Englewood Homebuilder from Englewood, Kansas • 2

The Englewood Homebuilder Jno. D. Carter, Ed. ENGLEWOOD, KANSAS. Standardizing Education.

Administrative officers of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and of the General Education Board are entrusted with the handling of enormous funds, the interest on which is to applied, in the one case to pensioning college professors, and in the other to helping needy colleges. The task of the officers of both these institutions has been, and is, complicated by varying educational standards and the lack of an established criterion. One of the earliest works of both institutions, therefore, is likely to be a sort of standardizing of education in America. The question. "What is a college?" would be an swered to-day in different ways by different men.

There is a vast difference between the institutions that bear the name, in the requirements for admission and in the courses of study which must be taken to entitle the student to a degree. Something, indeed, toward the establishment of a college educational standard was accomplished about 25 years ago, when the requirements for admission were made the subject of much discussion, and finally of substantial agreement among a number of college faculties, says Youth's Companion. Modifications have been made since then in the requirements, and there have been additions and deductions, but a general agreement still exists. What is needed now is a test which goes deeper and reaches farther which will take account of the purposes and ideals of colleges, and measure both the attainments of the professors and the success with which they do their work. If either the Carnegie Foundation or the General Education Board, or both together, can do this, they will thereby benefit the cause of education almost as much as by their gifts of money.

SUFFERED TORTURES. Racked with Pain, Day and Nigh: for Years. Wm. H. Walter, engineer, of Chath-worth, writes: "Kidney disease was lurking in my system for years.

1 had torturing pain in the side and back and the urin; was dark and full of sediment. I was racked with pain day and night, could not sleep eat well, and finally became crippled and bent over with rheumatism. Doan' Kidney Pills brought quick relief, and in time, cured me. Though I lost 40 pounds. I now weigh 200, more than ever before." Sold by all dealers.

50 cents a box. Foster-Mil burn Buffalo. N. Y. FAILED IN SMALL THINGS Congressman Evidently Was No Hero to His Wife.

To Grow Their Own Ties. Allusion has been made to the steps taken in some directions to counteract the effects of deforestation which has been going on so recklessly In this country. One result of indiscriminate tree destruction has been to curtail seriously the supply of railroad ties. As no satisfactory substitute for wooden ties has been found, the situation has become such as to give the railroad companies great cnnJfn. Several months ago it was intimated that the Pennsylvania railroad might undertake the experiment of producing its own ties, or at least a considerable proportion of them.

It is now stated that the company is actually to inaugurate such a policy. Agents are at work, and they will set out 2.250,000 trees on land in Pennsylvania conveniently located for the purpose. The company uses 5,000,000 ties annually, which means great consumption of timber and a heavy outlay, and the outlay becomes larger as prices increase owing to scarcity. The idea is to care for the trees In accordance with the most advanced ideas of for- There Is a certain congressmai who. whatever authority he may hold in the councils cf state, is of compara tively minor importance in his own household.

Indeed, it has been un kindly intimated that his wife is "the whole thing" in their establishment. Representative and Mrs. Blank had been to Baltimore one afternoon When they left the train at Washing ton, on their return, Mrs. Blank dis covered that her umbrella, which had been intrusted to the care of her hus band, was missing. "Where's my umbrella?" she de manded.

"I'm afraid I've forgotten it, ray dear." meekly answered the congress man. It must still be in the train." "Tn the train!" snorted the lady. "And to think that the affairs of the nation are intrusted to a man who doesn't know enough to take care of a woman's umbrella!" Success Maga mine. PURIFIED LIFE INSURANCE. Benefits from New Law, Which Re mains Substantially Unchanged.

Through the influence of Gov Hughes, the Xew York Legislature de cided to make no radical changes in the new insurance law. It was pointed out by Gov. Hughes that the New York law has already accomplished wide spread reforms, with proportionate benefits to policyholders, and that it should be given a thorough trial he-fore any amendments were seriously considered. It is estimated that the cost of the mismanagement of the past did not avorace more than 20 cents to each policyholder, while the benefits to present and future policyholders will amount to many times more and be cumulative besides. The speed craze of the big companies and the excessive cost of securing new business was the most extravagant evil of the old managements.

Under the new-regime the cost of new business has already been greatly reduced, along with other economies. The showing made by the Equitable Life Assurance Society in its report for 1906 was a strong argument against meddling with the new law. In the P'quitable alone there was a saving of over 000. 000 in expense-, besides an increase in the income from the Society's assets amounting to as much more. The ratios of the Equitable's total expenses to its total estry.

