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Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
COULDN'T HOLD IT.
II Is all Farming Land When the Owners
Don't Want 10 Pay City Taxes.

If the termination of Il suit for the
vacation Of part of Il tOwnSitc addi-
tion to Pretty Prairie is any indica-
tion of the judicial Interpretation of
the law In general it would appear as
though the city would about aS well
abandon its attempt to compel the
Packing house additions to IIutchin-
son to Stay at home for purposes of
taxation, The suit of the Pretty
Prairie parties was for the vacation
.OI Pcndleton'S addition which abutS
against the elevator and depot and in
fact the business portion Of the town
SeyclH' plots have been sold but the
owner Of the addition concluded that
taxes wc.n rather high, and that he
WuuIdMther have 1t taxed rs farming
land. So he filed his suit in accord
ancc with Il law passed by some re-
cent legislature and now it is written
in letters both bold and brigt ON the
journals Of the district court that IL
is farming land.
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
"so0TLAN0'S CURSE"
The Nine of Diamonds In the History
of Scotland.

The Nine of Diamonds In the History
of Scotland.
We were playing whist, and ! asked
what was trumps (it was not case
of play with all the rigors of the
game). A "chiel" from the north re-
piled, Nine of diamonds-Scotland
curse" | was puzzled, Why was the
nine Of diamonds Scotland's curse?
What had 1t to do with Scotland at
all? | sought for enlightenment. |
was told the expression was a popular
one In that misty region in the north,
and that it had Its origin in the fact
(please emphasize the word) that the
Duke Of Cumberland at the battle of
Culloden, wishing to communicate an
order that no quarter was to be given,
wrote the command on what was the
handlest article In the royal pocket
a pack Of cards, the particular card
coming to hand being the nine Of da-
monds, Hence Scotlands special de-
nunciaton Of that member OF the fifty
two.
was not satisfied, as the expression
seemed curious, and was to me novel,
| looked IL up" | found as expected.
that the explanations were numerous.
Here are some of them: That curse"
Is a corruption Of Gross the nine
pips forming a figure resembling st.
Andrews Cross. This seems plausi-
Bile. But what Of the nine of hearts,
spades and clubs? That every ninth
king of Scotland has been a tyrant and
" curse" to the land--a bad lookout
for Scotchmen. His present majesty
Is the ninth king since Charles l.
That the arms Of the Earl Of Stair,
who played prominent part in pro-
noting the union between England
and Scotland (Which seems to have
been as shady transaction as the
Irish act of union a century latcr) re-
sembles the nine Of diamonds.
However meritorious these "explan,
atoms may be they SAVIOR somehow
Of having oeen prepared for tho pur-
pose Of explaining" Meanwhile, the
fact seems to be that the nine of dia-
monds is known as "Scotlands Curse"
What is the origin of the phrase?-
London Leader
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23

people hocked from far and near Ia
hear him. In fact the attendance
was so large that the lecture had to
be held In the city hall In order to
accommodate the multitudes
Elgan Busklrk will 20 to work In
the American Steam Laundry on
Monday, February 3rd,
The Y. NJ. @, A will hold three
special meetings at the Methodist
church this week, Wednesday and
Friday evenings viii be for the gem
eril public and all are invited, But
Thursday evening the meeting will
be for men only, We should all turn
out on this evening for Engineer Nc
Clure will be there and tell the story
Of his life.
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23

Fore some years after my marriage
lived ut Old Harbor, q small place
about twerty milps from Kingston.
One day, when visit to my Kingston
drssnalter was u necessity, | ordered
" young negro boy TO got upon the
rumble and drive me TO the town.
paid my Visit 10 the dreSsmalter,
and receiving my frock, u light sum
mer thing, from her placed Il in the
box beneath the buggy seat and drove
ON 10 my sisters where ! went i'm 10
escape THE heated part of the day, Civ,
ing my boy sIXpence anl bidding him
See bhe sights and re,run att 1 o'clc *.
The turned up punctuaDly with the
grin still in place, and In due time We
reached Old lIarbor once more.
When | went TO take out my crlsDy
muslin | found 10 my CONSERVATION il
was wet, soppy mass No rain had
fallen, and even them
l turned TO the boy: Solomon,
what In the world does this mean?
How"-but the look of utter helpless
amazement on his ace stopped me-
"Lor' missis, ii am queer but not
80 queer as what done happen to me
Me bought N quatbng (1hd) wort Of
dat pretty ting dey calls ice to bring
home an show ma sister, an / put
him In dar wild your dress to keep him
eafe-an' now him gone for true-an'
how him get out l dunno wild you sit.
kin on him all de time!"--Ilarper's
Magazine.
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
ROOSEVELT AT HARVARD.
Rejection OF His Candidacy for Con
noctlon with College Paper.

