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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-16
HOW TO MAKE a MAN UN-
HAPPY.

Young woman. when you marry
mrrry a dude. Most women do, for
they aim at dudes aud they seldom
shoot higher than they aim. A dude
is brilliant looking piece of huma ,
ity who puts on the airs of a million
aire, wears his stiff cady on the weak
est side Of his head and In his mouth
carries cherished cigarette. He is
gallant, dressy and, as all the girls
say, cute; and 1t is his private opinion
that half the town is after him while
the other half only wishes that it
might join In the pursuit.
However, when YOU marry him
make him ds miserable as possible.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-16

the maintop. The next morning
the birds flew off again, and when
they returned at noon the sailors
scastsred some food about the decks.
By this time the birds had become 50
tame that they hoped about the
decks picking up the crumbs. That
afternoon an astonishing thing hap
pened. The flock came flying swiftly
toward the brig. Every bird seemed
to be piping as If pursued by some
little invisible enemy on wings,
they and they at once huddled down
behind the deck house. The super
stitious sailors at once called the CAP
tain of the brig, who rubbed his eyes
and looked at the barometer. A
glance showed that something was
wrong with the elements, and the
brig was put In shape to outride a
storm. The storm came about twen
ty minutes after the birds had reached
the vessel. For a few minutes the
sky was like the waterless bottom OF
a lake-a vast arch OF yellowish mud
and torrents of rain fell. Why it did
not blow very hard, no one knows;
but on reaching port, two days later,
the captain learned that great tor
nado had swept across that part of
sea. The birds left the vessel on the
morning after the storm and were not
seen again.-Maryland Bulletin,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-16
A HARD WHACK.

Judge Lands of Chicago has as
s:ssed fine of SAG, a4o, 900 against
the Standard Oil Co. Won't that
make the price of gasoline and coal
oil soar when the fine is paid1 The
poor consumer will hove to pay the
fine. II there could only be some
plan Of throwing these plunderers
IN Jail awhile devised, they would
soon learn to dc business on an
equitable basis.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-16
THAT BELT LINE.

The Katy seems to be figuring in
dead earnest on a belt line around
Chanute. Katy officials were here
the first of the week figuring on the
matter. The Katy seems to be full
ly awake to the necessity of getting
in full touch with our big enterprises.
We surely think the line will be
built.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-16

Forget the sweet things you Thought
OF him before marriage when you
W re blind to every fault and would
Willingly sit fer hours at the plane
and warble love songs without oeas
ing.
In the first place, let him know that
your feelings are easily hurt; and u
you ars'the baby OF the family, DON'T
fail to remind him OF the fact now
and then, as he paturally will make
quite an allowance for that.
Believe that welded life censisn
wholly o. liLtle lovey dovey words
and innocent ca resses. Don ever for
a moment believe that sacrifice for
one another will bring more happiness
than anything else.
II he seems silent and In deep study
at times, pout and make up your
mind that you must be humored be
fore he is allowed 30 proceed with bie
important thinking
II he listens to your little storle,
about insignificant affairs which yon
pour ont To him during the day, pity
ing you to certain extent as he is al
most compelled to do. give him an
other dose in the evening. Forget
that he will ever grow tired of the
monotony of the story, but centInue
to pour out your troubles as you
would into the long haired ear Of
donkey.
If things don't run smoothly after
all this, come to the conclusion that
welded l.fe is a complete failure and
that loves young dream is not what
1t is cracked up to be. Return to
your good old mother and your busy
father, lay your troubles at their feet
declare that Charlie is untrue and
that all men are but brutes And
tdon't forget TO remind.the old folks
OF the fact that you didn't macrV
your ideal anyway. Probably Cha<lie
didn't either.-Mall and Breeze.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-16
THE OPERATORS STRIKE

Many of the operators of the
Western Union and Of the postal
telegraph are now out on strike.
The demand is for more pay and
shorter hours. 1t is not thought
that the strike will become general
and feeling is abroad that the
matter will be fixed up in some
manner.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-16

