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Mexico Missouri message., 1901-07-04

1t is pleasure TO hear of woman's
club doing so practical work as that
lately accomplished by Chicago or
ganization. BY planting trees and
shrubs, with grass borders and a few
towering plants judlciously disposed.
a barren plot of city schoolyard has
been converted into an attractive little
park, and without eliminating the nee
essary playground The members OF
the club believe that the educational
value OF such work, in the direction
al taste culture, IS worth many times
~ 49,.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-07-04

In northwestern Montana, near the
British line, there is lake the waters
of which flow through the 81. Mary
river TO Hudson bay. The divide be-
tween the lake and the head waters OF
the Milk river. an afiluent OF the Mis-
souri,. is so low that engineers say II
would be feasible to divert the outlet
from Canadian to American territory
AS water for irrigation is highly val
ned on both sides of the line, the ques-
lion whether the United States has a
right TO divert II is one OF interna-
tional interest, ari may yet become
important,
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-07-04

Thou too sail on. . ship OF state,
SAN on, o Union, strong and great!
humanity. with all it, fears.
with all the hopes of future years.
Is hanging GREATNESS on thy fate,
We know what master laid thy keel
What workmeu wrought thy ribs Of steel,
Who made each mast and sail and rope.
What anVils runE. what hammers beat.
In what a forge ana what heat
Were shaped the anchors of thy hope.
Fear not each sudden sound and shock.
Ills of the wave and not the rock!
It's but the happing OF the sail.
And not a rent made by the gale
In spite OF rock and tcnpcst's roar,
In spite of false lights ON the shore.
Sail on. nor fear to breast the sea
Dur hearts. our hopes our prayers. our
DUr faith triumphant DER our fears,
Are an with thee, are all with thee.
tears.
--LoUEfclOw.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-07-04


And yet Gepegal Washington was com
PEELED to confess:
We cannot learn, nor have We been
able to possess. the least information
OF late"
Therefore he wanted man. He
wanted an intelligent man, ool-hoad-
ed. skillful brave. to cross the East
River to Long Island. enter the en-
emy's camp and get information as 10
his strength and intentions. He went
to Colonel Knowlton, Commandig re
markab,y efficient regiment from Con
neCtiCut, and requested him to ascer-
tain if this man so sorely needed could
be found in his command Colone,
Knuwlton called his officers together.
stated the wishes of General Washing
ton, and. without urging the enter
prise upon any individual. left the mat
ter to their reflections.
Captain Nathan Hale, n brilliant
youth OF 81, recently graduated from
Yale college. was one OF those who
reflected upon the subject. He soon
reached conclusion He was OF the
very flower OF the young men OF New
England. and one of the best OF the
younger soldiers OF the patriot army.
He had been educated for the minis
try. and his motive in adopting for a
time the profession OF arms was purely
patriotic This we know from the
familiar records OF his life at the time
when the call to arms was first heard
In addition to his other gifts and
| graces, he was handsome. vigorous and
athletic, all in an extraordinary de
| gree. If he had lived in our day he
| might have pulled the stroke oar at
New London or pitched for the college
nine.
The officers were convcrsing in a
/ group. No one had as yet spoken the
| decisive word Colonel KnCwlton ap-
| pealed to a French sergeant. an old
soldier of former wars and asked him
to volunteer.
NO. no." said he. Il am ready TO
fight the British at any place and time,
but | do not feel willing to go among
them to be hung up like u dog %
Captain Hale Joined the group Of
officers. He said to Colonel Knowl-
| ton:
Il will undertake il"
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Mexico Missouri message., 1901-07-04

The Philippines touch closely upon
the gutta percha belt yet the tree does
not grow there indigenuously and it is
at least very probematical whether it
can be cultivated there. 1t will not
grow in Cochin, China. likewise near
the gutta percha belt, because the av-
erage temperature is too low and the
changes too sudden.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-07-04

The emperor of Morocco has n very
peculiar band. His private musicians
are so in number and they all play
clarionets, which we're made by Lon
don firm. Curiously enough they are
all in one key. The emperor takes great
delight in listening to the SO clarionets
being blown simultaneously, but he
can not convince his court that "mu-
sic hath charms"
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-07-04

