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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-03-04
That f1armony-Beipre Spelling
Match.
Belpre, Kansas, Feb. Il, Is

Belpre, Kansas, Feb. II, 1904.
Editor Tiller and Toiler.
The articles recently appearing in
the Kinsley Graphic concerning the
Harmony spelling contest will illus
trate the groundless antipathy of a
certain class of Belpre citizens against
the community north of town.
Harmony held general spelling
math and very kindly invited the Bel
pre- school through Messrs. Wertz
and Clark, to attend.
Belpre considered herself challenged
and came up with "blood in her eye"
to "do" the Harmony people. Fail
ing in this she has been on the war
path ever since trying by actions OF
treachery and unfairness to excuse
the exhibitions of bar-room manners
on the part of her larger and older
pupils who give themselves the airs OF
young ladies.
AS to the outcome OF the spelling
match the fact that Belpre subsequent
ly held a so-called general" spelling
match and invited every school ad-
joining except Harmony, proves tina,
their claim of ''draw" is a little
shaky.
Belpre since challenged Harmony
and Pratt, after learning that Har'
mony would on no account be induced
to suffer the indignities she had al
ready received, and set the time or
the evening of the Pratt literary soci'
ETY. making It impossible for the pro-
posed match to come off, and now
claims to have scored bluff, and
this is the way it looks to a man up q
tree. SPECTATOR.
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TIME TABLE A. T. 6 S. r. r. Y

A new time card went into effect on
the Santa Fee June 4. The changes at
this point are not many. Nos. l, 5,
and going west at night are I'M
changed except No. does the local
work from Hutchinson west. The
branch train arrives as at pres
ent but departs at 1:35. The branch
local freight leaves here at 9 in the
morning going east and arrives from
the east at 2:45 in the afternoon. The
main line local goes east at $50 in
the morning and west at 800 in the
afternoon. The branch local runs
from Hutchinson to this place and
turns.
EXCURSION RATES.
Account of General Conference OF
Meth odist Episcopal church at Los
Angeles, Cal May 3, and the Nation
al Association of Retail Grocers a,
San Francisco, May to s, the Santa
Fe will sell excursion tickets to either
San Francisco or Los ingeles and
return for SO: via Portland in one
direction 81 higher. Dates of sale,
April D to May l, inclusive: return
limit June 80. Stop-over privileges.
Second class colonist rates to Cali.
fornia, March l to April 30. s25, to
Los Angeles, San Francisco and vari
GUS other points. Proportionately
| low rates to various points in Arizona
and Mexico: stop-over privilege. SCI
agent for particulars.
I Homeseekers' Excursions to certain
points in Arkansas, ali points il
Indian Territory. New Mexico, Okla
homa, Texas, Arizona, and to points
in Colorado. Rocky Ford and east
at one fare. plus 500. Tickets OF
sale l>t and Bird Tuesdays of Dec,
1903. to- April 18th. 1904. Return lion
it. 81 days from date of sale.
Cheap one way second class colon
list rates to various points in Arkan
sas, New Mexico. and Louisiana, ant
to all points in Indian Territory
Oklahoma and Texas. Tickets O,
sale December LIST and 18th, 1903
Jan. 9Th and 18th, Feb End and 18th
March Is. and 10Th and April 5tl
and 18th, 1904.
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a rate of one fare plus fifty
cents has been granted by all rail
roads from all points in Kansas and
from Kansas City and st Joseph.
Mo. to Topeka, for the time COM
mencing April 11th and ending April
18th, 1904. on account of the Peoples
Party State Convention, which will
be held in Topeka on April l2th.
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SHORT ITEMS WORTH READING
CLIPPED EXON EXCHANGES -

