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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20
THE STORlESIN THE JANUARY
NEW IDEA

The first number of the New Idea
for the new year brings some unusua
ly good stories which are an index OF
the high class of fiction to be Otferee
TO our readers Outing She eleven moI
tbs to come. Margaret Hamilton
Wagenhals who's work has appeared
before in the New Idea, contributes a
charming rtory entitled The Vances
ChrirtmaS Week ia which the affect.
ions Of young ocnple are temperate
Iy upset but happily readjusted in
the end A new series of sketches
Some Neighbour is begun In this nun
Der by Marion Hill theiwell known
writer of short stories Nothing es-
capes Miss Hills powers Of observation
but she is never unkindlY in snap
Shooting ones queeresl neighbors,
You way recognize some of the people
who are living near you in the Grants
OF Haggard Hospitality. An expert
ment in h usekeepiug by three bach
lor girls in Bohemian New York ana
the surprising result furnishes mater
al for a good story by Edith Summers
called The Equilateral. The illuStra
tlons are doue by competent artists
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20
County Line

The pipe lines are progressing
nicely.
Andrew Mattseu aud family Sun
ddyed with Elmer Mattson's.
Sion Wheeler, wife and son, Ralph,
were the guests of Chas. Sanders
Sunday.
Emanuel Johnson aud daughter
took dinnrs with Chas Nelson = Sun
dey.
Rev. r. P. Acsell preached his
farewell sermon Sunday III. and lett
for Denver, Col, Monday, We hope
them success.
Have you seen the oil rig on John
Nelson's place? It's quite as item.
Christmas Will soon be here. Don t
forget to hang up your stockings for
Santa Claus.
John Peterson and son Alfred made
business trip to Chanute Monday.
o, Gerdin and wife and Robert
Leadstrom ahd GusS Johnson spent
Sunday at John Rundblads.
Thomas and john Johnson returned
home Tuesday after a couple weeks
visit in Illinois.
Mr.. j. B. johnson spent Sunday at
Elof Johnson's,
The drillers have moved over on
Gust Booes place to drill fer gas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20

for thsm to fiji call from Eastern
killers. Choice hoifers bring s to 25
bulk 3 to IS, best cows s, bulk rs
60 8 40, veals about steady with a week
ago, tops at 6 so, heavy calves Is t0
20. lower, at 90 to rs, bulls 2 30 to
$. Fleshy feeders declined I5c last
week, stockers 20 to 35c of but the
market on country grades is strong
today, feeders rs TO $50, stockers
1926 to 80, with exceptions both
ways.
After most cratic week, hog
prices closed with met loss OF 36c
per cwt on Saturday last Fairly coed
receipts at the Western markets to
day opened 10 lower but demand IT,
crease aid late sales were steadytu
strong az compared with Saturday,
top 4 so, bulk 425 to 45. Fresh IT
ceipts here today were 5000 head and
80 loads were carried over from Satul
day. Shipper buyers continue to be
an important factor ia the trading
aud as a ruls lead In paying top price
Run was 5000 head here last week
out packers are anxious tu lay in y
supply Of packed meats and buy freely
The excited markets are the result Of
precendented activity Of outside
BUYERS, which proves most discouceri
iCg to the local packers
Sheep and lambs de lined 25c last
week but that loss was small as com
pared with eastern losses aud The
p Ices paid here late in the week were
tul Iy up to Chicago prices. Run t.
5000 today, market strong, top lambs
Is, bulk IS toe, wethers up to- 80
yearings 5.25, ewes 4,35 Seme range
stock is still coning which runs
ma! ~ to stock grades and sells at
low prices.
A. J. RICKART,
Live Stock Correspondent
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20
THREE YEARS FOR rs CENTS

THREE YEARS FOR rs CENTS
Farm Progress, the big farm and
agricultural monthly Of st. Louis Mo
announces that the subscription price
will be advanced to 25 cents per year
beginning January l, 1908. UntiI
that date subscriptions will be accept
ed at the old rate OF three years for
Is cents. Farm Progress IS one Of the
best farm paprs 10 the country, an0
we'll worth the advance asked. Send
25 cents at once to pay fer teree-year
subscription, II you are already
paid up 10 advance send In 25 cents
and have your time extended three
years longer. A beautiful fruit pict-
ure, size 22x29 inches, will be sent for
cents additional to cover cost of tube
and postage. Address all orders TO
Farm Prowress, St. Louis, Mo.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20
HERE'S GOOD ADVICE

