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Ill m ii j B a fSL I 4 W it i v J 1 lr V I Is A I r f ii if r K i K k i 4 Teachers Prrsentc Uarrcd Under a rule recently fronted bv the board of education of New York city school children will no longer be alowed to give presents to their teachers unless the gifts shall be sent anonymously to the teachers homes The object of the new regulation is to put an end to favoritism in the public schools charges having been made that certain teachers were par tial to the children of well to do par eats because of the presents which such youngsters brought them A woman may love flattery and yel dispise an awkward flatterer GREATLY REDUCED BATES via WABASH R It 1300 Buffalo and return 1300 3100 New York and return 3100 The Wabash from Chicago will sell tickets at the above rates daily Aside from these rates the Wabash run through trains over its own rails from Kansas City St Louis and Chicago and offer many special rates during the summer months allowing stopovers at Niagara Falls and Buffalo Ask your nearest Ticket Agent or ad dress Harry E Moores General Agent Pass Dept Omaha Neb or C S Crane G P T A Str Louis Mo It might be well to remember that the oldest families are likely to have the moit to be ashamed of Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH the only 16 oz package for 10 cents All other 10 cent starch con tains only 12 oz Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded You can rely on a man keeping his word when it is to his advantage o do so Laundering Thin Drcagc To launder the exquisite creations of mus lin and lace in which this Reason abounds frns become quite a problem yet the mot delicate materials will not bo injured if washed with Ivory Soap and then dried in the shade But little starch need be used ELIZA R PATTER There is plenty cf room at the top but as soon as a man gets there he tries his best to occupy it all A Macedonians Achievement Constantine Demeter Stephanove a native of Macedonia who after seven years work has taken the degree of master of arts from Yale supported himself nearly all that time by work ing as a conductor on a trolley car in New Haven When he fiist came to this country he vorked on f a farm while he learned the language Then he went to a preparatory school and from thence to Yale Next fall he will go to Germany to continue his stud ies Practical Philanthropy During the terrible heat in New York Mrs Evelyn W Murray a wealthy woman adopted a new meth od of kindness to horses She would give a truck driver a quarter and tell him to get a soda water Of course the man seldom did as suggested but he invariably stopped and went some where and meantime his horses hau a much needed rest No family shop ship camp or per son should be without Wizard Oil for every painful accident or emergency Dont value a man for the quality he is of but for the qualities he pos sesses Iam sure PIsos Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago Mrs Thos Bobbins Maple Street Norwich N Y Feb 17 1900 Never praise a womans cake unless you are prepared to eat every slice on the plate Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally Price 75c Hope resembles the head of a pin and disappointment the other end Clear white clothes are a sign that the housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue Large 2 oz package 5 cents An innocent plowman is worthy than a vicious prince more Sirs Winelows soothing Syrup Tor children teettjig softens the sums reduces In flammation allays pain cures wind colic 25c a bottle Do good to thy friend to keep him to thy enemy to gain him Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH the only 1G oz package for 10 cents All other 10 cent starch con tains only 12 oz Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded Two billion passengers and 950000 000 tons of goods are carried in a year on the worlds railways Seminole War Pensioners In the Masonic home in Walling ford Conn there resides one of the four veterans now alive of the Sem inole war He is Charles Benedict an old Mason He is on the list of Nncle Sams pensioners Two other surviv ors of the war and all one the pen sion roil are Samuel Hart of Rock port Mass and Samuel D Calkins of Norwich Why the King Dropped Albert Many theories have been put for ward with regard to King Edwards choice of name that is the dropping of the appellation Albert It is how ever no secret that the king never lied the name of Albert and it was only in deference to his mothers wish that he signed himself Albert Ed ward More than once he asked to be allowed to sign himself Edward but the queen was obdurate The king knew that the name of Albert would not be congenial to the British nation and as soon as Queen Victoria had passed away he communicated to Lord Salisbury his wish to be known as Edward VII Are Ton Uclag Allens Foot Eae It is the only cure for Swollen Smarting Burning Sweating Feet Coras and Bunions Ask for Allens Foot Easa a powder to be shaken Into the shoes At all Druggists and Shoe - Stores 25c Sample sent FREE Ad drees Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y A good man is seldom uneasy an ill one never easy PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION Document Opening to Settlement the Wichita and the Kiowa Comanche and Apache Reservations Following Is the Presidents proclama tion opening the Wichita and the Kio wa Comanche and Apache reservations to settlement By the President o the United States of America A PROCLAMATION Whereas By an agreement between the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians on the one part and certain commission ers of the United States on the other part ratified by act of Congress approved March 2 1895 2S Stat 876 834 the said Indians oeded conveyed transrerred and relinquished forever and absolutely