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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
PIGEON Came to Lunch.

While two members of the British
house of commons were lunching in
the restaurant Of that body the other
day pigeon flew in at the window
and, after alighting on the floor,
jumped on the table. 1t was evident
ly exhausted and hungry and eagerly
took the food which was given 1t.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Nervous Fears in Animals.

Nervous troubles may be provoked
by animals, as with man. The rear
that horses show toward locomotives
or automobiles is the cause of trem'
bling and temporary paralysis, whose
real origin is often unnoticed. Fear
of punishment in small animals or
Joy at seeing a beloved master mas
given rise to nervous crises that have
been mistaken for epilepsy.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Really ImpreqnabIe Fortresses.

Gibraltar and Cronstadt are the two
most brilliant examples of elaborate
permanent fortresses that have, SO
far, fully answered all expectations,
neither of them since fertilization hav-
ing ever been captured, while most
others have at one time or another
violently changed hands.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Field of Crystalized Salt.

The great field of crystalized salt at
Salton, Cal, in the middle of the
Colorado desert, is 264 feet below the
level of the sea and is more than a
thousand acres in extent Its surface
is as white as snow, and when the sun
is shining its brilliance is too dazzling
for the eye. The field is constantly
supplied by the many salt springs in
the adjacent foot hills.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
His Consolation.

81 mighty glad" said the old col
ored inhabitant, "dat de worp only
turns roun' once in day. Kaze II
ever hit turned in de night time hit
would err kotched me at many hen
roos,,"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Salt is Good Tooth Powder.

About as much salt as may be heap
ed upon a fve-cent piece is entirely
sufficient for cleaning the teeth. 1t
seems to improve the condition of the
secretions in the mouth, renders the
saliva at night less ropy and viscid
and also appears to STRENGTHEN the
teeth
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Riaid Japanese Etiquette.

The Japanese language contains no
fewer than eighteen synonyms for the
personal pronoun 81" one for each
class of people; and etiquette makes
it unlawful for a person belonging
to one rank in society to make use
of the pronoun pertaining to another.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Undoubtedly.

DR.. Richie of Edinburgh was exam
lining a student who claimed to be
mathematician. Richie doubted his
claim, and to test him said: How
many sides has clrcle?" TWO,
was the reply. what are they?" ask
ed the doctor. 1.-The incide and the
outside" was the answer.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Druggists Expensive Error.

F. Carelessness in writing out pre-
scription has cost Paris doctor a
months Imprisonment and a hne OF
500, whilst the chemist, by whose as
sistant the evidently exaggerated dose
was made up, was awarded six days
in prison and fined $40. The victim
who suffered by the mistake obtained
500 as compensation after claiming
$4,000.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Poets TunefuI to the Last.

Tennyson, whose age was SO, was
tuneful to the end, and in Crossing
the Bar" left behind him swan song
of rare beauty. Victor Hugo lived to
the same age, and to witness his
apotheosis in the France that has ex'
lied him.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Custom of Roman Mothers.

A Roman mother of classic days
hung a bulla about. her baby's neck
as soon as he could walk. Often this
was Just disc of metal or leather,
bearing the name of the child's fam
lily; but more often it was a hollow
metal case, highly ornamented, which
held charms against evil spirits.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Beware of OintmentS Tor Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous surfaces. such
articles should never be used except on prescflp-
tons from reputable physicians, the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
cury and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system, In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you GET the
genuine 1t is taken internally and made In Toledo
Ohio by F. J. Cheney Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price. 75c. per bottle.
Take HALLS Family Pills for constipation.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19

In the churchyard at a Welsh vii
lage there are four huge yew trees,
and a large cavity in one OF them,
which is protected by door, is used
for storing the coal needed 70 heat the
church during the winter months.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE.
Forty Eight Thousand Dollars Paid
for q Fancy Lot of Tobacco.

The biggest purchase of high grade
tobacco ever made in the West by o
cigar manufacturer was made last
Wednesday by Frank P. Lewis, Peoria
H., for his celebrated Single Binder
cigar. A written guarantee was given
that the entire amount was to be fancy
selected tobacco. This, no doubt,
makes the Lewis factory the largest
holder in the United States of tobacco
of so high grading.-Herald Tran
script, Dec. FL, 1909.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
EunIntlon of the Knife.

A knife blade passes through seven
stages in its evolution. After 1t is
first rough forged by the blacksmith
II must be shaped, hardened, temper
ed, ground, polished and fitted with
handle.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19

Eating slowly at meals and partak-
ing of some hard food is necessary to
give the teeth the exercise they need
to he kept in healthy condition, just
as the muscles of the body must be
exercised if they are to be. kept from
growing weak and flabby.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Good Cause to Retract.