0. S. Woolever one of the best
known merchants of lie Rayville, N
Y. says; If you are ever troubled
with piles apply BucKlen's Arnica
Salve. 1t cured me of them for good
20 years ag2 Guaranteed for sores
wounds burns or abrasions. 25c at
all drng stores.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20

We carry the CONOVER,
CABLE, WELLINGTON and
KINGSBURY pianos. Also the
CHICAGO COTTAGE organs.
These lines are most popular. The
goods are standard. You can do
no better than make your selection
from our stock.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20

Hogs are down to 81 IS in Kansas
City the day this is written. Bacon is
still selling n the stores for % cents
a pound. What is the parity or ratio
or whatever you call it between cent
hogs and 20 cent bacon? Who makes
the money?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20
BARGAINS IN HOLlDAYGOODS

For fine stationery, beautiful pic
lures, and new and standard books
for old and middle aged and young.
go to the Chanute Book store. Read
their ad IN another column.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20

For SALE. We have on hand 80
inch Chicago water moter In first clsss
condition Tor which we have no use
and will sell very cheap to anyone
needing such a machine.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20

We have everything in small mus
ical merchandise.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12
NEW YORK WEALTHlEsT STATE.
But Pennsylvania Leads in Value Of
Railroad Property.

Surpassed only in the value of rail
road property by Pennsylvania, the
State of New York was shown to OK
coed all other States in the extent of
her material possessions by report
issued by the Census Bureau covering
the work of an examination made to
tabulate the estimated true value of
all property and of specified classes
OF property in the United States"
The work has long been in progress,
and covers the period up to the close
of 1904 with comparisons of the fig
wes Of 1900, regular census year
This comparison shows an increase
in the total wealth of the country
from the 1900 figures of SSS.517,30G,-
775 to the 1904 record breaking total
of $107104 1872, 41O.
Taking up the several classified
tions the following figures appear for
the States of Pennsylvania, New York
and New Jersey:
Real property and improvements
New York. S9,151, 979,0S1; New Jersey,
$4,000, 273,O91; Pennsylvania, S6.591,-
O55,5s3.
Live stock-New York, $3.50 ,G22 ,403;
New Jersey, $50, 319,327; Pennsylvania,
$16O,19O,227.
Farm implements and machinery
New York, $5S,SO6,9OO; New Jersey.
$9,796,532; Pennsylvania, $54,175,943.
Manufacturing machinery, tools and
implements - New York, $46S,774,-
ia; New Jersey s1SO,212,427; Penn
sylvania, $515,945,GSS.
Gold and Silver, coin and bullion
New York, $412 ,S32 ,42S; New Jersey,
s4O,S63 ,293; Pennsylvania, $16S,3SS,-
1853.
Railroads and equipments - New
York, sS9S, 222,OO0; New Jersey,
1888 SOS, 900; Pennsylvania, $1,420.-
COS 900.
Street railways, telegraphs, tele-
phones, Pullman and private cars,
shipping canals, water works. electric
light and power companies-New
York. $1,151, 475,5O5 New Jersey,
S2O4, 100, 49S; Pennsylvania. $50, 452,-
043.
All other wealth, miscellaneous
New York. $2,419, 290,137; New Jersey,
1884 ,456, sos; Pennsylvania, 1892
500 19.-Philadelphia Record.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12
The Deserted COTTAGE.

What do I see as 1 stand. in the sun
shine, alone,
The door ajar in my hand my foot on
the threshold stone?
What do hear I'm the wind, whispering
under the caves?
What do hope TO find-blossom, or fall
en- leaVes2
Here, whore the dulled, dim square of
window. long since blind,
KegiSterS, unaware. the desoluate void
Here Where a tangled rose. trailing
across the latch
Tenderly clings and grows I'D TO the
crumbling thatch.
Nay, but see. but / hear, all that the
years have wrought,
Laughter and smile. and tear; intimate
Jest and thought;
Voices of those long dead. footsteps of
those afar,
Words that were left unsaid kisses no
time can mar.
II should venture In, I, from the thresh-
old stone,
Say, should ! find tho thin ghost of my
youth alone2
Crashing at joys long fed. would not
the silence be
Sinister, hooking, grim-crushingly near
to me?
Whisper thy signs. o wind, Roses. thy
door defend:
I. or. the road Of Life. 1 will go onto
the end.
AL that we hold we lose all that We
give is given:
We shall find our own Beyond, and the
hnding Will be-Hcaven.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12
WHOLE NO. 1912.
ALL IN THE SAME eox.
Little Jurors Appeal for Escape Was
Of No Avail.

