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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20
Slough Holler Happenings

Dunk Willis has wrote home
fer one of them homeseekers tick
cts. Dunk has been rufin' it out
west fer the past three months.
While drlvin' the COW up from
the paster Monday evening Jim
Dusker was hooked between the
wire gate and the corral fence.
The fall buildin' rush is on in
earnest. Deb Simpkins begin
whitewashin' his hitchin' post a
week ago Tuesday.
Mr.. Hank Dubbs and Miss
Sallie Haskins wuz united in the
holy bonds of matrimony Satur-
day night. Sally told the par
son that she'd obey Hank all her
life but Missus Haskins, Sallle's
ma, says faint likely cuase they
'aint nobody yit ever made her
do any thing that she didn't feel
like doin'.
Mrs. Hiram Smith was unable
to be at church Sunday on &C
count of her corns being so sore
that she couldn't wear her shoes.
Hi had to get new razor.
Lem Shelby went with his first
girl Tuesday evenin'. He had
the new school ma'am out to the
ice cream sociable. Mrs. Shelby
says that Lem never would comb
his hair without bein' told till
the school teacher begin board
in there.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20
Judoe and "earmaId's Blush"

Judicial ignorance is generally as
sumed, but there are occasions when
a Judge is honestly lacking in knowl-
edge. The other day witness In an
Australian court casually mentioned
that a certain thing occurred just after
he had a "barmaid's blush" Judge
and counsel were for the moment
"stuck up" by this hitherto unheard Of
phrase, but the fact was gradually
elected that 1t meant drink Of COM
pounded beer and raspberry vinegar.
London Chronicle.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20
Hair Fabrics.

In the manufacture of hair fabrics
the hair is reduced to paste by SOL
vent and all kinds of hair and f1bers
are used. The paste is run through
an artificial silk spinner and drawn
from the spinner in threads. Some OF
these are yard or more In length.
They can be braided or woven like ar
tificial horse-hair. Hair composition
Of superior quality is kept for the man
ufacture of wigs and braids.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20
Snail Culture Profitable.

French farmers find snail culture
profitable undertaking. AS many as
100000 first quality" snails, the price
of which throughout the year aver
ages $1.70 a thousand, can be reared
on an acre of land. They have to be
fed only once a day, preferably in the
evening, and though extremely vora.
cious are by no means fastidious. After
a fall of rain, which seems to sharpen
their appetites, a bed of 100000 Will
demolish a barrow load of cabbage In
a very short space of time.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20
MANY DRIVEN FROM HOME

Every year, in many parts OF the
country thousands are driven from
their homes by coughs and lung
diseases. Friends and business are
left behind for other climates, but this
is costly and not always sure. A
better way-the way Of multitudes-is
to use DR.. Kings New Discovery and
cure yourself at home. Stay right
there, with your friends, and take
this safe medicine. Throat and lung
troubles find quick relief and health
returns. Its help in coughs, colds,
grip, Group, whooping' cough and
sore lungs make it positive blessing
Soc and 81. Trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by All Druggists.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

Many children are never taught to
think and to reason out every ques-
ton in a fair-minded, reasoning man
ner. That is why We meet with and
suffer from so many unreasonable and
unreasoning men and women :.
who are governed by prejudice, I'M
pulse and personal feelings, instead
Of by thoughtful and careful consider
alton. They do not see what Is right
because they do not know how n
Judge without prejudice.-Our Four,
Footed Friends.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20
Blessed Sympathy.

Sympathy with animals blesses and
humanizes men and women. To get
into real relations with an animal is q
liberal education. 1t Is something to
be really interested even in plant
and to observe the working Of life In
any sphere not our own. How much
more when that life is directing q
personality which consciously looks
up to us and will love us If we will let
it!-Christian Register.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20
Queer Counting Of Distances.

