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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-09-18
cannon's Corn Story.

Congressman "Joe" Cannon, of Illi-
nois, is man of strong likes and dis
likes, and never does anything by
halves. In the list Of his likings, so
far as culinary matters are concerned,
his fondness for green corn takes first
rank, and on this score he tells good
story at his own expense.
After long sojourn in Washington,
he returned home and started out to
look after his political fences in his
district. AT small village hotel,
where he stopped for dinner, scauty
plate of fine roasting ears was placed
before him as a side dish. Imme-
diately he abandoned the main bill-of-
fare, and applied himself exclusively
to the green corn. When rhe plato
was depleted he called for moro roast
ing ears, and. continued his feast until
he had made his entire meal from the
staple product Of the Illinois prairies.
The hotel keeper noticed the array of
cobs stacked upon the plate Of the tall
politician, whose identity was un-
known 40 him, and said. Sg Is ,ss ,!
"Say, stranger, what 10 thunder do
you want to board at q hotel for? The,
place for you to put up is a livery sta
BILE. Don't you know green fodder is
q dunn sighter cheaper in barn than
in house?''
During the remainder of the CAM.
paign Congressman Cannon retailed
this story to his constituents and
turned it to good account among the
corn growers. ~ Saturday Eseniag
Post.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-09-18
Easy Sure Things"

There are many things which at first
thought appear 10 bu easy enough OF
accomplishment that it is pretty safe
to bet a man he cannot do. Most peo-
pie know that the human hands are
not strong enough to break new-laid
egg if the hands are cIasped and the
egg laid endwise between the palms.
Il is said that the pressure required to
break ar egg in this manner amounts
to tons.
Among other safe bets is wager
that man cannot rise from chair
without bending forward or put.
ting his feet under the chair or outside
Of it.
Many man will back himself to
give another start of 80 yards in a
dash Of 100, provided the man having
the start hops all the way. But no
runner, however swift, can give that
amount of star. &c al ordinary mau.
For the first fye yards they 60 at
practically the same pace. Therefore,
the runner, TO go 50 yards while the
hopper goes 45, would have to run
more than twice az fast, and it would
be n weak man who could not hop
40 yards at pace equal to 20 seconds
for 100 yards, and that would
mean that the runner in order to win
would have to beat all previous re-
cords.
If a man boasts that his penkpife is
particularly sharp, ask him to cut with
one stroke of the blade one of those
yellow ribbons, mostly of silk, which
come around bundles of cigars. In 999
cases out of I 900 the knife is not sharp
enough to do this. It will cut through
all the ribbon but the last strand, aud
that will pull out long, and the more
he tries to cut it the longer it will pull
out.
1t is safe to bet any one except a
blind man that he cannot stand with
out support Of any kind for five min
utes at q stretch if he is thoroughly
blindfolded without moving his feet.
If he does not move his feet he is pref
ty sure to topple over in about min
ute.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-09-18

TO Care AsCold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo-Q Quinine Tab,
let's. all druggists refund the a. oney
it it fails to cure E. w. Grove sig
nature is on each box. ,25p. 81
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-09-18

- Love is responsible for a good
many frosts in summer and few hot
waves in winter.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-09-18

= A genial man is one who enjoys
fun and comfort at the expense of 9TH
er men.
Laxative Bromo- Quinine Tablets
cure cold in Que day. No Cure, No
Pay. Price 25 cents.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-09-18

For bad taste in the mouth take
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. For sale by Orr-Gray &
Co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-11
NeedIework from the Philippines.

