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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

ut is said that the explosion was
caused by one of the workmen enter
ing an abandoned portion of the mine
with a lamp, thus igniting a body OF
gas" This is the explanation OF
the recent tragedy in the colliery OF
the Erie Coal Company at Port Blan-
chard. Pennsylvania. The occupation
of coal mining is beset with dangers
and one of the greatest of these dan
gers is the recklessness of ignorant or
thoughtless miners.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

Here is a useful but smart Dress
which is made up in cedar-green
Amazon cloth. The plain skirt is
plated, box-plait is formed down
center of front, with other plaits turn
ing from it. The bodice has yoke
and cuffs of piece lace, with straps
of material laid on as trimming. A
slight fullness is gathered in the cen
ter front of bodice, and set to the
yoke under a strap. A waistbelt OF
silk Is worn
Materials required: Seven yards Is
inches wide, one yard lace, one-hali
yard silk.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02
The Tulle Scarf.

Fashionable women are seen at the
theaters and restaurants wearing
scarf of black tulle wound around the
throat and left to float about the
shoulders. 1t may be quite unorna-
mented or embroidered with gold
thread or precious stones.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

King Alfonso seems to be a good
monarch, anxious to deliver Spain
from all traces of medievalism, and
give her an up-to-date administration,
but it is doubtful if he owes half as
much of his popularity to the fact that
he is a good king as to that other
fact that he is a good fellow.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

Wilbur Wright only charges $500
per for giving lessons in aeronautics.
At the price he must give instructions
as to how to fall gracefully and land
with the least damage.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

Kentucky May Grow Turkish Tobacco.
Turkish cigarette manufacturers
want Kentucky to grow Turkish to-
bacco, imports of which have grown
from $4,000 to 100000 in only IL
years.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

Alaska last year exported products
worth $34,2OO,OOO and imported arti-
cles worth $1S,OOO,OOO That left very
handsome balance of trade in Alaska's
favor and showed that the territory is
getting into line commercially.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

How to Be a Cheerful Taxpayer"
is the title of series of articles be-
ing written by Chicago editor. Send
it to the kaiser. He is in need of that
sort of cheerful literature.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

Chinese in the Flowery kingdom,
having been forbidden to smoke OPT
UNI, are said to be turning to cheap
whisky. A localoption movement in
China seems to be about due.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

One of our newest mental healers
says that tired feeling is a delusion.
1t is certainly mighty pleasant delu-
sion when one is able to humor it by
giving it full swing.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

The latest New York fad is fighting
duels with wax bullets. Now watch
for the arrival of the man who didn't
know his bullets were made of lead.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

A good singer can always make
women cry by singing Home, Sweet
Home" So many people long for
home. and so few have one.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

Athlete, crazed by drink, puts 2(
men out of business. This suggests
q new style of training.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

The price of cigarettes is going up,
but this won't bother the man who
gets his cigarettes out of the other
mans box.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

The Missouri penitentiary does
not furnish baths to the prisoners.
Punishments are getting milder and
milder, remarks the Cleveland Leader.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

The crown prince of Germany thinks
ba can not come to this country In
cognIto. True for him. The reporters
would get all he knows and then
some before he could cross the gang
..fonE
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

Burglars in Youngstown stole the
burglar alarm. The blamed things
are expensive, too-ought to have
Waterman to protect them.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

The price of 'possum is going up
presumably on the theory that any
thing that is fashionable must not be
cheap.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02
A CONSTIPATION
REMEDY FREE

There is no action of your daily life
of greater Importance than to see that
your bowels move. They should move
at least once day naturally, and by
that is meant without any help. II
they do not move at least cnce a day
you can consider yourself constipated
and it is time you did something about
it.
You will be glad to know there is
way out of the difficulty, Lemuel Lam
derdale, an old soldier at Quincy, ILL.,,
Elmer Mcmillan, of Speed, Mo-, Mrs.
Monahan, of Stonewall, Miss, and
many others were as you are now.
But one day they awoke to the fact
that DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin was
curing their friends, so they bought it
too and it cured them. To-day, they
are loud in praise Of it.
for them it should do for you. Surely
your constipation is no worse than theirs,
one of whom had 1t since 81. 1t only re-
mains for you to realize that salts are Of
is a permanent cure; that purgative tab
lets, cathartic pills and such violent
things make a great show of doing some
thing, but do nothing that Is lasting. Dr.
preparation, laxative-tonic mild syr-
upy liquid that contains ingredients that
not only cure the constipation, but tone
the intestinal muscles so that they learn
be bought of any druggist for the small
price of so cents, and there is a dollar
size for families who have already found
out its wonderful value in stomach, liver
and bowel troubles, in old or young.
Send your name and address to the doc
tor and a free trial bottle will be sent you
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