In Brittany and the lower Pyrenees
fairs are held annually at which the
peasant girls assemble to sell their
hair. Partisan dealers are the chief
sustmers, purchasing many thousand
pounds.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-07-04

ears" unused Meredith, philosophic-
ally, watching the big foreign servant
that wore a turban go back and forth
past the Crosspatch Mans window.
The house Meredith lived in and the
Crosspatch Mans house were quite
close together. so 1t was easy to watch
things
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-07-04

Freight rates from Manila to Hong
Kong. distance Of only 700 miles. are
as much from San Francisco to Hong
Kong, a distance OF 5000.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-07-04

The abandoned" farms of Massa
thusetts are fast being taken up. Three
years ago there were 800 thus classed
IN the state. A recent enumeration
shows there are now but 1856.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-07-04

on Manhattan island as in trap, and
the issue Of the contest might be made
70 depend upon single battle; for IN
such circumstances defeat would in
volve the capture OF the whole army
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-07-04

The man who marries for money
merely trades his liberty for a meal
ticket
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-30

said, looking the short young man
squarely in the eye. But yer could
be er darn sight more civil to err
stranger" His peculiar drawl affect
ed the risibilities of the crowd, and a
loud laugh rang out on the air. When
the rough wells had subsidized a small
girl stepped out from behind the men.
Hers was the dark complexion of the
haIf-breed.
"I'll tell yer wher' oil Jim lives, -
she cried. The men turned around
abruptly. "Jes' foller this road to
Their forks and then take Their road ter
yer right OF Jim's is erbout 300
yards from the last cabin" she said
pointing to the distant hut. The men
sneered at her and one of them
grabbed at her dress, but she easily
eluded them and passed on, up the
street.
The tall man clucked to his horses
and the wagon moved on. After driv-
ing a few yards he saw to his left
across the street the sign of the Big
Horn saloon. A sudden idea seemed
to strike him. He again pulled his
horses into the side of the street and
got down from his seat
Friends" he said, will yer all
come and take som'thin' with me. jest
| ter show that Their amt no hard feel
| ings?"
The crowd was staggered at first
but soon responded joyfully. conclud-
| ing that the stranger was q pretty
| good fellow although he was goine
| to work for "O1' Jim Crawford"
| Were der yer hail from, Stranger
| asked Shorty johnson, as they lined
| up before the bar.
Kentucky" answered the stranger
The men looked approvingly at the
| size OF his whiskey.
Anybody with yer?"
A few minutes later lobe johnson
drove slowly away from the Big Horn
followed by the lusty cheers of hi.
newly gained friends
1t was conceded ON all hands tina
lobe johnson was the best fellow tina
had ever struck spade in OF JIM
diggings- Old Jim. himself, was
stingy. avaricious old fellow who wa
held in absolute contempt by the citi
zens of Bear Creek. He lived a shor
distance from the center of the town
that is, from the saloons and. know
ing that he was hooked unon with n
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-30

will be crowned by towers 400 feet
high, which will form a part OF the
picture of the monumental entrance
The grandest residence street in st.
Louis, Lindell boulevard, will lead
lirectly to the monumental portal
The main exposition picture covers
,ver two-thirds of a square mile. The
venue in which lies the Grand Basin
600 feet wide. The other avenues
ire 800 feet wide. From the main en-
rance to the apex of the radiant pic
.ure the distance is over three-fourths
Of a mile. The buildings are on the
same heroic scale.
The art building is to be fre-proof
permanent structure, and for that rea-
son cannot be as ornate as the snow
buildings of staff which form the rest
Of the main picture. To eliminate
discordant note which might enter in
tie juxtaposition of subdued build
ing with more ornate exhibit build
ings, the summit of the hiil whence
the cascade torrents gush will be
crowned by a magnificent colorado, OF
perfstyle which will close the main
picture and exclude from the grand
view the more subdued main art gal
leries. The colonnade will be termin-
ated at either end by the pavilions OF
the building.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-30

watch this push and see if I'm not
telling you a true one" The reporter
said he'd watch, and he did, not only
on that car, but several others he rode
on during the course of the day. He
watched men and women alike Out
of sixty-seven women who alixhted
sixty-five of them got up when their cor
ner was reached and carefully selected
the wrong handle bar to assist them
in alighting. Out of la men none took
other than the proper clutch contriv-
ance. Seven of them, however, invited
the foolkfller's attention. They jumped
on while the car was speeding rapidly.
Any Washingtonian can prove the
truth of Conductor 99s9's assertion by
keeping eyes peeled when street car
riding.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-30
CARLYLE AND D,sRAEu.

