The Citizen from Peru, Kansas • 5

MO. PAC. TIME TABLE CMS FOR BENEFIT LECTURE Precocious Ability. The men who succeed are goner abend of 5:30 a. m.

3:45 p.m. 308 Nevada Accomodation, east 322 St. Louis K. C. Mail east bound 394 Local Freight, east bound 307 Sedan Accomodation, west bound .321 Southwestern Ks.

Mail, west bound LES30N FROM EUROPE SHOW HOW WATERWAY IMPROVEMENT HELPS RAILROADS. As to Loans, Loan oft loses both itself and friend. Optimism. 2:30 p. m.

7:42 p. m. COURSE 11:59 noon We have never 'met an optimist HAS A CREATIVE EFFECT an tooth 11:59 noon 393 Local Freight, west bound 0. S. Hollis, AgCkA Saturday.

There will be preaching services at the M. E. church Sunday morn. What They Really Are. A good many so-culled optimists are merely cheerful Idiots.

The Question. Why hide your light inder a when a pint measure -sv 111 an purpose? Heed and Remember! Avoid anger and thou wilt not sin. Talmud. Amos Dubois and family spent The first number will be The Elite Concert Company Under the, direction of Mrs Ethel Lee Buxton of Kansas City Who is a vocal soloist of rare talent. Italian Proverb.

One door never shuts but another opens. New Year's day the gtieste of John Burger and family. Claude and Hay Riley of Monett visited tlx ir uncle, L. Mason liere, this week. J.

1). Hampton and wife attended Niotaze Opal Stafford was the guest of Linnie Benear Thursday. EJva and Joe Kelso of Havana visited a few days last week with tlieir grand parents, El oy Lamb and wife. Paul lloessner moved to Coffey-ville Thursday. Win.

Taylor and mother have moved into their house in the 8uth part of Ollie Kirkendall and Lou Perkins visited with Arthur Reed mid wile Thursday. Linwood Garrett and Lillie Welih were guests of Opal St 'fford, Sunday. flaik ejtuitml Willi I'MHIi'Im Painfully Exact. The sign which many dentists display, says the Western Medical reading "Dentist's Parlor" should the Methodist quarterly meeting at (read "Dentist's Drawlng-Room." Change of Evils. I Fond Parent "Children nre s-ir i blessing In the home." "You bet are.

Why, since we've had two i This company conies so highly recommended that it seems hardly necessary to add words only dren my wife has scarcely t. to play the piano." An Obstacle to Mutual Esteem. Natives who grow fut and musculo on a chunk of pineapple or the fin a huddor.k can never enter into pe feet brotherhood with us who live I i eat, while they merely eat to Singapore Straits Budget. to say, don't miss this number. Peru, Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wilson had a New Year's dinner an I entertained several friends and relatives.

All enjoyed a line time. Those present were, Ben Wilson and wife, Rollic Wilson and wife, Joe Wilson and wife, C. D. Deal ing and wife, Elmer HutcliiiiH, Chas. Wilson, Anna aring, Irene Stafford, Mrs.

Nance Emilia Dealing, W. A. Wilson and wife, Edith and Oney W.l on. The pary at Mr. and Mrs, Clev-engers was enjoyed by all.

The ones present were, Messrs. George and Grant DuBois, Mayh'ehl, Everett Catron, Claude ltiley, Everett Henderson, Bartie Keeling. Fred Fulton, ltollie Norris, Ivan Co. ik, Carl and Willie Clevenger, George Dodsou, Hairy. Frank and George Uayl, Henry Ferris.

Grant Heed, Norman McLain, Delbert Lamb, Claude Thompson, Misses Avis Fulton, Pearl and Mary Flan-ingau, Inez and Edith Mason, Lillie Hamilton, Grace May Clevenger Georgia DuBois, and Mrs. Cook and Mr. and Mrs; Clevenger and Marie. The -it lluiiser's Frid in Havana, Sunday. Miss Acker returned from her vacation Saturday.

Prof. Man-tooth and Miss Howell returned Sunday evening. Wm. Benear went to Independence Friday to see Claud Stafford- Lyle Tame has a position in a bank at Admire, Kans. The gas supply is conspicioiiH only by its absence, J.

Erhart and wife went to Independence Saturday returning Sunday, The musical entertainment at the Christian church Monday night was very good. Prof. Fields is surely nuisici in. Tickets on sale at the Drug store. The Plsne.

