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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

The reunion OF Confederate veterans
which meets in Memphis in the closing
days of May promises to be the most
successful gathering in the history OF
the Confederate organization. The
railroads entering Memphis are alive
to the situation and have promised to
do everything possible looking toward
the comfort and pleasure of the old
soldiers and their friends. Every
courtesy will be extended the local
committees in meeting incoming trains
SO that the thousands of strangers
may be taken in hand and assigned to
their quarters. A special rate of one
cent a mile has been recommended by
the general passenger agents of all
lines interested and it is certain that
the joint passenger association will
authorize the rate
Fifty thousand dollars will be raised
by the citizens of Memphis SO that all
visitors may be assured of a good time.
All Of the subscriptions so far have
been voluntary and one of the most
notable was that of Robert R. Church.
representative negro citizen. who
contributed a check for 81 900. Church
was born a slave in Mississippi. and
after the war removed to Memphis,
where he has since lived He is a good
business man and citizen and numbers
among his friends many of the repre-
sentative business men and f1nanciers
Of the city.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

terminated fatally are seen in the facts
that nine out OF the twelve persons
subjected to the mosquito bite did not
contract the disease at all, and that the
three who did contract 1t entered the
local endemic yellow fever area at
about the time they were bitten Con-
sequently they may have become L.
fected in some other way. and not from
the experimental mosquito. 1t is ais
worthy OF note that the germ Of yei-
low fever has not yet been recognizes
in eit-er the MOSQUITO or the human
blood
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

A London paper sums up the nine
teenth century in a nutshell: 1--WE re-
ceived the goosequill, we bequeath the
typewriter" The steel pen is not mon
toned 1t is said that the sale of pens
has steadily decreased of late, and that
more than one manufacturer has been
driven out Of business. In lone that
exceis the quirks Of blazoning pens"
Cassie Enthusiastically foreshadowed the
reign of the typewriter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

1t is reported at the navy department
that the battleship Illinois, now near
ing completion at the Newport News
shipyard, will be in readiness for her
trial trip about the middle of Febru-
ary- The trial would have been made
at an earlier date. but there was some
delay on account of the armor plate
Tor the vessel. Considerable interest
Is attached to the trial OF this ship, as
1t Is intimated that she will exceed in
speed the records made by the Kear-
sarge and the Kentucky.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

aesthetic S1de Oh
ones nature. Ari-
adne says, how
ever, it Is CAL
cu1ated to turn the
whitest, most gilt
tering soul a murky
black and she for
one prefers some
less circutious
route to destruction
-burgling or
downright murder,
for instance.
1t began the sum-
mer she brought
back six carefully
packed slips from
some gorgeous dou-
bile geraniums she
found in the luxu-
rant gardens of the
town she had Wis
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

cup OF hot coffee is an unfailing
barometer, If you allow a lump of
sugar to drop to the bottom of the cup
and watch the air bubbles arise with
out disturbing the coffee. II the bub-
bles collect in the middle the weather
Will be fine; If they adhere to the cup.
forming ring, it viii either rain or
snow; and if the bubbles separate
without assuming any fixed position,
changeable weather may be expected.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

The Southern Cross (Buenos Ayres)
states that the existence of a lake of
natural asphalt in the province of Ju-
1uy determined the Argentine minister
or agriculture to have an analysis made
or the material, which has turned out
to be of excellent quality. The Jujuy
asphalt in its natural state is said to
be just as good as that used in the
paving of Argentine streets.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

1t Is believed by many that the dry
climate of southern Oklahoma and the
southern district Of Indian Territory.
Is going to make all that section the
nome OF the finest grades of cotton.
Durlng the season it has developed
tAat the cotton grown in the Choctaw
NATION was OF an extra good fibre.
grading above the average and in great
demand for export.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02
Industrial Development Brio g. Evils.

