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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
expert Pocket. PIekIns.

An old lady was accosted in . Lon
don street by .. welldressed and 70
Anedlooking stranger. who efusively
claimed her ~ . friend. Il really
don't believe you remember mel" she
exclaimed, reproaehfully. and the old
lady. never doubtins that her memory
was at fault. confessed that she could
not quite recall the name. "Ah. but !
havs changed It since you knew me"
said her fnterlocutor. gayly. and after
. few more lively speeches she passed
on. having possessed herself mean
while Of the old lady's purse.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
Not Anxious st All.

One word Of our language that is
almost always misused.' said the par
ticular man. ''is anxious You will
are to see a certain play. or anxiols
to get new hat. or anxious to take .
trip to Europe, when they are not anx-
ious at all. but eager or desirous. II
anxious were used only in the right
place We wouldn't hear It half %
oftAn"s
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Al the Manosr.
When frst. her Christmas watch to keep
Came down the silent Angel. Sleep,
With snowy sandals shod.
Beholding what his mothers hands
Had wrought. with softer swaddling-
bands
She swathed the Son of God.
Then. skilled in mysteries Of Might.
with tender visions of delight
She wreathed his resting place.
Till. wakened by = warmer glow
Than heaven itself had yet to show.
He saw his mothers face.
John b. Tabb, II Atlantic.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
MR.. STAYB0LT AS sSANTA CLAUS
Some Things He Would Like to Give
II He Could.

DO you know the Christmas pres
ent I'd like to make II could?" said
Mr.. Staybolt. I'D like to give cheer
fulness to the downhearted, courage
to the timid. and strength to the weak !;
the power Of selfdenial to those who
yield too easily, and a desire to work
to the lazy.
II have often thought what a pity
1t is that you can't buy all these
things, these helpful qualities. already
put up and at such a price as to put
them within the reach of all; canned
cheerfulness, bottled hopefulness,
courage In tablets. and strength, say.
in the form Of powder. and so on: /:
or you might. l suppose. put 'em all
up canned. for that matter.
But in the absence OF such market
preparations and our consequent in
ability TO buy such things and send
them as gifts to those whom they
might most benefit perhaps you will
permit me to offer to each a word Of
suggestion.
ITO the dispirited take a cheerful
view. To the downhearted. don't dwell
don't be afraid. To the weak. or those
who fancy themselves so. try your
strength. You'll be surprised to find
how much you've got.
To those who yield too easily, deny
yourself once. and again. and feel the
joy and strength that will come back
to you. To the lazy. get job with a
shovel. in a gang of laborers. under a
driving boss: and II you are not glad
to get back to your present job to do
the best you know how at ii. miss
my guess.
Il cant send you these things in
cans or bottles: but II anyone Of you
will take my advice and stick to IL,
you'll think that Mr.. Staybolt was
very kind Santa Claus
"a ~ = - "A
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
Noble Gentleman, This.

mo. do not believe in indiscrim.
mate charity-siving. Whenever . beg
gar tells me he IL starving put him
to the test before believing him.
tell him to come back In two days"
"Well?"
We'll, II he comes back It's clear
that he told q lie. so refuse him. II
IL was the truth, he'd be dead
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
Work with n viii.

We are not sent into this world to
do anything into which We cannot put
our hearts. We have certain work to
do for our bread and that il to BE-
done strenuously: other work to do
for our delight and that IL to be done
heartily; neither II to be done BY
halves or shifts. but with a will; and
what Is not worth this effort IL not
to be done at all-John Ruskin.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
Good JS,no to Know.

Those who traverse the alkali plains
Of the west and inhabit the sand blown
regions Of Texas. md daily need for =
reliable eye salve. They never drug the
eye. but simply appl.- externally. the
staple. DR.. Mitchell's Eye Salve. 1t IL
we'll to know that Mitchell's Eye Salve
L. ON sale here also. Price IS cents.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17

lame. weak. run
down to a mere
skeleton. My back
was SO bad | could
hardly walk and
the kidney secre-
tons much disor.
dered. A week after
l b eg an us! Ing
Doan's Kidney Pills
i could walk with
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
How's This?

