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The daily sentinel., 1909-12-28

General Secretary win A. House,
of the Y. Nj. c. A., announced today
the program for the open house" ex-
orcises and reception at the Y. NJ. c.
A. building on New Years Day. 1t
has been customary for years
throughout the country for open
house" to be maintained at the Y. NJ.
G. A. on New Years. Secretary House
urges all ladies and gentlemen and
young people to call at the building
Saturday and exchange greetings
With their friends. From 10 to 12
in the morning children will be re-
ceived In the afternoon from TO s
men and women will be welcomed.
Refreshments will be served during
the day and evening. In the evening
in the gymnasium delightful pro-
cram will be rendered and this will
be open to the public. There will be
numerous OTHER pleasant features.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-28

FOR SALE-I have rs White Leg.
horn pullets and 8 White Leghorn
cockerels for sale at reasonable
price. Also some very fine White
Wyandottee cockerels. These are
strong, vigorous birds and they
VIII greatly improve your flock
Also few pairs of homing pig
cons $2 pair, pairs for So, 5
pairs for $3.50. Five pairs of these
will supply your table with SQUADS.
Write, or phone Black 425. Fair
mount Poultry Farm. Chas. A
Smith, Proprietor.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-28
Nntice to Stockholders.

Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Coliseum Hall association will
be held at the hall on Tuesday. Jan
uary 1,l910, at the hour of o'clock
p. m, for the purpose of electing new
directors for the year 1910 and the
transaction of such other business as
may properly be brought before the
meeting.
Signed:
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-28

Sewing machines cleaned, adjusted
and repaired, any make, S1.50.-
Rhinehart, Sixth and Main. Phone
Junction l61.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-28

oxl2 AK. rugs, s24. Crown Fur. Co
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-28

mans Committee will meet.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-28

1t is announced that tonight there
is to be big skating party on the
river near the foot of Main street
and those who will form the party
are to meet at the postoffice block at
1880 this evening. Those in charge
invite all who care to enjoy the sport
to meet and join the party.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-28

FOR SALE-Remingto typewriter,
Al condition; bargain, $40. Write
box 504.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-28

This evening the Christmas dance
of that popular social organization
the Bachelors club. will be given at
Margery Hall and it is certain to
prove one of the most notable, en-
Juyable and beautiful social functions
ever given in the city. The decora-
tions, imported for the occasion, are
enchanting and elaborate and the hall
will be converted into veritable
bower of beauty and color. The dec
orations were placed in position to-
day. Every arrangement has been
perfected with view of making the
evening one to be held in pleasant
memory by all of the large number
of guests. The Bachelors dances
have always proven delightful affairs
but tonight's function promises to
eclipse any effort in the past. Many
unique special features are planned.
The chaperones viii be DR.. and Mrs.
G. X. Warner. MIR. and Mrs. X. A.
Bickel, Mr.. and Mrs. l. n. Bunting,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Piatt and Mr..
and Mrs. Victor Garms.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-28

Good Singer sewing machine $3.50
Phone Junction 161.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-28

If YOU want n sleigh ride, call the
Blue barn, phone Junction 22S.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-16
HORIZON BLACK AROUND The POLE

rupted by infrequent ridges, was as
level as the glacial fringe from Hecla
to Columbia. and harder.
Ice Breaks Under siedges.
We marched something over ten
hours, the dogs being often on the
trot, and made twenty miles. Near
the end of the march we rushed
across a lead 100 yards wide, which
buckled under our sledges and finally
broke as the last sledge left It.
Horizon Black and LifeIess.
Before / turned in I took an OBJ
servation, which indicated our posi-
ton as So. A dense lifeless pail
hung overhead. The horizon was
black and The ice beneath was a
CHASTITY, chalky white. with no relief
a striking contrast to the glimmering,
sunlit fields Of it over which we had
been travelling for the previous four
days.
A rise in temperature to IS below
reduced the friction of the sledges
and gave the dogs the appearance of
having cau2ht the spirits of the party.
The more brightly ones, as they went
along with tightly curled tails, fire.
~quently tossed their heads, with short,
sharp bark and yelps.
In twelyo hours we had made forty
miles. There was no sign of q lead
in the march.
I had now made my five marches,
and was III time for a hasty noon OBJ
scrvation through a temporary break
in the clouds, which indicated our po-
sition as S957. | quote an entry from
my %jOurnaI some hours later:
The pile at last. The prize Of
three centuries; my dream and goal
for twent! years; mine at last. l can
not bring myself to realize it..
1T all seems so simple and COM
monplace. AS Bartlett said when
turning back, when speaking of his
being in these exclusive regions,
which no mortal has ever penetrated
before:
"It is Just like every day"
OF cours" | had my sensations that
made sleep impossible for hours,
despite my utter fa%tigue-the sensa.
tons of a lifetime; but | have no
room for them here.
The first thirty hours at the pole
were spent IN taking observations; in
going some ten miles beyond our
camp and some eight miles to the
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-16
QhG
Ghih


