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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-01

work WIS such as might be due 10 the
purely personal element which would
have been largely supplied by my COM
tinuanCo with the Work IN uh advisory
capacity Az far M the actual ongi'
noering and construction work IN cone
cerned, Mr. Dauchy was fuzzy M CAPE
able as
NEVER ASKED FANORS.
Despite an " the encouragement
And obstacles which which have sur
rounded this work, az the secretary
knows and has practically stated In his
letter | ondenyOrod 10 faithfully ana
vigorously perform the duties Of my
Olllco ana have never complained or
criticised my suporlors on any one con.
uoclod with the work and ns stated M
the scorotNys letter | have never ro.
quosted additional omolumonls ~
asked any fHyoW " personal nuturu
ana amy suggestions which ! have
made. us his statement viii bear me
out. have been made by ! considered
them necessary for Increased EFFORT IN
the work
"1'ho reorganization " the WORK IN
April was not considered idonl but uf
II was such decided Improvement
over the existing condition of analrn
ana seemed lo be an that could hp done
under existing laws ! gave II my hearty
approval
u have made no criticism Of person.
mel or individuals bat ! do believe that
the obstacles due TO the governmental
methods required by existing laws are
80 serious that they VIII have to be-
eliminated II the American people are
Ia see the Panama canal constructed In
u reasonable time aud at II moderate
cost,
REASON FOR STATEMENT
"My only desire I'm Ms statement
has boon lo protest against what
consider tho unjust domuOiullons NJ
the secretary uud 10 nIN inform my
personal friends mud professional
brethren VINO have been familiar WIlh
my career ~ the essential hDN rr,
pling lo this Wuitcr ! pmphUll,ally
disclnlm ull responsibility tor the var.
ious statements recently published, ul.
legged Ia have been made by eo.cullrd
friends
lslmcd) "JouN r. WALLACE"
WALLACE SuT ENGAGrp,
Now YORK. june 30. When ya,cd To.
UuN " ~ were llN' IlhI IIll lII'l NolF
ough Rapid Transit company huH ou.
gagged John T. wallace. formerly rhIof
engineer NJ the Panama canal result.
INK I'm his resignation from tine canal
position August belmont president ~
the hiorhnronRh company said
There IN not the slightest truth iu
the report that HE marlborough has
had for u moment I'm mind the engage
monl Of Mr. Wallace, nor win n cou-
slider H. The Peterborough company
does not make IL practise ~ buying
men from their engagements, II seeks
10 secure those who are Wiling to on.
ter lts service In spirit Of loyalty ANA
who VIII remain and observe Ils inter.
csts and ldoullfv their future with A.
and, above all n viii not go into the
government service 10 TINT services
detrlmomt and take away ~ best IN
s,rumcnls but WIN continue It's n.
forts exclusively Ia huild aud manage
transportation In Greater New York
with the best material II can lHcili.
tate and houorably command"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08

last, having been stricken while on the
floor. In this room there is now a genial
gentleman who has been clerk of the
house for ten years, or ever since the
republicans regained control in 1895.
He is Maj. Alexander Mcdowell of Penn.
syivania, and he is likely to hold that
office as long as the republicans re-
main in power in the house if he wants
to. He is extremely popular, as much
on account Of his ability as a racon-
teur as anything else, as he has a fund
of amusing and timely stories always
on tap.
Maj. Mcdowell is veteran of the
civil war, but is never heard to boas,
OF his exploits during that trouble. He.
is much given to joking his old COM
rades about war experiences and is in.
inclined to queer" some of the tales
they are prone to tell about the part
they played in the army. He relates
an incident that occurred not long ago
at Grand Army reunion, where one
of the veterans held his hearsrs SPELL
bound as he told of a miraculous ex-
periepce he had had with a confederate
bulletin one of the biggest battles of the
civil war. This old soldier related how
in the din of battle he distinctly heard
whispered in his ear the warning, "I1l
hit you, I'll hit you'll A moment after
he was struck in the arm by ball.
Maj. Mcdowell followed this soldier
and declared that he, too, had had a
similar experience. At the battle of
Fredericksburg he, too, had. distinctly
heard that whispered warning, "I'll hit
you, I'll hit you. I'll hit you!" "When
heard that whisper" declared the ma
jor, 81 said to myself: I'll be derned if
you do and got behind a tree"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
Beneficial Upheavals.

