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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
The KnOcker.

Some men are natural born knock.
ers; they can't help it, and are more
to be pitied than blamed. They car
see no good in humanity OF in hui
man motives on actions. They dis.
tort every word they hear into some.
thing slanderous on their neighbors,
The knocker makes more mischief
in neighborhood in fifteen min
utes than half dozen old hens could
in a flower garden in week. He
can see no good in anything any
body else does, and can see nothing
but selfish motive in any kind act.
He stirs up strife in a community
and makes enemies out of friends.
Under the guise of reform he be-
smirches the character of our pub
lie men and vilifies their public acts.
He constantly prophesies evil and
can see no good in the future.
The knocker is a mugwump in
politics; too good for his party, he
can only criticise and condemn its
leaders. He makes a great cry for
reforn,.but his ideas of reformation
are to SANDER the character and de-
stroy the standing of the leaders
and prominent men in his own party.
He believes in purifying by vilify-
inc No matter how uneavorv his
own private character NAV be or
how unscrupulous may have been
his political acts, he talks loud and
long about purity and reform in
politics and seems to think there is
nothing good being done for his
country and party that he does not
Socially he is a defamer
of character and a stencil in the
nostrils of decency. He ridicules
your good qualities and magnifies
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
GrInstead Wants Out,

Application has been made to
Gov. Stanley to pardon Pool Grin
stead.
We don't know very much about
the merits of that controversy up in
that country and are not in position
to judge of the merits or demerits
of the case. However, we would
say that if this man Grimstead is
one of those foul -mouthed polite
ians who think that all there is in
politics is to defame and besmirch
the private character of some op-
ponent, and has used his paper for
that purpose, he should be allowed
to pass few August days in the
sweat box. If it is, as the Capital
thinks, case of persecution, turn
the poor fellow out and give him a
little instruction in how to approach
a mule hereafter.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
Terrible Explosion.

On May an explosion occurred
in large coal mine at Scoheld, Z
town in Utah, about so miles south
of Salt Lake City, which for the de-
struction of life was something fear
full.
Over two hundred bodies have
already been taken out of the mine
and still there are more. These
mines were always considered per-
fectly safe and had recently been
inspected and pronounced in good
condition. The cause of the ex-
plosion is, at present, unknown.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04

abundance of silver money in this
country. On March the number
of silver dollars was Al, o46, 563, in
addition to $50, ,s46,4I4 in smaller
coins. Only 6o, I39,9o4 silver dol
lars were in circulation, but the 9TH
ers can be had on demand. Under
the new financial law SIS, 900, 900
will be coined in halves, quarters
and dimes, increasing the silver
available to Ss82, 900, 900, to which
must be added $780, 900 of the
treasury notes of 1890 representing
silver bullion. In 1879 the United
States held in silver $6S, 900, 900.
In 1900 the government stock Of
silver is SOTO, 900, 900. The crime
of '73 allowed "quite a smart
chance" of silver to leak through.
More silver was produced in the
United States in 1899 than in 1898.
Ali increase has been noted for sew
eral years. The silver mined in
this country last year footed up 63,
900, 900 ounces, gain of 4, 900, 900
ounces. The average price for
1899 was 1915 cents, against 5S.2
cents in 1898 and 5o.7 cents in 1897.
Last years silver output in Color
ado alone sold for SIa $50 900.
Silver is great American product
and every citizen will be glad to see
it prosper, standing squarely on its
intrinsic value as all other metals
do. The United States and Mexico
produce 81 per cent of the worlds
yield of silver. No one imagines
that the metal will go out of fash
ion. Stripped of the dangerous
absurdities with which demagogues
surround it, silver enters new and
a better era, one that will be stable
because truthful. Globe Democrat.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04

When horse picks up nail in his foot what
tagging animal and force him alongf Not unless
he wants to ruin the horse. At the first sign OF
lameness he jumps down, examines the foot
and carefully removes the cause OF the lame
the lameness Of the horse, only to be cured by
removing the cause Of the trouble. II you slim
ulate the stomach with whisky medicines" you
keep IL going. but every day the CONDITION a Is
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will put the
disordered stomach and its allied organs OF di-
gestion and nutrition in perfect condition.
Medical Discovery" will cure the worst all
ments originating In diseases of the stomach. II
always helps. Il almost always cures. To cure
constipation use DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
They're sure.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
Fearful Blaze

