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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03
Chinese Stronghold Taken.

Pekin. - Two important towns
Kin Kiang, in the province of Kiang
81, and Sian, capital of Shansi
province, have fallen into the hands
of the revolutionists, materially ex-
tending the area of the uprising, dis
heartening the government and CIV
ing new confidence to revolutionary
leaders. Sian was regarded as a gov
eminent stronghold.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03
PUBLIC LAND NEARLY ALL GONE
Less Than Two Years Ago Missouri
Had 10000 Acres-1,34o Acres
Now Remain.

Springfield, Missouri.-Though Of
fetal records show that less than two
years ago there was nearly 10000
acres of government land in Missouri
the books of the United States land
Office here show that only 1,340 acres
now remain for settlement. A re-
port just completed shows that only
four counties of the state now have
more than 100 acres of government
land. These are Barry, 116; Miller,
100; Pulski, 17S, and shannon, 1913.
Only 81 out of the ia counties of
the state have any land open to
homestead or cash entry from the
government.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03
Large Revers Popular.

The use of the large collar is no
doubt responsible for the popularity
of the large revers. Some are long
and narrow. coming down below the
waist line. Others are square and a
few round
In a certain number OF cases the
coats are made with a single rever
on one side and double revers are
seen in some instances. The long
shawl collars are again meeting with
favor
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03
TO REDUCE COST OF LIVING
HOUSEHOLDER TRYING VARi-
Gus PLANS FOR RELIEF.
Chicago Has Storage Pianist. Jo-
seph and Topeka Start Co.
Operative Stores.

Chicago, Illinois.-A movement has
been started among householders here
to solve the high cost Of living prob
lem"
They have begun the formation of a
federation of marketing clubs, an or
ganization which will buy food in
quantities in the season when it is
cheap, store it and distribute it at
cost prices among consumers.
Those back of the movement as
sert it will effect a reduction in the
cost of food amounting in the aggre-
gate to 80 per cent.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03
Rice Growers Increase Price.

Beaumont, Texas.-At a meeting
of the executive committee of the
Southern Rice Growers association,
one of the dominant organizations
in the Texas-Louisiana rice industry,
the schedule of prices for rough
rice has just been advanced 10 to
Is cents, according to grade.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03
Strikers to Try PRAYERS.

Chicago, Illinois.-Prayer has been
substituted for picketing in the strike
of shop employees on the Illinois Gen.
trail railroad. At a mass meeting of
the strikers in Turner hall here they
prayed that the Lord might soften
the hearts at the officials of the COM
pany
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03
Gas Goes Up at AtchIson.

Atchison, Kansas.-The price OF
gas was raised here from rs cents
to q cents a thousand cubic feet
The local company obtains it's supply
from the Kansas National Gas COM
pany, and it was in compliance with
orders from the Kansas National that
the rates we're increased.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03
As the Italians Tell II.

Tripoli.-A report from an Italian
source recounting the recent battle,
places the Turkish and Arab losses
at more than 1000 killed and a large
number wounded, and the Italian loss
at 100 dead and wounded.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03

Topeka, Kansas Socialists here
are planning a cooperative store as
a relief from high prices. The shares
are to be SIS with only one share to
a person The store will be operated
on the profit sharing plan, each GUS
toner being entitled to a division of
profits according to the amount of
purchases.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03
rrv for County option.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. - An
amendment to the constitution re-
pealing statewide prohibition and
substituting local option in its place
will be submitted to the voters of
Oklahoma soon.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03
Enrolment at Baker.

Baldwin, Kansas.-The enrolment
at Baker university this year shows
over four hundred Of the 495 students
enrolled are from Kansas while Mis-
souri, follows with 40 students and
Oklahoma still less.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03
Fined a Mute for SWEARING.

st. Joseph, Mo.-Pleading guilty to
swearing at his wife in the sign
language, August Carrado, a deaf
mute, was fined $40 in police court
here. When he wrote the word
guilty" he wept.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03
Eor National Primary Law.

Washington, d. C.-Members OF
both the Democratic and Republican
parties are working on a plan for a
national presidential primary law,
which they hope to present in con-
gress at the coming session.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03
HIuh Priced Beer.

