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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25
CHAPTER vi.



Edward Franklin had taken up his
law studies in the Office of Judge
Bradley, the leading lawyer of the lit
tie village of Bloomsbury, where
Franklin was born, and where he had
spent most of his life previous to the
time of his enlistment in the army.
Judge Bradley was successful, as such
matters so in such communities, and
It was his open boast that he owed
his success to himself and no one else,
Thirty-hve years earlier. a raw
youth from old Vermont, Hollis N.
Bradley had walked into the embry-
onic settlement of Bloomsbury with
q single law book under his arm and
naught but down upon his chin. he
pleaded his first cause before Judge
who rode circuit over territory now
divided into three congressional DIS
tricts. He won his first case, for his
antagonist was even more ignorant
than he. AS civilization advanced he
defended fewer men for stealing hogs
and more for murder and adultery
His practice grew Win the grown Vi
the population of the country about
him. He was elected county attorney
local counsel for the railroad, and
Judge of the Circuit Court. He was
mentioned for gubernatorial honors,
and would perhaps have received the
party nomination but for the breaking
out of the civil war. Not fancying
the personal risks of the army, he
hired a substitute, and this sealed his
political fate, for Illinois at that time
did not put in power men who sent
substitutes to the war
1t was an immemorial custom in
Bloomsbury for the youth who had
aspirations for legal career to read
law" in Judge Bradleys office. Two
of his students had dropped their
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CHAPTER V.-Continued.

Franklin looked about him at the
squat buildings of the little town, at
the black loan of the monotonous and
uninviting fields, at the sordid, set
and undeveloping lives around him.
He looked also at the Whine wagons
moving with the sun. 1t seemed to
him that somewhere out in the vast
land beyond the Missouri there beck
oned to him mighty hand, the index
finger of some mighty force, impera-
tive, forbidding pause.
The letter of Battersleigh to his
friend Captain Franklin fell therefore
upon soil already well prepared. He
read it again and again in it's some
what formal diction and informal or
biography, was as follows:
ITO Capt. Edw. Franklin, Bloomsbury,
H.:
My Dear Ned-I have the honor to
state to you that | am safely arrived
and well established at this place,
Ellisville, and am fully disposed to re-
main. | must tell you that this is to
Nc SItdl uldIhtl lOI WCSltil
beeves. Great numbers of these cat
tie are now coming in to this country
from the far South, and since the Ry.
is yet unable to transport these Ami
mails as they arrive there is good
Numbers of them in the country here
about, as well as many strange per-
sons curiously known as Cowboys or
Cow-Punchers, which the same may
call a purely Heathan sort. These for
the most part resort at the Cottage
Hotel, and there is no peace in the
Town at this present writing.
For myself | have taken entry
upon one hundred and sixty Acres
Govt Land, and live little way out
from The Town. Here have my quar-
tiers under tent, following example Of
all men, for as yet there are scarce a
dozen houses within fifty Miles. |
have chosen this point because it was
the furtherest one yet reached by
Rail. l have been advised that it is
highly desirable to be in at the be-
ginning in this Country if one is to
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a Western Woolerower.