A German court has decided that
the discovery on the part of one OF
two persons engaged to be married
that the other is tuberculosis is justi-
fies the breaking of the engagement.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Ihihetan War Cry.

The Thibetan war cry is described
as mot a shout of revenge or tri-
umph. but a kind of shrill chuckle.
which sounds full of deviltry and NAL
ice."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Atrocious Libel.

GAS to a woman being as old as
she looks" observed the bachelor
uncle, cit depends upon how early
IN the morning you see her."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Immense Arizona Cactus.

In Arizona the cactus grows to an
immense size, and there is one speci-
men-doubtless the largest in the
world-which is 232 feet high.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
First Color of SILK.

Usually the silk is colorless on leav-
ing the body of the silkworm, but
sometimes it is straw yellow or
greenish.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Artificial Indiuo.

The German artificial indigo al
readv supplies more than one-half OF
the worlds needs, and is expected to
drive the natural article entirely out
of the market in few years.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Irv One Packane.

If Defiance Starch" does not please
you, return it to your dealer If it
does you get one-third more for the
same money. 1t will give you salts
faction, and will not stick to the iron.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
LITTLE Extra CHARGE for Pomp.

A Southwest London undertaken
gives notice that he conducts funerals
with economy and dispatch for thirty
shillings; with pomp for forty shil-
lingS
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
In constant Fear of Demons.

The Tibetan is a martyr to folklore,
as he does, his spiritual
life to be a struggle against demons.
which are Just as hard to conquer as
the passes and deserts of his country.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Potatoes to Cure Diabetes.

The good results Of administering
potatoes in certain forms of diabetes
are affirmed by a French Physician,
DR.. Mosse who states that he has eff
fected cures by this means.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
China Has Longest Canal.

The Imperial canal in China is the
longest in the world and connects no
fewer than forty-one cities in the
course of it's 500 miles.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Home of Jerked eeef.

In the Brazilian state Of Rio
Grande do Sui about 100000 cattle are
annually slaughtered for ierked beef
alone.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Don't Forget.

When you say an unkind word or
even think an unkind thought, just
remember that you are hurting no
one but yourself.-The Jawbone.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19

Mothers Words of Encouragement.
81 often think when | have trou-
bles," said Boston lawyer, "of what
my mother used to say in the days
when she and l had all we could do
to make both ends meet. Jim, she
used to say, we never yet died in the
winter Boston Record.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Insanity in English Cities.

London has the largest proportion
of insane of any English city, the
number being 361 per 100000. Not
tingham is a close second, with 342
per 100000.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19

Do Your Clothes Look Yellow?
Then use Defiance Starch, it will
keep them white-16 OF. for 10 cents.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19

lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. THos. ROBBINS,
Maple Street, Norwich N. Y, Feb. IL, 1900.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
FIrst.Born Children.

A statistical expert has stated that
three-ffths of all men of distinction
are first-born children.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces I'm
ammation allays palm cures wind collie. 25cs bottle.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
Ennllshman,s Freak eIaekbIrd.

A bird fancier at St. Austell, Corn
wall, England, has in his possession
blackbird with perfectly white head.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19
The Best Results In starchina

can be obtained only by using De-
fiance Starch. besides getting 4 OF.
more for same money-no cooking re-
ouired
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19

When You Buy Starch
buy Defiance and get the best, 16 OF.
for 10 cents. Once used, always used.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-19

Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOR1A,
safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that 1t
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-01-01
Story of n Portrait.

An interesting story comes from Gu
ben, Germany. where a man recently
bought portrait of the Emperor Fred
erick, painted by Professor Won Len
bach, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
AS there was no signature. he wrote
to the professor, asking him to supply
the missing detail, but was surprised to
receive a reply that the portrait was a
forgery, as the original was sold to
well known amateur and was already
signed An expert, however, expressed
the opinion that the picture was genu-
inc, and on examination Of the canvas
the professor stated that he had him
self been victimized. as the work was
genuine. He had painted two portraits,
as one did not satisfy him, and he was
about to sign the second when his
steward substituted the first. and. with
out detecting the difference, he had
signed it, and 1t duly reached its des-
tination. The second canvas found its
way with others to a Munich art dealer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-01-01
HOW CASSATT KEPT WARM.
Ingenuity In Heating Railway Presi-
dents Sidetracked Train.

