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Porto Rico Merchant Claims That the
TsIand IL - Part az Untt"d states.

Porto Rico Merchant Claims That the
Island IL = Part 81 Untt"d states.
New York. Oct l3-In the United
States circuit court here a suit has been
fled by attorneys representing a firm
doing business at Ponce. Porto Rico,
against Geo. W whitehead. collector
Of customs on the island Of Porto Rico.
to test the constItutlonality of the en-
actmeut Of congress that provides for
the collection Of duties there,
Tae plaintiffs aver they have paid
under protest $1s2 assessed as duties
on general merchandise shipped from
the United States.
The position taken by the counsel is
that the island OF Porto Rico Is In the
same position C. the United States, as
far as exports and imports are con
rerned SIS any oue al ,he states Of the
Union,
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Mia nsaIha,l rninraa

St Louis, Mo. Oct 1S.--Miss Luz
ellie Mulhan, the l6-yearold daugh-
ter OF Zack MuIhall, general livestock
agent for the St. Louis and San Fran
cisco railway in this city. fell from
her pony in a relay race with cowboys
at the fair grounds Sunday and was
seriously injured. Miss Hulhall has a
national reputation as a horseback
rider and lariat thrower
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Charged win Accepting pribe.

Omaha. Oct i3.-Thre members of
the board OF education Of South Oma-
ha. A. v Miller. the president and
Members j, l.. Kubat and Theodore
Schroeder were arrested here charged
with receiving brides in connection
with an increase of teachers salaries
and furnishing typewriters for the
board
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Altoona, Pa. Oct. 13.--An express
train ran into a wrecked freight train
near Barre. three miles west of Pc
tersbnrg Sunday The passenger en-
gineer and the freight brakeman were
instantly killed and the passenger
fireman was probably fatally injured.
Several were injured.
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New York. Oct t3.-Chairman
Thomas Of the Erie road has issued a
statement that there would be no con
ference on the part OF the operators
with the public Tuesday. and saying
his statement Friday was definite.
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TEXAS CONGRESSMAN DEAD


mes. as Eareha springs
Washington. Oct 13.-Congresman
John L. Sheppard Of Texarkana, Ark.
died Saturday at Eureka Springs, Ark,
after 3oEs Illness. The funeral will
take place at Texarkana on Tuesday.
The speaker of the house has been
notified, and will APPOINT committee
to attend the funeral.
Congressman Sheppard was taken
I'll at Washington while attending con-
gress more than a year ago. and on
several occasions his illness looked
exceedingly serious. He has spent
most of = is year at various watering
places, but to no avail.
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Lafayette. Ind. Oct, IA severe
wind storm and deluge Of rain struck
this city late Sunday night South OF
the city the damage is heavy. many
barns and outbuildngs being blown
down and several orchards ruined. In
the city torrent OF rain fell Eooaing
the streets. The signs and deeora-
tions for the fall festival we're de-
stroyed.
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New Tork. Oct. f3.-Accompauied
by his wife and daughters. William H.
Hunt. governor of Porto Rico. has
sailed for San Juan by the steamship
Sonce, after a protracted visit in the
United States.
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Cenfllct Wi,h onenr..

Paris, Oct. 13.--In conflict between
striking coal miners and gendarmes at
St Etienne one striker was killed.
several wounded and four gendarmes
injured. The strike is extending
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TORNADO IN ILLINOIS.


CT sad Ore Psr~f'a AAtl@u.
Quincy. H.. Oct. 1S.-A tornado
struck this city Sunday evening.
sweeping in northeasterIy direction
and destroying much property in the
city and county large number OF
houses and barns were destroyed and
great damage was done to orchards
and standing corn. Wires are down
and communication is shut of.
One man at Camp Point was killed
and Henry Hooters. in the outskirts
Of Quincy. was fatally injured The
smoke stacks OF the electriet light
power house were blown down and the
city Is In darkness.
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To Cure a Cold In One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Qutnine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money III Ii fails to cure. II. W.
Groves signature on each box. 2oc
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aWatch The kidneys. .