do you know of any woman who ever received any
benefit from taking Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound?"
If any woman who is suffering with any ailment peculiar
to her sex will ask her ~neighbors this question, she will be
surprised at the result. There is hardly a community in
this country where women cannot be found who have been
restored to health by this famous old remedy, made
exclusively from a simple formula of roots and herbs.
During the past 80 years we have published thousands
o. letters from these grateful women who have been cured
by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and never
in all that time have we published a testimonial without
the writer's special permission. Never have we knowingly
published a testimonial that was not truthful and genuine.
Here is one just received a few days ago. If anyone doubts
that this is a true and honest statement of a woman's expert
ence with Lydia E. Pinkhamhs Vegetable Compound write
and ask her.
Houston, Texas-"when I first began taking Lydia E. Pink
sick for three years with female troubles, chronic dyspepsia,
and a liver trouble. 1 had tried several doctors medicines, but
nothing did me any good.
"FOr three years 1 lived on medicines and thought I would
never get well, when 1 read an advertisement of Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and was advised to try 1t.
"My husband got me one bottle Of the Compound, and it did
me SO much good 1 continued its use. I am now q well woman
and enjoy the best of health.
81 advise all women suffering from such troubles to give
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. They won't
regret it, for it will surely cure yOu"-Mrs. Bessie L. Hicks,
$40 Cleveland St, Houston.
Any woman who is sick and suffering is foolish surely
not to give such a medicine as this a trial. Why should it
not do her as much good as it did Mrs. Hicks.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-16

right of it; in taking photographs,
planting my flags, depositing my rec
ords, studying the horizon with my
telescope for possible land, and
searching for a practicable place to
make a sounding.
Ten hours after our arrival the
clouds cleared before a light breeze
from our left, and from that time un.
til our departure in the afternoon of
April 7 the weather was cloudless and
tiawless. The minimum temperature
during the thirty hours was 33 below,
the maximum IL.
Explorer Praises His Entire Party.
AS TO the personnel, | have again
been particularly fortunate. Capt.
Bartlett is just Bartictt-tireless,
sleeplcss, enthusiastic, whether on the
bridge or in the crows nest or at the
head of a sledge driven in the field.
AS for my faithful Eskimos, l have
left them with ample supplies OF
dark, rich walrus meat and blubbe.
for their winter, with cur"ants, sugar
biscuits, guns, rifles, ammunition,
knives, hatchets, traps, etc. and fo'
thh splendid four who stood beside
me at the pole a boat and tent each t.;
requite them for their energy and the
hardship and toll they underwent to
help their friend Peary to the North
Pole.
But all Of this is the dearly bough.
years of experience. The magnificent
strength of the Roosevelt, the splendid
energy and enthusiasm Of my party,
the loyal f%aithfulness of my Eskimos--
could have gone for naught but for
the faithful necessaries Of war fur.
nished SO loyalty by the members and
friends Of the Peary Arctic club. And
1t Is no detraction from The living to
say that to no single individual has
the fine result been more signally due
than to my friend, the late Morris X
Jessup, the first president Of the club.
Their assistance has epabled me to
tell the last OF the great earth ste
ries, the story the world has been
waiting to hear for 800 years-the
story Of the discovery Of the North
Pole.
(sigued) ROBERT r. PEARY.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-16
Peay Declares He Went Ten Miles Past
Goal, Took Observations, Planted Flag
and Deposited His Records.
Temperature 80 Below.