Man forsakes Christianity in his ln-bors; woman cherishes it in her sol'-tudes nnd trials. Man lives by reve ling, woman by enduring and meets her. William lory Cbanning. Called for Hard Thinking. Little Mary sat seriously thinkli out some hard problem, when she marked: "Grandma, I don't know yet which I'll be, a nurse, or a storekesu er, or get married, and be nothing." As Willie Saw It.

Wllllo accompanied by his father, was visiting a circus and menagerie. ''Oh. nana." the boy exclaimed, as thev Chiutauqua Mrs Houlanger is very ill. Earl liied who liaw been visiting with relatives in Monndville, retm ned home Saturday passed before an elephant, "look at Miss la Sh ilio re urued Satur day to I em Okl i. wh re lie is emlo ed a teach -r in th- Higli suiiO'd.

Mrs. Bob Guiei's sister from Peru is visiting her ihis week. The refinery is partieally whut down for a few days on account of a shortage in gas, Mis. Mohler of Coffey ville is Dr. and wife i-jienl several the big cow with her horns In her mouth eating hay with her tail!" Christian Register.

Boston's Magic Bean Bakers. It seems that in baking beans Boston turns 10,000,000 tjuarts into quarts, and the finished prod-ict Is still admirably filling. The that, can make two quarts of jeans materialize where there was but ne quart has a great point dietary science and political das in Wiehit i la.t ek. Additional Locals Mr, and Mrs. Johnston en tertained at dinner New Years day, Mr, and Mrs.

15. Clements and son, Paul, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.Mills and family ami Phil P.

Hauey. Logan Alexander, living south of Peru has invented an attach men to a wagon break. John Marlow showed us his model and the invention looks workable, Mr. Alexander already has an offer from some wagon manufacturer for his idea. Lou Wells and wife went to Wichita Wednesday in response to a telegram calling them to the bedside of Mr.

Wells' brother, John Wells, who is lying at the point of death at his homo in (hat city, J. W. Williams, father-in-law of Mr. Wells, left on the noon train Thursday. John Wells was raised on a farm near Clnverdale in this county and was quite well known in Peru, Some of the employes of the Interstate Oil and Gas presented the etiper ntendetit, C.

P. Johnston with a fine leather upholstered rocking chair as a New Year's pres eiit. He values the present very highly and is very particular who sit- in it. Fou Salk One dozen Orinton In ns at fifty cents each. Will give the rooster to purchaser.

At my farm three miles west of Peru. J. W. Williams Miss Sadie Stafford went to Niotaze Thtirs lay to visit with her sii-t r-in-law, Mrs. 15.

Stafford. Glen Lent moil was an Independence visitor Thursday. Mrs J. II. Ilohgood went to gin Thursday to look after her operly interests there.

Mrs. Claude Kinney of Kansas City attended the funeral of Claude Stafford at this place, Sunday. Cliarl Custer was here from Delaware Thursday visiting with Mrs. Custer. John Hartzell returned to Delaware Thursday alter spending two weeks with home folks.

Fnd WiiBNon of Bartlesville is vi-diing wih his parents, G. W. Wasson and wile this week. Mrs. J.

N. Humberger litis been qu'te sick ibis week. Mr. Hum-be rger is at home from Bartlesville The wife of Prof. Williams, sup-i riu'eiident of the Caney schools, has fallen heir to a fortune of two and one-half or three million dollars C.

S. Crippen and Harry Davidson came borne from Avant Monday where (hey have been working. Bud Pierson was down from Cai.ey Thursday, on business. Carl Davidson is here from Avant this week visiting with his mother and other relatives. The Citizen folks are personally acquainted with Mrs.

Ethel Lee Buxton of Kansas City who is to appear here its one of the singers in the Elite Concert Company's entertainment Saturday night. This is the first number of the lecture course and to miss it, if you love music, is to miss much. Judge Jones heard these ladies in Sedan Wednesday night and he said they were fine. Our Chautauqua correspondent remembered us New Year's with a picture of herself and sister, which we greatly appreciate. Win the gis went low on Sunday, the boarders at Hotel Peru had to not another eating house, and the hot 1 lias been closed ever since and will not be reopened by Mr.