In the rural parts Of Schleswig-HoE
stein people do not measure distance
by miles, as we do, or by hours, as
in other parts of Germany. They say
that place is a pipe, or two pipes,
or three pipes off, according to the
number of pipes one could smoke
while walking there. Shorter dis
tances are reckoned by dogs barks;
a village under mile away would be
two or three dogs barks.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

Millions in air Think of it Every
time you open your moush, in goes
a whole menagerie of microbes, germs
and bacteria. When the liver,
stoma ch and bowels are active, these
germs are harmless. If they are
torpid it is just the condition needed
to set up disease; which at this sea-
son is generally o. a malarial nature.
The moral is-Use Herbine to keep
the liver, stomach and bowels
in state of health and activity 1t
cures indigestion and constipation.
Price Soc Sold by Legitimate Drug
Company.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20
HURT IN COAL CHUTE

W. W. Story has had the third
finger of his right hand amputated
at the second joint as the result Of
an accident at the Santa Fe coal
chute Saturday. Mr.. Story was
operating the chute and caught his
finger in a rope. He is foreman at
the Santa FEES railways coal chute.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20
RELIABLE JEWELRY

Our superior array of JewelrY and
Watches makes selection easy. Every
thing is in perfect taste, and every
thing may be perfectly relied upon.
We sell nothing we dent know all
about, and we tell you everything we
know about every thing you ask to see
c. e. CONKLIN. the Jeweler.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20
UNCLE EZRA SAYS

at don't take more'n gill NV
effort to get folks into peck OF
trouble" and little neglect of con-
stipation, .biliousness, indigestion or
other liver arrangement will do the
same. If ailing, take DR.. Kings
New Life Pills for quick results.
Fasv. safe, sure, and only rs cents at
All Druggists.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20
Champagne Bottles.

Great skill is required in manufac-
turing champagne bottles, which must
be almost automatically even In the
thickness Of the glass. The glass must
be perfectly smooth and the necks ex-
act in every particular to insure per-
feet corking.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

A sore throat can be treatel best
from the out. ide. The throat should
be rubbed gently with Billiards. Snow
Liniment. Apply at night and cover
with cotton cloth bandage; by
morning soreness will disappear.
Price 25c, SOC, and 81 per bottle
Sold by Legitimate Drug Co.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

Mr.. and Mrs. G. l. Mallory left Fri
day for their home in Elgin, ILL.,, af-
ter visiting short time with w. II.
Mallory and family. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mallory were on their way home from
Idaho where they had spent the sum-
mer with their daughter.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

in. Purdy and H. T. Nethaway
went to Hutchinson Monday after
noon. Symbol Walker, horse be-
longing to Mr.. Purdy is entered for a
race at the state fair at Hutchinson
This horse won in the three year old
pace here at the four county fair.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20
CITY HALL MARRIAGE

Maude Spwink and Abner Cox were
married at the city hall Saturday
evening at O'Clock by Justice f. NJ.
Groome. The only ones present were
Fl. 1. Randall and q. M. Brobst, who
acted as witnesses to the ceremony.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

Don Mckay visited Monday be.
tween trains with friends on his way
to Kansas City, He is employed by
the Remington typewriter company.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

Chase W, Brown and A. f. Leverenz
left Monday for st Louis to attend
the Rexall Convention being held
there.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

]. e. Gaitskill of Girard visited be-
tween trains M onday with friends on
bis way to Lawrence where he will
enter the State University.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

See J. R. Gordon for wagon UNI
brellas, wall paper, paints and var
nishes. 3o-f
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

Miss Lettie Ford has returned to
Erie after a visit here with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. George Ford.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

Miss Mabel Stevens Of Humboldt
and Miss Pearl Stevens of St. Louis
left Chanute Friday after visiting
Mrs. e. J Wordsworth.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

George Merrill spent Saturday ane
Sunday in Emporia.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