Marsh Murdoch, of the Wichita
Eagle, says, from his observation,
during forty-eight winters in Kansas.
that nasty, stormy winters are gener-
ally followed by good crop years.
The present winter has been little
too pleasant SO far.
The Custer County Times, Arapaho,
Okla, says it will not be drawn into
any nasty newspaper fights. 1t says
the Times twill refrain from answer
ing the Jealous and silly maudlings OF
the imported trouble-breeder who pre-
tends to edit our esteemed toilet
paper contemporary.
PIT. Barnum once said: ''f you
have sI9 to put in use, pay 80 for the
article and 80 for advertising. 1 can
out-talk any man but printer. The
man who can stick type and the next
morning talks to thousand men,
while I'm talking to one, is the man
I'm afraid of, and 1 want to be his
friend"
A belated story of Nordica's visit
to Lindsborg is being told. Her man
ager telegraphed ahead to the hotel to
reserve for her parlor and two
rooms with baths. AS bathtubs are
unknown in this hotel the proprietor
wired back that the rooms had been
reserved but that Nordica must take
the bath before she came.
Roy Farrell Greene, the Southern
Kansas poet, sent the following, head
ed Chow 1t Sounded" to Brooklyn
Life:
''Oh, mamma, do bears grow cross-eyed|'-
I'd tucked my little rogue to bed
And heard his prayers.-"No," replied
What put that idea in your head?'
"why don't you know, when church let out,
The preacher said little prayer?
And don't you know he told about
The heavy burdened cross I'd bear?'
That Hochomobile, ,after running
pell-mell over the other machine, "
is now getting ready to run over the
people of Kansas. We understand
that Kelly and Burton, along with
some others of unsavory reputation,
are rightfully passengers on this We
hicle; in fact are part owners. Good
people will please hold their noses as
the thing goes by.-Kingman Journal.
In the court that dismissed Senator
Dietrich on technicality, young
man who broke into a post Office and
stole 30 pennies and 80 worth of
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-03-04

employe of the Omaha post Office who
stole 81 ,029 was let off with fine of
81 ,0O0-or s29 less than the amount of
his stealings. And yet there are those
who complain because there is an APP
parent growth of popular distrust of
courts.-Bryan's Commoner.,
An old swindle in somewhat new
guise has made an appearance in the
southeastern part of the state. A
stranger appears on the road appar-
emily diligently searching for a lost
valuable diamond ring. Soon after
his departure a tramp appears and
picks up what seems to be the lost
diamond ring. The person who has
been offered 300 for its return to the
owner sees an opportunity to make a
little stake and by giving the tramp a
liberal sum obtains possession of the
diamond. He then goes about to find
the owner, but fails and upon sub
mission to a diamond expert the
sparkler is found to be worth about
fifteen cents.
The city officials now have an ex-
cuse to demand ''comps" to the
shows. The following humorous &C
count of the situation at Harper ap-
peared in the Kingman Journal but
was ,cOpied by the Harper Sentinel:
"When uncle JOSH struck Harper
recently he had to toe the very chalk
mark. Harper is on the kerosene
circuit, and its mammoth theater is
one of the esafest in these regions.
Before Uncle Josh was allowed to
step on the boards, the city govern
ment had to be present in all its
| ma esty-Aldermen Casey, O'Hooli-
gan and Winerworster having seats
in the bald-headed row. The entire
| fire department was also required to
| be present, and hose attached to a
| plug block away ran down the GEN.
ter aisle, another to the rear of the
stage, and special firemen were scat
| tered all over the house. After all
these precautions the doors and win
dows were all left open. Uncle JOSH
says that every time he looked down
the aisle and saw the hose he remem-
bered his jim-jam days and thought
he saw snakes again. The members
of the troupe were kept busy lodging
the firemen, aldermen and special po-
lice, who held themselves in readiness
among the scenery to give the Iro-
lquols act wet reception.
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Titles examined and abstracts made
by T. II. Evans, bonded abstracter.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-07
Positive Proof
Should Convince the Greatest skeptic in
clarksburg.

Because its the evidence o. clarks-
burg citizen.
Testimony easily Investigated.
The strongest endorsement of merit.
The best Of proof. Read it:
Airs. A. S. Bracey, of 400 Water street.
says: at IS impossible to describe what
] suffered during four years when at
taclss of backache existed. The pain
was often unbearable and / really think
each succeeding attack was more pro.
longed and more pronounced than its pre-
cessors. In the spring OF 1901, the trou-
BILE became much more serious, swelling
OF the limbs and trouble with the kid.
ney secretions and other signs OF acute
kidney complain existing which prevent,
ed me from even lying down long in
one position and compelled me to sit up
most of the time. made me anxious
about my condition and kept me con.
stantly on the outlook for something
to check the trouble. doctored, tried
medicines and even went to New York
city and was treated for three months by
a specialist, who did not benefit me in
the least. When Doan's Kidney Pills
We're RECOMMENDED to me / must con.
fess had very little faith in their treat
ment, but, like drowning person cling.
ing to straw, and willing to try any
thing, a box was procured for me at
Wells & Haymaker's drug store. TAX
ing it strictly according to directions,
first noticed a difference in the color of
the secretions from the kidneys and that
the pain in my back was gradually being
allayed. As ! continued the great eff
ficacy of Doan's Kidney Pills was proven
and can sum up my opinion of the
preparation by terseley stating that !
wish had known about the remedy long
ago, for would have been saved a great
deal of suffering and a considerable f.
nancial outlay"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents.
Foster-Aiilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole
agents for the United States. Remem-
Der the name-Doan's-and take no
substitute.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-07
An umbre,,a Trick.