Circumstance occur and condi'
tions exist in every home IN every
life which may be occepted as step.
ping stones or as stumbling blocks
lust as we are inclined to do. 1t
NAV be the mother-i in-law who is
not always agreeable. Perhaps she
is meddlesome and faultfnding and
you think surely she is stumbling
block, for she is destroying the fam
Ily peace. How can she be a step
ping stonel As long as you allow
her to fret and annoy you, she will
be stumbling block that keeps you
from becoming sweet tempered and
patient. Accept her as an oppor-
tunity to make the like OF one per-
SON brighter, and not allow it to
spoil your own peace of mind, and
the family peace will be preserved
as well. You will see in time how
the stumbling bloch has become a
veritable stepping stone in the for
nation of your own life.-Kansas
Farmer.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-16
EULOGY ON GRASS

EULOO yin ONhSS
For real poetic beauty and ex-
pressiveness J. J. ingalls, eulogy on
grass has few equals. Such literary
gems are worth preserving and will
bear frequent repeating:
"Majestic, fruitful and wondrous
plant The corn, triumphant, with
the aid of man hathmade victorious
progress across the tufted plain and
laid foundation for the social excel
lence that is and is to be. This
glorious plant, transmitted by the
alchemy of God, sustains the war
rior in battle, the poet in song, and
strengthens everywhere the thous
and arms that work the purposes of
life.
'Next in importance to the divine
profusion of water, light and air,
those three great physical facts
which render existence possible,
may be reconed the universal bene-
fcence of grass. Exaggerated by
tropical heats and yapors to the
gigantic cane congested with its
saccharlne secretion; or dwarfed by
polar rigcrs to the fibrous hair OF
northern solitudes, embracing be-
tween these extremes the maize with
its resolute pennons, the rice plan,
of southern swamps, the wheat, rye
barley, oats and other cereals, nc
less than the humber verdure of the
hillside pasture and prairie in the
temperate zone, grass is the mos
widely distributed of all vegetable
beings, and is at once the tyne O.
our life and the emblem of m ItSl ~
Lying in the sunshine among tht
buttercups and the dandellons O.
May, scarcely higher in intelligence
than the minute tenants of the min
ic wilderness, our earliest recoliec
tions are of grass; and when the fit
full fever is ended, and the foolisl
wrangle of the market and the forum
is closed, grass heals over the sea
which our decent into the bosom o.
the earth has made; and the carpe
of the infant become the blanket o
the dead,
"Great is the forgiveness of nd
ture; her constant benediction
Fields trampled with battle, satur
ated with blood and torn with the
ruts of cannon, grow green agair
with grass, and carnage is forgotten
Streets abandoned by traffic become
grass grown like rural lanes, and are
obliterated. Forests decay, harvest:
perish, flowers vanish, but grass i:
immortal. Beleaguered by the suller
hosts of winter, it withdraws into
the impregnable fortress of its sub
terranean vitality and emerges upon
the first solicitation of spring. Sown
by tie winds; by the wandering
birds; propogated by the subtle
horticulture of the elements which
are its ministers and servants, it
softened the nude outliLe of the
world. Its tenacious fibfes hold
the earth in Its place and prevent
its soluble components from wash
ing into the wasting sea. 1t invades
the solitudes of deserts, climbs the
inaccessible slopes and forbidding
pinnacles OF mountains; modifies
climates and determines the history
character aud destiny of the nations.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-16
FLOOD In JAPAN.

Reports from Japan say that
country has been visited BY a very
severe food in which much property
was destroyed and 100 lives were
lost. Earthquake shocks also add
ed to the terror and destruction.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-16
First Published in chanute Times. Aus.,s 1901
Notice Of Appointment OF Exc
Cutrix.

state Of Kansas, County Of Neosbo, -.
Hotiee h hereby Tiven that the undersigned
vas on the f0th day Of july A. ID. 1877 By
ths Probate Court. appointed hEecutnx OF
tbe sEsate Of Joseph stall deesased. lae OF
All perpons indebssd 70 the estate arr re-
ouestsd 70 maks immsdiats paynsot; snd hoee
having claims against The same viii preeens
them, duly authenticated, 10 The undersignsd'
for allowance.
Hunu1rA STALL. K1eeutiE
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-16
FINLEY FOR JUDGE.

