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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-02
TEN YEARS IN BED

R. A. Gray, ]. P. Oakville, Ind,
writes, "For ten years was confined
to my bed with disease Of my kidneys.
1t was so severe that could not move
part Of the time. consulted the very
best medical skill available, but could
get no relief until Foley's Kidney
Cure was recommended to me. 1t has
been Godsend to me."-The Brown
Pharmacy.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-02
First published in Chanute Times. May %, 1908
Notice of Hearing Of Druggist
Parnnit

State Of Kansas, County Of Neosho. SIS:
To all whom it may concern. greeting: Know
ye that I, S. N. Neal, the undersigned pbar.
macist of Neosho county, State Of Kansas, did
on the oath day of May, 1906, file in the
Probate Court of Neosho county, and State Of
Kansas, petition duly signed by citizens of the
ist Ward, in the City of Chanute, Neosho coun-
ty. Kansas where said business is located. pray
ing for druggists permit to be granted to me
to sell Intoxicating liquors for medical mechan.
of one year. The averments and allegations set
forth in said petition to come up for hearing at
the Office OF The Probate Judge at Erie, Kansas,
on Tuesday, the 9th day of June, 1905, at 10
o'clock q. m.
s. NJ. NEAL, Applicant.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-02
HUGE TASK

1t was a huge task, to undertake the
cure of such bad case of kidney di'
sease. as that of C. F. Collier, of
Cherokee; Ia, but Electric Bitters do
it. He writes: "My kidneys were so
far gone could not sit on chair
without cushion, and suffered from
dreadful bacKache, headache and de
preston. In Electric Bitters, how
eyer, l found cure, and by them was
restored to perfect health, recon-
mended this great tonic medicine to
all with weak kidneys, liver or stom
ach. Guaranteed by all druggists;
price SOC.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-02
Curse of Drink
CURED TO STAY CUREI

DRUNKENNESS CURED TO STAY CURED
BY WHITE RIBBON REMEDY.
No taste. No odor. Any Woman can
food without patients knowledge.
White Ribbon Remedy will cure or destroy
the diseased appetite for all alcoholic drinks,
whether the patient is a confirmed inebriate, a
"tilper," social drinker or drlnkard Impos-
sible for any one TO have an appetite for alco-
holic liquors after using White Ribbon Remedy.
1t has made many thousands of permanent
cures, and in addition restores the victim TO
.ba Mi, nnw.r sad e % rais
temptation.
Write DIR. W. r. Arown. 21s fremont St.,
Boston, for trial package and letter OF advice
adential and destroyed as soon as answered,
White Ribbon Remedy sold by druggists every
where also sent by mail in plain package. price
H.e0.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-02
lust WHAT EVERYONE SHOULD DO

Mr.. J. T. Barber of Irwinville, Ga. g.
always keeps a bottle of Chamber
lain S Coiic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy at hand ready for instant
use. Attacks of collie, cholera, morbus
and diarrhoea come On so suddenly
that there Is no time to hunt a doctor
or go to the store tor medicine, Mr..
Barber says: ~ have tried Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy which is one of the best med
icines ever saw, I keep bottle OF
it in my room as have had several
attacks OF collie and it has proved to
be the best mediciae l ever used
Sold by all druggists.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-02
WAS WASTING AWAY

The following letter from Robert
R. Watts, of Salem, Mo-, 10 instruc-
tive. II have been troubled with
kidney disease for the last FIVE years
l lost flesh and never felt we'll and
doctored with leading phsiciaus and
tried all remedies suggested without
relief. Finally tried Foley's Kid.
ney Cure and less than two bottles
completely cured me and am now
sound aud well.--The Brown Phar.
macy.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-02

cures made by Or.
Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kid
ney, liver and blad-
der remedy.
It is the great med
ical triumph of the
nineteenth century ;
discovered afteryears
of scientific research
by DIR. Kilner, the
kidney and
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-02

jonas Cash Grocery sells DeLaval
Milk Separators on very easy terms.
BurrIe Bros. make a specially
Of farm loans. Rooms and 8
Mercantile building.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-02
WARNING

