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The Washington times., 1905-02-26

ed, and served with all the evidences
of wealth, but. save for the fitting IN
8nd out of an imposing butler. the old
man and the little boy we're alone. Dur
ing the meal not q word was spoken
except those necessary IN tbs serving
of the food. The boy who did this
through STERN OF several months new
er knew-or, at least. says he never
knew-who the man was nor what were
his circumstances.
Another boy was called every night
TO sit in the room OF blind man from
about 8 to 12 o'clock The blind man
said he could not go to sleep If alone In
the room, When slImter came the boy
got up and left, closing the door, which
had q spring lock.
The Washington times., 1905-02-26
n INNOCENT farmer boy III
Kansas learned from his uncis
how to work a simple trick Win


s,,re thing to his friends that by county
fair time he lad SIS in money and cur
+i,-ated appetite for short cuts TO sue
cess At the fair the usual faker pa.
the inevitable brass watch chalh anu
.rass cot ring in the cornueopia. along
With the time-honored prize poA cod-
tanning from cent TO SO ne COZ isi
Of the $40 bill often stuck right out of
the box-overlooked by the iatuous
faker.
And so presently the farmer boy had
six lots of jewelry, worth perhaps 80
cents. and six little pasteboard boxes,
each containing / cent. He borrowed
e.,arter to get something to eat and
walked sadly home.
Rut the faker was glad, There had
,,een other bright farmer boys In the
crowd and trade had been brisk. That
evening he sorted and counted nearly
s100 with a hot and eager heart, for ne
was only twenty miles from Abilene,
where there was a faro game, ana ne
had worked out an tnfallible system TOT
beating the tiger.
The man who ran this faro game
knew perfectly well that there was an
,nfallible system, but it was diiferent
from, the fakerfs-in fact, he was work
ing The system himself. The second day
the saker borrowed a few dollars TO lay
I'm a fresh supply of little pasteboafd
boxes and brass watch chains and went
hack 10 work, bordering the defects III
his faro system,
The fare man, however, was gay.
There hal been others besides the lax er
at play. His bank rell was swollen untli
The Washington times., 1905-02-26

~ Oh. vESPASIAN WARNER,
courageous soldier, able law
yer. shrewd man of affairs,
great landlord, practical states
man. and-last. but not least-honest
politician, will soon become Commits
s.oner OF TIE Bureau of Pensions.
Some one suggested to Colonel War
ner that he would find the office of
Commissioner Of Pensions no bed of
roses. The colonel replied that he had
not found six years In the army in the
early sixties bed of roses either, but
he had eontrived TO live through them.
To be Commissioner of Pensions is to
assume the hardest office under the Gov
eminent, say those who ought TO know.
Several Commissioners have retired
from office not only sadder but wiser
men. For there are the worrying kind
of worries in the Pension Office. But
when they stack up against Colonel
Warner. provided they are foolish
enough to do SO. they had better stand
from under, for they will soon find that
they are the only ones who are losing
sleep. Eespasian Warner was born
without the faculty of worrying. He
does not even worry other men. With
such a man at the head of the bureau,
which has perhaps caused more furry
and excitement than ali the rest Of the
Government departments together.
! President Roosevelt can rest peace
fully,
While Colonel Warner is kind man
and generous hearted, he hates knock
ers." Constant complaining and tale
bearing is TO him what q red rag is to a
bull. During the love feast months
prior to the Republican convention at
Springfield. when the party leaders
were discussing the avowed candi date
for, governor OF Illinois, one of WON
was Colonel Warner. many speeches
were made. some by the candi-
dates themselves, in which there was
much personal criticism. Finally it
came time for Colonel Warner to address
the assembly He had carefully prepared
epeech dealing with the questions of
- campaign. But as he
ing ne be-
I'd. When
er all idea
prepared.
instead ~ =-4ssE On an at
tack on the knockers anu knocking
that the crowd was astounded. The
knockers, he said. only put fresh am
munition into the cnemys hands. II
must be stopped, not only for decen-
cy's sake, but also to prevent the par
fy's defeat stop knockingi" became
the slogan OF the campaign. What his
course with knockers in his bureau will
be is easy to imagine.
The Washington times., 1905-02-26