"when they are effected, life is in
danger says Dr. Alternately, the
great English physician. Foley's
Kidney Cure makes sound kidneys.
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WANTED Boarders AID roomers,
a9i corner College STREET and Mar
vim avenue u
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The Light Want column Is read
by the young and the old.
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FOR SALE -ou9 yEeeopd ha.d
Caligraph TvpewfHnr IN acai0e,
good as new. Prize. 50 WaNa-
haehie Ice Works. 90
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LADIEg-Mrs.C. n Griggs will be
fall suits. II
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COLD WEATHER. is I coming,
VIII Moore HardWb ~ Z
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WE sell Sewing Maeffnes At pepu-
lar prices, from SO " sJog " AKA
haebie Hardware Co. II
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WANTED You "a .kiybw frat ira
stIlI making wheat ops d. H.
III ampsea h0eod
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Buffalo Bins Wild West includes
band Of buffaloes, which are used
ia the arena for i demonstration Of
the way Ia which hunters, on the
plains i'm old times, used to ride into
herds OF their kind, Strengthening
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San ANTONIO md Arkansas Pass Il
Only SIS to California

On sale daily during September and October,
1862, with stop-overs in California, and will
be accepted in Pullman Excursion Sleeper
passing Waco. each Wednesday aud Friday
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phoF. II. n. MAGBCDER Mag
nesic Healer. once over Eheeves
Bros. 1 Co.'S store tt
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Low rates to Rockport, Corpus Christi and
Arkansas Pass. Free reclining Chair Cars
and through sleeper to San Antonio and
City of Mexico daily
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FOR RENT h,gf nice large
rooms, 1903 Ross sfrest Apply 20
Mrs. Rarch ba
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For illustrated literature, reliable informa-
ton and all particulars, consult your local
ticket agent or write
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suits made to ord tt
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WANTED Every bgy and girl who
attends the publicl SCHOOL, TO call at
the Light Office AID we will give
them two nice blotters.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-18
The Boys Tongue Was Safe.

A little three-year-o1d of Newton
has frequently astonished his parents
by rather witty remarks. One day re-
Gently his mother was busy prepar-
ing to go away, and Willie came into
the house and made a great deal of
noise running about with his heavy
shoes. His mother told him she was
so tired that she would like to have
him go upstairs and take his shoes
off and put his slippers on. Willie
obeyed, and, returning to the room
where his mother was, talked inces-
sanity. Several times she had to stop
in the midst of her work to answer his
questions. Finally her patience be-
came exhausted, and she said: willie,
will you stop talking? You have me
crazy" He stopped minute, then re-
piled: ''WeH, you made me take my
shoes off, but you can't make me take
my tongue ont, anyway" Boston
Herald.
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m7e5t!Ia5E87 E9#I5!!5ftJH
'ss497}lflilSl55E5}2 =
CURES OF MELANCHoLIA.
and a Lively Interest in the At
fairs of the World.