If you have kidney or bladder trou-
bl. and do not use Foley's Kidney
Cure, you will have only yourself to
blame for results. an 1t positively
cures all forms of kidney and bladder
diseases.-The Brown Pharmacy.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-02
Cheap Farm Insurance
Mennonite Mutual OF Newton, Kansas
Farm Hsuses, Barns, STOCK, Machinery

Mennonite Mutual or Newton, Kansas
Farm Hsuses. Barns. STOCK. Machinery
Etc.
CASH PLAN: Fire and lightning, one year
Soc; three years 81 five years $3.50 per hundred.
For fire, lightning, tornado and wind storms
five years 81 40 per hundred.
NOTE PLAN: For fire, lightning, tornado
and wind storms give five year note for 3 per
cent. OF what lou insure paying one-ffth OF the
note cash down to be Endorsed on the note
Each year the company will call for enough to
pay its losses only and has never in rs years
much less Balance of the note is cancelled
and returned to you. Tho note plan is the
cheaper and you get insurance at cost.
Country churches and school houses insured
either plan cheaper than any other company.
Blooded stock insured for much less than any
other company.
1t is not In the trust, pool or combine and
never will be, but will continue to insure coun-
try property at cost. The farmers of Neosho
county are paying too much for insurance.
can save you oAefourth TO one-half or more
This is worth considering. 1 want the sub
stantial farmers Of Neosho county to fully in.
vestigate the Mennonite and save money. All
those who come TO my office or write me SO
can save unnecessary expense. can insure at
above low rates. A policy and survey fee of 81
to 81 to others may be added where expense is
attached but our desire is to never charge it,
see or write Geo. K. Bideau. agent for Cha
mute. Neosho county and vicinity. In office all
day Saturday. Room 81 Lapham building, city
phone 565.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-02

Chronic bronchial troubles and
summer coughs can be quickly reliev-
ell and cured by Foles's Honey and
Tar.-The Brown Pharmacy.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-02

bladder specialist, and IS wonderfully
successful in promptly curing lame back,
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder and
Bripht's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-RO0t is not rec
commended for everything buff you have
kidney. liver or bladder trouble 1t Will be
found Just the remedy you need. 1t has
been tested in so many ways, in hospital
work and in private practice, and has
proved so successful in every case that a
special arrangement has been made by
which all readers of this paper, who have
not already tried it, may have a sample
hottie sent free by mail, also book tell
ING more about Swamp-Root, and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trou-
Bile. When writing mention reading this
generous offer in this paper and send your
;'' U.s. + $ 4 R:i : 4;:$:;
ffty-cent and one
dollar size bottles are Homo of swamp Root
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
and the address, Binghamton, N. Y, on
every bottle.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-02
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK {
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-02

address to DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton,
N. Y. The regular
ffty-cent and one
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

