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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17

Bezeman and, in fact, the whole of
Gallatin county, Mont, is afflicted
with /, scourge of dandelions. They
are to he seen in every garden, and in
nearly every field of the county In the
suLsmer the little globes of fluffy, cot
toni S1e substance, containing the seeds
of tt dandelion, float through the air
and Sght in every nook and corner
No matter how poor the soil the dan
delion flourishes. Old-timers say that
thirty or thirty-five years ago there
was not a dandelion in the country. A
farmers wife some thirty years ago
longed for dandelion green's and sent
to friends in the east and asked them
to send out some seed. They complied
with her request and the seeds took
root in the lady's garden. They spread
from the garden into the lane which
runs by the ranch and in the summer
either side is yellow mass of flowers.
and later it looks like miniature cot
ton field. When the winds come the
little puff balls of seeds are blown
hither and thither, and now the plants
are worst evil in the country.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17
Vibrate to Be Cured

A new cure-al has come across the
ocean to this country, which in many
respects is as picturesque as the
kneipp cure and which promises to
have as great vogue. Fashionable
t1valids in New York have taken it
up. and now it is spreading among the
great army of the sick and ailing in
other parts of the country. Like the
panacea of the Swiss priest, the new
cure taboos the use of medicines, but
its application requires no such incon-
venient procedure as walking barefoot
in wet grass in the early morning. Dis
ease, according to the new idea, is
mere matter of altered vibration. If
you have a hesdache, or dyspepsia, or
rheumatism, or nervous prostration, or
any other ailment in the catalogue, you
are, or that part of you affected is, out
of tune-your rate of vibration has be-
come too fast or too slow and needs
adjusting. To effect the proper adjust
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17

plus the machine, which might BE-
taken for one of those relics of the
Spanish inquisition to be found in all
dentists offices. An electric motor is
geared to small spindle, and to the
side of the spindle is attached a long
steel rod, which, when the motor is re-
volved at great speed, moves rapidly in
unison with it, like piston rod. To
the end of the piston rod is attached a
heavy leather glove with the fingers
cut out. The operator places her hand
in the glove, and the piston rod, NOV
ing rapidly back and forth, gives to
her hand a vibratory motion which
makes it feel as though it were being
traversed by an electric current. In
fact, to touch her hand gives you a
sensation exactly like thar obtained
from the poles of battery. Now, i'm
agine sedate but overworked Wall
street gentleman sitting placidly with
a far-off look in his eyes, while the
young lady operator applies the thrill
ling touch of her hand to his forehead
or to the base of hts aching brain, aEd
there is the cure In operation
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17
New Panacea Prohlblts
Medicine and Tu1eS Pau-
entS to Concert Pitch.

that required privacy. Some had rheu-
matism and some had govt, and some
had nervous prostration which they
wanted cured, and some had nervous
prostration for fear of the machine
itself. and of what it might do to them
and all the while the voice of the oper-
ator crooned low, telling of the won
derful success of the shaking machine
abroad, how Prince Pedowich thought
it the greatest ever, and how Prince
Alexander of Oldenburg recommended
it, and Prof. Some-One-Else considered
it the monitor of the coming medicine
less era, until only the veriest skeptic
would have denied the efficacy of the
new fad.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17
A Plea for Navajo Art.

Americans have been slow to awak-
en- to the fact that we have in this
land. among people of which the Old
World knows nothing and the New
World little, arts that are quaint, orig
inal and worthy of long continuance.
Such are the textiles of the Navajoes,
the baskets of the various western
tribes, and the bead ard quill work of
yet others. For centuries our Indians
oveand embroidered, and none except
their red neighbors gave attention to
them. Now that their work is at last
receiving attention, their poverty in
duces them to make and sell as fast as
possible, and hasty work is never good
work. 1t is the whites who are respon-
sible for the poverty of the Indian, in
the destruction of his game, the OBJ
liberation of his hunting grounds and
his Introduction to sundry vices and
diseases; hence, it is our duty to bet
ter his state, not as now, by pauper-
izing him with gifts, but encouraging
him to continue what is best in his
Evening Post.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17