The Former Made Ashamed By the Lat
tors Magnanimity.
Maenanimity superior to his own
could shame even the dogmatic Car
Iyle. The man whose arrogance of
opinion never permitted him TO take
anything back once had to confess
that a Jew had disarmed his bigotry
and changed his insulting prejudice
into gratitude and respect Disraeli.
whom he had often reviled in speech
and in spirit, had every reason to
know how bitterly Carlyle despised
him and his race; and after he had be-
come the most powerful man in Eng
land he took his revenge. 1t was the
vengeance inflicted by a great man
who could forget his personal antfpa-
thies upon a great man who could not
Recognizing the commanding intellect
of the surly philosopher and the luster
It conferred upon his country. the
prime minister offered him the knight
hood of the Grand Cross of the Order
of the Bath, and the good fellowship"
pension once accepted and enjoyed by
Dr. Samuel johnson Snd also by the
ooet annthey. CARLYLE declined the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-30

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
in St Louis In 1903 will be the first
in the worlds history in which hills
enter into the composition of the main
exposition picture The natural
topography of the site prompted this
radical departure. The main pic
ture" of the exposition (the great
spectacle to be made by the big exhibit
buildings. by water and by sculptures)
is to be located entirely within For
est Park. the second largest public
park in the United States. The use OF
half of this park, the unfinished por-
ton, was granted to the exposition
company by the city OF st. Louis as
an exposition site.
This part of the park is billy. 1t
contains a large level tract Of about
400 acres, which formerly supplied
space for golf links and race track.
From this level the ground rises on a
slope of about go degrees to an aver
age height of 60 feet The main ex-
hibit buildings, the big towers, the la
goons, basins, canals and statuary
groups occupy the lower level. The
art gallery and its by-buildings (the
architectural chef d'oeuvre of the ex-
position, designed by Cass Gilbert)
the United States government build
ing, designed by J. Knox Taylor, IRE
to be built on the elevated tract.
In the treatment OF the intervening
slope the commission of architects
had scope for originality. The differ
ence of elevation constituted the chief
problem with which they had to con-
tend. Hanging gardens and a series
of magnificent cascades fill in this
portion of the picture.
is roughly in the shape of a gigantic
fan, the ribs of which are the avenues
of the exposition. At the apex of this
radiant composition stands the art
building on an eminence. Three great
cascades that issue from the sides of
three hills in the form of a crescent
are to course down the hillsides and
to empty into a grand basin. The
water effects, radiating from these
three great cascades, offer a mile of
continuous water circuit.
The main entrance to the exposition
is to be on the side toward the city
where the exposition site abuts the
finished portion of the Forest Park
A monumental entrance of magnifi-
cent proportions and design, the work
of Chief Architect Taylor, will be To-
Gated here. The two exhibit buildings
Immediately within this great portal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-30
THEY ALWAYS DO IT WRONG.
Not One Woman in . Thousend Knows
How to Leave . Street Car.

Not One Woman in = Thoussad Knows
How to Leave . Street Car.
stDern these womeni"
Thus calculated Metropolitan
street car conductor in the presence
of q Washington Star reporter, as he
gave the bell rope vicious double pull
to signal the motorman to go ahead.
A reporter who knew him expressed
surprise at his ungallant remark. 81
didn't mean anything disrespectful,' -
said the fare taker, YEARLY. but some
times I have to let loose. The women
set me crazy the way they get OF cars.
Now, that one nearly got a fall by
getting of backward, the way she did.
If there had been the littlest bit Of
motion to this car when she stepped
on with her face to the rear end she'd
have gone kerthump down on the con-
crete. Not one in q thousand wom-
en-" he continued, "ever alights from
a street car right. Instead of taking
hold of the handle bar on the upright
toward the front of the car. she grabs
the one back. If you don't believe it
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-30
lobe Johnson's Baby.
BY E. T. BULLOCK.