The London Doctor makes a few
suggestive comments that can but be
helpful to many women. ''Why do
SO many women have meIancholia q"
asked physician who had a large
practice among depressed and nerv-
Gus women. Because they don't
care to avoid it. Because they abso-
lutely disregard the rules of mental
and physical well being. Because
they would rather eat what they like
and suffer indigestion and the blues
afterward than eat what is good for
them. Because they would rather sit
about on soft cushions than take a
tramp of six miles through the open
air. Because they haven't enough to
occupy their minds and their hands"
This observer of women says further
that it is never the women who have
cause to feel blue who indulge IN
blues; and that the women with
shiftless husbands, sick babies and all
the usual accomplishments of poverty
never become so depressed that they
have to be treated for it. They are
too busy; but it is the woman
with an adoring family, social posi-
ton and a comforta BILE income who
does not find life worth living. There
is no habit which grows so rapidly.
It becomes a disease in a very short
time. It is wisely suggested that
every woman who has a tendency to
melancholia should have an occupa-
ton which, if it does not entirely abb
sorb her, will at least keep her busy,
and that she should give her mind up
to practical rather than theoretical
affairs. She should, for example,
study how to put an extra shelf in a
cupboard, or how to stop squeaking
door, or how to make an overshoe
that won't come off at the heel,
rather than the teachings of the
theosophical school OF the philosophy
of Herbert Spencer. Ordinarily good
health, plenty of exercise, plenty of
work, and an interest in the affairs
of the world are the great preven-
lions and cures of meIancholia.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-18
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Mice are banished by laying wild
mint in their haunts.
Sprinkle -four on burning oil. It will
quickly extinguish it, whereas water
would spread the fame.
Tea, coffee or cocoa stains should be
removed with boiling water; if obsti-
nate, with weak solution of oxaiic
acid.
The crown of a crushed straw hat
should be dampened with cold water
and stuffed very lightly with old, soft
paper. Then put to dry in hot place.
1t will be blocked to its original shape.
It should not be overlooked in color
ing plaster casts that only certain sub
jects are suitable for coloring. Those
which represent subjects that in the
original are in white marble should
not be colored beyond the shade of old
marble.
Housekeepers will find canton fan
mel bag made with the downy side out
ward TO slip over the broom on clean
ing days a great convenience for dust
ing the walls. Make the bag with 8
drawstring, so that il can be tied Sc
curely on to the handle of the broom.
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face falling. why, it must be easy to
find employment in big city like
this?'
: "Oh, you'll find it time enough .
laughed Mrs. O'Hara, "and when you
do you can begin to pay"
And so it was fixed. Hetty wrote
home long letter radiant with hope,
full of plans for her mothers coming.
and vocal with praise of their tried
friend, Mrs. O'Hara. And having put
the best of her store of courage into
the letter, she went to her dismal little
hall room and cried herself to sleep.
1t was three days before Mrs. O'Hara
would let Hetty start on the search
for work. The old woman had had
dodgers before : pink-cheeked girls
from the country, whose faces had
faded and whose eyes had dimmed in
that long, heart-breaking search for
work. She had tried to temper Hetty's
enthusiasm and to hearten her with
words of praise and such counsel as she
knew, but at last the day came for the
start, and the prim, comely little ad-
ventures sailed braveIy forth, not
seeing the tears that glistened in the
old woman's kindly eyes.
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In week Hetty was paler, the scared
look was in her big, gray eyes. Not all
of the Irish woman's jollity could win
from the girl an echo of the Old laugh.
She wrote daily letters and filed them
with white, hopeful lies.
"Cheer up, Hetty! You'll find some
thing to-day"
The girl had heard that false proph-
ecy from Mrs. O'Hara so often that as
the days slipped by and dollar after
dollar of her small fund disappeared,
she almost hated the sound of it. Her
heart had failed a month before she
would admit it even to herself. Then
she came home one night with a new
light in her tired face, and Mrs. O'Hara
knew that a last the luck had changed.
you've got place! 1 knew you
would laughed the hearty woman.
''Oh, 1 don't know what it'll amount
to-" smiled Hetty, but showing some
thing of her old hope and courage.
Pm an agent if you please
And she unwrapped a brave looking
parcel.
Not book agent!" trembled. on the
lips of the O'Hara, but she didn't speak
as the innocent "agent" showed her a
red and gold atrocity entitled Mother,
Home and Friends" On the contrary,
the widow greed at once that she could
sell at least six of them, levying trib-
baker. Two days of book wasting
put back the gray pallor upon Hety's
face. She couldn't sell the thing.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-18
THE GOOD
OGRE WHO
SWQR ~ ~