office building. brushing the
dust from mis- uniform and looking as
though he might have been INDUCING In
d rough-and-tumble fight, he was asked
what the trouble was. Before he MADE
answer he looked his interlocutor over
carefully to see If the motive prompting
the question was entirely disinterestee
OH he replied, when he was at. last
satisfied that the affair was none OF the
auestfoner's business. and that 1t was
nothing more serious than a matter of
idle curiosity, Il had to climb trough de
fransorn for a ioidy artist on de top
floor what sergot her key
This was the beginning OF an Inquiry
made by the philadelphia Record, from
which It appears that climbing through
transons Is a frequent use TO which the
uniformed messenger is put In fact. a
list of things he is not called to do on
occasion would tax the imagination OF a
writer of fiction or OF fairy tales TO de-
The Washington times., 1905-02-26
Evades Acclamatien.

An instance which shows Colonel War
ner's great modesty occurred at the
Springfield Republican convention. His
The Washington times., 1905-02-26
HIS cup OF HEMLoCK.

Socrates drained the goblet at .
draught. then he made a WHY face.
Gosh. Ali hemiockii said he
That was the way the exclamation
Observation-Disclosures Post.
The Washington times., 1905-02-26
ODD PYRAMIDS OFMESSENGER BOYS
They Act as Chaperons, Hunt Lost Keys and Wake
Themselves Useful in a Great Many Different Ways

the acrobat's desire to take the boy
permanently, but his mother objected,
and he is still on the force.
The Washington times., 1905-02-26
How He Stopped Knock
ing Among Illinois
Republicans.
A Characteristic Speech
on National Defense
Proposition.
Had a Presentiment on
Night Before His
Woundlng.

places implicit confidence IN the men
under him. He never forgives a viola-
ton OF such confidence.
The Washington times., 1905-02-26

w HEN a small messenger boy
n I was seen the other day COM
VI " ing out OF a. Philadelphia
office building, brushing the
The Washington times., 1905-02-26
Colonel Vespasian War
ner a Man of Delight
full Personality.
A Great Hustler, Though
He Never Seems
in a Hurry.
Secuted for Grant and
Fought in Many Big
Battles.

- Oh. vEsPAsIAN WARNER
courageous soldier, able law
yer. shrewd man of affairs
great landlord. practical states
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-04-14
In the SprinQ.

Lowndes, Mo-, April 10th.-Mrs. H.
G. Harry of this place, says:-
For years l was in very bad health.
Every spring | would get so low that
! was unable to do my own work.
seemed to be worse in the spring than
any other time of the year. | was
very weak and miserable and had
much pain in my back and head. !
saw Dodd's Kidney Pills advertised
last spring and began treatment OF
them and they have certainly done me
more good than anything | have ever
used
Il was all right last spring and felt
better than | have for over ten years.
| am fifty years of age and am strong
er to-day than l have been for many
years and | give Dodd's Kidney Pills
credit for the wonderful improve
ment."
The statement of Mrs. Harry is only
one of "a great many where Dodd S
Kidney Pills have proven themselves
to be the very best spring medicine.
They are unsurpassed as a tonic and
are the only medicine used in thou
sands of families.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-04-14
How to Earn Sound Sleep.

All doctors are not so careful or
the welfare of their patients as they
might be. Here is a story of one who
went to the limit. He is the proprie-
tor of a famous health resort not far
from ---. When he receives pa
tient for treatment he says:
Nov, l want it understood that I'M
less you do exactly as | say, there Is
no use of your staying
This rule sometimes requires him to
be very harsh, but he never hesitates.
He acts on the theory that he can bet
ter afford to offend single patient
and lose him that to have that pa
tient go back home and tell his friends
DR.. So-and-So had done him no good,
relates the Washington Star.
Not long ago a well-known clergy
man went to this resort for treatment.
The doctor looked him over upon his
arrival and said:
while you are here you must take
long walks every day"
But | can't take walks" replied
the parson. Il haven't done any walk
ing for years. My heart won't stand
it"
They argued the question quite
warmly. AS the clergyman and doc
tor were good friends, the latter was
more lenient than usual However,
he bided his time. The next after
noon the physician said to the clergy
man:
Its nice day. would like you
to go horseback riding with me-"
Riding they went. When they were
about eight miles from the sanitarium
the physician said: ooh, doctor, won't
you get me that flower by the road
side? l don't like to leave this
horse"
AS soon as the clergyman was on
the ground the doctor galloped off
with both horses, and the clergyman
was compelled to walk back to the
sanitarium. Upon his arrived he was
very angry, and was for packing up
and leaving at once. There was no
train that night, so he was forced to
stay few hours longer The next
morning he came down radiant and
good natured.
Doctor" said he, Il was pretty
sore at you last night, but l forgive
everything. | have had the first good
sleep | have enjoyed in months. Here
after I'll obey your order implicitly"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-04-14
WHO OWNS THE RAILROADS.

