomplimentaries to public entertainments CT to soeials, ands when money is being raised for anything that is good for the people, do not pass me bg. Let the people pay what they promised #on my salary let my salary be paid, and then f I play deadbeat, ring ne of.
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Ii 4ouF stomach k aiserdeFad. bowels irregular. and Con don Feel well, you need Priehly Ash Bitters. IT is very ffectixe in removing this condition. Sold hF Walker Drug Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16

FOOD NEWS comes from those O who take Hoods Sarsaparilla for scrofnlas dyspepsia and rheumatism. Reportsagree tiiat HOODS CURES
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16
1anle 0uaii.

A Missouri man has gone into the business of raising tame quail The birds, he claims are more easily raised than chickens and far more profitable.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16
coak la rarthenware Vessels.

Cook nothing fn iron vessels that you can cook in earthenWare. The heat in the latter is more uniform, the flavor better preserved and there is less liability to burn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16

Constipation leads co flyer trouble and torpid liver to Bfighf's disease. PrieEiy Ash Bfttess isa certain cure at any stage Of the disorder. sold bv Walker Drug G8.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-16
TELEGRAPHfc BRIEFS
canaaa canteen Laws.

Not one drop of intoxicating liquor Ia allowed to be sold at any of the miu~ tary camps #ef Canada
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U. 9.l.

Iaag-# wish te get hifthazs pres ent for ny husband. shonns How l1n2 ze1EHtCzz. izz-f+ =- l@Il zaHs S8z3#9@ man-sH 4ae baHes as are eH sze right. madaIa- it=Fs