That's no way to put on an umbrel.
Ia cover. my dear" remarked the man
TO his wife, who was preparing to 60
out one cloudy day.
Don't fuss at it like that. No; you
don't want TO turn the cover right side
out. Leave it as it is and put tie ferrule
of the umbrella through the little tin
top, SO. Now take hold of the top Of
the case and pull 1t right up over the
umbrella, just as you stripped 1t off.
See? 1t doesn't take half minute and
is much easier than laboriously turning
the marrow case right Side out"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-07
When the Sap Rises.

Weak langs should be careful. Cough;
and colds are dangerous then. One Min
ute Cough Cure cures coughs and cold;
and gives strength to the lungs. Mrs
q. Z. Fenner, of Marion, Ind, says q
suffered with cough until / run down
in weight from l4s to % lbs. tried
a number Of remedies TO no avail ,unti
] used One Minute Cough Cure Foul
bottles Of this wonderful remedy cur,
ed me entirely OF the cough, strength
ened my lungs and restored me to my
normal weight, health and strength.
Sold by Wells & Haymaker.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-07
THRAsAINe Servants.
Domestic Life IN England In the
TiEse Of Henry VIII.

"a II
TiEse Of Henry VIII.
In that remarkably minute chronicle
Of domestic life in England in the time
Of Henry VIII, TuSser's Five Hun.
dred Points Of Good Husbandry.r the
learned and plous author seems 10 take
1t for granted that the only way -
dealing with maidservants is TO thras.,
them numerically. He tells us In his
inimitable doggerel that "a maid must
be forced 10 BE- cleanIy" or she is to be
made 10 cry creak" Mlstresses are
advised TO &c about with holly
waDd in thei. hand, although they may
not always have occasion to use ii, and
to pay home when they iieht"-that Is
TO say, thrash-"but not to be always
chidlng,r As regards the laundry, thu
domestic scrfs are warned TO talzr
tecd%hen they wash or run in the lash
and 10 wash well wiring well and beat
well. 50 that If any lack beating 1t Will
be themselves
As for the unhappy Cicely. the dairy
maid. she is to cry ''creak"-tha /. 10
say. to be thrashed -if he- cheese is
''hoven7 or pulled up, and if,the cheese
be tough Cicely is to have "a crash"
/, If the CHEESE be spotted cicely is to be
amended by the bayes, and IL 1t be too
full of whey the wretehed dairymaid
is TO have = dressing" Finally, II
any maggots are found in the cheese
mistress is to be at Cicely by and by
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-07
nreton and welsh.

Proof that the people of Wales and
the people OF Brittany, in France. come
from the same parent stock is given ev-
cry autumn when Breton boys go over
TO England 10 sell onions from their
nome fields. In Cornwall and Wales
their native speech is readily under.
stood. Armorlcan. the old Language of
Brittany, the ancient Cornish and
Welsh-and for that matter Erse and
Gaelie-are all closely allied languages,
members OF the Celtic group. Breton
and Welsh IRE very much alike.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-07
Wells & qaymaker

Do not hesitate to recommend Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure to their friends and
customers. Indigestion causes more i'll
health than anything else. 1t deranges
the stomach, and brings on all manner
of disease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure d.
gests whot you eat, cures indigestion
dyspepsia and all stomach disorders,
-Kodol is not only perfect digestant
but tissue building tonic as well Re-
newed health, perfect strength and in.
creased vitality follow itg use.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-07
Eel, His In,portancc

A boy, having left school, started to
work in factory. At the end of his
first days work he returned home. evil.
IDENTIFY feeling quite man. Taking on
his hat and coat, he threw them ON the
floor, with meaning look at his sister.
Look here, Jim" said she; hang
your clothes in their proper place"
"Hang them up yourself" he replied.
who do you thinks keepin' YEP
London Standard.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-07
Made Young Again.

