The Belleville Telescope from Belleville, Kansas • 8

What The Others! Say. voeate. Martin Wiruth has moved onto the Joseph Kuchera farm. The time for holding our city election is drawing nigh, it is time to be looking out for suitable men to fill the different offices, there is a certain class of reitizens who never attend a caucus and then kick their toe nails off because everything don't go to suit them. Turn out and help to nominate a good ticket and then stand by the candidates till the votes are counted, and then stand by whoever is elected.

Republie City News. Ben Delzene recently trapped an otter on his farm, They are becoming quite rare In this locality. The war for humanity is making advancement over the Philippines, 2,300 at a stride. Now if the gentleman who broke the lock on our coal box will come to uS privately we will peint out to him the chunks which contain dynamite. The Ransan.

Miss Minna Nelson, whose parents live at Republic City, was in the city on Tuesday on her way home from St. Joseph, where she is in the dressmaking business, to visit her parents, She favored the Kansan with a call in company with Miss May Hansen. Steve Baker arrived in the city on Monday last, enroute to Minersville from Wyoming. It will be remembered that Steve is one of the party of coal miners that left here three years ago to work in the mines at Coos Bay, Oregon. Kansas seems good enough for him.

Courtland Register. The Woodman blow -out Friday night was rather a freeze out. When the wind and snow are blowing forty miles an hour and the mercury crawls so far back into its hole that it pulls the hole in after it, even the hospitality of the Foresters camp, and the warmth of their camp fire availeth not. We were told there was an exhibition of the manly act in town Sunday by two of the leading pugilists of the town. We were unable to get an account of the fight by rounds as there was no vitascope on hand, but we understand it was a draw, and the gate receipts were divided between the two principals.

Narka News. Two new residences were begun at Narka this week and will be finished as rapid as the weather will permit, Young people, you often hear your elders speak of the cold snap away back in the sixties and seventies. When you are as old as they are you will be telling of the cold weather of this year of grace of 1899. Will Steenblock living six miles west of town, and his brother-in-law, Frank Henderson of Smith county, left overland last week for Oklahoma, to look up a location. Cuba Daylight.

To run a newspaper without occasionally publishing an item that is untrue or give offense, remarks a levelheaded exchange. is like running a railroad without having accidents and smashups. To do either is a physical impossibility. No man on earth is to SO great extent constantly at the merey of both friends and enemies as the editor of a country newspaper. Pushed continually with work he must get much of the information concerning transpiring events second or third handed or not at all.

Frequently statements are received from supposedly trustworthy sources which are subsequently found to be with foundation. If, therefore, kind reader, you find yourself aggrieved by some statement in your home paper, be charitable. Bear the above facts in mind and give. the editor the benefit of the doubt, until at least you have investigated. Not one editor in a thousand wilfully injures either friend or foe by misrepresentation.

Go to him and ask for a correction, and, our word for it, nine cases out of ten, if your case is just, you will be received politely and proper correction be made with pleasure. Chas. Lisher, Wm Jones, and Ben and Amasa Carpenter had some difficulty among themselves last Saturday. Warrants were issued on Monday, for their arrest and they have had the pleasure of making the final settlement of their trouble with Judge Woodruff. Their trouble was caused by partaking of the fruit of a forbidden Kansas saloon.

Letter List. List of unclaimed letters remaining in P. O. Belleville, Feb. 14, 1899.

LADIES LIAr. Jennie Robertson Ethel Paunby GENTS LisT. O. F. Anderson Vaslar Brachtle Edwin Caldwell John Gage F.

T. Kelly Mitchel Lawhea When calling for advertised letters CHAR. P. BALDWIN, P. M.

Agenda Items. The National Aid met Saturday night Mr. M. Smith has rented the Flick place for the coming summer. C.T Moove shipped out a car of hogs to K.

U. Fridar night, Dont Agenda loom with that new lumber yard? The protracted meeting is being well attended and much good is being irested The medicine bow at Clyde seemed to be quiet attractive to some of the Agenda boys. W. Cowell went to Wisoonein on a two weeks visit. Say Price, when are you going to shed those whiskers? Mr.

Ludwick was down from Cuba on business Inst Thursday. The evening of Feb. '14 was a pleasant evening, and the Spooner school house was crowded the occasion beiug the grandest box supper in the bistory of the school. A very interesting programme consisting of declamation songs and dialogues was rendered after which Mr. Ohyer auctioned of the boxes Over $8 was taken in of which goes for a' library.

Mr. F. and Mra. John Ryman went to Clyde last l'hursday. Misa Bertha Cole spent Sunday with Nellie Harbaugh.