Hartzell. All. the regu'ar hoai'dciH went to Matt Elliotts except Sam KiiiF, Kirk McLaiu went to Independence this Friday morning on business. Kirk may not go back to Arizona if a deal he has on here tionies his wiy, Ellis Stafford and family wish to express their thanks to all who ssi-t them in the funeral and burial of bis son, Claud, Tom Saleri, our trusty, has been qui sick ti it- e- k. Construction of th Manchester Ship Canal Shewn to Have Resuscitated' Many Dying Town Many Give Similar Experiences.

fa previous articles it was shows that the waterways carry goods more cheaply than railways do or can aud compel the railways to carry for less than they otherwise would, and then claim was mad that the Improve' ment of waterways la a benefit to the railways with which tbey compete. Several Initancea were given to support this claim and many more might be given if apace allowed, for tbe writer, who baa studied tbe subject for 25 yeara, baa found many instance of benefit, and not a single lnstauca of harm, to ratlwaya from the iai-movement of waterways. It Is now In order to see if we can find a reason this rather surprising result. Waterways, as hns been Bald -before, reduce benefits In three principal by direct savljig in the cost or t.ransportatlpn of goods carrteb by Aater, indirect saving, by the ct railway rates through the of water routes, and by what tay be called a creative effect. It Mi last named effect which we ire now to consider.

Manchester, England, before the con-ciion of the ship ennui, was a town. Hundreds of stores ami outuiids of dwellings were empty, were closed some iuc.J and population was decreathij; lih the opening of tbe canal al1 liii changed. Factorieia reopened, ones were built, the empty hoinea and thoutmnds of new Ties' built to accommodate the that came pouring in. And the onuiits were not confined to Manehes- alone, but were distributed over whole great tndustrlul region, con-uiuiug over 8,000.000 people, of which Manchester is the center. It wns not oiuy natural, but Inevitable, that the jrcat Increase in population and pros-n'l'ity in Manchester and the surround-ug region should bo reflected in the and the profits of the railways therein.

Liverpool Also Aided. Liverpool fought desperately to prevent the building of the canal and the establishment of the new port of Manchester; but instead of being Injured uy the canal, the business of Liverpool has Increased faster than before. During the 13 years before the canal was opened the Increase lu the harbor re-jeipts at Liverpool was only In the same length of time after it was opened the Increase was The 6.0OO.A00 tons of traffic at Manchester have-net been stolon from Liverpool, they have been created by the canal. Frankfort, Germany, before the River Main was improved, was not a dying city but was decidedly stagnant. and Mayence on the Hhlue, v.hich hud been improved, were growing rapidly, while Frankfort was very little.

As soon as tfr canalization of the river was finished, which was in 1686, the city began to grow and bag kept on growing ever since. The population, which was 154,000 In 1885, has increased to 229,000 in 1S95, Co 335,000 in 190Q, and is probrMy than 400,000 now. Evidently tha of Frankfort expect their city lo keep on growing, too. They spent over $1,500,000 on a harbor when the iiver was first improved and are bard at work right now building a new and much larger harbor at a co. of $17,600,000.

Just as in the case of Manchester, the benefit was not confined to the city of Franklort; the industrial and commercial life of the whole region was greatly stimulated. Mines long closed were reopened, new uduslries were started, and today there la an almost continuous succession of factories lining tbe banks of the river from Frankfort to the Khine. Everybody Reaps Benefit. Hunt the world around and always and everywhere we find that tbe improvement of waterways sets cities to growing, factory wheels to bumming, and commerce to moving In a wider and swifter stream. Railroads get aiore business in big cities than in small towns, in a densely populated region than in one that is thinly settled.

Waterways, there-iore, benefit railways and states aud nations as weil by promoting an In-2: ease in population, in manufactures and in commerce. But for one who to got clear down to the of things there still remains the question: "Why do waterways increase population and create commerce and industry?" Consul General Mason, now in Paris, but for tome years at Frankfort, says: "Gannon statesmanship was among jio first to foresee that the time when, railways having their maximum extension aud there would remain a of coarse, raw materials cc.il, lii'r. fctone, and crude Is to aid be economically carried irtai.e-ds only by water traiis-. that in a fully lie-i. liailonal system the proper ii would be to carry i'fic lh higher classes of Manufactured from the the watarwaji had tliUr doors.

evening was by all. Tle present Misses Flo Gee-Fenian L-e Coleau, Edith Mason, Lora and Ethel Dea'iiiour, Lie Lamb, L'ile llamiltoii, Oil and Florence KiriV-endall, Stella Fricks, Vernie and Jessie Farmer, Sarah weenie, Winnie Botts, Bertha Henderson, Jtss-ie, Dora and Lucy Hoiiser, Miss Allen, Bruce Coh an, Joe Hyd. Earl and Walter Clause Thompson, Delbert Lamb, Itoy Geesi iiian, Sim Peik ns, Roy weenie, James Butts', James Wheeler, Otis Henderson, Wayne and Willie Hotiser, Joe Perine, Henry Ferris, Mr. Croffman and Love visiting this week with 3IrH, Du-Bois and Mrs. Bates, Ralph Bates ami family of Caney took New Year dinner with lien Bates and family.

