The Brewster Record from Brewster, Kansas • 6

SUBSTITUTE FOR THE CLOCK PALMER SOIN, iiiji i tmm mill immmi in iw Ill imiMM I wmMmyiw? 111 I All committees on Fourth of July arrangements will meet at the hall Monday evening to clone np the business, (f, L. Martin During the practice proceeding; the hall gamo at Winona Inst Friday Carl Cutslmw and Guy Harper ran together heud on striking both at the temples. Carl received a cut on the right temple that necessitated two stitches and (Jiiy while not bo severely bruised was made insensible for a considerable tune. GROWN TO VAST SIZE Cannlna and Other Comparatively New Industries Have Had Period of Prosperity. The tabulation of the 1903 census of.

American manufactures is proceeding with diligence, the compilation of the canning and preserving, rice cleaning and' polishing, and tho beet sugar industries for tho calendar year lt0 i having been just completed. This shows that there were 2,703 establishments, with a capital of engaged in canning or preserving fruits, Vegetables, fish, oysters, clams and shrimps, the production of which was valuod at Vegetables stood first with $15,203,148, fruits second with $037,308,886, fish and oysters $03,799,412. California led in production with $24,820,128 in values, mostly canned rind dried fruit. Xew York produced of general goods, and Maryland $12,103,511, mostly canned vegetables. Extensive irrigation and modern XL mi Use McLaughlin's XXXX Coffee Every Day Because McLaughlin's XXXX Coffee is always uniform in quality and properly blended and roasted.

You do not get good coffee one day and poor coffee the next. The handy air-tighfc package and the glazing of pure sugar keeps this coffee clean and fresh, protected from dust, dirt and foul odors. Each package is one pound full weight. McLaughlin's XXXX Coffee i3 Sold by Dealers In Harness and Harness Supplies, A full line of fly nets nud summer goods. Harness and shoe repairing a specialty EAST SIDE OF MAIN STEEET.

MtEWSTEK KANSAS COOPER'S The place to eat When in Brewster IS AT COOPER'S RESTAURANT AND SHORT ORDER HOUSE. Try our big 25 cent dinner; l3oard by the day, week or month; Rooms 111 Connection. 3BEE33Ea SHOP, Razors Honed ShearS ground. Hair Cuttixc. a Specialty.

AGENCY- ork. Norton Steam Laundry; fRANK MAtLORY. Michael Wirth will mate you'r well to your satisfaction. Charges reasonable; See us or write us for estimates. The Old Reliable WELL BORERf Brewster, Kansas.

I. R. HAWKINS, M. D. Physician Surgeon.

calls Answered Say oft Office 1st dqok south of The; BREWSTER RECORD. Thi3 Space reserved for Chas. Petty, LIVERYMAN. Kansas lllllll'llf II Bo not hesitate. llr.

COOPER "Burning Sticks" Made Use of by ths Ingenious Chinese. The Chinese hare several con trivanees for keeping the time of day. The water clock has often been described, but the use of burning sticks is less familiar. These are described by Col. Bridges in his book, "Round tho World in Six Months." Wo bought a small bundle of time sticks.

Tho sticks, each of which is ol inches long, are used, as their uame more or less implies, for the purpose of measuring time. Fof Use by day some are especially made, while others, for service by night, are particularly constructed. Each burns during a period of 13 hours. Of these "King Alfred's candles," as some of our party termed them, wo bought two, and from a printed circular, or advertisement which was at the same time handed to us by the man who" sold them, wc learned the following particulars: The materials' of which these' time-measuring sticks are made ard prepared according to the directions' of the official Or imperial astrori-o'mers or astrologers. The duration of each time etiek is adjusted according to (ho clepsydra, or water flock, so that tlie time which it in dicates when; bti filing may be re; ganled fas correct.

Time sticks which are manufactured to mark the hours of the day inust be lighted at day dawn, when the lines oil the palm of the hand arc just while those which are constructed to mark the hour of the' night must he lighted at dusk, when the lines on ths pal ai of the. hand are not discernible. Each sticky when burning, must be placed iii a perpendicular position'. It is also necessary that it should be placed in a room free from currents of air1. Youth's Companion1; INSANE PHYSICIAN.

"A man who' had booh desperate iy ill in town was sent by his" doctor down into' the country to recupei'- fl'c," says a writer; "The invalid Was much collapsed 6'ri arrival, and the local doctor was1 summoned; 'TJmph, galloping wae his Comment; 'Finest thing in the WGrld is" plenty 6f cabbage; JNothing-lb' nutritious as cabbage in a case of this soft; Give him lots of The, ick man5 groaned a protest, and then the doctor reconsidered, the ftiatter. 'After fie mused1; ('al we can' do' is gently' to ease him him away. I'll send him gb'mething that'll dd He sent him some medicine which put the patient so" soundly to sleep' that ii only by a' miracle that they got him round: A day or two' later that doctor was carried1 to lunatic asylum, raving The pattern1 recovered." AS AN bPTIMIST SEES THINGS. Only the fool claims that everything is bright and good. Yet the greater fool is that oho who claims it ia ail dark and evil.