On Thursday of last week fire
started in Hull, a city in Canada ol
about IL 900 people, and practical
ly destroyed the town. The fire
also leaped the Ottawa river and
did an immense lot of damage in
the city of Ottawa, the capital.
1t is reported that ?, 200 buildings
were destroyed in Ottawa and I 500
in Hull. The loss is estimated at
SIT, 900, 900.
Six lives were lost and 1900 peo-
pie rendered homeless. A strong
wind was blowing and the cities
closely built and the fire companies
could not check the flames. A for
tunate change of wind alone saved
the main part of the city of Otta-
wa
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
ANIMMENsE PRESS ROOM.
The Ladies Home Journal TO Have the Fin
est Printing Plant in America.

Just II, 900 square feet of floor space
are set apart for the printing presses
in the building just erected for The
Ladies Home Journal. 1t is in the
rear of the present publication office,
eight stories in height, and within a
short time will be occupied by the
mechanical departments of the maga-
zine. The constant, rapid growth of
the Journals circulation necessitated
greatly extended facilities for print
ing and mailing, and the new struc-
ture meets these demands, providing
at the same time for future expansion
in all departments. Specially design
ed presses, and all the most approved
mechanical devices applied to print
ing are being added to the Journals
already extensive equipment. 1t
aims to make this plant the finest in
America. The Ladies' Home Journal
circulates 905, 900 magazines monthly,
and its circulation is increasing at the
rate of &c, 900 per month.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
Fusion

1t is somewhat amusing to notice
the exhortations in the Pop and
Democratic papers all over the
state, for harmony and a personal
sacrifice for the good of the cause,
yet we notice when they come to-
gether to harmonizc, these same
fellows insist on the kind of har-
mony that comes their way. The
Pops are always willing to fuse il
they can name the man, and the
Democrats are willing if the con,
tending elements can just come to-
gether and agree on good moss
back Democrat.
Boys, why not just lay aside your
party prejudices for once and fuse
on Mckinley. You had just as
we'll come in and make it unani-
nous for once. 1t will be so nearly
SO anyway that you had just as well
make it absolutely SO. You know
very well you have never before en-
joyed such prosperity. You know
your nelghbors have never before
got along quite as well as they have
for the last two years. You know
we have never had cleaner, more
business-like administration. Why
not continue it for four more years
and we will all be plutocrats.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04

The fearful ravages wrought in
Texas by the recent storms are al
most beyond computation. Not
only the low farm lands along the
stream are submerged and the crops
totally destroyed, but bridges and
houses are washed away and the
former occupants rendered destitute.
In many of the towns on low ground
both residences and business houses
were washed away or flooded many
feet deep and the contents practic-
ally destroyed. Quite a number of
lives we're lost and desolatIon and
destruction hold sway.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
Not To Blame.

The charges made by some of the
creditors of the First National Bank
of Emporia, against Morton Al
baugh, receiver, and l. E. Lambert,
his attorney, have been thoroughly
investigated by special govern.
ment agent and these gentlemen
have been declared entirely inno-
cent in the matter and further, that
the affairs of the bank have been
efficiently managed and in the in.
terest of the creditors.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
A Scrap

And now Kansas and Colorado
are going to have a scrap in the u.
S. supreme court. 1t seems Color
ado has been stealing our water and
we are going to make kick about
it. Those willy Coloradoans are
diverting too much water from the
channel of the Arkansas river for
irrigating purposes, and Attorney
General Goddard proposes to see
what can be done in the matter.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
BRorHERs WELpY and Higg

BROTHERS WELDY and Higgins,
over at Galena, seem to delight in
calling each other naughty names.
We were taught when boy that
such things were not nice. And il
don't sound very we'll for two papers
in little mining camp, that both
claim to be Republican, to be eter-
nally scrapping. Gentlemen, sup
pose you turn your mortars loose
on the Pops awhile and give each
ether a rest. Your readers will
take it kindly.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04