Every once in awhile wave of public
sentiment sweeps across the country, as
definable in its movement and character
as any other real and physical thing.
Generally speaking, this popular feeling
finds expression in suggested legislation
or constitutional amendment. Any stu
dent Of american history. viewed from
its political and legislative standpoint,
knows that an examination of congress
sional records presents panorama, SO
TO speak, of great public movements,
eliminating sometimes in actual legis-
lation, but more frequently subsiding
without definite result. 1t is a good
thing, declares the Washington Post,
very truly, to clear the political and So
cial atmosphere with these upheavals.
Stagnart air is fatal. and even a cyclone,
with all its accompanying trouble, is
preferable to an atmosphere so heavy
that 1t has lost all its vitality.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08

When the recent blizzard struck
Washington some of the southern states
men began to drink apple toddy to keep
out the cold. One very distinguished
senator drank numerous toddies. Usual
ly. pale of face, he became redder and
redder as the toddies began to get in
their work. and when he went to dinner
his face was the color of cardinals cap.
my DEAR" asked his anxious wife IS he
hove in view, "wnat makes your face so
red?" The distinguished southern
statesman paused to reply He needed
an excuse and needed it badly. Then
he was hit by a happy thought. He
gazed animatedly out at the swirling
snow and said: why, my dear, have
been sitting out in the sun for an hour
or two"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08

James Shields, of Illinois; o. P.
Morton, Indiana; John j. ingalls,,
Kansas; John Winthrop and Samuel
Adams, Massachusetts; John Hanson
and Charles Carroll, Maryland; Will
liam King, Maine; Lewis Cass, Michi-
gan; Thomas H. Benton and F. P.
Blair, Missouri; John Starke and Dan
iel Webster, New Hampshire; Richard
Stockton and Phil Kearney, New Jer-
sey; R, D. Livingston and George Clin-
ton, New York; James A. Garfield and
William Allen, Ohio; Robert Fulton
and Peter j. Muhlenberg, Pennsyl-
vania; Daniel Greene and Roger Will
liams, Rhode Island Samuel Houston
and Stephen Austin, Texas; J. CollaGn-
er and Ethan Allen, Vermont; John E.
Kenna and F, H. Pierpont, West Vir-
ginia; Pere Marquette, Wisconsin.
Statuary hall is great show place
for visitors at the capitol and the
guides have the history of the statues
at their tongues end. In addition to
the marble statues this hall is cele-
brated as whispering gallery and for
oddities in acoustics. Persons on the
opposite side of the big room, when
standing on particular spots, can con-
verse with each other in whispers, al
though the hall may be crowded. In
another spot when a person is spoken
to by another at a distance the sound
of the speakers voice seems to be over
his head and in tremendous volume.
The ceiling of this old hall was recon
structed two or three years ago and
some of the peculiar echoes were de-
stroyed, but enough remain to help the
capitol guides earn their fees by anus
ing the visitors.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08

this place, but ordinarily the
uninitiated congressman will pass
the house with look of contempt, as
it is about as unattractive as any res
taurant or saloon in the city. 1t is a
low, two-storied brick house, wedged in
between pawnshops, with old-fashioned
small-paned windows, not over clean.
and step down from the pavement to
the doorway. Few strangers recognize
in this little dirty brick house the cele-
brated "Hancock's," of Washington.
The interior of this saloon or restau-
rant is as unattractive as the exterior.
A little short wooden bar at one side.
with an oyster counter at the other.
and an extremely low-ceilinged. saw
busted, dark room do not appeal. to
esthetic tastes. Behind that bar. how
ever, are some of the Oldest and best
liquors in Washington and the colored
barkeeper is the son Of the original dis
penser of drinks whose secret decoc-
tons tickled the palates of Daniel
Webster, Henry Clay and other great
dead and gone statesmen. The same
BRAND of WHISTLES, rum, wines and
brandies are there to-day and Hancock
punch and Hancock cocktails are en-
joyed by few of the senator's and reu-
resentatives. just as they were so wears
ago by their predecessors in the can
itol
In the kitchen of this little restau-
rant reigns a genuine old-time Vir-
GINA nanny" with a bandana hand
kerchief tied around her head. The
kitchen is faultlessly clean and ont of
1t come the most appetizing and delici-
Gus dinners of fried chicken. terrapin.
quail and other delicacies that were
ever eaten in Washington or anywhere
else. 1t has become the fad lately. to
have little dinner parties at Hancock.s
for fried chicken dinner.s
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08