Wichita, Kansas.-For selling two
bottles of beer, Frank Johnson a ne
gro porter, was given a year in jail
and fined $1,000. 1t is the heaviest
penalty ever dealt to a liquor law
offender in the county.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03
Small Circulation.

Shopman-Here is very nice thing
In revolving book cases, madam.
Mrs. Newrich-Oh, are those revolv-
ing bookcases? l thought they called
them circulating Observation-Disclosures
Register
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03

This pretty frock is of gray blue
cashmere embroidered in the same
shade. The waist is finished across the
front with a band of madeira embroid-
cry on linen. OF which the shoulder
collar is also made.
This last is placed over a collar
Of black satin. bands Of which finish
the silk cord matching the gown forms
the girdle.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03

In this world one must be little
too kind to be kind enough.-Mari-
vaux.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-11-03

MO up-todate costume is consider
ME ed complete without the inev-
III liable handbag. which must har-
monte with, If not match, the
costume. This bag is suspended from
the shoulder-either side-and made of
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-24

oitement. and a Miss Knowles, who
came for a moment last night 10 80,
Mrs. Wilson, was caught in the quar-
antlne (see papers), and. after hidlnl
all night In the basement, is sul1inl
all day In her room. Her presence
created an excitement out OF all pro
portion to the apparent cause,
From the fact that ! have reason IA
know that my artist host and his beau
tiful wife are on bad terms, and from
the significant glances with which the
announcement Of Miss Knowles pres
ence was met. the state Of affairs
seems rather clear. Wilson impresses
me as a spineless sort, anyhow. and
when the lady Of the basement shut
herself away from the rest today and
l happened on Jimmy" as they call
him, pleading with her through the
door, | very nearly kicked him down
the stairs. Oh. yes. I'll keep out
right enough; It isn't my affair.
BY the way, after quarantine and
with the policeman locked in the fur
mace room, a pearl necklace and a dia
mond bracelet we're stolenl Just ten
Of us to divide the suspicionl Upon
my word, Hal, IT'S the queerest situa
tion / ever heard Of Which OF us did
it? | make guess that not few Of
us are fools. but which is the knavei
The worst Of II Is, am the only un
accredited member OF the household!
This Is more scandal than ] ever
wrote In my life. Lay it 10 circum.
scrlbed environment, and the lack
Of 20 miles over the pampa before
breakfast We have all been vac
cinated, and the o6lcious gentlemen
from the board Of health have taken
their grins and their formaldehyde
and gone. Ye gods, how we cough!
The Carlton order will go through
all right, / think Phoned him this
morning. II II does, old man. we viii
take a month in September and ex
plore the Mercator property.
Do you know, Hal, | have been
thinking lately that you and / stick
too close to the grind. Business is
right enough, but what's the use Of
spending ones best years succeeding
in everything except the things that
are worth while? I'll be thirty sooner
than I care to say, and-oh, well, you
won't understand You'll sit down
there, with the Southern Cross and
the rest Of the Internal astronomical
galaxy looking down on you, and the
Indians chanting in the village, and
you will think I have grown senti
mental have not. You and I down
there have been looking at the world
through the reverse end of the glass.
It's bully old world, Hal, and this
is Gods part of it.
Burn this letter after you read It:
I suspect it is covered with germs
Well, happy days, old man.
Yours, TOM.
P. S.-By the way can't you spare
some Of the Indian pottery you picked
up at Callao? l told Mrs. Wilson
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-24
WFTEN NA.MAN
M.ARQTES T&n
BYE1A[aNY RO[BEIHUS l1CHZG1ADT Al
CALIIHCk. Of TFE CIRCULAR eSIAlRCASE--
Tit NAN IN LOWER Ten, ETC.

