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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-14
the attorney sat q few moments In
thoughtful silence, then said earnest

the attorney sat few moments In
thoughtful silence, then said earnest
ly:
II assure you, will do all that
can to get him to commute your sons
sentence to Imprisonment, and we Will
hope to the last that he will do so.
for Bits sake and for mas"
True to his word, the attorney was
tireless in his efforts to secure execu-
tive clemency for the condemned
man, but without avail.
On the day set for the execution,
morbidly curious crowd had early gath
cred in half circle about the scaffold
erected on the slope of the hill, behind
the jail.
Some distance away from the outer
edge of the circle, and behind all the
others, old man Trip drove up In
farm wagon and stopped.
At the foot of the scaffold, huddled
a crumpled figure in black, supported
by a group of neighborhood friends
The prisoner assembled the steps to the
platform, alone. For moment he
hesitated, then bent to speak few
words in low tone, to the griefstrick.
en- mother beneath him, then straight
ening to his full height, his glance
swept quickly over the half circle OF
faces about him. At one point, his
gaze halted, and puzzled look came
into his eyes. This was followed
quickly by a look Of Frightening in
telligence, and a smile wreathed his
pallid face.
The waiting crowd looked in awed
fascination at the man who could
smile at such a moment. Then the
sheriff stepped forward. Time was
up.
After one swift glance at his almost
fainting mother, Bill Trip turned
slightly, fixing his eyes upon the top
most branch of nearby tree, his body
drawn erect, and stiffened as II to re-
sist a shock, while about his lips the
strange smile still fingered.
At that instant, there fell upon the
tense, nervous ears Of the waiting
crowd, the distant report Of rife.
and on the white forehead Of the
man before them, there appeared a
tiny blotch, from which widening
band of crimson spread rapidly, as
Bill Trip sank upon the platform.
Against the green slope of a certain
hill, newly made grave CLEANS vel.
lowly. Four other mounds are there,
and two old people, a man and a
woman, are busily engaged in planting
flowers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-14

you mout help us with the Guvner.
"Of course, know you was agin
Bill in the trial, but I reckon 'twant
cuz of eny hard feelin's you had agin
ma an me, so now the trials over we
kinder lowed you'd just as lief he'd
go tn jail-'stead of-that other
'Taint ez if we wuz aslsin' fur i'm tn
be set free, that 'ud be askin' tn
much" he explained in desperate
earnestness. But eff they'd shet i'm
up, even fur the balance of his natural
days, ct 'ud be better'n It's now. Bills
bin bit wild, l know, an thar air
them ez thinks hangin' plenty good
huff fur i'm, but faint on Bills &C.
count I'm askin nur mine, cts mas"
The old mans voice softened almost
to whisper, and he rubbed his brown
hands together nervously.
"Bill's her boy" he went on, the
only one she's got left, an she sot
great store by i'm. l reckon it comes
powerful hard to give i'm up, fur
y'know cts way with wimmin folks
tn jest keep on luvin'. Somehow they
don't see faults like men folks can.
Mas he'd a heap O. sorror in her life,
she hes; huff sight morn Joy. T'other
children are out thar on the hillside,
four NV 'em, an when they was TUX,
one arter nuther, she wuz allus strong
ez could be, turnin' tn luv the rest
morn ever. When they wuz all gone.
'ceptin' Bill, why-he kinder seemed
tn fill the place in 'er heart of all the
rest
But Bill wuz allus good to his ma,
I'll say that fur i'm, an now he's got
tn be TUX from her in such way, I'm
feared it pears tn her like ez eff thar
hain't nuthin' left. Not tibet she's fur
got the other children-ma'd never du
that-an' thar graves air KEEP neat as
a pin, but seems eff since this trouble
of Bits, she's thought more bout
them n ever.
Some way, in her worryin', she's
got the notion at eff he dies, ez the
ledge says he's got tn, 'twouldn't be
right tn put i'm out thar with the
others-that eff they could speak,
they'd say they'd ruther he'd be put
some place else. Not at he'd be eny
different tn ma, however he died. but
cts the disgracin' way he's got tn die,
at makes ma think the others
wouldn't want i'm. It worries her
dreadful. She says ct seems cruel
an lonesome-like to put i'm away by
hisself. So / thought ef could be
changed an Bill go tn prison, stead
NV hangin', ma wouldn't hev that air
tn worry her. Then arter while, when
is time come. thar wouldn't be no
objections tn is bein' put out thar on
the hill. with the rest. Mebby ma an
med be thar by then, an she could
hev Bill back with her an the Others.
Eff you'd help us speak a word tn
the Govner. ct 'ud du a power Nv
good an 'ud please ma nightly, an
men Bill tn. nd be much obleeged fur
yer helpin' her"
When the old man ceased speaking
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-14
Monkey Rides In Engine Cab.

