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The Englewood Homebuilder. 'Jno. D. Carter, Editor. ENGLEWOOD, KANS.

KANSAS COMMENT Wellington's Modern Hotel. Wellington is to have a modern hotel for whose erection $30,000 has been subscribed by local capitalists and property owners. Bigelow's Wife Visits Him. The Wife and brother of Frank G. Bigelow, the former Milwaukee banker, now serving a ten years' sentence at the United States penitentiary, arrived at Leavenworth to visit the prisoner.

Kansas Fig Tree Bears. The only bearing fig tree In Kansas, standing out of doors, is that belonging to Elmer E. Cross, of Pleasanton. It is twelve years old aad has borne more than 100 figs each year for eight years. It was brought here from Florida.

Crushed by Falling Slate. Ollie Kent, a well known miner of Weir City, was instantly killed at the Crowe Coal Company mine No. 2, located seven miles southwest of Pittsburg, by a fall of slate. His head was crushed almost beyond recognition and the upper portion of his body was bruised and mangled. He was a married man and leaves a widow and four small children.

Beating the Game Law. Del Travis, state fish and game warden, has been corresponding with the attorney general over a weak place in the law governing fishing in Kansas streams The deputy wardens in counties along the south line of the state are having trouble with fishermen who violate the Kansas law and set up the defense that they caught their in the Indian Territory and Oklahc ha. City Mall for Wellington. The city counci' has appointed a committee of three to investigate the advisability Of builling a city building on the lots owncf by the city, corner of Seventh and Washington. The mayor an-nounted that he believed that a loan at 3 per cent could be floated among the residents of Wellington.

Councilman Hunter thought that 4 per cent woull do It And that is what the committer will look up. By Frisco Train. James Waddle, a young man of about 25 yea 's of age, was found dead beside the Frisco rairoad tracks one-half east of Oswego, having been struck by an eastbound train. He had been to the city and was drinking heavily. Ho started for his home, which is at out one mile southeast of town, and it is presumed he had either sat down or laid down beside the tracks.

The tody was warm when found. $33,000 for Cooper College. Cooper college library of Sterling received a gift of $12,000 from William Hamilton, of Hanover, Ind. At the same time came another donation of $1,000 from John Hamilton a brother. Within the past week the college library received a further gift of a half section of land, valued at $10,000, and a note for $10,000.

Friends of the institution are assisting to raise a $00,000 fund to secure a $20,000 fund from Andrew Carnegie. Shortage in Widow Crop. H. W. Flowers, of McLean, has asked the state free employment agent to find him a young widow or old maid in Kansas who is matrimonially inclined.

He says he wants a Kansas wife and that he has heard that there are ccood crops of wheat, widows and old maids in this state. Mr. Gcrow, free employment agent, has replied that there is a good crop of wheat, but that there is a shortage in widows and old maids and that the latter crops never remain on the market. Wants His 20 Per cent. John C.

Nicholson and S. R. Peters of Newton are in Topeka to confer with the attorney general In regard to the fee claimed by Nicholson for collecting back pay for Kansas soldiers in the Spanish-American war. Nicholson is state agent at Washington, and is allowed 10 per cent of all collections made for the state. He made a written contract with Gov.

Bailey two years ago to collect for 20 per cent the amount of nay due Kansas soldiers for the time which elapsed between the date of their enlistment and muster into the United States service. Prohibitionists Nominate Roberts. The prohibitionists of the Third congressional district met in Alta-mont and nominated J. R. Roberts for congress.

Colonel J. J. Coke of Chetopa, candidate for governor, was present and opened the campaign. State Chairman E. R.

Dealy and Oliver Stewart, ex-national chairman, of Chicago, were present and made enthusiastic speeches. The county convention was also held and a full ticket nominated. Accident of Galena Miner. John Barton, a miner, met with a serious accident at the shaft of Linch and Williams, by falling backward a distance of fifty feet and from the injuries thus received his recovery is very doubtful. Died in Harvest Field.

Fred Lyons, well known in Fredonia, and a son of Mrs. Jacob Lamb, dropped dead while working in a harvest field in western Kansas. His body was brought to Fredonia for burial. He leaves besides other relatives, a wife and three children. Harvest in Cherokee County.

Practically all of the wheat in Cherokee county, of which there was a slightly increased acreage, has been cut and placed in shock. On the whole the weather hsis been very favorable for harvesting and the farmers ave experienced no trouble in getting hands to save their crop. Oats Six Feet High. Oats feet high have been grown west of Mound City, by E. C.

Warfel. The grain is abundant and of fine quality. No such oats ever before has been seen in this part of the country. Deatn in Smoky Hill River. Freddie Olsen, the 15-year-old son of Mr.

and Mrs. P. M. Olsen. of Junction City, was drowned while in the Smoky Hill river.