Ingenuity In Heating Railway Prest-
dents Sidetracked Train.
When President A. ]. Cassatt of the
Pennsylvania railroad and party Of
railroad officials, which included Vice
Presidents Pugh and Rea and Superin-
tendent Of Passenger Transportation
Sheaffer, arrived at Pittsburg recently
the train of four specials" was side
tracked at Pitcairn, says the Philadel-
phia Telegraph. When the locomotive
was detached the supply Of steam
which heated the cars ceased. AS the
night was cold and damp, the discom-
fort, not to say danger, to the occu-
pants of the coaches could not have
been but marked.
Now, while Mr.. Cassatt and the 9TH
er members Of the party would un-
doubtedly have accepted the situa ton
with good grace, the Pittsburg train
men would have considered any dis
comfort suffered by the party as a re-
Election on their ability. So the lack
of heat was supplied by the laying of
line of pipe 1900 feet in length from
the cars to an adjacent power house,
from which was obtained an adequate
supply of live steam during the night.
The thing was accomplished so quick
ly and quietly that none Of the party
was aware until the following morning
that anything out Of the ordinary had
been done to insure their comfort.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-01-01
LATEST COLONIAL SOCIETY,".

Andrew Ward Association Composed
of Connecticut Mans Descendants.
The latest colonial fad which inter-
ests section of fashionable society Is
the Andrew Ward association. COM
posed exclusively of descendants OF An
drew Ward, the Connecticut statesman
son of Sir Richard Ward and grand
son of Sir Richard Gunville. says the
New York Commercial Advertiser. o.
iver De Lancey Ward the first proprie-
tor of Wards island, was great-grand-
son of Andrew Ward.
The idea OF forming this society orig
mated with some relatives of Mrs. Brad
lev Martin, the Wards of Grove place,
Rochester. Among the persons whose
lineage makes them eligible for mem
bership are George J. Gould. Oliver
Gould Jennings, Mrs. Luther KountZe,
De Lancey Kountze, DR.. G. W, de Lyon
Nichols Frederick II. Belts, l.. f. Hol-
brook Belts, Morris *. Jesup, Dr.
George Taylor Stewart, George Foster
Peabody, Miss Helen NJ. Gould, Levi
A. Ward, Henry G. Marquand, Allan
Marquand, stephen Whitney, MIS-.
Charles Fl. Bergman, Mrs. Lorillard
Spencer, Barclay Ward and General
Joseph Wheeler.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-01-01
NEW THEORY OF EATING.
EnElishman FavOrs Thorough Mas
ticatiOn and Much Less Food.

ticattOn and Much Less Food.
Horace Fletcher, an English mer-
chant resident in Italy, has made a Sc
rious attack on the eating habit, says
the Chicago Chronicle. BY experiments
on himself and others he claims to
prove that even the so called daily ra-
ton prescribed by science is 80 per cent
too large. He holds that the energy
needed 10 digest the surplus half is a
total loss of vital force. He holds also,
and this is the gist of his theories, that
worse fault than eating too much is
not masticating thoroughly and that
less than half in amount Of food mas
ticated four to five times as long as is
customary sustains life strength and
flesh far better than is now done and
does not furnish the causes of the in
digestion and many of the diseases
common among all peoples. 1t is said
that our war department is now max
ing thorough investigation of the SUBJ
ject, which may be said to be guar
antee that it is no joke
1t is curious theory and not the
least of its possibilities are economic.
II nearly everybody eats so per cent
too much and all the people of the
United States could be educated to
eat according to Mr. Fletcher's theory
the saving, subtracted from the daily
trade of dealers in all kinds of provi-
sions, would create disturbance in the
market and readjustment of occupa-
tions all along the line.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-01-01
No Title For TOledO's Mayor.

Some handsome charts and calendars
recently have been issued in Toledo,
o., giving the names of the heads and
subordinates in all the city Offices of
Toledo. These adorn the business
houses and offices of many professional
men and city officials, says Toledo
dispatch.
The other night as one was hanging
in the mayors office Mayor Jones' at
tention was called to 1t. 1t contained in
good sized type these words: Hon.
Samuel NJ. Jones. Mayor" He deliber-
ately took out his pocketknife, cut out
the Hon." returned the knife to his
pocket without word and then went
on with his discussion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-01-01
A TRIBUTE TO SPENCER.