It may be possible, says Troy income was 19.42 in 1904. 17.38 in "Times, that the company will thus solve an economic problem of its own, and also set the country an effective example of what can be done by wise care of trees with a view to the conservation of important natural resources. Big Warship Building. The announcement that Great Britain is to build two more battleships of the famous Dreadnought class is coupled with the statement that no less than four such vessels have been contracted for at British navy yards, ostensibly in the name of certain foreign governments but really, it is believed, as a speculative measure, the projectors entertaining the notion that it will be easy at any time to dispose of such ships at a big profit. But this may be a speculation that will fail.

The number of governments that are likely to invest in such costly playthings is small, though it is conceivable that emergencies might arise which make it very desirable to have such means of defense. But the grimmer suggestion, says Troy Times, in connection with all this is that Great Britain really intends to retain all these big fighters herself, as a safeguard against attack, and with something in the nature of a squint toward Germany. Xot much in the way of disarmament in that. But it is making big armaments very costly, and perhaps the time is nearer at hand than many think when it will be found that it does not pay to fight. 1905.

and onlv 14.48 in 1906. The dividends paid to Equitable policyholders in 1906 amounted to $7,289,734, which was an increase of more than 9 over 1905. While the Equitable made a better showing than any other big company, all reported radical economies and under such conditions the Legislature wisely decided to leave the law substantially as it stands. AT A WAYSIDE HOSTELRY. Darky Servitor Most Obliging Under the Circumstances.

Gen. John M. Wilson. formerly chief of the Engineer Corps of the Army and now president of the Washington board of trade, has been personally acquainted with 14 presidents. He was born and brought up in Washington, and his personal acquaintance with chief magistrates of the nation began with Zachary Taylor in 1S49.

He was a page in the senate in the days of Webster. Clay. Calhohn and Benton. Gen. Wilson is still active Rnd thoroughly in love with life, though 70 years old.

The kaiser is always on the side of discipline. A Russian tenor in the Monte Carlo company which sung for charity lately in Berlin was not satis fled with the tempo of the conductor and beat time with his foot to indicate the change he desired. The emperor expressed his disapproval of this insubordination to the prince of Monaco, and the luckless tenor was dismissed. A traveling man stopped recently at a little country hamlet some miles from a Texas city to sell a merchant a bill of goods. There was only one hotel in the place, and this had an unsavory reputation.

He had only one night to stay, however, so he concluded to make the best of a bad bargain. He went to his room early, and. feeling the need of some hot water to remove the stains of his journey, cast his eye about the wall for an electric button, which, of course, was conspicuous by its absence. He happened to think that he had seen a negro porter below, and, sticking his head out of the door, he yelled lustily: "Hey, you black rascal, come up here! "Yas'r. yas'r, I's comin'," was the quick response, and a moment later the old darkey appeared before the drummer, bowing obsequiously, cap in liand.

"I want some hot water, and I want it quick." said the drummer. "I pow'ful sorry, boss, pow'ftil sorry." replied the negro, his voice trembling. "We ain't got no hot watah. but I kin hot yuh some." Whew! "Really er I'm afraid you overheard what I er said about you," stammered the gossip who had been caught redhanded. "Perhaps I er was a bit too severe "Oh.

no." replied the other woman, "you weren't nearly as severe as you would have been if you knew what I think of you." WENT TO TEA And It Wound Her Bobbin. It Happened KANSAS in A m. OUR WEEKLY GIST OF CONDENSED ITEMS Will there be a cabinet crisis in Spain every time the royal baby cuts a tooth? We may expect that as soon as Gen. Kuroki gets home Japan will at once proceed to acquire all the other things worth imitating that we possess. The Yale student who was convicted of stealing a barber pole took the wrong means of demonstrating a belief in signs.

One thing that pastes a black eye on the age Is that so maDy confidential man are turning out to he confidence Two Killed in Wreck. Fireman i Guy Kennedy, of Horton, and head Brakeman- Kershaw, of 'Herington, were killed, and Engineer Dan P. Smith was badly scalded in a freight wreck five miles south of Horton. The engine of the train No. 1C08.

one of the largest used on the road, jumped the track and took fifteen cars with it into the ditch. Fell Between Cars and Killed. Ralph Garfield, son of Conductor H. E. Garfield, of Wellington, was run over and killed at Kiowa.