When Engine No. 1926 of the New
York Central went into the freight
yards at Tarrytown one night last
week strange face peered out of the
cab window. The train carried some
animals belonging to the Boston show.
When it stopped at a way station a
few miles above Tarrytown, Admiral
Farraguet, one Of the largest monkeys,
escaped When the train started, the
monkey made quick scramble for the
front car. when the glow of the fire in
the cab of the locomotive appealed to
him. The Admiral made his way over
the tender and entered the cab, to the
surprise of Engine Driver Edwards
and Fireman Martin Kelly. He was
made comfortable, and allowed to con-
tinue his ride to Tarrytown, where
one of the keepers took him in charge.
New York Times.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-14
AS TO IMn Evils.

Theodore Hallam, one of the most
celebrated of legal practitioners, once
defended burglar; and the case gave
him a story that he never tired of tell
ing. The prosecuting attorney was
fighting vigorously, and had the de-
dendant's wife on the stand.
"You are the wife of the prisoner?"
he asked her.
YES" she replied.
Did you know his mode of life
when you married him?"
81 did, sir"
"Will you tell us, then" went on
the prosecutor, surprised by this adj
mission, how you came to contract
an alliance with one Of his kind?"
"Well," she answered, ENORMOUSLY,
81 was getting on, the other girls had
all been married, and l at last had no
choice but between him and a lawyer
who was counting me-"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-14
Look Out for Your Pate.

So pate" is slang for head, Ell?
Wherefore? Surely the word is used
in a trivial or derogatory sense, as
noodle, noggin, Uranium, brain-pan,
ETC., but its origin is eminently re-
spectacle. Shakespeare says "the
learned pate ducks to the golden
fool" Pope's epigram is good
You beat your pate, and fancy wit
will come;
Knock as you please, there's no.
body at home"
We have bald pate" and SHAVE
pate" Why, the word is used once
in the Bible, and by David, in Psalm
viii, 16: His mischief shall return
upon his own head, and his violent
dealing shall come down upon his
own pate" Accurately, pate does not
mean the head, but the crown of the
head.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-14

Against the green slope of certain
hill, newly made grave CLEANS yell
lowly. Four other mounds are there,
and two old people, man and a
woman, are busily engaged in planting
flowers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-14
Thorouuh ANALYSIS.

A short time since Cub" one of
the negro characters of Columbus.
Miss, was standing at the artesian
we'll in the middle of Main street,
catching a bucket of water, when a
big, black, pompous-looking negro
preacher walked up and, being a
stranger in the town, asked: "Brud-
der, kin yo' tell me eff dis am good
water?"
Cub" answered very proudly,
standing straight with his head
thrown back, Good water? Well, I
reckon, niger, dis am good water!
Doan you know dat? Fur amt hit
bin scandalized by all the freenoligist
NV de State NV Mississippi an foun' to
persist NV three parts: two parts NV
ox-hide-ungas, an de udder part NV
hidefoby; en- want dis here well
bo'ed befo' de war! Say, niger,
whar's yo' frum, anyhow"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-14
Racing at Fifty Degrees Below.

ice footracing is something Of a
novelty, although was accustomed
to it," says Sandy Frew, in the Seat
tie Post-Intelligencer. having run
Charlie Lee on the ice in Omaha sew
eral years ago. An ice track is the
fastest track that can be had. You
can get a good foothold and 1t is elias
tic enough. You can get just the
kind Of bound you want The great
trouble in ice racing is to keep your
self at the proper temperature. Under
proper conditions can easily beat 10
seconds fat on the ice. You can
imagine the kind of weather we had
in Dawson when tell you that 1t
was so degrees below zero when the
race was pulled on
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-14
NV Rosary.