Newcastle Wyo.. Dec 21.-There Is
a man in this place who claims that no
one need suffer with backache, as he
has proven in his own case that 1t can
be completely and permanently cured.
His name is S. G. Hoist. and he Is
a stock raiser and woolgrower.
Il was shearing sheep at the time
the first pain came on" says Mr.. Hoist.
Il was so bad for two years after
wards that | could hardly sit down.
and when once down it was almost i'm
possible for me to get up again.
Il tried all the medicine l could hear
Of and several doctors without help.
not even for moment. used Dodd's
Kidney Pills and they made a new
man ont Of me. felt as il there was
new blood in my veins. am as stout
in the back as mule and can lift and
work as hard as | please without an
ache or pain in any part OF my body.
1T is now over a year since they
cured me and / can say there is not
healthier man in Wyoming than / am,
and before using Dodd's Kidney Pills
there was not more complete pF 4
cal wreck in the whole country u H.
was
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books to take up rifles, and they came
not back to their places. They We're
forgotten, save once year, upon Dec
Grafton Day, when Judge Bradley
made eloquent tribute above their
graves.
1t was therefore predetermined that
Edward Franklin should 90 into the
office of Judge Bradley to begin his
law studies, after he had decided that
the profession of the law was the one
likely to offer him the best career.
1t was one of the unvarying rules Of
Judge Bradley's Office, and indeed this
was almost the only rule which he
imposed. that the law student within
his gates. no matter what his age or
earlier servitude, should each morn
ing sweep out the office, and should,
when so requested copy out any law
papers needing to be executed in
duplicate. So long as a student did
these things. he was welcome as long
as he cared to stay.
Edward Franklin accepted his scat
in Judge Bradley's office without any
reservations, and he paid his daily
fee of tenure as had all the other
students before him. scorning not the
broom. Ardent, ambitious and reso-
lutte, he fell upon Blackstone. Chitty
and Kent as though he were asked to
carry a redoubt. He read six, eight,
ten hours a day, until his head buzzed,
and he forgot what he had read. Then
at it all over again, with teeth set.
Thus through more than year he
toiled, dashed forward by his own de-
termination. until at length he began
to see some of the beautiful first prin-
ciples of the law So in his second
year Franklin fared somewhat beyond
principles merely, and got into notes
and bills. torts. contracts and RENE
dies. He learned with a SILVER how a
promise might legally be broken, how
a gift should ne regarded with suspi-
cion. how a sacred legacy might he
set aside. He read these things again
ana again. and forced them into his
brain. so that they might never be for
gotten; yet this part of the law he
loved not so much as its grand first
principles of truth and justice
One morning. after Franklin had fin
ished his task of sweeping down the
stairs. he sat him down by the window
with Battersleigh's letter in his hand;
for this was now the third day since
he had received this letter. and IL had
been in his mind more wildly present
than the pages of the work on con-
tracts with which he was then occu-
pied. II was a bright. fresh morning
in the early spring. A long and hazy
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25
A Mans Time to Die.

When a man appeared the other day
before Justice Blume, in Chicago, and
asked for protection against some
neighbors who had threatened to kill
him. the justice refused to grant the
request. When asked for his reasons
he said that when it came a mans
time to die he would die. and not be-
fore. He announced himself as a
fatalist and said belief came from his
own experiences. He says he has
passed through seven accidents, three
hold-ups. one fire. two drownings. $50
falls. pneumonia, concussion OF the
brain. and all the dangers OF several
battles Of the civil war. IF all these
things won't kill a man." said the
justice. there is a special Providence
looking after him"
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stay in the Hunt. therefore | have
come to a Town which has just Begun
Believe me, dear Ned, it is the begin
ming of a World. Such chances are
here. ! am Sure as do not exist in any
other Land for behind this land is all
the Richer and older Parts, which are
but waiting to pour money and men
hither so soon as the Ry. shall be
Fully completed. | have heard OF
many men who have made Fortunes
since the War. 1t is truly a RAPID
Land.
Il am persuaded, my dear boy that
this is the place for you to come.
There are an Hundred ways in which
one may earn a Respectable living,
and I find here no Class Distinction.
It is an extraordinary fact that no
man and no profession ranks another
here. One man is quite good as an
other.
"A year from now, as | am told,
we shall have 1000 Persons living
here. and in five years this will be a
City. Conceive the opportunity mean
time. The Cattle business is bound to
grow. and | am advised that all this
land will Ultimately be farmed and
prove rich as that through which l
Past in coming out. You are welcome,
nv dear Ned, as | am sure you know,
to half my blankets and rations dur
ing your stay here. however long same
may be. and | most cordially invite
Won to come out and look over this
country. nor do | have the smallest
doubt that it will seem to you quite
as il does to me. and shall hope that
we make a Citizen of you.
Il am but new here as yet myself,
but am fully disposed, as they say in
the strange language here, to drive
my Stake. | want you. my dear boy,
also to drive Yours beside me. and to
that Effect | beg to extend you what
ever Aid may lie in my Power.
Hoping that you may receive this
communication duly. and make reply
to Same. and hoping above all things
that | may soon meet again my Com
panion of the 18th. l beg to subscribe
myself. my dear boy. ever your Obdt.
& Affect. Friend.
"Battersleigh.
Up. spray Herild your advent by
a letter & bring about lbs. or lbs.
Of your Favourite Tea, as | am Short
Of Same"
The letter ended with Battersleigh's
hest flourish. Franklin turned il over
again and again in his hand and read
il more than once as he pOndered
upon its message. Dear old fellow.
he said; hes a good deal OF q Don
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25
Deafness Cannot b. Cured.