@one OF DIR. Kings New Life Pills
each night for two weeks has put me in
my teens again." writes D. II. Turner
Of Dempseytown, Pa. They're the best
in the world for liver, stomach and
bowels. Purely vegetable. Never grippe
Only 25c at Frank G. BANDS drug store
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TIls HONE \ eADaER.
he Is N T5rEh eeass and n Exceed
inaly nard ~ XIII,

he Is n T9rEh Hfass and II Exceed
insiS nArd ~ XIII,
badgers belong to tie g7eat weasel
tribe, although they are also allied. D.
many people know. 10 tlse i,earx Among
their more lr loss DISTINGUISHED reIa-
tiyes may bs named the wolverine. OF.
ter, skunk and narten. In Africa and
India. says a writer in I-onsman.s Mag.
azine, are 10 BE- found the curious ri.
tells, reiharkatle li$uich al tic fnmiIy,
distinguished by thrar extraordinary
fondness Tor honey. Tonbtaln this lux.
ury they spend ulast 81 thcir time hunt
Ing for tie nests or Wild l,ees.
they are absolutely ohllvioas. rs are
English badgers Of the siings Of tl9
infurinted bees, Their tough, thick and
loose coats protecting them from ans
serious injury Rat<ls are strsng and
very ceurage oas beasts. Tho EOeFs OF
South Africa loid thesn ia high respect.
as do the natives, ana assert fliat 4 pair
Of these beasts WIN occasionally attack
Il human being. | have heard Of men
being freed by these an!aais. hi;;
whether the tale was true or false am
uncertain. What is certain is that the
ratel, or honey badger. Of SoutlI- Africa
Is beast extremely difficult to kill by
reason of his tough constitution. good
defensive powers aud extraordinarily
loose coat and that he is when meddled
with or put out a beast Of very high
courage ard unpleasant manners.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-07
Stock Raising for Profit.

The south is rapidly oming to the
front as a stock raising country for pro.
fits. You can learn how northern stock
raisers located along the Illinois Cen
trail R. R. are getting rich in this bust
ness by writing for FREE descriptive
matter and particulars to
E. A. RICHTER, T.P.A, III. Cent. R. r.
SIP PARK BUILDING,
jan2swtf. PITTSBuRG, PA.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-07

All boots, shoes, rubbers, etc., must
be sold at cost or less than cost at DR..
Hardman's shoe store. Call and get the
benefit of this great sale. febo.tf.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-14
ANCIENT CLOCKS.

Probably the oldest method of de-
tcrmininG the time Of day was by the
sundial, but other devices have been
used for ages, including the water
cock, the burning wick and the hour.
glass filled with sand Popular legend
attributes to King Alfred the inven-
| ton OF the water clock, but long be-
| fore his time it was in use by the
Egyptians, and in Judea. Babylon,
| CEaldea and Phoenicia. The contriy
ance for measuring time by means of
water appears to have consisted OF a
l@sin filled with water and exposed ic
some niche Or corner of a public place
a spout or tap, from which trickled
the liquid drop by drop into reser
weir having on its inside marks for
| indicating the hours Of the day and
r. sht.
In parts of southern India thera
was used thin copper bowl about
: five inches in diameter and rathev
deeper than half sphere, having a
very small hole at the bottom. The
! howl, placed in vessel containino
water and floating hereon, eradua "
flied AT the expiration OF an ar
ranged interval it sunk and a boy
or another watcher struck a gong
! and thus announced the time 1t show
e1 the lapse Of periods of 4 minutes
with tolerablc accuracy. but the time
varied with the temperature OF the
water. 1t was possible by the intro
duction of cylinder containing a
| floating piston which worked on a
cog wheel 20 Indicate the hours
Plato introduced the clepsydra int
Greece 1t was used by the Romans
also. The king of Persia is said =
have presented Charlemange with a
water clock of bronze. inlaid with
gold Water clocks were used up t.
the seventeenth century. Even with
the introduction of the pendulum
water served as the motor and tho
'enduium as regulator.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-14
A GIRL REFUSES 4 MILLION.

That a servant Gir' should come
into a fortune Of a million is ua.
Geubtedly fact worth chroniclina
EUt circumstance which is much
more astonishing in connection with
the case Of the maid from the banks OF
the Rhine to whom this wonderful
tAins has just happened is tho fact
that shc refuses to accept the money
stating frankly that she prefers to re
main 4 servant ac2rding to the West
minister Gazette Thai any girl in
civilization should actually he happy
i dOmestice service nowadays is a
leost difficult fact to realize. The
case in question is Il romantic one
fsom first 20 last. and should suggest
a fruitful theme to noveists in search
c plots. She ~as founding, brought
bp in an orrhana-e; her father at his
Geath left some valuable house prom
erty 10 her and her mother, after p
| s arch of Danv years for her child
has recently discovered her. and Of
feTs her whole large fortune If her
daughter will come aud live with har
l'ut the girl refuses to accept both her
| late fathers and her mo,hr's prouertv
and states as her only reason that she
would rather remain servant" II
seems almost a case of the little maid
being a millionaress already. bv yir
tue OF the fact that she is happy in and
satisfied with her lot. If so. the rich
rheritance can do nothing for her.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-14
INSULT TO AMERICAN WOMEN.

