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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18
Ace Limit and Hair Dye.


For a long time there has been
close to complete cessation in the
manufacture of hair dye, but in the
past year or so a boom has developed
in that branch of industry. The gen.
eral establishment of an age limit
in the employment of men in COM
mercial and mechanical pursuits is
said to be responsible for this I'M
expected revival. An official of the
American Federation of Labor says
he knows for fact of many men who
are using dyes to hide their gray
hairs and hosts of others who shave
constantly to look young enough to
be able to hold their positions. Sta
tistics prove that it is every day be-
coming more difficult for a man past
the prime of life to secure employ
ment. The skilled mechanic engi-
neer or employee who wants job in
any service must have youth as well
as ability. If he doesn't possess 1t he
must counterfeit it. Presumably the
elderly man with bald head must
wear a wig in order to cover his
years.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18
An Effervescent Maharajah.

On the first consignment of seidlitz
powders to the Maharajah of Sing
pur that monarch was deeply inter
ested in the accounts Of the refresh
ing box A box was brought to the
potentate in full court, and the in
terpreter explained to his majesty
how 1t should be used. Into a goblet
he put the twelve blue papers, and,
having added water, the king drank
it off. This was the alkali, and the
Royal countenance expressed no sign
of satisfaction.
1t was then explained that in the
combination Of the two powders lay
the luxury, and the twelve white
powders were quickly dissolved in
water, and as eagerly swallowed by
his majesty.
With a shrek that will be remem
bered while Singpur lasts the mon
arch rose, stared, exploded, and, in
his full agonies, screamed: Hold
me down." Then, rushing from the
throne, fell PROSTATE on the floor
There he lay during the long-contin
ued effervescence of the compound
grooming as surely monarch never
groaned before, and believing himself
in the agonies of death-a melan
choly and humiliating proof that
kings are mortal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18
Fate of Andree
Still Uncertain

cos.ery of any portion of the outfit be-
longing to Andree, and though natives
have gone in search of them they have
never returned, believing. as the Rev.
DIR. Farlies says, that they will in
some way be punished, for they now
understand that it was not an attack
upon them, but an accident by which
the gun was discharged that precipi'
tated the massacre.
Had Andree made friends with the
natives it is held he would have been
safely conducted south and would
eventually have reached civilization.
The Hudson Bay company has re-
Gently sent another party in search
of the balloon and outfit of Andree.
and hopes to have conclusive evidence
of the fate of the explorer within a
few months.
Solomon A. Andree, with two com.
panions, Strindberg and Frankel, at
tempted in 1897 to find the North Pole
with a balloon. They embarked on
July II from one of the islands in the
Spitzbergen group. Since that time.
many rumors of their being found,
dead or alive, have been circulated,
but in every case until now these
have proved false. Sevc.-l of them
have located the party on or near the
north coast of the American CONT
nent.
The revival of an old story that An
dree and his companions were muir
dered by Esquimaus up there raises a
number of interesting questions. The
first of these relates to the intelli-
gence of the men who from time to
time have passed this tale down from
Hudson's Bay to civilization, and who
pretend to have got it from the Es-
ouimaus. In view of the large number
of fakes" which have been perpe-
trated since Andree's disappearance in
regard to his fate, some doubts may
exist as to the honesty Of the persons
who are responsible for this particular
account. But, granting their perfect
sincerity, it is not inconceivable that
they wrongly interpret the facts.
Early last March this same story
came from Winnipeg, and was attrib'
uted to a Mr.. Aston, an agent OF the
Hudson Bay company. The officials
of that organization, however, briefly
discredited It,
What Andree hoped for when he
started was breeze blowing fifteen
miles an hour to the northward. This
would have enabled him to cover the
seven hundred miles between Spitz
bergen and the Pole in two days, and
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18