care Of Union Nitrate company.
Iquique, Chilli.
Dear Old Man:
think / was fully a week trying 10
drive out Of my mind my last glimpse
OF you with your sickly grin, pretend
ing to be tickled TO pieces that the
only white man within 200 miles OF
your shack was going on a holiday.
You old buffer! | used to hang over
the rail Of the steamer, on the way
up, and see you standing as ! left you
beside the car with its mule and the
Indian driver and behind you mil
lion miles OF sou-destroying pampa.
Never mind, Jack; / sent yesterday by
mail steamer the cigarettes, pipes and
tobacco, canned goods and poker
chips. Put in some magazines, too,
and the collars. Don't know about the
ties-guess II won't matter down
there.
Nothing happened on the trip. One
Of the engines broke down three days
out, and | spent all my time below
decks for as hours. Chief engineer
raving with d. Us. Got the engine
fixed in record time, and haven't got
my hands clean yet. It was bully.
With this send the papers. which
will tell you how / happen to be here,
and why ! have leisure to write you
three days after landing. II the sit.
uation were not so ridiculous, II would
be maddening Here / am, off for a
holiday and congratuating myself
that l am foot free and heart free
yes, my friend, heart free-here l am,
shut IN the house of a man | never
saw until last night, and wouldn't
care If | never saw again, with a lot
Of people who never heard of me, who
are almost equally vague about South
America, who play as hard at bridge
as | ever worked at building one
Gorgiye this, won't you? the novelty
has gone to my head, and who belong
to the very class of extravagant, lux
uryloving, non-producing parasites
dsn't that what we called them?) that
you and l used to revile from our lofty
Andean pinnacle.
To come down to earth: Here we
are, six women and five men, includ-
ing a policeman, not a servant in the
house, and no one who knows how to
do anything. They are really i'm
mensely interesting, these people:
They all know each other very well,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-24
SYNOPSIS.

James Wilson or Jimmy as he Is called
py MS friends, Jimmy was r0tund ana
looked shorter than he really was, Ills
aHl9luon In life was 20 be taken seriously,
but people steadily refused TO do so, ms
ait Is considered n huge Joke, except 10
hlWhelf, if he asked people 20 dinner eN-
Bella Knowles; they live together a year
ana are divorced Jimmy's frendh ar
iange 20 celebrate the first anniversary
or MS divorce. The party is In fun SWING
When Jimmy receives "A telegram from ms
aunt Selma, who viii arrive In four hours
70 visit him and his wife. Jimmy gets MS
lunds from Aunt Selma ana after ne mar
res she doubles his allowance, lie neg
taxes KIT into his confidence, he tries 10
devise some way so that his aunt VIII not
learn that he has no longer wife. lie
suggests that KIT play the hostess Tor one
night, be Mrs Wilson pro tenn. Aunt Sc
lima arrives and the deception works out
az planned. ,Iims Jap servant Is taken
III. Bella, Jmmy's divorced wife, enters
the house and asks Kit who is being ta-
ken away I'm the ambulance? Bella insists
II is Jim. Kit tells her Jim is we'll and y
In the house. Bella tells KIT II wasn't
Jim she wanted 90 see, but Takahlra, the
Jap servant HARRISON steps out on the
porch and discovers q man tacking q
card on the door. Tie demands an eN,
pl0notlon. The man points 70 the p!acnfa
and HARRISON secs the word "SmallpoN'
printed ON it. The guests suddenly reallHe
their prCdlcament, the women shed tears
son pleads with Kit 10 tell him the real
situation Of things She finally tells him
OF Be'lH's Incarceration in the basement
The all important question arises as 70
who is % prepare the mcals and perform
the other household duties, Harrison nm
ally solves the matter Tie writes out
slips containing the various departments
Of his or her duties. Kit attempts %
make an omclet for Aunt Selma, but tails
IN the attempt and Is IN n very nervous
state when HARRISON comes 70 her rescue
and tells her how to make IT,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-24
SONGS OF THE GONDOLIERs
idle Chants with Distant Responses
Are Sung in Turn by Solitary
Watermen.

The still canals, the high buildings,
the splendor Of the moon, the deep
shadows, The ghost-like appearance of
the few black gond0las gliding up and
5own added to the peculiar character
20 +be scene and amid all these circum-
s+onoeg 1t was not difficult to discover
fto significance Of this wonderful sing
Ing.
II Is completely adapted to leisure
~ solitary waterman, who, stretched
MT In his boat, lies on these quiet
canals awaiting his master or custom
srs humming something to himself to
mass the time, and falling back on the
noems he knows by heart as burden
to his song. Sometimes he will pipe
forth his air as loudly as possible and
his melody will float over the still mir
ror. All around him Is hushed. IN the
midst Of great populous town he is
In solitude. No rattle of carriages, no
hustle Of foot passengers reaches him;
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-24
Dare to Be Happy.