with any proposition to amend the
present tariff laws. He says he wants
a bill of particulars brought in to show
wherein the present law works any in
justice to the country. The other day
he called at the white house and had a
talk with President Roosevelt on the
subject. Much as these two men differ
in their tariff views, they are very
warm friends and all their conferences
are characterized by good nature
The, president asked Gen. Grosvenor
if he had studied the tariff schedules
and found any on which the duties
could be lowered. The general said
that he had found just one. In looking
over the law he found that there was
duty of one dollar ton on basic Stag
He said he did not know what basic
Stag was until he looked it up and
found that it was used as fertilizer
AS it is the policy to admit all ferti-
liZerS, anything calculated to increase
the productiveness of the farmers land
free of cost, he thought this one dollar
a ton duty might be taken off basic
Stag.
Gen. Grosvenors other nickname in
the house is" Old Figgers." He earned
this by predicting very closely the ma
jority the republicans would have in
the Fiftyfourth congress when they
came back into power He followed
this up with very close predictions of
the states which Mr.. Mckinley carried
in 1896 and again in 1900.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08

j. b. CORTON. nave EdlSc4 ten
pounds Of weight from the ground, the
pain was so severe. This was my con-
dition when began using Doann Kid.
ney Pills. They quickly relieved me
and now am never troubled as was.
My back is strong and I can walk or
ride long distance and feel # st as
strong as did twenty-five years ago.
1 think SO much of Doan's Kidney
Pills that have given supply of the
remedy to some of my neighborss and
they have also found good result !. II
you can sift anything from this ramb-
ling note that will be of any service to
you, or to any one suffering from kid
ney trouble you are at liberty to do SO"
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. 7. Fer sale
hy III dealers. Price 20 cents.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
BULLION S. GRASS

Agricultural Editors wrote about it.,
Agr. College Professors lectured about it.,
Ayr. Institute Orators talked about It.,
while in the farm home by the quiet ire
side, in the corner grocery, in the village
post-office, at the creamery, at the depot,
in fact wherever farmers gathered, Salzer's
Billion Dollar Grass, that marvellous grass,
good for 5 to IA tons hay per acre and
lots of pasture besides, is always a theme
worthy of the farmers voice.
Then comes Bromus Inermis, than which
there is no better grass or better perma-
nent hay producer on earth. Grows wher-
ever soil is found. Then the farmer talks
about Salzer's Teosinte, which produces
100 stocks from one kernel of seed, IL #.
high, in 100 days. rich in nutrition and
good for so tons of green food per acre.
Victoria Rape, the luxuriant food for
hogs and sheep, which can be grown at
great food for sheep, hogs and cattle, also
come in for their share in the discussion.
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS
and this notice to John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, for their big catalog
and many farm seed samples. TX. IL
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
Ban on Feminine Cuss Words.

A recent dispatch from Carbonate,
Pa, says: The local branch of the
w. G.. T. U. has addressed an open
letter to women and school girls ad-
monishing against the common use OF
such expressions as my Lord" and
"Good Heavens!" They say that the
men are the principal offenders in this
respect, but they despair of reforming
them. The leaders of the union in
terviewed said that it was the inten-
ton of the local union to start a cru
sade against the use of all slang. by
GOSH" ooh, fudge!" "Lordie!' Rub
Der" and "Knocker" will be banned
as "swear" words. A Mrs. Arm Bro
die, superintendent of the department
of purity, at whose dictation the let
ter was written, said: Prominent
members of the church are given to
this form of profanity, and get they
wonder at the increasing blasphemy
throughout the country. Oh. for
woman actuated with the same spirit
as Mrs. Nation, to go out fearlessly
and smash the blasphemers." "The
teachers in the public schools" said
another, ARE responsible for a great
deal of this form of swearing. They
use such expressions as Gracious and
Goodness and in my opinion these
are at best substitutes for profanity"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
Judge John F. oliver, of Sioux Cit,

Judge John F. Oliver. of Sioux City,
was trying case in which the ownership
of Jersey COW was disputed. Some of
the more important evidence related to
the cows disposition while being MIXED.
the testimony on this point being con-
iiicting. His honor calmly adjourned
court, proceeded to the barn where the
animal was being kept and in true
farmer style MIXED the cow himself.
The result of this practical experiment
left him no doubt as to the rights of the
case. which he decided at once on re-
opening court
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
Arraignment of Football.