Rejection OF His Candidacy for Con-
nootlon with College Paper.
When, In 1877, the editors OF the
Harvard Advocate were about to select
five sophomores to become members OF
their board upon the retirement of the
Ave members from the senior class q
committee was appointed, as IL usual
In such cases, TO inquire into the avail
ability of the sophomores who were
ambitious for the honor, About twelve
sophomores were prominently men
toned" as the politicians say, and an
upper classman was placed on the
track OF each Of them to sec what could
be learned Of his special abilities and
personal interests, The reports werG
then submitted to the full board, after
which the new men We're selected for
admission by ballot. No uncommon In.
terest was aroused when one OF the
investigating committee announced
that he was ready to report on the
candidacy Of Theodore Roosevelt Jr,
Of the sophomore class, IL cannot see
that he is the kind Of man we want"
began tho senior Although | find
that he is thoroughly good fellow and
much liked by his classmates do not
believe that he has much literary In
terest He spends his spare time chip
ping off pieces Of rock and examining
strata, catching butterflies and bugs,
and would, think, be better suited for
a scientific society than for us, The
editorial board sustained the report,
and a youth who Is now somewhat
famous as the writer of dialect stories
was elected to the place on the board
to which young Roosevelt aspired
This true story affords q particularly
striking application of the stone that
the builders rejected theory, in view
OF the fact that the young sophomore
was destined to become not only the
President Of the United States, but to
be, perhaps, the most famous for liter
ary activity of any one OF the long
line Of occupants Of that Office, 1t Is
not necessary 10 make comparison Of
his productions, as to literary quality
with those Of jefferson, John Quincy
Adams and Lincoln; but he Is more
distinctly than any of his predecessors
a bookwriter, and would have earned n
name In literature had he never 90
tered politics. Youths Companion.
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
Will Be Tried Here,

j. Il. Johnson Of Sterling was In
the city Tuesday as attorney for the
two boys who live in Rice county and
stole the lap robes and blankets from
the people attending church at Salem
Chapel and We're caught at Anthony
and brought back. The teams taken
by the boys and the buggy were the
property Of their parents and they will
not he prosecuted for taking them.
So they were brought to this county
for trial rs the laprOheS and other ar
liclcS were taken in this county.
They were arHigncd before Esquire
KnauSS court one Of the boys was
named Charlie BOics aged sixteen,
The other was named Henderson and
he was but fourteen. The charge was
grand larceny as the value Of all the
property they stole would exceed $50
I'm NnllIp
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
FOOTBALL MUSCLE.
No Attempt to Put sandow Muscle on
Player.

No Attempt to Put s,ndow Muscle ON
Player
1t Is worth observing that in the
violent two months training, says
Ainslce's Magazine, the football play
er seldom develops punches Of muscle,
and an outsider might be amazed TO
peep into the bathroom and see the
nude figures, free from padding and
jersey. It would puzzle him to under
stand how the young man who but a
few moments before had staggered up
the field bearing nearly a ton of his
fellow men could accomplish that with
a comparatively lean figure,
But the trainer would tell him, as
he told me, that the showy muscles
count for nothing, I have seen foot
ball men, said he, who could play
through game with broken nose or
wrenched collar bone, tear a hole In
the line big enough for a train Of cars
to pass through, and tackle with the
ferocity of a tiger. Yet those fellows,
stripped, displayed fiat and narrow
muscles, IIinkey of Yale and Slmms
Of Pennsylvania, the most terrific ends
one could hope to see, were Of that
sort. There Is no attempt, therefore,
in training to put on a player the
muscles Of Sandow. What the coach
does attempt is to keep the body flood
ed with vigor and stamina, to toughen
the fibre so that 1t will withstand any
shock, encourage his wards when
downhearted, and gently squelch them
If in danger OF conceit, 1t is proposed
that every player be fighter; but, If
you please, a gentleman fighter To
this end he is instructed how to dis
able an opponent, and how to save
himself from injury"
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
WHEN BUYING ONIONS.
IL IL Necessary TO Know Something
About the Varieties.