Between these towers the man of divine wisdom he may be wholly unlearned who sees and acknowledges he ices thp mud, the the blocks, the clouds and the dark, places, but who knows that if he does manfully his part in overcoming theitt they will not hinder him or stand in the way of his helping along the. better day. We make the dayS and when we complain of them wo of ourselves. Philadelphia Xonli COMFORTABLE. Comfort is a relative term.

In a soldier's camp things appear delightful Which would' hardly be thought so at "When, the day after the battle of Gaines Jbhn, a. negro servant, came in for supplies, says1 Mr3. Pryor," in her reminiscences, his asked after hjs master's "Ditthe have a comfortable night, "lid iiiistiis," Was the reply "ilai'se. Pogor sart'njy was cmnfortablo. las' higlit.

Helep' tin ie()field. Hwixt two tlaid Companion: SHS WAS IT. Miss Caddie Your brother and I were partners Jn a little game of whist at IlrJylc'a last evening. Miss Knox I thought it might, be you. Miss Caddie Why, did he tell you about it Miss Knox He just said he had had a' rubbc.r 't whist, I During the fetor of Saturday evening the hull door in the Ilines builcljng blew open breaking the glass la attempting to close the door against the strong wind Dick Hemming forced his left hand against the broken class re ceiving a deep cut in the fore arm and a bad cut in the pulm of the hand.

During the shooting of KreworLs just after dark last night a boy named Eniuiett Patterson who was sitting in front of Bellamy stove discovered his coat to be on lire in the pocket. He l.al three bunches of firecrackers in the packet which for some reason failed to ignite and he escaped with only a damaged coat. We learn that the telephone line from Goodland to the Conquest form is in course of con strue ion. This line- we are in formed, will be extended to Brewsier. There is talk of the Central State binding a line through from Ooodhmd to Kansas City the proposed route of which 1 ouches Brewsteri Miss Ruby Raford is; it is an nounced; is soon to leave for an all summer's visit with relatives at Norton and her niafiy gathered at the Raford home Monday night find tendered her farewell party.

Games Were played and refresh ments fferted and it wa Tuesday rrtornirfg before the party broke up with many wishes to Miss Ruby for an enjoyable visit. A rumor which rer-ches1 nS too late to verify is that a Mr. Ellis, member of the Goodland camp M. W. A.

and who lives about 20 Wiles northwest of Brewster had started for this point Saturday night to attd'hd camp and was struck by lightning while enroute and kilied. L.tcer: As w6 g6 to press we 1 learn the rumored death of Mr. I Ralph Ellis occured: as reported. L.eo Hively; a young man living nea'r Levant; and who is afflicted lieart fainted on the ball gfonnd during the game yesterday afternoon; "As we learned them' the. particulars are: Mr, Hively and a Mr.

Stevens were disputing when Mr. eve-is pre-seated his clenched hand in pro.r-iminity to Hively's face and his heart temporarily stopped action. In justice to Mr. Steven's it should be stated that he was unaware of his opponents affliction. Brewster was the scene of two small wrecks yesterday morning.

The! iirst occurred about 8 a. m. and was caused by a coal car in an east bound freight train jumping the track about a quarter of a mile east of the east passing track switelh When this (Jar1 had been re-railed and the train had started to hack in' out of the way of No. 7 a brakeman timed the switch under the caboose, sending the car up both tracks which pulled the rails badly out of place causing an additional delay of a couple of hours to repair track. ert YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs'-Copyrights AnTOiie sending tt sHptchund description may bnMj ascertain our opinion free whether Invention is probably pntelitiihle.

Comnmnlnv HANDBOOK onPntouta Bent frea. Oldest uiri-uey for securing puLMitv 'lMtslitg tnken tureucli Minui 4 Co. tecolre tftcuU notice, without chnruo, In the scietuif it Mmtim A hsndsomelT Ulnstrnted weeklv. T.nreest clr-ciilatum of Btiy srimttUo Journiil. Terms, 13 a yeiir; mar monius, fi.

com Dymi newcaeuiers. Ifl 361Droadwav. Nol Ynrfr machinery have given a great im petus to the rice industry and of the 099,127,030 pounds of rtiugli rice milled in the ccrisus year 1903 only one per cent, was" imported. The exports amounted to 7G0 pounds and the imports to 106, In the sugar beet industry there were 51 refineries; the capital wages $2,480,102, cost df material $14,480,810, and the value of products $24 This in1-j dustry and $305,000 capital. Hid BEST SUIT, TOO'.