His train was dropping some box oh a sidetrack, and it is thought he lost his balance when the cars struck and was thrown upon the track. He was 22 years of age and unmarried. State Firemen's Tournament. E. L.

Bell, of Clay Center, secretary of the Kansas State Fireman's Association, has announced that the annual tournament of the Firemen's Association would this year be held at Ellsworth. September 3. 4 and 5. There are to be ten races at the tournament and $1,100 will be given in prizes. Four prizes will be offered in each race.

Secretary Bell is now working on the preliminary arrangements for the tournament. Building and Loan Flourishing. The forty-eight building and loan associations in Kansas, according to the annual report recently issued by Bank Commissioner Royce, have increased their assets over half a million dollars during 1900. The total assets at the close of 1905 were 474.166. 20, while at the close of 1906 they show $7,047,926.93.

An increase of over a half million shows on real estate loans, while a marked decrease in loans on stocks is apparent. Crushed to Death in a Car. Roy and Harold Xoei, sons of J. E. Noel, a blacksmith of Tonganoxie.

and John McEnuIty, a farmer living near that place, were killed in a T'nion Pacific freight car at Junction City. The young men were bound for Western Kansas, where they have been going each year to work in the wheat fields as harvest hands threshers. At Lawrence they boarded a west -hound freight train and got into largo furniture car that was loaded with lumber. In one end of the car there was a couple feet of space between the pile of lumber and the end of the car. and in this space they were seated on the floor, out of sight of the train men.

The car in which they were riding received a jolt, which caused the lumber to slide and catch them against the end of the car. where they were crushed to death. President Roosevelt Said: "Texas is the Garden Spot of the Lord if Tea drinking frequently affects people as badly as coffee. A lady in Salisbury. says that she was compelled to abandon the use of coffee a good many years ago, because it threatened to ruin her health and that she went over to tea drinking, but finally, she had dyspepsia so bad that she had lost twenty-five pounds and no food seemed to agree with her.

She further says: "As this time I was induced to take up the famous food drink. Postum. and was so much pleased with the results that I have never been without it since. I cbm-menced to. improve at once, regained my twenty-five pounds of flesh and went some beyond my usual weight, "I know Postum to be good, pure, and healthful, and there never was an article, and never will be.

I believe, that does, so surely take the place of coffee, as Postum Food Coffee The beauty of it all is that it is satisfying and wonderfully nourishing. I feel as if I could not sing its praises too loud." Read "The Road to Wcllville," in pkga. "Thtre a Reason." Acquitted After 27 Years. Bud McCracken, sheriff of Barber county. was tried at Chlckasha before I'nited States Judge Dickerson.

charged with murdering Adam Ward on July 6, 1880, and was acquitted. McCracken and Ward were cowboys serving different owners. A dispute arose over a brand on a cow. Many shots were fired and Ward was finally killed by McCracken. The shooting occurred on the C.

B. Johnson ranch. 1G miles from Chickasha. The indictmevit was returned twelve years ago and A. Cruce.

then prosecuting attorney, of Indian Territory, ordered no warrants issued. Last fall when McCracken ran for sheriff the old charge against him was revived and another indictment was found. The testimony given proved self-defense. Wheat Report Discouraging. Secretary Coburn's wheat report today is discouraging.

Crop conditions on the 5.305,000 acres which now seem likely to be harvested averae-p for the state 56.7 per cent, or 27.3 per cent less than the condition reported by the same correspondents on April 24, when it summed 84 per cent. Gambler Assaulted a Man. Bill McCarter, a Garden City gambler, made an assault on George O. Harrison of the Evening Telegram, wounding him in the face with a piece of iron. The Evening Telegram had been vigorous in its efforts to clear out a small company of gamblers which has been operating in Garden City.

McCarter took offense at an article, telling of the attempted suicide of a young man who had lost his money in McCarter's rooms. Harrison was talking the matter over with him when McCarter grabbed the piece of iron and struck him. The better element of Garden City has been aroused by the assault and declares the gamblers must go. Will Open Drug Stores. The order of the attorney general to the saloonkeepers of Leavenworth is being generally obeyed.