Coffeyville City of First-Class. Gov. Hoch issued a proclamation declaring Coffeyville a city of the first class. The authorities of the city presented certificates to show that the population of the city is 1C.4C7, and asked that the proclamation be issued. The state now has seven first class cities.

Threshers Burning Oil. Many threshers are installing oil burners in their thresher engines in the wheat belt. Coal is scarce out there, and oil is not only plentiful but makes a cheap and satisfactory fuel and isn't so bulky to handle. Good Outlook for Peaches. Frank Dixon estimates that there will be at least 10.000 bushels of peaches raised in the neighborhood of Holton and thinks that it would be a good thing for the raisers to organize and make some arrangements about marketing them.

Swedish Lutheran Society. The annual convention of the Swedish Lutheran Young People's Society is in session at Ottawa. About 300 delegates are in attendance, as well as a number of prominent churchmen. The meetings are being held in St Paul's Lutheran church. Violating State Labor Law.

W. D. Robinson, assistant superintendent of the state bureau of labor, has gone to Manhattan to investigate the report that contractors employed on state work are violating the eight hour law. It is charged that contractors who are doing work on the agricultural college are working their men more than eight hours. Seed From Russia.

An enterprising farmer in Kingman connty imported enough seed wheat from Russia last year to seed TOO acres. While the average yield for that section will be between fiteen and twenty bushels to the acre this farmer's crop will average about thirty-five bush-Itfl to the acre and he has already sold it to his neighbors at $1.40 a bushel. Lightning Kills Live Stock. Following three days of intense heat Concordia was visited with a terrific electrical storm, accompanied by copious rainfall. Lightning killed stock in several parts of the county and burned the large barn of Milton Maddox, near this city.

West of here on the Central branch four freight cars were blown on to the main track and wrecked. Will Issue Egg Bulletin. An interesting bulletin is being compiled at the State Agricultural college by Professor J. T. Wilard of the college at Manhattan and Prof.

R. H. Shaw of the University of Nebraska, who is now aiding in the work. The bulletin will be of special interest to poultry men as it will deal exclusively with eggs. Over 500 eggs have been analyzed and the issue will be on the composition of eggs.

Would Enter Interplea. Attorneys for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company have asked permission of the board of railroad commissioners to be allowed to interplead in the jobbers' rate which has been filed by the wholesalers' of Clay Center. The Missouri Pacific does not run to Clay Center, but the Clay Center merchants have asked that the surrounding towns touched by the Missouri Pacific be deprived of this rate if it cannot be extended to them. Is Selling Out in Kansas. "I am through with Western Kansas," said Chauncey Dewey, the former Kansas ranchman who achieved notoriety by taking part in a battle with the Berry family in 1903, in which three members of the family were killed.

"I am living in Chicago and am selling my Kansas property as fast as I get prices for it. The country out there is too valuable for ranching purposes and so I am getting out of the business. I am not going back out to Western Kansas, but I am not afraid of the settlers out there. They are not looking for me and let me alone when I am there." The supreme court recently refused to dismiss the charge of murder pending hgainst Dewey for his part in the cattle war and he has asked for a rehearing of the case. He says he hopes to get the charge against him wiped out and to live in peace in places where there is less animosity toward him.

Big Time for Kingman. The management of the Eighth Annual Cattlemen's Picnic and Race meeting to be held at Kingman August 14, 15, 16 and 17, desire to thus briefly announce in advance of the regular set program that more than $7,500 in premiums have been arranged and provided for in the various classes. To summarize: $3,500 is set apart for purses and prizes in the speed ring; $S50 in the cattle ropiag and broncho riding contests; $1,000 in the agricultural, horticultural and live stock exhibits; $750 for fireworks; $500 for vaudeville attractions, and $400 for base ball tournament. In addition to this list of premiums the business men of Kingman will provide a lot of special purses and premiums. Drowns Herself in Cistern.

At her home two miles west of Alida, in Dickinson county, Miss Mary Duncan, daughter of Mrs. Annie Duncan, committed suicide by throwing herself into a cistern and was drowned. For the past two months Miss Duncan has been in poor health and at times despondent. Cadetship for Hal Clark. Hal Clark, of Ottawa, has been notified bv Senator A.

W. Benson of his appointment to a cadetship at Annapolis. Clark is the son of E. O. Clark, a traveling man.

Young Clark will present himself for the examination at once. Reitz May be Pardoned. Application has been made to Gov. Hoch for a pardon for John Reitz who is serving an indeterminate sentence in the penitentiary for the crime of arson. Reitz was convicted and sentencd two years ago in Geary county.

Lightning Strikes School House. During an electrical storm at Osborne the high school building was struck by lightning. The fire was extinguished before much damage was done. The storm lasted about three hours. High wind and rainfall three and one-half inches.