Mr. Menzo Jarret and move on the farm sbortly. We understand that Oliver Huff will be arrested for hauling coal (Cole) on Sunday. John Trimble and Bob Mapes have gone up on Mill Creek on hunting expedition. SALLY.

Messrs. Loomis and Hollandsworth, of Emporia, have leased the store room just south of W. C. Ryan's store, and will open out the last of the month with a brand new stock of dry goods. The place will be known as the Belleville Cash Store.

MARRIAGE LICENSES Issued for week ending Feb, 20, 1899: Stephen A. Rowzer. aged 22, Belleville. Lettie P. Bradley, aged 20, Belleville.

Hulbert E. Mercer, aged 23, Republic City. May French, aged 18. Republic City, Charles Holmes. Jewell coanty.

Eva Osburn, White Rock. For La Grippe. Thomas Whitfield 240 corner one of Chicago's oldest and most prominent druggists, recommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for la grippe, as it not only gives a prompt and complete relief, but also counteracts any tendency of la grippe to result in pneumonia. For sale by Armstrong Co. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in Chicago.

Hisgen the popular South Side druggists, corner 69th-st. and says: "We sell a great deal of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and find that it gives the most satisfactory results, especially among children for severe colds and croup." For sale by Armstrong Co. Cash paid on subscription to date: Fred Elliott 50 William Park 20 J. H. Rost 2 10 L.

Hammond 1 25 W. Westin 1 00 Mrs. Geo. Nelson 60 George Mapes 50 J. A.

Cardwell 450 A. Sherbody 2 50 J. C. Elliott 1 50 Look over the list as given above and if any amount or name is wrong, let us know it at once. If this paper at any time fails to reach you, or your name seems to be dropped, write or come and see us.

No man's name is dropped be ause he is behind unless ordered. Eloped on a Mule and Wed in a Cellar. An exciting elopement occurred at Piney, thirty miles from here, in Dickson county, yesterday. Henry Herroll and his cousin, Jeanie Corry, were the principals. He is eighteen and she is sixteen.

They fed from her home at Doom, the young lady riding behind her lover, both on a mule, but their parents soon learned of their inteations and engaged in hot pursuit. half mile advantage, Herroll reached the residence of Mra. Reberts, in the cellar of which Squire Fielder performed the cer mony, while the angry parents searched the house above them. After the cermony bad been concluded 1 the squire quietly looked the cellar door, where the newly married were left alone, safe from their a parents, uatil the could their appearance without creating Baguirer. CASTORIA For acarts and Children.

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The merchant you bought those socks from evidently did not advertise or he would have sold them long ago. Mamma handed me your letter, and said possibly I might suit you. I am 18 years old." THE HUMAN HAIR. How Dealers Know Whether It Has Been Cut or Combed Out. Perhaps there is no staple article of commerce about which less is known, says the New York Herald, by the average person than human hair.

It will doubtless surprise many to learn that the dealers in human hair do not depend on chance clippings here and there, but there is a regular hair harvest that can always be relied on. It is estimated that over 12,000 pounds of human hair are used annually in the civilized world for adorning the heads of men and women, but incipally the fair sex. The largest supply of hair comes from Switzerland, Germany and the French provinces. There is a buman hair market in the department of the lower Pyrenees, held every Friday. Hundreds of hair traders walk up and down the one street of the village, their shears dangling from their belts, and inspect the braids which the peasant girls, standing on the steps of the houses, let down for inspection.

If bargain is struck the hair is cut and the money paid on the spot. A woman's hair may grow to the length of six feet. A single hair will bear up weight of four ounces without breaking but the hair thus heavily tried must be dark brown, for blond hair breaks under a strain of two and one-balf ounces. Dealers in human hair can tell in a moment whether the locks offered them have been cut off or combed out. They do this by rubbing the hairs through their Angers.

If the hair has been cut from the head and has not been misplaced, it remains in its original position. It it has been pulled or combed out and put together regardless of the direction in which it grew, one portion of it will slip to the right and the other to the left. It does this because the jagged edges catch upon each other and pull in opposite directions. A Musical The professer is an awful flatterer." be? Now, I took him for something of City Star. It hurts a person leas to be lied about than it does to lie about athana The Anstomy of Speed Skating, The typical speed skater has a short body, capacious, round chest, with well developed back; his thighs are strong and very long, as also his legs.

His feet are large and flat. His weak points are his calves, due to the long, flat skate to which his flattened foot is so closely bound. The large muscles of his chest are not exercised and his arms, beld lying idly along his back, are unused, except in an occasional spurt, when they are brought down and swung straight from the shoulder. They say that they catch less wind held that way and that the position is restful to the tense extensors of the back. This is, no doubt, true, but the result is disastrous to symmetrical development.