William !. Hancock, who is now a men,
Der of Co. G, 21st U. S. Inf, stationed in
the Philippines, has sent his mother, Mrs.
W. |. Hancock, a valuable collection of
interesting articles from that far away
country, In the collection are several Of
the Filipino implements of war, and a
few of the rude articles OF everyday house
hold use, but the majority are indicative
of the advancement, rather than the
primitiveness OF our new subjects. There
are several haudkerchiefs in embroidery
and lace work that are extremely delicate
and beautiful. Perhaps the most val
liable article in the collection is table
spread of an almost gauze-like silk with
exquisite colorings and the most delicate
embroidery. Two fans, one of carved
sandal wood and hand painted gauzt
and another of ivory adorned with the
tips of peacock feathers, are beauties
| The articles are not mere attempts a.
the artistic as might be expected, bu
they are artistic. Everything abou
them, the fabric, colorings and needle
work, all indicate that the women OF tn
Philippines are not a whit behind thei
more enlightened sisters in this kind c
work. Arrangements will doubtless b
made to have the collection on exhib
ton at the fair next week, so that a
may have an opportunity to examir
the work OF the needlewomen OF our me-
possessions.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-11

dent OF the W. R. c., William H. Ward,
senior vice commander Of the Vermont
G. A. R., and Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Hawley
of Passumpsic They joined the state
delegation at Montpelier Saturday and
went via Niagara Falls.
The trustees have made an admira-
BILE improvement in widening Portland
street, between Railroad street and the
tracks. The roadway has been widened
about IL feet and a sidewalk has been put
in on the north side to reach to st. Mary
street. A bank wall has been put in next
to John Rvan's carriage factory lot, and
the street has been macadamized from
Railroad street to the bridge.
That the name of a play has lot to
do with the public has been emphasized
by the great success Lovers Lane" by
Clyde Fitch, which VIM. A. Brady will
produce at Howe Opera House Sept. 21.
Lovers Lane" will be seen here in the
same manner that put it on the tidal
wave of success in New York for over
FIVE months run, only to be eclipsed by a
record-breaking run of all summer in
Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Cowling
were surprised on the evening of August
20 at their house on Spring street, by a
large company of friends, who called to
offer congratulations on their recent
marriage. G. G. Menut, in behalf of
about so of Mr.. Cowling's fellow-work-
men at the scale factory, presented them
with fine silver service. Mr.. Cowling
responded in a most happy and appre-
ciative manner. The visitors remained
for pleasant social hour.
C. H. Goss has completed an extern
sive job of heating and plumbing for the
Jefferson Hotel and Land Co. at JEFF
ferson, N. H. The job was begun il
March, and eight men have been EN-
ployed on it most of the time. Mr.. Cos
also has the contract for heating auC
plumbing fine new residence at Jeffer
son, and George c. Cary's new house OF
Main street and is now completing
quite extensive changes at Darling
Mountain View Farm in Burke.
The congregation of the Church o
the Messiah gave reception in tn
church vestry Friday evening in homo
of their new pastor, Rev. A. Franci
Walch, and Mrs. Walch. There was
large attendance which included near
all the pastors of the village. E. F
Brown, Mrs. Fanny W. Parkhurst, Mrs
Sarah R. Johnson, and Rev. and Mrs
Walch received. The affair was an in
formal one and the evening was yer
pleasantly spent. Light refreshment
were served and short musical pre-
gram rendered.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-11
Our Extra.


As the editor had so little part in the
strenuous night work attendant upon
issuing the CALIFORNIAN extra last Sat
urday morning he feels that he can with
propriety speak of the enterprise of those
at home who did the work. All in the
office took hold with great interest and
in about II hours after the assassination
the force had upon the street an extra
which contained as much intelligent
news of the occurrence as any city daily
Within a few hours 1000 papers were
sold and out of town subscribers received
the extra by mail on the morning trains.
Thus all our townspeople and out of
town readers in this section had all the
particulars several hours before the Bos-
ton papers arrived. There was great
demand for the papers on the street and
some OF the newsboys sold over 100 cop
les in an incredibly short time. Among
the interesting incidents of the sale was
the experience at the scale shops where
strings were let down from the upper
ST ories and papers sent up by the news
| boy to the workmen. Boys on wheels
quickly reached the Centre and East vii
lage and were amply paid tor their enter
| prising ride. Especial thanks are due t
Mt. Sault for placing at our dispose
through all hours of the night the lonl
distance telephone aud the message
which the central office received, asld
from numerous special messages iron
Burlington.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-11
He Is Indifferent.