Thus begin, when l first awake,
My soul all conscious of its needs.
To pray for strength and for His sake.
To follow where my Master leads.
And gently, step by step, l go,
Still copying Him in all do,
And never hurried, never slow.
l try to keep my Lord in view.
cannot pray, on Bonded knee,
And so l say the Rosary.
And when the morning work is done,
And l would pause to pray or rest,
No rest have / in shade or sun,
Yet all is we'll He loves me best.
press along the patient way
OF meek obedience with my cross,
So tired perhaps, but who shall say
That following Jesus Is loss?
l cannot pray on Bonded knee,
And so l say my Rosary
'Self-ove is mortified each day,
And pride Is trampled In the DUST
And l must work when l would play,
Though l am neither good nor just,
The angry passions, unsubdued,
The love of ease. the fear of strife.
The shrinking from the coarse and rude,
Are daily trials of my life;
Yet, bead by bead, dear Lord, for Thee.
try to say my Rosary.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-14
The Morning Summons.

Wien the mist Is on the river. and the
haze is on the hills,
And the promise of the springtime all
the ample heaven fills;
When the shy things In the wood-haunts
and the hardy on the plains
Catch UP heart and feel a leaping HE
through winters sluggish veins
Then the summons of the morning like
bugle moves the blood,
Then the soul of man grows larger ike
flower from the bud
For the hope of high endeavor Is cor
dial half divine,
And the banner cry of onward calls the
laggards into line.
There is glamour of the moonlight when
the stars rain peace below
But the stir and smell of morning is
better thing to know;
While the night is hushed and holden
and transported by dreamy song.
Lo the dawn brings dew and fire and
the rapture of the strong!
Richard Burton.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-14
FUR MAS SAKE.
BY LAURA ELLEN BEALE
Copyright 1902 by STORY PUBLISHING CoMPANY)

The ONCE of the commonwealth at
torney was sitting, and a musty book
ish odor from the shelves along the
walls pervaded the room.
The attorney, red-faced and glisten-
ing with perspiration, sat at his desk,
upon which were numerous bundles OF
legal papers, upon which he tried vain
ly to fix his mind.
Arranging some sheets Of paper, he
determinedly set about making
draught of an Indictment, but finding
1t impossible to concentrate his nina
upon 1t, he pushed back his chair i'm
patiently, and sprang to his feet with
a muttered exclamation, when he saw,
for the first time, that he was not
alone.
In the doorway stood an old man eye
ing him seriously. He was tall,
lean old fellow, with a face and neck
much tanned by wind and sun, and
clad in the simple garb Of the noun
tain dweller, his soil-stained bare feet
giving no warning Of their owners
approach.
The look of petulance upon the face
of the attorney changed to an express
sion Of gravity as he recognized his
visitor, and when he greeted him his
voice was low, almost strained.
How are you, uncle Tom?" he said,
come in and sit down."
The old man did not return the
greeting, but silently slouched in and
sank into chair. cts bout Bill"
he began briefly, fixing his eyes upon
the attorney. The latter nodded but
did not speak, and the old man con-
tinued, I've come to see eff eny-
thing could be dun fur Bill"
The case Of the People VS.. Trip
had been the commonwealth attor-
ney's first big case; the conviction Of
the defendant therein his first great
achievement. The crime had been
murder, foul-premeditated and out
ragged justice had called aloud. He
was young man, and the dignity and
majesty of the law had impressed him
greatly. He had not failed to do his
whole duty, and in three more weeks
Bill Trip, the defendants was to be
hanged.
The attorney had been proud of his
success. His work had been thorough
and the many words of praise be-
slowed upon him, by lawyers stand
ing high in their profession, had
pleased him greatly. OF what this
gratifying success meant to the man
on trial for his life, he had never
really thought, until the solemn words
of the death sentence brought sudden
realization. Somehow the low tones
of the Judge had awakened within him
new appreciation of what to him
had seemed merely suit at law, and
he glanced wonderingly at the tall
young man standing half carelessly,
listening intently to the tones that
were ringing his death knell. 1t
seemed impossible that his life, so
strong and vigorous, must end, and
because of this-because of his ef-
forts.
With these new thoughts came a
disturbing sense of his own RESPONSE
bility, and for a moment he almost re-
GREETED having chosen the profession
of law.
Now came the father of Bill Trip
to ask for mercy. There was still the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-14

fore it's tn late. 'Twouldn't seem
right tn let em hang i'm, an him our
boy" he added apologetically, "'thout
dom thing, an him shet up thar and
KANT help hisself.
81 reckon we dun all ez could be
dun, so fur, gittin' a good lawyer fur
i'm an'-but you know how twas. Now
we want tn try an see eff the Gunner
won't du suthin fur i'm.
I'VE lowed mebby eff we'd go tu'im
an tell i'm the hull thing, he mout
be willin' to fix it so Bill I'D be sent
to prison, stead O. hangin'. Ma an
me, we talked it all over, and lowed
that eff we wuz tn come tn you, at
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-14
Preventing Lead POISONING.