Tennessee has passed a law to H.
cense boxing Fine Now it's up to
Nevada to offer premium on the
game.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

Street car straps are loaded with
microbes" says a college professor
Mean thing to call us.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

About 100000 sugar maple trees
in the western reserve promise to do
their full duty this spring.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

The world is getting better all the
time. The tobacco trust is going to
raise the price of cigarettes.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

ONLY ONE "BROMo QUININE-"
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUlNINE. Look for
the signature of Il. w. GROVE. Used the World
over TO Cure Cold in One Day. 3c.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02
cHANUTE,

How can spineless winter have its
backbone broken?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

II duty would use a megaphone
more of us might hear the call.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

Castro says he's going back to Vene-
zuela. We sympathize with the coun-
try.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02
BUSINESS FIRST.

Here is little present for you-a
superb $4,000 necklace"
ooh! How nice of you!"
that l will let you have for ST.
OOO."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02

so that you can test It be-
fore buying.
If there is anything about
your ailment that you don't
understand, or IL you want
any medical advice, write
to the doctor, and he will
answer you fully. There is
no charge for this service.
The address is DR.. w. B.
Caldwell. POI Caldwell bldg.s
Monticello, Ill.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10

based on the amount of work the horse
has done-the more work the greater
the amount of food that should be
given.
The foods that are generally fed are
hay, grass, corn, oats, barley, rye,
bran, carrots, turnips and apples. OF
the grains oats is best, with corn sec
ond, but Doth are improved if fed in a
crushed state. Oats build up the mus
cles, make blood and put nerve and
endurance in the horse. On account
of the price, oats are not generally
used, and in such cases care must be
taken that the hay given is rather
rich in protein.
Corn and timothy hay are of a heat
ing nature and hard on the digestion,
causing the animal to perspire free
ly. If corn is literally used, some
bran, with clover or some well-cured
pea-vine hay, or clover with corn, will
help balance up the ration and keep
the digestive organs in healthy state.
In feeding green food care must be
taken.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10
HE'LL GATE OF THE LAKES.
Greatest Golfer Dam in the World NOW
R11ildin0 There

For more than a third of a century
the United States government has been
striving to provide a channel in the
lower Detroit river that would prove
equal to the constantly increasing de-
mands of marine interests on the Great
Lakes.
The conquest of the Lime Kiln cross
ing some fourteen miles below Detroit,
and the most troublesome spot on the
inland seas, has kept government engl-
neers busy for years, made contractors
wealthy and furnished employment for
hundreds of skilled drill and dredge
men.
Were all the collisions, groundings and
other accidents that have taken place In
the vicinity of the Lime Kiln crossing
to be enumerated, says The Technical
World, the showing would be impressive.
Now this most perplexing problem OF re-
moving this bindrance to further marine
DEVELOPMENT is we'll along toward a so
luton that will, it is confidently predict
ed. eliminate trouble for all time.
The change is being brought about
through one of the most remarkable en-
cheering feats on record, which involves
nothing less than the construction of the
greatest Golfer dam the world has ever
known, the pumping out of an area
more than a mile in length and approxi-
mately one-third of a mile in width. and
cutting in the dry from the limestone
rock forming the river bottom course
300 feet in width and q mile in length
that will when completed accommodate
the largest vessels on the Great Lakes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10
WOMEN ACCOUNTANTS.
There Are Said to Be Twenty-Five IN
This Country.

One line of work which women have
recently taken up is accounting. Ihere
are said to be about twenty-five women
engaged in this work in the united
States. They have come into the held
within the last two or three years ana
have met with unexpected success.
It is hard work, but it is far more re-
munerative, according to writer III
The Bookkeeper, than any other OF the
professions in which women have mere
tofore engaged. A director in leading
commercial school of New York says:
IT know of two women of well known
concerns who have mapped out and put
into operation complete new system
of financial methods for their employers
and who have even been lntrusted WIN
hig funds for profitable investment ana
whose advice has been followed IN many
other important business undertakings
The number of such women who nave
proved their ability and liking Tor tlis
responsible and remunerative work Is
Steadily growing. 1t offers splendid
field for the woman who is not loath 10
accent responsibilities and who has Tx
ing for the hard work it entails and VINO
is ambitious.
Nearly all the commercial schools show
a steady increase in the number OF Wonc
en- students over previous years. One OIL
them reports that four-tifths OF It's stu
dents in the regular business course TINS
wear, which includes stenography,, com
mercial law, banking, English and KIN
dred subjects, are women.
In the bookkeeping classes there are
about as many women as men. A very
large proportion of these women, VINO
appear to have marked out business
career, are college bred, and many oth-
ers are high school graduates. One rea-
son given for this tendency is the over
crowding of such professions as teaching.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10
Ever Increasing Beggars of Bombay.