lion croucfied over her fire, her great,
violet eyes staring in dense terror at
the flames. For hours she had sat
there covering under a sense Of i'm
pending doom; suffering the agony OF
hundred deaths. No torture devised
by man so intense so agonizing as
that of underlined fear. She clenched
her hand until the blood sprang from
her tender palm and dyed her perfect
nails; low meanings broke from her
paid lips. He would not come. he
would not come, and tomorrow would
be too late, too late. Oh, God; the
bitterness OF luxury that defeats
love-
1.-THE man fought on, not knowing
that he fought. Over rage and resent
ment a desire had come to him, more
binding than the blue fare Of the
lightning. The desire to be with her,
to breathe the Intoxicating perfume OF
her hair, to feel the wild beating of
her heart on his, to crush her lips be-
meath kisses strong as eternity, eager
as life. His foot sunk into deepening
water and a stream Of heavens blue
fire showed him the bridge-a mass
of broken timbers heaped upon the
farther shore. Before him, wild.
wicked water, but not hell a-gape.
would have stopped him now. Into
the raging water, beating against 1t
1of, hto
strained like whipcords. his face
blanched, his lips numb.
1.-The door burst open, Genevieve
Trevallion sprang to her feet. The
man stood before her. His grand
eyes, black and passionate as the
night, burned into hers. His breath
came in hoarse. gasping sobs. Pallid.
spent, unkempt as the storm, he stood
before her. Wet as drowned rat!"
"Ah, how outrageous"
But he was wet" she protested.
Bother; If we cannot escape prosaic
details let's have tea"
AS the Woman Who Wrote arose to
follow the others, the Newspaper Man
stopped her.
did you really kiss that knife's
handler"
What knife?"
THE one l cut ham with that
night"
"Why, you crank, you and have
never been anything to each other"
Don't be too sure Of that. Remem-
Der the damage I did to your mothers
china. II you hadn't been as cold as
an iceberg you would have been bet
ter posted on realism. When your
own heart is going like buzz-saw
you can't feel the beat Of another
against it. See? This Is realism"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18
Farm Wealth of Nebraska.

The census report on agriculture in
Nebraska shows that on June l, 1900,
there were enumerated 121, 525 farms.
valued at $557 $780, 20. OF this amount
16 per cent represents the value OF
buildings and "a per cent land and
improvements other than buildings.
The value of farm implements and
machinery in the state was $24,94O.'
$50, and live stock $145,S49,5S7. The
total value of farm property was
s747,95O,057 The total value of farm
products for 1899 was $7O,227,O6O, OF
which 40 per cent was in animal prod
ucts and the rest in crops including
forest products cut or produced on
farms. This farm product value ex-
ceeds that for 1889 by 143 per cent.
The gross farm income of Nebraska
in 1899 was s124,670,S56 and the gross
income on investment II per cent.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18
Pinneer of -Four States.

James Fergus, Scotchman of Lew
istown, Montana, called the pioneer
of four states" died at his western
home a few days ago in his eighty
ninth year. He came to America In
1892. He spent some time in Chi
cago. In 1910 he went on to Iowa and
founded the town of Sabula. In 1854
he went to Minnesota and aided in
founding the town of Little Falls,
building a dam across the Mississippi
at that place. Then he assisted in
founding Fergus Falls. In 1852 he
Joined an expedition to Bannock.
Mont, and spent the rest of his days
in that state.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18

COMMANDER VI tne bAPcuieioh'
curiosity. AS they did so. one of An
dree's companions fired off a gun. This
is signal to uncivilized natives for
general battle. 1t is regarded as a
challenge, and also instantly the ma
tives fell upon the three explorers and
massacred them.
Everything pertaining to their out
fit was carried away to the homes OF
the natives on the north borders Of
the Arctic region.
"Old Huskie" himself gave this in
formation to Ralph Alstine, agent for
the Hudson Bay company, and after
being Investigated by the Rev. Mr..
Farlies, was told by him. He says
there is little room for doubt, as fire.
quent reports have since come of the
strange implements which the north
natives have in their possession, the
telescope being particularly described.
The Hudson Bay company has re-
peatedly offered a reward for the re-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18
Life of President Kruger.

A Utrecht correspondent tells this
story of the way ex-President Paul
Kruger spends his nights: He retires
at p. m, but gets up at a. m, "dons
a dressing gown and pair of slippers
and sits down to read his Bible, smoke
and drink tea. The teapot is set over
little spirit lamp and he brews it
strong. And thus he sits from 1 until
2 O'Clock, reading and commenting
aloud on the Bible texts. At 3 o'clock
he returns to his bed to finish the
nights rest until 5, when he rises for
fresh days labors."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18
Repairing LonefeIlow's Home.