keerful." he walled. ''Dey hafnt no
moh such fiddle strings wifin foh hun
dred mile of dis year place."
From which it will be seen the COM
mittee on music for that Fourth of July
celebration was up against the real
thing. The wool and whiskers of the
SightleSs negro were white with age.
and bodily infirmities had bent him al
most double. How he got to that out
landish place and what was his regular
business l do not know, for l then had
troubles of my own and didn't bother
much with the affairs of other people.
That night, regardless of the rattle Of
musketry, / Slept Sweetly in a sort OF
barn. In the morning / removed from
a new set of harness a number of nice
straps, needed to replace the ones on
my pack broken in the encounter with
the rattleSnake, and once more sought
the dusty trail to the Pacific Coast.
Near the log bridge was a small boy
boiling coffee at campfire. Close by
in the woods stood a battered stage
coach, with four skinny white horses
tethered to the wheels. eating their
breakfast. The boy said his pa. who
was still celebrating in the town. owned
the rig. They had some from Boise
City, 160 miles away, with Stageload
of fresh vegetables. Pa had cleaned uD
a nice wad of money selling cabbages
to the miners, and would start for
Boise that day. Pretty soon papa
stopped shooting up the camp and came
down to the bridge for breakfast.
boned the old man for ride to Boise,
and he looked with favor on the propo-
sition. He was veryt sleepy, expected
to be more or less drowsy on the home
ward trip of four days and would take
me along, provided l could drive
four-in-h hand. OF course 1 could. and
the battered coach fooled across the log
bridge with me on the box
The vegetable man curled up in the
bottom of the coach and snored. There
was nothing for me to do but to hold
the reins, as the horses had too much
sense to leave the trail. Sometimes the
boy crawled inside and i had the entire
Northwest to myself Toward evening
we encamped at a water hole just va
Gated by the ST. Vitus' dance man, set
ting out on his night tramp. Still, i felt
confident of beating him to Boise City,
if he contemplated visit to that place.
Those were four grand days, tooling
the ur-in-hand, and / gaze back with
pride on my career as a stage driver.
But one untoward incident marred
this trip, and / was not to blame. Be
sides his bottled goods. the old man had
bought a pair of high-heeled calfskin
boots, for which he paid SIS. In his
waking moments the boots were his
theme and glory. The second night out
he was SO far recovered as to sleep on
the ground, using the new boots for
pillow. Field mice, or some other
equally ravenous rodent, banqueted on
the SIS boots, eating the feet off at the
oily ereases at the ankles. The rage
and grief of the old man were awful to
behold, and his frothings gave me a
line On the folly of pinning ones faith
to earthly treasures. For the next two
days the indignant and highly incensed
old gentleman cursed every living
thing, including birds of the air and
monsters of the deep
At Boise I worked two weeks in q
horse corral and made grub stake Of
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

the lane. which. by the way, was and
is yclept Broadway because at certain
times of the night it is so narrow and
crooked, was caused by a germ came
to our friend Fizzs mind one MORN
ing. 1t was Morning after previous
Night, with capital letters. Feeling
within himself many of the symptoms
which we have described above, he be-
gan forthwith to search for some sci
entif1c explanation. In these days every
thing from laziness to barratry and
bankruptcy is caused by a germ, and
nothing was more natural than that
Mr.. Fizz should ascribe his lost, ruined
and generally undone condition to the
ravages of defenseless germ. Germs
have very few friends any way and
there is no apparent reason why they
should not be charged with all the ills
to which human flesh is heir, especially
those for which the victim desires to
shirk the responsibility.
Having found the germ, Mr.. Fizz set
about the discovery of an anti-toxin
that should be able to put the afore-
said germ out of business. The obvious
relief was in homeopathy. Similia
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
Fdb1es for the / 6o1ish13z11l1nu4eAz,,,