According to the police department there is not an open saloon in Leavenworth, it is the first time in twenty years that Leavenworth has been "dry." Drug stores already report a large increase in the sale of intoxicants. The druggists carry both whisky and beer, but they cannot permit buyers to drink in the stores. They must take the liquor home with them. A number of former saloonkeepers are preparing to open "drug stores." More Business for Caney. The commercial club of Caney has closed a deal with the Baker of Indianapolis, for the removal of their glass plant from Arcadia, to Caney.

The factory is a thirty-six blower plant and will employ 200 rren. Kansas Brick to Mexico. The brick plant at Buff City, whose headquarters are at Neodesha, has just received an order for several carloads of buff brick to be shipped to Cananea, Mexico, to build a bank. 1 After Eight Hours. Eight hours from the time of the commission of a crime until he was sentenced and was on his road to the penitentiary was the record-breaking leap into state's prison by J.

B. Smith, a negro stone mason, at Pittsburg. He robbed the home of Mrs. Emma Kelly at 3 o'clock in the morning, was arrested at 6:30, waived preliminary examination 'at 8:30 o'clock and pleaded guilty the district court at 1 o'clock. Says Others Are Implicated.

County Attorney Herrick. of Sumner county, says he is in possession of sufficient evidence tn implicate other parties than John W. Gray, now un-ier arrest, in the conspiracy to murder his son-in-law. Kandler. whose dead body was found on the railroad tracks on the morning of March 7.

last. It is now believed that two men were engaged in the sandbagging and other arrests are expected in a few days. Schools Get $40,000 Less. By a decision rendered by the attorney general upon the request of the state treasurer and the state superintendent the Kansas schools will be deprived annually hereafter of about $40,000 charter fees which now go into the general fund. A law passed in 1901, amending a law passed in 1898, directing that the fees received for charters granted in Kansas should go into the permanent school fund, was repealed by the last legislature by a new act relating to private corporations, which absolutely fails to mention what disposition shall be made of the fees received Will Parole Twenty-Four.

The state penitentiary doors will swing open to twenty-four prisoners for discharge on parole, upon the recommendation just made by the state pardon board to the governor. Six prisoners who were so discharged some time ago have received for their good conduct a fina discharge. For discharge on parole the following are recommended: H. W. Lewis, grand larceny, Neosho county; R.

M. Gil'-ison. assault with intent to commit manslaughter, Shpwnee: Van Bowdry, assault with deadly weapon. Cowley: Fred Pugh, burglary, Jefferson county; E. R.

Winder, larceny. Shawnee county; James Smith, 2xand larceny, Montgomery county; Babe Lee. assault to kill, Labette county: Niles Frye, grand larceny. Sedgwick county: Isaac Bolt, grand larceny, Washington; Thomas Cole, forgery, Montgomery county; Frederick Wahl. burglary.

Dickinson county Alfred Fischer, grand larceny. Kearney county Arthur Lee, grand larceny. Montgomery county: Charles F. Chase, larceny. Potta-wattomie county; Jake Baker, larceny.

Washington county; William Sherrow. grand larceny. Greenwood county: J. A. Smith, false pretense, Pawnee county: Charles A.

Shields, grand larceny. Barton county; Pat Hogan. grand larceny, Crawford count j-; Charles Callan, larceny. Wyandotte county; Charles Stevenson, manslaughter second degree. Rawlins county; E.

S. Robbins, larceny, Morris county; Matt Dickenson, embezzlement. Crawford county; William Curtis. All of these men will be released as quickly as suitable employment is found for them. The following were recommended for final discharge because their conduct since leaving the penitentiary lias been satisfactory: James Butler.

Walter Rollins, Jack Wright. G. E. O'Brien, Wiley Black and W. H.

Manor. Fatal Runaway Accident. Claude Buchner. of Concordia, a youth of 19 years, met with an accident that will prove fatal, he having sustained a fracture of the skull and vertebra. He was driving a high spirited horse that ran away and pulled it to one side to keep from running down a woman with a child in her arms.

The wagon was dashed against a tree and Buchner was thrown out with the result stated. Giving Them a Chance. An effort, will be made to transfer about fif'v prisoners from the state penitentiary to the Industrial reformatory at Hutchinson. The prisoners are all less than 25 years old, and most of them were sentenced for minor crimes. Gov.

