The Kansas Standard from La Cygne, Kansas • 4

THE KANSAS STANDARD, TALE OF POLLY BAKER. KILLthe couch E. P. McCarty, was in Paola on business last Friday. Dr.

Hess' Stock Food, $5 per 100 lbs. at Cartmell Potter's. Cattle Orowiied. On Wednesday Jan. 4th.

Dr. Menden-hall and Wm. Calvin suffered a severe loss by the drowning and chilling to death of twenty head of cattle which mired down in the river. The herd had gone down to drink and the cattle in the rear crowded those in front out into the river where they got mired and tangled in the brush and tree tops which. had been thrown into the -river by the tree-cutters for the drainage board and were unable to get Out.

-Most of them were pulled out with horses but were so chilled that they died afterward. The animals lost were cows, heifers and steers. ira Because the liver isV neglected people suffer with constipation, biliousness, constipation. bilionsnMa This is the time of the year to renew or begin your subscriptions for the newspapers and magazines you will want to read during the coming year, and" to accommodate you and to increase the circulation of THE Standard we have made arrangements by which we can furnish vou ANY MAGAZINE or NEWSPAPER published irr the UNITED STATES at. a considerably reduced price, if taken in club with The Standard; If taken separately we can save you the cost ot a draftor money order, the postage and the trouble of doing the writing yourself.

Call at this office and see about it, or write and get rates. Remember, it is any publication you want, no matter what. We will quote a tew below, Topeka Daily State Journal 100 da. 1.10 5.20 4 00 1.60 1.35 1 60 K. Cy.

Daily Sunday Star and Daily ti Kansas City Daily Jonrnal St. Louis Twice-a-Week Republic. Bryan's Commoner American Boy The above prices includeTHE Standard for 1 3ear, excepting in the State Journal's lOOrday rate, in which it is also for 100 das. and CURE the LUNGG -WITH issorv GNSUffiPTiON Pries FOR Free Trial. OLDS Sorest and Quickest Core for ail THROAT and IATSQ TSOTJB- LSS, or MONEY BACK.

JOHN CANNON, Attorney -at-Law MOUND CITY, KANSAS. TRINKLE TRINKLE, Xttorneys at law. Office over La Cygne Merc. Co's. store.

PHONE NO. 43. C. EI POLLMAN DEALER IX FRESHi SALTMEATS Hides, Purs and Tallow. PHONE NO.

8. C. E. HESSER 6c GOV Furniture Undertaking LA CYGNE, KANS. Best Hotel in City.

Rates $2 Per Day. TRANSIENT HOUSE MBS. W. E. BAILEY, Prop.

Splendid Sample Room in Connection. OUGHT TO SLEEP WEI L. Eastern Potentate Orders Pedroom Suite of Solid Silver. One's thoughts turn to the Arabian, Nights when mention is made of bedroom suite In solid silver, but such is the character of an order Jupt placed at Sheffield, England. The name of the customer Is so far secret, and the only Information which can be ob-talred Is that the instructions have, cose from the far east, and that the-question of price is only a minor consideration.

The designs are of orlen- tal character anrt of a most elaborate description. The suite, which is Id solid silver throughout. Includes a bod'-stead, a dressing 'able, a dozen chairs, three foot-baths and three hot water cans. The bedtad is of the most ornate character. Each of tbe four pi'lars will be surmounted by gracefully modeled female figures nearly, three feet in height.

The moulding ot tbe room and other decorations wilt-also be of sterling silver. WITH THE COST OF WAR What Might Be Done for the Uplifting of the World. "Give me the money," says a recent speculative philosopher, "that has been spent in wnr and I will purchase everv fnnt of l.ind nn the srlnhe. I clothe every man woman mn(X child in an attire of which kings and queens would be proud. I will build" school houses on every hillside and ln every valley over the whole earth; I will build an academy In very town and endow it, a college in every state and fill it with able professors; I wilt crown every hill with a place of worship consecrated to the promulgatloa of peace I will support in every pulpit an able teacher of righteousness, so that on every Sabbath morning th chime on one hill shall answer to th chime on another around the earth's wide circumference, and th? voice of prayer and the song of praise should ascend like a universal holocaust tt heaven." Who Talks at Dinner.