improvements in the arrangements
Of two large factories in England re-
duced the number Of cases of lead
poisoning in one year from 17S to "a.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-14

"'Twouldn't seem right tn :et 'em
hang him, an him our bog" he
added apologetlcally.
majesty and dignity of the law, but
somehow that seemed no longer Of
such splendid importance. The voice
Of the old man aroused him. and he
listened.
"Bm hain't got much more time,
you know, onless suthin's done fur
I'm, an We want tn try tn help some
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-10
GREAT ENGINEERING FEATS
Some Immense Undertakings in Diff
fereEt Countries That Have Been
SUCCESSFULLY Accomplished.

Never before in the history of the
world have so many grand engineer
ing feats been in progress or in con-
temptation as at the present time,
states the New York World.
In Africa the completion of the great
dam across the Nile at Assuan a few
weeks ago marks the first step in re-
storing to Egypt the fertility which
made it the granary of the world in
the time of tie Pharaohs. When sup
plemented by that at Assiout, at a
total cost of 5000 900 for the two
dams. Egypt will have a reservoir of
a billion cubic yards of water every
year, thus removing the annual fear
of shortness of crops dependent upon
the risings of the Nile. When the
great Cape of Cairo" railroad scheme.
born of the brain of Cecil Rhodes, the
"empire builder" and now taking prac-
teal shape upon the conclusion of the
Boer war, has also become a fact. Eng
land will not only demonstrate her
suzerainty over 1.-The Dark Continent, -
but also her fitness for leadership by
giving to it a greater rela tive rank and
Importance in the world than it has
held since the building of the pyramids
or the fall of Carthage.
In Asia the building of the trans
Siberian road by Russia has marked
an era in that continents progress.
In Europe the S'mplon tunnel, begun
in 1898, is more than half completed,
and it will probably be finished in two
years on scheGu1e time.
As to America, the completion CT
the Chicago drainage channel at a
cost of over $3O,OOO,OOO. and the SUBJ
way now in progress in New York, are
engineering feats that in an earlier
period would have been ranked among
the wonders Of the world" The Can
yon Diablo viaduct of the Atlantic &
Pacific railroad and the Mount Tamal-
pals railway, near San Francisco, are
further illustrations of railway en-
cheering of the kind that conquered
the Rigi and Pixies peak made the
summit of Mount Vesuvius a railway
station and gave to travellers the pic
turesque views of the Mauch Chunk,
Mount Lowe and Mount Washington
railways. South America also has
similar and perhaps even greater en-
gineering feats in mountain railroad
elm bling.
Most of these great engineering tri-
umPhs are the result of private enter
prise and are proofs of the value of in.
dividualism as a factor in the worlds
progress. What governments can do
has been shown in the trans-Siberian
enterprise and will be exhibited on
still grander scale in the near future
by the greatest of all modern engin-
eering feats-the building of the 18th.
milan canal, to which the resources and
faith of the government of the United
States are pledged.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-10

not only as washers between the cyl
inder heads and sides of box, but
serve to reinforce the heads and
hold the axles more firmly. Drive a
IL inch mortise clear through the
blocks and heads of cylinder. Take
2 2-inch hardwood pins and square
one end to 11a-inch plump, and drive
firmly into the mortise flush with
inside of cylinder heads. The aXles
must be left sufficiently long to
reach outside the box when the COM
pleted cylinder is hung ready for
use, and one must be long enough to
mOrtise on piece at right angles
for the crank. If both project or
s inches outside the box it will
be all the better, as they will serve
as handles for lifting the cylinder
out and into the box. Cut~32 Stats
70 by 1 inch IS inches long and
slightly round the corners, which
nailed on to the cylinder ehads. Nail
"a Stats one-half inch apart around
the heads and the remaining space
will be the door or cover of the cyl.
inder. Take two pieces of light
harness tug II inches long and screw
the remaining Stats on to the pieces
of tug one-half inch apart the same
as on the cylinder heads. only the
strips of tug must be fastened to
upper side of Stats, so that the cyl
inder will be perfectly smooth in
side. This door may be held in place
with heavy leather or iron hinges,
or by two small wooden or iron but
tons on each cylinder slat next to
the door. With a Pinch piece
foot in length mortised on to the
outer end of one axle at right angles
and a pin through the lower end to
serve as a crank, the washer is COM
plete, and at a cash outlay of al
most nothing. A three-quarter inch
hole may be bored through one end
of the box just on a level with the
bottom for letting off the water.
Fill the cylinder with roots, fasten
the door and hang in the box. Use
plenty of water and revolve slow
Iy for a minute or two, and the
roots will be cleaned perfectly. Any
man at all handy with tools can
make the washer in a few hours
IlLIc, anu lbS use Will save ndTu ana
costly hours of labor over hard work
in one season. OF course, if one has
the money to hire it made, and pre-
fers dressed lumber with iron or
nickel mounting, and desires to paint
and decorate, using turned or carved
legs, there is no objection, and it
will doubtless do just as good work
as the old homespun. The above is
very serviceable, can be made in a
rainy day right at home, which many
of US can do more easily than to pay
out cold cash for the more snowy
machine.-J. e. Morse, in Rural New
Yorker
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-10
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE
COMPOUND
WOMAN'S EDY
wOMAN'S ILLS.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