The annual report of President Eliot
will interest the graduates of the col
lege, and some parts of the report,
notably the references to football, will
attract unusual attention throughout
the country. The evils of that game
are treated in a way which might be
called extreme If the statements were
made by the ordinary observer; but
the honest friends of football must
admit, says the Harvard Bulletin, that
1T deserves all that President Eliot
says about it. Many football coaches
will now rush into print with afflrma-
lions that they never taught their
players to violate the rules set down
for the control of the game, and In
individual cases such statements may
be true, but every one who has closely
followed the development of football
knows that in general players are
coached to break the rules, provided
they can do SO without being seen by
the officials. If football is to be pre-
served, its friends should find some
means of enforcing the rules or of pro-
yiding regulations which can be car
ried out. 1t is easy to see the abuses
which now exist, but not so simple
matter to give remedy. The fuEda-
mental trouble lies in the overWhelm-
ing desire to succeed at any cost which
seems now to be characteristic of the
American people. The theme of many
editorials in the Bulletin lately has
been that college athletics are no Ion
ger sports, but serious business, and
this charge applies particularly to
football AS long as that spirit exists,
players will keep on violating the
rules, especially in game where it is
almost impossible to see such intrac-
tons.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
COULDN'T LIFT TEN POUNDS.
Doan's Kidney Pills Brought Strength and
Health to the Sufferer, Making Him
Feel TWENTY-FIVE Years Younger.

j. B. Corton,
farmer andlum-
herman, of Dep.
pc, N. c., says:
AZ suffered for
years with my
back. It was so
bad that / could
not walk any
d istan c e nor
ride in an easy
buggy. I do not
believe / could
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
men, a fine Ita-

liam marble statue of the wit, sa-
tiristand statesman having been
dedicated short time ago. Each state
is entitled to place for two of it's noted
sons and when the complement is filled
the old house of representatives, now
known as Statuary hall, will resemble
an art gallery.
1t is now Illinois turn to present an
other statue and this she will do by
honoring the memory and history of
one of her most noted daughters, Miss
Frances E. Willard, the great temper
ance advocate. This will be the first
statue of woman to appear in the cap
ltol, but Illinois is proud to honor the
great character and work of Miss Will
lard, which have made the state IA
nous. One of the finest statues in this
collection is that of a Jesuit priest,
Pere Marquette, whose memory the
state Of Wisconsin has honored with a
beautiful Parian marble presentment of
this noted discoverer, missionary,
priest and historian. At first there
was some narrow-minded opposition to
the admission Of statue of a Catholic
priest, but as Wisconsin had selected
Father Marquette as her greatest rep
resentative the statue could not be ex-
cluded from the hall.
So far there are but 10 states repre-
sented in Statuary hall, and some of
them by only one noted son. Some of
the newer states are waiting to see
what the future and their history may
reveal before selecting the man or men
who might best represent them in this
group. There is an unwritten rule that
the noted sons who are given a place
in Statuary hall must be selected from
those who are dead and gone. Some of
the newer states may have to wait a
good many years before they will have
a list of dead statesmen to select from.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08

1ERE is an humble
little restaurant
on the south side
Of Pennsylvania
avenue, near Thir-
teenth S t r e e t,
which is a favorite
resort for many of
the Old-timers in
the house and SEN
ate. Occasionally
these old fellows
will introduce a
new member to
some of the attrac-
tive features of
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
Long List of Statues.

UPERINTENDENT
of the Capitol Ell
lott Woods has
prepared a list of
the statues now in
place. There is a
plaster statue of
George Washing
ton that came from
Virginia, but is not
credited to that
state. The other
statues are: Roger
Sherman and Joha-
than Trumbull, of
G o n n e C t icut;
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
Grosvenor in Fighting Mood.