About after-dinner speakers Quite a deal I ve read. How wltb laughter tbelr auditors tbey way; As aid to digestion oftentimes I've heard It 'tald Druers can't compare with funny things they say. But. say, I'll bet a penny. For I'm a poet poor.

Not one word you've heard about The daring-dinner bore. Tate bas been unkind to me, also boardinfr-hoa'. Where Turing-dinner speakers coogre- gate: Their egotistic rantlngs ln my sptrtt rouse Aversion grim to all mankind who prate. I'm hungry, yet I falter. My craving keen to sate; For years I've been a-yeamlng To swat tbem with a plat.

Over prehistoric jokes bow the relator laugh. Though plain the gray-haired burner ot their theft: While their mouths with food are wad ded Adam's ale they quail. Teen sputter to the right and to tb left. What court would hold me guilty If with my trurty guns 2 numbered these purlolners 1 With authors of their puns? Brooklyn Kagla. An Undeserved "CufBrr The "tipper" at a vessel discharging pig iron at the harbor in Glasgow was surprised one afternoon recently when a wffman saluted him at the ship's side with the double-barreled query: "Cun ye tell mister, if It's tho rule for men tae get knockit aff wurk at this boat if there's nae wagons taa pit th" Iron intae, an' dae they no get peyed fur th time they're waitin' till empty wagons cum?" On being la-formed that such was the case aba I only wanted tae ken, cost ma man wis workin' here an I thocht he was tryin tae dae me last hicbt wl a broken pey, ae I Jist gied aim a enffln.

That's th' wey he's bo' oot th' day. I'm rale vexed about ijf noo. he wis truth," The nomey, Temple of Serpents, gniall town of Werda, la Dais celebrated for its tempi serpents, a long building In whlcl Hoax of penjamin Franklin That Fooled French Historian. When Benjamin Franklin was on his famous mission In Paris he and Silas Define were one day discussing the numerous errors they found in the Abbe Raynal's "Historie des Deux lades," when the author of that work happened to come In upon them. They told the good man the subject of their conversation, and the abbe immediate ly denied that there were any errors In his history.

His attention was called to the story of a certain Polly Baker, and an eloquent address which the abbe credited her with making before a Massachusetts The abbe Insisted that it was a true story, bur admitted that he could not remember his authority for it. Dr. Franklin was shak-. ing with laughter during ths protesta-j tions of the learned Frenchman, At lest he said: "I will tell you, abbe, the origin of that story- When I was a printer' and editor of a newspaper we were sometimes slack of news, and to amuse our customers I used to fill up our vacant columns with anecdotes and fables and fancies of my own, and this tale of Polly Baker is one of my making." A PERPETUALLY. FROZEN LAKE.

Sheet of Water in Denver That Never Thaws Out. While the people of Denver are sweltering in the first hot weather of the summer, says the Denver (Colo.) Republican, a little mountain lake on, ly forty-five miles away lies calmly enjoying its perpetual freeze the lake is solid ice. This is what was found by C. A. Parker, in charge of the telegraph construction cf the Moffat Railroad, in the shadow James peak, on the continental divide.

Perpetual snows blanket the mountain on the sides not reached by the sun, and amid the wintry scene of glacial whiteness" lies the little lake, one big lump of ice. Somtimes it melts, but this year it has not shown any signs of succumbing to the higher temperature. Mr. Parker enjoyed the cooling proximity of the lake" when Denver was receiving the first real share of hot weather. He also inspected the enormous banks of glacial snow, some of them extending hundreds of feet on the mountain side and scores of feet deep.

CHILDISH ABUSE OF PETS. Good Reason for Teaching the Pre-t ccpts of Kindness. All kinds of pets love children to such aa extent that even cruel torture may be inflicted by those children and the animal still refuse to use its natural means of defense, or do more than strive to run away to escape the torment. Many children, in spite of the Band3 of Mercy and Humane Societies, are thoughtless, if not cruel; many are easily led, and join in the fun of tying tin cans to the tails of animals, when they see the other children engaged in this cruel sport Therefore, parents should see that the precepts of kindness to animals, taught universally in school and church, should be carried out in daily life. Children should thoroughly understand from the first that pets placed in tbclr care must receive food and drink at certain hours each day; that the food must be properly prepared, and that the water for drinking of the right temperature.