We o6es One Hundred Dollsrs Reward for any
nAp OF CAtArrh that eAnnot bc cured by HAIis
CAtarrh Curv.
y. J. CHENEY a co. Toledo. o.
We. the underpixncd. have known =. J. Cheney
for the last Is years and believe him perfectly hon.
orabie IN all business transactions and financially
abs TO carry out any obligatbons made by hh hrm.
wALptSo. kfSSaS MARyIS.
Wholesale DruxRtsta. Toledo. q.
HAlt'a CAtArrA Cure h tAken Internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfAcrs OF tbs
systen. fsstlmoniais s-nt free. Price IS cents psf
bottis. eosd by all DruxEbss
TAss NAILS Family Pth for constipation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17

out a cane, and as continued my
health gradually returned 1 was SO
grateful l made public statement of
my case. and now seven years have
passed. l am still perfectly we'll"
Sold by all dealers. soc a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
Rewards Constantly Paid.

The rewards Of great living are not
external things. withheld until the
crowning hour of success arrives:
they come BY the way-in the con-
sciousness Of growing power and
worth, Of duties nobly met. and work
thoroughly done. Joy and peace are
BY the way.-Mabie.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17

There is nothing more sincere than
the sympathy a defeated candidate
generates for himself.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
PITY She Couldn't.

Pity She Couldn't.
~ cannot sing the old songs now.
she warbled at the piano.
Then shut up" muttered the old.
fashioned curmudgeon in the corner.
for the new ones are something
6erce."-Judge.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
RULES FOR CHRISTMAS GIVING
Give willingly.
Give tactfully.

Put thought into your giving.
Don't consider return gifts.
Never give to others what you
wouldn't want yourself.
The unexpected gift insures spe-
cial appreciation.
OF bad taste.
Give to the sick and the sorrowful II
you would know the true joy Of giving.
Never give more than you can af-
ford. Your friends know your circum-
stances as well as you do yourself and
the pleasure OF both giving and re-
ceiving Is lost.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
WHAT WOULD HE HAVE SAID,

Get up. Jack. You mustn't cry
like baby You're quite man now.
You know II fell down l shouldn't
cry. should merely say"
Yes, ! know. pa: but then-I 90 to
Sunday school-and you don't"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
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A Question In Finance.

Are you good at arithmetic. my
dear?" asked Mr.. Perkasie of his wife
Il was accounted the very best
arithmetician At school," replied Mrs
Perkasie. with touch Of pride in
her voice.
II have . problem for you"
State It."
How can buy $50 worth OF Christ
mas presents with $40 In cash and NO
credit"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17

One Thing That viii Live Forever,
PETTIT'S EYE SALVE. first box sold IN
1907. 100 years iyo, sale. increase yearly.
All druggists or Howard Bros. Buffalo. N. =.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17

When the members of . standin0
committee meet they usually sit down.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
PROVED BY TIME.
No Fear Of Any Further Trouble.

David Price, Corydon. Ia. says: II
was in the last stage of kidney trouble
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17

II Your Feet Ache or Burn
get 7Sc package of Aliens Foot-Hase. II Gfvss
quick relief. Two million packages sold yearly.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17

important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
The SpIjt Skirt.

The Split skirt.
Patience see half of tho people
call them sheath skirts. and the other
half call them directoire gowns.
Patrice-Yes; was sure thered b.
. split about 1t.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17

A four-foot coal seam yields 5000
tons An acre.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens tho gums reduces b
Aammsuoo, sliays pain, cures wind collie. 2c bots
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
Vulrtthr
MmHt1tga