Heavy Rains in Kansas. Reports from all parts of the state are to the effect that a general rain fell during Sunday afternoon and night. Even in the western counties where it has been dryer than usual this spring there was a heavy rain. Opened New Court House. Doniphan county united with Troy in a celebration and the opening of the new court house.

The new court house, when fully finished, wiil have cost $50,000. and it is pronounced one of the finest and best arranged buildings in the state for that purpose. A crowd estimated at 4.000 people witnessed a flower parade of over thirty-five features in the morning. A ball game in the afternoon between Hor-ton and Troy resulted in a victory for Troy by a score of 4 to 3. THE TWO TERRITORIES IrlaU if latartstlng Eviott tad Hap-partings.

TERRITORY TOPICS Davis Congratulates Territories. Governor Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, spoke here, congratulating the two territories on receiving statehood and paying the citizens of Oklahoma and Indian Territory a royal tribute. Oklahoma Roads Pay More. Complete returns show the total taxable valuation of railroads in Oklahoma this year to be an increase of $744,203 over a year ago. The valuations assessed against the larger roads are: Santa Fe, Rock Island, Frisco, Missouri, Kansas and Texas, $1,062,822.

Land Opening in September. H. D. McKnight of the Lawton land office, has received word from J. T.

Massy, chief clerk of the general land office at Washington, stating that in all probability the land opening here would not take place until September, as Secretary Rich ards is now in Wyoming and would not be back to look after it until that time. Is Guardian Ad Interim. Cassius R. Peck, assistant tainted States attorney for Oklahoma, has been assigned the task of turning over the guardianship affairs of the Indian children of Oklahoma to the superintendent of each Indian agency. As a result of the recent investigation made by Colonel John Mosby and Edgar A.

Allen orders have been issued to take the guardianship away from all persons now exercising such authority and turn them over to the superintendents of the various agencies having jurisdiction of the Indians. Are Adverse to the Trust. It is probable there will be a hard fight to have strong anti-trust laws inserted in the constitution for Oklahoma when the convention meets. A movement has been started here to have men of national reputation come to Oklahoma and stump the state in an effort to secure men for the constitutional convention pledges to put laws in the constitution absolutely prohibiting the formation of a trust of any character. The hardest fight ever known will be made to make the constitution of Oklahoma model in regard to anti-trust laws.

Was Appointed Allotting Agent. A commission appointing Indian Agent J. P. Blackman as allotting agent of the Kiowa and Comanche Indians has been received by him from the interior department. He has selected two deputies who were sent immediately, one to the big pasture and one to reserve No.

3, east of here, to allot lands to the infants of the tribes born since the last allotment in 1901. The authorities here are not certain yet whether the new law grants only to the fuilblood Indians or not, if it includes all having some Indian blood the number will reach 500, but there are only about 300 fullbloods entitled to a quarter section each. Increase of Half a Million. The territorial board of railway assessors completed its work and reports that the total taxable valuation of railroad property in Oklahoma, exclusive of Pullmans, is The Pullman valuation is The total valuation for last year was $11,936,315, showing a total increase in taxable valuation for 1906 of The for this year was made only upon property constructed or in course of construction March 1, 1906, and does not include railroad improvements since that date. The report shows that the Santa Fe and Rock Island railroad companies have the largest amount of taxable property in Oklahoma.

The taxable valuation of the Santa Fe is and Rock Island Republished Statehood Editorial. Billy Walker, editor of the Pulcell Register, and one of the many fathers of joint statehood, has republished his first statehood editorial, written sixteen years ago. The first paragraph reads: "Let the last, the brightest, the most resplendent star in the galaxy of states be the Tomahawk state. In other words, let the five tribes and Greer county be embodied within the limits of Oklahoma territory and there will be within these boundaries a sufficient number of United States citizens to warrant the admission of the territory at once." Refuse to Dig Potato Crop. The bottom has dropped out of the local wholesale potato market, the price having gone so low potato growers refuse to dig the tubers.

The quotations range from 30 to 35 cents per bushel with few deliveries. An overabundance at Tulsa. I. and at other points is responsible for the dropping of the market. The farmers say they cannot afford to dig them, buy sacks and haul them to the cars at the present price.

Can File on Relinquished Land. In a decision of the local land office at Lawton. it is held that a person can relinquish his claim on land and another person can then file upon the same land. This is contrary to the report coming from Guthrie that any land relinquished now would go back I to the government for school purposes under the new law. Have Headquarters at Muskogee.

Grant Victor, chairman of the Indian Territory Republican executive committee, has established headquarters here. Summoned in "Katy" Suit. Subpoenas are being served on Chief P. Porter, of the Creek Nation. Commissioner Tarns Bixby, Inspector Wright.

Indian Agent Kelsey and oth-1 er government officials, summoning them to appear as defendants in the case of the Missouri, Kansas Texas railway to recover land alone their right of way. I Are Many Convention Candidates. It is stated that every quarter sec-: tion of land in Oklahoma and Indian Territory has a candidate for the constitutional convention. Cash Cade Is To Attend. C.