Woman's Home Companion. FLY EATEN BY INDIANS. Larvae of Insect Make Rich and Nii- tritious Food. According to a writer in the Scientific American, perhaps the most singular focd for human beings is the larvae of a fly which is common in parts of California. This insect Is found in such vast quantities in Lake Mono that it is washed upon the stores in vast windrows and can be collected by bushels.

The water of Mono is very singular, seemingly heavy and smooth like oil; so much so that it resists ordinary wind and refuses to become ruffled. When the larvae begin to appear Indians gather from far and near and scrape them uv. place the wormllke creatures on cloths and racks in the sun and dry them, when- tirey are beaten up and husked, looking then like rice. The Indians call the food "kooh-chah-bee," and many bi'shels are collected at this time. That larvae are nutritious is shown by the condition of the Indians, who son grow fat on the rich diet.

FOE AND nnw7 CALL AT BROADWELL'S it ram 11 1 I i La Cygne, Jan. 13, 1.905. LA CYGNE TRAIN TIME. SOT7THBOUND 101 "Daylight ..12:59 p. m.

105 "Southeastern Limited" 8:08 p. m. 103 "Southern Express" 137 a. m. 139 Local Freight.

12:59 p. m. NOKTHBOCSD. 110 Meteor" 532 a. rn- 208 "Southeastern Limited" 8:07 a.

m. 202 "Daylight Express" p. m. 108 "Kansas lity 8:52 p. m.

140 Local 10:00 a. m. (Passengers daily; freights ex. Sunday.) J. It.

Gbkejtcp, Agent. La ygrue Market Prices. Following are the. prevailing prices paid in this city cjrrected to Thursday noon Corn, per bushel, 45c. Oats, per busheL 30c.

Wheat, per busheL 85c. Flax, per busbeL G8c. Hens, per pound, 6c. Spring Chickens, per pound, 6Jc Broilers, 1J to 2 lbs, 7c. Ducks, per pound, 6c.

Geese, per pound, 5c. TurkeyB, young toms, per pnd, 10c Turkeys, old toms, per pound, 10c. Turkey hens, per pound, 10J fcggs, per dozen, SS)c. Butter, per pound, 15o. Potatoes, per bushel, 65c.

Onions, per bushel, 75c. Apples, per busheL 85c to 95c. PkoneNo 39 "STANDARD" Please call us up when you have any news items and it will be appreciated. TOWN AND COUNTY. Photo's every Friday Spencer.

Dr Teague the Dentist at Dr. Clark's office. Fresh oysters at Yeo Brothers restaurant. Carl Stolper is visiting relatives in Carthago, Mo. Maurer the Jeweler will repair your watch.

Arthur Lacy was in Pleasanton the first of the week. Yeo Bros, are always serve hot lunches. prepared to Perry Wilcox, of near DrexeL was in La Cygne Saturday. W. L.

Yowell is quite ill at his home on West Lincoln avenue. When in town call on Dr. Teague and have your teeth examined. James Persons, of Scott township, is shipping hay to Kansas City. Steve Rex is quite ill at the home of his parents on West Grand avenue.

W. M. Silver has been out of town lately interesting some investors in our territory. H. C.

Dobyns. a son of Frank Dob-yns, has gone to Stigler, I. and en gaged in the hardware business. "Frank Dobyns was in town Monday with a load of hogs for Driskill. They were taken by Tom Marshall at 64 20.

Miss Jessie Tracy, who has been spending the holidays with friends and relatives here, left Monday afternoon for Illinois. W. W. Hutcbin was 65 years old last Monday and celebrated the event by partaking of an excellent birthday dinner served at the home of his son Joe. John Hutchin left Sunday for Pittsburg, KansaSj where he is employed.

He was accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Minnie Divilbiss, and Miss Ella Sheridan. The "Wizard of Wall Street" played to a smalt audience here last Friday night. The characters were fair but the play is entirely too mild to please Western people. N.

W. Petefish and J. E. Beckum went to Carthage, Saturday night, illness of Mr. Petefish's brother George, at that place, and who died Saturday night at 10:30.

They remain ad to the funeral, returning home Monday. A rumor has been circulated during the past few days that certain members of the family of C. S. Finch were ill of Htnallpox. This is a mistake, however.