II IL Necessary TO Know Something
About the varlotloG
Onions only grow in perfection In
Spain and only in the southern part OF
Spain, where the soil and climate
seem peculiarly adapted to the growth
Of this vegetable which the ancient
Egyptians worshipped. Fine onions
are raised in Italy and in Portugan,
but they cannot compare with the
Spanish product Take these samo
onions grown in Spain and plant them
anywhere In this country, and they de-
generate into the yellow-slinned
WeathersAeld, says the New York
Press. We know pretty well In New
York what the Spanish onion is--big
and white, with a skin like silver
solid as apples, dellcIously sweet and
not too pungent in flavor. There are
over 100 ways of cooking onions, and
Spanish onions are delicious in each
way, as also they are when eaten raw.
Thanks to some Of the INSCRIPTIONS
dealers in town, we are not getting as
many Of these luscious Spanish onions
as in former seasons, One can make
more money selling a domestic onion
called the Prize Winner which all
over town Is being palmed off for a
Spanish onion, but which a close OBJ
server will detect readily. The Prize
Winner has yellow skin, is oblong
In shape and its favor Is much like
that Of our common yellow onion. It's
only resemblance to the Spanish pro-
duct is that 1t is quite as solid, but
not so juicy. 1t is a good onion for
soups, for sauces and for general use.
but 1t does not approach the Spanish
onion in flavor.
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
DEMOCRATIC DEPARTMENT.
BY o. S. COFFIN.

The Meruryat Manhattan, Kansas
pays tribute " TIE republicans like
this; "The advocates Of the demo
cratic National platforms Of 1890 and
1900 have been continually referred tC
as popullsts by republican papers,
They have been continually charged
with "contnbutlng to the dlsqulcl
of the people,, with "scoklng IA
make the people dIscontcndtcd" and
with attacking property liut
the time has arrived wien Others than
democrats give warning that the big
monopolles are forcing the country
toward government ownership Re-
ferrIng to the great railroad trusts,
the Chicago Tribune, one Of the most
stalwart republican organs In the
West, says cdltorlally; "An issue OF
tremendous consequence Is thus being
brought to the whole country 1t Is
matter Of conjecture II these rail-
road and financial mOnlpulatorS COM
prchcnd what this issue Is, The fall
ure Of fun and effective government
regulation which the roads have so
far succeeded In breaking down means
government ownership, nothing less
than that, And toward just that
conclusion the combinations are fore
ing the country, 1t will be Il great
mistake to suppose that the present
patience Of the people with growing
domination Of monopoly Is u test Of
what the public temper viii always
prove to be-, No democrat huS said
more hut when the lineup comes
again In 1904 the trusts will be able
to reach the Tribune or to oslraciSc
li,t
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
County Correspondent
PEKlR.

Been rather cold out this way Tho
past week,
A great many OF the people out this
way were In NlckersoR last Saturday
to attend the Reno county Teachers
Association, This meeting Is re-
ported as being one OF the best In the
history of the county, Not only the
meeting was good but the way In
which NIckerson took care Of the great
crowd In preparing dinner and lodging
was up to date, Also Professor
Kings lecture was one Of the finest
pr0ducable, and was well attended,
the hall being filed to oyernowlng,
Mr., j, Weiss was In Hickerson on
business last week,
Miss Grace Osborn was In this
nelghborhOOd u few days the past
week.
County Superintendent DayhoG has
been visiting schools in this vicinity,
Revival has begun at the Bethel
church, and everybody seems to take
IN interest.
A few young men Of this and neigh
boring townships were met and ar-
rested at Nickerson last week, 1t Is
not known exactly what for, only that
some or all had been In n rumpus Of
some kind
Mr., John Williams and Douglas
Lickens and families were visiting
at Charlie lIockets last Sunday,
Mr., Waddle was hauling poles last
week to maket u few fence posts Of
and cut the remainder up into fire
wood.
Val Augustine left for the Strip
last Monday,
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
ARLINGTON,