Hoch found there were ninety-five Kansas prisoners and seventy-one Oklahoma prisoners in the Kansas penitentiary less than 23 years old and mere are tnan HKi Kansas prisoners less tnan years old. The Kansas law permits a trial judge to send men under 25 either to the reformatory or the penitentiary. Farmer Killed by Cars. While crossing the track in the rear of a switching freight engine in the Missouri Pacific yards at Ottawa. Allen Hall, a retired farmer and an, early settler in the county, was run over and manned so badly that he died in a short time.

Preference Law Is Valid. An opinion from the attorney general's office to the county attorney of Shawnee county holds the old soldiers' preference law constitutional, and urges its enforcement along with other laws. Wichita Loses Its Battery. Orders have been issued for a consolidation of the Wichita and Topeka batteries cf the Kansas national guard. The 'Wichita battery of two.

guns will be taken to Topeka and the members of the Wichita battery will be mustered out of service. Woman Killed by Lightning. Mrs. Margaret Eagle, of Hutchinson. 02 years of age.

widow, was struck by lightning and instantly killed during a storm while pulling down the blinds at a window. 95,000 Acre Ranch of Dr. Chas. F. Simmons Now On the Market.

Here is Your Opportunity to Buy a Farm of from 10 Acres to 640 and Two Town Lots in This "Garden Spot" for $210. Payable $10 per Month Without Interest. MAYOR SCHIJITZ CONVICTED. Investigation will show that this acres comprises one of the finest bodies of Agricultural and Truck Farming land in the entire state, com- mencing about 36 miles south of San 1 Antonio and about two miles south of Pleasanton (the county seat of Atas- cosa County), and extending through Atascosa and a part of MtMullen Counties, to "within 17 of my 60.000-acre Live Oak Gounty Ranch, which I in four year, sold to 4,000 Home Seekers, on liberal terms, without interest on deferred payments, which gives the poor man. country for his health, bought 18 acres and in one year cleared over $6,000 from it, which was $332.33 per acre.

"Another man. C5 years old. from 79 acres, sold $5,000 worth of produce, from which he realized $63.29 per acre and then raised a Cotton crop on-part of it. which, made him $3 per acre, which made the same land net him $98.29 per acre for that year. "Another man from 80 acres in 1904 realized as follows: From Onions.

$2,226.91: from Cotton. 200 bushels Coni: 12 tons Hay; 5,000 from his savings, a chance to secure pounds Sweet ffciatoee. a good farm and town-lot for his home in town. I will donate and turn over to three bonded Trustees. $250,000 from the proceeds of the sale of this "Another made $3,200 from five acres of early'.

Cabbage, which was $640 per acre, and grew a second crop rif rVwn nnH nn thr cflmfi pronnd propertv to the purchasers, as a bonus i .1,. i ii inju 4-i i. i tnat jeai. Another realized $27,000 from 90 to the first railroad built through this property on the line which I shall designate. This property is located on that middle plain between East Texas, where it rains too much, and the arid section of West Texas, whore it does not rain enough.

Its close proximity to San Antonio, the largest city in the State, with a claimed population of over 100.000. enhances its value as a market f-cultural and Truck farm products tai beyorftl the value of similar land not so favorably located. Topography. Level to slightly rolling. Large, broad, rich valleys, encircled by elevations suitable for homes: 90 per cent, fine farming land, balance pasture land.

Forestry. Ash. Elm. Gum. Hackbcrry, Live Oak.

Mesquito, Pecan, abundant for shade, fencing and wood. Soil. About 60 per cent, rich, dark, sandy loam, balance chocolate or red sandv loam, usually preferred by local farmers, and each with soil averaging from 2 to 4 feet deep, with ciay subsoil, which holds water. Climate. Mild, balmy, healthy.

practically free from malaria, fewf rests, no snow, no hard freezes: continuous sea breeze moderates extremes of heat and cold, producing warm winters and cool summers. Average temperature about 62 degrees. Rainfall. From the Government record, it is safe to assume that the rainfall on this property has been fully 35 inches per year, which is more than some of the old States have had. and is plentiful for ordinary crops properly cultivated, and for Grass Growing.

Improvements and Water. This property is fenced and cross- fenced in many large and small pastures, with four barbed wires, with posts about 12 feet apart. Also a number of fine shallow wells. Also a number of fine Lakes and Tanks. Also, a number of fine flowing Artesian Wells, whose crystal streams flow for miles and miles down those creeks, whose broad, rich valleys, irrigable from those continuously flowing streams, make it the ideal place for the Marketing Gardener who desires to raise from two to three crops of marketable produce on the sumo ground every year.