DURING the few years preceding
the Spanish war the Republican
members were urging appropria-
lions for better equipment of our
navy, and the Democratic members
continually refused to grant the re-
quest. Then when the war came
we were found to be woefully de-
fcient in naval equipment, and the
Democratic press all over the coun-
try howled because of McKinley's
slowness in getting into action
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04

In recent case of pneumonia
$500 gallons of oxygen gas was
used, the sick man was packed in
ice, an alcohol bath was given every
twenty-five minutes, and four quarts
of milk with three quarts of whisky
were administered daily. The
Brooklyn paper that tells this story
says the patient recovered.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
Silver Not Neglected

Now that it is settled in this coun-
try that silver money must be kept
on parity with gold the white met
al that has played so remarkable a
part in false politics will have a
chance to rest on its merits. Its
relief from foolish friends viii work
to its advantage. There is great
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
If troubled with rheumatism, Civ,

If troubled with rheumatism, give
Chamberlain's Pain Balm trial. II
will not cost you cent IL il does no
good. One application will relieve
the pain II also cures sprains and
bruises in one-third the time required
by any other treatment. Cuts, burns,
frostbites, quinsey, pains IN the side
aud chest, glanddlar and other SWELL
inCs are quickly cured BY applying IL.
Every bottle warranted. Price IS and
50 cts. All druggists. %7-fmo.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
ADVERTISED LETTER LIST.

The following is list of letters that
remain uncalled for in the postoffice
at Chanute, Kansas, and will be sent
to the dead letter Office if not called
for in two weeks from this the 4th
day of May, 1900.
Abbot, Eddie Fillman, HI
Barme, Anna Gilbert, DC
Bradshaw, sd Rothstein, DIR WV
Brown, MI Smith, SH
CUNNINGHAM, w c (2) Wills, Mrs EE
Erwin, W.
One cent due on all advert tised let
ters. Parties calling for for same say
advertised.
d. E. MCCLELLAND, p. NJ.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
"Mamma, asked the daughter Of

"Mamma, asked the daughter of
a Republican who had been listen
ing to a conversation on the general
depravity of the Democratic party,
ssare Democrats born wicked, or do
they grow wicked afterward?" The
mother, true to her party colors, re-
piled: "They are born wicked and
grow worse. Minneapolis Tribune.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04

your mistakes; he smiles to your
face and stabs you in the dark with
his venomous SANDER, all under the
guise- of friendship, purity and re-
form.
Stop, Mr.. Knocker, for just one
minute, purify yourself before you
expect purity and perfection in
others.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04

THE twine plant at the peniten-
tiary is running on full time, but
will not be able to fill near all the
demand on it for twine. The man
ayers hope by another year to be
able to supply the Kansas demand.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
EDITORIAL REMARKS

CAPT. CLAD HAMILTON, late of
the goth Kansas, has been appoint
ed county auditor by7Judge Hazen.
The position is worth 81, 900 per
year and does not take all a mans
time
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
TreesI Treesll

In front and rear Of Lindsay's bank
will be found, for Neosho nurseries,
a full stock Of trees. Elm for street.
Cherry, plum, apple, peach, pear,
evergreens and anything you want.
Don't wait too late but come now.
S-23 E. r. STONE & Co,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
Closing Out Sale.

l am now closing out my entire
stock Of millinery at lowest prices.
Call and get bargains.
5-4-2t. Mrs. S. A. LYEN.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04

After tho convention adjourns the delegates
Of the Second commissioner district, comprising
Big Creek, Erie, Centerville and Ladore town
ships, will meet and place in nomination can
didate for county commissioner.
1t is recommended, unless otherwise ordered
by the committeeman, that the primaries to
elect delegates to the said county convention be
held on Saturday, May rs, 1900, at the usual yot-
ing place in each precinc t in the county at the
hour of o'clock y, m.
BY older of the Republican County Central
Committee.
SETH G. WELLS, II, G. LOwRANCn,
Secretary. Chairman.
Erie, Kans., April %, 1900.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
For Sale Cheap.