The friends of Mr.. J. ". Finley
of this city are very hopeful that he
will be appointed to the judgeship
just made vacant by the resignation
81 Judge Stillwell.
Mr.. Finley is by nature and quail
fications splendidly filled for this
most important position. He is a
young man of unimpeachable char
acter, euen tempered and level
headed with judicial turn of mind.
He is graduate of the law depart
ment of the Iowa University, from
which institution he graduated In
1908 and came directly to Chsnute
and began the practice Of law. He
already ranks with the best attor-
neys of the county. He Is STU
dent and a hard worker. He has
the Endorsement of the lawyers OF
this county and several from Wilson
County and since there are several
candidates from Wilson County,
thus dividing the forces there, it is
thought Mr.. Finley is likely to be
the chosen one.
The appointive power is vested
in Gov. Hoch and he has taken the
matter under advisement till he re-
turns from a short vacation in Col
orado.
The politicians and people gener-
ally of Neosho County hope that
Mr.. Finley may secure the place.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-16

Stumbling blocks for some are
stepping stones for others. He who
goes blindly along stumbling and
fumbling over every obstacle, heed
lessly stumbling his toes on the least
excuse of hindrance, never makes
much progress in life. He is the
one who is always prating about
equality of opportunity AID excus-
ing himself on the ground that he
never had a chance. Stumbling
blocks are in the pathway of every
one. Some people kick them out of
the way or if they are too great for
that they 60 around them-or they
use them as stepping stones. They
are the ones who first explored this
great land of ours, who felled the
trees and made them into houses.
They are the ones Who have gotten
from the earth beneath, the coal,
the oil, the grass. They are the
ones who have caught the powers
of the world above and chained
them to appliances that give US a
light aud heat and motor power,
and made it possible for man to
commune with man while miles in
tervene. Whatever great thing has
been accomplished or good done to
mankind, has been done BY those
who dared to confront difficulties
and overcome them. Such have
been a blessing to themselves and
to others as well.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-16

The Oklahoma aud Indian Terri
tory corn crop has been seriously
damaged by hot winds.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-16

The delightful showers IN this
locality Tuesday and Wednesday
have put the corn in the best posi-
BILE condition.
The two or three excessively hot
DAYS of last week did some damage
but it is not thought to be very ser
ious.
We cannot now have big crop
but with favorable weather from
this on will have lots of corn.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-16
STEPPING STONES AND
STUMBLING BLOCKS.

"He made stepping stones Of his
stumbling blocks" | heard speak
er say on describing the career of
one who had surmounted difficulties
and risen to preem,nence in what
he had undertaken to do. That is,
he used the things that seemed TO
hinder his progress and prevent the
accomplishment Of his lfe's work as
a means, to attain to the fnal cor :
yletion OF it. Harriet Beecher Stowe
used bread making as a stepping
stone. She was the family bread
maker in the home. Some women
with literary tastes such as she had
might have grumbled and fretted be-
cause they were compelled to do
such menial labor and complained
that they had no time for their
chosen work. Bnt not so with Mrs.
Stowe, she said IN telling about it to
a friend, l have never regretted
having to do that work because
while bread making, my mind was
free to wander where it would and
| kneaded into those loaves a great
many Of the ideas and thoughts that
labor made the Uncle Toms Cabin
a success,
And | doubt not that she kneaded
into her own character, some OF Its
fine qualities, that made her the
noble woman she was.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-16
Letters From Abroad.