Farming and Truck Farming. Seasons never end. This land is adapted to profitable culture of Beans, Cabbage, Celery. Cucumbers, Lettuce, Tomatoes. Beets.

Carrots. Onions, Radish, Squash, Strawberries. Cauliflower. Okra. Oyster Plant, Peas, RasbeVries.

Turnips. Apricots. Cantaloupes. Grapes, Irish Potatoes, Olives. Sweet Potatoes.

Bananas. Dates. English Walnuts. Figs. Melons, Peanuts.

Barley. Blackberries. Broom Corn. Lemons, Plums. Tobacco, Alfalfa, Rye, Oranges, Peaches, Pecans, Corn, Cotton, Oats, Wheat, Apples, Pears.

Page 63 of the book entitled "Meau-tiful San Antonio," officially issued by the Business Men's Club of San Antonio, dated May, 1906, says: "It is readily conceded by all those who know anything about Texas that the most prolific agricultural section is that which recognizes San Antonio as its logical center, particularly that portion directly south of San Antonio, with the Gulf of Mexico bordering on the southeast and the Rio Grande bordering on the south and west. "Within the last four or five years, in the territory named, special attention has been given to growing vegetables, they maturing at a time when they secure the maximum prices on Northern markets, which markets they virtually invade without a competitor. The profit in growing vegetables in this territory will be seen by an examination of the following figures, secured from reliable sources, showing Net Earnings Per Acre: "Watermelons from $75.00 to $200.00. "Cantaloupes from $40.00 to $75.00. "Cabbage from $125.00 to $225.00.

"Cauliflower from $75.00 to $225.00. "Beans and Peas from $100.00 to $125.00. "Tomatoes from $125.00 to $400.00. "Potatoes from $60.00 to $150.00. "Onions from $150.00 to $800.00.

"Tabasco Peppers from $500.00 to $900.00 per acre. "The Chicago Record-Herald publishing the following individual experiences in South Texas: "Men who came here with $500 and $600 a few years ago are now independently rich. "A young man who came to this Money-Making in America. New York city, as impressionized by Henry James in his new book. "The American Scene," reminds the distinguished" expatriate that "to make so much money that you wogt.

that you don't, don't mind anything, is absolutely the American formula," and that "your making no money or so little that it passes for none and being thereby distinctly reduced to minding, amounts to your being reduced to the knowledge that America is no place tor you." Poisoned with Diamonds. The jeweler replaced tenderly in its case the unmounted pear-shaped diamond. "I could kill, you with that." he said. "I could poison you with it. Yo would die in a few hours." '7 "But diamonds are not poisonous?" "Indeed they are, ground There have been a number of 6uicldes by diamond dust among gem cutters.

Swallow diamond, dust, and death will ensue very quickly. The symptoms will be the eanie as i though strychnine had been car loads of Cabbage, averaging $300 per car, which was $207.69 from each of the 130 acres he had planted. "Another netted, above all expenses, $60 per acre on Potatoes, and planted the same ground in Cotton that year from which he realized $35 per acre, which made that ground yield him $95 per acre. "Another realized $32,966 from 230 ICT2B in rielons, which was $143.33 per acre. "Another netted $21,000 from 35 acres in Onions, which was $000 per acre.

"Another netted $17,445, or $79.25 per acre from nine cuttings of 220 acres in Alfalfa, which yielded in one year 2.475 tons and sold $11 per ton. Another received $900 from one acre in Cauliflower; sown in July, transplanted in August, and marketed in December." The same authority quotes the following statement, from the Hon. Joseph Daily, of Chillicothe. 111., who owns thousands of acres in the Illinois Corn Belt. He says: "I am one of the heaviest taxpayers on farm lands in Mason and Tazewell Counties.

Illinois, and I have been familiar with the conditions around San Antonio for 12 years. Any thrifty-farmer can get rich, and make more money off of this cheap land, acre for acre, than any land in the State of Illinois, that sells from $150 to $225 per acre." Come to the land of beautiful sunshine and almost perpetual harvest. Where the people are prosperous, happy and contented. Where the flowers bloom ten months in the year. Where the farmers and gardeners.

whose seasons never ena, eat Homegrown June vegetables in January, and bask in mid-winter's balmy air and glorious sunshine. Wherp the land yield is enormous and the prices remunerative. Where something can be planted and harvested every month in the year. Where the climate is so mild that the Northern farmer here save practically all his fuel bills and three-fourths the cost of clothing his family in the North. Where the country is advancing and property values rapidly increasing.