Buggies, carriages, carts, spring
wagons and road wagons at the Econ
omy Shops. 5-4-4t
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.

A delegate convention OF the Republicans OF
Neosho county Kansas, will be held at the court
house in Erie, Kansas, Monday. May %, 1900, at
candidates in nomination for the following
county Offices
Probate Judge.
Superintendent Of Public Instruction.
Clerk of District Court.
County Attorney.
Representative Thirty.frst District.
Commissioner Second District.
The basis of representation in said county
convention will be one delegate for each 20 votes
or major fraction thereof cast for Geo. A. Clark
portonment the several townships, precincts
and wards will be entitled to the following rep
resentation in said county convention.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
WANTED.

One hundred bushels of white corn.
Chanute Milling Co.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04

Now they have again begun their
fight on the navy by opposing every
bill introduced in congress for its
improvement.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04
ANNOUNCEMENT.

COR COUNTY ATTORNEY.-I hereby an.
I nounce myself as a candidate for County
Attorney Of Neosho county, subject to the de-
cision of the Republican county convention.
s G.. BROWN
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-04

I 4 hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the office of Clerk of the District Court of
Neosho county, subject to. the, decision OF the
Republican county convention.
FRED CARTER.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
A Staff IN THE LAW.

What Hitting Mule over the Head
mad to Do with Making a Lawyer
Illustrating what a trialng incident
can influence mans whole career, 1t
is told of Judge William Lindsay who
is now United States senator from
Kentucky, that when a young man
still in his teens he was plowing in
his fathers field, which was near a
cross roads store where a dozen or
more men usually congregated. Young
Lindsay and the mule he was working
to the plow did not "gee" well, and
finally in trying to turn the mule
around at the far side of the field a
worse misunderstanding than usual
occurred. The mule turned square
around and started back over the plow
right at Lindsay, who grabbed a piece
of fence rail and hit his big-eared serv-
ant a terrific jolt above the eye. The
mule fell dead. Lindsay looked at the
dead mule and then at the crowd
across the field at the store. He saw
the men had witnessed his killing Of
lle mule anu ne star Neu az AuAA AuA ~
the store. When he reached there, al
most out of breath, he exclaimed
Gentlemen, killed the mule, but
did it in self-defense." by jlngo
Bill, you ought to be a lawyer" said
one of the men, 'for anybody who can
think of a plea Of that sort on the
spur of the moment would make a
good one." That suggestion stuck in
young Lindsay's mind-he did study
law, became chief justice Of Kentucky
and one of the greatest lawyers they
ever had. N 1896, when Lindsay, as
senator deserted his party on the sill
yer issue, one Of his I'd friends who
knew of the mule incident, and who
was angry at Lindsay for his coGs6e
said Say, boys, amt it pity that
Lindsay killed that mule?"-CincinnatI
Enquirer.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
NeM MEXICO ALE ITs pgoPLg.
Som erhIng OF the People, Their Houses
aud Manner of Living.