hy local applications ~ they ssnnot reach the dis
sassd portion OF the ear. There is only one way 70
sure deafness and that 10 BY constitutional remedies.
ps.fneis 10 caused by an incsmed condition OF the
mucous lining OF the EuItaehiEn Tube. When this
sabs 10 inntmcd you have rumpling sound or i'm
perfect and when II 10 entirely closed, Deaf
lsss 10 tho result and unless the n1 amnation can Be
taken and this tube restored to ts normal coz
Sition hearing viii be destroyed forever Nine cases
cut caused by Catarrh which 10 nothing but
an innAmed condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give Ono Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Hssfneis tcaused BY catarrh) that cannot be cured
~ Halle Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Rod BY Druggists, 75c.
EAlrs Family Pills are the best
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25
Mistakea of Candidates.

A candidate can defeat himself, but
1t takes several to pull Gown another
fellow. But the average candidate
makes the mistake of thinking be can
beat a rival as easily as himself-a
grievous blunder. which often passes
into a political crime under Talley-
rand's definition.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25
Government Must Be Neutral.

1t is expressly provided in me con-
stitution of Colombia that when one
state Of the Union shall be at war
with another, or the citizens of one
state shall be at war among them
selves, the government of the union
is required to preserve the strictest
neutrality"
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colleoe education.

Records prove that the coiie s, m man
Mt thirty is far in advance OF ,ne mo-" tSa
Of the same age who entered by INC y,
apprentice door. Even at thlrt so, ~
S sp that four years spent at coilese
n,ore not wasted, and that he .~sy
acquired the ability to learn now - ~
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25

within the past three years ~
than 100000 worth OF pearls
hoon taken from the waters o1
Mississippi valley AZ ieass ~
tnurtbs Of the pearls have como y
the Black and White rivers Oh
banana
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25

A man may look at life as through
field glasses. He gives himself wide
horizon, and does not always heed the
things which lie nearest him. A wom-
an has more of the microscopic In
stinct. She sees the Importance OF
little things, and that is how so many
have genius enough to make $40, or
even less, provide the necessities OF a
household.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25
Russian Sugar.
kansas,

According to the Official returns ,,nn
there were 275 sugar mills in opera o,v !,
in european Russia last year. iao
ioot cron Of the country amounted 10
nearly 9 1000, 900 tops, while the area
,,ndor cultivation was 1910 GOO acres
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25
D;versitv of Tongues.

The diversity OF tongues to be iouhu
IN one country is often mater u
sunrise. Last year the Bible So
cietys agents sold the scriptures -
ffty.three languages in the RUSSIAN
empire in twenty.eight LANGUAGES N
Burmah. and in thirty in South m.t
laysia, and nfty-three in the Egypua1
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25
Pay Much Money for Recipe.

An English firm OF pork packers
paid no less than $4,000 for the Bran
denburg method of curing hams:
while a certain special chutney. or
rather the method Of mixing It. origi-
nally bought for a few rupees from &
poor Hindu trader, changed hands a
few months back for $4,000.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25
HOLIDAY DECORATIONS

Christmas Trees, Holly, Mistletoc
and holiday decorations of all kinds,
for home, hail or church, can be had
in best quality at low prices from W..
II. Culp & Co., Florists, Withita, Kans.
Send for special price list.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25
British Warehouses.