B. W. Garvin of Erie is in the
Chanute hospital and will have an
operation.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

j. 81. Ivy has returned to Column
bus after visiting his mother Mrs.
Matilda Ivy for a short time.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Osborn are
home from Manitou, Col. They spent
the summer in Colorado and have
stopped off at several places on their
way home,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

Fred Hamilton arrived Monday
from Arkansas City to visit his
parents Mr.. aud Mrs. W. Fl. Hamil-
ton,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

Edward Owens of Coffeyville
at Hoshaw Drug store.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20
WHAT WE NEVER FORGET

w ma w II NiH iIle rOIspCA
According to science are the things
assoc ated with our early home life,
such as Bucklen's Aruica Salve, that
mother or grandmother used to
cure our burns, boils, scalds, sores,
skin eruptions, cuts, sprains or
bruises. Forty years of cures proves
it's merit. Unrivaledtor piles, corns,
or cold-sores Only 25c at All
Druggists.
Take Herbine for heartburn, sour
belching or constipation, 1t cleanses
and strengthens the liver and bowels.
Price SOC. Sold by Legitimate Drug
Company.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-09-20

Howard Fees is visiting home folks
in Holton, Kan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-01
When Suns Collide.

There is good reason to believe that the bodies in space-both luminous and dead-occasionally fall together, and bis conception of such an event was given by Professor A. W. Bickerton in a Royal institution lecture in England. The collisions do not come at random. Gravity and other agencies are at work, and before two suns collide they come into each others influence for hundreds of years, being drawn to- ward each other with constantly in. creasing speed. As the velocity would be proportionate to size, the collision would take place in the same time about three-fourths of an hour-for all bodies. With the collision, the two stars become a new one, the tremen- dous speed is suddenly converted into heat, and the explosive force expands the new star at the rate of millions of miles an hour. This, Professor Bicker
 ton believes, explains the origin of Nova Persei, which suddenly flashed out in 1901 with 10000 times the bril- liancy of our sun. This star became the brightest in the heavens except Sirius and was the most brilliant new star that has appeared in 300 years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-01
City, Mo-, to enter the employ of the Board of Welfare, the official body

City, Mo, to enter the employ of the Board of Welfare, the official body corresponding largely to the Board of Charities Commissioners in this city.
 MT. Johnson's offiical position with the Board of Welfare in Kansas City was secretary of the bureau Of re- search. This made him an assistant superintendent.
 MT. Johnson says the work of char ities in Kansas City is effected though a close cooperation of the private and public charities enter prises. He regards this as an advan- tageous situation.
 affairs of the local department MT. with local conditions.
 You find different conditions in different cities," said he My first work here will be to become familiar with local conditions There are a great many elements that make ur the work of the Charities department and all these must be carefully weigh ed. I expect to have plenty to dc for while to study the local situa. tion.''
 Pharmacist Thomas F. Cox also be- gan active work in the drug room of the department this morning
 MT. Johnson made a flying trip tc this city a few weeks ago, when he was first mentioned for the position and at that time met all the Charities commissioners, but Father Judge. He did not visit the offices of the de- partment at that time. however.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-01
FUNERAL TRAIN ON
 ITS BORROWING WAY.

Halifax, N. S.. May The van of the funeral procession which is to ex- tend across the entire continent start ed at S:45, today, when the I. c. R.. express left for the west Weeping relatives and friends of the Titanic victims arrived at the depot more than an hour before the time of de- parture and waited impatiently to be- gin the sad journey.
 The body of John Jacob Astor, mill lionaire New Yorker who went to his doom while returning from the honey moon trip with his young bride, was placed in the private car Oceanic, last night. Through the long hours of the night Vincent Astcr. his chief heir, Astor is on the verge of collapse.
 Isidor Straus' body was placed in an express car along with several others. It is in charge of Morris Rothschild. of Philadelphia. Roths- child had hoped that the body of Mrs. Straus, who refused to leave her hus- band even after she realized that 1t meant death, would be among the unidentified forms brought in but he held out that her body would be pick ed up by the Minia and he decided to accompany Straus' body home.
 Other bodies on the train were those of Englehart c. Ostby. of Providence. R. l., R. F. White, of Boston, and H. J. Allison of Chesterville, Ont.
 The work of embalming proceeded rapidly during the night and today Arrangements have been completed to Halifax, tonight It was believed, to- day, that, by tomorrow night, nearly all of the identified bodies would be ready for shipment
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-01
UNDERTAKER FOUND HE WAS
 EMBALMING UNCLES BODY