CHE came up from OkawviIie, or
y some other small town in southern
Illinois, to establish herself in Chi
cago. She was determined little wom-
an, for al her tenderness, quite con-
WINGED that strong will and a stout
heart were better in the long run than
experience or beauty. She wasn't
pretty, but she had a comeiiness that
comes of great gray eyes, a frank
mouth, a mass of dark brown hair and
the indescribable quality of courage
that is written on the brow of every
good woman.
As she watched the shanties of South
Chicago fit past the car window she
began to put on her wraps and fix her
little satchel. Murphysboro thus far
had been metropolis" for Hetty, and
she was afraid the train would run
past Chicago before she could alight.
And the poor little woman wondered
first and then grew fearful of city so
big and dark that the train took an
hour to penetrate it, and then the sun
could hardly pierce the curtains of
smoke and fog that wavered and rolled
sky-high in all directions. She went
to breakfast in a cafe near the sta
ton, and turned pale when a dapper
waiter charged her 80 cents for baked
apple, two eggs and a cup of coffee.
She knew what such things cost in
Granville, and a dim, hesitant fear be-
gan to take ho.d of her. When she
had wandered into the maelstrom of
State street and stood in a doorway,
wondering where was the fire to and
from which a million people seemed to
be rushing, terror indeed seized her
heart. The buzz of traffic and the in
cessant clang of harsh gongs seemed
to shake the ground beneath her, the
air was vibrant with a noise all rau-
cous, men and women jostled her, and
for awhile she stood trembling and
wishing that she had stayed al home
with her old mother.
The thought gave back her coura ge,
and she dared ask a policeman for
directions to a car that would take her
to Mrs. O'Hara. The big fellow, with
impressive majesty, waved back lum-
hering truck that was bearing down
upon her. How grand he was, thought
Hetty, another Joshua at Ajalon. She
had to shout to make him hear, but he
told her where to go, and within an
hour she was safe in the humble little
fat of old Mrs. O'Hara. The good wom-
an made Hetty drink another cup of
coffee, laughed at her establishment,
talked lovingly of the good old mother
at Granville, and so cheered and heart
ened her guest that Hetty began to sus-
pect time might come when she would
like Chicago.
She wanted to pay her board in ad-
vance, having nearly SIS Ga notable cap
ital with which to conquer fortune) ,
but the motherly O'Hara waved it
aside with:
''Put it away, dearie. I'll bet you
haven't $50 to your name, and the Lord
knows you'll need it all before you
can"
Find work?" concluded Hetty, her
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-18
HOW TO BOIL WATER.
Ten Minutes of Boiling Will Free II
from It's Gases and Make 1t Alb
sOIuteIy TasteIess.

It may seem presumptuous to sug-
gest that few people know how to
boil water, but such is the case. The
boiling point, under ordinary atmos-
pheric pressure (sea 1even- is 212 de-
grees Fahrenheit; this point changes
according to the altitude. When bub-
bles form on the bottom of the ket-
tie. come clear to the surface and
rupture quietly, without making an
ebulIition, we have simmering. At
this point the thermometer should
register $50 degrees Fahrenheit, and
it is at this temperature that we
cook meats and make soups. When
the bubbles begin to form on the
sides and surface of the vessel and
come toward the top of the water,
there is a motion in the water, but it
has not really reached the boiling
point. It is only when the thermom-
eter reaches PIP degrees Fahrenheit
and the water is in rapid motion that
it can be said to boil; and the atmos-
pheric gases still continue to be given
off with the steam for a consider
able time after the water has COM
menced to boil rapidly; in fact, it is
difficult to determine when the last
traces have been expelled. 1t is safe
to suppose, however, that ten min
utes' boiling will free the water from
its gases, make it tasteless, and rem
der it unfit for the making of tea,
coffee or other light infusions of
delicate materials.-Mrs.S S. T. Rorer,
in Ladies' Home Journal.
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bert at heart is young, and perhaps
that is the secret of her success. She
attributes her fine health, high spir-
its and long life to her early train
ing as a dancer. She was a member
of the ballet in England, where she
was born and reared. When but Is
years of age she used to appear as
a ''supe" on the stage Of the old Her
Majesty's theater that stood on the
ground where Beerbohm's Tree thea
ter now stands. She received les
sons in the ballet school as pay for
her services.
The actress married during her
early dancing days and while still an
English woman she toured England
with her husband. She came to
America in 1910, and from that time
has been thoroughly American in
feeling. She and her husband went
west upon their arrival in New York,
and for a long time they played i'll
Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio. Mrs.
Gilbert has had a vast amount of
experience in stock work, and has
played every conceivable kind of role.
She supported Edwin Forrest and
most of the famous stars. The vet
eran actress is best known to the
public as member of Days famous
stock company. She went under
Days management in 1869, and re-
NAMED with him until the time of
his death. She played mostly old
lady and character parts during the
rise and fall of many leading women.
She played with Fanny Davenport
when the plump Fanny was not yet.
taking herself seriously and was as
signed to comedy roles. The dear old
lady laughs at her burden of years,
and is as sprightly as in the days
when she played lively soubrette
roles
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-18