The leading organizations OF Wo-
men throughout the country are
sending protests to their congress-
zen and the territorial commi tee OF
the senate against the bill proposing
to unite Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritories into one state under the name
of Oklahoma, and to combine New
Mexico and Arizona territories into
a state under the name of Arizona.
The portion of the bill to which
the women take exception is found
in paragraph 5 of sections and u,
which would allow these states,
when organized, to disfranchise min
ors, criminals, lunatics, nonresidents,
ignoramuses and women. 1t reads as
follows:
THAT said state shall never enact
any law restricting or abridSing the
right Of suffrage on account OF race,
sclor, or previous condition OF serV-
itu,le. or on account of any other con-
ditions or qualifications, save and OK
sept on account of illiteracy, minor
i,y. SEX, conviction of felony mental
condition, or residence
This not only authorizes the dis
faanchiseUent of women, bu. classes
Nkcm with the degraded, mbecile
and immature OF the opposite scE.
Such classification is an insult 10
American womanhool. Tue pioneer
women Of he west. who have labored
ard suffered by their husbands side
- advance civilization, cueht not to
be unjustly classed. The cnl&re SIS ct
NC United States ought not to set
As seal upon the possibility Of the
perpetual disfranchs of thes
women, an unmerited disertr
and punishment. 1t IS true
MAT in many states women have
1aeen tacitly ranked with these de-
6ective, delinquent and dependent
Aiasses but never before has the in
sult been SO open and fragrant, nor
has it been in an ac, of congress.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-14
SOLEMN WORDS FROM A WIDOW

Men love goodness, but marry
beauty, which accounts for the present
matrimonial tangle.
There is common error among
men and women that conventional sin
is virtuous.
After a girl is married her college
education is remembered as merely
ore Of her girlhood fads.
Old maids are impostors. They have
cinch on independent business, and
besides get the commiseration thai
belongs to the married miserable.
Cooking and self-abnegati are no
longer fashionable in wife, but they
make excellent doormats.
Cynical folk who laugh at the faith
OF young lovers merely show what bat
losers they are in the game of love.
1t is the tootsey- wootsey girl, fra'l
and gentle to the naked eye, who turns
cut to be Gibraltar of prejudices and
desires to her astonished husband.
Old maids are examples of the pow
e. of mind over matter. They prefer
abstract ideals to concrete disappoint.
Elents.
A woman once resolved to drop all
the gossips from her calling list. Her
husband is now her only acquaintance.
When man makes a mistake in his
first marriage the victim is his second
wife.
A woman declares to man that ha
perfect, and the man never notices
that he does not attempt to prove it.
A good husband is a dead husband
e. Milmine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-14
How He Got a Scoop.

There was only one man in Denve'
who could authoritatively deny or af-
firm rumor that the great Indepen-
dence gold mine at Cripple Creek had
been sold by w. S. Stratton to an
English syndicate, and that was john
HAYS Hammond, the famous MINING
expert.
In tha lobby of the Brown Palace
Fotel stood group of newspaper
men. and discussed ways and means
for securing the coveted interview, for
Mr.. Hammond had refused to see
tfaN. Ii the party was Little Lord
Faunt!eroy" reporter for morning
paper He had said that his mother
aud Mr.. Hammond were personal
friends. and one of the men had re
marked that that ought to land the
storv for him They saw him walk
to the other side of the lobby and
write upon q card and hand it to a
heliboy. One Of the reporters hurried
upstairs, stopped the boy and read
on the card
Vivian Burnett.
Son of Mrs Frances lodason Bur
nett.
The reporter tore from his copy-pa-
per a slip and wrote thereon:
Arthur Clark,
Son of old man Clark.
"Giye that to Hammond. too" he
said TO the boy.
The reporter joinod his comrades.
and presently the boy came down and
said:
"Mr. Hammond says he Will see old
man Clarks boy" ."-Saturday Evening
Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-14
Worlds
Eair
R@t@S

Beginning September -, and
continuing until the end OF
the Worlds Fair low rate
excursion tickets to St. Louis
will be on sale Sunday, Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday
and thursday Of each week.
The rate is extremely low
about a cent a mile each
way, days limit. Tickets
good in chair cars and coache '
only.