M. Cade, of Shawnee, O. national committeeman, has accepted the invitation of the Bartlesville Republican Club to attend the banouet the club will give July 31. The Republican executive committee for Indian Territory will meet here on that date. Killed by Concentrated Lye.

Mrs. Lula Whitworth, the young wife of Thomas W. Whitworth, drank concentrated lyn at Quinlan and died at her home in great agony. Killed Over Drink of Water. James B.

Edwards, aged 26, died as a result of having been hit over the head with a piece of gas pipe by Courtney Whitney at Bartlesville. 6 General Hardy Is a Candidate. Gen. W. E.

Hardy, the Kaw Indian, announces to his friends that he will be a candidate for congress against Bird McGuire. Should he decide to actively enter the race, his friends believe that he will prove a formidable opponent. Cherokee Girls to Travel. Misses Rosalia Armstrong, of Bartlesville, and Miss Lelia Carey, of Nowata both members of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, left on a three months' tour of Europe. They will join friends in Kansas City.

Miss Wissler. of Mexico, will accompany them. Was Shot by His Playmate. Pearl Lasuer, 12 years old was mortally wounded at Guthrie by the accidental discharge' of a revolver in the hands of a piaymate. The bullet from a 3S-caliber revolver entered the forehead and passed entirely through the head.

The accident occurred at the home of A. L. Baker, 522 East Oklahoma avenue. The injured boy was taken to the city hospital and has not regained consciousness. Offers Text Books Free.

When the agents of the different book companies, whose bids had been filed with the board of education of Oklahoma City to furnish books for the coming year had heard the result of their bids at the meeting of the board, with the result that the Maynard and the Ginn book companies had been awarded the contract, agents of the American Book Company made a proposition to the board to furnish books free. Carrie ation's Hatchet Seized. A federal warrant was issued by United States Attorney Scothorn for Carrie Nation, charging her with' sending obscene matter through the mails in her temperance publication. "The Hatchet." Mrs. Nation is now lecturing in Texas, and federal officers have been notified to place her under arrest.

A recent issue of "The Hatchet" contained a lecture to young men and boys, in which Mrs. Nation used very plain language. Electric Fan Was Too Slow. The electric fan was recently put to a new purpose in Tulsa. A number Of gamblers enjoyed their "little game" in a room at a local hotel.

In the center of the room was an electric fan. When that fan stopped it was the signal to "skidoo." The officers pounced on the game recently and the clerk, whose duty it was to turn off the fan, didn't work fast enough. As a result a large amount of paraphernalia was captured by the officers. Another Bank Dividend Made. The receiver of the Capitol National Bank at Guthrie received from the comptroller of currency authority to pay to creditors of the defunct bank an additional dividend of 10 per cent.

Mr. Selsor. who is In charge during the temporary absence of Receiver Cherry, states that payment of the dividend will be made about August 1. This will be the third dividend received by the bank's creditors the first being 25 per cent, the second 10 per cent and the coming dividend, making a total of 45 per cent. Under the coming dividend the creditors will receive about $67,000.

Are After Oklahoma Risks. According to Charles Filson. insurance commissioner of Oklahoma, nine more fire insurance companies have entered the territory, in addition to the eighty-seven authori.ed to operate here prior to December 31, 1905. Two companies have withdrawn since the first of the year. The following companies entered fne territory this year: The Columbia Fire, of Omaha: the Firemen's, of Newark; the Northwestern Fire and Marine, of Minneapolis; the Freeholders' of Topeka: the Union Fire, of Philadelphia; the Reliable, of Tnlsa: the Capital.

of res Moines and the Merchants' and Bankers' of Des Moines. Much Regret Is Expressed. While general regret is expressed because of the burning of Will Davis, the negro ravisher near Chickasha, there is no sympathy extended for Davis. This is the first time a burning has occurred in Indian Territory. Two Indians were burned in Oklahoma in 1S9S for killing a white woman.

Declined the Raise in Salary. Dr. Bradford, chancellor of Ep-worth university at Oklahoma City, has refused an increase of $5.00 a year in his salary, because the in stitution cannot afford an increase. Dr. Bradford should be sent to the constitutional convention, where such men will be badly needed.

Oklahoma's G. A. R. Officers. Peter A.

Becker, of Jefferson. O. commander of the G. A. R.

for the department of Oklahoma, has announced that the tenth annual reunion of the Northeastern Oklahoma Veterans Association will be held at Jefferson. O. in Rock Island park. August 1, 2, 3 and 4 1906. National and other speakers will be present.

Butcher Accepts the Presidency. Thomas W. Butcher notified L. W. Baxter, superintendent of the territorial schools, that he will accept the place of president of the Central Oklahoma Normal school at Edmond, recently vacated by the removal of Frederick H.