Al'gy (suddenly meeting his best girl's young brother) Hello, Tommy; don't you know who I am? Tommy Yes, you're wot motMr says' Is Sister Jaiie's" last A TRIFLING DETAIL. "How's" Mary. Ellen getting asked one 6f the" neighbors, wdien Austin returned from a visit. She fjxed a keen gaze on Austin, for rumors of Mary Ellen's do mestic troubles had reached the village some time" "Why, She's go't everything fixed up real nice," said Mrtf. Austin, slowly.

"She has a good house and. a garden; fend a and some o', the! likeliest hens', and a couple 6' pigs, and'1 "Ii it true that hbr husband has' rcg'lar temper tantrums every little persisted the neighbor. "Well," said Mrs. Austin, ''1 don't see any. heed of dwelling on that.

When folks have good deal of live stock some 6 the critters is liable to be ailing now and then." EQUAL TO THE OCCASION." The bookkeeper, thinking the boss had gone home for, the day, had in-' vited a few friends to assist him iri disposing of a feast that had beeri brought ill from' a neighboring restaurant. While the. work of demolition was in progress- the boss unexpectedly, returned. He stood in the doorway and surveyed the. festive scene.

"Er come in, Mr. Spilker," stamnered the bookkeeper, "and-r-and help a hungry bunch crunch lunch." thanks," Said Mr. Spilker; prefer, to stand here arid watch an idle clerk shirk HE PASSED. "Tom" Barker," said tbi teacher, "stay in after school and write a composition of -50 words." Tom hande in the iolloying and was soon on, his to the swimming', pool: Jessie was fond of kittens. She saw.cxie on.

the road and called: Jjnssy, puisy, pussy, Pssy, pussy, pussy, pUSsy, pussy, pussy, pussy, pussy, pussy, pussy, imssy pussy, pussy, 'pussy, pussy, pussy, pussy, pussy, pussy, pussy, pussy pussy, pussy." Cosiuopol it pusr jnissy Additional Localw. O. L. Jones of Seibert Colorado, will through the kindness of his brother, II. J.

'Jone rend the Reeojfd for a yeaf. Rev. George Belsejy ree'etor of the Episopnl church nt Goodland. was a between trains visitor in Brewster Wednesday. W.

S. fhompson of Quick ville was trading in town Tuesday and stopped in long enough to wish us success with the Record; A. J. Coon is building wash foom, Cementing hi3 eel Jar and otherwise improving his residence property near the M. E.

church. The Rock Island is putting iu a spur track of considerable length this week to accomodate the outfit cars of: the ballast gang which is expected here soon, Thirty members of the Good, land camp M. Y7 A', wei'e the gtie of the Brewster canip at the meeting Saturday night. Gocd-l'and drill team conducted the W. II.

Kiechel, of Lincoln; was in town several days his week in the interest of the Brown Commercial College, one of the leading educational' institution of the west, "Jerry" Crawford while assisting in' the unloading of a car of ties for the new spur wrenched his neck so severely that it necessitated his laying off for a day the iirst of the week. Lack' of room prevents us giving detailed account of thVball game of pitchers and the large number of errors on the part of the Levant team is responsible for the large, score of the home Uaiii. Roy Robinsons dray team broke loose at the lumber yard this forenoon and ran up past lie M. E. church utterly- destroying the wagon on which they were attach-ed.

They were caught just north of the ball ground'. Henry Ilines was looking over the country Monday itf search of one of Ivs big horses which got out of the barn Sunday night. Up a late hour Monday night the or ot been located. Carl Cutshaw placed a fence around the ball grounds and otherwise placed them in condition the first of the week. We understand that an admission is hereafter to bo charged to regular games: Tom Bellamy purchased buggy from Uorney Tro'mbla and harness from W.

E', Painter and uow is in a position' to bid defiance to the Rock Island when ever be desires to visit neighboring towns. Wm. Uro6ks, wife anil little son of who have been visit ing friends here for ntveral days eft for home Tuesday morning. Mr. Brooks formerly lived Eouth of town but left here several years ago for a less favored country.

Clins. James, whej' for number of has been identified with the II. E. Jacobs store, has resign ed his position effective last Sat urday night, Mr. James has not announced his plans for the future but will, rumor says, remain in Brewster.

A team belonging to Wm, Mc-Adanls and which wits loaded with supplies for the stand at Con quest's grove, been hie frightened at a roman candle in front of Mar tin's store, Wednesday evening and started tp run but was slopped before they had fairly started. Miss Grace Jacobs cut her right hand severely on Tuesday iust be fore noon. She was, cleaning the west room when one of the staples used to fasten covers on a candy bucket penetrated the hand at the base of the thumb to a considerable depth. Charlie Hartley, of the Beaver country, was in town one doy re cently showing a mighty fine sample of wheat which it is expected will go better than 15 bushels to the acre. It is toll headed nltho the straw is shorter than ustial but the berries are full and well diyebped.

Guirterly Meetiiig. The second quarterly meeting of the Brewster charge. be held in Brewster, July 21 and Treadling ardcommmibn ser. vices 21st. Rev.

W. J. Meredith in chage. All are invit- Ssell. Pastor.

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