Leon Czolgosz was taken before Super
intendent Bull and District Attorney PEN
ney at Buffalo again to be further ques-
toned as to the crime. Superintendent
Bull said that he had been advised of the
arrests in Chicago and that he was max
ing careful inquiry aimed at showing
any connection that may exist between
the men in custody and the prisoner.
Czolgosz still continues to eat well and
sleep we'll, and seems absolutely indiffer-
ent to his fate. He makes no inquiries
as to the condition OF the president and
apparently cares nothing at all as to the
outcome of his injuries.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-11
FRATERNITY MEETINGS.

Passumpslc Lodge, No. 27, P. and A. M.
Called communication Thursday evening,
Sept. 12. The M. M. degree will be conferred
upon several candidates.
Regular communication. September &C.
EDWIN L. SPENCER, w. NJ.
DELos M. BACON, Secretary.
Palestine Commandery, No. 5, KIT.
Stated Conclave September %.
GEORGE F. CHENEY,
DRLos M. BACON, Commander
Recorder.
Haswell Royal Arch Chapter.
Stated Convocation September 27.
HARRY A. BARTLETT, e. H. P.
DRLos M. BACON. Secretary.
Knights Of Pythlas.
Regular convention OF Apollo Lodge No.
Tuesday night, September II.
H. M. NELSON, Chancellor Commander.
L. S. BROCK, Keeper Of Records and Seal
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-11
Yor Can Pronounce 1t.

1t isn't as unpronouncable as it looks,
this name Czolgosz. 1t is pronounced as
though it were spelled Cholgosh. Ch as
in Charles, o long as in note, normal,
e hard as in good, long, sh as in shine.
Cholgosh.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-11
NEW ADS. THIS WEEK.

To Trade-J. B. Gage.
To Time-H. A. Belknap.
New Waists-Brooks. Tyler Co.
Millinery-Miss A. o. Maloney'
Tenement to Rent-E. H. Stone
Probate of Will-Thomas Scales Est.
Probate of Will-Annis S. Putney's Est.
Satisfactory Spices-C. A. Currier & Co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-11
Through September.

The CALIFORNIAN Office will be closed
at noon on Saturdays. All our patrons,
and customers will please take notice
and govern themselves accordingly.
The CALEDoNIAN Co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-11
Physicians.
DR.. NED c. STILES,

Eye, Ear, Nose ana THTUaL'
OFFICE Hours; 900 a m. to 1900 m. /;
1 80 to 4 80; 80 to 7.30 p. m. SUNDAYS;
800 to 400 p. m
Avenue House Block, Opera House entrance,
St Iohnsburv, Vermont.
La Junta tribune., 1901-06-29
LOCAL AND Personal lrsMs.
Trade at Dalton's pharmacy.
Trade at the City Pharmacy.
Take it to Downer. He'll fix