(The following account by Commander
Peary of his successful voyage to the
North Pole was issued on September 10
by the New York Times Company. The
penalties for violation of this copyright
Include imprisonment for any person aid
ing or ahrtting such violation. which
means publishing in part or in full with
out authority Of the New York Times.)
published by arrangement with the
New York Times by the Western News
paper Union.)
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-10-22

the tobacco. suppose one Of you will
give me match?"
All that the three before him could
ever afterward recollect-and for sew
eral years afterward they cudgeled
their brains pretty thoroughly about
that moment-was that Whispering
Smith took hold of the left lapel OF his
coat to take the tobacco out of the
breast pocket. An excuse to take that
lapel in his left hand was, in fact, all
that Whispering Smith needed to put
not alone the three men before him
but all Oroville at his mercy. The
play of his right hand In crossing the
corduroy waistcoat to pull his revolt
yer from its scabbard and throw 1t
into their faces was all too quick for
better eyes than theirs. They saw
only the muzzle Of the heavy Colts
playing like a snakes tongue under
their surprised noses, with the good.
natured smile still behind 1t. "Or will
one of you roll a cigarette?" asked
Whispering Smith, without break
between the two questions. II don't
smoke. Now don't make faces; 60
right ahead. Do anything you want
to with your hands. I wouldn't ask
man to keep his hands or feet still on
hot day like this" he insisted. the
revolver playing all the time. you
won't draw? You won't fight?
Pshaw! Then disengage your hands
gently from your guns. You fellows
really ought not to attempt to pull
gun in Oroville. and will tell you
why-there's reason for it." He
looked confidential as he put his head
forward to whisper among the crest
fallen faces. "At this altitude 1t is too
fast work. know you now" he went
onn as they continued to wilt. "You
are Fatty Fiber" he said to the thin
chap. Don't work your mouth like
that at me; don't do 1t. You seem
surprised. Really, have you the
asthma? Get over 1t, because you are
wanted in Pound county for horse.
stealing. Why, hang 1t, Fatty, you're
good for ten years, and Of course.
since you have reminded me of It, I'll
see that you get 1t. And you, Baxter"
said he to the man on the right, Il
know spoke to you once when 1 was
inspector about altering brands; that's
five years, you know. YOU" he added.
scrutinizing the third man to scare
him to death-"I think you were at
Tower w. No? No matter; you two
boys may go, anyway. Fatty. you
stay; we'll put some state COW on your
ribs. BY the way, are you detective.
Fatty? Aren't you? See here! can
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derstand each other on that point
fairly before l start tonight"
Can you ask me whether you ought
not to take every means to defend your
own life? or whether any considera-
ton ought to come before that? l
think not. should be wicked wom-
an If were to wish evil to him,
wretched as he has made me. / am
wretched woman, whichever way l
turn. But / should be less than hui
man If I could say that to me your
death would not be cruel, cruel
blow"
There was a moment of silence.
"Dicksie understood you to say that
you were in doubt as to whether you
ought to go away with him when he
asked you to go. That y why / was
unsettled In my mind"
"The only reason why doubted was
that l thought by going l might save
better lives than mine. l could will
ingly give up my life to do that. But
to stain it by going back to such a
man-God help mel"
II think l understand. II the unfor-
tunate should happen before I come
back I hope only this: That you will
not hate me because I am the man
on whom the responsibility has fallen.
haven't sought 1t. And If I should
not come back at all, 1t Is only
good-by."
He saw her clasp her hahds convul-
sively. Il will not say it! will pray
on my knees that you do come back."
Goodnight, Marion. Some one is
at the cottage door,"
1T is probably Mr.. McCloud and
Dicksie. l will let them in."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-10-22
SYNOPSIS.