Little Pauline has bees sick this wssk and as a precaution against unnecessary exposure Mrs. Finch has taken the other children out of school indefinitely. The editor of a weekly paper recently the day after the wedding. The bride's mother met him. "Good morning Mrs.

A tcT AwkA nunc?) iuo ruiwi M. UOW IjUHIVJ to get some of the details of the wedding." "Goodness," replied Mrs. Jones in dismay, "you ought to have come last night. They are all gone. They ate every scrap." Mr.

John Haffner, of Donnellson, the owner of the Simpson farms, came down to inspect his farms and to note the progress of our oil development. Both his farms join land on which oil and coal have been found in paying quantities, and he is naturallly greatly interested and may do some developing on his own account. He says thera is no doubt of a prosperous future for La Cygne through the oil and coal fields about the town all pf whicli we firmly believe. rne two-storjr irame building, corner of Broadway and Chestnut street, which for many years was used by Geo. J.

Miller as an Implement warehouse, has been sold to E. L. Leasure. It is Leasure's intention to establish a grist mill and skimming station on this site and work has already begun. The old building will be remodeled to-, suit the present requirements and two additions one on tne north and one.

on the south are now 'in course of construction. Mr. Leasure expects to have the buildings completed and the machinery installed within a few weeks if the weather does not interfere too much with the outside work. Aside from the fact that it is centrally located, the establishing of these industries here is a great con-vwtitmee and beneSt to tbe -farmers of tiiiM secti uni we pre ict Mr. Leasura vili Hud it a "profit bld venture.

I a er a Sheriff Preston was up from Mound City the first of the week. Dr. Teague for crowns and bridge work. AH work guaranteed. The K.

P's are preparing for a big "blowout" next Monday evening. The heavipst snow of the season fell Tuesday followed by a sleet Wednesday. The' ice has been fine for skating lately at least so the boys and girls tell us. H. O.

Trinkle was up from Mound City last week on professional business. Mrs. Jack Holman and two children are numbered among the sick this week. Robert Shinkle, of Kansas City, spent the. first of the week with his parents in La Cygne.

Dr. Hess' Poultry Panacea cures cholera, gapes and roup. Sold at Cartmell Potter's, Frank McCarty is employed in Paola as one of the guards in the smallpox quarantine. The Frisco force here gave the depot windows a bath recently notwithstand ing the extreme scarcity of water. Smallpox seems to be spreading in La Cygne with great rapidity and it is probable that the city schools will be closed again on account of it.

Mrs. Dailey an old lady who lived 4.1. t. -i lt with her son, W. E.

Dailey on the Butts farm, died Sunday, and was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery on Monday. Shortly after A. G. Seaman, of Park- er, had gotten his housa piped for gas and had begun using it, oil rose so high in the well as to choke off the gas and he had to resume the U3o of other fuel and kerosene lamps. Nine houses in La Cygne were quar-'' antmed on account of smallpox, up to Tuesday evening.

Probably as many as fifteen persons here have the disease. It is reported that in Paola eighty-one familes are quarantined. The drilling on the Goble farm south- west of Cadmus has been suspended on account of striking what is supposed to be Mississippian limestone. We under- i stand that if analysis determines that it A it. not xhis stone the drilling will be re sumed.

L. A. Harold, who received a fracture of the skull last week from a rock fall ing on him while he was walling up a well, was considerably better last Monday. Dr. Frick, a specialist of Kansas City, was called by telegraph and arrived at Harold's home about 2 o'clock of the night of the accident and assist ed by Drs.

Stough and Warner, of Par ker, removed some shattered pieces of the skull and lifted the remainder off the brain, relieving the pressure. The fee of the expert was $150 and the total expense $170, which it is understood that the man who was the cause of the accident paid. V4.4JlJ.XA4-A4.4.AJJ.--A-l.X 3 NOTICE. 4 We desire a settlement by Jan- i uary 1, 1905, of all accounts now 4 due, either by cash or note. Wilgus Mercantile Co.

trrTTttTTTvTTTtirrfT; Spiiited Her Bennty. Harriet Howard, of 209 W. 34th New York, at one time had her beaut spoiled with skin trouble. She writes "I had Salt Rheum or Eczema for years, but nothing would cure it, until I used Bucklen's Arnica Salvo." A nnifik anr1 sure healer for cuts, burns and sores 25c. at Broadwell's drug and bookstore.