H. 7. Newcomb of the District of
Columbia Bar, has compiled statistics
showing that 5,174,71S depositors in
savings banks of six eastern states
are directly interested in the joint
ownership of SAP ,354,0S6 of steam
railroad securities, that insurance
companies doing business in Massa-
chusetts hold $S45 SS9,O3S Of steam
railroad stocks and bonds and "A edu-
cational institutions depend on SAT-
46S,327 invested in similar securities
for a portion of their income. Other
fduciary institutions own enough
railroad securities to bring such hold
ing up to more than billion and a
half dollars, about one-siXth of the
entire capital invested in railroad
property. These investments repre-
sent the savings of the masses, there
being twenty million holders of life in
surance policies in the country, as
many more of fire insurance policies
and an even greater number of de-
positors in banking and trust institu
tions, where investments are largely
in railroad securities.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-04-14
mo, not exactly"
How not eXactly?"
The cullinan Diamond.

Speculation is rife in mining circles
as to what might have been the fate or
the Cullinan diamond had it not been
picked up on the surface.
A stone of that magnitude, II carried
TO the washing machine, would not
pass through the cylinder, and might
conceivably be picked out and care
lessly thrown aside with the discard
cd Jumps. If. on the other hand, 1t
reached the rollers, it would inevita-
bly, be smashed into several pieces.
Wells. the old Kimberleyite, who had
the good luck to find the record stone,
is said, by the way. to have been re-
warded by a check running into I'VE
fgures.-Diamond Fields Advertiser.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-04-14
The Fincerless Man Explains.

He was man of 40, with the three
last fingers of his right hand missing,
and when he saw that the man on his
right was looking and wondering he
said:
you have been in zoo, haven't
you?"
"Oh, yes"
"You have noticed bones lying about
on the floor of the lions cage?"
Certainly"
"And you have put your hand
through the bars of the cage after one
of them to see what the lion would do.
mo, never did any tom-fool thing
like that. Any man of common sense
knows that the lion would bite him.
So that's the way you lost your fin
gers, is it?"
mo, not exactly"
How not exactly?"
"Why, l got the bone out all right
and the lion only grinned at me, but
next day, while saving wood on ma
chine, I got these fingers in the way
of the old saw and they were nipped
off. Next time you go to the ZOO try II
on. You don't know how easy you can
get the bones out"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-04-14
TIMELY VEGETARIAN RECIPES