Mmatnya
*&e& %Ax
The joyous time l. drawing
nigh, the time of turkey, pudding,
pie; nor do we dream of after
ills, of squills, and pills, and
Christmas bills
A girl begins to hang up the
mistletoe at about the age when
she stops hanging up her stocking.
A pessimist il a fellow who
wouldn't hang up his stocking
for fear old Santa Claus might
swipe 1t.
Christmas cigars are not
always puffed up with pride.
There's many a slip 'twixt the
Miss and the mistletoe.
- -
Don't make it too strong.
Many a man has been knocked
out by one good, stiff punch.
- -
Ask q truthful woman what
she enjoys most about Christ
mas, and she will tell you the
hnyuaip aales afse rWard
To sing a rhyme of Christmas
time Chat line is but the FIRST of
it, here's hoping you may not
feel blue because you get the
worst of il.
When a child writes q letter
of thanks to Santa Claus, 1t
should be cherished like a rare
plant. That lid isn't long for
this world.
No Christmas present IL SO
useless that you can't pass II on
to some one else next year.
y. -
give than to receive-the things
you don't want
Take OH the tags. Many
friendship has been severed by
the price mark on q Christmas
present.
- -
have often wondered wherein
consisted the wisdom Of Solomon
when he had q thousand wives.
am now convinced that Il must
have been in living In the days
before Christmas was celebrated.
It's all right to pity the poor
At this peace-on-earth season,
but Il 10 also well to remember
that sympathy doesn't fill an
empty stomach.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17

To feign a virtue is to have Its op-
posite vice.-Hawthorne.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
AMONGST THE suLL-RusHEs.

Lazy Larry-Woof! Just to think.
with all this wasted effort. could
have won the Marathon race!
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
A Death Each Second.

a OeAth Each SECOND.
The number of deaths in the world
annually is 33,333.333. or 91,954 per
day. $3.50 per hour. 60 per minute. or
one per second. 1t is estimated that
the population of the earth at the
present time is being increased at the
rate OF about 16, SOC, 900 annually.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11

George Faust visited in EmpOria
The first Of the week.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11
Still the Idea Grows.

The great temperance move il
still rolling on, and, wetrust, gather
ing momentum as 1t goes. Two
countiss in Ohio have just voted
los saloons out of business.
If the temperance people just
keep their working harness on and
keep the ball rolling, we will soon
see the beginning of the end. The
days of this great evil are numbered
and soon it must pass away before
the progress, enlightenment and
higher civilization of the 2oth cen
tuTy.
Let there be no turning back 9f
the wheels of enlightenment or re
taxation in the yigilence of those
who would entirely ban,sh from the
lard the great devourlng evil OF in
temperance.
Soon public sentiment will become
so strong shat the national govern
ment will be obliged to take heed.
Soon no man, in the rural dis
tricts, in either party, will dare
stand for election to congress unless
he is in favor of stringent regulations
of the m manufacture and sale of this
liquid damnatIon by the govern
ment.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11
Blood Shed.

Some religious fanatics in Kansa
City made taings quite lively oil
the streets recently by defying th'
police and opening regular battle
when the police attempted to arres
them.
There we're two men and several
women and girls in the company
and all seemed to be heavily armed.
The women and glrls entered en-
Enthusiastically inte the shooting.
As a result, one police officer is
dead and several others seriously
wounded. A bystander was NOR
tally wounded.
Louis Pratt, one of the leaders of
the fanatics, is very badly shot and
his "a year old daughter killed.
This is partly the same crowd that
walked into Oklahoma City a year
or two ago In a nude state.
1t is too bad that brave officers
must be shot down by such lunatics.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11
Combination Stock Sale

The combination stock sail to bt
held here Dee. Is will be an event
of more than passing interest.
The best breeders Of short horr
cattle and Poland China hogs of Allen
Neosho, Woodson and Wilson counties
will be here with their stock. 1,
will be for show and for sale. Every
farmer ia this territory should come
and see this we'll bred stock wether
he wishes to buy or not
More stock and better stock should
be the motto OF our farmers. 1t does
not cost as much TO raise a good well
bred hog as it does a scrub aud il
viii weigh fifty percent more.
II this country mad stocked up on zoe
cattle and hogs ten years ago it
would be hundred percent better
off. Gene out TO the big sail and see
what your neighbors are doing and
then take chips in the game.
George Faust visited in EmpOria
the first Of the week.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11
Revival Services.