Umholtz. Mr. Butcher was principal of the Sumner county high school at Wellington, Kan. Succeeds Himself as Postmaster. News reached Guthrie that Wil-burn M.

McCoy, the present incumbent, has been appointed to succeed himself as postmaster at Guthrie. No Action Against Thompson. It is thought that there will be no action taken regarding the charges said to have been filed by United States Marshal W. S. Darrough against Jim Thompson, of Tahlequah, because of a visit Thompson paid the Wycliffes in the Spavinaw hills recently, accompanied by a newspaper man.

Thompson appeared before Indian Agent Kelsey but the Indian agent would not discuss the matter, and it is thought that no definite action was taken. Darrough did not come to Muskogee. Western Transportation Methods. Although the new state of Oklahoma has more than 5,000 miles of railway, it is nothing uncommon to see references to arrivals on stage coaches or consignments of freight upon freight wagons, in the news columns of Western Oklahoma papers. Orville Frantz Has Enlisted.

Orville Frantz, brother of and secretary to Governor Frantz, has enlisted as a private in Company A of the Guthrie organization of the Oklahoma national guard. PIEBALD CANNIBAL RACE. Savages Whose Skins Are Brown with, Pink Patches Found by Explorer. Piebald savages are among the interesting people and things of which Mr. A.

E. Pratt writes, says the London Mirror. Papua is a land of which, as yet, no explorers, not even Mr. Pratt and his son, who accompanied him in his expeditions in the virgin mountains and forests of the land, know very much. "Fifty years ago schoolboys, looking at their map of Africa, blessed the dark continent for an easy place to learn," says Mr.

Pratt in his opening pages. "A few names fringed the coast; inland nearly all was comprehended under the cheerful word "Such in great measure is the case with New Guinea to-day. Its 300,000 square miles of territory, helt '-y Great Britain, Germany and the Netherlands, are destined in the course of the next half century to enrich the worlds of commerce and of science to a degree that may to some extent be forecast by what is already known of very restricted areas." It is a difficult country to explore, and that for several reasons. The mountains are numerous and steep, much of the soil is broken in a fashion peculiarly irritating to pedestrians, and the natives, without whose assistance practically nothing can be accomplished, are difficult to deal with. You are entirely in the hands of the natives, without whom you cannot stir a foot.

All your impedimenta, your food, stores, scientific implements and "trade" (material for barter, the equivalent of ready money) must go on the backs of your cannibal friends, a people without organization, who are hard to collect and hard to persuade to follow you. The different tribes which populate the island differ widely in language and character, but all appear to be more or less warlike. The men are well-knit, strongly-built fellows, capable of immense endurance, and at odd moments of much hard work. Among them are a number of curious people whom Mr. Pratt is inclined to take as a hitherto unknown human family, although as will be seen from the following passage, he is not yet quite certain of this: "An interesting feature of Hula was the presence there of a piebald people," he says.

"For the most part their bodies were brown, but they were marked with pinkish patches unevenly distributed. This marking might be due to a disease, contracted from a too constant fish diet; but if it were a disease I could not discover that it gave any discomfort. "Against this theory must be set this fact, that I observed one man in whom the light markings predominated. In fact, he was quite fresh colored, libe an European, and had light hair." THE FIRST COMPASS. Was Known to Sailors Before the Twelfth Century Indispensable Adjunct to Navigation.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS. Jn Austria They Must Pay Taxes and Are Classed as Regular Tradesmen. Commercial travelers in Austria have to pay taxes and are therefore considered regular tradesmen, even if they have no open business places or sample rooms. As a rule, good agents, especially if they have business houses of their own, refuse to represent firms who are not well known unless they can get contributions and warehouse expenses. They will not run any risks for firms which are unknown in Austria, and, as 'there are many firms who will pay liberal salaries if they can get their services, American firms find it difficult to obtain them.

Many Austrian manufacturing firms have branch houses at the capitals, especially at Vienna, but some English manufacturings firms, especially in the agricultural line, have warehouses and even factories throughout Austria, and when a traveler, for instance, leaves the railway station at Prague, the capital 'of Bohemia, he will soon notice the signboards of well-known English manufacturing firms who do a large trade in Austria and have their warehouses even in provincial towns. Travelers in Austria are mostly hard working and respectable men, very temperate in their habits and extremely dilisent. Nearly all of them travel third class on the railways and with the exception, perhaps, of those in the wine and spirit lines, they are seldom addicted to drinking. A traveler who drinks loses the respect of his fellow travelers. PASSENGER'S CLEVER RUSE Helped a Lady in Distress and Got Himself Nicely Out of the Situation.

As a train was approaching Sheffield a man seated in one of the compartments noticed a lady looking troubled, and asked her what was the matter. "I've lost my ticket, and they will charge me with fraud," said the lady. "Oh, never mind. I'll work a little dodge with the guard," and he got his own ticket out of his pocket and tore the corner off and gave the ticket to the lady. "When the train arrived at Sheffield the guard collected all the tickets but one.