The nuisance caused by beggars in
Bombay has assumed unbearable proper
tons. The Orientals practice charity as
a religious obligation and relieve power
ty where they find it. Recitals from Ke-
bit and Marabal never fail to touch the
innermost chords of the natives with
their innate reverence for spirituaIism,
and the fakir backs up his appeal for
aims with profuse quotations from the
poets. Then there are lay beggars and
religious beggars, the ash besmeared as
cetics who practice mendicancy as a
hereditary profession. Last and not
least are the unfortunate sufferers whom
the loss of limbs or eyes or some fell
disease disables for work and drives
them to beggary as the last resource.
These latter have a genuine claim on our
charity, but as there are so few asylums
in India for the halt, the MAIN and the
blind the streets and byways of towns
are flooded with beggars, pitiful types
of suffering humanity.-Rash Gaftar.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10

The shoulders and neck Of the horse
will be tender when heavy spring work
is started. Then, too, the horses are
covered with a heavy coat of hair,
which will cause them to perspire cas-
lily. This makes it very necessary to
keep close watch on the shoulders and
neck where the collar rubs.
The collar should be perfect fit;
one too large is more dangerous than
one a little small. The inside of the
collar should be scraped each morning
before it is again put upon the horse.
The harness should be oiled before
spring work is begun, so that it will
be soft and pliable. 1t is a good plan
to battle the shoulders with cold wa
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10
Feeding Sheep.

1t is always advisable in feeding
sheep not to feed too much corn. Clio
yer, hay and corn in equal parts, by
weight, should be given during the fat
tening period. Except for fattening
purpose it is better not to feed sheep
on corn at all. Corn is said to contain
about 60 per cent of starch and per
cent of oil, both being very digestible.
Oil makes fat and the starch produces
heat and also fat. On account of its
heat-producing power it is inadvisable
to feed corn. Because of there not be-
ing any great quantity of protein in
corn it is necessary to feed something
else with it-either clover or alfalfa.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10
LANDING A GIANT PIKE.
Was As Inches in Length-Said to Be
Largest Caught in British Isles.

A giant pike which is for English and
Scotch streams the record catch, was
caught last Sunday on the Hampshire
stour by the orthodox method of rod and
line.
This fish weighed and turned the scale
at 37A pounds The length is 40 inches
and girth "a inches. When first taken
out of the water on SUI day morning II
was weighed with spring balance ana
reached the figure of 40 pounds, but IN
the intervening time 1t mas snrunK 10
its present size Said the captor OF this
noble prize:
81 caught her on Sunday morning on
Lord Wimborne's estate. The stream
was in flood and was fishing with snap
tackle in very fast stream. l had an
hour before caught and given away a
14-pound pike, which is probably the
male fish. | dropped my bait into the
run and It was carried by the swirl
round the corner into backwater which
shelved gradually up toward the bank
from the point of the island.
''The pike took me fairly quietly, for
she was old and sluggish, and not for
some time did l realize that L was fast
to one of the biggest pike that have eyer
been caught in the British isles she
fought me for nearly half an nour, ana
at last l managed to get her toward
the shelving bank. My keeper, wild
with excitement, plunged into the water
and we got her out somehow.
1.-THE whole thing was a fiuke proba-
bly,, but anyhow we drank her health
several times, and felt considerably
pleased with ourselves.
'.She looked lovely on coming out OF
of water The shading of her body
was exquisite and the pink spots when
have since grown blurred and faded
showed up splendidly. My chief reason,
however. for congratulation is that she
must have been, one of the worst thieves
in our duck decoy. There is no close
season for pike on the stour, otherwise
she might long have survived as the
terror of the wild ducklings which we
rear there every summer and nave
missed in large quantities. London
Daily Mail.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10
The Way in Temperance Towns.

This is one of the pet stories of W. r..
Smith, general attorney for the Santa
Fe. One must almost be a Kansan to
get the real chuckle out of it. A man
dropped into a Kansas drug store and
asked for bottle of beer.
'All right" said the druggist. reaching
for the ''sign-up" book. what reason
shall / give?"
''I'm not SICK" said the purchaser.
''Well, if you don't want it for medic
inal purposes, do you want it for me-
chanical uses?" asked the druggist
''Sure, sure-for mechanical was the
reply.
''Well, specify" went on the druggist.
'H'm, him." muttered the buyer,
scratching his head. "H'm-Oh, yes
that's right want it to grease buggy
with ''--Kansas City Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10
Breeding Up stock.

A Western stock breeder advises
farmers to breed up stock rather than
buy all pure-breds. He says that to
establish a herd of pure-breds costs
more money than the average farmer
can afford, when the progeny is to be
sold to the packers or the butchers.
Good females of pure-bred beef stock
bring high prices, and the farmer
would need a considerable number to
make a good start. But with pure,
bred bull he can in few years have
herd of cows that will make it pos
sible to market beeves of high grade.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10
Feeding Horses.