The revival meetings being helt
in the Christian church by Evangelis
Hamilton and the singer Thoma!
are growing in interest each day.
Nightly large crowds assemble II
the church and listen to the master
frl sermons and sweet siDg,nc .
Already the meeting is great sue
cess, as near so have been added to
the church.
Mr.. Hamilton is young man Of
pleasant bearing and a very forcible
convincing speaker. He holds his
audience from start to finish In the
most wrapt attention, and interest
never lags for moment.
We predict for this meeting most
wonderful results.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11
Escaped Jail.

Weggen, the Parsons ex-pollce
officer who was arrested recently for
being implicated in the robbery OF
big store in that city together
with several other persons, sawed
their way out of jail Sunday night.
The prisoners made a clean get-a-
way. 1t is thought they we're
assisted from the outside. This
man Weggsn seems to be an all
round bad man, and it is a great
pity that he was allowed to escape.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11
Platform of the Taft
administration.

Mr.. Taft has condensed the plat
from of his administration undel
nine specific heads:
1. Tariff revision.
2. A Limitation on the issue o.
interstate bonds and stocks,
2 Permission to railroads &c
make freight agreements.
4. Limitation upon Temporary
restraining orders of courts.
S. Compulsory examination by
government agents of large corpora
tions in interstate commerce.
6. Defining the Jurisdictions of
the Interstate Commerce commits
sion, Department of Commerce and
, Labor and Department of Justice
4 over interstate corporations.
7. Reform of the monetary and
banking system.
8. The Appalachian forest re-
serve bill and the conservation Of
natural resources.
9. Improvement of inland water
ways and harbors.
The ancient laws of Sparta en-
during for five centuries prohibited
the Spartan from engaging in in
dustry or acquiring wealth. That
was the non-industrial state. The
nine heads of the platform of the
Taft administration indicate TO
what degree we live in the age of
the highly organized industrial state,
for all nine propositions relate to
commerce and industry and there is
no other subject included in a plat
form that is extensive enough to
occupy Congress during a good
part of the term of the incoming
administration. The Taft platform
in general terms is concerned with
the regulation and prom otion of
American trade and industry wher-
ever they come within the federal |
Jurisdiction. And Judge Taft as
jurist and administrator has the
prestige of mastery of the prob,
lens involved which gives conf
dence in such proposals as he will
bring before congress. Anything
but "reaotionary" is the we'll dehn-
ed program outlined In the dispatch
from Hot Springs yesterday.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11
For Sale or Trade.

l have fine new Klnbsbury piano
that l wish to sell for cash or trade
fer stock. IL is high grade instru-
ment and has been out of the factory
but short time. L have no use for
the instrument at present and will
give any one wanting it very salts
factory deal.
W. S, FINCH.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11

Gov elect Stubbs has been 10
Washington attending the meeting
ofthe governors and governors elect
We will guess that when it comes t.
practical ideas Stubbs was not much
behind any of them.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11
McCune Drug Store Wall Paper, House. Barn Carria
nd Carriage Paints Phone $685. Street No. III w Main
Be Happy.