Where all stock, without any feed, fatten winter and summer, on the native grasses and brush. Where the same land yields the substantial of the temperate and the luxuries of the tropic zones. Where the farmer does not have to work hard six months in the year to raise feed to keep his stock from dy-; ing during the winter, as they do in the North and Northwest. Where there are no aristocrats and people do not have to work hard to have plenty and go in the best society. Where the natives work less and have more to show for what they do than in any country in the I'nited States.

Whore houses, barns and fences can be built for less than half the cost in i the North. Where sunstrokes and heat prostra-1 tions are unknown. Where sufferers with Asthma. Bron- cliitis. Catarrh, Hay Fever and Throat Troubles find relief.

Where, surrounded by fruits and I vegetables, which ripen every month i in the year, the living is better and less expensive than in the North. Where the water is pure, soft and plentiful. Where the taxes are so low that the amount is never missed. Where Public and Private Schools and Churches of all denominations are plentiful. Where peace, plenty and good will prevail.

Where it is so healthy that there are few physicians and most of them, to make a living supplement their income from other business. Jury Returns Verdict "Against Saa Francisco Mayor on a Charge of Extortion. Saa FFrmciseo. A of ttrtelve of his peers has declared Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, guilty of the crime extortion as charged against him by the" Oliver grand jury.

The jury was out just one hour and 35 minutes. They elected Charles E. Capp, foreman and at once proceeded to an informal ballot. was cast verbally and stood eleven for conviction, one for acquittal, juror Burns, a shoemaker, cast the dissenting vote. Then the twelve men began a dis cussion of the evidence which lasted for nearly an hour.

At the end of that time the first formal ballot was cast. It was a written ballot and was unanimous for conviction. Judge Dunne took the bench at once. "Let the jury be polled," he said quietly. "Poll the repeated Bailiff Moore to the clerk.

That offical lolled ovcrjthe names of the twelve. "All present, your he reported. Then turning and addressing them he said: "Gentlemen of the jury, riaTtf you agreed on a verdict? Foreman Gam), white haired tf.id seamed of face, rose very slowly in his seat at the far end of the lower tier. "We have," he said boldly. is- your verdict? Is fendant guilty or not guilty Foreman Capp said quietly very slowly and very low.

Then there was another wait of five minutes. The mayor came presently in his touring car. Metson and Fairall and Barrett and Drew accompanying him. They pressed down the aislo and quietly took their accustomed seats at that end of the counsel table farthest from the jury. The silence was broken in a hundred places at once, like a wave draining from the rocks.

A long drawn ran through, the crowd. Then "good" cried a voice in the far cot- ner. Ana tiooa. go.ou eawca another spectator farther front. HEALTH NOTES FOR JUNE.

the de "guilty' Eelieves Neqros Innocent. Washington. The examination cf Major Penrose in command of the negro troops stationed at Brownsville, on August 13, when that town was "shot up," and Captain Macklin of Company 25th infantry, consumed ne-arly the entire time of the senate committee on military affairs Tuesday. Major Penrose reasserted his opinion that the negro troops were innocent, and that citizens had done the shooting. He believed the sheila of Springfield ver? scattered i in the streets in order to place the blame upon the -soldiers.

Will Not Reduce Rsrins Voluntarily. Chicago. HI. Western railroads Thursday decided not to apply any two-cent passenger rates to interstate traffic unless compelled by the interstate commerce commission or the courts. The railroads have assumed the attitude because of a desire not to be placed in the light of accepting any reduction in rates voluntarily.

In some western states the two-cent fares have been put into effect locally, but if the roads extend the rate to interstate traffic they declare it would be a voluntary act and might affect their standing in court. $1,000 Reward will be paid to any one proving that any statement in this advertisement is not true. Write for literature and name of nearest agent. C. F.

SIMMONS, 215 Alamo Flaza San Antonio, Texas May Attack Harriman Dials. Washington, D. C. Developments since. the cabinet conference at the White house last Friday evening make it probable that ttye government will begin proceedings under the anti-trust act against E.

H. Harriman and his associates for violations of the law in connection with the so-called Chicago Alton deal. Cnion and Southern Pacific transactions and perhaps in with the Southern Pacific lift the San Pedro tiatfie Gov. Folk Pardons Boodlers. Jefferson City.