"Where's your ticket, sir?" he asked of the gentleman. "I gave it to you." "No you didn't," replied the guard. "I shall have to call the station master." When the station master arrived he said: "Where is your ticket, young man?" "I gave it to the guard. See if he has a ticket with a corner torn off," replied the sharp man. On searching, of course the guard found it.

"Now," said the young man, "see if this fits it," as he gave him the corner of the ticket. A look of surprise came over the guard's face, and he crept out of the carriage dumfounded. A Bargain. Mrs. Knicker I thought you were going abroad Mrs.

Bocker So I was, but my doctor offered me such a lovely bargain in appendicitis only $1,000. Harper's Bazar. Valuable Law Practice. Few lawyers in Great Britain make more than $50,000 a year, but Mr Moulton, who has just succeeded Loru Justice Mathews, is believed to have given up a practice worth at leas; twice as much. Some Asian people, perhaps the Chinese, discovered, many centuries ago, that a kind of iron ore possessed a very peculiar quality.

We call this ore magnetic ore, in more common language, lodestone, and it is very widely distributed, especially in the older crystalline rocks. It was found that if a bit of lodestone were placed in water upon a piece of cork or straw braid it would turn till the axis of the stone assumed a north and south position. A phenomenon of magnetism had been discovered by means of an ore that is peculiarly susceptible to magnetic influence. It is an open question whether the Chinese utilized the directive power of the lodestone, but it is certain that the first rude compass was not used on European vessels before the twelfth century of our era. By that time the true magnetic compass had been evolved through the discovery that if an iron or steel needle were stroked on a lodestone it would receive the attractive and directive power of this ore.

With this wonderful appliance placed at the service of navigation, the vessels that had hugged the coasts soon dared to venture even out of signt ot land. A new impetus was gradually given to cartography, for now the true directions of the coast lines might be charted with some approach to accuracy. It was the hapy fortune of Italian sailors to make the surprisingly excellent surveys of the directions and lengths of the Black sea and Mediter ranean coasts and along the Atlantic to British waters that have come down to us in the so-called Portulan maps. Cyrus C. Adams, in Harper's.

BLOATED WITH DROPSY. The Heart Was Badly Affected When the Patient Began Using Doan's. Mrs. Elizabeth Maxwell, of 415 West Fourth Olympia, siys: "For over three years I suffered with a dropsical condition without being aware that it was due to kidney trouble. The early stages were principally backache and bearing down pain, but I went along without worrying much until dropsy set in.

My feet and ankles swelled up, my hands puffed, and became so tense I could hardly close them. I had great difficulty in breathing, and my heart would flutter with the least exertion. I could not walk far without stopping again and again to rest. Since using four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills the bloating has gone down and the feelings of distress have disappeared." Sold by all dealers. BO cents a box.

foster-Milburn Buffalo, N. Y. SAID BY THE SAGES. Lack of desire is the greatest of riches. Seneca.

Ten noes are better than one lie. From the Danish. Deeds are fruits, words are leaves. From the French. An old bachelor is only the half of a pair of scissors.

Franklin. Avarice and fidelity cannot dwell together in the same house. Grimm. A virtuous woman commands her husband by obeying him. Publius Syrus.

Whoever undertakes a task cannot repudiate the responsibility. Chinese Maxim. Who dangles after the great is the last at table and the first to be cuffed. From the Italian. No man can escape the vitiating effect of an offense against his own conscience George Eliot.

The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote. The work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult. Best in Billville. "Bill," said the man in the ox cart to the Biliville postmaster, "ain't you goin' to open the office to-day?" "No, I ain't; what do you take me fer?" "The postmaster." "No, you don't. You take me fer one o' these perpetual motion machines that kin run the government fer you six days out the week, an' no rest on Sunday that's what you take me fer! "Bill," said the other, "I've come five miles and better to git my mail!" "Well, ef I open up fer you all the res' '11 want their'n, an' I've done notified the postmaster ginrul that it's my week off; 'sides that, thar ain't no mail fer you 'cept a letter from a lumber man sayin' that if you don't pay up he'll sue, an' another from your wife tellin' you to send her money to come home.

So go 'long an' enjoy yer honeymoon." Atlanta Constitution. DOCTOR'S SHIFT THE KILLED AND INJURED. CliionjTo Tribune's Kisrurcs on Fourth, of July Casualties Show .,1 lead anil 3.551 Injured. Chicago, 111. Fifty-one lives thrown away and 3,551 celebrants maimed or injured, some of them fatally, is the record of this year's "Glorious" Fourth, as compiled by correspondents of the Tribune up to an early hour Friday.