Hollands Unique Revenue
Raising System--How
es are Levied--And How
Justice is Dispensed--T The
Dutchman and his Cart and
Dogs--Other Matters Of In
terest Observed by the Mon
roe Lawyer.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-16


YOU see President Roosevelt's
deas abou the large family are
thoroughly Dutch. They believe
in encouraging marriage, and
.ney tie the knot so it will stick.
A person must be married twice
before !: is valid marriage.
There is civil ceremony in the
morning and religious in the
afternoon. The former is per
formed by the secretary of the
mayor of the city and the latter
by preacher. On Sunday be-
fore the names of the contract
ing parties must be publicly pro-
claimed at the town hall, and
for a week afterwards their
names are posted up at the same
place. If persons are not able
to pay TOR the ceremonies they
will be performed free. In such
cases, often ten or fifteen couples
are married at the same time.
But they can only get married
on Wednesday. People of means
marry on any day. When the
ceremony is to be paid for, fires
are made up and the marriage
room made comfortable, if the
marriage occurs in the winter.
Poor people must be content
with no fire. In the marriage
room of the town hall are elegant
paintings illustrating marriage
and married life. Just over the
fireplace is a beautiful woman
about to marry. She is painted
blindfolded, as marriage is a
leap in the dark for her. While
it is uncertain as to whether the
marriage will be happy one,
there are some events which the
Dutch look for with reasonable
certainty just over the prospec
tive bride and a little to the rear
is painted pair of fat, chuffy
twins. On each side of the fire
place is a brass stork.
| was very anxious to witness
a Dutch lawsuit and went to the
"court of justice" one day. l
took my stand outside the rail-
ing near the door, where there
were a number of people stand
ing. Pretty soon burly police
man, with many buttons and a
big military cap on, came up
and touched me on the arm,
spoke few words that were
Greek TO me and nodded for me
to come on. felt innocent Of
any crime and declined to go, as
| didn't like his looks anyway.
But he insisted. / called for my
interpreter and ordered him to
tell the officer that | was only a
spectator, but if my presence
was Objectionable then / would
make myself mighty rare in his
court. He told my parrot that he
was taking me to good seat on
the inside of the railing where |
could hear better. | thanked him
as best | could in several differ
ent languages-but l failed to
see any benefit there was in get
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-16


whole country Near it are many
interesting places which can be
reached by electric and steam
trains. Only a short distance is
Scheveningen, the famous sum.
mer resort on the sea. 1t is strictly
for the "four HUNDRED To enjoy
the ozone of the sea there you
must have "a pile" In one of the
grand hotels a room alone costs
$3.50 per day. l should want only
a few minutes at that house.
The first Peace Conference at
The Hague met in an old palace
erected in 1647 by the grand
mother Of William of Grange
The palace is beautiful on the in
side, one room fitted up and fur
nished by China, one by japan
and one by India. The exquisite
needle work and hand carving
battle description. 1t was in this
house that John Lothrop Motley
wrote the Rise of the Dutch Re.
public, while he was ambassador
to Holland.
In passing through Holland one
is reminded of the days of Span
ish rule and the Inquisition. In
an old prison you can see the in
struments of torture used by them.
Almost everything which could
lnf1ict pain may be seen. There
are those which have caused hor-
rible pangs; those with which
arms and legs were broken; those
that were heated red hot and
upon which bare feet have trod-
den; instruments that have sew
cred many head from its body ;
the blocks upon which the VIC
Tins lay, with the fluctuations OF
the axe in the wood. In our land
of political and religious free
dom, the people DO not, aud can
not, conceive of what awful bar.
barities were enacted under the
lnquisition. In looking at those
old instruments Of torture, one
has the satisfaction to believe tha
those who inflicted such cruel
sufferings are still roasting in
Hades.
In visiting the parks in The
Hague one runs upon notice
which has become classic in
America. 1t is this, "Verboden
over de grasperken te loopen. .
That embodl s the same famous
command which was given tC
Coxey's army, "Keep eff the
grass"
From The Hagne it is but ter
miles to Leyden an old city o
historic interest. The guide book.
Dragged very much bout itand il,
noted sights, especially of an ole
church called St Johns church
established by English Separa
lists and from which the Pilgrim
Fathers set forth on their voyag,
to the New World, a voyage tina
marked an epoch In religiou
history. | reached the city in tn,
afternoon and it was pourin,
down rain. But | cared very lit
-
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-16
NO. a.