Doors had been slammed in her face;
women laughed and men smirked at
her; boys guyed her; her little feet
were bIistered and her heart ached.
eff I don't do better to-day" she
said, defiantly, to Mrs. O'Hara, ''I'll
give up
The first place she visited was a
South Water street commission house.
Inside there was a whiskered giant
roaring oaths at a dozen porters.
The windows ratified with his pro-
family. When he paused she came to
him and asked for the proprietor.
That's me-" he roared; what
d'you want?"
She wanted to run. A tear grew
slowly in her eye, and, in spite of her,
fell on her glove as she fumbled to
get out the book.
"Come in the off1ce!" he roared
again.
Her heart leaped up and she fol-
lowed him into a little cubby-hole al
most filled with one desk and a table.
''See here, kid" he said, shutting
the door, 81 don't want no books, but
want you to quit selling them. Can
you write? All right; let's see you
He gave her a pen, and she wrote,
copying some signs on the wall. The
ogre was watching her face.
Fine, fine,' he growled. And then
she noticed that his eyes were kind
and brown, with fire that warmed
her. ''Iln give you ten week. Just
sit right there and copy all them let
ters.''
He got out pile of letters from a
dusty drawer, gave her paper and
went back into the store roaring and
swearing again like a shipmate He
came in often and once or twice Het-
ty felt him looking at her, but she
copied away with a light heart and
said good night rather gayly when he
babe her go. Mrs. O'Hara and Hetty
for a week talked of nothing but the
good ogre who was paying the girl
ten dollars week for just copying
letters. But the supply of letters be-
gan to fail, and just when Hetty was
about to send her mother word and
the money to come, gave out entirely.
For half day then Hetty, dispirited
at the prospect of losing what
SCOl1AOA q EIdCC 81 ana SO
lucrative, sat moping at her table.
She could hear the ogre roaring in
the cavelike aisles of his store. Above
her sounded the thump of many feet.
Then the door swung and her rough
but kind employer strobe in.
'Hetty," he growled Che always
tried to speak gently to herr, there
amt any more letters to copy" Her
hand shook and there was a lump in
her throat as he went on, little
softly as if to ease the blow; be
sides, don't want you here 1 want
you up at my house. I want you to
marry me-"
They had been married a week and
day when he explained her question
thus:
Because, first, you had the nerve
to try to sell ME book; second. be-
cause you're the first decent girl l
ever saw that didn't try to lecture me
about cursing, and, third
But the ogre's other reasons for
loving Hetty would make the story
too long.-John II. Raftery, in Chica-
go Record-HeraId.
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He Fits the Place.

People familiar with the Kansas
state prison and its numerous and
varied responsibilities declare Kan
has has never had more competent
deputy warden than j. B. Dobson,
the present incumbent. Brave, alert,
but unassuming, he is quick to detect
any breach of the prison rules and
his subordinates have supreme conf
dence in him. He is constantly ''miX-
ing" with the convicts, patiently lis
tens to their grievances and cheerful
~ helps when the complaint is
worthy. To Deputy Dobson is large
ly due the good feeling that exists be-
tween officers and convicts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-18
Mammals Respectfully.

In Vienna the prosecution of a
cycIist for knocking down and injur-
ing child four years old had an
unexpected ending. The judge in
quired in whose charge the child was
at the time of the accident The
mother replied that she had left it
alone in the street while she went
into shop. Thereupon the judge
discharged the cyciist and sentenced
the mother to "A hours arrest for
endangering tbs ehild's life By her
negligence.