class mechanics.
S. .. Henry was down from
Denver yesterday.
Lawn mowers and gasoline
stoves repaired. Downer.
For RENT - Nicely furnished
room. Inquire at this Office.
Money for city or farm loans on
easy terms. Inquire w. r. Gibson.
Buckley and Hart have a list of
"bargains" in homes. Look at
them.
N. FloIer, who has been the
guest of DR.. F. Finney, is in
Denver this week.
Columbia patent flour, from
Kansas hard wheat, made express
ly for Carlton & Bradley.
Mayhem House Furnishing Co.
undertaking and embalming. Day
phone, 42; night phone, 10 4.
w. NJ. Kinsner has resigned his
position in the bridge and building
department, and returned to his
ranch.
Mrs. j. c. Kramer, wife OF the
jeweler at Finney's pharmacy. ar
rived from Pueblo yesterday to
reside permanently.
The grind opening at Otero lake
last Tuesday evening was well at
tended. The water was rather
cool, and not many were brave
enough to venture in.
LosT-A sheep. out OF express
car, on No p June 27th. Any.
one finding and returning to me
will be paid for their trouble. -.
H. Rapp, Wells Fargo agent.
r. B. Blythe, who has been
holding down the position OF
agent for Wells Fargo during the
absence of J. H. RApp, p,returned to
his home in Denver this morning.
Frank Wilsey was brought down
from Rocky Ford Wednesday af-
ternoon and tried IN the county
court on charge Of insanity. He
was committed to the asylum at
Pueblo.
Amos Cunning and wife, of Bur
lington, Kan, who have been the
guests of w. c. Cunning and
family during the past two weeks,
left this morning for Pueblo to
visit relatives.
Capt. Thomas Harper, of Pitts
burg, Pa, an uncle Of Mrs. G. H.
Willis, Of this city,is here visiting
He thinks we have the finest eli
mate and country he has ever
found in all his travels.
Work on the opera house is not
progressing as rapidly'as it might.
owing to the non arrival of the me-
cessary building material. Mr.
Mcclure informs us that he thinks
the opening performance will
take place between the 10th and
18th Of September.
The Santa Fe, in addition to in
creasing the capacity Of its Topeka
shops by one-third, is about to
commence work on its shops at
San Bernardino, CAL, which when
completed will give steady employ
ment for 1000 men at the place
instead of 500 as heretofore.
The creamery is sure thing.
The solicitors appointed by the
Beard Of Trade to interview the
formers hereabonts report that 3r3
cows have already been pledged to.
supply the creamery. Only 200,
were required to insure the estab-
lishment Of the enterprise.
6. H. Downer is supplying .
number Of our progressive citizens
with electric fans. The recent
warm weather has caused great
demand for cooling apparatus,
whereat ''Ipbixem" rejoiceth and
is extreme glad. because the mis-.
La Junta tribune., 1901-06-29
for NOW a c
O DiuSS

+. L uSOio
Talking machines, records and
supplies. es.-Downer.
| For monuments and tombstones
See John T. Russell.
DR.. c. X. Hubbell, dentist, Cen
tral block, La unta, Colo.
For SALE-Belgian hares. from
iI5 cents to sI.oo.--C. ]. Dillon.
Our repair department is the
most complete in the Valley
! Downer.
F. A. Griffin will do you good
job of paper hanging. He guar
antees his work.
Carlton & Bradley guarantee
Columbia patent -four to give as
| good satisfaction as any flour.
| Mrs. S. c. Polk and daughter,
Mabel, left for Oklahoma Thurs
day morning to make an extended
1 visit
| Mrs. Fl. A. Armstrong left this
morning for Denver, where she
will be the guest OF sister for
several weeks.
For SALE AT Once. All the
wooden sidewalk about the court
house park. Inquire OF F. T.
Lewis, city engineer.
| Losr-One bay horse, branded
H on fore shoulder; will pay $40
reward tor delivery to my place on
north side Of river, opposite Swink.
IN. NJ. Cook, Fairmont, Colo.
Superintendent OF Machinery
Player and Assistant Superintend-
! ent Henderson were in town
Thursday for brief season. They
| were on their way south on tour
Of inspection.
Robert V. Bailey, a bright
young man who has been in tn.
Offices at La Junta, has taken the
position here as Foreman Gibbons
clerk. He is graduate of the
commercial department of Baker
University, in Kansas, and made
fine record as student.-Las
Vegas Optic.
Mrs. S. A. Hill, of Dubuque,
Ia, sister of ]. NJ. McCune, left
this morning for Cripple Creek to
visit relatives. She was accom-
panied by Mrs. ]. M. McCune,
who goes to Glen Park for the
summer, and la.er will be joined
by Mrs. Hill.
w. 6. Cromar, the Santa Fe
fireman, who was badly burned
and scalded last week, caused by
the dropping of the crown sheet
on engine No. 4ss, is improving,
and report from the hospital
yesterday morning was to the ef-
feet that he was resting easy and
on the road to recovery.
To day is the date OF the excur-
sion of the Sarta Fe shop employ
es to Manitou. 1t will be neces-
sary to go through considerable
red tape in order to secure one Of
the cheap excursion tickets and
the attendance this year will prob
ably not be one-half as large as it
has been in previous years.
The railroad reading room was
moved into the old court house
building just west of the TRIBUNE
office to-day, and the work Of
tearing down the building north
OF the depot will be commenced
early next week. A two-story
structure will be erected on the
site, with accommodations for all
the officials who now occupy quar-
ters in the second story of the
depot building.
Chief Of Police Burchnell, Of
Colorado City was in town yester-
day, returning on the noon train
with John Norton, who is wanted
there for forging check and real
izing about SIS on the deal. Nor
ton was serving q forty day sen
The age-herald., 1901-06-17
A WONDERFUL
 MATHEMATICIAN.