Julius l.chmann and Rmil Hartnian. former St. Eouis councilmen, convicted of boodling and sentenced to the penitentiary over three years ago. were pardoned bj Governor Folk Friday and released, after having served about half tlveir sentence. Tiny are the last oi i'no convicted St.

Txwis boodlers to leave the penitetiary. Uncle Sam Company Overruled. Lea VeB worth, Kan. The attorneys for the Uncle Sam Oil company here Friday filed a demurrer to the evidence Introduced in support of tne contention that the company should be declared bankrupt. After ft discussion.

District Judge Ainidon overruled the motion and ordered the case to proceed. A Two Cent Measure Killed. Madison, Wis. The senate by a vots of 21 to killed the two cent fare railway bill afttT the measure had been under debate for an hour and a half. Let every man be occupied, and occupied in the highest employment of which his nature is capable, and die with the consciousness that he has done his best.

Goethe. No ill befalls us but what may be for our good. Italian. Man's Precious Rib. A young lady having asked a surgeon why woman was made from the rib of a man in preference to another bone, he gave her the following gallant answer: "She was not taken from the head lest she should rule over him, nor from the feet lest he should trample upon her: but she was taken from his side, that she might be his equal; from under his arm.

that he might protect her; from near his heart, that he might cherish and love her." Houston Chronicle. Prosperity in Mexico. Mexico is prosperous under the gold standard. The republic's fiscal receipts, $50,298,000, United States currency, for the year ended June 30, 1906, were far in excess of other years and much beyond what was expected, even by the most optimistic economist. The income 11 years ago wns only $25.

140,000. United States currency. The gradual growth in the fiscal receipts during the last 11 years is the outcome of increased business prosperity and not of increased taxation. Bryce Studying Indians. Muskogee, T.

Hon. James Bryce. British ambassador to the United States. Friday was the guest of Indian territory. Mr.

Bryca arrived at Muskogee at noon Friday. Uuring the afternoon he visited Tahlequah. the picturesque capital of Cherokee nation where he spent much of his time in studying ancient customs of the Indians. He was especially impressed with the gallew of portraits of old chiefs and declared that their faces were younger than anv other race of men. The Official Japanese Ssntiment.

Tokio, Japan. The Jiji Friday morning in it3 leading editorial which is evidently inspired, says that the recent assaults on Japanese in San Francisco were me-ely incidents growng out of the industrial troables in that city and that they do not constitute a cause for diplomaic action. Spring Catarrh is a well defined Spring disease. The usual symptoms are given above. A Bottle of Peru-na taken in time ill promptly arrest the course of the disease known as Spring Catarrh.

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I ifcby, McNeil! Libby, ChKaso EE i SINGLE MKTOSGI6M You Pay 10c. for 'Cigars Not so Good. F.P.LEWIS Peoria. i Modern Examples. A certain jail contains nine cells, and there are 17 railroad presidents to be confined in it.

One of them is in for five years, another for ten and so on up to the IT. Now the one who has the shortest term to serve has a cell all to himself, the others havm? two occupants. Give the namesr of the presidents and tell what they are in for and how long each of them occupies one cell alone. Life. Longevity of Car Wheels.

Has anybody ever stopped to think how many miles the wheels of a rail-read car travel before they wear out? Statistics gathered from various roads gijiow that perfect car wheels often rofj from 300,000 to 450.000 miles before they have to be turned down. Wheels with flaws in them run only about ":.000 to 90,000 miles. Sunday You will waste a Tot ot ammunition unlet you nave an aim in life- Women love secrets because of the pleasure they derive from letting them escape. Senator Morgan Dead. Vashingfon.

United States John Tyler Morgan of Alabama died here at 11:15 o'clock Tuesday night. So He Rang Off. "And vou didn't propose to her?" 1 -no." "Why?" I was leading right up to it. but i suddenly noted that her voice had I sort of previous-engagement ring." Smart Set. Fatai Ohio Fire.

Cincinnati. Three wom-en were burned to death and two men were seriously injured in a fire that 6 strove! four bouses in the White Watr settlement near Harrison, Qaio early Friday. Presidential Party Returns. Washington. D.

C. TVo cepver -ei yacht Mayf'owe-, having on Icara the pre-'de it and -a y. returaing irom th Ja ees ow exposition, ached a' 7:30 a. m. Tue' 7.