The following appreciative poem was
written by Grant Allen. who was
great admirer OF the famous phlloso-
pher. the late Herbert Spencer. and an
ardent evolutlonist:
TO HERBERT SPENCER
Neepest and mightlest OF our latest seers.
Spencer. whose piercing glance deserted
afar.
t,Wn fathumless abysses of dead years.
ste formless waste drift into sea or
star
.'rd through vast wAds of elemental
strife
Tracked out the first faint steps of yet
unconscious life.
Thy hand has led us through the painless
maze,
Chaotic sights and sounds that throng
our brain,
Traced every strand along its tangled
ways
And woven anew the many colored
skein;
Bound fact to fact in unrelenting laws
And shown through minds and worlds the
unity of cause.
Ere thou hast read the universal plan,
Our life was unto us thing alone:
oH inns sue nature stOou on tnat SIDE
man,
Irreconcilable, as twain. not one:
Thy voice first told us man was natures
child
And in one common law proclaimed them
reconciled.
No partial system could suffice for thee,
Whose eye has scanned the boundless
realms of space
GaZed through the aOnS an tho fairy
And caught faint glimpses of that awful
face
Which, clad with earth and heaven and
souls of men.
Wells its mysterious shape forever from
our ken.
AS tiny builders in some coral shoal,
Raising the future mountain to the sky.
Build each his shell, unconscious Of the
whole,
Live each his little life and work and
die,
Even so the lesser toilers in thy field
Build each the little pile his narrower
range can yield.
But, like a skillful architect, thy mind
Works up the rock those insect reasons
frame,
With conscious plan and purpose clear
defined,
In arch ana column, toward single
aim,
Till joining part to part, thy wider soul
Piles up a stately fame. grand, con-
sistent whole.
Not without honor is the prophets name
Save with his country and his kin in
time;
But after years shall noise abroad thy
fame.
Above all other fame in prose or rhyme.
For praise is his who builds for his own
age,
But he who builds for time must look to
time for wage.
Yet. though thy purer spirit do not need
The vulgar guerdon of a brief renown,
Some little need, at least, some little
need
Our age may add to thy more lasting
crown;
Accept an unknown singers thanks for
light
Cast on the dim abyss that bounds our
little sight
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-01-01
GIRLS AS MACHlNISTS.
Two Sisters Learning Trade, Al
though They Have Fortunes.

In order to complete the full mechan-
ical course at the Ohio Mechanics in
stitute Artie May Lomb. nineteen, and
Esther Lomb. sixteen, daughters of G.
W. G. Lomb, mechanical engineer of
Cincinnati, are working daily in the
machine and blacksmith shops of the
institution. They forge and weld iron
and steel with skill, always making
something useful in accordance with
the rules of the school, says a Cincin-
natl dispatch.
In the machine shop they operate
lathes, planers shapers, drill presses
and milling machines, making tools and
parts of machines, engines and other
products of the machine shop. They
are not actuated by the same motives
as the boy who enters an apprentice
ship to learn trade, for each has an
independent fortune of $4,000 left to
her year ago by Judge Daniel H.
Porter of New York.
1t is matter Of principle with the
girls, because they enjoy the studies
and work. They wish to be equipped
with practical education as compe-
tent mechanical engineers in case they
should ever need to support themselves.
Both will be graduated in June after a
six years course, and both expect to
enter Vassar college
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-01-01
HANNA'S JOKE ON WOOD.
Senator Delivered Ii Internationally
at Il Dinner of the CarnbaOs

senator Delivered IL tnintentionally y
at II Dinner of the CarabaOs.
The following joke on Senator Han
ma was passed around through the SEN
ate the other day by persons attending
the recent dinner given at Washington
by the Military Order of the Carabao,
says the New York Herald:
Senator Hanna was entertaining the
members of the Republican national
committee that night and could not get
to the dinner until very late. John NJ.
Thurston was delivering an address on
the glories of the army and navy and
concluded his speech by calling on Sen
ator Hanna to make a few remarks.
The calls for Senator Hanna were so
insstent that he arose and told the
Carabaos that he was too tired to talk.
"If | had known Thurston was going
to do such stupid thing as this" he
remarked, Il should have remained in
my room and sawed wood"
Now. Wood is the question uppermost
in the army mind. Instantly there was
a great commotion around the table.
Roars of explosive laughter filled the
room, and the Carabaos arose as one
man and shouted:
you're saving Wood all right, SEN
ator, How soon will the saw cut
throughW
Senator Hanna looked daZed for a
minute Secretary Of War Root smiled
sardonically. and Senator Foraker, who
is managing General Leonard Woods
case before the senate committee on
military affairs, gazed upward at the
ceiling.
"All right" said Senator Hanna
when the hubbub had subsided. "if you
want to take it that way you are well
nome tp do 81 "
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-01-01

The brains of more than 800 hogs
wore recently served as the sole dish at
the first annual banquet of the Potts
town Pa.) Brain club. Members OF the
borough council, the chief burgess ana
all other borough cehcers, together with
many prominent manufacturers. busi-
ness men and newspaper men, were the
guests. There were fried brains, boiled
brains. roasted brains brain salads ana
brains served in every style imaginable
at this feast of intelects. To provide
for the banquet the butchers at kecks
abattoir had saved the brains of half
thousand hogs.