with out any reservation whatever unto the United States of America all their claim title and interest of every kind and char acter in and to the lands embraced in the following described tract of country now in the territory of Oklahoma to wit Commencing at a point In the middle of the main channel of the Washita river where the 98th meridian of west longi tude crosses the same thence up tne middle of the main channel of said river to the line of iH degrees and 40 minutes west longitude thence on said line of D8 degrees and 40 minutes due norm to me middle of the channel of the main Cana dian river thence down the middle of said main Canadian river to where it crosses the SSth meridian thence due south to the place of beginning And whereas all of the conditions re quired by law to be performed prior to the opening of said tracts of land to set tlement and entry have been as I here by declare duly performed AUGUST O THE DAY Now therefore I William McKInley President of the United States of Ameri ca by virtue of the power vested in me by law do hereby declare and make known that all of the lands so as afore said ceded by the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians and the Comanche Ki owa arid Apache tribes of Indians re spectively saving and excepting sections sixteen thirty six thirteen and thirty tnree in each township and all lands located or selected by the territory of Oklahoma as indemnity sahool or edu cational lands and saving and excepting all lands allotted in severalty to individ ual Indians and saving and excepting all lands allotted and continued to religious societies and other organizations and saving and excepting the lands selected and set ajide as grazing lands for the use in common for said Comanche Kiowa and Apache tribes of Indians and saving and excepting the lands set aside and re served at each of said county seats for disposition as town sites and saving and excepting the lands now used occupied or set apart for military agency school school farm religious Indian cemetery wood reserve forest reserve or other public uses will on the 6th day of Au gust 1901 at 9 oclock a m in the man ner herein prescribed and not otherwise be opened to entry and settlement and to disposition under the general provisions of the homestead and town site laws of the United States Commencing at 9 oclock a m Wednes day July 10 1901 and ending at 6 o clock p m Friday July 26 1901 a registration will be had at the United States land of fices aft EI Reno and Lawton in the ter ritory of Oklahoma the office at Lawton to occupy provisional quarters in the im mediate vicinity of Fort Sill Oklahoma territory until suitable quarters can be provided at Lawton for the purpose of ascertaining what persons desire to en ter settle upon and acquire title to any nf snlrl lnnds under the homestead law and of ascertaining their qualifications so to do Tne registration at each office will be for both land districts but Jit the time of registration each applicant will be required to elect and state in which dis trict he desires to make entry To ob tain registration each applicant will be required to show himself duly qualified to make homestead entry of these lands under existing laws and to cive the registration officer such appropriate mat ters of description and identity as will protect the applicant and the government against any attempted impersonation Registration can not be effected through the use of the mails or the employment of an agent excepting that honorably discharged soldiers and sailors entitled to the benefits of section 2304 of the re vised statutes of the United States an amended by the act of Congress approved March 1 1901 31 Stat 847 may present their applications for registration and due proofs of their qualifications through an agent of their own selection but no person will be permitted to act as agent for more than one such soldier or sailor No person will be permitted to register more than once or in any other than his true name Each applicant who shows himself duly qualified will be regis tered and given a non transferable certifi cate to that effect which will entitle him to go upon and examine the lands to be opened hereunder in the land district in which he elects to make his entry but the only purpose for which he may go upon and examine said lands is that of enabling him later on as herein provided to understandingly select the lands for which he will make entry No one wiil be permitted to make Settlement upon any of said lands In advance of the opening herein provided for and during the first sixty days following said open ing no one but registered applicants will be permitted to make homestead settle ment upon any of said lands and then only in pursuance of a homestead entry duly allowed by the local land officers or of a soldiers declaratory statement duly accepted by such officers BY DRAWINGS The order In which during the firat sixty days following the opening the reg istered applicants will be permitted to make homestead entry of the lands opened hereunder will be determined by drawings for both the El Reno and Law ton districts publicly held at the United States land office at El Reno Okla com mencing at 9 oclock a m Monday July 29 1901 and continuing for such period as may be necessary to complete the same The drawings will be had under the Supervision and Immediate observance ol a committee of three persons whose Integ rity is such as to make their control of the drawing a guaranty of its fairness The members of this committee will be appointed by the secretary of the interior who will prescribe suitable compensation for their services Preparatory to theso drawings the registration officers will at the time of registering each applicant who shows himself duly qualified make out a card which must be signed by the