Once again Arlington wishes to en-
ter the lists, and add her quota Ia
the correspondents column,
TO start with Arlington Is all right.
We have n mighty good city, and
Just about the best set Of business
men to be found in Kansas. Arling-
ton Is noted for one thing above her
sister cities; there is no city debt,
and there is plenty Of money in the
treasury. Is not that u distlnctlonY
We think so, Then again we have
more and better sidewalks than any
other city Of the same size In the
county. And 1t Is fact that we
have as citizens the best class Of peo-
pie to be found on earth. And more
coming. Land is changing hands rap
idly, and new cOmers seem to be OF
the right sort, and those who sell are
figuring to buy again and remian
with us as n rule. Our city is i'm
proving daily and building is the or
der Of the day. Our churches are do
ing well and our schools are among
the best, So much for preface,
On last Wednesday evening the Ep-
worth League held social and gave
Il general supper in Woodmen's hall.
The intention at first was to have
it in the parlorS Of the NJ. L. church,
but expansion being the order OF the
day 1t was soon apparent that Il
larger place was needed. So as the
supper was for the benefit of Rev. p.
O. Davis who is a good Woodman as
well as agood preacher, the Woodmen
donated the use Of their hall and din
ing room. Everybody enjoyed them
selves and the League raised Il nice
amount for their pastor. Just one
word here. Next time let the price
Of the supper be 2jc instead Of l5c.
and it will be all right.
Arlington Camp No $40, NJ, W, of
A. is flourlshing this winter, They
are taking in new members at every
meeting. Last Monday night they
installed officers as follows V. c.,
W. p. Barley; W. A., w, p, Hayes;
L. b., j. b. Thompson; Clerk, j,
Brown; Escort +. Il, Blodgctt, Sen
try, j. NJ. Guyer; Physicians, B. +.
Mallary and j. f. Ives. 1t is hoped
that under their management there
will be no backward step taken and
that the camp may keep up the good
record 1t has always borne.
John Walters has begun the cree
ton of livery barn on Main Street
about one block east of the depot
Arlington Street has been graded
Mill Street east to the Presbyterian
church, west of the railroad, and will
soon be Il favortc street for pleasure
drives. 1t has improved the city
greatly. Let the good work 60 ON.
Next Monday January 81, Il. Beach,
presiding elder Of the district will
preach at Arlington at 1000 O'Clock
H. m. The business session of the
quarterly conference will be held i'm
after. All are invited to
attend both services. II. O.E.
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23

than was exposed In the sale Of the
New York custom h0useY This prop.
erty was sold TO the City Bank, a
Standard OH concern for ~, 2l5, 900,
not dollar In cash paid, The bank
merely Issued to the government a
certificate Of deposit for the amount,
the bank keeping II out at current
rates, The bank certificate Of deposit
was for $50, 600 less than the price Of
the property This was another
trick,
AS the price Of the property was
never fully covered the title remained
In the government, This made II eX-
cmpt from local and State taxation,
AZ the rate Of one and q half per
cent II will save the bank some siO, 900
per year But this is not all, The
bank took possession Of the property
the government stlll holding the title
and leased II to the government at
the rate Of $l30, 900 Nyear The bank
never paid u dollar Of the purchase
money II pays no interest ON the
deposit issued in lieu Of money by
Withholding 10000 Of the nominal
purchase money so that the title Is
technically still In the government,
the bank saves $4,000 year In
taxes, The government pays the
bank $l3O,OOO 4 year rent on what Is
technically It's own property In
taxes saved and In rent the banks
profit Is $4,000 n year Could n cor
upt, educated Filipino he more
corrupt than the above facts show his
prosecutors to be- Let General Fun
ilOn bc sworn,
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
N. N. @. NOTES,

Rev. W. A. Seward Sharp left col
lege at the close Of last term, and
will now 60 to Burma as soon AS ar
rangementS can be made.
THE basket ball boys played u game
with Topeka last Saturday. The re-
suit was tie, the score being II to
II,
A few students left school at the
close Of last term but they were more
than replaced by new ones.
The teachers association was very
well attended, the crowd being so
large that the college assembly room
could not comfortably accommodate
them.
Byron W. Kings lecture on Satur-
day evening was a great treat. The
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23

W. II, H. Pepperell, secretary OF
the dcmCMtlC State central commit
tee In compliance with an agreement
made at the last meeting Of the COM
miltee, has issued a call for meeting
Of the State committee at Topeka,
January ~, 1902, Mr., Peppcrcll has
sent Il personal letter to each and all
the members Of the comittec from
which we make the following extract
If, at this meeting Of the commit
tee they are dcsirous Of rejecting the
will Of the patriotic democracy OF
Kansas, they will leave nothing lln-
done that will bring to the demo-
cratic party In harmony and full fell
lowShip, all the opposition to the re-
publican party in Kansas, The Pop
ullSt State committee have shown n
disposition to meet us more than half
way. The reckless disregard OF con-
stitutional restrictions, the abandon
ment Of the Monroe doctrine and the
tendency to a m0narchical form OF
government by the dominant party,
has awakened the people to a sense
Of duty that prevails with patriotic
people in State and Nation, Mr., Pep
perell said: "lf there ever was n
time in the history Of Kansas Dpmoc-
mcy when II was necessary to act
wisely, II will be at this meeting,
You are earnestly requested to make
u special effort to be present "for
the good of democracy" Some OPP
position has developed In different
quarters to the proposition, made at
the last meeting Of the committee to
increase the representation SO as to
include the fusion vote Of 1900 In
stead Of the democratic vote of 1902.
There is also Il possibility that the
committee will decide to call the con-
vention too early for the populsts to
arrange to attend. However these
things are mere possibilities and are
not considered serious ones 10y far the
numbers Of democratic lead
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
Hard to Piee sc .