The loss of life almost equals that of last year, when "i persons were killed, while every record for the number of injured was broken. Almost 100 more in hospitals Thursday or swathed in bandages than on the day following the Fourth last year. That the death list will continue to grow for several days is indicated by a large number of dispatches recording injuries believed to be fatal. The deadly toy pistol was respossible for a big per centage of the injuries and six of the dead. How many of the injured are infected with the germs of tetanus can not be estimated.

Now Gets Along Without It. Starting Him In. New Clerk Good morning, sir, I'm ready to go to work. What would you like me to do first? Stockson Bondr: The first fellow that calls. San Francisco Call.

A physician says: "Until last fall I used to eat meat for my breakfast and suffered with indigestion until the meat had passed from the stomach. "Last fall I began the use of G'-ape-Nuts for breakfast and very soon found I could do without meat, for my body got all the nourishment necessary from the Grape-Nuts, and since then I have not had any indigestion and am feeling better and have increased in weight. "Since finding the benefit I derived from Grape-Nuts I have prescribed the food for all of my patients suffering from indigestion or over-feeding and also for those recovering from disease where I want a food easy to take and certain to digest and which will not overtax the stomach. "I always find the results I look for when I prescribe Grape-Nuts. For athical reasons please omit my name." Same given by mail by Postum Battle Creek, Mich.

The reason for the wonderful amount of nutriment, and the easy di-gestioa of Grape-Nuts is not hard to find. In the first place, the starchy part of the wheat and barley goe3 through various processes of cooking, to perfectly change the starch into Dextrose or Post Sugar, in which state it is ready to be ra-ily absorbed by the blood. The parts in the wheat and barley which Npture can make use of for rebuilding brain and nerve centers are retained in this remarkable food, and thus the human body is supplied with the powerful strength producers so easily noticed after one has eaten Grape-Nuts each day for a week or 10 davs. "There's a reason." Get the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. CHAS.

L. SAUER, GRAND SCRIBE Lifiuor for tlie Old Soldiers. Leavenworth. Kansas. The canteen of the Soldiers' Home, south of this city, closed Saturday by order of President Murphy of the hoard of managers, will re-open Wednesday, morning and liquor will be sold there until March 4, 1907.

The Bowersock amendment to the sundry civil appropriation hill in the house at Washington, it seems, was amended in the joint conference between committee of both houses to the effect that the act should not go into effect until 1907. The canteen clears about $15,000 a year. Decision Aeninxt Tirket Scalper. Salt Lake City, Utah. In the federal court here Friday Judge John A.

Marshal made permanent an injunction restraining eleven ticket brokers doing business in Salt Lake City and Ogden from dealing in railroad tickets issued by the Rio Grande Western railway and the Southern Pacific railroad company. The order of Judge Marshal is sweeping in character and in effect prohibits the scalping of railroad tickets anywhere in Utah. The decision was rendered after a hearing extending over several days. An Illegal Grain Itate. Omaha, Neb.

President Watt'es, of the Omaha Grain Exchange, on Wednesday received a telegram from Chairman Martin A. Knapp. of the interstate commerce commission, announcing that the commission has decided that the grain rate recently announced by the St. Louis San Francisco road between Kansas City and Memphis is illegal. The rate is said to have made a four-cent discrimination as-ainst Omaha in favor of Kansas City.

A MiNNoarinn Promoted. Washington, D. C. Attorney General Lebbeus R. Wilfley, of the Philippine Islands, has been appointed to the judgeship of the United States court in China, which is to replace in a large measure the present consular court.

Judge Wilfley is a native of St. Louis, and in 1901 was appointed judge of the court of the first instance of the Philippines. A few months later he was advanced to the attorney generalship of the islands. Iteview for Mrs. Myers.

Jefferson City, Mo. The state supreme court in Jefterson City overruled Tuesday morning the motion to have the case of Mrs. Aggie Myers reviewed by the court in banc. Mrs. Myers is under sentence to be hanged September 3 for the murder of her husband.

Her only hope now is for a commutation of sentence by Gov. Folk or to obtain a writ of error in the Missouri court for an appeal to the United States supreme court. Result After 2.4T! Ttnllots. Dcs Moines, Iowa. The record in Padlocked convention was broken Friday when the Thirty-seventh district republican senatorial convention adjourned without result after having taken 2.479 ballots.

For 2,450 ballots there was no change in the hoting and for the remaining 29 ballots only two or three votes changed. Another effort to nominate will be made at Iowa Falls, July 13. Hew Heir to German Throne. Perlin. A son was horn Wednesday morning to the Crown Princess Frederick William.

Prince Frederick William is the oldest son of Emperor William, and is the heir to the throne. The child born Wednesday will, in the natural course of events, some day be emperor of Germany. Prince Frederick William was married June 6, 1905, to Duchess Cecile Mecklenburg-Schwerin. few Jersey TnUes nn Advance Step. Trenton, N.