applicant stating the land district in which he desires to make homestead en try and giving such a description of the applicant as will enable the local land officers to thereafter Identify him This card will be at once sealed In a separata envelope which will bear no other dis tinguishing label or mark than such as may be necessary to show that It is to go Into the drawing for the land district In which the applicant desires to make entry These envelopes will be separated according to land districts and will be carefully preserved and remain sealed un til opened in the course of the drawinirs as herein provided When the registra tion is completed all of these sealed en velopes will be brought together at the place of drawing and turned over to the committee in charge of the drawing who in such manner as In their judgment will be attended with entire fairness and equality of opportunity shall proceed to THOUGHTS FOR EVERY DAY Inopportune consolations increase a deep sorrow RouBseau Fortune does not change men it unmasks them Mme Necker If you can not do what you like to do try to like what you have to do Two good rules for life are Never be discouraged never be a discour ager Ariel Shun idleness it is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals Voltaire draw out and open the separate envel opes and to give to each inclosed card a number In the order In which the en velope containing the same Is drawn While the drawings for the two districts will be separately conducted they will occur as nearly at the same time as is practicable The result of the drawing for each district will bo certified by the committee to the officers of the district and will determine the order In which the applicants may make homestead entry of said lands and settlement thereon Notice of the drawings stating the name of eachapplicant and number assigned to him by the drawing will be posted each day at the place of drawing and each applicant will be notified of his number By a postal card mailed to him at the address if any given by him at the time of registration Each applicant should however in his own behalf em ploy such measures as will Insure his obtaining prompt and accurate informa tion of the order in which his application for homestead entry can be presented as fixed by the drawing Applications for homestead entry of said lands during the first sixty days following the opening can be made only by registered appli cants and in the order established by the drawing At each land office com mencing Tuesday August 6 1901 at 9 oclock a m the applications of those drawing numbers 1 to 125 inclusive for that district must be presented and will be considered in their numerical order during the first day and the applications of those drawing numbers 125 to 250 in clusive must be presented and will be considered in their numerical order dur ing the second day and so on at that rate until all of said lands subject to en try under the homestead law and desired thereunder have been entered If any applicant fail3 to appear and present his application for entry wnen tne numu assigned to hJm bv the drawing is reached his right to enter will be passed until after the other applications assigned for that day have been disposed of when he will be given another opportunity to mitre untrv fnUintr in Which he Will be deemed to have abandoned his right to make entry under such drawing To obtain the allowance of a homestead en try each applicant must personally pre sent the certificate of registration there tofore issued to him together with a regular homestead application and the necessary accompanying proofs and with the regular land office fees but an hon orably discharged soldier or sailor may file his declaratory statement through the agent representing him at the registra tion The production of the certificate of registration will be dispensed with only upon satisfactory proof of its loss time of considering or destruction If at the sidering his regular application for entry it appears that any applicant is dis qualified from making homestead entry of these lands his application will be rejected notwithstanding his prior regis tration If any applicant shall register more than once hereunder or in any ether than his true name or shall trans fer his registration certificate he will thereby lose all the benefits of the regis tration and drawing herein provided for and will be precluded from enterinig or settling upon any of said lands during the first sixty days following said open ing THE NEUTRAL STRIP Because of the provision of the said act of Congress approved June 6 1900 That the settlers who locate on that part of said lands called and known as the neutral strip shall have preference right for thirty days on the lands upon which they have located and improved the said lands in the neutral strip shall for the period of thirty days after said opening be subject to homestead en try and townsite entry only by those who have heretofore located upon and im proved the same and who are accorded a preference right of entry for thirty days as aforesaid Persons entitled to make entry under this preference right will be permitted to do so at any time during said period of thirty days follow ing the opening without previous regis tration and without regard to the draw ing herein provided for and at the ex piration of that period the lands in said neutral strip for which no entry shall have been made will come under the general provisions of this proclamation The intended beneficiaries of the pro vision in the said acts of Congress ap proved respectively March 2 1895 and June 6 1900 which authorizes a qualified entryman having lands adjoining the ceded lands whose original entry em braced less than 160 acres to enter so much of the ceded lands as will make his homestead entry contain In