Murray Sinclair and his gang Of wreck,
ssrs were called out to clear the rallToau
tracks at Smoky Creek. McCloud,
clair and his men in the act OF looting
the wrecked train. Sinclair pleaded In
nocence. declaring 1t only amounted to q
discharged the whole outfit and ordered
the wreckage burned. McCloud became
acquainted with Dicksie Dunning, a girl
%re she W sss s Gordon Smith told
Clouds brave fight against q, gang OF
crazed miners, and that was the reason
his office. McCloud arranged board at
the boarding house of Mrs. Sinclair, the
-ex-foreman's deserted wife. Dicksie Dun
ard Dunning, who had died of broken
heart shortly after his wife's demise,
which occurred after one year OF mar
teriousIy burned. President Bucks noti-
fed Smith that he had work ahead. A
stock train was wrecked by. an open
switch Later passenger nt train was held
S XII p' :Whlsperlng smith" approached
SINCLAIR He tried to buy him tbat on IT. PIT PIT
was in danger McCloud was carried
forcibly into Lance Dunning's presence.
Dunning refused the railroad right-of-
way, he had already, signed for. Dieksie
Dicksie met McCloud on lonely trail to
warn him his life was in danger. On his
way home shot passed through his hat.
A sudden rise of the Crawling Stone riv-
err created CONSERVATION. Dicksie and Ma
rion appealed to McCloud for help. Whis--
pering Smith Joined the group McCloud
took his men to fight the river. Lance
Cunning welcomed them cordially. Nc
Cloud succeeded in hating the flood.
Dicksie and Marion visited Sinclair at his
ranch. He tried to persuade his deserted
wife to return to him. She refused. He
accused Whispering Smith of having
stolen her love from him.. A train was
held up and robbed, the bandits escap-
ing. Smith and McCloud started In pur-
suit. At Baggs ranch Du Sang killed old
Baggs. Whispering Smith befriended his
ten-year-old son. They came to Williams
Cache. Smith was certain the bandits
king Of the cache" to give up Du Sang.
would clean out the whole gang inclu-
ding Rebstock. Smith came upon the
bandits, Du Sang among them. Single
handed he routed them all. He set in
pursuit OF one, the other two being hope
iessly wounded. Du Sang died of his
wounds. The party started for home.
Medicine Bend heard the news of the
capture. McCloud's love match with
Dicksie progressed favorably. Smith re-
the belief that Dicksie and McCloud had
become engaged. Marion again refused
10 live with Sinclair Smith reported to
President Bucks. In attempting to serve
a warrant on Sinclair, Sheriff Banks was
killed. The duty was then assigned to
Smith. Smith prepared to pursue Sim
clair.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-10-22
CHAPTER xxxV.
Among the Coyotes.

Among the Coyotes.
Oroville once marked farthest north
for the Peace river gold camps, but
with mining long ago abandoned 1t
now marks furthest south for rus
tiers camp, being favorite resort
for the people of the Williams Cache
country. Oroville boasts that 1t has
never surrendered and that 1t has
never been cleaned out. 1t has moved,
and been moved, up stream and down,
and from bank to bank; 1t has been
burned out and blown away and lived
on wheels; but 1t has never suffered
the loss of its identity.
Whispering Smith, well busted with
alkali, rode up to the Johnson ranch,
eight miles southwest OF Oroville. In
the afternoon of the day after he left
Medicine Bend. The ranch lies In a
valley watered by the Rainbow, and
makes a pretty little oasis of green
in limitless waste of sagebrush.
Gene and Bob Johnson were cutting
alfalfa when Whispering Smith rode
into the field, and, stopping the now
ers, the three men talked while the
seven horses nibbled the clover.
81 may need a little help. Gene, to
get him out of town." remarked Smith.
after he had told his story; that is, II
there are too many Cache men there
for me-"
Bob Johnson was stripping a stalk
Of alfalfa in his fingers. Them fell
lows are pretty sore"
THAT comes Of half doing a Job,
Bob. I was in too much Of hurry
with the roundup. They haven't had
dose enough yet" returned Whisper
ing Smith. 'Tf you and Gene will join
me sometime when l have q week to
spare. we will go in there, clean up
the gang and burn the hair OF the
roots of the chapparal-what? I've
limited to Rebstock he could get ready
for something like that"
"Tell us about that fight, Gordon"
II will II you will give me something
to eat and have this horse taken care
Of. Then. Bob, l want you to ride into
Oroville and reconnoiter. This is mail
day and understand some Of the boys
are buying postage stamps to put on
my coffin"
They went to the house, where
Whispering Smith talked as he ate. Bob
took horse and rode away, and Gene,
with his guest, went back to the al
falfa, where Smith took Bob's place on
the mower. When they saw Bob rid
ing up the valley. whispering Smith,
bringing in the machine, mounted his
horse.
"Your man Is there all right" said
Bob, as he approached. HE and John
Rebstoek were In the Blackbird sa-
loon. Seagrue isn't there, but Barney
Rebstock and a lot of others are. l
talked q few minutes with John and
Murray. Sinclair didn't say much;
only that the railroad gang was trying
to run him out Of the country. and he
wanted to meet few Of them before
he went. I Just imagined he held up
a little before me; maybe not.
There's a dozen Williams Cache men
in town"
but those fellows are not really
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-10-22
"or VIII One Of You Roll clsaret.ef"

get you into an association. For ten
dollars, they give you a German-silver
star, and teach the Japanese method
Of pulling. by correspondence. Or you
might get an electric battery to han.
die your gun with. You can get pocket
dynamos from the mail-order houses
Sure! Read the big book"
When Gene and Bob Johnson rode
into town, Whispering Smith was sitr
ting in a chair outside the Blackbird.
still chatting with Fiber, who stood
with his arms around hitching-post.
holding fast a mail-order house cata-
logue. A modest crowd Of hangsrs-on
had gathered.
Here we are. Gene" exclaimed
Smith to the deputy sheriff. Il was
looking for steers. but some calves
got into the drive. Take him sE..zr
CTo BE CoNTINUED1
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-10-22
CHAPTER xxxIII.-continued

"Oh, l do not know! am afraid he
will not"
II do not think have ever hesitated
before at any call Of this kind; nor at
what such call will probably some
time mean; but this man l have
known since we were boys"
IF had never seen him!"
THAT brings up another point that
has been worrying me all day.
could not help knowing what you have
had to go through in this country. 1t
is a tough country for any woman.
Your people and mine were always
close together and l have felt bound
to do what could to"
Don't be afraid to say it-make my
path easier"
Something like that. though there's
been little real doing. What this stu
alton in which Sinclair is now placed
may still mean to you l do not know,
but l would not add straw to the
weight of your troubles. l came to-
night to ask plain question. II he
doesn't leave the country 1 have got
to meet him. You know what, in all
human probability, that will mean.
From such a meeting only one of us
can come back. Which shall 1t be?"
I'm afraid l don't understand you
do you ask me this question? How
can 1 know which 1t shall be? What
is 1t you mean?"
IT mean / will not take his life In
fight-if 1t comes to that-if you
would rather he should come back"
A sob almost refused an answer to
him. How can you ask me SO ter
rible a question:"
1T is a question that means good
deal to me, of course, and l don't
know Just what 1t means to you; that
is the point am up against 1 may
have no choice in the matter, but l
must decide what to try to do If l
have one. Am l to remember first
that he is your husbandF'
There was a silence. what shall
say-what can / say? God help me,
how am / to answer a question like
that?"
How am to answer it,"
Her voice was low and pitiful when
her answer came: you must do your
duty"
what is my duty, then? To serve
the paper that has been given to
ne, know-but not necessarily to de-
eend my life at the price of his. The
play of a chance lies in deciding that;
can keep the chance or give 1t away;
that is for you to say. Or take the
question of duty again. You are alone
and your friends are few. Haven't 1
any duty toward you, perhaps? /
don't know a woman's heart. l used
10 think l did, but don't. My duty
10 this company that / work for is
only the duty Of a servant. II l go,
another takes my place; It means
nothing except taking one name OF
the pay roll and putting another on.
Whatever he may have done, this
man Is your hasband; II his death
would cause you a pang. 1t shall not
be laid at my door. We ought to un-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-10-22
One Erect of Pie

The shop window was fun Of PIES.
A man came by. stopped. looked the
pies over, mumbled something to him
self. then went on mumbling ~ he
went
81 don't know what makes them do
that" said the cashier girl. who was
near the window. 81 don't know
whether they are counting the pies
and don't like the number Of them.
or don't like the looks Of them. or are
mad because they haven't enough
money to buy them; but they do that
way all day long. Come By the win
dow, take a look at our pies. then 20
along mumbling." 4