the yearly bill for novels supplied to
the library of the French chamber of
deputies is usually between 500 and
E 900.
Since DIR. Conan Doyle had knight
ly handle added to his narQe he has
elected to revive for the betttv accom-
paniment of the Sir" hiE almost for
gotten baptismai name of Arthur, and
will be addressed as 'Sir Arthur" He
has begun a new series of "Brigadier
Gerard stories.
Miss Kate Shelly, the. heroine of
many poems and writings in prose,
who, when a child, saved a train load
of people from death by creeping over
a frozen bridge near Moingona, Ia, in
raging storm and warning the en-
gineer of the danger, has been en-
gagged by the State Insane hospital at
Cherokee, Ia, as a nurse. Miss Shelly
is quite old.
The famous Norwegian poet, Bjorn-
stjerne Bjornson, has caused a great
sensation by the severe structures
which he has recently passed on the
scandalous treatment of foreign tour
lists by Norwegian peasants. The
steady increase of tourists, he says, has
had the effect of d>moraliZing the
popula tion and stirring up feelings Of
speculation, rapacity, mendacity and
fraud.
Emile lola was asked the other day
by a French journalist to give his ideas
regarding education. He replied: 81
was educated at the Municipal college
at AK and the Lycee ST. Louis in Paris.
l lost my father when 1 was quite
young and as my mother was very
weak in her attitude toward me I was
able to develop in my own way. / did
not learn to read until I was eight
years old. l may say that L educated
myself, and 1 think that is the best
way. l do not believe in school educa
ton"
Daniel H. Morgan, a Yale student
and son of Elisha Morgan, millionaire
head of the writing paper trust, start
ed out as a tramp from Springfield
Mass, with a chum, their object being
to study the hobo with a view to liter
airy effort. In Boston they were ar
rested as Migrants, and as this was "a
bit of local color" for which they had
not bargained. they declared their
identity. The incredulous policeman
laughed at their Protestations, and
only after considerable use of the
wires were they given freedom. One
such experience was enough and both
hurried back to Springfield.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-10
Rcd TOP for Forage.

Red top (Agrostis alba), already es-
tablished in places in northern Nevada
and southern Oregon, could, without
doubt, be more extensively introduced
in many of the moister bottom lands.
Instances have been cited where it was
making good crop, and it will, with
out doubt, grow well on the lowlands
wherever the native clovers abound.
1t is pronounced by experts one of the
most promising plants for the i'm
provement of portions of the bottom
lands. No finer quality of hay could
be desired than that which is furnished
in localities at the present by this
grass and the native clovers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-10
f.; f.; ;;;i[ii;S;i;;;'lEil l!:'j'j@ ?.zz9
RN,nH:sllIHrll&
VEGETABLE WASHER.
Make One without Delay and See Ii
1t Is Not a Great Convenience
and Labor Saver.

A very cheap and serviccable root
washer may be made by any man
right at home, and no need to call
on a carpenter or blacksmith. Make
a watertight box of IA inch lumber,
10 by 21 by 80 inches inside. The
legs are IA by inches, feet long.
Lap the legs inches on to the box
and tGsten firmly with 21A-inch
screws. This gives a height of sc
inches, which is convenient for all
purposes. Two half-round notches
are let into the sides of the box il
which the axles of the cylinder re,
volve. The cylinder heads 1H-inch
thick are Is inches in diameter. A
block 1 inch thick by inches square
or a round wheel of same dimen'
sions, is screwed to the outside cen.
ter of each head. These blocks act