There are 749 warehouses; in Eng
land and Wales and $50 in Scotland.
The largest is at Liverpool. 1t ac-
commodities over 5000 inmates.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25

Quixote, but he never forgets friend
Buffalo and indians. railroads and ho'
tels-it must at least be land OF con-
trasts!"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25

Dyeing is as easy as washing when
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are
used
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25

A happy home is the reflection OF
heaven.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25

The bride can be self-possessed even
when she is being given away.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25
BOD BY Druggists, 15c.
EAll's Family Pills are the best

The harder it is to get man to make
promise the easier it is to get him to-
make good.
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Try me just once and am sure 70
come again. Defiance Starch.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25

ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED3
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them
white again. Large o. package. cent?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-12-25

You can't throw mud without soil-
ing your own hands.
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A lawyer may be good natured even
in his cross-examination.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-09-25
BRITISH NATIONAL PHYSIQUE.
OmcinI Report OF Army Medical Serv-
ice Shows Deterioration
in Recruits.

The physical unfitness Of a large pro-
portion Of the men Offering themselves
as recruits for the army in England is
strikingly brought out by the recent re-
port Of the director genral, army medical
service, which was published BY the war
ONCE in the form OF parliamentary pa
per.
During the ten years Just past no less
than about IS per cent Of those med
fcally examined were rejected on various
grounds, but many that were too evf-
IDENTIFY unfit on reporting were not exam
ined at all, so that it is believed that
the total Of the reflections amounted 70
so per cent, or three out OF every five
II is. therefore, an undoubted fact that
at the present time a very considerable
proportion Of the young men OF the coun-
try. especially in the towns, are phys
icaIly defective and unfit for military
service.
The Army and Navy Gazette, in com
menting on this state Of affairs, says:
Fortunately this IS not the case as
regards the entire population. but only
those Of the poorer classes. It is from
the latter. however. that the bulk Of
the men desiring to be soldiers come.
Owing to the advance Of sanitary SCI
ence, and to the encouragement Of ath-
Ietic sports, the general physique Of the
upper and middle classes Is improving
rather than deterioratfng-
ct is a deplorable fact that in wealthy
England some 5000 900 Of people, dwell
ers in overcrowded towns. are in a state
Of actual poverty. The bulk OF the
men seeking enlistment belongs TO this
category"
In this connection the director general
remarks in his report:
Were all classes Of the community
able to provide their offspring with am
| pie food and air space. a healthy race
would be produced. and the proper mate
rial to I'LL the ranks OF the army would
probably soon be obtained
The new scheme Of army organization
/ for the British army requires $4,000 re-
/ eruits a year. but the director generals
report shows that only 5000 are exam
/ ined annually, and Of these about 2. 500
are rejected. giving a deficiency Of $500
/ per ennum. which England hopes TO
make up by colonial assistance
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-09-25

Few Of Us can watch a dynamo In
operation without feeling akin TO awe,
though the inspiration may arise from
very different sources To the layman
Il IS little less than a miracle that the
simple spinning Of a mass Of iron and
copper should sufice TO light his house,
carry him from place 70 place and
do ali the countless things for which to
day electricity is operative agent To
the engineer this feeling comes from
different source He knows and under
stands the accepted theory OF the opera
ton Of the dynamo and Is familiar with
it's construction Hence IL IS the sim
plicity Of the thing and the beauty Of
its operation that impress him OF the
action he knows Just as little as the lay
nan. for our theories merely give rs
gomsthing plausible TO think about and
q themselves prove nOthing-Elec-
ricsl RsTi0g-
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Fiptpublisbod September III


DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. United
~ States Land Office. Colby. Kansas. Sept
emher q 1915 A sufficient contest affidavit
having been fled IN this once By Moses Ever
soil. contestant. against homestead entry No.
17,31q. made Nay =, 1QJl. for lots 1. and east
one-hsh southeast quarter section Is. tuvTnship
sou tn range - west BY Ihomas j Barnett
c0ntestee, IN which % Is alleged that be Is vel
acquainted with the said tract Of land and
knows the present condition Of the same: also
that the said Thomas j. Barnett and his family
have wholly abandoned said tract for more
than one year last past and changed their resid-
ence therefrom; that said Thomas J. Barnett is
a fugitive from justice, having escaped from
the Jail Of Sherman county. Kansas. during the
summer Of lSZ. where he was confined on
a charge Of horse stealing AthaDt further says
that all Of the improvements made By the de-
fandaut. Thomas j. Barnett. upon this land
have been sold by the wife Of said defendant 70
this affiant. and that he Is now the owner Of,
and IN possession and That each and every
failure still exists at this date. to-Wit-AuEust
- 1875 and that said alleged absence from
said land was not caused BY the employment Of
said defendant IN the army. navy or marine
corps OF the United States as a private soldier,
seaman OF marine during the war with Spain or
during any war In which the United States may
be engaged. said parties are hereby notified
20 appear, respond aud oIfer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 o'clock a M on October
Is. 1915. before the register ana receiver az the
United States land Office IN Colby, Kansas.
The said coutes ant having, IN proper aida
Vit. fled September g, 1913. set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service
Of this notice cannot Be made II - hereby
ordered and directed that such notice be given
b. due and proper publication
W. Z. WAED. Register.
G. G.. EVANS. Receiver.
O.. L CALvEET- Attorney for Plaintiff
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First published September Isl
PUBLICATION NOTICE

TN THE DISTRICT COURT WITHIN AND
Il FOR the county Of Sherman IN the state Of Kan
Eas- Fred l. Morris plaintiff, John Wall de-
tendznL John Wall VIII take notice that tine said
Fred l. Norris. plaintiff. did. the 10Th dav Of
September, rg-5- ME has petition IN said district
court, within and for the county Of Sherman. IN
the state Of kansas against the said lchn Wall.
defendant, and that the said TchntNFall must an
ssFer the said petition fled Aforesaid On OF be-
fore the soth day o. October 1898. OF said petition
val Be taken as true and a Judgment rendered N
SAID dctlcn against said defendant. John Wall.
for the Of hundred fifty [szso oo' dollars.
with interest thereon the rate Of per cent per
snnum from the 5uth day Of December, $50. and
Tor the further sum Of $50 with interest thereon
AZ the rate OF 10 per cent per aunum from the 5oth
day Of December. 1898 and for the further sum Of
$50. with interest thereon az the ate Of per
1870 and for the further sum Of $50, with inter
est thereon az the rate Of per cent per annum
from the 50 day Of June. 1876 and for the further
sum Of 81 for exchange and costs cf suit and a
further judgment against said defendant, John
Wall. for the foreclosure Of certain mortgage
the northeast quarter Of section 8, IN township G.
south OF range west Of the Sixth principal mer
idian, containing 100 acres BY government survey.
lying and situated n the county Of Sherman. IN
the state Of kansas and adJudgInE that the said
plaintiff has the first lien On said premises, 70 the
amount for which judgment viii be taken as afore-
said, and ordering said premises % be sold with
ont appraisement, and the proceeds applied 20 the
payment Of the amount due plaintiff and costs Of
suit and forever barring and foreclosinE said de-
PENDANTS. and each Of them Of and from all night.
title estate interest property and equity Of
demPtion, in or 20 said premises OF any part
thereof w s WTLLCoNoS.
Attest Attorney for Plaintiff.
H. 81 HEsTos. Clerk
BY JESEIE c HEsToS- Deputy
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By utter collapse, unless q reliable
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There's nothing so efficient to cure
disorders OF the liver or kidneys Is
Electric Bitters. It's q wonderful
tonic, and effective neFvine and the
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expels malaria germs Only 5Or, and
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druggist