Frank Stumph Dead. Frank Stumph died at his home in the southwest part of the town earlv Wednesday morning. Dnath resultet from smallpox and his illnsss was brief duration. It is stated that IhL- was one of the worst c.ses of this dreao disease on record in this part of the coun try. We will publish an obituary of the de decased next week.

Saiplure Waltz We have just received a copy of tht most popular piece of music ever pub lished in this country, called "Sapphir Waltz," composed by Charlie Baker. It is written in an easy style and can be played on either piano or organ. The title page is very handsome in four colors. This piece of music should found in every household throughout the entire country. Price 50c per copy.

Upon receipt of 15c in postage a copy of this beautiful waltz will mailed to any adJress in the U. S. by Tne Theatrical Alusic Supply 44 West 28th street, New York. Miss Deborah Mmrplfss Dead. Miss Deborah Sharpless, 18 years old, died this morning of tuberculosis in a tent, in the rear of her home, 2412 Mer-sington avenue.

Miss Sharpless was obliged to quit her studies in Central High school one year ago on account of ill health and for several months had been living in a tent hoping to be bene- filed by the open air cure. The funeral will be held at two o'c'ock to-morrow afternoon from the home. Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery. Kansas City Star, Jan. 5th.

Miss Sharpless was a neice of Mrs. E. P. McCarty, and had numerous friends in La Cygne who will regret to hear of her untimely death. Serious Accident.

-Tuesday, Hon. D. A. Warren went into stall to bridle his horse to drive to Mound City to attend the Annual Meeting of the board of directors of the Far-mer's and Merchant's bank, and tti horse reared and struck him with hi' fore foot, dislocating his shoulder. Pay siciaas were summoned and the shoulJ- Put place.

He came from under the induence of the anaesthetic all right and is doing as well as could be expect ed. Wednesday Mr. Warren was up ani around and was feeling comfortable. During the day he was able to write a -few letters, although it was his right. shoulder that had been injured and he that he will be apl3 to attend the i ning session of the ligislatura at To- i next wee it.

Republic I I I In as a with prices, as samples: Everybody's Magazine 1.85 McUlure's Magazine LG5 Youth's Companion. 2.10 1.75 Woman's Home Companion 1.60 Breeders' 225 Farmer and Stockman 1.35 Topeka Advocate 1.25. WATCHES REPAIRED I and made to run as well as thy diI on ihe day they were bought You jour watch department is the one upon i which we have always bestowed great care. Taking a watch apart and putti ng it i together again is a different thing from repairing it. One has to understand a I watch to do that and we undei stand watches.

You can tell this from the kind of watches we select to sell. Tie poor kinds are not nere. We think we understand the Jewelry business pretty thoroughly anyway, and old customers think so too. W. H.

BROAD WELL. VV Oleics AND THE 30UT TC aoi- AND 1 71b Fsr. AND Reacfecd r.zz: rats cf i iid Villi VUfieta at I T) do tint Far -e ilviaflett 11 la. tr-Ji i.n"li. J.

CI ASSIST AN GEWEPAL rS3 trtlKITi I Tie Gir4 Old ay. A severe cold or' attack of la grippe ig like a fire, the sooner you combat it the better yoiir chances are to overpower it. But few mothers in this age are willing to do the necessary work re quired to give a good old-fashioned treatment such as would be administered by their grandmothers, backed by Boschee's German Syrup, which was always liberally used in connection with the home treatment of colds and is still in greater household favor than any known remedy. But even without the application of tbe old-fashioned aids German Syrup will cure a severe cold in quick time. It will cure colds in ehil dren and rown people.

It relieves the congested organs, allays the irritation, tana enecuveiy siops ioe conga, any child will tak it- It is invaluable a household of children. Trial size bot tle, 25c; regular size, 75c. All druggists. Her Insignificance. TTis father, so they say.

Was famous in his day What did his mother do? His father helped to stomp the sta4s or urant lses What did hi mother do? She merely watfthed him day and rrfght. She merely kep'. him headed right, And went on praying that' he might Some day be brave and good and treat That's all bis mother did. His father. It Is said, Possessed a level head What did his mother have? His father whs no common clod Intended but to tote a hod What was his mother.

though OB, she was merely one who taught Her son that vices must be fought. That sin is fa each evil thought. That viitues pave the way to God That's all his mother was. S. Kiser.