OF no AVafs
The Judge had his PATIENCE sorey
tried by lawyers who wished to talk
and by men who tried to evade jury
service. Between hypothetical ques-
lions and excuses IL seemed as If they
never would get TO the actual trial of
the case. So when the puzzled little
German who had been accepted by
both sides jumped up the Judge was
exasperated.
"Shudge!" cried the German.
What is it?" demanded the Judge.
81 t'ink l like to go home to my
wife" said the German
You can't" retorted the judge. "Sit
down."
But, Shudge," persisted the Ger
man, Il don't t'ink l make good
shuror."
You're the best in the box" said
the judge. "Sit down."
What box?" asked the German.
THE jury box said the Judge.
"Oh, / fought it vas 4 bad box that
people gets in sometimes"
No. said the Judge; "the bad box
is the prisoners box"
But, Shudge," persisted the little
German, Il don't speak goot English"
You won't have TO speak at ALL"
said the Judge "Sit down."
The little German pointed at the
lawyers to make his last desperate
plea.
"Shudge," he said, az can't make
holdings out of what those fellers say"
1t was the Judges chance to get
even for many annoyances.
Neither can any one else" he said
"Sit down."
With a sigh the little German sat
down.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12

harm beyond pulling down a strayed
sheep occasionally. one that has got
TO die, anyway"
"The trouble is, though" he added,
after long pause IF tlrn her loose
she might think she owns the line
and claw me to ribbons some dark
night when I'm out here looking up a
short ."
But presently, as he pondered, his
merry smile came back. He rose
hastily, and closely examined the old
bear. She was still warm, and with
more signs of life than she had shown
before.
Bursting into a laugh that threw
the little bears into a defensive
bristle. he hurried to his lunch basket.
took out the screw-topped can that
had held his coffee, put into it five
or six pebbles, and fastened a stout
twine to the ring which served as a
handle.
Then turning to the PROSTATE bear
and searching for her stub of tail,
he remarked, with comic gravity:
"Old lady, I've got all kinds of re-
spect for bear who has the nerve
to raise a family in these days of
electricity and repeating firearms;
and I'm going to give you a start
back into high ranges, where the air
will be better fer you and your ba-
bies."
He knotted the free end OF the
string tightly round her tail. cut the
wires that bound her legs, and hastily
departed.
Dan has lived to need the money
he might have obtained for the sale
Of the bear family's freedom; but up
to this date he has only one regret.
and that is that the pressure of bust
ness did not allow him to remain and
view from a safe distance the start
for the high ranges" For merely
through viewing the extraordinary
tracks that marked her fight, he has
had many a dollars worth of laughter
over the family of bears and their
eXodus.-Youth's Companion
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12
SEA FISH IN FRESH WATER.
Interesting Experiment Which May
Have important Results.

T1dNc IHlpOl IdUI hGSulN5.
An interesting experiment that may
have far-reaching results has just
been brought to a successful termina-
ton in Germany. 1t has been proved
beyond question that deep sea fish can
be acclimated and will live and breed
in fresh water.
A number OF different kinds of fish
were taken from the sea, including
whiting, herring, sole and founders,
and placed in a pool OF salt water.
The percentage of salt was then
gradually lessened by the addition of
fresh water until finally no salt re-
NAMED.
Practically no material difference
took place in the fish, which were as
lively and healthy after the treatment
as when they were taken out Of the
sea.
SO encouraging has been the result,
after test extending over several
months. that deepsea fish are now be
ing introduced into rivers and fresh
water lakes in various parts of Ger
many. What changes may take place
i'm the nature AMI habits of the fish
remain as yet to be seen, as does also
the question of their market value
The complete success of this expert
ment will completely change the fish
ing industry and will prove an espcc-
ial boon to communities far removed
from the seaboard. An American who
has lived for any length Of time in
the Middle west. where he Is equally
remote from both the Atlantic and
the Pacific, knows how greatly deep
sea fish are missed as a part of ones
diet-Philadelph Record
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12
Good Eishinn Pond

William Parker of Whitman, Mass,
spent day on Hobart pond, near the
pumping station, and caught some.
thing like half a ton of hornpouts.
-Four large barrels of the fish we're
sent by freight that night to Boston
dealer. The pond is swarming with
fish which come to the spot near the
pumping station to get air, and are
easily caught EXCHANGE.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12
Good and Sufficient Reason.