While the operator moves her i'm
gers deity along the bridge of your
nose, bilaterally outward via Jour eye
brows and then downward back OF
your ears toward the upper eno OF
your spinal column, she croons Softly
the reason for it all. telling you min
ute1y just what is taking place inside
of you while the process is going for
ward Now, since the feeling In your
spinal cord Is precisely that described
by the negro who said that mineral
water tasted just as though his foot
was asleep. you are not as much i'm
pressed by her remarks as you might
otherwise be, but there are certain
words, such as "capillaries," stagna-
tion," Stimulation" ETC., which stick
by you and you remember it all after
ward as you might dream
All sorts and conditions of men and
women had the machine applied to
them while the writer looked on, for
there was nothing In the treatment
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17

Gramophoue Amuses Turkish Ladies'.
The gramophone is great source of
pleasure to Turkish ladies. For some
years it was strictly forbidden; now
nearly every house is provided with
one, and the fades sit around and roar
with laughter every night at its pro-
auctions. Nearly all are fitted with
cylinders giving Turkish songs and
stories. If the ladies w.sh their
gramophones would only stop at home
no one would object; but what they
delight in is to get into boat with
their friends and float slowly down the
Bosporus, with the gramophone
shrieking in the middle The Bos-
porus on moonlight night is the most
romantic place imaginable. Sitting on
a balcony overhanging the water, with
no sounds but the soft lappinig of the
waves and the unceasing songs of the
nightingales which swarm all along
the shore, one gets lost in all sorts of
imaginations, and it is too bad when
a boat suddenly drifts close by with a
gramophone squeaking out Daisy" or
something equally incongruous.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17

Mrs. Edwin Knowles of Brooklyn,
the new president of the Professional
Woman's league, does not believe in
woman suffrage. [DiScussing the sub
ject the other day, she said that to her
mind the woman suffragist appeared
as a ridiculous being. Mrs Knowles,
who enjoys the reputation of knowing
what she is talking about, expressed
the opinion that nothing was to be
gained by enfranchising women There
are as many ignorant women as men. %
she says, land giving woman the right
to vote would merely increase the num-
Der of voters. while their division on
the issues of the day would be about
as it is now The only thing that
would be gained would be more trou-
BILE for the women" But Mrs. Knowles
has a strong belief in club life for her
sex 1t "broadens'' a woman, she says.
New York Times
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17
A PEBBLE FOR EVERY OATH.
An Artistically Profane Golf-PIayer's
Record Turned In.

An Artistically Profane Golf-Piayer's
Record Turned In.
There is a well-known young man
in Omaha, who does several other
things better than he plays golf. He
is a past master in artistic swearing.
In fact, his anger finds expression in
such coherent streams of expletives
that his reputation as a member of the
Country Club is based chiefly on this
accomplishment. But to get-at the
story of a famous bit of golf playing
this loquacious young man did last
week. His record is 1877 or thereabouts
and every time he makes the round of
the course his score grows worse and
he gets more vehement in giving ex-
preston to what is uppermost in his
mind. Last Wednesday before he
started on the course one of the young
mans friends jokingly remarked:
Every time you swear put a clod or
chip or a piece of gravel in your
pocket" This was early in the after
noon. just as the sun was sinking in
the west a weary young man with
bullying pockets staggered into the club
house. His friends had forgotten him
and supposed he had gone home. AS
he entered the door he emptied coat
pocket and pebbles rolled all over the
reception room floor. That's the plain
d-ns - he exclaimed From another
pocket he dumped 100 pebbles which
stood for stronger number of the
purely masculine vocabulary. Other
pockets produced still more pebbles
and clods which represented other bad
words. His friends tried to call halt,
but he persisted in littering up the
floor, remarking: This amt cir
cumstance. Just wait till you see the
wagonload of oats the caddy and the
teamster are bringing" This story is
told on the authority of friends of the
artistically profane young man.-From
the Omaha Bee.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17