Watches of Olden Days. There is nncc'rtainty as to when the portable watch," as we understand it to-day, Came into use. It was probably at theyclose of the sixteenth cen- jpeen Elizabeth owned a large number of watches. Marjr" Queen of Scots was. tbe possessor of a sknlV stuped watchi lur fact, the bead' pattern was at that time ranch in vogue.

Endless were the styles, rcr there were watches shaped like books, pears, butterflies and tulips. The Nuremberg e-r was a. special tPs- aEd- ras first mads in 1600. headaches and fevers. Colds attack the hi rips and contagious diseases take hold of the avstem.

It is safe to say that if the liver were always kept in proper working order, illness would be almost unknown. Thedford's Jack-Draught is so successful in curing such sickness because it is without a rival as a liver This great family medicine is not a strong and drastic drug, but a mild and healthful laxative that cores constipation and may be taken by a mere child without possible harm. The healthful action on the liver cures biliousness. It has an invigorating effect on the kidneys. Because tne liver and kidneys do inot work regularly, the poisonous mfiAa filsinrr wifl, tUa met.

wvm the bowels get back into the blood and virulent contagion results. Ttmelv treatment with Thedford's Black-Draught removes the dangers which lurk in constipation, liver and kidney troubles, and will positively forestall the inroads of Blight's, disease, for which disease in advanced stages there is no cure. Ask your dealer for a 25c. package of Thedford's Black-Draught. The Secret of Success Forty million bottles of August Flower sold in the United States alone since its introduction And the demand for it is still growing.

that a fine showing of success Don't it prove that August Flower has had unfailing success in the cure of indigestion and dyspepsia the two greatest enemies of health and happiness Does it not afford the best evidence that August Flower is a sure specific for all stomach and intestinal disorders? that it has proved itself the best of all liver regulators? August Flower has a matchless record of over thirty-five years in curing the ailing millions of these distressing complaints a success that is becoming wider -in its scope every day, at home and abroad, as the fame of August Flower spreads. Trial bottles, 25c; regular size, 75c. At all druggists. Bring your job printing to this office, examine samples and get prices. Greallv in Itmand.

Nothing is more in demand than a medicine which meets modern requirements for a blood and system cleanser, such as Dr. King's New Life Pills. They are just what you need to cure stomach i and li ver troubles. Try them. At Broadwell's drug and bookstore; 25c; guaranteed.

i Don't forget to try the Stajcdard office on your next job of printing. Id the Hospital. Dr. W. M.

Smith, city physician of Des Moines and head of the local board of health, wrote to Dr. W. B. Caldwell at Monticello, I1L, on Jan 11th. 1903, as follows: Dear Sir: have used your Syrup Pepsin in the city hospital with very satisfactory results to myself and patients.

I find it a mild and pleasant laxative, and also very palatable. N. M. Smith, City Physician. W.

H. Broadwell. Remember the Standard makes a specialty of fine commercial printing. Sickeuiiiir Nhitvring its of Ague and Malaria, can be relieved and cured with Electric Bitters. This is a pure, tonjc medicine; of especial benefit in malaria, for it exerts a true curative influence on the disease, driv-; ing it entirely out of the system.

It is much to be preferred to Quinine, having none of this drug's bad after-effects. E. S. Munday, of Henrietta, writes: "My brother was very low with malarial fever and jaundice, till he took Electric Bitters, which saved his life." At Broadwell's drug and bookstore; price guaranteed. The Standard job office turns out as good work as any in the county.

Try it. WASTE AND RUIN IN MOROCCO. Beautiful Dwellings Erected and AH lowed to Decay. In Morocco- they build and make, and they do both things beautifully and well, according to one who has been there. But they seldom finish "In a house dainty with fountains and arabesques and colored tiles," be says, "you will still find a comer uncompleted, a pillar which lacks the delipate fluting of the other pillars, an embrasure for a clock half ornamented with goid filagree and half left plain.

And. If they seldom finish, they never by an7 chance repair. The mansion is built and decorated within; artists fit tiles together in. a mosaic of cool colors and carve and Id and paint the little pieces of cedar wood ana glue them into the light and pointed arches; the rich curtains arj hung; and the master enters into his possession. There follows the procession of the generations.