This type of figure is seen at its best in such skaters as the Donahues, McCormick, the old-time professional, who still skates a fast race, although now 40 years of age, and in Wilson Breen, a professional, who has been a winner of much gold and glory by means of his long legs and powerful thighs. The conclusion that speed skating alone is not a good exercise to develop a well-built, symmetrical man will be patent to anyone who reviews the facts. If indulged in it should be, as done by McCulloch, in conjunction with other forms of athletics which bring into action the muscles of the arm, calf, shoulders and chest. -Popular Science Monthly. pro settle t.ru oll.st man in Madison county.

lives in the Bill HilL boracol. lie does not know his exact age, but from the recollections of old residenters in that neighborhood he is not far 120 years old. He is a white man but one-quarter Cherokse Indian, and of the Indian blood he is as proud as if he were the owner of broad bluegrass acres. His. name is Jehu Vaughn, father of William Vaughn, the Madison county skeleton, who was with Barnum for years.

Mr. Vaughn hasn't a tooth in his head, but never suffered one pang of toothache. He saved all his teeth and guards them with as jealous care as does the miser his gold, and wants them buried with him. ANTS AND THEIR MILCH COWS. Process of Milking for the Much-Prized Honey Dew.

The fact that ants used aphids for milch cows was discovered nearly a century ago, but the special care given to their live stock has been a subject of more recent study, says the Chautauquan. Almost any one may have observed ants running up and down the trunks of trees and shrubs. It is no joy of climbing nor desire for a wide outlook that leads the ants to ascend trees, but because the leaves of the trees afford pasturage for their small cattle, the aphids. These little creatures exude voluntarily drops of a sweet liquid known as honey dew. The process of milking is this: The ant comes up to the aphid and pats it on the back with her antennae, at which the flattered and pleased aphid gives forth the honey dew, which the ant eats with every sign of enjoyment.

It might be seen at first glance that the benefits of this relationship accrue only to the ants. However, this is not the case. The ants are fierce defenders of their flocks, and make it very uncomfortable for the many insect enemies of the aphids. Some species of ants build sheds over the aphids upon the trees and other species remove them to the safety of their own nests; but the special claim of the ants as aphid protectors lies in the care of the aphid eggs, which are shown as much attention as their own. WHEN THE MOST FASCINATING Woman's Zenith of Attractiveness Above, Not Below, 80 Years.

Balzac, famous as a literary and social lion, was once attacked in a Paris salon by a pretty little miss of 17, who demanded why it was that he liked women whom she would consider passe. "Why, monsieur, even when they are as old as 40 you seem to enjoy their society." Balzac looked at her earnestly for a second and then laughed heartily. He bent over to explain matters and. remarked, in a seclous voice as though wu'ghing every word he said: "Perhaps the secret lies in the simple fact that the woman of 20 must be pleased, while the older woman of 40 -tries to plense, and the older woman's power consists, not as has been so often said, in understanding and making the most of her own charms, but in comprehending and with happy tact calling out and making the most of the good qualities of the man whose favor she seeks." Just when women are most fascinating is, of course, a matter of opinion, but the age is now put by observers of good judgment at 30 and older. All.

the women famous for power over the hearts of men, from Cleopatra to Helen down, were nearer 40 than 20 when at the zenith of their power. There is no doubt that a man always admires clever woman, yet he enjoys himself better with a woman who makes him feel that he is clever, Of course, all the men like being entertained for awhile by a well-informed woman, but a man is essentially vain, and he enJoys much better the happy tact which makes him believe that he is entertaining the well-informed woman. of course, the woman must have the bappy knack of discovering what subject the man talks about best. Then she must listen quietly and in an interested manner. She can draw him out with happy queries until he is astonished at his own brilliancy.

What is CASTORIA A PRACTICALLY PERFECT PREPARATION FOR CHILDREN'S COMPLAINTS. C- RED SNAPPERS MONTHS OLD. Cold Storage System in Pensacola Has Proved to Be Profitable. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat: When a guest of a Chicago hotel orders red snapper and is delighted with the palatable dish that is set before him he does not know that the fish has probably been out of the sea for ten or twelve months, but such is often the case. The guest never knows the difference, however, and only after he has visited Pensacola and called on Sewell C.

Cobb or some of his men does he understand how it all happens. Mr. Cobb has just ended a visit to this city. He is an interesting man. He can tell more Ash stories than anyone ever dare repeat, for he is the very origin of the best fish tales in the gulf states.