Senator Joseph Bailey OF Texas was
stopped by Texan in his daily walk
down Pennsylvania avenue:
Senator, I'd like a little chat with
YOU" said he.
Il do not know you. What can /
do?" was the reply.
Il am one of your constituents. and
l want a consular job. I've written
you to send me a Moi"
Indeed. That's thoughtful OF you.
Why didn't you say SIZE Chu-un?"
Il would have, Senator" came
the faltering reply, IF I'd only known
how to spell it!"-New YORK Times.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12

THAT was pleasant afterthought
of yours" remarked the old preacher
who had listened to a sermon by one
of his younger brethren, when you
drew upon the analogies of nature TO
prove the immortality OF the soul"
"An afterthought?' said the younger
clergyman. i'm some perplexity.
yes. You tbs3eht Of il about 24OO
years after Socrates"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12
Parish Without an InhabItant.

There is in London a parish that
does not contain a single inhabitant
This is the parish of St. Christopher
le Stock, which extends over the open
space in front of the Mansion house
and the Royal exchange, and includes
the corner of the Bank OF England. It's
electoral lists and valuation lists have
to be made up and duly signed. Just
as in the case OF other parishes.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12
HOUSEKEEPING IN MEXICO.
An American Woman's Experiences
in the Land of Manana.


If the American women who com
plain of the trials and tribulations of
housekeeping in the United States
could live in Mexico a while they
would complain no more.
This is a very old Spanish town,
tucked up against the side of huge
mountain. The wonderfully beauti-
full, ever changing colors of the sky,
the resplendent verdure OF the tow
ering mountains, the red tile rooted,
pink. white and blue houses are equal
ly fascinating with the quaint pictur-
esque old churches, with their ever
changing bells.
And these Mexicans certainly do re-
vel in the ear splitting din OF bells.
In this town of 5000 persons there
are some thirty bells and when they
are all going, with echoes sounding
from the mountains, one wants to run
and hide.
In the early days Of my sojourn
here l was hailed by a man with a
basket strapped to his back:
do you wish some nice butter?"
rs it fresh?' | asked, and be re-
piled in all earnestness
Isl, Sonora, it is of this year"
And that was in November!
My washerwoman uses very strong
soap and rubs the cloths on large, fiat
stones at the public fountain. The
combined soft water and strong sun
renders all the clothes most beauti-
fully white, colored garments as well
as white ones. One may arrive with
colors quite bright, bat one remains
all clothed in white.
We boil, then filter. our drinking
water Pending the arrival of a reg
ular filter, We procured sugar mould,
such as the large cones of sugar are
moulded in, at the haciendas 1t is
a large hollow, cone shaped. clay
affair through which water will per
colate, and we placed it on frame in
the hallway, where the draught would
keep it cool.
Aftser having boiled and cooled
some water, / filed the cone, and. af
ter due time l asked our maid tC
bring some filtered water. She van
ished soon to apear with a pitcher
of dark oozy water. / exclaimed:
why what ais the water, is II
from the llter?"
Isl, 81. I dipped It right out OF the
cone. and that cone leaks water al
day long, Sonora. causing me much
bother to be emptying the pitcher and
filling the cone.
But then they do most things back
ward here. When they wish to beck
ON one to come. they motion one
away.
The natives bring 10 our doors
| freshly laid eggs, still warm. one al
time. mt three cents apiece Oh
course, these are values in Mexican
currency, which is worth half as much
as ours. All Of the fruits and ycge
tables arc cheap and plentiful the
year round i'm this locality; figs. dates
and peanuts also.
But our greatest problem is in the
meat AS we get no ice. we mus
eat freshly slaughtered meat This
Is tough. but cheap Any part of q
I beef costs 20 cents a pound and wC
don't get steaks ard roasts. but ans
part the butcher IS down to whcr
we arrive
OR milk is brought I'm an earther
Y jar right from tho cow. and. I'm spite
7 of the presence of stray spider Oi
straw or two. is good milk Taxed
| CMexico) correspondence of the Nov
| York Sun
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12

their touch. SO now. FOR the sake of
unity OF effect, it is the practice TO
have the entire figure done by one
man.
But that doesn't necessarily mean
much delay. for n skilled expert in
this work can paint a giant thirty or
forty feet high in one day.-New York
Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12
A Home Soma.