The annual day of humiliation and
prayer was recently observed in Prus-
STA, according to long established GUS
tom, and a great many OF the Berlin
newspapers took occasion to print ar
ticles upon the recent deterioration IN
public morality. They asserted that
the rapid industrial development of
the country and its corresponding i'm
provement in its financial condition
had resulted in an alarming growth Of
social evils and abuses.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02
YELLOW FEVER.
It. Germ Not R.eo<ni.ed i. tn. HUNS

Hts Germ Not Recognized In the Human
Blood.
The British Medical Journal. in COM
menting editoria.iy on the recent ex-
periments carried on at Havana by
Drs. Reed, Carroll, Agramonte and La
scar, regarding the relation between
yellow fever and the mosquito, says:
AT first glance these experiments APP
pear to show almost conclusively that
the germ Of yellow fever Il conveyed
by special species of mosquito, Cuiex
fasciatus, aud that the insect becomes
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

lady holly. I gave them the rugs my
SELF And just then Louise blew in.
''It seems the snappy elderly lady
was her mother, who had come for her
daughter to go calling with her. But
anyhow she started the gossip herself
1 never did like bonnets with pink
roses in them"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

CT always know when I've interrupt
ed an afternoon nap. 1 have to wait
about twenty minutes for the girl to
dress and then when she does come in
her 6eaming smile is so brilliant
realize at once she has been saying
naughty words all the while she has
been scrambling into a gown and
twisting her hair up. I'm so sorry to
have disturbed YOU 1 say APOLOGIZE
cally. oh, you didn't she replies.
cooingly. Really, was almost
dressed when you came and then 1
am morally certain of my diagnosis
of the case. If there is anything that
will make a girl hate another one it is
to have to make lightning toilet on
her account. Because when the caller
is gone she has to do it all over again,
you see.
Il don't think I was cut out for a
society person, because every time go
calling I get into trouble. The other
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02
ACCIDENTS ON
STEAMBOATS,

Among 900, oo0, 900 passengers car
ried only 206 persons lost their lives
on steamboat vessels within the juris-
dfction Of the United States during the
last fiscal year, OF which A were pas
sengers and 1872 members of the crews.
During the same year there were 1888
boiler explosion on land which killed
2SS persons and wounded ass others.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

All over the country land is being
reclaimed In Louisiana engineers are
busy with plans for draining swamps,
winch form practically three entire
parishes. A system of canals will be
aug which will be eighty-five miles
long. The land to be cleared will have
the richest alluvial soil and will be
cultivated in cotton. rice and sugar.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

Henrik Ibsen has been living for half
year in great seclusion at Sander
5ord, Norway, preparing the material
Tor a new work. Asked If he intended
to remain in Norway, he said: Yes,
In all probability. My correspondence
Is SO extensive that this alone would
make it inconvenient to change my
address"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

she sighed, Just my luck" and with
the scissors cut off all the stems an
inch from the roots. Perhaps it might
grow again if the roots were unin-
jured. She told this latest miskap to
friend that afternoon.
"Goosei" said the friend, at wasn't
frozen! Leaves of an umbrella plant
always act that way when there isn't
enough water given it, You've spoiled
it!''
"And there were seventeen stalks,
four feet high remarked Ariadne
gently. She began to think possibly
it was intended she should not grow
plants.
However, she tried some more ge-
raniums. She bought one from the
florist which had three branches and
four stalks of blooms. She invested in
q palm and a primrose. She set them
In a row in the front window of her
sitting room. The palm Immediately
curled up at the edges and grew jaun-
diced, but for a week the geranium
iourished and Ariadne began to have
hopes. Then one evening Howell Van
Rensselaer, Gibbon called. In the
course of wandering about the room
he sat down on the broad windowsill.
As he had carelessly selected the spot
occupied by the primrose he also sat
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

Prof. c. H. Eigenmann has discov-
cred a new type OF cave salamander.
an active creature about four inches
long, with protruding eyes and a tail
longer than its body. speckled brown
AND yellow, and the peculiar formation
OF its feet enables it to climb vertical
walls of glass and even move like a ny
across the ceiling.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