Let US never be afraid Of innocent
joy; God is good and what he does is
well done; resign yourself to every
thing, even to happiness; ask for the
spirit Of sacrifice, Of detachment, Of re-
nunciation, and above all, for the spirit
Of Joy and gratitude, that genuine and
religious optimism which sees in God
a Father, and asks no pardon for his
benefits We must dare to be happy
and dare to confess it, regarding our
selves always as the repositories, not
as the authors Of our own joy
Amiel
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-24

and it is Jimmy" here, and Dali
there-Dallas Brown, who went to
India with me; you remember my
speaking Of him-and they are good
natured, too, except at meal times.
| The little hostess, Mrs. Wilson, took
over the cooking, and although lunch
con was better than breakfast, the
! food still leaves much to the magma
tion.
wish you could see this Mrs. VIII
son, Hal. You would change whole
lot Of your ideas. She is thorough
bred, sure enough, and of course some
Of her beauty is the result Of the ex-
quisite care about which you and T.
still from our Andean pinnacle
to rant. But the fact is, she is more
than that She has fire, and pluck, no
end. If you could have seen her this
morning, standing in front of cold
Kitchen range, determined to conquer
it, and had seen the tilt of her chin
when I offered to take over the cook
ing-you needn't grin; l can cook, and
you know it-you would understand
what l mean. It was so clear that she
was paralyzed with fright at the idea
of getting breakfast, and equally clear
that she meant to do it. By the way,
/ have learned that her name was Nc
Nair before she married this would-be
artist, Wilson, and that she is daugh-
ter of the McNair who financed the
Callao branch!
have not met the others so init
mately. There are two sisters named
Mercer, inclined to be noisy-they are
playing roulette in the next room
now, One is small and dark, almost
Hebraic in type, named Leila and
called Lollie. The other, larger, very
blonde and languishing, and with
decided preference for masculine So
ciety, even saving the mark, minel
Dallas Browns wife, good looking,
smokes cigarettes when am not
around-they all do, except Mrs. VIII
son. Then there is a maiden aunt,
who is Ill today with grippe and OK
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-24

from you that / am giving this same
commission 10 several buyers. You
have carte blanche 20 match the sam
pie"
Long the buyer had been waiting
FOR certain young man 70 come 70
him.
Now the young man, having seen
the miller, happened TO stroll by.
"Haye you the cutting?" questioned
the buyer
No the young man answered. Il
refuse to ask her for 1t till I know
your price ! will not wound her feel.
ings uselessly l win not sell my
girls hair for q trife. Put on stamped
paper that you viii give S1G0 and
viii see about It. Don't forget that
my girls hair is naturally wavy."
Absurd" cried the buyer. Here.
l will tell you the whole truth. "Au
depends on the matching. II your
girls hair does not match my sample
absolutely, natural waviness win add
yes, say $40, to fine ash-blond hair
say three-quarters Of a Eilo; why,
$50 is a ridiculously high valuation,
but l will write down on stamped pa
per that l win pay 500 in case the
sample matches"
Georges shook his head
"One hundred and ten dollars-I
can not do better"
Negadon. The young man did love
her hair
zone hundred and twenty dollars in
case the sample matches"
And love conquered-love Of don
keys, heifers. goats, lambs, turkeys,
chickens.
Write It down plain" said the
young man, who also loved his girls
tresses. Then, when he had the pa
per safely in his pocket, he added:
Now write what you will give in
case the sample does not match"
Next market day at Saint Martin
Outrage four girls stood with their
splendid hair down around the stone
bench opposite the mill.
BE seated" The radiant buyer
motioned to two Of them.
He put their arms through the
sleeves of a barber's apron, over
which, around his shoulders, he tied
black muslin cape. Ostensibly it
was 10 help him cut. In truth il
vas to help him Judge the hairs con
sistency Of tint before he actually
sheared It. But it looked uncanny
like the preparation Of an execution.
The first girl went under comb and
shears. Straight down the two sides
of her head-so that each half fel
over shoulder-the man combed
all her tresses, parted at the crown.
S-z-z-z-z-!
The shears made a long cuutinu-
GUS sound. no snipping-and in his
left hand he held half the girls hair.
S-z-z-z-Z--!
The girl was sheared.
Next girl!
The next girl was Helene Cast
You would not have dreamt that
she wept all night. In lazy pride she
took out four pins. threw her head
back, gave a shake, and down came
the rippling, wavy, biUowing cas-
cade. The sun struck fire and gave
gold reflects from its ash-blond glory.
Hair is such a bother" she
laughed, blufing bravely; "and the
money is important. I hope Georges |
won't mind much when he learns
what l am doing. He SO loves my
hair"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-24