Mrs. Jones anil little daughter, Lucille, who have been veiling her father, Mr. Parker, for some time, returned to tier home in Kansas City, Sunday. W. C.

Harmon and I). W. Ramsey Here in Caney Saturday on business, Mrs. James Norirs and children were guests at Victoi Copeland's Heart Heart The city beautiful movement If iroperly pushed will help not only the ndlvidual, but the entire community, nd especially the property owner and he householder. The public health is more or less involved.

Are you onlributing to the movement? If lot, where Is your public spirit and ivic pride? Birmingham News. Generally. Every little while the public gets reatly excited over the discovery of a ooem by some dead poet who rt'i uot the thing worth being in his collected works. we find, in ppite of tbe pubhe's iurrah over the discovery, that the lead poet exercised pretty good 1 Hemy li id in bit Id ng a barn on (lie lots opoiie liis res nee prop1-erty this week. Skating aitiis a in order again.

Miss Inez Ami rs returned from Independenc Saturday. The at tendance hLmIio th rni. of the. week was good c- ns ring he weather. Mrs.

P. A. ego ry i ill of La Grippe I Ids we U. Miss Alice Moore Kan as Ciiy Mo. is visiting hersivev, II, Fish.

G. JCol'ey lias sold Ins buisness and residence to IJoul.inger, We have not, learned wh he intends to do. Rev.Clampiit filled his appointment at the U. 13. chuivh Sunday night.

Not thstanding til coldness of the weather the is a large number out to hear him. School has begun again with hosts of good resolutions on the art of the pupils, we supp to make this last half of the term the best. Nearly everyone in Chautauqua has been burning wood this week as the gas is very low, Mrs. Frank O. rk went to Coffey, ville Friday haVe her eyes treated returning niie Saturday.

Miss Viola Bennett returned to Baldwin Monday after spending Christmas vacation with her parents Dr. Goss will Leave Sedan The Man Fond of His Work. Give give us tbe man who lings at his work! Be his occupation what It may he Is equal to any of those who follow the same pursuit in silent sullenness. He will do more in the same time he will do it better-be will persevere longer. Thomas Carlyle.

The Scrubwoman's Lunch. "I used to let my scrubwoman get craelf a little lunch." said the city lat dweller. "It's the nice thing to lo, I know, and I like to do It, but I No Use Freezing Get comfortable wearing apparel here. Our stock of Underwear, Shoes, Overshoes, Hosiery and Caps complete at the lowest Prices. Produce wanted at highest market prices.

GEO. C. DYE lad to quit in self defense: She tooa in hour to get her lunch and eat it tnd charged me extra for the time he put in." Vanity of Man. It is an almost universal law of human nature that nothing is more interesting to a man than himself. He therefore has a craving in some men it is a morbid craving to meet some one who is as much Interested In himself as he is.

Hearth and Home. Dr. Goss of Seda'i will locite in PawlniKka. Thus one by one Chautauqua coum is pendi her noble Hons to tiWi 11 the population of what seems to be am -re prosperous country. May go.

luek go with the doctor ami his family, Claude Oakes and wii'e returned home to Independence Friday after a few days visit with relatives ami friends here. Miss Flossie Howell of Moi.ett took the San i a Fe train here Fridav morning for Independence, where the family are planning to make their home in the near future. Gain and Pain. Gain is according to pain they are twin brothers, they resemble each other so closely their most Intimate friends cannot tell them apart the one plants the tree, the other carea for it until the fruit Is ma'-irs-d. Types of Unselfishness.

There are two types of unselfishness. One Is always found in connection with a noble self-esteem that prevents the virtue from degenerating 'ito'a vice; the other is a sociated )th a self effacement, a -T-li-vj duality, a fickleness take its owner merely a veU-Ie for a -onsplcuous exhibition of self sacrl ace. Phone 9-02 Niotaze,.