There are upward of % 900 insane in
custody in the state of New York to-
day. involving an outlay of S2o, 900 900
for hospital plants and equipments and
an annual expenditure of IS ,OOO, 900 for
maintenance, repairs and improve
ments.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

the way 1 make
bets with myself as
to whether people
will have forgotten
who / am. / sent
up my card once to
an old friend of my
mothers / should
have gone to see
six months before
and she sent down
word she did not
want to buy any
stove polish that
day. Since then
I've had my address
added to my cards
and am so naughty
to the maids who
open the doors that
they know at once
that 1 am the real
thing and post my
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

An electric railroad between Rome
and Naples is proposed, the line being
1873 miles long, The idea is to furnish
fast trains, with frequent service
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02
"DEALINo WITH CRIMES IN
IA

CANADA"
(From the Chicago Times-Hsrald, ON
Jan. 18th, 1901
The citizens of the Dominion Of Can
ada have just cause to be proud OF
their record n law-abiding people. Tho
annual report Of the criminal statis-
tics of the Dominion. which has
population Of over 5000. 900. shows that
there were only twenty-five indict-
ments for murder in 1898. OF which
only two were left without fnal action
Eleven Of those indicted were hanged,
nine acquitted and three confined as
insane.
Canada is a country of vast proper
lions. Its people are scattered over
wide stretch of territory, making po-
lice surveillance particularly difficult
and in many districts impossible. Yet
a city like New York or Chicago alone
furnishes q far greater criminal list
every year than the whole vast stretch
of territory from Quebec to Vancou-
yer.
The Canadians ascribe their immu-
nifty from crime to the promptnesS
with which punishment is melted out
to offenders. When a man is caught
red-handed in the act of robbing an
other he is not released on straw bail
by some Justice Of the peace from the
slums. to go out and repeat the offense.
Sharp and sure justice is melted out to
criminals of all kinds, the result being
that when the guardians Of the public
peace succeed in bringing a thug to
the bar they are seldom called upon to
hunt him a second time.
Furthermore, there are few court de-
lays in Canada when a criminal is
brought to book. They have no Dreyer
cases over there. There are no meth
DDS whereby Canadian criminals can
have the proceedings stayed from
month to month and from year to year
or after being convicted. appeal from
one court to another until witnesses
die of old age or opportunities for cor
ruption can be found.
Nor does this swift method of treat
ing with wrong-doers in Canada leave
the innocent unable to properly defend
themselves. They have all the oppor-
tunities and privileges that our own
laws extend to them. The extent to
shield the guilty is lacking-that is all.
The above. taken from the editorial
column of the Times-Herald, gives
some idea Of the immunity from crime
that exists in Canada, and this is one
Of the many inducements held out for
Americans to settle in the district
known as Western Canada. The sea-
son of 1901 will see few new sections
of the country opened up for settle
ment. They are attractive in every
respect 1t is understood that one OF
the best Indian Reserves in the famous
Valley of the Saskatchewan will be-
opened up this year, and an invita-
ton is extended to those desiring
homes to make inquiries. The price OF
the land is said to be nominal. Be-
sides these lands. the several railway
companies have lands to sell; also the
government For particulars write to
the agent of the government. whose
advertisement appears elsewhere.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02
SOME vAGARIES OF TIE DAY

down on that. Primroses are fragile
and easily discouraged growths-
How awkward of mel" cried How
ell, as Ariadne made a wild gesture
of despair He jumped away hastily
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

Berlin now contains 1000 donkeys,
which have been imported in the last
eighteen months to take the place Of
dogs as beasts OF draught The change
Is due to the agitation of the S. P.
G. A.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02
MAKING CALLS

There are times" said the girl in
pink, when a yearning to be conven-
tiona1 like other women clutches me
and then dress up and make a round
OF calls I've owed for months. 1t has
all the excitement of novelty. On
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02
PURSUED BY FATE