The tiles crack, the woodwork of the arches splits and falls and the walls break and crumble. The householder sits Is different and the whole house corrodes. So, in the narrow streets, botes gap and the water wears a enamel where It will and tho mud lies thick and slippery on the rounded stones; the streets run steeply up and down the hills, wind abruptly round corners and dive Into tunnels." Astrologers Were Wronq. According to the astrologers, the world was to have come to an end on Sept. 18, 1186.

They had observed with awe that at sunrise on that day there' would be a conjunction of, all the planets in Libra and no doubt the argument was that sncn a collection would be altogether too much for the balance of the universe. When it ar- rived, Sept. 16 proved to be a very twelfth-century day: In 1524 astrolosrv clucked up courage to try This time there was to be a universal deluge, on the strength meeting of three planets in the sign of Pisces, and a private Noah' mtr th A OCCS- sion by a devout, believer at, Toulousev The year. 1524 -proved to be a period VA- LA i v'. jT A G.Im Tragedy is daily enacted in thousands of homes, as Death claims, in each one, another victim of Consumption or Pneumonia.

Put when Coughs and Colds are properly treated, the tragedy is averted. F. G. Huntley, of Oaklandon, writes: "My wife had the consumption 'and three doctors gave her up. Finally she took Dr.

King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, which cured her, and today she is well and strong." It kills the germs of all dis- eases. One dose relieves. Guaranteed at 50c. and $1.00 by Broadwell's Drug an4 UfH.5 Meeting The Teachers' Beading Circle meet at the High School building will Jan. 14, at 2:30 p.

m. Following is program: Roll Call Response, Quotations from IT Shakespeare. Vocal Solo Marjorie Merker adjnlv Miss Pearl Muth Vocal Solo Mrs. Conley Reading Mr. Evey Foundation Studies in Literature Misses War nock, Dallas and Wier Methods in Education 5 Misses Stanley, Kepple and Carroll, Messrs.

Stanley, Kyle and Evey. Assignment of work. Miscellaneous. A cordial invitation is extended to alL Obituarr. Frank Cochran, eldest son of Mr.

and Mrs. Oliver Cochran, died at 4 p. m. pn Wednesday, Dec. 21, 1904, of consump- tion, at the home of his parents, four miles northeast of Parker, after an ill- ness of several weeks duration.

He was born June 27, 1884, in Wabash county, Indiana, and at the age of one year was removed by his parents to this county. northwest of La Cygne until about a -it. year ago when he removed with them to i' their present home. He was always of a kind, pleasing dis- position and had many friends who are sorrowing because of his untimely de- mise. The funeral ceremonies were held on Thursday afternoon at the M.

E. church at Cadmus, conducted by Rev. Judson Payne, of Parker, and interment made in Cadmus cemetery. The pall bearers were Harry Snook, Willie McCrary. Arnold Stroup, Robert Smith, Floyd Nolin and Willie Staples, The first four named were his school mates and chums from childhood.

Mrs. Ida M. Fate and family relatives near Cadmus Sunday. visited Mrs. M.

Gaines visited the family of George Hurley near Cadmus last week returning home Sunday. Mr3. Helen C. Dallas visited her farm near Cadmus last Saturday and Sun dav. She is preparing to remove to it about March 1st.

The proposition to annex a portion of Brooklin school district doesn't seem to be enthusiastically received by the vot ers and patrons of this district No. 42. After a second attempt to get a vote on tais matter last Friday, it was deferred until the general school election next July. Improvement in Japan's Laws. Japan's laws have been greatly in proved during the last fifteen years Decapitation and torture have been abolished and hanging remains the sole method of inflicting the death Instead of the 250 crimes calling for the full penalty of the law under the old system, capital punish ment is now threatened for only four crimes.

Penal servitude, imprisonment with or without hard labor, fines and police supervision are the punish ments Inflicted for the minor Corporal punishment is no longer per mitted. Keep Timepieces Wound Up, One of the busiest men in New York is the itinerant clock winder. yjiock wjuuir.s uas Decome quite. an Industry in Gotham, for large modern houses, are as completely equipped with timepieces as they, are with elec tric bells. From twenty to thirty clocks of all kinds are required in a big house.