1t can thus be seen at a casual glance
that the problem with which we are
confronted, especially about this time
of the year, is no simple one. How can
man drink and not drink simultaneous
ly, contemporaneously and concurrent
ly? We shall not venture to propose an
answer. principally because we do not
believe there is any. At least we have
never found one in any of our careful
scientific experiments and observations.
However, in order to show how it can
not be done, and therefore to hold up a
beacon light TO the young men Of
America and Jersey City, we shall COM
ment very briefly on some of the sa
lient facts in the career of Mr.. William
G. Fizz, late of Manhattan-both city
and cocktail.
Mr. FiZz was reputed by those who
claimed TO be in a position to know to
be the original discoverer of the booze
bug. The Notwithstanding discovery was
made late one night on a certain
brightly lighted street which runs from
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wound up in a whistle. In ciump of
bushes, so close to the stream his few
cred feet were soaking In the water, lay
a man rolled in blankets. When spoke
to him, he leaped up, pistol in hand, but
seeing nothing but a frazzled kid, the
stranger calmed down. He was heading
for the effete East and didn't care how
soon he got there, he said. Bellview, a
mining camp on the Wood River, was
one days stroll to the westward and if
that was my destination L mad best be
going, the man minated. Seeing he
didn't care for my choice company cut
out sleep for that day and hustled on to
Bellview.
/ reached Wood River at dusk and
was crossing bridge built of logs,
leading to the town, when familiar
yet puzzling sound broke out at the
other end of the bridge. There seemed
to be some one whistling an operate
air to Chinese orchestra accompani-
ment. Then form came twitching
and jerking along in the cleaning. My
mentor-my guide, the tramp with St.
Vitus' dance and the long stemmed
frying pan, loomed up. 1t was the
banging of his pan against the bridge
rail that heralded the approach of an
old friend.
Hello, sonny" he said between jerks.
Where are you going?"
Into the town." I replied. Amy
thing doing?"
well, 1 should say Too hot there
for me. This is Fourth of July and
you're just in time to see the fireworks
go off. Hear 'em shooting up the town
Wish you luck"
Having jerked -out this bulletin, the
tramp moved away in the darkness.
still whistling and beating haphazard
time with the frying pan.
Meanwhile our country's natal day
was being blown off to beat the band.
it sounded like the published reports of
the siege of Port Arthur. with the walls
of the manned and dying tossed in on
the side. The mining camp had but
one street, a crooked thoroughfare fol-
lowing the bend of the river. Great
sbonfires blazed in the middle of the
street and the grand illuminating effect
was heightened by lanterns made of
red paper or a framework of sticks
hung on the shanties. In lieu of fire
works, the patriotic inhabitants let off
guns and pistols loaded with balls, and
the popping was truly exhilarating
The main celebration ragged in a big
saloon and dance hall. Three or four
rlckety females took turns waltzing
with half hundred frenzied patriots
who employed each other as dancing
partners until the ladies were at liber-
ty. This terrific outburst of social
grandeur and gaiety after my lonesome
spell in the desert all but stunned me-
Wishing to be patriotic and at the
same time devilish, 1 left my pack out
side the dance hall and treated myself
to one glass of beer, which cost Ii
cents. This / believe, is about the
cheapest Fourth of July 1 ever put in
The soothing waltz strains for tha,
spirited revelry were produced by ar
aged blind negro, who sawed away in
the corner on a fiddle with one string
Whenever the more reckless dancers
piled up near him the blind negro
turned in terror and lowered his fiddle
like a hen with a brood of chickens
Fob Gawd's saik, gemmens, do be
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

similibus curantur, which is, being in
terpreted the hair of the dog is good
for the bite. To put his theory into
language that shall be comprehensive
to the layman, Mr.. Fizz came to the
conclusion after at least fifteen min
utes' study that the only way to kill
the booze bug was by drowning 1T in
the medium in which it was discov-
cred. 1t was as though one should at
tempt to kill all the fish in the sea by
spraying the surface of the ocean with
a garden hose, but the inconsistency of
his position did not seem to worry Mr..
Fizz. Perhaps it appealed to him.
Having settled the matter to his own
satisfaction, Mr. Fizz at once set out
to put his cure into effect. To the ordi-
nary observer it was very difficult
feat to distinguish between the malady
and the cure, but Mr.. Fizz was certain
that he could see a difference. At any
rate there was a great difference in the
ideals. of the two courses of conduct
and that should be the determining fac
tor. Furthermore, the added ease of
conscience with which he sailed forth
night after night was enough to repay
him amply for all the mental anguish
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

forward on foot to the busy haunts of
man. So I plagiarized his travelling out
fit to the smallest detail-frying pan,
coffee pot, water cans and blankets
and tore myself away from the Nor
mons. Those polygamous persons said L
was fastening onward to my doom.
That was better than TO stop in one
place and wait for the DOOM
Aside from a touch of loneliness when
night shut in, hoofing the trackless des-
ert wasn't such a bad job. 1t was 80
per cent better than driving mules on
the railroad dump, and when tired
walking 1 could run while, if so dis
posed, being my own boss. After the
first day on account of the heat /
switched my time card and walked at
night It was late in June when 1 start
ed on this saunter, and the dry heat
was intense. There were many long
stretches between streams, and on
these laDses the faithful water cans
enabled me to keep UP a full head of
steam. Rather than take desperate
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
Luck Tales dnd dDo1n6s of
By Cherries Dryden