INERAL GrOSve-
nor, of Ohio, usu-
ally termed the
Santa Claus" of
the house, on ac-
count of his vener-
able white beard,
is a busy man
these days in fight
ing tariff revision
ideas. The gener-
al is a rock-ribbed
protectionist and
has little patience
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
SOUTHERN CONDITIONS AND
PQSSIbIl tiles.

In no part of the United States has there been
such wonderful Commercial, Industrial and
Agricultural development as along the lines Of
the Illinois Central and the Yazoo & Mississippi
Mississippi and louisiana within the past ten
years. Cities and towns have doubled their pop
ulation. Splendid business blocks have beeu
erected. Farm lands have more than doubled
in value. Hundreds of industries have been
established and as a result there is an uuprece,
dented dema nd for
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
Billion Dollar Grnsa

When the John A. Salzer Seed Co., of
La Crosse, Wis, introduced this remark
able grass three years ago, little did they
dream it would be the most talked of grass
in America, the biggest, quick, hay pro-
Queer on earth, but this has come to pass
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
Historic Little Room.

UST of from Stat
uary hall is the Of
flee Of the clerk of
the house, a small
room that was
used by the speak
er of the house
when that body met
in this old hall. 1t
was there that ex-
President John Ad-
ans. at the time a
member of the
house, breathed his
last, having been
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
Day Laborsrs, Skilled Korkmsn,
and especially Farm Tenants,

Parties with small capital seeking an oppor-
tunity to purchase farm home farmers who
would prefer to rent for a couple Of years before
purchasing; and day laborers in fields or facto.
ries should address postal card to Mr. !. r
Merry, Asst General Passenger Agent, DUBUQUE.
Iowa. who will promptly mail printed matter
concerning the territory above described. and
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08

Philosophy, in the final analysis, seems
to consist of convincing oneself that it is
easier, on the whole, not to want things
than it is to get them.-Puck
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08

The emaciated man can always put on
his shoes without grunting, anyhow!-
Western Publisher.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08

Atkinson says, after five years exper-
fence with Peruna:
81 will everc0nfinue to speak a good
word for Peruna. am still cured OF
cafarrh. John O. Atkinson, Inde.
pendence, NO., Box Zz2.
Mrs. ALA Schwandt, Sanborn, Mimi.
writes:
"I have been troubled with rf1eun7a.
fIsn7 and catarrh for fw enfy-fve years.
Could not sleep day or night. After
having used Peruna can sleep and
nothing bofhers me now. fIeveram
affected with any kind of sickness,
Peruna will be the medicine I shall
use. My SON was cured of cafarrh of
the Larynx by Peruna. Mrs. Ala
Schwartz.
When old age comes. catarrhal dis
eases come also. Systemic catarrh is
almost universal in old people.
Address DIR. S. B. Hartman, President
OF The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus.
Ohio, who will be pleased to give you
the benefit of his medical advice gratis.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
ERNEsT HARoLD BAYN
She Didn't Notice It.

What was the piece de resistance
at the Waddington dinner?" asked
Mrs Oldcastle.
Il didn't see any" replied Mrs. Pack
enham. Everything went off as
smooth as could be. and nobody re-
sisted anything. even when they
brought on the ninth kind of wine
Chicago Record Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08

Under date of January 10. 1897, DR..
Hartman received the following letter:
MY wife has been a sufferer from
complication of diseases for the past
twenty-five years. Her case has baffled
the skill of some of the most noted ply
sicians. One of her worst troubles was
chronic constipation of several years.
standing. She was also passing through
that most critical period in the life of a
woman-chapge of life.
{" In June, 1895, wrote to you about
her case. You advised course of
Peruna and Manalin, which we at once
commenced, and have to say it COM
pletely cured her.
''About the same time I wrote you
about my own case of catarrh, which
had been of twenty years standing.
At times 1 was almost past going.
lC0mmenced to use Peruna according
to your Instructions and continued its
use for about a year, and 1t has COM
PIefe!y cured me. "--John o. Atkinson
In letter dated January l, 1900, Mr..