61 Il. L. bOLLOCh.
Copyright, 1901. by Daily Story Pub Coz
The sun shone down hot and parch-
ing upon the lonely canvas covered
wagon that slowly wound its way
across the burning sands towards the
village of Bear Creek. The painting
horses, wet with dirty foam, labored
heavily as the awkward wagon moved
slowly along. A tall lean man with
short. stubby whiskers sat holding
the lines. and urged on the tagging
steps of the tired animals. From
within the covered body came the low
sound or wOman's voice as she
crooned the sweet melody of some old
fashioned hymn. Suddenly the sing
ing ceased.
Are we almost there?" she asked,
with tired hopefulness in her voice.
A head appeared from behind the flap
OF the curtain. 1t was rather a pretty
head, with it's wealth of dark brown
hair
Are we almost there?" she asked
again. pushing her elbows out upon
the front seat. The man looked
around with a soft smile.
YES" he said. DO you see them
low, squatty houses yonder?" The
woman nodded assent. We'll, that's
hit" he said. as he touched her cheek
affectionately. He spoke with a slow
drawl. his words dropping as if with
studied weight
In a few minutes the wagon en-
tered the narrow. lane-like street.
lined with its rough log huts. At the
first sight of the white canvas in the
distance the Inhabitants of Bear
Creek had collected to watch the grow
ing speck and to indulge in curious
speculation as to its occupants.
Its one 'er them fellers ter work
at OIL Jim Crawford's, I guess" said a
rough-lookinG individual of capacious
girth.
Yes, dam 'em! They've been 'er
ptlin' in here like bees NV late" re-
sponded another.
1t was evident that the people oil
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-30

title as being out of keeping with the
tenor of his poor existence" and the
pension because he was not in needy
circumstances; but the fact Of the offer
and the generous language in which it
was conveyed startled and subdued
him. He wrote frankly to Disraeli:
ALLOW me to say the letter. both in
purpose and expression, is worthy to
be called magnanimous and noble;
that it is without example in my own
poor history, and think 1t is unexam-
pied, too, in the history of governing
persons toward men of letters at the
present or at any time; and that /
will carefully preserve it as one OF the
things precious to memory and heart %
Subsequently he wrote to his friend,
the Countess of Derby: Mr.. Disraeli's
letter is really what 1 called it-mag-
unanimous and noble ON his part 1t
reveals to me, after all the hard things
I have said of him, a new and unex-
pected stratum of genial dignity and
manliness of character which l had by
no means given him credit for. 1t is
as my penitent heart admoninshes me,
a kind of 'heaping Goals of fire on my
head and do truly repent and prom
Use to amend" One needs no better
evidence of the real greatness of Car
lyle than the promptness with which
he recognized this magnanimity and
the manliness with which he acknowl-
edged it.-Youth's Companion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-30
to stay all night at the head Of her
bed acting as a sentinel"
The Woman Would Speculate.

AHo woman " Oui0 Speculate.
Among the stories told of the recent
furry in Wall street is this: An army
officer stationed in the Philippines has
been sending home his salary to his
wife to save. She sought to add to
it by taking a flyer in Wall street.
She had invested every dollar of her
husbands savings and in the recent
panic all was swept away. She APP
pealed to Henry C1ews, with whose
firm she had dealt: "If I show you
the way to get your money back will
you promise me that you will not
speculate again." asked the broker.
Indeed I WILL" tearfully assented the
woman well, here's your money;
now keep on the market" Clews said
afterward that he had not invested the
money. A broker who listened to the
story laughed. "Well, there's one on
Clews. That woman brought the
money right over to my Office and
asked me to buy Delaware and Hud-
son for it. 1 did so and she made
IS, 0O."-Utica Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-30
THEATRICAL PROPERTIES.