He owns twentyfour fishing smacks, which is more than any other one person can boast of on the gulf. It may not be generally known that all the red snappers for New Orleans come through Pensacola. The same is true of Chicago. Mr. Cobb was once mayor of Pensacola, until he found that he could make more money running fishing smacks out to the grounds and supplying the markets of the United States.

That port practically has a monopoly on certain kinds of fish, and for this reason it has been necessary to invent a system by which the fish can be kept in cold storage for an indefinite length of time, oftentimes a year having elapsed from the day the finny specimen was hauled in and the time it was served on the table. Lighthense in a Cemetery. Throughout the world there are hundreds of lighthouses dotted along the coast, but a lighthouse in the midst of a cemetery is a rare thing. Such a one, however, has recently been erected in the cemetery at Ulverston, cashire, England. A Miss Wilson had It built in memory of her father, who died over a year ago.

The structure, which is 23 feet in height, with a spreading base of 25 feet in circumference and 8 feet in diameter, is constructed of white Carrara marble. Female scared by Mice. The Columbia Turn Verein of West New York, N. recently decided to rive an exclus've night for ladies' practice. The girls were in full practice when Proprietor Loppert brought upstairs a package which had been sent by some admiring friend of the girls.

The girls crowded around and the package was opened, when out jumped several mice. There was a chorous of screams, a scattering of the fair gymnasts and the frightened mice scurried away. The girls say the, Intend to And out who sent the mice, and there vengeance in The Best Lighted City, Paris is said to be the best lighted city in the world, and a model for all cities that are bent on introducing electric lighting on a grand scale. It is the great installation under the vast central markets of Paris that has enabled the municipality to command the situation and to carry out a scheme which has been settled, not hastily, but after a patient, scientific and systematic study. This installation, however, has never been intended for the general work of lighting.

It 18 for experimental purposes, and also for acting as a regulator of charges, each division of the city, radiating from a center, being leased for a limited term to a responsible electric company. The old troublesome question of how to dispose of wires never arises in Paris, where, thanks mainly to the subways, there are no obstructive wires. DIAMOND AS A FETICH. Many Splendid Stones Hoarded by Super- stitious South Atrican Chiefs. From Harper's Weekly: The South African native, it seems, is not always decorated with the mere trumpery of the trader's wallet or of his own purveyance.

It has become an attested fact that excellent diamonds, and diamonds better than that, are possessed by chiefs and hoarded by them, not so much in intelligence of their value as in a firm fetichism. The stones have come to their hands by the good, oldfashioned method of stealing them from the Kimberley mines years ago, before the present minute watch against gem thieving was systematized. Diamond stealing at present 18 practically impossible under the paculiar methods of its prevention. Before the rigid examinations of workmen and visitors began to be enforced native laborers were often under secret compact with their tribal rulers not to come back from the mines with-, out a good-sized stolen diamond for the chief's use; hence a great many superb gems are in the dark, unfathomed caves of a kafir headman's 68- tablishment. Within a few years edterprising traders have made special expeditions and palavers for diamonds SO hidden, with the result of successful bartering for them.

Liquor and guns have been found useful. In some Instances the superstition of the chiefs stood in the way of traders recovering valuable stones, but, on the other hand, a small company working on this line of acquisition is credited with having obtained within four. months not less than $200,000 worth of diamonds. One agent succeeded 1n buying of a chief six stones of more than 200 carats each. The Largest Cake Ever Baked.

In June, 1730, the Saxon army of Frederick William I. was encamped in tents and huts at Radewitz, on the right bank of the Elbe, the meat covering over twelve square miles of ground. Here, on the day before the camp was broken up, the entire army of 30,000 men sat down to dinner prepared on a scale rarely equaled in modern times. Eighty oxen were roasted, and the men helped themselves to the meat ad 11b. We are told that "three measures of beer and two of wine" were served to each individual.

But the crowning wonder of the day's feasting and drinking was displayed when a gigantic cake, drawn by eight horses and resting on a platform covered by a tent, was brought upon the scene. Certainly it was the largest cake ever baked. It contained thirty-six bushels of four, over 200 gallons of milk, one ton of yeast, one ton of butter, and 5,000 eggs, besides other ingredients in smaller quantities. To cut so huge a cake it was found necessary to employ a carpenter, who, with a large knife, the handle of which rested on his shoulder, divided it up In the same manner as a rick of hay 1s divided at the present day in England. The dimensions of this cake deserve notice.

It was, speaking in round numbers, 18 yards long, 8 yarda broad, and, in the center of a yard thick! Smoke Nuisance in Paris. The prefect of police has ordered all industrial establishments in Paris to cease within six months producing say thick, black smoke for any prolonged period. Beauty of Education. "Paw, what does mean?" "No 'possum, of Journal..