the ag gregate not exceeding 160 acres may ob tain such an extension of his existing entry without previous registration and without regard to the drawing herein provided for only by making appropriate application accompanied by the necessary proofs at the proper new land office at some time prior to the opening herein provided for Any person or persons desiring to found or to suggest establishing a town site upon any of said ceded lands at anv point not in the near vicinity of either of the county seats therein heretofore selected and designated as aforesaid mav at any time before the opening herein provided for file In the proper local land office a written application to that effect describing by legal subdivisions the land intended to be affected and stating fully and under oath the necessity or proprietv of founding or establishing a town at that place The lotfal officers will forthwith transmit said petition to the commis sioner of the general land office with their recommendation in the premises Such commissioner If he believes the public Interests will be subserved therebv will If the secretary of the interior approve thereof issue an order withdrawing the lands described in such petition or any portion thereof from homestead entrv and settlement and directing that the same be held for the time being for town site settlement entry and disposition nnly In such event the lands so with held from homestead entry and settle ment will at the time of said opening and not before become subject to settle ment entry and disposition under the general townsite laws of the United States None of said ceded lands will be subject to settlement entry or disposi tion under such general townsite laws except in the manner herein prescribed until after the expiration of sixty days from the time of said opening TOWNSITES Attention is hereby especially called to the fact that under the special provisions of the said act of Congress approved March 3 1901 the townsite selected and designated at the county seats of the new counties Into which said lands have been formed can not be disposed of un der the general townsite laws of the United States and can only be disposed of In the special manner provided in said act of Congress which declares The lands so set apart and designated shall in advance of the opening be sur veved subdivided and platted under the direction of the secretary of the interior into appropriate lots blocks streets al leys and sites for parks or public build ings so as to make a townsite thereof Provided That no person shall purchase more than one business and one residence lot Such town lots shall be offered and sold at public auction to the highest bid der under the direction of the secretary WISE OR OTHERWISE No philosopher can give a reason for half that he thinks A man without a conscience is a man without principle The high premium on honesty proves that it is the best policy Pride and folly cost some people more than their actual necessities Spite enables the fool to believe he is happy in his unhappiness A good business qualification is the ability to attend to ones own business cf the Interior at sales to bo had at th opening and subsoquent thereto All persons are especially admonished that under the said act of Congress ap proved March 3 1901 It is provided that no person shall be permitted to settle upon occupy or enter any of said ceded lands except in the manner prescribed In this proclamation until after the ex piration of sixty days from the time when the same axe opened to settlement and entry After the expiration of ttu said period of sixty days but not before any of said lands remaining undisposed of may be settled upon occupied and en tered under the general provisions of tht homestead and townsite laws of tht United States in like manner as If th manner of effecting such settlement oc cupancy and entry had not been pre scribed herein In obedience to law It appearing that there are fences around the pastures Into which for con venience portions of the ceded lands have heretofore been divided and that these fences are of considerable vahj and are still the property of the Indian tribes ceding said lands to the United States all persons going upon examin ing entering or settling upon any of said lands are cautioned to respect such fences as the property of the Indians and not to destroy appropriate or carry away the same Hut to leave them undisturbed so that they may be seasonably removed and preserved for the benent oi tne In dians The secretary of the interior shall pre scribe all needful rules and regulations necessary to carry into full effect the opening herein provided for In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed Done at the City of Washington this 4th day of July in the year of our Lord 1801 and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty sixth WILLIAM McKINLKY By the President JOHN HAY Secretary of State IN THE FLOWER GARDEN Many Groups Doervo Greater Attention Than They Ricelve Amorfg the most popular flowers of to day are the lovely peonies in va ried tints of rose pale crimson and purple The petals of some varieties are as large as saucers and being of a satiny texture and drooping in graceful folds they attract a good deal of attention It is pleasing to know that these tree peonies will grow in any good soil without much trouble consequently the whole tribe should be found a place in every garden They give a fine effect in beds on lawns or may be grown in pots and taken into the conservatory at the present season when at their fullest beauty Some of the newest kinds measure nine inches across the bloom These peonies die down in autumn and start growth with renewed vigor in spring The gold flowered Ethio pian lily is another beautiful thing that ladies procure as a fitting com panion to the