Cream of Celery Soup-lngredients:
Celery tops, quart cream or rich
milk.
Method-Put tops in saucepan, cover
with water, simmer one hour. Drain,
return water to pan, add milk and
stalks. simmer one-half hour longer,
season to taste, remove celery, thick
en- to consistency of cream. Serve
hot
Chill Sauce-Ingredients: One
quart strained tomato, 4 tablespoon
fuls minced celery, 3 tablespoonful
minced onion, sugar.
Method-Put all together in sauce
pan, let come to boil, set on back of
range and simmer two hours. A
small piece of lemon peel and cup
of chopped tart apples will greatly
improve the flavor. Cook till apples
are done, remove lemon peel, cool,
serve.
canded Sweet Potatoes-Boil pota-
toes till tender, remove jackets, ar
range in oiled baking pan, sprinkle
with powdered sugar, brown in SLOW
oven.
Sweet Potato CutIets-Pare pota-
toes, cover with boiling water, boil
twenty minutes. drain off half the
water, and cook till soft. They should
be almost dry when done. Mash or
put through ricer. Form in shape of
chops. sprinkle with powdered sugar,
and brown in medium oven. Serve
with sugar peas.
PorkIess Baked Beans-Wash beans,
place in heavy pot and boil five min
utes. Salt to taste. Bake twenty
four hours in slow oven, keeping bare
" covered with water. When done,
the beans should be of a uniform
dark brown. Longer cooking will i'm
prove.
Potatoes Lyonnaise-Chop cold boil
ed or baked potatoes. Season with
salt while chopping. Stir in onions
and parsley minced. If too stiff, thin
with nut cream to consistency desir-
ed. Turn into oiled baking pan,
smooth, brush with cream, brown.
Serve in squares.
Turnips Stewed in cream-Pare
young turnips, cut in dice. Simmer
till nearly done. Drain of nearly all
the water. Add enough cream to
barely cover. Salt to taste. Simmer
till tender (don't bold. Thicker
slightly. Serve.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-04-14
The Beef Trust Grand Jury Resumes
Investigation.
WILL LOOK into REBATES
Wholesale Meat Dealers Testified as
to the Hardships Placed on Small
Dealers by the TruSt-Cattle Suyer
on the Stand.

Chicago April Prices paid Tor
live stock by the packers alleged re-
bates granted the packers by railroads
for the hadling of the same and the
private accounts of some or the pacN-
ing concerns are to be closely inquired
into within the next few days by. the
federal grand jury which is investl-
eating the business affairs of the So
called beef trust.
Another phase Of the question OF the
alleged combination of the packers
in violation of the Sherman ANTITRUST
law and Judge Grosscup's injunction
which is to be inquired into is the
price paid by the wholesale dealers
to the packers for meats. Witnesses
who can give the jurors detailed ana
accurate information along these lines
have been subpoenaed and appeared
at the investigation today. Some OF
these witnesses testified and, although
they refused to make public what they
told the jury, it is said large amount
of data valuable to the government
was secured from them.
James A. Barrett, wholesale meat
dealer, at Morrill,, Wis, was one OF
the witnesses who testified today. lie
is said to have explained to the jurors
the alleged hardships placed upon the
small meat dealers by the packing
concerns. He explained in detail the
prices paid the packers by the whole
salers.
Mr.. Barrett was followed by Samuel
Crobinneheimer, a cattle buyer lot
Schwarzchild & Sulzbelg ger, who IS
said to have testified concerning the
price paid for live cattle by the pack
ers Patrick Cassidy, traffic manager
for the National Packing company,
testified concerning the cost to the
raiser of shipping cattle, and the ar
rangements the packers have with the
railroads for handling live stock and
dressed meats. Altogether ten Wit
nesses were heard today.
With the exception of the Sunday
adiournments, the jury, it is said, will
now proceed steadily to the end OF
the inquiry. The United States at
| torney has announced that May 10
would probably see the close. 1t is
said the hearing of the plea and de-
murrer of Thomas J. Connors, the in
dicted superintendent of the Armour
company. will be disposed of before
the jury presents other true bills in
volving persons on charges of tamper'
| ing with witnesses.
More complaints of interference
with witnesses reached the United
States attorney and Captain Porter
| of the secret service, during the day.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-04-14
An Extra Good Appetite.

A good appetite is a symptom of
good health An extra good appetite
is sometimes a symptom of constitu-
tional disturbance somewhere. A SAM
pie letter sent to the Questions and
Answers" column of prominent
health journal was something like
this:
81 am troubled with pimples, not TO
a great extent, but still very annoying.
They appear principally on the fore
head. but occasionally on other places.
/ often feel languid, and tire easily,
and cannot gain flesh. although | have
an extra good appetite. Still am
not sick, and have not been i'll bed for
a day in my life. Age, nineteen years.
Will you kindly advise me what you
think would remove these pimples?"
There is little doubt but that the
extra good appetite" alluded to al
fords the key to the situation. The d.
gestive organs have more than they
can take care of, and consequently DO
not properly take care of anything fur
nished. There will be frequent head
aches. skin disorders and alternate con-
stipation and diarrhea with such per-
sons. Pimples are a natural result Of
such depraVed blood conditions.
With many people the habit OF
hearty eating is continued when the
warm spring days come. Food which
was appropriate when the thermomet-
er was at zero is continued in the
same quality and quantity when the
thermometer rises to ninety degrees
in the sun, and averages above sixt-
all day and night. The person who
loses his appetite under such condi
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-04-14
NO TONGUE CAN TELL
How Suffered with Itching and
Bleeding Eczema Until Cured
by Cuticura.