stage Contrfvancea Three Centuries Ago
Like Those of Today.
In the induction to Jonson's Bar
tholomew Fair we find the Stage
Keeper says, would not fine pump
upon the stage have done well for a
property now?" while In the old play
of THE Tanning of a Shrew" one of
the players who is to act before Sile
says,
TN speak for the properties. My Lord. we
must
Have a shoulder of mutton for = prop
Now, both these quotations show
that "properties' three centuries ago
consisted OF much the same things as
they do today. The mention of prop
critics In the stage directions of old
plays are frequent: q few instances
must suffice In Greene's James w.
we are directed to have "a tomb con-
veniently placed upon the stage -
while in the same authors Alphon-
sus of Araggon' we read, Exit Venus,
or il you conveniently can, let chair
come down from the top of the stage
and draw her up This Is interesting
both for the fine consideration for the
convenience Of others which It implies
and also because 1T shows that the use
of mechanical appliances for intro
ducing deus ex machine were not un-
known. In Henslowe's Diary we find
an entry for a disbursement for a
somewhat similar contrivance-"a pair
of pullies to hang Absalom-" On this
point. as on SO many others, Henslowe
provides us with a great deal of va1ua-
BILE information. In his Diary for Sep
TENDER and October, 1893, We find that
he expended E29 Is on properties for
..Pier. of Winchestar-" larger amount
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-30
SPIDERS OF COLORADO.

Mig Ones That K1ourish In the priddIe
Cottonwood Pass.
Professor r. T. Laughton has re-
turned to his home In New York after
spending the winter in exploring the
mountains near Buena Vista. Col, and
investigating the habits of a species
of monster spiders found in the middle
Cottonwood Pass, says the Washing
ton, Star. Little definite is known of
these spiders. but around them has
been gathered q mass OF Indian legend
and prospectors' yarns that rival those
of Munchausen. Many years ago
these spiders lived in a cave easily
reached by tourists. 1t was in valley
two miles northeast from Harvard
City, then thriving mining camp
eight miles west of Buena Vista. In
1880, q man named Shultz cut his way
into the spiders den. He did not re-
turn, and a week later a searching
party found his body partly buried in
the spiders cave under a mass OF fall
en- rock. AS 1t would have required
considerable timbering at an expense
of several hundred dollars to recover
the body, and as the man had no
known relatives, It was left undis-
turbed. Shultz's skeleton is still in the
cave, but the spiders have found an
other home further back in the noun
tains. Some of the tales about these
spiders are given in an old letter
which has just been found in Buena
Vista. 1t says: "A short distance out
of Buena Vista there is cave swarm
ing with spiders of immense size, some
Of them having legs four inches in
length and bodies as large as that OF
a canary bird. The cave was discov-
cred in 1868 and was often visited by
pioneers on their way to California,
who obtained their webs for use in the
place of thread. A number were cap
tured and tanned, and manifested great
affection for all members of the fam
lily. They were far superior to cat
in discriminating rats and mice, fol-
lowing their prey into the holes in the
walls and ceilings. One spider, kept
as Pet by Buena Vista lady, used
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-30
Gov.rnor.hip of Now south Wa

Governorship of Now South Wales.
1t is extremely probable that the
Right Hon. Sir Joseph West Ridgeway,
p. c.. X. G. B.. at present governor of
Ceylon. will be appointed first govern
or of New South Wales, under the i'm
perial federation of the Australian
commonwealth. Sir West Possesses
extensive knowledge of foreign and
colonial administration. has been at
sCeylon since 1895, and his term of Of
nee there is about to expire. He COM
menced a somewhat brilliant and
eventful career in the Indian army in
1861, served in the Afghan war, 1873
80, has been under secretary to the
government of India in the foreign de-
partment, was commissioner for the
delimitation of the Afghan frontier.
under secretary for Ireland, etc.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-30

The British possessions in North
America and the West Indies are larger
than the territory of the United States
of America, including Porto Rico and
Alaska On the North American con-
tinent alone, King Edwards posses
sions are nearly 100,0 900 square miles
larger than those of the United States
and taking in the West Indies and
Newfoundland, moro than 200.00l
square miles larger