Professor DIR. Voges, director of the
national board of health at Buenos
Ayres, according to German papers,
has found a remedy for mosquito bites.
He states that he discovered it by acct
dent during his trip to Paraguay to
study the pest He had been supplied
with all sorts of remedies, among them
naphthalene, an article of no value
whatever against the pest, but on
using it for mosquito bites he found it
of surprising effect It neutraIilzes
the poison. even when the spot bitten
is greatly infiamed. If fresh bites ara
rubbed with naphthalene no swelling
follows The professor considers
naphthalene almost specific against
mosquito poison
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17

chine itself is not so complicated but
that, in the hands of an ingenious
man, it might be constructed from an
old sewing neutrality-suspicious. within
certain wide limits the contention is
true.
Sometimes it is not advisable for the
sufferer to be strapped to the machine.
In dispelling a shopping headache, for
instance. the operator straps her. own
hand to q long rod attached to the
vibrator. The machine moves her
hand at the rate of many hundred, if
not thousand, pulsations a second, and
when her hand is pressed or stroked
gently on the sufferers forehead the
thrill communicated is at least de-
licious new sensation. The writer
learned this during a recent visit to
one of the New York institutes
where many women go daily to be
vibrated. The place is not pretentious.
1t looks like an ordinary doctors Office,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17

Id"-
He stretched out his right hand and
it came into contact with a smooth,
oblong-shaped object lying on the
blood-soaked grass by his side.
With an eager cry of joy he clutched
it and Rugged it to his bosom.
whisky. whisky I'm good for an
hour longer now!" he whispered, eager
ly. 1T dropped from my pocket when
fell here among the bushes an 1
thought had lost it. Thank God. it
will give me stren'th an courage fer
the job ahead of mel
Still clasping the flask to his breast
he fumbled with nervous, eager fingers
then pressing the mouth of the flask
to his dry lips, he thirstily gulped
down the contents.
"Ah! that's the stuff I feel more
like man now" he mutttered thickly
as the last drop went trickling down
his throat. l like whisky with an edge
to it-suthin' thet'll put new life in a
corpse I'm with a dozen dead men
this minet, an I'll down ole Cy Grandy
yet or know the reason why. reckon
he'll be sorry he didn't con-fis-cate
that flask of moonshine when he had
the chance. Eff 1t warn't fer that bull
let in my back I'd feel bout ez clipper
ez ever. Bet 1 kin pull a trigger with
the best of 'em yet Lemme see; whar
is my gum"
Reaching down he drew heavy six
shooter from his hip pocket and swung
1t into position for action His steel
gray eyes cleaned with the baleful
glitter seen in the eyes of a wounded
snake or a wild beast at bay. There
was a smile on his face-the crafty,
vindictive smile of a savage lying in
wait for his prey or gloating over the
suffering of his victim tied to the
torture-stake-
A little brown bird alighted ON a
twig above his head and began cheerfly
singing, but with a wave of the hand
and an impatient oath he frightened
it away
Then a buzzard wheeled lazily over
head, scanning with hungry eye the
earth below, and as the wounded man
looked up and saw it he broke into
sardonic laughter
''Ha. ha, ha, Yeh seen ole Cy Gran
dy out with his gun an yeh thought
he'd left some grub fer yeh along the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17

ton itself. But even those things
which are popularity supposed to be in
a state of inanimate rest, the houses
in which we live, the very furniture
upon which we sit, are said to be in
state of vibration And so the very act
of living is a matter of vibration In
other words, every living animal and
vegetable pulsates according to it's in
dividual wave length. Every part of
every animal has its rate of vibration,
which, when normally maintained,
keeps the member in a state of health,
but which, when it departs from the
normal, induces a state OF disease At
least SO say the high priests of the
new movement, who reason. therefore.
that the use of medicine is a very
roundabout way of producing what can
be accomplished with few odd
shakes And since the writer himself
saw the miracle of the palsied take
place under his eyes by means of
vibration machine and saEce the ma
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17