mo tongue can tell how l suffered
for five years with a terribly painful
itching, and bleeding eczema, my
body and face being covered with
sores. Never in my life did l expert
ence such awful suffering, and
longed for death, which felt was
near. l had tried doctors and medi'
cines without success, but my mother
insisted that l try Cuticura. l felt
better after the first bath with Cuti
cura Soap and one application of Cuti
cura Ointment, and was soon entirely
we'll. (Signed) Mrs. A. Etson, Belle
vue, Mich"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-04-14
SERIOUS HITCH ARISES.
German And British Bondholders OF
Venezuela May Fail TO Collect

Berlin, April S.-A serious hitch in
the agreement recently signed be-
tween British and German bondhold-
ers and the Venezuelan government
threatens to return the scheme for
the satisfaction of the formers claims
unavoidable. A clause in the con-
tract provides that the proportion of
the revenues allotted to the bond
holders shall be paid to British lega-
ton and consular officials in Vene-
zuela but the British government re-
fuses it's consent. The bondholders
are discussing an alternative arrange
ment but considerable doubt exists
that the contract will be carried out.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-04-14
WAYS THAT BRING BAD LUCK.
Waste is Not Generosity, Nor Is Thrift
Stngincss.

StingifltSSs
There Is an old superstitution that 1t
is bad luck to burn a piece of bread.
The origin of this is obvious, says
the Saturday Evening Post, though
probably few indeed of those, who re-
ligiously adhere to the superstition
have paused to think that 1t dates
from those times when families were
part of the regular order of life.
Famine no longer troubles the i'm
agination of men; but the broad truth
under the foolish superstition remains.
Burning bread isn't any more likely
to bring bad luck than wasting 1t
in another way. But wasting any
thing in any way is extreme provoca-
ton to what we call bad luck IL
the grown people who habitually
waste do not suffer for it their chill
dren surely will-for they will follow
the example set them, and rare indeed
is it that a family can survive the
faults of two successive wasteful gen.
erations.
Waste is not generosity; thrift is
not stinginess. There are millions of
Americans, especially among the poor
and the not-too-well-off, who seem to
think So A thorough investigation
would place at the head of the list of
causes of poverty: Wastefulness in
herited from wasteful parents
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-04-14

There are cases where an operation
is only resource, but when one con-
siders the great number of cases OF
ovarian and womb trouble cured by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound after Physicians have advised
operations, no woman should submit to
one without first trying the Vegetable
Compound and writing Mrs. Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass, for advice, which is free.
Miss Margret Merkley of 275 Third
Street, Milwaukee, Wis, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
Loss of strength, extreme nervousness
shooting pains through the pelvic organs,
bearing down pains and cramps compelled
me to seek medical advice. The doctor, after
making an examination said had ovarian
trouble and liberation and advised an opera
ton. To this strongly objected and decided
to try Lydia L. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound The liberation quickly healed, all
the bad symptoms disappeared and am
once more strong, vigorous and we'll"
Ovarian and womb troubles are stead
lily on the increase among women. If
the monthly periods are very painful,
or too frequent and excessive-if you
have pain or swelling low down in the
left side, bearing down pains, leucor-
rhea, don't neglect yourself try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-04-14
Cigarettes.

Tobacco Injuries men and kills Chi
dren. The Chicago school board has
been having a medical examination oil
certain pupils before allowing them to
take part in certain athletic sports,
Boys and girls were subjected to the
same examination. Not one girl was
found unable to pass, while a large
number of the boys, in almost every
case smokers, were found to be i'll
physical condition which made violent
exercise of any kind very dangerous.
Twenty-one out of hundred were
found unfit, and all but three suffered
from some form of heart trouble. Al
most without exception the unfit onei
were cigarette smokers.