shear what girls he could on market
day, and quit Saint Martin d'Uriage
for a more ignorant locality His
Paris house was selling long torsades
OF standard blond and brunette at SIS
apiece. and the hair TO make them
was averaging $12 Transformations
Of the same tiuts and quality were
selling at between $25 and so. Wigs
we're selling at between $40 and $50
per kilo. Yet here we're girls with
less than half kilo on their
heads refusing to be shorn for less
than $50 Do not be surprised at
these figures They are moderate
for live" hair cut from vigorous Eu-
rOpean girls The cheap article is
brittle from strong chemical treat
ment-and dead Chinese women! Half
the present false hair comes from
China.
Cheap false hair is dangerous. It
all comes from Indian and Chinese
people II you must have false hair.
see to it that it is live hair. It will
cost more but it's eafe. It is said
that there are three qualities of hair
in the market: fine soft hair, cut from
the heads of live white girls, cheap
hair that comes from dead women Of
other races, and still cheaper which
is made into so-called rats" and Is
said to derive its being mostly from
different kinds Of animals and to be
filthy, beastly stuff"
Il will put notice In the place"
that I am quitting Saint Martin d'Uri-
age after next market day" he said
70 Monzelun, the miller. The young
men are standing in their own light
not to order their own girls to come
up and get their money!"
The young men are willing to SELL"
replied the miller, but they yearn for
better prices. A poor girls hair is
her marriage portion; but at the rates
you offer, It IS as safe on her head
You can always walk down to Gren-
oble and sell it at need and mean
while more liberal buyers may hap
pen along Our young men know that
hair is gone up"
"A little knowledge is a dangerous
thing" the buyer anskered. Because
have have given heavy prices for
few rare heads, they must not think
that common hair is scarce. In the
next village I will find twenty marri.
ageable girls who are willing to trade
of their useless locks for the price
Of a young donkey"
He knew the miller would retail his
talk on market day. The miller in
these remote centers is the general
exchange. Incoming peasants bring
their bag of grist to him across the
donkey's back take homo a third in
-four, and trade the rest. Not twice
a year do they go to Grenoble, twenty
miles down and back, up the innum-
cradle steep lacets of the mountain
side They fear the city's unknown
ways. The buyer knew this when he
added:
"As for the girls selling at Gren.
oble, why, we send hair to Grenoble
ready made up!"
But the buyer would not leave Saint
Martin d'Uriage without a certain
treasure.
"Our client is a millionaire Ameri-
caine," the great hair-dresser wrote,
1--WE can offer you one hundred per
cent on the lowest price you have to
pay in case you succeed; and as the
lady has honored us with practically |
unlimited order, l will not conceal |
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-24
They Do Things Better in France.


1t is no easy matter to be married
in France, says F. Berkeley Smith,
in Success Magazine One great
thing in favor of so sacred a cere,
mony is that it cannot be hastily per
formed. 1t is an event requiring
months of preparation, of the signing
of endless papers, the certificates Of
birth and the consent Of parents, un.
til at last the wedding day, which has
been arranged for to the entire salts
faction of every one concerned, in.
cluding the legal authorities, arrives.
If marriage is difficult, divorce is even
more so. There are no such romantic
and youthful adventures as eloping on
a S12 capital-handing ten to the
accommodating parson and wiring for
with the chang"