road behind him, did yeh? Well, yeh
got fooled tibet time Yer dinner amt
quite ready fer yeh yet, an 'twon't be
till ole Cy gifts back!"
He raised his revolver to level with
his right eye and squinted steadily
along its shining barrel For fully a
minute he held it thus. and then
dropped it to his side with the remark:
Hand an nerve ez steady ez ever fer
the time bein', an now all ask of the
Lord in His mercy an goodness is to
send Cy Grandy back here to git his
deserts send him quick, before the
effecks of tibet whisky works off an
my stren'th begins to give out Got to
save it all now fer the final clinch-"
A half hour passed during which
the wounded man neither stirred nor
spoke.
His eyes were half closed, but all his
senses were on the alert
Suddenly the stiffness was broken by
the sound of a horses hoofs gathering
on the hard mountain roadway and
rapidly approaching the spot where lay
the wounded man.
Instantly he was all attention. He
turned his face toward the point from
which the horse was evidently coming,
and all his faculties wrought up to the
highest tension were strained to catch
the slightest sound.
Nearer and nearer came the ap-
preaching footsteps, until finally they
halted near the spot where the man
and the pistol lay waiting.
Il thought so.'' gleefully whispered
the wounded man to himself. Its ole
Cy Grandy on his way home, an he
wants to make sure I'm dead. WAL,
T n OF ho'
wush 1 was when he sticks his nose
through these bushes
Slowly, painfully he raised himself
on his left elbow. The exertion sent
the red life gushing forth afresh
from the gaping wound in his back,
but he needed it not. His whole mind
was intent upon the movements of his
enemy. His right hand firmly grasped
the stock of the heavy revolver, with
his ready forefinger grimly caressing
the trigger; his lips were pressed
tightly together; his eyes cleaned
brighter, more balefully than ever, and
his whole attitude was one of intense,
nervous expectancy.
The waiting man heard the horse
man spring to the ground with a swag-
ger and an oath.
Then heavy footsteps approached the
spot where he lay, the bushes parted
and bloated, rough-bearded face with
bloodshot eyes appeared in the open
ing.
Good God! alive yet, an'-an' -
For one horror-filled instant the
bloodshot optics gazed fascinated into
| the basilisk-like orbs behind the pistol;
then a shot rang out, the owner of the
bloated face and bloodshot eyes
pitched heavily forward across the
body of his adversary, the waiting
steed gave a startled snort and gal
loped riderless away-and two men
were left dying by the roadside instead
of one
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ment the new curists strap you to
machine and shake you Cor vibrate
you) until, like a pendulum, you get
back into your normal swing.
The system does not belong to any
one person like the Kneipp cure. 1t
came from Europe, and already there
are half a dozen institutes in New
York city and any number of practi-
TONERS who will bring their machines
to private houses and give special
treatment. There is one place in 9Th
avsnue where the fashionables are
shaken to their hearts content. There
is another in the heart of the shopping
district, where tired women may stop
in and be restored" after days bar
gain hunting, and there are several
institutes" in the residential dis
tricts.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17


Jerry Cooper considers himself one
of the luckiest men in England, and
not without reason. He used to be
gymnastie instructor in the navy. Then
he went into the merchant marine, and
five years ago while on trading YES.
sci off Newfoundland the donkey en-
CINE on board blew up, killing four
men and knocking Jerry speeches.
and deaf. Yet man even in this con-
dition must live, and to gain a means
of livelihood when he returned to Eng
land he gave exhibitions of conjuring
and contortions. A week or two ago
he had bad fall, which made him un-
conscious, and upon regaining himself
he found that speech and hearing had
come back to him. And IN all Britain
there's no one happier than Jerry
Cooper.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17

King Edward VII has accepted from
Scott Mantagu, NJ p, number Of
American bronze turkeys taken to
England in a Wild state They win
be housed at SanfrIngham-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17

yet. but 1 hain't got the stren'th left
to do it. I've got lead enough in me
to kill an elephant Ole Cy meant to
make a sure thing of it. That bullet
in my back alone would've fixed me. 1t
must've struck the muscle that works
my legs, reckon. 'cuz 1 hain't had no
use of 'em sence it hit me- But my
mind is clear an my right arm is all
right yet, an'-an' I'd give the rest of
my life, sech as it is. fer jest one more
chance at the man who shot me down
an flung me here in the bushes to die
like a dog."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17
The Fundamental Theory.