The repairs on the outside of the old
Longfellow home, Portland, Me-, have
begun. The house is to have a new
roof and the woodwork and blinds are
to be painted. The floor in the vesti-
bule, from the street, is to be restored
to its original appearance, and the
old stone front doorstep, which has
been covered up for many years, is to
be raised and used again, as formerly.
Over this old step the family have
gone from the beginning of the house.
On it stood Zilpah Longfellow, in 1898.
the mother of the poet Longfellow, and
presented a standard to the Portland
federal volunteers, the first uniformed
military company in Maine. This
company was reorganized as the
Portland light infantry, and next year
the members are anticipating a cen.
tennial Standardization Tran
script,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18

valion sprang to her feet.
and we have been ordered against
them" Do not condemn him for
breaking it so rudely. His heart was
hurting him too badly to think OF
finesse. 1t is ever so with an ordi-
nary man, pain makes him impatient
Well, the woman felt troubled; be-
cause she missed him, and because all
at once she could think of him only
as of still, white face upturned to
the moon.' She went to the machine
and made a couple of shirt waists with
tucked fronts and insertion as per or
der, then she read the newspaper to
keep from going into the garden. She
did not care to talk about it-sym-
pathy upsets ones self-control. But
the hurt in her heart grew worse as
the day died and when the time cam,
for tea, she felt as though the food
was choking her beforehand.
The eyes of the woman grew warm
with tears as she looked upon the
bread knife and thought OF those
great, clumsy slices, but she assented as
a matter of course. Her fingers closed
over the horn-handle and that haunt
ing, upturned face left her. She saw
him again beneath the hanging lamp,
his eyes aglow with mixed up love and
mischief. All! how good to be able
to think of him once more as her dear
bad boy.
When the house was still, she car
ried the knife to her room and COW
cred it's handle with tears and kisses.
Trouble not yourself with idle ques-
tionings, whether the man came back
from the wars or no; for when man
has won such love from woman that
she kisses handles for his sake, he has
seen his Austerlitz; let him beware
lest he live too long and SO look upon
his Waterloo"
That's realism"
"In all save one particular" COM
mented the Newspaper Man.
The Woman Who Wrote spoke hur-
riedly, Now for romanticism:
''It was a wild, dark night, dark as
death. The rain poured down in cease
less torrents; the wind tore the thou
sand-year-old monarchs from the for
est and dashed the sea into a raging
mass of inky waters. Against 1t all
in the very teeth of the storm, the
man held on his way. Needless Of the
howl and roar, needless of the Jagged
lightning that leaped from the lower
ing heavens. Deaf, blind, lost to con-
sciousnss of aught save the sting Of
wounded pride and the fierce resent
ment of an outraged love. None save
gods or devils would have braved such
a night, but he What was beat Of
rain and lash of wind? What was
this wild storm without, compared tc
the fiercer one raging within? The
rage Of passion that sent the blood
seething through his veins, and beat
in his brain like hammers.
1.-THE crimson curtains with theil
satin fringings swept to the floor
shutting out the storm and the night
They could not shut out the wind thai
howled and shrieked like thousand
fends in torment. Genevieve Treval
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18
Realism vs.. ROmantiCiSm.
BY F. H LANCASTER.