WV "~NN'N
so,nerhIng OF the People, Their Houses
and Manner of Living.
Some Gfty Of the teachers of Doug
las County gathered at the courthouse
10 listen to the lecture of Professor
Davidson, Of the State University, on
New Mexico and It's People" Hav.
ing spent some years in New Mexico
as a professor in the Agricultural Col.
ege there, he had his subject well in
hand and spoke most entertainingly
for az hour or more, holding the close
attention OF all present
The professor launched out by de-
daring that one going to New Mexico
gets the impression OF being in a for
eign country, which is due to the fact
hat of the people seventy-G7e pei
cent. are OF Spanish descent and that
ninety per cent. speak the Spanish
language. There the methods are
hose OF the foreigner and the customs
are those of Spain.
Speaking of the country it was de-
soribed as one great garden, especially
in the valleys where the soil has been
irrigated. Fruits of all kinds, espec.
ially those that would be found in a
semitropical country, grow in great
abundance,
The people, for the soke Of illustra.
lion, the professor divided into three
classes. The first was designated as
the aristocracy, consisting Of the rich
and those who trace their ancestry
back to noble birth. The second class
consists Of those who are eminently
respectable, but not so wealthy, while
the third and last class consists of the
great laboring class, the members Of
which are poor-as poor as can be
found in any country under the sun.
The first two classes 60 we'll dressed
and make a good appearance, doing
the business of the towns and cities,
while the members OF the third class
do the hard work and the drudgery.
All of the houses of the poor and
nearly all those of the rich are Of
adobe-sun-d dried brick. While those
Of the well-to-do, although but one
story in height, are comfortable those
of the poor are mere huts, on dirt
boxes ten to fifteen feet square, into
which from fifteen to twenty people
nre crowded. They have no floors,
are without furniture and are on the
whole most uninviting places. The
food of these people consists almost
wholly of cornmeal and red peppers,
the latter forming the principal art
icle of diet
There being no almshouses and no
provisions made by State, counties OF
cities, for caring for the poor, New
Mexico, the speaker said, is a land of
beggars. They are in the country,
upon the ranches and in the towns.
Begging has become such feature
that each Saturday is recognized as
"beggars day." Each Saturday the
beggars go from place to place asking
aims and every person is expected to
give. Omaha World-Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
Not Rrepared.

An eccentric Maine preacher was
recently driving along q country road
and. oyertahng young man tramping
his weary way on foot invited him to
a seat in his sleigh. After he was
comfortably seated the preacher rolled
the whites Of his eyes up under the
visor OF his cap and said in sepulchral
tones: Young man, are you prepared
20 die?" With an ear-piercing scream
and back somersault over the back
Of the sleigh, the young man made for
the dense woods, and has never been
seen in those parts since.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
DEGENERATE DOG.
Many DlabolIcal Tricks Played by the
VIoIousIy Aberrant Animal.

Many DlabolIoal Tricks Played by the
vlciously Aberrant Animal.
Now and then there is a degenerate
dog, just as there are degenerate men.
once knew a dog of that kind He
was a handsome fellow, a Scotch collie,
black, with white breast, and lower
forelegs and tip Of tail also white. His
father was gentlemanly dog, and his
mother was also reputable, At an
early age this dog took to killing
chickens, and would mouth and kill a
whole brood of downy chickens in less
than a minute from the first alarmed
screech Of the mother hen. A little
later he killed, as a daily recreation,
chickens of all sorts and conditions
Many attempts were made to shoot
him, but he seemed bullet-proof. He
would run into the street, seize a horse
by the nose, and, swinging clear Of
the pavement, would hang there, while
the terrified horse would vainly try to
dislodge him. When a man on horse
back came along he would proceed to
have fun with him by selling his
horses tall No whip could reach him,
and when the rider would dismount
the dog would beat a successful re-
treat. He killed all the cats in the
neighborhood When a peddler with
samples OF potatoes or apples entered
the yard OF his owner he would greet
him with friendly wagglng tail and
escort him TO the door, but when the
same peddler turned his back to go
he never failed to take bite at the
calf of his leg. The dogs conduct
finally raised the neighbors against
him, and the owner was informed that
if he did not get rid of him the dog
would be shot. To save his life the
owner gave him to a butcher. In his
new environment he lasted but one
cay He bit the butchers daughter,
and the butcher killed him.-Indian-
apolis News,
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
nom.r.a Chincse sorrnnt.


Admiral Dewey's body servant, who
moved with him from the flagship
Olympia to his new home presented to
him last autumn in Washington, is Ah
Nav, the Chinese boy. All Nav is an
interesting character, and about as
bright and shrewd a Chinaman as one
ever meets. He is an enlisted sailor n
the United States navy, and is tenn
porarily detailed for duty with the ad-
miral. He speaks English with re-
markable clearness and fiuency, is good
natured to an unusual degree, and is
perfectly devoted to his gallant mas
ter. All Nav has sole charge Of Ad-
miral Dewey's wardrobe, lays out his
clothes to be worn each morning and
keeps the admirals trousers pressed
and creased.