Inc DulCn 40 SOIne very eeIioue
matters in a funny way. In
nothing are they so funny, per-
haps, as in their methods of
raising revenue for public pur.
poses. They tax bicycles which
is all right-but this tax is not
uniform on individuals. The
amount of persons bicycle tax
depends upon how much house
rent he pays. His house rent
depends upon how many win
dows and doors in his house.
The person with four windows in
his house pays four times as
much tax on his bicycle as the
person with one window. The
window and door taxes are paid
by the tenant and not by the
owner of the house. The door
tax causes many business houses
to be singu! u!arly constructed. Of
ten you see business house in
which are several tenants, each
dealing in separate line of goods,
with only one front door. This
door on the street opens into a
small hall, then door to the
right will 60 into one shop, a
door to the left into another, and
a door straight forward into
still another. The tax is only
on door opening on the street
The occupants upstairs and those
on the ground floor apportion
this front door tax among them
selves. For some reason or other
unknown to me, they call this
a personal tax. If you add an.
other window or enlarge an old
one in house, it requires a per-
NIT. The owner pays no real
estate tax unless his property is
worth over SIS, 200 He then in
cludes that tax in the rental. 1t
is easy to see what class of peo
pie has to bear the burden of
taxes under such a system. 1t
is no wonder, then, that "de bet
ter man" can drink gin, beer and
wine instead of water.
There is another amusing fea-
ture Of their revenue laws. Every
person who earns over $240 per
year must pay an income tax.
The rate varies in different local
tiles or cities, but in Amsterdam
the rate is 81 per cent. OF all
ones annual income. But theman
with large family gets reduc-
ton, the amount depending up
on how many children he has
under eighteen years old. He
gets reduction or abatement
in his taxes for each and every
child under eighteen. under
such a system, | know some men
who would not only be exempt
from taxes altogether, but who
would draw bonus from the
government Then, also, there
is another tax which is intended
to encourage the growth of popu-
lation. 1t is a tax on aged un-
married men. This tax is levied
for specific purpose and must
be 80 used. 1t is devoted en-
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-16


next was convicted of begging
and was sent to the work house
for three years. The Dutch be-
lieve in Industry and virtue.
Then came q fellow who'll had had a
fight. He got fourteen days in
prison. Several judgments were
read by the court and the fine
called out into and adjoining
room. These were students and
people able to pay fines; they
are not required to go in the
tombs for sentence. These par
ties had been tried several days
before, perhaps thirty days be-
fore. The court takes time to
prepare the judgments and often
there is an interval Of thirty or
forty days between trial and SEN
tence-and the defendants in
Jail all that time. And imprison-
ment before trial is at the pleas
ure of the court. There is no
writ of habeas corpus in Holland
and no way to force speedy
trial. An instance was told me
of one man lying in prison two
years before he could get trial.
This happened within the last
seven years. There is no trial by
jury and no such thing as grand
jury. Prosecutions are set on
foot by the officers, the court or
at the instance of private or
aggrieved party. The judges try
all issues of fact. Their laws are
mainly taken from the civil law
of Rome, introduced by Louis
Napoleon when he was King of
Holland. The Dutch are not
troubled with multiplicity of
courts. Their system is simple
ity itself-the canton or district
courts and the appellate court at
The Hague. The first has origin
al Jurisdiction and from it ap
peals are carried to The Hague
Supreme Court. There are no city
courts.
After the judge had read all
his sentences, l Strengthened up
to witness a trial. The only thing
l witnessed was another great
American principle go down
Trials are not public in Holland
and we had to get out. The mills
of Justice grind in private, only
the sentences are pronounced in
pnblic. They have imprisonment
for debt. A creditor may keep
his debtor in Jail as long as he
will pay the board bill in ad-
vance. The only property ex
empt from execution is one bed,
one table and a chair for each
member of the family.
There is only limited suf-
frage here. A man must pay 80
much tax before he can vote.
The poor man is simply not in
it. There is but one law.making
body in the kingdom, the Nation
al Assembly. The upper cham
Der was not in session, but |
visited the lower or second cham
ber and heard fat, sleek Dutch