Every new cure must have its funda-
mental theory. Here is the theory upon
which the vibrationists go. In the first
place all things are in a state of vi
bration-light, sound, heat, are vibra-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17

Yaas," he resumed after a pause,
to die like a dog an rot by the road
side; but by the Eternal, I'll get
even with him yeh kin beti He will
find that 1 am more of a snake than
a dog. A RATHER can strike back even
when it is dyin', an I'll live long
enough to give ole Cy Grandy his
death-wound yet! Yaas, I'll do it, if it
takes hundred yearsi"
Another pause longer than before,
and then the man by the roadside went
on in a hoarse whisper:
Tim peterin' out mighty fast; my
stren'th is goin' but I've got jest ez
much grit ez ever. Eff only he'd
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-17

She is plastic and elastic and can trip
the light fantastic in style enthu-
siastic with abandon that is rare;
She is sweetness and petiteness in a
bunch of great completeness and she
keeps US at her feetness in a manner
debonair;
She daily the alley with ten pins
and make a tally, and the boys
around rally when she's out
upon the links.
And she'll patter round and chatter
most any weighty matter, but she's
talking through her hat-'er little
thinker never thinks.
Oh she's happy when she's frappe and is
throwing bright and<snappy bits of
Chilkoot Pass at chappy, freezing
out the spoony boys,
And the measure of her pleasure in her
never-ceasing leisure is a little world
of treasure in unnitigated joys.
She'll abuse you and amuse you and both
well and i'll she'll you, and she'll
finally refuse you, tho heart-broken
you implore;
But don't bother-get another-be content
to be her brother, for she likes to
her mother hopping up the
kitchen floor.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-17
Now She Hates Him.

A young man and young woman
lean over the front gate. They are low
ers. 1t is moonlight. He is loath to
leave, as the parting is the last. He is
about to go away. She is reluctant to
see him depart. They swing on the
gate.
IN never forget you" he says, land
If death should claim me my last
thought will be OF YOU"
"I'll be true TO you," She sobs. "I'll
never see anybody else or love them as
long as live"
They part.
Six years later he returns. His sweet
heart Of former years has married.
They meet at n party. she has changed
greatly. Between the dances the rec
ognition takes place.
Let me sec" she muses., with her
fan beating n tattoo on her pretty hand,
was it you or your brother who was
my old sweetheart"
REALLY don't know" he says.
probably my father" = London An
swerS.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-17
Woman ~ Mnn. Secs r1er.

a St Louis man who is fond Of COM
menting on the idosyncrasics Of the
opposite sex says that:
"One Of the funniest ways adopted by
womankind for holding gowns clear OF
the elevated steps is to pick up the
back breadth so high that the second
rutiie of the pgtticcat Is catching cold
while the shoe tops glare in the broad
daylight ana ones feet walk straight
up the front Of ones skirts.
This pose looks graceful from the
back, but il is only Il question Of two
steps, or maybe three. before the wOm-
an falls all over herself and wishes she
had had more sense. The Sirl who does
this is the one who wishes always to
make q picture of herself at any OK
pensc. After she had tripped up sever
al times and exploded the palms of n
new pair Of gloyes-or two or three or
four-shc finds that the best way to
keep skirt up in the front is not by
lifting it UP ia the back"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-17
Commissioners, Notice.

In the matter OF the estate of Charles w.
jerks, deceased
We. the undersigned. having been appointed
Dy the hon Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate
IN ana Tor the county Of Shiawassee, state OF
Mlchlgan commissioners TO receive, examine,
ana ADJUST all claims and demands OF all per-
sons against said estate do hereby give notice
W. nth, in the township of Middlebury, in said
county, on Monday, the 9Th day OF August. 1901.
ana ON the 9th day of November. A. d. 1901 at
ten O'Clock in the forenoon OF each of said days,
for the purpose Ct receiving and adjusting all
claims against said estate, and that SIX months
from the 9th day of May, 1901, are allowed to
creditors TO present their claims 10 said COM
mlssioners for adjustment and allowance.
Dated, the 9th DAY of May, 1901
SILAS I3. SOUTHwoRTH,
GEORGE w. STANLAKE,
GEORGE SNYDER,
Commits stonerS.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-17
Twelve Comblers Indicates.

New York, May 14.-Twe,ve men
were indicted by the grand jury yes
terday for keeping gambling houses.
The grand jury took up for the first
time the evidence presented by the
committee Of 10 against the men ar.
rested and bound over through Justice
Jerome's personally conducted raids
on houses In every case considered
an Indictment was quickly rendered,
showing the case with which the com.
mittee had gathered its evidence The
grand jury has still before it evidence
against gamblers arrested in raids on
20 other places.