n b. r. II. LA1NSAO CIs'
f(Copyright. 1902, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
They were sitting on the gallery In
the twilight and the discussion began
by the Woman Who Wrote taking ex-
ception to the extravagant praise be-
slowed upon a modern book.
at is not true; not possible. II
human woman had attempted to live
through such series Of sensations
she would have died Of heart failure
in week; or, been sent to an asylum
for the insane"
The Newspaper Man cut in dryly:
Realism will never appreciate ro-
manticism."
81 wish to goodness that l could un-
derstand what is meant by realism
and romanticism." announced the
Green Girl.
why, the difference is just this
responded the Woman Who Wrote.
Realism deals with what would
probably happen-every-day flesh and
blood. Romanticism with impossible
creations of nerve and fury. For In
stance:
"Once upon a time there was man
and a woman in a gaudy little garden
and life looked glad. But as the sun
fastened to its setting the glow OF
their gladness began to dim, for to
the man sunset meant return to camp,
and to the woman, making hot bis
cult for supper. So they watched the
setting sun and their words were few
er as their eyes grew wistful. For
this Is ever so in life, novelist to the
contrary notwithstanding. A full
heart makes not ready tongue.
sEThen into the garden came the
maiden aunt of the woman, and she
made obeisance to the man and said
to him in pleasant, everyday, un-
grammatical talk, that she would be
much pleased to have him make a
third at their teatable. Let any man
who has learned to prize the presence
OF one woman above all others say
what was in the heart Of the man as
he followed the old maid and the
woman into the dining-room that
Sul0ll6u VI new UISdu anu odo ooiLiOh'
"'We will not bother about biscuit
tonight, Polly, If you will slice some
cold bread spake the aunt. But the
man interfered, declaring himself to
be familiar with the weapons, and
laying hold upon the bread knife, at
tackled the loaf valorously. Where
upon the old maid went to the pantry
for the tea. The door latch clicked
in closing and the bread-knife was In
the left hand of the man and his right
arm was about the shoulders Of the
woman. His breath raised her hair
and then that happened which will al
ways happen when any ordinary man
and woman whose hearts have gone
into each others keeping. chance to
find themselves alone together and
safe from the eyes Of others. For the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18
Peculiar Philippine Fish.

In the Philippines is to be found
the smallest vertebrate animal in the
world. 1t is fish, which is known to
the natives as sinaparan, and has been
baptized by the United States Fish
Commission "Mistichthys Luzonensis."
1t is almost transparent. The Filipi-
nos consider it delicacy and use it
with sauces and with rice. Hundreds
of the tiny creatures are required to
make a good dish, but fortunately the
fish is found in many places and In
large numbers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18
Tact of French statesman.

Leon Bourgeois, the new president
of the French chamber of deputies,
represented France at the peace con-
gress at The Hague, and gained there
a reputation as a diplomat. He has
been minister of public instruction.
He is an orator and possesses all the
arts of the trained parliamentary
speaker. To M. Deschanel, whom he
had beaten in his new office, he said:
81 succeed you; shall never replace
you" That was delicate way of sof
tening defeat which is not habitual at
the Palais Bourbon.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18

The Rev. DR.. Farlies, Church OF
England clergyman. arrived at New
York from York Factory, Northwest
Territory, and brings authentic infor-
nation of the fate of the explorer An
dree, and his companions.
Two years ago, eight hundred miles
north of York, party of Esquimaus.
under the leadership of "Old Huskie'
saw the Andree balloon alight on a
plane of snow in that vicinity, which
is about two hundred miles north OF
Fort Churchill. Three men emerged
from the balloon. and some OF "Hus-
k;c's" people approached them out OF
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18
On. serious Cause for Rearet.

A former Virginian who migrated
to Australia twenty-four years ago is
making a visit to this country after
his long absence, and in conversation
with a gentleman in Washington re-
gretfully said: Though l am a Brit
fish subject now, must confess to the
superiority of some Of the social Gus
toms of my native land. For instance,
though mint is grown in Victoria,
somehow or other the people have
never learned the old Virginia way
Of making julep."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18

come many hundreds of times more.
At last they said goodnight in the
moonlight. And If there be any among
you who have not counted the mo-
ments by the delicious culver Of a
heart beat against your own, I shall
not strive to picture to you that pleas
ant parting, for no words could make
it plain; and If there be those among
you who have, neither will I expend
energy u pom useless endeavor, for you
know that no words may do 1t justice.
So for the sunshine. The shadow
came next day with his letter. my
own dear Polly, The Indians are up
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18

and left them far behind. From Bo-
thell, where he so successfully battled
with the posse that attempted to Kill
him, he has made remarkable jump
to Deception Pass, near Port Madison,
where he was last reported to have
been seen.
His unexpected marches and coun'
termarches, his fertility of resource,
and his almost incredible endurance.
have apparently enabled him to get
safely away from the rifles OF his
hunters, and the only clews that make
it possible to follow him. at all are
those furnished by his own reckless
bravado. He is now supposed to be
heading for Whatcom, where 1t Is
said he hopes to meet friend.
His victims are as follows:
Killed-Policeman E. E. Breese.
Guard Neil Rawley, Deputy Sheriff
Charles Raymond and Deputy Sheriff
Jack Williams.
Wounded-Karl Anderson.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18
Bret Harte,s Last Work.