chances toted water ev5ly step of the
way.
Generally, though. 1 managed to
reach spring. water hole or stream
after an all-night tramp, and there
rested comfortably in the shade of the
willows. If the stream appeared to
have the goods 1 hung my pack on a
willow tree. got out my trusty fish line
captured a grasshopper and added fried
trout to my regular fare of bread and
bacon. Fresh bread daily, without the
aid of an oven, is the main standby OF
the overland hobo. Here is the way
we make and bake it:
My only utensil was the frying pan.
In that 1 mixed a dough of self-rising
-four and water. The loaf was shaped
like a large doughnut, the hole in the
middle being left to obviate that sad
and soggy feeling noticeable sometimes
in open-air bread. l baked my loaf in
the frying pan, over the fire, until the
bottom was cooked; then l propped the
pan on edge alongside the blaze and
allowed the reflected heat to bake the
top. Better results, hobo cooks aver,
are obtained in this manner than by
turning the loaf upside down in the
pan. The weight flattens the uncooked
surface and spoils the artistic effect.
Having no broom straws with which
to tell when the bread was done, l
tested the loaf with my teeth, and was
doubly thankful, sometimes, / had such
good, strong teeth. A little gravy, like
mother used to make, is very nice on
this bread.
For more than a week the only hu-
man form 1 saw was my own image
in the pools from which / dipped up
water Being in no hurry, L spent a
profitable lot of time fishing, and
wasted some more wishing for a gun
with which to slay jackrabbits. Every
clump of sage brush sheltered family
of long-eared jacks. and large colonies
of unsettled rabbits hoped across the
trail in the soft moonlight.
One night 1 found a mule whip lying
in the dust, and as l stopped over to
pick il up the whip coiled and sprung
its rattle My footwork in the sidestep
getaway was so rapid the sudden start
broke the strap that bound me to my
pack and 1 left it in the road. The
rattler held his position and sent out
repeated warnings. that he was not to
be monkeyed with. but | bombarded
him with sand and bush tops until he
moved away and allowed me to recover
the pack. After that, had 1 come
across a mule whip, gold-handled and
studded with diamonds, blazing in the
light of a deceitful moon, l would have
smothered the temptation to pick it up.
Besides, l was making fairly good time
without whip.
A little after daylight one morning i
was pitching my camp beside purling
streamlet when a beauteous sound
smote the air. 1t was a robust human
snore that started with a gurgle and
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I)>>A
- T61X<lS
IFLF. HIORSR,

Ting mugs and mugesses in some of
de boxes, but none of 'em looked so
like ready money as Duchess Her
chin and eyebrows was up like she
was saying what an awful time de
'ristocrats did have mixing wit de
commons, her shoulders was bumped
like she was saying she would do her
duty and be seen by de rubbers in de
walk If she died for it and her eye
was out for a glad smile to de un
known million-winners who might
like to mix wit her for de good of de
cause-and our benefit.
Well. de daddy buck in de next box
he pretty soon leans over to me and
he says, How did Debenture Pre-
ferred close on de tape?"
"Steen and naith," / says, just for
luck.
."Steen and naith,'' he says, smiling
big My word, dat is good for me.
for 1 took a flyer in de morning and
forgot to order q sell, and at dat price
I'm ten more tousand to de good on
de days RISE I've done pretty well
by Debenture Preferred on dis bulge
of de market" he says. Not so big
as some, but I'm about a million
ahead of de market"
Oats fairly good" 1 says. wonder
ing If ] would have de price of
Frankfort sausage and beer If we
walked home instead of taking de tun-
mel. Oats fairly good. 1 done rad
der we'll on de market meself,' | says
"a few hundred tousand more or
less dan a Million" says, giving
nod to me fren de barkeep, who just
floats BIZ wit his steady.
Yes, I heard you made a fat kill
ing in Debenture Preferred" he says,
smuggling up to our box. / knowed
den who he took me for. because Mr..
Paul had been playing de street for
little whirl and was to de good on
Debenture Preferred and de come-on
next door links / was Mr.. Paul. Wen,
dere was no harm in daft Mr.. Paul
didn't hear OF it.
LET me introduce me wife" he
says next, and Duchess gives 'em bote
a bow dat swept de box clean. 1t was
a swisher for fair. After dat we gets
busy RAIDER fast De felly tells me