pure white variety There is also quite a novel pink flow ered form but as yet quite rare it wa discovered recently in Rhodesia Many dwelling houses are now adorned with the lovely climbing Wisteria sinesis which is unequalled for the purpose when in flower The fine pendulous ra cemes of a rich lavender color remind one of a bunch of grapes from the way they hang on the branches They are produced so freely1 that at the pres ent season there seem more blossoms than leaves The Wisteria is quite hardy and its stems extend to a great length each summer Young plants can be bought very cheaply and we strongly recommend this elegant climber to those who do not know it A group of pretty flowering plants that deserve greater attention than they receive are the double flowered ivy leaved geraniums Few plants compare with them for balconies or window boxes or to hang down from stagings in the conservatory or from baskets the foliage alone is handsome whilst the flowers which are produced so freely right through the summer are both bright and lasting They look magnificent when trained along trellis work in sunny positions THE PRICE OF CHOCOLATE Much Cheaper In America than In Countries Where Grown When on drinking your cup of choc olate at breakfast you find a sediment deposited in the bottom of the cup you may feel sure that this insoluble stuff is the adulterant with which the chocolate is cheapened to such a de gree that the beverage far from its source of production costs less than it does in the place where it is produced In Soutn America the retail price for the better grades of chocolate averages about 1 per pound while In Italy France England and in the United States the better grades sell at a much lower price In America the ordinary chocolate sells for about one third of the price that is charged for it where it is produced The cause of this the producers say is that the original product is adulterated greatly before reaching its final market a cheaper ar ticle than the cocoa bean constituting the large proportion of 90 per cent of the chocolates of commerce The cocoa bean from which chocolate is manu factured is produced in its finest form in Venezuela though various other parts of Central and South America grow and export large quantities Two crops of the bean are gathered each year and the manufacture consists simply in grinding up the beans into meal and then adding sugar and arrow root with the necessary flavor usual ly vanilla or cinnamon The mass is moistened until it is in a semi fluid state after which it is run into molds of the proper shape New York Press Maurice Barry mores Witty lie tort The clever wit of the recently de mented actor Maurice Barrymore is still the foremost subject in the circle of the unfortunate mans friends On one occasion when Barrymore was visited by a number of friends one of them dropped a 50 cent piece on the floor and search high and low the money could not be found Won der where it went to one remarked Went to the devil I guess said the loser Trust you for making 50 cents go further than any one else said Barrymore New York Times J6AvJf jt fc -- Tho Biah 930000 Automobile - A builder of motor carsjjn Liege France has just sent to Teheran an open carriage of the landau snaps or dered by the shah at the price of 20000 It has seats for five one of which is the driver The body is painted royal blue and the wheels carmine The seats are luxurious springy and covered with pearly gray satin Two handsome lamps stand out well from the drivers seat the frames are silver gilt and the glass panes beveled they are decorated in the middle with the lion and sun of Per sia Green and red will go together Give a man plenty of greenbacks and he can paint the town a deep red Ladles Can Wear Shoe One size smaller af ter usingAUens Foot Ease a powder It makes tight or new shoes easy Cares swollen hotsweating aching feet ingrowing nails corns and bunions All druggists and shoo stores 25c Trial package FREE by maiL Ad dress Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY If you would be revengd of your enemy govern yourself DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YEttOW If so use Red Cross Ball Blue It will make them white as snow 2 oz package 5 cents A wicked hero will turn his back to an innocent coward rfw SfJ Si vXTj Outcome of Anti Canteen FolIy - In a letter to his father at Spring field Mass Frank Dellinger a soldier serving in the Philippines bitterly de nounces tho temperance peoplo for having brought about the abolition of the canteen Deprived of beer and whiskey many soldiers accustomed to drink have taken up the vilo Filipino drink beno as asubstitute It not only physically wrecks those who drink it but in many instances makes them permanently insane Dellinger cites cases where soldiers have gono crazy from indulging in beno Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH the only 16 oz package for 10 cents All other 10 cent starch con tains only 12 oz Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded If a man looks upon the wine when it is red it is very likely to cast upon his nose Ask your grocer lor DEFIANCE STARCH the only 16 oz package for 10 cents All other 10 cent starcn con tains only 12 oz Satisfaction guaran teed or money reiunded SCALE AUCTION BIDS BY MAIL YOUR OWN PRICE 3ones Ho Pajs tho Freight Bicgbamtco N Y DO YOU SHOOT If you do you should send your name and address on a postal card for a GUN CATALOGUE ITS FREE It illustrates and describes all the different Winchester Rifles Shotguns and Ammunition and contains much valuable information Send at once to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co New Haven Conn wMwBWm iMSSStt v VI feStlflfi JTlfe V1 Pf5StaffiSiaL Ml B1V i1 h niif1 M i7 t3i ml r n - Tl minimum1 4 m BATH 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