Raising plants in the house seems on
the surface a harmless pastime and
calculated to help on the growth Of the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

Low Round Trip Rates to Certain Poants
In Texas-
On February 18th, the MISSOURI
PACIFIC RAILWAY, in connection
With the IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE,
will sell tickets to following points in
Texas, at the rate of $500 for the
round trip: Dallas Waco, Fort
Worth, Houston. Galveston, San An
tonic, Beaumont and Port Arthur.
Texas, and to Lake Charles, Louisi-
ana See local agent for full informa-
ton
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

The late Prof. Marsh of Yale be-
queathed his house and grounds for a
botanical garden They are to be made
the home OF the newly created school
OF forestry.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

Phnadsiphia Would Check Consumption.
The philadelphia board of health
at its last meeting discussed the ques-
ton OF the compulsory registration OF
all cases of consumption The society
believes this step will act as check
for the disease.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

She tried an umbrella plant next. 1t
was winter time and when one morn
ing all the tall stems with their sway
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

The small boy occasionally con-
sumes time by eating dates.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

That man Il generous to fault who
never correc = it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

The average lazy man thinks him
self . great politician
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

The sum II unselflsh: 1t sn1nes for
N but stands I'm its own light
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

tied. She had picture of her two WIN
boards-in a blaze or
scarlet and pink and white and green.
She set the six slips in six earthenware
pots and waited They didn't seem in
terested in her anxiety. She Hooded
Them with water and they were obstl-
nate, she left off watering them ana
they never budged from their sulky
behavior. Some of them had three
leaves and others had two. She set
them out on the back porch and the
rat knocked over two plants, bugs ate
I'D two more and she stepped on the
fifth. The sixth she tucked of in a
corner and ignored. She was plainly
discouraged.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02

Then some one gave her Jerusalem
cherry tree. This delightful plant Is
little two-foot spreading bush laden
with crimson berries the size of cher
~. 1t is beautiful to behold and
Ariadne was so pleased she almost for
got the geraniums. She knew dust
choked leaves, SO she gave the cherry
tree thorough drenchings with the bath
spray twice a week. Presently every
leaf turned yellow and the cherries
dropped off She sought florist and
poured out her woes.
Strange" said the florist, who was
a sympathetic man. But treat it as
just told you. And oh, yes,' as she
turned to go, above all things, don't
sprinkle water on the leaves or the
plant-just pour it around the roots.
Otherwise it won't live"
Thank you," said Ariadne, feverish-
ly, and went home and beat her head
against the wall. She threw the cherry
tree into the ash barrel that evening.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-06-13
Csssetly Wines.

Our millionaires think $50 gallon
for rare old Madeira an utterly impos-
sible price simply because their tastes
are blunted by champagne, and they
care no more for Il bottle of Welsh Re-
serve, NewtOn-G Gordon or Chllings-
worthO glethcrpe than for a cheap
sherry. In the famous cellars Of the
Hotel de Vile at Bremen there are a
dozen cases Of holy wine which have
been preserved for $50 years. A mer-
chant figures out that if the cost Of
maintaining the cellars. payment Of
rent. interest upon the original value Of
the wine and other incidental charges
are considered a bottle of this choice
Madeira has cost no less than $1,000
OOO each glassful $27O,OOO. and a single
drop could not be sold without loss un-
der 5000.
1t is probable that this very old wine
is worthless on account Of "starvation."
Charles Bellows. our ablest authority
on Madeira. says that it becomes
starved" after feeding upon it's own
lees for 80 or 40 years. ut seems to
me that it is very human and requires
companionship." he says. "Demijohns
of the same variety should be blended.
The marriage of the two wines would
probably give the lees more character,
and the wine would thus continue to
improve. This certainly ought to be
done as a tonic after the Madeira has
been so years In glass."-New York
GreSs.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-06-13
A COlOred PhilosOpher