/ turned an ancient poets book,
And found upon the page:
stone walls do not a prison make
Nor iron bars a cage"
Yes, that is true, and something more:
You'll find whereer you roam,
That marble floors and gilded walls
Can never make n home.
But every house where Love abides
And Friendship is guest,
Is surely home, and home, sweet
home,
For there the heart can rest.
DR.. Henry van Dyke, in Country
Life in America.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12

At West Burke VT n woman. n
years old. attended the nine weeks
special services recently held I'm the
Methodist church, with the exception
1f Three nlghia.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12

Whom a Russian dies he IS buried
with paper iu HIS hands on this e.
written his Christian name, as well as
a prayer for his soul.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12

Charles Breed Of North Wcare. N
IT.. has house cat that measures
from tip of ears to tip Of tail 32H
inches.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12
j. r. Waldo & Co.'S.
LIVERY AND FEED STABLE,
cRANTsVILLE, w. VA.

Keeps constantly on hands Baled
Hay, Chop etc., at reasonable rates.
Can supply you with a horse, single
horse buggy, two-hOfse buggy or sur.
reg, with or without driver, for short
OF long trip, on shOit notice and al
reasonable prices
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12
snallEatlnn Contest

a snailcatng contest took place In
@ Paris restaurant q few days ago. be.
tween two boulevardiers. Tho victor
swallowed 243 snalls
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12

In Greece. after q prisoner has been
sentenced to death he has TO wait
two years before the execution can
take place.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12

A pullet owned by Frank Lund Of
North sutton ~ IT,, is rospons iblo for
an egg measuring s 1t16 by inchos
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12

A system Of electric lighting for
railroad cars has been tested iu Eng.
land which works automatically.
without care or fresh supplies of any
kind. for months mt a stretch
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12

The tunnel which viii eventually
connect Sicily with italy win De near.
ly nine miles long.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-12

Japan gets $4,000 recruits yearly
for her regular army.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20
Buyers Sale in Silks
Dress Goods, Wash Goods and Domestics

Never before have 1 had the
power to do exactly as I saw fit
with my merchandise. In making
prices for this sale, I ignore the
actual cost. l have made extra
ordinary efforts to crown the big
gest selling event of any one man
ever attempted in Omaha; there
fore, 1 must have results, and
hope to see every woman in
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20
BUYERS Sale in Millinery

Encouraged by the response and the interest
shown by our patrons during my first years asso-
citation with The Bennett Company desire to thank
them for the way they praised and cOmplimented my
Millinery department; not only praised and compi-
mented it, but purchased again and again. This
is our last effort previous to our New
York buying trip This will be strictly customers
gain and our loss; nothing reserv-
ed, and no prices doctored for this AN2ZZr
half price sale
,na.Fide Sale of MiIIinsry--SscOnd Floor
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20

In selecting these specially low
priced items as my contrib button
to the many bargains in this Buy
ers' Sale, I have borne in mind
women's universal love of bar
gains that combine usefulness
with daintiness, and also to show
appreciation of the decided en-
enlargement accorded my depart
ments, / intend to make it worth
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20

AOOhOI GuSO'
TAILOR MADE
SUITS MUST GO
AT LESS THAN
HALF PRICE
$22.50, $3.50
and SIS Women's
Suits for $7.95-
Styles are Elton,
pony coat and %
inch tight-fitting;
cloths are broad
cloth, cheviot and
fancy mixtures.
$3.50, $35 and
500 10 Suits for
$13.75. All this sea-
sons best styles,
Elton, Elton blouse
and fitted and
semi-fitted coat
suits; cloths are
broadcloth a n d
fancy mixtures.
I'd Floor, . a. m.
Children's Caps
25c Eiserdown Gaps,
lace trimmed, o.
at. ....s....'' ~
soc Astrakhan an d
Bearskin Caps O.
at.......,......A@S
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20
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To The
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