It might be said that grass is the
natural ration for the horse, but when
confined to a barn and also wnen
worked, the animal needs more
STRENGTHENING and nutritious food. To
feed properly there must be a mixed
diet. The intention of the food is to
supply heat and muscle, but not an
oversupply Of fat.
The quantity of food given should be
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10
Anti Treating Saloon.

What is said to be the first anti-treat-
ing saloon in the United States has been
opened in Des Moines, Ia. The proprie-
tor controls fifteen other saloons and de-
clares that if the venture proves a sue,
cess he will install the same system in
all of the others. Bartenders in charge
will attempt to induce drinkers to accept
a substitute for liquor in the form of
buttermilk, sweet milk, tea, coffee and
other soft drinks. The liquor habit will
be discouraged as far as possible in har-
mony with the ideas laid down by the
Iowa temperance forces.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10
A Pun at Nordica's Expense.

Apropos of Nine. Nordica's contest of
the will of her aunt, Mrs. Allen, and the
claim of the famous singer that consider
able of this wealth came from her grand
father, Camp Meeting John Allen, is told
a story illustrating the old revivalists
sense of humor.
His wife was getting into a carriage
one day, and the old gentleman neglected
to assist her. You are not as gallant,
John, as when you Were "a boy" she ex-
claimed.
NO. was his ready response, "and
you aren't as buoyant as when you were
a gal."-Boston Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10
Toke Care of the Orchard.


Now and then we hear OF farmers
with an apple orchard who cannot see
that it will pay them to take good
care of it, says the Rural New York
err. In one case farmer sold apples
enough from his orchard to buy him
ten good cows for his dairy, yet he
cannot see that it would pay him to
spray and prune the trees. There is
some scale in this orchard, and the
fruit is usually wormy. Taken in hand
now with oil and later with arsenic
for the Cooling worm this orchard
would give the easiest money on the
farm. We would like to shake such
men up and let them see the future.
The demand for good apples Is sure to
increase, while bearing trees are. not
keeping pace with the demand. Young
trees are being planted, while many
orchards are dying through lack of
care Do not, under any circumstances,
neglect good apple trees. Stay by
them with all the care you can muster.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10

suit of his feed, the horse loses about
half the grain by reason of the fact
that If is thrown over the top of the
bag.
The nose bag shown in the accom-
nanving cut is of recent invention and
is designed to overcome this trouble.
The feed supply is contained in res
ervoir which is secured to the bride
and is suspended between the animals
eyes. The feed flows down of it's own
weight into saucer-like receptacle
which is held under the animals
mouth. The feed is always in reach
and there is no occasion for the pain
full gymnastics which are so common
w seen under the circumstances.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10

patton. In my opinion constipation
is responsible for most ailments. There
are thirty-two feet of human bowels,
which is really a sewer pipe. When this
becomes poisoned, causing bi!iousness, liz
digestion and impure blood, which often
produces rheumatism and kidney all
ments No woman who suffers with con-
stipation or any liver complaint can ex-
pect to have clear complexion, or enjoy
good health.
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills are a tonic
to the stomach, liver and nerves. They
invigorate instead of weakening; they
enrich the blood instead of impoverish-
ing it; they enable the stomach to get
all the nourishment from food that is
put into it.
These pills contain no calomel, no dope,
they are soothing, healing and stiInu-
lating. They school the bowels to act
without physic. Price 25 cents.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10
Average Milk.
O~%NooNONN

1t has been shown that 100 pounds
Of average milk contains about 81
pounds of water, pounds Of fat, 5
pounds of sugar, 3.3 pounds of case1n
and albumen and or pounds Of min
eral matter or salts. The composition
of the milk depends largely upon the
cows producing it. Both Jerseys and
Guernseys give rich milk, upon which
the cream quickly rises. Durhams and
Ayrsh1res give milk of an average rich
ness, upon which the cream slowly
rises. Holstein cows are noted for CIV
ing large quantity of milk in which
there is small proportion of fat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10
Retort Courteous.

Two London cabbies were garing at
each other.
cav. wot's the matter with you?'' de-
manded one.
''Nothink's the matter with me-. you
bloomin' idiotv'
''You gave me a narsty look" persist
ed the first.
me! Why, you certainly ave q
narsty look, but / didn't give it to you,
30 'elp mep-Tit- Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-10
Does This Mean YOue

Indigestion, sour stomach, constipa-
tion-then headache, backache and
general miserable feeling. Do you
know that the pleasant herb tea, Lanes
Family Medicine, will remove all these
troubles almost Immediately? If you
do not know it, get package to-day at
any druggists or dealers (25c) and
you will be glad we told you.