Halifax, N. S., May 1-Out of the si- lence of death that hung over the huge temporary moreue where the bodies of the Titanic victims lay in long, still rows, a sudden deep-throated 'NOh, My God'', rang out when George Newell, embalmer, discovered that he was working on the body of his uncle.
 Newell, one :, of the undertakers local undertakers, was on the watch that worked through the night prepar- ing the salt-stained, sea-worn bodies that the anxious mourners waiting to identify loved ones would not be much shocked at the sight of their dead. During the fore part of the night he had worked swiftly and had prepared two bodies and sent them out to the room where the little group of anxious friends and relatives waited.
 About midnight, Newell,> moving down the tier of collins with his as- sistant, was assigned to a new body. Taking his instruments and parapher- nalia he arranged them by the side of the stand. Then he reached out and lifted the heavy, weather-beaten can vas that hid the face. The next mo- ment he clutched his assistant by the arm and in a husky whisper that sounded strangely loud through the silence of the death house he announc- ed: My God, that's my uncle.'
 The stricken embalmer was led away. He examined the effects taken from the body and declared that it was his uncle, A. L. Newell, who had sailed on the Titanic from Southampton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-01
A Solemn Dance.

They have a singular kind of dance conducted on the greens of country will lages in Russia. The dancers stand apart, knot of young men here, a knot of maidens there, each sex by it. self and silent as a crowd of mutes. A piper breaks into a tune; youth pulls off his cap and challenges his girl with a wave and bow. If the girl is willing, she waves her handkerchief in token of assent. The youth advances, takes a corner of the handkerchief in his hand and leads his lassie round and round No word is spoken and no laugh is heard. Stiff with cords and rich with braids, the girl moves heavily by her self, going round and round and never allowing her partner to touch her hand. The pipe goes droning on for hours in the same sad key and measure, and the prize of merit in this "circl1ng," as the dance is called, is given by specta- tors to the lassie who in all that sum- mer revelry has never spoken and nev- CT smiled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-01
Primitive Screws.

Screws are still made in India just as they were made originally, by wind ing two soft wires together around a mandrel. The wires are then carefully separated, and one of them is soldered into a tube or nut, while the other is soldered to a short rod. All the silver smiths make their screws in this way, and they are all left handed, for they are wound over and over by the right hand. Screw bolts and screw presses were introduced by Europeans, and for many years all the cotton export ed from India was compressed by a massive screw of wood, turned round by cattle yoked to long lever. This screw may still be found in remote dis
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-01
STAMFORD OFFICERS STOP
 FLEEING TOUGH WITH BULLET
Exciting Contest in Which Former Sheriff Stagg Leads Attack Upon Five Men,
 Four of Whom Go to Jail

Another shot brought down one If the number and the rest stopped and submitted to arrest.
 Constable Palmer's shot struck Joe Lewis of Chicago in the thigh and Dr. Coggswell was called to dress the wound. Joe is now in the cooler. The other four, who gave their names as James and Arthur Ross, brothers of no address, Fred Dyer, colored of no place in particular and Lester Null len.
 The four uninjured men were tried before Judge Charles H. Peck on charges of indecent exposure and re- sistance to an officer and fined $25 and costs each. They were sent to Jail to serve out their fines. Joe Lew is, the wounded man, will be tried on like charges later. His wound is serious but will soon heal. The three recent burglaries in the town have been attributed to gangs of travelling thieves and it is the determination of the officials to break up the gangs and make Stratford too hot a place for them to attempt to operate in.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-01
A Story of Henry of Navarro.