"Ain't no use a-worryin about nuth-
in." said the colored philosopher. dam
Cling his feet over the edge Of the bar
rel on which he sat "Ain't no use t.
get blue ner t feel down in the mout',
cause it amt goin t do any good tall.
| says t myself. says |: Nose. what's
the use Of you scratchin? Wifes been
dead bout four yeahs. Las of ma
child'en shutfled off las week. | don't
care if eats Gavin pones err lasses
bread. Live just as long nohow. Ain
goin t trouble ma min bout nothin.
Wife man. he have wife an child'en
an good coat an 'ouse. Bari good
nuf fur me. Amt got nothin t. work
fur an amt goin t work." He shuffied
off the barrel and moseyed easily down
Hickory alley.-Columbus Dispatch.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-06-13
Tit For INT.


The correspondence was brief. but to
the point. The letter she received was
as follows:
Dear Madam take pleasure in shipping to
your address rug valued at $50. for which
shall be glad TO receive your check. II you do not
desire the rug. please return it.
1.-THE idea" she exclaimed. II never
knew such impertinenca"
Then she sat down and wrote the
following:
Dear Sir-I have ordered no mug from ycvr CO.
tablishment. and ! see no reason why should 20
to the expense Of returning that which do not
want and which was sent to me unsolicited.
To this she received the following
answer In due time:
Dear Madam-I will send for the unsolicited
rug. and l trust you will do me the favor to
send for the unsolicited charity entertainment
tickets which now lie. with about ~ Others. on
my desk.
1.-THE discourteous boor! she ex.
claimed.
Evidently" he soliloquized, there
are methods of procedure that cannot
be successfully applied to business
st. Paul Trade Journal.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-06-13
Peculiarities OF Asth mn.

The peculiarties Of asthma are we'll
known. and one New York woman
thinks that she has more than usual
reason to complain Of the vagaries Of
the disease. She had always lived in
the lower part OF the city on one Of the
avenues distant from the two rivers
and had suffered in no unusual degree
from asthma when the weather was
not unfavOrable. The doctor was not
consulted when her husband bought a
house in another part Of the city. and
1t is indeed doubtful if he could have
foreseen the effect upon her of living
IN the new neighborhood.
1t took the sufferer only few hours
to realize that it would be impossible
for her to live In the new house, which
was only a short distance from the
North river. Her discomfort became
SO great that she was compelled at the
end Of week to give up all attempt to
reside there. and the house that had
been built with so much care and ex-
pense had to be abandoned.
Another example Of the vagaries of
asthma is to be found in the case of q
New Yorker who Is comfortable enough
In this city SO long as he lives on the
upper stories of a lofty hotel or other
residence building. but Is in great dis
tress so soon as he is compelled to be
on terra firma. New York Sun.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-06-13
A CursinE Contest.

professor of languages some years
ago on returning from India remarked
npon the paucity of Objectionable
classes when compared with the alum.
dance supplied by the orientals Of SIM
liar rank. To prove this he gives a
case WHICH came under his own notice.
He had dismissed manservant for
dishonesty. and the next morning at q
o'clock he sought IN Interview with his
former master. He flourished cary
Ing knife. with which he plainly in
tended to emphasize his remarks.
When he found it impossible to gain
admission, he sat under the window,
and the swearing" process began. He
cursed the professor along the gene
illogical tree back to the first ancestor
Of his race. Then he dwelt upon every
detail of his anatomy, from the top Of
his head to the end of his toes. For
three consecutive hours he sat there
and swore," says the professor. with
out once repeating a phrase"
While travelling on the underground
railway in London n party of working
men entered the same compartment
and interspersed their remarks with
the commonest forms of Swearing"
The professor politely asked them to
desist. whereupon he was told to mind
his own - business. He at once COM
menced to translate into English some
specimens of eastern Oaths which he
had heard Calcutta merchants serv-
ant use to missionary's servant The
men sided from him rs If he had the
plague and at the next station sought
another COMMUNICATIVE Post.