J. Governor Stokes Friday siqrned Assemblyman Jones' bill authorizing cities tr construct, acquire and operate electric light and pas plants. The bill, while particularly intended for Camden, is general in its application and is looked upon by many as an advance step in the direction of municipal ownership in New Jersey. Fireworks in San Francisco. San Francisco, Calif.

This city's celebration of the naiior.al holiday was an unusual one in many respects. There was an utter absence of fireworks, the authorities having issued orders asrainst their use. The main event of the day was the dedication at Golden Gate park of what has been pronounced to be the finest stadium for athletic sports in all America. The parade was distinctly military in character, 1.500 regulars from the Presidio, under Col. Morris, marching through Golden Gate.

Death from a Fonr-Foot Fall. Kingman, Kansas. William Mc-C'urc, a carpenter, working In the store of the Jet- Mercantile company, was killed Wednesday mornirg by an accidental fall on a stairway. He fell four feet, breaking his neck. Revoltitionists Got Ammunition.

Kostroma. European Russia. A number of armed revolutionists Tuesday took possession of a which was transporting ammunition and carried off the explosives, including 350 pounds of dynamite. Little Crime with Saloons Closed. San Francisco.

Mayor Schmitz having signed the retail liquor ordinance, saloons will be permitted to resume business Thursday. Liquor selling has been prohibited since April IS, and the city has been remarkably free from crime. Wellman Kxpeditton Sails. Tromsoe, Norway. The Wellman-Chicago Record Herald expedition sails Irom here Thursday morning for its headquarters in Spitz-bergea.

PE-RU-NA STRENGTHENS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. Mr. Chas. L. Saucr, Grand Scribe.

Grand Encampment 1. O. O. F. of Texas, and Assistant City Auditor, writes from the City Hail.

San Anlouio, ''Nearly two years ago I accepted a position as secretary and treasurer with one of the leading dry goods establishments of Galveston. Tex. The sudden change a high and dry altitude to sea level proved too much for me and I became afflicted with catarrh and cold in the head, and general debility to such an extent as to almost incapacitate me for attending to my duties. was induced to try Pcruna, and after taking several bottles in small doses I am pleased to say that I was entirely restored to my normal condition and have ever since recommen-Jed the rise of Pcmnt in rr friVprfc." GLOBE SIGHTS. An equal suffrage woman Is not more of a freak than a man who has ambitions socially.

Was there ever a husband who didn't say that his wife chased him and really proposed? If there is only one boy in a family of six or seven girls, he makes as much trouble as a girl. If you want to see a man become animated get him to tell you about a law suit in which he was defeated. It often happens that a man's idea of chivalry begins and ends with his hat in his hand, when he talks to a woman. Praise 8 man to his wife for being good to the children and she will say: "Well, why shouldn't he be? They are his." A uian is always willing to admit that a woman can milk bette than he can. in order to flattter her into taking the work off his hands.

There is one thing certain: A woman will have to spend all of next winter apologizing to her family If she lets her preserves burn. It is the opinion of every boy that If boys were as polite as mothers say they should be. all the boys in the world would starve to death. The neighbors, as a rule, do not condemn the man who smokes half as quickly as they condemn the woman who won't let her husband smoke. No man who addresses graduates is expected to tell the truth.

He is expected to flatter them. Wouldn't the truth do graduates more good than flattery? We used to know a trirl who ran everything in her neighborhood, in her tewn, and in her family. But now she is not running anything except a baby buggy. A visiting girl in Atchison says she suffers with nostalgia, and her hostess thinks it must he something that has to be cut out to be cured. It does.

Nostalpia is home-sickness, and the thing to be cut out is the-visiting habit. DYSPEPTIC PHILOSOPHY. Most of us have trouble to lend. Love will And a way, even a way out. Fortune doesn't always smile on the funny man.

Success is doing a thing before some one else does it. Marriage is the gateway from romance to reality. Fortune never knocks at some doors because it can't get by the janitor. It doesn't pay to go entirely on the theory that things go by contraries. The woman who dresses better than her friends will never be popular with them.

Those who have greatness thrust upon them seldom know what to do with it. The fool and his money are what keep the rest of us from starving to death. Richet have wings, but they are not the kind of wings that are fashionable in heaven. Lots of wives never understand why their husbands should need any spending money. Some men are so fond of sympathy that they actually glory in being the under dog.

If a man would only pay his debts as promptly as his grudges his credit would be better. When a girl begins to ask a fellow about his life insurance, the rest ought tc be easy. Scriptures in Russfft. It is raher remarkable that, notwithstanding the distubed conditiots of affairs in Russia last year, the British and Foreign Bible society reports a banner year in the circulation of Scriptures, over 500,000 copies being distributed in European Russia, besides a very large number in Siberia. Eve was the only woman who had positive proof she was the only woman her husband ever loved.

Santo Domingo has more revolutions, but is less dangerous to "monkey" with than a buzz saw..