The following we'll authenticated anecdote viii serve to show what man. ner of man Henry of Navarro was: One day, while on his way to join a hunting party, a countryman whom he had overtaken on the road asked him where he was going. "I am going on to attend the kings hunt" replied Henry. That's where Pm going" said the rustic. q have heard lots about the king, and I want to see how he looks.' Jump up behind me- said
 Henry. AS they logged along the asked, "How will I know the king from the others" 'He will have his hat on, and all the rest will uncover when he arrives" answered Henry. When the pair finally reached the party every hat went off. Where's the king?" asked Henry of the rustic 'It- must be either you or me-" re- sponded the countryman, "for we are the only fellows who have our hats on."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-01
Saaind Distances.

About POO miles in every direction is the distance a man can see when stand ing on clear day on the peak of the highest mountain-say at a height of 26,66S feet, or little over five miles above the level of the sea. An ob- server must be at height of 6,667 feet above sea level to see objects at a distance of hundred miles. The dis tance in miles at which an object upon the surface of the earth is visible is equal to the square root of one and one-half times the height of the ob- server in feet above sea level. Some allowance has to be made for the eff feet of atmospheric refraction, but as the refraction varies at different heights and is affected by the various states of the weather no precisely accurate fig ures for general purposes can be given Probably from one-fourteenth to one tenth of the distance given by the formula would have to be deducted owing to the refraction of the atmos- Dhere.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-01
HLona Live the King."

The expression "The king is dead, long live the king," indicates the auto matic succession of ruling sovereigns- that the moment a king dies his suc- cessor becomes king without any fur ther formality. It is believed to have had its origin at the death of Louis XIV. of France. In Pardoe's Life of Louis XIV" is the following account of the announcement of the death of that monarch:
 "The death of Louis XIV. was an- nounced by the captain of the body guard from window of the state apartment. Raising his truncheon above his head, he broke it in the cen- ter and, throwing the pieces among the crowd, exclaimed in a loud voice. 'Le rof est mort!' fhe king is dead). Then, seizing another staff, he four ished it in the air as he shouted, 'Vive le roiv Qong live the king)."-New York Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-01
JOHNSON HERE TO BEGIN WORK New Head of Charities Depart ment is Athletic Young
 MinneSOtan Studied Theory of Charities and Correction in University
 of Minnesota

Fred R. Johnson, superintendent or the Charities department, took the reins into his hands today. Mayor Hall this forenoon and at Il o'clock went to the Police & Charities build ing. Here the mayor introduced him to the various employees. Clerk Den his E. O'Neil, who has been acting superintendent since the resignation of Joseph V. Brennan, turned over to the new official the duties of the head of the department.
 MT. Johnson is a native of Waseca, Minn. He spent his early life on a Minnesota farm, and his tall, rugged frame, and broad sloping shoulders bespeak the effects of healthful hand and florid complexion and sandy hair confirm the Scandinavian paren- tage his name would indicate.
 No, I'm not a relative of the late Governor Johnson,'' said he, in re- sponse to the Farmer reporters in- quiry
 You see, in the Minneapolis city directory there are 37 pages of John sons, and only a few of these are rel- tives of the late Governor
 MT. Johnson is 30 unmarried. He taught school for year when he fin lsned High Scnool. He IS graduate of the University of Minnesota, where he studied the theory of charities and corrections. He has spent about three and one-half years in the actual work of charities.
 His first employment in this line was in Minneapolis, under E. T. Lies head of the Associated Charities of that city. MT. Lies was called to the superintendency of the Chicago Asso- ciated charities. MT Johnson spent two years in the Minneapolis Asso- ciated charities, then went to Kansas