S A little child has been reading tt
me the story of the magic cloak
This cloak had the peculiar quality
OF being able to grant to every per.
son who wore il the first wish spok.
en- from under its folds. People Ig,
norant of this marvellous power,
made all kids of wishes-just such
wishes as mortals are apt to speak
thoughtlessly.
One wished that he had half doz-
EN- servants to wait upon him,
another that his dog could speak,
a third that he could reach an apple
hanging high upon a tree. All were
granted their wishes, to their in
finite surprise. A little girl be-
came possessor of it at last. She
was sad little child, who, indeed,
had much to make her sorrowful.
She said, "Oh l wish l could be
happy again always" and at once
her heart grew light, her tears dried
ON her cheeks, and she began to
laugh and sing and dance along the
road as little child will. She sud.
denly became conscious of the bright
ness of the sunshine, the sweetness
of the air, the kindness of the
whole living world. She, l think,
made the wisest wish. For if one
has happiness one has everything.
What matter little annoyances,
har dships, sorrow, if at the bottom
of ones heart happiness is singing?
There are few people who
possess what is called a sunny dis
position. They are a blessing to
the world, and very fortunate.
But most of US have another kind
of disposition, one that is prone to
darkness rather than light, to "the
blues" rather than to sunniness.
We have troubles enough, heaven
knows, and what we haven't we
can easily imagine about to descend |
upon US. Circumstances are never
quite TO our liking. People are so
trying. Nobody does just right. |
Our dearest ones seem determined |
to do the things that will inevitably |
cause them trouble. There is so |
much evil in the world. There is
heat and there is cold. There are
Goods and droutb. There are
trusts, and monopoly and pride
and cruelty. We are posr, sad
our health is frail, and we get tired,
and other people get cross, and
oh, altogether, there are troubles
enough! !
| have been wishing for "magic
cloak" one that | could pass
around. But, then, all my friends
would not wish wisely. Few would
wish for happiness. For if they
to be happy, they could be
happy without the magic cloak.
Happiness is a matter of will.
Defy the blues! Defy circumstances
Man is stronger than circumstances,
,ver. " Gods in his heaven, all's y
light with the world" We don't !
lave to see that the world runs C
moothly. We don't have 20 con. v
ioll the weather, nor the trusts, y
or even the selfish people. We do /
lot even have to shape our own
circumstances. They, too, are in
igher hands than our own. All :
re have to do is to keep happy, n
eep serene, keep good. We have
My to rise above circumstance. H
'e have only to order our own
yes unselfshIy, nObly, and the
over tnat is above us will see to it
lat something beautiful comes of
And SO say to you, one and all.
happy.-Kansas Farmer. Isl.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11

H. L. Freeman is now president
of the Chanute council 1t is
strange how honors come uAsoueht
to some men.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11
Money to Loan.

Private money to loan on prairie
farms. Only one mortgage-money
ready. See me.
G. W. KELLER, Barnes Building
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11

The Orient road is now ready for
the cars from Wichita Kansas 10
Sweetwater Texas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11
Manual Training.

Our Chanute school is to make a
small start towards establishing a
manual training department.
The board appropriated SI25 as
starter. That is very small
b ginning but it is to be hoped tina
it will reach to larger things. 1h
credit for this start is due to the
club women of the city who through
a committee of three, Mrs. Frank
Hardesty, Mrs. DR.. Lardner and
Mrs. Sue Henry, presented Il e
matter to the board and induced
them to encourage the matter by
making this small appropriation.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11

The primary under the new law
cost the people of Kansas $I35, 900.
That seems like a good deal OF
money, yet it is cheap when you
consider the good that is likely t.
come from it to the best interests OF
the state.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-11

King Edward is sick and fears
are entertained that he has a serious
malady.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-30
DEMOCRATS FORCED INTO CORNER
Records Absolutely D~isprove Their
Tax Statements.


TECUMSEH, Neb, oct. 2o.-(Special.)-
Democrats have been compelled to admit
here the rankest ind OF Misrepresentation,
as a few days ago they issued a circular
which alleged to show that railroad taxes
in Johnson county had Increased only Is
per cent, while they claimed farm land
taxes had increased % per cent.
Confronted with the records the demo-
Gratis admitted they were squelched. The
county clerk Issued a sworn statement
which was put alongside the statement
made by the democratic county central
committee.
The democrats based their argument on
the fact that taxes in 1907 were very much
less than in 1908. The fact of the matter
was brought to public attention. A S-mill
road levy was made this year-none was
made last year, This is the only increase
which anyone has attempted to show after
the records were produced.
As to the increase I'm railroad values
County Clerk w. c. Redfield was able to
swear that railroad values are adjusted
each year, and there has been no change
In land values in four years. This COM
pletely threw the democrats out on their
statement, made on handbills, that the
railroads were getting out easy this year.
While the democrats claimed taxes on
swore tina the following was a good eX-
ample OF the way in which the taxes ha &c
decreased: