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Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
NAMING A TOWN.
How Abilene Came to Be Selected by
 Mrs. Hersey.

 How Abilene Came to Be Selected by
 Mrs. Hersey.
 Abilene was named by the wife of the founder of the town, T. F. Hersey. With her husband she had come to central Kansas In the spring of 1857. They lived in log house on the west side of Mud creek and were the first settlers on the town site, although no town then existed nor was there one until 1860 Then c. H. Thompson, who had moved to the county from Leaven- worth, bought from the Kansas Pa clfic Railway company q tract east of Hersey's and laid out a town.
 When it came to the naming of the future city Mir. Thompson went to Hersey and asked him to suggest a name.
 "No," was the reply, ''let my wife do it. She Is a great reader"
 Mrs. Hersey was a graduate of q seminary in the east, and her little library, which she carried with her in her wanderings, was one of the ties that bound her to the girlhood life. She was devout Methodist and knew her Bible from 'cover to cover" When she was asked to name the town she turned to the New Testament for sug- gestion. There, in the third chapter of Luke, first verse, she found this: ''Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pjlate being governor of Judaea : and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene"
 "Call the town Abilene" said she. "It means City of the Plains,' and that exactly describes the location"
 So Abilene 1t was. and in the fight for the county seat, wherein it contest ed with Newport, Smoky Hill and Un- ion City, all long since passed away, good fortune attended 1t. and the new town became the county capital for the 3T8 dwellers then in Dickinson county.-Kansas City Star.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
Ohio Grange Notes.

The cooperative committee reported contracts with thirty nine firms.
 The receipts of the state grange ex- ceeded the expenses during the year by the sum of $1,341.77, making the total assets of the state grange at pres ent $19,553.57.
 Sixty-five classes formed and six IT, braries founded is certainly good re- port for the first year of the Ohio state grange agricultural and domestic economy committee under supervision of Dr. Thompson. president of the Ohio State university; Dean Price aud Mrs. Mary l.. Lee.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
EleAl,mRkinu Food.

Cream gruel, according to an emil nent English authority, is the ideal nourishment for thin folk. A teacupful taken at night immediately before re- tiring is said to give marvellous results. To be at its best 1t must be perfectly made, then thinned with sweet cream. Taken in that condition and warm, it is agreeable as well as fattening and produces just that sense of satisfied hunger essential to ideal rest. It Is claimed that perseverance in the treat ment yields such apparent results that the cheeks can be seen to expand from day to day.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
Circulation 100000.

At fair estimate, based on examina- ton of circulation figures given in newspaper directories, this grange de partment appears every week In pa- pers whose combined circulation Is ap- proximately 100000 That means that at low estimate 1t will fall into the hands of 100000 people. Thus Is the grand work of the Order and It's benef- icent doctrines being promulgated through the medium of the press. The grange owes fealty to the papers that publish these matters of special inter- est to It's members.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
ShrAwd GuRaa

Senior Partner-We must be careful not to give Billings any more credit. He's evidently losing money. Junior Partner-How do you know? Senior Partner-I heard his remark today that life is full of ups and downs" No man ever admits that until he begins to strike the down.-Philadelph Press.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
StranHe Dances.

Queensland's government aboriginal settlement on Frager's island holds weekly dance for the blacks. Among the bundles of oh clothes sent to the settlement there are often ball gowns, so the gins sport decollete dresses. Neither sex wears boots. The sexes have to dance separately.-Sydney Bull letin
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
In PInfn Words.

What" asked the judge, twas the cause of the altercationP'
 'I didn't see amy, yer honor. but 1t was him callin' me liar that shtarted the fght."-Chicago Record Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
Garea sffe

''Yes, my dear; believe in transmit grafton of souls. may be a brute in my next life"
 "Wouldn't that be discouraging-or don't you care for a changeP-Hous- ton Post
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
THE GRANGE
 Conducted by J. V. DARROW. Chatham. \. r.. Prcss Correspondent NeW York State
 Grunge
WORK IN CONNECTICUT.

State Grange Interesting Itself In
 Grange Library Work.
 A movement has been on foot for year or more having for its object the placing of libraries In subordinate granges of the state. A year ago Pro- lessor Charles s. Phelps of Salisbury was made chairman of special com mittee on circulating libraries and at the last meeting of the state grange reported that the state library commit tee would at state expense furnish ten
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05

In England, under the Tudors, the man who gave to beggar was fined and the recipient of the gift was pun 'Shnd
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05

Already a dozen new granges have been organized in New York state since the secretary's last report. We antic- ipate at least twenty-five new organ nations before Oct. 1. when the grange year ends
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05

One of the most effective of grange influences is the revealing to men and women of the capabilities they think they do not possess.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05

The Bengal canal, 900 miles in length, is the longest artificial water course In the world
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
Illinois Patrons.

Illinois state grange has gone on rec ord as opposing railway passes and fa- voring two cent railroad rate throughout the state. It also favors the consolidation of school districts and the free transportation of children to and from the schools.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05

The Geneva (N Y) Daily Times gave the recent state grange meeting in that city from eight to ten columns a day.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05

luU uBt I3HFIu ENN-IINNJ Fayorite Remedy. The result is c little short of . miracle. All the terrible symptoms of this disease are gone do not have any more difficulty in void ing the urine, no pain or ache in the small of the back more soreness across the loins or over the bladder, no more constipation other symptoms Of disease of the kidneys, liver or bladder.
 So you see, help came to me
 In Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. Who would begrudge the cost of this medicine (one dolsr bottle) for such blessing or refuse this token of gratitude, for being perfectly curedf And hope my writing this will induce others who suffer from kidney or blood disorder to use the medicine. My son George suffered for many years with fever on his leg. He used one bottle of this medicine and part of another, and as sure as am writing this grateful acknowledgment, his leg entirely healed up.n
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
\ LUCKY FATHER AND SON.

As 6 last resort I commenced the use of Dr. David Kennedy's
, 1906-07-25
How He Was Crushed.

A dudish young nan sat on the end
of the seat of an open car with a
sense of proprietorship, when another
dudish young man jumped upon the
foOtbOard and stared at him for a mo-
ment and then said:
'Thir, why donth you hitch along?"
why should hitch along?" queried
the other.
Because. thir-because l lisp. If
you will pay attention you will see
thath lisp. l have had a front tooth
taken out, thir. Yes, thir, l have had
a front tooth taken out so as to make
me lisp, and | demand, thir-I demand
thath you hitch along and give me the
end seat"
You are way off. my lisping friend.
Can't you see that | have just had
my ars manicured end thai they are
Of a beautiful pink"
"Oh. l thee" said the lisping young
man. Yes. thir, thee, and | will
admit thath pink ears beat a lisp. but
l will climb over you and thit down
and feel duly crushed."-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
, 1906-07-25

dustIy or to one part of the coun-
try is an injury to all, and
a benefit to one is a benefit to all. I'm
der a universal protective tarif u
freight cars are loaded going both
ways-from east to west, from west to
east; from north to south, from south
to north. The farmer is prosperous,
as is the manufacturer, and employe
of both. A protective tariff is a com
~pensating tariff and always must be,
else 1t would not give protection at all,
and unless it Is given to all, it is given
fully to none. Protection can not be
sectional and selfish. 1t must be gen
eral and adequate. Such protection is
now in force under the operation OF the
present law. 1t is the most perfect law
we have known We shall, as a matter
of course, have to revise it some time,
but not today. We are too busy, too
well employed, too well paid for our
labor, too prosperous TO think serious
ly of tariff revision in the year of our
Lord 1906"
, 1906-07-25
Is Disease a Crime ?

Not very long ago, q popular magazine
published an editorial article in which
the writer asserted, in substance, that all
disease should be regarded as criminal.
Certain 1t Is, that much of the sickness
and suffering of mankind is due to the
violation of certain of Natures laws.
But to say that all sickness should be
regarded as criminal, must appeal to
every reasonable individual as radically
wrong.
1t would be harsh, unsympathetic,
cruel, yes criminal, to condemn the poor,
weak, over-worked housewife who sinks
under the heavy load of household cares
and burdens, and suffers from weak
neSSeS, various displacements of pelvic
organs and other arrangements peculiar
to her sex.
Frequent bearing OF children. with its ea-
acting demands upon the system. coupled
with the care, worry and labor of rearing a
large family. is often the cause of weak
nesses, arrangements and debility which are
aggravated by the many household cares.
the mother is called upon to perform. DR.
Pierce. the maker of that world-famed REM
edy for woman's peculiar weaknesses ard
Ils-Dr. Pierce's Favorlte PreScription-says
that one OF the greatest Obstacles to the cure
OF this class Of maladles is the fact that the
poor. oyer-worked housewife can not get the
needed rest from her many household cares
and labor to enable her to secure from the.
use of his Prescription " its full benefits. 1t
Is q matter OF freduent experience. he says.
In his extensive practice in these cases. to
meet with those in which his treatment fails
by reason OF the patients inability TO abstain
from hard work long enough tp be cured.
With those suffering from prolapsuS. ante
version and retroversion of the uterus or
other displacement of the womanly organs.
1t is very necessary that. in addition to TAX
ing his VFavorite Prescription y they abstain
from being very much. or for long periods. on
their feet All heavy lifting or straining OF
any kind should also be avoided. As much
outdoor air as possible. with moderate. light
exercise is also very important Let the
patient observe these rules and the UFavor-
lite Prescription " will do the rest
DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent free
on receipt OF stamps to pay expense of
mailing only. Send to Or. r. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, n. Y, 81 one-cent stamps for pa3
~per-covered, or 81 Stamps for cloth-bound.
II sick consult the Doctor, free of charge
by letter. All such communications are
held sacredly confidential.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets inyigorate
and regulate stomach. liver and bowels.
, 1906-07-25
H CURED HIS COLD.
Uncle Alsck Lost Medicine, but
"Chewed the Paper"

Uncle Alsck Lost Medicine, but
"Chewed the Paper"
When homeopathy was in its In
fancy my father, who was a sea cap
tain, became a strong devotee, and
lost, no opportunity to SOUND Its
praises. He owned a medicine chest
and a big book of directions. which
he jealousy studied and became so
thoroughly imbued with the doctrine
that It became a standing joke among
his friends and family. Uncle Aleck
Coffin" was his mate, and quite a
droll old sea dog in his way. He was
an unbeliever in the new practice, and
lost no opportunity to crack a joke
at its expense.
One evening Uncle Aleck' called at
the house when he had a severe cold
and was feeling i'll generally. Here
was fathers opportunity. He got out
his book, looked Uncle Aleck" owe
seriously, put some pellets in a paper
and told Uncle" to be sure and take
them as he told him to.
The next day Uncle Aleck" called
at the house, and 10! his cold was
gone and he vas himself again. Faith
er felt triumphant.
"Well, Alexander" he said, 81 guess
You will believe now there is some
virtue in my little pellets. OF course
you took them"
YES" said Uncle Aleck," they
must be great stuff. When | got home
they'd spilled out. but 1 chewed the
pape.' and came out all right"
Chewing the paper" has become
quite a remedial byword in our fam
ily ever since.-Boston Herald.
, 1906-07-25
DANGER IN DELAY
Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerous
for Laramie People to Neglect.

The great danger of kidney troubles
is that they get a firm hold before the
sufferer recognizes them. Health is
gradually undermined. Backache,
headache, nervousness, lameness, sore
ness, lumbago, urinary troubles, drop
sy, diabetes Inc Bright's disease fol-
low in merciless succession. Don't neg
lect your kidneys. Cure the kidneys
with the certain and safe remedy,
Deans Kidney Pills, which has cured
people right here in Laramie.
p. P. Mason, retired, of sos Pine
street, says: For years 1 have been
subject to kidney complaint, particu-
larly so in the winter when the pain
conferred in my loins, causing consid-
cradle misery and added to the aching,
too frequent action of the kidney Sc
cretions existed, particularly observ-
able at night. An advertisement about
Doan's Kidney Pills led me to get a
box from the Laramie Drug Co.'S
store. After their use for two or three
days | noticed a decided improvement.
Continuing, l received such marked re-
suits from the use of the medicine that
II I'M a very enthusiastic endorser OF
its claims"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y, sole agents for the United States,
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take nc other.
, 1906-07-25
ONLY IN THE FAMILY.
Young Lady Set Confines to Rattle
Bad Habit.

Young Lady Set Confines to Rather
Bad Habit.
An official in the government serv-
ice at Washington tells of a rupture
of the friendly relations that had so
long subsisted between his daughter
of nine years, named Katharine, and
another little girl of the same age,
called Marie. 1t appears that. imme-
diately after the falling out, the young
ster last mentioned was moved to com.
municate to the parents of Katharine
certain details of the distressing oc-
currence. When next the two chill
dren met there ensued some rather Sc
very recriminations. Said Katharine:
81 think you're just a hateful, mean
thing to tell my father and mother
that bit you. You just ought to be
ashamed of yourself"
well" retorted Marie, 81 think you
ought to have been ashamed to bite
me-"
Suppose l did bite you," vehement.
ly answered Katharine; you bite
sometimes. don't you?"
Wnereupon Marie evinced the great.
est indignation. Let me tell you one
thing she observed, "if | do bite, |
never bite any one outside my own
family!"-New York Times.
, 1906-07-25
Reporters Joke With Loeb.

When some of the newspapers were
printing funny stories about William
Loeb, private secretary to President
Roosevelt, during the last campaign,
alleging that he was the champion
blame-taker in America" because he
was always so willing to assume re.
s%ponsibility for anything that went
wrong at the White House, Mr.. Loeb
laughed with thu very men who wrote
the yarns. But one day his patience
was taxed. The Presidents train had
been delayed W hours between
Philadelphia and New York while he
was going to Oyster Bay. Next morn.
ing one of the New York dailies had
these flaming headlines: Presidents
Train Waterbound-Loeb Not to
Blame" See here, boys" said the
secretary next morning at Oyster Bay,
that's going too far" Very we'll"
said the reporter who had written the
story, "Ill correct ii tomorrow and
say you were to blame."-Chicago
Chronicle.
, 1906-07-25
Our Victories at Athens.

In the Olympic games recently con
cluded in Athens the American ANA
tours met N easily defeated the Eu-
ropeans at sports in which they ere
supposed to be invlncible. This is but
another instance of the supremacy of
the stars and stripes. During the past
SO years there have been hundreds of
instances to prove the supremacy of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters over all
other stomach remedies, and today no
one questions its merit or its ability
to cure any ailment of tho stomach,
liver, kidneys or bowels. If you are
still a doubter we want you to try just
one bottle and let it convince you
that it will cure and prevent sick head.
ache, vomiting, cramps, diarrhoca, bill,
iousness dyspepsia, indigestion, cos
~tiveness, female ills or malaria, fever
and ague. Insist on having Hostel
ter's.
, 1906-07-25
A Cure-All Arrested.

Evanston, Wyo., July 25.-James
Martin, a travelling medicine man sell
ing a patent cure-all, was arrested
here on the charge of practicing dent
lstry without a certificate, the man us
ing the medicine to extract teeth with
out pain, and was held for trial to the
district court.
He later raised $65, which he paid
as a fine, and is now on his way to
Colorado, where he will seek to prac,
.tice.
, 1906-07-25
Boy Accidentally Wounded.

Evanston, Wyo., July 25.-Richard
Fife, a young Evanston boy, is suffer
ing from a serious wound in the hip
as the result of being accidentally shot
while out fishing with boy companions.
One of the lads carried a gun, the trig-
ger of which caught while the boys
were climbing through a barbed wire
fence.
, 1906-07-25

Wyoming has plenty of money. The
First National bank of Cheyenne has
just offered to take $l5O,OOO of the e
Panama bonds at 104, which insures
that it will get the bonds. When a
bank is willing to invest its money at
2 per cent and give up the first two
years interest, it shows there is plenty
of money on hand. A change has come
the west since the spring of '97,
when Cleveland dropped the reins of
government.
, 1906-07-25
Burslarized Freight Car.

Sheridan, Wyo., July 25.-James Nc
CURE and j. Jolly were arrested here
Saturday for buglarizing a Burlington
freight car. They pleaded guilty in
the district court yesterday and each
was sentenced to two and a half years
in prison for their crime.
, 1906-07-25
Robbed House of Dead Man.

Baggs, Wyo., July 25.-T. A. Dawson.
Frank Price, Roy Bailey and c. B.
Boyce have returned from a trip to the
ranch of John O'Connors, who died re-
Gently at Slater Falls. They discov-
ered that vandals had broken into the
house of the dead man and carried
away everything movable.
, 1906-07-25

The report comes from Douglas that
Bill Barlow's Budget is to nave a COM
petitor, some Of the opponents of Gov
ernor Brooks being the financial spon-
sors for the new venture. Well, Bill
has had them before and will doubt
less be compelled to fight them again
after the new venture is properly label
ed in his burying ground.
, 1906-07-25

A moral wave is sweeping over Ken
lucky, the land of feuds and good
whisky. Last Sunday there was Just
one wet town in the state-Coving-
ton-and it lies so close to Cincinnati
that the people there would be likely
to get full anyway.
, 1906-07-25
Japanese Costumes Popular.

At the fashionable watering places
near New York Japanese costume
dances are all the rage. This does not
necessarily mean general p~ro-Japanese
sympathy among the butterflies OF so
ciety. who probably would have taken
up the picturesque features of Russian
costume had the fad struck them that
way.
, 1906-07-25

Secretary Shaw has received bids
for the Panama bonds aggregating
$3.50, 900, 900. A country nat can sell
2 per cent bonds at a premium and
have the issue overbid fifteen times
certainly has no reason to complain
about credit.
, 1906-07-25
Unreliable.

Martha" said a Westport woman
TO her negro cook, when are you and
Abe going to be married?"
"Doan' know es Ah1l mahry dat
man." replied the cook.
What's the matter, now?" she was
asked.
well, ma'am,' the cook said, shak.
ing her head. "Ah hear Alb been run
min around wifi ernuthah woman. Abs
full OBJ ~suspiciosity bout dat man
Kansas City Times.
, 1906-07-25
struck Both Men.

Butille and w. P. Dennis, the fore
man of the chute, were working togeth-
err directing the logs, when one Of them
shot down from above, striking both
men, killing Butille instantly. Dennis
was not seriously hurt. Butille leaves
a sister somewhere in Colorado.
, 1906-07-25
Paw of Chinese Enoin.er.

Chinese engineers on Manchurian
railways get s12 to s45 gold a mopth.
and Japanese engineers are seeking
positions Oh the Asiatic continent at
these prevailing wages.
, 1906-07-25
Sexton for Fifty Years

During his service of fifty years as
sexton of Cullompton church. Devon,
England, Samuel Voisey. who has jus.
died, attended every funeral held in
the ~churchyard, and saw eight Wears
come and go.
, 1906-07-25
A LOGGER KILLED
BY LOG IN RIVER
WORKING IN LOWER END OF THE
CHUTE AT THE TIME OF THE
ACCIDENT LAST SUNDAY.
Companion Was struck by Same Piece
Of Timber But Was Not Seriously
lnjured-Travelins Medicine Man
Arrested for Extracting Teeth
Without a state License.

Cody, Wyo., July 25.-V. Butille, a
employed by the Shoshone Lum-
Der company, near Wapiti, forty-fye
miles above Cody, was instantly killed
Sunday afternoon while working at the
lower end of the chute.
, 1906-07-25

Extra copies of The Republicans
necial edition only 15c eacn.
, 1906-07-25

Old books rebound at The Republic
can bindery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-05
WAGE RAISE DELAYED
MEN WANT MORE PAY AND LESS
HOURS.

CHICAGO, December 5.-The Tribune to-
day says:
The railways of Chicago contemplate
making increases in the wages of the en-
ployes in the immediate future, which In
the aggregate will make ali increases made
on the railroads of the country in the re-
cent past seem small by comparison. Ad-
vances are expected to be given between
now and January 1 which will make tho
combined incomes Of the 10000 employees
of these lines from So, 900 to 10000. 900
greater In 1907 than in 1906
The only thing that may prevent the pro-
posed advances between now and the end
of the year is inability Of the railroads and
their trainmen to reach an amicable agree
ment. The engineers, conductors, fremen,
brakemen and other trainmen have asked
both for 10 per cent advances and for an
eight hour day.
Railway officials indicate that they are
willing to give the 10 per cent increase, but
that they are not willing to grant the de-
mand for an eight-hour day, and their pres
ent disposition Is to withhold the wage
advance until the eight-hour day demand
is withdrawn. They believe the trainmen
will yield after the ground for the denial
of the eight-hour day is explained to them
in conference then the wage advance will
speedily follow.
Railway operating officials say the reason
for declining to grant an eight-hour day to
trainmen Is that it would either make
necessary wholesale changes in the arrange
ments Of their divisions or heavily increase
their operating expenses in other ways.