Wife-Tell me honestly, John, IL
should die, would you marry again?
John desiring to please)-Marry
againl OF course / wouldn't. Such
an idea would never enter my head.
Wife (angrlly)--0h, you wou!dnt2
You don't find marriage pleasant, I
supposeP No doubt you are sorry you
married me.
John (still desiring Ito pleaSe) You
don't understand me, dear, / was jolt.
ing, of course. I meant would mar
ry again,
Wife (mord angrlly)-Youwould ehP
You are in a great hurry to get mar.
ried again. Perhaps you wish / was
out of the way. / know you would be
glad If | would disqualification lid
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Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23

General Funston Is Il young man ana
In many respects u typical American,
II college man Of the state University
with courage and energy, his rise to
fame was rapid, brilliant and his
genius and skill was first recognized
by the Cuban patriots before the
United States declared war with
Spain and made the cause Of the In
surgcnts possible, lie was made a
lieutenant colonel Of artillery before
he had been In the service a year,
There was no mistake or doubt aS to
his pariotic impulses up to this time,
Wounded and incapacilntcd for the
military service fora time he returned
to the Unlcd States, His ability rs a
soldier established he was promoted
by his State and later 10y the govern
ment at Washington, shattered and
petted by a corrupt administration,
he abandoned the patriotic impulses
Of his nature and eSpouSed the cause
of the republican party In robbing
the liberty loving FIlIpplnos Of their
rights, liberty and independence as
dear to them as was the cause Of
Washington to the founders Of the re-
public,
The capture Of Aguinaldo had the
merit Of success, only that and moth
ing more, Forgery to get an adyan-
tage over an enemy has been con-
demncd In honorable warfare by all
clvlii1cd nations,
But everything is right with u cor
rupt administration, Success Is all
that Is wanted. There seems to Lei
many contradictory statements
among distinguished men, civil and
military as to the qualifications OF
the FllippinoS for self.goycrnmcnt,
But 1t Is safe to say that Il
people earnest enough In a cause to
prosecute Il war continuously for over
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vi lor"li"s ANU u'"'''''''','s s''''"-
menu ,''aO WI, pe S"''H,"V'o.S '"
themselves ""''o'''' u" '',' "','''
IllaC Il" JuSV golcr"'''c'''s uc'N'
Uhe'r po"eIS 'Io'l l.'c co''sel,O VI "n'
governed CcleoTa'lue oS lucy I0le
uolle repealcuIy our rour'" VI 'u'S
WIN oll aoulira''o' Ior our ooc,ora-
uioi VI independence poS'o''eu ny
millions "I ll'lr people eoucal'u III
tNe'r 'oIegeS ana common SCHOOLS 1t
Woulu certainly DC 'crlhll'aI aEgr'S-
sion 10 'lofeaoIy allhc% auliI p'o-
pie as the Iale PRESIDENT MrNlnlcy'
once expressed himself
General FUNSTON III Ial' lh'er-
view sald SUBSTANTIALLY lIlaI inc
higher ana educated class OF FlIlppI-
nos were so corrupt and selfish as to
be wholly un''' FOR the management
OF a government ana be Just to the
common pcon'e' Inc opinion OF one
enemy Tor the other Is hardly ever a
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
Gen. dc Vets clever wife.

In Paris they tel! story Illustrative
of the "slimness" Of Mrs. De Wet. An
English officer was pointing out to her
how impossible 1t was for her husband
to escape the Gordon of troops which
were drawn round him. As Mrs. De
Wet seemed unable TO understand him,
the officer placed dozen eggs in a
circle on the table with half-crown
in the middle. The eggs, he explained
pointing to himself, were the En-
glish; the COIN pointing to portrait
of De Wet on the wall, was her elusive
husband 1t was an excellent object
lesson and it was perfectly successful.
81 see" said the simple Dutchwoman,
in excellent English, But where is
De Wet?" And the half-crown had
disappeared!
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
2l5 s, Main, Hutchinson.

The Rock Island will sell round trip
tickets to Topeka at one fare from alI
points In Kansas on January Goth, and
from all points within 200 miles OF
Topeka on January 21st, for the Kan
sas Retail Groccrs' and General Mer-
chants third annual convention.
Tuesday and Wednesday, January 2lst
and oond.