They are of all kinds and sizes. The proper care of these clocks requires an expert knowledge. This necessity explains the itinerant clock winder, who is hired by the month -or season. Southern Moss Utilized. i ne sweeping gray moss of the .1 auuiuera loresis is uniiea witn com merce.

It fills mattresses for beds auu tusuiuua lur uuggies. It IS USe- i v. ful for packing and it is gathered as any other crop is gathered by peo ple who are- paid by the day. Moss is ginned as cotton is ginned; the outer cuticle of the fiber is. removed and leaves it much like horse hair.

It is then good for anythine that needs stuffing. In Louisiana, instead of merely a detail of swamp scenery. It is the basis of an Industry. The Russian Housewife. In Russia every housewife has particular pride in her kitchen furnishings, writes Bertha Smith in the Four-.

Track News. Every mother provides her daughter with these things at the time of her marriage. Where it can be afforded the wine pots and goblets for the far-famed wines of Bessarabia, which the Russians delight, as wen other pieces of dining room service, are cf silver Instead of while copper Is restricted to kitchen use, though among the poorer classes It Is all copier Street Car Manners. A couple of gaudily dressed women most ordinary type are seated In a cable car. Indifferent to everything but themselves, one of the pair holding her umbrella planted firmly across the passageway.

The conductor, in response to a signal from the motonnan. hastens to the front door, to be pitched head-first over the obstructing me dinm. as the unconcerned cause of the yceiSent turns to her companion witr, scornful toss of her head. "The awkward baste!" New York Tribune. I a in e.

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Colds and LaGrippe If the conditions in your system interfere with the proper action of the liver, kidneys and" bowels, you are taking great chances for severe- colds and la grippe. If your system Tiowever is in a perfectly healthy state, you can withstand sudden changes and exposures to cold weather. Put the liver, kidneys and bowels in a perfectly healthy condition by using Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It is pleasant to the taste and puts new life and energy in you.

If your druggist hasn't got it, write for free sample bottle. -Pepsin Syrup Monticello, Illinois. 50c and 1.00 a bottle. W. 'H.

Broad well. Don't Lay It Up. Don't lay It" up that bitter frrude Against your friend or neighbor. Or di about Its hidden root Witn so much care and labor. Nay! Rather nobly pass it by.

Or thrust it out to fade and die. Ton may be right and he be wronff, Yet, if you- do your duty -And cultivate instead of hate The flowers of love and beauty. The time may come when he may feel How grandly you with others deal. Don't lay it up. nor let a thought Of "sweet revenge" possess you.

When taie3 untruthful reach -your ears That trouble and distress-: you. Nor chase the wrong with bated breath A lie will run itself to death. Instead, build up an bonest life Upon a sure foundation. And let the human castle walls Be strong- their formation. Then may you court earth's rudest shock Your house is built unon a rock.

New York Weekly. 1 All Were at One Time Black. While there are bo black rates In-. digenous outside of the the leading American, English, French and Italian ethnologists boldly teach that the white races of the wcrld are simply modified negroes and that the Anglo-Saxon and other white races are of an African origin, having crossed over into Europe during the neolithic age. Tbelr camts ter of food, environments, attitude- of their homes, climate, occupation, their greater distance from the rays of tbe tropical sun, are some of tbe ethnological factors whch are believed to have bleached their skins and made them white.

Original World's Fair. World's expositions may be said to be lineal descendants of the anneal fair at Stourbridge, near Cambridge, England, which," It is claimed, was instituted by Carausiua, the rebel Roman emperor of Britain, on Sept." 19. A. D. 207.

It certainly flourished as early as this, and British commerce is believed to have had its first real boom in consequence of the reports carried to the continent by foreign traders who flocked to this world's fair. About a thousand rears later Stourbridge fair got a new lease of life from King John for the benefit of hospital, and for eight centur ies or more it was the greatest "fair England. Acting under instructions front health officer, the, city coc." "ot La Cygne; ha ordered: tl iiools, churches, lodges, and. i her public gatherings close account of smallpox children are also forbid- na to congregate on the street: i I the priests keep upwards of I.CUO serpents of all sizes, which they feed wiU birds and frogs brought to them offeTinss by the natives. -j.

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