It is stated by the Bookman that
Bret Harte gave many of the last
months of his life to work on an opera
libretto for Emanuel Moor, Hunga-
rian composer. The hero is en- Ameri-
can who, for lark, plays cowboy in
the wild west show and presently
drifts across an old French chateau
and falls in love with its young heir
ess. Bret Harte is said to have great
ly enjoyed the work and some Of his
lyrics are charming.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18

carry him over to Behring Strait IN
six. The last news received from him,
dated two days after starting, was dis
patched by carrier pigeon. This
report of latitude and longitude
showed that he had gone in a north
easterly direction about one hun
dred and fifty miles, or at the rate OF
three miles an hour. II there had
been no Gains intervening thereafter
and no deviation from straight
course that speed would have brought
him to Eastern Siberia in about q
month or six weeks. But the winds
in the Arctic region are exceedingly
tickle in summer. What is still more
important, it is hard to render bal
loon so completely gas tight as to re-
tain it's buoyancy more than few
days. 1t is in the highest degree prob
able that Andree was compelled to
abandon his balloon for this reason at
some point hundreds, probably thou
sands, of miles from land. Search
parties have looked in vain for some
trace of him on the east coast of
Greenland, in Spitzbergen, Franz Jo-
sef Land, the New Siberian Islands,
and Siberia. The chance of his reach
ing Alaska or British North America
was much smaller than that of land
ing in these other places. Hence, I'M
til the relics which are reported to
have been found up near Hudson's
bay are identified by competent ALL
thority it will be wise to receive the
story with caution, not to say scepti-
cism.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18
THE WEEKLY
PANORAMA
GREAT FIGHT FOR LIBERTY.

Escaped Convict Leaves Trail OF
Death in His Wake.
Harry Tracy, the convict who es-
capped from the Salem, Ore. peniten-
tiary, killing two deputy sheriffs, a
guard and a policeman, is still at
large. BY another maneuver OF the
spectacular dare-deviltry that has al
ready aroused an Infatuated country
side to join in his pursuit, he has
once more eluded the men on his trail
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18

tiers have just sailed for England The
Misses Evans will travel during the
summer. The departure of the family
is greatly regretted by their large
circle of Washington friends, to whose
pleasure they contributed during their
residence there.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18

space of a moment, heaven hung over
the breadboard, then a loose plank
suueaked and the woman began to lay
places for six and the man cut slices
of a thickness to beat the band.
The mans hand touched the wom-
ans Intentionally as he passed plate
and platter. Marvel not, we mortals
of mundane flesh and blood, that the
tea drank that night was nectar
compared to which the ambrosia OF
the gods was but as milk and water.
For all that have told is very true
and has come to pass many hundreds
Of times, and II the world holds will
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18

Don't sit up late or be late to meals.
Both are unsanitary.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-18
MRS. H. CLAY EVANS.

Wife of Consul-General to London
Leaves Washington.
The consul-general to London and
Mrs. H. Clay Evans and their daugh'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-07-18

The rush of savings bank de
positors on the third of this month
to get their deposits in time for
them to draw interest for the
quarter beginning the first was a
vrey healthy sign. The deposits
at one bank on that dav amounted
to 800, 900 and were more than five
time the Withdrawals in spite of
the fact that more money than
usual VISA taken out for Fourth of
July expenses. Minneapolis savings
bank deposits are indicative of a
high degree of prosperity among
the wage earners, salaried folk and
small business men.--Minneapolis
Times.
Bryans' followers told us, there
would be scarcity of money ere
this unless we could have the free
and unlimited coinage of silver,
while the G.. 0. P. said just such
incident as the above would take
place if they could manage the
affairs of the country.