great many little boys and girls dislike all kinds of mathematics and think the time spent in such study wasted. Others think arithmetic, algebra, geometry. &c.,, the very best part of school work, but there are very few of them who even think of making arithmetic life study and of inventing new and most difficult problems just for amuse. ment. A young man named Arthur F. Grif- filth does this, and even more; in fact, he is perfectly contented only when doing such complicated problems that 1t would take an ordinary person half day to get any kind of an answer, and that one would probably be all wrong. Not only does he do these problems in a very short time, but he works them entirely by mental process. without using pencil or paper at all. He works mentally, adds three columns at a time, divides any sum by any number up to 100, multiplies any sized numbers by any other numbers In from one to forty seconds; tells the amount of money you have, your age and the exact date of your birth; extracts square, cube, fourth and fifth roots in from one to twenty-five seconds. All of these he does mentally and without any help from pencil or paper, not even putting down the results of part of his problems before com. pleting them.
 Griffith was born on farm near Milford, Ind, in 1880. From the time he could talk he has exerted all his energies in mathe- matics, with this surprising result. He has now eight different methods of his own for addition, 10 for division and GA for mul. tiplication. ,
The age-herald., 1901-06-17
BY E. PERCY NEVILLE.

listening to all the nonsense she might hap pen to hear.
 So the sunbeam flew on till he met breeze, of whom he asked the same question; but it was such frisky little breeze that it could hardly speak from laughing and turning somersaults. At last, however, it sobered down enough to say in wheezy voice: Bless my heart, don't you know? Who ever heard of sunbeam that didn't know the voices of the flowers? Don't you see they are all under the ground and they want you to come and help them outT'
 So the sunbeam went down to the castle and knocked at her hard gate, but she had been keeping such sad company all winter that she was as hard and stiff as some old maids-cross old maids-and wouldn't let him In; but the sunbeam got his frier ds the clouds and his cousin the brook to help him, and at last the earth softened and let out the flowers. And then such rout as there was when they came crowding out; anemones and violets and roses and pansies, and all the flowers pushing and calling to each other and telling the winds such sweet stories that they went away quite en- chanted; and then the fairies came out and played hide-and-seek in the flower cups, and the sunbeam was policeman and hunted them out, but at last he grew tired and flew away till he came to the city
 Then he saw four buildings forming a square-very high, very old, very black, very tumbledown, indeed, and the windows were stuffed with old hats and clothes, and dirty children played on the steps and in the yard, and such yard the sunbeam thought it had never seen. There were stones and
The age-herald., 1901-06-17

pony, when he heard a most peculiar racket on the mountainside. There were loud shouts, apparently to oxen, the cracking of whips and the creaking of strained timbers. Someone getting a load of Christmas trees,' thought George, for the next day was that winter festival of good cheer. The noise continued throughout the day, grow ing nearer, but the workers were hidden by the snow-laden pines. George and Helen be- came used to it, and when at night it seemed to be passing the boundaries of their land they did not even speculate as to its cause.
 Christmas morning dawned bright and clear Helen and George had made num- Der of little presents for each other, and ad- mred their homemade gifts, which seemed now more precious to them than any costly presents of their former days. They went out on the broad piazza together to drink in the weak rays of the Christmas sun.
 "Ohl look Georgel" cried Helen That is what all that noise was last night!''
 There, down at the foot of the hill, on level space by the road, stood the little schoolhouse. Across the front was fastened a huge white pine plank, bearing in large black letters the ever welcome legend Merry Christmas" The mountaineers had evidently refused to be deprived of their beloved studies by any trines such as bliz- zards or blocked roads, but had sledded the schoolhouse over the frozen crust to its pres ent position, scarce three hundred yards from Eagles Nest.
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